The Straits Times, 16 August 1949

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    65 1 HOLLAND'S OLONIAL MINISTER. Mr. J. H. van Maar■eveca (centre) welcomes an Indonesian delegate. Dr. Mohammed Rum (left) and the Dutch Ambassador to Canada, Dr. J. H. van Ro.ven. on their arrival at Amsterdam for the round-table conference at The Hague. The latest arrival for the talks was Mr. Thomas K.
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    ABDULLAH ACTS IN SYRIA CRISIS
    500 1 Seven Arab Countries May Meet AMMAN, Hashemite Jordan, Monday. J£ING Abdullah, of Hashemite Jordan, yesterday urged an emergency meeting of the Arab League to act in a Middle East crisis, started by the execution of the Syrian President and Premier by an Army firing squad
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    SECURITY MOVE IN HONG KONG
    182 1 HONG KONG, Monday. 4 STEP to strengthen Hong Kong's internal security ■^will be taken on Wednesday when the AttorneyGeneral, Mr. J. B. Griffin, moves the first reading in the Legislative Council of a Bill for expulsion o f "undesirables." Any person suspected for being likely
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    CITIZENSHIP
    11 1 STRASBOURG, Mon—Mr. Churchill today received the honorary citizenship of Strasbourg.—Reuter.
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    Evacuation Of Canton Stepped-Up
    137 1 HONG KONG, Mon. rpHE Chinese Government X stepped up the evacuation of Canton today as six cargo planes left here to pick up government property in Canton for Chungking, the acting Foreign Minister, Mr. George Yeh told an agency. Foreign Office branches are being established in
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    SIAM AIDS RICE GROWERS
    155 1 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Mon. 4N additional emergency allocation of 8,000,000 t'cals has been approved by the Siamese Cabinet In order to ensure that this year's rice production does not fall below last season's yield. Two months ago the Cabinet approved an allocation of 4,000,000
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    54 Survivors In Airliner Crash
    413 1 GAL WAY, (Ireland), Monday. 'THE British trawler Stalberg arrived here today 1 with 49 survivors and the bodies of two victims from the Trans-Ocean DC-4 which crashed into the sea before dawn. The dead were an Italian girl, apparently one of the passengers, and an
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    Russia Buys Coconut Oil from Malaya
    117 1 4 A consignment of 1,500 tons of coconut oil to Russia, valued at about $1,500,000, Is awaiting shipment from Singapore. The oil was bought early this month by Russian purchasers through their London agents. A "Boomlet" One tnousand tons of the shipment is to
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    TRAIL OF AGA KHAN'S JEWELS
    89 1 MARSEILLES, Mon. THE trail of the Aga Khan's stolen $765,000 worth of jewels reached across the Mediterranean today as French police pinpointed Algeria as a possible "escape route" for rang members taking the gems to their final underground market. The srirch was concentrated on the
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    Flag Hoist Disturbance In Karachi
    110 1 KARACHI, Mon. ONE Muslim was killed and several injured in disturbances outside the staff quarters of the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan In one of Karachi's main thoroughfares this afternoon. The disturbances followed the hoisting of an Indian Union flag outside the Commissioner's quarters. Police,
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    R.A.F. FLEW 19,000 HRS
    55 1 From June 1948 to July this year the Royal Air Force flew a total of 19.000 hours in operations in Malaya. There were 187 air strikes and 675 reconnaissance sorties. Supplies were dropped 425 times and leaflets 18 times. Eight hundred and five tons of freight
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    Manchuria Gets Oil, Cars From Russia
    139 1 NANKING, Monday. 4 VARIETY of goods imported from the Soviet Union, including textiles, cars, tobacco and canned foods, are reported to he on sale regularly in Communist Manchuria. Russian gasoline is said to be selling at the equivalent of US$1.25 per gallon but an
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    ESCAPE REPORT
    25 1 A Seaforth Highlander, Pte. Judd, who was held under close arrest, at Selarang Barracks, was reported to have escroed from custody yesterday afternoon.
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    41 1 THIS CATHEDRAL in Ambato. collapsed killing about 200 persons, mostly children, when an earthquake hit the South American Republic of Ecuador on Aug. 5. The earthquake destroyed several towns, killed about 10,000 persons, injured 25.000, and made 100,000 homeless. A.P. picture.
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    CABARET WAS RADIO STATION
    144 1 CABARET WAS RADIO STATION BANGKOK, Mon. SIAMESE police today seized in one of Bangkok's bestknown cabarets two radio transmission sets allegedly operated bv an infiltrated Chinese Communist Army captain. A reliable potice source said today that the arrested Chinese radio operator confessed to using the top floor of Bangkok's "nine-storey"
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    Murray: "Arrest Very Soon"
    270 1 Murray: "Arrest Very Soon" MANILA, Mon. ]t| ANILA police said toiTl day that they expected to make an arrest within 24 hours in the murder at his home on Saturday of George Murray, "mystery man" who dealt in war surplus equipment. Ramifications of the cue led to Hong Kong, to
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    Communist Set-Back In West Germany's First Election
    167 2 FRANKFURT, Monday. /COMMUNISTS were dealt a stunning blow in the new West German Republic's first parliamentary elections yesterday. Not a single candidate was directly returned but they have got 15 seats on the proportional representation system. Tbe 25.000,000 voters elected a Right-wing government
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    TO STUDY IN UNITED STATES
    35 2 MR. GOH CiIOON l.iM, Principal of the A.C.S., Malacca, who has been awarded a scholarship for a year's post-graduate work at Denver College, U.S.A. He wiU sail on Aug. 20.
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    MALAYANS INJURED IN H.K.
    135 2 HONG KONG, Mon. rpHREE Malayan members of A the RAF Regiment stationed in the colony were among 13 people injured in an unusual bus accident when the vehicle's roof caved in. Two of the injured are in a serious condition in hospital. The accident occurred last
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    SCHOOLS FOR 3,500,000
    65 2 MADRAS. Mon. The j Madras Government is consi- j dering a 15-year plan of com- I pulsory basic education to the 3,500,000 children in the province. The scheme estimated to cost Rs. 400.000.000. will be implemented after the formal sanction of the Madras Cabinet. Meanwhile, the Indian
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    PEKING TALKS IN ENGLISH
    76 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Mon.— The establishment of a per- i manent world federation of trade unions liaison bureau in Asia will be discussed at the Asian and Australasian Trade Union Conference due to open at Peking on Nov. 15, according to Peking radio. The improvement of workers'
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    FALLS TO DEATH
    56 2 LONDON, Mon. Sir Edward Hawkesworth, 52, former Governor of British Honduras, was found dead yesterday after a plunge from a fourth storey window in London. He headed the Central American British colony in 1948 when the dispute with Guatemala over sovereignty reached a climax. He resigned In
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    HIS 'CATCH'-TNT
    48 2 SYDNEY, Mon. Fishing j here, a man felt a terrific strain on his line and was certain he was going to land a fish of the type that always gets away. Instead his catch turned out to be a 45 lb. crate of T.N.T.— Reuter-AAP. I
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    THE FIRST STEP
    59 2 CHANDERNAGORE, Mon.— In a brief ceremony here today the police administration of Chandernagore, under French control for the past 250 years, passed into the hands of the city's Administrative Council. The ceremony, which marked the first step In the transfer of Chandernagore to the Indian Union, was
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    BAD NEWS FOR 'TOKYO ROSE'
    44 2 WASHINGTON, Mon. "Tokyo Rose" Iva Togurl d'Aquino on Saturday heard the Federal Court reject a motion by her lawyers that she be acquitted of treason for her broadcasts from Radio Tokyo during the war. The trial will continue today.—A.P.
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    CALWELL CALLS FOR COURTESY
    62 2 MELBOURNE, Mon. THE Australian Immigration Minister, Mr. Arthur CalwelL has asked Australians to stop referring to the 50.1/00 European immigrants as Displaced Persons, D. Ps oi Baits. He asks that they be called New Australians, Newcomer* or New Settlers. Otherwise, he said, such terms could take
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    TAIPING PRISON WATCH TOWERS
    19 2 PRISON WATCH TOWERS: Watch towers have been built at the Taiping prison. Loretto Flong picture.
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    DEATH FOR NEGRO ON RAPE CHARGE
    105 2 HOPE, Arkansas, Mon. A 21-year-old negro, who was not In the courtroom to near the verdict, has been sentenced to death for raDLng a white expecta.it mother. He was removed from- a heavily guarded County Circuit cotirtro^- i when the lury retired. The r
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    10,000 DEFY REDS, SEE BISHOPS
    160 2 10,000 DEFY REDS, SEE BISHOPS PRAGUE, Mon. POLICE stopped trains and set up roadside check points on all roads leading to Trnava, Slovakia, yesterday as 10,000 Roman Catholics assembled at St. Nicholas Cathedral to take part in the consecration of two new bishops. The bishops were appointed by the Vatican
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    JAPS ALERTED
    30 2 TOKYO, Mon. Kyushu and Shikoku were alerted today against heavy gales and rains as typhoon "Judith" this morning neared the southeast coast of Kyushu from the south.— Reuter.
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      RAF Makes Reluctant Clouds Drop Rain
      205 2 1/lAN-MADE rain fell ITI August, the first time LONDON, Monday, twice in Britain during that rain has been manufactured in Britain. A Royal Air Force bonibet twice discharged carbon dioxide in cloud formations, producing showers in drought areas near the Pennines The operation was
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    36 3 AMBASSADOR RETURNS: Mr. J. Leighton Stuart, American Ambassador to China (left), is greeted by Brip.-Gen. Robert S. Travis, on his arrival at Fairfield (California). He went on to Washington to report to President Truman. A.P. picture.
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    NEHRU'S 'WORK' CALL TO INDIA
    356 3 NEHRU'S 'WORK' CALL TO INDIA Independence Day Austerity BOMBAY, Monday. was the keynote of the second anniversary of India's independence today. There were no illuminations, no large-scale decorations, no fireworks, such as marked the first Independence Day celebrations two years ago. Instead, there was tree planting, ploughing-up of wasteland and
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    Settle Disputes-Then Friendship
    217 3 Settle DisputesThen Friendship LIAQUAT All TO INDIA: KARACHI, Monday. pOOD relations between Pakistan and India will come only with the settlement of the Kashmir dispute, said the Pakistan Prime Minister, Liaquat All Khan in a special Independence Day speech yesterday. Pakistan was anxious to maintain friendly relations with India, he
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    NEW FIRM TO MAKE ROCKETS
    133 3 ADELAIDE, Mon. Anew British -Australian aviation company, registered at Adelaide with a nominal capital of AE1.000,000. will devote itself "entirely to long-range weapons," according to a statement today by Mr. J. Branson, chairman of the South Australian Industries Advisory Committee. Mr. Branson said the company
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    AIR GIRLS ARE BACK
    88 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. MALAYANS who have occasion to travel by plane to and from the United Kingdom will be glad to learn that there has been a reversal of the BOAC decision to discontinue the employment of air hostesses. The present ratio of
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    PLOT TO KILL RED MARSHAL
    101 3 HAMBURG, Mon. THE British Military Govern- ment controlled newspaper Welt Am Sonntag said yesterday that a time bomb exploded at a Soviet reception in Potsdam on July 25, killing 20 high racking Russian offlcero, including the Potsdam city commanders. It sajd the plot was an
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    KOREA INVITATION TO P.I. MINISTER
    41 3 MANILA, Mon.— Following the recent anti-Communist Pacific Union talks between President Syngman Rhee and Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, the South Korean foreign Minister has invited the Philippines Foreign Minister to discuss important matters of mutual interest.— Reuter.
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    ILLICIT SAMSU
    41 3 From Our Own Correspondent BENTONG, Mon. Leong Chan who had in his possession three bottles of illicit samsu was fined $25, in default a fortnight's hard labour, by Inche Anjang Saith. West Pahang Circuit Magistrate, in the Bentong Court
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    GREEK GUERILLAS TAKE A BEATING
    143 3 KASTORI A (Greece), Mon. TREEK Army leaders said yesterday that Communist guerilla forces had taken a "beating" in the Vitsi area, and Government troops I w«re driving north and west to seal the Albanian border. Lieut.-Gen. James Van Fleet, head of the American Military Mission
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    COURT ORDER TO RESTRAIN R.A.F.
    65 3 HONG KONG, Mon.— The Hong Kong Government's order that the Chinese National Aviation Corporation must- vacate their workshop in Kaitak airfield has been reversed by a Supreme Court Injunction. The court's injunction restrains the R.A.F. from taking over the workshops. Government's quartering authority last Friday
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    Another War? "No," Say Nine Japs In Ten
    268 3 Another War? "No, Say Nine Japs In Ten TOKYO, Monday. QVER 88 per cent of the Japanese people do not w want war and 46 per cent want the occupation forces to remain after the peace treaty, according to the findings of a newspaper in a poll of cities and
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    39 3 MR. TONG KAY CHOR. of Public Works Department, Segamat, who has been awarded a Sultan Ibrahim Scholarship by the Johore Government to study civil engineering In Britain. He will leave for London by air from Singapore on Aug. 31.
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    SAKAI DESERTER
    34 3 From Our Staff Correspondent KAMPAR, Mon. Iiam bin Alang, a Sakai special constable, appeared before the Circuit Magistrate nn a charge of desertion. He was convicted and sentenced to three months' gaol.
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    L-Driver Charged
    37 3 From Oar Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Mon. Ball in $50 was offered 19-year-old learner driver, Pang Loon, charged before the Segamat Circuit Magistrate with failing to have a competent driver by his side while driv ing.
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    B.M.A. WARNS DOCTORS
    245 4 "Don H Cover Illegal Practice By Dressers" QUALIFIED doctors are warned by the Malayan Branch of the British Medical Association not to give "cover" to dressers who set up illegal practice and give medical treatment to patients. In the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Malaya,
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    38 4 Tiiti DO.Uri of the Hindu temple at Port Dicksoii is one of the most intricately carved and sculptured Indian buildings in Malaya. The heads of Hindu gods and goddesses adorn the faces of the dome. Straits Times picture.
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    $21,380 For Relief
    91 4 The Singapore Muslim Palestine Relief Fund Committee has remitted $21,380.85 to the Egyptian Red Crescent organisation, leaving a balance, at the end of June last, of $4,406.38. Donations to the fund have come from Singapore ($21,013.19); Perils ($2,157.19): Johore ($1,381); Penanjj ($790); Trengganu ($420); and other places
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    THEFT CHARGE
    37 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Lee Kim Choo was charged today before the Johore Bahru Magistrate with dishonestly misappropriating a bicycle valued at $180 belonging to Ng Yeng Keng. The case was adjourned.
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    T.U. OFFICIALS
    33 4 MR. B. KUMAR AN (left) and Mr. J. A. Dawson, Indian Trade Union officers, who have been appointed to the staff of the Trade Union Adviser's Department, Kuala Lumpur. P.K. pictures.
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    5 Nurses Training To Be Dentists
    253 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. TO remedy the shortage of Government dentists in Malaya, nurses are being trained at the Federation's dental school recently set up in the Penang General Hospital. Five girls from Penang, Selangor, Perak, Trengganu and Malacca have been chosen
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    Donations To Varsity Increase
    133 4 Donations To Varsity Increase DONATIONS to hand, up to Aug. 13, for the Univer-s-Jty of Malaya Endowment Fund tota* $348,782.59, while those promised amount to $670,000. Thp latest list includes the follewinft donors: Singapore: Shell Company ot Singapore $100,000; Mr. V. Gan•ipathy (fourth instalment) $10; Framroz Co. $.5000. Pahang: Mr.
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    New Singapore Move To Fight Vice
    234 4 T*0 devise new methods of dealing with the problem A of the street-walker prostitute in Singapore, discussions have taken place between the SolicitorGeneral and officers of the Criminal Investigation Department and the Social Welfare Department. This is stated in a Social Welfare report, issued
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    31 4 YANG MULIA RAJA EFFENDI bin Raja Ahmad, a student of the Clifford School, Kuala Kanfcsar, has been awarded the Perils State P.W.D. Scholarship. He has joined the Technical College, Kuala Lumpur.
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    $16,586 AIDS 1,847 FAMILIES
    110 4 $16,586 AIDS 1,847 FAMILIES ATOTAi oi 1,847 families in Singapore received assistance last month from the Social Welfare Department under th» public assistance scheme. The Department pair" out $16,586. In addition. $542 was paid Id inmut.es of the Bushey Park an-,1 Nantina Homes. From the Silver Jubilee Fund a total
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    ARMY FITTERS ACQUITTED
    52 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Chia Wee Thong and Tan Yak Chew, who were charged In the Police Court with stealing three distributors, two carburettors and a coll fiom 221 Vehicle Bn., Tebrau, were acquitted by the Court. The accused were fitters working for the
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    DEATH FALL SEEN BY HIS TWO WIVES
    126 4 SERGEANT Musa bin Idrls of the Malay Regiment. Port Dickson, disappeared overboard from the Straits Steamship vessel Tung Song while the ship was on her way to Singapore from Malacca on Saturday night. The Straits Times was told yesterday that the sergeant's death
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    40 BANDITS STORM POLICE POST: KILL 4, STEAL RIFLES
    320 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. FIRING tommy guns and shooting at everyone in their way, a gang of between 40 and 50 bandits raided the police post at the Public Works Department quarry a mile outside Kajang yesterday afternoon.
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    LEAFLET RAID ON BATU ARANG
    55 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. IMon. AUSTER observation planes this afternoon dropped 10,000 poster-sized leaflets I over the Batu Arans-Kun- dang area of Selangor. The leaflets, prepared by the Department of Publio Relations, gave the names and photographs of l> members of the notorious
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    Hid Brandy In A Boat
    151 5 rpAN Tok Chiang, an em- j 1 ployee on a Chinese motor-boat, was fined $4,000 in the Third Police Court yesterday after he pleaded guilty to being in possession of brandy and tobacco on which duty of $1,211 had not been paid. Tan paid the
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    STRAY DOGS
    34 5 A van will visit the Thomson Road-Braddell Road area today to collect stray do^s and issue new licences to dogs. Yesterday 30 suoy dogs were collected from Tiong Bahru H<?nc!erson Road area.
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    NAVAL CRAFT FOR HONG KONG
    37 5 THE 7.1.09-TON BRITISH freighter Benalbanach which has arrived in Singapore with military supplies on board for Hong Kong. Picture sho ws four large motor launches on the vessel's deck. Straits Times picture.
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    CURFEW ARRESTS IN NEGRI
    153 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN. Mon. LARGE-scale security checks were made over the week-end and today in :sei veral areas in Need Sembilan in which curfew regulations have been imposed since last Friday night. This included screenings cf I estates and squatter ait as and arrests
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    3 WOMEN ON THEFT CHARGE
    65 5 From Our ()v n Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mbn Nagamah. Marieyeyee, Sinnamah, three women, and Narayanasamy, a man. were charged in the Police Court I today with dishonestly retaining a gold chain valued at $450. They were arrested by the Railway C.I.D., Singapore, after a report
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    $700 FAKE COINS SEIZED
    45 5 Singapore detectives yesterday arrested two Teochew Chinese in Beach Road, and I seized counterfeit Malayan 20-cents coins to the face value of $700. One Chinese was riding In a trishaw, and the other was wu'king alongside him, when they were arrested.
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    Changes Discussed In Constitution
    109 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. DOSSIBLE amendments to the Federal Constitution at some future date were discussed, it is understood, by the Communities Liaison Committee which met here yesterday and on Saturday. The official communique h issued today said: "The Committee began their consideration
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    Australian Aid For Scholars
    142 5 AS part of its contribution to UNESCO, the Australian Government is offering one scholarship and four fellowships in Australia for scholars from British territories in South-East Asia. The scholarship is for a course of three years' University studies, and the fellowships are for postgraduate and senior
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    Singapore Diary
    69 5 Y.M.C.A.: Commercial and PKnch Classes. Orrbavd Koad; 5.30 p.m. V.W.C.A.: FTench Class; 5; Riffles Quay; 10.30 a.m. ST. JOHN'S ASfBULANCE: iY.M.C.A.; Orchard Road; 6 p.m THE POLICE BAND under the direction of Mr. J. C. Hitch; Tiong Bahru; 6 p.m. to 7 p rr. LIAN LI BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION:
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    36 5 SIKHS CELEBRATE: Singapore Sikhs celebrating Indian Independence Day at their Central Temple ip Queen Street yesterday. People were also fed free »n the temple as part of the celebra t ion s. S trails Times picture.
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    PORTUGUESE TROOPS TO VISIT SINGAPORE
    92 5 UORE than 000 Portuguese colonial troops from Angola, Portuguese West Africa, will arrive in Singapore tonight by the trooper, Nyassa, on their way to Macao. The troops are fully equipped with machine guns, transport and notorised artillery, and commanded by Portuguese officers. The officers and
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    DEATH
    19 6 DE ATH \IH QUAH CHIN SEANO, Of Bindoeng Restaurant, suddenly on or 49 leaving behind his Dd four children.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    35 6 MESSRS ONG CHENG I.EONO CHENG HOE, Cheng Pen«r and members of their families tesMer their sincere and heartfelt <hanks and gratitude to ■■c and all for the assistance, attendance, letters, telegrams and floral tributes.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Aug. 16, 1949 Flags And Citizens
    1072 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Aug. 16, 1949 Flags And Citizens On Sunday the streets of Singapore and of towns in the Federation were decked with the flag of Pakistan, and on Monday they were followed by the flag of India. It was once again testimony to the benevolent influence
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    THE LAKE GARDENS
    80 6 THE Lake Gardens In Kuala Lumpur are becoming Increasingly popular. People of all communities gather there of an evening with their wives and children; but especially so on Saturdays and Sundays. Meanwhile. the public would, I am sure, aporeclate It very much If the Gardens Committee could
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    TALK OF THE WEEK
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    Mr. Micawber Writes To Dr.Benham
    1272 6 Mr. Micawber Writes To Dr.Benham |)EAR Dr. Benham, I do not think you know me, but you have met many of my colleagues. I am one of those Government servants (relegated to Division III by Sir Harry Trusted whose fate hangs on the deliberations of the joint select committee on
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    THE BOOR WHO BLARES
    309 6 I HAVE been glad to see in your correspondence columns recently letters complaining about the nuisance caused by those all too numerous people who will play their wireless or redifTusion sets at full volume. Perhaps Lhcse afflicted with such neighbours could have their redress In law,
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    Singapore Socialist Utopia
    229 6 Singapore Socialist Utopia \/t R. Pat Johnson is to be congratulated on trying to erase class distinctions between the different employees of the Singapore Municipality by demanding that senior officers be deprived of the medical attention now provided by a panel of private doctors, and that they should be attended
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    LIFE IN KIM KEAT ROAD
    236 6 I SAW a picture in the Straits Times the other day showing inconvenience caused by there being no water supply in the artisans' quarters built by the Singapore Improvement Trust In Kirn Keat Road. But that was only part of the story. One standplpe In
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      90 6 CLASSIFIED ADS DANKER: To Iris, wife of A. J. Danker, on 14.8.49. at Kan<Une Kerbau Hospital, Singapore. daughter. TO ELAINE, wife of Alasdalr M-Inrov. at Kandang Kerbs u Hospital. Singapore, on August 15th, 1949. a daughter. GORDON: To Deolma, wife of W Gordon, a daughter (Isobel), at the Youngberg Memorial
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      17 6 HERRINGS FRESH or in TOMATO SAUCE AGENTS C 6l E MORTON <malaya> LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur Penang
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    COLONY GETS JAP REPARATIONS
    218 7 530-TonShipment Includes SHB Generator pIVE-hundred-and-thirty tons of reparations material, the sixth and largest single shipment to Singapore from Japan, has arrived in the Fukien. The shipment includes a 3,000-kilowatt generator set ordered for the Singapore Harbour Board, two boilers for a local company, and five lathes
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    105 7 GUESTS at the Indian Independence Day reception held by Mr. Mrs. Thivy yesterday. Picture shows (from left): Mr. J. A. Thivy (Indian Government Representative), Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald (the Commis-sioner-General), Sirdar Jo findra Singh (Indian Trade Commissioner in Malaya), Sir Franklin Gimson (Governor of Singapore) and Mr. S. D. Kalelkar.—
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    SQUATTER AID PLAN IN JOHORE
    131 7 from Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. rE Johore Government is seeking the aid of members of the Malayan Chinese Association in a scheme for ihe resettlement of 1.500 Chlneae squatter families in the nnggl district. At a recent meeting at Johore Bahru, it was
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    S'pore Cargo Tonnages
    84 7 THE total tonnages of cargo handled at Singapore i 'ads and wharves last month were 265.870 tons and 157.888 tons respectively. This >ear the total tonnage of i-argo handled amounts to 2.786,400 lons 1.777.088 tons discharged and 1.009.312 ions loaded. Cargo discharged and loaded at Singapore roads
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    Howards Due Today
    79 7 Howards Due Today THE Green Howards, who are i eplacing the Royal Inn Fusiliers in the S'ngapore Garrison, will arrive on the troopship Devon-.-hirp this afternoon. Also on the Devonshire will be the First Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers, and the headquarters staff of the 28th. Infantry Brigade, both bound
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    Jute From India: Govt. May Say 'No'
    170 7 Jute From India: Govt. May Say 'No' rE Singapore Government is unlikely to approve of the Import of jute goods from India, even subject to the guarantee that there would be no re-export. Tlie Straits Times was told by an official of the Economic Affairs' Department that a statement may
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    BOY (17) TO BE BANISHED
    115 7 BOY (17) TO BE BANISHED A 17-YEAR-OLD Chinese boy discharged from the Bukit Timah Boys Home, Singapore on an order from the ColoniaJ Secretary and put tn C.ID custody, will be banished on the grounds of his being an habitual criminal. This, the first case of its kind in Singapore,
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    Govt. To Sell Pulot
    98 7 rE Singapore Government is to offer for sale by tender 300 tons of pulot rice which has arrived from Slam against allocation. The tender is expected to be out in another day or two, so that the pulot may by made available to Chinese confectioners who
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    "MEDICINE" WAS SAMSU
    74 7 "MEDICINE" WAS SAMSU When revenue officer.* questioned Loh Mah on Aug. 6 and asked him If he had anything to declare, the reply was: "Nothing this is only some medicine." Yesterday, Loh Mah's "medicine," produced in the i Third Police Court, turned out to be distilled samsu The Magistrate, Mr.
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    Malay Regt. Seeks 60 "Key Men"
    224 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE Malay Regiment wants immediately 60 recruits A to become "key men" in its new expanded J establishment. The men who will be a type of Malay who have net hitherto joined the Regiment in large numbers,
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    JOHORE MEN FOR COLLEGE
    89 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Fourteen candidates from Johore have been successful In the entrance examination to the Sultan Idris Training College for Malay teachers. Thev are Zakaria bin Samin, Talib bin H. Mazurki, A. Kadlr bin Ismail, A. Rahmin bin Abdul, Muhammed bin
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    SUICIDE LEFT 2 LETTERS
    93 7 Two letters were left by 19-ycar-old Thong Yuen Choon addressed to his father and a business colleague just before he died after taking a dose of caustic soda on Aug. 5. The letters were produced in thn Coroner's Court yesterday when the Coroner, Mr. W. G.
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    Empress Place Traffic Jam
    101 7 AN unbroken line of cars rt and buses, three abreast in some places, which extended from the Victoria Memorial Hall to Robinson Road, held up Singapore office workers returning home at 5 pjn. yesterday. The traffic jam was caused by resurfacing work at Em1 press Place
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    45 7 The committee of the Singapore Stamp Club for 1919. Seated (from left) are Mr. J. B. Neubronncr, Mr. Robert M. Cheong, Mr. Lim Hak Tee, Mrs. S. Weinberr, Prof, D. E. C. Mekie (president), Mr. H. G. Rodyk, and Mr. Leon* Hong Hec (Hon. Secretary).
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    ONE YEAR'S GAOL FOR CHEATING
    192 7 pLEADINO guilty to cheat-; ing in respect of barbed I wire and building materials belonging to Sime Darby and Co.. Singapore. K. Selvarajah, alias Subrtrnanlam. was yesterday sentenced to one year's hard labour by th« Singapore First Distri. t Judge. Mr. Tan Ah Tali. The
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    INDIAN FLAG HOISTED AT NAVAL BASE
    371 7 fHE Indian national flag was hoisted at the Singapore Naval Base, the Sikh Dockyard Police marched past and the Police Band played the Indian national anthem in Singapore celebrations of the second anniversary of Indian Independence Day, yesterday. The Representative of the Government of
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    MESSAGES TO INDIA AND PAKISTAN
    39 7 MESSAGES TO INDIA AND PAKISTAN THE Commissioner Gene1 ral, Mr. Malcolm \I < Donald, sent MagrataJatory messages yesterd.iv i<> the Governor-Gener Us oi India and Pakistan on the occasion of the second anniversary of Independence Day of India and Pakistan.
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    Celebrations In Johore
    92 7 From Our Own Correspondent J rt JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. OHORE Indians met at the Indian Congress premises to celebrate Independence Day. Among those who spoke were Mrs. Sen Gupta, Mr. M N. Roy. Mr. Raja Ram, Mr. M Chidamparam, Mr. Mathews and the Rev. V. A. Chelllah
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    "GLORIA" TOOK SHIP'S MAST
    56 7 Stories of the strength of the typhoon Gloria, which by-passed the Philippines last month but caught lirir ship, the American freighter Tyler, were told by officers and men of the sh;p. now in Singapore. The President Tyler, which was only caught by the tall of the
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    Millions, With Pay & Without Cares, At Sea
    995 8 Millions, With Pay Without Cares, At Sea From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 10. TIME was when everybody who considered themselves to be somebody but had for lack of money or other reason to stay in London during August drew the blinds of the house, pinned a "gone away" card
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    40 8 P'"\CF l < MV.'.A.'ihT receiving bouquet when >lnon led new block of flats in Islington. North London. I '-i:nc(l for old people, the flat* are subsidised to keep the ren'v be)arn to 13s. 4d. a week for two rooms. Reuter picture.
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    LONDON LETTER
    50 8 LOVELY LACOPK in Wiltshire is owned and preserved by the National Trust. Birthplace of Fox Talbot, one of photography's pioneers, it is considered to be one of England's most beautiful villages where life Is still unhurried and cows are driven through the streets of centuries-old houses. Reuter picture.
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    THE RISING TIDE
    14 8 Ever political cartoons in the Dail> Mail have a holiday flavour.
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    That Word Again, And Other Opinions
    271 8 JUDGE Scobell Armstrong remarks that "the word 'bloody' is always used by the vulgar and uneducated as a forceful adjective for purposes of emphasis, and if they were debarred from using it their conversation would be seriously impeded" THE Bishop of Ely laments that
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    LIKES AND DISLIKES IN THE BUS
    113 8 LIKES AND DISLIKES IN THE BUS A SPECIAL poll taken by the London Passenger Transport Board might Interest travellers In Malaya's only double-decker bus at Kuala Lumpur. It reveals that the majority of passengers on London's double-decker buses prefer to sit on the side of the bus nearest the curb.
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      100 8 ...Designed for the Job! SINGAPORE Embodying everything that MUNICIPALITY Harrier's exceptional experience have o r d c r e d 35 in the Municipal field can give to KARRIERC.K.I a public cleansing vehicle, "CK3" Chassis. type Refuse Collectors are now available in a wide variety of types KARRIKKS produce and
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      251 8 fj hint for <A mothers hJ on planning meals -give them VITAMIN RICH BROWN BREAD Whereas grown-ups need food chiefly to keep them going, children need the right foods to keep them growing as well. That's why it is important to see they get not only enough food, but enough
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      297 8 I ar«mmes (As 8'pore); 100 2.00 Dutch; 9.00 Kuoyii; 9.30 BUifiie.-e; SINGAPORE I English Programme (A» 8'pore); 9.45 English; 10.00 Radio News 10 00 News from Kuala Lumpur- 12 00 Close 6.00 Programms Sum- Reel; 10.15 "Time for Music"': 1005 Close- 12 noon Programmes mary; 6.02 Y. A.F.I.: 7.10 Talk;
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    Malayan homes and fashions
    143 9 Malayan homes and fashions s |<v Singapore, city of << I 1 contrasts, traditions r < from the East meet the < Irrnu-nt of modern ideas v, from the West, but have >> < not yet settled down into < *>ia* sense of values In ss furniture and home de-
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    BUSINESS GIRLS' PARADE
    168 9 FASHIONS for business women hit the headlines recently in Sydney at a dress parade in which all the models were members of the Business and Professional Women's Club. The club, with branches In Melbourne. Brisbane, Hobart and Perth, as well as in several country towns of New
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    Don't listen to the old wives tales
    684 9  - Don't listen to the old wives tales BEE WICKERSON ADVICE TO MOTHERS-TO-BE By "WHAT size does your husband take in hats?" I stood there astounded. There I was, in the sixth month of my first pregnancy, seeing a doctor for the first time, and that was the first thing he
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    Beauty Tips
    163 9 by Paulette Goddard MANY beauty difficulties are the result of carelessness." This was the observation of the lovely Paramount star, Paulette Goddard, during a recent interview. Paulette believes that cleanliness in all beauty items is a precaution against trouble, and she makes a practice of checking her beauty
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    37 9 BONNY BABY. Rishv.i, l<>-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Joseph, of Singapore. From next Tuesday the Straits Times will offer a prize of $5 to the "bonniest baby of the week." All photographs will be returned.
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    PICTURE OF A HAPPY FAMILY
    330 9 PICTURE OF A HAPPY FAMILY From an estate bungalow THE sun was beginning to sink and all around us as we went home by car we saw signs of people who had finished the day's toil. The little settlement we were passing was of a wood cutting community and seemed
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    WHY A CHILD IS LATE IN TALKING
    406 9  -  NURSE BRIDGET MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA By "DISTRACTED" writes, to say she is desper- j ately worried about her two-year-old son, who has made no attempt to i to talk. There are several reasons why a child starts talking late. His brain may be
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      The devil in art collecting
      387 10 The devil in art collecting THE TASTE OF ANGELS. By Francis Henry Taylor. (Hamish Hamilton, 42s.). T^HIS book is Justly described in its subtitle as "A History of Art Collecting from Rameses to Napoleon.'* It is addressed, we are told, not to art-historians but to those who care for art.
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      According to Culbertson
      297 10 North s bidding tactics in today'* deal were not ro bp rorr.m<-nded. South, dcak-Ncrth-Soutii -.u-nt-ubik. O 10 7 9 A 6 4 2 10 9 ri5T v 6 t nil 2a j 2 C t 10 7 4 50-TH J 141 A 7 I Mil The bidding:
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      Red heretic's rise to power
      524 10  -  Stephen Clissold. WHIRLWIND. Bv (Cresset Press. 15s.). Reviewed by Elisabeth Barker gTEPHEN CLISSOLD has made use of his exceptional first-hand knowledge of the Jugoslav Communist revolution to write what is perhaps the first serious and objective account of the rise of the man who is
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      Picture of an educationalist
      211 10 PHILIP HARTOG: A Memoir. By Mabel Harto?. (Constable 10s.9 ALTHOUGH Sir Philip Hartog was trained as a chemist, it was as an educationist, and as in administrator of educational institutions, that he achieved distinction. He was a constructive and an inspiring critic of the examination system
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      A TASTY EGYPTIAN BREW
      331 10 A TASTY EGYPTIAN BREW Reviewed by Bernard Fergusson WHILE SHEPHEARD'S WATCHED. By Penne"thorne Hughes. (Chatto and Windus. 10s. tid). MR. PENNETHORNE HUGHES claims that his book is "interested, but not expert. It is not even very long." Most people would have shrunk from writing a book upon a subject apparently
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      Singapore book list
      243 10 rpHE following new books will x be added to Raffles Library within the next few days: No Place to Hide, David Bradley. Q Anthology, P. Brittain. Range War, Silas L. Cheney. Contract Bridge for Everyone, Ely Culbertson. The Right Way to Run a Library Business, Thomas Joy.
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      168 10 \M States (denies?) I GEORGE FORMBY m lolumbta s LAUGH RIOT! W HOWL TODAY 0 11-1.45, 4.00, 6.30 9.30 p.m. Wmj Would be an Understatement! m George Sings Two Songs W I In His Own Inimitable Way Phone 5159 M W^k JJ [4vJ THURSDAYS Doris DAY! W DOR'S SINGS 8
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      324 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD ac««« jj Sea-bird teem* to titv* PRO^SWDRn No 1R^ Ideal tense? (7). .wallowed Anne I «>. I/IVUOOWUKU l^O. XOO I Send .this Is to dismiss 28. Holds dark fluid (8X. 2 I 1 1 U rissssl I la 1 I) I a summanlv (7) 29 It's a
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    RUBBER PROGRAMME 'VITAL TO U.S. SECURITY'
    205 11 RUBBER PROGRAMME 'VITAL TO U.S. SECURITY' NEW rORK. ]y|R. William Gulick, president of the International B. F. Goodrich Company, on his return from a visit to Goodrich-associate company factories in Europe, said that rubber industry officials in Great Britain, Holland and France recognised that the American rubber programme, "while offering
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    TINS GET MANY INQUIRIES
    182 11 TINS GET MANY INQUIRIES Malayan Sharei From Oar Market Correspondent nnHE Singapore share market X opened on a firmer note for tin shares yesterday. There were good inquiries for the popular issues, but sellers were reluctant Industrials showed few changes, while rubber shares came in for a small share of
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    Ampat Tin's New Area
    128 11 LONDON, Mon. IN his statement circulated to shareholders, Mr. Ivan Spens, chairman of Ampat Tin Dredging Ltd., points out that the value of property has increased by some £70,000. This increase represents the purchase of a new area for the Tujoh dredge which was acquired during
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    RUBBER UP BY ⅜ CENT
    123 11 RUBBER UP BY CENT rE price of rubber in Singapore rose by about three-eighths of a cent per lb. yesterday. The market was steady throughout the day, with sellers reserved. There was a good demand for all grades. Closing prices were: No. 1 si»»et f.o.b. buyers 34>4 cent*, sellers 34%
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    "Strong" Malayan Competition
    129 11 COCONUT OIL MARKET COLOMBO, Monday. MALAYA and Indonesia are becoming "increasingly strong competitors" with Ceylon on the coconut oil market, said Mr. V. C. Axworthy, managing director of the British Ceylon Corporation, at a Press conference here. "Coconut oil from Malaya" he said "is being offered and
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    £1,131 PROFIT
    15 11 Madingley (Malaya) Rubber Estates made a profit, to Feb. 28, of £1,131 (£2,531).
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    £87,943 For Rehabilitation
    91 11 LONDON, Monday. BERTAM Consolidated Rubber Co.. which cultivates over 16,000 acres in Province Wellesley and Negri Sembilan. has spent £87,943 on the rehabilitation of its properties, according to the annual report. Of the total area of 4,294 acres felled by the Japanese, 1,567 acres will have been
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    Govt. Urged To 'Think Twice'
    229 11 Govt. Urged To 'Think Twice' From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. •THE British Government would be well advised to think twice before entering into formal negotiations for international commodity schemes, writes the Manchester Guardian's city editor, who says they might weaken rather than strengthen the dollar position of the Sterling
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    SHIPPING IN PORT
    113 11 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were Main Wharf: Benalbanach (31-32), Memnon (33-34), President Tyler (38-39), Shirala (42-43) West Wharf: Straat MaUkka (2-3). Benlomond (9-7), Flying Clipper (8-9), Radnorsrlre (11), Autolycus (13-14), Talrea (15-16). Empire Dock: Ro'pat (17-18 Bumslde (19-20),
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    STILL A PROFIT
    36 11 AMSTERDAM, Mon.—At the general meeting of shareholders of the Amsterdam Rubber Com-1 pany, the chairman declared that at the present price of rubber the company was still r"«irtng a profit on this product.
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    SAGO STILL IN DEMAND
    49 11 From A Market Correspondent There was little activity in the Singapore produce markets yesterday. Sago flour was jn demand and a fair volume of business was recorded. Coconut oil and copra sections were very firm, with keen overseas Interest. There was no change in prices.
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    HUTTON RACES TO 206 AFTER SLOWSTART
    803 12 HUTTON RACES TO 206 AFTER SLOWSTART Edrich 100 But Draw Inevitable LONDON, Monday. WITH Len Hutton racing: to 206 after a slow start and Bill Edrich scoring: exactly 100, England scored 432 for four wickets in reply to New Zealand's first innings score of 345 at the Oval today, the
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    61 12 SIGNED-UP: Nal Phol Fiapadaeng seen signing the contract in Singapore yesterday for the fight with Bobby Njoo (second from left) at the Happy World Stadium on Friday. Others in this picture are, left to right, Mr. Tjan Gwan Tjwan (Njoo's manager), Promoter Abdul Razak and Dr. S. H. Al-junied, hon.
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    SCOREBOARD
    189 12 NEW ZEALAND— Ist Inns. Sutcliffe c Bedser b Hollies 88 Scott e Edrich b Bedser 80 Held Ibw Wright S Wallace c Edrich b Bedser 55 Donnelly e Edrich b Bailey 37 Hadlee c Evans b Bedser 35 Rabone c Evans b Bailey 18 Bnrtt c Evans b Bailey
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    Navy Outplay Recs On Rain-Soaked Pitch
    256 12 Navy Outplay Recs On RainSoaked Pitch ROYAL Navy scored a rivenil victory over the Singapore Recreation Club in a Senior League football match played at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The match was played on a rain-sodden ground which appeared to suit the heavier Services' team. The Recs. on the other
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    Inter-State Rugby Again This Season
    633 12 fTHE H.M.S. MALAYA Rugby Football Competition, cancelled last year owing to the emergency, will be resumed this season. This was decided at a meeting of the Malayan Rugby Union held at Kuala Lumpur recently. Seven teams are likely to take part in the competition, four
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    Six Teams In Athletic Meet Today
    335 12 Six Teams In Athletic Meet Today SIX teams will participate in an athletic meet, organised by the Singapore A.A.A., on the Singapore Recreation Club gTound today, starting at 5 p.m. The teams are: S.C.A.A.F., R.A.F., Police Sports Association. S.R.C., Army and Johore Bahru Dist. A.A.A. The programme comprises 12 events,
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    SCC SCORED 76 IN 30 MINS TO WIN
    320 12 SCC SCORED 76 IN 30 MINS TO WIN rpHE best cricket of the Singapore Cricket AssociaAy tion's tournament was seen at Balestier on Sunday in the match between the Indians and the Singapore Cricket Club. The Club added ten points to their total because they were given the opportunity following
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    Fathers v. Sons On Saturday
    47 12 gCHOOLBOYS from the U.K. who are spending their holidays with their parents in Singapore will meet their fathers in a game of cricket on the Singapore Cricket Club ground on Saturday. This game cancels che fixture between the S.C.C. and the P.W.D.
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    TENNIS TIES
    27 12 All ties in the Tanglin Club tennis tournameht fixed for yesterday will be played today, weather permitting. Ties fixed for today will be played tomorrow.
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    CIVILIAN ATHLETES v. SERVICEMEN
    214 12 CINOAPORE Civilians will meet the Services in an athletic match on Saturday. Aug. 27. The Civilian team will be (reserves in brackets) 440 yds. Relay: I.im Hong Hal, Yeo Choon Bee, Tan Eng Yoon, P. Miranda. (Tai Chong Cheong) 880 yds. Relay: Tan Eng Yoon Lim
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    IP BEATS KOK LEM EASILY
    99 12 From Oar Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. V H. IP, the Malayan and China tennis champion, today beat Goon Kok Lem, the Penang singles champion 6-4, 6-3 in exhibition games played on the International Club courts. Ip did not appear to be exerting himself unduly, but
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    ATHLETES WIN 2-1
    172 12 A LARGE crowd yesterday saw Chinese Athletes, this years Senior League champions, beat Tamil Brotherhood Association by two goals to one at Farrer Park. The Tamils opened scoring early in the game through M. I. Osman but the equaliser came soon afterwards: Eng Siang netting from long
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    POSTPONED
    58 12 The 250-mile .massed-start cycle road race scheduled to be neld this Sunday has been postponed to Sunday. August 28. This race Is the fourth event In the Singapore 'Best All-Rounder* open cycling competition. Last y«r this event was won by Awthar Singh of the Selar.yor Olympic Twiddlers who returned
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    Sport Diary
    25 12 SOCCER: Community League, RAF. Combined v Ceylonese, Jalan Besar Stadium, 5.15 p.m. ATHLETICS: Inter-club meet, SRC, 5p.m. TENNIS: Tanglln Club tourn*ment; Y.W.C.A. tournament.
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    Bonnie Grey, John Hard To Beat
    322 12  - Bonn ie Grey, John Hard To Beat EPSOM JEEP By KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. 'THERE is nothing like following a stable or owner 1 in luck in the racing game. Luckiest owner so far this season has undoubtedly been Mrs. Helen Quah of Penang, whose small string has to-date won 10
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    2-NIL LEAD
    36 12 NEW YORK. Mon.—Australia gained a two matches to nil lead against Italy in the inter-zone Davis Cup final here yesterday when Frank Sedgman won the second singles 6-0. 6-4 against Italy's Marcello Del Bello.
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    Punter: 'Why Was John Disqualified?'
    190 12 SPORTS LETTER WHILE I do not for a moment question the decision of the Selangor Turf Club stewards lit disqualifying John after he hail won the flrst raae on Saturd;n I feel the racing public, especially the large number of John's backers, would appreciate a
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    WINS 4-MILE RACE
    34 12 Awtlw Slnßh. Malayan crack ryclist won the four-mile Dress Track race hel-.l in h'eremban last Saturday, In champion style. He beat the rest of the fle'.d by one lap (440 yds.).
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