The Straits Times, 7 August 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SINGAPORE. MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS TWKI.VE PAGES
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    TRAP SET FOR 800 N. KOREANS
    386 1 Patrols Over Naktong Being Driven Back TOKYO, Sunday. pRONT line despatches today say that the United States 24th Division is closing a trap around an estimated 800 North Korean troops who crossed the Naktong River by raft and boat during last night and this
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    STRIKERS PLAN PICKETS
    40 1 The Rediffusion (Singapore) Ltd. premises in Clemenceau Avenue and Joo Chiat Road were normal yesterday, with workers giving listeners the regular 16-hour-service. Tomorrow, Rediffusion strikers will picket the Clemenceau Avenue office and plan to continue this "indefinitely."
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    WOMAN MISSING
    25 1 A Malay woman, 25-year-old Puteh binte Senin, of 593-F, Geylang Road, and two children have been missing from their home since Saturday afternoon.
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    THREE FIRES
    24 1 Two small lallang fires, at Joo Seng and 9]9 2 mile Bedok Roads, and one chimney fire in Enggor Street, occurred yesterday.
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    REVOLT RUMOUR
    23 1 HONG KONG, Sun. Taipei rumours say 300,000 men of Ked Chinese General Chen Yi's Third Field Army group have revolted.— A.P.
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    Trucks Plundered
    24 1 JAKARTA, Sun. A 20man well-armed gang in green uniforms attacked and plundered two trucks with textiles on the Semarang highway today.— Reuter.
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    38 1 JIMMY LAM. of Singapore, who won the second prize for best-locking model at the Malayan Aeromodellers annual con -petition held at the Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday and yesterday. Straits Times picture. Results m page 4.
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    2 HURT IN GRAND PRIX ACCIDENTS
    221 1 A COMPETITOR and a spectator were injured in accidents at Johore Grand Prix at Johore Bahru yesterday and were both treated at the Johore General Hospital. Soon after the Atart of the mfin* race— when the cars were about to turn into the first
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    CHURCHILL'S SON FOR KOREA
    48 1 MANILA. Sun.— Mr Randolph Churchill, ex-major with the British Forces in North Africa in World War II and son of Britain's wartime premier, left for Tokyo last night. He is en route to Korea to cover the war for the London Daily Telegraph —A.P
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    THE RUINS OF WAR
    25 1 RUINS of a battered South X orean city, showing damage by North Korean tanks and attacking American jet fighters. A.P. picture.
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    U.N. GIVES KOREA PRIORITY
    141 1 U.N. GIVES KOREA PRIORITY LAKE SUCCESS, Sun. MR. Trygve Lie, United Nations Secretary General, said yesterday declared that a successful conclusion of the United Nations action In Korea had "first priority now.' In a radio broadcast, Mr Lie said: "The job of the; United Nations is to do-»R 1? can
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    Laurels For The Victor
    42 1 MRS. J. D. HODGKIXSON, wife of the British Adviser, Johore, congratulates J. M. Pattinson, winner of yesterday's Johore Grand Prix, after giving him the traditional symbol of victory a laurel wreath. Straits Times picture. Report in page 4.
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    LONDON DEMAND FOR RUBBER SHARES
    159 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Sun. THE soaring price of rubber has at last attracted interest in rubber shares. There were widespread gains on the Stock Market before the week-end close, the leaders advancing by as much as Is. 3d. Buying was fairly general, but
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    General Killed In U.S. Air Crash
    196 1 8,000-Gallon Petrol Blast WASHINGTON, Sunday. ASUPERFORT laden with 8,000 gallons of petrol crashed late last night killing all its occupants, including Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, Commander of the 9th Heavy Bomber Wing. The flash of the blast which made a crater 20 yards
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    Pregnant Women For Auction
    74 1 Pregnant Women For Auction SEMARANG, Sun. DOLICE in Semarang on the north coast of Central Java, were today investigating rumours in the town that pregnant women were shortly to be auctioned at Tegal, a small town to the south. The rumours said that these were pregnant widows and government officials
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    French Hit Guerillas
    59 1 SAIGON, Sun.. FRENCH Marine Commandos and infantry supported by aircraft at dawn yesterday penetrated Vietminh guerilla territory and destroyed important installations 25 miles south-east oi Saigon. A French Army communique announcing this today said that the installations had menaced Saigon shipping. French warplanes, supported ground troops in
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    HARRIMAN SEES GEN. MACARTHUR
    59 1 TOKYO, Sun.— Mr. Averell Harriman, President Truman's Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs, arrived in Tokyo today to discuss the Far Eastern political situation with Gen. Douglas MacArthur, United Nations Com-mander-in-Chief in Korea. Gen. Mac Arthur was at the airfield to welcome Mr. Harriman. He is expected
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    ARMS FOR FRANCE
    25 1 CHERBOURG, Sun.— Four American ships with arms for France supplied under the stepped-up military assistance pact, arrived here on Friday.— U. P.
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    A-BOMB SHELTERS
    29 1 NEW YORK, Sun.— A proposal to build atomic bomb shelters beneath New York at a cost of $2,000,000,000 has been made public by Mayor William O'Dwyer.— Reuter.
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    AIR AGREEMENT
    13 1 CAIRO, Sun.— Egypt and France have signed eirll aviation agreement.— A.P.
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    Train Crash Caused By 'Mistake'
    74 1 Train Crash Caused By 'Mistake' NEW YORK, Sun. TLfIORE than 50 people out of 200 passengers* were injured yesterday, three seriously, when a young switchman made a mistake, and sent a Long Island passenger train crashing into a freig\t train parked in a siding. The police stated that Robert J.
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    Flown Home From Cairo
    76 1 ABOUT 30 Malays from Singapore and Johore waited at Kallang airport last night for the QEA-BOAC Constellation aircraft which brough from Cairo Tuan Haji Abdul Rahim bin Tahir, Pilgrim Commissioner, Malaya, since 1948, who is suffering rrom a suspected paralysis of the right half of his
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    Bishop Attacks Lottery Bill
    205 1 Bishop Attacks Lottery Bill DISAGREEMENT with the passing of the Lotteries Bill in the Federation is expressed by the Bishop of Singapore in a letter just pub-i lished in The Courier, monthly magazine of the St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore. '1 nope it will not be ex-» tended elsewhere," writes the
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    POLICE FIRE ON CROWD
    36 1 BUENOS AIRES. Sun.- -One hundred people were believed killed or injured when police opened fire on a political meeting in Sao Luis del Maranhao. north-eafct Brazil, the Democracla reported here yesterday— Reuter.
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    PLASTIC SHELTER FOR PEKINESE
    43 2 LEOBRIDE RECOMPENSE puts his tongae out at Chinkie White of Roke in her curved plastic shelter, the latest fad in dog protection devices. Both were waiting for their turns before the judges at the Richmond Dog Show. Reuter photo.
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    Warning On State Controls
    120 2 VATICAN, Sun.pOPE Pius XII, briefly outlining the functions of the state, said yesterday that they should avoid excessive controls that "stifle" individuals. Such controls, he said, were increasing. The Pope addressed about 200 delegates from a dozen nations who have just concluded the Eighth International Congress
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    200 Women Take "No Fat" Oath
    211 2 LONG BEACH (California), Sunday. IJNDER oath to eat no fat and very little lean and to skip the taste of sugar, nearly 200 very fat women have formed Fatties Anonymous at Long Beach. California. I Aim is to get their weight down by helping
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    Ho To Step Up Campaign Against BaoDai Soon
    259 2 Ho To Step Up Campaign Against BaoDai Soon WASHINGTON, Sun. IJNTTED States officials said yesterday that there were strong indications that the Communist forces of the rebel leader. Dr. Ho Chi Minn, were preparing to step up their campaign against the Frenchsponsored Government of Bao Dai. They said that the
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    PLAYED WITH FIRE, BOY, 15, GAOLED
    77 2 ST. MAXIME (France), Sunday. A 15- YEAR-OLD boy, said by police to belong: to a "very honourable family," was taken to prison yesterday after an alleged confession that he had started 16 forest fires. Police said they recognised a similarity in the voice of
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    'ATOM WEAPON' HUNT
    81 2 NEW YORK, Sun Customs agents boarded the Polish liner Batory in New York Bay yesterday in their first search of "Iron Curtain" ships for possible concealed atomic weapons. More than 20 agents took part in a four-hour search. Nothing suspicious was reported. A tightened security check on
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    "LASTING PEACE CLOSER IF U.N. SUCCESSFUL OVER KOREA"
    514 3 LONDON, Sunday. United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie, in his fifth annual report published today, predicted that, 'If the United Nations is able to emerge intact and successful from the Korean crisis, its strength and influence will be immeasurably enhanced and the
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    MURDERED IN HIS SLEEP
    49 3 HONG KONG, Sun. A Chinese stone mason was hacked to death here as he slept. He had been hit seven times with the blade of an axe and twice with a hammer. Police arrested two suspects, one ot whom said that Leung owed him HKSIO.QO.
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    13 Ministers Urge Aid For U.N.
    240 3 13 Ministers Urge Aid For U.N. STRASBOURG. Sun. rIRTEEN Foreign Ministers last night urged Council of Europe support for United Nations' action in K( roa. The Ministers, in a special message for the Consultative Assembly's second session which starts here tomorrow declared that the elTorts of the one-year-old European Parliament
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    STATE CONTROLS CZECH CLERGY
    66 3 .'KAlil'E, Sun. riZiiCHOSL OV ARIA'S V Communist regime announced yesterday that it will tike over full control of the selection and training of the nation's clergy. The Official Gazette said that all Roman Catholic. Kvangelical and Baptist theological schools have been replaced by eovern-ment-controlled institutes. The
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    U.S. Wounded Evacuated
    32 3 Us of a mobile surgical unit attend the leg wound of an American soldier m -ospital train which evacuated the men from the Kumchon area m Korea.— A.P. picture.
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    U.S. USE SHAPE-CHARGED SHELLS IN KOREA
    123 3 U.S. USE SHAPE-CHARGED SHELLS IN KOREA .VASHINGTON, Sun. AN Army spokesman said ..erday that tank-kill-ii. noed-charge. shells for use- tn 90-mm. guns, are pith with or on the way <, tlr American forces ta Korea. iifii is shaped so as v l< is the effect of its ex- The blast
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    MINISTER'S VISIT
    39 3 BRITAIN'S Defence Minister. Mr. Shinwell. chats with a Territorial Army soldier while visiting units of the 49th Armoured Division who are in annual camp on Salisbury Plain. The men are from Yorkshire and the Midlands.— A.P. picture
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    Reds Use Peasants As Cannon Fodder
    221 3  -  PETER KALISCHER, By United Press Staff Correspondent WITH IHU Ist CAVALKY DIVISION, Sunday. JHE Commander of the Ist Cavalry Division, Major-General Hobart Gay, said last night that he had reliable reports that the North Koreans are using South Korean peasants armed only with sharpened
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    UNKNOWN SUB OFF JAPAN
    43 3 TOKYO, Sun. A submarine of unidentified nationality was sighted on Friday off FuViakawa Port on the Ojika peninsula, North Japan, Japanese Press reports say today The submarine was said to be cruising southward on the Japan Sea.— Reuter, AAP.
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    TURKISH TROOPS FORKOREA
    169 3 TURKISH TROOPS FORKOREA ISTANBUL, Sun. A CONTINGENT of 4,500 Turkish troops, selected for service with the U.N. forces in Korea, were warned yesterday to be "alert and ready to leave about August 20." It was learned here. An officer, who is to go with the Turkish detachment to Korea, said
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    FRANCE DOUBLES DEFENCE BILL
    177 3 T^ PARIS. Sunday. HE French Cabinet last night gave final approval to a French memorandum to the United States committing France to double her defence expenditure The mcir..jr:v-..:lum, which goes to President Truman tonight, pledges France's support against Communist in terms of men and machines. It
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    Molotov Wants Mao To Join In
    64 3 LONDON, Sun. ■JV/E Sunday Times reports that the Soviet VicePremier, Mr. V. M. Molotov, is believed to be in Peking conferring with the Chinese Communist leader, Mao Tes-tung. It added that the Australian Embassy in Tokyo regards the reports as completely trustworthy, and that
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    Underwater Mountain Found
    60 3 WASHINGTON, Sun. 'YHE discovery of what appears to be an uncharted underwater mountain almost two miles high in the Pacific Ocean, off the north-west United States coast, i"as reported yesterday by the United States Fish and Wild Lift Servic: The Service said the find was made on
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    "Coup In New Guinea Threat"
    148 3 "Coup In New Guinea Threat" SYDNEY, Sun. rHE Conservative newspaper Sydney Morning Herald today said that tne Australian Government had received reports that Communist agents were preparing for a coup in New Guinea. The newspaper said that the Government has ordered an immediate overhaul of defences and military Installations to
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    MORE JAPS TO BE DISMISSED
    73 3 TOKYO, Sun. —Communists may have to be ousted from such key industries as power, communication, transportation and coal mining, stated Mr. Shinjiro Yamane, a news commentator, says the Kyodo News Agency today A total of 1,212 Leftist papers have so far been ordered to be
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    TRADE TALKS
    34 3 NEW DELHI, Sun.— Trade talks between India and Pakistan will begin next week in Karachi. They are aimed at reaching an agreement to replace the one which expired on July 31.— UP.
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    'KILLERS WERE EUROPEANS"
    189 3 DURBAN, Sunday. 'THE assailants who bludgeoned 81-year-old Rear 1 Admiral John Weston to death on the eve of his departure for Russia on July 21 were probably Europeans, his widow said yesterday. Mrs. Weston, aged 78, who was also severely injured, said that her husband's killers wore
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    DOCKERS HIT AT STRIKERS
    75 3 ANTWERP, Sun. The Dockers Federation yesterday declared a lockout and ordered all ships to proceed to other ports This was Jn answer to a dockers' strike which entered its seventh day yesterday. Some 12,000 dockers are out demanding Increased pensions a production and clothing premium of
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    BESPECTACLED BANKER WINS GRAND PRIX
    1063 4 BESPECTACLED BANKER WINS GRAND PRIX First Attempt At Motor Racing AVER 20,000 people yesterday watched a shy, bespectacled bank official who had never driven in a race before, walk off with Malaya's premier motor racing trophy the Johore Grand Prix. He was 32-year-old J. M. "Pat" Pattinson of Singapore, who
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    OFF TO EGYPT
    13 4 MR. AND MRS. Ronnie Shears, who left for Egypt yesterday.
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    People 'Stared In Wonder'
    137 4 MRS. Ronnie Shears, wife of the lilm director of Gaumont British Instruction Film, was among the first few white women to set foot In the village of Abok, in the heart of North Borneo, when she assisted her husband in making two documentary films. For six
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    H.K. ALUMNI MEETING
    62 4 Fracn Oar Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun.— The draft constitution of the Pan-Ma-layan rtong Kong University Alumni Association was considered by delegates at the anuual conference in Penang today. Dr. H. M. Soo of Kuala Lumpur presided. The delegates approved the financial statement for *****0 and decided to
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    Johore Exam For Teachers
    87 4 From Our Own Carrespanaent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. THE Normal Teachers Training Examination will begin 'in Johore on Aug. 8 and will continue on the following day. The number of teachers from the Johore English School talcing the examination is 77, of whom 32 are sitting for
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    Child Animal Lovers Now Number 1,600
    217 4 OVER 59 boys and {iris representing almost every school in Singapore, yesterday met in the V.M.C.A. for the first committee meeting of the newly-formed Animal Lovers League. The meeting, which was more a get-together than a formal meeting, enabled the boys and girls who
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    CAR LICENCE WAS STOLEN
    72 4 Charged in the Johore. Bahru Police Court with not having a Road Tax Licence for his car for 1950, Lee Cheng Eat, manager, Kambau Estate, produced the duplicate licence showing that the tax had been paid. He was then charged with falling to display the licence.
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    WORKERS' UNION
    23 4 SEMENYIH, Sun. At A general meeting of the Semenyih Estate workers It was agreed to Join the N.S. Plantation Workers' Union.
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    Kiwi League Dance
    69 4 1 i«h COMMITTEE ef the Kiwi League. Singapore pictured at the Aftetphi H*tef before tbe lease's third anniversary dance on Saturday night. Front row: Miss Nellie Urn, Mr. Charlie Me* (vice-president), Mr. Herbert Surin (»r«ideßt), Miss Elde Ltai (vice-president), and Miss Olive Tay. StaadJnc Messrs. Simon Hew,
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    PENANG MODELS FLEW BEST
    252 4 From Oar Staff Correspondent prlMB> the Wo «m Brothers, Mook Kin and Shook Kin, helped SS^nVS^JSSX petition of mode' aircraft organised by the Selangor Model Craft Sogj^y A remarlc*ble feature of the competition «'U the 63 mj)ii. returned by Allan Leongs' "Miss Fortnnt" powered wttto a
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    Youth Must Teach Age, Says Gurney
    468 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A GE must be taught by youth, the High Commis- sioner. Sir Henry Gurney, today told Rover leaders from all parts of Malaya now under canvas at Castle Camp, Kuala Lumpur. it was worth remembering that half
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    MUNICIPAL WIN FOR U.K. STUDY
    69 4 The Singapore Municipality has been offered two scholarships from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund. The scholarship holders have been selected, but only one of them, Mr. L. R. Estrop, will take a course this year. He is expected to leave for U.K. next week.
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    Broker Fined For Storing Rubber
    62 4 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Keoh Koh Thye, who said ne was a broker from Indonesia, was fined $100 at Batu Pahat for storing 110 piculs of rubber In a sundry goods shop without holding a rubber storage licence. He s».id that he
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    CIRCUS VISIT
    13 4 AAiriTiUt, OUn. Di: ua» Circus Is drawing large crowds in Taiplng.
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    ARRIVALS BY AIR
    145 4 "TTHE following passengers X were among those who arrived at Kalian* airport yesterday on the various air services from points outside Malaya. Passengers In transit are not included in the list. Q.E.A.-8.0.A.C. From Sydney: Miss D. Drain. From Darwin: Mr. Allan Master. MALAYAN AIRWAYS Ftw«a Saigoa: Messrs.
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    EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT
    64 4 Two local bandsmen M. C. Dias and F. Sanchez, were injured when a c&t hit them as they were talking with a friend, N. Anthony, outside the Hindu Temple in Serangoon Road, Singapore, early yesterday morning They are being treated in hospital for bead arid chest injuries.
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    $3,000 FROM FAIR FOR UNIVERSITY
    29 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Pwir Put«h in Kelantan raised $3,000 for the University of Malaya Endowment Fund at a fun fair.
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    Timbers of Malaya
    1222 5  -  P.S. MARKANDAN WHY DOORS WONT SHUT AND— THE ANSWER TO A LOT MORE QUESTIONS By THE forests of Malaya produce more timber In variety than any other country of its size. The Timber Library at thr Forest Research Institute Kepong boasts of over two thousand .species of
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    Brotherhood of the sea—
    547 5  - Brotherhood of the sea— AN OLD SALT BY fHE report of the appointment of a Ragging Supervisory Committee in the Straits Times implies a frightful condemnation of our intelligentsia. Please allow me to draw their attention to an initiation ceremony that is performed by the unintelligent ere they make their
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    IN MEMORIAM
    56 6 IN MEMORIUM of Madam Heng Mvi Sim who died on 7th Aug. 1949, by her beloved children. Rest comes at length: though life be long and dreary. The day must dawn, and darkness night be past; Faith's Journey ends in welcome to the weary, And Heaven, the heart's
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Aug. 7, 1950. The World In Arms
    724 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Aug. 7, 1950. The World In Arms The unpleasant shock of American reverses in Korea has not been an entirely ill wind. It has brought grim awakening in the nick of time. The free world must thank its stars it was in Korea and the
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    The Athlete In Malaya
    322 6 The Athlete In Malaya Although Malayan athletic records go back to 1906, and pan-Malayan athletic meetings began in 1920, the scope of the Malayan Amateur Athletic Association continued to be comparatively limited for many years, and the championship meeting held in Singapore at the week-end was a revelation of the
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    GUIDES HONOURED
    57 6 PENANG, Sun.— For showing the most improvement during the year, the Bth Penang Girl Guide company of the St. Nicholas Home was presented with the Cavendish award of the World Flag at a ceremony at Girl Guide headquartess In Peel Avenue. The presentation was made by the Settlement
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    Holiday Week-End Picture
    13 6 Photograph by Peter Nash. Cricket on Raffles Institution Playing Field.
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    FEDERAL CITIZENS ONLY
    447 6 FEDERAL CITIZENS ONLY "A Nail In The Coffin Of Pan-Malayan Un ity T SHALL be obliged If you will allow me to correct any wrong impression which may arise f ro m your editorial, headed "The Local Man Looks Back," of Aug. 2. The last praragraphs of it read as
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      460 6 Questions Of The Moment For Our Leaders pERHAPS one of our leaders would be good enough to straighten me out on the following points, and correct me where I am wrong: The British Government has recognised Communist China If this is correct, on what grounds does the British representative in
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      The Mentri Besar In Kelantan
      96 6 MAY I draw your attention to a speech of Dato Onn reported in the Straits Times of July 29? "Before the establishment of the Federation of Malaya," he said, "only Johore could boast of a Mentri Besar. Today every State has a Mentri Besar." This
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      THE "SPORTSMEN" AND THE FISH
      137 6 VALUABLE food fish are being blasted and poisoned wholesale by wicked "sportsmen" using explosives, tuba roots or cyanide. I am Informed of this by eye-witnesses at Pasit Panjang, Penggarang, Sungei Kirn Kirn and Pulau Nanas. No doubt other good fishing grounds around the coast of
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      SOLDIERS' GRAVES AT RASAK
      109 6 WITH regard to the soldiers' graves at Rasak, Seremban, which were referred to In the Straits Times of June 29, Mr. Aucutt will be interested to know that there is an obelisk in memory of these soldiers right in front of the Malacca pier. Some time
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    THOUGHTS AT NEWTON
    199 6 LIVE near Newton LCir c v s, Singapore, where the bus shooting occurred referred to in the letter of Aug. 4 headed "The European Example." I am the more aiaamed to think of the incident as the < folk (living in this locality are of the better
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    On the Margin
    402 6 On the Margin Malayun A.A.A. ■yOUR columnist cnjoyi-d the Malayan athletic meeting on Saturday afternoon us much for the spoc* as for the sport. The spacious anu like grounds of the Un.versity bordering Bukit Timah Road made an ideal setting for this event. A keenly interested crowd of all races
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    38 6 The death occurred at Tondamannar. Ceylon, at the age of 65 on 5-8-50 of Mr. S. Ramasamy late Post Master, Malayan Postal Service, father of Mr. R. Muttu— n.imalinßam, J. P. Advocate and Kolieltor. Kuala Pilah, Negri Bombilan.
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    CEYLON MAY AMEND CITIZENS ACT
    463 7 Ceylonese In Malaya Told Of Legal Impasse From Our Staff Correspondent THE Ceylon Government is considering amendment of the Ceylon Citizenship Act in order to remove the legal impasse which now prevents Ceylonese who are citizens of the United Kingdom and the Colonies electing to
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    64 DUTCH FLY TO AUSTRALIA
    91 7 Sixty-four Dutch immigrants from Holland, all eager to get to Australia and begin a new life, arrived at Kallang airport yesterday on a chartered X.L.M. Constellation. One of them, 27-year-old Hendrik Pieter de Yonge a dental mechanic, left his week-old bride in Holland. "I will
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    MANAGER FINED FOR 12 EXCESS
    50 7 From Our Own Correspondent RAUB, Sun. The manager of the Raub Jubilee Cinema. Ching Llm, was fined $25 in the Raub Court for admitting 12 persons in excess of the number permitted in the licence. The film then shown was the "Sins of the Fathers."
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    GIMSON'S TRIBUTE TO S'PORE DOCTORS
    315 7 GIMSON'S TRIBUTE TO S'PORE DOCTORS 'THE Governor, Sir 1 Franklin Gimson, last night paid tribute to the Alumni Association of the Kin? Edward VII College of Medicine and the objects for which it stands, at the Association's annual dinner at Raffles Hotel. Sir Franklin said there was always the danger
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    Malaya At Radiology Conference
    129 7 jyf R John Winchester, of the Singapore General Hospital, represented Malaya at the International Congress of Radiology, recently concluded in London. Representatives from Malaya, Siam, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and Hong Kong were among the 2,700 experts from 54 countries who attended. Some of the representatives
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    MAY FEDERATE
    33 7 The Singapore Mental Hospital Uniformed Staff Union will consider a proposal to join the Singapore Federation of Government Employees Unions at its first annual general meeting to be held this month.
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    66 7 MORE than 200 members of the Singapore battalion of the Boys' Brigade are on six-day carl? at Telok Paku, off Changi. Upper picture shows some of them busy in the "cook- house." Below, some members of the Second Cor.^any enjoying a game of chess. Group Capt. J. L. F. Fullergood,
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    Spore VD Treble That Of Britain
    323 7 THE incidence of venereal disease in Singapore is x about seven times that in England and Wales. This fact was brought out by Dr. L. M. Ram in a paper read yesterday before the Pan-Malayan Meeting of the Alumni Association of the King Ejward
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    Maria Goes To Another Party
    120 7 Maria Goes To Another Party \f AKIA and her school teacher husband, Inche Al Mansor Adabi, yesterday attended another reception the second within two days given in their honour by an old friend of the Aminah family, in Singapore. Inche Mansor yesterday received a telegram from the A.D.C. of the
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    Somebody's Money
    39 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Deposits totalling $4,855 are lying unclaimed In the District Forest Office, Kluang. If these deposits are not claimed within a specified time the money will be transferred to Government revenue
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    Repertory Puts On Its Best Yet
    324 7 Repertory Puts On Its Best Yet "riEORGE and Margaret," the Gerald Savory play which the Singapore Repertory Theatre presents this week- in the Victoria Theatre, is the most happily cast production yet put on by the company. On that account, as a performance. It outshines any of its predecessors. This
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    Indian Makes Army History
    72 7 About 70 friends and members of the Executive Council of the Army Civil Service Union were present at a tea party at the Cathay Restaurant yesterday given In honour of Mr. V. K. Nair who has been appointed Assistant Oflncer-ln-Charge, Barracks (East). Mr. Nair, who joined
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    GETS READY FOR ELECTIONS
    81 7 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. The Select Committee appointed by the Johore Council of State to consider and report on election of members of the Council has reached the stage where it would be grateful for comments, written memoranda or requests for personal Interviews
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    INDIAN CHAMBERS CHANGE NAME
    174 7 From Our Staff Correspondent K. LUMPUR. Sun. THHE formation and conA stitution of the Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce was approved at a meeting of delegates from all Indian Chambers of Commerce In Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The new body is the Federation of Indian Chambers of
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    Retailers Blamed For Sugar "Shortage"
    112 7 ANEW sugar "crisis" in certain areas of Singapore was caused by the "ignorance" of the shopkeepers—mainly retailers— the Singapore Food Control Deparment disclosed yesterday. The Deputy Controller of Supplies, Mr. A. D. ButlerMadden, told the Strait* Times that many of the retailers In the Colony
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    POLICE SMASH SING A PORE ROBBER GANG
    231 7 POLICE SMASH SING A PORE ROBBER GANG SINGAPORE police believe Ihej have smashed the housebreaking gang responsible for 550 housebreakings during the first seven months of this year. More than 20 "important arrests" have been made during the past two months. The Assistant Commissioner, C.1.D.. Mr. D. K. Broadhurst, told
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    Sub-Tenants Will Fight
    110 7 AN interim committee for a proposed Sub-tenants Association, to fight for the rights of people forced to pay high rents for "cubicles," is to be rormed. Mr C. M. A. H. Chisty, the organiser, a labour member of the Singapore Municipal Commission, told the Straits Times, that
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    55,000 Gift To University
    93 7 Krom Our Stall Corrvsporult-til KITALA LUMPUR. Sun TTIHK Ceylon Federation •>( X Malaya is to donair $5,000 to the University <>f Malaya Buildinir Fund, it was decided at the fourth annual general meeting today of the Federation i» Kuala Lumpur. The secretary of the Univorsiiv of
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    MAJID IS CHIEF TENANT
    121 7 MAJID IS CHIEF TENANT THE Singapore Tenants As sociation, elected Mr. M. A. Majid as president, at the inaugural meeting of the Association held yesterday. Other office bearers elected were Mr. Mohd. Sheriff. Vi< c president. Mr. P. M. Williams, general secretary. Mr. Lea ¥ong Ming, treasurer, ati i nine
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    New Cold Front is only 50 miles from Russia
    766 8  -  PATRICK NICHOLSON By OTTAWA: ALASKA, icy moun-tain-strewn North- cst tip of this continent, h.is been vividly lit up by the searchlight of public fear over the issue of pence and war which engulfs the Northern Pacific Ocean today. For this Is
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    NEW WEAPONS ARE NOT YET READY
    251 8 WASHINGTON: RESPITE grandiose announcements of new weapons, the U.S. has only one real new weapon today to throw against the Russian-made tanks blasting American troops in Korea. Defence officials say the new weapon is the 3.5-inch Bazooka, which J^as replaced the old wartime 2.36-inch
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    42 8 EKJHT high-velocity rockets have been added to the armament of the U.S. Republic F. 84 Thunderjet fighter, as shown here in ground and flight views. Thunderjets already carry six M 3 type .50 calibre machineguns and fly in 606miles per hour range.
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    'Britain needs her own A bombs'
    226 8 'Britain needs her own A bombs' LONDON. gRITAIN'S top atom scientists are worried about the Government's newly published pamphlet on Civil Defence against Atomic Warfare. They condemned It the other day as "a most dangerous document." They back their criticism by saying: ITHE pamphlets insistence that individuals could save their
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    TEN MINUTES TO WIN A FIGHT IN THE AIR
    213 8 TWO men are the air war in Korea with the keenest possible interest. One of then in Washington, is General Hoyt S Vanden^erg. Chief of the U.S. Force. The other, in Moscow, is Marshal Konstantin Vershinin, Chief of the Red Air
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      249 8 QEA EXCURSION RATES FOR BUSINESS TRIPS TO AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND Business men are invited to take advanMge of the 30-day special-excursion fares to Sydney and Auck land during August and September Full Particulars from Q*NTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS^ Raffle. Hotel, Singapore a>^ > a»llaa»>ai ■^^KB'tiattkttJHtiay j COOK'S TRAVEL SERVICE Bookings
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      222 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD ..M^S "ikISSMV"™" CROSSWORD No. 133 <7. 1. 5). A metal worker who hold* Era j I a I I 1 I- I I, I I. I U Unlucky (7). burning coal (7). II A copee befios to revolv* »J A vehicle btfrlna S9BJ mj K^t4tMMBU»M !S5 SSS
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      Company Reports
      425 9 From A Market Correspondent TTAMPONO Lanjut tin dredging showed a profit, mainly from tribute, of £10,403 <3Vi per cent) In the year to Mar. 31, 1950. Net liquid assets work out at £160,103 UOs Bd. per share) *itiout making provision for Rehabilitation Loan. At the close of the
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      RUBBER PRICE WAS TOPIC OF THE WEEK IN SHARE MARKET
      523 9 From A Market Correspondent TpHE unprecedented rise in the rubber commodity price was the only share market topic last week. The rise of 56 i cents, from the $1.1 5| of July 28 to the $1.72 per lb. of last
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      DIVIDENDS
      82 9 Gopeng Consol. poPENCJ Consolidated directors have declared a further interim dividend of five per cent for the year to Sept. 30, 1949. and 7", per cent for the year to Sept. 30, 1950 both payable this Sept. 7. Banteng Rubber DANTENG (Splangor) Rubber Estates' directors recommend a dividend of
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      JULY OUTPUTS OF TIN-ORE
      47 9 pAHANG Consolidated In July treated 13.450 tons to produce 225 tons of tin concentrates. OUNGEI Kinta Tin Dredging produced 386 nicula of tinore last month. it TPOH Tin Dredging'g No. S dredge (Puchong Section) had a July tin -ore output of 986 piculs.
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      Business Done
      205 9 From A Market Correspondent BUSINESS done last week in the Malayan share market inducted: Industrials.— Fraser Neave Ord. $2.90, Gammon $2.40, Hammer $33.50 c.«.. William Jacks (Malaya) $2.05 to $2.02 Vi Malayan Breweries $4.75. Malayan Colllaries $1,60. Raffles Hotel $2.50, Robinson Ord. $1.98} to $1.96. Straits Times $3.85
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      THE PRODUCE MARKET
      107 9 From A Market Correspondent /~»OPRA and coconut oil prices continued to rise in Singapore at the week-end, with the tone still firm throughout. Prices (per picul) quoted on Friday In the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange were' Gambler, rough slices $210, Java cube $70: Hamburg cube $75: i
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      WEEK-END RUBBER PRICES
      55 9 London Rubber London, Aug. 4.— Spot 49d., Sept. 48>/,d, Oct. -Dec. 44%d, Jan.-Mar. 40d. Apr. -June 36d, Nominal. Aug. ci.f. 47d. Aug.Sept. ci.f. 44%d, Sept.-Oct. ci.f. ISd. Market Finn New York Rubber In U.S. cents per lb. closing: Aug. 3. Aug. 4. 1 R.S.S. Aug. 54 80
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    BAIN & PATERSON IN COLONY GOLF FINAL
    811 10 BAIN PATERSON IN COLONY GOLF FINAL Malayan Holder Out On Saturday By A Special Correspondent DR. M. C. Bain and M. M. Paterson, both of the Royal Singapore Golf Club, won their way to the final of the Colony Golf Championship yesterday morning when they beat C. A. R. Bateman
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    PRIZES FOR COLONY FASTEST MEN
    51 10 Fit. Davis and Tan Ens Yoon, two members of the Victorious Singapore 440 yards relay team 50 up to receive their trophies ironi onunissioner r 11 r a I Mr. .Malcolm MacDonalri at the toiH-luMon of the Malay:in athlrtii 1 sport* on Saturday. Straits Time*
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    RAIN STOPS 2-DAY MATCH
    152 10 'Pii; '.-<ii> erickri m.i'c-h bee Ai .'nd the s.R.C. n ended in draw when v. nior.i■g. R.C. were livdina by five ui^ In the fii" 1 Inningi with 107. k When ph'y was Interrupted, the d 2« rum for one heir sec md Innings. \i; viv
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    S.C.C.BeatComb. Schools By 60 Runs
    441 10 yHE Singapore Cricket C pore Combined School day cricket fixture played Week-end. In repiy tO the S.C.C. first innings score of 156 (Lynch '54 Hi»ard 24 and Npl<tnn 99) t, iw ZZ), the SChOOIDOys replied With 127 (One BeniZ Bpe ''7 Fone W^na9Ri Weng Jo).
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    Saturday's Upset
    338 10 T*HE 1950 Malayan champion, x D. A. O. Davles, was beaten four and three by M. M. Paterson, a former Malayan and Colony champion, In the quarter-finals on Saturday. In the other three ties C.AJI. Bateman beat W. F. Mayor, D.A.T. Carson beat R. J. Isherwood and Dr.
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    Airmen Win Two Matches
    124 10 IN TWO matches played over ihe .v. ue ek-end, RAP Seletar dee» te R a «l« Institution on Saturday by 17 runs and the Royal wfcketf ay PS yeste day °V nine Against Raffles Institution Seletar scored 128 towards which A/C Goodwin contributed 54. Vincent took
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    UK County Positions & Cricket Averages
    353 10 UK County Positions Cricket Averages FIE positions in the county cricket championship table' after ""the matches which ended on Aug. 4 and bauinu and bowlinit nverases r W L. D ried Decision ''o^B Pts. l.i:nushire 21 13 2 6 n 0 1 4 liii torkshire 21 11 4 S a
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    PENANG ENTER M.C.F.A. CUP FINAL
    220 10 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun. PENANO Chinese qualified for the final of the Malayan Chinese Football Association Cup competition by beating Selangor Chinese by three goals to nil in the Northern semi-finals on the Victoria Green today. Penang led by a solitary gift «oal
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    54 10 A sIX IDOL, whose success in the Shot Putt gave British North Borneo their first victory in the Malaya A.A.A. championships. Pictuve shows Sibidol receiving his award from the Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, after the championships on the University ground on Friday and Saturday. Sibidol's distance was 38ft.
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    Yardley'sll9Stops Yorks. Collapse
    380 10 LONDON, Sunday. THE notorious Old Trafford pitch at Manchester on which Sussex were beaten in a day last month was the scene of a remarkable batting collapse by Yorkshire yesterday. I After winning the toss in I the return "Roses" fixture, I which is likely to have
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    England Team For 4th Test
    93 10 LONDOl:. Sun. England's team for the fourth and final Test match. against West Indies, beginning at Kennington Oval on Saturday, will be chosen from the following 12 players. F. R. Brown (Northampton), Captain. Trevor Bailey (Essex), Reginald Simpson (Nottingham), John Dewes (Middlesex), Len Hutton (Yorkshire).
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    W. Indies Dismissed For 211
    164 10 SWANSEA, Sunday. fHE WEST Indies, going in first after winning the toss, were all out for 211 against Glamorgan here yesterday. By the close Glamorgan had made 109 for two. Wilfred Wooller broke the back of the West Indies innings on a good pitch by
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    SCOREBOARD
    88 10 HIM INDIES Mirhall Shepherd b Mnnllir Raa Ibw Moollrr fi Trestratl b tVooller Weekes b Watkins 1 Christianl Ibw Watklni •'> Gomri c 11. Davles b Mini. :<X William, c Watkins b E Davit* Goddard Ibw E. Davles I lohnson b E. Davte; 5 P. Jours not out 6
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    NAVY WIN BY 114 RUNS
    187 10 NAVY WIN BY 114 RUNS ROYAL Navy brat N..VA.F.I. bt lit run* In a came of cricket trrday at the Naval 11.. .r. SCUDtHNAVY: K. Senior .bw b Carson 0: Lt. Richards D Pinfold 41; Stuchbury Ibw b Dobinsoa 10: Taylor c Cox b Pinfold 19: Lt. Gutch c Find'.atrr
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    MISS NATHAN TO WIN TOP SPRINT
    408 11  -  EPSOM JEEP No Regrets Has Too Much Weight By rjamAmu. aunaay. PEW HORSES in the past have won in the top class with more than 10.0 on their backs and No Regrets certainly has a stiff tar \i with 10.4 in the 6-f. sprint
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    2 Newcomers To Score Today
    987 11 npWO youngsters with bright winning chances at J Penang tomorrow are Keel Rose and Why Worry Keel Rose, a four-year-old, by Rosewell, has come to hand early. In his second outing at Bukit Timah last month he came home a "flying" fourth to Gold Medallist
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    H.K. CHINESE FOR STORE
    100 11 HONG KONG, Sun. A Hong Kong Chinese soccer team will go to Singapore this month for the second post-war All-Chinese Interport match for the Ho Ho Cup. The Chinese National Amateur Athletic Federation decided last night to send the team for the cup match due to
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    Straits Times Selections
    149 11 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOX POINTER RACE 1 CATHERINE RAINBOW RAINBOW 2 SO Royal Eagle Catherine Catherine Atom Boy United Pisces Royal Eagle SHEFFIELD MISS LINOR SHEFFIELD RACE 2 PLATE PLATE 3.00 Peter Con Peter Con Craigmount Alpha Sheffield Plate Miss Llnor RACE 3 DALCROSS DEAR DALCROSS 3
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    1025 11 BELOW is given the card of events for today's races at Penang. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Eight. Race 1—2.30: Class 5. Div. 3—6 Furs. 1. 003 Demaratus Jones 9.00 Mr. Teap Hock Hoe Manning 2. 410 Atom Boy Tait 8.13 "Brilliant Kongsl" Martin
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    PENG SOON TO MEET 001 TEIK HOCK IN FINAL
    837 12 Wong Beats Law In 20 Minutes From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sunday. WONG PENG SOON, All-England and Malayan Badminton Champion, will defend his Malayan title against formidable Ooi Teik Hock of Penang tomorrow evening when the Annual Malayan Badminton Championships being
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    ALL THE RESULTS
    354 12 Following are the results: Men's Singles Semi -Final Wong Peng Soon beat Law Teik Hock 15-2, 15-4; Ooi Teik Hock beat A. Piruz 15-6, 15-4. Women's Singles (Semi-Finals) Miss Helen Heng beat Miss Kok Lan Kee 7-11. 11-7, 11-4; Mrs. Cecilia Samuel beat Valentine Chan 11-2. 11-5,
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    Singapore v Selangor In Final
    407 12 Singapore v Selangor In Final MEN'S DOUBLES IPOH Sun. A. Piruz and Goh Chin Kirn entered the men's doubles final of the 1950 Malayan Badminton Championships by beating Perak's seeded pair, Teoh Seng Khoon and Teh Gin Sooi, in three sets at the Perak Turf Club tonight. Piruz and Chin
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    Miskick Gives RAF Victory
    156 12 R.A.F. Seletar 3; Pulau Brani 2. A MISKICK by their fullback, Yasin, cost Pulau Brani United a three-two defeat in their S.A.P.A. Senior League game against R.A.F. Seletar at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Pulau Brani were playing one of their best games In the league so
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    Chinese Win At Waterpolo
    49 12 rE Chinese Swimming Club defeated the Royal Navy by four goals to two in tht Singapore Water-Polo League "B" division game played at Amber Road yesterday. Freddy Lee (3> and Ho Kian Bin scored for the Chinese, while Butler and Reeves scored for the sailors.
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    Other Sport
    24 12 Race Notes Selections P.ll Colony Golf P. lO U.K. Cricket P.lO M.C.FJL. Cup result P.lO Johore Grand Prix PA Aeromodellers' Meet PA
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    Asian Wins Bisley For First Time In 70 Years
    782 12 A 30-YEAR-OLD Singapore Chinese stenographer, Tan Kirn Siang became the 1950 Malayan Bisley Meet champion yesterday when he scored a grand aggregate of 297 points out ofa possible 330. By his win. Tan gained the rare distinction of being the first
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    UPSETS IN JUNIOR BADMINTON
    253 12 npHERE were two major upsets in A the Singapore Junior badminton championships over the weekend when Hoo Chun Kah (Lucky Strike) a favourite for the singles after his recent displays in the tournament, and Chua Kee Meng (Useful 8.P.) .were defeated by Mohd. Sadall (Merrytlme) and
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    Kok Lem & T. Lee In Doubles Final
    649 12 Kok Lem T. Lee In Doubles Final MALAYAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. AFTER three days of brilliant weather, the Malayan Lawn Tennis championships, which are being played in Kuala Lumpur, were interrupted by a heavy shower of rain this afternoon. The Selangor Club courts were
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    22 12 TODAY: 5 a.m. (7ft. lin.) and 4.44 p.m. (Bft. 2in.'). TOMORROW: 6.35 a.m. (6ft. 71n.) and 5.40 p.m. (Bft. lln.).
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    Ipoh To Have 1951 Tennis
    106 12 From Oar Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sun. TPOH has provisionally been fixe,d for the 1951 Malayan Lawn Tennis Championships. The proposal was temporarily accepted by the Perak representative, Mr. Cliin Kee Onn. subiect to the condition that two months' time be granted to negotiate arrangements with
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    Sports Diary
    46 12 SOCCER: M.C.F.A. Cup-tie: Sin- j Erapore v Johore at Jalan Besar stadium; Business Hse. A: Shell v 1 Malayan Airways at Geylang; Business Hse. B: Chartered Bank v Breweries at 8.0.D. {round. r.OLF: Colony Golf Final at R.S.G.C. CRICKET: S.C.C. v Army on padanr.
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    South 150 On With 7 Men To Bat
    228 12 NORTH-SOUTH TEST From Our Stall turresp.indent IPOH Sun. A LAST wicket partnership between M. H. Jerram and J. Andres which produced 53 runs saved North from a most uncomfortable position in the second day's play between North and South on the padang.
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    SCOREBOARD
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