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Title Section19 1952-08-23 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1952. PR.CE FIFTEEN CENTS 23AWK219 words
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Article237 1952-08-23 1 Six terrorists give up and another gang boss killed KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. YESTERDAY was the best anti bandit day «o far this month. Six terrorists gave themselves up to the police and the bandit boss of the Kangkar Bahru area of Johore was killed tw237 words
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Article, Illustration146 1952-08-23 1 rh first British Army officer to set foot in Singapore after the Japanese surrender in September 1945 is back in the Colony. Mr. Gordon Jenkins, proprietor and editor of the only foreign-owned newspaper in Japan, the Japan News, has just spent three days in146 words
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Article56 1952-08-23 1 AMMAN Fri —King Hus- sein of Jordan, the 17-year- old Harrow schoolboy who has been proclaimed in place i of his father King Talal. will arrive in Jordan by air on Monday, the Government announced today. The young King has been staying in SwitzerlandReuter - 56 words
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Article26 1952-08-23 1 LONDON, Fri. Fifty-fly* Royal Air Force officers and airmen will make a 3,812 mile flight over the North Pole to Canada next month.— ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article119 1952-08-23 1 Queen gives hope to San Marino SAN MARINO. Fri SAN MARINO, the world's tiniest republic, has received a letter from Queen Elizabeth regarding its protest at Lne smallness of compensation for damage resulting from British bombers during the war. Contents of the letter were not made public, but San MarinoReuter - 119 words
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Article67 1952-08-23 1 SEOUL. Fri.— General Van Fleet today pledged that Seoul will -never again' be captured by the Communists as the South Korean Government formally launched a drive to rehabilitate the wardevastated capital "We will stay in Seoul to resist the Communist aggressors," the Eighth Army Commander. 'WeUP - 67 words
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Article36 1952-08-23 1 SANTA BARBARA, Fri The Swedish ship, the Stratus and the American freighter. Coos Bay, collided In foggy darkness yesterday, seven miles from the California coast. The Stratus radioed there were no casualties.36 words
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Article20 1952-08-23 1 ASTI, Fri.— A light earth tremor lasting several seconds shook this area of north-west Italy early today.—Reuter.Reuter - 20 words
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197 1952-08-23 1 LEAPING AT THEIR CHANCE TO ENLIST AT LAST IPOH. Fri. TWO EURASIAN brothers were among the 35 potential soldiers selected for the Federation Regiment in the recruiting campaign here today for the first intake of 150. Distinction of being the Ant Eurasians to be selected since recruiting began in Penang197 words
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Article27 1952-08-23 1 HONG KONG. Fri.— China has granted permission to Messrs. A. S. Watson Co., a British firm, to liquidate one of their oranch businesses. Reuter-AAP.Reuter-AAP - 27 words
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161 1952-08-23 1 PARIS, Friday. FIELD Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of the ImA Derial General Staff, said today that Brita'n "would strain every effort to meet her commitments with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisati: n. He added he hoped other nations would do the same. The161 words
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Article48 1952-08-23 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. ExKing Farouk has told a representative of' the Italian Governrrvent, according to diplomatic sources, that he intends to stay permanently in Italy. Farouk, the sources said, told the representative that he had declined offers to stay in Spain and France.— UP.UP - 48 words
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Article111 1952-08-23 1 PUSAN. Fri. THiE trial of 12 men on charges arising out of the attempt to assassinate South Korean President Synpnan Rhee on June 25, began in a crowded civilian court here today. The principal accused Is 63-year-old Ryu Shi Tae, who is alleged to haveReuter - 111 words
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Article53 1952-08-23 1 LONDON, Fri.— Britain has completed a Note to the Persian Premier Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq. stating It is ready in principle to reopen oil talks, authoritative sources said today The Note, however, makes the new negotiations conditional on a prior agreement on how the talks are toUP - 53 words
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Article44 1952-08-23 1 LONDON. Fri.— Britain exported 2,000 fewer cars in the first, half of this year than in the same period of 1951, it was announced today. This was offset by an increase of more than 2.000 commercial vehicles, including trucks. Reuter.Reuter - 44 words
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Article35 1952-08-23 1 JAKARTA, Fri.— An armed gang raided the village of Kebajoran, a suburb of Jakarta, and killed a policeman and one villager last night. Two other villagers were seriously wounded.— AP.AP - 35 words
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Article34 1952-08-23 1 CANBERRA. Friday.— Au stralia is providing six Red Cross teams, each comprising a trained nurse and an experienced woman welfare worker, to assist in resettlement of Chinese villagers In Malaya.— AT.34 words
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Article, Illustration82 1952-08-23 1 WHERE the main street was is now a river. What was once a home is now a shambles. Twenty-six people were killed and ten are missing, feared dead, in the Lynmouth. North Devon, flood disaster After a violent storm. th» West Lyn river burst its banks82 words
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302 1952-08-23 1 Fall in rubber sales to U.S. 'threaten pound 9 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday. 2 ANDERSON and Co. (Robber) Ltd., London, in a a market review, warn that the fall in the exports of rubber from Malaya to the United States is a threat to the economy of the302 words
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Article39 1952-08-23 1 MANILA. Fri. A United States Navy shore patrol has found the body of Mr. Ko Seng Liat, managing editor of the Manila Fookien Times, in Manila Bay. An inquest showed he was thrown in. U.P.UP - 39 words
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Article52 1952-08-23 1 JAKARTA, Fri:— A sevenman delegation from Communist Hungary arrived today to negotiate a trade agreement with Indonesia. The Indonesian Government will begin talks with, the Reds on Monday for a one-year pact. Indonesia expects to exchange rubber, tirf, coffee and other commodities for Hungarian textiles, medicines andAP - 52 words
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Article41 1952-08-23 1 WASHINGTON, FrL— The United States Navy disclosed today that four new Jet fighter planes have been given their first tests aboard a carrier All are faster, more manoeuvrable and more powerful than types now In use.— Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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Article174 1952-08-23 1 Another van hold-up in S'pore A NOTHER cteare tta distributing firm in Singapore was robbed <. 1 $1,000 yesterday. This is Che third in the week. The driver of one of its vans was held up by threa Chinese one of whom wax armed with a pistol in Beach Road174 words
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Article32 1952-08-23 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. Th» United States destroyer-mine-sweeper Thompson was hit by Communist shore guns off the east coast of Korea yesterday. Four men were killed and 10 seriously wounded. ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article41 1952-08-23 1 LONDON. Fri.— A new type of fragmentation bomb was used by the Americans in their evening to da v m raid on Pyongyang on Wednesday night, said a Pravda 'dispatch today from Korea picked up in London— Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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Article15 1952-08-23 1 DALLAS, Fri— Five more have died in the Texas heat wave. A.P.AP - 15 words
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175 1952-08-23 2 5 U.S. oil firms accused of price racket WASHINGTON, Friday. THE MUTUAL SECURITY AGENCY Isst night accused five United States oi companies of "exhorbitant price discrimination*' which, it said, added more than $50,000,000 to the cost of the foreign aid programme. The M.SA. and the Justice Department, the announcement said,Reuter - 175 words
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Article84 1952-08-23 2 SOUTHAMPTON, Fri. LORD Horder, physician to the late King George VI and tireless campaigner against socialised medicine who left yesterday for thp United States, said the National Health Service was lowering British medical standards He will give a talk to the International College of SurgeonsReuter - 84 words
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Article33 1952-08-23 2 LONDON, Fri— The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, will visit Marshal Tito next month Trieste and Yugoslav relations with Turkey and Greece are reported on the agenda. -A.P.AP - 33 words
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Article18 1952-08-23 2 NEW DELHI. Fri. Mr Nehru arrived in Srinagar yesterdpy for a 10-day holiday in Kashmir. ReuterReuter - 18 words
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Article31 1952-08-23 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri. The Committee for Free Asia announced today that the International Student Association of Japan would sponsor a Japane3e art exhibition 'n 10 American cities. Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article86 1952-08-23 2 ISLE OF WIGHT, Fri. rE noise of all ten eng'nes could oe hesrd five miles "wav when Britain s largest flying boat, the Pr'nress, began her first tr'als today butside Cowes harbour. Her *as- turbine prop engines will enable her to cruise at 350 miles anReuter - 86 words
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Advertisement211 1952-08-23 2 i,l'K\l\(i 10-DAY 3 Shows: S, 6.1S 9.15 p.m. Warner Bros. History'! Boldest Reveace! "BUGLES IN THE AFTERNOON" slarrinc i Ray Miltan* Helena Carter in Technicolor TO-MORROW AT 11 A.M. rnivrnul Picture INDERTOW" Q.OQM FOR ONE MORE/ First Malay-lalking Fiim in (ii'.t By Ansco Color Coming Soon To GARRICK M Avoid211 words
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Advertisement227 1952-08-23 2 NOTICES NEW SCUDAI, LIMITED (Incorporated In the Colony of Singapore) DIVIDEND NO. 1*. NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that at the 26th Ordinary General Meeting of the Company which will be held in the Board Room. Amber Building. No. 5. Malacca Street. Singapore, on Saturday, 13th September. 1952. at 11 a.m.227 words
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Advertisement663 1952-08-23 2 NOTICET KUCHAI TIN, UNITED (Incorporated In the Colony of Singapore) Dividend No. S6. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVBN that a Fourth Interim Dividend of 25% less 30% Singapore Income Tax for the year ending 30th September. 1952. on the Shares of the Company has been declared and will be paid to663 words
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Advertisement367 1952-08-23 2 1 NOTICE NOTICE is hereV eiven thit SEOW HENG SOON of No 434 Braidell Road. Singapore, has aoj!ied 'x the Board of Licensing Jufttlces Singapore, for a First Class Public Ho».s* Licence which he pronose- to hold in respect of the ground floor of No 1068 Se- ranpon Road. Singapore.367 words
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Advertisement264 1952-08-23 2 P.WJ) TENDER NOTICE TENDERS fro*n Class "A"' eistered Contractors will be rec*>'wi by the SuDerinteidi -i? Enpineer Public Works D-'pr rtrr eit Kuala Lummir uo to 3 "1 ptr. on 3i(" September '52 for the E:«>c.-v»n and completion of Nine <9> H!nck3 (12 Units each) of |Mi rri<"l Barracks complete264 words
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Advertisement104 1952-08-23 2 ill ijgSJliy WITH "MAGIC" MARGIN Ul Ul THESE MEW FEATURES I iS^] v 'SB I/ A «9JKJwqt« ji_m^tf mm mw H M«ti Hijm rolling S \f '.mi iti lv,l v ,l v mmm /'.7\ 'j 1 umum^ 1 with. VlL^ar^PO M»fc«» il Io«-«aace4 ~zSE~^ There'i a new clean ch»«f« rikkor.104 words
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Article173 1952-08-23 3 Govt. places a curfew on two African areas NAIROBI, Friday. rrHE KENYA GOVERNMENT has put two African areas of North Kenya Nyeri district and the Nanyuki location under curfew "because there is reasonable apprehension that unlawful assemblies and organised intimidation by threats of violence will take173 words
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Article148 1952-08-23 3 LONDON, Fri. BR:TiSH Treasury, Foreign Office and Royal Mini officials are upset by the ruling of a Swiss federal tribunal that the gold sovereign is no longer legal currency in Britain. They consider that this ruling threatens the world-wide prestige of the sovereign. Two148 words
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Article29 1952-08-23 3 RANGOON, Frl.— Out of I 447 Chinese, w ho illegally en- j tered Burma during the past I three years, 320 have been sent back to China— ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article113 1952-08-23 3 Now there's another Conan Doyle NEW YORK, Fri. OVER 100 stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle planned but never wrote are now going to b e written by his grandson, j Mr. Adrian Conan Doyle I and Scottish-born detective j writer. John Dickson Carr. They plan to write 123 j mysteryReuter - 113 words
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Article, Illustration41 1952-08-23 3 HUGE "BOULDERS weighins many tons which were swept into Lymouth during in c last week-end's floods are shown above. Below is one of the few can which was not swept out to sea when the West Lyn river changed its course.41 words
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Article107 1952-08-23 3 LYNMOUTH, Fri. CHDUR more bodies were washed ashore here yesterday, bringing to. 36 the toll of known dead or missing in the week-end floods. Twenty-six bodies have now been recovered and ten oersons are still officially listed as missing and presumed dead. Another 20 to 3D107 words
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Article55 1952-08-23 3 LONDON, Fri. Scientists and military men from most Commonwealth nations, will watch Britain's coming atomic bomb tests. The scientists will be limited to those in direct contact with atomic weapon developments. Military observers from Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and probably India, PakistanAP - 55 words
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Article22 1952-08-23 3 WASHINGTON, Fri.— Crow n Prince Savang announced yesterday that Laos will soon send its own Minister to Washington. A.PAP - 22 words
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Article23 1952-08-23 3 WASHINGTON, Frl. The American Zionist Council today urged the Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, to give Israel military aid.— U.P.UP - 23 words
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Article115 1952-08-23 3 LONDON, Friday. rpHE Recorder, weekly Conservative newspaper. said yesterday the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, refused to let Mr. Anthony Eden and Miss Clarissa Spencer -Churchill be married in an Anglican church. Main opposition to a church wedding was the fact that the ForeignReuter - 115 words
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Article37 1952-08-23 3 NEW YORK, Fri. The United States is now turning out more than twice as much steel as Russia hopes to produce by 1955 under the new five-year plan, according to comparisons made here.— Reuter.Reuter - 37 words
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Article87 1952-08-23 3 LONDON, Fit A 16-year-old boy witlr a skin so thick and grey that he was known as "the elephant boy," has been almost completely cured by hypnotism, Dr. Albert Mason said in the British Medical Journal yesterday. Under hypnosis the boy was repeatedly told "Tour leftReuter - 87 words
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87 1952-08-23 3 Church delegates won't return east AFRAID OF PERSECUTION BERLIN, Friday. REFUGEE officials disclosed yesterday that over 100 East Germans attending the 75th All German Roman Oatholic church conference have asked for political asylum in the West Some 60,000 East Germans have streamed into Berlin for Inference, which is beld on87 words
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Article32 1952-08-23 3 SOUTHAMPTON, Frl.— The first flying-boat used in peacetime as a troop transport landed at Southampton last night with 53 soldiers' wives and children after a 17,000-mile round flight to Singapore.— Reuter.Reuter - 32 words
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Article14 1952-08-23 3 TAIPEH, Frl.— A Nationalist firing squad this morning 'hot twe Formosan spies.14 words
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Article38 1952-08-23 3 FRANKFURT, Fri. More than six tons of insecticide, left Frankfurt today by air for Tokyo, where it will fight a pest damaging Japan's rice crop. The Insecticide will reach Tokyo on Saturday. U.P.UP - 38 words
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Article26 1952-08-23 3 CALCUTTA, Frl.— The 5,149ton Japanese cargo vessel Terushima Maru. which ran aground in the Hoogly River on Wednesday, has been declared a total wreck.26 words
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Article31 1952-08-23 3 TOKYO, Fri.— The Japanese agreed today that United Nations countries using Japan as a base for Korean operations may use their own currencies within their own military installations. Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article32 1952-08-23 3 MANILA, Fri.— The mayor and the chief of police of a central Luzon town were killed and two policemen were wounded last night In a Huk ambush.— U.P.UP - 32 words
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Article84 1952-08-23 3 SAO PAULO. Brazil. Fri. qpwo of the girl quintuplets born on Tuesday to Sen- Maria Aparecida AllMuio i have died. Officials at the Sao Paulo maternity hospital, where the quintuplets were placed in an incubator shortly after their birth in Albano's poverty-ridden home, said theUP - 84 words
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Article344 1952-08-23 3 Industrials make best showing LONDON, PM. HPHE main feature of today's London Stock Exchange was. the start of dealings In Agricultural Mortgage Corporation's new farmers' loan, the 4% per cent debenture stock 1977-82. Thb began with a premium of on the Issue price of 96 Vi per cent.344 words
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Article29 1952-08-23 3 LONDON, Aug. 22.— Cash Buyers £986; Sellers £968; Forward Buyers £947; Sellers £948; Settlement: £9Wy 2 (up £4y 2 Turnover, a.m. 10 tons; p.m. 15 tons.29 words
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Article31 1952-08-23 3 LONDON, Aug. 22— Spot 25Kd Sept. 25Kd., Oct. 25y*d.. Oct.-Dec. 25d., Jan.-Mar. 24% d., April-June 24d., Aug. c.l.f. 25d. nom., Sept c.lt. 24% d.. Oct. c.LI. 25d. Market: Easier.31 words
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Advertisement120 1952-08-23 3 FL THE WORLD'S FINEST MOTOR CYCLI O^ dno me .vorid •> Host exclusive notorcycle designed ta appeal to every class ol enthusiast There are five superlative models in th e ARIEL 1952 range and they comprise many new features and refinements The result is improveo 'idins romfort olus high oerfnrrr.ance120 words
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Advertisement179 1952-08-23 3 If you don't feel your usual mad, gay self it's time you tried a glass (or two) of PENFOLD'S WINE. PENFOLD'S CLARET BURGUNDY HOCK Party wines at week day prices. Singapore COLD STORAGE Co. Ltd. THE MIDGET TRACTOR WITH A GIANT'S PERFORMANCE. TYPES: A.F. 20 228. H.P. A.F. 30 32179 words
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Article, Illustration58 1952-08-23 4 SCRAPE, SCRAPE, SCRAPE and it is a tough job when you want to remove whitewash from a rough plank wall. But these little scouts of the Ampang New Village do not mind. They feel proud that they are earning money Co buy their scout uniforms. They are painting their school58 words
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243 1952-08-23 4 UNION OFFICIALS TO TOUR ESTATES KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. OFFICIALS of the Plantation Workers Union of Malaya are to tour estates throughout the Federation to explain to rubber workers the circumstances which have caused reductions in their wages. The tour has243 words
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Article148 1952-08-23 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. LABOUR Department officers here discovered last month that children under 12 years were being put to work by their parents on rubber estates. This is revealed in the Department's July report which is published today. The report adds that many cases of Malay148 words
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Article129 1952-08-23 4 T*HE Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, yesterday adjourned sine die an application for approval of a scheme to let three plots of land on a 99-year building lease. The land belongs to two Hindu temples in Singapore. The application, under the Mohammedan and Hindu Endowments129 words
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Article31 1952-08-23 4 TAIPING Fri.— Mr. David Singh, who went to England last year on a Kedah Government scholarship has returned to Taiplng after obtaining a diploma In education at London University31 words
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Article203 1952-08-23 4 S POKE DIARY TODAT FAIBFIELD CHAPEL: Boys' Brigade parade and classes 4 p.m.: MY P. meeting followed br Indoor and outdoor games from 4 30 p.m.; at Pairfield Girls' School Nell Road. BRITISH BED CROSS SOCIETY: Handicapped Children's Club at KalooK Park 10 am to 12 noon. T.M.C.A.:203 words
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Article65 1952-08-23 4 Mrs. Doreen Mavis Hall was granted a decree nisi by the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, in the Singapore High Court yesterday, dissolving her marriage with Dennis Alfred Hall, an Army driver, on grounds of adultery and desertion. The decree nisi is to be made absolute65 words
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Article45 1952-08-23 4 TAIPING, Fri. Mr. Foo Fatt Yeow, 25, an old boy of St. George's Institution, Talping, will leave for Britain next week to read law. He was entertained by his friends to a farewell swimming party at Lim Huan Lye's pool45 words
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Article35 1952-08-23 4 IPOH, Fri. Inche Arshaa bin Ismail. Ipoh Magistrate, was entertained to a farewell tea-party by the staff of the Sessions and Magistrate's courts, prior to his departure for^ Britain on a three-year scholarship.35 words
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129 1952-08-23 4 To be groomed for top jobs KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rpHE Survey Department was keeping a list of loca' officers to be "groomed" for responsible Jobs, Mr. A. G. Billing, the retiring Surveyor General. raid today. "I am sure we can produce enough local lads129 words
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Article150 1952-08-23 4 PENANG, Fri. MADAM 001 BOX NEE, wife "1 of Mr. Tan Chong See, a Penang rubber merchant, who has been missing for the past five months, today applied to the Penang High Court to presume her husband dead. Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson postponed the application150 words
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Article406 1952-08-23 4 PENANG, Friday. T> A. Coulson-Gilmer, former Penang manager of Shriro (China> Ltd., said in cross-examination today that he was "sure" four prosecution witnesses had committed perjury. 1 He said this in reply to (Mr. I. Talog-Davies, D.P.P., during his defence on a charge of criminal breach of406 words
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Article137 1952-08-23 4 FIRMS TO HELP RIDA SCHEME KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A CHINESE Rubber producer and three European industrial firms in the Federation have agreed to train Malay youths under the Malay industrial training scheme proposed by the Rural and Industrial Development Authority. Dato Zainal Abidin, Deputy Chairman of RIDA, told the Straits137 words
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Article60 1952-08-23 4 TPOH, Fri.— Teo Ah Huat, 41, was charged at Ipoh today with theft of 19 dogspikes belonging to the Malayan Railways at Gunong Cheroh yesterday. "I did not steal them. I took them because tehy were lying around," said Teo, who claimed trial. The case was60 words
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Article72 1952-08-23 4 TELUK ANSON, Fri.— Leman bin Parto vas charged at Teluk Anson with committing house trespass by night with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman. Alternatively he was charged with house trespass. He was alleged to have entered the house of a woman, Kartimah binte72 words
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Article34 1952-08-23 4 The Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, yesterday admitted in the Singapore High Court two new lawyers. Mr. E. W. Barker and .Mr. J. D. Donnelly, to practise as advocates and solicitors.34 words
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186 1952-08-23 5 They may have own elections FAR-REACHING constitutional changes in the "Charter' 1 of the Singapore Rural Boartf, are now being rushed through. The Straits Times understands that if the Singapore Government acceDts one of the proposals, there will be elections to the Board very186 words
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151 1952-08-23 5 'Senior' men must be content with a flat SENIOR officers of Singapore City Council will have to be satisfied with living in flats, instead of bungalows or semi-detached bouses. This switch from the council's established housing policy for its senior officers was deciclea] at a meeting of the Finance and151 words
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Article149 1952-08-23 5 (SINGAPORE'S latest traffic »3 experiment, the small island which has been placed Clemenceau Avenue at the junction of Oxley Rise and Canning Rise, is working satisfactorily, said a Traffic Police spokesman yesterday. The bland has been placed there to force traffic Into a more even149 words
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Article59 1952-08-23 5 Shudda Sama jam building plans Plans to build a hospital. an industrial school, a naturopathtc sanatorium and to enlarge and expand the English school which has already been started are among tlie projects of the Shudda Samaj»m organisation of Petaling. The second annual general meeting of the society, held recently59 words
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Article22 1952-08-23 5 Kiang, Fri.— Out of 17 applicants from Klang and Port Swettenham for the Federation police only six were selected yesterday22 words
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Article23 1952-08-23 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tr\.— Kuala Lumpur auxiliary police yesterday arrested two Chinese who were in a car reported stolen from Scott Road.23 words
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Article87 1952-08-23 5 SEREMBAN, FTt.— The first and third prizes in an oratorical contest at King George V School hall last night sponsored by the MaCayan Anglican youth camp, were won by Devadas Dorairaj, of Seremban. and R. C. Jeyaraj. of Penang. respectively. Their subject was "Malaya is ready87 words
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Article99 1952-08-23 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl— Mr. K. Ramanathan, former president of the Malayan Indian Congress, last night appealed to Indians to join the Federation Regiment. H e was speaking at Bungsar. Kuala Lumpur. It was to the Interest of all Malayans to make the regiment a success, he99 words
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Article31 1952-08-23 5 RAUB, Frl Mr. H. M. James, State Agricultural Officer, Pahang, has left for the United Kingdom on leave. Mr. A. E. Oetbing, from Negri Sembllan. has succeeded him.31 words
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Article178 1952-08-23 5 rE Ist Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, one of the first two British units to enter the Korean war, was warmly welcomed on arrival at Singapore yesterday in the Empire Halladale. The troops are on their way home to Britain. Many sailors from H.M.S.178 words
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Article78 1952-08-23 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. The Selangor Labour Party, at its executive committee meeting yesterday, ratified iti affiliation to the Pan-Mala-yan Labour Party and nominated its chairman, Mr. K. C. Chla, as a member of the executive committee on the Pan-MaCayan body. The party machinery for the78 words
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Article27 1952-08-23 5 BATU PAHAT. Frl.— Chew Lam. an alien seaman, was fined 150 or two weeks, simple Imprisonment for landing in Batu Pahat without a permit.27 words
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Article256 1952-08-23 5 TODAT (DAT) AJbtrx St., Saart St. Niw Ice Murk-,. Hrt%loae. HtrkuiU Rd Bt. Tlmata ramp* Illlriillri Kd JaUn Amps*. BJTB.C. Meßitckta. Bradaali His*. AUacoS'. K*t.. Is.and Golf Club. Windsor Fk.. SrMai Pnnps Nee Sucu SHeUr Wlreana. raited BaMer FiaataMaas. M«otu Hospital. Trafa-iar Est New World. P*r»« Kd JatUad256 words
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131 1952-08-23 5 4T the end of a Singapore inquest yesterday, the Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, said that Me was surprised that the driver of a military truck, which ran over and killed an aged woman, had not been prosecuted by the police. He said this after issuing131 words
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Article35 1952-08-23 5 BATU PAHAT, Frl.— SarJumi bin Nawi was fined $100 in Batu Pahat for causing hurt to Kartara Singh, of the General Hospital, Singapore. Singh wa» hurt when their cars collided.35 words
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Article43 1952-08-23 5 Abdul Salam Hassan Mohamed, 27, a delivery clerk and biU-collector of the Mysore Chemical Works, was in Singapore yesterday gaoled for three months for misappropriating $188 belonging to his firm. He got. the money from several of the firm's halr-01l retailer*.43 words
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Article, Illustration17 1952-08-23 5 MISS JOYCE BURCHELL, •f the Singapore W.V.S. handing out free cinema tickets to the Highlanders.17 words
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Article58 1952-08-23 5 The case against Boey Kwok Choon. of the Singapore City Council Treasury, who was, on May 29 this year, charged with misappropriating $600, has been withdrawn by the police In the Second Police Court on Wednesday, when the hearing of the case was resumed, the pohee58 words
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123 1952-08-23 5 FkEPUTY Director of Medical Services, Singapore, Dr. J. CouttsMilne, said yesterdaj that invest jpations were being made into the reasons given for some resignations during the past year by locally recruited doctors. Dr. Coutts-MUne said the results of the Investigations would be made known123 words
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Article35 1952-08-23 5 IPOH. Frl. Two more doctors have Joined the Medical Department in Perak. They are Dr. K. K. Manda], who is stationed in Kuala Kangsar. and Dr. R. N. Subramanlam. in TeHuk Anson.35 words
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147 1952-08-23 5 Home Guard trainees on parade KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rpHE newly established Selangor Home Guaid School at Ampang, four miles from Kuala Lumpur, held its first passing-out parade today Among the 40 In the parade was .Tengku Abdul Raja Bagus, younger and only brother of147 words
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Article64 1952-08-23 5 BATU PAHAT, Fri The five Home Guards who killed a bandit at Bindu in June will get letters of cormnendation In a ceyemony on Monday at the police headquarters, Batu Pahat. They are, Inche Sa ahar bin Malik. Inche Pating bin Malik. Inche Naib Mohamad bin64 words
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Advertisement63 1952-08-23 5 I g» *^jjoo* Coos* v*" *j£S* Wn^aTaTaTaTaTai^STl REAL SCOTCH MACLEAY DUFF SPECIAL MATURED CREAM SCOTCH WHISKY MACLEAY PUFF (OtSTIULHkS). LTD. M, WATEM.OO ST. GLASGOW. CX Sole Agents for Malaya LOW TANGCHANG LTD. (INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE) m LAST I j DAY I TODAY i of our 78th ANNIVERSARY j I M63 words
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Advertisement124 1952-08-23 5 never reveals j the secret Only TANGEE lipstick contains PERMACHROME its indelible Ci«a rout iiot a xttwi luttw m th« Kltn latnion Ul*Mt rf/ the f!rc+detn' of* COU?.. put 9 few drops ot VAPEX on /oik handkerchief and breathe rhe vapour. You can feel if doing you good from tf-e124 words
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Obituary18 1952-08-23 6 ANDRE NOUAILHETAS late Chairman Malayan Rubber Trading Co.. Ltd.. as the result of an accident in Europe.18 words
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Article37 1952-08-23 6 THE FUNERAL OP MRS. CHEONO CHIN NAM who passed •way peacefully on 17.8.1952 will take place on Monday 25.8.1952. The cortege will leave 24 Upper Crosg Street for the Peck Shan Teng Cemetery at 9.00 ajn.37 words
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Article20 1952-08-23 6 8.P.C.A. Members subscriptions (only Sit yearly), donations and voluntary workers always reqilred and welcomed. S.P.C.A., 38. Tomllnson Road. Singapore.20 words
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520 1952-08-23 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Aug. 23, 1952. The Cost Of Silence There will be little sympathy for the people of Permatang Tinggi if they are uprooted from their village and sent into detention. Ground there may have been in the past for keeping silent about the terrorists in their520 words
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Article412 1952-08-23 6 The Shortage Of Land The Singapore Government has had to spend $7 million upon acquiring land for resettlement and Improvement Trust housing schemes because reserves of Crown land suitable for these purposes are now exhausted. If such a possibility had been suggested 20 years ago it would have been ridiculed.412 words
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Article58 1952-08-23 6 HONG KONG, Fri.—Twentyseven Chinese, whose deportation from Hong Kong to China had been ordered, told a magistrate that after they were put across the border the Communists drove them back They were ordered to be re-deported and told to report to the nearest police stationAP - 58 words
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Article40 1952-08-23 6 BEIRUT, Fri.— An unidentified assailant fired six shots at the house of an opposition deputy, Abdullah Hajj, In the Beirut suburb of Al Gubryry last night. No one was hurt and the gunman escaped.— AP.AP - 40 words
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Article21 1952-08-23 6 SRINAGAR, Fri. The Kashmir Constituent Assembly yesterday unanimously decided to abolish the hereditary rule of the maharajas.— Reuter.Reuter - 21 words
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Article, Illustration54 1952-08-23 6 SUNSET This water colour, by the well known Singapore teacher-a List T. Y. Choy, is included in the Singapore Art Society's third open exhibition of work s by local teachers and art students. The exhibition is o pen from 9 a.m. to S JO p.m. daily at the British Council54 words
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Article1094 1952-08-23 6 STOIC ! : t - STOIC t i— by j AN INTERESTING POSITION has arisen in the Missouri state election, where Mr. Stuart Symington, saviour of the American taxpayer from those economic buccaneers, the Malayan tin producers, has won the Democratic nomination. In November Mr. Symington will have as his Republican1,094 words
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Article660 1952-08-23 6 A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK JUNGLE is as varied as it is unfrequented. At 15,000 feet or so in the Himalayas It is at its limit In height and its smallest in size, with bamboo complete in every detail only eight inches high. On lower slopes. In Burma, bamboo stands In thick660 words
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Advertisement770 1952-08-23 6 (IJVSSIFIKI) ADS. JUNE, wife of Major Peter Heal. 51st Highland Division Perth. Scotland, a son. SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED a piano teacher urgently for afternoon duty only. Apply Far Eastern Music School. 1A Kirk Terrace Singapore. WANTED Security Officer for Rubber Estate near Tampln. Apply In writing to Parnar Chettlar. 101.770 words
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Advertisement38 1952-08-23 6 GERMAN PEK New Piston Filling System and Transparent Large Quantity Ink Holding Reservoir. PRICES: $6 50 ft 7.5* EVERBRIGHT OPTICAL CO., 19 Chilli j St.. Singapore- 1. Penang Distributors ENC SENC MEDICAL CO. 8. Ah Quee St.. Penan*.38 words
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Advertisement86 1952-08-23 6 S&gg The PHILIPS chop guides the choice of millions. %0> In radio it represents the widest selection of sets and radiograms available In Malaya All Bs** produced specially for this market Fully RlS «&s tropicalised. guaranteed and backed by expert Pan-Malayan after-sales service. *:%:.:.x. .yyX^ K^ I? I •■y-~.-.....~-- iM86 words
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Article381 1952-08-23 7 Raise our profit margin they tell the Government 'PHE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT Licensed Rice Retailers Association yesterday asked the authorities to increase the margin of profit allowed retailers for the sale of rationed rice. A four-man delegation, led by the president of the association, Mr.381 words
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Article154 1952-08-23 7 Living cost warning by unions SINGAPORE trade union leaders yesterday warned that th P increase of five cents in the price of rice would send up th c cost of living in the Colony. Daily -rated labourers and middle class workers would be most hard hit by this increase, they154 words
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Article31 1952-08-23 7 Dr. Victor Purceli and Prof Francis Carnetl, now in Malaya on a fact-finding mission for the Malayan Chinese Association, toured Chinese industrial enterprises and schools in Singapore yesterday.31 words
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Article27 1952-08-23 7 JOHORE BAHRU, FrL— A mahjong drive organised by Mrs. H. B. Wallace in aid of the St. John Ambulance Association in Johore Bahru raised $270.27 words
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Article43 1952-08-23 7 A total of 4,392 people were vaccinated against smallpox In Singapore clinics at Joo Chia f Road, Balestier Road, Tiong Bahru, Kreta Ayer and Prircep Street yesterday. A vaccination team went to a rubber godown and 248 people were vaccinated.43 words
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Article, Illustration47 1952-08-23 7 PROFESSOR SIR CHARLES HERCUS, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University «»f Otago. New Zealand (left) who arrived in Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday. He is here seen with Prof A. R. Ellis, of the University of Malaya.— Straits Times picture.47 words
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369 1952-08-23 7 INQUEST ON ROAD DEATH I chased car, says taximan A TAXI-DRIVER, Koh Tin Tiong. told the Singapore Coroner yesterday that he saw a car knock down a man and then carry on. He said he chased it for about two miles. I The inquest was on Loh 1 Chai Guan,369 words
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63 1952-08-23 7 SINGAPORE police are investigating a fresh outbreak of wilful damage to owner-driven cars this time in Market Street. Yesterday several owners, returning to. their parked cars, found that their tyres had been let down or slashed and matches forced into the door locks. The63 words
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156 1952-08-23 7 rE new Japanese-Indone-sia trade agreement is not ikely to affect Malayan trade, Mr. Kinzaburo Takagaki, the assistant economic editor of the- Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun told the Strpits Times yesterday. Mr. Takagaki said that any increased purchasing power, resulting from the agreement, would benefit156 words
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Article32 1952-08-23 7 Mr. F. N. Lloyd Williams, Deputy Director of Broadcasting, Federation of Malaya, has been appointed to act as- Director of Broadcasting, Malaya, in place of Mr. H. W. Jackson.32 words
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Article206 1952-08-23 7 Sopiee asks for unity, toleration KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. (CHAIRMAN of the Panvv Malayan Labour Party, Inche Mohamed Sopiee, today appealed to those members of the Singapore Labour Party who are threatening to split the organisation, to do everything they could to preserve unity. He said it was not his206 words
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Article51 1952-08-23 7 The committee of management of the Yock'Eng Chinese School, Tanjong Katong Road, Singapore, where police recently arrested 32 students and teachers for alleged Communist activities, has resigned en bloc. A general meeting of the school "donors" has been called for Aug. 30 to elect a new committee of51 words
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Article80 1952-08-23 7 Officials of the Malayan Advertisers' Association elected at the first meeting held recently are: Mr. M. Lewis, of Fraser and Neave Co., President; Mr. G. W. Paul, of Sime Darby and Co., vice-president; committee Messrs. S. A. Beavls, R. Combe, R. S. Cooke, E. D. Bateman, Lim Kirn80 words
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Article20 1952-08-23 7 Lieut. B. R. Lowick, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Singapore Division, has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Com-mander20 words
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Article137 1952-08-23 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. IT would be "rash in the extreme" to prophesy that the price of rubber had yet reached bottom, Mr. R. F. McNair Scott, chairman of the Port Dickson-Lukut Rubber Estates Company, says in his annual statement to shareholders. He hoped that production137 words
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174 1952-08-23 7 A 17- YEAR-OLD boy in court yesterday promised ■to reform when his mother, wh 0 had charged him with stealing $100 from her, agreed to have him back. Choo Chor Kee, who was charged with stealing the money, from his mother's money-box In174 words
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Article49 1952-08-23 7 qiHE FEDERATION Gov- eminent have recently announced a new retired pay. pensions and gratuities scheme for the Malay and Federation Regiments. A similar scheme for Malayan Other Ranks serving with British forces is under active consideration. Details will be published as soon as possible.49 words
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Article40 1952-08-23 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Frl,. Wong Teck was charged In the Police Court yesterday with dishonestly receiving two pounds of coffee and two pounds of margarine belonging to FARELF Training Company, Kota Tinggi. He was allowed bail in $200.40 words
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Article14 1952-08-23 7 Singapore Government has allowed the Rochore Community Centre to apply for registration.14 words
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213 1952-08-23 7 MOVE TO GET MR. LIM OUT OF THE PARTY 30ME prominent members of the general council *3 of Singapore Labour Party are trying to get the chairman, Mr. Lim Yew H'lCk. expelled. These members are preparing charges against Mr. Lim and he will then be asked to show cause why213 words
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98 1952-08-23 7 MALAYAN students and members of the Malayan community and Civil Service in London were among guests yesterday at a tea party at Malaya Hall. The party was given by the Malayan Agent In London. Mr. Ward, to allow guests to meet th e Chief Secretary98 words
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Article83 1952-08-23 7 The Singapore Rugby Union willl hold a Rugger Dance at the S.V.C. Hall at 8 p.m. on Sept. 6, to raise the batance of the $10,000 it needs to send a Colony team to Ceylon for the All-India Tournament next month. Tickets, at $5 each,83 words
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Article50 1952-08-23 7 Singapore Government has decided to incorporate the MLstri gift of $950,000 into the Colony's medical plan. Mr. N. R. Mistrl, chairman and managing director of Phoenix Aerated Water Company, made this gift to the Government in June for additional non-paying accommodation at the General Hospital.50 words
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Article48 1952-08-23 7 SINGAPORE Art Society's third open exhibition of works by local teachers and art students begins today at the British Council Centre. Ninety-three paintings by 29 artists will be on show. Th e exhibition will be open daily, Including Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.48 words
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Article45 1952-08-23 7 Dr. C. J. Ferguson-Davie, Singapore's first Anglican bishop, will celebrate the 43rd anniversary of his consecration tomorrow. Bishop Ferguson-Davie, now 80, is working as a priest in charge of a church in South Africa. He retired from Malaya in 1927.45 words
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Article39 1952-08-23 7 BATU PAHAT. Fri.— Thian Seng was charged in Batu Pahat with rash driving and causing hurt to Tan Eng Chew, who is now in hospital. The case was postponed to Thursday. Bail of $500 was allowed.39 words
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Article18 1952-08-23 7 The next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council will be on Sept. 16, at 10 a.m.18 words
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Article22 1952-08-23 7 Mr. P. H. Burgess, Senior Customs Officer, has been appointed to act as Assistant Comptroller of Customs (Revenue), Singapore.22 words
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Article288 1952-08-23 7 Templer gives away 3 medals JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. TtHE High Commission- er, General Sir Gerald Templer, presented the British Empire Medal to f .hree Johore people in the Council Chamber today They were- Inche Abdul Hadi bin Awang Chik, Penghulu, Sungel Sedlll, Kota Tipggi; Mr. Low Yew Choon, of the288 words
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Article40 1952-08-23 7 It was announced at the annual reunion of the Green Howards Association in Yorkshire that the Ist Battalion, now In Malaya, is expected to return to England on Nov. 20 and will go to Barnard Castle.40 words
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Advertisement111 1952-08-23 7 MALAYAN AIRWAYS ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF A SERVICE TO X MALACCA COMMENCING ON SEPTEMBER Ist Moudays fir Thursdays Wednesday Saturdays DEP. Singapore 0750 DEP. Kuala Lumpur 0730 ARR. Malacca 0850 ARR. Malacca 0805 DEP. Malacca 0905 DEP. Malacca 0820 ARR. Kuala Lumpur 0940 ARR. Singapore 0920 DEP. Kuala Lumpur 1630111 words
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Advertisement106 1952-08-23 7 9^^Xpß IDE OF^jW IT Z£R LA ND If— "fjyr i SUPER-UJRTERPROOF fIUTOmfITIC 26,000 airciews of the R.A.F. and the R.C.A.F have successfully tested the Omega Seamaster Furthet, science confirms the facts after a 72 hours stay in a 120 "F oven followed by a sudden immersion in an ice-cold bath106 words
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315 1952-08-23 8 Stamford Club will tell MacGillivray: KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. COMPLAINTS against the position of general v degree university graduates employed by the Federation Government will be made at an interview to be held soon between Mr. D. C. MacGillivray, Deputy High Commissioner,315 words
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Article195 1952-08-23 8 QUIETEST WEEK FOR RUBBER THE past week has been one of the quietest of the year in the rubber market and fluctuations in pri:c have been negligible, says Lewis and Peat's weekly report. There has been some offtake for both Europe and the USA., but the volume has been small.195 words
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Article27 1952-08-23 8 A sewing machine and an adding machine were stolen from a shop in Orchard Road, Singapore, between 5 p.m. on Thursday and early yesterday morning.27 words
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199 1952-08-23 8 rpHE committee, appointea by the Singapore Government, to consider what should be doi:e with the Colony's share of the $6,000,000 rrom tre Indian Immigration Fund, has not como to an agreement on how the money is to re spent White the199 words
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Article32 1952-08-23 8 A young Chinese, armed with a knife, walked into a house in Chitty Road, Singapore, yesterday and robbed a woman of gold rings and a wrist watch worth $110.32 words
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Article, Illustration25 1952-08-23 8 MS GUT EDWARD WILLIAM FRANCIS and his bride, Miss Edith Mary Curd, drive away after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore. Straits Times picture.25 words
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231 1952-08-23 8 MOVE TO MEET SHORTAGE Building trade course in S'pore /GOVERNMENT will start a special course at the Singapore Trade School soon to train unskilled and unemployed Colony workers for the buildinp The Commissioner for Labour, Mr. G. W. Davis, told the Straits Times yesterday, that this was part of Government's231 words
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112 1952-08-23 8 IPOH. Fri. "TN-LAWS" were the cause X of the trouble in most domestic disputes that have come up before the Indian Advisory Bureau in Ipoh for settlement, said Mr. J. B Saville, State Welfare Officer. Perak. Out of a total of 117 cases heard daring112 words
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Article18 1952-08-23 8 Bombay has been declared in injected place under the Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance, Singapore.18 words
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32 1952-08-23 8 Perak's poppy chief named IPOH, Frl. MRS. K. J. Cummings, of Taiping, has been appointed the State organiser in Perak for Poppy Day coMect'.ons this year. District organisers are now being appointed.32 words
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Advertisement193 1952-08-23 8 NOTHING BUT PRAISE FOR UTTLE DANNY CHANG'S Performance In Paramount's M ML REAGAN FLEMING TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT! A DARING PICTURE OF A DARING WOMAN ON A MISSION.... "8 was an Wk lw emr Ull \khh^^ !^--^*....n0 sacrifice TOO GREAT! "i*-G-*\ M *TilCf Janet i^WiKrz i LEIGH SOON! \^W£» PeW ibhv193 words
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Advertisement186 1952-08-23 8 irnftAYtUljy Jg?j|| fefo 6.30,9.30 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL 1.0. U. I A GAMBLER EVER COLLECTED! SI PuHM SIEPHM"" GIGI I .^^^DARNEU McNALLY PERREJUJ oB> Tonight M'nite 48% SCOURGE OF THE SEVEN SEAS S the fury of the Spanish Main P^Pyt. ADVENTURES of mgg I CAPTAIN FABIAN li I Wt t, KWUC186 words
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Miscellaneous321 1952-08-23 8 The Straits Times Crossword 7 8 i§|~ 10 'i 12 is TT" z _jr 8 i_, 20 2l 23 2* i§"~ AoilOS.H 6. He had a famous Ruby (4. 4) 7. Food lor the gods (8). 8. A pretty tough sort of des9. He had many records to his cription321 words
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Miscellaneous253 1952-08-23 8 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News; 10.05 Housewives' Choice; 11 New Records; 1.02 pjn. Maisle Ballard, piano; 1.30 News; 2 Album of Harmony. 2.15 Racing, Selangor; 6.13 Si* nature Tune; 6.15 News; 6.25 The Emergency; 6 JO Race Results; 6.35 Children; 7 Listeners' Choice; 8 P.C. 49; 8.30 Musis In253 words
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Letter94 1952-08-23 9 IT is not fair to throw all the blame on to the present City Council regarding the Singapore blackout situation. They are only bearing the sins of the City Grandfathers. Four former Municipal Commissioners were mainly responsible. One of them has since died, but will the94 words
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449 1952-08-23 9 look around in the East to see just who is available out here before spending large sums to bring out from home men whose only recommendation Is a certain organising ability amongst people who will assist police officers instead of. as out449 words
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Letter163 1952-08-23 9 f SEE that Mr. Chan Kum Chee has again stepped forward to take on the role of defender, in connection With Singapore's electricity. i recall his spirited aetence of Mr. Thio Chan Bee, Mr Ess and very recently of Miss Amy Laycock. To surpass his163 words
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Letter243 1952-08-23 9 DRA WING LOTS IN THE M.C.A. NO member of the Malayan Chinese Association has denied that money raised from lotteries is to be used for purposes which Include the building and stren/thening of a vast political organisation. If lottery money is to be so used then a position has arisen243 words
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Letter149 1952-08-23 9 might do a lot worse than to IN the Aug. 16 issue of a contemporary of the Straits Times I read that security measures in and around Ipoh Town included 1,000 regular police, some of whom came from towns as far as Taiping Auxiliary police were also149 words
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Letter135 1952-08-23 9 rE Secretary of the Singapore Labour Party gives Mr. Davies's "frail health" as the reason for not nominating Mm as a candidate to contest the North Ward, denies Mr. Davies's charge that the party council consists of a "vicious clique", and says that Mr. Davies's lack135 words
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Letter61 1952-08-23 9 |X)R over a hundred years F medical science has accepted the theory that the value of vaccination has a duration of seven years. We are now told that three years is the limit It seems pertinent to Inquire who the authority Is it must be an61 words
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Letter186 1952-08-23 9 MR. S. GOVINDASAMY, In your issue of Aug.' 19, says of the detainees: "'Let the public see true justice administered before it can be accepted as such. After every arrest the police publicly state that they have evidence against persons arrested. If there is real evidence,186 words
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Letter79 1952-08-23 9 WISHING only to have bis passport papers signed, a nuor Indian labourer approached a certain doctor, who demanded $10 for the job. The labourer then tr ed a certain J.l'., whose rates were even higher be demanded $25 (Is this the reason why the79 words
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Letter105 1952-08-23 9 DO appreciate the prompt 1 denial by Mr. F. I. Storkey, P.W.D. officer In charge of allocations of Government holiday bungalows at Tanjong Rhu, of allegations that there Is corruption and favouritism in the allocation of the bungalows. While I have nothing to say about corruption. I105 words
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Letter59 1952-08-23 9 T READ with interest the 1 letter published in your issue of Tuesday, August 19, under the heading "The Small Man's Claim" and signed by Mr. S. Sheh. Unfortunately the War Damage legislation does not permit the Commission to adopt the method suggested by your correspondent. S.59 words
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152 1952-08-23 9 TT is amazing that the big Kuala Pilah hospital, which has many wards, has not a 2nd Class Ward to cater for paying patients and Government officers eligible for treatment in such wards. Whenever a Govern inent officer wishes to gain admission to a152 words
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329 1952-08-23 9 Money on security: the A.-G.' s ruling A PERSON who lends A money on security does not, become a moneylender unless he is carrying on business the primary object of which is to lend money" this ruling, which the At-torney-General of the Federation gave recently In reply to the Associated329 words
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Letter145 1952-08-23 9 Fl the Free Press of Aug. 20 Mr. Lim Yew Hock is reported as saying, in the Legislative Council on Tuesday, that "in the case of two recent strikes, of the National Carbon Company men and uniformed postal employees, the T.U.C. had been instrumental in bringing145 words
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196 1952-08-23 9 Welfare of mankind comes first dogs' last AUR ever-energetic Director of Medical Services, Dr. Vickers, is certainly a man of few w:rds but prompt actions. His campaign ajainst snail ox is in full swing throughout Singapore It is a pity that those who are supposed tD control dogs and rabies196 words
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Letter127 1952-08-23 9 AS the prevention of rabies is better than lots of talk in the papers and tons of vaccine afterwards for the cure, may I suggest that collecting centres be established at market places in rotation for the collection of stray dogs and cats, which do not,127 words
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Letter101 1952-08-23 9 IT was with disgust that I read in your paper on Aug. 15 that "Viva Zapata" had been banned In the Federation I have waited montns lor this fine film to arrive out here and now all intelligent and educated fllmgoers are to be denied101 words
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Letter168 1952-08-23 9 rpHE Singapore City Council, A in its wisdom, has now forbidden the officers of the Animal Infirmary to give emergency treatment to sick and injured animals outside Government office hours, or on any of tho 52 Sundays, 52 half-Saturdays and 18 public holidays which City168 words
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Advertisement41 1952-08-23 9 Children are happiest in Viyella 4t IF IT SHRINKS WE REPLACE* Clydella "IF IT SHRINKS WE REPLACE* ouimm »oimw*co.tim| vmiiA noun mmmtmut •Viyella" 'Clytlella' textiles are manufactured in Great Britain by VILI.IAM HOLLINS COMPANY LIMITED VIYLLLA HOUSE, NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND EilaHiibtd 1704.41 words
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Advertisement176 1952-08-23 9 Over-all protection i Mother Nature gave it to the turtle, Halda made it for the 'portable typewriter. The Swedish-built H.ilJj has 3 strong J frame, with robust sides and back, and a sturdy, sound-absorbing j bottom plate. H.ilda is not only protected against shocks, but [against dust and dirt as176 words
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Miscellaneous22 1952-08-23 9 INOCULATION PREPARATION FOR M A S£i?I T A&I L E Responsibility Strict v theu could **Bm^mamaaamaß=s= m^^ IWO in One. Couldn't "thcu22 words
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Article398 1952-08-23 10 TTNS were the strongest section of the Singapore Share Market yesterday, being quietly firm together with Industrials. Rubbers remained untouched. Increasing confidence In the situation in Borneo was reflected lv British Borneo Petroleums which appreciated by nearly three shillings. Quotations by the Valayan Share Brokers'398 words
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Article306 1952-08-23 10 RUBBERS AUenby 70 AJorGalah .85 Amal Malay 100 Avrr Hliam 70 AverMolek 1.70 Aver Panaa J 05 Baaertt 47 Batu Lintann 1.30 Bedford 1.06 Bent* SS BoreUi 2.00 BroK* 92 Brun.-l United 75 BukttKstlJ 80 HukltKipoiiz 1.30 Changkat Serdang 125 Cminemara 85 Olencallv 1.27 Haralltou306 words
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Article25 1952-08-23 10 ■V-O. 1 B.S.S. September Mn C.B. cents): Welne«day's Thursday's c osln? closing 30.00 bid 29.80 bid 30.20 asVed. 30.05 asked. Tone:— ldle.25 words
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Article84 1952-08-23 10 lLf UNTOK white pePP-r remained 1 at $800 a plcul sellers In Singapore yestrday, with Sarawak at $5 a plcul less. Lampong (black) was also unchanged at $560 a plcul. Small transactions were reported on an f.o.b. basis at ex-godown prices. On the Produce Exchange, sago flour was84 words
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Article211 1952-08-23 10 Rubber falls 1 1/8 cts. By Our Market Correspondent RUBBER lost U cents on the Singap:re market yesterday, September first grade closing at 851 cents a lb. The fall in price was due to a certain amount of selling of upcountry stocks, with support from the trade, buyers being cautious.211 words
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Article14 1952-08-23 10 SINGAPORE, Fri., Auk. 22.— 5482.50 a picul (up %112V-i cents).14 words
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Article33 1952-08-23 10 HONO KONG. Fri. Free market currency exchange of Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HK56.39-\ (cash); HKs6.42'-i (T.T.); HK$l5 90. One tael of gold HK5299.3T-..33 words
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Article42 1952-08-23 10 A dividend of 2s. 6d. per £1 ordinary stock unit (less Income tax at the rate of 9s. 6d. In the will be recommended at the annual meeting of Consolidated Tin Smelters Ltd., to be held or; September 11.42 words
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Article210 1952-08-23 10 rpHE following arrivals and de- partures of ships are published for general Information: Arrivals yesterday: Lampong. Landak and Camphuys from Indonesian ports; Almee Lykes from U.S^A.; Flonla from Bangkok; Empire Halliday from Korea. Departures yesterday: Hal Hlng for Rangoon; Kampar and Bagan for Indonesia; Tarn for Continent Due210 words
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Advertisement1377 1952-08-23 10 83 Si MANSFIELD CO,, LID. B Passage (Incorporated in Singapore) All oth«r D*v* BLUE FUNNEL LWE Carrier's option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINGS te LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Oil* Sails P. Sham Penang Clytoneas for Liverpool Glasgow G. 31/14 Ana 24 Aug.1,377 words
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Advertisement501 1952-08-23 10 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. F« U.K./CONTINENT Spore S'hom Penong Benvenue tor Liverpool, Dublin Hamburg, Antwerp In Port 24/24 Aua Benolbanach for Liverpool, Glas- gow, Avonmouth, Rotterdam 26 Aug/1 Sept 2/ 3 Sept. 4/ 6 Sept. t Benvannoch for London, Newcastle, Hull 30 Aug/3 Sept. 6/ 7 Sept. 8/10 Sept. Benottow501 words
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Advertisement487 1952-08-23 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/U.K./CONTINENT 1 Spore P. S'hom Penong "Patagonia" for Bangkok, Saigon, H'kong, Kobe. Yokohama 29/30 Aug. UnltS "Meonla" for Bangkok 14/17 Sept. 14/15 Sept. 12/13 Sept. "lise'Je" for Bcngkok, Soigon? H'kono., Manila, Kobe. Yokohama 17/20 Sept 15/14 Sept. 13/14 Sept. "Poeomo" for Bangkok, Saigon Honokong, Manila,487 words
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Advertisement1135 1952-08-23 10 McALISTER CO., LTD. TEL: Na 5906 LLERMAN 6c BUCKN4LL KLAVENESS LIMB LONDON, HAVRE. ROTTERDAM ft LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG ft HULL PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER ono 'zfz&n £.0^ Port! -si: P c or" So Mi Spor. CITYO B p*K tAO Pe.*,ng Gdns. 8-9 Spore P. S'hom Penang 25 Aug.1,135 words
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Article532 1952-08-23 11 Great fielding did it says the skipper I—o VICTORY In a friendly soccer match played at Parrer Park yesterday Indian Recreation Club "A" bea C.V.M.A. (Portuguese Mission) by one-nil. N. Nadaraja scored for IJt.C LONDON, Friday. gURREY today won the English county cricket championship by beating DerbyshireReuter - 532 words
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Article145 1952-08-23 11 HOVK, Fit OUSSEX oecame the second I county sia6 to beat the Indian touring team when they wou by six wickets today. The Indians nad last to Surrey in M«y. INDIANS— 1*1 Inns: UM> Mi'A.it,x-i«t -am. INDIANS— 2nd Uni. v. uaeswM rnomson D Sarwalc k rhomson145 words
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Article383 1952-08-23 11 LONDON, Friday. VTV T EARLY a million soccer enthusiasts will begin 11 their weekly trek to the football grounis of England and Wales tomorrow, when the 1952/53 first class Association Football season opens this great annual winter same, which provides the double attraction of an383 words
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Article78 1952-08-23 11 Results of ties of the S.T.T^'s 1952 Championships played last night at the SB A. Hall are: JUNIOR INTER-CLUB LEAGUE Chinese Engr. Merchant (Blue) bt BODCA 5-0; Milky way bt Chinese Printing W.U. 5-1; JoUllads S.A. bt Chinese Sports Assn. 5-4; Shing Wah (Yellow) bt SHB Boys'78 words
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Article45 1952-08-23 11 The Chinese Swimming Club will hold a Talentime for vocal and music at the Club on Friday, Aug. 29, at 8.00 p.m. Entries from members and their children can still be received. There is no charge for entries. Prises will be awarded.45 words
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Article47 1952-08-23 11 The S. B. H. P. A. League Cup fixture between Sime Darby and O.T.E.C scheduled for yesterday was off, because the referee did not turn up. In the other League Cup match at Balfstler Road yesterday, Chartered Balk lest to Pulo Bukom 3-047 words
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Article56 1952-08-23 11 Following will represent Old Victorians against St. Andrew's Old Boys tor their Evan Wong shield cricket match at Ceylon S.C. ground tomorrow: S. Yogorajah (Capt.). R. Sltharam. Dr. K. S. Retnam, S. Kulasingam, A. C. Shagaran, E. X Thamby, S. Balakrish^an. Ismail Jabbar, 8. M. Ally, Rudh56 words
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Article29 1952-08-23 11 TODAY: High midnight (9.9 ft.) and 1239 (9.1); Low 0621 (1.7) and 1820 (2.9). TOMORROW: High 0030 (9.8) and 1300 (9.1); Low 0644 (1.9) and 1849 (2.7).29 words
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Article, Illustration48 1952-08-23 11 INDIA'S Umriear bowled by Bedser in the fourth and last Test at the Oval. England declared at 326 with six wickets down. India came into bat on a sticky wicket and their first five wickets went down for only six runs. Rain washed oat this Test. Popper picture.48 words
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Article88 1952-08-23 11 Rain stopped play after Raffles lust, had scored 16 without loss in their cricket match against the Overs as Beys, a scratch team of boys from England and Australia who are in Singapore on holiday, at Raffles ground yesterday. Pathmanathan and Ramakrlxhna:i had batted fcr only88 words
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Article110 1952-08-23 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Pri. •fHREE thousand people including many Americans sat through the rain at P.B. Park tonight to see the American negro Harlem Globetrotters play a brand of basketball Malaya has not known. The crowd received their moneys worth and a drenching. The rain cut out110 words
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Article469 1952-08-23 11 VICTORY FOR BARNES IN COURT CASE court today he did not ban Barnes frtr takine films or jumping ove* the turnstiles. Mr. Shard asked Johnson if ti« would still ban Barnes if next season he averaged 200, was the best fielder in Australia and nev»r dropped a catch. "What about469 words
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Article60 1952-08-23 11 In a SAFA Div. 2 league soccer match played at the Geylang Stadium yesterday Star Scccrrltes jounced sngapore Medical Services Union by four goals to nil. Fiftren minutes after the internal Munlandy, SMSU centre-half, ,vas sent off by the referee Chong Lling Sin. Scorers for Star60 words
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Article75 1952-08-23 11 The officials elected to run th Muslim New Year sports, at Jalai Besar stadium on Oct. 5, are: Tuan Haji Mohamed Khan 'chairman), Tuan Mohamed Tahli bin Mahmood (hon. secretary) Che Kemat bin Haji Hussain (hon treasurer), Tuan Mahmood bin Abdul Wahab J.P. (Hon. auditor) and75 words
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Article87 1952-08-23 11 SOCCER FRIENDLY. Malay, t Johore Chinese at J. Besar; 1.8.C. A v Braddell S.C\, Farrer Park JUNIOR CUP: Harbour" Board v Haikowyu at J. Besar, 4 p.m DIV. 2: Marine Dept v T.B. Rangers at Geylang. BUSINESS HOUSES: Cold Sforage B v 1.C.1, at 8.0.D.C.A.; Mansfield v Borneo Co87 words
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Article65 1952-08-23 11 SOCCER FRIENDLY: Singapore A v Johore. Chinese, at. J. Besar stadium. JUNIOR CUP: Tuan Mont Tampenis Rovers at J. Besar, 4 pun. DIV. 3A: Town Kangrrs v Indian B.S at Geylanf. BUSINESS HOUSES: Hong Kont: Bank A v P. Bukotn at 8.0.D.C^. CRICKET INTER-ARMY: (cont). Neo Soon. MOTOR CYCLING65 words
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Advertisement98 1952-08-23 11 BJjfi beuotid IAJ! its the world's BIGGEST small car buy! If you do a lot of town driving here is a car that will take a load off your mind in parking and in heavy traffic. The Morris Minor with its good acceleration and compact size will get you in98 words
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Article1235 1952-08-23 12 Evergreen will be the danger By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Friday yyHEN 16M.M. carried 9.0 into a good second behind Lord Dhoti over 7f. last week, F marked him down as one to follow for an early win. The scratching of Temujin has hastened 161,235 words
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Article150 1952-08-23 12 £PSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER ACE I 2.30 AT LAST Vuillaumr MandaUy AT LAST Flying Spirit Vuiltanme AT LAST Petitioner Ashofc RACE t 3.00 JEANNETTE Demonic Unaware IN'AWARE Jeannettc Demonic UNAWARE Jeannette Demonic RACE 3 3.31 CONSTELLATION Perky Count Peter BINNTON Constellation Perky Count CONSTELLATION Perky Count Starain150 words
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Article23 1952-08-23 12 Heavy rain fell in Kuala Lumpur last night. The going at today's races will at best be on the yielding side23 words
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Article263 1952-08-23 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Prt. A T the dose of play today in the Sultans' Shield cricket competition Selangor Malays had scored 71 runs for S wickets In reply to Johore Malays' 109 in the first Innings. The match will be concluded tomorrow. Johore began disastrously, losing three263 words
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60 1952-08-23 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Ip Koon-Hung and Ong Chew Bee the Hong Kong and Malayan tennis champions respectively, will play exhibition matches in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Sept in the event of rain the games will take place the next day. The programme of60 words
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Article1059 1952-08-23 12 Kace 1—2.30: CL 4, Div 4— 6*. 1 38« Flying Spirit Ellery 9.00 Mr. Wong Ah York Heddle 2 176 Vuillanme Lansdown 8.12 Mr. A Mrs. K C. Foong Tjoa 3 538 Screen Percival 8.10 Shaw Stable Spencer 4 335 Mandalay McCloud 8.10 Mr B. C. Chew Rodgers1,059 words
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Article69 1952-08-23 12 rpHE Malayan Jockeys Assoclax Uon will hold their annual charity Ball at Raffles Hotel, S'ngapore on Monday. Sept. 8. Proceeds will be donated to local charities. This will be the fifth charity Ball to be organised by jockeys in Malaya. Previous functions were tremendous successes and local charities69 words
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Article280 1952-08-23 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. HNTRIES for the amateur race meeting here on RJ Saturday, Aug. 30, were announced today. There will be six races with fields of 19, 14. 11, 28, 16 and 27. The meeting Is being run by the Selangor Turf Club for the280 words
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Article151 1952-08-23 12 Tiny Ampon shocks Art Larsen TORONTO, Fri. rpiNY Fellcislno Ampon of the Philippines played one of his greatest game* yesterday to elimi. nate top-seeded Art Larsen of California, 6-U, 2-6. 6-4, 6-1 In the quarter-finals of the Canadian lawn tennis championships. Larsen is ranked second in the United States behind151 words
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200 1952-08-23 12 |N this SAFA Div. One league'game played at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday devoid of incident, thrill or score, a ten-man Kota Raja Xl— Hashim their goalkeeper was Injured in the 15th minute and went out of play —held a listless Pulau Brani200 words
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Article103 1952-08-23 12 UTAH, Fri:— Lieutenant Colonel A.T. "Goldie" Gardner, 61-year-old British racing motorist, has set 21 American and International speed records for light cars nee Saturday in time trials on Bonnevllle salt flats near here. Yesterday, the last day of his trials, he established the following threeReuter - 103 words
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