The Straits Times, 8 August 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAY AS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1961. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT LASHED
    732 1 Report on riots 'devastating' 'VIVID LIGHT 9 ON THE ADMINISTRA TION, SAYS BRITISH PAPER lfncT n LONDON, Tuesday. jyjOST British newspapers today splashed the Singapore Riots Inquiry Com mission report as the leading story. The Manchester Guardian, in an editorial, sharply criticised the Singapore Government and said
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    NEW TRADE PACT
    28 1 TOKYO, T»es— Burma and Japan signed a new trade pact here today providing for 10.000,000 sterling's worth of trade each way during this year.— Reuter.
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    PRICE OF SUGAR UP 11 CENTS
    90 1 PRICE OF SUGAR UP 11 CENTS T^HE price of rationed x sugar is to be raised from 32 cents to 43 cents a kati on Monday. A Government statement last night said this was n "pessary because of a sudden increase in world prices. Because of the improved supply position
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    Big curfew in Johore
    70 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. FLICE enforced a total curfew at 6 a.m. today on the outskirts of Kluang town in Johore. The curfew will last until further notice. The area affected is embraced by the Mersing read up to the 6V2 milestone, the Sembrong River and the
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    80 DROWNED NEAR DACCA
    51 1 CALCUTTA. Tues. More than 80 people were drowned in East Pakistan's worst boatIng disaster, according to reports reaching Calcutta from Dacca today. The tragedy occurred when a squall hit a boat in the Lake Pabna district. Twelve survivors were rescued. Among the victims was a baby
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    Sniff too many
    37 1 ATLANTA, Georgia, Tues.— Prisoners detailed to dispose of 430 gallons of bottled corn whisky here became so tipsy from the fumes that they were re-arrested on drunk charges and locked up again. —A P.
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    More Govt. action possible
    132 1 More Govt. action possible JsJINGAPORE Government was yesterday considering what further action it could take to implement the recommendations of the Riot Report. AtA t Government spokesman said that some of the recommendations regarding the Police Force had already been implemented. Government was not yet decided whether to issue a
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    GENERAL WAS MADE PRIVATE
    48 1 TAIPEI, Tues.— A former Nationalist lieutenant general, who was forced to serve as a private with the Chinese Cmomunists in Korea, has been killed in action. Press reports said today He was identified as Liv Shao-wu, former commander of the Nationalist 64th Army. Reuter.
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    14 POLICE KILLED IN AMBUSH
    311 1 14 POLICE KILLED IN AMBUSH KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. FOURTEEN Chinese Auxiliary Policemen, escorting rubber tappers on their rounds on a Tapah estate in PERAK were killed in a coldblooded ambush this morning when 30 bandits opened fire on them with Sten guns, rifles and tommy guns. One Chinese rubber tapper
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    The Lees make legal history
    161 1 The Lees make legal history Ma. LEE KUAN YEW YESTERDAY was the first time in the history of Singapore's Supreme Court that a husband and wife were together admitted to the Colony Bar. Former graduates of Raffles College, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew passed their professional Bar examinations at
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    $200,000 DONATED FOR FIRE RELIEF
    118 1 Crown site found {WER $200,000 has been raised by Singapore orgav nisations in six days for the relief of Kampong Bugis fire victims The Fir e Relief Committee Fund, set up by the Malayan Chinese Association and the Buddhist Federation, has [realised $108,261. while the
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    2 gangsters shot in car
    62 1 HOLLYWOOD, Tues.— Two former gangsters were shot dead last night in a car parked just off Hollywood Boulevard. Police believed that the shots were fired from the back seat. The victims were Tony Trombing, 32, and Tony Brancato, 36, underworld figures who were questioned in
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    Medals for 2 Gurkha heroes
    105 1 fWO Gurkhas of the Ist Battalion, 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles; have been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Military Medal for action against the bandits in the Bentong area of Pahang. The men are Sergeant Hardam Rai, who receives the D.C.M. and
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    NOTHING NEW IN'BIG 5'TALKS PROPOSAL—UN
    284 1 NOTHING NEW IN'BIG 5' TALKS PROPOSAL— UN Soviet offer 'propaganda' NEW YORK, Tuesday. E^IRST U.N. reaction to the Russian offer of a five 1 Power peace meeting was that it contained the same proposal which the United Nations had twice rejected as propaganda. The argument then advanced by the Western
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    Mr. Nehru accused
    144 1 KARACHI Tues. FE Pakistan Premier, Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan, today accused India of seeking to enforce an "unjust and unfounded claim" on Kashmir by military means He was replying to Indian Prime Minister Nehru in the latest, of the exchanges between Karachi and New Delhi on easing
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    'Corpse' seen crawling
    66 1 WASHINGTON, Tues 1 NEGRO revivalist and his assistant are being held on charges of obtaining money by false pretences in Maryland after a "buried" man act. At a tent revivalist meeting, a man to be "raised from the dead," was placed in a coffin and lowered into
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    RIDGWAY REPLIES TO REDS
    201 1 TOKYO, Tues. GENERAL Ridgway, replying to the Communist leaders, demanded assurance of "complete compliance with our guarantees of neutrai'sation in the Kaesong area" before resuming talks. "Any further failure will be interpreted as a deliberate move on your part to terminate the armistice negotiations I await
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    Bayonet guard for oil envoys
    218 1 ABA DAN, 'lues. lIUNDREDS of Persian 11 soldiers and sailors were posted round the airport when Mr. Richard Stokes, British Minister of Raw Materials, arrived today from Teheran on a visit to the oil refinery and the British staff. Mr. Harriman. President's special envoy, followed
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    QUAKESHAKES TEA TOWN
    61 1 QUAKE SHAKES TEA TOWN DIBRUGARH. ASSAM, Tues.— The tea plantation town of DibruKarh was shaken five times by earth tremors today— the second time within a year The town was hit last August in the severe earthquakes which killed more than a thousand peoDle in the Assam tea area. No
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    Morrison told: 'You have closed door to talks'
    252 2 CAIRO, Tuesday. rpHE Egyptian Foreign. Minister, Salah el Din Pasha, said in Parliament last night that the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Morrison, had "closed the door to Anglo-Egyptian negotiations." He said the Government would tell Parliament before the summer recess of the
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    4 DIE IN FIRE
    41 2 FUNC H A L. MADEIRA. Tues.— Fire broke out at the home of a bricklayer, Antionio Nines Faria. at Camaradelobis, Madeira, yesterday while he and his wife were at mass, killing four of his young children. A.P
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    RUSSIAN GIRL'S RECORD JUMP
    54 2 LONDON, Tues. A new record for women's parachute jumping was claimed today by Russia. A Moscow Radio broadcast said that on July 27 Valentiaean Selirerstova jumped from a plane at an altitude of 23 A26 ft. and opened her parachute at 3.150 ft. a free drop
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    NO INDIA, PAK MEN FOR TALKS
    108 2 NO INDIA, PAK MEN FOR TALKS RANGOON, Tues JNDIA and Pakistan will not take part In the talks between Burma and Indonesia on the Japanese peace treaty due to begin tomorrow, say authoritative sources. An Indonesian delegation of five led by the Foreign Minister, Dr. Achmad SubardJo, Is expected in
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    PARALYSED WOMAN HAS A 'SECRET'
    59 2 paralysed In both legs and the left arm since a pony accident as a child. She said she had a "aecret" stitch. Her work had been exhibited In Germany the United States, Canada' Austria and England. "I refused an offer of 150 SUSS!? 1°? upper
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    RUSSIA PROPOSES PACT
    452 3 Big 5 anti-war treaty offered in personal letter to Truman WASHINGTON, Tuesday. Russian President, Mr. Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik, proposed to President Truman last night that the big five Powers sign an anti-war treaty to end the cold war. The proposed treaty would include Russia, the United States,
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    CURED BY DANCING
    15 3 CURED BY DANCING she wa, told. But Bridget fou/rft 7 *ai£t hKnSS* herself by dancinc
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    Curfew in Jakarta after riots
    166 3 Curfew in Jakarta after riots JAKARTA. Tues. J^ DUSK-to-dawn curfew was imposed last night, following riots on Sunday night in which six were believed killed and many wounded. A band of armed men, car-, rying a red flag, tried to gain control of Tanjong Priok, Jakarta's port. There is still
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    Red youths seek refuge
    63 3 BLRLIN Tues.— Nearly 100 boys and girls who took part yesterday in the Commun-ist-sjwnsored world youth festival parade in the Soviet sector of Berlin, have sought refuge in West Berlin and asked permission to remain there. Thousands of young people from the festival have toured the
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    I What he is
    84 3 NIKOLAI Mikhailovich Shvernik holds the official title of the President of the Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet, but actually his job of president bears no relation to that of a President of the United States. He is somewhat of a figurehead acting as a sort of
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    U.S. may double air force
    143 3 1/IR r a i vi WASHINGTON, Tuesday. JI". Carl Vinson, chairman of the House Armed erew ftaUnfiyS"*^ t d 7 Prop S6d a vast in crease in United States air power. He called for expansion of the air force to 163 wings— nearly double the
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    Heavy taxes stop King's Cup rate
    115 3 Heavy taxes stop King's Cup rate i LONDON, Tues. I rpilE King's Cup air race, A classic event of British sporting: aviation has been abandoned this year because of "extortionate taxation," it was announced today. The race was to have been flown in conjunction with an air display at Farni
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    Ex-P.M. told 'form Govt.'
    84 3 DAMASCUS. Tues. PRESIDENT Hashem el Atassi of Syria has entrusted a former Premier. Mr. Hassan Hakim, with the task of forming a new Cabinet, it was officially announced today. Syria's cabinet crisis, which has entered its second week, resulted in Parliament adjourning today until Saturday owing
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    U.S.TOPAY BOLIVIA $3.40 Alb FOR TIN
    358 3 U.S.TOPAY BOLIVIA $3.40 A lb FOR TIN WASHINGTON, Tues. DECONSTR U C T I O N Finance Corporation officials said yesterday they expected to sign a contract with Bolivia for tin "any day now"— possibly this week. The United States offered Bolivia US$l.l2 (Str. $3.40) a pound. Corporation officials said
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    JAPS ACCUSED OF 'PIRACY': SHIP HELD
    188 3 Reds dynamite Mandalay train RANGOON. Tues. Burmese Communists dynamited and set fire to a train between Mandalay, chief city of central Burma and Mytkyina. capital of thfe tribal Kachin State ih Upper Burma, it was reported today. Guards escorting the train killed four Communists
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    U.S. 'does not want war'
    108 3 LONDON. Tues. THE Defence Minister, Mr. Shinwell, speaking yesterday at West Hartlepool on his visit to Washington last week said: "It Is sometimes said that in the United states ing. "I can tell you that in my conversations with many peoplt on this visit and
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    'Constant move to free world-Eden
    289 3 'Constant move to free world -Eden M DENVER, Colorado, Tuesday. R. Anthony Eden, deputy leader of the British Conservative Party, said here tonight there was a constant move forward to a free world shaped on of Britain tne Commonwealth, the United States and Western w,i™~» Aflmittedly the progress is slow
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    Mao wants students to return
    165 3 HONG KONG, Tues fKE Chinese People's Government is asking students studying abroad to return home as there is a serious shortage of professors and lecturers, say 19 students who arrived in Hong Kong yesterday from the United States. The group, on arrival, was escorted by
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    DUKE WINS
    28 3 COWES. ENGLAND, Tues.— The Duke of Edinburgh ft his new yacht, Coweslip. won the "Flying Fifteens" race yesterday in the Royal London Yacht Club regatta. A.P.
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    S.I.T. PLANS AN 800-ACRE ESTATE
    208 4 Flats, shops in Holland Road THE Singapore Improvement Trust is proposing; to develop about 800 acres of land in the Alexandra Road Holland Road area into a housing estate. When completed, th scientifically developed is will be one of the most housing ventures of the
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    Kepala was murdered
    119 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. A FTER considering the Police report on the death of Yap Thian Choon a kepala on Karai Nagar Estate, the Johore Bahru Coroner yesterday recorded a verdict of murder by persons unknown. On May 25. a conductor on the estate came across many Communist
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    SPORE'S MUSIC MASTER LEAVES
    65 4 SINGAPORE'S .Master of Music in the Education Department, Mr. Glan Williams, leaves on the Cm ton tomorrow for five months' leave in Britain. Born in Wales, Mr. Williams' appointment as Master of Music in Singapore in 1936 was the first of its kind in the Colonial
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    'Few keen to take up planting
    207 4 'Few keen to take up planting From Oui- Own Correspondent LONDON, Tues. THE problem of replacing older European planters in Malaya, the majority of whom have reached or are approaching retiring age, is rapidly becoming acute, says Mr. Charles Stewart, chairman of FMS Rubber Planters Estates Ltd. Despite the attraction
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    TOOK MACHINES FROM SHIP
    41 4 Tan Ah Tin yesterday pleaded guilty before thp Singapore Third Magistrate. Mr. H. B. Livingstone, to stealing two machines worth $1,200 from the ship Stan vac Hong Kong on Aug. 2. The case was postponed to tomorrow.
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    Grave doctor shortage in the Fed.
    252 4 Grave doctor shortage in the Fed. IF the "grave shortage" of doctors gets worse the Federation medical services may have to close some hospitals. Dr. P. G. Currid, Deputy Director of Medical Services, said yesterday. Dr. Currid said that, so far, two hospitals in Selangor and Perak had been closed
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    36 4 BEGUM Hussain Malik and l>c-~ MB -?ir. Pakistani representatives to the United Nations conference held recently in Jakarta. They air c now spending a few days in Singapore, studying sociali al welfare activities. Straits Times picture.
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    Blackout areas today
    159 4 I^LECTBICITY may be eat off In the following areas today: DAY Pasir Panjang, Opium Factory, Reformatory Kd., Oxygen Factory, Cressonite, St. James. Miri Road. Silat Kd., Bukit Pasoh, 8.A.T., Trafalgar St., Prince Edward Rd., Sago St., Peoples Park, Nanson Rd., Lam Soon Oil Mills, Guan Hin, U.E.
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    Scholarship to educate poor child
    133 4 Scholarship to educate poor child npo commemorate its hiurin i anniversary this month, PasT Panjang Rural Diitrict Committee is offering a $500 scholarship for thr education of a child in Singapore from the primary to the school i>ert'flcau» class. The child must have lived in Pasir Panjang district ft* the
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    STOLE SUITING FROM GODOWN
    53 4 Tan Tian Seng yesterday pleaded guilty before the Singapore Third Magistrate, Mr. H. B. Livingstone, to stealing 25 yards of suiting material, worth $100, from a Singapore Harbour Board godown on July 6. The case was postponed to Aug. 14 for sentence, and Tan was offered
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    HAD OPIUM
    41 4 For being in possession of 248 packets of opium at the Beach Road Reclamation area on July 30, Lee Lew Tow, aged 50, was yesterday sentenced by the Singapore Third Magistrate, Mr. H. B. Livingstone, to six weeks' imprisonment
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    ARSONISTS COST STORE $719,322
    161 4 r»OMMUNISTS arsonists caused damage to proDerty estimated at $719,322 within the Municipal area of Singapore during last year, says the Superintendent of the Colony's Fire Brigade, Mr. J G. Shaw, in his annual report to Municipal Commissioners. Damage to property during the December riots, according to
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    U.S. stopped buying tin
    77 4 jyjALAYA exported 4,775 tons of tin last month, the second lowest figure this year. Exports for the past seven months were 36.759 tons. January's exports of 4,514 tons are the lowest this year, and July's exports are less than June's by 996 tons. The United States
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    Don't blame us, he says
    156 4 J^R. H. J. C. Kulasingha, Legislative Councillor and chairman of the Pasir Panjang Rural District committee, replying to "Parents" letter published in the Straits Times recently, states that it Is unfair to say that the Committee is taking its own time about re-siting bus stops
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    LIGHTER MEN TO GET MORE
    55 4 Employees of seven Singapore lighterage companies will get a $10 per month wage increase from this month. This was decided at an emergency meeting of the Joint Consultative Committee for the Singapore lighterage industry last week. A tindal will now get $140 a month, and
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    SULPHURIC ACID
    15 4 Sulphuric acid can be imported from Hosg Kong says Mr. I.R.M. WlliS, Controller
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      75 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10-10.10 ajn. News from KX.: l OJn. Carl Chandler Orch.: 1.30 News- 1.45 "Lunch Time Prom"; fi 15 Children; 6.35 A Piano Interlude: 6.45 Radio String Ensemble; 7 News; 7.12 "This Is Communism"; 7.22 Interlude: 7.30 'Rhythm Parade"; 8 Malayan Badminton Championships (recorded feature): 8.15 "Moonlight Over
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    SAW CHINA TERROR
    263 5 Motor mechanic was 'horrified' at mass trials KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. /CHINESE returning to Malaya from China have v brought back a graphic description of mass trials and executions in villages in Red China, the deputy head of the Emergency Information Services, Mr. Eliot Watrous, said today. Mr.
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    Punched detective $50 fine
    126 5 Punched detective $50 fine MO Say Geok, a detective, said in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday that he fell into a drain when punched on the cheek by Abdul Razak, who was with four other Indians. Razal, a stall assistant, of Syed Alwi Road. Singapore, was fined $50 for
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    193 'get away from it all—in camp
    270 5 193 'get away from it all— in camp ONE hundred and seventyeight boys and 15 officers. from 10 companies of Singapore Battalion of the Boys' Brigade, are "getting away from it all," at a camp under canvas at Ayer Gemuroh Malay School, Singapore. Twenty-seven of the campers are from Bukit
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    Services aid Red Cross
    107 5 THE Navy, Army and Royal 1 Air Force are rallying to the aid of the Singapore branch of the British Red Cross Society in its appeal for funds. The Navy is planning a dance at Dockyard Club, an entertainment by H. M. S Terror, a bridge
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    UNION ASSURED
    47 5 Mr. C. R. Dasaratharaj, a Labour member of the Singapore Legislative Council who is on a visit to Britain, has informed the Singapore Army Civil Services Uunion that the claims of the civilian store-keepers of the Army would be settled by the War Office soon.
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    DECREE FOR WIFE
    66 5 Mrs. Constance Mabel Missp toft the acting Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Brown, yesterday that her husband, William Arnold MLsso tried to attack her with an axe but her mother intervened. He also tried to choke her and "fisted" her. Mrs. Misso was granted a decree nisi and
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    TRADE STUDENT BOUND OVER
    63 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tuas Three days after his admission as a resident student at the Trade School, Johore Bahru, Basir bin Yacob ran away taking with him a wrist watch belonging to another boarder. He was subsequently arrested in Kuala Lumpur and was today tried in the
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    NEW CHAIRMAN
    27 5 Sir Lancelot Graham has been elected chairman of the Council of the Royal Empire Society on the retirement of Admiral of the Fleet Lor* Chatfield
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    'Family is only consideration in tenancy issue'
    404 5 'Family is only consideration in tenancy issue' 'THE Second Singapore Civil District £»idge, Mr. N. L. Macassey, said yesterday that on an issue of alternative accommodation, the persons to be taken into account should be the tenant, his wife, and children. Mr. Macassey was giving judgment for Madam Tan Keng
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    ROBBERS WOKE HIM HE SAYS'
    141 5 ROBBERS WOKE HIM HE SAYS' SOH Heng Eng, aged 19, was yesterday committed for trial by Singapore Fourth Magistrate, Mr. P. Claque, on a charge of attempted armed gang robbery. Ng Sz e Lai told the Court he was awakpned at 1.30 a.m. by the noise of someone opening the
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    NEW POST
    25 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Dr. Cheah Seng Kee. of Singapore, who recently loined the Johore Medical Service, has been appointed Health Officer, Johore South.
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    China drives the British out
    184 5 Devon man who has spent 25 years in the Fur East with Butterfield Swire, and has Just left Tientsin, told the Straits Times yesterday -that the Chinese are gradually driving all the remaining British out of the country. He is Mr. L. M. Burfitt, who
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    SHE REMEMBERS RED HUNTERS
    167 5 OEHIND this picture is a story: a simple, human story of a woman in London who remembers the soldiers serving in the Malayan jungle--10,000 miles from home. She is MLss M. Marriage of 31, St. Thomas Road, Finsbury Park, London, N. 4. Her age is unknown
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    Singapore Diary
    122 5 FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN EXHIBITION. U.E. Building. 9 a.m. 6 p.m Y.W.C.A. Raffles Quay: Katong section meets at St. Hildas school premises at 3 pjn., St. Andrew's Linen Guild meets at 10 <vm. at 5 Raffles Quay. YM.C.A., Orchard Road: Combined V.M.C.A.'i staff meeting. 11 a.m.; Singapore Chew Club,
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    well DEATH
    18 6 CUNNINGHAM HARRY OCTAVIUS STRETTELL late of Negrl Sembllan. died at Sydney. Australia on August sth, 1951.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    124 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS MR. A MRS. CORNELIUS wish to thank all friends, relatives and well-wishers for their valuable gifts and for their kind presence on the occasion of their wedding on 4th August, 1951. MR. MRS QUEK SHIN thank ail friends and relatives for sending wreaths and messages of condolence, paid
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Aug. 8, 1951. Report And Reaction
    597 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Aug. 8, 1951. Report And Reaction The adminlstrtyon'« respon- 1 sibility for many*£fU« dis- F abilities under whkh the Polic* have labour*!, disabilities which seriously affected their morale, certainly cannot be questioned. And the quietly devastating revelations in the Commission's Report presumably will be accepted
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    Russia's Five Year Offer
    514 6 President Shvernik of Russia is somewhat less well I known than President Truman of the United States. He is a man of straw, his name not known outside the U.S.S.R. to more than one in a thousand newspaper readers. But this does not make Mr. Shvernik's
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    Railway statement 'takes the biscuit'
    283 6 Railway statement 'takes the biscuit' PASSING the buck is a normal Government pastime, but the statement of the Malayan Railway authorities that the congestion at Port Swettenham is partly due to the failure of importers to take delivery of their goods takes the biscuit. There may be a small number
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    THE CRITICS OF CONSUMER RESISTANCE
    222 6 THE CRITICS OF CONSUMER RESISTANCE rT\HE crit cs of Mrs. Robert Eu and the Consumers' Resistance Movement suppose that the cost of living could be brought down with a sna;> of the finger and that Government, instead of doing so, is indulging in idle words instead <"■! effective actions. This
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      A MALAY VIEW OF EDUCATION
      679 6 IT is surprising to find that there is no Malay version of the Barnes Report on Malay education. This is a big blunder, which the authorities should quickly remedy. Translation of a mere summary of the report is not enough. A complete, word-for-word translation should
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    S.T.C. FARES
    95 6 WONDER why the common man should pay increased bus fares to meet the require, ment of high cost of living of the employees of the S.T.C. when the S.T.C. management is unable to stop corruption among conductors. Much money that should go to the company is eaten up
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    Mr. Webb's population figures
    298 6 A COPY of Aquinas, the magazine of the University Catholic Students' Society, was sent to you for review early in July, and I noticed that you quoted from an article in It by Mr. C. G. Webb on Aur. 1. As editor of Aquinas. I understood
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    Glad to be a mission teacher
    390 6 Glad to be a mission teacher /CERTAIN letters, published by you on July 21 and 28 and Aug. 2 and signed T.S.D., "Sucker" and "Another Sucker", make it appear that Methodist mission school teachers are working under the most obnoxious conditions. If they are right, the only conclusion that can
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    On the Margin
    418 6 A Personal Opinion IT appears to me that the Riots Commission completely failed to appreciate one major point in the psychological background of their inquiry. The four senior European officers whom they have censured for weakness and hesitation had had Ion* experience of police work in this
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    'GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY'
    737 7 Reaction to the riot report WILTSHIRE 'THE SCAPEGOAT •T.HE Singapore Government must finally take the 1 responsibility, was the concensus of opinion in Singapore yesterday after publication of the Singapore Riot Commission's report. There was also defence of Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire acting Commissioner of
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    Report may be a best-seller
    91 7 r THE Riot Inquiry Commis- sion's report is expected to be a Government bestseller. Three thousand copies of the report have been printed, the Straits Times was told yesterday. Four hundred copies were sent to London. Another 400 were distributed locally to Government offices. Legislative
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    CLEARED BY HIGH COURT
    74 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Tai Coo, who was charged today in the High Court with possession of a Communist document, was acquitted by Mr. Justice Storr. The document was found in a box in Tai Choo's house at Sungei Masai. The box Contained, besides his children's school
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    5 JAPS MAY NOT LAND IN SPORE
    96 7 5 JAPS MAY NOT LAND IN SPORE LMVE Japanese graduates on their way to str.dy in England will not be allowed to land during the P and O liner Canton's 2i-day stay in Sin- think it is what you call illogical," smiled Mr. S. Ichit, eraduate of Osaka i'y. who
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    KLM MAKES BIG PROFIT
    56 7 Dr. A. Plesman. President of KLM Royal Dutch Airwaft, announced recently that the airline made a V "ofit of 56.000 guilders last yrar on a rising turnover of 188.000.000 guilders. Dr. Plesman states that derations for this year, so far, have been satisfactory a:id predicts an
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    THEY'RE WORRIED OVER THE DELAY
    63 7 The Stamford Club has written to the Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson. expressing tha graduate teachers' conrrrn over the delay in the implementation of the United Education Service. Urging the Governor to consider the matter, the letter points out that the select committee's report was referred
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    CANTEEN FIRE
    20 7 Fire destroyed the canteen for contracts of th*> Singapore Improvement Trust flats In Silat Road. Sinsap'Tf last night.
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    DRIVE TO RAISE POLICE MORALE
    398 7 A DRIVE to restore public confidence in the Singa- pore police is being undertaken by the Government. Great stress is beta* placed on improving morale. B taken were outlined ay by the Organisation ry, Colonial Secretar. K. A. Blacker. of the recommendare in accordance with
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    Congratulations for winner
    45 7 LAW TEIK HOCK (Penang) congratulates Wong Peng h=X f in a P or le'I e right), at the end of 'their Malayan badminton singles champion shins final at Penang which was won b T Peng Soon in straight sets.— Straits Times picture.
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    CBT of 20,000 F.I.C. piastres alleged
    50 7 Hoogeea Abdoo Rajak claimed trial In the Third Police Court yesterday to a charge of criminal breach of trust of 20,000 French IndoChJna piastres belonging to Mohamed Abdul Kadir last Friday. The case was postponed to Aug. 13 and ball of $2,500 was allowed.
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    GOVT. ACTS TO IMPROVE P.R. WORK
    181 7 STEPS have been taken by the Singapore Government to ensure that there will be an even continuous flow of information from official sources during any emergency in future. The Public Relations Office now has telephone and teleprinter link with the Police/Military Combined Operations Room
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    Seaman with gun fined
    109 7 TWENTY-YEAR-OLD John X Fra^er Qoddard, found with a .25 automatic pistol, loaded with six rounds of ammunition on the Singapore padang. on July 22. was yesterday fined $200 by Mr. Justice Whitton in the Colony High Court. Goddard, an apprentice officer on the Silver Oak. was
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    MODEL FLYING
    26 7 The Singapore Aeromodellers Society will hold a meeting at 27, Margoliouth Road, off Stevens Road, at 6 p.m. on Friday. All Interested are welcome.
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    1917 going to Mecca
    73 7 A TOTAL of 1,917 pilgrims will sail by the Tyndareus next Tuesday on the last voyage to Mecca this season. When the ship arives |i Penang, 900 pilgrims from Singapore will be joined by 759 from North Malaya. They will be accompanied by the Pilgrim Welfare
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    Malayan teachers to talk welfare
    146 7 MORE than 30 delegates representing teachers' unions in Singapore and the Federation, will a^r^ The Director of Education Singapore, Mr. A. W. Frisby will open the conference which will last till tomorrow One of the main items on the agenda is the housing allowance for
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    S.I.T. TAKES MORE STAFF
    70 7 Mr Alex Greenhill. Sec:.tary of the Singapore Improvement Trust, said yester day that there had been eood response to recent advertisements for clerks These i clerks are needed to deal with the "big rush" expected when the Trust Register for housing accommodation is opened. Two University
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    CAUSED HURT WITH HAMMER
    70 7 As she bent over her husband, who had been assaulted by Ponnusamy with a length of pipe. Mariam binti Tamby was hit with a hammer by Suppammah, the wife of Ponnusamy. the Singapore Third Magistrate, Mr H B Livingstone, was told yesterday. Suppammah. aged 48, was
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    A MEMENTO
    39 7 A Chinese pendant was Riven as a memento to Mr James Payne. Australian Trade Commissioner, going on transfer to San Francisco by the Singapore Fruits and* Vegetables Association at a dinner last night at the < Great World
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    HOLIDAY IN H.K.
    19 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues 1 Mr. N. A. Cohen. Chairman I of the Committee of Review, j
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    'STAGGERING' NEW MARKET FOR RUBBER
    420 7 instead of paying duty as at present. AnotlKj 1 problem f acini: ;h« powdered rubber industry i* the higher cost of freight, cnuseri L.y the fact that it cannot be pacKed too tight without going solid, which means re-grlndlng at the other end. Samples of
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    SIT MANAGER TO VISIT U.S.
    49 7 of L q, Fraser Manager for the unitel States in O ct ho" k" an oflclal vlsit which qtt l en a PP rov ed by the SIT. board of trustees Mr. Fraser. when asked yesterday about hLs proposed trip, declined to comm nt
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    WIDOW TRIED TO KILL HERSELF
    66 7 Depressed because her eldest son, the bread-earner in a large family, had been detained under the Emergency Regulations for rioting Janaki, a 47-year-old Indian widow, took caustic soda Janaki, who told Singapore First Magistrate, Mr. R c S. Bell, yesterday that she had no relatives
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    ORPHAN ANNIE FINDS A HOME
    517 8 FROM AN ESTATE BUNGALOW A VILLAGE near tut was screened recently and we were there when it happened. Since the resettlement the place reminds you of Noah's ark there certainly seem to be two of every kind of all domestic animals and then some. On
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    31 8 Lali l ha, 14 months eld daugter of Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Ramanath, of 216 Penang Road, Penang, wins this week's $5 prize for the Bonniest Baby of the Week.
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    'Childish' Ailments Should Be Avoided
    806 8  -  NURSE JANET MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA —By— T*HE idea that it is better A for a child to get a disease when he is young so that he will get over it is no longer believed. Formerly children were not protected from whoop'.ng cough measles and
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      404 8 <-i mm» *m 29. His name Is associated Straits Tunes Crossword -ft -Brit.*. j I darts (9). I 2 3 4 5^9 8 DOWN L Joins In and decides to JSJSSS; «ct- (5, 4). §n in m m m m m 2. a p«>i agw b£& ££s sssss fftvrt £>^
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      BUT THEY COULDN'T GO TO BED
      791 9 OARADA grunted, turned over in bed, and very sleepily opened one eye. Facing her on the wall was her favourite picture, a painting done by her brother Krishnan of the old woman who lived in a shoe. What a funny place to live, she
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      Everyone Has A Chance
      341 9 Dear Boys and Girli, I am pleased to see that nearly all of you are remembering to write your ages on your competition entries. Last week, only four readers forgot this important point, which is a great improvement, for at one time, at least half of
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      TALKING OF STAMPS
      151 9 THE sportsmen and sportswomen of Great Britain and Ireland have wandered to the four corners of the earth, teaching their games to all and sundry, but never has Britain issued stamps showing her professorship in mirp *nort«i than anu nthpr nation in the world. True, the mother
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      28 9 D LEASE enrol me as a member of the Children s r Corner W.« Owls Club, and send m« a ADDRESS H DATE 6F BIRTH c J it**.
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    880 10 rTHE Malayan ,share market opened after th* holidays yesterday on a quiet note. Industrials and Rubbers were firm but the market was restricted by lack of scrip. Tins were slightly easier Quotations announced by I caoiclthe Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: ISDt'STRIALS Atlas lev v oo 1400 8.8 Petrol
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    TIN: $400 A PICUL
    35 10 SINGAPORE, Tues., Aur. 7—$400 (down $1.75.) London: £810 a ton LONDON, Tiies. Cash Buyers £810, Sellers £812Forward Buyers £800, Sellers £801; Settlement £806 (down £12). Turn-over: a.m. 70 p.m. 20 tons.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    306 10 LONDON Tues MOST of the meagre business m the London Stock Exchange today was for the purpose of levelling positions at the end of account and price changes were mainly small. Selected domestic stocks received further small support and were better where changed particularly In groups such as
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    61 10 HONO KONG, Tues. pREB market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HK16.29 (cash); AK56.33 (T); £1 HK$l5.BO; one tahil of gold HK$3l2U UP. 'THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yester- i day that exchange rates for Hong Kong dollars
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    Rubber at $1.43 1/2
    195 10 WITH no news from London, very little busln&s* was done in the Singapore rubber market yesterday. August first-grade closed at $1.43 y2y 2 a lb. buyers, half a cent above Friday's close. The market was quiet throughout the day. Business done was at slightly higher prices
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    142 10 fTWE copra section of the SinA gapore produce market was quiet yesterday with prices lower than last Friday's close. There were sellers at $42 and buyers at S4l. Coconut oil also was quiet, with buyers at $68 and sellers at $70. There was hardly any change In
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    33 10 rpHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying T.T. 34 11/16. Airmail (0.D.) 34 13/16. (90 days) 3i 1/16; Selling. T.T./O.D. ready 34%.
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    THREE SAFE BETS FOR TODAY
    809 11 A rtist 's Glory, Demonic, Jimson From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Tuesday. ARTISTS Glory, iimson and Demonic axe three sound each-way wafers in tomorrow's card at Penan;, third day of the Penan* Turf Club August Bank Holiday Meeting. Artist's Glory, a speedy four-year-old by Diplomat, scored
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    Straits Times Selection
    106 11 EPSOIi JEEP CALL BOY POIMXKK BACK 1 DEMONIC Mr M«M7 Kutwkk MERLIN gT Valley DEMONIC He mamej Suiy V»fl«y RACE t ANNOUNCE Rto Graate F«UiU TALKIE Zatorfe CLAUDIUS Si* Gru4* SBckneM RACE 1 JDCSON WMI* Urn PAM GREEN ■■rry l> WMteUIM JIMSON WMte LBm Hurry Vp RACE
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    Today's Race Card
    873 11 BELOW is the card of probable starters and Jockeys »©e today's races tn Penan* the big sweep will be drawn •o Race Seven: Race 1— S-Oi: Class 4, Div. S— 6 Furs. 1 000 Envoy Woods 9.00 "Mr. Kwflc" Fox 2 004 Banqut-t Hail Tait 8.13 M/s.
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    RACE WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    367 11 PENAN ttTEIGHTS for Saturday, the fin TT Penang Turf Club's August meeting, are: G, Tuesday, al day of the Bank Holiday TH« COLO CUP I CLASS 1-IM. 3F |2TTod«. "ili Colonel Dalv 9.67 Springbok 7.1S Four O'clock U 9C7 Miss Nathan 7.11 Raj Mahal 3.M Happy
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    Bank combined better
    153 11 \f UCH better combination enabled Bank S.C. to beat Imperial Chemical Industries S.C. by three goals to one in an interesting Business House League Cup fixture played at Farrer Park yesterday. After a scoreless first half, lefttnside A. A Norrie opening accounts off an indirect free-kick for
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    picking ream not easy, says Chuan Geok
    535 12 THOMAS CUP MEN NEED TRAINING PENANG, Tuesday. yilE impression gained by people in Malaya, as a 1 result of the success of Singapore players in the recent All-England, French and Danish championships, was that Malaya would be able to retain the Thomas Cup
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    SHELL WIN 2-0
    41 12 In a Singapore Business House pogue Cup fixture played on Breweries ground yesterday, Shell Sports Club beat Malaya Publishing House by two goals to nil. The scorers for the winners were: Ong Chin Wah (1) and Omar (1).
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    25 12 LEFT: Cecilia Samuel. Malayan women's singles badminton champion, and her partner. Lam Kit Lin with whom she also took the doubles title. Straits Times picture.
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    Free-for-all threatened: ref stops game
    187 12 Free-for-all threatened: ref stops game THE Division 3A SAFA Leagu< soccer fixture between S'pori Medical Workers Union and Menta Hospital R.C. on the BOOCA ground in St. George's Road yesterday was abandoned after aboui 20 minutes when a minor lncldeni threatened to develop Into a free-for-all. Duiing the short period
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    Sports Diary
    39 12 SOCCER: Junior Cup-ties: Mental Hospital v. C.V.MA. (P.M.), Padang: Cheerful Lads, v. T.B. Rangers, St. Georges Rd.; Second Div.: Indonesian* 'A' v. 5.H.8., Geylang; Third Dlv.: Town Rangers v. Socials, Si. George's Rd. TENNIS: Singapore championships, Padang.
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    RECORD-BREAKERS IN JOHORE TEAM
    228 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Tiies. JOHORE will send 27 competitors to the Malayan Athletic Championship meet" at Kuala Lumpur. The team includes Ong Soon Kheng. the Batu Pahat school girl, who broke the Malayan record tor the women's high Jump, and 2/Lt. D. J. Pain, who created a
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    C.A. save point in 54th minute
    340 12 C.A 1; Amicables 1. CHINESE Athletics recent performances are hardly recognisable as those of a team which won the League soccer championship in 1949. Seletar knocked them out of the Cup competition by three goals to dne last Wednesday and at Jalan Besar Stadium
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    ONLY ONE ROUND FOR CUP RUGBY
    144 12 KUALA UMPLR, Toes. MALAYAN Kujby Union detided at their annul meeting, held here yesterday, on each State playing one round in the Malaya Cap competition Instead of two rounds. Mr. Justice Paul Storr presided and delegates from all States were present. The standard of
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    Warwick now 60 pts ahead
    150 12 LONDON Tues WARWICKSHIRE County cricket championship jeaders Increases their aead to (0 points after the series of games ending today. Warwick now have 194 points from 23 games; York, 136 from 21; Lanes 124 from 21. NorthanU bt Leicester on Ist Ibbs (Lelcs): Leics 222.
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    Built winner in own room
    115 12 MORE than 12 small sailing boats raced form Singapore to the Naval Base and back to Singapore on Saturday and Monday in a long-distance sailing race organized In place of the traditional Round the Island race. Winner of the whole event was a Tornado class
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    S.A.B. ties for the weekend
    258 12 rE following ties in the Singapore Badminton Association's junior tourney will be played at the Clerical Union Hall: SATURDAY at 7.15 p.m. George Tan v Tan Chin Jin; Lim Seng Kok v Seah Kirn Teck; M. Saleh Hj. Kuroshl v Goh Hock Lye; Sadall bin
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    Mrs. Purrier upsets the favourites POLICE WIN
    350 12 Mrs. Purrier upsets the favourites POLICE WIN SLTA TOURNEY LIM Bong Soo and Mrs. j. Purrier entered the final of the Singapore L.T.A. mixed doubles event yesterday by beating top favourites N. S. Wise and Miss R. C. Rhoades 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Chief factor in this unexpected result was the
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    RAHIM OMAR OUT OF CUP TEAM
    195 12 gINGAPORE Amateur F.A. selectors have made one «h i w*f Sin a P° r e XI to meet Malacca in their Malaya OWp match at Jalan R^sar sta,n.,m on Saturday. Left-winger Rahim Omar who played against Combined Services whom Singapore beat one-nil, has been
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS
    114 12 PLLOWING are results of ties played in the Tanglin Tennis championships yesterday: Mixed Doubles (Handicap): Mr. and Mrs. R. Mlddleton-Smith (—.3) bt. Mr. and Mrs. J. van Heuven (—.3) 5-7, 7-5, 7-5; Capt. and Mrs. R. W. Collis (Scr.) bt. Lt. Col. P. R. Ashburner and Mrs.
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    Kelantan team
    62 12 KOTA BAHRU, TUM. AT a committee meeting of the Kelantan A.A.A. the following, were selected to represent Kelantan at the Malayan championship meet at Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 17 18: Sidique Merican (100 yards and 220 yards): Yap Pheck Kirn (100 and 220 yards); Mohamed Mustapha (8880 yards);
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    882 12 Sentinel's Sportlight PENG SOON WAS IMMACULATE I VOW that' Malaya's Festival of Sport is over, I > X1 let us take stock 01 the achievements and I the personalities that made headlines during I i the past four or five days a period i which gave sports fans all the
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