The Straits Times, 18 August 1953

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    14 1 The Straits Times Nat*"* 1 Established 1845 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1953 15 CENTS
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    THE ELECTION PLAN
    595 1 Two big parties may reach agreement KUALA LUMPUB, Monday. TIIK Federal BtectfWM Committee appointed by the Legislative Council last July will probably uYcidc. Mibject t«' the final word of the Legislative 'otinril, the shape of a self-Koverninj; Malaya's i on>titution. I'here were si^ns today thai ;i compromise
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    RUSSIA URGES GERMAN TALKS
    29 1 RUSSIA URGES GERMAN TALKS Moscow. Mon T«HE West was J tudyinp; a K i conerence on Germany thin six montl Thr I from tli. fin< it Jon in I
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    The West makes concession
    13 1 The West makes concession BRII Uni Ru i Thr A 1 itjf. I
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    Biggest-ever sea exercise
    15 1 Biggest-ever sea exercise LOND Manrr rrinrr ovr: Channr thr ny kind r\, Ministry said i<
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    He saved a life and lost shoes
    18 1 He saved a life and lost shoes lONHON M tun hi.- si th< Than;pirl from A 1 J
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    HUNT FOR COUP GENERAL
    172 1 HUNT FOR COUP GENERAL Mossadeq issues a proclamation TEHERAN. Mon. MAJOR General Fazualla Zahedi. leader of the illlateri attempt to overthrow Dr. Mossadeq'a governn Is today hiding in the scrubi covered hil! north of TVhebr Mossadeq has ordered a nation-wide manhunt f": Zahedi. Dozen.s of heavy patrolled the city's streets
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    Bound for Korea
    36 1 MADRAS. Mon. Koreabound Indian troops will sail from Madras tomorrow. Defense Ministry sources said. The Governor of Madras. Sri Prakasa, will .see off 1.100 Indian soldiers, advance guard of a 4.000-man force A.P
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    REDS SEND A WIFE HOME
    88 1 OTI WVV M..n. MX. \lh.rt Hill hid ;i telrntv.nr caM today from Clan m Miim-ou She is MMg :illo«.d t<> I in 1 Rassis I" jur.) her British hush.md after more than i jrean apart, I I. ilk. il vmOi in\ uif,. for uitrs this
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    Nehru-Ali talks begin
    42 1 a DELHI, MOD Mr Indian Prime Minister '"hnmrnod AM. Prirm Pakistan, today talks on Incio-Pakistan Mohammed Ali. returni. Nehru's recent visit to hi, was given ttreat imt when he arrived here illah Khan, the PaMi has Kith him Renter.
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    Officer is missing with £50,000
    72 1 Officer is missing with £50,000 TOKYO *>litan police said they had been called in by authorities at Bbisu, British Commonwealth camp •xyo. to hunt for an army officer alleged to have absc inricd with more than f. 50.000. Police said according to authorities the officer disappeared about the middle of
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    I KEEP MY THRONE, WARNS SULTAN
    172 1 RABAT, lion. SULTAM Bid! Mohammed Ben Youasef warned toniffhi tliat itiiif>cent French blood would flow in the .stmMs if France failed to back up his di termination to keep hi.s We are. and remain, the only sovereign of Mororci. iLs only spiritual leader.' the
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    On their way home
    103 1 MM Aim* t V Oil. wil»- of Mr. Ok Kirn S«-ui; <>l IVnanr. i> i .ihovr with their six inonUis old .son. Adrian Curtis, at liindmi Airport. They were »n thrir wav to Malaya from \r-» irhcta Dr. Oh is takine a graduate course on hi-rci:lo*i
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    TEN ARRESTS IN THE VILLAGE TEMPLER WARNED
    308 1 TEN ARRESTS IN THE VILLAGE TEMPLER WARNED KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. TEX arrests were made in a pre-dawn swoop today on Sungei Pelek, the '"bad" village that Gen. Sir Gerald Templer warned a month ap:o. Tho arrests followed an "Operation Question" in the village 52 miles south of Kuala Lumpur. They
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    'Monkey gland' operation
    45 1 FREEDOM Village, Mon.— An American ex-POW today said Chinese doctors had inserted a "monkey gland" into his back muscle to save him from The repatriate Privite D. Bryant .said he had accepted the operation "because I thought it unwise to refuse Reuter.
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    Military courts
    36 1 FRANKFURT. Mon All Ame- rican civilians serving with or accompanying American forces In Germany will be tried for criminal offences by military j courts instead of U.S. High CrmmLssion Court.s from August 20. A.P.
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    Fares go up in London
    51 1 LONDON. Mon.— Londoner? h:.d to pay up to 2d. more for their fares to work today. Transport authorities who increased the raWvs to meet rising costs had to print 200.- 000.000 new. bus tickets and j 25.000 000 new rail tickets for the purpose— Re
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    England only 40 behind
    284 1 TEST CLOSE OF PLA) AND 3 WICKETS I\ HAM) From A Special Correspondent LO" FJWGLAND Anished thr second day ot th< J final Test at the Oval today 40 run tralia's first innings total of 275 with th fall. England made an imposing start and had
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    President of Syria killed
    39 1 BEIRUT. Mon. Unconflrm- ed reports from Syria said President Adib Shishekly wa.s asMuttlnated today in Damascus. Th( reports said unknown a.ssailmts mowed down Shishekly with machine-gun fire as he .stepped from his bulletproof car. A.P.
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    Aid for small traders
    32 1 LONDON. Mor The Government announred today that it had launched a £1.000.000 .scheme to lend money to small firms. Trris money Is being provided frnm American aid— Renter
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    STOP PRESS
    40 1 >TRIKF KHARTOUM M I tlio Midan v atiuii halt I steam .Sudan tit the SI union to the Federation an ed the ttriki ■•(■fail In pn.t wU.it the i "wurK and tiivrriimi nt refl recognise the 1 -A.r.
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    Navy rescues freighter from warship
    55 1 Navy rescues freighter from warship HONCi K< I^HE Brit i here U» SairK Bridi B thr British ri linm < warship The Nigeloi k, Wheelock M Pany. reported was brins; ship In Formosa The 946-ton she was being to the I lands. Thr N;iv\ mediately ordered tl Brides Bay to
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    Blast rocks navy yard
    46 2 NEW YORK, Mon.-An explosion rocked the Brooklyn navy yard last night and damaced nearby property A croup of naval technuian.s were trapped temporarily under a wall when an explosion blew out ono sido of an officer's house -n the navy yeard.— Rr
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    Pact denounced
    47 2 HONG KONG. Mon The Communism Unit,, Democratic Fatherland Front of Korea ha.« Denounced America's mutual defence treaty with Dr 8 man Rhee and declared 'that the "Korear question rr. br settled by the Korean people themselves" the New < News Agency reported today from Pyongyang.— Reuter
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    U.S. accused
    31 2 LONDON. Mon -Pravda. the Soviet Communist Party newspaper, said the United State.. planned to convert South K,.rea. Formosa. Hons Konand Indo-China into an armed camp asainst the Communist' Reuter.
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    More studying
    22 2 TEL AVIV. Mon. Establishment of a Tel Aviv city unlver.sity has been decided on by the municipality here. A P
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    FRENCH CABINET MEETS ALL NIGHT ON THE STRIKE
    217 2 FRENCH CABINET MEETS ALL NIGHT ON THE STRIKE PARIS. Mon. THE French people, deprived of Monday? newspapers by a strike ol printers, today had tc listen carefully to theii radios for any news oi moves to end the French strikes which have disrupted the nations life for more than a
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    Isles feel new tremors
    59 2 ATHENS. Mon. F.ltoen new tremors, including one rated itrong earthquake, htt j the stricken lonian Sea islands .n the past 12 hours. But the new tremors could make little difference in the area which has su tiered a week of quakes that have prac' elled the
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    Over ocean in on open boat
    73 2 LONDON. Mon— Four men —two Norwegians, a Canadian and an En«li.shman— are expected to arrive at Great moutn today in a 26- foot open lifeboat which they have sailed across the North Sea from The boat, powered by a 10 horse-power die.-el engine and
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    Premier's choice
    32 2 ROME. Mon Siqnnr G ppe Pella. Kalys now stopCHp Prrmirr. is to prrsont his "business government" to the President of the Republic today for nreartng the oa<h of office. -Renter.
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    Max claims record
    67 2 FLINT. Michican. Mon. VI AX GREE, or Flint, has j claimed the world record for pipe smoking by keepin» h bowl of tobacco goinc for one I hour 42 minutes and 26 .seconds ;it thp annual rontp.st hrrr ni tho International Association of Pipe Smokers. Mr.s. Hueo
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    OUR FREEDOM NOT COMPLETE YET, SAYS SOEKARNO
    159 2 PRESIDENT SOEKARNO "one of the causes of fri Speaking on the eighth anniversary of Indor.' independence, he said: "We are grateful to the Western world for the technical and material assist we have received. But man livo.s not by bread alone. 'We peoples
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    Danish request
    40 2 HONG KONG. Mon Denmark has asked Britain to intervene with the Chir-se Nationalists to frer. the 3 38o■•on Danish steamer Hrinrich Jessen, seized by a Natio: gunboat in Formosa Str. August 0 and taken U; lung. Formosa. Renter.
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    Reds free houseboys as well
    30 2 Reds free houseboys as well Mon Sett fiv-. British. 73 Amer 250 Soyh Koreans anr ed to freedom today. The former i> All the 1 and in fli The AP
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    lyre shipments increase
    14 2 rent lni In Ami J [rora 7,71 onthly i' tion iiionih.fflU.P.
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    He pays tribute*
    20 2 \VA I, Mon. I Chief <>l StafT. pn iov.iM duty ol h in a farewell n A.P.
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      1010 2 NOTICES I THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION All members of this Association In the Colony of Singapore «ill be cloned for business on Thursday. I 20th August, 1953 for the Hari Raya Hp ii NATURALISATION Notice Is hereby given that Foo Hong Toon of No." 743-C, Salk Kuan Road Chnngi
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      367 2 TENDERS P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received by Settlement Enpineer, Penang. up to 12 noon on 21&t August, 1953. for the construction of a Jungle Training Camp at Kepala Batas, Province Wt-llesley. Full particulars are obtainable from the Senior Executive Enplneer, Province WeUesley. P. W. D. TENDER
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    U.S. SWITCHES AID TO ASIA
    201 3 Ike urges West: More self-help WASHINGTON, Monday. DRESIDKNT KiscnhowiT today gave Conjjn report calling on 1 ht* Wostorn nations for greater self-help townrnV «ollecti\c M«curity. I.S. aid. he said, rannot Ho the whole job. Th reviewi Mutual Security proiicd lust June 30. Communint exp Ing
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    No permission to shoot at the moon
    82 3 No permission to shoot at the moon SYDNEY. M«n The supply Minister. Mr. I'r.iir wlm i^ in charge of AwitraHa s <><>m«r.\ iin\ I iii' i Inriai denied hi\ins C ranted inynnr permission •> shoot projectiles from Woomera thr moon, M.irs or .in> othrr pl.«nrt. fir was refrrrmi; to t
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    14,000-MILE TRIP BY CANBERRA
    135 3 14,000 -MILE TRIP BY CANBERRA And it took 28 hours MELBOURNE. Monday. i CANBERRA jet bombrr today completed a 14.000- mile "familiarisation trip" of the Far East and P In 28 hours flyinp time in preparation i the London-Christchurch air race in October. I The jet. of the Royal AustI
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    VIETNAM TROOPS CRUSH RED SUICIDE ATTACK
    179 3 VIETNAM TROOPS CRUSH RED SUICIDE ATTACK HANOI. Monday. LOYAL Vietnamese forces beat back a fierce Com-munist-led Vietminh onslaußht on the large outpost fort of Van Tri. 19 miles south of Hanoi, the French High Command announced today. The Rtxis were tinal'v forced back after three hours' nehting. leaving 40 of
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    Red attack repulsed
    51 3 RANGOON. Mon.— Burmese Government forefs have repulsed a rebel attack in a sixhour battle :n the Salween area. The rebels, who wrre armed with two-inch and three-inch mortars. withdrew leaving ■even dead on the battlefield. Government forces sma>hed a rebel headquarters near Amherst. 200 miles east of
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    Leaves for job in Red China
    51 3 HONG KONG. Mon— Mr. Humphrey Trevelyan. Britain > Charge d 'Affairs-designate to China, left here today in the British steamer Hunan for the northern Chinese port of Tientsin on his way to -eking. Mr. Trevelyan said his wife would join him in about six
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    Leaves Kashmir
    31 3 SRINAGAR KASHMIR Mon Miss Edna Fontaine. 30--year-old British artist and dancer, whom the Kashmir government accused of antistate activities, left here by 1 air yesterday for New Delhi.— Reuter
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    4 hurt in crash
    26 3 KINGSBURY. ENGLAND Mon. Four people wore injured In a train era.sh near here yesterday. The crash was Britain's third in 24 hours
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    REWARD'FOR A GIRL WHO SPURNED FAME
    171 3 REWARD' FOR A GIRL WHO SPURNED FAME TOr T LONDON. Monday. Jeanette Altwegg. 22. British girl who tuned m Z n ?JZ°£? a week Professional skatine offer the f 192 Olympic Games to look aft or war ?o r sr K h n t s fo ii sx 2? r
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    2,600,000 got food from U.S.
    32 3 BERLIN. Mon. More than 2,600,000 free American food parcels were distributed to East Germans during the three-week food scheme which officially ended at midnight last night- Reuter
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    Formosa hit
    35 3 TAIPEH, Mon Typhoon Nina hit north Formosa and Taipeh on Sunday night, des- troyrd hundreds of flimsy > river bank dwellings, caused several drownings and plunged many sections of Taipeh into darkness A.P I
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    Professor dies
    24 3 MOSCOW. Mon -A Government newspaper today reported the death of Professor Anton Frolov Bagreyev. 75. the man who developed Soviet ehampagnr -U.P.
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    The heart of Edith Thompson...
    139 3 LONDON, Mon. Becaus? she wanted to marry, a 25-year-old girl faced a dangerous operation although she knew the chances of surviving were fifty-fifty. The operation at Guy's Hospital. London was successful. And today Edith Thompson is convalescing and planning her wedding. When she was 10.
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    Inverness honour
    36 3 Inverness honour Mil tjl NOW recently received the freedom of Inverness. Scotland. Above she is pictured receiving the signet rine from Provost L. M. (irigor. The freedom ceremony was held at the Playhouse. Paul Popper photo.
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    Flying Enterprise in crash
    100 3 Flying Enterprise in crash BOMBAY. Mon THE American freighter Flying Enterprise II (8.25^ tons i. skippered by Captain Kurt Corlscn. who won fame ny his lone bid to save her namesake. wa.s in collusion here last night with the British Freighter Canara (7.024 tons) The Canara was beinii taken Ito
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    LONDON STOCKS
    259 3 LONDON. Mon. DU6INESS was again on the sm.iU Mt bui values ruled steady to firm throughout the period. I ■es were not very prominent but In the bond market > dollar clause Issues found some support and made small tiead\*ity while Chinese were occasionally half a point higher.
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON, Aur. 17. Cash Buyers «I 615: Sellers v:617.; Forward Buyers «:fil2'j: Sellers «:B15: Settlement tfil2'j (up tint. Turnover am. 45 tons; p.m. 70.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    33 3 lONDON. A'i=. 17 Spo' In\ ri < I -De. Ut' ,d.. Jan T.i r 10 .d Apr. -June 19 »d.. Julv--0 ri Kvg. rt f 1«".d Sopt Ort. r if. lß.rt. Tonr
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    Miniature army in the making
    654 4 I*M II lIIN BtV KOII IX, lO\<. STORY lIV PLTI.II KIM some foreign force threaten Malaya. young Malayans will without any doubt, forget all differences of creed, race or religion to defend the land of their adoption. The four-day camp at the Victoria Institution. Kuala
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    BIG YEAR IN MALA V SCHOOLS
    182 5 Arabic script is not used now LAST year whs an year of advancement in the education of* Malay children >n Singapore, says the Education Department'! annual report. From thr beginning of last year they were taught enly Romanised M;ila\ instead of both the Roman
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    8 years gaol for robbery
    118 5 rpwo armffi robbers, Abdul 1 Hamid bin H.. and Han Shtikor bin Idru-. wrro >mt neht years by Mr. J •i in thr Sinsaporr A.--Thry werr Imuid multy <>f robbing Mr and Frw Tine of Strvrn.- Rnad of $2,100 in ra.sh and |*wellery on the
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    He stole $1.70: gaol, $100 fine
    37 5 lOKORE BAHRU. Won Sakirom bin Wahi. a tnshav nd»*r. wi wcek'i Rani and flnod $100 in default, another month horc today for Mealing $1 70 and Mime riearrttps Irom a lab-
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    MAN FROM LONDON TO ADVISE ON LIBRARY
    137 5 MAN FROM LONDON TO ADVISE ON LIBRARY THI SINGAPORE Government vntten to the Colonial Offi'-e in London for a library i to advise on the founding of a free public library. The of Raffles lum and Library, Mr. Tweed ie. said yesterday: There appear.s to be impreaaton that the Governmen
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    Eight men didn 't tell —it costs $4,075
    150 5 Eigh t men didn 't tell it costs $4,075 JTIGHT men were fined a total I of $4,075 in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday for failing to make income tax returns. The heaviest fine— sl,soo— WM imposed on Nga Dvi Ee. a businessman, who had not sub•mitted returns for
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    Hire car men elect officers
    48 5 The following have been made officials of the Singapore Hire Car Association: President. Mr. T. A. Simon: vlcepre.Mden! Mr. Wong Hoo Lan; secrf'ary. Mr. Ong Kin Seng; a.ssis ant secretary. Mr. Loke Mun Hoi; treasurer. Mydin bin Kootee; agtreasurer. Mr. Chan Boon Kmie.
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    IRENE THROWS A BIRTHDAY PARTY
    31 5 IKKNK Koh Peck Keow (centre) only daughter >>| Mr. and Mrs. Koh Kok Liang, held a party for her friends last Saturday to celebrate her fifth birthday.
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    EDUCATION DEPENDS ON 3 FACTORS
    500 5 THE RATE at which the Singapore Government can in future provide education facilities will depend on three factors' availability of sites, staff and buildings, says Mr. R M. Young. Director of Education, in his report for 1952. Mr. Twang mjt the siting o' schools in
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    No permit: $5
    27 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Cheong Chun of Pontian was fined $5 today in the Police Court for moving a tin of biscuits without a permit.
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    Council must think again on building
    128 5 Council must think again on building SINGAPORE CHy Council will have to review its 47-day-old ban on illegal building because the court har> refused to give them mandatory orders to demolish two unauthorised houses built since the ban. The City Architect. Mr. H. Hawson. told the Straits Times this yesterday.
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    A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE...
    6 5 A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE...
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    —It's over for Philip...
    75 5 —It's over for Philip CAPTAIN Philip W. Savery, (above), the first man to bring a merchant vessel into Singapore after the Japanese surrender, said farewell to the Colony yesterday from the bridge of the Breconshire as she left the wharves. He is retiring. The 60-year-old skipper, who has served 35
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    —And starting for Albert
    66 5 Happiest member of the crew of the freighter Ben .Macdhui when she sailed yesterday was 17-year-old Singapore Sea Cadet Albert (hia Thian Swee (above) who is going to Hong Kong. Japan and back as a mid-shipma-n. A pupil at Serangoon English School, Albert is the serond
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    THREE ACCUSED OF PAYROLL ROBBERY
    271 5 OSMAN bin Abdullah. Muniandy and Ahmad bin Abdul Hamid. alleged to be the men who grabbed $18,000 In a daylight hold-up two months ugo. yesterday appeared at a preliminary inquiry before Mr. T Kuhist'karum. the Singapore Seventh Police Magistrate. The accused, who were not represented
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    DEATHS
    17 6 BOVrORH At th" rirnrr?] ricipore on 17 8 53. d F Bomforrf H»»dmaiSter TNF meed 'Mirlnl
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    30 6 DAVIS r>n Irnvlnc cUM wishes to think all at «pc •heir he]m**i «nn Albert. i..,,,. f Innn I Rr>*»rio r Row no on I an* I and ttti»nd»nre %i
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    8 6 "••A PORE ARTS THEArRI it tn« i
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Aug. 18, 1953 Singapore's Schools
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      Income Tax Amendments
      445 6 Important amendments to the Income Tax Ordinance are contained in a bill which will be introduced in the Singapore Legislative Council this moming One or two of thesr amendments will be welcomed For instance provision is proposed for an allowance on capital expenditure on industrial buildings or
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    The five men of Kuala Lumpur—a test
    1039 6 The five men of Kuala Lumpur a test riE STORY of the Koks of Kuala Lumpur should be read and understood by everyone in Malaya who cherishes his own freedom. It began on June 19 this year when Selangor Police went to a house in Pudu Road, Kuala Lumpur, and
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    FIVE FACE LIFE-LONG EXILE BUT LAW DENIES THEM TRIAL
    726 6 tricts or muk'm or mukims as may be so specified. "An order under this subsection may be for the life of the person to whom it relates or for a term to be stated in the Order and may at any
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      A call for elections
      144 6 THE resolution passed by the UMNO (Youth Section i at Kampong Bharu In Kuala Lumpur, at its February meeting demanding an election was i indeed heartening, but progress towards achieving this end is another matter. It is essential in the interest and well-being of the residents
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      'Good in days of sail'
      159 6 'Good in days of sail ASSISTANTS REPLY I THANK Mr. Kanfasundarum openly on behalf of shop assistants for his candid letter. However his reasoning might have been good In those days when traders and their assistants came to Malaya by sailing ship. In these days of highly developed commerce, and
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      'Conditions ARE bad'
      160 6 rpHE President of the South A Indian Chamber of Commerce appears very generous in his imagination about the conditions under which South Indian shop assistants work and live. One would have expected better knowledge of thrs< matters from a man of his circumstances and standing. but to
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      RURAL DELIGHTS?
      184 6 READINO the newspapers i one gets the impression that the authorities want people to live away from the town Recently Sir George Pepler said this was the only way of relieving traffic congestion. Yet when one tries to do this one finds it discouraging. I shall not mention
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    On the Margin
    415 6 Bad teachers HOW I agree with the M Times rorrcspondrnt wh<> 'over the pen name "Ardent Democrat 1 nleid^d in ystrr day's paper for Europeans to give more practical guidance In the way.v of western drm"rra^y. from which he feeltho East haj c"t so much to learn.
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    Indonesians celebrate Republic Day
    66 7 Indonesians celebrate Republic Day A Ml DM \l Miiiliiil Iriini Ihf i m\ i r-ii of Jakarta p«isrs rliirint; Javanese dances a I the homr ot thr Indonesian < ummil denrral. l»r Mohammed I'a/il. .is pirl •■I tiu Indonesian Republic Ichratinns In |i«ire Murr than KOfl people. Including the <invcrnor.
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    Labour exchange for Penang
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    FAILED TO MAKE TAX RETURNS, FINED $75
    60 7 VFRAMTTt »N ned $75 Mr S H n ng the •on had a rheque for $1,000 "on account" to the Income Tax Department He hnr: thought that the department would use the money to pay any tax owed. Mr niaa said. Mr Elias
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    Club night
    17 7 PORT DICKSON. Mon -The Dickson Recreation Club will hold a club night on Sept B.
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    Security forces head for record bag this month
    275 7 62 BANDITS ELIMINATED BY MID-AUGUST KI'ALA 1.1 MPI'R, Monday. IKITY forces are well on the way to creating a record for the number of terrorists eliminated in my month this year. With the second half of the month only Just r nun.
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    Mother of 5 stole bangle from girl, 6
    102 7 mv. OEOK, 32-year-old mother of five. wn. Four months' imprisonmeni In the Sine I sterday g a $35 cold bangle ■yeai -old girl. The prosecution said that Wee committed a simil-ir nffence two years ago Inspector J C. Cooke read mil a
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    Home job for vice-marshal
    70 7 Air Vice-Marshal H L Patch, Senior Air Staff Officer. Far East Air Force, has been appointed Air Officer ComI manding No. 11 Group Fighter Command at Uxbridge, England. Air Vice-Marshal Patch ha? served with the Far East Air Force since January 1951. first as Air Officer
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    US warships due here
    96 7 Four United States destroIrwin. Potter. Preston and Picking will arrive in Singapore on Friday from Commander of the Squadron Is Capt. H. Farrow. I The sh'r* will be open to visitors on Saturday. They will sail for the Mediterranean >>n Sunday. BIBTH SPENCKR to Diana, wife
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    COUNCILLORS WHO 'TALK' MAY BE CURBED
    219 7 COUNCILLORS WHO 'TALK' MAY BE CURBED THE SINGAPORE City Council's finance committee A decided last nipht to ask for an amendment of the Municipal ordinance to provide for penalties against councillors who commit a breach of confidence or otherwise misconduct themselves. It decided this after Mr. A. R. Lazarous. a
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    Gaol the only sentence'
    191 7 Gaol the only sentence' A SINGAPORE postmaster. Tan Sim Chua, of Tiong Bahru sub-post office, was gaoled for three months yesterday for criminal misappropriation of $1,271.85. Passing sentence, the First Criminal District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tah. said: "It must br made clear that a public servant cannot be permitted
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    Dato Nan ing
    100 7 -ABE YOI REALLY my amah? Harry Plunder wonder* as h^ meets Ah Nran again. Harry. a*ed only a year and a half, could hardly recounts* Ah Ngan when hr returned to Singapore by air with his mother after a holiday in Switzerland. Rut 10 minutes later hr
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    Cinema men to aid cabaret girls
    83 7 HE SINGAPORE Cinema anri Entertainment Workers Union yesterday derided li help the dance hostesses ot the Air View Cabaret to find lobs. fhr hostessei were thrown out nf iobs when tht Cabarr-t I IM destroyed by fire last week. I"he Union also decided to
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    After the aviation meeting came a cocktail part?
    73 7 After the aviation meeting came a cocktail part? MR. J. C. DALLOW. Sing ipore's Director of Telecommunications, opened a meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organisation sub-committee at Kalian? yesterday. Mr. aml Mrs Dallow (centre couple) are seen talking to I.S. delegate Mr. Evan Letrli and Siamese delegate Mr. C.
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    A concert aided their study tour
    84 7 FIFTY-ONE Normal students from the Penang Green Lane (Chinese) School are in Singapore on an educational visit. The party of 31 women and 20 men is led by the acting principal. Mr. Cheong Hont Oon. and education instructor Mr Wong Chen Pee. They vLsied
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    $1,000 gift
    29 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon All Hassan, who recently retired from post of Works Assistant, in the Public Work partment here has siven $1,000 to th" Islamic College Fund.
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    GPO closing at noon
    81 7 GPO closing at noon The General Post Office Singapore, wilj be open from 9no am to 12 noon on the Hari Raya Haji holiday on Thursday All other post ofTieo.s will be open from 9.00 a.m. to 10 30 ■a.m. except tho.se at Tionu Bahru. Towner Road. Demp. Road. Kandanc
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    Co-ops plan single union
    113 7 The 13.000-.stronß Singapore Urban Co-operative Union Limited plans to prevent interference from politicians by 1 forming one big union of ajj perative societies in the Colony. This wels told to the Strait < Times yesterday by the union'? -.ecretary. Mr. Andrew B Pinto The advice was
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    Boy drowned
    22 7 IPOH. Mon— An 11-year-old boy. K. Krishnan, who look»1 after cattle in Pengkalen Lahat, was found drowned In a pond.
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    UNIONS' BOYCOTT THREAT
    110 7 UNIONS' BOYCOTT THREA T Talks on Rilson Report resume rpHREE Sincapore Oovern--1 ment workers" union presenting about 3.000 rated men. may boycott the talks on the Ritson Report which resume in the Colonial iriat this morning They are the Government Work. partof Civil Aviation W ;on The Government „>ked them
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    Did you see this crash?
    64 7 iporr Traffic Police ar appealing mr witnesses of accident between .1 motor-ca and a cycle at the Junction c Bedok and Chang] Road la. Friday afternoon in which th cyclist, 16-year-old John Ui Senc, of 8( Institution, wa.s fatally mmrr< Witnesses are asked tact Inspector
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    Hillary will not get 'Freedom*
    63 7 The Finance committee > the Stngapi Count considered a suggestion that •should Riv« the Freedom of th City to Sir Edward Hillarv. r Mount Everest Jam*, who I due here again next month. The committee thoucht th;< a.s the city wa.s .still voting, should be
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    RE-TRIAL IS ORDERED
    109 7 MR. Justice Butt rose :n tinSingapore H-.ah Court day set aside on appeal an award made by the Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation and ordered .1 rehearing of the ca Th> Commissioner award. d Cader Mohammed SI. IBI against Abdul Haleem bin Shaik Ameer Sahib and Abdullah bin
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      53 7 I "FULLERS LOLLIPOPS" TOMORROW AT 3 OCLOCK All Children attending the FREE SHOW AT PETER PAN'S" CINEMA (In Robinson's Restaurant) will be given a free Lollipop A SPECIAL TEA IS SERVED AFTER THE SHOW FOR 1 ROBINSONS SINGAPORE World's Finest Satitfying, Fragrant ffitfVjj and Welcome ■pWGMfI Everywhere. iPrfß Sole Agents:FA
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      116 7 The Weather Minimum temperature (7.30 p.m. on Aug 16 to 7.30 am. on Aug 17): Singapose (80 degrees). Penang (74». Kota Bahru (7*), Kuali Lumpur < 74 Ipoh (73 1, Kuantan (77). Maximum temperature <7.30 am to 7.30 p.m. on Aug. 17 1 Singapore <90 > Penang i9l>. Kota Bahru
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    SUN 22 aviation experts study SPOTS
    190 8 SUN 22 aviation experts study SPOTS They send up fish catches THE BIG CATCHES of fish ir Singapore Wl nontr may have been fine |g •ports. Mr T W Burdon the Directr»r richer! rday "But." he added, "wltho lot of expert research explain it Tin ihtne happened fhv ago More
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    Teachers to form union
    55 8 PENANG. Mmal school teachers will Ir. Muar. Johore. on I >■ 26 to lorm thrir own v: 0 Cheßti Ahmad bin R.i of Alor star in a circular Malay tearhrrs In the Fr-drra-tinn -said that Mir improvinjr their lalar was very dim. We miu-t fich- f
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    Had liquor: $400
    30 8 TELUK ANS< Kwa 61. was finrri $400 oi month. s Raol hor<- for I 3 Bgaliorw; of liquor nn whivh $50 98 d\itT had tif t b^r.
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    One union for teachers soon
    181 8 JJE -ORGANISATION ol Malayan Tear nn a national basis ha its final stage The ina>. meeting of the new oru.-.-tion may be held In I the Union announced >■ day The announcement 1 the Union executivr meeting in Johore Bahru on Bunday. It said that
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    ways to keep up with jet age
    318 8 PLANES TOO FAST FOR MESSAGES TWENTY-TWO civil aviation experts from South East Asia and the Pacific met in Singapore yesterday for the first of a series of discussions on how to keep up with the jet age. Main problem of the International Civil
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    Ist anniversary
    24 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Kuala Lumpur Young Malayans' Club will celebrate their first anniversary with a gala social and dance on Sept
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    New magistrate
    30 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Sheikh Ibrahim, of Kuala Lumpur is due here soon to be Second Magistrate. His father. 1 Dato Sheikh Abubakar. was I also a magistrate here.
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    REG, 19, IS CASUALTY No. 10,000
    185 8 FI'SILIER Reginald Williams. 19. (above), of the Royal Fusiliers, who received an arm wound at Little Gibraltar. Korea, on June 28. yesterday left Singapore. He was the 10.000 th casualty evacuated by the Far East Air Command. With Fusilier Williams tn the RAF casualty
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    LCC results out soon
    62 8 Because the L.C.C. Typewriting Certificate Stage Examimation results have not been received with other L.C C resuts, it is mistakenly believed in some quarters that no Singapore students have passed the examination. In fact, said an Education Department spokesman yesterday, th P results are expected "any
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    200 FAKED NAMES ON ELECTION REGISTER
    253 8 200 FAKED NAMES ON ELECTION REGISTER CUCTTTIOUS names and ■T non-qualified persons were registered as voters by non-official organisations in the last Singapore City Council elections. A check of 4,000 names by the Elections Department showed that about five per I cent of the registered persons 1 were in this
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    New medical centre as Hospital HQ
    142 8 New medical centre as Hospital HQ I fJNDER the 99-year lease granted by the Singapore Government the new medical centre to be built in the General Hospital compound by the Alumni Association of the King Edward VII Colle.ie of Medicine may be taken over as Hospital Reserve headquarters in an
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    More pay for lab. men soon
    75 8 Singapore Department of Chemistry laboratory assistants will soon receive increased salaries under an agreement reached between the Oovernment and the Singapore Medical Workers' Union about a month ago The Urrion la.st week asked the Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. A. C. Goode. to speed the
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      240 8 SINGAPORE Playtime: 7 New,; 7 15 Radio rjneNews; 1.45 Rhythm Corner; 5 Tm Mansfield Park 10 30-11 Time for Dance; 5.30 Variety Fanfare; 6 Dancing Radio Malaya trio; 6 15 Voice of the A A I Poet; 6.30 Piano Playhouse; 6.45 MALACCA Andre Kostelanetz: 7 News- 715 Radio Doctor; 730
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    NICOLL TO NAME 6 FOR REVIEW COMMISSION
    264 9 Local members will hold preliminary talks first IN THE SINGAPORE Legislative Council meeting today, the Governor, Sir John Nicoll. will nominate live unofficial members to sit on the commission set up' to review the constitution of the Colony. Unofficial members have recommended five
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    Timber exports fell
    165 9 Timber exports fell 'TIMBER exports to Australia ;(Tered a bijf reduction, says the Singapr:. Forest Officer. Mr. C. O. Flcn. mich. in his annual report. Thus most notable <:. \va.s caused by the rigid Impor! restrictions Imposed in that i country". Mr. Flemmich add-. decline In ports to P^.'uiM x*
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    Salt dumped from ship
    141 9 yy'ORKMEN from Port Swettenham have Jettisoned 1.000 tons of the salt from the Calygera, whicii groundrii ut; a yaiidbur 35 I lrom Port Sweltenham eight days ago. Singapore agenU of the era yesterday .said .she us leaking In hold no. .six. but there ls no danger
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    Drove at 50 mph —fined $100
    75 9 F. Baruch, a Singapcn teacher, was driving a car ;i between 50 and 55 m.p.h. when police stopped him in Mount- batten Road on July 2. In the Second Traffic Police Court yesterday Baruch, who pleaded guilty by letter, was lined $100. He was
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    UNION WILL CARRY ON FIGHT FOR WORK LAW
    145 9 »pHK SINGAPORE Shop Employees' union will continue to fight for a standard working hours and wages legislation, the union ident. Mr. P. Thambusamy told the Straits Times yesterday M that Indian employers in Malaya who get their workers from India ofl cheap
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    There's no one to carry their clubs
    44 9 TWO MBMMBU <m v. i>i.nni mil, If pscs. estrty tiitir own <liih> to play vt-*U*riliiv uiu-n the Hub's 80 caddies went on strike. They are .Mrs. I. P. Tamworth (left) and Mrs. l> Paisley. Straits Tirm-s picture.
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    Caddies go on strike
    209 9 SINGAPORE Island Club golfers have a problem— to find caddies. Most of the 150 caddies are boycotting because new rules forbid members to tip them. The caddies want to be tipped after every i round. They an- ui.-o dissatisfied with the caddy lees fixed by tnc
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    Four arrested
    44 9 than 12 hour.s after a motorist and his two women pa.ssenper.s had been held up and robbed by an armed gan* Singapore police arrested" four men. The three were robbed of $150 and Jewellery worth $1.5«5. in Guillemard Road early yesterday morning.
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    Fireman accused
    51 9 Dalian bin Hassan, 11, atlached to the Central firt Station wa.-i charged in ii«- Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday with stealing $467 ami HOME dance i-oupons Iro-m Air Vii w Cabaret l;t*t Friday. He pleaded not fullty. was allowed $1,000 bail and the cast- was adiourned till Au«.
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    CITY'S REVENUE NOT UP TO ESTIMATES
    83 9 1 THE Singapore City Councils revenue for the first half of this year was short of half the estimate for i 1953 by $1,059,000. A financial stalement, tabIrd :.t a Couiuil comnvlttee rru-eiinr: vestcrday. -ays that romparcd with the same period last yi-ar. cash
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    133 new companies register in Colony
    294 9 133 new companies register in Colony ]OCAL companies registered ■i in Singapore last year •otalled 133-128 of them private, three public and two limited by guarantee with a total nominal capital of $117.--162.000, states the 1952 report of the Registry of Trade Mark; and Companies. New foreign companies esta- j
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    Progressives to revise platform
    149 9 ryHE. Singapore Progr Party has appointed a subcommittee to revise the party's platform. The Party's committee agreed j at a meeting that most of the objects of the 1951 platform 1 hove either been carried out ■>: are well in hand. Amon? these are the appro-
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      224 9 DAY* .li^*^ tL-% 6.30.9.30 BT^'* i iS^^^MBW rvmi Meat m•. JH sSbWUSIB7iT'''VI^|i >K»ui ■SMS^v'^aH 1n,,,,.,-.;,,. fSEtt SIPUT is BACK in «w i "I^IOWS 7th DAY 4 SHOWS I 11. 1 45. 4. 6.30. 930 1 15. 4.00. 6309 30 N l». (h.ldrrn price l<> ;ill s•lllv^^ t\icpi pm A N.w
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      169 9 HEBBaBBBaBHS] LrcisUUvc (ouu.il: MutiLhly mctllji^ Hi VU U>rU MemurUl Hal! I 10 urn MSgspSN Ckjunber Ememblr: Ctiulr NSNSSMI laiin-a at H M s:uJi.) 4th Huur MarDun^kl Hou.te Oicliaril Kuad men at Monks Hill PxfeMl 53U pm. Public KrUUvtM Office: M Kilui Uuil* ire* ibowf al I H dcliool 1 1
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    Two large Malayan agency houses merge interests
    392 10 AMALGAMATION of Urn interests of two large agency houses in the Federation has been confirmed. The Rubber Estate Agency of London (Malaya) Ltd. has acquired the share capital of Cumberbatch and Co., Ltd. r Both houses developed from interests acquired by the early
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    'DUCKS AND DRAKES' FOR SINGAPORE?
    167 10 A BRIGHT future is inevitable for Singapore unless some Social Government plays "ducks and drakrs with the economy of the country," according to .Mr. (i.R.K. Mugliston. chairman of the Bukit Sembawang Rubber Co. Ltd. Mr. Mugliston made this comment in his report which will be
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      COLONY WEATHER TEST FOR BRITISH PAINTS
      168 10 gOMK of Britain's latest motor body paint finishes are being exposed to the riflours of the Malayan climate in tests to deride their durability. Metal pi j res covered with different paints and rolours arc beinjj exposed to sun and rain for as Inn*
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      Japanese may open Ceylon tyre factory
      64 10 T»HE opening of a tyre fac- -I- tory in Ceylon with a share capital participation of SI per cent, by Ceylonesc interests and 49 per cent Japanese, may follow the recent visit there by a Japanese industrialist. Mr. H. Sugiyama, of the Bridge.stone Tyre
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      Apathy blamed for poor South Sumatra rubber
      274 10 COMPLACENT and apathetic attitude to rubber productkm among smallholders in South Sumatra has been blamed for the unsatisfactory quality of rubber coming from thai area. Dr. K F. Hcinisch, cf the Indonesian Institute of Rubber Research, recently visited the small producing area.-- to
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      Sterling investment limited in Malaya
      324 10 DOUBLE* TAXATION MEANS: MEMBER of the London Stock Exchange now visiting Malays has found that "double ended" taxation in Malaya and the United Kingdom has limited sterling investment in Malayan registered companies. On a 17-day concentrated fact-finding tour of the Colony and Federation, Mr. F.
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      Problems deter U.S. investors from Far East
      126 10 LACK of adequate facilith\a and resources .such as transportation, power and skilled labour are among the factors discouraging foreign investments In the Far Saat, according to the United Sutr.s Department. of Commerce. Policies and practices of many governments and uncertain situations were al.so
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      Fifty years with Shell
      180 10 FIFTY years ago. 21-year-old Andrew Aunew arrived in Singapore to join the Asiatic Petroleum Co. This year, as Sir Andrev Aunew knighted in 1933 now managing director of the •Shell' Transport and Trading Co. and a direct. w of the Anglo-Saxon and Shell Petroleum Companies. he
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      Britain is boosting shipbuilding programme
      232 10 Britain is boosting shipbuilding programme 4 OTEAMSHIPS and motorO ships under construction in British yards in the second quarter of this year have r shown an increase of 32.675 2 tons above figures for the first three months. 5 Lloyd's Register shipbuild- ing returns for the second 5 quarter showed
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    SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT IN THE SHARE MARKET
    476 11 SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT IN THE SHARE MARKET RUBBER AND TIN RISE npHE sustained rise in the price of tin was responsible I for an all-round improvement in the tin andj industrial sections of the Singapore share market yesterday. Prices were marked up and both sections found considerable support at the higher
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    Australian stocks
    183 11 MELBOURNE. Mon DANK of New South WalM 120 sh&rea had a good rise on the Stock Exchange today following the new Issue announcement. General Investments maintained their strong undertone on brUk demand Hill 50 (West Australia Oo'.d moved to 80«. at the afternoon call, and Emperor (Fiji) had
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    Produce prices
    79 11 Singapore Chinese Produce F\ change Noon prices per picul were Copra steady; August $32\ buver.s $33', sellers: September -"iver*. $33 sellers. Coconut oil $54.. sellers. Pepper quiet; White down $10 mi SaturdHV's prices. Black down VS on Saturday's price: Muntok white $350. Sarawak $345, Lamponc black $3on I^wU
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    Rubber stocks fall
    36 11 Colony rubber stocks at the end were 43 74" tons, compared n-uh 4*n3^ tnn« the end of June Prryluction In the Olonr in July waj 153 'on*, ccmpured with 126 'inn In June.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    163 11 The Singapore rubber marI ket was slightly steadier yes--1 terday, sellers were reserved and therp was a small turn- j over. September first grade closed at 64-7 B cents a pound, three-elßhths of a cent above Saturday's close. Yesterday's close was steady quiet. Closing prices yeiterday In crnt«
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    Singapore shipping
    159 11 SHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are> Canton 12, Eastern Queen 45. Daltul Maru C.P.. Canada Maru 6 7. Clytoneua 80. Pundua 11, Soudan 13 14 Buaya 15, Tournal IS, Atlanta 19 20. Rinnans N-Wall 2. Tung Song N Wall, 5, Laaem N.Wall
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    Exchange rates
    147 11 <r<HE Malayan Exchange Bunks Association 1 rates to merchants vrnterdHv were: NF.iv YORK buyinc TT. 32 air mail On 33. 90 days 33 credit bills, 33 3 Ifi tradf bills: j seltlnc TT or OD. 32 11 16 ready. I CANADA: buvlng. TT. 32 9 16. air mall
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    TIN PRICE
    17 11 Th« price of tin In Slnrapore Testcrdar w» derUrpd at H<W a pirul. up n.
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    Nursing mothers should shed worry
    874 12  -  SISTER CLARE »y rvNE of the drawbacks "of "civilisation" is found in the fact that it is a common occurrence for a "new" mother to have difficulty in breastfeeding her baby. Two oi of the chief factors of that difficulty seem to bP worry and
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    508 12 ALTHOUGH h -ivr an rxcrllpnt cardrninp book that gives English. Malay. Indian and Chinrsc namos for vrm tablrv I have ofton found difficulty i n making myself understood to Chinese in the market as regards different types ol wed particularly when there arr
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    Wondering what to call your baby?
    519 12 "What's in a ikMMI which ioe call a 1 By an v other mime unul I .imr'l a SHAKESPKAi WELL, maybe, but the Tf child who is called John Anthony and has a surname of Mullins is not going to think that JAM written
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    The lessons of S'pores defeat
    663 13  -  SENTINEL hy THK analysis of defeat is never easy. And when it comes as suddenly and as derisively as diti Singapore's soccer defeat by Kluang District at .lalan Kesar stadium on Sunday, it is even more difficult to explain. First, let us put aside firmly
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    World record byWhitfield
    60 13 STOCKHOLM. M o n— Mai Whitflrld, American Olympic JOO metres champion, yesterLiay bettered the world's record for 1.000 metres with a time of 2min. 20.8 sec. at an international athletic.s' meeting in Eskilstuna. Central Sweden. The world record of 2 mm. 213 seconds was set by Olle
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    ATHLETIC RECORDS
    243 13 athletic records, brought up to date after last weekend's annual championships, are: Ml N Poll Kirn ami c Ittl D. B. Cullcn i 1933.. Kec m 1 1937), Suliflue Mfriird. L. D. E. Cullcn 1 1931 1 MO \;irdy L. D. E. Cullen I 1931) <rris Alam Shrr
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    Sweden win 4-0
    21 13 Stockholm. Mon Sweden brat Finland 4-0 hcrr festerday in Group 2 of the World I Soccer Cup tournament.
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    Busy time ahead for Chwee Kok
    307 13 By Our Aquatics Reporter VKO hwee Kok, Singapore's swimming star, who A holds six Malayan and three Asian (iames records, is likely to have a busy programme during the next six months. Neo will b<- competing In th--chain pionsniDs in October. Next on ihe
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    Trabert beats injured Seixas
    102 13 NEWPORT 'Rhode Island i, Mon. riXDNY TRABERT. UDMt Vie 1 Seixas 5-6, 0-6. 6 6-3 to w.n the singles tennis championship here yesterday. Seixas. who defeated Trabert in .straight sets the finals of the Merion tournament la.st n-.unth. fell and twisted hi.s right knee in racing
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    Angling 'catches on' in Perak
    390 13 IPOH. Mon (l\> ol Malaya's least known sports an»ling Ls slowly bu< •iirel'. popularity in Sport* dealers in Ipoh I repotted a definite increases i'l Rahing tackle and angling paraphernalia, ami of ii of the younger re taken to tali fascinating outdoor sport which calls
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    England struggle all day for 235 for 7
    403 14 AFTER HUTTON MA V PUT UP 100 From JACK FIN(;LKTON THK OVAL, London, Mondax. QN a wicket more helpful to spin than pace, Australia's team of fast bowlers kept England for runs all day here in the second play in the final
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    SCOREBOARD
    290 14 M STKAI.IA— Ist Inns.: 275 EX(,I.I\I>_IM ni ,s. Million h Inhn.slon M I dri. h II. I i, d wall 31 Max r \nh.-r h lohnslon 3JI < omplon r I an^lrv h l.indwall lfi (iravenry r Miller b l.indwall 4 I ins run nut ;k Laker r Lanclev
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    255 14 Ectrir-h had shaped mast attrnrtlvelv and everybody vii:h the exception i of the fielding Australians, were sad I him go. M lir.-t b ill to Miller bein« -.cry late to yorker The field threw up their hands as he ball whistled jj..-; Ibe dtl-stump. lliwl
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    WIN Y.M.C.A DOUBLES
    75 14 Koh Boh Aik and Mohamed Said i 30 1 beat On* Swer Law and i AnR Earn Hock I 15 3) 6-1. 1-6,1 7-5 In thr doubles final of the VM C A tennis handicap tourna--1 ment at Bras Basah Road yesterday. In a Sincle.s A' semi-final
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    PARK SOCCER
    31 14 Trw Presldeni s XI beat Ih" inln's XI by four koblf to three In the annual soccer match playeo amont: Land Offico employees al i Parrer Park yesterday. I
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    Middlesex are in danger of defeat
    248 14 LANCS, KENT WIN LONDON. Monday. T*HE county cricket championship leaders, Middlesex, finished the day in a parlous position today at Lords. Their opponents, Worcestershire, hit their bowling for 399 runs before declaring for the loss of nine wickets, and with a lead of 244
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    Singapore in 4-wkt. win at Segamat
    285 14 Singapore in 4-wkt. win at Segamat SEGAMAT. Mon. OINGAPORE beat Johore by 1 1^ four wickets at cricket here over the weekend. Scores were: Johore Ist Inns.: I ba« c Oill b Perei.i 41; IJurHi b Coilinic 8: Lt. Veikc Collinß 0; Othman c Nfartens h Delilkan 14; Bnthelot r
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    Cup final fever hits Ipoh
    120 14 Cup final fever hits Ipoh IPOII. Mon. IN the spell of a heatwave. Ipnh has caught •Tu© final fever" as Saturday's Sinirapore-Pe-nanc Malaya Cup final approaches. Since the beeinninc of this month. Ipoh has had rain on two occasions only on Aug. 4 and S, thr highest temperature for the
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    Visitors lose at cricket
    184 14 JOHORE BAHRU Mon QVERSEAS SCHOOLBOYS vLslted Johore Bahru at the weekend and last by 27 runs at cricket against English College Past and Present Scores were: BNGUM (Oil I (.1 Dollah b Miller 0; Maitaor b Taylor I; S Selvaraiah c Calhaem b T.t\ lor S2,
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    DRAW FOR SATURDAY'S GOLF
    377 14 |\RAW and starting times for the Royal Singapore Oolf Clubs CaptHin's PrUe competition, to be played on Saturday afternoon, are: THIKO VINE 2.00 W S Blark i 18 1 AH Rotters <17 1, 2.0.S J P de C Hamill.: <t J. E. Scott lit); 2 10
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    Boys events to open badminton tourney
    619 14 Kl'AI A TOTAL of 111 ties will national badminton oh Aug. 20. The champions) There will be two sessions and three sessions during 1 Tin' opening day will be cob- i (itird to boys' singles and doubles Malayan rhampion Wong Perm Soon will play
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    INDONESIANS WIN TO CELEBRATE THEIR BIG DAY
    188 14 YESTERDAY was Indonesia's indcpnulrnrc Daj and the Indom-sian 'ootballcrs cHcbr.itrrl it h scoring wen deserved viitors n\«r I •nr.isi.uix i i Community 1.c. --in- lixiun at J.il.m ■an H a' h,i to life h 'in- ki< k »i 11. i prt, si« I
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    20 14 ■'vnrriJ by irferw P I ro Wh( PM 'nil t'irn up for Ihrir SAFA nl Clerical Vn\M
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    490 14 lATEST positions in th(> Sii paporp Amatr-ur Footba Association leaeur tablo> FIRST l)l\|v|o\ I-. nr II v i rprrvrl li\r .Hid senior Iracur «'H milt Mrs «ml\ i ;itr \v\.lli t'oHin SCI>IV_ I T't« l-.rn.iil iiiilT iTijrrM I MIMM i harllr (I .n ie iin iii limn i
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      47 14 mouh SBHF\ I K\«.| E \M» l p, DIV. K Hrrwrrim 'A' f Mf II SRC pad* tig. SAKA (OMMIMTV UtAGI I Malay* v Royal Navy. Jalan Br?>ar. SAFA UCAOUB. DIV. 2: Hoik I x hinr^c Alhlplirs A l BODCA (round. mm VMCI handicap sinrlr^ 'A' final.
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      20 14 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: Hich 0346 hrv i 7 3i and 1537 BS>; Low 0911 '4 5> and 2222 1 3.4.
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