The Straits Times, 25 August 1953

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    13 1 The Straits Times He***** Established 1845 SINGAPORE. TIESDAY, AI'GIST 25. 1953 15 CENTS
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    U.S. TO AID THE SHAH
    204 1 New deal is likely with Zahedi government WASHINGTON, Monday. THK United States is ready to answer the Shah of Persia's call for immediate economic aid. Rel.itions with IVrsia are beinjj reconsidered. A new < c;tl is likely to Ik- made with Gen Zahedi's governmenl now
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    BANDITS KILL 3 IN PERAK CLASHES
    183 1 BANDITS KILL 3 IN PERAK CLASHES K. LUMPUR, Mon. THREE members of thp Security Forces have been killed by terrorists in the Federation. Two terrorists have been wounded. A police lieutenant an. corporal were killed on o; n'irns in the Grik aira of Perak. A British soldier was killed in
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    MOSSADEQ SENT TO PRISON CELL
    194 1 TEHKRAX. Mnnd.iv. p»KMKR Persian Primr Minister Mohammed in--1 -idrri win transferred to a prison cell today from the Teheran Officers' hih where he had been held since last weeks uprising. General Zahedi. the new Primr Minister, said on Saturday: "That had man has been treated
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    Soraya on the phone
    79 1 ROME. Mon —Queen Sorava. left behind in Rome, talked he Shah by telephone made the call from the in embassy Then she :hr rest of the day sightth her mother, who 1 :rom Germany A P Shah demonstrator on a truck holds up a portrait of
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    The big purge has started
    180 1 The big purge has started TEHERAN. Mon. THE bis purge in Persia ha.s irtld, Orneral Zahed: irked the Amcassadors in Paris anH P ichdad. the Brus.«oLs M nd thr Rome Chargr ci \rT.nn\s The Shah today told reportprs of t'.ir country'! urgent nerd for economic aid Ho sn-.d the nations
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    Son for Chaplin
    24 1 LAUSANNE. Mop MrCharW Chaplin wifp n[ thr actor, eav* birth to her fifth rlv.lri. a hnv rmrsinc home here tonight— Reutrr.
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    A-TEST MINISTER
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    DUE HERE TOMORROW
    41 1 T«rU r of Buppl Duncan o Is on his way to Australia to inspect the Wootnera 'ion for Britain's to In October, will reach Singapore tomorrow for tt. in M Thi. th.r en th r eff< nrht< p
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    YOU CAN BOOK TODAY FOR HILLARY TALK
    85 1 Bo the lecture by Sir Edmunc icpcdii on oppns at R ipore tor Sir Edmurd's talk sponsored by the Straits h Council, will take place at the V'( for, a Theatre at 9 Dm. on Sept. 8. 16 ard $3. They must be
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    TEA PARTY FOR INDIAN TROOPS
    62 1 T EA PARTY FOR INDIAN TROOPS Mrs M I (Innilv wifr ot th«- secrrtarv of the Bi«**pore Indian \^<.< in :<m. Wf i.inilv Mathew h.lpine to s.rv. some of the 2MI men of the li'Mh Field imbalance unit >f the I 'li.m \rmv at a tea t>artv in thr Indian
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    MOROCCO SABOTEURS WRECK TRAIN
    170 1 MOROCCO SABOTEURS WRECK TRAIN Na tionalists blamed KARAT. .Moiul.n THE Moroccan-. ilgcrian express plunged down an an embankment last nijjht. Saboteurs had torn up part of the line. One passenger \v;is killed and six injured. The train was travelling at more than Hi) m an hour when it was derailed
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    SACKED OFFICER RETURNS
    61 1 LONDON. Mon Brie Donaici Cornah. relieved of h^ command of troops fiEhtine the Mail Mau in Kenya, arrived in London by air today I'om Nairobi. He worr a crev suit ar.d car- I rird hi.s Army greatcoat. Mv plans are indefinite." he said. I am not eve;:
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    Backing for UN talks on tin
    63 1 K i.TMIM R, Mon. Tdnvrrnmrnts "I Ilif I itinn aii<l Rlnkl iiporl (hr re-j-om m i>i thr I nitcrt Nii i<>n> «■ootcrence on tin. it was an-nouiK-e-l hrrp loniuht. Thiv <•■. Iston irai reached after consult, itinns brtw c-n the <-'n ernm.nts .mil thr
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    Burma floods destroy town
    26 1 RANGOON. MOD floods h,»vc complcMv troyed the town of 8 90 milr^ north of Rangoon and 1.000 people are unaccounted for Renter.
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    THE BANDIT .KILLER HAS VISITOR...
    141 1 THE BANDIT .KILLER HAS VISITOR... CAPTAIN Bhaktur Bahadur Rai M.C.. of the 2 7 Gurkha Rifles is looking forward '> having a regular visitor in KinhMßtta] General Sir lid Templer. t Rai hac' his left le™ amputated afU>r killing :i h -?h ranking 'mystery" terrorist in tiie Bentong area of
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    French hit dumps at VietminhHQ
    89 1 French hit dumps at VietminhHQ HANOI Mon THE French A:r POTCC today breadenrd its raids on Virtminh supply basrs hnnß built up for an autumn ofTrnsivr. Pilots reported direct nits nn supply dumps and barracks at Vlnh. south of Hanoi reported to be the prrsrnt headquarters of thr Virtminh. Othrr
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    65 Korea P.O.W.S land in S'pore
    59 1 Four aircraft, two Ha. and two Valettas of the Royal Air Force, carrying: between them 65 British pri.soners-of- war and landed at Chanel airfirld yesterday from Hone Kong and Japan Thi.- bring.* the total number of p.OWs flown to Sincarvv to 139 Thp ex-raptives
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    The navy chases Chiang gunboat
    90 1 The navy chases Chiang gunboat G Mon. T*HE British destroyer Cockade today rescued the :<m Brit.sh v Lgelock from a hip which tried to cept nei in the Straits of Formosa. A N nM sultablv rrbukinc «hr oat and warning hpr •mmittinu furthrr thr Cnrkarlr ion of pr*hilr thr N-.ce-n
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    STOP PRESS
    15 1 TTK M K> ioll. I today I t, i a on Gel left
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    Mau Mau to die
    28 1 NAIROBI. Mon Fou •Bnce'i to de, [or taking nart Chrl tma« Fat attack on i Klkuyu settlement, in whlcn II loyal tribrsmrn wrrr killed
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    Akihito flics in
    19 1 ZIRICH Mon Crown Pnnrp Akihito of Japan arnvr*r! h<~vf by air from Copenhaurn today. A P
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    GIRL WAS IN YOUTH BOMB GANG
    132 2 GIRL WAS IN YOUTH BOMB GANG 13 sentenced in Tel Aviv TEL V/IV. Mon. A MILITARY curt here todoy r-jnv.ciert younfc people, ir cu'.ding a 24 year -old £iti, of helonging to a terrorist 'bomb' for hire" gang. The attorney -general, Mr. Chaim Cohen, asked for the maximum sentence of
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    Rolling along
    36 2 STRIKE OR no strike, thrrr s still (hivalrv in Paris. Thrrr pretty cirls wanted a lift and thr driver of the steamroller was only too glad to oblige. Not so fast but SO different.
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    Attlee back in Britain
    85 2 London. Mon.— Mr. Clemrnt Attlee leader of the British Labour opposition. arrivro' home today after a threr-wrrn visit to Yugoslavia as guest of President Tito. "I was very favourably imprrssrd by what I saw and of the work being done in difficult circumstances. I think there
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    LONDON STOCKS
    293 2 Tin* r LONDON. Mon J"HE Far Eastern section of the London Stock Exchange today wiu generally firm. Both Japanese and Chinese made small advances In commodity issues interest in teas revived and pres.s romment on -ondltJoas m Malaya served to make rubbers and to a lever extent tin.,
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    LONDON TIN
    28 2 LONDON. Auf. 24. Cuh Buyers €606; Sellers «07' 7 Forward Buyers £Ml; Seller* £602' 2 Settlement tRO2'. (up £7*4). Turnover a.m. 2» tons; p.m. 69 tons.
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    LONDON
    32 2 LONDON A.«f 24-Bpol lQ'.fi Bept 19' nd.. Ort -D*c. 18».tl Jun Mar. 1»»,d.. Apr -.Tune 19>,d JulySept 19Sd. Aug r.l.f. IM.. s#p: <lf l»d.. Ort rl(. I9d Tone Quirt but Ktmdv.
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    AIR TEST: 'BETTER RESULTS'
    113 2 I LONDON. Mon— Britain's bigge«t air defence test Exercise Momentum ended last ni^ht after a final 45-hour phase. In all it had lasted for nine days. Air Marshal Sir Dernwt Bovlr who as head of Fighter Command was Defence Commander, said the exercise was "satisfactory." The
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    'Foreign planes over Rumania'
    57 2 VIENNA. Mon. -The Rumanian Prime Minister. Mr. Ghe- I orghe Gheorghiu DeJ today urged the strengthening of the country's forces and demanded "great watchfulness" by Rut manlans. He said in a MMeti "n Bucharest radio that foreign pla- nrs flew regularly over Ruma man territory and
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    'Troops must stay'
    68 2 PNOM PENH Mon- -General Paul de Langlade, Com*mander of French forces In Cambodia, today said tha< France 1« willing to hand ov»r military command of all Cambodia to King Norodom Sihanouk. But because of the danger from the Communist-led Vieiminh. France would have to continue to keep
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    Indonesians may reject world sugar agreement
    135 2 Indonesians may reject world sugar agreement LONDON, Monday. T»HE Indonesian delegation to the international x Sugar conference intends to urge its acnrrnment to reject the new sugar marketing agrern The delegation is opposed to acceptance of the 250.000-ton export quota assigned Indonesia under the terms of the agreement reached on
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      632 2 NOTICES NOTICE I Notice U hereby given that Mr. |T«> Peng- Bok ha.< been expelled fr^m the Singapore Hawkers Onion by a resolution of Oeneral Meeting held on the 2flth August IBM. (or violating the rules of the Union. SECRETARY. Singapore Hawkers Union. TRAFFIC NOTICE MAJOR REPAIRS TO BRIDGE NO.
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    Express derailed by saboteur strikers
    173 3 PARIS, Monday. CTRIkIMi ommunists trying to prevent a back-to-wnrk movement in France today sabotaged an international express train. The engine and (I hea of the Calais to express came ofT the .ino s near Mauberup. It mas eoine slowly over stretch of lino that it
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    Edinburgh festival opens
    17 3 Edinburgh festival opens lrr'natnin;(! Jinrt dl nrt i I Thr Diinrt' 1 rati"i. I thr dMm Todaj
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    Earth tremors
    25 3 ALGIERS. \l<>r Ne A earth trrmors were frit in the interior of Ale rday followin: i*n days of earth walls and seriously dan
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    BALLOON CRASH KILLS FOUR
    49 3 F COLOGNE, Monday. ru k propi. wrrr killed irhen thri r airhornr balloon crashed fml.v I iltlrfnld npnr hrrr Thr l)..l!oon rodn h rJr( f| ln£llr this morni "R- crashed from about Thr I Thr h.il. badly dami Thr ball- 1 Un>. In ha ■T
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    Non-stop trip over Pacific
    75 3 Non-stop trip over Pacific WA H, .Mori. THE Air Force disdnafd today 'h.T M V. h|| B 3'i bom bora arc makinc a top flight at :'>..s the: tralnii c mLs,sion The Doint. of drparturc and 'iiko off >mm kept f the aircraft in the announced in n of the
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    GOLD MINER'S SI WIDE BID
    43 3 GOLD MINER'S SI WIDE BID JOHANNEKM- n A <r-o|d miner tn blr>« h in a gold mine nrai Johanm r^drd only in Innirine himself and two mine R-orkera. The minor turrounded liimself with tl pelicnitf r The t-rmmr: rlamaced the I A P
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    For rocket trials
    12 3 PAR WIN 1 by an to the Wo. Rf
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    On Far East tour
    24 3 N FRANCISCO M fipiiator Vnillam F Knowland. Republican maj r in SenatP. left Ban I trrday h\ trwr f>i thr
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    Mr. Vogeler to sue for $1500,000
    127 3 NEW YORK, Monday. \IR Rohrrt A. Voueler. who spent 17 months in a W1 Hungarian prison. has filed a $500,000 (MS1.500.000) suit aprninst the International Telephone and Telegraph Company, of which he was an issistant vice-president when arrested. Mr. Vo^eler and hi.s lawyer Mr.
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    Ike's son gets Korea medal
    43 3 SEOUL. Mon fcfaj. John Eisenhower. s«» n of the United States President. i.a s been awarded the South Korean Chungmu. dLstlnguished meritorious service medal with gold star, for "outstanding professional skill, resourcefulami Ingenuity.- the Army *aid today. UP
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    ON THE BEACH
    42 3 ON THE BEACH THE WOKKIKS of politics Irft behind the Turkish President. Qelal Bayar (left), (hats with the President of the National Assembly, Reflk Koraltan, on the beach at Floria. on the Marmora Sea. The boy is B;i>ar\ nephew. —A. P. picture.
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    VOTE ON INDIA TOMORROW: LODGE EXPLAINS U.S. OPPOSITION
    292 3 VOTE ON INDIA TOMORROW: LODGE EXPLAINS U.S. OPPOSITION NEW YORK, Monday. THE Ignited Nations Political Committee is likely to decide on Wednesday whether India will take part in the Korea conference. Lines have already boon sharply drawn m the dispute, with Britain loading the apparent majority in favour of Indian
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    3 years in the life of Frank Noel
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    STATELY HOME' IS SOLD
    87 3 STATELY HOME' IS SOLD NEWQUAY, Mon. of Britain's stairly homes, Trerice Manor has been boucht by the nation a.s i ahowplact tor week-end trippers at half a crown a time The manor, which dates bark to the 14th century and the first Queen Elizabeth., ha.s boor .sold to the National
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    5 killed in bus crash
    34 3 LONDON M< tl. Five people wrrr killed and 38 iniured when a motor coach plunge,-) 300 feet from a mountain r->a.i at Shap Fells in the Pennine* yesterday. R<
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    Air chief dies
    25 3 BRUfV->hLS. Mon. Lt (irrie ■icien Lpbouttr. Chir r n| Staff of the Belgian Air Force hi I dirri. acrri 55.— A. P.
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    IN 1953
    32 3 FRANK Noel, Associated Press pliiiiu^i i pint was captured liv the Communist* in Korea in October. 1950. Th« tup picture shows him in July l!».Mt. Above— after release this month.
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    150 returned
    19 3 PANMUNJOM. Mon. The Communists today returned 150 American prisoners of war. Including two on stretch '•■rs Reuter
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    5 DIE IN A VALANCHE
    58 3 BUENOS AIRES, Mon. Five people are known to have b»-cn killed when an avalanche crashed into a main line railway station in i|the village ot Lai Lena* in the province u f Mendoza i An aircraft left Mehdoza city today carrying luppUex over .snow bound
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    4.5 convicts dig hole and flee
    99 3 TIMS. Mon.— Forty-five conrieted Tunisian political prisoner* escaped from Tunis gaol today through a hole they had dug In one of the walls. The prisoners were all Tunisian Nationalists. den. Antnine fiarhav. French Commander-in-Chief In Tunisia who has special emergency powers, immrdi- ately ordered
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    Thousands of US
    244 3 secrets stolen by 'sspiess s WASHINGTON Mon.— Thousands of diplomatic, political, military, scientific and economic secrets of the United States have bern stolen by Russian agents in the government, the Senate internal Security committee reported today. It said that the Soviet international organisation has tarried on a
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    Neguib sees king
    19 3 CAIRO. M'>n. President Kegulb and Saudi Arabian King Ibn Sand yesterday conferred for half an hour.
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    Pipe was his most prized treasure
    279 4 Pipe was his most prized treasure A MIDDLE-AGED locksmith yesterday told a Slrmapore rourt that three men robbed him one March night of his most prized possession an artistic opium pipe he had made himself. He had only been using it for two days, he said The man. Llm Kia
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    Shot in mistake for bandit
    47 4 SEGAMAT. Mon. Thr Srgamat magistrate, returning verdict of accidental death at the inquest on a Javanese Kwan bin Majuki. 38. said no criminal blame could be attached to thp member of the forces who mistook him for a bandit and shot him.
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    Off to Europe
    31 4 SEGAMAT. Mon— Mr. W. I. D Costa, manager of Kenneuon Bras here has left for a holiday in Europe. Mr. A. K. Frank fiom Batu Caves replaces him.
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    Rural Board
    20 4 Sincaporc Rural Board will i-rrt a< 10 a.m. on Thursday In the Conference Room of ~r Colonial Secretariat
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    GOVT. ANNOUNCES ITS TEAM
    26 4 Mr. N. A. Mr. Tan Mr. I-im Mr. C C. Tan Mr. C. F Smith Inrhe Ahmad Mallal Chin Tuan Yew Hock
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    Eight named to review constitution
    229 4 SINGAPORE Government last night named the eight Legislative Councillors who will form the Commission to review the constitution of the Colony, under the chairmanship of Sir George Rendel, a former British ambassador to Belgium. They are the Attorney-General, the president of the City Council; Messrs.
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    Police party for children
    106 4 MALACCA. Mon. Police here fave a week end tea party for 100 children of Pondok Batang new village in the Jasin district. The Chief Police Officer said he hoped some of the children would one day Join the police The villacr head man Mr. Tai Kong,
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    6 HELD AS ESCAPE CAR SUSPECTS
    76 4 6 HELD AS ESCAPE CAR SUSPECTS PENANG, Mon— Butterworth' police have detained six Chi- nese suspected of being the occupants of the car which i drove off after it had ignored police order to stop at a road block. Police last night found a car with a bullet mark on
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    Nation-wide plan . for young Muslims
    125 4 Nation-wide plan for young Muslims KUALA LUMPUR Monday PROPOSAL calling for a Malaya-wide Muslim youth organisation to promote their spintual economic and social interests will be discussed at Mie first Muslim Youth Congress tomorrow at Telok Anson. Perak. The congress i s .sponsored by the All-Malaya Islamic Association. The main
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    GOVT. WILL PROBE MALAY BUSINESS
    218 4 GO VT. WILL PROBE MALAY BUSINESS Result of tax protest KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE Federation Government is expected to set up a 1 committee soon to investigate the position of small Malay businesses in the country in connection with the new business tax to finance schools. The decision is believed
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    Homicide verdict against boy
    129 4 Homicide verdict against boy THE SINGAPORK Assistant. Coroner. Mr. C. H. Giam. I yesterday returned a verdict jof culpable homi -ide not to murder, against Gan Eng Loke, IS, in connection with the death of Low Ah Kui. a maidservant. Low, was found dead in a house in Teuenaohn Road
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    He wants Singapore gift to help Federation's deficit
    266 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A FEDERAL Legislative Councillor. Mr. S. O. K. Übaidulla today suggested that Sinrxapore should be asked for a substantial gift to help meet this year's Federation deficit. "The ca.se for Singapore's assistance Ls stronger than ever because the Federation
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    Trials of 3 hide-out men postponed
    96 5 Trials of 3 hide-out men postponed KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. IN the Supreme Court here this morning Mr. Justice Briggs postponed the trial of three more men found by security forces in an underground hide-out In Cheras Road on June 16. No date of hearing wa* fixed They were Yap Swee
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    Clerk gaoled for cheating
    57 5 Qurk Ah Kow. a clerk, vai at the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday sentenced tn three months' imprisonment for cheating. Qurk cheated LUr. Poun SenK. a scrap iron dealer, of $f>oo .n Fish Street on N0v. 28. Lim said he save Quek $500 for two sunken
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    GOVT. COUNTS COST OF PAY PLAN No. 2
    181 5 GOVT. COUNTS COST OF PAY PLAN No. 2 T'HF Singapore Government is working out the cost of the salary scales proposed by the Joint Council of Action on the basis of the Ritson Report. The Under Secretary. Mr. J. D. Higham. told the Straits Times yesterday that the Government expects
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    BACK FROM U.K.
    55 5 Durum his stay there, he also lectured to Commonwealth officers nn the war in Malaya and reviewed his reriment the Wehh Fusiliers at Caernarvon. Straits Times picture. MAJOK GENERAL Sir Hush Storkwell. (•<>.(. Malaya, has returned tn Kuala Lumpur from Britain after attending talks on atomic warfare
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    Free film show
    34 5 Then- will b«* a free educational film show for members of the Singapore branch of i the Young Malayans Club, at the Shell Theatrette. Collyer Quay, at 5 p.m. on Friday.
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    New supervisor
    27 5 PAUB. Man Mbw E O Taylor. St. John Ambulance Brigade. Trlang. has been transferred to Kuala Lumpux as Teams Supervisor. Miss R Stone succeeds her.
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    Suicide verdict
    19 5 SEGAMAT. Mon. The magistrate here recorded a vervu-t of suicide on Soh Lie* 30. who found han»ed.
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    TWO ROBBED COUPLE, GET 7 YEARS' GAOL
    149 5 'Public must be protected' I IM AH LENG and Lim Chin Thiam. who robbed a couple at the point of a knife, at the Mount Emily Swimming Pool at midnight on Dec. 13 of cash and a wrist watch, to the total value
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    Youth dives into sea to save boy
    60 5 Youth dives into sea to save boy PENANG, Mon. LOW Swce Gee 14, an employee of the Mariners Club, dived fully clothed off the Penang Esplanade today to rescue a nine-year-old schoolboy who had fallen Into the Ofllce workers having their lunch hour break helped him to pull the boy
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    New police posts
    35 5 SEGAMAT. Mon- -New police post- and more accommodation for married constables have been provided at Buloh Kasap. Sunzci Kara.-*, and Kampong Tensah in Se^amat district at a cost of nearly $100 000.
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    PEASANTS' PLAN FOR FAIRDEAL
    109 5 PEASANTS' PLAN FOR FAIRDEAL KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. rE FIRST all-Malaya peasants rongress at Kepala Batas. Provlncp Wellcsley, yesterday decided to form a national body called the Peasants' Organisation of. Malaya. Its main aims will be to promote and proU-it the Intereati of Malayan u«-a>aiit.s. Including raraen ami tishcrmt'ii. to raise
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    Five accused of murder
    59 5 PENANG. Mon— R. Vellasamy. C. Raman, K. Koolu, K. Nanni and Anthony Das.s claimed trial before Mr. Justice Buhagiar in the Penang Assize Court today to a charge of murder. They were alleged to have caused the death of Krishnan at a toddy .shop in Tek
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    POLICE DELAY SHOCKS COURT
    182 5 POLICE DELAY SHOCKS COURT JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. BECAUSE a case was not ready to ro to trial today. Inche Mahmud. the magistrate, acquitted and discharged Goh Chay Foh charged with moving a tin of a milk product in a sampan at Kuala Masai. Koh was lirst charged on July 26
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    CHEAPER STORAGE DEMAND
    82 5 PENANG, Mon. VjOW that the port is no longAi er congested, the Harbour Board here should put their storage charges back to the level of November 1951. This is the view of the Employers' Association. Penang and Province Welle.sley also Pcnang's Chinese and Indian Chambers of Commerce
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    First Negri town vote
    123 5 First Negri town vote SEREMBAN. Mon. -In Negrl Sembllan\s first town council elections here on Saturday 3.634 out of 4.294 registered voters went to the polls- -84.62 per cent, of the total electo- rate UMNO-MCA alliance candidates swept the. board, cap- turing ten of the 12 seats. Those elected were
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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    12 6 HRNTtw: In memory or Anker •ho died In Ulu I
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    13 6 former lor further c over their nhot t ..111 be i iVAlimid.*
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      A National Forum
      709 6 IWWI the M.ilayan National Conference and the UMNO-MCA Alliance there is „t the momen* a single* strip of ommon ground. The Alliance has invited all political bodies to join UMNO and the MCA in the struggle for independence. The Working Cnwlttm of the National Conference has propofed
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      On The Labour Front
      511 6 In all branches of trade and industry the effects of the fall in the prices of rubber and tin an increasingly evident, says the Federation's Labour Department in its July report. It predicts that without "a considerable change for the better, the snowball may soon begin
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    After five years' work a fine navy
    372 6  -  MANNING BLACKWOOD By \f ALAYA'S young Navy has come a long way since December, 1948. when thre^ Royal Naval officers sat round a table and pondered over the biggest Job of their careers. They had shouldered the task of creating this Navy from
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    MALAYA'S MAIN RACES ARE HERE
    363 6 al sweeps to «u;ird the coast line agains- illraal entry. Captain MlchoUS said. "It !s planned to expand the navy steadily, and eventually wo hope to have a naval frigate of our own. manned entirely by local men. But we have still a long way
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      71 6 SURELY "AnM-Red Tape" is aware that the Governl ment took more than three years over the raising of the age limit reports, and Rs findings? Surely it must now take another three years, or more before the.se come into force, unless the Government awakes from its customary
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      When Britain lost control
      223 6 AT A MASS meeting at Kuala Bahru the President of UMNO, Tungku A. Rahman said: "During the four years of Japanese occupation it was we who ran the country." Those who were In Malaya during that period know how the Government was run. Cooks became chiefs
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      162 6 lAM not an optimist but I can see visible signs, looking from a political point of view, that this country will one day find her rightful place amount the free and lndeuendent nation.* of tin- world within the ureat Commonwealth. Huinical parties with divrr.se Interest! are
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      428 6 f pHE WeLsh .seaport of Cardiff has a Malay community I of over 200 families, leading, as Raja Sir Uda, the Malayan i Commissioner in London, found when he visited them re- cently, a very happy and con- 1 tented existence. Under their leader, Pak Mat, who has been
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    On the Margin
    410 6 His Grace the P.M. r"|iHK rumour that Sir Winston hurchill might considei 'tiring ;us a duke, repror in a popular Opposition pane 1 over m England, shoulr taken with l feel. Brih.Mi Prime Ministers aeldorn add io their .stature by assumlnf ut. Hub Pitt, Robert Peel. Mr.
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    SOLDIER TO PAY DIVORCE DAMAGES
    45 7 A BRITISH soldi* r sorv- i, Private Jmcpti hoen ordrrrd hv :i Swansea (South Wales) divorce Vt to p:tv £50 da--1 the I the I the him •n atthat I dI.S--!.)tier that buuld fall M it it the Further rrrirr
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    More youths to Red China
    22 7 Two hill \'rrn Chit,. :ts lrom Indo- I Ah. Ch|. I rom i F«vlera- <>lri I .-n.
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    Closing date
    157 7 In thr r pili SINGAPORE Kl. iod Transfusion Servire will move into its new home tomorrow when the recently- <■ in plei i| S7.")O.IM)O Outpatients' Block (above) in the (General Hospital is officially opened by .Mr. C. C. Tan. The medical officer in charge of the service, I)r
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    Newspaper Queen contest
    101 7 T'HF PRESS BALL Committee ■i- has decided to postpone thr cioksinu ciatr for entrirs to the Newspaper Queen << to Aug. 31. Entries for the competition have been Rood but, the Committee wants to get as widr a -election of contestants a* possible. The newspaper Queen will
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    Frigate goes on visit
    53 7 PENANG. Mon— The frigate HM S Alert arrives here on Friday on an operational vLsit until Ai.k 31 The Chef of Staff tn the ConinumdtT-ln Chief Far East station Commodore i Durlacher will be on board. The Alert is doing du'v al I despatch vwwel to
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    Border police asked-keep watch for this man
    234 7 TWO REMANDED ON COUNTERFEIT CHARGE PENANG, Monday |>l \\(i police have asked police in Perak and immigration officials on the Malayan -Siamese border lo be on the look-out for a Pcnaim man, Teoh \.n Kee. They think hr will be able to help
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    AND NOWFLYING SHEEP
    94 7 ONE hundred and nineteen Australian pedi■rt'c sheep, worth over $4,000 each, will be flown tomorrow from Singapore (o Israel where they will be used for breeding. They arrived Singapore yesterday by sea i rom Australia where lor months they have been undergoing 'tralning" to aci-ustom them to
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    40 blood donors to get medals
    49 7 IPOH, Mon —Forty mci romen, from various comniuniUe.s will get the first iwardi ever given to Perak donors. They have at least three The Sultan of Perak will present the awards bronze medala on Wednesday at 53c p m on the town padane
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    Week-end death
    36 7 IPOH. Mon. Wong Chen, a 47-year-old barber who came o lpoh i rom Tapah for the week-end, was found hanged from a beam in a room at the Barber's Association prcmim on Saturday niitht.
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    LET THE PEOPLE FIX DATE'
    167 7 LET THE PEOPLE FIX DATE' PENANG, Mon. THE Penang Malay newspaper Waita Ntgara today called upon the two opposing parties -the Mentns Be.sar sponsored National Convention and the UMNOMCA alliance National Congress to study carefully the question of elections to the Federal Legislative Council a.s recommended by them in their
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    Special song for City Day concert
    237 7 Special song for City Day concert \IR. D. APEL, a musician I ifl from the Academy of i Music and Dramatic Art. Prague, has composed a song for the Singapore City Day programme on Sept. 22. A square dance by American children and Filipino dances by Filipino teenagers are among
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    Cleared of card charge
    88 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Quek Qui Tong was acquitted In fcie Sessions Court today of depriving Wong Sulk Ying. a waitress, of her identity card. Wong told the Court that Quek snatched her purse in which she kept her identity card, because she refued to go with
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    Caused death allegation
    68 7 IPOH. Mon— Lieut. J.MC I umsden, 26. of the 12th Royal Lancers today, claimed trial before Capt. Salleh bin Haji Sulaiman in the Traffic Court to baring caused the death of Mnk Choon Tan by negligent driving. The charge followed a fatal accident at the 10th m!le
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    Jumble sale planned
    82 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Mrs. J K. Creor. wife nf thr acting British Advisor. Johore. and Miss K. M. Daly. Statr Almoner, are organising a jumblp .sale to be held at the Welfare Work carnival fair openinc in Johore Bahru on Thursday Donations to the juniblr sale should
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    Kheks to help get money for university
    183 7 1/HEK organisations in Malaya will do their best to raise tuncLs lor the Nanyang University, a pan-Mala-yan meeting decided yesterday In Singapore They also supported a Singapore proposal that each State should collect Its own funds for the unl'erMty and .send the money
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    Suicide bid after attack
    113 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.<Mter stabbing a woman and her husband. Loh Ton Teik »0 tried to commit suicide oy cutting l>i> throat, the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate's Court was told today. Loh pleadei. uullty to three charges of voluntarily causing hurt to Cheong Ah Kiew and Koo
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    KOREA-BOUND INDIANS ARE TRAINED SKYMEN
    317 7 KOREA-BOUND INDIANS ARE TRAINED SKYMEN THF first batch of 900 Indian troops and 21 officers who will supervise the exchange of war prisoners in Korea, arrived in Singapore yesterday evening in the troopship Dilwara. After a two-hour stay in the outer roads to take on water and bunkers, the ship
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    She thought thief was policeman
    134 7 WHILE Mrs. R. McMillan, American wife of a Canadian contractor, was in the kitchen of her house in Watttn Estate. Singapore, yesterday morning she heard noises Horn her bedroom. When she went to investi•.•Hte. Mrs. McMillan found an n youth standing in the ci-.ning room.
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    HE FAILED TO GET MONEY ON LAND
    184 7 Firm's debts over $.100,000 I/OH HOR KHOON, a well-known Singapore foot- bailer, told the High Court yesterday how he tried unsuccessfully to raise money In Hong Kong on a piece of land belonging to his father. Koh was appearing for the thud time
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    He hit wife
    49 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Wan Fat Ho 18. pleaded guilty at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate s Court today tn assaulting his wife. Tune Nyons Uiew with an axe at 2} mile Pahang Roart. last night Loh was allnwpfi $300 ball and the case was postponed to Monday.
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    New lawyers
    17 7 > new lawyers. Rajaratnnm Muruzasan and Tan Pene Khno. wrro admitted to the Singapore Brr yesterday.
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    DEATH
    31 7 Ilir dr.-itli orrurrwi of Mr W. F. Millrr or thr EaKtfrn SmHt-tng Co. I M Prnanc on \nz 22 fnl'.otlnj a mmor *rr\t\*\v Funeral took l»«ivp« Mirlo-, |.-ir| t-vn rtmis'-
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      123 7 The Weather .Minimum temperature: (7 30 p in. on Aug. 23 to 130; i in on Ann. 24 SWiK«ii>uie '79 decrees i, f 4», Kctu Buhru 4 7 .i > Kuala l.uinpur »72». lp«ih 72 1. Kuantan i7li. Maximum temperature: (7 30 a.m. to 730 p.m. on Aug. 24 1
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    THEIR EIGHT POINTS FOR AUSTERITY
    173 8 OINfiAPORF Punctuality and Austerity Association in to recommend that "please he punctual' abels and office stamps »c made available to busine*s firms who will be asked to use them on all envelopes. In an effort tn further It* alms, the association will also recommend that:—
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    $5,000 stolen by knife robbers
    39 8 A Snv.'apnrf pork r r bbed n! $.'v2oo rt^ a man armrr h:ie returning to his Roohorp Rnari mriav nieht An arromplirr, who r v.itrhrd t:i# rohbrrv* flfd from ;h*> l^avlns behind a bir.vrlr.
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    Be Proud of Your- English
    382 8 Are you <mitrnt with the way you speak and write" 1 Are you sure that you are not makinE mistakes that cause people to' underrate you? Nrvpr has ihn importance of effective speech and writine been more widely recognised than today I! you can express
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    SCHOOL PROBLEM IS 'CRITICAL'
    235 8 SCHOOL PROBLEM IS 'CRITICAL Call to double the building rate I IS -six or seven years Singapore Government will have to find schools to accommodate about 47.000 children, said Mr. John Laycock, a Legislative Couni rillor. yesterday. The position is critical, he said, as there are only 16.000 vacancies a
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    A PLAN TO BEAT THE FLOODS
    132 8 A PLAN TO BEAT THE FLOODS 'PHK Singapore Joint Flood -I- Alleviation Committee agreed in principle yesterday that central drainage board for the whole island should be set up. The hoard would deal with drainage from all properties, including Crown and Army land. It should be empowered to acquire land
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    Malayan logs for S. Africa
    40 8 JOHORF BAHRU. Mon A .-hipmrnt of inn tons of balau |oc> from the Kota Tingjjl ir^a was sfnt to South Africa .it the weekend. Balau Ls suitable for hravy ronsTuction work and fetches hi?h prirr.
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    Badly injured
    41 8 A 58-year-olri Chinese woman of Yio Chu Kanjt Road Singapore was admitted to the General Hospital on Satun'p;. night with severe head injuries. Her condition Ls serious. The police said yesterday they wished to interview the woman's 18-year-old son.
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    Council to meet
    19 8 Singapore Legislative Council will meet at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 10 a.m. on Sept. 15.
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    Merchant gaoled in $3,600 bribe case
    162 8 >'G PIT HWA. a Smith str^rr sundry cods I merchant, was sentenced In a Singapore court 7psterday to eight months gaol after being found eiiilty nf brlbTv Mr. E. H. D'Netto. Srcnnd Criminal District Judge, convicted him of corruptly giving $3 600 to a
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    Found dead on bed
    22 8 Bechatha Singh, a watchman, was found dead by the police on his, bed In Fisher Street. Singapore, yesterday.
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    World-wide contest for City Day song
    127 8 World-wide contest for City Day song T»HE Singapore City Council ha* received two songs to commemorate City Day. As they were sent in before the City Day song contest was decided on. the composers should submit them again after th P contest conditions have been announced, a Councillor said yesterday.
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    Electrician is electrocuted
    64 8 P E N A N O, Mon— Penana Coroner, Lt. Col. J. F H Weston today returned a verdict of death by misadventure on F. O Tudemark, an electrician., who died on board the motor vewH Sumatra between Port Swetlenham and Penang. The elect rican was electro-
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    Three new boats for Marine Dept.
    43 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon The Johore Marine Department has obtained four new launches at a cast of $200,000. Three old launches have been scrapped The launches are used for the inspection of lighthouses buoys and kelongs (fishing stakes).
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    Tow tanker asks for another tug
    124 8 Tow tanker asks for another tug J^ATEST cable reports from the master of the Japanese tanker Fujlsan Maru, whlcn the Singapore Harbour Boa. ri tug Griper is towing to Slnga- pore for repairs, said that she should be off HorsOurg lighthouse 35 miles east of Singapore on Thursday morning. Locaj
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    THEY WERE WED IN S'PORE
    54 8 THEY WERE WED IN S'PORE THESE TWO WEDDINGS took place in Singapore on Saturday. One was that between Miss R. JeyalucksMumi. of the Education Department, and Mr. S. Thanal>al;tsitmam. of the Medical Department (above). The other was between Mr. Peter Danker and Miss Irene Wee (below) at the Church of
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    Colony will breed better pigs
    124 8 Colony will breed better pigs gINGAPORE is to have two modern animal husbandry statioas at Lim Chu Knng and TampenLs. The Colony Finance Committee will be asked to vote funds for them and for four demonstration centres. Mr. A. H. Faster. VeUrinarv Officer, told the Strait? Times yesterday that animal
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    Murder charge
    25 8 SEGAMAT. Mon —Tee Sions, i 20. was remanded in custody for a week here, charged with murdering a woman at Jementah new village
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    HOSPITAL TO BE CONVERTED: 550 MORE T.B. BEDS
    191 8 THE Singapore Government is planning to convert the Tan Took Seng hospital into an up-to-date tuberculosis sanatorium. Dr. \V. J. Vickers. Director of Medical Services, told the Straits Times yesterday. In view of this, the proposal to build a $1 million. 300-bed
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    One man saw this robbery
    217 8 One man saw this robbery THE Singapore C.I.D. was yesterday trying to find a European who witnessed a robbery in the Polar Cafe High Street. on Saturday night He was the »Ac customer in the cafe and was drinking Iyer in the rear of the shop when two Chinese entered
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    Union plea to War Dept.
    79 8 The Singapore Army Civil Service Union yesterday decided to ask the Wa r Department authorities In Singapore to recognise their industrial employees as members of the Union. Its president, Mr. S. T. V LJngam. said that the Union ls i recognLsed by the War Department
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    Police were waiting for break-in bid
    81 8 rO men who drove to Sennett Estate, Singapore, in a car early yesterday and tried to break into a house in Tai rhony Crescent did not know that two detectives wire' watching. Th? detectives, attached to an anti-houw-breakins: squad from Paya Lebar Police BUtloiv
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    1034 9 Take these things with YOU VI ANY readers seem to be concerned as to what they should take with them to hospital In preparation for baby's arrival. It is a mistake to be too dogmatic on this subject, a.s hospitals vary a geart deal. For example, some hospitals reauire you
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    YES THE FRINGE IS BACK
    432 9 FRINGES are comine r back, they say. With the return of the Flapper Look comes the return of this other fashion of the 'twenties. All this just two weeks after Dior whisked his line back to .short shirts. Within a month or six weeks," says
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      208 9 30. W«rm hfr plant i 7 Slrails linns Irossuonl 1 1 32. Before a rirrle she is clipping 1 7 i. m I ;.5$J 4 I s I Iq g 33 Trlnkrt.s are the at'ruc'lons j p I Z I Z L rgjszrh. v. between io I 2 Treat in
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    Old formula for success works again
    162 10 Old formula for success works again /CONFIDENCE in ones bu.si\j ness or product and hard work have again proved the formula for a successful career. When Mr. P. O. Mahesan left the Anglo-Chinese School, in Malacca, in 1934, he did not think of going into the Insurance business. But in
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    U.S. faces record year for trade
    134 10 U.S. faces record year for trade I^l IE (Tatted States may be on it way to setting a newannual record in iU international trade this year, on the ba. sis of figures released by the United States Department ■MM These figures show that United States exports and imports during the
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    Big air lift of Malayan rubber seeds to Nigeria starts
    320 10 ()NK of Malaya's biggest air lifts of rubber seeds to w est Africa begins tod.n Three iir wtnrkn will co-operate in freighting 4()0.(M)() rubber Hedi in the 1 1 weeks' operation. The nine other shipments of >eeds will be sent
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      Decision on use of trade marks
      289 10 ntCISION on thr use of German and othrr enemy 17 trade mark? and trade names being used in British East Asian territories will soon be made of Enemy n Singapore, the "f Malaya, the "h Bornpo and md the Brunei Prov;l! b»' relinquishing rshlp
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    Low natural rubber price or else....
    135 10 Low natural rubber price or else.... TYRE EXPERT: LARGE-SCALE iwe of trrrgrown rubber in (JIM won't, return until the price of natural rubber has come down from three to four U.S. cents a pound under the price of synthetic." This was the comment of one United States' tyre expert last
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    Exports rise in British manufactures
    92 10 Exports rise in British manufactures FpXPORTS of manufactures ■'were responsible for almost' all the £24 million Improvement in British exports in July, compared with the averof the previous three .months, says th P Board of Trade. Shipments of engineering piotiucts tout by £9 million, of \.hieh the vehicles group accounted
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    MALAYAN PALMS AS NEW SOURCE OF PAPER PULP?
    100 10 IN the world-wide varrh for materials which cm be turned into paper. palms of which there are hundreds of varieties many of them in Mai -va are being explored a* a possible source of supply. Palm woods vary from soft and sponrr
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    Korean War cease fire cuts air freighting
    132 10 /CESSATION of hostilities in Korra following the rasrfiro and expected reduction in air freightinc hot worn Japan and Korea will mean more aircraft available for civilian use. i Mr J A. Villamor. a consultant for Transocean Air Lines which has been taking part
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    Long-range rubber view is good...
    183 10 Long-range rubber view is good... FORMER CONSUL: MR. Joseph H. Rogatnlck former United States Consul for Economic Affairs for Singapore, has announced in New York that the long-range outlook for world rubber is good. He pointed out that world rubber consumption, both natural and synthetic, is expected to total about
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    Coconut oil licenses
    61 10 The Indian Government has announced that quota licenses Issued tor coconut oil for the July-Defember 195:1 period may be utilised for the Import ot oil up to two-thirds of the I .ice value of licenses. The remaining one-third may be used for import of copra or coconut
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    FAR EAST RICE CROPS IMPROVE
    237 10 AN improvement in the rice situation in the Far East can be seen in recent reports from a number of Asian countries, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The department bases thi.s statement on a report from Bangkok which stated that Siamese rice
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    TIN SHARES BETTER: INDUSTRIALS VERY FIRM
    322 11 TIN RISES, RUBBER EASIER THE Singapore share market showed some Improvement yesterday which is rather unusual for a Monday. Tin shares opened quite firm with more buyers than sellers in evidence and after noon when the rise of $2.87 in the tin price was
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    Australian stocks
    148 11 MEI BOURNE. Mon CHARES were steady at the openk' Ing of dealings on the Stork Exchange today. Prices tended slightly upward but the volume of trading was light. MinliiK shares were down a little. Bonds were strong Cloving prices of selcc'^d stofk* lompared with P'ida-' <r*Tt: Loan 3,.
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    Exchange rates
    265 11 The Malayan ExchHnce Baiik^ Associations' rates to merchants IHl« :i I inc.: T.T. or OD I.muloii 2s 3 29 32 AuMrallu 2s. 10 13 Itkl New /e-Hland 2s 3 7'Bd. liuil.i and ktw 155 Ceylon 154 .i H Paki.sUu 107S Hon^ Konv 53 7 16 New York 32
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    RUBBER PRICES
    153 11 There was only moderate business when the Singapore rubber market opened the week >fsteday. September first grade closed £t 64 5 b cents a pound, one--ri^hth of a cent below Saturday a close. Clumiik prices yesterday in tents per pound were: No 1 R.S.S. spot loose buyers 63
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    Australian loan fully subscribed
    92 11 MELBOURNE. Mon THE Slate Electricity Commission? i Victoria i £2.6O».O00 loan ha., closed fully subscribed a day half ahead of the due dote. It 15 the biggest seml-Rovernment loan fully itubvrlbed in the p»M l( months and repeats the success of the £2 million State Electricity
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    Singapore shipping
    179 11 WHIPS lying alongside the Sinsa- pore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are Asturlas 1-2. Rondo 4-5. Anne I Reed CP, Chyebaasa 6-7 Kteldrecht 8-9. Benvannoch 11. Ben\eg 13-14. Eurybatea 15-16. Java 18. Maetsuycker 19-20, Larui N. Wall 3 and Seltingor N. Wall 5. Petaling N. Wall 7
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    Produce prices
    79 11 Singapore Chineae Produce K\ change: Noon prices per plcul ••ere: Copra: steady; September 432 H buvrrs. »33\ sellers; October S32'i buyers. $33 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; $53 seller* Pepper: quiet, no business reported: All varieties down $5 on Saturday's prices- Muntok whl'e •330. Sarawak 5325 Lampong black $285.
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    TIN PRICE
    16 11 Thr pri< of tin in Singapore yesterday wax declared at 5362.57!* a pirul, up
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    PALIO AND HARRINGAY WORK BEST
    336 12  -  EPSOM JEEP Hv Watch Gandolino KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THKRK was a welcome break in the present dry spell yesterday afternoon and track conditions were perfect this morning, when several horses engaged on the second and third days of the Selangor Turf Club August meeting were
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    Neo sets new 1,500 metres swim record
    119 12 Neo sets new 1,500 metres swim record Ni Chwee Kok set up the first record of the Singapore nine Club anhampionships yesterday i the 1.500 metres freestyle mil IT 1 sec. K inrl^ off Ihe old I r»f Mmta 24.se<-. when were !irld his nearer I '..in by more than
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    ACHILLES CUB ANNUAL SPORTS
    41 12 ACHILLES CUB ANNUAL SPORTS i Irhllle* CU;h will holi 'hnr ''hle'tc mft":i :h» R'fTlot Ins'T utinn a' 3 p m on Sa'urday r at.,l ■niors *nri be run on 'he R I S3O pm on Fr day he f"ll<v nr'ial mee'inc
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    SBHFA TIE DRAWN
    17 12 Honck^n; Bank B and *he »Ire« 2-2 ■BuaineM Hnuaea I C match plii- everday.
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    RAJAJI WIN 5-3
    22 12 C be*' Emily Ro- IM ar Farrer P^rk ere B i->e.(--na'hen 1 2 v O Marlmuthu '2 B i >
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    JOHN FERGUSON
    18 12 ipore referee .lohn Fr <iav to take charge ma'rri betweer Indonesia and a Yugoslav tourinc >morrow.
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    Navy outpace the Indonesians
    217 12 By Our Soccer Reporter VAVV a fitter, faster and stronger side had little A^ difficulty in beating 1 Indonesians in a S.A.F.A. Community League match at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday by five goals to nil. Sailor centre forward «utchinson. who scored thrrr RoaLs. led one of
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    32 12 SELANGUK ithTlti due Clionj; IVik raceivM the Ixu sinuli-s truphv «f l.'v- M.iLnan badminton h.uii'iinnsliips from I hln Irinplcr. Mione Teik is try lirst uinnr of this handsomr rup. Straits Times picture.
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    Davies takes the Captain's Prize
    74 12 The Keppel Club Cn plain s Priac (ompetltlon «a.s won by F. A Davies :ie weekend with a ne- W. The ball iWCCD winner i.-er the ■.me on S;i'urday way \'ir <3(i' The second ni"e d in a 'ir between J Wilkinson atu; I.im B<>
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    Hart and Fry retain title
    78 12 BROOKUNE (Mass >. Mon. —Doris Hart and Shirley Fry. Wimbledon women's doubles champions, won the United States title for the third successive year here yesterday. They beat Louis Brough and kin. Margaret Osborne Dupont 6— 3. 7—9. 9—7 in a hardfoutiht final. Mervyn Rose and
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    Sime Darby score 8-1 at badminton
    120 12 6ime Darby Sports Club beat Princess Eli/.ibeth Estate Community Centre by 8 to 1 In a friendly same of badminton played at Cierirnl Union Hall. Result. 1 Pang Kia Choon beat T K Thomas: Koh Ben* Swee beat All Hnmzah; Chan Buck Hee beat
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    JUNIOR CUPTIE
    47 12 SAKA Junior Clip result* yesterday Police "A" bent Customs SC by mi only kobl at Geylanß, si ored by Oman Zakarla. Chong I^lan Sin referr-rd Balestier United beat Blue Rovers 3-0 at Clerical Union trround Ibrahim 1 2 > and Kirn 9nn scored ROMS Atkins referred
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    G.S.C. HOCKEY
    24 12 Girls" Sports Club will hold hockt»\ pracites at the B.RC. padnne ever\ nwd»v and Thursday nt 5 15 p m beginning lociay.
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    ASCARI AGAIN
    20 12 BERNE rorld champion motor ndrirr! another title to •<Mlrction yrsterdav by the Swiss Grand Hr drove a Ferrari.
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    PLAICE WAS BEST CYCLIST
    403 12  - PLAICE WAS BEST CYCLIST EDIN PETERS \\v S cycle racing season is nearing its end and. largely due to the kern competition between civilian and RW > rirhusiast.s. the,, standard of racing has im- proved to a noticeable degree, anri the season is generally led a.s one of the be.si
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    THE SENIOR CHAMPIONS
    56 12 POLICE— ii in tiers uf the Singapore senior cricket tournament final ayainst Singapore Chinese />" over the week-end, Lett to right R. Delilk'an. G. Krishnan, K. Thambyrajah. Cheah Kirn Suee (capt.). V Deradas. a. d(i Silra. S. Vellupillai, S. K. Sundram. In front J. C. Cookc. R
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    COUNTY CLOSES
    119 12 LONDON. Mon i BOUNTY cricket scores at elase of play today: At the Oval. Surrey 23*fi ,U;d 174 iTltmus 5-90 Younc 4-4!)': Middlesex IM cl.ock fi-28) and S8 for I At Buxton. Derby v Essex no play i rain). Ai Northampton. Glamorcan 237 and none for 0: Northants
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    MALAY SOCCER
    41 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Mnn. Singapore Malays will play Johorp Malays at soeeer on the English College ground i here next Saturday. Thr match is in aid of the Welfare Werfc Carnival Fair b y the Johoro Bahru iDthtriel Welfare Association.
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    Eurasian Youth sports meet
    370 12 About 2im) Rura»l»n children took Part in the tilth annual athletic gporiu of tti (1 Eurasian Youth Movement on (he BJLC. padang on .Saturday The meetinn. organ i.vc'. by the Eurasian Anoclation, produced xlx new recordi ll Ino *»rds: 1) Hay. 1 K Slevriiv :i C.
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    No complacency, warns Mr. Heah
    261 12 KI'AI.A 1.1.MPl R. Monday. MALAYAN badminton officials and players were warned by Mr. Heah .100 Seang. president of the Badminton Association of Malaya, that unless Uicy guarded against complacency 'our challengers may spring a surprise on us" in the 19.V> Thomas Cup competition. He tl|
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    Vass to captain Business Houses
    320 12 Ull II THOrilV MNI'KR By Our Soccer Reporter BUSINESS HO! SES 1 namctl their t-;im list mcl for the big <h.int\ natch In :»irl of the Xrrrn Services Welfare Association at Jalan iw-sar itadli next s<ni(t.i\. .i-.iinst ConMned Senritt it i-: Arshad Johan; Yaastn, Vai
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    KimChoopu Sheila out ii straight sets
    63 12 le for t women 1 1 1 r this f in th srmi-flnal tie when tl is I rom t i i f th,. same and by n-4 n 'he nn Jm mixed line d oh eh 1 1 Klnrle*: H »s sin, |e
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    SINGAPORE TIDE
    15 12 rooAi hi I .'■;n7 ill Oli I W Htffh l^i 1351 'liB I
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      39 12 MX < IK sw\ (ummimiv LKAGI'E: Army (nMt .lalan Brsar. II NMM <lII IK Tamil Brotherhood Assn. hi mthimns dr»lans; ROIX v l.vmkhma iJi BODC\ rround. SBHI I I \(.l I WO (IP I»IV. 0.T.1 Sime Darby "A", SRC ground.
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