The Straits Times, 29 August 1952

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    20 1 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGtJST 29, hsZ. SIXTEEN PAGES MALAr A 6 NATIONAL MEIYSPAftiH: tXTABUotitiD 184S Fmu FIFTEEN C-.a'S
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    TEMPLER GETS THE SECRETS
    538 1 Three 'bad area 9 villages send them in sealed boxes KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. CIR Gerald Templer today gave the people of three villages in the worst trouble spots in Central Malaya the chance to tell him what they know of the Communist terrorist network in their
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    BANDITS SLAY THREE
    65 1 BANDITS SLAY THREE KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. rpERRORISTS murdered -I three civilians yesterday. A band of 10 shot and stabbed to death a woman rubber taiper on an estate in the J'>.<i"i district of Malacca. Another tapper '^as slain In the Labis area of Johore. T^e third person killed was a
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    Quality is the aim
    59 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Pan-Malayan Working Party, formed this week to discuss methods of improving the quality of Malayan Rubber, held its first meeting in Kuala Lumpur today. General discussion took place. The Working Party was set up following warnings from the United States that the
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    Labour men meet and say: Now we all agree
    181 1 Labour men meet and say: Now we all agree ftlE general council of the Labour Party of Singa- por e last night patched up its differences. Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj, a Legislative Coun- cillor, attended as mediator at the meeting which was held at the Party's pew headquarters at
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    Workers kill overseers
    46 1 Workers kill overseers HONG KONG, Thurs— The independent Kung Sheung Daily News mid from Swatow that workers in II:: Communist printing office r»ot«;d on Aug. 19, killed seven oveneers. severely injured six others and fled. Families of the missing workers were prrested the nex; morning. A.P.
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    Heart stopped —he lives
    47 1 Heart stopped he lives NEW YORK, Thurs. A man whose heart stopped beating 26 minutes on the operating table, according to his doctors, is recovering today at his home. Marcus G. Rlddell expects to be back at work, with a n' >al heart, within a year.— AP.
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    11 visit H.K.
    17 1 HONG KONG, Thurs. Eleven U.S. congressmen arrived here today for a oneday visit.— AP.
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    NO CURE YET
    25 1 LONDON, Thurs.— A government report published yesterday indicated that Britain's scientific battle against foot and mouth disease is still a losing one.
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    Malayan flowers at London show
    45 1 LONDON, Thurs. More than 30 countries including Malaya, India. Ceylon, Japan, Hong Kong, Siam, Egypt. Iraq and the United States have sent flowers for display at a national flower show which opened at the Olympic indoor stadium here today Reuter.
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    Two gaoled for robbery
    49 1 KUCHING, Thurs.— ln the Kuching High Court yesterday, Jlew Foh Onn, 28. and Then Joon San 29, pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery at Muara Tuang on Aug. 13. Mr. Justice Rogeis aentenced Jiew to 10 years' anfi Then to seven years' Imprisonment. Reuter.
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    We are no threat says Soekarno
    217 1 JAKARTA, Thursday. PRESIDENT Soefcarno today repeated his (Nands 1 for the return of Dutch West New GaKa to Indonesian tends, and denied that his owmtry's claims constituted a threat to Australian-IWd East New Guinea. The President s&kjbfei an interview that althpfeh Indonesia would n»nufe|
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    SARAWAK DENIES REPORTS
    113 1 SARAWAK DENIES REPORTS GOVERNMENT of Sarawak U today said that news agency reports from Jakarta, said to be quoting the Indonesian Press, to the effect that Sarawak Security Forces had bivouacefl in Indonesian territory, are absolutely without foundation. On no occasion has the Indonesian 'frontier been crossed by the Sarawak
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    Macao did not apologise
    41 1 Macao did not apologise MACAO, Thurs. The Government of Macao, today denied apologising to China for recent border Incidents. A spokesman said compensation had been paid on both sides for machlnegun and mortar clashes "on a fair and Just basis". Reuter.
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    12 Huks killed
    14 1 MANILA Thurs. Twelve Huks were killed In the Philippines yesterday.— A.P
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    6 MONTHS TO LIVE, HE WENT TO SEA-NOW HE'S CURED
    160 1 6 MONTHS TO LIVE, HE WENT TO SEA-NOW HE'S CURED BRISTOL, Than. flOljP he had only six -1- Months to live, a retired British naval officer, Lt.Cmdr. J. c. R. Griffin, bought a boat and went to sea to die. He salted back to port here yesterday and announced he
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    Death date
    17 1 LONboN, Thurs John Thomas Straflen, who killed a child, will be executed pn Sept. 4.
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    BANANAS FOR RUSSIA
    33 1 HONGKONG. Thurs.— The Communist Ta Kung Pao said about 2i tons of South China bananas have been sent by refrigerator car to Moscow In an "experimental export of fruit."— AP.
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    Kidnapped
    14 1 •BERLIN, Thurs.—Oommunist People's Police kidnapped two West Berlin frontier guards last night.— AP.
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    150 arrested
    18 1 TOKYO, Thurs. Police have smashed a watch smuggling ring and arrested 150 people in Yokohama. AP.
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    Booby traps in ambush
    51 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Twenty Communist terrorists laid booby traps in an ambush in the Kuantan area of Pahang yesterday. They opened fire on a patrol of the Bth Federal Jungle Company wounding two. The patrol was following up after hearing that a rubber tapper had been
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    There before you leave
    55 1 PROFESSOR A A. Hall, a British aircraft research ex1 pert, believes that the time will come when planes will travel as fast. It not faster than the earth rotates n. W» miles an hoar This would mean that a plane could leave England and arrive hi
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    Mission in Tokyo
    24 1 TAIPEI, Thurs. A nineman snipping delegation flew to Tokyo today for a month's study of commercial shipping developments in Japan. AP.
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    GIRL JUMPS IN SEA TO RESCUE MOTHER
    106 1 HUNDREDS of people at the Esplanade. Singapore, last night flocked along the sea-wall and watched a 16-year-old Malay girl rescue her mother from The girl, Alimah and her mother. Ramini binte Massll. aged 37. were strolling along the edge of the sea-wall when
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    Falling house kills woman
    36 1 HONG KONG, Thurs.— A woman Ho Sum-mui, was crushed to death when a two-storey building collapsed last night. Firemen blamed collapse of the extremely old building to high winds and recent rainfall.-^AP.
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    Moscow party
    22 1 MOSCOW. Thure.— Russian Foreign Minister, Mr. Vyahinsky, was host tonight at a reception for Premier Chou En-lai of China— AP.
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    4 MORE REDS KILLED
    45 1 TV)UR nore terrorists have been lulled and two wounded in the Federation. late Emergency communique issued last night said. Another terrorist was captured. jjttjfe *t the bandits was UKd \y a deserting terrorist, who later led security farces to the body.
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    They may hang
    30 1 VIENNA, Thurs. Children above 12 years of age can now be hanged in Communist Albania for offences against the State, according to a report received here.— AP.
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    Egypt Premier may resign
    150 1 Egypt Premier may resign CAIRO, Thurs. ritHE Egyptian Premier, Aly Maher, has threatened to resign over the question of land reform. A cleavage between Aly Maher and General Naguib, Egypt's strong man and leader of the coup which ousted King Farouk, on the speed and ruthlessness of the proposed agrarian
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    MALAN RACIAL POLICY IS 'NEW WAR MENACE'
    243 2 MALAN RACIAL POLICY IS 'NEW WAR MENACE' LONDON, Thursday. PLEVEN resolutions condemning the racial policy Ld of the South African Government are on the agenda of the annual conference of the British Labour Party which begins on S?pt. 29 at Morecambe. One urges the Parliamentary Labour Party "to bring pressure
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    Edens home
    18 2 LONDON. Thurs— Mr. Eden and his bride arrived home yesterday after a honeymoon in Portugal. A.P.
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    BOY KING SUED FOR SI MILLION
    48 2 SANTA MONICA, California, Thurs. IRAQS boy king, Feisal 11, now touring California, is being sued for USSI.OOO.OOO A Mr. Irwin Gielgud alleged that the King causeu his false arrest and detention by the port authorities in Basra, on Not. 36, 1951.— AJ\
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    British and U.S. envoys meet Dr. M.
    104 2 TEHERAN. Thors. MR. GEORGE MIDDLETON British Charge D'Affalres in Teheran, and Mr. Loy Henderson, United States Ambassador, yesterday calleo. on the Premier, Dr. Mossadeq. and met for three and a half hours. A statement said that relations between the three countries were discussed.
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    TURKS GET FINE ARMY
    31 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The State Department said yesterday that Turkey with American help is developing "as fine a modern military machine as a small country can manage." A.P.
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    Russians plan to study Mars
    42 2 LONDON. Thurs. Soviet scientists will build an observatory In the heart of Asia to study plant life on Mars. A Moscow Radio broadcast said a botanical expedition will erect the observatory near the border of Sinkiang. -U.P.
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    RUSSIA QUERIED ON 2 MILLION LOST MEN
    80 2 GENEVA. Thurs. II7EST Germany and Italy have asked Russia to account for or repatriate more than 2.000.000 soldiers last heard of In the Soviet Union. Japan has asked Russia and China to give informa- tlon about 340.000 Japanese prisoners and repatriate those still
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    British fanks tor Army of Europe
    148 3 British fanks tor Army of Europe WASHINGTON. Thurs JmHE I nited States is nego1 tiating with Britain to supply the European Army with Centurion tanks made in British factories. Tli s was disclosed today in a eial report to President Truman from Ambassador YVill.am Draper United •»-s special representatlvc in
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    U.S. tour by engineers
    47 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. Engineers from Formosa and Siam wore among 20t) who nave arrived in the United States to inspect production Others are rom 15 West E"m, >can countries. They expected > attend j the 100 th annual convention o' American Society of Engineers. Reuter.
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    Arabs oppose race laws
    52 3 CAIRO. Thurs.— An Arab League spokesman said here that Egypt and other Arab nations would support the Ind an move to take the South African apartheid issi-e before the Uni'ed Nattio'~s "Arab League member stairs will support any movement for racial equality and human rights." the
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    Coward fined
    14 3 LONDON, Thurs. Noel 2(' 'rd was fined £1 yesteriay tor speeding.— UP.
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    Chou En Lai leads mission to Moscow
    83 3 mi red CHINA delegation to Moscow, led by Premier and Foreign Minister Chou En Lai, Is pictured here on arrival at Moscow airport with Soviet Ministers who greeted it, passing In front of a guard of honour. Left to right: Andrei Vishinsky, Soviet
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    Refugee spy ring in Canada
    96 3 Refugee spy ring in Canada MONTREAL, Thurs. rpHE Montreal Gazette said today that a wellorganised spy ring, composed of refugees from Iron Curtain countries, is operating in Montreal. The s.ory said that two informants stated they had been asked by Russian agents to transmit secret data on Montreal's defence industry.
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    NEW JET IS EVEN FASTER
    82 3 NEW JET IS EVEN FASTER LONDON, Thurs. QRITAIN has a Canberra jet bomber far superior to the one which set Tuesday's two-way trans-Atlantic record. The latest edition of the Royal Air Force's journal said a No. 1 medium bomber will be unveiled next week at Farnborough air show. Its engines-^-of
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    Not so very 'anti'
    53 3 Not so very 'anti BEIRUT, Thurs.— Persia's anti-Western leader, Ayotullah Kashanl, took off in an American Air Force plane for Jeddah yesterday. He was one of 3,000 Muslim pilgrims who are being moved from Beirut in a United States-sponsored Mecca airlift. Without this emergency American transport, Kashanl would have missed
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    MOURNING IS COMPULSORY
    38 3 BUENOS AIRES, ThursThe Argentine Radical P.trt\ the only sizeable opposition to President Peron, said last night that political piisoners are being kept in solitary confinement for refusing to mourn the death of Eva Peron.— A.P.
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    MAGISTRATE TO SUE OVER TRIAL 'FARCE'
    172 3 JOHANNESBURG, Thurs. A SOUTH African magistrate today took the first legal step towards suing Time .magazine for calling a case he tried "a farce." Magistrate E. G. Halse was granted an order in the Supreme Court here to attach money lying to the credit
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    JAPANESE DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT
    201 3 JAPANESE DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT Polling on Oct. 1 TOKYO, Thursday. THE JAPANESE Cabinet today decided to dissolve Parliament and hold general elections on Oct. 1. The Cabinet's decision defeated Opposition plans to attack the Government on the case of two British sailors gaoled at Kobe for robbery. The Opposition planned to
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    Russia replaces Malik at U.N.
    52 3 NEW YORK. Thurs.—Russia's chief U.N. delegate. Mr. Malik, will be replaced by Mr. Valerian A. Zorln. Both hold the rank of Deputy Foreign Minister. Mr. Zorin is expected to take up his new post on Sept. 15 a month before the next General Assembly session
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    MORE PAY DEMAND REFUSED
    111 3 LONDON. Thurs. SHIPYARD owners today followed the lead of other British employers in resisting demands for an increase in pay by 2,500.000 workers. The Employers' Federation told leaders of 200.000 shipyard men they would not give way to union pressure for a "substantial" pay rise Engineering
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    Power plants bombed
    52 3 TOKYO, Thurs. Carrierbased allied aircraft carried out heavy attacks on the Chosen hydro-electric power station hi North Korea yesterday, in the face of intense anti-aircraft fire. Other attacks were made against Communist centres along the North-east Korean coast, while Superfortresses and light bombers made night attacks around
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    'Acheson must go,' says U.S. Legion
    104 3 NEW YORK, Thursday. rrUE AMERICAN LEGION convention yesterday adopted a resolution demanding the dismissal of the Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, and "those in his department found wanting in their duty to the country". The resolution, adopted overwhelmingly by a voice vote, said
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    War exercise
    29 3 ATHENS, Thurs.— Admiral Robert B. Carney, Comman-der-in-Chief of Allied forces in Southern Europe, will attend a two-day largescale amphibious exercise by Greek troops in Northern Greece. Reuter.
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    Mao in Russian
    30 3 MOSCOW, Thurs.— Official newspaper Pravda, praising the first Ivussian translation of selected works by Mao Tze-tung, said the Soviet people would study It with immense attention."— AJ».
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    DRANK THEIR OWN BATH WATER
    67 3 AUCKLAND. Thurs. SOME of the people of the small mining town of Ohai have been drinking their own bath water and are none the worse for it. Water for the miners' hostel and 16 houses was being drawn from a stream into which, higher up,
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    NO SECRET CLAUSES
    46 3 JERUSALEM, Thurs.— The Israeli Parliament yesterday rejected a no-confldence motion asserting that Israel's request for American arms amounted to "political and military tutelage." The Foreign Minister, Mosht Sharett, denied that there were any secret clauses in the agreement with the United States. Reuter.
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    AIRLIFT FOR BERLIN REFUGEES
    106 3 FRANKFURT, Thurs. THE three Allied air lines operating in Berlin an^ pounced today they will fll, refugees from the Commun* Ist East Zope cut of Berllf to the West at fares reducw by one-third. In a Joint statement the lines— Pan-American. British i|Wropean and |Wf France—
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    LONDON STOCKS
    347 3 Featureless and slack session LONDON, Thurs. OUSfNESS on the London Stock Exchange today inclined to be slack and the session was practically without a feature secUon. There was a gcod deal ol irregular movement all through, although giltedged Issues were quietly firmer in irrede.mable and long-dated stocks. Among
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    LONDON TIN PRICE
    30 3 LONDON, Aug. 28— Cash Buyers £953; Sellers £954; Forward Buyers £939 1 2 Sellers £940; Settlement: £956 (down C 7). Turnover, a.m. 10 tons: p.m. 5 tons.
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    U.K. RUBBER
    36 3 LONDON. Aug. 28.— Spot 24d Oct. 24d., Nov. 23 3 ;d., Dec. aS'-sd. Oct.-Dec 23^d., Jan.-Mar. 23 l Ld April-June 23d., Sept. cJ.f. 23 id. Oct. c.i.f. 23Hd.. Nov. c.1.1. 23^d Market: Fully cteady.
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    CAMPERS A T WORK
    707 4  -  HARRY FANG -By PICTURES and STORY CHDR about 50 young people from various parts of Malaya, and from Siam and Burma, the past fortnight has been anything but a holiday. They have been building i church and youth centre ir the new village of Pendama ran,
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    Aly and Rita lunch together
    57 5 PRI.NCE ALY KHAN lunches with his wife, actress Rita Hay worth, at a restaurant W T °at H Oll^ 00 be'°r« leavinr for Chicago. The couple appeared happy, and Aly told a newspaperman that he hoped to return to Southern California soon. Nothinr was said
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    $4,190 claim after road collision
    115 5 $4,190 claim after road collision KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A BDUL KARIM BIN MOHAJ\ MED SAID, a dental mechanic, of Kuaia Lipis, claimed $4,196 damages in Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court today from the Straits Tin Fie'ds Ltd.. Kepong and T. Muniandy. a lcrry driver. Abdul claimed that a lorry owned by
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    Accused of using force on woman
    49 5 MUAR. Thurs.— Dahlan bin Jaiil, 26, was charged at Muar with using criminal force on Toh See with intent to outrage her modesty at Pantai Layang, Sungei Mati. He dalmed trial and was allowed $200 bail. The case was postponed to Sept. 9.
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    Sitiawan club officials
    92 5 SITIAWAN, Thurs.— At the annual meeting of the Sitiawan Recreation Club, the following were elected officebearers President, Mr. G. S. Walker; vice-presidents, the Assistant District Officer, Dlndings, and Mr. N. S. Mac Coll (Chairman of the Dindings Planters Association); secretary, Mr. Cheah Hoong Yean: treasurer, Mr. C.
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    Public holiday
    19 5 PENANG, Thurs.— Monday will be a public" holiday in Penang as Hari Raya Haji falls on Sunday.
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    YOUTH GAOLED
    29 5 TELUK ANSON, Thurs. Idris bin Abdul Aziz, 24, was sentenced at Teluk Anson to three months' gaol for possession of stolen clothing belonglng to Safian bin Hanut
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    TWO FINED $30
    25 5 KUANTAN. Thurs.-Tan Keng" Boon and S. Veeraih. whose stationary vehicles had no parking lights at night, were fined $15 each at Kuantan.
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    SHEEP STRAYED
    29 5 KUANTAN, Thurs.— Eight men and one woman were fined a total of $65 at Kuan, tan for allowing their sheep and cattle to stray in public places.
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    HE AIMS AT AN OSCAR FOR BANDIT FILM
    254 5 —It will be his second KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. ACE BRITISH documentary film producer band Mac Donald hopes to win an Oscar with the film he will make this year of Malaya's fight against terrorism. Mr. Mac Donald won an Oscar for the
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    HAD CHANDU, COURT TOLD
    40 5 TELUK ANSON, Thurs. Lai Sin Chu was charged at Teluk Anson with possession of chandu and chandu dross. The case was postponed and $300 bail was allowed. Lai was arrested at Sungal Tiang on Aug. 14.
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    NO ATTENDANT
    21 5 KU ANT AN, Thurs— Soy Lip Soo, was fined $15 at Kuantan for driving a lorry without an attendant.
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    32 5 EDWARD VIM SAL' HUNG, 19-year-old son of Singapore architect, Mr Robert M. K. Vim, who will be leaving the Colony next week to study architecture at the Northern Polytechnic School in London.
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    'Silent road' death: 3 in court
    108 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. rpHREE men appeared in X Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate's Court today in connection with the murder of a Chinese cake-seller in the "Street of Silent Men" near High Street police station, Kuala Lumpur, on July 23. The men, Chow Fook Poh,
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    Friend's house his 'hotel'
    57 5 1(1 ALA LUMPUR,. Thuw. -^A ypung; travelling.salee- man of NAAFI for South Malaya, who claimed hotel expenses after stayin* in his friend's was Joday sentenced to nine months* tmnH«"- i n the Ses^ sii.ns Court Syed Snlaiman plearfcl ?uiHy to cheating the NAAFI or $40 on
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    THESE WOMEN THINK THEY ARE ILL...
    126 5 so more Chinese patients KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. "/\LD CHINESE women inevitably suffer from v hypochondria and medical curiosity," said Mr. I. D. Abbey, District Officer, Jasin, Malacca, today. Mr. Abbey was explaining the difference in the numbers of Malays and Chinese treated by the
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    Indian Envoy on way to China
    71 5 PENANG, Thurs.— The Indian community in Penang will entertain Mr. Raghavan, Indian Ambassador to China, and his wife to dinner at the Violet Cafe on Monday at 8 p.m.. Mr. Raghavan, a former Penang lawyer, is expected to arrive in Penang this weekend on
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    $889 taken by armed robbers
    76 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Thurs. —Two armed men robbed two Chinese sundry goods shops of a total of $889 this morning at Kampong Bahru and Kulim Road. Bukit Mertajam. The men, armed with pistols, posed as police officers and robbed the flr§t 6hop of $610. From the
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    $1 mil school for the 'specials' ready soon
    185 5 $1 mil school for the 'specials' ready soon IPOH. Thurs. THE Perak Police Contingent's residential retraining school for special constables, a $1,000,000 top priority job, will soon be ready for use. The largest of its kind in the Federation, it is in line with General Sir Gerald Ternpier's programme for
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    School to hold Parents' Day
    63 5 PORT DICKSON. Thurs.— The Malay Regiment School, Port Dickson, will hold a Parents' Day at the Malay Regiment ground on Sunday to coincide with th e Hari Raja Haji celebrations. There will be an exhibition of handicraft by pupils to be followed by a sports
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    BOUND OVER FOR A YEAR
    43 5 KUANTAN. Hu Hock. 65, was bound over at Kuantan for one year in $200 for possession of two chandu pipe heads. A charge of possession of three bottles of chandu, which were found outside his room, was withdrawn.
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    CAUSED HURT
    23 5 PORT DICKSON. Thurs.— K. Chevoo was sentenced at Port Dickson to one week's gaol for voluntarily causing hurt to K. Karuppan.
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    FIGHTER CHIEF GETS A BAR TO DFC
    622 6 51 awards for Far East RAF piFTY-ONE Royal Air Force officers and other ranks stationed in the Faf East have been granted Awards, Mentions and Certificates of Good Service for meritorious work against Malayan Communist terrorists, the London Gazette announced yesterday. Squadron Leader
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    Co-op Society drafts plan to stay alive
    138 6 mHE Singapore Co-operative X Stores Society Ltd., has sent a seven-point plan to the Commissioner for Cooperation, Mr. T. F. Carey, to allow the society to run for another year on an experimental basis before taking a final decision to c^ose it The
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    37 6 TO STUDY IN LONDON: Mr. Eng Ah Yew, a hospital assistant attached to Tan Tock Sen); Hospital, who left for London this morning on s year's training: on tuberculosis culture labj^ratory work at the Bromton Hospital, London.
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    TUC WILL TRY AGAIN
    137 6 TUC WILL TRY AGAIN rE Singapore Trade Union Congress has nominated two representatives to discuss with the Government the possibility of allowing Government employees' unions to affiliate with the TUC. Ttiey are Mr. S. Jaganathan. and Mr. Sect Leong Seng, secretary and treasurer repectively, of the TUC. Mr. Lim Yew
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    TWO GIRLS GO SHOPPING
    68 6 THESE two little girls went out on a shopping spree with their mother in Arab Street, Singapore, yesterday. Like hundreds of other Muslim families they were after new dresses and brightly-coloured ribbons. Both sisters got yards of ribbon at this silk shop and mother didn't mind
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    Lone fight for equal pay ends in defeat
    239 6 Lone fight for equal pay ends in defeat KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. ALONE and unsuccessful fight for equal pay for men and women employed by the Kuala Lumpur municipality was fought by Mr. S. C E. Singam at a full meeting of the Council today. Most councillors felt that the municipality
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    HURT CHARGE
    34 6 MUAR, Thurs On a charge of having caused hurt to T. Ratnan with a sickle at parit Propok, Raman was allowed $100 bail at Muar when the csae was postponed W Tuesday.
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    Second defeat for Mr. Singam
    75 6 AMOVE by Mr. S.,C. E. Singam to prevent the rebuilding of the Kuala Lumpur Madras Theatre, which was recently damaged by fire, was also defeated. At the end of a 20minute speech, in which he condemned the site as unsuitable for a cinrma, Mr. Singam
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    Colony blackout schedule
    346 6 I«H£ following areai wt.l ba liable x to blackouts lodky:— DAY Seranfooa Ed Sennctt Eat., Kolam Aytr, McPherson Rd.. Kirn (hum Rd., Boundary Rd.. Florence Sd. Upper Seranjoon Vio Chu Rang Rd.. Go»t. Printing Wk... Woodtelfh Pk.. BraddcU Helrhtt. Arthur Rd., Spore Swimmlnr "Club. Tk Rhu. I.E
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    AND DEFEAT No. 3 —Golf in the Gardens
    138 6 AND DEFEAT No. 3 —Golf in the Gardens KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. jtfUNICIPAL Councillors today decided to allow members of the International Sports Club to continue playing golf at the Lake Gardens. They rejected a motion by Mr. 8. C. E. Singam for a ban against games being played it the
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    Reds lose camps
    15 6 Security forces located four more terrorist camps in the Federation on Wednesday.
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    S'PORE DIARY
    169 6 Spore Rotary t*ib: Internationa. Service Committee meelinx at Or Loh Poon Llp'a home 152, Cairnhill Road T p.m.: Career ta-k on "Survevlog" at V.M.C.A. Orcbard Road. p.m. Speaker. Mr. H. L Ward: chairman Mr Rowland Lvne WeaVy M.T.F.:— Week'y meeting bt Netley Church haL. Porl Canning "J.4i p.m.
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    'I AM NOT THE BANDIT BOSS LEE MENG'
    555 7 'I AM NOT THE BANDIT BOSS LEE MENG 10-minute defence from the dock says woman, 24 IPOH, Thursday. pRETTY LEE TIAN TAI, 24, who was described in court yesterday as a top-ranking Communist, known to bandits as Lee Meng, today told j the Assize Court: "I am not Lee I
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    53 7 The Singapore Elector* Welfare Council has nominated its secretary, Mr. V. S. Padmanabhan (above), as a candidate for the December City Council Elections in East Ward. The Council was formed about six months ago and its president is Che Zahara binte Noor Mohamed, who is also president of the Malay
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    Warning on collections at schools
    208 7 gINGAPORE'S Deputy Director of Education, Mr. R. E. Ince, yesterday warned that it was "absolutely irregular" for heads and teachers of Government or grant-ma-id schools to collect money from students for any purpose, other than the authorised school, sports and library fees, wlttiout direct permission
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    Sold imitation lighters
    42 7 D. G. Nichalchand. owner of a sundry-goods shop In Nee Soon, was yesterday sentenced to a fine of $750, or in default to four months' Imprisonment in a Singapore Court for selling imitations of a well-known American cigarette lighter.
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    University graduates to hold dance
    112 7 University graduates to hold dance pRADUATES of Scottish \I Universities in Singapore and the Federation will hold their annual Scottish Universities dinner and dance in Singapore on Oct. 31. Profits from the dinner will go towards the Singapore Gold Medal, awarded annually in each of the Scottish Universities, in rotation,
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    Talk on 'Today'
    32 7 Mr. A. Nahappan, editor of the Tamil Nesan, a daily paper, will give a talk entitled "Today" to members of the Kuala Lumpur Psychology Club at 7.30 pjn. tomorrow
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    HEALTH CHIEF UNDER FIRE
    138 7 —'Stop Colonel Blimpish remarks' gELANGOR'S Medical and Health Officer, Dr G H ♦v, L?L We '4 came under further criticism today' in the Municipal Council for his recent remark about a resolution that was approved by the Council. Referring to this resolution, Dr. r,owe had said:
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    Today's Radio SINGAPORE
    60 7 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News; 10.05 Matinee; 11 11.30 Brass Bands; 1 pjn. Radio Orch.; 1.30 News; 1.45—2 Dell Staton Trio; 6.13 Signature Tune; 6.15 News; 6.35 Behind the Camera; 6.50 Forces Favourites' 7.30 Band, 13/18 Hussars; 8 Talk; 8.15 Evening Star; 8.30 Friday Prom; 9.30 News; 9.45 Latin
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    2 vehicles burnt
    18 7 Bandits burned two estate weapon carriers in the Batu Pahat district of Johore on Wednesday.
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    OLD LOOK ON NEW STAMPS
    153 7 OLD LOOK ON NEW STAMPS KUALA LUMPUR, Tiiurs MEW postage stamps of three denominations for Singapore, Malacca and Penang, to be released next week, still bear the portrait of the late King George VI. The reason is because they were ordered more than a year ago, when the decision to
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    55 7 MR. MAURICE BAKER, former president of the Malayan Student Society in London, and Miss Barbara Balhetchet both of Singapore, after their recent marriage in London. The bride is the daughter of Dr. \V. A. Balhetchet, Medical Superintendant of the Kandang Kerbau Hospital, Mr. Baker a B.A. Honours graduate in English,
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    Transferred
    17 7 SITIAWAN, Thurs.— Mr. J. D. Evans, a Resettlement Officer, Dindings, has been ir-nsf erred to Johore.
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    He's still waiting for this law
    180 7 AFTER 20 MONTHS..... THE delay in introduc control of hotels in 1 terday attacked by Labc ng legislation for the esidential areas was yesiur Legislative Counci lor, Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj. Mr. Raj told the Straits Times that if Government did not introduce
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    Recruiting in Kota Bahru
    51 7 The chief recrui 'ig officer, Major S. A. Watt, will interview potential Malayan Other Ranks for the British Army at Kota Bahru next menth. He will hold interviews at the Rest House, K..ta Bahru, from 10 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. on Sept. 6, 7, 8 and
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    Cattle strayed
    24 7 PORT DICKSON, Thurs.— S. V. Arumugam was fined $90 at Port Dickson for allowing his cattle to stray on the public road.
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    PAROLED DETAINEE WAS OUT
    172 7 WHEN Lan Yew Seng, a former Emergency detainee, was asked in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday where he had been on Wednesday night— when he should have been indoors— he said he was with his girl friend. He was charged before Mr. J. B Jeyaretnam
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    87 8 DISPERSE Your Depression: A npw Mcrcla Model Oown Is your answer. Call at Tommy Thomson's and see the latest collection. O.H. Bid.. Battery Rd.. Sln*apore. LONDON Milliner Temporarily resident In Colony hns col!ectlon o( 16 exclusive hand-made models for sale as a collection or Individually. Box No. A2131, S.T.
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    PERSONAL
    33 8 I ITTLK THEATRE PLAYERS present Shaw's "Arms And The Man" at the Little Tbeitre. Armenian Street, on Saturday, 30th :md on the 1st. 2nd. 3rd 4tli Nh in- 1 Rth Srntpmhnr at
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    KEUNiON
    35 8 poVAL Hhsh School Club in A Reunion Dinner of tic nbove Club is to be held on 5th September Any P.P.s. In Malaytt who have not been notified nleise contart Secretary. Box A3948. ST.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Aug. 29, 1952. Malaya And Dollar Aid
    845 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Aug. 29, 1952. Malaya And Dollar Aid Commission made specitc reference to those two commodities. The world must move to international buffet stock arrangements if the price stabilisation problem is to be solved, the Commission concluded. For most materials, where both the short and long
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    Help the police
    65 8 PLAY FAIR and others should play fair by praisng and helping a most harassed Police Force who are doing their very best to end this Emergency under •nost difficult and trying conditions and at the same time Drotecting the lives and properties of Play Fair and others.
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    ATHLETICS IN STORE
    128 8 rpHE ATHLETIC season now A drawing to a close was the finest in Singapore for many years. Improvement has been shown in all events and more Interest has been taken in athletics than ever before. Other athletes would like to join" with me in saying a huge
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    TRENDS IN JAPANESE TRADE UNIONS TODAY
    555 8 TRENDS IN JAPANESE TRADE UNIONS TOD A Y There are 27,644 trade unions ?n Japan, totalling 5,090,000 members. th« 20,000 to 30,000 known or avowed Corpmunist Party members are a great danger to the movement. Today Richard Hughes writes of the MENACED by Red infll- trators and old-style Japanese reactionary
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    Detention and suspicion
    126 8 Detention and suspicion Man-in-the-Street /CIRCUMSTANCES do indeed v; exist under the Emergency Regulations which in its entirety are advan.ageous to the authorities in detaining anyone of whom they have suspicion. What, Is Mr. Klyne Street trying to get at any way? He says: "A man is not detained on suspicion
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    Justice and the Law
    134 8 Justice and the Law RECENTLY, four men. who were condemned to death for the murder of a R.A.F man during the Singapore riots, were reprieved because of pressure brought by religious and communru groups. A Dutch officer on a ship was stabbed to death by au Indonesian who, lor the
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    U.S. PRESSURE IN OIL CRISIS
    545 8 BRITAIN is again under strong pre sure from the U.S. State Department to bc> "reaso^ab c" towards Dr. Mossadeq's latest offer of oil ta ks Tiiis pressure is the mam reason why the Foreign Officf has not already turn?d down Dr. Mossadeq's proposals received a
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    Spirit of victory
    120 8 SOMETIME towards the close of the year 1949 you were kind enough to publish my letter on the subject of "Malaya for the Malayans" At that time Dato Onn bin Ja'afar had not perhaps, yet conceived such an idea. Since my writing the principle cf "Malaya for
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    Livestock expert in London
    509 8 TN LONDON for the first time is 32-year-old M" All Talib, well-known Sing? pore-born Arab who tried in 1951 to bring down the pri^ of beef in the Colony by Importing his own cattle fror Bali, the Sunda islands an' Maccasar. Mr. Talib spent a month
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    On the
    432 8 Food and iiuinorK.< 'THE CHINESE COLLEAGUES claims that particular foods are more evocative of memories than songs. He says that whenever he haa fried koay teow (macaroni— Hckkien style) he is reminded of his home town— Penang; and more particularCy of the place where it is. prepared really
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    THE BIG REPLANTING SCHEME BEGINS
    351 9 $300 m. to be spent on 500,000 acres of rubber KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. WORK on the biggest replanting scheme for rubber, ever undertaken in Malaya, will' begin almost immediately, it was announced in Kuala Lumpur today. The first part of the scheme, which is to
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    Chief clerk acquitted in betting case
    127 9 PENANG, Thurs. /CHARGED with using his v> office in the General Hospital as a common betting house, Ch'ng Cheng Hock, former chief clerk of the Penang General Hospital, was today acquitted without his defence being called by the First Msgistrate. Mr. D. C. I.
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    Imported hemp, fined $500
    61 9 The Singapore Third District Jucge. Mr. J B. Jayaretnam, yesterday fined Bustaman bin Ahmad, an Indonesian seaman. $500 for importing 91b. of Indian hemp into th e Colony without a permit. The Customs authorities arrested Bustaman in a motor-boat at the mouth of the Singapore River
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    A NIGHT OUT FOR T. ATKINS
    128 9 PRIVATE ATKINS T. became T. Atkins. Esq., for a few hours last night and was an honoured guest at the Tanglin Club. Singapore. The club gave its first party for 100 Servicemen, most of whom have spent the last two years in the jungle
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    Market shelter for hawkers
    49 9 Th e Singapore City Council plans to convert the Telok Ayer market into a hawkers' shelter next year. The cost will be $114,000. The hawkers' shelter will only accommodate cooked !ood stalls, cold drink stalls and retail stalls that are al- ready in the market.
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    Sunday is Hari Raya in Johore
    39 9 Hari Raya Haji will be celebrated in Johore State this Sunday. Prayers will be held at the Abu Baka r Mosque. Johore *^ahru, and In all mosques in the district at 9.30 ajn.
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    200 entertained
    28 9 BATU PAHAT, Thurs. More than 200 members and guests were entertained to a dinner at the Chinese Recreation Club, Batu Pahat, to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
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    No permit to export
    63 9 Er Peng Yam, a managing partner of Chop Hua Mong in New Bridge Road, was yesterday fined $3,000 in the Singapore Third District Court for exporting 100 tons of ammonia sulphate to Bangkok without a permit. The shipment was found on the Mvi I?vk in the
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    [CLUB ENTERTAINS THE TROOPS
    25 9 [CLUB ENTERTAINS THE TROOPS JOSEPHINE WEST and five happy guests a t the Tanglin Club, Singapore, last night when Servicemen were entertained. Straits Times picture.
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    Chess draw
    42 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Thura— Honours were shared when the English College met the Johore Chess dub and each side won 5 l 2 matches. The Singapore Chess Club has challenged the Johore Chess Club and the match will take place soon.
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    Did not pay tax, fined
    66 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Tan Yong Peng, a taxi, driver, was fined $50 at Johore Bahru today for falling to renew his road tax licence for the second half of this year. He was also then ordered to pay the tax, amounting $36 in court. H
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    8 MORE FOR THE ARMY
    59 9 8 MORE FOR THE ARMY KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. ANLY eight applicants were registered today, final day of recruiting for the Federation Regiment in Malacca. Five were Malays, two Chinese and the other an Indian. There were 46 applicants today— 37 Malays, eight Chinese and the Indian. The total registered for
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    His sentence is quashed
    53 9 Robert Thomas, a young Eurasian other rank in the British Army, who appealed against an Assize Court conviction and sentence of 12 months' imprisonment on a charge of robbing a taxi driver, was set free by the Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. Thomas's conviction and
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    NO HEAD LAMPS
    21 9 KUAN TAN. Thurs.— For driving a lorry at night without head lamps. Palaniappan was fined $20 at Kuantan.
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    He studies ships and children
    125 9 I INTO Singapore yesterday came a yound American who is passionately interested in children and ships and he has had a lot of experience of both. For the American. Mr. Shei don GrfcwoU Weeks, of Brooklyn, is a child psycho- logist who is working his
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    New talks on the farming problem
    198 9 THE Singapore Food Production Working Party is to discuss the Straits Chinese British Association scheme for farming centres to solve the problems of squatter farmers and lower the cost of living in the Colony. In a letter to Mr. T. W. Ong, the S.C.B.A.
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    Market men didn't want new system
    102 9 A PROPOSAL to introduce an annual rotation system for stalls in all Singapore City Council markets has been scrapped. When stallholders of Orchard Road Market were asked to answer a questionnaire on the subject, only two out of 134 said that they were not
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    Mission for Malaya
    49 9 A FIVE-MAN Indian goodwill mission sponsored by the Chettiars, will arrive in Singapore next month. The mission will meet representatives of various Indian organisations in Singapore and the Federation. It win also collect facts and figures about the Moneylenders Ordinance of the Colony and the Federation.
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    Due next week
    30 9 The Cable and Wireless Company's newest cable repair ship, the 2,500-ton tanley Angwio, is iue in Singapore early rext week afte r a nine-week trip from Britain.
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    NO RECORD OF AGREEMENT, SAYS LAWYER
    565 9 NO RECORD OF AGREEMENT, SAYS LAWYER 7 made a few notes on pad 9 A SINGAPORE LAWYER, Mr. A. N. Mitra, of the firm of S. C. Goho Co., told the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray- Aynsley, in S ngapore High Court yesterday that he kept no register of cases
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    Appeal not allowed
    70 9 A young Malay, Kamat bin Sidin. under sentence of three years' imprisonment for causing grievous hurt to his wife, who applied for- leave to appeal, told the Court of Appeal yesterday that he had nothing to say. The court refused his application. Kamai had stabbed his wife
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    Swiss professor for S'pore
    55 9 A Swiss professor, Dr. R. Hoeppli, will arrive in Singapore from Peking on Sept. 1 to become Visiting Professor of Parasitology in the University of Malaya. Dr. Hoeppli has been with Peiping Union Medical College for the past 22 years. He also has worked in collaboration
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    GODOWN HOLDS UP $1 MIL. BUILDING
    196 9 pLANS to start work on the million-dollar new x Singapore Chinese V.M.C.A. building in the Telok Ayer Basin, off Anson Road, have been delayed because of a godown on its three-acre site. The owner of the godown, who was ordered by the court on
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    Did not report, gaoled
    33 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Abdullah bin Awang, a police supervisee, who failed to report to a police station in June, was sentenced at Johore Bahru today to two months' gaol.
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    Another l,l2ocan go to school
    172 9 Another l,l2ocan go to school TWO new regional schools in Singapoie tv accommodate 1,120 children from Primary One upwards will opt\i on September 8, the first day of the final term for English schools. The schools are the Canberra School at the Naval Base and the Clerr.entl School i n
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    Verdict of judge today
    69 9 Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam, the Singapore Third District Judgo, yesterday reserved. judgment until today at the end of the trial of P. H. Hollands. Hollands, formerly an nssistart in Harper. Q and Company, olDfapore, was charged with criminr.l breach ot trust of seven bales of textiles.
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    Buddist leader on way to Japan
    60 9 Two Kuala Lumpur BuddhLst leaders, Vinayaci^arya Pandit M. Pannasiri Thero and the Venerable Dammananda T'lero, will arrive, in Singapore this evening from Kuala Lumpur. Pandit Pannanasiri Thero is one of the Malayan delegates to the World Buddivst Conference to be held in T;pan next
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      133 9 *>Je^, y"* iDi. o f^b w'tz£ a i a n o OMIOA SUPER-UJfITERPROOF RUTOmfiTIC 26,000 airctews of the RAF. and the R.C.A.F havr successfully tested the Omega Seamasler Further science confirms the facts after a 72 boors stay in a 120 F oven followed by a sudden immersion in an
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    LABOUR ATTACKS AMERICAN COLOUR BAR
    275 10 Soul searching needed leader KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. lABOUR circles in Kuala Lumpur were indignant today when they read in the Straits Times how Mr. S. Thava Rajah was snubbed in America. Inche Mohamed Sopiee, president of the PanMalayan Labour Party, condemned the treatment meted to
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    S'pore show
    48 10 ROSE EBERWEIN AND VERNON MARTINUS a s they appeared In "Frankie and Johnnie" during last night's performance of Show Business. 1952, in Singapore. The show, which was attended by nearly 500 people, was produced by Vernon Martinus in aid of the Girls' Sports Club building fund.
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    A Samurai sword for the parson
    61 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A SAMURAI sword was handed to a Church of England minister, who was a prisoner-of-war in Siam during the occupation, at a dinner here last night Th" minister, the Rev. Harry ("Happy Harry") Thorpe, was the guest of honour at the
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    Charge against sentry dropped
    48 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. On instructions from the Doputy Public Prosecutor a against Kwak Goh King, was withdrawn in the Polic° Court today, and he :.scharged* He had been charged with leaving th e sentry post at the new village of Geylang Patnh without permission.
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    47th anniversary dinner in Ipoh
    36 10 IPOH, Thurs.— Dato Laksa•nana. acting Mentri Besar of Perak, and leaders of communities were guests last night at the dinner celebrating the 47th anniversary of the Perak Chinese Amateur Dramatic Association.
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    Postponed
    23 10 IPOH, Thurs.— The next meeting of the Perak State Council, which was scheduled for Oct. 8, has been postponed to Oct. 15.
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    No sensations, he says
    74 10 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. THERE were no sensational developments following the recent resolution asking the public to produce evidence of corruption In the municipal services, the Municipal President, Mr. E. C. O. Barrett told Kuala Lumpur councillors today. Some "very slight information" had been produced and this
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    TEN ARMY DOGS FOR MALAYA
    75 10 TEN ARMY DOGS FOR MALAYA 'PEN eager "recruits" arrivsd in Singapore yesterday to join the British Army In Malaya— wagging their tails The "recruits" six Alsatian and four Labrador dogs —arrived in the Orestes from Melbourne, Australia. They cost nearly £500 The Alsatians will be used for guarding military installations
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    Sold goods above fixed price
    34 10 TELUK ANSON, Thurs. Eleven shopkeepers were fined a total of $650 at Teluk Anson for selling price controlled goods above the controlled price and selling them without a licence.
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    'Malayanised' Indian radio programmes
    73 10 KUALA tUMPUR, TL_.-. INDIAN programmes over Radio Malaya are to be "Malayanised." The Deputy-Director of Broadcasting, Mr. Tony Beamish, told Indian programme assistants at a conference in Kuala Lumpur today that, although India, the home of Indian culture, language and music, must be featured in Indian
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    GOODWILL TRIP PLAN BY STUDENT NURSES
    105 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rpHE Student Nurses' Association, Kuala Lumpur, plans to send two of its members to Australia to see how hospitals there are being run and to spread goodwill among their colleagues. The project, however, is subject to funds being available. The association
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    Police ban on sale of book
    53 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— An order by the Chief Police Officer, Johore, prohibits the sale, circulation or issue of the publication "Mountain Village," written by Yap Kun Kuen, and Its Chinese translation by Woh Kam. It was published by the Chew Hong Publishing Society in
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    TWO MORE REDS ARE HANGED IN PUDU
    126 10 TWO MORE REDS ARE HANGED IN PUDU KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. TWO convicted terror ists, Appalasamy and Chiow Kit, were hanged in Pudu gaoj today. Appaiasamy became separated from his bandit gang while neelng from security forces. He sought shelter from a tapper after hiding his rifle and ammunition. The tapper
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    Malayans for Londontalks
    65 10 Malayans for Londontalks Professor R. E. Holttum, Professor of Botany at the University of Malaya, and Dr. E. D. C. Baptist, of the Federation's Rubber Research Institute, will be among the 150 experts from 27 countries who will attend the International Horticultural Congress to be held In London next Saturday.
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    No licence
    29 10 TELUK ANSON, Thurs Wong Cheng Tham, a shopkeeper at Nova Scotia Estate, Teluk Anson, was fined $200 or three months' gaol for selling liquor without a licence.
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    S'pore may muzzle dogs
    42 10 DOGS In Singapore may have to be muzzled If the Government accepts a recommendat on o f the Singapore City Council. The Council will help the Government to take steps to prevent the outbreak of rabies in Singapore.
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    A blimp is towed to safety
    89 10 THIS PICTURE only just released by the Defence Department, shows a disabled Navy blimp, its propellers and power plant damaged when it accidentally hit the water in a mock attack on the sabmarine U.S.S. Sea Poacher, hovering near the water as it is taken
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    Left his post
    34 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Lim Ec Keng, a special constable on Amber Estate, who absented hlmselr from duty from June 14, was sentenced to 37 days' Imprisonment by the Police Court today
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    LADDER KICKER GAOLED
    74 10 ."CIOR kicking down a ladder ■T on which a man stood white-washing a wall, 24-year-old Goh Kiat Peng was yesterday gaoled for threa months. The Second Police Magistrate, Mr. D. H. Chapman, told Goh that his foolish act had endangered the man's life. Inspector J. Singh, of
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    To pay $50 compensation
    40 10 TELUK ANSON, Thurs. Zainuddin bin Rassim. 38, was sentenced to one day'i gaol and fined $100 for voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Baharl bin Hajl Hassan. He was also ordered to pay $50 compensation to Baharl.
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      'RICH IN HUMANITY'
      283 11 I HAVE spent my lei- sure minutes during the past .week assuring people I am geiting better and thanking them for their inquiries. It's wonderful how effective dengue fever is as a means of winning friends and influencing people. However, desp.te all 1 have been telling peopCe.
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      Two stars off duty
      76 11 "THE brooch in the i picture on the left s a too small to see learly but it is a eplica of Paulette "oddard's mouth, with oearls for teeth It was made for her >y the Spanish artist alvador Dali This picture of •'aulette was taken
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      ABOUT Alan Ladd
      231 11 A correspondent writes: "I I am a Ladd fan and I am wondering why his pictures 'Red Mountain. Thunder in the East, 'Shane' and 'Botany Bay' haven't ye: been released for public screening in Malaya Alan Ladd is a great acror and has more fans in Malaya
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      OF PROPRIETY
      131 11 IHAVE no taste for discussions on propriety, but I am struck by an item in the "Malayan Catholic News" o f Aug. 17. which reached me through the post. Here are the refxvant paragraphs: Ano her coming film offered by the same company is extravagantly advertised as having
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      NO OFFENCE
      263 11 ALTHOUGH no title :s J\ mentioned. this Is clearly a reference to "We Want a Child," for in a circular letter to its patrons the Pavilion Theatre, where the film is now showing, said recently: "The ffcm received a special certificate of approval by the Roman Catholic Censorship
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      WELL-MEANING
      238 11 OH. and I had almost forgotten my other clinical picture The Girl in White." Here, I am afraid, the story is not so happy. I cannot think of any expression more damning than "welt-meaning," yet that is the best I can say for "The Girl in White." Can you
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      TWO OTHERS
      213 11 'TWERE were two other x films in this crowded week. One was an imaginatively executed documentary made by the United States Information Service and called "The Impressionable Years." Out oi a subject that could have been rather dutl, that of a children's library in New York, the U.S.I.S
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      CANADIAN TRIP
      97 11 BRITAIN'S only woman producer, Betty Box, has just gone to Canada with director Ralph Thomas, to make a film version of Hammond Innes' latest novel, "Campbell's Kingdom". Miss Box and Mr. Thomas had just made "Venetian Bird" for the Rank Organisation, filmed mainly in Venice. Their first job
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      THREE-DIMENSIONAL
      263 11 From EDDY GILMORE in Moscow fFHE stereoscopic movie theatre continues to attract packed houses In Moscow. The offering is fascinating and many people come back again and again to see it. Work has been going on a long time In the USSR on stereoscopic films. Semyon Tvanov son of
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    The Chinese and the defence of Malaya
    145 12 YOU QUOTE Dr. Purcell's article in your leader: "The Malays for their part will have to concede to the Chinese an equal right to admission into the public service Does this mean that the Chinese wish to take an equal share in the
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    Income tax dodgers
    100 12 1 AM NOT interested in what 1 Dr. Purceil is going to ny 'he Chinese in England t servant of the MCA and therefore under its' I ion. he canno, do anything but praise them. But I hope he will not fail to sive credit to the
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    JOHORE OPIUM SMOKERS
    102 12 Singapore Police deserves every credit for its excellent work in cleaning up the City's opium dens. The Federation Police should also start an antinarcotic branch and act immediately, especially in Johore Bahru town, where such dens are found in back lanes Dreamy-eyed smokers daily patronise these dens
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      NOISE FROM BUSES
      212 12 I AM appealing on behalf of all wireless enthusiasts who live near main roads to ask owners to have suppressors fixed to the engines of buses. I am quite unable to listen :o the very excellent short wave programmes available bera use of the interference. H. WITTE.
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    TRIBUTE TO BROOKE
    93 12 fN a report from Kuchx S-.r Rob Lockhart is quotsaylng: 'Si ak h's tage over ekhbours. Lxcept ior .it has enjoyed a period of peace and rity. The people a•» making a good Hvin* anri here are no destitutes T> .to 108 years of "BrooKe ruie should
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    Categories of Chinese in Malaya
    109 12 rERE are four categories of Chinese in Malaya: Malayan Chinese. Straitsborn Chinese. Overseas-Chin-ese and alien Chinese. Although alike in race they think differently Some are Republicans, a few arp Communists, many are pro Kuomintang. The rest may b P democrats, socialists, capitalists or whatever you
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    DRILLING FOR BEDROCK IN STORE
    207 12 DRILLING FOR BEDROCK IN STORE In your story "Shenton Way is facing a new crisis," it is shown again that local interests are totally ignorant of the fact that underground conditions can be explored accurately by geophysical means, without the necessity of costly drilling. Some months ago, oearock was reported
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    Clerks for crowning
    101 12 pREPARATIC 13 are now being made for the Queen's Coronation on June 2, next year. Representatives from various parts of the Commonwealth are being reflected to attend. The Singapore Govern:mem. «U] be shortly selectaig three Unofficial members of the Legislative Council to represent the Colony. As a
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    CANDIDATES FOR THE NORTH WARD
    304 12 THE reasons besides healtn given by the General Council of the Labour Party for not putting forward Mr. Dalies for the forthcoming ejections, are an insult to the intelligence of the voters of the North Ward. i This general council should remember that members of
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    Traffic in Malacca
    95 12 TRAFFIC arrangements in Malacca Town are ridiculous. Even a schoolboy can see the stupidity of closing the Kamporrg- Hulu entrance to Kampong Pantei and utilising the narrow Jonker Street as a main traffic lane. It would be much more sensible to form a traffic I island bounded
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    THEYONLY WANT A PEACEFUL SLEEP
    351 12 THEYONLY WANT A PEACEFUL SLEEP ON EEHALF of my fellow creatures In Singapore I would like to thank "Anubis" Perhaps those who are fond of us will do your best to see that some sort of emergency service is available to us outside Government office hours We do ou r
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    STAFF SHORTAGE IN THE P. W.D.
    326 12 I WISH to refer to your 1 editorial of Aug. 19 on this subject. Although it is true that the total provision to be spent this year stood at $31 millions at the end of June and that expenditure to that date was $9
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      334 12 JOHN LITTLE AND COMPANY LIMITED SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG i SPECIAL TEXTILE I LAST I DAYS! PRINTED FRENCH CREPE 42" $1.00 A YD. MEN'S SUITING 58" 53.90 I COWBOY PRINTED SILK 51. 20 TIGER PRINTED SILK 51.70 BED SHEETING 72" $2.20 PARMANANDS 42. HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE -6 The Wholesalers to
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      54 12 T W Straits Times Crossword ■LMZilCtiliLi 9 H io ■ZiiZiil IIIIII""! 20 22 iiiZiiajHi -124I 24 J[j j I ■9 A -ACROSS 12. Roamlag tie (anag.) iiu L A c° u ctor PhUUp con i 3i 3 Li*s'tfif Be*n It Is! <&> sumed the roll (ll). 15. comparison I smile
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      148 12 22. "So your chimneys 1 sweep, and in 1 sleep 1 (Blake) 23. Atom-splitting defence (4). 24. Porter (4-6). 25. Swift punishment (5-6). DOWN 2. Red earth (5). 3. Spoils stockings, and makes dad linger (9). 4. They must have a good service (6, 9). 5. He can't even draw
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    Industrials firm, tins uncertain
    120 13 Industrials firm, tins uncertain INDUSraiALS were firm and s eady on the Singapore Bbart Market yesterday. Tins were uncertain and rubbers neglected. Pric;: cinnges announced by the Malayan Share*Lnkcrs Associaion were: Barer! »c.ler» Praser &i Neave o.-as a Mi 4.12 Rou.:i.,o:i ft Uo Ut Prer 6'* 6 Ob 2nd Prer
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    MALAYAN RATES OF EXCHANGE
    99 13 MAL AYA N RATES OF EXCHANGE The Malayan Exchange Bunk* Association announced agree: rates of exch.jug' to merchT its yesterday as follows: BUYING T.T. O.O. 9(1 rt si. C edit Bil New York 32 ***** 32 1316 32 15 1'? Canad; 31 3 8 31 1|2 31 3 4 Trd«BU
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    183 13 7HIPS a on<Mdr ttia* SingaporiHarbour Board godowns. or exttcted there at 7 a.m. today are: V cm Ruts 1/2: Drente 4 5; BinUnx ~oal Plant: Qinorchy 6/": Sunnv•.le 8/9: Drucallon 11: O>n«v^ :»''4: VTirimu :&/16; Oreites •.8: Renif-n Hei7hU 19/20: Ber!ili N.W 4: Hong Ann N.W P*dr>nak NW
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    HEAVY OVERSEA BUYING ON RUBBER MARKET
    209 13 One cent gain halts week's drop in price OUBBER giined one cent in price for the first tini3 1V in a week in Singapore yesterd ly and September first grade closed at 79? cents a lb. The Improvement in price was due to bitter
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    TIN: $478½ A PICUL
    14 13 SINGAPORE, Thurs., Aug. 28 —$478"4 a picul (down 75 cents).
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    Profit of $3,256,944
    78 13 TTNITED PantaUons Ltd. nrde a proflc for the yeir i Dec 31, 1951. tro i. palms, rubb-r and cf co .uts ot $3,256,944 whi^h, after .lovinr for preference sharrs interest. to C 0.9. 9 prr cent on ordinary h r-.s. Dividends totaling IMft per cent wpre paid
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    New York price
    28 13 VO i R.SS Septembet 'n X> T.S. rents) Tue Wednesday* plo''n» c'rr-1p» 28.55 bi,l 2S S5 bW »R.So as'icd. 28.85 asked. Tone: Quiet, but r'^aJT.
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    Price drift continues on Australian Exchange
    233 13 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE. T.iurs. INVESTMENTS lacked s r r.g h or the S'cck E^chane? to"ay and prices continued their drift against sh->reho'ders. al hrugh T.ost movfs w re srrall. Buys. vrre cau*!ous and o"lv opera 'cd keenly wher- sfecks ap-p?->rert to haw
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    WALL STREET
    51 13 NEW YORK. Thus. On the New York Stock Exchange yesterday th° downtrend on the past 12 se«"ns <vas reversed after an inderi;.ve start. Gains mostlv of 'rnctions to $1. were htrra'ly d'sfibutwl. The market finished r-lih a pr^owinan e o? onlv rr.i.rtiona 1 qdv?nc»»s an the c^O'e wt<
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    PRODUCE MART BUYERS FOR SAGO FLOUR
    110 13 PRODUCE MART BUYERS FOR SAGO FLOUR /^OPBA was steady in Singa pore yesterday, with buy?r S2S»i a picul f.ob. and seler 426. Coconut oil was quoted $40 a pi.-u buyers and $41 sellers. Loose parcels of whit* penper changed hands on the Produce Brchanee yesterdav nt »597 a picul. Ex-jjodown
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    35 13 HONG KONO. Thurs. Frc "laifcpt cu rency exchan.-e of Honjr iTfiiK do' Its was fuot<»d it the pW tn*<\v a«s fo'lows. USV Hl^SO^*. (cash): HKS6.45 (T.T.I: f HKS15.90 One taei of grid HK?301%.
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    SHAW'S 'BIG THREE' START GOLD CUP PREPARATION
    494 14 G. Melayu keeps form By EPSOM JEEP STABLE'S "Big Thrive" Gambar Melayu, Entertainment II and Technicolor have begun their Gold Cup preparation in earnest. ii-.uoar Melayu, with Colin Tulioh up, strode out in magnificent style in a halfspeed spin over half a mile
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    Ip will play in Perak
    102 14 IPOH. Thurs. ¥POH tennis fans will have tie opportunity^ of seeing the Hong Kong and Malayan champion. K. H. Ip, in action when ne plays a series of exhibition matches in Ipoh on Sept. 9. The P.L.T.A. have made arrangements for these exhibition matches in
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    PATTY WINS
    44 14 ISTANBUL. Thurs. Budge Patty (U.S.) beat Owen Williams (South Africa) 6-4, 6-2, to enter the semi-finals Of the international tennis championships here today. Armando Vlerla (Brazil), reg*arried as Patty's main challenger fcr the men's singles title, also reached the semi-finals.— A P.
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    'BOBO' OLSON IS GOOD WINNER
    58 14 NEW YORK, Thurs.— Carl (Bobo) Olson, middleweight title contender from Hawaii, scored his sixth successive victory with a technical knockout over Gene Hairston in a scheduled ten-round bout at Madison Square Garden last night The bout was stopped after the sixth round as blood poured
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    CRACK SPRINTER IN YONG STABLE
    367 14 fRAINER Yong Thau Yin will introduce a high-class three-year-old at the Gold Cup Meeting at Buklt Timah in Euphrates who in time is likely to prove a topnotch sprinter. A grand-lookihc bay by Mirza II out ot Scarlet Tiger by Upsalqultch Euphrates had a brilliant
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    SAF A league positions
    387 14 DOVERS have already made i%/ certain of the senior division championship In the Singapore A.F.A. league. Malays are well clear at Ue top of the community league, as are Marine Dept. in Division Two. Following are the current league platings: COMMUNITY LEAGUE P. W. D. L.
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    TWO TITLES FOR KONNO
    107 14 NEWARK. (New Jersey), Thurs: Bowen Stassforth of lowa University set a new record of 2min. 34.75ec. last night to win the 220-yard breaststroke title In -the National A.A.U. men's swimming championship. Stassforth beat Jerry Holan of Ohio State. In the other events Ford Konno won his
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    Privateer benefitted by rest
    361 14 ORIVATEER, ihe Fox Stable's Class 1 stayer, who went close in several big races last season. Is back in training after a lapse. Privateer, showing the benefit of his rest, strode out with great freedom In a mile workout at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. Privateer covered
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    Arsenal beat the champions 2-1
    588 14 LONDON, Thursday. pNGLISH and Scottish football clubs ran through a heavy card yesterday, the fans having almost j as many games to watch as on a normal Saturday afternoon. Nearly 60,000 of them filled out the spacious Highbury stadium in North London where Arsenal beat
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    S.B.H.F.A. game off
    29 14 The Business Houses FA. League Cup fixture between Sime, Dirbv and O.T.E.C which was to have been played at Praser Neave ground, yesterday, was called oft.
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    TWO PLAYERS WITH A PROBLEM
    348 15  - TWO PLAYERS WITH A PROBLEM SENTINEL By SINGAPORE'S soccer spotlight is focussed just now on two players with a problem Harith, Malaya Cup centre half and one-time skipper, and Suleiman, R.A.F. star who will very shortly become a civilian. Take Harith's case first. For years he has been a mainstay
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    TPCA team for S'pore
    103 15 ■pEDERATION'S most .powerful Indian socc:r combination. Tami# Physical Culture Association, 195J Selangor League runners-up, will arrive la Singapore by air tomorrow. The team is captained by S. G. Dorairaj and managed by J. Govindasamy, pre-war Selangor Sat* centre forward. TPCA will meet Rovers Sports Club. 1952
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    Johore-Negri Cup clash
    55 15 SEREMBAN. Thurs. Johore will meet Negrl Sembilan for their Poong Seong Cup match at Seremban on Sept. 4 and 5. The Negri team will be' selected from: Lee Boon Han, Ooh Hean Chye, Ue SI Heng. Tan Lai Chong. Goh Ah Kow. Scow Leong Patt, chong Thin
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    SAFA XI FOR CHARITY GAME
    76 15 The SAPA team for the charity match against Royal Navy H.M. Dockyard (Combined) m aid of the Naval Base Community Hall Fund at Nival Base tomorrow is: Chee Seng; Davids, Tcow Keng; Morton, Harith, Hin Weng; Ismail Vusoff, Boon Seong. Awang Bakar, Boon Leong, Rahlm
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    Ong, Ismail to play in Malacca
    70 15 Malaya's Thomas Cup doubles partners, Ong Poh Lim and Ismail Marjan, will be among six players who will represent Johore against Selangor in a friendly inter -state badminton match to be played at St. Francis Institution hall Malacca, on Sunday. The tournament, arranged by
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    Perak hope lies with forwards
    215 15 Perak hope lies with forwards IPOH, Thurs. DERAK'S chances of reaching the final of the Malaya Cup for the second tune running will depend on the outcome of the allImportant match at Penang on Saturday against the Settlement side. Despite three victories in four outings In the Cup series this
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    Sedgman is seeded No. 1
    131 15 U.S. TENNIS TOURNEY NEW YORK, Thurs PRANK SEDOMAN or Australia, the Wimbledon men's sinf'e; champion, has been seeded No. 1 among the foreign players in the United States lawn tennis championships which start at Forest Hills tomorrow. Sedgman wen the title last y:ar, Vie Selxas,
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    BANKERS BEAT AIRWAYS 4-1
    39 15 Mercantile Balk b:at Malayan Airways S.C. 4-1 In a S.B.H P. A. Cup and League match at Fairer Park yesterday. S. Dutta (2). Masudin Suradi and All scored for the Bank; Hoa Yam for Airways.
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    STEPTO CHOSEN
    38 15 Lt. A. P. Stento will play for the Army Cricket XI against Royal Navy over the weekend at the Naval Base In place of A. P. Hunter. Play commences on Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m.
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    Table tennis assn. for Fed, planned
    184 15 PENANG, Thurs A PRELIMINARY meeting to discuss the formation of a Malayan table tennis association for the Federation, in order to enable Federation players to participate in' world tournaments, will be held in Penang on Monday The association, if formed, will be affiliated to
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    34 15 CHAMPIONS SMILE: Helen D«w (left) and Mrs. S. Lindsay, who won the Penang women's doubles title this week. Helen Dew won three titles at Penang. She also holds three Selangor titles. Straits Times picture.
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    Bad sportsmanship spoilt Ipoh soccer
    425 15 BETTER REFEREEING NEEDED IPOH, Thursday. I EACH E SOCCER in Ipoh ended on a sour note on Monday when in the last of the 180 games in the senior division, on c player from each team was ordered off the field for disorderly behaviour. Neither
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    Second success
    126 15 THI senior division champion- ■hip this year was won for the second time In succession by Cheng Wah Athletic Association, with a fine goal average of 71 for and 19 against. Top scorers for Cheng Wah were Lim Cheng and Chua Eng Kirn. With only one defeat, at
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    SSC unbeaten at water polo
    257 15 gINtJAPORE Swimming Club, who have an unbeaten record this season In the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association "A" division water polo tournament played for a trophy presented by Mr. Lee Kong Cntan. will meet Chinese Swimming Club on Buatlay, Sept T.< ■atflhe result of thtar^fttc* %m
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    EASY WINS FOR IP AND CHEW BEE
    686 16 Malayan tennis tourney opens PENANG, Thursday. THE 21st annual championships of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya opened at the Penang Sports Club courts today and saw two of four Thailand players engaged today go into the next round of the men's singles.
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    RESULTS AT A GLANCE
    117 16 Men's Singles: K. H. Ip (seeded) beat Anake Duang-Oudom 6-2, 6-0; Dr. B. T. Hammond beat Arthur Lim 6-4, 8-6: N. Vasantasingh (seeded) beat Tan Cheng Tee 6-3, 8-6: T. Kamloon (seeded) beat Moses Tay 8-6, 4-6. 6-4; Timothy Lee (seeded) beat I. D. Fraser 6-4.
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    Table tennis results
    140 16 T»ESTJLTS of ties of the S.T.TA.'s 1952 championships played at the S.B.A. Hall las; night are:— Senior Inter Club League: Chinese Sports Assn. (Red) 5, Shing Wan (Blue) 1; Koh Mln (Blue) 5. Chinese Sports Assn. (Blue). .Business Houses League: Bcrneo Motors S.C. bt S.T.C. Sports Club
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    Achilles Club first meet
    119 16 ACHILLES Club's first annual athletic meeting will be held on the B.R.C. padang on Saturday. Sept. 13 Events are as follows: Youths: 100, 220, 440, yards, lona; tump, high jump and relay. Juniors: 100, 223, 440, 880. long lump, high Jump and relay. Others: 100. 220,
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    ZATOPEK AND THE NEWSMEN
    103 16 FRANKFURT, Thurs. /CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S triple Olympic winner. Emil Zatopek wrote In an official East German publication an article praising Soviet and satellite newsmen at Helsinki for their "brief and factual questions." Western reporters, he wrote, "don't need anything but sensations for their papers.'" Zatopek said Western newsmen
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    Title fight record
    43 16 JOHANNESBURG, Thurs. The world bantamweight title fight between Vie Toweel (South Africa) and Jimmy Carruthers (Australia'! due to take place here on Oct. 4 is setting up new box office records, a Transvaal National Sporting Club official said yesterday. AJ».
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    Soccerites early goals win Cup tie
    483 16 Soccerites 2; Marines 1. STAR SOCCERITES' superior combination and the skill to go with it prevailed against the harder, more straightforward soccer of Marine Department in this SAFA Junior Cud quarter-final tie at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, and the 2—l margin to Soccerites fairly
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    Unlucky Lads lose one-nil
    151 16 Rocklites 1 Cheerful Lads 0. T«HE BARE-FOOTED Cheerful X Lads wtre unlucky to lose 1-0 to Rocklites in their BAJ.A. Div. 2 match at Geylang yesterday. With only 10 men in the first half, the Lads put up a great fight. Their forwards were clever in
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    Chew Bee for HK
    47 16 PENANO, Thurs. The holder of the Malayan and Hong Kong singles titles, K. H. Ip, told the Straits Times yesterday that Ong Chew Bee, the Singapore champion, will accompany him for the Hong Kong L.T.A. championships They will be partners In the doubles.
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    GYMKHANA S.C.
    23 16 The Gymkhana Sports Clubs will hold its first general meeting at S.A.P.A. headquarters at Jalan Besar stadium tomorrow at 8 p.m.
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    Sports Diary
    48 16 SOCCER: Div. 3 A, Blue Rovers v. Wanderers— Geylaor; Windsor Rovers v. S*da] AJr\— C.Y.Bf A. BUSINESS HOUSES: F N v. Shell— F *If gromad; P. Bokom v. Stanrac— 8.C.C.; NTS v. Handelabank— F. Park. CRICKET: O»w— s Srh«oiboys v. Victoria S«h*«l Victoria (round. {.SO »ja.
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    Easy 3-0 win for Fords
    134 16 T^tORD Sports Club ran out easy winners by three goals to nil against Oversea Chinese Bank in a Singapore BJIJ.A. League St Cup fixture at Farcer Park yesterday. Thomas Pang opened scoring for Ford In the 24th minute after a good centre from All Rahman,
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    Town Rangers win
    30 16 Town Rangers beat Kadayantillur Muslim League by an own goal scored by K.M.L's Ibrahim In a SAPA Dlv. 3A game at C.V.M.A. ground yesterday. M. Ponnusamy refereed.
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    SAWLF 1952 tournament
    123 16 Tl/fORE than 60 entries have been a received for the annual Singapore Amateur Welghtlifting Federation's Junior championships and Junior "Mr. Singapore" competition to be held at the Happy World stadium on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 7.30 p.m. A feature of the evening's programme will be the exhibition
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    U.K. RUGGER RESULTS
    38 16 LONDON, Thurs. Rogby League results: Bramley 6 Warrlngton 11: Hull Kingston Rovers 18 Batley 18; Leigh 21. Belle Vue R°ngers 8; Salford 9 St Helens 15; Wldnes 2 Liverpool City 10; York 0 Bradford 14.—
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    17 16 TODAY:— MI* (7.»). Wit <BJ>; 1533 (5.4). TM (3.*). TOMORROW :-*6W (8 S) INI <*.»>. 16M
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    U.S. INVITATION TO MALAYANS
    60 16 AN invitation to Malayan badminton players, should they ever find themselves In Southern California, to make the Palace sports arena in Las Angeles their headquarter*, has been received by the Straits Times. It came in letter of congratulation on the Thomas Cup Pictorial published by the
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    Neo wins in record time
    184 16 TWENTY -ONE-year-otd Neo Chwee Kok, Singapore's only swimming representative at the 1952 Olympic Games, had little difficulty 'r. winning the Chinese Swimming Club's 1,500 metres freestyle ch»mp!onsHU>- jqsf terday at trie C.S.C. pool tr) the record time of 20 mm. 24 sec. His winning time
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    DAVIS CUP STYLE TOURNEY IN 1952, LTAM DECIDES
    177 16 DAVIS CUP STYLE TOURNEY IN 1952, LTAM DECIDES PENANG, Thursday. r[E Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya !ast night decided to run an inter-state competition on Davis CurJ lines. The competition will start next January. The Association's annual report, presented at tonight's annual general meeting, said that Mr. Chua Choon Leong
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    UMRIGAR HITS 204
    174 16 CANTERBURY, Thurs. A BRILLIANT Innings of 204 by Polly Umrigar helped India to score 392 and gain a first innings lead of 175 over Kent here today, second day of the game. After the tourists had lost six wickets for 128, Umrigar and Sarwate (57) put on
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    Victoria School XI
    74 16 The team to represent Victoria School tn t cricket match against the Overseas Schoolboys on the School ground at. 3.30 p.m today wia be: Mohd. tally (capt.). Tan Heng Hoe. W D. Hay E. Retnam. Lai Huat. Boong Fong. A Marcus. E. Thamboo. Oan Kee Hee B.
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    Onan Club sports
    28 16 Heats of the Onan Club sports will be held at Raffles Institution on Sunday at 9 a.m. Finals will be held on Sunday, Sept. 7.
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    Aston athletic club officials
    101 16 Aston Athletic Club officials elected for 1952 53 are: Patron, Mr. Low Tang Chang. President, Mr. Chin Yong Lock 8.E.M.; Vice Presidents, Mr. Loo Cheng Lim; Mr. Wee Eng Chye; Mr. Goh Eng Watt; and Mr. Tan Choc Seng. Hon. Secretary, Mr. Lim Fook Hee; Asst.
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    Sinte Darby win at table tennis
    133 16 Simp Darby Sports Club tabLe tennis team again beat Stanvac Employee* League by five games to four la return friendly match played at th« Stanvac cub house on Saturday. ResutU (Sim* Darby player* mentioned first). Single*:— Foil Kwong Meng beat Owee Kirn Chee 3—
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