The Straits Times, 18 August 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1950 Jkf PRICE TEN CENTS
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    RED DRIVE GAINS A MILE
    317 1 'Critical' Battle For Taegu Starts TOKYO, Thursday. fJOMMUNIST troops today breached South Korean lines for almost a mile in a major assault on Taegu, American defence point in South Korea. They broke through between Waegwan and Kunwi on a broad front. Eighth Army headquarters said
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    CALL FOR AID
    27 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs.— Gen. Mac Arthur, today appealed to United Nations members to send him ground forces to Korea as speedily as possible.— Reuter
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    APPENDICITIS VICTIM
    6 1 MISS RI'TII ("BOO") LANGDON
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    S'pore Girl Taken 111 On Ship
    106 1 4|iSS Ruth Langdon. 24"1 year-old daughter of the United States Consul-General In Singapore, Mr. William R. don, v.as taken ill with appendicitis at sea between pore and Port Swettenham early on Wednesday. She was landed at Port Sweltenham and rushed to hospital at Kuala
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    BYE-ELECTION IN OXFORD
    64 1 LONDON, Thurs.— Viscount Hall&ham, twice AttorneyGeneral in Conservative governments and twice Lord Chancellor, died yesterday at his home in Sussex, aged 78. He is succeeded by his eldest son. Quintin Hogg, now a prominent Conservative member qf Parliament. Thi s will Involve a byelection in Oxford city
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    YANKS CAPTURE RED KILLER
    87 1 TAEGU, Thurs. A NORTH Korean officer or NCO who yesterday ordered the execution of 30 American war prisoners on Hill 303 north-east of Wae- 4 swan was captured today by American troops. The prisoner* were sprayed with automatic pistol bullets. 26 being killed and four surviving.
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    TALKS ON DEFENCE
    65 1 NAIROBI. (Kenya), Thurs. British and French military officials in East Africa will hold a preliminary conference in Madagascar on Aug. 17-19 on the defence of their colonial territories In East Africa. An announcement said the object of the talks will be to discuss common, but purely local,
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    TRADE ACCORD
    24 1 LONDON. Thurs— British and German trade delegations yesterday concluded talks in London and initialled the text of a new trade agreement. Reuter
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    EUROPE'S $ GAP CLOSING
    123 1 EUROPE'S GAP CLOSING WASHINGTON, Thurs. 'PHE Economic Cooperation Administration informed Congress yesterday of encouraging gains in Western Europe's battle to close the dollar gap. The report, covering the first three months of 1950, expressed enthusiasm over the fact that Western Europe as a whole is getting her trade with the
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    SEARCH FOR D.O.s WIFE
    80 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Search continues in Pahang for Mrs. Nora Evelyn Stutchbury, wife of a District Officer, who is missing after a bandit ambush. Security forces have located two bandit camps and a small shelter all of which had been recently occupied.
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    STREET TRAGEDY
    72 1 THE SCENE of the bomb attack on a police radio patrol car in Victoria Street last night. The glass windows of the car on the left v.ere shattered by blast. The grenade is believed to have exploded in the centre of the road a few feet from the
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    Admit Indians To N. Australia' Plea
    142 1 WELLINGTON, Thursday. A PLEA to allow Indians to settle in Northern x Australia was made in the House of Representatives here today by a Labour opposition member, Mr. Clyde Carr. He was speaking on the Republic of India Bill which preserves existing relationships between
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    Tin Boom Collapses
    83 1 LONDON. Thurs. THE tin boom collapsed in London today, the price falling to £744 a ton, £106 down from yesterday. There was no specific explanation for this. It appeared that the stoppage of British Government sales had previously caused a temporary "squeeze," and that the gradual clearing
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    VISITOR FELL 2 DECKS IN ORANJE
    117 1 AN hour before the Dutch liner Oranje left Singapore a: 10 p.m. on Wednesday a visitor on board, Mr. C. Hagers, Chief Officer on the Anglo-Saxon tanker Saidja, fell on a spiral staircase and crashed two decks below, sustaining serious injuries. He was Immediately
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    Navy Fires Back At China Reds
    243 1 HONG KONG, Thursday. 'THE British destroyer Concord and Chinese shore batteries fought a 30-minute gun duel today in the x;ond clash between British warships and Red artillerymen on the approaches to Hong Kong. After the Concord battle It was officially reported the frigate Whitesand
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    WESTERLING
    51 1 As a consequence of the decision of the High Court refusing the request for a stay of execution of an order prohibiting extradition proceedings by the U.SJ. the Singapore Government is now completing arrangements for their deportation of Capt. "Turko" Westerllng in the near future. This was announced officially
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    Thousands 'Lose Homes
    101 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs. THOUSANDS were made homeless today in one of history's greatest earthquakes that rocked the "roof of the world" of remote Tibet. Tremors continued in the surrounding area high in the Himalayas hours after the first great shocks were felt on Tuesday night. The earthquake
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    TWO BURNED IN PETROL FIRE
    54 1 Tan Yoke Puay, a 14-year old boy, working in a furniture shop at Killiney Road, Singapore, was burned yesterday when a petrol can he was handling -caught flre. Tan Leen Lye, uncle of the boy, who came to his rescue, was also burned. Both were
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    ONE DEAD, 11 HURT IN BOMB OUTRAGE
    525 1 QNE person was killed and 11 others injured when a hand grenade was flung last night at a police radio car driving along Victoria Street in Singapore's Chinatown. The attack was made at 8.20 p.m. as the radio car was returning from duty
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    Police Van Patrols Near School
    175 1 Police Van Patrols Near School FE actions of the blacklisted students at the Singapore Chinese High School after it re-opened on Monday will be discussed at a special meeting of the school's management committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Lee Kong Chian this afternoon. Students blacklisted by the Education Department
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    SABOTAGE IN U.S.
    28 1 SAN CARLOS. California, Thurs.— Sabotage is suspected in a flre and explosion which last night levelled a chemical plant making material for the Korean battlefield.—A.P.
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    Eight German War Criminals Released By U.S. Authorities
    285 2 Eight German War Criminals Released By U.S. Authorities 'Ij SINTEMCES MDWID FOB 60uD CONDUCT FRANKFURT, Thursday. T*HE United States authorities in Germany yesterday announced the immediate release of German war criminals Otto Dietrich, former Nazi Press chief, Friedrich Flick, one of the biggest former Nazi industrialists, and Richard Darre, former
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    PORT BAN ANGERS PILGRIMS
    110 2 PORT BAN ANGERS PILGRIMS BOMBAY, Thurs. ABOUT 500 Muslims aboard the 7,000-ton .pilgrim ship Jaladurga forced the captain on Tuesday to bring the ship back to port an hour after it left for Jeddah. The Muslims going to Mecca refused to continue the voyage leaving behind 400 wives and relatives.
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    MYRNA LOY FILES DIVORCE SUIT
    40 2 MEXICO. Thurs. Movie star Myrna Loy left here by plane for the United States yesterday after filing a divorce action against her husband, Gene Markey. Her lawyer reported that Miss Loy charged mental cruelty. U.P.
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    Move To End "State Of War
    60 2 STRASBOURG, Thursday. J?RANCE yesterday moved to end the technical "state of war" with Germany. The French delegate, M. Jacques Bardoux, laid a resolution before the European Assembly calling on the Committee of ministers of -the Council of Europe to draw up a peace treaty
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    COFFEE FOR CAR DRIVER
    51 2 FRESH COFFEE for the driver is ensured by this ihclrical coffee-machine ft 1 by the car's generator. The boiler holds enough for thive cups of coffee, or can be uesd to boil eggs, or heat shaving water. It sells in Germany at about £2. A. P.
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    "Fogs" Fight Polio Outbreak In U.K.
    186 2 j^y^Bßr^^^B^^^^^^WpWH^W^W LONDON, Thursday. BRITISH doctors yesterday used war-tested insecticide "fogs" in their fight against an outbreak of infantile paralysis which so far has hit nearly 1,400 people in the United Kingdom. Machines developed in World War II were employed to fill infected homes with
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      619 2 NOTICE Estates of:— (1) Charles Bernard Redway, deceased. (2) Edward Mlnter Brace, deceased. NOTICE la hereby given that creditors and other persons having claims against the estates of any of the above deceased persons should give notice thereof in writing to us as solicitors for the respective administrators not later
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      622 2 KUCHAI TIN, LIMITED (Incorporated In the Colony ol Singapore) Dividend No 36 NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that a Third Interim Dividend of 10% less Income Tax for the year ending 30th September, 1950, on the Shares of the Company has been declared and will be paid to Shareholders on the
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    U.S.COMPLAINTS ON U.K. ARMS
    249 3 U.S. COMPLAINTS ON U.K. ARMS British Plan Does Not Go Far Enough LONDON, Thursday. THE United States has complained informally to Britain that her projected programme of rearmament against Communism does not go far enough, diplomatic officials said last night. This information developed as the Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, rejected
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    FRENCH RECALL
    38 3 PARIS. Than Former French Premier Paul Reynaud yesterday urged Prime Minister Rene Pleven to recall the French Parliament at an early date to complete defensive measures. The French Parliament Is in recess until Oct. 17.— Reuter.
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    Jap Peace Pact Talks
    99 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE United States expects to begin discussions In September on a Japanese peace agreement with other Allied nations who fought in the Pacific, official sources here said yesterday. These would Include the British Commonwealth nations. Prance, the Netherlands and the Philippines. Plans are to
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    BROTHER CHARLES
    19 3 PRINCE CHARLES, son of Princess Elizabeth, leaving Clarence House for a motor drive this week. Renter picture.
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    63 3 .\i.\l LANA Ml HAMMED AbJui Aleem Siddiqui (right), spiritual leader of the Muslims of Pakistan beins greetr«l at New Yirk by the Islamic Prince, the Emir Mohummed Al Ilashid 11. At left is Sheikh Daoud Ahmed I lisal, spiritual head of the Islamic Mission of America. \t centre is Rashi-.l
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    CAY SCENES AT U.S.I. FESTIVAL
    251 3 CAY SCENES AT U.S. I. FESTIVAL JAKARTA, Thursday. CJCENES of wild enthusiasm were witnessed in Indonesia today when the Republic celebrated the fifth anniversary of the original proclamation of independence by Dr. Soekarno. All traffic stopped, thousands of Indonesians stood to attention singing the Indonesian national anthem, guns bi omed
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    Argentine Parade
    27 3 BUENOS AIRES. Thurs. Thousands of crack Argentine troops, demonstrating their latest armoured equipment, will rumble for three hours past President Peron in independence celebrations. UP.
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    $500 Million US Aid To Korea
    94 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. CENATOB Millard Tydings yesterday said that America had supplied South Korea with 5495.700.000 in economic and military aid since the end of World War 11. Of this, 856,000,000 consisted of fighting equipment, such as howitzers, rifles, mines, ammunition, minesweepers mortars, rockets, liaison
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    DUTCH STRIKE
    39 3 ROTTERDAM, Thurs. A Communist-led strike of 10,000 dock workers in Holland went into its third day on Wednesday, tying up one of Western Europe's biggest continental ports. Strikers serk a 10 per cent pay rise.— A P.
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    4,000 Siamese To Fight In Korea
    177 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. "PHE United States Secretary of Defence, Mr Louis 1 Johnson announced yesterday that the United States had accepted Siam's offer to put 4,000 men on the fighting front in Korea. The announcement was made in the presence of Siam's Ambassador, Prince Wan
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    RULE BY PRINCE
    22 3 BRUSSELS, Thurs.— Prince Baudouin, 19-year-old Regent of Belgium, swore in his first Government today, an all Catholic administration.— Reuter.
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    Mac A Korea Report For U.N. Council
    197 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs. FE United States will present to the United Nations today a new report on the criticial military situation Korea, a spokesman said yesterday. This will be the second report on the operations of General Douglas Mac Arthur's unified command, the
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    HURRICANE ON PLANE ROUTES
    36 3 MIAMI, Florida, Thurs.- A severe Atlantic hurricane came to a near standstill 7iX) miles east of Miami last night ■n the path 01 airline routes from New York to Puerto Rie -U.P.
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    SERETSE, TSHEKEDI MAKE UP
    136 3 LOBATSI, Thurs CERETSE KHAMA, exiled chief designate of the Bamangwato tribe, and his uncle, Regent TstMkedl, whose objections to Beretae'i marriage split their tribe, reached final agreement hera last night after a five hour conference. They met at a secret rendezvous somewhere outside Lobatsi. Seretse and
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    TWO BOMBS THROWN
    84 3 MADRAS, Thurs. Two bombs were hurled at M. Lamoat Saravane, a deputy for French India in France's Assembly, «s he left the Indian Consulate in Pondicherry last nighi with his wife. They had been attending Indian Independence Day celebrations. M. Serevane and his wife wen unhmt. M
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    2,000 REDS TO BE DISMISSED
    47 3 TOKYO. Thurs. About 2,000 Communists and Radicals employed by pov:er supply companies are to be dismissed around Aug. 26. reports Asahi Shimbun. Dismissals will be to safeguard power generating plants and maintain peace and order among the ranks of labour unionists.— Reuter.
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    HIT MINE
    48 3 HONG KONG. Thurs. Agents for the British ship Tsinan said yesterday that the vessel had struck a mine while entering the Yangtze River en route to Shanghai from Hong Kong, but declined to say how badly the ship was damaged. The Tsinan carried no passengers.— U.P.
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    PRINCESS AND BABY: EXCELLENT PROGRESS
    124 3 LONDON. Thurs. PRINCESS Elizabeth and her two-day-old baby daughter are both making excellent progress and no more daily bulletins on their condition are necessary, the Princess' doctors reported today. The doctors. Sir William Gilliatt and Sir John Weir, intend to call twice dally for the
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    Australia Will Be There In Korea
    30 3 FIRST ARRIVALS at the Melbourne recruiting depot for service in Korea were there before dawn. Two of those seen are returned servicemen. A.P. picture.
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    Mob Storms City Hall In Karachi
    137 3 KARACHI, Thursday. npHE City government yesterday banned meetings of more than five persons and the carrying of weapons after a mob of 1,000 infuriated Muslims stormed the City Hall and attempted to set it on fire. The mob burned office records and furniture in
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    SAFE CONDUCT' REQUESTED
    80 3 MOSCOW, Thurs. THE Soviet Foreign Mini1 stry has passed on to the North Korean authorities a British request for a safe conduct to China for Captain Vyvyan Holt, British Minister in Seoul. The Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Alexander Bogomolov, has informed the British Ambassador here. An Embassy
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    WOMEN P.C.S TO BE DOUBLED
    302 4 'Proved Their Worth 7 Says Police Chief DECAUSE Singapore's women police "have absolutely proved their worth 100 per cent," the Colony Commissioner of Police, Mr. R. E. Foulger, hopes to double the strength of the regular women police by next year. Mr. Foulger told the
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    SAW NO GUNS AT BORDER
    174 4 SAW NO GUNS AT BORDER MISS Beatrice Holt, a librarian of the United States Information Service, who visited the 38th Parallel before the North Koreans drove across the border and is believed to have been one of the last Americans to do so is now on her way to Malaya
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    16 4 MALAYAN contingent to the Girl Guide jamboree seen on arrival in West Australia A. P. picture.
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    ELECTION PROPOSAL TO UMNO
    322 4 A PROPOSAL urging the Federation and State I Governments to institute j Council elections as soon as possible is to be put before j the- meeting of the UMNO General Assembly in Kuala Kangsar on Aug. 27. 28. and 29. A proposal concerning an improvement in
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    MALAY OFFICERS GOING TO BRITAIN
    45 4 LT. MOHA.M:;D bin Mat Saman and Lt. Nasir bin Yacob M.8.E., both of the Malay Regiment, who will leave Singapore today by air for a four- month course at the Motor Transport Training School in East Hampshire. Straits Times picture.
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    More Radio News For Chinese
    218 4 DADIO Malaya is to broadcast more Chinese programmes because it has been found necessary to disseminate Emergency information to a wider range of the Chinese public. The Singapore Legislative Council voted the sum $53,000* for this purpose, on Tuesday. Mr. J. S. Dumeresque,Director of Broadcasting,
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    CLAIMS TRIAL
    42 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Md. Ariff bin Jaffar of the Registratlor Office, Kluang was charged in Kluang with accepting from Wong Yap $5, a gratification other than legal remuneration. He claimed trial and was allowed $300 bail.
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    CAUTIONED
    46 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Private William Willis was cautioned and discharged by the Johore Bahru Police Court Magistrate when he pleaded guilty to falling to attend Court on July 22 to answer a charge of driving; a lorry in a negligent mannp'
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    4 To Study In U.S.
    102 4 4 To Study In U.S. TjKXJR more Malayans have won scholarships for higher studies and will leave this month for the United States. They are Wan Pin Chin and Douglas Tan of Singapore, Chong Soon Lee of Kuala Lumpur and Tan Eng Meng of Penang. I Mr. Wan will go
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    KALLANG AIRPORT ARRIVALS
    227 4 T*HE 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. Q.E.A.-8.0.A.C. From Sydney: Messrs. K. Beohm, and K. F. Dureau: Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Bowell. and Mr. and Mrs.
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    Mission Chief See Dato Tan
    62 4 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Thurs. IUR. J. F. Melby, chief of ITI the United States Military Mission, accompanied by Mr G. E. C. Wisdom, the Malacca Resident Commissioner this week visited Dato Tan Cheng Lock, president of the Malayan Chinese Association at the Dato's
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    TENANTS FORM NEW ASSN.
    231 4 TENANTS FORM NEW ASSN. News In Brief— A group of ttngapon tenants and sub-tenants have formed a Tenants' Welfare Association whicr* alms "to settle all minor disputes between tenants and sub-tenants." People wishing to join the association may contact Mr. A. H. Lim, of 683, North Bridge Road. MX I-OI
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    Senior Fencing Post For Asian Officer
    182 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Thursday. DENANG Municipal Commissioners have appointed another Asian officer to a senior post previously held only by Europeans. He is Mr. Tan Keng Yeans, Engineering Assistant, who will be promoted Assistant Municipal Engineer on the resignation of Mr. J.
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    TO STUDY MINING
    45 4 MR. CHONG Soon Lee of Kuala Lumpur, one of four Malayans awaided scholarships to the United States. He will go the University of Minnesota for a year to study mechanical methods of mining applicable to opencast tin mines in Malaya. ISIS picture.
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    3 On Knife Charge
    67 4 rREE Indians claimed trial In the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday to causing hurt with a knife to S. Kuppusamy at the Junction of Sambau Street and Anson Road on Tuesday night. Two of them, Marimuthu and t^nnusamy. were allowed bail of $100 and the third.
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    FINED
    26 4 JOHORE BAHR' "nursCharßed in Xl- with making an eras' his identity card, P °oy of Yonr Peng was fl *15. in default two weeks' vrlsonment.
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    Offered Him Food—Then Hit Him On Head With A Parang
    456 5 Offered Him Food— Then Hit Him On Head With A Parang SQUATTER'S FIGHT WITH BANDIT THE dramatic story of a grim and intense struggle to kill an armed Chinese bandit who had been "tioubling him for some time" was related by a Chinese squatter this week at a Magisterial inquiry
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    FORCES KILL 3 BANDITS
    209 5 FORCES KILL 3 BANDITS Irom Our Staff t'orrr-.p»ndent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. SECURITY forces killed three bandits and capLured a wounded woman bandit in Selangor today. Two hand-grenades, several pUtoll and some ammunition were found. Bandits set fire to the in til bus on its way to Finglet and Cameron Highlands
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    BOARD TO AID S.P.C.A.
    66 5 The Singapore Rural Board yesterday agreed in principle to a proposed annn.il grant to the Society for the Prtvpntion of Cruel1v to Animals. The Chairman. Mr. J. A. I't.vey. told members that I lu> S P.C.A. was helping the Rural Board by trapping and diseased dogs.
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    Singapore Diary
    52 5 EXHIBITION OK KNGMSH II XNDURITING. British Council H'U Stamford Road. 5.30 p.m. CHINESE V.M.C..V. Selene Road, ball 5.30 p.m., mouth organ ctasi 7 p.m. l: WHO MALAYA, foundation *i inelsiying ceremony, Thomson I p.m. Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay, Malay b-v nners class 9.15 a.m. and 5.15 pm. Malay advanced
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    He Hid In Temple
    82 5 A 22-YEAR-OLD Chinese who was pursued by revenue officers hid under a bed in a back room of a temple, it was stated in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. He was Tan Song Lim of Jalan Raja, who pleaded guilty to possessing two gallons of
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    HOISTING FLAG OFU.S.I.
    33 5 HOISTING FLAG OFU.S.I. The acting Indonesian Government Representative in Singapore, Dr. Z Zain, hoisting the flag of the U.S.I. at yesterday's ceremony to mark the fifth anniversary of Indonesian independence. Straits Times picture.
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    BOARD TO SEEK BIGGER GRANT
    169 5 MORE WATER STANDPIPES PLAN AT yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Rural Board it was decided to approach Government for increased contribution next year for the erection of standpipes in the rural areas. An increase of 20 per cent in the vote for 1951 was suggested.
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    TO BECOME T.U.
    32 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Police Clerical Services Association in the Federation is to become a*- trade union and will in future be known as the "Police Clerical Services Union."
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    Rural Board-S.M.C. Water Talks Soon
    154 5 MEMBERS of the Singapore Rural Board will shortly hold a round-table conference with representatives of the Municipal Water Engineer to "iron out certain difficulties" which have arisen over the laying of water mains in the rural areas. This was stated at yesterday's meeting of the
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    SAMSU IN HIDDEN MOTOR TYRE
    59 5 REVENUE officers stopped a woman carrying a basket of vegetables and found underneath them a motorcar tyre tube containing samsu, it was stated in the Singapore Third Police Court yea^rday. Ang Choon, aged 33, pleaded guilty to possessing one gallon of dutiable samsu. Bail of
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    CLAIMS TRIAL. $300 BAIL
    45 5 A 38-year-old Chinese claimed trial in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to dishonestly disposing of 105 chan?kQ|g valued at $270 belonging tffV James Warren and Co. Ho wit Chua Ens Choon. who was allowed bail of $300 until Aug. 24.
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    3 POLICEMEN CLEARED OF CORRUPTION
    192 5 BECAUSE "one material portion of the evidence D given by the principal witness," Yeo Oon Joo, a student of the Junior Trade School, had not been corroborated but had been contradicted, the Singapore Second District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tah, acquitted three constables of the
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    Service For Mr. Ian Morrison
    204 5 A DISTINGUISHED congregation was present In fit. Andrew's Cathedral, yesterday, for the memorial service lor Mr. Lan Morrison, South-East Asia representative of The Times, London, who was killed In Korea. Among them were administrators and Service chiefs who stood with Singapore newsmen of all races
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    Prison Term Reduced
    61 5 ONG Tiong Swee, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment on a charge of abetment of house-breaking, had his sentence reduced to three years when he appealed before the Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. Ong was alleged to have hired a motor-boat to some Malays who broke into a
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    NOT EXCESSIVE
    47 5 An appeal by Chua Ah Lek against a sentence of 3i years' imprisonment for putting the occupants of a house in Potong Pasir in fear of hurt, was dismissed by the Criminal Court of Appeal yesterday. The court held that the sentence was not excessive.
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    Merchant Found With Stab Wound
    87 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. MR. Chong Boon Song, managing director of Ban Hoe Lee Co., Kluang, was taken to hospital yesterday afternoon with a knife wound in his stomach. He was given several blood transfusions and his condition was described as serious
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    GARDENER HAD SAMSU: FINED $50
    36 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Chai Kuin, a vegetable v»rdener, who pleaded guilty In the Johore Bahru Police Court to having In his possession three bottles of illicit samsu, was fined $50 today.
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    Board To Take Over Road
    73 5 THE Singapore Rural Board yesterday decided to take over and maintain the whole of Jalan Kayu the road leading to R.A.F. Station, Seletar. But they will only do so if the Air Ministry made up half of the road according to specifications laid down by
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Aug. 18, 1950. Trade Union Mission
    572 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Aug. 18, 1950. Trade Union Mission The five members of the delegation from the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions which is now visiting Malaya are far too experienced in the problems of trade unionism to be unduly disturbed over the perceptible doubts which mingle
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    The Chinese High School
    532 6 The Chinese High School There are two schools of thought with regard to the Chinese High School. One which includes many respectable and law-abiding members of the Chinese community holds that the recent negotiations with the management committee were not well handled by Government, and that the matter could have
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    A Tale Of Kelantan In The Jap Times
    1144 6  - A Tale Of Kelantan In The Jap Times LIM KEAN HONG By This story of the early days of the Japanese occupation in Kelantan was written by Mr. Lim Kean Hong, of Kota Bahru, former Straits Times correspondent in Kelantan, after reading the note on Dr. W. J. Ceale in
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      The Banned Boys
      197 6 V"OUR report of Aug. 15 headed "Banned Boys 'Blockade' High School" proves beyond any doubt whatsoever that the police and the Singapore Education Department were right in applying to the Oovernor-in-Council to declare the Chinese High School unlawful. i This school should have been closed entirely after
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      REDIFFUSION STRIKE
      198 6 IN answer to one point made by "Very Perplexed", in his letter of Aug. 15 headed "What Is Freedom?". employees have the legal right to strike. But that does not mean that employers have not the legal right to employ new men to take the place of strikers,
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      FAMILY PLANNING AND INCOME TAX
      79 6 QN one hand this Colony is spending an appreciably large annual sum, however indirectly, on the maintenance of family planning clinics, and on the other it is remitting substantial sums in allowances to prolific taxpayers. This paradoxical state of affairs could be straightened out to
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      MR. PEACOCK IN BYGONE SINGAPORE
      307 6 WITH reference to the "On the Margin" notes of Aug. 15 on Mr. Peacock. I remember Mr. Peacock. He was a fairly tall, lanky sort of person, not thin but wiry, with hawk-like features, and he walked with a slight suggestion of a stoop. He
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      C.C.s AND H.P.
      72 6 F|O the Singapore Municipal Commissioners realise that no distinction whatever has been made between a tenhorsepower car and a 125 c.c. motor-cycle (hardly to be rated at one -horsepower) in the payment of vehicle taxes? I really can't understand why a wee bit of a machine running
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    On the Margin
    424 6 "Before The M.C.S." 1 FRIEND whose Singapore career has been more or less contemporaneous with my own writes to query th» .statement in this column on Tuesday that It was after Sir Laurence Guillemard amalgamated the Straits Settlement* Civil Service and the Malaj States Civil Service, somewhere
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    'I HAD TO HIT NG' SAYS WITNESS
    550 7 Court Told Of Struggle After Club Shooting A BURLY ex-detective yesterday told the Singapore Relief Court that he had been "obliged to strike a man in self-defence" while disarming him after a shooting incident. A doctor said that when he examined the man
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    NEHRU SILENT ON 'KLING'
    153 7 NEHRU SILENT ON 'KLING' TNDIAT3 Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, is silent on the appeal by the Singapore Government and Municipal Labour Union to have the word "Kling" banned in Malaya. The appeal was contained in a memorandum submitted by the Union when Pandit Nehru visited Singapore two months ago. The
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    Indonesians Celebrate
    80 7 •VHE acting Representative of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia Jn Singapore, Dr. Z. Zain. j .ivc an official recepiion yesterday evening to a lar^e and distinguished gathering his residence on the or asion of the fifth jniiiversary of the indepeTvienve of Indonesia. The Governor. Sir
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    Condemned Man Freed On Appeal
    104 7 AHMAT bin Hassan, under sentence of death for the alleged murder of a Boyanese midwife, left the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday a free man after the Full Court of Appeal had allowed his appeal and quashed the conviction and sentence. The Court held that the
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    PLEADS GUILTY, ACQUITTED
    48 7 Owe Yong Kwong, 55, of Kulai Estate, Johore, who pleaded guilty to attempting to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a broken glass while in the General Hospital, was acquitted in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday when the prosecution withdrew the case. 0
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    47 7 AIRMEN at Changi cheer at a parade yesterday to celebrate the birth of Princess Elizabeth's daughter. The parade comprised nearly 700 members of the R.A.F., R.A.A.F R N.Z.A F the R.A.F. Regiment (Malaya), R.A.F. Police Auxiliaries, and the 19 Air Fortiiatiii' Signals Regiment. Air Force PR. picture.
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    THEY WANT RURAL BEAUTY PRESERVED
    92 7 SINGAPORE Rural Board members who spent half an hour yesterday debating whether advertisement signs should be allowed In the rural areas, postponed consideration of two applications until legal advice was obtained. The applications were from two business houses lor painting advertisement signs on eztorior walls
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    MR. WONG (93) FLIES TO THE RESCUE
    70 7 xti VET Y -THREE year old faith healer Wong; Tat Cbong, ..> who claims to be able to care all illnesses "simply by praying- to the Hang- Tow tod," flew to Kuala Lumpur yesterd;'. ■•> Malayan Airways Dakota in answer to an urgent
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    Two trapped in this wreckage
    43 7 TWO PASSENGERS were trapped in this ear and the driver thrown out after a head-on crash with a three-ton lorry at the 11} mile Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, yesterday morning. All three were seriously injured. Straits Times picture.
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    Selamat (22) Will Prowl No More
    255 7 4 YEARS FOR. HOUSEBREAKER T<HE arrest of a young Javanese was stated in the A Singapore First District Court yesterday to have resulted in a sharp drop in housebreakings in the Brizay Park area. In the dock stood Selamat bin Kujino, 22, accused on
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    Too Old For Whipping
    72 7 COR attempting to outrage the modesty of a six-year-old girl, Marls bin Ali, aged 52, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. "One of the penalties for this offence is whipping, but because of your age, I do not consider
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    $25,000 GOLD IN COAT
    60 7 SINGAPORE police detained a Chinese on Tuesday for alleged possession of 1,000 tahlls of gold, valued at over $25,000, without a permit. The Chinese, who said he was a businessman, was driving a car out of the Harbour Board. The gold was stated to be found
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    ROYAL THANKS
    41 7 Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh have sent a message to the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, thankIng him for the congratulatory message he sent on behalf of the people of Singapore, on the birth of the Royal Princess.
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    6 HURT IN HEAD-ON CRASH
    102 7 6 HURT IN HEAD-ON CRASH OIK people were injured three seriously —in a head-on crash between a motor car and a three-ton lorry on the Bukit TimahWoodlands Road, Singapore, yesterday morning. The seriously injured, Hamdan bin Mohamed, driver of the car, and his two passengers, Abdul Akbar and Awang bin
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    Killed By Needle
    92 7 'THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. Q. Porter, yesterday Issued a warning to drug addicts of the "terrible risk they run in going to dens and being infected by filthy needles." He was holding an inquest on a 33-year-old fisherman, Lim Ah Boey, from Moro, a neighbouring Indonesian
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    Bribery Bid Alleged
    81 7 UO Ah Kow claimed trial In 11 the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to three charges of attempted bribery to induce a police officer's favour regarding illegal gambling in Bugis Street, Singapore. Ho, who was remanded in police custody for 48 hours was alleged to have given
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    POSED AS TAX OFFICIAL
    47 7 Abdul Rahlm bin Md. Kassim pleaded guilty In the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to posing as an Income Tax Depart?ient official and getting $15 rom Llm See York, of Victoria Street, on Wednesday. He was remanded until Aug. 19 pending further charges.
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    STOLE FROM 7 PEOPLE
    47 7 A 28-year-old Indian, Raja Retnam, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to seven charges of theft from different persons in a house in Anson Road. He wa s allowed bail of $500 and the case was postponed to Aug. 24.
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    NEW CHAIRMAN
    28 7 Mr P. A. T. Chrimes has been appointed to act as local chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board in place of Mr. J..Cooper, who has resigned.
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    STRIKE BENEFIT FOR STRIKERS
    144 7 STRIKE BENEFIT FOR STRIKERS STRIKING employees of RediffHsion (Singapore) Ltd. yesterday received strike benefit cheques from their union as the strike entered its 13th day. Meanwhile a notice In English and Malay, pasted outside the company's offices in Clemenceau Avenue, says that the company is considering expansion and that to
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    $20,C30F0r Pier
    54 7 'pHE Singapore Rural Board yesterday decided to seek $20,000 in the 1951 estimates for the construction of a pier at Ponggol Point. The suggestion was put forward by the Serangoon Rural District Committee. The pier will make It possible for people to land at Pongol from the neighbouring
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    SAILOR ACCUSED
    40 7 Robert John Allen. 19, of H.M.S. Unicorn, was charged In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday with attempting to rob Ahmad bin Abu Bakar. a taxi driver, In Tanglln Road on Aug. 11. He was remanded till today.
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    GOiNG TO U.S. FOR HIGHER STUDIES
    52 7 GOiNG TO U.S. FOR HIGHER STUDIES THE TWO Singapore s;udents who are ko-hb to tbr United States t'»is month for higher si'.idirs. Above Mr. Douglas Tan, of Koek Koad. who will take a course in education and music; below, Mr. Wan Pin Chin, of Orchard Koad who will study chemistry.
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    DEATHS
    63 7 BURTON- At Iiiiping, on V 17. suddenly. Edmund \r»ln:r Burton. President. Sessions Coin, Taiping Funeral service It 11 a.m.. Aug. 18. at All Sntnu 1 Church. Taiping. MRS HANNAH SUNDRA.\7, mothtr of Daphne, Irene. Willin:i>, W*lter <jv\ Vlncrnt BoMngtoa passed sway at 27, i\Jarpol.ot:il! Road at 10 a.m. yesferdnv.
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    Maria May Go On A Pilgrimage
    93 8 Maria May Go On A Pilgrimage TMARIA Hertogh and her Malay school teacher husband, Inche Al Mana tor Adifoi, expect to Kt> to Mecca on a pilgrimage. I none Mansoor told the Strata Times that he plans to visit Mecca with his wife when circumstances permit. Ha said that he
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    GREETINGS TO PRINCESS
    128 8 QCb Consul-Gent-ral 1 In Singapore, M. Guibaut h<% sent the following connlatory message to the 0 ivernor Sir Franklin Gimwoa, on the occasion of the Rovtil birth, for submission to Th ir Majesties and Their il Highnesses. On behalf of the Consular Carpi oi Singapore and in
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    SQUATTER HAD NO CARD: $5
    57 8 A 54-year-old squatter, Teo Lye Huat, of Llm Chu Kang Road, pleaded guilty in the Singapore First District Court yesterday to a charge of failing to obtain an identity card. Teo, who said he was a very poor man and had been in ill health
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    PLEADS GUILTY
    47 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A young Indian, Manickam, pleaded guilty today before Mr. A. P. Jack in the First Magistrate's Court, Kuala Lumpur, to a charge of having retained a stolen bicycle. Sentence was postponed to Wednesday and bail of $50 in one surety was allowed.
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    WEDDING BELLS
    46 8 MR. T. B. GREEN, engineer of Malayan Airways, and his bride. Miss Vanda Roma ine Scott, after their wedding at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, yesterday. Miss Scott is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Scott, of Dun- mi. Trengganu. Straits Times picture
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    DOCTOR QUERIED ON KEY WORDS
    444 8 KUALA LUMPUR CIVIL SUIT From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A SUGGESTION that Dr. A. H. Ponnampalam did not write the words "under duress" beneath his signature on the day he signed a document of transfer of two houses and land to Ng Tiong
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    SULTAN'S PINNER
    39 8 From Oar Own Correspondent KOTA BAHRU, Thurs.— Mr. M. F N. Churchill, British Adviser, Kelantan, who goes on leave next month was entertained last night to dinner at Istana Chemerlcne: Kota Bahru by the Sultan o. Keiantan.
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    Public Must Have Passes To Attend Council Meeting
    180 8 Pu blic Must Have Passes To A ttend Council Meeting ]M EMBERS of the public wishing to attend the Singapore Legislative Council must have a pass and to obtain one, they must be sponsored by a Council member. This was stated yesterday by a Government spokesman after' a complaint in
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    New Probation Officer
    60 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Colonel L. F. Morling who has been doing a Home Office course in probation work for the past 10 months in the County of London Sessions Court arrived yestterday in Johore Bahru from London. Col. Morling left this morning for Kuala Lumpur where he
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    GIFTS TO SATA
    68 8 S.A.T.A. has received the following donations Mrs. Tay Lian Teclc $100, Singapore Govt. Servants Co-op. Thrift Loan Society Limited $100, Hollandse School (Sale of Seals) »14. Kiwi Members League $52, Mr. Serva Singh $10, Mr. P. N. Robinson $17.68, Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co., Ltd. (Sale of Seals) $3.70,
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    Missing S.V.C.
    79 8 Colours: Reward Offer 'pHE Singapore Municipal L Commissioners are offering a reward to any person who recovers or supplies information leading to the recovery of the Colours (Regimental and King's) of the Singapore Volunteer Corps ivithin a period of one month. Persons who have any information of this
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    OFFICER DENIES CHARGES
    246 8 OFFICER DENIES CHARGES From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. ALL allegations of complicity in the abduction of a Klang merchant made against him by a number of prosecution witnesses were denied by Police Inspector Harnam Singh in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court today. Inspector Harnam Singh was giving evidence
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    Officers For Britain
    55 8 TWO officers of the Malay Regiment, Lieut. Mohamed bin Mat Saman and Lieut. Nasir bin Yacob, leave Singapore by BOAC Constellation today for Britain on a course at the Motor Transport Training School, Bordon, Hampshire. The course, which will last about four months, will include driving, maintenance
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      294 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD mm w 8»m« do thu for th. iak. CROSSWORD No. 143 I Th« old one was the homt of .nument (J) I-I I- I \i i P* I TTT T"T [7" of little K«H (9. 4). n. Red rum lent back (6>. I 2 3 Pa ii
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      210 9 if ERE are some intern esting talking points culled from 8.8.C. programmes: "The film is susceptible of great artistic expression. It can be a fine art. But it isn't used that way mainly, it's used as a form of mass entertainment. And I think you can
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      A WORK OF ART
      930 9  -  Cinema news by J.C. BEHAGVE IGNORING the Magnascreen and Multi-sound Unit which Messrs. Shaw A Bros, have installed at great expense in their Capitol theatre to shock our ears and eyes with the impact of a hurricane and tidal wave, "Portrait of Jennie" is a remarkable
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      257 9 DABt vnMV tra Verdi); 9.30 News; 9.45 "Just UnS rgu K. lumcuh packed;" 10.30 Dance Music; 10 a.m. News, followed by ».55 a.m. Music; 10—2 p.m. A» :1 close Emergency News from Kl.; 10.10 S'pore; S "At Your Service"; 7 As Close; 12 Malay; 1 pjn. Light S'pore; 7.12 Louis
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    THE TRAGEDY OF THE UNWANTED CHILD
    1005 10  -  LIAU NYUK OI Pathetic story of mothers who do not want their babies and of the blessed women who take in and succour them By 'ABOUT 4,000 babies were born in Singapore last month, but not all of them were loved and wanted Sonic
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    NOTEBOOK of an Asian woman
    639 10 /GIVING up a good many \J years of teaching to delve into the intricacies of film business is Lucy Lim, granddaughter of S i n gapore's well known Mrs. Lee Choon Guan. Lucy's father. Mr. Lim Chong Pang, owns a string of cinemas In Singapore
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    French gowns labelled—just to make sure they go back
    157 10 French gowns labelled just to make sure they go back TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Bette Gillease, a New York dress designer, was one of five mannequins from a Paris fashion house who took part, recently in a dress parade at a London nightclub. "I went to Paris on a 10day holiday," she said.
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    Happy Family
    104 10 A MOTHER and her 12 cnildren enjoyed themselves tremendously working with Tyrone Power in scenes for the picture "The Black Rose." In fact, they had so much fun they could hardly be persuaded to leave. They were a fine fat £ow and her Mtter of four-month-old pigs. They
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    First night charm
    73 10 These were some of the hair-do's at the first night of a new London play "Always Afternoon." Nadia Cray's necklength style (3een on the left) was set off by a gold choker. Her gown was of black lace. Sheila Sim, (left, below) who was in pink satin
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    London Stocks
    313 11 LONDON, Thurs. CAFETY first buying of. British Government stocks continued in the London Stock Exchange today. Among commodity shares Tins were dull following a slump in the price of the metal. Oils and rubbers were quietly maintained. Closing middle prices 01 selected Mocks as supplied to the Straits
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    UPS' & DOWNS'IN TIN SHARES
    141 11 UPS DOWNS 'IN TIN SHARES From A Market Correspondent I ONDON again made bids for Tins in the Malayan share market yesterday, and in a few cases prices showed slight improvement. However, the sharp price fall of the metal locally caused shares here to weaken slightly. Industrials and Rubbers remained
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    JULY RUBBER HARVESTS
    99 11 I*rjRQUAND, Youngs, McAullfte '1 Company announce the following July crop figures, In lbs.: Alor Gajah Est. 18.000 Ayer Panas Est. 86,500 Glenealy Plantations 80,400 Kluang 65,500 Pajam 161,000 Tambalak Est. 24,120 Talisman 41,900 Teluk Anson Est. 88,721 Ulu Benut Consol. 49,000 rVATT Company announce the C following
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    SINGAPORE TIN: $401 5/8 A PICUL
    38 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs., Aug. 17 $401.62" i (down $20.25) £767J a ton in London LONDON, Thurs. Aug. 17. Spot: £765 £770; Forward, £765 £77«; Settlement, £770, Turnover:: a.m. (150) tons, p.m. (35) tons.
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    The Produce Market
    137 11 From a Market Correspondent rnHE copra market eased slightly in Singapore yesterday with sellers at $43% per picul. The price fell slightly farther towards the close witt> sellers at $43',, but buyers held out and no business was reported. Coconut oil was dull and unchanged at $68.
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    Singapore Rubber At $1.27
    205 11 Singapore Rubber At $1.27 JAPAN again came In as principal buyer In the Singapore rubber market yesterday. The trend was erratic, and prices improved to about four or five cents above Wednesday's close. The closing prices were at the same levels as those at noon, the market closing steady after
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    Hong Kong Exchange
    31 11 HONG KONG. Thurs. IJREE market currency exchange F for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today as follows: US$l, HK$6.3l; £1, HKSIS 50; one tael of gold HKS3O6.— UP.
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    Shipping In The Roads And Alongside
    201 11 CHIPS in the Singapore Outer ard Inner Roads and alongside Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hai Hsuan, Bintang. E. Jamaica, Ophir. Shapur, M. Brander. Aimee Lykes, Calais, Hollandia. Admiral Hardy. Socotra, Hai Hing, Hoegh Trader. Hwanghai, Harrow Hill. Marlekert Inner Roads: Halvdan.
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    S.A.F.A. BID FOR STADIUM FAILS
    400 12 But Committee Decision May Be Reversed SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners in Committee have turned down a proposal for the lease of Jalan Besar Stadium put forward by the Singapore Amateur Football Association. The Straits Times understands, however, that this decision may be reversed when the full
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    22 12 SIAMESE BOXERS Chai Sitphol (left) and Klong Ihupinio photographed on arrival from Australia yesterday Straits Times picture. (See report in this page)
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    Rovers Outplay Tigers, Win 2-0
    323 12 Rovers S.C 2; Tigers S.U 0. ROVERS showed a return to their best form when they eliminated the Tiger S.A. from the S.A.F.A. Senior Cup competition with a two-nil victory at Jalan Besar yesterday. It was Rovers" game from the start with Tigers never looking
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    Sitphol May Fight Here
    150 12 SIAMESE Chai Sitphol, world ranking flyweight, returned to Singapore yesterday from an eight month visit U> Australia with Klong Phupinjo, featherweight champion of Bangkok, and his manager, Mr. Kow Kirn Lim Fighting at the flyweight limit, the Siamese knocked out Mickey Hill. Australian flyweight champion, and
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    C.V.M.A. WIN INR. CUP TIE
    119 12 C.V.M.A. beat 8.0.D.C.A. by three goals to two when they met in a S.A.P.A. Junior Cup soccer tie played on C.V.M.A. ground yesterday. C.V.M.A.. who played w»ll together, had their first coal through Chu Ah Koon just a few minutes after the kick-off. Ng Weng
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    HKTeamDue Next Week: India Sept. 12
    245 12 HKTeamDue Next Week: India Sept. 12 TABLE TENNIS THE HONG KONG table tennis team of seven players and four officials will arrive by air in Singapore next Wednesday for a tour of the Colony and the Federation, starting with a match against the Rest of Singapore at the Happy World
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    V.S.C. SPORT
    50 12 Members of the Volunteer Special Constabulary interested in rugby, hockey and badminton are asked to submit their names to the Hon. Sports Secretary, Mr. Sunny Tan, c o Joo Chiat Police Station at an ea.ly date so as to enable him to Make the necessary arrangemen's for practices.
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    Sports Diary
    33 12 SOCCER: Community I.ge: Singapore District v Europeans at .l.ilan Besar stadium; Business Hse. A: Hongkong Shanghai Bank v Malayan Publishing Hse. at 8.0.D. ground. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. and TangUn Club tournaments (cont.).
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    41 12 Boys' Clubs Football Cup finalists, Raton? B.C. (left) and Prince Edward Road B.C. photographed with Mr. P. T. F. McNeice, the Municipal President, before the stait of the game on the patiung yesterday. The result was one-all draw. Straits Times picture.
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    Breweries SC Win 4-1
    115 12 BREWERIES Sports Club scored a four-one victory over Borneo Sports Club in a S.A.F.A. Business Houses "B" league match played at Geylang stadium yesterday. Easily the better team, Brewenrs established an early lead when they scored two quick goals through All and Osman in the first
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    EUROPEAN XI
    42 12 Europeans' probable line-up for their match against Singapore District at Jalan Besar stadium today in their Community League soccer tie is: Lloyd; Paine, Mat hot: Morton Davids, McGregor; McDonald, Scaife, Inglis, Murray. Bird. Reserves: Wright, chat win, Behrends and Tuck.
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    MALA YA v H.K.AT SOCCER
    158 12 A MATCH between a Malayan soccer team and the Hong Kong Football Association will probably take place at Jalan Besar stadium. Singapore, within the next fortnight. The Hong Kong tourists are due to arrive in Singapore on Aug. 22 and the Football Association of Malaya
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    A.C.S. OLD BOYS CRICKET TEAM
    72 12 A.C.S. Old Boys cricket team to meet Christian Brothers 0.8.A. in a Evan Wong Shield game at Hong Lim Green tomorrow at 2 p.m. is: Cheong Thlam Slew, E. Doraisamy, E. Ebert, Ha Fook Siai:, Kam Gim Lock, Lav Hock Chye, Dr. Ong Swee Law,
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    MCFACup Final Xls Named
    403 12 MCFACup Final Xls Named SEVEN Chinese players who represented Pen a n g against Singapore in last week's Malaya Cup final have j been selected to play for Penang Chinese Football As- sociatlon against Singapore Chinese in the M.C.F.A. Cup j final on the Victoria Green, Penang, tomorrow. The Penang
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    25 12 TODAY: 1.15 a.m. (10ft. 2in.) and 1.48 p.m. (9ft. 1 In.). TOMORROW: 2 a.m. (9ft. 8 in.) and 2.20 p.m. (9ft. 1 in.).
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    MILLION KEYED UP FOR BIG KICK-OFF
    405 12 LONDON, Thurs. AFTER an eventful close season. English League soccer opens this week-end. Though smarting from the loss of prestige occasioned by England's poor showing in the World Cup competition, more than a million fans at home are keyed up for the big kick-off.
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    PRESIDENT MEETS FINAIISTS
    46 12 The Municipal President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, is introduced to members of the Prince Edward Road Boys' Club team before the boys' Clubs Football Cup final yesterday. Behind Mr. McNeice is Mr. L. Rayner, President of the Boys' Clubs. Straits Times pictur
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    Thrills And Talent In Boys' Cup Final
    426 12 v/ent through on his own to find the net with a stinging grounder. Katong equalised five minutes from the end through centreforward Jui Kirn who drew out the goalkeeper before shooting. Two periods of five minutes each were allowed but the deciding goal
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    SIAM GOVT. TO AID SPORT
    96 12 BANGKOK, Thurs— The Su»mese government is to promote .sport in the country by cuiin. taxes on gate receipts, giv'.'ig subsidies to athletes of national or international renown and cutting imrjort duties on sports goods. The Cabinet has approved recommendations of a sub-committfee set ftp to
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