The Straits Times, 8 September 1954

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    13 1 The Straits Times Kstn IH4S SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1954 15 CENTS flew****
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    'S' BOMB GOES OFF BANG
    536 1 frtiE S' (school fe^sMJOivnT"? Yesterday's Iront-page headline AH say: Well not stand for this K i.l MPUR, Tom I OMMINm loaders md parents in all par!> of the Federation todaj protested rehementl) ■gainst tfv Government's proposed increase of up lo KM) per cent in school
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    And Dr Edith's happy, too
    18 1 fir. fdi/ft Summcrskill. too, teems happy to be in Singapore. Straits Times pictures.
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    ANEURIN DROPS IN WITH A GREAT BIG SMILE FOR SINGAPORE
    32 1 BIG smile from Mr. Beran a* he acknowledge* the welcome by the trade unionists who met the Labour MPs. at Kalian? Airport.
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    Six killed
    25 1 NAESSJOE. Sweden Tues. Six persons were k lied, and 46 injured, early yesterday when a train was derailed 30 miles south of here.
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    MISS B's BIKINI
    251 1 Made from a 'very small' leopard, it PILED UP SHORE TRAFFIC NEARLY OVERTURNED A SHIP MIAMI BEACH. Florida Tuesday pATRONA BUGG, a Latin American strip dancer. stopped sea and road traffic dead here when she went into Biscayne Bay for a swim Police .said that the leopardskin
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    Police find body of RAF man
    79 1 Police find body of RAF man AN aircraftsman from RAF. Seletar. Singapore, was found drowned near the fly- ing boat moorings off the Seletar base yesterday morning He was picked up by a Marine Police patrol which had searched for him since Sunday afternoon He disappeared when a sudden storm
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    U.N. appeal on Soviet attack
    41 1 NEW YORK. Tups. The United States has called for an early meeting of the United Nations Security Council to consider the shooting down by Russian fighters of an American Navy bomber oft* Siberia on Saturday —Reuter
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    Sir Onn leaves hospital
    38 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar. Mfmber for Home Affairs, left Bungsar Hospital today. He was admitted on Auk 22 after a heart attack Hr will take a fortnight's holiday in Penang.
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    BEVAN & CO. GET A BIG CHEER
    215 1 BEVAN CO. GET A BIG CHEER It put A tilee in shade CRIES of "Welcome to Singapore—long live the British Labour Party" greeted seven Labour Members of Parliament when they stepped off the Hong Kong plane at Kallang Airport last night. Fifty members of the Singapore Trades Union Cons-res* pressing
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    Russians rush to weep over old Greta
    293 1 Russians rush to weep over old Greta GARBO'S CAMILLE A SENSATION MOSCOW lues 111 EMBER a of thr iTI Western diplomatic colony here are going to see the Moscow show me of the old Greta Garbo film "CamiHe." What are they going (or? In the words of one tibassador, to
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    Mahjong party robbed
    92 1 THREE MEN Jiie armed with a pistol, raided a mess in Canal Road. Singapore, .shortly before midnight and got away with about $600 in rash and iewellery Four men were in the room playing mahjong when the gunman rushed in and ordered everyone to face the wall
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    They seek Comet compensation
    27 1 PARIS. Tues— Air France. said today it was seeking compensation from De Havilland's. manufacturers of its three Comet jetliners grounded since January. Reuter.
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    Outlaws kill Tunisian
    42 1 TUNIS. Tues.— Outlaws tilled a Tunisian kidnapped another and wounded a third In an attack in the Kalrouan region police said today In Sousse. a worker was shot by a terrorist yesterday and is in a critical condition.— UP
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    'Mutt and Jeff' creator dies
    28 1 NEW YORK. Tues. Bud Fisher. 69. creator of the famous Mutt and JefT comic strip, died in a New York hospital today.— Reuter.
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    They're all in harmony on SEATO
    197 1 MANILA. Tues. —A South- i Fast Asia security pact providing for united action against external aggression is expected to be signed here tomorrow at a final public session of the SEATO conference. As the conference ended its third closed session here to- day. Mr.
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    CHIANG PLANES, GUNS BLAST MAINLAND
    136 1 TAIPEH. Tuesday. CHINESE Nationalists sank more than 100 Chinese Communist Junks in a mass air-sea bombardment of the port of Amoy and other mainland targets In the heaviest bombardment yet made against thtthe mainland "tremendous damage" was claimed. Five of the sunken junks were motorised.
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    Winston's visitor
    40 1 LONDON. Tues. Senator Alexander Wiley, chairman of i the U.S. Senate foreign rela- I tions committee, went to Chartwell. Sir Winston Churchill's home in Kent, today to discus* with the Prime Minister the European Defence Community crisis.— Reuter.
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    Harbour strike
    43 1 AMSTERDAM, Tues— About 3.000 harbour workers half the total employed began a 24 -hour strike today. They are demanding six and a half guilders (about £13) a week extri. for all harbour workers, longer re.st breaks and better shift arrangements. Reuter.
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    RIVER KILLS A CITY—SLICE BY SLICE
    256 1 RIVER KILLS A CITY— SLICE BY SLICE State of emergency declared as protecting wall collapses DIBRI GARH. Assam. Tuesday. STATE ot emergency was declared here today a; the raging river Brahmaputra destroyed section b> section this city of 50.000 people, the richest city in the tea state of Assam. Assam's
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    State visit
    26 1 THE HAGUE Tues. Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethlo pla is expected to pay a state visit to the Netherlands from Nov. 3to A P.
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    Pioneer dies
    17 1 NOTTINGHAM. Tues One of Britain's pioneer aircraft designers. 67-year-old Henry Folland. has died here. Reuter
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    $12,000 payroll saved in ambush
    214 1 $12,000 payroll saved in ambush KUALA LUMPUR. Tues jyiß PETER F CLARKE iTI manaeor of Bplppcu Estate. Mentnkab. Pahang, drove through an ambush with the $12,000 estate payroll when 25 bandits attacked hin? yesterday He was returnine to the estate office from Temerloh with the estate labourers' pay. His armoured
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    STOP PRESS
    43 1 NATION Al I^l PLAM st|«ii DOWN Ho\(. M>\(. In.- Communist .mil .hk i .iff units shot down MM hi nosr N.«l:im.ilist p|.<nr .md damaged 1!) others when aircraft r.uil«-ft \mo\ on thr mainland mslckl r and today Prkmy l!,nln> reported. Reuter.
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    MARRIAGE AGE GOES UP
    62 1 NEW DELHI. Tues I"he House of the People (Lower Chamber) of the Indian Parliament voted today to fix the minimum marriage age for women at 18 and for men at 21. The present mir.imums are 14 and 18 respectively Free voting was allowed and the new
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    They might almost have been at the dentist's
    512 2 ■LKi.illJiii. liiiiili ■H i MIMJ IHiiM/ IJM(iiJliifliLißiiTTiiKr^^^*^rMl DRILL OR DRUGS— THAT IS THE CRUX MANILA, Tues. DENTISTRY was the underlying theme in today's opening of the eight-nation conference, which plans to work out a South-East Asian defence treaty to block the surge
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    'THAT'S MY CAR'—AND THERE IT IS, UNDER ALL THAT WATER
    81 2 'THAT'S MY CAR'— AND THERE IT IS, UNDER ALL THAT WATER "THAT'S MY CAR* a man points to his submerged car in a flooded space in front of the airline hungers at La (iuardia airfield. New York. Thi s scene was common to many places along the North Atlantic coast
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    Plan for Rhee
    32 2 SEOUL, Tues. President Syngman Rhee's Liberal Party has Introduced an amendment to abolish the office of Prime Minister and let the 79-year-old President run for a third term. U.P.
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    YACHTSMEN CLING TO TREE IN HURRICANE
    38 2 TWO YACHTSMEN clinn to a hurricane-bent tree as they uatch their yacht being smashed against the rocks at (Juincy, Massachusetts, in the storm that caused millions of dollars in damage.— A.P. pictures.
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    DE CASTRIES LAUDS THE REBEL ARMY
    141 2 HONG KONG. Tuesday. TTHE New China News Agency yesterday quoted pass- ages from an interview which it said Gen. Christian de Castries, captured defender of Dien Bien Phu. gave to pressmen before his release by the Vietminh on Sept. 3 Gen. de Castries was
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    Men of Buddha protest—so no Buddha story
    62 2 Men of Buddha protest so no Buddha story COLOMBO. Tue»_ A plan to have a Hollywood company film the life of Buddha has been abandoned. The Committee for Free Asia, which was to have financed the production, has taken this step because of widespread opposition to the Him by Buddhists
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    Cheers for two
    35 2 FREDERICTON. New Brunswick. Tues.- The Duchess of Kent and Princess Alexandra were greeted by half of Prederlcton's population of 16,000 on their arrival yesterday from St. John for a short visit.— Reuter.
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    Whaling action
    35 2 SANTIAGO. Tues.— The Chilean Foreign Minister. Senor Roberto Adunate Leon, said here that Chile would back measures taken by Peru and Ecuador to prevent foreign whalers from operating in their territorial waters Reuter.
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    'Magic wand' opens a new atom age
    223 2 SHIPPINGPORT, Pennsylvania. Tues. President Elsenhower started the building of the world's first full-scale atom power plant for producing electricity here yesterday by waving a "magic wand" 200 miles away at his holiday headquarters in Colorado. Television viewers across America saw him wave the
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    DIVING KIT WAS QUITE 'IN ORDER'
    188 2 DIVING KIT WAS QUITE 'IN ORDER' says diver in $357,000 suit A CIVILIAN diver, C. A. Rayner. now working at the Singapore Naval Base, told Mr Justice Tan in the High Court yesterday that in July 1953. he carried out diving operations to locate a submarine for the Inter- "If
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    His cows fell dead at milking time
    78 2 His cows fell dead at milking time NEW YORK. Tues. DAIRYMAN Gerben Van Dyke drove 24 of his herd of 110 cows Into his barn yesterday and prepared them for milking with an electric milker He threw the switch and all were knocked to the ground. 13 dead by electrocution
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    Race relations please Ike
    53 2 WASHINGTON. Tues. President Eisenhower says the administration Is achlevine "far-reaching results" aimed at ending discrimination among white and Negro workers. Both Mr. Elsenhower and Vice President Mr. Richard Nixon last night appealed to business and labour union leaders to step ud their help in the government's
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    'INSULT TO PHILIPPINES
    90 2 MANILA. Turs.— Manila's Mayor. Mr. Arsenio Larson, yesterday withdrew security guard detectives from the home of thr Australian Ambassador. .Mr. George Moore. where thr Australian External Affairs Minister. Mr. Richard Casey, is staying. Mr. Lacson's action follows a complaint from dettttirt that Mr. Moor P "insulted tl»
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    EV ATT IS BARRED PROM INQUIRY
    175 2 EV ATT IS BARRED PROM INQUIRY Of tho F. Opposition, h appearances be! and advo-,,, Thr v wrrp rrfp rrin £-k -end rta ,i criticism* th, of Madame R n .v 0 w French worna n ri on Her way Kno-; mar EPS or Prance's pxtrrr iri i Dr. Evatt,
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    First offence is no bar
    61 2 WASHINGTr Aliens found pilltjr nf a petti offence, but others for admission to the Qjgjtd States, could now r to immigrate here terms of a bill signed by Pres:dent Eisont. yesterday. The bill approved on 111 final day of the sional Session, wa major revision
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    BRITAIN'S JETS DO THE TRICK
    299 3 plane goes straight vp without any wings, too 4 nman LONDON, Tuosdav. A \lin,\rvnfi m I" /""Junction with the menta wiZl PPl> has P rodut>^ experit™d v frnm g T Pla which can takt off verof win^sTr rotors 20 181 P Siti n With Ut
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    Cheers or a bull: Pat was on the horns if a dilemma
    178 3 I, II [»\!> IN Tues. n;|( l\ MCCORMICK, a rl who quit college i ulor \v;i<- im,a ihf horns of a irk bull on Sunshr turned her Im to accept the lo ry. year-old blonde nspital In ;i
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    4 more Mau killed
    22 3 s. curity ining battle i ter- suburb and killed. Kikuyu guards Man [napped and Home Guards an African,
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    Embassy gate set on fire
    15 3 -Unidentl- (Ire to the British n gate d in petrol.
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    Kids arrested
    18 3 An official man .said >mmunlsts have Portugal bethe authors lamphlet on which they nta as Moscow.
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    Pritt calls on Soviet Minister
    55 3 LONDON. Tues— The Soviet I Minister of Justice, Mr. Kon- stantin Gorshenin, yesterday received a delegation of British lawyers headed by Mr D N Pritt. Q.C.. Tass. the official Sovirt news agency, reported. Thr delegation on a trip to *\e U.S.S.R. visited the agriculture exhibition
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    Reds rejected
    28 3 PARIS, Tues. The inter-! national Co-operative Alliance 1 has rejected a Russian proposal to admit Eastern Germany. Poland, Hungary and Albania, to the 35-nation organisation. —Reuter.
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    SPYING ON SEATO ALLEGATION
    40 3 DX HONG XI KHI'NG. aged !*>. South Korean, who has hern arrestrd by intelligence lit Tits in the Philippines Ho is alleged to be in a Communist espionage ring to sp\ <>n the SFATO conference. A.P. picture.
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    Mountbatten to quit present job
    101 3 Mountbatten to quit present job LONDON. Tues. ADMIRAL Earl Mountbatton is to relinquish hin post as Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean, the Admiralty announced. Earl Mountbatten. uncle of the Duke of Edinburgh, assumed the additional post of C-in-C Allied Forces. Mediterranean, on its inception in March 1953. He i.s to be succeeded in
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    Leak alleged
    38 3 BERLIN, Tues. Dr. Horst Krueger. a former West German intelligence official, ha-s been arrested on charges of supplying information about an American troop unit to an East German secret service agent, Wiesbaden police said day. —Reuter.
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    IT WAS A WARRIOR STORK
    57 3 Ihi British i Warrior, which Vleti imi i re- here today itenger on i she left enger was a I .six-lb. baby girl born to a Vietnamese woman in the ship's sick bay. The baby automatically becomes a British citizen as she was born aboard
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    More troops for Goa
    47 3 PORTUGUESE troops hoard the liner India at Lisbon to so to Goa to reinforrr the garrison. Stories and pictures of the departure were held up for "security reasons," although thousands of people were on the quay to see the troops leave. A.P. picture.
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    $500,000 GOLD SMUGGLER IS GAOLED
    115 3 CALCUTTA. Tues— A Lon- j 'don-born Hong Kong mer- chant, A. A. Watson, was sen--1 tenced to a year's imprisonment and fined 50,000 rupees here today on a charge of I smuggling gold worth about I ■f 61,500 (about M5520,000i from the Far East. Watson
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    20 arrested
    28 3 CARACAS. Venezuela, Tues —Police have rounded up 20 members of a gang accused of i smuggling scrap iron and other metals to Communist coun- tries.— A.P.
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    DIANA ARRIVES IN BRITAIN
    98 3 SKRGEANT John Anderson. 22-year-old Regular soldier in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and his 18--vrar-old wife. Diana, of Sin- ipi.tr on their arrival al Liverpool in the troopship Lancashire John fell in lovr with Diana in Singapore two years ago. but was posted to Hong Kong.
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    LABOUR-SUPPORTING PAPER TELLS BEVAN: YOU TALK TOO MUCH
    193 3 LONDON, Tuesday. fTHE Daily Mirror today called Mr. Ane :rin Bevan 1 "the irresponsible master of the indefensible statement" and urged him to keep quiet when he has nothing useful to say." The Mirror, which supports the Labour Party's moderate i element,
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    Extra police patrol Malta
    55 3 VAL ETTA, Tues Extra civil police patrolled Valrtta last night following a fight during the weekend when 30 Royal Marine Commandos. I Malta police and civilians were i reported injured. Shop windows and glass doors were said to have been smashed in the fight which j
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    Killer's mother takes admirer's name
    249 3 WELLINGTON, Tues. Mrs. 5 Hilda Marion Hulme, the mother of one of the two girls 55 recently found guilty in the J sensational Chrlstchurch mur- S der trial, has changed her V name by deed poll to "Perry." 2 An eng'neer named Walter 5 Perry
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    LONDON STOCKS
    211 3 LONDON. Tues. Closing middle priced of selected I stocks, not including sump duty, were: Consols 684 xd Funding 41 104H War 3'?~ 90S H BANKS MercantUe (£I2 V) 3S Eastern (£5) r> Chartered (£1 43, 6 Hongkong ($125) M l /3 1 INSURANCE Com Un. (uta.) 44 Royal
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON, Sept 7. rash Buyers G7J3< 3 Seller* £734; Forwird Buyers C 733; Sellers t733',.; Settlement £734. Turnover a.m. 110 tons; p.m. 35 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    39 3 LONDON Sept 7 —Spot 20 Sd Oct. 20*« d. Oct -Dec 20\d., Jan -Mar. 20»»d Apr-June 20Sd. July-Stpt. 20 Sd.. Sept. c.i.f 20\d.. Oct. c.l.f. 20i, d., N O v. c .v. unquoted. Tone: Quiet but firm.
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    3,500 to strike
    30 3 BOMBAY. Tues.— More than 3.500 Bombay port workers last night decided on an indefinite strike, to begin on Sept. 24, for higher wages and improved amenities.— Reuter.
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    Admiral dies
    22 3 NSW YORK. Tues.— Admiral Edward C. Kalbfus. U.S.N. retired, died yesterday at the Newport Naval Hospital He was 78 A.P.
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    France's people
    19 3 PARIS. Tues.— France's population Is now 42.700.000. The population was estimated to be 40.502.513 In 1946— Reuter.
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    THE 6 'RIGHTS' of LABOUR
    398 4 New Party to press for Singapore citizenship They take in everything from work to play including full pay leave (JOiMPLETE and rapid Malayanisation of the public services by domiciled officers and the creation of a Singapore citizenship are among the main planks in the political
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    LONDON STOP-THEN IT'S ON TO A MONTREAL HOLIDAY
    176 4 MR. MALCOLM MacDONALI) flew from London to Montreal laat night to Join his wife and family on a Canadian holiday. He travelled tourist class. Mr. Mac Donald arrived in London from Singapore on Friday and has reported to the Foreign Office, the
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    State secretary returns
    50 4 State secretary returns RAUB. Tues— Dato ADdul Razak bin Hussain. State Secretary. Pahang. who ha.s been away in America and Britain for the last nine months, has resumed duties Inche Abdullah bin Ibrahim who has been acting Stat*Secretary. Pahanp. la leavingfor Kota Bharu to officiate a.Assistant Commissioner of Lands. Kelantan.
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    HE POSED for a picture WITH BANDITS
    148 4 HE POSED for a picture WITH BANDITS KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. |X>UR tappers went into the F Jungle near Bentong in October last year and met a group of terrorists. They took photographs of the terrorists and posed for a group photo with them. One of the tappers. Wong Kah Yew
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    Ambush in Penang Hill
    69 4 PENANO, Turs Penanp police have thrown every available man into a follow-up hunt for the terrorists who attacked an area security patrol on Penang Hill on Sunday. One rifle and some ammunition were lost in the ambush. it was announced today. The bandits, it is believed,
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    Car claimed
    34 4 BUTTERWORTH. Tues. Singapore police have informed the police here that a green motor car No. 5F5545 found abandoned last Monday in Bagan Luar Road Butterworth, has been reported missing in the Colony.
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    THREAT TO CINEMA FANS: TWO FINED
    144 4 CIX MEN threatened to assault patrons at an open air cinema and prevented them from seeinp a show, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Tang Ah Huay. proprietress of Kirn Chuan Road theatre, i I said Chew Kirn Toh and Lim Teow Tan. in
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    Had opium: $150
    27 4 JOHORE BAHRU Tues— Ow Al who was found in possession of four packets of prepared opium was fined $150 In the sessions court. Kluang.
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    The 'switch troops' are staying
    92 4 The 'switch troops' are staying rE 2nd Battn. Royal Welch Fusiliers, who arrived unexpectedly in Singapore last week, are to replace the Ist Battn.. Wrst Yorkshire Regiment, it was announced yesterday. Orders from the War Office diverted the Fusiliers to Singapore when they were on their way to Korea in
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    The inaugural meeting
    53 4 PENANG. Tues. The inauiiural meeting of the Australia. New Zealand Association, Penang. will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the Penang Sports Club. One of the first functions of the association will be to entertain the Australian Trafle Mis; ion to Malaya due In Penang
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    Clerk took police club's money
    258 4 JTE GETS HME TO PAY IT BACK JOHORE BAHRU. Tuesday. 4 POLICE clerk who pleaded suilty to a charge of criminal breach of trust of $2 243 today had his sentence postponed for two weeks to give oim time to return the money. The man.
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    Lawyer calls for report on client
    130 4 Lawyer calls for report on client JOHORE BAHKL Tuea *jN APPEAL was postponec today by Mr Justice Storr to enable evidence of the mental condition of the appetiam to be called. The appellant. Dahalan bin Haji Omar, was convicted in the Magistrate's Court on 3 charge of stealing a jar
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    WOMAN DIED IN BID TO AID THE NEIGHBOUR'S CHILD
    97 4 BUTTERWORTH. Tur*. A Malay woman who went to help a child was electrocuted, the Butterworth Coroner was told today. Madam Bee blnte Kadlr of Bagan Dalam told the Coroner that she was talking with 51--year-old Yam blnte Na-ssu on Aug. 14
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    He sold NAAFI cigarettes
    53 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. T; ne Gan Huat, who sold a tin of NAAFI ciparettes to a police ;v:ont. was fined $300 in the Johore Bahru magistrate's court today. He was convicted of possession of uncustomed goods. After the sale, a search uncovered a further 15 tins
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    Had opium
    31 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Oh Yu, of Pamol Estate, was fined $200. In default one month's Raol, by the Sessions Court, Kluang, for possession of 15 packets of prepared opium.
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    Boy killed on way home from school
    115 4 A 15-YEAR-OLD Singapore schoolboy. Tan Say Cheongt. was fatally Injured yesterday afternoon In an accident at the Junction of Victoria Street and Rochore Road Tan. who attended the Gan Eng Seng School was on his way home when hl s bicycle and a
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      107 4 SINGAPORE A.M. 7.15 Time Signal and Opening Announcement; 7.16 Morning Btar; 7.30 News; 7.35 Melody Mixture; 8.00—8.30 Invitation to Music; PM. 1 00 Programme Summary: 1 01 Favouri'e Dance Bands; 1.30 Time Bignal and News; 1.45—2.00 At The Hammond Organ; 500 Time Signal followed by Programme Summary 5.02 Tea Dance;
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      151 4 The weather MINIMI M TEMPKRATIRE w 3d p.m. on Stpt 6 to 730 a.m. on Sept. 7 1 Singapore '7S degree^ Pen.inß 74. Kota Bahru 73. Ku.ili Lumpur 73. Ipoh 74. Kunnun 70. MAXIMUM TEMPI.R ATI Ri: (7 30 am. to 7.30 pm. on Sept. I) Singapore 83 desrers FVnang
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    London likely to say yes to the £lm. question
    196 5 BIG EXPANSION WILL START IN NEXT FEW YEARS 0W SIR SYDNEY CAN WOK TO FUTURE ..iiKK on additional faculties for the I niversity o i Malaya— engineering and agriculture— jH begin ;'t Kuala Lumpur in the next few years, < jr
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    Three from Singapore
    28 5 I Sin- ng the hundaeet in Mon- n lal meeting ol Is take part In he cenrth of the m Smith. > and nfflc- •talions camp
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    Farm show
    21 5 KOTA BAHRU, Tues— The -'ncultural .show with al! districts taking part will be held at Pasir Mas on Friday.
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    Baby contest results
    47 5 RAUB. Tues The Bonny Baby competition in connection with the district agrihorticultural show held last week-end resulted as follows: Ist prize— Yee Chuan Hock age 5 months. 2nd prize Lshak bin Abdul Rahman age 10 months 3rd prize— Sia Poh Sin age 3 months
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    BUFFALO KILLS A DHOBY
    74 5 BUFFALO KILLS A DHOBY ALOR STAR, Tue", A BUFFALO ran amok xx at Jalan Langgar this afternoon gored a j man to death, them resumed grazing in an open field Chiah Book. 31. a dhoby. was hanging out his washIng near the railway station when the animal suddenly attacked him.
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    Trust man at housing talks
    58 5 The manacer of the Singapore Improvement Trust, Mr J. M Fraser. will discuss regionul planning in under-deve-loped areas with the representatives of 44 other nations at the International Federa- i tion of Housin? and Town Planning Congre.^ ;n Edinburgh. The five-day conference, which begins on
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    A SIX-MONTH WAIT FOR THIS KISS
    74 5 MIMI (HAN. aped two, had j waited six months to meet her parents, .Mr. and >lrs. (.jorge Chan, of Singapore, again. Mr and Mrs. Chan returned fmUHmj by BOAC onstellation after a tour of Europe. He re Mimi i* shown, taken a little by
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    SHELVED: A NEW SERVICE PLAN
    159 5 A probe will come first THE Singapore Government told representatives of the Senior Officers' Association and the Government Clerical and Administrative Employees" Union yesterday that the scheme for an Execuuve Service has been deferred pending; further investigations. The scheme was proposed about nine month.s ago
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    'DOCTOR WAS RUDE' -SISTER OF MENTRI
    267 5 'DOCTOR WAS RUDE' -SISTER OF MENTRI KUALA LUMPUR, Tues I)R. R K. 7HIRUPAD. I 1 Selangor State Medical and Health Officer, has promised to investigate a complaint by a Malay woman who alleged that a hospital doctor in Kuala Lumpur was rude to her when she went to The hospital
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    Parit ferry is plying again
    48 5 IPOH. Tues— The ferry a? Parit. 20 miles south of Ipoh which provides a crossing on the Perak River to the Sitiawan District, was reopened yesterday after being closed since Thursday. The low level of the water 'in the river caused the suspension.
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    Worker attacked, robbed of $50
    33 5 Three men waylaid a Malay employee of Singapore City Council in Jalan Kampong Chantek and robbed him of $50. They knocked him unconscious before ransacking his I pockets.
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    TRUANTS TROUBLE DEFENCE SCHOOL
    254 5 TRUANTS TROUBLE DEFENCE SCHOOL A TTENDANCE at the A basic general classes of the Singapore Civil Defence Corps training school at Kolam Ayer Lane last year was disanpointing. The 1953 report of the Civil Defence Corps says: "Absenteeism from training periods was much too high." Ten classes were started during
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    'Recruiting officer' is gaoled
    99 5 'Recruiting officer' is gaoled \MAN who represented himself as a recruiting officer for a regiment in Taiping and received money from three men. was gaoled at the Singapore Assizes yesterday for six years for cheating. Lai Jit Seng, 27, a former private in the Federation Regiment, had received from Low
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    Revenue is down
    57 5 Sing;., .>re Customs revenue of $51,250,000 for the first eight months of this year Is a drop of $1,331,000 on the amount for the corresponding period last year. It is, however, $539,000 more than estimated. Most of the revenue came from tobacco < $22,322.000 1 liquors (513.212.000
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    HIS EIGHTH TRIP TO GAOL IN 8 YEARS
    204 5 ELIAS MUSHAI ALI. 28. w a ride on Auk B—and8 and t had a string of previous i had spent most of his til Second Criminal District C ho took two taxi drivers for left them the poorer by $54 convictions and
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    Boy drowned in new well
    46 5 A nine-year-old boy, Ne Sim Tin, who went to play near a new well at hLs kamporiß off lji 2 milestone Juronß Road, I on July 25 was found drowned, a Singapore coroner's court j was told yesterday. 1 Verdict: Misadventure.
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    President quits
    24 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Mr. Gurubak Singh Sambhl ha.s 'olgned as president of the Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce because of 111 health.
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      239 5 SINGAPORE DIARY K()T\KV 1.1 B- Weekly luncheon I 3 p m. to 5 30 p m. meeting I-idle* Day Capital Blue! PRIDF OF THE EAST I.ODCIE Room 1 pm. Talk by Mrs Klizabeth <RAOB Grand Counclh: Weekly Choy on A Singapore woman look.s meeting. Boustend Institute for Seamto the future."
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    17 6 ACK NOWLED GE MENT ;i, Wmrdt flu i minimum) -.VIHIANATHAN p> and and Main Ishea on the
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    Singapore, Wed. Sept. 8. 1954. Schools Storm Grows
    798 6 Singapore, Wed. Sept. 8. 1954. Schools Storm Grows The Federation Government was prepared for a storm when it referred to a special committee the financial problems of its education policy. But apparently it could not at first get the committee to appreciate the position. The first recommendationa were too mild
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    The Ravelled Skein
    501 6 Whila Mr. Edon's absence i ban Manila is much to be' rociottrd. there is no doubt of' the claims which European problems make upon his attention. It is from Britain that the lead must come, even if thi> lead is nothing better than an approximate plan for
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    National schools vital step to Malayanisation
    951 6 YfOST people in this iTI country agree that we are trying to build a Malayan nation. The Government frequently says so, the UMNO and M.C.A. leaders say so, and I think even the Indian leaders say so At any rate, no-one denies it. So
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    Students like life at college
    358 6 Students like life at college r£ admonishing by Mr P K. Hcrnon of the staff of the Singapore Teachers Training College, of the student teachers of the new training college at Kota Bahru College la unwarranted To be fair to the 15t» men and women who are now in Kota
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    Indians must get together
    88 6 WHY cannot the leaders of Indian associations in Malaya take immediate action to form into one single and strong body to safeguard the interests of the Indian minority instead of making useless predictions about the future of their country men. Unless this is done. Indians will
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    Improve conditions in private schools
    249 6 VIUCH nas been sala vi late to suggesr that the iT teachers In private schools are inefficient and as a result, most of the students do not succeed in the school Certificate examination I am a teacher in >nvati vrhnnl I agree that most private
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    Crash helmets law vital
    73 6 ANOTHER motor-cyclist has died from head injuries sustained when he fell off his machine at Collyer Quay and struck his head against a lamp post. To prevent thi s the authorities should enforce that all mo-tor-cyclists wear crash helmets. A long overdue safety measure for cycles
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    Bus route plea
    31 6 rE Kampong Bahru Bus Co. should extend its route from Maxwell Market. the usual terminus to the Shentor Way or Shenton Circus and help office workers. PASSENGER Singapore.
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    Council will get back its capital
    185 6 MR. CHAN KUM CHEE is reported to have said that until there were enough houses on Frankel Estate to assure the Singapore City Council an adequate return, the present owners would have to *1t for their light As the owner of one ol the
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    Alliance eye-opener for Govt..
    96 6 AT the rally celebrating the recent Alliance success in the Town Council elections at Teluk Anson. Tengku Abdiu Rahman said that the Alliance success was an "eye-opener" to the Government. The Alliance success was certainly an "eye-opener" but I not in the sense the Tengku meant.
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    'Poison' from the water tap
    128 6 MY working hours make It necessary for me to have a wash at two o'clock every morning. I found In the past week that every time I turned on the tap the water was as filthy as the water one gets (for free"' from Rochore
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    Junction danger to cyclists
    70 6 rE Johore Bahru police are, always appealing to the I public about safety llrst. yet nothing has been done about' it on the road. They have overlooked a dangerous gap at the Junetion of Jalan Sungei Seggit with Jalan Ibrahim wherr busr-s and cars are a
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    Corporal punishment NO answer
    148 6 I HAVE been teaching for the past six years and I find the letters of "Wokey" and "Probationer" surprising. While I grant that the students of today are different from the students of 1940 and 1941. I cannot understand how there can be whistling, singlne and
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    On the Margin
    118 6 On the Margin Full explamtj I I I motiv( simph would count rh I I gumeni I d" except:. I would I if per,. luiy." W I Sk > °ver Malay, I -you 1 veying I I sunset I fascinati I kampor- I are like I inu But different I
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    No move in Singapore but parents are worried
    142 7 Direct** icalion, Mr. K. vesterda] saM itlon move s, hool fees followed In im not swar* that n Ikis -yen he said. ;apore parents i bj clevelopI i -ili-r.ilion. Seng l <<v ot Road, Singapore. three boys in si hools, laid ciui
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    or a sudden stop—$25
    26 7 or a sudden stop— $25 Low Llm Close. East pleaded areless n Road on !d. sudn the middle warning, river of a car ing, the i
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    Man accused of having gun
    29 7 Leng was charged Fourth Police with unlawful two pistols and ammunition, that he had ...munition at ant Road at An Ineld on Doc. 6
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    SALESGIRL DOLLY TAN IS NOW AMINAH BINTE ABDULLAH
    18 7 AMINAN BINTE ABDULLAH at her home yesterday.— Straits Times picture.
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    BOOKS WERE BURNT
    100 7 That's different, says tax man CHYI LIAK In Singapore counts of nis income thi prosecution m as a private j and partner in Mr. P. T. Wong. that the marJune been dere and with ount books. "If that la the case, we do not take a serious
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    She changed her name to wed boy she loves
    232 7 ALL'S WELL WITH MA A\D PA, TOO VI ISS DOLLY TAN, 18. a Singapore shoe-store sales- girl, met a department store peon and fell in love with him. He loved her too and 10 days ago asked her to be his
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    At $940, this fine is a big bargain
    154 7 At $940, this fine is a big bargain WHEN Ang Lian Seng was last convicted in SingaDor P for storine timber without a permit, the court warned him that if he was convicted again on a similar charge, he would be fined $50 a day for the period of the
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    Sent to gaol
    31 7 Choo Tee Kal, aged 58. was sentenced to three weeks' gaol In Singapore yesterday for outraging the modesty of a 16--year-old girl in Woodlands Road on Aug. 13.
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    Journalist back from Britain
    40 7 Mr. Donald Stephens, a Journalist on the stalT of the North Borneo News and Saba Times, arrived in Singapore yesterday by BOAC-Constellation. He spent two months in Britain on a look-and-learn-trip awarded by the British Council.
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    MORE SWITCH ON—and PAY $18,686,000
    120 7 MORE SWITCH ON— and PAY $18,686,000 SINGAPORE used nearly 25 per cent more electricity last year than in 1952, paving the City Council over $18,686,000 for It. Sales revenue showed an increase of more than $3,600,--000 on 1952. But this is not enough. More substantial Increases must follow If the
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    Committee couldn't agree on increases
    1089 7 KUALA LI MPI'R. Tues.There is marked disagreement rven among the 11--man committee which recommended increased fees for secondary schools in the Federation. The committee was unani mous m only one pointthat secondary school fees should be increased. An informed source told the Straits Times that
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    AH KIEW (her father's eyes) HAS VISITORS
    260 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. —I Pretty Chone Ah Kirw. aged nine, thr "eyes" of her father sinre the Communists blinded him. today received the five British parliamentarians now touring the Federation. When thry called at her father's combined medicine n,i liquor shop at Prtaling
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    $500 FOR THE WOMAN WHO DIDN'T CARE
    74 7 Desrrib'fl as a ■■disobedient" woman. Asflah binte Hajl Abdullah wis fined $500 in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday when .sh< admitted building a house In the Jalan Eunos area without the plans being approved. The prosecution, which ask- j ed for a
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    Jungle duel—P.C. Chan gets his man
    197 7 Jungle duel— P.C. Chan gets his man KUALA LUMPUR. Tucs. A POLICE party made up of a lieutenant and two constables lay in ambush on an estate in the Sungei Besi district of Selangor for two terrorists they saw lecturing tappers. Then Lieutenant Lydon gave the order: "Get them alive."
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    Troops aid Ah Boey
    85 7 Another $110 was given yesterday to the fund for Malacca's six-year-old kanpong cripple. Chow Ah Boey The Straits Times started the fund about a fortnight ago A cheque for $85 was received yesterday from all ranks ol B Squadron the 11th Hussars at Majedee Barracks Johore
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    VIPs all over the place
    214 7 VIPs all over the place -ASATTLEESFLY TO AUSTRALIA IT was a YIP day at Kalians airport yes-terday-all outward bound. First to arrive were Brttlsn Opposition Leader. Mr. Clement Attlee. and Mrs. Attlee. They were accompanied nj the Governor. Sir John Nicoll, wi'h whom they had been staying at Government House.
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    For sale—one airline -only $100,0001
    138 8 For sale one airline -only $100,0001 NO CARGO AND NO PASSENGERS ALLOWED, SO THE DEAL INCLUDES THREE PLANES >' ANYANG Airways Ltd., is for sale, lock stock and barrel, for $100,000. The airline was started by Sineapore millionaire. Mr. George Lee, in January. 1953. Its aitcraft three Avro Ansons were
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    TRAINING TOUGH, BUT IT SUITS THEM
    143 8 rIIRTEEM police inspectors., including four Dyaks. from Sarawak have nearly finished a siv-month (Win at Singapore Police Training School in Thomson Tfoad. "The training is tough, but «f like it." they said yesterday. "We did not expect featherb.,K The 13. the first Sarawak police
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    Killer must die
    37 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The Federation Court ot Criminal Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Masa 81na was sentenced to death by a lower court for the murri* r of Shangara Singh at Jalan Trus.
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    ONE-DAY-A-WEEK STRIKE IS OFF
    114 8 New proposals to mine bosses IPOH. Tuesday. T^HE Fcderation-wido strike on tin mines which the A Malayan Mining Employees' Union, had called for last Sunday, was postponed. Inche Abdul Karim. the union's secretary told the Straits Times today. A fortnight ago the union decided by secret
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    Army man is top crooner
    61 8 Fern Stear. of the Army nl Training Corps Blakao Man. took top place at last night's KCOBd semi-final of the 1954 Croonrr-Crronette contest at the Great Garden Cabaret Singapore. Srrond v/as Jnr Mission and third Mustafa Ahmad. The last semi-final will be held at the
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    The Perlis is delivered
    57 8 The 1.350-ton Perlis, last of three sister-ships specially built this year for the Straits Steamship Company's coastal run. arrived in Singapore on Sunday from Britain. She is expected to leave on her maiden voyage to Kuala Belait and Brunei on Sept. 25 She has accommodation for
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    THE SILENT HUSBAND....
    78 8 PENANG. Tu. s Dorothy Zung Ling Leon,; today won a decree nisi, to be made absolute in three months. She charged her husband. Kok Foo Yin. with desertion. Leong told Mr. Justice Spencer Wilkinson that she wai married before the Prnang Registrar on Oct. 20. 1949. In
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    FOR THESE MEN—IT'S NO SOAPBOX
    173 8 FOR THESE MEN—IT'S NO SOAPBOX SINGAPORE civil servants, who formulate policy or carry it out. will take no active part in politics lik? speaking on public platforms or canvassing voters. Those men are officers in Divisions 1 and 2 The stall side of the Government Whitley Council agreed at meeting
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    Found hanged
    20 8 KLUANG Tues— Police today found a 27-year-old Indian hanging from a mango tree behind a toddy shop here
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    The men all bosses despise
    196 8 A RECENT appeal to the public in Singapore to give ex-prisoners a chance" had not produced any results, the Commissioner for Prisons, Major W. L. P Sochon. said yesterday Major Sochon made the appeal about six weeks ago when he said many men, after serving
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    $6 mil. for replanting
    56 8 KUALA LUMPUR Tuts The Rubber Industry (Replanting i Board has paid out $0 million in grants to 12.000 smallholders since the scheme started at the beginning of last year. A total of 31.000 application* have been received in respect of 125.000 acres, but only 22.000 applications
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    Axe attack alleged
    57 8 Gon Wee Llam claimed trial in the Singapore Fourth Police Court on Monday to causing hurt to three persons with a chopper at Joo Chiat Road at midnight on Sunday It was alleged that he hurt Soo Chye. Yee Keat King and Yee Goh Wee Liam He
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    Animal lovers
    24 8 The Animal Lovers League. Singapore, will hold a meeting at the theatrette in Shell House. Collyer Quay at 5 15 p.m tomorrow
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    BID TO SAVE $132 COST THREE MEN $11,000
    184 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Three men, who tried to smuggle $264 worth of perfumery (duty $132), in a car into j the Federation, were > today fined a total of $11,000 and had their car confiscated The men were Yew Chew Fai. Woo
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    WE WON'T GO, SAY CALL-UP STUDENTS
    405 8 WE WON'T GO, SAY CALL-UP STUDENTS r'HINESE middle school students whose callup appeals were rejected yesterday told the president of the Singapore National Service Appeal Tribunal. Mr. J F. McWilliam, that whatever his decision they would not go for training. Mr. McWilliam spoke to the seven men, and to a
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    New officials of Belfield Club
    72 8 Officials or the Belfleld Club. Kuala Kubu Bahru, for 1954 are: President. Dr. B.P. Phakka; vice-president, Mr. S. Sundaramoorthy; secretary, Mr. Sum Wai: treasurer, Inchc Hariri bin Abu Taif; auditor*. Mr S. Veloo and Inche Abdul Manaf bin Haji All. Committee: Mr. S. Ratnam, Inche
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    Firing practice
    28 8 Firine practice will take place on Blakang Mati Island from Sept. 13 to 17 ard from Sept. 20 to 24. between 8 a.m. ■'nri 8.30 p.m.
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      241 8 I THREr AVTtO-ASKON Ft AVTSi Comptetf wifh Spares arvd SqutpA m«ct. Tuil parflcu!«» fr<Mti Pnrtf 4. Bo* ?7, Singtpar? THE ADVERTISEUEST refused to allow this, so my aircraft had to return empty to Singapore each day. "Then I wanted to start a tourist passenger service, but permission was again refused.
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      100 8 Straits Times Crossword "21~ 22 I 23 i|| 24 ACBOSB 14. To dodge wont do! (5) L 18- Traditional Cockney Mies talk I. Windsors explosive character (6. 3i. < 8 18. Notes produced by lengthened 5. Take a moist sort of Interest O-strings? (9) < 8> 19. Dont relate It
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      202 8 antique" 1 (Swinburne) (5) 26. Point of Hugos birds-eye view of Paris (5, 4>. 27. Chemists' agent in a freniy with me (6). 28. Concealed (6). DOWN 2. Little or no life In this (9). 3. When fore Is aft. where are we? (s>. 4. Oets some 24 easily (5).
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    Man who murdered his mother for money
    1893 9 Man who murdered his mother for money i of a fine mansion in Jackson, Michigan, (U.S.), on January 26, 1889, the body of Mrs. Mary Latimer lay sprawled on Police brought in the woman's blond, young son, Irving, to view the body. He did not register a flicker of emotion
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      154 9 Sherlock ##o/fff#».v P ianne<t in tut ran ye aS^N /WHEN I CAME BAC< fvE6- THE ''ABDUCTION" HOW^f THE PAPER UA6 BEEN frlWlf AFTER V&ITINO TWC WAS PLANNED WELL SO FOLDED. THE LETTER XL7[ OUCUES* OF TEEL I IN ADVANCE r— IM6 1$ BOLD AW IN AnJ^C-^ I FOUND A\V CAZZ.IA6E.
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    MORE MONEY IN THE BANK
    493 10 Federation deposits up BY OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT nEPOSITS in commercial banks in the Federation U of Malaya in July, at $589,286,000 were $10 million more than in June, and were the second highest for any month in the first seven months of the year, official
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    309 10 i The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: "On an Improved turnover industrials were steady and tins slightly improved. There wa* also a little more activity in rubbers. Members reported the following business done yesterday: Con. Tin Smelter ordo 28s. 3d.; Fra-ser and I Neave ord-s »2.01, $2 iodd
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    U.K. tin plate
    116 10 LONDON, Tues— The Soviet Union j is believed by the trade here to be i inquiring for around five thousand tons of British tlnplates. This quantity represents around 100,000 basis boxes. It is understood that the Soviet last inquired for U.K. tlnplates a year ago. Meanwhile tlnplates
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    Sungei Bidor output
    35 10 Sungel Bldor Tin's August output was 690 plculs. Other August tin outputs announced are: Thabawlelk 1.053 plculs; Pnngah 754 plculs; Austral Amalgamated 2.672 plculs: Talam 308 64 piculs; Rahman Hydraulic 587 plculs.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    23 10 SINGAPORE. Sept. 7. TIN: $365.1?) per picul (up 82.12}). RUBBER: 68 9 16 cents a lb. (up three-sixteenths of a cent).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    166 10 MELBOURNE. Tues. Prices were steady on the Stock Exchange today with no marked trend In either industrial or speculative oils and uraniums Some pastorals recovered from recent marking down. Bonds were in demand. Loans 3'«'; 1956-59 £95 8 9 Loans 3',% 1956-59 £96 15 -26 Aust Consol Ind
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    113 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: President Pierce 12. Clutha River 45. Thai C.P. Benvannoch 67. Bencleuch 13 14. Manekerk 18. Meonia 19 20. Stla N. Wall 8. Rajah Brooke 23. Kamunins 24, Lipts 25 26. Chunsang 29 30, Hai Lee 3132.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    158 10 Singapore Chinese Producr K\rhange: Noon prices per plcul werewere: Copra: steady: September $28 buyers. $28 14 sellers: October $28 1 8 buyers, $28 1 2 sellers. Coconut oil: steady quiet unchanged: $48 1 2 sellers. Pepper: very quiet, no business reported; all varieties down $2 1 2: Muntolc
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    41 10 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5 797; for cash and 5 81 for T.T. I Sterling was quoted at 15.72 and i one tael of gold at 253 375
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    THE MALAYA TIN OUTPUT IS HIGHEST
    87 10 THE MALAYA TIN OUTPUT IS HIGHEST T Hf; Uni t'd h nual'V ESS? 1 X IST ly upon the rale period parati.. the globr BmtM tacking i tin in 1952 the hi. outpnthe lni 4 00(1--Worl(! 1952 percent put o! three produr sumption United s of tin tive tn 100
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    Oil to flow from sea be
    79 10 FOUR oilw el bed of tl i from a stee; mile offshore from Sena. Borneo will nan Kiit pna oil. accordir. Malayan Petroleum C new spaper. Oil from the travel b id on hf se.: collection :r. I .r.ri-- ashor* t purr.ped firery, in
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    RUBBER PRICE
    100 10 September buyers f.o.b closed id Sst yesterday at 68 9:' three-Hxteemhs o! Monday s close and the cltfl was steady. The price opening of 68 cents, 'ii«:e reasonable trade den: i inquiry for lower grades. The turnover hem with sellers still bott Closing pr: per lb. were.- buye:
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    RUBBER CROPS
    16 10 Rivrrurw* I 886 lb. The pr*T| company shar ln Suntfi Tuk.< I of rubbr
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    YOUR OLD PALS SAY HELLO
    243 12 YOUR OLD PALS SAY HELLO Ea\ar and Ezani' The> arc back w.th us this wee^ *>■ well as the Wis,? Owl. and I want you to see how well you c*n colour them Y.-hj may use either pjin!> ex crayons for th s content Writ* your name, age and address
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    WHY IS SEA WATER SALT?
    374 12 WHY IS SEA WATER SALT? '/^AN you tell me how far the sun is from earth?" asks Mf-njeet Singh, of Raub. "and is there a planet called Mars?" The sun is 93.000.000 miles from earth, and there is a planet called Mars. It is the fourth planet nearest to the
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    Stamps Draw Like Magnets
    264 12 Stamps Draw Like Magnets T^OR our young nephew who •T still wants to know why people collect stamps and what do they get out of it. I am going to be a bit statistical. Firstly, ice have dealt urith the pleasure of collecting stamps, the knowledge gained, and so on.
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    Pakistan bid to defeat England XI just fails
    423 13 Pakistan bid to defeat England XI just fails HASTINGS. Tues. T«HE PAKISTAN cricket tour- ists iust failed to beat thp j clock and score a dramatic victory over an England XI here today. When stumps were drawn, Pakistan needed only six runs with six wickets in hand. Fifty-two behind on
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    Seixas champion after 14 attempts
    338 13 Seixas champion after 14 attempts HARTWIG LOSES EARLY POISE FOREST HILLS, NEW YORK, Tuesday. yiC SEIXAS (U.S.A.), Wimbledon champion in 1953, won the men's singles title in the United States lawn tennis championships when he beat Rex Hartwig of Australia 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in the final here yesterday. Hartwig
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    MISS HART'S GREAT WIN
    137 13 \IISS HART who as a child of MX. 1 took up tennis 23 years ago to help treatment of a leg injury which rio. Mi.- feared would prevent her walking, was given a tremendous ovation when she took the women's title. Her gruelling match with Miss
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    Preston top table with Foster's goal
    311 13 I>Y ending Chelsea's unl victory at Stamford North End went to the top i toothall table. They are one point ahead ol Evortrm. Sunderland and Manchester United, who will be playing tomorrow. England winger Tom Finney made the opening for insirieright Foster to score
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    British rider 19 th to die
    72 13 iorc.LAB. d*lf of M»n). Tue» THE 19th DEATH In the IMe of Man tourUt trophy race* 1 Mnc. World War II was recorded today »hrn r British rßfing motorcydUt »aR ktHed In the Junior Manx Orand Prix Rnrf Rocrr Butler a 3fi-ye»r-olti 1 motor
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    10-0 start for SHA league
    103 13 CEYLON Sports Club opened the Singapore Hockey Association league yesterday when they trounced Young Men's Muslim Association 10 0 in a Div SB league fixture at Balestler Road Ceylonese scored rive minutes :!ter the start and were held to this had till the Interval Then
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    ST. ANDREWS SWIM CHAMPIONSHIPS
    79 13 The 19th annual swimming championships of the St. Andrew s School for the Yap Ec Kaw Shield and Cup will be held on Sept. 23 lat the Chinese Swimming Club i pool. There will be two new < vents this year the inter-house .nexilev I relay
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    Rugby results
    54 13 LONDON. Tues. Yesterday's Rugby Union results were: Brldg- i MM) Albion 3. Ponlypridd Hi. Ilanell. 15. Oerw.n Williams Team i 8; Pontypool 9. Talywain 0. Rugby league: Hull 15. York 8; Icens n Hull Kingston Rovers 3: Pwmina I. Leigh 20, Wigan 12. Rochdale Hornets 9; Worklngton Town
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    SCOTTISH CUP
    41 13 LONDON. Tues— The draw for the Scottish League Cup quarter. finals, made yesterday resulted: Motherwell v Range™. Heart* v 8t Johnstone. Ayr United v Airdrleonians and Morton v East Fife. AWAY TO a good start at Melbourne's Caulfleld racecourse
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    Longden on Blue Sail in St. Leger
    294 13 Longden on Blue Sail in St. Leger LONDON. Turs. JOHNNY LONODEN. the Englishborn jockey from Amfrlca. will ride Blue Sail in the St. Leger last of this year's English classic races, at Doncaster next Saturday In announcing this today. Paddy Hrendergast. Blue Sails trainer, said "Blue Sail is really well
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    50-MILE RACE FOR NOVICES
    74 13 The Singapore Island Ramblers will be staging a 50 miles massd start race for Novices on Sunday Sept 19 at 7 a.m. on the Chua Cha Kang Road I.im Chu Kang Road course. Those wishing to participate la this race are request) d to send i.i
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    TURF CLUBS MAY USE STARTING STALLS
    344 13 \K AI AYAN Turf Clubs will con- l sider Installing mobile starting ■tall units costing about $50,000 each. Plans for the stalLs adapted to troplral conditions are iiow being prepared in Melbourne. Austra Ha. and will be sent to the clubs within the next
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    CAMPUS BELLE WILL BE GOLD CUP FACTOR
    734 14 Picking up after lapse fAMPUS BELLE, an out-and-out stayer, appears to be in go >d enough form to be a factor in the Singapore (Jold Cup on Sept. 18. Harry McCloud up, this Muzarin mare was going too well for Mubarak all the
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    BANNISTER 4-MIN. MILE FILM TODAY
    68 14 A film of the race in which Roger Bannister broke the In v minute barrier for the mile in M.y this year will be ibown ;\t ihr Shell TheHtreite. Collyer Qu.iy. at 5 pm today. I This will be WmWftttmt by lilm.s produced by the
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    No Rahim, but Stars' spirit was there
    98 14 No Rahim, but Stars' spirit was there cd. b hold r in ;i S A r mons j chance (half RUM I 'he i<•he !r..--left, flttin-,-: Rahnr balnv. Do;: past HBocceriti and md c!i-ai.incr k -ball v half, and R »lth yards Mistakq Sorrrritpv had <*,«! hut (hen th»v madf
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    SWIM MEET OFF
    35 14 The swimmers' day meet of the Tiger Swimming Club on Saturday has been postponed to Oct 2 is it mark of respect to the late Mr. A* Boon Haw the Club's patron
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    Troubadour's time best
    228 14 fROUBADOUR— good for 3f in ih on a good track any morningclocked the best time yeMerda-. morning at Bukit Timah when he reeled ofl 3 f in 37 2 5. Len Saw yer hud him on the bit all the wav iip the straight. Troubadour strikes me
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    England and S'pore tie off
    115 14 THE dtrislon Hichard Bercmann former world tablr tennis champion, to prolong hi--•sv in Australia has raused \W rancrllatlon of the first Intern..•.onal match between England and S'.ncapore. This match was scheduled held on Thursda> Sept. 16 at the Hippy World stadium Howe\er, Johnny Leach. Berimann's
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    September medal goes to Potts
    104 14 Tin- September nirclal > Ixvev at the Rov.U Sm^;<jK>rt Golf Club was won by THA. Potts in the "A' division and K C Mac Donald in the "B 1 division Both were one down The A" ball sweep went to Markham ione do»m on the
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    S.R.C. SPORTS ON SUNDAY
    10 14 The Si annual I I S3
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    Singapore XI to play Penang
    55 14 The Sinnanorr tram for tnr Malaya (up final against Prnans al Kuala l.umpur on Saturday Mill I" Cher Seng: Bonlfarr Trow Kent: Her Jong. V»»s leapt. l. Hin Wrn«: Omar \wang. Boon Seonc, A wane; Bakar. Boon I.eonc Rahim Omar. Rriwrvrs: Fook Ten;, Jnhan Kok
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    CSC's NEW FORWARD GETS A HAT-TRICK
    307 14 FIELDING their full tournament j side. Ceylon Sports Club put up a fine display to beat Singapore i Cricket Club 5-1 in a friendlj J hockey match on the oadang j ytsterday. I Once again the newcomers to th* i side. Stephen Murugesu. Thllligallngam
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    Cinema ready for another victory
    377 14 /MNEMA 11. easily the finest miler in training: at the moment, looks like scoring again owr his pet distance on Saturday. With Mulley up. Cinoma II went attractively on the bit over 3f in 3"> with Super Picture at Bukit Timah yesterday Fairy Tale, attempting
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      82 14 murphy more signal. /essnok A224R A fine new Radioetram! This radiogram w,ll „vc you the kind of repy ouve often dreamed ,bout—,nd nevr, all your records, standard and longpuyc* sw.ng There arc two hitjk quality p.ck-ups "ordinary (78 r.p.m.t records and one players" 3 3 and 45 r.p.m.i SINGAPORE $8
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