The Straits Times, 29 August 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    'FIERCEST RED DRIVE AT IPOHANG
    451 1 'FIERCEST RED DRIVE AT I POHANG South Korean Front Stable TOKYO, Monday. AMERICAN and South Korean forces holding the northern side of the United Nations "defence box" in Korea today held firm against stubborn Communist attacks ranging from Waegwan in the northwest corner to Pohang on the east coast. The
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    36 1 ADSTSAIIAM newspaper proprietor. Sir Cordon "Ipli. scon on arrival at Kalian? airport. Singapore yesterday tttern—n. sir <>;irdon and his wife are on ttif way honif alter a tour <■■ Vnrriea. uiiid.i and Europe. Sir lit.-, Times pichire.
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    S'pore Man Lost In Sea MISSING, MAY BE croc. victim
    166 1 S'pore Man Lost In Sea MISSING, MAY BE croc. victim pROCODILES are believed to have dragged away and kill?d a Singapore Chinese school teacher who i, missing after .swimming: at Tanjong Balai on Another man was pulled from the water \v r.i n 'led. i ijii mi, ting man is
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    BRIG. EASSIE
    35 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon— The War Office announces that Brig W. J. F. Eassie, Director of Supplies and Transport, Far East Land Forces, has been appointed Inspector, Royal Army Service Corps.
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    GIMSON FOR U.K.
    29 1 The Governor of Singapore. Sir Franklin Gimson, Is to go to London to attend the formal opening of the new House of Commons on Oct. 26.
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    NIGHT MAIL FIRED ON IN JOHORE
    43 1 NIGHT MAIL FIRED ON IN JOHORE limn Our Own Correspondent IOHORE BAHRU. Mon. The Singapore-bound mail train ni fired on by bancli s this evening in Johore. Although bullets pii-rced ttuough six coaches, there w no casualties. ''it lnrHit news in P. S.
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    MacA. Statement Ban By Truman
    153 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. GENERAL Douglas Mac Arthur has been forced to withdraw a prepared statement about Formosa on direct orders from President Truman, it was officially announced here today. The statement, sent to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, meeting in Chicago, had been distributed by them
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    33 1 PROFESSOR L. G. H. Huxley, professor of Physics. University of Adelaide, South Australia, who passed through Singapore yesterday afternoon by QEABOAC Constellation from London on his way back to Adelaide. Straits Times picture.
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    MAP FOR RESCUE PARTY
    131 1 A SPECIAL photo-map of the jungle area they will have to traverse was airdropped yesterday to the ground forces which are still fighting their way through difficult country to reach the, R.A.F. Dakota which crashed in Kelantan on Friday. A similar map is in use in
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    Fewer Red Candidates
    95 1 LONDON. Mon. BRITAIN'S Communist Party Executive announced today that it will field fewer candidates at the next general election because of "the supreme need to develop united action to preserve peace, and to win working class victory over the Tories." The Party said It will tell workers
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    A.O.C. GOING TO BORNEO
    60 1 The A.O.C. Malaya, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Francis Mellersh, is due to take off from Changi this morning on a routine visit to the Governors of Borneo and Sar 3. w a k The Air Vice-Marshal, who is Air Adviser to the Governors, plans to reach Jesselton
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    JUNGLE EXPERT ON LONE VOYAGE
    36 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon.— Major Adrian Hayter, former chief instructor in jungle warfare in Malaya, has sailed alone in his yacht. Sheila 11. from Shaldon, Devon, for New Zealand.
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    VICE-CONSUL DEAD
    19 1 NEW YORK. Mon.— Mr. J. S. Goodreds. 53, British ViceConsul .in New York, died last night.— A.P.
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    MARTIAL LAW
    17 1 RANGOON. Mon. The Burmese Parliament today extended martial law for a further six months.— Reuter.
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    CAPTURED KOREANS
    47 1 INFILTRATION which failed: An American soldier advancing cautiously through a padi-field routs out a North Korean attempting to infiltrate through the United Nations lines. BELOW, a wounded Communist captive uses a tree limb to support himself as he is moved to the rear. A.P. pictures.
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    $3,500 SINGAPORE GEMS THEFT
    94 1 GEMS worth approximately i $3,500 were stolen from a steel safe by robbers who broke into an office in Winchester House, Oollyer Quay, Singapore, shortly b?'ore 8 a.m. yesterday. The safe, which belongs to Mr. K. Lokhram, a Jeweller, contained gems worth more than $30,000. Police
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    Belgium Will Send Troops To Korea
    78 1 BRUSSELS, Monday. DELGIUM has decided to place a unit of volunteers, 1J mainly commandos and paratroops, at the disposal of the United Nations for the Korean front. The Government announced that the volunteer corps was now being set up. Usually well-informed circles said the
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    UMNO FORMS NEW PARTY FOR COUNCILS
    566 1 UMNO FORMS NEW PARTY FOR COUNCILS From Our Special Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR, Monday. JHE fifth annual Congress of the United Malays National Organization today unanimously decided to form a parliamentary party to act as a liaison body between UMNO and Government, and to get UMNO decisions implemented on a nation-wide
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    S.-E.A. Talk: Acceptances Awaited
    93 1 S.-E.A. Talk: Acceptances Awaited LONDON. Mon gRITISH Commonwealth Governments were today still waiting for Burma, Indonesia and Siam whether they will attend next month's discussions here on the Commonwealth €8.000,000 aid plan for South-East Asia. Spokesmen of the Burmese. Indonesian and Siamese Embassies here confirmed that Invitations had been sent
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    "MOST GLITTERING HOLIDAY IN THIRTY YEARS" Deauville Season Ends In Swirl Of Titles, Jewels, Wealth
    277 2 "MOST GLITTERING HOLIDAY IN THIRTY YEARS" Deauville Season Ends In Swirl Of Titles, Jewels, Wealth DEAUVILLE, Monday. THE international guests' most glittering: holiday in 30 years at this Channel resort ends here today in a swirl of titles, jewels and wealth. War and world troubles are hardly mentioned in Deauville,
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    BEGUM AT GA'A
    28 2 BEGUM AGA KHAN was among: many society members who attended the gala in aid of the jockeys' hospital at the Casino at Deauviile. A.P. picture.
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    EX-P.o.W.s WANT TO BE PAID
    74 2 BIRMINGHAM, Mon. DELEGATES from ex prisoner of war organisations all over Britain yesterday set up a National Committee to lead a campaign tor compensation from the Germans and Japanese The Committee will represent over 100,000 men who were in German or Japanese prison camps. Speakers
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    RAIL STRIKE CALLED OFF
    71 2 WASHINGTON. Mon. The U.S. Army took control of the nation's railroads yesterday and the two unions which had set a strike for this •morning renewed their pledge to keep the trains rolling. "There will De no trouble, whatever." said a spokesman for the Brotherhood of Railroad
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    JOINED CELL
    53 2 WASHINGTON, Mon.—Mr. Lee Pressman, a lawyer and former member of the General Council of the Congress of Industrial Organisations, admitted yesterday that he had joined a Communist cell while working for the United States Government in 1934 but .said he quit a year later when he left the
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    PROFESSOR IN RED CAMP
    76 2 LONDON. Mon.— Behind the Iron Curtain today is 38-year-old Professor Lajos Janossy, British-trained cosmic ray expert. After 12 years' research at Manchester University and in Dublin, he has flown to Budapest and. it is reported, does not propose to return. Only two days before he left
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    PARTITION IS REJECTED
    104 2 KARACHI. Mon THE leading Pakistani Eng- lish-language newspaper, Dawn, in a front-page story, yesterday rejected British Press suggestions favouring partition of Kashmir. The article, by the newspaper's political correspondent, said a London Times editorial suggesting such partition has caused extremely adverse reactions in the Pakistan capital." Meanwhile.
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    GREEK REBELS
    35 2 LAKE SUCCESS. Mon.— Tl. Greek guerilla movement L still conducting "raiding ami sabotaging" missions near thr northern Greek border. It U getting Its aid chiefly from Bulgaria, the United Nations Balkans Comniiiie" r^jrted
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    WATER ON THE BLACK MARKET
    83 2 PALERMO. Mon. pitcher of water brought 325 lire or $1.50 (Malayan) on the black market yesterday at Argento and half a dozen other townships on the southern coast of Sicily. Nobody asked even if the water was polluted. An estimated 250,000 inhabitants of the coast
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    RITA I BUYS A TICKET
    37 2 RITA I BUYS A TICKET RITA II AY WORTH, who was guest of honour, buys tickets for a lottery at a gala In aid of the jockeys' hos pital recently at the Casino at Deauville. A.P. picture
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      Leaned Out—To See Husband No. 1
      282 2 Leaned Out— To See Husband No. 1 BRISTOL, Monday. RETURNING from her honeymoon with husband No. 2, a 23-year-old girl locked out of the window when the train stopped and found herself looking into the face of husband No. 1. ing; into tne iace or liusrrn The girl, auburn-haired Gwendoline
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    RED BID TO STIR GERMANS
    164 2 BERLIN, Mon. QERMAN Communists acclainied on Saturday a master plan for subversive action against the Allies m West Germany. The "fight v.^ programme." as disclosed to a Communist-organised national < ongress in Easi Berlin. calls for: 1. Incitement of strikes, especially in ports and heavy
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    MISUSE OF LIBERTY
    80 2 TOKYO. Min. -The lish-langiiag.* Nippon lini'S today editorially supported the dismissals of Commun sta from public and private ga'ijsial urns The Nippon Time s cd:t;>r :\1 said: "By perversive use of liberty and privileges the Com>iHi!iist minority Is chipping away at democracy's foundation In Japan and is
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      296 2 NOTICES COMMITTEE QN 4 MALAY J EDUCATION. The terms of reference of the above Committee which have already been published in this paper have been amended by tfc*addition of item VII. Item VII. Any deurable improvement in organisation such as thi creation of local education authorities or other local bodies
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      633 2 NOTICES GREAT EASTERN MOVIETONE^ LIMITED NOTICE U hereby given that with a view to corroborate the working of our accounts with the period wherein the Income Tax Office requires the annual accounts, the .financial year ending 31st August Is altered to 31st December 1950. J. P. KENNEDY, Secretary, By Order
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      139 2 AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD STATUTORY LAND GRANT SINGAPORE PROPERTIES To be held at our saleroom. No. 10 Chulia Street On Wednesday, 30th August, 1950, at 2.30 p.m. Lot 1. Freehold land situate st Lewis Road off Bukit Tunah Road, area 25. 17 sq.ft. (VACANT POSSESSION). 3. Freehold land situate
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    'Atom Bombing Moscow Will Not Help' —Jessup
    358 3 'Atom Bombing Moscow Will Not Help' Jessup WASHINGTON, Monday. ]i|R. Phillip Jessup, a high U.S. State Department spokesman and one of the most trusted advisers of the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, said yesterday that if the United States opened war and knocked out Russia with the atomic
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    'REINFORCE NEW GUINEA DEFENCE'
    186 3 BRISBANE, Monday. IIIKEE Australian liberal Parliamentarians have demanded immediate action to tighten New Ciulnea defence and security measures. Both iefenec and security in Papua and New Guinea v rt- hopHessly inadequate, they said. The three had just returned from three-and-a-lipjf weeks in New Guinea. Papua Maniis
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    Spender In The Hague For Talks
    88 3 THE HAGUE. Mon Mti Percy C. Spender. Australian Minister of Exi Affairs, arrived Here :iy for discussions on linea with the Dutch i; rnment. :r Spender arrived by I Tom Bonn H<- said: "I thing to add in conn nion with the Australian :e
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    Mexico Buys Up Rubber
    109 3 MEXICO CITY, Hon. n^IIE rubber industry in Mfx.co is without sufficient t materials stored tor possible lean years in the future. the Ministry of National Ecoii i>\ reports. 1; said Mexican manufacra had learned in the last and had beium to store i materials when the
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    URANIUM FIND IN N. WALES
    72 3 LONDON. Mon. URANir.M deposit of perhaps a million tons has been found hy prospectors in North 'A airs, the government announced yesterday. The Ministry of Supply explained cautiously that the uranium ore is of "extremely low yield" and hinted that it miuht not lie feasible
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    CALL TO GET RID OF CHIANG
    63 3 LONDON. Mon.— The independent Sunday Observer yesterday called on the Commonwealth to act as "brokers" in settling the United States-Communist China conflict over Formosa. It said: "The first step towards a just and peaceful settlement in Formosa is the removal of Chiang. The only
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    SINGER'S DEATH
    29 3 NEW YORK. IfOlL— Oiua y, fie Luca. (inn or the la «1 singers surviving; frc oprra'l fnmed "golden agi <1 -A on Saturday at the a A.P.
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    TORPEDO HIT WITH HAMMER: 25 DIE
    161 3 HONG KONG, Monday. A CHINESE Communist report today said a Japanese torpedo exploded in Hankow on Friday killing 25 and injuring 35 people. The torpedo was supposed to have had its explosive charge removed. 1 This is the story as the Rods told it
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    STRIKE ILLEGAL
    44 3 BOMBAY, Mon.— The Bombay Government today announced its intention to declare illegal the proposed oneday general strike called to demonstrate city workers' sympathy for striking textile men The demonstration is likely to Involve 800.000 workers of various utility services in Bombay.— Reuter.
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    LAST MOGHUL
    45 3 TIIE MOST direct descendant of the last Moghul Emperor, Mohinddin Mirza, aged 85, who lives in a small, two-roomed home within sight of the historic Red Fort, Delhi. He gets a monthly income of Rs. 14 from the Government of India. A.P. picture.
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    CEYLON TIGHTENS RUBBER CONTROL
    118 3 COLOMBO, Mon. T»HE Ceylon Ministry of Commerce and Trade has discovered that rubber exported from Ceylon is not being consumed in some importing countries, but is being re-sold with the resultant loss to Ceyloil both of higher prices and <^xcnange. It has therefore decided that permits
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    'MoreMoney'Call By Air Chief
    151 3 FONTAINBLEAU, Monday. WESTERN Union air defence needs more money to build an adequate communications system. Air Chief Marshal Sir James Robb, Commander-in-Chief of the Western Union Air Forces, said here yesterday at the end of the three-day combined air exercise "Cupola". Commenting on the lessons learned
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    REPRIEVE AT LAST MOMENT
    112 3 MANILA, Mon. rpwo men, condemned to die in the electric chair today for a hold-up murderv.ere saved a few hours before their scheduled last walk when President Quirino granted one commutation to life imprisonment and gave the other a 15-day reprieve. Albert San Luis' outstanding record
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    GOING TO KOREA
    48 3 CHEERFUL MEMBERS of the Royal Marine Commando unit which is to be flown out shortly to the Far East for special duties in Korea. They are now completing preparations at Plymouth (England). The commander of the unit is Lieut.-Col. D. B. Drysdaie (left).— Reuter pictures.
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    TRADE TALKS IN S'PORE
    53 3 NEW DELHI, Mon. —An Indian government delegation will discuss trade in Singapore in September on a return journey from Indonesia, the Commerce Ministry reported. The mission is scheduled to leave for Jakarta on Sept. 6. It will also stop at Bangkok and Rangoon on its way
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    Martial Law After Lovers' Elopement
    182 3 ATHENS. Monday. MARTIAL law was imposed today in disturbed areas of Crete as feelings rose high over the f b utiful 22-year-old alleged kidnapping o. Thassoula Petrakoghiorgh The girl's family and the family of her alleged kidnapper lover have long been embroiled in a feud.
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    P.I. POLICE ALERTED
    71 3 MANILA, Mon.— Police, constabulary and army units stood on the alert all last night in Manila and other cities of Central Luzon for rumoured further Hukbalahap raids, but no incidents were reported today. The known dead in weekend raids total 74, with seven persons reported missing and
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    TEAR GAS MINES USED
    75 3 ON THE TAEGU FRONT, Mon.-^Tear gas mines have appeared in the Korean war for the first time, according to South Korean officers and an American lieutenant, who reported the incident at this advanced command post north-east of Taegu today. They said that South Korean troops stepped
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    NO DANCING IN RANGOON
    35 3 RANGOON, Mon. The Rangoon University Students' Union will abolish college dances because It Intends to safeguard co-eds, its newly elected president, Seln Mya Maung. declared In a newspaper interview.— A. P.
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    SOVIET WILL GET NO VITAL MATERIALS
    306 3 SOVIET WILL GET NO VITAL MATERIALS LONDON, Monday. DRITAIN is withholding all vital strategic material in her trading with the Soviet Union, Mr. Arthur Bottomley, Overseas Trade Minister, said last night in London. Commenting on Mr. Churchill's radio statement that a British firm was supplying Russia with some materials of
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    'MUST BE READY:' MENZIES
    159 3 CANBERRA, Mon. AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister R. Menzies today appealed to every Australian to regard Korea as his own business. "We never know where danger may present itself. We must be ready and instantly ready to defend the things that mean everything to us," he said. In
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    Flood threat to Indian town
    67 3 BOMBAY, Mon. T\IBRUGARH, a town in Upper Assam, is threatened by inundation jolloioing the recent eorthqvake which dammed the Bibru and Brahmaputra rivers, it was reported jfuterday. One hundred people are believed to have been drowned in the Svibandiri area. Telegraphic communtcation between Bombay and
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    POISONS IN BABY POWDERS
    426 4 Greater Control Over Chinese Medicines Urged A GREATER control should be exercised over unreliable Chinese medicines brought into Singapore, states the annual report for last year of the Department of Chemistry in the Federation and Singapore, issued last night. Five medicinal powders for babies, imported from
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    This one baffled the experts
    186 4 This one baffled the experts AN investigation in Penang resulted in a cartridge case, found with a number of others with which it did not match at the scene of a crime, being compared with more than 600 cartridge cases fired from 47 different weapons. No match was obtained. This
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    TAX MEN TIPPED OFF ON DODGERS
    232 4 M IN an effort to help the Singapore Income lax Department track down tax dodgers members of the public are giving information t o the authorities. But some of the information is vague, Mr. D. H. Tudor Comptroller of Income Tax, told the Straits
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    J.B. APPEAL
    43 4 JOHORE BAHRU, MonThe Legal Adviser. Johore, has filed an appeal againsi the decision of Inche Taib| bin Hj. Andak, acquitting', Omar bin Tahir. Clerk of j Works Malayan Railway, on a charge of accepting $100 without consideration from a railway contractor.
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    Johore Survey For Army
    94 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— The Johore Survey Department, at the urgent request of the Army is carrying out a detailed survey ol the State, according to an official :eport. In addition, the Department is dealing with many rcquistions for surveys of small and
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    TWO MORE SCHOOLS OPENED IN S'PORE
    297 4 TWO MORE SCHOOLS OPENED IN S'PORE IN taxis, in trishaws and crouched under umbrellas on foot, dozens of Singapore fathers yesterday took a morning off from work or at least a few hours—and brayed the torrential rain to register their sons and daughters in the latest two Government schools. These
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    STARLIGHT CLUB
    40 4 Mr. V. M Abdul Khadir was elected president of the Mohamedan Starlight Club at its annual meeting on Sunday. Mr. Mohamed ohariff and Mr. Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Rahiman were elected vicepresidents, and Mr. N. M Hashlm secretary.
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    1950 CHAMPION!
    29 4 THE WXKMZB9 of the JSSO Singapore Professional Dance Championship -at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Sunday, Mr. Low Poh San and Miss Jenny Quek. Straits Times picture.
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    Social Welfare Move On Child Marriages
    121 4 r FHE Singapore Social Welm. fare Department has asked Government to set up an advisory committee to ascertain the views of the public in regard to the fixing of future marriage age in the Colony. In a memorandum, the department is understood, to have
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    41 4 DATIN PAGLAR presents the 1950 challenge cup to Miss Jenny Quek. winner of the Singapore Professional Dance Championship which was held on Sunday night at the Victoria Hall. Singapore. Miss Queck's partner. Mr. Low Poh San, looks on.— Straits Times picture.
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    BUDGET STUDIED
    31 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. A meeting of the Johore Executive Council was held today at the Dewan when the State Budget for 195 L was considered.
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    SPECIAL MEETING OF LABOUR PARTY
    177 4 rHE Labour Party of Singapore is to hold a special 1 General Council meeting soon to patch up certain differences of opinion among members over a new political document —the party's views on the democratisation of Malaya —submitted before the last council meeting by the
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    Counsel Raises Wedding Poser
    377 4 CLAIM FOR MAINTENANCE "IF a non-Hindu officiated at a Hindu marriage ceremony, would that make it valid according tc Hindu laws?" asked Mr. Pat Johnson, counsel foi Dr. A. J. Thamboo. in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. The question was raised at the continued hearing
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    SINGAPORE T.U.C. MOVE SUPPORTED
    53 4 A MEETING of the General Council of the Singapore Federation of Services Union supported the initiative taken by its president. Mr. V. K. Nair. to form a Trade Union Congress in Singapore. Representatives of the three affiliated unions of the S.F.S.U. met yesterday to discuss and
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    WORRIED MAN
    57 4 SAILING FOR JAPAN in the Panamanian vessel, Atlantic Sea, is Park-ki Yong, a very worried 25-year-old South Korean whose mother, four brothers and three sisters are being stranded in Kwanju, now in North Korean hands. V'ong had been at sea with the American Army Sea Transport Service for
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    UMNO To Approach Govt. On Police Pay
    223 4 From Our Special Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR. Monday. ITMNO'S fifth Congress today adopted a resolution agreeing to submit to the Executive Committee of UMNO for consideration by the Federation Government matters regarding the salaries and quarters of members of the Malay Regiment, the Police
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    Bailor Told To Produce Man
    40 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. When Jaseero bin Ahmad £ortl failed to appear In the Police Court here today, the magistrate ordered his balor to produce him within a veek. Jaseero Is accused of offerng a bribe.
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    KALLANG AIRPORT ARRIVALS
    194 4 T<HE following passengers were x among those who arrived at Kaflang airport yesterday from points outside Malaya on the various air services. Passengers in transit are not included in the list. Q.E.A.-8.0.A.C. From London: Messrs. R. H. Cmnming, R. W. P. Rule, D. O. Delves, P. O.
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    GHOST WANTS A WIFE
    210 4 GHOST WANTS A WIFE Mews In Brief A WIFE-HUNTING GHOST ii haunting a shtfp owned by a Malay in Kuala Krai. Kelanlan. According to old residents there, only the "introduction" of a woman to the ghost by the owner of the shop will pacify it. But the shopowner. Haji Abdullah
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    PETITION IS ADJOURNED
    74 4 A petition for divorce on the grounds of desertion brought by Mercy K. Daniel against her husband, C. B. Daniel was adjourned since die by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley In the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday. Proceedings were adjourned when it was found that summons had
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    CHAMBER WILL OPPOSE INCREASED ' PROFIT TAX
    227 5 CHAMBER WILL OPPOSE INCREASED PROFIT TAX SINGAPORE Chinese vested interests will strongly oppose any move Govern ment maj make to double the present profits tax on companies. The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce at it.s monthly meeting yesterday decided tc approach the Federation of Chinese Chambers oi Commerce in Malaya,
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    GIPSY DANCE REHEARSAL
    40 5 DANCERS ALICE AND ROSE AC H ARIA, who took part in a gipsy dance during the Ramakrishna concert dressrehearsal last night. The concert is in aid of the Mar Thimi.i Syrian Church Building Fund. Straits Times picture.
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    BoX Killed In Ambush By Bandits
    190 5 Xl ALA Ll'MPl'R, Mon. ONE British soldier was killed and one officer and one soldier were wounded in an engagement with 1 terrorists in Paining this morning. Yesterday a police part] returning from patrolling *h< Kuala Lumpur Bentong road was involved in a motoi
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    He Cheated The Dhoby
    85 5 J^. Paramasivam pleaded guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to cheating Koh Kens Nam, a dhoby, in East Coast Road, of a palm-beach suit valued at $50. Inspector Low Hong Hoe. prosecuting, said that Paramasivam. after leaving the service of Mr. R Vincent went
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    'Feast Of Hungry Ghosts' In S'pore
    136 5 'Feast Of Hungry Ghosts In S'pore j^iNCiAPORE Chinese homes observed the "Feast of the Hungry Ghosts' yesterday, the 15th day •f the 7th moon, in traditional fashion with offerings of wine, food, meat and all forms' of delicacies to appease the spirits of the departed. Stall-holders and hawkers i in
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    WED IN SPORT
    15 5 IM) MBS. Philip 'I 'i •jira.iah who were marrii'd recently in DlniapiC.
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    NO LICENCE
    49 5 I'riim Our Ovn (urr i'»Monilenl fOHORE BAHRU. Mon. I i Tnii Wai. ol Singapore, Who was found to have no ion licence to operate hi i :axi in Johore, was Qned hero today and an addit' nal SlO for not having a r ibllc Service Vehicle per-
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    $5,000 MCA GIFT FOR WIDOW
    50 5 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA. Mon. J'HE publicity section of the Malayan Chinese Association announced today the gift of 55.090 to the widow of Mr. Boey Enj* Eng, former secretary of the Pcnang and Province Wellesley branch of the M.C.A.. who died some time ago.
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    NO LICENCE: $40
    54 5 From Our Own orrcspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Wong Monj? Jong, who was found running an eating house at Kulai without a licence from the Town Board, was lined S40 in the Johore Bahru Police Court today. Hr was ordered to cease using the building as an eating
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    BACK TO DUTY
    28 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon— Miss. I. Beatty. Matron. Gen- pral Hospital who haa been mv.iy in Borneo on a vaca- tlon, has rnurned to Johore Halirti
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    COURT HEARS OF THREAT TO A.S.P.
    397 5 ILL HAVE YOU SHOT" From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. DAN Soo Meng, a 37-year-old Chinese, was today charged in the First Magistrate's Court with failing to produce his identity card when it was demanded by A.S.P. C. R. Phillips, assaulting Mr. Phillip*,
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    Claim For Rubber Dismissed
    174 5 Claim For Rubber Dismissed I Mini our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Mon. DISMISSING a merchant's claim against a rubber planter for non-delivery of 50 piculs of rubber agreed upon in a contract made during the Japanese occupation Mr. Justice Jobling today i said, that he would not order the enforcement of
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    Gordon Walker Spends Night At Bukit Serene
    274 5 Gordon Walker Spends Night At Bukit Serene THE British Minister for Commonwealth Relations, 1 Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker, who arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon by Air Ceylon Skymaster from Australia, said the thing that struck him most about Australia was the ''deep and very profound loyalty to the Commonwealth wherever
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    HIGHPOST NOW OPEN TO G.C.S.
    251 5 HIGHPOST NOW OPEN TO G.C.S. From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. IF the present appointment of Assistant Secretary to the Penang Resident Commissioner should continue to be classified under the Administrative Service. the chances of future holders being recruited from the Penang. General Clerical Service would be 100- to 1
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    CIGARETTE FINES
    53 5 CIGARETTE FINES pATHAKRISHNAN, 25, of MX Beach Road, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to possessing 3,660 dutiable cigarettes and was fined $350. Mohamed Hussaln. 28, of Middle Road, who was stated to have sold the cigarettes to Rathakrishnan, pleaded guilty to possessing 10.860 dutiable cigarettes, and
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    She Trimmed Her Card
    94 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. MTORI, a Japanese woman who said that she was a British subject, was charged here today with having an identity card which was mutilated. Tori told the court that she trimmed the card to fit it into her card
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    SEAMAN'S UNION OFFICIALS
    68 5 The officials of the Pakistan Seamen's Union of Singapore are: Patron, Mr. Mohd. MajammU: president, Mr. Abdul Bari Khan: vice president, Mr. Mantab Ullah: secretary, Mr. Asahab Miah; treasurer. Mr. Abbas Khan; committee, Messrs. Manoo Miah, Rashld Ullah, Halim Khan, Aha Miah, Kanfar Ullah, Tajammu Hussain. Aroan
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    Singapore Diary
    112 5 Y.W.C.A.. Raffles Quay, Ges&o work. 9 ajn. and noon. Wayfarers' meeting. 3 p.m., ballroom dancing, 5.30 p.m. GOOD SHEPHERD CONVENT GIRLS' HOME, opening ceremony by Sir Franklin Gimson, W mile Thomson Road. 5.30 p.m. CHINESE YJW.C.A., Selegie Road, basketball, 5.30 p.m., mouth organ class, 7.30 p.m.. table-tennis. 7.30
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    Only Sarong And Kabayas For Mrs. Razif
    219 5 By Our Woman Correspondent i^ONSULAR bodies in Singapore will be seeing a new and very charming woman dressed in her national costume, the sarong and kabaya. She is Mrs. Daratoel Baida Razif, the 33-year-old wife of Singapore's first Indonesian Consul-General. Mrs. Razif, who
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Aug. 29, 1950. A Snub On Formosa
    601 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Aug. 29, 1950. A Snub On Formosa The: c are MacArthurisms which can be permitted to so brilliant and individual a soldier as America's distinguished commander in Asia. But adventuro into the field of statesmanship is not one of them. General Mac Arthur was to
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    UMNO's Vote On Citizenship
    523 6 UMNO's Vote On Citizenship To non-Malay observers it came as a welcome surprise to read in their newspapers on Monday that the UMNO General Assembly at Kuala Kangsar had accepted the citizenship plan of its executive committee without amendment, and had recommended that this plan should be submitted to the
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    SINGAPORE'S PETITION
    844 6  -  CHEONG HOCK MAI By WE, the citizens of Singapore, look with considerable pride on the Petition that our Municipal Commissioners are sending to the King in Council to raise Singapore, as the Straits Times puts it, from the status of a town to that of a city. Actually,
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    In The Estate Hospital
    706 6 An employee in an estate group hospital in the Federation asks the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association to correct the balance between medical staff, on the one hand, and field and office staff on the other. rr»HE M.P.1.E.A., before offering its revised scale of salaries for
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    • Letter
      A Singaporean to Mr. Griffiths
      181 6 A LEGISLATIVE Councillor has disclosed that the Colonial Office is pressing Singapore to increase its income tax. That such interference should be attemptea Indicates how for a Socialist Administration »ias departed from democratic tradition. But there is another very good reason why a stern rebuke
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      LUCKY TO GET TWO KATIS
      150 6 I WONDER if the allegations made on Saturday by "Jamil," in his letter headed "Sugarless In Johore," against the Food Control author'ties of Jo'uote Bahru are justified. If my recollections are correct, I beJieve sugar was off the ration some time In 1948 ana dec
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    On the Margin
    490 6 On the Margin The Law's An Ass OAVINO been indubitably an Englishman all my life, and having considered myself a British subject throughout that period, It was with considerable chagrin, nob to say disgust, that I proceeded to the Passports Office in Havelock Road recently to apply for British citizenship.
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    BEACH MURDER INQUIRY OPENS
    1098 7 Girl's Father Breaks Down In Witness Box THE day after he was alleged to have strangled a 10-year-old schoolgirl, Joseph Michael Nonis, a 25-year-old Eurasian wireless operator, had lunch and chatted casually with -one of his best friends— the girl's brother. This was stated in the
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    The shy envoy stayed in his cabin
    65 7 TWO MEMBERS of the staff of the Peking Ambassador to India, Mr. Yuang Chung: Hsien, photographed in the Tairca which arrived in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Yuang refused to be interviewed, and through his spokesman, turned down a request to have his picture taken.
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    Soldier On Stolen Bike In Crash
    108 7 Soldier On Stolen Bike In Crash A 19-YEAR-OLD Brilisr soldier. John Morrison v a* sentenced in the Singapore Second Police Couri lay to two months ii iprisonment for theft o: a moto;-cyck at Slamforc Road on Jane 25. Flight-Lieut R H. Cook 0 ncr of the machine, sale that he
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    POLICE MAKE AN ARREST
    49 7 pore police yesteraa; tl a Boynnese of Gey rai in connection witl ,ault on Mr. Choni T i-itt Pitt, a Singapore law y. r. last Tursday night. man will b<> charged ii r irt tliis morning. •in t man is still wante^ i th«> nnlirp
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    CONFUCIUS 2,501 YEARS OLD
    32 7 Chinese schools In Singapore were closed yesterday In honour ot the 2,5015t birthday of the Chinese sage, Confucius which fell on Sunday. There were no Chinese newspapti* yesterday.
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    STORE AIR DAY IN DECEMBER
    160 7 OINGAPORE Air Day this year will be held on December 2at Kallang. It will mainly be an R.A.F. show along the lines of the Hendon Air Pageant. Apart from prccnoting airindodness amonar the Dub- lie. this year's Air Day will aim to aid recruiting to
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    He's An Old Pal Of The Tower Clock
    151 7 He's An Old Pal Of The Tower Clock AN "old friend" of the tower-clock of the Victoria Memorial Hall in Singapore arrived at Kallang Airport yesterday by QEABOAC Constellation from Sydney. He is 72-year-old Mr. R. F. A. Housman. M. I. Mech. E., consulting: engineer of Gillett and Johnston Ltd.,
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    ASSIZE COURT
    17 7 A session of Assize will be held at the Supreme Court, Singapore, on Sept. 4.
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    KINTA VALLEY FILM SHOWN AT FESTIVAL
    144 7 A MALAYAN Film Unit production, depicting preparations In the Kinta Valley against the Communist terrorists, Is being featured at the Film Festival now taking place In Edinburgh. "A very polished little film —in the cinematic sense" that was how Ths Glasgow Herald described the
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    Govt Agrees To Request By Parties
    175 7 COUNCIL SEATS ■T'HE Singapore Government < 1 has agreed that the six electoral districts in the Municipal area in the enlargt ed Legislative Council should coincide with those of the present Municipal wards. The various political par- ties are said to have asked for
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    NUISANCE TO TRAFFIC: $10
    45 7 A Sikh who disturbed people walking in Keppel Road and made himself a nuisance to traffic was fined $10 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. He was Achhar Singh, of Coronation Road, who pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness.
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    Lifeguards For All Colony Beaches
    153 7 fHE Singapore Life Guard Corps of the Royal Life A Saving Society was formed last night at a meeting of over 300 people at the V.M.C.A. Any one over 18 years of age and who possesses the Bronze Medallion of the Royal Life Saving Society
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    To Attend Air Show
    103 7 rE managing director of Australian National Airways Capt. I. M. Holyman, arrived at Kallang airport yesterday afternoon by Air Ceylon Skymaster from Melbourne on his way to London where he will be attending the Society of British aircraft show at Farnborough, opening next week. Capt. Holyman
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    TALK OFF
    26 7 The lecture on 'Mountains in Literature" by Mr. Alfred Lunn, arranged for today, has been cancelled owing to the speaker's earlier departure for Australia.
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    COUNCIL MEETING
    16 7 The Singapore Legislative Council will meet on Sept. 18 In the Victoria Memorial Hal'
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    DOWNPOUR
    12 7 Six inches of ratn fell In three hours in Malacca yesterday.
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    'FREE' FLOUR THIS WEEK
    185 7 But prices will be higher THE Governments of Singapore and the Federation have decided to lift the price control of flour from Thursday and allow commercially imported flour to be on sale as from Friday. An official statement announced that in accordance with their policy of
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    GAMBLING NUN
    33 7 A 34-year-old Chinese nun. Sick Nyet Mun. who pleaded KUilty to assisting in a chap jl ki lottery in Sago Lane, was fined $200. or 14 days' 1mFourth Police Court yesterday.
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    Byrde New Special Police Head
    111 7 Byrde New Special Police Head IWTR. C.W. Byrde, superuv x tendent of the Radfo Division, Singapore, will take charge of the new special constables who will shortly be appointed to guard factories and godowns against arson attempts by Communists. He will act as liaison officer between the police and the
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    KNIFE CHARGE
    43 7 Muthusamy Savatha Pillay 37. of Anson Road, claimec trial in the Singapore Thin Police Court yesterday t( causing hurt to Kannapar with a knife on board the s.s Ulysses on Aug. 26. Bail of $200 in o was allowed until S
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    GUNS ARRIVE
    32 7 Included in the cargo of the Hnligonk; Queen, which arrived in Sin gapore yesterday lrom Co lombo. was a consignment c four torpedo tubes and tw ack-ack guns for Singapore.
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    PROF. T.E. JESSOP
    41 7 Under the auspices of tin Singapore Christian Council Prof. T. E Jessop Professoi of Philosophy and Psycholo t t! of the University Cn!!rs;e Hull England, will deliver a lectun on Saturday, at 5.30 p.m. Ii the Weslev Church.
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    FIGHTERS FINED
    32 7 For fighting in public, Low Huay Van, 27, of Havelock Road, and Tan Kirn Chan, 38, of Pasar Lane, were each fined $10 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday.
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      102 7 SALE NOW ON Drastic Reductions in LADIES' GOWNS WWulrL.iuls 1 Pyjamas for w 1 gat. Little Boys w i $VY $11.30 8 1 (JtjU $15.25 I XjS^ PER PAIR W AM I SIZES 27" to 33" i\ It-—- n ea Pyja ma \V :—^JOS?_^ of Finest Quality \1 > Woven
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  • CHILDREN'S CORNER
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      Have you read 'Young Malayans'?
      167 8 A MAGAZINE which every boy and girl should read is "Young Malayans' [i is published once a Fortnight and three times ear there are doubled issues. Last year, for instance, Venn;; Malayans" was able to Rive a wonderful survey of the history of (lie different
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      Prizes for young artists
      185 8 This is to be your own special page. We hope you will take an interest in it, because it is only with your help that we can build it up. Each week we shall be holding competitions, printing stories, asking quizzes, suggesting games, and all sorts
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      SCHOOLGIRL OF THE WEEK Top marks and a bike for Maureen, aged eight
      435 8 SCHOOLGIRL OF THE WEEK Top marks and a bike for Maureen, aged eight J(AUREEN is nearly eight years old. She goes to the Katong Convent, Singapore. Last term Maureen's father told her that if she worked very very hard and succeeded in being top of her class he would give
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      Make your own dolls' furniture
      133 8 £)O you know that you can make a very fine piece of bedroom furniture for your dolls out of matchboxes? Ask your mother to save the empty boxes. You will need eight altogether. Stick four of the boxes top to bottom with gum, then do
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      MEET "BILLY BEACON"
      196 8 could do with "Uncle Billy Beacon" in our big towns in Malaya, for he is a traffic sign that not only talks but rolls his eyes too! "Billy" is the idea of the Leonard Lake Advertising Company, London, and many like him are being used in schools
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      JOHN STARTS AN AQUARIUM
      484 8 "jyjUMMY", said John. "I should like to buy some fish with my pocket money. You can get them in the pet shops, and I already have a $1.50 saved up". "Very well", said his mother. "We will go along this morning and see what we can
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      HOW TO MAKE A BOX KITE
      288 8 THIS is the kite season In Malaya Everywhere I go I see them soaring high in the air, but though I have seen many different shapes, sizes and colours, I have not so far spotted one box kite, and I thought perhaps you might
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    Malayan homes & fashions
    183 9 Malayan homes fashions kJOST working girls seem to have such little time to IVI spare to the bonne and little domestic details like sewing <.nd cooking etc. but then, there are a few who do and pictured here is one of them, pretty Dorothy Seth Photographer Chong Wah and I
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    THE BONNIEST BABIES OF THE WEEK
    70 9 4 THERE ARE three bonny babies this week and all boys. On the left is mis-chievous-looking John Tai, 15-month-old son of Mr. T. F. Tai, of Seng Poh Road, Singapore; centre, 11-month-old Chandran, son of S. K. Lingam, of College Road, Singapore, and Harry
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    FROM AN ESTATE BUNGALOW When the mem returned...
    349 9 FROM AN ESTATE BUNGALOW When the mem returned... ii U strange how some little incident, v/hich may have happen^ yean ago, is suddenly recalled to mind. We had set out in the car the other day on business and had been gone about five minutes when we met the dogs
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    When baby upsets the schedule
    550 9  -  NURSE JANET MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA By "Perturbed" writes to say that her child of 15 months does not always wish to sleep in the mornings, and that this is upsettvig the child's routine. BETWEEN 14 months and two years, toddlers change in their sleeping routine.
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    Cold meat with a difference
    365 9 Cold meat with a difference pOLD meat as it is can become very monotonous, but there are so many ways of dressing it up to look tempting and attractive. MAYONNAISE LOAF. Mince the meat with two rashers of bacon and one small onion. Mix with chopped parsley, salt, pepper, a
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      77 9 j£f in L jgsiitiif FOR THE WORLD'S BABIES Baby Maureen is the happy example of a LACTOGEN Baby She sleeps well, her flesh is firm, skm clear and eyes bright. When artificial feeding is required, put your baby onto LACTOGEN, the powdered milk which is modified to provide a complete
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      283 9 for 6rown-ups and Children alike OX SWEETBREADS 494 There are several appetising ways of cooking Ox Sweetbreads. You can grill, fry or braise them, serve them with butter and lemon juice, or white sauce, or make a very special dish with mushrooms. Ox Sweetbreads are easily digested, nourishing, and excellent
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      224 9 12-2 p.m. As S'pore; 6 "Mall Bag": bro and Zayde, piano duettlsts; 10 S'PORK 7 News, Share Market, Interlude; "Paul Temple and the Madison 4 ii a h,, pm« 7.30 "Joyously Yours"; 7.45 Radio Mystery"; 10.30 Dance Music; 11 10 a.m. News, followed by Emer- t>ocUi 7 54 to r^j^i
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    A WARNING TO ASIA
    1592 10  -  Bertrand Russell WORLD GOVERNMENT OR WORLD CHAOS* By Britain's famous Philosopher Mathematician fllE QUESTIONS whether SouthEast Asia should continue to be overcrowded or whether Australia or South America should cease to be white men's countries are obstacles to world government. The world problems of population and
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      179 10 TODAY SiHl^ 11 a.m. 1 1">. 4.15. 6.45 and 9.3« p.m A girl who defied convention for the man she loved.... fl ilk <^ r^~i W^^ CHARLES COBURN GLORIA DE HAVEN JANET LEIGH ...i, bruce bennett NEXT CHANGE! MIDNIGHT SATURDAY Al-'-J-M gleefully announces r'jvJ JOAN BENNETT Es4 1 (?^S^ LAST
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      248 10 Lbt-ULI l.i!il I BY DEMAND! TODAY TOMORROW ONLY <^» JMW|»W starring -*a AVY^ J&toLii CLAUDETTE COLBERT S§€S From Thursday! Whoever heard of anybody making a memorandum on his wedding night to have an even dozen children— 6 boys and 6 girls to be exact— unless the fellow happen to be
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      324 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD 22. Co to the engineer* for rROWWORn Vrt 1 1. A fight for a portion blood 4. To leave when about to b« 23. Legal document found In 2 i hgjg« S p f (3 unwell u to waver (J). a band (10). S^g 8. No place
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      London Stocks
      284 11 LONDON, Mon. ATEST reports from the \j Far East created an unsettled atmosphere on the London Stock Exchange today although little change of any consequence took place. Closing middle prices or selected stocks as supplied to the StraiU Times by special arrangement with The Financial Times, follow. Unless
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      SHARE MARKET IN THE DOLDRUMS
      178 11 From A Market Correspondent THE Malayan share market opened the week very dull yesterday; there was scarcelv sufficient business to test prices. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Bayers SeHari A*x. Brick* Pref 1.85 195 Ordi J.«5 1.95 Eraser it
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      TIN: $391f A PICUL
      36 11 SINGAPORE. Mon.. Aug. 28 $391.62\ (down $9.50). £804 J a ton in London LONDON. Mon., Aug. 28.— Spot: £804— £805; Forward. £792— £795; Settlement. £804}. Turnover: a.m. 5 tons, p.m. 25 tons.
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      The Produce Market
      180 11 From A Market Correspondent rE copra and coconut oil section* of the Singapore produce market were dull yesterday. Copra opened at Saturday's level wjth buyers at $45'- per picul, and some business was done. The market then rose to $45% and buyers withdrew after some business, when
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      Singapore Rubber
      200 11 T^HE Singapore rubber mar■1- ket opened yesterday at slightly above Saturday's level, but It was quiet during the day with only mild fluctuations. Foreign buying orders were on a smal! scale and there was no selling pressure. The market closed quiet with first-grade September shipment buyers at 11.41
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      HONG KONG FREE EXCHANGE
      64 11 HONG KONO, Mon. 1 C<REE market currency exchange r for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today as follows: US$l, HK56.36; £1. HK515.50: one tael of gold HK$3O5. (Hong Kong's jittery gold martet which reacts to every rumour, shot up four point* after publication of news about
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      Renong Tin Dredging
      19 11 T>ENONG Tin Dredging's dredges produced 1.054 piculs of tinnr» in Junp and 793 Diculs in July.
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      Utd. Malacca Rubber
      23 11 ITNITKD Malacca Rubier Estates In July produced 79.680 lbs: of rubber, making a total for three months of 244,147 Mbs.
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      Suloh Rubber Crop
      16 11 SULOH Rubber Estates in July produced 18,408 lbs. of rubber of all grades.
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      Ships In The Roads And Alongside
      201 11 SHIPS in the Singapore Outer and Inner Roads and alongside harbour Board godowns yesterday vere: Outer Road*: Hai Hsuan. Hernelin. Van der Bosch, British Prince. Maxwell Brander. Mentor, Avon Venturer, Produce, Dukat. I'en der Hagen. Fernbay. Chong rone, "Kaimana. Adelante, Inchr.ull. Inner Roads: Manlln.
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    29 12 IPOH EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CRICKET TEAM who met a Men's team at Ipoh on Saturday and lost the argument Skipper of the side was Mrs. Smith (wicket-keeper). Straits Times picture.
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    DYSON USES ROBOT TO AID COACHING
    418 12 Ideal Gadget For Illustration r<EOFFREY DYSON, chief national coach of the British A.A.A., will have among his baggage when he comes to Singapore a ten-inch robot now famously known in England as "Kis Nibs". Dyson, who starts a three-week coaching tour of Singapore and
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    Surrey Lead Lancashire
    150 12 LONDON, Mon. EXTREMELY slow batting characterised the vital championship match between the leaders. Lancashire, and Surrey when th? game continued today, and the days play saw Surrey take a 66run lead on first innings. Gloomy weather did not help the pace of scoring and stumps were drawn
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    RAF Seletar WindUpWith 3-Nil Win
    299 12 RAF Seletar WindUpWith 3-Nil Win SE L E T A R Airmen, already certain run-ners-up to Kota Raja in the S.A.F.A. Senior League, played off their last fixture against Tigers and emerged convincing three-nil winners at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Tigers' defence was as shaky as jelly. Ah Chua
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    H.K.Win,But Drop 1 Match
    340 12 TABLE-TENNIS TWE visiting wing Sun table tennis team of Hong Kong scored, their third successive win in the Colony when they defeated the formidable North Malaya side by five games to one at the Great World last night. Wing Sun met some really good opposition in
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    SEDGMAN'S 3-SET WIN v SCHROEDER
    356 12 FOREST HILLS. New Xork, Monday. A ITSTRALIA,1 T STRALIA, who had already regained the Davis Cup trophy on Saturday, won one of the remaining two singles here yesterday for a 4—l win over the United States Frank Sedgman (Australia i beat Ted Schroeder 6-2 6-2
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    Tourists Still Behind M'sex
    138 12 LORDS, Mon. AT close today. in the second day's play between Middlesex and West Indies, the tourists had scored 237 for 8 wickets in reply to Middlesex's first innings of 311. The tourists' runs came from Stollmeyer (81). Weekes (52) and Christiani (n.o. 49). Middlesex, who
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    JUNIOR BADMINTON FINALS ON SAT.
    250 12 THE following Singapore Badminton ties will be played this weekend at the Clerical Union Hall: SATURDAY, at 7.50 p.m. Men's Junior Singles (Final): Goh Tian Chye (Useful) v Andrew Tan (Diehard). Men's Junior Doubles (Final): Seah Yeak Khern and Wee Gim Tee (Marigold) v Hoo
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    Sports Diary
    34 12 SOCCER: Malaya v Hone Kong Chinese at Jalan Besar stadium: Jnr. tup- tie: S.H.B. Aux. Police v 31 Bn. BAOC at Geylanr; Bu&lness Hie, A: Malayan Airways v Fraser Neave at C.T.M.A.
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    12 Newcomers May Provide Highlight
    460 12 1 2 Newcomers May Provide Highlight TOMORROWS RACES AT K.L By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. UNDOUBTEDLY the most interesting race on the second day's card at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday will be the s£-f. sprint for Class 3, Div. 5 horses. It is virtually a newcomers' maiden race as
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    JIN EONG BEATEN
    60 12 BOMBAY, Mon. DEVINDER Mohan. India's No. 1 and A. Piruz of Malaya, will meet in the final of the Cricket Club of India badminton championship tomorrow. Mohan qualified for the final today by beating Tan Jin Eong 11-15. 15-4, 15-2 and Piruz won his semifinal against the
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    BRITAIN WIN 8 GOLD MEDALS
    352 12 BRUSSELS, Monday. OY WINNING four of the eleven titles decided on the final day of the European Athletic Championships here yesterday, Britain topped the gold medal tally with eight during the games, two more than their nearest rivals, the Soviet Fnion. Holland and France each
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    SERViCES TEAM v TOURISTS
    45 12 THE followi'i" will represent Singapore Combined Services against Kon? Chines" :i! .1 i i Besar stadium on Thursday: Mutt'tn (.Viv.v): Tyldesley (Army): .lack (Navy); Allrot'k (Navy), Dover (R.A.F.). Biitler (Army); Owen (R.A.F). Day (Nivvt. Suleiman (R.A.F.). Whitehorn (Army), and Mawson (Armv).
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    All-Malaya Have Good Chance Of Victory Today
    651 12 All-Malaya Have Good Chance Of Victory Today THE Football Association of Malaya will field its x fourth All-Malayan team since 1928 when AllMalaya meet Hong Kong Chinese at Jalan Besar Stadium today. The first three F.A.M. teams were all beaten. In 1928 the Australians beat Malaya one-nil; in 1939 the
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