The Straits Times, 20 August 1954

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1954. 15 CENTS
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  • 132 1 STOLEN BOMBS MENACE f SINGAPORE COMMUNISTS CAN MAKE 400 LAND MINES OR 20,000 HAND-GRENADES FROM STOLEN EXPLOSIVES Reds sure to buy up haul nHOKVER stole 19 bombs from the \l\.\ station ;it Ten:,ih. Singapore, now poss( > nearly 10, (MM) ]b. <>l hiuh explosive h lor more
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  • 47 1 ICJene 1 crop- un- md between Tl r the hand of: < N relay: It i official now We are engaged. Maybe it was th-- rough :na that wore her down." the Texan ennned when the liner Atlantic arrived here yesterday with the eoople aboard.
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  • 326 1 AND THIS IS THEBLUKAR 'ARSENAL' I saw where the tLieves worked Straits Times reporter PATRICK CHEE finds the airfield sentry alert now •LI ALT THERE!' An alert sentry shouted the chal--11 lenge with rifle and fixed bayonet at the ready U a Straits Times reporter and photographer Rot to within
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  • 49 1 LONDON. Thurs.— The Duchns ol Kent and her pretty, blonde 17-year-old daughter, Princeai Alexandra will fly to Quebec on Saturday in a Royal Canadian Air Force plane lor a tour of Canada. They will be guests of Canada's Governor-General Vincent Massey. until Aug. 25
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  • 67 1 TOKYO. Thurs. Twenty ;->eople were killed. 59 injured. 38 missing and 201 houses completely destroyed in a typhoon, code-named Grare. which swept through the southern half of Japan in the pa.-t :?S hours, the Central Meteorological Observatory reported today. Nearly 20.000 people were homeless as torrential
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  • 22 1 SEOUL, Thurs Fifteen men were drowned on Monday near the mouth of the Han River when their fishing boat capsized.—UP.
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  • 267 1 MAN WHO DEFIED MUSSOLINI IS DEAD ROME Thurs. SIGNOR Alcide de Gasperi. who defied Mussolini at the height of the dictator's power, and who was Premier of Italy almost uninterruptedly from 1946 to 1953. died today of a heart attack. He was 73 This Rreat Catholic statesman led Italy into
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  • 110 1 Twins' (July 31) mum waits No. 3 now DETROIT. Thurs. Mrs. Boyd Braxton. who took twin girls home from hospital on Tuesday, expects to return in a few days to have another child. The twins were born pre- maturely on July 31. One weighed four pounds six ounces and the
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  • 233 1 'Mr. FRANCE' vs ADEN A UER Future of Europe may depend on outcome of their battle BRUSSELS, Thursday. A BATTLE nt wits began here today on which the future of Europe and the free world may depend. Setting for the battle is the six-nation conference at which the Foreign Ministers
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  • 82 1 PRANCIS A. TAMr BYAH. 21 a University of Malaya flrst-yoar student, was drowned in the Singapore Chinese Swimmina Club pool yesterday. Tambyah went for a swim with a party of university students from Malaya and Hong Kong. When he was misM-d a search was made and
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  • 35 1 NEW DELHI. Thurs. India today accepted a Portuguese proposal for a meeting of representatives in New Delhi to discuss an impartial observation of the Goa dispute and named August 24 as the date.
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  • 20 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. The Prime Minister of Pakistan. Mr. Mohammed Ali will visit President Eisenhower In autumn.- UP.
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  • 30 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. Th* U.S. Government will seek a new perjury indictment against Mr. Owen Lattimore. the Far Eastern specialist, the Attorney Mr. Leo Rover, said today. Reuter.
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  • 128 1 TO HIM— JUNGLE ISN'T NEUTRAL His aim: Red tactics I T. COL. C. R. WARFE, chief instructor of the Awstralian Army jungle school, flew into Singapore from Sydney yesterday to study tactics evolved by Malayan security forces after six years of Jungle war with Communist terrorists He will dp here
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  • 42 1 Indonesia wants U.N. to act NEW YORK. Thurs.- A formal request by Indonesia asking the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly to consider its dispute with the Netherlands over Western New Guinea was presented to the Secretary General. Mr Dag Hammarskjold yesterday Reuter.
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  • 32 1 CANBERRA. Thurs. The External Affairs Minister. Mr Richard Casey, will lead thAustralian delegation to th* conference In the Philippine. Inext month to discuss the proposed South-east Asia defence organisation.— Reuter.
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  • 177 1 FLOGGING SENTENCE: OFFICER APPEALS LAGOS Thurs. yHE appeal opened here today of Mr. Victor Alexander Gregory, a pottery officer sentenced by a Nigerian magistrate to three strokes of the cane and a fine of £120 for setting his dog on a Hausa trader. It Is being heard by a Nigerlan
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  • 36 1 HONG KONG Thurs. The New China News Agency today said that one man was shot dead when three United Nations men crossed the Korean demarcation line and attacked the Communist civil police. Reuter
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  • 165 1 Big oil blaze No. 2 at Seria SERIA. Brunei, Thurs THE second big fire within a fortnight at the oilfields here did about $400,000 damage last night and early today when two large storage godowns wrre destroyed. Last night's blaze was Just arms, the narrow road from the scene of
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  • 46 1 britmv Mian I'l M\(. CLAIM LONDON Tlmrv— Rrilish Minbttrj <>f rrawparf tonight denied claim by Prkinu nUwi.il thai BrttM fchip^ h.ici rafried earg—t of embargoed ■al/eriah to China since licensing of twyajcei to China ».»s introducer! hi March i^t vnr R'Milir. I Bee P ->
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  • 80 1 LONDON Thurs Mrs. Melinda Mac Lean. Americanborn wife of a British diplomat who disappeared three years ago. has written to her mother that she and her children are living happily behind the Iron Curtain official sources said today. Informants said, the letter, with no address or
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  • 609 2 THE SELLERS: Paris, Brussels and Bonn THE SHIPPERS: Britain PEKING, Thursday. TOP official of China's Trade Ministry claimed today that strategic materials embargoed by the West to Red China, has been shipped in British boats. The claim was made by Lu Shu Chang, a director of
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  • 166 2 LONDON. Thurs. Seven more Labour Members of Parliament are to visit China In October at the invitation of the Chinese Foreign Office. They will fly from London on Oct. 4 to Prague and then to Moscow on their way to China where they hope to
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  • 542 2 Enter-by Red red tape: One reporter PEKING. Thurs. I HAVE finally arrived 1 In China— officially that is. The trouble was that when the Russian plane dropped me off in Peking last Saturday there wa« an awful uproar because the Chinese visa I was given In London said I was
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  • 173 2 rpHE Portuguese and Ooanese communities In Singapore are concerned about St. Francis Xavier's tomb in Ooa, said Father Texelra, of St. Joseph's Portuguese Church Mission, yesterday. On Sunday, hundred of Roman Catholics, including Portuguese and Ooanese, said peace prayers at a special service in the
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  • 198 2 THE UNITED STATES vs CHINA VISIT —IN 40 COLUMNS .VASHINGTON. Thurs.— The Contrrssional Record the United States Parliamentary "Hansard" yesterday carried more than 40 columns of criticism of alleged British support for Communism inspired by thr Piking; visit of Labour Party leaders. Some of the criticism comes from Congressmen and
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  • 243 2 Refugees and many of them jobless in West Germany VLTEST Germany's delegate to the Word Tf Youth in Singapore, Mr. Henri Koppie- yesterday that his country must be allowed to exn' her heavy industries to find work for the million refugees now unemployed there. Since the
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  • 131 2 After eight months a reward offer DOLICE are offering a re--1 ward of $2,000 for Information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the theft of valuables from the Qantas cargo office at Raffles Hotel last December. The theft occurred between noon on Dec. 2 and 11 a.m. on
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  • 31 2 LONDON, Thurs. -Tass yesterday said that 11 Russians had climbed Revolution Peak in the Pamir Mountains It Ls 22.916 ft. high and the third highest in the Pamirs.— Reuter
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  • 16 2 RABAT. Thurs. A Moroccan official was killed by a terrorist in Casablanca today Reuter.
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  • 71 2 A BRIGHT LIFE-SA VING IDEA WELLINGTON, Thurs. I People on roads at night will have a better 'hance of survival if they don one of the reflecting safety belts designed by the New Zealand Transport Department. On a wet night the threeinch wide belt can be seen a quarter of
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  • 145 3 U.S. leaders agree on Bill to outlaw Reds w tSHINGTON. Thurs. nFPRESENTATIVES of «h«R' 5r md House of Rei m\cv reached <•<>'»- K"< todaj »n Bill to nutla« ominiinist I'.irtv i nited States. John Butler told n ih.it the agreement mimous. Me said he ,11 the Bill up for in
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  • 36 3 Amin Fa him. tian to remain in iks service when two years aco. He was the for- cretary and ■hold now ivernes-s mghters by hi.s .\r,d an I n -year-old Prince bodyguards Reuter.
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  • 31 3 »N, Thurs Negro to attend a cabinet meetum :apacitj an Interestlienging oxpcrlth reporters after i Ernest Wilklna, ftary of Labour. rnhower had of the agenda AP
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  • 11 3 I "80. Thurs. Ceylon announced its re- 1 dmbodia and'
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  • 119 3 Workers battle with Police: many hurt MUNICH, Thurs. v ittled with 400 di Siemens facLerday in the violence in metal work- \-< pay. pie were injurusing truncheons charges. werp attacking re willing to work nc protected les of police had ne to let the work- ers enter, but after the
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  • 334 3 the statcjrir .nterest of the Inked States sions wSSw hP P °n rt f, l hat thrPe United It'ates Divi-c-onccrnTn Knro PUIl H d out u ha d already caused deep iffi^JSS^SSfi? 16 National Assemb un The withdrawal
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  • 167 3 about i00.0r.0 peopfc'uSay attended a KorernmentfPonsored rally and parade in r'?, l ln Prott-st against th, L/nited Statea decision to withdraw lour of its six divisions from South Korea within the nrxt few months. while about 60 South Korean fluhters fio w low overhead, mobs
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  • 41 3 lONDON. Thurs Moscow R?dio last night said that a Wesi German spy network hraded by a former Nazi crneral, Rrinhard Oehlen. now had more than 4.nno acpnts and was ccttine more than 0.8. S'.non.noo from the American Treasury.— Reuter.
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  • 38 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. A Bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday and to the Senate would permit American post offices to use a special cancelling stamp bearing the legend: "Pray for Peace."— A P.
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  • 27 3 LONDON. Thurs. Major General R. L. Scoones. last British Commander of the Sudan Defence Force, arrived here yesterday by a military aircraft from Khartoum.
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  • 36 3 OTTAWA. Thurs. Senior commanders of British Commonwealth armies will probably discuss withdrawal of part or all of the First Commonwealth Division from Korea during the conference at Camberley. officials said here today —Reuter.
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  • 173 3 The last of Commandos quit Suez PORT SAID. Thurs. rPHE last of Britain's Royal ■1- Marine Commando Brigade leaving the Suez Canal zone boarded the cruiser Gambia on Tuesday night to the strains of a massed band playing "Auld Lang Syne." Together with other troops they represented the first stage
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  • 31 3 CAIRO, Thurs. Black danger flags were hoisted along the beaches of the Suez Canal yesterday to warn against sharks which broke into the canal from the Red Sea. —UP.
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  • 43 3 THE American Navy.st onvair XFY-1 make-* the first ever vertical take-off by a tighter plane. The aircraft, which reached l.iO ft., on an experimental Hunt, backed down to make a perfect landing: on its four tail wheels. Popper picture.
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  • 197 3 RED CRUISER SHELLS DUTCH SHIP IN GRIM GAME OF TAG G A SOVIET cruiser fired on Dora, in the Gulf of owners learned here yestei KOMM.r Thursday. i the 392-ton Dutch coaster, f Finland on Monday the •rday. Captain f Feik, the coaster's skipper reported: "We were bound for Scotland
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  • 121 3 MOSCOW, Thurs. SOVIET residents, who have been urged for months to rut down their drinking were advised yesterday to stop smoking. They were told it's a harmful habit th v causes stomach ulcers. leaves partirle s in the lungs, contracts blood vessels and
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  • 84 3 BERLIN, Thurs. MRS. MARIA Dopert, 38--year-old Czech, was reunited with her refueco husband in West Germany yostcrdav after crawline on her hands and knees throuch Communist barbed wire on the East-West frontier. She was found just inside the border on Tuesday night, exhausted and in
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  • 29 3 LIMA, Thurs. A Yugoslav deleuaMon, headed by Yavok Blazevie, former Trade Minister, arrived here yesterday to negotiate for a bigger commercial interchange with Peru -A P.
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  • 46 3 BOMBAY. Thurs. —F.ve peoPb were killed and 47 inhired —nine seriously when a military train was derailed about 500 miles north of here. Nine wagons and three coaches left the Delhi-Bombay lines. The track will take four days to repair. Reuter.
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  • 42 3 MELBOURNE, Thur.s. Hephzibah Menuhin, 34-year-old pianist sister of Yehudl Menuhin, the violinist, is being sued for divorce by her Auntralian sheep farmer husband. Lindsay G. C. Nicholas. Nicholas, 38, filed a petition yesterday on grounds of adultery. A.P.
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  • 29 3 NEW YORK. Thurs. Four smiling Greek girls arrived yesterday to attend Yankton (South Dakota) college for three years under an international exchange programme of girl scouts.— A.P.
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  • 22 3 BOGOTA, Thurs. The Colombian National Assembly yesterday began the study of a Bill to outlaw the Communist Party.— A.P.
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  • 212 3 Tilt: lIAGI E. Thurs. Holland today said that Indo ncsia has as little right to Dutch New Guinea as to "Newfoundland or the (a nary Islands". The Dutch Foreign Ministry said this in a statement commenting on the Indonesian reouest to the United Nations yesterday
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  • 272 3 LONDON. Thurn IT wim another day of fulling prices In the (stock market.? and If anything the louse* were more widespread, though towards the close i there were sign* of cheap buying. j 1 Reuter. i Closing middle prices of iselected I stocks, not including stamp duty, were:
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  • 24 3 LONDON. Aug 19.— (ash Buyers £?28; Sellers £728.; Forward Buyers £727; Sellers t728; Settlement €731. Turnover a.m. 60 tons; p.m. 70 tons.
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  • 38 3 LONDON. Aug. 19. Bpot 2n ,d Sep 1 20 d. t Ort.-Der. 206., Jan.Mar. 20d Apr June 20d.. JulyS*pt. I9\d., Aug. elf. 19 ,d.. Sept. <■ i f If ,rt.. Oct. cl.I. 19 »d. Tone; Very steady.
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  • 204 4 THE 18 WHO WILL FEED THE 3,000 ARE GIVEN THIS ORDER— WAY WILL JUDGE AT THE BIG BANQUET UKJHTKKN restaurant owners, catering for Sunday night's Chinese banquet for WAY delegates on the padanjj, yesterday pledged the best food and
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  • 129 4 Til Y. I miirv menu will consist of: Kdihle bM'l Best stuffed with chicken, ban i'oenvres, ihark'i fins ith siu cd chicken, mu>>i ■adding pic mushroom consomme, fried bran curd in crab gTUTf, tried sprinc rolls. minced meat in melon cap. vegetables .uul Assorted nie.it.
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  • 32 4 Mr. J r Trainor has born appointed as th< 8 First Traffic Police masi-tratr. Mr Trainor whn VU a practieinc barrister in Ireland, officiated for the first time yest rday.
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  • 16 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Trade unionists last month numbered 3,919 more than in June
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  • 37 4 The Catholic Joint Entertainment Committee for WAY is holding a social for delegates at 8 30 tonight at St. Patrick* School. Singapore. There will be dances, songs, light classical music and community singing.
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  • 40 4 Singapore Christian Youth Council will hold a service for WAY delegates and local members at the Wesley Church, Fort Canning Road, at 10 a.m. on Sunday. The Rev. Tracy K. Jones, pastor of the Wesley Church, will preach.
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  • 19 4 Gan Kun Sua. aged 15. has been missing from the Queen Street Boys" Hostel since Wednr»dav afternoon.
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  • 159 4 They agree women don't know own rights MANY women's problems stem from their own lack of education and their failure, in some countries, to make use of rights already granted them. This Is the opinion of World Assembly of Youth delegates now in Singapore to discuss the role of young
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  • 42 4 Bishop Raymond L Archer, head of the Methodist Church in South-East Asia, was among the 200 people who attended last nights Singapore District Methodist Youth Fellowship's international night social in honour of WAY delegates at I the Wesley Church hall.
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  • 56 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Llm Leon Chye. of Kuala Lumpur, was at the sessions court today fined $16,300. In default two years and three months' gaol for pvaslon of duty amounting to $916 on 296 wrlstwatches. The watches, worth $6,112. were found hidden in a spare tyre
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  • 148 4 THIS EXERCISE WAS TOO REAL M.Ps. SEE FIREMAN HURT IN 'BATTLE' rE FIVE visiting British M.Ps. who are in Singapore on a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association tour yesterday visited several parts of the island. Highlight of their day was a visit to the Civil Defence headquarters at Kolam Aver where a
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  • 73 4 Three youths. Yam Tee Fonp, Han Hun Kwang and Ho Ah Hens, accused of robbing an elderly woman of $132 whilst armed with a knife, were discharged in Singapore yesterday after a preliminary inquiry before Mr. R. W. H. Davies. the magistrate. Mr. Davies held that there
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  • 201 4 SINGAPORES acting Trade Union Adviser, Mr. S. Harris, yesterday denied that Communists have swayed local trade union groups. The Director of Singapore's Special Branch. Mr. A. E. Blades, had earlier told the Straits Times that Communists have obtained some degree of influence in certain
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  • 38 4 The Federation of Malaya Housing Trusts exhibition of house type models opens at 9 a.m. tomorrow at one of the wings to the Assembly Hall. Government Offices, Johore Bahru. The exhibition will end on Thursday.
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  • 96 4 THEY WILL NOT WORK ON SUNDAYS IPOH Thurs -THE MALAYAN Mining Employees' Union today decided by secret ballot, to stage a Feri-eration-wide strike on Sunday. Sept. 5. This is a protest against their employers refusal to grant them a day off once a week. with full pay on normal overtime
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  • 37 4 S 'pore judge transferred Mr. A. W. Ghows. Traffic District Judge. Singapore, has been appointed an Assistant Official Assignee Mr. J. F. McWilliam. now attached to the Official Assignee's Office, is being transferred to the Attorney-Gene-ral's Office.
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  • 29 4 Singapore Arts Theatre will stage a repeat performance of "Motherly and Auspicious" for the benefit of WAY delegates at the Victoria Theatre at 9 p.m. on Tuesday
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  • 106 4 Minimum wage plan is urged AUSTRALIA Mi show mi KUALA I INCHE M 1 BAKRI. liSS^ Industrial an Relations, vt the p cd e ra i Council toe about minim. for workers i n He prom; inquiry folio Mr. Yeai Yeap v. made with a ing th The a quest
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  • 78 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Mr. Tan Chons Be e suggested ir> the Legislative Council today a reconsideration of clause 27 (B» of the Minor Offences Ordinance, which considers a •'common prostitute." wandering in public places and behavine in a disorderly or in- decent manner v
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  • 172 4 rpHE only delight of Fazal Ahmad Gul. a bachelor aged 50. was flowers. So he. had a garden in front of his house in Rangoon Road with a wire fence round it to keep off children and cattle. But Fazal did not get
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  • 133 5 had to pay daily— so I pocketted fares' a conductor tells court 4 1 1 EG iTIONS of an intimidation rinp; involving A gj n gaporc Traction Company bus drivers and ticket inspectors were made in a Colony district nrt yesterday when Andoor Vcstil S. Nambicr, gX.C.
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  • 29 5 n GreeK frcifihCoumantroa came sterday with Japan with over amonium sulSavonia the vp.s.sei d In Sincapore w hile sparej for ire fiown out from
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  • 18 5 RE BAHRU Thurs. ol Taniong fined Sessions Court, ■i :-.i\ for movt without a Tanions Surat
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  • 136 5 OUR GOLD EARNINGS IN 7 YEARS-U.S. $4,1 60 m. i\H 1 1 MPI R. Than earned I S.S.VJtiO in the last seven nd sp.nt i sm.:;iio of it during the ■■amp period. the Federal < oancU mi told ik imluded combined IffUM Fat Singapore and Federation for the 1947—1953 l*nod.
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  • 204 5 IT is nut very often that children in Singapore set a t-hant-e of meeting a real Member of Parliament and when he happens to be an amateur magician and ventriloquist like Mr. Raymond Sorensen. it becomes much more exciting than dull talks on politics or the
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  • 189 5 /\NG TEONG HO. an 18-yoar-old farmer was minding v/ his own business in his vegetable garden at the 9i mile. Jalan Kayu. when three men who claimed to be police officers descended on him, bundled him into car and drove oft. He said
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  • 24 5 The next public concert of the Singapore Police Band will be at Farrer Park from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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  • 161 5 A FIVE-YEAR-OLD cirl.NK Slew (hew of Kirn Keat Road, who used a box of matches to light joss sticks lo pray to her dead grandmother, was burnt to death when her dress caught fire, a Singapore inquest was told yesterday. l.im Mvi
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  • 191 5 'THE Singapore Government City Council Labour Union has written to the Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. A. C. Goode. protesting: against a move to add half an hour a day to the working hours of labourers. 1 Recently the City Council I ruled that
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  • 235 5 More basic salary urged for 2,700 THE staff association and unions of Singapore City Council have submitted a scheme for revised salaries on the Ritson scale, to be effective from July 1 this year. The cost to the Council would be over $1,090,000 more a year in salaries ($768,000) and
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  • 45 5 Forty-two new hajis passed through Singapore yesterday by air on their way back to Indonesia from Mecca. They were picked up in Jeddah by an Indonesian Government chartered Garuda Indonesian Airways Convair. They left after tea at Kallang airport for Jakarta.
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  • 36 5 Mr. K. Kanagaratnam, aged 54. a Singapore sportsman, died at his home m Tiong Bahru yesterday and was cremated at the Hindu Cemetery. Bidadari in the afternoon. He leaves a widow and four children.
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  • 33 5 Rant Kasel. of Singapore Railway Station Hotel, was fined $10 in Singapore yesterday for falling to stop at a halt sign at the Junction of Kampong Bahru and Keppe! Roads.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 427 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE MS a.m. Time Signal and Opening Announcement; 7.16 MorningStar; 7.30 News; 7.35 Melody Mixture: 8 00-8.30 Hill Billy Half Hour; 9.00 Music While You Work; 9.45 Housewives' Choice; 10 30 A New Elizabethan Looks At World ProDlems; 10.45-11.30 Friday Matinee; 100 pm. Programme Summary; Id Time For
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  • 15 6 ;n W»rW> %l» (minimum). BOOR N R. 1... Late of Sniami Estate, Bah-.u. Funeral
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  • 720 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Aug. 20, 1954. Fresh Step On The Way v» nil nit- (Prt.»mi; vi ciiiiciiuments to the Federal Agreement of 1948 and to the Federal Legislative Council Ordinance Dl !!).">4 the way is now clear for the Federation to ballot towards the middle of next year
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  • 397 6 Explanations by Singapore's I Public Relations Secretary about the way in which members of the public can get into' Legislative Council meetings to j hear what their representatives have to say are interesting, because they reveal a complete lack of understanding by legislative councillors about the rights of
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  • 192 6 Long, long ago some of Ulysses's fellow travellers ate; of the lotus root in some un- identified land. They forgot friends and home and stayed for ever in lotus land. The delights of eating lotus roots and drinking "yam sengs" have apIparently found a quick way into the
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  • 1572 6 Says William Barkley *%m^ the twelfth letter in our alphabet, usually I termed a liquid, but more correctly desigTO> natrd as a front palatal (ctem.) the symbol < JJL jQ for lithium :in Roman numerals, for 50, but > L ss '0,000. La,* la, inter
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    • 160 6 Kallang air crash inquiry A CERTAIN remark made by me at the close of the Kallang air crash inquiry was so badly misreported <a> by Radio Malaya at 7.10 p.m. on August 16 and 'bi by at least one Singapore newspaper, which is published in English (not the Straits Times
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    • 43 6 rE Federation Government should face realities and raise the retiring age to sixty, a long overdue change. The present ceiling was fixed in the days of punkas, malaria, sun-.stroke and other ills then rife in Malaya. MILK AND HONEY. Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 332 6 ANXIOUS" has certainly chosen a novel way to attack the oil industry. The criticism we usually have to face, though happily less frequently than heretofore, is that the oil companies maintain prices at unnecessarily high levels. To be accused of reducing prices below
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    • 45 6 WHY do deck passengers from India have to spend two or three days in quarantine on St. John's Island whilst first and second class passengers can go on to Singapore? The Representative of the Government of India should look Into this. A. RAMAKRISHNAN Singapore.
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    • 135 6 Ttffß. C. R. DASARATHA RAJ, Legislative Councillor, would like to see horse racing abolished. He says: "Horse racing Is a great social menace." This statement is almost v illtimed as It is stupid. 111-timed because it was made only a few weeks after our Queen had
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  • 365 6 On the Margin Be tolerant IT does Men rat thasr«a h people been its prid i dwoit m imltv learnt to ,uff er among them w and understand I /I I No-one i ret the lively r, I Salvation Army I n'«l> the happy. 1% to qu see why the
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    • 865 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. N M ..trf. S/i i minimum). M I ARPYCE On 18th A«cu<-» 19M. at R M H.. KhmnR. to Effle rlf« of Mtjor J. O. Allardyrf R E. HOSKINK. To John nnti MurROt at Pfnunvr Maternity Hospital, k P.tuf:htn\ Penelope Louise, on 18th Aucust Both well. \< KNOWI
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    • 56 6 JESUS CENTRAL CHARACTER OF THE CENTURIES '•He has led more crusades than all strong men combined. Our calendar date.s from Him. Great art. music and writing proclaim His g10ry..." Here is a moving sermon on the timeless fascination of Our Lord. IN JULY DREADER'S igest NOW ON SALE C.R. DASARATHA
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    • 59 6 J The most heavenly drink on earth Topped with sprigs of Mint Orange f v cucumber sl ces put the lull" <" ,^w tlic head of a Pimm's Xn. 1 (.up. I)onr forget to atid ice cubes and vnd-e sure your lemonade and soda or ginger ale is really cool.
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  • 157 7 MRSL bAYS MARRIED INSURANCE MAN TOLD HER: y WAS FOUND DEAD L S GAS-FILLED CAR I. rH l ,M HENRI STODDARIMVOOD, 29, an ur ance agent, told a 21-year-old Chinese that if she would not marry him he would
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  • 14 7 lib i social join c >ntact the cl ib pr<
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  • 10 7 ISlngantendent :x wrck? In Bri- I vice.
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  • 7 7 I'BYAH 21 in Chir,Ps< at Biria-
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  • 94 7 HE RAISES $829 BY STARVING Five-day fast VI R. M. M. ISHAQ, the 34--iT year-old Indian Muslim who began a 121-hour fast on Tuesday to raise funds for the proposed Malayan Muslim College, has so far collected $829. Mr. Ishaq drinks only a glass of water a day and is
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  • 148 7 IN BLOSSOM— the 'emperor' flower 4ND BANG GOES A LEGEND HBIENDB *i tin lial moral I Park home in Singapore of It. Commander F. E. Martin last night saw the blossominc of a rare flower —the "Kens Hua." The flower. which according to Chine>f legend opens only in the presence
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  • 56 7 ¥\KI.EGATES to the World Assembly of Youth in Sine yesterday toured the city cettinc background information on the subjects they re dJjcaatnf The group discussing tains industrialisation v:.-it-ie Harbour Board. the Ford factory and the Shell Company office. British delegates visited new g estates
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  • 55 7 Madhavan Narayanan, accuse.l of a parang attack on Paul Martin, secretary of thr Sembawang Rural District committee, was committed in Sing;. pore yesterday to stand tria! before the High Court. Hr was alleg'-d to have attempted to murder Martin in a lam off the 15th milestone Sembawang
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  • 189 7 a SANDBAR formed in thr Kalians Rivor Singapore. by P.W.D. dredges workine on the foundation of the new bridge helped flremrn yesterday to save a blazing tongkang. Firemen were able to use the sandbar as a stopping ■tone lo 'he burning craft and as a
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  • 59 7 PENANO, Thurs. Tone: Wah In, 20. was today charged at the Magistrate's Court with attempted extortion. Torjß was alleged to have attempted to take $30 from Ooh Chuan Hln at Paya Terubong on Aug. 15 and $20 from Yong: Kwee Yin the same day. The case
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  • 198 7 One question they ALL ask Emanuel Where IS this Togoland? G. BRUCE, Togoland's delegate at the World Assembly of Youth in SineaDore. is continually being asked one question. Everybody wants to know: Where IS Togoland? But", said Bruce yesterday. "I'm quite used to the auestion. and I don't really blame
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  • 497 7 'Tickets only system best' rvNLY one of six Sinv gapore Legislative Councillors asked yesterday about the "ticket only" system of admission to the public gallery of the Council Chamber thinks the system should be changed to make it easier for the man in the street to hear the debates. The
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  • 62 7 When his wife refused to stop cursing the children Soh Giow Siong struck her twice on the face with a newspaper he was reading and the woman fell and hurt her left leg and arm, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Soh Giow Slong was fined
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  • 27 7 Singapore Stamp Club will hold an auction of Malayan and Commonwealth stamps at the YM.C.A Orchard Road, from 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
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  • 127 7 rpATTOOED marks of a secret society— the "Khong Puay"! <08> gang— were found on the arms of a suspect while he was being questioned at the C.I.D. in connection with an armed! robbery, Mr. Chcah Tengl Cheok, Deputy Superintendent I of Police, said in
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  • 466 7 THEY'RE ALL TAKING THIS THE HARD WAY That all-night party is just good clean fun, explain youth leaders rl public are getting an entirely wrong impression about the all-night farewell party for WAY delegates on Saturday week, the head of the organising committee, Mrs. Phoa Thai Seng, said yesterday. The
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  • 41 7 A bracelet of American gold coins was found near the Junction of Scotts Road and Orchard Road. Singapore, on Wednesday evening The owner i s asked to get in touch with Inspector Wour of Orchard Road police Station
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  • 182 7 8 YEARS EACH FOR TWO MEN TWO men traced by fingerprints which they left on a door, were yesterday in thn Singapore Assize Court given eight years' goal each for attempted armed robbery. The y were Chan Hock Soon, a house paint r r
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  • 84 7 IBAN TRACKER HURT IN BOMB BLAST KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. An Iban tracker sustained a suspected fracture of the skull In a grenade accident in Mv jungle, east of Ipoh last Sunday, H.Q.. Malaya Command, announced today. He is L/Cpl. Nyullng Anak ISemada of the Sarawak Ranirn, attached to the 22
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  • 77 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Mr. N. L. Cohen, President of the Sessions Court, today told a special constable that It was outrageous of him to assault a shopkeeper when asked to pay his bill. Mohamed bin Bakry was charced with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a shopi keeper
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    • 179 7 The weather MINIM I'M UMHKMlia 7.30 p.m. on Aug. 18 to 7.30 r m on Aug. 19) Singapore 74 degree* Penang 75. Kola Bahru 72. Kuala Lumpur 73. Ipoh 73. Kuantan 70. NAXIMI M TFMPFRATI'RE: (7.30 am. to 7.30 p.m. on Aug. 19 Singapore 88 degrees. Penang 87. Kota Fiitiru
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    • 392 8  - That banknote provides a real mint of laughter JACK BEAUMONT By >r pHK Million Pound Note" starring (iregory Peck and a lovely new British star. Jane Griffiths, is a most improbable story told in a most delightful way. It is now showing at 11kPavilion. Other names in the cast are
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    • 205 8 WEST OF ZANZIBAR" which is shortly to be shown by the Cathay Organisation, should never have been allowed south to Singapore. It's one of the poorest films seen for some time (writes JACK BEAUMONT). The Ealinu Studios trademark has on many occasions been the
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    • 138 8 |>ITTF.R RICE", five-year- old Italian film, and one of tin- first Italian films to attract world attention. is i online to Singapore There are scores of reasons to explain the popularity of "Bitter Rice", all of them feminine and siimptou*lvcurved in the best Italian tradition. The
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    • 187 8 KNOCK ON WOOD* is one of Danny Kaye's best lilms for some time with more than a sprinkling of screamingly funny situations (writes H. L. As Jerry Morgan, a ventriloquist and also the innocent courier of top secret documents which, unknown to him,
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    • 397 8 THE next star to appear in Slneapores musical skv is tho British pianist. Angus was born ln Berkshire England. He began playinp the piano at the age of four and twelve years later won an open scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London. The famous
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    • 143 8 ROSE MARIE Is broadly based on thr operetta of that name and stars Ann Blyth. Howard Kerl and Fernando Lamas. CinrmaScope does credit to ihe magnificent scenery in the Canadian Rockies. Good sinking of the same old songs and a couple of new ones.
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    • 260 8 CATHAY^jSANIJMjnONjm /^T^C^HlsiiiW TODAY THRILL TO THE PAGAN RITES OF THE f &&titt^*3BB&& \v v TCfHMICOLOR _^*\l|^\ n Morntnc Tomoirnw, 9 A.M HUINARO THF. WO%fFN". Show*: Sunday. 9 A.M.: "CABTLI IN THF AIR" i Mandarin. TOMORROW at MIDNIGHT I fe. ITS DANNY'S FUNNIEST COMEDY- MUSICAL! both t, NORMAN PANAMA FRANK >V«~o»<«
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    • 282 8 mmm m m TODAY' 1 I)A l "*ISM j i in Warner color s < n '.pi,.,,,,, I I ATTACKS TOMORROW/ AN ASTOUNDING j^^^fcgj tmstnum t Ni» inm Somwt' vii i gfeWgiif I MIDNIGHT I TOMORROW i 4f^ RICAROO MONTALBAN in Columbia's Swashbuckling Specf Ot with the kind of action
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    • 329 8 era Morrison. Despite his ScotlAN GRANT tish name. Mr. Morrison Straits Times Crossword 1 8 19 20 ACROSS 7. A barrel maker initialed mu--1 Trar nrars in end iTi. tual Assistance 5. A wonder in "vhich a car re- 8. Corrected to a conclusion (7). \rn-er (7i 14. I .see
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  • 1772 9 All races clashed by river of gold STRAITS TIMES' SPECIAL FEATURE CKETS bulging with gold, a tall, bearded Irishman, ragged and weary after a three months' nightmare trek into wild Cape York Peninsula, walked into the warden's office on the Etheridge goldfields, th Queensland, one September day in 1873. Excited
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    • 83 9 CORDIALS SYRUPS n Bovtta Xfrn i t f rrsh fruit ID r IX MANI I I WOl RS [nrited To ::butors: I BO] fix 1 JAVE I REMEMBER TO BUY 6U€/llfDa4f\ FULL-CREAM POWDERED MILK I Iq^ i mm w» H"owtogetpidof STOMACH PAINS ill P»mj are due to «»Cid. The quickest
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    • 289 9 f Get in the t j I SINGAPORE -f 1 POLICE FORCE |J I and get on! Jfjlj If you ar* between IS and 25 yeart old. sft 4 mrhri 2 or over, of good health and education, lOIN THE SINGAPORE POLICE. Candidates mutt pan an entrance examination equivalent to
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    • 180 9 Shvrlvvk Eloltnvs Umr «h<w< ftmgvrprinis? QUITE 'TUE^ I kVMV DID YOU "T I WAS TIED WITH A YOU CANT V HOW AdOUT S MURDERER I SUSPECT IT NAUTICAL KNOT. A PROVE A I THE P/N6EC f yOU MEAN JUAN MEANT TO IMPLICATE WASNT JUAN? J BOWLINE LOOP I BLASTED J
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  • 703 10 Wm. Jacks show gain THERE was a smaller volume of business on the 1 Singapore Share Market yesterday but industrials, on the whole, again continued their steady tendency. Gammons eased to $3.25 buyers, $3.30 sellers and United Engineer ordinaries to $12.60 buyers $12.70 sellers, with profit-taking in
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  • 89 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday. New York: buying. T.T. 32 7 airmail, O.D. 33. 90 days 33'» credit bills. 33 3 16 trade bills Canada: buying. T.T. 31ft. airmail, O.D 32. 90 days 32 Vi credit bills, 32
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  • 132 10 Ship* alongride the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Asia 1 2. President Mckinley 45. Taksan C.P.. Karakan 67. Okfibeg 89. Gorgon 11, Muswellhlll 13 14. Steel Executive 15 16, Friesland 18. Errla 19, Serampang N.W. 6, Hong Tat N.W. 8 MST Lighter 43 N.W. 10.
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  • 151 10 MELBOURNE, Thurs. Australian stock markets toojc the i Commonwealth budget quietly today. Investments continued to be well 1 supported at near recent rates with certain groups favoured. Loans W%% 1956-58 £95 5 Loans 3*%^ 1956-59 £96 13 9 -f 13 Auxt Consol Ind 49 6 A.PM i new
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  • 194 10 September first grade rubber buyers fob. closed in Singapore yesterday at 66 13 18 cents, fourrlxtetnths of a cent above Wednesday's close. A reasonable turnover was reported on the market which closed slightly easier afttr steady. The price opened at tl\. cents a lb. on overnight acceptances from
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  • 119 10 Singapore Chinr** Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul were Copra: uncertain: September $29 buyers. $29\ sellers; October $29 buyers. $29 s. sellers. Coconut oil quiet. $50 sellers. Pepper: quiet, no busintss reported: Muntok white $212 2 Sarawak •210, Lamport black $165. H.C'.B. Ltd. closing price: coconut oil. $49
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  • 27 10 July rubber outputs announced ■re: Chanfkat Srrdan 36 30(1 1b Chrrmanc 129.000 lb.. Indratin 111.470 lb I.ynai 52.000 lb KySS» 57.200 lb.; TaiMth 67,188 lb
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    • 312 10 NONE BETTER FOR THE SMALL JOB WmMm—L ""^S** c -m f M »3- JS^ s^w iLM I sleevt-ralve compressor delivers jfflPx^^sai^^ a rente of models harms; capacities up to SOO c.f.m. y^' The BROOMWADE CNPSO j£r pneumatic pick hoi an citremely good pewtr/wtitht ratio. It is smooth in operation al
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    • 536 10 NOTICES APOLOGY TO MR. FOO YIN LOKE WE the undersigned, Mr. and Mrs. Wong Ah Patt, SUll-Holders at Falim Market regret very much for having without any provocation used abusive language and made Certain Statements and imputations I agalnts Mr. Foo Yin Loke on the night of 9th August, 1954,
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    • 805 10 NOTICES In The Matter Of The Companies Ordinance, 1940 and In The Matter of THE SUNBEAM MANUFACTURING CO., (MALAYA) LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) IN A MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP NOTICE la hereby given pursuant to Section 229 of the Companies Ordinance. 1940, that a Final Oeneral Meeting of Members of
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    • 338 10 SHIPPING NOTICFS NEDFRLAND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL Notice U CMtstfßeea M.V. "TARAKAN" arriving 19.*. 54 Contrary to our previous announcement on 19.8.54, the M.V. Tarakan is now berthed at Oodown 6/7. General survey will be held on the August 24th 1954. No further survey will be held. NEDERLAND LINE ROYAL
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    • 188 10 l| 1 OFFICIAL PRICES SINGAPORE, Auk. 19. TIN: 5361 per picul (up 50 crnta). RUBBER: fi« 13 16 crnts a lb. (up four sixtrrnths of a rent). THE EASTERN SHIPPING CORPORATION^ AccepUnj Pa»encer« and (art© T«: P. SWETTENHtM. PENANO. NBOATATTINAII «.a. "JALACOPAL" SAILIWC 17th AUGUST. i9i*Sliuapore rort >«ftt«-nham Pfll Arrivlne
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    • 62 10 I tyostora Mf^S Babies It %Jj Wgesl! JSO KLIM IF irk BOHOENQ I /rsecr to be good! y A little mustaJ ,m DIABETOX TABLEtT for diabet** mcl. lnslpidus. A pure.' Re\:\es pant n specific gravity. r\ the urine and imp weight. »6.00 iOO SERPINA TABLETS useful ir hit I ache,
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    • 1107 11 -^S MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. ft 24, ratea in >goporci Travel BLUE FUNNEL UNE Dept. t. oroceed »io other ports M load and discharge cerao Cerr-r. .P-| I.^BPOOL. GLASGOW, LONPOM ft CONTINENTArPOR?S j^IIINGS Ll Due P Shorn Penong 1 Au, 20/21 Aug 22 G 33/34 A.« 25 Aug 24/28 Aug
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    • 1119 11 Kb^^^^^^*^| W^£^K—J—^LJ—^^K—^^B l^K. W^M K I J r EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aaen, P.rt Sold, Genoa, Antw.rp, Hotter Ham, Hamhur,, G.vnio. Copenhagen, Gothenburg ft Oslo -itXSf- *rj i S, »»>t- >•/»»« Sm'iJs'Gdrn"!''' M N PIM Colls Karlshamn. SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U K./CONTINENT "ERRIA" (not corry.ng pa«enoer*) S r
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    • 1104 11 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. SAILINGS ta UK and CONTINENTAL FORTS Spore P. S'Som Penong Benvenue for Hovre, London Rotterdom, Horrburg 2J/2B Au, J»/J© Au, Jl Ana/ 1 Sopt Benefeeaech for Genoo, i iveroool, Dublin Antwerp, Homburg 74/30 Au, Jl Au,/ 2 Sept 1/ 4 Sept ■envannach for Avonmouth London Hull
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    • 1161 11 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. f TEL Na ***** ELLEKMAM 4k BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES SAN PRANCISCO, HAMBURG 1 HULL PORTLAND. SEATTLE t VANCOUVER ond for U.S A Nort»i Atlnn'ic Ports Accepting f*o fer Central 1 South ond (Jjrvoao vo Colombo American Parts CITY Of POONA SUNNYVILLE
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  • 238 12 MORE FOREIGN CONCERNS [jlIRING the first half of this year, 94 companies were registered in the Colony while 16 companies closed down, Mr. A. H. Harrison, Registrar of Companies, Kusiness Names and Patents Singapore, said yesterday. This, Mr. Harrison added, made a total of
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  • 92 12 MALAYAN firms have booked more than 100 stalls at the Trade Fair organised by the Selangor Chinese Athletic Association (Chenwu) at their Kuala Lumpur stadium from August 28 to September 4. All types of Roods will bo on show. Local exhibitors have started work
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  • 65 12 Mr. Rudolf Mock, commercial secretary of the German Consulate General. Sincapore. left yesterday for Tokyo to attend the first conference of the heads of the economic sections of the German missions in Bangkok. Tokyo. Jakarta and Honn Kong. The conference will rxchanpe views on trade in the different
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  • 190 12 5 The Radio Corporation of '4 I America RCA International Di- vision has appointed Edward 3 Eu and Co. Ltd of Sincapore 7 sole agents In Singapore. Maj laya and Prltish Borneo for 5 thrir products which are prow duced at i 5 factories
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  • 314 12 They do not fully appreciate MALAYANS are not benefiting fully from life assurance because instead of appreciating its real purpose, which is protection and security they look upon it as a form of saving, said Mr. Jacob Ballas. Singapore unit supervisor of Sun Life Assurance
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  • 74 12 The directors of Pan American World Airways have declared a dividend of 20 U.S. cents per share payable on September 10 to stockholders nn th<- register at the close of business on August 20. Tnis is the thirty-ninth dividend paid by Pan American and the third this
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  • 146 12 SIX WINN..KS of the Coca Cola "Guess the Number" of corks competition were given prises at the Happy World Trade Exhibition, on Sunday, by Mr. R. Toplis. Manager of Lion Ltd.. the bottlers. The two first prises which were Cora Cola radio sets
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  • 297 12 Cheapness makes soft drinks so popular rfiHE immense popularity A which soft drinks are at present enjoying in Malaya is due to their cheapness compared with coffee, said Mr. Robert Lee, General Manager of Mis-Sino Ltd.. Singapore. Before the war a soft drink cost about ten cents and coffer 1
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    • 391 12 r*. f-T 7 Vie SINGLE BUCKET "SMHG/weiGHB*TCHZR The Hand -loaded SWINC/WIICHBATCHIR. Cuts out cement wastage and reduces construction time and coiM. Proportioning is by weight instead of by volume. Sand bulking, due to moisture, can be kjMff* The Single Bucket weighbatchcr. a* illastrated. allows a good average output to be
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    • 182 12 The PORT AUTHORITY 4 Self-gorernith Public Trust jot Public ic fv a Premier Port of the Empj re equipped for all types of ships and cargoes. 9m fain pttienlan apply: •UEML MIAOER. PORT P LONOOk AUTHORITY. lOtDrjH. i i} I*o choose The i*' is R* Take i tip from Lond-Mi-«rf
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  • 445 13 OOLONG'S 3F. IN 38 1/5 ATTRACTS ATTENTION By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. QOLONG, one of the biggest horses in training, attracted attention at the Kuala Lumpur racecourse this morning when he beat Red Hat (Mitchell) and Fair Weather (Donnelly) easily at the finish of a 3f. trial in 38
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  • 433 13 Yorks fall for 113 and title task is harder T n^ LONDON, Thursday. V ORKSHIRE. hard-pressed at the top of the County cricket table and anxious to gain maximum points from their last two championship games, were dismissed for 113 runs on a wet wicket yesterday but made a heartening
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  • 26 13 LONDON. Thurs. Rugby League result* yesterday were Belle Vue dangers 11 St Helens 20: Castleford 4 Bradford Northern 8: Wldnes 13 Whitehaven 15 —Reuter.
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  • 113 13 ]tf ORE than 400 people including 1 WAY. delegate* from Belgium Holland. Switzerland, and West Africa sa* Charlie Teo being chosen "Mr. Kiwi" for the second year In succession This was at the Physical Culture fhow organized by the Kiwi Members' 1-eaßue (Singapore) and held
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  • 79 13 The Muslim New Year Sports' will be held this year at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday Sept. 12 at 2.30 p.m. Entries are expected from. Muslim clubs. Muslim members of the Police and armed forces and Muslim school children. Entries will close on Saturday Aug. 21
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  • 51 13 LORtVS. Thurs. Pakistan took a lead of 149 runs on the first lnnines soon aft«r the luncheon Interval was taken here on the second day of their unofficial Test against the Canadian tourists in England Scores: Canada 87: Pakistan 236 <ME.Z Ghatali 62. Waatr Mohammad 59).
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  • 190 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. pOON KOK YING, holder of the Selangor Men's 17 doubles title with H. J. Sinclair, again entered the final after a hard three-set match with the seeded pair. I. V. siemson and A. H. S. Reid, toda> Kor Ylng's partner this year
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  • 62 13 IPOH, Thurs. Klnta Indians entered the final of the RDY. Cup knockout soccer competition with an easy 3-1 victory over Perak Chinese Recreation Club at the Assembly Hall ground today. Three PCRC players had their names taken down for rough play. They were left
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  • 420 13 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs COLLEt.K DON nu stepped up on his Pacing form. With Harry Me 'loud astride, this three-year-old galloped with gusto when he outpaced Big Hit (Clarke) In a 3f tryo-jt In 38 3/5 on the training track at Kuala Lumpur this mornCollege i
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  • 73 13 STOCKHOLM. Thura— Audrff Boysen, of Norwa y broke the «rer'd record for 1.000 metres at >Oaevle, Central Sweden, with a tip*' of 2ml?. 19.5 sec. last night, The officially recMflsed record la 2min 20 Saec. set V\- the Amerte/in Mai WhltfleldJut year Boysea b*
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  • 36 13 The annual athletic sports of trie Singapore Recreation Club scheduled to be held tomorrow has been postponed to Sept. 12 as the pada.ig will be used by the way delegates for a banquet.
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  • 295 13 DRA W FOR RSGC CAPTAIN'S PRIZE THE loUowinit are the draw and x times for the R.8.0.C. Captain i Priie to be played off tomorrow afternoon: FIRST NINE 2.10 Crulckshank (8), Buchan (8) and Pollock (7); 2 15 Phillips <Bt. Bu (8) and Isherwood (6); 3.20 Markham i9i. Brand iS)
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    • 43 13 SOCCER IMS (INDONESIA) Combined Srrvirr. Ulan BfT, g.M pjn. 8AFA JUNIOR CUP: RAr Tengah v RAF Chantf 'A', .Ulan Bcaar, 7 p.m. CRICKET INTER -SERVICES: Army Rovxl Air Force. Tanftin Itarrark« 11 a.m. (drat day). TABLE TENNIS S.T.T.A. rh»mplon»hip« HappT World. 7.15 p.m.
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  • 270 14 MALAYAN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS Both score easy 15-min victories PENANG, Thursday. TOP-SEEDED Tan Enj? Looi, the Perak women's singles champion, will meet Penang's Tan (•aik Bee, the No. 2 seed, in the final of the schoolgirls' singles at the Malayan badminton championships, which
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  • 152 14 MALAYAN h i tn m c r throw champion Lt. (01. J. Reidy and QMI S. J. ltd nun- both of whom are A.A.A. Senior Coaches are arranging a Rot-toeether of all hammer throwers, both civilians and servicemen, in Singapore and the Federation, at the
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  • 133 14 Malacca fans get their grandstand MALACCA. Thurs T'HF $6O!XMi grandsund of the 1 Kubu Stadium will be officially opened by the Resident Commi*HMT, Mr. O E C Wisdom at 4.45 p.m here on Sx'urday This grandstand wU provide a considerable extension to the iporu ing faciluies in the state m
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  • 92 14 Thirty two teams have entered for the Sineapore Business Houses PA. Senior A Junior Knock-Out Cup 1 16 teams in the Senior and 16 in the Junior Competition). The Senior teams are: Pulo Bukom. Mercantile Bank. Ford. OTEC Shell. Bata. M.P.H.. SC.S.. Chartered Bank. Fraser
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  • 83 14 The Singapore Business Houses PA. team against Banka BUligton on Aug. 25 and for the Felth Charity Cup match on Aug 29 will be: Fook Teng (Thoinycroft) Boniface 18TO, Johan (H.K. Bank) Ting Chye (Mercantile Bank. Vass iCapt. H.K. Bank 1, Aman <8hell>: Yang Huat
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  • 54 14 Singapore Amateur Footbrll Aslation entertained the Indonesian tourists. Union Means Strength, tn dinner at the Oreat World park last night. Mr. W McGregor Watt, the president, announced that SAFA was planning a dinner in honour of "hla Boon Leong. Singapore's MaCup forward who has been oted
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  • 81 14 The visiting Indonesian soccer I team. Union Makes Stiength, face their stlflest opposition when they meet Stno-Malays on Sunday In their farwell match. The klck-ofl for this match will be 5. 15 p.m sharp. The Slno-Maliys team will be: Chee Sens. Johan Teow Keng: Hee Jong Kok
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  • 82 14 Army i Singapore > mill play the Royal Air Force in the annual ln-ler-servlces match at Tanglin Barracks cricket ground today and tomorrow. The Army team is: Maj. T. Foster iCapti Maj G. W Lt'wls. Maj Whitmell. Maj J E Evans. Lt C Smith WO
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  • 730 14 SCHOOLBOYS SINGLES Srmnd round: Wee Teik Swee 1 Mai. i w.o On Chong Teik iSel.>. Yap Chuan Cheng (Mali bt Cheong Cneng Swee iSporn 15—12, 15—11; Shaikh Abdullah (Kel) bt Foo Sze Chun (Pk.» 15—13. 15—11. Second round: Lee Tuck Lum 1 Sell bt Idrls Kadir
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  • 160 14 Island Club to meet Senior golfers r PHE Senior Oolfers' Society of Malaya will play a match against The Royal Island Club on -unday. The draw and starting Mmes are (matches given in order of First Nine and Second Nine): ft. ls am Allen Lalng vs HodgKinson MrEwan; Cralk A
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  • 209 14 FOI T R brilliant jfoals by inside-left Ismail Ahmad, including: a hat-trick, enabled Indonesians to score an impressive 4 2 victory over Indians in the opening game of the S.A.F.A. Community League at Jalan Resar stadium last night. Indonesians were unmistakably the fitter and
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  • 126 14 THE PROPOSED triangular athletic meeting between Sinjapore the Kederation of Malaya and Ceylon will not take place on Sept. 4 in Singapore as originally scheduled. Ceylon A.A.A.. in a letter to the Singapore A.A.A has stated that, as Ceylon's own championships are on Sept.
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  • 24 14 The Singapore Swimming Club's second championship gala will be held tn the club pool at 4 am. tort ioitow
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  • 258 14 Ceylon stars arrive for title bid /IEYLON V I?,-.. dinanas anri Bernard conn,' Lawn champion at K arrived In day by 8.0.A lombo. Rom Co. Fcrfiina: •<: the r trnm havi rtvr! singl' In Rupert Mou junior eh ;.eai Last jear. In champion b> A the a 6-3 S-4. This
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