Singapore Standard, 28 July 1950

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  • 15 1 Singapore Standard Zfe $f} M VOL. 1 NO. 26. SINGAPORE, FRIOAYTjUI^iT^T" 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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  • 711 1 Arson Probe By Police Opens In $11 Million Lo$5 A Virtual Inferno Witnessed Here Standard Staff Reporter S Aik Hoe rubber factory, property of Chinese re Mr. Tan Lark Sye and others, was vester. day razed m a spectacular $11 million fire one of the
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  • 225 1 T?^ n ?i ird staflf Reporter IHE $11 million Aik Hoe rubber lire yesterday was described as a fire involving -'the biggest iinancial loss" m the history of Singapore. The fire is said to have destroyed about 4,000 tons of rubber valued at more than
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  • 311 1 aianaara staff Reporter GALLANTRY was the watchword with the "army" of Singapore civilian and services firemen, who fought the Aik Hoe blaze yesterday. I Many of the firemen collapsed from sheer fatigue, but carried on again as soon as they revived. Firemen faced great
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  • 62 1 Standard Staff Reporter WHILE ten fire engines were fighting the Aik Hoe rubber fire yesterday, there was an unusual amount of lallang fires all over the town and outskirts. There were seven of these lallarg fires all between 11.20 a.m. and 3.11 p.m. just
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  • 131 1 Standard Staff Corresponded IPOH, Thurs. Another terror attack was launched m th« heart of fpoh at 8.50 tonighl when a handgrenade exploder near the children's playground on Anderson Road frontage. It is known that four Servicemen and three women were injured. j A few
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  • 137 1 TOKYO, July 27— (ReuterAAP)— A United States General Headquarters courier plane carrying 23 passengers between Tokyo and Kyushu was today reported down m the sea about eight miles south of Oshima Island. The passenger! included four correspondents flying to the Korean battle
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  • War Briefs
    • 47 1 SAN FRANCISCO, July 27 (AP). America is taking precautions against an atomic "Trojan Horse.'* Officials said all foreign ships will be boarded at the three-mile limit and thoroughly inspected with geiger counters to detect any possible atomic bombs intended to blow up ports.
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    • 29 1 CANBERRA. July 27— (UP) Acting Premier Arthur Fadden announced today that the destroyer Warramunga shortly would leave for Korea to take part m the United Nations campaign.
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    • 43 1 WASHINGTON, July 27— (UP)— Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Armed Serv ires Committee announced today that the Air Force will be expanded starting at once to the strength of 69 groups. It is presently limited to 48 groups.
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    • 64 1 LONDON, July 27 (Reuter) Prime Minister Clement Attlee is expected to warn Britons of a further period of austerity because of the international situation when he broadcasts to the nation on Sunday night. His theme will be the part Britain is to play m defence against aggression, and
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    • 70 1 LONDON, July 27— (UP)— The Korean war may see the resumption of controls over shipping which have been only recently abandoned, according to Sir Andrew Common, addressing the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers. Common said, "'Although it will no doubt increase the demand for tonnage and raise
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  • 140 1 Housing Declared Gov't Servan ts Own Problem KUALA LUMPUR. TThus—r s— Winding np the debate on the Six-Year Development Plan m the Legislative Oouncil today, the acting Chief Secretary, Mr. M. V. del Tufo. stated that the Government has not. and has never accepted liability to house all its servants
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  • 329 1 Truman Says He Is Not Contemplating Use Of Atomic Bombs WASHINGTON, July 27-(UP)-President Truman said today that he is not CommurlSte COntemplatin S the Us e of atomic bombs against the North Korea!* n nJ r c m n m i ad l th c <* isclosure m response to
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  • 508 1 Optimistic I Bin. ARMY HQ., July 27— (Reuter-AAP)— With nghters as escorts roaring down the dusty strip, Gen Mac Arthur conferred with correspondents "today alongside his private plane "Bataan" during a lightning visit to Korea. When I asked him for comment on the announcement
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  • 126 1 TOKYO. July 27 (AP) South Koreans gained up to seven miles In counter-attacks on the 200-mile battle front arc today. But Northern Communist trops attacked American positions m the face of roaring guns and succeeded m getting behind one regiment. The US Eighth Army
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  • 46 1 BRUSSELS. July 27 (AP) Socialists threw themselves into a self-declared "fight to the finish" today toust King Leopold from his newly-reco-vered throne. "Total" strikes were called m the southern Charleroi region, while m Lie some 100,000 workers prepared to down tools.
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  • 93 1 LONDON. July 27 (ReuterVConservative Opposition leader Winston Churchill failed by only one vote today to force the Government to have today's session of the two-day defence debate m secret. There were loud cheers and some gasps of surprise as the small margin was announced
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  • 50 2 The Serretary of State for the Colonies has selected the Singapore Commissioner of Police, Mr. R. E. Foul ger. as Deputy to the Inspector General of Colonial Police. Mr Foulger is expected to take up ms new appointment about the end of the year.
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  • 515 2 'Information To Police Not Evidence THE SECOND District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tah, yesterday dismissed an application made by a Singapore lawyer, Mr. C H. Koh for information given to the Anti-Corruption Sub-Branch of the C.I.D. to be used as evidence m court. Mr. Tan ruled that the information was
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  • 300 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Federation of Services Unions may seek the personal intervention of the Commissioner- General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, m getting their demand for housing allowances to Services civilian employees settled at an early date. Mr. M.P.D. Nair, Vice-Presi-dent of the
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  • 169 2 WHILE taking an oath with 12 lit joss sticks m her hands, a woman was hit with a broomstick on her back and a stool on her head. The woman was Chan Ah Chun of Killiney Road. Her assailants were a couple. Chow Yue
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  • Article, Illustration
    50 2 Major-uenerai w. uriageioni. secona irom len. nead ox the Australian Military Mission to Malaya, who returned to Singapore yesterday morning by s Malayan Airways plane from Kuala Lumpur, where he has been instructing Malayan fighter units jungle tactics so successfully adopted by the Australians m New Guinea during the war.
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  • 118 2 FMG's Answer Unsatisfactory, Says GPO Clerks Standard Staff Reporter POSTAL clerks and peons m the General Post Office yesterday described as unsatisfactory the reasons given by the Post Master-General for asking Division II Superscale officers to resign from subordinate services trade unions. They alleged that the serving of notices on
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  • 122 2 Baa It's Hot Standard Staff Reporter A QUARTER mile from the Aik Hoe rubber factory (ire yesterday, 2,500 Australian sheep m the runs of the Malayan Livestock Co. Ltd.. bleated fearfully from the discomfiture of the heat. They had arrived m Singapore only the previous day by the Charon. Their
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  • 51 2 I A MEDIUM force of Lincoln heavy bombers made another bombing attack against band.t positions m Perak yesterday. It was the second attack that Tengahbased 100 th. Squadron has made this week. The first night bombing sortie was made by the Lincoln bombers m Maluva on
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  • 645 2 Standard Staff Reporter ACQUISTION of two natural beauty spots and the construction of a coastal access road to Changi Beach are major steps which the Singapore Government has taken for further development m the Colony of weekend holiday places. Development will take a
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  • 205 2 Standard Stall Reporter THE Singapore Government is to be asked to set up a Committee to enquire into the economic conditions of government clerks. A motion seeking the appointment of such a Committee is to be moved at the meeting of the
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  • 11 2 JL Christie oas been appointed Surveyor of Ships.
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  • 95 2 Standard Staff Reporter A CANADIAN United Nations official is m Singapore looking out for 24 camp beds. He is Mr. Carl Bergithon of the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund organisation m Jakarta. Vc said on his arrival veslerday by K. L. M. Constellation:
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  • 55 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— A young Chinese. Liew Long Koh of Havelock Road, Singapore, was fined $10 for failing to notify his change of address. The Singapore Deputy Commissioner of Police. Mr. XV. J. Parks (left) and the Offker-in-Chargc Beach Road Police Station. Mr. T. 11. Allen at
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  • 190 2 Standard Staff Reporter MALAYAN students m Hongkong are outstanding m their knowledge of English, otherwise the standards m Hongkong and Malaya are very similar. This opinion was expressed by the two-men selection com- mittee of the Medical Faculty of Hongkong Uni verity, comprising Prof.
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  • Article, Illustration
    22 2 Ji^h«l n?a P 0r 'U7 re a^ l beln attended to after being, shghtlj injured ia fighting Uie Aik Hoe Are yesterday.
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  • 153 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE DELEGATION' of the International Confederation of Free Tr. le Unions, h fade by Mr. F. W. Dalley of Britain. will meet remesentat.ws of the Services Unions DO Saturday m tie La bow C -reference room of the Chinese Secretariat. The Assistant
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  • 342 2 S.T.C. Takes New Steps To Fight Colony Firebugs Standard Staff Reporter NEW SECURITY precautions are now being; taken by Singapore Traction Company against Communist agents from disrupting the public transport system m the town area. These security measures are contained m g notice issued to the uniformed staff of the
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  • 128 2 Standard Staff Reporter MOST worried man of all the Qantas Constellation passengers who flew into Suigapore yesterday was Mr. Arthur Shakespeare. Australian newspaper editor. His worry: The newsprint. Mr. Shakespeare ha«; just retur«_ed from the Imperial Pr Conference m Montrep.! where the supply of newsprint was
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  • 98 2 Standard Woman Correspondent A DELIGHTFULLY informal party was held last evening at the home of the American Consul, Mr. W. H. Lawrence. Jr. The party was m honour of Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. A. Lineburger. who recently arrived m Singapore. Among the guests were the
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  • 30 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— A young Chinese. Koo Kee Yong, was fined $15 for bavin? sumsu. He was arrested by a police patrol conducting a raid al Sungei Tiram.
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  • 846 3 I KUALA LIMP OMUI correspondent the adoption of the report o?"^ 5S *5 d ral "^Wative Council adjourned was presented today bTth^ after a lively two s^gg****** of Education, Mr. M. R. Hclgate, the piopo^alT/DatrE T r P tS f the u re
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  • 187 3 Standard stati torrcsrmndent KUALA LUMPUR Thurs tor of Education, i of Malaya. Mr. M. H ,!,i m the Federal Council today that .nt had received representations from groups of imittees and Chinese es on the subject of c inadequacy of anient financial assisI present
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  • 20 3 St.ind.ird Stiff Correspondent Thurs.— For not attendant behind the driver. Tan Kirn Bned $50 by the yesterday.
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  • Article, Illustration
    10 3 photo. A group of Orang Mantra at Bating Labu. Standard
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  • 499 3 Standard Staff Correspondent BUM™ "V; 1 MPl^ T mrs The Week, y Holidays 1 »>. was passed at today's Federal Legislative >. m following the adoption of thi report or di Select t ommittee. This provides weekly holi■»yi for shop assistants and for
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  • 21 3 The Commissioner of Prl- sons, Mr. G. E. W. W. Bayly, has been appointed a Commis--aoner for Oaths, I
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  • 718 3 Standard Staff Correspondent v LALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Director of Education, Mr. M. R. Holgate, asked the Federal Legislative Council today to reach without delay an agreed general policy on education so that the various administrations would be able to set
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  • 130 3 Special To The Standard SEREMBAN. Thurs. When the President of the Malayan Chinese Association, Negri Branch. Dr. Chong Ah Khoon. turned down the handle of the main switch for the first time, 260 electric points were lighted and the Squatter Re-Settle-ment Area on the Seremban Port Dickson
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  • Article, Illustration
    72 3 photo. arrived m f °tt FARELF. Major General J. H. N. Poett, D SO., centre General 5«2f fa P >rc Wednesday by Qantas Constellation from London. Majof CRF _-h^ tt ""eves the present Chief of Staff. Major General J. M. Kirkman, C.Bft_TkA_# X as S the a* r -*<> r
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  • 226 3 j Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPtTR. Thurs A total of nine Bills was passed by the Federal Legislative Council m Kuala Lumpur today, including a Bill to increase tax on sweepstakes and betting by five per cent, and another providing weekly I holidays for shop
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  • 117 3 Strikes On Bandit Targets Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tburs. Airstrikes were carried out on bandit targets m Johore. Selangor and Perak this morning. A Chinese, m whose house the security forces found a primed hand grenade, was arrested m Perak today. A woman bandit agent WM also arrested m
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  • 313 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.--Sir Henry Gurney reminded members of the Federal Legis- i lative Council yesterday that I at the last meeting, on June 14J he said that opportunity had bean taken of the visit of the Secretary of State for the Colonies
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  • Article, Illustration
    45 4 i*hoto by A scene from the play "The Little Nat Tree" show in* Genadio greeting toe Princess. This play was presented by the YJW.C.A. Pioneers and pro luced by L ,l0 rU lur e V MP. A. hall. Kuala Lumuu last night. C. F. Larm
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  • 46 4 Standard staff Correspondent MUAR, Thurs.— Lakiam binte Kassmo, a Javanese woman rubber tapper at Sagil Estate, was charged with theft of rubber. She was found guilty, and sentenced to one week's rigorous imprisonment, by Mr. Rauf bin Haji Mohamed Sa'at Citcult Magistrate, Muar. m*
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  • 46 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KAJANG, Thurs.— Abdul bin Baba, who failed to observe a S op. Look and Go sign at the entrance to Sulaiman Street, at Kajang, was fined $25 by the Kajang Circuit Magistrate, with the option of two weeks' imprisonment.
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  • 504 4 Standard Start Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson today dismissed a claim for $10,485 m the Supreme Court which a Penang firm of share brokers. Messrs. Soon Theam and Company brought against a Kuala Lumpur businessman, Mr. Khoo 800 Gone;,
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  • 118 4 Special To The Standard SEREMBAN, Thurs. That a co-operative society shou' 1 be established on the Orang Mantra aboriginal reservation at Labu m Negri Sembilan is the opinion of a prominent government official who visited the settlement recently. This official, who has had the
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  • Article, Illustration
    29 4 photo. M. RENE Carrier* de BclgarriOk Director-Genem! of the French Institute of Research of Manufactured Oils, who arrived m Singapore on Wednesday to study Malayan palm oil production. Standard
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  • 17 4 Major E. C. Watson has resigned his Commission m the Singapore Volunteer Corps Liaison Regiment.
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  • 52 4 THREE CHINESE, a Malay and an Indian, each armed with a knife, entered a house at Alexandra Road on Wednesday afternoon and robbed the occupant, Muthusamy, of $55 m coins and jewellery. The robbers wore sunglasses above black masks, which covered the lower part of
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  • 35 4 KAJANG, Thurs— Tek Kirn 32, who travelled on the Semenyih Kachau Road, a protected area, without a permit, was fined $100 by the X >jang Circuit Magistrate. Mr» A, aP, «JaiCl__
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  • 88 4 101st Bandit Executed In Penang Standard Staff Corropondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Wu Ah Kong, a bandit, who shot and killed a detective m a toftee-shop m Perak Road, Penang, recently was hanged at Penang jail this morning. He was the 101 st bandit executed under the Emergency Regulations. Wu was
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  • 236 4 Special To The Standard SEREMBAN, Thurs. The absence of a suitable :oad from the settlements at Chuah m the Port Dickson area of Negri Sembilan is the greatest handicap :he settlers have to face at the moment, according to a urominent government oilicial who
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  • 135 4 EIGHTY-FOUR per cent. Ol hawkers m the Singapore I Municipal area are Chinese, compared with 14 per cent. Indians and two per cent. Malays. This Is stated by a recent census and survey of hawkers sponsored by the Singapore Hawkers Inquiry Commission. The
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  • 37 4 I KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs I The 13th meeting of the Negri I Sembilan Council of State will r be held at the Council Chams ber, Seremban at 10 anx. on Aug. 2.
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  • 22 4 I A HOUSE at Bukit Panjang was broken into on Wednesday and several pairs of trousers .ft'wta $52 were stolen.
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  • Article, Illustration
    25 4 A collision between a motor cvrle and a bicycle which took pi' J Kuala Lumpur. The motor cyclist sustained slight injuries.— Art Lite pnoiv m
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  • 1604 4 nvmunfc. live. Forward Looking Policy Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUE, Thurs. That the Six- Year Draft Development Plan would cost an additional expenditure of $30 million a year, alter 1955, was revealed by Mr. M. V. del Tufo, acting Chief Secretary,
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    33 4 Pcrr r. A <1 of i* P OnenMl 1 trie Co by OP I yesterday to 1 h I m s i OT .1 v st -d-.it si I School m Wi Standard
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  • 21 4 Perak PWD Union To Join Malayan TUC 1! I H H to H H H H I H H I H
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  • 20 4 Standi' 1 I T< k i h S Chaii \i I I 1 n
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  • 23 4 Aus tralia F o un d Guilty Of Cheating I tinii J sui KOTA 1 I Austr; I Cr, 1 I sup; valuN
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  • 197 5 Penang Clerks Flay Spore Govt's Stand On Whitley Council PM ,J tandard st a«f Correspondent of the T re«Uon T of U r n r """"ST"*"™ was the keynote after reading th ISTSSTf sC!__ Jg_ **5 41 We detest Government's attitude m this respect," the President of the Government Clerical
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  • 225 5 Manciard Staff Correspondent NG. Thurs. Referring to certain letters appeared m the press (not The Standard) tion .with the recent appointment of two Accountants, Mr. H. G. Hammet, President unicipality said that his days would be fully if he had to deal with
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  • 60 5 Mand.trd Suft Correspondent PEN Thurs. The ipality has been appro by the Federal for the services V Adams, Municipal Secretary, m with the proposed Of municipalities boards m the oi the Federa- 0. Hammett the Pn ~x:ent, revealed Commissioners' 3 will be required the
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  • 64 5 Bukit Mertajam OBA Dinner ?)V1 XI V M U ER I AJ AM, Thurs. —The High School annual sports will be held at Jacob Green here on Saturday. Mrs Bingham, wife of the Resident Commissioner, will give away the prizes. J T^e annual dinner of the High School old boys
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  • 45 5 The advance party of the International Confederation of Free Trade Union delegation, which will include Mr. F. W. Dalley of the British T.U.C., is expected to arrive at the Kallang Airport on Friday. The delegation will leave for Kuala Lumpur on July 31.
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  • 179 5 Promise To Varsity Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs. Mr. Lav Pak Khuan. Vice President of the AU Malaya Chinese Mining Association and former president of the Perak Chinese Mining Association, today denied certain statements made by another Perak miner, Mr. F. S. Chong, regarding
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  • 63 5 standard Staff orrespondent IPOH. Thurs. A 29--vcir old Indian. Suppan, :r:ed m the Matris- ourt today with murder. He was I to have killed a woman, Paruathi, and an nth old child, Krishnmrder was alii (i io have occurred at the Town Board Labourers'
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  • 383 5 c ""TwT.ru aian ive porter >)u- RAL th °usand Singapore Chinese squatters banded together as a "fire-fighting force of their own when their 700 attap-thatched homes were threatened by the Aik Hoe rubber factory pre m Kirn Chuan Road yesterday. Using primitive
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  • 83 5 Promised Cheaper Lighting Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. Electrij city charges m Penang will be reduced at the earliest possible moment, the President of the Municipality, Mr. H. Hammett, said today at a Commissioners' meeting. Mr. Hammett assured consumers that the Commissioners have the matter under immediate consideration. He said
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  • 71 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs- Amendments and control of advertisements, and bylaws per- m'tting the display of advertisements on buses were passed at today's Municipal special meeting. Mr. H G. Hammet, Municipal President, said that the Commissioners had already decided that no advertisements i
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  • 33 5 THE GOVERNOR has granted a Commission as Acting Sub-Lieutenant, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, to Donald O. Huartson. A Commission as Acting Sub-Lieutenant has also been granted to Rowland J. Godber.
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  • 296 5 Miraculous Deed Standard Stan* Correspondent IPOH. Thurs. How a young rubber tapper tried to escape from a gang of bandits after refusing to obey their command to kneel by the side of a river, was told at the Ipoh Assizes today before Mr. Justice R.
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  • 233 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. Residents m Penang may soon be able to buy houses without having to pay the whole of the purchase price m a lump sum. This was hinted by the President of the Municipality, Mr. H. G.
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  • 145 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. To commemorate the name of Mr. H. R. Cheeseman, C.M.G., retired Director of Education for the Federation, the access road to Green Lane Housing Estate, will be named "Cheeseman Road" instead of "Greenlands Avenue" as previously confirmed
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  • 68 5 TUBERCULOSIS claimed 36 lives this week, according to the Municipal health state- ment for the week ending July 22. The total number of deaths recorded was 202, i which is 40 less than for the week before. Pneumonia and enteritis took a toll of
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  • 42 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PLNANG, Thurs.— Another banned picture "Three Came Home," Agnes Newton Keith's best-seller, which was subsequently released for screening m the Federation by the Appeal Board, will start a season at the Rex Theatre here next week.
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  • 100 5 Sergeants Get Full Honours Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs.— The funeral of two European sergeants KJ. Webb and L. Wernaham who were killed by bandits on Monday, took place yeaterdaj with full military honours. Army Chaplain. Capt R E Cox. conducted the ceremony at jhe graveside m the Christlan Cemetery,
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  • 40 5 Standard Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR. Thurs —The Sultan of Kedah will lay the foundation stone of the as bly hail of the llwa Keow Chij nese Middle School al Kampong Bahru, Alor Star on Sunday.
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  • 207 5 Insp. 's Car Was Perfect-Coroner Told Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs.— The inquest into the death of Inspector J. Sumithram, aged 26, of the Kuala Kangsar police, as a result of a motor accident the 39th. milestone Ipoh-Taiping Road, was held before the Coroner, Che Bahaudin today. The Court was
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  • 130 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs— Penang's Malay daily. "Warta Negara" m its ediional to lay mid that the two most important dates m the Malay political historj Malaya this year is June 11 fend July 28. It was on June 11. the editorial said,
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  • 42 5 Standard Staff Correspond*- nt IPOH, Thurs— A verdict ot death by misadventure was returned by the Coroner. Inche Abdul Wahab, following en inquest into the death 3 a 12--year-old Malay boy. Hassan, as result of a tall from a COCOnut tree.
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  • 773 6 '"THE Six- Year Draft Development Plan, the final j chapters of which were published less than two weeks ago, naturally dominated the meeting I of the Federal Legislative Council this week. There j were so many members eager to sing its praises that the debate had
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  • We, the People
    • 546 6 Sir, —Your editorial of July 25, has been read with pleasure and approval by all decent-minded people. You have expressed your views on a subject without equivocation. Now that the Commissioners know the feeling of a certain section of the Press, it is possible that
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    • 332 6 1 Sir: I am a humble white1 collared worker and have to 1 support a family on some--1 thing like $200 a month. i Now I have been otlered J better prospects. I could get myself a $300 a month job if i the Commissioners
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    • 184 6 Sir: lam a prospective freshman of the University of Malaya, and am much confused over what I read about ragging m the papers. The President of the University of Malaya Students* Union Mr. K. Kanagaratnam, told The Standard that an unwilling undergraduate would not be ragged against
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    • 246 6 Sir: Sir Henry Gurney was reported to have said m his speech at Malacca recently that Malaya is "Self governing" and that the Malay States and the British Government are partners. But m the same speech he said that he proposed to introduce a Bill to amend
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  • 884 6  - IT'S A WAR IN BLINKERS Michael Davidson Says r THERE are so few birds. m the battle-torn South Korea. Look up from this appallir-g war for a moment and listen to the countryside: not a twitter; the infrequent bird that streaks over the padi seems lost, a strange i There
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  • 498 6 We In MaTaya, ronfronfed *ith ffie pro Mem of peasant poverty, can learn a great deal from this Indian experiment by A Special Correspondent NEW DELHI. A half-dozen Japanese technicians and 100 »00 rupees worth of Japanese machinery are providing money making jobs for several
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  • 212 6 Review of Views Counsel To Won n CM NO Women will be bo J soon wen p nam? Ma N» gara uc a v special _tt< X eo.ir«.-nin« V. v general The women dl Warta N better m fu( meet »>♦■:■ the nati Women Beet th:it recm Penang won be
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  • 295 7 LONDON. July 27 (Reuter) The British contingent "fully equipped with armour and artillery"— to be sent to the aid of Gen. MacArthur's hard pressed forces m Korea will not be drawn from Malaya I or Hong Kong, the
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  • 169 7 US UN Rejoice Over Aid LAKE SUCCESS, July (UP) Amid general I rejoicing m the United s over the decision of j Britain. Australia, New Zealand and Turkey to! tough ground forces to Korea, the U.N. Secre- tary General, Mr. Trygve Lie, saluted the How of U.N. troops to Korea.
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  • 101 7 >T ST. LAWRENCE. July JT i AP)— George Bernard ho says he has decayed dodderer, celebrated his birthday yesterday by rig that he has writi new play railed "The Lady, She Would Not." t porter, *T ha\f> the play *a little It
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  • 44 7 J ".ONG, July 27, (AP): a lent of Britain's v end troops to Koo far brougnt no sign v along Hongkong's jvith Red China. i is a certain s (Tnesa about the Red fronl .is. 0 British soldiers border.
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    36 7 Burly Jackson llewitson. Durham miner and a union leader, who attended the recent Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, is here seen m his working clothes. He says he represented "the working lad* at the party.
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  • 159 7 WASHINGTON, July 27 (AP) Pentagon optimism about the Korean campaign has been dampened by continued Red successes m plunging through and around the U.S. lines. Some high officers here now say privately that America will win or lose their beachhead m the next
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  • 78 7 LONDON. July 27. (Reuter):! —The Prime Minister. Mr. Cle-j ment Attlee. said m the House' !of Commons defence debate' that ovei hail the extra £100.000.000 to be spent on defence would go to the R.A.F. Of the rei»t. the army would! get a rather larger share
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  • 189 7 WASHINGTON. July 27-( UP)— Britain's growing anxiety over repercussions resulting from an apparently imminent Red China assault on Americanprotected Formosa is matched here by the U.S. High Command's worry lest Soviet-trained Red Chinese armies enter the Korean war. London officials potnt out that' use
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  • 37 7 LONDON, July 27 (UP)— The Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, last night warned Britons of continued austerity under the rearmament programme because "more hopeful conditions of a few months ago no longer rule.'*
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  • 51 7 PENZANCE (Cornwall). July 27 ißeuter):— A Meteor jet fighter crashed into the sea near here yesterday within sight of hundreds of people on holiday. The two occupants were killed. Another jet a Vampire crashed m a field at Rickinghall (Suffolk), killing its
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  • 62 7 LOS ANGELES. July 27. <AP). Contrary to popular belief, wine, women and gambling are seldom the real cause of embezzlement, says Dr. Donald R. Cressey, University of California sociologist. He says embezzlement usually 1 starts when a man gets into financial trouble which
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  • 71 7 He's After Tanks And Wine Anti-tank squads of the U.S. lst Cavalry Division m Korea, armed with the new bazooka seen below, are out to get the decoration and bottle of champagne which have been promised to each member of every squ id which "kill" a North Korean tank. The
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  • 85 7 COLOMBO. July 27 (Reuter)— One out of every eight Government employees m Ceylon is m debt, says a report by a special committee. It says that 17.186 of 134 .POO state employees owe Rs. 15,000,000 the average debt being Rs. 900. Causes of this indebtedness,
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  • 137 7 AT THE FRONT IN KOREA. July 27 (Reuter-AAP) —North Korean troops are now using a heavy tank described as similar to the Russian '•Stalin" 55-tonner, and bigger than any type previously seen m action here. U.S. artillery disabled one of the tanks on Sunday
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  • 122 7 LAKE SUCCESS. Inly 27.— (Reuter): An lmionesiin spokesman here said ni^' Government "have no reason for 1 anxiety" over a statement by former U.N. militars observer I that Indonesia is there i'^r the taking by "Communi vi.* h> waiting to walk m." Charges that Indonesia
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    41 7 pnoio. Behind a puffing locon otive, a tr .unload of .'O-ton tanks, armed with guns, moves across America, presumably to a port for shipment to the Korean front, where increasing numbers of tanks have arrived m the past few days. A.P.
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  • NEWS IN BRIEF
    • 153 7 'Nehru Did No Good At A ll': Peer LONDON, July 27 (Reuter) Pandit Nehru's recent .effort to restore peace in Korea was bitterly criticised in the House of Lords by the Tory leader, Lord Salisbury, who said that the Indian Premier's approach to Marshal Stalin had not only "done no
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    • 25 7 The U.S. casualty list in Korea to date is 48 killed, eight dead of wounds, 249 wounded, n injured and 330 missing in action. U.P.
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    • 36 7 Belgrade sources say the Yugoslav Government will soon denounce North Koreas attack on the South as aggression^Yugoslavia was the only U.N. member to vote against the Security Council resolution authorising military action against the lnunricrs. U.P.
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    • 48 7 After 23 years service, the town crier of Honiton (Devon) has resigned because the Town Council had ignored nu<? request for a new uniform "It was so old and shabby, it was a disgrace to the town when I visited other places for ceremonial affairs," h* said. Reuter
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    • 12 7 A typhoon on Wednesday destroyed 50 houses m Luzon, P.I. A. P.
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    • 23 7 The Defence Minister. Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, told Parliament that Britain realised the importance of bringing India and Pakistan "to better accord." a a
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    • 33 7 Elder statesman Bernard Baruch said m Washington that America should arm 1,000,000 Japanese to tight m Korea, adding. "I am m favour of getting the heln of anyone who can help us.' U.P.
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    • 24 7 A Hungarian hospital train, staffed by 15 doctors, has left. Budapest for North Korea yiai Russia as Hungary's contribution' to the North Korean cause.
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    • 49 7 »_J The Hongkong authorities, who are building a wire fence against infiltration of illegal Chinese immigrants by night, find that 1 those returning to Red China now outnumber the incoming Chinese. This emigration is due to war scares and the high cost of living m that overcrowded colony. A.P.
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    • 49 7 Britain I M.l 6 was charged with espionage activities in Poland since 1947 when Vladislav Slivinski, appearing before a Warsaw military court, said he had sent 45 reports on military and political matters to this branch of the British Intelligence Service in London and had been paid US$6,600. A.P.
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    • 30 7 More than .13.000 Canadian? filed past the bier of ex-Premier W. L MacKenzie King on Wednesday m the Hall of Fame on Ottawa's Parliament Hill before the funeral service. U.P.
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      51 7 photo- King Leopold (centre), whose return to Belgium after a six-year exile, has launched a wave of sabotage and strikes throughout the country, is here seen waving at a crowd of loyalists outside his palace at Laeken. With him are his sons. Prince Baudouin, 19 (left), and 16-year-old Prince Albert
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    • 51 7 The Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, told Parliament that it was not possi ble to integrate the policy of tho eight member countriet of the Commonwealth over the whole field of foreign affairs. He added. "It would not be m accordance with the nature of the Commonwealth to do so."
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    • 34 7 The United Nations appears to be moving toward some kind ot federation between the former Italian colony of Eritrea and Ethiopia. Britain. however, favours partition of Eritrea be tween Ethiopia and the Sudan Reuter
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    • 46 7 The Canadian Navy has announced that "one or more submarines of an unknown nation have probably been m the waters off the east coast of Canada during the past month." Navy officials said earlier that Russia was the only power which could have sent them there.
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    • 31 7 The Ministry of National Insurance has, m one skX-rtOMk period, paid off disability clafms of 455. a week to five cases of tenters' cramp and 4,162 cases of housemu'ds" knee. m
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    • 17 7 Sixty-six Reds were killed m Hyderabad m June as police stepped up their drive against terrorists. A.P.
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    • 35 7 A Paris Foreign Office spokesman said that, much as France would like to send land forces to Korea, it was impossible as long as she continued at grips with powerful Red forces m IndoChina. Reuter
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    • 24 7 Probable effects of atom bomb ing on the Manila area are being studied by the P.I. Safety Council by order of President Quirino. A.P.
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    • 19 7 France is to call up m October for military training an estimated 110.000 men of the 19">0 class U.P.
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    • 18 7 All six crew members were killed when a B-25 bomber crashed during a violent thunderstorm m Kansas. A.P.
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    • 13 7 Oru.sa state will spend *"t5.285.000 to destroy monkeys. which are menacing crops. A.P.
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  • 239 7 TOKYO, July 27— (Reuter -AAP)— As the U.S. lst Cavalry m the Yong t! ong sector reported the killing of 2,500 Red troops m three days* fighting, it was stated that one U.S. company, which had been cut off m that area, had
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  • 97 7 Last Chance, Gen. Chiang Warns KMT TAIPEH. July *>7 <Ro,i»crAAP): Kuomint-ane reform has moved a further step forward with the forn itun uf a 16-man reform ecmr.i'ttee. which will formulVe a "new deal" Nationalist Party md ;e--place the present all -powerful Central Executive Qammittee C.en. Chiang Kai-shek told tho meeting
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  • 88 7 KARACHI. July 27 (AP) The Pakistan press has expressed strong opposition to Field-Marshal Sir William SlinYs suggestion for I joint Indo-Pakistan defence plan. Central point In editorials on the subject is that the proposed ioint defence plan would compromise the sovereignty of Pakistan
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  • 46 7 French Premier Rene Pleven warned that Western Europe must prepare or perish, and that the fate of Europe "and even the world" depended on the way it pooled its men. its money and it* munitions to meet the growing peril of aggression. U.P.
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  • Commodity Prices
    • 41 8 The latest rubber price yesterday (July 27) were, per lb. Buyers Sellers No. I. R.S.S. spot loose $1,221 $1.23* No. I. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales Aug. $1.22 $1.23 No. 2 $1.21 $1.22 No 3 $1.20 $1.21 Tone of. market: Erratic.
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    • 39 8 SINGAPORE, Wed. July 2"?. The price of tin today wgs $367.37}- per picul. Up $2.37*. LONDON, July 27. —(UP) Prices of tin on the London market this morning were Spot (closing) £734 Three Months £732| (Morning Spot) £734*
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  • 161 8 LONDON, July 27 (AP)" Britain and West Germany are near agreement for freeing and boosting their trade to its prewar level. Official sources reported on .Wednesday a new trading arrangements pact, which probably will be ready for signature m about two weeks and gill
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  • 631 8  -  NG SEX YEW i -By Standard Stall Reporter MALAYA'S June trade rose to ifl unprecedented level, widening at tbe same time excess of tbe country's exports over imports. The half year's favourable balance of trade reached almost $95,tOM*& The high
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  • 151 8 Standard Staff Reporter OPENING somewhat easier yesterday morning, the Singapore rubber market reacted with sharp rises m i prices on the report of the big rubber factory tire m Paya Lcbar district Quotations shot up and business was done from a
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  • Produce
    • 133 8 Standard Staff Reporter PEPPER m the Singapore produce market continued its advance m prices yesterday. White Muntok being quoted at 51. 050 and Lampong Black $665 per picul. Only small business passed at slightly lower levels. Copra was firm on good advices from Europe but no
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    • 50 8 HONGKONG, July 27. (AP). Hongkong's stocks of liquid fuel increased by 20 000 tons on Wednesday. The motor vessel, Nutuiana brought 9,742 tons of dtexl oil from Singapore. The meter vessel Paulus Hook broueht 19,000 barrels of fuel oil and 800 drums of petrol from Bahrein.
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  • 47 8 COLOMBO, July 27.— (UP). _-The price of sheet rubber jumped 14 Ceylonese cents to I Rs. 1.60 per pound the highest price m 25 years. The market Wei following the world-wide rise m commodity prices which Started right after the outbreak of the Korean war.
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  • 747 8 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Malayan rubber shares had small selective .buying today. But the Tin and Industrial sections of the Malayan share market again showed little interest. Closing quotations were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Sell«r Ale? Bricfc» Pref 1.95 205 xd rd 1-95 2.00 xd Atlas Ire 31 90 12 2fS
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  • 160 8 iw_i™ CI!^ Nt? E rates now.ln force, es supplied br th« Malayan Exchange Banks Association, are ar? follow? dc-i^ns?" *,tb «•*>«.!"» p'; rmlt_„ -s^^a_^_ri^.3 5& v-- is« -m* London S/4 l/Sf «/4 T ?;i« ,,a W> d <• Australia lu l/1B Kt Sg* Wg */4 S/33
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  • 58 8 With the Increased tonmare which Singapore port is now handling, the harbour authorities have installed mobile quayside cranes to speed np loading and unloading of cargo. This picture taken yesterday shows one of the mobile cranes now m «c In KafTles Quay. In tbe last six months. Singapore
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  • 150 8 Cloth I TOKYO, July 2*.— (Ke'tterAAP). Japan may ber. Tie the world's biggest expo.. 1 of cotton manufactures, according (to the Kyodo newi -g^uy. Statistics have .>»iowu that her export contracted during the first half of tbe present ,year ending June '3b amc-mted 'to 960.000.00U
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  • 21 8 LONDON, July 27 (UP).— The British Government innounced that tea auctions would be resumed m April 1951.
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  • 107 8 Standard Staff Reporter aABOUT 1.153.307 tons ot cargo -were discharged and loaded by vessels of over 75 tons at ports m the Federation of Malaya during the first half of 1950. Monthly returns showed that the tonnage dropped from 220«48 tons m May
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  • 344 8 Crisis Trends In Stock Markets: Gold Is Boom ing sAPTmLMt*, juiy Z7— (lteuter)— Crisis trends were still evident m world markets this morning, according to reports to Comtel, the World Economic News Agency. Goods and gold were still booming. Stock exchanges were again cautious, though with occasional improvements m both
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  • 83 8 Standard Staff Reporter PRODUCTION of tin-in-ore m Malaya dropped from 5.!7»; tons m May to 4.739 tons month but the first half of 1950 production at 8J49 tons was 2.47^ tons higher than the corresponding period of year. Stocks of tin metnl and tin-in-ore also showed
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  • 66 8 I NEW DELHI. July 27 (AP) The Government hai granted permission for thc port of 600 cattle to the Philippines for breeding purposes. They will include water buffaloes from the Punjab and cattle from Southern India. Permission was given earlier this year for the export of
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  • 33 8 PITTSBURGH, July 27— (AP): Tin mill producers now expect near record demand for tin plate through the summer months and will continue heavy for the balance of the year.
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  • 130 8 bpora 6» 1826 10.100 106.50 1 4ft <% 1930 105 50 luriSO 3% 1935 86.00 87.00 3* 1937 92 SO 93 50xi 8% 1938 02 50 9:4.50x1 4% 1939 100 50 102 SO *i% 1946 90 00 92 00x1 Penan* 1926 105 00 iof>50 4|% 1929 104
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  • 156 8 CAPITAL for undertakings by the Colonial \u epraent Corporation ia Malaya last year amount-?* 1 £4,158-500 or 29 per cent of Uie total for driS? v m tlie various Colonies. lopmp nt Malaya's share of the Corporati«.!. remained the biggest for
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  • 80 8 HONGKONG, July 27: (Reuter-a\AP).— The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank's Canton branch has applied to the Chinese authorities to dose down. The notification published by Canton's Bureau of Industry and Commerce, requests concerns or persons still having some unfinished business with the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank
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  • 21 8 WASHIN (UP) A official cred;T to be p<>rt-I t. He is like.v buyini ti merit. and dozer
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  • 13 8 TOKYO i the Inten Allied He rs) euppi ci
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  • 29 9 Shipping Aviation The largest ship to be launched as yet m 1950. the ?5a W .S ri eirt liwT ORONSAY (^B,»oe tons gross) glides into the water at Barrow-in-Furness.
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  • 312 9 ALTHOUGH it has been known for over a year that thc Soviet Union is exploring the range of speeds md Mach I ani claims to have exceeded that no fully substantiated details of the aircraft I nave so far
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  • 83 9 NEW DELHI. July 27.—Indian pilots have received an invitation from the Royal Aero Club of Britain to take part m the International Handicap Air Race on September 16 to commemorate the "Battle of Britain" m 1940. The race will be run
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  • 67 9 SPRINGFIELD. MASSACHUSETTS. (AP)— A new Indian motorcycle designed for use m Britain and christened The Brave is being introduced by the Indian Sales Corporation. It is a single cylinder model with 15 cubic inch displacement and weighs 247 pounds. i It develops a speed of 55
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  • 334 9 THE UNITED STATES have applied their undoubted ability for hustle to developing gas-turbine engines and aircraft for jnine "fears, and the fruits of their efforts, particularly since 1945, have begun to constitute a serious challenge to Britain's onetime acknowledged lead m jet propulsion, states
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  • 500 9  - S 'pore Gets 3,000 Head Of Australian SheepAnd Floating Menagerie Derek Drabble Beside The VTatesVfront By H'AMOUS AS THE MULE SHIP the British-«nsigned, Greek-owned, at last has sailed *SL X SS?' F rench-chartered, Indo-China When she left here yesterday only »5 ln 6 a P<? re for Haiphong, remained aboard.
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  • 160 9 JAPAN'S first governmental representation m the United States since Pearl Harbour Day was established recently m San Francisco. Culminating more than two years' effort by the Chamber of Commerce to secure trade representation by Japanese officials, a four-person group arrived m San Francisco
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  • Article, Illustration
    84 9 A daring rider hurtles oyer three motorbikes stacked three abreast during tests m Bavarian Alps of the new 10# cc "IflM machine. This amazing new model was developed by Norbert Riedel, 38-year-old German engineer who designed a starter for German jet fighters m world war two. Powered by a 4.
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  • 101 9 TOKYO. July 27 (Reuter-AAP) Japanese shipping agents are now authorised to conclude contracts dircctlv witai foreign shipping concerns for the provision of agency service within Japan, subject to approval by the Japanese Government, announced Mac Arthur's headquarters today. Officials of the headquarters
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  • 72 9 MELBOURNE, July 26 (Reuter-AAP) Dr. Seige Udovikorl. an Australian doctor stranded m the Antarctic,! who had said he would cut his own appendix if aid did not I come m time, was today reported out of danger. Vfoonwhfle, Australia's wartime cruiser, the 10.000-ton Australia was
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    • 225 9 fP_fligW IN and OUT OF HARBOUR ]g Amvais iBEN-^Riiji\pa k terson s Vessels Here 1.. wtlA E s vfqtfrhav Simons) _~7* Maron Gdn. 44, Telemachus YbSll-KUAy from UK /Co ntinent; OUTER ROADS |Gdn. 42/43, Tosari Gdn. 41, ELLEN MAERSK (Borneo LUXMI (Boustead) Hai Hsuan, Raki, Star, Arc- Sitsen Gdn. 40,
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    • 174 9 ipg^_i__^j Despatches TODAY:— Pontianak Noon by Toboaii; Palembang Noon by Tosari; Trengganu (parcels' only) Noon by Rawang; North Borneo, Labuan Brunei and Miri 6 p.m. by Kelantan. I July 29:— Sarawak (except Miri) 9 a.m. by Angby; Java j Noon by Batavia; Hongkong f and China Noon by Benvenue; Thailand
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  • 813 10  -  Mary Ha worth By Woman Who Was Slave to Her Husband Is Worried By Daughter's Severe Treatment of New Helpmeet, Who Is Showing Signs of Get ting Fed Up, Mom Says DEAR MARY HA WORTH: I firmly believe parents never Should interfere with married children and so far
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  • 374 10 Substitute For Iron Lung VIENNA, July 27 (INS)— Vienna'^ largest hospital has announced perfection of a "pint-sized" electric device that will do the work of an "iron lung" although jit is small enough to be carried m a suitcase. The "electric lung"
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  • 187 10 TOKYO: (Reuter-AAP): According to the newspaper Tokyo Nichi, the Korean war m Japanese! economy, has so far acted) as a strong stimulant which has boosted the prices of raw materials and employment m some industries. Shipping and shipbuilding industries were the first to be' affected
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  • 190 10 STROMNESS, ORKNEY ISLES, July 27 (AP) Britain is shipping artificial cherries made with seaweed to America. This latest product is one of' many British chemists have' learned how to make from the 1 seaweed, most of which is. taken from areas off the
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  • 120 10 LONDON, July 27. (INS)— Dr. Robert Lawson, Sheffield University scientist,, advises late home coming husbands how they can tell whether their wife is asleep or merely pretending. Writing m the optical magazine "Vision," Dr. La. son said "If your wife's lids quiver
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  • 215 10 Bewildered By Sights LONDON. July 27, (INS)— 1 A lilting Irish brogue brightened the dingy Hendon (North London) police court when a 28-year-old Irishman. Joe Skelton pleaded not guilty to "loitering with intent to commit 8 felony." A suspicious cop, not accustomed to seeing
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  • 20 10 COPENHAi. „p The Mayor of Andersen's nay presented the habitant Mrs Chi and a cop> of A tolas
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  • 358 10  -  EDWIN P. JORDAN THE DOCTOR S4VS D B> isease, m Written lor Nl A TINY gland called the pitul- tary lies on the underside of the brain at the base of the skull This gland secretes several important hormones which are necessary
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    • 288 10 OFF THE RECORD By Ed Reed sfBSBSSBSSBSB I I j "Want to holler 'HI' to Ed and Mary Anne, dear?— They just stopped by to say 'HelloT B*o»>\W i fZ^Hr^^^ vo J PROMISED ON U 7 /*«y^ai _wfiuV SeFas€ WE WEC? E WARPIED. V BENDEO KNEES TMATf= OK THATS JUtST
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  • 417 11  -  DOROTHY ROE dy TTE.V YORK, July 27— American girls will l, e girls asain this autumn. Xhe last hint of the 111 -chested silhouette, the boyish bob and the flapper slouch has been rem .,ved firmly from the autumn fashion picture. Xhe designers vote
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  • 452 11  - Wives— Here's How To Defeat A Younger Woman's Charms SAMUEL G. ESTHER B. KLING By and Q. Can a wife compete against the charms of a younger woman? A. Of course she can. Most wives do at one time or another, often without realising it. Few husbands haven't chanced across
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  • 47 11 BARBARA BOCHER. wlto is 14 years old, is the youngest ballerina m the New York City Ballet Company which is now having its London season Covent Garden. Limbering up during rehearsal time at Rachampton. she ffives expression to the joi de vivre.
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  • 204 11 [ROWING what to eliminate from any costume is the key to avoiding the overdressed look. It's a knowledge which many women never acquire. With it. a woman can always look well dressed, no matter how small her wardrobe or how inexpensive her clothes. Stripping a costume
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  • 298 11  -  WILLIAM E. McKENNEY BRIDGE CORNER By .^LLt other resources failing, there is always a chance that help may come from the opponents. There is more than a little likelihood that a defender who holds a hand that looks hopeless may be taken off
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  • 177 11  -  ALICIA HART By TPHE girl who is plagued by blackheads is likely to feel that hers is a major beauty problem. Blackheads are blemishes, true, but they are not disfiguring and they need not be permanent. Since blackheads arc simply collections' of dried hard oily material
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    • 749 11 Today's Radio Highlights RADIO MALAYA (Singapore) Another United Nations Programme transcript from Lake Success can be heard from this station at 6.40 o.m "Alphabetically Yours" is ©n the air at 7.30 p.m. vith Pamela Fairgrieve presenting it. Lunch-time music is provided by Frankie Carle's dance orchestra (1.45 p.m.) while a
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  • 81 12 ALBERT SPENCER. well-known to many racegoers since before the war has been granted a S.R.A. licence as a Jockey again and will be riding at the Selangor August meeting. Spencer can still make the weight at 7.11. His last mount, prior to his taking up an
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  • 45 12 WELLINGTON. July 26: (Reuter-AAP) The British Rugby League touring team beat Wellington by 40 points (10 tries, five goals) to 15 points (three tries, three goals) here today m their first match m New Zealand. The tourists led 24-2 at half time.
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  • 516 12 SINGAPORE had a fairly easy passage over Army-navy, wuutui K wur-one at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday m the first of two trial matches arranged for the specific purpose of putting the "locals" into tip-top shape for the forthcoming soccer classic— the Malaya
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  • 206 12 Singapore YMCA Tennis Tournament FOLLOWING are the results of yesterday's ties m the YMCA tennis tournament: NOVICES OPEN DOUBLES Dr. T. E. Tay and Dr. Tan Ah Chua beat Richard Loh and Jack Low, 6-1, 6-1; Dr. Ong Swee Law and Un Hon Kuri beat A. M. Nougarou and P.
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  • 289 12 Standard Matt Correspondent I PENANG. Thurs. Speculation is rife as to whether Law Teik Hock, that young temperamental player who caused a sensation m the 1948 championships when he beat our Thomas Cup hero, Ooi Teik Hock, to rob; the latter
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  • 80 12 TOKYO, July 26: (ReuterAAP). Hironoshin Furuha-| shi was picked captain of a 12-man Japanese team when the All Japan Swimming Meeting last night selected champions to compete with the American team, including Australian swimmer John Marshall next month. The American team is expected to arrive m
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  • 43 12 HONG KONG. July 27 (AP) Malaya University athletes were guests at a supper dance m Hong Kong Hotel last night on their return from a two-day trip to Macao. The hosts were members of the Hong Kong University Union
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  • 51 12 St. Andrew's OB A The Annual General Meeting of Members will be held at St. Andrew's School Hall. Woods-] ville on Saturday July 29 at' I p.m. The Annual ''Past vs Present'" Football Match for the "Lim Chong Pang" 'Challenge Cup will be played 'oil at 5.15 p.m. the same
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    31 12 Sixteen-year-old June Foulds. who recently- equalled the British 100 yards record, seen here winning at the White City, during the Women's A. VA. championships. June was first m the 100 metres.
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  • 1253 12 THE Penang Turf Club meetfng on Aug. 5. 7. 9 and 12 will see four now horses make their debut. They are Contact m class 1, Black Velvet, Manchester Cobbler and Real Mackay m class three. i There will be eight races on
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  • 322 12 SUNDERLAND, July 26 (Reuter) Fresh from their triumph m the third Test the West Indies visited Sunderland today for a two days' match against Durham County. They amassed the useful total of 375 before their last wicket fell just on the tea
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  • 504 12 L.UIN JJUiN Juiy «so i; neuter •> <ust before the M.C.C. sub-Commit tee :r... mi^ ;eam selection for the forthcoming I dl *uu Australia, the traditional Gentlemen p.*** <« jame which was begun at Lords todaj 1 Jiat was not already knovvn. a
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    39 12 Brigadier R F. II Hud** Negri's brilliant md attrif. tive batsman who mil h* going on home irjve nut work. During His two sr<vtn» >a Negri. lilniki Hudx* scored three centuries til made several v nro nl nvn ftftv
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  • 35 12 SUnd.trri si iff Rrporvr SAM H ilk trresth l follcn bold with X d tv otfl Bui tour ot le.i\ with W Kuan B K< tm de<". Iti LRt
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  • 28 12 HON (Al'. -Till I 19 J Ma of the In tl I I Iv I latei X Thc VI up ti to none
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  • 80 12 KUALA PILAU. Jolj tt— The 15th. annual athletic sports tlie Tuanku Muhammad hool. Kuala Pilah will held on July 2l> at 2 p.nv There will be two inter- school relay races for tht A and B. divisions. For the old boys there will I be a
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    42 12 r i— tl h.l OFF AT LAST! Members of thr Combined Singapore basketball Singapore two weeks while visa difficulties, were straightened out |> finally at Kallang airport yesterday. Here they are seen marrhnm will carry them first to Bangkok and then Hongkong. Standard
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