The Straits Times, 25 August 1951

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGtfS# 25, 1951. TWELVE PAGES PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS 1
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    THE NAVY IS STANDING BY
    271 1 Persia is told: No nonsense BUT STOKES SAYS:} DO NOT BE TOO PESSIMISTIC] fllE Royal Navy is standing by with eight warships ready to meet all demands in the Persian oil crisis. The ships are lying close to Abadun. Britain lias made it perfectly clear
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    95 1 THOUSANDS of Gleets of the Orthodox Church made a pilgrimage to Tenos Island on Aug. 15, day of the Holy Virgin Mary. Tenos is the home of a miracle working picture. The picture is carried through the island and the mainfed and the sick prostrate themselves before the emblem m
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    Where a picture does miracles
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    GIMSON MAY SEE GRIFFITHS
    139 1 h.o'.'A Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Fri. TE Is reason to believe that the Singapore Legislative Council proceedings on the R'-aU Commission Report hi. given rise to cons'der<!;scussion in London wh!-?h is linked up with the ken criticism of the i re Government by the Manchester Guardian
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    Sam to lift martial law
    57 1 BANGKOK. Fri. Tue Siamese Government announced yesterday that it will lift the state of martial law in the country on Sept. 1 if there is no change in the current internal situation. The mar:ial law was impo.srd in June when antiKovernment mvy elements kidnapped Phibul
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    JAPS INVITED
    26 1 TOKYO. Fri. Japan has bern invited to the ECAFE conference in Bangkok starti Nov. 20. The invitation waa extended through SCAP Headquarters.— U P
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    USE A-BOMB U.S. URGED
    43 1 WASHINGTON. Fri Representative Overton Brooks (Democrat). Acting Chairman of U.S. House Armed Services Committee, today called for the use of atom bombs in Korea if the Communists end the Kaesong cease-fire talks. He was speaking at a Press conference.
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    JAPS TO HELP
    29 1 TOKYO, Fri. Japanese salvage workers will leave for Siam in mid-September to help raise five sunken ships from the Menam River bed Kyodo reported today Reuter-AAP.
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    STABBED OVER A TONGUE
    76 1 STABBED OVER A TONGUE BANGKOK. Fri. f\O crocodiles have tongues? Phra Mor, a young Buddhist priest, claimed they have. Phra Mong, an older priest, disagreed. Other priests in the temple broke up the argument, but after nightly prayers Phra Mong allegedly jumped from behind Phra Mor's bedroom door and stabbed
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    STATUE STOLEN AT FESTIVAL
    49 1 LONDON, Fri.— The bronze statue of a girl, known as "Terpsis" valued at £1,000, was stolen today from an open air exhibition of sculpture near the Festival of Britain gardens and fun fair in Battersea Park. Two other statues were found on the ground— Reuter.
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    TUC may support the I.M.P.
    205 1 TUC may support the I.M.P. KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A HINT that the Malayan Trade Union Council might support th* proposed Independence for Malaya Party wa R given today by the president of the Malayan Trad,. Union Council. Mr P. Narayanan. A resolution calling on the M.T.U.C. to appoint a subcommittee
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    NO SWIMSUIT PICTURE
    45 1 VENICE. Frl.-Mr. Churchill s private guard tore the nim from an Italian newsreel pnotographer's camera yesterday on the beach at the Lido here. The cameraman wa s taking pictures of Mr. Churchill in a swimming suit, in violation of hotel- orders. AP
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    RUSSIAN C.-in-C.
    31 1 TAIPEH, Fri. The Chung Hwa Jih Pao today reported that Soviet Marshal Gregory Malinovsky is now in command of the Chinese Communist and North Korean forces in Korea.— A.P
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    'Hunger' march by 20,000
    43 1 SANTIAGO, Fri. About 20,000 people took part last night in a "hunger march" here organised by the Communist faction of the Workers Federation in protest against the Increase in the cost of living. The demonstrators included many women.— Reuter.
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    Ex-prisoner will be adviser
    98 1 iMELBOURNE, Fri. A FORMER prisoner of war In Japanese camps, Dr. Albert Edward Coates, of Melbourne. n a« been nominated by the Australian Returned ScrvlceretUa League I Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco. Mr. Coates was captured In Sumatra in IM2, and was chief medical
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    13,000 SOLD
    20 1 KUALA -LUMPUR. Fri —A total of 13,415 tickets were sold on the opening day of the second million-dollar
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    Egypt may go to world court
    90 1 Egypt may go to world court CAIRO, Fri pGYPT intends to bring JU the question of Suez Canafl shipping before the international Court of Justice at The Hague before the United Nations Security Council votes on the subject aceoetftr.g to well-informed sources here today The Security Council is due to
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    3 million citizens
    47 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. ALMOST 3,320,500 people had become Federal citizens by operation of law and by grant of citizenship, ,up to the end of June, the Federal Government announced today. Of these, 572,485 are Chinese. Malaysians number 2,505,881, and Indians, Pakistanis and Ceylonese 241,595.
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    SIR STAFFORD IS GOING HOME
    32 1 ZURICH. Fri.-Sir Stafford Cripps will leave for England "within a month." Doctors said the former Chancellor's treatment for «f tubercular Infection of the spine, had finished.— Reuter
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    ALLIES READY FOR REDS
    153 1 We will fight with hate' EIGHTH ARMY H.Q. IN KOREA Friday. T lEUT.-GEN. James van Fleet said today that the United Nations forces would be able to withstand any new Communist attack, even if the Reds throw in more men, tanks, guns and planes than ever
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    PAKISTAN GIFT
    20 1 NEW YORK, Fri.— Pakistan is to contribute $60,450 to the International Children's A'ri Fiind th! s year.— A.F..
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    TALKS IN TAIPEH
    31 1 TAIPEH, Fri. United States Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Karl L. Rankin, yesterday called on the Nationalist Foreign Minister, Mr. George Yeh, twice and the two held four-hour conferences. Reuter.
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    BOY FOR FAITH
    25 1 HOLLYWOOD, Fri. Film star Faith Domergue gave birth to an eight-pound son here today. She is married to Director Hugo Fregonese. A.P.
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    THREE AIR CRASHES KILL 64 PEOPLE
    121 1 SNEW YORK, Friday. IXTY-four people died in three air crashes in the United States in 24 hours. A United Airlines DC-6-B crashed and burned in a mountain canyon 20 miles south of Oakland Callifornia AH 47 people aboard the plane, th* first of its
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    Plague breaks out in Yemen
    52 1 GENEVA, Fri— Bubonic plague has broken out in the northern areas of the Red Sea kingdom of Yemen, the World Health Organisation reported today. 1 It said 12 cases had been reported by a special mission in three villages at Khawwan, on the Saudi Arabian
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    Driver saves mail train
    202 1 Driver saves mail train IPOH, Fri. A BANDIT attempt last night to wreck Uih Kuala Lumpur -Prai night mail by pulling out a length of rail between Trolak and Klah resulted in two crash wagons, attached to the Dilnt train, going off th e line. The credit for avertint what
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    Reds lose food store
    52 1 SAIGON. Fri. FRENCH Union forces hiwe captured central army installations of the Vietminh in the Cochin-China area and deprived them O f eight months' food supplies Announcing this today the French Arm y said the Vietminh were withdrawing westward It was the Vietminh's oiggest food reserve
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      466 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS 4 APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal CiUsens for the post of Production and Sales Manager of a periodical. Experience of publishing and of the detailed supervision of production sales and distribution is essential. A good knowledge of English is also required. The salary of the post will be
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      626 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS 1 THX SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST invites applications for the appointment of a Third Assistant Secretary. Age not exceeding 90 years. 2. Applicants must have had a good general education and have had several years administrative and committee experience on the staff of a local Government Authority or similar
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      416 2 Re ANG CHOR KOI Deceased Information Is sought as to the whereabouts of Madam Law Kai (f) of Pontian Ketchil, Johore, who was last seen in Pontian in February 1950 and has not been heard of since. Mr. Ang Choon Boon nephew of the above will be grateful to have
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    Reds plan new travel rules
    53 3 KONG KONG. Fri. The Communist authorities would enforce new and strict reaula'.ior.a governing: travel to and from China from September 1. according to a Chinese recort. Tl.p report said revised regulations concerning exit and re-entry permits would b? published soon, permits already issued expire on
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    YOU'RE TO BLAME, PERSIA IS TOLD
    475 3 'But door still open, 9 says Foreign Office LONDON, Friday. British Foreign Office in a statement last night charged Persia with responsibility for the suspension of oil negotiations in Teheran and the failure of the mission of the Lord Privy Seal, Mr. Richard Stokes.
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    Harriman going back to America
    203 3 Harriman going back to America WASHINGTON, Fri. PRESIDENT TRUMAN, 1 said yesterday that Mr. W. Averell Harriman, hfs special ambassador to the now suspended Anslo-Peroian oil talks, would return immediately to Washington. President Truman, at his !y press conference, expressed his disappointment at the su5pensicn of negotiations which he had
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    Treasury is still empty
    62 3 TEHERAN, Fri. r£HE extreme nationalist newspaper Aiesh, commenting on the breakdown in the oil talks, said: "Before the oil nationalisation acts were passed, Dr. Mossadeq promised to get £300,000 per day as income from oil. "Now he had achieved the nationalisation, but the treasury is still
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    Red menace has receded -Mac Donald
    85 3 JAKARTA, Fri. *pHE British Commissionerj General for South-East Asia, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, said here yesterday that the "Communist menace to South-East Asian countries has receded compared to the sitoation a year ago. He told reporters here: "In Malaya, owing to the jungle cerrain, it
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    HUMAN VAMPIRE
    33 3 HUSSEY SEZER, 26, with blood on his face, hands and chest after he was overpowered by neighbours when he attacked two small firls m Ankara. Turkey, draining the blood of one
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    MAY BE RAF'S LAST PISTON AIRCRAFT
    117 3 MAY BE RAF'S LAST PISTON AIRCRAFT I the dawn of the jet-! age, the new Shackle- 1 i ton pictured here f may well be the last pis- 1 ton-engined aircraft or- dered by the RAF. forj operation duties. The plane is equipped! i with the latest and most: 1
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    The church services
    417 3 ANGLICAN St. Andrew's Cathedral: 7 ajn. Holy Communion; 7.45 a.m Confirmation Service; 8 a.m., Choral Eucharist, preacher, the Bishop of Singapore; 10.30 a.m.. Chora) Martins, preacher, the Archdeacon of Singapore; 11.30 a.m., Holy Communion; 5.30 p.m Evensong Sermon, preacher, the Archdeacon. St. Paul's, Upper Serangoon: 8 a.m..
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    Congress urges reprisal
    52 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. The United States Congress yesierday sent President Truman for approval a resolution asking that the U.S. tease trading with Czechoslovakia until the Associated Press Staff Correspondent. Mr. William N. Oatls. is freed. Earlier the Senate passed the resolution by 81 votes to nil. It had
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    2 stamps to mark gratitude
    72 3 PUSAN, Fri.—Two special stamps to mark Korea's gratitude to the allied nations will be issued by the South Korean Postmaster-Genera! on Sept. 1. One stamp shows the legend "Goddess of Freedom" and the other has a design of a dove in the United Nations flag
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    Ship sails after 6-hour detention
    52 3 PORT SAID. Frl. The American freighter Paul Revere (7.258 tons) sailed for Baltimore yesterday after being detained for more than six hours by the Egyptian j authorities here. Customs officials said the ship was blacklisted but had l been cleared at Suez owing to a
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    DUTCH REQUEST
    26 3 JAKARTA. Fri.— The Netherlands Government lias requested the Indonesian Government for clarification on the speech by President Soekarno on Indonesia's Independence Dav. Aiur. 17.
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    U.S. RUBBER INDUSTRY 'SOCIALISED'
    277 3 U.S. RUBBER INDUSTRY 'SOCIALISED' AKRON. OHIO, Friday. rpHE rubber industry in .the United States today is I A "completely socialised" in the fields of supply and usage, Mr. John L. Collyer, President of the B. F. Goodrich Co., asserted here recently. He said that "the Government owns the rubber producing
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      Grandma postpones her swim
      83 3 ADVERSE weather has forced Mrs. Betty Cohn, 51-year-old Brooklyn grandmother, to postpone her attempt to swim the English Channel. Eighteen people were drowned when a dam burst at Cardenas, Mexico, on Thursday. THE United States, Australia and New Zealand will formally sign their three-way mutual defence
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      RED HOLIDAY
      77 3 WALTER .ULBRIGHT, East German Deputy Prime Minister and Communist Party chief, has left for a holiday trip to the Soviet Union. AN exchange of goodwill and eulture missions between India and China may take place during autumn. Israel last night announced the signing of a treaty of friendship
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      6 BEHEADED
      40 3 Bandits beheaded five men and a woman last week near Jamindon Capiz Province, in the Philippines. PAK YING PING, a dance hostess, broke both her legs when she fell from the second floor of a Hong Kong hotel.
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    TWO TROUBLED MEN TRY TO END ROW
    84 3 LONDON, Frl. i lations Office, hoping to patch TWO members of the British U P tne Quarrel, met them at 1 mission sent to Africa to wtV^thf it Saras*** KisS&| him and talk over the BechuThe men, Daniel Lipson analand situation, and Herbert
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      76 3 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10-10.10 a.m. News from Kl.; il p.m. "Saturday Ballroom"; 1 30 News; 1.50 Plantation Music; 2 1 "Album of Harmony"; 2.15-5 K.L. Racing; 6.15 Children; 6.40 Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanlans; 7 News; 7.15 "Police and the i People: 7.20 "Listeners' Choice"; 7.50 'Spotlight on the EmergenI
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    Josey was sacrificed for absentee shareholders
    460 4 Josey was sacrificed for absentee shareholders NEW RADIO PLAN- AND UNIONIST SAYS: KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. TWO hundred Malayan Trade Union Council delegates today clapped loudly when Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, Member for Home Affairs, announced that he would introduce a "Malayan Affairs Forum" on Radio Malaya when the controversial "Malayan
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    The Cocos 'King'and 'Queen'
    65 4 The Cocos 'King' and 'Queen' THE KING OF THE COCOS, 23-year old Mr. John Clunies-Ross, and his fiancee, 21-year-old Miss Dalphne Holmes Parkinson, daughter of a company director at London Airport. Mr. Clunies-Ross arrived in London on Aug. 18, more than a month late for his wedding, because a flying
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    Duty killed S'pore shop in Australia
    164 4 A SINGAPORE Ourio and Gift Shop, 1 opened in fashionable Hay Street, Perth, Western Australia, by Harry Hackmayer, the wellknown Singapore musician, could not pay its way because duty and tax on imports from the Colony made things too dear for trip Australians. This
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    T.B. deaths are down
    44 4 FERE were 14 T.B. deaths in Singapore in the week ending Aug. 18, 12 fewer than the previous week. Pneumonia claimed 29 lives and diphtheria two. with 10 cases reported There were 31 deaths from enteritis and six from beriberi.
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    SINGAPORE WEEK-END DIARY
    199 4 TODAY FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN EXHIBITION, U.E. Building, 9 a.m.— 6 p.m. V.W.C.A. Players present "Quiet Week-End". Victoria Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Kampong Bugis relief-gifts to be in at 5 Raffles Quay by 11 RJR, V.M.C.A. Orchard Road, Singapore Chess Club, 3 p.m. Movie circle, ftlm show, 8 p.m.
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    Jurors visit a riot scene
    152 4 WHERE A SOLDIER DIED rfTOE jurors, the Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. A. D. Farrell, and the defence counsel yesterday evening inspected the scene where Pte. James Verney was allegedly murdered on Dec. 11. This followed an application made by tne defence counsel I Mr. F.
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    CARNIVAL QUEEN
    24 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri Johore Bahru's Carnival Queen will be elected at the Rex Cinema, Johore Bahru, at 9 p.m. on Wednesday next.
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    'KNIFED GIRL' MANCHARGED
    52 4 'KNIFED GIRL' MAN CHARGED Lim Ah Tai was yesterday charged in Singapore with the attempted murder of Ong Geok Luan, a girl aged 15, in Cummings Street. Lim was said to have attacked Ong with a vegetable knife. He was sent to th» Mental Hospital for observation. Case was adjourned
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    PEON GETS ONE MORE CHANCE
    74 4 An 18-year-old peon, Kambali b.r Muni, was yesterday bound over fo- one year in $500 in Sin^a;»re for stealing $5 at Tangiin Barracks On Aug 11. Pleading on behalf of Kambaii. Mr Harry Wee said: "The youth had to support two grandparents and two younger
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    Vintage and new in car rally
    169 4 THIRTY-ONE glistening cars will take part tomorrow morning in the Singapore and Johore branch of the Automobile Association of Malayas Concours d'Elegance and Rally, the first since the war. Assembling at the Empress Place ear park at about ten o'clock, the entrants, divided into
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    1,840 CAN STUDY IN 3 NEW SCHOOLS
    199 4 1,840 CAN STUDY IN 3 NEW SCHOOLS T^HREE new regional x schools in Singapore, with accommodation for 1,840 boys and girls from Primary one to Standard five, will be opened for registration when the new term starts on September 3. The schools are the HaiK Road Boy's School and Haig
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    Johore Sultan on way back
    57 4 LONDON, Frl.— The Sultan of Johore, accompanied by the Sultana and their daughter :eft London today to board the Oranje to return to Malaya. The Chief Justice of Singapore. Str Charles Murray Aynsley, is also in the Oranje. The Singapore Municipal President, Mr. T. P.
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    3 nurses wanted for rural work
    105 4 SINGAPORE Government is looking for three nurses to fill vacancies caused by promotions and retirement, a spokesman of the Government Health Department said yesterday. These nurses are wanted mainly for rural areas. They will also be needed to visit women and children in their
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      296 4 SUNDAY 6 7:30 P.m. Aug. 26 PMale Octette Programme ir The remarkable future of the Holy Land as predicted in the Bible. -A* Is the kingdom of Israel destined A to success or failure? Will the Jews all go back to Palestine before Jesus comes? BIBLE ANSWERS! L 52.00 Book
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    SELF-RULE NOT FAR OFF, SAYS ONN
    519 5 SELF-RULE NOT FAR OFF, SAYS ONN Equality tor all is th« aim KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. SELF-OJpvtrnment will be demanded and attained before many years have passed, Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, Member for Home Affairs and sponsor of the Independence for Malaya Party, said amid cheers at the annual delegates' conference
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    Inevitable tiger—but it's grand
    5 5 Inevitable tiger— but it's grand
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    NEW LIFE IN RUBBER BULLS
    354 5 NEW LIFE IN RUBBER BULLS THERE has been a decided change of sentiment in the rubber market this week, according to Lewis Peat's weekly report, issued yesterday. Even the most determined bears have lessened their cpmmitmeuts while the dispirited and ■voe-oegone bulls of the past ir.onths have be.-;un to stamp
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    Found wearing silk pants
    58 5 Lim Soon Mm, 18, Choo Al; Seng, 18, and Tan Tock Siong, 17, were yesterday fined $150 each, or one month's gaol, for stealing seven men's silk underpants worth $14 from the ship Glenartney on Aug. 16. The youths admitted being found wearing the pants during
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    They want more pay
    145 5 workers' Union will ask the Colony Labour Department to negotiate a settlement of the wage dispute between three Singapore lighterage companies and their 200 employees. The companies are the General Lighterage and Transport Company, the Abdullah Lighterage Company, and the Harbour Lighterage Company. The secretary of
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    CYCLIST FINED
    17 5 KUANTAN, Fri.— Wai Phen, who carried a pillion rider on his- bicycle, was fined $3.
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    HK artists show their talent
    231 5 HK artists show their talent SINGAPORE Art Society's exhibition of the works of four contemporary Hong Kong artists at the British Council-hall should prove a delight to Singapore and an inspiration to local Chi. nese painters. The themes are the samebirds fishes, flowers, bamboo stems, and the inevitable tiger— but
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    Sino-English teachers meet
    55 5 The inaugural meeting of the Sino-English Teachers' Union will be held at the Hon Wen School, Dickson Road, at 10 a.m. tomorrow. The union is for teachers of English in Chinese schools in Singapore and its objects are to ensure the maintenance of a high standard of
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    Gimson sends plea to Commission
    155 5 THE Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, A has referred to the Public Services Commission the Stamford Club's request for early implementation of the Select Committee's report on a unified education service. In a reply to the Club, the Governor said that the Commission was
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    HAD NO MEANS OF SUPPORT: GAOLED
    57 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Pang Hie Kang, a coffee-shop waiter, who was found sleeping on the flve-foot-way of a shop in Johore Bahru, was sentenced to one week's imprisonment fo» being without visible mefcns of support. Pang said that he was waiting for transport to
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      310 5 21. He alms at the heart (5). Straits Times Crossword SSS'i&e**, <•>. i i i i i i I I I 25. "The Kings of England I 2 3 I 5 6* lifting up their swords Shall I 1 of Paradise" (Flecker) (6. 3. S. s^ *™rc*;!^ fH ~rr~ 1.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    27 6 MRS. HELEN KNOWLES wishes to thank all friends and the directors and staff of United Kn«lneers for their kindness and lir!p during her recent sad loss.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    27 6 IN MEMORY of Anker Rentse n:d thore who were killed with > la id an air action against term Ulu Kelantan on the 2J.h Aueust. 1950
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Aug. 25, 1951. Dato Tan In Pahang
    944 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Aug. 25, 1951. Dato Tan In Pahang In his speeches in Bentong, Raub and Kuala Lipis last week-end, Dato Tan Cheng Lock told the Chinese community of Pahang that they must face the realities of their life in Malaya. He spoke of "the strange fataHty
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    Fifty Years Ago
    196 6 From t K Straits T» i« s iti Am; n-£>. 13.1 IT is gratifying to note that Singapore is taking a leaf cut of Penang's book, and is determined to get up-to-date Not only do the Municipal Commissioners there meditate a Town Band, but have even gone
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    As I was Saying
    1167 6  -  Cynicus —by it vie Singapore 1 Government has been surprised at the warmth of some of the Press criticism, both here and in England, of Tuesday's Legislative Council proceedings, then it is a remarkably insensitive administration. And that apparently it has been surprised goes far towards
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    9 6 P^oirjgraph by C. A. Gibson-Hitl "ST. JOHNS FORT, MALACCA.
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    Singaporeana
    1092 6 rpODAY, by way of a change, It will be pleasant to talk about the rarer local fruits which are still to be found in Singapore suburban gardens, but which are much less familiar to localborn boys and girls today than they were twenty or thirty 'years ago. These fruits
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    NOWTHEYSCRAMBLEFOR PROPERTY
    315 7 Boom men say: No limit to price A SHOP IS SOLD -FOR $95,000 gINGAPORE businessmen, who made enormous profits during the rubber and tin booms, have started a new craze property speculation. There is no limit to what these businessmen will pay. In one case $95,000 was given
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    Busy roads may get pavements
    112 7 I AYING of pavements along certain busy streets of the City is now being considered by Singapore Municipal Commissioners. The cost is estimated at $127,000. Thp Commissioner's Building Committee has approved the expenditure of about $42,000 this year for new pavements along High Street I
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    7port workers hurt by girder crash
    172 7 7 port workers hurt by girder crash OEVEN Indian labourers of the. Singapore Harbour Board were injured, one of them seriously, when a steel girder supporting the No. 2 hatch of the British India Line coaster, Okhla, collapsed on Thursday night. The injured men were among a party of 12
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    Five officers gazetted
    95 7 FIVE commissions in the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force and one to the Malayan Training Corps were gazetted last night. They were: Mr. Dennis Redman to b e Pilot Officer MAAF: Mr. Terence Clifford Chio!e. Flight Lieutenant, M^AF. Mr F. J. R. Smith. Pilot Officer. MAAF: Mr S
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    FOUGHT WOMAN
    31 7 Because he foupht with a woman, at Kampong Bahru Road on Thursday morning Chua Cheong, aged 57, was yesterday fined $10 by the Third Magistrate. Mr. H. B Livirestcne
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    SUJ TO MEET
    28 7 The first quarterly meeting of the Singapore Union of Journalists will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Hill Street.
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    Mason had morphine
    80 7 JN the first case of its kind under the Etngerous Drugs Ordinance, a 37-vear-old mason, Chan Tee, was fined $600 in Singapore yesterday for possessing morphine. The morphine was found in a package of opium-waste, weighing 3 lb. which Chan was found carrying in South Bridge Road.
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    Woman granted decree nisi
    47 7 A decree nisi, to be made absolute in three months, was granted by the Acting Chief Justice Mr. Justice Brown, to Mrs. Daniel Ferroa, dissolving her marriage with her husband. Mrs. Ferroa had been sepaited from her husband for iie past 13 years.
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    TB proposal accepted
    106 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. "pHE committee of the Johore Bahru District Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis has accepted in principle a suggestion made by Dr. E. C. Vardy, Principal Medical Officer, Johore. This is that representation should be made to the State Government to adopt a system
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    Firms find there's no accounting for women
    168 7 Firms find there 's no accounting for women lITHEN women accountants TT come to Singapore from Britain they get married too quickly. So think some Singapore accounting firms. There are five women accountants in Singapore and three are married. Head of thp first firm to bring out women accountants from
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    Conductors not needed
    88 7 gINGLE-STOREY school buildings in Singapore do not need lightning conductors and none will be installed in those to be built This decision was reached after a series of discussions between officials of the Education Department and the Public Works Department Referring to the incident v.hen lißhtnlnß "struck
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    JUROR WAS TOO BUSY
    55 7 Jerome L. Pereira. an employee of Fraser and Neave. was yesterday fined $50 at the Singapore First Police Court for failing to appear in the Coroner's Court on Au£. 7 as a juror. Pereira produced a letter I frcm his employers which i stated he was
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    LINER PARTY
    26 7 The Swedish East Asiatic C4>rr*pany and Captain A 'Wesbcre were K>ir\t. hosts a f a cocktail party on board the i^wnatra .last nleht There
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    A crusade is launched
    9 7 Lady Gimson, announcing the meeting
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    AND HELP IS NEEDED, SATS LADY GIMSON
    201 7 ■JR. R. W. I. BAND, secretary for Social Welfare, said at the annual meeting of the voluntary workers in Singapore's children's social centres yesterday that Lady Gimson, the president, was launching a crusade. In her first speech as president. Lady Gimson said more
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    10 bus firms may combine
    129 7 10 bus firms may combine DROPOSALS are being considered by Singapore's 10 Chinese bus companies to amalgamate into a multi-million dollar company and centralise all their bus routes. i Mr. Tay Soo Yong, president of the Singapore Chinese Bus Owners' Association, yesterday said that he favoured amalgamation A more effective
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    Music to aid SATA fund
    86 7 PIANOFORTE recital in aid of Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association Week will be given by Madam Paul Feng at the Victoria Memorial Hall on August 30 at 8.45 p.m. Madame Feng, who was acting head of the music department in the University of Shanghai, will play selections
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    SALESMAN FACES 'BREACH'CHARGE
    44 7 SALESMAN FACES 'BREACH' CHARGE Ng Ghi Hung, a charcoal and firewood seller, was in Singapore yesterday charged with criminal breach of trust of $175 worth of charcoal belonging to Chia Kei Seng, his employer. Sentence was postponed to Thursday. Nr was allowed $500 bail
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    MAN STABBED
    38 7 A 27-year-old Chinese Tan Ah Hup. of Waaiich Street. Singapore, was stabbed during a fight in New Market Road last night. He was admitted into the General Hospital in a serious condition, with three stab wounds
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    A family affair
    145 7 A^ GIRL and her brother enabled Foochow Methodist Youth Fellowship to win the Thomas Cup in the instrumental section of Singapore District M.Y.F. Talentime Contest at Wesley Church Hall. Fort Canning Rise. Fifteen year old Miss Margaret Cheng was awarded the first prize for her piano interpretation
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    48,965 tons produced
    55 7 A TOTAL of 48.965 tons of rubber was produced last month on estates and smallholdings in the Federation. Rubber stocks In the country on July 31 were 63,303 tons and total exports 51.407 tons. Sumatra exported 5.919 ton to Malaya The United States and United Kingdom continued
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    COCKTAILS FOR 200 AT CLUB
    62 7 Two hundred people attended a cocktail party given by Standard Vacuum Oil Company at the American Club Singapore, last night to welcome the company's new general manager of the Malaya-Thailand D'.vlsion Mr MacDonell Roehm. Among those present was Mr. Davis, New York public relations manager
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    Services unions to meet
    74 7 OINGAPORE Federation of of living claims. J Services Unions tomorrow Tne executive .committee of the Federation, wtfl also will discuss sending reprs*n- discuss other issues facing tatives to Britain tp make the Service employees, representations to^ Service The Army civil Service delegate to go to Britain.
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    WHETHER JAPS ENTER IS UP TO PUBLIC
    165 7 WHETHER JAPS ENTER IS UP TO PUBLIC fpHE Government's policy on the entry of Japanese x into Singapore will be governed by public opinion, said a spokesman yesterday. He had been asked whether Japanese would be allowed into the Colony after the signing of the peace treaty. Some sections of
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    It dragged at first...
    77 7 Y-WC-A- Players' production of Esther McCracken's "Quiet Week-End" opened at Victoria Theatre yesterday evening with a first act that dragged. But the play picked up after that and made a nearly full house forget its cares for the remaining two hours. The dialogue was tricky tn
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    Gaol and fine for salesman
    66 7 Lim Ah Tai, a salesman employed by Whiteaway Laidiaw Limited, was yesterday sentenced to one day's simple imprisonment and $100 Ine at the Singapore Second Police Court for misappropriating ny 2 yards of cloth worth $125 belonging to his employers. Lim sold the cloth at
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    Receiver to take over restaurant
    189 7 A RECEIVER to take over the affairs of Swantura Vilas Restaurant, Market Street, was appointed by Acting Chief Justice Brown yesterday. The receiver was appointed on a motion by Mr. C. H. Smith, acting on behalf of one of the two partners. C. Subbarayalu, who
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    Photo Salon opens today
    51 7 A Salon of Photosraphy, organised by FARELF, will open at the Singapore British Council Hall at 2 p.m. today. Brigadier M. R. R. Pren- tice, Chief Engineer, FAREI.F, will open the exhibition, and Mrs. Prentice will present the prizes. The Salon will be open for one
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    NO ONE WANTS THESE 100 SQUATTERS
    212 8 But shacks they call home must be pulled doivn JJO public authority is prepared to accommodate about 100 squatters who live in shacks in backlanes in the Boat Quay, Keng Cheow and Angus Street areas of Singapore's Chinatown. This problem faces Singapore Municipal Commissioners,
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    MCA PLAN RESORT FOR T.B. VICTIMS
    174 8 MCA PLAN RESORT FOR T.B. VICTIMS MALAYAN Chinese Association is planning to build a $200,000 resting centre for chronic tuberculosis sufferers— Und the Singapore Department has promised to co-operate. The Depa-tment will ask Government for a suitable pioce of land, probably in Kranji. an M.C.A. spokesman ■Bid yesterday. Sn id
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    TIN OUTPUT
    25 8 KUALA LUMPUR Fri. Production of tin concentrates In ttv Federation reached 109.912 piculs last month Penik produced 67,059 piculs Biid Selangor 32,570 piculs.
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    Dromus inquiry ending
    128 8 J)ROMUS fire death toll remained at 25 yesterday, no further deaths being reported. The Anglo-Saxon tanker exploded and caught fire off Pulau Bukom on Sunday ni^ht. The condition of two ChiMM rrcw Yong King Mok and Siev Yee Keng and a falay from Pulau Bukom. (Hassan bin
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    FIRST TUC TALKS IN STORE
    148 8 FIRST TUC TALKS IN STORE MORE than 30 trade unions, representing over 70,000 worker*, will attend the first delegates' conference of the Singapore Trade Union Congress on Sept. 30. The conference will be held at Adelphi Hotel roof garden, Coleman Street. The secretary of the congress, Mr. S. Jaganathan, said
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    HOUSE TRESPASS IS ALLEGED
    40 8 Tan Kiew Kan denied In Singapore yesterday that he trespassed the house of Koh Goh Siong in Lorong Limau on Tuesday to assault him. The case was postponed to Sept. 18. Tan was allowed $100 bail.
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    SULTANS' GUESTS
    64 8 SULTANS' GUESTS Pi ik; Chan York Chye MALAYAN STUDENTS and friends were ffiven a tea party in London, by the Sultan of X c d a h, Yang; di-Feiluaa Besar of Negri Sembilan and Raja of Perlis. (From left): Che Fatimah Chik binte Abdul Karim (Singapore), Mrs. Cyril Wong: (Singapore),
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    Results of City and Guild exams held in Singapore
    872 8 THE following is the list of successful Singapore candidates in the City and Guilds of London Institute examinations this year. Tl MOK TECHNICAL SCHOOL Elementary Telecommunications Practice: 2nd Class: Chua Choo Ng. Telecommunications Principle*. Grade I.: 1st Class: Yew Tong Chow,
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    No money for the festival? 'rubbish'
    211 8 No money for the festival? 'rubbish' WHAT IS IT WORTH TO BE A CITY? A SUGGESTION that Singapore Municipal Commissioners cannot find $50,000 for City Day celebrations was "absolute rubbish", Mr. A. P. Rajah, senior member of the Commissioners' Finance and General Purposes Committee, said yesterday. Mr. Rajah was commenting
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    Two lines of traffic
    65 8 TWO lines of traffic will be allowed to park along Mountbatten Road between Geylang Road and Guillemard Road for tonight's wrestling at the Happy World.. The overflow of traffic will be directed into Guillemard Road and the lorongs off Mountbatten Road. The public are asked to
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      1951 AND THE GENERALS WHO COME AND GO
      264 9 1951 AND THE GENERALS WHO COME AND GO IT is roughly a year since it was first announced that 1951 would see the end of the bandit pest. Tho Briggs Plan to end all the other plans was going to do the trick. It was -therefore with some misgivings that
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      CASE KNOWN TO BANKERS
      168 9 OM Aug. 18 there appeared in the S.rait s Times a let1 r headed "Advice on a L nlanp; Career." As one v. i has spent many years in I can say that it was :vice. and that if I had 1 .1 such a wise
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      EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS FOR NURSES
      295 9 EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS FOR NURSES yHE recommendations at the U.N. Regional Conference at Bali to reduce the academic qualifications necessary for girls wanting to apply for training in nursing did not imply that the standard of training in nursing should be reduced. The Director of Medical Services, Dr. Vickers, seems to
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      Malays in a Malayan bottleneck
      199 9 THERE is much opposition from the Chinese community in Malaya to acceptance of the Barnes Report on Education. Chinese culture may well be superior not only to .Malay but to any other east of Suez. But it is much regretted that there has been such
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      DISCIPLINE AND DANCING
      378 9 DISCIPLINE AND DANCING AS a result of the deliberations of the Methodist Youth Council In Singapore, a statement has been made concerning the position of the Methodist Youth Fellowship on the question of public or ballroom dancing. As Bishop of the Methodist Church, I have been requested to make a
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      'THE TROUBLE' IN THE S.I.T.
      130 9 JT Is very pleasing to n-a of plans for the expansion of SJ.T. housing, the making „f a documentary film to show how S.I.T. multi-million dollar housing projects will i the reshuffle of S.I.T. o etc. But would it be a destructive criticism to say
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      THE AUXILIARIES AT KATONG
      78 9 I FULLY agree with L S.J. 1 (Aug. 17) that local pclicemen are tactless and impolite. I refer particularly to the Auxiliary Police who operate Radio Patrol in the Joo Cnlat-Katong district. Their duties appear to consist of spot-lighting lov°rs at Marine Parade and Katong Park,
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      TURF CLUBS AND CHARITY
      43 9 ON a recent visit to Ceylon I noticed that each Turf Club reserved one day's racing for deserving charities. Singapore and the Federation could well copy this example, and raise a large sum towards combating, for instance, tuberculosis. Singapore.
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      Riot investigation: awaiting the end
      208 9 FN common, I should thi Singapore of whatever been following with the cl 11 last year, every word s riots which began on that reports of the actual even Inquiry Commission and Council debate, there have It is over eight months since the riots occurred.
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      Amphitheatre in the Padang?
      121 9 f^OOD for you, sir for sugVM Resting a site for the Stadium out on Mountbatten Road However, if our sports champs are influential enough to overrldp that sensible idea, I suggest that they use uieir own land (the Padang) on which to excavate a sunken Stadium
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      SILENCE NOW BROKEN
      54 9 LAST December you published a short letter in which the writer asked of the uncommunicative Legislative Councillors of Singapore, "What are they waiting for? The official whitewash?" In view of last Tuesday's debate on the Riots Inquiry Commission report, it seems that in fact they were, does
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      NO LIBRARY IN K.L.
      112 9 AS a newcomer to this country, 1 am surprised to note that in a town like Kuala Lumpur, there is no public library. There is a "K.L. Book Club," from which members only trray borrow books. The UJS.I.S., which has recently moved into the ground floor
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      Throttle all out in Seremban
      105 9 I ENDORSE what "Pro Bono Publlco" has said about the nerve-shattering din made by motor cyclists in Seremban. These thoughtless riders remove the baffle plates from the silencers of their machines and they then take to the streets with the throttle all out. Pedestrians have
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      Are people hoarding timber?
      286 9 IN 1950 the United Kingdom imported almost half the total exports of Malayan timber. Timber was exported also to countries other thanthe U.K. Mr. Markandan says that local builders choose only four of the 37 species of local timber. I really wonder if even a little
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      MONEY GOING A-BEGGING IN THE S.T.C.
      470 9 MONEY GOING A-BEGGING IN THE S.T.C. AS far as I can remember, ever since the private seven-seater buses were stopped, and the S.T.C. toefc over a monopoly, the latter have not ottered any special facilities for the travelling public. May I suggest they could do the following For the public
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      BUS BUSINESS: DEEDS COUNT, NOT WORDS
      198 9 THE new S.T.C fa:. sic ic out at 10 cents for i.l mile, 15 cents for 2.2 t^ ea and so on and trier? s a threat of still higher In the Federation 1 1 fares are five cents p. m Ilu and the
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      76 9 you, iow <xt ufc but a lime destined for F. N. Cordials (and it must come from the West Indies!* merits more than a passing glance; Its inner secrets are revealed to an expert's eye: flavour, freshness and juiciness Add pure cane sugar, under the most modern production conditions in
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    London Stocks
    299 10 LONDON, FrI. MINOR weekend sales In an otherwise Idle market created a slightly easier trend in the London Stock Exchange today. Falls in Government stocks and industrial shares were generally without import and seldom exceeding one-six-teenth in the former and six pence in the latter. Closing middle prices
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    37 10 HONG KCN"G Fri. p*REE tnareei curtencv exctiange for Hong Koiig ao::ars was quoted at the cose rodav as fol iOws. US$l HK56.66 (cash)' C ?K$6.6B (T), £1 HK515.60. one tahil ol (jold HK$329' 2 UP
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    37 10 THE Malayan Exchange Barks Association announced yesterday that control d-rect rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying T.T. 34 15 16 Airmail iO.D.) 35 1 16. (90 days) 35 5 16; Selling T.T.'O.D. ready 34 "A
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    912 10 From A Market Correspondent THE adverse political news from Korea ana Persia has had very little effect on Malayan share prices. Industrials were slightly easier yesterday, while Tins>and Rubbers were generally unchanged. Quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Siamese 20/Sione 5/. Southern Kinta 13/8
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    TIN: $442 A PICUL
    37 10 SINGAPORE, Fri., Aug. 24— $442 (up $12). London: £957V2 a ton LONDON, Fri. Cash Buyers £957$, Sellers £960; Forward Buyers £885; Sellers £890; Settlement £950 (no change) Turnover: a.m. 115, p.m. 50 tons.
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    Rubber at $1.46
    207 10 INTEREST increased in for- ward positions in the Singapore rubber market yesterday. Moderate business was reported at slightly higher levels in a steady market. Lower grades came in for more Inquiries. The market closed steady with buyers In first-grade, September shipment, at $1.46 a lb.. half a
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    67 10 fHE Singapore copra market was slightly steadier yesterday with buyers increasing bids to $41 a picul. Sellers were firm at $42. No business resulted. Coconut oil was quiet through lack of buying Interest. Sellers came down to $69 a picul. Pepper prices in all sections remained quiet
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    SHIPS ALONGSIDE
    59 10 QHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board eodowns at 4 pjn. yesterday were: 45 Mawal, 44 Okhla. 42-43 Kina. 40-41 Gambhir. 38-39 Chandpara. 36-37 Sumatra. 33-34 Aeneas. 31-32 Myrmidon. 29-30 Forresbank. 27-27 Obra. 25-26 Asphalion. 23-24 Tjipanas. 21-22 Pannkor. 19-20 Maetsuyaker. 15-16 President Harrison. 13-14 Hong Tat. 11-12 Nordstiernan.
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    Sendayan Rubber
    30 10 QENDAYAN (F.M.S.) Rubber Company, in a correction cable from London, announces that Its flve-per-cent. interim dividend will be payable on Sept. 27 to stockholders registered on Aug. 24
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    HIGH DESCENT GETS THE VOTE
    339 11 Showed worth at Bukit Timah From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. HIGH Descent came into her own at Bukit Timah in July and I reckon she tan now be followed with complete confidence over distances of 7f to 1} miles. At the weights I certainly
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    Straits Times selections
    156 11 KPSOM JEEP CALL 801 FOIKTIIR RACE 1 M 5 CARAVAN Martini Jannty SANLANA Caravan Jaunty JAUNT* Sanlana Caravan RACE 2 1.45 FLAREPATH Balam Marco Polo MARCO POLO Deep Fields Flarepatn MARCO POLO Flarrpath John RACE 3 5.15 SCREEN Constellation Amusement CONSTELLATION Screen Nanette SCREEN Constellation Bronze Flash
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    TODAY'S GOING
    41 11 There was more than Uir inches of rain at XX. on Thursday and more rain yesterday, bnt i the weather clears op tbifl morning the rotng tor .today* races will still be good, repor'a Epsom Jeep from Kuala Lumpur.
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    Rio Grande has beating of Sporting Pink
    209 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. RIO Grande Is always a possibility In a sprint— this four year old has never really run a bad race this season— and at the weights I fancy he has the beating of Sportine Pink In Race Nine tomorrow. Rio
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    Flarepath one of day's best bets
    885 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. WITH Dalcross out, Flarepath stands out as one of the best wagers tomorrow in Race Two at Kuala Lumpur. The grey has been racing fairly consistently but without luck and deserves a winning break. Flarepath ran Rio Grande to a short
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    DOUBLE TOTES
    20 11 Doable totes today will be on Races 4 and 5; 8 and 9. Blf Sweep on Ex* 9.
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    Today's race card
    772 11 ACCEPTORS and probable J©ck«ys today are:— 3 000 Actor McPherson 9.00 "Shaw a****^ 10 040 Fair Comrt Landsdown 1.10 Mr. Kok Hoong Uluug 11 -J3SR «wC *-u £7 000 EwuT 9.00 Mining; ICO Shmoo 8.11 Spencer; Mr S. A. 8 09 Heddle; 000 Courenr du BoH 8.04
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    Finest stadium east of Suez for Kuala Lumpur WILL BE READY END OF YEAR
    617 12 Finest stadium east of Suez for Kuala Lumpur WILL BE READY END OF YEAR KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. fHE Selangor Chinese (Chenwu) Athletic Association's $1,250,000 stadium and swimming pool, now under construction at Davidson Road. Kuala Lumpur, is expected to be completed by the end of this year. When completed it
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    U.K. SOCCER
    48 12 LONDON, Fri— Yesterdays Poo ball League results were: Div. 2: West Ham United 1, Bury 1. Div. 3 (Southern): Colchester Utd. 1, Norwich City 1; Walsall 1Aldershot 0; Watford 0. Leyton Orient 1. Div. 3 (Northern): Barrow 3, Wrexham 1 Carlisle Utd. 2,. Hallfax 2 Reuter.
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    17 12 LONDON, Pri. —In a Rugby League match yesterday, Liverpool I City beat Salford 8-4.— Reuter
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    SPORTS DIARY
    128 12 SPORTS DIARY TODAY SOCCER: South China v Singapore Chinese, Jalan Besar Stadium; Third Dlv. B: R.A.M C v Postals. Geylang. ATHLETICS: Eurasian Touth Movement meet, Padang 2.30 p.m. BADMINTON: Foong Seong Cup-tie (first day): Singapore v Johore, Johore Bahm 7.30 p.m. Junior championships at Clerical Union 7.15 p.m. CRICKET: Ghandl
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    South China A.A. arrive
    160 12 THE 16-strong south China Amateur Athletic Association touring football team arrived in Singapore last night by air from Hong Kong The team, who are 1950/1951 Amateur League champions of the Colony, will play five matches in Singapore all at Jalan Besar Stadium. Mr. Snng Lung-shing, the
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    FEDERATION ITINERARY
    128 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. COUTH China footballers, wno arrived In Singapore this evening, will play one match against Selangor XI here on Sept. 3. the day after the Malaya Cup final. The tourists are expected to play Negri Sembilan on Sept. 1. after their series of five matches in
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    EX-LANCASHIRE BOWLER DEAD
    52 12 LONDON, Fri. Bill Roberts, former Lancashire left-arm slow bowler died suddenly last night. He was 36. Roberts played for England In three "Victory" Test matches against the Australian Services in 1945. He left Lancashire at the end of 1949 after 10 seasons to play In the Birmingham
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    MARIGOLD B.P. WIN 7-NIL
    109 12 Marigold B P. defeated Arche Juvepus Sport, Club bv »even game* to nil at Oovt. Trade School on Wedamr y Re$UJts 'Marigold player. Single.: Seah Yeak Khern bt Chow Khve Lock 15-14. 15-11: Ng Cheng Hua Thng Hooi Leong 15-lJ. 15-6; Lian Fook Shin bt Johnny
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    Sent off after hat-trick
    84 12 R.N. Keppel Barracks, in fourth Keppel's oentreforward Osborne, place in S.A.F.A. Division SB with who performed the hat trick, was 16 points, found Cosmos S.C., ordered off by the referee seven who are six steps further down minutes before the end. the League table, easy meat
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    Engineer Regt. in Farelf cup final
    304 12 SCORING the winning goal in the sixth minute of extra time, Singapore Engineer Regiment beat 30 Battalion Royal Army Ordnance Corps by two goals to one at Tanglin yesterday to enter the FARELF Cup final. Engineers will now meet 42 Commando, Malaya District champions,
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    EURASIANS' SPORTS DAY
    92 12 Singapore Eurasian Association Youth Movement annual athletic meet will be held on the Padang this afternoon, beginning at 2.30. The programme lists 38 events and among a large number of entries are outstanding athletes like Ronnie de Silva, Stephen de Souza, Patrick Pestana, Gordon Deans, Benjie Ross.
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    DANES IN S.A.
    29 12 JOHANNESBURG, Fri.—Denmark won the third badminton Test against South Africa here last night by 10 matches to one, winning all six matches of the night. A.P.
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    WATER-POLO LGE. DRAWING CROWDS
    370 12 T*HE introduction of the new F.I.N.A. (International x Swimming Federation) rule 30 minutes of actual play with a five minutes interval— in the Singapore water-polo League has whipped up great spectator interest in current league matches Mr. Tan Sin Whatt, Secretary of the Singapore Amateur Swimming
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    FATHUL KARIB WIN KEY GAME
    269 12 Fathul Karib 2; R.A.F. Tengah 0. SINGAPORE A.F.A. Second Division championship aspirants, Fathul Karib, sank the hopes of their keenest rivals, R.A.F. Tengah, by winning their key encounter by two goals to nil at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. It was a close struggle but Fathul
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    V. Ryneveld andMcGlew nearly did it
    125 12 V. Ryneveld andMcGlew nearly did it SOUTHAMPTON, Fri. gOUTH Africa, set 173 runs to make In 133 minutes, lost seven wickets In making 151 today and drew their match against Hampshire. The Hampshire Innings was dc clared at 243 for four just after lunch. The tourists' second Innings was notable
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    SBH "A" TEAM
    45 12 Singapore Business Houses League "A" soccer XI to meet RAP iSeletarl at Seletar tomorrow at i p m is: Arshad: Omar Salleh. All Samijan: Tlan Chve. Kok Thong Ah CheongHoi Meng. Param. Boon Khim. D. AnguMi.i. Osman. Res.: J. de Souza Krishnan.
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    Essex humble the county champions
    200 12 LONDON. Fri who have already won this year's County cricket championship title were beaten by Essex today This is ?n 1^ ar f W L Ckshlre>s second def eat m 26 matches. Derbyshire scored an inninge win over bottom-team Leicestershire. ySterta? endlnK ln tW days
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    PADANG SHIELD CRICKET
    74 12 Singapore Recreation Club team to meet S.C.C. in the Padang Shield cricket match tomorrow is: E. Le Mercier (Capt.), B. Barker, C. Colling. J. de Souza, J. Galistan, D. Keyt, B. Marks, J. Martens, R. Perry, J. Ross, O. Rozarlo, R. Scully. The Shield was presented by
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    U K YOUNGSTERS GET THEIR CHANCE
    549 12 LONDON. Pri. A HEAVY crop of early season Injuries has forced managers of English league clubs to bring Into their teams youngsters whom they would have rather saved for later In the season. But the youngsters have all shaped well and have shown that
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