The Straits Times, 8 July 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED IS4S TWELVE PACJES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1950. I'RICE TEN < KNTS.
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    POLICE OPEN FIRE IN S'PORE STREET
    294 1 POLICE OPEN FIRE IN S'PORE STREET Man Shot In Arson Trap SINGAPORE police shot and captured a young Chinese late last night in a trap set to capture arsonists who have been firing police telephone kiosks. The shooting took place at the junction of Jervois Road and Delta Road. The
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    AIR FORCE CHIEF
    18 1 LIEUT.-GEN. <i. Strate-liic.M-r, commander of the IS Air Forces in the Far Kast.— Reuter picture.
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    BRITISH PLANE FIRED ON
    122 1 HON(i KONG, Friday. TWO unidentified fighters today fired three warning bursts at :i British passenger plane flying near Swatow on Its way from Hong Kong to Formosa. Ths British plane, which carried six passengers, was no hit and went on its v.ay. An official of Hons
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    SILENCE IN MOSCOW
    89 1 LONDON, Fri. The British Foreign Office today would not disclose any details of yesterday's taik-s In Moscow between the British Ambassador Sir David Kelly, and the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Gromyko. But the spokesman confirmed that yesterday's meetIng dealt with the same matters as were raised
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    Sabotage, Say U.S. Officers
    156 1 AMERICAN HQ. in South Korea, Fri. l MERICAN army officers. i\ bitter over the failure of United States-trained South Korean troops to stand up and fight the Communists, said today they suspected deliberate sabotage of Republican weapons Members of the advisory group, which spent two years
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    Manhunt In Bombay
    103 1 Manhunt In Bombay BOMBAY, Fri T*HE entire police force in Bombay was mobilised in one of the biggest manhunts in the city's history last night as five prisoners on their way to court jumped out of a speeding police van and disappeared among crowds in the shoppine district. Police officers
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    ATTAP HUT ARREST
    48 1 One of the five Chinese arrested while leaving an atrap hut off Lorong 33. 6eylang Road. Singapore on Apr. :iO will appear in court on Monday. In one of the hut, Police state they discovered Communist plans for a fortnight of assassination arson and sa-
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    Late News
    41 1  -  ROY MACARTNEY X* At the South Korean front, INTENSIFIED American 1 air attacks temporarily cleared North Korean planes from the skies today and halted their armour on the ground as American ground forces turned about and counterattacked northward. Reu-ter-AAP.
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    FIVE M.P.s TO TOUR MALAYA
    113 1 LONDON, Fri. A GROUP of British Parliamentarians will visit Singapore and the Federation In September to survey the situation there, it was learned In London today They are Labour peer the Earl of Listowel. Labour M.P.s Mr. Ernest Popplewell and Mr. Ronald W. Williams, Conservatives
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    400 Villages Under Water
    59 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. FOUR hundred villages in the Madhyepur and Straul districts of Bihar were inundated following floods in the Rivers Kosi. Kamla and Kiwach. Torrential rains extensively damaged crops, leaving many farmers without food. Three people were drowned in the Kosi River in the border
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    CARRIER TO LEAVE S'PORE
    72 1 H.M.S. Unicorn, an aircraft carrier used mainly as a "floating base" for other carriers and as an aircraft repair ship leaves for Japanese waters next week the Royal Navy announced in Singapore yesterday. A Navy spokesman told the Straits Times that Unicorn would sail north independently.
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    45 IN PRISON ESCAPE
    51 1 MANILA. Frl. Seventeen of the 45 prisoners in the provincial jail at San Fernando, La Union, on the northwest coast of Luzon, escaped yesterday after killing one guard and wounding another. The prisoners grabbed tommy guns and other arms from the jail armoury and started shooting.
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    REINFORCEMENTS
    17 1 ALGIERS, Frl.— The French ship Montbeliard left Oran today with 800 French soldiers for Indo-Chlna.— Reuter.
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    AMOY REDS FIRE ON BRITISH SHIP
    136 1 HONG KONG Frl. I^HE British coaster Cheung A Hlnp returned to Hong Kong yesterday after being twice fired upon by Chinese, Communist shore batteries off Amoy. A month ago, a Nationalist warship fired on the C,heung Hing in the same area, krll- ing eight
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    Australian Reds Block Korea Aid
    197 1 SYDNEY, Friday. T'HE federal executive of the Communist-led x Australian Seamen's Union today banned its members from transporting war materials to Korea.. The Union Federal Secretary, Mr. Eliot V. Elliott, announced this decision and published a resolution passed by the executive "condemning the dictatorial decision
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    Tennis, Golf Finals
    126 1 BUDGE Patty, 26-year-old American, won the Wimbledon singles final yesterday by beating the favoured Frank Sedgman of Australia in four sets, 6-1, 8-10, 6-2. 6-3. The match watched by 17.000 was a great tactical battle which lasted two hours. Patty won the first set in 12 minutes
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    NEW BABY
    33 1 NEW YORK, Fri. Mrs. Ashok Mehta, daughter of Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Indian Ambassador in Washington, and niece of Pandit Nehru, gave birUi to a six pound baby boy yesterday. Reuter.
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    Father, Son United After Six Years
    269 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A EURASIAN father was united with his son in the Social Welfare headquarters in Kuala Lumpur this morning after a six year search. The boy. now 13, was taken away from his home in Kuala Lumpur by
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    29 1 MR. CHONG Thut Pitt, who was elected president of the working committee of the Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association yesterday. Straits Times picture. Report in Page Four.
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    R.N. SHIPS STRIKE AT RED TARGETS
    330 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. »J»HE United States Navy announced today that British units with the American Seventh Fleet bombarded bridges and oil tanks north of Samchok, on the north-east coast of South Korea The British ships encountered fire from the beaches and retaliated, it was seated.
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    MAAF Gets Same Pay As R.A.A.F.
    363 1 OFFICERS and men of the Singapore Section of tlm Malayan Auxiliary Air Force will receive the same rates i>r pay, allowances and bounties as officers and men of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. The Rules made by the Governor-in-Council under the Malayan Auxiliary Air
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    ADMIRAL DIES
    21 1 LONDON. Fri. Admiral Percival Henry Hall Thompson, former commanding officer of the Royal Navy's re-s-TVe —-1 h;»o died. A.P
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    French Move In To Crush Red Attack
    229 2 French Move In To Crush Red Attack SAIGON, Fri. FKENCH ground, naval and air units have moved in to break up a rebei Vietminh attack about 50 miles southiwest of Saigon and are mopping up in the area, military sources said yesterday. The Vientmlnh attack was made on Monday night
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    ALL CLEAR FOR BOATS
    30 2 SIGNALS are against trains at Maitland, 120 miles north of Sydney and so are the floods. Residents are seen rowing across the railway line. A.P. picture.
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    No Govt Yet For France
    100 2 PARIS, Fri. gOCIALJSTS trying to form I a new French Cabinet ran into trouble yesterday. The party's secretary-gen- eral. M. Guy Mollet. was put i in charge of the preliminary j work by President Auriol. but refused to accept the nomi- nation as premier. Yesterday
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    PASSPORTS "FAKED"
    78 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri. Attorney George T. Davis i a campaign manager for President Truman during trie last election, has been indicted |on charges of defrauding the Government in a fake pass- i port racket for Chinese. Davis and a Chinese, Lee Sim Keong, were named in an eight-count
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    U.K. CALL FOR CRUSADE AGAINST T.B.
    75 2 LONDON, Friday. THE British Medical Association, yesterday .called for a crusade against tuberculosis, which it described as Britain's No. 1 public health problem. Urging that general hospitals should help relieve the queues for beds for tuberculous patients, the Association declared that patients are kept
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      50 Per Cent Grumble -At Shortages
      371 2 50 Per Cent Grumble -At Shortages LONDON, Friday. MORE than 50 per cent of the British people grumble because of shortages, according to an inquiry made by Mass Observation. Ranging from shortages of green vegetables to shiny new motorcars, the average Briton grumbles his head off most of all at
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    FRENCH WORRIES
    23 2 M lIENSI OUEUIIIE. v former Radical Premier of France, wonders about the Cabinet he has been asked to form. A.P. picture.
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    SPECIAL COURT FOR HAMID
    155 2 SPECIAL COURT FOR HAMID JAKARTA, Fri. A SPECIAL court, competent j to try Cabinet ministers, will be set up for the trial of. Sultan Hamid II for, It Is alleged, "playing a leading role in the Bandoeng uprising last January," informed Indonesian sources said. Hamid, Sultan of Pontianak State and
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      660 2 NAVAL VICTUALLING STORES, LABOUR REQUIRED AT SINGAPORE DOCKS. Quotations are invited from firms willing to supply labour for working cargoes In Singapore Docks Details of the services required may be obtained on application by letter to the Superintending Victualling Store Officer, H.M. Naval Base. THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD SALE OF
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      630 2 NOTICE The Government Publication Bureau, F>Ulerton Building, win reopen on 10th July, 1950. AUCTION SALE NOTICE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT JOHORE BAHRU Originating Summons No. 16 of 1950 The Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation, a company incorporated in the Colony "of
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      146 2 SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST Tenders are Invited for erection of 6 blocks of workmen's flats, 84 artisans' quarters, 18 shops and other subsidiary works at Princess Elizabeth Estate, Buklt Timah Road. Tender form etc. may be obtained on payment of a deposit of $100/- which will be refunded if a bona
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      108 2 TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF SPARE PARTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Sealed Tenders will be received from Registered Contractors by the Mechanical Engineer, P.WX). Factory, Kuala Lumpur, for the supply of M.T. Spares for the period 1.8.50 to 31.1.51. Schedule of parts and contract particulars available for Inspection at above address
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    NEHRU WOULD "GO TO ENDS OF EARTH" TO END WAR
    315 3 NEW DELHI, Friday, npHE Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, 1 said today that he would "go to the ends of the earth" if there were any chance of peace cumin? out of any kind of negotiation on Korea. He said
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    35 3 V \\K J IRE JET one of Britain's latest carrier aircraft, on the deck of HMS Theseus. In the background are Seafires of 1832 Squadron, the largest in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve— A.P. picture.
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    BATHTUB MURDER': H.K. MAN HELD
    80 3 IiONC. KONG, Fri. HONG KONG police yesterday arrested a sus-p.-ct in Macao's "bathtub murder case." He is beinff hold here pending an extradition request expected from the Portuguese colony. The suspect. Fan Heimun. is believed to be involved in the death of an unidentified woman
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    'N. Koreans Tortured Crew'
    183 3 'N. Koreans Tortured Crew' TOKIO. Fri. V JAPANEoE engineer in a J* freighter, who escaped from North Korea yesterday ibed torture he suffered at the hands of North Koreans. The newspaper Mainichl said the engineer and four others were arrested on March 19 by a Soviet patrol boat, 80 miles
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    NEW CHILD FOR LEOPOLD
    75 3 SSELS. Fri. King Leon ild's wife is expecting her Meond child, the well-infor-med Belgian Catholic Royalist spaper Libre Belgique rep irti'd today. The paper disclosed the Princess de Rethy"s pregnancy In a report that her mother, Mrs. Henri Baels, died on Thursday night. It will be
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    ATOM ARREST
    39 3 SANTE FE. New Mexico, Fri —David Greenglass, a 28-year-old atomic «nfW project technician linked by Federal agents with the imorisoned British scientist Dr. Klaus Fuchs, was today charged with conspiring to give atomic secrets to Russia.— A.l^
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    U.S. Carrier On Way To Korea
    235 3 SAN DIEGO, (California), Friday. HER decks jammed with war planes, the 27,000ton carrier Philippine Sea was yesterday en route to Pearl Harbour to htad the new task force to Korea. The carrier left secretly late on Wednesday. It had been preceded 24 hours earlier
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    Chinese Offer Rejected
    115 3 Chinese Offer Rejected HONG KONG, Fri. THE Korean Consul in Hong Kong, Mr. Lee Jung-bank, has declined the offer of 1,000 former Chinese Nationalist soldiers and a few Koreans to fight as an "international brigade" against the North Koreans. The offer was made by former Nationalist soldiers who escaped Irom
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    Two Labour Chiefs Deported from H.K.
    148 3 HONU KONG, Friday. TWO prominent Hong Kong labour union leaders A were today reported to ba*e been deported by the Colony authorities. A local newspaper said oolice Srday morning arrested the two men and Lythemlcross the borderJntoJjedOiuja.^ &s Mak Yiu Chuen, acting chairman of
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    MUSIC CRITIC
    23 3 LONDON. Fri.— The King nephew, the Earl of Har< wood, has become music cr tic for the London Daily Ma A.P.
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    MENZIES' VISIT TO BRITAIN
    84 3 LONDON, Frl.— The Australian Prime Minister, Mr Robert Menzies, and his part} will be guests of the British Government when they arrive in London next Thursday for a 10-day visit, the Commonwealth Relations Office announced yesterday. Mr. Menzies will, it fs understood, discuss the Korean situation
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    INCREASE IN RUBBER EXPORTS
    140 3 INCREASE IN RUBBER EXPORTS MALAYAN rubber exports in June were 75,463 tons, bringing the total for the first half of the year to 457.502 tons, compared with 449.272 tons in the corresponding period last year. June shipments were about 3 000 tons less than in May but nearly 17,500 ton
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    BREATH TO SPARE
    26 3 MR. GEORGE ISAACS, British Minister of Labour takes an experimental puff at a bandsman's instrument at a garden fete in London. Reuter picture.
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    AID FOR IRAN
    34 3 TEHERAN, Frl.— America s new ambassador to Iran, Mr. Henry F. Grady, said yesterday that the United States plans to begin immediately an intensive three-month programme to aid Iran's economy. A.P.
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    CHURCHILL TO MOVE CENSURE VOTE
    163 3 LONDON. Frl. MR- Churchill will move a iTI vote of censure in Parliament on Tuesday as a sequel to a House of Commons storm yesterday over the War Minister Mr. John Strachey's week-end "plot against Socialism" speech at Colchester. The dispute, which tiai caused two
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    SLIM IN BURMA FOR DEFENCE TALKS
    198 3 RANGOON, Friday. FIELD Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, arrived here yesterday for talks with Premier Thakin Nu and the Burmese Defence Minister. General Newin. He leaves for Calcutta tomorrow He said that the war in Korea would not spread
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    Russia Refuses Help To U.N.
    268 3 Russia Refuses Help To U.N. LONDON. Fri. R Li SSI A has rejected the British proposal that it use its influence to end the Korean war, Radio Moscow said today. The radio broadcast a Tass message disclosing that Russia refused even to reply to the proposals made by the British
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    SCHOOLS WILL RE-OPEN UNLESS..
    147 4 SCHOOLS WILL RE-OPEN UNLESS.. A ..j HOUGH the threat "i closure hangs over their heads, the Singapore Chinese Boys High School and the Nanyang Girl..; School will re-open on lulv 14 after vacation. This decision was taken by the Boards of Management of th:> two schools at a meeting In
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    M.C.A. STRAITS BRANCH IN SINGAPORE
    766 4 M.C.A. STRAITS BRANCH IN SINGAPORE Dato Tan's Call To Chinese fHE formation of a Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association was unanimously agreed upon by a group of prominent Chinese residents at a meeting called by Dato Tan Cheng Lock, President of the Association, at 268 Middle Road, yesterday.
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    TOO MUCH CARBIDE
    34 4 Cnincsf were hned 50 eacta and one $15.50 in Singapore Third Police Couri yesierciay fur possessing carbide in excess of the amount permitted them. They attended court on Fire BrijMde summonses
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    Wants Rails Put Back
    106 4 Progressive Party ComI mitsioner tor West Ward. Mr. C F J Lss is to ask for a protective railiiiR to be ln(i atom the monsoon dr n at Killney Road This step by Mr Ess follows I I made by a St. Mr Tan Swee Lim,
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    D.S.O. FOR BRIGADIER WHO BROKE KAJANG GANG
    564 4 From Our Staff Coi respondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. T^HE Distinguished Service Order has been awarded A to Brigadier I. L. Wight, formerly officer commanding, First Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, for "his example of cool leadership which was the inspiration of all ranks." This award
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    SMALLPOX
    10 4 Pontianak (Borneo) has been declared an infected place (smallpox).
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    Making It Easier For The Guide
    162 4 mo 7«a*c f/ic job o/ ciuino X a runninff commentary on points of interest in Singapore easier for the ground hostess and better for the passengers, QEA-BOAC hat fitted a mike and loudspeakers inlo four of its motor coaches. The new apparatus will be
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    KILLED BY FALLING CRATES
    145 4 KILLED BY FALLING CRATES THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. 1 W. G. Porter, returned a verdict of "death by misadventure at an inquest held yesterday on a 35-year-old labourer, Toh Cheng Yeow, who was killed by two crates falling from a lorry at a godown in Outram Road on June 30.
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    LAW EXAM
    43 4 An examination In Law for cadets in the Malayan Civil A Service, the Malayan Police < Service, the Malayan Cus- toms Service and for officers < in the Immigration Depart- ment, will be held in Singa- pore on Oct. 9, 10 and 11 <
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    GOING TO U.K.
    33 4 Fr«m Our Own Correspondent I j JOHORE BAHRU. Pri.— Dr. J. C. P. Grey, Deputy Principal Medical Officer, Johore. will be sailing for the U.K. on leave next week. i
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    NO CARD: GAOL
    41 4 A 35-year-old Chinese, Kwan Hai Chong, was yesterday sentenced In the Singapore First District Court to one month's rigorous Imprisonment when he pleaded guilty to falling to produce an identity card In Peck Seah Street on July 6.
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    D.C.M. FOR MALAY REGT. CORPORAL
    169 4 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE first award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal to the Malay Regiment has been conferred on Corporal Jamaluddin bin Mohammed Ifor great bravery, leadership and devotion to duty In the "bat lie" of Ulu Semur, near Gnu Miisang,
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    BRIGGS IS SHOWING 'RIGHT APPROACH'
    1085 5 Should Ensure Co-operation Of Chinese SAYS SHEARN Fiom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. gPEAKING at today's quarterly meeting of the Malayan Association, the President, Mr. Frrol D. Shearn, said that it seemed that "politically anyway" the Director of Operations, Sir Harold Brings, was approaching
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    DRIVER FINED
    25 5 JOHORE BAHRU. I ri. K. Rumayah, a Singapore lorry driver, was flned $75 rere yesterday for carrying roods without a haulage jer- Rift.
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    DUTIABLE LIQUOR
    45 5 Lee Chia. a 55-year-old woman, of Buk.it Panjang, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to possessing dutiable liquor 2, 3 gallon of samsu and eight gallons of ferment- ed rice, and an unlicensed still Sentence was postponed to July !4.
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    'Deny Funds To Red Racketeers'
    680 5 SPECIAL COMMITTEE UR6ED From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LLMPUR, Friday. A SUGGESTION that a Committee should be set up to advise the Government on means of deny- ing funds to the Communist bandits was made by Mr. W. H. MacLeod, speaking at the quarterly meeting
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    Six Bandits Hanged Brings Total To 100
    188 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. POUR Malay and two Chinese bandits hanged at 1 Pudu Gaol, Kuala Lumpur, this morning brought the number executed under the Emergency Regula- tions to 100. i I They wfere Ja'afar bin Hus- i sain. Wong
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    DIDN'T REPORT
    43 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Frt. j Five Indians and a Chinese woman, former residents of Singapore, who were found living on Yong Peng Estate, were convicted and fined $4 each here for failing to notify their change of address to the Registration Officer.
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    SINGAPORE WEEK-END DIARY
    205 5 HINESE Y.M.C.A.. Selegle Road, students' summer conferI ence, 9 a.m., music class, 2.30 I p.m., basketball, 5.30 pjn., badminton, 5.30 p.m.. film show, 7.30 i p.m. Y.W.C.A., 5. Raffles Quay, Mandarin classes. 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. GOSPEL MEETING, Chinese 1 Christian Church, 142, Prinsep Street, 2
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    BANDIT FIGHTERS
    85 5 REINFORCEMENTS who arrived on Thursday at Singa- I pore on the trooper Lancashire included 400 RAF personnel and replacements for the Navy, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 4th Hussars, R.E.M.E., RE., and the first troops of the Ist Wiltshire Regiment to come to the Colony. RIGHT: L Cpl.
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    Sun Blind Ads. Must Be Licensed
    94 5 SUN biinds bearing advertising matter in front of shops and business will be taxed as advertisements from next year. The Singapore Municipal Commissioners intend 10 charge the normal fees xor such sun blinds as laid down in the Municipal Advertisement Bye- laws $3 per
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    TAMIL SERVICE
    40 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri— The service at the Methodist Church, Johore Bahru, on Sunday will be in Tamil when the Rev. V. A. Chelliah will give a'n address on the "Value of Spiritual Dreaming." Ser-
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    BANDITS LOSE TWO IN PERAK
    246 5 BANDITS LOSE TWO IN PERAK From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Chinese terrorists, 1 a man and a woman, were killed in Perak today when security forces surrounded a small camp. Both tried to escape and were shot dead. The Chinese man was carrying a grenade which was hit
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    Births, 19,128 Deaths, 5,005
    67 5 DIRTHS outnumbered deaths by 14.123 in Singapore in the first five months of the year. The total number of births was 19.128, consisting of 240 Europeans, 149 Eurasians, 14,797 Chinese, 2.449 Malays, 1,331 Indians and 162 "others". Deaths in the period numbered 5,005; 36 Europeans, 44
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    29 6 MRS WHITTINGTOIN wishes U> th.ink all friends who were kind enough to attend the funeral ef her mother, Mrs. M. B. Law, and to send flowers and letters.
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    83 6 THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA An air view of the University buildings off Cluny Road, housing the Art* and Science Faculties. A new block is to be built m these grounds next year, primarily for til* University library but also to provide more accommodation for several departments of the University. For
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., July 8, 1950. Convocation Day
    913 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., July 8, 1950. Convocation Day Today seventy-one young Malayan men and women will receive Malayan degrees for the first time in the history of this country. After many years of apathy, prejudice and even downright hostility, the slow but irresistible advance of higher education in
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    As I was Saying
    1553 6  -  Cynicus -by- THE doctor's dilemma is not what it was, but as Dr. W. Glyn Evans pointed out in his ♦address as out-going President of the Malaya Branch of the B.M.A., it is still a matter of conscience. -"I consult my conscience in every case", he
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    Singaporeana
    834 6 MANY people were astonished to see how narrow Collyer Quay used to be, in the old picture which we published in tills page on June 28, and Mr. R.J.Farrer has since supplied the information that the widening of the Quay by a reclamation scheme dates from 1911. That picture
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    NEW EVIDENCE OFFERED IN K.L. BOMB CASE
    545 7 'Per jury At Trial 9 Says Counsel From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. £JOUNSEL for the two men sentenced to death after a retrial for the recent bomb-throwing at the International Hotel in Kuala Lumpur called in the Federation Appeal Court today
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    CHEAPEST RENT IN MALAYA
    307 7 THEY PAY SEVEN CENTS A WEEK rnWENTY-FTVE Malay Other Ranks and their families living: on Blakang Mati are paying the cheapest rents anywhere in Malaya for their singleroom quarters each family is charged one cent a day, which covers rent, water and lights. The is part
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    'Must Tell Truth'
    92 7 "In these days It is essential •hat people make truthful statements to the Immigration Officer," said Mr. P. C. Clague, Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, yesterday, I when he sentenced Anup i Singh, alias Ajlt Singh, to a fine of $400, in default one month's imprisonment, for having
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    BUSINESS VISIT
    30 7 Mr M. A. J. Healy, Eastern I representative of the Motion Picture Association of America, arrived In Singapore yesterday by "K.L.M. from Jakarta on a short business visit.
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    COUNCIL MEMBER
    25 7 Mr. R M. Young, acting I Director of Education, has been appointed a temporary 1 official member of the Singa- pore Legislative Council.
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    Fire!...and a ringside view
    51 7 Fir e!...and a ringside view TWO HUNDRED boys of Std. VIII and Senior classes of five schools were spectators at a display by the Singapore Fire Brigade yesterday. Picture shows a group of them sheltering from the spray thrown op by four "London control branches" during the demonstration. Straits Times
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    Ist Convocation Of University
    409 7 NEARLY 1,000 specially invited guests will watch 69 graduates of the University of Malaya receive the first degrees at the Convocation in the Oei Tiong Ham Hall in the Faculty of Arts this afternoon. With them will be eight other eminent and prominent men who will
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    40 7 EIGHT-YEAR-OLD WILU KOSTER who arrived m Singapore yesterday by KLM charter Skymaster from New Guinea with her parents and two sisters. The Kosters are returning with 25 others to Holland for leave after three years In Sarong Straits Times picture.
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    ACQUITTED
    30 7 Mohamed Hussein, an injdian, was acquitted yesterday in the Singapore Second Police Court on a charge of assaulting O. Narayanasamy, his co-tenant, at Kirn iSeng Road, on June 8.
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    8 Hoarders Fined
    65 7 RIGHT shop keepers who were caught hoarding sugar during raids by Pood Control officers and failing to display sugar price lists, were f.ned a total of $1,500 in the Singapore Second District Court, yesterday. Five other shopkeepers who claimed trial to charges of hoarding, overcharging or failing
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    Menzies Due Tomorrow
    77 7 SEVEN Australian Government officials will accompany the Australian Prime Minister. Mr. Robert Menzies, whe leaves Sydney tomorrow on his way to Britain and the U.S.A. The party will pass through Singapore on Sunday. Mr. Menzies will spend Sunday night as a guest of Com-missioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald.
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    SEVERAL 'BIG ARRESTS'
    174 7 SEVERAL 'BIG ARRESTS' Housebreaking C J2 V E R A L "important arrests" which were recently made by the Singapore police may have a deterrent effect on future attempts at house breaking, said the Assistant Commissioner, C. I. D. Mr. D. K. Broadhurst, yesterday. Mr. Broadhurst, who was reviewing the-
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    PRINCESS FLATS: NO TENANTS YET
    114 7 PRINCESS FLATS: NO TENANTS YET ()NE month has elapsed since the Governor of v Singapore, Sir Franklin Glmson, opened the Princess Elizabeth Flats at Farrer Park, and they are still unoccupied. The Estates Officer of the Singapore Improvement Trust. Mr. H. C. Tins'ey, anticipates rhat half of these flats will
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    BOY IN ACCIDENT
    34 7 Seven-year-old Wong KIra Sal was yesterday knocked down by a motor-cycle ridden by a Trafflc Police constable along Tiong Bahru Road. The boy was removed to hospital suffering from head Injuries.
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    ARREST AFTER 2 YEARS
    54 7 TAN CHIN KOON, 31, of Muar, who was arrested In Singapore appeared In the Relief Court yesterday, when charge of murder was read to him. Tan was arrested In connection with the murder of Wee Long Huat In May, 1948. The case comes up for mention
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    Japs Built This Ship
    55 7 PiE Else Maersk. one of the first Japanese-built cargopassenger vessels to be delivered to foreign shipping lines this year, was In Singapore yesterday. The 10.000-ton vessel, trim and ultra-modern, is one of three vessels built for the Maersk line In the Mitsui shipbuilding yards, at an
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    PROCURING ALLEGED
    46 7 Bail of $2,000 was offered in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday when a 48-year-old Cantonese woman, Wong Kit Lui, claimed trial to a charge of procuring a 14-year-old girl for the purposes of prostitution. The case was postponed for hearing until Aug. 30.
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    STUDY TOUR
    22 7 The Registrar of Co-opera-tive Societies of Madras, Mr. J. C. Ryan, will arrive In Singapore tomorrow, on a study tour.
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    P.O. BOX 5000 FOR S'PORE
    268 7 WANT TO HELP THE POLICE? A FTER the demonstration of the public's desire to help In investigations, the Singapore Police have decided to set up a Post Office Box to "make it easier for people to communicate with us," the Deputy Commissioner, Special Branch Mr.
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    APPOINTMENT
    17 7 Mr. A. W. Hockings. Commissioned Boatswain, Royal Navy, has been appointed to the Malayan Naval Force,.
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    CANNED GOODS ACQUITTAL
    43 7 Wee Peng Gun; 1 vi old proprietor of Thiani Jh'. t and Company, Robinson P.n. was yesterday acquit the Singapore Fourth Pu I a Court on a charge of cealing $5,000 worth <f c innrti goods beiieved to b? property.
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    REGISTER CALL BY MR. TAN
    161 7 REGISTER CALL BY MR. TAN MR. Tan Chin TU&n, Bin pore Chinese Chamber of Commerce representative en the Legislative Council, speaking over Radio Malaya last night, stressed the importance of every qu person registering., for the Council and Municipal i It < tions. Mr. Tan said that people should not
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    COULDN'T PAY $25 FINE
    66 7 "I only earn $1.90 a day, a 45-year-old labourer, Toh Won, told Mr. P. Clague. the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate yesterday when he could not pay a fine of $25. Toh had pleaded guilty to stealing 24 saplings worth $4 from the Municipal Catchment Reserve, Bukit
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    ADS. ON BLINDS TO BE TAXED
    31 8 SI N IJI.iW.S carrying .1 elver Usements like these shading m South Kridge Road Singapore, are to be taxed from next year. Straits Times picture.
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    8 MORE SCHOOLS THIS YEAR
    213 8 PLIGHT more primary schools, each capable of T J holding 516 students, will be established by the end of the year as part of the Singapore Governin"iit's scheme to provide free primary education. Mr. R. Brctherton, acting r ity Director of Bduca Ion, in <i
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    New Paper For Malays
    64 8 ANEW Malay newspaper, •Melayu Raya (The Malay Public), will be published in Singat>ore next month The paper will be an eight-page daily.. Tac Managing-Director, Tmin Harun bin Mohd. Amin. told the Straits Times that although the papers main aim is to serve the Malays, "it wiU
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    For Canberra
    30 8 MUL I. l. HOAiEK, tne official secretary in the Australian Commissioner's Office in Singapore, who leaves on July 24 for a new appointment in Canberra. Straits Times picture.
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    INDIAN NAVY'S THANKS
    63 8 Rear Adrr/.al G. Barnard, Commodore of the Indian Navai Squadron which visited Singapore recently, has written to the Governor, Sir Frankan Gimson, appreciating the welcome and hospitality extended to the officers and men of the squadron, in Singapore. Admiral Barnard thanked Sir Frankiin and Lady Gimson for
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    TURKO SEEKS PROHIBITION WRIT
    568 8 TURKO SEEKS PROHIBITION WRIT Move To Stay Extradition Case PERMISSION was granted to Raymond Paul Pierre (Turko) Westerling in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday to apply for a Writ of Prohibition to stop continuation of the extradition proceedings against him. The application, which wa.i made in a motion by Mr.
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    RUBBER MARKET CAUTIOUS
    215 8 RUBBER MARKET CAUTIOUS THE Singapore rubber mar- ket remains overshadowed by the Korean situation. Traders are still very cautious and disinclined to take a view say Lewis and Peat in their weekly market report. There has been a fair turni over for all grades of physij cals for the current
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    LOTTERY CASE: $2,000 BAIL
    48 8 Wong Min Huat, 40, pleaded not guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to assisting in a public lottery at the Junction of Rutland and Farrer Roads on July 7 Bail of $2,000 was -allowed and the case was postponed to Aug. 31.
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    35 8 MISS (JNANESWARi ol die .Methodist Girls' School, Kuala Lumpur, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Karalasingam, is one of the five Selangor Guides who will attend the jamboree m West Australia. Art Lite Picture.
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    $6,000 Gifts Promised
    122 8 A TOTAL of $6,000 was promised by the members of the Christian Brother's Old Boys (Singapore) Association yesterday at a meeting held at St. Joseph's Institution, to commemorate the centenary of the school in 1952. The money will go towards building a new Christian Brother's school. Mr.
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    PROGRESS IN FED. DESPITE BANDITS
    371 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. TPHE economic heart of x ihe Federation of Malaya last year beat more virgorously than ever, states the annual report for the Federation which was issued today. A study of the report shows that in "almost every field
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    BROKE BYE-LAWS
    23 8 A Chinese was fined $21 and another Chinese $10.50 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for offences against building bye-laws.
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    N. Borneo Aluminium Production Scheme
    187 8 npHE joint British-Canadian nine-man mission, sent out to North Borneo to examine and report on the aluminium production scheme based on the huge Padas River hydro-electric development arrived in Singapore yesterdav en route to London. The leader of the mission. Mr. W. B. C. Perrycoste,
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    PARTY TO MR. J.A. THIVY
    57 8 The Indian Fine Arts Society, Singapore, will give a farewell tea party to the Indian Representative in Singapore, Mr. John A. Thivy, at the G.H. Cafe on Tuesday. Mr. Thivy is expected to leave Singapore on July 17 for New Delhi, from where he will
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    S.H.B. MEMBER
    19 8 The Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe. has been appointed a member of the Singapore Harbour Board.
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    RUBBER VALUED AT 80 CENTS
    68 8 From Our Stan Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE price of rubber for assessment of export I duty for the period July 6 i to VI has been fixed at 80 cents a pound. For the same period the i price of copra is $540 a
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      394 8 Time Sic|»t of Good Confectionery JS% ')%&> V. "<^ x OJt ft* TORCH "Brand FRASER v MEAVE (CONFKTIOHERY) LT". 2 SIAK STPHT J'PORE PMONt 687 2. Vj^|M t'syom/ *i\_ skin irritation the agony of skin di*»<ii-ri. tM^ y Cool, healing, D.D.D. Prescription will bring you instant relief. _F*_X[ %\^^/m} drives
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      301 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD CROSSWORD No. 96 1 A pattern of varicoloured ways (4). marble pieces <6>. 24 Age puts an end to this 6. In an epitaph or is. maybe. illusion (6). I i J 3 4 isl S 8 A-ifa'Sik. ot tub. v fn° g n g ew by
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      CITY FATHERS AND THEIR FAMILY
      109 9 CITY FATHERS AND THEIR FAMILY JF the Singapore Municipal (.'oinniissioners are to receive payment for their services, it is liitfh time we called them City Servants and tt\ Maids instead of City Fathers and Mothers. It is a great honour for a man or woman, elected or nominated, to be
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      MEETINGS AT EVENTIDE
      144 9 VjL I h reference to your i 'ading article about pa i nk the City Fathers of Singapore a salary to nsate for their three afternoons' work a in Britain these mcetingi are always held in ''u. evenings. Tliis is done in order not to Interfere with
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      THE GOVERNMENT HOUSING QUEUE
      59 9 i n nave Government OUcers' Housing Coms? From my personal ;rnce they waste their v.hen State Secretaries ■le their decisions in >e their own :ites. n lit S:;i',e S.'cretar- the housing officers thnnrihout their States ol .'(i;>rse- -and lot the present Housing Committee! get down to
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      A TRIBUTE FROM TAIPING
      99 9 ji-^noji uuuw me 10 voice j JT my heartiest congratula- 1 turns to the organisers of the Scout concert held last week ftt th<- King Edward VII School Taiplns. Particular mention must be made of the untiring efforts put up by the organisers Mr. Emile N/^holas
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      "HUAN NANG"
      318 9 m A Chinese Explains To His Malay Friends I HOPE this letter may 1 help to correct some misconceptions held by "A Malay," of Bangkok, whose letter on "Malay Devils was published on Juno 28. It is undeniable that "Huan Nang" (barbarians) is an impolite term used (by
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      ACCIDENT RATE IN SINGAPORE
      51 9 THE high rate of fatal traffic accidents in Singapore is very perturbing. As people hold different opinions as to their causes I suggest that an inquiry commission of experts be set up. The commission should, of 'ourse, seek views from the ■"ublic. C. K. G. PILLAT.
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      A Johore taxpayer sketches a nightmare
      127 9 r PHE new rise in taxes on this and that has prompted the idea of the above cartoon. The Benham Scale proposals have worked out an all-round reduction in our pay in the Federation while in Singapore, despite similar rKluctions, people are still to
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      DAILY VISITS WANTED
      132 9 I ENTIRELY agree with 1 "Aggrieved" in all that he says, in his letter of Thursday, regarding the new rules on visiting hours at the General Hospital. Johore Bahru. Why in the name of reason should such a rule be enforced here when all other hospitals, both
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      THE ADVERTISERS' SILENCE
      114 9 IN the last four montlis 1 have answered ten or a i dozen "accommodation vacant" advertisements appearing in your columns in all cases but one through Straits Times box numbers, the exception being an advertisement inserted by a prominent local business firm. In every case I have
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      "CROP-LEAVE"
      116 9 CROP-LEAVE is known only to the staff of the Malayan Railway. This leave is granted for a few hours to Station Masters like me. in Isolated places where there is no barber's shop. I applied for such a leave about a week ago. but up till now the "Big
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      'BENGALI' AND 'BAYEE'
      130 9 OTNOE the Premier of India passed through here the use of the word "Klnig" has loomed large in the Straits Times. But Northern Indians too have a grievance against South Indians or Tamils, and other races in Malaya, for they are. often referred to as "Bengali" or
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      HARD LUCK ON BACHELORS!
      276 9 HARD LUCK ON BACHELORS A GOVERNMENT Cir- culai just issued states that bachelors are not entitled to Government quarters. In my opinion one which I am sure will be shared by many this is a gross injustice. I myself am a senior in Government service, with only a few more
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      "Ragging" Through The Years
      373 9 I HEARTILY congratu- late "Sagittarius" on his riotous letter on "ragging" published in last Saturday's Forum under the heading "Dublin University And The University Of Malaya." I enjoyed it immensely, and I shall try to show here the probable earlier chapters in the lives of those
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      MODERN GIRLS IN PENANG
      140 9 I AM pleased to note, in 1 your Sunday contemporary, the praiseworthy public spirit shown by one of the leading members of Penang's social set, who states that the modern Malayan girl has won recognition not only on the field of sport but also in the
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      "Holidays" In Raffles Place
      227 9 SINGAPORE'S Commissioner tor Labour, Mr. G. W. Davis, spoke on the night of June 27 over Radio Malaya. He appealed to the public not to break the "Weekly Holidays" Ordinance. His appeal was a broadminded one, but what about the handful of European wholesale firms, with
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      THE HARD-UP TENANT AND SUB-TENANT
      231 9 "Pillboxes Now Married Quarters." "Sub-Tenants No Greater Right Than Tenants." —Straits Times Reports. WITH the acute housing shortage, should a tenant be evicted just because, for economic reasons, he takes in a sub-tenant who cannot afford the rent and tea-money demanded for a whole hmnp
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      MUAR WANTS EDDY
      167 9 AT my age that of aj retired and tired man my only solace is music, light music. The longing to hear pleasant melodies from distant places Is great, but It Is a real pleasure to hear good, local talent, in singing, which sends waves of pleasure to
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      THE STUDENT ABROAD
      196 9 A V EW regulation came into force this year wnereby a student in Malaya or Singapore wh.) desires admission to a Unlvfrsity in the British Empire must forward his apo;ication through the Director of Education. The purpose of enforcing this rule is hard to appreciate. Why are
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      THE VILLAGE IN TRAVANCORE
      94 9 THREE yea s ago l l( 1iy birth place- 'I i Travancore— and n Malaya. When I 1 ramount need of our place was to In facilities for edv.c children of the poor. The parish pries;, Father Basil Fernanc written and asked ms I tact his
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      157 9 t A ry masters MUSIC OF BACH CONCERTO IN E MAJOR Gioconda de Vito (Violin) The London Chamber Orch. cond. by Anthony Bernard DB 9370/7-> CONCERTO NO. 1 IN A MINOR Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) Symphony Orch conducted by Georges Enesco db 2911, l:CHACONNE NO. 4 IN D MINOR (Prom Partita
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    London Stocks
    290 10 LONDON, Frl. a FEATURE of the London A Stock Exchange today was the strength and activity in copper shares. Yesterday's quiet buying gathered momentum and in a market short of shares some substantial gains were produced. Closing middle prices ol seiecled stacks, as supplied to the Straits Time*
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    51 10 A TTENTION was again focussed on pepper In the Singapore produce market and this commodity yesterday registered another increase of $10 over the previous days prices in both the black and white varieties. The tone of the market was still very firm and steady. Copra also created some
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    825 10 From Our Market Correspondent INTEREST in the Malayan share martcet was still on a restricted scale yesierday. There was a steady undertone with selective buyers in a fe\* Industrials and Tins. Price quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday orfrp INDUSTRIAL!! Buyer* Sellera A £ef Br C
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    TIN PRICES
    28 10 SINGAPORE. Frl., July 1 —$314.25 (up $3,624). LONDON, Fri.. July 7.— Spot: X. 620— 6201; Forward £6191— £620; Settlement, £620. Turnover: morning. 290 tons; afternoon, 21»_tons.
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    Rubber Up 5½ Cents
    210 10 rE Singapore rubber market which had been maintaining si steady upward price-trend during the week saw a big Jump of flve-and-a-half cents yesterday. The tone was again very firm There was good trade with sellers, however, scarce. The market closed firm. ClosUm prices yesterday were p«
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    SHIPPING IN SINGAPORE
    187 10 SHIPS situated In the Singapore Outer Roads and Inner Roads, and alongside Harbour Board ?odowns yesterday were: Ooler Roads: Noreverett, Tin* Yuan. Hong Siang. Waibalonft. Lancashire. Hai Hsuan Doba. Ulysses. Benreoch. Incharren. Inner Roads: San Ernesto. Serampang, Kajang. Strusa. Ophir. Rengam Haddock. Sentausa. Hone Soon, Bulan. Rasa.
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    ASHOK TO SCORE OVER 9F. TODAY
    1377 11  - ASHOK TO SCORE OVER 9F. TODAY EPSOM JEEP Pink Gin Should Make Amends By IPOH, Friday. ASH OK (late Final Star), I am convinced, can stay and I take him to beat Mayfair and Father's Pride in the 9f. handicap for Class 3, Div. 1 (Race Six) at Ipoh tomorrow,
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    Today's Race Card
    856 11 BELOW is the card of event s for today's races. Double 1 Totes will be on Races T hree and Four, and Six and Seven. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Eight. Race 1—2.30: Class 5, Div. 3—6 Furs. 400 Gay Chief Mawi 9.00 Mr.
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      319 11 "STARK" REALISM! fc NOW SHOWING MAKE Performance |B of the comes *W~ from him ua a man bell, tolling the hour for MCISION BHTWEKN TWO OPPOSING WAYS OF I.IKF. WILLIE STARK'S (BRODERICK CRAWFORD, :ih(.vr» CHALLENGE RINGS OUT ACROSS THE LAND. COLUMBIA PICTUfKS prtscatS THE TRIPLE" ACADEMY AWARD WINNER! ORIGINAL LENGTH
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      175 11 TODAY'S RADIO box; 9.30 News; 9.45 Rendezvous with the Stars; 10.S0 Rhythm on Records; n.30 Close. B.F.E.B.S. 4.45 p.m. "Prom the London Editorial 7 4.55 Prokoneff; 5.15 I "World Affairs"; 5.30 "A Nlc» Cup 1 of Tea": play; 6 Indonesian; 6.30 i Cantonese; 6.45 "Band Call"; 7.15 French 730 Biglish-
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    PATTY WINS SINGLES FINAL
    458 12 Beats Sedgman In 2-hr. Battle WIMBLEDON, Friday. DLDGE PATTY, 26-year-old American who lives In Paris, today set the seal on a distinguished Wimbledon lawn tennis career b> winning the covet- ed men's singles. In a great tactical battle lasting 1 nearly two hours, he defeated Frank
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    25-M. CYCLE RACE
    69 12 THE Cosmopolitan Cycling Club, organisers of th'- Singapore Best All Rounder Open Cycling competition, will hold their annual 100-laps (25-milesi Grass Track rac? qp B. O. D. C. A. ground at St. Georges Road on Tuesday, JulylB at 5 p.m. 1 Entrance fee is $1. All entries
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    KENNEDY'S GOALS DECIDE CUP TIE
    154 12 R.E 2 S.R.C 0 j A SPIRITED rally in the second half enabled Royal -<* Engineers to eliminate Singapore Recreation Club from the S.A.F.A. Cup competition by two goals to nil at Jalan Bcsar Stadium yesterday. For the whole of the first half, play was
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    F & N SOCCER XI
    53 12 F N SOCCER XI Frasrr Neave S.C. Soccer XI 1 to meet, Johore Prison S.C. at Johore Baliru today will be: Ong i Eng Hoe, Boon Soon San, Tan Chin Lye. Mohd. Yassin, Wee Hoon Leong. Sim Im Peng, Kassim, Awang Oarbos, Samad, Ismail, it AIL D. Reserves: Awang Chit,
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    Chew Bee And Hee Chin Win Doubles
    446 12 ANG Chew Bee, who won the Singapore mixed w tennis title with Mrs. Greenhill on Thursday yesterday won another title when he partnered Lim Hee Chin to beat G. T. Holluway and F. F. Sullivan in the final of the men's doubles at
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    G. RICHARDS' 100th WINNER
    60 12 G. RICHARDS' 100th WINNER SALISBURY. Wiltshire, Pri Britain's champion Jockey Gordon Richaids rode his 100 th winner of the season, bringing home three-year-old filly Highborne a three lengths winner of the ten furlong Hlbury Plate here yesterday This Is the 20th time that Richards had ridden a hundred winChwee 15-8,
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    Sports Diary
    154 12 TODAY CRICKET: Friendlies: S.C.C. Straits Times on padang; Ceylon S.C. v Customs at C.S.C. SOCCER: Jnr. B 2: S.M.W.U. t Star Soccerit«s at Ueylang. Vrlcndlv: lionr Bahru Rangers v Chinese S.A. at College Rd. WATER-POLO: Chinese S.C. t Navy (league) at C.S.C. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. tourney; Tanglin Clnb tourney.
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    V.S. BOYS WIN
    80 12 Winning all three singles and one of the two doubles Victoria School b;at Raffles Instituion at badmintion at Victoria School Hall yesterday. Results (V. S. players mentioned first) H?nry Lim beat Fook Chong 15-3. 17-14; Weng DJin beat Boon Chwee 15-8, 13-18, 15-3; Cheng Law beat Gim
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    Valentine 7-57 Wins Match For Tourists
    179 12 LIVERPOOL, Fri. THE West Indies beat Lancashire by an innings and 41 runs before lunch here today. Resuming at the overnight score of 112 for four wickets. Lancashire were all out in their second innings for 182. While it was Lance Pierre who did
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    Medicals Win Emily Cup
    134 12 THE Alumni Association ot Ki.ig Edward VII College ol Medicine won the Emily Cup, douated by Dato C. J. Paglar, when they defeated Stamford Club by seven matches to nil at tennis at t'ne Y.M.C.A. courts yesterday. Results (Alumni Association players mentioned first > SINGLES: K.
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    Surrey Win By 5 Wkts. V. Warwick
    183 12 LONDON, Frl. SURREY beat County cricket championship leaders Warwickshire by five wickets today. Scores In games ending today were: At Leicester, Kent beat Leicester by an Inns, and 48. Kent 408 for 6 dccl. Leicester 241 and 119. At Worthing, Gloucester beat Sussex
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    Golden Boy & Prasert Draw
    167 12 Golden Boy Prasert Draw GOLDEN BOY of Selangor and Siamese Nai Prasert fought a draw over ten rounds ol wild hitting and much clinching at the Happy World Stadium laat night. Coming In at 143 Vi lb.. Golden Boy was heavier by 8 lb. and had a longer reach, tout
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    Cricket Teams For Weekend
    529 12 piollowing are cricket teams for the weekend's matches: R. A. F. SeleUr Ist XI it.S.C (Senior Tourney) at Bale&tier Rd. tomorrow: S/Ldr Hudson (capt); S/Ldr. Winton; F/Lt. Bristow; F/Lt. Baird; F/Lt. Green; F/O. Dandeker; W/O. Duff; F/Sgt. Wright; Sgt. Lee; Sgt. Bowman; Sgt. Gascoigne. Umpire: Cpl.
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    RANGOON ROAD SCHOOL SPORTS
    53 12 Williams House, with 124 points, won the inter-house championship at Rangoon Road MingtMh School's annual athletic meeting at Rangoon Road yesterday, liuti-ners-up were Scott House with 84 points. After the sports, Mrs. J. D. Joseph, wife of the principal of the Teachers Training College, Singapore, gave
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    SCHOOLS WIN BY NINE WICKETS
    350 12 SINGAPORE Combined Schools scored their third victory within a month when they beat University of Malaya by nine wickets on the R.I. ground yesterday. R. Sandosham and D. Keyt were In top bowling form and with match figures of eight for 45 and eight for
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    DENIS TO MISS THIRD TEST
    103 12 LONDON, Fri.— Denis C'onipton, Middlesex and England iric&eler, today said he whs fairly satisfied with his knee when he tested It yesterday In a one-day matoh tor I the M.C.C. against Brighton College. After the game, Comp'.ou drive to London to sea Sir Hugh Griffiths,
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    32 12 MRS. A. GREENHILL volleying: a drive from Miss J. Taylor m the women's singles final of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association championships yesterday. Mrs. Greenhill won 7-5, 2-6. 6-1. Straits Times picture.
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    Bobby Locke Retains Open Title
    126 12 Bobby Locke Retains Open Title TROON. Scotland, Fri. BOBBY LOCKE of South Africa won the British Open Golf championship for the second year in a row today when he shot a final round 68 for a record-break-ing score of 279. Three golfers were locked in a tie at the end
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    YMCA TENNIS
    36 12 The Y.M.C.A. open handicap tennis tournament will start today at the Y.M.C.A. courts at 4.30 p.m. AH players talcing part In the novices open singles are reminded to be at the court at 4.30
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    Nine-Goal Victory For Navy
    177 12 Nine-Goal Victory For Navy DU\AL NAVY brought their heaviest guna into action on the padang yesterday when they beat Singapore Crirket Club by nine goals to nil in a SAFA Senior League game. Scoring at regular Intervail, Navy had chalked in> four goals by the Interval. After that there was
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS STARTS
    117 12 J^ start was mad' yesterday la the Tanglin Club tennis tournament when seven Us in the men's sigles w:rp played off. The match betwepn R. L. Griffiths and Paul Clen- ma postponed to July 11. Yesterday's results were:— Men's Singles: Ma). K. Greewo. d beat Col.
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    DEATH
    30 12 MRS. OH JIET KWANG. aited 74, died yesterday at 24 Ea*| Coast Rd., Katong. leaving behind six sons and three daughters. FunerPl at 4.30 this evening at Bidadari Cemetery.
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