Singapore Standard, 10 August 1951

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    16 1 Singapore TIGER Standard VOL. II NO. 40 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1951. 12 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS
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    SMC To Ask For Crown Land To Settle Fire Victims
    320 1 SMC To Ask For Crown Land To Settle Fire Victims Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners are to ask the tneiii for i rown land to settle the displaced victims of ilie recent n»!_::- firr. rhis was derided l>\ die Special Allan Dwelling Committee of the loners al their meeting
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    Little NATO' In M-East Wins US, French Support
    96 1 LONDON. Aug. 9 (AP) bdonned Officials reported todaj that Britain has won Americas and French backing tor a Middle Eastern d -IViu system tied to the NATO organisation. Th'v N.ud th:* project for a "little NATO" in the Middle East would be
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    Stoes Has Conference With Premier
    51 1 Stoes Has Conference With Premier the on ncal j rneni I nula a I i Iran s but in tl» -ifAbi>! nego- ring .zed lill a D(1 M sec eta y 3 ng mis iey -,v a Col ible i r'.o Teheran \ngloa c irged want e s to fuil
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    S'pore Police To Bring Marro Back From HK
    135 1 Standard Staff Reporter Mr O O. Griffiths A.S.P. off the Singapore Police Force is to fly to Hongkong today to bring back Leslie Marro, Mr D K Broadhurst Assistant Commissioner ol Police, told Tiie Standard yesterday. Leslie Marro, according to a Bonglcong
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    Frighter Aground
    25 1 time Si f< Board i ii the Libei idn 9 BfETOUnd the si oi Am•t- m nan M Hon- Jap eoast- ed to
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    London Exchange Has Finn Day
    82 1 to\ DON Aug. 9 (Reuter)— B^dSSg ol iSteresi gave toe L,,nd.»n Sto^ Exchange another firm dav today. Broken ie nor ed a revival of inquiry from Fne smaller investor which was ;S;an O^S at around 66/6 w th the market pleasantly surprised by a capital
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    Mysterious Fire
    26 1 A mvsterious fire broke oui behind closed doors at an enefneeVing and welding works a Sawnaugh Road opposite the r- i to Cabaret lastm&hk^^^
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    Smedley, Stein Members Of Red Spy Ring In FE
    130 1 Gen. WiUoughby: WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UP) —Mai -Gen. Charles A. WiHoughbv testified today that the late Agnes Smedley, American writer on the Fur East, and British journalist Guenther Stem were members oi Richard gorge's Soviet spy ring in the Far East
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    Seventh World Jamboree
    58 1 photo. The Seventh World Jamboree or the International Boy Scout Movement started on August 3. near Bad Ischl in the Austrian province of Salzmakkergut: More than 10.000 Boy Scouts representing 40 nations, attended the meeting: Photo shows: Ole Ohlsen and Joergen Lvng of AJborg. Denmark, shoulder their
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    Formosa Can Get Along Without US Aid, Says Connolly
    212 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UP)— Senator Tom Connally, Democrat, said tod^y that the Chinese Nationalists on Formosa can get along without American aid. 44 1 do not think Formosa needs any military aid so long as Chiang Kai-shek is there," the Senate
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    Trainer Plane Crashes
    48 1 ELY ENGLAND. Aug. 9 <AP> —A crashing trainer plane avowed hitting the Cathedral here today but smashed into a truck The driver of the truck was killed. The pilot and his pupil were hitting the truck. the plane skidded to a stop in a garage.
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    Burma, R.I. Confer On Jap Treaty
    150 1 RANGOON Aug. 9. (Reuter)— Dr. Achmad Subardjo, Indonesian Foreign Minister, led a visiting Indonesian delegation which today met Burmese Government representatives ior talks on the draft JfPMg* 1 treaty and th e proposed San Francisco conference The meeting was secret and no communique was
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    Tonga Islands' Crown Prince Visits S'pore
    112 1 11 Standard Staff Reporter CPOWN PRINCE TUNGI. 20-stone Prime Minister f frhP Tonea Islands in the Western Pacific grouped ZnoTe yesterday that he would "sign the VisitSratG«nt House during his three-day stay here. He was met by a Chinese Singapore Government representative at Kaiiang
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    RedLommanders Ask Ridgway To Resume Parleys
    376 1 TOKYO, Aug. 9 (UP)-The Communist Commanders t oil a called on General Matthew Ridgway to resume the eeas< fire talks and said they already had guaranteed that there will he M further violation of the conference zone's neutrality. Radio Peking broadcast, the Communist reply
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    Body Of Little Girl Found Murdered
    76 1 BATH. Somerset. Aug. 9 Itieu- ter) The body ol nine-year-old Cecily Batstone. the fourth little girl murdered in Southern Eng- land in a month, was found here today. She had been missing from her' home since yesterday afternoon. Police have detained a man who
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    Coffee, Tea In Fed. Upped 1 Cent A Cup
    69 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs The Federation Government has authorised a one-rent Increase on ♦he price per cup of coffee or •p:i sold in coffee shops as from Monday. From that date plain coffee or tea will be charged 13 cents or 18
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    Narriman Expecting
    42 1 SAN REMO. Aug. 9. <AP» Queen Narriman of F.gvpt is expecting a child, accord ng U> members of her entourage, The former commoner, v married King Faiouk on May 6. has been honeymooning in Italv The King left San Remo
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    Newsmen Told To Wait For Announcement
    71 1 Newsmen Told To Wait For Announcement UN ADVANCE CAMP. Aug. 9, (UP).— lt was learn ed unofficially today that an announcement that the armistice meeting would be resumed in Kaesons on Fri day would be made from the United Nations dimmand Camp tonight. An information officer in side the camp
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    Reds Allege UN Attacks Truce Truck
    147 1 TOKYO. Aug. (APi. The United Nations Command 'headquarters said tonight the Redg had formally charged Al- lied war planes machine-gun-I ned a Communist tniCe delegai tion truck on Tuesday. The incident wi.s said to have i happened between Kaesong, site of ceasefire talks, and
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    Australia Hit BY Cold Spell, Snow
    44 1 SYDNEY. Aug. 9 <AP).- Snow has fallen over a wide area of South-eastern Australia during the past '1\ hours, in the harshest spell t>f cold weather tor hail a century Etobari reported the coldest weather tor 49 yeai
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    Pyonggang Abandoned By Reds
    142 1 Pyonggang Abandoned By Reds m I ,S. EtGWTB MOh HEADQI \IHT.K>. K»n a. An". 9 M*) 1 "i''* l Nation* la»k tor«-r W «<lin «la> rolled ini«» Pfewß^wm anil thru all«r fimlillg thr <»iM-litii«- romuiiiiiinl mitral Korran front stronjrlioM <lf.rrt««l. Screettinf forces i».<' i ividely to the ea A wad
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    Princess, Duke Not To Visit Nen York
    144 1 LONDON. Auk I, (Beuteri P incess Elisabeth Duke Edinburgh unable to visit N*-' "> October during their vis Canada u d Washingtoi jr,,. have conve I •deep '<-^>-\- id a iw to M W:.:i en C ii i I M ivoi recept tee
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    ILLEGAL SMOKE HOUSES TO GO
    15 2 Gimson Sees How First Aid jl 4 Merchants Lodge Appeal
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    Mr. Lee Gives 2nd $250,000 To Varsity
    173 2 Standard Staff Reporter MR LEE Kong Chian. Singapore rubber magnate and philanthropist, tops the list of donors to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund having now contributed halt a million dollars with the latest dona•tion oJ cheque lor another 5'250.000 recently This money,
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    Alleged To Have Caused Miscarriage
    55 2 A CHINESE woman, Tang Wai Lan, was tentatively charged in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday with causing miscarriage to another woman Violet Seal] at Lavender Street between Aug. 7 and Sept. 8 last year Tan? was released en bail until Aug. 16, when the
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    Took Another's Wife Out. Stabbed
    106 2 WOXG YOON TEAN, aged 28. a plastic worker told the Singa- pore Second Police Court yesj terday that he stabbed Loo Shock Li:\. his former employee, because Loo refused to leave his wife alone. Wong was fined $50 by the Magistrate, Mr. R.8.1. Pates for
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    Men Treat Broken Bones
    203 2 Slillll J Slafl Reporter THE 1,150 members of We Si. John Ainluil■NC Brigade proudly ■mvired their patron. Sir Franklin Gimflon, (iovernor oi Singapore, at Jalan Besar Stadium vesterday, what they had learned during the year. They enacted four common accident* and showed how members of th»»
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    Mayoress Of Baguio Meet Childhood Friend In Singapore
    221 2 )[RS. VIRGINIA de Guia, attractive acting Mayoress of Boguio City, summer capital of the Philippines, reached Singapore by air yesterdoy from Jakarta to study Municipal management here. She headed a Philippine delegation of six to the United Nations conference of Non-Governmental Organisations
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    S'pore Govt. Allows Re-export Of Textiles
    148 2 SINGAPORE exporters were officially notified yesterday that, in addition to permitting the re-export of all classes oi piecegoods (except cotton duck) to the neighbouring territories of Indonesia, Thailand, Indo-China, Burma and British Borneo territories application will now considered in respect of re-exports to other
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    S'pore Rural Board Attitude Flayed
    520 2 THE ATTITUDE of the Singapore Rural Board in delaying the approval or otherwise of plans for the building of smoke houses was described as high-handed by Mr. A.P. Goodwin in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday. Mr. Godwin was defending four leading Singapore rubber merchants
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    Stole Machines
    78 2 Pleading guilty to a charge of stealing two "Butterworth" machines from the master of the vessel s.s. Stanvac Hongkong on Aug. 2, lan Ah Tin was sentenced to three months rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. AN examination in law for Cadets in the Malayan
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    Building Bye-laws 'Invalid'
    287 2 THE building Bye Laws c f the Slfd^h* Rural Board -are'"in\dJid, because they a^e ultra vires, ambiguous n'r.d unreasonable? said Mr. T W. Ong in the sasas Fim peiice c u Mr i.. Ong was appearing for four Singapore rubber merchants who were alleged u n summons
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    VIGILANCE MEN GET DIRECTIVE
    132 3 Standard Staff Reporter I XKITTIVE Council of the Singapore Union lists has issued a directive to its Vigilance on the method to be followed in making »J encroachments on the freedom of the m uitNn and without and of obstruction to in the nomad pursuance of
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    NEW JOB FOR THREE MEN
    17 3 NEW JOB FOR THREE MEN I a■ n t C sel ted Savi aper ol S place
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    THEY WANT SARMA TRIED
    494 3 THEY WANT SARMA TRIED Standard Staff Reporter A RF.SOI.I TION requesting the Govermnenl of Singapore lo l>rin«: to trial Messrs. P. V. Sarma ami 1.. Devon Nair. former President and Secretary respeetiveh of the Singapore Teachers Union, >vas ]»a>*ed al the second ami last day of the Conference of Delegates
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    77 Smiled For Good Reason
    185 3 SEVENTY -SEVEN Singapore men and women, who studied at the Y.M.C.A. Commercial j School were all smile.-, yesterday afternoon when they received their L.C.C. certificates from i Lady Han Hoe Lim at the Y.M.C.A. in Stamford Road. The certificate recipients were those who successfully sat
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    Strikers Discuss Terms In Secret
    99 3 twem> j t0 discuss be nin Ime s reached be-t-veen the' Company official* and repi^entatives of the workers. The meeting between the Corn-n-mv officials and representatives S?V worker U "j|ff "ijg^ihl mises at 64-A Queen Street behind closed doors, is believed to have strongly reiterated
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    STABLES FOR WAR DEPT. MEN
    673 3 -AND THEN NO HOUSING ALLOWANCE Standard Staff Reporter STABLES improvised as living accommodation and Nissen huts are being allocated to civilian employees of the War Department in the Federation to deprive them of their right to claim for housing allowance. This charge was levelled at
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    'SACK9 FEAR— NURSESAREMUM
    266 3 'SACK 9 FEAR— NURSESAREMUM tion until told bv Standard reporters, .said thMt he bad officially i ecei\ ed a me norandum on the subject yesterday He asserted that the matter would be Cully investigated and that the nurses "should not worry about Further punish mei t." He added that the
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    Gamblers Fined
    25 3 A TOTAL fine of $200 imposed on nine men ;md three women who taere foiled in public by the Port Dick in magistrate.
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    Hari Raya Haji
    38 3 Mrs I IMS in will celebrate Hai i Raya I i i on Tuesday, September 11. it the moon is seen <>n the eve ol day. Otherwise the festival will be celebrated the next day.
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    Suppose This Boy Was Yours...
    315 3 Suppose This Boy Was Yours... Photo. By S. RAMDAS. Standard Correspondent THIS IS the »tory of a hoy of four, who was snatched from the jaws of death hark into a life of love, laughter and the patter of little feet. Hi* name i* See Iho Wee Kit and hi*
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      117 3 SINGAPORE DIARY Y>i.C.\.. (I^iiard Road: Olympic Sports Council "Annual meeting 9 13 p m Judo training :>::•) pan.. Body-building weight lifting su3fl p.m.. Commercial classes 5.30-&30 p.m.. Table tennis 7 p m. hinese Y.M.( A.. Selegie Road: Music class 2.30 p.m.. Badminton 5 p.m., Bod-, building 530 p m Student
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    U.S. Consul's New Office
    107 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— On Monday. August 13. the American Consulate in Kuala Lumpur wili be open for business on the first floor of the Loke Yew Building. corner of Market Street and Holland Road. Office hours for the public will be 8 30
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    Briggs Plan's Bandit Toll
    233 4 300 KILLED IN JOHORE ALONE Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Three hundred bandits have been killed in Joliore State during the first year's operation of the Briggs Plan, it was disclosed today. Among those killed were several notorious bandits carrying rewards of $10,000 on their
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    Tanah Merah Elects C'ttee
    80 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PORT DICKSON, Thurs.— The Tanah Merah (Site B) Resettlement Committee consisting of 7 members. was elected on Tuesday afternoon by the settlers, at the first meeting held at the Tung Hua Chinese School premises. Tanah Merah, Port Dickson District. Besides the attendance of
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    Free Liquor
    41 4 TWO Indian cargo har.d'.lrc labourers working on a ship are alleged to have got drunk (with the aid of the ship's alcoholic cnrgo> and fought. While fighting they dropped into the sea but were saved by the Marine Police.
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    Church Programme
    32 4 THE feast of St. Philomel, titular Saint of the Roman Catholic Church at Tampin will be celebrated on Sunday Au^. 12. Festivities include a Tnduum (Thursday, Friday and Saturday preceding >.
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    Storekeeper Faces Pipe-theft Charge
    272 4 Standard Slaff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Middle aged Maklian Singh, storekeeper at the Engineering Stores Depot at the 4-h miles Batu Claves. was today produced before the President of the Sessions Court,' Mr. D.M.K. Grant, on a charge of stealing 61 iron pipings from the store
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    VOTERS' REGISTER CLOSES WITH 11,657 NAMES
    155 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.^ A total of 11,657 voters had registered when the Municipal Electoral Registers in Kuala Lumpur closed at midnight, yesterday. The number of voters is ttSXS the target figure of 10,000, and it is about a quarter of those
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    H&S ASSN. FUNDS WILL AID YOUTH
    122 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, ThursThe Registrar of Societies Federation, Mr. J. B. Prentis is to apply to a court for the approval of a scheme to pa> the surplus assets of the I Selangor Health and Strength Association, amounting to over $6,000 to
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    People's Savings Set New Record
    222 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thun*. Record Hmngß deposits have been registered by the Post Oflire Saving* Banks in Singapore and the Federation, since Government launched its savings campaign. Post Office Savings Bank deposits in the Federation last month set an all-time record of $5.223.
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    Had No Export Licence: Fined
    84 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PORT DICKSOX, Thurs. Ang Moon Tuh (45), was charged before the Magistrate. Port Dickson, Enche Anjang Saith. for attempting to export two blanket?, three dozen tordi batteries, one torch and 800 sticks of cigarettes— prohibited goods. Senior Cu>: .-ns Officer, Mr. Cutteridge,
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    Gang Of Thieves
    43 4 PORT SWETTENHAM. Thurs. A sans of thieves are operating around the Padang Road an stealing c\ iking utensils, chickens and clothing They have beea successful in two erf throe atternpts homes of a p^ '.ice constable wad a Government employee.
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    These Workmen's hream Lame lrue
    231 5 Standard Staff Correspondent \\C. Thurs.— The need of a trade union among Miters in order to safeguard their interests i b> Incbc Mat Saman bin Yusoff when he the inaugural meeting of the Glugor Estate At the Malay Mosque ground. Sungei Ara, yesterday. Che Mat
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    EXTEMSION SCHOOL PONTPONED
    43 5 EXTEMSION SCHOOL PONTPON ED i orr**p<>ndent P j\ ih to posed school ed of I bettei ttee in the te ichera ng nheid i a mam s 18 d II the be the di aw ta the competiti A §i si g ti
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    New Raayat at School
    13 5 g I g. South l The Scl ised at
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    CALL FOR PENANG PORT TRUST
    372 5 Build Causeway Say Merchants Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. Control of the entire port of Penang including Bagan Luar and Prai should be placed under a port trust states the Penang Indian Chamber of Commerce, in a memorandum to the Secretary of the Federal Ports
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    S.C. Raped Vamp 'Girl, Imprisoned
    104 5 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs.— Bakar bin Dias, 17-year-old Special Constable, attached to the Bertam resettlement area, Cameron Highlands, was today convicted of raping a squatter girl and sentenced to twelve months rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Wylie. T :e prosecution led by Mr. M.
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    Brothers Charged: One Is Fined $400
    101 5 Standard Staff Correspondent T E LUK A N SON, '1" hu rs -Tw 1 1 brothers Tan Hooi Par and Tan K San were charged before Mi J R Whimster, the Presileni of the Sessions Court at Teluk Ans. >n with fraudulently obtaining 117
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    CHIEFTAIN BLELLOCH
    75 5 IPOH, Thurs— Mr. I. W. Blelloch. British Adviser. Perak. was elected Chieftain of the Perak Saint Andrew's Society a? the annual general meeting held at the Ipoh Club, yesterday. Other principal office-hearers of the Society are: V iceChieftain— Mr. .1. Baird, Hon. Secretary Mr. J. D. Erskine. Hon.
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    Special Screening
    42 5 THE Penang Discussion Group are holding a film show at B. MO o'clock tonight at 43, Malay Street through the courtesy of the Penang Film Society. The films are entitled "the Flighi of the Dragon" and "The World is Rich."
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    Vandals At Work In Penang
    104 5 Standard Staff Correspondent j PENANG, Thurs. Penang firemen had an unusual job today in Dato Kramat Road where a tire started in a large hole at tiie foot of a huge Angsana tree. Smoke and sparks could be seen pouring out of the large irregular
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    Chief Tenants' Duties
    244 5 IPOH Thurs. 'liif duties of a chief tenant in regard to house registration were tuily ied in a Home Guard circular issued in [poh today It once again emphasises that the tenant who (ails to carry put bis duties is liable to a Hne nol exceeding Sino.
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    POWER CUTS
    98 5 SUB-STATIONS ImWc to |lKI(1 Bbeddlog ttMl:l vv i b Network, Wver >;«ii«-y 8f DC UDper Cross St./Pagoda m I ViM-r lokien st. Pickering it" >r Circular K<!. CarpenM vpper *i^ st.'Mark.t St., Plaw/MiSicca St. I "ion BiiUd'"fl.iinr Pine Klir.ni. lonl. Bin s M1 V i i,.,h, P.W.D. Quarry.
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    Free Films For Schools & Clubs
    293 5 Free Films For Schools Clubs Standard Staff Reporter SHELL COMPANY'S *orM-wi<l«- |>ro»rannii«- of free distribution of <<lm ati«ni:il film* goes into lop gear in Malaya shortly with a scheme to duh Malav commentaries on a number of the more popular films, and to expand the system of free distribution of
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    Manpower Appeals
    38 5 SIXCE June 22, this year, the Settlement Manpower Appeal Tribunal has sat three tunes. The Tribunal has allowed f»4 appeals of the 98 that have come before it. Up to July 30, 212 appeals were filed.
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    New DO Kuantan
    27 5 MR. D F- Thomson former District officer <>i Bukit Mertajam, has taken the place of Mr. R. F. Drake Brockman, as District Officer Kuantan
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    Penang's Babies
    43 5 ONE case of Leprosy and one cute of Diphtheria were reported for the week ending Aug. 4 according to the Latest Municipal Health Statement. There were 148 births tor the .same period and fJI deaths Including 12 infanta under one year.
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    Ist Woman Member
    46 5 MRS N|f Ann Soon, the first >. man to serve on the Krian i Town Board, attended her first I Board meeting Last week at the District Office, Parit Bui/ In< he Abdullah bin Safaai, M C S Disti Lei Officei Ki ian, presided.
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    BOR's Bound Over
    52 5 TWO BOR"s. E P Gaston and 3 Si trims, were bound over today in the sum ot $200 each )<>i i period o! 12 months, by the First Magistrate, Mr. A P. Jack. for stealing ;i motor cycle, valued at (800, from the Lucky V. Park on
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    Rabies En Teluk Anson
    80 5 Standard sun CorrespoodaM FPOlt. Than. The r ibfcet situation in [poll is s.tid to have improved taring the put month t>ut tin* situation in 'liink Alison is still \<r\ had." Dor o win is h.i\«- Imtii a ;k< i: lo K •■< ]i ifaeii fofs rhain.
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    RANGERS AT PRAI
    45 5 Penang Rangers and Rover Scouts under the leadership of Miss Daisy Sabapathy visited the 15th Butter worth Railway Rover Scout Crew, Prai, early this month. Picture shows some of the visitors sitting on the steps of Rover Scout Leader, Abdul Samat's home.
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    Siamese Official May Be Witness
    172 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PEYWG. Thur*. >ai ('harak Chungchosuk, former Chancellor at the Penan^ Thai Con*ulalc, mho left for Bangkok Munr time last month, may he asked to return lo g"t evidence at the forthcoming Coroner's inquiry into the death of \ai I'raMmg kliaiulion^i*a. another 1
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    39 5 Standard St. ill Correspondent Mi J X Sahni i ead dian journalist, arrived in Sn.. i yesterd fakarta by Qantas-BOAC i Federati A no men 1 Organizal i at Ba Mr Sahni < J k'--k
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    Independent Morning Menspaper The Lost Circular
    878 6 Independent Morning M ens pa per The Lost Circular JS it not about time that someone took the Medical Superintendent of the Johore Bahru General Hospital to a quiet corner and gently broke the news to him that he is not running 'a home for *jvenile delinquents? Well, if nobody
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    WHEN IS A SAFE NOT A SAFE?
    1612 6 WHEN IS A SAFE NOT A SAFE? IF a safe in your house or office were burgled and jewellery stolen, you would be unlikely to use it again before the lock had been repaired or changed. Still less would you be likely to entrust to that not-so-safe safe more than
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    MONEY IN THE HANDS 01 A LUCKY FEW
    345 6 MONEY IN THE HANDS 01 A LUCKY FEW Sir; We all know that there is plenty oi money in t:ie hands ol a fortunate tew. That is why, there are plenty of people suffering from malnutrition or semi-starvation. This has been brought about bj the constant rise in the cost
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    Absent Councillors
    340 6 Sir: —Your announcement that ye r one more elected Legislative Councillor is going on his foreign travels cannot but fill th e responsible electorate with dismay. How much further can Councillors feel that in their public activities they are responsible to themselves a 'one and not to the
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    Penang Is Losing Valuable Asset
    322 6 Sir.— The Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce has submitted a memorandum to the Federal Ports Committee requesting the dredging of Penang basin at Sungei Pinang river. The memorandum said that lighters were held up in that area during low tides and the delay has given
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    Malayalam Programme And Mrs. Vilasini Menon
    301 6 Malayalam Programme And Mrs. Vilasini Menon 1 refer to your correspondent. M. Sebastian, of the 6th. and his mass of contradictions Contradictory in the sense that he answers some of his own questions. In the first paragraph he appreciates Radio Malaya for having 'arranged' a Malayalam programme. Yet, in the
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    WANTS FACTS ON EMERGENCY
    88 6 Sir.— Could the Emergency Information Department please give figures in respect of the following: <a> The number of European planters and miners killed by bandits in comparison with the number of European Police. Militar/, Government servants and civilians. (b> The number <>i Asian planters and miners
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    Acheson Challenges Russia To Make Peace Through UN
    334 7 Acheson Challenges Russia To Make Peace Through UN tSHINGTON, Aug. 9. (UP)-Secretary of Slate Dean Achealltnged Russia Wednesday to join the United States in make through the United Nations. Acheson, spurning the So- viet proposal for a five-power peace pact, told a news con- ference that the United Nations already
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    'Only Minimum Hope' US Can Avert War
    119 7 'Only Minimum Hope' US Can Avert War HIM, TON, A«g. 9, (Reuter) Democratic an (itorse Mahon told the House of Repre rcstcfday that there was "only a minimun the I nited States could avert an all-out wai last 10 vears. D a j gainst itars he ia a rean on
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    ROK Envoy Reassured By Truman
    195 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. ft. (UP), Korean Ambassador You Chan Vang said after a .1 I on Presideni Truman yesterday that ho has received assurances that the ultimate aim ol the United States and the United Nations is a unified, free and independent Korea. Yang said he
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    US oncerned Over hdo-Pak. Tension
    55 7 lug. f up) Dean Aches e estc c. j 3 rea I la made tndia and I its concern g tension oe ted States India I that I g friction w i »ng their bo lh« dispute over sal ol the g c Ol tensi
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    Thailand Bans Arms Shipments To Reds
    61 7 UNITED NATIONS. Aug (Reuteri Thailand informed ihe v «s yesterday lhai H banned the shipment ofarms B ategic materials to umna and N« i K firea in Ibe materials include tin. iron s [fi ani antimony. leaa, rubber, castor oil and *«P o &nns
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    Refusal To Hang King's Picture: Move To Dissolve Council
    69 7 BELIZE, British Honduras. Aug. y. (UP) The Legislature asked Governor Sir Ronald Harvey Tuesday to dissolve the Belize City Council for refusing to hang Kind's picture in the Council Hall. The Governor said he would give 'immediate and serious consideration" to
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    Ex-Priest And Fiancee
    83 7 Ex- Priest And Fiancee Miss Claire Young:, 21-year-old daughter of an American Professor of Chicago University, and 43-year-old Luciano Negrini, former Italian missionary, look at the permit which she received at the Milan police headquarters Aug. 4. The permit allows her to stay on for three months, unless she is
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    Soviet Press Tells People Not To Be Deceived By US
    206 7 MOSCOW, Aug. 9, <AP)— lzvestia led off the Soviet press Wednesday in telling the Russian people not to be deceived by the friendship messages of the United States Congress and President Truman. It seemed clear that the Soviet Government has
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    Tests On US Atom Breeder Reactor Soon
    203 7 ARCO. Idaho. Aug. 9 (UP)— The Atomic Energy Commission i said yesterday it will begin tests SOOB uitb its breeder reactor, a revolutionary atomic '< furnace built to produce more! fissionable material than it consumes. The breeder reactor is only one phase of
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    US Air Bases
    34 7 CASABLANCA. MOROCCO. Aug. 9 (APi— One thousand US Air Force troops arrived here on Wednesday to begin ma-nning American air force bases in French Morocco, in the northwest corner of Africa.
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    UN Meeting On Suez Question Postponed
    99 7 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Aug. 9 <AFP I After a special meeting of several delegations at the British delegation headquarters, this month's president of the Security Council. United States delegate Warren Austin. decided to postpone until Aug. 16. the meeting of the Security Council
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    Duke Warns Science Reaches Danger Pointl
    137 7 Duke Warns Science Reaches Danger Point EDINBURGH, Aug. 9, (Reuter) The Duke of Edinburgh warned scientists here last night that their knowledge had reached a danger point where they could either obliterate the world or set it free from drudgery and fear. "It is dearly our duty as citizens to
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    Chiang Aims To Recapture China Proper
    206 7 Congress Told WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, (UP). Congress was informed Wednesday that the Nationalists on Formosa are determined to recapture the Chinese mainland from the Reds. Chairman Pal McCarran of the Senate Foreign Aid Watchdog Committee released a report compiled by a staff member who
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    PJeven Wins Confirmation As Premier
    173 7 PARIS. Aug. 9 'API— M. Rone Pleven won confirmation by the French National Assembly as the next Premier of France, to end the political crisis lasting since July 10. Two previous candidates. Rene Mayer and Maurice Petsche. had been defeaied on similar votes of confidence.
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    'Most Active Threat To Free World In FE'
    415 7 'Most Active Threat To Free World In FE' ECA OFFICIAL WARNS: WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, (IP) A government foreign aid official told two Senate committees yesterday that "the most active threat to the security of the free world today is in the Far East." The statement \va>- made by R. Allen
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    Cuts In SEA Aid Opposed
    127 7 Cuts In SEA Aid Opposed WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, (UP). Secretary of State Dean Acheson yesti rday ih;d the suggested <-wis of 1550,000,000I $50,000,000 from ihe proposed economic aid programme lor South-Easi Asia would "make more difficult and delay the economic recovery* 1 in the Philippines. Acheson wrote i tetter to
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    Mountbatten Given Portuguese Honour
    43 7 LISBON. Aug. 9 iH< itei Lisbon has a the < ol the Order of Military Merit of Si BenoH Da viz. a high Portugue e deci iratio lo 1 A batten ol Bu na, the official Gazette announced e terda
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    CARGO PLANE CRASHES
    25 7 HOBART, TASMANIA. Any 9 LAP) A Trans- Austra Airlines cargo-carrying pi; crashed near here yest< i killing its I a man crew.
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    Talal Receives Jordan Officials
    183 7 Talal Receives Jordan Officials GENEVA, A 3 c i own Prin i lay held his Fit I wi\ h fn fvernmenf tals from Am in since I i murder of bis tether, EC A I ah, last month. Deputj Prime Minißtei v P eha Mufti, al i •i- i "-1
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    3 Power Pact To Be Followed By Other Sleps
    49 7 fc'ASHINGTX IN I i i Stale i.i HIM) N< iiitual secu r i 1 in Francisco "n Sept r i n i consider »n The State Departn 9 ■> iil be folio <• i •> trds the moi i- lei I
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    NEW POWER LINE FOR RAF
    325 8 Will Ease S'pore Municipal Plant THE Weather Clerk came to the aid of the Station Engineer at Changi R.A.F. airfield yesterday to soften the blow of a day-long electricity blackout made necessary by the introduction into service of a new system of supply mains. While
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    46 8 Life went on very much as normal at Ten^ah yeslerday amonq ground staff and aircrews of the Australian Lincoln Bomber Squadron rated is the best squadron in fhe RAAF for l!)"»0-lf>51. Picture shows a Lincoln being bombed up for a sortie with bandits in the Federation.
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    68 8 Mr. Chong Row Thve. Hospital A>sistant at the Singapore General Hospital for the past VI years who is travelling in the Canton lor a year's scholarship course at Bridge of Earn Hospital in Pertshire, Scotland. Mr. Chonsr was formerly attached to the Surgical Physiotherapy Department He is the
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    New Danish Vessel For F.E. Service
    133 8 Standard Shipping Reporter THE 8.450 ton passenger freighter Patagonia, second of six "P" class vessels that are being built for the East Asiatic Company is expected in Singapore on her maiden voyage about the middle of next month. Unlike her sister ship, the Japanese-built
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    S'pore Air Chiefs Await Orders
    170 8 Pakistan Fuel Cut Standard Aviation Reporter SINGAPORE airline chiefs are awaiting: instructions from their respective head offices as to the line of action to adopt following the Pakistan Governments imposition of a 30 per cent, fuel cut on all scheduled air services which takes effect
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    Ships in Harbour
    86 8 II \K\ KS Ship < iitiiow ii ite Auton e lon IS 16 4 Benlom 2" 28 1! Br« ieverett 3 I 34 2 Carpentaria 1112 4 Courselles 19/20 4 Eurj ed 1 1 29 30 Ferndale 42 4:; 2 Glenorchv 36 37 2 Ha^h s >.:>'.
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    More Applicants For SKB Police Posts Up Today
    117 8 Standard Shipping Reporter A FURTHER 113 applicants for posts in the n« Singa] Harbour Board Police F v. appear before the S tion Board on two success] days. The fourth hatch of 68 Singapore applicants will appear before the board today, while
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    4 New Jap Shins
    36 8 NEW YORK. Aug. 9 tßei;ter>— The O.sak;. Shosen Kai>!i.i Steamship Li::e ifi to put four now motorships on the New York-Japan route beginning -p. Aug. 27, according to a company announcement here.
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      65 8 Despatches Today: Terempa noon by Lam San. Pontianak by Dem! a. [ndo-China by Lalandia, Burma. North India and Pakistan by Bradeverett New Zeaiaiui by Waimate, Eastern Australia by Braeside, Medan by Siia. Arrivals Today; Western Australia (letters and parcels) by Charon, North Borneo. Labuan. Brunei and Miri (letters and parcels)
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    S. American States Make Big Rubber purchases In S'pore
    128 9  -  T.J. LIM \\y nescuiy s levels. Tht-re was a certain arr.uun! of buying f O r start-covering purposes in which ail grades were transacted. Orders from London were few and far between. A fairly good turnover „f business was recorded at
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    West German Trade Drive In Orient
    58 9 a ?gJ*GKONG, Aug 10 (ReuterAAP»— A West German trade mission which concluded a trade pact with Japan ha s just passed tnrouKh here from Tokyo en route to Bangkok to negotiate a trade agreement with the Thai Government The party will later proceed to
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    COMMODITY PRICES
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    RUBBER
    41 9 m Singapore rd yesterday Ru>prs Seller* bates Aus s RS S SI 4>: $1 46 \K $1 B S! 40 s \ll KKI :.K •peatag n) were K<S Settlement HuyerN Sellers IS d. nom. I.' d. nom. IOJd. nom. ilef
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    22 9 I PORE, Thurs. >f Tin to day T p»-r pitul. >;»n UN priies first buyers. :.nths V!SOS. V. vCiitTS. ■I Prue
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    US To Increase Cotton Exports
    19 9 \ig 9 R< lift p icul Brannan is i p] iced friendly per- bax
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    Indo-Australian Trade Talks Open
    15 9 ive begun in h India grains 1 mainly go* da nnd
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    Chinese In HK To Fight Jap Export Drive
    112 9 HONGKONG, Aug. 9 ReuterAAP):- Mr. Shum Choi Wah, chairman of Chinese manufacturers, has urged all manufacturers ;n the colony to cooperate combat an expected all-out Japanese export drive. Mr. Shum said the Quality of Hongkong-manufactured goods made greal progress >!!ice end i
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    US GRAIN EXPORTS
    23 9 US. txp :*s gr:-.:n riuv:.^ e marke! g year ending June 607,520,00 bushels, Om secoi d largest on record.— Reuter.
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    59 NEW UK CARS FOR SPORE
    143 9 THE BLUE FUNNEL freighter Automed a which ved in Singapore from the V:: led Kingdom yesterday, igjhi fi r the colony another consignment oi 59 British Lars, including Austins A-40. T e vessel also discharged 9,802 p^-.ckages of sundries, 4 230 p eces of
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    Amoy Canning Corp. Wins First Prize
    133 9 FIRST PRIZE for the best decorated stand at the Singapore Trade Exhibition, now on at the Happy World Amusement Park, went to Amoy Canning Corp. (Hongkong) Ltd. by popular voting of the various exhibitors. The voting took place on Wednesday night. Last year's winner,
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    34 9 pnoios. Municipal Commissioner Mr. A. H. Chisty is here seen at the William Jacks Co.. Ltd. stand trying out an electric razor on display. Helping: him shave is an attendant at the stand.- Standard
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    HK EXCHANGE
    42 9 HOXGKOXG. Aug. 9— Special Standard Service Closing prices on the Hongkong Exchange today were HK515.67 to £1 Sterling; HK56.330 to USS-1; HK$l.Bl3 to I Malayan $1: HK50.325 to one In d o nesian Rupiah; Gold HK53 13.75 to one tael.
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    Copra Prices Are Lower
    113 9 Copra Prices Are Lower Standard Market Reporter COPRA in the Singapore produce market was quiet yesterday with prices slightly lower than those prevailing on Wednesday. Buyers at the opening quoted $39$ per picui, rising to $40, with sellers maintaining at $41. Coconut oil was a "dull market, sellers indicating $70
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    Making Good The Loss Of Iran Oil
    66 9 NEW YORK. Aug 9 (Rcuter)— Over 500,000 barrels a day of crude oil and products have already been found to fill this month's overseas deficit o! GfAOO') barrels a day caused by the Iranian shutdown. Thoe figures, compiled on Aug. I!, were supplied
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    TIN OUTPUTS
    36 9 THE following tin companies report their output for the quarter ended June .'iO. 1951: Gopeng Consolidated 225} tons: Kent 129* tons; Pengkalen 1521 tons: Rnmbutan 19$ tons; Rekka 20 tons and Tekkn-T::iping 794 tons.
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    Jap Machinery Exports Rising
    33 9 TOKYO. Aug. 9 (UP) The Trade and Industry Ministry predicts that Japan's exports of machinery during the current fiscal year will reach U.5.5180.--000.000 or about U5550,000,000 above the target
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    MALAYAN SHARE PRICES
    686 9 Standard Market Reporter SINGAPORE, Thu r s. Malayan industrial and rubber shares were acain a firm market today with few sellers. Malayan tin shares were uncertain and, in most cases, prices were unchanged. Yesterday's prices were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Alex Bricks p re f. 180 190 Atlas
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    Spices Retard Fat Deterioration
    61 9 Spices Retard Fat Deterioration NATURAL spices help preserve foods that contain fat, according to recent experiments at the University of Minnesota. These studies show that sage, nutmeg, rosemary, thyme, and orengo were the mo.st effective of the 42 spices tested for their value in retarding the deterioration of fats. Solidified
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    Smallholders Seek Govt. Loans For Replanting
    132 9 Most small producers in the Federation, it is stated, have 1 no reserves of capital and are, i therefore, unable to carry out adequately their replanting programmes. It is understood Rubber Smallholders Association of the Federation may be asked to take up this loans
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    26 9 BUYING rates for Canadian dollars (per ?IUO Malayan) are: $34 1116 (T.T.). $34 13/16 (0.D.), 535 1/15 (90 d/st.); selling $34 3 8 iT.T/0.D
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    US Backs japan To Share SEA Economic Growth
    289 9 UNITED STATES barking for partiripation li\ ihr JapaiKM- Governmenl in the iiidiintrial development of Thailand, an spearhead for Japaiu |>artiripation in th<> economic development of the enlire S«»iilh-F.a-t A^ia, is Mi«ig:et»trd in reports rearhin^ Mn^apor*'. Agenee France Presse discloses the enthusiasm already
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    PI Lumber For Japan
    31 9 MANILA. A up. 9 <l.'P»— A Filipino lumber firm has signed a contract with SCAP authorities for export ol 7,000,000 pesof worth of P.T. lumber 1" Japan
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    Pak. Rice And Fertiliser For Ceylon Rubber
    108 9 Pak. Rice And Fertiliser For Ceylon Rubber Ceylon will receiye 130.000 tons 'of rice from Pakistan under the terms oi the new CeytonPakistan trade pact hich x tends from July 1 thii j««l to Dc- 11. 1952. Pakistan bai already Km 2(J.f>UO t'»ns of rice A furthef 4U.O(K) tons is
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    BUKIT KATIL RUBBER TO PAY 18 pc DIVIDEND
    130 9 Standard Market Reporter BL'KIT KATIL Rubber Estates is paying Its shareholders a final dividend of 18 per cent, less tax. making B total of 30 per cent, for the 'year ended April 30, 1951. With two interim dividends each of six per
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    All About Beach-Spotting A New Holiday Game
    464 10 r pHIS is a special holiday feature which will help to make your sea- side stay more fun than ever. Beach-spotting is a new game, and the facts given here will help you to recognise the Queer creatures who live on the beaches
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    198 10 Stunts Stuff i REALLY Sweet game is "Candy." Got a pound oil cellophane- wrapped candies. and organize your friends into two equal teams. Place each one inside a circle that you've drawn on the cement of your school's playground. Give the captains a half pound ol candy apiece. They are
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    178 10 /"^XC'E. a boy named Ah v^ Fatt, went to an office to get a job. He did not know how to speak English, except ioi the words. "yes", "no" and "okay.' Therefore, the only job that he could get was that of a peon or office-boy. One
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    LEAGUERS' CALL-BOX
    155 10 I SIEW GEOK, ot :,i n, ii Road, Singapore. \\lu» i>. interested in movies, mhikn. reading and collecting pen-pals photos, vcks pen-friends all o\«»r the world. inmi mm. ol -,i Neil Road, Singapore, desires pen-pals everywhere. >»lic K Interested in movie magazines, movies, songs. and personal photo exchange.
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    94 10 'TEACHER: -"Correct this sentence- Girls are naturally better-lookmq than bo vs. PUPIL: "Girls are artifi. cially better-looking than boyv, QOCTOR:- -Whom did you see before comins here? PATIENT :--l went to see the chemist DOCTOR- -And svhat stupid advice did he give you?" PATIENT:- -'He told tm CO
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    JUBILEE FUND PAID FOR SPECTACLE, FUNERAL COSTS
    113 11 Standard Staff Reporter LES tor two and funeral expenses for :m part of the 810,000 disbursed from the Fund for the month of July. surgi a and en Fur I. unds, d 00 last 2 went to t- if $43 proved by ne
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    20.000 Chinese Left Malaya From January To May, 1951
    232 11 20.000 Chinese Left Malaya Fro m January To May, 1951 Standard Staff ReporterMORE THAN 26,000 Chinese deck passenders, a large percentage of whom are believed obe call. U p» dodgers, and squatters affected by the federation resettlement scheme, left Malaya for Communist China and Hongkong during the live months of
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    Squabble Led To Knife Attack Court Told
    111 11 A SQUABBLE between two brothers in a house at York Hill on Mar. 26 last resulted in one being admitted to hospital with a knife wound and the other appearing at the Assizes yesterday on a charge of causing grievous hurt. Four brothers
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    Journalists' Meeting
    26 11 The first quarterly meeting of the Singapore Union of Journalists will be held on Aug. 20 at 10 a.m., place to be chosen later.
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    Two Men Face Contraband Charge
    65 11 ANG TIAX GUAN and Nfi i Ch:n Koke were jointly charged i in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday with having in their possession 36.80 pounds of dutiable cigarettes in a bumboal at the outer roads of the Singapore Harbour Board on Aug. 8. Both
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    Stole $25 Ring
    48 11 A 22-YEAR-OLD Matey All bin Said Ali pleaded guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, when he was charged with stealing a ring worth $25 from Tan Guan Lee at the sth DL& Changi Road on Aug. 8. Sentence was postponed until Aug. 16.
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    Sholarship Fund
    19 11 The Per ik a i Sen >lartment, 195!. pass- 1 Una at the 5 te Perak on >
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    Boatman Jailed Am! Fined $10
    76 11 I OW AH POO. a I man, was sentenced ■•> two months rigorous imprisonment in the S gap F irth P lice Court yest< rday fox fraudulently ng fi\ e bales ol rubber i $1,000 in a sampan at Use sea ofl Beach Road on
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    $3,468,304 Sent To China In July
    38 11 REMITTANCES to China for July, are as follows Singapore $2,229,440.22; Federation of Malaya $1,238,--864.21; Total $3,468,304.43. The Singapore figure also includes some remittances made by residents of the Federation through Singapore banks.
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    INEFFICIENT GOVT/ BARED TO PUBLIC-UTUSAN
    252 11 INEFFICIENT GOVT/ BARED TO PUBLIC- UTUSAN THE MALAYAN public has now for the first time an opportunity to see id perspective the working of an ''inefficient Government." declared the lending Singapore Malay Daily, Utusan Meiayu, in its editorial yesterday. Utusan Meiayu was commenting on the report of the Riot Commission
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    Decontrolled Building Materials
    77 11 FOLLOWING a meeting of Building Materials Control Board on fcug. the Controller of Supplies has notified tho6e concerned that certain items including tube fittings, squat pans and i>inks have been removed from control. In tiie event of importers or registered dealers having controlled material^ in stock for
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    Denies Causing Hurt To Woman
    59 11 BAIL OF $2,000 was offered to Mohamed bin Ahmad in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, when he claimed trial to a charge of causing hurt to a woman Rafiah binte Mohamed Rik with a "dangerous weapon" at Lim Ah Woo Road on Aug. 8.
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    Made Use Of Boss' $1,200 Worth Of Gold
    205 11 A GOLDSMITH Chan Siew Koon was sentenced to four months rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to two counts of misappropriating $1,200 worth of gold entrusted to him by his employer Lam Chew Hua at
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    Penang Newsmen
    61 11 PENANG. Wed. a meeting of ail uiuking journalists here was held at the oOoe < I tne Assistant Trade Uni< a Ad viser, Federation ol Ifalaya to day to consider the question ol the formation of a Penanu Journalists' Union. A protem nth committee ol fi\e was formed
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    New Area Chief For Malccim Club
    138 11 New Area Chief For Malccim Club MISS JANFT Ha.-rr,v,>, for four >rar« <l< jmly I Director of K.A.r. >lal<olm Inhs in (^rniany. i- to rrlir\r Mr-«. Annr Adams as \r«a Dirrrtnr, viiif:aporr. at the «n<! of ><plember* Mi Adams, \vho>, b• a- d at Chatham J1:I1. Git.-.- WTaltham, E i
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    Second Comirtion
    56 11 FOUND GUILTY of fraudulently bavin^ a motor i u dynamo. daching weic Is and some sci p m itei tal a1 f Street on Julv 86, Lee Ben Cheng (21 i \t sr need t -,y rigorous Impi ivinmeni in the S i Sec n d Police Court
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    Army Cup Soccer 2nd Round Results
    23 12 FOLLOWING were the results of the Army Cup soccer second LaSS P la -v*d vesterday: REME 6,
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    S'pore Climb Last Hurdle
    279 12  - S'pore Climb Last Hurdle 'RIMAU' By WITH INVjsri Sembilan one point ahead of Singapore in the Malaya Cup competition, the Colony side \s ill have to defeat Malacca at Jalan Bes»ar Stadium tomorrow to quality tor the finals against Perak on Sept. 1. This game should he a pushover for
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    Colony Tennis Ties Postponed
    109 12 THE Singapore I. awn Tennis Association's mixed doubles finals between Miss J. F. Taylor and Low Kee Pow and Lim Bong S^> and Mrs. J. Purrier, {scheduled to be played off yesterday, was postponed to a date to be fixed later. The Junior boys 1 finals
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    S'pore Aeromodellers
    39 12 S 'pore Aeromodellers MEMBERS ol the Singapore Aeromodelling Society will meet a1 No. 27, Margoliouth Road. oH Stevens K'.,d. ai ti p.m. today to discuss plans for sending a team 'to the forthcoming Malayan aeromodelling competition at Kuala Lumpur
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    Avalanche Runs Dazzling Trial
    596 12  -  OLLIE DAMES Bv AVALANCHE wound up his preparation for the Gold Cup tomorrow with a dazzling exhibition of speed at Penang yesterday with Friar's Last (Healey) as galloping companion. Avalanche gave his stable mate a three length start and b?at him home by a length to
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    Hussars Beat Cheng Wah On Stamina
    254 12 IPOH, Thurs. Superior htaniina enabled the 4th Hussars to score an important victory over the Cheng YVah in their long postponed first round meeting in the I poll football league played at the Chinese Assembly Hall ground today. They won by 2-1 and now
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    FANNY SCORES GREAT DOUBLE
    50 12 SEDGLEY. England. Aug. 8, (AP)— Dutch track star Mrs. Fanny Blankers-Koen won a double victory at a sports meeting here Tuesday, triumphing in both the 100-metre and the 80--metre hurdles. The Olympic champion took the 100 metres in 12.1 seconds and the hurdles in 11.4 seconds.
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    Sports Tourists
    70 12 ADOPTING an increasingly popular means of travelling to North Malaya, five members of the Singapore Table Tennis Association left by ship. (The Canton) last night for Penang; where they will play a series of matches before moving by road through the peninsula meeting crack teams in the main
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    CHINESE ATH. 'A' OF JUNIOR CUP
    256 12 CHINESE ATH. 'A' OF JUNIOR CUP DISPLAYING poor defence throughout the Chinese Athletes "A" lost to Kota Raja "A" by 4-0 when the tean\s met in the last same of the Ist Round of S.A.F.A. Junior Cup at the BODCA ground yesterday. Rajas superiority lay in a good combination at
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    RNAC Heading For Honours
    81 12 RXAC strengthened their grip in the inter-services soccer league with a 2—o win over their closest rivals, the 390 MU. in their game at Seletar yesterday. Fast and skilful football was played by both teams in the first half but there was no score. In the
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    MCC Touring XI Win In Canada
    83 12 OTTAWA. Aug. 7: (Reiner) The MCC team which is touring Canada boat an Ottawa Valley u-ain here yesterday by nine wickets. They dismissed the home side for »>9 runs, H.W. Robins, the MCC captain, taking three wickets for one run. The touring side then
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    TINY 125 c.c. MOTORCYCLE DOES 124 mph
    142 12 MUNICH. Aug. 8: (Reuter) Five world motor -cycling speed records for machines of up to 125 c.c. were claimed to have been bettered today by Romolo Ferri of Italv on an Italian Lambretta motor-scoo-ter here. Ferri set up new speeds for the one
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    West Point Athletic 'Recruitment' Defended
    146 12 WEST POINT. NEW YORK. Aug. 9 (AP) Amidst the controversy over the threatened dismissal of 90 West Point cadets, including football stars, for cheating in examinations Army football coach Karl Blaik said yesterday West Point recruited five to 11 high school football players a year
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    lrainers Kaise hyces Wages, Training Fees
    176 12  -  OLLIE DAVIES By PENANG, Thurs. Malayan trainers m\\o last week held a special meeting to consider hardship suffered by their syces and other employees caused by the rising cost of living, decided unanimously to raise wages all round and immediately. It was stated at
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    RAOC Upset RAF Tengah
    63 12 THE 30 Bn. RAOC surprised RAF Tengah in their united services League fixture at Alexandra yesterday, wanning by 4 l. The airmen had the better of exchanges in the first hall and deserved their I—o1 o Lead scored by Allchurch. The second half saw a completed
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    Johore Rifle Meet Begins
    84 12 THE Johore Bahru Rifle As.sooiation opened up their second Annual rifle meeting a; the Jalan Ko'am Ayer, Johore Bahru yesterday. Only two ranges. 25 and 50 yards were in use. There was keen competition among the 2~ marksmen who took part. Those leading so far in
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    Johnny Leach To Plav In HK
    65 12 HONGKONG. Aug. 9 (Reuter-AAP) Johnny Leach, British holder of the world table tennis championship, is arriving in Hongkong next Monday from Melbourne for a series of games here. He will be accompanied by the French champion, Michael Ilaguenauer. Governor Sir Alexander Grantham will be
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    TODAY'S Sport
    72 12 TODAY'S Sport SOCCER: Community -RAI r. Eurastang ui JaJan' B<- Stadium; Div. UIB BODCA 'A" r. HQ 32 Cou RAMC BODCA. Din. 7/7.4 R\ V.v Sewbawang v. Aston A C v CYMA BUSINESS BOOSE 1■ I. CUE: F.&N. v. Shell FAN.; MPH t>. Stanvac at Geylang: Dunlojy r .M Airways
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    US-CANADA DAVIS CUP CLASH TODAY
    107 12 MONTREAL. Aig I Canada's top tennis aces Bre dan ifacKe M treal Lorr.e Mail I fencouvt I I rece ved start g -,»!u F: LdayVs openi tig s of the worth Kn Davis Cup tie I* States. The draw for opp be he'd at 1500
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    KH Ip Gives Exhibition
    124 12 PENANG, Ttuirs. [n Koon Hung. Hongkong a:.,: Ma ayan champion, gave a line e\ tion of tennis before a arq< crowd of enthusiasts it I Penang Sports Club thif evening He played Bve set? and vn every one. His services and wonderful control at the del
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      28 12 Hi jH riDEi? at the nrincipare«.».u in Malaya TODAY: AM H.M Singapore 03.01 3.15 Malacca 12.05 12.06 Port Diekson 10.46 10.47 Port S'ham 9.21 9.23 Penanjf 4.36 4.25
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