The Straits Times, 6 August 1953

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    16 1 The Straits Times /Hai*#* fat*** 1 to**"* Kstablished 1845 SINGAPORE, THIRSDAY. Al (iI'ST 1»53 15 CENTS
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    Soviets talks on Beria's fate
    38 1 Soviets talks on Beria's fate rlium m« primarily consider the i ite ol I*' boss of thi >Hce ;md second-in-command to Malenkov until his in the receni puOb c: pr> an I the pr>i: aiK nknv BUI] nal
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    POLICE SAY: NO MORE BETTING SNAPSHOTS
    85 1 POLICE SAY: NO MORE BETTING SNAPSHOTS the r T the r p: II n"t br inertth< T.nanc T'.:r: 'Th r-ia tCT has b> ably settled.'' a club official 'Id thr Straits T I ,tny members' who think r photograph* wrre n say tlie pol.cp .should destroy thr nrnt s as
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    RUSSIA NAMES TERMS
    400 1 'China must attend big Power meeting MOSCOW. Wednesday. RUSSIA today agreed to a Big Power meeting of Foreign Ministers. But she demanded that Communist China should attend and that measures lor easing international tension should be discussed. The Western Powers last month invited Russia in ;i meeting
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    WAY IS OPEN'
    58 1 NDOM A Foreign Ofnrv .spokesman said toRussia s reply to intern proposal for eaves the ■pen for a ronfrrence ''inn Mini suggestion much wider conferii. the one proposed quire new discussion among the thnr Western be added. The t* :U of the note has ■eat to Sir
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    BOMBERS FLY PAST
    126 1 I WO Wll Kit \N Mip.r I >rtrrK.srs are *e-n here flvmc over HVWM ♦*■>•« <>rt nl hv a flight «>■ ampin focht. rv Three <»f thr Siiprr-I orts s»M out vr>ti rd.n to fl\ over M i l.n i bu one di\ lopril fncine troublr n-.ir
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    Crashed bomber spotted DOWN IN SEA
    160 1 Crashed bomber spotted DOWN IN SEA LONDON. Wed A GIANT US Air Force RB--36 bomber plunged in flames Into the North Atlantic today and several hours later a <^^:chinc aircraft spotted wreckage and .survivors. The .searching plane reported that the survivor."! were seen bobbing on the high seas 420 milPs
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    Cheering Turks are first to go free
    112 1 THE 'BIG SWITCH' BEGINS PANMUNJOM. Wednesday. OROMPrLY at nine this morning Operation Big Bwitch the exchange of Korean prisoners of war beenn. Intn Freodom Village near Panrrunjom rolled threr Bo-viot-made jeeps carry. ng Ttirrroops thr first Allied prisoners to bo handrd They yelled
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    DUKE'S YACHT COLLIDES
    44 1 COWES. Isle of Wight. Wed The Duke of Edinburgh at thp hplm of thp yacht Blucbottlp had to drop out 20 minutes after the start of his first race at the Cowes regatta after a collision with a motor launch Renter.
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    47 1 THE DESERTED MI.I.A(iI Not a mhi! s'irr.d in Sunrri Pelrk as th»*e two soldiers, leaders of a patrol of Somrrsct Mtht Infantry walked throuch th *•<»» »hHr do« Th#> villagers were kept indoor while »h<»v answered a que*tionaire by General Tf wrier. <Full story and more pictures—Pace 7).
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    Paving the way
    32 1 MUNICH. Wed Mr. Alexander Keren-sky. Russian Premier before the October Revolution in 1917. said herp todnv tha' S'alin'.s ripath had pavprl the way for thr ovprthrow of CommunLsm Reuter.
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    Army atom talk
    24 1 I.ONPON Wed Comman-riers-in-Chief and senior British army ofTicpr.s will confer on problem* of 'he use m war of atomic weapons. Reuter.
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    BUILDERS CLAIMING ANOTHER $2,500,000
    192 1 BUILDERS CLAIMING ANOTHER $2,500,000 T^HE BRITISH firm engaged in the first contract to build Singapore's new Pasir Panjang power station has asked the City Council to pay an extra $2,500,000. of which $690,000 is for inefficiency of labour and sub-contractors. Three Council committees which recently met jointly to discuss the
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    Back to the owners
    73 1 Back to the owners LONDON. Wed. The Government sold back to private ownership today the first 140.000 shares in the nationaiied steel industry. The special body set up by the government to hand back the steel companies nationalised two and a half years ago by the Labour Government said that
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    Red troops flee West
    71 1 BERLIN. Wed —Thirty-seven i East German soldiers and po- i licemen fled to West Berlin 1 today. They had formed part of the food blockade which the Soviet zone government had set ur> i around Berlin last Saturday: against American relief for 18.000.000 East Germans. The
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    India's A-works
    37 1 NEW DELHI. Wed. India's first factory for the production of the atomic energy materials, uranium and thorium, will be i completed at Trombay Island. Mil Bombay, before the end of i J next year. -Reuter.
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    HE PAID $100.000 FOR FREEDOM
    9 1 MR. THIO SOKN TIOE
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    NEW DOUBT IN KIDNAP CASE
    344 1 Was hide-out in Spore/ SINGAPORE police investigating the kidnapping of Mr. Thio Soen Tioe. the Chinese millionaire, believe it possible that he was never taken to Johore. Their theory now is that he was taken by boat to an island nearby, or taken out to
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    Coast cruise by C-in-C
    52 1 The C-in-C Naval Force Far EaM. Vice-Admiral Sir I Charles Lambe. will ports of the east ratal of Ma- lnya during the next tve weeks. Hr begins the cruiM morrow in H.M.S. AWt. Sir Charles will pay official calls on the Sultans of T ganu. Kelantan
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    U.S. protest rejected
    49 1 MOSCOW Wed. Russia today rpjrctod a Unltrd States protest against the thnoting down of an American bomber over thp Spa of Japan as without foundation." Thp npw Soviet notp reppat••d that thp American plane had violated thp Sovipt border and rtred on two Soviet planps UP
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    Indians leave
    35 1 NEW DELHI. Wed. The advancp party of thp Indian the disposal of prLsonprs of war in Korpa who do not want to co horrif. Ipft here tod contingent which U to handle -A.P.
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    5 Police die in bandit ambush
    267 1 5 Police die in bandit ambush KUALA i UMPUR. Wrd. ([MVF speclHl const iihies «rere killed and two wounded yesterday afternoon when ambushed r»y 25 terrorists in thr S;«nßci Sip.it area of IVrak. The men, Who were membrr.s it No. 44. h irged he.s Only th: .on.stables Ithout Inj The
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    STOP PRESS
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    200 homos lost
    19 1 CARTA Wed. The munirnvidP v for 2.000 Chinese <>f the fire this 1 200 hoiiU P
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    Sunarjo wants China trade ban lifted
    322 2 Sunarjo wants China trade ban lifted JAKARTA. Wednesday. INDONESIA will strive for quick implementation of 1 a foreign policy directed towards achieving peace and mutual co-operation with other nations with!n the framework of the United Nations, the Foreign Minister, Dr. Sunarjo. said today. The main effort of this aim, he
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    STICK TOGETHER, SAYS KNOWLAND
    152 2 WASHINGTON. Wednesday. SENATOR William Knowland. newly-elected Senate 0 Republican floor leader, said today his fellow Republicans know they must stick together to stay in power. He discounted fears that the death of Senator Taft may split Congressional Republicans into quarrelling factions. "1 think we are going
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    Changes in East Africa forces
    136 2 Changes in East Africa forces NAIROBI, Wed— A 10-day defence conference to decide the future size and administrative control of military forces in the newly crea'r; Central African Federation wil] begin in Salisbury, eapital of Southern Rhodesia next Monday. A spokesman of East African Command headquarters disclosing this here today
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    Vietnam Reds' promise
    59 2 LONDON. Wed-The Vietnam Communist party, in a message to the Soviet Commii- nist Party on Its 50th birthday^ pledged itself "to make use lof the les&ons of the Soviet i Communist party and the teachings of Lenin and Stalin I to lead the resistance of the Vietnamese
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    Quirino walks
    27 2 NEW YORK. Wed. The Phllippnes President Elpidio Quirino walked for the first time yesterday since his stomacn operation last month at Johns Hopkins Hospital— AP
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    Envoy retires
    25 2 WASHINGTON. Wed Mr Edwin F. Stanton. first United States ambassador to Siam and a career diplomat for 32 years retired yesterday, aged 52
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    Clark sees U.S. defence chiefs
    35 2 WASHINGTON. Wed—General Mark Clark arrived in Washington today to receive a formal military welcome and to confer with defence heads before returning to his command in the Far East.— Reuter.
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    Arabs appeal
    35 2 WASHINGTON. Wed—Ambassadors from six Arab countries called on the United States. Britain and France yesterday to adopt quick measures to counter Israels move in transferring its capital from Tpl Aviv to Jerusalem. AP
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    SHOPS BOYCOTT THE TROOPS
    101 2 SHOPS BOYCOTT THE TROOPS CAIRO. Wed— Off-duty British soldiers entered the town of Ismailia in the Suez Canal zone today only to be boycotted by shopkeepers. British military authorities said there were no incidents in the first entry of British soldiers since Ismailia was declared out of bounds after 'he
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      419 2 NOTICES NOTICE I. the undersigned TAN CHWEE CHUA iTeochewt ol Chop Mong Hene Long. 56. Jalan Ah Fook. j Johore Bahru. have on the 18th July. 1953. applied to the Chairman Licensing Board. Johore Bahru. for a Wholesale liquor licence for the j. >,ale ol Beer only at the above-
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      369 2 NOTICES JAMES ALISON BAKER i Any pej-Ron possessed at ln- formation regarding the affairs of I the abovenamed who died on 28th December. 1941. whilst serving with the Keriah Volunteer Porce Is requested to communicate with Hongkong Shanghai Bank i Malaya) Trustee Limited. 31, Collver Quay, Singapore. 1, without delay.
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      234 2 _B I !i_■l t I IKiI 1 1 1 I cmr*DADr Choir: 730 Joe Bushkln Quartet BlnuArUKfi 7.45 If I Could Choose. 8 15 Mlchae' 7.15 a.m. Morning Stars 730 83 Malayan Magazine. 9 New»; 7 35-9 Music; \2 In Malay. Mel< S v Sons:; 930 Newß; 9Af> I p.m.
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    Aid to Asia vital to U.S. security, says Ike
    281 3 SEATTLE, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Eisenhower said today that the foreign aid projrramme offered the cheapest way to American security. The President told the annual conference of State Governors here that the money the United States was spending in efforts to strengthen its
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    INDOCHINA MAY GETNEW DEAL SOON
    220 3 INDOCHINA MAY GETNEW DEAL SOON From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Wed. PLANS to Rive full independence to The three Indo-Chinese States of Vietnam. Laos and Cambodia are to be studied at a special meeting of the French Cabinet Today, reports the London Daily Mail's correspondent from Paris. Th,- ol.in.^ call
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    More dollars
    42 3 LONDON. Wed. Britain'! cold and dollar reserves increased during July by U.SM9 million (V ***** million) on July 31. their highest level sinc<? late in 1951. thoush .still far below their mid-1951 peak of U553,867 million < MSII "iiK million*.— Reutcr.
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    Floods claim 250
    28 3 TEHERAN. Wed.— Two hundred and fifty people are missing in floods which swept the Caspian village of Roudbai earlier this week, say reports reaching here
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    Pledge by Laniel
    61 3 PARIS, Wed F-ench Prime Minister Joseph Laniel last night promised swift Government action to restore the country's finances by establishing "a real budgetary balance". In a broadcast he said urgent tasks faced his two-month-old Government. The Treasury was undergoing a particularly acute crisis, gold reserves were in
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    FEATHER IN HIS HAT
    45 3 FEATHER IN HIS HAT lIIKI I S. Idih thought ill.- Fn-hsli Imater (stl»« hull <<>u ld he brightened up. S<- lie stuck a big feather in it. And he wore it when he went to a conference in London on the Nigeria constitution.— Kt-uter photo.
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    Churchill goes back to work
    214 3 LONDON. Wednesday. CIR Winston Churchill is now doing the ordinary work of a Prime Minister at Chequers, his official country home, authoritative sources here said today. Ho is still under doctor's orders after the attack of nervous fatigue which in late June forced him to
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    Indians 'face ruin' in S. Africa
    157 3 m rr T7 GENEVA. Wednesday JHE United Nations Commission on the racial situat.on in South Africa heard yesterday that 350 000 Indians, m «t of them born in South Africa face ruin becatue of the policies of Dr. Ifalan's irovernment Mr. H. S. L.
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    TOP RAF MEN SWITCHED
    55 3 LONDON. Wed —Air Marshal Sir John Bootliman i.s tearing controller of RAF. research, development and pro- i auction to become C-in-C il Command. H e i.s succeeded M Controllr r of Air Supplies at the Ministry of Supply by Air Chiet Marshal Sir John Baker, present
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    Germans want Jap friendship
    39 3 BONN. Wed West German I President Theodor Heuss and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer have told Japanese Crown Prince Akihito that they whole-heartedly supported any steps towards closer friendly relations between the German and Japanese people.— Reuter.
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    Roberto's race
    32 3 ROME, Wed. Roberto Ros- sellini said yesterday that he intends to drive in a Mexican road race next November. HLs wife, Ingrld Bergaman, will not co with him. A P
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    Talking about that home sweet home,,.
    188 3 Talking about that home sweet home,,. iniNHl K(.ll Wed Eleven men and a thousand women from 44 countries will get together here next week to work out ways of putting eren more sweetness into home sweet home. For six days they will exchange household hints on a global scale to
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    LONDON STOCKS
    313 3 I.ONDON. Wed. I^AR Eastern Issue exhibited a .slinhtly Irregular pattern in the Stock Exchange here today Tea shares were quiet and mainly a little lower on balance whtle rubbers were maintained but very idle. Tins werr slightly better all ihroiiuh but the turnover was limiteo JtpaMM ijn.i- opaned
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    LONDON TIN
    27 3 LONDON. Aiic. 5. (ash Buyers \:.'>Bo; Sellers EHS 1 Forward Buyers CITTIi; Sellers <;.>RO: Settlement £582'. 2 (up VJll'.i .Turnover a.m. 30 tons; p.m. 2.i.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    38 3 LONDON. Aus. s— Spot 1R .rt, Sept. 18 ie: O Dec. I 8" fe d.. J«n.Mar. l?»d.. Apr-June 19' i.d. Aue. tjf. 1R ri Sept. elf. 18-. d.. Ot. c- 1 t. 18 -d. Tone: Qule:.
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    Minister quits
    29 3 SANTIAGO. CHILE. Wed Senor Oscar Fenner. Chiles non-Party Minister of Fnreicn Affairs, resigned today, but efforts are being made to get him to reconsider his decision. —Reuter
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    ANTI-VICE GROUP MAY URGE: Sex films in schools
    120 4 ANTI-VICE GROUP MAY URGE: Sex films in schools KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Medical flints deal'ne with sex matters may be shown srn.or student.-, in Kuala Lumpur school*. Thi., s one of the proposals beino considered by th»> special committee of Munc.pal Councillors recently appointed to examine prostftat n n :n th
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    RELIGIOUS TALKS IN ALL SCHOOLS
    126 4 RELIGIOUS TALKS IN ALL SCHOOLS And he urges: PENANCJ, Wed JanaD Mo hammed Ismail Sahib, leader of thp tnree-man Ifualln education Roodwill mlss.un now fiurni Malaya, today sugecstrd that comDiilsor\ reiiffiona .r.struct.on shouli be Riven in all schools !r t^(- country. "Thf. t)f«t l"n?-range remedy nst Commun srr'." n 1
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    HIT SON IN ROWOVER WAGES
    137 4 HIT SON IN ROWOVER WAGES KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. IN a hrated discussion over wages, a father hit his son over the head with a chanekol. the Kuala Lumpur i sessions court wes told today I Ponnan wai charped with rausine trrievous hurt to his I son Kandasamy. Tho charpe" was
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    His 'breakdown' cost $50 fine
    58 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. I Chong Wee, a motorist who aid that he was on the K >ta Tinggi road after curfew brcause his car broke down, was fined $50 in the Police Court i here today. The Magistrate, Inche Mahmood. told him: "It is a
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    WOMAN HIRED ME TO DRIVE OPIUM LORRY,HESAYS
    331 4 WOMAN HIRED ME TO DRIVE OPIUM LORRY,HESAYS $lm. haul made after tip, court told A WOMAN was mentioned yesterday aen hearing i continued in the million dollar opium case. It was also disclosed that Singapore Customs men were tipped off about a "huge opium landing expected by the end of
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    PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
    198 4 PEOPLE IN THE NEWS PATROL I.KADKK lx>h Ah Kian. of thr Ist Raub (.mup. who will attend the Scouts jamboree to hv held at Rota Rahru. Kelantan. from Auu. II to IT The jamhorr? marks thr !.">th annivrrsary of thr Kelantan Boy Scouts \xn«m iatinti MRS. T K. I)I( KINSON.
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    Inquiries for TV, but no claims
    101 4 Inquiries for TV, but no claims rpHE Singapore Government has not received any "definite" applications for permi-s--sion to operate television in the Colony, Mr. J. D. Higham. Under-Secretary, said yesterday. But, three local firms say they have applied separately for television permission Mr. Higham said there had been some inquiries
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    Estate named for Princess
    51 4 The Singapore Improvement Trust housing estate at Alexandra will now be known m Princess Margaret Estate, not "Buller Camp" as it was previously referred to. The site which was recently developed, will have more houses soon. The S.I T. is building 600 low-ceiling flats In the
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    Court registrar is sent for trial on corruption charge
    360 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wednesday. SNAIDU registrar of the Sessions Court. Johore Bahru, was today committed for trial in the Assize Court on a charge of having corruptly acceptpd SlOO from Massah Singh, a cloth merchant. The preliminary inquiry was held by Inche
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    MAN WITH GUN FELL INTO TRAP
    92 4 MALACCA. Wed. 1 fOHAMED Dow bin Buy--I*l an?, a lormer police dri\tr. was sentenced to three! years' imprisonment in th»> Malacca Hie,h Court today for carrying a revolver. Police set a trap when they icceiTed information that a man was trying to sell a
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    BOYCOTT THE CONVENTION, HE URGES
    194 4 BOYCOTT THE CONVENTION, HE URGES PENANG. Wed. The president of the All-Malaya Islamic Association. Tuan Haji Ahmad Taud. today urged a boycott of the Aug. 23 convention sponsored by the MCA-UMNP Alliance. Thirteen organisations. Including the Islamic association, were Invited tn thconvention. In a letter to the other 12 parties
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    New road will cost $30,000
    49 5 MIANICAL longlns to the Industrial Developmi n Per.ik Is b< h bl Bukit Oantanc and Uj cheh In the K Th« ruad passe thr rubber land. "Bendane" and "Du^un it '2 1 4 milei Ion:: the it $:mnon md the Kamponc .re providing tl
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    Another 3 youth teams
    34 5 PENANCJ W--d Three more Touth tr.cn -Acre formed in B'ik.- M in the Si'tt JU. »ork 111 iiity .in, A j rebal. Province Well., ley. and entertaim d 1.500 ;>eoDlo
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    Five will plan a boys' club
    19 5 Br m Wed ap T M Oop Ikri '(Milled to '< club and i
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    ONE OF THE LUCKY THREE
    51 5 MBS MABY GRANT, of Sembawang Road. Singapore, was mm of thr three winners who shared first pri/r in the Straits Times Title ontost I gfcc is seen here receiving her cheque for $1,666.67, a third share -of 55.000 from Mr T. Koh of the Straits
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    New trial ordered halfway through case—witness ill
    229 5 New trial ordered halfway through case— witness ill M MALACCA. Wednesday R J*" imy today discharged a special jury in tho Malacca Hmh Court and ordered a new trial when v half finished. 1 nly witness for the defence was ill and could not attend court. g«rtm bin Tahir charged
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    'SPECIALS' CLEARED OF THEFT
    90 5 KUALA LUMPUR. JNCHE W rate tori, of stealing ij i Tl-.ey »er e Mashlm bin A!imaa. 18. Mohd Nor bin d Abdul Wahab bin Abdui 1« 1-ob. Mok Chi that on July 8 he n the fo«li -a. re missing r ro:r. m. rs wh^h led
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    All-amateur concert
    65 5 PENANG. Wed. TToh o Penury Orchestral Soc.ety w:ll n n-'Xt week th,> Settlement .ill-amateur musical concert >:nci' th,. war. Th,. con. nsored by the Penang and province W( 1 ■Xrts Council, will be helfj in thp Welleslev Primary School Han at 9 p.m. on Aug. Tho orchestra wll
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    New business tax protest
    68 5 KOTA BAHRU. Wed. Th* iy Chamber of Coinrr<T<v will send Inch«» N k Hassan b:n Nik Yahya. Councillor and President <>t Uie Malay Chamber of Commerce, and Dr. Abdul Aziz bin Omar, t,, protest t«> th. Commissoner. Oenera] Sii Oe.bout hardships lantan Malay firrrs in the
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    ACCUSER HAD GONE AWAY
    130 5 ACCUSER HAD GONE AWAY JOHORE BAHRU. Wed UUHEN MRS J. F M M ROUALLE. w:fp of a senior Johore Customs Officer, appeared in the Police Court hen to-day charged w.th Begl R< Dt driving, the prosecul on stated that the complainant, an officer of H.M.S Terror, had gonp to Br
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    $545 FOR 2 BOTTLES OFBRANDY
    113 5 PENANG. Wed TWO bottles of brandy brought $545 for the Nan■orslty Fund when >ned last night at thI Penang Cabaret Uoett Union dance In the City Lights, Penang. The first bottle was sold C. C. Lee, of Singapore for $100. Mr. Lye re-auctioned It and
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    Lecture on Israel
    39 5 Capt. Simon Hacnhm. a representative of the I rnment, who hxs been on Iwil] tour of Australia and New Zealand, will lecture on the Jewish State tonight at 8 o'clock at the Adelphi Hotel roof garden
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    FINGER-PRINTS LED TO HIS ARREST
    165 5 THF finper-prints found on I the wall of a burgled W ir. Irrawady Road lpd lo the arrest of Ooh Chek I K:inp. ten days later, the Singapore Fourth Criminal District Court was told riay. Ooh is charted w 'i'h breaking the bourn on January
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    BYRNE NEED NOT SPEED HIS REPLY
    281 5 Time limit lifted: 'Appeal at his convenience' T»HE Singapore Government yesterday extended the x time limit fixed for Mr. K. M. Byrne a member of the Colonial Secretariat and a leader of the Council of Action, to send his observations to Mr Oliver Lyttelton.
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    HOMES FOR KAMPONG BUGIS VICTIMS
    138 5 but plan still needs approval VICTIMS of the Kampong Bugis fire two years ago T will get 96 houses in Kolam Ayer if a scheme drawn up yesterday is approved next week. The scheme must be asproved by the general committee of the Joint Relief
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    Community hall
    36 5 SITIAWAN, Wed. A tea party was held at the Kampong Koh new village when the District Officer, Dindings. opened its new community hall. Mr. Wong Bing Hea. MBE and Mr. G. S. Walker spoke.
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    3 NOISY DAYS FOR GUARDS
    106 5 3 NOISY DAYS FOR GUARDS KUALA LUMPUR. Wed TRIGGER-HAPPY ho m c M. guards from all over the Federation will be able to shoot to their hearts' content lat a shooting rally at Slanting. Port Dlckson. starting on Aug. 17. For three noisy days they I will shoot for their
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    Course in U.K.
    30 5 TEMERLOH. Wed— Inche Osman bin Abdul Karim. assistant District Officer. Temerloh, has gone on a course for Government officers. He will be in Britain about ten months
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    142 more homes to be built
    103 5 A SECOND contract to build 142 more $20-a-month houses for Geylane firp victims was awarded yesterday by the {Singapore Improvement Trust. The houses will be built at Kolam Ayer and will br ready by the end of the year. They "ill hnve electricity and
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    School's new Lab is ready
    67 5 IPOH. Wed.-The Arfng Brtish Adv.ser. Perak. Mr E C. G. Barrett, will address the Anderson School at the r annual SDeech Day in the school hall tomorrow at 5.30 p. m Mrs. Barrett will g ive a w a m the nr^es The school's new
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    Police transfer
    21 5 RAUB. Wed— Police InsDerto r Inch f Abdul Razak bin Ja afar has been posted to Raub from Malacca
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    Two months for trying to embrace a teacher
    158 5 A SEAMAN, Leong Fong San, who tried to embrace a pretty young schoolteacher on July 16. was sentenced to two months' gaol by the Singapore Sixth Police Magistrate, Mr. R B. I. Pates yesterday. Leong was found guilty of assaulting Yvonne Valeric
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    Brought from gaol to face theft charge
    81 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A MAN who Is already serv■f* ing a three-year sentence for attempting to cheat a shep out of a $1,000 camera was charged in the Sessions Court here today for stealinc a gold watch from a sleeping railway guard. Raniasamv,
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    High school Speech Day
    48 5 BLKIT MERTAJAM. Wed The High School here will hold its annual Spr<?ch Day on Friday at 10 a.m. Mr F. H. Jones. the headmaster, will preside. The annual cricket and soccer matches between the old and the present boys will be played on Sunday.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Aug. 6, 1953. The Russian Offer
    810 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Aug. 6, 1953. The Russian Offer Russia has accepted, with reservations, the invitation to a conference on Germany and Austria on which the Foreign Mini.st.-rs of Britain. America and Fr;mce .igreed at their meeting hot month in WashingThe rcsi-rvations. however, are formidable. The agenda should
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    Government's Tin Policy
    394 6 Government's Tin Policy The F*»deral Government seems extremely loath to make clear its policy on tin and on the buffer stock agreement drafted by the working party of the International Tin Study Group. The councils of the F.MS Chamber of Mines and of the All-Malaya Chinese Mining Association decided, at
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    Reds are wooing Chinese youth home
    818 6 r»OMMUNIST China has made several clumsy efforts to enlist the financial aid of overseas Chinese through South-East Asia But now they have begun working, much more successfully, on the younger generation In these areas. I have ju.t travelled up from Indonesian ports to Hong
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    Says FRANK OLIVER
    62 6 pAR Eastern expert for a chain of American newspapers, who spent 16 years in the East. He returned recently to investigate Chinese moves to indoctrinate educated youths in South-East Asia and woo them back to Red China. In this, the first of two articles from Hong Kong,
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      RELIGIOUS POLICIES IN ACTION
      330 6 RELIGIOUS POLICIES IN ACTION DURING the past few days I have seen comments describing the move to ban religious and communal bodies from politics as a bad one because divorcing politics from religion would mean the denial of the religious nature of man. The Teluk Anson branch of the U.M.N.O.
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      Unionist v economist
      212 6 /pHE difference between Mr. 1 Ooi Thiam Siew and Lord Keyne.s is that the one is a trade unionist while the other in economist. I am afraid Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew s <urprLsp has come a bit too late and I cannot understand why he has picked
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      'Lift tax on sport in the Federation'
      184 6 I rpHE Government of Stnga- pore decided sometime ago Ito remit Entertainment Tax on Sports Meetings (effective from May 1953. The Federation Government. 1 as yet, *hows no sign of doing the same It is understood that General Templer, the A.D.O.'s. the Home
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      Tin as a currency
      208 6 rE present crisis in the tin industry has suggested to mr a world wide currrncy backed by metals. Ail surplus metal produced (preferably the rarer metals) could be used in the sarro way as gold. America is piling up her gold stocks and burying the;n in
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      CONTRACT HAS BEEN LET
      60 6 |N reference to the lett.-r s.cnod "SuiTrrcr from Parit. which appeared in the Straits Times August 1, I would like to inform him that a contract for the construction of a bridge across the Prrak River was let by the Public Works Department on July 25
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      Ex-detainee makes a protest
      418 6 KINDLY allow m e some space to discuss some i facts concerning the treatment accorded to me by the Government of Singapore after my release from deten- i turn in April. Apart from being denied reinstatement in the tcachin profession. I have been continuously subject to
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    On the Margin
    352 6 Turtle-soup CORRESPONDENT in .ds with c: an imnuxd .»,e step to rv tin- green lvi which ar«> bein« tonly killed [or tl botn .i' il, and the Ojikmv Tl Uhev :m--(one. two feel w»f'' foot th ck) n kno»si n a ■Ingle In turtle There Is a
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    HE ONCE TAUGHT No. 1 RED
    106 7 HE ONCE TAUGHT No. 1 RED XI \l 1 IMPIR Wrd. \M \N who oner lautht < hin Ptne. >1-»l \<> I f nmniunist. spent <i i> iriliai Hi»- p<"<»plr of Baa it I Met la help the <.ov«-rnmrnt t<> end terrorism Mr is Mr, Womk. It Irad.r of thr
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    THE DAY IT RAINED IN COURT
    51 7 II Ighth And imp ma Inch* AW 1 t'li I ,-mpatbetic poured in thri I I n fell I cutor A 1 1 Th> en d And m the rain fell, in a where mi Jnted href men S9O for BO newlnt their radio
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    Boy injured by army truck
    16 7 An onvoy -old Holland Road. nlghl The bents in hospital .-rriouv
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    Gas man quits
    9 7 M: dLstribu •■d Lust nmh{ b
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    Bank director
    20 7 Tlv Singapore branch ol the Bank of India Chli i ha ll Benthall. KB 1 art oi I
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    Templer warns—talk or your land is closed
    671 7 Templer warns— talk or your land is closed 'TWILIGHT SWOOP ON SUNGEI PELEK Xl M A Ll'MPl'R. Wednesday. IMIK 4,000 people of Sungei Pelek in South-west Ml.mgor were today given a last chance to talk about the Communists in their area and especially about Ah Tee. who is trying to
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    Thieves get $1,200 haul
    78 7 While sitting with a girl companion in a parked car at the B mile East, Coast Road, 1 pore, on Tuesday night ,1 chuv se was forced by four men into the back seat. One men drove the car away while the others robbed the two
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    PHONE STRIKE DECISION TOMORROW
    66 7 PHONE STRIKE DECISION TOMORROW About 100 telephone operators and supervisors in tho Singapore War Department will decide tomorrow whether they will stage a one-day strike. This threat is in protest -t the Army's decision to dismiss three operators. The Union's president. Mr. S. T. V. Lingam told the Straits Times
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    Toy pistol man gets gaol
    55 7 Ibrahim bin Zakarie. found loitering early on July 15 at the junction of Sims Avenue and Pay a Lebar Road, was yesterday gaoled for three months by the Singapore Fifth Police Court magistrate, Mr. D H. Chapman. Inspector A. D. Jacobs, said that a toy
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    49 7 I'KTKR AND SASHA HI i:i H. m.h and ilauihter of Commnil«.rf L. Durlsuh. hi.f of Staff. Far East Naval Forces, arrived in Sinraporr y;s«crriav hv K.O.A.< TonstelUtion to upend their holidays with their father. They .ire seen at Ike airport with Commodore and I Mrs. Purlach. Straits Timy picture.
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    Nanyang University Council now 250
    340 7 Nanyang University Council now 250 HHHE maximum strength ol the 1 Council of the Nanyang University fixed in its articles of association at 25. was yesterday increased to 250. This wac decided at the first panMalayan meeting of the University held in the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce The meeting
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    WIFE SOLD THE CAR I GAVE HER
    266 7 WIFE SOLD THE CAR I GAVE HER BUT i STILL BORROW IT KOH Hor Khoon, a former Stale loot bailer and the managing partner of Koh B an Seng, a linn of irrjport-,-rs and exporters, told Mr. Justice Buttrose at the Sln- inurr H«h Court yesterday that n September. 1952.
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    3 years for $3,200 theft
    85 7 Khoo Kee Oiap. who pleaded guilty at the Singapore Assizes to a charge of armed robbery, at Angullia Road on i&Feb. 4, was sentenced to three years" gaol by Mr tice Brown yesterday. Khoo is now serving a sentence of seven years' for a similar
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    Election review
    23 7 JOHOPE BAHRU. Wed Jnhorf Council of Statf 1 i tf> discus*- thf Bl QectlOM Bill at its Sfptrmb' r 10 moeting.
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    Sacked girl gets passage home, bonus
    121 7 YAU JUN SAUW. a pretty worker in the Malayan Textile Mills, was discharged in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday on an attempted suicide charge. At an earlier hearing the Court was told that Yau stabbed herself with a pair of seisin the dormitory
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    Forged identity card—3 years
    36 7 Forged identity card 3 years Andrew F. Pereira, a former War Department employee, was sent to three years' gaol by Mr. Justice Brown in the !>ore Assize Court yesterday for forging a National Registration identity card.
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    'LOT OF AIR CLEARED'
    239 7 At London rubber talks KI'AI.A LUMPUR, Wednesday. \ik. p. P. NARAYANAN, ■eetvtary-ftMral of the 4 Malayan Plantation Workers" ninn. said tod.iy that "a lot of air" was cleared ;it a meeting he had with officials of the Rubber Growers' Association in London. "I had a two-hour
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    Govt. says: No pay for 1,850'
    111 7 Govt. says: No pay for 1,850' KUALA LUMPUR. Wed 1^1 !K Federation Qoffl incut hn.s stopped the salaries of auxiliary licemen employed on tir. rr.inrx and rubber The order, effective I Aun. 1. OOVen 1.850 aux. policemen. Mine and estate mn menta have hern told i nments d i.-ion. A
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    Juror faints during case
    50 7 A iuror. Mr R Q. Pearce fainted in the jury box dui at thr Sincapore A Court yesterday. Dr. E B. LaBrooy. an A tant Government pathnlwho was in the witness box at the time. ;i;ive first aid. Mr. Pparre reeaineri dMMClOUXI in a short while
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      137 7 The Weather Minimum temperature (7 30 pm. on Aug. 4 to 7.30 a.m. on Aug. 5iSingapore <80 degrees 1. Penan*; (76 1. Kota Bahru t73 1. Kuala Lumpur i72i, Ipoh (7iii and Kuantan 72 1 Maximum temperature i 7.30 am to 7.30 p.m. on Aur. s': Singapore (H), Penang 1881.
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    They want to advise childless wives
    143 8 They want to advise childless wives CHILDLESS wives in Singapore who want babies will soon be able to go to the Family Planning Association for advice The association is preparinu to rxpand its .service and Dr Mary Grove-White, a member who is in Britain or leave, Ls dolnp: research work
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    UNION TO NAMENEW OFFICIALS FOR TALKS
    155 8 A COMPLETE reshuffle S njjaporr Naval Base Labour Union otlicials exDectcd <>n Sunday, the secretary Mr K. Y. Foong. nld the Straits Times yesterday. Thp union wants new officials to conduct negot.at nn.s w.th Adm.ralty authorities ;n S ngaporp ovrr th r > lmrjl<n
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    73 hawkers are fined $1,120
    58 8 Sev c n t y-three unlicensed hawkers paid fines totalling $1,120 in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday. All of them pleaded guilty. The Court wa.s told that most of them sold cooked food without licences They Mtl arrested by inspectors from the City Cleansing
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    R.E. Association annual dinner
    41 8 Singapore Branch. Royal En-j'-ie.-rv Assoeiat on. w.ll hold :ts annual dinner and dani-;> it the Adrlph; Hotel at 730 D.m. o n Sept. 4. Particulars may br obta.ned from WO. II J. Wilson, telephone *****. ext. 235
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    British ship carries Red ore
    44 8 The 7.178 ton British freighter Alcyone Angel arrived in Singapore yesterday lrorr the Red Chinese port of YuMn with 9.536 tons of run ore. The Alcyone Angel took on 380 tons of bunkers and water then left for DJibutl.
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    But it's not all over for the dogs
    70 8 But it's not all over for the dogs rE rabies scare in Singapore is over. No ca have been reported to the City's veterinary officer for more than two months. "The last reported case wv>on May 22. said Mr. A. H. Foster, the Chief Veteiinary Officer, said yesterday. But -:t
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    HE WILL ACT AS PRESIDENT
    48 8 MR. J. T. RK.V Deputy President of the Singapore City Counril. who will art as Prrsideni when Mr. T. P. F. McNeice goes on long leave next year. Mr. R. Middleton Smith wili then take over as arti.it I>°puty President. > Straits Times photograph.
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    $50,000 TO FIGHT T.B. IS THEIR AIM
    119 8 rE S ngapore Anti-Tub-r--culns n's "Appeal Werk" begln.s on Saturday. Aug. 8. It aim.s to collect $50,000 for dest tute patients. "Cinderella Operetta" will be staged on Aug. 8 and 9 at 8.30 p.m. at the Victoria Theatre Oat o takings of th.Great
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    Fete for Sunday school hall fund
    69 8 n.irden fete, with *:de■howa. uony rides. iortun;teller, c.ne show, magic. an. fancy aress parade and baby >how will be held at Kirestone Park, Tangl.n. on Saturday. The Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonaid. wJI open the fof at 3.30 n.m Prowill go to th P Presby
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    Tamilian lottery
    15 8 The 81n*apOf> Tam'lian AflMdmtton will Mart a public funds lor its own building.
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    Former Johore Treasurer dies
    68 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Wan Jusoh bin All. retired St .ite Treasurer. Johore. died i bare yesterday. He had retired I in 1946 after 35 years service His elder brother. Dato Mohcl. Salleh died 22 days a eo Wan Jusoh's eldest daughter is the wife of Mr.
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    S1.000 bail
    36 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed John Perera. of Singapore, was charged in the Police Court today with criminal breach of trust of a car belonging to Chin Chin of Johore Bahru. He was allowed $1,000 b-ul.
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    RAJ HEADS SINGAPORE SOCIALIST PARTY
    265 8 Second body 'has Govt. support' C. R. Dasaratha Raj, Labour member of the Legislative Council, is president of a newly-formed Socialist Party of Singapore. A second new political organisation, not yet named, is claimed to be supported by the Government and many unions. i Mr.
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    Air cadets study in 'flying classroom'
    180 8 AERIAL BLIND-MAN'S BLUFF' yHE Malayan Air Training Corps has formed a ■1 "flyinp; classroom" to teach cadets map-reading, navigation .and the theory of flight. Three of nine cadets selected for the course had their first le.sson yesterday dur- j ing a one-hour flight in
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    CADETS TAKE OFF FOR A LESSON IN THE AIR
    64 8 CADETS TAKE OFF FOR A LESSON IN THE AIR AIR TRAINING CORPS Set. Johnny Lim is sern above all set to take off in the new "flying classroom" course. Reside him is Fit. Lieut. I). \V. Suttnn. of the K.AJ SeU'tar. one of the instructors. Three of nine cadets selected
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    RED RICE ON WAY TO CEYLON
    68 8 RED RICE ON WAY TO CEYLON THE 5.443-ton freighter Nadir arrived in Singapore yesterday from Whampoa with 1 7.368 tons of rice for Colombo. Local agents for the Nadir said that this is the fourth i ship to carry Red Chinese rice to Ceylon in exchange for Ceylon rubber. The
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    Off on leave
    32 8 Mr. T M Stevens, secretary of the Singapore City Council, files to Britain on lons leave today Mr. H. D E. MarV.tle. Deputy Secretary, will act t< r him
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    PADANG' TOO BUSY' FOR TRADE FAIR
    169 8 Businessmen's views on site I EADING Singapore businessmen think there is no need to make a fan about the site for annual trade exhibitions. Nor are tney in favour of ostng the Municipal padang t> r future trade exhibitions. They were commenting on a
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    Union calls off threat
    92 8 fHE Singapore Medical Workers' Union did not send a strike notice to the Government yesterday a.s threatened Instead the Union forwarded I copies of corresjwndence between it and the Director of Medical Services dealing wi'h the dismissal of two ayahs" in the General Hospital, to the
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    It's all in the family, he explains
    105 8 president of the South A Indian Chamber of Commerce, Mr. V. P Kanagasunciaram. ssJd y.sterduy that the Singapore Shop Employees Union did not understand tlv Istanta working tor "ioiitli Indian businessmen. commentinß on a jbovc by the union for standard Aorking hours and
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    81 8 <.. -nrr.il Sir Charles Frederick Keightlry <;ilx>vi-i Cnmmander-in-Cliirf. lar I- .is t I, Hid Force*, has hern appointed an aide dr camp (General to Queen Etiubeth, it was announced in London last night, says Keuter. Hr succeeds Field Marshal Sir John Harding. Chief of thr Imperial (ienrral Staff. who was
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    Five years for taxi robber
    60 8 Salim bin Kas.sim. whr pleaded guilty at the Singapore Asm lay to robbing a taxi driver, wi sentenced to live years' gao: by Mr Justice Brcwn Salim was alleged to hav< held up Neo Tian Teck with revolver in Churlton Road 01 Apr. 15 and
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    A 3150,000 JOB FOR ONLY $2,500
    100 8 THE 2.640-ton Anglo-Saxon Coastal tanker Liseta got a $150,000 tob done for $2,500 thanks to the "surgeon in steel." Mr. F. D. The Liseta reached port two days apn with a cracked engine casing. Mr. Blake repaired her In 15 hours and she is
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    The Flapper Look again
    322 9 v <>nil<>r. m san/s Virginia < IV^Y back in 1947 when feminine fashions were never more ferai- nine, an obvious reaction after years of skimped and austere war-time dresses, one truant designer produced a suit with no waist to the Jacket and a skirt that ended
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    AT THE HEM
    30 9 AT THE HEM Look, its u<,t really too sh>rt.' sajj.s Paris fashion leader Chixtian Dior, as hr shapes out the kne r <Jf n manKc'yutw wraruif, his new -length hem!
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    'Desolated'
    213 9 THIS is a letter a British fashion writer in Paris wrote to a friend in London the day after M. Dior's Flapper Look bombsell. to a horrified friend In London: Christian Dior would like me to tell you that hr is desolated by all the fuss he has caused
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    Mr Dior putting the clock back
    167 9 Mr Dior putting the clock back CO Christian Dior is putting the clock back. anti-iemi-nust "any admirer of women must be an anti-feminist I have had my wor.st fears confirmed. Militant suffragettism gave women the vote, which they have not us<»d to particular advantape and which has last them the
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    21 9 But, darling, ic'j to muck fu<irr for you to make up vaufmind miter all you've had previous experience of \hort skirts."
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    1927 ECHOES
    90 9 FOR several yean now Hte cropped haifsfvlc* And imall hats have been clearing a pathway to the Flipper Look. JACQUES FATH hat ihown tiny, head-husging haft with "kisi-curls' of velvet retting on the cheeks enormous hoop earrings short lace evening gowns ECHOES OF 1927 SCHIAPARELLI has shown hand
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    TOO EARLY TO SAI
    155 9 ALTHOUGH the world xx was due for a major change in female fashions, it was still too early to say whether women would adopt the new Dior Flapper Look style. Singapore dress designer Mrs. Doris Geddes. said yesterday. •It takes some months to tell whether or
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      220 9 FITTED WITH THE NEW SUPER Generator "'iitmumiW* l9 Kerosene LANTERN 500 candlepower. has the onsina: m>n-rlogginß SunFramr SUPER Generator, p H off rahrt; automatic clpanine needle, built in ptimp. and chromium plated tank SOLE DISTRIBUTORS IN SINCAPORE. FEDERATION AND BR NORTH BORNEO MOLUCCAS TRADING Co., Ltd. BAFE^^^sMILK Re?i«.nrrd Tr»<t Mart
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      375 9 mmhl The Straits Time* Crossword sup ri nrn 6 |H ACROSS a brush up sometimes (7>. a^^^ 9l Tfacher with part of work 7. Type of jumper seen near l^^ of R "P rp T excellence (11>. Mvrrpool in sprlnp (13). .i^l g^SSi M<* SS££ SSS^ ESSSi ___J in It
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    SHARE MARKET IMPROVES: MOST PRICES RISE
    390 10 SHARE MARKET IMPROVES: MOST PRICES RISE TIN UP, RUBBER STEADY T^HERE was a sharp improvement in the Singapore share market yesterday, particularly in tin shares where several popular counters recorded useful price rises. These included Petaling, Kuala Kampar, Rantau and Kuchai all of which had business at the higher levels
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    182 10 MELBOURNE. Wed. y^HARE priced continued to firm stmdlly on the Stork Exchange today. The sales range was wid and the turnover alight ly heavier. Preference shares which have been out of favour for some time had stronger support at the higher levels. Yarra Falls continued Its forward movement
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    WALL STREET
    138 10 VFW YORK. Wed PROFIT-TAKING whlr-h developed In the Stork Market durlns it further consolidation effort -•'"■'erday r«— lUßi In wide<;prenrj lapses moßtlv of frartions among nrius'rlals and rails Utilities however were able to r rore a small on-balance advance The market shoved little rhanee durlne the afernoon The
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    RUBBER PRICES
    186 10 Sellers were again reserved on the Singapore rubber market yesterday and the market closed steady quiet with August first grade at 63-7 8 cents a pound, unchanged on the previous day's close. The market opened .slightly easier but the trade showed interest and sellers were re- served. Rubber
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    Rubber exports rise sharply
    127 10 RI'BBER shipments from Malaya in July at 77.227 tons were the largest for any single month since March last year. Exports in June were fi0.557 tons. The total exports for the seven months of this year were 485.861 tons, compared with 527.586 tons in the corresponding
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    77 10 Singapore Chineiw Produce F.»rhanxe: Noon prices per plcul were Copra unchaneed. quiet; AuguM ♦32' buyers. $33'- sellers: September *31 buyers. $33 'j sellers Coconut oil: unchanged; $54 'j seller*. Pepper: White down $10; only small business on fob. basts reported quiet Muntok white *385. Sarawak «38n I.amponc black
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    36 10 On the freeexrhance market in Honckone yesterday the U.S. dollar was ouoted at 5 97", for cash and fiOO for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15 85 and ->ne tael of gold at 2«4.
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    TIN PRICE
    16 10 The price of tin In Sineapore yesterday was declared at S2Rfi.R:' apicul. up S5.
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      594 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/U.K./CONTINtNT S'DOr* P. S'tam Ptoono 19/20 Aug. 17/UAug. IS/UAug. Mogdofe 9/10 Sept Sept 7 Sept "Indie" >^' Bon^itok Sa H-r. o Konf ,be. 1/2 Oct. 30/30 Sept 2«'2«Sept "sciar.4.a 11/12 Oct 10/10 Oct. 7/ 9 Oet SAILINGS TO CONTINENT I SCANDINAVIA For Colombo. Aden, Port
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    CHandler's slick world of murder
    858 11 THE RAYMOND CHANDLER OMNIBUS (Harnith Hamilton, 155.) By CYRIL CONNOLLY THE American private detective is now an established figure in modern myth. Poor, celibate, despised by the public, suspected by the police, loyal only to his client and his code, he moves in a world
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    The great conflict of East and West
    694 11  -  BERTRAM) RUSSELL THE ESTRANCEMENT OF WESTERN MAN. By Robert Strausz-Hupe (GolJancx, 165.) By •'THERE is nothing like A leather." said the tanner: "there is nothing like books." said the writer. Writers of books suffer from two disabilities. On the one one hand, being
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    THIS IS A LAND TIME FORGOT
    664 11  -  JOHN LOUGHLIN By THE FACE OF AUSTRALIA. By Charles F. Laseron (Angus and Robertson. Sydney and London). AS seen through the eyes of the geologist. Australia is a physical froak. a unique mass of land more ancient than other part of the earth, a
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    Adventure in the depths
    363 11 THE UNDERSEA ADVENTURE. By Philippe Diole. iSidgwick anrf lickson. 18s.) THE art or science or sport of underwater exploration, p>^-gle-flshinjr or whatever we are poing to call it, is now perfected to the point at which it must go forward in one of two directions: aesthetic
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    TO HELP YOUR TABLE
    175 11  -  JOH.\ II Ml I I Oltll MENUS FOR MALAYA. By P. Allii. Miljya Publishing House Ltd.. Singapore $2.50 II > rIS is an unusual little book, addressed to those who not only like to eat well but are capable ef cooking the food they hope !o
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    Mata Hari can score a double
    241 12 SS Five horses thr "small fry" of Malayan racing: dominate today's card at Penang. and I take Mata Hari 11. winner on Monday, as a good thin;; io score a double (Race Five). Strictly on t;mr tr.-t Mata Hari II .should have thr measure
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    THE GOING AND BROADCAST
    25 12 THE GOING AND BROADCAST IMI ;oins at Penane; today iv likely lo be good, reports Fpsom Jeep. There will he no broadcast h\ Radio Malaya.
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    HULA HULA A SAFE BET
    152 12  -  KPSOM JEW Cabinet will be close behind \u HI I HI I is in fcreat form. She broke 37 seconds for three furlongs in her winding up gallop on Tuesday morning and against a moderate lot of Clan Two sprinfrrs This speedy daughter of Channel
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    PICTURE TIP
    377 12 Race Two r p\kiu i i: at the home turn to finish a zood fourth to Hurry Up o\er seven mrlongs on Monday and over a mile this four-year-old looks a la Lumpur se\eti lurlm n Hie ml t.m .i cluM uuril to L)r Win D l n
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    Straits Times Selections
    132 12 »:psom jeep EPSOM JEEP HI \t MI'S I 'iMIK Race 1 MBTSOBITI 3.15 SkyrWer (.»v Knsign Racr 2 TARDEER 3.45 Trrnt I all Drwar PANDORA Dule'i Myll Chins Ttwn TRKNT FAI.I. I'rrmirr Llfht Orwar PANDORA MrtroriU Dmnl*'* Idyll TAKDI t K (iorlnc Prrmirr I.icht DEMONIC Dynaxly Brauman
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    Today's race card
    862 12 Kate I— 4.11: (Mass 5, Div. 3—6 Furs 1 t'.!»i> Strong and Krer 900 Mi. LsMg Mo* Yet>K Hobb< 2 190 China Town Woods 810 Mr. S. P. Lee Ellen 3 577 Brown Booty Hudson 808 Mr. A Mrs H. C. Chlonh Hed.ll. 4 253 Dante* Idyll
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    Shell beaten by missed penalty
    246 12 y^llil I Sports Club were unlucky to be deprived of O even points against Hong Kong Rank in their Business Houses Division "A" league and cup match at Paya Lebar yesterday. I Shell went down 2-1 but they would hare drawn had Amar Knstavi not
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    TODAY'S TENNIS
    43 12 The Malayan Tj-tnis chaaptan-1 ship> which were p<>slp<>ned ye 'Md.iv owing to the weather will ))layed off today at the SCC i-ourt.s. The ties are: 400 pm men> aouble^ 430 p m women's singles i and 5.00 pm. men's singles. J
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    No referee
    36 12 The league i Cup comi» bft«c<'ii Outkrta Swrts Club and S(M>rt.s Club which was to be played on the Railway Institute urcund veesterdav. had to be called lie referee. M Ponnusamy. ta turn up
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    NEW RECORDS
    67 12 New records set up at the meeting were: 12C YARDS HIRDLES: 6u 800-n Leong (R.1.). UJ sec; 220 YARDS: Chan Onn Lens: 5), 2.^.6 sec; SHOT PITT: Sardual Singh (5.A.8.5.). 34ft. 4in.. MO YARDS: R. Nicholas (ACS) 54 sec; POLK VAULT: G"h Siew Kane (R.1.). Oft. IP, in.;
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    TRACTION BEATEN 2-1
    306 12 JLfALAYA Publishing House scored I J-l vldory over SliiKapop' I lYactlaa in their LeaKtie A- Cup Coni|M-tltloii Div. "B" match at Balestier Road yesterday. Traction opened scorlnc through Arshad in the 10th mlnu'e but five minutes later MPH. equalised through Dollah. In the second half. "Malaya Publishing
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    Onn Leng leads ACS to inter-schools victory
    465 12 ANGLO-CHINESE School won the team hampionship at tho fourth post-war Singapore inter-school athletic sports at Jala* Bcsar Stadium yesterday, but they had to wait until the last even! of the cl;i> the onr mile relay before they could achieve supremacy <>\er Raffles Institution
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    COLD STORAGE GO DOWN 3-1 TO OTEC
    336 12 Business Houses soccer ORIENTAL Telephone Co. were too good for Cold Storage when they beat them 3-1 in their League and Cup competition Div. "A" game at Fairer. Park yesterday. OTEC would have won by a wider margin had their forwards been more
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    Teams for Ipoh Hennessy Cup
    22 12 IPOH, Wetl. r r\\(. pen inA I ungku Lf' K r 111 he V T Reo lrri
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    ANNUAL POLICE ATHLETIC MEET
    11 12 ANNUAL POLICE ATHLETIC MEET "■>re in 'lay at m the FWlin.
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    Game postponed
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      31 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: Hiirh 0926 <7«i and 2000 iH€.<: low 0224 <2.2^ and, 143fi ifi 1 i TOMORROW: Hleh 1030 t«oi and 2109 (9 0): Lot 0334 U. 7) and ».T>
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      70 12 '^P^wh CH \i n|. ii< Pataa Iti mi >.( at .lal.m > Ah baagac, My. t. < hiacM x 1 1 Irlus x RJLB I! I it BOD 4 V cround: Div. r.B WaaiarMga ii" pil.il I Indian Bi olhn huml (.Hunt; Div. M si. (r Bacrnitr* Bradd.ll S.( H
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