The Straits Times, 25 August 1952

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    21 1 The Straits Times MdL/UvlS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 <¥- PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 35, 1952 TWELVE PAGES 25 Mlfi 195?
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    $100,000 loss in Malacca fire
    163 1 $100,000 loss in Malacca fire MALACCA, Sun rpHE Tiong ileng Tobacco Factory at X a m p o n g Hulu. Malacca, was gutted by flre in the early hours of this morning. The damage is estimated a f $100,000 The flr e destroyed many stacks of tobacco and two
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    Lockout at airline
    55 1 GUATEMALA CITY. Sun.- Officials of the strike-bound Pan-American Airline said here today they had appealed against a Labour court order directing them to reopen their offices here and resume their international air service Meanwhile the order i* being ignored an<i employes are beii? refused admittance to company
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    Indonesia "not neutral'
    47 1 WASHINGTON. Sun.—lndonesia's Ambassador to the United Nations, Mr Lamber tvs Palar. said today hW country considered itself a mediator in international affairs In a broadcast interview today, Mr. Palar said: "W.» don't want to be neutral. W<? want to bring the parties together."— Reuter
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    SARAWAK NEEDS MORE POLICE
    284 1 Sir Rob Lockhart sees Reds in difficulties KUCHING, Sunday. THE Deputy Director of Operations in Malaya, General Sir Rob Lockhart, said here today that the police force could do with' more recruits, in particular Chinese. It should be reorganised from peoce time level to meet the
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    $400,000 prize v to Selangor
    256 1 $400,000 prize v to Selangor KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. TICKET No. *****13 won the first prise of $400, "00 in the Malayan Chinese Association's eleventh million dollar lottery draw today. The ticket was soli) in Selanjror. The second' prise was won by No. *****72 ($160,000). The ticket was sold in Singapore.
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    Liberation day march in Paris
    38 1 PARIS. Sun. Paris was decked out in flags today to commemorate its liberation from the Germans in 1944. In Fontainebleau. units of the Central European Allied Command and the French army paraded.— Reuter
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    Mr. & Mrs. Eden in Lisbon
    15 1 Mr. Mrs. Eden in Lisbon Mr. Anthony Eden and his wife arrived in Lisbon yesterday.—Reuter.
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    Tunis murder
    26 1 SOUSSE, Sun Three masked men last night machine-gunned the house of a retired French civil servant near here, killing him and one Tunisian.— Reuter.
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    FOOD CHECK ON PICNIC PARTIES
    215 1 FOOD CHECK ON PICNIC PARTIES KUALA LUMPUR, Sun OIGID lightening of. the laws prohibiting movement oi rice, flour and other cereals part of the "Operation Starvation" against the ter rorists has begun In Negri Sembilan. Kuala Lumpur picnickers travelling to Port Dlckson yesterday reported that their cars had to stop
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    BLOOD BANK FOR SIAM
    47 1 WASHINGTON. Sun.— Slam will soon set up its own blood bank with the help of U.S. equipment and technicians. The Mutual Security Agency, has allocated US$l6,OOO to create a blood plasma plant. The equipment will consist of freezing and dehydrating apparatus.— A J».
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    UMNO OPPOSES THE PURCELL MISSION
    121 1 'Report will create prejudice' TAIPING, Sunday RESOLUTIONS opposing the fact-finding mission **> of Dr. Victor Purcell to investigate livine conditions of Malayan Chinese were passed by tht Perak branch of the United Malays National Organisation at its annual assembly which rnded today The assembly considered
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    Murder: One day search
    62 1 ALDERSHOT, Sun.— Police today arrested James John Allcott, 23, believed to be a former railway worker. He will appear in court tomorrow, charged with killing 28-year-old Geoffrey Dean, booking citric, found stabbed to death last night in his locked ticket office at a little raiiiyay station
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    Plane hits sea
    41 1 SAVANNAH BEACH (Georgia), Sun.— A light plane went out of control, swooped low over hundreds of horrified bathers at the beach here yesterday and crashed In the surf, killing one air force man anl injuring another.— U. P.
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    SPIES SHOT
    15 1 TAIPEI. Sun.— Four Formosans were executed in Taipei today as Communist spies.— A.P.
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    India takes it to U.N.
    137 1 NEW DELHI Sun rpHE Indian Foreign Minls- try today announced the overnmenfs decision to br:ng to the notice of the next session of the United Nations General Assembly the passive resistance campaign in South Africa as "a development of the highest importance from the point
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    Tempter gives the OK but headmen are silent
    448 1 SEGAMAT. Sunday. THIRTEEN Chinese headmen at Yong Peng today greeted Sir Gerald Yempler in stony silence when he suggested they should fight the Communist bandits without help from the Army. Sir Gerald made this suggestion during a tour *Johore State after being
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    5 hurt in bus crash
    60 1 Five passengers ?{fire Injured, three seriously, yesterday evening when a bus overturned at the eighth mile. Changl Road, Singapore. The seriously Injured who were admitted into trie General Hospital were Wong Cheong. a*ed 24, Perumal. aged 36. and a woman Chal Sen. aged 55. The
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    Car on fire in road
    31 1 A car caught fire In Stamford Road, Singapore, early yesterday. The fire brigade put out the blaze. In Fort Canning cemetery a tree was burned out.
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    HEAT DEATHS
    28 1 JERUSALEM, Sun. Scores of people fainted in the streets, many more had heart attacks and at least two died in Israel's worst heat-wave this week-end.— Reuter.
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    Train blown up
    22 1 RANGOON, Sun. Communists derailed a passenger train near Pegu, 40 miles from Rangoon, by dynamiting the railway line.— Reuter.
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    MCA discuss use of $500,000 gift
    89 1 KUALA LUMPUR Sunday THE eleven-man M.C.A. "Cabinet" met for four hours in Kuala Lumpur today. And, it is understood, theyi gave full powers to the President, Sir Cheng-lock Tan, to negotiate with the Malays on the use of the $500.000 1 offered to them
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    If the race crowds went to church..
    90 1 PENANG, Sun. pROYVDS Which could bs seen at the races or in the cabarets would fill churches to overflowing, the Rev. Father Audet, acting; Vicar of the Church of the Assumption, said in his sermon today. Commenting on the comparatively poor attendances at
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    'World oil controlled by the big seven'
    169 1 'World oil controlled by the big seven' WASHINGTON. Sun. A UNITED STATES Senate committee today published an official report which had D^en suppressed for a year alleging that seven internatibnal oil com panics two of them British held a monopoly oi the world's oil, divided markets between them and fixed
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    106 cars had bad tyres
    70 1 The Mobile Squad of the Singapore Traffic Police reported 106 motorists last month for driving with bad tyres, a Trafhc Police spokesman said yesterday. This type of case was seasonal and would decline when ihose worn tyres now being used were replaced, a Traffic Police
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    HARD FA CTSFOR RUSSIANS
    185 2 West industries ahead even of the new Plan LONDON, Sunday. [JUSSIA is still running far behind the West in industrial production. This is revealed by the newly-announced Soviet five-year-plan. Many Western European observers believe optimistically that Russia is fully aware of the West's industrial supremacy and
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    Narriman says: I am upset
    113 2 Narriman says: I am upset CAPRI, Italy, Sun. PRINCESS Narriman. farmer Queen of Egypt, today objected to Egyptian military censors making her personal mail public property. The 19-year-old mother of Kinir Ahmed Puad said •she read her mother's admonition by letters not t» wear "nhbreriated" swim salts, in the newspapers
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    Uranium find
    30 2 PRINCE ALBERT, Baskatchevan, Sat. Two prospectors today reported a uranium find at Nunn Lake, about 50 miles north of Lake La Rong e in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada.— Reuter.
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    Third party?
    35 2 CHICAGO, Sun CoL Robert R. McConnick, editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, yesterday called fc the formation of another political party. He suggested that the party be called the "American Party."— UP.
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    Reporter held
    39 2 PARIS. Sun.— Th* National Union of Journalists d* manded yesterday that the French Foreign Office take action to obtain the releas.. of a Communist Journalist who was reported held in Cairo by the Egyptian Gov"rnment v p
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    Girl for Bogart
    22 2 HOLLYWOOD, Sun. A girl of 61b. 5o«. was born yesterday to actress Lauren Bacall. wife of Humphrey Bogart.— UP
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    31 2 VIOLIN pU,4.i s is President Vincent Anriol's bobby. lie is now on holiday at Muret In Southern France and he takes up the instrument with the intense interest of a master.
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    Defence test in Hong kong
    68 2 HONG KONG, Sun. piFTY frogmen armed with mock limpet mines early today "raided" shipping in Hong Kong harbour m a surprise exercise to test the Colony's defences against night underwater attack. Searchlights stabbed the night as local defences went into mock action. Beams that overshot
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    INDONESIA BALANCES TRADE WITH U.S.
    122 2 WASHINGTON, Sunday. rpHE Commerce Department is expected to issue a report this week showing that Indonesia earne.i about U. 5.586,000,000 during the first half 01 iOS?. in its trade with the United States. The report will reveal the dollar value of products that America exported
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    WHAT MAO SAYS
    31 2 HONG KONG. Son. rtlHI first and second X volumes of Mao Tsc Tung's works are now on sale in Japan, according to Peking Radio heard here today. Beuter
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    Big buying by Russia
    98 2 COLOMBO, Sun. TMPRESSIVE shipments of rubber are going from Ceylon to Communist coun- j tries, according to latest offl-| ciafi figures on foreign trade. These also show Russia and I Poland have been buying re- I laUvety large quantities of I this essential war m c
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    Airliner stops for boy king
    118 2 Airliner stops for boy king GENEVA. Sun A BRITISH airlinei will make a special stMJ here tonight to picl: up schoolboy Kir-,' Hussein and fly him to his desert Kingdom of Jordan to rule in place of his sick father, Talal. Normally the plane stops oniv at Rome. Queen Mother
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    No change in African policy
    75 2 NAIROBI. Sun KENYA Government published a communique today indicating its policy towards African agitation and] re- emphasising the desire of the British Government to grant home rule to East African territories. British policy has In no way altered, the communique stated despite the change of
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    Police hold 42
    24 2 CAIRO. Sun. Forty-two persons are being held on charges of spreading Communist propaganda in Egypt, a police official said yesterday. A.P.
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    RUSSIA WILL TALK-ON TERMS
    288 3 Treaty and German unity come first MOSCOW, Sunday. ■RUSSIA proposed today a four-power meeting on a German peace treaty to be held not later than October. She said sh< would discuss a German elections commission, as proposed by the three Western powtiS, oniv after discussion of
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    'Queen of wallet robbers
    87 3 'Queen of wallet robbers MILAN. Sun. GIUESPPINA Giouvani. 47, known to Italian Police as "Miss Pickpocket," after setting a world record of stealing 35 wallets in 24 hours, was back in her cell yesterday a few hours after she was to be released. Giuesppina had finished serving a term of
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    Water for Hong Kong
    64 3 HONG KONG, Sun— Work on a 1,000 foot long and 150foot high concrete dam in the Tai Lam Valley of the New Territories will start before the end of 1952. The dam will store 1,150 million gallons of water. Hong Kong has been on water ration
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    More broken marriages
    64 3 NEW YORK, Sun.— Divorces will probably continue at a high rate in the United States because of the "changed attitude" toward marriage brought about by the war, statisticians predicted today The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company says '-he present number of divorces in Amtrica Is 35 per cent
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    Korea trial in camera
    57 3 PUSAN, Sun.— The trial of 12 men alleged to be implicated in an attempt on the life of President Syngman Rhee went Into private session day. No reason was given, but a court official said it was feared one of the accused men might make some
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    25 3 INDONESIAN students in national dress dance at the reception given by tbe Indonesian Minister to Berne, Alflan Yusuf Hlemi, to celebrate his country's national day.
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    Building to replace Red truce tent
    166 3 FANMUNJOM. Sunday. COMMUNISTS at the truce talks site here are building: a permanent house for their delegation, apparently to indicate they are willing to so on talking forever. The building, will replace the worn tent which has served the Communist delegation for more than
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    15 VICTIMS OF SEX MANIAC
    57 3 RIO DE JANEIRO. Sun. SAO PAULO police are looking for a sex maniac who earlier this week killed a 15-year-old girl, the 15th victim in a recent wave of sex crimes. The girl was found by her younger brother in a clump of bushes near
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    San Marino will refuse British cash
    143 3 SAN MARINO, Sun. rE small state of San Marino will refuse Britain's last offer to settle her war damage claims. News that Britain would pay no more than £26.000— about 1 30 th of San Marino's demand— was conveyed to San Marino in a
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    MACAO SAYS: 'SORRY'
    29 3 HONG KONG, Sun. The Macao border with Communist China was reopened today. It is reported that Macao agreed to pay a financial indemnity and apologise.— AP.
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    Rain threat to rescuers
    68 3 STALDEN, Sun.— Rescuers thrusting almost a mile into the flooded 'Tiell bole" grotto where four Swiss explorers have been trapped for nine days today found their way blocked by a wall of water. A new danger has developed while the rescuers are at work. The ram
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    British give back building
    38 3 CAIRO. Sun.— British forces yesterday turned over to the Egyptian authorities the customs buildings at Almaadya on the Suez Canal. The British occupied the buildings last autumn at the outbreak of guerilla fighting. -A.P.
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    LYN GETS A NEW BRIDGE
    105 3 LYNMOUTH, Sun. rpROOPS working through 1 the night under arc lamps nave completed the first new bridge across the river Lyn, which flooded a week ago, resulting in the death of about 30 people. The new bridge opens road communication with the nearby hamlet of
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    Oil talks to resume
    91 3 TEHERAN, Sun. MR. HASSOBI, an Iranian oil expert and engineer, who is a member of the Mixed Oil Commission which tenders advice to the Iranian Government on oil matters, was quoted yesterday as sayIng that Iran would, in the last resort, agree to arbitration on the
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    Queen's letter 3d. a look
    71 3 LONDON, Sun. A VEBIL GODDARD, 11, wrote to Queen Mary inviting her to open a garden fete which she had organised in her grandmother's garden at Hunstanton. Queen Mary, who is staying at nearby Sandringham, the Royal Family's country home, replied that she *****2 not
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    Alert in Cairo as Wafd celebrates
    116 3 CAIRO, Sunday. r[E Cairo area army commander proclaimed an alert in the capital tonight. Egyptian army mechanised columns toured the city in "a show of force,'' as the Wafd party and other allied parties celebrated the 25th anniversary of the death of Saad Zaghlul,
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    VOLUNTEERS
    30 3 HEIDELBERG, Sun. A total of 2.116 infaatry soldiers in the United States army in Europe have volunteered since January for duty In Korea, American Army Headquarters announced today. Reuter.
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    EMBRACE FROM 'MISS EUROPE'
    30 3 GINZELJ BASAB, 20, of Istanbul, who was awarded the "Miss Europe 1952" title in Naples, embracing "Miss Greece," who was second, after the result was announced.
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    One killed in border clash
    41 3 BELGRADE, Sun. The official Yugoslav agency, Tanjug. said that a Yugoslav soldier was killed and three Injured when Albanian terrorists penetrated Into Yugoslavia on three consecutive days this week and opened fire on Yugoslav patrols.— Reuter.
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    Soviet protest
    38 3 BERLIN, Sun. Soviet authorities have protested to the American High Commission in Germany against alleged Illegal transport of non-military goods on Amen can military trains passim* through Germany says the East German news agency AD.N.— Reuter.
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    Kenya fights crime wave
    110 3 Kenya fights crime wave NAIROBI, Sun rwiHE Kenya Government yesterday warned that It would use "every means at its disposal" to smash the mounting crime wave. A curfew has been clamped on three African areas in the past two days and the Government has promised to increase the police force
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    UK has big air lead
    94 3 COVENTRY. Sun. BRITISH Overseas Airways chief Sir Miles Thomas, said here today that operators of the' United States civil airlines were on the verge of "signing on the dotted line" for a fleet of British jet propelled airliners. Sir Miles made his statement on arrival
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    Britain will export more
    54 3 - LONDON, Sun. Britain will export more coal and armaments between now and the end of 1952, the Treasury announced yesterday. A monthly economic survey issued by the Treasury said Britain expected to improve her industrial production and achieve a balance for sterling in the second half
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    DRY AGAIN
    33 3 RANGOON. Sun. Water sold lor ur>/to one rupee eight annas per bucket in Rangoon this week after rebels cut the city's water supplies for the eleventh time in 18 months. —Reuter.
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    Nehru for London
    20 3 NEW DELHI. Sun.— The Prime Minister Mr. Nehru, will attend the coronation in London next year.— Reuter.
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    Spurs lose at home m season's first match
    760 4 DAY OF SOCCER IN THE SUNSHINE LONDON, Sunday. riOOTBALL in the sunshine yesterday was r welcomed by an aggregate crowd of 1,13»,000 spectators when the English soccer season opened. This is only 59,000 less than the record aggregate for a Saturday— the
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    RESULTS
    312 4 LEAGUE DIVISION I Aston Villa 1 Arsenal 2 Bolton 2 Derby County 0 Burnley 0 Middlesbrough 1 Manchester V. 2 Chelsea 0 Portsmouth 0 Blackpool 2 Preston 1 Liverpool 1 Sheffield Wed. 2 Newcastle 2 Stoke 2 Manchester C 1 Sunderland 2 Charlton 1 Tottenham 3 W. Bromwich 4
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    INDIANSDO WELL AT LORD'S
    148 4 INDIANSDO WELL AT LORD'S LONDON, Sun. mHE Indian tourists did well to total 289 at Lord's yesterday against keen bowlIng and fielding by Middlesex. Robertson and Sharp open ed for the county an hour before the close and never looked troubled. Feature of the Indian innings was ft bright century
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    COUNTY TABLE AND 1st CLASS AVERAGES
    365 4 LONDON. Friday. POSITIONS In (he Cavnty Cricket championship table after the matches ending A»f. 12 are: Warwick and Lancashire records include eight points lor Ist innings lead In match tied. Sussex and Essex records Include four points for tie without first innings lead. Glamorgan
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    Surrey toil all day in the field
    323 4 LONDON, Sunday. SURREY, the new county champions, were given a hard day in the field yesterday by Hampshire who topped the 300 mark. Rogers and Gray put on 128 for the first wicket, wearing down accurate and hostile bowling by careful cricket. Rogers
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    RUGBY LEAGUE RESULTS
    79 4 LONDON. Sun. Yesterday's rugby league results: BaUey 20, Rochdale 12: Belle Vue Rangers 15, Hull Kingston Rovers 3; Bradford Northern 40, Bramley 11: Castleford 16, Hunslet 7; Halifax 11. Leigh 10; Hull 27, York 6: Leeds 2, Barrow 3; Liverpool City 5, Dewsbury 31; Oldham 32, Featherstone
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    BARNES IN MORE TROUBLE
    252 4 From JACK FINGLETON SYDNEY, Sun. ANEW TWIST was given to the Syd Barnes case last night from Melbourne, where former Cricket Board of Control president, Dr. Alan Robertson, who is still a member of the Board, said: "Onty a fraction of the case against Barnes has
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    'Marino should retire'—Sam
    66 4 'Marino should retire' Sam HONOLULU, Sun. Manager Sam Ichinose said yesterday that if Hawaii's Dado Marino fights Japan's Yoshlo Shlrai for the flyweight title again, it will be in Honolulu. "Tokyo is too rough on taxes", the ex-champion's manager .si id. Ichlnose said he did not want Marino (now 35)
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    Bannister finds form in Paris
    306 4 PARIS. Sun. ORITAIN were leading France by 57 points to 34 at the end of the first day of the 2 1st international athletics match between the two countries at Colombes Stadium yesterday. In a women's match held at the same time the British girls
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    Economic status must be raised— UMNO chief
    186 5 Economic status must be raised UMNO chief TAIPING. Sunday. I N his presidential address before the annual assembly of the Perak United Malays National Organisation at Taiping yesterday, Inche Nasaruddin bin Abdul Rais said: "Malay in order to survive must find ways and means to raise their economic status. We
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    MAX THE DOG KEPT HIS OWN RENDEZVOUS
    125 5 MAX THE DOG KEPT HIS OWN RENDEZVOUS MAX, a small black and tan Dachshund dog who was watching the "Rendezvous with Eve" pageant at Raffles Hotel in Singapore from a car last Wednesday, must have gone to keep a rendezvous of his own, because he has vanished. When Maxs mistress,
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    Parent-Teachers' Association
    44 5 The committee of the Parent-Teachers' Association of the Presbyterian Boys' School. Singapore, has unanimously elected Mr. P. Valupplllal F. Comm. A. a Member of the Board of Governors of the Presbyterian Schools to represent parents and teachers of the Presbyterian Boys School.
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    New village forms a Scout troop
    130 5 New village forms a Scout troop JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. NEW villagers have founded a Scout Troop in Kulai after attending an educational class held recently in Johore Bahru. The villagers from all over Johore, who joined the class, were greatly impressed by a demonstration of Scouting. They assured Syed Naslr
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    Nineteen take two-day test
    49 5 BENTONG, Sun.— Nineteen candidates from six districts In the State appeared here before an examination board for the recruitment of Chinese Affairs Officers and Assistant Chinese Affairs Officers. The candidates, all of whom are in Government Service, sat for a two-day written and oral examination.
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    Drought ends
    28 5 TAIPING. Sun.— The long drought in Taiping has been oroken by a torrential rain. i i p:ng has had one of the ..yest seasons for years.
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    S,PORE DIARY
    120 5 SPOHfc DIARY STORE ARTS ;>ocitiV: Life Class at British Oouncii Kal* Stamford Road 6 p.m to B.SO p.m ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSN.: First Aid Clas» at Headquarters iumford Road, i3O pn> S'PURE POUCE BAND: Public Performance at Fairer Park 54a p.m. i.) 6.45 p.m. SPORE ARTS SOCIEr*: Third
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    GOING TO LONDON
    39 5 MX SAM MUN FUG, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. San Kwok Leone, of Koala Lumpur will leave shortly for Britain on the William Ruys to work for his articles as a Chartered accountant in London.
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    SINGAPORE TALKS ON ELECTED MEN
    140 5 INVITATIONS are being sent to Unofficial Mem1 bers of the Singapore Legislative Council to serve on a committee set up by the Governor, Mr. Nicoll to consider increasing the number of elected councillors, a Government spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday. This committee, under the
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    Subsidise rice plea
    70 5 PENANG. Sun.— Thje Penang division of the Malayan Trade Union Council has decided to ask the Federation Government not to follow the Singapore Government's action in increasing the price of rationed rice, but to subsidise rice and prevent economic and social chaos in Malaya. This decision was
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    He had Red documents
    29 5 He had Red documents KUALA KANQSAR. Sun. For having terrorist documents at Simpang Lawin, Kuala Kangsar on Aug 14, Wong Swee Seong, 27. was sentenced to four years' Imprisonment.
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    44 5 THE CREW ESCAPED UNHURT when this armoured car. of the escorts for the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer. left the road. 30 miles out of Johore Bahru and plunged down a 15ft bank into a lallang swamp, during the week-end. Straits Times picture.
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    'SPOILING THE GOOD WORK' 260 boys lose a playing field
    267 5 'SPOILING THE GOOD WORK' 260 boys lose a playing field HTHE extension to Shenton Way, work on which J- began last week, has taken away a playground from 260 members of the Prince Edward Road Boys' Club. The assistant secretary for Social Welfare, Youths' Section, Mr. C^r! go Souza, told
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    7,111 new drivers
    32 5 The Licensing Department of the Singapore Traffic Police last month issued provisional licences to 7.111 people. rhe department tested 1852 new applicants and failed 597. Revenue collected was $*****
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    Drivers fined
    25 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Eight Singapore car drivers were fined $10 in Johore Police Court for driving without having renewed their Road Tax Licences.
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    UNION IS TO BOYCOTT ELECTIONS
    217 5 UNION IS TO BOYCOTT ELECTIONS rpHE Singapore Naval Base Labour Union, at yesterday's annual meeting decided to boycott Legislative Council elections in the Seleta r District The president of the union, Mr. B. Sitiah, told over 3,000 union members that Naval Base employees get "no benefit by electing a Councillor
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    Blow at 'hit and run' men
    137 5 BECAUSE "hit and run" accidents were frequent on Singapore roads, recommendations woutd oe made shortly for amendments to the laws of evidence and procedure to allow the courts to accept a driver's admission to the Podlce, the Superintendent of Traffic Police. Mr. A. E.
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    Hindus keep festival
    73 5 A large gathering of Hin- dus observed the "Sathurthi" festival at the Sri Senpaga Vlnyagar Tempi; In Ceylon Road yesterday evening with a special "pooja" and an "Abhishegam" ceremony. A party of Indian musicians, headed by Pandit M. Ramalingam Pillay, gave a recital of religious songs to
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    Long leave
    40 5 BATU GAJAH Sun. Mr. N. F. Curwen, first European master to the Sultan Yussuf School. Batu Gajah. will be leaving Penang on September 6 for long leave in the United Kingdom. He will be sailing on the Corfu.
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    New chief clerk
    27 5 BENTONG, Sun. Inche Mohamed Taib bin Mohamad, of the Veterinary Department, Raub. has been aopointed chief clerk of the rb'-'^e Affairs Department, 1 R;ntCT?a.
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    Colony blackout schedule
    271 5 TODAY Albert St., Short St., New lee Works, Firestone, MacKenzie Rd., Bt. Timah Pumps, Balestier Rd., Jalan Ampas, 8.M.8.C, McßitcMe, Kraddell Rise, Alsapoff's Estate, Island Golf Club, Windsor Park, Seietar Pumps, Nee Soon, Seletar Wireless. United Rubber Plantations, Mental Hospital, Trafalgar Est.. New World. Perak Rd., Jutland
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    the Straits Times Singapore, Mon. Aug. 25, 1952. Three Causes for Thought
    901 6 the Straits Times Singapore, Mon. Aug. 25, 1952. Three Causes for Thought Three current events bei hind the Iron Curtain will have a profound effect on the future ot the world. Just now China's shrewdest negotiator, Chou En-lai, is in Moscow for talks; the new Soviet Five Year Plan has
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    Legal Concept to Follow
    262 6 Legal Concept to Follow Odd stricture on judges comes from newspapers in China, translations of which have just been published in London. Most general charge is that they are too deeply biased by old legal concepts, which is odd in itself, but which becomes odder when followed by the charge
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    24 6 MR. St MRS. ATHEN thank friend*, relatives staff pupils A.C.S. Seremban for wreaths condolences financial aid attendance at funeral of son Thtrugnanam 21.8.52.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    40 6 IN LOVING memory of Herbert John Benjafleld who passed away 25th August. 1951. Inserted by hi-: wife and children. RENTSE: In memory of Anker and those who died with him in Ulu Kelantan on the 25th August. 1950.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    116 6 FOR wearable clothes with rtyle at reasonable prices. Madel nt's Show-room, 278, Orchard Roa.i. THE EXPECTANT mother need not face the expense of re-equip-lnn her wardrobe after the 'happ7 event'. Duncan's maternity frocks are specially styled so they mav be worn as normal day dresses with no alteration what-so-ever
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    PERSONAL
    34 6 TITTLE THEATRE PLAYERS present Shaw's "Arms And Tne Man" at the Little Theatre, Armenian Strc-et, on Saturday, 30th August, and on the Ist. 2nd. 3rr< 4tl\ sth and 6th September, at 9 p.m.
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      M.C.A. goodwill
      341 6 selves advocated this as better than mere lip-service. But if people like G.S.K now call these donations with no strings attached a piece of "political chicanery" then all beque«tis are suspect, all charity is tainted and there is no more good left in the world. I prefer not
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      UP FIVE CENTS A KATI
      73 6 I read with great disgust the report in your paper that the price of rationed rice In Singapore will be lncresed by five cents a kati as from September 1 The cost of living In Singapore is already high enough to ir>nke the lives of
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    FLIGHT OF CAPITAL HAS STARTED ?
    1468 6 FLIGHT OF CAPITAL HAS STARTED Can Malayan economy depend on the smallholder? This correspondent thinks not the large producer's invested capital must be there. Then what does the future hold if, already, the OECENT Press reports indicate that certain rubber-producing com jianles at present oper-, a ting in Malaya propose
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    Asians in airy discussion
    389 6 LONDON. 'J'HIS is London calling Asia to borrow a popular 8.8.C. programme title and in this case th? beam is directed at Asians i i Singapore and the Federption who intend to reside in, study in. or visit, this grea metropolis. A former Radio Malay (1945-47)
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    On the Margin
    396 6 Of the Hornbill NO country in this part of the world can have a more fascinating cult than that of the hornbill in Borneo. The European who probably knows as much about it as any is Mr. Tom Harrlsson, Sarawak's Government Ethnologist and Museum .Curator. In Volume
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    PLAN TO DRAIN 1,000 SQUARE MILES
    383 7 Land in west Johore to be opened up JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. BIG drainage scheme to open up about 1,000 square miles in west Johore for pineapple and other crops has started. The development of the first stage, 'between Sengarang and Benut, is estimated to
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    ALL DEPENDS ON CHILDREN PETERSON
    425 7 ALL DEPENDS ON CHILDREN PETERSON KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. VI ALAYA today is a country in which a new genei" A ration, "unlike anything that has gone before it", is growing, said the Federation's "Mystery Man", Mr. A. D. C. Peterson, af the annual dinner of the Malayan Teachers' Union in
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    They should help Red Cross SAYS SIR GERALD
    117 7 They should help Red Cross SAYS SIR GERALD AVER HITAM, Sun. riE High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Tempter, thinks that young Maiays, Chinese, and Indians should be recruited to assist and possibly take the place of Red Cross nurses now working in the Federation. During a visit to the Ayer
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    New job for Pahang man
    47 7 B E N T O N G Sun. Mr. Michael Hugh Morgan, former Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Pahang. now on leave in Britain, will return to Malaya in October. He will be posted to Ipoh as Chief Inspector of Chinese Schools. Perak.
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    City to consider salary revision
    246 7 City to consider salary revision r[E Singapore City Council has set up ai special four man com mittee. under the chairmanship of the Deputy City President, Mr. J. T. Rea, to go into the question of incorporating part of the cost of living allowance of Council employees into their basin
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    Study tour of TB in S,pore
    44 7 Professor F. Heaf. adviser on tuberculosis to the Colonial Office, returned to Singapore yes erday after touring the Federation. Professor Heaf. who was sent from Britain to study the T3. problem in Malaya, begins his Singapore tour today.
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    Helped run lottery charge
    42 7 A youth, Teoh Hooi Sye, was charged in Parit Buntar yesterday, with assisting in a "100 characters" lottery at Kuala Kurau on Aug. 20. Teo claimed trial and the case was postponed to Sept. 4. Bail was allowed.
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    Hawker is robbed at midnight
    121 7 A CHINESE jewellery hawker was robbed of $700 cash in Lorong 29, off Geylang Road* Singapore, shortly before midnight on Saturday. He was walking along the road when two Chinese on bicycles stopped him. They robbed the hawker and also took his identity card. A
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    Re-settled
    29 7 TAIPING Sun.— Fifty one displaced persons, whose lands in Tupai and Kampong Boyan have been requisitionled for mining, have been given building sites in the Kota West area
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    Attack on disease 'a joint task'
    222 7 Attack on disease 'a joint task A JOINT Infectious Diseases Committee, set up by A the Singapore City Council and the Government, has recommended that the Council be responsible, in the City area, for direct preventive measures against dangerous Infectious diseases, Including tuberculosis. The committee has suggested that Government accept
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    ARTISTS PAINTS GLOOMY CANVAS
    106 7 JACK Fairweather, the penniless beachcomber artist, who set himself adrift on a raft in Darwin, Australia, in the middle of April to try to reach Britain, yesterday left Singapore on the Clytoneus— with a £5 loan from the Singapore Government in his pocket. Although he will
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    Read in court
    40 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. A Chinese who was reading a newspaper in the Police Court today when Mr. N. A. Cohen the Magistrate, was on the Bench was ordered to a cell for the rest of the day.
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    JUNGLE FIGHTERS WILL BE TANGLIN GUESTS
    125 7 SINGAPORE'S Tanglin Club will give the first of a series of parties, for British troops on Thursday, when a (group of men on leave from the jungle wll] be entertained to a three-and-a-half hour programme of dancing and community singing and a big mixed
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    68 DAYS FOR ABSENCE
    59 7 JOHORF^ BAHRU, Sun. Ibrahim bin Mohamed, a Special Constable stationed at Ayer Minis Estate, who absented himrelf from duty, was sentencfd to 68 days in the Police Court today. He told the Court that the officer in charge of his Pol ce Post always refused him
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    INTERNATIONAL BOYS' CLUB PLAN PROGRESS
    137 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. rpHE proposed International Boys' Club, sponsored by the Police Department through Mr. J. B. Masefleld, Chief Police-officer, Johore, is making Plans for suitable premises ha?e been drawn up in consultation with the Social Welfare Department. Singapore, and the Government Architecht. Johore. The
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    'Rebels are real foes of Labour'
    103 7 'Rebels are real foes of Labour' rE various rebel cliques that spring up overnight In the Labour Party of Singapore are the real enemies of the party and not the general council who strLve unswervingly for the cause of Labour, said Mr. D. Stephens, secretary of the party, yesterday. Mr
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    3 blood donors were blind
    101 7 Three blind inmates of N^ntina Home were among donors to the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service last week. The other contributors were five volunteers from the R.A.F., Seletar, eight from R.A.A.F., Changi, seven from the R.A.S.C. School, Nee Soon, and eight from Singapore Signal Centre, R.A.F.,
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    Unions to set up rival to TUC
    232 7 Unions to set up rival to TUC A RIVAL organisation A to the Singapore Trade Union Conpjesr, is» to be formed by some of the newly- formed trade unions in the Colony. The organisers hope by this move to make it possible for Government unions to affiliate to a central
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    ADJOURNED
    54 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. When Endot bin Daud, driver of an armoured car, who pleaded guilty last week to negligent driving and causing hurt to the Mentri Besar, Johore, and his driver, came up for sentence today, the prosecution successfully asked for an adjournment as the matter had been referred
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    DEATH
    29 7 CABLE NEWS has been received from Ceylon of the death at Vaddukoddai East, of V. Kathirsar, retired Tamil teacher and father of K. KanapathypiUai. P.W.D. State Store, Seremban.
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      George Eliot's long struggle against her origins
      963 8  -  RAYMOND MORTIMER By MARIAN EVANS AND GEORGE ELIOT: By Lawrence and Elisabeth Hanson. (Oxford University Press. 255.) THE unforgettable pic- ture of George Eliot comes from F. W. H. Myers: and she, r Hired somewhat beyond her wo t, and taklrg as her
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      BRIDGE
      229 8  -  (ENNETH KONSTAM By I>RIDGE in the attrac 13 tive surroundings of Deauvilli* seems on occasions to take it 3 cue from the neighbouring Casino. What else can account for the following exhibition from a well-known international player at the recent congress? With North-South* only vulnerable, dealer East, the hands
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      'Sea was made to be sailed on'
      487 8  -  ARTHUR RANSOME By THE LIFE AND VOYAGES of Captain |oshuaSlocum, By Victor Slocum (Hard-Davis, 215.) WfHEN Captain Joshua TT Slocum in 1898 tied up his little Spray to the same cedar stake in the bank at Pairhaven that had held her at her
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      DISEASE MADE THIS WRITER
      701 8  -  CYRIL CONNOLLY By GERARD DE NERVAL: By S. A. Rhodes. (Peter Owen, 255.) rpnfiKu is no disease more mysterious than schizophrenia; it is a kind of madness which some sensitive oeople at odds with reality, seem able co wish upon themseives: "the mind is invaded by
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    SAAR AS CAPITAL OF EUROPE
    716 9 CARL HARTMAN IN NEW YORK QNE ol western Eu rope's most fought over valeys the Saa* may some day becom the politically independent headquarters of a United States ot Europe something lik the U.S A.'s District o* Columbia, or Australia's Federal Capital Territory. -ue idea
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    411 9 r rrtEUEVISION has done it: now me American male is convinced :t's no sin to look young— and he's in search ot glamour The rx.ens beauty business is booming, says Albert of Fifth Avenue, New York, whose 'men's grooming saloon is booked solid from 9 to 5
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    It's good news for mothers Japanese toys here again
    473 9  -  CHAN CHIN BOCK By T\O you remember the "ten-cent" store,? that existed at Middle Road before the war? They •veie a boon to mothers with demanding children because these Japanese toy shops offered their goods r ridiculously low prices In those
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      272 9 The Straits Times Crossword '°,Z_Z —1- ,Z_Z^ 12 li" j I I I I I I II 19 20 2t i i| 22 23 11 25 Z Z Z 1 26 Z Z_Z ACROSS an audience (5. 6>. 7. A German conductor (7). 15 Hls K° out f 8. It
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    FAIR TRADING ON SHARE MARKET
    237 10 Industrials, tins firm throughout past week By A Market Correspondent qiHERE was a fairly large exchange of shares on the Malayan market in the past week, particularly in local tins. Industrial shares opened andi continued firm throughout. Hammers rose from $2.15 to $2.35 and Fraser
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    Business done
    192 10 BUSINESS done In the Malayan Share Market last week included: Industrials: Fraser Neave Ordinary $3.90, Federal Dispensary $1.60; Gammon $2.62-2; W. Hammer $2.30 to $2 35: Malayan Breweries $4.75; Robinson Ordinary $3.55 to $3.65; Straits Times $3.97H to $3,924; Straits Trading $19.60 to $19.70 to $19.50: Straits Steamship
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    TWO BANKS TO AMALGAMATE
    62 10 EDINBURGH, Sun. TWO famous Scottish banks propose to amalgamate, It was announced here yesterday. They are the Bank of Scotland, founded us far back as 1659, and the Unicn Bark of Scotland, founded In 1830. Chief reason for the merger is to enable operating costs to
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    RUBBER OUTPUT STILL EXCEEDS CONSUMPTION
    153 10 ALTHOUGH there was a big drop in natural rubber output In the first half of this year, production still exceeded consumption by 110.000 tons, states the India Rubber Journal. It should be noted, however. adds the Journal, that while consumption at 797,54)0 ton? was 42,500
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    Australian gold issues higher and active
    211 10 From our own correspondent MELBOURNE, Sat. GOLD shares were active and higher on the Stock Exchange yesterday, particularly Great Western (W-A.) which will reach the production sage ln October. All other groups were variable. Price variations continued to follow Individual lines. Investors are more
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    1.4 p.c. PROFIT
    40 10 Devon Estates (Malacca) Ltd.. which has since sold its estates for $2,350,000, Issued accounts for the year ended 31. 1951. showing net liquid assets equal to cents 6.86 per share and a profit of 1.4 ncr cent.
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    Award for war damage
    69 10 A TOTAL award of $50,816 has been accepted by the directors of the Basse tt Rubber Co., Ltd. The award comprises $49,926 War Damage and $890 War Risks Insurance. A first Interim payment of 80 .per cent, is expected shortly. Shareholders have been Informed that a
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    Japs turn out more Cloth
    81 10 'PHE JAPANESE Co'ton Spinners Association reports that during June the mills produced 78.952,000 square yards of cloth, an Increase of 613.000 square yards over May. However, cottcn cloth g'ock, in spite of Increased production, registered a new low of 35,003.000 square yards, 11,040.000 square yards
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    FUNDS IN EXCESS OF WORKING CAPITAL
    113 10 FUNDS IN EXCESS OF WORKING CAPITAL The Directors of Renone Consolidated Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. are recommending repayment of $24,000 of capital to shareholders at the rate of three shillings a share. A resolution to this effect will be moved at the annual meeting at Kuala Lumpur on September 12
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    Sports Diary
    49 11 SOCCER HIV. 1: BODCA v SRC at Jslmn Besar. DIV. 3B: Volunteers v Tnan Monr at GeyUnc; SHB Police v IMMA st CYMA. BUSINESS HOUSES: MPH v Sime Darby at Shea rronnd: Gathrte v Breweries at Farrer Park. BASKETBALL GLOBETROTTERS f CelUesSincaporr combined. Happy World 8 p.m.
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    RAEC fail to accept SCC offer
    232 11 'THERE was an exciting finish to Saturday's cricket on the Padang thanks to a sporting declaration by the S.C.C. skipper. The S.C.C. took 105 minutes to score 102 before tea, a hard driving innings by Cameron redeeming a slow start. The R.A.E.C., given the
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    Australians in final
    116 11 BROOKLINE, Sun. r THE luck of the draw prevented another all-Australian final in the men's division of the TT.S. national double stennis championship on Saturday at Longwood. Defending champions Prank Sedgman and Ken McGregor drew the 17-year-old Australians Lewis Hoad and Ken Rosewall as their semi-final rivals.
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    BADMINTON
    39 11 Results of two badminton matches sponsored by the Kerala Samajam BP. played at the Singapore Badminton Hall yesterday were: Jantsen Rangers beat Union BJ». by five games to nil; Town team beat Cosmopolitan BP byfive games to nil.
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    HK BANK WIN
    39 11 In a Singapore Business House F.A. league soccer match at B.OJD.C.A. ground yesterday, Hongkong Bank beat Pulau Bukom by 1-0. Hashim bin Ahmad scored for Hongkong Bank midway in the first half. Chua Ban Hock refereed
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    ROMERO WINS
    23 11 ZARAGOZA, Spain, Sun.— Luis Romero, of Spain European bantamweight champion outpointed Germany's Hans Schoeming in ?9nnn" roUnd bout here 12,000 yesterday.
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    MONA'S KUDA TOO GOOD FOR GL.3 SPRINTERS
    367 11 Epsom Jeep reviews Saturday's rates KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. JLjONA'S KUDA (late Mont Erin), four-year-old Irish-bred, put up a rattling good performance yesterday when she routed the field In the 5.00 I have yet to see a Class 3 horse win more impressive ly
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    5-0 FOR OLD BOYS
    41 11 Tuan Mong Old Boys Association beat Tampenls Rovers 5-0 In a SAFA Junior Cup quarter-final game played at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Scoren were Chong Meng <2> Weng Kee. James Au Chin Poh. Refereee: Chua Ban Hock.
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    ADDISONS WIN
    19 11 The Island Club's August mixed foursomes was won by Mr. <% Mrs. G. Addison with a net 45.
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    Airmen save the Gandhi Cup game
    515 11 5.4-1-22-3; Bhatri 2-0-9-0: Raiji 2-0-9-1. I.A. 2nd Inns. Gill st Cheesman b James 10, Madarl c Newman b Cotton 36, Raijl b Newman 46, Sandosham c Newman b Cotton 9, Angullia b Cotton 0, Gurdial Singh (YMCA) c A b Cotton 10. ASP Gurdial
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    Island Club golf
    46 11 Mrs. E. Addison won the women's section One Club golfcompetition at the Island Club in Singapore on Friday with a score of 40 .4 points. Joint runners- up were Mrs. E W. Jones and Miss N. Conwav, who each scored 41 V4 points
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    REX B.P. TEAM
    49 11 The following will represent Rex BJ\ in a friendly match against Arche Juvenus S.C. at the Clerical Union Hall, Rangoon Road, on Aug. 28: Cheong Thiam Gee, Lim Seng Kok, H. Desker, Thio Gim Slew, Cheong Eng Leong. George Tan, Attan bin Hassan, Chee Yew Chew
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    MILKYWAY ENTER SECTION A FINAL
    199 11 Ti/fILKYWAY M.P.. by their 5-2 ITX victory over SHB Boys' C ub last night at the S.B.A. V/M. earned a replay In Group "A'' of the S.T.T.A.'s 1952 Junior Intr'Club League Championships. They will now meet Chines* Engineering Merchant (Blue) tomorrow night and the winner
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    41 11 "IT'S not legal/ gesticulates referee Pat Kenneddy (left) following the unorthodox scoring method employed by the two Harlem Globetrotters, daring Saturday's exhibition match. Josh Grider, riding on "Rookie" Browen's shoulders, had just dropped the ball into the basket. Straits Times picture.
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    Hashim takes 10 for 3 runs
    62 11 PENANG, Sun. pENANQ State cricketer r Ishak Hashim routed Kedah Malays, taking ten wickets for three runs In today's interstate Malays cricket for the Sultans' Shield on Dato Kramat ground. Penan* Malays won by 122 runs, thus qualifying to meet Selangor Malays in the
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    TOM FOX TOPS TRAINERS' LIST
    217 11 From EPSOM JEEP KUVLA LUMPUR. Sun. AFTER two blank meetings at Singapore and Penang, trainer Tom Fox found compensation in the Selangor T.C. August meeting concluded here yesterday. He saddled five winners and became the most successful trainer of the meeting. Marinus van Breukelen also
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    Trotters made the fans roar
    173 11 pHE Harlem Globetrotters clowned their merry way to another victory over the New York Celtics in their second game at the Happy World Stadium last night. The arena rocked with laughter from the crowd of more than,lO.OOO as the fantastic Trotters went through their rounds
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    HK BANK WIN BADMINTON
    123 11 In a friendly game of badminton on Friday, the Hongkong Shanghai Bank Sports Club beat the Imperial Chemical Industries Recreation Club by four games to two. Scores (Hongkong Bank players mentioned first) Singles: H. W. Desker beat Teo Bah Chee 15-8, 15-4; K. W. Nonls beat
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    Braddell beaten
    26 11 After holding Indian R.C. for the whole of the first half. Braddell S.C. lost an exciting s>xxor friendly by 4-1 at Fanir Park yesterday.
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    Keen sports at Woodbridge
    618 11 £JOLLECTTNG 10 point* (from two wins, one second and a third), Ahmad bin Abu Bakar became champion athlete at the third annual athletic sports meetIng of Woodbrldge Hospital R.C. held at the club ground yesterday. Ismail bin Mohd. Yusoff came second with 9 points. Rain threatened
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    Malaya Cup final on Oct 11
    279 12 GAME WILL BE PLAYED AT IPOH OR SEREMBAN KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION of Malaya, at a Council Meeting: at the Selango Chines Recreation Club today, decided that this year s Malaya Cup finai will be played at a neutial venue, either Ipoh
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    ARMY CRICKET Ist inns lead to Singapore indrawn game
    538 12 ARMY CRICKET Ist inns lead to Singapore indrawn game THE first annual cricket match between Army (Malaya) and Army (Singapore), played at Nee Soon Garrison ground during the week-end, ended In a draw. On Saturday. Army (Malaya) had collected 194 In their first innings and in reply Capt. Eley and
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    RETAIN TITLE
    51 12 PENANG. Sun. /^HIUESE retained the Penang Community Cricket Championship today, beating Indians by 33 runs In the final at Western Road. In spite ot Interruptions by rain, the match was played to a finish. Chinese scored 78 runs to their first Innings and dismissed th« Indians for 45
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    Ooi retains two titles
    97 12 PENANG, Sun. ItfALAYAN Thomas Cup player, Ooi Teik Hock, retained two of his three Penang B.A titles tonight. In the single*, Ooi received a walkover in the final from his doubles partner, Lee Hoo Chye. Then Ooi and Lee won the men's doubles final, beating Law
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    R. CHIA, MRS. DEW WIN PITA TITLES
    89 12 PENANG, Son. ROBERT CHIA of Penang and Mrs. Helen Dew of Malacca, who are both in line for the Triple Crown, today won the men's and women's singles titles, of tfais year's Penanc Open Tennis Championships on Penang Sports Club court. ChU beat
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    S.R.C. TEAM
    62 12 Singapore Recreation Club j soccer team to play BODCA 1p a SAFA Div. 1 match at Jalan Btsar their evening will be selected from the following: J de SUva, R. Mosbergen. P. Carrol, B. Norohna. A. de Rozarlo, R. Henderson, W. Fox, S. Orton, R. Stevens J. Perelra,
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    BAILEY 5 FOR 13 AGAINST S.C.C.
    333 12 'THE Royal Navy's bid to .score 96 runs in 95 minutes to beat I the B.C.C. failed on the Singapore Padang yesterday but it provided an exciting finish to a raininterrupted match. The S.C.C. bowlers were handicapped by a wet ball but tne wicket
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    Avtar's late goal wins for SAFA
    480 12 Singapore "A" 2; Johore Chinese 1. A WELL-DESERVED goal scored by sturdy, turbaned Avtar Singh in the dying minutes of a rousing match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday enabled Singapore "A" to edge the never-say-die Johore Chinese by two goals to one. The man
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    49 12 M BALAKRISHNAN leaps to' the tape to win the 100 yards from Chong Kok Wah at the annual Federation Police Singapore Police athletic meet in Singapore on Saturday which Federation won by 55 points to 35. Balakrishnan also won the 220 and 440 for the Federation. Straits Times picture.
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    Non-Benders honour their GOM
    209 12 Non-Benders honour their GOM KUALA LUMPUR. Sun:— H. C. D'Arcy Irvine, the "Grand Old Man" of North Malayan cricket, was presented with a sliver cigarette case by members of the Non-Benders C.C. of Malaya at their annual reunion dinner here last night. D'Arcy Irvine, who is leaving Malaya soon on
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    First ride 1914; Ist winner 1952
    198 12 LONDON, Sun. lITHILE racegoers were enjoying TT excellent sport at Sort on Thursday a happy event wa« taking place at the Southern meeting at Llngfleld Park, Surrey. George Cracknell, 52-year-old jockey who had his first ride when he was 14. shot past the post
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