The Straits Times, 28 August 1952

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALsttsio i\AlluiSAL iVEWSPAfart: tiSTABLIStitiD 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1952 it PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    DESTROY THIS RED BLACKMAIL, TEMPLER TELLS THE VICTIMS
    459 1 And a new order goes out: Pardon for those who paid but speak up now From LESLIE HOFFMAN KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. J'HE High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer. today issued his first "notice to the peoples of Malaya" calling on them to
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    ANOTHER BANDIT LEADER IS KILLED
    209 1 ANOTHER BANDIT LEADER IS KILLED KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. ANOTHER Communist leader was killed by the security forces yesterday. He was Oan Teck Kok, district committee member for the Jasin district of Malacca. Oan. third Red leader killer! in a fortnight, was one of four terrorists shot dead yesterday This brings
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    Reds desert
    34 1 BERLIN Wed.— The figure of the Soviet zone "people's police" deserters, taking refuge in Berlin, has reached a new record total of 20 daily, the West Berlin police headquarters announced today UP
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    8 hours late
    23 1 The day mail train from Kuala Lumpur was eight hours late arriving in Singapore last night because of engine trouble.
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    30 PICKED FOR ARMY
    46 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Only 30 out of 72 applicants were registered when recruitment for the Federation Regiment began at Malacca today. They comprised 23 Malays six Chinese and one Indian. Of the 72 applicants. 55 were Malays. 14 Chinese and three Indians.
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    Enterprise
    49 1 DUNDEE, Scotland, Wed.A man who posed as Captain Kurt Carlson of the Flying Enterprise was sent to prison for two years here today on 15 convictions of theft and four of fraud. Francis Josepn Bambrough. 39-year-old wireless operator, admitted thefts and frauds all over Scotland totalling nearly £300
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    Deported
    26 1 TAIPEI, Wed.— Eight formerly prominent Bangkok Chinese arrived here via Thai Airways today They were deported for refusal to pay Increased "residential charges." —A P.
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    No oil ban
    27 1 JERUSALEM. Wed. The Israeli Parliament yesterday passed a bill giving foreign •nd Israeli investors equal rights to exploit oil found hi the country. Reuter.
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    Police told: I saw three killed
    84 1 PEYRUIS, Southern France, Wednesday. nETECTIVES today went on a new— described as tJ sensational trail in their hunt for the Drummond murderer, after questioning for more than two hours a man who claimed to have seen the triple killing. I™? Police said that the
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    UNIONMEN DANCED FOR JOY
    94 1 UNIONMEN DANCED FOR JOY KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TWO trade union leaders embraced each other in Kuala Lumpur today and danger a merry jig. They were Mr. P. P. Narayanan, president of the Plantation Workers' Union of Malaya, and Mr. R. B. Jose, president of the Johore State Plartatlon Workers' Union.
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    Talked his way into gaol
    40 1 PANAMA, Wed— A 23-year-old Panamanian started a 90-day gaol sentence today after forcing his way into a local radio station and attempting to broadcast a call to arms. Police said he was a Communist sympathiser.
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    Film on the Queen
    26 1 LONDON, Wed.— A London company has been given royal permission to make a 70-minute documentary film of the life of the Queen
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    Court over-ruled
    38 1 JOHANNESBURG. Wed The High Court of Parliament today paved the way for the removal of 1,000,000 coloured voters from the nation's electoral rolls by over-ruling a Supreme Court's decision which declared the Government's law as unconstitutional.—UP.
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    No influence' says Queen
    68 1 SAN MARINO, Wed. The grand council of thfe tiny mountain republic met today to consider a letter from Queen Elizabeth 11, written in Latin, In which she politely explained Uut she had no influence on British foreign policy. The council had written asking the Queen to
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    Purcell 'not here to criticise the Malays'
    150 1 Purcell 'not here to criticise the Malays' KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. DR. VICTOR Pureell's visit to Malaya was not to find fault with the Malays Malayan Chinese Association leaders in Kuala Lumpur said today They were commenting on the adverse reaction to the visit and on the statement by Tengku Abdul
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    Bandits are feeling the pinch
    62 1 Bandits are feeling the pinch KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. XJUNGRY Communist bandits have been splitting open palm trees in the Taiping area of Perak In a desperate attempt to get food. A police jungle squad came across the trees while out on patrol. This was announced by the Federation Government today.
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    New chief for Navy
    43 1 New chief for Navy LONDON. Wed.— The Queen has approved the appointment of Vice-Admiral C. E. Lambe as Commander -in Chief of the Far East Station. Admiral Lambe will succeed Admiral the Hon. Sir Guv Russell. The appointment takes effect next March— UP
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    3 TALK 3 HOURS ON THE OIL DISPUTE
    98 1 'Final bid' in Teheran to end row TEHERAN, Wednesday. BEHIND closed doors In the house of Dr. Mossideq, the Persian Premier, a "final bid" is being made to solve the Anglo-Persian oil deadlock government Ices said today, ticipants in the talks, ding
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    Arabs fire on Jews
    39 1 AMMAN, Wed.— One Jew was killed and two wounded when a JewUh patrol crossed into Jordan territory and the national guard opened fire. The U.N. truce commnlasion chief has sent an observer to report.— AP.
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    Bail refused
    23 1 TOKYO, Wed.— The Osaka High Court today refused an application for ball for the two British sailors gaoled at Kobe.— Reuter
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    7,266 immune
    13 1 total of 7,288 people were vaccinated against small-pox In Singapore jesterday.
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    PRETTY GIRL GAVE MURDER ORDERS COURT TOLD
    820 1 PRETTY GIRL GAVE MURDER ORDERS COURT TOLD IPOH. Wednesday. A SLIM, pretty 24-year-old Chinese woman was n alleged in the Assize Court today to have been responsible for issuing orders for the murder of several Europeans. She was Lee Ten Tai, alias Lee Meng, who face* four caDital charges under
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    SLUMP WON'T HIT CESS ON RUBBER
    100 1 SLUMP WON'T HIT CESS ON RUBBER KUALA LUMPUR. Fed. THE drop in the price of rubber— even if it goes below 75 cents a lb will not retard the hue* six-year Federation replanting scheme for 500,000 acres of rubber smallholding. The scheme is now being drawn up. Sir Gerald Templer
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    £500 gift for flood victims
    32 1 HONG KONG, Wed— The Hong Kong Jockey Club today gave £500 to the fund opened by the South China Morning Post for the Devon flood victims. Reuter.
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    GOLD IN SHIP
    27 1 HONG KONG, Wed. Revenue officers here today seized 700 tahils ot gold worth £13,125 when searching the engine room of the Panamanian freighter Hanson.
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    Economy move
    24 1 ATHENS. Wed. Greece may reduce her conscription period, at present three years, in an effort to cut military expend! t ure. A.P.
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    Oil cartel probe put off: They will not testify
    137 2 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. npHE CONGRESSIONAL hearings of internat onal oil monopoly charges, proposed for this we k, have been postponed because the five American companies concerned declined invitations to testify. Department of Justice officials said it was not, j unreasonable for the
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    Off to Manila
    26 2 HONG KONG, Wed.— Mr. Chester Bowles, the United States Ambassador to India, left today for Manila after 24 hours, in Hong Kong Reuter.
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    Everest survey
    21 2 CALCUTTA. Wed. The Indian Government will shortly survey the Himalayas to determine the exact height, of Mt. Everest.— UP
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    'DON'T LET ACCENT WORRY YOU'
    70 2 SYDNEY. Wed. mELLING Australians not M. to worry about their Australian accent, a Current Affairs Bulletin, produced by Sydney Univer sity, said there was no harm In characteristic speech if it was understood by hearers. Th* bulletin said there was no authority for stan dard
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    7-hour mourning
    28 2 BUENOS AIRES, Wed.— Argentina canmemorated the first month or the late Eva Peron's "plunge into immortality" last night with a seven-hour period of silent mourning.— Reuter.
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    HERST'S WIDOW IS CLAIMING $2½ MIL.
    138 2 LOS ANGELES, Wed. MRS. MILLICENT V. Hearst, widow of the publisher Mr. William Randolph Hearst, has filed a $2,500,000 law suit against the executors of hLs estate. She complained that two agreements signed in 1921 and 1927 with her husband, who died last year,
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    TRUMAN'S 'FAILURE'
    224 3 TRUMAN'S 'FAILURE' West would be encircled— Dulles NEW YORK, Wednesday. ]y]K. JOHN FOSTER DULLES, Republican foreign policy adviser, today accused the Truman administration of conducting a foreign policy which was "shockingly immoral and a strat»ffic failure". It would let Russia encircle the West, he said. The practice of paying at-
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    Diplomatic immunity rejected
    154 3 HONO KONG, Wed. MR. Justice Reese, of the of Hong Kong Supreme Court, today rejected pleas of diplomatic immunity and ordered Mr. KweedJlehoo. the Indonesian Con-sul-General, and Mr. Pamoe Rahardo. a diploma. lc courier, to attend court for crossexamination in two simuKanf/us law suits against the Indonesian
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    Treaty in force
    31 3 NEW DELHI. Wed. The peare treaty between India and Japa.i signed at Tokyo ten weeks ago came Into force today with the exchange of trutmmrat* oi ratification.— Re
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    84, he plans 'chute jump
    65 3 PARIS, Wed. Mr. Benard MacFadden. 84-year-old publisher and physical culture enthusiast, arrived in Paris by air today to make a para- chute i*»ap into the Seine Mr. MacFadden said he j hoped to jump tomorrow or j Friday "because I like to I parachute to
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    FOREIGN POLICY
    64 3 AUSTRALIAN FLIERS recently released by the Chinese after 20 months in a Canton gaol. The three are (left to right) William Jones, Ross Bohm. and John Richmons. They were members of the crew of a Catalina flyingboat that was lost in the fog in December 1950, while attempting
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    Britain is proud to look up
    169 3 GREAT DAY IN THE AIR LONDON, Wednesday. DRITISH newspapers today hailed the nation's 13 achievements in the air, exemplified by yesterday's two-way trans-Atlantic jet crossing by a Canberra bomber in 10 hours and release of detail? of the stratosphere interceptor, the Javelin. Tne Daily
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    'MODERN BLUE RIBAND'
    138 3 'MODERN BLUE RIBAND' LONDON, Wed. BRITAIN'S Canberra jet bomber flew the At lan- tic from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland yesterday at an average speed of 605.52 miles an hour, the Royal Aero Club announced here today. The New York Times today slid 'he trip was flown in "fantastic tire j
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    Jet beats a new barrier
    69 3 LONDON, Wed. The security veil was lifted today on a new British jet fighter which exceeded the speed of sound (750 m.p.h.) and 1* claimed to be the only aircraft that can overcome "the vision barrier," one of th» biggest problems of futuro air strategy.
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    872,000 are in British Forces
    51 3 LONDON. Wed. Britain's active Armed Forces on June 30 numbered 872.100. the Defence Ministry announced The total strength of the Royal Naw was 146.300; of the Army 453.100: and the RAF 272.700. Reserve and nuxiliarv forces totalled another 347.000 The Ministry's civilian staff numbered 268.100—
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    U.S. tanks for Jap police
    45 3 TOKYO. Wed. The leading Tokyo newspaper Asahi yesterday said that United States security forces had agreed to hand over at least five 20-ton tanks and about ten 105 and 155 millimetre artillery pieces to the Japanese national police reserve.— Reuter.
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    'FRIENDLY' TALKS ON KASHMIR
    109 3 GENEVA, Wed. INDIA and Pakistan pledged full co-operation with Dr. Frank Graham. U.N. mediator, at yesterday's opening of renewed negotiations to settle the flve-ypar-olri dispute over Kashmir The representativea. the Indian Defence Minister, Mr. Gopalaswami Ayyangar, and the Pakistan Foreign Minister. Sir Zafrullah Khan, then began
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    British ship seized off Pontianak
    152 3 PONTIANAK, West Borneo, Wednesday. A BRITISH patrol ship, the Margharetta,' was recently seized by an Indonesian patrol vessel in Indonesian waters off West Bornec, the correspondent of the Jakarta daily Merdeka reported from Pontianak today. The Margharetta carried a tew administration and police officials *-om
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    FORMER RED WANTS 'DECENT LIFE'
    78 3 FORMER RED WANTS 'DECENT LIFE' LONDON. Wed. MARY Johnson, 23-year-old daughter of a rector, has left the Communist party to marry a 21-year-old Belfast student who was expelled by the Communists last June. Mary's picture was printed in the Daily Worker on Monday under the headline "Expelled" but her mother
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    Eisenhower in march
    41 3 NEW YORK Wed. Mr. ELsenhower. the Republican Presidential candidate, marched with 75.000 exservicemen up Fifth Avenue yesterday. The parade was the high point of the American Legion convention Mr. Eisenhower headed the Kansas contingent. Crowds lammed the footpath*.—Reuter
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    Rubber at crossroad
    35 3 LOS ANGELES, Wed.— The first Western experiment In the use of natural rubber for roads began today. Men began laying 2,200 square yards of rubber-asp-halt mixture p.t a Los Angeles junction. AP.
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    Britoni expected
    21 3 TOKYO, Wed. MajorGeneral S.N. Shoosmith. British representative for the United Nations Command headquarters, is expected in Tokyo today. Reuter
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    INDONESIANS SAY BORDER VIOLATED
    67 3 JAKARTA, Wed. fHE Indonesian newspaper, Merdeka, today* reported that British security forces have established a bivouac area in Indonesia territory south of Sarawak. The dispatch, from Ihe paper's Pontianak correspondent, said British patrols have been "very active" alone the Sarawak Borneo border. It added that the
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    TWO SURVIVE AIR MISTAKE
    47 3 PANAMA CITY, Wed.— Two survivors of a bomber shot down by mistake on Monday by a new jet fighter were picked up and taken to hospital yesterday. Reporters were not permitted to question the airmen. The bomber had a crew of eight.— Reuter
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    Holiday work for Eden
    37 3 LISBON, Wed— Mr. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, today got back to affairs of state even before the end of his 10-day honeymoon. He spent 20 minutes with the Portuguese Premier, Antonio Salazar.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    350 3 I Steady gains by industrials LONDON, Wed. DUSINESS on the London Stock 13 Exchange today began rather quieter than of late and it wa.s I some time before any definite trend appeared. Qlltedged began hesitantly, following news of the decline In revenue, but later picked up ana continued
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    LONDON TIN PRICE
    26 3 LONDON, Aug. 27.—Cash Buyers £959; Sellers £961; Forward Buyers .£942; Sellers £943; Settlement: £963 (down £3): Turnover, a.m. 10 tons: p.m S tons.
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    U.K. RUBBER
    33 3 LONDON, Aug. 27—Spot 23*4 d. Oct. 23«4d.. Nov.23Hd., Dec. 33d Oct.-Dec. 23>4d., Jan.-Mar. 23d April-June 22 &d., Sept. c.l f 23d Oc*. e±i. 23d., Nov. ci.f 23a Market: Steadier, after easier
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    BIGGER TIN SALES HELP CUT MALAYA'S TRADE DEFICIT
    366 4 BIGGER TIN SALES HELP CUT MALAYA'S TRADE DEFICIT jyjALAYA'S overall volume of trade. last month showed an increase of $31,000,000 over June and the adverse trade balance for the month was $6,521,762 compared with $23,223,916 for June. The deficit was cut by bigger exports of tin. Overall trade totalled $6(16,544,182
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    NO RUBBER FOR RUSSIA LAST MONTH
    105 4 THERE wer c no rubber shipments from Malaya to Russia during July. Trade figures issued yesterday show that the value of exports to Russia last month was nil compared with 4..->«i«'.one in' June. All licenses for export of rubber to Russia for the first
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    MUSLIM PLAN FOR MUTTON
    130 4 MUSLIM PLAN FOR MUTTON THE Singapore Muslim Advisory Board will decide soon whether it is possible to slaughter sheep in Australia according to Muslim rites and then import the frozen mutton to Malaya. Although the price is I cheapr by half, Malaya's 3.000,000 Muslims .nn c eat Aus'ralian frozen mutton
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    30,000 tickets sold in a day
    46 4 KLANG. Wed. A total of 30.000 tickets -for the 12th Malayan Chinese Association lottery has been sold in a day. The balance of 20.000 tickets of Klang's quota of 50.000 are expected to be sold cut in a few hours.
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    NO TAIL LIGHT
    26 4 KUANTAN, Wed.— Ko Lenp I Toon, of Beserah, who rode his motor-cycle at night without a rear light, was fined $15 at Kuantan.
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    Party to honour CMG winners
    78 4 KOTA BAHRU, Wed. -The Malay Chamber of Commerce. Kelantan, will hold a tea-party at the Government Rea nouse. Kota Bahru, on Friday. In honour of the Tengku Mahkota Kelantan. and Mr. W. F N. Churchill, who were awarded the C. M. G. in the Queen's
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    Mahjong set was confiscated
    41 4 KUANTAN, Phua, Kai Feng was fined $20 at Kuantan for allowing people to gamble in his coffee-shop at Jabor. Phua and three thtr persons were fined $10 each for gambling. A mahjeng set and $2 were* confiscated.
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    Raft fishing unit for S 'pore soon
    195 4 AN increase of 20 tons of fish a month is expected when a "raft" long lin e fishing unit arrives in Singapore within the next few weeks. Mr. Yang Chin Lei, former principal of the Fisheries I School at Amoy, who is the
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    Committed same offence twice
    58 4 KUANTAN. Wed.— Phua Kai Fon<?, of Jabor, was fined *25 at Kuantan for carrying 'oods in his Jeep without a haulage permit. As he was about to leave lVl e court, he was cclle again <»"f1 chureed with a sin: liar orTpncf committeri a few days
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    One offer to blood bank
    76 4 KUANTAN. Wed.— On reading a report that th e Kuantan Blood Bank was dry. Jimmy Williams of Penang wrote in offering to give a pint of blood to Kuantan hospital whenever required. Kuantan hosplta' has no facilities for a b;<x>d bank, but the Medical Officer
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    Negri will have 7 Malay schools
    40 4 KUALA LUMPUR Wed. Seven new-type Malay schools are being built in Negri Sembilan. The first of these, at Batu Kikir Bahau. was opened yesterday by the Yang dfPertuan Besar It cost $80,000 to bulkL
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    Policemen to learn civics
    78 4 Policemen to learn civics CINGAPORE'S policemen fire »J to know more about how the Colony is run and its community life. Civics is one of the subjects recruits learn at the Police Training School. A senior police officer said yesterday "We hope the civics classes will help produce policemen who
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    FAREWELL TO STUDENTS
    76 4 i TAIPING, Wed.— A- large gathering i.ttended the social and dance held at the King Edward VII School Hall yesterday to bid farewell to six Taiping students who are leaving earl/ next o"T for the United Kingdom. -They are Mr. Foo Fatt Yeow who is studying Law,
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    Special gaoled
    38 4 KUANTAN, Wed. A special constable, Syed Ahmad bin Syed Abdul Rahman, of Jabor. was sentenced at Kuantan to five months' gaol for absenting himself from duty for more than 21 days with no Intention to return.
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    CRIPPLED FREIGHTER RADIOS: ALL WELL
    121 4 Tug brings her to Spore qiHE disabled 6,112-ton freighter Empire Ely, now x under tow to Singapore by the Harbour Board tug Griper, was reported* last night to be making Rood progress. A radio message received L>y the vessel's agents in Singapore. Hadden and Co.,
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    30 T.B. CASES IN PENANG
    36 4 PENANO. Wed. Thirty cases of T.B. were reported Is Penang last month, compared with 31 cases In June. Tnere were eight deaths. Eight cases of diphtheria, one fatal, were also reported.
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    768 BIRTHS
    16 4 PENANG, Wed.— There wer c 768 births and 174 deaths ta Penang last month.
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    Reveal your identity, Labour 'rebels' told
    230 4 Reveal your identity, Labour 'rebels' told A CALL for the names and Labour Party membership numbers of the nine-man committee, which eight days ago served an "ultimatum" on the party's chairman, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, to dissolve the party's general council, has been made by Mr. Ho Wing Hon. Mr.
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    His dog bit a woman
    56 4 His dog bit a woman KUANTAN, Wed.— For not getting a licence for his dog, I K. Ratnam was fined $5 at Kuantan. He was fined another $20 for allowing a ferocious dog at large. It was alleged to have bitten 1 a Malay woman. Ratnam was i ordered to
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    The trailer gave them a bad break
    128 4 The trailer gave them a bad break AFTER driving into flre fighting position at Nee Soon yesterday morning, four firemen of the Naval Base. Seletar, aimed the nozzle at the target a one foot square piece of wood and then went red in the face. Not a trickle flowed out.
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    To be rebuilt
    26 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed Senior officers' quarters at Segamat, which were damaged during the war, are to be reconstructed at a* cost of $43,000.
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    Today's blackout schedule
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    Harbour workers call for 10 per cent pay bonus
    189 5 THREE UNIONS SEND IN DEMANDS A TEN per cent bonus on the year's wages is one of the demands which three unions have made to the Singapore Harbour Board. A memorandum has been sent by the Singapore Harbour Board Labour Union,
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    Bar boy who took $1,200 'forgiven'
    171 5 Bar boy who took $1,200 'forgiven' ALTHOUGH a bar boy had misappropriated $1,233. his rm plover told Singapore Second Police Magistrate. Mr D. H. Chapman, yesterday: "I have already forgiven him and I am prepared to have him back if he wishes to come back Mr I nong Pan Yap,
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    Regular checks on toddy shops
    42 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A resolution asking for the regular inspection of liquors and toddy shops, which was defeated at the last full metting of Kuala Lumpur Municipal Councillors, has since been approved by the Municipal Health Committee.
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    Transferred
    36 5 TELUK ANSON. Wed.— Inche Khalid bin Sohol. Junior Customs Officer South Perak. has been transferred to Dungun, Trengganu. Inche Zainal Abidin bin Haji Abdullah, of Alor Star, has arrived at Te'nk Anson in his p)are
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    Calligraphy contest
    100 5 Calligraphy contest Elegance, forcefulness and rloweriness were the qualities, which won the first three prizes, in the calligraphy contest organised by the China Society in Singapore last night. The contest held in connection with the popularly accepted date of Confucius' birthday— Aug. 27, 551 B.C. was won by: 1. Mr.
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    HAD CHANDU
    24 5 BATU PAHAT, Wed— Koh Sam Peng was sentenced at Batu Pahat to two months' gaol for having three tubr of chandu dross.
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    NO PERMIT
    25 5 KUANTAN. Wed.— Ng Soo Kai, of Beserah, was fined $20 at Kuantan for carrying a boy en the petrol Ms i mi- cycle
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    PRISON TERM SET ASIDE
    109 5 PRISON TERM SET ASIDE APPEAL COURT f TPHOLDING a submission U by Mr. A. J. Braga that in a gaming case a person should not be sent to prison unless there were aggravating circumstances, Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore High Court yesterday altered a term of one month's imprisonment
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    No evidence -cleared
    61 5 Ho Chwee Geok, who appealed against a lower court conviction and sen- j tence of six months' impri- sonment on a charge of carrying arms, was cleared by the High Court. Mr. Justice Knight set aside the conviction, agreeing with Mr Syed Esa bin Hassan Almenoar, counsel
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    Three months 'inadequate'
    61 5 Remarking that a sentence of three months' imprisonment was inadequate for theft of a bicycle, Mr. Justice Knight enhanced a police court sentence of three months' imprisonment on Fong Chee Chew, 18. to six months' imprisonment. Mr. Justice Knight said that Fong had a previous conviction and
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    In new building
    39 5 KOTA BAHRU, Wed— The Treasury Department and the Legal Adviser's Office at Kota Bahru. which were formerly in the main building of the Survey Department, have been moved to a new building behind 'he Land Office.
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    Interim dividend
    33 5 IPOH, Wed.— A third interim dividend of 12 '/2/ 2 per cent, has been declared by Gopeng Consolidated for the year ending Sept. 30, 1952 payable in England on Sept. 13.
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    CAUSED HURT
    19 5 SEGAMAT, Wed.—For-vol-untarily causing hurt to Apoo on Johore Labis Estate, Doraisamy, 38 was fined $25 at Segamat
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    NEGLIGENT
    36 5 PARIT BUNTAR, Wed. Valukan, a van driver, was fined $50 and his driving licence endorsed by Inche Salleh bin Eckhardt in the Parit Buntar court when he pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving.
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    Mr. C. G. Crocker
    22 5 TELUK ANSON, Wed.— Mr. C. G. Crocker has arrived at Teluk Anson as Cadet Customs Officer, South Perak.
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    FIRM 'BROKE BAN ON EXPORT CHARGE
    128 5 MR. G. Sheridan-Lea, Assistant Controller of the Imports and Exports Department, Singapore said in court yesterday the Colony is short of ammonia sulphate because nf a .chnrta.ee in the sterling area. I Th e export of ammonia sulphate to all countries, other than North
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    Had no licence
    18 5 SEGAMAT. Wed.— Suppiah, 33, was fine-d $40 at Segamat for selling cigarettes without a licence.
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    57 5 .VlNtt COMMANDER H. T. »H INN, the new Commanding Officer of No. 1 RAAF Bomber Squadron at Tengah (left) who arrived in Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday from Sydney. He was met at the airport by Wing Commander R. P. Roberts, the present CO., who returns to Australia next Friday after
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    9 more months, rotan on appeal
    325 5 9 more months, rotan on appeal SEREMBAN, Wed. JIM MIN CHOY, a J special constable, who appealed against three months' imprisonment imposed at Jelebu for extortion, had the sentence increased at Seremban High Court today to 12 months' imprisonment and six strokes of the rotan. Mr. Justice Abbott said: "As
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    Bribes for 'pirate taxis'—detective
    128 5 Bribes for 'pirate taxis'— detective SERGEANT SENT FOR TRIAL KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. SUSPECTED "pirate taxis" seized bj the Traffi Branch had been released for "a orice," a former detective told Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate today The man to whom the "price" was paid, said Yap Choy, was Sergeant Abdul Hamid
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    Assaulted by father and son
    39 5 BATU PAHAT, Wed.—Kasmadi bin Latif, and his son, Serkon bin Kasmadi, of Parit Pinang, who assaulted Taib bin Hussein were fined $500 each, in default three months' gaol, and sentenced to one day's imprisonment.
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    Dedication of new RAF Institute
    107 5 Dedication of new RAF Institute THE Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. Henry Baines, yesterday dedicated the newly j opened St. George's Church Institute at the Royal Air Force station, Seletar, after it had been jfflcially opened by Air Vice-Marshal W. J. M., Akerman, Air Officer in charge of Administration,
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    S'PORE DIARY
    208 5 Bolar; Cue. Community service committee meeting at Capitol iJ.uc Room 5.15 p.m.: Career tadc on "Surveying" by Mr. H. L. Ward at the V MCA. Orchard Road. 8 p.m. Chairman: Mr. Rowland Lyne. Spore Christian Youth found Monthly committee meeting at V.M.C.A. Orchard Road. 5.30 p.m. Girls' Sports
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    Lonely dog watches...
    66 5 PERMATANG TipJGQI. Wed. LABOURERS ar« rushing' tr demolish the 19 shophouses in the «e«iedlips village of Perm*tan» Ting;!. The owners have been given up to tomorrow to pall the buildings down. A lonely dog went to each house ard c i r a* the door as if
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      33 6 MR. SAW PENG HAI familv of Kampar thank all friend* and relatives who sent wreaths, telegrams of condolences, loan of cars nnd attended the funeral of the laje Mrs Saw Peng Hai.
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      ANNOUNCEMENT
      19 6 WASHINO frocks for office or morning wear $35 and under. Duncan's 11 D' Almeida St (Off Rattles Plpte)
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      PERSONAL
      34 6 LITTLE THEATRE PLAYERS present Shaw's "Arms And The Man' at the Little Theitre. Armenian Street, on Saturday. 30th August and on the 1st. 2nd. 3r< 4th. Sth and fith September nt 9 p.m
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Aug. 28, 1952 Assurance & Warning
    577 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Th ur. Aug. 28, 1952 Assurance W arning The punishment of the people of Permatang Tinggi for withholding information about terrorist activities in their district has had a dramatic sequel, which is likely to have far-reaching effects in securing greater co-operation from people who are exposed
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    Hope Of Kashmir Settlement
    481 6 Hopes of reaching a settlem ent of the long dispute bej iween India and Pakistan over the future of Kashmir Stale are now fixed on the secret talks taking place between representatives of both countries under the auspices of the United Nations at Geneva. The apparently
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    Tanker offer
    29 6 •™-ttt» A m wort- -A «*>nj»1<n"1"1 n»"re*ianer sal la** •}v+it tbnf. ft .Tp.pmese firm *"fi orroo.-ftri to build and «el! 96 lame oil tanLers to Persia.— A.P.
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    LOTTERIES AND THE BENEFITS
    414 6 X V CHAN replying to my letter "The Almighty and Communalism" has made only two points worth answerIng. He belittles politics In this country, implying that, unless British authority is withdrawn, no responsibility lies on us to build up any proper political machinery and acquire the
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    EDUCATION FOR ADULTS
    95 6 OEGISTRATION of stuII dents for the above is in full swing in this Settlement i It takes place in the Educai tion Office. So lar, approxiI mately a little over 400 students have registered. They are mostly, Chinese men and women and Chinese i youths. I am
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    SMELLY, TOO
    78 6 IT is very disgusting to ride in the S.T.C. buses in Singapore today. The bu.se* are not only dirty and cushionless but smelly. Sometimes, flies and mosquitoes are found in them. Although the standard of the S.T.C. buses has been greatly reduced the fares have not yet been
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    man-in-the-Street
    355 6 I certain that what we are aiming at r/ill prove to be a success and much happie: for everyone? How are we going to convince the British Government that we can take the reins properly without first stamping out the existing cvi's as indira'pi by G.S.K in his recent
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    Land taken over by the Services
    149 6 Land taken over by the Services IN your teader you refer to I the Bukit Sembawang Rubber Co. Ltd. and the Singapore United Rubber Plantations Ltd. in somewhat misleading terms. With regard to the large areas of land taken over by the Services, you give the impression that the two'com?anes
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    Bicycles on pavements
    93 6 I AM completely in agree I ment with the protest r. garding obstruction of pay- i ments by bicycles In addition to the stree mentioned I wish to poi>that at Cecil Street and R' Jinson Road the pavemers are fully monopolised bj hawkers bicycles, motor cycles, cars
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    Permits for the food
    82 6 IN ORDER to relieve the, Food Office from issuing endless permits to say thirty holiday makers arriving in j Port Dickson in one bus, why cannot the bus company itself send its own man to tune ONE permit to allow say thirty holiday makers to take
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    Allot Trust houses by ballot
    211 6 rfHE SINGAPORE Improve A ment Trust does not seem to have evolved any satisfactory method of allocating its houses. Ever since 1947 there have been complaints against its unjust system of allocation and allegations of corruption among its staff. Recently, its chairman stated that there
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    STAMP OUT THE TWO EVILS FIRST
    409 6 4S A DAUGHTER o* Malaya, I am naturally interested in what is happening here every day, In what will eventually decide the destiny of Malaya. I I am sure I am as concern ed and curious as any othci "daughter" here, because during the
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    The problem of the datin
    75 6 CAN ANT of your readers enlighten m e on the following: "I am under the impression that if a gentleman it bestowed with the honour "DATO," his wife automatically becomes a "DATIN but am I correct? If so, supposing the DATO has more than one
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    Dearer rice means higher costs
    162 6 Dearer rice means higher costs AS ONE who is going to be hard hit by the increase in the price of rice by five cents a kati from next month, I cannot help but express my indignation over the Government move which will raise the high cost of living still
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    JAY CYCLISTS IN STORE
    115 6 A CYCLIST was fined $10 at Muar recently 'or riding in an inefficient manner Prosecutions of a similar nature are certainly long overdue in Singapore. Jay cyclists and bad trisha riders n ust be prosecuted for their own good. There will certainly be fewer cyclists killed
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    On the Margin
    417 6 On the Margin Bread eaters Eating habits -hie hard. Noone knows this more than the authorities who since the liberation have been trying to persuade the rice-eating population of Malaya to turn to foods more In abundance. One major bid was to get the people to use more flour and
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    U.S. RACIAL SNUB ANNOYS
    303 7 leaders protest at the colour bar of waitresses I ABOUR and trade unirm leaders in Singapore yesterday criticised the way a Malayan labour leader, Mr. S. Thava Rajah, has been treated in America. Mr. Rajah, in the U.S. for 90 days as a guest )f the
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    Labour HERE IS WHAT A NEGRO HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT
    187 7 Labour HERE IS WHAT A NEGRO HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT AN official of the United States Information Service in Singapore told the < straits Times yesterday: j The best authority on the treatment of Negroes in the United States is a Negro. For several days there have been Negroes
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    Man cleared of robbery
    75 7 Ong Tian Swee, accused of robbing a Chinese couple at Marine Parade on the night of Dec. 30, was acquitted at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Ong was retried following an order of the Full Court of Criminal Appeal. The jury found him innocent. Ong was alleged
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    CHRISTENING IN A LINER
    151 7 CHRISTENING IN A LINER IT S COLD and I want to go home. Nine-month-old Natalia Tairoff looks apprehensively upon her Greek Orthodox Church christening in the Portuguese liner Timor in Singapore yesterday. Natalia's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Tairofl are WhJJte Russians who have made their home In Singapore. They
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    Youth meeting
    30 7 Singapore Christian Youth Council will hold its monthly committee meeting at the V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, today at 5.30 p.m. All affiliated organisations are asked to send their representatives.
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    Sanctioned by Queen
    175 7 The Queen has sanctioned the following promotions and admissions to the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. For admission In the grade of OfflrcT iiwslfeerj: Dr. D. P. Mclmynt. F.R.C.S ai:c Mr Yeo Koon Uuan. I M BE For Ibe promotion to the
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    Gay musical in S'pore
    100 7 Members of the Girls' Club j faced the footlights at the Vic.oria Theatre, Singapore, last night when they presented the gay musical "Shew Business of 1952" to aid the club's building fund. Highlight was c modern dance interpretation of "The Legend of Frankie and Johnnie", featuring
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    Spore Court of Criminal Appeal
    25 7 A short sitting of the full Court of Criminal Appeal will be held in the Singapore High Court this morning.
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    Python was dead
    23 7 A dead python was found on the roadside at Cross Street, Singapore, yesterday. No one knew where it came from.
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    Wires kept humming
    49 7 The Singapore Telecommunications Department handled 339,381 telegrams during the first six months of this year. The inland telephone trunk service brought in $165,858 for the January-April period. There were 3,801 inward and outward calls to Britain. Hong Kong and Australia from January to June, for $47,000.
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    Fresh air cost $495
    74 7 A Chinese living in Tanjong Rhu, Singapore, likes lots of fresh air during sleep. He lost $495.50 because of it. He went to bed on Tuesday with all his bedroom windows open. In the morning he found his wrist watch worth $170, three fountain pens valued
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    Police trainees donate blood
    37 7 me Singapore tJiooa nan* received another welcome supply yesterday when recruits lrom the Police Training School went along and donated blood. The donors later returned to school, and carried on with their training.
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    Durhams call at S'pore
    66 7 Till. Ist. Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, reached Singapore in the Empire TrOoper yesterday They arc on their wiv to Korea. After a route march in the I afternoon, some of the men ivere given shore leave last night. Also aboard the Empire Trooper were a number
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    WHY CHINESE DID NOT RESPOND
    196 7 Recruiting campaigns clashed KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. /CHINESE leaders here are confident that Chines youths will volunteer more readily in the next drive for Federation Regiment recruits. They give two reasons why the recent drive failed to get better response from Chinese insufficient propaganda and distraction
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    Ex-teacher is charged with theft
    70 7 A CHARGE of theft of Jewellery, valued at $1,075, was explained to Pang Swee Lin, a former schoolmistress, before the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate. Mr. E. H. D'Netto, yesterday. She was alleged to have stolen the articles, belonging to a woman. Tan Peck Liang, from
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    COUNCILLORS9 GREETINGS
    23 7 COUNCILLORS 9 GREETINGS Christmas cards bearing the coat of Arms of the City of Singapore, will be available to City Councillors this year.
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    Quick work saves attap
    57 7 Prompt action by Singapore j Fire Brigade yesterday saved most of a stack of attap which caught fire in Kampong Chia Heng. The brigade dealt with three lallang fires yesterday. Two thousand square yards of grassland was burnt in Dunearn Road and lallang fires were put
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    Smeared woman's face with chilly
    32 7 KUANTAN, Wed.— A woman, Zainab binte Samsudln, was fined $25 at Kuantati for assaulting, another woman, Maimimah. It was alleged that Samsudin smeared Maimunah's face with chilly.
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    Cigar men on strike
    58 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wea.— Johore Bahru cigar workers began their strike on Tuesday after a last minute effort to i bring employers and workers j to terms had failed. Employers made a final j offer °f another 25 cents per day but this was rejected. Workers demanded
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    Broadcast of RMN ceremony
    52 7 At 9.45 p.m. tomorrow, Radio Malaya will broadcast a recorded account of the ceremony to mark the bestowal of the title "Royal Malayan Navy" on the Malayan Naval Force by t the Queen. The ceremony takes place at 11 a.m The broadcast will be on the
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    MALAYANS!
    239 7 'BLIND MAN'S LIFE NOT ONE OF DARKNESS 9 Expert tells K.L. Rotarians KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday A NEW world outlook had changed the ives of blind people from "a mere negativ? existence to positive usefulness," Sir Clutha MacKenzie, a world expert on blind welfare, told Rot irians in Ku i
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    Coulson Gilmer: verdict reserved
    211 7 PENANG, Wed PENANG Sessions Court President Mr. B. G. Smith, today reserved his Judgment until Friday at 11 a.m. in the case in which R- A. Coulson-Gilmer, former iPen an g manager of iShriro (China) Ltd., is charged with criminal bieach of trust of $6 125
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    Retrial order by appeal court
    52 7 In the Singapore Apueal Court yesterday, Mr. Juatlce Knight ordered a retrial of a case in which Tan Kirn Song had been convicted and sentenced to six months' imDrisonment in the Police Courts on a charge of permitting his nremises to r^e r.cpr! for er"Oirin<?
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    'ALTER FEDERATION SET-UP' PLEA
    271 8 Communalism being aggravated Purcell man KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. ]^|R. F. G. CARNELL, political adviser to Dr. Victor Purcell. who is visiting Malaya to study the living conditions of the Chinese, today urged that the Federation Constitution be revised. He told 300 Chinese at a public lecture
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    City Day anniversary cancelled
    174 8 City Day anniversary cancelled SINGAPORE City Council has cancelled plans for celebrating the first anniversary of City Day. Sept. 22. the City President. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. said yesterday. M-, MrNeice s.-Jd this decision was taken because the anniversary too closely followed the conferment of the freedom of the
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    New members
    32 8 Nearly 200 fiirms and individuals hav e applied to Join Singapore Cheese Chamber of Commerce during the past two months Th« Chamber now has a total membership of about 1.850
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    New job is created
    59 8 The Singapore City Coun- j cil is to create a post of Parks Assistant to look after the hawkers' shelters at the Esplanade and other development schemes in the area. The post carries an initial basic salary of $200 a month. The hawkers shelters are expected
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    More land for University
    63 8 JOHtl KF iIAHKi:. Wedn-sHay MOlifc laud is to b acquired for the new building <>t the University of Malaya in Johore :i.ihru. The senior missionary in Johore of the Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in England has been notified by the Government that 308 acres
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    TRIBUTE TO LOYAL ROTARIAN
    107 8 SINGAPORE Rotarlans yesterday observed a minute's silence in memory of their immediate past president. Mr. K. M. Engelmann, who died of heart failure in Sydney on Aug. 20 while on holiday in Australia. Their president, Mr. Alfred H. Hogg, said: "Tinker was one of our most
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    Carpenter found hanging
    40 8 TELUK ANSON. Wed.— Goh Sin Choon, 63, a carpenter, was found hanging in hLs room at Changkat Jong Road. TeluK Anson. The discovery was made by Goh's chief tenant, Mr. Cecil Talbot. who reported to the police.
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    THEY WANT TO BE VACCINATED
    43 8 THIS QUEUE was seen outside the Kreta Ayer Government Clinic yesterday, the seventh day of the island-wide smallpox vaccination campaign in Singapore. More than half the 1,500 people vaccinated at this centre yesterday were children. Straits Times picture.
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    Poppy appeal will be bigger, better
    247 8 350,000 FLOWERS ARRIVE KUALA UffIKPUR, Wednesday. PLANS are being drawn top to make the Poppy Day appeal in Malaya this year bigger and more nighty organised than in previous years. More than 310,000 small poppies, 40.000 giant poppies and a large collection of other
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    STAMPS FOR POPPY FUND
    160 8 STAMPS FOR POPPY FUND THIS year, Singapore's Poppy Day appeal will be backed- by sports and social programmes, while Penang is also appealing to everybody Ito send in used postage stamps to help the Fund. The Penang Poppy Day Fund was greatly helped last year by stamps which were forwarded
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    HE DECIDED TO PAY
    54 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— For moving 12 tahils of biscuits in the Plentong area without a permit, Seng Chan Seng was fined $5 today. Seng told the court that he had only three dollars, but when he was told that the alternative was two days' imprisonment, he
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    Sultan in Zurich
    15 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— The Sultan of Johore has left England for Switzerland
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    SHIP-JUMPER LANDS IN HOT WATER
    82 8 PRIVATE Robert Morete, of the French Foreign Legion, went overboard from the French troopship Oregon in the Straits of Malacca on Sunday. He was picked up by a passing ship and is now under detention in Singapore by the Immigration authorities. He committed a technical
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    SHENTON WAY: NEW DEEP BORING GEAR
    289 8 SHENTON WAY: NEW DEEP BORING GEAR I YEW deep-boring equipment, for p'ling tests at 11 Singapore's Shenton Way, wher~ mv ti-milli n I dollar building projects are held up due t9 lack of I rock foundations, is expected to arrive from Bri.tain soon. Lessees of three building lots there have
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    Full payment of claims on Germany
    123 8 Full payment of claims on Germany (""JLAIMS amounting to about $325,000 against German assets totalling $3,700,000 in Singapore are to be paid in full. Mr W G. Alcock. Custodian of Enemy Property, told the Straits Times yesterday. He said he hoped to complete payments before the end of the year.
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    Wives have to pay
    63 8 The free admission concession granted to Singapore City Councillors to the Jalan Besar stadium is not to be extended to their wives. A Council committee which earlier recommended extension of this concession has now reversed it§ recommendation The committee also decided to review in November the
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    Three fined on lottery charges
    54 8 PENANG. Wed.— Koay Choo Beng and Hang Cheang Weng were fined $2,000 each for assisting in the management of the "100 characters" lottery on Aug. 19 at Paya Terubong. Penang. Both had pleaded guilty to the charge. Lim Keng Hoe was fined $7 for buying
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    One more card to carry
    85 8 rE Singapore City Councillors will soon each get a new card of introduction which will have his or her photograph affixed to it. The City Secretary has told the Councillors that the reason for having photographs on the new cards was in order to make
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      248 8 A B-% 7.30 Soliano Trio; 7.45 Hit 7 News; 7.15 Radio Scientist; 9 SlNuArQllE Parade; 8.15 Youth Takeg The Record Review; 9.30 News; 9.45— Air: 8.45 Classical Requests; 9.30 10.00 Cowboy Songs. 10 a.m. News; 10.05 Music News; 9.45 Alfredo Antononi ■__>_- While You Work; 10.45 Como Orch.; 10 Over
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    DECLINE OF THE WAIST
    166 9 %WATCH out for your wastline! Paris and London have designs or your shape in the coming season. Looking through some fash. on cuttings I find the first attempt to abandon the natural waist started in the Autumn of 1945, just before Christian Dior launched his '"New
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    PLUMAGE FOR THE LADIES
    50 9 PLUMAGE FOR THE LADIES IT will be a case of taking care not to ruffle a girl's feathers in Paris next Autumn for the kings of fashion in the capital of fashion have decreed that the well-dressed woman is to wear plenty of plumage. This model is by Jean Barthet.
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    LOOK AFTER YOUR HANDS
    79 9 Many women in Malaya are fortunate in being spared the effects of housework on their hands. Here is a point programme to keep your hands feminine and attractive: I.— CLEANLINESS: Wash them often, scrubbing nails and knuckles using a nail shampoo. 2.— PROTECTION: Always use gloves
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    Fashion bid by LATINS
    264 9 Fashion bid by LATINS ITALY and Spain nay 1 well and truly entere 1 the wor d rt haute co.i ture and Ihe older- s tabHshed fashion mtions are looking to their laurels Italy has already shown that clo-hes with line, style and fashion sense can be designed outside London
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    Where 'wimmen' rule the roost
    542 9 \WHAT is it like to be ruled by a "petticoat governmerit" to live in a community where women have 3i-l the say? To find out, KENN PASSINCHAM paid a visit to the beauty spot village of Bishop's Ichington, South Warwickshire, England. There, for three years,
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      151 9 NYLON V 5 4f V^M SLOVES or fn EVENING jilt sizv;s 6J to 7| fvT^y Colours WHIW, j^M/ V MAER2NAVI /*'fl|L V\ iLACK lYu^ $6/2.", to #11/56 \\\W d Miracle, of modem science/ THE INK THAT rV\, i^MS CLEANS AND iT\}.i^ri^! PROTECTS YOUR \^>*^\\ PEN AS IT WRITES! L «<BL«J
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      252 9 The Straits Times Crossword 1~1 p~] p ITT |7 la 14 11 l 5 19 111 20 2I 25 24 H W 29 mm 1 ACKOSS A i! go a sgn when nev I. Rip» are airanged lor rest*>- up (6). ration tit 6 Sugar-cane refuse (7) J_ 7. Mark.
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    Mrs. Ip may be first Chinese champion
    641 10 LTAM TOURNEY STARTS TODAY THE annual Malayan lawn tennis championships begin at Penang today and, apart from the fact that the weather may be more unsettled at the end of August than at its beginning, there is promise that we shall see tennis
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    GARRISON LGE FINAL
    77 10 KUALA LUMPUR Wed. VTALAYA SIGNALS REGIMENT 1 and 55 Coy (RASC) meet In the Garrison League Shield final at HQ on Saturday. On their league record 55 Coy are firm favourites but the Signals -ire capable of causing a surprise result. This Is how the teams finished
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    Ip has been star turn since 1949
    437 10 I AST year's Malayan tennis tournament with Bee away and without contestants from abroad was a singularly poor affair, saved from total drabness by the presence of Ip and Beaty who had just too easy a passage into the final It brought comparisons,
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    Oliver holds record for most wins
    137 10 MOT a single Chinese girl has won either the women's singles or doubles or mixed doubles in the Malayan tennis championships. The Malayan tennis championships began in 1921 when only the men's singles event was held. In 1925 the women's singles fas added but
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    World record
    49 10 PARIS, Wed. The Belgian Olympic runner, Gaston Reiff, set up a new world record for two miles here yesterday by covering the distance In eight minutes 40.4 seconds. The previous record of 8 mln. 42.8 sec. was set up by Oundar Haegg in Stockholm in 1944 Reuter
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    SLOW PROGRESS IN MALAYA CUP NORTH ZONE
    421 10 SLOW PROGRESS IN MALAYA CUP NORTH ZONE By Our Soccer Reporter VLTHILE Singapore, southern zone finalists in the Malaya Cup, must languish until mid-October waiting for the final the north and east zones move slowly to their conclusion. The northern zone Is not likely to be completed for another month
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    U.K. SOCCER
    54 10 LONDON. Wed. Yesterday's U.K. football results were: DIV. I— Burnley 3, Stoke City 2; DIV. 3 (N)— Oldham^Ath 5. Darlington 0; DIV. 3 (B)—Bristol City 0, Mill wall 0; Ulster Cup Bangor 0. LlnHeld 2; Glentoran 5. Crusaders 0. Rugby league results were: Dewsburj 7, Castleford 1«; Keighley
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    Turpin to fight for Empire title
    79 10 LONDON, Wtd— The British Boxing Board of Control has decided that should a contest be arranged between Randolph Turpin, British and European champion, and George Angelo, South African tltleholder, they will recognise It as for the vacant Empire middleweight championship. The nght between Teddy
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    SCHOOLS URGED TO AID TENNIS
    262 10 PENANO. Wed. rERE is a lack of interest in tennis among local youths, Mr. Soon Cheng Sun, president of the Penang Lawn Tennis Association, said yesterday at the prize-giving at the conclusion of this year's Penang open tennis championships at the Penang Sports Club. Mr.
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    More scope for Servicemen -SJRFC
    311 10 J OHO RE BAHRU. Wed. QERVICEMEN will In future be able to take a greater share In the South Jobore Rugby Pcotball Club's activities as a result of an amendment to Rule 4 At the Club's annual general meeting held recently, a clause was added
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      576 10 otiVl/IbTIL DECORATIVE TILES ARE THE CHOICE FOR FLOORS WHAT ARE THEY? }emasti< Decorative Tile* are one o* the most advanced forms of floor I covennß available They are produced by i specia 1 process from blended asbestos anc mineral fillers with resin binders in a wide ran«e of carefully chosen
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    6⅝ CENTS DROP IN 4 DAYS
    207 11 Another 1/2 cent decline in price of rubber By Our Market Correspondent RUBBER again lost half a cent on the Singapoi market yesterday and September first gra< closed at 78? cents a lb. Since Friday of last week (four days) the price has now
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    World trade reached new peak in 1951
    136 11 NEW YORK. Wed. rPHE value, m well aa the volume, x of world trade reached an alltime peak in 1951 under the influence of huge defence requirements of Uie Western world following the Korean conflict. United Nations economists reported today. The total world
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    No marked price trend in Australian stocks
    159 11 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Wed. DASE metal and gold shares again provided the greatest activity in Stock Exchange trading today. There was. however, no marked tread In prices. Rates generally were close to recent advanced levels. General investments fluctuated variably on light
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    Wall Street
    34 11 NEW YORK. Wed.—The Irregular price pattern of recent New York markets continued with activity again on Wall Street yesterday and was confined to a minimum of stock transfers The close was Irregular.
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    TIN:$479¼ A PICUL
    10 11 SINGAPORE, Wed Aug. 27.-KJ9.25 s picul (unchanged).
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    Copra steady, pepper up $5
    81 11 'THE price for copra w«s steady tn Singapore yesterday and business wa£ done at $26 per picul f.o.b, with further buyers. Sellers were $261. Coconut oil was M^'i buyers picul f.0.b., with sellers $42. On the Produce Exchange the price of Muntok (white) pepper went
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    New York price
    26 11 \JO. 1 R.S.S. September Hn l^ O.S. cents): Monday's Tuesday's closing dosing 25.7S bid 28-55 bid 28.85 asked. 28.90 asked. Tone: Not steady.
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    Industrials firm on dull Share Market
    109 11 rDUSTRIALS were Inn on the Singapore Share Market yesterday. The rest of the market was dull. Few transactions were reported In rubbers there being no buying interest. Price chang. s announced by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association were aj follows INDUSTRIALS BiTMi SaJan Prater
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    SHIPPING
    72 11 SHIPB alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns. or expected there at 7 a.m. today, are— Drente 1/2; Blntang 6: Sedenak 7; Sunnvvilje 8/9- DeucaUon 11: O*nirT^ 13/14; Walrlmu '.5/16; Ore«te« 18. Ransem HeinhU l»/»: llantln N.W.B; Be«1n*d Kerr ai/U; Euryades 23/34: Rajah Brooke Teucer 27/28; Straat Banka M/ 30:
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    32 11 HONG KONG, Wed. Free market currency exchange of Hodr Kong dollars was quoted at -the close today as follows: us»i HK»6.4BVfc (cashV; HKs6.46', (TT.)- HK515.87. One tael of gold HK>3O3%.
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    Promising year for food crops
    175 11 WORLD food crops appear nromteino: this year acpromising this year, ac cording to the Financial Times. Reviewing prospects, the journal states: "Good grain harvests are expected in Europe. Canada's wheat and coarse grain should again be abundant. In the United States another good year of
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    Perak T.C. plans to use television
    192 12  -  By EPSOM JEEP may be Introduced in Malayan racing. The Perak Turf Club, I understand. Is seriously studying the possibilities of televising the ■tart and early running of seven furlong and 5H furlong races. The new seven-furlong course at Ipoh, with a two furlong
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    CEM(Blue)in triangular Cup final
    389 12 nPHE S.T.T.A's 1952 Junior InterClub League championships reached the final stages on Tuesday > night when the Chinese Engineering Merchants (Blue) repeated their success by beating Milkyway i M.P. again hi the Group "A" rei play by 5-4 to enter the triangular I final for tire
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    Aimless kicking in rugger trial
    476 12 By SECOND ROW I 'THE Singapore Civilian rugger trial held on the x padan? yesterday did not come ud to expectations. After a promising start at the previous practices, much was expected but this did not materialise. The intention, I believe. Is to announce the
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    Joey Maxim suspended
    117 12 NEW YORK, Wed. WORLD light heayweight boxing champion Joey Maxim and his manager. Jack Kearns have been suspended by the New York State Athletic Commission for an alleged violation of an agreement for Maxim to defend his title against Randolph Turpin. British champion, in London next month.
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    Mansfields fought hard
    112 12 ]\/f ANSFIELD Sports Club had to ATi fight very hard for their 3-0 victory over Borneo Co. In their Singapore B.H.F.A. League and Cup match at Fairer Park yesterday. Mansfield opened scoring In the 17th minute through Chin Kirn after a weak clearance by Borneo's goalkeeper, Sabani.
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    Sports Diary
    45 12 SOCCER: BAFA Jnr. Cup, Marine Dept. v. BUr Soccerltes —J. Beaar; Dlv. 3 A. KJW.L. v. Town Rangers— CYMA; Div. 2, ReekUtea v. Cheerful Lads—Geylang. BUSINESS HAUSES: Sime Darby v. OTEC FAN {round; Ford v. OCBC Fairer Park. SWIMMING: CSC. chamninn'hip* 5.15 p.m.
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    Walkover for SCS
    30 12 Cold Storage "B" were given a walkover from 1.C.1., when they failed to turn up for their Singapore B.HJ.A. League tr Cup fixture at Thomson Road yesterday.
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    RECORD ENTRIES FOR CUP MEET
    451 12 10 races a day at Bukit Timah By EPSOM JEEP fpWO hundred and ten Class One and Three horses have entered for the Singapore Turf Club September (Gold Cup) Meeting on Sept. 6, 10 and 13— easily an all-time record for a three-day meeting at
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    Bob Norton back on the job
    49 12 MR. 808 NORTON. SRA handicapper, has returned with his wife after leave in the United Kingdom. Mr. Norton will take over duties as handicapper at the forthcoming Gold Cup meeting at Bukit Tlmah. During his absence Mr L. F. Knight acted as handicap
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    POLICE SC DRAW
    59 12 In a SAFA Dlv. 2 league match I played on the BODCA ground yes- terday. Singapore Harbour Board held Police Sports Club four-all, t Omar and Choon Chee scored t two goals each for 8.H.8. Scorers t for the Police were: Mohamea r Ngon (2), Kok Seng
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    SINGAPORE RACE ENTRIES
    738 12 Lcceber idonU iinbassado; imoroso .r.lnzton larrow Boy lattlnhip 1st RUN 2nd RON «F. 1M 6F MM I I I I I S I I I > neau u-mpt, tfi -daw Bll.v Wilkins Blrotigrove Birthday Gilt Black Velvet Bloodshot Bosun. The Brave Wind Brldeford Bnxht Eyes Bir.i Dog
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    District win with 2nd half rally
    348 12 Singapore Base Dist 3; Indians L A L GH the y traUed one-nil at half time (WeUford kicking into his own goal), Singapore Base District scored three goals within 15 minutes c*e.* second hal to bea Indians 3—l in their SA*A Community league game
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    Two records by Surrey
    113 12 S LONDON, Wed. URREY, the new county champions, established two postwar cricket records when they beat Hampshire at Southampton yesterday by six wickets. The 12 points Surrey took la this match made their total for this season 248 which surpassed the 236 points gained by Middlesex
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    Lads score 2-nil win
    115 12 PHEERFUL Lads "A" played with good combination and ball control to beat Young Companiong 2—o In a S.A.F.A. Dlv 3A encounter at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Cheerfu. Lads dominated play at the start and stormed Young Companions' goalmouth, where Omar hit the upright after receiving a pass*
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      164 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE ONE CHALLEN PIANO. New condition. Price $2,000. Box No. A3947, S.T. MISCELLANEOUS ALTAS exclusive gowns for all occasions, Adelphl Hotel OrlU entrance, moderate prices. Open till 6 p.m. for business girls. IS YOUR refrigerator or radio out of order? For excl. service moderate charges, consult Oversea
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