The Straits Times, 26 July 1949

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 Ti. t '.'Mi SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    TRUMAN'S $1,450,000,000 ARMS CALL
    563 1 "Obligation Of Our World Leadership" WASHINGTON, Monday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN today called upon the U.S. Congress to pass his bill for a $1,450,000,000 fund to help the North Atlantic Pact nations and other free countries bolster their defences. In his address to the Congress the President said:
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    33 1 nlr EARL OF HAREWOOD and his fiancee Miss Marion Stein, whose engagement was announced recently, photo-fcr-iphrd at St. James's Palace. Miss Stein, who was born in Vienna, is a talented pianist.— Reuter picture.
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    TYPHOON RUINS ON OKINAWA
    158 1 TOKYO, Monday. SEVERAL people were injured, one child" was killed and millions of dollars damage in property was done by a 150 mile-an-hour typhoon which lashed Okinawa for eight hours on Saturday. The injured are Americans. An Army radio message said half of all military buildings
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    PACT "A HISTORIC STEP"
    145 1 PACT "A HISTORIC STEP" WASHINGTON. Mon. PRESIDENT Truman today formally ratified the North Atlantic Pact, hilling it M an "historic step toward a world of peace." The Senate gave consent to ratification on Thursday and the President took this trrmal step today. As ne sisnpd the treaty the President 1«-
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    CLASH NORTH OF RANGOON
    74 1 RANGOON. Mon. Burmese troops inflicted heavy rasual- ties on insurgents In a clash I at Ktaukkyan 21 miles north ;of Rangoon, tonight's ccmi munique reported. The Govi ernment lost six killed and ten wounded. Sixteen insurgents were killed and 54 wounded in mop- ping up operations
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    RED CLAIM
    37 1 MOSCOW. Mon. Russia v?sterdav celebrated Navy Day and took the occasion to claim credit for defeating the j Japanese navy In World War II and for Inventing everything that has floated since Noahs Ark. -U.P.
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    44 1 iHi 111 (UN. exact copy of an early Viking; raider ship, starts on her 10-day voyage from Esbjerg, Jutland, for Broadstairs, Kent (England) where it will land on July 28 to mark the landings of the first Vikings in Britain centuries ago. A.P. picture.
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    Mine And Rail Disputes As Dockers Resume Work
    161 1 LONDON, Monday. OKITAJN is threatened with two more serious labour disputes just as London dockers returned to work after a month. There is a threatened strike of mineworkers and renewed tr« uM° on ih<» .">*'«-»aiised r3.ilw3vs The Colliery Winders' Fedtj ration has
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    Reds Five Miles From Changsha
    239 1 CANTON, Monday. rpHE Communists are five miles from Changsha, capital of Hunan province, according to a telephone call received in Canton this morning. South of the city, the Com- munists today captured Lien- j hwa, an Important railway town lying to the east of the
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    H.K. Rubber Factories: Big Orders
    86 1 H.K. Rubber Factories: Big Orders WASHINGTON. Mon. IN a repurt of the rubber manufacturing position In three areas, the Depart Of Commerce weekly billetin says Hong Kong's 55 registered rubber factories a:i i workshops have been in a tinner fooling oy •i a 1 overseas orders to: rubber shoes. Industry,
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    Egyptian P.M. Quits
    65 1 ALEXADRIA, Mon. THE Egyptian Prime Minister, Ibrahirr. Abdel Hadi Pasha, has resigned. He became Prime Minister on December 28 last succeeding Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha who was assassinated on that day. Hadi Pasha told reporters: "Having implemented all outstanding draft bills I consider my task ended." Hussein Sirry
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    "Flour Lag" Denied
    85 1 MELBOURNE. Mon. AN Australian Wheat Board spokesman said today there was no "lag" in flour shipment.? from Australia to Sinpapore He was commenting on a report thif the Singapore Government was preparing to spend golci dollars to buy flour from Canada "because of the uncertainty of, shipments
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    TWO WARSHIPS TO BE STREAMLINED
    116 1 LONDON, Mon. ADMIRALTY engineers are building a full-size wood and metal model of Britain's first streamlined warship. When completed the model will be a ship without a superstructure. There will be none of the usual deck gear or present types of armament. Instead the ship
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    New Japan Govt. Urged
    71 1 TOKYO. Mon. riORMATION of a national coalition government, excluding the Communists, was urged today by GLo Tomabechi, former prominent cabinet minister, Tomabechi said a coalition i would .tide the Government i*over the present critical situation in its own affairs. The Yoshlda cabinet would be driven against
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    'NOT INVITED' TO TALKS
    60 1 KARACHI, Sun.— The Pa1 kistani Foreign Minister. Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan, has denied that Pakistan has formally agreed to attend the anti-Communist South Pacific Union Conference jummoned next month at Bagulo in the Philippines by the Philippines President Elpidio Quirino. Zafrullah Khan added that intimation of
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    Mines May Go To Non-Strikers
    266 1 Mines May Go To NonStrikers SYDNEY Mon. YEW South Wales coal 11 mines will be handed over to a non-striking union if the proposed use of troops does not end the strike of 23,000 miners throughout the country. The Immigration Minis* er. Mr. Arthur Calwell, miklns his statement yesterday did
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    "TOKYO ROSE"
    23 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Hon.— The Tokyo Rose treason trial goes into its fourth week here tomorrow and may last through August. U.P.
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    U.S. Plans New China Policy
    383 2 WASHINGTON. Mon. A full-scale effort U afoot to create a new pattern for American diplomacy in the Far East. The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, was reported today to have ordered the "best brains" available in and out of government to work on
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    BURMA REBELS BOMBED
    180 2 RANGOON, Monday. BURMESE Government aircraft scored direct hits on rebel concentrations in Toungoo, Karen stronghold in Central Burma, 175 miles north of Rangoon, according to unoiYicial reports reaching here yesterday. The reports said the Karon: were moving out of Nysaunglebin, on the Ran-Roon-Manoalay railway 98 miles north
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    SHIRLEY FROWNS
    26 2 BMBUEI TEMPLE started a Hollywood controversy when she said she frowns on "cheesecake" pictures. "I don't think they are necessary." she commented. A.P. picture.
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      Mounties Seek Trace Of 1845 Explorer
      196 2 VICTORIA, (British Columbia), Monday. ANOTHER search for the body of Sir John! British Arctic explorer who disappeared in 1845 while trying to find the north-west passage, is being made by two members of the Royal Cana- j dian Mounted Police. Sir John Franklin com-1
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    LATEST FIGHTER
    30 2 LATEST FIGHTER BRITAIN'S latest experimental jet fighter, the Hawker P. 1052, which has been designed and built to obtain accurate aerodynamic measurements of speeds approaching that of sound. Reuter picture.
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    LEOPOLD: NO EARLY DECISION
    100 2 LEOPOLD: NO EARLY DECISION BRUSSELS. Mon. RELIABLE Belgian sources say the President of the Belgian House of Representatives. Frans van Cauwelaert, has flown to Switzerland to Inform the self-exiled King Leopold that there Is no way to break the monarchial deadlock until after Parliament's summer recess in No"f mber. Meanwhile,
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    "It's A Sin To Read The Daily Worker"
    136 2 NEW YORK CATHOLICS TOLD NEW YORK, Monday. /WTHOUCS were told yesterday that reading the Daily Worker is a sin. The statement came from the Rev. Edwin B. Broderick in a sermon explaining the effect of the Pope's recent order excommunicating Catholics who
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    RUSSIAN MASS DEPORTATIONS
    70 2 LAKE SI CCESS, Mon. THE American Jewish I.ea:;ue has complained to the United Nations that about 400,000 Jews are be- ing deported to Arch- angel and Siberia. It said the reason was Stalin's desire to get anti- totalitarian Jews away from I the borders in preparation I
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    CRISIS POWERS IN NEW INDIAN CONSTITUTION
    249 2 CRISIS POWERS IN NEW INDIAN CONSTITUTION NEW DELHI, Monday. JHE president of the future Republic of India and the governors of provinces may assume sweeping powers in times of emergency, according to an amendment to the new constitution proposed by the drafting committee of the Indian Constituent Assembly. Provincial premiers
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    Attack On 'No Terms' Surrender
    123 2 Attack On 'No Terms' Surrender WASHINGTON, Mon "THOUSANDS and thousands 1 of boys are dead today.' as a result of President Ruosevelt's "unconditional surrender" policy in 'iermany. Senator William Lander (Republican, North DakuLu. sail in the Senate today. Mr. Langer was commenting on last week's iieb<it<> [a the House of
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      710 2 NOTICES W. HAMMER k CO., LTD. Will our Customer* please note that Wadnasday, 37th Jvly, being Harl Raya Puasa, no water will be supplied to shipping on that date. I f GAMMON (MALAYA) LIMITED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders of Gammon (Malaya)
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      601 2 NOTICES MAUYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION i All members ot the above Association in the Colony ot Singapore will be closed for business on I Saturday 30th July and Monday lit August 1940 being Bank Holidays. NOTICE THE COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Par East) Ltd. has removed from Union Building to Mac
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      270 2 TENDER NOTICE H. M. DOCKYARD. SINGAPORE SALE BY TENDER NO. 122,49 TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Superintending Naval Store Officer, H.M. Dockyard, Singapore v up to noon on Wednesday, 3rd August 1949 for the purchase of approximately 270 tons of Mixed Ferrous Scrap, 60 tons of
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    THREATS TO GOVT. OF W. BENGAL
    248 3 THREATS TO GOVT. OF W. BENGAL 6 'Free Political Prisoners CALCUTTA, Monday. Communist-led All-India Students Federation today announced their decision to launch "a campaign of meetings, demonstrations and strikes" to demand the immediate release or trial of detained students and political prisoners. More than 1,000 students are at present detained
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    34 3 FANDIT NEHKL, iTime Minister ol India, signs the lndoAustralian air agreement in New Delhi. Next to him sits Mr. H. R. Gollan, Australian High Commissioner in India, who also sUned the agreement. A.P. picture.
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    HUK BANDITS GUNNED
    84 3 MANILA, Sun.— A Government air and ground attack on a band of Communist-led Hukbalahap peasant guerrillas wiped out more than 100 in the Carabello mountain district of Central Luzon, 100 miles north of Manila. Unofficial casualty reports placed Huk losses as high as 200 including women and
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    "HOSTILE ACTION"
    48 3 PRAGUE, Mon. -Albania has accused Yugoslavia of "hostile and provocative actions" by the unwarranted arrest of Albanian itlzens and refusal to grant them visas, the official Albanian Press Agency reported yesterday, in a dispatch published here. The Albanians threaiened reprisals unless the alleged discriminations cr.te. A.P.
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    UK Price Fixing Plan Opposed
    219 3 NEW YORK, Monday. THE recent British proposal to establish world price fixing for basic commodities runs directly counter to American Interest in an expansion of world trade and employment, the New York Herald Tribune said in an editorial today. Declaring flatly, "This Is not the
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    DOUBT ON CRIPPS' PLAN
    368 3 DOUBT ON CRIPPS' PLAN From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. HOUBT whether the price stabilisation schemes for rubber and other raw materials which Sir Stafford Cripps has hinted will be discussed at Washington in September will help close the dollar gap is expressed by the City Editor of The Times
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    OPERATION
    53 3 LONDON, Mon.— Mr. Lewis! Douglas, United States Am-! bassador in London, t,oday had ftp eye operation at the Middlesex Hospital, for the remo- val of a cataract from hl'h 1 left I eye. The operation followed an j accident on Aoril 4 when a j fish hook caught In
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    INDIAN BUS ATTACKED
    57 3 DURBAN, Mon. Africans smashed and overturned an Indian bus and attacked Us Indian driver at Cato Manor, j Durban, last night after an I African woman had been fatally injured in a street accident. It was an isolated incident, and police, who were quickly on the scene,
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    PLOT SMASHED
    45 3 PORT SAID, Mon.— A plot to spread Communism among the Egyptian workers at the Royal Air Force station at Ismailia in the Suez Canal zone has been smashed, according to Egyptian police. The arrested ringleader, a Greek, had thousands of Communist pamphlets.— A.P.
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    PILGRIM DOCTOR TO FLY TO MECCA
    107 3 LONDON Mon f\R. Megat Khas bin Omar is flyinp irom London to Mecca on Aug. 5 to take up a temporary appointment at the request of the Federation Government as a medir-al officer there H e will look after 5,000 pilgrims who will (rave'
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    Indonesia Will Join In Publicity Campaign
    120 3 BATAVIA, Monday. [NDONESIA is to take part in the British-suggested 1 one-year publicity campaign in the United States for natural rubber, said Mr. E. Jago, representative of the British Rubber Development Board here today. The British Rubber Development Board sent Mr. Jago to Malaya
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    Hay Gives A Warning
    135 3 LONDON, Mon. THE restrictions on the use of natural rubber In the United States were criticised today by Sir John Hay, a director of several rubber companies. Referring to the legislation under which American manufacturers are required to use 68 per cent synthetic rubber in the
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    TRUMAN ARMS APPEAL
    209 3 TRUMAN ARMS APPEAL (Continued from page 1) freedom from the constant fear of armed attack Is certainly one of tne prime objectives of the United Nations. The United Nations is, however, severely handicapped in working toward that objective by the fact that one of its members maintains massive armed forces
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    £30,000 AID
    29 3 Australian organisations have donated A £30,000 for the purchase of medical supplies for Indonesia, and these will be sent to Indonesia by the end of this month.
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    SQUATTER AREAS IN SELANGOR " UNDER STUDY
    193 4 SQUATTER AREAS IN SELANGOR UNDER STUDY From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. AFTER examining six of Selangor's 300 squatter areas during the past month,. the "squatter problem" officer, Mr. B. S. Davis, is preparing his reports and proposals for the State Government. "Problems vary according to the nature of
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    Air Staff To Have $36,000 Canteen
    165 4 Air Staff To Have $36,000 Canteen I rr\O allow Malayan Airways to I X build a staff canteen at i Kallang Airport, Singapore Municipal Commissioners have decided to waive a 16-year-old by-law restricting the erection of buildings or other structures within 500 yards of the perimeter of the aerodrome to
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    S.H.B. ASSN. OFFICERS
    98 4 New officers of the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association I are: President, Mr. Yong Heap Woh; Vice-Presidents: Messrs K. K. Nambiar, A. Patel, K. R. Samy; hon.secretary, Mr. S. A. Ayer; i asst. secretary, Mr. If. H. Latiff; hon. treasurer, Mr. Tan Hock Soon; asst. treasurer, Mr.
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    DEFENCE TALK
    36 4 Mr. Gerald Hawkins, Sec-e- j tary for Defence, Singapore, i will speak on "Defence in the I Machinery of Government," I on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at the V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, at 8 p,m. I
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    J.B. MEETING
    26 4 The Mohmoodiah Benevo- lent Society, Johore Bahru, will hold its general meet- ing at 8, Jalan Mariamah, Johore Bahru, at 8 p.m. next Thursday.
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    WEDDING BELLS
    57 4 MR. AND MRS. M. van Huystee after their wedding at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. Mrs. van Huystee was formerly Miss Jill df Hochepiod, of Rengam, Johore. Mr. van Huystee, who is on the staff of the Borneo Sumatra Trading Company, Kuala Lumpur branch,
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    Wholesale Fish Market Proposed
    76 4 Wholesale Fish Market Proposed nrvHE possibility of building X a Municipal wholesale market, to which all fish landed in Singapore rould be brought for auction, is being studied by a special committee appointed by the Municipal Commissioners The Food Controller is believed to have proposed wholesale fish markets In order
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    500 APPLY FOR 50 POSTS
    129 4 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. V^EARLY 10 times the number required applied for 11 the posts of 50 additional Asian inspectors needed by the Federation Police, it was revealed here today. When applications closed on July 15, between 400 and 500 young Malayans
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    STORM HITS KEDAH VILLAGE
    84 4 From Oar Staff Correspotidrat ALOR STAR, Mon. YEDAH'S fishing village of Yen, 40 mile* from Alor Star, has been severely affected by a big storm which hit the village last week and is still continuing. The village market collapsed during the height of the gale, but
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    TALK POSTPONED
    33 4 Because of Hari Raya, the talk to have been given by Mr. T. Eames-Hughes, of the Social Welfare Department, tomorrow night at the V.M.C.A. has been postponed to a later date.
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    TREAT FOR CHILDREN
    65 4 From On Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon The Religious Affairs Department, Johore will give a Harl Raya treat to children of the State Welfare Home on Wednesday. This will take the form of a tiffin which will be cooked by Che Azizah binte Jaffar and her pupils
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    Rubber Estate Buys Its Own Small Plane
    130 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A FOUR-SEATER private aircraft has been bought by the owners of Ulu Bernam Estate to facilitate transport and communications between the estate and Kuala Luraour. i The aircraft, a Chrislea Ace, was landed at Ulu Bernam
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    $ 17,500 Worth Of Limbs Lost
    286 4 17,500 Worth Of Limbs Lost From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. OWING to lack of proper storing facilities, nearly $17,500 worth of equipment ordered from the United Kingdom on behalf of the Kuala Lumpur artificial limb factory has had to be thrown away. The equipment consisting chleflly of plastic
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    Burma Visitor Saw Wet Padi Areas
    189 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A BURMESE Government representative to the South-East Asia liaison officers' conference, U. Khin Sein, last month visited areas In the Federation where mechanical production of wet padi is being undertaken, states the monthly report of the Agri-
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    Frankie Is A Timid Bandit
    188 4 A BANDIT who is anything but a bandit one who has even to be taught how to kiss, let alone take an active part lit raiding stage coaches Is the role ably filled by Frank Sinatra in Kissing Bandit, now showing at tie Cathay. As
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    JOINT PICNIC
    35 4 The V.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. are to hold a Joint Hari Ray a picnic tomorrow at Mr. Ching Kee Sun's villa, Siglap. Those wanting to attend should contact Mr. Andrew Lee at the YM.CJL.
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    AIR TRAVELLERS STATE THEIR WANTS
    110 4 THE CiTil Aviation Department has been told by air 1 travellers that Singapore could do with less foreign exchange control, more hotel accommodation and a general inquiry bureau. These opinions were given in reply to a printed fiiestlonnaire to all air passengers to find out
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    SULTAN CONTESTS JUDGMENT
    1175 5 SULTAN CONTESTS JUDGMENT "No Waiver Of His Rights" Says Counsel THE Sultan of Johore could not have submitted himself to the jurisdiction of the High Court of Singapore because the High Court of the Colony did not come into existence until after the liberation. This was one of the arguments
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    SCHOOLS RAIDED: 3 HELD
    198 5 THREE students of the Singa- pore Chinese High School have been detained by the C.I.D. under the Emergency Regulations on suspicion of being in possession of Communist literature. C.I.D. men and officers of the Education Department visited three Chinese Gov-ernment-aided schools on Sunday morning. They were
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    'SPECIAL' FINED
    38 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE, BAHRU, Mon. For threatening a Malay with a gun, Yusof bin Daud. a 17-year-old Special Constable in a rubber estate, was fined five dollars in the Kota Tinggi police court yesterday.
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    ASIAN OFFICIAL ON COUNCIL
    59 5 THE Butterworth District Officer, Mr. S. T. Stewart yesterday became the first Asian to be sworn in as an official member of the Settlement Council. One of five Malayans appointed to the Colonial Administrative Service, Mr. Stewart takes the seat of the Deputy Resident Commissioner, Mr.
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    CONTROL OF HILL RAILWAY
    117 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. THE Federal Government will be drawing up the necessary legislation to place the Penang Hill Railway officially under the administration of the Settlement Government, the Legal Adviser, Mr. C. Wylie, told the Settlement Council this afternoon. He was speaking on
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    CHEATING BID ALLEGED
    90 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Mohd. Yusof bin Wok, a Special Constable, who is awaiting trial on charges of theft of four blank bank draft forms from the Overseas Chinese Bank, Johore Bahru, was today charged on an additional count of having attempted to cheat
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    Singapore Diary
    48 5 TODAY C. V. M. A. '.Sacrtd Heart Church) Members- Night, Clubhouse, Tank Road. 8.30 p.m. SINGAPORE STAMP CLUB Social meeting. Capitol Restau rant, 5.15 p.m. Y.W.C.A. fiench Conversational Class, 5 Raffles Quay, 10.30 LIAN LI BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, Twa Lori Koh practice 85 SUat Road, 7.30 p.m.
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    25 SCHOLARSHIPS TO RAFFLES COLLEGE
    125 5 From Our Statt torresponUin'. KUAI^ LUMPUR, Mon. rENTY five Federation of Malaya scholarships to Raffles College valued at $1,200 a year are open tor award this year in accordance with the regulations. Candidates for these scholarships must:— Have been notified of 'heir acceptance by Raffles
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    JOINT WAR DAMAGE REPORT READY
    170 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUfe, Monday. THE joint report of the Federation and Singapore Select Committees, which have been studying the British Government's latest offer on war damage compensation, is now ready, the Straits Times understands. The offer included a gift of £20,000,000 and
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    DEATH
    30 6 WEBBKR— At Batu Gajah Hoson July 23. 1949 Basil M. ",'ebbrr, J.P. Oeneral Manager IMndut Rubber Estates Ltd. and properties In the Sitlawan Rnrtly missed by his loving rone.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    104 6 MRS F. C. SEAH FAMILY their heartfelt gratitude to lativea A' friends who sent of condolence, wreaths, led nlpht visits and funeral In their bereavement. \IR. I. A. Ellas Mrs. D. J. Mr». Alan Manasser. and D. Frankel thank all res and friends for their condolences on the death
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., July 26, 1949. FOR LABOUR READERS
    1153 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., July 26, 1949. FOR LABOUR READERS Last week the Singapore Labour Party sent a memorandum to the Colonial Secretary on the War Damage Compensation Scheme. A summary of the party's objections and counter-proposals was published in the Straits Times last Thursday, but our comments today
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    INDIAN PETROL RATION CUT
    68 6 NEW DELHI, Mon. The Indian Government has announced a cut of 25 per cent hi petrol allocations to provinces an^ states and has instructed the respective government: to reduce basic rations for nrivate cars and motor cycles from Aug. 1. A Transport Ministry annuui.jemuir said that,
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    MALAYA'S DIVIDENDS
    1034 6  - MALA YA 'S DIVIDENDS By the Hon. Mr. TAN SIEW SIN Member of the Federal Legislative Council TN his letter which was given wide publicity in the Malayan Press on July 7, Sir Sydney Palmer tries to show that the inhabitants of Malaya get the loaf while the shareholders of
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      A hardboiled business man on "girlish dreams"
      970 6 JT would be easy, though not particularly helpful, to take a merely debating line in replying to the letter from "Campus" in your issue of July 20 under the heading: "SNEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY: A GIRL IN PENANG", As thus: "Needs of the
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      MUSLIMS AND UNIVERSITY
      106 6 U/ITH reference to the report appearing in the Straits Times of July 21, under the heading "Spirit of Lslam Can Beat Reds," of my interview in Cairo, I would like to clarify certain points. I stated at the interview that Muslims here had decided to try to
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      THE RAMAZAN FINES
      181 6 OOME time back I saw a report that the Governments of certain Malay States intend to prosecute Muslims if they do not fast during Ramazan. It struck me as a Joke, for I had thought that in the twentieth century we nad ceased forcing religion down people's
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      Exporting wild life: A few questions
      111 6 Exporting wild life: A few questions TN your issue of 21st July you carried an intriguing paragraph on the export of monkeys. May an ordinary animallover know by what method only the wild animals which do damage to crops are -rapped? What advantage (except the temporary dollar exchange) accrues to
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      THE SHETLAND PONIES
      137 6 IN reply to E. H. Ang's letter 1 (published last Saturday on the subject of Shetland, ponies being used to give juy rides at one of the Worlds, i his Society is very grate l'ul to him for bringing the matter to the public attention. The Municipal
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      BEACH PAVILION NUISANCE
      109 6 AS a meoiber of the p.iblic, ixand the father of a 10-year-old child, I quite agree with the views expressed by J.F.L.C. in his letter with reference to sea pavilions on the beaches of Singapore Island. Apart from these structures being an eyesore and an inconvenience to
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      KEDAH'S STATE PRO
      44 6 I should be glad If you could confirm in your postba^ column that recent tetters signed "Zainul" appearing In this column of the Straits Times are NOT from me SYED ZAINUL ABIMN. State Public Relat'ons Officer Kedah. [Quite correct.— Ed. S.T.T
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    BANDITS AMBUSH RIVER PARTY
    306 7 Two Die, One Missing In Trengganu From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A EUROPEAN police officer and a Chinese mining kepala were killed and a European iroological surveyor is missing as a result of a bandit ambush on a river in the Kemaman area of
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    SELANGOR ESTATE ATTACKED
    217 7 SELANGOR ESTATE ATTACKED from Our Stair Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. AFTER moving round Sungei Tangkas estate two -outh of Kajang, Selangor for four hours last night bandits opened fire on the managers bungalow, factory and engine room. Lights were seen on various parts of the estate from 10 p.m. until
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    UNION JACK CLUB OFFICERS
    58 7 The following are new officers of the Union Jack Club of Singapore: President, Sir Franklin Gimson; vice-president, Mr. P. A. B. i McKentm Executive Committee membe.s: Messrs K. N. Black, T. N. McUchlan. J. R. McDougaU, R. D. Gillespie. and Major T. G. Lyons; honorary secretaries
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    To Study In US At His Firm's Expense
    159 7 To Study In US At His Firm's Expense DERHAPS the first Chinese 1 ever to be sent out by a Singapore Chinese firm to the United States for a two-year post-graduate course on economics and business administration is Mr. John Fuh Sheng Yao (right). Mr. Yao, 80-year-old graduate of the
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    Girl (8) Died In Taxi
    117 7 Girl (8) Died In Taxi 4N eight-year-old girl, Slew Ah Soo, returned home on July 13 and complained to her mother that she had been pushed down while playing at school. She also complained of a pain in the right ankle, which was bruised. Two days later the pain Increased,
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    THEIR FIFTH SHOW
    54 7 Hay Fever, a Noel Coward three-act comedy, was presented at the Naval Base by the Seletar Theatrical Society last night. This was the fifth time the Society had staged the play for the various sections of the forces on the island. They will stage another performance next
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    NEW S'PORE J.P.s
    26 7 Inche Mohamed Hassan bin Awang and Inche Mohamed Tamlml bin Haji Osman have been appointed to be Justices of the Peace for Singapore.
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    She Will Show The Way To Make Passengers Happy
    108 7 A PAN-American World Airways' stewardess, Miss p eggy Gillespie, arrives in Singapore on Thursday to instruct Malayan Airways hostesses in the latest techniques of tending to passengers' needs. Peggy will spend two werks flying with Malayan Airways planes on their local
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    Masked Men Rob Police Canteen
    172 7 lirHILE off-duty policemen were asleep In the surrounding police quarters, 25-year-old Abdul Rahman bin Satiman, keeper of the Maxwell Road traffic police canteen, was rudely awakened by four masked men before dawn yesterday and robbed of $1,500. "I- had a mind to yell aloud for
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    43 7 THE COMMANDER in Chief, Far East Air Force, Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, snips a silken ribbon to declare open the new Malcolm Club at the Seletar Maintenance Base. The Base Commander, Air Commodore H.J.G.E. Proud, is on the left. Straits Times picture.
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    They'll Watch For The Moon
    102 7 OBSERVERS in Johore Bahru will this evening keep a sharp look-out for a glimpse of the new moon the signal for Hari Raya Puasa. If it is seen, a prolonged blast from a siren will be sounded before midnight to announce that thr fasting month
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    No Discrimination In This Club
    209 7 EVER since throwing its doors and facilities open to Asian members of the fighting services, the Union Jack Club in Singapore has not received any complaint about racial discrimination, and full use is being made of the Club alike by European and Asian servicemen. This
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    $2,000,000 Copra Cargo
    68 7 TWO shipments of copra, totalling about 4.500 tons I and valued at $2,000,000, are I coming to Singapore shortly. The shipments are from Java, and are described by the trade in Singapore as the biggest for some time. Most of the copra is destined for oil mills
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    31 CHARGED
    53 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Thirty-one Chinese were to- day charged in the police court, Kota Tinggi, with hari bourlng 41 people "whom they had reasonable grounds for believing to be persons 1 who intended to act in a manner prejudicial to the i safety of the public." They were
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    UNION PROTEST
    24 7 Singapore Medical Services j Union will hold an extra-ordi-nary general meeting today to protest against the delay In implementing the Cowgill Report.
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    DISTRICT JUDGE
    23 7 Mr. Teh Sek Eng has been appointed to act as a District Judge to preside over the Civil District Court, Singapore.
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    ASST. SECRETARY
    18 7 Mr. K. A. Blacker, M.C.B has been appointed to be an assistant secretary to the Commissioner-General.
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    STAMFORD CLUB
    32 7 Mr. R. D. Pepler of the Tropical Research Team will speak on "The Psychology of the Sane' at the Stamford Club 331 North Bridge Road on Saturday at 4 p.m.
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    JUDGE REFUSES APPLICATION
    151 7 AN applijation to commit a defendant under a Fins.utfc Regulations charge to prtan and. secondly, to ask him to furnish fresh security tor $100,000 was refused In the Singapore First District Court, before Mr. Tan Ah Tan, yesterday. Mr. M. Boyle, AS. P., prosecithig said that the
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    Airlines To Confer
    75 7 DELEGATES from 11 c.ajor world airlines will meet In Singapore this week to attend an International Air World Transport Association conference. The conference, vhich starts tomorrow morning, will be held in the X.P.M. Building. Observers from many airlines will also be present. The Pan-American World Airways delegate,
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    YOUTH RALLY PLANS
    50 7 Youth i. rganisations affiliated to the Singapore Youth Council will hold a meeting at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road, this evening at 5.30. A repo-'t will be read out of the plans drawn up for the forthcoming Singapore youth rally, whicll takes place on Sept. 24
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    CAUSTIC SODA POISONING
    46 7 A Singapore Chinese taxi driver returned to his home in Johore Road yesterday morning to find his 25-year old wife, mother of three children, suffering from the effects of caustic soda poisoning. She was taken to the General Hospital in a serious condition.
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    $2,000 GIFTS
    32 7 The Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association, at Its annual general meeting, decided to donate $1,000 to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund, and another $1,000 to the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association-.
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    FIVE BANDS
    28 7 Five of the Colony's popular bands will take part in the Singapore Musicians Union's first anniversary ball to be held at Raffles Hotel on Aug. 15.
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    FIREWOOD FIRE
    28 7 Two engines were called out from the Central Fire Station last night when a small quantity of firewood caught fire at a house at Lavender Street.
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    HOLIDAY
    20 7 The offices of the Indian Representative and Indian Information Officer In Singapore will be closed tomorrow, Harl Raya Puasa.
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    $90,000 REPAIRS
    26 7 About $90,000 Is to be spent to renovate the 25-year-old Palacegay Theatre in Chinatown, which will show the pick of Chinese films In S'ngapore.
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    Mr. Blythe To Explain To The Commissioners
    269 7 Mr. Blythe To Explain To The Commissioners AVER HITAM TUNNEL THE Municipal President, Mr. W. L. Blythc, will make a statement on Friday on the Water Department's construction of the Aver Hitam tunnel in Johore, as a means of providing additional water supply for the Colony. It is understood that
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    $100 BAIL
    46 7 Charged with theft of a branch valued at 50 cents from a tree in the compound of a police magistrate on July 23, an Indian, Nadasan, appeared before the Fourth Magistrate yesterday. The case was postponed to Aug. 2, ball of $100 being allowed.
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    'Monument To Interest Of Civilians'
    223 7 ADDRESSING the annual J\ general meeting yesterday of the Union Jack Club in Singapore, the Governor, S.r Franklin Gimson, said the Club "is a monument to tie interest which the civilian population of Singapore takes m the welfare of all servirs members of the Forces
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    MUSIC TALK
    18 7 Mr. M. R. Anciano wil! talk on Filipino music, over th<Radio Malaya at 10 p.m tomorrow.
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    LONDON LETTER CALM IF NOT COOL IN CRISIS
    1366 8 LONDON LETTER CALM IF NOT COOL IN CRISIS From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, .July 20. ITOH a country in a state of emergency, facing several kinds of crises all at once, Britain bears a remarkably normal and untroubled appearance. It Is possibly true that, as the Daily Mirror and other
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    Hot Convict, A Ghost, And A Baby
    162 8 Hot Convict, A Ghost, And A Baby UEOPLE in the news tnis iceek, include an escaped convict who thumbed a police car looking for him, saying, "Please take me back; it's too hot to walk." OTHER folk worth men' tioning include 50-year-old Winifred Langham, London, who drank away a legacy
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    Low's Diagnosis Of The Trade Union Troubles
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    80 To 100 Crippses In Downing Street
    287 8 A FEW days ago the Crippses and their kinsfolk, between 80 and 100 of them, came to Downing Street where Sir Stafford and Lady Cripps were giving a tea party for them. Only adults were invited, which barred the Cripps grandchildren and grandnephews,
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      121 8 (Everyone knotcs the best Virginia cigarettes are made in \MuM London but, fortunately, they do not all stay there I The famous t^jM 'Uli litnson Hedges red tin is a familiar sight in almost every jfczS i ifo country of the world. You will find these cigarettes in the hand*
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      316 8 IMPORTANT! It you are a mother or will become one soon please read this Vitamin B complex it a group of vitamins which promotes healthy growth, gives protection against infection, guards nerve and brain tissue, aids digestion and creates appetite. Especially in pregnancy, for nursing mothers and for children is
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      281 8 English Programme (As S'pore); Radio News Reel; 10.15 Band SINGAPORE j.00 CTose; 6.00 Programme Sum- c 10 48 .q^^ speeaking'; 10.00 News from Kuala Lumpur; mary; 6.02 YAFI; 7.10 Share 10.05 (approx.) Close; 12.00 noon Market Report; 7.30 Battle of the 11.00 Dance Music; 11.15 Report Programmes In Malay: 1.00
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    Malayan homes and fashions
    125 9 Malayan homes and fashions WHY dont more people realise \t the possibilities of cotton for evening in the tropics? In England and America fabric designers are continually bringing out patterns and textures to keep p ice with its popu- 7 r dance and r dresses. >>j Tlie fresh crisp- ><
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    Introduction to Miss New York
    287 9 HEB HAT a small cloche worn on the back. Most are white pique or linen or straw. Often trimmed with a long questionmark quill or a single flower on a tall Etem. HER HAIR invariably short, and getting shorter. She shampoos it once a week
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    If your child has nightmares
    552 9  - If your child has nightmares MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA week's article is in answer to "Worried Mother", who writes for advice about her daughter's bad nights. She tells me that the little girl, who is two-years-old, Avakes up suddenly and cries out as if in fear and that it takes nearly
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    How to make them eat more
    143 9 HAVING trouble making the youngsters eat their spinach? Miss Ruth Ades, supervisor of the Spokane. Washington, public school food service, offers a few tips to help mothers prepare food that the small fry will polish off without objections. Miss Ados, who plans luncheons for
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    Lipstick stains
    46 9 IPSTICK staini can be iv- moved from washable materials with glycerine or vaseline Just work the glycerine or vaseline, into 1 the fabric and launder it I the usual way But don't I apply soap or other alkalies before you loosen the stain. —UP
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    Night-jars have no road sense
    509 9 From an estate bungalow THE night-jar Is a bird which always fascinates me because it is so clever at sitting in front of an oncoming car and then taking off at the last possible moment. In many years we have only killed one and that
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    22 9 o. sPLAYED at a Londoi fashion show, this non utility check pouit party uock is enhanced by tht attractive pockets. Renter photo.
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    A JOB OF WORK FOR "DIGGERS"
    1039 10  -  The Australian Scene By BOB GILMORE MKLBOI'KXE, July 25. REAPPEARANCE on inter-state trunk roads for the first time since VJYear of army convoys crammed with singing soldiers reminds Australia of the gravity of the times. And it reminds coal miners and their Communist leaders
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    Population growing
    44 10 AN increase of 400,000 in Australia'; population I by June 30, 1950 has been predicted by the Minister for Immigration, Mr. "alwell. By that date, he said, Australia would have received a total of 250,000 migrants, the majorty from the British Isles.
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    More Estate Stories
    325 10 By Eric Mitchell rtUL came to me about two months ago. He was recommended by his brother, who is a corporal in my private "army." The corporal's all right; Dul— well, I suppose there just isn't enough brains to go round in some families, and someone has
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    PICTURE PARADE NEW FILM CODE FOR JAPAN
    244 10 PICTURE PARADE NEW FILM CODE FOR JAPAN TOKYO, (By Air Mail). rE Japanese motion picture Industry has adopted a new code of ethics, under which films must portray virtue triumphant, stress democratic Ideals and play down sex and violence. With one eye on the occupation, all the major producers agreed
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      201 10 aU/J. A\!!/> Mil/, MtJ/' >\\lh, A\\!/, DAILY FIVE SHOWS 11 a.m., 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 h !>3O p.m. <a9 P^^^^l J Hi f ty^ Wa aß^ <^^ r ■I y^avQ% >^m .^a^a^^'lß LfeaW II Ant RAYA M'NITE PREMIERE TONIGHT \r^^ jf o woman or ran JOHN WAfHE GAIL RUSSELL KiDWIICH Republic's
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      610 10 When the question an.-es, shall of tlie opening lead lain jii^h you let the oprrrirnte piny a East mournfully pointed out that slam Contract that you hop* to he was hoping for a club lead) defeat, or shall you outbid them but with the bidding, and pay a small sacrifice—
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      Malayan Shares
      133 11 From Ov Market Oerreapondmt SINGAPORE, Mon. INDUSTRIALS in the Mala1 yan share market remained very steady today, whll< tins showed little change pending overseas advlcea. Price changes announced by thi Malayan Sharebrokers' Associatioi today were: INDUSTRIAL Bayor Seller 8.8. Petrol M/- 3»/Oammon a.074 3.15 xd W. Hammer 38.50
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      SIR A.A. BRUCE
      40 11 Sir Arthur Atkinson Brace, K.B.E. M.C., of Wallace Bros, j and Co. Ltd., 4 Crosby Square. Loncon. E.C. 3. joined the Board of Directors of the Chartered I Bank of Indlt, Australia and China this month. I
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      SINGAPORE SHIPPING
      117 11 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets) I were Main Wharf: Bantam 01-32 >. Star Beteiguese (33-34;. Benvor- lich (36-37), Mount Mansfield (38- 39>. Daybeam (40-41), Scinali (42-43.. West Wharf: Island Mail (1-2), Garoet (4-5). Malacca (6-7),, Bengal (8-9;, Euryplus (13-14), Shlrala
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      CHANGI STRIP READY NEXT YEAR
      455 11 'J'HE development of Changi airport, restricted to its use as an R.A.F. station, is likely to be completed early next year, says the chairman of i Gammon (Malaya) Limited, Mr. J. C. Gammon, in his statement accompanying the accounts for the year ended Jan. 31,
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      COMPANY REPORTS
      252 11 BATANQ Consolidated Rubber announced that their revenue for the year ended March SI, was £46,445 (£*****), and net revenue, after all expenses except taxation, £5,094 (£6,228). Brought In £4,871 (£5,662). available £9.965 (£11,890). To staff bonus £216 (£208), tax £2612 (£356), rehabilitation reserve nil (£6,464), forward £7,137. Bukit
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      Taxes Down In Ceylon
      184 11 REDUCED Customs duties on a wide variety of articles and reduced incometax in the lower bracket incomes were announced by Ceylon's Finance Minister, Mr. J. R. Jayawardene, in his third budget to Ceylon's House of Representatives recently. .^u J *y awar <lene said a forecast ?L«t
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      Govt. Aid For Rubber Publicity Urged
      209 11 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. T<HE view that there should be Government backing x for the scheme for publicity in America in support of natural rubber is expressed by the India Rubber Journal. When a thought is giv?n to dollar-earning possibilities of Malayan
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER
      130 11 THE Singapore rubber market was quiet and •lightly easier throughout yesterday. Confidence in the market has been somewhat disturbed by reports from London on the general rubber situation. Closing prices yesterday were No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 333 8 cents, sellers 33>/2 cents; spot loose buyers 33% cems,
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      BOMBAY FREIGHT RATES UP
      116 11 BOMBAY, Mon.— Freight ratps 0 1 cargoes shipped between Bombay and British or Continental ports will shortly be raised by 15 per cent, it wa r announced today. A spokesman of the Karma Continental Committee, representing 11 British and Indian shipping companies in Bombay said: "Our
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      1246 11 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. (incorporated In Singapore) BLUB VUNNBI LIMB STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., Carrier's option to proceed via other LTO. ports te load and discharge cargo. SAILINGS FROM U.K. U.S.A. WBT COAIT MALAYA i to Mantia for Muar Inly 27 Maron from UK |«ly 28 y.^., for Mal%C r, 28
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      286 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AMD T O N^ I^ CC p EY L ON ,ND,A. ECYPT AND Mount Man t f,eld P I?™ luiC^Jfl. Pres. Monroe Aug 5/11 n mi \%AI r- r. "&Ji™£,?° «'"~t.c'™,,, Sails luly 25 Pres Tyler A-fA -f u/| 6 A-g ,7/,g, 7/ g
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      333 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS TO CONTINENT/ SAILINCS FROM SCANOINAVIA/U X./ SCANDINAVIA CONT.NENT L ad nS 3 S-nyrw^Port Swrtt W h.m m.s. "Blankvann" due abt. July 30 ror bangkok. Hambura Oslo Cothajnburg, Arhus Copenh^^en fir Cdynia M.s. "Malaya' due abt lulv 27 "T'anquebar" due abt. Aug. 17 for Manila. Hon," "r.
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    ENGLAND 70 AHEAD WITH 5 WICKETS
    623 12 ENGLAND 70 AHEAD WITH 5 WICKETS Reg Simpson Hits Fine Century MANCHESTER, Monday. WITHIN 15 minutes of the resumption of the Third Test match at Old Trafford this morning, Trevor Bailey, the England pace bowler, had struck another blow for England by clean bowling Cave for 12 with the score
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    23 12 I AMARY (Bagby) being led in by Miss Pamela Liston after winning the eighth race at Penang on Saturday. Scoop's Amateur Service picture.
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    47 12 JAROSLAV DROBNY (right) and Vladimir Cernik as they appeared In the Swiss tennis championships at Gstaad. Both took part in the tournament despite orders from the Czech legation to quit because Spanish and German players were participating and In consequence face voluntary exile from Chechoslovakia.— A.P. photo.
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    SCOREBOARD
    147 12 NEW ZEALAND—IST. INNINGS B. Sutcliffe b Bailey V. Scott b Bailer 13 W. H»dl«« b Bailer 34 Wallace o Wasbbrook b CI»M 18 M. Donnelly Ibw Baile; 79 J. Re-Id Ibw Jackson 50 G. Babone c Brown k Bailer 3» Mooner b Jackson 6 Burtt st Evans b Compton
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    Walcott Still After Title
    109 12 STOCKHOLM, JERSEY Joe Walcott, who had three unsuccessful shcts at the heavyweight title, flew into Sweden yesterday to start another come- back against big Olle Tandberg at j Stockholm on Aug. 14. The 35-year old Negro from Camden, New Jersey, had scarcely alighted from a trans-
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    S.C.R.C. TEAM v R.I.
    55 12 The S.C.RC. cricket XI to play Raffles Institution tomorrow at 2.15 at Hong LUn Green is:— Cheong Thiam Slew fcapt.). Ong Tong Bee; Richard Tay, Chan On Yip. C. C. Thiang. John Hon. I Yong Slew Kow, Lian Pock Choon. Tan Boon Poh. Au Tat Chu
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    S.A.F.A. MEETING
    20 12 The Singapore A.F.A. will hold a council meeting ac .the Singapore Recreation Club on Thursday at 5.15 p.m.
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    Locke Black-listed By American PGA
    268 12 ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Monday. T>OBBY LOCKE, South African holder of the British open golf title, was today blacklisted by the United States Professional Golfers' Association for any event sponsored by the Association. The Association tournament committee said its unanimous decision against the South African golfer
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    DRAW FOR COLONY GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
    64 12 THE draw foi the matchplay stages of the Colony golf championship, to be played over the Island Club course, Singapore, is as follows: Saturday: 2.15 p.m., S. I. M. Ibrahim t. W. Ferrier Mayor. 2.25 p.m F. Gordon-Smith T. C. A. R. Batemai). 2.35 p.m.,
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    Kamis Beaten By Hee Chin
    162 12 DI.AYING at top form yesterday, 1 Lim Hee Chin beat H. Kamis in a semi-final of the Y.M.CA. tennis tournament. In the other semi-final A. G. B. Pskir beat Ong Keng Chua 6-1. 6-1. Hee Chin displayed a wide range of attacking strokes to take
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    Useful B.P. Win
    118 12 The Useful B P. beat the Fraser Neave Sports Club in a friendly game of badminton by seven games to nil last Saturday. Scores were (Useful players mentioned first) Tan Chin Guan beat Choo Piang Hong 15-8. 15-6; Sim Thiam Yew beat Kv.ek Choon Hien 16-17. 152.
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY
    32 12 The Singapore Cricket Club will be rrolding its first hockey practice for men on ihe Padang on Friday at 5.30. All members interested are ask- i cr! to turn up
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    GREAT WORLD B.P. BEAT CRE(N.E.) 6-1
    105 12 In a friendly badminton match, the Great World B P. defeated the ORE. North East Spcrt Club by six games to one. Results. (Great World B P. plajers mentioned first*: Loh Poh Hal beat Latin* 15-3, 15-3: Lim Kirn Jep beat, S. Sankaran 15-11.
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    KHALSA ASSN. WIN BY 20 RUNS
    54 12 ITHALSA A- s -o. iaf.cn bett RAF. Trngah by M raaa in game oi cricket played at S'. Gooigt'* Road on Sunday. Scores in brirf were Ktafca 108 I If. Singh 27. B.S. Soin 35. Moru-iii five for 29 1. Tenßah 86 (MoUley 35.
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    INTER-CLUB GOLF
    40 12 A four-ball match will be player at ihe Island Club between the Royal International Golf Club of Juhore and the Island Club tnmx)rrow Play will start at 8 a.in Opponents find partners will be irrarKed as nlavers prrivp.
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    37 12 in two irieiidA rvcer matrMsa flayed it Tehlk .<>■: 11 on Snii-,-ay. tba Cnopniil (juls AA. 1 Ist XI beat. Uip ruaai lion OM Boyi M XI 2-i while the Old B>«' ?nd xi van M
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    ABBY KAY SENT UP A CLASS
    217 12 V BBV KAV, an tasy winner on Saturday, has been promoted to Class 2. Abbv Kay had won three races in Class 3 this season. Below are weights for five races on Saturday, third day of the Pcnang meeting. CL. 3. DIV. 1— «F.
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    JUNIOR BADMINTON MEET TIES
    234 12 The following ties in the Singapore Badminton Association s Junior championships will be played this w ekend al the Clerical Union Hail SATURDAY— 7.3O p.m. Lee Bwee Hee (Amicable) v Choc Fook Cheong (AAU); M. Yunos bin Amran (Western) v Lim Kirn Peow Merry timei; Cheang
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    SIONG BOO SOCCER
    75 12 fpHE following wul v epresent the Stone 800 Alhletic Association at soccer agamic t> c C.R B. Sports Club at Farrer Park *t 5.15 p.m. today: Eng Hoe. Ah Goo, Ah I-ong, Yeaw Ton, Boon Kwang, Tow Kens. Eng Kwee, Yew Lye, Scow Yin, Hor Khoon, Pee
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    Indonesians Invite K.L. Player
    138 12 Indonesians Invite K.L. Player KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. rENTY-three-year old Jan van Rijnberg, star centre half for the Selangor Eurasian Association, has been invited by the Indonesian soccer team now visiting Singapore xo play a few games for them. Van Rijnberg arrived In Kuala Lumpur last year and j is now
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    "BUTTERFLIES" BEAT JOCKEYS BY 5 WICKETS
    95 12 PENANG, Mon. MALAYA'S jockeys discarded their riding whip for cricket bats yesterday when they lined up against the "Butterflies" and were passed in the run in by five wickets. Father and son were seen in action when Wally Bagby and Junior turned out for
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    TIGERS BEAT REME IN SENIOR LEAGUE
    295 12 SUPERIOR in every department, ihe Tigers S.A. found little difficulty in beating the R.E.M.E. by four goals to one in a Singapore A.F.A. Senior Division fixture at Jalan Besar yesterday. The Tigers began i heir i quest for goals early in the game and
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    Turf Owners' Unity Will Be Welcomed
    402 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By PENANG, Monday. rpHE possibility of the two racehorse owners' associations in Singapore and the Federation joining forces under one organisation was envisaged by Mr. Ong Huck Lim, President of the Malayan Racehorse Owners' Association. "I am rather surprised that Singapore owners
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