The Straits Times, 4 August 1952

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    21 1 The Straits Times -4 M)G 195? MALAYAN NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS TWELVE PAGES
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    EX-REDS HELP S'PORE POLICE
    323 1 3,000 are screened in big operation on west coast CIXTY-TrIREE surrendered bandits helped 1,000 Colony and Johore police in a big screening operation for Communist sympathisers in the rural areas on the west coast of Singapore yesterday. Three thousand people were questioned. The ex-terrorists were brought
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    Truman agrees
    17 1 KANSAS CITY, Sun.—President Truman today ratified the agreement setting up a West German Republic. Reuter.
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    2 hit the bags at the Grand Prix
    75 1 TWO JAGUAR XX 120 sports can to off the road and hit the sand bars near the gaol corner of the twomile tricky coarse daring the main event of the Johore Grand Prix yesterday. Saw Kirn Thiat (24) was second in the
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    Car licence forgers are sought
    41 1 Car licence forgers are sought gINGAPORE police are hunting a gang forging: driving licences. A Chinese was questioned by the police yesterday in connection with the forgeries. The Traffic Police Chief, Mr. w. R. M. Haxworth, had no comment to make.
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    Churchill accused of contempt
    112 1 Churchill accused of contempt COATBR'DGE Lanarkshire,! Sun. MR. HEKBERT MORRISON, Deputy leader of the! Opposition, tonight accused the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, of having treated the House of Commons with i contempt during last weeks debate on the economic situation. "Not only was the Prime Minister hazy about armaments expenditure,
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    WOUNDED, 4 BEAT OFF GANG
    203 1 WOUNDED, 4 BEAT OFF GANG KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. pALLANT resistance by a police lieutenant, two special constables and a railway overseer saved an engine and a break down van when they were ambushed in the Kuala Krai area of Kelantan yesterday. Although wounded, the four men fought back against 30
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    1,200 rebels killed
    32 1 1,200 rebels killed SAIGON, Sun. French Headquarters said yesterday that 1.200 Vietnam Communists were killed during July In Tonkin. In addition, 500 Reds were taken prisoner and 215 Red agents arrested.— U.P.
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    Rain didn't worry them
    67 1 LONDON Sun. Widespread rain failed to deter thousands of British holiday makers who flocked to seaside and country resorts today for the start of the national August Bank holiday weekend. At many resorts, hotels and boarding houses were full before the exodus from the towns started
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    Ninth floor death fall
    38 1 A Chinese who was escorted by two detectives of the Singapore C.IJD fell from the ninth floor of Cathay Flats yesterday. He was killed instantly. The man was an employee in a furniture shop.
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    New powers for Mossadeq
    37 1 TEHERAN, Sun. The Persian Premier, Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq, was given an overwhelming vote today to implement his nine-point programme by the use of special powers. Powers to conduct military affairs were included.— Reuter
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    The 13 Scouts whom nobody knew about
    127 1 rpHIRTEEN Scouts from Cambodia, with their leader, M. Tcp Im, were stranded at Kallang airport for an hour on their arrival yesterday. They were on their way tn Kuala Lumpur to attend the South-East Asia Scout Patrol Camp. None of them speak English
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    On—and off again
    72 1 On— and off again PANMUNJOM, Sun. The United Nations and Communist armistice delegations met in plenary session for the first time in a week today, and promptly recessed for another week. United Nations senior delegate, Ma;. -Gen William K. Harrison, said he asked for the recess until Aus 11. Ma
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    Pact will set 91 free
    52 1 TOKYO. Sun. Ninety-one Japanese war criminals will be released from Sugamo Prison when the ratification instruments of the Japan China peace treaty are exchanged in TaJpeh. Among the criminals is Lt. Gen. Rensuke Isogai, governor of occupied Hongkong. The release is provided for I" the
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    Britain wins a gold medal
    30 1 HELSINKI, Sun. Britain j today captured her only sold medal of the Olympic Game' when Fdtfiunter won't lie Pri\ Des Nations horse Jumping event— Reuter.
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    Ghavam loses his millions
    64 1 TEHERAN, San. The Majlis today decided to confiscate and distribute millions of rials worth of the property of ex-Premier Ghavani Rs Sultaneh among the families of "national martyrs." The property consists mostly of rich tea estates in North Persia and landed property in Teheran. One exception
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    Two killed at beauty contest
    54 1 SOUSSE, Tunisia, Sun. Two persons were killed and five seriously wounded when terrorists fired a sub-machine gun into a crowd watching a beauty contest here today. About 1,000 people on the terrace of the Sousse casino fled in panic when the assailants opened fire from
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    London visit
    30 1 LONDON, Sun.— Mr. Kasturi Srinivasan, chairman of the Press Trust of India, left for Bombay today by Air India International after a three weeks' visit to London Rp-'tpr
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    Now they cant gamble
    34 1 Suri.^JarnblJn* Ov Egyptian dove* Mient fiw ciat'fe banned by law. it was announced here The law prohibits gambling in Government clubs and also forbids official! rambling in licensed clubs.— Reuter.
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    Real benefit to Malays—leader
    220 1 Real benefit to Malays leader $500,000 'SHOWS HARMONY 9 i BUTTERWORTH, Sunday. T*HE UMNO president, Tungku Abdul Rahman, today said that the Malayan Chinese Association's $500,000 gift showed the cordial relations prevailing among the two major communities in Malaya. "We must not let anything spoil ttyis happy harmony," he told
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    Let's Have a new era, says Egypt
    78 1 Let's Have a new era, says Egypt CAIRO, Sun. rjEN. Mohammed Naguib, Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian forces, today appealed to the Mediterranean powers to begin a "new era of understanding and co-operation." He was addressing a deputation from the Italian community in Cairo which congratulated him on his success in
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    Macao talks
    35 1 HONG KONG. Sun A second meeting of Macao's businessmen, negotiators and Chinese Communists to settle the border incident of last week recessed yesterday after "qualified progress", accord ing to dispatches from Macao. U.P.
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    'Stalin in best of health'
    51 1 ROME. Sun.— ltaly's proCommunist Socialist Party chief, pietro Nenni, said on his return from Moscow last night: "Marshal Stalin is in the best of health." Nenni received a Stalin Peace Prize on his visit to Moscow and said he saw Stafin at various times.— A
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    New Everest bid
    32 1 ZURICH, Sun.— The Swiss Foundation for Alpine Exploration last night aaW that a second attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest would be made In October and November^rSeuUc. >
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    RHEE TO WIN POLL IN KOREA
    107 1 PUSAN. Sun. "PIGHTY million South Koreans will elect a new president and parliament in the republic's second national elections on Tuesday. For the nrst time the president will be chosen by popular vote instead of by the National Assembly. Beventy-wve»-year-old President Syngman Rhee, who
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    Bandit killed
    30 1 A bandit was killed by a patrol of the sth Battalion of the Malay Regiment in the Kulim area of Kedah on Saturday and his gun was captured.
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    Jets chase the saucers
    239 1 Jets chase the saucers WASHINGTON, Sun AMERICAN Air Force jet fighter planes today chased "flying saucers" over the Mojave desert, iri California, today, despite official denials earlier that the saucers existed. Three of the speediest jets were sent up to pursue weird red objects moving in pendulum fashion over the
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    End of Beys
    20 1 AMMAN, Sun— The Jordan Cabinet today followed Egypt's example and abolished the titles of Bey and Pasha.—Reuter.
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    CUBAN PLOT IS FOILED
    100 3 CUBAN PLOT IS FOILED HAVANA, Sun. POLICE here have broken up a plot to overthrow th« Cuban Government and assassinate the President, General Fulgenclo Batista. Loader of the plot was exPre.^cient Carlos Prio Socarras. ousted by General Batista in a coup d'etat last March, I who. the police said, contributed
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    BRITISH DEPUTY TO CLARK
    33 3 M v, N. N. SHOOSMITH, who has been chosen as British Deputy Chief of Staff at General Clark's Headquarters in Koiea, in agreement with the U.S. Government. A.P. picture.
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    Wool for China
    35 3 KALIMPONG, Sun. Four mill on pounds of Tibetan wool, recently bought by the Chinese Government and stocked here by Tibetan merchants, are now on its way to Calcutta for shipment to China—Reuter.
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    19 Burmese Reds killed
    58 3 t RANGOON, Sun.— Burmese Government yesterday fought j 3.0C0 rebel Karen tribesmen and Communists 20 miles south-west of the Irrawaddy River delta rice port of Bassein. Ground batteries and nava. vessels shelled the Commu- nist base from which the i'u -my offensive had been j started,
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    PACIFIC TALKS ARE BID TO KEEP PEACE -SPENDER
    342 3 Conference "not planning new war 9 HONOLULU, Sunday. gIR PERCY SPENDER, Australia's Ambassador to Washington, yesterday said that he believed the Pacific Pact Council's discussions on security would mark an historic step in the preservation of peace in the free world. The
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    COUNCIL TO RULE EGYPT
    145 3 COUNCIL TO RULE EGYPT CAIRO, Sun. rpHE Egyptian Prime MinisA ter, Aly Maher, last night announced the formation of a regency council of three to rule Egypt in the name of the infant King Ahmed Fuad II until he comes of* age in 17 years. On the council are Prince
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    Reds attack plane award
    56 3 j TOKYO, Sun. Peking Radio .broadcast a long and bitter government protest to [Britain over the Privy CounI cil ruling awarding 40 dis- puted aircraft in Hone Kong to an American company. The broadcast described i the Privy council decision as "preposterous" an<j charged it was
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    Royal bags inspected
    53 3 TEHERAN. Sun. For the first time In history, the luggage of a member of the royal family was inspected by local Customs Seventy trunks and suitcases, belonging to the Shah's twin sUter. Princess Ashraf. who- is flying with her husband to the United States were Inspected by
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    Red Cross vote on 'germ' charges
    42 3 TORONTO. Sun.— Che 18th International Red Cross yesterday decided, by 62 votes to nil, with 13 abstentions, to urge all governments involved in Korean germ warfare charges to submit to Investigation on a "common basis."— U.P
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    'The stick' warning
    59 3 PORT ELIZABETH, SunSentencing 60 African* for breaking the railway racial segregation regulations, the magistrate here said: "The time is approaching when I will single out those under 21 years old and give them the stick." H« fined th e leaders £10 each, or 50 days' imprisonment, and
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    Woman bathed too much, they said
    87 3 AKRON, Ohio, Sunda< JiIRS. ELLEN JONES, an English warbride, won a #iTX divorce yesterday after testifying that her in-laws thought she was putting on airs by bathing too often. i She said that the country estate described by her husband during their courtship turned
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    36 3 WiiEN Prtsid nt Quirino paid a 10-diy State visit to Indonesia, he toured Cent ral Java and Bali. Picture shows him being carried on a sedan chair during his visit to the Prambanan Temple near Jogjakarta.
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    Flood damages Comet's wings
    59 3 KHARTOUM, Sun.— A British Overseas Airways Comet Jet liner buckled its wings when landing at flooded Wadi Seinda Airport, about 12 miles from here, last night. The great force of the water splash, as the northbound plane touched down, damaged the underside of the wings. No
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    Woman rejected blood offer
    175 3 Because donor teas Indian JOHANNESBURG, Sunday. A MAN who offered his blood of a rare group to save the life of a European woman in Johannesburg has been told by the hospital authorities that his offer had been rejected because he was an Indian. The "no"
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    Chinese in six hours, says girl
    48 3 LONDON. Sun.— A 20-year-o'd Chinese girl school teacher has Invented a simplified method by which she can teach her pupils the rules for writing the complicated Chinese characters in six hours, states a New China news agency message received in London. Reuter
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    U.S. has 'white supremacy' policy, it says
    162 3 U.S. has 'white supremacy' policy, it says WASHINGTON, Sun. THE United States has a "white supremacy" policy which damages its moral leadership in the world, a sub-committee of the Catholic Association for International Peace said today. The sub-committee criticised what it called "discriminatory" American laws that assign "practically prohibitive" immigration
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    Strike against call-up
    43 3 LOEGE. Sun. Belgium's General Federation of Labour today called a 24-hour general strike to protest against the country's two-year military service. The Federation. Belgium's powerful socialist sponsored trade union organisation, said the general stoppage would begin on Aug. 9.— Reuter.
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    'CUT SOVIET SUPPLY OF CAVIAR' PLEA
    82 3 TEHERAN Sun. RATIONALISTIC Persian Deputies yesterday urged Parliament to cut Russia's caviar supplies. Abolafal Lesani, a prominent member of the Senate demanded that Persia refuse to renew Soviet fishery concessions in Northern Persia —a source of much of Russia's finest caviar when tho concessions
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    'Give us a grain of goodwill' says Dr. M
    278 3 LONDON, Sun. PERSIAN Prime Minister, Dr. Mossadeq, replying to three questions submitted to him by the mass circulation London Sunday Pictorial, asked today for "a grain of goodwill" from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company or the British Government. The newspaper published its
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    Train kills four Zulus
    41 3 JOHANNESBURG, Sun.— An express train smashed through a fighting mob of Zulus streaming across the tracks in a suburb of Tooronga yesterday and killed four. Chanting war cries, the Zulus were hunting for band of Bas" f
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    U.S. win six golds on great day
    483 4 3 SWIMMING MARKS BROKEN HELSINKI, Sunday. JRE UNITED STATES had one of their greatest days in Olympic history yesterday when they won six Gold Mr dais and took the unc' ";il team championship in a surge past Russia, but Hungary too won some
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    Swimming failure distress Japanese
    69 4 TOKYO, Sun.— Japans failure in the Olympic aquatics at Helsinki have distressed many Japanese. Their entrants did not win a single gold medal. They had dominated both the Berlin and Log Angeles pre-war Olympics. rrom Foreign Minister, KaUuo Okaaaki. former long distance track champion, came the
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    BASKETBALL
    32 4 HELSINKI, Sun.— The United States beat Russia 36-25 in the Olympic basketball final yesterday to gain another Gold Medal. Uruguay took third place from Argentina, with Chile fifth and Brazil sixth.
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    Results at a glance
    485 4 Swimming HENS 1.5H-M. FREESTYLE FINAL 1. F. Ron no (U.S.) 18:3* (Olympic rftcord) 2. S. Hashisvme (Japan) 18:41.4; 3. T. Okameto (Brait) 18:5U; 4. 1. McLanc (U^.) 18:513; 5. J. Bernard* (Fiance) 18:59.1; 6. KiUmura (Japan) 19:9.4; 7. P. Dnnran (S. Afrka) 19:12.1; 8. J. Ma-
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    Konno blazes to 1,500m victory
    299 4 Konno blazes to 1,500 m victory HELSINKI, Sunday. pORI) KONNO of the USA, 19-year-old student of Ohio State, shattered the Olympic record of 18 mm. 34 sec. when he won the 1,5#0 metre free style swimming championship with a dazzling 18.30 here yesterday. Kanno. whose record-shat-tering victory put the United
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    I.A.B.F. ADMITS RED CHINA
    60 4 HELSINKI, Sun. Both Communist China and the Nationalists of Foimosa have been admitted to the International Amateur Basketball Federation, it was announced here yesterday. The Federation also approved of the affiliations of Yesterday's meeting deckled t;> hold a women's world championship, once in every four year-
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    'Nationalism will destroy Games'
    212 4 'Nationalism will destroy Games lOC CHIEF WARNS THE WORLD: HELSINKI. Sun. A VERY BRUNDAGE, new pre- sldent of the International Olympic Committee, sounded a warning today against "exceas nationalism" which Is threatening to destroy the Games. He, obviously, was referring to the battle between the United States and Russia for
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    HUNGARY TRIUMPH TWO-NIL
    190 4 Soccer final HELSINKI, Sun. HUNGARY beat Yugoslavia 2-0 here yesterday in the Olympic soccer final before a record crowd of 65,000. The Hungarians played better footbal! throughout, they were faster and more accurate but did not get their jtoa!s until the end of the second half. Th©
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    US have won 40 Golds
    134 4 HELSINKI, Sun. f TOTTED States athletes had by last night seised 40 gol.i medals in the 1952 Olympic Games. Russia was second with 32. Only two more sporting scold medals remain to be awarJed both of them today In the show jumping. There will be
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    ZATOPEK'S TREBLE, McKENLEY'S RELAY
    750 4 15th OLYMPIAD HIGHLIGHTS By MILTON MARMOR HELSINKI, Sunday. rnHE 15th Olympic Games became history today, but for those privileged to watch this wonderful spectacle certain memories will never fade. They nan always say that they were there to see Emit Zatopek run. That in itself made
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    TRADE UNIONS 'ARE IN DANGER'
    216 5 Beware of the false prophets, he I warns delegates KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE very existence of the trade union movement in Malaya was now in danger from Lhe "onslaughts of a threatening slump", said Vlr. Lee Moke Sang, convenor of the third annual delegates' conference
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    30 YEARS IN MALAYA
    63 5 MR. JOHN FALCONER, who left Malaya yesterday on leave before retirement after 30 years' service, the last three as British Adviser, Johore, seen with Mrs. Falconer in their cabin in the Tjibadak. Mr. and Mrs. Falconer will go to Sydney first. "Then we'll decide what actually
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    A 'farcical' resolution is dropped
    168 5 A 'farcical' resolution is dropped KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. SELANGOR division of the Malayan Trade Union Council today dropped a resolution to "educate antitrade union bosses "in th<» proper purposes and functions of trade unions." It decided to ask the central committee of the MTUC 'o "deal" with all cases of
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    Only source, says widow
    84 5 PARIT BUNTAR. Sun. Heah Sai Kang, a 41-year-old I widow, carrying a child In her at .-.is, told the Parit Buntar i court she took to Illicit distilling because she had no other source of livelihood. Heah was charged with being in possession of an illicit
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    New D.O., Krian
    22 5 KUALA KANGSAR. Sun. Dato Muda Abdullah bin Mohamed Noordin has been appointed District Officer, Krian He sutppls Inche Ab-
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    S'PORE DIARY
    136 5 ....«> wot* .sh RA...J ...vHIBITIONS at Happy Wo Id from 6 pjn. '.o midnight. ANGLICAN YOUTH FELLOWSHIP: Meeting at St. Margaift's School, Sophia Road, 4 p.m special meeting of Anglican youth leaders 6 p.m. STORE ART SOCIETY: Life class at British Council centre, Stamford Road, 6 p.m. ST.
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    9 couples in dance competition
    139 5 9 couples in dance competition PENANG, Sun. NINE COUPLES from Singapore, Penang and Selangor competed last night in the heats of this year's AllMalayan Amateur Ballroom Championship held at the E and O. Hotel. The finals will be decided tonight. Finalists in the waltz and quick-step are- Mr. Attllio Yap
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    New KL daily
    40 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— A cocktail party was held today to mark the birth of the Lien Pang Daily News. Kuala Lumpur's second Chinese daily. The first lssu e of the new paper was printed on Aug. 1.
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    Same fees
    28 5 TAPAH, Sun.— At a meeting of the Batang Padang Town Board, it was decided that general assessment for 1953 hould be the same as this •ear's.
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    Today's black spots
    240 5 DAY River Valley Rd., Killiney Rd.. Chartered Bank, Asia Building, George St. Static, Cavanagh Rd., Collyer Quay, Victoria Memorial Hal! 1 and 2, Union Building, Hume Pipe, Rheem. Ford, Bin Seng Wire Mesh, P.W.D. Quarry, Nanvan Mfg.. Buklt ran jang, National Carbon. Princess Elizabeth Estate, Dairy Farm,
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    then the bar had to close
    42 5 PORT SWETTENHAM. Sun. More than 200 people attended the Port Fw.-ttenham Recreation Cli'b fanov dress dance last ni ht Before the dance- was qyer, however, the bar had to close as all drinks were sold out.
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    SHE IS HAPPY IN SYDNEY
    110 5 SHE IS HAPPY IN SYDNEY mREATMENT of Maimunah X blnte Mohamed, who was sent to Sydney for plastic work for a facial disflRurement by the Johore Bahru Social Welfare Committee recently, has started. The New South Wales Society for Crippled Children, who is looking after her, states that she has
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    Accused of shooting
    71 5 KULIM. Sun.— Alleged to have caused grivous hurt to Tan Kee Lan on Aug. 1, Police Lieut E. J. Picketts. officer in charge of the Karangan Jungle Squad, was granted $1,000 bail yesterday. The case was postponed to Aug 12 for mention. Picketts it was alleged, shot.
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    Cows strayed: $30
    23 5 PORT DICKSON, Sun.— Suppiah Veramuthu was fined $30 In Port Dickson for allowing his cows to stray on the road.
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    Indian leader hits MIC lottery plan
    166 5 PENANG, Saturday. THE PRESIDENT of the Penang Indian Chamber, Mr. Tyeb Hyder Khan, today criticised the decision of the Malayan Indian Congress to run a lottery at a time of adverse trade. Mr. Khan told the Straits Times that instead of throwKioney on sweep
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    Reds derail train
    42 5 KUAL* LUMPUR, Sun. Terrorists derailed a train between Gemas and Paloh In Johore this morning and halted rail traffic. The day mall trains were halted at Gemas and Paloh while local trains between Gemas and Singapore wer c cancelled.
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    THE '100' GAME NOT A LOTTERY—COURT
    130 5 THE '100' GAME NOT A LOTTERY— COURT Prosecution to appeal SUNGEI PATANI, Sunday. rpHE prosecuting officer, Inspector Didar Singh gave notice of appeal today after the Sungci Patani magistrate, Tuan Syed Mohd. Fadaak, had ruled that the "100 characters" game did not constitute a lottery within the definition of the
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    MCA GIFT TO SQUATTERS A 'GOD-SEND'
    243 5 MCA GIFT TO SQUATTERS A 'GOD-SEND' rpHE MALAYAN CHINESE ASSOCIATION'S offer of $500,000 towards squaiivr resettlement in Singapore was yesterday hailed as "a G^i-send" by the chairman of the Attap Dwellers' Association. Mr. Mak Pak Shee. 'It is the answer to all our prayers and I see in it the
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    Shopowner loses gun
    49 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Sun.— Six bandits robbed a sundry shopkeeper of a shot gun and ammunition at Juru, seven miles from Bukit Mertajam, early this morning. The bandits knocked at the door of the shopkeeper at 3 a.m. and demanded his gun. They left without molesting him
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    AEROMODELLING Selangor gains lead in contest
    279 5 AEROMODELLING Selangor gains lead in contest KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. STREAM -LINED and unusual looking models made their appearance today at the fourth All-Malayan annual aero-modelling competition in Kuala Lumpur. At the close of today's competition. Selangor aeromodellers led with 25 points followed by Singapore and i RAF Seletar combined with
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    He was drunk
    44 5 PARIT BUNTAR. Sun. *I drank on an empty stomach and this upset me,' raid Marathamutthu when Me j pleaded guilty in the Parit I Buntar court to a charge of being drink and incapable at Tanjong Paindang. He was fined $5.
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    21 6 MADELINE'S arc happy to de•ltm and create [towns to suit you for any occasion, with your own choice of material.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Aug. 4, 1952.
    926 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Aug. 4, 1952. The Australian Prime Minister has made it clear that he is thinking along wider lines than a tripartite alliance. Speaking in Australia recently, he warned that a Com- munist-controlled South-east Asia would affect the security of Australia in a most drastic fashion.
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    The Olympic Spirit
    225 6 The Olympic Games are over. The little band of! i Singapore representatives are i on their way home, dis-1 j appointed maybe that they did not achieve better than i they were able amid the most splendid array of athletic prowess .that has ever been!, brought together
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    SHAH SEES Dr. M.
    23 6 LONDON. Sim—The Persian PrenvfT, Dr. Mossadeq was reepivod by th 6 shah it? n three-b :tr audience yesterday;—Reuter. c
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    Malaya'S financial position
    394 6 Malaya'S financial position I THINK your editorial or Thursday. "Federation Finances", takes an unnecessarily gloomy view. I am not aware what authority or justification your Kuala Lumour correspondent and yourself have for the statement that the surplus funds of the Federation are now almost exhausted. The Finance Committee of the
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      'DISPLAY THE S.I.T. LISTS'
      237 6 MORE than 10,000 applicants are, I believe, waiting for accommodation from the Singapore Improvement Trust. Most of them have been- on the waiting list since the date of the opening of registration. What useful purpose L served by keeping the applicants in the dark? Surefc they
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      Passes to the 'flops'
      137 6 WHAT sort of educational system are toe to have in this country if academic and professional standards are not upheld by even a head of department who has awarded flops of the recent Teacher's Certificate Course examination a Pass in the third year Nqrmal? It becomes
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    Race for language
    201 6 l*R. C. R. Dasaratha Raj in "A n is letter appearing in )ur paper of July 31 accuses /adlvelu" of writing rot. He as forgotten that the main leme which started this conoversy was his own stateent that he was an Indian f race. While he Is
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    Presenting the planter
    449 6 LONDON. TiHERE should soon be cv n i less excuse for America i ignorance about the haicships Malaya's planters and t,heir wives are enduring on Lheir lonely estates. Due for world release b<fore this year is out is Rank Organisation's film "The Planter's Wife." starring Claudette Colbert.
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    Capital out of a gift
    234 6 Capital out of a gift IN the first flush of political consciousness, it is not surprising that many budding politicians in our midst are carried away by a misguided zeal, lose their sense of balance and turn the slightest matter into a subject for interminable wrangling. What is worse, they
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    TRIBUTE TO 'CHUAN GEOK'S FOLLY'
    506 6 TRIBUTE TO 'CHUAN GEOK'S FOLLY MOW that the "Festival of Badminton" is over, I am sure that the public will agree with me on these two facts: Firstly, we must again pay tribute to Mr. Lim Chuan Geok for his initiative and energy in taking a team to England in
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    On the Margie
    418 6 On the Margie Awheel AS a species of the genus homo, the motor-cyclist has ever been a source of admiration and near Incredulity to this unmechanised halfcolumn. By this we mean that we admire a man for riding a motor-cycle, exposed to the weather, poised defenceless on the equilibrium of
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    S'PORE TO BAN ALL ATTAP DWELLINGS Johore
    229 7 S'PORE TO BAN ALL ATTAP DWELLINGS Johore in approved settlements DOCTORS They can only be built THE SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL will ban the construction of all new attap dwellings as soon as the Colony Government's squatter resettlement scheme is started, the City President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, told the
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    URGE: CHANGE TAX LAW
    196 7 URGE: CHANGE TAX LAW KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. mHE ALUMNI Council of the King Edward VII College of Medicine) his taken up with the Government the grievances of medical housemen, the Straits Times was told today. V ung doctors have complained about conditions of service and treatment durInj their period of
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    Furniture men form union
    70 7 The Singapore Furniture Employees' Union was formed yesterday The officials are: President, Mr. Ong Eng Kheng; vice-president, Mr. Chua Kirn Watt; secretary, Mr. Tang Koon Wai; assistant secretary, Mr. Wot Koa Kong; treasurer. Mr. Koh How Peow;' assistant treasurvr. Mr Tan Ah Kow; committee. Messrs. Soon
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    50 youths will build a church
    140 7 50 youths will build a church ELEVEN Methodist Youth Fellowship members from Singapore will be among the 50 Christian youths from Malaya and overseas who will attend Malaya s first international work camp at Pendamaran new village, near Port Swettenhanw from Aug. 12 to Sept. 3. Leader of the Colony
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    Stole bag from mosque
    49 7 Stole bag from mosque TELUK ANSON Sun.— Tamsir bin Mohammad. 23. pleaded guilty in Teluk Anson. to theft of a canvas bag. containing a Malay balu and a sarong at the Ah Cheong Street Mosque. The ca^e was postponed to Aug. 6 for sentence. Tamsir was remanded in cus-
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    School fun fair draws good crowd
    103 7 HUNDREDS of people attended the Holy Innocents' English School fun fair in Upper Serangoon. Singapore, yesterday. Stalls operating games of chance at the fair drew 1 large crowds. The Director of the School, Rev Louis Gonzaga. said "W e collected $8,000 within six hours
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    30 7 MX. ALLAN JELTES (lelt>. ma Mr. Pamiian Unanabimdrani, Qantas aircraft engineers, who returned to Singapore yesterday after completing two months' training in in airframes in Svtdnev. S traits Times oicture.
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    Lorries burnt
    22 7 Forty bandits set fire to four estate lorries on an estate in the north coastal area of Selangor on Saturday
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    THE ONLY ONE—SO COURSE IS OFF
    124 7 THE ONLY ONE— SO COURSE IS OFF rpHE University of Malaya A has cancelled its latest course for the Diploma in Public Health which was to start in Oct. 1952, the Registrar, Mr. W. D. Craig, told the Straits Times yesterday. The reason is only one candidate, a Singapore City
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    Johore crisis sub-divisions
    37 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Ten sub-district headquarters cr e being built In Johore as part of the Emergency operations scheme. Each subdistrict will have a court house and staff quarters. The buildings will cost $1,382,250
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    Prize winner
    33 7 STUDENT nurse, Miss Chua Ah Moey, who was awarded first prize for proficiency (intermediate) at the presentation ceremony at the Regional Nurses Training School, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday. Straits Times picture.
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    THIS EXAM WILL STAY—AND SCHOOLS are WARNED
    184 7 THIS EXAM WILL STAY— AND SCHOOLS are WARNED PENANO, Sun. fPHE Federation's Director of Education, Mr. L. D. Whitfleld, has decided that it would not be In the interests of Chinese schools to abolish the Government junior middle school examination. "This examination will, however, be voluntary," Mr. Whltfleld stated in
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    He paid his $5 tine in advance
    78 7 He paid his $5 tine in advance PARIT BUNTAR, Sun. AXG Ah Heng, an elderly man, offered the Chinese interpreter $5 when his name was called in the Parit Buntar court. Asked why, Ang said the money was for the fine. He added, another man had to pay the same
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    Co-op wants more money
    85 7 Co-op wants more money T\Hl£ Johore Bahru Co■l operative Stoves Society Limited plans to increase its capital from $43,000 to $100,000 in a move to stock more goods to meet family requirements. Mr. Liang Boon, chairman of the Society, said that the store was unable to meet demands for household
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    Hawtrey gets Iraq post
    51 7 AIR Vice Marshal. J. O. Hawtrey, senior Ait Staff Officer at headquarters Far East Air Force, has been appointed Air Officer Commanding. Iraq, ,it| was announced in Singapore yesterday. Air Vice Marshal Hawtrey, who assumed his, .present appointment last October, will be leaving fo r Habdawiya
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    Protest by counsel
    69 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Lee Ah Heng who was charged in the Police Court with evasion of the correct Customs duty on sarongs which was vrlued at $2,766 was discharged without evidence being recorded. The discharge did not amount to an acquittal. When the Customs asked for the
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    A week to get ready
    80 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Prltam Singh, a Special Constable today successfully protested In the police court against a postponement of his case. He is charged with corruptly accepting $4 from a lorry driver. Pritam Singh said h e had been taken off duty sLnce May 17
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    BigdropinJohore death rate
    236 7 MORE MEDICAL AID FOR THEM WITH the regrouping of squatters and people from rural and isolated areas in the new villages, the death rate in Johore for the past eight months has been the lowest on record in proportion to the growine population. i A Johore Government
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    Crisis meet on
    48 7 The Singapore Teachers' j Training Association will hold an emergency general meeting today at the Training College to discuss the award or third year normal certi- P^es to 21 students who f 1 d in t a h t^ r n second year final i
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    21 CADETS GET STARS
    148 7 21 CADETS GET STARS KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. rE cadets of No. 1 Squadron (Selangor). Federation of Malaya Air Training Corps, had their first official inspection today when the new commander of RAF station, Kuala Lumpur, Wing Commander M. Wasse, visited the squadron to present proficiency stars to 21 of the
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    Motor cycle fire
    22 7 A motor cycle was slightly damaged yesterday when it caught fire at the 7th mile Buklt Timah Road. Singapore.
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    CAR DOOR HIT A BICYCLE, DRIVER FINED
    316 7 CAR DOOR HIT A BICYCLE, DRIVER FINED KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. FT YOU negligently opened the door of your car and it hit someone, you were guilty of having caused hurt on the highway, said Mr. B. Sheldon, Deputy Public Prosecutor, in Kuala Lumpur Second Court. A taxi driver, M. Nar
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    to ease issue of leases
    169 7 to ease issue of leases ment is considering legislation so that leases for land in the new villages can be registered at local land offices instead of at the Registry of Titles in Johore Bahru, it was officially stated yesterday. The aim is to facilitate the issue of leases and
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    Study leave for lecturer
    78 7 The University of Malaya has granted Mr. F. A. C. Oehlers, lecture- in dental pathology, 15 months' study leave In Britain. Mr. Oehlers will leave Singapore at the end of the year. He will take a course in London leading to the Fellowship in Dental Surgery
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    Retirement
    21 7 TAIPING, Sun.—Mr. S. Velupillai, supervisor of the General Hospital, Taiping, is retiring after 38 years' service in the Medical Department.
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    Unity of life and work
    325 8 Unity of life and work ALBERT SCHWEITZER: An Anthology Edited by Charles R. |oy. (Block 18s.) Bu KENNETH WALKER SCHWEITZER said of Goethe that he united thought and action through the unity of his own being, and that he regarded no manual work as beneath his dignity. These words are
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    Masterwork on our trees
    1334 8  -  E.F. Allen YOUR BOOKSHELF^fe. By Senior Agronomist. Department of Agriculture, Kuala Lumpur. iUHEN Comer's "Way- side Trees of Malaya" first appeared twelve years ago it was rightly hailed as an outstanding work on tropical botany, with a new freshness of approach t 0 the study of
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    BRIGHT, KICKING CHARACTERS
    220 8 HOLIDAY WITH VIOLENCE. By Edith Pargerer. iHeinemann, 12s. 6d.) MOON iN SCORPIO. By Robert Neill (Hurchinson. 12s. 6d.) HAVE a soft spot— l 1 must confess it at onee for almost any book set in Venice. So the suspicious reader can deduct ten per cent, from my
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    London's squalid side
    401 8 London's squalid side HEMLOCK AND AFTER. By Angus Wilson. (Seeker and Warburg. 12s. 6d.) By J. W. LAMBERT^ AT playing our gre.it muddled middle classes Mr. Angus Wilson has no equal. Few perhaps would wish to equal him along the lin* he has marked out as his own. but his
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    BRIDGE
    260 8  -  RIA LTO By MR. George S. Coffin's ability to construct Bridge teasers has been known for years. He has now added to his repertoire with his latest book "Sure Tricks." The English edition (Faber and Faber. 12s. 6d.) contains an introduction by Ouy Ramsey in which he rightly urges
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      137 8 In every class of goods there is on? that excels, one that sets the standard for the remainder, one that a man is proud to possess, that prolID Illj Of\{~\( i ton a 'Viyella* pyjamas are not expensive becaust they wear for years and never lose their softness or their
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    Negri beat Johore 4-2 in Cup
    269 9 PETER VANHUIZEJS SCORES TWICE SEREMBAN, Sunday. \JEGRI SFMBILAN after a slow start in their Malaya Cup soccer match against Johore here ,hk evening in which Johore were the first to score, an out winners by four goals to two. There was a heavy slower
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    Surrey pace men rout Nottingham
    299 9 Surrey pace men rout Nottingham LONDON, Sun. CURREY. the County cricket championship leaders, made a great s art to their match against No unguamshire yesterday, dismi.sssine their opponents for 84 and finishing only 19 beI bind with nine wickets standing. i Rain, which affected all the matches, caused a delay
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    Singapore in final
    267 9 Malayan polo |N a thrilling and hard-fcughi 1 fearn*. Singapore Polo Club, year's winners, defeated Selangor "Blues" by the odd goal in five yesierday on the Thomson Road polo ground to enter the final against Selangor Polo Club in the Malaya Polo Association tournament which concludes this
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    TNDIANS win 5-1
    48 9 AMSTERDAM, Sun. Indian hockey champions defeated a European combination. s—l,5 1, here yesterday. India delighted a crowd of 10.000. At half time India. had a fournH lead over the team, billed a» "outstanding eleve« Individual piaixrs that European can put on a hackej field."— UJl
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    Penang in MCFA final
    121 9 PENANG, Sun Penuig Chinese beat Selangor Chinec-e by two goals to nil in the replay of the M.CJA Cup semi-final on the Victoria Green this even- •ag. Penang will meet Johore in the final. Both goals were scored by Inside-right Poh Beng in the fourth and
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    DIVECHA TAKES 8 WICKETS FOR 74
    215 9 SWANSEA, Sun. JTINE bowling by Ramash Divpchi. the Oxford blue, who. with little assistance from the pitch, took eight wickets for 74, and a fighting inning cf 75 by Jim Pleass. were the features of the first day's play here between the Indian tourists
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    South China show their worth
    522 9 South China t... 5; S-B.H. FJk 1. OOUTH CHINA A.A., making their second appearance of their Singapore tour at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday, fully redeemed themselves after Saturday's lax display. With punch and precision, they eclipsed a dispirited, disjointed Singapore Business Houses F.A. s—l5 1
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      99 9 Straits Times C *,ss_ rd 8 H 10 ~i^ 12 I ">5~ ,14 15 16 i 7 1 8 1 9 S 20 ?t 22 i| 23~ 2* 8. Aware of somel.hir.g in 15. These men stirring legs lor Upton-on-Severn (2, 3). your entertainment (6, 9). .^-!Y C^r t od
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      188 9 23. Canada. R.1.? What a romantic setting! (8) 34. Meaning bicycle (j-7). 25. Wheel turns about it (4). DOWN 1. Result when trippers soil a point (10). 2. Toy caricature of one of IS (8) 3. Monmou hshlre township pinches aa insect In a p/g (6). 4. Nelly carried pup
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    FAIR VOLUME OF TRADE WAS RECORDED
    461 10 FAIR VOLUME OF TRADE WAS RECORDED A FAIR volume of bi»si-i." ness was recorded,' mostly in the industrial and tin sections, witli prices in general show in? a downward tendency. The announcement on Friday that American "importers were fre? to buy and import tin into the United States, was regarded
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    Still in business
    42 10 NEW YORK. Sun. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation will continue to buy tin abroad and sell to industry at the present price. If U.S. consumers en I find cheaper prices in Singapore and other producing centres, they may buy there.—A.P.
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    ZINC ACTIVE
    33 10 NEW YORK. Sun. The demand for lead holding was in- changed. The zinc ma-ket show ed a little more activity now'h't the steel industry Is getting b"\cl< Into its stride— AJ».
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    COMING UP
    24 10 NEW YORK. Sun. Higher aluminium prices are on the nay now that the ban on priva'e import* of tin has been removed.
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    £446,900 profit for smelters
    73 10 Advance information on results for the year ended Mar. 31, 1952. of Consolidated Tin Smelters Limited, give profit e.fter tax in ihe Consolidated account at .972 which, after deduction of preference dividend, is equivalent to 17.9 per cent, on the Ordinary capital. Dividend of 2/6 per
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    523 piculs mined
    31 10 KUALA LUMPUR, S' I —The Burma-Malay Tin Dredging group recovered a total of 523 piculs of tin ore on its Katu Tin and Renong Consolidated properties last mon'h.
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    MINE MAKES £254,800
    91 10 Lower Perak Tin Dredging j 1 Limiicd's recort fcr the yeir ended Apr. 30. 1952. shows profit at 4254.810 (38.6 per cen or i 1 fi' d. prr share. Taree dividends have been p. A for tiie financial period making a •o'M of 14.8 d. per shar"
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    TO RATIFY SALE
    32 10 At an extraordinary meeting of Brrga Rubber Estates Ltd., to be held on Aug. 14. shareholders will, be asked to ratify the agreement for sale of the company's Kingsland
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    Sterling area's dollar reserves up by $31 mil.
    84 10 LONDON, Sunday. THE sterling area's gold and dollar reserves rose by $31,000,00^ durine last month bringing them to a total of $1,716,000,000 on July 31. Defence aid receipts from the United States during the' month were $24,000,000. In addition, $37,000,000 were received
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    Spore estate may wind up
    54 10 AN extraordinary meeting of I'lu Pandan (Singapore) Rubber Estate Ltd. called for Aug. 23, will consider a resolution to place the company in voluntary liquidation, and. if this is agreed, to appoint liouidators and an advisory committee to a« s lst in the sale of
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    TO PAY DIVIDEND
    31 10 KUAT A LUMPUR. T.::y.. Tekko-Tnipine Limited h»s declared an interim dividend of 6d. ner sharp for the year ended Oct. 31. IP'^2. payable in England en Auc 22.
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    208 10 BUSINESS done in the Maiayan share market last week included:— INDUSTRIALS. Eastern United Assurance $37, Federal Dispensary $1.75 and Il.TTtt, Praser and Neave Ord. $3.75 to $3.72 '-j, Praser and Neave Pref. $6.70. Hammer $2.1?, Hong Kong Bank (London Register) £80 'a. Malayan Breweries $4.70, Malayan Cement 99
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    TOTAL $2.85 PAID OUT
    96 10 Liquidators' report and accoun's to Feb. 28, 1952. of Haytor Rubber Estate Limited show that «l ocr share was dls rlbuted on March 13, last year. 75 cents twr share on July 30. also last year and $1.10, since the date of a": counts, on Aor.
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    Curlew best stayer in Cup field
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    Quarter Deck nap in big sprint
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    $165 bat for the highest scorer
    177 12 $165 bat for the highest scorer THE highest scorer In the North-South cricket match now In progress on the S.C.C. padanc Is to receive a bat for which the donor paid $165. This bat. autographed by both. North and South teams, was put op for auction at the Singapore Cricket
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    65 12 Windsor Rovers beat a ten-man Town Rangers (Town Rangers' goalie was sent off the field for rough play early In the game) by six goals to two. in their SAFA Junior Cup game at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. At half time Windsor Rover* led 3-1. Scorers
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    122 12 IPOH. Sun. CEVEN Malayan Sikh records were broken in the All-Mala-yan Sikh Annual athletic meet which ended at Ipoh today. Records were broken in the high jump, hop, step and jump, hammer throw, 120 yds hurdlea. women's 100 and 220 yds ana the in-ter-State women's
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    104 12 The Singapore open tennis singles final will take place at the V.M.C.A. at 3.15 p.m. today. The ties are: 3.13 p.m. Women's singles final: Mrs Gladys Loke Cbua v Miss 8 M Patterson. Men', singles final: Ong chew Bee v Lim Hee Chin. S p.m.: Men's
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