The Straits Times, 7 August 1952

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    22 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUS* 7, 1952 }f. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS -7 MJ6 1952
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    BIG CHECK ON LICENCE FRAUD
    141 1 80,000 in 'screening 9 to trap gangl °f forgers CIN(,APORE traffic police are checking 80,000 driving; licences in a determined attempt to smash a gang of forgers. Radio patrol cars will set up blocks in all parts of the island and examine licences. Traffic office
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    BRITISH ENVOY IS TOLD: 'PROTESTS
    120 1 LONDON, Wednesday. WHE British Government has instructed Sir Esler A Dening, Ambassador in Tokyo, to protest formally against the "unjustified" prison sentences passed on two British sailors by a«Japanese court yester- day. This was announced to- 1 day by a spokesman of the British Foreign
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    Nine sail today for new studies
    136 1 Nine sail today for new studies NINE SINGAPORE Government servants, including three women, are sailing in the Carthage today for' higher studies in Britain. They are: Mr. J. N. Nalpon, Mr. Ong Hock Hoe, Miss Lim Poh Chan, Miss Helen Chan, Miss J. Arozoo, Dr Gwee Ah Leng, Dr. Lim
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    AIOC claims Persian oil
    44 1 NEW YORK. Wed. The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company today, in a newspaper advertisement here reasserted its claim to ownership of Persian oil. The company also warned it would take action to protect its right over the oil if n ecessary. Reuter.
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    11 to get the rod
    35 1 PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, Wed. Eleven Africans under 21 years of age- were declared guilty of contravening the apartheid (segregation) regulations today and each sentenced to four cuts a cane.
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    Tories set up a record
    46 1 LONDON, Wed.— The Government set up a post-war record of 110,964 permanent houses built in the first six months of this year. This figure compared with 92,986 in the corresponding period last year, when the Labour Government was in power. Reuter.
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    Citizenship
    36 1 COLOMBO, Wed. The Ceytonese Premier, Mr. Dudley Senanayake, said in Parliament today that the present citizenship laws will be suitably amended if Ceylonese natlonaCs in Malaya were unduly Inconvenienced by the citizenship laws there.— Reuter.
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    The Sultan's goodbye
    45 1 A FINAL HANDSHAKE with Sir Gerald before boarding the train. GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK," says the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, as the Sultan boards the train for Port Swettenham. Next to them is Mr. A. N. Ross, the British Adviser.
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    'WANTED' MAN SHOT IN PENANG SHOP
    144 1 'WANTED' MAN SHOT IN PENANG SHOP PENANG, Wed. A YOUTH described by police as a "wanted bandit" was shot in Chinatown tonight when he tried to escape after being arrested by two detectives. The youth was walking along Penang Road when he was recognised by a detective as a "wanted"
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    30 Reds flee
    32 1 In the Tapah area of Perak. DO terrorists yesterday ambushed a small police patrol. Two policemen were wounded but the patrol charged the gang and put them to flight
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    MENTRI BESAR IN ACCIDENT
    87 1 MENTRI BESAR IN ACCIDENT JOHORE riAHRU, Wed. DATO Syed Abdul Kadir, Mentrl Besar of Johore, was taken to the General Hospital this afternoon with a sprained shoulder and head bruises received in a motor car accident. He will be X-rayed tomorrow. Although his condition is not serious, he has been
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    Duke is third
    35 1 GO WES, Wed.— The Duke 3f Edinburgh today brought bluebottle home third in the Royal Yacht Squadron's race. This brought his total winnings to £l-10s. He was second in a race yesterday.
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    Border clash
    30 1 AMMW. Wed.— An Israeli army detachment crossed th*> border into Jordan today and withdrew, leaving one dead. I after Arab national! guards opened fire, it was reported here <■.
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    Racing a crook's game? Nonsense, says Mr. Wheeler
    144 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. ENERGETIC steps were being taken to stamj) out doping of racehorses in Malaya, Mr. A. H. L. Wheeler, Clerk of Course. Selangor Turf Club, told members of the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club at their lunehepn meeting today. Analysts were
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    Sultan of Selangor, wife weep as they sail to Mecca
    565 1 THE TEARFUL OUTNUMBER THE CHEERFUL Xl ALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE SULTAN of Selangor and his wife, the Tungku Ampuan, broke down and wept today as they sailed from Port Swettenham to Mecca. Many Malay men, women and children also burst
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    Polio epidemic
    31 1 HUSSELDORF. Wed. An Infantile paralysis epidemic i has hit North Rhine West- 1 phalla— particularly the Ruhr < and the Anchen area, and i caused 26 deaths last week- < Reuter.
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    Quads born, two die
    30 1 NAPLES, Wed. Two of the quadruplet boys 'born prematurely to a village brickHysr's wife died last night in Naples University hospital Th» mother is 23 AP.
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    Easy for Rhee
    40 1 PITS AN, Wed. Returns from about half of South Korea's electoral districts gave Dr. Syngman Rhee a lead of more than 1,500,000 votes over his nearest rival in the country's first popular vote for a president.— Reuter.
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    Rush for claims
    26 1 URANIUM CITY fSaskatchewan). Wed.— An Irishman has won the. race to stake the first claim in the world's first uranium rush here.— Reuter.
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    LAKE CLUB TO ADMIT ASIAN GUESTS
    267 1 LAKE CLUB TO ADMIT ASIAN GUESTS —1,200 members say 'yes KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rpHE Kuala Lumpur Lake Club will change a A 50- year-old unwritten rule this week. As from Saturday, it will open its doors to Asian guests. The change has been made following a referendum to members asking
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    More posts go in Egypt
    49 1 CAIRO, Wed. The new Regency Council decided today to abolish the Post of Chief of the Royal Cabinet and the posts of Court Grand. Chamberlain and chief aides de camp. Sweeping changes in Egypt's diplomatic representatives abroad are reported to be in preparation. Reuter.
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    Congratulations
    36 1 The Home Guards who killed a terrorist boss and one of his men in the Baling area of Kedah on Monday, got a telegram of congratulations from the High Commissioner Gen. Sir Gerald Templer, yesterday.
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    Snakes caused crash: 24 died
    43 1 BOMBAY, Wed. Twentyfour people died in a Hyderabad bus crash caused by snakes, it was reported yesterday. The snakes escaped from their baskets on the roof of the bus, slipped into the bus and terrorised the driver A.P.
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    $13,000 Red was the 2nd century
    138 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rj?HE 1/10 GURKHAS A 200 th kill was Foo Yoke Kwang, district committee member and assistant commander of j the terrorist Seventh Regiment, Emergency Information Services announced today. Foo was killed in the Kemamar. area of South Trengganu during the weekend.
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    Wreath on Hiroshima
    41 1 HIROSHIMA Wed.— A list of the names of 80,000 persons killed outright by the atomic bomb in 1945 was dedicated today and a memorial plaque was unveiled in a ceremony marking the seventh anniversary of the bombing. —Reuter.
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    13 drowned
    32 1 CAPETOWN, Wed.— A European and 12 native fishermen were drowned at Port Nolloth, on the Atlantic coast of Cape Province last night when their boat capsized in stormy seas. A.P.
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    Burma's request
    25 1 RANGOON, Wed.— Burma has asked Russia and China to let her send an official delegation to study collective farming for two months.— Reuter.
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    65 3 THE CREW of the cruiser Swiftsnre, which escorted the Duke of Edinburgh's yacht to Helsinki, cave a party for children. The resources of the cruiser provided an abundance of entertaining devices including an overhead railway. The sailors obligingly turned into pirates and some of them were even made to walk
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    FAROUK LOSES A FORTUNE
    291 3 Creditors must apply to the Government for payment CAIRO, Wednesday. THE EGYPTIAN CABINET last night placed ex-King Farouk's fortune under Government custody. It ruled that pending further investigation, Farouk will not be allowed to touch his property in Egypt. He is also forbidden to conduct any
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    Nylon vest saved a soldier
    102 3 Nylon vest saved a soldier SEOUL, Wed. NYLON vests could reduce battle wounds in the chest and abdomen by 16 per cent, a U.S. army testing unit reported after examining: MM vests worn by soldiers in Korea. The unit is reporting its findings to the Qnartennaster(.(neral in Washington. The vests
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    'Closed shop' council is defeated
    142 3 'Closed shop' council is defeated LONDON, Wed. DURHAM'S Socialist-con-trolled County Council today accepted defeat in its long battle to enforce the "closed shop' principle on its white collar servants. It agreed to abide by the terms of a Ministry of Labour arbitration board which ruled that a council regulation on
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    TRADE TALKS
    26 3 HELSINKI. Wed.— A Finnish delegation left here for Moscow yesterday to negotiate new trade exchanges with the Soviet Union for the coming year.— Reuter.
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    EARL OF DALKEITH TO WED
    74 3 EARL OF DALKEITH TO WED LONDON, Wed. JANE McNeill. 21-year-old blonde English society girl, has announced her engagement to the Earl of Daikeith, 28-year-old heir to a Scottish dukedom whose name has often been romantically linked with Princess Margaret. The Earl, a naval officer during the war, has been a
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    Taxes reduced in Australia
    244 3 CANBERRA, Wednesday. AUSTRALIA'S Treasurer, Sir Arthur Fadden, introducing his budget in the House of Representatives tonight, announced tax adjustments and reductions which, he said, "would serve as an incentive to investors and business and the community at large". Main concessions are: Abolition of the special Income
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    RED ENVOY ASKS FOR ASYLUM
    78 3 RED ENVOY ASKS FOR ASYLUM CHICAGO. Wed. MR. Zygmunt Fabisian, Polish Consul in Chicago, said today he had resigned his post and asked the United States for asylum. Mr. Fabisian, said he wrote a letter of resignation to the Polish Embassy in Washington on Aug. 1. The same day he
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    Plane dives into sea
    32 3 SAN DIEGO Wed.— A giant United States Air Force B-36 bomber with eight men aboard exploded and dived into the sea today. Six survivors were picked up.— Reuter.
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    'St. Eva of America'
    51 3 'St. Eva of America BUENOS AIRES. Wed— The Secretary-General of Argentina's Confederation of Labour today described Eva Peron as "already a saint St. Eva of America". The Labour leader, Jose Espejo. said: "We can comfort ourselves by listening to the voice of the people saying a saint has been born".
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    H-bomb plant mystery flash
    35 3 AUGUSTA (Georgia), Wefl. A "shapeless incandescent flash of light" was reported over the Atomic Energy Commission's great hydrogen bomb Installation early today. Officials said "the appropriate authorities have been notified."— Reuter.
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    Experiment to cut Britain's debts
    134 3 LONDON, Wednesday. rpHE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Richard Butler, last night played a new card in his attempt to reduce Britain's indebtedness to Europe. The Bank of England an- nounced it was prepared for the time being to* approve applications from British merchant* to
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    14 U.S. Reds guilty of treason
    83 3 14 U.S. Reds guilty of treason LOS ANGELES, Wed. A Federal court convicted 14 California Communist leaders of conspiring to teach and advocate violent overthrow of the U.S. government. The defendants, including four women, were headed by William Schnelderman, 46. party chairman, who was accused of being the party's acting
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    250 serve the Queen
    34 3 LONDON, Wed— The Queen last night named her royal household of about 250 officials. A new appointment is that of a child specialist to look after the royal children. —Reuter.
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    Swedes want arbitration
    60 3 STOCKHOLM, Wed. Sweden has made a new appeal to the Soviet Union to let the Hague Court "or some other responsible international body" arbitrate on thtBaltic planes dispute. The dispute arose after the loss of an unarmed Swedish Dakota training aircraft and the shooting down of an
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    NEW AIR HQ
    29 3 FLORENCE, Wed. A South-east European tactical air headquarters may be set up either in Turkey or Greece, it was reporteQ in Allied air circles yesterday A.P.
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    Reds gaol U.S. 'spies'
    52 3 BERLIN. Wed. An East German court at Potsdam, near Berlin, passed sentencr today on five East German? mainly employed In heavr Industry accused of spying for the United States. One was sentenced to life Imprisonment and the other four were given sentences totalling 54 years' hard
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    POLICE SEEK TRIPLE KILLERS
    110 3 LURS (France). W«d. FRENCH police were reported today to be searching for "two 'men In shorts" in connection wTth the murder of Sir Jack Drummonri md his wife and schoolgirl ■aughter The men are believed to be the occupants of a motorcycle and sidecar seen during
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    LONDON STOCKS
    361 3 LONDON. Wed. A FEATURE of the start of new time dealings today was the renewed demand for domestic stocks. Industrial issues, particularly light and heavy engineering shares, took the lion's share of business as dealers continued to Express confidence in Britain's future. The province* figures prominently In the
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    LONDON TIN PRICE
    26 3 LONDON, Aug. 6.— Cash Buyers £915; Sellers £917; Forward Buyers £915; Sellers £917; Settlement £931 (down £12). Turnover: a.m. S5 tons; .p.m. 150
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    U.K. RUBBER
    33 3 LONDON, Aug. 6— Spot 26d., Sspt. 25} 4 d.. Oct.-Dec 25V4d. Jan. -Mur. 24 5 d., Aprl-Jun- 23 "id.. Aug. cJJ. 25Vid.. Sept. ell. 25d. Oct. c.l.f. 251 Market: Qu et.
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    First uranium
    17 3 JOHANNESBURG, Wed. South Africa will produce Its first uranium by the end of September.— Reuter
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    ARMED POLICE GUARD WOMAN
    212 4 She had pistol and grenade court is told IPOH, Wednesday. A RMED police surrounded Ipoh Magistrate's Court building today and plain-clothes men stood inside when a pretty 24-year-old woman, Lee T,en Tai, alias Lee Meng, was produced on three charges under the Emergency Regulations. Lee, dressed
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    Two gaoled for robbing scientist
    154 4 Two gaoled for robbing scientist A CHINESE and a Malay youth will spend a year in gaol for robbing a visiting research scientist from a Belgian University in the Singapore Botanic Gardens on July 23. This was the penalty imposed on them by Mr. Tan Ah Tah, the Singapore First
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    On hurt charge
    25 4 SEGAMAT, Wed.— Bail of $250 was offered Semiah binte Suleiman cherged in Segamat with causing hurt with a knife to another woman.
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    They built it in one week
    61 4 PARIT BUNTAR, Wed.— The community hall at Bagan Tiang, which was built by the people themselves in one week, was opened here at the weekend by the Deputy Mentri Besar, Dato Laxmana Mohamad Razelly. Money for the hall was i provided by the Social
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    Unusual robbery—ssoo
    54 4 Unusual robbery— ssoo A ROBBERY, described by Singapore C.I.D. as unusual, cost a European living in Kay Siang Road nine bottles of wine and spirits, two pipes, jewellery and a pen, worth a total of S5OO. The thief cut a hole in the main door of the house to unlock
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    Boy, 4, was crushed by roller
    137 4 A four-year-old boy, Seng Swee Boon, who was playing on a heavy concrete roller, was flung in front of it when it suddenly rolled away, the Singapore Assistant Coroner was told yesterday. Seng's head was crushed and h e died in hospital a few
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    3 ROOMS. WITH' GARAGE—FOR $18,000
    66 4 3 ROOMS. WITH' GARAGE— FOR $18,000 THIS 518,000-HOUSK (with garage), top, is one of 76 built by the Kuala Lumpur Co-opera-tive Housing Society at Gurney Road. Sixty- four of them are of this type. The rest are smaller and cost $12,700 each. RIGHT: The $12,700 which has two bed rooms
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    Mac Donald for T V broadcast
    248 4 COLONY RADIO SHOW VI R. MALCOLM MACDONALD, the CommissioneriTI General, will .telecast before 1,000 community j leaders, officials and businessmen at the British Radio Exhibition at the Happy World Stadium on Monday. A special programme has been arranged by th e organi- sers of
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    Radio station
    32 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed A high frequency radio station is to be built on Pulau Babl Besar, one of the larger islands off the Mersing coast at a cost of $86,900.
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    Boy he took out from pond was his son
    115 4 WHEN LIM Swee Guan, a clerk, heard that a hoy had fallen into a pond in a village in Vaughan Road. Singapore, on June 21, he jumped into the water and found that the victim was his son. This was stated
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    Menoir.More charges
    53 4 A Singapore Police spokesman said this morning that more Complaints of breach of trust, involving about $50,000, have been lodged against Mr. C. O. Menon. a lawyer, against whom there is a warrant of arrest. Mr. Menon left for India about a month ago. He boarded a plane
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    JOINT EXERCISES BY STORE VOLUNTEERS
    108 4 OEALISTIC combined exercises by the Singapore Volunteer Forces will be held on Sunday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Units of the Singapore Volunteer Corps will be landed by Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve assault craft at Tanjong Kling and Tanjong Balai and will attack
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    Man in lorry is killed
    44 4 One man was killed and one seriously injured when a lorry carrying 24 labourers overturned at a bend along South Bttona Vista Road, Singapore, yesterday. The dead man was A. K. D. Nair aged 33, a City Council labourer.
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    BLACKOUT SCHEDULE
    257 4 Sub-stations liable to Joad shedding today are: DAY Boon Tat St., Happy World, Asia Rubber Lorong 3, Sims Avenue Sawmill, Shell Co., Lee Rubber Works, Mtbatten Network, Cathay, Mac Donald House, Tan Tye Place/ Fort Canning, Seah St./ Waterloo St., St. Andrews/High St/ Stamford Rd., Albert St., Short
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    DARK CORRIDORS, CUBICLES GO IN GOVT. SECRETARIAT
    220 5 Fresh air comes to Empress Place QFFICE "cubicles" and other partitions in the Singapore Colonial Secretariat are being pulled down for an extensive reph.nning of office space. This is being done on the recommendations of Government's organisation consultants to improve efficiency and working
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    ROBBED On HER WAY to MARKET
    139 5 A Chinese housewife and a watch dealer were the victims of grab-and-run Incidents in Singapore yesterday. The woman was robbed while she was walking along Jalan Besar on her way to a market. A Malay cycled up to her. snatched her bag and cycled
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    Fed. issues new I-cards
    54 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Faking of National Registration identity cards in the Federation have forced the Government to design a new card which is now being issued when old cards are replaced. The fakers have been using halves of two different cards cleverly stuck together to appear
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    Register urged for marriages
    74 5 PENANG, Wed— A proper register should be kept of all Hindu marriages in this country, Dr. N. K. Menon, Settlement Municipal Councillor, said today. Speaking at the opening cf Congress Week in Penang, he said it was essential that certificates of legal marriages should be issued
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    No muzzle: $60
    28 5 TAPAH Wed. Chai Kian of the 3rd mile Tapah Road, was fined $60 or one month's gaol, in Tapah for not BU z;ing his dog.
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    S'PORE DIARY
    190 5 SALVATION ARMY: United Holiness meeting at headquarters. Clemenceau Avenue, 7.30 p.m. Speaker: Commissioner John S. Bladin SPORE LODGE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: Symposium on "What Theosophy Means To Me" at 8. Cairnhill Road. 6.30 p.m. EAST-WEST SOCIETY: "Hat j Night" at British Council Hail. I Stamford Road 8.30 p.m. BRITISH
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    14 demands by Govt. men
    64 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Joint Council of Government Daily Rated Workers' Trade Unions has submitted 14 demands to Mr. W. D. Godsall, the acting Chief Secretary, with a request that it be discussed by a meeting of the Interim Joint Council. The main demand is
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    His heap of trouble,..
    51 5 When a resident of Bendemeer Road, Singapore, set fire to a heap of rubbish outside his house last night he started a heap of trouble The rubbish flared, got out of control and threatened inflammable objects nearby The fire brigade put the fire out in 20
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    Colony's efficiency drive is welcomed
    180 5 Colony's efficiency drive is welcomed 'THE Singapore Government Secretariat's move to improve efficiency by scrapping its old minuting and correspondence procedure and adopting commercial practice was welcomed by local organisations yesterday. The president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Tan Salk Kew, said: "If the efficiency drive is aimed
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    25 arrested in opium raids
    29 5 The Anti-Narcotic Branch* of Singapore police last night detained 23 men and two women after a raid on 60 opium dens around China Street.
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    SHOW FOR POLICE ONLY
    122 5 ON the first founder's day of the Singapore Prince Edward Road Boys Club on Saturday, Its 302 members will present a special activities programme for officers and men of the Singapore Police Force. About 250 representatives from various branches of the police force, including the police
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    Girl murdered
    17 5 A 13-year-old Chinese girl was murdered yesterday by terrorists in the Kluang area of Johore.
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    Kajang success
    26 5 On an estate in the Kajang area of Selangor yesterday, a police nitrol spotted a terrorist and shot him dead. His rifle was captured.
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    Today's Radio
    113 5 SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News; 10.05 Music While You Work; 10.45 Perry Como Rhow; 11— 11J0 London Studio Melodies; l pjn. Earl Towner and his Concert Orch.; 1.30 News: 1.45—2 Jerry Gray's Orch.; 6.15 Calling All Hospitals; 6.55 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15. Talk (President of the Citv Council. Mr.
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    BOY WHO LIKED THRILLS is MISSING
    105 5 BOY WHO LIKED THRILLS is MISSING Al7-YEAR-k>LD boy, who told his mother he was "fed up" with books left his home at Teck Chye Terrace, near Paya Lebar police station, and has not been seen since. The boy, Anthony Benedict Dlvyarajan. a Standard 7 pupil in the Holy Innocents School,
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    Will be published
    34 5 IPOH, Wed.— Perak State Councillors were today told that the second part of the State Constitution would be published by the end of the year as previously announced by the Government.
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    Ex-detective cleared
    83 5 WILLIAM LEE, a former detective, was yfisterday acquitted by Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam in the Singapore Third District Court, on a charge of cheating Quek Ah Ngor, a 22-year-old woman. Quek alleged that Lee cheated her of $100 in Jan- uary to secure the release of her husband
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    Siddons answers critics
    150 5 AMOVE by certain members of the Singapore City Council Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society to oust him from office, will not alter the fact that there was widespread gambling among City Council employees, the chairman of the soe'ety, Mr. D. E. J Siddons. told the Straits Times
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. July 7, 1952. Anzus Front Line
    811 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. July 7, 1952. Anzus Front Line The Foreign Ministers of the United States, Australia and New Zealand have been discussing areas of common concern in the Pacific," bounded (to quote a report from Honolulu) by such trouble spots as Korea, IndoChina and Malaya. It is
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    Anxious Days in Macao
    284 6 Anxious Days in Macao Since the middle of the sixteenth century, when the Portuguese were in occupation of Malacca, Macao has been a small Portuguese enclave on the south China coast. The Portuguese stay in Malacca was short-lived; but they remain at Macao, occupying their six square miles of Chinese
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    DEATH
    18 6 GAW: Mrs. Oaw Khek Jim (nee Be Twee Nio) passed away at the General Hospital. Deeply regretted.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    145 6 THE FAMILY of the late Mrs. Ec Sen,; Watt thank all friends who sent wreaths, messages of condolence and attended th< fun-.-ral. etc. MR MRS. NG KEAM NYEN thank all those who attended, sent gifts and rendered assistance on the occasion of their recent wedding at Seremban. MR. MM
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    IN MEMORIAM
    54 6 IN LOVING memory of our j dear beloved mother Madam Heng Mvi Sim who passed away on 7th August 1949. Though sad we mark the closing j eyes, Oi <mr dear mother we loved In da,s gone by. Yet sweet in death her latest song: "We'll meet again,
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    DEMOCRATIC HOPE OF THE U.S.
    766 6  - DEMOCRATIC HOPE OF THE U.S. O.H.BRANDON He seeks no favours, is committed fo nobody WASHINGTON. rpHE U.S. Democratic Party now has a presidential candidate, In Governor Adlai Stevenson, with at least as enticing a smile and at least as good a television personality as General Eisenhower. But, what is more,
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      A cry for sewers in Singapore
      241 6 WE hear so much talk about Singapore being a modern city, but in some ways we are 50 years behind the times in relation to other cities. In other parts of the world, modern sanitation is far ahead. Read what people say in other
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      Give and take with the State
      475 6 Give and take with the State LET me confess at once to Mr. K. S. C. Pillai ("Subsistence vs. Welfare," Aug. 1) that my earlier letter was in purposely over-stated terms in order to force attention to one or two matters which are viewed too one-sidedly in this country If
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      A TAXIS LIFE
      50 6 IF your correspondent "Bri-tish-built Car Owner" will contact me c/o the City Council Secretariat, I shall be only too pleased to listen to his views on the question of a three-year limit to the life of an ordinary motor vehicle used as a taxi-cab. D. ROBERTSON. Singapore.
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      THE THINKING NATIONALS
      104 6 I WAS cieiighted to read the excellent views of Mr. B. R Samarawickrema of Kuala Lumpur which appeared in your issue of August 1 ("Let it be non-communal"). I congratulate him. His impartial, straightforward views, l am sure, will meet with the whole-hearted support of the rightly
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      HELP IN LEAN TIMES
      295 6 rjiHE Federation Government X should be well aware now of the situation that has arisen with the passing of tiie Money Lenders Ordinance. It would appear, to judge from the correspondence appearing on the subject, that the Malay smallholder has been the hardest hit of the
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    On the Margin
    415 6 On the Margin Eagle's iiest BRUCE had his spider to point the moral. "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." A -eader in the Chatsworth Road area of Singapore has a more highflying example. This is a white-bellied sea eagle. For many years, he tells us. one of
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      224 6 Titanium S ft wt r^fca. Titanium, a hard silver-white metal, is one of the commonest of the elements, but in nature, it exists only as a mineral compound. It occurs in many forms, the most aßlmdant being ilmenite an oxide of titanium and iron mined in India, Norway and the
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    VICKERS IS BACK WITH NEW PLANS
    276 7 Singapore may get more doctors from abroad CINGAPORE'S Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, returned to the Colony yesterday with high hopes of eking out the local shortage of doctors with men from abroad, and with new schemes for improving Singapore's health.
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    SCBA may be open to all races
    78 7 SCBA may be open to all races THE Straits Chinese British Association of Singapore, an exclusive body for 52 years, is considering admitting members of other communities. A draft of the amended constitution is being prepared by the association president, Mr. T. W. Ong. and the secretary. New objects, aiming
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    Expert on blind to visit Malaya
    59 7 Sir Clutha Mackenzie, blind welfare adviser to the United Nations, is epected to arrive In Singapore on Sunday on a three-week visit to Malaya. Sir Clutha will spend most of his time In Singapore. He will attend a meeting of the Singapore Association for
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    Talks held
    30 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Mr. A. W. D. James, head of the Emergency Information Service, Kuala Lumpur, visited Johore Bahru today for talks with the town's Emergency Information Officer.
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    TRANSFERRED
    29 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Mr C. C. Renwick, State Veterinary Officer, has left Johore Bahru for Kuala Lumpur on transfer to act as Deputy Director of Veterinary Services, Federation.
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    13,000 MILES TO SEE DANCE
    71 7 THIRTEEN THOUSAND mil eg a lon* way to go to see n° I S? etltk S?'J lllU tnat fa w at Miss Norma m* ft) we known Australian dance teacher, TW srm5 rm a Da Z l 4. ber pretty star-pupil are doing. They passed
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    'Political unity is vital to Indians'
    250 7 PENANG CONGRESS WEEK PENANG, Wednesday. TK) MEET Malaya's rapidly changing conditions, it x was "vitally important" that all existing political Indian organisations should combine, Dr. N. K. Menon, member of the AU-Malaya Congress Working Committee, urged today. "Unless we can achieve political unity, the
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    Tenant could not quit
    60 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Slew Ah Chin, charged in the Police Court with failing to comply with a Town Board order to demolish a building complained that the subtenant of a cubicle in the building refused to quit. The case was postponed to find out whether the
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    Wife 'driven from home'
    77 7 A youn? woman told the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Anysley, in Singapore High Court yesterday that her husband drove her out of the house after more than a year's unhappy married life. Dolly Ong Quek Chwee i sued George Tan Hoon Chiang for a divorce on
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    Stole at sale
    35 7 The Singapore Second Police Magistrate, Mr. D. H. Chapman, yesterday sentenced a woman, Ang Wee to six weeks' simple imprisonment for stealing 15 yards of cloth from a shop during a sale.
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    SALVATION ARMY TO OPEN COLLEGE IN SINGAPORE
    172 7 fHE Salvation Army in Malaya will open a college at its headquarters in Clemenceau Avenue, Singapore, next year, to train Asians for full-time service as officers. Plans for the college will be finalised when Lieut. Col. F. Harvey, Commanding Officer of the Salvation
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    SIT tenants plan to form association
    81 7 SIT tenants plan to form association mENANTS of Singapore ImX provement Trust flats In the Tiong Bahru area are to form a tenants' association. The objects include the protection of tenancy rights of members and the promotion of well-being. The organisers told the Straits Times yesterday that the association would
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    Labour head for Canada
    74 7 Mr. Thomas G. D. D'Alton, leader of the Tasmanian Labour Party, passed through Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday on his way to the Sritish Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference In Canada. The conference, to be held in Ottawa will last from Sept. 6 to 9. Prom Ottawa, Mr.
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    Prison for the 'bright boy'
    119 7 f\NG PENG TONG, a 17-year-old student, described by his former principal as a very bright scholar, was yesterday sentenced by Mr. Tan Ah Tah the, Singapore First District Judge, to 18 i months' imprisonment lor possession of terrorist documents. Ong was arrested by Special Branch
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    Stole 'to have a good time'
    65 7 In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday a shipping office peon admitted he stole deck passenger tickets and sold them for nearly $1,000 "to have a good time In the dance halls." Th e peon. Abdul Kadir bin Abdul Hussain, aged 23, pleaded guilty
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    Lottery draw in Johore Bahru
    55 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed..— The seventh Social and Welfare Lottery will be drawn at Jdhore Bahru on Aug. 16 at 2 p.m. Th e draw, which will held on the padang opposite the Supreme Court, will be conducted by Dato H. E. MacKenzie. Chpdrman of the
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    Negligent
    24 7 SEGAMAT, Wed. Manikam. 37, was today fined $40 at Segamat for driving his lorry in a negligent manner and knocking into a car.
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    MALAYAN OFFICERS FOR BRITISH ARMY
    95 7 T»HE ARMY intends to offer Queen's (Malayan) commissions to Malayans for service in certain uiits of the British Army in Malaya. They will Initially be short service commissions for fulltime Army service and a period on Reserve. Suitable short service commissioned officers will later be
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    Nair wants City-Katong 'water bus
    74 7 Nair wants City-Katong 'water bus MR. M. P. D. Nair, Singapore City Councillor for South Ward, is investigating the feasibiUty of introducing a "water bus" service between Clifford Pier and Katong. He said he had written to the London County Council for detailed information on its "water-bus" service. The Master
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    SECONDARY TRADE SCHOOL PLAN IN FED.
    286 7 Pilot scheme starts KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. WORK AS BEGUN on a pilot scheme to give Kuala Lumpur a modern secondary school whose curriculum will incorporate all subjects taught in trade schools. (Trade) School at Jalan •ged with the new school, with 700 students. The
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    Learner drove car off road
    38 7 KUANTAN, Wed.— Lai Kam Weng, a learner driver, was fined $40 for negligent driving and driving without a competent driver beside him. He drove a car off the road and down an embankment.
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    Fought, fined
    29 7 KLUANG, Wed. Sharah binte Abdul Karim, and Hassan bin Naaasu, a shopkeeper, were each fined $10, or four days' gaol In Kluang for fighting and being disorderly.
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    Start blood bank call to Rotarians
    151 7 Start blood bank call to Rotarians JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. TVR. ELIZABETH COMBER, JLF the first woman guest speaker ever at the Johore Rotary Club, has suggested that the club sponsor and support a blood bank In Johore Bahru. Dr. Comber, who Is attached to the General Hospital, Johore Bahru, said
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    CUSTOMS SAY DUTY UNPAID
    45 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Abdullah bin Mohamed claimed trial In the Police Court today when he was charged with attempting to defraud Government of Customs duty amounting to $68 on sarongs worth $341. He was allowed ball in $500 pending the hearing.
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    Dole for addicts decision soon
    187 7 Dole for addicts decision soon rpHE PUBLIC Assistance ■I Board of Singapore Social Welfare Department is considering whether or not opium addicts should continue to get relief. The matter will be reviewed in three months when more information will be available, says the department's report for July. A start is
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    Voters' lists open for check
    52 7 Those who have registered as voters and do not find their names on the electoral lists which were posted in all post offices yesterday can write in and protest to the Supervisor of Elections, Singapore. The lists will remain open for public inspection during the
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    Johore council of ministers
    32 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed A meeting of the Johore Council of Ministers was held at the Council Chamber, Government Offices, Johore Bahru today. Th e Mentrl Besar, Johore, presided.
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    THE PEPLER PLAN FOR S'PORE IS READY
    266 8 New towns will go up on island 2IR GEORGE PEPLER, British town planning expert, now advising the Singapore Government, tokftke Straits Times yesterday that a tentative development plan for the Colony was ready. "The preliminary plan is pretty well ready," Sir George s°id.
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    Sir George thanks 30 students
    131 8 Sir George thanks 30 students SIR GEORGE PEPLER yesterday paid tribute to Mr. B.W. Hodder, lecturer in geography at the University of Malaya and the 30 students from the University for having done an "extremely good job" of the factfinding survey of land and buildings in the central part of
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    Govt. helps with $10,000
    101 8 GEMAS, Wed.— The Feder- ation Government has given a grant of $10,000 to Netn*i i Sembilan for running adult education classes. This was stated at a meet- ing in Tampin to form a disj trict branch of the Adult 1 Education Association. I Officials of the
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    Schools trade union move
    51 8 An extraordinary general meeting of the Singapore Afternoon Schools Association will be held on Saturday in the British Council Hall. A motion to be moved by Mr. E. S. Moorthy asks that the new management committee study the possibility of converting the association into a trade
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    Charged with killing farmer
    39 8 KUANTAN, Wed.— Awans Ngah bin Salleh. 42, was charged in Kuantan with the murder of Oh Ah Ho at Penor on July 31 this year. Oh, a 45 year-old poultry farmer, was stabbed several times
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    SCHOOL BOARD
    94 8 T A I P I N G. Wed.— The following are the Board of Governors of the Taiping Boys' School: Mr. Jal Manecksha (chairman), Dr. Tan Cheng Leng fsotretary), Mrs. Lim Swee Aun, Che Zahara Untl Ishak. Miss T. O. Ma, Mrs. B. Monerasinghe, Mrs. T. Cltnton Thomas.
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    Goats strayed
    25 8 KUANTAN, Wed.— M. Chlnniah, a Town Board labourer, was fined $3 for letting his goats stray into the KuanI tan police station compound.
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    No permit for use of house
    52 8 KUANTAN, Wed. Mrs. May U ren was fined $10 in Kuantan court for allowing her house In Telok Sesih to be occupied before she got a certificate of fitness from the Town Board. The tenant moved into the kitchen and cubicle verandah after alterations
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    Transferred
    22 8 KOTA BAHRU, Wed. Inchg Samberid bin Pagong of the Central Electricity Board Headquarters. Kuala Lumpur, has been transferred to Kota Bahru.
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    FILM CENSOR CHARGED WITH THREAT TO COUPLE
    199 8 HPHE Malayan Film Censor, ■I Mr. Jack Evans, yesterday appeared before the Singapore City Police Court Magistrate, Mr. K. J. L. Jamieson, on a summons charge of criminal intimidation. Mr FN a ill ■"c J to have threatened Mr. Raymond Ivor Jenkins and
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    Kelantan scouts for K.L. camp
    67 8 KOTA BAHRU, Wed.— Ten Scouts from Kelantan, led by D.S.M. Abdul Kadir Bakhti, will leave Kota Bahru by air on Friday to attend the South-East Asia patrol camp at Kuala Lumpur. Mr. T. W. T. Bangs, chairman of the Kelantan State Boy Scouts Association, will
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    In the way: $20
    35 8 KUANTAN. Wed.— Liong Ah Leng, a market stall owner, and Chio Chin Yong, were each fined $10 for obstructing the road and the five foot-way with sacks of maize and goods.
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    City court staff will be Government men
    109 8 rpHE SINGAPORE CITY Police Court former Registrar of Vehicles Courtis to be staffed by Government. At present, except for the magistrate. th e staff are Cits Onncil employees. The Council's Vehicles and Traffic Committee has agreed to this change on the understanding that
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    ON LAST LAP OF WORLD TOUR
    61 8 VAKKEN and Douglas Wilkins, broth'rs. and graduates of Toronto University, who are Bearing the test lap of their motor tour of the world. They arrived in Singapore two days ago, and will leave for Bangkok this week. Up to date, they have travelled more
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    Government told: Don't pass baby
    206 8 HOUSING 'BIGGEST POSER 9 rnHE SINGAPORE Government must not pass the baby of resettling squatters on to private welfare organisations, the chairman of the At tap Dwellers' Association, Mr. Mak Pak Shee, said yesterday. Referring to an official an- I nouncement yesterday, Mr. Mak told
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    CALL FOR 'SMALLER' WEDDINGS
    105 8 rE Women's Section of the United Malays National Organisation, Johore, is to urge the Malays to marry "on a smaller scale." X resolution to this effect will be moved at the annual meeting of the Johore division of UMNO to be held in Singapore on Aug.
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    Jaga is hurt in a fight
    68 8 Another fight broke out at the Pasir Panjang power station in Singapore yesterday. This tim e a watchman was Injured oq the head by two labourers. The three had quarrelled before the fight. The first fight was on Tuesday when an Indian was hurt.
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    Defence not called
    51 8 Without his defence being called. Choo Kar Tong. was acquitted and discharged at Singapore Assizes yesterday on a charge of possession of 1,418 one hundred-rupiah Indonesian forged currency notes. The prosecution alleged that a party of police raided Choo's house and found the currency notes in a
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    Two fined $15 for assault
    36 8 KUANTAN, Wed.—Karuppan and Palaniama, a woman, were fined $10 and $5 for assault. Karappun assaulted Palaniama because she beat his daughter. Palaniama beat the girl because she spat in her house.
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    Stole bicycle
    31 8 TELUK ANSON, Wed. Hassan bin Haji Jaafar was sentenced to six months' gaol to be followed by. six months* Police supervision, in Teluk Aason for theft of a bicycle.
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    'This strange cult
    142 9 VIRGINIA INTRODUCES AND DEPLORES- What do you wear when shopping? More women seem to be loming a strange cult that has developed in Singapore Lke the lady on the left. they affect very i short shorts in dazzling J colours and brassiere tops, sometimes covered with a
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    THINGS THEY ARE DOING...
    252 9 COME feirls are film stars. Some break records at Helsinki Others swim, or show of< new hairstyles or brand new garters. Bbt wherever they are they make PICTURES., and pictures make NEWS. So here are some news pictures of women Why swim the oldfashioned way using
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    Husband
    369 9  -  SUSAN WISE TO A WORRIED By A TROUBLED husband writes: "My wife and four-month old son, now in Australia, are coming to Malaya shortly. Could you give her some advice about clothes? What should she bring?" Let us tackle the babyv clothes first His needs wll be simple. The
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    TWO COCKTAIL OUTFITS
    246 9 short sleeves as they allow more freedom of movement. Sun dresses with halter necks are popular, and you can easily make a little bolero or shawl to go with them. I should bring half a dozen washing frocks with you. You can add to them when you
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      354 9 m—t r v* S** A 28. No crime, however, (or The Straits Times Crossword human amusement (ia>. L DOWN |4 i 5 8 $S§ s§§§ l. What's the spinster's game? (3. 4). jjjsj shh SS3 SSRS S3S SKS *Sss 2 Rlver that brln 8s a children 1 H 8 H
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    RUBBER GAINS HALF-CENT
    108 10 Market indifferent: Small turnover OURBER gained half-cent on an indifferent market yesterday and August first grade close at 86f cents alb.a lb. The turnover was small and the general tone quiet. Trie price varied between Mi cents and 87 cents and the market closed dalL aSMrv-rss* ztjz
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    New York price
    22 10 NO. 1 RJS.S. September (in U.S. cents): Monday's Tnesday's Clofeins Closing 29.65 bid 29.75 bid 3«.1O asked T»ne: Qaiet.
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    MALAYAN RATES OF EXCHANGE
    66 10 The Malayan E^rhange Banks Associ:' tion announced agreed rate? of exchange to merchants yesterday as foliows: BUY. EtC Mr Mail T.T. O.D. •»«*<; Credit Bills New York 32 13 16 32 15 16 33 IIS Canada 31 5 8 31 34 32 Trade BTli 33 18
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    TIN: $468% A PICUL
    12 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. $468', a picul (do wo $9%).
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    World tin output up
    67 10 THE HAGUE, Wed. World production of tin concen' rates in May was 14,308 tons, conrp re. l with 13,100 in Aartt, according to the July bulletin ot the international Tin Study Oroup Issue 1 here. Production of tin mrl al in May was 13.400 against 12J00
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    WALL STREET
    58 10 NEW YORK, Wed— The New York stock market continued to plot a narrowly irregular course in slow featureless activity. The performance lurnished no nsw cues of consequence. Some quarters said this indicatthe present minor interruption of the recent move to k9s2 higiis will be succeeded by neir inv?stor
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    Australian stock market has brighter undertone
    166 10 MELBOURNE, Wed. rpHB Stock Exchange market had a bri^ter onderton^ today and a wunber of leaving issues made good advances.. The strengthening move was doe to more optimistic reports from Canberra that tonight's Budget speech would contain taxation concessions for the individual and would
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    Russian coal for Jap yarn
    112 10 FfUVAXB tradtec ftm in r rec.iyed Gorernoarßt apB*w«at to eoMinde a barter deal, which would brtoc teto Japaa M.M* ten* ot coal tnm cha 3wtet-ULi»tarl Wand «X tmt north of Japan, the newspaper Tomiuri reported. The (crater Swrtrt itiiliw la Japan caDHadeU the deal on
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    PRODUCE MART QUIET
    85 10 Produ-e in Singapore yester- i day was generally quiet. The copra market was slightly easier with buyers at $24 f.o.b. and sellers S25 I Coconut ell was quiet with buyers $38H a picul f.o.b. aad sellers $39V Small transactions took place on an f.o.b. basis in pepper
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    STORE SHIPPING INFORMATION
    209 10 CHIPS hi the Singapore Roads and other anchorages at 10 a.m. yesterday were: OITEK BOAD6: Hal Hsuan. Benavon. La Capirena. Leneverett, Reginald Kerr, Perseus, Garoet, La Chorrera, Szechuan, Eastern Queen. Tjimenteng INNER ROADS: Sirius. Cornflsh. Hong Tat. Madju. Selaneor. Resang. Lasem. Laiwui, Kah Kheng. Bidor. Serdang. Lampon^.
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    Nervousness on S'pore share market
    183 10 Nervousness on S'pore share market rpHERE was a nervous tendency A on the Singapore Share Market yesterday with a marking down in rubbers and tins. The tin section was affected by the fall In the price of tta which has dropped ty $14 picul in the last two days. Industrials
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    Rubber imports
    30 10 Total Imports of rubber, all grades from all countries into Singapore and the Federation of Malaya during July amounted to 35,146 tons. compared with 23.3-"° tons in June.
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    RENONG TIN
    15 10 Renong Tin Drettelng Co. u'ds output during July was 387 picnls tin ore.
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    SURPRISE DEFEAT FOR MALAYS
    448 11 DISTRICT SNAP UP CHANCES Singapore Base District 3; Malays 1 SCRATCH Singapore Base District XI, taking the field underdoes in this SAFA Community league game, played at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday, upset the calculations of more fancied Malays who suffered their first defeat in this league.
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    V.S. BEAT J.E.C. BY 96 RUNS
    40 11 Victoria School. Singapore, beat Johore English College by 96 runs at Johore Bahru yesterday Scores: VS. 132 for 4 dcci. (Eng go* 58 Laily J. E. C. 36 (Kei Hee 4-1 Eng Hoe 3-18)
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    More seats for rugger games urged
    107 11 More seats for rugger games urged KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TTIIE need for better and increased seating accommodation for Selangor Club rugger matches was mentioned by Mr. J. N Hindmarsh. former president of the Selangor Rugby Football Union, in his report on the *****2 season to the annual general meeting, last
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    4 GOALS SHARED
    43 11 KUANTAN, Wed. Two goals by Arlff and Mohd. Shariff in the last ten minutes saved Abdullah School from defeat in their league match against Police on Monday. The score was 2-2. Din and Sakiran scored for Police In the first-half.
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    WALKOVER
    31 11 Chinese Ath!etic "A 1 received a walkover in their SAFA Div. 2" game which was to have been played at BODCA ground. Katon? Sajarah "A- failed to field a team.
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    NO SCORING
    20 11 The friendly soccer between Corinthians and Singapore Indian P.A. at Parrer Prrk yesterday ended in a scoreless draw.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    26 11 TODAT: High 1224 hrs (9.1 ftl and 2348 (10.8): Low 0554 (0.4) and :748 TOMORROW: '.256 (9 31; 0631 (0 51 and 1827 (3.2).
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    IPS MAY HEAD THE CHALLENGE
    207 11 PENANG, Wednesday. INVITATIONS to compete in this year's Malayan tennis championships, to be held in Penang from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1, have been sent to Hong Konjf, Java, Sumatra.Siam and other neighbouring countries. Although no replies have been received so far, it is expected
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    Colony hockey programme
    93 11 Colony hockey programme At a meeting of convenors of the 'affiliates of the Singapore Hockey Association who met at the Singapore Recreation Club yesterday, it was decided to hold the important annual matches on the following dates: Poppy Day Fund match, Nov. 11: Combined Services v Civilians I at S.C.C.
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    Sports Diary
    41 11 SOCCER DIV. l: KoU Raja v Chinese Casuals at Jalan Besar »JV» J Vu NI R CIP: SJBJB v Tamil Brotherhood at Geylanr; Haikowyu v Mine Sweeping Sqn. at CYMA. FRIENDLY: St. Andrews OBA t Present Boyi at S.A.S.
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    176 HORSES FOR SELANGOR RACES
    626 11 176 HORSES FOR SELANGOR RACES KUALA LUMPUR, Wed jgNTRiEs for the August meet- at Kuala Lumpur total 176—90 from Class 3 and 86 from Class 4. 1 The meeung will be over three i days, August 16, 20 and 23. Class Three 1st run 2nd run Aam.ra. Airmail Albert M
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    Bedser takes his 1,000th wicket
    531 11 LONDON, Wednesday. j^URREY took another step towards winning the County cricket title by trouncing Nottinghamshire by an innings and 80 runs at the Oval yesterday and gaining their 17th championship victory in 21 matches. The man, who played a leading part in their success was
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    Malayans keep W. Aust title
    71 11 PERTH. Wed.—Malayan dental students R. T. Lam and T. T. Choon retained the men's doubles title In the West Australian badminton championships here on Monday. They beat another Malayan student, J. H. Leow, and Brian Treasure 15-12, 15-12. Lam and Choon, who have been studying
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    Liang Chiang's 220 best of season
    548 12 IMPROVES ON COLONY RECORD N<; LIANG CHIANG of Asian Games and Malayan hurdling fame, excelled in another event yesterday when he ran a splendid 220 yards to clock 22.4 sec. at the Achilles A.C. versus Combined Schools athletic meeting on the Padang yesterday. Liang
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    Hird in N.S. side
    126 12 SEREMBAN, Wed. rpHE Negri Sembilan Football Association today announced their Malaya Cup team to play away to Singapore on Saturday. With the announcement came the rood news of centre-forward Hird's return to the Neeri eleven. Hird is among the IS selected to make the trip and
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    RAIN SPOILS TOUR GAME
    56 12 BIRMINGHAM, Wed. Dismal weather confined today's play to one and threequarters In the match here between Warwickshire and the touring Indian cricket team. At close of play India were 60 for two wickets (D. Gaekwad c H. Do'lery bK. Dollery 6, Sen b Weeks 28, Adhlkari
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    Dot Head reaches quarter-finals
    52 12 HAMBURG, Wed.— Top-seeded Dorothy Head (US) defeated Lisa Manfreid (Italy) 6-0, 6-1 today to advance to the women's singles quarter finals in the International tennis tournament here. Other results: Joy Mottram (Britain) beat Luise JencquelHorn (Germany) 6-1, 6-2: Joan Curry (Britain) beat Minimi Muelle (Germany) 6-2.
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    Relays specially well supported
    1285 12 entries f(h the maaa meet IPOH, Wednesday. AREQORD number of 210 entries has been received for the 31st Malayan Amateur Athletic championships to be held on the Ipoh padang on August 15 and The relay races are parti- I cularly well supported 14 1 teams entering
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    WOODBRIDGE HOSP. SPORTS
    65 12 The Woodbrldge Hcspital Recreation Club will hold their annual athletic sports on the hospital ground at 2.15 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 24. The programme will include a One Mile race which will be only fgr members of clubs affiliated to the S A.A.A. Entries for this event
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    Malayans to play against Victoria
    210 12 Malayans to play against Victoria TVIALAYAN students in Australia iTA will meet a strong Victorian team at badminton to be played on August 22 and 23 at the Exhibition Buildings. Melbourne. The Victoria team is practically the same side which played against the Indians in the Aus-tralia-India Thomas Cup match
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    U.K. Cricket' close of play
    89 12 LONDON, Wed. £JLOSE of play scores in the county matches opening today were: Es;ex v. Ciloncestershire at Sorthend. Gloster 299 'or 8. Hampshire v. Middlesex at Por'smonth. Hants 337 fcr 9. Kent v. Derbyshire at Canterbury. Kent 179, Derby 172 for 3. Lancashire v. Sussex
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    2-0 MARGIN FOR SOCCERITES
    71 12 Dockyard out ud a sp>ndid flght and held the powerful Soccerlte* for 20 minutes Then Vivian Roberts headed in off a beautiful centre from outside right Chan See and Soccerites led 1-0 at half time. In ttie 19th minute after the interval. Chan See again tent
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    Joe Louis the 'film star'
    94 12 NEW YORK, Wed— Joe Louis, former world heavyweight boxing champicn, will himself act In some scenes of a film version of his life story. He said a full-length film "The Joe Lou's Story" would be produced next autumn. A professional actor, still to be selec'ed,
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    NEGRI SPORTS THIS WEEKEND
    117 12 BEREMBAN, Wed. A record number of competitors 101 will take part in the 12th Negrl Sembilan Annual A.A.A. championship meet to be held at Seremban on Friday and Saturday. Several Fijlans, who bettered Malayan marks in the recent Negrl Sembilan Services A.A.A. meet, and p cmislng
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    STORE GOLD CUP SEPT. 13
    241 12 HTHE $15,000 Singapore Gold Cup race (IV4 miles), worth about $25,000 with added money, will be run jn the last day of the next meeting at Buklt Tlmab (September 6, 10. and 13) for classes one and three horses. Last year's race, won by Red
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    CHEW BEE, HEE CHIN TAKE TITLE IN 30 MINUTES
    382 12 CHEW BEE, HEE CHIN TAKE TITLE IN 30 MINUTES A FTER 30 minutes of staid tennis, Ong Chew Bee and Lim Hee Chin won the men's doubles final of the Singapore L.T.A. championships by beating H. Kamis and A. G. B. Pakir 6—3,6 3, 6—l6 1 on the V.M.C.A. counts
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    3 new 'caps' in Selangor Cup team
    132 12 3 new 'caps' in Selangor Cup team KUALA LUMPUR Wed. YOUNG footballers. Aw x Boon Hee, Mok Wai Hong and Lin Tet, a second division player. are making their debut in Malaya Cup soccer on Saturday when taey turn out for Selangor against Pahang at Raub. With Lim See Hu.
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