The Straits Times, 23 August 1954

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    14 1 The Straits Times Yott# Esid. 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AXil ST 23, 1954 15 CENTS
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    $100 MIL. SARAWAK PLAN
    744 1 Roads get priority TOWNS TO BE TORN DOWN A FIVE-YEAR $100 million development plan for Sarawak is tit be laid before the Council Negri in Kuching tomorrow. It includes $51 million for communications, principally a programme of trunk and secondary roads costing >•'»(( million. A 90
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    WINNERS WERE IN A HURRY
    143 1 WINNERS WERE IN A HURRY IMI i Singapore win.,l l.ivt week's ,s 5.,.***** word tWQ ttimy^ in I hej w< re Imth uirt thej both ilinr entries in Up v I i-Mier. of Road <iirt Mi ss Kane "f I'pper Road. Sin::.! hari the nn/r M hin s i'i <>n
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    Sir Onn collapses—after a heart attack
    88 1 Sir Onn collapses— after a heart attack I'PUR. Sun Mi mber lor Horn. Dtto Sir Onn bin psed alter a heart home here laM returninn gara meeting irb four miles iwn. nltted to Bungsar morning, but his condition gave no cause for anxiety, the Straits Times was A spokesman "f
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    16 cross the channel
    74 1 FOLKESTONE. Sun. Batista Pereira. 33, a Portuswimmer, beat 15 other contestants in a cross-channel marathon yesterday after leading them all the way from (Mp Orii Na to the English coast. H.s official time for the 20--mile feat wag 12 hours 'J5 min--1 see The record is
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    MR. TAN AND SOME OF HIS 3,000 GUESTS
    40 1 MR. TAN LARK SYK v seen above with some of hK riivtincuished guests, including the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W A. C. Goode (extreme left) at last night's pidang feast. Straits Times picture.
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    China gives back Hong Kong launch
    143 1 HONG KONG. Sun. rill Hong Kong polite launch, which disappeariil from Hone Kong waters rarly on July was returned by tin Chinese authorities today it is official- ly announced here. Kicht of the ten original polite crew were on board when the craft was
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    Vernon Bartlett dangerously ill
    40 1 LONDON. Sun. Mr. Vernon Bartlett. 60-year-old journalist, broadcaster and former independent Member of Parliament, wa.s operating on here today. A hospital official said Mr. Bartlett had had an 'acute abdominal operation and was dangerously 111.— Router.
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    Trade agreement for review
    58 1 WASHINGTON. Sun. The I I s State Department has made plans for public hearings here on Sept. 13-17 on i legible chances in the tariffti.ide aureenv nt it has with b 2 other nations. Up for review ire uoneral provisions of the agreement— not any chances
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    GUARDS OPEN FIRE ON VIETMINH POWS
    138 1 Attempt at mutiny aboard ?hip SAIGON. Sun. GUARDS on board the Nor- I wegtan ship, Skaugum. opened fire to break up an it tempted mutiny by 2.500 Vietmlnh prisoners being re- patriaU'd from Haiphong to Sam Son. the French News Agency reported today. The
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    ANOTHER ADENAUER MAN GOES EAST
    193 1 BONN. Sun. RED East Germany announced last night that I a member of the Adenauer regime's top secret parliamentary committee on European security has gone ovrr to the Communists. The Western German Seasrity chief. Dr. Otto John (Inserted to Communist East (.ermanv just a month
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    36,000 HELPINGS -WHAT A FEAST!
    628 1  -  WILLIAM FISH By WELL, we re over the edible bird's nest stuffed with chickens and the hors d'oeuvres. Only ten more i nil i si -s hi guThree thousand guests poise 3.000 pairs of chopsticks expectantly as we await the arrival of sharks fins with
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    Just rubbish, appeal judge raps Ghani
    180 1 ALOR STAR. Sun. HASHIM GHANI former president of the Peninsula Malays' Union, who came from Kuala Lumpur gaol to argue his own appeal was today reprimanded by Mr Justice Hill. Ghani. who is now servinc .-entence of two years and t eight months, referred
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    UN's weakness— by its secretary
    69 1 CHICAGO. Sun. Mr. Dae Hammarskjocld. sccrrtaryseneral oi the United Nations. said here last night h«- felt it was a "weakness and an anomaly for the organisation to have a large part of Asia unrepresented in the United Nations." He had been asked his opinion of
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    Bodyguard of Hitler dies
    52 1 Bonn. Sun.-— Wilhelm Brueckner. 70, former personal adiutant and bodyguard to Adolf Hitler, has died of a heart attack. He lived in special rooms adjoining Hitler's during the war and accompanied him everywhere He was Hitler's confidant and was known as the man who neve 4
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    Tunisian Premier returns home
    57 1 TUNIS. Sun. The Tunisian Premier. Tahar Ben Amar. retmit (l home yesterday facing an impatient population but hopeful that his negotiations with the French would hnten the promised home rule for his country. Mranwhllr In the other French protectorate of Morocco a young French soldltr was
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    Sultans meet-in secret
    227 1 Sultans meet-in secret WHAT TO TELL U.K.' TALKS GET GOING SEVEN Malay rulers, headed by the 81-year-old Sultan of Johore, yesterday began an important two-day meeting at J oho re No one would comment in the agenda of thr secret meeting. But It is undpr stood that on Itl outcome
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    Magistrates call off a strike
    47 1 DAMASCUS. Sun. Svnan nacistrates. who went on trike on July 29 for higher >'>y. agreed yesterday to reurn to work on their present ny scales until their demands nn be considered by a new ■■nrliament to be elected on ;ept 24— AP
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    Train crash closes line
    210 1 Train crash closes line A PASSENGER train on the way to Singapore crasher! into the hack of a stationary cnods train at Niyor. near Kluane;. at 10 a.m. yesterday, rlosini? thr Singapore -Kuala Lumpur linr. There wrrr no injuries. Fnr rail cars were smashed and thrown onto the Slnga-nore-Kuala Lumpur
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    STOP PRESS
    53 1 MENDEfI I rO I (111 K( MM I BtlUSSElifi I i m li Preniwi Hcodca I i »n« c Will tl »<> I <>"<l" <" m"'n>« to rcc Frim SO-nis(<-r Sir ITtestofl Ihik li ill follow 111; ftlllMC «f Bru-srl- i imfi him r 'u< has put lun>pf
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    HIS PRIVATE FIGHT
    49 1 MOSCOW. Sun A Soviet i soldier private. Semeon Subbotin, was commended by his [•ommandinK officer for killinc three bears and putting four morr to flictH when thev attarkrd him during a border patrol on the Soviet Manrhunan front it. the Soviet ncwi aRcncy, Tass. reports. Rotitrr.
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    Labour's Malaya plan-For the Reds defeat, for the people freedom
    430 2 Labour's Malaya plan -For the Reds defeat, for the people freedom LONDON. Sun. ORITAIN'S Labour 0 Party leadership said today it backed the assistance being given to the people of Malaya in suppressing Communism and welcomed the steps taken towards constitutional advancement in the country. Thp Opposition party's National Executive
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    DRESS UP THAT LINE
    126 2 The Pope's order to the bishops VATICAN CITY. Sun. rE POPE has directed Roman Catholic bishops everywhere to wage a "prudent and persuasive" fight against immodesty in modern dress. He called for action against the "indecency of the mode." A letter to the bishops recalled that
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    Plea to Ike
    32 2 NEW YORK. Sun The American Civil Liberties Union urged President Elsenhower yesterday to veto the bill Just passed by Congress outlawing the Communist Party in the United States— UP.
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    Princess off on her first big tour
    129 2 Princess off on her first big tour LONDON. Sun. rTWE Duchess of Kent and X her attractive 17-year-old daughter, Princess Alexandra, left London last night for a month's visit to Canada and the United States. They flew in a Royal Canadian Air Force transport plane for Quebec via Gander. The
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    Ship fire beaten
    26 2 BUENOS AIRES. Sun— A flr P aboard the British collier Greene Hurts was extinguished last night five hours after it broke out.— UP.
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    EMPIRE YOUTH TO MEET IN BRITAIN
    158 2 T*HE Commonwealth Youth Council plans to hold a A special conference in Britain next year, said Mr. Guthrie Moir. the chairman, at a meeting at the i University of Malaya yesterday. The Council will hold !t-^ main meeting on Saturday It appointed a committee
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    BEHIND STEEL CURTAIN
    184 2 Reporter Mac Coll and British party go deeper into China From RENE MacCOU Ml Kill V Sunday. IN MANCHURIA, the rich industrial heart of China. 1 the Chinese are continuing their red-carpet treatment for the British Labour delegation with such abandon and gusto that today's programme included
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    Applause for Attlee and Co.
    158 2 As Attlee and Co appear on various floors of factories, everyone turns and claps them with delighted grins, and at the Workers' Hospital in Anshan tonicht tiny little nonet bobbed, dapped and smiled In 0011-likp K lee while the patients waved from their beds. In
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    COLONY PROFESSOR'S DAUGHTER WEDS
    63 2 MISS ANNE CAMERON. 22, daughter of Dr. J. A. P. Cameron. Professor of Surgery at the Tniversity of Malaya after her wedding at the Kentish village of Woodthurch to Lieut. Gerald Plumer. R. N. Lieut. Plumer recently returned from service in the Far East. His parents
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    'Immune' is dead
    25 2 CHICAGO. Sun. Frank 1 The Immune* Marltote. a family connection and henchman of the late Al Caponr. was assassinated here lrr>t niBht.--U.P.
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    They bring a bit of Singapore to Eton
    144 2 SINGAPORE COMPANIES of the Boys Brigade were among 2.000 boys from all over the world who encamped on the famous playing fields of Eton College to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Sir William Smith, the founder of the movement. Captain
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    IMPORT CUTS DO NOT SURPRISE
    234 2 IMPORT CUTS DO NOT SURPRISE From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Sun. YEWS that the Indonesian Governmrnt has found it necessary to makr further drastic import cuts with the object of counteracting deterioration in the foreign exchange position has caused no surprise here, where it is pointed out that the general situa-
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    German Red in hiding
    88 2 KARLSRUHE. Germany, Sun. —A Federal warrant was issued here yesterday against Max Reimann. West Germany's top Communist, charging him with plotting high treason against the Bonn Government. Federal authorities refused to give further details. At Hamburg, Fritz RLsche. a chairman of the Communist Party of Germany
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    they HAVE A 'HORROR' OF REDS
    226 2 they HAVE A 'HORROR' OF REDS :»r e morr t n ti.p tri 4 were oppi.Mfi tll Believed thrj d ftM verse of Commun I not understand 7 ''*'<H us '»i: <'on, l uni mrans of lichtin, >■ control, hi- s,,id STRANGERS To I THE LAND OF I THEIR ORIGIN
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    This sh ip will take on special cargo at sea
    163 2 Th is sh ip will take on special cargo at sea A SPECIAL cargo ot sea water for the Van Kleef Aquarium— 3s.ooo gallons of it will arrive in Singapore today. The Straits Steamship Company s vessel. Petaling returning from Borneo, is taking on the water offshore where it is
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    EUROPEAN ARMY TALKS FAIL
    286 3 \last meeting will (confess deadlock BRUSSELS, Sunday. -gfl six-nation conference of the European I)eJ Community early today admitted it had filled to find common ground for creating a European army. Ign ministers and heads of state, who :ond night in a marathon conference iv. their secret
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    The great scandal— racial divisions
    117 3 The great scandal racial divisions \STOX. Sun. WORLD tram of, ft [an leaders wont :it Evanston. yesterday t o mrthods for churches of called thrir ndal" racial ion. riifTcrinc views 0 iid br accomneer pointIv at practices in Ited States Africa, speakers em before the World Council Mays, of irgia,
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    Teen-agers killed for thrills
    47 3 Teen-agers killed for thrills NEW YORK. Sun. ORK jv-i'-'-f 1 made 160 rday in a the city's parks followed public it the activities of Ills" gang ol lour hrlri herr on murdering two :tnrt beating thers. sweep was third of a rid drive* terers and Reuter. I
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    WANTED: A BOSOM TO CRY ON
    58 3 ro. Sun.— Children need a substitute on, a psychology G. Lorb Of Mercy Hospiin a itiona! Congreai <m Mrntal Health, -uzzr.xtcd a ward mothrr with no duties othrr than providing a motherly ear to youngsters in hospital. "Trars of grief and pain are beneficial
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    The oil story —by Fatemi
    57 3 The oil story by Fatemi NEW YORK. Sun— Dr. Nasrollah Fatemi. a former member of the Iranian Parliament and delegate to the United Nations, will .soon issue a book he ha.s written dealing with Iran's petroleum problems hi.s publisher announced yesterday. The book. "Oil Diplomacy," will be released on Sept
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    A Negro family fears to sleep at home
    190 3 PH THEIR new home menacei night by a street crow threats, a Nrero family w last week decided against ILADELPHIA. Sunday, i for the second successive! d muttering and shouting ho moved into the house sleeping there this week- end. About 8
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    Now commander
    40 3 MANILA. Sun —Vice Admiral A M Pride. Commander of thr U.S. 7th Fleet which cuards Formosa, yesterday assumed command of Pacific fort naval forces chiefly air-■-arriors operating in the Philippine area and the i South China Sea— A.P.
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    Siamese twins die after illness
    53 3 SALT LAKE CITY, Sun. Utah's first Siamese twins died in a hospital yesterday 12 day.s after they were born. The twins, joined from chest to navel, and born to Mrs. Marvin Joyce of Salt Lake City, died of an unexpected illness which first appeared late
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    Syrians protest
    23 3 DAMASCUS. Sun. More than 3.000 Syrians dpmonstratrd yostrrday in protfst against "Frrnch terrorism and raiding Muslim mosques in Morocco." A. P.
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    Russia chastens drunk drivers
    140 3 MOSCOW. Sun. rE Sovie t Union is having a road safety campaign—! going aftrr drunken drivers, and also demanding higher standards of training for anybody qualifying for a driving licence. They are demanding nowadays that to get a driver's licence you have to br a mechanic.
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    The Queen launches the latest in liners
    89 3 as a visitor from the past arrives A REMINDER of the past— the 2.000-ton Portuguese training barque Sagres rails at Portsmouth during a training cruise. Nival experts of many countries believe that training under sail enables future officers to fare whatever challenges the
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    Pilgrims flee to shrine—1000 die
    334 3 FLOOD HAVOC ROUND THE \.ORLD TEHERAN. Sunday. \f ORE than 1.000 bodies of pilgrims have *<■«'" found A at the Muslim shrine of Imam Zadeh Davoud at Farahzad. 30 miles north-west of Teheran where a disastrous flood occurred last Tuesday, welfare officials announced in Teheran
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    HIGHER THANEVEE BEFORE
    167 3 HIGHER THANEVEE BEFORE OMAHA, Nebraska, Sun. rE United States Air Force announced last night that one of its test planes has broken the world's unofficial altitude record of 83.235 feet set by Marine LtCol. Marion Carl in a Douglas Skyrocket last August. The official altitude record wa.s set in 1953
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    New crest in the Yangtze
    53 3 A new crest is rolling down the flooded Yangtze River and river fighters are preparing for their next battle with the river, the New China news agency reported last night in a broadcast from Peking. Starting in the upper reaches of the r iver the
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    Withdrawal plan
    19 3 ATHENS. Sun -An authoritative source said that Greece would gradually withdraw her expeditionary force from Korea. Renter
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    QUICK THINKER
    53 3 THIS IS air hostess Beryl Rothwell, whose quick thinking saved the live* of 32 airline passengers. As a Viking airliner crash-landed and hurst into flames at Blackbushe airport Beryl stood hr thr rear door and ralmlr called: "This way, please." The passenf er» leapt through the flames to
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    Britain wants pact HQ in S'pore
    231 3 Britain wants pact HQ in S'pore LONDON, Sun. BRITAIN wants Singapore as headquarters of the projected SouthEast Asia defence organisation but informed sources predicted today a tug-of-war with the United States, which wants the Philippines to be the centre of the new alliance. Preliminary talks here and in Washington, the
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    KEEP CHIANG OUT, SAYS AUSTRALIA
    118 3 from M ASSET STANLEY SYDNEY. Sun.- It i s lrarnt authoritatively here that, whilr Am» rlca wants the Chiang Kai-shek regime represented at the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation talks next month. Britain and Australia opposed it. The fact that both the Primp Minister. Mr. R.
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    Thousands mourn de Gasperi
    60 3 Thou sands mourn de Gasperi TRENT, Sun. Mourninc thousands filed through intermittent rain yesterday into Trent's City Hall to pay their final respects to Signor Alcide de Gasperi. the man who cuided Italy out of post war chaos and tied her to the West. Today his body will be taken
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    GOODE LEADS GOVT TEAM
    188 4 Whitley Council ready for work r[E Colonial Secretary of Singapore. Mr. W. V C. Goode, is to head the 10-member official side of the Government staff Whitley Council being Inaugurated on Friday. Also on the official side will be the Under-secretary, Mr. J. D. Higham, and
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    Blood gifts —a record
    87 4 Blood gifts a record Record donations from servicemen put the Singapore blood bank on a firm footing again at the end of last week. The bank had begun the week in dangerously short supply. Of 238 donations last week. 104 were from servicemen. Other donors were the police, customs staff
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    $300 food fine
    35 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Mohd Rais bin Motianl. of Kampong Sungel Kapal. was fined $300 in tht sessions court. Pengerang. yesterday for possession of cooked rice In the food prohibited area of Pengerang.
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    OUR WAY THE BEST
    190 4 Mr. Menon's farewell message rERE can be no better basis for building a united Malayan nation than the harmony and goodwill shown by the cosmopolitan people towards each other. Mr. M. Gopala Menon, Representative of the Indian Government in Malaya, said this yesterday before leaving for
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    A welcoming kiss for Irene
    111 4 MISS IRENE CHAN, of Kuala Lumpur, is greeted by hrr younger sister Nora at the airport as she returns from Kirkby College with 47 other Malayan student teachers. Yesterday another 19 men and 24 women from the Fed- eration left by air for Britain. Parents,
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    MUSLIMS TO LAUNCH WAR ON PROSTITUTION
    285 4 MUSLIMS TO LAUNCH WAR ON PROSTITUTION Delegates meet in Ipoh iron. Sunday A WAR to save Muslim women from prostitution to be launched in Perak soon. Eighty delegates 4 Muslim organisations in the State met hero tn elected a special committee to plan the caatpalgn. The committee Includes one woman
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    2,000 liable to lose vehicles
    102 4 OWNERS of motor vehicles, who have not yet paid their licence fees which fell due on June 30. are liable to be prosecuted if they are caught using their vehicles. There is provision for a fine not exceeding $500. In addition, the vehicles will be
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    Indian protest
    45 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun —The Malayan Indian Congress will hold a meeting at the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall at 5 30 p.m. tomorrow to protest against the refusal of the High Commissioner and the rulers to reserve seat* for Indians in the Legislative Council.
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    Schoolplam $200,000 new building
    59 4 Schoolplam $200,000 new building rE Kong v Road. new in The school, which a? Government pupils. It hopes n aecMimociate another I.M" the new building pleted. The school ha.plans to raise said its pnnr.pa Hock Lim. A sum has already b butcd by school mem^ semblv hall and ÜbrM br
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    10,000 watch fun fair
    30 4 A crowd of npeople, ma:. ters and farthe fun fail Upper Soranu at St Gabr Singapore Proceeds of the l»« 'to the buildinc i house. I
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      114 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE A.M. 7.15 Time Signal and OpenIng Announcement; 7.18 Morning Star; 7 30 Newv 7.35 Melody Mix. ture; 8.00 8 30 Rhythm In the Sun: P.M. 1 00 Programme Summary: 1.01 Monday Matinee: 1.30 Time Signal and News; 1.45—2 00 B<.'l«d Time: 5.00 Time Signal and Programme Summary:
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    Tragedy of the 'Black Nun'
    1921 5 Tragedy of the 'Black Nun' STRAITS TIMES' SPECIAL FEATURE j\ NY morning in the year 1812 passers-by thronging the busy inter-section at the Royal Exchange, in the heart of London, would see a strange and pathetic figure keeping vigil outside the gateway of the Bank of England. Though the woman
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    84 6 nU SI" 'minimum). >N OWEN Dearly Beloved Husband of Lily (Betty) and Father d| David. Passed away at the Royal Cornwall Infiimary, Truro. July 2Mh. Late Southern Tronoh Tin Dredylng. Tanjong Tualang. I'OK, »g«i 61. at General Hospital, Singapore, on 21-8-54 leaving an only son. Wood Kan. :i r
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    163 6 to W,r4, HI (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT E\erv Day in the Malay Mail' If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle TFTER PAN BRAS— all sizes and ityles Just unpacked— Wasslamull'* Hish St.. Spore. DORIS GEDDES wishes to announce (n arrlal of a collection Of Corkt.i;: and E'.cninj Gnmn
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. Aug. 23, 1954. Sarawak Has A Plan
    971 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. Aug. 23, 1954. Sarawak Has A Plan Perhaps the outstanding impression left by h study of Sarawak's $100 million five year plan is the small concern which the financing of it has caused the planners. Sarawak is a small and not very rich colony. Unlike,
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    Plight Of The Padi Farmer
    359 6 Plight Of The Padi Farmer The padi farmer is getting a little more of the Federal Legislative Council's attention, than he has in the past. Whe- thcr anything will come of it j depends on the determination of those members who have raised on his behalf the question of rent,
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      Divisive work of U.S. group
      344 6 Divisive work of U.S. group YOU reported recently 1 that the general secretary of a body called the International Council of Churches, charged 7,000 U.S. churchmen with being "fellow travellers." These charges are utter nonsense, and It is significant that no individuals or groups were named. It is trie policy
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      Indians are feeling like aliens
      141 6 Indians are feeling like aliens IN Penang recently, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan. president of the Malayan Chinese Assoi elation, said that the Chinese iin Malaya had for too long been called "aliens" and "birds of passage." He then asked: 'How can you expect them to be loyal to i Malaya
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      He wants MAHA show each year
      173 6 He wants MAHA show each year rE exhibition held this year by the Malayan Agrl-Hor-tlcultural Association in Kuala Lumpur was one of the best in recent years. The organisers however should tell the public so that they can Join the association and do their bit. I could not get a
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      No one can make world mess worse
      244 6 READING Mr. Khoo Teng Eng's lament that "the fate of the world has for too long been l-f t In the hands of adults who have made a mess of things" I was reminded of a quotation. I have lead somewhere: "Young men
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      Only cure a return to the laws of God
      494 6 I WAS not very impressed 1 with the speeches at the opening of the World Assembly of Youth. I had hoped to hear something; that would stir youth to I action, but all I heard were mere platitudes. Only Mr. Malcolm
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      BUYING OF PADI IN SELANGOR
      246 6 DEFERRING to the (Selangor) State Secretary's K- remarks that the three rice millers in the StateChin Hin Chan Rice Mill. Lin Seng Rice Mill and Selangor Rice Mill— are trying to discredit the Government and are resorting to boycott to force down the price of
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      'Let them get rear mirrors'
      174 6 1 UNDERSTAND that it la a fact that road accident figures show that the type of vehicle most often involved in an accident, proportionately speaking. Is a motor-bicycle. If this is true, an Improve--1 ment could be achieved by mak- ing it obligatory for motor
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      A dangerous road junction
      91 6 rE Seremban police have been unceasingly appeal- ing to the public about safety first yet nothing has been done 1 about it on the road. They have overlooked a most dangerous gap the Junction where Setul Road, Birch Road Murray Street meet, Just in front of
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      The final attack on Tirpitz
      227 6 The final attack on Tirpitz rpHE most interesting letter X from a participant in the final attacks on the Tirpitz unfortunately creates more confusion, as it is at variance not only with your feature article but also with Paul Brickhlll's account In his book, "The Dam Busters." Your correspondent's contention
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      It is NOT done by almoners
      138 6 rE annual report ol Singapore tor 1953 states that "the fees which patients pay are assessed by almoners at each hospital,' and that almoners are also concerned with the follow-up' of discharned patients, though in this respect their work is in its infancy. We
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    On The Margin
    378 6 Wayward gestur, no way deiegau lIU l man and night ball the they go? in this really DO r < pr of the world! gesture it sohitlons" ai How posterity h aR at the story V of M Li C v dancing through h fore he to
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    a HOME FOR $250 DOWN
    253 7 CASH PLEASE, SA V THE TB FIGHTERS TO LOTTERY MEN KI'ALA U'MPm Sunday JiHE Council of the Malayan Association for the Prel vention of Tuberculosis yesterday decided to ask the Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board for increased monthly allocations to all State and Settlement
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    johore plan for Govt. workers
    77 7 johore plan for Govt. workers oH OBE B4HRU, Sun. 0Rf Government ""-lovee can 'C J ,1rp<isit. The be p;ii'l «»T I, instalments within 1") years. Of the ol house is home la d by the of t he rM'forr tho \cquired land IS tl>ld trust has .irkin. m the will
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    Kiwi party
    11 7 I tea from a: were treat by League in
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    10 7 Xi .cnton for Malayan D nartmrnt. Norfolk, on
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    13 7 It p*arr>Hospltal ftei noon, aceri md family rhe funeral ndayi at emetcry
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    Home Guards take over
    49 7 KAJANO. Sup. The Hom P r.narris officially took over the defence of Balakone new villl few miles from here, on Friday. State Secretary. Inche Abdul Aziz the Statp Home Guard Officer. Lieut. Col C H Nicholson, and the District Officer. Ulu Langat, were prethe ceremony.
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    Kampongs rise on new road
    39 7 KUANTAN. Sun. Kampongs hi- springing up along the new Maran-Temerloh road The first ne*- settlement is Kampon" Paya Luas at the second mile which has attracted more than 150 families of Malay exNDCcial constables.
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    Gogia thinks again about that ride
    83 7 Gogia thinks again about that ride GOC.IA PASHA, the ma Kiclan. decided yesterday not to defy the police and ride a bicycle blindfolded through a busy SingaP"r<- street. His instinct, which he claims can guide him throußh darknes*. told him at the last moment that he Might bo arrested. Then
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    $500 fine for opium offences
    41 7 JOHORE BAMRu. Sun. Tan Hung Chua a crab-catch-er of Geylanu Patah. was 1 fined $500 in the Session* Court here today for smoking opium and for having two packets of chandu. He had a previous conviction.
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    HONG KONG WELFARE BELIEVES IN ACTION
    240 7 A CTION. instead of mere pleas for help, i? the keynote of community service in Hone Kong. Mr. C. N. Li. an assistant social welfare officer. Hon« Kong, said in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Li is honorary adviser to a goodwill mission sent by the
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    Music feast —at noon
    77 7 Music feast at noon The Singapore Junior Symphony Orchestra, a massed schoolgirls' choir and the choir of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus arranged an afternoon's musir for WAY delegates at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday. Conducted by Mr. Paul Abisheganaden, they presented selections from Arne. Francis Collinson, Haydn.
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    8th anniversary
    16 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun— The Malayan Indian Congress branch here celebrated Its eighth anniversary today.
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    THEY'RE WORTH THOUSANDS
    25 7 THE HIREE sprays of the rare Vanda Nellie Morley orchids which have been groun by Mr. Koh Keng Hoe. Straits Times picture.
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    Rare orchids bloom in S'pore garden
    230 7 SINGAPORE'S youngest orchid grower, 22-year-old Mr. Koh Kenj: Hoe. to now the proud possessor of the two most valuable orchids In the Colony— both of them excellent examples of the rare Vanda Nellie Morley. He imported the plants from Honolulu a year ago and
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    'IT'S THE KITCHEN THAT MATTERS AFTER ALL,' SAY TWO VISITORS
    65 7 THKSK TWO pretty Malay girls want to be sure that there will be enough room in the kitchen of a house they intend to buy. The sisters, who were too shy to (five their names, were Interested visitors at the
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    Co-op society has $1.8 mil. debt
    182 7 INTEREST ALONE COSTS $148,916 Xl ALA LIMPI'R. Sunday. THE Malayan Co-operative Wholesale Society, Limited, which has obtained an overdraft of $1.8 million from the Chartered Bank on Government security, has decided that its assets should m to (.ovrmmcn t in case of liquidation. Mr
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    Big milk gift from Britain
    50 7 A gift of 60 tons of canned milk from Britain is on its way to Singapore. It is the Colony's share of a total of 6.000 ton? offered free to her colonies. The milk is for hospitals, schools and for infant and child welfare generally.
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    Opium den
    26 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— Lim Poh Hwa. who permitted his premises to be used for smoking chandu, was fined $150 in the Sessions Court today.
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    Chocolates hold up court case
    127 7 Chocolates hold up court case JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. A WOMAN was ordered out of the Johore Bahru Magistrate's Court today for eating chocolates during the hearing of a case. The magistrate, Inche Abdul Rahman, stopped the hearing and asked the woman, who was seated in the public nailery of the
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    Excise licensing board
    54 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— Members of the Kluang Excise Licensing Board are: The Administrative Officer, (chairman i. the District Officer. vice-chairman t. the Health Officer. Johore Central (Batu Pahat), Dato Ahmad bin Mohd. Don. Mr. Woo See Thiam, Mr. S. M. Pillal and the Chairman, Central Johore section
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    2 more markets opened
    51 7 JOHORE BAHRU. SunTwo more subsidiary markets, built at a cost of $60,000 etch, havr boen opened In Johore Bahru One market is at Kebun ivh and the other at Jalan Yahaya Awal. The markets wer,e declared open by Inche Ahmad bin Hus>.sain. President of the Town
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    AFTER 5 DAYS, HE HAS A MEAL
    197 7 AFTER 5 DAYS, HE HAS A MEAL WEAK but cheerful, Mr. M. M. Ishaq. the 34--year-old Indian Muslim who fasted for 121 hours to raise funds for the $4,000,000 Muslim College in Klang, broke fast at 7 p.m. yesterday and took a meagre meal of seven dates and a glass
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    GUARD WILL NOW PAY $80 .LESS
    91 7 GUARD WILL NOW PAY $80 .LESS was fined $100 in the macs trate's court, for lnsurbordirution. had his fine reduced to $20 by Mr. Justice Storr. Mr. M. Ismail, who argued I the appeal, submitted that Atan had been relieved from his duties as a Home Guard at the time
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    PATROL BAGS 2 REDS
    165 7 PATROL BAGS 2 REDS Wounded terrorist escape* but KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. J T<WO terrorists were kill- ed by an area security unit patrol in the Bahau district of Negri Sembilan yesterday. Another terrorist was wounded but escaped. A patrol of the 2/10 Gurkha Rifles contacted several bandits in a camp
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    Picnics by air is new pastime
    130 7 Picnics by air is new pastime ANEW week-end pastime ha s been started by the Royal Singapore Flvine Club aerial picnics. Every Sunday mornlne members of the club take off from Kalians Airport In Tleer Moths and Austers for Mersing, 90 miles away on the east coast of Johore. The
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    TINIKLING' WAS THE ORDER OF THE DAY
    131 7 SEVENTEEN Filipino dele- i O gates to the WAY attended an informal lunch and gettogether in their honour at the home of Mr. MR. Anciano at Kirk Terrace, Singapore, yesterday. Filipino delicacies, tradition- i al dances and folk songs were the order of
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      121 7 C! n in %l correct time always V zL *i2^fsl a er P ro §s >\, 2? soie Aytrms *o C SHRIRO (CHINA) LTD. /a I Incorporated in Hongkong) £w Manufactured by Amida Watch Co. S.A > Of Hit t«nt*t of man, none ii mere highly priitd than that of
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      172 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATIRK: (7.30 p.m. on Aug. 21 to 7 JO a.m. on Aug. 22) Singapore 74 degrees. Penan* 74. Kota Bahru 79, Kuala Lumpur 72. Ipoh 70, Kuantan 70. MAXIMUM TEMPERATl'BE (7.30 a.m. to 7 30 p.m. on Aug. 22) Singapore 86 degret*. Penang 88. KoU Bharu 89.
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    Bustle and 'boom'for industrials
    611 8 Bustle and 'boom'for industrials MALAYAX SHARE MARKET REVMEW By OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT ACTIVITY on the Singapore Share Market last week was again concentrated on the industrial section which outshone all others. However, the minor boomlet in this section which saw new high levels in popular counters was not maintained in
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST
    892 8 fIIHE Singapore members of A the Malayan Share Brokers' Association issued the following revised list of quotations after their last meeting on Friday: INDISTBIALS ■■yen »rllrr- Pref 2.02 iO6 Urdl 310 3 00 Atla* Ic« 12 25 13 25 H rv Petrol 33 34/« BM TnilMtt IH
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    40 8 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants on Saturday. Canada: buying. T.T 32, airmail. O.D. 32H. 90 days 33S credit bills. 32 716 trade bills: selling. T.T. or O.D. 31»h ready.
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    Indonesian sugar
    42 8 Total sugar production in Indonesia is expected to exceed 700 oon tons this se&aon. according to C Oarnlcow Ltd. Production riunni; June amounted to Hi, oon tons, brineIng the total output tn the end of that month to 107,000 tons.
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    COMPANY REPORTS
    159 8 The Bukit Katil Rubber K<Utos Ltd.: Made a net profit of $44,770 I (12.8'ri and a dividend of 8 pi i cent is recommended for year ended April 30. At balancing date net liquid assets equalled $37J,479 or $1.07 per share. Cost of production was 45.7 cents on
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    BUSINESS DONE
    404 8 rFiHE following business done A in Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period Aucust 14 to August 20: Industrials: Alexandra Brick Prefs 12.02':,. Brltisn Malaya Trustee and Executor Co. Ltd., $6.50. Consolidated Tin Smelters 28s. and 28s 3d.. Praser Si
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    Tin: The keynote was stability
    573 8 f OM MOMMY #f fcl ffs n T*HE tin price in Singapore last week was very sti >■■ and there was only a difference of S3 the highest price of $363 on Tuesday anr price of $360.50 on Wednesday. The net loss on the week
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    FIFTY YEW
    24 8 After ber p-o torshlp i One o( Ihei Rubbn I 'been 9 dl «U tenori for 27 010 He Sel;tiiK"i when i!
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    ANNOUNCE
    62 8 able Ausuv, >7 h Au, Usl v lARU Tn cember 31 105J dln U. September 1, Syne* ofti.-es a timber 1;, D r n cxch an(:e rulinf^M BO<lksH interim dividend year endm< 2J? ber 30, in:,), p >7- aion rcffeter that date THE EASTEtX Rtv, of 3s. per sharp
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      802 8 NO 1 ICES NOTICE Boad Closure Pulau MerUJam I Road. Province Wcllrslrv. It is hereby notified that the above roari from Mile 12.75 near Permatanc Bendahari to Mile 14.25 at Pulau Mertaam will be closed to traffic from 6 am on Aukusl 26th to 6 p m on September Bth.
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      616 8 noticls M CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTICB Is hereby given that i "S. Suppiah" (Manufacturer of Concrete, Channels Round Pipes. Slabs, Pillars. Windows err > formerly doing business at 106 Keng Lee Road is now operating his business at 591 MacPherson Roed. Singapore. Corner of Paya Lebar Romd and MacPherson Road).
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      239 8 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE THE date of closing tenders lor c nnply of Sanitary Fittings and Metal Windows for 30 Class <T Qrs. at. Gulllemard Road Housing 81te, Kuala Lumpur has been extended to 31st August. 1954. P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders from registered P.W D I Contractors of Class "E"
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      755 8 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class "D" and above registered P.W.D. Contractors will be received by the State Engineer, Johore. up to noon of the Bth September, 1»54, for the Construction of 44 Units Married Quarters at Kolam Ayer, Segamat Pull particulars can be obtained from the Executive Engineer.
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      81 8 M arcadi MESSAGERIES MARITIHES ETA EAJTtOUND Soihny (A W£STBOU*D 30 Ah« IRAOUADOY to Saigon, 25 Auq MfKI Manila,. Hongkong, Japan 31 Auf HTMMIIIUHI. lA Saigon 5 >«»• 10S«»t VIIT NAM to Saigon, IJse^ A Monilo, Hongkong, Japan 10S«p« CHARCEURS REUNIS 2S«pt CLAUDE BfRNARD to rtBABDMIR P Sham. Colombo. D,,bot.. J
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    Terrifying anaesthesia of double-thinking
    621 10 Terrifying anaesthesia of double-thinking By Allington Kennard THE INVISIBLE WRITING By Arthur Ko«s»l«r. (Collins, Hamish Hamilton. ,21i.) IN 1943. when the facts about Hitler's gas chambers had already become Reneral knowledge, a monthly British Journal, now defunct, reprint pd from one of Arthur Koestler's earlier books a chapter which described
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    BRIDGE
    306 10 tiff tivnnvth Honntnwn JOEL TARLO'S well-faniied team came within an ace of losing interest in this year's Gold Cup Competition when they only just managed to boat Mr. Durran's Welwyn Garden City team by ten match points. The latter team, which Included two ladies. Mrs. Durran and Mrs. Ritchard,
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    JAZZ MUSICIAN WITH A RANGE OF SYMPATHIES
    362 10 I PLAY AS I PLEASE. By Humphrey Lyttelton. (MacCibbon Kee. 155.). By The EARL OF HAREWOOD J^ GOOD deal can be discovered iboul Humphrey Lyttdlooa book by looking at the index. Next to each other, you will "find references to Fred Asia ire.
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    Life of a musician
    113 10 THE LAST YEARS OF HENRY J. HOOD. B T Jessi* Wood (Gollanca 1 M > Fthe packed pages of "My Life in Music." Sir Henry Wood told his own story up to 1936. This sequel, a welcome book In the Jubilee year of the Proms. Is
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    186 10 The story of a fanciful observer IHI KIBBENTROP MEMOIRS Woidcnfeld fr Nicolton. 18>.) JOACHIM VON RIB BENTROP Hit ler's risht-band man in diplomacy; he ntfotiatod both the Anjjlo-Ger-man Naval Agreement of 193.1 and the C.ernanRussian Pact of ISUV hesxAcs later helpins to brine Japan into the second world war He
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    363 10 THE HIGHLAND JAUNT. B y Moray McLaren. (JarrnUls. 18s.) THIS sentimental Journey ln the footsteps of Dr. Johnson and Boswell on their Highland and Hebrldean tour of 1773 indulges two strong affections for the Western Highlands and for the ingenuous, unpredictable Bozzy. Mr. McLaren fills ln
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      319 10 Straits Times Crossword MMH 9. Kun rorfur! He starts \.l). I. More space needed to Ket over 15. Telephonic 6 this, we fear <14> !fi Diifmma.< not abstract (5). in. Tr settle differences? (7). 19- Measure completed when rain 11. Batter alone? Throw It away roir.ea ln 18). l7i. 20.
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    Emphasis on attack as soccer starts with 180 goals
    341 11 «nn i r L0NI) 0N, Sunday. \yhLL over a million fans packed the grandstands and terraces for the opening of the English football season yesterday despite appalling weather at many of the 46 venues The 56th full peacetime football league campaign
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    QUICKEST GOAL BY MULGREW
    107 11 QUICKEST GOAL BY MULGREW I uMIOV Sun K tn»l of Ihe new Q foo!^ll vr*son i M-ored m SeweasUs forward h T MuHre*. mskinif his Tl>n Tm IK- di i n for it Hie start "C i^d-In clrt. -clctated nirWoii M IMt MMMin but m<P>'"'<! a'" l rut STtaaWf-i u
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    13 11 ■.SGI Ihr Unlverlasketball team Ighl by 'hrlr Par on wins aualnst
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    107 11 AFTER trailing 1-4 at the inter- ml, Rist staged a flne recovery tn boat Singapore Swimming Club. winner 1 of the Singapore Amntcn Swimming Association's Division A leapue. by six poals to four In the annual Champions v the Rest water-polo match played In
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    Home defeats for Celtic & Rangers
    158 11 Home defeats for Celtic Rangers LONDON. Sun j S T«HE Scottish Football League Cup I competition was thrown wide ->pen by the home defeats of Celtic I X nnd Rangers 5 Celtic's fall from grace In mldj week was reckoned to be Just a 8 slip, but Hearts travelled to
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    ARSENAL GET THE SLOW HAND-CLAP
    235 11 LONDON. Sun. HOME sides had only moderate success in first division soccer league games yesterday. Five were defeated and promoted Leicester City were only able I to share points with Chelsea. Among those beaten on their own ground were Arsenal and Aston Villa, great names
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    Penalty was decider
    113 11 A TWICE-TAKEN penalty goal enabled Radln Mas Ramblers to score a narrow 2-1 victory over a nine-man Oymkhana side ln a second round SAPA Junior Cup ipplßv at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Ramblers led by un only goal In the flrast half through a goal scored by
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