The Straits Times, 4 August 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    SOUTH KOREANS RECAPTURE YONGDOK
    468 1 SOUTH KOREANS RECAPTURE YONGDOK HOWITZER IN ACTION Yanks Take Up New Positions TOKYO, Friday. COUTH KOREAN troops recaptured Yongdok on the Korean east coast and pushed on another three miles today while United States forces in the west made a "final" general withdrawal of up to 15 miles for a
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    Britain To Spend More On Arms
    168 1 Britain To Spend More On Arms LONDON, Thurs. THE United States Ambassador Mr. Lewis Douglas, j made a late and unexpected call at No. 10 Downing Street last night. His visit is connected with an expected early announcement of British plans to spend even more millions on rearmament. Tne Prime
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    400 TONS OF H.E. ON ARMS PLANT
    145 1 KOREA, Thursday. US. Superfortresses, in their third major strike within five days, dropped more than 400 tons of high explosive bombs on North Korean chemical and ammunition works today. The target was the extensive Bogun chemical plant at Konan, about three miles from
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    Bandits Murder Mine Engineer
    41 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A EUROPEAN mining engineer was attacked by bandits while travelling in a jeep in Pahang this afternoon. He was killed instantly and two special constables of his escort were wounded.
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    '50,000 REBELS IN RUSSIA'
    78 1 TORONTO. Thurs. Some 50,000 guerillas are waging warfare in White Russia against the Soviet Government, according to Mr. Miloa Abramtchik. head of the "Free Government of ByeloRussia.' 1 Deep in the forest in the south east corner of the Baltic States, the White Russian partisans, led
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    26 KILLED
    33 1 ALGIERS. Thurs.— A rescue team today reported no survivors among the 22 passengers and fdur crew of the French aircraft which crashed in the Sahara desert a few days ago.— Reuter.
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    TRADE BOOM
    23 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs.— lndoPakistan trade shot up to 90 million rupees within ten weeks of the April 21 trade agreement. A.P.
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    U.S. RED MARCHERS IN CLASH
    97 1 U.S. RED MARCHERS IN CLASH NEW YORK. Thurs. EFTIST "peace" marchers, Vj banned from the heavily guarded Union Square, defiantly clashed with police in a tense and noisy brawl last night. An estimated 2,000 formed their ranks amid thousands of homeward bound workers at the height of the rush hour.
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    AFRICAN BRAILLE
    34 1 LONDON, Thurs— A system of braille suitable for any of the 800 tribal languages of Africa has been evolved. It was finally approved by a committee of experts meeting in London. AP.
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    JAPANESE OFFER
    33 1 NEW YORK, Thurs.— Five ocean-going freighters have been offered free of charge by the Japanese Mail Line (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) to the United Nations for use in the Korean war.— A.P.
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    BURMA TO SEND TWO DELEGATES
    46 1 RANGOON, Thurs.— Burma is sending two delegates to the Inter-Parliamentary conference in Dublin, a Parliamentary source stated in Rangoon. The delegates include the Speaker of the Burmese Parliament Urn Mya. The conference is being held between Sept. 8 and 13.— A.P.
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    DROUGHT IN SOUTH INDIA
    73 1 MADRAS, Thurs. The failure of the monsoon for the third successive year has left thij; South Indian state in a critical situation. Lakes are dry, crops have withered and cattle are starving. The price of rice has trebled in the blackmarket and rice rations are down
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    DOCKERS STRIKE
    47 1 AUCKLAND, Thurs. The National Executive of the New Zealand Waterside Workers' Union yesterday called a strike at all ports and by tonight workers will be idle. The trouble arose over two men at Auckland being refused permission to take their morning tea break together.— A.P.
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    U.K. Wants Volunteers For Korea
    64 1 LONDON Thurs. BRITAIN called today for volunteers to fight alongside the American troops in Korea. The War Office opened the campaign asking veterans of the last world war to volunteer for a period not to exceed 18 months The announcement said volunteers who must be
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    SIAM BUYS SINGAPORE FACTORY
    81 1 BANGKOK, Thurs. T»HE Siamese Ministry of -a- Industry has purchased a bottle-maklne factory in Singapore for US$6O,OOO. The plant will be transferred to Siam in September. The factory will be reerected at Bangyikhan, near the government distillery. IU output will be UMd for bottling the government
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    Indonesia May Go To Privy Council
    86 1 JAKARTA, Thursday. rpHE Indonesian Government will "in all probabi- lity" appeal to the Privy Council against the Singapore Supreme Court decision that Captain "Turko" Westerling cannot be extradited. This statement was made today by a Foreign Ministry representative who said the decision had been
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    Won His Case
    34 1 TURKO WESTERLING who won his case in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday for an Order of Prohibition to stop the Indonesian Government's extradition action against him. Full story in Page 7.
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    Maria's Marriage Sets A Problem
    581 1 MAIN topic in Singapore yesterday, especially in lawyers' offices, was the secret marriage of the 14-year-old Dutch girl, Maria Bertha Hertogh. by Muslim rites to a 22-year-old Malay school teacher and the question of its validity. Maria's marriage took place four days after the Singapore
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    'Will Fight To Last Sob'
    91 1 'Will Fight To Last Sob BERGEN-OP-ZOOM, Thurs. AVOW "to fight to the last sob" for the recovery oi his 14-year-old daughter Maria Hertogh. was made today by her father. "This marriage is not valid We refuse to recognise it,' he said. The Dutch Press is indignant about the affair, suggesting
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    Aid Scheme Extended
    61 1 COLOMBO, Thurs. COUTH-EAST Asia countries will be eligible to participate in the Commonwealth aid scheme for SouthEast Asia. Experts meeting here have agreed to invite all nonCommonwealth countries into the scheme on the basis of equal rights and privileges. The name will probably be changed to "technical
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    CARDINAL DIES AT AGE OF 76
    38 1 VATICAN CITY. Thurs.— Luigi Cardinal Lavitrano, aged 76, died yesterday at Castel Grandelfor. His death reduces the membership of the Roman Catholic College of Ctrdlnali to 53. Its maximum It 70— AP,
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    Rubber Rises 18¼c. To $1.47½
    248 1 Rubber Rises 18¼ c. To $1.47½ By Market Correspondent DUBBER soared to XX $1.47 i yesterday, the jump of 18i cents being the biggest single day leap in a quarter of a century. Sellers were scarce, and the market closed firm. The price opened in the mornine around $1.35, and
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    THREE ATTACKED £1,550 GRANT
    50 1 BRISTOL, Thurs.— The British Home Office has paid £1,550 to 3 members of a family attacked by a 33-year-old convict who escaped from one of Britain's prisons without bars. It Is the first cash compensation payment for personal injury ever made, in such a case.— Reuter.
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    S.E. ASIA SEEK MORE JAP GOODS
    128 2 TOKYO, Thurs. gOUTH-EAST Asian countries have been actively sending enquiries to Japan for sundry goods and silk rayon textiles since the latter part of July, trade sources in Osaka said according to Jiji news agency today. Previously, interest had been confined mainly to machinery,
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    DIFFICULTY FOR INDIA
    88 2 NEW DELHI, Thurs. India's economic situation was "difficult but not desperate," the Finance Minister assured Parliament today The monetary 'field "has shown a distinct improvement and there are signs of returning confidence." Parliament rejected three amendments seeking to criticise the Government for "failure" to deal wi f
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      No Silk Or Gold For Aden Women
      227 2 ADEN, Thursday. A NEW law in Quaiti in Aden Protectorate provides for the imprisonment of anyone who fails to offer prayers and another forbids women to wear silk and crold except for their husbands at home. Syed Mohamed Barakat, a I newspaper correspondent,
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      WALK-OUT
      35 2 AMSTERDAM, Thurs.—Australian delegates and several French representatives walked out of an international conference of teachers .here in protest against rejection Df a resolution on the establishment of "world unity in the teaching profession." Reuter.
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      BRAVEST DEED
      46 2 LT.-CMDR. R. C. Pearson, wearing the Stanhope Gold Medal (left) for the bravest deed reported to the Royal Humane Society in 1949. He dived from the aircraft-car-rier Vengeance off Sierra Leone, into shark-infested waters in an attempt to rescue a man overboard. -Reuter picture.
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      FRENCH GOLD STOCK UP
      93 2 PARIS, Thurs— The French Government yesterday decided to raise the value of France's gold stock by 126, 000,000,000 francs to give the country a fresh start financially. After a year of financial and economic stabilisation, the Cabinet agreed to ask Parliament to approve this revaluation to
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    PREPARATIONS FOR ROYAL BABY
    73 2 LONDON. Thursday. THE home of Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth was being prepared yesterday for the birth, expected next week, of their second child whom, both parents hope, will be a girl. Princess Elizabeth was reported to be so confident that she is thinking only of
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    U.S. PLANS TO MAKE H-BOMB
    162 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs. »pHE United States appeared yesterday to be gearing itself to produce a hydrogen bomb without slackening perhaps even while increasing its pace on atom bombs. The Atomic Energy Commission announced it had appointed the Dupont Co. to design, construct and operate some new
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    SPAIN LOAN OPPOSED
    72 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, yesterday opposed the Senate's US$lOO,000,000 Spanish loan "rider" pending ECA appropriation, tion. He told a news conference that there were adequate funds for any justified Spanish loan already available in the Export-Import Bank. He also said the
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    U.N. & PALESTINE
    27 2 U.N. PALESTINE LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs.— The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine plans to meet at Jerusalem to resume negotiations with the Israeli and Arab Governments. UP.
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      902 2 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVRN thit Mr. LOH HONO JOO of No 9 Hongkong Street, Singapore, has no further authority to transact any business on behalf of Messrs ENO CHEONO PENO KEE LIMITED ns from the Ist day of A lie 11st 1950. Dated this Ist day of August, 1950.
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      171 2 NOTICES PROBATE ADMINISTRATION Poraikalam alias ParappaUm debased, (late of Bnklt Pnlai Estate, Maaai). ALL PERSONS having claim: against the abovenamed deceased who died at Buklt Pulai Estate Masai. Johore. on 31st day ol May. 1943, are required to submit their claims in writing to the undersigned not later than sth
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      335 2 NATURALISATION Notice is hereby given that Ng Hui Lip of 27, Cairnhill Road., is applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written signed statement of the facts to the Colonial Secretary. Spore. NASSIM CO..
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      354 2 TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ORDINANCE No, 22 of 1939 CUSTODIAN OF PKOPERTV PROCLAMATION No. 14 of 1945 SALE Bl TENDER NO. 115 The Custodian of Property, Singapore, invites tender for the purchase of the following:— Chinese Copper Coins. Bearln? Metal. Flywheels, Oil Separator.-, Armatures. Variable Speed Gears, D.C. Electric Motors,
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    U.S. CHALLENGES RUSSIA ON KOREA PEACE PLAN
    455 3 U.S. CHALLENGES RUSSIA ON KOREA PEACE PLAN LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. rpHE United States and Britain yesterday challenged Russia to produce before the United Nations any genuine proposals it might have for peace in Korea. The chief American delegate. Mr. Warren Austin, calling for immediate Security Council action on the Unted
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    NEW TIN TALKS ON AMERICAN STOCKPILE
    99 3 NEW TIN TALKS ON AMERICAN STOCKPILE From Oui Own < orre-.p.ndent LONDON. Thurs. Nl Anglo-American tin discussions in Washington are believed here to indicate that America is Anxious to speed up her tin stockpile programme. Two lines of approach are seen. America may hid for a part of the Mm
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    India Envoy Explains U.N. Stand
    138 3 India Envoy Explains U.N. Stand LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs. INDIA'S chief delegate to ihe United Nations, Sir Bene- j gal Rau, said India champions Communist China's admission to the world organisation because she believes it might helo in settl'Jlß he Korean conflict. He after yesterday's Security Council meeting that i al'huush
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    INDIA AWAITS FRENCH REPLY
    108 3 PARIS. Thurs. -Hircinr H. 8. Malik, Indian Ambassador to France, said today the Indian Government would not accept a referendum on the future of Fre.rh settlements in India unless the French Governm-nt gave a satisfactory iv.jiy to a monthold protest submitted by his government t 0
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    U-BOAT DEFENCE PLANNED
    148 3 CANBERRA, Thurs. AUSTRALIA has announced emergency plans to construct a fleet of anti-sub-marine vessels, after authoritative sources disclosed that foreign submarines had been operating off the Australian coast. The Navy Minister Mr. Joseph Francis, announced that Australia would construct six 2,000-ton antisubmarine frigates at a cost of
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    Shah To Mediate On N.W. Frontier
    190 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday A UTHORITATIVE sources said yesterday that the Shah of Persia is trying to mediate in the border dispute between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the strategic North-West Frontier Province area only a short distance south of Soviet territory. iney saici tnat the youthj
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    PICTURE GIFT
    33 3 NEW DELHI, Thurs. The Indonesian government's present to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of a painting of the Indian flagship "Delhi" will be hung at the Naval Officers' Mess in Bombay.— A.P.
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    BRUSSELS RIOTING
    36 3 BRUSSELS RIOTING MOUNTED POLICEMAN, wit. h drawn sabre, knocks down chairs (seen in mid-air) thrown by demonstrators during anti-royalist rioting in Brussels. At right a demonstrator on the ground is dragged away by gendarmes. A.P. picture
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    Koreans Seize Flaming Town
    297 3 SOUTH KOREA, Thursday. T EAPING towers of orange flame are burning out I of the heart of ancient Kumchon tonight as in- vading North Korean Reds storm into one end of the city and American troops pull out of the other. American engineers have just blown
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    SEEK U.N. SEAT
    46 3 LEBANON, Thurs. The Lebanese Foreign Minister M. Philip Tecla, announced here today that Lebanon had decided to maintain her candidature for a seat on the United Nations Security Council in place of Egypt, whose term expires at the end of this year. Reuter.
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    Australia May Seek $ Aid
    59 3 Australia May Seek Aid WASHINGTON, Thurs kMERICAN Government n officials think talks now in progress at the State Department with members of the Australian Premier's staff are to pave the way for substantial dollar credits. Australian officials were said to have shown clearly the present plans for expanding economy in
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    REDS CELEBRATE ARMY DAY
    54 3 HONG KONG, Thurs—Residents of the Portuguese colony of Macao last night were startled as guns boomed and tracer bullets lit up the sky over the Communistheld Lappa Island, only half a mile west of the colony. An investigation disclosed this was only the Chinese Communists celebrating
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    Bill To Transfer Belgian King's Powers
    167 3 Bill To Transfer Belgian King 's Powers BRUSSELS, Thurs. THE Belgian Cabinet tox today approved the text of a Bill providing for the transfer of King Leopold's Royal prerogatives to his 19-year-old son Prince Baudouin. Legislation will probably be debated by Parliament next week. While pro-Leopold Catholic leaders were endeavouring
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    MOVE ON FAR EAST DEFENCE PLAN
    165 3 SAIGON, Thurs. (JEN. Marcel Carpentier, j Commander of French Forces in the Far East, said yesterday he would welcome a meeting of all Allied com- manders in that region to discuss and prepare an overall Far East defence plan, particularly for Indo-China. j The
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      192 3 BEEF 3 points to remember The beef we bring from Australia to voo is Queensland beef the best in Australia We buy "the best of the best Only the finest quality meat is selected for Cold Storage Our stocks are held in specially constructed freezer rooms. COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold
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    'NO GROUNDS FOR STRIKE'
    317 4 Statement By Rediffusion THE Directors of Rediffusion (Singapore) Ltd. consider tjiat no real grounds exist for the projected strike of their employees, a Press statement issued yesterday by the company's secretary declares. Explaining the company's position, the secretary said that nine of the 10 demands presented
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    Penang Ship Feared Lost
    91 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Thurs. ALTHOUGH it is now a J\ week overdue, no news has been received of the s.s. Kirn Senß. which loft Sumatra for Penang on July M. Penang's Harbour Master, Mr. T. F. Renney. last night radioed an urgent message to
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    University Fund
    271 4 $500 From A Muar Doctor CJWELLiiD Dy the munificent further gift of $150,000 from Mr. Yeap Chor Ec, of Penang, (announced in our columns some days ago) the latest list of donations to the University Endowment Fund brings the total to 53,462.363, The other donations In this l.st
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    317 Arrests In 7 Days
    112 4 From Onr Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR.Thurs. DURING the seven days ended yesterday there 1 were 317 arrests in the Federation under the Emergency Regu:ations. One bandit was killed in Pahang yesterday when security forces attack- Ed a camp. In another area of i PAHANG yesterday,
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    7,367 Aliens Deported
    110 4 From Our Staff Correspo:-.ii-nl i KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. EMERGENCY deportations from the Federation now total 7.367 aliens and 162 British subjects. Figures released by the Federation Government today show that, during June and July, approval was rjiven to deport 728 aliens and 27 British subjects. During the
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    Training For Co-op Work
    80 4 THE EXECUTIVE Committee of the Singapore Urban Co-operative Societies Union met in private yesterday to discuss a Pan-Malayan plan for an "organised Co-opera-tive education,'" designed to remove, by gradual process, Government control of the affairs of Co-operative uniens. Under the scheme. Co-op-erative Union members will be
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    NEGLECTED CAR
    33 4 Irom Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Soh Koon Teck, of Singapore, who drove a car described as being in a "mechanically neglected condition" was fined $12 at Johore Bahru today.
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    MONTHLY DANCE AT B.M. CLUB
    55 4 From Onr Own Correspondent BUKIT MERTAJAM. Thurs. —The Bukit Mertajam Recreation Club will hold its third monthly dance and social on Saturday night at the club house. The dance is open to all members and guests. "Makan kechil" will be served at 11.30 p.m. Supper
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    KALLANG AIRPORT ARRIVALS
    220 4 rE following passengers were among those who arrived at Kullang airport yesterday from points ouUlde Malaya on the various air services. Passengers in transit are not Included in the list Q.E.A.-8.0.A.C. From London: Messrs. N. Page, J. N. V. Taylor, S. H. Nichols. R. G. Akhurst, A.
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    Mail Set Ablaze By Stray Shot
    248 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A CHANCE shot set fire to a consignment of films and resulted in the destruction of 75 bags of letters and 57 bags of parcels and the loss of three rail vehicles when bandits fired on the
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    FILM PRODUCER
    45 4 MR. MICHAEL GORDON. British film producer of Faun Film Productions, who passed through Singapore yesterday on his way back to England after completing the Australian part of his picture. "Prelude" based on the early life of concert pianist Eileen Joyce. Straits Times picture.
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    STOLE WOOD
    36 4 TAIPING, Thurs. Convicted on a charge of theft of 32 picct-s of bakau wood, valued at $30, a 42-year-old Malay, Din bin Mat, was sentenced to one month's rigorous imprisonment by the Talping Magistrate.
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    COW CHASE IN PENANG
    38 4 A COW which gored two pedestrians in George Town was chased for nearly half an hour by traffic and veterinary officers before it was roped and taken to the Penang abattoirs. Straits Times picture.
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    Canadian New Chief Of Ford Co.
    130 4 UR. Elmo A. Sully, a 52-year-old Canadian arrived in Singapore a fortnight ago to become managing director of the Ford Motor Company of Malaya. Mr. Sully has been with the Ford Motor Company for 27 years. He will replace Mr. |g. W. Withell who
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    'Cost Of Living: In Malaya Not Down,' Says Penang Officer
    302 5 PENANG G.C.S. UNION MEET From Out Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. ANY report that the cost of living has come down in Malaya is entirely erroneous", said Tuan Haji AH Rouse, new president of the Penang: General Clerical Service Union, at
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    JUNIOR SYMPHONY CONCERT
    180 5 JUNIOR SYMPHONY CONCERT THE most ettpctivp piect at yesterday's concert given by the Singapore Junior Symphony Orchestra was the N<-11 Gwyn suite. The midienco rould not help :<ii|>laud»ng at the end of the very ilanrc. m which cymbals. nets triangles and tympani I n; their weignt to the rousing ;nos.
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    CLERK (19) IS ACCUSED
    67 5 CLERK (19) IS ACCUSED A 19-year-okl clerk, Tay X >k Poon, was granted bail if sl.ooo when he had cl.iimed trial in the Sinp\-)<»re Second Police Court yelter-li.-v to two charpes of crimin breach of trust. Tav was alleged to have misappropriated $57.80 beIng to Frawr and Neave Lid. on
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    P.E.A. BRANCH FOR NEE SOON
    41 5 P.E.A. BRANCH FOR NEE SOON Mr. J. A. Harvey, Commissioner of Lands, Singapore, will open a branch of the Peoples Education Association at the Owaiyar Tamil School, Nee Soon on Sunday. The branch is sponsored by the Sembawang Rural District Committee.
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    Charge 'BasedOn Gossip,' Soldier Is Acquitted
    109 5 Charge 'Based On Gossip,' Soldier Is Acquitted KOH Cheng Swee, of the Royal Army Service Corps, was acquitted in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday of using criminal force on a 12-year-old girl in Woodlands Road. The girl void the court that K 1 h had touched her on the
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    FULL PAY LEAVE FOR SCHOLARS
    244 5 S.M.C. FOLLOWS GOVT. PRACTICE IN future, Singapore Municipal officers going 1 abroad for studies under the Colonial Welfare and Development Scholarships will be granted full pay leave wherever possible. The acting Municipal President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. said yesterday that the Commissioners had agreed
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    BUS MEMO REACHES LONDON
    149 5 T*HE Colonial Office in Lon- A don has received copies! of a memorandum which the Singapore Chinese Bus Own- i ers' Association sent to the Singapore Government, pro-, testing against alleged pre- j ferential treatment accorded to the Singapore Traction < Company. Disclosing this yesterday, I
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    GUILTY PLEA TO RUBBER OFFENCE
    53 5 N| Mul Giak, aged 25, p'.'adrd guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yrs-t.-rday to importing into Singapore 70 piculs of rubber valued at 50, 500 without a c rtificate from the country of origin. Ng will appear for sentence on Aug 10 Bail of
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    DISCHARGED
    52 5 I rum (tin Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Yee Hiong Khar, a carpenter, vno was charged in the Johore Bahru Sessions Court, with havin» In his possession seven tablets of chandu, was discharged conditionally on his entering into a bond in $100. for nine months. He lias to pay
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    DID NOT KEEP
    29 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— F.)r failing to keep a written record in the firm's books of rubber purchases, Teh Pik Khiew was fined $50 at Batu Pahat.
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    University Fund Charge
    75 5 trum Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. bin Khaslran, treasurer of the Batu Pahat University of Malaya Fund, was charged in the Batu Pahat Police Court with dishonestly misappropriating $8,648.05 from the Fund on various dates previous to July 18. Ahmad, a Government official, is in charge
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    ASSOCIATION IN VICTORIA
    82 5 Malayan students studying in Melbourne have formed the Malayan Students' Association of Victoria. Its object is to promote Inter-racial understanding among Malayans and to help In the building of a common Malayan nationality and culture. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. Commissioner General, is patron. The Association welcomes enquiries
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    DOG-OWNER FINED $10
    66 5 Reports made by a lit tie Sir! and a man, both Chinese, to the Tanjong Pagar police station that they had been bitten by a "ferocious" do« led to a summons beiny served on Ng Yam, of Honderson Road. Yesterday, Ng Yam was fined $5 In the
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    OFFERED $5 TO INSPECTOR
    49 5 Sse-Tota Kirn Chee v.lio nleaded guilty to ottfrins a bribe of $5 to a Police Inspector at Temple Street, was lined $150. or six weeks' imprisonment, in the Second Police Court yesterday. Sze-Toh also pleaded guilty to a charge of gambling and was lined $25.
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    TWO FISHERMEN BROKE CURFEW
    41 5 Two fishermen, Seah Ah Sai and Tan Lee Huat, were nned $10 each in the Singapore First District Court yesterday after pleading guilty to bein* found In a curfew area at sea off Seletar without lawful permission.
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    Singapore Diary
    56 5 ST. HILDA'S SCHOOL, concert in aid cf School Building Fund, presented by Old Girls' Association, School Hall. 6 pm. CHINESE V.M.C.A., Selegie Road, mouth organ class, 7 p.m. BENG CHOON KOK, month;,meeting, IC, Craig Road. 7.45 p.m. Y.W.I.A Raffles Quay. Mah-y beginners class. 9.15 a.m. and 5.15 .vm.
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    NO ONE HURT
    35 5 THIS SINGAPORE GOODS DELIVERY van crashed into the si;r,por.;.nß; pUUf d a coffee shop on Kalians Road yesterday evening following; a collision with a taxi. No one was hurt. Straits Times picture.
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    FLOWERS FROM SARAWAK
    10 5 FLOWERS FROM SARAWAK MISS RICHARDSON JONES "left a parad.se behind"
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    SAMSU FINE
    27 5 Leow Chin Noy, 32, was fined $100 in the Singapore I Third Police Court yesterday for possessing 6 13 gallons of snrr.su duMoble at $70.72.
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    64 COMMUNITY RADIOS COMING
    111 5 gINGAPORE and the Federation are to receive 64 battery radio receivers within the next few months for community listening in outstation areas. They are the first of 1,000 such sets to be purchased i through a grant of £50,000 provided by the Colonial Development and Welfare
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    EXTENSION TO CENOTAPH: WORK STARTS
    152 5 EXTENSION TO CENOTAPH: WORK STARTS IyORK to add to Singapore Cenotaph a memorial T for those who died in World War II was begun yesterday when workmen pulled down the wall facing the sea, on the Esplanade. The base of the Cenotaph will be extended on either side by two
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    'Paradise' front where she came
    189 5 'Paradise' front where she came TVfISS Richardson Jones, ITA organiser of the British Red Cross Society, Sarawak, took one look at Singapore from the port hole of the Malayan Airways Dakota coming in to land at Kalian* Airport yesterday, and felt she had left a paradise behind in Sarawak. Miss
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    Inconsiderate, Fined $20
    64 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Mohd Yassim bin Nawl, of the R.A.S.C., was fined $20 a Johore Bahru after trial on a charge of driving a military vehicle without reasonable consideration. He collided with a lorry conveying a load of timber and injured a man
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Aug. 4, 1950. Formosa And Korea
    562 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Aug. 4, 1950. Formosa And Korea In search of a breach in the united front against aggression, Mr. Malik is unlikely to leave unprobed for much longer the divergence in the American and British attitudes on Formosa. When President Truman announced American help for South
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    Exploiting The Landlord
    466 6 Exploiting The Landlord The most extraordinary economic fact in Singapore today is that rents are actually lower than they were twenty years ago. Everything else has risen so far above the levels of that period that comparison today has no more than a historic interest. Only the landlords are getting
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    U.S. ADVISER TO PAKISTAN
    49 6 KARACHI (Pakistan), Thurs.— Mr. Karl Kanaus, a senior official of the United States Department of Agriculti\re, has been appointed an adviser to the Pakistan Ministry of Food and Agricultu/e for a one-year term. His principal duty will be the development of an agricultural extension service.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    30 6 MESSRS CHIN KEE SANG M:ih Perk Wah and families thank those who sent scrolls etc., and rendered services at the funeral of the late Mrs. Chin Choon l Malacca.
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    LANDFALL AT SUNSET
    725 6  -  P. R. POOLEY By f HREE have been so many landfalls in Penang for those of us, whose homes are here: Dipping over the South Channel and in over the rice-fields to the aerodrome at Bay an Lepas; chuffing slowly across the harbour in the dawn, or
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      What are the fancy departments?
      294 6 MR. Del Tufo is well-known as a man of considerable talent, pretty well aware of what is commonly said and thought outside the cellophane battlements of the Secretariat Olympus. It is a pity to find that his official position compels him to utter words such
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      WHO SHOUTED "SHUT UP"?
      179 6 IN support of "Spectator's" letter on the Federation of Indian Associations inaugural meeting, I have yet to correct him on one point. Actually, the bodies that protested against the procedure adopted by the chairman at the meeting did not "leave the hall." They left only when
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      THE M.C.A. IN SINGAPORE
      157 6 rpHE Straits Times of Aug. 2 published a report mentioning rumours of a new political party being formed in Singapore including, amoat others, the Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association. May I point out that the Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association has not
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      PADI FROM SPAIN
      79 6 "pADDY," in your issue of July 29, refers to the fact that the padi output per acre In Italy is twice that of Siam. I remember reading, some 25 years ago, that the output in Spain was the highest in the world. The reason given was Interesting.
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      THE EUROPEAN EXAMPLE
      251 6 I WAS deeply touched by the heroism and nobility of the European lady who went to the aid of the wounded Chinese Senior Inspector of Chinese Schools in a bus the other day in Singapore. I remember the case of. a single European at Port Dickson who
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      A CHEERFUL VIEW
      153 6 HAVE read several of A your editorials on the war in Korea, including that of Aug. 2 headed 'The Council's Task." Although you have made some pungent remarks on the danger arising therefrom. I, as a man-in-the-streer, cannot Imagine that the fighting in Korea can ever be
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    On the Margin
    431 6 Kelantan Doctor WHE statement in the annual report of the Institute of Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, that it has added cancer to the list of Malayan diseases which it is investigating sends my mind back to a conversation I had with that fine and muchloved Malayan doctor.
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      114 6 REGULAR SHIPMENTS OF SHIP BRAND ALES AND LAGER FROM THE a^XW FAMOUS SCOTTISH t tSx^y BREWERIES OF VJ f~t tEOMt rOUMf R SON ITD c> pec tat \vsc a o I tKno f 7 INTRODUCTORY O E fR INCLUDING FREE DELIVERY TO AMY ADDRESS IN SINS* ?IRE Ship Brand Ale
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    TURKO' WINS, BUT WILL NOT GO FREE
    770 7 TURKO' WINS, BUT WILL NOT GO FREE Must Wait For Deportation TURKO Westerling, from the fledgeling 1 hopes to he a free man 1 go home to Holland. Westerling, who has bi pore, ever since he entei February, won his case y Court for an Order of Pro nesian Government's
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    NO FUNDS FOR MASS LITERACY
    133 7 NO FUNDS FOR MASS LITERACY DIVERSION of funds f oi adult literacy campaigns in the Federatioi of Malaya would not b< justified at present, say; the Director of Education Mr. M. R. Holgate In his report for 1949. The adult literacy rate li tin- Federation compare: favourably with that of
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    3 SECURITY MEN HURT AT PARK
    75 7 I mm Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs. r rHRKE members of the §ecuritv forces were injured, one of them seriously, when th*y clashed with five or six Boyanese last night at the Jubilee Park at Ipoh. The one seriously hurt is a n#mber of
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    A CASE OF HAIR PULLING
    155 7 THREE Chinese womn and a 1 man appeared before Mr. P. Claque in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yester- i day on a summons charge of i voluntarily causing hurt to Choy Kwai Leng, a woman, in a house in Lorong 7, Geylang, on July
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    ACQUITTED
    35 7 Samad bin Ahmad, 16, was acquitted In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday of theft of $82 from members of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club on Apr. 7. Mr. Sardon bin Hail Jublr defended.
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    ....SO NELLY IS FLYING TO A NEW LIFE
    190 7 ....SO NELLY IS FLYING TO A NEW LIFE She's not happy in Egypt..... i N attractive, brown-haired 16-year-old Egyptian girl, Miss Nelly Ezer, passed through Singapore yesterday by Qantas BO AC Constellation on her way to Australia because "Egypt is becoming very difficult to live in," and because she wants
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    ....It's a new life, too, for Freda
    214 7 ....It's a new life, too, for Freda rpilE heroine of a thrilling romance at sea, Miss Freda A. Y. Maengkom, cousin of Dr. Sumitro, Charge d'Affaires and Minister Plenipotentiary of Indonesia to the United States, came to Singapore yesterday on board the Steel Executive, on her way to her wedding
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    All-women Band
    48 7 AN all-women band, consisting oi a Malayan Airways hostess, a stenographer, a housewife and a student, made its debut In Singapore at a Y.W.C.A. dance on Wednesday. They are Miss Myra Tham, piano, Miss Sybil Menasseh, drums, Mrs. Laura Fenton, guitar, and Miss Rita Martin, singer.
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    12 Gambling Tailors
    81 7 T*WELVE Chinese tailors A who claimed trial to gambling in a house in Malay Street on the night of July 8 were found guilty and fined $5 each in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. Three of them said in evidence that the game they played could
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    CONDUCTING TESTS
    34 7 MR. R. D. Mn*R, who is < ondncting the temperature tests on volunteers from the Boyal Navy being carried out at the Tropical Keseawsh gUtim at the Singapore Medical CoTlrge. -Straits Tines picture.
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    EXPERT GIVES EVIDENCE
    140 7 EXPERT GIVES EVIDENCE rpHE view that disguised X handwriting can be detected and that deliberate inconsistency cannot extend beyond a certain degree was expressed in the Singapore Relief Court yesterday by a Government hand-writing examiner, Mr. Arnold Burtt. Mr. Burtt was giving evidence at the third day's hearing of a
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    4 Fined For Guessing
    83 7 ¥X)UR Chinese employees of r the Singapore Harbour Board were playing a "guessing" game behind a godown when an auxiliary police officer surprised them, it was states in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. They pleaded guilty to a charge of gambling an were fined $5
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    HE BLAMES DETECTIVE
    60 7 Lim Huat Lye, aged 27, yesterday was charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court with possessing obscene photogTaphs for sale on the flve-foot-way of the Union Building, Colryer Quay, Singapore. Lim, who said he bought them at the request of a detective, claimed trial. The case will
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    UNLICENSED SALE
    36 7 A 60-year-old woman, Tham Ah Soy, was fined $5 by in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for selling ice-cream without a licence. Ong Hock Seng, 16, was fined $2 for the same offence.
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    NEW CADET A.S.P.s HERE FROM U.K
    43 7 Two new cadet A.S.P.s for the Federation Police Force, Mr. D. C. Davidson and Mr. H. D. Heanly, arrived in Singapore yesterday by QEA-BOAC from London. They were met at Kallang airport by a Federation Police representative
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    664 BIRTHS
    15 7 Singapore had 664 births ana 191 deaths in the week ending July 29.
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    HIS 'JOB WITH BRIGHT FUTURE'—ROBBERY
    117 7 HIS 'JOB WITH BRIGHT FUTURE'— ROBBERY THUA Ngah Scan, aged 21, a lorry attendant of Johore who said he came to Singapore to look for a "position with bright prospects," was sentenced to six months' imprisonment tn the First Dlstrist Court yesterday lor attempted robbery. He was alleged to have
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    P.C. TREATED AS 'HOSTILE WITNESS'
    393 7 P.C. TREATED AS 'HOSTILE WITNESS' INVENTS in the Pasir Panjang corruption case being i heard in the Singapore Second District Court took a dramatic turn yesterday when a prosecution witness stated emphatically that one of the accused men was with him at the time of the alleged offence. The witness
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    CONCERT PIANiST
    49 7 Mil. C»! IN II O B (abiivp). the New NAfICCt pianist. :irriv:-.l In Singapore yesterSa? niton by IA-BOAC Constellation on rout-. 1 Vnr London anil (be P— unidf rtnrrrti He has just eon> plett-d a lour months romert tdiir of Australia and New Zealand. StraiU Times picture.
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    More Dying Of Cancer In Malaya
    115 7 pANCER is now one of the principal causes of death in Malaya. Ttys is stated in the 1949 Report I the Institute for Medi< 1 Research. The Institute began investigation into cancer UiSi year. The Report says thai of the forms of cancer research
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      92 7 FLASH GUNS Available to Suit Practically All Cameras. Comprehensive Range of MENDELSOHN, KARAT, IHACEE and other famous makes etc. Prices from $27. 00-$ 135/AMATEUR PHOTO STORES LTD. IC9, North Bridge Rd., Sins-»?!»rp. "Phonr 6r-S9 (I TRVELY HANDSOME Ij HANDBAGS S (I FLAWLESS ENGLISH LEATHER j Jl Classical Shapes in Fashionable
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    London Stocks
    343 8 LONDON, Thurs. T)ESF'.TE some hesitancy engendered by overnight caution on Wall Street, most sections of the London Stock Exchange displayed firmness today. Sentiment was assisted by the turn of events in Korea and the build up of United States reinforcements. --Reuter. Closing middle prices 01 selected stocks, as
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    RUBBER SHARES. A FEW INQUIRIES
    186 8 From A Market Correspondent TTOERE were fairly moderate Inquiries for a few x Rubber shares in Singapore yesterday, but Tins were more or less at a standstill. Industrials were slightly easier. Price changes announced yesterday by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association m»wi INUISTRIALS Bayers Srbn B.B.
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    TIN PRICES
    27 8 SINGAPORE, Thurs., An*. 3—1366 (down 52.12!*). LONDON. Thurs.. Aug. 3. Spot: £737— £738; Forward, £732— £733; Settlement. £737. Turnover: Morning, 80 tons; afternoon 75 tons.
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    THE LONDON TIN CORPORATION
    71 8 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Thurs. T ONDON Tin Corporation's annual report shows that dividends from investments Increased by £92,000 last year—representing an advance of just over 20 per cent compared with the jump of 60 per cent of the previous year The Financial Times comments
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    Hong Kong Exchange
    31 8 HONG KONG. Thurs. piREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars wu quoted today as follows: US*l. HKs6.4l'i; £1. HK $15.60; one tael of gold, HKs324— UJ». I
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    The Produce Market
    121 8 From A Market Correspondent pOPRA and coconut oil In the Singapore produce market became very firm yesterday under buying pressure. Selling prices were again raised. The pepper section remained quiet, and Lampong black dropped S5 per picul through lack of buying suport. Prices (per picul) quoted yesterday
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    JULY OUTPUTS OF TIN-ORE
    34 8 SUNGEI Bidor Tin Dredging In July treated 372.900 cubic yards in 637 hours to produce 1.293 piculs of tin-ore. KINTA Kellas Tin Dredging in July produced 285 piculs of tin-ore.
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    Rubber Rockets To $1.47½
    260 8 Rubber Rockets To $1.47½ RUBBER leapt to a new price record of $1.47y 2 a lb. in Singapore yesterday. The jump, of 18 Vi cents a lb. was the biggest of any single day since 1925. The market opened firm with the price around $1.35. With trade buying at best
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    Shipping Alongside And In The Roads
    238 8 QHIPS in the Singapore Outer and Inner Roads and alongside Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hai Hsuan, Zeeland. Hwang Hai, Telemachus. Moorcot, Polus, La Colorada, Kalabahl. Benveg, Chip Lam. Chinese Prince, Amstel Park, Talang Akar, Langkoeas, Baalaba, Steel Executive, M. Brander. Inner
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      1290 8 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Incorporated m Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE r<rrl*r'f ootion to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cart* JiurVcS t P UVERPOOL CLASCOW LONDON CONTININTAL p PORTS Troilus tor L.verpoo' C. 15/16 Aug. S Aug. 6/7 Aug. 8/9 m 7gS£*Ttf£r±am a««. .0 a-., u/m O "n
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      382 8 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON, INDIA. ECYPT and MEDITERRANEAN PORTS S'por* P Sham Penang Pres. lohnson 4 Aug. 5 Aug. Pre« Monroa 11/H Aug 15 Aug. 16/17 Aug Prci Buchanan 22/27 Aug. 28/29 Aug. 30 Aug./l Sept Prci Harding 5/10 Sept 11/12 Sapt 13/15 Sept
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      413 8 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/UK./ CONTINENT m/s "Meonia" due abt. Aug 10 for Saigon 6 Bangkok SAILINCS TO CONTINENT/ SCANDINAVIA m/s "Selandia" due abt. Aug. 12 for Bangkok. m/s "Kvernaas" due abt. Aug. 19 Loading at Singapoie. Port Swettenham for Manila, Hong Kong, Kobe Penang Yokohama Takubar *»FS3£. *Arr&2
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      996 8 McALISTER 6c CO., LTD. (Incorporated In Singapore) Telephone No. 5906 ELLERMAN <k BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON HAVRt ANTWERP LOS ANCELES. SAN FRANCISCO, 0 ROTTIROAM Or HAMSuW PORTLAND SEATTLE 0 VANCOUVER Accepting cargo for Central South CITY OP LIVERPOOL American Port*. Spore p. Sham Penang BOUCAINVILLE 0. 6-7/0 Au,. 7 Aug.
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      Jack is 'pal'of the stars
      342 9 Jack is 'pal' of the stars A FTER 100 pictures and 23 years in films, Jack Oakie is once more playing the pal of the leading man. The veteran comic looks more rotund but only slightly older than he did in the early talkie days, when he played the pal
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      Disney's new characters
      20 9 C/?AND DUKE DRI2ELLA JAQ CUS foui of the new Pitney charact ers you will ttc m "Cinderella."
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      DISNEY'S BEST
      814 9 Cinema news byj. C. BEHAGUE "i^INDERELLA" has arrived in Singapore and then it will enjoy a record run. It is Disney's best pr with colour and music and full of heart- warmir "Cinders" as we have always imagined her lovely, g that trills like a nightingale. "Cinderella" is
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      293 9 T7ie i FAMOUS \*?^k in the f^INDERELIAr Colot by TECHNICOLOR CM^k TST^&?fellr mM tro »»oio Picwffs, inc. :i~-*--N/: i~-*--N/e B^_ JOYOUS HOLIDAY SEASON Ooens TODAY f/v£ SWOWS lio.m, J. 45, 4.15, 6.45 G 9.30 p.m. p H o.«CATIiA¥/ "oo PHONB 3*OOrt««— rhildnn Half pr.ie at thr Three day shows ONLY
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      229 9 NOW SHOWING f j-iii i tai 11, 1.45, 4, 6.30 fc 9.30 pm.lP] I I I T 'W Mfcu^ DARING by new uJt john" derek i*'^* UK *Hlm in Coiumh|a>s i!)s ce p |c Plus! MF.U's NEWSFLASH: AIK HOE FIRE 9 a.m. Morning Shows a^3k TOMORROW r f "APARTMENT FOR
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      259 9 SINGAPORE 7 News, Share Market; 7.15 Raja B F E B J 10 a m News followed hv Uda> Mentrl Besar of Selangor: EmergencTNewslrom K 1 TlOAO ll 80 1 1 PD1 <<Fr m L nd0 MuMc- 'iMMlSr.- 1 f I1&2 r 1 U Jh-? lk i.8Q- 10 MJKi Mtetoto
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    6 steps to BEAUTY
    617 10 (and the model does it on £10 a year) ....and here are Eileen Ascroft's BASIC RULES I THE RIGHT FOUNDA1 TION is the key to the pic lure, slightly pink-tinted to warm a sallow skin, creamytoned to take down too rosy t complexion, greasy for a
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    NAMES IN THE NEWS
    439 10 MRS. RE. Foulger, the President of the Singapore Y.W.C.A. is bubbling over with her plan for a course of international cooking classes which will be starting on Aug. 14. The Y.W.C.A., she told me has been having courses in cooking before, but they Lave always been
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    AMAH HAS LOST HER OLD FEARS
    666 10 ]y|EET Amah. There are thousands like her in Singapore and the Federation. They are the old family retainers. Most of them left China more than ten years ago. Many have been here for 20 to 30 years, some even more. Drawn chiefly from the
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    FRIEND OF THE NEEDY
    247 10 TWENTY SEVEN YEAR old-Miss Margaret Baker is a girl who feels that she is doing something worthwhile. She is the Lady Assistant Welfare Officer to the Singapore Municipality, and she finished her work each day with a feeling of satisfaction, for in her job she is
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      39 10 always look for the name MORLEY llatfe enquiries to I barlow Co. Ltd., Singapore. Malacca, Kuala Lumpu m (poll and Penang. <^S ALE {jfr Now on DRESSES FOR ALL OCCASIONS ItjlHh Place, Bajaj ßldg. (lst Floor) Spore. Te1. 4649
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      165 10 BRILLIANTINE HAIR CREAM to highlight your crowning glory (t*f i 1 \\v\\YvBv s^l FACE POWDER ROUGE PERFUME LIPSTICK TALC COLD CREAM VANISHING CREAM y BOURJOIS DISTRIBUTORS GRAFTON LABORATORIES LIMITED. SINGAPORE Its tn \ck wtro real ~Ji?*r^sfe full-cream fe;>^f (7~ > c <Nv >Jl^^f (rW r" 1 MADE V I. ROWNTREIS
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      176 10 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD w«i« <j«»*™o^ "r";., CROSSWORD No. 131 1 Heap round (or reverted U. Feature of emu tail (4). V M' wh.cn I?: *^W%. to MM' Il»ITI IT I* ITTF porch.. <Byr n) W U Sr «r« r) th 4> weaxer ■t Aeeeunuat who !U..n. 31 ftW^gMTK J (g)
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    IMIXED DIVISION GOLD CUP FIELD HINTED
    580 11 IMIXED DIVISION GOLD CUP FIELD HINTED All Racing Notes n This Pare Are By FTSOM JEEP Handicapper Is Set A. Problem PENANG, Thursday. IN ANTICIPATION of heavy scratchings in Class I, the president of the Penang Turf Club, Mr. Ong Huck Lim, indicated this morning that in all probability all
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS
    103 11 TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS IN CLUB tennis ties v resulted as UoinerTs H'oap DobWk (seraiMrs. K. GrrcMiwcod <fc Mrs. i— 15.3 bey Wm Vfall IS) 7-5. 9-7. i Mi\pJ Doubles: Capt. ft MiM F. J. Taylor l—33i bra' M.ij. R. W. Smith W;ilkiT-Tay!or i 15.2t -3 r.-4; Mr. W. H. Droo?!eever
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    17 11 laM S',\A.\ LAM, champion i ivcr at the ."Methodist Girls' School diving contest held recently in Singapore.
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    SCC WIN SNR. LEAGUE TIE
    100 11 SINGAPORE Cricket Club sprang i 3 a big surprise by defeating the strong R.E. XI by two goals tc nil in the S-A.F-A. Senior League match played on the Padang yesterday. S'trengtheneo. by two new players frcm Fraserburgh, Scotland. McGregor and McDonald The Club kept
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    Grecian Prince Can Win Tomorrow
    562 11 Grecian Prince C an Win Tomorrow PENANG, Thursday. I OOKING fit and fresh after a four-month spell, Grecian Prince, unbeaten in all his three races this season, did one of the best workouts on the training track at Penang this morning when he ran 3-f. in 39 4/5 sec. with
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    46 11 M Nurtn ...m< o.s yrrsentaiiyes for the Maiayan. A.A.A. championships arrived m Singapore yesterday by Malayan Airways from Jesselton. They are, from left. Johnny Goh (220 and 440 yards) Lee Yun Shu (manager) and Sibidol Dulijin (putting the shot and high jump). St. aits Times picture.
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    FREE PRESS TURF SUPPLEMENT
    43 11 TODAY'S Free Press will contain a four-page supplement to mark tomorrow's opening of the Penan? August Bank Holiday (Gold Cup) meeting. This will include a full form guide and some interesting anecdotes on the Malayan turf by Captain Lind-
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    METHODIST GIRLS SCHOOL SPORTS
    90 11 The Singapore Methodist Girls' School, Mount Sophia, held their annual spo-ts yesterday. Among the la.-ge crowd of parents and guests at the sports were Mrs. Tan Chin Tuan, President of the Alumni, and Mrs. W. L. Blythe. a former teacher of the school. Mrs. Tan Chin
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    Athletes Win 3-0 v. BODCA
    498 11 Athletes Win 3-0 v. BODCA CHINESE Ahletes, 1949 champions, wound up their campaign in the current S.A.F.A. senior league season with a three-nil win over the 8.0.D.C.A. at Jalan Besar yesterday. Athletes' victory yesterday earned them third place in the table. Kota Raja are clear champions with Rovers runners-up. Both
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    S'pore Gold Cup Race Worth Over $20,000
    220 11 S 'pore Gold Cup Race Worth Over $20,000 STAKES and added money for the Singapore Gold F«?t r h» CS wnrihn" Will nOt bC on the last day of the Singaport Turf Club's Autumn Meeting (Sept. 9, 13 and 16), will be over a mile and a quarter, as usual.
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    34 11 Singapore Methodist Girls' S chool's Re&y Team who won t Tnter-school event at Raffles' G, S. sports beld recent ly: Tong Pr.ooi Lai, Lanivao For.*, Aims Yoag and Low Mci Lenf. Straits Times picture.
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    FIVE MALAYAN EVENTS WILL BE STAGED
    1806 12 August Bank Holiday Festival Starts Badminton: Grand Prix: Cricket: Tennis: Athletics MALAYA'S biggest August Bank Holiday festival of sport is on. It started yesterday at Kuala Lumpur when the first ties in the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya's annual championships were played on the
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    Sports Diary
    72 12 Today: Athletics: Malayan A.A.A. Championships begin at University grounds. Tomorrow: Athletics: Malayan A.A.A. Championships. Socccer: Singapore Malaya Cup XI t The Rest. Cricket: SJt.C. v Army at Nee Soon. S.C.C. t Comb. Schools on Padang. Golf: Colony Championships quarter-finals at R.S.G.C. Shoot: S.K.A. Bisley Meet starts. Sunday: Cricket:
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    J.E.C. Juniors Set Records
    120 12 A FEATURE of the English College annual sports meeting yesterday was the excellent promise shown by competitors in the Junior Divisions, where no less than 12 new records were established. In the class I Division, only one new record was set up, when Lim Heng Ceok
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    M.A.A.A. MEET PROGRAMME
    114 12 PROGRAMME for today, first day of the Malayan A.A.A. championships at the University of Malaya ground Is as follows: 2.30 p.m. Opening Ceremony; 3.00, 440 yards low hurdles (heats): 3.10, 100 yards (heats); 3.20, 100 yards women (heats); 3.30, Discus (heats); Hop, Step and Jump (heats); 3.45,
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    SCC Women's Hockey
    39 12 A meeting of the women's hockey section of the Singapore Cricket Club will be held at the club premises on Tuesday, Aug. 15 at 5.30 p.m. All women members Interested In hockey are asked to attend.
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    Yau Meng Fai's Good Win In 3 Sets
    433 12 MALAYAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. THERE were no major upsets in the openin? day today of the Malayan tennis championships played in brilliant weather at the Selangor Club courts. Of the eighteen ties arranged, two were forfeited
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    WALCOTT HITS 149, MARSHALL 143
    60 12 LONDON. Thurs.— When the West Indies cricket tourists resumed their first innings against Surrey at the Oval today, they carried their total ffom the overnight 73 for three to 434. Walcott (149) and Marshall (143) put on 270 (or the fourth wicket. Surrey. 161 In
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    'GOLD VASE' WORTH $20,000
    90 12 IPOH, Thurs. FE Gold Vase race at the next Perak Turf Club races will be worth $20,000 plus the trophy. The Perak T.C. Autumn Gold Vase meeting will be held on Sept. 30, Oct. 4 and 7. The following races and stakes have been decided upon
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    SIBIDOL HOPES TO WIN
    138 12 "DRITISH North Borneo hopes to take at least one event the shot putt— with A. Sibldol at the Malayan A.A.A. Championships starting today. During training, Sibldol achieved 39ft. which is 3in. better than the best Malayan effort this season by Sarmukh Singh of Perak. Blbidol will
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    Cup Men And Officials Each Insured For $10,000
    542 12 Cup Men And Officials Each Insured For $10,000 THE 21 playen and officials of Singapore's Malaya Cup team who will fly up 10 Kuala Lumpur on the morning of the final on Aug. 12 will each be Insured for $10,000 against all risks—lncluding bandit attacks and fatal football accidents. This
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    ST. JOHN'S WIN
    45 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs -Although St. John's Old Boys failed to convert two penalties they beat the Victoria Institution O'.d Boys by three goaia to two in the final or the Thompson Cup competition on V.M.C.A. (.-round this evening
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