The Straits Times, 31 August 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    KIGYE THRICE CHANGES HANDS
    449 1 Fierce Battle Raging ForVital Hill TOKYO, Wednesday. gOUTH Korean troops, driven out of Kigye on the right flank of the northern front, were fighting off fierce attacks at dusk tonight from positions one mile and a half south of the town. Intelligence officers said Kigye, which
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    AIR SEARCH FOR CANOE FLEET
    113 1 COLOMBO, Wednesday. IyjINETY-THRKK fishermen were still missing today 1 out of 1,500 in a fleet of outrigger canoes hit by violent monsoon gale along Ceylon's west coast on Monday night. Only two deaths had so far been oiTicially reported. Ceylon authorities believed, thai most of
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    TRUMAN TO TALK ON KOREA
    66 1 WASHINGTON, Wed.— Pre-| sident Truman is preparing a radio report to the nation on the war in Korea and its economic consequences at home, it was learned today. He will explain why this country is fighting in Korea a;v a certr-;n amount of I Lei
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    LIGHTNING KILLS UNDERGROUND
    36 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. Lightning travelling 430 feet j along a wire into a mine, in i Pennsylvania, yesterday ex- i ploded five charges of dyna- mite, killing one miner and critically injuring another.- A.*
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    AFRICAN VOTE ON MALAN
    129 1 WINDHOEK (Southwest Africa Wvd. COUTH-WEST A f r i a V 25,000 voters v.ill t Jay decide the fate of Dr. Dv Mcl Malan's Nationalist Gov— n- merit in the Union of So a Africa. Dr. Milan's pres/nt n.: Jority in the Union House Pi Assembly
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    NOT GUILTY OF SECRET CHARGES
    63 1 COLCHESTER, Essex, Wed. —British Army Parachutist Sergeant Francis Arthur Eliott was found not guilty of "top secret" charges at a court martial behind closed doors here yesterday. He was released Sgt. Elliott, of the Somerset Light Infantry, was tried in secret "for reasons of State
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    Obsolete Planes Hit Rebels
    103 1 SAIGON, Wednesday. OLD Junker bombers, joined by old German Seibels and Cobra fighters, today carried 500 100 -lbs. bombs deep into guerilla territory in southern Indo-China. In one of the biggest air operations in weeks, the antiguerilla raids struck at add and ammunition plants and bombed
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    19 1 MOHAMMED NASTIR, who was recently picked by President Soekarno to form a cabinet for Indonesia's new government. A.P. picture.
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    Three Injured In Ship Explosion
    226 1 THREE men were injured two seriously in an A explosion on board H.M.S. Barwind yesterday morning two miles south of Singapore. The vessel, attached to the Boom Defence Depot, Loyang, Singapore, was clearing wreckage. Lt. Ronald Smith. R.N.. and Able Seaman A. A. Bing, are
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    400,000 LOYAL
    25 1 TAIPEI, Wed. The Sumatra overseas Chinese "loyalty" mission today brought Chiang Kai-shek assurances of solid support from 400,000 Chines in Sumatra.— U. P.
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    SPY SENTENCED
    39 1 TAIPEI. Wed. Wei Sher.g-chuan. 29-year-old former Nationalist militiamen, was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday on charges of having spied for the Chinese Communists. Wei, a native of Kwangsi Province, was arrested on May 12 this year.— A.P.
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    4 a.m. News SERVICE PAY INCREASED
    103 1 4 a.m. News SERVICE PAY INCREASED LONDON. Wed.— The British Government tonight announced pay increases for servicemen and that conscription in the armed forces is to be extended from 18 months to two years. The pay increases will amount to 75 per cent at recruit level and 33 1/3 per
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    C.G., BENHAM FOR U.K.
    52 1 The Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, and his Economic Adviser, Dr. F. C. Benham, leave Singapore for London early next month to attend talks on plans for the economic development of South and South-East Asia. Mr. Mac Donald will be the representative of the British territories
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    SIAM BARS SINGAPORE DANCER
    103 1 BANGKOK Wed. OIAMESE Immigration authoritles have refused permission to land to a beautiful Singapore Chinese dancer when she arrived by plane because ah* had no passport. The authorities said they were enforcing rigidly the recently enacted law that all Chinese immigrants should I have passports endorsed
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    TIBET PEACE MOVE
    44 1 NEW DELHI, Wed.— The Chinese Communist government has written to India expressing willingness to settle the Tibetan issue amicably, reliable sources said here today. This favourable response amounts to a categorical denial of reports of a Chln«M Invasion of Tibet— A.P,
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    FAMILY OF 5 'WIPED OUT'
    111 1 FAMILY OF 5 'WIPED OUT' EAST GREENWICH. Rhode Island. Wed. POLICE said today a 27-year-old lodger would be charged with murder in the wiping out of a family of five whose bodies were found In their fire-wrecked home. They said Edwin H. Reynolds would be charged with murder and arson
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    REDS TO REGISTER
    32 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. The House of Representatives yesterday passed legislation aimed at a general tightening nf laws dealing with sabotage and subversive activities. It requires Communist Party members to register.
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    Guns Stolen From Police
    174 1 TWO armed Malay police constables were held up and their guns stolen by a gang of unidentified men in Gvillemard Road, Geylang, late last night. The constables, from Oeylang station, were on patrol in Geylang when they asked a man for his Identity card. While they
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    IN HOLLAND
    14 1 MRS YVONNE Westerlin? pictured \>y A.P. on arrival at Amsterdam last week.
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      Mothers Race To Condemned Sons
      442 2 1 FAYID, (Egypt), Wednesday. rpHREE British soldiers, impatiently pacing in their A cells, were told yesterday that their mothers were racing by plane to see them before they are hanged tomorrow. The three mothers, who learned from the War Office that their sons were to
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      PACT CHAIRMAN
      17 2 MR. CHARLES Spofford. American chairman of the Atlantic Pact Council of i Deputies. Reuter. picture.
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      "REJECT 'PEACE' MOVES"
      162 2 "REJECT 'PEACE' MOVES" LONDON. Wed. r)ELEGATES of Britain's 8,000,000 strong Trades Union Congress will be called ;on at their annual conference next week to repudiate the Stockholm "peace" campajgn. The General Council of the T.U.C., in a declaration on ithe international situation. also condemned Russia's re- i j fusal to
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      TALKED WAY OUT OF CHARGE
      64 2 MELBOURNE, Wednesday. \yilKN Melbourne's traffic court was delayed because a Russian defendant spoke no English, a man at the back of the room offered to act as interpreter. Questioning him after the hearing, the Magistrate asked if he had business there. "Yes," was the reply.
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      882 2 Gas Used On Bom bay Strikers BOMBAY, Wed. pOLICE used tear gas agatnst 20,000 Socialistled textile workers who met at a mill area here yesterday, breaking an official ban on meetings and processions imposed as a result of the 16-day old textile strike by 250,000 workers. The strikers repeatedly tried
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    SURVIVORS OF SAN FRANCISCO HARBOUR SHIP COLLISION
    57 3 A U.S. COASTGUARD seaman (left) helps ashore at San Francisco two dazed and shocked survivors of the hospital ship Benevolence, which sank in San Francisco harbour on Aug. 25 after a collision in denae fog with a freighter. The exact number of dead
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    Army To Free 'Love's Captive'
    229 3 HEKAKLION, Crete. Wednesday. TIB resistance army which fought against Hitler in World War II was "reactivated" yesterday to Ti-ee Crete's "captive bride", despite her statement. that she is a willing prisoner of love. D^.T.f C.,1 roiMi.hiltlwrl DcaUllltll, .1 IJttlll v Tssoula Petrakogeorgi was off somewhere
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    'LONG & DIFFICULT TASK'
    120 3 'LONG DIFFICULT TASK' STRASBOURG. Wed. npHE European Aj-sembl: President, M. Paul Henr Spaak, of Belgium, yesierda} sikJ that he held little hopi fur a united Europe In tin near future, and cautionet enthusiasts for union tha they faced a long and difn cult task. "A united Europe can em erqe
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    Rare Blood Flown To Britain
    144 3 Rare Blood Flown To Britain COPENHAGEN. Wed. A RACE against death be- j gan today -when two] Danish donors each agreed to give half a litre of their blood for a woman critically ill in St. Georges Hospital. London. The blood is of the rare type O C.D.E. The two
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    U.S DISTILLERIES LACK BOTTLES
    49 3 NEW YUKJv wea. /uiiciiran v.hisky distillers are running low on bottles because of strikes in the soda ash industry. Several distilleries said bottle supplies have dropped so low that normal production can be maintained only another week or two unless the shortage is relieved.— A.P
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    |U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL AGREES TO DISCUSS FORMOSA 'INVASION'
    353 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. THE United Nations Security Council agreed late last night to a full discussion of the Formosan problem. The vote came after a long wrangle over the wording of the item to be placed on the Council's agenda. The actual
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    INDONESIAN GOVT. 'STRICTLY NEUTRAL'
    57 3 MANILA, Wed. MR. Charles Tambu, Counsellor of the Indonesian Embassy in Manila, yesterday said the Indonesian Government has decided to observe the strictest neutrality in the present cold war. He denied a report that the U.S. Government had negotiated with the Indonesian Government for the establishment
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    C.I.O. EXPELS MORE REDS
    61 3 WASHINGTON, Wed.-Th CIO. Executive Board yes tcrday expelled the last tw of the 11 unions it markc for purge a year ago o charges of toeing the Com munist Party line. They were the west coas Longshoremen's and Ware housemen's union, headed t Harry Bridges, and
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    Pignon Flies Back' To Indo-China
    153 3 Pignon Flies Back' To Indo-China SAIGON, Wed. M. LEON Plgnon, French High Commissioner for Indo-China, returned here last night by air trom France to deal with the deteriorating political conditions in this Communist-threatened country. During his month's absence, some observers think the prestige of the Vietnamese Bao Dal Govern- j
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    PAKISTAN OFFER
    36 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Wed. 'akistan announced today hat it can send no troops to lid the United Nations forces n Korea, but offered to send >,000 tons of wheat for the Korean war effort.— UP.
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    LIGHTNING FLASH DARKENS COUNCIL
    89 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Wed. LIGHTNING struck the United Nations yesterday, causing a potoer failure which doused all the lights right in the middle of the Security Council's deliberations. The bolt came just after Nationalist China's delegate, Dr. T. F. Tsiang. warned that putting the question of Formosa
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    MACARTHUR RECEIVES PRAISE-& A HINT
    250 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN yesterday sent General j Douglas Mac Arthur a congratulatory message for I his conduct of the Korean War— and a broad hint that the White House is determined to run American foreien DOlicv without interference. The President's action came less than
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    Spender Spurns USI Claim To N. Guinea
    249 3 Spender Spurns USI Claim To N. Guinea THE HAGUE. Wednesday. \M R. Percy Spender, Australian External Affairs Minister, dismissed Indonesian claims to Dutch >Jew Guinea as 'wholly irrelevant" in a statement lere last night. He said he had stated this view luring his "very satisfactory" two-day talks with ;he Dutch
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    CHINA REDS BUY RUBBER SHOES
    56 3 HONG KONG, Wed— A Chinese Press report from Canton said the Chinese Communist army had ordered 244,000 pairs of rubber shoes and 55,400 pairs of rubber shoe soles. Orders were said to have been given to 20 private firms, "in line with government policy to
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    JET FIGHTER FOR EUROPE'S NIGHT DEFENCE
    53 3 THE ARMSTRONG WHTTWORTH NF 11. Britain's latest jet night-fighter, which is t« form the backbone of the Western Union nations' night defences. The speedy flfhter emrrfes fo«r 2t mini metre cannon eitensfcre radar and a long-range fuel tank in the bulge wider the fuselage.
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    MACDONALD PROMISES HELP TO SERVICE EMPLOYEES
    364 4 Union leaders discuss grievances with C-G T^HE Commissioner-General, Mr. -Malcolm MacDonald, yesterday assured the Singapore Federation of Services Unions that he would make a personal approach to Mr. John Strachey, Secretary of State for the Colonies, for information regarding the union's claim for housing
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    Report On Hawkers Out Soon
    156 4 News In Brief— IMIE SINGAPORE Hawkers' Inquiry Commission is I to publish its report early next month. The Commission is to huld its 15th and probably last meeting on Monday when It will discuss the final drali 1 of the report. InVO HUNDRED pupils of
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    CHARGES UNDER HOLIDAY LAW
    68 4 T>UREE Singapore businessmen the first to face charges of ignoring the Holiday Ordinance Bill will attend (he Singapore Third Police Court soon to answer charges made against them by the Singapore Labour Department. The Deputy Labour Commissioner, Mr. C. W. Lyle, told the Straits Times several
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    STOLE WIRE, GAOLED
    60 4 Ang Ki-m Kow. 32. and Ong Kin Sin. 18 were found guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday of theft of copper wire valued at $26.30 from a military camp m Buona Vista Road. They were i each sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Neo Kian Leng.
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    Expert To Examine Town Hall Organ
    182 4 HPHE St. Clair organ in the Victoria Memorial Hall is to be examined by an expert this week-end, and he will report to the Singapore Municipality on the probable cost of its total repair. Mr. J. A. Riddell. of Kuala Lumpur, is the expert
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    Ship Limps Into Port
    75 4 THE Dutch cargo vessel Seroei limped into Singapore Outer Roads yesterday morning with several hull plates leaking badly after running aground in the Banka Straits in a storm last week-end. Another Dutch ship, the Kotanica, bound for Singapore, helped to pull the Seroei into hfgh water.
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    7 RADIO SETS CONFISCATED
    45 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed Seven radio sets were confiscated today when Tan Siew Eng, of Polar Coy, Batu Pahat, was fined $220 in the .Tohore Bahru Police Court for making a false declaration at the Customs Station in respect of their value.
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    DRIVERS FINED
    48 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, W<id.— Teng Ting Choy and Md. Said bin Yusof, of Singapore, were each fined $30 in the Johore Bahru Police Court today for conveying passengers in their taxis to Johore without holding a Federation licence or Public Vehicle Service permits.
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    COURT TOLD OF JOGET BRAWL
    233 4 COURT TOLD OF JOGET BRAWL A FREE-FOR-ALL fight when lights went out following the last dance on the joget modern stage at the Happy World on June 3 night was described in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. In the dock stood two brothers, Robert Tan, 21, and Sonny Tan,
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    WOMAN FINED $3,000
    76 4 A fine of $3,000 or three months' Imprisonment, was imposed in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on a woman, Lam Ah Yaw. 39. who pleaded guilty to assisting li. the management of a chap ji ki lottery near the Maxwell Road market. Inspector Low Hong Hee,
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    FIVE ACCUSED
    49 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Lam Poon, Lai Kow, Liew Han, Lay Seek and Moi Seng, labourers at the BBC's station in Pleritong Road, who were charged today with having in their possession a smoking pipe and half a tin of chandu dross, claimed trial
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    GAMBLER FINED
    27 4 Found gambling under the stage of a Chinese wayang in Queen Street, Lim Toh Hock, 19, was fined $5 in the Second Police Court yesterday.
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    47 4 MR. J. N. WALTON, export manager of Burns' Silk Manufacturing Co. (England), who arrived in Singapore yesterday by Q.E.A.8.0.A.C. Constellation on his way to Australia to sell a large consignment of silk. He was met by Mr. M. H. Shandasani, of Indo-Europe Export here. Straits Times picture.
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    S'PORE PLAN TO AID QUAKE VICTIMS
    112 4 r THE Singapore Regional Indian Congress will, hold an emergency meeting this week-end, to i discuss ways and means of raising a relief fund for the victims of the recent Assam earthquake. The Congress may approach all social and welfare organistions in Singapore irresp
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    HAWKERS FINED
    27 4 From Onr Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Eight Chinese hawkers were fined $5 each in the Batu Pahat Police Court for causing inconvenience to traffic.
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    TRAINS PROVIDE MUSLIM FOOD
    81 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. CINCE May 15, Muslim food has been provided on the day mail trains between Kuala Lumpur and Penang. A similar service will be provided on the day mail trains between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, starting: on Friday. Suitable dishes
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    KALLANG AIRPORT ARRIVALS
    301 4 T*HB following passengers were j 1 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. A. E. Cameron. B. R Suttill. O. H. D. Blount, L.
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    S'PORE LOAF GOES UP BY 5 CENTS
    355 5 Trade Must Pay More For Flour PRACTICALLY all bakeries in Singapore, European and Chinese, will increase the price of a 1-lb loaf of bread from 20 to 25 cents from tomorrow. This follows the Government announcement that the flour trade will return to
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    21 5 THIS SMALL boy was among squatters who were re- tently moved to a resettlement area in Negri Sembilan. Straits Times picture.
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    RATIONING OF SUGAR 'SURPRISE'
    288 5 'VHK Singapore Government is expected to make a j statement today on the sugar position and the reasons for the unofficial '"rationing" system that has been introduced to the surprise and consternation of consumers. Meanwhile, Singapore coflee shops have put up the price of a cup
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    Singapore Diary
    120 5 V.\\.( .A., Rafflts Quay, Gesso watt, 2 p. m Malay advanced class, j 5.15 p.m. MUNICIPAL OMMISSIOXERS, monthly mftfthn. Board Room, 3 IS p.m. I'l It (ROSS OLD PEOPLE'S; < LIB, Wesley Hall. Fort Canning, 4.::o p.m. to 6 p.m. CHINESE V.M.C.A.. Selegle V -:.'rt badminton, 5 p.m..
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    TOBACCO IN BAG: $200
    66 5 An 18-ypar-old Chinese who was stopped by a police corporal while cycling along Beach Road was found with a cloth bag containing dutiable tobacco, it was stated in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterc'ay. He was Tan Seng Lo, of Jeddah Street, who pleaded guilty to
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    COURT RESERVES JUDGMENT
    41 5 Judgment was reserved in the case in which Periman, 26, and Veerappan Chinnatamby, 37, claimed trial in the Third Police Court to possessing 200 lb. of leaf tobacco dutiable at $880. Mr. J. Pillai was for the defence.
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    Anti-Cession Men Meet Brooke
    292 5 rVO Sarawak anti-cession leaders, Tuan Joharlj Anang, secretary-general of the Malay National Union of Sarawak, and Tuan Haji Abang Kassim i Taha, president of the Sarawak National Youth Movement, arrived in Singapore yesterday to see j Mr. Anthony Brooke. ex-Raja Muda of Sarawak, on i questions
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    DISOBEYED ORDER
    59 5 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, W>d.— Sin Tecic Chwee who bein? a DPrson against whom the Mentrl Besar, Johore. had made an order restricting his I residen and movement, was I .found at Yong Peng in contravention of that order, was sentenced to 12 months' simI pie
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    Queen Of The Cafe Singers
    138 5 A"«iueen of the Cafe Singers" was recently elected by patrons of cafes in amusement parks in Singapore and the Federation. The Queen, Miss Lin Lee, who received 12.991 votes, sings at the Public Cafe in the Great World. Singapore. and will be "crowned" there on
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    TRANSFERRED
    19 5 From Our Staff Correspondent RAUB, Wed.— Mr. K. A. Lingam, postmaster at Teas, has been transferred to KJang.
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    COLONY 'NOT BUILDING FAST ENOUGH'
    157 5 COLONY 'NOT BUILDING FAST ENOUGH' TiHE building of houses in Singapore is not going A ahead fast enough even although it is a tremendous problem. That is the view of Dr. Victor Pur cell, a former acting Secretary for Chinese Affairs in Singapore, who is now touring SouthEast Asia. Dr.
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    GRENADE IN CAFE: 3 HELD
    271 5 From Onr Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. I^HREE suspects have fceen J- detained following the throwing of a hand grenade into a restaurant in Main Road, Sungei Siput. north of Ipoh last night. One Chinese was killed and seven others were wounded by the grenade.
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    CLERK CHARGED WITH BRIBERY
    64 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.-, Soosay Doss, a clerk attached to Malayan Railways, claimed trial this morning before Mr. A. P. Jack in the First Magistrate's Court, Kuala Lumpur, on two charges that he had accepted $22 from Zakaradin on about May 20 and on June 21 accepted
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    Judgment Is Reserved
    107 5 "PHE Chief Justice. Sir Char1 les Murray-Anysley. In the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday, reserved judgment in the suit brought by Kwek Soo Kiat and Kwek Soo Ngiap, two sons of the late Kwek Eng Khiang. against Tan Ah Siang. second wife and administratrix of the $100,000 estate
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    University Fund
    80 5 CHINA SOCIETY'S DONATION A DONATION of $4,467 has been made by the China Society, Singapore, to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund, being 50 per cent of the proceeds of the recent exhibition of Mr. Tan Tsze Chor's collection of Chinese paintings. Other new donations are as follows
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    CORRUPTION: POLICE BLAME PUBLIC
    138 5 T*HE Singapore public can "scarcely complain" of A graft in the Government service "when it is they themselves who, on occasions, deliberately encourage it," the Deputy Commissioner of Police. C.1.D., Mr. R. C. B Wiltshire, said yesterday. Referring to a recent Instance in which a man
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    Negro Newsman In S'pore
    59 5 RUDOLPH J. SPENCER. Chief Steward aboard the India Mail and former Negro war correspondent in the South Pacific with the U.S. Naval Forces. Mr. Spencer is still roving correspondent for several Negro newspapers and is reporting racial discrimination in East Asia and the Asian people's attitute
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    MC CHANGES HIS MIND OVER ALLOWANCE
    236 5 INDEPENDENT Municipal j Commissioner for City Ward. Mr. K. Jagatheesan. who in June supported a proposal for the payment of an allowance to Singapore Municipal Commissioners, has changed his mind. Mr. Jagatheesan, who v now in Madras on a business trip, has written to
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Aug. 31, 1950. Here Is Free Town
    815 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Aug. 31, 1950. Here Is Free T own At the 33rd milestone on Johore's north trunk road stands Free Town. It is hardly a town yet, however, and indeed tfnay never be one. But new as it fs, Free Town is unmistakably one of Malaya's
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    Sugar Racketeers
    318 6 Both in the Federation and jin Singapore the authorities appear to be singularly helpless against the sugar racketeer. Is control of a single commodity really so difficult? If it is, perhaps the blame lies with past leniency. There was a sugar racket in Singapore in January, and the
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    IN BYGONE PENANG Yeoh Guan Seok vs. Neubronner
    839 6 IN BYGONE PENANG Yeoh Guan Seok vs. Neubronner Municipal elections will be held in Penang in December, 1950, for the first time since they were dropped in 1913. The following cuttings from the Straits Echo of 1911, which have been preserved In Hie Penang Municipal Offices, give an interesting and
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      Penang's Lead On Red Rubber
      496 6 'THE patriotic attitude of certain Penang rubber A exporters in refusing to sell to Russia, as reported by your Penang Staff Correspondent, deserves the widest possible publicity. One hopes the good news has not escaped unnoticed in the United States and Britain, where the main
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      SUGARAND THE CROCODILES
      130 6 SUGAR AND THE CROCODILES THE Federation Secretary for 1 Economic Affairs, Mr Heywood-Waddington, states that consumers should be able to obtain their proper quantity of sugar at the proper price. This sounds like Alice in Wonderland. Could he state the proper price? I find that even the Food Control Department
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      SUPPORT FOR BISHOP ON LOTTERIES
      147 6 SUPPORT FOR BISHOP ON LOTTERIES pEFERRING to the Bishop's letter on State lotteries which was quoted in the Straits Times of Aug. 23. I see no good reason why Messrs. C. V. Nayar and Tan Beng Yeow, should criticise the stand the Bishop has taken. It seems to me that
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    On the Margin
    472 6 Silver Island THE island which you see in the adjacent photograph lies at the northern end of the Malacca Straits, about 75 miles north-west of Penang. it is an important mark lor shipping, but I suppose ft w j men have ever set foot on it^ certainly
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      28 6 Clothes Maketh The Man For Hiph Standard of Tailoring combined with the Fir.est Materials Ir.im England, consult BEE CHOW CO., MERCHANT TAILORS tl, IHLIA STREET, SINGAPORE 'PHONE: 6535
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    POLICE TELL OF 1 a.m. SEARCH Nonis For Assize Trial
    1239 7 POLICE TELL OF 1 a.m. SEARCH Nonis For Assize Trial Mother Hugs Son As He Leaves Court JOSKPH MICHAEL NONIS, a short, slightly-built 25-year-old Eurasian wireless operator, yesterday claimed trial and reserved his defence after Mr. D. A. Fyfe, the Singapore Relief Court Magistrate, had committed him to stand trial
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    ROUND THE WORLD IN 53 SECONDS
    150 7 THROUGH Singapore on 1 Monday flashed a cable which was going round the world back to London. Its journey lasted 53.6 secondsbeating the 1924 record by 26 4 seconds. The occasion was the opening of an exhibition commemorating the laying of the first submarine
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    CLAIMS TRIAL TO POSSESSION
    41 7 Ong Tenp Foon. 43, of Alexandra Road claimed trial in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to fraudulent possession of 22 Iron bars belonging to the Singapore Harbour Board. Bail of $100 wa« allowed until Sept. 6.
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    SHIP IN A BOTTLE? That's child's play... Mr. Biggs' Ships Are All The Size Of Stamps
    376 7 SHIP IN A BOTTLE? That's child's play... Mr. Biggs' Ships Are All The Size Of Stamps SAILING ships may have died out; sailing ships in bottles may be old-fashioned: but stamp-size ships in bottles, with 22 sails and 120 ropes, is a thriving craft practised by Second Officer Raymond H.
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    TREASURY BILLS
    27 7 The Singapore Government is Inviting tenders for an issue of $5,000,000 by Treasury Bills on Sept. 10. Tenders wil] be accepted up to Sept. 7.
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    RESCUE PARTY ON LAST LAP
    189 7 AS the R.A.F. yesterday named service personnel missing in last Friday's Dakota crash in Kelantan, the combined Army and Police rescue party was gathering; itself for a big push through the last two miles of jungle which separate it from the crash scene. These last
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    TRADER MISSING IN S'PORE
    106 7 TRADER MISSING IN S'PORE A SINGAPORE businessman, 36-year-old Mr. Leong j Thian Chor, has been report- ed missing since Monday from j his house in Bukit Panjang. Singapore Mr. Leong. of the Lam Seng Construction Co., in Beach i Road, was last seen by his clerk leaving his office. The
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    Wiltshires Due Today
    57 7 r THE main body of the Battalion of the Wiltshire Regt.. will arrive in Singapore this morning in the troopship, Empire Trooper They are going to Hong Kong to replace British troops who axe now in Korea. Leaving on the same ship for Hong Kong is a
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    THEOSOPHISTS
    13 7 The Theosophlcal Society will hold a discussion meeting at 6.30 p.m. today.
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    Court stops case
    72 7 Court stops case case A 48-year-old woman, Wong Kit Lul, was acquitted in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on a charge of procuring a 14-year-old girl in Banda Street in July, 1949, for the purpose of prostitution. The magistrate, Mr P. Claque, stopped the case after the fourth witness
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    OLD FOLKS CLUB
    20 7 The Red Cross Old People's Club will meet at Wesley Hall, Port Canning at 4.30 p.m. today.
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    FIRM'S 'MERCY' PLEA FOR EX-EMPLOYEE
    339 7 FIRM'S 'MERCY' PLEA FOR EX-EMPLOYEE A SINGAPORE firm, complainants in a case, yesterday pleaded to the Second District Judge to show mercy on their former employee after his conviction on a charge of misappropriating an air conditioning unit. The plea was made through the defence counsel, Mr. V. J. Mendis.
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    Young Wife 0Found Dead In Room
    164 7 Young Wife 0Found Dead In Room STATING that full investigations by the police into the case were required, the Singapore Assistant Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday adjourned an inquest on a young Chinese woman ti!l Sept. 5. The woman. Liaw Puay 2'A was found dead in her room on the
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    PETROL THEFT ALLEGED
    62 7 Shariff bin Salleh and iKarisiman bin Sarpan claimed trial in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to theft of five bottles of petrol from their employpi* Shell Co.. on Tuesday A Chinese, Yap Kenc Chf|ong, was charged with receiving the stolen petrol He claimed trial. Bail of
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    FISH OFFICERS
    26 7 The following have been appointed Fishery Officers in Singapore: Messrs. Sih Kirn Soon, Yap Boon Tat. Onjj Swee Guan and Abdul Rahman bin Noordin.
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    MIND BACK FROM HK
    52 8 MIND BACK FROM HK THE C.-in-C. FAR EAST FLEET, Admiral Sir Patrick Brind, returned to Singapore yesterday by RAF Dakota after a two-day routine visit to the Royal Navy in Hone Kong. He is here seen at Kallanp airport with his Flag Lieutenant, Lieut. Commander Scott who accompanied him. Straits
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    3-Man Mission To Tell U.S. Of Improvements In Rubber
    399 8 3-Man Mission To Tell U.S. Of Improvements In Rubber STORE SCIENTISTS' CONFERENCE THREE rubber scientists, representing Malaya Indo-China and Indonesia, are going to the United States in September to put the technical case for natural rubber before American manufacturers. The three representatives will be Dr. R. G Newton of the
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    TEACHERS WANT UNIFIED SCHEME
    470 8 THE Singapore Teachers Union has proposed s A compulsory post-Normal course for teachers with less than 12 years' service to raise their basic qualifications and to admit them to a unified education service. This proposal, with other suggestions for unification in the education service, has been
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    DEAD SOLDIER
    64 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. [.The British soldier killed by I bandits in Pahang on Monday morning was Private David l Frew, of the Ist Battalion l Seaforths. He was buried at b Cheras Road Cemetery fn Kuala Lumpur yesterday afternoon. The officer of the 1
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    SAMSU CHARGE
    48 8 From Chtr Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Wed.— Alleged to have been found in possession of two gallons of illicit sanisu and a complete still for its manufacture in the Selumpor area, 45-year-old Ou I Cho Siu was charged in thp Segamat Court and balled out in $200.
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    CHINESE REMIT FEWER $
    151 8 CHINESE REMIT FEWER J^JALAYAS remittance trade with Red China has slumped by nearly 90 per cent during the last few months, Mr. Llm Soo Ban. president of the Singapore Chinese Remittance Shops Association, told the Straits Times yesterday. Many of the remittance shops In Singapore, which previously dealt only with
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    Big property auction
    53 8 QVER a million dollars worth of landed property in Singapore is to be auctioned in the salesrooms of Cheong Koon Seng and Co.. next Wednesday afternoon. On auction will be eleven lots of land and houses in Amber Road, Branksome Road, Guillemard Road. Gilstead Road, Newton Road
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    BUS COMPANY FINED $100
    76 8 rruin uur nun orrespunaeni MALACCA, Wed.— The Pat Hup Transport Company was today fined $100 by the Circuit Magistrate, Mr. S. Bon Bernard, because one of its buses carried an excess number or passengers on July 14. A representative of the company pleaded guilty to the
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    Bill On Marriage "Against Islam"
    150 8 THE Singapore Chief Kathi, Tuan Haji Ali, yester 1 day described the Bill on marriage to be introduced by Mr. John Laycock at the next meeting o the Singapore Legislative Council as "against thi Islamic religion". The Bill, if adopted, will nullify marriage between persons
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    New President For Penang
    79 8 From Our SUIT Correspond »l PENANG, Wed. \FTER their ordinary fortnightly meeting tomorrow, Penang Municipal Commissioners will meet insecret to discuss the choice of a new President. The present Municipal President, Mr. H. G. Hammett, will be going on home leave early next year. The Straits
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    GURNEY MEETS POLICE
    68 8 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. The High Commissioner for the Federation, Sir Henry Gurney, met gazetted police officers from Perak, Province Wellesley, Penan g and Kedah at the Council Chamber, Perak State Secretariat, Ipoh today. Sir Henry, who arrived by special plane, was with the officers
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    TEACHERS FOR S'PORE
    71 8 KUALA LUMPUR,— Several teachers of private schools in the Federation and a number of young men and women who have recently passed the school certificate have been recruited by the Singapore Education Department for training as teachers in the Colony. i They will start work next week.
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    CLERK CHARGED
    62 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A Malayan Railway clerk. C. H. Daniel, claimed trial before Mr A P. Jack in the First Magistrate's Court. Kuala Lumpur, this morning on two charges of having accepted, without consideration. $5 from Subramaniam on May 20 and of accepting $5
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    FIRST HOME GUARDS ENROL IN JOHORE
    152 8 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. K LUANG is the first town in Johor* to enrol Home Guards to help in the antibandit fight. So far. 200 1 Chinese have volunteered and j the local committee is examining candidates. Steps have been taken
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    A TOWN IS BORN
    1450 9  -  HARRY MILLER By A FEW days ago, the writer toured several resettlement villages in South Johore and reports on the progress that has been made since the scheme began in June. AT three points in the first 35 miles of Ihe north trunk road out of
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      137 9 Right aw^y an Austin strikes you- as being a trim, mm m nice-looking job sound as a bell. But make B J yourself hard to satisfy. Have a good look at the coachwork the finish the upholstery. Close the doors and see how tightly they fit [0 ft f\ «md
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      402 9 The Gift of the year the new jmf \^y^>^ PA RK E R NEW FEATURES' /jL NEW ma*** Mj/ fhe Qn| NEWbeautt //fi^J/ .1 i r mj f vv ith the Here's nfws about the world's mosi if wanted gift pen! The new Parker "51** ffnh/f nas a remarkable new
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      249 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD ACHMt The Dress ia the fourth <6>. CROSSWORD No 153 ISlicin* a flowtr bud 23. Neuralgia of biD and lhi«h L.lVUaanuiVU *>«■ OO 8. ter'ou^ltb 7 iq&ri &'c o. ft. o ,f.elub. <4» \3\ 3 3 |> 8 »nger (10). .M. Pile no but behind time in
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    London Stocks
    301 10 LONDON, Wed. pEATURINO the London Stock Exchange today were Anglo-Argentine Issues which went sharply ahead on Argentina's decision to make fundamental changes in her exchange control. Foreign bonds, notably P«x Easterns, showed an occasional half point improvement. Closing micaie pnees ot selected stocks as supplied to the Strait*
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    TIN: $388 A PICUL
    35 10 SINGAPORE, Wed.. Aug. 30 —$388 (down $I*. 124). £777£ a ton in London LONDON. Wed.. Aug. St.— Spot: £775—£7 M; Forward £768 —£77«; Settlement. £78t. Turnover: a.m.. 25 p.m., 3t tons.
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    SLIGHT EASING IN TIN SHARES
    132 10 From A Market Correspondent T»IN shares were inclined to be slightly easier on x the Malayan market yesterday, though London displayed some buying interest for one or two selective shares. Industrials were quiet and steady Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday w#»rf
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    TIN MARKET POSITION
    130 10 »ocb Ow Owd Carrt«pende»t LONDON, Wed. ■pRITISH tin consumers' requirements should now be able to be met adequately but expwrt Inquiries—which are still on a big seale cannot be fulfilled, accordIng to the Metal Bulletin. In view of the market position. and the (act that, before a
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    The Produce Market
    165 10 From A Market Correspondent pERSISTBNT demand in the Singapore pepper market y«*terday brought the prices ot both white and black up $10 per picul. Five tons of Muntok white changed hands at $1,030, and ten tons of Lampong black sold at $740 per picul. Copra opened firm
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    Singapore Rubber
    242 10 LACK of trade support caused the Singapore rubber market to ease yesterday, and prices dropped slightly. Dpcountry sellers continued to come into the market, and there was very little buying inquiry. By noon. September first-grade had dropped three cents to $1.40 per Ib buyers, and the tone of
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    FORWARD SALES: ULU BENUT
    31 10 ULU Benut Consolidated Rubber Company has sold forwaru five tons monthly of S.QR.S.S., from January to March. 1951. inclusive, loose into godown Singapore, at $1.07 per Ib.
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    Ships In The Roads And Alongside
    250 10 SHIPS in the Singapore Outer ana Inner Rosds and alongside Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hai Hsuan, Hermelin. Van der Bosch, Benveg. Milebaai. Union Builder, Produce. Chit Sein. Anking, La Capirena. Dukat. Chong Thong. Miria, Kntsang, Adelante, Inchmull. Aline* Lykes, Drente. Inner
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      498 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U X SAILINCb 10 CONTINENT/ CONTINENT SCANDINAVIA m/» "Annan' due abt. Sept. 24 Loading at Singapore, fort iwtltennam rot H'Konc Koot b rokohama Penang <"/» "Selandra Codownt 29/30 m/t "Kambedia due ab». Seat. 2« toI LoiomDo. Aoen. Poll Said, tot Banskotc. Manila fir H Koo|.
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    BOBBY LOCKE TO PLAY IN COLONY
    838 11 Exhibition On September 8 By OUR GOLF CORRESPONDENT OOBBY LOCKE, British Open Golf champion, will in an exhibition match over the Royal Singapore Golf Club course on Friday, Sept. 8. Locke will partner the club professional, Douglas McEwan, against D. A. O. Davis, this
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    Gibson Within Match Game v. L. Brough
    322 11 FOREST HILLS, Wed. /CRASHING lightning and a \j torrential downpour halted play in the National tennis championships yesterday just when Wimbledon champion Louise Brough was one game away from defeat at the hands of the first Negro ever to compete in the tournament.
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    55 11 FLASHY SEBASTIAN, who fights Boy Brooks (both of Manila) at Happy World stadium tomorrow night, sharpens up in a hard training bout at the Happy World arena on Tuesday. Flashy said after his workout: "I am feeling absolutely fine. Boy Brooks will know he is in a fight from the
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    SIDIQUE IN K.L.
    44 11 Fud Our Own Co respondent KOTA BAHRU, Wed. CIDIQUE Merican, the well known Malayan sprinter who recently won the 100 yards at the Malayan A.A.A. meet, has gone to Kuala Lumpur to take up an appointment with the Public Works Department.
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    Surrey Lead Leicester
    106 11 LONDON, Wed. RAIN interfered with all county matches which began today. In the deciding match at the Oval, Surrey are in the happy position of having dismissed Leicestershire for a paltry 113, while they had 117 for two when rain stopped play The scores were: At the
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    BRITISH XV WIN
    32 11 SYDNEY, Wed. The British Isles Rugby Union tourists beat Metropolitan side by 26 points (four goals, two penalty goals) to 17 points (one goal four tries) here today. Reuter.
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    Breweries Win With Five 2nd Half Goals
    227 11 Breweries 5; Cable Wireless 0. A SPIRITED display on the resumption gave Malayan Breweries a well-deserved win by five goals to nil over Cable and Wireless in a Business Houses B fixture played at Geylang Stadium yester1 day. In the first half. Breweries
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    Gomez Hits His First 100
    155 11 CANTERBURY, Wed. WEST Inoies were saved from i collapse today thanks to G. Gomez who hit a confident 149 against Kent the tourists' last County engagement. The tourists totalled 265 all out and before close had taken three i Kent wickets for only 34 runs.
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    BUSINESS HOUSES RELAY HEATS
    73 11 At Shell Sports Club's Inter Business House Invitation Relay heats run last Wednesday at Paya Lebar ground, the following qualified for the final to be run on Saturday, Sept.2:— HEAT 1: 1. Mansflelds Sports Club, 2. Islay Kerr Sports Club, 3. Overseas Chinese Bank. Time: 48.7
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY
    32 11 Singapore Cricket Club hockey section will hold a practice match on the padang at 5.15 p.m. today. Players are requested to bring white shirts as well as their S.C.C. colours.
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    O.K.'d FOR GAMES
    33 11 LAUSANNE, Switzerland, W«d. The six-member Executive Committee" of the International Olymplr Committee unanimously recornmeiidod yeitirday that German} and' Japan take part In th« Olympic Game* of 1952 at Helsinki.— AJ»
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      121 11 •for. j'i'sfcjj^sriaafis r~j VIS t£ au hS' 10 Ha PPy Anniversary"; 11 Close. Gentlemen, Please": 6 Indonesian; lfr° Tao DaMd Gren^nTEnsem of Shows (A W A L1 ht en m MlnUter AtUee: wl- 'o «iJ?m«- hv iVn. aJESS" Company and Peter Dawson); 6.30 "Strengthening The Armed vStl 9^Nw.-?oSeMuiSSSai Children; 7
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    TWO 3-YEAR-OLDS GAIN THEIR MAIDEN WINS
    2310 12  - TWO 3- YEAR-OLDS GAIN THEIR MAIDEN WINS EPSOM JEEP By Amusement Scopes A Double, Pays $49 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rVO three-year-olds, Black Velvet and The Blessing, scored their maiden wins on the Malayan Turf at Kuala Lumpur today, second day of the Selangor Turf Club Augus t-September Meeting. Black Velvet,
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    BIG SWEEP
    51 12 Total Poo! $411,700. First No. *****9 Second No. *****5 Third No. *****3 Starters: Nos. *****0. *****0, *****5, *****9. *****6, *****0. *****6, *****1. Consolation Prizes: Nos: 3335>9, *****6. *****2, *****8. *****8. *****3, *****2. *****2, *****5, 4?0402. DOUBLE TOTES First Doable: 3 tickets each $423. Second Double: 14 tickets each
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    Colony Schools Win By 161 Runs
    240 12 SINGAPORE Combined Schools trounced a team of English schoolboys holidaying in the Colony by 161 runs in a friendly game of cricket on Raffles Institution ground yesterday. Singapore boys, who batted first, were able to declare after scoring 187 for three, mainly due to
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    175 Entries For Singapore Meet
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    EIGHT RACES ON EACH DAY
    95 12 THERE will be eight races on each day of the Singapore Turf Club's Autumn meeting. The schedule Is: First day. Sept. 9: Cl. 1. div. 1 1m: Cl. 2, divs. 1 to 4—6f; divs. 1. 2 and 3—lt. Second dar. Sept. 13: Cl. 1. div*.
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    N.M.C. WIN 3-0
    30 12 Netajl Memorial Club defeated RASC XI by three goals to nil in a friendly soccer game played at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers Ware Jackson, Papachen and Rajoo.
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    52 12 Another discussion meeting of the Singapore Society of Rugby Referees will be held at 5 p.m. today in the reading room of the Singapore Cricket Club. The subject for discussion this evening will be the scrummage and the five-yard scrum. It Is hoped that all Interested
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    M.s. FERNBAY WIN
    51 12 In a friendly soccer match at Military Hospital ground yesterday, the M S Fernbay defeated the M/S Olga Mearsk by four goals to one. The Fernbay were first to score, in the first half, but the Olga Mearsk equalised. In the sei-ond session, the Ferntay scored three
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    MALAYAN PAIR WIN TITLE
    53 12 BOMBAY. Wed. rE Malayan pair of Tan Jin Eons and A. Plrus tonight won the Crick** Tlub of India double* title In the badminton championships with an easy victory over the youn Bombay combination of Madlui Patil and Manohar Klmp< dikar. The store was IS-t, 15
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    BORNEO Co. WIN 2-1
    120 12 rRNEO Company SC. SC M ed a two-one victory ov I Mansfield S.C In the S.A.K Business House "B" leoc.i game at St. George a I yesterday. Borneo were the Bra) through Sarrtjiri In the 10th ml Then a mlaktfk by a Man defender put Borneo
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    BANGKOK FIGHT OFFER TO ALLEN
    77 12 Boxing pronmtiT Kow Kirn L.m has made an offer ni C 1.300 to Terry Allen, world tivw.'i.-ln chainoioii. to Bgbl '1 c 81 a weight, Chal Birphol Tlie flpht is s:lvdnlrd take plai I in Bangkok In September or October, but its \>i word b
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    IPOH HOLE IN ONE
    41 12 From Our Start tfmrn pondenl IPOH. Wed. Au-YODf K.>l: Choon. do'ny a prac Ice round i the Perak Turf t:]nl> roU <'>„■ ai the weekend, d d rhe iixteen h hoio. h distance 1 1 143 r«n one.
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