The Straits Times, 16 August 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. AfcjGUS* 16. 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    NAKTONG CROSSED IN STRENGTH
    401 1 New Threat To TaeguFrom The Nw-th TOfcYO, Tuesday. J'HE whole west wall and northwest corner of the Allied defence box began to crumple today under the weight of incessant Communist pro bin us and crossings of the Naktong River. Spurred by their legjjfers' demands for a
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    Show-Window Crash
    37 1 Poh Kirn Guan, a University of Malaya student, crashed Into the glass window of Rediffusion Ltd. in Tank Road late last night while learning to ride a motorcycle belonging to a friend. He escaped injury.
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    Three Navies Will Study Cooperation
    87 1 THE Admiralty announced today that staff discusx sions and detailed studies by representatives of Britain. Canada, and the United States will take place to develop co-operation between the three navies. They will aim at a gradual development of common designs and standards in arms, equipment
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    RAF WILL FLY-PAST AT NOON
    227 1 IN honour of the Royal birth R.A.F Llncolns. Brigands •and Spitfires will fly-past over Government House and the Padang at noon today. I lags will be flown from all masts and ships in the harbour today. At Blakang Mati. men of the Ist Singapore Regiment
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    Princess Has A 6-Pound Baby Daughter: Both Well
    529 1 LONDON, Tuesday. I>RINCESS ELIZABETH, 24-year-old heiress presumptive to the British throne, today gave birth to a daughter, her second child, at her London residence, Clarence House. The child becomes third in succession to the British throne after elder brother Prince Charles, and
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    King Flashes Message To Empire: It's A Girl'
    99 1 BALMORAL, Tucv nrtiK King had prepared in advance a hatch of tf*l«*grams to flash to all < mii mon wealth countries the news of the birth of his l«tcst grandchild. He left a space for the *.«rd "boy" or "Rirl." ag s<Min
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    NAVY HITS KOREAN SHIPPING
    129 1 TOKYO, Tues. gOUTH Korean patrol boats under the command of British Rear Admiral W.G. Andrews yesterday san!< nine jilnks on the approaches to the east coast port of Inchon. rtA United States Navy patrol bomber I4*ftfc a 200-ton ship on the ■R coast. Another patrol 1
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    Rubber Sags 18 cts. On U.S. Control Report
    230 1 REPORTS of U.S. Government plans to cut the commercial use of rubber by one-third were mainly responsible for a drop of 18 cents per lb. in the Singapore rub/ er price yesterday. First grade for August shipment closed at $1.04, with the
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    BACK TO WORK
    20 1 MISS LIU Yuen Slew. Principal of the Nanyang Girls' High School, which reopened yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    BOYS' MEETING WAS 'ORDERLY'
    132 1 "II7E just don't know how serious it is," Mr. R. M. Youne. aoting Director of Education, said yesterday, commenting on the Incident in the Singapore Chinese High School, where black-listed students conducted a protest meeting in the assembly hall on Monday. A statement in Chinese concerning
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    TROOPS DIG IN
    30 1 AMERICAN soldiers dig foxholes along a hillside in the central sector in South Korea as they prepare for assault by invading North Korean Communist forces.— A.P. radiopicture.
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    EUROPEAN WIFE IN AMBUSH
    161 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A EUROPEAN woman, wife of a District Officer in Pahang is missing after being attacked by bandits today. A Chinese interpreter is also missing. The District Officer and his wile, accompanied by a European police cadet and the Chinese
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    SPITS COLLIDE— ONE PILOT DEAD
    55 1 SAIGON, Tues. AN R.A.F. pilot was killed today when two Spitfires flying from Singapore to Hong Kong collided while landing; at Saigon airport. The dead man was identified here as Flt.-Lt. Peter Abrey. The other pilot escaped injury. The Spitfires were part of a formation
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    Incomes Yield $73 Million
    180 1 Incomes Yield $73 Million A TOTAL of $73,416,586 was collected as revenue from income tax in the Federation and Sin/apore during 1948 and 1949. This liguro, comprising $40,199,431 from the Federation and 533.217.155 frcn Singapore was revealed yesterday in separate reports Issued simultaneously In Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. In 1949
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    NAVAL CHANGE
    30 1 HONG KONG. Tuei 8.000-ton British cruiser, Ceylon, arrived today i> replace the Belfast which is on its way to England for refitting after servlc Ui Korean waters.— U.P.
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    Gaol For Sedition
    30 1 SYDNEY. Toes. Williim Fardon Burns, publisher ol t!ie Communist newspaper Tribune was sentenced to nine months in prison today tor publishing a seditious article on Korea. U.P
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    LATE NEWS
    55 1 SAIGON. Tues. Ma.ji»rGeneral .1. N. Portt. Chief or Staff FABELF. will arrivr I here today to confer wi<h senior French staff officers. British military liaison officers at Saigon said the talks would concern "military problems of mutual interest." General Poett will hf u--companied by about livn British staff
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    SERENE'S MENFIGHT HIS EXILE
    113 2 MAFEKING, Tues. gERETSE Khama's legal advisor said today that the Bamangwato tribesmen had agreed unanimously to fight a British order sending their chief-designate into exile for marrying a white girl. "I have just completed a tour of the Bamangwato territory where I consulted all the tribes,"
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    RED STRIKES IN HOLLAND
    77 2 THE HAGUE, Tues. Dock strikes held up work in Holland's two big ports of Amsterdam and Rotterdam yesterday. In Amsterdam, taxis were off the streets because drivers were demanding double wages and a two per cent holiday allowance. All work on big buildings was also stopped
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    Pilot Threatened By Passengers
    73 2 AUGSBURG, BAVARIA, Tues. The pilot of a Czech plane which made a forced landing near here on Saturday said yesterday that liis passengers, a family of four, threatened to shoot him if he did not fly them to Germany. The passengers, a Czech manufacturer, his wife
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    'A-BOMB' HOME MADE IN ITALY
    48 2 MILAN. Tuesday. AN anonymous telephone call today told Italian police that a bon l) had been placed at the entrance of the Saforza Castle. Police rushed to the scene and found an empty tube with a big sign reading: "Attention Atom Bomb." U.P.
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    Ship's 2,500 Mile Dash To Doctor
    312 2 fIL-^-j ii PERTH, Tuesday. DR. Serge Udovikoff, a young Australian physician, who for more than three weeks waited to operate upon himself for appendicitis on the Antarctic island of Heard if help did not come in time, was landed at Perth yesterday from the
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    BEDOUIN IN PARIS
    34 2 PIERRE BALMAIN of Paris achieves a Bedouin effect with this grey panne velvet helmet worn over a grey chiffon veil that ties at the back, leaving the face uncovered. A.P. picture.
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    H.K. TRADE SLUMP
    73 2 HONG KONG, Tues. The rubber manufacturing industry in Hong Kong has been badly hit by rising costs and a slump in business. The Hong Korrg Rubber Manufactory closed last week, following a closure of several smaller factories. The Kong Kong Commissioner of Labour, In a report, said
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    BOMBER CRASHES
    36 2 FORTH WORTH, Tues,-A 3-29 bomber crashed and burned near Caswell aiz force base yesterday. The fate of the occupants was not known. Normally a B-29 has >i crew of 14 or 15 men.- Reuter.
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      447 2 NOTICES NOTICE TO SINGAPORE IMPORTERS No. 22 Applications for licences to Import the following gootls outsirtr Malaya's allocation may now be submitted to the Imports Exports Control Department, Pullerton Building, Singapore: HAM AND BACON (gammon and shoulder only) cooked and canned, originating In and to be consigned from the Sterling
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      364 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY TENDERS (For particulars sec Tender Room, Ground Floor. Municipal Office) WATER DEPARTMENT Supply of 4", 6", 9" Nominal Siie x 16" to 20' Lengths Cast Iron or Spun Iron Straight Pipes and Coupling Joints for Water. Deposit $50. Close 4 p.m.— 12. 9. '50. H.M. DOCKYARD, SINGAPORE
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    INDIA MAKES NEW MOVE ON KOREA
    302 3 INDIA MAKES NEW MOVE ON KOREA Wants 'Shadow Council LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. INDIA yesterday urged the immediate forma* tion of a "shadow" Security Council without the "Big Five" to grapple with the Korean problem. India's delegate, Sir Benegal Rau, put to the Council the suggestion that its six non-per-manent members—
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    RISKIER TO WRITE
    25 3 TOKYO. Tues.— More war correspondents have been killed in the Korean war than in the first year of World War ll— UP.
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    CHURCHILL'S CALL
    29 3 WINSTON < HURCI Britain's loader of opposition, addressing Council cf Kuropr at M'-.islinurs when he called l r the immediate creation ii a KitrcTiean army. A.P. Radio picture.
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    PAKISTAN STAND ON KOREA
    191 3 KARACHI. Tuesday. 'pIK Pakistan Prime Minister, Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan, yesterday reiterated his stand in supporting the I nited Nations' action in Korea and strongly o) )(>sed those who said Pakistan should be neutral. king to the nation on :d anniversary of Paind?penden(v. he We could
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    'Not Very Satisfied On Kashmir'
    89 3 'Not Very Satisfied On Kashmir' LAKE SUCCESS, lues. pROFESSOR Ahmed Bokhari, Pakistan's chief delegate to the United Nations, said yesterday that 'Pakistan is not very well satisfied with the work of the United Nations, particularly in the matter of Kashmir.' Speaking on the United Natons radio, he added: "The Kashmir
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    BOILER ROASTS
    25 3 A LABOURER surveys the damage done to this Municipal tar boiler which caught fire suddenly in Alexandra Road, yesterday. No one was hurt.
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    Reds Grab China Coast Islands
    210 3 TAIPEH, Tuesday. T*HK Chinese Reds have seized two small islands off A the mainland coast in a move apparently aimed at safeguarding their sea communications, a Defence Ministry spokesman announced today. The two islands Belong to the Matsu group, off the mainland port of Foocnow,
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    INDIAN PRESENTS U.N. FLAG
    42 3 TOKYO, Tues. Dr. Anup Singh, representative of India on the United Nations Commission on Korea, handed the U.N. flag to the 406 th blood bank in Tokyo today in a ceremony attended by representatives of 16 nations. Reuter.
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    RUBBER PROFIT
    36 3 NEW YORK, Tues.— United States Rubber Co. reported its net earnings for the first half of 1950 totalled US$B,848,757. This is 35 per cent higher than income for the same period of 1949. A.P.
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    U.S. MINISTER TO CHIANG KAI-SHEK
    39 3 Mr. KARL L RANKIN, American Consul-General at Hong Kong who has been transferred to Taipeh where he will hold ministerial rank. He will be the No. 1 U.S. "diplomat with Chiang Kai-shek. A.P. picture.
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    MALAN MAKING ENEMIES-SMUTS
    83 3 KARASBURG. (South Africa), Tues. GENERAL Smuts yesterday accused the Government of Isolating South Africa and creating emetines overseas by refusing to submit reports on its trusteeship of South- West Africa to the United Nations. In his first public statement since his serious illness nearly three months ago.
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    Tito Not A Soviet Ally
    225 3 Tito Not A Soviet Ally BELGRADE. Tues. MARSHAL Tito, in the most complete interview in many months, yesterday said that Yugoslavia would not automatically fight on the side of the Soviet Union in the event of war between Russia and America. Tito told an Indian journalist. Kamalesh Banerjl, that Yugoslavia
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    WROTE BURMESE ANTHEM, DIES
    45 3 RANGOON, Tues. Say a Tin, composer of the Burmese National Anthem, has died in Rangoon. Saya Tin, awarded a Burmese title in recognition of his accomplishment had to sing his composition in the Burmese Parliament for members to pass judgment. A.P.
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    Malayan Unionists 'Mean Business'
    168 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THERE was "fighting talk" from the Malayan Trades Union Council president, Mr. P. P. Narayanan, in Kuala Lumpur this evening when trade unionists met the delegation from the International Confederation o f Free Trade Unions which is touring the
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    U.S. Mission Impressed
    104 3 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Tues. AFTER an extensive air tour of the Malayan-Siamese frontier, nine members of the 20-man United States military aid survey mission for South-East Asia landed at Bayan Lepas airport today, "greatly impressed" with what they had seen The leader of the mission,
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    U.S.I. 'STARVING AMBONESE'
    126 3 U.S. I. 'STARVING AMBONESE' Vrora Oar Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Tues. 'FIIE Indonesian Government Is trying to starve the people of Ambon and the Aru Islands into acceptance of Jakarta rule, sayg a wellknown Australian master pearler Mr. H. S. Cross, in an Interview with the Melbourne Herald in Darwin today
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      174 3 0 U 'Pi' Wise children insist on Green's Jellies at their parties Jelly is a general favourite with children not only for parties but for almost any meal. And it's so easy to give them what they like if you use Green's Jelly Crystals. They dissolve quickly, set firmly and
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    NO MUZZLING OF PRESS, SAYS GOVT.
    463 4 Publications Laws Extended A CATEGORICAL assurance that Government, has no intention of using the Emergency Regulations to muzzle honest and reasoned criticism or to interfere with the Press in the conduct of its proper functions was given by the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. W.
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    ENTRY LAWS AMENDED
    208 4 ENTRY LAWS AMENDED SINGAPORE'S emergency measures were further tightened yesterday when, in the Legislative Council, the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. W L. Blythe, successfully moved an amendment to existing regulations to prevent persons who had been ordered to leave the Federation from entering or residing in Singapore. Another motion, adopted
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    TEMPORARY WORKERS
    42 4 There are 562 persons employed by the Singapore Government on a temporary basis Of this number 145 are temporary clerical staff in G.C.S. posts. These figures were given in i reply to a question at the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday.
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    AMPLE STOCKS
    40 4 Present stocks and supplies of rice from Siam are adequate to meet the present ration for Singapore for the remainder of the year, it was stated in an answer to a question In the Singapore Legislative Council ye.sterday.
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    Govt. Tightens Up Anti-Spitting Law
    186 4 yHE l&w against indiscriminate spitting in public x will be tightened up with the passing yesterday by the Singapore Legislative Council of certain amendments to the Minor Offences Ordinance The r.mended ordinance makes the law more stringent by enlarging the area in which spitting will
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    "NO SLUR," SAYS GOVERNMENT
    54 4 Government is not aware of any slur having been cast on any particular community due to statements by responsible officers, based on lack of Information or misinformation. This was stated in reply to a question in the Singapore Legislative Coun*M yesterday morning by Mr. Balwant Singh
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    Banned Girls Are Sent To China
    349 4 NANYANC SCHOOL REOPENS npHE seven Chinese girl students of the Singapore Nanyang Girls' High School, whose names were black-listed by the Education Department, have been sent to China by their parents and guardians. Miss Liv Yuen Sien, the principal, told the Straits Times yesterday.
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    P.O. MADE $5 MIL. IN 1949
    218 4 •THE Malayan Postal Services Department, which includes Singapore, made a profit last year of $5,363,000. Revenue increased in 1949 by more than $2,000,000 while expenditure fell ny nearly $800,000. These ligures were issued yesterday in the annual report of the Malayan Postal Services Department.
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    ONLY ONE SPITTER FINED IN SPORE
    46 4 CINCE the beginning of this year there has been i only one prosecution of spitting in the streets of Singapore. The accused was fined $10. This was stated in answer to a written question in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday.
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    Officer from Pakistan
    84 4 ONE of the first few Pakistan army officers to visit Singapore arrived here yesterday by KLM Constellation from Karachi He is 22-year-old Capt. Akbar Mallal. of the Royal Pakistan Artillery, a son of Mr. Bashir A. Mallal, editor of the Malayan Law Journal and president, of the
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    'GOVT. SHOULD TAKE OVER PHONE SYSTEM'
    168 4 "PHE Singapore Government is considering the question of the future management of the Colony's telephone system, but there has to be considerable technical examination before any conclusion can be 'reached. This was stated in the Singapore Legislative Council meeting yesterday by the acting Colonial
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    COLONY GOVT. WILLING TO RECONSIDER ALLOWANCES
    310 5 *TIIE $500-monthly allowance paid to Singapore's Unofficial Legislative Councillors should either be reduced or be abolished, said Mr. R. Jumabhoy (Member for the Indian hamber of Commerce), speaking on the adjournment of the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. The Government reply through the acting Chief
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    RECKLESS OPTIMISM' DENIED
    282 5 RECKLESS OPTIMISM' DENIED \M Francis Fitzpat- k, defendant In a flaim under an ent for a sublease oi ;i Of 16 houses in the Orchard Road area denied a on by Sir Roland Braddell, in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday, Mi it he "went Into the transaction in a spirit
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    CLAIMS TRIAL
    45 5 Yeu Tart Choy. 47. of Loroncc Limau. claimed trial In the Sinsjapore Third Police Court yesterday to voluntarily causing prievous hurt with a hammer to M. F.uhnasamy in the Singapore Harbour Board. Bail of $1,000 in one Buiely was allowed until An-. 22.
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    Singapore Diary
    61 5 Y.W.C..V: Raton? Groups meet at St. Hilda's School, Ceyljn Road at 4 p.m. Alumni Association of King Edward VII College of Medicine: Clinico-pathological meeting at Dept. of Pathology, General Hospital, at 8 p.m. Chinese V.M.C.A.: Joint staff meeting 9 a.m.: Badminton 5.30 p.m. 'Zero' basketball team p.m.; Combined
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    SHIP WITH THE JOLLIEST CREW SAILS FOR RUSSIA
    141 5 SHIP WITH THE JOLLIEST CREW SAILS FOR RUSSIA LEAVING port today for Russia is the ship with the jolliest crew in Singapore (picture above). She Is the Genoese-based Etrusco. loaded with 3,000 tons of rubber, and bound for Malacca and Penang, where she will load another 6.000 tons for delivery
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    TWO BROTHERS DIED: $1,400,000 FOR GOVT.
    141 5 TWO brothers who died in 1942 and 1949 accounted x for about half of the estate duty ($3,022,506) collected last year in Singapore, states the annual report of the Estate I^pty Office and Stamp Duty Office. The report says that the assessment of the
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    Indian Flag Hoisted
    62 5 FE third anniversary of Indian Independence was celebrated yesterday in Singapore at India House when the Representative of the Government of India in Malaya, Mr. John A. Thivy, held a flaghoisting ceremony. A small gathering attended the ceremony, after which the Indian National anthem was eung. Mr.
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    SEAMEN'S GIFT
    45 5 The Singapore Malay Seamen's Union has forwarded to Captain C. H. Turner, skipper of the Tons: San, which recently rescued six Indonesians from the sea outside the Banjermassin River. six sarongs, six shirts, and 20 packets of cigarettes as gifts to the seamen.
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    'Not Afraid Of Death,' So lie Chased Armed Man
    194 5 'Not Afraid Of Death, So lie Chased Armed Man "I'M not afraid of death", an ex-volunteer told the Singapore Relief Court yesterday when he was asked if he was frightened while chasing a robber armed with a pistol after a $1,000 robbery in daylight on June 10. The ex-volunteer was
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    17 Annual Reports
    104 5 riMIE annual reports for 17 Singapore Government departments for last year were tabled at yesterday's ■leetlng of the Legislative Council— a record number for any single meeting. They are In respect of the 6::'.-;apore 'Police Force; the Su'vry Department; Criminal, Dulrict and Police Courts; QoveimneiH Marine Surveys
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    Firewood For Hong Kong
    54 5 To help keep the home flics burning In over-populat-ed Hong Kong, the s.s. Van Hcutsz, 4,500-ton China roaster left Singapore yesterday bound for Hoihow and the British Colony, wilh 500 tons of firewood. Hong Konp;, is very short of fuel, and firewood Is regularly shipped there
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    New Exchange Control Bill For Singapore
    124 5 THE Singapore Government 1 Is drafting a new Exchange Control Bill to supersede the existing Finance Regulations, the acting Financial Secretary, Mr. J. E. Pepper, said in the Legislative Council meeting yesterday. Mr. Pepper added that the new Bill would be published as soon
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    8 Bandits Slain, Others Wounded
    209 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. FIGHT bandits have been killed and others wounded and captured since yesterday. Early today in KEDAH security forces attacked a bandit camp. One bandit was killed and another wounded and captured. Three rifles, an automatic, three handgrenades and
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    Big Day For Indonesians
    104 5 THE fifth anniversary of Indonesian independence will be officially celebrated to-morrow at the home of Dr. Z. Zaln, Singapore Representative of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia, at 33 Patterson Road. The celebration, which will begin at 5.30 p.m., will start with the hoisting
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    Less work in Assizes
    89 5 'THE volume of work at the Assizes in Singapore was considerably less than during the previous year, says the annual report of the Singapore Supreme Court for 1949. During the year, 168 cases Involving 315 persons were tried, and 91 persons were committed for trial as
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    TO OPEN WAY FOR WOMEN
    81 5 Three bills which will open the doors for recruitment of women Into the ColonyAs local defence forces were tabled for their first reading by the acting Solicitor General. Mr. Murray Buttrose. at yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. The bills seeks to Incorporate pertain
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    'Should Be Revised'
    96 5 OTRESSING that the Singa•J pore Government's General Orders were "in need of serious revision to meet present day requirements." Mr. Lim Yew Hock (Nominated), asked the Government in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday for an assurance that the Singapore Federation of Government Employees' Union would be given
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    SET UP BODY FOR STORE SQUATTERS9
    390 5 SET UP BODY FOR STORE SQUATTERS 9 A PLEA for the setting up of a squatters' inquiry commission to study the squatter problem in Singapore in the same way that the Hawkers' Commission is now investigating the hawker situation, was made by Mr. Thio Chan Bee (Nominated) in the Legislative
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    CLAIMS TRIAL
    37 5 Ngo Thong Van. 52. of Upper Serangoon Road, claimed trial In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to a charge of possessing four quarts of dutiable samsu. Ball of SlOO was allowed until Auk. 22
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    DEATH
    36 6 CHAN TIAN MOH. age 58. or. 15.8.50 at 46 Emerald Hill Rd.. behind his wife, Lee Neo Kjra. 2 ran. Hock Chye. Hock I M daughter, Alice Chan. Funeral on 17 8.50 ;U 11 a.m.
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    23ie Straits $imrs Singapore, Wed., Aug. 16, 1950. Income Tax Report
    958 6 23ie Straits $imrs Singapore, Wed., Aug. 16, 1950. Income Tax Report The Income Tax Ordinance is a comparatively simple code, remarks the Comptroller-Gen-eral of Income Tax in the first Pan-Malayan report his Department has published. The report was issued yesterday. But administration of the tax '"has given riss to numerous
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    RICE-CARDS AND I-CARDS
    156 6 IyTUCH Press discussion has taken place regarding an easy way of replacing lost identity cards, registering changes of address, etc., but so far I have seen nothing about the changing of upcountry I-cards to Singapore cards. The public, Including many friends of mine, are in great distress
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    BILL OF HUMAN RIGHTS
    1423 6 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been the subject of correspondence and comment in the Straits Times during the last few days. The full text has never yet been published in Malaya, so we give it here today. The Declaration was drafted by the United
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      A Chinese girl who married a Malay
      720 6 A Chinese girl who married a Malay j-HGuim l nave followed Maria's case from the beginning, I have not thought of thrusting my nose into ather people's private affairs. Unfortunately, how eve", scores of people lave expressed views many of which are detrimental to Maria's happiness which is the one
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    On the Margin
    488 6 On the Margin Malayan Rosca ¥>EOPLE who have know roses in tlitir glory i temperate countries and wr have always supposed tlr such loys were out of tr question on the plains i Malaya, will be .surprised I learn that at Johnre Bahr there is a nursery stock' i with
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    REDIFFUSION STRIKE BEFORE COUNCIL
    514 7 REDIFFUSION STRIKE BEFORE COUNCIL Labour Dept, Head Criticised AN ATTACK on the Singapore Commissioner for Labour for not correcting: "an apparent malicious inaccuracy" by Rediffusion (Singapore) Ltd., in its statement on the strike by its wiremen. was made in* the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday by Mr. Lim Yew Hock (Nominated).
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    A 'CRUEL JOKE' SAYS LIM
    228 7 A 'CRUEL JOKE' SAYS LIM THE Government circular requiring an officer going to Britain on scholarship to K'Ve up his quarters was "a very big price" the officer had to pay for his scholarship, Mr Dm Yew Hock (Norn.) said in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. "This la nothing but
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    To Be Kept Together
    71 7 SINGAPORE^ 19 Englishspeaking Chinese eongtablei arc vi be posted to the same division. They will b< ki-pt as a body, messing and tr.i'njng toyethrr. This is stated in the annual Kport Of the Police department. The Chinese constable! *•■!■<• recruited ir/lo tin )ar police Irom the
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    MEDIATION OFFER IS REJECTED
    81 7 nEDIFFUSION 'Singa- pore) Ltd. has turned down the mediation offer from the Singapore Federation of Services Unions for settlement of the dispute which led to the employees' strike, now entering its twelfth day. The company's rejection note was submitted to the Federation yesterday. It said that
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    $2,300,000 Paid Out
    57 7 V T EARLY $2,500,000 was paid out in Singapore and the Federation last year in settlement of legal liability claims against the Army, RAF. and Civil Government, the chairman of the Malayan War Damage Commission Mr. R. Graham, states in his annual report. These claims. Mr. Graham
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    WillTake'Golden Serpent' To U.K.
    411 7 MR. MACBRYAN LEAVES HOSPITAL Yflß. Gerard Macßryan, political adviser to the 1 1 late Sultan of Brunei, who has been in the Singapore Mental Hospital since June 22, was discharged yesterday afternoon after an interview with a special medical board. He will fly to London on
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    MORE ALIENS IN SPORE
    51 7 The annual report of the Singapore Police Force shows that at the end of last year the total nuenber of registered aliens in the Colony was 1,789—89 more than in the previous year. Dutch nationals (461) top the list. American women outnumbered men by 105 to
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    'HAUNTED' ISLE OFF STORE
    106 7 TYING off the south-west coast of Singapore is the island of Pawi, "supposed to be haunted by ghosts which, in the long run, kill off all who attempt to settle there." This is revealed by Mr. J.A. Harvey, chairman of the Rural Board, in his annual
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    THREW AWAY A PARCEL
    68 7 When a Singapore Harbour i Board labourer was stopped by two constables and asked for his identity card, he threw away a paper parcel he was carrying. It contained 10 leaf packets of chandu. Yesterday, in the Singapore Second District Court, the labourer, Tay Ong Kirn.
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    'Resign' Request To Be Reconsidered
    192 7 THE request by the Postal Department to seven senior officers to resign from their trade union as they were holding supervisory appointments and might be required to represent the official side in any negotiations between employers and employees, is being reconsidered. This was stated by
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    WOMAN GAMBLER
    25 7 Goh Ouee Clioon, aged 28, was Sited $200 in the "ingapore Fouith Poitee Court yesterday lor assisting In the management of a lottery.
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    200 Brothels In Colony
    53 7 TIIEKE were 200 known brothels, some of which housed more than one establishment, in Singapore at the end of last year. The annual report of the Singapore Police Department says about 1,000 women were using them. Trafficking in young girls from China and adjacent countries continued,
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    SUICIDE BID, GETS $15
    72 7 An expectant mother. Tan Kirn Seok. was paid $15 from the "Poor Box" of the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday after she had pleaded guilty to attempting suicide by drinking caustic soda at Clarke Street on Aug. 4. She was bound over for three months for
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    DIFFERENCE IN FILM POLICY CRITICISED
    284 7 DIFFERENCE IN FILM POLICY CRITICISED REPRESENTATIONS on the banning in Singapore of the film "The Blue Lamp" have been made to the committee appointed to examine every aspect of the film trade, stated the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, in the Legislative Council meeting yesterday. Mr. Blythe was
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    Overstaff Denied
    79 7 The Singapore Government has engaged the services of a firm of business consultants to make a preliminary survey and report upon the problems of organisation and method in the Singapore Government services This was stated in an answer given in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday in reply to
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    MUST WAIT
    48 7 Pasir Panjang will not get its post office by the end of this year but the erection of a post office in that locality will be considered in connection with the 1951 estimates, it was stated by the Colonial Secretary in the Singapore Legialative Council yesterday.
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    RIDER HURT
    39 7 A British despatch rider attached to the 75 Coy. R.A.S.C, Alexandra, was seriously injured in a collision with a motor car driven by a European at Napier Road yesterday. He was taken to the British Military Hospital.
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    OBJECTION TO READ SPEECHES IN COUNCIL
    87 7 OBJECTION TO READ SPEECHES IN COUNCIL VI K. John Lay cock (Municipality, North East) at yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council jumped to his feet immediately after Mr. Balwant Singh had made a lengthy adjournment speech, reading from a typewritten script. "1 should like to remind Tour Excellency that
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    JOBLESS CHILDREN: 'DANGER' WARNING
    154 7 DANGERS of unemployed children joining the ranks of juvenile delinquents if they had nothing to do, were voiced by Mr. Thio Chan Bee (Norn.) in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. Mr. Thio was referring to the Children and Young Persons Ordinance which forbids the employment of
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    'An Oasis Of Peace And Wealth If...'
    128 7 14 A VERY unusual occurxV rence for Singapore" was related by Mr. Thio Chan Bee (Nominated) in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. A speaker at a recent meeting of about 1,000 workers of the Singapore Harbour Board, he related, had said that they
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    400 Sail To China
    58 7 FXJUR hundred Chinese deck r passengers— all men and boys— left Singapore yesterday on board the s.s. Van Heutsz. bound for Hoihow Hainan. Most of the travellers did not speak English, but one spokesman told the Straits Times that they were going on holiday, some to
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    FITNESS TEST FOR ME, TOO -SAYS BLYTHE
    178 7 FITNESS TEST FOR ME, TOO -SAYS BLYTHE PIE Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe. told Legislative Councillors yesterday that before he took *over his present post, he had to undergo a medical examination just like any other officer promoted to a higher post. He was replying to a criticism by
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    INCREASE IN DIVORCES
    50 7 Fifty-five poiiiions lor divorce were made in Singapore during 1949. according to the annual report of the Supreme Court issued yesterday. Th< re were :56 petitions in 1948 Of last year's total, eight were granted decrees nisi. 17 had their decrees made absolute. and 30 were pending.-
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    STOLE CYCLE
    50 7 Ralia Bhag pl.;ade-i tiui't y yesterday in the Singapore Fouith Police Court to stealing a bicycle belonging to Goh Wan Hai on Aug 8 from the five-foot-way of a shop in Changi Village Bai.: of $500 was allo"til until the case comes up lor sor.lence on Sept. 2i
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    INCOME TAX NETS $40 MILLION
    728 8 Federal Report Shows Payments By Races From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. DEVENUE from income tax collected by the Federation Government in 1948 and 1949 was $40,199,431 according to a report on th<Income Tax Department by the acting Comptroller of Income Tax, Mr E.
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    She Sent Them Her Picture
    106 8 yyffo says that tncom* tax collectors are inhuman, humourless creatures? Singapore's acting Comptroller, Mr. D. H. Tudor teiis tne story of how a pretty young woman recently sent her picture into the department when applying .for short .extension of time before submitting her return. She
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    More Staff Needed— Heasman
    233 8 More Staff Needed Heasman THE comptroller-Gen-J eral of Income Tax for the Federation and Singapore. Mr. R. B. Heasman, in his report which precedes the individual reports of the two branches, says that the results of the first full year's working of the income tax department, "cannot be regarded as
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    School Social
    29 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A social for the visiting Raffles Institution and Penang Free School sports teams was held at the Victoria Institution hall, Kuala Lumpur, last night.
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    Spore Raised $33,217,000 Up To End Of 1949
    737 8 IN Singapore, the net collections of income tax for 1948 and 1949 was $33,217,155. This is stated in the first report by the acting Comptroller of Income Tax. Singapore. Mr. D. H. Tudor, laid before the Legislative Council yesterday. During this period,
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    Majority Of Asians Not Liable To Tax
    220 8 |N considering the report and figures, Mr. Tudor says that It must be remembered that the majority of Asians in Singapore were not liable to tax, having regard to the amounts of their income and to the personal allowances to which they were
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    Reservists, holidaymakers crowd the same trains
    1422 9 Reservists, holidaymakers crowd the same trains From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 7. 1JFE in Britain these days is a curious experience. At Waterloo this week I have seen hundreds of Naval reservists passing through that vast railway station on their way to Portsmouth to answer their emergency recall to
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    384 9 JJOIJDAYMAKERS at East Coast resorts are again t Jl being asked not to pet the baby seals which swim in to the beaches from offshore sandbanks: the little i seals like humans so much that they refuse to go back home and have to he taken back to
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      270 9 ■•dab* isary"; 7 News, Share Market; 7.12 Scotland yard No. 3: •Thames ii K«r Ra <Uo Scientist; 7.20 Arthur Division"; 10.30 Dance Music; 11 10 a.m. News, followed by You t Novacnor d; 7.30 Close. Emergency News from K.L.; 10.10 Varieties 1 7 45 Dinner Close; 12 Malay; 1 p.nr
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    COLONY POLICE GAVE EVERY AID TOI FEDERATION
    303 10 2 Main Tasks Accomplished Last Tear gINGAPORE Police Force last year accomplished its two main tasks of maintaining law and order, so that the largest possible number of military personnel could be spared for service in the Federation, and of giving all possible
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    Malayan Chamber For Malays
    98 10 Malayan Chamber For Malays \/fALAY businessmen from all parts of the Federation will meet in Kuala Kangsar, Perak on Aug. 25 to dLsenss the establishing of a Malay Chamber of Commerce on a Pan-Malayan basis. The meeting is sponsored by the United Malays National Organisation whose fifth annual assembly has
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    War Heroine In Politics
    86 10 MRS. Elizabeth Choy, who who was decorated for wartime services, may be a candidate at the Singapore municipal elections next December. A schoolteacher, who once taught Miss Amy Laycock, j Singapore Municipal Commissioner, she was aske' to participate In local politics shortly after she returned from
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    More Rice Possible
    85 10 RICE exports to Malaya from Burma may possibly increase, depending upon the amount of rainfall in the later part of the year, said Bo Khin Maune Gale, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry and a member of the National Planning Board of Burma, before he left Singapore yesterday
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    Suicide Bid In Hospital
    54 10 A 55-year-old Chinese who was stated to have cut his throat with a broken spectacle lens while in the Singapore General Hospital, pleaded guilty to attempting to commit suicide in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. The Chinese, Owe Yong Kwong. of Kulai Estate, Johore, was
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    INDIAN SEAMEN CAUTIONED
    80 10 Two Indians. Naina Mo-. i ha.nad Maideen. 57. of Cross* Street ar»i K. A. Abu Bakar. 30. of Cheng Cheok Street, who pleaded guilty to enterIng the Singapore Harbour Board without permits, were cautioned and discharged by Mr C. H. F. Blake in the Singapore Third Police
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    Changkol Charge
    50 10 Chan How Ching pleaded not guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to voluntarily causing hurt with a changkol to an Indian, C. P. Devenathan. in Buklt Timah Road. Singapore, on Aug. 4. The case was adjourned to Sept. 6 and bail of $250 wad i allowed.
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    Spent Their Life-Savings For This Trip
    73 10 ii.A Vi.^tJ tAiU all their life savings towards the fare <>f 930 pesos (approx. $1,395), 700 pilgrims from all over the Philippine Islands, bound for Mecca, reached Singapore on the s.s. Daviken yesterday. Crowding every available inch of space, and saying their prayers on
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    'Forced To Sign By Kempeitai'
    303 10 DOCTOR TELLS HIGH COURT From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. jTIR. A. H. Ponnampalam told the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court today how he managed to insert the words "under duress" below his signature on a transfer of property document, which he signed during the
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    'IMPRISONED IN CAVE 2 WEEKS'
    187 10 FTOTti Our Siaff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. r)ESCKIBIM> his abduction at the continuation of the trial of Loh Ah Poh, who has been charged as a result, a Klang merchant. Mr. S. V. Ramasamy Chettiar. said that he was led blindfolded for a mile, through
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    GAMBLING UNDER WAYANG STAGE
    52 10 A detective corporal saw a group of Chinese gambling under the stage of a wayang in Kampong Silat. it was stated in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. Tung Chin, a 20-year-old shop assistant, one of the Chinese arrested. pleaded gttllty to gambling and was fined
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      224 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD 23»,tur.<«. CROSSWORD No. 141 Wh«r« gnu lhould not be 2« Shoemaker^ tool (I) MBMHH WHi WSNi WffH K- I^-, t-^t^'^l -Z7. lr T dead R "">«""' h P H!_ B <" Hamlet (1.5)'. MOo tha tlant [PflT Catch up (8). XI. Lbteoin, to .ecreU (13. I|| IJ
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    London Stocks
    315 11 LONDON, Tuea. gENTIMENT In the London Stock Exchange today was aided by the resumption of trade talks between Russia and Persia. Quiet firmness was fairly widespread but the turnover remained very small. Closing middle prices or seiecteo stocks as supplied to the Straits Times by special arrangement with
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    827 11 From A Market Correspondent I ONDON continued to bid for Tins in the Malayan share market yesterday; but with the price of the commodity going steadily higher, many holders were inclined to hold out for better prices. Industrials were steady. Rubbers neglected. Price quotations announced yesterday by the
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    TIN: $414 A PICUL
    34 11 SINGAPORE, Tues., Aug. 15—5414 (np $9.25.) £838 a ton in London LONDON, Tues., Aug. 15. Spot: £837— £839; Forward, £837— £838; Settlement, £838. Turnover: a.m. 75 tons, p.m. 40 tons.
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    18-ct. Drop To $1.04
    254 11 RUBBER NEWS of restrictions on non-Governmental use of natural rubber in the United States was mainly responsible for a drop of IP. cents a tt>. in the Singapore price of rubber yesterday, The market opened with the price between 10 and 12 cents below Monday's closing
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    RUBBER IMPORTS
    49 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. PVDREION Imports of rubber Into 1 Malaya in July totalled 41,019 tons compared with 44,567 In June. Total Imports for the first seven months of this year were 212,330 tons compared with 127,698 In the corresponding period of last year.
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    109 11 3 Dore ♦»<?>• >»39 |OS 50 F.MS 4iF. 1931 101.50 Pen 31% IMS 91 00 S'Dore 3i<~ c 1H4H 90 00 Pen 31% 1948 91.00 Spore 3% 1935 86 00 pore 1% ;»y. n 5( 9'pon l« us« MM Spore 4% 1939 100 50 3Dore 5% 1926 105 00 Pen
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    HUTTON 160 n.o., ENGLAND 282 FOR 4
    525 12 HUTTON 160 n.o., ENGLAND 282 FOR 4 Denis Compton Run Out 44 SCOREBOARD W. INDIES—IST. INNS.: 54)3 ENGLAND—IST. INNS. Hutlun not out jkii ■Miii|),,.n c Jonei k Valentine M< Mirpparii b Kimidbu Dewrt i Worrell k Valentine ISaiV-r not out Exlrai 1| Total (for four) I*l WickeW f«t» ml: 7;{.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    16 12 Today: 12.51 p.m. (Bft. 9tn.). Tomorrow: 12.32 a.m. (10ft 4in.> and 1.18 p.m. Oft.)
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    21 12 M.ts. K. s. OKKKFK leads in Azad, MrPherson up, winner of Race Two at Penang: last Saturday. Photo by Scoops Service.
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    Rain Spoils School Game
    121 12 I mm Our SlafT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Tues. JJEAVY RAIN after lunch spoilt the cricket match botwetn the Raffles Institution ot Singapore and the Venang Ffcee School of Penang played today on the Victoiin Institution ground. The bowlers were rijht en tcp in the gam.\ Raffles
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS FINAL
    67 12 Major Greenwood and Major Dawe won the men's handicap doubles tennis title of the Tanglin Club when they defeated Capt. Rump and Comdr. Van Dapperen by 6-3. 6-3 in '.he final played yesterday. Today's ties are as follows: Handicap Mixed Doubles (semifinal): Mr. and Mrs. Van
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    S.R.C. MEETING
    30 12 A special games meeting for the election of hockey and billiards committees of the Singapore Recreation Club will be held at the S.R.C. on Pridav at 5.30 p.m.
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    SIME DARBY WIN BY CLEAR MARGIN
    292 12 BUSINESS HOUSES' SOCCER SIME DARBY scored a deserving five-one victory over Malayan Airways in an interesting S.A.F.A. Business Houses "A" league fixture contested on the C.V.M.A. padang yest?rday. Sime Darby monopoliser f play almost all through the first session and, after having missed several
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    Sports Diary
    60 12 SOCCER: Community !-•,< OMmm v Royal Navy at Jalan Besar stadium; Snr. Lge; Casuals v Singapore Cricket Club on padang; Business Hse. B: Bukom S.C. v Guthries at Geylang; Jur. Cup lie: Indonesian A v Menial Hospital S.C. at C.V.M.A.; Jnr. Cup lir. (replay):. Tuan. Mong 0.8.A. v
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    48 12 AYVANG BAKAR. opens the scoring; for Malays against Eurasians in yesterday's Community League soccer at Jalan Besar Stadium. Bakar had got the ball from Huang Tumin (on the ground) and had an easy shot with joalkreper W. van Huizen oat of position. Malays won four-one. Straits Times picture.
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    Lancashire's Lead Cut To 12 Points
    222 12 Lancashire's Lead Cut To 12 Points LONDON Tues. ANCASHIRE, County ericLi ket championship leaders, failed to win a point from their drawn game against Northamptonshire in the series of fixtures ending voday. Surrey, who beat Essex by an innings, are now second with 180 points— l 2 points behind Lancashire.
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    Lads Win Jnr. Cup Replay
    145 12 pHEERFUL Lads beat Social A.P. two-nil in a Singapore A.F.A. Junior Cup replay on the 8.0.D. C.A. ground yesterday. Cheerful Lads had the better of the exchanges in the opening stages, but luck was against them. There was no score in the firsthalf. Cheerful Lads'
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    55 12 NOT THIS TIME: Awang Bakar was well-placed to s"ore huf bi s att»Tipt to lob the ball over goalkeeper \V. van Huizen did not succeed.u cceed. the ball going straight to the goalkeeper' hands: Also in the picture is K. Mosbergen. Recs' right full-back. Malays beat Eurasians four-one in this
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    "Dave Sands Can Beat La Motta"
    363 12 By MERV WILLIAMS MELBOURNE, (By Air>. "|\AVE SANDS would beat Jake La Motta o r Rocky Graziano" chorused Freddie Dawson and his manager Harvy Raldolph when they saw the Australian champion stop Henry Brimm of America in the second round at Sydney Stadium on
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    REG HARRIS KEEPS TITLE
    113 12 LIEGE. Belgium, Tues. DEG Harris, Britain's world pro- lessional sprint cycling champion rode brilliantly yesterday to retain his title here by beating Arie Van Vliet. of Holland, In two straight runs in the final. He is the first Briton to win the title two years in
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    TED SCHROEDER IN U.S. TEAM
    102 12 NEW YORK, Tues. TOM BROWN, Gardner 1 Mulloy, Ted Schroeder and Billy Talbert were named today to the tinted States Davss Cap team which meets Australia on August 25. :>« and 27. Brown is the ..nly new member of the team from the 1949 team
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    R.A.F. Cup Golf This Weekend
    280 12 R.A.F. Cup Golf This Weekend R.A.F. Cup will be played for at the Island Club on Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Play will be over 36 holes stroke-play under Stableford conditions t";of handicap). Maximum hadicap is 18. The draw and starting times for Saturday are given below, Sunday's second round play
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    Mr. & Mrs. Davis Win Foursomes
    75 12 Mr. Mrs. Davis Win Foursomes The Island Club Mixed Foursomes for August played last Sunday resulted as follows: Winners: Mr. Mrs. A. B. Davis (85— 19%=65'{.). Next best returns were from:— Mrs. S. K. Oaw E. S. M. Khatens (87—20=67); Mrs. Addlson Liin Kirn Chiu f99— 29=70); Mrs. Carroll B.
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    Malays, Minus 3 Regulars, Win 4-1
    374 12 Malays 4; Eurasians 1. /COMBINED MALAYS made a good start in the J Inter-Community League with a four-one victory over Combined Eurasians at Jalan Resar yesterday. Eurasians, after their surprise win over Royal Navy on Thursday, put up another great fight. For. 40 minutes
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    HOLE-IN-ONE AT R.S.G.C.
    63 12 MRS. H. Gild did the 17th ho!» in one at Monday's play-oR In the R.S.G.C. women's AcgusU Bogey competition. She failed to win any event, however, Mrs. G. T. Moffett wlnnic f In "A" Division (all square), Mrs D. A. O. Davies i n "B" Division^ (2
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    WOMEN'S HOCK'
    45 12 The Singapore Cricket C women's hockey team ii their annual general meet! at the S.C.C. yesterday ar i elected the following ofnchl,. for the season. Captain; Mrs. Dorothy* Mills: vice-captain; Mrs Evelyn Landolt; hon. seer. I ,v r Mrs. A. G. Sutton *re-electr>d •>
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