The Straits Times, 5 August 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    YANKS STAND FIRM BEFORE RED PUSH
    343 1 YANKS STAND FIRM BEFORE RED PUSH Enemy Check Near Chinju TOKYO, Friday. VOKTH Korean Communists continued heavy pressure in the area of Chinju, on the road to the Americans' vital supply port of Pusan, but counter-attacking Americans checked their advance, Gen. Mac Arthur's Headquarters announced today. Fighting continues along an
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    SPORTS OPEN
    23 1 THfc PwAK contingent at the opening in Singapore yesterday of the Malayan Amateur Athletic Association'! second post-war championships. Straits Times picture.
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    THE QUEEN IS 50
    36 1 KI.I/XBFTH was 50 vst.-rday. ;md salvoes were rirr-rl In artillery around the world. Associated Press ■ays the <)ur«*n celebrated with a family party at Sandrin<hani while messages nf good wishes poured in.
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    Superforts Wipe Out War Plants
    170 1 TOKYO, Friday, rrHREE stinging: Superfort strikes in five days virtually wiped out great war manufacturing plants in North Korea. Lt.-Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, Commanding General of the Far East Air Force, said today that the blows had "dealt such mortal damage to the rhemical-industrial plants
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    TRADE BOOM
    24 1 TOKYO, F'.i. Beginning luo last year, Japanese expoct trade has been steadily 4ncreasinß, reaching a monthly total of USsiso.ooo,iMO in May.— Reuter.
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    Government Majority Now Four
    74 1 Government Majority Now Four BIRMINGHAM. Fri. MR RAYMOND Blackburn. Labour M.P. resigned i from the party today, reducing the Government's majority to four. Giving his reasons, he said: "In my view Mr. Winston Churchill should become Prime Minister of a coalition government." He added he will become the only independent
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    U.S. GETTING 'SOMETHING'
    58 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. The| United States is getting "unpublished dividends from the Marshall Plan" in the form of I strategic materials for stockpiling. Mr John Church, head of the Strategic and Critical Materials Division of the Marshall Aid Administration said few people realise the U.S. is "getting something
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    Siam May Get Sugar Factory
    60 1 BANGKOK. Fri.— The Siami ese Government has decided to purchase a modern Formosan sugar factory, but has suggested that its owners transfer it here and operate it in conjunction with the Government The factory, fitted with modern machinery and with an output of 750 tons
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    ELECTED PATRON
    23 1 ALLAHABAD, (India), Fri. —The Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, has been elected patron of a new Allahabad Bernard Shaw Society.— A.P.
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    'CUTS IN AID PLAN MAKE IT USELESS'
    118 1 'CUTS IN AID PLAN MAKE IT USELESS' NEW DELHI, Fri. PANDIT Nehru said today that President Truman's programme for financial aid to the world's underdeveloped areas has been slashed so much that it was of little use. Mr. Nehru was defending his sister. Madame Pandit, Indian Ambassador in Washington, who
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    Nehru 'Not Neutral'
    85 1 NEW DELHI. Fri. -The Indian Parliament today adopted a motion by the Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru approving the Government's Korea policy. "At no time have we beer, neutral and at no time do we propose to be neutral," Pandit Nehru declared, replying to a two-day debate on
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    ACTOR TO WED
    23 1 HOLLYWOOD. Fri. The movie actcr. Errol Flynn. Is reported to be planning to marry the Broadway actress, Patrice Wymore.— A.P.
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    28 1 SIDDIQUE MERICAN finishes a clear winner hi Heat 2 of the 100 yards at the Malayan A.A.A. championships at the University of Malaya ground yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    S'PORE RUBBER TOUCHES $1.72
    71 1 RUBBER continued its rise on the Singapore market yesterday closing at $1.67 after having touched $1.72 at one stage. The closing price was 19* cents above that for Thursday and is the biggest rise in a day for a quarter of a century. Business done was
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    FANFARE, FLAGS FOR ATHLETES
    248 1 A FANFARE of trumpets, the flags of the Colony, the Federation, and the States, a sunny afternoon and a breeze albeit if speed-reducing combined for the opening of the Malayan Amateur Athletic Association championships at the University grounds in Bukit Timah Road yesterday. I Th&ce was
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    $27 Million Of Rubber For Russia
    106 1 RUBBER worth $27,000,000, on the current price, will leave Malaya within the next few days for Odessa. The Genoese-based ship, Etrusco, entered the Singapore wharves yesterday afternoon and began to load 3,000 tons— part of a total cargo of 9,000 tons, the balance of
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    BRITISH IN CHARGE OF BLOCKADE
    123 1 TOKYO, Fri. UNITED Nations warships closely blockading the west and south-west coast of Korea against Communist supply runs are under the operational command of a British Admiral, It was learned last night. The British commander— who in turn Is subject to the overall direction of
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    NEW ZEALAND STRIKE ENDS
    47 1 WELLINGTON. Fri. A nation-wide waterfront strike, started because two workers had their pay stopped when they stopped for morning tea. ended today. The workers accepted the Prime Minister's offer of a Royal Commission to inquire into every aspect of the waterfront Industry.— ReuterAAP.
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    'Red Korean Officers Form Terrorist Army'
    77 1 TOKYO, Friday. T»HE newspaper Tokyo Shimbun todafj reported A that several .North Korean army-^offlcers had sneaked into Kyushu and had started organising an underground army of terrorists in Japan's southernmost island. The newspaper quoted a police informant, who said that a North Korean Army
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    ISRAEL OFFER
    20 1 TEL AVIV, Fri.— lsrael last night offered to send, medical aid for United Nations forces ln Korea. A.P.
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    PARENTS SAY MARRIAGE TO MARIA `ILLEGAL'
    399 1 PARENTS SAY MARRIAGE TO MARIA `ILLEGAL' J^jARIA Hertogh's husband, Inche Al Mansoor Adabi, the school teacher, has received a letter from solicitors representing her parents, asking him to give the girl into the custody of the Dutch Consul-General before Aug. 10, failing which action will be taken against him. This
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    70 DIE IN TWO QUAKES
    163 1 CARACAS. (Venezuela). Friday. •T^WO strong earthquakes hit -I- western Venezuela today killing between 70 and 100 people and destroying an estimated 10 per cent, of the buildings ln the town of El Tocuyo. The town lies ln the mountains in the state of Lara and
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    POWER AGAIN
    35 1 BERLIN, Fri— East Berlin agreed yesterday to resume electric power deliveries to the three Western sectors of the city after a month-long shutoff because of an argument on methods of cash Dayments. A.P
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    TAX ON WIDOWS
    26 1 MANILA, Fri.— The Philippines is to tax unmarried men and women and widows and widowers between 21 and 60 ten pesos yearly. A.P.
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    U.K. PLANS BIG JUMP IN ARMS EXPENDITURE
    343 2 LONDON, Friday. gRITAIN has told the United States she is ready to boost defence spending to £3,400,000,000 over the next three years if America can give her "substantial assistance". A British memorandum handed to the American Ambassador, Mr. Lewis Douglas, by the Prime
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    TIDE WENT OUTBEWILDERED
    50 2 DARWIN, Fri.— Albert Nari;atjira. Australia's aboriginal painter, saw the sea for the first time recently. He was bewildered when i he returned to the beach j some hours later and found j the water was a mile away. No one had told him about tides.— Reuter -AAP.
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    Programme Is. British Maximum
    156 2 LONDON, Fri. TTOE British rearmament A programme announced today will mean a doubling of present output of defence equipment and stores in this country. It will call for big reorganisation in industry, particularly in the engineering trades. The Government is understood to have decided that it
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    REDS CANNOT TOUCH JAPS
    56 2 REDS CANNOT TOUCH JAPS LOS ANGELES. Fr:.-Mr. Yoshiko Kagawa, Japanese evangelist and one of the founders of the Japanese labour movement, said yesterday: "If Japanese Christians can get food and employment. Communism cannot touch Japan." Mr Kagawa said he was impressed with the "wonderful feeling" existing between American* and Japanese~livin?
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    SCOT DRAWS BUS WITH TEETH
    56 2 IiI.ASCOIV stron? man tows a IG-ton motor coach with his teeth. The sft. rjin., 10 1 stone muscle man works under the stage name of Hercules. He drives nails through solid wooden planks with his bare hands and 10 girls can sit on a plank
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    French Urged To Leave Red China
    116 2 HONG KONG, Frl. fTHE French Consular authorities in Shanghai are making arrangements to evacuate non-essential nationals from China, say latest arrivals from the north. Tentative plans are to ship the evacuees via Tientsin aboard a French vessel. More than mostly wives of French soldiers,
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    EXCESS WEIGHT
    35 2 TWO SETS OF SCALES are used to weigh 3311 b. Karol Hays, aged 23, of Illinois, at an army induction centre. Although be was 120 lb. overweight, his enlistment was approved. A.P. picture.
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      Reds Expel Leader Because Of Religion
      344 2 CAI'X, Switzerland, Friday. I TWO former veteran Communist leaders told the j x annual assembly o f the Moral Rearmament I movement in Switzerland that they were expelled i because they found an ideology superior to Com- i munism. Mr. John Reynolds of Birmingham,
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    SAFE TRIP FROM SHANGHAI TO H.K.
    132 2 HONG KONG, Friday. THE BRITISH steamer Poyang returned to Hong 1 Kong yesterday from Shanghai after an uneventful voyage. She is the first ship to leave the northern port after the sinking of a Philippine ship at the mouth of the Yangtse on July
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    TRUMAN SPEAKS UP FOR HIS MEN
    66 2 WASHINGTON, Fri. DRESIDENT TRUiMAN said yesterday that the Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, and the Defence Secretary, Mr. Louis Johnson, will remain in their posts as Ion? as he is in the White House. He said this at a news conference when he
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    U.S. Draft Of Jap Treaty Ready
    281 2 U.S. Draft Of Jap Treaty Ready WASHINGTON, Fri. AUTHORITATIVE sour**ces said yesterday that the United States is expected to have its proposed draft for a Japanese peace settlement ready by the end of this month. Although the United States proposal for a Japanese peace settlement will not be made public
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    PANAMA OFFER TO U.N.
    78 2 PANAMA OFFER TO U.N. BALBOA. Panama Canal Zone, Fri. In a radio address President Arias ot Panama will announce that the country is on a war alert. He will also reveal that the Government 1s offering the United Nations: 1. Bases in Panamanian territory for training troops; 2. Panamanian merchant
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    Bigger Dutch Forces
    121 2 THE HAGUE, Fri. iJN view of recent international developments Hollland is taking steps to strengthen her defence forces at once, it was announced last night. Military plxns as drawn up by the Government earlier this year and submitted to Parliament are being reviewed, a Government spokesman said.
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    GIRLS TOSS EGGS AT BELGIAN MINISTERS
    231 2 BRUSSELS, Friday. VOUNG Royalists hurled eggs and tomatoes today at Belgian Cabinet Ministers they accused ol "selling out" King Leopold. The demonstrators some of whom were teenage girls loosed their juicy barrage when the Ministers arrived for a party conference on an agreement under
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    126,000 Force In W. Germany
    61 2 LONDON, Friday. QFFJCIAL quarter* said yesterday that police forces of all types now available in Western Germany total 126,000 men armed with light weapons. A Foreign Office spokesman said that the forces were of a "defensive" character, in contrast to what he catted a heavily-equipped
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    U.N. ADOPTS AMERICAN MOTION
    706 3 Korea Aggression On Agenda After 3rd Day Wrangle LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. THE UNITED Nations Security Council ended three days of wrangling last night by adopting as the only item of its current agenda an American motion to condemn aggression in Korea. The Council, over which the
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    AMERICA CHANGES MIND
    172 3 AMERICA CHANGES MIND TAIPEI, Fii. YHE United States will uive full diplomatic support to Nationali.st China and for the time being will oppose sny United Nations plebiscite in Communist-hold '"ainland areas, it was revealed yesterday. A restricted memorandum circulated to State Dppartment offi- als in the F.ir East showed that
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    Blitzkrieg Condemned
    82 3 MOSCOW. Fri. pUT KRIEG theories of M military s.ience have been mdei ined by Red Star, offiiirl o:-;an of the Red Army. The surprise attack gives icir.porary advantages 1 iiirh are soon outweighed I v permanent factors, the taoer said. Th" f.'ctor of morale, both In 'ho front
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    BURMA MAY TURN DOWN RED PLAN
    67 3 RANGOON, Fri. DURMA is likely to reject Communist China's proposal to end the Korean war through Asian mediation, should the proposal be made formally. This would be contrary to the United Nations original decision, a Burmese Government spokesman said yesterday. Burma was willing to
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    LOANTOSPAINI CRITICISED
    85 3 LOANTOSPAIN I CRITICISED WASHINGTON. Fri.- President Truman yesterday backed up the Secretary of State Mr. Dean Acheson, by criticising the Senate's decision to grant Spain a 5100. 000.000 loan through the E.C.A. The President said that the loan had no place in the E.C.A. Appropriations Bill. He added that if
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    'Mystery' Man Accuses Russia
    137 3 WASHINGTON, Friday. MR. Edwin W. Pauley, former United States Reparations representative in the Far East, said yesterday that Russia was the "deliberate aggressor in Korea as far back as May 28, 1946". Widely billed in advance as a "mystery witness," Mr. Pauley told the Senate Armed
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    TRUMAN'S AIDE FOR JAPAN
    162 3 TRUMAN'S AIDE FOR JAPAN WASHINGTON. Fri. I PRESIDENT TRUMAN said at a Press conference j yesterday that his Special Assistant on International Affairs, Mr. W. Averell Harriman, would leave for Japan today to discuss with General Douglas Mac Arthur the political situation in the Far East. He said that Mr.
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    RUN ON SUGAR
    15 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. America's record run on sugar supplies continued last week.— U.P.
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    3,000 Australians May Fight In Korea
    127 3 3, 000 Australians May Fight In Korea Washington. *naay. IITHILE the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies said he expected Australia to send perhaps between 2,000 and 3,000" volunteers to Corea, the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Louis Saint Laurent, called all Cabinet Ministers to eturn for an urgent meeting on
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    Menzies Hopes For U.S. Loan
    61 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. 'THE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies, is leaving members of his staff in Washington to conduct loan negotiations, an official source said yesterday. He said the decision was based on his confidence that Australia will obtain a substantial development loan to enable
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    IMPORT SYSTEM TO BE IMPROVED
    45 3 TOKYO, Fri.— A proposed "automatic approval system" will come into effect soon to simplify import procedures, say-, the Kyodo news agency today. A revision of the import trade control ordinance is to be approved by a Cabinet meeting today.— Reuter-AAP.
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    WORST FLOOD
    28 3 HONG KONG, Fri. The Chinese Communists yesterday announced that Honan province has been struck by the worst flood In 20 years and 760,000 people are homeless.—A.P.
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    SOVIET CHAIRMAN
    28 3 MB. J A MALIK, president of the United Nations Security Council during August. His return has ended the seven-month Russian boycott of the U.N. A.P. picture.
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    TALKS ON AGENDA AT STRASBOURG
    61 3 STRASBOURG, Fri.— Foreign Ministers or their deputies from 13 countries began discussions yesterday on an agenda for the European Consultative Assembly's :econd session which opens in Strasbourg on Monday. The Ministers' Committee and the Assembly form the wo houses of the Council of Europe —an
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    WAR BRIDE TO RETURN HOME
    49 3 COLOMBO, Fri.— A Greek woman, who married a Ceylonese private during the war at Alexandria, has decided to return home after four years of married life here. She has obtained a divorce. The woman alleged that her husband frequently assaulted and ill-treated her.— Reuter.
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    PRINCESS HAS NEW ESCORT
    158 3 LONDON. Fri. i A TALL, sUm, dark-haired commoner whose stepfather is an American, has escorted Princess Margaret recently. He i 3 26-year-old Mr. WilHam Wallace, son of the late Captain Euan Wallace, a former Minister of Transport Hls widowed mother married Mr. Herbert Agar, American newsman,
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    PRINCESS WEARS GUIDE UNIFORM
    29 3 PRINCESS KAKCUTCGT, in the uniform of a commodore of the Sea Rangers, when she attended the world conference of Girl Guides at Oxford. AJ». picture.
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    FIRES & BOMBS
    44 3 FIRES BOMBS FLAMES rhing (hit from an oil installation as U.S. troops withdrew from a South Korean town. Right: Precision bombing of railway and passenger bridges over the Han River leading into Seoul. Smoke and debris mushroom from the targei. A.P. and Reuter pictures.
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    NO HALT AT 38th PARALLEL
    153 3 NO HALT AT 38th PARALLEL WASHINGTON, Fri. T)IPLOMATIC authorities here are convinced that the United Nations forces in Korea, once they succeed in turning the tide against the 1 Communists, will not halt until they reach the Manchurian border. This will mean taking control of all Communist Korea from which
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    Air, Sea Search For Vessel
    239 4 Air, Sea Search For Vessel From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG Fri. AN aircraft today joined in the search for the missing 169-ton vessel Kirn Seng, which is eight days overdue in Penang. The ship was carrying a cargo of copra worth $84,000 for a Penang firm. The a'.r search was
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    Did Not Know How To Plead
    50 4 A woman, who said that she could not make up her mind how to plead, stood undecidedly before Mr. P. Claque in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. She was Tan Kew charged with not having a dog licence. She was cautioned and discharged.
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    SIX ACCUSED
    46 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Six Chinese, of Mount Austin Estate. Tebrau were charged at Johore Bahru with failing to notify their change of address. Three were lined $5 each and the others, who were boys, were sent to the Juvenile Court.
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    RECORD TIN EXPORT
    112 4 RECORD TIN EXPORT From Our SUIT t orre pondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. I CHIPMENTS of tin during July totalled 8,398 tons, j creating a post-war record. It compared with 7.644 tons in June t Total shipments for the seven months of this year are 1 46,702 tons, compared with 30.648
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    ACQUITTED
    28 4 Tham Ah Fook was acquitted in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday of i using abusive language to a ronggeng girl In the Happy I World Park.
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    TIGER SHOT HEAR TELUK ANSON
    44 4 AN INDIAN hunter, kamasamy, shot this tiger, measuring Bft. 3 ins. from tip to tail and weighing 250 katties, at Ihi Bernam Estate. It was sent to Mr. B. R. Aloysius at Teluk Anson for skinning. Straits Times picture.
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    MAK PAK SHEE QUITS LABOUR PARTY
    220 4 ltf R. MAX PAX SHEE— former leader of the Labour Party of Singapore— resigned from the Party yesterday with another 92 members, bringing the total of resignations from the party to 100. In a letter to the party secretary, the resigning members stated that
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    'Anti-Mosquito Work Not Only For Well-To-Do'
    382 4 REPORTING an almost negligible incidence of malaria in Singapore during last year, the acting Municipal Health Officer, Dr. W. E. Hutchinson, replies, in his annual review just published, to allegations that the work of the anti-mosquito department of the Municipality has been directed to
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    Kallang Air Arrivals
    160 4 rpHE following passengers were among those who arrived at Kallang airport yesterday from points outside Malaya on the various air services. Passengers in transit are not included in the list X.L.M. From Amsterdam: Messrs: A. Barkle, Lim A Kirn. N. Mahtanl, O E Mustard, Ong Oh Wah,
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    KOREA ON AIR
    20 4 Radio Malaya will present another programme from the United Nations dealing with Korea at 9.45 p.m. tomorrow.
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    MR. MACDONALD TO BROADCAST
    37 4 rIE Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, will broadcast over Radio Malaya at S p.m. on Monday on "The Situation In South-East Asia." and at I p.m. on Thursday on "Korea and South-East Asia."
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    AIR MODEL CONTEST
    49 4 AEROMODELLERS leaving Penang to compete in the model aeroplane contest at Kuala Lumpur this weekend. From left: Allan Leong:, Woon Fee Kin, Wong Choi San, Albert Sabapathy, Chan Chor Sian, Woon Shook Kin. and Woon Mook Kirn. The Penang team won last year. Straits Times picture.
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    BIGGER POLICE PENSIONS SOUGHT
    349 4 BIGGER POLICE PENSIONS SOUGHT Present Scales 'Inadequate From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. JHE Central Welfare Council of the Federation has decided to ask Government to reconsider the scale of pensions now being paid to relatives of police victims of bandit activity, It felt that the present pensions are
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    FROM THE PICKPOCKETS?
    28 4 Eleven identity cards were received by the police through P.O. Box 500 during the past three weeks. Some of these cards were in empty wallets.
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    5 MORE BANDITS KILLED
    213 4 5 MORE BANDITS KILLED From Our SUrT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri CECURITY forces killed two *J bandits when they engaged a gang in Pahang yesterday. It is believed that several others were woumkd. and a hand grenade and documents were recovered. Early today security forces located a bandit camp in
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    GOING ON LEAVE
    44 4 MR. M. C. COMPTON, Principal Assistant Financial Secretary, Singapore, who leaves on the Glenartney today for the United Kingdom, on leave. While on leave, he will also take the second Devonshire course at Cambridge University for administrative officers. Straits Times picture.
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    SICK SGT. NOT TO BE CALLED
    275 4 PASIR PANJANG BRIBERY CASE pHIEF Inspector C. W. Such told the Singapore Second District Court yesterday at the continued hearing of the Pasir Panjang corruption case that he definitely would not call as a witness a police sergeant who is on three months' sick
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    ANNUAL CAMP
    16 4 The Singapore Battalion Boys' Brigade annual camp starts today and lasts until Thursday next.
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    21 Die Of Pneumonia
    134 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. PNEUMONIA is still prevalent in the Federation. Health figures issued for the week ended July 22 report 88 cases, of which 21 wen- Fatal, compared wiih 68 eases i d 19 deaths the previous wt j ;k Of nine
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    CRASHED INTO BUS
    38 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri Kew Fook Choy. of Seromban, was fined $15 at Johore Bahru today for driving a lorry in an Inconsiderate manner and crashing into a bus, causing SHOO damage.
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    DRIVER FINED $50
    36 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Loh Too Ah, who was found driving a lorry load of timber without a haulage permit and a goods vehicle licence, was fined a total of $50 at Johore Bahru.
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    MURDERED MINE MAN NAMED
    81 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. •pHE European mining 1 engineer who was killed in Pahang by bandits yesterday was Mr. A. Parker, employed b.v Raub Australian Gold Mine. Mr. Parker was an Anglishman who had worked in India and Australia before coming to Malaya
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    SINGAPORE WEEK-END DIARY
    220 4 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION of King Edward VII College of Medicine, Pan-Malayan annual meeting, 2.30 p.m., screening of medical films, 8 p.m., Physiology Lecture Room. Faculty of Medicine. V.M.C.A., Orchard Road, chess club, 3 p.m.. movie circle show, 8 p.m. GARDEN FETE, Raffles Institution Grounds, opening ceremony by Lady
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    Beaten Up After She Cursed Pipe
    168 5 Beaten Up After She Cursed Pipe Woman Tells Court: A CHINESE woman, who ■cur.sed" a water pipe from which water did not 1 mi. was said in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to have had seven teeth loose by an Indian. ni Nee I-ian Neo. of i i Singapore
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    HIGHEST IN 24 YEARS
    238 5 HIGHEST IN 24 YEARS Rubber Market UNSETTLED world conditions have been responsible for the highest rubber price since 1926, says Lewis and Peat's weekly market report, issued yesterday Tuesday night's closing price for August, at 1474 cents per lb.. shows an increase of 22 i cents sir.cc last week's report.
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    WESTERLING: INDONESIAN GOVT. GIVES NOTICE OF APPEAL
    179 5 WESTERLING: INDONESIAN GOVT. GIVES NOTICE OF APPEAL rpHE Indonesian Government has given notice of appeal against the Supreme Court decision on Thursday allowing "Turko" Westerling an Order of Prohibition stopping the Indonesian Government's extradition action against him. Westerling, former leader of the Indonesian "Army of the Heavenly Host," is still
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    S'PORE WEDDING
    23 5 INCHE AHMAD bin Miskin Sahib and Che Hamidah binte Mohamed Kassim after their wedding at Geylang. Singapore. Flash Photo Service picture.
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    LOTTERY MONEY KEPT SEPARATE
    88 5 I i urn Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. JM)K the benefit of States 1 which do not wish to avail themsrlves of money raised by lotteries, funds obtained In this manner will be kept in a separate Account, it was decided at a meeting; of
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    His Excuse: 'Drunk'
    72 5 A 38-year-old Chinese who was said to have used force on his 13-year-old step-daujhter with intent to outrage her modesty, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. He was Ar.g Chin Cheng, of Covent Street, who told the court that he was drunk at the
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    Police Diary Read In Assault Case
    249 5 rWTKACTS from the Tanjong Pagar police station J diary were read in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday at the continued hearing of a case In which Yeo Swee Hong, a Chinese physician, was charged with causing hurt with a knife to a footbailer,
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    FIRST PRESIDENT
    23 5 MKS. I. T. SMITH, the lirst president of the newly-formed Malacca Inner Wheel, the women's N.-ctiun of Rotary. Yang Heng picture.
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    U.K. Prize For S'pore Man
    74 5 »THE first overseas student to be awarded the first prize at the London School of Printing is Mr. Lim Bian Han of Singapore. Mr. Lim, a supervisor In the Singapore Government Printing Office, is at present studying at the London School of Printing on a
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    CLAIMS TRIAL
    36 5 Rathakrishnan, 25. of Beach Road, claimed trial in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to possessing 3,660 dutiable American cigarettes. He was allowed bail of $200 and the case was postponed to Aug. 28.
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    DUTY NOT PAID
    37 5 Teo Boon Teck, 32, of the m.v. Yong Ann, was fined $150 by Mr. C. H. F. Blake In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for possessing 30 4-oz tins of dutiable pipe tobacco.
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    APPEAL COURTS
    20 5 The Singapore Courts of Criminal and Civil Appeal will sit in the Supreme Court Buildins; on Aue. 17.
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    RESUMES DUTY
    17 5 Mr. F. J. Kemlo has resumd duty as a member of the Var Damage Commission.
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    MAIL DESTROYED IN TRAIN BLAZE
    398 5 MAIL DESTROYED IN TRAIN BLAZE TAETAILS of the letter and J parcel mails destroyed by fire on the night mail train from Singapore on Wednesday were given yesterday. All correspondence posted at the General Post Office. Singapore, as in the following schedules lias been completely destroyed: All correspondence for destinations
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    RIDATO BEGIN WORK FROM NEXT MONTH
    203 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rkPERATION of the Rural Industrial Development Authority is due to begin early next month. Whether the State and Settlement Governments will be asked to contribute to the maintenance of the authority is not yet decided. Mr. J.
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    POSED AS BIG CUSTOMER
    72 5 Tan Peng, aged 32, who posed as a "potential cus1 rimer" to a Singapore firm of watch-dealers in North Bridge Road, by placing an order for $3,000 worth of watches, was convicted in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday of theft oi a watch from the
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    Harding Thanks Ex-Service Assn.
    279 5 vyHAT the young Serviceman in Malaya appre- dates most is to be invited to a civilian home, said the Commander-in-Chief, FARELF, Gen. Sir John Harding, speaking yesterday at a luncheon at the Capitol given by the Ex- Service Association of Singapore. I Sir John thanked the
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    THIS CURRY WAS REALLY HOT
    66 5 £OOKS who dashed from an Indian restaurant in North Bridge Road, Singapore, yesterday when red hot bricks dropped into pots of boiling rice and curry, found the chimney top on fire. The Incident caused a traffic hold-up for a quarter of an hour and cars
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    USEDFRIEND'S PERMIT
    41 5 For attempting to enter the Singapore Harbour Board with a permit belonging to his friend, Lim Hwee Peow was $25 in the Singapore rhird Police Court yesterday. The friend Lim Teck Kian, ivas fined $10 for abetting :he offence.
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    DRIVER FINED
    34 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Frl. Mahar Singh, of the Rex Cinema, was fined $5 at Johore Bahru today for driving a car on a learner's licence without a competent driver.
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    RECOGNISED
    20 5 Senor Adolfe A. Bollinl has been provisionally recognised as Ooivsul-General of the Argentine In London with jurisdiction in Singapore.
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    "MALAYA LACKING A CIVIC SENSE"
    257 5 "MALAYA LACKING A CIVIC SENSE" From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri. "HTHAT is most lacking in Malaya today is a civic sense the spirit of good citizenship and, till this is developed fully, this country will not be ready for selfgovernment", said Mr. J. O. Black. British Adviser. Perak, speaking
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    TURNER CLEARED
    37 5 j Hoong Hin Fei, a turner, was acquitted in the Singapore First District Court yesterday on a charge of housebreajting and theft at Balestier Road on Feb 13. Mr' D. G. Osborne- Jones defended. I
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    ASST. SURVEYOR
    15 5 Mr. Peter Archibald Angus Hainine has been appointed Assistant Surveyor. Malayan Survey Service.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Aug. 5, 1950. A Wedding
    1042 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Aug. 5, 1950. A Wedding riage is therefore legal, assuming that the age stated on Maria's identity card is correct. Her enrd which was issued at Kemaman last year states her age to be fourteen years and five months. But that is in itself not
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    Fifty Years Ago.
    166 6 THE OPIUM FARM PROFITS (I'rom Ik* Strait!) Tim?* of I August 1, 1900) CORRESPONDENT says the opium monopoly Is a fine speculation. He offers a few figures to show that this is so. During the past three years there has been a loss of $8,000 a month
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    As I was Saying
    1271 6  -  Cynicus by- ONE out of every two persons committed to i prison in Singapore last year was either innocent lor the offence was j not considered serious enough to justify a pri- son sentence. It is a disturbing conclu- sion to draw from the figures given
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    13 6 Photograph by C. A. Gibson-Hill. RAIN CLOUDS OVER THE CENTRAL RANGE, EASTERN PERAK.
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    Singaporeana
    869 6 IT is a curious fact that 'he Chinese have their own names for many streets and localities in Singapore which are quite different from the English names, especially in the older parts of the city, but what is more curious still is that these Chinese names often preserve b.e
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    ANTI-FIRE SQUADS READY IN 2 WEEKS
    290 7 ANTI-FIRE SQUADS READY IN 2 WEEKS Men Will Be In Uniforms THE Singapore police scheme to provide armed constables to guard godowns and warehouses is expected to begin in a fortnight. The plan has already been submitted to Government for approval. The scheme was drawn up after consultations with the
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    JOBS IN JAPAN RUMOUR DENIED
    230 7 JOBS IN JAPAN RUMOUR DENIED THE American Con-sulate-General in Singapore yesterday denied rumours of plans to recruit, local Asians for civilian jobs in Japan to replace those who had volunteered for Jobs in Korea According to the rumours, which have been spread tor the past three flays, the nature ol
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    'PILGRIM VIRGIN' IS COMING
    128 7 'PILGRIM VIRGIN' IS COMING TTHE "Pilgrim Virgin," the statue of Our Lady of Fatima, which has been on a "pilgrimage" since 1947 will arrive by air in Singapore in late October. For several months, all Catholics in Singapore have been eagerly looking forward for this event. The statue of Our
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    CHECK YOUR COINS' WARNS POLICE
    67 7 gINGAPORE police yesterday warned the public "to be careful with their small change." They believe there is a large quantity of counterfeit coins in circulation. The Deputy Commissioner. C.I.D. Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire said that of the various denominations, the counterfeit 20 cent piece
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    600 AT DANCE
    24 7 About 600 people attended a dance in aid of the Girls Home Building Fund at the Victoria Memorial Hall last ntshfc
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    5 GRASS FIRES
    35 7 Singapore's firemen yesterday had to deal with five grass fires. They were at 8J m.s. Jurong Road. Caldecott Hill Estate. Gillman Barracks. Telok Blangah Road, and the 9J m.s. Bukit Timah Road.
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    Caught By Cook Boy
    56 7 gENTENCE of six months' j« imprisonment was I passed on Lim Lay Seng, aged 21, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for theft of a typewriter from a house on Kilburn Estate. Lim was apprehended by the cook boy, Ah Chong, while carrying off the
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    Aid Through Box 5000
    61 7 POLICE have gpt three letters through P.O. Box 5000 regarding the shooting of Mr. Li Chi Wah last Friday. But none of the five passengers who were with him in the bus during the shooting has yet come forward. Mr. Li, whose condition has greatly improved,
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    'Not Due To Gambling'
    94 7 WHILE admitting that her total liabilities amounted to over $4,000, Goh Ah Kirn, a married woman, denied that any part of these liabilities were incurred as a result of gambling debts. The statement was made during her public examination before the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley,
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    Canadians Form Assn. In S'pore
    74 7 CANADIANS in Singapore have formed an association to help promote friendship among local Canadians and better relations with other communities. Officers elected after a meeting this week are as follows:Mr. Ralph Bedford, president; Mr. Gordon Withell and Mrs S. C. Woolmer, vice-presidents; Mr. S. V.
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    2 Ways Of Looking At Things...
    96 7 2 Ways Of Looking At Things... SHADE AND HEIGHT to watch the athletics these were two prime requisites for yesterday s M.A.A.A. championships and this small croud found their shade and their height. THESE TWO YOUTHS, however, decided to make their own shase a stick of bamboo and a double
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    SEGAMUTHU'S HOUSE
    57 7 Where the cows lived FR keeping three cows in his house, an Indian cattlekeeper was fined 50 cents by Mr. C. H. F. Blake in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. The Indian, Segamuthu, of Ceylon Road, pleaded guilty to a charge of using his house as a
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    COURT TOLD OF COAT WITH 22 POCKETS
    225 7 COURT TOLD OF COAT WITH 22 POCKETS SEARCHING a man at Clifford Pier, Customs officers found that he was wearing a speciallymade waistcoat with 11 pockets. Concealed in the pockets was over $60,000 worth of gold, it was stated in the Singapore Relief Court yesterday. The court committed a middle-aged
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    GOVERNOR AT THE SPORTS
    27 7 THE GOVERNOR, Sir Franklin Gimson. was an interested spectator at yesterday's events in the Malayan athletic championships at Bukit Timah. Straits Times picture.
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    Lantern Procession At Fete
    134 7 Lantern Procession At Fete AN unusual feature of the j < Red Cross Garden Fete j J for Handicapped Children which will be held at < Raffles Institution today will be the lion lantern procession. The fete will be opened at 4 p.m. by Lady Gimson who is the chairman
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    Tried To Steal Car, Gaoled
    127 7 Tried To Steal Car, Gaoled AN INDIAN grass-cutter, Yusorf bin Ismail, was sentenced to two years' rigorous ipmrisonment to be followed by two years' police supervision, in the Singapore First District Court yesterday for attempted theft of a car belonging to Major J. A. Newbury. of Alexandra Road. Major Newbury
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    KIWIS DANCE
    27 7 The Kiwi League, Singapore, will hold Its third anniversary dance at the Adelphl Hotel tonight at 8.30. Tickets will be on sale at the door.
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    20 ARSON BIDS IN 6 MONTHS
    39 7 Of the 20 arson attempts during the first six months of this year, July had a record number of eight. There were four attempts in June, six in May and two in March.
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    Women Can Join Soon
    76 7 r enable women to be members of the Malayan Air Training Corps, the Malayan Naval Force and the Volunteer Force, amendments to the relevant Ordinances are to be introduced at the next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. Any woman whose husband is not eligible for
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    45 S'pore Dentists To Lose Licences
    131 7 PORTY-FIVE dentists, 1 who failed in the recent examination set under the Registration o« Dentists Ordinance, will not be permitted to practise any longer, the Acting Director of Medical Services Dr. R. D Gross, told the Straits Times yesterday. Dr. Gross, who is the
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    CASH TO CHINA
    19 7 Family remittances to China for July totalled $1,428,439 Jrom Singapore ant] I $482,477 from the Federation.
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    STOLE CYCLE
    30 7 For stealing bicycle. Tan Teo Lai, 23, ol Lowland Road, was sentenced In the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday to three months' imprisonment and one year's police supervision
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    Millions slave for the Reds
    642 8 WASHINGTON. OOVIET Russia now °has 10,000,000 poliIkal prisoners working ID slave-labour c imps and Siberian outposts behind the 1 els. The figure is based on MRcret intelligence documents cited by the U.S. State Department in its tu-rrnational broadcasts to Eastern Europe and other satellite countries.
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    Secrets of new US submarines
    235 8 By FREDERICK COOK NEW YORK: A DMIRAL Sherman's disclosure about the Qtoci -submarine was made when he asked Congress Armed Services Committee for authority to build 112 ships of different types. But work on it has b&°n going forward for some time. It is not,
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    Princess has song in her heart
    604 8 Princess has song in her heart A Malayan housewife wrote it! 1)0 ES Princess Elizabeth, now about to bring her second child into the world, occasionally allow her mind to drift back to the days a year or so before her marriage to the then Prince Phillip, now Duke of
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      593 8 T^HE extremely informative bid- the ten, and dummy'3 ace won. ding in today's deal should Soutn returned a club from have given declarer the key to dummy, perhaps hoping for a the play. favourable break of the suit, but North, dealer he was sadly disappointed. West North-South vulnerable could not
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      MORE SAMPES OF SINGAPORE OPINION
      284 9 $300 p.m. FOR CITY FATHERS? 11 j R Ess is right in saying that the Singapore J Municipal Commissioners should be paid, as are the Legislative Councillors. If the latter can be nriched by $500 per month, why not the former by $300^ The Commissioners
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      WATCHMEN'S WAGES
      137 9 A RECLNT statement from the police authorities :i'i vised all concerned to provide telephones for watchmen, I make the I following further sugges- lions: All watchmen should be registered by the police be-j fore employment so that, on security grounds, some kind of understanding and colla- oration should
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      A PLEASANT POOL
      70 9 'l HX Methodist Girls' School,; Singapore, would Ike to express thanks to the Municipality for the use oi tlv? j Mount Emily Swimming Pool i ler swimming classes. Wei have always found the pool hygienic and pleasant 10 use nd the stall most co-oper-atlve and we are
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      A RATEPAYER AGREES TO $150 p.m.
      201 9 A RATEPAYER AGREES TO $150 p.m. AFTER debating for over two hours on 1 Monday, July 31, the j Singapore Municipal j Commissioners were un- able to decide on the question of self-payment. They finally sent the matter back to their Finance Committee for further consideration. It was suggested that
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      HINDUISM ON THE AIR
      222 9 'pHOUGH I am not wellinformed on my own religion, the more Christianity is preached to me, the more devout a Hindu I be- 1 come, fortified in the belief j that all paths lead to the same goal. With regard to the Straits Times editorial comment
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      Ananias And Sapphira
      360 9 Ananias And Sapphira [yiY wife and I, though 1 1T1 maintaining that happy independence of thought on which the I happiest conjugal unions are based, are at one in deploring the damnable iteration of a theme which is. we feel, as boring to the majority of your readers as it
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      THE ROOT OF THE TROUBLE
      123 9 "]yf ALAY Spectator," who wrote the letter headed "Identity Card Brokers" published on July 31, obviously has inside information. Has he put this at the disposal of the competent authorities? If not, I think he should do so immediately. I feel sure the Anti-Corruption Branch,
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      A Letter To Read With Rubber At $1.72
      343 9 A Letter To Read With Rubber At $1.72 r VO my fellow estate staff employees I take my hat i A off for their service to the rubber industry j which, I understand, is earning more dollars than at any time in its history. Some of you are in the
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      THE TAXPAYER AND HIS WIFE
      284 9 T REFER to last Satur- day's Forum letter headed "The Wife In Income Tax Mysteries." Section 35 of the Ordinance reads as follows: it) In the case of an individual resident in the Colony in the year of assessment who, In the year immediately preceding;
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      WHO ARE THE YANKS?
      318 9 WHO ARE THE YANKS? I HAVE followed the Straits Times digresi sions on the "Kling" controversy with consider- able interest, and gained much knowledge while doing so Since my mind is now greatly exercised over another term frequently used to describe the citizens of a proud nation, I rather naturally
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      MARIA HERTOGH: A MALAY VIEW
      143 9 f AM really surprised at tni news of Maria's mar? 1 to a Malay in Singapore thi« week. According to report she i only thineen years old: thr> she is only a small pirl and should still be at school. Although there is no objection
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      WHAT'S IN A NAME?
      101 9 THE letter trom "A Kelanla- nese.' 1 published on Aug. 3 under the hoading "A K.lantan Malay On Asiati.; r minds me of a story I hep.rd the other day. A Chinese student In Ani.--rica was seated beside ;i youni, American at a co.i. •< dinner.
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      More East Coast Reflections
      287 9 "TTELANTAN Malay," writing in the Straits Times of July 25, lias misunderstood my original letter on films as shown in KelanI made three points: (1) The distributors and renters are interested not in education but profit; as a result, (2) the standard of film that arrives
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      THE SOLDIER AND THE CIVILIAN
      494 9 THE SOLDIER AND THE CIVILIAN I tyiTH regard to the controversy in your columns concerning the attitude of the civilians of Si.igapore towards the Services in their midst, i wmMd like to offer the following suggestions: While, in my opinion, it is true that civilian! in general have done very
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      THE "CHAINS" OF YOUTH
      146 9 "lysTRESSFUL Youth," who wrote the letter headed "Twenty Years Old!" in last Saturday's Forum, seems to instill mentally a child, despite being physically twenty years old. As a maturing young man. if he "cant stand living with such conservative-mind' d parents." the only alternative for him
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    London Stocks
    313 10 LONDON. Fri. A WAVE of bear selling in the London Stock Exchange followed reports of reinforcements for North Koreans and checked an early upward movement in prices today. Closing middle prices ol selected stocks, as supplied to the Straits Times by special arrengement with The Financial Times, follow.
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    Hong Kong Exchange
    30 10 HONG KONG. Fri. CfREE market currency exchange r for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today as follows: USSI. HKS6.3I: £1. HK115.70; one Uel of gold HKS323.— U.P.
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    957 10 From A Market Correspondent TINS and Industrials were again quiet on the Malayan share market yesterday, with little interest shown. Most Rubbers, however, were marked up in sympathy with the continued spectacular rise in the price of the commodity. Price quotations announc- I ed yesterday by the Malayan
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    TIN PRICES
    28 10 SINGAPORE. Fri., Au?. 4 —$368.75 (up $2.75 to a new record price). LONDON. Fri.. Aug. 4 Spot: J£746—£746*; Forward, £740—€740.\: Settlement. '£746. Turnover: Morning. 200 tons.
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    Rubber: Business At $1.72
    272 10 RUBBER in Singapore yesterday made another spectacular price jump. Some small business was reported at $1.72 a lb.— an increase of 241/2 cents over Thursday's close. The market opened firm yesterday. With buyers anxious, the price steadily rose until, at noon, first-grade August shipment stood at
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    Singapore Shipping
    68 10 CHIPS in Singapore yesterday 0 included: Alongside Godowns: Belleville 44; Pcelau Laut 42-43- Szechuan 40-41; Manoeran 38-39;' Scudai 36; Aeneas 34-35; Benavon 31-32; Eastern Saga 29-30; Malaya 27-28; Euryplus 25-26; Etrusco 23-24; Fukien 21-22; Mvi Nan 19-20; Chinese Prince 17-18; Troilus 1516; Glenartney 13-14; Glengarry 11-12; City of
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    Kamra Tin Dredging
    13 10 KAMRA Tin Dredging in July produced 243 piculs of tinore.
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    PEROSTAN SUITED BEST BY 7 FURS.
    576 11  -  EPSOM JEEP To Beat Fancied Four o 'Clock By PENANG, Friday. POUR O'CLOCK II will probably go to the post a 1 hot favourite in the 7-1. handicap for Class 1, Div. 1 (Race Six) at Penang tomorrow, opening day of the Penang Turf
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    138 11 EPSOM JEEP POINTER CALL BOY DEVON FOUNTAIN LADY BOOKLAW II RACE I 2 30 Fountain I.»dy Prattlin' Fountain Lady Devon DeTon Booklaw II RACE S J 00 CARAVAN Little Lady Rosaline LITTLE LADY Caravan Mafic Lamp CARAVAN Little Lady Rosaline RACE S in BLUE EYES Merlin Content
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    Lucifer Good Bet
    981 11 I>EST BET on the card at Penang tomorrow is 13 Lucifer (Race Four), a promising three-year-old I who scored cleverly over 6-f. at Ipoh last month. This French-bred gelding has only to make normal pro- gress to beat his present opposition. Speed Is his greatest asset and
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    Today's Rase Card
    926 11 BIG SWEEP— RACE EIGHT Race 1—2.30: Class 5, Div. I—6 Furs. 000 Royal Bounty 9.00 'G. Si Puiple Stable" Rodgers 002 All Boloney Bagby 8.10 Mr. Ngiau Yoke Lin H. Sleigh 000 Kakama Lansdown 8.07 "L. Perak Kongsi" Klrwan 002 Prattlin' McPherson 8.05 Mr. D. 8. Bowden
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    SELANGOR LEAD IN M.A.A.A. CHAMPIONSHIPS
    552 12 Johore 9 s Chua Sets Only Record Of The Day SFXANGOK, strongest contenders to wrest the Malayan athletic title from Singapore, were leading with 11 points at the end of the first day's sport in the Malayan Amateur Athletic Association's championships at the University of
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    Today's Finals
    88 12 s flnais In the Malayan A.A.A. '■li.illipiOlli.liip:- i"i r m Po'.e ?»Hlt; ::.i«i. 440 yards ;.«.">. 100 yar<l*; :iM. ThrowW yards women: 1t.::,. 880 yards; 3.*». 120 Hlsh Hurdles: Throwing the Javelin; Ut, 220 ■.">. Throwing the Hammer; '4.m. Long Jump; tM. 80 metres H ;rdios: 4. Hi.
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    YMCA TENNIS
    72 12 piiSuLTS oi jrecteraayi ties in rv ;he V.M.C.A. ien!iis were: A HVap Doubles: W. E. Tin Sz. Chia Chin Siang (—3O) beat Choo Teck Houk St Henry Ota 'sen 6-4. 2-6. 6-2. Novices Open Doubles (Semi-final): Dr. M Law Sz IT n Hon Kun beat Fong Pin Chee
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    "Wah!" Said Abdullah Of Trengganu
    238 12 "Wah!" Said Abdullah Of Trengganu SIDELIGHTS A MAN who had an ink- ling he would lose his heat was Wan Abdullah, javelin-throwing raay at from Besut, in Trengganu. Swarthy and sun-burned by the sun and breezes of the east coast, Wan Abdullah had hurled a javelin fashioned in bamboo 141
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    ALL THE RESULTS
    724 12 Results yesterday were: 440 Yards Hurdles (heat 1): 1. Ng Liang Chiang (Spore); 2. K. Laxman (Sel.); 3. Lim Hock Han (Sel). 58.4 sec. (Heat 2): Lim Rents Suan (Sel.): 2. Kwan Mun Soon (Sel.); 3. Lian Boon Khiam (Spore). 62-2 sec. 100 Yards (beat 1): 1.
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    Rovers Oust Indonesians
    125 12 FO lucky goals enabled Rovers, a.A.F.A. senior league runnersup. to defeat Indonesian League two-nil in a Cup fixture at Jalan Besar yesterday. Indonesians put up unexpected resistance and with some measure of luck kept Rovers on their toes. Rovers' first goal by Ah Ylk was the result
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    Good Start-Tragic End
    113 12 Good StartTragic End NEELA RAJARATNAM (nearest camera), Selangor's champion sprinter, had a good start and a tragic finish m the first heat of the Women's 100 yards at University of Malaya ground yesterday. In this event m the Malayan athletic championships Neela was a good two yards m front of
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    Tanglin Club Tennis
    116 12 OESULTS of the Tanglin Club's C r tennis semi-finals played yesterday were: Handicap Doubles: Capt. Rump and Cmdr. Van Dapperen beat Brig. Fryer and Lt. Cmdr. Hoyland. 6-1, 6-2. Handicap Mixed Doubles: Maj. and Mrs. A. R. Dawe beat G. F. Murphy and Mrs. Morris. 6-0, 6-3.
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    Weekend Cricket
    212 12 rLLOWINO are teams for the weekend's cricket matches: S.S.C. T Army at Nee Soon, today and luraorrow from g p.m.: J. Sanderson iCapt.). J. Anchant. B. Barker. C. Colling. J. DAimelda. J. Ga.istan. D. Keyt. T. Koonitz. E Le Mercier. J Martens. O. Rozario P Scu!!y. Transport leaves
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    Race Review
    24 12 gPSOM Jeeps's racing notes and today's race card for the opening day of the Penang Gold Cup meeting appear in Page 11.
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    M.A.A.A. TO BAR BOYS UNDER 18
    360 12 rpHE Malayan Amateur. Athletic Association last A night decided, at its annual general meeting held at the University of Malaya, to bar athletes under the age of 18 from participating in all future Malayan A.A.A. and State championship meetings. The ban followed a proposal
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    PHILLIPS UNFIT
    38 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A. H. Phillips is unable to play for the North in the North— South cricket at Ipoh tomorrow owing to an injury to his knee. His place will be taken by A. Seneveratne.
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    Sports Diary
    50 12 ATHLETICS: Malayan A.A.A. Championships, (cont.) at University (rounds from 3 p.m. SOCCER: Singapore Malaya Cup XI v Tht Rest at Jalan Besar Stadium. CRICKET: SJR.C. v Army at Nee Soon. S.C.C. v Comb. Schools on Pa dan;. GOLF: Colony Championships quarter-finals at R.S.K.C. SHOOT:- S.R.A. Bisley Meet starts.
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    R.S.G.C. OPEN MIXED FOURSOMES
    331 12 The draw and times for the Open Mixed Foursomes of the Royal Singapore Golf Club to be held at the R.S.G.C. on Monday are as follows: Ist NINE 4.15 Mr. Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Mayor <fe J. V. Gray; 4.20 Mr. Si Mrs. Hamilton and Mr.
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    Sinclair And Goon Out After 5-1 Lead
    431 12 MALAYAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE first players to be out of the Malayan tennis A championships today on the Selangor Club courts were H. J. Sinclair and Goon Kok Ying when they were beaten by the Singapore
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    NEXT M.A.A.A. MEET IN K.L.
    106 12 KUALA LUMPUR was voted as the venue for the 1951 Malayan A.A.A. championships at the annual general meeting of the Association at the University of Malaya hostel last night. The Perak delegate. Mr. F. Palanipillai. made a strong plea for the mrrt to be held
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    U.K. Cricket Results
    179 12 LONDON. Frl RESULTS of county crickei nn i i ending today were: -At iUackpool. Lancashire oral morgan by an Innings and 10 Lancashire 413. Glamorgan 190 am iHi.ton S for vji At Clacton. Essex beat Jfatnl oy lit wickets. Essex 324 and 64* Tor no wicket. Kent
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    TOURISTS WIN BY INNINGS
    81 12 THE OVAL. Surrey. Fri. West Indies today beat Surrey by an innings and 69 runs, the [County being all out 25 minuii after lun^h for 204 (Pishlock 97 Of the others Constable hit 2!> and later Laker T231 helped Fi.-h-lock to put on 52 for the
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    HABONIM SPORTS
    25 12 Habonim (Singapore), th* Jewish youth organisation, will hold its third annual sports «t St. Andrew's School on Sunday, Au<. 13 at 2.30 p.m.
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