The Straits Times, 21 August 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1948. PRICE TEN CENI
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    GALLANT BID TO SILENCE TERRORISTS
    758 1 Estate Man Charged, Shot Dead A EUROPEAN assistant estate manager was killed yesterday m a gallant attempt to silence two terrorist Bren guns firing on a rescue party during a rwd by over 100 terrorists on Sembrong Estate, m the Layang Layang area of Johore.
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    41 1 Miss Ingrid L«vor (right), 22-year-old German Jewess, who It passing through Stanapore with her mother Mrs. Margratha Emanuel, en route for the Philippines. Nails Xt them both In a concentration camp for three-and-a-lf years. Straits Times picture, (Story In page seven).
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    Straits Times Tops 40,000 A Day: New Sales Record
    257 1 THE Straits Times c< ulation for July averaged 40,854 per issue— after deduction of all unsold, free and complimentary copies. This is a record m Far Eastern newspaper publishing. The paid circulation of the Sunday Times m the same month averaged
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    U.S. Demands Recall To Moscow Of Soviet Envoy
    380 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. "T<HE United States Government today revoked the credentials of the x Soviet Consul-General m New York and demanded his recall to Moscow as a result of his conduct m the case of Mrs. Kosenkina, Russian teacher who jumped from a
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    CHINA WILL GET DIMES
    196 1 CHINA WILL GET DIMES NANKING, Friday. i THE Chinese Government today proclaimed the regulations governing the issue of the new gold yuan, announced yesterday as one of a series of measures to check China's steadily mounting inflation. The regulations are effective from today. The Chinese national currency will be based
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    Scot Given Command Of Guards In Malaya
    121 1 LONDON, Friday. DRIG. Malcolm David Erskine, Scots Guards, has been appointed to command the Second Guards Brigade, due to leave Britain for Malaya later this month. He is 44. Brig. Erskine was commissioned In 1924 and was a captain at the outbreak of
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    BANDITS KILL KONGSI HEAD
    37 1 Five terrorists yesterday raided the house of the Supervisor of Ban Sin Kongsl, m the Sungei Besl area of Selangor, stole $200 m cash and $200worth of Jewellery, and shot the supervisor dead.
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    FRENCH VICTORY IN INDOCHINA
    54 1 SAIGON, Friday. French planes, troops and naval forces have killed 500 IndoChinese insurgents m a weeklong battle which resulted m an "Important victory" for the French, it was announced today. A communique from the French High Command said the Vietnam 7th army, commanded by Gen. Nguyen
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    GURKHA PATROL KILLS BANDIT
    83 1 A British Gurkha officer was shot In the arm yesterday during a skirmish with a bandit, who was killed during the shooting. Unofficial sources In Johore last night told the Strait* Times that the affray took place on Sedenak Estate. They said the bandits, on being
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    POLICE SEIZE ARMS, FOOD DUMPS
    247 1 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. DOLICE yesterday found 1 terrorist arms dumps and food stores m the jungles. They unearthed a large dump of ammunition and arms on the border of the Jungle off Kampong Brumln m Batang Padang, South Perak. The haul
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    Dutch Colonial Unity Nearer
    230 1 THE HAGUE, Friday. TMHE projected union of the Netherlands and 1 its colonies on an equal footing moved a step nearer reality today. A constitutional amendment authorizing the union was ratified, 76 votes to 22, by the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament last night. J
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    BURMA ASKS BRITISH AID
    59 1 LONDON. Friday.— It is learned that the British Government is considering sending troops to Burma to protect British citizen* and property threatened by the Communist insurrection. Official quarters would make no comment on this development although it was admitted that the Burmese Government had approached the
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    More Smokes For Britain
    134 1 LONDON, Friday. BRITAIN hopes to get more tobacco in future from Empire and Near Eastern sources to avert a cigarette famine in Britain, which has resulted partly from restricted dollar imports. Announcing this at a press conference today, Sir Alexander Maxwell, tobacco adviser to the Board
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      Fanatics' Child Sacrifice Stoppei
      194 2 BREMEN, Friday. /OLDENBURG police got to a freniied religious meeting yesterday just In time to prevent the sacrificial slaying of two children. The children were lashed to chairs ready for slaughter. Their father, described as the leader of the sect concerned, had led members In continuous
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      Star Leopard Off
      59 2 LONDON, Friday.— CarryIng 26 passengers and a full load of freight and mail, the British South American Airways Tudor IV Star Leopard left today on the first Tudor flight since the Star Tiger disaster in February. Star Leopard is bound for Jamaica via Iceland, Newfoundland, Bermuda and
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      Disruption Over
      49 2 ATHENS, Fri.— The Union of Post, Telegraph and Telephone Workers decided yesterday to call off the strike which has disrupted communications Inside Greece and abroad for two and a half days. The union says the Government has promised Immediate action on Its demand for higher wages. AP.
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      Garbo Back
      58 2 HOLLYWOOD, Fri.— Greta Garbo yesterday signed np for .her long-heralded return to the screen. The blonde actress, whose last picture was "Woman," is under contract to producers Wagner and Eugene French. Her new picture, the title and subject of which are not yet known, will be filmed next
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      Lies Low Pro Tern
      40 2 WASHINGTON, Frl.—Former State Department official Alger Hiss refuses temporarily to submit to a lie detector test In the House of Representatives' spy investigationHis accuser, Whittaker Chamber, says he is willing to submit to the test. UP.
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      50.000 Waited
      52 2 NEW YORK. Fri.— Six thousand crowded St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday for the Requiem mass for Babe Ruth, "King of Baseball." Outelde a crowd of 50.000 waited. Cardinal Spellman presided at the mass. The body lay In state for two days at the Yankee Stadium where 100,000 persons paid
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      Gun Blows Up
      37 2 STOCKHOLM, Fri. Two officers and seven privates were killed and three privates wounded when a coastal artillery gun exploded m the outer defences of Stockholm yesterday. The explosion occurred during a practice shoot. Reuter.
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      Money For Roads
      33 2 CANTON. FTi.-The four Government banks have agreed to lend the Municipal Government CN$2OO.OOO million. The money will be used to repair roads, work on which will begin almost immediately. Reuter.
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      BRAVE TIBETANS IN NEW WORLD
      71 2 MEW YORK, Fri. The 1" ii.e-man Tibetan ade mission now m America will leave for Britain next month. Says Tsepon S!.^kabpa, h,o is leading: the mission: "We want manufactures, machinery and fold to back oar country's currency." Only once hu.e Tibetans left their remote Himalayan
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    PRINCESS MARGARET A DENIAL
    152 2 LONDON, Frl. BUCKINGHAM Palace sources today denied published reports that the MarQuess of Blanford would propose to Princess Margaret on Saturday, her 18th birthday. British newspapers recently paid much attention to the Marquess and the Princess. On Tuesday, the Marquess was pictured with his sister. Lady
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    GIRLS IN SIAM STUDY HARD
    59 2 BANGKOK, Fri. Siam has the highest percentage of girl students of any country In Asia according to Dr. Kou Yu-shou, special adviser to the United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Dr. Kou, who has Just concluded a visit to Bangkok on behalf of UNESCO,
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    WORLD FLIGHT CALLED OFF
    45 2 MARSEILLES, Fri. Mrs. Richard Tait said yesterday that she had temporarily abandoned her attempted round-the-world flight m a small plane. Repairs are expected to keep the 24-year-old former artist's model here until today when she plans to fly back to London.—AP.
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    HELP FROM INDIA
    29 2 DELHI, Fri.— The Government will contribute 100,000 rupees for the relief of Arab and Jewish refugees In Palestine, the Foreign Affairs Ministry announced last night.— Reuter.
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    Three Indo-China States Within French Union
    116 2 PARIS, Friday. I^RANCE intends to go ahead with her plans for r incorporating three Indo-China States into the French Union, the Premier (M. Andre Marie) said yesterday. The National Assembly approved his policy. M. Marie said that his Government solemnly backed the protocol signed
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    "Get Tough In Palestine": U.N. Resolution
    242 2 "Get Tough In Palestine": U.N. Resolution LAKE GUCCESS, Friday. DRITAIN, the United States, France and Canada last night introduced a joint "get tough" resolution m the Security Council m an effort to check the rapidly deteriorating situation m Jerusalem. This action was taken in answer to a cable yesterday mornlns:
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    23 Drown In Snake Panic
    51 2 MADRAS, Fri. TWENTY-THREE persons were drowned yesterday trying to escape from a cobra which climbed into a boat on the River Cauvery, near Trichinoply. The snake was attempting to escape drowning. Panic-stricken, the passengers huddled at one side of the boat, causing it to capsixe.
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    WORLD'S GRAIN SHARES
    182 2 WASHINGTON. Fri. BRITAIN is expected to De the largest r cipient when the International Emergency Food Council this afterruo-.i announces the proposed allocations of grain for the period July 1 to Dec. 31. 1948. The I.E.F.C. Is expected to parcel out 18,300,000 tons of grain among 50
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    Warning To Packers
    98 2 SYDNEY, Fri. TF Australia wanted to hold or extended its markets in Malaya, more attention would have to be paid to methods of grading and packing. This was stated by Mr. M. G. Strickland, Chief Horticulturist of South Australia, on hte return from Singapore. Mr. Strickland was
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    SCRAP CARGO IN FROM SINGAPORE
    37 2 LONDON, Fri.— A cargo of 6,400 tons of scrap arrived at Swansea from Singapore today, remnants of the petroleum storage tanks bombed by the Japanese and the Allies during the war. UP.
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      553 2 NOTICES R. I. E. NOTICE IMPORT OF MARGARINE FROM AUSTRALIA Applications for quota of margarine which is now available for import from Australia should be submitted with a firm offer from Australian Suppliers to the R.I.E, Singapore by noon Thursday, Sept., 3nd, 1948 at the latest. NOTICE CUSTODIAN OF PROPERTY
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      194 2 MUNICIPALITY OF GEORGE TOWN, PENANG. Tenders are invited for the supply of 40 electric cistern type storage water heaters. Specifications may be obtained from the Municipal BlectrleeJ Engineer and applications must be accompanied by a deposit of $30 00 which will be returned m receipt of a bona nde tender.
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      233 2 TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ORDINANCE No. 22 of 1939 CUSTODIAN OF PROPERTY PROCLAMATION No. 14 of IMS SALE BY TENDER N*. 01 The Custodian of Property, Singapore, invites tenders for the purchase of the following:— 80 K.W. A.O. Generator with 130 H.P. Modaag Krupp Diesel Engine, m running order. 6
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    BRITISH FAMILIES GO
    278 3 Irrawaddy Move To Oilfields RANGOON, Friday. A NUMBER of British families of employees of the British firm, Steel Brothers, today evacuated Thayetmyo, 185 miles north of Rangoon on the Irrawaddy River, which is occupied by Communist-led rebels They went up-river to British oilfields, where the situation was
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    47 3 ATHLETES MEET "ANNA": U.S. women Olympic athletes form an admiring audience as Hilda Simms, star of the play "Anna Lucasta," gives them a tome on her dressing -room piano. Left to ri*ht are Jackie L» Vine (swimmer), Alice Coachman (nifh Jumper) ana Janice L*«-York (fencer),— Renter photo.
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    Notes Into Newsprint
    83 3 BANGKOK, Friday. THE Siamese Government has burned about Tea 136,000,000 worth of currency notes hi the last two years, It was officially learned here. These currency notes, recalled from circulation since the end of the war, represented part of the Tea. 300,000,000 worth of excess notes prnted
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    R.A.F.-U.S. JOINT AIR EXERCISES
    101 3 R.A.F.-U.S. JOINT AIR EXERCISES LONDON, Fri. THE British Air Ministry an1 nounced last night that the entire home operational command of the RAF. and units from Germany will participate in four days of air defence manoeuvres with America bombers, starting on Sept 8 "under war conditions." The Air Ministry said:
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    Big Trade In Time
    66 3 TOKIO, Friday. THE Japanese Board of Trade announced that 170,282 watches and clocks valued at U.S. $280,000 were exported to South-East Asia and the United States on a government to government basis for the year ending July Alarm clocks were the bigeest single item. The Netherlands
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    JEWS RELEASE BRITISH FLYERS
    65 3 TEL AVIV. Friday.— The British crew and plane detained m Haifa yesterday by the Israeli authorities after bringing oil refinery officials from Beirut were released today and allowed to leave the country. The Israeli authorities told the crew that, if they returned to Israel without proper
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    INDIA POSTPONES RECOGNITION
    54 3 NEW DELHI, mday.-^Pan-dlt Nehru, Prime Minister of India, said today that the Government of India had deferred consideration on the Question of granting recognition to Israel. Pandit Nehru, who was speaking in the Indian Parliament, said the request for recognition came from Mr. Moshe Shertok. Israeli Foreign
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    SALVAGED JAP ARMS, ARRESTED
    55 3 BANKOK. Friday. Four boatloads of Japanese arms and ammunition, salvaged from the sea bed m the Gulf of Slam, were seized by the Siamese Navy and police and 40 Chinese and Siamese divers were arrested. Japanese arms and ammunition were dumped into the gulf by the
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    Press Call To End Fear
    87 3 LONDON, Frl. rE Daily Mirror, second largest dally newspaper In Great Britain, today started an Intensive editorial campaign, calling upon Britain to seek a "new approach to the whole German problem by the four Powers." In a bold, front page announcement entitled: "End This Fear."
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    Most Ambitious Control Yet: The Floods Of Asia
    129 3 GENEVA, Friday. AN international system of defence against floods m Asia and the Far East is to be built up by a new flood control bureau of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The Council decided to set' up the bureau
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    55 3 EMIGRANT AT THREE: Kurt Thomas Mehler, aged three. In Tyrolean hat, points to the country he is leaving. Kurt, son of a German killed m action m 1945, was leaving Frankfort by himself for America to join his mother and stepfather. His mother, while working m an ice (evue, married
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    COLONIAL FREEDOM DEMAND
    164 3 LONDON. PrL T^HE Congress nf European. Asiatic and African Pen- 1 pies has Issued a statement calling on the British Government to set a time for the end of British rule over colonial peoples and the transfer of power to demncraticallyelected assemblies, "We demand that the British
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    Russians Fire In Berlin, Hurt Six
    205 3 BERLIN, Friday. SIX people, including one woman, were injured last night when Russian troops fired into a stone-throwing German crowd at Potsdamer Platz. The disorders broke out when a orowd retreating from the Russian sector to the British-controlled territory hurled stones it lorry loads
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    3 DRIVES LAUNCHED BY REDS
    441 3 3 DRIVES LAUNCHED BY REDS The Week In China SHANGHAI, Fri. rOMMUNI3TS broke the v two-week lull m the civil war by unleashing three drives this week against Nationalist strongholds. In widely-scattered actions the Red armies: I.— Swept out of northern Shensl and struck toward Sian, the capital. S.— Slipped
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    Syria Govt. Goes
    25 3 DAMASCUS, Prl The Syrian Cabinet has resigned and the Premier (Jamil Mardam Bey) has been charged with forming a new one.— Reuter.
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    WHY BIRTH RATE FELL
    382 4 More Fighting Feared In 1945 DEASONS for the pronounced drop m the number of births m Singapore during the Japanese occupation, and the big increase m deaths during the same period, were published yesterday. Relative figures and comment were contained In the report on the Registration
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    DROPPED CARDS GAVE HIM AWAY
    81 4 Three red cards fell from the pocket of Tan Ah Leong at 10.15 a.m. on Aug. 10 as he took some money at a shop at Rochore Road. That was enough for a de- tectlve, who was trailing Tan, to arrest him. Yesterday, Tan pleaded
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    MORE POLIO IN FEDERATION
    64 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday.— Four cases of Infantile paralysis with onp death, were reported in the Federation in the week ended Auk. 14. The case which proved fatal I was in Selangor. The rest were in Johore, Malacca and Trengganu. This compares with two cases in the
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    Indians Say Nizam's Case Is Invalid
    185 4 Indians Say Nizam's Case Is Invalid NEW DELHI, Fri. AUTHORITATIVE Indian observers believe the Nizam's decision to take Hyderabad's case to the Uniteg Nations is invalid. Their reasons are: The Issue between India and Hyderabad is purely domestic; the oneyear stand-still agreement at present In force between India I and
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    Malaya Report Being Studied
    66 4 LONDON. Frl.— Discussing the survey of research needs made by Professor Raymond Firth in Malaya and Singa- pore last year, the annual rei port of the Colonial Social Science Research Council states that this is now being i studied. The Council says It hopes that, before
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    NEW CURFEW AREA IN IPOH
    110 4 A new curfew area m the Ipoh district includes: The area bounded by the main Ipoh-Kuala Kangsar Road from the 13% Mile from Ipoh (Klnta District Boundary) southwards to the 2 Mile from Ipoh, thence approximately South-west to the Sungei Pari Bridge of the SliiLin
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    Bangkok Mayor In Colony
    205 4 Bangkok Mayor In Colony T'HE Lord Mayor of x Bangkok (Mr. Prapat Wattanasan) is on a visit to Singapore. He told the Straits Times yesterday that Slam expects to be m a position to export more and more rice each year from now on. Mr. Prapat said a greater supply
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    The Week In Rubber
    186 4 SINCE last week a very active rubber market has been experienced, with heavy liquidation, says Lewis and Peat's weekly market report. The difficulties of obtaining Insurance against all risks and the short-term cover offered have caused holders to realise rather than carry large stocks. It k
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    22 4 Major K. Denning, a 48-year-old army officer, died on Aug. 19 m the British Military Hospital m Singapore while undergoing an operation.
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    17 Mb. Baby Is Born
    82 4 ROME, Fri. THE successful birth of a male child weighing 17 lbs.. 16.3 ounce* and two feet tall is reported from Augusta. Sicily. The mother is Rosa Padovanl Caserta, aged 19, living: on the small island of Ustica. Before the birth, an urgent appeal was
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    Parasite Can Be Checked
    192 4 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Fri. A REFERENCE to the malaria control investigation being conducted in Borneo by Dr. J. McArthur, who is carrying out a scheme on the basis of previous findings on the part played by A. Luecosphyrus as a vector is made in
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    OUR INSECTS MUST WAIT
    103 4 LONDON, Fri. Shortage of staff has prevented Insecticide research in Malaya, it is said In the annual report of the Colonial Insecticides Committee. Last year, the Governor of the Malayan Union asked the Colonial Office for a research team to be sent out to study the
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    Church Services In Singapore
    335 4 TOMORROW'S services In Singapore churches are as follows: CHURCH OP ENGLAND: St. Andrew's Cathedral 7 a.m., 8 a.m.. 10.30 a.m. 11.15 a.m.. 5.30 p.m. St. George's Garrison Church. Tanglln, (open to civilians) 7.16 a.m.. 9 a.m.. 9.45 a.m. 8.30 p.m.; Christ Church (Dorset Road) 7 a.m..
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    FIRST CANDIDATE IN RURAL WEST BY-ELECTION
    232 5 THE Progressive Party has named Mr. Cheong 1 Hock Chye as its candidate for the Rural West by-election. The Legislative Council seat was made vacant by the death of Mr. S. C. Goho. Nomination Day is only a fortnight away and Mr. Cheong Is
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    S.A.T.A. X-RAY DISPLAY
    128 5 The mass radiography equipment, to be Installed at the new 8.A.TA. Clinic in Tan Jong Pagar, will be displayed in a Raffles Place shopwindow for some days before the opening of the Clinic. Mr. C. L. Edwards, chairman of Council of the 8.A.T.A., said that the dlspuy
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    Govt. Men Dislike New Terms
    252 5 Govt. Men Dislike New Terms From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Pri. pOVERNMENT servants who wish to be placed on the new salary scales recommended by the Public Services Committee have been asked to sign an "irrevocable option." This option provides fOf acceptance of the new terms of service, including liability
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    Sumatra Wells Now Giving More Oil
    130 5 SIXTY thousand barrels of oil are being: produced daily by the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey from wells m Sumatra 15,000 barrels more than pre-war days. This was said to the Straits Times yesterday by three American oil machinery construction men who were
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    PENSIONER IN BANKRUPTCY
    86 5 Mohamed bin Ibrahim, a government pensioner, agreed yesterday in the Singapore Bankruptcy Court to the payment of $100 from his gratuity of $1,426 towards his creditors. This payment would allow the Official Assignee to pay a dividend of over 80 per cent, in his bankruptcy. Mohamed objected
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    ALLEGED FORGED PETROL COUPONS
    71 5 A photo lithographer from the Survey Department m Kuala Lumpur, Mr. B. 8. Smith, gave evidence against two Chinese In the Singapore Ninth Police Court, yesterday In a case relating to counterfeit petrol coupons. The two Chinese are Ong Kirn Yong and Wan Poi wh< are
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    Singapore Diary
    71 5 TODAY Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship, cabinet maaMng, 4. Fort Canning Road, 3 p.m. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, chess club. 3 p.m. Stamp Club. Junior Philatelic Competition and Exhibition, St. Joseph's Invitation, 4 p.m. Chinese V.M.C.A., 107, Selegle Road, free cinema show. 8 p.m. Chinese Swimming O I a b,
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    TELLS COURT "STILL DRUNK"
    50 5 TELLS COURT "STILL DRUNK" MOH1NDER Singh, charred in the Fourth Police Court yesterday with having been found drunk and incapable in a bus the day before, told the Magistrate (Mr. A. G. Shears) that he was still drunk. Mr. Shears ordered him to be locked up for another 24 hours.
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    KHALSA ASSN. MEETING
    53 5 The Singapore Klialsa Association will hold a meeting of all members, interested m hockey, at 4 p.m. at the Association pavilion at St. George's Road tomorrow. The meeting will elect officebearers for the forthcoming season and will be -followed by a match between the Captains' XI and
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    ON WAY TO TALK WITH EVATT
    110 5 THE Solicitor-General of Australia, Professor Kenneth Bailey, arrived by Constellation m Singapore yesterday on his way to London. He Is going to confer with I the Attorney-General, Dr. H. Evatt, on the conduct of the Federal Government's appeal to the Privy Council against the
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    St. John's Ambulance Wants Volunteers
    423 5 From Our Woman Correspondent THE St. John's Ambulance Association (Singapore branch) needs volunteers, and especially women to re-form pre-war divisions numbering over o nnn a 6,vw> men ana women. So far only 70 women and 400 men have enrolled In the service. Mrs. 8. M.
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    Negroes Get Their Votes
    61 5 NEGROES line up to receive ballots at Columbia, Sooth Carolina, so that they may vole m the Sonth Carolina Democratic Party Primary election. It was the first time that Negroes had voted In a Democratic Party election since 1876. They secured the franchise through a recent
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  • Article
    Holidays For Schools 2
    120 5 Weeks Late TWENTY thousand 1 schoolchildren started their annual summer holidays in Singapore yesterday, a fortnight later than usual. The reason for the delay was the polio outbreak which had given the children a holiday from April 16 to the beginning of June. It was decided
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    UK To Singapore In Eight Months
    147 5 UK To Singapore In Eight Months LluJAVY squads i.id re11 peated engine trouble have so far foiled an attempt to sail a 110-ft. launch from the United Kingdom to Singapore for the Anejlo-Saxon Petroleum Co. The launch Is the 120-ton Rajawall which has been delayed by engine trouble »t Aden
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    2 Years For Receiving
    126 5 lIAJI Shukur bin Haji 11 All, a 26-year-old Indonesian, was yesterday told that he was an extremely dangerous receiver of stolen property and sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment by the District Judge (Mr. E. P. Shanks). Haji Shukur was convicted on three charges of dishonestly
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  • Article
    Plane Crew Missing
    102 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday fPHE fate of the crew of four who were aboard the RAF Dakota which crashed near Batu Mellntang. Northern Kelantan tn a flight over North Malaya, is still unknown. Police relief parties on their way to the scene of the
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    500 Troops For Indo-China
    41 5 FIVE hundred French troops for Indo-( hina passed through Singapore yeste rday on *he Cbampollion for Saigon. None were members of the French Foreign Legion. Also on board were French and Italian missionaries and priests for Shanghai
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  • Obituary
    DEATHS
    268 6 DENNING Major Keith Maxwrll Dennin« RASC of Tankertoa Kent, the beloved of Doris and David, passed away at the BMH Singapore on 19 August, 1948. BODEN. On August 20th. 1948. at Layang Layang. Johore, John L. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Boden, Ben Rhydding Ilkley, Tata. MR.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    66 6 MR. C. C. JAMES 8c family thank their friends relatives for wreaths attendance at the funeral of Mrs. Grace Navamoney James. MR. E. P. ANDERSON and Mrs. J. L. da Silva, wish to express their sincere thanks to all kind relatives and friends who attended the funeral of the
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    Singapore, Sat., Aug. 21, 1948. KATONG PARK
    238 6 Singapore, Sat., Aug. 21, 1948. KATONG PARK A most precious opportunity occurs to extend Katong Park along the adjacent empty land up to the Swimming Club, now that the ban on big American cars has caused General Motors to postpone their scheme to build an assembly plant there. Singapore needs
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    Colonial Colour
    388 6 A welcome sign of recovery in Singapore is the way in which the last reminders of the occupation are disappearing, one after the other, from the exteriors of the chief public buildings. To anyone who remembers what Stamford Road looked like on September 5, 1945, with tapioca growing
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    On Being A Boas
    332 6 "ART OF GROWING OLD" was an Intriguing heading in one of the news pages of the Straits Times last Thursday. Feeling that this had an uncomfortably personal application, we looked beneath it, and learnt that Dr. A. W. S. Thevathasan (who has a long way to
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  • Article
    Drawing The Line
    141 6 Several weeks ago, when one of the leading European clubs in Singapore was asked to modify its rules for guest nights, the main objection raised was that the lads of the village might bring in the ladies of the town. Subsequently it was discovered that the same
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    TALK WITH GOVERNMENT
    2071 6 A Malayan Countryman's Diary SUNDAY, Aug. 15th. This last week has been full of incidents. Two days no tapping; labourers' families sick; crop down owing to wintering; absenteeism among the fl tappers; and so on. myself took some medical treatment on the 12th. and have not recovered
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    MALAYA-EUROPE TELEPHONE SOON
    242 7 Transmitter To Link Far East From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. J7ROM an international telecommunications standpoint, Singapore is destined shortly to become the switching centre for the Far East, the Federation Director of Telecommunications (Mr. H. R. Dowse) forecast today. Mr. Dowse will leave Malaya early
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    34 7 EDUCATION DIRECTOR RETIRES: At his farewell dinner the retiring Director of Education, Singapore (Mr. J. B. Neilson) sits on th c right of the Colonial Secretary (Mr. P. A. B. McKerron).— Straits Times picture
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    In Action 4 Hours After Being Posted
    170 7 SIX ex-members of the Palestine Police, part of the force being flown to Malaya to fight the terrorists, were in action within four hours of being posted to estates in the Mentakab district of Pahang. They arrived at 6 p.m. on Wednesday and
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    CHANCE FOR BOY THIEF
    120 7 After pleading guilty to a charge of house-breaking and theft, a boy "with a very bad reputation" and known by the police to have been associating with criminals, was told by the District Judge (Mr. E. P. Shanks) that he would give him another chance to
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    REFUGEES ON WAY TO MANILA
    210 7 REFUGEES ON WAY TO MANILA A 22-year-old German Jewess arrived in Singapore yesterday. She left her country six weeks ago but It will be many years before she forgets the horrors of the concentration camps in which she spent three and a half years. She is Miss Ingrid Levor. Miss
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    Tenant Told To Leave
    172 7 jtfRS. Klara van Hien iT1 was successful in her action against Miss M. E. Castor, a private teacher, in the Singapore High Court yesterday for possession of room number 35 in the Oranje Building, Stamford Road. The Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Gordon Smith) gave Mrs. Tan
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    2 SOLDIERS FOR TRIAL
    70 7 Two Seaforth Highlanders alleged to have forced a taxi driver out his car after hitting him on the head and driven off were yesterday committed for trial at the next Singapore Assizes. Pte. James John Quinn, 18, and Pte. Robert Howland, 20, were charged with robbery
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    WORKER CRUSHED BY CRANE
    42 7 Lam Swong, a 37-year-old labourer employed by the United Engineers, was crushed to death by a mobile crane at Teck Guan Street on July 28. At the Inquest yesterday the Coroner (Mr. Choor Singh) recorded a misadventure verdict.
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      POST FOR DATO ONN URGED
      447 7 THE Malay newspaper Maj- lis, in a leader, draws attention to the number of letters It has received from readers who suggest that Dato Onn bin Ja'aiar should fill the post of High Commissioner of the Federation left vacant by the death of Sir Edward
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    LIGHTER MEN: TALKS GO ON
    96 7 NO settlement was reached at another meeting yesterday between representatives of the General Lighterage and Transport Co., and the Singapore Lighter Workers Union held In the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Singapore (Mr. O. W. Davis). "We still hope that a satisfactory solution
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    Illicit Arms: 3 'Partners' Gaoled
    179 7 A MAN whom the Singapore Assize Judge (Mr. 1^ Justice Brown) described as the "senior partner" m an illicit arms dealing business was sentenced to eight years' rigorous imprisonment yesterday. "9 was Tay Ah Bah who, thinking that a detective was a gangster hi search
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    "Hamlet"A Box-Office Success
    186 7 'IIAMLET" has made an astonishing hit with the local people of Singapore, particularly the Chinese who are nocking to see it In thousands. Th« cheapest $1 seat* (from stalls) have been packed out at every screening since the film opened at the Cathay Theatre on Tuesday night.
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    No "Hard" Textiles Before January 1
    152 7 'THE Colony and Federation Governments have x decided to continue the ban on hard currency textiles until 1949. r The Registrar of Imports and Exports (Mr. A. D. Stutchbury) said this yesterday. When the ban was Imposed in June the Governments decided to resume
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    "Macbeth" At K.L.
    39 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— N- i for complete darkness m the opening scene of "Macbeth" has resulted m the special performance for teachers and schoolchildren next Monday and Tuesday being delayed from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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    S.H.B. UNION OPENS SCHOOL
    77 7 THE Neelambikai Tamil 1 School, which closed after the collapse of the Singapore Harbour Labourers* Union In April, has re-opened. The school had been assisted by the Singapore Harbour Labourers' Union, and has been re-opened by the new Singapore Harbour Board Workers' Union. The secretary of
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    CALL FOR "BOOK OF SINGAPORE"
    130 7 OIR Roland Braddell, newly elected president of the Friends of Singapore Society, sug- gested yesterday that the society should produce a book containing old prints, watercolours and modern Photographs of Singapore. The old print* and watercolours. Sir Roland said, were available from Raffles Museum. Sir
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  • Malayan Round-up
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      Dancing Taxed In Negri Sembilan
      55 7 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Friday. Council of State has raised dance hall licence x fees 500 per cent. All dance halls and cabarets from Sept. 1 will pay a $60 fee a month or part of a month instead of $10. Extensions alter midnigut
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      PIG SELLER GETS 8 MONTHS
      64 7 PNANG. Fri. Pig seller Lim Pek Leonf, who failed to deliver 21 pigs to a bn.chcr after an advance has gone to goal for eight months. Lim pleaded guilty before the District Judge (Mr. Rogers) tj cheating Cn'ng Kirn Sooi of $400 and 21 baskets.
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      GAOL AND ROTAN
      35 7 pENANG, Pri.— For aiding and I abetting a robbery at Paya Terrubong (Ayer itam). Llm Kirn San was sentenced at the Aselzes to six years' gaol and six strokes of the rotan.
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      3 MONTHS' "HARD"
      31 7 OEOAMAT, Prl.— Hon yew, w who could not give a proper account of himself when arrested by the police at Pogoh, was sentenced to three months' hard labour.
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      SULTAN PRESENT
      46 7 TAIPINO, Pri.— The many gue3ls who attended the reception by the Orang Kaya Mentrl giver yesterday for his niece. Che W&nrafldah. and Raja Kechil Sulong lrcluded the Sultan of Perak, th« Raja Perempuan, the Raja Bendahara, and the District Office. (Mr. J. P. Hannyngton)
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      DEATH RATE UP
      55 7 ONE hundred and ninety people died In the Singapore Municipality In the week ended Aug. 20 against 165 the previous week. Twenty-nine deaths were du* to tuberculosis. Fifty-five new cases of tuberculosis were reported to the week. Infantile death mte was 92 02 per 1,000 aganlst I
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      BOY FOR GAOL
      51 7 pENANG, Prl Elgnt^sn-year-cid I schoolboy Slngam *as today sentenced to one month's gaol for breach of trust of two gold chntns Defence Counsel (Mr. X K. 1 Filial) told the DlsLrlo' Judge (Mr. Rogers) 'hat the boy's faihPi was willing to make good the vaiue of the
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      OPENING SOON
      22 7 nUTTERWORTH. Fri. InterD national Thea res will op?n I a new Cathaj Theatre seating 4 >0 at Buklt Mfrajam soon.
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      FAREWELL DINNER
      28 7 TAIPING. Prl.— The Sikh community yesterday ?nteruunea Mr. U'tam Singh at a farewell dinner prior to his departure lor Britain on a British Council visitor ship
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      TIN OF BUTTER COSTS $1,000
      49 7 MALACCA, Friday. The District Judge (Mr. F. A. Chua) yesterday find Lvi Xai Chen of Chop Tai Chong $1,000 or six months' hard labour for selling a 12-ounce tin of butter for $2 Th fixed retail price of the tin of butter was $1.20.
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      ROOM FOR READING
      42 7 MALACCA, Fri.— A Public ReadIng Room at Jasin win be officially opened tomorrow at 3 p.m. The room has been sponson-d by the Department of Public Rplatlons. Light refreshments will be tarred and at 7.30 films will be shown.
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      Veterinary Officer
      27 7 Mr. T. da Costa has b^n appoin ed Acting Chief Veterinary Officer, Sin?ano r e, In the absence of Mr. D. P. White on leave.
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      5120.000 THEATRE
      41 7 51 20.000 THEATRE iIIAUB, Pri.— Work has begun j»l on a new Cathay Theatre The theatre Is xp.clod t 0 be open within five months Planned originally at a com of $60,000 ;t is now estimated ro iCO6t twice that figure.
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    Kuala Lumpur's Airport In The Mud
    1079 8  - Kuala Lumpur's Airport In The Mud "FEMINA" IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL By INABILITY to obtain 1 funds is apparently the stumbling block in the way of giving rhe Federal capital an airport that we can be proud of as a thins: of beauty. If you ran imagine yourself arriving in
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    A 8.0. R. WRITES TO "FEMINA"
    486 8 CONGRATULATIONS to the four ambitious women who are launching a new and much needed campaign to entertain B.O.R.s in K.L. I use the word "ambitious" because there is no doubt that they have a very formidable task in front of them. For a venture
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    35 8 Mr. Ng Chee Sen, a Chinese student Horn Malaya who has just start'd a five-year coarse In architecture at j Mel^orrr.e rniveisiU. i,,id th uork most interesting and the, Australian people most friendly," lie says.
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    Quicker Marcots
    154 8 IN YOUR GARDEN 'PHERE are various A methods of tree propagation, but one form, rarely used, is to make an incision m the centre of the wood, after the bark has been removed, and insert a small stone. This greatly accelerate* rooting. Marcots should, of course, be made
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      240 8 "A 3 Famous COW&6ATE Pi j roducts W^^^B COWeCATE MILK FOOD N^gflj OU FOOD of ROYAL BABIES Chocolate Malt Milk FOR THAT gHuUj Not JfafWiiCUt fiium 9 ZJotuoub Comj-ofcl and Gmaumci Agents. JACKSON CO LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANO 413} m i I jj i IN the range of Paifums
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      Turf Club Badges And The Crisis
      538 9 Turf Club Badges And The Crisis nURING the present emergency, it behoves v the public to give the fullest support to the police authorities m their onerous and difficult task of tracking lawless elements. The law-abiding citizen has often been assured that the minimum inconvenience would be caused him, but
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      FIFTEEN MINUTES FOR 999
      138 9 FIFTEEN MINUTES FOR 999 THE other night an Indian was apprehended whilst trespassing in the grounds of a well known ladies' hostel —through the courageous action of a European and his lady companion. Atter the mai/s capture the secretary was Informed and she immediately rang through to the police station
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      GIVE US LIGHT
      60 9 A BOUT eight months ago, the Deputy Municipal Electrical Engineer promised the public that there would be improvement m the town's lighting and that blackouts would be less and less necessary. Now we find blackouts becoming more, instead of less, frequent. How does the Deputy Municipal Electrical
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      "Singapore Foot" In Padi-Fields
      159 9 "Singapore Foot" In Padi-Fields AM AY I as a padi planter 1T1 appeal through the medium of your newspaper to the authorities, Mr. Cowgill and the members of the Federal Council for a better salary scheme for the Irrigation Inspectors and Patrol Watchmen of the Drainage and Irrigation Department. As
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      OVER THE BORDER
      99 9 HAVE read of Malayan 1 terrorists bolting across the border Into Slam to avoid the Malayan cleanup. Why is this so? Surely the first move should have been to garrison the border against such a move and then drive the bandits onto this line. These terrorists should
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      A Town Dweller's Bouquet
      218 9 raise my hat to Tuan Djek. He has me at his call (and beck). Each Saturday I turn with glee Past pages one and four and three Until, on reaching number six. I read about the latest tricks For cooking curry; baking rice; Or making Durian
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      A Johore View Of Haulage Permits
      268 9 T AST year you publisha letter from me concerning the regulations formulated by the Road Transport Department, Malayan Union, prohibiting the use of lorries or goods vehicles without haulage permits. I criticised the department concerned and suggested an alternative in these words: "While realism?
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      Call-Boxes Again
      125 9 I WAS glad to read m a recent Straits Times that the O.T.E.C. had a prosperous 1947. The public may now have some justification for expecting the Company to put Into operation again the public telephone booths of prewar days. They were a boon to those who could
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      Hats Off To The Planter
      389 9 THE broadcast by Mr. Frank Sulk* an, foreign correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald, on his impressions of Malays and its peoples m the present crisis does him credit. Mr. Sullivan's views are undoubtedly shared by those of us who have the future of Malaya
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      Beggars Don't Want It
      109 9 THDDAY, there is an A attitude of mind prevalent among hawkers, who deliberately refuse to accept Malayan currency of the very lowest denomination the humble one cent. On iterrogation, however, these men, Assign no plausible reason but say that the onecent note Is invalid. Believe it
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      248 9 I VICTORSILVESTER SBALLROOM ORCHESTRA PRETENDING I YOU'RE NOBODY PB 3247 I HOW DO I KNOW j ANYTIME AT ALL PB 3259 cl I inrap FORGETTING TO REMEMBER m 3LEEP MY BABY SLEEP FB 3286 M ETHER IT'S LOVE OR IT ISN'T f~ m DANCING HEARTBEAT PB 3286 VICTOR SILVESTER'S STRINGS
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      614 9 nf^^IJ? 6 1^* 11 1 quit f 8 Undoubtedly South mus 1 hav» of commenr. when It turned up In felt that he had been piven a re$JX m" v t e PF 1 at promt prieve at le for utt le while. Ul^,, °L club> Winning w*h the trump
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    ON EXPORT TAX
    258 10 From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday. /CONSOLIDATED Tin Smelters' chairman (Mr. Ernest Fearce) has made a strong protest against the recent removal of the Malayan export duty on tin concentrates. At the company's annual meeting, he connected this step with the Texas Smelter's "unfair and inequitable competition
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER
    141 10 RESPITE a heavy fall m New v York and a drop m London the Singapore rubber market, after business at 43H cents per lt>. for No. 1 sheet fob. m bales Septemj ber, steadied by three-quart-ers of a cent, yesterday. Sellers were inclined to hold off. Closing prices
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    Wharfside Shipping
    205 10 SHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godovms m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Qlenroy (33-34). Vesteroey (35-36), Steel Director (38-39), Ternate (40-41). Empire Pacific (43). West Wharf Roepat (4-6), Alciflous (6-7). Mongolia (10-11). Rhexenor (13-14), Tranquebar (19-16). Empire Dock: Benvrackle (17-18), Angby (31-22). Olam Battlsta
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    GOOD LONDON FEELING
    153 10 LONDON, FrL A LTHOUGH the London J\ Stock Exchange was generally quiet yesterday, there was better feeling In the markets, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubbers were lower, Tins unchanged to higher. Price changes recorded yesterday included: War Loan 3 l^« 103 u +1/16 Can. Pac. Rail. (£5)
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    Produce Market
    204 10 From Our Market Correspondent rE sago flour market was quietly active In Singapore yesterday. Business m the Sarawak variety was done down to a lower level. Yesterday's quotations Included: Rice Unclassified: No 1 $60; 3 $52; 3 $47: 4 $43: 6 $2«: unpolished $26 Glutinous Bice: No 1
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    12% DIV. FOR KINTA KELLAS
    34 10 KINTA Kellas Tin Dredging directors wUI propose a dividend of 12V4 per cent, at the annual meeting on Oct. 33. If approved, it will be payable on Oct. 25.
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    MalayanShares:Tins In Good Demand
    857 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. ff/TTH more hopeful prospects from Europe, there were better Inquiries today at improved prices on the Malayan share market, mostly m the Tin section. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokeri' Association today were: INDUSTRIAL! Bmjm U9m ktt&a Ice 14.00 15.00
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      189 10 PRESIDENT LINES General Passenger Agent tor Northwest Airline. SAILINCS TO MEW rORK AND BOSTON via INDIA. ECYPT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS President F.llmor. arr P Sham Aug. 22 *««•>«♦ Monroe S^ Aug. 24 SAILINCS TO SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANCELES THENCE NEW YORK, BALTIMORE, BOSTON via PANAMA. Pres Tyler Penang Aug. 20
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    SINGAPORE SPORTLIGHT
    1086 11 Athletic Talent In Schools Is Promising A FAIR standard of athletics, which augurs well for the future, has been seen in school athletic meets held in the Colony during the past weeks. The stage should be ready now for an Inter-school athletic meet to gauge the Colony's future
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    Malaya Cup Final Venue
    118 11 "THERE seems to be a x squabble about the venue for the Malaya Cup final. It is a strange state of affairs, and if Kuala Lumpur is to be condemned, for security reasons, I do not know how other places cannot be condemned likewise. I am
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    CHESS FIXTURE
    66 11 The following have been chosen to represent the Shell Spors Club m draughts and chess against the Singapore Chinese Swlmmlr.g Club tomorrow at the O.S.C premises at 11 a.m. (transport will be provided and will leave Shell House at 10.19 a.m.): The TJong Ann, Lm Cheng Bat, Koh
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    TABLE TENNIS
    41 11 The following will represent the Chinese swimming dub at table tennis against the Chung Hwa Institution tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the C.8.0. premises. Ng Yew Wing, George Chen, Scow Kong Ho, Chlo Eng Quee and Llm Choo Ann.
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    28 11 Father and son In the Perak cricket team are 8. V. Suppiah (rifht) and 8. Rajalin gam. They skippered opposing teams m an Ipoh match early this season.
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    WEEK-END CRICKET
    410 11 THE Singapore Recreation Club's cricket teams for this week-end are: O.R.C. Non-bendjrs ti. Club Juniors on the padang today at 2 p.m: T. Leljsshis (capt.), A. B. Colllck, M. Oordeiro, O. Bogaars, P. F. de Soura, P. Johnson. R. Pearse, L. M. Pennefather, G. Ross, J. a. Reutens,
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      128 11 a l k AAD1O MALAYA SPOKE Htguendci: CM Kc/» I M A 7 t Me/s. 1 p.m. Radio Orchestra; 1.30 News Share Market; 1.45 Frarrclsco Canaro; 3.00 Music; 2.30 Voices In Harmony; 3.00 Gipsy Caravan; 3.30 George Melachrlno; 4.00 Louis Kentner Yehudl Merruhln; 4.15 Tea Dance; S.10 Music; 6.00 Close.
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      144 11 Alternative Stations 9.30 a.m. Hits; 9.45 Music; 10 Variety; 10.10 Request*; 10. SO News; 10.40 Orchestral; 10.45 Singers; 11 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; 11.30 Close. 4 p.m. Sport; 4.90 Nev.-»; 4.40 Music Lovers' Hour; 4.40 Services* Concert Hall; 5.15 Talk; 8.30 Music for Strings; 5.30 Radio Reel; 5.45 'transcribed Programme; 5.45
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    FIVE HORSES TIPPED TO WIN AGAIN
    572 12 FIVE HORSES TIPPED TO WIN AGAIN Astivel Given As Day's Best Bet From EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Friday. A STIVEL, Fine Feathers and Sunbeam II are my three best bets for the last day's aces of the Perak Turf Club August Meeting tomorrow. Astivel, who won over the sf. straight m
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    Today's Race Card
    1300 12 "DEI.OW are ~T*- Ac «^s for today's Ipoh races. 13 The Double Totes will be on races four and five, seven and eight. The Big Sweep will be drawn on race nine. Race 1—2.00: Cl. 4, Div. 3— s* Furs. 400 Neptune 9.07 Mr. A. H. Whitaker.
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    Sports Diary
    75 12 TODAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Le*fae, Dlv. Ill— Haikowyu SC. V. S.H.B. Boys 1 dub, McNair Road, 5.15 p.m. ATHLETICS: Singapore team championships, R A F Seletar. CRICKET. S.C.C. t. Reffistrmr of Vehicles' Office XI, padang. 2 p.m.: St. Andrew'! Old Boy* v. Police, Thornton Road, 2 p.m.; S.R.C. Nonbenders
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    SAFA Cup Entries Restricted
    175 12 SAFA Cup Entries Restricted iTHE Singapore Amateur x Football Association Cup competition, scheduled to begin in the latter part of September, will be limited to 24 teams in Singapore. This was decided at a meetIng of the S.A.F.A. league committee yesterday. The decision to limit the number of teams competing
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    INTER-TEAM BADMINTON
    166 12 TH£ St. Andrew's School bad1 minton team drew with the Serangoon Rangers B.P. to a return badminton match played at the Seragoon Rangers' court. Results (St. Andrew's players mentioned first) Singles: Seah Hark Chim beat Koh Peng Soon 15— a, IS 10; Robert Kang lost to Seah Sol
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    TANGLIN CLUB DEFEATED
    115 12 IN the first of a series of tennis matches between the Tanglin Club and local teams, the Malay Sports Association defeated the Tanglin Club by three games to one at the Club courts yesterday. The following were the results (Malay players mentioned first) I. A. Alsagoff and
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    VERNA FIGHTS TONIGHT
    67 12 BILL Verna, a 20-year-old British heavyweight wrestler, will have his first fight hi Singapore tonight when he meets Eosca Boa at the Happy World Stadium. The main event of the programme will be a return contest, under the no-foul rule, between Dara Singh and Tiger Joginder. Other
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    Penang Race Programme
    202 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Friday. r«LASS three and four horses will be running at the Penang Turf Club Autumn Meeting to be held on Oct. 2, 6 and 9. Two runs are provided for each division of these classes. Distances and stakes will be CLASS i
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    Straits Time Selections
    191 12 "EPSOM lEEP 1 "TRESPASSER" "PO INTER" Race I: 1. BEAU GESTE 2. Thirteen 3. Technique BEAU GESTE Technique Rapsey Queen TECHNIQUE Beau Geste Greetings Raoe 2: 1. DANCING FURY t. Eastern Stream 3. December 26th EASTERN STREAM Dancing Fury Carlita EASTERN STREAM December 28th Jaunty Race 3:
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    Strong Bids For Season '^Honours
    678 12  -  JAMES R. CHAMBERS ENGLISH SOCCER PROSPECTS By LONDON, Friday. A NEW eight-month/ English football season starts tomorrow with a strong current of unrest m the ranks of the professional footballers. The boys who week after week pull in an average of 1,000,000 soccer fans to
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    Rocklites v. Pulau Bukom S.C.
    82 12 The team to represent the Rocklite* Sports Party at soccer against the Pulau Bukom Sports Club tomorrow at 5 p.m. will be selected from the following: Anthony Yong, M. Swyny, N.K Sabai, C. Rodrigues, Lloyd, Quin'a] Chan, D. Swyny, A. K. Pillay, G. D'Silva, D.
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    AAA & Tigers Share Points In Div. 1 Game
    247 12 AAA Tigers Share Points In Div. 1 Game I THE Tiger Sporting A Association and the Amicable Athletic Association played to a goalless draw in a keenlycontested S.A.F.A. first division league game at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. The encounter was a scrappy affair and a number of players on both
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    MYRA CUP POLO
    105 12 TWO Singapore Polo Club teams competed for the Myra Cup on Wednesday afternoon on the Thomson Road polo ground. The game was keenly contested and some delightful polo was seen. The Red team won by 3i to 2 goals. For the victors Maj. Harding scored two goals
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    AQUATIC MEET
    48 12 Entry forms for the Singapore swimming championships, which will be held at the Singapore Swimming Club in October are available on application to Mr. Leong Yee Soo. c/o Chinese Swimming Club, Amber Road. Entry forms for the d ving event will be availaol© early next week.
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