The Straits Times, 14 August 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST J4, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    SENTRIES SHOOT LOOT GANG
    256 1 3 wounded in Singapore raid 30 SHOTS, 18 SURRENDER fWO Malays and an Indian were shot and wounded by Army sentries at the 223 Base Ordnance Depot, Alexandra, Singapore, yesterday, when 22 men made one of the biggest organised attempts to loot property from the depot.
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    Royal couple smile as Princess explores garden
    351 1 Meet the Royal Babies PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND HER FAMILY AT HOME IN LONDON The Duke is now a 'temporary civilian THESE happy family pictures of Princess Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh and their two children were taken recently in the garden of Clarence
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    $10,000 Red is killed
    105 1 $10,000 Red is killed KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. SOUTH Johore's notorious Mm Yuen chief, Sau Keng, with a $10,000 reward on his head, has been killed. Police headquarters announced today that Sau Keng was killed in the Johore Bahru area yesterday as a result of information. He was one of two
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    Jap crimes officers get no privileges
    176 1 Jap crimes officers get no privileges JAPANESE officer war criminals who are being sent back to Japan to finish their prison sentences, will share the same accommodation as the Japanese other ranks in the Tairea. This was stated yesterday by Commander G. E. \V. W. Bayly, Singapore Commissioner of Prisons,
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    Five die in ambush
    45 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. FIVE security men were kill1 ed and two wounded when bandits ambushed an investigating party in an estate in the Sungei Siput area of Perak yesterday. The party were investigating a report of rubber slashIng in the estate.
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    Watts-Carter leaves
    34 1 Mr. Jeffrey Watts-Car-ter, the Australian plantar who was acquitted by the Kuala Lumpur High Court last month on a capital charge under the Emergency Regulations, left Singapore yesterday for England by air.
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    WHY HIDE THIS BEAUTY? HE ASKS
    46 1 LOS ANGELES, Mon. Peter Rosenfeld, president of the California Fashion Crea* tors, said today his industry will fight the Paris-led trend towards longer skirts. Rosenfeld said: "American women have the most beautiful legs in the world. Why. hide them?"— A.P.
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    BANDITS BURN TIMBER KONGSI
    44 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A disused timber kongsi has been burnt by bandits in the Muar area of Johore. A smokehouse was set on fire in the Kota Tinggi area of Johore and rubber trees were slashed in the Muar area.
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    PLANE MISSING
    29 1 KODIAK, Alaska, Mon. A four-engine Navy privateer with 12 men aboard was reported missing today on a flight from Kodiak to Adak Island in the Aleutians. UP.
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    Flights are resumed
    52 1 PENANG, Mon. MALAYAN Airways this morning resumed their Medan flights cancelled since Saturday following a cable from the military authorities advising of disturbed conditions in Jakarta. Today, two flights were made after another cable had been received stating that the situation was now normal. Trouble In Sumatra
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    PRAYER DAY
    20 1 MANILA, Mon. Filipinos will organise a day of prayer on Aug 19 for the Japanese Deace treaty.— Reuter.
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    GENERAL SHOT
    35 1 PUSAN. Korea Mon.—Bri-gadier-Gen. Kirn Kuen and four other senior officers of the Korean National Guard were executed by a firing squad today for their part In the embezzlement of National Guard funds. U.P.
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    Naval Red suspended
    106 1 LONDON, Mon. J^ senior armament supply officer for the British Admiralty, Mr. Malcolm M. McGrath. who joined the Communist Party last month, said today that he had been suspended from duty. He said "I joined the Communist Party feeling that this was the only party with any
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    KIDNAPPED
    17 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Bandits abducted 18-year-old Tan Choon Hak in the Kluang area of Joh'dre yesterday.
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    Ex-general to die for 'spying'
    192 1 Ex-general to die for 'spying ITO LONDON, Monday. pOLR Rumanians charged with espionage for Britain and high treason were sentenced to death today by a secret session of the Bucharest military court, according to a Rumanian news agency despatch received in London They were Mihail Romanescu, a former major-gene-ral; George
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    100 men say: we will strike
    93 1 100 men say: we will strike UORE than 100 workers of Teng San Brick Works, at Wolskel Road, Singapore will strike on August 23. Negotiations between the management and the employees over pay reached deadlock yesterday. The management offered 5 per cent wage increase; the workers wanted 30 per cent.
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    Three die, 1 hurt in brush with Huks
    35 1 MANILA. Mon. Liberal Philippine Congressman, Mr. Alejo Santos, was seriously wounded and three soldiers were killed in a skirmish with Huk rebels north of Manila yesterday. A.F.P.
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    Atom bomb talks for services
    74 1 Master of St. Cathe- rlne'a College, Cambridge University, M r Donald Portway, it due in Singapore today to talk to services persnnnot atom and hydrogen bombs, atomic energy In toduatry, rocket proJectUes, ana electronics. Mr. Portway will talk on Thursday to officers of Far at
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    STEEL PRICE LEAP HITS ARMS PLAN
    169 1 LONDON, Monday. ORITISH iron and steel prices rose as much as **20 per cent today, threatening to cut into the Government's huge programme designed to rearm Britain in three years. The increases, announced by the nationalised iron and steel Industry, pushed up prices as
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    COUNCIL THINK AGAIN
    75 1 THE lay-out for Telok Ayer reclamation area, off Anson Road, where the Singapore Government earmarked a lot on which to build the proposed $2,000,000 sports stadium, Is to be reconsidered by the Colony. This follows a recent application by the Singapore Municipality to allot space in this
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    TITO WANTS MORE AID
    126 1 'Greatest danger next year 9 ROME. Monday. MARSHAL Tito yesterday told U.S. Senator Blair Moody that the next year would be "the period of greatest danger" for world peace. Tito urged that the United States make more military equipment available to him as soon as possible.
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    2 cows found dead in wagon
    37 1 PORT SWETTENHAM, Mon. Two cows were found dead in a railway wagon in Port Swettenham yard today. Eight other cows in the wagon were well. The cattle had arrived from Irdia.
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    Don't be so firm -Red general
    207 1 Don't be so firm -Red general TOKYO, Mon. GENERAL Nam 11, of North Korea, told the United Nations Command delegates at today's 23rd armistice conference at Kaesong that Unless they changed their stand, the conference would lose its significance and purpose and no progress could be ex«pected. Gen. Nam. according
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    Ship in trouble
    27 1 LONDON, Mon.— The Norwegian steamer, Bess, radioed an SOS today and said h<r crew were taking to the liftboats in the North Sea. Reuter.
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    NEW MINISTER MURDERED BY JEALOUS WIFE World news in brief
    416 2 NEW MINISTER MURDERED BY JEALOUS WIFE World news in brief pRETTY, black-haired Mme. Yvonne Chevaliier, wife of the Mayor of Orleans, on Sunday told the police she had shot and killed her husband just 24 hours after he took his first post in the new French Cabinet. She said it
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    His 2 weddings' follow pattern
    63 2 DETROIT, Mon. WARREN Schultz, aged 24, was charged with bigamy yesterday for marrying two women who knew each other before the same Justice of the Peace with the same witnesses and taking them to the same place for their honeymoon. Mrs. Pearl Betbild, 27, and
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    TO AMERICA
    61 2 WEARING a whit? silk trousered costume, 22-year-old Mrs. Yvonne Gulam Huiscim, wife of a Colombo textile importer, about to leave Waterloo Station, London, to board the Queen Elizabeth at Southampton for America. Mr. and Mrs. Huiseim have been on a fourmonth Festival visit to Britain. They are going
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    Nine killed in clash over dyke
    83 2 Nine killed in clash over dyke CALCUTTA, Mon.— J^INE people were killed and seven seriously wounded near the North Bihar town j ship of Darbhanga in a dispute over an order to open up a dyke. Villagers, who maintained that the flow of water would flood their fields, attacked police
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      462 2 BOARD OF LICENSVfG JUSTICES SINGAPORE NOTICE OP QUARTERLY SESSION A quarterly session of the Board of Mrvnslng Justices for Singapore will be held In the Court of the District Judge and First Magistrate in the Police Courts. South Bridge Road, Singapore at 2 15 p.m on Monday 24th September. 1951.
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    'ROCK BOTTOM' OIL PROPOSAL
    293 3 Stokes gets go-ahead by phone And he has talks with the Shah TEHERAN, Monday. THE Lord Privy Seal, Mr. Richard Stokes, was expected tonight to present Britain's "rock bottom" terms for a solution of the AngloIranian oil nationalisation dispute. Final terms of the offer were a
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    Say when—if you can
    33 3 Say when if you can JET propelled refreshment hits Kathleen Brown (left) when fellow August holidaymaker Janet Sutton provides a long drink straight from the siphon on the beach at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England.
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    CONSIDER RUSSIAN 'PEACE' FEELERS
    163 3 CONSIDER RUSSIAN 'PEACE' FEELERS Indian envoy MOSCOW, Mon. yHE Indian Ambassa- sador, Prof. Saryopalli Radhakrishnan. said yesterday that the Western Powers would be well advised to pay serious attention to recent peace feelers from Russia, which might lead to an improvement of the prospects of peace. Hp snid: "The Soviet
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    U.S. fleet for the 2 Oceans
    68 3 NORFOLK, Virginia, Mon. ADMIRAL William Fech- teler, new chief of United States naval operation^, said in an interview here yesterday that strategic considerations developing from the international situation would dictate the distribution of the American fleet between the Atlantic and the Pacific. "Never in
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    TALKS TEAM LEADER
    50 3 LONDON. Mon. Lord Ogmore, Minister of Civil Aviation, will read the British delegation to the African Defence Facilities conference opening in Nairobi, Kenya, on August 20. South Africa. Belgium. France. Italy Portugal' and Southern Rhodesia are alsu sending representatives, and a delegation is expected from Ethiopia— Reuter.
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    BREAD MAY BE DEARER
    52 3 MELBOURNE, Mon.— Bread prices are expected to go up the end of this month or early in September. The increase Is likely to be about id. or Id for a 21b. loaf. The present price of a 21b loaf is lOd. delievered, and 9d over the
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    348 ENLIST
    26 3 CANBERRA, Mon.— A total 3f 345 men have enlisted t reinforce the Third AuTwaian Battalion in Korea. The arget figure is 500. A. P.
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    Men out to kill-killed
    81 3 ROME, Mon. TPIIE game season opened yesterday in Italy and Rome newspapers today reported the first casualties. Fmilko Buffi, aged 58, shuffling through weeds to pick up a quail he had shot, was himself mistaken for game and shot dead by a companion. Another hunter mistook
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    The golden fleece
    80 3 —£550 m. a year CANBERRA. Mon. AUSTRALIA began the last financial year with a dollar deficit A £4,389,000 but finished with a favourable dollar trading balance of A£92,770,000, Government figures show. Greatest contribution to excess of total exports over imports was wool, which brought in A£550,393,000 including
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    Blood donors saved troops
    49 3 MELBOURNE, Mon. Major-General Kingsley Norris, Director-General of Army Medical Services, told the Voluntary Blood Donors' Association here that improved blood transfusion services had prevented the death of many Australians woundad in Korea. He said only one Australian had died out of every 100 wounded. A.P.
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    10,000 Italians for Australia
    45 3 MELBOURNE, Mon.—Australia is to get 10,000 Italian •ligrants this year for essential industries. Five hundred German migrants, mostly single men. will arrive in the next few 'iionths to bring the staff of thfe Commonwealth Railways toite full strength of 3,000 A.P.
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    Navy cancels Egypt visit
    61 3 CAIRO, Mon. proposed visit by British n warships to Egyptian port* has been cancelled, a British Embassy spokesman said today. The application for the visit was made to Egypt on July 3, but no reply has been received so the Admiralty decided to cancel the visit.
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    Siamese mission in Switzerland
    54 3 BERNE, Mnn A Snmese*military mission, neatled by Lieut-Gen. Sudhi Sydnysarn Rokamara Chief of th General Statf, will visit S'.vfrs military schools and installations on Wednesday and Thursday, it was announced toc>ay. The missbn will be shown round by Chef of the Swiss General Siaft, Colonel de
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    FIRST SESSION
    23 3 TEL AVIV, Mon. The Israeli Parliament, elected on July 30, will hold its inaugural session in Jerusalem on August 20. A.P.
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    'QUEEN' KEPT OUT BY FOG
    39 3 NEW YORK, Mor^ The giant British liner QueYa Jllizabeth was unable to enter New York harbour yesterday owing to a dense fog and had to anchor at the mouth of the Hudson River. A.F.P.
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    BRITISH FREIGHTER IN DANGER' SIGNAL
    115 3 MELBOURNE, Monday. THE British 7,285-ton freighter Stanflrth, was reported in danger Jusfc before midnight yesterday after being taken in tow earlier by a rescue tug. the James Paterson, following a storm. A broadcast from the tug, which made a two-day dash through a storm to
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    500 GAOLED
    28 3 HONG KONG, Mon. Prison terms ranging from one to 15 years were passed on 500 "counter-revolutionaries 1 on Aug. 6 by Communists in Shanghai.— A. P.
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    WEST EUROPE 'LAGGING'
    238 3 WEST EUROPE 'LAGGING Ike dissatisfied with A-Pact army WASHINGTON, Monday. AN American Senate Foreign Relations Sub- Committee claimed yesterday that Western Europe was lagging in building up its ground forces, but had promised Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower a 75 per cent increase in divisions by next year. Nine Senators, comprising
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    NEW COMMANDER
    50 3 UtUkß ADMIRAL WALTER F. BOONE, who has been appointed Commander of U.S. Naval Forces m Eastern Atlantic, with headquarters m London. Admiral Boone is 53. His general area of responsibility will comprise the U.K., part of North Africa and areas of Eastern Atlantic and Arctic Ocean. Reuter photo.
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    63,000 are still
    36 3 prisoners ROME, Mon.— The Italian Government has compiled evidence that about 63,000 Italian soldiers are still missing behind the Iron Curtain, despite Russia's claim that' repatriation of war prisoners has been completed. UP.
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    India has shut the door—Liaquat
    167 3 India has shut the door— Liaquat KARACHI, Monday. THE Pakistan Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, x said yesterday that the Indian Premier. Mr. Nehru, has closed the door on his plan to rule out an Indo-Pakistah war. But he again urged Mr. Neri^u to accept United Nations Security Council E2,uidance
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    Congress still in crisis
    79 3 NEW DELHI, Mon. T'RISIS still gripped the Indian Congress last night as the working committee broke up without reaching any solution over the surprise resignation of Mr. Nehru from the pWiy executive. This was the committee's fourth successive meeting since it received his letter. It will
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    Tanks in streets: many arrests
    170 3 Tanks in streets: many arrests SUMATRA SWOOP ON REBELS THE HAGUE, Mon. OUNDREDS of people LL have been arrested in East Sumatra and tanks and armoured cars patrolled Me d a n. an Indonesian news agency reported yesterday. The agency said no official statement had been made but the action
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    'The hope for world peace'
    79 3 CAUX-SUR-MONTREUX. Mon. SARDAR BAHADUR Khan, Pakistan Minister of Railways and Communications told the World Assembly for Moral Rearmament here yesterday that moral rearmament is "the future hope of world peace". "If individuals do not have moral strength they are like, a rudderless ship whose ultimate
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    £ A 40,000 lost in bushfires
    49 3 A 40,000 lost in bushfires BRISBANE, Mon.— Carcases of hundreds of sheep and wild animals were scattered over some 500,000 acres of fire ravaged pastures in central Queensland yesterday as bushfires, raging for more than a week, were brought under control. Stock fodder and fencing losses exceeded £A40,000.— Reuter.
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    RED YOUTHS IN 8-HOUR MARCH
    99 3 BERLIN, Mon rOMMUNIST youths from all over the world stjwted dancing in East Berlin streets yesterday afternoon after an eight-hour mass parade which its sponsors called 'history's biggejt peace murch.' The official German news agency, ADN, said 2,000,000 youths including 35,000 West Germans took part,
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    store to beat racket
    141 4 CINGAPORE Hire Car Association plans to form a $500,000 taxi owners' co-operative stores society to fight the black market in tyres and motor accessories, Mr. T. A. Simon, president of the Association, said yesterday. He said: "The fact that these shortages are mainly artificial was proved
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    COURT ORDER TO 4 FIRMS
    175 4 COURT ORDER TO 4 FIRMS OECILTvS to demolish six smokehouses, a building, and a labourers' quarters within six months were issued to four leading rubber merchants by Singapore First Police Magistrate Mr. R.C.S Bell, yesterday The merchants are Kuek Kok Thye, Tan Boon Cheong, Wee Kirn Beng. and Ng Quee
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    New import form
    60 4 THE Singapore Import and 1 Export Department will introduce a new form for applications to import from tomorrow. The present form, known as an A.P., will not be accepted by the Import Licencing branch after today. Importers will be required to get their own supplies of the
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    YWCA appeal for fire victims
    42 4 The Young Women's Christian Asso'c'atlon. Singapore appeal lor donations of clothing, cooking utensils, tinned food and money, to be distributed to the victims of the Kampong Bugis fire. Donations will be received every day during thp week
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    UMNO FORMS LIAISON BODY
    71 4 SEREMBAN, Mon. The first liaison committee of UMNO, Negri Sembilan, was formed at a meeting held at Rembau. Che Bahaman bin Samsuddin, chairman of Seremban UMNO division, was nominated the liaison officer UMNO Negri Sembilan. while Che Amin din Mohd. Ali was elected secretary. The liaisorr
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    GONE TO U.K.
    35 4 KOTA BAHRU Mon.— lnch? Abdul Rahim, eldest son ot Inche Yusoff, headmaster of the Malay School, Padang Garong, has gone to England for a four-year course in civil engineering at Southampton College
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    7 types of rice 'freed'
    97 4 APPLICATIONS for import licences for seven types of rice from Siam, Burma and the Associated Staias of Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos will now be considered by th*> Singapore Import and Exoort Department. The types of rice are* Whole grain 100 per cent, broken (grades Cl
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    WOMAN TRIED TO BRIBE PC
    59 4 A 30-year-old woman, Yap Geok Yee, was yesterday fined $100. or one month's Imprisonment for offering a bribe of $10 to a police constable after she was arrested for gambling in a house at Bukit Timah Road. Singapore. The magistrate, Mr. P Claque, ordered that
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    She's writing a thesis
    56 4 JVfISS LAM LAI CHENG (above) of Ipoh has been awarded a scholarship by the Philadelphia Bryn Mawr Women's College for a graduate course in educational psychology. Miss Lam is a Chemistry Honours graduate of the University of Malaya. She is now preparing her thesis I for
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    Police recruiting extended a week
    126 4 SINGAPORE Harbour Board is re-opening recruitment for the new Harbour Board Police Force for another week, tht Straits Times learnt yes- So high is the quality of the 140 recruits chosen that the Board is anxious to give an opportunity to candidates whose applications were
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    CLASSES FOR ADULTS
    77 4 KUALA KANGSAR, Mon. A branch of the Perak Adult Education Association has been formed at Kuala Kangsar. Officials elected were: President, Inche Kh&dljah Raja Hanlff Shah; vice-president, Inche Salleh bin Hussein; hon. secretary. Inche Embun Aiiffln, assistant secretary, Mrs. Chuah Chong Yong; treasurer. Mr. R. C. Mannavarayan;
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    34 4 MR. PETER A. PELLING of the Royal Air Force and Miss Wong Wai Hah, a nurse at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, after their wedding at the Wesley Methodist Church, Singapore, on Saturday. Straits Times picture.
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    Feeding centres need doctors
    291 4 'JUST AN HOUR A WEEK 9 VOLUNTEER doctors to give their services for about one hour a week at one or other of Singapore's child feeding centres are badly needed, the officer in charge of the centres, Mr. C. F. de Souza. said yesterday. He appealed
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    Government delays CD recruiting
    137 4 /GOVERNMENT delay in de\J ciding conditions of service is holding recruiting for Singapore Civil Defence services •'We are doing all we can to build up the various volunteer forces in general, and the civil defence organi. sation is being built up gradually," Mr. H. G. Turner,
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    Chance for a market
    87 4 SINGAPORE manufacturers of Industrial machinery, tools and appliances for small-scale and cottage Industries, v.iU have an opportunity n; finding new marKots in India next year. An exhibition of this type of machinery will be held In New Delhi from Feb. 9, 1952. Exhibitors are exoected from
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    FORBIDDEN FRUIT
    47 4 When charged with theft of 54 rambutans from a garden at Dunearn Road on July 12, Fadali bin Masmil ased 17, told the SinpapcFourth Magistrate, Mr. P Claque, yesterday, that hf plucked the fruits to eat. He was bound over for siv months in $50.
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    Singapore Diary
    133 4 FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN EXHIBITION, U.E. Building 9 a.m. 6 p.m. Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay: Mandarin (advanced class) 10.30 a.m.; Ballroom dancing (beginners) 6— 7 p.m.; Advance class 5—65 6 p.m V.M.C.A., Orchard Road: SP.C.A. committee meeting, 8.18 p.m.; Malay class, 5.30 p.m.; French class, 30 p.m.; St. John Ambulance
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    PONTIFICAL MASS AT CATHEDRAL
    54 5 Pontifical Mass will be said at the Cathedral of the Oodfi Sh/pherd, Singapore, at 7 a.m. tomorrow the Feast of thij Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There will also be two Low Masses, one at 8 a.m. and aoother at 10 a.m., and Rosary and
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    MONEY TO BE POOLED TO HELP THE FIRE HOMELESS
    171 5 gINGAPORE associations and groups which have been organising relief for victims of the Kampong Bugis fire yesterday agreed to stop cash distribution and pool their funds for a building to accommodate the 7,000 homeless. At a meetintrcalled by Mr. R. W.
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    Two Very Important
    165 5 VuUVloiM »pwo very Important People stepped aboard a Qantas8.0.A.C. aircraft at Killang airport. Singapore, yeswrdav on their way to London. They were A.C.2 6oh ¥ak Chia and A.C. Suleiman bih Syjek. members of No. 1 Squadron of the Malayan Air Training Corps, who are taking part in
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    Planes go to Medan again
    82 5 services between Singapore and Medan, Eastern Sumatra, which were stopped on Saturday by the military authorities there, were resumed early yesterday. A Malayan Airways Dakota, which snould have left Singapore on Saturday afternoon for Medan via Penang, took of! yesterday. Reports from The Hague jsaid
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    P.M.A. RUNS A FUN FAIR
    48 5 KOTA BAHRU, Mon.— The Kelantan branch of the Peninsular Malays Association opened a fun fair at the Biarritz Amusement Park, Kota Bahru, last night for three nights. Several Malay film stars, Kasmah Booty, P. Ramll, Tompel, Osman Gumanti and several others entertained them.
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    REMANDED
    44 5 Chow Chuen Kuan, aged 34, was ordered to be remanded until Aug. 20 after he pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday to importing seven pounds of raw opium in the cabin of a ship, m.s. Heather, in the Quarantine Anchorage.
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    Mrs.Blythe is shown the shacks
    228 5 Mrs.Blythe is shown the shacks MR. YAP PHE N G GECK, chairman of Blue Cross Chinese Charitable Institutions Union, yesterday pointed to two shacks pat up by victims of the Kampong Bugls fire and told Mrs. W. L. Blythe, wife of the Singapore Colonial Secretary, that similar shacks would spring
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    FIVE CHARGED WITH MURDER
    53 5 One Indian and four Chinese were yesterday tentatively charged at Singapore Third Police Court with the murder of Tan Kirn Bock at Siak Street on Aug. 11. The five men, Krishna Govinda, Low Meng Hock, Tan Nam Huat, Tan Kah Hock and See Kiat, were remanded
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    19 new homes for university staff
    103 5 vriNETEEN new houses are being built in Eng Neo 11 Avenue, Singapore, for the staff of the University o/ Malaya, Mr. W. G. Mclntosh the University's Bursar, told the Straits Times yesterday Tenders for the furniture were advertised yesterday "For the last two years
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    Blackout areas
    196 5 Blackout areas THE following areas are liable to load shedding TODAY: Hume Pipe. Rhrem, Ford, Bin Stag. Wire Meah. P.W.D. Quarry, Nanyanr Manufacturing. Bukit Panjanir, National Carbon, Princess Elizabeth Estate. Dairy Farm. I In Pandsn. Juront 1. 2 3, Bukit Timah Village. United Chinese Rubber Rubber Works. Lam Soon Cannery,
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    The Messiah to be sung
    66 5 IPOH, Mon. REHEARSALS have begun under the joint direction of Mrs. W. H. Haines and the Rev. Donald Young, for the presentation of Handel's Messiah at Christmas. A massed choir, from the Wesley, Presbyterian and the Anglican Churches, Is rehearsing at the Wesley Church at
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    OVERSEAS LEAGUE
    32 5 The next luncheon meeting ol the Singapore branch of the Overseas League will be held at the Capitol Blue Room at 12.45 p.m. on August 23. Mr. Donaldson S. Arm-
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    ARTISANS TO GET CHEAPER HOMES
    171 5 ARTISANS TO GET CHEAPER HOMES THE Singapore Improvement 1 Trust's $20,000,000 building plan for 1952 will include a large number of artisans' quarters to relieve the housing shortage among the lower Income group. The decision on how, and where, inexpensive types of flats to be let at cheaper rent* should
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    Pakistanis to celebrate
    68 5 PAKISTANIS in Singapore will celebrate the fourth anniversary of Pakistan independence today. The Overseas Pakistani League will hold a meeting at 5 p.m. at the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society. Mr. M. J. Namazie will preside. The- Singapore Government has given permission for ihe display of the Pakistan
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    Nurses pick delegates
    77 5 IPOH. Mon. THE Perak Trained Nurses' Association yesterday elected Miss A MacDougall, Miss Mary Ong and Mrs. Cheah KY)k Tuck to represent them at a Kuala Lumpur meeting in September to form a Pan-Malayan Trained Nurses' Association. Del^ates of Nursing Associations of the Federation and Singapore will
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    METHODIST AID
    36 5 The Geylang Straits Chinese Methodist Church, and the Paya Lebar Methodist Church, Singapore, have sent cheques for $300 and $200 respectively to the Nanyang Slang Pau relief fund for the Kampong Bugis fire victims.
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    TWO HAD OPIUM
    41 5 Two Chinese, Lim Thian Seng, aged 23, and Ang Cheng Boey, aged 28, were each fined $300 or one month's imprisonment by Mr. W. Q. Alcock, the Singapore First District Judge, yesterday, for possessing 160 tahlls of opium.
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    TO AID HALL FUND
    31 5 The S'ngapore Amateur Weight Lifting Federation will give a charity show at the Happy World Stadium on Sunday night in aid of the Singapore Badminton Hall fund.
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    GAOLED
    30 5 KLUANG, Mon.— Lim Chan Siew and YapYpk Yin, who were bound over for unlawful possession of scrap rubber were retried at Johore Bahru and sentenced to one year In
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    49 6 THH FAMILY 01 tlie late Mr. Gan Khay Hor tender their heartfelt thanks to all relatives, frlendg and Associations for their letter* of condolence, wreaths, scroll* and night visit*, and various forms of BMiBtanc* rendered on the occasion of the funeral of the late Mr. Gun Khay Hor.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    23 6 m MEMORY of JOHN A. DIGGENS, murdered by terrorists at Ter.ip. South Kedah on the fourteenth August. 1990. AM. and R.C.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 14, 1951 There Is A limit
    1031 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 14, 1951 There Is A limit Thanks to the Singapore Trade Fair, which will end on August 21, many thousands of people are seeing again the wonderful variety of goods from the factories of the world which are stocked in the chief trading centre
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    SIAM TO CENSOR CHINA LETTERS
    67 6 BANGKOK, Mon. rENSORSHIP of all mail v addressed to Communist China has been ordered by the Siamese Ministry of Communications, it was announced today. If the contents of mail to Communist China are considered dangerous, they will be turned over to the police for investigation.
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    Dogma & family planning
    192 6 Dogma family planning AMID a glut of bald assertions born of sheer ignorance, Mr. E. O. Symes, in his letter of Aug. 9. says that Catholics, in opposing contraception clinics, "flog outworn dogma that went into the Scriptures at practical expediency when the world was young and very much underpopulated."
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    More concern in
    138 6 family budget I READ with interest "Taxpayer's" letter objecting to any further increase of the Government grant of $10,000 to the Family Planning Association. I too opine that there are very pressing demands for financial aid from many other Institutions, whose work and service to the public
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      20 ROUNDS IN THE RIOTS
      202 6 WITH all due respect to what General Dunlop and the Army did during the Singapore riots, I consider that the Inquiry Commission's statement, that the Army quelled the riots with a mere 2fl rounds, gives an entirely erroneous aspect of the affair I submit that
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      ADVICE TO TRAVELLERS BY S.T.C.
      223 6 ADVICE TO TRAVELLERS BY S.T.C. "TRAVELLER," to his letter of Aug. 8, says of the increased S. T. C. lares: "The maximum should not jxceed 20 cents." I would recommend that the S.T.C. keep on increasing its fares (although this will affect me greatly) until such time as ALL members
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      CONDUCT OFF DUTY
      189 6 THE police hare been cri- ticlsed by the public and by the Riots Inquiry Commission. It Is not my desire to add any unnecessary criticism but the conduct of some policemen in public when they are off duty Is very bad. I have on several occasions heard
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      UNCERTIFICATED CLERKS
      77 6 rl* very gratifying to learn that 40 Municipal clerks in Penang, who do not possess Cambridge School Certificates, havt been transferred to the same salary scales as holders of School Certificates. It is hoped that the lead given by the Penang Municipality will be followed by the State
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    Giant new dam for Siam
    791 6  -  CHRISTINE DIEMER By Former Editor of the Bangkok Tribune OECAUSE the two banks of the Chao Phya, mightiest river in Siam, constitute the rice bowl of the kingdom, a large-scale undertaking will be started at the end ol this year. Equipment Is now being purchased;
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    Who is the dominant authority?
    362 6 THE STADIUM OEFORE debating the pros and cons of the "stadium-port facilities" argument on the Singai pore water-front, it would perhaps be as well if we could ascertain what Government's ideas are on the subject, since that is where the last word will lie. I
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    On the Margin
    389 6 "Red Rain" THE same Indian resident of Malta Nawar, Perak, who paid me the eompliment some time ago of addressing me as Sri Cecil Street has written to me again. know you are not a scientist, but what I do know is that you are competent to
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    RIOT REPORT: LAYCOCK SAYS, 'ACT'
    235 7 Dissociate from Gimson message. Council asked against certain Singapore Government officers and servants mentioned in-the riot inquiry report will be urged at next week's meeting of the Legislative Council by Mr. John Laycock (Prog., Katong). He will ask the Council to dissociate itself from the
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    TYRES ARE HELD UP IN THE GODOWNS
    251 7 TYRES ARE HELD UP IN THE GODOWNS BK STOCKS ARE POURING IN, BUT... TtiOTOR tyres ar© pouraL ing into Singapore from the United States and Britain as part of the tyre manufacturers' drive to end the blackmarket in their products, but confusion in the S.H.b. Rodowns often creates a four-day
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    CLUB DANCE
    23 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. The Jofcore Cricket Club's annual dance will be held at the Johore Civil Service Club en Aue. 25.
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    Police offer $5,000 reward for gunman
    107 7 Police offer $5,000 reward for gunman FIVE thousand dollars is being offered by Singapore Police for information leading to the arrest of the gunman who snot and wounded Mr. Kenneth Kerr, the Singapore Traction Company ticket inspector in Arab Street en Saturday. "Up to now," said a C.I.D. spokesman, 'not
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    Robbed $3 -year's gaol
    132 7 §OH YIP MENG, a former detective, was sentenced in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday to a year's imprisonment for robbing Chew Weng Wah of $3 at Btaddell Road on Oct 6 last. The sentence commenced from June 9. the day of Son's arrest, the Judge,
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    TEACHING SHOW
    27 7 An exhibition ol audionsoal teaching apparatus will eld o at th Virtoria Hov^-i, Singapore, from today till Aug 17 berwe?n 9 ajn. and 1 p.m.
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    Traffic may beat him
    125 7 J^ MAN who claims to be able to do the famous Indian rope trick will pass through* Singapore next month on a world tour. Billed as the breat Gogia Pasha Egyptian magician and master illusionist he will begin a season at the Victoria Memorial Hall from
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    Counsel sees no grounds
    68 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Federation court of appeal today dismissed the appeal of Cheong Chin against death sentence imposed at the Raub Assizes for possession of arms and ammunition. Mr. Tan Teow Bok. who was assigned to argue the appeal on behalf of Cheonsr. submitted that
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    DRUNK FINED
    23 7 JOHORE BAKRU, Mon. All Ahkbar Khan, a corporal at the Majedee Detention Camp, was fined $7 for being drunk and disorderly.
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    I cannot believe him, says judge
    237 7 M^*S Asa Reshty a retired businessman, Mr. Justice FUtcher Rorera held that Mr. Reshtv wS entitled to am account and to final judgment for the amtwnt certified by the Registrar Mr. Reshty left for India in January. 1942. giving I Dower of attorney to
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    NS CONTROLS 4 ESTATES
    66 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. tetu Setfas Estate Ulu Pedao state, Gaing Estate and Kinor Estate in the Mukim >; 'edas. N<?gri S«mbilan have een declared- controlled areas Onl-» the parts of the Estate rithin barbed wire fences will c ros'dential areas. Oth"r arts will be under curfew
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    WOMAN'S LAND FOR AUCTION
    53 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— An appeal bjr a Kua?a Lumpur woman, s. Mangalam, a*ain.u judgment In favour of the Planters Loans Board to sell 'md b y public auction to tcun repayment of two loans sade to her by the Board, was ismissed by the Federation ourt
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    Mother on stretcher sees son buried
    216 7 URS. J. Ganderton, lying on a stretcher with both her feet bandaged and her left arm in a sling, went to the funeral of her 22-month-old son, Philip, In Singapore yesterday. Philip died on Sunday from injuries be received when a R.A.F. Hornet crashed
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    THEY PLAN $30 WEDDINGS
    149 7 With tea for six THE Singapore Chinese YJH.C.A. will sponsor a series of mass weddings in the Victoria Memorial Hall as part of its campaign against costly marriage ceremonies and celebrations c Each couple who take part in the mass weddings will be charged $30 The
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    AXE CHARGE DISMISSED
    82 7 Ahmad bin Baba. a rubber factory-worker, was yesterday acquitted by Singapore Third Magistrate. Mr. H. B. Livingstone, on a charge of criminal Intimidation of Abdul Malik while armed with an axe. Abchil Malik said he went to Ahmad's house in Buona Vista Road to collect $18.5© Ahmad
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    RAF MATRON HERE
    30 7 Group Officer A. F. Atcheson. Chief Principal Matron (Overseas) of the Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service arrived in Singapore yesterday to inspect RAF. medical establishments
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    China lures them with higher pay
    138 7 CHINESE OWNED ghips trading from Singapore are now giving higher pay to European captains and officers than many European companies. They are also paying passage home to Britain and six months' home leave at the end of three years' service. Recently a Chief Officer
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    NEW C.O. FOR TENGAH
    36 7 NEW C.O. FOR TENGAH GROUP CAPTAIN Frank Headlam. Commanding Officer of No. 90 (Composite) Wing: Royal Australian Air Force in Malaya, is to take over command of Tengah, the principal operational airfield in the anti-bandit campaign.
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    2 big gifts for fund
    118 7 A SECOND donation of $10,000 has been made to the, Singapore Badminton Hall Fund by Mr. Lee Kong Chian. of Lee Rubber Co. Ltd.. bringing the Company's total donation to $15,000, the largest contribution yet Approximately $10,000 more has also been raised from the staff
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    Final report in few months
    61 7 The Inquiry Commission on retirement benefits is now holding private sittings to discuss the evidence they collected from Singapore trade unions, the secretary of the commission, Mr. W. I. Galletly, said yesterday. He said that it wUI take a few months for thr commission to
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    NEW FACTORY BEGINS WORK
    89 7 SINGAPORE yesterday started producing water-proof plywood for the first time when the Singapore Plywood Company's new factory at West Coast Road, Pasir PanJan*. went into commercial The factory, sponsored by Liddell Bros., Borneo Company and Straits Trading, aims to produce 25 million square feet of plywood
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    NO BLACKOUTS —BUT DON'T BE TOO SURE
    136 7 SINGAPORE has been free of blackouts for three days, but Municipal Electrical engineers are reluctant to say how long this will last The position has improved because nine of the boilers at St. James' Power Station are working again. Efforts are being made
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    Work begins on $200,000 temple
    120 7 Work begins on $200,000 temple \yORK has begun on the new $200,000 Buddhist temple in St Michael Road one and a half years after the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, laid the foundation stone. Delay in const ructim was due to a dispute over the architecture, said Mr. T.
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    Joins Customs service
    60 7 Mr. Tan Kwang Loong. a Raffles College graduate, has been appointed as an officer of the Singapore Customs Service. Mr. Tan was born in Kcd ;h and received his early education in St. Xavier's Institution, Penang. He received his Diploma in Arts at Raffles College in June
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    REPORT READY ON AIR CRASH
    77 7 The report on the R( ynl Singapore Flying Club Auster crash near Union Estate, Malacca, on May 31 in which three Singapore people, M;-. Reginald Eyre, Mr. W. F. Fitzpatrick and Mr. R M. Murphy were killed, has bern completed and is now in the
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    RED CROSS FUND
    38 7 The latest published donation of $5,015. received by Singapore branch of the Red Cross Society, is for the Soclety'a building fund, and has nothing to do with the buildin* fund for Kamponjt Bucis fire victims.
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    VILLAGES BUY BRIDGE FOR A LINK UP
    159 8 VILLAGES BUY BRIDGE FOR A LINK UP Across the river to school again ALOR STAR. Mon. TpWO villages which are cut off from each other when the Sungei Kupang is at high tide, will be linked when a new bridge over the river is declared open by the Regent of
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    TWO COULD NOT ATTEND COUNCIL
    62 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon Owing to indisposition the Regent of Johore and Syed Abdul Kadir bin Muhammad, acting Mentri Besar, Johore, were unable to attend a meeting of, Johore Executive Councial yesterday. Dato Wan IdrLs. duputy Mentri Besar, presided. Dato Wan Idris will deputise for the
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    BROKE CURFEW
    20 8 GEMAS, Mon. Suppiah, who pleaded guilty to failing to remain indoors at Gemas during curfew, was fined $20.
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    Fruit men give Payne a penant
    167 8 "ANE sail and a favourable," steady wind" Is the proverb in Chinese characters on this large triangular penant, presented to the Australian Trade Commissioner, Mr. James Payne, by the Singapore Vegetable and Fruit Importers' Association at a farewell dinner. The Association asked Mr. Payne
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    A SAIL AND A SHADY WIND... FOR THE FUTURE
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    C.G. TO VISIT JAKARTA
    44 8 The Commissioner-General for South East Asia. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, and Mrs. MacDonald. will visit Jakarta for a few days from Auk. 20. The visit will be unofficial, but Mr. MacDonald hopes to meet President Soekarno and other leading Indonesian personalities^
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    Planes v ships
    32 8 A number of naval minesweepers exercising in the Straits of Johore will be "attacked" at intervals throughout today by almost every type of operational aircraft in use in Malaya.
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    City may evict Chinese club
    123 8 ACTION to evict the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club from Hong Lim Green will be considered by the Estates and Fire Brigade Committee of Singapore Municipal Commissioners this afternoon The Club, who were given a year's notice to vacate the site by June 1, have not
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    EXTRA BUSES TO RUN FOR AIR DAY
    145 8 pXTRA buses will be run from all parts of the to Singapore's fourth Arr Day at Kallang on September 1. It is also hoped that it will be possible to organise special bus trips from Johore Bahru and other near points Ih the
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    GAOL FOR PRIEST
    28 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A. Narayanan, a Hindu priest, was today sentenced to one year's hard labour for unlawful possession of IV2 katls of scrap rubber.
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    RICE THIEVES ARE FINED
    49 8 While employed by the Food Control Department, Goh Kirn Qua and Peh Ang Mor. stole 24 katis of rice from the rice pool at Tanjong Rhu on Aug. 3. The men pleaded guilty at the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday and v/ere fined $50 each.
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    $200 bail
    27 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Noordin bin Abdullah, was allowed bail of $200 pending trial on Nov. 10 on a charge of dishonestly receiving a wrist watch.
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    DOCTOR FINED
    21 8 JOHORE BAHRU Mon.— Dr. Hamzah bin Haji Taib was fined $100 in the police court today for negligent driving
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    Charge withdrawn
    30 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. JL P. Nagalingam, a toddy shop clerk, who stood charged with corruptly accepting $50 from Kunchi Raman, was discharged on the prosecution withdrawing the charge.
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    War Office promise
    98 8 MORE than 30,000 civilian employees of the three services In Singapore will get their claims settled soon. Mr. C. R. Dasaratharaj, Labour Party Legislative Councillor, disclosed on his return yesterday from Britain after visiting the Festival of Britain. Mr. Desaratharaj told the Straits Times last night: "I
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    150,000 AT TRADE SHOW
    282 8 150,000 AT TRADE SHOW rrxHE fourth annual trade 1 exhibition at the Hapoy World amusement park, Singapore, though scheduled to end next Sunday night, will be extended to Wednesday, August 21. The park's manager. Mr. Hamid, said yesterday that the gross proceeds ou gate admission for next Monday, Tuesday and
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    Today's Radio
    223 8 SINCAPORE 10-10.10 a.m. News from K.L.; 1 p.m. Radio Orch.; 1.30 News: 1.45-2 Dance Music; 6.15 "Four Stars a Starlet"; 6.30 U.N. Programme; 6.45 Radio Malaya Trio; If News; 7.12 'tan I Help You?"; 7.20 Interlude: 7.30 "Adventures of P.C. 49"; 8 "Music Shop"; 8.30 "Talk of the
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    Open air cinemas may go
    65 8 nnilE Rural Board will con- eider on Thursday whether open air cinemas should be permitted In Singapore Rural areas. Complaints of noise have been made to the Rural Board by residents living around these cinemas. The Rural district committees have also complained that the cinemas
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    HOW TO USE A THERMOMETER
    761 9  -  Mothereraft In Malaya By aw NURSE JANET I E^VERY mother should know how to take her child's temperature. Therefore it is wise for all parents to learn all they can about the thermometer, such as what the markings on it mean, how to read it
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    17 9 This aun-tannea siren is Virginia Tongue, chesen by University of South California students as 'Helen of Troy.'
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    It's worse for the children
    735 9 "^PARE a thought for Mother", says a reader on the subject of children left behind in England. "She is really the sufferer". As one who has been a 'left behind' child myself, and with memories of having suffered a great deal I beg to differ.
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      293 9 Straits Times Crossword D0dderil o 1 N men < 7 > 7""| "TT1 p~T u H||5 I TTT 1 I 1,1 GreJ n (J) UslMin m Hansel ftnd Uw Lm» mm n*N ™t t I 2 Pan Byrate (anag.) (9). Is ES 1| M 1^ 1H Ull Pruit mostJ y
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    London Stocks
    276 11 LONDON, Mon. INFLATIONARY implications of the sharp rise in steel prices in the United Kingdom held the industrial share market steady to occasionally firmer today. Closing middle prices ot selected stocks as supplied to the Straits Times by special arrangement with The Financial Tunes were: LOANS Consots 661
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    34 11 HONG KONG, Won. FREE tnarKei currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HKS6.3SIA (cRSh), HKSe.3B% (T); £1 HKJ15.70; one tahll of gold HKS3I4.— U.P.
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    Hitam Tin output
    14 11 XIITAM Tin's output of tin-ore in July amounted to 81 plculs.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    176 11 CHIPS In the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 pjn. vesierday were: Outer Roads: Hai Hsuan, Inchnull. Rebeverett, Steel Age, Glaums. Eurybates, La Colorada, Pronto, Norevarett, Mvi Ann, Reginald Kerr, Sichang, Roepat, Tankhaven, Wosang, Waibalong, P. Clover. Toulouse. Mvi Hock. Glenville. lnnrr Roads:
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    Firmness in shares
    282 11 rpHE Malayan share market opened the week yesterday «n a very firm note with an upward tendency In all sections Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: v INUL'STKIALS Batera keelera Petrol 43/6 Praser <& Netv* 3.85 SOS Gammons 2.521 2 57i Henry Wauxh 3.25
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    Rubber MARKET
    184 11 Loiver-grade demand steadies things From A Market Correspondent THHE Singapore rubber market opened quiet yesterA day but steadied in the afternoon on better demand for lower-grade rubber The close was quiet, with August first-grade at $1,454 a lb. buyers the same price as at Saturday's close. Closing prices
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    TIN: $406 5/8 A PICUL
    42 11 SINGAPORE. Mon., Aug. 13.— 5406.62 i (down $1,621). London: €849 a ton LONDON, Mon.— Cash Buyers £849, Sellers £855; Forward Buyers £820, Sellers £822|; Settlement £840 (up £14). v Turnover: a.m. 65, p.m. 15 tons. P. Shim
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    says 'No' to U.S.
    150 11 LA PAZ. Bolivia. Men. BOLIVIAN tin producers have unanimously rejected the Reconstruction Finance Corporation's offer of US$l.l2 a Ib. for tin for a three-month They' toW the Government that acceptance of the offer would really mean getting that price for sixmonth production as it would apply
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    167 11 I^HE copra section of the SlnKapore produce market was sluggish yesterday with buyers openlne at $39 4 and rising to $40. There were sellers at $41. Sellers of coconut oil quoted ?71 ant' buyers $69 but there v.-ere no dealings. In other sections, prices remained unchanged. Pepper
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    31 11 rpHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that control direct rates lor Canadian dollars were: Buying T.T. 34%, Airmail (OX>.) 34%. (90 days) 35H: Selling T.TJO.D. ready 34 7|16.
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    BRILLIANT TENNIS BY LIEM KHE LIANG
    613 12 Will meet Hee Chin for title LIM Hee Chin and Liem Khe Liang qualified for the final of the men's singles (which will be played today) in yesterday's ties in the Singapore lawn tennis championships. In the semi-finals, Lim beat Lim Bong Soo 6—3,6
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    Harith will play today
    188 12 SINGAPORE'S skipper, Harith, was one of 18 players named last night by the Malay Football Association for final selection of the Malay team to meet Eurasians in a S.A.F.A. Community League at Jalan Besar today. The Secretary of M.F.A. told the Straits fimts that Harith, who
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    Sports Diary
    37 12 SOCCER: Com. League Malays v Eurasians. Jalan Besar; Second Dlv.: Chinese Athletic y 5.H.8., St. George's Rd.; Third Div. B: Seletar v Katong Sajarah. Geylang. TENNIS: Singapore championships (men's singles and mixed doubles final), S.C.C.
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    Smith wins Aug. medal
    139 12 R.S.G.C. August Medal (Stroke) Competition was played on Saturday afternoon Aug. 11, and resulted in a win for A. C. Smith in "A" Division (81—11 70). Other cards returned were R. Cralk (77—5=72), R. N. McKern (76—3=73), J. W. Smellle (82—9=73), I. C. Brebner (84 11=73).
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    BAN DESIGNED TO PROTECT BOYS
    454 12 Letter to fhe Sperts Editor IL'ITII reference to ftie i Sentinel's Sportlight on on boys under 18, I would points: (1) The athletic season for schools in Singapore has been a rather heavy one. Prom mid-May up to-date school relay teams have competed in 18
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    78 12 THE COLONY'S women contingent 'to the All-Malayan athletic championships to be held on Friday and Saturday in Kuala Lumpur pictured with Mr. E. Strickland, President of the Singapore A.A.A. and Miss E. R. Aeria (extreme right) who will be the matron for the girls. From left to right: Mavis Scharenguivel,
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    Combined XI beat Fathul Karib 4-2
    148 12 Eurasian-European XI 4; Fathul Karib 3. piKASIANS and Europeans Combined XI proved too food for Fathul Karib at soccer on the Padang yesterday, winning by four goals to two. Fathul who are at the top of the Second Division table were off colour. Their
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    IP TO PLAY AT S,C.C. ON FRIDAY
    84 12 THE Hong Kong star and this year's triple title holder at the recent Malayan tennis championships, X H. Ip, will play exhibition matches on the S.C.C. courts on Friday. Single-set matches have been arranged by the Singapore L.T.A. for Ip against probably Hee
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    Sheppard 100 v. S. Africa
    127 12 LONDON, Mon. THE South Africans dismissed Sussex for 213 runs by tea time at Sussex today, McCarthy claiming eight wickets for 36 runs. John Langridge, the Sussex opening batsman, was out for 26. David Sheppard and Doggart were associated in a fine secondwicket partnership which
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    Kailasapathy 157 not out
    55 12 MALACCA, Moo If. C. Kasfa~ sapAthy, foruur Colony «Arounder, playiM for Indian association agfllrtfit Hfejf£?& (stub in the Doshl Shield oniSg; competition yesterday, hit tin opt out. Mis knock included sot&b stx?t and 16 fours. JqsUa9 l,ss©claU3M vn the L««>:fte IST ran*, I.A, Jccrod fm&—o tttA.
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    COUTTS TO LEAD S.R.C. HOCKEY XI
    52 12 B. U. Coutts, Singapore's insideleft was' elected captain of the Singapore Recreation Club's- hockey team at a sports meeting yesterday. The vice-captain is R. Barth and convenor Andrew Clarke. Dr. C. L. TessTnsohn was elected billiards captain, Professor E. S. Montelro vice-captain, and H.
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    Colony A.A.A. team leave tomorrow
    75 12 Colony A. A. A. team leave tomorrow Coloriy's contingent of 29 men and eight women to the annual All-Malayan athletic championships to be held in Kuala Lumpur on Friday and Saturday met at the S.R.C. yesterday to make final arrangements for their trip. It was decided that for the march
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    S'pore Teachers' XI
    56 12 Singapore Teachers XI to meet Federation Teachers at soccer at Bukit Timah today will be selected from the following: Lian FoAk Chin, Yoon Chlng Hoong, Low Weng Kee, D. Dragon, K. Dragon, Cheoh Hal, A. da Silva, W. Vaz, V. Gomez, Hul Peng, D. D. Ponniah, Mok
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    Turpin's triumph: a close-up
    264 12 TF you want a ringside seat at a world title flght for the price of a cinema ticket, the Cathay organisation can fix you up. An exclusive newsreel of the Randolph Turpin "Sugar" Ray Robinson middleweight title clash has arrived in Singapore and was shown to
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    ISLAND CLUB COMPETITION
    80 12 The Island Club competition for the President and Vice-President's prizes to be held on Sunday morning Sept. 2 will be on four-ball aggregate medal stroke play op handicap (full handicap allowance) One player from "A" Division will be partnered by one from "B" Division. The lowest net
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    Badminton ties for weekend
    330 12 pOLLOWINO ties in the Singapore junior badminton championships will be played at the Clerical Union Hall on Saturday and Sunday: BATURDAT (7.15 p.m.) St Ying Chow and Low Wing Diln r Azts Ahmad aflfl L. A. EoVards; Joseph Cheat) aid Cntß 4* 1 *<" v Tan
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    CHEERFUL LADS SNATCH 3-2 WIN
    182 12 ALTHOUGH they conceded a gift goal to the Police just before the end of the first half, Cheerful Lade beat Police S.A. 3—2 In a Division 2 S.A.F.A. League match at Geylang Stadium yesterday. After 20 minutes Ouan Kirn, Lads' outside-right scored with a stinging
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    Sentinel's Sportlight MAAASTARSMAY GO TO CEYLON
    785 12 Sentinel's Sportlight MAAASTARSMAY GO TO CEYLON rpHERE will be an extra incentive lor athletes I at this week's Malayan championships the possibility of a trip to Ceylon for the best of I them early next year. Ceylon is to stage a gala athletic meet in Feb- ruary in connection with
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      36 12 SINGAPORE TIDES Today: 9.43 a.m. <7.6) and 7 46 p m. (8.5>: 3.11 a.m. (3.4) and 3.11 p.nt: («j). Tomorrow: 10.36 am. (8.3) and 9 07 p.m. (9.1); S.31 a.m. (1.6) and 3 44 p.m. (59).
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