The Straits Times, 25 July 1950

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 iVr'ELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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  • 222 1 Radio Experts Dash To Spore SEVENTEEN communications specialists of the Royal Navy, who will brins; the peace-time establishments in Singapore and Hong Kong "nearer to war-time rerMiroments". arrived in Siisaoore last night by QEA-BOAC Constellation last ni^ht. They were rushed here from London because of tiie Korean war. Emergency They
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  • 58 1 LONDON. Mon. -The Foreign Office announced today that it has received its first direct word from Capt. Vyvyan Holt, former British Minister in Seoul, saying that he was now In North Korea near the capital city of Pyongyang A cable from Capt. Holt sad he and
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  • 632 1 FIGHTING Red Hordes 9 Encirclement Drive TOKYO, Monday. JJARD-PRESSED American troops clung desperately to their main positions south-east of Taejon tonight after fighting all day with everything they had against a massive encirclement drive by thousands of armour-led Communists. "The situation is very serious", Major General
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  • 149 1 BRITISH TROOPS DECISION LONDON. Mon. A PLAN to send 2.000 to 3.000 British troops to Korea was under study by the British Government today as the British Press warned that American troops faced a "grave" crisis and possibly 'a Dunkirk' in the Korean war. The Government was expected to reach
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  • 30 1 HELMSTEADT, Mon.—German police have reported that three men and a woman were arrested in Helmstedt for attempting to smuggle 1,000 grams of uranium into the Russian zone. A.P.
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  • 47 1 LAST night's was the fourth arson bid within a week. Earlier attempts were: Last Monday at the S. I. T. offices; tbe AiK Hoe rubber factory at Kirn Chuan Road on Tuesday; and the Michelin tyre store at Kirn Van Aoad last Saturday.
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  • 477 1 THE MAN OF GREAT FAITH A MAN of great faith arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon 35 year old Australian schoolmaster Mr. Basil Phelan on his way by QEA-BOAC Constellation to London and then to Lourdes in France confident that he will be cured of a rapidly spreading cancer by the
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  • 113 1 LONDON. Mon.— The Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, told Parliament today thp* the blowing up of nine ammunition barges at Portsmouth on July 14 was due to sabotage. It had not yet been possible to establish who did it. Mr. Attlee said the fire which led to the
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  • 114 1 PIIE prologue to Carol Reed's new film "Outcast of 1 the Islands";, is to be filmed in Singapore today along Beach Road. It involves an evacuation showing panic-stricken Europeans fleeing from their homes, in an unnamed British Colony in the Far East, carrying their small possessions.
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  • 32 1 LONDON Mon— The Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee. told Parliament today that the United States had 180 aircraft, 10,000 air force men and 1,500 naval men In Britain. —Reuter.
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  • 24 1 BERLIN. Mon. Thirteen members of East Germany's Communist "People's Police" array deserted at the weekend and sought asylum In AJUed-oceupted West Berlin. -A.P.
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  • 350 1 POLICEMAN KILLED, 8 HURT IN CRASH AFTER ARSON BID QNL Malay police constable was killed and eight other people injured when a car last night smashed into a traffic block on Kallang Bridge where police were investigating a terrorist bid to burn down Messrs. Louis Dreyfus rubber godown Two fire
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  • 36 1 LA PAZ, (Bolivia,) Mon.— Troops have quelled a Rightwing revolt started here by an army officer in the early hours of Saturday, a Bolivian military headquarters communique saia today. Many people were detained. Reuter.
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  • 805 1 REPORTER WAS A CASUALTY Among the people hurt last night in the road crashwas Straits Times reporter S. Sivadas. Before going off to hospital for treatment for cuts and bruises, he wrote the following description of the arson bid and the crash qpHREE Chinese youths, one J. of them armed,
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  • 324 2 Atlantic Allies Working Out Multi-Million Dollar Scheme 1.. REARMAMENT AGAINST BEDS LONDON, Monday. TWELVE Atlantic allies began work today laying- down a multi-million dollar programme of rearmament against Communism. Meeting for the first time, the Permanent Council a sort of civilian high command of the Atlantic Pact will face a
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  • 159 2 US NAVY'S ROLE OFF CHINA WASHINGTON, Mon. THE State Department declined to say whether the U.S. Navy would be ordered to intervene if the islands held by the Chinese Nationalists were invaded. But it was made clear that the order covers only Formosa and the islands guarding its approaches and
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  • 82 2 JAKARTA, Monday. THE American military mission, which is making a survey in South-East Asia, will be received in Indonesia only on an informal basis, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday. Mr. Agus Salim, the Ministry's Information Chief, said that owing to Indonesia's determination to remain neutral,
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  • 33 2 3 PARTY LEADERS MEET CHEERFUL TRIO as Mr. R. S Meniies (centre), Australian Prime Minister, is escorted by Mr. Churchill and Mr. Attlee to dinner at the Savoy Hotel in London. Renter picture.
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    • 141 2 HALIFAX, (Nova Scotra), Monday. /CANADA'S east coast fleet headquarters in Halifax was still investigating reports yesterday of a giant submarine, believed to be Riwsian, prowling off the coasts of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland. A Newfoundland newspaper first disclosed the news that a mystery submarine was
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    • 98 2 JEERS FOR "PEACE" RALLY LONDON, Mon. JEERING demonstrators hurled anti-Russian leaflets at a rain-drenched, Communist-backed "peace" rally in London's Trafalgar Square yesterday as Soviet author Ilya Ehrenburg shouted in Russian his defiance of the United States. Leaflets bearing the seal of Sir Ocwald Mosley's Union movement were ripped to shreds
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  • 162 2 LONDON, Mon. rTHE War Minister, Mr. John Strachey, said last night that Britain was spending £780,000,000 on defence and if more became necessary, the wealthier classes would have to pay their full proportion. He warned Britons that any diversion of manpower to defence
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  • 44 2 WASHINGTON, Mon.— Mr. Anthony Marcus, president tf the Institute of Foreign Trade, called on the United States on Sunday to sever trade relations with Russia and its satellites to keep goods produced by slave labour out of the U.S.— U.P.
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  • 426 3  -  JOHN HIGHTOWER By Agreed Peace Waits On Korea Battle Outcome WASHINGTON, Monday. pROSPECTS for some new diplomatic negotiation to end the Korean war appear to hinge on the outcome of the American army effort to stabilize the front. The critical point at which
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    57 3 AUSTRALIAN fighter pilo's (left) return from a mission in F-51s near Taejon in Korea. From left: Flying Officer Jim Flemming, Melbourne; I 'jing Officer Kenneth Mctloud, Melbourne; Flying Officer Lyall Klaffer, Adelaide Right: Military observers, Squadron Leader Ronald t. liankin and Maj. F. Stuart B. Peach, both of Sydney, near
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  • 149 3 WASHINGTON, lion. A SEVEN bill-oil dollar n- ki.strial tnerre" ot neary 460 war plants and poten:i.i 1 munitions ficturies i'-.inrl roac'y to pro luce for in all-out war on short loiioe. The Munitions Boa-ri, t of the r-.-M-ve lor h! U.y. military establishment, has receiv»il
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  • 143 3 INDIANAPOLIS, Monday. THE AMERICAN Legion of Ex-Servicemen yesterday called on the Legion's 17,418 posts in the I'nited States to campaign for the "immediate enactment of military training legislation." Mr. George N. Craig. Legion National Commander, addressing a special conference of Legion Department Commanders, said "universal military
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  • 95 3 HONG KONG, Mon. J)EL£GATES of irore than 450,000 workers in Hong: Kong last night pledged support to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions to "defeat the brutal force of totalitarianism, to save the people now struggling bitterly under the ugly face of Kremlin tyranny
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  • 68 3 NEW YORK, Monday. IT.S. prices continued to rise last week. The pace ur.s v slower than in the first days after the Reds itruck Korea, but the cost of living climbed steadily. The price advance affected food, clothing and some durable goods. Only a handful
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  • 167 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. IN non-official but well-in-formed International circles here, there is a growing opinion that the Soviet Union has made a strategical mistake in permitting the North Korean Communist invasion of South Korea, and that the prospect of a third world war has been slightly reduced.
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  • 50 3 MR PETER PRINGLE, who claims to be 130 years old, reads birthday greetings in his home near Johannesburg, South Africa. Seated beside him are his 95^-year-old sister, and his great-great-grand-niece, aged seven months. Standing are his grand-niece, aged 44, and great-grand-niece, aged 27. A. P. picture.
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  • 200 3 BRUSSELS, Monday. 4 BOMB which exploded in the cellar of a house on the outskirts ot Brussels early today caused considerable damage. It was the fourth incident of its kind in Belgium since Parliament decided to recall King Leopold from exile. The occupants
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  • 241 3 FRANKFURT. Mun. CLEARS of resurgent 1 German militarism still overshadows Allied thinking and planning in Germany, it was made clear yesterday in spite of the admitted possibility that Russia may aim its next military adventure on the Korean pattern at West Germany These fears
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  • 79 3 ANTI MOSCOW PARTY PLANED RATINGEN, British Zone, Monday. piFTY-EIGHT anti- Moscow Communists met here y»s- terd.ay to plan a new working class party, "tadepeadent of East, West, Stalin or Tito." One of the leaders, Georg Fischer, former msmber or the Bavarian Communist Party secretariat, protesti.l having the label "Titoist" applied
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    26 4 MR. R. P. BINGHAM. Penanf Resident Commissioner, opening the Penanr All Blues Club. Behind him is Mr. Heah Joo Seang. Straits Times picture.
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  • 103 4 From Our Own Correfiundent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. fOHORE Bahru Customs ofn- cers yesterday found 252 wrist watches hidden" behind the dashboard of a car which Cheong Fook, of Seremban, was driving from Singapore to Negri Sembiiaii. Charged in tlie Johore Bahru Police Court today with
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  • 45 4 Fines amounting to $250 were imposed 0:1 ten women in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for gambling in a house in gambling in house in Bukit Panjang village on July 23. The informer In the case received o;:e third of the fines.
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  • 66 4 r < m Our Own Correspondent BUKIT MERTAJAM, Mon. A 45-year-old woman, Ng Ah Heng, who tied 12 bottles of lotion to her thighs was today fined $180 for evasion of Customs duty. Senior Customs Officer C. O. Williams told the Province Circuit Magistrate, Inche
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  • 279 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Monday. TWENTY-SIX acres of jungle in South Perak have been transformed in a month into a settlement for squatters who have been menaced by terrorists. To this settlement, which is scarcely a quarter of a mile from
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  • 71 4 AN INDIAN. Velliappan Madasamy Theva, and a Chinese. Goh Sei Chew, appeared in the Singapore First District Court yesterday on a charge of breaking into a store in R.A.F Maintenance Base. Seletar. It was alleged that they stole 15 diesel pumps valued at $9,600. Goh raced an
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  • 146 4 'pHE Singapore Regional Indian Congress will ask x the Malayan Indian Congress not to support the formation of any new organisation for Indians in Malaya. The S.R.I.C. will meet soon to decide what action they shouid take against the Federation of Indian Oganisatiqns formed in
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  • 31 4 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Mon. Unlawful possession of rubber was alleged against a 52-year-old Chinese woman, Lian Joon, in the Segamat Court. She was allowed bail in $150.
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  • 33 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon Private 8. Murugiah, or the RASC, Tampol Barracks, was fined $15 here today for inconsiderate driving. He was allowed 15 days to pay the fine.
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  • 190 4 'Thrill Of A Lifetime' For 2 Men "TpHE thrill of a lifetimewas how two Malayan Air Training Corps cadets described a trip in a Royal Air Force Dakota to the Car Nicobar Islands last week. They were Sgt. M. Shah and Air Cadet Cnia Khai Hin and their flight was
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  • 111 4 No TreatyNo Business THE absence of a peace treaty with Japan is probably preventing six Japanese business firms from starting in Singapore again in their own right, the Straits Times was told yesterday by a spokesman of the Custodian of Property Department. The firms concerned are: Echigoya Co., Ltd., Nomura
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  • 99 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Ng Si'k Tong, aged 28, appeared before Mr. A. P. Jack in the First Magistrate's Court on two charges of extortion. The first charge wag that Ng, with another Chinese, demanded $50 from Tan Por Ah and put him in
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  • 237 4 Bank Case Defence Closes From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Moi.. THE defence in the Bank of China case closed today as Mr. C. O. Lim, counsel for Lee Eng Hock, submitted that the prosecution "should have every employee of the bank directly concerned in the matter occupy the dock with
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  • 75 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon Lee Ah Lam, a kepala on an estate In Telok Senggat, Kota Tinggi district, was found guilty In the Johore Bahru Police Court today, of being in possession of five packets of chandu. The chandu was found hidden
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  • 159 4 From Our SUB Correspondent IPOH, Mon. PUR important resolutions, including the proposed formation of a parliamentary party to direct the policies of UMNO, were agreed upon by the Executive UMNO (Perak) held yesterday with the president, Inche C. M. Yusuf, in the chair. These resolutions. whic>i
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  • 47 4 DECK PASSENGERS scrambling aboard the Norwegian ship, Hoi Wong:, for transhipment to Singapore from Hainan, Red China. In their eagerness to go on board they broke the gangway ropes three timrs and fell into the sea. The Hoi Wong arrived in Singapore last weekend.
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  • 262 4 T»HE Singapore Government must introduce a A system whereby people who lose their identity cards will not be held by the police during road checks before they have an opportunity of obtaining a new one, Mr. H. J. C. Kulasingha, chairman of the Pasir Panjang
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  • 117 4 npHE Singapore Relief Court magistrate, Mr. D A Fyfe, yesterday asked the prosecution when they expected to receivd instructions to proceed with a tentative murder charge against 44-year-old N* Kai Sung. "It is high time something was done," Mr. Fyfe said. "He has
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  • 65 4 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Chong Yit Moi. a woman, was sentenced to two weeks' simple imprisonment when she was convicted in the Johore Eshru Police Court for stealing four gallons of latex from Senal Estate. The Magistrate in sentencing Chong, said that,
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  • 325 4 BANDITS AMBUSH POLICE IN PERAK From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon OANDITS killed a de- tective when they ambushed a police vehicle In Perak today! Another security force patrol was ambushed in Perak yesterday, but no one was hit. In Penanft today a Chinese was shot and slightly wounded.
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  • 42 4 Bail of $1,500 WU I Goh Bee Heng. 34, of .Toi Chiat Lane, who claimed nil in the Singapore Third Pel > Court yesterday to porsos \r\-\ 41 lb. of Siamese tobacco, dutiable at $205. Hearing was postponed t > Aug. 30
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  • 52 4 From Our Own Corresponded MUAR, Mon. An Indian Muslim, N. A. Rahim. was refused bail when he claimed trial in the Muar Magistrates Court to a charge of cheatn^r Jumandin at Temloh. It was •alleged that he dishonestly induced the latter to give to him $600. The case
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  • 24 4 The Malcolm Ciub, at R.A F. station, Changl, will be hoiding a dance and cabaret on Thursday to celebrate its seventh birthday.
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  • 65 4 *t«m Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THOUGH teachers are 1 standing by, funds have not yet been made available for the teaching of Malay In Chinese, schools in Selangor. The Senior Inspector of Schools, Selangor, Mr. R. E. Ince, told the Straits Times today
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  • 32 4 Tan Jim Chwee, of Alexandra Road, was fined $1.50 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for /erring attap huts without permission from tne municipalty. Mr. N. N. Leicester defend
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  • 171 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. npHE $350 initial payment referred to in the War Damage Scheme for Malaya is a maximum figure as several claimants have learned to their dismay. A woman claimant, who has complained that her claim
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  • 87 5 ■JWN Kirn Seng, of Lorong 17, Geylang. was fined $5.50 In the Singapore Third Police yesterday for failing to comply wi'h a mandatory to demolish ilia tltap h I w'nicr he had erected v i hout submitting plans to Hi Municipality. B S. Boswell. defendi> rr.id that
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  • 83 5 HHEs. s. Hoi Wong which disembarked 257 deck f-rs in Singapore this v. ek-end from Communlsti I'.nie'.i Hainan, Is scheiiu cd to call at Nauru, Ocean Is1 id. on its next voyage. It is expected to disembark iibout 350 Cinnese labourers there to work fn the phosphate
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  • 59 5 Augustine Giles Rodrigr.es, a Customs Officer. %vaj yesterday granted a decree nisi to be made absolute In fhiee months in his petition for a divorce from bit wife. Marj.irie Cecile Rodrigues, on th* B ounds of adultery. Aloysius Garnell was cited h-. ro-respondent Mr Pat Johnsoa
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  • 41 5 Four Chinese men pleaded lilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to extorting $5.60 from an t mployee of the Kah Hin Rubber Factory, Singapore, on July 22 by threatening him that he mi^ht lose his i ih
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  • 336 5 Stating that women's ornaments comprised nan ball t lie value of ktolen goods m Singapore's recent wave of burglaries, Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire; C.I.D. Chief, yesterday outlined precautions against jewel thieves. One of thp wisest things a woman can
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  • 42 5 A 12-YEAR old Boy. Chita Ah Lpng. while working on the deck of the steamer Bantam, in the Outer Koads, tell from a height of about 12 I'ert yesterday afternoon. He was takers to hospital with an injured back.
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  • 161 5 AN application, believed to be the first of its kind In the Singapore Supreme Court, came up yesterday before the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, in connection with the conveyancing of a house property during the Japanese occupation. During the Japanese occupation, Dr.
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  • 70 5 MAJOR-Gen. W. Bridgeford, and his party of Australian military observers, who arrived in Singapore on Friday, left for Kuala Lumpur this morning to begin their firsthand survey of all aspects of the anti-bandit campaign in the Federation. They are expected to be in the
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  • 60 5 Idris bin Yahaya. 28, a prison officer, was charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with outraging the modesty of a Malay woman in Loronj> Engku Aman, Singapore, on July 14. Idris, who pleaded not guilty, was alleged to have embraced and kissed the woman
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  • 28 5 JOHORE BAHRU Mon. Yeun Kirn Yeng was fined $20 in the Johore Bahru Police Court today for operating a motor car in a mechanically dangerous condition
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  • 31 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Cheong Toh Jeun of Singapore was granted bail m $500 in the Johore Bahru Police Court after h? had been charged with criminally intimidating a woman.
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  • 35 5 THE SULTAN of Pahang, (right) on arrival at Kalian* airport yesterday by BOAT Constellation after a four months' holiday in Europe. With him is his A.D.C., Raja Shahar. Straits Times picture.
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  • 368 5 $250,000 RUBBER DEALS CASE yWO bankers yesterday gave evidence in the third A day's hearing of a preliminary inquiry in the Singapore Relief Court in which 36-year-old Quek Thiam Song, a company director, is appearing on tentative charges under the Companies Ordinance. Quek, a director of
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  • 157 5 THE Singapore Hawkers Inquiry Commission at its 14th private session yesterday heard a report on a survey of iiawkers in the Municipal area carried out by University and other students. Fourteen undergraduates from the University of Malaya. G5 students from St. Andrew's School and Raffles Institution,
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  • 82 5 PETROLEUM products head the list of exports from Indonesia during May, according to figures issued by the Indonesian Ministry of Economic Affairs last night. Exports from Indonesia totalled 719,487 tons, valued at Guilders 400.6 million, compared with 719,507 tons, valued at Guilders 317.1 million in April. The value
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  • 71 5 From Our Own I'orreso-nidenl JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Eight probationer women teachers from Johore have been selected for a three years' training course at the Malay Women's Training College, Malacca. They will join the college on Aug. 3. They are Fatimah binte Musa, Safiah binte Hussein,
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  • 233 5 rE following passengers were' among those who arrived at Kallang airport yesterday from points outside Malaya on the various air services. Passengers in transit arc not included in the list. OKA. BOA. From London: Messrs. J. I. PhUips, P. Weatherly, K. C. Mann. Northcote, H. Q. Snorters,
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  • 436 5 'Unfair To Pre1947 Dental Graduates' RECOGNITION of the Diploma of Licentiate of Dental Surgery, Singapore, by the General Medical Council as from 1947 is regarded as unjust and unfair to graduates from 1939 onwards. This is stated in the annual report of the Alumni of King Edward Seventh College of
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  • 47 5 I mm Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. Mrs.-G. B. Kellagher, wife of a former member of the Colonial Legal Service In Malaya, died in the Stratton Cottage Hospital, Bude, on July 20. Mr. Kellagher spent some years in Kedah, where he was European Judge.
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  • 37 5 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. Mr. George Arthur Hereford, who retired from the Malayan Civil Service in 1927, died at West Byfleet on Saturday. His last appointment was Senior District Officer, Provine Wellesley.
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  • 57 5 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, monthly mahjong drive. Church Hall. Orchard Road. 9.30 a.m. SINGAPORE STAMP CLUB, social meeting, Cathay Restaurant, 5 p.m. POLICE BAND. Tiong B?hrt, 5.45 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, flrsiaid class, 6 p.m., gymnastics and keep-fit class, 6 p.m.. LIAN LI BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, Twa Loh
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  • 203 5 'Quota Plan For College Should Go' I ii m Our Staff Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR, Mon. r avoid admitting inefficient candidates into U\e Sultan Idris Training College at Tanjong Malim, as their poor teaching would mar educational progress, Mr. M. R. Holgate, the Federation Director of Education, suggested that candidates should
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  • 88 5 LIM Hoo Kow, 20 pleaded not guilty before Mr. P. Claque in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to cheating a woman of clothing and cash amounting to $13.50 In value In Upper Serangoon Road on July 7. Lim, it was alleged, told the woman that her
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  • 57 5 Chew Chong, 67, and Teo Tang, 50, both labourers in the Singapore Harbour Board, claimed trial in the Third Police Court yesterday to stealing 100 katis of potatoes valued $20 from Harrisons and Crosneld (Malaya) Ltd. Bail of $100 in one surety was allowed to each accused. The
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  • 219 5 T»HE 2,000-strong Singapore Coffee Shop Employees 1 Union has sent a memorandum to the Foochow Coffee Merchants Association containing a 12-point demand for better wages and working conditions of Chinese coffee-shop workers. I The demands go several points beyond the terms of the old agreement,
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  • 38 6 HUNTSMAN Harold, on the r: h July, at Gilderdale North Pi k, G^-rrards Crass Bucks, late ef Ipoh s'CANDRETT: Hylda Natalie, v. How of the late A. J. Seandrett. Mrd 68. Funeral at Bidadari a. 10 p.m.
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., July 25, 1950.
    • 701 6 Operations in Korea since the landing of two American diviions on the east coast last week have taken a decided turn fcr the better. Reinforcements, and new equipment, indeed have wrought such a change that a word of warning is needed. While it is possible that
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    • 383 6 One of many challenging figures in the Six-year Development Plan is the reminder that Malaya imports about $500 millions worth of food a year. How can this dependency be reduced The Plan is disappointing from the point of view of recommendations, but stimulating in its admission
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  • 548 6  - A Singapore Connoisseur's Collection CHAN PENG YIN By gINGAPORE'S delight in the unique exhibition of Chinese pictorial masterpieces now on view in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce is evidenced by the thousands of people who have already visited it This collection belongs to Mr. Tan Tsze Chor, pepper merchant and
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    • 261 6 I READ with interest a letter headed East Coast Cinema" which appeared in the Straits Times of Thursday, July 20. Quite accidentally, I happened to discuss this letter with the management of the local cinema which screened "Sins of the Fathers." The following, I think, should be
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    • 297 6 I FAIL to understand why our Malay friends totally object to their non-Malay friends settlling down in Malaya as Malayan citizens when non-Malays have generously contributed towards Malaya's progress. The Malays, the locallyborn subjects and those who have completed fifteen years' continuous stay in Malaya (the
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    • 138 6 IN olden days in the Straits Settlements, when prisoners were used as labourers to repair roads, buildings, etc., they were taken out of the gaol In chains and under a strong armed guard. They were mostly Indians, sent here from India to serve their sentences. Children on the
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    • 379 6 FEDERATION MALAYS PERTURBED OIR Henry Gurney's Malacca statement of July 20, that it is intended to introduce legislation to amend the Federation Agreement citizenship clauses in line with Communities Liaison Committee recommendations, has been received with deep regret by most Malays in the Federatidn. The C.L.C. recommendations were published about
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  • 167 6 AS A STUDENT of science, I hail the statement made by Mr. R. P. Bomford, Science Supervisor of the Education Department, which you published on July 21 under the heading "Science For Schools." But I was sadly disappointed to note that the Supervisor of Science had
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  • 397 6 A Protean \V ord A LETTER published in this page today is one of several received by the Straits Times during the discussion »ver the word "Kling" which show that a curious theory about this word is still related in the homes of the lo-cal-born. This is
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 816 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. DRAPER: To Clemency, wife Of John Draper, at Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on 24.7/50. a daughter. ISAAC: On July 20, 1950, at Kinrara Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, to Pamela, wife of Capt. R. J. Isnc, M.C.. a son (James Robert i. I ANOLOIS BERTHKLOT J-nousT: At St. Andrews Church,
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    • 33 6 EVERBRIGHT OPTICAL CO. Offering Complete Services essential to Eye Comfort Visual Efficiency. (1) VISUAL AIALYSIS (2) VISOAI TRAINING 1 if (3) GLASSES. ,F NEEDED C S. CHONG, OPT D 19. CHUUA ST., STORE
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    • 175 6 BANDSPREAD SlIlB WE have no misgiving: about this brilliant youngster. We have given it a thorough test and, for performance, beauty of tone and ease of tuning, can enthusiastically say that it u^hVds Mm fin" '-jditions of its distingu'sh-d f£f URES Excellent all round pmrfnrmttntm o» all bandt with futk
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    38 7 r. rma's r:ew ambasS \!)OR to Indonesia, U Hla Mf, who will also continue to he his country's ambass idor to Slam, pictured at X \!lin? airport. Singapire ft rrday. Straits Times pi ure. (Report in column eUht).
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  • 100 7 STAFF'S PRAISE FOR BOSS A TRIBUTE to Mr. Henry Basten. Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board, for h I "reasonable views" in m itters affecting the welfare ol the members of the Harb.iur Board Staff Association is paid in their annual report. "The introduction of the n Scheme and the
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  • 43 7 Ang Teck Hua. aged 22. U arrested for tying 60 d ks with a piece of string t Tan Quee Lan Street, was ♦ined $15 whpn he pleaded 'i!ty in the Second Police C uirt yeserday to a charge uf cruelty.
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  • 36 7 1 he annual meeting of past p >Us of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. Sinsaporo. v 111 be heiti i Aus;. 5 at 3 jn. Ali past pupiis are inviied to attend.
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  • 268 7 Police Call For Assistance From Public JNSURANCE companies in Singapore are expected to consider shortly what precautions industrial factories in Singapore can take to prevent Red attempts at arson. At least one rubber factory in Singapore has already Instituted a system by which it is hoped
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  • 39 7 Chua Chin Hock was offered bail of $1,000 till July 31 when he pleaded not guilty In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to causing hurt to Lim Kirn Hock at Sungei Road with Intent to extort.
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  • 33 7 Thirty-eight year-old Ng Ik Meng pleaded guilty In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to a charge of vagrancy and was ordered to be sent to the House of Detention.
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  • 167 7 Prison For P.C. Who Took Bribe gASIRON bin Baba, a constable attached to the Marine Police, was yesterday sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment In the Singapore Second District Court on charge of corruptly accepting $40 from Chan Soo Whai. a caretaker of sampans. at Boat Quay. It was stated
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  • 71 7 •T^HE Rev. Alwin R de Alwis, A head of the Pentecost Mission in Ceylon, who is noted as a faith healer, will be returning to Singapore to hold a series of meetings from July 27 to July 30. He has been on a tour of the Federation.
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  • 60 7 Charged with damaging a cooker belonging to a subtenant, E. Meyer of Waterloo Street, Singapore, told the magistrate, Mr. P. Ciague, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday that he did not damage the cooker but had merely "flung it" out of a room. He pleaded
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  • 163 7 THREE four-storey blocks containing 11 shops x and 52 flats will be erected at the Junctions of Manila Street, Queen Street and Victoria Street by the Singapore Improvement Trust as soon as the buildings on the site are demolished by the Public Works
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  • 37 7 Fire razed about 1.000 square feet of lallang behind the Balestter Road market and nearby Tan Tock Seng Hospital yesterday afternoon. Earlier In the day.' a minor lallanjt flre broke out in Ayer Rajah Road.
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  • 84 7 "FAN Koh Boon. 40, Wong 1 Chay Pow, 48, and Lam Taw Hee, 17, claimed trial In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to trespassing in the Singapore Harbour Board and sleeping in the labourers' lines there. Bail of $50 In one surety each was allowed. Hearing
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  • 48 7 See Mvi King, 37, of the Singapore Harbour Board labourers' lines, claimed trial in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to causing hurt to Tan Ah Seng with a scraper. Bail of $250 in one surety was allowed. The case was postponed to July 31.
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  • 31 7 General Sir John Harding, C-in-C, Far East Land Forces, left Singapore on Sunday for Hong Kong on a routine visit. He will be away for about a week.
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  • 53 7 THE General Council of the Singapore Labour Party held a night-long private session last night to discuss the Party's election campaign programme and manifesto and also the nomination of candidates for the coming Municipal and Legislative Council elections. A statement on the results of the meeting
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  • 247 7 PRESSURE FROM DEPT. HEADS' SEVEN men, holding superscale posts in the Postal Department, have resigned from the membership of the Singapore Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers. Union circles alleged yesterday that this was the result of "pressure from departmental heads". It is understood that
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  • 92 7 rO Singapore men— a Chinese and an Indian— both employees of the United States Information Service in Singapore, who had talks with President Truman and the Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, recently are back here after a two-months' study tour of the States. They are the
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  • 46 7 A Chinese labourer. 44-year-old Chee Chi Low, received severe burns on bis body when a bucket of acid he was carrying split over him- yesterday at Serangoon Road. Chee was removed to the General Hospital. His condition is reported to be serious.
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  • 85 7 But not the one he chased OENTENCE of six months' rigorous Imprisonment was imposed In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday on Goh Kai Twok, 17. of Queen Street, who was found guilty of trespassing in the office of the Chief •,of Staff, Phoenix Park. In
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  • 138 7 THE Food Control Depart-. 1 nient, Singapore, has prosecuted 15 retail shops in connection with hoarding sugar or refusing to sell sugar to customers. Sugar was hoarded duringthe week before Harl Raya Puasa and the majority of the offenders were non-Gorern-ment retailers. Mr. A. D. Butler-Madden, Deputy
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  • 85 7 MRS. A. Pinnick, -PanMalayan Chief Commissioner for the Girl Guide movement, and her son, John (14) returned to Singapore yesterday afternoon by QEABOAC Constellation from Britain. They were met by Lady Brind, Colony Commissioner of the Girl Guide movement, and Miss Inge, another senior Girl Guide official.
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  • 68 7 A MALAY woman and her 5-month-old baby boy were reported missing in Singapore yesterday. The woman, 5-ft. tall, 21-year-old Alimah blntl^ Abdullah, was described as medium-built with "blacksweet" complexion, wearing black batu and sarong. i The report was made at Joo Chlat police station yesterday. They have
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  • 54 7 Heng Lian Chua, 36, and Heng Bock Wee, 32. both of Boat Quay, were fined $25 each in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for entering the harbour board without a permit. Sabju Latiff, 38, who pleaded guilty to the same charge, had an expired permit
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  • 48 7 Ng Ah seng, 37. of Kelantan Road, claimed trial In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to theft of a bicyle from Tan Cheng Pin, at the General Hospital. Bail of $200 in two sureties was allowed. The case will be mentioned on July 31.
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  • 43 7 The new taxi track which links the Singapore end of Kallang airport runway to the terminal building was brought into use yesterday after repairs lasting several weeks. The first aircraft to use It was the QEA-BOAC Constellation from London.
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  • 23 7 Fmefc totalling $444' Vere iinpoped on 36 persons in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for offences against building by-laws.
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  • 404 7  -  Our Woman Correspondent 67 UTTLi tOTS PONT KNOYt IT YET, 8UT..... By SIXTY-SEVEN little sick children are going to lose their best friend with the departure of Dr. Pamela R. Elliott for England on retirement next week. Dr. Elliott \s the resident doctor
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  • 21 7 The next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council will be held on Aug. 15 at the Victoria Memorial Hall.
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  • 21 7 BURMA'S DEPUTY PRIMK MINISTER, General Ne Win. pictured on his arrival at Kalians airport yesterday. Straits Times picturr.
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  • 184 7 DEPUTY P.M.'s 30MIN. STOP BURMA'S Deputy Prime Minister, General Ne Win, spent 30 minutes m Singapore yesterday afternoon with representatives of the Commissioner-General* department while the charter aircraft in which he was travelling to Jakarta was being refuelled. Armed police were on duty in and around the airport building all
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    • 46 7 'iV^ x -^^V V of all J HERRINGS FRESH or in TOMATO SAUCE AGENTS C E MORTON (MALAYA) LTD SINGAPORE ALA LUMPUR FENANG A Waterproofing and Rapid Hardening of Concrete Contract Work undertaken Guaranteed. A CLOUIET CO. LTD 8, Raffles Quay, Singapore. Phone: 3964 I 1
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    • 80 7 Fascinating GOWNS for all occasions Ml n2Bj?!— '"i11... ,am TRU-GRAINS nourish without overheating In tkit climat* Fru-Craint at* an especially valuable J£m'K~' SStW food. Their high content of fruit and nut* assures the •ncrgy of sugar without it* g'Wfllff' f "Jjil heating qualifies. Fry-grain* EL it* W% V T 1
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  • 252 8 Malayan Homes Fashions |k^|ANY women rush madly into changing fashions without worrying about whether they suit them or not and Indian •nd Ceylonese women are no exception. Wnile the majority of her contemporaries have acquired devious ways of wearing the saree, Cnanam Thevathason has retained the old way tor she
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  • 504 8 r\OG stories can be tremendously boring, especially wht»n the owners, myseh included, relate how clever their animah Are when they arp probably only doing what dogs have done for centuries. But. I did hear a rather interesting dog story the other day which I will
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  • 548 8 MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA fHE young mother arrives home with her new baby, full of joy and high spirits at the thought of her new treasured possession. After a few days, quite a number of mothers feel tired and dispirited, and, at the slightest inconvenience, near to
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  • 23 8 Six-month-old Nellie Yangr of 25 Queen Astrid Park. Singapore, wins the $5 bounty for being this week's Bonniest Baby.
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    • 56 8 FOR THE WORLD'S BABIES This youngster knows o good thing when she sees it. Christeen en|Oys her LACTOGEN because it tastes good and it's good for her! Mothers. For free advice on infant feeding, telephone Nestles Mothercraft Service: Singapore 3851, Penang 640, Kuala Lumpur 2218. A qualified nurse will be
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    • 239 8 An excellent roasting joint with very little weste Boned Loin of PORK And here's the way to get that crisp crackling you love The two most popular methods of getting a sweet crisp crackling are to dust the crackling with flour or brush well over with salad oil before cooking.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 180 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD i h. tan^T-^ b-«*b. SSM r to CROSSWORD No. 122 £J£ZT M us > oor 1 ld h I 1 M Ml 7 1 hi I* 1' Mi* 17 Not fair description (4t ule^,fj t 7~* monr I I 1« With men ibout I make «d Al
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  • 752 9  - Is General Kim a Red imposter? RICHARD HUGHES by GENERAL KIM, LEADER OF THE NORTH KOREAN ARMY IS CALLED THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE' TOKYO: IST Koreans call General Kirn II Sung, President of the so-called North Korean People's Republic, "the man without a face**. General Xi, who nominally commands
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  • 306 9 EAST did not make any obvious mistake in the defence in today's deal, but the cumulative effect of his plays was "ruination." South, dealer Neither side vulnerable NORTH 8. A 1* 5 I H. A I D. X 10 9 t C. > 7 WEST EAST S.
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  • 759 9 FRANK OWEN, in the second of his series of articles on 4 The Jungle Wat 2 flp-To-Baie 9 j Ties" witti Major Jock Neill, State Operations Officer, Johore, on a patrol over the Malayan jungle and says SINGAPORE: TT is near dawn. A revolving
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  • 373 9 JOHANNESBURG. U/ITCHDOCTORS n still have a strong hold on credulous Africans In spite of the spread of Christianity. Ritual murders, smelling-out and barbaric initiations are still practiced throughout South Africa. Secret herbs, many unknown to medical science, are still being used. Father F. •Schimlek,
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    • 52 9 1 MACHINE P*>* I 1 v*. range your V U 1 Cor*p\ ete acKineS B* al ab j| t |ji YOU T0 45/48 PECK SEAH STREET, SINGAPORE. Phone: 7941 21 ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. Phone: ***** 449 CEYLANC ROAD, SINGAPORE. And throughout Malaya. Singer Sewing Machine Co., (Inc. in U.S.A.) Meyer
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    • 272 9 y -wherever you are! SLJ says ELSIE the BORDEN cow 111 1 KLIM uniformity is one of the most famous characteristics of J I tUi trusted, powdered cow's milk. Through every step of j J II production, die high quality of KLIM is constantly safeguarded. You can rely oo KLIM—
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  • 808 10 By DOUGLAS LACKERSTEEN RANGOON. THK Burmese would like to l>c neutral us long ;is tlicv can over the Korean war issue hut fear thai neutrality will not be tolerated, least of all by Mod China. They believe if I hey sided with the
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  • 884 10  -  GILMORE BY Newsletter Front AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE, July 17. TRUE to his teaching that public business is often best handled in privacy. Prime Minister Menzies has not yet said in public exactly why he is visiting Britain and America in such haste, what he seeks
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  • 315 10 By FREDERICK COOK WASHINGTON i s buzzing with stories of sensational new American weapons. The people who know are not talking. But here and there hints are beins dropped about: 1. New artillery that can knock out of the air enemy airplanes flying far
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    • 120 10 1 1 Elastoplast FIRST AID DRESSINGS. m So comfortibl* *o convenient that* Jamouj dresvng* enable you to work and pUy Distributors: with corr\f>lete freedom of movement. Fc i. rlfw v I Tr» Mfcty Mke »y El«topl»»t JA^IVSULX C/ t^U., LIU. ELASTIC COMFORTABLE A VAPItTY Of lIZII j i iiivi a
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    • 247 10 IhK^TTli PTI NOW showing ManofScicnce... or Menace to Society? f^B^^^ o»tert o£A77¥ t NovaP/lfffAM m <m fiwflterW* st '^Iw Mb ry arena SfOTT rgffj WMU^iMiH "MH UN Mill ITIfMII Plus Latest British Movietone News "FIRST PICTURES OF FRONT LINE FIGHTING IN KOREA" WSg ft NEXT CHANCE J^sji^ gambler 10th LAST
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    • 277 10 cert Orch 7.30 Julal Tan's Boogie lin) 10 "Paul Temple and the S'PORB Woogie; 7.45 Radio Doctor; 8 Curzon Case"; 10.30 D.v.icc "Aurora's Wedding," ballet music, Music; 11 Close. 10 am. News, followed by Emer- 8 30 As Spore 9 fn n so y e h W^ rOm 2 K
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  • 326 11 LONDON, Mon. MERVOUSNESS regarding the Korean situation and Ministerial hints of new taxation to meet possible increase of Britain's expenditure created dullness in the London Stock Exchange today. Oiltedgeds failed to hold a slight rally and closed with declines of a quarter on the day. Closing middle prices
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  • 140 11 From Our Market Correspondent OUSINESS in the Malayan share market was ex13 tremely quiet yesterday. Rubber shares still failed to respond to the very high price of the com- modity. Price changes announced yesterday by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Barer* ScHvrt H'kong
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  • 129 11 ABOUT 200 piculs of Lampong black pepp3r changed hands in the Singapore produce market yesterday at $635 a picul. The tone of the produce market was generally firm, with only s few price changes affecting copra, both sun-dried and mixed, gambler and Siak sago flour. Prices ipei
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  • 162 11 SHIPS in the Singapore Outer and Inner Roads and alongside Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan, Almeria Lykes, Troilua, Morelia, Skauvaan, Island Mail, Chong Tong, Lt. St. Loubert Bie, Hoegh Silverbeam, Ellen Maersk, Woosang, Bentam, Maron. Causal, Nang Suang Nawa. Prometheus.
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  • 28 11 SINGAPORE, Mon., July 24— 5352.50 ("down $2). LONDON. Mon., July 24.— Spot: £716J— £717; Forward. £717— 7171; Settlement, £717. Turnover: Morning. 190 tons, afternoon, 200 tons.
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  • 174 11 EXCHANGE Quotations, as announced by the Malayan Exchange Banks Association are: Free Market Currencies Selling r.1./OJ) London 2s. 4 l/16d. Australia 2s. lid. New Zealand 2s. 4 l/32d. India. Burma Ceylon 155% Pakistan 108' i Hong Kong 53% Bayint T.T OJ>. London 2s. 4 3/16 d. 2s. 4
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  • 196 11 Rubber At $1.04 1/2 Per Lb. •pHE price of rubber continued to rise in" Singapore yesterday. At the close it had advanced 4H cents above Saturday's level with firstgrade for August shipment at #1.04H per lb. buyers. The tone of the market remained firm, with a lack of sellers. There
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  • 43 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. PRODUCTION of tin-ore in the Federation of Malaya during June amouted to 106,151 piculs according to figures issued today. Production in Perak accounted for 67,321 piculs and in Selangor for 28,206 piculs.
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  • 40 11 pUTEH Tin Dredglng's directors concur in the recommendation of the management that dredging on the sub-leased land at Semenyih be suspended until security conditions permit fulltime and efficient operation. Production began In March with results described as "marginal."
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    • 444 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCAND.NAV.A/U.KV I? CONTINENT SCANDINAVIA m/t "Selandia" due abt. Aug 9 Loading »t Singapore. Port Swettenham tor Bangkok Ptriang. m/» Meonia due abt. Aug. 10 "Danholm" Caal Plant tot Saigon Bangkok f or Oslo. Cothenburg. Copenhagen, Karlshamn. Cdvnia m/s "Kvernaas due abt. Aug. 21 He smgtors
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    • 955 11 McALISTER <5t CO., LTD. (Incoiporated in Singapore) Telephone Ne. 5906 ELLERMAN «ft BOCKNUL KLAVENESS LIME LONDON HAVRE. ROTTERDAM LOS ANCELES. SAN FRANCISCO. b HAMBURC PORTLAND SEATTLE VANCOUVER. CITY OF COVENTRY Accepting cargo toe Central South P. Sham Penang American Ports. In Pert/25 July 26/27 lury aouCAiMwuti Calk Antwerp BOUGAINVILLI CITY
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  • 537 12  -  EDIN PETERS By WITH ONLY a day left before close of entries for the Johore Grand Prix on Aug. 6, the organisers, Singapore Motor Club, are continuing to receive a stream of entries. Of Federation entries received so far, Penang top the list with
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  • 71 12 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. CINGAPORE today won the Junior Kolapore at Bisley with a score of 544, beating Jamaica by five points. The Colony team which was entered by the Singapore Rifle Association comprised S/Ldr. Herbert. Sgt. Shuter, Sift. Pinkey (all RAF.) and Com.
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  • 151 12 SEATTLE, Mon, JOHN Marshall of Australia broke another, world record yesterday, last day of the Amateur Athletic Union senior men's outdoor swimming championship. Marshall, Yale University student, clocked 9 mm. 37.5 sec. In winning che 880-yard freestyle. The old mark was 9 mm. 54.6 seconds set
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  • 591 12 But Last 30 nun. Spelt Disaster NOTTINGHAM, Monday. A DISASTROUS half hour during which three wickets fell cheaply saw England precariously placed at close of play today fourth day of the Third Test against West Indies— after fighting cricket by the first four batsmen had brought
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  • 91 12 ENGLAND— Ist. INNS. 22J WEST INDIES— Ist. INNS. 558 ENT.LAND— 2nd INNS. Washbrook c Worrell b Valentine 102 Simpson ran out 94 Parkhouse lbw Goddard 69 Dewes not out 55 Yardley b Ramadhin 7 Insole st. Walcott b Ramadhin 0 Extras 23 Total (for 5 wkts.) 350 BOWLING O.
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  • 67 12 LONDON. Mon. Scores In County cricket championship games ending today in two days are: At the Oval, Yorkshire beat Surrey by 7 wkts. Surrey 127 and 97. (Wardle 6 for 25). Yorks 149 (Laker 5 for 44) and 79 for 3. At Folkestone, Kent beat Leicester by
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  • 21 12 SOCCER: Snr. Ife.: Chinese Athletes v Kota Raja at Jalan Besar stadium. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. and Tallin Club tournament (cont.).
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  • 71 12 KOTA BHARU. Mon. KKI.ANTAN Amateur Athletic Association will be represented at the Malayan A.A.A. Meet in Singapore on Aug. 4 and 5 by Sidique Merican, who will run in the 100 yards and 220 yards, and Mohamed Mustapha, (880 yards) They will leave Kota Bharu
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  • 241 12 INGLEWOOD. Cal. Mon. EUGHTING a 9 St. 61b. load on 1 His back the great Irish bred handicap champion Noor barely flashed to a half length victory over Dharan on Saturday In the $50,000 added American Handicap at Hollywood. Noor, 1-3 favourite and tour -tune
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    39 12 Hampshire's fine all-round-er Derek Shackleton who is playing in his first Test in the present matrh at Nottingham against West Indies. Shackleton helped England out of a disastrous position with a splendid 42 in the first innings. Reuter photo.
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  • 218 12 "DESULTS of yesterday's ties at the Tanglin Club were: Women's Handicap Doubles: Miss Lalng and Miss Squires i 3i beat Miss Wilson and Miss Hayne 15) 7-5. 6-3; Miss Veall and Miss Garnett (+l5) beat Miss F. J. Taylor and Mrs. N. G. Morris (—15.3) 6-4, 7-5.
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  • 226 12 INDIAN Recreation Club moved up to fifth place in the league table with two points from Indonesian whom they defeated three-nil in a S.A.F.A. Senior League game played at Geylang yesterday. Indonesians would have given the Indians a closer run had Mat Noor not missed
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  • 174 12 Work Begins On A.A.A. Meet Track ENTRIES for the Malayan A.A.A. Championships to be held on August 4 and 5 In Singapore have so far been received from Johore, Trengannu, Kelantan, Pahang, Penang, Perak and Borneo. Entries have yet to come from Selangor Negrl Sembllan and Malacca. Meanwhile, work Is
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  • 122 12 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Johoro A.A.A. has selected 17 men and women to compete at the Malayan Championship meeting to be held In Singapore on Aug. 5. Those selected are: Women: Ong Soon Kheng, Thevalamalai, Ivy Ma thews and Padmavathy. Men: Lim Heng
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  • 22 12 TODAY: 7.20 a.m. (7ft. 41n) and 6.32 p.m. (Bft. 4in.). TOMORROW: 9.10 ajn. (7ft 6in.) and 7.45 p.m. (Bft. 6in.).
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  • 360 12 "DESULTS of yesterday's lawn xv tennis ties in the V.M.C.A. tournament were: Novices' Open Doublet: Koh Han Kok C. T. Wong beat Oen Eng Sen Oen TJln Hon 6-4, 6-3: Fong Pin Chee Si Teo Kirn Tee beat Francis Lee Lee Kong Boon 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. CLASS
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  • 265 12 -THE WEAK Tamil B.A. A victory, held out until I before conceding two lucl in their S.A.F.A. Senior 1 stadium yesterday. With their full-backs idling on the half line, Changi were always in the attack but each wave went out with less punch and
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  • 57 12 AFTER hclding R.A.F. Trngaii o a scoreless first hnlf, Roy.U Naval Keppel barracks went d a by four goals to one in a S.A.F.A. Junl>r A2 league match played on 8.0.D.C.A. ground yesterday. Scorers for R.A.F. Tentjah were Starr (2). Turpie and Blair. Royai Naval Keppel
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