The Straits Times, 24 August 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAtSES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS*
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    U.K. COMMANDOS RAID RED ISLAND
    346 1 U.K. COMMANDOS RAID RED ISLAND Red Division Routed TOKYO, Wednesday. BRITISH Commandos stabbed suddenly at the Communist rear destroying a radio station and tower on an island eight miles off Inchon, unconfirmed reports from Korea said today. The Commandos were said to be from a British warship taking part in
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    INDIAN BRIDE
    48 1 DEEFA MI'KKRJEK. 21-year-old daughter of one of Rental's leading families, wliosp marrinut' in London (n Lieut. -Commander" John Temple West has been twice postponed. She is now in lersejr, where her fiance's parents live, and where it is rxpected the wedding will take place. A.P. picture.
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    ATTACK ON STORE LAWYER
    172 1 ATTACK ON STORE LAWYER MR. Chong Thutt Pitt, a Singapore lawyer, who »as attacked by two unknown persons, one of them a Malay, early yesterday morning, told the Straits Times last night that one of his assailants carried '•something that looked like a pistol." Mr. Chong was injured in the
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    ANOTHER BIG HAUL OF OPIUM
    90 1 A NOTHER large seizure of contraband opium, worth nearly $45,000, was made by Singapore Customs officers when they boarded a ship which arrived from Hong Kong on Tuesday. They found 140 lbs of opium wrapped in ten brown paper packages in the crews' quarters. This
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    Germans, Japs Back In Sport
    37 1 BRUSSELS. Wed.— Western Germany and Japan were readmitted to the Internationa] Athletics Federation at the lAAF congress here today. The re-admission of Japan was unanimous with certain abstentions. Including the Philippines.— Reuter.
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    STOKOWSKI, 68, HAS A NEW SON
    44 1 STOKOWSKI, 68, HAS A NEW SON NEW YORK. Wed.— "Poor little rich giri" Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski, wife of 68-year-old musician Leopold Stokowski, gave birth to a son last night. The 26-year-old mother and her baoy were "doing nicely," the New York hospital said.— U.P.
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    BURIAL OF MRS. STUTCHBURY
    51 1 HONG KONG, Wed.— The Mineral took place this afternoon of Mrs. Nora Stutchbury, a British woman from Hong Kong who was found shot to death by Malayan bandits on Saturday. The body arrived here by air from Singapore yesterday accompanied by Mr. A. D Stutch-* bury.
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    SHIP HITS MINE
    35 1 HONG KONG, Wed.— The British-registered freighter Jeep Hee (1.063 tons) sank today after striking a mine in the Yangtse estuary early this morning, according to radio messages received here from Shanghai.— Reuter-AAP.
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    SMUTS ILL AGAIN
    20 1 CAP/5 TOWN, Wed.— Field Marshal Smuts is confined to bed with influenza, it was announced yesterday.— A.P.
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    MAO BUYS RUBBER FOR SOVIET
    125 1 HONG KONG, Wed. OFFICIAL trade statistics disclosed yesterday that the Chinese Communists are buying— presumably for their Russian allies large quantities of Malayan rubber- via Hong Kong. Rubber import* until May averaged slightly more than HK52,000,000 monthly but June-July imports soared to HK$l l,OOO,OOO monthly.
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    OFF TO KOREA
    45 1 'NAVAL RATINGS, with their kits, are seen waiting to board the- aircraft-carrier Warrior at Portsmouth. The warship left for the Korean battlefront during the week-end. Lower picture: Marines also go aboard Warrior. In the background is Lord Nelson's flagship Victory. A.P. picture.
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    Attlee Calls For Arms Speed-up
    182 1 LONDON, Wednesday. DRIME Minister Mr. Clement Attlee today called 1 upon all sections of the British Labour movement to back the Government in an all-out re-armament drive. He summoned the entire Council of Labour 24 key leader^ representing Government, Parliament, trade unions and the Co-operative
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    C.-C, HARDING ATHONCKONG
    44 1 HONG KONG, Wed. MR. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commissioner-General in South-East Asia, arrived in Hong Kong- this afternoon on a routine visit for several days. Liet. Gen. Sir John Harding:, Commander -in Chief British Land Forces Far East, also arrived today. —Reuter.
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    TIDE IS TURNING SAYS....
    446 1 TIDE IS TURNING SAYS.... Roy Macartney TAEGU. Wed. UNITED Nations' forces are confident they have reached the turning point of the Korean war. Returning to Korea for my fourth visit since the outbreak of the war I have found new confidence permeating American and South Korean soldiers alike. There Is
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    YAKFIGHTERS ATTACK BRITISH DESTROYER
    109 1 YAK FIGHTERS A TTA CK BRITISH DESTROYER TOKYO, Wednesday. TWO Yaks strafed and bombed the British desA troyer Comus last night, the Fifth Air Force announced. There were no reports of damage if any, or the location of the attack, which is the first on a United Nations warship. British
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    H.K. SUGAR MAY GO ON RATION
    52 1 HONG KONG, Wed.— Sugar may be rationed in Hong Kong so that the limited amount available will goround evenly. A Government source, who hinted at the ration idea, blamed hoarding and illegal smuggling into China as the reasons for fhe shortage. —A. P. U.N.
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    Canada Gets Its Navy Ready: 8,000 Men Enlist
    248 1 Canada Gets Its Navy Ready: 8,000 Men Enlist LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. VICE-ADMIRAL Harold Grant, Chief of the Canadian Naval Staff, announced here today that the Canadian Navy was re-commissioning all 12 destroyers at present in reserve. They were being equipped with the latest antisubmarine gear. Adm. Grant said the Navy's
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    RICE LOAN
    14 1 COLOMBO, Wed.— Ceylon is to lend India 10,000 tons of rice. Reuter.
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    LATE NEWS
    27 1 OTTAWA, Wed.—Canadian naval forces have made two landings on islands off the Communist-held coast of South Korea, the Canadian navy announced in Ottawa today. Reuter.
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    U.S. Annual Defence Bill $25 Millions
    126 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. MILITARY leaders expect the Korean war to end by next spring, but the Communist threat elsewhere will keep United States defence spending above $25,000,000 annually for many years. These estimates ">. were disclosed in the published record of closed hearings by the
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    DRAINAGE & IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT PERAK, IPOH
    140 2 DRAINAGE IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT PERAK, IPOH PUBUC APPOINTMENTS Applications are invited for filling four posts as Temporary Surveyors on a salary scale of ($7O A5 85 Bar 90 A5 120 Bar 130 AlO 150 Bar 160 AlO $200 p.m.) plus current rate of KJt of living allowances, with prospects of permanency.
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    MACA ON ASIANS IN U.S. BILL
    166 2 MACA ON ASIANS IN U.S. BILL WASHINGTON, Wed. QENERAL Mac Arthur has cabled congratulations to Representative Francis Walter for his efforts on behalf of a Bill to make it possible for Asian residing in this country to become citizens. The cable read: "Congratulations a great tribute to your wisdom and
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    MINISTER IS REFUGEE
    65 2 BERLIN, Wed.— The search by security police for the "missing" Minister of Thuringia in the Soviet zone of Germany ended yesterday, when Dr. Heinrich Gillessen, former Minister of Food and Supply, announced his safe arrival in West Berlin as a political refugee. He is the second holder
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    PROBE ORDERED
    33 2 KARACHI, Wed.— The East Bengal High Court has been directed to inquire into 13 allegations of misconduct and misappropriation of public money against H. H. Chowdhry, former Province Finance Minister.— AP.
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    INDIAN DRINK BAN UPHELD
    64 2 BOMBAY, Wed. J<HE Bombay High Court yesterday upheld the validity of the Bombay Prohibit ion Act bat ruled that medical and toilet preparations could contain alcohol. The court overruled the contention of an Indian journalist that the act, which went into force on April 1, violated
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      "Fantastic" New U.S. Weapons
      295 2 JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, Wednesday. AIRCRAFT builder Glenn L. Martin yesterday A declared that the United States was building "fantastic" new weapons capable of overcoming an enemy who has a 20 to one numerical superiority. The Baltimore indastrial list said that his firm was building four new types
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      FASHION MODEL
      23 2 MISS MERCY HAYSTEAD, London fashion model, who will leave shortly for Vienna to take part in the film festival. A.P. picture
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    ANOTHER RED LEADER SHOT
    43 2 LIEGE, Wed. An unknown gunman yesterday shot a Belgian Communist leader, K. Raskim, in the arm at Tongress, near here, while 20,000 people were at the funeral of Julien Lahuat, the assassinated president of the Belgian Communist Party.— Reuter.
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    U.N. BADGES FOR KOREA NEWSMEN
    42 2 U.N. BADGES FOR KOREA NEWSMEN TOKYO, Wed.—Correspondents covering the Korean fighting are to wear United Nations shoulder patches. The patch is coloured blue and silver and has large U.N. initials on the top half and the words "war correspondent" b?low.— Reuter, AAP.
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    IF CHIANG HAD WORN OVERALLS
    258 2 WASHINGTON, Wed. "TOO much silk and not enough blue overalls cost Chiang Kai-shek the support of the Chinese people, a Congressman charged today. The Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, immediately agreed with him. A Republican Representative, Mr. Albert Engel, told Mr. Acheson at a
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    STRIKE CUTS OFF BRUSSELS
    80 2 BRUSSELS, Wed. The Belgian capital was last night cut oft from the sea when a strike of dockers in Brussels river port became general. Stoppages in the ports of Antwerp, Ghent and Ostend were also complete. A tentative plan to end the strike wag drawn up
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      505 2 NOTICES THE AMICABLE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Is holding a Tea Dance at the Club's Premises on Sunday, 27th August, 1950, from 3 to 6 p.m. Members are welcome. LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXAMINATIONS 1949. The certificates for the above examinations are now with the undersigned. Will successful candidates please call for
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      279 2 EDUCATION NOTICE Two new Regional Schools will accept registrations for ac'miss'on to classes from Primary I to Standard IV for September, 1950. beginning from Monday, August 28th, until Friday. September Ist, between 8 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. These schools are situated as follows: (a) Sungei Wl'ampoe (OH Towner Road) mixed
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    U.N. KASHMIR MEDIATOR GIVES UP: "NO USE STAYING"
    314 3 U.N. KASHMIR MEDIATOR GIVES UP: "NO USE STAYING" KARACHI, Wednesday. THERE was no prospect of India and Pakistan settling their differences over Kashmir Sir Owen Dixon, United Nations mediator in the dispute, said in a statement yesterday in Karachi. Sir Owen, who leaves today for London and Lake Success, said:
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    Warning Of 'Quarrel's' Results
    109 3 MANCHESTER, Wed. 'FHE Liberal Manchester Guardian today took a v.cw of trn present dratock over Kashmir. The Kashmir "quarrel" the paper declared, hud had v Ider consequences in recent world history than was rei.sed. Perhaps Sir Owen Dixon's will suggest lo the Security Council now ways
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    U.S. Tyre Prices Up
    117 3 AKRON i Ohio i. Wed. Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. have increased prices on passenger, truck and farm tyres and on tubes made of natural rubber. Effective Aug. 4. the company raised the retail price on all passenger tyres five per cent, on all truck tyres
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    NEW RUNWAY FOR BURMA AIRPORT
    27 3 RANGOON. Wed. The Burmese Government has decided to reconstruct Mingaladon airport with an international Class A runway, it was announced today. Reuter.
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    World Bank Loan For Australia
    82 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE World Bank yesterday made a loan of US$lOO,OOO,OOO to Australia. It will be used for development projects, both private and Governmental, in the next two years. Mr. Eugene R. Black, President of the Bank, announcliat the Bank has indjcat- the Australian Govern-
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    QUADS IN LONDON
    42 3 MR. ROBERT TAYLOR, father u f the London quads, had to provide four swings for the children who will be two years old in October. From left are Kevin Annett held by her father, Paul and Robert.— A.P. picture.
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    Will Swim 28 Hours For 15 Minutes In England
    435 3 yesterday's racp. Fammy Attallah of Egypt, was taken from the water 300 yards from the English coast after dawn today, when he had been in the water 27 hours and 13 minutes. An ambulance was called by radio to Dover Harbour
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    FAROUK 15 DELIGHTED
    61 3 DEAUVILLE, Wed. RING Farouk of Egypt took time off from his holiday here today to praise the feat of two Egyptian swimmers in yesterday's Channel race, one of whom won, breaking the record for the crossing. "I am delighted. That is good work," be said, before returning
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    Birthday Portrait
    16 3 A NEW portrait of Princess Margaret, who was 20 on Monday. picture by Baron.
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    7 'Quakes Shake Town In Assam, Kill 10
    249 3 SHILLONG, Wed. SEVEN mild earthquakes shook the upper Assam town of Doom Doorna yesterday killing 10 workers in the tea gardens. The new tremors followed last w e c k's massive earth convulsions in which 80 people are officially stated to have
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    U.K, TO SPEED ROBOT WEAPONS
    200 3 LONDON, Wed. PRODUCTION of secret guided weapons is to be accelerated in Britain. The Ministry of Supply announced that Air Chief Marshal Sir Alec Coryton has been apppolnted to concentrate on co-ordinating and accelerating work on research, development and production. Sir Alec Coryton commanded the
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    U.S. SUED OVER ATOM PROCESS
    33 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. Tne U.S. Government is being sued here by a company for $10,800,000 damages lor the alleged use of an atom bomb process without paying for it.
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    BURMA MA V BECOME ANOTHER KOREA'
    134 3 LONDON, Wednesday. OIR Reginald Dorman-Smith, the Governor of 0 Burma from 1941 to 1946, today declared that Burma may become another Korea, dependent on trte "cumbersome" machinery of the United Nations to save her from aggression. In a letter published in I!, he wrote:
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    GUARDS GOING HOME DENIAL
    84 3 LONDON, Wed.-Referring to reports that the Second Battalion, Scots Guards, would be coming home for Christmas, authoritative quarters here today pointed out that the Guards had gone to Malaya for an indefinite period and no date had been fixed for the term of their service in
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    PETITION TO KING IS READY
    220 4 PETITION TO KING IS READY News In Brief A FIVE-PAGE PETITION to the King from the Municipal Commissioners to raise the status of the town of Singapore to that of a city. is now ready and will bo sent to the Colonial Secretary th.s week From the Colonial Secretary's office,
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    CLAIMS TRIAL
    55 4 From Oar Staff Corresp»»de«t KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Mrs. M. V Humphreys, a European, who appeared before Raja Sulaiman in the second Magistrate's Court, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday claimed trial to a charge ol having caused unnecessary obstruction with her car at Rodger Street, Kuala Lumpur. The case was postponed
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    THE CITY PETITION
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    18 MONTHS FOR "SHY WOMAN"
    189 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Wednesday. PRESCRIBED by the prosecution as a "shy woman," 26-year-old Loh Khum. who on two previous occasions had asked to be hanged and shot was today sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment in the Sessions Court on two counts of possessing
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    Cabaret Girls Want Day Off
    167 4 Cabaret Girls Want Day Off CJNGAPORE cabaret girls want a day off a week and «hey are prepared to talae it without pay. This question has arisen following the introduction of the new Weekly Holiday Ordinance. The managers of local cabarets say that dance hostesses are not their employees, and
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    Guides Returning
    59 4 rujXANVr, wed.— The Malayan contingent to the mide jamboree in Australia U expected to leave FrvmantJe on Sept 4 and to arrive in Singapore on Sept. 18, according to latest advices received from Australia. The Malayan Guides are stated to nave made a favourable impression in every town
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    PHONE LINK WITH WORLD' TESTS
    199 4 SINGAPORE'S radio-telephone service, which links the Colony with Britain, may be extended to other countries, Mr. R. W. Stainforth. general manager of the Oriental Telephone Exchange Company, said yesterday, j Experimental calls from the Colony to other parts of the world are being made by
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    SULTAN'S BIRTHDAY: SEGAMAT PUNS
    107 4 From Ow Own C«rresf»ii4*iil SEGAMAT, Wei. A RRANGEMENTS have been made at Scgamat to celebrate the T7th birthday of the Sultan of Jofcore on Sept. 17, which will be a public holiday in the State. Opening with a prayer merting at the mosque in the morning
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    Penang to appoint local planner
    182 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Wednesday. INSTEAD of engaging a fully-qualified town planner from the United Kingdom, Penang Municipal Commissioners have decided to employ an architect with "town planning experience.'' Applications are now Invited for this appointment, which will be placed on the permanent staff
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    5 TOWNS DfCLARED INFECTED PLACES
    36 4 5 TOWNS D ECLARED INFECTED PLACES MOULMEIN, Jakarta, Tanjong Priok Jogjakarta and Pondicherry were declared infected places m Singapore yesterday. There is pUg tie at Moulmein, Jakarta and Tanjong PTick and smallpox at Jogjakarta and Pondieherry.
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    KALLANG AIRPORT ARRIVALS
    209 4 »T»HE following passengers were among those who arrived at KaUang airport yesterday Irom points outside Malaya on the various air services. Passengers In transit are not included In the list. QX.A.-8.0.AX. From Loadoa: Measrs. W. V. Whalt, J. S. KilworUx, and T. D HoweU. Fr«n Calcutta: Mr.
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    PONTIAN VISITS BY AIR
    98 4 PONTIAN VISITS BY AIR A SCHEME to use aircraft from the Royal Singapore Plying Club to ferry municipal officers to and from Johore on routine and emergency visit? in connection with thp waterworks extension works there, has been approved by a committee of Municipal Commissioners. The charge would be $24
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    4 PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
    77 4 IPOH, Wed. Admitting four previous convictions fo" chandu offences. See Lian Kian, aged 47, was sentenced to three months' simple imprisonment when he was convicted today in the Sessions Court on a charge of niegial possession of chandu and chandu-smoking apparatus. The president of the Court, Mr.
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    CYCLISTS FINED
    33 4 From Oar Own Correspondent TAIPING, Wed.— For lalling to observe the Stop, Look and Go sign, two cyclists, Hu Soo Swee and Murugesu, were fined $5 each by the Talping Magistrate.
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    U.S. Rubber Allocation Plan 'Will Stabilise The Market'
    721 4 U.S. Rubber Allocation Plan 'Will Stabilise The Market' WASHINGTON, Wednesday. rubber officials believe the government plan io urt domestic consumption of rubber to boost stockpiling will stabilise the market. The U.S. Commerce Department has announced that the Government is considering a plan to impose allocation controls on rubber going into
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    Secretary Is Suspended
    99 4 fHE Singapore Muslim W Im. fare Association, has arpended the general secrettry, Mr. J. Khalcndar Khnn. i d the treasurer. Mr. Abubuk The action was taken to certain ■tatexnenta t y have released, which la 1 opinion of the commi e, were, prejudicial to the Jv terests
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    RECRUITING FOR MILITARY POLICE
    34 4 FronwOur O'vn orrcs>«^d" TAIPING. Wed.— A Rser.itlng Officer will visit Alof Star from Aug 28 to 31 (m ilist recruits for the P. lyal Military Police in Sn- at ore.
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    NEW HOUSES
    48 4 From Our Own Ccrrefipcndt rtt BUKIT MERTAJAM Vcd. —Four houses In Mtuket Road are to be demoB»i(l as part of Bukit MerLaJani's town improvement sc£niv.>\ Six other houses from a block of 13 wiii be built 9 soon as the demolition is completed within this *"rk.
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    Dr Stork May Call Any Time, So... |
    313 5 PLANE PREPARES FOR NEW BABIES Dr Stork May Call! Any Time, So... THE lounge in a BOAC Argonaut charter aircraft, which arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon from Bremen en route to Sydney with 15 European refugee families, has been set aside as an emergency maternity ward "in case we run
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    CHIEF PILOT
    56 5 MR. LEAGH MURRAY, cniei pilot of the Netherlands- Guinea Petroleum M i its( hapij. who arrived Singapore yesterday by Q.EJL 8.0.A.C. CMnteUstion from Jakarta en route I > lion? Kong. Mr. Murray. H'ha has been Hying for 17 will thru pilot a < ilalina rerently purchas,l l>\ the
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    He Arrested Top Reds In Rangoon
    98 5 He Arrested Top Reds In Rangoon A CERTIFICATE of merit and a fountain-pen in ;lon of Ills services in arresting important Cummuin Burma, was pre■ented to Sgt. I. H. Wilson, of the Singapore Harbour Board Auxiliary Police, at their li •adquarters in Beach Road y .-.;crday. The award came from
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    Back After Operation
    71 5 OTILL weak and a little pale after her recent operation for apendicitis at Kuala Lumpur, 22-year-old Mtu Ruth Langdon, daughter Of the U.S. Consul-General In Singapore, stepped out of b Malayan Airways Dakota, ft' Kallang airport yesterday morning resting on the arm of her father. Miss Langdon,
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    Nine-Floor Flats
    55 5 T-HE Singapore Improvement Trust is expected to call for tenders soon for piling work in connection with its nine-storey building projects on a site between Upper Pickering Street and Upper Hokkien Street. The Trust is to erect three nine-storey blocks of flats with accommodation for 700 families at
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    JASIN WELFARE
    31 5 MALACCA. Wed.— The Jasin District Welfare Week Committee collected $5,146 from sales of car stickers, souvenir programmes, and flags. After paying all expenses, the sum for welfare was $4,700
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    PROGRESS IN ASIAN STUDIES
    155 5 INHERE are signs of a reJ. markable awareness of the importance of Asian studies in Malaya, said Dr Victor Purcell. a former Acting Secretary for Chinese Affairs in Singapore, address\n s the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club yesterday. Professor of Far Eastern History in Cambridge University, Dr.
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    'Instructed By Doctor'
    89 5 J^S Indian, C. Koshy Varghese Panicker, was yesterday acquitted in the Singapore First District Court on a charge of "being the owner of a dispensary which suggested that he was a registered pharmacist". On a second charge of administering penicillin injections to two people on nine occasions,
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    SIAMESE PRINCE TO VISIT MALAYA
    71 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed.— A member of the Siamese Royal house, Prince Dani will pay his first official visit to Malaya early next month. A keen Rotarian, the prince, who is district governor in Siam, will be guest of honour c! the Rotary
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    Singapore Diary
    114 5 BRIDGE AND MAHJONU PARTY, In aid of Red Cross Funds, Lady Murray Aynsley's residence. 2 p.m. to 5 pjn. RED CROSS OLD PEOPLE'S CLUB, Wesley Hall, Port Canning, 4.30 p.m. to 6 pjn. CHINESE V.M.C.A., Seleglei Road, badminton, 5 p.m., basketball. 5.30 p.m., body-building class, 7 p.m., table-tennis,
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    Draft Estimates For Council In October
    130 5 'J'HE Colony's draft estimates for 1951 will be tabled at the October meeting of the Legislative Council. A meeting of the Joint Consultative Finance Committee will be held in Kuala Lumpur next Tuesday to discuss the estimates in respect of the pan-Malayan departments, Including
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    OFF TO A NEW LIFE...
    41 5 EUROPEAN REFUGEE, Mrs. V. Mackevieus pictured in Singapore yesterday with her 11-month-old twin daughters, Irene and Teresel They are on their way t© Australia by BOAO Argonaut chartered by the International Relief Organisation.— Straits Times picture.
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    Mrs. 'Turko' flies to Singapore
    250 5 —'SO HAPPY,' THEN LEAVES MRS. "Turko" Westerling a slim, very attractive brunette, arrived in Singapore by air from Jakarta yesterday morning and left with local newspapers which carried the story of her husband's deportation fmm the Colony. "I am so happy", she said. Mrs. Westerling
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    'Turko'Goes To Officers' Mess
    112 5 'Turko'Goes To Officers' Mess COLOMBO, Ceylon Wed. "T»URKO" Westerling landl ed at Katuanyake airport here yesterday afternoon in a plane from Singapore. The authorities had the airport guarded by police, plainclothes men and R.AJ. police. No newspapermen were allowed near the plane. Westerling was hustled into a waiting R.A.F. car
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    2 HAD OPIUM: GET GAOL TERMS
    59 5 KAJANG, Wed— Llm Choy, aged 52, of Sungei Chua, was sentenced to three weeks' Imprisonment by the president of the Kajang Sessions Court for possession of 5*4 hoons of chandu and 3.3 hoons of chandu dross. Another 55-year-old Chinese, Leng Hln, who had a
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    WOMAN WELFARE WORKER CLEARED
    336 5 WOMAN WELFARE WORKER CLEARED From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. MISS P. Thambydurai, a Ceylonese worker in the Social Welfare Department, today was acquitted and discharged by Mr. A. P. Jack in the First Magistrate's Court, Kuala Lumpur, on a summons alleging she had accepted $20 to use her
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    Inquests On Two Men
    97 5 (THHE Singapore Assistant X Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday held inquiries into the deaths of two young Chinese whose bodies were found 200 yards from each other within the space of a week. The two men were Lee Thian Cuor, 20, and Lim Ah Seng, 25.
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    Labour Welcomes T.U.C. Proposal
    213 5 SINGAPORE labour circles yesterday greeted the proposal to form a Trades Union Council in the Colony with a note of caution, but generally were in favour of the move. Many of the labour leaders were of the opinion that such a move would be beneficial to
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    NO PERMIT FOR PORK: FINED $25
    49 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Lee Sai was fined $25 in the Kluang Police Court for selling pork without a licence. His scales, butcher's knife, wooden stand and the $18 from the sale of pork seized when he was arrested were ordered to be confiscated.
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    PERAK MALAYS APPEAL TO ONN
    58 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR, Wed. MEMBERS of UMNO and Malays in Perak are arranging a demonstration at Kuala Kangsar on Sunday asking for the return of Dato Onn bin Ja'afar as president of UMNO. Many slogans have been prepared. The procession will start
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    BICYCLE DEALER ACQUITTED
    55 5 A second-hand goods dealer, Oh Lian Lai, was acquitted in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on a charge of not recording five second-hand bicycle transactions in his books between Mar. 3 and June 24. The magistrate said that he could find no evtdtnce to show that
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    R.A.F. OFFICER ACCUSED
    48 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— An RAF officer, Eric George Ues, claimed trial in the Second Magistrate's Court, Kuala Lumpur, en a charge of in* considerate driving while on a motorcycle in Ipoh Road. "Hie case was' postponed to Sept. 26 for hearing.
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    Nearer The Vote
    635 6 She Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Aug. 24, 1950. Nearer The Vote The Local Authorities Election Ordinance, which will be introduced at the September meeting of the Federal Legislative Council, is not the final legislative procedure before local government elections can be held in the States and Settlements of the Federation.
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    Deadlock Over Kashmir
    437 6 Three months of touring and talking in India and Pakistan has found Sir Owen Dixon, United Nations mediator in the Kashmir dispute, without a solution. Sir Owen left Karachi yesterday for Lake Success to report complete failure. He did not travel east with any great hopes. It
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    ANAK ANGKAT'S ADVICE
    617 6 ANAK ANGKAT'S ADVICE \|UCH, maybe too much, iTI has been written about Maria and her Malay foster-mother, but so far nothing has been published from the standpoint of an adopted child. Being myself an "anak angkat" I think I can present a new angle of the case. Here is my
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    BANKING JOBS
    121 6 AN understanding between the bankers in this country Is that no bank will give employment to personnel of another bank, even after they have left the service, without their former employers' approval. It is grossly unfair for one who has remained in a bank for half a dozen
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    Islam Does Not Take A Child From Its Absent Parents
    834 6 Islam Does Not Take A Child From Its Absent Parents A MALAY MUSLIM REPLY TO MAJLIS r: Is not religious philosophy or social instinct, but sheer ignorance of the chivalrous spirit of the teachings of the Arabian Prophet, that stands responsible for the clarion call of the editor of Majlis
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      A Motor Trishaw Monopoly?
      298 6 A most disquieting piece of information was printed in Monday's Straits Times on the question of motorised trishaws. To quote from your paper: "The scheme suggested is for one company to operate all the trishaws." Again: 'The proper control of the vehicle, its routes, its drivers
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      MAKING WAR ON WOMEN
      212 6 I READ in my morning 1 paper of Aug. 22 that the bandits are worried about getting so little publicity lately; this is actually hinder-in* their war effort. Here is a little publicity which they can take back to their lairs and digest, while they pat
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      A MALACCA VIOLIN
      44 6 AS I wish to buy a new violin in Singapore, may I ask if I will be taxed if I bring it to Malacca? R.T. Malacca. (An Import duty of 20 per cent, will be payable in the Federation Ed. S.T.)
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    On the Margin
    396 6 English Roses reading the note in this column on the Johore Bahru nurseryman who believes that the lovely roses of temperate climates can be grown successfully in Malayan low-country gardens. I have received a letter from Mrs. E.D. Evans, of Seremban. which confirms ihis claim. Mrs. Evans
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      275 6 MECHANISATION Us* v- jßyt</ ttl K*tist aT LsW i I *j] ml In these days mechanisation has, tor most of us, but one meaning the substitution of the oil-driven tractor or lorry For the horse or mule-drawn vehicle. But mechanisation depends on rubber as well as petrol, for without rubber
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    ALL STORE ARSON CLAIMS PAID OFF
    209 7 ALL STORE ARSON CLAIMS PAID OFF ALL arson claims in Singapore to date have been met by the insurance companies, a spokesman of the Singapore Fire Insurance Association told the Straits Times yesterday. The spokesman said that policies covered criminal arson but this was a technical subject and each case
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    SQUASH EXPERT
    37 7 AUDI I. BAKI, crack Indian squash professional, who arrived m Singapore by QEA-BOAC yesterday «-n route for Australia. He will play m the Australian Open Championships which begin m Sydney next Monday. Straits Times picture.
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    The Silent Consul
    75 7 I»ALAYAN-born Mr. Ho Ying. I 1 the new Communist China Consul-General in Jakarta, parsed through Singapore yesterday on the Tjitjalengka om his way to Indonesia. He stayed on board the ship and cii not land. With him were 23 other me r.bers of the Chinese Comn unist
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    RECOGNISED
    30 7 me yovernor 01 Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, hrs provisionally recognised Dr. Mohamed Rasif as Con-sul-General of the Indonesian Government in the Colony ;ng the issue of His iesty's Exequator.
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    'Dak' Hits A Trolley
    44 7 THE tail-fin of a Siamese Air- ways Dakota was slightly damaged yesterday afternoon shortly after its arrival at Kallang airport. The aircraft which flew from Bangkok, knocked its tail against a stationary trolley when reversing to park in the turmac.
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    LALLANG FIRE
    32 7 A fire burnt a small area of lallang at a Caldecott Hill side road yesterday afternoon. One fire engine from the fire department put out the blaze in ten minutes.
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    GOVT. MAY .HAVE TO DECIDE
    122 7 GOVT. MAY .HAVE TO DECIDE Allowances SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners will take their case for the payment of an allowance to the Governor In Council if the recommendation of their Finance Committee is approved by the full Board of Commissioners at their ordinary meeting next Thursday. The Finance Committee, which met
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    Land Gift To Govt.
    76 7 ifR. Lee Kong Chlan, the Singapore rubber mag- 1 nate, has donated three acres of land to the Government for a school. The land Is situated at the third mile. Thomson Road. opposite the polo ground. A Government statement yesterday said that the school to be
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    32 7 THREE of the 19 servicemen from Fort Canutes ptaoU-jn-xptard in the »ftot's seat of a Pan American Airways Clipper, when they paM an "educational visit" to Railing airport yesterday.— Straits Times pictere.
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    112,000 PAID $13,000 TO ESCAPE HEAT
    148 7 MORE than $13,000 in 20 and 10 cents has been collected by the Municipal Swimming pool at Mount Emily Singapore, since it reopened last December. The turnstile has clicked to admit 112,741 people seeking an escape from the sticky heat of offices, schools, factories
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    Weapon Carriers For Army
    39 7 LAND-ROVERS and weapon carriers (tower), tone «f the many vehicles for the army In Singapore and the Federation waiting to be dr iren off from the Singapore Harbour Board godowns yeste rday.— Straits Times picture.
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    'Costly' Lesson For Tourist
    170 7 HAD OBSCENE PICTURES A PAKISTANI businessman who claimed to have taken obscene pictures with him in his tours of Europe and the Far East without being arrested for possession of them, left the Singapore Second Police Court a wiser but poorer man. He was Ishwared Gainchand
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    HIS NEW TRADE
    128 7 —2 Months Gaol A 58-year-old ex-cook, who took to printing obscene photographs and selling them, was sentenced to two months' gaol in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for possessing 29 obscene photos and materials for their reproduction. He was Phua Cheng Seng, who was arrested at
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    'Poverty Problem Still Unsolved'
    143 7 INDEPENDENT India has not yet been able to solve 1 the problem of poverty, Mr. N. C. Chatterjee, President of the West Bengal Hindu Maha Sabha, said yesterday in a public talk at the Singapore Ramakrishnan Mission. A retired Judge of the] Calcutta High Court, Mr.
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    THEFT FROM GODOWN
    34 7 Twenty-four dynamos, valued about $108 have been stolen from Singapore Harbour Board Godown 37-38. It is believed that the theft took place between 10.45 ajm. en Monday and 4.40 p.m. yesterday.
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    Dumping Of 'Dud Rice' Angers Mr. Wisdom
    82 7 MALACCA, Wednesday. MALACCA is becoming a dumping ground for dud rice, fit only tpr animal consumption, said the Resident Commissioner, Mr. O. E. C. Wisdom at today's meeting of the Municipal Commissioners. ■If such rice were passed on to the people, he added,
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    TO HANG FOR MURDER
    136 7 TO HANG FOR MURDER TAN Joo Long, an unemployed coffee shop assistant. was yesterday in the Singapore Assize Court sentenced to death for the murder of his room mate, Wee Kirn Wan. Tan killed Wee with a chopper In their cubicle at Erskine Road on May 23. then woke up
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    Accused Of Murder
    65 7 A 39-year-old Teochew, Tan Hung Song, was yesterday tentatively charged in the Singapore Belief Court with the murder of a woman, Phua Toke Hwee, in Upper Serangoon Road, on Tuesday afternoon Tan was ordered to be remanded in the hospital lockup after the court prosecutor had said
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    TWO WOMEN, TWO SHIPS
    59 7 r'O solitary women were the lone passengers en two ships which left Singapore yesterday. One of them is Mrs. McCultoch, wife of the Master »f a salvage ship, who left in the s.s. Tonjer. The other is Mrs. Hopgood, who was a passenger in the Jardine
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    Institute Of Youths
    56 7 A one-day Institute of the Chinese churches youth organisations in Singapore will be held tomorrow at St. Andrew's School, Woodsville. The Institute is being organised by the Chinese V.M.C.A. Beginning at 2 p.m., the institute will consist of an opening worship, a combined delegates meeting followed by
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    GIRL IN, WHITE MISSING
    43 7 A 12-year-old Malay girl, Jariah binte Ward!,' has been missing from her home at Payar Lebar Road. Singapore, since Sunday morning. The girl was wearing white Malay costume and black aho*3 and gold ear-rings, when she left the house.
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    CASHIER TAKEN FOR A RIDE, THEN ROBBED
    159 7 CASHIER TAKEN FOR A RIDE, THEN ROBBED rpHE assistant cashier of Messrs. Gattey and Bateman. Singapore, reported to the police yesterday that he was forced by two Chinese into a waiting car outside the Hongkong Shanghai Bank and taken to the 8$ m.s. Jurong Road where he was robbed of
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    His Mistake: He Didn't Check First
    150 7 His Mistake: He Didn't Check First WHEN Loh Boh Yem, a trisha rider, tried to sell some stolen patent medicine, he went to a Chinese druggist. What he did not know was that the druggist held the sole agency of the product. Yesterday, Loh was convicted in the Second Police
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    11 PAIRS WILL COMPETE
    57 7 Eleven entries have been received by the Singapore Association of Teachers of Dancing for its annual dance championships to be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall nn Sunday night. The judges for the competition will be: Mrs. Elizabeth Lee and Messrs. G. R. Collick, Jimmy Tan.
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    Helped Out By Card
    59 7 A CHINESE woman produced her identity card in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to prove that she was not Ah Sam. a woman for whose arrest a warrant had been issued. She was acquitted. Ah Sam had failed to appear In court on Aug. 18
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    STABBING IN HOTEL
    31 7 A young Malay woman, Hajinan binte Ibrahim was stabbed by a man early yesterday morning in a hotel room in Rowell Road, Singapore. An Indian has been detained.
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    HEAD BROKEN
    26 7 P. Jaganathan, a 48-year old Municipal labourer, was found dead with a broken skull at Lorong Lalat, off Jalan Besar, Singapore, on Tuesday morning.
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    Company Director Denies
    388 8 Doctor s Charges: 'Untrue' From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. AN allegation that a "lot of things" Dr. A. H. Ponnampalam had said in evidence were untrue was made by Mr. Ng Tions: Kiat in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court today, at the continued hearing of
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    Cadet To Captain In Seven Tears....
    142 8 Cadet To Captain In Seven Years.... FiROM cadet to captain in seven years is the fine achievement of Captain Y. T. Chow of the L.S.T. La Colorada now in Empire Dock, Singapore. Thirty -seven year old Captain Chow, who hails from Chungking:, has been connected with shipping for 15 years,
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    $1,000 Reward For Two Pahang Men
    210 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A REWARD of $1,000 is offered by the Pahang police for information on two former rubber tappers who were members of a bandit gang which raided Sang Lee Estate in the Bentong area. They were formally employed
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    WELFARE WEEK NETS $16,000
    55 8 From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR,— About $16,000 has so far been realised from Kedah Welfare Week Campaigns In six districts. Four more districts are planning similar campaigns. This was disclosed at a meeting of the Kedah Welfare Committee held in Sungei Patani with Mr. A.
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    TO STUDY AT H.K.
    44 8 From Our Own Corrrspondent MALACCA, Wed.—Twenty-year-old Koh Boon Cheng, son of Mr. Koh Teng Kirn, of Malacca, will leave Singapore tomorrow for Hong Kong to study memclne at the university. He is an old boy of the Malacca High School.
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    FUNERAL OF PILGRIM CHIEF
    420 8 A BIG crowd of friends and relatives, some from Johore, yesterday paid, their last respects to the late Tuan Haji Abdul Rahim bin Tahir, until recently Pilgrim Commissioner for the Federa.tjon and Singapore, at bis home In Singapore. The funeral took pkto« at 5 p.m. and
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    With Bandit —5 Years
    97 8 With Bandit 5 Years From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Wed.— Sentence of five years' hard labour was passed at the Segamat Sessions Court on 49-year-old Kong Su, a rubber tapper, who admitted being found in the company of an armed bandit in the Sungei Gemas area. "I have been a
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    SHIP AND SKIPPER
    15 8 THE COLORADA in Singapore harbour yesterday. Inset, Capt. Chow.— Straits Time* pictures.
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    HE WANTS THESE TEACHERS SACKED
    214 8 HE WANTS THESE TEACHERS SACKED From Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. I\|ANY Malay schoolteachers should be dismissed or retired, for they did not know their duties to the children and to the country, a Malay educationalist told the Straits Times today. The selection of candidates for training as Malay
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    POLICE MOVES
    32 8 SEREMBAN, Wed.— lnche Mohamed Salleh bin Ibrahim, A.S.P. at Seremban, has gone on transfer to Alor Star. Inche Abdul Jalil bin Haji Aminudin, A.S.P. has resumed duty at police headquart;rs.
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    32 8 THE COFFIN of Tuan Haji Abdul Rahim bin Tahir, who was Pilgrim Commissioner for Malaya, being carried by relatives and friends to the Muslim burial ground at Bidadari yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    A famous tree
    546 9  -  Peterson By looked around for a consipicuous place. He chose the banyan tree which stood at the edge of the plain (now the Esplanade) close to the mouth of the Bras Basah Canal. It was a trcs of "gigantic girth" and stood as a landmark over the
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    PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE
    815 9 PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE THAT is the working motto of the Army's 1 Schools of Hygiene, an organisation of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Their job is to promote health and prevent disease, working in friendly rivalry and close io-operation with the pathologica, branches of the Medical Corps. Today,
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      182 9 NESCAFIHpr rL J If you haven't yet tried NESCAFE* Cm\ Ju/?% Iced, you've a treat Irt store. v^JYC^iJj Try this easy way to make rooster (Z~~3pr&&r? I and one teaspoonful (more or nj^^ less, according to the strength > f desired) of NESCAFE In a dry .<_ glass. Shake slightly
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      79 9 SPORB 10 a.m. News, followed by Emergency News from K.L.; 10.10 Close; 12 Malay; 1 pjn. Radio Orch.; 1.30 Newt: 1.45 Light Music; 2 Close; 6 Children: 6.20 "CalllnK All Hospitals"; 7 News. Snare Market: 7.12 Radio Scientist; 7.20 Interlude: 7.30 "Hit Parade"; 8 "Forum ol the Air"; 8 JO
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      86 9 K. LUMPUR 9.55 a.m. Music; 10 Emergency News; 10.10 Close; 10.50 Schools; 12-2 pjn. Aa S'pore; "Mall Bag": 7-7.30 As S'pore; 7.30 Jass Swing; 8 "Forum of the Air": 8.30 "Thursday Symphony" iSlbelius, Tchaikovsky); 9.30 News; 9.45 Latin American Rliytinn; 10 "Happy Anniversary": 11 Cloe» PENANC 10 ajn 12 p.m.
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      79 9 the Home (Grieg, MosarD; 1030 Dance Music; 11 Close BFEB9 4.45 p.m. "From the Londoo Editorial*"; 4.55 Brahms; 5.15 "Balance of Europe"; 5.30 "Crlmr GenUemen, Please!"; 6 Indonesian; 6.30 Cantonese; 6.45 "London Studio Melodies"; 7.15 French' 7.30 English Hall-Hour; 8 "Strictly Vocal"; 8.15 Thai; 8.45 Dutch; 9 Kuoyu; fl.30 Burmese;
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    MY AUSTRALIAN ALBUM
    429 10  -  TOW SIANG HONG By A Singaporean, now studying in Australia addresses this, letter and photographs to "all my friends in Malaya.": The Technical College, Melbourne. AVER 12 months have elapsed since my arrival here. Days seem to fly faster than at home and I yearn to meet
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    In your Garden
    279 10  -  by kebun f\ Could you please- give x vie a list of flower and vegetable seeds which are imported from temperate countries and should do welt here A A lot of seeds are im- ported into Singapore and Malaya which are of little use to the* ordinary
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    Old Fred passes through ROBINSON
    568 10  - Old Fred passes through ROBINSON FRANK By "THE little whiteA haired man in the heavy serge suit sank back in a low chair at Kallang airport and contrived to mop his brow without removing the bowler hat above it. Five days earlier his contemporaries in a stone-built pub on the
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      187 10 <» \JBII j Jlin I TODAY "THANK GOODNESS FOR GRABLE" "THANK HEAVEN for GRABLE" into gardinelSs wn''\s^^ Hear BETTY swoon GRABLE SING America's No. 1 Hit Parade Tune "Baby Won't You Say You Love Me EXTRA/ THE SPECTACULAR "Wilhemina" Dance Number will be staged on the Magnascroen. ADDED ATTRACTION: PRESIDENT
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      287 10 STRAITS TINES CROSSWORD LMIZLIM. "aW*" CROSSWORD No 148 n>. V. U thii you qutlify '<"si IJ 3 4 H! s8 S. Eighteenth-CMitury Trench 3 > _B3S,_ I. conrpoter it- It h*lon«i Jo Knghti 9 ||s 10 11. Inferior pUyen (7 >. TempUr (4>. H JUJ H H H 12 Baffled
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    London Stocks
    316 11 LONDON, Wed. A CHEERFUL start was made to the new trading period in the London Stock Exchange today. Sentiment was assisted by favourable Interpretation of events In Korea and firmness became widespread in many sections. The volume of business, however, showed no signs of expansion. Closing middle prices
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    INTEREST FAILS IN TIN SHARES
    123 11 Interest fails in tin shares From A Market Correspondent 11TITH the big drop in the price of the commodity, Tin shares failed to hold interest yesterday. Industrials remained quietly steady. Rubbers were neglected. rnce cnanges announced yesterday by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were INDUSTRIALS B«ycn Mien Robinion ft Co. Ord.
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    The Produce Market
    153 11 From A Market Correspondent pOPRA opened firm yesterday with buyers at $43% per picul, and bids rose to $44 with sellers holding out at $45. In the coconut oil section, buyers started with $89 per picul for ci.f. Sept.-Oct. shipment Sellers quoted a dollar higher and some
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    Ships In The Roads And Alongside
    176 11 SHIPS in the Singapore Outei and Inner Roads and alongside Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan, Salawati. Chip Lam, Bogota, M. Brander. TJitjalenßka, Hoegh Silverlight, Kximana. Dukat. Toboali, Fred. Clover, Autilochus, lonian Moon, Kosho Maru Waiwerang. Inner Roads: Halvdan, Mantin, Tung
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    TIN: $397 A PICUL
    35 11 SINGAPORE, Wed., Aug. 23— 5397 (down $17.) £787 a ton ii London LONDON. Wed.. Aug. 23.—' Spot: £786— £788; Forward. £786— £788; Settlement. £788. Turnover: a.m. 55 tons, p.m. 20 tons.
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    THE BOOM IN TIN
    217 11 THE BOOM IN TIN Spanner In Works From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. 'PHE Ministry of Supply threw a spanner into the works of the tin market by creating an artificial shortage at a time when rising world output seemed likely to be able to meet the demand of both
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    10-Ct. Rise In Rubber
    237 11 T"HE price of rubber shot up 10 cents in Singapore yesterday, with September firstgrade registering $1.39 a lb., mainly as a result of buying pressure from Japan. The market opened steadier yesterday, and the price improved by six cents before noon. Buying orders from Japan started
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    Hong Kong Exchange
    29 11 HOmO KONG. Wed. P*REE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted, today as follows: US$1. HKS635: £1, HK$15.50; one tael of gold HKI298.— UP.
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    Kluang Forward Sale
    29 11 "J/" LUANG Rubber Company has sold forward five tons monthly Of S.Q.R.S.S., from January to March. 1951. inclusive, loose into godown Singapore, at $1.07 per lb.
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    NAVY IN
    634 12 9 Men Hold On To 2-1 Lead Royal Navy 2; Kota Raja 1. FOLLOWING their great three-one victory over r Combined Chinese in the Community League last week, unpredictable Royal Navy caused another major upset by defeating the 1949 Cup holders and this year's league champions, Kota Raja,
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    MALAYAN XI TO PLAY HONG KONG
    73 12 I mm Our SUIT Correspondent Kl ALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Malayan soccer team to meet the Hong Kong Chinese team at Jalan Besar stadium in Singapore next Tuesday was selected at a meeting here this evening as follows: Chee Seng (S'pore); Mitchell (Sel.), Kam
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    Azad Good Enough To Win Again
    449 12  -  Azad Good Enough To Win Again By SPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A ZAD, one of the most sucA cessf ui ex-Singapore griffins, has made such remarkable improvement lately that he will not easily be kept out of the first three in the 5»/2-f-
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    Army Unbeaten At Tennis
    74 12 The following are the results ot the Inter-Service Tennis Team Championships to date: Singapore Base District beat Royal Navy by 6 matches to 2 at Seletar. Singapore Base District beat R.A.F. by 6 matches to 2 at Tanglin. Singapore Base District beat R.A.F. by 7 matches
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    INDIANS MEET AIRMENTODAY
    134 12 SINGAPORE Indians will play 13 their first Community League game today against the R.A.F. Combined at Jalan Besar stadium. Twenty-six players have been named for selection. They are: Narayanan, K. O. Suppiah. A. Rahim, K. Saranpapany, S. R. S. Naidu. S. Veloo, Gani, P. Suppiah. C. Chandra,
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY
    39 12 At a meeting of the Singapore Cricket Club (hockey section) held on Monday, Mr. R. Macßae was elected Convenor and Mr. I. A. Mclnroy, honorary secretary, (,Tel. No. 5194 Ext. 18). The Captain will be elected later.
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    CHINESESOCCERX!
    58 12 A team from following wl!l reprpsent the Chinese Conb.ncd against Eurasians In the Community League match at Ja.an Besar tomorrow: Chee Seng. Yew Chang, Patrick Yep. Sicw Toiiu. Teow Ken.x. Wing Chew. Tlang Clivf. Moon Leon*. Hee Jong, Bin Weng. Kwan Leong. Boon Seong. Tee Riang. Chnng Kum. J.mmy
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    SOCCER RECS.' 5th WIN IN CLARKE SHIELD
    207 12 RECS.' 5th WIN IN CLARKE SHIELD SOCCER SINGAPORE Recreation Grab hpnt Sirurannrp Tricke*SSL'SS'S. 5S a yThic is Rsnv' *mv vlrtnrv In thp serieV which s arted in 1938 SCC won in 1940 and 1947 There was only Oi c draw in the competition, and that was last year when the
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    THIS WAS NUMBER FOUR
    47 12 GOALKEEPER Mclntosh of Sheffield Wednesday wears a bewildered expression as yet another Roy Bentley shot whistles past him from the Chelsea eni on August 19. Chelsea had already scored three goals and won this English Football League Division One game four-nil. A.P. picture.
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    Junior Hockey League Urged
    499 12 A SUGGESTION that a junior league, for schools A and junior clubs, would be the best way of improving the standard of hockey in schools, was made by Mr. C. R. Eber, representing the schools, at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Hockey Association at
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    U.K. SOCCER
    24 12 LONDON, Wed.— ln the Third Division (Northern), New Brighton beat Southport by the only goal of the match played last night. Reuter.
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    Sports Diary
    45 12 SOCCER: Comm: Lge.: R.A.F. v Indians at Jalan Besar; Business Hse. A: Fraser A Neave v Sime Darby at Geylang; Bus. Hse. B: Mansfield S.C. v Bukom S.C. at C.V.M.A. HOCKEY: S.C.C. women's hockey (practice), padang 5.15 p.m. TENNIS: TangUn Club tourney ends.
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    Lanes. Rout Warwick.
    83 12 LONDON, Wed— Close of play scores in the following county matches starting tcday are: At Manchester, Warwickshire 80 (Tattersal 7/29, Hilton 3/27). Lancashire 9 for none, rain stopped play. At Dover, Derby 34 for 3, v Kent, rain stopped play. At Cardiff, Glamorgan 14 for 2 v
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    S.C.A.A.F. ACTION "JUSTIFIED"
    278 12 /COMMENTING on a report in yesterday's Straits Times, the president of the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation, Mr. Goh Chye Hin, said yesterday that "the Federation's decision in barring ihe Swift Athletes from participating in the Malayan Chinese A.A.A. championships in Singapore next month is fully justified"
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    Brooks & Co Arrive For Sept. 1 Fights
    295 12 Brooks Co Arrive For Sept. 1 Fights TRIPLE Orient title holder Boy Brooks who, subject to sanction by the Singapore Boxing Board of control, will meet Flashy Sebastian on Sept. 1 at the Happy World Stadium, arrived with three other fighters Little Paras, Baby Jackson and Little Nene by Pan
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    Signals Win Jnr. Cup-Tie
    159 12 IJ'XCELLENT combination gave the GHQ Royal Signals a clear-cut four-one victory over Katong Sarajah Sports Club In a fast Junior Cup-tie played at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Moorhouse and J. Smith shared in the scoring for Signals. Sarajah were kept on the defensive for the main part
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    BREWERIES WIN
    34 12 Breweries Sports Club beat Guthries Sports Club by two goals to nil at the C.V.M.A. ground yesterday In a S.A.F.A. Business House 'B tie. Scorers for the winners were Talib and All.
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    DYSON DELAYED, DUE ON SEPT. 16
    240 12 tain's leading woman hurdler Admission to Dyson's class will be by special invitation,, and will not exceed 35 persons from affiliated clubs, schools and coaches. Mr. Strickland said that S.A.A.A. was planning to invite one coach from each affiliate and one teacher from each
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    WALKER CUP
    43 12 LONDON, Wed— Raymond Oppenhelmer, former Oxford University Blue and English International who was a Walker Cup team selector, has been nominated to captain the British Walker Cup Golf team which meets the Unit ed States at Birkdale. Lancashire, next year. Reuter.
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