The Straits Times, 28 August 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEW&APER: ESTABLISHED 184S TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE. MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    ONN RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF UMNO
    734 1 ONN RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF UMNO Citizenship Plan Goes To Government By MOHAMED SALLEH BIN DAUD Straits Times Special Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR, Sunday. THE United Malays National Organisation at its fifth annual Assembly today elected Dato Onn bin Ja'afar president again by 66 votes to three. The only other nominee was
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    88 1 THE GOVERNOR OF SINGAPORE. Sir Franklin Gimton, meets the Hunt; Kong Chinese team before yesterday's inter-port Ho Ho Cup soccer match at Jalan Besar s idinm which Malayan Chinese F. A. won by three .>iis to two. Sir Franklin is here seen being introduced (it skipper Ko Po-keung. In the
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    HUKS RAID 11 P.I. TOWNS: KILL 167
    198 1 MANILA, Sunday. LMVE thousand Communist guerillas shouting opposition to the Philippines entry into the Korean war. raided 11 towns near Manila last night, killing 167 people. The Hukbalahap raiders fl 1 back into the hills takin their captives with th m and pursued
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    WASHBROOK WILL MAKE TOUR
    50 1 LONDON. Sun. CYRIL Washbrook, Lancashire and England opening batsit.an, is after all to tour Australia with the M.C.C. cricket team. This icus announced today by the M.C.C. John Warr, Middlesex jast bowler, has, been invited to complete the party. Denis Compton has been appointed Vice-Captain.— Reuter.
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    Britain Has New Night Jet Plane
    196 1 LONDON, Sunday PRODUCTION of a new meteor jet night fighter for the Royal Air Force, destined to be the backbone of Western European night defences and described as a flying radar station, was announced here tonight. The plane, a development of the standard meteor
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    ILLEGAL STRIKE
    43 1 BOMBAY, Sun.— The Bombay Government today announced its intention to declare illegal the proposed one-day general strike called to demonstrate city workers sympathy for striking textile workers which is likely to involve 800,000 workers of various utility services in Bombay.— Reuter.
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    8 DIE IN CRASH
    32 1 PENMAENMAJR, North Wales, Sun.— The Irish Mail Express crashed head-cr into a switch engine here shortly before dawn today, killing at least eight persona and Injuring 35.— UP.
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    Explorer Is Stranded
    72 1 DIBRUGARH, Assam, Sun. \|R. F. Kmgdon Ward, British explorer and naturalist and his wife, are reported to have been marooned somewhere in the nortneastern frontier region of India after the recent earthquake damage. No confirmation or details of the report could be obtained except that the couple
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    BRITAIN'S 'NO'
    39 1 WELLINGTON, Sun.—Britain has refused a New Zealand request for increased butter and cheese prices and deadlock has been reached in negotiations, Mr. William Marshall, Chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Produce Marketing Commtsaon, announced here today.— R#uber.
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    Mao to send team to U.N. Assembly
    333 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Sunday. fOMMI7NIST China yesterday hinted strongly that it may take a hand in the Korean war, and at the same time renewed its demands that Red delegates replace Chinese Nationalists in the United Nations. Word of both movps came in a
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    'Mao's Troops In Korea
    59 1 'Mao 's Troops In Korea HONG KONG, Sun.— The independent Righ t w i i? g Chinese newspaper Wan Kiu Vat Pao, today reported that the People's armies, which have been massing along- the Yalu River in Manchuria, have entered North Korea. The paper however, gave no source for the
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    FLOODS IN 2,300 VILLAGES
    70 1 FLOODS IN 2,300 VILLAGES LUCKNOW, Sun. MORE than 2,300 villages in the United Provinces have been swamped by flood waters of eight rivers running through the State. Damage to property including crops was estimated at 50,000,000 rupees. No deaths have been reported so far, but about 600,000 people have been
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    CHAR UP!
    28 1 TO X Y.O Sun. British troaps .fighting in Korea will eat American food but have brought a three months supply of tea frccn Hong Kong. Reuter-AAP.
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    CIVIL AGAIN
    18 1 BANDOENG, Sun. The military administration in West Java has been abolished, Aneta news agency reported. Reuter-AAP.
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    DROWNED
    21 1 A Chinese swimmer was rescued from the sea at Changi Point, Singapore, yesterday, but died on the way to hospital.
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    LOYAL WIFE ANGERS REDS
    93 1 TOKYO, Sun. Mrs. Toshiko Karasawat one of three women Communist Diet viembers, faces expulsion from the P(irty, according to Kyodo News Agency today. The reason for her impending expulsion appears to be her refusal to "sever relations" with her husband. Her husband was expelled recently from
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    POPE AS PILGRIM
    38 1 ROME. Sun.— Pope Pius XII worshipped as a pilgrim yesterday in three of the four Roman churches which Catholics must visit to obtain the Holy Year Indulgence remission of the charges penalty lor sin.— A.P.
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    TWO-PRONGED RED THRUST AT POHANG
    321 1 TOKYO, Sunday. rpHE North Koreans closed in on the port of Pohang from two directions today as a spokesman for General Mac Arthur warned that the Communists were getting more men and guns. The sth and 12th Red Divisions, leading the offensive, had more artillery
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    Casualties Top 100,000 In 9 Weeks
    147 1 KOREA BRIEFS TOKYO, Sum The Dlne-weexi-old Kor i war toll is now well ov r 100,000 killed, wounded and missing on both sides, by x rough estimate. American lasses ai mated at 500- A.P. American warplanes di<>;>' ped 15,200 tons of bum!)., in. the
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      Refused Entry By Wife,Threw Bomb
      402 2 DURBAN, Sunday. \I R S. Eileen Minnie Goetzee told a police court here l yesterday that when her ex-pilot husband, Jasper Martin Goetzee, was refused entry into her flat on July 30, he threw a bomb into her room. Martin Goetzee, 44, was charged with
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      AIR CHIEF
      32 2 AIR CHIEF MARSHAL Sir James Robb, Commander-in-Chief, Air Forces, Western Europe, who was in command of Western Union air exercises over France, Holland and Belgium during the week-end. A.P. picture.
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      TEN-YEAR N. GUINEA AID PLAN
      129 2 CANBERRA, Sun. "PHE Australian Federal Government is considering a £100,000,000 Australian defence and development scheme for Papua and New Guinea, according to usually reliable sources. Plans, it is understood, provide for the money to be spent over 10 years. Private enterprise is expected to play
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    FOREIGN RESIDENTS TO GO DRY
    70 2 BOMBAY, Sunday. pOKtIIi.NEKS in Bombay State mast now apply for new I liquor permits to replace those that have lapsed following the Bombay High Court's invalidation of the Government exemption of foreigners from State prohibition. Permits for foreigners hereafter will be issued only either on
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    "EUROPE IN GRAVE PERIL OF ATTACK"
    497 3 "Close Hideous Gap On Front, Churchill Urges LONDON, Sunday. jyjß. Winston Churchill, in a nationwide broadcast last night, declared that Europe was in "grave peril" from Communist attack. Pledging Conservative Party support to all necessary defence measures, he said that the danger in Europe
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    GIVES BLOOD FOR U.N. FORCES IN KOREA
    51 3 GIVES BLOOD FOR U.N. FORCES IN KOREA MISS C. W. HAN jives a pint of blood at the United Nations Blood Rank m Tokyo. Shipments of blood are flown regularly to Korea. Miss Han is all smiles as the doctor and thr ranc prepare her for the simple operation. Reuter
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    ARMS OUTPUT TO BE SPEEDED UP
    156 3 LONDON, Sunday. IDLE war production plants in Western Europe are to be put to work "in the immediate future," to ■peed up high priority weapon output for defence, th? North Atlantic Council's Deputies announced y sterday. In a commun'.que issued Vsierday on their past
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    'FARMERS GAOLED FOR TREASON'
    37 3 PRAGUE. Sun. Seventeen 'i:h farmers havp bwn sen- nc^d to prison terms varying from 6 months to 12 years on charges of conspiracy and high treason, according to a c .nmunist newspaper. -U.P.
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    Explosion Rocks Factory
    77 3 CARRARA, Italy, Sun. A HEAVY explosion rocked the big Montecatini chemical works at Carrara, northern Italy, yesterday killing one worker and injuring six others. The explosion caused the collapse of tiro buildings containing chemical stocks. This is the third serious industrial accident in northern Italy this month.
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    Dead In Hospital Ship Crash Now 19
    215 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Sunday. people are now known to have been 11 killed and 63 missing up to yesterday from the American hospital ship Benevolence, which sank here on Friday night after a collision during a trial cruise before leaving for Korea. I The
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    UK Supplies Russia With Machinery
    128 3 UK Supplies Russia With Machinery LONDON, Sun. pRODDED by Mr. Chur- chill's speech, the Minis- try of Supply last night dis- closed that several British machine tool manufacturers are making tools for Russian factories. "It is also true that Russian inspectors are permitted to go into these factories." admitted a
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    1151b. TUMOUR REMOVED
    72 3 HONG KONG, Sun.— A record size tumour weighing 1151 b. has been removed from a Chinese peasant woman, aged 35, in a successful operation in Kiangyi. The woman who had a dermoid cyst, weighed 2001 b. when placed on the operating table but tipped the scales at
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    "READY TO SOLVE ASSASSINATION"
    42 3 BRUSSELS, Sun.— State Security sources yesterday said that the authorities were about to solve the case of the assassination of the chairman of the Communist Party, which took place a week ago. No other details were given.— U.P.
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    SWOOP ON REDS
    16 3 HAVANA, Sun. Cuban police In an island-wide swoop have arrested many Communists Reuter
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    SIR O. DIXON
    24 3 LONDON. Sun— Sir Owen Dixon, United Nations Kashmir mediator, arrived in London yesterday from Karachi in a United Nations Dakota Reuter.
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    N. KOREANS HAVE BAMBOO SPEARS
    88 3 KOREA, Sun. mEN North Korean soldiers, 1 armed only with bamboo spears, and apparently planning a stealthy night attack on a rear command post, have been captured on the South Korean Sixth Division's front. The South Korean De-fi-nre Minister. Shin Sling Mo, said: "Like the
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    ASSAM 'QUAKES KILL 1,000: 500,000 HOMELESS
    126 3 SHILLONG, Sun. MORE than 1,000 have been killed and 500.000 made homeless by the earthquake In Assam which occurred 10 days ago, say official estimates. Over 5,000,000 were affected by the massive upheaval and damage, was probably over 100,000,000 rupees (£7.500.000). More than a
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    BEVIN FOR BIG THREE 'TALKS
    69 3 LONDON. Sun— The British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, will go to America for important talks before he leads the British delegation to the United Nations Assembly, opening on Sept 1. He will take part in British. French and American talks beginning on Sept. 13,
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    MORE JOIN STRIKES ON U.S.I. ESTATES
    134 3 JAKARTA. Sunday. DEPORTS received here by Aneta yesterday indicated that workers on estates in the southern part of the Malang district have staged a sympathy strike in support of the demands of the estate workers trade union. These estates are at present being managed
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    WORKLESS UP IN 11 STATES
    85 3 GENEVA, Sun.—Unemployment increased in the first half of 1950 in 11 of 19 countries surveyed by the International Labour Organisation. The 1.L.0. comparing the first six months of 1950 with the same period of 1949, showed more unemployed in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Austria,
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    £200 MIL. FOR GERMANY
    56 3 HAMBURG, Sun. Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick, British High Commissioner, told a BritishGerman audience here yesterday that Britain had spent £200,000,000 to help German recovery and to enable her to compete in world markets. He added that security restrictions imposed on Germany in the political, financial and economic
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    NO INFANTRY AT GIB. NOW
    63 3 GIBRALTAR, Sun. FE garrison of Gibraltar will next week be without an infantry battalion for the first time in 250 years. The First Royal Irish Fusiliers will leave for Northern Ireland o n Wednesday. They are being replaced by the 78th. Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment,
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    £1,000 SWIM
    42 3 EILEEN FENTON, 21-year-old English school teacher, who won the V 1.000 first priie for women in the big cross-Channel swim race last week, crawls ashore on hands and knees after completing the crossing. It was her first attempt. A.P. picture.
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    'SovietSentArms To N. Korea'
    182 3 WASHINGTON. Sunday. A UNITED States Army spokesman yesterday said that questioning of North Korean prisoners, in the presence of non-American representatives of the United Nations, tended to confirm that Russia had sent fighting equipment to the Korean Communists after 1949. "In one case" he spokesman said,
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    ART PIONEER
    23 3 BROOKLINE. Massachusetts. Sun.— Charles Hovey Pepper, a pioneer in modern art. has died on the day before his 86th birthday.— A.P.
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    US Says 'No'To War For Peace'
    365 3 US Says 'No' To War For Peace WASHINGTON Sun. >T»HE U.S. Secretary ot A State. Mr. Dean Acheson, with the accord of President Truman, cracked down hard on the Navy Secretary Mr. Francis Matthews, yesterday for saying that) the United States should be willing to institute a war "to compel
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    16 KILLED IN FACTORY FIRE
    40 3 EUENUS AIRES, Sun. At least 16 people were killed in a fierce fire in an overshoe factory. About 40 people were in ihe factory when the tire starleri. Police are searching for additional bodies. U.P.
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    'BAN CHILD MARRIAGES' MOVE IN COUNCIL
    250 4 'BAN CHILD MARRIAGES' MOVE IN COUNCIL 'Law Necessary For Colony NOTICE of a Bill which, if adopted, "will nullify marriage between persons either of whom is undei the age of 16," will be given at the next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council by Mr. John Laycock (Municipality North-East The
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    CLERK WAS NOT IN PARADE
    202 4 From Our SUIT Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. rE Teck. Hon. alias Tai Trek Hong, clerk and interpreter. Kluang Detention Camp, was acquitted today Jn the Sessions Court, on a charge of cheating Wong Km, a detainee, by dishonestly inducing him to give Mm $?6 so
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    Singapore Diary
    75 4 RF.D CROSS WORKING I'MM'V. (iuide Hut. ('lrmenrrau A»inuf. 11l a.m. to noon. W.C.V. Raffles Qua?. English conking, A p.m. II lOIIN AMBII.ANCF. ASSO- < MTION, *vt-aid class, Headdii.irins. Stamford Road, 5 p.m. VM.C.A.. Orchard Road, judo rli'.s li p.m.. Singapore Life tiuard Corps meeting. 7.30 p.m. v|\<;\POßF. ART
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    Epidemic Of Hard Pad In Colony
    148 4 fHE Singapore Municipal A Veterinary Department yesterday stated that there had been an epidemic of hard pad (a disease contracted by dogsi in the Colony for more than three months. A spokesman said that although many cases of hard pad were seen at the
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    INDUCTION
    41 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANO. Sun. Penangs new vicar, the Rev. Douglas B. Hobson. will be inducted at St. George's Church next Sunday at 6 p.m. The Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H. W. Baines. will institute the vicar.
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    FAREWELL PARTY
    48 4 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. Sun.— lnche Daud bin Haji Abdul Hamid, District Officer, Segamat, was entertained to a farewell tea party by his staff, and the staffs of the Town Board and Land Office on the eve of his departure on transfer to Batu Pahat.
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    TAIPING SCHOOLS
    16 4 From Oar Own Correspondent TAIPING. Sat. Taiping English schools will re-open on Sept 4.
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    40 4 ONAM CELEBRATIONS to Malayalees mean, among: other things, a variety of sports. Picture shows some of Singapore's Malayalee children taking part in the balloon race, which was one of yesterday's celebration hightlights at the New World Park. Straits Times picture.
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    30,000 Malayalees Celebrate Onam
    171 4 rpHIRTY thousand Malayalees in South-East Asia, 1 including 9,000 in Singapore, yesterday celebrated Onam a traditional »»««»»i Sports for children and adults, music and poetry competitions, and a mass meeting in the New World Park were highlights of the Singapore celebrations. The Onam festival, which has
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    Mr. H.A. Campbell
    29 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Mr. H. A. Campbell, director and general manager %t Socfin Co. Ltd., left today by air for Europe on a short business trip.
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    STOLEN: FOUND IN 14 HOURS
    83 4 FOURTEEN hours after a case of burglary was reported to them, police of the Beach Road Division, Singapore, yesterday recovered the stolen goods and arrested two Chinese. At 6.15 p.m. on Saturday night a shopkeeper reported to the police that his shop at Arab Street
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    Ceylon May Amend Citizen Law
    104 4 T«HE Prime Minister of ment to the existing law in Ceylon, Mr. D.S. Senana- order to enable Ceylonese reyake, replying to a question sklents in Malaya to become by a Ceylonese M.P., Mr. citizens of Ceylon. Pieter Keuneman, said that This is revealed in a
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    HE BLAMES FAST FOR COLLISION
    146 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Sun. WHEN 47-year-old Ahmad bin Mohd. Hussein pleaded guilty at Ipoh to a negligent driving he blamed the Bulan Puasa for his negligence. With a clear* 20-year-driving record, Ahmad, employed by a European living at Cameron Highlands, said: "It was
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    SWETTENHAM TRAFFIC SETS UP RECORD
    303 4 SWETTENHAM TRAFFIC SETS UP RECORD From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. traffic handled through Port Swettenham in the first six months of this year makes an all-time record, says an official statement issued yesterday. The number of ships entering was 499, which compares favourably with pre-war standards, though coastal
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    Playground Plans Approved
    228 4 Playground Plans Approved J^ PROGRAMME for the development of Singapore's open spaces with provision for four swimming pools, three children's playgrounds and a public park, has hern approved by Municipal Commissioners in committee. In addition, a proposal for the development of approximately 200 acres of land on a site north
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    SURREY BOWL LANCASHIRE OUT FOR 221
    447 5 SURREY BOWL LANCASHIRE OUT FOR 22 1 Dour Batting In Vital Match LONDON, Sunday. rtOUR Lancashire batting marked their vital *J championship game against Surrey at the Oval yesterday. Having only to draw to win the title, their batting reflected the position Ikin took three and a half hours to
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    Bruce Wants Fight Off
    122 5 LONDON. Sun. 7>'tITISH heavyweight champion Lruce WocrjcocK yesterday s ed to bo leU'ii.-ed from a Ni.tiib3r 14 boul with Joey riixim. world light h.-avvweight i Tpion from the Uniied States. In making his request. Woodcock i ->le.l for thp first time that I i'.!d signed for
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    UK County Positions & Cricket Averages
    274 5 UK County Positions Cricket Averages LONDON, Sunday. THE County championship table and cricket a\erages after matches finishing on Friday are: P W. L. D. Tird I >nra»hir« r. IK I Surrry !'< IK 4 i..ik.hir. i; I m (Tarwlcktfclr* 0 x 'i U .Snmrrsrl II X III N 11. rh,
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    Must Prove Their Sex
    114 5 BRUSSELS, Sun. ENTRIES for women's events in international athletic contests must in future be accompanied by a medical certificate of sex. This rule was made here today by the Congress of the International Amateur Athletic Federation. The Secretary said the procedure was in fact already being
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    Five More Records Set At Games
    292 5 BRUSSELS. Sun. FIVE championship records were broken on the fourth day of the European athletic games here yesterday. Emtl Zatopek. of Czechoslovakia, achieved a notable double by win- ning the 5,000 metres final. He had previously won the 10^)00 metres title. ZatopeK broke the
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    THE B.R.M. ON TRIAL
    103 5 SILVERSTONE, England, Sun Britain"s 150,000 experimental racing car was flown here yesterday to compete In its maiden race. The B.R.M. (British Racing Motor) racer built by the British Racing Motors Trust, a co-opera-tive eflort of 200 British firms, developed engine trouble on Friday night on the
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    U.K. RUGBY
    84 5 LONDON. Sun.— Rugby League results yesterday were:— Batley 9, Whitehaven 3: Bram* ley 10, Leeds 25; Halifax 5, Leigh 13; Hunslet 34, Barrow 7; Liverpool Stanley 2, St. Helens 36; Salford 8, Huddersfleld 25: Widnes 6, Rochdale Hornets 8; Brad' 1 Northern 4, Warrlngton 21; Cas::eford 16. Belle
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    Arsenal And Spurs Fight 2-2 Draw
    562 5 LONDON, Sunday. TME BIG London battle between the Arsenal and x Tottenham Hotspur football teams ended in a two-all draw yesterday. A crowd of 56,000 jammed Arsenal's Highbury grounds and saw Tottenham concede the first goal after 26 minutes. Don Roper, gathering near the
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    PENANG CUP K.O. SOCCER
    31 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANO, Sun. Twenty-sevett teams will compete for three challenge trophies in the Penang Football Association cup competitions at the end of this month.
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    HELSINKI GAMES
    46 5 BRUSSELS Sun Apart from a few minor alterations, the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games programme will be the snme as the 1948 Olympiad in London. This was stated by the Finnish delegate M. Laurt at yesterday* session of tbe International Amateur Athletic Congress here. Rented.
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    BAILEY DOES 220 IN 20-6 SECONDS
    107 5 LONDON. Sun. McDonald Bailey, the brilliant West Indian sprinter, yesterday ran the fastest furlong in British athletics history when over a straight 220 yards course at Imber Court, Surrey, he clocked 20.6 seconds. This compares with his own British record of 21.1 seconds on
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    FIRST ACROSS THE CHANNEL
    74 5 HASSAN ABD-EL RFHIM. 42-year-old Egyptian, was first man home in the international cross-channel swim when he clambered ashore near Dover last Tuesday after crossing from Cap Gris Nez. France, in 10 hours 52 minutes to break the old record of 11 hours 5 minutes set in
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    Robertson Hits 105 v Tourists
    183 5 LONDON. Sun. A SOUND century by Jack Robertson, Middlesex opening batsman, featured the first day's play between Middlesex and the West Indies cricket tourists at Lord's yesterday. In determined rather than aggressive mood, he made 105 in nearly four hours, hitting 12 fours. By close
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    WATERPOLO TITLE
    23 5 VIENNA. Sun.— Holland won the 1950 European waterpolo championships here yesterday with a 9-4 victory over Italy, the defending champions A.P.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Aug. 28, 1950. New Briggs Plan
    813 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Aug. 28, 1950. New Briggs Plan There can be little doubt of the drastic nature of the pro- posed new emergency regulations i;i the Federation which will re juire the chief tenant < of a house or building to keep a register of all persons
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    America's Rubber Cut
    289 6 The action of the U.S. Department of Commerce which reduces by ten per cent, the consumption of new rubber by American manufacturers in the next four months is far less restrictive than press forecasts had led the industry to believe. Consumption in July was approximately 103,000 tons,
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    £ 41,000 NAME
    39 6 41 ,000 NAME SYDNEY. Sun. Twentytwo year old Charles Crossman has a fortune of £41,000 waiting for him, In four years if he adopts his great-uncle's fame of Statter But he does not think It worth it vet.— Uf.
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    INCOME TAX IN RURAL AREAS
    226 6 INCOME TAX IN RURAL AREAS ¥N connection with charges brought under the Income Tax Ordinance for alleged failure to submit a return of income within 21 days, it would be appreciated if the Income Tax authorities gave consideration to the following: While issuing forms for assessment returns, a small notice
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    THE MUSICAL YARDSTICK
    201 6 "O V MPHONIC-MINDED" displays a commendably loyal attitude in his letter of last Wednesday appealing for less criticism, in the local Press, of the perform- 1 ances of our admirable Musical Society Orches- j tra. 111 1 should be realised, however, that extravagent praise in the Press
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    CIVIL DISTRICT COURT
    150 6 r seems a scandalous state of affairs that claims for amounts up to $500 which come within the jurisdiction of the Civil District Court, Singapore; can be fixed for hearing only In February, 1951, because of the congestion ot cases for hearing in that court. I understand
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    110 6 THE ROYAL MARINES Major-Ceneral R. A. R. Neville, commandant of the Royal Marines, is carried back to hii quarters at Chatham barracks in a Sedan chair. Reason for the "fide 1 wai to mark the closing of the Chatham H.Q. which has been the home of the Marines since 1753.
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      Smoke, chocolate and peanuts
      286 6 AS an Australian I cannot let "Crow's Nest" get away with his statement about non-smoking in Australian theatres. He or she is quite correct as regards the Sydney theatres but very much adrift regarding the restraint of my countrymen. They do not smoke because they know
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      WELFARE TAX
      110 6 FE Income Tax Department's recent analysis of income tax paid by the different communities in Malaya makes interesting reading. As this tax is presumably being used to pay for the social services, we are able to see what the social services cost and who are paying for It.
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      WOT, NO SUGAR IN COFFEE!
      140 6 rvAY after day we hear rumours of a shortage of sugar as a result of the Korean war. It is with much difficulty that one Is able to purchase a kati or two for consumption, unless one is a regular client of a particular shop.
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      A HOUSEHOLDER GETS A SHOCK
      152 6 AS I got home for lunch one day last week my wife had this unpleasant piece of news for me: "Our supply of electricity has been cut off." I rushed to the Post Office, settled my outstanding electricity bill and paid the reconnection fee of
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      RUBBER VIA HONG KONG
      124 6 IN the Straits Times of Aug. 24 it was reported that Mr. Malcolm MacDonald had left for Hong Kong and (on the same page) that Russia's latest satellite. China, was buying rubber, via Hong Kong, and that June-July imports soared to HK$l l,OOO,OOO. Let us hope
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    On the Margin
    483 6 Istunu Days IN the Sarawak Gazette of August 10 there are some Interesting extracts from letters written in 1887 by Mr. Gerard Fiennes. who was tutor to the second Rajah Brooke's children in Kuehlng. One passage in these letters which particularly appeals to me is that in
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      127 6 lr»*^ optioph Fellow Institute Ophthalmic Opticians Ibng Fellow Worshipful Co of Spectacle-Makers (Eng Freeman of the City of L^ndrn By Appointment to H M Forces South East Asia 6 Raffles Place Singapore Phono ***** dohJL/o qedde/o \r\e lu4le /onop GRAND CLEARANCE SALE NOW ON Hals Jewelry from $2 00 Evening
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    RESCUERS
    276 7 Radio Contact Established From A Special Air Correspondent SINGAPORE, Sunday. RADIO contact was established today between Air Headquarters, Malaya, operations room ;it hangi and the three police and army rescue parties which are fighting their way through Kelantan jungle to the scene of Friday's Dakota crash. The rescue teams
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    Crew Gives Evidence At Inquest
    127 7 Crew Gives Evidence At Inquest VLnHIN nail an hour oi the V? arrival of the Dutch liner, |c, at Singapore docks rdaj evening. crew tiers attended a Coroner's inquiry into the death of Mr. C Magera Chief Officer of An^lo-Saxon tanker. Siidja. who fell over a spiral on the Oranje
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    MISSING
    18 7 f 32. as reported I Ansiiv! from his home in Wus-- Street since Friday t; 1 r
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    Gurney Visits Resettlement Area
    49 7 SIR HENRY GURNEY, Federation High Commissioner, recently visited the resettlement area at Jelebu. Sir Henry is seen (above) coming: down th> hill with police officers from Chempedak police station which overlooks the resettlement area and right) talking to an old Chinese squatt er. P.R. pictures.
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    Indies May Invite Dutch Queen
    322 7 AS soon as the Dutch-Indonesian problem over the sovereignty of Western New Guinea is settled, Dr. Soekarno. President of the Republic of Indonesia, would like to ?o to Holland to invite Queen Juliana to visit his country. This was stated yesterday by Dr. L. A.
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    Gift Of 'Lab' To University
    31 7 THE University of Malaya Endowment Fund has received from Trengganu State Appeal Committee, a donation of $20,210 to build a research laboratory to be named "Trengganu."
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    Camp Clerk Accused Of Cheating
    204 7 Camp Clerk Accused Of Cheating I com Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. HO Yeun Lim, clerk and interpreter, Kluang Detention Camp, was brought I for trial in the Sessions Court today on three charges of cheating squatters in the Mawai re-settlement area. He was charged firstly with cheating Chan
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    QUARANTINED
    32 7 The Oranje which arrived from Jakarta— an infected port was quarantined before entering Singapore yesterday until the Port Health Officer cleared the vessel at noon. She then went alongside the wharves.
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    THE BED WAS ON FIRE
    47 7 An engine from the Central Fire Station was called to Kirn Keat Road yesterday to put out a bed fire. Earlier the fire brigade had answered a call to put out a lallang fire at the 7>/ 2 m.s. Bukit Timah Road.
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    Clerk Dragged From Car, Slain In Jungle
    192 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. DANDITS in Pahang today slashed to death a Chinese clerk who was held up while driving and dragged away into the jungle. The car was burned, and when a follow up party got on the bandits'
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    Dr.GV Allen Back For One Night
    139 7 Dr. GV Allen Back For One Night THE Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, Dr. G.V. Allen, returned to Singapore yesterday afternoon by QEA-BOAC Constellation, but he will only stay overnight. Dr. Allen has lust attended the conference of the executive council of the Association of the Universities of the
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    U.S. RESTRICTS CIVILIAN USE OF RUBBER
    179 7 U.S. RESTRICTS CIVILIAN USE OF RUBBER WASHINGTON, Sunday. THE U.S. Government will cut the use of new rubber for civilian production by ten per cent, starting on Sept. 1. This is the first production curb "growing out of the Korean situation. U.S. Commerce Department officials said the action will probably
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    BROKE CURFEW
    25 7 JOHORE BAHRU, SunSeven Singapore fishermen who were found in the Johore Strait last night during cuifew hours, were each fined $10 here today.
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    Synagogue Wedding
    119 7 fyTISS Hilda Saul, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Saul of Seremban, was marrlea at the Maghain Aboth Synagogue yesterday to Mr. Jacob Solomon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Reuben, of Singapore. Dressed in a crepe lamay material, the bride who carried a bouquet of gladioli! was
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    1950 DANCE CHAMPIONS
    77 7 The 1950 professional dance championships of Singapore, organised by the Teachers of Dancing: Association, held at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night, resulted as follows: 1, Mr. Low Poh San and Miss Jenny Quek: 2. Mr. Victor Ang and Miss Lily Tang; 3. Mr. Chee Teck Swee
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    WOMAN HURT
    29 7 A 46-year-old Japanese woman, Matsuko Pothitt, was knocked down by a motor cyclist in Telok Blangah Road, Singapore, yesterday. She was taken to hospital with slight injuries.
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    EXTRA RED TAPE IN RED-HELD PORTS
    199 7 EXTRA RED TAPE IN RED-HELD PORTS OEFORE the Brecon- shire was allowed to berth in the North China ports of Dairen and! Tsingtao. Red port officials had to be supplied with personal reports ofi the "historical backRround" of each member of the ship's crew This was stated by members of
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    UNESCO ART EXHIBITION
    66 7 A UNt.3CO < United X na Education Scientific i Cultural Organisation > hibition of colour reproductions will be held in ttv.< British Council Centre Stamford. Road. Singapore, from Sept 16 to 23 The exhibition Is conlined to artists who ha' c made significant contributions in world art
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    FALSE ALARM
    25 7 Two Sineapo"e fire engines answered a cp.ll to Have'.ock Road on Saturday night, on ly to find that it wm a false alarm
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    INDIA FACES DEFICIT IN TRADE OVERSEAS
    1274 8  - INDIA FACES DEFICIT IN TRADE OVERSEAS FRANK MORAES By BOMBAY TltOl'dll India's lore 1949-50 reached m I Rs 10,430 million and a is registered in I he trade, foreign trade I quarter of the currei different tale. In the three months, ended June 30, 1950, India has run a trade
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    BAYONET PRACTICE
    6 8 From the Hindustan Time.
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    Atom ore found in bewitched mountains
    257 8 CAPE TOWN: SIXTY-YEAR-OLD Captain Henry Martin, an Englishman, has returned from a year's adventures In the bewitched and forbidden mountains of southern Tanganyika, where he claims to have found rich deposits of uranium If confirmed, it will uphold the long-held theory that the rich
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    Race of giants foreseen
    282 8 STOCKHOLM. ANEW race of Martian men, nine to 12 feet tall, may have become possible as a result of experiments conducted over the last three years by a team of scientists headed by Professor Gosta Haggqvist, of the Caroline Institute, Stockholm. Already Haggqvist has produced frogs
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    Canadian discovers a new miracle drug
    964 8 LONDON: WHEN silver-haired Mrs. Florence Slow was carried into London's St. Thomas's Hospital as a hopelessly crippled case of arthritis ten weeks ago. she had hardly known a moment without pain for nine years. Every Joint in her body had seized up so completely
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      89 8 SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News, followed by Emergency News from K.L.: 10.10 Close; 12 Malay; 1 pjn. Monday Matinee: 1.30 News: 1.45 Cowboy Sones: 2 Close: 6 Hoist; 6.30 "Great People of the Past(Chopin); 7 News. Share Market Interlude: 7.30 "Show of Shows": ft "World Affairs" (Alllngton Kennard): 8.15 Classical Music
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      97 8 10.50 Schools: 12-7.30 am. A* S'pore; 7.30 "Time for Music"; I As S'pore; 1.15 Julal Tan and Tony Valerlo; 8.30 "Music from the Shows"; 8 "Paul Temple arui the Sullivan Mystery"; 9.30 News: 9.45 Austral Singers; 10 Dane* Music (Griffin Inn>: 10.30 Jav Wilbur Strings: 11 Clov PBMANO 10 a.m.-s
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      80 8 Show": 10.30 Dance Music: U Close. BFEBS 4.45 "Prom the London Editorials"' 5 "Henry Wood Promenade Concert": 5.45 The Fighting In Malaya Report Prom Singapore 6 Indonesian; 6.30 Cantonese; 6.46 "London Studio Concerts"; 7.1S French; 7.30 English Hall Hour: 8 "Piano Intermission"; 8.15 Thai; 8.45 Dutch, 9 Kuoyu: 9.30 Burmese:
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    INSPECTOR-GENERAL
    1866 9  -  R. ONRAET More memories Of The Malayan Police 1 By WHEN 1 first went out to Malaya as a Police Probationer (the rank was later changed -to Police Cadet) the head of the Straits Settlements Police was ral'ed the InspectorGeneral. A fine title. A title, moreover, that had a
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      390 9 A HAND in the recent Masters' Individual Tournament had the remarkable feature of being played at two no-trump by one North-South pair and, ft the next table, at the same contract by the East-West pair. »i;Ji the contract being made in each case! N'-'th. doaVr Neither side vulnerable. KCBTB O
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      180 9 Ma fourth spado heoHii c oj communication difficulties. It is easy to see that at this table North's failure to open the bidding with one diamond was directly responsible for the bad score going to his side. A diamond lead by South would have resulted in five quick diamond tricks
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      Sold 3 Million Seeds
      377 10 Estate's Progress LONDON. Sun. PRANG Besar Rubber Estate, whose role as supplier of high-quality seed Is of particular Importance at a time when replanting occupies an Important place in the operations of nearly all rubber companies, distributed some 3.300,000 seeds during the. year to last Mar.
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      Disappointing Week On Share Markets
      699 10 Disappointing Week On Share Markets From A Market Correspondent VI ALAYAN share markets had a disappointing iTI week in which the violent daily commodity fluctuations had no counterpart. If there was a feature, then it was the fairly large and sustained buying interest shown by London in sterling tins and
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      Business Done
      198 10 j INDUSTRIALS Fraser k 1 Neave Ord. $2.90 to $2 95, Cammon $2.15 to $2.17'/ 2 Hong Kong Bank (Colonial 1 Register) $610. Malayan Collieries $1.47>/ 2 McAlister $38. 00 and $38.25, Oversea-Chin-ese Bank $62.00, Robinson Ord. $2.07>/ 2 and $2.05, Robinson Second Pref. $10.00, Singapore Traction Ord.
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      NEW YORK STOCKS
      61 10 NE^T YORK, Sun NEW York stocks declined fractions to more than one point at the opening in fair-sized activity and with pressure heaviest against industrials, notably leading motors, steels, electric manufacturings, coppers and oils. While dividend and earning* news continued favourable, brokers were inclined to attribute the
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    WEEK-END RUBBER PRICES
    59 10 London Rubber LONDCN. Aug. 25— Spot 40 '-d. Oct. 40d, Nov. 39 'id. Dec. 38 '/d Jan-Mar. 35% d. Apr-June 32Kd. Sept. c.l.f. 39d. Sept -Oct. c.i.f. 37 J id. Oct.-Nov. 36 'jd. Market: Steady. New York Rubber In U.S. cents, closing, bid: Aug. 24 Aug. 25
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    INDEPENDENCE SHOWS HIS CLASS
    446 11 Thrilling Win From Behind By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. INDEPENDENCE (late Mr. Soong), a handsome 1 three-year-old grty by Casanova out of Invermaid, gained an impressive win in his second appearance on a Malayan race course at Kuala Lumpur yesterday when he beat Free Frenchman
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    G.H.Q. Defeat Champions
    244 11 OTNGAPORE Recreation Club, the Colony's Senior League cricket champion, were defeated by O.H.Q. FARELF by 53 runs in a friendly game on the padang yesterday. Two good knocks by SmythPigott (41), the Army's opening bat, and Harrison (43), enabled G.H.Q. to total 157. O. Rozario took seven
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    Girl Sets Record In Penang Swim
    277 11 From Oar Staff Correspondent PENANQ, Sun. CEOW SAN, younger brother of the China swimming champion Fong Scow Yoke, gave promise ef developing Into a fine sprinter when he won the 200 metres men's free style event In the Chinese Swimming Club's aquatic competition which
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    Sisteron Has 'Hobday' Operation
    253 11 Sisteron Has 'Hobday' Operation (By ALAN LEWIS) KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. From Our Staff Corresponde.it 'pHE first Hobday opera lion in Malaya was recently performed on Sisteron, by the Straits Racing Association veterinary surgeon, Mr. J. T. Forbes. This operation is f.o overcome "roaring" and is successful in 50 per cent
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    WEIGHTS FOR ALL RACES ON WED.
    325 11 From Our Staff Correspondent K. LUMPUR, SOU. FOLLOWING are the weight* for all nine races on Wednesday, second day of the SeUngor Turf Club's Aug. -September meeting. CL. 4, DIV. I— 5«,FSunny Valley 9.00 Garnfair 8.11 Pilgrim's Way 8.09 Boleh Jadi 8.08 Kentucky II
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    44 11 HONG KONG GOALKEEPER Tarn Woon-Cheok gathers safely while Malayan Chinese star forward, Chia Boon Leong, threatens a phase in yesterday's Ho Ho Cup match at Jalan Besar yesterday when the score stood at two-all. M.C.F.A. won three-two. (Report in Page 12).— Straits Times picture.
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    Turf Clubs Will Not Fight Tax
    257 11 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. DUT for their legal advisers' view that the matter RM should be dropped, the Associated Turf Clubs in Malaya were at one stage prepared if necessary to take their case against entertainment tax to the Privy Council. The
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    JIN EONG BEATS CEORGE LEWIS
    127 11 BOMBAY, Sun. Tan Jin Eons of Malaya yesterday qualified for the semi-final of the Cricket Club of India Badminton Championships when he beat George Lewis, the India Thomas Cup player, in straight sets here. He hill meet India's No. 1, Davinder Mohan in the semi-final
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    KEOW NAM WIN
    38 11 Keow Nam XI defeated Johore C.Y.F.A. by two goals to nil in a friendly game of soccer played at the Naval Base yesterday. Suan Sai scored both goals of the match in the second half.
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    S'gor Club v Colonials Game Drawn
    233 11 S'gor Club v Colonials Game Drawn From Oar Staff Co; respondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. XTEAVY rain today caused the annual Delllkan Cricket Cup match' between Selangor Club and the Combined Colonials Cricket Club to be abandoned on the Selangor Club padang. Each side will told the trophy for six months
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    U.S. TITLE
    64 11 PHILADELPHIA, Sun. Maureen Connolly, 15-year-old San Diego, California, star, retained the national girls tennis title yesterday, defeating Laura Lou Jahn, 17, of Clearwater, Florida. 10-8, 6-0 at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Miss Connolly, taking the tit Itback to California for the fifth successive year, needed only 48 minutes
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    M.C.F.A. WIN IN LAST 20 SECONDS
    942 12 Great Recovery From 2-0 Arrears MALAYAN Chinese, two goals down within 11 minutes, stormed their way with great courage and determination to a three-two victory over Hong Kong Chinese in their annual inter-port Ho Ho Cup soccer fixture at Singapore's Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday.
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    TERROR' BEATEN
    31 12 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Johore Bahru District trounced HM3 Terror by eight goals to dhe In a friendly soccer match on the .Ulan* padaac tod if.
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    S.C.C. Win Gandhi Cup Cricket
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    Pan Yap Taken To Three Sets
    393 12 LOONG PAN YAP, runnerup to Wong Peng Soon in the Singapore Badminton Association's open championships last year, was taken to three sets by Wong Pens Kow, the champion's younger brother, in this year's open meet which started at the Happy World Stadium yesterday. Pan
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    Junior Favourites Enter Final
    410 12 r<OH TIAN CHYE (Useful 8.P.) and Andrew Tan (Diehard 8.P.), favourites for the Singapore men's junior singles badminton title, qualified for the final on Saturday. Tian Chye beat Suadi bin Ha.ji Tahir (Perhimponan) 9-15, 15-6, 15-3, while Tan defeated Sulaiman bin Jaffa r (Eclipse 8.P.) 15-8,
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    Sports Diary
    39 12 SOCCER: B.A.F. Seletar v Tigers S.A. at Jalan Besar stadium; Business House A: Hone Kong Bank v Sime Darby at Geylang; Malayan Publishing Use. v Shell at 8.0.D.; Bus, Hse B: Guthrie S.t'. v Overseas Chinese Bank.
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    Penang Indians Beat Perak 2-1
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    St. Andrew's Win 4-1
    135 12 ST. Andrew's School proved too good for St. Joseph's Institution when they met in an interschool badminton championship tie played at the Clerical Union hall yesterday. St. Andrew's won by four games to one. The Seah brothers, Hark Chim and Lye Huat of St. Andrew's, were
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    RITCHIE CUP YACHTING
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    GWAT TEK BEATS JAGIR
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    Australia Win Davis Cup
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    Another 5-Nil Win For Hong Kong Team
    269 12 Another 5-Nil Win For Hong Kong Team 'J'HE Hong Kong table tennis touristst the Wing Sun Tiger Sporting Association, team made easy meat of The Tiger Sporting Association, winning by five games to nothing in their second match in the Colony at the Happy World last night. Wing Sun wo
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    3 CYCLE RACES NEXT MONTH
    94 12 The Cosmopolitan Cycling Clufi will singe three of Dip s.x event* which mHke up their annual Be I All-Rounder Open Cvcliiiß Competition next month. The first of the thror racen la the 25-mile time trial and will take place on Sunday, Sept. 3. The next
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