The Straits Times, 30 June 1950

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 -fa .t<i c Ir.lV it;\i>i. TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. JUNE 30, 1950
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    MacA CALLS ON BRITISH SUPPORT
    667 1 Air, Sea Backing For Counter -Offensive TOKYO, Thursday. r* ENERAL Douglas MacArthur has asked Lieut. General Sir Horace Robertson, C-in-C, British Commonwealth Occupation Forces to use Australian fighter planes in the Korean war. Gen. MacArthur is also preparing to use British warships in the operations.
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    Boos For Truman
    128 1 Boos For Truman NEW YORK. Thu'rs. A BOUT ©.000 persons met at Jr\ a Communist-Inspired rally in Madison Square •n"s and applauded leers who attacked United States intervention in Korea "We &re* the interventionist We" have taken over tbe JJniU'd- Nations. thejßev. Ricfmra Morford tnld the audience. The "hands-oft Korea"
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    JAPAN CAMPAIGN
    49 1 TOKYO. Thurs. -The Korran Residents' Association in Japan has launched a campaign to canvass volunteers from Koreans here to fight in the defence of Southern Korea. In Osaka, the drive was begun this morning with 34 officers of the association accepting applications for the volunteer army.— A.P.
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    'U.S. MOVE WILL HELP MALAYA'
    187 1 —Briggs A MERICAN reaction to the Korean invasion would probably strengthen the Malayan Chinese attitude against Communist banditry, Lt. Gen. Sir Harold Briggs said in an interview with Reuter in Kuala Lumpur yesterday General Briggs said he did not think Korean events would lead to
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    TRUMAN'S TROOPS DECISION
    256 1 TRUMAN'S TROOPS DECISION WASHINGTON, fhurs. PRESIDENT Trumaii was apparently confronted today with a decision on whether to order', American troops, as well iws combat planes'. and «r.rships, into the fight $> save Southern Korea tipm Communist conquest. jtfrites a diplomatic correspondent. A possible further commitment of Am'rica* forces was indicate-;.
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    U.S. Planes In Saigon
    51 1 SAIGON, Thurs. EIGHT American C-47 transport planes arrived here today for French and Vietnam forces fighting the Com-munist-led Vietminh for control of Indo-China. The planes, flown in by American crews, were the first deliveries of American military aid. A formal presentation ceremony will take place tomorrow.
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    City Of Empty Jails & Quick Execution
    238 1 City Of Empty Jails Quick Execution THE MAN FROM SEOUL SAYS: TAEJON (Korea), Thurs.. SEOUL was pictured today as a city of empty prisons, joy-riding, car thieves and isolated street fighting. A Korean Army translator who escaped here this evening said there also were drumhead court martials and quick executions
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    QUEUILLE TO TRY AGAIN
    59 1 PARIS, Thurs.— M. Henri Queuille, a farmer Premier of France, agreed yesterday to try to form a "government of national unity." M. Georges Bidault, Catholic Popular Republican leader and head of France's last coalition government, had earlier rejected a new offer of the premiership after failing
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    GENERAL SMUTS
    36 1 PRETORIA, Thurs.— Gen. Smuts had a good night last night and his temperature, a troublesome factor for the past three weeks, has been normal for the past 48 hours, today's medical bulletin reported.— Reuter.
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    PROMINENT COLONY LAWYER DIES
    135 1 jyt ß. David Keri Walters, a leading member of the ll Singapore bar. died last night at the Singapore General Hospital after a month's illness. He was 53. A Bristol man, Mr. Walters served In the 1914-18 war and came to Malaya In 1925 to Join
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    India Supports Sanctions
    166 1 LONDON, Thursday. npHE Indian Government has announced that it A accepts the Security Council's resolution recommending assistance by United Nations rr embers to South Korea. The United Nations is expected to ignore Russia's note condemning the Security Council's action ia authorising military sanctions. The note was broadcast
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    AGAINST MALAYA BANDITS ONLY
    381 1 CANBERIA, Thurs. at a Press conference today whether the Australian heavy bomber squadron being sent to Malaya would go beyond Singapore, the Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, replied: "They are going to Malaya for the purposes of the trouble in Malaya and for no other
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    Troops Help In Strike
    79 1 LONDON, Thurs. 'J'HE British Government called out troops yesterday to handle deliveries of meat held up by a truck drivers' strike. One thousand drivers quit work at Smithfield Market, because of a wage dispute. Many London butchers' shops were without meat yesterday. Troops went into action
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    U.S. Sets Up H.Q. In 'Yak Alley'
    224 1 U.S. Sets Up H.Q. In 'Yak Alley' AMERICAN ADVANCED HEADQUARTERS, Suwon, S. Korea. Thurs. FVDUR Yak fighter* bombed and machinegunned the airfield herd today riddling a Skymaster cargo plane, and seriously injuring an American member of an anti-aircraft gun-err w One Yak was shot down, and the others driven oft*.
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    FLOWN OUT BY HELICOPTER
    64 1 A HELICOPTER was used for the first time in evacuating; a casualty from the scene of a battle against bandits at Kamhu. 35 mile* north of Kota Tiny^i yesterday. The helicopter took oIT while the battle between the bandits and a a police force of 25
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    DIME'S NARROW ESCAPE IN SYRIA
    169 2 DIME'S NARROW ESCAPE IN SYRIA DAMASCUS. Thurs. THE Duke of Edinburgh lett Horns, scene of Tuesday night's fuel depot explosion in which 60 rersons, including 10 policemen lost their lives, onlv 15 minutes before the depot blew up, it was leurned yesterday. The Duke was on his way from Damascus
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    BELGIAN MOVE ON LEOPOLD
    161 2 BRUSSELS, Thurs. T'HE Prime Minister, Mr. Jean Duvieusart, told the Belgian Parliament yesterday that he intended to ask parliament to end the regency and bring King Leopold back to the throne. He added that he planned to call parliament In joint session to vote the end
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    H.K. Money Report
    117 2 HONG KONG, Thurs. THERE are 25 banks in Hong 1 Kong authorised to deal in foreign exchange, according to Mr. C. G. 8. Follows, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Government, in his annual report on exchange control for the year ending March 31. The report said
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    CHILD SPEED RIDER
    110 2 SPEEDWAY riding is dangerous for a six-year-old boy, a Birmingham Court has ruled. The boy Is George Cole, who since he was three and a half years old has put on crash helmet and leather Jerkin to ride a miniature motor-cycle before and after speedway races. The
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    U.K.-JSRAELI PACT ON OIL SUPPLY
    173 2 LONDON, Thurs. rpHE Israeli delegation yesterday announced the conclusion of an agreement with Britain for the supply of crude oil to the Haifa refineries after weeks of negotiations. The agreement was reached bteween the delegation headed by Mr. David Horowitz, Economic Adviser to the Israeli
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    Three Babies A Day Born On Ship
    331 2 LONDON, Thursday. AT least three babies a day are being born aboard the Royal Mail liner Atlantis as it crosses th 6 Indian Ocean. By the time the voyage ends on July 7 it is estimated that the liner will have more than
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    Truman's Call On Point 4 Aid For Under-Developed Land
    311 2 Truman's Call On Point 4 Aid For UnderDeveloped Land 'DEFENCE AGAINST RED AGGRESSION' WASHINGTON, Thursday. pRESIDENT Truman, addressing a convention of the American Newspaper Guild, said the welfare of people in under-developed areas must be improved through the aid of the Point Four programme in the fields of agriculture and
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    GUSSIE AGAIN
    33 2 GUSfBIE MOR.^N. the U.S. tennis star, displays her newest outfit designed for Wimbledon by the British designer. Mr. Teddy Tinling. The panties are trimn ,-d with white satin ribbon.— A.P. picture.
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    REPRISAL BY BRITAIN
    68 2 LONDON, Thurs.— Britain yesterday demanded the withdrawal, within 14 days, of Mr. Alois Skoumal. special attache at the Czechoslovak Embassy in London. Tliis Is a reprisal for the recent expulsion from Prague of the third Secretary at the British Embassy, Mr. Adrian McLaughlin, on the ground that
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    'BORROWED' KIDNEY, LIVES
    82 2 CHICAGO. Thurs. MRS. Howard Tucker, the first person on whom the kidney of a dead person has been transplanted, was reported yesterday to be "doing very nicely." 11 days after the operation. Attendants at the hospital ■aid: "Her condition is food." Mrs. Tucker suffered from an incurable
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    Burma Rebels Link To Meet Advance
    146 2 RANGOON. Thursday. NEW Karen-Communist alliance has been form- ed In the rice-growing Irrawaddy delta to meet a five-pronged Government advance aimed at clearing Burma's rice bowl of armed outlaws, said unofficial reports received here yesterday The Burma Air Force is giving fighter protection to
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    CHINESE WEDDING IN LONDON
    43 2 DR. CHENG BIN, son of Dr. Cncng Tien hat, Chinese Ambassador to London from 1946 until early this year, and his bride. She is the daughter of Dr. Foo PingSheung, Ambassador to Moscow from 1944 to 1949.— A.P. picture.
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    '£36,000 To Reform Woman
    98 2 LONDON, Thursday. 2TER Haig Thomas aged 68, told a court yesterday that he fell in love with a 42-year-old prostitute he bought teas "only 31 three years ago and spent C36.0C0 > reform her because he wanted to make her his wife. He told the Judge
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    GERMAN PLEA FOR GUARANTEE
    61 2 BONN, Thurs.— Dr. Konrad Adenauer, alarmed by the Korean developments, yesterday renewed his plea to the Western Allies for a guarantee that Western Europe would make the Elbe River its first line of defence. Dr. Adenauer was reported to have brought up the question again at
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    HUNT FOR MISSING CHILDREN
    124 2 HUNT FOR MISSING CHILDREN LONDON, Thurs. gFFORTS of the International Red Cross to return to Greece 25,000 children abducted by her neighbours have produced little result, Viscount Jowitt, Lord Chancellor, told the House of Lords yesterday. "Applications for the repatriation of 9,500 Greek children have been forwarded by the Greek
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    Malaya Ships Are 'Available'
    134 3 ROYAL Navy ships in Malaya are "available" fur service in Korea, if required, but they are at present fully engaged in antl-Com-munist operations around the Malayan coasts. This was stated yesterday by a Royal Navy spokesman when asked by the Straits Times whether the immediate placing
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    THE NAVY'S THERE
    7 3 ADMIRAL Sir Patrick Brind
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    CONDEMNATION
    36 3 LONDON. Thurs. The National Council of Labour, representing the Labour Party's 8.000,000 member Trades Union Congress and 10.000,000-member Co-opera-tive Movement. yesterday denounced the Communist invasion of Southern Korea as a "flagrant act of aggression. —U.P.
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    They Keep RAAFPlanes Flying
    243 3 They Keep RAAFPlanes Flying TWO more Dakotas of the R.A.A.F. 38 (Transport) Squadron arrived with the Squadron's Commanding Officer, Wing-Commander J. F. Lush, at Changi yesterday. There were two other officers and 11 men on board. No. 38 Squadron, which is being transferred to Singapore from Australia, will take part
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    'CANNOT AFFORD TO BE LOSERS'
    147 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. DESPONSIBLE American otficials said yesterday that they were going on the theory that the United States air and sea support, plus arms shipments, would enable the South Korean armies to repel the North Korean Corrrnunist invaders. They refused to speculate i what President
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    CASUALTY CLAIM
    36 3 HONG KONG, Thurs. -A Chinese Communist report from Pyongyang, North Korean capital, said yesterday that there had been 6.000 South Korean troop casualties in the first three days of the Korean civil war. UP.
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    Envoy To Belgium
    19 3 BRUSSELS, Thurs. Mr. Nedyam Raghavan, India's first Ambassador to Belgium, arrived here yesterday from Paris.— Reuter.
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    U.S. Urged To Build Synthetic Stocks
    128 3 From Our Own «Jorj espondent LONDON, Thursday. AMR. John Collyer, president of the Goodrich Rubber Co. urges the immediate stockpiling of more general purpose synthetic and the re-em-ployment of standby synthetic plants, the New York correspondent of the Financial Times reported I today. Mr.
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    Russia Might Leave U.N.
    135 3 LAKE SCIX'ESS. Thursday. TTNITED Nations diplomats feared yesterday that Russia may send fighting aid to the North Korean Communists and withdraw from the United Nations. That will be Russia's retaliation to back its charge that the United States is guilty of aggression and its blunt answer
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    Berlin Jittery ...
    53 3 Berlin Jittery BERLIN, Thurs. HTHE Soviet-controlled ber- lin Radio interrupted its music programme yesterday to say that American troops would occupy Formosa and the Philippines and a "new world war may possibly break out." The broadcast added Germans, give your voice for peace and sign a petition to outlaw the
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    ... LONDON CALM
    49 3 LONDON CALM LONDON, Thurs. MORE than 1.300 persons called at the London Daily Telegraph yesterday ask ng for "n«ws". Six asked about the Korean war. The others asked about cricket matches being played in London, tennis at Wimbledon and "just about anything but war" the Daily Telegraph sa:d.— U.P.
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    DEPRESSED
    48 3 COPENHAGEN, Thurs. Said by the police to have been depressed by the news from Korea, Verner Johansen, 26, of Jutland, who was a British parachutist in the second world war, was found dead in a park in Renders yesterday morning. Police said he had swallowed cyanide.— A.P.
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    U.S. Man In Larceny Case
    116 3 HONG KONG, Thurs. HARRY W. Arnott. a U.S. citizen, won the first round in his defence on a larceny charge against him by representatives of the Chinese Communist Government yesterday. A Kowloon court adjourned the case against him and 10 Chinese co-defendants for one month,
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    Tight To Last Man'
    73 3 TOKYO, Thurs. FRMER Assistant Chief of Staff of the South Korean Army, Brig. General Chung Ii Kwon, said yesterday that the South Koreans "will fight to the last man in Iheirl efforts to subdue the tforth Koreans." General Kwon said that he and Colonel Hwang Hien
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    'THANKS' FOR U.S. AID
    34 3 'THANKS' FOR U.S. AID TAIPEH, Thurs. Seventyfive Koreans in three trucks and two cars went to the United States embassy in Taipeh this afternoon to offer thanks for American aid to their threatened Republic.
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    MARKETS ARE CONFIDENT
    54 3 LONDON, Thurs. World markets reacted confidently yesterday to President Truman's initiative in Korea. Japanese bonds and Malayan rubber shares in London, Indo-Chinese issues in Paris and Philippines issues in Manila all rallied sharply. Currencies of some of the affected areas also improved. The Malayaft currency was quoted
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    P.I. PROMISE
    30 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs.— The Philippines Government was reported last night to have pledged a small contingent of armed forces to participate in the Western intervenlon In Korea. UP.
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    APPROVAL IN U.S.: PRAGUE OBJECTS
    296 3 APPROVAL IN U.S.: PRAGUE OBJECTS LONDON, Thurs. WORLD-WIDE reaction to the Korean incident was reflected in messages received hjere yesterday from all capitals. Most American newspapers, with the exception of the Chicago Tribune strongly supported President Truman's announcement. Typical was the New York Times comment: "We have learned the lesson
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    NEW USE FOR METEOR FIGHTER
    92 3 LONDON, Thurs. ORITAINS record-breaking Meteor fighter is being adapted for reconnaissance work with the Royal Air Fotm. Two versions of the twin I 1 Jet-plane are being prepared —the Meteor FA-9, a fighter reconnaissance plane, and the PA-10, for photographic reconnissance work. The FA-8, In
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    COLONY WANTS 20 A.S.P.s
    339 4 Shortage Of Officers In Police Force THE Singapore Police Force has vacancies for about 20 Assistant Superintendents. It hopes to fill some of these posts from the 160 A.S.P.S who are being recruited in Britain for Malaya, and some by either promoting local officers or taking
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    DAY GAMES
    37 4 THE "PASSING-THE-BALL" event, one of the items at the York Hill Girls* Homecraft Centre's games day in Singapore yesterday. Mrs. W. R. Langdon, wife of the U.S. Consul-General, gave away the prizes.— Straits Times picture.
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    'Illegal To Stop Son's Arrest'
    228 4 'Illegal To Stop Son's Arrest' MOTHER TOLD: MR. Justice Thorogood told a mother in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday that she had no right to interfere with the arrest of her son. It was possibly a natural reaction, but it was still unlawful. The case against Ong Ah Gek, who
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    Corruption Charges
    117 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— JAGIR Singh, a sergeant major in the Federation Police, yesterday appeared before Mr. A. P. Jack, the First Court Magistrate, charged on two counts of corruptly obtaining a total of $100 and one charge of corruptly attempting to obtain $65. He
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    3 EXTORTION CHARGES
    82 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Ho Wan Nam, of Kluang, was charged in the Johore Bahru Police Court today with committing extortion at the Mawai Resettlement Camp by putting Chan Wah in fear of being returned to the Kluang Detention Camp and inducing him to pay $70. He was
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    DISORDERLY: $4
    36 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— M. Manikam, of Ounong Pulal Estate, who walked into the Central Police Station, Johore Bahru, and behaved in a disorderly manner, was fined $4 in the Johore Bahru Police Court today.
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    COCONUTS THEFT
    29 4 MUAR, Thurs.— Charged before the Muar Magistrate with theft of 20 coconuts belonging to Abdul Rahman at Jalan Khalidi, an Indian. Duraisamy, W2S allowed bail of $50
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    BROKE CURFEW
    35 4 MUAR, Thurs. A car driver, Mohd bin Kadir, who broke the curfew at the 6V 2 milei stone in Bakri village, was fined $12 or six days' hard labour by the Muar Migistrate.
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    THIEF LEFT HIS CARD
    52 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. AN identity card which Low Eng Chuan dropped while being chased by a watchman led to his arrest a few days later. Yesterday Low pleaded guilty in the First Magistrate's Court to stealing a piece «f machinery and was sentenced to three months'
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    Malay College Bad Food Tale Denied
    186 4 From Our Staff Cunespondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE students of the Malay College at Kuala x Kangsar have had an emergency meeting at which they expressed indignation over an "absurd report" which appeared in a Malay newspaper on Sunday, alleging that the food being
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    $10,000 GIFT TO VARSITY
    184 4 A SUM of $10,000 has been received for the University of Malaya Endowment Fund from the staff, the pupils of Raffles Institution. Singapore, and their parents. The principal and staff cf Raffles Institution started a drive for the collection of funds for the University in September,
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    VARIETY TO AID UNIVERSITY
    43 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— A variety entertainment in aid of the University of Malaya Fund organised by the Govt. Tamil School. Johore Bahru. will be heid at Bukit Zahrah School, Johore Bahru, at 8 p.m. on July 7 and 8.
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    JOHORE ARRESTS
    77 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Arrests under the Emergency Regulations in Johore for the week ending June 28 were 77 Chinese and one Indian, a total of 78. MR. P. DEVADASON, president of the Federation of Malayan Estates Staff Unions, speaking at the second delegates' conference at Kuala Lumpur. Seated
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    WOMAN IN ROOM AT HOTEL WAS GUEST
    206 4 I THE manager of the Nan Tai Hotel, Oeylang Road, Gay Mok Kirn, was yesterday acquitted by Mr. P. Clagu«, Singapore Fourth Court Magistrate, of having failed to [register the particulars of a Eurasian woman. A European man who had engaged the room
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    Plea For Larger Electoral Roll
    210 4 "PHE chances of securing the fittest Singapore A Councillors and Commissioners will undoubtedly be far better assured with a large electoral roll than with the small one that exists at present, the Progressive Party Commissioner for East Ward, Mr. Frank James, told the Straits Times
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    ASHES TO RETURN IN GORGON
    114 4 ASHES TO RETURN IN GORGON MELBOURNE, Thurs THE body of Mr Tan Jee Hoe. the Singapore student who died in the Skymaster crash near Perth on Monday, was being cremated in Perth today. The cremation was arranged by Mr. Tan's uncle, Mr. Tan Hen* You, who is one of the
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    Seaman Had Opium
    109 4 BOARDING the Hermelin, which had arrived from Bangkok, on June 28, revenue officers noticed a seaman clutching a pair of shorts. In one of the pockets a small quantity of opium was found. In his cabin some more opium was found. Yesterday in the Singapore Second District
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    FINED $25 FOR STORING RUBBER
    36 4 MUAR, Thurs Kunyam Kutik, aged 41. charged at Muar with storing 74 sheets of rubber and one plcul of scrap rubber without a licence at Sungei Natl, Tangkak, was fined $25.
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    DRIVER FINED
    49 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Ahmat bin Hassan, of Singapore, who was charged in the Johore Bahru Police Court today with driving a van carrying goods for which he had no haulage permit, was fined $20 and for having no goods permit licence he was fined an additional $15.
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    FALSE ACCOUNTS
    41 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Ibrahim bin Chart, a Forest Guard of Batu Anam, was sentenced in the Sessions Court, to six months' imprisonment each on two charges of falsification of accounts, the sentences to run concurrently.
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    OFFERED BRIBE
    26 4 MuAR, Thurs. For offering a $30 bribe to a special constable sergeant, Lee Kuang Ho was sentenced to 50 days' bard 'ahmvt it M'iar
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    COUNSEL BLAMES NEW YORK FIRM
    240 4 COUNSEL BLAMES NEW YORK FIRM From Our Staff Correspondent PENANO Thurs. A NEW YORK firm was today alleged by defence counsel, Mr. T. E. (Jonathan, to have "instigated" a Penang mer-« chant to make a false declaration to the Assistant Controller ofl Foreign Exchange to get permission to export 500
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    Smuggled Cosmetics
    63 4 PENANG, Wed. FOR attempting to evade $33.83 Customs duty on cosmetics, a Penang trader. Ng Soon Cheng, was fined $300 in Butterworth. On a second count of abetting a trishaw puller, Lim Teow Ec, in making a false declaration. Ng was fined a further $75 Lim was also
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    SERVICES IN JOHORE
    69 4 From Our Own (orresr. .ndent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. The Rev. Henry V. Lacy, of the Methodist Headquarters, will take the English service at the Methodist Church, Johore Bahru, on Sunday. The subject of his sermon will be "Turning the World Upside Down." The service will begin at
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    BACK FROM LEAVE
    34 4 Irom Our Own "onf'enl JOHORE BAHRU, Thur.s Inspector M. H. James, who has returned from a holiday in India, has been posted to the Central Police Station, Johore Bahru. for duty.
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    CHINESE CHAMBER TO APPEAL TO GOVERNOR FOR SCHOOLS
    280 5 CHINESE CHAMBER TO APPEAL TO GOVERNOR FOR SCHOOLS rrHE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has decided to send a petition to the Governor, Sir franklin Glmson. appealing to him to consider the effect on Chinese education in the Colony if it Is decided to close the Chinese High School and
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    4 Young TUs Wary And Uncertain'
    234 5 DURING the emergency, trade union meetings are "out of order," payment of subscriptions is looked upon with suspicion by employers and police, and there are considerable travel difficulties. This is the reply of Mr. John Brazier, Trade Union Adviser in the Federation, to a
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    JOHORE WEDDING
    38 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— The marriage took place yesterday before Mr. W. B. Sutherland, Registrar of Marriages, Johore, of Geoffrey Watson Wilson, of Majedee Barracks. Johore Bahru, and Vimala Naidu, of Johore Bahru.
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    Chandu In Glass Jar
    126 5 TAN MAR CHYE, a cigarette deafer living In Duxion Hill, was yesterday sentenced to seven months' rigorous imprisonment by the Singapore Second District Court judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tan. for the pos■Msloo of 16 tahils and five chees of chandu. Mr. C. H. Koh, who appeared
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    TOOK CHANDU
    27 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thi 4 Tan Eng Kai. who was Ivlcted on a charge of consuming chandu at Bamfoo Lama, was sentenced to 10 days' imprisonmfAt.
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    JOINT SUPPLY BOARD QUERIES BY LAYCOCK
    257 5 JOINT SUPPLY BOARD QUERIES BY LA YCOCK OIK questions, all linked with the Joint Supply Board and touching on tht» contribution to the Board paid by Singapore and those paid by the Federation, have been tabled by Mr. John Laycock for answering at the next meeting of the Legislative Council
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    Medal For A Hero
    86 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. AN immediate award of the Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry has been made to Special Constabulary Sergeant Wan Ya'acob Bin Wan Ahmad. He commanded a party of special, constables in the Gua Musanor area of Kelantan in March this
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    CLEARED AFTER 2 YEARS
    104 5 CLEARED AFTER 2 YEARS ALMOST two years after he had been sentenced to nine months' rigorous imprisonment for criminal intimidation, 35-year-old Chan Beng Tong was finally cleared of the charge. Yesterday ne walked out of the Singapore Second District Court a free man after the prosecution withdrew the charge against
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    TWO EXTRA
    20 5 MUAR. Wed— A taxi driver. Teo Ah Mia. was fined $8 at Muar for carrying two extra passengers.
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    Penang To Recruit New Town Band
    143 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. IN place of Penang's recently-disbanded town band, 1 the Municipal Commissioners have decided to recruit experienced musicians as well as apprentices, to form another band. MR. MILTON NKWMAN, Assistant to the President of Diamond Jim's Grill Inc., the
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    THE LITTLE TRAVELLERS....
    91 5 THE LITTLE TR A VELLERS BABY SISSEL, agrd 11 mon ths (left) sucks her finger in wonderment aboard the China coaster. Hoi Wong, now in Singapore. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. Dorum, are spending their local leave on the round trip from Hong Kong via Singapore and Bangkok. RIGHT:
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    Terrorist Shot Dead In Perak
    255 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. QNE terrorist was shot dead and six suspects, v including two women, were arrested by the security forces in Perak yesterday. One of the women is held in connection with the ambush on Monday morning on Tanjong Tuallang
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    U.K. Grunts Sought By University
    148 5 TTHE University of Malaya A is seeking details from the Nuffleld Foundation of its research grants to Commonwealth universities. "The grants will be a great help towards Improving our research facilities, but we cannot accept them till we are aware of their accompanying: conditions." Mr.
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    KALLANG AIRPORT ARRIVALS
    309 5 FE following passengers were among those who disembarked at Kallang airport yestelday from points outside Malaya on the various air services. Passengers in transit are not Included in the list. Q.E.A.-8.0.A.C. From Sydney: Messrs. H. McCowan, R. J. Davis, Moran. K. S Brazier, O. Singh, H. Singh,
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    PETITION TO KING ON CITY STATUS
    243 5 PETITION TO KING ON CITY STATUS AT today's meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, the actine Municipal President, Mr. T. P. P. McNeice will move a resolution that a petition should be sent to the King requesting the grant of city status for the town of Singapore. The resolution is
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    GAMBLED: $8 FINE
    25 5 Yusuff bin Salleh. a 21-year-old Javanese living in Selangor Street, was fln^d $8 In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for gambling.
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    Singapore Daiary
    41 5 Y.W.C.A.. 3, Raffles Quay, advanced Malay class, 10.30 ajii. MUNICIPAL COMMISSION, Ordinary meeting, Board Room, 2.15 p.m. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, V's Men's Dinner. 7.30 p.m. THIRD SINGAPORE COMPANY BOYS BRIGADE, camp fire, Wesley Church grounds, Foil Canning, 7.30 p.m.
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    The Times Singapore, Thur., June 30, 1950. War Damage In 1950
    976 6 The Times Singapore, Thur., June 30, 1950. War Damage In 1950 Presiding a* the annual meeting of Sungei Sepang Ltd. in Kuala Lumpur last week, Mr. E. D. Shearn said that "the length of time war damage compensation has been withheld reflects little credit on those in the United Kingdom
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    OLD COLLYER QUAY
    93 6 lI7ITH diffidence I offer some pointers regarding that very interesting picture of Collyer Quay in your issue of today (June 29.). It was certainly taken from the verandah of the old Singapore Club. There are no tram lines. It therefore pre-dates Anderson Bridge and Fullerton Road (built.
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    THE MALAYAN SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE
    1708 6  -  QF the need for~ unity in a country like Malaya there has been much outspoken comment, especially since World War 11. We are told that Malaya reveals in its most acute forms the problems of plural societies, that while there is harmony there is
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      The Senior Ladder
      358 6 YTOUR leading article of Jane 28, on expatriate promotion, was very opposite, but dates given in it were incorrect. From very reliable information, I have been given to understand that, though Mr. Marcus Joined the Singapore Municipal service in 1935 as chief clerk In the Municipal Treasurer's
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      THE KALINGA KINGDOM
      211 6 DECENTLY, in both the 1V 'On The Margin" column and in a letter of Mr. Stephen Pooter published on June 23, the ancient Indian kingdom of Kalinga was described as an ancient South Indian Tamil kinedom. I am afraid it is neither, j though whether it is
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      THE PEOPLE WHO SAY "KLING"
      65 6 lI7E are quite Indifferent T the words "Kling" i "Kllng Kooi" because, like mirror, the words reflect the low upbringing and mean mentality of the person who who uses them especially knowing that they are not liked by the community concerned. The user only advertises
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      "STRONG MEN ARMED"
      139 6 lEi me congratulate you most warmly for two ol the most beautiful things, and the most important, which the Straits Times has ever published in its editorial •columns: "The Die Is Cast" in your issue of last Wednesday, and the Irst paragraph of your leader today (Thursday).
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      WHAT ABOUT MORE PAY FOR JAGAS?
      77 6 I SHOULD like to remind who wrote the letter published on June 20 on "The Sleeping Jagas," that Jagas employed by private firms are lucky if they get $60 a month. They have to get extra work elsewhere, as jagas or as peons, to
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    On the Margin
    487 6 On the Margin In Our Street along the crowded and squalid but always interesting five-foot-way of Cecil Street the other day, I saw something which I had never seen in this street before— a skippingrope. I had always supposed that our equatorial climate was not conducive to skipping as a
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    BIG M.C.A. SCHEMES TO AID SQUATTERS
    581 7 Thousands Of Families Will Be Resettled From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE extent to which the Malayan Chinese Association is assisting financially the resettlement of squatters was revealed to the Straits Times today by Mr. Yong Shook Lin, the Association secretary. Mr.
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    MR. BLYTHE BACK FOR NEW POST
    179 7 new Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe. received an invitation to one of the first unctions h e will attend as a Colonial Secretary as It alighted from a Mala\a:i Airways plane at -illan.fr airport yesterday. The invitation is to attend the installation dinner
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    Home After 8 Years
    107 7 jyjß. T. FUJII, Japanese representative of a shipping firm in Jakarta, arrived in Singapore on Tuesday on the Dutch liner Ruys on his way to Japan for the first time in eight years. Mr. Fujii told the Straits Times that Indonesia .did a certain amount of
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    IN SINGAPORE
    27 7 Mis. L. H. Whittall, Amer-ican-born wife of the British Commercial Counsellor, Rangoon, was among tha passengera on the President Polk which clocked In Singapore yesterday.
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    Co-op's New Branch
    73 7 'HE Singapore Co-operative I Stores Society has decid- to open its second branch tore in the Tiong Bahru area •here it has about 1,000 rremer.s. The store, at 39, Seng Poll toad, will be officially opened I n July 30. The Society's ther branch is at Joo
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    HAD NO PERMIT
    43 7 Chua Bio Leng. aged 35. .is lined $30. Low Ec Kee, ivd 4i. $10. and Hatara bin H, aged 42. $5 in the Sinftpore Third Police Court esterday for entering the Ingapore Harbour Eourd. a rotected place, without a srmit.
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    GAMBLERS FINED
    28 7 Two lorry-drivers, Fong Fook and Neo Bok Lin. were lined $10 each in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday ror gambling in the Singapore Harbour Board.
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    WANTED: TWO TIGERS
    175 7 WANTED: TWO TIGERS rE Australian philanthropist and zoologist. Mr. E. J. Hallstrom, who arrived in Singapore yesterday evening by QEA-BOAC Constellation from Britain, would like a couple of Malayan tigers for Taroonga Park Zoo in Sydney. He told the Straits Times on his arrival at Kallang airport he hoped to
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    Jagas Fight Park Fire
    92 7 PROMPT action by 12 jagas I yesterday morning prevented what might have been the total destruction of the Victory Theatre at the Happy World, when a fire suddenly broke out behind the rewinding room of the cinema. On hearing shouts of "fire" the watchmen who were
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    TOBACCO DUTY NOT PAID
    51 7 Abdul Latiff bin Abdul Rahiman, a 30-year-old Indian living in Bras Basah Road, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to possessing 44 lbs. of dutiable tobacco. The duty on the tobacco was $16.41. Bail of $50 was allowed. Sentence was postponed until July
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    Y.W.C.A. FAIR FOR CLUB FUNDS
    50 7 In aid of its sports club fund, the Y.W.C.A. Is holding a fun fair tomorrow at the .Y.W.C.A. hostel ground. 8, Fort Canning, Singapore, between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. The new President, Mrs R. E. Foulger. will open the Fair, which will include sideshows.
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    M.C.s To Confirm $1,700 Job Today
    247 7 THE Establishment Board of the Singapore Municipal Commission has recommended the appointment of Mr. W. S. Stredwick as Municipal Water Engineer to take tl)e place of Mr. F. G. Hill, who retires in August. Trie new appointment will come up for confirmation at the
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    AND THERE'S A $2,500 JOB GOING
    58 7 rIL Singapore Municipality is to advertise for applications for the post of Deputy Chief Engineer and Accountant and Secretary for the water extension projects at Johore. The post of Deputy Chief Engineer carries a fixed salarj of $2,500 a month. The other post rarries
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    DRANK POISON 'BY MISTAKE'
    50 7 Lew Chan Seong. a 17-year-old girl living in Pasar Panjang Road, was bound over in $500 for one year in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for attempting to commit suicide by drinking caustic soda. She said that she had drunk the caustic soda by ivistake.
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    Coat Of Paint For Supreme Court
    41 7 The outside of Singapore's Supreme Court Is to be repainted at a cost of $20,000. The task will take three or four months. The money comes from $500,000 earmarked for the repainting of government buildings.
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    'CHINA NIGHT' IN SINGAPORE
    385 7 /\NE can probably never have a true appraisal of the things that continue to keep old China still so great in the eyes of a modern world, for which reason alone the China Society of Singapore must be heartily congratulated for its most commendable effort In
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    Bride hat to be led
    98 7 SIKH TRADITION, with the bride so heavily veiled that she had to be led by a relative, was observed at the Singapore wedding yesterda y of Mr. Inder Singh Ghogar and Miss Mohinder Kaur. ABOVE: The bride and groom are seated before the Sri Granth.
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    OBSCENE PICTURES, $500 FINE
    168 7 OBSCENE PICTURES, $500 FINE rO obscene photographs found by a police raiding party in a sliop in Bencoolen Street resulted in a $500 fine and the conviction ot P. Supramaniam, an Indian photographer, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court, yesterday. Inspector M. C. JacoD, offi-cer-in-charge of the antivice branch, C.1.D.,
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    S'PORE OFFICE
    32 7 An Indian shipping company, the Scindia Steam Navigation Company, is to open an office in Singapore soon. The company will run a regular passenger service between Indian ports and Malaya.
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    Probe on S'pore Stadium Seats
    188 7 Probe on S'pore Stadium Seats A TWO-MAN sub-corn-^ mittee of Municipal Commissioners has been appointed to go into th* question of the seating capacity of the Happjij World Stadium and make recommendations as to what should be the maximum that should be allowed. The two members are Mr. Frank James
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    Change Of Berth
    99 7 THE Hoi Wong, which nor- really discharges her cargo from South China ports and Hong Kong in Ine Singapore Outer Roads, was brought alongside the Immigration wharves in Taniong Pagar yesterday to unload because of a deadlock between some of the cargo consignees and the Lighter Owners
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    Fined For Fighting
    27 7 K. Ramalinsam and M. Mariappan were fined $5 each in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for fighting at the main Singapore Harbour Board.
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    TURBINE CARSSOON
    641 8  -  MOTORI6IS are talking about tur-br.ie-engined cars. It is bi'iutf said they will supplant present models. Americans say their exhausts make "toast" of near-by pedestrians. There is even talk of "jet cars". What is tne truth about car turbines? They work on simple enough principles. Compress and ignite a
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    The Identity Card Maze In Singapore
    1504 8 FROM PILLAR TO POST CK>R failing to obtain a 1 duplicate identity card after having lost the original, many a person has been sent to prison for terms varying ,from five days to one month. These offenders fall into three groups. To the ttrst
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    Comb That Trims
    148 8 A GADGET which has become the rage in the United Kingdom and United States, Is now on the Singapore market. It is a comb with which ;bu can trim your own hair safely at home. The comb is absolutely safe because of its locker system which allows
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      'Morning Departure' is Great
      776 9  - 'Morning Departure' is Great VICTOR STAINES by pEOPLE who live by the s«.':i or in port towns all over the world may take the sea for granted, even the arrivyl of strange ships niay perhaps leave them unmoved; but they will admit when pressed for an answer thai the sea
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      A startling study of Anna
      332 9 B y LEONARD MOSLEY TTHE King and Queen recently asked to see Herbert Wilcox's "Odette" and attended the world premiere of the film in London the first time they have been to the pictures in public since "Hamlet" (Royal Command Performances excepted). "Odette" is the
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      KASMA
      219 9 KASMA BOOTY has "kissed-and-made-up" with Shaw Brothers. She has signed a new contract and will continue making films for the company that put her to the top in Malayan productions. She is the star in the Malay film to be shown on Hari Raya Puasa, "Dewi Murni". A film
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      Today's Radio Programmes
      209 9 S POKE 10 a.m. News from K.L.; 10.05 Close: 13 Malay; 1 p.m. Light Music; 1.30 News; 1.45 Dance Music-. 2 Close; 6 Light Music; ii4o U.N. Programme; 7 News, Share Market, Interlude; 7.30 •Alphabetically Yours"; 8 Talk; n 15 Austral Singers; 8.30 Friday Prom (New World
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      209 9 CAprf ol jy 1.45 ~4 6.30- 9.30 Tte Biggest News It's rumoured that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science is already considering "him" as 19Ws OSCAR prospect! SURE AND WHY NOT! SINCE JANE WYMAN GOT AN OSCAR FOR NOT TALKING IN "Johnny Belinda IT WILL BE NO SURPRISE
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    A Malayan's Tribute To Canada
    1713 10  - A Malayan's Tribute To Canada ROY FERROA Xv ROY FERROA, who spent six months in Canada recently, sends his regards to the country which celebrates its 83rd Birthday tomorrow. JF you happened to be in Canada on .Tuly 1, you'd be rutht in line for one of the country's biggest
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      56 10 1 CARPETS I FUR COATS The Biggest Collection for your busy Selection now awaits you at our New, Modern and Commodious Premises on the ground floor. QURESHFS CARPETS j 35. ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE I op p. Hong Kong Bank (Mac Donald House.) Phone 6453 BANGKOK NJGMT TONIGHT It's always more
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      309 10 I k€6p ffGSh all day. 1 I use LIFEBUOY TOILET SOAP Nothing could be simpler than ja^afatafc a frequent wash with Lifebuoy I v Toilet Soap— yet it keeps you ||jC /1 V S charmingly fresh the whole x>qes!^B /Q^ day. Whenever you use that \ss£z£?J _-<s^{V-~!N deep-cleansing lather your
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      284 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD ftcaoas jj. Angle* are partly retpoa- P'RrtCSSIVTi'RTi M/» SO 1. EffetU of a (ama'dt). tibia for him (10i. l/ttUgaWUnU WO. OV 9 ThU lort ol traflU bu HAi aaaemblaga of parallel fik^ Jj I s I 4 j I'; U3g XO. Conruaed T Perhapa a Material spread
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      London Stocks
      298 11 LONDON, Thura. MEWS of American action In the East was received calmly in the London Stock Exchange yesterday. Closing middle prices of selected stock*, as supplied to the Straits runes by special arrangement *>lft Tbe Financial rtmea. follow Onlesa otherwise stated, sharei are Of £1 denomination Consols 694
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      MALAYAN SHARES QUIET, STEADY
      163 11 HHHE Malayan share market opened yesterday with x cautious optimism, but in the absence of any major trend it closed quiet and steady. Price changes announced by r the Malayan Sharebrokers 1 Association yesterday were: INDt'STMALS 18. fttroi 31/9 USlei Hotel I*o kobioiou 4c Co Ord
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      Whiteaways Profit Falls
      126 11 Frean Our Own CerrespenclcDt LONDON. Thurs. T TNSETTLED conditions In Malaya and a substantial loss In trading at Shanghai, as wen as the effects of a drastic curtailment of imports Into India enforced by the Indian Government, were factors resulting in a fall in last year's trading
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      TIN PRICES
      30 11 SINGAPORE, Wed., June 28— 5304.75 (up $«.62j). LONDON. Thurs., June 29. Spot: «604— £694): Forward; £685— £605 J, Settlement £664 Turnover: morning, nil; afternoon, 49. 8% ORD. DIV.
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      Consol. Tin Smelters
      157 11 fJONSOLDDATED Tin Smelters provisional revenue account for the year to March 31, 1950, shows net revenue of £291,802 before taxation. An Ordinary dividend of eight per cent is proposed. The revenue account straws net dividends from subsidiaries £273,827, and from trade Investment £33,277; interest on irubsidiarie's current
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      Singapore Rubber
      147 11 THE Singapore rubber market was still affected by the Korean situation yesterday. It opened erratic but steadied later. After weakening towards mid-day, the market became firm in .the afternoon, closing easier. Closing prices yesterday were per It.: No. 1 R.S.S. spot loose buyers ti\ cents, sellers 82 U
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      London Rubber
      28 11 London, July 29. Spot 24' id. Aug. 34d, Sept 23% d, Oct.-Dec. 22 \d. Jan-Mar. 21 \d, Apr .-June 2ld. Nominal June-July 33% d. Market: Steady.
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      New York Rubber
      22 11 In U.S. cents per lb. closing: June 37. June 38. nom. bid. 1 RJS.S. (June) 33.15 31.50 Market: Irregular.
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      THE PRODUCE MARKET
      59 11 pEPPKR prices roe* again In the Singapore produce market yesterday, but some business w-is done for a change. About two tons was sold in loose Quantities. The market seamed generally more steady. Dealers appeared to be still holding out frr better prices. Sago flour was qule and
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      SHIPS ALONGSIDE AND IN THE ROADS
      157 11 CHIPS in the Singapore Outer and Inner Roads and alongside Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hwang Hai. rial Hsuan, Igarda. Talrea, Somali, Empire Mountain. Janssens, Sovetskaya Neeet, Indian Naval squadron (Mao of War Anchorage). laner Roads: Sin Soon Lee. Kajang, Merlimau, Hock
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    WEST INDIES WIN TEST BY 326 RUNS
    304 12 WEST INDIES WIN TEST BY 326 RUNS First Successes In England LONDON, Thursday. WEST INDIES beat England by 326 runs in the second Test cricket match at Lord's today to even the current series. This is the first time West Indies have won a Test match in England since the
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    BASKETBALL TEAM TO PLAY IN H.K.
    180 12 A BASKETBALL contingent of 14 player* and two officials will leave Singapore early next month for a three-week tour of Ilonf Kong. Financed by the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation, this will be the first tour to be made by a local basketball side
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    One Goal In Robust Game
    177 12 i^HEERFUL Lads A. P. clearly ed a difficult hurdle in the Singapore A.F.A. Junior Bl League yesterday when they beat the Tuan Mong 0.8.A by a solitary goal at Geylang Stadium. A record crowd was treated to a match of rare thrills, punctuated unfortunately by
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    RACING SPECIAL IN FREE PRESS
    36 12 TODAY'S Singapore Free Press will contain the latest Form Guide covering the Perak Turf Club's July meeting beginning at Ipoh tomorrow. The. prospects, and special racing topics are discussed by Trespasser.
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    SCOREBOARD
    109 12 W INDIES— 326 and 425 for S dccl. ENGLAND— Ist Inng.: 151 ENGLAND— 2nd Inns. lutton b Valentine 10 iVashbrook b Ramadhin 114 Sdrich c Jones b Ramadhin 8 )og?art b Ramadhin 25 *arkhouse c Goddard b Valentine 48 k'ardley c Weekes b Valentine 19 Svans c.Rae b Ramadhin
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    Sing Tao FC Fight Hard For 1-0 Win
    399 12 Sing Tao 1; Singapore Nil. DLAYING their ninth and last Singapore game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday before a comparatively small crowd of only 4,000, Sing Tao Football Club of Hong Kong were well below their earlier form and had to fight
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    HQ BEAT CYMA 5-1
    49 12 H.Q. Singapore District (Army) beat the C.V.M.A. by five goals to one in a Singapore A.F.A. Junior B 1 match played at C.V.M.A. ground yesterday. Herbert (two). Peake, Harper and Blakeney (one each) scored for the winners while Chua Ah Kook netted C.Y.M.A.'s only goal.
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    G. BROWN BEATS TONY MOTTRAM
    57 12 LONDON. Thurs. AUSTRALIA'S Geoff J\ Brown today' beat Tony Mottram (Brit.) in five sets when the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships entered their fourth day. Brown won 1-6, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. 6-3. The first men's seeded player to be beaten was I. Dorfman (U.S.), whom Adrian
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    Sembawang Beat I.N.S.
    166 12 JJ.NA s. Sembawang beat -the Indian Naval Squadron fournil at Sembawang yesterday in a very fast game of soccer. Play was even for the first 20 minutes, both sides taking turns nt attacking, then the first goal came when Chase from five yards outside the penalty area
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    22 12 TODAY: 12 noon (Bft. 6in.) and 10.45 pjn. (9ft. 7in.). TOMORROW: 12.46 a.m. (Bft 6in). and 11.36 p.m. Oft. 9in.).
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    Winning Effort By Latin Affair
    526 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By ROUND-UP OF FINAL GALLOPS FPOH, Thursday. DEST WORKER on the training track at Ipoh this "morning was undoubtedly Latin Affair. This smart looking filly, with Charlie Ellery astride, dashed over 3f. in 37 3/5 sec. in a trial with Pathfinder (Woods). I
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    THIVY AND PEREIRA WIN FINAL
    245 12 THIVY AND PEREIRA WIN FINAL JA. THIVY, Indian Com- missioner designate for Mauritius, and A. I. Pereira became the first post-war holders of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association's Veterans' Doubles title when they beat Dr. Ong Slow Hian and Ghua Choon Leong 5-7, 7-5. 6-0 in the final on the
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    Lancashire Win
    68 12 LONDON. Thurs. T ANCASHIRE beat Kent by an innings today in the county cricket championship matches now in progress. Scores: Lancashire bt. Kent by innings and 18 runs. Lanes 245. Kent 128 and 99. Derby 124 and 191 7, Yorks 265; M'sex 252. Hants 343 and 10/0: Notts
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    WIMBLEDON: THIRD DAY'S RESULTS
    882 12 WIMBLEDON. Thurs. "PULL results at Wimbledon yesterday, third day of the championships, are given below (seeded players in black): Women's singles (second round) Miss Doris Hart bt. Mrs. B. Sanden 6-1, 6-0. Mrs. Patricia Todd bt. Miss L. Cornell 6-1, 6-2 Mrs. Betty (Hilton) Harrison bt.
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    Pink Gin Ratec Best Of Maidens
    660 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By IPOH, Thursday. TME $6,000 "Perak Plate" f«>. 3-year-old maider Am Class 3, which will be the main event a Saturday, the opening day of the Perak Turf Club July meeting, Will see a probable field of nine 01 of the original
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    Tie For Sport Champions!™
    140 12 OIK records were set up Outram School's 35' h ann athletic sports held at the Si;h ground. Outram Road. Wong Fook Chow and Sinn iv with six points ouch, bed lor Champion Athlete Challenge C Wong Fook Chow came tirsi the 100 and 220 yards, while
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    S.C.A. TEAM CHANGES
    84 12 CINGAPORES cricket i veiling tc sere-nban tcni for their State match agai Negri Sembilan will be with their opening batsman C. Thur singam. His place will be taken by Ci nials' F. Chopard who will keep wicket. T. H. A. Pott will also not going as umpire
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    18 12 WALTERS At the Sin^ii General Hospital yesterday. Di Keri Walters, aged 53. Funera Bidadari today at 5 p.m.
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