The Straits Times, 24 July 1955

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    19 1 C^ow' 1 1^^i-^ w? < T"V The Sunday Times We* tab* No. 1,039 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1955 20 CENTS.
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    BOY ON BICYCLE KIDNAPPED
    368 1 hiff his father aponotl new business* student was 'captured 9 in the street Singapore gang asked for $100.000 -but settled for $5,000 By PATRICK CHEE E Police arc investigating a kidnapping case in which a 20-year-schoolboy was held captive for six days and released only r.
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    CAR FIRE AFTER SMASH KILLS 2
    101 1 •<,HRU. Sat. Wi s( uers stood ly while a Seni > cat -old child n a bunt tc P i The other irsl during the car burst into death :hIW wh ipe. r aa the for Batu Maclntyre :•< Bahru. Explosion itti m] the
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    Lock icon The Big Four agree
    138 1 GENEVA, Sat. "THE Big Four leaders ended their historic conference "at the summit" here today with complete agreement on a plan for future negotiations about key issues to reduce East-West tension. Mr. )amcs Hagerty, President Eisenhower's press secretary, said after the secret session that agreement had
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    Lock icon Well Hull dies
    15 1 I YORK. Sat. Mr. former United State, died Naval Medical .".3 Renter.
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    Lock icon Bomb for Zionist
    42 1 TEL AVIV. Sat.— A bomb exploded early today at the home of Israel Rockach. a top leader of the General Zionist Party, who was Interior Minister until last month. Mr. Rockach was said to be .suffering from shock.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon U Nu flies to Rangoon
    47 1 TOKYO. Sat. The Burmese Prime Minister Mr. U Nu left for home by plane today after four days visit in Japan. Mr. U Nu. his wifp and six Burmese officials will touch down at Hong Kong and then travel to Rangoon. U.P.
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    GANG OF BURGLARS IS ROUNDED UP
    144 1 SINGAPORE Police yesterday rounded up a gang of eight burglars who had been terrorising the military housing quarters off Alexandra Road over the past few months. The smashing of the "gang climaxed patient investigations and continual night watch by detectives of Tanjong Pagar Division
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    Too hot to work
    53 1 NEW YORK. Sat. The hottest weather of 1955 left millions In the northeast United States wilted and panting yesterday. It was 100 degrees or more in most areas. In Washington, thousands of Kovrrnment workers were sent home early as the heat reached a year's hlch of
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    $5,000 —one winner
    39 1 $5,000 —one winner THERE is one winner of Straits Times Word Puzzle "K". She will receive the entire prize of 55.000. She is Mrs. N. H. Abbott, K.A.S. |asm, MALACCA. See Page Nine for the Competition Editor's weekly article.
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    Sir Donald back
    32 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— The High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray. returned to Kuala Lumpur this evening. He left for England a month ago for routine discussions with the Colonial Office.
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    Mata Hari's judge dies
    27 1 NOHANT-VICQ. France, Sat. Andre Mornet, who as a French military judge sent Hate Hari to the firing squad, died yesterday. He was 85.
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    ASIAN MISSES JUST MISS
    49 1 TWO ASIAN CIRLS. Miss Ceylon .md Miss |ap.in. were among the first five choices of the judges 3t yesterday's Miss Universe contest .if Long Beach. C.i lifornia. Miss Ceylon was third and Miss Japan fifth. Winner was Miss Sweden and runner-up was Miss El Salvador.
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    Prison and customs men may strike over sackings
    181 1 Prison and customs men may strike over sackings THERE will be a strike of 3.000 employees of 10 Smgapore Government departments if a strike ballot goes through today Although the dispute arose from the dismissal of two employees of Outram Prison, the men's union the Singapore Government Workers Union has
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    Lock icon Campbell's record
    34 1 TJLLSWATER. Sat. Mr. Donald Campbell today smasheci the American-held world water speed record on Lake Uliswater. His offlcinl average sipped over the measured kilometre was 202.32 mile* (325.6 kilometres) an hour.— Reuter.
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    AFRICA TO MARSHALL: DON'T QUIT
    88 1 ffiHE Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday received the following tnessaee from Mr. Ku.iin, Nkrumah. Primp Minister of the Gold Coast: "Have foKowed with greatest interest and goodwill your election and appointment as Chief Minister. Would counsel most sober consideration before constitutional crisis
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    Cake had to wait
    91 1 Arrivirm in Singapore yester- i day in the same plane that carried the Federation High i Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray, a young Cambridge school student said: "I was fed-up about the delay in Karachi." Alan Heng had every reason to be disappointed he was looking forward
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    Jakarta puts new taxes an imparts
    210 1 Jakarta puts new taxes an imparts From our own Correspondent JAKARTA, Sat. rpHE INDONESIAN Government has imposed heavy new duties on a wide variety of imported goods. The duties ranges from 25 to 100 per cent of nominal price. The new duties called "BIS" have to be paid on all
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    A tour-party coalition if polls are held
    418 1  - A tour-party coalition if polls are held SIT YIN FONC Dy IF Singapore goes to the polls again, the Progressives will be marked down for "annihilation 11 by a coalition of all other political parties in the Colony the Labour Front, the Peoples 1 Action Party, the UMNO-MCA Alliance and
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    THE $10,000 ROBBERY: 5 CHARGED
    127 1 THE $10,000 ROBBERY: 5 CHARGED FOUR men and woman were charged in the Singapore Fiftn Magistrates Court yesterday in connection with the robbery of SI O.OOO at the house of Dr. B. H. Sheares. Professor of Midwifery and Gynaecology at the University of Malaya, on Thursday. Wans Loke Hai, Toh
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    GIRL KILLED BY LORRY
    53 1 Kwang Ming Choo, three-year-old sirl, was fatally inJured when a lorry, reversing Into a compound at Waterloo Street, Singapore, last night knocked her down. She died on the way to the General Hospital. Eve witnesses are asked to contact Inspector Seah Wai Toh Sepoy Lines Police
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    HE MARCHED TO WAR WITH A BIBLE
    2521 2  - HE MARCHED TO WAR WITH A BIBLE Leonard Mosley It starts today— the story of the war's strangest hero: WiWGATE I by 0i "A man of genius," said Churchill yet some who served with Wingate thought he was a fanatic. Wavell hailed him as the most brilliant soldier of the
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    ANGLING
    431 2  -  Sagai by TROLLING FOR CATCHES i T WAS asked in a recent I A letter if I could supply 1 any information about trolI ling in the waters around i Singapore. I have done very i little trolling myself but I made inquiries of those who i have, with
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    UNION CHIEF ADMITS HE HAD RED PAPERS
    604 3 mittcd was an organ of the Malayan Communist Party and became a regular reader of Freedom News, issued by thp M.C.P. He said he formed a cell and held discussions and study classes on subjects like "ex- j pansion of the Malayan Peoples'
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    N.Z. troops a 'token force'
    34 3 N.Z. troops a 'token force' ri wore 2i well- late thi.s L the md Sin- r 5 i on n with I order the local with our neigh- |h,in. New I Timujioncr to Malaya.
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    Methodist youth officials
    84 3 Officials of the Singapore Methodist Youth Fellowship 'Bedok Church i are: President. Mi&s Grace Chan; vice-president Mr. Frankie Song; secretary. Miss Christina Loh; treasurer. Mr Max Oei; auditor. Mr. Tan Hong Ban; chairman (worship and evangelism), Mr. Freddie Chua; chairman (world friendship >, Miss Lily Ho; chairman
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    Rural Board
    25 3 The next meeting of the Singapore Rural Board will be held at the Conference Room. Chief Secretary's Office, at 10 a.m. on Thursday.
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    More blood wanted
    26 3 The Singapore Blood Transfusion Centre at the General Hospital will be opened from 9 a.m. to 12 noon today. Donors will be welcomed.
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    7 hurt in club removal
    136 3 SEVEN men engaged in removing the Koyal Singapore Flying Club hangar from Kallang Airport to its new site at Paya Lebar were injured yesterday when part of the dismantled hangar accidentally fell on them. The workmen, all Chinese, were unloading the parts from a lorry
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    Back to the H.Q.
    63 3 Most of the staff officers of military advisers, who took part in the South-East Asia Collective Defence Treaty talks i at Phoenix Park. Singapore. since Monday, left for their I i headquarters yesterday. The talks, which ended on 1 1 Friday, were in connection i with
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    FIRST PLANE DOWN: WELL DONE, Mr. BRYAN'
    264 3 FIRST PLANE DOWN: WELL DONE, Mr. BRYAN' AFTER the first plane had landed at the rew Singapore "Airporf at Paya Lebar at 6.45 a.m. yesterday, its chief engineer, Mr. J. Bryan, was congratulated by officials of Malayan Airways and the Department of Civil Aviation. Two landings were made in the
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    Alas! only 1995 were sold
    102 3 Alas! only 1995 were sold rE Independent Missionary Movement drew their 515.000 lottery in Singapore yesterday. But the prizes amounted to far loss than $15,000. Reason: they did not sell sufficient tickets. Only 1995 tickets of a dollar each were sold, and the winning numbers and the prizes are: No.
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    Thanks, ice stars
    34 3 The Singapore branch of the British Red Cross Society thank the sponsors, manager and artists of the "Holiday On Ice" show for the free entertainment given to poor children last Wednesday.
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    END LIKELY SOON IN SHOE DISPUTE
    224 3 JOHORE K MIKI Sat. THE Sinwa Rubber Shoe Factory, which closed down on July 18, is likely to reopen in a day or two. Following the approach of the workers to Mr. M Birchee for assistance and because it appears that the workers genuinely
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    Lock icon No. 1 at Paya Lebar
    42 3 Mr. Oryan, chief engineer of the new Singapore Airport .it Paya Lebar, being congratulated by officials of Malayan Airways and the Department of Civil Aviation. Picture by Mr. S Oc Silva, an engineering assistant. Story on left.
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    Polls scare the bookies
    174 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. MALAYAN bookmakers who will usually give odds on anything are laying off the Federal elections. One well-known Dookmaker saut today: "It breaks my heart to pass up an opportunity that conies only once in favour years but I just do not know enough
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      139 3 COLGATE'S wonderful new GREEN CHLOROPHYLL TOOTHPASTE a avq BAD BRtMH "N. A«^^™w STO« a uvTER jff^W AMD M** tS _^T The <o l^ s new exclusive Colgate formula. InLargcand Giant r Green Toothpaste size tubes. (jj^ that FOAMS I'Sfau" 1 Cm n d *> ASK FOR (OL6ATE GREEN TOOTHPASTE Soie
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      213 3 KIM. S: Gone With The Wind— French. English .sub-titles) 1.45, 4. 2. 8;— Latin Lovers 9 a.m.. Prisoner 6.30. 9.30. Forbidden 11 a.m.. Tel. of Love (Mandarim 11 a.m.. Tel. 6903. *****. Al.HAMBRA: Superman and the t.AKRICK: Mastana (Hindi, Eng- Jung)e Devil— 11, 1 30. 4. 6.45 9 30, Ush
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      53 3 High tides TODAY: Singapore 1.33 a.m. (10ft. i 220 p.m. (9ft. i Port Dick&on 9.30 (9ft. 3m. > Penane 3.45 a.m. (7ft. 6in.> 3.30 p.m. (7ft. 7ln.i. TO.MOUROW: Singapore 2.18 a.m. i9ft. 4in p 2.52 p.m. 9in.p Port Dickson 10.04 n.Tn. (81t. 7in.i 10.18 p.m. (7ft. sin.i Penang 4.15 a.m.
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    There is GLAMOUR I to be found BEHIND the man behind THE GUN
    689 4  - There is GLAMOUR I to be found BEHIND the man behind THE GUN VIVIENNE PUCKRIDGE By who wear glamorous uniforms designed by London's leading fashion experts, are doing everything from cooking to truckdriving and gunnery research. They are members of the Women's 111 Army Corps, who have one com- stationed
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    MY TUNIC!...IT'S MY HAT!
    48 4 I; NORMAN HARTNELL "l He is dressmaker to "I Queen Elizabeth and I" other members of the •I lioyal Family. ♦V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V AAGE THAARUP He is the internationally- 3" known hat designer whose *l hats are worn by mem- J« bers of royalty. »J W.V.SW.Wm\V.\V.V.V.S*
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    They kick diamonds out of the ground
    376 4 ITS A SMUGGLER'S PARADISE WHERE- CEWN inside trouser turn-ups, hidden in hollowed shoe heels, secreted in motor tyres, flown in I'^ht planes or carried in the rags of a Mandingo tribesman M 532,000,000 of diamonds are being smuggled out of Sierra Leone every
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    The girl who may be a queen
    1102 4  -  HELEN CATHCART By Mrs. The wB known Court commentator, -oncludes her .'fascinating stud?/ c,j HK.H. Princess Alexandra of K-;~i latest newcomer to the public life of the Royal Family royal Sandringham last Christmas an outsize Christmas tree was installed in one of the
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    Delusory goal? Watch election
    507 5 Delusory goal? Watch election Economist spect that the Alliance would sweep the polls, therefore, would not be entirely reassuring, since, though a multiracial party it shows itself so conscious of the pressure of Malay nationalism, and feels so obviously hindered in facing Malaya's basic needs economic growth and racial partnership.
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    TAPE' SCISSORS CUTS RIBBON TO OPEN BOY'S CLUB
    284 5 Ars presented to Mr. David Marshall. Singapore's Chief Minister during cut red-tape in Government departments, came to good a red riband declared the Boys' Club open lessors Marshall but it bile he ..nder Em- M.i v tit- ramc of you m< ;o(l.i>
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    Accused of death threat
    71 5 CHAN SENG KHOW and' Sim An Yew were charged in Singapore yesterday with attempted extortion. They were alleged to have threatened Chang Joo Chiang with death in Robinson Road on July 1 to extort $100,000. Chan and Sim were alternatively charged with abetting the same offence
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    COLEMAN HOUSE FOR
    189 5 THE SINGAPORE Govern- j ment is believed to have I I offered to buy historical Coleman House as the official residence of the Chief Minister. Mr. Marshall. Cost of buying and renovating the faded but stately house is reported to be about $600,000. Mr. Marshall is said
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    Ooh.'Lookat the puppets!
    46 5 > d before the puppet mows at an exhibition at the Teachers Training ColI show was a survey of the two-year Certificate training course and incicncc including blood slides and simple experiments Hie athletics Than MM hundreds of atti actively-presented exhibits. Sunday Times picture.
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    Tenants say their rent is too high
    164 5 CINICAPORE Improvement Trust tenants are finding the rent too high. Most of 43 people who interviewed Mr. R.A. Baker, an estate officer of the S.IT, yesterday, told him they were finding the rents excessive. They asked for cheaper 1 S.IT, houitng. Mr. Baker
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    COLONY'S FIRST HOSTESS HAS FLAIR FOR ENTERTAINING
    621 5 I ADY BLACK has a flair for entertaining which has already become pleasantly apparent to guests at vice regal functions in the few weeks since she and Sir Robert Black have been resident in Smearjores Government House For many years Government House has
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    It's French —with laughter!
    277 5 It's French —with laughter! Sunday Times Theatre Correspondent L'Alliance Francalse and the Stane Club combined last week to put on a theatrical douMtbill at the excellent th eatrette in the Dutch Club, Singapore. The first playlet was in French, with a few phrases in English thrown In. Language provided no
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    'Au Revoir' talk
    57 5 Mr. Rawle Knox. South-East Asia correspondent of the Observer, will start off the new series of Singapore Union of Journalists' luncheons tomorrow before taking leave of South-East Asia for a while. The sub.iect of his talk will be "South-East Asia. Au Revoir and the lunch will be
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    Meet the home girl from Paris who decided to skate
    548 6 HER 'SIX CHILDREN' ARE NOW TWO! PERFORMING in Singapore today is a brave girl who took up the slippery career of ice-skating by pure chance whose childhood dream was to get married, settle down ■> a life of domesticity and
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    Heckling from the planters
    539 6 COUNTRYMAN'S JOURNAL YESTERDAY was held X one of those rare Manager's Conferences, which was well attended. At question time there was no dumbness among the planters, as was the case at the previous meeting. Many of them had quite a lot to say, and there was
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    DOLLARS IN A MOLE-HILL
    977 6 Our tiro-part ghoul story WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE In a dream, the story-teller then a. Penang boy of 15 is "visited" by a weird robed figure icho tells him that he icill be given a dollar a day, mysteriously deposited in a mole-hill. The boy collects
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      344 6 Don't let this happen If you neglect your hair W. W\ and ignore those warn- > ing signs dandruff, dry or greasy scalp, thinning hair before long you be falling out in handfuls! For you cannot expect you grow healthy and strong when the roots arc starving. do starve when
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    The men are preening themselves again
    522 7  - The men are preening themselves again J.C. TAN By tiest young man about town then wore chintz wattenats. Fifty* years earlier, young men attracted attention by putting on preposterous hats, some four feet hish. adorned with feathers and flowers. And to come to moaprn times. we remember our youthful madness
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    I won't be a slave to fashion
    80 7 I won't be a slave to fashion AS a 25-year, j old wife and mother, I say: Fiddlesticks to fashion! I'm keeping my long hair, my curves md my simple dress taste. because I'm weary of seeing sheepshorn heads and shapeless figures. When women realise that Fashion is nothing but
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    EVEN BABIES LIKE TO BE DIFFERENT
    436 7 girl at Knoxville, Tennessee, was born with a seven-inch-long tail. The case was not unique. At least 25 authentic cases of babies born with tails are known to medical science. ''ar more uncommon was the astonishing instance of a young American boy who had
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    JANE LEE'S HUMAN CASE BOOK
    726 7 JANE LEE'S HUMAN CASE BOOK The first ■\VHAT do >t*i think of a pood- j night kiss? In America and many Europenn countries it has always been populai among you tic people. But I am still doubtful whether to kiss my girlfriend or not. whenever I see her home after
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    WHO AM I?
    49 7 "My goodness, this is my first picture, says Christopher Edward Wilding, born February 27, 1955. "Who am I? Why. my mum and dad arc M-C-M stars Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding." The Wildings were married in London in 1952 and have one other son, Michael Howard.
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    FATHER DOES KNOW BEST!
    157 7 MOTHER gets a hunch that all is not well with baby. 111, perhaps, or hungry. She is nearly always right. .say, eight times out of 10 And what if it is father who gets tfeat baby hunch? He is even more often right say, nine times
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    Jumper suit' for holidays
    412 8 CHOICE of the wrek in the shops is a smart casual jumper suit. This is the perfect suit to take on a holiday to the hilh or for a trip overseas. It is a three- j piece suit map rma silkcotton mixture aid th<re-| fore practically
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  • THE BEACH FORECAST:
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      BRIGHT DAYS AHEAD!
      228 8 COR would-be bathing belles who are fashion conscious, figure conscious, or both come the latest swimsuit styles from America. The imaginative designs now include a wide variety of materials, patterns and styles in exciting gay colours which are calculated to brighten the view on any beach. More
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      LOVELY LEGS ERA| IS HERE TO STAY!
      387 8 IN this era of bare limbs and cobweb-nylons, legs must be smooth, soft and denuded of hair if they are to look attractive and well-groomed. There are several ways of dispelling unwanted hair. The quickest means, of course, is to use a razor.
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  • STARTING TODAY...STANLEY LIEF'S WAY TO HEALTH ... NO. 1
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      FEEL LIKE A MILLION
      521 8 FEEL LIKE A MILLION I AM prepared to bet that 1 those of you who own cars take greater care of them than you do of your own bodies; that you know more about the inside of your radio set than you do about your own insides. How much thought
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      HANDY TO KNOW...
      95 8 To clean Ivory piano keys, use water and a little borax. Dip a cloth into this, squeeze nearly dry and rub the keys, making sure that no water trickles between them. Silver jewellery can be cloaned by washing in warm water and a little borax. To brine
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      firs basic
      60 8 \Sk A charming thrcc-piccc suit on which to bate a holiday wardrobe. The tkirt with its soft, unprcttcd pleats worn with its matching deevelesi tailored blouse and with its orlon cardigan in an exact mjtch completes the ensemble. Switch it around with a few odd ikirts and blouses
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    LORRY MEN ACCUSED OF THREATS
    268 9 LORRY MEN ACCUSED OF THREATS RESIDENT AND FOUR members of the -pore Lorry Transport Association were cstcrday morning and charged in court a hours later with criminal intimidation. I m connection with the recent strike L rry Transport Association. Bak Menp and Tan Kang Han face two charges. Bak lorry,"
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    Changi play
    12 9 ">!rv l.'ii(l> ol the hanffi President, < Fair- MM liDtn production.
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    Concert for Lolabelle
    36 9 the well- nist. at Kingdom tinue her A ademy •inrt in I d.ngav.ili be imme of worts Bach. BeeB.:X. Ireland S:ngaFVrcival tions for two to help :uaies. Koti at Rot] 15, S3. S2.
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    A retreat for Catholics
    64 9 A residential retreat for I Catholic doctors, dental sur- gcons and pharmacists in Singapore will be held at Kings Mead Hall. Victoria Park. It Will begin at 6 p.m. on Aug. 13 and end at 8 a.m. on Aug. 15 after breakfast. Those interested should contact
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    Girl accused of jewellery theft
    46 9 ciammal Marimuthu. 16. i \va.s charged in Singapore yesterday with stealing jewelorth $564 belonging to Marimuthu Miniammal on« Vitty Krishnan. 27, \va^ charged with abetting the girl's alleged offence. They pleaded not guilty and were "offered S5OO bail each til Friday.
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    Judges had a difficult job in selecting the answers
    227 9 By The COMPETITION EDITOR THE judges of Straits Times Word Puzzle Contest "K had a difficult task in selecting the most apt answers to sets of clues, which provoked keener discussion than for some weeks. Below are their comments on the
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    Feeling DULL after a meal
    229 9 For No. 4 or K-2. "How one is apt to feel after a meal." it was decided that one always feeis FILL. One is abo apt to feel DULL, though this li not always the case. Preference for DULL. "If a procession PASSED m front
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    PALS to cheer up soldier
    229 9 "At times" one ha^ to keep very MILL and this Is apt to present difficulty, said the committee of No. 6 "Keeping this is apt to present difficulties at time." Running any business is more than apt to present difficulties, and more often than merely
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    Pleased when baby CROWS
    258 9 "Mother is pleased of course, when baby does' so CROWS, decided the judges, because strictly speaking baby GROWS all the time. The word "when" suggests a specific event and a specific time, which does not suit GROWS In K-4, No. 2 read "....in the street may
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    RECORD PLAYINGS
    288 9 THIS week there are two records, both featuring violin and piano duets but there is a good deal of musical difference between the two. One disc is called "Favourite Violin Solos" and consists of a number of very famous and very sweet melodies, such as "Estrelita' and "Midnight
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      514 9 Win n iii if answers to Word Pusste 'K 9 THE 55.000 prize for Straits Times Word Puzzle Contest "K" was won by Mrs. N. H. Abbott, KAS Jasin, Malacca, who submitted sets of answers which corresponded completely with those given below. These were adjudged by the adjudication committee to
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    43 10 70 Word* 110 (minimum). IT I'AKES £4,000 at Vr tax free t« give aji Income of £10 per month. An Endowment will provide the same Income at les s fhan half the coit :irthod. Write Douglas McLaren, P O. Box 4024, Singapore.
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      WE think
      436 10 FORWARD— AND I BACK 1 By the time the next issue of the Sunday Times is 5 E on sale, the Federation of Malaya will have undergone a great transformation. Ruling the country will be Malayans, local men chosen by the people to represent them in the highest
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    Drop us a line
    1284 10 In reply to Mr. Hartley's inquiry in your columns I am a very old English resident here and remember Temple Bar. If he would like to call on me I will tell him what I remember of the place. l\lrs. A. Muller. 77 Meyer Road. Singapore.
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    The irrepressible Nikita Krushchev
    1052 10 By A DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT THERE is something endearing about a man who can loosen his belt and give a great guffaw at a moment of international tension. Perhaps it is that in the age of the atom and hydrogen bombs the world is starving for a
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    OPIUM-THE ROOT OF MANY EVILS
    484 10 OPIUM-THE ROOT OF MANY EVILS •QPIUM taken m moderation is harmless" said no less a person than Mr Lim Cheng Liw a well-known Penang resident better known as "LC.L" But most people, including a planter, salesman, cashier, chief clerk and a book-keeper whom I interviewed could not share L.C.L's view
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    Billy Budd
    270 10 Billy Budd i A CORRESPOV xx a')out the I pcare I quoted ropo.s the beha bertaln 81 How does it "Dressed m t authority he V/ell. it goes on ately. If I h would be mad' issue, by the tions' Office, to cian and civil Colony. Her Man, ft Dressed
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    THE POSTMEN'S CAPTAIN AND GUIDE RETIRES
    145 11 i OR Inspector of Postmen, Mr. W. A. Ree, retired A efc after 23 years of "'hard fighting against time effect punctual deliveries and dispatches of „t 15 years. 'Mr. iptain and guide ;x)stmen. Before I mail officer for tten and par- rough his
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    U.N. frigate on Singapore visit
    113 11 COLOMBIAN frigate "AlU mirante Padilla" with 11 3fflcer& and 116 ratings sailed into Singapore's Naval Base for a six-day informal visit to the Colony. The Almirante Padilla called at Bangkok from Korea, where she formed part of the United Nations forces during the righting. During
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    Man found dead
    43 11 KLUANG. Sat Police here are investigatine; the death of Manickam. 4(i. who was found dead with head injuries in Jalan Dats Tiew Siew Khor at 9 o'clock last night. He is believed to have come from Kabonteh. Johore Bahru. I
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    SISTERS RETURN TO HELP THEIR BROTHER
    354 11 TWO SISTERS returned from Hong Kong yesterday to be near their elder brother, who is on a gang murder charge concerning the May 12 riots. Their brother. Lim Soo Soy. 19. was one of two Chinese middle school students arrest•ed by thf Singapore Police
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    Jobs for 80? Well, I will try says Marshall
    449 11 BISCUIT FACTORY MEN GO TO CHIEF MINISTER TO ASK A FAVOUR THE Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday tried to find jobs for more than 80 Chinese and Malays thrown out of work by the closure of the Ho
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    Stopper jailed
    106 11 Kamts, a Malay, yesterday pointed at a man standing in a Singapore court and said with a grin: "I slapped him twice Ong Choo Kee had summoned KamLs for causing him hurt at a Theatre in Geylanp on the evening of July 22 Kamis pleaded guilty The magistrate
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    Saturday off
    26 11 The Singapore Government last night announced that next Saturday. July 30. would be a Bank and public holiday as a substitute for August 2.
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    Labour officers find the model estate employer
    99 11 MEET the model employer. When Labour Department officers visited a Chinese-own-ed rubber estate in Johore they found that tappers and other workers got: 1 Free transport for the children of workers to a school four miles away. 2. Free transport daily to the
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    PRETTIEST BRIDE OF THE YEAR I
    41 11 Prettiest bride of the year: Nancy Koh, of Malayan Airways she was Miss Chinese Swimming Club, 1954— and Frank Rogers of the Straits Times Press, Ltd., after their marriage in Singapore yesterday. Sunday Times picture.
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    It's boom weekend: Rubber and tin hit new peaks
    355 11 From Our Market Correspondent THIS IS A BOOM week-end for Malaya rubber, tin and trade figures hit new peaks during the week. Rubber closed very steady yesterday at $1 .331 cents per Ib. for August first grade, the highest price since
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    COPRA PRICES
    37 11 Singapore Copra Association 1 p.m. prices for Straits mixed copra yesterday were: July S27'/2 buyers, $27% sellers; August $28" 8 buyers, $28} 8 sellers; September $28 3 8 buyers, $28 s b sellers. Tone: Quiet
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      108 11 Hudson's STOP OUGHS, COLDS SMOKERS THROAT s> have prov^d conclusively that no fewer than different infections may bo traced with more or to the human mouth as a focal or starting The mouth thus being the gateway for the entrance it it there that precautions are most necessary nn.MKNTHOL JUJUBES,
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    Historical Corner
    420 12  -  Donald Davies This curate of souls! plants nutmegs!' T T THOMSON in his :J. "Glimpses Into Life j In The Far East" gives an interesting descrip- tion of Penang's St. George's Church and parishioners during I the period 1838-41. interspersed with his usual bitterness towards the East India
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    Our Camera Contest
    191 12 TONGKANG AT REST' piRST prize this week 1 in the Camera Contest goes to Leong Kee Seong of 7 Ibbetson Road, Penang, for his study "Tongkang At Rest" (top left). Second prize to T. S. Ho of 401 Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore 13, for his picture of
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      215 12 XI, I KrVWi^rV r V%^n i 111 jK^a^nß^j^3B^k^^l 1 I I I I j MJT l£ T^ hWV I I mm X I flSlL%^Ai^2^B^^Br^^K "I I I I I WgtfQk jPQQQQv (^XMi'i'i'i'iVi i I i i'iVi' vOOOOVxjIxCjOCjoOOOOOoOOoOc (V/r/«VrMVi(V^fiiiiijnntYjOiji You'd never guess p its rated as a small car! Jfjjr/^ll IT
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      205 12 Papular f rossivoni ACROSS (4) 3. Ovrr (5) 4. At any time (4) I 5. State of equality (3) 6. Wisn 1. Animals (5) 7. Farther on (5) ,61 7. Sour ratmtance (4) 8. Border ;12. Gradual recovery of health (13) (3) 9. Charm (7) 10. Deed (3) 11. 15.
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    GARBO will never make another film!
    688 13 GARBO will never make another film! N i Garbo !n;i«lc I nuns and the gain in a imance with Mamoulian, 1 1 (1 her i hristina." motoring :ia. a part she had and of course was as the Hollyas the in those VU :vD love' with after they party in
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    FLYING TRIP GAVE IDEAS FOR A FILM
    227 13 MAMBO Malaysia" it sounds odd enough, but would seem to be a most apt title for some of the dance hits which producer Bhagwan has Introduced Into Halla Gulla (Hindustani) Hari Raya attraction at the Garrlck. What happened was that reeontly the producer
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      It was a wild life for Richard
      505 13  -  ROBERT OTTOWAY By RICHARD Burton tends to spurn autographrjntcr < not through lack c mmm but because he >- really believe his fame justifies his sigar. ex-bar-went to live Cecilia eom..r.d my rgely unp s round I t. and 1 |< rr.poraI: poeI
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      Good looks stop his I good roles -Film Fans' Forum
      230 13 - •I U T HAT is the background of John Derek? < JOANNA. Ipoh. J. |>OBX in Hollywood on August 12. 1928. John Derek has found l that his good look* h»»e b**n one .if hl» bUfC-st obstacle* In »J wurinr.
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    Postscript to The Garbo Story
    536 13 IN December of 1957 j leading American theatrical and film critic wrote in an open letter to Carbo: "If you have become today as many think rhc greatest living cinema actress, it is obvious enough that you have accomplished this against tremendous odds "Your graces
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      496 14 End Rheumatism While You Sleep j <*\s >Ji Kidney Di*ord«ra are Backache, Aching Jointt and Limbi. Sciatica. Neuritis, Lumbago, Getting up N.ghtt. Dilimiis. Nervoii.ne««. Ciclet under Eyes. Burning, Itch, i ing Passages. Lost of Energy and i and coids. Etc. Ordinary mceiiclMa I tin,, h 1.. auM rou must Mi.-
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      222 14 JAPAH I A personally conducted tour ASIA TRAVEL SERVICE leaves Singapore 30th September; returns Ist. November by the "Sangola. with 10 day S in japan. BOOK EARLY! For details and bookings consult i travel it jserviceL 7 Grange Road Singapore. 9. Tel. *****. ***** IP SERRAVALLO: (Bark and Imn lonic
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      1294 14 by Edgar Rice Burroughs^ '^M^uM^fMl r 4 ~^¥§SHtk! TARZAN MAS JUST LCAS?T>4EC? CECfA SIC ROGE^ TMAT /r^m'^J /AT K 1 s l^^v3^Bl.t ALBBeT^NG I ©^-SSe V S A Tt2A T K T Vy -^f j. l ■V x 1 W Y#4 rif3Wm---% v SICROGCK SWSUGGE7 A\7 SPJREEP HS WCKSE. 1
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      183 15 WJT CISCO 1CI&, y*u,r u/cccc wrest fa.VcnA.vi.'Ce ■UH C--.A-HH.O MEN THE PRISONER mAS ESCAPED/ W&t^^W 4 r^^^^^^F iV S(//?f ITS SO. 1 HE > BESIDES, WHERES HIS PARD f I—vl BN ThJSDER, IF THATS AWE l_^\ > W^ixffljß'7 r^ 5 THAT SO CISCO? SAID !T IM PROMT THi\K CISCO KEPT
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      313 16 S^X QUICK.' START "y BOY/ WONT Nf- _^7 ll_, e _>^ f AND AWAY 1 ii_f^X PARLING.../ I<r .im,^ THE MOTOR, TORRO.' THEY GET A O^ (^^l/ WEGoT^/ I COME MERE,. S _W_WT^l^y-Pl _fc VutaVe'bV /oXo^ I A^»» mee# Mr. Hangover #/«c> adventures of LONG SAM I sgS^^^^*ll_fr .1 I
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    Germany is now trying to win back friendship
    1037 17 Germany is now trying to win back friendship vmi (ANT HELP BUT WONDER HOW HITLER DROVE SUCH KOPIE INTO WAR, says IVOR KRAAL A FIRM luindshakc and a fervent hope that we had a "good impression." Thus was said "auf wiedersehen," the official way in Germany to Ihe journalists from
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    How many insects are in a ton?
    262 17 LJOW much would you give for a ton of insects? Quite n a lot to be rid of them it most seemed to be inside your mosquito net. And how many insects are there in a ton?* 1 1 The answers can be
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    His work is nice enough to eat!
    496 17 Unusual Jobs... No. 12 g i 5 AN enterprising young I; baker in Singapore ;I has thrilled thousands of *l local children with mas- I; terpieces of his confec- I; tionery. *C He makes children's birth- day cakes, not the usual kind. but
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      330 17 MEN! FEEL AT EASE LOOK SMART IN A RADIAC i#V\ SHIRT! tiCt/ wkP-fc- f li ■\3» 1 ill Ko matter how hot the A«^ §11 weather gets, you'll look I// fresh and be cool in < i£fiM r/i^-^Xv I RADIAC Jf/'^^vfcn .wM^HKav Whlte poplin shirts with A^lS^^vV/ V l^m x
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    GAN'S HURDLES MARK HIGHLIGHT AS MORE RECORDS FALL
    954 18 GAN'S HURDLES MARK HIGHLIGHT AS MORE RECORDS FALL Singapore secondary schools athletics /)\'K .MOKK Sinjrapori' moid and two schools records were broken when the first Singapore athletic meet for secondary schools was completed at .lalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Singapore record was broken in the girls' javelin event when Chua
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    Why not try leaving the lights alone?
    542 18  -  Christopher Page By THERE can be only two reasons for installing traffic lights at busy road junctions they are more efficient than point-duty policemen or they replace the police who can be better employed in other duties. It seems therefore to be a
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    TEST CARD
    157 18 Possible Marks Mark. Gained COMMENTS ENGINE 10 9 Con vie w,lh thoie twtce ;f« t,tt. Decs not like undcr-10 m p h. in top gear, though. GEARBOX 10 7 Belter with a fourth lorwotd gear STEERING 10 10 Could not be handier SUSPENSION 10 8 Firm en the
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    SPARKLE' IN A LIGHT CAR MEANS NEED FOR CAUTION
    383 18 C I NICE I began this Test Card series of reports on current cars the quo most often has been: "When are you going to deal with th? ii netiaed. A woman driv. r -vnuld points too. Eeonomiral The ample st<
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    S AFRICANS FORGE TO A BIG LEAD
    174 19 \\lcGlew hits 133 I in six hours LEEDS, Saturday. i\ OPENING stand of 178 between little Jackie McGlew and left-hander Trevor (toddard foundation for a big South African scon ird day of the fourth Test against England tre today south Africa had scored
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    SCOREBOARD
    52 19 SOITH \KRICA 2ND INKS Mc<;iew r May b YVardlr 133 (ioddard Mclntyre b Wardle 74 Keith b Wardlr 73 McLean c l.nusnn b Wardlr 3 \imnlow r Look b Statham 19 Kndean not out 18 \\.iiir not out 10 Extra s 1 1 Total 341 5 BOWLING: Wardle 4—68;
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    St. Patrick's win tennis tie
    90 19 St. Patricks School beat St. Josephs Institution 6-1 in the annual inter-school tennis tournament at St. Patricks School courts day. St. Patrick iflrstt: Singles: c Then lost to N. Chong 5-7, 0-6; R r beat R. Wong 6-3. 6-3' M Chong beat S. Shee 6-3,
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    TIGERS SCORE 11
    39 19 Tiger S. C. qualified to meet Chinese S C. for the Singapore Aimteur Swimming Association's water-polo "C" division league title when they trounced Dockyard S. C. 11-2 at Naval Base yesterday Tigers led 5-0 at half-time.
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    CHAN IS ADJUDGED BEST MALACCA PERFORMER
    363 19 MALACCA. SATURDAY. r«HAN CHIN KANG. who won the mile event in the v record time of 4 mm. 54.5 sec yesterday, received the best performance award and the Turner and Simpson Challenge Cup at the Malacca A.A.A. hampionships here today. Five more records were
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    14-year girl best at Perak meet
    681 19 IPOH, Saturday. IIfOMEN athletes were to the forefront again TT today, the concluding day of the Perak athletic championships on the padang, and were responsible for two of the three state records that were broken. Lim Sic Geok, 14-year-old student of Lady Teacher Girls
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    Grose and Kernal were the best
    543 19 I^OUR Singapore Police records were bettered In the annual athletic sports which were completed at the P.T.S. yesterday. The best of the records was set up by DSP Peter Grose in the qualilying rounds of the Hammer mrow. Grose threw the ball and chain
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    Kailasapathy hits 141 to save Malacca
    218 19 Kailasapathy hits 141 to save Malacca MALACCA, Sat. MALACCA'S skipper iTI M.C. Kailasapathy scored his first century of the season in state cricket when he hit 141 off Johore to enable Malacca to score 234 runs in their inter-state match which began today on the Malacca Club padang. Kailasapathy batted
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    SPORE CUP XI SHOOT IN 7
    43 19 Singapore's probable Malaya Cup team were too good for Royal Navy whom they trounced 7-0 in a friendly match at HMS Terror yesterday. Scorers: Awang Bakar (4. Including a hattrick). Omar Awang. Yang Huat and Vass (penalty).
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    BATSMEN DOMINATE EN FRIENDLIES
    239 19 AN UNDEFEATED 93 by Major Lewis featured the drawn cricket friendly between Royal Military Police and Singapore Recreation Club on the padang yesterday. MaJ. Lewis, who skippers the Army team in the senior tournament, batted for 96 minutes and hit 12 fours. SRC 150-9 dccl (C.
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    MAITLAND STARS IN RECORD MILE
    776 19 4 finishing burst took Lieut. Maitland to a new mile record yesterday after a thrilling duel with Meadowcraft of the Royal Navy in the annual Singapore inter- Services athletic championships at H.M.S. Terror. The Army miler beat his winning time in the recent SA.A.A. meeting
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    Kilat Club in uphill struggle
    147 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. FAILURE of ihclr star batsmen, S. Rajallngam and Mike Shepherdson, put Kllat Club In a poor position in their Stonor Shield cricket final against Selangor Club which started on the padang today Selangor Club were all out ror 167 runs which Included
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    Tourists beat Fed. Services
    101 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. tJONG KONG soccer tourists beat Federation Combined Services 2-0 in their last Kuala Lumpur fixture at the Princes Road stadium today. Again it was Services goalkeeper MacLaren's da',. He made several outstanding savet. Another Services to show up was their outside-left Crawford. He
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