The Straits Times, 28 August 1951

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1846 Tw4lV£ PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1951. Jf PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    PEKING: 'NEW U.S. VIOLATIONS'
    297 1 China, Kaesong invasion alleged CA UC ASIAN TROOPS IN KOREA REPORT TOKIO, Monday. pEKING today accused the United States of new land and air violations of the neutral zone at Kaesong and with sending warplanes over Tsingtao and other coastal cities of China. A sudden barrage
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    GIMSON RETURNS FROM COCOS
    215 1 GIMSON RETURNS FROM COCOS •pHE Governor of Singapore Sir Franklin Gimson landed back in Singapore last nii; lit after a 2,400-mile flight bv RAF Sunderland to study on the spot the problems ot the inhabitants of the CocosKeellns Islands, in the East Indian Ocean. Although there was no surplus manpower
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    HOME SOON
    20 1 ZURICH. Mon.— Sir Stafford Chops may be able to return to England in November his said today. Reuter.
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    Air chief is ill, for U.K.
    80 1 AIR Vice-Marshal R. S. Blucke. Air Officer Commanding the R.A.F. in Malaya. who has been convalescing in Ceylon for the past month, is returning to Britain on the advice of doctors. Command of the R.A.F. in Malaya has been taken over by Air Commodore
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    OWNPACT WITH JAPS —NEHRU
    192 1 OWNPACT WITH JAPS NEHRU NEW DELHI, Mon IMMEDIATELY Japan had attained independence, India would end the state of war with Japan and negotiate a simple bilateral treaty the Indian Prime Minister Mr. Nehru, announced today. He announced in the Indian Parliament today that India would not sign the proposed peace
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    2,000 ARE STRANDED ON HILLS
    62 1 MEXICO CITY. Mon. TWO thousand people who fled from the flooded town of Soto la Marina, on the east coast of Mexico, are living in nearby hills on food dropped by military aircraft. The flight is an aftermath of the hurricane which swept the Tajnpico
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    17 1 MI3S RHONa connery, of Radio Malaya, who is going to Britain on sick leave. See Pace 7.
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    MAO SELLS OPIUM FOR FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    154 1 HONG KONG, Monday. A CHINESE from Indonesia, who has just come from Red Canton, travelling on a Dutch passport, has brought a detailed typewritten trade letter which he said was the standard Chinese Communist opium export offer. He said he got the letter from
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    U.S. CASUALTIES
    34 1 WASHINGTON, Mon .—The Defence Department yesterday issued its 384 th casualty list in the Korean war. The 192 names hi it included 27 dead, 129 wounded, 21 injured and 15 missing.— U.p.
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    SUGAR PROBE
    27 1 MANILA, Mon.— An official inquiry wa s opened into re- ports that Philippine sugar shipped to Borneo was finding Its way to Communist China.— U.P.
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    Synthetic record
    31 1 NEW YORK. Mon. Increased demand is expected to boost production of synthetic and crude rubber this year to a record 260,000 tons, reports B.F. Goodrich Company. America's largest synthetic
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    Strikers appeal to Truman
    138 1 Strikers appeal to Truman DENVER, Mon. rj\HE independent Interna1 tional Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers announced today that It has asked President Truman to take over the U.S. copper industry. The announcement came a few minutes after efforts to I settle the wage dispute in Washington failed after
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    Paglar in Philippines
    88 1 MANILA, Mon. DATO Charles J. Paglar will begin conferences tomorrow with Philippine officials and doctors on the tuberculosis problem. Dato Paglar and his wife arrived today by air from Singapore on a three-week visit to the Philippines. He will confer with public health officials and visit hospitals
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    Going up is all right...
    71 1 CAPETOWN, Mon. 17-YEAR-OLD boy "borrowed" a light aeroplane here today and when airborne found he didn't know to land. Pilots and ground staff watched him circle overhead for two hours. The boy dropped messages and another aircraft took off. displaying large notices on a blackboard
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    Harriman in No. 10 talks
    106 1 LONDON. Mon. THE United States' roving ambassador Mr. Harriman was invited by the Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee today to attend a special Cabinet meeting: for discussions on the next move in the AngloIranian oil conflict. Mr. Harriman, who opened the oil talks with the Lord
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    DUTCH 'SPIES'
    22 1 THE HAGUE, Mon.— The Dutch police have arrested twp men on charges of spying —the first since the war. Reuter.
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    US making 250 A-bombs a year
    122 1 NEW YORK, Mon. MR. Gordon Dean, chairman of the United States atomic energy commission, was quoted by Look magazine yesterday as saying the United States wa s stockpiling i He added that the United States was working on the development of the hydrogen bomb,
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    Super Constellation will be in service soon
    101 1 THIS is the first flight picture of the new Lockheed Super Constellation, largest aircraft to enter commercial service. It costs over C 500 .006 and will be going into service this year. Although not the heaviest liner, it will carry more people than
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    PLANES READY TO FLY ARMY
    209 1 Britons quit oilfield LONDON, Monday. A "GHOST FLEET" of private charter planes Is standing: by ready to fly British troops to Persia, according to a London newspaper report today.. The last of th« British oilmen from the evacuated south Persian Khuzistan oilfield arrived in Abadan
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    Maria Case verdict
    41 1 JUDGMENT in the appeal by Inche Maruoor Adabl in the Hertogh case will be given bf the Singapore Court of Civil Appeal on Thursday. Special precautions against possible demonstrations will once again be taken by the Singapore Police.
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    4 DIE IN CRASH
    35 1 COLOGNE, Mon. Four people were killed and three injured last night when a skittles team returning from a match in a lorry and a car collided with an oncoming lorry.— Reuter.
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    Malaya 'police State' warning
    279 1 Malaya 'police State' warning MANCHESTER, Mon. rpHERE would have 10 be new police and government methods in Malaya if the results of the military campaign against the Communists were not to be thrown away, said the Manchester Guardian today. The newspaper, in a leading article, said that a report from
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    INDIA AIDING RUSSIA, SAY U.S. OFFICIALS
    292 2 Stiff note to New Delhi WASHINGTON, Monday. HIGH United States officials said last night that India was playing into Russia's hands by advancing inconsequential and spurious reasons for not attending the Japanese peace conference in San Francisco next month. They said the Prime Minister.
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    S'pore 'is a lesson to Hong Kong'
    171 2 HONG KONG, Mon. 'THE British-owned South China Morning Post editorially warned today that Hong Kong should take a lesson from Singapore's "tendency to take an unbalanced view of responsibility." Commenting on the Singapore Government's reaction to the Riot Inquiry Commission's report, the newspaper
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    Scrap iron goes up
    64 2 Scrap iron goes up LONDON. Mon OCRAP Iron and steel, urgently needed by British industry as the rearmament drive gathers momentum, will be raised In price by £2 per ton from today. The Government order alms to encourage scrap collecting and help fill the gap left by declining imports. British
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    Persia sacks an envoy
    77 2 LONDON, Mon. 'J'HE Persian Foreign Minister, Mr. Baqir Kazeml yesterdny dismissed the Minister in Ankara, Mr. Mohamed Sayed. The Minister was ordered to hand over all matters to the Chancellor of the Legation. The Foreign Ministry has ordered him to return to Teheran immediately. Mr. Mohammed
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    WOOL PRICE FALLS
    41 2 SYDNEY. Mon. Wool dropped at least five per cent at the opening of the season's sales today. Bidding in the early sales was restricted to a small group of buyers. The highest early bid was 126 d. —UP.
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    32 2 Llfcl'T. GEN. AMnl Kader Pashi el Jnndi, President of the three-man military court which is trying* eight of the 10 men accused of the assassination of Rn; Abdullah of Jordan. A.P. photo.
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    Prize packet worried him
    85 2 SYDNEY, Mon. WHEN Jim Falconer, 26, a bachelor, wen £4,M0 worth of prizes in a radio quix, including a motor ear and a caravan, he was embarrassed. He had nowhere to store the foods. Apart from the car and earaTsn, he won 80 other items including
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      972 2 NOTICES KLUANG RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirtieth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be Held at the Registered Office. D 11-16 Hongkong Bank Chamber*, Collyer Quay, Singapore, on Thursday, the 11th of October 1951, at IS o'clock noon, for the purpose
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      356 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS THREE HEALTH NURSES in the Oovernment Health Department, Singapore, on the salary scale of $130 19A atO B 210 10A 244 p.m. plus C O.L. and local allowances. Appointment* will be on probation for six months at the end of which period, nurses will be confirmed if work
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      727 2 NUTICKS NOTICE I, the undersigned of No. 151, Pusir Paniang Road. Singapore do hereby give notice that my marriage in 1931 to Miss WOEK YEN in the province of Fukien. China, according to Chinas* Custom was dissolved by mutual agreement. Dated this 25th day of August. 1951. (LOK BOX SIM)
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      729 2 NOTICES THE KAMASAN RUBBER COMPANY. LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders wfll be held at the Registered Office of the Company, No. 1, The Embankment Kuila Lumpur, at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, the 18th day of September. 1951.
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      158 2 the lovelight in a girl's eyes, for instance There are some things that can't be kept secret. The lovelight in a girl's eyes, for instance not altogether unlike that look of calm enjoyment you see i~il HI on a Craven 'A' smoker's face. A look of j|3 savouring the rich
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      328 2 Today's Radio SINGAPORE kya Trio; 10 "Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair"; 10.3© "Music 10 10.10 News from Ki.; 1 p.m at Night"; 11 Close Radio Orcta.; 1 30 News; 1.45 mm£ Dance Mask:; 8.15 "Four Star? and a Starlet"; 6 30 U.N. Pro- 7.30 a jn. Radio Newsreel"- 7
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    PERSIAN M.Ps. ATTACK MOSSADEQ
    285 3 'We didn't vote to endanger our freedom TEHERAN, Monday. A SHARP attack on the Premier, Dr. Mossadeq, for failing to reach an oil agreement with Britain stirred the Persian Parliament yesterday. "W» nationalised our oil to put an end to poverty, not to endanger our independence",
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    NEW JET PLANE EXPLODES
    121 3 NEW JET PLANE EXPLODES STANSTED, ESSEX, Mon. QNE of Britain'* latest experimental jet planes, the Handley Page 88, exploded In mid-air here last night and crp-'hed by the runway. The pilot Mr. Douglus S. Buomfleld. was killed. The aeroplane was taken off the secret list only three weeks ago and
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    Cook seeks a fortune
    77 3 PERTH, Mon. J^ CHINESE cook, Wong Yee Hing, only mourner at the funeral here in 1949 of Ethel Le Neve, mistress of murderer Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, haa asked the Titles Office to help him in his search for a fortune which he believes Le Neve
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    Poles make first move
    71 3 BOMBAY, Mon.— Poland will be the first Iron curtain country to operate a regular passenger service by sea between India and Europe with the departure on Sep* 17 of the 14,300-ton 'Batory. Abandoning the GdyniaUnited States service after a tiff with American auhorities the queen of
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    Emir Talal home soon
    78 3 AMMAN, Mon. T'HE Emir Talal, eldest son of the late King Abdullah and Crown Prince of Jordan, who has been in Switzerland convalescing after a nervous breakdown, will return home in 10 days, Dr. Jamil Pasha Tutukji, Jordan's Minister of Health and Social Affairs said here
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    AMOK HIT GIRL WITH CLEAVER
    45 3 HONG KONG, Mon. A Chinese seaman ran amok early on Saturday morning, attacked his girl friend and four other membeis of her family with a cleaver, and then fell to death from the second floor of the girl's home.— UP.
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    PLEA BY ISRAEL
    30 3 TEL AVIV, Mon .—lsrael has asked the Security Council to reopen consideration of its earlier complaint that Syrian troops had taken part in recent border clashes.— Reuter.
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    New Peking envoy
    23 3 CALCUTTA, Mon.— Mr. N L. Han, Peking's first Ambas-sador-designate to Pakistan arrived In Calcutta yesterday on his way to Karachi.
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    46 3 A SCENE of devastation in the province of Chankiri. north of Ankara, Turkey, after a severe earthquake rocked North-Western Turkey, on August 13. Sc*res of villages were levelled and at least 47 people were killed. Forty-three of the 47 were killed in t hankiri. A.P. photo.
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      Explosion blew 4 to bits
      74 3 POLICE are investigating an explosion which blew four workmen to bits in the large Nobel dynamite works in Turin on Saturday. A SPANISH woman. Senora Anita Buraderas Peaez died in her home at Tetwan. Spanish Morocco, yesterday aged 112, Until a few days ago she
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      11 KILLED
      32 3 AT LEAST 11 people were killed and 27 injured when the Calcuttabound Assam express went off the rails on Sunday. Alcoholic drinks have been banned at official receptions in Teheran.
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      10,000 PROTEST
      64 3 TEN THOUSAND marched through the streets of Bridgetown. Barbados yesterday to protest against the South African Government's racial policy. MR. AVERELL HARRIMAN, President Truman's special envoy, has arrived in Paris on his way back from Yugoslavia, where he met Marshal Tito. Italian motor-cycle ace, Luigi Albertl, died of
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    Police fire on anti-West mob
    209 3 EGYPT PRESENTS ULTIMATUM CAIRO, Monday. DOLICE used rifles and tear gas bombs yesterday 1 to disperse several hundred Egyptians who tried to break a police cordon and infiltrate into the fashionable Kasr el Dubara district, where the British and American embassies are located. The crowd
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    Only three say 'no'
    40 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. PRTY-EIQHT countries have now notified tfee United States that they will attend the Japanese peace treaty conference ia San Francisco next month. Three— India, Burma and Yugoslavia hav« rejected the invitations to attend.— Reuter.
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    Fewer wed in Britain
    47 3 LONDON. Mon. FEWER Britons married, had children or were divorced m 1949 than m 1948, the annual report of the Registrar General showed yesterday. Marriages m 1949 totalled 375,041, a decline of 1.1 percent; divorces numbered 34,856. 8.842 less than In 1948.— AP.
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    JAPS HOPE TO TAKE THE AIR
    143 3 TOKYO, Mon. JAPANESE hopes of international participation in commercial aviation rose today with the flight of a DC-3 bearing the markings of the Hag of Japan. It was the first time the flag has been allowed on a plane since V-J Day. Today's flight
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    Gen. Morgan is UK's new atom chief
    152 3 LONDON, Monday. lEUT.-Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan, 57, was selected the Ministry of Supplies yesterday to head Britain's atomic energy programme. Gen. Morgan will succeed Lord Portal, who resigned effective on Oct. 1. During the war Gen. Morgan commanded the British First Corps in
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    14 3 SISTEB Kenny, who is on her way to the Infan'ile ParaSysis Conference in Copenhagen.
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    SWIMMERS GET THEIR CASH
    53 3 CAIRO, Mon. THE Egyptian Government last night awarded £1,000 to Marei Hassan Hammad, winner of the 1951 Daily Mail Channel Swim Marathon. Amounts of £250 each went to Hassan Abdel Rehim and Said El Araby, third and fourth. The amounts were the same as those offered
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      142 3 **Lots of mysterious parcels about the kouse this week, Susan!" "Well, apart from making the right impression in Kuching, I do need a couple of new frocks and Claire has •uch glorious things!" "Expensive business, these holidays!'* **Not a bit, John. Claire'i price-tags are planned to keep husbands like fOtt
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    NEW UMNO PRESIDENT HITS AT FEDERATION TREATY
    570 4 'Raayat worse off KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A BITTER attack on the Federation of Malaya Agreement was made today by the newlyelected President of the United Malays National Organisation, Tungku Abdul Rahman ibni Sultan Abdul Hamid. In his first interview since his election yesterday,
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    'Servant, not master, of UMNO'
    150 4 'Servant, not master, of UMNO' KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. |l\(iKr Abdul Rahman, the new President of the United Malays National Organisation, in his presidential speech to the General Assembly of UMNO last night, said that like Mahatma Gandhi, he would serve the Malays, not as a master but as a servant.
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    APPOINTMENTS
    40 4 The following appointments have been announced: Lt. David Myles Gisborne Brittan of the Royal Navy to be an officer of the Malayan Naval Force, and Mr. A. J. Jugas to be a member of the Labour Advisory Board. Singapore
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    Mr Yong puts magic into Malayan life
    263 4 [MRS. Malcolm Mac Donald was the first to buy a iTI picture at the exhibition of water-colours by the Penang artist Mr. Yong Mun Sen, which opened at Robinson's Stores, Singapore, yesterday. The picture. Padi Field, is a study of padi-planters set against
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    Turk in FAO Bangkok post
    46 4 The Food and Agricultural Organisation's Far Eastern regional office yesterday announced that Dr. Ilhami Masar has arrived m Bangkok as FAO regional economist. Dr. Masar, of Turkey, took his master's degree and doctorate at the universities of Munich and Giessen, Germany.
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    Murder bid alleged
    32 4 Neo Yeo Lan, aged 38, was tentatively charged in Singapore yesterday with the attempted murder of Tan Ah Hup, In New Market Street. Neo was remanded until Sept. 3.
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    Labour Party urges self-rule
    165 4 "OESPONSIBLE self-government is the only remedy '•'to overcome the serious weaknesses in the operation of the government of Singapore". This was suggested by the Singapore Labour Party General Council, during a week-end session. Alter a two-hour discussion on the Riot Inquiry Commission's Report, the Council resolved
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    73 4 MR. J. VAN DER GAAG. the former Dutch Ccn:>. <it eral in Singapore, who left the Colony on Saturday by air for the Hague after 16 month** here. He has been succeeded by Dr. F.A. Woerden. Mr. Van der Gaac said that* it was with "extreme regret" that he was
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    Stole $4,650 jewellery from boss
    119 4 Stole $4,650 jewellery from boss JAH binte Mat, a 56-year-old Malay woman, who had nine convictions during the last 20 years, was sentenced yesterday in the Singapore Third District Court to two years' imprisonment, to be followed by two years' police supervision, for theft of jewellery, worth $4,650, from her
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    24th BIRTHDAY
    37 4 Miss Teo Choon, Neo, daughter of the late Mr. Teo Hoo Lye, estate owner and proprietor of an English school in Singapore, celebrated her 24th. birthday with a dinner at the Princes Restaurant last night
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    Did not report
    26 4 KLUANO, Mon.— Lee Teck, 48, of Layang Layang, was fined $25 or 10 days Imprisonment for failing to report his change of address.
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    39 4 Mr. A. Rajah of the Borneo Company explains to a nurse at the SATA Clinic, how to work the new $40,000 X-ray machine which was installed at the clinic and used for the first time yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    Gained entry thru floor
    104 4 UAVING gained entry by removing the floorboard of a hut in Jalan Eunos, Singapore, Manab bin Ahmad, an 18-year-old trisha rider, took away clothes, worth $134. belonging to the Kasudin family. This was said by Chief Inspector C. W. Sucn. prosecuting, in the Singapore Third District
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    T.U.C. should help, he says
    107 4 THE main duty of a trade 1 union congress should be 7 the solving of all problems of member unions, the secretary of Singapore Trade Unic Congress, Mr. S. Jaganatha.-, He was commenting on the Malayan, Trade Union Council decision to keep out of trade
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    Poor TB victims get free meals
    234 4 Poor TB victims get free meals FIFTY T.^. sufferers, who are under treatment, are given a meal every day at the canteen of Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association's treatment centre in Tanjong Pagar Road. They each get a bun, an egg and either a cup of cocoa or milk. Poor patients get
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    All-party greetings for Sultan
    250 4 All-party greetings for Sultan JOHORE BAHRU, M on. ALL communltiei In Johore Bahru will present a Joint addres* to the Sultan I of Johore on the occasion of hi« birthday on Sept 17. This was decided at a meeting of the representatives of the Malay. Arab, European, Chinese. Indian and
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    Contractors fall out
    79 4 A DISPUTE between two contractors formed the subject of a claim ii\ th« Singapore High Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Fletcher Rogers. The claim was brought by Mr. N. Krishnan against Mr. Ng Poey for the recovery of $11,809.35, said to be due to him for work
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    AID FOR S'PORE
    21 4 KLUANO, Mon.— Students of the Churls Hwa School, have raised $438 for the Singapore Kampone Bugis fire victims.
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    New one-way traffic plan to go before M.Cs Friday
    245 5 New one-way traffic plan t o go before M.Cs Friday 'WILL INCONVENIENCE MANY— BENEFIT FEW 1 SINGAPORE Traffic Advisory Committee's proposed one-way traffic scheme for the central area of the City will meet with strong opposition at the Singapore Municipal Commissioners' monthly meeting on Friday. Commissioners will be asked to
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    She reads report after report...
    149 5 She reads report after report CINCE arriving In Singapore a few weeks ago to take up the newly-created post of assistant director of education for girls, Miss Joan Holland has spent most of her time in Jier room at the Adclphi Hotel studying education reports. She said yesterday: "I have
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    Okhla master denies charge
    65 5 Captain J. Bayley, master of the Okhla, on which seven port workers were injured by a girder crash on Aug 23, writes that the statement by one of the injured men that they were working in the dark is incorrect. He states that the hatch in
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    He appeals to young men
    127 5 He appeals to young men M R C L Edwards of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, made a special appeal at the annual meeting yesterday to youne men to Join the Singapore" Association. u Ji Edwards said he looked to the Singapore Association a» a medium for healthy and
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    U.K. course for 130 will cost over $1 m.
    191 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. T^? J50 Federation schoolteachers for training at 5 b^ College, England, will b e selected soon It Is hoped that most of them will b e women, the Federation Government announced today They will leave Penang In the
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    SLUM CLEARANCE ANTI-T.B. WEAPON
    232 5 PENANG, Monday. A I ALAY AN towns which grow up haphazardly may iT1 be one of the major factors in the high tuberculosis incidence in this country, Dr. Lee Tiang Keng, Federal Member for Health, said in Penang I today. Elimination of slums through good town-planning
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    Labour dept. to intervene
    91 5 THE Singapore Labour Department is to intervene in the wages dispute between three lighterage companies and their 200 employees. This was disclosed to the Straits Times, by the Deputy Labour Commissioner Mr R Middleton-Smith. yesterday. He said the department has asked the managements of the companies
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    Stray dogs will be eliminated
    60 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. A campaign has been started to eliminate stray unlicensed dogs from the streets. The Town Board dog catchIng team have so far caught 106 dogs. The cost of catching the animals amounted to $114.24 and the number of dogs registered for the
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    BACK TO WORK
    33 5 The Italian Consul in Melbourne, Australia, Mr. L. Dainelli, stopped in Singapore yesterday on his way back to his post after a holiday in Italy. He left early this morning.
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    MORE TIN FOUND IN SHIP
    95 5 MORE TIN FOUND IN SHIP ANOTHER 150 tons of tinplate has been found In the British India vessel Okhla. Last week 50 tons of tinplate, bound for Hong Ron*, was found. The Department of Customs and Excise said yesterday that the matter is under investigation. Two hundred tons of tinplate
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    LET ME BARGAIN OVER FINE' PLEA
    54 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Moo When fined $20 at Johore Bahru today for having one kati of biscuits in a restricted area, Koh Ah Moi asked the magistrate if she could bargain for a reduction of the fine. "You inay get a higher fine If you
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    Medal for Bryson
    49 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Former British Adviser Negri Sembilan, Mr. H. P. Bryson who is living in England on retirement, has been granted permission by the King to accept the Negri Sembilan Meritorious Service Medal which the Yang dl-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan has conferred on him
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    BLIND GIRL WEDS
    52 5 ROVER Mate James Willia ms and blina Miss Esther Cheong, of Penang's St. Nicholas Home, walk under an arch of thumbsticks provid ed by a guard of honour from the 2nd and 12th George Town Scout headquarters group alter their wedding a t Burmah Road Hall. Straits
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    Going to North Borneo
    72 5 MR. W. A. SPRADBROW, Assistant Deputy Government Printer, Singapore, thanks the Singapore Government Printing Office Employees Union, at a farewell party yesterday. Mr. Spradbrpw, w ho has been in Malaya for 21 years, leaves (or North Borneo today to take us the K^^JWW/'S l^ at Jessel
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    Dato Onn makes his last bowto UMNO
    415 5 (By PATRICK KEITH) KUALA LUMPUR, Mon, TN an atmosphere of profound sadness and regret, Dato Onn bin Ja'afar last night mad* his final bow to the great organisation he founded the United Malays National Organisation. From all sections of the general assembly at
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    Colony Govt. seeks student nurses
    124 5 GOVERNMENT is recruiting student nurses for the third training course, this year, which begins at the General Hospital in Singapore on Septfmber 10. Miss E. Rintoul, Principal Matron, who Is dealing with toe applications, yesterday said: "We will accept as many suitable candidates to build
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    NEGLIGENT: $50
    30 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Chong Llew Yue was fined $50 in the Police Court today for negligent driving when he collided with a car on the Jolipre Bahru-Ayer Hltam
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    DEATH
    16 6 TJONO PA LIONO passed away at hl« residence In Medan on the 24th AURUJit 1961.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    101 6 MRS. TAY CHEK SOO and fa-. nulv thank all relatives and Irirndn. who MBt wreaths, con; dolatory letters and telegrams, scrolls, 'etc.. lent cars, rendered assistance, paid night visits, and attended the funeral of the late Mr. Tav Chek Soo, President. Malacca i chamber of Commerce. MRS H. J.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 28, 1951. UMNO Loses Its Founder
    758 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 28, 1951. UMNO Loses Its Founder Not the least of the difficulties met with in attempting to assess the effect of the change in UMNO leadership is what Dato Onn meant to imply in his last two speeches as President. His lips were sealed
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    Mr. Frisby Takes The Top Class
    349 6 While commercial schools are swamping the very limited employment market in Singapore for boys with lowgrade clerical qualifications, and social welfare workers are concerned about the increasing unemployment that they see among that class of worker, the boy or girl with a School Certificate
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    Faith, fact and tolerance in family planning
    1077 6 MALAYA'S PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS WRITES ON 'The challenge in the tremendous Increase of population on this island k stupendous' OECENT correspond- ence on the subject of forecasting of population appears to have been designed to drive the supporters of family planning (who are
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      A policeman's lot in the Federation
      228 6 I AM glad that the police authorities in Singapore 1 have seen fit to reduce the long and arduous duties of their policemen as a result of the Singapore riots of last December. The police there now do six hours' duty in a day,
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      STARVING OUT THE EXCESS?
      121 6 0NE wonders whether the Government earnestly dasires to stem the growing inflation or Is trying to worsen It. The prices of rice, sugar, cigarettes, etc., were raised in stages by the Government. Along with these, up rose the prices of other consumer goods. The Increase in
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      THE HAVES & HAVE-NOTS
      85 6 THE HAVES HAVE-NOTS JJARDLY a month passes but we read of some poorly paid Government officers receiving increases of salary, and back-dated too. The latest news is that the Singapore Legislative Council has approved of the trifle of $150,000 being paid to certain top-officers in the Colony just because the
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      TO INDICATE THE ROUTE
      83 6 TN view of the numerous occasions when Illiterate passengers who wrongly board the Singapore Traction Company buses for a particular route are "humorously" belittled by some uncouth conductors, I would suggest that the Traction Company, in order to save unfortunate passengers from embarrassment and rudeness, fix
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      OEDIPUS & CO.
      69 6 OEDIPUS CO. "I A Salle," In his (or h$r) of Friday on "Ardele's" dark thoughts, evinces a most charming modernity. According to his canons of taste, Shakespeare's tragedies, much of Ibsen and his disciple Shaw, Strindberg "and the majority of the latterday (but not modern) dramatists are ruled out. This
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      ENGINE-ROOM 'PAPER' AND 'PRACTICE'
      332 6 ENGINE-ROOM 'PAPER' AND 'PRACTICE' Pa Press report of Aug. 20 referring to an Assistant Engineer (Mechanical) post l n the Municipal Engineer's Department, there appeared a statement attributed to Mr. S. S. Manyam (Progressive, North) in which he is reported to have said, inter alia, "It would be most'discouraging to
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    On The Margin
    387 6 On The Margin Nona Wag A Nun JT hu b«en left to the Reverend Father Pintado, 0/ Malacca who, u his name Indicates, comes from Portugal— to clear up the mystery about Nona. It seems that after all our searching^ hither and thither —In Malacca, in Java, In Oeylon and
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    GOVERNMENT HAD PARALYSIS, HE SAYS
    909 7 Dr. Withers-Payne: Blame does hot lie with the police Inefficiency in riots shattered confidence -WHAT LITTLE WAS LEFT THE lack of leadership and inefficiency of the most senior officers of the Singapore Government during the riots in December shattered what lit tie confidence the public
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    'A WASTE OF MONEY'
    127 7 DK. WITHERS-PAYNE on 'experts': "The Press has published a statement that Government is considering the appointment of yet another expert, th s time to report on the economic development of the Colonv. "It would be difficult to suggest a greater waste of money in present circumstances.
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    Motorcycle throws rider
    112 7 A "GHOS T" motorcycle careered along Fullerton Road, Singapore, last night. It sped for nearly 100 yards at 30 m.p.h. then it crashed into Fullerton Building. Left behind badly injured was the motorcycle's rider. Ho Wah Peng, aged 27. The motorcycle had collided with a traffic Island,
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    SLEPT ON DUTY
    33 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Mohammed bin Samun, special constrjple, was sentenced in the Pjfjce Court today to six weelsjr imprisonment for sleeping a'hen on armed sentry duty gin the charge room
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    Air Day 'attack' on village
    134 7 Air Day 'attack' on village T»HE working committee for Singapore Air Day held Its final pre-event meeting yesterday at Kallang Airport. Final plans for the display, which is on Saturday, were reviewed, and members inspected arrangements for crowd control, car parking and other facilities. A dummy submarine and a small
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    Trader is cleared
    111 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. QNG Soon Han, a trader, was acquitted In the Police Court today on a charge of attempting to evade Customs duty amounting to $29. Onj? declared a radio at $250 but the Customs valued it at $395. The difference in duty between the two
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    Admits having stolen goods
    63 7 Nr* Leng Chin, 45, pleaded guilty in Singapore to fraudulent possession of two grease guns, a motor car oil 1 pump, and $20 worth of wire. at Pitt Street on Aug. 17. r He also pleaded guilty to escaping from detention at the junction of Rochore
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    SHE CUTS HER 21st CAKE
    33 7 Miss Monica Jalleh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Jalleh of Singapore, cats her 21st birthday cake at a celebration held recently m Katong, Singapore. Tong photo.
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    YOUTHS SPENT A 'TOPPING' WEEK
    212 7 AST week was voted "al lucky schoolchildren fr i who are now spending th< I t>solutely tops!" by some om Australia and Britain >ir summer vacation in Singapore. The week ended with an expedition by armoured car convoy into Johore. Awived at Johore Bahru from
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    INDIAN FUND TO BE WOUND UP
    96 7 SINGAPORE Government proposes to set up a committee to consider whether the Indian Immigra- tion Fund should be wound up and the assets divided between the Colony and the Federation on an agreed basis. Singapore Municipal Commissioners have been asked to nominate a representative
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    MANAGER FINED
    36 7 JOHORE BAHRIJ, Mon. E. J. Goldsmith, the manager of South Malaya Pineapple Company, was fined $100 In j the Police Court today for allowing his company's lorry to carry an overweight of 14 cwt.
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    DROMUS: ISLAND INQUIRY TODAY
    162 7 FE death roll from the oil tanker Dromus was officially announced yesterday as 25. No more bodies have been found nor deaths reported for the past four days. The Dromus exploded and caught fire off Pulau Bukom eight days ago. Three people who were seriously injured
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    Just before the show began
    60 7 lne, INDIAN yen i'Ml girls who modelled lr...an costumes at the meeting of the International Fortnightly Club, held at the Singapore Y.W.C.A. headquarters yesterday. They were: Misses Leela Nair, Sengupta, Mira Mistri, Kumari Pillai. Amina Deg;ini, Roshen Mukhoila. Mun.iu Majumdal. Khurshed Bandakwalla, Ramola Chidambaram, Rati
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    Services reward four civilians
    179 7 pOUR civilian workers of the Armed services in Singapore were yesterday awarded C.-in-C. FARELF testimonials at a ceremony at Fort Canning. Brigadier E. J. Montgomery, the new Brigadier-in-Charge of Administration lor Singapore, presented the testimonials watched by a contingent of British other ranks and civilian staff
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    'Talk of the town' girl is leaving
    118 7 JJHONA Connery, Radio Malaya's indefatigable 'maid of all work', who was announcer, actress, radio journalist and programme planner, Is going home to England because her health has broken down.. She leaves tomorrow, after three years In Malaya. She was known best, perhaps, for
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    240 women see Indian fashions
    158 7 240 women see Indian fashions Our Woman Reporter 'THE fashion furore reached the Singapore Y.W.C.A. yesterday, when the International Fortnightly Club held a display of Indian fashions. More than 240 women *nd a sprinkling of men and children thronged the upper hall of the Y.W.C.A.. in Collyer Quay. Miss Leela
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    Congress to hold 'week'
    61 7 "/CONGRESS Week", to whip \j up activities of the Singapore .Regional Indian Congress, will begin with a meeting at the Sultan TTjeatre in Seletar on Sunday at 9.30 a.m. Mrs. Vilasini Menon, Legislative Councillor for Seletar, will be the chairman. The Malayan Indian Congress President, Mr.
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    'Angel' gives his blood
    183 7 'Angel' gives his blood 'THE "Swedish Angel," the 47-year-old 380-ib. wrestler, gave one pint of blood at the Singapore Blood Transfusion Centre yesterday. A regular blood donor, having given his blood on 30 previous occasions, the Angel wasi cheerful and kept the doctor; and technician laughing with' his Jokes during
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    Queue break draws fine
    94 7 poUR soccer fans, who forced their way into a queue outsiflfc Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday to see Malays F.A. beat South Chjna by two-one, jwere yesterday charged in SingapotfS with disorderly behaviour hi public. They were said to have run forward from rear of the
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    Over $3 mil. applied for
    59 7 A/[ORE than $3,000,000 worth of the new Singapore Debenture Stock, floated by the Municipality to raise a $30 million loan for water and electricity projects in the Colony have been applied for in »ix days. Increasing inquiries for debentures have been received, and many Singapore
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    38 8 MX. P. O. OMMtM, a civilian employee of the Armed Services m Singapore receives the C-in-C FARELF testimonial for efficient and devoted service from Brigadier E. J. Montgomery at a ceremony at Fort Canning yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    MCs GIVE UP RENT CLAIM FROM GOVT
    446 8 Accept offer to pay half of lighting bill SINGAPORE Municipality is to give up its fight with Government for payment of four years' rent, totalling $14,400, for the use by the Petrol Rationing Officer and his staff of office accommodation at the Registrar
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    THE EAST'S FOR ME,' HE SAYS
    106 8 MR. I. H. N. Evans, a 65-year-old bachelor, who has spent nearly half his life in the east, said yesterday that he did not like living in England. Mr. Evans, an author of five books and several papers on ethnography, was ethnographer of the
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    BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA
    79 8 Dr. William White Anderson, Moderator of the Church of Scotland passed through Singapore yesterday by Qantas/BOAC Constellation from Britain on his first visit to Australia. Dr. Anderson's visit, which will last for about six weeks, is primarily in connection with the Royal Tour of Australia early next
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    BOYS AID CHURCH WORK
    119 8 BOYS AID CHURCH WORK 40 boys of the Singapore Anglo Chinese School yesterday, took time off from their holidays and offered their services for practical lessons on the promotion of Christian religious education. Watching them were about 100 teachers, principals of schools, lay leaders and Church workers from the Federation
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    Sportsman dies
    153 8 THE funeral of 52-year-old t 1 Mr. Charles A. Pennefather, officer In charge of civilian labour at the Training and Transit centre, Nee Soon, took place at Bldadari Cemetery, Singapore, yesterday. Mr. Pennefather was the eighth son of the late Mr. John Pine Penefather, a surveyor, after whom
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    Informer to get $1,000
    110 8 AN informer was yesterday awarded $1,000 by the Singapore First Police Magistrate for helping the police to arrest a hawker and a taxi-driver who assisted in the management of a chap-ji-ki lottery in Chin Nam Street on Aug. 18. LIm Lip Chiang, the hawker, and Khoo
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    M.I.C. move gets support in Singapore
    102 8 T»HE Joo Chiat Local Indian Congress will support the Malayan Indian Congress to get all Indian organisations In Malaya into one body. This was decided on Sunday at a meeting of Joo Chiat Congress. The initiative to form a single organisation of Indians in
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    AIR TRAFFIC INCREASE
    70 8 Passenger traffic on PanAmerican World Airways aircraft increased by 17 per cent in the first six months of the year over the same period in 1950. In the first half of the year. Pan-American carried 60,892 passengers as against 51,882 for the first six months of last
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    FALL KILLED MAN
    61 8 FALL KILLED MAN The Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, returned a finding of death by misadventure yesterday on Sim Bak Kim, 49, a lighter talkong, who died of a ruptured spleen, on July 26. Sim, walking along a plank, lost his balance and fell into the bottom of the lighter.
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    'Heard call for help'—witness .
    178 8 'Heard call for help'— witness TESTIFYING at the Singapore Assize Court yes1 terday at the trial of a Punjabi watchman, Shiv Singh, on a charge of causing grievous hurt to a fellow watchman, Pritam Singh, a witness said: "I heard a voice saying, 'I have been beaten; if there is
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    Jockey's son joins SHB Police
    186 8 Jockey's son joins SHB Police JOHN Stanley Bagby. 18-year-old son of Australian Jockey, Wally Bagby. is among the 190 recruits accepted for the new Singapore Harbour Board Police Force. On Oct 17. when the new Force comes into action, the 341 regular police at present working for the Harbour Board—
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    Pensioners must go, says union
    284 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. PENSIONERS working for the Central Electricity Board must go by the end of this year, the third annual delegates' conference of the Central Electricity Board Junior Officers' Union decided in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The pensioners were "a danger in our midst," said
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    TRANSFERRED
    20 8 JOHORK BAHRU. Mon. Mr. H. 8. V. HamayA. Technlcal Assistant in Charge. Drainage and Irrigation Department., Perils, has been
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    Blackout areas
    115 8 Substations liable to load shedBt. James. Mlri Road. SUat R«»d. Bakit Pasoh, B.A.T., Trafalgar St., Prince Edward Road, Safo Street, People* Park, Nanson Road, Soon Oil MHli, Gnan Hin, U. E. Netwoek. U^. Factory, River Valley Road. Kllliney Road, Orchard Road, Armentan St. SUUc. Capitol, Newton Noa. 1
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    Give Him Plenty Of Fresh Air
    766 9  -  NURSE JANET MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA By- MANY parents irr Malaya hold th e belief that their babies should, for the first month of their lives, be in a room with all the windows and doors shut: some even believe a period of two months
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    SAVILE ROW IN THE ULU
    718 9 lUE had to stop off at a local town because, on returning from a friend's house, we had arranged to pick up Cookie, wife and baby who were also out on the spree. Their spree was a different sort from ours ours was Just a
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      201 9 m t- *m vent's narrow room" (WordsStraits Times Crossword worth) w. 33. An expert traps steam, In a r t I I 1 I I I 1 r— way (4, 6). J 1 I 4 c > 35. South American river (7). J J 2 Manna can produce a lather
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    Looking At Life
    129 10 :i IV\ THING in the surf O at Lytham St. Annes (Lanes.), a 19-year girl was sucked 50 yards through a 25-in. diame- ter pipe into a bathing pool on the further side of the promenade, erner* ing alive but covered with blood from many cuts. VI
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    1638 10 EARLY HARVESTING HAS BEGUN The LONDON LETTER From Our Own Correspondent ESSEX: giTTING on the mossy grass beneath an oak and leaning my back against the ancient tree's gnarled trunk, I look upon what to me is one of the pleasantest sights in the world^a harvest field. It Is a
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    London Stocks
    306 11 LONDON, Mon. A PART from movement* in the foreign bond section, the London Stock Exchange was colourless today. Pending developments In the international situation the turnover remained at a low level and most pri^e changes were downwards. Among bonds, German potash loans were a strong market on good
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    LONDON RUBBER PRICES
    33 11 LONDON, Mon. Spot 44'id.. Oct. 44' id.. Nov. 43'id.. Dec. 43d.. Oct.-Dec. 43*id., Jan.-Mar. 41d., Apr -June 38dV. Sept. c.i.f. 43d Sept.-Oct. c.i.f. 4M.. Oct.-Nov. elf. 40% d. Market: Quiet.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    36 11 HONG KONG, Mon. LiREB, market currency exchange for Hong Kong lounrf vat quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HKS6.6O (cash), HKS6 66 (T); £1 HKJ15.75; one tahil of gold HKS332— U P.
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    RUBBER MARKET
    186 11 'Caucasians in Korea 9 report raises prices DEPORTS to the effect that "Caucasian" troops were in Korea steadied the Singapore rubber market yesterday. More buyers were evident, and Saturday's closing prices were improved on by three cents a lb. in a moderate turn-over. The market at t'.e close,
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    TIN: $446 1/2 A PICUL
    39 11 SINGAPORE Mon., Aug. 27— $446.50 (up |2^0.) London: £997 Vi a ton LONDON, Friday.— Cash Buyers £997), Sellers 1,00ft: Forward Bayers £92«. Sellers £925; Settlement £1,0*0 (up £50) Tarn-over: a.m. 95. p.m. 70 tons.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    127 11 pEPPER tellers were rather reserved In the Singapore produce market, yesterday, but their quotations were unchanged through lack of buying support. In the copra section, prices Improved slightly, buyers raising bids to 941 against quotations of $42 a plcul. Hie coconut oil section was dull. there being
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    31 11 'THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying TT. 34%. Airmail .0.D.) 35, (90 days) 354; Selling T.T./O.D. ready 34 tt.
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    Shipping in the Roads and alongside
    172 11 CHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 p.m. yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan, Magellan. Heinrrich Jessen. Fortune Star. Empire Trooper. Radnor. Stanvac Meifoo. Inchmull, Drente, City of Khartoum. Phaeax. Tebourba. inner Koads: Mina. L. V. ToorenberK,
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    Malayan shares
    146 11 Main interest in Tins, Rubbers INTEREST in the Malayan share market yesterday was centred mainly on Tins and Rubbers. Industrials were very steady, with prices unchanged. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sbarebrokert' Aa»ociatlon were: ■Mi ■•ran Aiutral. Aral. 10/4* Batu Selanfor M Qopeng 12/t Ipoh M/» Je«ebu
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    RUBBER SOLD FORWARD
    74 11 ■CX>RWARD sale* of rubber «re announced as follows: Alor Gajah BsUte— 12 tons No. 1 R8.S for delivery baled. Into godown Singapore, four tons monthly January-March 1952, at $1.10 per lb. Ayer Panas Estate— 30 tons No 1 R.SJ5.. bated, into godown Singapore, 10 tons monthly January-March
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    EASTERN BANK DIVIDEND
    40 11 EASTERN Bank directors have declared an interim dividend at the rate Of 3s. 6d. per ihare, less income tax at 9s. 6d. payable on Sept. 20. Transfer books will be closed from Sept. 6 to 19 inclusive.
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    MERCANTILE BANK DIVIDEND
    20 11 MERCANTILE Bank of India ITI directors have declared an Interim dividend of six per cent less tax.
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    Brighter cricket envisaged for
    339 12 next year NEW SYSTEMS PROPOSED By A Special Correspondent /CRICKET enthusiasts look like being assured of better and brighter cricket next season if certain proposals, now blue- printed, are accepted by members of the Singapore Cricket Association. That the present tournament has not been to the
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    JUNIORS HOLD SAFA 'A' TO 1-1
    239 12 JUNIORS HOLD SAFA 'A' TO 1-1 CINOAPORE "A", backed up by 'Harith In the defence and Sharif! Madon In the attack, could no more than draw one-all with a Junior League Combined side at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The game wu poor and all Harith and Madon'a efforts to hold
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    HELSINGBORG HERE IN DEC.
    66 12 HELSINGBORG, the crack Swedish football club, will not be in Singapore till December 11. They had hern expected in November, but the tour arrangements have been altered. Helsingbore will first be in Hong Kong on about November 20. They then go on to Japan, then Saigon.
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    31 12 SINGAPORE 'A' goalkeeper Narayanan hopelessly unsighted by Juniors Combined's Ibrahim Yusoff (left) and his own fullback Haji Garhan (right) in yesterday's stadium soccer. Yusoff's header was just wide. Straits Times picture.
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    Kailasapathy hits 155 n.o.
    102 12 MALACCA, Mon. MALACCA Indian Association beat Malacca Kuraslan Aasoclation by 164 run* to score their first win In the Doshl Shield cricket tournament since the Inception of the series In 1948. Eurasian Association had held the shield for the past three years. South cricketer M. C.
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    Sports Diary
    19 12 SOCCER: DIV. 2: Police Star goccerites at BODCA; DIV. Ml Aston A.C. t. H.M.S. Terror at Geylanf.
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    Robinson to win, say U.S. critics 'BUTITWON'TBE EASY'
    418 12 Robinson to win, say U.S. critics 'BUTITWON'TBE EASY' NEW YORK, Monday. 4 MEKICAN boxing experts are almost unanimous in their belief that Ray Robinson will defeat Randy Turpin of England in their return match for the world middleweight boxing title, but most of them agree too that it will not
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    ONLY 5-0 DEFEAT CAN FOIL T.S.A.
    90 12 T«IGEB S.A. became virtual champions in the S.A.I- .A. First Division League when Tamil Brotherhood Association rave them a walk-over yesterday. Tamils were scheduled to meet Tigers today bnt they Informed S.A.F.A. that they were unable to field a team. The points from this
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    NEW RECORD BY FANNY
    68 12 NEW RECORD BY FANNY BERNE (Switzerland), Mon. jyjRS. Fanny Blanker* Koen, Dutch triple Olympic (hamchampion, yesterday set an unofficial world record of 4,185 points under the new system of scoring for the women's pentathlon here. Mrs. Blankers Koen's Individual performances were: 200 metres 24.5 seconds; 80 metres hurdles 11.2 seconds;
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    Chinese, Ceylonese in Penang final
    131 12 PENANO, Mon. CHINESE will meet Ceylonese in the inter-community cricket final on Sept. 9. Chinese yesterday eliminated Europeans, last year's champions, in the semi-final played on the Sports Club Ground at Western Road. Chinese declared at 193 for eight wickets and then dismissed the Europeans
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    Otbell nets 4 for Tengah v C.Y.M.A.
    155 12 Otbell nets 4 for Tengah v C.Y.M.A. |-|IVISION 3A team Blue Rov- er$ found top ranking Division 2 R.A.F. Tengah too strong for them In their Junior Cup tie on the C.Y.M.A. ground yesterday. The airmen won by 6-2. Orbell, Tengah's centreforward, was In fine form and wai responsible for
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    2 HOBBS HORSES BEST ON TRACK
    299 12 By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. pALWAY GREEK and SERPENTINE moved fault- lessly in their winding up gallops on the training track at Kuala Lumpur this morning and on paper both have bright chances of carrying on the good work for the Hobbs stable
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    S.T. ARE RIGHT
    34 12 T?OR the information of many inquirers Starter No. 1523 as given in the Sunday Times of Aug. 26 for Race One of the Kuala Lumpur races is officially confirmed as CORRECT.
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    WE CAN'T HAVE TOO MUCH SPORT
    908 12 Sentinel's Sportlight IS Malaya sport qracy? In recent weeks, at state meets and trie M.A.A.A. championships, I have heard that query often. Those who ask invariably point to the welter of sports meetI ings there have been during the past couple of months. Schools,
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    Only 95 mins. play at Lord's
    103 12 LORD'S Middle**!, Uon. RAIN confined play to only M minute* today In th« match between Middlesex and the South African tourists. There was no play before lunch. In thU tim» Middlesex, who wer« i 41 for one on Saturday In reply to i South
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    LATEST S.A.F.A. LEAGUE POSITIONS
    729 12 fHINESE, with a 100 per cent. record, top the Singapore A. FA. Community League and are favourites to win the title this year. If Chinese score four points from their three remaining games, no other team will be able to top their tally. Europeans are second
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