The Straits Times, 22 August 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAY AS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    PHILIPPINES TO SEND 1,200 MEN
    179 1 MANILA, Monday. Philippines is now preparing to send "imme1 diately" to Korea 1,200 fully-armed and equipped troops as the first contingent of its 5,000-man task to: ce to fight on the side of the United Nations, President Elpidio Quirino disclosed at a press confer.rnte this
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    BIGGEST RED BARRAGE
    288 1 BIGGEST RED BARRAGE TOKYO. Mon. /COMMUNIST guns laid \j down their fiercest barrage of the war today as an artillery duel for Taegu raged south of Kunwl about 30 miles north of the key city, head of the main supply road running south of Pusan. Unofficial reports from the front
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    AUSSIES JOIN U.K. KOREA FORCE
    404 1 Will Fight As Combined C 'wealth Unit LONDON, Monday. AUSTRALIA'S Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Arthur Fadden, announced in Canberra today that an Australian battalion would join the two British battalions being sent to Korea from Hong Kong. He said that together they would form the
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    53 1 PROFESSOR R. D. Pimhon, who arrived in the Canton t,, take up the chair as the first Professor of Zoology ai the University »f .Malaya, with his wife. The pro-f.-sM>r was greeted by Mr. W. D. Craig. Registrar for the University. The professor was formerly at the University of Wales.
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    Abducted Wife Found Alive
    85 1 Abducted Wife Found Alive SAIGON, Mon. A Frenchwoman, kidnapped with her doctor husband when terrorists raided a club on the Chup rubber plantation, Cambodia, on Aug. 12, has been found alive, French officials said here today. The terrorists killed five people and wounded five more when they raked the club
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    ENVOY HONOURED
    46 1 ..UINBURGH, Mon.— United Ambassador to London, Mr. Lewis Dougias, received the freedom of the city of FUnburgh yesterday at a civil reception attended by 3,000 cheering Sco:s. Mr. Douglas also was awarded the honoraty degree of Dot or of La"s by Edinburgh Universi'v. A.P
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    COL. NAYAR MEMORIAL
    50 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. -The National Press Club is to establish a memorial fund in honour of the late Colonel Unnl Nayar, of India, to bring Indian newspapermen to the United States for training and study. Col Nayar. Press Attache at the Embassy here, was killed in Korea. U.P.
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    U.K. To Be 'Huge' Air Base
    196 1 LONDON, Monday. DRITISH newspapers said yesterday that the United States is speeding up plans to base a huge ajr fighter and bomber fleet in Britain. The Daily Herald said about "1,000 American aircraft might be based here as part of new plans for Western
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    Seretse And Ruth In U.K.
    76 1 SOUTHAMPTON, Mon. gERETSE Khama, exiled Chief of the Bamangwato tribe, his British wife Ruth and their three months old daughter arrived here today by air from Bechuanaland. Accompanying them was Seretse's sister, Nalide. After passing through the Customs, Seretse and his family entered a car
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    KARACHI TALKS
    45 1 KARACHI, Mon. Sir Owen Dixon, United Nations mediator in Kashmir, returned here today from New Delhi and was later meeting Mr. Llaquat All Khan. Sir Owen did not say how long he would be staying or what his next move would be. Reuter.
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    DEATH SENTENCE
    33 1 LOS NEGROS, Mon. An Australian war crimes court here today sentenced to death a former Japanese naval officer who ordered a sick Australian soldier bundled from a truck and shot. Reuter.
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    DEFENCE MEETING
    116 1 THE CHIEFS of Staff Committee of the North Atlantic Ocean Regional Planning Group, gathered at Main Navy Building in Washington, earlier this month. Left to right: Capt. L. J. J. Robins, Chief of Staff. Belgian Navy; Capt. Georges Ca banter, French Navy; Rear Admiral Jonkheer H. A. Van
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    DOCTOR 'WORKED WITH REBELS'
    126 1 RANGOON, Mon. I^HE Burma Government, confirming today the arrest of the American missionary, Dr. Gordon Seagrave, said: "There is substantial evidence of his close collaboration with the K.N.D.O. (Karen National Defence Organisation) insurgents." The Government said in a communique that Dr. Seagrave was brought to Rangoon
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    Westerling Leaves By Air Today
    130 1 TURKO Westerling, former leader of the Indonesian 1 "Army of the Heavenly Host," is to be deported from Singapore this morning to an unknown destination in Europe. This was stated by an official source in Singapore last night after receipt of a Reuter telegram quoting
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    QUADS' MOTHER FEELS WONDERFUL'
    120 1 SYDNEY. Mon. BELLINGEN'S quadruplets are still doing well and their mother said today that she is "feeling wonderful." The Saram quadruplets were bom at Intervals between Thursday and Saturday at Bellingen. a small town 374 miles north of Sydney. The mother. Mrs. Betty Saram 29, has
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    NIZAM SHARES
    46 1 HYDERABAD, Mon. The Nizam of Hyderbad is going to share the road with other traffic when he goes for a drive thiough this city. At the Nizam's own request, other cars will now be permitted to drive along the sides of the road. A.P.
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    1950 MODEL
    37 1 TOKYO. Mon.— A new 1950 model Russian machinegun has been captured by the Americans and will be flown to Lake Success as evidence that Russian is aiding the North Koreans, it was stated today.— A.P.
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    UNSUCCESSFUL
    26 1 ATHENS, Mon. Liberal leader Sophocles Venlzelos announced yesterday that he had failed to form a new Cabinet to replace the coalition which resigned on Frl-day.-Reuter.
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    Conference Of S.-E. A. Governors
    77 1 Conference Of S.-E. A. Governors r FHE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, is to confer with the High Commissioner of the Federation and the Governors of British territories in SouthEast Asia today. The meeting at Bukit Serene will be attended by Sir Henry Gurney, Sir Franklin Gimson, the Governor of
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    UK Gold Deal With S.A.
    62 1 PRETORIA. Mon. CJOUTH Africa is to sell BriO tain £50,000,000 worth of gold a year, the economic Affairs Minister, Mr. Eric Louw, announced today. The sum was fixed In the expectation that Britain would be able to meet the Union's wish that the sterling area
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    Malaya Gets The News Again
    260 1 Malaya Gets The News Again PRECAUTIONS taken by Radio Malaya last night to ensure that Federation listeners heard the news bulletin blacked out on Sunday night by sunspots —were unnecessary. The shortwave transmission from Singapore at 9.30 p.m.. which is picked up and rbroadcast from Kuala Lumpur. Malacca and Penang
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    Princess' Progress
    24 1 LONDON, Mon. Primes Elizabeth and b«r daughter, born last Tuesday, maintaining steady and satisfactory progress" a medical bulletin announced this morning. —Reuter.
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      Tough Men Wanted But Not Whistlers
      284 2 LONDON, Monday. riUGH men, who don't whistle while they work, are wanted here to help dig tunnels for London's expanding underground railway. "T.U. men willing to work In the tunnels can earn very high wages. But It's no good If they want to whistle.
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      MESSAGE TO SICK STRANDED DOCTOR
      47 2 MESSAGE TO SICK STRANDED DOCTOR MRb. UOOVOKOFF, with her daughter, broadcasts to her sick husband on Heard Island. Dr. UdovikofT, the only doctor with the Australian Antarctic Expedition, was suffering from appendicitis. After he had proposed operating: on himself, 11.M.A.5. Australia reached the isolated island A.P. picture.
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      FOR INDIA ONLY
      29 2 NEW DELHI. Aon.— lndia has decided to reserve the coastal shipping trade for Indian shipping. Indian vessels now carry 75 per cent of coastal cargoes. A.P.
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    JAP SHIPS FOR U.S. AGAIN
    62 2 TOKYO, Monday A REGULAR run between the United States and Japan by Japanese ships is expected to start in September, Mr. Takeshi Yamazaki, Transportation Minister, said, according to Kyodo News Agency reports today. He said he hoped other nations would follow the United States in
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      228 2 "NOTICES THE PBIArtC TURF CLUB NOTICE With regard to the Special General Meeting advertised for 25th of August, 1950, at the Tiwn Office at 5 p.m., will Members please note that Item 1 on the Agenda will be postponed until September 22nd. 1950, at the same time and place. Items
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    NEHRU INVITED TO VISIT RED CHINA
    238 3 Giving 'Serious Consideration To Accepting NEW DELHI, Monday. THE Communist Government of China has invited the Indian Premier, Pandit Nehru, to pay an official visit to Peking, a Government spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said that the invitation came from Madame Sun Vat Sen,
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    68 3 JKT-PROPEI.I.KI). a former Rivrr Clyde paddle steamer, fitted with four Rolls Royce jet engines, carried out the world's first test of pure jet propulsion on water. The jet engines mounted in a bank amidships, each develop a thrust of 3.500 In. INSET: Sir Maurice Denny (left), chairman of the shipyard
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    USI PLANS FOR MORE COPRA
    159 3 USI PLANS FOR MORE COPRA WASHINGTON, Mon. THE United States Department of Agriculture said yesterday that Indonesia plans to increase its lagging production of copra. A newly appointed Copra Commission, consisting of representatives of the Indonesian Government, copra producers and copra dealers, will undertake a careful study of the best
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    10,000 GERMANS SAY: 'NO ARMY'
    195 3 FKANKFI XT. Monday. r yV.S thousand (Hermans applauded wildly yesterday when speakers at the first International Socialist Kally here since 19*28 assailed proposals for German re-militarisation. Air. soiomon uru-aoacn, a leading French Socialist, led the attack by declaring that re-militarisation woiud destroy the new West
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    U.S. Will Do Its Part In Atlantic
    173 3 U.S. Will Do Its Part In Atlantic LONDON. Mon. MR. Charles Spollord. American chairman of the North Atlantic Pact deputies, said on arrival tww last innht that America 's prepare 1 to "do its lull part in the speedy build-up of the defences of the North Atlantic area." He said
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    PARALYSED
    33 3 LONDON. Mon. Lying on .etcher and attended by two doctors, Tewfik Pasha, former Egyptian Minister for Agriculture and for Communications, was carried into a London private hospital for treatment for paralysis.— Renter.
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    N.Z. To Sell State-Built Houses
    110 3 N.Z. To Sell State-Built Houses WELLINGTON, Mon. THE New Zealand National Government, which returned to power last November, is to sell to present tenants thousands of Statebuilt houses. Determined to further its ideal of a property-owning democracy, the Government will offer favourable terms for tenants to assume ownership of these
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    Swiss Trip For Siamese Court
    138 3 BANGKOK, Monday. THE Siamese Criminal Court inquiring into the death of the late King Ananda Mahidol has received permission to proceed to Switzerland to hear the testimony of the Princess Mother. The Swiss Government granied it permission after an application made by the Siamese Legation
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    RECORD PROFIT IN AMERICA
    72 3 NEW YORK, Mon— The directors of General Motors Corporation have voted stockholders an extra US$ll,OOO,000 from the company's record profits with a special dividend of US$2.5O a share. The company, which previously made two regular dividend payments this year, each for US$l.5O a share, reported earnings
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    MILLS CLOSED
    37 3 BOMBAY, Mon. Fiftyfour of Bombay's 60 cotton mills were closed today, the s'.xth day of a Socialistsponsored strike for a wage bonus. About 7,000 of the city's 250,000 mill hands were at work today.— Reuter
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    CROWN PRINCE BECOMES RULER
    42 3 CROWN PRINCE Baudouin, raises his right hand to take the oath as ruler of Belgium before both houses of the National Parliament at Brussels. By him is the Grand Marshal of the Court Amaury de Merode. A.P. picture.
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    "700 Japs Stranded In China"
    81 3 TOKYO, Monday. kBOUT 700 Japanese are still stranded in the Peking and Tientsin areas of China, said a Japanese who has just returned to Tokyo from Tientsin. He said that many o] the Japanese were remaining in China because they could not afford the passage
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    BABY'SNAMES NEXT MONTH
    71 3 LONDON, Mon. The names of the new Princess are not expected to be announced until just before the christening n?xt month This is v/hat happened in the case of Prince Charles whose names were not made pubiic until 30 days after his birth. The baby Princess's names
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    U.K. PRESS WELCOME KOREA DECISION
    341 3 LONDON, Monday. MORNING newspapers welcomed Britain's decision iT1 to put ground troops into Korea, but two Conservative organs the Daily Telegraph and the Yorkshire Post accused the Government of delay- ing the move too long. The DAILY TELEGRAPH said that the welcome "will be tinged
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    ROYAL BIRTH
    36 3 CROWDS outside Clarence House, London, cheer the birih of a daughter to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. Many people had been waiting for hours for the news to be announced. A.P. picture.
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    War Earns Big Money For Japs
    204 3 iiuixu. xvaonaay. /GENERAL Mac Arthur's headquarters has reassured the Japanese the Korean war is not costing them anything. A Public Information Office announcement said that instead more than U. 5.530,000,000 had been spent in Japan for supplies and materials needed by United Nations forces
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    S'HAI REDS KILLING U.S. FILMS
    95 3 S'HAI REDS KILLING U.S. FILMS HONG KONG, Mon. AMERICAN and British films, listed among the first of "imperialistic influences to be ousted from Red China, were reported to be dying a slow death in Shanghai. An informant from Shangnai said Communist propaganda wjs sparing no effort to convince ihc populace
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    U.N. TO DISCUSS SOVIET CAPTIVES
    39 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Mom J^KITAIN, Australia and America today stated that Ihe United Nations General Assembly, at its forthrnmin? meeting, will discuss Russia's "failure" to repatriate all prisoners taken during the Second World War. itt-ifj-r.
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    Russian Naval Ships In Dairen
    188 3 Russian Naval Ships In Dai re n HONG KONG. Mon. A RRIVALS from Daireu said yesterday that they saw several Russian warships in that big Manchurian port, which, is close to North Korea. The crew of the Panamanian freighter Eastern Venture, said they did not> hear the reason for the
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    Estates Hit By Strikes
    88 3 JAKARTA, Mon. SOME 750.000 Indonesian plantation labourers paralysed most privatelyowned esta*? 1 throughout Java and Sumatra yesterday when they struck on orders of the Left-wini? "Sarouprk" Estate Workers Union. The walk -out came after i week of ne-joiiaiiou.- [or higher wages The estates concerned are mostly
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    COLONY-RED CHINA TRADE NOT HIT SAY BANKS
    292 4 COLONY-RED CHINA TRADE NOT HIT SAY BANKS No Jin Min Pao For Malayan Dollars, But— TRADE between Singapore and Communist China will not be affected by a recent decision of the Bank of China not to accept certain i foreign currencies, including Malayan dollars, for conversion into Chinese Communist money.
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    'Monkey' Turned Out To Be Man
    123 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. vow a Malay hunting pig and monkeys at night fired into a tree and shot a man In the branches was described at Kluang when Hashim bin Suliemun was charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder
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    Desertion Charge
    33 4 Krom Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. Mon— Bail of SlOO was offered '^1-year-old Atan bin Abdul Samat. of the security force on Aver Molek Estate, charcred in the Segamat Court with desertin<r
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    BRITISH ADVISER ENTERTAINED
    38 4 From Our Own Correspondent KOTA BAHRU. Mon —The Mentri Besar of Kelantan gave informal dinner party at his residence in honour of the British Adviser. Mr. W. F. N. Churchill, who is r.v on leave.
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    FOUND DRUNK Off to US
    24 4 FOUND DRUNK Off to US MUAR. Mon— Found drunk and incapable. Ng Choon ted 53. waa fined $5, or Hii»( days' haici labour, at
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    OFF TO U.S.
    36 4 WISS TAM SUCK I'OH i i iir. c i ;uul hi-r brother. 'I i l.iiii Him:;. (Im'liiw). of Meyer K«>a<l. w!xi have left Singapore for the Inited States for hichi'r studies. USIS pictures
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    SEREMBAN MILITARY WEDDING
    48 4 (APT. AND MRS. J. P. Hulme at their wedding reception at the Sikamat camp mess, Seremban. The bridegroom has served with the 1 7 Gurkha Rifles for 10 years, and the bride was a nursing sister at the Johore Bahru hospital. K. S. Kong picture.
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    KILLED FRIEND, COURT TOLD
    188 4 "I HAVE killed Kirn Wah— you go and report to the police" This was the statement alleged to have been made by Tan Joon Long to Yong Teng Scow, who gave evidence in the Assize Court yesterday when Tan stood his trial on a murder charge.
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    A Busy Day For The Burglars
    108 4 FOUR burglaries were reported in Singapore yesterday Gillman Barracks at Alexandra Road. the Auxiliary Police Officers' quarters at Beach Road Princess Elizabeth Flats at Race Course Road, and an American woman's home at Holland Road, were the scenes of the thefts. A $37 wrist
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    SQUATTER HUTS SHOWN
    52 4 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Mon.— A wood and concrete hut of the type to be built in Malacca for the resettlement of squatters today was shown to officials of the Government and the M.C.A. The huts take a day to build and can accommodate a family
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    Story 'Not Fantastic'
    105 4 STATING that there was nothing fantastic or improbable in the story of the defence, the Singapore Second District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tah. acquitted a young Chinese. Ho Kai Seng, on a charge of possessing 507 leafpackets of chandu. The prosecution alleged that when Ho was searched
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    DRIVERS FINED ON 2 COUNTS
    50 4 KAJANG, Mon. Terlok Singh and Bakhtar Singh, two lorry drivers from Kuala Lumpur, who failed to appear before the Kajang Circuit Magistrate on a summons charge for alleged overloadIng at Kajang, were fined $20 for belne absent and another $20 for carrying an excess weight.
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    FINED $25
    38 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A Chinese cook, Tong Pang Yew, was today fined $25, in default three weeks' Imprisonment, by Raja Sulalman In the First Magistrate's Court, Kuala Lumpur for not having notified his change of address.
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    T.U. FOR RONGGENG GIRLS?
    234 4 T.U. FOR RONGGENG GIRLS? News In Brief pONGGENG GIRLS in Kuala MX Lumpur have been advised by Che Saieha binti Mohamed Ali, an official of the Selangor Social Welfare Department, to form a trade union to protect their interests. The girls are now taking religious lessons from a teacher employed
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    'SINGAPORE IS BEST PLACE FOR CHINESE'
    191 4 THE Chinese fare better in Singapore than in any A other large city in the world, Mr. Paul M.A. Linebarger, Professor of Asian Politics at the Washington School of International Studies, said In Singapore yesterday. The Professor, with his wife, was leaving Singapore for
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    Gambling Nun Pleads Guilty
    124 4 Gambling Nun Pleads Guilty A 34-year-old Chinese nun, Sick Nyet Mun, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to a charge of assisting in a chap ji ki lottery in Sago Lane. Inspector Low Hong Hee told the court that two detectives, acting on information, kept watch on
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    PARCELS CAN BE EXAMINED
    48 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Authorised officers of the Finance Department have been given powers to examine, after It has been posted, any article addressed to a person in or outside Malaya to see that the finance regulations have been complied with.
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    BLOOD BANK
    30 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club has set Aug. 30 as "Blood Bank Day" and an appeal has been made to all Rotarlans to give blond.
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    KALLANG AIRPORT ARRIVALS
    174 4 rE following passengers were among those who arrived at Kallang airport yesterday from points outside Malaya on the various air services. Passengers in transit are not included in the list Q.E.A.-8.0.A.C. From London: Messrs. J. C. Cox, T. J. Devalley, and F. O. S. Qulfin Yong. From
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    NEW SPORE MOVE TO FORM T.U.C.
    285 5 'Will Represent Voice Of Colony Labour' |A NEW move is now under way in local trade union circles to form a Singapore Trades Vnion Congress that will "represent the voice of Singapore labour, both nationally and Intcnationally". This move is believed to be the
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    Lived On Water for 2 Months'
    48 5 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mon. A YOUNG Malay, Yusof bin Bachik, pleading yesterday to a charge tering, stated that for tonths he had no food 1 1 eat but had -lived on 7 uter." He was sentenced to two month? imprisonment.
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    BIG SEND OFF FOR MR. THIVY
    146 5 BIG SEND OFF FOR MR. THIVY MORE than 500 Indians and about 100 leaders of other communities yesterday bade veil to the Indian Govt. representative in Malaya. Mr. John A. Thivy, when he sailed from Singapore yesterday for M mritius in the Ruys. ii wus accompanied by his f;t v
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    $2,000 BAIL FOR INDIAN
    54 5 An Indian Kadir Balcha Packir Mohamed. 31. of Kerbau Road, claim/.l trial in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to possessing 150 lb. of dutiable leaf tobacco in a taxi in Bukit Sembawang rubber estate. B;iil ot $2,000 in two sureti s was allowed. Hearing v.h
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    HAD LATEX: GAOL
    31 5 MUAR. Mon— Tli? Muar M i". ist rate sentenced Gl-year-okt Lee Hai to six months' ruol for unlawful possession ot 18 lb. of latex at Pcncka'an Bukit Estate.
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    BURMESE POLICE VISIT RADIO H.Q.
    205 5 T»HE five-man Burmese police team, now in Singa1 pore, spent yesterday afternoon at Radio Headquarters, learning- how to operate teleprinters. In the morning they visited the C.I.D. The team— two officers and three constables which arrived in the Colony last week is undergoing a six-week
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    GAOL FOR THROWING STOOLS
    137 5 GAOL FOR THROWING STOOLS rpHREE Chinese were convicted yesterday in the Singapore First District Court of causing hurt to Lye Meng Sin with the purpose of extortion at Sin Koh Street. They were: Koh See Meng and Koh Kim Heng, each sentenced to one year's imprisonment, and Gek Peng Siong.
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    More Quarters For Junior SMC Officers
    286 5 More Quarters For Junior SMC Officers U T IIE\ all staff housing schemes undertaken this year are completed, the Singapore Municipality will have half the number of its married junior officers housed in quarters. At the beginning of this year, there were 440 out of 745 junior officers without Municipal
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    TRIED TO CHEAT BROTHER
    114 5 TRIED TO CHEAT BROTHER From Onr Stall correspondent IPOH, Mon. AS a result of trying to defraud his brother during a civil suit, 65-year-old Kadir Mohideen was convicted by Mr. Justice Thomson at Ipoh for fraudulently using as genuine a promissory note for $6,000 which he knew to be a
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    SPECIALS NEEDED
    25 5 From Onr Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Four hundred special constables are needed to serve in Perak. Applicants should contact their nearest O.C.P.D
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    Schools Get Radio Sets From Norway
    166 5 OADIO sets for school broadcasting are being sent from Norway to Singapore and the Federation bought with money raised during the United Nations Appeal for Children. Mr. John S. Dumeresque, Director of Broadcasting, commenting on this generous pift, said that he v.is "simply delighted,
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    Singapore Diary
    66 5 Y.W.C.A., Baffles Quay. Wayfarers' Chendoll demonstration, 2.30 p.m., ballroom dancing, 5.30 p.m. SINC.APOKK STAMP CLUB, social meeting, Cathay Restaurant. 5 p.m. CHINESE V.M.C.A., Selegie Road, basketball, 5.30 p.m., mouth organ class, 7.30 p.m., table tennis, 7.30 p.m. LIAN 1.1 BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, Twa Loh Koh practice. 4, Borneo Road,
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    'REP' TURNS DANGEROUS CORNER WELL
    434 5 rpHOSE who cherish the heresy that people talk too much about too little will agree with J. P. Priestley s argument In 'Dangerous Coiiht"; tho.se who retort that life would otherwise be Just too dull can see from the Singapore Repertory's performance how tense life
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    P.T. COURSE
    42 5 From Oar Own Correspondent KOTA BAHRU, Mon. Inche Rahmat bin Hussein of the Ismail English School, Kota Bahru, will be leaving by air for the United Kingdom next month on a Federation scholarship for one 'car's study In Physical Yraining.
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    Chief Kathi Explains
    117 5 T<HERE is no objection in Muslim law to a girl .being married before reaching puberty so long as the marriage is consummated after the bride has i cached pubtr*} said the Chief Kathi of fMnpapore, Tuan Haji Ali, in an interview la the ca<e of the marriage
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    DETAINED UNDER EMERGENCY LAW
    53 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Mon.— Without calling for his defence, 20-yoar-old Yap Low was acquitted and discharged in the Se?;amat Sessions Court by Inche Abdul Hamid for alleged criminal breach of trust of rubber sheet. Yap. however, was immediately taken into custody for detention under
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    'STEP TOWARDS SELF-GOVT.'
    239 5 "THE Secretary of State's approval of an increase by three in the number of elected representatives on the Singapore Legislative Council was received with satisfaction in unofficial quarters yesterday. The concensus of opinion among Councillors and political parties was that Whitehall's acceptance of a Council resolution, passed
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    HE SCALED WALL TO SEE ARDENT LOVE-MAKING'
    98 5 A 23- YEAR-OLD clerk. I.im Yang Chong, was stated in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to have scaled the wall of a house in Lorong 40, Geylang. and peeped through the window into the front room. Pleading guilty to being found in
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    3 CHARGED WITH MURDER
    56 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Mon. Three young Chinese Tan Kang Swee, Koh Lian Lin and Tan Kirn Chong had a charge of murder read out to them in the Segamat Circuit Court They were alleged to have killed another Chinese on Paya Lang Estate, Batu
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    46 5 QUEEN'S Scholar Mrs. M. Knight, who returned to Singapore yesterday on the Canton after three years in England where she obtained her B.Sc degree at Manchester University. Mrs. Knight, a graduate of Raffles College, was formerly a teacher at the Methodist Girls' School— Straits Times picture.
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    OVERLOADED
    17 5 MUAR, Mon. Goh Pol Hua, who overloaded his truck, was fined $40 by the Muar Magistrate.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tuts., Aug. 22, 1950. Britain Sends Aid
    722 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tuts., Aug. 22, 1950. Britain Sends Aid Britain is sending troops to Korea for two very good reasons. The Americans need reinforcements, and the British Government needs to demonstrate that it is backing the United Nations with every man and gun it can spare. Nevertheless the
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    DEATH
    24 6 le<]ip Faragher tied snrirlrnlv at hi* rf-irttnr;-. Ampang Rnirf. Kualy I.umpur, on I mornine. The funeral •net place m Monr'nv afternoon Ro.iel Cemetery.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    28 6 MR. A- MRS. I ESLIE CHEAH i I fnrnris and ratativai for •v kind wfehei ;md pref«nt~ on the TITtTI or thtir I on 12th August. 1950
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    In Bombay Too
    379 6 Since the question of an allowance for the Singapore Municipal Commissioners is still under consideration, the city fathers having dumped this embarrassing baby in the lap of their anything-but-acquies-cent finance committee, it is timely to call attention to the manner in which the same problem has been
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    AMBOINA BLOCKADE
    980 6  -  KENNETH LIKES, By A.P. Correspondent In Indonesia JAKARTA. fHE Indonesian Government is massing an army to attack the island of Amboina and still hoping the insurgent stronghold will give in without a fight. Any amphibious assault on this isolated but heavily fortified Island will be an extremely tough,
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      Pahang Tragedy
      320 6 THE heartfelt sympathy of every decent man and woman will go out to Mr. Stutchbury, whose wife has just been foully murdered by the vicious terrorists in our midst, and to the relations of the Chinese interpreter who also fell in this battle between order and chaos. -It
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      HORRID SMOKE AND FOUL AIR
      99 6 WITH reference to the "wait and see" policy of the Ipoh Town Board, I am obliged to say that the Commissioners who have opposed the cinema smoking ban have apparently done so to defend some most gentlemanly and considerate cine-ma-goers who unfortunately puff the most
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      RADIO IN THE BUSES
      163 6 T*HREE falls, one of A them fatal, have occurred from radioequipped buses in Penang in their short existence of one month. Folk are beginning to think that the installation of radios in buses along the Ayer Itam route is more to be condemned than welcomed. I
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      MAXIMS FOR MARIA
      169 6 lAM the father of six children. Incidentally, I am also the foster-father of a child, and I was once the youthful husband of a pretty young wife twenty years ago. So I can speak for Mr. and Mrs. Herfcgh and Che Aminah and Inche Mansor as regards
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    On the Margin
    431 6 On the Margin k j "Sweet William" T^HE unusually fine flowering of pink and red oleanders in the traffic Island oppasite the S.C.C. has bren admired by many thousands of office workers coming into town by bus or car along the Esplanade during the last few days. But if you
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    EPIDEMIC OF HARD PAD IN COLONY
    238 7 EPIDEMIC OF HARD PAD IN COLONY AN epidemic of hard pad among dogs has broken out in Singapore, and owing to its very highly infectious nature, is spreading rapidly. This disease is very common In Europe and its incidence in the Colony is suspected to be from a dog brought
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    Stole From Mother
    54 7 J^EE Joo Meng. who siole two fowls from his mother In Serangoon Road, was bound over for six months in $50 in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on Iwo charges of theft. Lee told the court that he stole the fowls because his mother refused him
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    WEEK-END AIRMEN WILL FLY SOON
    517 7 S'pore Gets Five Tiger Moths From Britain By A Special Air Correspondent THE first batch of Malaya's "week-end fliers" will be receiving; active flying training by mid-September, said an R.A.F. spokesman in Singapore last night. The men will be chosen from 25 candidates at a
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    'Not Heard Of It,' Says Brooke
    152 7 'Not Heard Of It,' Says Brooke Golden Serpent MR. Anthony Brooke, former Raja Muda of SaraIwak, said on arrival in Singapore yesterday in the liner Canton that he had never heard of the Brunei golden serpent cane until it was produced by Mr. Gerard MacBryan, former political adviser to the
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    BEER THEFT ALLEGED
    42 7 Tan Toah Sal, 21. a dock labourer, claimed trial in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to theft of three bottles of beer. Bail of $100 in one surety was allowed and the case was postponed to Sept. 20.
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    Sick Sailor Is Flown To U.K.
    47 7 Sick sailor. Able Seaman C. Tierney was put aboard yesterday's London-bound Qantas Constellation at Kallang airport, Singapore, on a stretcher, He is on his way to Britain for treatment. He was accompanied by a naval surgeon and a sick bay attendant.
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    JOBLESS, SHE TRIED SUICIDE
    76 7 JOBLESS, SHE TRIED SUICIDE A CHINESE woman. Kum Ah Heng. of Nagapa Road was bound over in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for six months for attempting suicide by jumping from the first floor of a shophouse on Aug. 2. A fellow lodger, who heard Kum fall, sent her
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    Import Quotas For Jap Goods
    195 7 pENDING agreement between the Sterling area and SCAP, the Malayan Governments have decided to distribute Import quotas for Japanese goods totalling 536,600,000 for the period ending June 30 next, it was officially announced last night. Quotas will be issued for the same categories as for
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    CLERK FACES 43 CHARGES
    301 7 A 33-YEAR-OLD clerk, Tong Kirn Cheong, of A Geylang, yesterday appeared in a preliminary inquiry in the Singapore Relief Court on 43 tentative charges of falsification of documents and criminal breach of trust. It was alleged that Tong, a clerk employed by Scott and English (S.E.A.)
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    Saw. A Head Pop Up So...
    62 7 LER Teck Kens, plying his sampan, in the Singapore River, saw a head pop up in the water nearby. He stretched out his hand and hauled in an old man. 63-year-old Koh Chen Sen. Koh. an unemployed man who lived at Upper Chin Chew
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    HIS 'GUESS' GAME: $10
    79 7 A CHINESE youth who operated a "guessing game, was convicted of gambling and fined $10 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. He was Chan Kok Van, who was arrested in the Singapore Harbour Board by a police constable. Chan, who claimed trial, said he had
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    A Tale Of Two Travelling Dogs
    400 7 ...And One Isn't Even A Real Dog ....But Peter Blake Will Carry On THIS is the story of two x dogs. DOG NO. 1 is Rover, owned by Mr. J. A. Thivy, retiring Representative of the Government of India. Rover sailed with his master
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    BODY FLOWN TO STORE
    45 7 The body of Mrs. Nora Stutchbury, who was murdered by bandits, was brought to Kallang Airport, Singapore, yesterday ti route to Hong Kong. The coffin left Pahang yesterday afternoon by road for Kuala Lumpur. It was covered by over 40 wreaths.
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    PLAYED HIS RADIO TOO LOUDLY
    32 7 TCOR annoying his neighbours by playing his radio loudV ly, Jalani Shaul Hamid. of An son Road, was fined $16 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday.
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    'POOR PRESS' HITS MORALE OF BANDITS
    286 7 'POOR PRESS' HITS MORALE OF BANDITS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. OROOF that the morale of the bandits is suffering 1 because the police no longer reveal the exact location of bandit activities is contained in a Malayan Communist Party document recently found in Johore, says a Federal
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    Mr. Phelan Expects A Muracle
    167 7 Mr. Phelan Expects A Muracle T»HE man who believe! m 1 miracles returned to Singapore last night 35-year-old Australian schoolmaster Mr Basil Phelan, on his way by QEA-BOAC Constellation to his home in Australia after immersion and prayer in the Holy Grotto of Lourdes. Although his condition deteriorated during his
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    TO RETIRE AFTER 35 YEARS
    35 7 Inche Haji Moham d Yunos, senior Malay interpreter of the Criminal and District Courts, Singapore, will retire at the end of the month. He joined the service in January 1915.
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    DUTY NOT PAID
    32 7 Chang Kam Loong, 31, of Woodlands Road, was fined $800. or five months' imprisonment, in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for possession of 15 Ib. of dutiable cigars.
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    PLEADS GUILTY TO OPIUM CHARGE
    45 7 Ong Chee Toh, 43. pleaded guilty in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to two charges of possession of 50 leaf-packets of chandu and a chanrtu pipe. He will be sentenced <>n Aug. 28. and bail of $200 was allowed.
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    Watch those inquisitive young hands
    954 8  -  NURSE JANET MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA By "Worried" writes to say that her 16-month- > old son is growing very ivilful and determined, Unt he irill not play happily in his play pen ant loyiqcr, and cries ■n left alone HTHE KCOOd Itage of topping stones
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    PERFUME POINTS
    58 8 IAM constantly asked by women the difference between toilet water, Cologne and perfume. Perfume Is the strongest, most concentrated scent. Cologne is the weakest. Toilet water is not strong enough to be used as a regular perfume. Use a light flower perfume in the summer and a heavier,
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    Problem of the cocks egg
    423 8 From an estate bungalow UJE have had a rather surprising episode this week. You know the little tiny eggs that pullets sometimes lay? Well, yesterday we had the smallest ever— about the size of a thrush's egg but otherwise perfectly normal, outwardly at any rate.
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    45 8 "SWIMSUIT SYLPH": Olympic diving: champion Vlcki Draves makes a picture of grace and fitness as she rehearses at Sudbury, Middlesex, for her role in "Aqua Parade 1950" at Wembley, London. Her face and figure have won her the name of "Swimsuit Sylph." Paul Popper picture.
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      250 8 SPORE News, Share Market Interlude; Artists"; 10 "Paul Temple and the K n°cv am N e N wm° W^ by To e io K S^ffi "*> Orch.; 1.30 New.; 1.45 Dance ri T^ ,n ™I" 9 30 >£5? 4.45 p.m. "From the London Music (the Jubllaires); 2 Close; Sf^JS Bn
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      Bijou, the wonder cat
      1045 9 /\NCE upon a time here was a cat called Bijou which is French for "Little Jewel". Bijou ■was a black cat with just one little white spot on his body, hence his name. Bijou loved pink salmon. He used ti> consume it at the rate vi
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      Liang Choon works hard
      310 9 SCHOOLBOY OF THE WEEK JJLEVEN Year -OH Chua Liang Choon is one of (he most ink'llis^ent boys :it the Kampong Kapor Children's Feeding (Centre, Singapore. Though he has only been there two months he already snows great promises, and his teachers are proud of his writing
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      Gift to youth
      123 9 EIGHTH ARMY'S GIFT TO YOUTH— The three successive commanders of the Eighth Army— Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery, Lieut. General Sir Oliver Leese and General Sir Richard McCreery— have agreed to the gift of £2,500 unexpended balance of the Eighth Army Amenities Fund to King George's Jubilee Trust Fund.
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      222 9 m ivo/uc iv/issi/pp/m- ~Z3 until hc fHEAD OFFICE HAS COMPLAINED] TZ OI/CDriMF AGAIN. SIR. THEY'RE STIIL *w \\V>^^J^ V»CIW,«nC TOR THOSE FIGURES. J Jfe -J^P^T H/S CONSTANT w^t TJMT DOCTOR'S i fW&P 0*?M f OUT I'VE AIREAOY GIVeTT) i^^S; «^«^W \g0gtfj0tf/S% jf^rTHE ANIAIYSIS SIR ffM^Mi s "~^k (YOU SEE. EVEN
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      263 9 J Vs getting somePEP 1 VIGOR. itsa&y* iwithaHGGLASSofKLIM 1 Jl say» ELSIE the BORDEN cow ■SI W U't not surprising taovw much energy youngsters can gain from T drinking KLJM milk every day. Every glassful brims with L wholesome nourishment so necessary for Rrowiriß children Von n can depend on
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      605 9 *pHE Blackwood convention Is an the heart ace. he would also supply I excellent weapon In innumer- the diamond king. South said able cases but it is not appro- that it was very unlucky that so pnate to all hands where a slam much "duplication" had existed is in prospect!
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    Estate Pay Dispute For Labour Head
    292 10 Estate Pay Dispute For Labour Head From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Mon. THE dispute on salary schemes and terms of service between the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association and the Estates Staffs Association of Malaya has been referred to the Commissioner for Labour, it was revealed at a meeting in
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    TELUK ANSON HOUSE THEFT
    59 10 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Mon.— Osman bin Kordi, aged 20, v,a.z charged at Teluk Anson with housebreaking and theft of two gold necklaces and one pair of cold earrings, and Malay clothing from Nayan bin Osman. He was alternatively charged with dishonestly retaining stolen
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    TRESPASS TRIAL
    50 10 TELUK ANSON, Mon —Bail of $250 each was offered Mohamed Alip bin Uda Laran, aged 47, and Mohamed bin Mat Aris, aged 27, when they were charged at Teluk Anson with trespassing into the house of Haji Aris bin Haji Salleh. having prepared to hurt him at Rungkun.
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    Kedah Bandits Kill Two Policemen
    224 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. I'WO police died, one constable was seriously A wounded, and two were slightly wounded when bandits attacked a police parrty in Kedah last nisht. During follow-up operatlons. another constable was seriously wounded. One car was hit when bandits
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    Malacca Pair Wins Dance Contest
    74 10 Malacca Pair Wins Dance Contest From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. ltflß. Jonnie Yap and Miss Sisi Looi, of Malacca, won the 1950 Selangor open ballroom dancing championships held during the weekend at the Eastern Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. The runners-up were Mr. Allan Chan and Miss Lily Soong (Selangor).
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    'DOCTOR WANTED TO SELL LAND'
    279 10 'DOCTOR WANTED TO SELL LAND' From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. EVIDENCE would be called, which, if accepted by the Court would make Dr. A. H. Ponnampalam's story incredible, said Mr. B. J. P. Joaquim at the continued hearing of the suit instituted by the doctor to set aside
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    BOUND OVER
    48 10 SEGAMAT, Mon. Found in possession of chandu, 56-year-old Lim Suan was bound over for nine months with one surety in $150, by the President of the Segamat Sessions Court. He was also ordered to undergo two months' medical attention to rid him of the opium-smoking habit.
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    Six Months For Desertion
    63 10 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mon.— "Desertion from the police force is becoming common," the Seremban Magistrate, Tuan Sheik Abdullah, said when he imposed a sentence of six months' gaol on a Malay special constable. Pilus bin Ismail, a special on Sungei Petal Estate, Mantin, was
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    WAR LEADERS FLYBACK FROMKOREA
    957 10 Australian newsletter from BOB CILMORE MELBOURNE. Sun. AUSTRALIAN leaders' grips are gaudy this week with the bnggage-labels of Asia. While Prime Minister Menzies nibbled sukiyaki in Tokyo with General Mac Arthur, (he will be in New Zealand the day this is orinted). Lieut.-Gen. Sir Horace Robertson,
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    London Stocks
    309 11 LONDON, Mon. THE recent advance In Brl- tish Government flocks was resumed today when fresh institutional buying lifted prices by up to threeeighths. All issues were affected but the demand was mainly for long-dated stocks. —Reuter. Closing middle prices of selected stocks as supplied to the Strait* Times
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    MALAYAN SHARES OPEN STEADY
    161 11 From A Market Correspondent npHE Malayan share market opened the week yesterday on a very steady tone, encouraged a little by the improving price of tin. Business, however, passed only on a small scale. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: I>UI»II1A[,3 Bmrtn
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    The Produce Market
    132 11 From A Market Correspondent QELLERS In the coconut oil section of the produce market were reluctant to quote when inquiries for this commodity from Japan were received yesterday in Singapore There was no buying locally. The sellers' price was around $67 ft Per plcul. Copra was quoted
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    EXCHANGE RATES FOR H.K. DOLLARS
    62 11 HONO KONO, Mon. 'CTREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today as follows: rstl, HK56.35; £1. HK515.60; one tael of gold HKS3O2— U.P. HPHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announces that the Hong Kong dollar free market currency exchange rate in Singapore is
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    RUBBER CROPS
    25 11 OUBBEK estate crops are an- nounced as follows. In lbs.: June July Kempas 405.700 367,500 Radella Est. 19.000 18,000 Buklt KB. 8.600 6,300
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    TIN: $396 A PICUL
    33 11 OINGAPORE, Mon., Aug. 21. $396 (up $5). £822} a ton in London LONDON. Mon.. Aug. 21.— Spot: £820—£825; Forward, £820—£825; Settlement. £820. Turnover: a.m. M tons, p.m. 40 tons.
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    Singapore Rubber Market
    200 11 THE Singapore rubber market opened steady on news of estate strikes in Indonesia, and higher prices were demanded. A gain of three cents per 1b over Saturday's close was recorded by noon. There was, however, no selling pressure. There was a slight drop In the afternoon and
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    MALAYAN TIN-ORE OUTPUT IN JULY
    44 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KTJALA LUMPURej Mon rpiN mines In the Federation of x Malaya In July produced 6.763 tons of tin-ore concentrates, according to figures issued today. Production In Perak totalled 4,151 tons and in Selangor 1,866 tons.
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    Shipping In The Roads And Alongside
    227 11 SHIPS in the* Singapore Outer and Inner Roads and alongside Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan, Salawati. Chip Lam, Tonjer, M. Brander, Natlcin*. Benreoch, Bela, Avon Venturer, Hal Lee, La Colorada, lonian Moon, Kosho Maru. Hal Hlng. Inner Roads: Halvdan, Mantln,
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    MALAYAN HO HO CUP XI NAMED
    164 12 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mon. FOUR players rach from Singapore «n4 Penan*, the Malayan Chinese F.A. Cup finalists, are Included in the Malayan Chinese side which is due to mr-l Hone Kong Chinese in the annual inter-port competition for the Ho Ha Cup
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    Tigers Upset S.S.C. 6-4
    92 12 Tigers Upset S.S.C. 6-4 TIGER Swimming Club scored a surprise 6-4 victory over the strong Singapo»e Swimming Club in their Singapore Water Polo League "A" encounter at Haw Par Pool on Sunday. Wee Hock (3). Sin Ho (21 and Heng Pong scored for Tigers while Barry Mitchell and Van Daatselar
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    Fullback's Goal Saves Cablemen
    105 12 Fullback's Goal Saves Cablemen pABLE and Wireless Sports Club and O.T.E.C. Sports Club drew one-all in a S.A.F.A. Singapore Business Houses "B" fixture or the C.V.M.A. ground yesterday. A last -minute coal by .Ronnie Barth (fullback) saved Cable and Wireless from defeat. O.T.E.C. had taken the lead five minutes before
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    REWARDS WILL BE RICH AT K.L. RACES
    544 12  - REWARDS WILL BE RICH AT K.L. RACES EPSOM JEEP By Strong Bid By Outside Strings KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. (\l TSTATION stables are making a strong bid at the Selangor Turf Club's August-September meeting which starts here on Saturday. Although advertised stakes for these Class 3 and 4 races are small,
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    BankLead3-0 Early, Just Scrape Home
    203 12 BankLead3-0 Early, Just Scrape Home HONG KONG and Shanghai Bank's star studded eleven scored a narrow threetwo victory over Borneo Motors in the Business House "B" League game at Geylang yesterday. The plucky Borneo team were faced with a three goal deficit in the second half but they did not
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    Basketball Team Back
    114 12 FE S.C.A.A.F. basketball team which went on tour to Hong Kong and Bangkok last month, returned to Singapore yesterday by P.O.A.S. Dakota without two players, Lim Soo Kiontc and Lee Choon Hoon who are still In Bangkok. The tour was "not very successful" said manager Goh Keng
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    20 12 THE SINGAPORE Chinese basketball team which returned to Singapore yesterday photographed here with their well-wishers and friends.— Straits Times picture.
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    NEW HORSES ARE MODERATE LOT
    376 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. MONE of the newcomers entered for the Selangor A Turf Club's August-September meeting has a home record of outstanding merit, but a few like Lightning Boy, Full Till, Michael and Braton are nicely-bred and should be able to make
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    A Winning Combination
    143 12 OUNDAY'S "Padang Shield' cricket at the Singapore Cricket Club, which S.C.C. won by 35 runs against Singapore Recreation Club, was remarkable for tJie winning combination which the S.C.C. captain, R. Lynch, struck up with his fellowAustralian, G. Hyslop. Together, Lynch 60 and Hyslop 40, they were responsible
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    Fanny ToCompete In Four Events
    330 12 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS TOMORROW AMSTERDAM, Monday. FANNY BLANKERS-KOEN, "The Flyin* Housewife" who won four gold medals at the London Olympic Games in 1948, again is the Dutch hope for the European track and field championships, to be held at the Heysel Stadium, Brussels, from Wednesday to
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    JIM FUCHS SETS NEW FIGURES
    78 12 STOCKHOLM, Mon. JIM FUCHS (United States) today set new figures for the world record in putting the shot when at Visby (island off Gotland) he attained a distance of 17.91 metres (about 58 ft. 9in.) Only three days ago Fuchs, in Stockholm, reached 17.79 metres
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    SBA Tourney Ties For Weekend
    303 12 rpHE following ties in the Singa- pore Badminton Association championships will be played off this week-end at the Clerical Union Hall: SATURDAY at 2.30 p.m. Inter-school semi-finals: St. Andrew's v St. Joseph's. Tournament Official Tan Cheng Chia; Umpire: Teo Boon Eng; Referee: Lee Hock San.
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    Sports Diary
    54 12 SOCCER: Boys' Club Final (re play), Prince Edward Boys Club v Katong Boys at S.R.C. padang I pjn. Jnr. Cup-tie: SJK.S.W.U. v In dians R.C. "A" at Geylang; Business Hse. A: Tiger Standard v Malayan Airways at Police Depot. Friendly: Kiwi Members League v Y.M.C'.A. at V.M.C.A. TENNIS:
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    BESHORE GETS A BATTERING
    50 12 BESHORE GETS A BATTERING EZZARD Charles (left), hitting at will in the 14th round, stands over a badly beaten Freddie Beshore in the title fight at Buffalo, New York, on August 15. Charles, National Boxing Association's world heavyweight champion. was awarded a t.k.o. decision in the 14th round A.P. pic-
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    Chinese Star Wins Marathon
    88 12 BERKELEY, California. Mon Wang Chen-ling. Chinese Olympic distance runner from Hong Kong, won the second annual Berkeley marathon in 2 hr. 28 mln. 29 sec. for the 26-mile 385-yards course. He finished half an hour ahead of the field. Wang's time bettered the 2 hr. 48
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    WOMEN'S HOCKEY
    34 12 A meeting of the Singapore Women's Hockey Association will be held in the S.C.C. on Tuesday. August 29 at 5.30 p.m. All women's clubs can send two representatives each to the meeting.
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    Tourists Win In Two Days
    311 12 Tourists Win In Two Days CHELTENHAM, Mon. TpHE West Indians beat A Gloucestershire In two days today by an innings and 105 runs, remarkable bowling again by Ramadhin and Valentiie causing the county to colla'ise a second tirm« for 97. West Indies today totalled 271 and with a first innings
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    U.K. CRICKET SCORES
    80 12 LONDON. Mvi f J.K. county cricket close of piny scores today are: Middlesex 258, Surrey 238 for 8. Derby 345 for 6 dec. Kent <W and 94 for 5. Glamorgan 282. Essex 98 for ft, Nottir.gh; mshlre 421. Hamit.shire 227 for 6. Leicester IG6 and 84 for
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