The Straits Times, 12 August 1953

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    14 1 The Straits Times New**** Established 1845 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, AUGUR 12, 1953. if 15 CENTS
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    AID FROM BRITAIN
    433 1 5-hour talk on MacGillivray's visit to London KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. JJRITAIX is to jfivc Malaya financial aid to tide it over the difficult year it faces in 1951. This is the message the Deputy Hijfh Commissioner, Sir Donald Macdillivray, brought back to the Federation today. The mount
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    We'll drive out bandits says a new premier
    213 1 We'll drive out bandits says a new premier 'IMII llutnncM.l II *****. and poliri' 'II launch drive to rid the <oimlr. i»f D. trul Kl.itn terrorists, th^ m-w rriiiw >linister. !»r Mi S ivtp.i.imi(l i«> H> I f s(itil.i\ w Inn he pi^rii thri'ii-h Slacapsve. I should like tn XC
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    Dead hostess: an arrest
    19 1 A Btn the Rn\;ii Army Veterinary 'day the <•;• ■■'n>. m an in J < Tekukor R(
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    RIOTERS LOSE APPEAL
    142 1 RIOTERS LOSE APPEAL THE Un lays Na- tiuiuil Ormmisation announc< iterday that its appeal to the Quc( n fcr pardon for I :i Muslims aentencod to life imprisonment for offence* during the Singapore riots in T>> ember, 1950. has been ted Secretary, ipore. h.i.s stated that ■>r the ColoMr Oliver
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    QUAKE HITS AGAIN
    22 1 ATI" p tremor caused serious In the Irnian siea today. Killed anri 50 injured in a: 1 land Rriiter.
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    Spy tipped off police
    81 1 TOKYO. Sat. -Japan** po- j lice .said today that information jrained from a suspected Communist spy led them to j la.st nishf.s capture of a Soviet ve.wl iruside territorial water* off Hokkaido. Japan's northernmost Island. Police .said the suspected spy tipped them off that the boat
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    CAMBODIA GETS HER OWN ARMY
    166 1 French make 3 concessions PNOM PENH (Cambodia) Tuesday FRANCE has agreed to give Cambodia immediate control of her own army, police and judicial •n. Cambodian Premier Pen Nouth said today Nouth indicated the French proposals were acceptable to the kingdom, whose kirm recently fled to
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    BURMA TO SHARE IN OIL PROFITS
    48 1 BURMA TO SHARE IN OIL PROFITS HYDERABAD. Tues The Burmese Government will receive one-third share in the oil inc. being operated by British firms in Burma nent be--11 rnments. Tin I Government's hare of thr capital will be i British < eminent as a loan under the .i'jreement. Router.
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    3 years in a land of ice
    50 1 LONDON. TUCS.- Two Royal Air Force Sunderland flying boats left today with supplies for British North Greenland expedition which for three years has been making a -dentine .survey of icebound wastes. Three more Sunrlerlands will o low on Wednesday, the Air Ministry said
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    BACK FROM THE DEAD
    70 1 BACK FROM THE DEAD THIS is Private T. W. liumhlestone. of London. For right months, ever Mini- he was taken taplive h.v the Communists in Korea, he has been listed ntticialU M killed in action. But Private liumhlestone had been a prisoner at (amp Britannia. Mis return in the POM
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    France is paralysed by strike
    191 1 France is paralysed by strike PARIS. Tues. THOUSANDS of British holiday makers heading home from France. Spain. Switzerland and Italy will be stranded at the Gare dv Nord. main Pari.v .station tor traffic to England, because of a national nil strike which has Daraivvci Prance A port .strike If expected,
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    HILLARY OF EVEREST TO LECTURE HERE
    94 1 I The Straits Times, in conjunction with the British I Council, has invited Sir Edmund Hillary, who with the I Sherpa Tensing conquered Mount Everest, to lecture I n Singapore on the expedition and the climb to the I top of the world's highest
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    'FREEDOM' TROOPS SCREENED
    169 1 'FREEDOM' TROOPS SCREENED FREEDOM VILLAGE. Korea. Tues. South Korean war prisoners are passing through a processing centre here to another confinement— this time for about 12 months ov South Korean authorities for investigation and seR-enine Most of tho 250 ROK prisoners who today returned to ■freedom" were captured by the
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    French give up fort of Nasan
    92 1 French give up fort of Nasan HANOI. Tues. THE French High Command -I announced today that isolated Nasan fortress, scene of bitter fl-rhtlng a year a™o. has been evacuated. Tlie fortress. hi','h in the ruqgcd mountains of the wild Thai region west of Hanoi, was destroyed before the troops left,
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    Soldier shot dead
    64 1 A British soldier attached tn the Army Guard Doe :>ore w a.s shot dead on Monday night while on guard the R.E.M.E works! Aver Rajah Road Police told the Straits rim- yesterday that the whose name 15 being wit! until his next-of-kin in £n;:I; nd has been
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    Red minister's suicide
    57 1 TOKYO. Tues. The V yang R?dio tonight said the North Korean Vice-Premier Hu Ka II had committed suicide. The radio did no; when the Premier killed himself. It was believed Hu Ka 11 Wai connected with a group of senior government officials arrested recently for allegedly Ing
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    Free my husband
    46 1 LONDON. Tues— Mr Imre Horvath. the retiring Hungarian Minister to Britain, i.eft here today for Budapest with I letter from Mrs. Edßar Sanders. appealing to the Hungarian President for the release of her husband imprisoned in Hungary since 1949 on espionage charges. Reuter
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    BID TO DELAY CONVENTION LIKELY
    358 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues— The i Fen insular Malays Union Is likely to urge postponement of the national convention sponsored by the United >- National OrganUaI lon and the Malayan Chi- llr.se AftSOClatlOt) When M tl.iyaii political paitic- meet in Johore Bahru on August 14. l
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    Secret atom exercise by British chiefs
    215 1 Secret atom exercise by British chiefs wmbfki.fy. (Surrey), Tvcsiay. ONE hundred senior military ollicers from the British Commonwealth and Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe began a three-day cxrnisr here today to discuss problems of atomic w.ipons in war. The exercise i.s being hrlci 111 secret at thr British Army
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    STOP PRESS
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    3 MALAY POLICE STABBED
    75 1 3 MALAY POLICE STABBED rTiHRF.E lialaj policemen -I •< Tdav morning while questioning a man in the Sultan Masque in North Bridge Road. Simrmnrr: Th' suspiciously in the mosque On questioning the man he pulled out a knile an PC Tahir bin F'.isof in the hack, neck and shoulders Thr
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    M.C.A. men talk of accounts
    33 1 Two officials ol thr pore branch ol the Malayan Chinese Association have called on the Commercial subbianch of the Singapore police and marir statements about the Association's account
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      530 2 NOTICES NOTICE Tho business formerly rarrled on ■under thr name of Chop W:> Chan at 566, Balaattai Road. iSliiK.tpoip.' 'has been '.sold Any person having any claims against the mid Chop Wy Chan should submit t':i.- asflM ;to Hasan. Donaldson Ac Burktnxhnw. Acivor „(<•<; Snllri'or i M^rcnntlle Bank Chambers. Sinu'R-
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      703 2 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TFNDERS WATER DEPARTMENT: Con tar the making of Bends and other special flttmss for 18". 24', to. 36" and 48" ''eel pipes. Deposit $150. Close NOON 218 53 Forms from Tender Room. Socond Floor (Secretariat) (Room 233 >. City Hull. CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TFNDFRS
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      564 2 SHIPPING NOTICES M.V. 'ORANJE" is exr>e<-trrl t.. UTtTC tom Fitropon 12th Au ">ut 8 n m. berthine alongslrle Oo downs 1 and 2 (Entr.i: 8) Singapore Harbour Bo.ird. For further partteutan piRDM AND I INK ROYAL DUTCH MAIL I OSAKA HKMM KAISHA S.S. 'SHORYU MARU" Arrived 5.8.53 Consicn*" 1 of
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    MOHAMMED ALI ASKS TO SEE NEHRU
    255 3 Pakistan shows great concern our Kashmir KARACHI, Tuesday. MR. Mohammed Mi. the Pakistan Prime Minister, has asked to meet thr Indian Prime Minister, Mr. J iw.ih.irl.il Nehru, to discuss the Kashmir dispute, and has s«t lag. 17 is the deadline, it was authoritatively learned
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    JAPS BACK TO PRE-WAR TECHNIQUE
    138 3 JAPS BACK TO PRE-WAR TECHNIQUE I u\|iii\ AMJ^U.I m t...1.ix •> I m am-ial Times says, J.ipjnovf exporters full* i onrcnlratint on I heir prewar tnlinique of mis-, sales of cheap consumer goods. Th«-se e<"kls nulinlr tins n<>\. ltif». spr, ill ii...,i delicacies and insniumv hanrimadr .irlnlrv tins newspaper's Tokyo
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    Crowds hosed
    28 3 BERLIN. Tues. East Gerirrivine here today reported that Communist police hac turned fire hoses on rrcnvds of food seekers attempt- get aboard trains to A P
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    All the thrills of the rodeo
    34 3 BISTER SYD and his cowboys brought all the thrills of a western rodeo to Rotherham (Yorkshire) Borough Park. It was part of the town's new free entertainment programme.
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    Major denies Russians have H-bomb
    162 3 Major denies Russians have H-bomb HE RAN AWAY FROM RED ARMY FRANKFURT. Tuesday. A FORMER Soviet army major, who fled to the West last April, said today that Russia has failed to master the secret of preserving atom bombs after their manufacture. "I know irrefutably that ap to the end
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    BURIED WITH HER JEWELS
    96 3 TURIN, Tues. A gypsy queen who insisted that she must die as she lived on the open road was buried here with 3.000.00 ft lire (about MS15.000) worth of her jewels. (.iulia Westhner, 51--year-old queen of a gypsy caravan, spurned doctors advice in Milan last month
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    Civil air agreement to end
    103 3 Civil air agreement to end Tue.s. Britain yesterday "notified the Philippines that she was terminating her air services agr"?ment with that country The action was taken in a dispute over Britain s Jesire to havr its BOAC Comet <xt rrise full traffic rights at Manila on its service between London
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    Relief promise
    42 3 GENEVA. Tues.— The Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches has offered to helD with relief and post-war reconstruction in both South and North Korea, provider! that the distribution of relief supplies stays in the hands of church agencies
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    THEY WILL TRAIN TO ATTACK
    93 3 THEY WILL TRAIN TO ATTACK SEOUL. Tues. THE South Korean Armywill use the armistice period to train physically and mentally for an offensive whenever necessary, President Syngman Rhee said yesterday. Rhee said: "It has been our unchanging policy from the beginning that we will not accept either a peace or
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    Show a leg, there:
    43 3 AN INFORMAL leg thow at New York's international airport drew a surprise entry when the aircraft uvrker on I the right hitched up his trousers. The tioo girls were just leavinp for a holiday in Italy. Paul Popper photo.
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    ALL POWs MUST BE RETURNED
    166 3  -  Dulles says WASHINGTON. Tuesday. T^HE United States may ask the United Nations to L accuse the Communists of violating the Korean truce if they fail to return all prisoners-of-war. including those convicted of so-called crimes. Officials said an appeal to the UN. is one of
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    France to seek Indo-China truce at next U.N. session
    229 3 France to seek Indo-China truce at next U.N. session PARIS, Tues. FRANCE will centre Its main effort at the United Nations next week on obtaining an extension of the Korean peace negotiations to include a cease-fire in Indo-china, reliable sources said today. Phis was the main instruction irivrn to the
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    Soviet-UK deal
    29 3 LONDON. Tues. Crompton Parkinson. Ltd.. a British electrical firm, announced tcrdav a £500.000 contract vo supply about 125 miles of oower cable to the Soviet Union A.P.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    264 3 LONDON. Tues TPHE F> r Eastern section of the London Stock Exchange wu quiet today Rubbers and teas showed little quotable alteration tnd tins were Inclined to be dull. Among bonds there was a of buying Interest In jßpanese. but the undertone of Chinese Issues wr.< rather soft.Closing
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON. Aug. U. Cash Buyers 4583.-: Sellers t584: Forward Buyers €581; Sellers £582; Settlement *****'j; (down £5). Turnover a m 20 tons; p.m. 115.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    36 3 LONDON Auc. 11— Spot 18 ,1 Sept. lt'id.. Oct.-Dec 19d. Jan.-' Mar. 19>, d.. Apr-June 19' s d.. JulySept. 19>,d.. Aug. c.J.f. 18 yd. Sept ic.i.f. 18 yd. Oct. elf. 18 d. Tone Steady.
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    Two get 8 years and a flogging
    276 4 MR. JUSTICE BROWN in the Singapore Assizes yesterday sentenced Lim Kheng, 23. and Chua Kan Tia. 23, to eigh years' imprisonment and also ordered 12 strokes of the rotan each for attempted robbery. A third man. Tan How Kheng, 17, was sentenced to
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    5,000 hear U.M.N.O. man
    57 4 TELUK ANSON, Tues— j Inche Sardon Zubir. of UMNO headquarters, visited Lower Perak over the week-end. He spoke to three subbranches of the Lower Perak UMNO Division at Bagan Datoh. Selekoh and Teluk j Anson. About 5.000 people i heard him speak. On-the-spot contributions to the
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    ENVOY'S WIFE A DELEGATE
    56 4 MADAME SUBANDRIO, wife of the Indonesian Ambador to London, goes to the conference of the International Federation of University Women at Bedford College, Regent's Park, in her national costume of sarong ;uui kebava. Many hundreds of delegates from 28 countries are attending the conference which started
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    Builders are waiting for prices to drop
    134 4 I EADIXG Singapore architects and builders say uncertain market con ditions for rubber hikl tin are forcing the public to think twice about < planning new buildings. A leading architect told the Straits Times that 18 months ago people were rushinp to build
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    $100 fine for moving rice
    49 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tu< Gopal. who moved two katis of rice without a permit was fined $100 in the Police Court today and had the rice confiscated. The Magistrate told him that moving rice in restricted areas without a permit was a very serious offence.
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    Party for Sultan
    35 4 RAUB. Tues. -The Sultan of Pahang was the guest of honour at the luncheon given by the local branch of the Ma- layan Chinese Association in honour of his visit to Raub
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    BUTTON HALTS TRAFFIC
    140 4 BUTTON HALTS TRAFFIC SINGAPORES first pedest-rian-operated electric tra,me signal will be working by tomorrow. The signal, outside the City Hall near St. Andrews Cathedral, will have a button that pedestrians can press when they want to stop the traffic. The button will cause the red ligrrt. to hold up the
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    School display
    30 4 RAUB. Tues Malay schools Jin West Pahang held an exhibition of school handwork in the Malay School building on Saturday. The exhibits were sold for about $2.50 each.
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    THOUSANDS TAKE PART IN BIG DEFENCE TEST
    147 4 Combined operations will last three days rkPERATION GOALKEEPER, a combined three-day land and sea exercise to test Singapore's defences, starts on Friday. More than 60 naval craft and thousands of mm from the Royal Navy, the Royal Malayan Navy, Malayan Royal Navy Volunteer
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    HE WANTSGOVT. TO GIVE JOBS
    229 4 Thlo Chan Bee, the Singapore Legislative Councillor, will ask Government. ;t the Legislative Council mectin on Tuesday, to give jobs for the Increasing number of Jobless by expanding the publi" works throughout the island. He will table questions on unemployment and tell the Government about
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    UMNO plans 3-day fair
    67 4 PENANO. Tues A beauty I contest and fashion paradr will be the chief attractions of the ■pasar malam" ifun lair which the Kampong Makam branch of Penang UMNO will stage at the New World park on Aug 20, 21 and 22. A fancy dress competition I
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    166 th anniversary
    39 4 PENANG. Tues. The 166 th anniversary of the found: Penan* on Aug. 11. 1786 passed off quietly today with a Union Jack fluttering over Capt Frances Light's grave at the old Christian cemetery in Northam Road.
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    $1,205 theft
    32 4 While a Chinese family were jout on Monday night, thieves i broke into their home in RedhiU Road, off Tiong Bahru Road. Singapore, and stole jewellery and cash worth $1,205
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    Worker shot
    35 4 PENANG. Tues. An Indian labourer was taken to hospital in a serious condition after a police guard at Sungei Pinani workshop opened fire on a moving figure which did not stoD when challenged
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    R.I.D.A. course
    20 4 MENTAKAB, Tues. Fifteen representatives from kampongs in the Temerloh and Bentonp districts takinc a RIDA course In health
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    Man found fors2,ooo month job
    184 4 THE SINGAPORE Govern ment has found tho $2 000 a-month Additional Dopu4\ Financial Secretary 11 been looking for .f.nci March. He is Mr .1 H Ctefg, now Under-Secretary i Bconommj in Jamaica. Mr. Clepp la expected to take up his now job in November He
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    Chinese are urged: Join the police
    110 4 Chinese are urged: Join the police PENANG Tuea r Chief Polio Ollirrr <«i Penang, Mr. j r h Burn.-* .it told n sentat. tion.s: Tlv Chi- force, and I a.^k !or your help Ho added: -If you in the future cannot avoid having your children's future thoy arc serving in
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      270 4 SINGAPORE 1( 745 Now and tt^. BIS 7.15 a.m. Morning Star: 730 Carrol Gibbons: 830 Wednesday News; 7.33-9 Music. 12 p.m In Concert 930 News. 9.45 Vocal; 10 Malay; 1 Jack Teatfarden Oreh«-s- International Cabaret. 10.30—11. tra 1.30 News: l.«i 2 Time Prom, Dance Music 1 1 Calling all Children;
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    SINGAPORE CROONERS' CHANCE
    149 5 SINGAPORE CROONERS' CHANCE HAS SINGAPORE got crooners like Johnny < weeping > Ray or silken-voiced Rosemary Clooney? The Shaw Brothers aim to find out soon. They are organising a crooning contest open to both amateurs and professionals The first prize will be a con- i tract at the Capitol Restaurant.
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    Co-operation between workers and bosses 'softens trade slump'
    247 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE "very cordial" employer-employee relations in the Federation will "soften any tnide slump, Mr. R.C. Wilkinson, -Deputy Commissioner for Labour, said today. "There is no doubt that this spirit of co-operation should induce B sympathetic attitude for «»nv misfortune
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    They didn't tell about drivers
    43 5 Nine car owners were fined $75 each in the Singapore Second Traffic Police Court yesterday for failing to give particulars of peopel who had driven their cars. The court was told that the drivers had committed traffic offences.
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    City drivers seek better water supply
    91 5 THE 1,000-strong Singapore A City Council Worker.Union has complained to thr City President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, about the supply to the drivers' quarters at Mount Emily Road. The union hopes the President will "remedy the situation as soon as possible." In a
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    BOYS'BRIGADE WANTS $20,000
    146 5 BOYS'BRIGADE WANTS $20,000 rE Singapore Boys Brigade wants $20,000 to send contingent to the centenary celebration of the birth of the founder of the movement at Eton. England, in July next year. The Boys Brigade was start- ed in Britain in 1883 by 29- year-old William Alexander SmKh. an officer
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    HER 16th BIRTHDAY CAKE
    42 5 MISS JENNY HO (right i ruts a slice of her 16th birthday cake for a friend, Miss Elizabeth Wont. Mhi Ho, of Bukit Bintang English Girls School, Kuala Lumpur, celebrated with a birthday dance party. Mellow Yap photograph.
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    YOU CAN'T HAVE OUR PADANG LAND, COUNCIL IS TOLD
    154 5 YOU CAN'T HAVE OUR PADANG LAND, COUNCIL IS TOLD THE Singapore Cricket Club and the Recreation Club have refused to give up land on the padang for a crass lay-out with seats and flowers in front of the Conatoph. This is part of the City Coundl'a Esplanade development scheme. The
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    ACCOUNTS ASKED FOR IN JANUARY
    270 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. T^HE request by the Acting Registrar of Societies, Mr. G. H. Summerfield, for the consolidated 1952 accounts of the Malayan Chinese Association was made last January, an MCA spokesman said here today. It has nothing to do with the criticism levelled at
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    Charged with having opium
    49 5 Leong Sing Pong. 27. was charged in a Singapore court yesterday with having 4J bottles of prepared opium at New Bridge Road and Chin Chew Street on Auk 11 Ho claimed trial and bail of $500 was allowed. Thr will be heard on Aug. 18.
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    PLAN TO EXPAND 6 TOWNS
    212 5 Councils and the Govt. draft POH, Tues.— A five-year development plan has been prepared for six big new villages in the Kinta district of Perak. four of them Ipoh satellites. All have elected their own councils. Jeut.-Col. W. Whittaker. Emergency Administrative Officer said: "This five-year
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    48 fined for food offences
    31 5 Forty-eight people were convicted out of a total of 50 prosecutions for food and price control offences in Singapore during July. Fines totalling $765 were imposed
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    Singapore Hari Raya party
    67 5 Singapore Hari Raya party The Singapore branch of the United Malays National Organisation will celebrate Hari Raya Hajl at the premises of the Arab Union in Serangoon Ro^d on August 29. All Malay political, social and religious organisations in the Colony and representatives the local Malayan Chinese Association will be
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      261 5 Us good lo grow up in Tiyella' mm T N^ T \^^V I 1 f 3Bri v V !jJSJ By tf t •ViyelW 1 i- ilir* fabric f<>r gro^ in^r families... ahvayi -oil and light, 'Viyella 1 positively tfarifes qsj washing (note tlic famous guarantee) \n\ 4 ffl day an<l
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      335 5 One jump ahead of the i^ IN INDIA, they tell of the famous hunter who had nn inexhaustible fund of stories about a tiger he had chased or had been chased by. His accounts of the latter predicament were particularly eratin i But when his enthralled audiences voiced aloud txeir
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      202 5 KsaaßHsaa Rntmry Club Weekly till meeting at C-.pitol Red Room 1 n m Talk on What are 'ne-e VttaaftM" by Rotarlan O. H. CTemeni Police Band: Publlr performance! «t Junction of Buona Vista and Pasir Pnnjang Roads 5 30 pm.. to <30 pm. Publlr Relations Office Mobile Film Units free
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    44 6 EN OAZE.EY exprents hrr let for all th« mwi|H v and trU of klndnea* death of Sydney AS School of Tmbroidfrv f;dn for attending Bf the above nki hll have aent -y B(M|H botn f.on on the < I upon nil rrouesli knotfp lease
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    3 6 Ml Will
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    The Straits Times
    8 6 SingHi>orc, Wed., Aug. 12, 1953.
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    And Now A White Paper
    795 6 The promised White Paper on the Rice Production Committee's Report is going to be ■waited with some impatience. The report was completed in March, and published last month. There is some doubt whether the White Paper, which presumably will deta'l the committee recommendations which the
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    The Price Of Rubber
    460 6 Rubber shipments last month delighted tho Treasury- as well as the trade. They totalled over 77,000 tons, nearly 17.000 tons better than June, and the second highest monthly total since March last year. The low price seems to be attracting more custom at last. Even a
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    Atom test site hidden in the desert
    449 6  -  ARTHUR MORLEY Says ANY foreißn spy hopiriß to reach the testing ground of Britain's next atom bomb will need the combined qualities of Lawrence of Arabia, Sir Edmund Hillary and a well-muscled camel. The explosion site chosen is somewhere in a remote corner
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      Migrants and local industry
      216 6 \f AY I answer the two mteresting points raised by Mr E. M Mohammed in his letter of August 7? The first point was why Government found it necessary to stipulate the minimum of $500 In the Immigration Act. Surely the cogent reason Is that the
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      'Cinema is expensive'
      92 6 HOW much longer will Malayan cinema patrons put up with the exceedingly expensive and poor programmes pished up to them now by the theatre owners 0 For two or three dollars one sees a feature nlm supported by not very entertaining trailerr, advertising matter and, If you
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      Highway men In Malaya?
      126 6 I AST week, while I was 111 In Seremban Hospital. my sister and mother travelled In my car from Kuala Lumpur bi Seremban. As they neared. Chera.s Road < 3> 2 miles from Kuala Lumpur) the car was stoned by some hooligans. The windscreen was damaged
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      'Report shows the voters'
      90 6 IN the Straits Times of July 26. under the heading "Are interests all identical Mr. Md. Yassin said: It would appear from the recent Legislative Council debate on Immigration control, that the Indian and I.M.P. members were in favour of the bill introduced by the government,
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    NEXT BRITISH EXPLOSION FOR AUSTRALIAN RANGE
    191 6 with glaring light, and lonely. Conditions on the explosion site are a little more comfortable now than when thp first R.A.A.F. personnel arrived. These men lived in t"its, with the temperature climbing during the middle of the day to 112 degrees, and red dust
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    London Log
    402 6 AN HONOUR which he will .share with General Tern; pier has been conferred upon General Sir Charles Kelghtley. Commander-ln -Chief, FAREI.F. The Queen has approved j his appointment as Aide-dc-Camp General to the Queen in succession to General Sir John i Harding. There are six A.D.C. Generals to
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    'Woomera holds many secrets'
    505 6  -  DOUGLAS JERVIS Amd stiffs: AT Woomera. 300 miles from Adelaide, there are some of the western world's top secrets in guided rockets lonfc silver "birds flying faster than sound to hunt down and blow Co pieces jet fighter aircraft. We didn't see any rockets as we
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    On the Margin
    459 6 Artistic lunatics A FAMOUS British scholar has j ust born tolling thr students at an anhlti srhool that the pcoplr who tet thine* done in thi.s world arr thr artist... poets, cranks lunatics and man I think thr rather unkind, though looking around the world tod;>y inclined
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    $30,000 lottery money saves a hospital
    185 7 $30,000 lottery money saves a hospital FREE TREATMENT FOR 42 GOES ON KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday, A $.'{o,ooo grant from the Government Lotteries Fund has saved the Klanjr TB Hospital from rinsing down. A cheque for amount was sijmod and forwarded today. The grant will enable the hospital, which provides 'rcatment,
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    15-NATION AIR TALKS IN STORE
    118 7 rpHE SINGAPORE Govern- ment will provide facilities for a sub-committee meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organisation to be held in the Colony on Aug. 17. Delegates from 15 countries, including those Australia, Burma. Ceylon, France. India. I Indonesia, Netherlands. New Zealand. Pakistan. Siam, United
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    CORONATION QUEEN FLIES TO SINGAPORE
    69 7 Mlvv \1 |RCi IRI 1 Ml V Pe, lane's 20-vcar-olcl nrnn.iii(»n ()nrrp arrived .it Kaleapnrr last nuht Hl l M"t her RirU on 1 and won a frT p.i>.vand from Sincaporr ivm Xif ■^1 1 v (hen "ill sprnri 10 in the i»|i>p\ uith fnt
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    PET TIGER SCARES PEEPERS
    110 7 PET TIGER SCARES PEEPERS 7JIMBA the 10-month-old. 2*o lb tluer pri of Mr and Mrs H J Kuchener of Klan*. -cared sevpral people at Singavaj "aticn yesterday when he roared at them as they peeped into hi; C But he was reported to have very well-behaved" durhe trip from Kuala
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    Woman used knife charge
    43 7 TELUK ANSON. Tues.— -■■d "ith voluntarily Ing hur* to R Velio with Kampong Batu DuakelM on Friday a 35-year-rld woman. A Manikam. >leaded not guilty. She was allowed $100 bail and the rase war postponed -o T for mention
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    Dance group raises $2,000
    36 7 IPOH. Tucv -The "Coronation Year Ball, held by 'he Dance Association on netted about $2,000 The association has already I three local charities T>"e ball wa-s in aid of its own funds.
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    Guns alone will not end terror
    181 7 Guns alone will not end terror GENEVA. Tues. The Speake; of the Federal Legislative Council. Dato Mahmud bii Mat. told the Moral Rrarma ment Conference at Caux yesterday that "bullets aloni will never settle the terro r:sm in Malaya "We must have a superior ideo logy to that which inspire
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    Ship fights to get off sandbank
    135 7 THE Panamanian freighter I Calygera < 7.063 tons) ha.s I been struggling since 6pm on I Sunday to get off a sandbank in the Straits of Malacta. If she does not come off with the high tide at 8 a.m. today a tug may
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    Pakistan Day
    28 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tu«?s. Selangor Pakistanis will at. tend a prayer meeting at >re town nT\-,que on Friday. Pafci tar. s National Day. at 4 p.m. i
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    23 7 I MR. and Mrs. K. S. Joseph, after their marriage at Singapore Registry Office yesterday. The bride was formerly Mi*s Ho Kum Peng.
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    He won't be at his own trial
    136 7 SINGAPORE First Traffic Police Macistrate. Mr. R.W.H. Davies. yesterday derided that a case apainst Wong Penc Onn, a student in Australia, should go N on in Wong's absence Hen ring was fixed for Nov. 18 Wong was charged with dangerous driving. It was
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    Special accused of taking money
    68 7 lecial constable. S Chinnasamy. claimed trial in a Singapore court yesterday to a charpe of accepting illegal i gratification on Aug. 11. It was alleged that he ac- j cepted $1 from Chung Keng J Lianp not to take action against him for disobeying I
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    GENERAL INSPECTS CADETS
    42 7 GENERAL INSPECTS CADETS (iEN. TEMPI-F.K is seen above inspecting a parade of the combined schools Cadet Corps at the Victoria Institution. Kuala Lumpur. Behind him on the right is Brigadier (1 T. Denaro, Commanding Officer of the Federation Army. Straits Times picture.
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    Thieves rob church
    51 7 Twice within the last few days thieves have robbed the Church of St. Peter and Pau; in Queen Street. Singapore. They first broke into the church and stole alms from a money box. A few days later, a prie-: was robbed of a crucifix. som» rosaries and
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    Mr. Veerappa Chettiar dead
    54 7 Mr. S.P.V.R. Veerappa Chetitiar. Indian moneylender who has lived in Cecil Street, Singapore, for the last 40 years. died yesterday after a long illness. Funeral will taKe place < at the Bidadart Hindu cemetery at 11 a.m. today. He is i survived by his wife, six
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    HAWKERS ESCAPED THE LAW FOR TWO YEARS
    169 7 HAWKERS ESCAPED THE LAW FOR TWO YEARS A FORMER Cr.lony Governor caused the City Council to ielay action against unauthorised hawkers, the Singapore City Police Court was told yesterday. Before the court were L 5 nawkers who said that they had operated on the same sl*° for :he last several
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    LABOUR HEADS SAY NATIONAL RALLY IS FARCE
    228 7 LABOUR HEADS SAY NATIONAL RALLY IS FARCE K. LUMPUR. Turs. r rHE Pan-Malayan Labour A Party la likely to full support to thr Fodrral Legislative Council select committrp on rlertions, formation of which, iir leaden said, mario national convention! and congress "a complete farce." Support for the Klect coni- hen
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    TEMPLER CALLS FOR SOME MUSIC
    329 7 Give the boys a band, he says KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. GEN. SIR GERALD TEMPLER today inspected 120 cadets undergoing military training at the Victoria Institution. Kuala Lumpur. They are members of the Victoria Institution and St. John's Institution Cadet Corps. The nve-day course is being
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    Cheating is alleged
    70 7 I.eong Chee Eng wus charged in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday with cheating Leong Vuet Hoeng of $2,385 between May and July. It was alleged that he had I dishonestly induced Leon? Yuet Hoeng to deliver »he money by falsely representing he could get accommodation for
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    Opium offences
    35 7 Two men. Kee Lay and Wong Yong, were each sen'enced to a month's simple imprisonment for having opium smoking utensils by Mr J B Jeyeratnam in the Sinsapore Fourth Police Court i ypstorday.
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    Health visits
    34 7 RAUB. Tues. -Sakai.s at Bukit Betor.R. Lipis- D; are now receiving weekly visits from the Medical Officer. Kuala Lipis. Dr. S K Mukerjee and the Health Officer, Wr hang. Dr 8. Narayanan.
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    Magistrate has own fan
    91 7 INCHE A. Wahab Ghows. the Sineapore Eighth Police Court Magistrate, now has a table fan just behind him. Recently, six fans were installed in the "wooden" courthouse after a witness fainted while giving evidence There was then only one fan in the couit It was on
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      161 7 ij^ SPANGLES Wa v■l T V T^^XK sweets •GOOD TASTE GOOD HEALTH 111 V. Kmm and COOD BUY Jd never Wcnde'tul v»\w »Prppermmt Spangles is another wmner and is packed separately ANOIMIH SWEET TREAT BY MARS. THE EASTERN AGENCIES (1946) LTD. Ak! v *it Z, liNNur from -^^^^~^V "^^^t-m^^ 3
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      82 7 Kimtn s < ottox IHtISSIS I Msbk i Day and Sun -dresses in Uirck Giaghaan Plata CoMmm From $18/50 to $21/50 I I LITTLE'S v sin nut i,i. S.A.T.A. NICHTS SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS a TONICHT GREAT WORLD. B FRIDAY NEW WORLD a NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR PERFORMANCES RAFFLES HOTEL X f"
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      127 7 The Weather Minimum temperature r7.30 p.m. on AueuM 10 to 7.30 a.m. on August II 1 Singapore < 80 1 Penanc '74. Kota Bahru 1 75 1, Kuala Lumpur < 74 > Ipnh < 72 > Kuantan < 72 Maximum temprraturp I <7.30 a.m. to 730 p.m. on August 11
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    Driving charge is withdrawn
    46 8 J. D Beaumont, a journalist tv acquitted in the Singapore First Traffic Police Court yesterday of driving a car dangerously at Serangoon Road on Aor 3 The Deputy Police Prosecutor had instructed that the charge be withdrawn the court was I told.
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    New lawyer
    28 8 Mr Dennis Kirn Yew Lee. barrister-at-law. was admitted to the Singapore Bar as an I advocate and solicitor in the I 1 High Court on Monday.
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    'IT'S NOT A SLUMP,' HE SAYS
    98 8 'IT'S NOT A SLUMP,' HE SAYS MR. T. M. HART. Singapore Government's Director of Commerce and Industry, yesterday said: "There is anything: but slump in Singapore." He said that in thr present trading conditions Singapore wn» fee lint the effect of a world trade recession following thr boom period of
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    Miss Aroll was seasick-but she played mahjong
    130 8 Miss Aroll was seasick-but she played mahjong THKKK Alsatian dogs from Hong Kong yesterday reached Singapore. slightly seasick, with their owner and trainer. Mr. Worm Che Lok They will perform at the Badminton Hall tor (iiirities at the end «f this month. Most amazing of the dogs is "Miss Aroll."'
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    LAND SOUGHT FOR 'DANGER' HUT PEOPLE
    164 8 LAND SOUGHT FOR 'DANGER' HUT PEOPLE T«HE Singapore City Council wants the Government to give it land at* Aljunied Road to resettle people living in 200 "4anßerous" old attap huts. Tho councils building committee, which met this week, has agreed to the "no de-housing without re-housing" principle for houses built
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    Divers will help to build jetty
    133 8 JiEEPSEA divers will soon be employed in the con- struction of a jetty for ocean-going tankers at Singapore's Pasir Panjang power station Their job will be to build underwater steel frames in the foundations of tin mooring berths at the end of the jetty,
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    Bishop will open youth institute
    122 8 Bishop will open youth institute BISHOP Raymond L. Archer, head of the Methodist Church in South-East Asia. 1 Aill open the Chinese MethodYouth Fellowship Institute at the Methodist Girls' School in Aljunied Road. Singapore, at eight o clock tonight. About 150 Methodist youth I and Sunday school teachers from Per.ang.
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    Poster show
    38 8 The United Kingdom Trade Commissioner for Malaya. Mr K E Mackenzie, w ill open the Singapore Art Society's exhibition of posters and advertising art at the British Council Hall Stamford Road, at 5.30 p.m. on Friday.
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    2,500 more cars on the roads
    136 8 2,500 more cars on the roads fHE NUMBER of vehicles on 1 Singapore roads has increased again, statistics published yesterday showed Last month there were nearly 2.500 more private cars on the roads than at the end of la.st year Faxis and buses are on the increase, too. The number
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    Two shows for S.A.T.A.
    88 8 Two special performances one at the Great World and the other at the New World, have been organised by the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association as part of their drive for funds. The Great World show will be tonight, when the Ching Ann Athletic Association and the Chinese
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    Found sleeping in the road
    40 8 Neo Hock Soon, a vagrant 1 was sent to a house of detenI ton yesterday. Neo of Pontian, Johore. a former police supervisee was found sleeping at the junction of Dorset Road and Rangoon ißoad
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    ALIENS NEED NOT TAKE ALLEGIANCE OATH TO REMAIN
    150 8 ALIENS NEED NOT TAKE ALLEGIANCE OATH TO REMAIN HOLDERS of certificates of residence in Singapore may still stay on even if they do not declare their i allegiance within six months. Mr. J. L. J. Haxworth. i Controller of Immigration, told the Straits Times yesterday. It was officially stated last
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    Vice girls? Not here says J.B.
    83 8 FEW of the girls driven out of Singapore following i anti-vice raids are operating in Johore Bahru. an official in that town's Social Welfare de- partment said yesterday. Mr. P. H. Meadows, acting secretary for Social Welfare in Singapore said on Monday that many
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    Firing warning
    33 8 Mariners are warned that firif,^' pnictlces will take placefrom Monday to Friday next week and from August 24 to 28 between 8.00 am. to 430 i p.m. on Blakane Mali T.slanrl
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      252 8 snrrnTbj.n OPtNS TODAY 'A* Mv IfM 11AMl 13a 4l 645 _WITH A SONG IN HIS HEART——— \M) A GUN IN HIS HAM).... >' AMERICAS FAVORITE MMTN STAR .^flP^^B SHOOTING Ml B AND SINGING f»**\j Mt HIS WAY -~3 ffc THROUGH Mi t THE UNTAMfD I MjSM m VAUGHN MONROE JOAN
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      336 8 Tlie Straits Tim«^ (ross»«r<l SS&VS*-"* 28 Wher* drinks »re few and far betwen <6i. 12 4 Is I 7 a 1 29 "AfTlictlons sons are brothers In ißunui (8). S l__l I I"!""! 2. P,ac«. o f D ZL»», Very 9 To" rtshv (9> m .1 The old surkrr! ft),
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    CHILDREN'S CORNER
    977 9 THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY loey new member of the Rover Patrol. livet >« a hcute w4t«h it supposed to be h»unr-d loey's Scout trtends find a number of trnnge things about the fcautc. including wallcd-up win dow which sometimes has a Itchf trtminf, through it loey's MtJhTf Mr
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    Royal Palaces
    312 9 YOU may remember a week or so ago I mentioned the stu.nvs i.ssu< t in aid o' the Greater Ivndon Fund for the Blind. Admittedly, these arr not postage revenue stamps, nevertheless, they are worth cOUectink, and come under the heading of "poster ctamp.s.' A sertes wag issued
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    WISE OWL AGAIN
    219 9 "\I7HATS the question this woek?" hooted Uncle Ollie. "I can MC by your face that you're going to ask me something." Ah Chan grinned "Well, yes. I have got something to ask." he admitted. "It's abou' < arthquakes. I've been wondering what causes them." "You certainly give
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    A Name For A Kitten
    299 9 Dear Boys and Girls. There was a record number of entries for the animals competition and I spent a very long time deciding on the winners It was extremeIv diff cult to Jick out six and I am only sorry that I can't give prizes
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    WHY DID HE HAVE TO LEAVE?
    186 9 HERI is another story which hat a deliberate error. I wond<?» if you are clever enough to spot it? The manager of j large business employed a very large itaff ineluding a nig4it watchman. Cne morning this man came alonr, to Hie manager and
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      414 9 afl r as»L TA s~\ w \M* fLsH Bs»» "Ns<^ i^^H J* TsrHal I *iV J I v cn[?W y M mm' jKwjM I, I 1/ .< Wx m 'mf p ■•*> f f, jmSaV- dm «f frmfi nntl iei< thri a<r I'tmmt ol y•* *l5jL v *t! eßLjel rtrrplinnnl
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      24 9 DLEASE enrol me as a member of the Children's Corner Wise Owls and send me a badge NAME ADDRESS i DATE OF BIRTH j
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      292 9 en rW "^Kr I DON' 7 HAt/£ T/7ASX" I vet'HAVE \Wf you must mi *f^\ »yf-.£ inHt followed mi Doerv*s\ RE&UMED My pH HOW HAVE YOU c s; i3 OS PfiT $000 STKENSTH fsl MANAGED? j I p,£ T t s M/lo.»fS\E S 'W/f* I r; raansaaaMMßMßflejuiillllllUilllUkJ'- jv^^ <\ s-
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    SHARES CONTINUE STEADY: FEW PRICE CHANGES
    474 10 SHARES CONTINUE STEADY: FEW PRICE CHANGES TIN AND RUBBER LOWER riE Singapore share market yesterday had another quiet day with less business done in the tin section i but more activity in industrials. Rubbers as usual i were neglected. Tin fell $1.87J to $289 a picul and rubber was also
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    Australian stocks
    159 10 MELBOURNE, lues INDUSTRIAL shares continued ihnr st^ntiv uptrend on tl"' Stock Exchiince today. The volume of buying orders showed no signs of falllng-otl Gains were mostly of small amount* Renewed lmerew in preference shares brought some more n^ev in this section lag prtres of selected slocks today compared
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    223 10 THK MbJbJHI Exchange Banks Association maoe the following alterations in its rates to merchants veaterda I DMiON: selling. T.T or O.D. 2s 3 7 8d buyinc TT 2s 4d.. OD. 2s. mail. 30 days 2s 4 4',d 90 days 2s I IM tl.ivs 2s. 4 13/32 d.. 180
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    RUBBER PRICES
    32 10 Prices on thr Singapore rub- her market yesterday were slißhtly below the previous dav"s close August first gradr closed yesterday a! 63J cents a pound, me-quarter cent below Monriav's close
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    68 10 Singapore Chinrae Prodace Exchange: Noon prices per picul were: Copra: quiet: Aug\i»t *31\ buyers. $32', sellers: September S31 1 buyers. $31 S sellers. Coconut oil' $54 sellers. Pepper: quiet: No business reported: White down $10; Muntok white $33.S Sarawak $330. Lampone black $280. Lewis and Peat: Closing prices
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    Guthrie's outputs
    38 10 In July estates and mines In t.h» Guthrie grouo prod«ired 6.R29 90P 7»ounds of mbber. l«9.5OO pounds of black tea. 12.92 ton* of palm oil 3fi2 tons of palm kernels md 1.1 H piculs of tin-ore
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    Singapore shipping
    169 10 SHIPS lytirg alongside the Singapore Haroour Hoard wharve* or j expected today are: Oranje 12, Anchtses 45. Dalla C.P.. Landak 61, Mayaharu Maru 8 9. Java 11, Patroclus 13 14, Walana 19 20. Lesem N. Wall 2. Slrusa N. Wall 4. Rajah Brooke 23 24. Polyphemeiu. 25 26.
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    WALL STREET
    96 10 NEW YORK. Tups r\N the Stock Market yesterday M was larsfly a case of evenly rttvkierl frartlon;»l chanttes either sidf of Frldav's closr. Interest revived durinc the afternoon In selected industrials. notebW chomicals and specialities, but rnlcontinued to lap- This resulted tn an Irrejfularlv and mainly fractional h'cher
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    TIN PRICE
    17 10 The prior «f t»n in Sineapore yestfrrlay wa» rlodarrrt sit S?80 a picui. down tun.
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    HOLIDAY MAKERS CAN NOW TAKE FOOD ALONG
    146 11 HOLIDAY MAKERS CAN NOW TAKE FOOD ALONG Emergency restrictions relaxed KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. [EMERGENCY food restrictions in five districts of J Nepxi Sembilan were relaxed today. The districts are Seremban. Kuala Pilah, Port Dickaon, Jelebu and Rembau. The relaxation will allow holiday maken to take along freah Bah, Meat, poultry,
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    She flew 6,000 miles alone
    54 11 rhfa siiiiihu iiuir girl .i tloll. is Jtnnilrr > prm who llrw into MngaiMre alone ytmiiHitty to join her father. Mr. S. 1.. Bpraee of Borneo (i».. Ltd. StewaNtosa Jean Ireland looked alter her M the i. OHO- mile trip from ff«llinston. \e« C.i I.i
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    WORLD'S ARTISTS ON SHOW
    90 11 WORLD'S ARTISTS ON SHOW KUALA LUMPUR, 1 U ri KS ot ar: from all over the world will be di.splay- thp Federation ibli ended at v onh- pictures, but arcoptpfi ilptuim le an E] by X"din. is by G.i In idilly Circ that bern .rtir.t("hirn I uns 7 to n
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    'Committee is not keen'
    104 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues liuhe Uda bin Awang. iNong Chik ward", told the Town Council, here ye.sterday. that Ld not think the Councils Health Committee sufficiently about health and sanitation In the town. The Council, he said, had been in existence for over six months and the
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    No City Day freemen
    75 11 Uon that, in conaaemoration of City Day, the Singapore City Council should each ye H r create a an was rejected by th^ Cuv Day Celebration Committee. Mr J M. Jumabhoy, a memb< r of the committee, told the Straits Times yesterday that the suggestion wa.s
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    YWCA delegate is aged 14
    59 11 I :!y representatives. tlu youngest aged 14— are attending the Malayan Y.W.C.A. conference at Port Dickson. which began on Saturday and ends tomorrow. The conference is under the leadership of Mrs. H. B. Am.stutz Mrs Loh Poon Lip. nationjal president, wh;i ci th»- conference, and
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    19 11 »l PAI I. INSTITITION I'rHVcts sin* at the Nr*ri St-mhilan schools prefects' so«ial in Srrrmban. Lee CfeM Yint picture.
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    Gynaecologist tells of vain bid to save woman's life
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    Councillor has trousers torn
    55 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Tue Dr. Ismail bin A. Rahman. tNong Chik Ward», caused laughter in the Town Council. Johore Bahru ye.sterday. Speaking on the adjournment, he said that he wondered whether the Town Council staff bore him a grudj; rau.se his seat had a spike :n It.
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    Flying display at 'social'
    35 11 ■II Tiie.s A dlspll night flying with joy rides will mark the Perak Plying Club's next aocla and chip barbecue Informal dance at ,':b hou.se on Saturday pin to 2 am.
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    Cruelty to cat
    31 11 Ns? Boon Tor, yesterday was lined $40 in default two weeks' gaol by the Singapore Second Police Court Magistrate. Mr. E. H. D-Netto. for cruelty to a cat.
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    PWD man alleged to have accepted $200 from contractor
    429 11 PWD man alleged to have accepted $200 from contractor JOHORE BAHRU TUM yi Smnaihamby. a technical u'nordinate in the Public Worlu Department, Johorr Bahru, wti brought before lnche M.ihiiHMul in the Polk' 1 Court today for a prellnilnaiy Inquiry inUJ .i charge iii.it he roiTuplly ucci'ptcd $2i»o from Teh Leong
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    Ration book system changed
    180 11 CHANGES in the procedure J for the issue of ration ards will be introduced in ingapore from August 22. IJnder the changes, it will lot be necessary for applic■fel lor new ration cards to lave the name and address of heir licensed retailer stamped n their
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    THE ABSENT COUNCILLOR
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    A SOCCER FESTIVAL?
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    COLONY WILL BOX JOHORE
    81 12 A team of 12 young Colony boxera will takr part in a Singapore vs. Johoro boxine exhibit ion at Johore Bahru on An;' ?8 Tlie exhibition will be in aid of the Johorr Wel!..ic Fund. I'll, m.ij.iiiiv of tlii- Ikivs" vi'! fee iioin St. Andrew' Schou).
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    39 12 K/^ulta of tin- Unlled 8< pluyi d ymH..N.,! All POTCC CtMIHcl U-.'i Km :il Ai uiy Onlii.iii. I 111 Cll I Mechan Royal An Fi Lodvei 4-. n -Ay. r Kuad: K..v;.l a i;.a..1 Air i i
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    47 12 I be i.O.i ii. ii Club l.i>i Sundu) in ihrrt- iii.iyfiN ratumtai Ik>i n"i W c;..i l iiniii i!i. im M i w.i- >lir v.llini-r with oil B» (,lld lillli I, tin Ihe i -up wrrt Mrs A Mill |t I da taa M 75.
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    81 12 RESULTB of the Young I Christian A handicap %?nnU lournament played at Uu courts yi>tc! ll.ilulM .ip (loiihlrv Law am: An| Bam i-Id.3' beat Muthiah and I Gill (acr.l 6-3. 6-3 Handicap vin^ii- thlllngam beat Ifohamed Said G-3. G-3. limlux's litll.iiiiln .ip ilinililrs R I i
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