Singapore Standard, 9 August 1950

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  • 18 1 Singapore Standard A 5H| A VOL 1 NO- 38 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 9. 1950 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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  • 150 1 Soeciul To Tli-' Standard HONGKONG. Aug. 8 A reliable Shanghai source -poited today that the Communist authorities had launched a campaign to float an 80.000.000- tk point" galled victory Uond £jvc 20,1)00.000 points [J,s than the original plan. Tod^Vs official rate for the b*
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  • 63 1 Standard Staff Reporter A daring daylight robbs committed at the Adelph; Hotel yesterday Roland Smith, a visitor from tost necklace worth $7,000. Mrs. Smith and her husband, ■ho inivcd here on Aug. 6, are g u e.^t^ at the Adelphi. Sne refused to
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  • 30 1 STRASBOUR(;H. France, -(UP)— British Coniay countered the French Scfauman Plan for p<x>l»ng ootl and steel with a proto put those industries m ir the Council of Europe.
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  • 67 1 DOVER England, Aug. g (UP) Florence Chadwicto of the United States today completed the year's first successful crossing of the English Channel. She touched the English Miss Chadwick broke the record set by Miss Ederle m 1926. Chad^ck swam 21 miles m 13
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  • 186 1 TAIPEI. Aug. B— <AP)- An early attack on Quemoy, which the Chinese Reds started last night to bombard, is expected here m Taipei. But there was also speculation whether the shelling might have been a smokescreen for a possible Red attempt at a sneak
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  • 36 1 TOKYO. Aug. 8 (AP>—Presidential envoy W. Averell Harriman emplaned today for the United States after an intensive series of conferences m Korea and Tokyo on America's position m the Orient.
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  • 239 1 Standard Staff Reporter THE five-man delegation of the International Confedera- tion of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). now touring Asia, is expected m Singapore on j Friday afternoon. The delegation is headed by Mr. F. W. Dalley of the British T.U.C. Other members are Messrs.
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  • 137 1 CAMBRIDGE. England. Aug. 8 (Reuter)— A British atom scientist today hinted that radio-active poisons had been developed which could be laid as an invisible ground carpet to cover the whole of Greater London, or spread as dust m the air with 100 times greater
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  • 102 1 HONGKONG, Aug. 8 (Reu-ter)-AAP) Chinese Communist batteries on Lima Island. 15 miles south of Hongkong, today attacked the 8,400-ton Norwegian freighter Pleasantville as she approached the British colony. Four shells were fired but no hits were scored. The vessel was on its way
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  • 91 1 Standard Staff Reporter Hong Teck Huat, a 14-year-old Chinese schoolboy died m hospital shortly after admission, yesterday. He is believed to have died as a result of injuries received during a fight. The boy, who attended a Ccinese school m Duxton Road,
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  • 283 1 Standard Staff Reporter THE United States Military Survey Mission which arrived m Singapore on Monday began their first day of business m Malaya yesterday with a briefing of the military and economic situation. Most Important meeting which the Mission had was
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  • 188 1 Standard Staff Reporter The pilot who led the first bombing raid on Tokyo during the war m 1944. General James Harold Doolittle. quietly slipped into Singapore yesterday afternoon. The famous American flier, now vice-president and director of Shell Union Oil Company, arrived by a
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  • 96 1 Standard Staff Reporter A Chinese woman ran amok yesterday m Lorong 1. Geylang and slashed at Tay Ah Kwee. a six-year-old Chinese boy, with a parang, inflicting wounds on the boy's head, neck, and arms. The boy was rushed to hospital m an
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  • 59 1 THE HAGUE. Aug. 9 (AP) The Netherlands Foreign Ministry has now virtually taken over the case of Bertha Hertogh. 13-year-old Dutch girl who was married recently to 22-year-old Malayan school teacher m Singapore. The Ministry will also pa> the cost of the attempt
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  • 366 1 ON THE MASAN FRONT, Aug. 8 (UP) Men of the 35th **CACTT Regiment drove west and slightly north of Masan against •'medium" enemy opposition today m a twinpronged movement that by far was the most successful action of the two-day American
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  • 534 1 TOKYO, Aug. 8 (Reu-ter-AAP) Six thousand Communists with tanks crossed the Naktong River today 15 miles from Taegu while another division pushed down from the north along the other side of the right angle. This arrow, aimed straight at the second largest city m South Korea,
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  • War Briefs
    • 61 1 MELBOURNE, Aug. 9 (Reuter-AAF) Australian and New Zealand troops for Korea will go to Japan m the biggest airlift la the Commonwealth's history, the Canberra correspondent of the Melbourne Herald reported today. He said armed services and civil airlines had already conferred and tentative dates for the
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    • 37 1 AUSTRALIAN AIRBASE IN JAPAN, Aug. B—(UP)— Three Australian Mustang pilots today claimed the destruction of three North Korean tanks I and eight trucks m operations m southern Korea late Monday and early today.
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    • 45 1 WITH U.S. MARINES IN KOREA. Aug. B—(AP)— American Marines today relieved a company of the Army's sth < Regimental Combat Team trapped by North Korean troops. The Marines had to scale valley walls and fight over rugged hilltops to complete their rescue mission.
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    • 48 1 TOKYO. Aug. B—(UP)— An Eighth Army communique, issued at 1915 hours here, said; there was no major change on the Korean front since the communique earlier today. But enemy resistance against the Marines' Fifth Regiment had "been reduced and the attack resumed with some advance."
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  • 69 1 CARTHAGE, MISSOURI. Aug. B— (AP)— Miss Mollie McMinn, 82. for 40 years a Baptist missionary m China, died here Saturday, following a cerebral hemorrhage. Miss McMinn went to China as a teacher m a Baptist mission school at Canton m 1889 and subsequently was
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  • 78 2 THE FIRM of Traser Neave Ltd., was summonsed m the Singapore Fourth Police Court for conducting, through the Straits Times, a competition m which prizes were ofTered for the correct forecast of the results of the Malaya Cup Final soccer match between Singapore and Penang to be
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  • 348 2 Standard Staff Bcytrfer THE GOVERNMENTS of Singmpwm and the Federation if Mniaya have agreed, after a lapse of five years, to repay loans on a sliding scale— made by internees after Oct. 10, 1943, to the Sime Road internment camp funds
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  • 38 2 Month's Jail For Faffing Ka4io Ottoer Paul Barif* ©f tbc C.S. Air Force Skymaster which brought tfce Amerk-Mi Military Mission f Singapore, sprat yesterday morning under his aircraft typing a letter to fens sweetheart. Geaerm Solbert «rf Wisoun
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  • 188 2 TEO BOON Sai, who appeared before Mr. H. E. Kmgdon m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday on two riiarges of attempted extortion of $15.80 from a coffeeshop waitress was acquitted. In acquitting Teo. Mr. Kingdon remarked he was satisfied the charges were "trumped up."
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  • 119 2 TAN CHIN Poon and Ng Choon Hui. who tentatively charged with the murder of Wee Long Huat m May 1948, were both discharged m the Singapore Relief Court yesterday. The prosecution withdrew the charge on the grounds that "an important witness, only link m the
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  • 264 2 Standard Staff Reporter MAJOR-GENERAL Graves Ershine, tough commander of the U.S. First Marine Division, probably knows nothing of a girl m Wisconsin and her fiancee a radio officer mm his Sky master who had to postpone their wedding because of the flight to Singapore.
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 2 •***** 19 AMfirVSt 21. SiMCC Juanuaff the various stalls. riHrto liiiin a biff crowd m trmat of «be rublic Relations stand.
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  • 75 2 MR. KANDIAH Visvaiingam, barrister-at-law, was admitted to the Colony Bar by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles MurrayAynsley m the Singapore Supreme Court, yesterday. Mr. J. C. Cobbett. the Singapore lawyer, supported Mr. Visvalin gam's application for admission. Mr. Visvalingam who comes from Ceylon, was called
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  • 149 2 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE RedifTusion Employees Union will expel those members U'ho, alter having signed the strike notice, have reported for duty, the Union's President, 'Mr. D. N. Booth, said yesterday. Eight Union members have so far reported back for duty. Of a total staff
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  • 31 2 The free public library of the United States Information Service at 26, Raffles Place m Singapore has added 295 books comprising 193 different titles during the month of July.
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  • 156 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE DIFFERENCE m the basis for promotion between Indian and Chinese interpreters on the one hand and Malay interpreters on the other, will form the subject of questions by Mr. R. Jumabhoy (Indian Chamber uf Commerce) at Tuesday's meeting of the Singapore
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  • 45 2 Members ©f the Sales Department Staff of Rediffusion (bmgapore) Ltd. held a dinner party at Nam Hng Restaurant, 847 Victoria Street on Monday night to celebrate the: company's first birthday, at which the (.moral Manager, Mr. CiJL Oldridge, was the guest ol honour.
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  • 481 2 POLICE discovery ef the decempsjita body of a Singapore Chinese theatrical actor m a disused air raid shelter more tttan two years ago was told m the Relief Court yeUeriaLW. I r. In the dock was a young Chinese, Ho Lee
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  • 173 2 Standard SUIT Beporier A SUGGESTION thai the Singapore (-ovrmmrnt Administrative and Clerical Scnires I nkm be dissolved will, U it reaably leant, be made at its extraordinary Rtw^al meet. IB^ tfIfIWITOW. Government clerks m Empress Plaoe told The Standard they were of the conciliatory methods so
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  • 159 2 Standard StaJT Reporter GOVERNMENT is to be asked to state the supply position ot rice m the Colony it Tuesday's meeting of the legislative Council. Mr R. Jumabhoy (Indian .Chamber of Commerce) will ask Government what steps are bcin^ taken to an re future supplies
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  • 18 2 The St John Ambulance Association, (Singapore Branch) collected $12.82f>.9y on 'Tlag Day", July 22. LJM.
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  • 161 2 A VERDICT of death by misadventure was returned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday after an inquest into the death of Sim Ah Chai, a 16 year-old schoolboy of Winstedt Road Afternoon School who died following a fight with his class-
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  • 92 2 THE FIRST 50-piece Indian orchestra of its kind to be formed m Singapore— the Rr»makrishna Orchestra will sta^e a variety concert at Victoria Tl>eatre on Au,;. 29 ard 30. The concert, under the patronnge of the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. Homy Wolfe Baines.
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  • 102 3 \t the tea party given by the Junior Staffs of the Government Printing Department, Federation of Malaya, Kuala lurnpur. at the Eastern Hotel, in honour of Mr. Thor Beng fhong on the eve of his departure to U.K. to study printing in London Mr.
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  • 141 3 Police Foil Attempt To Kill Miner KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. i were made by bannight to murder the a tin mine m Perak. Prepared positions were on the mine which the bandits quickly vacated on the arrival of the police. shots were at the dredge, but there were no casualties. >andit
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  • 79 3 SEREMBAN, Tues:— Dr. J. wwt re-elected presiot the Negri Sembilan inaian Association at the angeneral meeting held here The election of other office-! .earers resulted as follow Vice-President. Mr. under Singh; hon. secretary, v. Ramasamy Iyer; hon. secretary. Mr. V.S. Mannon. treasurer. Mr. XX. Hon. asst.
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  • 222 3 Standard Staff Correspondent. MALACCA. Tues. Malacca Tamils have appointed Dr. S. Thambipillay, K.S.A. Sambanthan Chettiar, U. Thuriappa. A.L.A. Annamalay Chettiar and R. Thirumalaisamy Chettiar as trustees to take all legal steps necessary to get the assets of the Tamil Reform Association now m the hands
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  • 114 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Mr. Ng Kirn Seang, a member of the Federation Police Clerical Service, has been appointed Chinese Trade Union Officer on the staff of the Trade Union Adviser's Department. He fills the place of Mr. Woo See Thiam who has recently
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  • 89 3 Standard Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues A Special Constable, Ahamed bin Saim, who deserted the Police Force on Jan. 11, last year, was arrested m Johore Bahru on June 3. On being charged today m the Magistrate's Court for deserting, Ahamed bin Saim, pleaded guilty.
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  • 78 3 Standard Staff Reporter A MAN who has been "fiddling with aircraft" for well 'over 30 years m Australia, arrived m Singapore by Qantas Constellation on his way to London to buy five new aircraft Skymasters preferably. He is Mr. John Stubbis, chief engineer of
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  • Article, Illustration
    46 3 photo. Mr Lim Leong Sin* (left), 21-year-old son of the Selaneor tin miner, Mr. Lim Cylon (risht), who arrived l m Sto*a pore yesterday by BO AC. Constellation from En "land to spend a holiday with his parents m Kuala Lumpur M? Urn is -^fft-^Mj3^ Standard
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  • 42 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Today, the Selangor State Council recommended the purchase of a large refrigerator costing $1,395 for the establishment of a blood bank m Kuala Lumpur for the supply of blood to hospitals.
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  • 36 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The Mentri Besar of Negri Sembilan, Dato Abdul Malek bin Yusof, left Seremban today on the first leg of his pilgrimage to Mecca. He is accompanied by his wife, Che Kathijah.
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  • 151 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Delivery of mails and parcels carried by the two trains which left the respective stations at Kuala Lumpur and Singapore last night is expected to be considerably delayed as the result of the derailment of the patrol train
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  • 62 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Early this morning security forces raided a house m Negri Sembilan. A small quantity of Communist documents was recovered. Two male Chinese and a Chinese woman were arrested as suspected bandit agents. Yesterday, m Negri Sembilan, security forces located three bandit camps. Ten sacks of
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  • 66 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Nearly 3,000 Standard IV pupils m 38 Johore Chinese Schools are now learning Malay for three hours a week m term time. The instructors are 77 Malay School Teachers from neighbouring Malay Schools. Malay is also being taught to non-Malays
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  • 272 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Mr. T. E. Upton, m the Selangor State Council today, suggested the Government of the Federation should make the Malay language the "home" tongue of all Federal Citizens. He was addressing the Council on the "building
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  • 49 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A heavy storm recently caused the collapse of the school building at Jenderam Hilir two days before work began on major extensive repairs. Today the Selangor State Council recommended the expenditure of $2,000 for re-erection of the building.
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  • 59 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The Selangor State Council, at its meeting today, adopted the recommendation of the Finance Committee to spend $11,577 to meet charges for water supplied to departmental buildings and labourers* lines with effect from Jan. 1 this year. Since 1932, water has
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  • 198 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Selangor Government paid over one and a half million dollars as grants-ln-aid last year to Mission schools and Chinese and Indian vernacular schools This was revealed m a reply tabled this morning at a
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  • 126 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— As from Thursday, the Headquarters of the Second Guards Brigade will be known as Headquarters, 18 Infantry Brigade, it was announced by the Army today. Brigadier C. I. H. Dimbar DSO, will command the new brigade until the arrival
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  • 53 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Tiles.— A Chinese woman Chan Khan of Kempas was found guilty today by the President of Sessions Court Mr. W. B. Sutherland, on a charge of possessing .V 4 lb of opium m a train on July 31. She was fined $1,000 m default. 4
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  • 95 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Fresh proposals regarding salaries and conditions of working on estates, it is understood, were discussed yesterday by representatives of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association and the Federation of All-Malayan Estate Staffs Unions. The representatives have agreed to
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  • 65 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— A sum of $30,000 is to be spent by the Government of Selangor for the acquisition of land for resettlement of persons now living m the slum area at Port Swettenham. No State land is available and the State Council
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  • 64 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues At the meeting this morning of the State Council approval was given to the payment of $35,000 for payment of arrears of salary from August 1. 1947, to December 31 last year to religious officials and other employees of the
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  • 62 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. TlM*.A European police oflicer. Malay sergent and two special constables were killed thi^ morning m Perak when the jeep m which they wore travelling was ambushed by bandits. The driver of the jeep escaped unhurt. For security reasons the exact
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  • Article, Illustration
    48 3 Mr. S. Theraviam. an old boy of the St. Paul's Institution. Seremban, and technical assistant at the local Public Works Department, who has been awarded a colonial development and welfire scholarship to take a ir year course m civil en gineering at Loughborougtt College. Leicestershire.
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  • 93 3 Standard Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU TllM. When the Johore Session Court began today there \v;«< arcompanied on the bench Mr. W. B. Sutherland, Presi dent. Sessions Court, and Enche Taib Hadji Andak. Circuit Magistrate. Johore Bahru. Mr. Sutherland, referred to the death of Inche Abdul M;»--nab
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 191 3 Soccer: friendly: Marine ComCJ7/" A NCfiß—Tfulav mandos v. Food Control. bbLAIMijUK loaay Ruby The Secret Garden i.oo, Selangor State Welfare Com- 3.00, 6.45 and 9.00 p.m. mittee meeting, 10.30 a.m. Rex: The Story of Molly X Traffic Advisory Committee 12.45, 3.00 6.45 and 9.45 p.m. 4 o »J I Odeon:
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  • Article, Illustration
    22 4 A WOMAN sergeant (extreme left) listens to the R.S.M. briefing the womea volunteers, before leaving for a map reading course.
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  • 309 4 S'pores Women Volunteers Are Real 'Hep Girls Standard Woman Correspondent WOMEN MEMBERS of the Singapore Volunteer Corps are real 'Hep' girls! This is the opinion I formed after spending an energetic time out map reading with some of them last night. On arrival at Headquarters, I found half a dozen
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  • 223 4 Standard Staff Reporter GOVERNMENT should consider the possibility of absorbing into permanent service employees, on their individual merits, who have for long been working on a temporary basis. This will be suggested by Mr. J. Balwant Singh (Rural West) m the form of questions to
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  • 55 4 Standard Staff Correspoadeat PENANG. Tues. Applications for Federal Citizenship are being dealt with at the rate of thirty to forty daily. Mr. R. L. Peel, Collector of Land Revenue told The Standard, yesterday. So far 3,422 persons have applied for citizenship certificates since 1949
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  • 376 4 Nadra, Husband TurnDown '$15,000 Or More Film Offer Standard Staff Beptrter N ADRA, the Dutch girl, formerly knows as Maria Bcrtosh, and her husband, Che Al Adabi Mansoor, have turned down an offer of "$l5,Mt or more" for the rights to film their love story. The offer was made by
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  • Article, Illustration
    178 4 Buses stopped on the road cyclists stared, small boys drew near and gaped. We calmly drove back and retrieved the map. Cpl. Teo knows her map alright From one 'blind' point to another she led me. And she was ri^ht each time. We travelled across country. and wa
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  • 73 4 Standard Staff Correspondent SITIAWAN, Tues.— A lallang fire destroyed a Chinese attap farm house at the junction of the Teluk Muroh Lumut Road last Friday. It is believed that the fire started from the roadside, and aided by the breeze the lire raged unchecked.
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  • 42 4 The Governor of Singapore and the High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya have jointly appointed the Air Officer Commanding Royal Air Force Malaya, Air Vice Marshal F. J. W. Mellersh, to be Commander of the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force.
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  • 47 4 LAM AH YAM a 39-year-old woman, was given bail of $1,500 m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday when she pleaded not guilty to a charge of assisting m a chap-ji-kee lottery on Aug. 7 at Maxwell Road. The case was postponed for a week.
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  • 46 4 TAN AH KOON claimed trial m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to a charge of causing hurt to Lee Kirn Tee with a parang at Kampong Pengkalan Petal on Aug. 7. Bail of $200 was allowed. The case was postponed to Aug. 15.
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  • 289 4 IPOH, Tues. The Discharged Prisoners* Aid Society of Perak are appealing to the people of the State to help them carry out their duties. The Society is not, as many people think, a Government concern. Nor is it part of a Government department.
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  • 170 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Tues. Tuan Haji Mohammed Ali Rouse, Penang representative on the Muslim Pilgrimage Advisory Board for Malaya and Singapore, has been appointed the new Muslim Pilgrim Commissioner from Malaya for Arabia. Tuan Haji Ali will replace Tuan Haji Abdul Rahim bin Tahir.
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  • 90 4 Standard Staff Reporter INFORMATION on the number of children under 14 years of age, employed as noodle sellers, delivery boys or m any other type of work during day or night m 1949 or the early part of this year, will be sought
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    39 4 SOME of the women stud •ate of the Teachers' Traintoc College mm darinc their examination yesterday held simultaneously at the College and the Raffles Institution. About 3bO students sat for the examination. 130 of whom were first year >tud
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  • 86 4 Standard Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR, Tufs.~.\n attempt was made on the life of a police officer-in-charjje of the C.1.D., Chinese branch, last night when a hand grenade was thrown at him m Jalan Ben jura Lama. This was the first grenade incident m Alor Star. The
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  • 243 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tues. In a two-hour submission m the Sessions Court today, Mr. C. D. D. Hogan, who prosecuted on a fiat from the Federal Council, m the Bank of China cheating case, submitted that there had been
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  • 87 4 High Court Employee's T rial Opens ■Stand, n! U| .Ray*; !nal tier) kk Court S.^J breach t began Garf..n q| today. s R» Che Clitinff geeived istrar l f p. iv B.rk °«tl^ Cuan T paym( 'v ■aid Fr from the «o^ Th• all.- return i The c ies port
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  • 37 4 Standard Staff formpotfal PK \N ang v :i |Ltt jm last c i> ber. hai l itrative v further I :King Amnru: r v Tuan V.-y. <■• man of 'he Penang I'M NO ft-
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  • 15 4 .Stand trtl M»fT I orrrs>.*<Jnt B to Ch BTVi UK 100 to (t
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  • 211 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH. Tues.— Sentence of eight years' imprisonment was imposed by Mr. Justice ThornMB today on a 2!>-yenr-oM rubber tapper, Nadeson. who was found guilty of culpable i homicide not amounting to murder m respect of hlfl wife. Varathamul. Nadeson was
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  • 320 5 AT HOME -WHEREVER SHE HAPPENS TO BE A IKS ELEANOR ROOSE- f \LIT. widow of the I'.s. f re dent, has conlasivr'.y broken the fradi£tat v 'voman belongs awae. Sat a*i made herMif it home wherever she happens to be. A- her duties as thfi American n to the United
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  • 664 5 Around The Sp ore Shops With LILLIAN BUCKOKE r^o BfiLF get rid of that post-Rank Holiday feeling, why not slip into Dniicet's, Battery Koad? !ve just been around there, "d seell tJie new till* shantung m very striking black with a liar, and a white tv vest. was
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  • 113 5 DKNISE HART. InvHy twentj -year old prima >allerina now making nrws at the Scarborough Open Air Theatre, m Britain. haa to darn her own shoe* every Might. Dancing on the 181 feet suue. the biggest m the world, biit ger even than the Holly wood
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  • 272 5  -  WILLIAM E. McKENNEY BRIDGE CORNER By THE keen study of opening leads is characteristicof every good bridge player. An automatic lead of the fourth from his longest and stronger suit, or the top of his partner's suit, is not for him. He considers every
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    • 845 5 Radio Programmes RADIO MALAY KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE **9 metres 6t*s kilocvrles ouiUArvnc m |he 49 me|ro ban< ENGLISB PROGRAMME ia •> m Vow. from 5S am Opening Music: 10 10 a.m. News from Singapore Fmprcenpv News- 12 noon Kiia i n m n2SS Malay Programme; 1 p.m Dance MW- TR
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  • 712 6 TF the Communists strike elsewhere m Asia, they will naturally choose the weakest spot m the defence system of the Western powers. And IndoChina fulfils this requirement. For one thing its proximity to China offers the Communists certain strategical advantages. Not* only can China be converted into
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  • 998 6  - We Can BHe Proud Of Our Schools CHAN TEONG LAY THE average citizen finds the annual reports of t Government departments I dull and turgid. But if he really sits down to it, ha will find that they contain many arresting and useful information. Indeed, no student of local politics
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  • 514 6  -  Cassandra -by YOU and I have been caught standing fuilydressed under a cold shower. We naixuy knew the darn thing was there until E. ShinweU slipped iip belvnd us and su<;dcniy tinned the cold lap full on. Now we arc Retting soaked and drenched m the
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  • 230 6 NEW YORK. nPBE girls listened patiently while a religious leader de- -*> ■wn I i powder, lipstick, rouge and nylons a* "sinful things that are the cause of half the scrapes young girls get into-" Then, Joyce Slater, 17. got np and asked: "What about the
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  • We, the People
    • 291 6 Sir: While I do not agree entirely with the views expressed by Observer m your Talk of The Town column, yet there is some truth ia what he said about the Straits Chinese British Association. This Association unfortunately clings tenaciously to ideas encrusted with age. Its
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    • 353 6 Sir:—Before the meeting of the F. 1.0. was held I bad asked one of the organisers if the public would be admitted. On being to!d they would be I attended the meeting. I belong to none of the organisations—those that came to work or those that came
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    • 142 6 Sir:—Your f'litoria^ r«>roi.ily "Wan.ing to Parents'*, prompts me to Mid a f«W words on ihe mbjeci I can only hope that for the future of the progre^ and happiness of the whole community, the Commissioners come to the realisation that m exclusively and artificially standing up for their
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  • 331 6 Review of Views Timidity Is Evil HAVE confidence Majlis, the Ma To^** Eg Lump 8 '*it atatfia. quoted D £L* f r ;> ■re unconscious i# *%i •trench :r V nd »hey «n strength of Other.^** Bit. asked Math* H the problem unconsnou," XlJyjgN th m clear y •en I
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    • 102 6 Rb^s— Believe Rat Not! Bf irf JB J^" I'^.1 ELZEV *^> _>— J t"JTr J -/'ji V^ ftv Of fa FIRST WEEK W <M 3 r^^^^^w^^ .ry H| i llr UL #A^L# HniTs M i [-T !i)f IB IflLriW^T ''Ivll/fl ■HE w "•i"'""r i ■i^iiitd^^'i *^i^H '^HK e£hßB and nno
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  • 329 7 LAKE succfcaa, AU*. ("enter) Questioned on the possibility of new lrtTC ssions occurring this month when the Soviet delegate could veto and stateSe any action by the Security Council, the U.N. Seci&uy-€ta^^V^ declares that, if an emergency arose which the
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  • 201 7 UN Army Rapidly Growing UKE SUCCESS, Aug. 3 < AP) ~Wru!e the U.N. SecretaryGeneral, Mr. Trygve Lie. was announcing that 40 U.N. Nat on< had replied to his call for aid to South Korea and that noil of them had offered concrete help, Canada disclosed that she would contribute a
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  • 117 7 Spaak Again 'President Of Europe' STRASBOURG, Aug. 8 (Reuter) Belgium's Paul Henri Spaak was re-elected president of the European Consultative Assembly here after he had been strongly attacked by several delegates for his part m heading the opposition to King Leopold. The vote was 90 to 23, out of the
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  • 19 7 Egypt intends to set up propaganda offices soon m Argentina. Brazil. America, Britain, France, Italy and Switzerland. A. P.
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  • 224 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (Reuter) As the famed Fourth Marines swung into action m Korea, the U.S. Marine Corps announced that it was to mobilise all its 80.000 volunteer reserves to bring the Marines* strength tv about 200,000. j "Leathernecks" getting, aptism of tire m their
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  • 99 7 TEL AVIV, Aug. 8 (Reuter): One Israeli soldier and several Arabs were killed m a border clash north-east of Beersheba, Southern Israel, an Israeli spokesman reports. Tne clash occurred on Sunday when a party of Arab shepherds, accompanied by an armed escort, drove their flocks
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  • 35 7 HONGKONG. Aug. 8 <AP>.— The Hongkong Standard says that, although the Hongkong population has been reduced by an estimated 55.000 m July, there are still well over 2.000,000 people m the colony.
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  • 78 7 MADRAS, Aug. 8. (AP)— Barring anyone from colleges on grounds of community, caste or religion violates the constitution, a full bench of the local high court has ruled. The case arose out of a Madras government order fixing the ratio for admission on major religious communities
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  • 62 7 WASHINGTON, Au*. 8 (UP): A military spokesman said that "frantic** conscription of Koreans apparently had replaced part of the 37,500 casualties which the Northern invaders are estimated to have suffered so far and that they still have about 100,000 combat troops m action on the Korean battlefrontCompared
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  • 143 7 LONDON, Aug. 8 (UP) As feeling steadily mounted here against any support for U.S. intervention m the China war, the U.N. Secretary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie, evaded comment on the future of Nationalist Formosa and the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies
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  • 106 7 RANGOON, Aug. B.— (AP). Karen villagers along the Sittaung River valley, neigh- bouring Siam, are enlisting m large numbers m a new rebel Karen army aiming to retake the Conner stronghold of jToungoo when the monsoon ends, the Burmese press re- ports. Toungoo, 180
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  • 78 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (AP) Two additional U.S. warships; 1,240-ton anti-submarine' vessels are to be turned overj to Fiance on Saturday at a Philadelphia Navy yard ceremony. The transfer is being made, the U.S. Defence Department said today, m accordance with the U.S. {mutual defence aid
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  • 19 7 Three "Kuomintang secret service agents" were executed m Canton on Sunday, says a Chinese report. A. P.
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  • 15 7 The Greek Foreign Minister has denied that Greece had applied to join the Atlantic Pact.
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  • 62 7 HOME. Aug. 8 <AP>:— The Italian Government has announced that the urn containing the bones of St. Benedict, founder of the Benedictine Order, has been found undamaged under the ruin of Monte Cassino. The urn, which had been kept under the altar of the Abbey Cathedral and
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    54 7 photo. The crew of 115 mm. run em placed on a road somewhere m South Korea gets ready to throw a shell into the Breech of the weapon to fire at a target a mile away. Other American soldiers further down the road are seen prepared at a gun emplacement
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  • News Briefs
    • 125 7 NEW DELHI, Aug. 8. (UP): The Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, told Parliament that it would be "impracticable" to change the boundaries of Fast and West Bengal as a solution to India's and Pakistan's refugee problem. West Bengal Is under Indian rule and East sengai
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    • 16 7 West German Chancellor Dr. Konrad Adenauer is spending a holiday m Switzerland near Lake Lucerne. A.P.
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    • 24 7 The V.N. Conciliation Commission for Palestine has resumed efforts to open preparatory talks for a peace conference between Israel and the Arab States- A.P.
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    • 46 7 The Arab League's Political Committee, which will meet m Alexandria on Aug. 15, is expected to discuss a join attitude on Korea. Palestine and other issues before the United Nations, and may also seek recognition of the League as a regional bloc under the U.N.— A.P.
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    • 28 7 A Melbourne poultry farmer on one of his Rhode Island red roosters. Two vwnths later it developed hen-like attributes It now looks a brood of eight Reuter AAP
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    • 58 7 Lieut-Gen. James Van Fleet who, as chief of the U.S. Army's military aid mission to Greece, helped to rally the Greek Army to victory over Communist guerillas, has been awarded the Second Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal for "exceptionally meritorious service." He has been appointed commander of
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      55 7 m The Indian Government has refused to issue a passport to Mr. S. A. Dn^.ue. Indian vicepresident of the World Federation of Trade Unions, to visit FVns to attend a meeting of the A.P. Australian Premier Robert Mt Miles, who may visit Japan and Korea on his way back from
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    • 30 7 Legislation has been introduced m the House of Representatives which would allow President Truman to accept the enlistment of aliens including Germans and Japanese, into the U.S. armed forces.— A.P.
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    • 49 7 A Melbourne suburbanite went back to sleep when a voice answered him after ihe light had been turned on In his bedroom during the night. He thought the voice belonged to his wife. It didn't. But the A £5,500 worth of jewels tiie voice's owner took, did Reuter AAP
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    • 41 7 The Geneva League of Red Cross Societies has named American, Mr. Mortimer Cooke as the Leagues co-ordinator for Red Cross civilian relief m Southern Korea. He v ill work m liaison with the U.N. Command and the Korean Red Cross. A.P.
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    • 46 7 In the Adelaide traffic court O man said that, as hit car had not started to rattle. he could not have been travelling at H8 m.p.h. over an intersection as alleged by The police. The magistrate decided the potic* speedometer UMM more factual ing. Reuter AAP
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    • 43 7 A proposal that Communists In America be drafted into labour battalions "where they cannot commit acts of espionage or sabotage and could not influence loyal troops by their propaganda"' was made by Representative Harold O. Lovre m a letter to Defence Secretary A.P.
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  • 49 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. (Reuter):— U.S. State Department officials, studying the possibility of Chinese Commu-i nist invasion of Tibet, do not! believe that military aid could be given to the Tibetan Government. Peking has again said that the Red army would march on Tibet soon.
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  • 27 7 The Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Alexander Bogomolov. on Monday received the r rench Ambassador m Moscow. M. Yves Chatalgneau, at the Ambassador's request Reuter
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  • 119 7 TAEGU, Aug. 8. (Reuter— AAP) On the South Korean battJefront today was seen a scrap of paper which may reveal the fate of three Englishmen caught m the Korean war. On the paper were written the names of three men Harold Urstig, Hank Hebell
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  • 79 7 TORONTO. Aug. 8 <AP> A meteorite crater, three miles wide and far larger than any other found yet. has been discovered near Hudson Strait m Quebec Proving by a Royal Ontario Museum of Geology and Mineralogy expedition. Meteorites stony or metallic bodies from outer
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  • 61 7 LONDON, Aug. 8. <AP>: Two roads on a new housing project at Wallingford will be dedicated to Sut J F. Andrew of Montreal and Flying Officer J A. Wilding of New York who, m 1944. kept flying a Canadian bomber m flames after the rest of the
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  • 37 7 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8. (UP): Theatre-goer* at the musical show "South Pacific' emerged from the Opera House here to find a 60-foot sign atop a nearby uniform store reading, "Get Your Uniform* for the
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  • 277 7 LONDON, Aug. ft (UP) The Defence Minister, Mr. Km mannel Shinwell, said that Britain would increase her ground troops immediately to back up the nations new rearmament campaign. He added that service pay would be raised to enable Britain to build "a
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  • 39 7 BAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (Reuter)— Sayid Mohammed Mahdi Rubba, leader of the Independence Party, said that, unless the Palestine question were satisfactorily settled, Iraq and other Arab countries would remain neutral if a third world war broke out.
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  • 81 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (Renter) A Defence Department spokesman, warning against consideration of the present U.S. "offensive action! m Korea" as a "general offensive," said, "We do not think the time has arrived yet for I U.N. forces to roll the enemy back all
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  • 123 7 LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 8 (UP) As the Security' Council prepared to resume discussion today on the Korean question, M. Jean Chauvel, chief French delegate, indicated that the Western majority would attempt to end the Russian obstructionist and delaying tactics. He added, "In r
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    21 7 North Koreav soldiers, captured by South Korean forces, are here seen m a stockade m Taegu, the South Korean emergency capital.
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  • 44 7 The International Red Cros* Committee has asked the U.S.I. Government to permit a Red Cross delegate at Jakarta to travel to Ambon to investigate what Red Cross rtlie'.' is nerded for war victims iv iebel-h«ld teni tory. A.P. PRESIDENT TRUMAN
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    • 32 7 y FOR GOOD IMPRESSIONS!^ lIN MANY COLOURS FOR ALL MAKES OF 1 IJYPEWR I T E R S I ALSO AT KUALA LUMPUR I PENAHG jsf^ Established 40 years m mauya) j
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    • 91 7 "FRU-GRAINS" nourish without overheating <!p<<^^ In this climate Fru Grains are dmk an rs P*' r ll| y valuable food. IP liMhlil Their high contend of fruit and H^B wsJtifi Duts assuret tnr cn r >» r > f^jSU -^m su Kar without its heatinx I pH\Hilt>N* I qualities. Fru
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  • 96 8 Standard Skipping Reporter AN ALL-time record of. 4.061.961 tons of cargo was* bandied by the Singapore Harbour Board during the year ending June 30, the S.H.B. Secretary. Mr. J. Davis, toid The Standard yesterday. The cargo handled was as follows: Import (General cargo)— 1,704,822 tons;
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  • 122 8 LOM^OX, Au?. 8— <Reuter>— A blighter atmosphere was apparent on the London Stuck! Exchange today due to a general y more hopeful feeimg regarding the Korean situation, i Business, however, was some- what restricted. Commodity shares commanded the greatest interest. In this I group, rubbers were
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  • 339 8 THE INDIAN Gay nmeat Trade Commissioner ia Malaya, Sardar Jo??ndra Singh, yesterday gave details of the procedure for reflating export from India of coarse and medium count cotton textile, which has been allowed to soft enr; eticy conntries up to a
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  • 22 8 lireta, a Cejloa. wW arrived Ut Qurtas Coastei. tnttaW fc«y "a* tuscttii riasswto- Mr. de I*fr«*a fco«fhl wvnl
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  • 297 8 Standard Staff Reporter THE PROSPECTS of mobilising: domestic capital resources through Malaya's financial institutions Government and private for the economic development of the country will be investigated by Mr. 11. D. Fong, chief of the Research and Statistics Division of ECAFE. I Mr.
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  • 24 8 The Indonesian Ministry of 1 Economic Affairs at Djakarta says it has no intention of re- stneting the imports of weaving yarns.
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  • 52 8 CHINA, FRANCE GET EC A AID WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. (AP).— The Economic Co-oper-ation Ad uinistration on Monday announced the allotment of USS 1.023,000 to Nationalist China for the purchase of lumber and sawmill products, some of them from the Philippines* In addition, the agency allotted France US$6OO,OOO for, purchase of
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  • 203 8 WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. (TP).— The Senate Banking Committee tonight approved a four-wnv legislation. giving President Truman power to impose selective or overall price, wagie and rationing controls at any time to halt inflation. The committee approved the Home Front Mobilisation Bill, adding the standby
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  • 781 8 SINGAPORE. Tues.— There were reasonable inquiries for Malayan rubber shares today and prices showed some improvement. Certain tin shares reacted slightly to the good dividend announcement and better outputs. Industrials were hesitant. Closing quotations were: INDUSTRIALS Silver Sellei Mer Bricks Href i»i 2 05 ltd Ord 192J
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  • 88 8 EXCHANGE rates now m force, as supplied hy the Malayan Exchange Banks Association, are are follow? FREE MARKET CURRENCIES SKLI.INU B(J i i feu Jga. r» M*fr tttt itte'JlVb New Ze llano 24 i/3a a/i at/M Innii* Ceylon 1M 3/4 i£f a/ 4 jj? 41/JRI and Burma
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  • 66 8 HONGKONG. Aug. B.— (Reu- ter-AAP). Twenty thousand ounces of gold arrived m the Colony from Macao m the past week, according to Chinese financial sources here. It is reported the Hongkong authorities may allow banks holding import licences to import 500 ounces monthly. it is estimated
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  • Finance ... Commerce
    • 400 8 Standard Staff Reporter THE HEAVIEST Malayan rubber shipments m one month— 1ft1,929 tons— left lor foreign destinations during July. Exceeding the June shipments by 25,331 tons, last month's rubber shipments were the biggest for, at least, years. The record shipments m July brought
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    • 130 8 HONGKONG. Aug. B.— (AP). The Chinese Communist Government have announced revised rates of exchange between their own currency Jenminpiaa (JMP) or "Peoples Currency" and foreign currencies. The new exchange rates put foreign currencies at less premium than before. The greatest revision occurred m the British pound sterling,
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    • 274 8 NEW YORK, Aii£. B— <AP)— Soaring rubber prices scare-buying of tyres, and record use of rubber by r S industry may lead soon to an increase m the amount of synthetic rubber m American tyres. The amount of man-made rubber m tyres has
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    • 93 8 3 port ft* 192 c 105.00 108.00 H% 1990 106.50 ***** 3% liWfl 86.00 87 00 J% 1937 92.50 93 50xi 3% 1199 W. 50 W.JHJxI 4* 10» 100.50 10f.*0 P*n»n, 5% 19M 108.00 106^ 4f% 1929 ***** IOKOOjd lWfl MOO 9600 1937 9100 98 00 3}%
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    • COMMODITY PRICES
      • 33 8 /a lat «st Singapore rubber r (Aug. 8) were, per Ib. No. >. RSS Spot loose ftiff 1 Sjfcj No. I RSS fob m boles Aug... l K?-f- 5152 Tone: Quiet after weak
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      • 12 8 SINGAPORE, Tues—Aug 8 -The-, t.n todoy wos $373.87; per p.cui jf
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    • 66 8 standard Staff Reporter JSHI* I^ >^terday, a11rrn..... pricrs off I^y 20 cents per lb, dropping fron, M: ,nU iS for first grade fob to $1.53. opened ifjjtith. Tht: the Unite > NON gi OTUIONS faporo L o Acre p>f- ;•_> No I R. o.'
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    • 88 8 Standard Start Reporter KALLAMG Airport for a hrn hours yesterday became I popper depot when 2.230 pounds, m 150 )b. hag*, were stacked readr to be loa<icd into the KLM Constellation. The pepper, which is being sent to Hamburg, is to "ajOswer an emergency (iemand"
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    • 39 8 COPRA > prodi;. f terday, an i seliei that pri nut i v Pric«»s prod i were Betel N (whole' Coconut Oil >- (roiin^t. (Hanibur< per $C 5 (Lanipon^ B (liuntok .'5 (Sarawak wrrr (LmxK I 9
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    • 323 9 Standard Shipping Frpwiu -7 minute loading m the United States ctf important car*** **>v :ial T for FoTmos^ is delaying the arrival ai S^nfaTw^^T^Tu •nice, the American round-the-wSrld cruisml Wr SID apc)re of ifler First Flight According to earlier
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      15 9 Miss Joan Caa* here to help save her brother's life. (See story on Page I).
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    • 87 9 U i! r'jrd Staff Reperter the most excited Airport yesag was Miss i (;.:ieral Hospital I air hostess, who l her first flight. mhnrtes, she could meetings with who had gathered r to welcome her and ke of her ex?en;fie.' 1 she said, bating
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    • 31 9 Standard Staff Reporter lut service of the ight to Kallnng v Rev. Fr. A Arnaiz, Ri-dempvin^ Fathers, Hr by Rev. Bro. I cscuited to the •ions al Thomson Road.
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  • 120 9 I Staaiat* Staff Reporter STRICT security measures against any attempt at sabotage are being taken for the United States military trans- port Skymaster which carried i the U.S. Military Mission to Singapore and is now parked on KfiUang airfield. •'Orders have been given, since
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  • 188 9 INTEREST m the inquiry into the circumstances attending the loss of the steamship Hopestar has been revived by the publication by H. M. Stationery Office of the official report of the Court The Hopestar which sailed j from the Tyne
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  • 17 9 -Picture by the former limiilcm fctocfcaie fcwatac Sir Jate Fr»«ktta ia Sine&pflre Docks yesterday, Mickael Goh
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  • 112 9 COLOMBO, (Airmail) <Reuier>— Ceylm will soon have mm Air Academy to turn pilots, 1 ground li^mmiii end radio eognecrs. The Academy will be administered "by a Cammand- ant and a Qualified training in- structar recruited frara abroad, m addition ta other personnel which will be
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  • 63 9 HONGKONG, Aqg. 8 (Reuter-AAP* Thirty j snaall warships which were left m Hainan by the Nationalists when they retreated, have been towed to Canton for repairs, according to the Chinese All these ships are betow 100 tons. The uoport said the authorities m Canton have i
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  • 58 9 **E REStDGCT MONBOE, U.S.A. vhne dollars or "sreea-toufar will be wd2SL«« *c Cotany's stores. »«*efc mad irstairasts. .Owm* hf lirririii Fre«dent Lines, sbe is a sister S ™l» <rf the fitMMkMt PoHc which was bere durmt the early part «rf J«l y Each ship m ci«m toMtaee
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  • 117 9 HONGKONG, Aug B (Beuter AAP) A fleet of more than 30 naval vessels will be formed shortly by the Chinese authorities m Kwangtung to suppress j prevailing piracy m the ti Pearl River estuary, according to a Chinese report reaching Hongkong. j The fleet will be
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  • 74 9 BONGKOKG, A«f. f (Bcnrter-AAr) The uti H Director of Marine today wanted aU shippinc appraoUac the Colony not to pass withim five miles of the t^iai* head of Lima fcdaad, from which Comammist batteries have shelled teasels during: the past three days. Ifce nirin; came after
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  • 485 9 Standard Shipping Reporter this y^* o^* 7 SH !f W t ich P erf °™«d a daring ,ct > r~f nd esc «P e <l unharmed arrived at SingHSSCESNSSB j The Sir John Franklin, a doughty American-built cargo vessel with bulletsanxrf sides S
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  • 222 9 SUadard Shipping K^portrr THE fourth of the Blue Funnel Line's quartet «f fine new "P" class freighters. Porous, arrived at Sincapore from the United Kingdom yesterday. A ship of 10,000 tons gross, the Perseus is primarily a carpo vessel with big refrigerated space. Some
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 146 9 and DEPARTURES JU^^^^^ Arrivals rrom P&lemhang ETA 3.30 pjn. IMV AMFRK*, WORM) Oepartares KLM rONSTEIJ.ATION KIM (X)NSTELLATION far Bangkok. Karachi. Bagh- v TA »> ,-;o a.m. dad, Damascus, GenevaSANTAS EMPIRE .AIRWAYS Amsterdam ETD 7JJO a.m. COWSTBLLATHWia Q.E.A. I \N( 'ASTKIAN ion. Rome, Cairo.' for Sydney ETD 5 a.m. 15 P-m.
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    • 214 9 and OUT Of HARB^Rj Alliwak terdam Trading) Malim, Bunabaai, Rodezee, »m>v«w from Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Angby, Halvdan, Hue Meng, uAIUDAI Port Said and Aden Bulan, Abacore, Kotanira, COKFC (iElay Kerr); XJHLAMFfX (KPM) Scudai, Flounder. Hong Thong, SIX JOHN FRANKLIN 'Wah --S° m •J*?®" and Hongkong Katons. Merlimau, Serarr.pong. Hin); WBONIA <East
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      147 10 STARS of yerteryear as well as new luminaries claimed awards at the Badminton Championships held m Ipoh. There was one established star however who won added brilliance, and he was the champion of champions, Wong Peng Soon, who won the singles title m a nerve-straining battle with a giant
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      122 10 Z There were new champions also at 5 the tennis championships held at Kuola S Lumpur. In Hie men's section, youth won out against experience, and the pre- j mier award went to a Singapore young i man, Ong Chew Bee. The keenest strug- i J gles were seen
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      70 10 At Ponong, where the Turf Club held its first doy's events m the August Meeting, eicitcment was as keen as anywhere else os favourites ond outsiders won or surprised, depending on the viewpoint of the folk m the grandstands. Ascot Vole wot one winner that surprised customers at the
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      140 10 o conservcS»e esrimote, 20,000 people wotched the Moi Qyon motor racing chomp, 0n Ships of Johorc. On the left is th stort of the roce for the smaller motorcycles ©f cylinder capacity not eiceeding 350 cub.c cent. metres showing the eventual winner Mornotf (5) at the head of
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  • 462 11  - Your Marriage Samuel G. Esther B. Kling By and Jealousy May Wreck Marriage 0h A- <* an y° u lell if v jealous? M a thermometer v temperature, If ig ns indicate that vouTe too Jealous for your own good. Test yourself; Snst those listed below you annoyed when ise
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  • 30 11 y England, "'H Cooper. "tJ/agging his it treet while ssing a woman, ena rtt the time I 1 m a heated argu- friend, and g^j^y^a^med pa care-
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  • 633 11 20 Clues To Human Cancers possible causes of cancer, and cut down the number of victims, Dr. Cameron said. A cancer meeting m Oxford, England, will investigate why geography so often turns up wide and startling differences m the amount and type of human
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  • 104 11 Mo thers-in -La w Become Popular WHITLEY BAY, England (INS) Mothers-in-law have; become popular m Whitley Bay, Northumberland county. Young couples living with, mother-in-law will get priority, m the allocation scheme for, new houses. i The local council agreed withi chairman J. D. Kidd's ideas: "Mothers-in-law can make, any family's
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  • 133 11 LONG BEACH, CALIFOR-, NIA, Aug. 5 (AP)--Under oath, to eat no fat and very little, lean, and to skip, the taste ofi sugar, nearly 200 very fat wo-i men have formed Fatties i Anonymous at Long, Beach, i California. Aim is to get their weight
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  • 162 11 LONDON, Aug. S.—(INS).—; Senior British Boy Scouts are; camped on the shores of Loch! Ness m Scotland maintaining a; dawn to dusk watch for the elusive fabled monster. Armed with binoculars and cameras 150 Scouts will spend much of their time watching for
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  • 300 11  - UK Mechanical Toy Elephant For Market John Camsell By INS Stall Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 4.— (INS).— Britain's biggest kid's toy and latest potential dollar' earner is a mechanical elephant capable of doing 27 mph' m top gear. Jeannie, the mechanical Jumbo, has Just had her first "road test" and carried
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  • 432 11  -  EDWIN P. JORDAN, M.D. Dreaded Migraine Headache Favours White Collar Workers By Written for NEA Service TtfIGRAINE Is the most com- mon variety of headache. Although it runs m some families it has a special liking for desk workers and inhabitants of the cities. Many patients can
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    • 154 11 I A GET HOME -THAT <^^^ 1* ITS BLONPIE^J— r==^j BACK" WHAT^= :^^^^3H| ~JK»2UCI I I LOVE TO WALK IN i I IT'S GREAT TO GET I I ,-T~ <~ 11;;/ THE COUNTRY WHERE AWAy FROM THE f I il I MWBB^BBBBBBI II SO LONG, BOyS/ IF WE SPOT \I
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  • 61 12 World's Fastest Swimmers One of the flrst pictures ol the Japan-America swimming contest held m Tokyo on Friday m which world records were set up m almost every event Picture shows chuafcy Japanese ace Hironoshin Furuhashi standing on the wraner's rostrum at the end of 204 metres race with James
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  • 321 12 KOTA Raja Club. Singapore's senior league champions, are making a determined bid to win the Singapore Cup as well. Opposed to Royal Air Force (Changi) at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday m the second round of the competition Rajas reached the third round, winning four-nil.
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  • 100 12 Thomas Cup For Sports Exhibition Standard Staff Correspondent IPOU. Tues.— Malaya's Thomas Cup will have a place m the "Festival of Sports" celebration m England next year. It will be exhibited among other major trophies of the world, the secretary of the BAM, Mr. Moey Lian Teck, announced at the
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  • 79 12 PROMOTER Razak an- 1 wrestler Ali Riza Bey lletf t Singapore for Djakarta by KLM pane yesterday morning. Razak has gone "to finalise arrangements with co-promo-ter Tjan for a series of boxing and wrestling programmes m Djakarta, Bandoeng and Sourabaya during the Indonesian independence anniversary
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  • 29 12 HONGKONG. Tues.— Singapore's basketball team trounced the local V.M.C.A. tonight by 63 points to 30. winning the warm applause of a huge crowd of spectators.
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  • 269 12 By OIXIE DA VIES PENANG, Tues. Several candidates for the Gold Cup were taken out for work when training was resumed here this morning. The outside course proper 'was opened for fast work. Park was taken out by Tulloh m company with Glorify (riding boy).
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  • 109 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday— In an inter-R.A.S.C. match. Malaya beat Singapore by 43 runs on Monday at Kuala Lumpur. Dixon. (not out 79) hit 12--fours, out of 147 scored by the home side. Leading Malaya was Major Dermott Joyce, an Australian with the R.A.S.C. m Malaya. For
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  • 57 12 In a friendly soccer match at Alexandra, yesterday, 30 Bn. RAOC. 2nd. XI. beat a team from S.S. Benlawers by ten goals to nil, after leading 4 o at half time. Scorers for the RAOC were: Lomasney 4, Burns 2, Heard 2, Philips 1,
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  • 430 12  -  OLLIE DA VIES By THREE winners— Prattlin', Ricksmead and Craigmonnt have come foaether m the third race to-day, the third day of the Penan* August Bank Holiday meeting. Whereas Caravan and Craigntount have had their weights decreased by 12 Ib. and
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  • 185 12  -  Ollie Davies By RACE 1: MISS JEWEL Jade Princess RACE 2: CATHERINE Royal Eagle RACE 3: RICKSMEAD Prattlin' RACE 4: LUCKY STAR II Manchester Cobbler RACK 5: SCREEN Why Worry II RACE 6: ATHLETE Thirlmere RACE 7: ALL BOLONEY Kakatna BEST BETS: RICKSMEAD MISS JEWEL By Gay Reveller RACK:
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  • 315 12 MRU SETTLES DATES FOR NEW SEASON Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Th eMalayan Rugby Union last night decided to hold the final of the HMS Malaya rugby competition and the all-blues final at Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 13 and Feb. 3, 1951. The North— South match was fixed to
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  • 82 12 I Standard Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR, Tuesday— lsmail Shaari became the champion athlete m the Kedah Perlig P.W.D. annual athletic sports held at Alor Star. He won the cup presented by Mr. S. A. Jordan. Ismail was first m the javelin throw (110 ft. 4">, high
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  • 936 12 RACE I:— HORSES, CLASS 5, DIV. 2:— 51 FURS.-3.30 P M 1. 834 WINDSOR LADDIE 8.12 Messrs Tan and Clyne R Brouk.. t. 000 GREETINGS 4y 8.11 "Gold and Purple Stable 1 R,*i ers S. 000 LOCH CLYDE 5y 8.10 L. H and R if Whittaker. M
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  • 275 12 SWANSEA. Aug (Heater) Everton gave another brilliant display of batting t«> i for the West Indies against Glamorgan today pleted his 2,000 runs for the tour. West Indies for 6 m their second innings at lunch tim«\ were 201 ahead. Weekes scored freely and
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  • 59 12 Standard Staff Corned" I SEREMBAN (Seremban Lotion were defeated George V School «t I two goals t" 1t..:! through Qo\ m minutes befon equali>«"d »r Bef.uo U* iigave the |.k\< ning goal <4 At crickei *i Kin« OcorgC s runs A feature <>' the fine
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    • 259 12 Handicaps For Mont Bay Following are weights Horses. C:iass 1, Div. 2:— furs. ACTRESS 8.01 for all the eight races on NESSUS 900 SWEET MEMORY 8.00 Am*!? 5 da V f the *>nang KING ARTHUR 9ioo Horses. Class 3. Div. 2:— l Mile August meet. GOLD MEDALLIST 8.13 Rl ANK
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