The Straits Times, 18 July 1949

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 KK.HT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUL* 18, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    CRIPPS ILL, AWAY SIX WEEKS
    335 1 Bombshell At Height Of Dollar Crisis LONDON, Sunday. CIR Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will fly to a nursing home in Switzerland this week for six weeks' medical treatment. Mr. Attlee, the Prime Minister, announced this yesterday. The news was a bombshell to Britain,
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    CHIANG HEADS 12 ON WAR CABINET
    198 1 CANTON, Sunday. r-KNERALISSItaO Chiang Kai-shek has beer i; appointed leader of Nationalist China's top, nolu v-making board of 12 men. This will be Kr uallv a supreme war cabinet, replacing the Jvutral Political Council of the Kuomintang. A Nationalist uuveiuum" official said, "Military unity
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    Four Rebel Factions Fight In Arakan
    156 1 RANGOON, Sunday. HOUR rival rebel factions are fighting in a series of sprawling battlefields for control of nart of the Arakan coast. i The Red Flag Communist leader, Thakin Soe, has arrived to settle differences. The four groups are the Red Flag Communist Party,
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    28 1 MR. JOHN BRAZIER, Malayan Trade Union Adviser, who, in his annual report, says that Malaya owes "a great deal of gratitude" to trade unions. Report in PAGE FIVE.
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    TOKYO SCARE
    53 1 TOKYO. Sun. A scare was caused at Tokyo Central Station early this morning when an electric locomotive began to move forward down a slight grade with no one at the controls. After the locomotive was halted, it was found that the crew had neglected to set the hand
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    53 1 LEADERS of the Indonesian Republic and of other States and territories in the East Indies will confer in Jogjakarta, on Wednesday. They will seek agreement on the stand to be taken when they meet the Dutch. The picture shows crowds cheering President Soekarno when he returned to the Republic's capital.
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    Hope Of End To Australia Coal Crisis
    138 1 SYDNEY. Sun. THE arrival of 10.000 tons of coal in Sdyney yesterday, despit- an order by the Railvr Unior Federal Council telling it. members not to tnove coal, was hailed by rig Ht-wlngH t-w1ng union circles last night as "the beginning of th?
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    BANNED
    20 1 HONG KONG, Sun— The colony's English language r.i'wspapers have been banned entry Into Kunming according to a report today.
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    DISMISSED
    24 1 BATAVIA. Sun. Republican Army Maj. Achmad Wiranatakusuman. Commander of the Republican Siliwangi Division's crack student batallian. his been discharged from the Army.— Reuter.
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    DOCKERS GO TO MINISTRY
    138 1 DOCKERS GO TO MINISTRY LONDON. Sun. DELEGATES of the two unions whose men are Involved in the London dock dispute the Stevedores and Dockers' Union and the Lightermen's Union spent many hours yesterday at the Ministry of Labour trying to reach a settlement. One delegate said: "We are prepared to
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    OLD BOMB
    31 1 LONDON. Sun. A 2,500pound German bomb which has lain unexploded near London's Tattenham Court Road, since an air raid In 1940, was today de-fused and declared "completely safe." Reuter.
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    NEHRU'S GIFT
    34 1 TOKYO, Sun. Pandit Nehru won newspaper headlines and the heart of millions of Japanese today with the announced gift of a 10- year-old Indian elephant to i Tokyo's elephantless Ueno Zoo U.P.
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    KING TO ATTEND
    27 1 LONDON, Sun.— The King and Queen will attend a reception on July 27 to be given by Pakistan's High Commissioner, Mr. Hablb Rahimtoola.— Reuter.
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    RED PLOT IN HYDERABAD
    61 1 HYDERABAD. Sun. A document dealing with a projected "Communist ministry" for Hyderabad State was reported today to have been found among a large quantity of Communist literature which police seized after arresting Azmatually Khan Qaiser, Secretary of the Hyderabad League of Democratic Youth. Police said the
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    CHINESE BAN
    37 1 CANTON, Sun.— The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has instructed its embassies and consulates abroad to refuse visas to foreigners attempting to enter Com-munist-held territories ;n China The order also applies to diplomatic officials. —Reuter.
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    U.S. MANOEUVRES
    33 1 MANILA, Sun. United States 13th Navy and Air Force planes and a squadron of destroyers will begin intensive anti-submarine warfare exercises for 10 days off the coast of Bataan tomorrow. UP.
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    RED MANOEUVRES
    26 1 BERLIN, Sun.— Thirty thousand Soviet troops are engaged in summer manoeuvres In Brandenburg province, about 35 miles from Berlin, It was reported today.— A.P.
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    SUMATRA CEASE FIRE 'DIFFICULT'
    98 1 JOGJAKA: Sun. Fis very difficult to implement the ceas»'-iire order in Sumatra, the Republican Army Commander, in Sumatra, Col. Hidayat, who recently arrived at Jogjakarta stated yesterday. The Colonel said lmplemenjtatlon there would be even {more difficult than in Java, as it was not easy to
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    Service Chiefs In Bomb Raid On Terrorists
    239 1 THE Air Officer Commanding, Malaya, Air Vice-Marshal F. M. J. 1 Mellersh, and the G.O.C. Singapore District, Major-Gen. D. Dunlop, this week-end flew together in a Harvard aircraft on a bombing mission north of the Muar River, in the foothills of Mount Ophir,
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    ANOTHER $100,000 TO VARSITY
    48 1 IPOH, Sun. mHE Tronoh-Malayan Tin 1 Group has given SlOO.OOO to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund. A cheque has been handed to the Malayan Agent in London. This sum, it is understood, is to found chair ©f engineering. [Mining contributions scheme.— Page 3]
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    RED AIR DAY
    54 1 MOSCOW, Sun. A plane carrying a huge portrait of Stalin and a formation of aircraft spelling out the words "Glory To Stalin," opened the Soviet Union's annual Aviation Day near Moscow today. Two 16-year-old girls were among the pilots of gliders released above the field by aircraft
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    'FLYING DISC' HIT PLANE
    163 1 'FLYING DISC' HIT PLANE HONG KONG, Sun. A "FLYING saucer" made its first appearance over the Colony's skies yesterday, according to C. J. Chambers, pilot of a Beachcraft meteorological plane. Flying over the New Territories, Chambers said his plane was suddenly struck by an object at 17,000 feet. His aircraft
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    5-YEAR RUBBER & TIN PACTS PROPOSED
    404 1 5-YEAR RUBBER TIN PACTS PROPOSED Washington Talks From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sunday. COMMODITY control agreements dealing with rubber, tin and other important raw materials, probably for five years, are the foundation of the proposals which the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, intends to put forward at Washington
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      Cycled From Paris To Delhi, 8 Months
      428 2 NEW DELHI, Sunday. A FRENCH cyclist has arrived "here after an 8,000-mile cycle tour covering 14 countries in eight months. He is on his way to Saigon. Thirty-eight year-old M. Lionel Brans set out from Paris on a specially-built bicycle with carriers for
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      24 2 CAPTAIN G. H. Visser, new commander of the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd liner Willem Ruys, who has succeeded Captain C. H. Vellenga. Straits Times picture.
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      939 2 NOTICES NOTICE Tfce War Department requires experienced Architectural Draughtsman for employment in Military Engineering Office. Experience of building construction and design essential. Salary scale Is Qrade I $210x10—000 with current COL. Allowance. Applications should be addressed to the Chief Engineer, H.Q.. Singapore District, Fort Canning. Applicant's age. Places of Education,
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      362 2 NOTICES I PUKET TIN DREDGING LIMITED The Board has declared an interim dividend of Sd. per share less U.K. Income Tax at 9s. In the pound for the year ended 31st. December, 1949, payable In London on 3rd August, 1949, to all shareholders on the register on 12th July, 1949.
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      393 2 GOVERNMENT OF NORTrT BORNEO SALE OF WRECKS AND MISCELLANEOUS SCRAP 1. Tenders are invited for the purchase of the' following wrecks and scrap situated in the vicinity of Victoria Hnrbour, Labuan. in the Colony of North Borneo: 1) ex-Japanese steel motor ship; displacement approximately 5,000 tons. Length 440 feet approximately.
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      267 2 SHIPPING NOTICE HOLLAND EAST ASIA LINE NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES M.V. "RIJNKERK" due Singapore about 26th July, 1949, from Continental Ports enroute for: Manila/Hongkong/Japan Discharging cargo alongside S.H.B. wharves. Last claim day 8 days after the vessel has completed the discharge. Consignees are requested to apply for Delivery Orders to:— NEDERLAND
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    'CRUSH THE CHURCH' DEMAND BY CZECH REDS
    300 3 PRAGUE, Sunday. THE Czech Communist Party called yesterday for a fight without quarter to crush "our greatest enemy— -the church." A party manifesto said this was necessary to complete the communisation of the nation, especially the collectivisation of farms against peasant resistance. "We
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    DIED IN BANDIT AMBUSH
    41 3 roßpr \i 4 t.»»»a siNr.H. a aed the Colonial Police Medal for gallantry in December last year, who was one of the eight members of a Rawang Police jungle squad killed In a bandit ambush on Tuesday.
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    U.K. TRADE IN CHINA HINDERED
    137 3 LONDON, Sun. CHAMBER of Commerce reports from Tientsin and other points in North China indicated that British commercial interests are becoming disillusioned regarding the Communists' attitude toward trading with the Wast. Tientsin reports cite Mao Tse-tung's avowal that the Communists intend ultimately to adopt the
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    FIFTH COLUMN IN SWEDEN
    82 3 STOCKHOLM, Sun. Gen. Victor Jung, Commander-ln-Chief of the Swedish armed forces, has stated that "a small but dangerous group of Swedes who have sworn allegiance to a foreign power" would be a menace to Swedish freedom In the event of war. He said that effective measures
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    23 3 SULTAN of Perak and Brigadier Skone, commander of North Malaya sub-district, at the passing out parade of police recruits at Tanjo ng Rambutan.
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    U.S. Generals Suspended After 'Influence' Probe
    196 3 U.S. Generals Suspended After 'Influence Probe WASHINGTON, Sunday. THE United States Army yesterday announced the temporary suspension of Ma j. -Gen. Alden B. Waitt. Chief of the Chemical Corps, and Major-Gen. Herman Feldman, the Quartermaster-General. In connection with investigations of alleged influence l n the award of army contracts. Ar
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    CHURCHILL'S £25 TO DEFEND GERMAN
    92 3 MR. Winston Churchill, Britain's wartime Premier, has contributed £25 to a fund for the provision of a British advocate to defend the German Field Marshal Erich Ton Mansteln, 62, who is due to be tried on war crimes charges next month. The fund was sponsored
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    'BACK TO AFRICA' SAY GERMANS
    40 3 BERLIN, Sun.— Sixty former soldiers of Rommel's Afrika j Korps, just returned from volunteer work camps in Africa, decided after a brief look at vtar-battemd Ger many yesterday tliai they wanted to go back. U.P.
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    DOCKERS VOTE: 'NO'
    25 3 DOCKERS VOTE: 'NO' LONDON DOCKcKS VOTii: Arms raised at a meeting in Victoria Park as the dockers decided against a return to work.— Reuter picture
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    Ministers Agree On Dollar Cuts
    185 3 LONDON, Sunday. A GREEMENT on short-term dollar import cuts by Commonwealth countries will probably be reached by the Commonwealth finance ministers at their final meeting in London tomorrow it was learned in conference circles last night. The decisions will be subject to approval by their
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    LIGHTNING KILLS 4 IN LONDON
    141 3 LIGHTNING KILLS 4 IN LONDON LONDON, Sun. POUR people were killed by r lightning in London today during a series of violent thunderstorms which broke the long heatwave in southern and central England. Two of the four youths sheltering under a hawthorn bush in east London were killed when lightning
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    Prices Of City & Seaside Land Up
    264 3 Prices Of City Seaside Land Up pRICES of land, partil cularly vacant and seaside properties, are •ising, says Mr. Cheong rhiam Slew, of a wellmown firm of auctionsers, in a report to 3ingapore banks. New )fflce buildings have iffected the values of adjoining properties. For instance, the ten-storey Hongkong and
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    TIGER CAUGHT IN HOMEMADE TRAP
    58 3 From Oar Own Correspondent BENTONG, Sun. rpHE tiger that made a 1 Tamil Public Works Department mandore "feel mad" by killing his goat is now offered for sale by the mandore. He caught It In a homemade box trap baited with a dog. It had
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    'Help Varsity' Plea To Chinese Miners
    245 3 from Our Stan Correspondent IPOH, Sunday. PHINESE miners throughout the Federation have been circularised by the All-Malaya Chinese Mining Association asking them to agree to give SO cents per picul of tin ore produced for one year to the University of Maiaya Endowment Fund.
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    $750,000 Gift Planned
    56 3 TELUK ANSON, Sun. IOWER Perak will offer a professorship to the University of Malaya, costing $750,000, the Lower Perak Appeal Committee has decided. No definite period to end the collections was fixed. One form of contribution suggested was 2 cents a gantang of padi which was estimated
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    FAR EAST ENVOYS
    36 3 NEW DELHI, Sun. The Indonesian Republic is exchanging consuls with the Philippines, and Mr. Charles Thamboe, former Indonesian Republic representative at New York, hat> left New Delhi to open consulate in Manila. A.P.
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    Singapore Diary
    51 3 BUDDHIST SERVICES, 23rd day of the Chinese moon, Poh Ton See Temple, 7, Narcl Street, service 1.30 pnv. sermon 2.30 p.m. T.N.T. Monday morning Market. Presbyterian Church Hall, Orchard Road, 8.30 to 12 noon. BRITISH COUNCIL CENTRE. International Artists' Association Life Class. Stamford Road, 0 p.m. to 8.30
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    PALESTINE MAN
    23 3 WASHINGTON, Bun. President Truman yesterday appointed Mr. Paul Porter to be the United States' representative on the United Nations Palestine Commission.—UJ».
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    Peter Was 119 Yesterday
    84 3 JOHANNESBURG, Sunday. P'.TKK Chandler Pringle blew out 119 candles on a giant birthday cake today. He claims to be Africa's widest white man, and possibly the oldest man In the Born on July 17, 1830 Pringle trekked up from the Cape In an ox waggon as
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    DEATH
    39 4 LIM-Antr.ony Boon Soon passed away peacefully at the age of 89 on 15.7.1949 at No. 11 Balmoral Road. Singapore, leaving behind his wife, father, and two brothers to mourn his loss. Buried at Bldadarl Christian Cemetery. Deeply regretted.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    60 4 THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Anthony Ltm Boon Soon wish to thank all relatives and friends for their wreaths, telegrams of condolences, and their attendance •t his funeral. MESSRS. CHUA AH KIM. Kim Seng. Kim Sunn and family thank all friends, relatives find A-s.Kori.-it ions, who sent scrolls,
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. July 18, 1949. THE COLONY VOTERS
    932 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. July 18, 1949. THE COLONY VOTERS The electoral rolls closed ir Singapore last Friday evening after having been open for the registration of new electors I for six weeks, it being provision of the law that thai shall be done every year. The public of
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    WITHOUT ARMOUR
    227 4 lIOW many times has **your paper published the sad news of police and Army vehicles being ambushed, with distressingly high casualties, in Malaya recently? What of the frequent re- i assuring promises that all vehicles would proceed in convoy, and that single units would not proceed in danger
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    Extortioners brought fear to Singapore
    1464 4  - Extortioners brought fear to Singapore BYGONE DAYS IN THE STRAITS POLICE-1 By R.H. ONRAET, C.M.G. BEFORE the modern political-levy and the very recent Communist bandit-levy (protection money as it is called) the not-so-widely-known extortions exatted some years ago by criminal gangs were a very real curse in certain areas of
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      £100,000,000 War Damage cut? Colony reactions
      749 4 pROM a report published in your issue of July 15, it seems that at the meeting of the Joint Select Committee on War Damage Compensation held in Kuala Lumpur last week, certain members of the Committee, representing the Federation, advanced a proposal to effect
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    GREAT DEBT TO UNIONS: BRAZIER
    508 5 "Invaluable Aid In Recovery Of Malaya" From Our Staff Correspondent ALAYA, the Government and the employers of labour owe the non-Communist unions which survived the emergency "a great deal of gratitude for their conduct and their efforts" during the latter half of last year, declares
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    Malay Led Police To Bandit Den
    224 5 Malay Led Police To Bandit Den From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A MALAY bandit In the Mentakab area carrying a *hot gun yesterday surrendered to the police. Later he led a police jungle squad to a bandit camp where the party engaged three bandits. One bandit was wounded
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    ENGAGED
    56 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sun The engagement has beer, announced of Inche Ja'afar bin Mohd. Taha, District Officer, Mersing, and Ungku Abrlzah binte Abdul Rahman, formerly Social Welfare Probationer Officer, Johore. Ungku Abrizahs father was a former Judge of Johore and a- member of the State Council.
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    BUILDING A HOUSE ON SAND IF...
    76 5 IF paternal friends attempted to model Malayan trade unions along the lines of foreign movements, without taking into account the basic differences in background, tradition, custom and psychology, they would find that they had been helping the unions to build a house upon sand,
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    OFFICE INTO FLAT
    50 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— ln view of the shortage of Government quarters in the State, It has been decided to convert a section of the Health Office at Batu Pahat into a fiat for use as staff quarters. The conversion will cost $2,970. j
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    Trade Unions Will Be Truly Malayan
    192 5 rpHE Malayan trade union movement "will decide 1 its form of organisation and policy and shape its own philosophy", says Mr. Brazier's report. There was no reason. It adds, "why the trade union movement^-which had adapted itself to varying conditions in other parts cf
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    POSTMASTER GAOLED
    67 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Ismail bin Kassim, Postmaster, Scudai, with eleven years service In the Postal Department, was today convicted on three charges of criminal breach of trust involvm* $700. He was sentenced to eight months' Imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to run concurrently.
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    S.M.C. Counters: 'Barriers' Plan
    352 5 TO reduce the congestion at Municipal receiving 1 counters at peak periods, the Singapore Municipality will shortly erect barriers in front of the counters. It is hoped that this will speed up orderly payment of bills. "Much of the delay will be eliminated with the erection
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    'UGLIEST'
    60 5 - From Oar Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. MR. W. F. (Bill) Stafford, 111 deputy chief of the Kuala Lumpur C.I.D. was judged "ugliest" man at a Carnival Fair held here yesterday in aid of the Young Women's Christian Association Building Fund. The three judges headed by Sir Sydney Palmer
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    —And Prettiest
    48 5 Joyce Sleigh won first prize for the prettiest pair of ankles. Mrs. A. W. Plnnick, commissioner for Girl Guides, and Lady Palmer were among the 27 women who entered for the competition. Mr. Stafford also entered for the "prettiest ankle" competition but the judges rejected him.
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    BOY FOR ASSIZE TRIAL
    138 5 From Our Own Correspondent Johore Bahru, Sun. J£ASSIM BIN KATIJO, a 15year old Indonesian boy, was today committed to the Assizes for trial on a charge of housebreaking and theft. Evidence given at the preliminary inquiry disclosed that at 3 a.m. on June 11, Kassim was
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    CUSTOMS MEN WANT PAY RISE
    191 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. STRESSING "the Importance of our service on which the bulk of Government revenue collection depends," the 1,000 members of the Asian Customs Services Union of Malaya have petitioned for salary revision. The petition to the Chief Secretary asks
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    91 5 CROWDS at the Municipal receiving counters waiting their turn to pay bills. On a busy day as many as 50 people may be seen crowding at each of the three counters. Crowds like this are found usually in the mornings at the beginning of the month or after holidays. THIS
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    FUNERAL OF MR. J. ELIAS
    43 5 The funeral of Mr. J. A. Ellas, a well-known Singapore businessman, took place yesterday at the Jewish Cemetery at Thomson Road and was largely attended. Mr. Ellas, who was 68, died at his home in Katong on Saturday.
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    Cardless Trespasser
    37 5 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON. Sun. A woman vegetables seller, Yuen Ah Kam, was 'lned $10 here for trespassing on Ratanul Estate and $50 or one month's gaol for not possessing an Identity card.
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    Four Card Offences
    34 5 MUAR, Sun.— For not producing Identity cards, Govindasamy, Kandasamy. and Tay Eng Kee were each fined $5/at Muar. Tan See Hock who trimmed the edges of his card was fined $5.
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    500 GUARDS SAIL TODAY
    100 5 FVE hundred men of the 3rd Grenadier Guards, who have seen action against bandits in Malaya, are returning to the United Kingdom this afternoon in the troopship Uilwara. Travelling on the same vessel will be Air Vice-Mar-shal F. F. InglLs, Senior Air Staff Officer, Headquarters, Far
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    $75 FINE FOR MERCHANT
    51 5 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun Ling Slew Tong, a Singapore merchant, was today fined $50 for driving a motor vehicle without a Federation haulage permit, and $25 for falling to possess a goods vehicl" licence. He conveyed a quantity of bo^ks from Singapore to
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    S'pore Factory Makes V-Rice
    250 5 S'pore Factory Makes V-Rice A NEW Singapore fac- tory— the first of its kind in the Far East is now producing 600 lbs. of vitaminised rice every day. By adding one portion of vitaminised rice to 200 portions of ordinary rice before boiling, the white rice has restored to it
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    A CELEBRATION
    42 5 From Our Own Correspondent Johore Bahru, Sun. The civilian staff of the R.A.S.C., Johore sub-district yesterday, celebrated the payment to them of arrears of pay on the revised basic rates by entertaining the officers ot the unit to a dinner.
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    'CHINESE NEED NEW IDEOLOGY'
    64 5 THE Archbishop of Nanking, Monseigneur Paul Yu Pin (above), told a gathering in Singapore that the Chinese peopir must be given a "new" Ideology to enable "early victory to be won." The Catholic messagemust reach the people through the latest method* used in other fields of
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    MR. LEE BACK IN S'PORE
    51 5 Mr. Lee Kong Chian, prominent Malayan Chinese rubber merchant and Industrialist, who left Singapore in March on a business-cum-pleasure tour of Europe and Ame rica. returned yesterday. Mr. Lee went to London as a member of the British delegation to the International Rubber Study Group
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      London Stocks
      380 6 LONDON, Sun. NEWS of the 25 per cent reH auction In United Kingdom dollar Imports was received calmly by the London Stock Exchange at the weekend. Some of the issues likely to be affected were fractionally lower at the outset, but losses had been more than recovered at
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      Dow Jones Averages
      23 6 July 14. July 15. Industrials 173.59 173.48 Railroads 44.38 44.32 Domestic Bonds 98.29 98.44 Utilities J/.37 35.39 —Straits Times Service
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      TINS & RUBBERS IN BUSY WEEK
      605 6 TINS RUBBERS IN BUSY WEEK Hammer 938-00, Malayan Brtwerles 85 00 to 15.05 to 15-00. Malayan Collieries $1.80, Raffles Hotel 82 60. Straits Steamship 819.00. Straits Traders $8.75 to $9-00. United Engineers Ord. $11.00, United Engineers Pref. $13.00, Henry Waugh $3. 02 ft to $2.09. Wearne $2.45. Oil British Borneo
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      10d. Rubber Concern
      173 6 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sun. IN the light of current costs of production, transport, and distribution, the price of rubber today, at around lOd. cannot be regarded with any degree of complacency, says Mr Eric North, chairman ot Duff Development Co.. In his circula'ed statement. The
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      ACTIVE WEEK-END RUBBER
      135 6 ACTIVE WEEK-END RUBBER WEEK-END rubber commodity prices Included the following: The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's noon prices on Saturday (July 18) were, In cents per lb.: Barer Seller No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose nominal 32Vi 32% FOB. In bales July NO. 1 R.S.S. 33>4 33% NO. 3 R.S.S.
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      BLAME ON U.K. GOVERNMENT
      49 6 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sun— "Although rubber is one of Britain's chief dollar-earners, we havt suffered through the apparent failure of the present Government In their negotiations with America," says Mr. R. H. Kennaway, chairman of Takau Rubber Plantations Ltd., In his circulated statement.
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      War Claims 'Remote'
      69 6 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sun— Reporting to shareholders that the company was still unable to say how much compensation it was likely to receive in respect of war losses, Mr. W. L. Wood, chairman of Caledonian (Selangor) Rubber Co., In his circulated statement, says: "The process
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      NO JUSTIFICATION FOR TIN PRICE CUT
      196 6 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sunday. IN his annual statement to shareholders, Mr. Ernest T. 1 Pearce, chairman of Consolidated Tin Smelter* (one of whose subsidiaries is the Eastern Smelt inn Co. In Penan*) says how long the tin price of €554 will continue
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    FINLAY WINS HIS LAST AAA TITLE
    614 7 Nankeville Runs Year's Best Mile LONDON, Sunday. A CROWD of 20,000, watching the British Amateur IX Athletic Association's championships at the White City Stadium yesterday, gave the biggest cheer of the afternoon to the evergreen British Olympic hurdler, Wing Commander Donald Finlay, who won
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    40 7 MRS. DOROTHY TYLER (Mitcham Athletic Club), the holder, competing in the high jump which she won at the Women's AAA track and field championships at the White City stadium on July 9. She is a mother of two children. Reuterphoto.
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    But Ames Gets His 90th Century
    506 7 RAIN HITS COUNTY CRICKET LONDON, Sunday. AFTER the long spell of brilliantly fine weather, County cricketers had their worst day of the season yesterday when rain interfered with all but three of the nine first-class County matches. No play was possible in the Nottinghamshire
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    REG HARRIS WINS 'REVENGE' MATCH
    104 7 LONDON, Sun. L. G Harris of Britain XV beat Mario Ghe lla of yesterday in the 2,000 metre cycling sprint at Herne Bill. The duel was billed as an '"Olympic Revenge" match. Ghella beat Harris in straight heats last year in the Olympic final. In
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    U.K. Cricket Positions
    306 7 LONDON, Sun. POSITIONS In the County cricket championship table prior to matches starting yesterday are as follows: BATTING (Qualification 12 completed Inn average 42.00) BOWLING (Qualification 44 wickets, average 24.00) 1st. Inns. P W L D lead Pts. L. D. Worcester 16 8 4 3 1 3
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    R.A.S.C. Captain Wins Top Shooting Award
    199 7 BISLEY, SURREY, Sun. THE King's prize was won here yesterday by Captain E. S. Brookes of the Royal Army Service Corps with a grand aggregate of 278. Today's was the third and final stage of the event and the King's prize is the most
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    Sutcliffe Scores 183 v Scotland
    217 7 GLASGOW. Sun. BEFORE a Glasgow holiday crowd of over 10,000, Bert Sutcliffe, the New Zealand opening bat, gave a masterful display of scoring all round the wicket with powerful and graceful strokes against Scotland yesterday. On an easy-paced wicket in cold conditions, the tourists hit
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      278 7 7 9.30); 12.00-1.00 Malay Pro-, Dutch; 9.00 Kuoyu; 9.30 BurMVbArgu gramme (As Singapore); 1.00-2.00 mese; 9.45 English; 10.00 Radio 10.00 News from Kuala Lumpur- English Programme (As S'pore); News Reel; 10.15 'London Studio nc 2.00 Close; 6.00 Programme Sum- Concerts'; 10.45 'Generally Speak10.05 (approx.) Close; 10.55 For mary 6 02
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    BATSMEN TOIL FOR RUNS ON EASY PITCH
    572 8 BATSMEN TOIL FOR RUNS ON EASY PITCH Civilians Defeat The Services BOWLERS were right up on top in yesterday's Padang cricket when Singapore Civilians beat the Combined Services by 32 runs. The match had teen reduced to a one-day affair, rain making play mpossible on Saturday. The respective scores were
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    ENGLAND TEST XI F.R. Brown Elected Captain
    229 8 ENGLAND TEST XI F.R. Brown Elected Captain LONDON, Sun. Anew captain U among the several changes made In England's team to play New Zealand in the third cricket Test beginning at Manchester next Saturday. The team will be chosen from: F R. Brown, Northamptonshire (captain); W. Edrlch, Middlesex; T. Bailey.
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    100-Ml. Road Race To Omar
    234 8 CCORING his maiden win with j a well timed sprint, OmM bin Malik of the Malay Union cycling team won the Singapore open 100-mlle massed start race, held at the Llm Chu K»ng Road yesterday. Of the 15 entries received for this event, only ten
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    CLOSE FINISH IN INTER-CRC GAME
    128 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE annual inter-club cricket match between the Selangor and Singapore Chinese Recreation Clubs played here during the week-end ended in a draw today. Batting first, Selangor scored 242 runs and the visitors replied with 164. A feature of
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    SCOREBOARD
    246 8 Sdanror C.X.C.—lit Inm: 243. Singapore C EC—lst Inn-: IM. (Wong 45, Chew Bee 38). SELANGOB C.X.C.—2nd lam. Lee Soon Wee c Choag Jin b a»ee Law 0 Chua Eng Cheng b Swee .<w si Llm Heng Sect c Chong Jin b9>f« La» 0 Loh Ah Lam c Chong Jin
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    Inglis Scores Six In 9-0 Army Win
    359 8 Singapore District (Armj T»HE Ceylonese received A Army by nine goals to League Soccer match pla Stadium yesterday. The Murphy, Todd, Inglis and winning factor in a game r).« 9; Ceylonese... 0.1 a severe trouncing from > nil in the Community lyed at
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    Penang Rest Win By Six Wickets
    319 8 Penang Rest Win By Six Wickets From Oar Staff Correspondent PENANG. Sun. DENANa Rest beat ttM Europe3ns by six wickets in their annual cricket nfltsb piayed on the International Club ground yesterday "nd today. Scores were: El ROPEANS Ist ioat. REST Ist Innv Tan Liang Kheng c Stein t> Erudy
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    Colleges Beat Negri
    135 8 Irom Our Stuff Jor.espondent SEREMBAN. Sun. THE Combined Colleges of Singapore opened iheir Federation tour in Seremban by beating a Negri S mbilan "A"' team by 82 runs in a two-innings cricket match concluded here this evening. Fine bowling by the two brothers, M. C. Kailacapathy and
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    YMCA TENNIS TOURNEY TIES
    95 8 THE ties for today in the V.M.C.A. tennis tournament are as follows: Today: Open doubles, 8. A. Dawood A. Q. B. Paklr vs Tan Eng Wan Si Wee Eng Lock; R. X Yadi Yap Ah Hlan vs K. S. Pang it Dr. Chan Ah Kow; H.
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    LONGDEN WINS MOTOR RALLY
    107 8 TWENTY SEVEN Singapore motoring enthusiasts took part yesterday in the first Photographic Rally organised by the Singapore Motor Club. The event w-\s won by Mr. A. J. E. Longden, who lost only ten points. Mr. E. A. Crabbe and Mr. E. M. Glossop were second and
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    EQUALS RECORD
    35 8 ARCADIA, California, Sun. Solidarity, an 11-1 chance, equalled Sea Biscuit's track record of 2 ■mln. l-l/sth. seconds In winning the £25,000 Hollywood Oold Cup race yesterday over IM miles at Santa Anita Park.—Reuter.
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    DROBNY BEATEN BY EARL COCHELL
    63 8 OSTAAD, Sun. FARL Cochell, United L States, today defeated Jaroslar Drobny, Czechoslovak lawn tennis star and Wimbledon runnerup, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6. 8-3, 7-5, in the final of the men's singles In the Swiss International championships. Drobny, who last week defied an order by his Government
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    N.Z. BEATEN BY 5 PENALTIES
    243 8 CAPETOWN, Bun. SOUTH Africa beat New Zealand by 13 points to 11 In the Rugby Union Test match, the first of the tour, on the Newland's ground here yesterday. At half-time New Zealand l?d by 11 points to three, but four penalty goals from GefTen
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    Bowman In Fine Form
    239 8 F/O Bowman was In fine form when the R.A.F. Changl met the Royal Navy at cricket yesterday at Changl. After making top score of 57 runs for his side, Bowman ran through the Royal Navy batsmen when they batted, to finish with seven wickets for 22
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    Locke Challenges Henry Cotton
    75 8 LONDON, Sun.— Bobby Locke. of South Africa, the new British open golf champion, yesterday Issued a challenge to Henry Cotton who did not defend his open tit's this year after winning for the third time 12 months ago. Locke said he was prepared to meet Cotton
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    Wisden's Five Are All Australians
    352 8 LONDON, Sunday. piVE of the all-conquering Australian team which 1 swept through English cricket last season have been honoured by selection as "cricketers of the year" in the 86th issue of Wisden, the cricketers' almanack, which has just made its public appearance. They are A.
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