The Straits Times, 31 August 1953

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    13 1 The Straits Times flew**** Established 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, ALGUSI JI. 1953 15 CENTS
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    ALLIANCE: END DELAY
    810 1 Blueprint condemned as 'putting clock back KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THK UMNO-MCA Alliance today attacked the "blueprint for Malaya" drawn up by the) Working < mmittee of the Mentris Besariponsored National Conference. It cnltaj it a "br«cen effort" to delay, for many years, the advent of popular romm
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    PICK THE BRIDES FOR And win $5,000
    129 1 PICK THE BRIDES FOR And win $5,000 Thp fourth <>f tin 100 I con I" -I lort.i > Str.ii' > M ill h tv 1,, in dim tor in i lilm <om p»u\ \iiiu Utfk '■<> I eh«. I>l.«\ Ihe part at Power's hndi in .i lilm. t rum nine
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    CAMBODIA TALKS IN DEADLOCK
    27 1 CAMBODIA TALKS IN DEADLOCK PALKfI rieprnriei H 'can Rixteri >■ At 'he it ,i t over and i-eiich troop* will hr [Old off cv rir Vietminn A P
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    BANDITS KILL PLANTER
    14 1 BANDITS KILL PLANTER II pi M and r^y w h: i v thr banriit.-
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    Hillary to give second lecture
    134 1 Hillary to give second lecture SIR Edmund Hillary, Mount n«xt week a second lecture on I expedition unde r the naorahlp of the Straits Times and the British DCU. Tni.s will take pla. itember 9 at the Victoria Theatre. Hi.s first lecture is on September R when the Governor of
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    'Kidnapped' airman turns up in Britain
    191 1 'Kidnapped' airman turns up in Britain i LONDON. Sun. f FADING Aircraftman An •L' thony Rlgden. whose ilis appearance in the Suez i an.nl zone on July J latisicl an Anclo-Egyptian incident, back In Britain, hu. nohoch will »»v how hr sot here. The Air Miiii.>(rv s.iid «ml> that Ricden.
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    Bomber found
    32 1 CHURCHILL MANITOBA Sun A Royal Canadian A Force Lancaster bnmber m;s .sing for a week has been found 200 miles northwest of here with all eight of the crew safe.
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    Genoa's tribute
    30 1 GENOA. Italy. Sun Genoa announced tonight it would award its "Christopher Columbus Prize to the conquerors of Mount Everest for the most d:inn£ sporting enterpr: ihe year. A.P.
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    Rita and Aly agree over Yasmin
    91 1 Rita and Aly agree over Yasmin NEW YORK Sun LAWYERS fo r Rita Hay worth and AU Khan have reacheri asreement in Paris enrfing the long divorce settlement fight between them, .say.s a New York newspaper Under th P agreement PrinViMtiin. the couple's ifer. will be brought up as a
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    Boy drowned
    18 1 Sng Tlilam Hnck. 13. of Onan Road. Katong. was yesicrday drowned while swimming ofl Changi Point
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    Now McCarthy picks on the gamblers
    134 1 WASHINGTON, Sunday. SENATOR Joseph McCarthy today alleged that a gambling ring is operating in thr I'nited States government Printing Office and that it constitutes a threat to national security. McCarthy made the totemem a.s his Senate permanent investigation sub- commit tee resumed public hearings
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    Carnival in Venire
    45 1 TIIK II.IIMINVIH) harm- a Ix.v,. is seen gliding through i the canals of Venice Th <ir h stra aboard played for holiday-makers who flocked to the city for its annual film festival. Among visiting sere celebrities were several from Russia. A.P. picture.
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    killed at frontier
    41 1 f CAIKo Sun --Egyptian military authorities said today ati rce with macnlnr infiltrated into the Egyp Uan-held sector of Palestine at Gaza on Friday night ani opened fire on Ei Boreig noamp. killing 15 and wounding 23 Reuter.
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    SUEZ SOLUTION IS NEAR
    131 1 C*IRO. Sun. Sources here said early today that Fcypt and Britain are nearing agreement on the hitter Stir/ (anal dispute, and that formal talks are likely to hecin soon. Ihrsf sources said final discussions on a solution of the I dispute will begin after I I
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    Gale hits city
    32 1 A 40 mile an hour gale hit ■Singapore shortly after eleven o'clock last night. HundreA of people all over the^ ei^F ran for shelter as heavy swept the area
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    Troops move in
    37 1 ROME. Sun. Italian armoured forces were today moving ur> to the Oerizia gateway on Italy's eastern frontier as a f reply to Yugoslav threats tn annpx Zone B of the Trieste frer territory. Reufer
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    Life for limbs
    22 1 LONDON, Sun Russian scientists havr discovered a way rtf successfully restoring life to amputated limbs. Moscow Radio claimed today.
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    Ship had to wait
    28 1 The 11.000-ton luxury liner A.sia from Hone Kona was delayed for nearly ten hours in Singapore waters vestprdfiv because of a shortage of berths.
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    Eden in Greece
    19 1 ATHEN3. Sun-Mr. Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Secretary, arrived at Piraeus today In the Surprise. Renter.
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    Referees strike
    20 1 t MONTEVIDEO. Sun. A .strike by referee? suspended the opening of .soccer chami pionship matches here today Reuter.
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    The flying football
    131 1 FM)K the first time in the history of .Malayan six i<r a ball was dropped from the air for a match at .1 il.ni Rrsar. stadium. Singapore, yesterday. It iM 'hrnwn h> Mr V. B. Oehlers, a Colony lawyer, l.'om a Auster aircraft piloted by Mr J.
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    Cash salvaged from Flying Enterprise
    282 1 NEW YORK. Sunday. N international mystery developed today over stacks of sodden money secretl> salvaged from he sunken freighter Flying Enterprise. A spokesman for the vessels owners said there Lasppeared to be "much more to the story" than has losed. The Flying Enterprise sank in
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    THE I-AM-A-RED PoW SAILS FOR BRITAIN
    142 1 A BRITISH prisoner of war from Kor< admitted Communist sympathies sailed for 1 from Singapore yesterday on the troopship He arrived on Singapore on i Thursday along with other exprLsoiier.s on board the troopship Asturias. Three hours before the shin left Singapore, at his
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    Russia rejects Austria pact talk
    106 1 Russia rejects Austria pact talk WASHIV RUSSIA yesterda od tho Wi Three Invitation meetiiiti of Dcput Ministers m I Monday to di Austrian pea U.S. Stato Depart) said today. The S<>\ made in i nm, the United S' it w and in sim Ito the Bi.' I governments rtu- n-pl.
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    STOP PRESS
    17 1 MM. uOKF. UMI n.it>-»r«. lost 'l-:> lennu matafc Kh( inn pinii. SI II -<- < i < Kwnk
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    Japs will try Russian for , illegal entry
    190 2 Japs will try Russian for illegal entry TOKYO. Sun, rPHE JAPANESE Government plans to indict thr Russian captain of the Snvirt cutter Razrznnv. seized on Aur. 8 in :i night rendezvous off the northernmost island of Hokkaido while trying to pit k up sp\ The spj :>ed as a Japanese
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    Communists want MPs recalled
    136 2 Communists want MPs recalled PARIS. Sun. COMMUNIST and Socialist Deputies are again trying to force the recall of the French Parliament, despite the rejection of thei r first request by the steering committee of the National Assembly last week. So far. 160 requests have been received, 94 from Communist members
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    Jap vessel sends S.O.S.
    51 2 MANILA, Sun— The Chuko Maru. a Japanese ship, sent a distress message for immediate help, the local radio station here said today It stated the SOS was relay ed from the Coalinga Hill which said the Chuko Maru had engine trouble an<j w ;l^ badly flooded.—
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    Bishop dies at 64
    40 2 GRAND RAPIDS. Michigan. Sun.— The Most Reverend Francis J. Haas. 64-year-old Bisho D of the Grand Rapids Catholic diocese, who helped settle 1.500 labour disputes in World War Two. has died of a heart attack —U.P.
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    U.S. ready for A-war
    64 2 ST. LOUIS Missouri Sun The United States i.s prepared] for atomic war if it is forced upon the nation, Lt Ger E. Patridge. Air Force D*p ;tv Chief of Staff, said yestr: The strategy of the arni"d| forces must now be ban the fact that Russia
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    Composer dies i
    23 2 LONDON. Sun Nikolai j lovanov. Russian condurnrl and composer. ha.s died ml •he omcin. I viet agency, reported. R^ut* rl
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    They will check
    21 2 RFLGRADE. Sun lavi;, and Hungary havJ MCneri an arceemer.t to in J i vestigate frontier inc.. I Reuter.
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    SIAM REVOLT 'FIXED SAYS U.S. MINISTER
    117 2 AUGUSTA, Georsia, Sun. MR. Hugh G. Grant, formal U.S. Minister to Siam. said yesterday the allrcro •mashing of a revolt against the Siamese Govrrnmonvas another example "of the clever and intrigui-i? methods' of the Siam^c 1 military clique, headed by the Prime Minister, Field
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      943 2 NOTICES NATURALISATION NOTICE Is hereby Riven that Mr. Paul Chiu and his wife nee Chow Man CMnR. also known aa Mary Chow, both of 93A. Prlnsep Street. I Singapore, 7. nre apphins to the i Go\crnoT for naturalisation, and' that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not
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      783 2 NOTICES NOTICE SHARE HOLDERS of GREAT FASTERN MOVIETONE Limited. Df No 32. ARCADE. BINGAPORK. sre Hereby informed tr>at transfer nf Sh»rr>s of the above Company if I > i!l be executed after the Forth Coming Annual General!' meeting Dated this 28th August. 1953. I SECRETARY. By Order of Board of
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    BRITAIN SPEAKS HER MINDI
    179 3 Jsut we will keep in step with U.S., says Butler LONDON, Sunday. THK hanrollor of thr KAcheqiier. Mr. H. A. Hut lor. dtM-lared yesterday that Britain must *peak her own mind at international conferences and follow her own line. nut. Hp added: "We most rcmombor thr
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    Earthquake villagers say: Goddess is angry
    154 3 Earthquake villagers say: Goddess is angry >i\V DELHI. Run.— A 0 second < irl hqu ikishook north Ituli.i Mki Msjpßjl wiicrc Mpcrail" tious ill. mcis piophcsifd disaster when thr British expedition M-t out to -limit Mount I wrest, thru "fioddfSS Mother of thr World." N'rpalese villacers ill rihiill. -I a
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    U.S. to vote for India
    53 3 WASHINGTON. Sun United Stato has decided to vote for Marinme Pandit of India to be president ol the next United Natioi nbly, to be lv York on September I.V Washincton 'his move would count. adverse effect ol opposition in the t to India' if tlv
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    EX-PoWs BEAT UP 'REDS'
    53 3 EX-PoWs BEAT UP 'REDS' SAN FRANCISCO Sun. I Navy t ator Wilhiim F <d here Te h 437 l American wai pi two of whom H in then<ten up dtinn:: I The .soldiers ed with tl 'or cuts ..in: warned he wou d be thrown overboard jp on d' that
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    The 'brain' that kills
    121 3 THE MOST vital part of the 2,000-mile-an-hour guidrd rocket, news of which disclosed recently by the Minister for Supply. Mr. Duncan Sandys is the electronic "brain." This is what keeps it on the target no matter how a bomber dodges. Its development was one reason for
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    Stassen leaves
    33 3 PARIS. Sun. Mr. Harold Btaason, Director of the United States foreign operations administration, left here yesterday by air for New York after conferring with mission chiefs of West European countries. Reuter.
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    'Mikado' dies
    30 3 LONDON. Sun 'The MiIcado" died yesterday.— He was ir-nld Darrell Fancourt i who sang the Gilbert and Sullivan role 3.000 times with the dOyly Carte Opera Company. A.P.
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    A know ing look
    56 3 A know ing look MOLLY, the Bristol Zoo's tierrss fixes Rill the Roat with a calculating e ye What I il do to you. she seems to he savin*, if I could just net <iit there for a few moments. But Bill is safe— the apparently open rage is fitted
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    THEY TAKE IKE'S FOOD, LOSE JOBS
    210 3 East German Red campaign BERLIN. Sunday. EAST German Communists have started a campaign to get people thrown out of their jobs and flats if they collect American-German "Eisenhower" food 1 arcels in West Berlin. Berlin officiate said (Mrrtiay they had word from various work.s
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    Off to Russia
    27 3 LONDON. Sun Nine British architects left London vr.strrday for a three-week visit to Russia at the invitation of the Union of Soviet Architects— Reuter.
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    Rebels beaten
    27 3 PARIS. Sun France-Viet-namese forces have killed 17 Vietminh rebels, wounded 36 and captured 80 in a newoperation in the Tienlang reCion south of Hanoi— Reuter
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    PLANE CRASHES INTO FOREST FIRE—2 DIE
    116 3 PLANE CRASHES INTO FOREST FIRE— 2 DIE TORONTO. Sunday. TWO men and a boy were killed when their small 1 plane crashed into a blazing forest in northern^ Ontaria yesterday, where bushmen were fighting 105 woodland fires. Firemen n.sed bulldozers and dropped bans of water from planes to put out
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    Arsenal in the palace
    64 3 CASABLANCA. Sun. Police have discovered an important arsenal hidden in the palacr of the recently deposed Sultan of Morocco at Rabat. The arsenal included one maehin»-gun. seven machine carbines. 20 rifles. 16 automatic pistols and ammunition in the ex-Sultan's apartm.'nT.s and two machino gun* rind two
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    THE PRINCESS OPENS A SCHOOL
    50 3 I/ONDON. Sunday. Princess Margaret yrstrrday opened a new nursery school, namrd after her. in the little Highland town of Aherlour. She motored over from Balmoral, the Royal home in Scotland, where the Queen and other memhers of the Royal family are on holiday. Reuter. I
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    POLICE FIRE ON AFRICAN RIOTERS
    145 3 SALISBURY, Southern Rhodesia. Sunday. ONE hundred police left here by air yesterday for Nyasaland after reports that police had opened fire there on rioters. The Commi»oncr i Bi South African police. Brigadier J. Applrby. said that in answer to a request from th? Nyasaland Government
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    More British aid for Japan
    146 3 More British aid for Japan LONDON. Sun. 1 DRITAIN today said she< D was Riving further help ,o Japan to ease her sterling difficulties. The Treasury announced: Following renewed discussions n London this week. Her Majesty's Government have mrced. ;n connection with the neasures contemplated by the Japanese Government for
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    ELECTION IN MAURITIUS
    75 3 PORT LOUIS, Sun. Finn results in Wednesday's general election on Mauritius Britain's sugar producing island colony in the Indian Ocean, showed that the Labour Party had lost one of Its 14 in the 19-member Legislative Council. The Labour Party wantuniversal franchise and res- ponsible Government at present
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    OIL FOR JAPAN '
    25 3 OIL FOR JAPAN TOKYO. Sun.— The Japanese anker, Ntisho Maru. returned irrr thi.x morning with 18.000 ons of Persian oil from the \badan refineries.— U.P.
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    Lighthouse rescue
    37 3 KEY WEST. Florida. Sun.— F/wo fishermen whose boat burned and sank on Thursday were rescued yesterday from an abandoned lighthouse they reached by swimming and wadine 13 mllea in shark and barracuda Infested water.— A.P
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    Lunch with Tito
    33 3 BELGRADE. Sun —An Egyptian military mission now on a 17-day tour nf Yucnslav military installations lunrhpd with President Tito on tne northern Adriatic Island of Brioni yes- i terday Reuter.
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    Mountain deaths
    26 3 ROME Sin. Twenty-one more mountain climbers fell j to their death last week in the Alps, bringing the season's toll to 224 —A.P. I
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    This is so nice
    68 4 Bui Ilial sun is so bright thk mm inih< tion Club of the Mrtal Box Oompany of Malaya, Ltd., held a children's sport* day on Saturday at Woodlands. In the top pirturr above, Norzah, Farida. Ami ah and Rohava are sern enjoying their Ice-cream. In the
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    MIC calls delegates to talks
    114 4 KL'ALA LUMPUR. Sun The Working Committee nf the Malayan Indian Conerrs.s met in Kuala Lumpur tndny to decide whPthfr to withdraw from the Mentn sar-sponsored national conference. The main decision was to call an all-Malayan delegate conference on September 13 in Kuala Lumpur Members of
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    COCONUT OIL RECORD
    33 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun nut oil output for July in the Federatior was 6.680 tons (112 230 piculsi thf highest In any month this year. June production was G. 478 tons.
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    Bus service
    13 4 MUAR. Sun— An internal -rvice will start In Muar on Tuesday.
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    Taxi drivers to learn how to say it in English
    131 4 Taxi drivers to learn how to say it in English SINGAPORE taxi drivers are going to take a few hours off each week to study English. The president of the Hire Car Association. Mr T. A. Simon, told the Straits Times that the first English class for about 50 drivers
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    RADIO'S 'FORUM OF THE AIR' RETURNS
    154 4 RADIO'S 'FORUM OF THE AIR' RETURNS /)NE of Radio Malaya's most popular evening programmes will be back on the air again next month after nearly two years' absence. Th P show. "Forum of the Air," Malaya's answer to the B.P.C.'s "Brains Trust." starts again on Thursday, September 24 Listeners voted
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    Sixteen English classes
    52 4 TAIPING. Sun. -The progress report of the Talplnn branch of the Perak Adult Education Association for January to July. 1953. shows that there are eight classes in English In Taiping. three in Trong. three in Batu Kurau and two in Pokok Assam new village. Almast all teachers
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    No licence: $25
    23 4 KOTA TINGGI. Sun. Chonß Thai Soon, an ,r^ cream hawker, was fined S'J.i ■or sellinc ice cream without a licence.
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    MYF council
    38 4 TAIPING Sun— The BouthEast Asia central conference of the Methodist Youth Fellowship Council has been formed with the approval of Bishop Raymond Archer. The council will organise leadership courses, conferences, seminars and camps and publish leaflets
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    To open fair
    39 4 KLUANG, Sat— Yang Mulla Ungku Malmunah binte Mansor, wife of the District Officer, Kluanp, will open the annual fun fair in aid of the church and convent funds next Friday at the St. Louis Church. Kliiang.
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    MR. TA YSON HAS JOBS FOR 60 YOUNG MEN
    203 4 MR. TA YSON HAS JOBS FOR 60 YOUNG MEN DESPITE Singapore's present trade recession, the Colony's Chief Employment Officer, Mr. F. G. Tayson, has Jobs for 60 young men. He is looking for 25 youths under 20 years of age to learn spinning in a new textile fac- tory and
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    DANCE GIRLS RUN PIRATE TAXIS
    222 4 Barbers, too, say real cab owners Vf ANY of Singapore's pirate taxis belong to dance iTI hostesses, wives of Government servants and barbers, genuine taxi owners reported yesterday. Taximen said that cabaret girls, who use their cars at night, hire them out during the day.
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    Stole bicycle —20 days' gaol
    46 4 Stole bicycle 20 days' gaol JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— Bakri bin Toto was sentenced to 20 days' imprisonment In the Police Court today for stealing a bicycle. The bicycle belonged to Foo Long, who missed it when he returned from tapping. Later he saw Bakri riding it.
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    Muar wedding
    32 4 MUAR. Sun Inspector Omar bin A. Hamld. son of Inche A. Hamid bin H Taib, was married to Che Azizah binte Mohamed, daughter of Inche Mohd bin Daud at Muar.
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      11 4 BACK TO SCHOOL ill NEW v^a\ \^v\. ■r^^ I*M > S f^PiFRICES
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      285 4 Si rails Times Crossword A(R<>vs 7. BllLs are royally («>. 8. Whenre comes ihe gold In 13. The mhnjser of couldn't care a grand dlnphy? (4). lew <10). 9. Noi the horticultural Covent 15. Craft now Identified by its tall Oarrten (•,•>, (9i. 10. Plarf where Ada fumbles with 17.
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    MISS Will 11 IS BACK
    67 5 MISS Will 1 1 IS BACK MIS> < ONSI \m I 111 I I an •ffteet >■ 1 1 1 Malay HOmt n s Ir.niiiiu < m^TKr in Mai. hi i who rvturnrd to Sincaporr on Saturday bi QaUitai <onxtellatiou after attendiaU t world lonfrrrm f mi i Inl drrn
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    WORKERS WARNED
    71 5 SERFMBAN. Sun. The Mentri Bt'.sai. Nefli bilan. Dato Haji Abdul I Malek bin Yu.sof, and the ..British AdviM-r. Mr. I Rawlln«.s visited Ulu Ara Estate five units from hrt, to repeat the warning to \hr labourers by the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Tempi* August 20 Sir Gerald
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    HE TRIES TO FORM DANCING BOARD
    118 5 MR. Chee Tetk Swee, an associate of the National Xssociation of Teacher* of Dancing in Britain, yesterday took steps to form an official Board of Ballroom Dancing in Malaya. Mr Cher also a member of t Federal n "t Trarher* of Dancing in traha
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    INDIANS GET READY
    44 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Th*" local Indian C"rnjr. apnot ntr d a rommtttee, with C T RM Raman f/h<-ui.i r as chairman, t i arranu"- for th» Indian ninimiiniiv t" take r»art tn the celebration* <> n the Sultan o| .J'.rrT. Mth birthday.
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    The prizes
    37 5 JOHORE BAHRI Sun Mr- Kerr. wile of the chairman of Johore Bahru District Welfare roramlttie. w.ll prritent prizes at the Art Craft* exhibition to br held at the Welfare Week Fun carnival tomorp > p m.
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    Married in Singapore
    48 5 MX H. MAKIU'I'W .mil thr l.iriiri \lis> DtflU Kani. dauKhtrr of Mr. K. M. Kuma i .is.mn of the OMMMMII Knrlish Sihool Port l>it ks»n aftcf their urdding in Singapore on Saturday. The reception was held at the Jubilee Restaurant.— Michael Ant ha nt photo
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    NOW MALAY UNION WILL ENTER POLITICS
    190 5 NOW MALAY UNION WILL ENTER POLITICS SINOAPORE Malay Union. aftor a in-h<Mir rlcb.it.. ••-rdav rtrrirtrrt <« hrmmc 111-flPdurd political 'Tzani.satlon Thr union's annual mrrtinu rlorlclod to contest all Horunn.s In Singaporr. A rnmmittrp n\ in hrarl'd hv Inch*- Mohammed Sidik bin < Hail Abdul Hamlrl waa r-lort tI to plan
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    Next council meeting will be the most colourful
    224 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. WEDNESDAY'S meeting of the Federal Legislative Council will be one of the most colourful in its history. Not only will it be presided over by its first Speaker, but it will be attended by 11 delegates of the Malaya-Borneo
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    We won't wear 'clown' pants, say nostmen
    169 5 We won't wear 'clown' pants, say nostmen piINGAPIRE postmen have decided nit to get fitted for the new khaki uniforms with redstriped trousers which were recently suggested by the Government. "We should look like circus clowns," une said yesterday. About 350 of the uniformed Post Office staff derided this yesterday
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    MALA YA 'S YOUTH PRAISED
    108 5 MALA YA 'S YOUTH PRAISED KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. MALAYA has one of the youth organisations in South -ea.st Asia, Mr. Carter, a repre.sentathe World Assembly Of Youth, said here today. B impressed by the youth organisations in this country and the way ders handle things," ..id. r tpoki at the
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    CAPTAIN BLAMES MALAYA'S 'ARCHAIC SHIP HANDLING
    198 5 CAPTAIN BLAMES MALAYA'S 'ARCHAIC SHIP HANDLING MORE than 100 years ago American clipper ships could make a round trip from Liverpool to Malaya and back in less time than modern 15-knot freighters do today and Malaya's "archaic ship-handling methods" are to blame, says Captain T. D. Richards. Captain Richards has
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    Musical future is bright
    151 5 Musical future is bright SINGAPORE'S musical future is bright. Last night's Musical Society concert at St. Andrews War Memorial Hall gave us an opportunity of hearing two talented young pianists who may well achieve distinction beyond the confines of Malaya. Cheung Mun Chit, who only 16. played Beethoven's "Les Adieux"
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    Duty-dodger fined $310
    49 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Po Chin, returning from Singapore to hpr home in Palau Kertam, Selancor, tried to evade full duty on brUi moulds and textiles valued at $479 by declaring them at $219. In the Police Court tod.iy she was fined $310 and had ods confiscated.
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    Driver fined
    29 5 KOTA TINGGI. Sun.— Paver, driver of a scout car of the 11th Hussars, was fined $10 for driving inconsiderately along the first mile. Jalan Lomhong. Kota Tinggi
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    Former 'bad' village now defends itself
    75 5 MALACCA. Sunday. i ENDU new village, once a 'bad area' in Malacca, Is k today defending itself. Homo Guards too* o ve r the defence ol the village on Friday "This represents a change in the Emergency. 1 said the Resident Commissioner, Mr. UE.
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    Agriculture course for 25 boys ends
    72 5 KUALA LIPIS Sun. PAHANG'S first acxi.-alti.ral course fo r schoolboys ended on Friday Oganised by the Department of Acnculturo. trr course was for 25 boys picked from Malay schools ;n the Lipis and Raub districts. They given piacti"al tralnliii? m MTlrUtOTe and pearral tub
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    Today's Radio SINGAPORE
    73 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 7.15 a.m. Morning Star; 7.30 News; 7.35-9 Music: 12 In Malay; I p.m. Monday Matinep: 1.30 News; 1.45-2 Bllad Time 5 Calling all Childmi. .> 30 Tr.i Dance; 6 Music from Movies; 6.30 U.N. Album: 1 News. 715 Barrel House; 730 These are New; 8 World Affairs;
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    MOTHER-IN-LAW HIT IN FAMILY ROW
    74 5 RAUB. Sun. kRMHANAN. 23. a labourer who admitted hiltin/f his mother-in-law, 1 Alimilu. with a stick on AiiKiist 21, was bound over yesterday by Mr. E. M. Smallwood, the Raub Ma- Kistrate, for six months' in a guarantee of $100. Armliunun tohl the court he
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    11 6 MRS CiAY I Frnc ti In ;hr funnel v range-
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Aug. 31, 1953. Time For a Gesture
    694 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Aug. 31, 1953. Time For a Gesture Unforeseen effect of the recent hKNtH in tobacco duty nd .>f thr proposed change in in cinema seats in the ition has been to set ofl there a barrage <>f vocal critiof Singapore and its relatively more favourable
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    Way to Malaya
    256 6 Stumbling block to complete I amity between France and Ombodia over full self-gov-ernment for that state is France's frar that recent Vietminh infiltration into Laos means an attempt at invasion of Cambodia whrn the next campaigning season opens, latest reports from Paris and Pnom Penh show that
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    Woman to Lead
    296 6 It will be a departure in diplomacy if India's delegate, Mrs. Pandit, now backed for president of the United Nations' Assembly by the United States, i> voted by the assembled nations to that honourable and responsible place. Women in politics, outside Great Britain and America, are a
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    Federation coming for W. Indians
    1082 6 Federation coming for W. Indians K Nationhood Is in the air. and the British Colonial < Empire is changing its character as more of its j components move towards self-government, a movement which, in a long-term sense, includes Singapore and the Federation. In May the British Parliament passed a Bill
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      196 6 MUCH publicity has been Riven to reviewing the Constitution of the Colony, but I regret to say that only a fraction of the people of Singapore know anything about it. I am very doubtful whether even Raffles Library has a copy of the Constitution of Singapore
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      No risk to good-will
      156 6 CERTAIN articles appearing in the Press to the effect that the Singapore City Couni cil Services Union has decided j to drop action against Mr. Laz--1 arous for objectionable remarks he has made against a member of the Secretariat staff, are entirely untrue. There appears to
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      Healthy dogs in danger
      159 6 AS a member of the RCPCA I am exceedingly distressed to hear that Government is pressing for the abo- i lishments of the R.S.P.C A kennels. Unfortunately, few people I leaving the Colony take their dogs with them, and the kennels have done a very humane
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      TAMIL STUDENTS BARRED
      87 6 r WOULD be appreciated if the Education Department would explain the ruling recently made, barring students over seventeen years of ajje from sitting for their seventh standard examination in Tamil. The worst part is that the department has struck off many names from the register this year.
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      CARD IS NOT PROOF
      299 6 CARD IS NOT PROOF I WE believe that "Recent Victim" does not quite realise the position regarding car keys, and a short explanation may show way we discontinued insisting upon the production of a Registra- I tion Book before supplying a duplicate key. Firstly there is no mention on the
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      LIBRARY IN CHAOS I
      127 6 "T WOULD heartily endorse 1 the feeling expressed in a i recent letter in these columns urging caution in proceeding J with the proposed public library in Sin^aixjrv. Adi-cmaU* fund.s nni.st bc> available not on!v to build and equip the library, but to pro vidr for
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    On the Margin
    434 6 On the Margin Soul and »ex 0 I THOUGHT that the audi ence for the nrst night ot the Singapore Arts Theatre 1 n r o d v c t 1 o n of Graham Oreen'i 'Living Room" •eemi'd receptive. But it w» vi r\ big audience and •omidid m>t
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    RED LEADER BETRAYED COMRADES TO JAPS
    551 7 RED LEADER BETRAYED COMRADES TO JAPS Facts on Batu Caves massacre KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THK, inside story of the betrayal of top-ranking Communist Party leaders by the mysterious "Comrade Wright" in the Batu Caves massacre of 1942 was told tonight for the first time. The story wm told in i
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    Province P.M.U. leaders resign
    120 7 Province P.M.U. leaders resign BUTTERWORTH. Sun.— Four officials of the Provinrr Wellrslry branch of tho Prninsular Malays Union resienrd lust nicht whon th< f v d a letter from Inche Hashim Ghatii thr founder, and Inch*- Ahmad Abdul Rahim, the president, Mcellinff todays rxtraordlnai'. mrrting ichedtlfri to be held at
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    Demand for quarters
    20 7 Sun Wor^ ed t!--:s for d < PipP. P. Mi A f the thouch ni.tssiOri as ;:i labour-
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    Police officers transferred
    30 7 PAUB. Run K Ra\ib He succ Mr A -x-ho has i to Pnllcc H Q. I K 8 rhn.nß rred to I !{Q :ias come his I
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    UMNO's 6 —3 ARE MALAYS
    116 7 BUTTERWORTH. Sun. rpHK Butterworth United Malays Na'lon.il Organisation b today announced its six randidate.s three Malays, a Chinese, a Eurasian and an Indian to context six .seats in two wards for the Butterworth Town Council elections at the end of this year. This branch Is
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    ELECT ENTIRELY NEW OFFICERS, LABOUR URGED
    282 7 rHE committee planning the annual conference of the Singapore Labour Party recommends that none of the past general council members should be re-elected this year. The Labour Legislative Councillor. Mr. C. R. rathm Raj. who heads the committee, told the Straits Times yesterday: "Every
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    One surprise was women home guards
    79 7 One surprise was women home guards KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. MALAY women hom e guards tiirnrd out smartly at or. in north Kelantan. when the Mentri Besar. Tenglcu Kaja visited the village during the weekend. This was one of the surprise, during his t^'>-day helicopter tour of remote places in the
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    Labour to represent half of new council
    307 7 Labour to represent half of new council KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. I ABOUR did well at the first local council elections held today in Serdang Bahru village, 10 miles from here. They won six seats out of 12 in three wards. This was as many as the number won by the
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    Surrenders —a record
    51 7 Surrenders a record KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Federation Government has scored its biggest surrender r the Communist terrorists since the Emertjency began. With two days to go before final figures for Aunust ancomplete, it i.s known that 40 terrorists have surrendered the bigge.st total of .surrencivr.s since November and December,
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    Helping road check
    130 7 SIAK IKi All. 12, and her brother Kuk Ltag. 13, were two of the youngest volunteers taking part in the Diagnostic Survey Team ■< iraflii census, «hich endid at 1 a.m. today. Brit-ting them outside the British Military Hospital at Alexandra is Mr. A. <;. S. Dunaraj.
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    CHILDREN FLOCK TO SPORTS MEETING
    93 7 lICNDREDS of children from 15 Singapore social centres spent three hours yesterday watching their third annual sports meeting on the Victoria School field. The children, from five ro 14 years old. came from the Malay Farm, Cavenagh Road. Sim's Avenue. Thomson Road. Priasep Street. Serangoon
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    Templer's friend
    49 7 Templer's friend LAST MONTH 12-year-old Fadzil bin Ibrahim invited thr High Commissioner, General Sir (ierald Templer, to visit his school at Padang Masirat. On Friday Gen. Templer visited Pulau Langkawi but was unable to go on to Padane Masirat— so Fadzil cycled 12 miles to the meeting pictured above.
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    City Council plan to modernise theatre
    178 7 City Council plan to modernise theatre VIORE comfortable seats in a big air-condition-ed theatre will result if Singapore City Council decides to go ahead with the $1,250,000 scheme to modernise the Victoria Theatre and the Memorial Hall. A Council committee has approved the scheme In principle. It is now for
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    New member
    36 7 JOHORE BAHRU Sun. Dr Ismail has been appointed a member of the Johnr. FxecuCouncil in succession to his father Dato Abdul Rahman, who relinquished his seat on becoming Commissioner nf Lands and Mines. .Tohorc.
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    PLAN TO LIGHT RURAL DISTRICTS
    129 7 PLAN TO LIGHT RURAL DISTRICTS SECTIONS of Singapore s rural districts which are now dark at nißht will he lit up next year, under the Rural Board's bi^Rest-ever st.eet light Ing programme. Roads that will have ligh' ..re: Hillside Drive. Flower Road, Highland Road, Lowland Road, Simon Road, West Roar!.
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    Businessmen confer
    58 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.—Representatives of the country's Chambers of Commerce today met to discuss the Government's latest move on the Registration of Business Ordinance. The meeting lasted about an hour at the Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur. Delepates from the Ay.soclated Chinese Chamber* nf Commerce, the KMS Chamber of
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      104 7 The Weather Minimum temperature: (7.30 p.m. on Aug. 29 to 730 a.m. on Sunday > Singapore 73 degrees. Penang 76 Kota Bahru 74 Kuala Lumpur 75, Ipoh 74. Kuantan 72 Maximum temperature: (.7.30 am to 730 p.m. on Sunday i Sinßapore 88. PenanpBl. Kuala Lurrp'T 89. Ipoh 85, Kuantan 89.
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    TINS FLUCTUATE: INDUSTRIALS VERY STEADY
    780 8 Share* market review More interest in the rubber section By Our Financial Correspondent 1 \ST ptfk there was considerable improvement in sentiment in the Singapore share market. Operators showed evidence of increasing confidence in the future of Malaya's two staples, rubber and tin, resulting in
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    DIVIDENDS DECLARED
    116 8 rIE following dividends were announced by companies operating in Malaya last week:— HAMMER CO.: first interim of IN cents a share on account of year ending December, payable September 30. hooks close September 22. JERAM KIANTAN: first interim of 5 per cent on account of year ending December,
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    RUBBER BUFFER STOCK PLAN
    247 8 WHEN the Rubber Study Group meets in London on October 12. its first task will be to review the facts relating: to rubber in accordance with the decisions reached when the group last met in Copenhagen in May. In the Ughi Of these facts it will
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    JAPANESE SHIPS FOR INDONESIA
    112 8 AMSTERDAM. rE Indonesia Navigation Company has placed an order with the Japanese Hidarhi Shipbuilding Company for the building of four 8.000-ton vessels, with a total value of $10,400,000. The vessels will be provided with 1.600-h.p. Diesel engines, and will carry 1.000 passengers Payment will be guaranteed
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    TIN RISES BUT RUBBER FALLS
    525 8 COMMODITY MARKETS THE two main commodity markets, tin and rubber, had a fairly satisfactory period last week. Tin shows a gain of $9 a picul but rubber records a loss of almost a cent on the week. In the tin market the daily price fluctuations
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      LAHAT TO SELL UP
      148 8 LAHAT Mines Ltd. is to sell its assets in Malaya and in the event of liquidation it is estimated that a distribution of between 9s. and 10s. per ss. share will be made to shareholders. At the annual meeting In London on August 21, the chairman.
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      LOSS FOR BANTENG
      153 8 [iX»HE chanced conditions In the rubber-growing indust: y are reflected in recent company reports ana chairmen's statements. Mr. Eric Roberts, chairman oi Bantenu 'Selangon, says tjiiit with two months cost and output figures to go on for the current year the company has not only operated at
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      GOOD YEAR FOR HUMES
      78 8 MELBOURNE. Sat /CONTRACTS in hand by v; Humes Ltd. and its subsidiary companies will keep the main factories fully occupied beyond June next. Hume Industries fFar East* Ltd. had another successful year to Derrmber last The profit was A£229.967 after tax being £25,758 Greater than the
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    Japan will nil imports sharply
    327 8 JAPAN will sharply rut back "imports for speculative purposes' during the October-March period in an attempt to correct the present trade drift. Imports for the April-Sep-tember period have already substantially exceeded the nations effective demand. Rawcotton imports, in particular, totalled 2,300.000 bales for the yead
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    SINGAPORE SHARE PRICES
    859 9 FE following? quotations were those of the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Singapore, at the close of business on Friday: INDLSTBIAL* Alfx Brick* Pref. I.IJ Ord* 3.8» i 13 2» B B P« t rol 3J'» BM TriMtcM «50 Con Tin Smavt Pr«f 17/6 Ordi 11/6 luurg daiM J4
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    Business done in shares during last week
    286 9 THE following list of business in the Singapore share market is reported by one firm of sharebrokers for the period Aug. 22 to Aug. 28 inclusive: INDUSTRIALS: Fraser Neave Ords. $2.12* to $2.15 to $2.12* Federal Dispensary $2 55 Gammons $2. 73 ft
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    WALL STREET
    135 9 NEW YORK. Sat. THE Stock Market yesterday developed a modest recovery movement vhlch wu somewhat more vigorous than the attempts earlier in the week. Oalns. mostly fractions, ruled throughout thr? list with occasional quickening In buying Including bargain-hunting and week-end covering Rails were mostly higher aided by some
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    Bigger steel output in Australia
    82 9 MELBOURNE. Sat. AUSTRALIAN production of A iron and steel Is still growing. Further local orders for finished steel products have again improved in recent months. The chairman of Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd., Mr. C. Y. Syme. said this at the annual meeting yesterday afternoon.
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    Palm oil output
    76 9 Palm oil estates In the Federation produced 4,500 tons of oil and 1.150 tons of kernels in July, compared with 4.121 tons of oil and 1.056 tons of kernels in June. Stocks of oil at the end of July werp 5.172 tons, compared with 7.495 tons at
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    De Lattre recounts an exploit
    891 10  -  Brian Crozier THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH FIRST ARMY. By Marshal de Lattre. (Allen and Unwin, 425.) VyHEN General Jean dc Lattre de Tassigny died in January 1952. France lost more than a great military leader who had wrested the initiative from the Vietminh in
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    MODEL BRAINS-AND LIVING ONES
    723 10  -  Prof. J.z. YOUNG THE LIVING BRAIN. By W Arey Walter (Duckworth, 155.) AS knowledge about thr brain grows we beein to understand morr about the part played in our lives by models toy; and games. There is a ten* In playing with toys is the prototype
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    Hong Kong's money system explained
    312 10 Tr c Monetary System of Hong Kon«. By F.H.H. Kins. iCrantinm Prcil. HKSIOi THIS snort critique ot x Hong Kong's monetary and banking system wiJ. be welcomed by econom ists interested in the Far East, and by students generally. The regulations and ordinances applying to
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    BRIDGE
    340 10  -  KEXXETH hOXSTAM Hfl IT is not often that a defender has a second chance. Against an alert declarer a slip by the defence is usually fatal. On the following hand at the score love-all, with North the dealer. East rectified his early mistake Just in t.me: V AQ9 JA
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    GENIAL ANGLING LORE
    148 10 A GENERATION of anglers Is growing up who are quite unable to identify thf patterns in their fly-boxes with any of the natural flies they represent. It used not to be so. and since It is scarcely likely that the trout has changed his views on the
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    GOALS GALORE IN U.K. SOCCER
    323 11 yHuddersfield the league LONDON, Sunday. yO.\MN(J rain kept attendant is at the Iti Knjjlish league football matches \ostorday to a total of 850,000 hut thos,> \sho hraxeri the weather wore rewarded with a feast of uoaK In all 17"> were scored and only one match,
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    LEAGUE TABLES UP TO DATE
    528 11 H«>T I>IVI-lu\ r w n i. k a i RiMM»r»flrlri 4 1 l W Bromnl'h 4 3 l n _> -m 4 T (I 9 4 4 1 i Bol"v> t 1 1 <» 7 !4 Hi 4 ■> 4 2 ii 2 in n
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    ALL THE RESULTS
    314 11 rIRST DIVISION Aston Villa 2 Arsenal 1 Bolton 2 Liverpool Burnley 4 Sheffield Wed. 1 heKea 3 Charlton 1 HnddersfleM 5 Porlwioulh 1 Manrhester U. 1 Newcastle 1 HresUin NT.. W. Bromwich 2 Sheffield U. 3 Blackpool 4 Minderland 4 .Manchester C. 5 lottrnhanr. 4 Middlesbrough 1
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    MARY FAULK WINS U.S. GOLF TITLE
    45 11 PROVIDENCE. (Rhode Inland. Sun. Mary Lena Kaulk. a 27-year-old bookkeeper from Thomasville. Georgia, won the 53rd United Stales women's amateur nolf championship daj defeating Holly Riley of Fort Worth. Texas, by 3 and 2 in a 36-hole final.— Reuter.
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    Kent fare badly against Aussies
    354 11 CANTI KBl KY. Sunday. fKICKKT of a strangely contrasting character was provided here yesterday when in their last match against a county side the Australian touring cricket tram had dismissed nine Kent batsmen for 167 runs when rain stopped play. Stumps were drawn shortly alter
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    UNKNOWN FILLY PAYS 403-1 ODDS
    198 11 THIRSK. Sun. /^LAISDALE. a little-known two-year-old filly, romped to victory at tin- Thir.sk iacecour.se yeMerda;. B her backers at the ;ole odd.s of 403-1 sh,. won the North York- Plate and a rir.st prize of £252. Backers on the tot ed £30 for each two
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    Surrey in good start
    257 11 Surrey in good start LONDON, Sun. A VALUABLE undefeat- 1 ed innings of 63 by Dave Fletcher helped Surrey, the county cricket champions, to score 134 for four against Sussex on the opening day of their vital match yesterday. Surrey lead the current table, with Sussex second. Though no play
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    Mottrams in final
    99 11 ROME. Sun. MR. and *Ir.>. Tony Mottram. of Britain, yr.stprday beat ■x-Czech Helen Matous and Italy's Pausto Gardini 6-4. 6-n j the mixed doubles semiI of he Cortina tennis tournament. Jo:m Curry, of Britain. teanT^ i Ith J.uoslav Drobny. beat Oermany'j Tottu Zehden ar.ci Italy's Ifarcello del
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    84 11 LONDON. Sun. Yesterday s rugby league results were: Brad lord Northern 4 Wlfun 11: v 15 S.ilMd 13: CBMlrfuid 12 Liverpool City 0: Dewsbiuy 4 ffcatSMntOM Ru\«r> IS: Doiu.i~tt-r 14 Batley 24: H.dU.-x S BMTMI 2: I Hull 48 Kdshlejr H maM 8 Wldnes 13 Okliu.m 14 Lt^iU
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    41 11 BEKLIN. Sun Gordon Pine. Britain's RjMt distance runiier. ran 5.000 metres ye.sterday on a wet trark in 1 4m In Msec four .seconds faster than Emi! Zatopek.s Olympic record and Just a .shade slower than the World record A.P.
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    DRAW FOR ASIAN TABLE-TENNIS
    350 11 'IuKYO, Sun. HONG KONG will meet Formosa in the first team match of the .second Asian table -tennis championships which start on Sept. 7. A total of 52 men and 24 woman will participate. The Philippines will compete only in tlie .sm»les. In the men's team
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    COLONY POLICE BATTING FAILS
    408 12 Federation in 33-run victory KUALA LlM^lß, Sunday. pKDKRATION Police avenged last year's defeat when they heat Singapore Police by 33 runs in the annual cricket match played over the weekend at (iiirney Road. Federation" Police, with a lead of .23 runs on the first innings, totalled
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    267 12 OOYAX Navy put up a good performance against Army althoiißh beaten by three wickets in their inter-Services crirket fixture at Aver Rajah Road yesterday. whose bnt.smen hive not f.«reil too well thU senson knocked m 191 In their first innings and 120
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    345 12  -  Epsom Jeep 10TT1.\«.5.... by IO( KM Bob Franklin who scored a splendid double on Ascot and Winning Brief at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday will miss the Gold (up meeting at Bi.kit 'lit jo? Ut f the saddle for one mWnth. H»J won ;he mile-and-a-er
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    155 12 fOMBINfcD Schoob he;i: Slnt'.iPSN Ciuket Club A" b 49 nna In :i frlendlv cricket match on the padani yesterday Alex Delllkiui the Colony srored .1 .jrand ■double"— hittuiK 80 in 150 mtnutei (13 fours) ai takinx li\e lor 31 Kor the < 1 32 :ii.d Annlugc (301
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    57 12 nL.i ■.■\:'xvj. ouii IJtPE^H from their recent F r fStagapor Kluang Di>trict scored another srind w.n yest< rday mhe:; their beat Selans<>r by tw go^i to one ;n a inondiy soe-i-er match here today. Kluang marie four changes from the tram that ocagapore. while Selangor were without
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    76 12 THIRIEKN" riT|a|M| «rhool roam.s hare er.tpror'. fbr this years Inter-S«-hool Bsidir.li.ton Tniin»ment and competition Lv rxp«rt«d r<> be veiv keen •>'\lne -o 'he lnterr.-- nroioed by the Inaugural ;i Schoolboys Championships just com Uw .i! i Lumpur \<>.-l WiekfllU. In tlu- .Jiiirt.ir Inter-CJjjb event !.venty-fou! entered.
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    380 12  -  SENTINEL By rMIAIKI.NKD SERVICES won the Keith (up by beating Singapore Business Houses FA. I*l at .lalan Besar stadium yesterday in a fast, crisp match that had very few dull moments. Tiic ittrh in aid of the Armed Services Welfare A elation attracted a
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    87 12 SEREMBAN. Sun. NEGRI Sembilan Police beat N B (cvii aese by 14 rum after ar, exciting finish in tn< Strahan Cup cricket final Ml the N.S Club padan The match was a pei triumph for R H. C. Hamlln He top.scored ;n both Policr Innings
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    38 12 The Nine Holes One Club Com-(L-tdifSi held fit the IMand i Club last week resulted H. Conwnv (55-18 37' tied With M t— l6 37 1 MisN Conway won on the count bark ie ).<<• 6 hnlr-s.
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    GIDLOW 7 FOR 8 IN STORE VICTORY
    238 12 KUALA LUMPUR Sun. Ji^ brilliant spell of bowline by fiidlov cave Singapore victory over Malaya by 11 runs bn the annual Royai Encinet-r.s cricket match at Batu Cantonment here over the weekend. Malaya v. j ea.sv t.tsk oi .scoring 58 runs to win
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    251 12 SINGAPORE rugby fans may not get the opportunity to see the New Zealand "Ail Blacks" touring team fen action unless the tourists fißrer to play an exhibition among theiiwelves. it was originally hoped the All Blacks, who arduo irounh Singapore nt»xt month on the
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    100 12 SCC WERE 9 OUT SHORT OF VICTORY riiK Gandhi Cup crick. match between I ■•<>n ;tnri EUngapof kei Club at thf -.d m cirri in a drat iy with an st hour's rrirket. lr ft m mm MM runs to w i ikl the camp wa> in t < balance
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