The Straits Times, 8 August 1952

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAGA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1952 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    THE BRIGHTER SINGAPORE
    309 1 McNeice gives date: 'Between October and June next 9 THE PRESIDENT of the Singapore City Council, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, said last night that the first part of the new Pasir Panjang power station would be completed so.metime between October and June next year. Mr. McNeice
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    He drinks 'kava' in coconut shell
    510 1 FIJIANS WELCOME SIR GERALD BAHAU, Thursday. fHANTING Fijians, in crass skirts, today presented the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, with an ancient whale's tooth and shared a cauldron of "kava" with him in their traditional "yangona" ceremony of welcome. An island song, sung
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    Radio 'lights off' plea was a flop
    172 1 Radio 'lights off' plea was a flop A NOVEL EXPERIMENT last night by the President of the Singapore City Council, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. during his broadest talk on blackouts was a dismal failure. Mr McXeice told bis listeners !>out 7.25 p.m.: "I .:sk you now who are listening
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    HANDICAPPED
    22 1 CAIRO. Thurs— Fathers besieged council offices throughout Egypt yesterday to change their sons' names from Farouk to something more fashionable.— A.P.
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    Blast kills 9 in carrier
    63 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. I An explosion of a jet Diane aboard the U.S. carrier Boxer in. Korean waters killed nine men and injured a number of others, the U.S. Navy reprrted today. I Twelve jet planes werp > destroyed by raging fires that 1 followed the
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    3 MURDERS -FARMER IS QUIZZED
    110 1 3 MURDERS -FARMER IS QUIZZED LURS, France. Thurs. POLICE said today that they I were dropping all other ueads in the hunt for the murderer of Sir Jack Drummond. British food expert, his wife and daughter and were concentrating their questioning on a farmer. The farmer, Glstave Dominic, said that
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    Rainbow in night sky
    41 1 TAIPEI. Thurl A phenomenon rarely seen anywhere was visible last night a night rainbow. The rainbow appeared above the western horizon about 8.30 p.m. from the glow of a full moon shining through scattered, rain-bear-ing clouds.— U.P.
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    Emergency talks in Cairo
    40 1 CAIRO. Thurs.— The Prime Minister, Aly Maher, had emergency talks with political party leaders .today, -which commentators linked with Gen. Mohammed Naguib's repeated hints that the purge of the political parties has not progressed as desired.
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    RED RICE
    23 1 COLOMBO, Thurs Communist China Is ready to supply 50,000 tons of rice to Ceylon, a trade source said here today.— Reuter.
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    4 jets downed
    36 1 SEOUL, Thurs.— The U.S. Fifth Air Force said its Sabre jet pilots today shot down four Russian-made jets and damaged four In the fourth straight day of jet battles over North Korea. AP.
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    Spies in Japan
    30 1 TATPEH, Thurs.— Over 300 Chinese Communist agents infiltrated into Japan for underground activities from Feb. 1 to July 15, the China Union Press reported here today.— Reuter.
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    BANDITS KILL POLICEMAN IN SARAWAK GUN FIGHT
    196 1 BANDITS KILL POLICEMAN IN SARAWAK GUN FIGHT A POLICE corporal was murdered and two policemen were wounded bv a khaki clad sang of three men and a woman in Sarawak on Wednesday, it was announced last night. The' Sarawak- Government has offered a total reward of $40,000 for inclination leading
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    New move on oil row
    45 1 LONDON, Thurs. The British Cabinet tonight considered the question of an approach to the Persian Premier. Dr. Mossadeq, in cooperation with the, United States for a solution of the t)il dispute, it was believed In usually well-informed quarters here.— Reuter.
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    PLAN READY FOR MIDDLE EAST
    47 1 LONDON, Thurs. TTHK British Foreign Office today said that it had completed a plan for a seven-power Middle East board to be centred on Cyprus. On the board would be the United States, Britain, France Turkey, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.—U.P.
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    No Buoyant Billions
    49 1 LONDON, Thursday. rE BERNARD Shaw Memorial Fund launched last November with a target of £250,000 may be abandoned. It has not reached £1,000 Objects of the fund are to help in maintaining Shaw's home, to present his plays and to assist young authors and composers.— Reuter.
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    THE BEACH COMBER ARTIST ARRIVES IN SINGAPORE
    409 1 THE BEACH COMBER ARTIST ARRIVES IN SINGAPORE DESTINATION ENGLANDwith not a bean on him Darwin to Britain on raft bid A 60-YEAR-OLD man who set himself adrift on a raft in the sea off Darwin, Australia, to try to reach England, has arrived in Singapore by ship. Now he is
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    The surplus 5 million
    44 1 GENEVA, Thurs. Toplevel talks In 20 countries during the next few weeks may help to ease Western- Europe's critical over-population problem. Western Europe now has over 5,000,000 surplus peoplenot to be confused with the 10,000,000 refugees, fhostly in Germany. Reuter.
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    Mission to Tokyo
    15 1 COLOMBO, Thurs.—Ceylon's Parliament today voted provision for a mission In Japan.— Reuter.
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    CEYLON & INDIA
    115 1 CEYLON INDIA —Wo reason to be hostile 9 COLOMBO, Thursday. fpHE Prime Minister. Mr. Dudley Senanayake. told A the House of Representatives today "there is no reason whatsoever for Ceylon to be hostile towards India". He was speaking In a discussion on the Government's decision last month to order the
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    New Zealand eases tax
    30 1 WELLINGTON, Thurs. New Zealanders will get tax concessions and other monetary benefits totalling £8,000,000 under the budget presented tonight by Prime Minister, i Mr. Sidney Holland.
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    HEAVY RAID ON RED BASE IN KOREA
    81 1 50 bombers blast target TOKYO, Thursday. AN unidentified Communist target at Hwang ju was heavily damaged by waves of Allied light bombers last night, the air force announced today. |i I Hwang ju is south of Pyongyang, the North Korean capiFifty B-26 bombers
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    Free Press Supplement
    56 1 Free Press Supplement m m "|»ADAR SCANS KAL- LANC" is one of the many interesting articles in the 12-page Singapore Trade Exhibition Supplement to be published with today's Free Press. It tells how radar works and includes a large "radareye view" of the Kallang area Be sure to get your
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    HIS CRIME
    42 1 BOSTON, Thurs.— A Fin-nish-born 49-year-old mill worker who says he signed a Communist Party membership application in 1934 because "they told me they wanted to win a strike in which I was involved," was ordered to be deported yesterday. AP.
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    SOCIALIST PARTY IN EGYPT
    284 3 'Sweeping changes 9 is its pledge WANTS FOREIGN TROOPS OUSTED CAIRO, Thursday. A NEW EGYPTIAN PARTY, the Democratic Party, formed last night, pledged itself to "sweeping changes and a foreign policy based on opposing all imperialistic schemes and military alliances." It is headed by the Socialist
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    KING VISITS A COLONY
    44 3 j •uNG FKEUERIK of Denmark, wearing admiral's uniform, and Queen Ingrid, wearing national Greenland costume, step ashore at Umanak, Greenalnd. They returned to Copenhagen by air at the end of their tour of the world's largest Island a Danish colony.
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    Will wed same wife twice
    136 3 Will wed same wife twice READING <r«nnsy!vania.) Thors. A FORMER soldier, I.eroy Slater, made plms today for another marriage ceremony with his Jap.in<»sf w fe, who joined him hi re after al two-and-a-half yrar fight to come t-. the t/nited State* Sli er was reunited with h s wifr Toiiiko,
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    Pinay warns gold jugglers
    104 3 AIX-LES-BAINS. (France) Thur s.— Premier Antcine Pinay yesterday warned i French gold speculators they were risking great losses. He made trie statement after signing a decree paving b ck to the Bank of Prance 10.000.00J francs out of the U5t25.000.000 In gold which the bank had
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    Mutineers gaoled
    36 3 LAGOS. Thurs. Five African soldiers were sent to for terms from three to seven years here for joining a mutiny last May They were ignomlnously dismissed from the Army. One soldier was acquitted.— AJ>
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    Compensation
    32 3 THE HAGUE. Tues.-Agree-ment was announced yesterday on a first draft of a treaty under which West Germany will pay Israel compensation believed to total $715,000,000 for Jewish victims of Nazism.— Reuter.
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    MR. MacD SUMS UP Indo-China can beat Red raids
    148 3 MR. MacD SUMS UP Indo-China can beat Red raids SAIGON, Thurs. MR. MALCOLM MACDONALD, British Com-missioner-General in South- I East Asia, told a Press conference in Saigon today he' believed the Tonkin battle- I front In Indo-China had been made so strong that it could withstand any attack by Vietminh
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    600 stranded in 'Tube'
    52 3 LONDON. Thurs —Firemen smashed windows to let in air to 600 passengers in a London subway train stranded underground early today by floods which cut electric power. For four hours, passengers joked and sang until a steam locomotive was shunted alongside to rescue them.. There was
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    WIFE BEATER IS AWARDED TEN LASHES
    76 3 FREDERICK. Maryland, Thurs. MARSHALL M. FLANART, 43-year-old carpenter, yesterday was sentenced to It •lashes under an old Maryland law. invoked for the first time in 35 years. The law permits a maximum of 40 lashes and a year in the house of correction for
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    Youth fires 2 shots then faints
    118 3 W™ LONDON, Thursday. OMEN screamed and dived for cover today as a young man i n blue suit dashed into a downtown Government office building, fired two shots into the ceiling— and then fainted. Nobody knew who he was or what all the fuss
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    Britain fears chaos in Persia
    70 3 Britain fears chaos in Persia LONDON. Thurs THE Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, called a special cabinet session today to study what informed sources said were "alarming reports" from Persia. These sources expressed grave concern over the deteriorating situation an(f said it was rapidly approaching "breaking point." Some officials said
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    BOMBER HITS MOUNTAIN
    27 3 TOKYO. Thurs.— An American B-29 Superfortress crashed into a mountain near Tokyo today and three of the crew were killed. Nine escaped Injury. —Reuter
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    RED PRISONER
    23 3 HONG KONG, Thurs. Father Harold Travers, of Revere, Massachusetts, reachpd Hong Kong this week after seven months in Communist gaols.— AP.
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    FLOODS KILL 2
    22 3 LONDON. Thurs. Two people were killed during I heavy thunderstorms In several parts of Britain last night. I Reuter
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    Cost of Korea
    21 3 WASHINGTON.* Thurs. American battle casualties In Korea now totalled 114,310. an increase of 642 since last week.— AP.
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    Area defence plan for Middle East
    135 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE U.S. State Department said today it Would have a counter-proposal to make if Britain formally raised a proposal for a seven-nation Middle Eastern Command. Mr. Michael McDermott. State Department spokesman said if the British proposal were made it would be discussed
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    Mr. Rhee IS winning
    41 3 PUSAN, Thurs. PRESIDENT Syngman Rhee surged into a 4,000,000vote election lead today and was assured of another four years as leader of South Korea. Returns from all but eight voting districts trickled into ~usan this morning. Reuter
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    Arms for Persia
    22 3 TEHERAN. Thurs— Arms were reported being smuggled to Persia from Russia today for of the illegal Tudeh Party.— UP.
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    COMET FILM FOR CEfLON
    49 3 LONDON. Thurs.— The first BOAC Comet to Ceylon next Monday will carry with it a copy of the film "Britain's Comet," which is being sent to Colombo by the British Board of Trade. BOAC will operate a once weekly Comet service between London and Colombo.—Reuter
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    GAS & WATER
    20 3 GAS WATER LAGOS, Thurs,— Police used tear gas to disperse nearly 2,000 women who demonstrated against a new water rate.—
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    City flooded
    21 3 MANILA, Thurs. Heavy rains and high tides flooded large areas of Manila today, causing heavy damage to streets.— UP.
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    Subsidy for fashion
    18 3 PARIS, Thurs.— The French fashion industry is to get a 400.000.000- franc (£400.000) subsidy.— AP.
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    JAPAN STARTS PROBE ON GAOLED BRITONS
    105 3 TOKYO, Thurs. rpHE JAPANESE Foreign A Office Is investigating the case of two British sailors sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment for the theft of a taxi. A spokesman said "it is too early to comment" on the British Government's protest that Japanese courts have
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    LONDON STOCKS
    356 3 LONDON. Thurs. fTtHE outstanding stock X market activity today occurred in the foreign bond section. Much excitement was caused by the publication of German debt settlement terms which many operators found confusing and difficult to Interpret. The result was some heavy selling of Dawes Young and Funding 4
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    U.K. RUBBER
    28 3 LONDON, Aug. 7. Spot 26d., Sept. 26d., Oct.-Dec. 25V-2d., Jan.Mar. 24?; d., April-June 24d., Aug. c.if. 25' id., Sept. c.i.f. 25>,d., Oct. c.i.f. 25d. \T-ai-Iret. TVill
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    LONDON TIN PRICE
    27 3 LONDON. Aug. 7 Cash Buyers £912; Sellers £914; Forward Buyers X 912; Sellers £914; Settlement C9lB (down £13). Turnover: a.m. 220 tons; p.m. IGO.
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    Muslim schools of Kedah
    468 4  -  Chan Beng Soon Story Pictures By Straits Times photographers By IF you drive tmwtjn 1 Kedah, you wiil find dotted along the villages and townships little rows of austerelooking huts from which there emerge Malay youths wearing "kelayaps" (white caps). They are the religious students of
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    WAR OFFICE CHARTERS 20 PLANES FOR GIANT AIRLIFT
    226 5 1464 will be home for Christmas JHE GIANT airlift from Malaya of British Servicemen who have completed tours of duty and the flying of replacement from Britain will take place after all. Now 1,164 British soldiefs, sailors and airmen, who have been
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    27 5 MKs. G. H. NAMAz,**., wno will portray Nur Jehan at the charity pageant "Rendezvous with Eve" at Raffles Hotel, Singapore, on Aug. 15, 16. 20 and 21.
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    Now 8 are officers
    66 5 Eight Malay Regiment officers who were recently commissioned at Sandhurst returned to Singapore by air yesterday after spending 30 months in Britain. They were: Second Lieutenants Ahmad bin All, Mohamed bin Rasiol, Mazlam bin Yunus. Othman bin Ibrahim, Ungku Naziruddin bin Ungku Ahmad, Mohamed Sany bin
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    Royal party for children
    76 5 KOTA BAHRU, Thurs. About 30 children from the social welfare home at Kubang Kerian. under Miss E. D. Keylock, State Welfare Officer, were entertained to tea by the Sultan of Kelantan at the Istana Serl Chemerlang, Kota Bshru, yesterday as part of the birthday celebrations. Before
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    Co-op to give loans to build homes
    155 5 Co-op to give loans to build homes ITHE Singapore Government X Servants' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, wi'4 grant loans up to $12,000 to members to help- them own houses. This was one of the decisions of the society's annual meeting, which lasted from 5 p.m. untifl past mid-night on
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    Sultan meets Red killers
    72 5 KUANTAN, Thurs. The Sultan of Pahang today visited the Gurkha camp at Kuantan and congratulated the men of the 1 10 Gurkha Rifles on their successes against Communist terrorists in east Pahang. The Sultan was accomnanied by the District Officer*. Mr. D. Thompson, and the OSPC
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    Back from talks
    21 5 KOTA BAHRU. Thurs.— Tengku Seri Maharaja acting Mentri Besar, Kelantan. has returned from the ECAFE conference in Bangkok.
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    S'PORE DIARY
    203 5 V 11 li Fellowship: Danr/- <v Raffles Hot«l 8 pm to midnight Police Band: Public concert performance at Kulim Place from 5.45 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. Spore Trade 4 British Radio Exhibitions at Happy World from 6 pm. to midnight. Wesley M.YJ.: Fellowship meetIns; and special consecration of
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    Blackout schedule
    235 5 CUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding today are: DAT Paterson Rd., Great World, Ho Hong Oil Mills, Alexandra Incinerator, Havelock Bd., Malayan Brewery, A.B.C. Brewery, Diethrim Co., Tanglln Bd., Alexandra Rd. 5.1. T., Phoenix Park, Alexandra South 5.1. T., Alexandra Brick Works, Past Panjang, Packing Hill, Reformatory Rd., Oxygen
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    11,000,000 Ib OF SUPPLIES FROM THE AIR
    149 5 IKCRAFT of the Royal Air j A Force and the Royal Australian Air Force have dropped 11,000,000 1b of supplies since the Emergency began. R.A.F. Valettas last month dropped 750,000 lb. of rations, mail and other sapplies to Jungle patrols on about 130
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    Fined, he says 'Thank you'
    70 5 Frederick Vose grinned cheerfully and said "Thank you" to the prosecuting officer, Inspector Michael Chong and the magistrate, Mr. E. H. D'Netto, when he was fined $5 in the Singapore Fourth Police court yesterday. Charged with being drunk and disorderly, Vose was stated to have
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    Held three months before trial: freed
    109 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. AFTER BEING three months in custody awaiting A trial, two Special Constables, Ahmad bin Salleh and Ibrattim bin Salleh were acquitted and discharged in the police They had been allowed bail but were unable to and bailors. Charged jointly with them
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    Big Chemor opium haul
    83 5 IPOH, Thurs Khor Har Chiang. 35, and Khor Kirn Weng, 19, were charged at Ipoh with being in possession of 20 packets of raw opium at Chemor at 2.30 a.m. today. The case was postponed to Aug. 12 for mention and they were allowed $10,000 bail
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    SLOW TAX PAYERS WILL BE SUED SOON
    124 5 SLOW TAX PAYERS WILL BE SUED SOON SINGAPORE tax-pay-ers will soon face immediate prosecution il they dp not pay up promptly within the prescribed time. Mr. D. H. Tudor, Comptroller of Income Tax, told the Straits Times yesterday that his department hopes "to prosecute current cases as soon as the
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    Mystery woman robs children
    144 5 SHE POSES AS FRIEND SINGAPORE police are looking: for a mysterious 0 Chinese woman who tells tales to children and then takes their jewellery. An 11 -year-old Tamil girl was robbed yesterday In a lane behind Lorong 33, Geylang, by the woman, who posed her mother's
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    2 tax probe men arrive
    66 5 Two Inspectors of income tax from the British Inland Revenue Department arrived in Singapore by air yesterday to investigate tax evasion In the Federation The two inspectors. Mr. C. L Marriot and Mr. H. E. Prentice, will form the team to probe tax evasion in
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    346,935 become Malayans
    43 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Up to May this year a total of 346,935 certificates of citizenship had been issued, the Federation Government said today. In May 2,273 certificates were issued of which 1,32) were for minors. Chinese took out 1,712 certificates.
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    'Lend your eyes to the man carrying a white cane'
    222 6 'Lend your eyes to the man carrying a white cane' BFnd man makes TV appeal in Singapore: JLIR. REU.BEN JACOB, a 37-year-old blind man, who made a television broadcast* at the Happy World last night, appealed to the public of Singapore to "lend their eyes" to any man with a
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    Farmers did not do duty, must quit
    106 6 Farmers did not do duty, must quit rpo CHINESE families have A been told by Singapore Social Welfare Department to quit their homes on the Far Eastern Relief Fund Farm at Kranji for neglecting their land. One family has already moved, and the other will go in the next few
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    WORKERS 'ADOPT' 6 CHILDREN
    123 6 AnumDer of civilian em- ployees at G.H.Q.FARELF in Singapore have adopted six children Id th e Trafalgar Home for lepers in the j Colony. They pay $60 a year to the I Singapore Leprosy Relief Association for each child. Mrs. D. E. Nickels committee member of
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    Lecture on 'Storms'
    61 6 Professor Sidney Chapman. F.R.S., Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Oxford, will g:ve a lecture at 6 p.m. today at the Chemistry Lecture Theatre, University of Malaya, on "Magnetic and lonospheric Storms." An authority on natural philosophy, Professor Chapman arrived in Singapore yesterday by air from Colombo.
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    A high tide, then flood
    70 6 PENANG, Thurs. Several streets in Penang's Chinatown and nearby areas were flooded today because of an unusual high tide which caused sea water to rise above the level of the monsoon drains. In Carnarvon Street water overflowed on botfl sides of the street. In other
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    Higher studies in Britain
    49 6 KUALA KANGSAR, Thurs. _Dr. (Mrs.) K. V. B. Pillai, Lady Medical Officer, Kuala Kangsar will leave for Britain this week for higher St She 3 was feted by the Sikh Indo-Ceylon and Chinese communities and by members of the Medical and Health Club, Kuala Kangsar.
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    Tax men form assn.
    90 6 The officers who recently joined the Income Tax Department after competitive examination by the Public Services Commission have formed an association to be known as the Singapore Income Tax Services Association. These men, who are considered senior officers by the Government, are not eligible to join
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    Opium men punished
    64 6 One hundred and-flfty-three persons were convicted in Singapore last month for opium offences. Of these 28 jwere admitted to a prison hospital for treatment and 120 treated as outpatients. In Changi Prison, the inmates have made 2,137 uniforms for Government employees. In addition., the Government Medical Store
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    Sabak Bernam district show
    48 6 IPOH. Thurs. The Sabak Bernam district agricultural show will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 9 and 10. The Raja Muda of Selangor will declare the show open at 11 ajn. on Saturday and will later*attend a tiffin given by thi organising committee.
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    Muslimin Trust Fund officials
    71 6 Office bearers of the Muslimin Trust Fund Association, Singapore are: President, Inche Syed Hussam bin All Alsagoff sec. and treasurer, Inche Syed Elwl bin Abdurrahman Alsagoff; committee, Inche Shaikh Said bin Omar Bamadhaj Da to Syed Ahmad bin Mohamed Alsagoff, Tuan Mohamed Jawad Namazie, Syed Abdullah
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    Caused hurt
    28 6 TAIPING, Thurs. Kamaruddin bin Osman, a Special Constabulary Corporal, was fined $100 and given one day's gaol for causing hurt to Scow Ec Seong, a driver.
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    No licence: $10
    18 6 SEGAMAT. Thurs. For selling miCk without a licence, Athlmulam. 48. was fined »0 in S«gamat.
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    By air and by sea....
    97 6 MISS ROSALIND YAP (above), a Singapore school teacher, who left the Colony by Qantas-BOAC yesterday for a hcliday-cum-study tour of Italy and other European countries. She is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yap Ah Hian. BELOW: Mr. J. D. Nalpon. of th c
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    Indonesia trade position 'obscure'
    151 6 Indonesia trade position 'obscure rpHE present position cargoes to Singapore obscure, said Mr. L. K. A' Singapore Economic Affa regarding shipment of from Indonesian ports is verill, Assistant Secretary, irs yesterday. It was reported last week that the Indonesian authorities had stopped Singapore cargoes from leaving Pasir lkan (Jakarta) and
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    Hit his in-law with an axe
    68 6 IPOH. Thurs. yOK striking bis hunch F backed father-in-law with an axe and causing permanent injury to bis right arm. Lee Yoong, a young labourer, was given a three-year prison term by Mr. Justice Thomson jn the Assize Court today. Lee struck his father-in-law,
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    Driver fined
    18 6 TELUK ANSON, Thurs.— Peruraal Naldu was fined $25 for driving while under the influence of liquor.
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    Survey of Borneo air route
    179 6 Survey of Borneo air route NEXT WEEK. Malayan Airways' manager, Mr. J. Skeldon, will for three days ride along a jungle-girt path in North Borneo on horseback, as part of an administrative survey of the North Borneo air network his company will open soon. In October, aircraft of the service
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    3 broke curfew
    26 6 TAPAH, Thurs. Santokh Singh, Iman Din and Sucha Singh were each fined $30 in Tapah for breaking the curfew at Simpang Tiga, Bidor.
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    Boy found dead woman on beach
    133 6 WHILE strolling on the beach at Marine Parade, Singapore, a 15-year-old schoolboy. R. M. Fernando, found the body of a woman lying lace downwards on the sand the Assistant Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing. was told yesterday At the Inquest yesterday. Inspector O. Toulson
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    LUXURY BUILDING BAN IS RELAXED
    160 7 But some controls stay: 'schools, hospitals won 't suffer •JHE 1 1-month-old control on the erection of luxury buildings in Singapore has been relaxed, the Government announced last night. But the Government said that the Control of Building Ordinance would still apply to theatres, i
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    TO PROBE TAX EVASION
    32 7 TWO BRITISH INSPECIOKs .it Income Tax, Mr. C. L. Marriot (left) and Mr. H. E. Prentice, who arrived in Singapore yesterday to investigate tax evasion in the Federation.
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    DROWNED IN 5 FT. OF WATER
    144 7 LANCE-CORPORAL E. A. Blssel of R.E.M.E., 22 years, one of a party of 26 picknickers, was drowned In five feet of water off Changi Point, Singapore, whilst his friends were swimming nearby unaware of the trageOy. In- ?ctor Clement De Sour za ol the
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    Extortion charge
    65 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Choo Tai Yin, 27, was accused in the Second Magistrates Court today, of extorting $5,000 from a Chinese by putting him In fear of death. The alleged extortion took place on the night of Aug. 4 at Old Pudu Road. Kuala Lumpur. Choo claimed trial
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    Unclaimed prize
    33 7 A prize won by ticket No 2147. drawn daring the British Red Cross Annual Appeal Week must be claimed by Monday alter which it will be disposed of by the organisers.
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    Base union
    29 7 The Naval Base Labour Union. Singapore, will hold its fifth annual meeting on Sunday, at 9 a.m., at the Sultan West Hill Road, 13J milestone. 6eletar, Singapore.
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    Drugs job 3 years old
    90 7 The Singapore Government Medical Department yesterday denied a report that an Inspector of Deleterious Drugs and Poison had been appointed because of many deaths in Singapore by caustic soda poisoning. Inspection duties in connection with deleterious drugs and poisons -were introduced three years ago. Mr.
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    Rubber tapper is cleared
    42 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Phoon Kai, 21. a rubber tapper, who was accused of having two-and-a-half katis of fresh pork. Intended for the terrorists, was today acquitted and discharged by Mr. Justice Wilson in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court.
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    BROKE BAN: $15
    32 7 SEGAMAT, Thurs.— "l was late in bringing back my cows after grazing," said Ponnan, 52-year-old cowherd, in Segamat when fined $15 for breaking the curfew on Melville Estate, Labis.
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    ON TRANSFER
    21 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Mr. E. M. Smallwood, secretary to the British Adviser, Johore, has gone on transfer to Bentong.
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    Dealer fined
    43 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Ng Boi Lai, a secondhand dealer, was fined $25 for being in fraudulent possession of two motor lorry shafts, said to be used on military vehicles. Md. All bin Omar, Jointly charged with him, was acquitted and discharged.
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    NAKED BOY CAUSED CRASH, COURT TOLD
    97 7 A NAKED boy running across the road caused a rk lorry to swerve and crash into a house at the 6i m.s. Upper Serangoon Road, it was stated in the Singapore High Court yesterday The Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. awarded damages to Madam
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    Untitled
    33 7 MR LOW WING KEE, a teacher at Victoria School, Singapore, who has just sailed to Britain on a t h r e e-year scholarship granted by the Education Department to study physical education.
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    MCPHERSON RD. MAY BECOME HIGHWAY
    153 7 3-year plan will cost $518,000 A THREE- YEAR plan to widen the whole of McPhersQn Road, Singapore, into an 80-foot highway, will be considered at a meeting of the Public Works Committee of the City Council today. The scheme will cost $518,000. If the project
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    A god paraded round Taiping
    57 7 TAIPING, Thurs.— Taiping Hindus celebrated f .he festival of Adipuram on Tuesday. At night the image of the God Subramaniam was taken from its temple in Kota Circle in a chariot drawn by oxen and carried hi a torchlight procession round the main streets of
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    Traction men re-eJect Samy
    88 7 Mr. R. K. Samy has been re-elected president of the Singapore Traction Company Employee* Union. Other officials are: Vine-president, Mr. A. Karim; secretary, Mi. Jaswant Singh; asst. secretary, Mr. G. R. Gopal;. treasurer, Mr. Sarjeet Singh; asst. treasurer. Mr. S. Rajoo; committee: Messrs. Mohamed Yasln bin
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    In honour of Confucius
    47 7 rB China Society of Singapore will give a dinner for members and friends on Auk. 27 at the Chinese Swimming Club in honour of the birthday of the Chinese sage. Confucius. A calligraphy competition for members will be held on the same night.
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    CHIEF CLERK CLEARED OF CORRUPTION
    192 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. LIOLDING that he was not satisfied beyond all 11 reasonable doubt that the accused was guilty, Mr. Justice Mathew, Chief Justice, Federation of Malaya, today acquitted and discharged A. G. Rozario, Chief Clerk, Labour Office, Bentong, on a charge of corruption. Originally
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    SPCA stops visits to houses
    109 7 SPCA stops visits to houses THE SOCIETY for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will no longer visit hooies but it is hoped that the public will bring animals to the clinic at the Animal Infirmary, Kampong Java Road, Singapore. The clinic will be opened from 8.30 a.m to 12
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    TUC plans conference
    56 7 The Representatives' Council of the Singapore Trads Union Congress, which meets on Aug. 17, will make final arrangements for the aflnual "onference of the Congress In November. The council will discuss resolutions tabled by affiliated unions for the annual conference. The meeting will also discuss other problems
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    $2 economics course for adult classes
    98 7 The East-West Society, Singapore, Is organising two new adult education classes on Mondays and Tuesdays, ber girmlng next week. the subjects are "ecpnev -mics for the' citizen' '.and "Chinese culture*; The class on economics will be held at RaSles Girls' School (Room 13) on
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    54 8 MR. MRS. CHAN AH LIANG •wish to thank Our Lady of Fatlma Mr. H M. McGluddery, the Rt Rev. Father M. Bonamy. Doctors. Sisters. Staff of W:ird 2. Dr H. M Gibson-Hill of the Transfusion Service. General Hospital also blood donors for 14 pints of blood given to their
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    IN MEMORIAM
    27 8 IN LOVING Memory of Mr. A. W. Fernando who departed from us on 6.3.1951 May he attain Nibbana. Inserted by his eon-owing wife and children.
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    11 8 EXCLUSIVE Models received weekly at Madeline's. 278. Orchard Road. 1
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    The Straits Times Singaapore, Fri., Aug. 8, 1952. Japan Looks To S.E. Asia
    640 8 The Straits Times Singaapore, Fri., Aug. 8, 1952. Japan Looks To S.E. Asia Japan has re^ntly been < making determined moves to expand her trade with Southeast Asia. This resolve will probably be reflected in the negotiations which are about to open for a new payments i agreement between Japan
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    A Setback To Tin
    395 8 There seems no good reason to fear that the tin market is following the rubber market into a serious decline which will add greatly to the i financial embarrassment of the Federation Government. Admittedly, the fall in the London price from £956 belon the holiday to
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    Japs plan air network
    33 8 SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs The Japan Airlines today outlined a plan designed toi make it a world-wide air service by 1955, including Jet nassfcngfcr flights between Tokyo and London.— UP.
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    The Yalu bombing was only a start
    1722 8 NOEL MONKS, veteran foreign correspondent of the Daily Mail London, has just arrived in Malaya after 18 months with the UN forces fighting in Korea. In this important article he describes what lies behind U.N. air policy in and around that war-torn land,
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    On the Margin
    417 8 Ugly head rE story ls extant, if not writ In very choice Italian. W e had it the day before yesterday from a lady who is a friend of the lady in the ca.se. The latter was travelling out to Singapore by air from Britain. In the
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    THE FIRST 150 ARE NEEDED THIS MONTH
    340 9 Recruiting drive in five towns for men for the new army KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE first 150 soldiers of the new Federation Regiment will be recruited in five towns in the Federation from Aug. 18 to 28. A recruiting teafn will spend two
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    New officials
    52 9 New officials of the Singapore Railway Institute are: president Mr. J. O. Sanders, vice-presidents— Messrs M. G. Foley and M. Sebastian, secretary— Mr. Loh Ah Soo, treasurer Mr. A. Anthonysamy, committee Messrs Lam Mow Fat; S Maruthalingacn N S. Subramaniam. G Hay. P. Lawrence. S. Alagasundram and J.
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    Skipper meets friend
    181 9 Skipper meets friend THE 'VANISHING' TOURIST HEBE CAPT. Jackie Chow, master of the Wei Ming, arrived in Singapore and was greeted by a round-the-world traveller, Mi«s Norah Gregory, about whcse "disappearance" last month he was questioned by Calcutta police. While staying at the Y.W.C.A. in Calcutta, Miss Gregory was befriended
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    India visit, then home for Mr. Bell
    123 9 India visit, then home for Mr. Bell AFTER almost a quartercentury of service in the East. Singapore Magistrate, Mr. R. C. S. Bell, will leave the Colony on Sunday in the Esang, to visit friends India before settling down' in Tasmania. He will be accompanied "by his wife and small
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    K.L. hunt for 'con' man
    52 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Police here are looking for a confidence trickster who has swindled seven shops of supplies of cigarettes by not paying for them and leaving in each case a bicycle as a security. Th e bicycles have been found by police to be
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    BOY, 3, PLAYED WITH ELECTRTC PLUG, ELECTROCUTED
    117 9 THREE-YEAR-OLD Richard Sanders was electrocuted at his house in Caldecott Hill, Singapore, when he played with an electric plug on June 22. Richard died a few hours after admission to the General Hospital, the Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, was told yesterday. Chan Mvi,
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    RENT BOARD CHAIRMAN
    33 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— The Johore Bar Council has submitted the name of Inche Mohamed Ismail to the State Government for appointment as chairman of the Johore Bahru Rent Assessment Board.
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    Unions to plan strategy
    52 9 THE Active Council of the Singapore FederaObn of Services Unions will mcc t tomorrow to plan (heir future counse of action to si if> (he salary and co*t of living- claims of Services em piv.vees. Their decisions will be .forwarded to individual Services unions to be
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    For Australia
    40 9 PENANG. Thurs. Mrs. J. W. Manning, wife of the Penang racehorse trainer, and her daughter, Jacqueline, will leave by plane tomorrow for Singapore to join the Gorgon on Aug. 12 lor Australia. They will be away four months.
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    PHOTOS WILL HELP TRACE FORGERIES
    99 9 PHOTOS WILL HELP TRACE FORGERIES [N a new move to trace forged driving licences in Singapore, the police have equipped mobile traffic men and radio patrols with photographs of typical counterfeit driving licences. Motorists will be stopped mofe frequently by these patrols to have their licences examined. A senior police
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    Two robbed shop: Gaoled
    68 9 Tt>. i Indonesians, Mohammed Vr.tin bin Awang and Ospen bin Doimihid, admitted in the Singapore Third District Court, yesterday, that they broke into a provision shop on the night of June 26 and stole tinned provisions and cash totalling $64.90. Mohammed, who had four previous convictions
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    Files his petition
    45 9 Lim Soo Ban, the proprietor of a goldsmith's shop in Hill Street, Singapore., has filed his own petition for a receiving order. The petition is listed frr hearing before the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray Aynsley, in the Singapore High Court yesterday.
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    Special waylaid, killed officer
    347 9 SEGAMAT COURT TOLD: SEGAMAT, Thursday. I A YOUNG Malay special constable waylaid his British security officer on an estate road and I shot him dead, it was alleged in the Segamat Court yesterday at a preliminary inquiry into a charge of murder. Raja Abdul Hamid bin
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    The 'silent street' slaying 3 ACCUSED
    106 9 The 'silent street' slaying 3 ACCUSED KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. mHREE Chinese were today X charged before Raja Chik Jaffar, in the Second Magkt- trate's Court, in connection with the murder of Chi-, nese cake-seller to the' "Street of Sllenl Men" sear High Street police station, in Kuala Lumpur on July
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    Scholarship man flies to U.S.
    50 9 Tuan Haji Raja Mohamed Noordin bin Raja Deli, Assistant Inspector of Malay SchooDs, Seremban, who has been awarded a USIS scholarship, left for America yesterday by air. He was seen off at Kallang Airport by Inche A.S. Wan Chik and a number of other friends.
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    NS Mentri Besar goes on leave
    64 9 Dato Haji Abdul Malek, the Mentri Besar of Negrl Sembiban, who was in hospital for about three months in Kuan Lumpur, is leaving on a shurt holiday to Manila. Hong K> ng and Japan on Tuesday in the Perseus accompanied by the Undang of
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    Seven midwives
    37 9 Seven Singapore nurses have passed the examination of the Central Midwives Board, "B" certificate. They are: Janaki, Looi Seok Chong, Aliah binte Osman, Molly Ng Sim Mvi Hiang Soh Seok Har and Yong Choon Moi.
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    14 more Reds out of action
    186 9 14 more Reds out of action KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. SECURITY forces yt sterday killed three terrorists, wounded six, captured three and arrested 31 suspects. Two terrorists surrendered. Only 100 yards frorni an occupied kongsi in the Kulim area of Kedah, men of tiie 15th Federal Police Jungle Company killed one
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    Two get U.S. study gift
    99 9 Two Malayan teachers, Mr. Lee Hee Yang of Singapore and Inche Zainal Abidin All of Tanjong MaGim, have been awarded six months' training grants to study in the United States. Incrm Zainal who, for many years was Assistant Inspector of Malay Schools in ScCangor, Malacca
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    IMP PLANS MEETING FOR NEW PARTY VIGOUR
    300 10 Interim council to be elected KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. y^N ATTEMPT to inject new vigour into the Independence of Malaya Party will be made at a special meeting of the Kuala Lumpur branch to be called shortly. This meeting will discuss a proposal to
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    Eleven of the 'Twelve'
    69 10 >r.N of the Ftu r.'.iua Regiments "Superb 12" cadet officers, fitted out in temporary uniforms at the Malay Regiment headquarters at Port Dickson. They are (front row, left) Amirudin Albakri, Lakhbir Singh Gill, Leong Slew Meng. Ng Boon Hwa, Lai Chung Wah, Thong Chee Sin. Abdullah
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    15,000 ARE WAITING FOR A LAW
    146 10 15,000 ARE WAITING FOR A LAW NEARLY 15,000 Itinerant hawkers in Singapore have been licensed by the City Council to date. The streets they may serve and those in which they are banned will not, however, be known until legislatidn to control hawking is passed by the Colony Legislative Council.
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    Dealers back police drive
    42 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Selangor Hardware Dealers' Association last night decided to support the MCAsponsored drivt lor Chinese recruits for the Police force. Mr. Chong Shlh Guan requested members to get their Chinese friends to enrol for the force.
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    Guests from 3 Services
    52 10 Guests from 3 Services Servic€su Air Marshal AXf. rmfij' son, Commander -in eftlef. Far East Air Force; wai the guest of honour at the monthly luncheon yesterday of the Ex-Services Association of Singapore, at the Adelphi Hotel. Other guests included men from the Royal Navy, the Army and th.» Royal
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    Smell gave him away
    74 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Johore Customs tell the difference between a new blanket and an old one by smell, a customs officer told the Police Court when Chin Song Yer, of Singapore, was chawed with having uaeustened goods in his possesssion. The goods Included the, blanket, which
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    CEYLON ASSN.
    28 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Mr M Saravanamuttu Commissioner for Ceylon in Malaya, will address the Central Council of the Ceylon Association of Johote tomorrow at Johore Bahru.
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    Johore talks
    29 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs A conference of district Officers ana administrative offi cers In Johore was held a the Council Chamber. Johore Bahru yesterday. The.Mentri Besdr, Johore presided.
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    Indian dances
    31 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs An exhibition of Indian dances and music directed by Dr. M. Chotta Singh, will be given tomorrow at the English College, Johore Bahru, at 8.30 p.m.
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    Manager fined
    26 10 TAIPING, Thurs. Thtmanager of the Northern Malay Transport Company, Baty Kurau, who carried 11 excess passengers in his on was fined $110 in Taip'ng
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    'Close main roads to 'L' drivers' call
    116 10 'Close main roads to 'L' drivers call EARNER drivers should be J-4 barred from using some of the main thoroughfares in Singapore during certain hours of the day. This will be one of many specific recommendations the Singapore Advisory Committee will shortly make to the City Council for the control
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    Tyres were bad
    25 10 TAPAH, Than. Wong Kooi, a driver, was fined $15 in Tapah for driving his car at Bidor with defective two front tyres.
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    ...and now doctor is very happy
    184 10 piFTY-two-year-old Dr. Johannes van der Goot, A who had been living in Nantina Home, Singanovc for the past eight months, told the Straits limes: l/im *n b e able g0 nome". He returned to Singapore n September 1951 after an lbsence of 11 years
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    Better health plan for 300,000
    161 10 GOVT. TO AID RURAL PEOPLE A NEW scheme to provide more health facilities for the 300,000 people in the rural areas of Singapore is being completed by the Government Health Department. Dr. M. Doraisingham, Government Chief Health Officer, said the scheme, to be implemented immediately,
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    NO PERMIT: $10
    24 10 SBGAMAT, Thurs.— Caught setting fish at Bekok without a Town Board* licence. Tan Kirn YeOf 3& was fined $10 at Segama*.'
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    Deserter fined
    42 10 TELUK ANSON. •feiura. Dahalan bin Yeop Yaakuß. a Special Constable, was fined 4150 or three months* gaol, for deserting from the Police Force. He absconded from lihe Police post at the waterworks at Changkat Jong, TeCuk Anson, on June 2.
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    3 will give 'fair' views
    55 10 The question of converting the Changi Eastern Trade Fair into an amusement park will again be discussed by the building committee of the Singapore City Council today. Three Councillors, Mise Amy Laycock, Mr. Chah Kum Chee and Inche Mohamed Sidek, have been Invited to express
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      159 10 «5INr APOU; i0 "o*™,* 0 Way; 9.15 Julal 5.30 London Jaa; 6 "A Day -In SMbAfOHCi Tail (violin) and David Ng the Life ol the Sovereign"- 615 fSFVS?*?^ 1 Lau8h: D*™** Time. Editorials; 7 BdlnburghtotSrsJESisSba ?jr^s penamg ssssjws a^sS f ?£^m! JL^S?^J2! U2? b "^P 0 1 Varlety Pare; 6
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      Spy film is top class
      515 11  -  BRIAN CROZIER talking about FILMS UOW refreshing to find a film th&t calls for unrestricted praise. ••Five Fingers" may not be a "great film, since it Is more concerned with events than with the motives and emotions of the people who maxe them— but I
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      This picture's too TOO British
      278 11 TIE Franchise Affair" Is too too British. It is set in an old market town and recounts primly and conscientiously the efforts of a young solicitor (Michael Denlson) to disprove a young gjrl's story. The problem that is posed and its eventual solution will keep
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      BEST OF THE CURRENT SHOWS
      236 11 HERE are pocket reviews of the bMt films at present in rlreulaoL. mSmga^orTand the Federation. eXXin^r "^Tnte J!"SSS^"*ISa a eSS of^ero" in Turkey. Superb performance by Jamea Mason against the authentic background of Ankara and Istanbul .V -Water BU.V'. Encha tins Dinnev Technicolor ■iocumentarv. vi
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      Stars in the news
      338 11 ONE of the songs Doretta Morrow sings in the new Technicolor musical "Be- cause You're Mine is the now very familiar ballad "Be My Love." The song has been identified with Mario Lanza ever since he introdLced it in an earlier picture and it should strike
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      Failed in exam but passed as teachers
      324 12 Failed in exam but passed as teachers J REFER to the Singapore Education Dep irtment's decision to award a pass in the Third Year Normal examination to the 21 SecondYear certificate Course students who failed in their final test. Nothing can be more lamentable than this cock-eyed policy of the
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      Succulent fungi sought
      137 12 AFTER an entree composed of very flaccid, tasteless and rubbery tinned mushrooms in one of the higherpriced Singapore hostelries my friends and I recently fell to hot debate about the pos- sibilities of Krowinjj mushrooms in Singapore. Nobody seemed to believe me. but I remember quite distinctly
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      Great fun on the motor horn
      246 12 Great fun on the motor horn I I J^OW that we have a motorcycle patrol of courtes) cops, let us hope that thej will endeavour to teach motorists courtesy in the use ol the motor horn. As It Is apparently beyond the powers of the authorities to ban the use
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      PROCLAIMED BY B.M.A
      48 12 Fis somewhat disconcerting to find that persons are being charged before the courts with offences under B.M.A. Proclamations, although the B.M.A. ceased to exist six years ago. It, is time the AttorneyGeneral,' Federation, repealed these proclamations, and replaced them with more suitable Ordinances. JUGGINS. Penang:.
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      'SAD MISTAKE'
      65 12 DONT you think that tout correspondent "Katong" (Aug. 2) was misinformed when he attributed to me a statement that "In fact the Family Planning' Association was a Straits Chinese concern"? Tn make a small matter really small. I would ask "Katnng" to read my letter of July 26
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      Detained indefinitely, uncharged, untried
      170 12 AS a member of the public I was dismayed and shocked to read "A xx Lawyer's" letter in last Saturday's Forum. There seems no doubt whatever th.it whoever "A Lawyer" may be. he must have definite grounds for writing a letter so forceful and critical of
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      WHAT IS THE GOVT. POLICY?
      136 12 WHAT IS THE GOVT. POLICY? HAVING read your leading article of August 1. may a question? John Eber, Dr. Maggif Lim. P V Sarma. Dr. J. K. M. Tan a:-(! many others, including a number of University stuc» t were arrested on Jan 8 1951. Dr. Maggie Lim and four
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      BADMINTON IN COURT
      112 12 I HAVE read in the local Press that the Singapore City Council has not agreed to the use of the City Court Room by the Stage Club for its rehearsals although at ar. earlier date tentative appro?*] was given, at a fee of nve aollars each time.
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      AFFAIRS OF THE CO-OP.
      213 12 AFFAIRS OF THE CO-OP. YOU recently reported the Co-op.'s intention of closing up, and the chairman's remarks in which he accused members of infidelity. I can state that members stayed away from the Coop., stores because of the prices quoted. We can get cheaper things elsewhere and retain the privileges
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      290 12 The Straits Times Crossword H2H 2 M 3M 3 W~H T wjrp io ii m it" 13 HI IS if 18 19 ZMiiz^Miiiii" "I ij J I ifh ■HI _■_IJI IB jlHi 29 J I" I ,~~r H r ACROSS 10. Her vals ianag.) (7). 8. No tracis to compare
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    TIN CONTINUES TO DROP
    218 13 Shares lose average of five per cent. npiN shares dropped an average of five per cent, on A the Singapore Share Market yesterday as the Singapore price of the commodity continued 1 its downward trend. However, at the lower levels, the tin section became steadier. Some
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    DOWN $20 SINCE U.S. EASED BAN
    223 13 I*HE price of tin en the Singa- pore market yesterday has now dropped by $20 a picul since Friday when the U.S. lifted certain restrictions on its purchase and allowed American importers to buy overseas for the first time since March 1951. The Singapore
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    8,463 tons of copra imported
    48 13 Malaya imported 8.463 tons of I copra in June valued at $3,243 224 I and exported 2,030 tons valued at $929 587. Coconut oil exports totalled 5,790 tons valued at $4,678,806. The largest importer of the oil was Burma which took 2.383 tons.
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    July rubber and tin output
    63 13 The" Borneo Company. Limited report that last month 15,800 tons were treated and 220 tons tin concentrates produced by Pahang Consolidated Co., Ltd. Kuala Reman Rubber Estates, Ltd. obtained 172.910 lb. of rubber. Sungel Kinta Tin Dredging Ltd. produced 97 picu's of tin. No. 3
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    TIN: $463 3/8 A PICUL
    12 13 SINGAPORE, Thurs. $463", a picul (down $4%).
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    5,937 TONS EXPORTED
    39 13 Malaya exported 5,937 tons of tin metal last month compared with 4,681 tons in June. Shipments for the first half of this year were 36,505 tons compared with 36,759 tons for the corresponding period last year.
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    Produce mart steady
    83 13 Business In coconut oil was done in Singapore yesterday at $38 a picul f.o.b. with further sellers at the price. Buyers were $37':.. Copra was buyers $24 a picul f.o.b. with seUers $24 >i. On the Singapore Produce Exchange, white pepper declined by $5 a picul, Muntok
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    SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE GODOWNS
    145 13 SHIPS alongside trie SingaDore Hnr bour Board godowns or expected here at 7 a.m. today are: I 2 Perseus; 4 5 Benavon. Coal •lant. Subador: 6/7 Beluru: 8/9 Soulan: 11 President Tyler; 13/14 Blnang: 15 16 Arendskerk: 18 Burma: 920 Nantes: Jl/22 Panekor: 23/24 >eneverett; 2i
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    Rubber up 3/8 of a cent
    172 13 rE tone of the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday was a little better and August first grade gained 3/8 of a cent closing at 87 1/8 cents alb. The market opened at the 91% cents level following buying orders from New York on Wednesday. There
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    Few steep price moves in Australian stocks
    212 13 MELBOURNE, Thursday. fpHE market for miscellaneous investments was x slightly stronger in Melbourne today following the announcement of small concessions to companies in the Federal Budget. There were few steep jlrice moves however and both buyers and sellers watched bidding carefully before operating.
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    'India controls our lives' Pakistanis complain
    757 14  -  P. C. GILLI AM BATTLE OF THE RIVERS From w Lahorj, Wet Pakistan INDIA today holds the keys to Pakistan's biggest food cupboard— the rich Punjab farming region: Tllfl keys in this case are possession of water sources which feed the Indus River chain,
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    Farmers build own road
    333 14 Through padi fields From a Correspondent in Seremban A FIVE mile stretch of road which will brine: medical and other facilities to 4,000 rural Malays is being built by the farmers themselves through their padi fields and smallholdings in the Rembau District of Negri Sembilan. RIDA
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    Kok Lem will not defend singles title
    699 15 Kok Lem will not defend singles title GOOD ENTRY FOR PNG. LTA 'OPEN' PENANG, Thursday. QOON KOK LEM, Penang's tennis champion for nine years, will not be defending his singles title in this year's Settlement championships to be held from Aug. 16 to 24. Entries which closed last night included
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    Their rags-toriches story
    840 15  - Their rags-to-riches story CONRAD NG THE TROTTERS ARE DUE ON AUG. 22 By WHEN they arrive in Singapore on August 22, the "Original*' Harlem Globetrotters, a road-hard-ened professional American basketball team, will be nearing the end of their present world tour which began in April The fabulous Globetrotters have always
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    Solomons in N.Y.
    31 15 NEW YORK. Thurs. Boxing promoter Jack Solomons arrived here yesterday U discuss plans for a light-heavyweight title fight in London between champion Joey Maxim and challenger Randolph Turpin.—AP.
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    Berliners beaten
    23 15 BERLIN Thurs. In'M 's Olympic football XI beat West Berlin Hertha team 2-1 in a match before 12,000 prople here yesterday.—Reuter.
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    Last 10 minutes gave SHB 2 goals
    290 15 AFTER a tame first half in which play was even and the pace slow, the second session of the SAFA Junior Cup tie between Singapore Harbour Board R.C. and Tamil Brotherhood Association at Geylang stadium yesterday became a thoroughly exciting affair, Harbour Board
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    MAAU TO DISCUSS CEYLON OFFER
    146 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. rtEYLON A.A.A. has written \j to the recently-formed Malayan Amateur Athletic Union renewing its Invitation to th e Federation to send a team for a contest between the two countries before the end of this year. The events would be the same
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    Passing the shuttle -new method
    381 16 LETTERS TO THE SPORTS EDITOR rpHE RULES of the game of badminton do not ex- pressly state how or by whom the shuttle should be picked up. Quite recently a controversy arose over the question of who should pick up the shuttle and how it
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    Praise for umpires
    125 16 TOURING the North— South cricket match last week-end. I hope that every schoolboy cricketer and all Interested in the game of cricket noticed the extremely high standard of umpiring by Messrs. Edgar and Rush. Singapore should be proud to have excellent umpires and every school and club
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    MCFA FINAL VENUE
    171 16 MCFA FINAL VENUE Penang have done It again five times in five years northern finalist in the M.C.F.A. cup competition; it is indeed a proud and praiseworthy record for the Penang Chinese. And Johore? For the first time in the history of the competition, they have reached the final after
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    Sports Diary
    57 16 SOCCEE SAFA CUP: Pulau Bran! v RAF Seletar (replay) at Jalan Besar. DIV. 2: Cheerful Lads v Woodbridire Hosp. at t'YMA. DIV. SB: Cosmos S.C v Setelar Vllie at Gejrlanf BUSINESS HOUSES: MPH v SheU at River Valley Road; Borneo Co. v Handel 1 bank at Farrer Park.
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    Sheppard first to reach 2,000
    284 16 LONDON, Thurs. rvAVID Sheppard, Cambridge *J University, Sussex and England batsman, yesterday became the first player to top two thousand runs thtsv season. Sheppard reached the mark when he had scored four against Lancashire. He went on to make 70 before being caught brilliantly at
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    ADHIKARI 84 NOT OUT
    42 16 LONDON, Thurs.— Rain agAln interfered with the match at Birmingham In the match between Warwickshire and the Indian tourists. When rain stopped play India, 60 for two overnight, were 152 without further loss (Adhikarl 84 not out).— AP.
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    CASUALS FIRST WIN—IN LAST LEAGUE MATCH
    354 16 CASUALS FIRST WIN— IN LAST LEAGUE MATCH Casuals 3; Kota Raja 3. f ASUALS, playing their last league game at Jalan v Besar stadium yesterday, displayed ready opportunism to beat an unimpressive Kota Raja and register their first victory of the season. It seems ironical, after this well-earned victory, that
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    Chinese School girls hold sports
    79 16 Parents and guests who at'ended the annual games day of the Singapore Chinese Girls Afternoon School at Calrnhlll rtoad yesterday spent an enjoyable afternoon's sport in which 33 events were held. Most lc.ms were team events. In a speech following the j sports, Mr. Tan
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    SINGAPORE XI TO MEET NEGRI
    76 16 SINGAPORE'S team to meet Negri Sembilan in a Malaya Cup match at Jalan Besar stadium tomorrow will be chosen from: Chee Seng (Tigers), Yew Chang (Chinese Ath.), Davids (S.C.C.), Teow Keng (Rovers), Yass (Rovers), Harith (Corinthians). Hin Wenr (Tigers), Morton (Rovers), Vass (Rovers). Chong Kum
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    Nine races on each day at K.L.
    125 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— There will be nine races on each -day of the Selangor Turf Club's August Meeting. The schedule of racing is: Ist day (Saturdayi Aug. 16) t Class 3, Dim 1, 2 and 3— 5"-f and abt. 7f; Div. 4. 5%f;
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    John Ess Cup cricket game
    77 16 The following are requested to turn up for the Christian Brothers' Old Boys' (Singapore) Association for the John Ess Memorial Cup cricket match against Present Boy-? to be played at St. Joseph's Institution ground at 2 p.m. tomorrow R. Perry J. de Souza. J. d'Almeida.
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    Bank Routs East Asiatic 11-0
    51 16 Mercantile Bank rattled 11 goals past East Asiatic SC. In a Business Houses League ~ti Cup fixture at Farrer Park yesterdiy. East Asiatic did not score. S. Dutta led the Bank's scorns with seven goals. Other scorers were AU Abdullah (2), Syed Osman and Ibrahim
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    13-medal Aussies pass through on way home
    734 16 HELSINKI'S wonder man, Emil ZatQpek of Czechoslovakia, winner of the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and the Marathon at the 15th Olympic Games which ended last Sunday, is set on defending his titles at the next Olympic Games, at Melbourne in 1956. This is
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    58 16 •titF. r ~iSST BATTALION „orcts e.s-Jiie K»gt. loocba«l te~m wno' wll meet the Green Howards of Seremban in the final of the Caldbeck Cup (Malay* section) to be played on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground, Ipoh, tomorrow. Back row (from left) Arnold, Startln, Cotton, Prow, Perry, Hodgklss. Front row: Mills,
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    MALAYAN TENNIS TEAM FOR H.K.
    100 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs LEUNG Hoe Yeng, the Selangor veteran tennis player, is planning to take a Malaya tennis team to Hong Hong Kong: towards the end' of November. The visit will be purely unofficial and in the nature of a goodwill tour. The team which
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    HELSINKI: NO PROFIT
    39 16 HELSINKI. Thurs. —The 15th Olympic Games broke about even financially Judge Kcikas, Chief of 1 the Central Chancellory of the Olympic Games said yesterday. j The number of foreign guests wan much smal'er than expected. U-P-
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    Non-Benders XI v. Ceylonese
    59 16 Non-Benders' Cricket Club XI to play against Ceylon Sports Club at Balestier at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow will be: T. J Leijssius (captain), H. Ward. H. Noon. J. A. P Cameron. H. N. BsJhetchet, J. t. Rea, A. Baker. F B. Massey, R. S. Tufnell, R. V.
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    MUSLIM SPORTS
    46 16 Hie Young Men's Muslim As.■•ocia ion will hold their annual Muslim New Year sports on Oct. 5. Representatives of Muslim club^ in Singapore are asked to be present at a meeting to be held ftt Lorons 12; Geylang on Aug. 20 at 5 p.m.
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    Lancers will lend colour to M.A.A.A.
    273 16 IPOH, Thursday. itfEN of the 12th Royal Lancers and their iTI regimental band will provide much of the colour and pageantry which will mark the opening ceremony of Perak's sports event of the year— the 31st annual Malayan athletic championships which will be at
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      20 16 MORE SPORfIiT PACE IS £jE If fc 1/ 1 Vj I IRC DOM Sole Arenu: THE EASTEIK AGENCIES (1946) LTD.
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