The Straits Times, 4 August 1951

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    23 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED IX4S mil YE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATI'RDAY. A1 7 (UST 4, 1951 if PRICE FIFTEEN CH W
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    RIDGWAY TO FORCE DECISION
    483 1 Shoivdown forecast 'Peace on our terms or the war goes on 5 TOKIO, Friday. ALLIED Supreme Commander General Matthew Ridgway will soon call for a "showdown" in the Kaesong peace talks, bogged down for the seventh time today on the position of a buffer zone. Informed
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    Persians gun Soviet warship
    95 1 Persians gun Soviet warship VI Hi KAY Fri. Persian frontier guards fired a half-hour machine-gun barrage at a Soviet warship when it entered Persian waters in the Caspian Sea A IVrsian announcement said the 7M-ton Russian vr*s*l withdrew without returning the fire The tanners opened up when the vessel beamr-d
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    JAPANESE GOVT. EXONERATE 6,930
    47 1 TOKIO. Frl.— The Japanese CVuvrnment today asked Allied Headquarters to ap.i list of 6.930 former army and navy officers for il from the purge list rnment's re-screening commission passed the list containing names of no offirer.N hieher than colonel. R A A P.
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    CALL TO PLEVEN
    28 1 PARIS. Frl— President Vlnrem Auriol today called on Rene Pleven, Radical, to try ani form a new Government and break France* 25-day-oKl ivilitical crisis. Reuter.
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    Mr. Blythe seen tire ruins—and wonders...
    77 1 Mr. Blythe seen tire ruins— and wonders... THK Colonial Secretary. Singapore, Mr. W. 1. Blythe. yesterday Kamponr Bujis. the Singapore Tillage which was destroyed by Wednesday's early morning lire. He walked through debris and saw the charred remain »f homes, tinsmiths and warehouses. Thr firp damaged SI million worth of
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    Three accused of cheating U.N.
    186 1 PARIS, Friday. "THREE men one American and two Frenchmen were arrested yesterday on charges of fraud for having delivered 100,000 old worn out blankets instead of new to a United Nations agency The blankets wore ordon-a by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEFt
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    NEWSPRINT— FOR KOREA
    29 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Fri. The Committee for a Free Asia ft&s given 1.000 tons of newsprint for text books for l he school children of Korea. —Reuter
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    TSHEKEDI IS NOT WANTED
    142 1 SEROWE. Bechuanalan*. Fri. DAMANGWATO tribesmen at v Mahalapye told Britain's three special observers today they did not want Tshekedl Khama, uncle of their exiled chief Seretse. back in the territory. Former Regent Tshekedi Is now returning from London io Bechuanaland with the British Government's permission to
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    PRINCESS FOR U.S.
    27 1 LONDON, Fri Prmcrss Eli2abeth and Prince Phil.p hay* accepted an invitation to visit President Truman in Washington on Oct. 24 25 and 26— A.P.
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    RED LOSSES
    20 1 WASHINGTON. Frl. -Communist casualties in Korea reached 1.228.854 up to July 23. the U.S. Army estimated today. Reuter.
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    CRIPPS TO LEARN TO WALK AGAIN
    141 1 LONDON. Friday. l|R. Charles Neil, 35-year-old exponent of a method of co-ordinating body control, is leaving for Zurich today to teach Sir Stafford Cripps to walk. Sir Stafford, former Chancellor of the Exchequer. Is convalescing In a Swiss sanatorium from a tubercular infection of
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    ADMIRAL DIES
    26 1 LONDON. Prt— Tht death of Admiral Sir Charle* Morgan, Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel and Admiral Commanding Reserves from *****7. was announced today.— Reuter.
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    Lawyer told: 'No politics'
    177 1 MR. Justice Fletcher Rogers told Mr Philip Hoallm yesterday that the High Court was a Court of Law and not a political platform. His Lordship made th<« remark after Mr Hoalm had referred to th« Japanese attack on Singapore. Mr Hoallm wa s appearing for Mr
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    LORD MAYOR OF LONDON VISITS STORE
    280 1 LORD MAYOR OF LONDON VISITS STORE rE 270 -year -old grold-hiltfd sword of the City of London was unsheathed on the tarmac of Singapore's Kalian* airport yesterday— but only a mere handful of people were there to see it. And behind it. with all the tradition which surrounds one of
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    REDS SIGHTED
    34 1 LUCKNOW. Fri.— The United Provinces Government has received confirmation that small contingents of Chinese troops have been sighted at Tarlako in East Tibet near the Almora district on 'he Indian border. Renter
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    Calling: the world
    28 1 NEW DELHI. Fri.— lndia hopes to establish direct wireless links with all the countries of the world in five years at a cost of U552,100.000.—A.P.
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    Prettiest? Well, I'm certainly youngest
    225 1 Prettiest? Well, I'm certainly youngest (Straits Times Woman Reporter) \\THEN 32-year-old .Lady Patricia Lowson was asked on her arrival at Kallang Airport yesterday whether she knew that she was described as the youngest, prettiest and best -dressed Lady Mayoress London has ever had, she replied with a laugh: "Well. I'm
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    NOT FOR RUSSIA
    32 1 WASHINGTON. Frl The House of Representatives today approved legislation barring United States aid. with some exceptions, to any nations sending war supplies to Russia or her associated states— Reuter.
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    British mission flies to Persia
    184 1 LONDON, Fri. jtiß. Richard Stokes. ITI Minister of Raw Materials, flew to Teheran today with four Oihor delegates to find a compromise in the throemonth oil crisis. Mr. Stokes has bM ing by for two days vhtk London and Nmu anged notes setting tl for
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    Grand Prix supplement
    92 1 THE SINGAPORE l-c*e Press today will publish an right-pasr >u,->-plement in connection with thp Johorr Grand Prix and road races to be hrld n Johore Bahru town tomorrow. This Mipplnnmi will be of treat interest to both motorists and non-motor-ists. It will «.vp full details of the
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    `A-BOMB WILL BE USED IF TALKS FAIL'
    222 2 NEW YORK, Friday. COLUMNIST Robert S. Allen, writing in the New York Post, said yesterday "atomic weapons will be used against the Communists if the cease-fire parley collapses" and the Reds launch a new offensive in Korea. He gave no source, but said
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    Two planes sabotaged by Vietminh
    152 2 Two planes sabotaged by Vietminh SAIGON. Fri. 'PWO cases of sabotage of planes alleged to have been carried out by Vietminh supporters were reported here yesterday. A plane bound for Paris crashed when taking off and hit a barracks, killing six and injuring seven. American sources said they believed Vietminh
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    Senators plead 'come back'
    40 2 ROME, Fri. Italian Senators yesterday telegraphed a "come back" appeal to their 73-year-old President Enrico De Nicola who withdrew to his home in the Bay of Naples in disgust at Communist interruptions in the Senate. Reuter.
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    The digger vanished
    63 2 MELBOURNE, Fri. DYSTANDERS watching 45-year-old suburban council gardener Edward Towers digging on a grass street verge blinked when he vanished. A 30- foot chasm had opened underfoot. Towers hit the bottom, and injured his ankle. He was hauled out with ropes. The road overseer said the col-
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    'Vietnam is improving'
    73 2 HONG KONG, Fri. ]t|R. Richard Casey, Australian Minister of External Affairs, said yesterday he thought the next six months would show "a very great improvement" in the position of Vietnam. Mr. Casey said on arrival here from Bangkok that developments in Indo-China were "definitely encouraging." Resistance to
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    Jap raid on islands
    71 2 MELBOURNE, Friday. JAPANESE raiders in a "high-powered sampan" recently pillaged lonely Australian plantations on islands 200 miles northwest of Manus in the Admiralty Group, according to reports by the External Affairs Department. The department said the raiders stole copra and trochus shell from the plantations. When
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    Danish troops for U.N.
    49 2 COPENHAGEN, Fri. The Danish Government intends to introduce a bill to equip a special battalion to be used at the United Nations discretion Foreign Minister Ole Bjoern Kraft said. The equipping of a special battalion was to avoid weakening Denmark's own defence, he added. Reuter.
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    Munir is first vice-president
    38 2 GENEVA, Fri. Mr. Mohammed Munir of Pakistan was today elected first VicePresident of the United Nations Committee considering the establishment of an international criminal court. Eighteen nations were represented at today's opening meeting. Reuter.
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    `IT'S NOT TRUE'
    35 2 NEW YORK, Fri.— A White House official yesterday denied a widely published report that President Truman proposes to appoint Mr. Averell Hariman to succeed Mr. Dean Acheson as Secretary of State. Reuter.
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    CLOTHES BILL
    28 2 WASHINGTON, Fri. —The U.S. Navy has asked Congress for $51,600,000 to buy special protective clothing, most of it for use in extreme ly cold climates.— Reuter.
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    Press gag dropped
    42 2 CAIRO, Fri. The Egyptian Chamber of Deputies (Lower House) Legislative Committee withdrew a draft bill empowering the Egyptian Government to ban, confiscate or warn any newspaper which conducts a campaign "aimed at undermining the constitutional regime in Egypt." Reuter.
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      836 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIOMS are invited for the post of Carpentry Instructor, Craft School, Singapore. Salary scale is $130 10A 150 B 160 10A 300 per month with Cos', of Living and Local Allowances Qualifications: Must be capable or instructing In both Theory and Practice of the respective trades and be
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    West plans to plug two gaps in its defences
    251 3 West plans to plug two gaps in its defences ARMS FOR GERMANS: M.E. DEFENCE BOARD LONDON, Friday. THE Western Big Three were reported yesterday to have agreed on quick action to plug two wide gaps in their Atlantic defence system the Middle East and Germany. Official sources said the United
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    6,000 STOPPED
    38 3 BRUNSWICK. Fri. West German police along th» zonal frontier have so far stopped 6,000 West German youths from illegally enter ing the eastern zone to take part in the Communist World Youth Festival next wer<k Reuter.
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    King Farouk preferred to gamble
    94 3 MONTE CARLO. Fri. KING Farouk of Egypt, after spending most of the night f ambling at the Casino, slept late in his hotel yesterday and then announced that he was driving back to San Remo. Italy, to rejoin Queen Narriman. When the car was at
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    BERLIN WON'T DROP CHARGE
    86 3 BERLIN, Fri.— Berlin city councillors applauded when Professor Ernest Reuter. West Berlin Mayor, said he could not obey an American order to quash a court sentence on Dr. Hans Kemritz, former Wehrmacht intelligence officer who was fined In his absence on a charge of being responsible
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    HIS VOW WERE ON FIRE
    51 3 HIS VOW WERE ON FIRE This fireman, with the soles of his boots in flames, climbs the i~TCJ creek River wall. Johnstown, U.S.A., to esrape a gasoline fire. The hre was ignited to destroy worms which were cftiwling from the river bed, up the wall and into nearby homes. A.P.
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    'Treasure ship' not to sail
    138 3 'Treasure ship not to sail LONDON. Fri A HIGH Court writ has prevented the motor yacht La Contenta from leaving London to take 20 people to the South China seas to seek £100,000 treasure reputed to have been buried 250 years ago by Captain Kidd. The writ alleged breach of
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    One day holiday to save paper plea
    165 3 DEN PASAR, Bali, Friday. T PHE regional conference of non-Government orgaA nisations of the United Nations yesterday asked all newspapers to keep one Sunday a year as holiday so that the newsprint thus saved could be sent to under-developed countries in need India's
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    TO VISIT U.K.
    24 3 LONDON, Fri.— Unir FalzaJ Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, will arrive in London on Tuesday on a 10-day official visit.— Reuter.
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    Reds execute 144 in a day
    135 3 HONG KONG. Fri. gHANGHAI Communists executed 29 more "counter revolutionaries" on July 2 and topped it two days later with the slaughter of 144— the biggest single mass killIng of the month. This brought the July total of executions to at least 432. News
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    Holland opposes Jap treaty
    187 3 THE HAGUE, Friday. ITOLLAND is opposed to the Anglo-American draft "of a Japanese peace treaty to be signed in September at San Francisco, official sources said in the Netherlands yesterday. Holland's objections, which mainly concern arrangements for reparations, were handed over in London and Washington yesterday.
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    34 3 THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH playing for the Maidensgrove team against the Hertforshire in the second round of the polo match of the Cowdray Park Junior Challenge Cup at Sutton Park, Guildford, Surrey. A.P. photo.
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    LTAQUAT HAS A FOUR-POINT PEACE PLAN
    422 3 LTAQUAT HAS A FOUR-POINT PEACE PLAN KARACHI, Friday. THE Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Liaqnat All 1 Khan, renewed his invitation today, for the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, to visit Karachi to discuss peace between 1 Mr. All Khan had eai invitation to visit New Del "I would ro
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    BURMA JAPS TO GO BACK
    56 3 RANGOON. Fri.— A former Japanese secret police chief Colonel Kume and 29 other Japanese war criminals the last group to have served war crimes sentences in Rangoon gaol— will be repatriated nn Sunday. They will sail for Singapore where they will be joined by another
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    Sugar Ray to be an actor
    54 3 PARIS, Fri. American middleweight boxer Sugar Ray Robinson has signed to play a leading role in a French film, La Putain Respectueuse (The Respectable Prostitute), the newspaper Paris Presse said yesterday. The film will be based on the play of the same name by
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    He will stay out till Reds quit
    80 3 He will stay out till Reds quit WASHINGTON, Fri. •JHE self-exiled brother of the Dalai Lama of Tibet said yesterday he would not return to his country as long as the Communists were there. The Lama, Tak Tser Rimoche, 28-year-old brother of the Dalai Lama, was interviewed in a secluded
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    CHURCH DEFENDS RED DEAN
    184 3 LONDON, Friday. TTOE Church of England newspaper today criticised an attempt by six Conservative Members of Parliament in trying to get the De:m of Canterbury removed from office. The members recently gave notice of a parliamentary motion asking the House ol Commons to sanction this on
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    New ship for Far East run
    62 3 BELFAST, Fri. The first vessel built for a new British shipping venture in the Far East was launched here yesterday. She is the 6,200-ton cargo liner Eastern Star, designed for trade between Australia, Hong Kong and Japan. Her Joint owners are Common Brothers, Newcastle-on-Tyne
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      211 3 I TvlL lopIiST Ls<f TODAY f From 7a.m. 2. p.m. Arrangements for Monday 6th August: Shop Hours: From 7 a.m. till 2 p.m. DELIVERY SERVICE: Deliveries will be made as usual Customers are requested to place their orders for Monday not later than 4 p.m. TODAY. COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold
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    FIRE RELIEF FUND PASSES $*****0 MARK
    392 4 FIRE RELIEF FUND PASSES $*****0 MARK S'pre drive to aid homeless V| ORE than $130,000 has now been raised Dy three Singapore organisations and a Chinese newspaper to give relief to the 5,000 victims of the fire at Kampong Bugis. Topping the list Ls the Nanyang Siang Pao which has
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    DIES IN BRITAIN
    22 4 LONDON, Fri. Mr. William Belgrave former Director of Agriculture, Malaya, iied at Ferring. Sussex, at the age of 60.
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    Church services
    384 4 ANGLICAN St. Andrew's Cathedral: 7 a.m. Holy Communion: 8 a.m. Choral Eucharist. Preacher: The Archdeacon: 9.30 a.m. Family Service; 10.30 a.m. Choral Matins. Preacher: Rev. Canon D. D. Chelliah; 11.30 a.m. Holy Communion: 12 Noon, Baptisms: 5.30 p.m. Evensong it Sermon Preacher: The Archdeacon. St. Paul's, Upper Serangoon:
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    HIGHER RELIEF PAY
    204 4 HIGHER RELIEF PAY THERE were smiles, and there were tears at the Singapore Social Welfare Department on Thursday. And all because the Public Assistance Section of the department (rave new higher rates of allowances to the widows, the aged, the sick and disabled on their relief list. The new rates,
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    T.U. REACTION TO LIFTING OF BAN
    264 4 TRADE UNION circles in Singapore yesterday received with mixed feelings the British Government's removal of the ban on the right of workers to strike without giving notice. Some welcomed it as a healthy sign of democratic trade unionism, and a few deplored its application
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    Johore council
    48 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— Mr. Goh Chee Hian JP of Muar has been appointed a member of the Council of State, Johore. He fills the vacancy caused by the death of Dato Teoh Slew Khor, of Kluang. Mr. Goh is a member of the Town Board. Muar.
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    She played the part of a bandit
    111 4 She played the part of a bandit JOHORE BAHRU. Fri BILL and Jane Rowley, children of Mrs. Malcolm Mac Donald. took part In a sketch entitled "Absolutely Nothing" wnlch pupils of th<Garrison School Majedee Barracks. Johore Bahru, gave at the prize Klvlnz held before the school broke up for five
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    BARRED TO LEPERS
    320 4 DERSONS suffering fro m 1 leprosy /are barred from certain trades or callings under a notification issued by the Singapore Governor-in-Coun-cil. released last night. These trades include those in which the person eraployed handles or comes In contact with articles of food or drinks, drugs, medicine or
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    $20,000 GIFT TO S.A.T.A.
    168 4 The Singapore Government has given $20,000 to the Singap o r c Anti-Tuberculosis Association. Mr. Yong Mun Sen, well-known Penang artist, donated $215 20 per cent, of sales of his pictures at his exhibition in Singapore In June. Other latest donations are: National Cash Register, «250;
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    CLEARED OF CAR THEFT
    65 4 A man, who had pleaded guilty to charges of stealing three cars at Connaught Drive, Singapore, but Vb«l3 plea was not accepted by **.c Third District Judge, Mr. S. E. Teh, was cleared yesterday on all the charges without his defence being called. The man was
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    GOODS LEFT IN STORE MAY BE SOLD
    245 5 To end hold-up in dockyard KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. fOODS left in the warehouses at Port Swettenham for "more than a reasonable period" can be sold by auction under new railway tariff regulations gazetted today. Congestion at Port Swettenham has been partly olamed by
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    LONDON'S SWORD
    35 5 MR. WILLIAM BOSTON, Swordbearer and First Squire to the Lord Mayor of London, bears the 270-year-old gold-bilted sword of the Cny of London off the tarmac at Kalians airport yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    BUDDHISTS PLAN YOUTH LEAGUE
    33 5 Singapore Buddhist Union will hold a Social on Monday at 85, Marine Parade to form a Buddhist Youth League. The League will have an initial membership of about 40.
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    300 LOSE HOMES IN MALACCA
    267 5 Federation news in brief THREE hundred people, mostly Chinese, were made homeless on Thursday night, when a gang of Malay and Chinese terrorists fired their huts on the newlyopened labourers' regrouping site on an estate in the Jasin district, about 19 miles from Malacca town.
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    KNOWLEDGE NOT PROVED
    74 5 Stating that because guilty knowledge had not been proved, Mr. W. Q. Alcock, the Singapore First District Judge yesterday acquitted Teo Chin Chong on two charges of dishonestly retaining 90 pieces of rayon cloth worth $2,425 and a third charge of fraudulent possession of four cases of
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    SIR DENYS ARRIVES Sir Denys 'right type for mayor'
    370 5 SIR DENYS ARRIVES Sir Denys 'right type for mayor' 4 GRAND chap and the right type for a mayor," is the first impression which Singapore's Municipal Commissioners gained of the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Denys Lowson, at a reception in his honour by the Municipal President, Mr. Norman Ward,
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    MOVIE DEBATE
    28 5 The Literary Section of the KIWI Members' League will hold a debate on "Movies are Beneficial to Youth" at the British Counc«l TT -i ihis afternoon
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    Police hire charges increased
    178 5 Police hire charges increased NEW rates will be charged the public who want to employ police to guard property for attendance at private parties, or for any other private purpose, according i,o yesterday's Government Gazette. The new monthly rate is as follows: Regular police: N.C.O.— $222; constable $189; special constabulary:
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    Chancellor due today
    78 5 LORD Jowitt. the British Lord Chancellor, Ls due to arrive in Singapore this afternoon from London bv plane en route to Australia. Lord Jowitt. who is on three weeks' goodwill tour o r Australia, will be the -guest of S'r Franklin and Lady Gimson at Government House
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    $5 replanting bond to be discussed next week
    110 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. 'pHE scheme to compel smallholders to save $5 for every picul of rubber sold for replanting, suggested by their representatives on the Rubber Producers' Council, will be discussed at a meeting next week, the Council Secretary, Mr. H. K.
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    DEATHS
    90 6 GEORGE. At Gfneral Hospital on August Ird 1951 Elizabeth Oeoije. beloved mother of Mrs. C. H. Bone. funeral at 4 p.m. BERTHA—HILDA, beloved wife of Mr. W. H. Palgrave passed away peaceful on the 2nd after a brief Illness was Interred fit 5 p.m. on the 2nd at Bldadarl.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    39 6 ROBINSON: Mrs. M. S. Robinson wishes to thank all the kind friends who attended the funeral and sent wreaths and letters. MR. MRS. FREDDIE MISSON thank all friends and relatives for their presents attendance at their recent wedding.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Aug. 4, 1951. A Walk Down Shenton Way
    920 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Aug. 4, 1951. A Walk Down Shenton Way Following the ceremony performed by Sir Franklin Gimson at Telok Ayer yesterday in honour of Sir Shenton Thomas, let us take an imaginary stroll down this new road called Shenton Way that peculiar name which is thought
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    Fifty Years Ago THE LAST DAYS OF GAMBIER
    246 6 Fifty Years Ago THE LAST DAYS OF GAMBIER (From the Straits Times of July 29- Aug. 4, 1901.) HPHE cultivation ot gambler X is beginning to languish, owing to the distances planters require to go from the water before they can find virgin forest and fresh land for new plantations
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    36 6 pnctorru^.i hy suuny v;.<. In memory ef the Chinese who were murdered by the Japanese in Penan* during the occupation, this tncmorial stands in Ayer Hitam Road, Penang. There is no correspond in mortal in Singappore.
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    As I was Saying
    1132 6  -  Cynicus by IT is ill luck, and through no fault of his own, that Governor Thomas Dewey has reason to look back on his Singapore visit with somewhat mixed feelings. He was the victim of misunderstanding at the airport when he arrived, and was caught In
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    Singaporena
    910 6 1 recent sea mail from England brought me an unexpected and welcome gift from a friend who said goodbye to Singapore and walked the gangplank of retirement last year. My friend ha? sent back to me two copies of the Straits Times and one of the Sunday Times. That
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    TWIN-JET BOMBER LANDS IN S'PORE
    407 7 TWIN- JET BOMBER LANDS IN S'PORE m Canberra 'went like a bomb 9 pilot Newest bomb er 'INTERCEPTED BY FIGHTERS 9 \yHfcN Koyal Australian Air Force's crack pilot, Wing Commander D. R. "Joel" Turning, yesterday at Changi slid down from the nose of the first "Canberra" twin-jet medium bomber ever
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    G.P.O. AIR MAIL TIME EXTENDED
    73 7 7 I Uest time for posihu air mail letters to a d"stinations at the Sintspotc General Post Office will be extended frn-n 6 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. frnm Tuesday. The latest time for posting leltrrs in Kuala Lumpur to catch the Singapore mail is 3.45
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    2 BANDITS KILLED IN JOHORE
    145 7 2 BANDITS KILLED IN JOHORE KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A POLICE Jungle squad killed two bandits in th--Yong Peng area of JOIIOKF this morning. The police were acting on information. Information given to pol'.ce In the Sungei Besi district on the outskirts of KUALA LUMPUR yesterday led to the capture of
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    OFFICER TOOK GIN AT 8 a.m.
    292 7 'depressed 9 PEELING tired and depressed at the thought of work on a Monday morning, Lieutenant Edward Morrison, of the Singapore Regiment of the Royal Engineers, drank a large gin and ice at 8 a.m. "to revive himself". Two hours later, three officers told
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    SPORE T.U.C. REGISTERED
    56 7 The Singapore Trade Union Congress received the certificate of registration from the Trade Union Registrar yesterday. The provisional committee cf the T.U.C. will now request the trade unions to send delegates- to the first annual delegates' conference expected to be held during the last week of September.
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    POSTAL INQUIRY
    40 7 In connection with a postal 'nquiry, senders of the following letters posted in Singapore on July 30 are requested to get in touch with the Director of Posts, Singapore: Helphill. Melbourne Australia, and Thomson Fairhpht, New South Wales
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    Singapore Chinese to ignore Reds
    113 7 S POR Chinese, particularly the Teochew a rt?nT^ U ?J, ty> have decid ednotto take further fnrh?nn nf i r f Cent xecutlon by the Communists "sSn of ffiK&KT" One Teochew leader said yesterday that one reason was because the Communists had refused to consider
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    'NO P.M.s' PLEA
    31 7 The Ind an Muslim Association committee has decided to appeal to the Government not to do post-mortems on Muslims who die suddenly where the cause of death is
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    GOVT MOVE TO SETTLE STRIKE
    61 7 The Singapore Labour Department will seek the support of the management of the Singapore Glass Manufacturers Company to set up an arbitration board to settle the dispute between the company and the workers. The strike by over 700 employees of the glass factor? entered its
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    New turbine may restore loss
    298 7 CINGAPORE, which has been suffering a 20 per cent. loss of electric power since Thursday evening's fire put a turbine out of action, may be slightly better off than before the fire by Sunday night, as a re-bladed turbine is nearly ready to work. For
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    Blackout areas
    365 7 DAY Alexandra Brickworks, Malayan Brewery, A.B.C. Brewery, Diethelm Co., Tanglin Road, Phoenix Park, Pasir Panjang, Opium Factory, Reformatory Road, Oxygen Factory, Cressonite, St. James, Min Road, Silat Road, Bnkit Pasoh, B.A.T., Trafalgar Street, Prinee Edward Road, Sago Street, People's Park, Nanson Ron., Lfcm Soon Oil Mills, Guan Hin,
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    REGENT PRESENTS MEDALS
    113 7 ONE hundred ex-officers and men of the Johore Volunteer Forces, Johore Bahru, were presented with war medals by the Regent of Johore, Tungku Mahkota. at Bukit Zahrah English School After the ceremony the Regent took the salute at a march past. The 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star. 1939-45
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    Highlights of the holiday week-end
    106 7 Highlights of the holiday week-end BANKS and most big businesses in Singapore will be closed today and Monday for Bank Holiday weekend. All shops will be open this morning but leading department stores will be closed on Monday. Singapore Cold Storage will close at 2 p.m. Monday. Highlights of the
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    Lodgings for seamen
    93 7 Lodgings for seamen REPRESENTATIONS to set up a Government controlled boarding house for Asian seamen in Singapore were made to the Master Attendant,, Commander L. P. Lane, by the legal adviser of the Pakistani Seamen's Union, Mr. M. A. Kadir, yesterday. In a statement issued yesterday, Mr. Kadir said that
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    USED FORCE ON CORPORAL
    111 7 When Corporal Samurl bin Lamit ordered a crowd of Malays to disperse from the centre of the road near the junction of Buona Vista and Pasir Panjang roads on the night of May 20, one of the crowd pushed Samuri and another called on the crowd
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    THREE STOLE PAINT CHARGE
    51 7 Three Europeaps claimed trial yestelday in Singapore on a charge of stealing a drum of paint worth $82.80 from the Singapore Harbour Board at 2 a.m. on Aug. 2. The men, John Alexander Elphinstone Hughes, Gordon Harold Smith and Michael Pierce, were allowed ball of $300
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    DIDN'T PAY FARE
    41 7 Perumal Ramasamy, aged 21, of Alexandra Read, was yesterday fined $2 in the Singapore First Police Court for attempting to avoid payment of 10 cents fare in a Singapore Traction Company bus in Middle Road on July 27.
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    1,200 CHINESE SAY: KEEP THEDACHINGS
    273 7 1,200 CHINESE SAY: KEEP THEDACHINGS VfOKE than 1,200 Singapore Municipal market iTJ stallholders have sent a petition, through the United Markets' Association, urging Mr. Norman Ward, acting Municipal President, to rescind the ban on dachings which the Municipal Commissioners have decided to enforce next January. The petitioners say the ban
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    UNION SEEKS AID
    27 7 The Naval Base Labour Union has approached the other Services unions in Singapore, asking for support in getting an increased cost of living allowance.
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    Vegetable prices
    45 7 The committee member of the Singapore Fruits and Vegetables Dealers' Association quoted in a story, published in the Straits Times at July 27 under the heading "Prices will rail soon," was Mr. Tan Ngak Poh and not Mr. Lim Soo Puan as reported.
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    They tried to sell hired car
    149 7 They tried to sell hired car TWO Ma ays, Moharr.ed bin 1 Hassan and Syed Suhiiman bin Syed Hussien. w.io offered to ;ell a car which did not belong to them, were yesterday sentenced to three months' imprisonment each by Singapore Second Police Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates. Abdul
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    TEN DIED OF TB LAST WEEK
    53 7 Ten fatal cases of tubrrculosis were reported last week compared with 20 the previous week, it was officially stated last night. Sixteen deaths occurred among the 72 notifiable diseases reported last week, against 25 deaths in the previous week. Births last week numbered 663,
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    STOLE BULLETS
    24 7 For stealing t.;o bullets from the Seletar Rifle Range on Aug. 2. Soh Ah Hwuat, 43, was yesterday -fined $15 in Singapore.
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    GOVERNOR OPENS THE WAY,' MAKES A WISH
    449 8 GOVERNOR OPENS THE WAY,' MAKES A WISH Instalment No. 1 of new road OIR Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, cut a coloured ribbon across the new 80-foot Shenton Way in Telok Ayer Basin yesterday with a pair of silver scissors and made a wish. It was: "may all those who
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    2 PLEAD GUILTY TO TYRE THEFT
    54 8 Masarbi bin Talip, 18, and Nacnay bin Sawi, 19, of Petk Seah Street, pleaded guilty at the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to stealing a spare tyre from a Ford Company lorry on Thursday. Bail of $1,000 each was allowed and the case postponed
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    STEADIER RUBBER MARKET
    154 8 TilK Singapore rubber market was dull and feature:ly in the week, says Lewti it Peat's market report, issued yesterday. Continued control of commodity prices In America for another year, ;iihl the bearish statistical have been counteriv the technical shortage of nearby physicals in London and Singapore. !n
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    APPOINTED
    17 8 Mr. Arthur Robert Dames, Chief Petty Officer Writer, has been appointed Instructor to the Malayan Naval
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    Big estates help smallholders
    136 8 Big estates help smallholders SEREMBAN, Friday. efforts to help smallholders are being k made by the Malayan Estate Owners Association In their annual report published today it is stated that a number of smallholders have joined the It was decided dliring the year to invite smallholders to loin at low
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    59 8 Till-. FEDERATION Government's $3,000 a month superman, Mr. Edward Lawrence Russell, who is to take up his appointment as general manager of the Malayan Co-operative Wholesale Society, photographed with his wife and children in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Russell is at present manager of the import department of the Kuala Lumpur
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    MR. LEE COMPLETES HIS $250,000 GIFT
    89 8 AM R. Lee Kong Chian, the Singapore rubber magiTl nate, who had promised to donate to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund $250,000 within 15 years, completed his donations in two years with a $150,000 instalment last week. Among the other donation* i received
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    $75~0R 21 DAYS
    43 8 Ng Woo Liat, who pleaded guilty to possession of about six pounds of dutiable cigarettes at Upper Circular Road on July. 27, was yesterday at the Singapore Third Police Court fined $75 or 21 days' imprisonment. The cigarettes were confiscated.
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    RAF AND FAF SWAP MEN
    86 8 The Royal Air Force, which is engaged agamsr Malaya's jungip Communists. i s to exchange a liaison officer with the French Air Fere? in IndoChina which is fighting the Vietminh Communist rebels. A French air force officer will arrivp in Singapore on Monday from Saigon
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    PADI-GROWING SCHEME OFF WITH A BANG
    198 8 IFOH, Friday. piFTEEN months of work by the Perak Drainage and Irrigation Department ended today with the opening up of 2,000 acres for pad! cultivation, forming stage one of the Changkat Jong irrigation scheme, on the Degong road. To the accompaniment of prayers and
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    THREE FINED FOR SPEEDING
    64 8 JOHORE BAHRU Fri Lim Swee Lim, of Segamat, One; Kee Yew. a rubber dealer of Singapore, and Wan Ou Joo, of Scudai. were fined $90, $30 and $70, respectively in Johore Bahru yesterday for speeding along Jalan, Scudai In addition, Wan Oo Joo was fined $20
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    HE DIDN'T REALLY NEED $5
    163 8 HE DIDN'T REALLY NEED $5 A lot of people have taken seriously two classified advertisements which ap-, peared in the Straits Tlmel on Thursday and yesterday. The first said. "Advertiser urgently in need of five bucks. Must sea Johore Grand Prix Sunday. No security, no hope, no car would also
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    ADJUDICATING ORDERS MADE
    43 8 Receiving and adjudicpt^? orders were made yest.eir'-v against Chin Soon Sun aM C. N. Gomes by the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Brown. Chins offer of $40 and Gomes' offer of $10 per month for their creditors were accepted. j
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      214 8 "Police and the Peopl»"; 720 Analysis; 6.50 "From The EdiSINGAPORE -Listeners' Choice"; 7.50 "Spot- torials"; 7 Generally Speaking': light on the Emergency"; "Hook, 7 JO Max JaHa I violin). Reginald 9 am RA.F. Band; 9.15 "Be- Line and Sinker": 8.30 "Band- Kilbey (cello) Jack Byfield side the Sea-Side"; 10 News
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      FRANCHISE IN K.L.
      353 9 WHAT is wrong with Kuala Lumpur s Municipal TT Commissioners? They appear to be utterly incapable of attending to the affairs commuted to their charge. After much tumult and shouting these guardians of the ratepayers' money have sunk baik into Ineffectiveness, over the question of the purchase
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      A SCHOOL IN REMBAU
      113 9 THE Administration is to be warmly congratulated on the opening of the much Deeded English school in Frmbau, which was declared open by the Negri Sembilan M-ntri Besar. Dato Haji Ab. *'n'ik, on July 19. But I think the name of hool (Undang Rembau b School!
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      THE M.C.A. IN SEREMBAN
      150 9 THE newspaper notices advertising the Seremban M.C.A. general meeting and election of officers did not mention the specific condition stated in the handbills issued by the honorary secretary of the association suggesting that members must call in person to obtain the voting forms from the association.
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      THE HOSPITAL ASSISTANTS
      102 9 A^ FEW day* ago when I visited the General Hospital, Johore Bahru, I realised that the Medical Department has no consideration for the Hospita! Assistants Why don't the Hospital Assistants form a union? Their handicaps Include uneven and longer working hours, compared with other Departments, without any
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      UMNO SPLIT
      94 9 FULLY endorse the view •expressed by "Patriot' An Appeal to Perak UMNO July 31) in regard to the attitude apparent in some quarters of Perak UMNO If any more Datos would like to follow the lead taken by the others, let them do so now rather than later.
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      The Colony medical profession
      271 9 The Colony medical profession THE Straits Times, by its disclosure of July 25 concerning doctors and meflical certificates, appears to have jarred certain members of the medical profession. A correspondent from Pahang (Captain G. Keeni has even gone to the extent of saying that the Straits Times has failed much
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      A nurse on sisters and sisters
      236 9 I AM afraid "Karady" has simply allowed her pen to run away with her in her letter, in last Saturday's Forum, on "The Nurse's Life in Singapore." More harm than good can come of her outburst. Let me be more explict. I As far
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      THE CONDUCTORS' SCALE
      84 9 THE All-Malayan Estate Staff Union is trying to get implemented the agreement made between the union and the M.P.I.E.A. about the grading of staff. It is equally important to implement the agreement made to put the conductors on the same scale as the clerks. I am at
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      LUCKY TICKETS
      47 9 I STRONGLY support "Rustic's" letter of Monday on the lottery ticket racket. It is well known that nonmembers of lottery organisations purchase more tickets from registered members ban the latter themselves. Lucky ticket holders should be allowed to draw their prizes direct. OBSERVER. Kuala Lipis.
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      Eight months to the minute
      104 9 THE minutes of the Singa- pore Municipal Commissioners' meeting of Nov. 30, 1950. were published with last week's issue of the Government Gazette EIGHT MONTHS afterwards. What possible excuse can there be for such deUy? What use (except for record purposes) does publication serve after
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      HANDS-UP IN BORNEO
      105 9 I VISITED the colony ot North Borneo recently on business. At the small coastal town of Kudat while I was passing through the Customs. I was rudely commanded by a young boy, who looked more like a loafer than a Government servant on duty, to put up
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      LET SAVE WHO CAN!
      141 9 WITH reference to "Saver s '.etter in last Saturdays Forum on a "savings scheme," to be forced to save through Heads of Department would be something like throwing our" pr'vtlege to spend or to save OUR OWN MONEY at their feet. Haven't we had enough with
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      FAIR FLAY FOR THE CHILDREN
      189 9 r«ONGRATULATIONS and thanks to "Sentinel", who is true to his name! His vigilance and his love of sport and fair play are very consoling and encouraging indeed. I wonder whether those responsible for the unjust taxation of our playing field read the Straits Times sports
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      CINEMA-GOER INCENSED
      71 9 BEFORE the release of a spectacular film in Singapore some months ago, the management announced, via the Press, that "We are noc raising adm'ssion prices": and promptly removed Forces' privilege and children's tickets from the box-office. Since then I have observed that this seems to be quite the
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      Bus stops and bus fares
      346 9 WHE introduction of bus stops on Fasir Panjang Road, Singapore, may have been well meant from a traffic point of view. The stops are equidistant. But by this system buses stop at places where there are no passengers, and where there are passengers there are
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      'ONLY SONS AND MALAYA'S CRISIS
      296 9 'ONL Y SONS AND MALAYA'S CRISIS HPHE Straits Times of July 27 reported that "Dato Tan Cheng Lock has made a special plea to the Controller of Manpower... to allow Chinese only sons' to be exempted from call-up." I fear that such a plea, made by a well-known Malayan leader,
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      CALL FOR SILENCE
      47 9 MY sympathy goes to Mrs. Robert Eu after all the rriticism by Mr. Yeo Tone Hai and "Hard-Pressed Housewife." If Singapore housewives are rot as free as Mrs. Eu, let them "shut their gap" and speak less on the subject. TAN KHENG HAWKE. Singapore.
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      RALLY ROUND, CONSUMERS!
      276 9 WHEN it comes to .spontaneous effort towards any good cause by the clt'zens ol this supposed great city ot Singapore— whether it is foit the Blood Bank, voters' regis* tration. Consumers' Resistance Movement, etc. the re/ suit Is the same. No-one has yet fathomeal what is wrong.
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    London Stocks
    286 10 IX5NDON. Fri. DESPITE the Imminent holiday and ihe virtual end of an unpopular long account, the London Stock Exchange made a very satisfactory showing today, particularly as regards domestic stocks. Closing middle prices of selected stocks as supplied to the Strain Times by special arrangement with The Financial
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    TIN OUTPUTS
    41 10 CUNGEI Bidor Tin Dredging In July treated 249.700 cubic yards In 632 hours to produce 995 piculs cf ore. ITINTA Kellas Tin Dredging resumed dredging on July 26 and between then and July 31 produced 49 piculs of ore.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    35 10 HONG KONG. Prl. pREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HK$6.3l (cash). HKS6.34U en: €1 HKSIS.BO: one tahll of gold HKS3I2*;,— UJ». i
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    MALAY SHARES
    501 10 *THE Malayan share c yesterday with better I in Rubber shares. Indust continued to ease in symp price. The share market will reopen on Tuesday after the August Bank Holiday. Quotations announced yesterday by the Malayan Sbarebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Borers Seller! ■»]<?« Brlco Pref\ i.Wi vo Ordl
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    TIN: $401¾ A PICUL
    474 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. Auff. 3 —$401.75 (down $3.50.) London: £805 a ton I.OMDON. Thurs. Cash Buyers £8(15. Sellers £806; Forward Buyers £796, Sellers £797: Settlement £807 (down £12). Turn-over: a.m. 140. p.m. 35 tons. Siamese aa/e 2S/e SIODe I/. I/ 8 Southern Kinta 13/ 13/8 S Malayan
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    Cent drop in rubber
    213 10 Cent drop in rubber ANLT a small amount of was transacted In the Singapore rubber market yesterday, with traders squaring positions before the August Bank Holiday. The market closed quiet but slightly easier, with August first-grade at $1.43 a lb. buyers, one cent below Thursday's close. Business was done during
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    131 10 'TTHE pepper section of the Slngapore produce market was steady yesterday on overseas inquiries. Sellers of the white varieties raised prices by >10 a plcul. with Lamuong black unchanged. Copra was dull, with prices at $41 > 3 buyers and $42 >i sellers. Coconut oil also was
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    10% LINGGI INTERIM
    35 10 T INOGI Plantations 1 directors Li have declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent., less tax. on the Ordinary stock, payable on Sept. 14 to stockholders registered on Aug. 3. I
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    PENANG PAIR IS TIPPED FOR TITLE
    387 11 B.A.M. tourney begins today From GI'NN CHIT THYE PENANG, Friday. A PARTNERSHIP that failad to click 13 years ago in the Penang junior badminton tournament is probably Malaya's best doubles pair today. This weekend the Ooi Teik Hock Lee Hoo Chye combination will be
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    190 11 NORTH Borneo will again be represented this year at Malayan A_A.A. championship and with a team of seven, five more than last year when the colony entered for the first time A. Sibkio;, who scored Borneo's first victory in the championships
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    Gold Cup will carry $20,000
    116 11 Malaya's top-class stayers will contest the Singapore Gold Cup (1' 4 miles), worth $12,000 in stakes with at least $8,000 in added money, t.t the Singapore Turi Club's Autumn meeting on Sept. 8-15. for Classes I and 111 horses. The meeting will also feature the
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    Bata's rally brought draw
    113 11 Although playing better football, Netherlands Trading Society Sports Club had to be content with sharing points with Bata Sports Club in a Singapore Business House League Cup fixture played at Farrer Park yesterday. They drew four-all. Netherlands Trading Society started well and were up four-nil at
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    ROVERS JUNIORS KEEP IT UP
    41 11 Rovers Juniors won their eighth match in succession when they beat Star Soccerites by two goals to one at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers for Juniors were Boon Khun and Chek Kang. Each side missed a penalty.
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    BREWERS WIN 3-2
    29 11 Breweries Sports Club beat Pulo Bukom S.C. by three goals to two In a Singapore Business House League Cup fixture played at River Valley Road yesterday.
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    SHB STRIKE GOOD FORM
    265 11 pLAYINQ very good football, Singapore Harbour Board beat IJI.C. "A" four goals to two on the 8.0.D.C-A. ground in St. George's Road yesterday In a Junior Cup-tie fixture. Indians played better in the second half and their two goals would have beaten any goalkeeper. Harbour Board
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    Kee Ong, Ong lose three-set tussle
    469 11 LTAM MEET SECOND DAY IPOH, Friday. T4IE men's doubles first round was completed today 1 in the Malayan tennis championships which are being held here. The matches went very much as expected with the highlight of the afternoon's play being provided by a one
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    Schedule switched to suit Cheong
    284 11 PENG SOON v HOCK LENG TIE PENANG, Friday. SINGAPORE champion Cheong Hock Leng told the Straits Times in Penang today that he hoped to give Wong Peng Soon, All-England and Malayan champion, a "good fight" in their singles match tomorrow, opening day of the three-day
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    Chubb, Mann rout Somerset for 24-runwin
    414 11 TAONTON. Fri. GPLENDID fast-medium bowling t>y 40-year-o.d Geoffrey Chubb broke the back of the Somerset batting here today and enabled South Africa to turn the tabes drastically and wiu a memorable match by 24 runs. When piav began Somerset, with eight wickets standing, needed
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    ASIAN RUGBY OFFICIALS
    79 11 Singapore Asian Rugby Union 'held their annual general meeting at the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club yesterday and electted the following officials for this season: Patrons: Messrs. Low Kee Choh, S. K. Tsai, Yong Ngim Djin, Rev. Canon R. K. S. Adams and Data C. J. Paglar; president:
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    R.I. BOWLERS TOO GOOD FOR V.S.
    55 11 Raffles Institution beat Victoria School by 80 runs In an Interschool cricket game on the a.I. ground yesterday. Scores: Raffles Inst. 118 (V. OUI 25, Chin Yoon Took 18, R. Sandosham IS, S. Y. Q. Krlshnan 18). Victoria School 36 (Sandosham five for 9,
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    12 11 OWING to pressur t on space IVANHOE has been held over-
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    GOLD MERIDIAN TO WIN THE CUP TRIAL
    541 12 Luckless Raj Mahal will be serious threat From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Friday. yyiTH TARA STREET, winner of the recent Singapore Cup race (1| miles) and of the 1950 Singapore Gold Cup, out of the race. Gold Meridian will probably go to the post
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    Easy Penang 6f. favours Ladies Flame
    234 12 Easy Penang 6f favours Ladies Flame PENANO, m. MUCH as I fancy No Regrets I am afraid, this gallant old campaigner may find Ladies Flame a real tough nut to crack at the weights in the Class 1 Div. 1 6f. event (Race Four) at Penang tomorrow. Ladies Flame is
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    Back Treasure Ship again
    935 12 PENANG, Friday. rpHE Gold Cup "Trial" and the top division sprint are of course the main A attractions in tomorrow's card at Penan* but the race which really intrigues me most is th« Class 1, Div. 2 7 f handicap (Race Seven). Ganibar Melayu. Treasure Ship
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    TODAY'S GOING
    18 12 PENANG is enjoying a blight and sunny snell and thr cuing today will be very good.
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    Chinese pair win in match of many errors
    197 12 IN a match in which both pairs gave away as many points as they earned, William Tan and Gan Ec Keng beat W/Cdr. A. Klidjian and P/Lt. S. Johnson in straight sets of 6-3, 6-3 to enter the S.L.T.A. men's doubles semifinals
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    34 12 SOCCER: Community I.ge.: Malays v Europeans, Stadium. GOLF: Colony championship, first round, Island Club, 2.45 p.m. BADMINTON: Junior championship, 7.15 p.m. SHOOTING: S.R.A. Bislev, Seletar range, Thomson Rd., 7.30 a.m. 3.15 pjn.
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    Straits Times Selections
    150 12 I-.TSOM JKEP i \i i BOY POIMtK RACE I 2.15 TOMTOY Arstist's Glory Ropewalk TOMTOY Artist's Glory Ropewalk TOMTOY Hope walk Artist's Glory RACE 2 2.45 RESTRICTION II >ar-Es-Salaam Knight Gallant IRISH FAME Dar-Es-Salaam Restriction II DAR-LS-SALAAM Kestrietlon II Irish Fame I RACE 3 3.15 NOBLE LAD
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    Today's Race Card
    1012 12 Today's card of probable starters and ;iockeys is: Race 1—2.15: Class 1. Div. 2—6 Furs. 1 Bright Sagittarius Charles 8.11 Mr. Pang Kirn Seng Tankard 2 440 Artist's Glory Crowe 8.08 Mr. Yap Kirn Hoe Breukelen 3 003 Tomtoy J. Donnelly 8.07 Mr. Yeap Hock Hoe Manning
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    Two records by Gomez
    126 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Prl. f* LET US Gomei, winner of the V 1950 Malayan A A. A. Best Performance trophy, broke two records today when running in the All-Malayan P.W.D. heaU on the Selangor P.W.D. ground. The Perafc schoolboy clocked 55.8 sec. i» a 440 heat, clipping
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    Grand Prix hot favourite hopes for a cool day
    736 12 By EDIN PETERS VLTHILE the organisers (Singapore Motor Club), the competitors and all intending spectators hope for a fine day at tomorrow's Johore Grand Prix, there is one who is praying for a bit of rain Perak's Bill Ferguson, the hottest
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    Trials today
    59 12 /COMPETITORS in tomorrow'i Johore Grand Prix w'.ll be allowed to take part in trials to be held on a part of the Johore Bahru circuit at 1.30 p.m. today. All spectators are reminded to keep well away from the track and to obey Implicitly the Instructions of officials
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