The Straits Times, 24 July 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    U.S. PREPARES PLANS FOR THE 'BIG PUSH'
    378 1 U.S. PREPARES PLANS FOR THE 'BIG PUSH' 'Communist Invaders Will Be Whipped' WASHIINIiTUJN, Sunday. IT MAY be mid-autumn or even spring before United States forces, could launch a major counter-offensive in Korea, a high Defence Department official said yesterday*. He added that "the big push will come, and it will
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    SIAM TO SEND TROOPS
    147 1 SIAM TO SEND TROOPS BANGKOK. Sun. After a three-boor secret session today. the Parliament approved the government decision to send an army contingent to the United Nations forces in Korea Premier Songkhrum told Renter that detailed proposals concerning Siam'.s contingents, equipment and despatch would be sent to the United Nations
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    Missing U.S. Gen. Safe?
    56 1 J^JAJOR-GEN. William F. Dean, listed as missing in the fail of Taejon, w*» reported by i>n aide yesterday to have escaped the burning Lieut. Arthur Clarke said the General was last seen in the mountains outside Ti jon. riarke led a dozen Anurif i stragglers ini.o
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    AMERICANS LAND AT POHANC
    92 1 TANKS MOVE UP: Americ an medium tanks', lashed to railway wagons, are ready for the journey to the front line in South Korea. The crews have Piled their gear on the tanks and await the start. A.P. picture. G.ls. LAND FROM THE SEA The First Cavalry
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    Many Seek Govt. Jobs In Malaya
    82 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Sun. FE recruiting of administrative and police officers for Malaya is proceeding satisfactorily. a Colonial Office spokesman stated yesterday. Advertisements have appeared in newspapers over recent weeks for these officers and there has been "a flood of applications" from
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    LATE NEWS 10-20 RED TANKS KNOCKED OUT
    98 1 LATE NEWS 10-20 RED TANKS KNOCKED OUT U.S. LIG'ITH ARMY HQRS., Sun. BKTVVEEN ten and 20 North Korean tanks were knocked out today in the first phase of the now developing Taejon-Yang-dong highway battle. The 3.5 inch bazooka teams, artillery and the sth Air Force planes joined in a destructive
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    REDS RETAKE YONGDOK
    209 1 TOKYO, Sunday. A COMMUNIQUE issued by General Mac Arthurs 4 Headquarters states that the North Koreans have recaptured Yongdok on the east coast, which a joint American-South Korean force re-took on Friday. The communique states: "North Korean Communist forces, approximately of regimental strength, attacked and re- took
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    WAITED IN VAIN FOR SULTAN
    81 1 \f ALAY Royalty who gathered at Kallang airport yesterday were disappointed when the V.I.P. they were waiting to welcome failed to appear. He was the Sultan of Pahang, who is on his way from London. The Sultan is now due in Singapore this afternoon. At
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    ...And Derek just cooed & gurgled
    168 1 ...And Derek just cooed gurgled SIX-monlh-old Derek Michaei Price was the youngest passenger aboard a QEABOAC Constellation which arrived at Kallang airport yesterday from Sydney. And Derek cooed and gurgled in the arms of his mother, Mrs. D. Price for he had very good reason to feel happy. Five months
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    'Reds Shell Island'
    53 1 TAIPEI, Sun. (CHINESE Communists fired 180 shells last night at Quemoy Island, according to the Nationalist Ministry of National Defence. The Nationalist sources said that 1,500 sea-going vessels were concentrated along the Fukien coast, indicating a possibility of an invasion of Taiwan. The Nationalists have told the
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    FLYING TO SALE
    30 1 LONDON, Sun. The Maharajah of Baroda left by plane for Bombay today to supervise the sale of 20 of his two-year-old at his stud in India— UP.
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    Blueprint To Beat Reds —Will cost $10,000 million
    100 1 Blueprint To Beat Reds Will cost $10,000 million WASHINGTON, Sunday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN hopes to have ready for Con-v gress by next Tuesday a blue print of his $10,000,000,000 programme to help flght the Korean war and guard against Communist aggression elsewhere. It will be in the form of a detailed
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    MACKENZIE KING OF CANADA DIES
    292 1 MACKENZIE KING OF CANADA DIES Prime Minister for 21 Yrs, OTTAWA, Sunday. JHE FORMER Canadian Prime Minister, Mrv Mackenzie King, died of pneumonia tonight at his summer house in Kingsmere, Lake Quebec. He was .75 years old. Mr. Mackenzie King died at 9.45 p.m., after lapsing into a coma early
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    Babies Die In Blaze
    74 1 TIBERIAS. Bun. FlVE»babie.- were burn death while their parents stood heipiessiy by In a Dre in a babies' home at Kfar Arbel viliage. Palestine, today. A nurse, whose own b<Uf died in the blase, escaped through fierce neat and deiua smoke with one infant I. but
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    FIRST REPORT
    29 1 LAKE SUCCESS. 8 Gen. Douglas MacArth I iiuk" "is lii.^t report ua Commander of the Unite:! Nation* forces In Korea to the Security Council early next -A.P.
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    BRIDGEBUSTINGPEACE STYLE
    53 2 PEACEFUL VERSION: Korea is not the only place where high explosive is being used here the centre span of a bridge between Akron, Ohio, and Cuyaboga Falls is neatly blown up by dynamite charges. The bridge is being replaced by the new structure spanning the top of the
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    FINDS MEDICAL 'SECRET'
    180 2 FINDS MEDICAL 'SECRET' LONDON, Sun. MR. Vishwa Bandhu Gupta, 24-year-old Indian biophysicist, flies home on July 26 with one of the world's newest medical secrets how the function of the heart and lungs can be taken over durin c certain operations by a glass and plastic oxygenating pump. For two
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    FILM PIONEER
    28 2 HOLLYWOOD. Sun. Rex Ingram, pioneer film director of the silent era, died last night of a cerebral haemorrhage after a short illness He was 56.— Reuter.
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      World Tour On Cycle With Wooden Leg
      208 2 WORCESTER, Sunday. AN invalid young man, undaunted by his wooden leg, yesterday set out cheerfully on a world tour by bicycle. 1 "I want to see a bit of the world before I get too old," 23-year-old Eric S. Minchin said as he
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      APARTHEID NOW FOR TAXIS
      64 2 CAPE TOWN Sun. SOUTH Africa is gradually to introduce apartheid (race segregation) in taxis. The Road Transport Bsard states that new applications for licences to carry whites and non-whites must give "a good reason for wanting to carry both," after which the application will be sent
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      20 2 Las-Hamilton, formerly Miss ■Prunella Suck, was married in Cape T<swn on Saturday to Mr. Alfred Albers, a Cape Town surgeon.
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    Ministers Warn: 'Stronger Defences Needed
    284 2 DURHAM, Sun. VHE War Minister, Mr. A Emanuel Shinwc I, warned Britain today that "unpopular measures" may be adopted to strengthen tbe country's defences. Simultaneously, the Attorney-General, Sir Hartley Shawcross, I declared that if Communist force triumphed in Korea, "it would be asserted against us
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    TO PEKING
    39 2 HONG KONG. Sun.-Myint Thetn, Burmese Ambassador to Red China, and Mrs. Them left here by the steamer Yochow for Tientsin. They are on their way to Peking where Them will present his credentials to Mao Tse-tung -A.P.
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    Vital Decisions For Britain
    63 2 LONDON. Sunday. rE British Cabinet, at its meeting on Tuesday, is expected to make two vital decisions on Britain's role in the Far East fighting. The first will be whether to change the length of service of British conscripts, who now serve 18 months. The second
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    'SLEW THEM BY THOUSANDS'
    465 3  -  RALPH TEATSORTH, 'Reds sent in wave after wave of troops.../ Vivid Story Of American Escape From Taejon liv UP War Correspondent CTILL wearing his grimy battle fatigues, weary Lieut. Col. Robert L. Wadlington told how he and a group of other men escaped from Taejon by
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    'JOBS FOR ALL' IS THE AIM
    189 3 'JOBS FOR ALL' IS THE AIM LONDON. Sun. IJRITISH delegates to the Consultative Assembly meeting at Strasbourg next month will submit concrete proposals to overcome unemployment in every land. Mr. Hush Dalton. Minister of Town and Country Planning, said lust night. Full employment, he asserton 1 is an effective weapon
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    AIR AID TO SHIPWRECK
    70 3 MOGADISHU. Bun. An Italian plane left Mogadishu I jday with food, water and medicine for 460 trooDs and the crew of the French motor vsscl Doba (7.095 tonsi whose c-iptain appealed for food and water The Dooa bound from HaiI' i tii| to Dunkirk was Pushtu
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    GERMANY'S 'RIGHT TO DEFEND SOIL'
    225 3 FRANKFURT. Sun. r rHE United States High Commissioner in Germany. Mr. John McCloy, .slid here last ni»ht that he believed "It would be very difficult to deny the Oermans the right and the means to defend their own soil." Mr. McCloy had been rsked in
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    New Landing On 'Isles Of Spices'
    120 3 New Landing On 'Isles Of Spices' JAKARTA. Sun. fNDONESIAN Government 1 troops, closing in on the "Isle s of Sp:ces." have landed on Ceram, largest of the islands making up the South Moluccan group, according to Radio AmDon of the selfstyled South Moluccas Republic. Indonesian military quartters here confirmed that
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    'ANTI-U.S. WEEK'
    19 3 HONG KONG, Sun. An "AnM-American week" will be started in Canton tomorrow, according to Chinese reports. Reuter.
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    6 Jap Boys For France
    63 3 PARIS, Sun. SIX Japanese students have won scholarships to study for a year in France with expenses paid by the French Government, UNESCO announced today. Two will study literature, and the other four music, medicine and science, respectively. This is the first time since the
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    Planned Attack On Singapore
    164 3 ADMIRAL TOCO DIES IN PRISON TOKYO, Sunday. THE death of Admiral Shigenori Togo, one of the top Japanese warlords convicted on charges of planning the attack on Pearl Harbour and Singapore, was announced today by U.S. Army authorities. Togo, sentenced in 1948 to 20 years' imprisonment,
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    CARRIER MAKES FASTEST CROSSING
    78 3 TOKYO, Sun. A BIG American aircraft carrier. loaded with planes, arrived here yesterday after what is believed to be the fastest Pacific crossing— eight days and seven hours from the U.S. west coast. The carrier was not identified, but is believed to be the Boxer (see
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    Governor's Pledge
    67 3 MANILA, Sun. QOVERNOR Dominador Camerino of Hukbalah-ap-lnfested Cavite province has imposed upon himself and other provincial officials a September deadline to rid the province of terrorism. In a speech to leading provincial, municipal and Philippine Constabulary officials in Cavite City, Camerino pledged his determination to exterminate lawlessness m
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    RED NAVY DAY
    70 3 MOSCOW, Sun. Soviet warships and coastal batteries on the Black, White and Baltic Seas and the Arctic and Pacific oceans fired 20 salvo gun salutes in honour of Navy Day, being celebrated today In the U.S.S.R. Moscow newspapers printed Navy Day editorials signed by Fleet Admirals accusing
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    HITS BLACK MARKET
    66 3 PARIS Sun.— Official quarters said yesterday that American cigarettes will be placed on legal sale toward the end of August. This news heralded a blow to one of the country's oldest and most nourishing black markets. In most Paris bars, night clubs and better class restaurants, smuggled
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    PALACE RIOT
    41 3 BOMBAY, Sun. Three hundred homeless people stormed the palace of the Maharajah of Gwalior today and squatted for an hour in its luxurious drawing room. Police then rushed the palace and cleared them out Two hundred were arrested. A.P.
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    Chiang Making Big Changes
    187 3 Chiang Making Big Changes TAIPEI, Sun. pkRASTIC reforms in '-'the Kuomintang organisation were begun today by Chiang Kaishek, the chief result of which will be an end to the 25-year domination by the clique headed by Chen Li-fu and accent put on youth. The Generalissimo has been given complete power
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    Hawaiians Sign
    83 3 HONOLULU, Sun. 'THE first constitution for an off-shore American state was signed here yesterday, Delegates from every Hawaiian island signed the document. By following the example of 15 present states that completed their constitution before being admitted to th« Union, Hawaii is telling the U.S. that it considers
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    MillGoesUp In Smoke
    59 3 MANILA, Sun. A FIRE of undetermined origin early today caused an estimated damage of US$5OO,OOO to a pulp and paper mill in Mandaluyong, some 20 miles from Manila. Manila police and lire department units rushed to assist local forces In extinguishing the blaze. The mill is owned
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    Two Killed In Revolt
    60 3 LA PAZ, Bolivia, Su#. TWO people were reported killed and at least three injured today in an unsuccesful attempt at revolution. Revolutionists attacked several public buildings and tried to surround an hotel, where President Mamerto Urrioiagoilia usually lives, a Government spokesmen said. The attacks were beaten
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    LEOPOLD RETURNS TO TENSE CAPITAL
    422 4 LEOPOLD RETURNS TO TENSE CAPITAL Boycotted By Ministers, Booed In Streets BRUSSELS, Sunday. ITING LEOPOLD, returning to the throne of Belgium today after six years' exile with a "solemn appeal for concord", presided a few hours later over a Crown Council boycotted by Liberal and Socialist Ministers of State. Nine
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    150 Million Americans
    90 4 WASHINGTON, Sun. T^HE total population of the A continental United -States on April 1 was 150.500.000. the Commerce Secretary. Mr. Charles Sawyer, revealed yesterday, when he maue public the preliminary results of the 1950 census That total is. nearly 19.000.000 more than wa s recorded in 1940.
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    YUGOSLAV ARMY ON ALERT
    150 4 YUGOSLAV ARMY ON ALERT BELGRADE. Sun. Western obki rvers discount the likeli- ol a Russian-led Com.luorm attack on Yugoslavia in the immediate future, but Marshal Tito's forces are taking no chances. This much, however, seems certain— there is no possibility that a surprise invasion like that in Korea could be
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    Death of MrH. Huntsman
    119 4 LONDON. Sun.— Mr. Harold Huntsman, formerly a weilknown Perak lawyer and company director, died on Thursday at Gerrard's Cross, near London. Before his retirement in 1939. Mr. Huntsman had spent 28 years in Ipoh and was a partner in the law firm of Maxwell and Kenion.
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    More Typhus Cases In Fed.
    65 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. 'VHE incidence of scrub typhus normally one or two cases a week has risen sharply of late and, during the week ended July 8, 21 cases were reported in the Federation. However, new methods of treatment have resulted
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    INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS
    70 4 From Our Own Correspondent SITIAWAN, Sun.— Mr. L.T. Raj an, Inspector of Indian Schools, accompanied by Mr. G.D. Paul, Assistant Inspector, Perak North, inspected a number of schools In Dindinga. Mr. S. Krishnan, president of Jhe Perak Indian School Teachers' Union and headmaster, Maha Oanesa Viddyasalai, Sitiawan,
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    ACQUITTED
    27 4 Fran Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Sun. The Muar Magistrate acquitted Lira Wee Who was alleged to have used his private car for hire at Jalan Yahya.
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    BATU PAHAT ART SHOW
    67 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Mr. Woo Tien Siew was the most successful exhibitor at the first Open Art' Exhibition at Batu Pahat on Friday and Saturday. The 400 exhibits were judged by Mr. H. Young and Mr. J. S. H. Cunyngham Brown Many
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    SCOUT GUILD FOR COUNCILLORS
    304 4 From Our SUtf Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A BRANCH Of the "B-P Guild of Old Scouts" may be formed among Federal Legislative Councillors by the Chief Social Welfare Officer. Dr. C. P. Rawson, who is the only member of the Guild in the Federation at the
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    U.S. STOPPED RED BLITZKRIEG-EDEN
    93 4 U.S. STOPPED RED BLITZKRIEG-EDEN LONDON. Sun. BRITAIN'SDeputy Opposition leader and exForeign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, said last night the unhesitating intervention of American forces in Korea had prevented the Communists from winning a political and military "blitzkrieg." Speaking at Colchester yesterday, he said: "The free nations should meet and agree
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    Union As A 'Guardian Ange'
    130 4 Union As A 'Guardian Ange' From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun. "TT is erroneous to say that trade unions should function only to look after the wages and living conditions of members," said Mr. Ponnudurai, presiding at last night's dinner of the Penang Clerical and Administrative Staff Union. A union's
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    CHARGED FOR NO ENTRY PERMIT
    66 4 From Our Own Correspondent S E G A M A T, Sun. A young Pathan, Himat Shah, was charged in the Segamat Court with entering the Federation without an Immigration permit. An alternative charge of failing to register and obtain an identity card was also
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    EXPLOSION OF AMMO BARGES
    41 4 EXPLOSION: This general view shows the extensive damage in the area of tht Bedenham Pier at Portsmouth harbour where eight ammunition barges recently exploded. Admiralty men have no t ruled out the possibility of sabotage— A.P picture.
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    New Nehru Message On. Korea Denied In U.S.
    295 4 WASHINGTON, Sunday. /"OFFICIALS of the State Department and Indian Embassy den ed that the v Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, had sent a new message to the I'.S Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, regarding the admission of Commu-'i I China to
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    CIRCUS MAN FINED $200
    84 4 From Our Staff Corresponded P E N A N G, Sun. For driving his car inconsiderately and nearly colliding with another car. Wong Sek Mun. mechanic foreman, of Sheum's Circus was fined $20 by the First Magistrate, Mr. D. R. Home. For driving without a licence
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    MAD AND BITTER'— CAL WELL
    210 4 MAD AND BITTER CAL WELL SYDNEY. Sun A FORMER Australian immigration Minister, 12 A. i Calweii said yesterday that I the American people were i ititlea to feel "mad and bitter" at the failure of nalii "s"living on their charity" to send their yrond forces to help in Korea. Mr
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    S'pore 'Not Interested In Cheap Jap Cycles
    294 4 EADING Chinese bicycle importers and dealers in Singapore are just "not interested" in the Tokyo report that Japan is soon to produce a cheap bicycle for the Asian market. Chinese Importers told thf Rs Times yesterday that voted price of U.S $U would
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    FINAL BID TO BE MADE TO GET DATO ONN BACK AS UMNO LEADER
    318 5 FINAL BID TO BE MADE TO GET DATO ONN BACK AS UMNO LEADER IN A LAST bid to get Dato Onn bin Ja'afar back to the UMNO presidency, the central working committee of UMNO will stage a mass demonstration in front of Dato Onn's residence in Johore Bahru on Friday.
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    DROVE TRAINS FOR 30 YRS
    299 5 DROVE TRAINS FOR 30 YRS ITOH'S "strong man," 48-ypar-o'd Edwin Ernest Wan will shortly retire from the Malayan Railway after for 30 years as an Be driver. h'.r. Ware joined th.' F.M.S n in 1920 at Prai and ber >ir? an apprentice driver at $1.50 h <!:iv which in those
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    2 ALTERED THEIR ADDRESSES: FINED
    38 5 TELUK ANSON. Sun.— For at 'Ting the address in her Identity card. Blah bintf Alang Ahmad was fined $10 in Teluk Anson. Fatimah blnte Hashim was also fined $10 for a similar offence.
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    EXCESS: 4 FINED
    30 5 TELUK ANSON, Sun.— Fines ranging frctn $25 to $50 each mv.to Imposed on four bus conductors in Teluk Anson for conveying excess passengc v* In their vehicles.
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    DRIVER FINED
    23 5 JOHORE BAHRU. SunN> Ah Chiew. a lorry driver, was lined $15 in the Johore Bahru Police Court today for daneerous driving.
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    Kallang Air Arrivals
    171 5 THE following passengers were among those who arrived at Kallang airport yesterday 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 London: Messrs. M. H. Turner, C. G. G. Brodie, and A. J. Mitchell; Mdm:
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    ACQUITTED ON ARSON CHARGE
    48 5 PENANG. Sun. Alleged to have set fire to a cafe In Phee Choon Road on April 15. Lim Gon X Guan was acquitted in the First Magistrate's Court after the prosecuting officer. Inspector Zainuddln. had indicated he was offering no evidence against the accused.
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    BEAT RETREAT
    26 5 KAJANG. Sun— The pipes and drums of the second Scots guards from Kuala Kubu yesterday evening beat Retreat at Kajang on the public padang.
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    Singapore Diary
    58 5 RED CROSS WORKING PARTY, Guide Hut, Cleinraceau Avenue. 10 a.m. to noon. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION, first-aid class, Headquarters, Stamford Road. 5 pjn. SINGAPORE ART SOCIETY, life class, British Council Hall, Stamford Road, 6 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. YJW.C.A., Orchard Road, public lecture by Mr. G. G. Thomson
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    Singapore School Near
    65 5 Completion HTHE Anglo-Chinese School, Barker Road, Singapore (above) is near completion. Costing nearly $1,000,000, it is expected to open in mid- September, when there will be a week of celebrations by the pupils and the Alumni. The school will have 33 class-rooms, holding 1,320 pupils, a spacious
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    SPECIAL CLASSES
    74 5 Special classes in Chinese, Latin, Malay, art, woodwork, commercial subjects and metal worK will be taught. The authorities hoped to make it possible for the present senior classes to study in the new building for two months and to take final examinations there in December. The school cornerstone
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    Flying To Holy Year Celebration
    107 5 Flying To Holy Year Celebration TW O SOLOMON Island Catholics, Father Daniel Stuyvenberg and Mr. A. Osifera. passed through Singapore yesterday by air on their way to Rome for the Holy Year celebrations. Father Stuyvenberg. whose home is In Uthecht. Holland, has been attache*! to £he Catholic diocese at Maiaita,
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    "OUT OF BOUND" SIGNS BACK
    53 5 PENAG, Sun. "Out of bounds" signs have been put back in several streets in Penang after having been withdrawn last year. It was pointed out that health requirements made It necessary for them to be put back. Permission to restore them has been granted by
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    Seamen's Union Cables Secretary Of State
    168 5 A CABLE was sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, by the Indo-Malay-Pakistani Seamen's Union after their annual meeting yesterday, asking him to "speed up" an inquiry into complaints made to him during his visit to Malaya, by the
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    Malacca Trade 'In Eclipse'
    245 5 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Sunday. piVING the general trade position of Malacca, Mr. C. M. Seth, retiring President of the Malacca Chamber of Commerce, told the Chamber's annual general meeting, "The trade of this old Settlement has suffered an eclipse since she lost her free
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    New Sarawak Authorities
    140 5 ]?LEVEN new local authorities were constituted In Sarawak last year, bringing to 16 the number of local authorities under a scheme started in 1947. The Colony's annual report says that, though most of the authorities are constituted on a racial basis, there are encouraging signs of co-ooeration
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    UMNO YOUTH MOVE ON SQUATTERS
    93 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sun AT the UMNO youth conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur on July 30. the question of Chinese squatters planting padi will be brought up for discussion on a motion to be tabled by the Youth League of
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    TODDY: 'ESTATES MUST DECIDE'
    250 5 TODDY: 'ESTATES MUST DECIDE' From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Sun. ALTHOUGH the Settle- ment Council has adopted, in principle, the recommendations of the 1946 Ross Committee, no steps have yet been taken to re-open toddy shops on Penang and Province Wellesley es. tates. Mr. F. Brewer, Deputy Commissioner for Labour.
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    UNIVERSITY WEEK IN TAIPING
    39 5 TAIPING. Sun. During University Week in Taiping in the first week of August? the Ceylonese community will hold a Variety Entertainment at the St. George's School hall on Saturday, Aug. 5 at 8 p.m. T
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      269 5 7.12 "Tango and Samba Time": Story: 10.15 "Floor-Show": 10.30 SPORE 73fl Jay WUbur strings 8 Dance Music: 11. Close. 9 35 a.m. Schools: 9.55 Inter- S'pore; 8.15 Julal Tan and Tony B F E B S lude: 10. News, followed by Emer- Valerlo; 8.30 "Songr from the Rency News from
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Mon.. July 24, 1950.
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      Red Mail
      384 6 A new weapon with which to catch persons trying to dodge the exchange control regulations was approved by the Singapore Legislative Council last week, in the shape of two amendments to the Finance Regulations. Mr. John Laycock delivered a vigorous onslaught on these amendments, asserting that they conferred
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      Rubber Pointers
      407 6 There are indications that an entirely new method of helping the rubber smallholder in Malaya to attain a higher standard of living b under consideration. In his speech at Malacca lasl Wednesday Sir Henry suggested that one of the lines on which the new Rural and Industrial Development
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      Civic Pointers
      299 6 The honest Singaporean must often feel depressed over the enormous social arrears that exist in this city and the inadequacy of what is being done to deal with them. On the other hand, the Singaporean who has reached the stage of this life's journey when a man looks
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      RETURNS HOME
      23 6 Emily Gallop, the 45-year-•)ld Singapore Eurasian woman, wno was yestrrday morning reported missing since July 12, returned borne in the afternoon.
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    The Muslim Board On Rents: A Defence
    252 6 The Muslim Board On Rents: A Defence fITITH reference to a report, published by you on July 20 under the heading "Advisory Board Attacked", in which a Singapore Tenants' Association spokesman referred to the Muslim Advisory Board, I should like to state the following: The allegation that all the members
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    PAYING FOR A PARK?
    165 6 JF "Cecil Street" is correct In stating that the most exquisite example of the art of landscape, gardening ever seen in this country "has been allowed to deteriorate over a period of twenty years," it would seem that not until "private enterprise" suggests a new usefui/ess
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    30 6 The Sultan of Kelantan presenting gifts to young people of the Welfare Home, Kota Bahru. on Hari Raya Puasa. Miss Keylock, the Senior Welfare Officer, looks on. Glory Studio photograph.
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    LOCALMENFOR LOCAL JOBS
    384 6 Mr. C.C. Tan And Mr. Lim Yew Hock Alt ß. Lim Yew Hock has accused Mr. C. C. Tan of hiding facts in connection with local-born appointments in the public services. But in none of Mr. Tan's published statements can I find any facts to support Mr.
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    AN AMERICAN VETERAN
    93 6 \§Y neartfelt thanks and 111 appreciation go to "Singaporean" for his open letter to the U.S. Consul-General, published in the Saturday Forum, as well as "Cynicus" for so ably stating the facts of the case of the G.l.s in Korea. British veteran troopers of Mons, Dunkirk, the
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    JUSTICE OR POLICY?
    219 6 l|n. C. C. Tan's pledge, iT1 as a member of the Progressive Party, to fight for the local-born, reported in the Straits Times of July 20, is meaningless. When an opportunity lately occurred to prove that pledge, the vice-president purposely stayed away from the meeting concerned, another
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    WHO WAS THE ANGEL?
    134 6 "^yHO was that sweet-voiced angel over Radio Malaya announcing- the race results in the 7 p.m. news bulletin on Wednesday? I guess she must have been racing herself to catch an Important date. Was It a tete-a-tete at the Sea View? The speed at which she
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    The Indian Degrees
    165 6 rpHE first Convocation of 1 the University of Maiaya and the speeches made by the Chancellor and Sir Alexander CarrSaunders will be remembered forever in the histoiy of the University of Malaya. The Chancellor said that the standard here was as good as that oi any other
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    On the Margin
    414 6 On the Margin AT half-past three on Saturday afternoon when in a state of semicoma, I was informed that I had to attend an art exhibition in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce premises in Hill Street. Never did I feel ItM like being a pat run of the arts, and
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    S'PORE TO SPEND $120 MILLION FOR POWER AND WATER
    352 7 AT a cost of nearly $120,000,000 and in about A seven years' time, Singapore will have enough electricity and water to cover the anticipated requirements of the Wjiole island, the acting Municipal President, Mr. 1. r. r. McNeice, told the Straits
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    Union Told: 'Stand Together'
    152 7 Union Told: 'Stand Together' TIE PRESIDENT of the Singapore Labour Party Vi<- Livn Yew Hock, told the B«l?tar Naval Base employees lav to "stand united. ;tlng all diflerenCes for i ral welfare of the v -ttii cla* in Singapore." Mr Lim was speaking at the annual meoMng of the ir
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    MANAGER FINED
    33 7 Fiom Our Own Correspondent .OHORE BAHRU. Sun. Cho Chung Man. manager of the South Johore Bus Company was fined $25 at Johore Bahru !<> r operating an omni-b-s In a dllanidated condition
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    Beer Baptism For Launch Valerie
    61 7 BREAKING a bottle o* «>e er Mr. Leslie Rayner. chairman of the Singapore Youth Council, performed the naming ceremony of the Valeric, the 30-seater motor-launch presented by Dato C. J. Paglar (right) at Ponggol Point yesterday while members of the Council look on. The function
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    'GARDENS': S.M.C. CAN'T DO MUCH
    196 7 NEITHER THE Singapore Municipal Commissioners nor the Singapore Improvement Trust will be able to do much to save Alkaff Gardens, recently purchased by the Sennett Realty Company for public use, the acting Municipal President, Mr. T P. F. McNeice, told the Straits Times. il_____ 1
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    67 SEEKING NEW LIFE
    39 7 CIXTY-SEVEN Dutch immigrants arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon in a X.L.M. chartered Skymaster on their way to Australia to start a "new life." The party comprised 14 adults, 18 children, and five babies in arms.
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    'Rain': Not Everybody's Cup Of Tea
    301 7 'Rain Not Everybody's Cup Of Tea RAIN" the play that John Colton and Clemence Randolph wrote from a Somerset Maugham short Siory. is not everybody's cup of tea. It is 'he stark, meaty stuff of Maugham's idea of Life On The Beach at Pago Pago —the unsmiling South Seas, land
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    NO COLONY SHIP BAN
    66 7 A report, said to come from Singapore that the British Foreign and Colonial Offices were holding talks on whether to ban from the Colony port Russian and Panamanian ships bound for North Korea, has been officially denied in London. The report stated that Britain and her
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    CABARET QUEEN
    40 7 Miss Koh Siew Ying won the title of "Happy's Queen" at the Happy World cabaret last night with 6,764 votes. Run-ner-up was Miss Tham Lai Ying with 3,181 votes, and Miss Butterfly Wong came third scoring 2,444 votes.
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    THEY BUILT A SCHOOL
    97 7 ....But there's no teacher THE inhabitants of Pulau Semakau, consisting mainly of 1 Malay fishermen and a few Chinese traders, have completed a school building of plank and attap ror about 30 Malay students. But, said Mr. J. C. Kulaslngha, chairman of the Pasir Panjang Rural
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    Help For Former Prisoners
    179 7 Help For Former Prisoners TIHE Aftercare Association o 1 the Salvation Army Head quarters in Singapore found employment last year for nearly 70 per cent, of discharged prisoners who sought help. Brigadier F. W. Harvey head of the Salvation Army here, told the Straits Times that there was a continued
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    Chinese Paintings On Display In S'pore
    249 7 ONE of the finest collections of Chinese paintings in South-East Asia, now on display at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, belongs to Mr. Tan Tsze Chor^lea^ng pepper merchant. opened on Saturday by Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders, Director of the London School of Economics, is
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    PRIEST TO LEAVE J.B.
    54 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Father T. Chin, parish priest of Johore Bahru for two years, leaves early next month for Balik Pulau, Penang. on transfer. Father Chin recently organised a fair which raised more than $5,000 for the Building Fund of St. JoBC-pl»
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    Malayan Indian Organisations To Federate
    536 7 CONGRESS CRITICISED From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE MALAYAN Indian Congress was criticised by Mr. R. Ramani in his presidential address at the end of the two-day inaugural meeting of the Federation of Indian Organisations, in Kuala Lumpur today. Today's meeting, though several
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    Y.W.C.A. CAMP AT MALACCA
    101 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Plans for an All-Malayan holiday camp were discused at the executive committee meeting of the Y.W.C.A. of Malaya, and Singapore held in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The holiday camp will be at Malacca from Aug. 22 to 28. The camp
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    'BEST CAKES' CONTEST
    52 7 'The Singapore Malay Women Association will hold fancy dress and cakes competitions tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the home of its president Che FatimaH binti Haji Harun, JP. in Arab Street in celebration of Harl Raya Puasa. Members are requested lo bring one plate of cakes to
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    GRASS FIRES
    22 7 The Fire Department dealt with two minor lallang flres yesterday in 9V* m.s. Buk t Timah Band and dementi Road.
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    Women's Y's Steady Progress
    196 7 Women 's Y's Steady Progress STEADY progress during the past year is recorded by the Singapore Y.W.C.A. in the annual report for 1949-50. just published. A new "Chinese-speaking Activities and Programme Committee" has been formed to serve the Association's non-English-speakinn members. Clubs for business and professional women, for housewives and
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    Patrol Fire On Bandits
    130 7 I i i r -I..I'. Oorrespoiu.eiil KUALA LUMPUR, 8U11. VESTERDAY afternoon .n Negri t'embilun, a patrol of the security forces fired :>t five armed bandits seen leaving ai. estate kon-si. There were no known casuuities Twenty-ei^nt Chinese in ihe kong.ii were detained for lnterrogulion. On 3a
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    MISSING—WITH HER CHILD
    58 7 MISSING— WITH HER CHILD THIRTY FIVE YEAR OLD Tan Bay of 780-R, 10 m.s. Chavr.i Roud, has Vren mir,<-in<i from her home <e June 17 taking with her ei s-y ear-old daughter, Ler Ah Ngo, and $218 worth of jewellery and $100 cash This was reported terday at the Bedok
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    Justice is rough in Saudi Arabia
    693 8 JKDDAH, Saudi Arabia: TO the Christian the Holy I. and is Palestine, but to the MLsliin it is N;iudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia the Prophet Mohamed was born, and there he received the inspiration to write the Koran. With the exception of neighbouring Yemen,
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    Call it 'THE TWILIGHT WAR'
    870 8 Call it 'THE TWILIGHT WAR' SINGAPORE: THIS IS A STRANGE WAR. Leon Trotsky, who was murdered by a Kremlin agent in Mexico, once described the period after the Russian Revolution in 1917 as "neither war nor peace". Trotsky considered this exactly suited the needs of the Russians of that time.
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    Glubb Pasha tells of Legion's losses
    188 8 By LARRY ALLEN TEL AVIV: T»HE Arab Legion x of Hashemite Jordan lost one-third of its 5,000-man strength during the occupation of two areas in the Arab-Jewish war, according to a dispatch credited to the Arab Palestine newspaper "Al Sarih." A translation of the
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    Egypt speeds up defence works
    443 8 T\EFENCE prepar- ations are being speeded up and air raid precautions taken in Egypt as an answer to the present day tense international situation. The Government Is organising a speed-up In supplies to the armed forces and important machinery for local Industries is being rushed
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    U.S. MISSIONS IN MANILA
    75 8 MANILA, Sun. American missions -I are at present in Manila. One is the 25-man U.S. Economic Survey Mission to the Philippines headed by Mr. Daniel Bell. Th» other is the U.S. Joint State Defence-Military Defence Assistance Programme Survey Team, headed by Mr. John Melby and MajorQeneral
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      226 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD M SS u,. BJ* 1 CROSSWORD No. 121 <«> 26 Insull <5> I 2 13 iH*T» P H3* 4. and abbot and Wj I-"** Hamilton II Cago seed, or (ancier M> rmind sera ffi 35*5 H rag «d 13 Crt hold of r<mo4 IS>. > M A
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    Forward Rubber Sales
    442 9 Forward Rubber Sales ALLAGAR RuDber Plantations announce forward sales in respect of Its 1950 crop of 180 tons at 1345 d per pound. London landed equivalent, and 135 tons at 15 79d per pound ot the 1951 crop. AMHEKST Estates (Selangori Rubber 120 tons at 13 29d per pound in
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    BFRTTINTAI TIN DREDGING
    68 9 KUALA LUMPUR. "DERJUNTAI Tin Dredging made a profit of £127.563 last year compared with £57.524 in the previous year. The chairman, Mr. W. M. Warren, told the annual meeting of the company in Kuala Lumpur at the week-end that the company had made a donation to the
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    SHARE DEALERS HAD EYES ONLY FOR THE WAR IN KOREA
    529 9 From A Market Correspondent ONLY moderate trading took place on the Malayan share market last week— a business week shortened by the Hari Raya Puasa holiday. Operators, influenced to a great extent by events on the Korean front, were heedless
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    Local Tin Shares
    99 9 In Tins, PetaKng moved between $8.50 and $8.25, closing st the latter price. Hong Fatt found takers at 77 and 76 cents, while holders awaited Saturdays annual meeting with more than usual interest, hoping for indications from the board of dividend expectations for the current year. Puteh,
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    The Week's Business
    70 9 BUSINESS done in the Malayan share market last week Included: Industrials— Fraser Neave Ord $3, Fraser Si Neave "ret. $6. Hammer $34 cum div.. William Jacks (Malaya) $2.15 cum div. to $2 ex. Malayan Breweries 54.85, McAlister $38 to $38.50. OverseaChinese Bank $62. Raffles Hotel $2.50, Robinson
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    Company Reports
    362 9 From A Market Correspondent OVERSEA-Chinesa Banking Corporation, that strongly entrenched Singapore concern, with its numerous branches in East Asia, recorded another successful year in 1949. The profit, after Income tax, was $1,344,587 (13.4 per cent.) Dividends and bonus to a total of 9% per cent, were paid against
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    WEEK-END RUBBER PRICES
    59 9 London Rubber London, July 21.— Spot 30^d, Aug. 30' id. Sept. 29d, Oct.-Dec. 27 7 id, Jan.-Mar. 25% d. Apr.-June 24 t d, July-Aug. cJ.f. 28d, AugSept. ci.f. 27-% d. Market: Firm. New York Rubber In U.S. cents per lb., closing: July 20. July 21. 1 R.S.S.
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    S.R.C. LOSE SEVEN WKTS. FOR 47 THEN SCORE 203
    554 10 Notable Performances By Schoolboys By Our Cricket Reporter IN a day of remarkable individual performances in the Singapore Cricket Association's senior tournament yesterday, the one outstanding perhaps by its unexpectedness was the grand recovery of the champions. Singapore Recreation Club, whose
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    961 10 Indians v SRC C K.fc Illlllli Indian bH(Mta b, *->• .X rum on Itar hrsi inn. at BaItsUai k.i id S.K.C.— IM. INNS. J :n h.mi c Rasiklal b Madan 6 F Bam b UU] Sin-h 7 J c.iiistan :t)w La.i Singh 0 I Lc Herder b
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    R.().V. Take Full Points At Seletar
    973 10 REGISTRAR OF VEHICLES S.C. scored their seventh outright win in the S.C.A. Junior tourney yesterday to forge ahead of V.M.C.A. in the tournament table by seven points. R.O.V. beat Seletar 2nd team decisively while V.M.C.A. had to be content with first innings points. Seletar
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    YMCATennis Fixtures
    211 10 "y.M.C.A. tennis fixtures for today are: Class "A" Handicap Doubles: Choo Teck Hong and Henri Oh (Scr.) v H. M. Maphus and A. Nairn I. A. Alsagoff and Goh Cheng Hee (—15.3) v W. E. Tan and Chia Chin Slang 30); Dr. Chan Ah Kow and Tan Hock
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    SCRC SINGLES JUNIOR WINS
    82 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. rIS YEAR'S Selangor Junior runner-up, Yau Meng Fai, a pupil of the Victoria Institution, today won the singles of the Open Invy-ation Tennis Tournameifc organised by the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club by beating C.V. Norris in a hard fought three set match 0
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    Bowlers On Top In The Rain
    400 10 Bowlers On Top In The Rain COUNTY CRICKET LONDON, Sun. ROWLERS were generally on top In the countv cricket matches on a day C *"i rain interfered with most of the games. Lancashire, championship leaders, lost their last seven wickets for 68 after Ken Grieves and Geoffrey Edrich had put
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    S.C.F.A. Set On Winning
    95 10 IN VIEW of their impending tour of Burma, Singapore Chinese will make a determined effort to win the M.C.F.A. cup this year. Singapore Chinese, who have never won the competition since its inception In 1948. have the best chance this year. They confirmed this by their
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    U.K. County Table & Cricket Averages
    353 10 U.K. County Table Cricket Averages POSITIONS in tht County eriefcet championship up to inVi'ncuding matchei which f.imhtd on Friday and batting and bowling averages «r«:— NOTE: Hampshlre-Gloucestennlre records Issued elgbt points for win on first Innings In match reduced to one day. Hampshire's record al*o includes el«ht points for nrst
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    CHINESE ATHLETES HELD TO DRAW
    341 11 Senior League Hopes Spoilt riMGEHS S.C. dimmed C.A.'s chances in the S.A.F.A. Senior League when they played a good game to hold their opponents to a scoreless draw at Jalan Bvsnr stadium yesterday. C.A., now with 20 points from 13 games, put everything into the
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    S.C.F.A. Prepare For Burma Tour
    99 11 on for their forthroming tour of Burma .the following players have been Invited to turn up for the Singapore Chinese Football Association agataMl the Eurasians in a friendly r.ime on Wednesday at S.R.C. Broundj Sect Yew Chang, Patrick Yee, Soh Teow Keng, Kwok Slew Tong,
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    MAY GET CRACK AT TERRY ALLEN
    99 11 CHAI SITPHOL, Siamese bantam who has improved out of ail recognition since coming to Australia, leaves for Singapore with his manager Kow Kirn Lin on Aug. 4, writes Merv. Williams from Melbourne. Kirn Lin has offered world flyweight champion Terry Allen, a guarantee of
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    Favoured Doubles Pair Win
    447 11 Favoured Doubles Pair Win JNR. BADMINTON UOO CHUN KAH (Lucky Strike), third favour: te for the men's junior singles badminton title, gave a sterling display on Saturday night when he eliminated Harry. Ooh (Eclipse) in the third round of the Singapore junior badminton championships. Chun Kan won 15 2, 15—9.
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    Katong Boys In Semi-final
    142 11 J£ATONG BOYS' Club beat Singapore Harbour Board Boys' Club by two goals to one in a quarter-final round tie in the Singapore Boys' Football Cup competition i played on the S.H.B. ground yesterday. The match which was played before a crowd of about 1,000 nearly all
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    43 11 SOCCER: Senior League: RAF Chanfl v T.B.A. at Jalan Besar; I.R.C. v Indonesians at Geylanj. Junior B 2: Indonesians v Town Rangers at BODCA; Junior A2: RAF Tengah v R.N. Keppel Harbour at C.V.M.A. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. and TangUn Club tournaments (cont.)
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    RAOC DOWN RASC BY 3-1
    275 11 'THE Royal Army Ordinance Corps beat the Royal Army Service Corp* by three goals to one In a Corps Association Football match at Alexandra on Saturday. The first half opened with a' very strong attack by R.A.S.C. which resulted In a goal from their centre
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    Big Water-polo Wins By S.S.C.
    198 11 SINGAPORE Swimming Club proved too good for Tigers S.C. when they met In their Singapore Water-Polo League "A" match at the S.S.C. pool yesterday. Europeans won by five goals to on Van Daatseler was in irresistible form, scoring four goals for Europeans who completely routed
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS
    132 11 TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS TN the men's open doubles of the Tanglin Club's lawn tennis tournament played yesterday, O. T. Holloway and P. J. Sullivan beat C. J. R. Bembroke and K. H. CantreU 6-3, 6-2. Following are today's fixtures: Men's Open Doubles: W. H. Kermer and Paul Clerc v V.
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    BASKETBALL TEAM LEAVE TODAY
    65 11 SINGAPORE'S basketball contingent of 16 players, headed Mr. Goh Kent Kiu (manager-coach) and skipper Wee Tian Saik, leaves today for a fortnight's tour of Hong Kong and Macao. The team will also visit Bangkok on their way back. Judging from the "Chiau Lien" Basketball team which
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    NAVY WIN 3 NIL
    27 11 Royal Navy beat 8.0.D. Department Civilian Association by three goals to nil In a S.A.F.A. challenge Cup tie at H.M.S. Terror ground yesterday.
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    P.C.R.C. PLANS FOR EXPANSION
    356 11 By TEOH TIAW TEE PENANG, Sunday. TO provide more facilities for its tennis-playing A members, the Penan* Chinese Recreation Club plans seven more courts in addition to the two now in use. Work has already started on two lawn cpurts and one hard court. The others
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    TIME ROBS MALAYA OF VICTORY
    299 11 TIME ROBS MALA YA OF VICTORY H.K. University Save Game By 2 Runs By A Special Correspondent HONG KONG, Sunday. yHE University of Malaya failed by two runs to beat the Hong Kong University in a dramatic finish to their two-day cricket match this evening. The match ended in a
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    LadsWindUp Unbeaten
    148 11 /CHEERFUL LADS, unbeaten \j side in the S.A.F.A. Junior Bl League, wound up with a rousing six-nil victory over Ist Regiment. Royal Artillery, XI in their final league match at Geylang yesterday. The Lads were given a much harder game than the score indicated. R.A. played gallantly but
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    S'pore AAA Meeting Programme
    166 11 S'pore AAA Meeting Programme The full programme of the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association Championships to be held on Friday and Saturday at the University of Malaya ground, Bukit Timah. will be as follows: FRIDAY 100 Yards (heaU) 4 p.m.; Pole Vault 4.10; Three Miles (flntfs) 420; Long Jump (qualifying) 4.30;
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    Ooi & Law In Penang B.A. Singles Final
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    CHINESE S.C.WIN EIGHT-NTL
    74 11 Chinese Swimming Club followed up their nine-two victory nvrr the Royal Navy on Saturday with another overwhelming eiu!' -i.il win over the R.A.P. in the S i pore Water-Po!o leaptue "B M milch played at C.S.C. pool yesterdnv. Chinese won as they Uke-J :md. although the Airmen
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    Singapore Cup Race In Pictures
    97 12 THE SINGAPORE CUP. over ten furlongs and 36 yards for top class horses, was the main event of the Singapore Turf Club July meeting; which concluded at Bukit Timah on Saturday. The race proved another triumph for Jockey Colin Tulloh on Mrs. Loh Chin's b.e.g.
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    COLIN TULLOH—CUP RACE SPECIALIST
    348 12 COLIN TULLOH— CUP RACE SPECIALIST By EPSOM JEEP rjOLIN TULLOH is fortune's first jockey just now. Securing a chance mount he scored yet another big race success at Bukit Timah on Saturday, final day of the July meeting, when he steered Battleship to victory in the Singapore Cup (valued at
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    LUMINARY MAY BE SOLD
    85 12 LONDON, Sun. Luminary, antepost favourite for the Stewards' Cup to be run at Gooawood on Tuesday, may be sold to an American owner before the race. Harvey Leader, who trains Luminary at Newmarket, said yesterday: "The only doubt about Luminary's running in the Stewards' Cup is
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    30 12 TODAY: 5.30 a.m. (7 ft. 7 in.) ani 5.25 pirn. (8 ft. 4 In.). TOMORROW: 7.20 a.m. (7 i 4 in.) and 6.32 p.m. (3 ft. 4 ln.>
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    Snowy Owl II Is Another Bay Dragon
    175 12 Snowy Owl II Is Another Bay Dragon DNOWY OWL II may be another Bay Dragon in the making. This strapping grey by Mr. Jinks put himself in the championship class of sprinters when he accounted for that promising three-year-old Uninsured and a crack field In the 6f sprint for Class
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    S.R.A. APPROVES GRIFFIN SCHEME
    89 12 WHILE the ban on registration of horses on the Malayan Turf will continue indefinitely, the Straits Racing Association, at a meeting yesterday, authorised the four Turf Clubs to jointly import 24 horses on a modified griffin scheme. These horses must be eligible for Class 1 (three
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    University Visit Macao
    169 12 HONG KONG, Sun. THE visiting Malayan sports team will leave Hong Kong tomorrow on a two-day visit to Macao. Today is the second day of the visitors' two-day cricket game against Hong Kong. This is the Malayans last official match of their tour. In Macao they will
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    Third Cup Goes To Federation
    348 12 r THE third of the season's big races at Bukit Timah —the Singapore Cvp once more went upcountry (both Perostan, winner of the Spring Cup, and Four o'clock 11, winner of the Governor's Cup, are Penang-trained) and again the winner came from a small-time trainer.
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    REST WIN BY INNS IN PENANG
    303 12 REST WIN BY INNS IN PENANG From Our S!:irl Correspondent PENANG. Sun. THE Rfst defeated x Europeans by an innings and 14 runs in their annual cricket "test" on the Penang Sports Club ground today to win the B. P. de Silva Cup for the fifth year in succession since
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    HERB'S HOLIDAY DID HIM GOOD
    274 12 A VACATION was obviously just what Herb Charles ■^needed. Returning to the saddle after taking it easy in Australia for a month or so Charles w;>s seen in fine form at the July Meet in at Bukit Timah, bringing home six winners to top tin;
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    IP SHARES WELSH TENNIS TITLE
    60 12 NEWPORT, Sun. Because of rain it was not possible to play any of the games scheduled for the final day of the Welsh Lawn Tennlsh championships here yesterday. K. 11. Ip of Malaya and I Tloczynskl, Poland, were declared joint holders of the men"s singles
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    BAM ACCEPT INDIA TOUR, DECLINE AUSSIE OFFER
    175 12 From Our StalT Co: respondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. THE Badminton Association of Malaya has rr-eived an invitation from the Cricket Cluli at India Limited to play in Itomii 1 The Club has asked for two „l Malaya's best players. It is understood that
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    COPEJADA WINS IRISH OAKS
    75 12 CURRAH, Co. Kildare. Fiv. Sun.. Marcel Boussac's Fr?r<-'i challenger Corejada, starting 4-7 favourite, won the Irish Oaks run over a mile and a half her-; yesterday. Ridden by Rae Johnstone. Corejada won by half a length an>l three lengths from the A(;u Khan's Nizaria, ridden by
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