The Straits Times, 31 July 1952

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER; ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1952. it PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    LAND BUYERS MAY SUE GOVT.
    446 1 Protest over building restrictions on Shenton Way jyjORE than half the buyers of Crown land building sites in the Singapore Shenton Way development scheme are considering legal action against the Land Office. Plans to build have been refused by the Government under the Building Restrictions
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    THEIR ROMANCE IS PAGE ONE NEWS
    26 1 THE DEAF ANi> DUMB COUPLE, Mr. and Mrs. Peng Tsu Ting, after the wedding.—Straitsn g.— Straits Times picture. r; 1
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    Australian to be A.O.C. in Malaya
    89 1 THE British and Australian Governments have agreed to appoint an Australian. Air Vice Marshal Frederick Scherger, Air Officer Commanding in Malaya for two years from January 1. 1953 He succeeds Air Vice Marshal C H. Mills, who U to take ever Air Chief Marshal
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    Rubber for rice plan
    59 1 COLOMBO, Wed. The Prime Minister, Mr. Dudley Senanayake, said in Parliament today that Ceylon would soon send a mission to Communist China to explore the possibility of obtaining rice. He said an Increase in the price of rice would soon become Inevitable Ceylon Is bel'eved to
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    Staff living beyond pay
    56 1 Singapore City Councillors at their meeting this afternoon will be told of the serious state of indebtedness of their empx>yees. Labour Councillor for South Ward. Mr V. K. Nair, told tht Straits Times yesterday that he would give facts and figures "to show to what extent
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    DR. M. MAKES OFFER—-THEN CHANGES HIS MIND
    144 1 DR. M. MAKES OFFER— -THEN CHANGES HIS MIND LONDON. Wed. THE BRITISH Foreign Office today said that the Persian Prime Minister. Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq had offered to submit the oil dispute to arbitration, but withdrew his offer "without explanation within 72 hours. spokesman said that Dr. Mossadeq had called the
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    TYRE THEFT
    19 1 Thieves stole 122 tyres worth $8,000 from Firestone's godown In Rattan* Road, Singapore, between Monday and yesterday
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    Night battle on Macao border
    165 1 REFUGEES FLEE TU U.K. HONG KONG, Wednesday. rpHE 350.000 population of Macao were in a state 1 of "near panic" toda, after a night of sporadic fighting on the Chinese tfbrder. First reports said a Portu-L guese gunboat Goncalo Veh- li opened fire, but this
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    RUBBER TALKS ARE ON
    101 1 RUBBER TALKS ARE ON LONDON, We&. REPRESENTATIVES of all the major rubber producing and consuming countries, except the Soviet bloc, meet here today to consider means of stabilising thp industry The points they will consider are1 Whether it Is possible to work out plan to prevent "buidenbomr- surpluses or serious
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    Envoy to Russia
    23 1 JAKARTA, Wed.— The Indonesian Foreign Office announced today it has recommended that the government appoint an ambassador to Russia.— A.P
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    Row in the Olympic pool
    59 1 HELSINKI, Wed.— The International Swimming Federation tonight threatened Hungary's waterpolo team with exclusion from the Olympic tournament after a fracas in the pool during their game with Holland. The two teams and their officials shaped up to each other, gesticulating furiously, after the Dutch had
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    Opium raid
    18 1 Two Chinese were detained by the Singapore police during an opium raid in Chinatown last night.
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    BRITAIN CUTS ARMS TO SAVE SOLVENCY
    122 1 T LONDON, Wednesday. HE Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, today announced a partial switchover from rearmament to exports to keep Britain from going bankrupt Mr. Churchill told the House of Commons, in opening the second day of the economic debate, that there could be no
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    No contracts
    39 1 LONDON. Wed.— The Secretary for Overseas Trade told the House of Commons today he knew of no trade contracts with Russia or the Communist countries of Eastern Europe resulting from th e recent Moscow trade conference.— Reuter.
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    The City Hall borrows its lights
    202 1 ELECTRICITY for Singapore City Hall is to be supplied by th* City Water Department. Within a few days a Water Department mobile 140 kilowatt generator will be in Coleman Street, on the taxi rjnk. emn* A.C. current to thf Citi Hall Wh*» the new
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    $122,000 saved
    31 1 Over $122,000 was "deposited with the Fost -Office savlnes bank yesterday w the fifth d»y -of the .'iagapore postal thrift campaign. A total of S2l new accounts was opened.
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    TWO NODDED AND KEY BECAME NAND WIFE
    397 1 TWO NODDED AND KEY BECAME NAND WIFE A ROMANCE between a deaf and dumb couple which started in Hong Kong five years ago ended happily in Singapore yesterday. At a 30-minute ceremony in a Gospel Hall in MacPherson Road, Mr. Peng Tsu Ying, aged 26. was married to Miss Ho
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    42 1 MB. T. H. DAVEY, the South East Asia Representative of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, who passed through Singapore yesterday after a tour of Japan. Formosa. Hong Kong and the Philippines. He is returning to 'his headquarters hi Melbourne. Straits Times picture.
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    Bandits fire on van
    35 1 Bandits fire on van Terrorists fired on a police vin in the Renggam area of Jttiore on Tuesday. t the police returned the fire, the terrorists fled Two special constables In the van were wounded
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    TWO HURT IN CAR ACCIDENT
    95 1 TWO HURT IN CAR ACCIDENT KUNO SIEW YUEN, 25-year-old Singapore clerk, was seriously injured last night in a car accident in Boon Tat Street. He was taken to Genera] Hospital with head injuries Lee Chung, a 63-year-old woman, sitting on a culvert, was seriously Injured at the same time when
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    Manager shot before leave
    159 1 Manager shot before leave PENANG, Wed. MR. F. T. BARNES, manager of the Penang branch of Gestetner (Eastern) Ltd., was found shot dead In the store room in his Beach Street office today. He had a revolver in his right hand. He was to have sailed on leave today. A
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    Wife gets decree nisi
    56 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. MRS. Eva Susan Mitchell, w^fe of a former Singapore businessman, Mr. A. Mitchell, was granted a decree nisi with costs In the Queen's Bench Division today. Both parties accused each other of desertion in England. Mr. Mitchell was interned following
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    New swoops
    41 1 CAPETOWN, Wed. Police today raided offices throughout South Africa of the National Congress and the Indian Congress, the leading African and Ind'an organisations in the Union. The two groups recently began a defiance campaign against South Africa's racial laws.
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    BRITAIN TO HAVE NEW CUTS
    374 3 Bid to balance trade end this year LONDON, Wednesday. jJRITAIN will make further cuts in her buying programme for 1952 in an effort to bring her trade into balance, Mr. Richard Butler, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, told the House of Commons yesterday. Opening a
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    'BOMBSHELL' IX LONDON
    39 3 "BI.OND£ BOMBSHELL" 24-year-old Barbara Payton, bone of contention in the recent fight at Hollywood between her former husband, Franchot Tone, and Tom Neal, photographed at a reception in London. She will make a film in England.
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    U.S. steel for overseas
    67 3 U.S. steel for overseas WASHINGTON, Wed.— The United States Government last night partially relaxed its ban on the export of steel to get some shipped to foreign manufacturers. The Department of Commerce announced that this was being done "to help maintain the basic economies of friendly countries." The relaxation applied
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    'DIARY' GENERAL PUNISHED
    116 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. MAJ. Gen. Robert W. Grow was convicted by court martial yesterday of Improperly recording secret information in his personal diary, which was stolen by Russian agents. He was also convicted of having failed to safeguard classified military information. The court sentenced him to a reprimand
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    LOCUST WAR
    18 3 MANILA. Wed.— The Phi- 'iDDines Air Force is to attack i locust swarms in four provinces.—A.P.
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    Branch banks
    27 3 Tokyo, Wed. The B<*nk f Tokyo today said it plans i |*i rpen bra^fh offices in I London and New York this '"•"mn Rer>r.A AP.
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    5,000 WANT TO '" LIVE IN JAPAN
    24 3 5,000 WANT TO LIVE IN JAPAN .TOKYO Wed. About 5,000 foreigvirs, including Chinese and Koreans, have applied for registration as residents of Japan— U.P
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    African strikers sent to gaol
    100 3 A~ D PORT ELIZABETH, Wednesday. CjKOUP of 157 African workers at a factory here were arrested yesterday for taking part in an alleged illegal strike. I More than 600 African onlookers roared "Afrika Afrlka" and gave the thumbs up sign of the African National Congress
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    £5 FOR INSULT TO GROMYKO
    53 3 LONDON, Wed. A 19-year-old telephone linesman was fined £5 yesterday for shouting "Go home to Russia" at the new Soviet Ambassador. Mr Andrei Gromyko. Keith Gigson was fitted at Bow Street after he had pleaded guilty to charges of insulting behaviour when Gromyko arrived on
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    C-G. in Cambodia
    23 3 SAIGON, Wed.— Mr. Mal:olm Mac Donald, left Saigon :oday by air for Pnom-Penh for talks with the King of Reuter-AAP
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    Farouk will stay a week in Capri
    137 3 BACK ON HONEYMOON ISLE •CAPRI, Wednesday. IN a luxury hotel on their honeymoon isle of Capri, ex-king Farouk and his queen will today settle in for a week's stay before going: to the United States. Millionaire travel agent Pier Bussetti took charge oi
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    SAUCERS 'NOT A MENACE'
    51 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. United States Air Force experts today said they were "satisfied that the recent flying saucer sightings oven Washington derived from natural causes." They said an analysis over six years showed "no pattern that shows anything remoteiy consistent with any menace to the United States.
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    Jap 'hams' back
    23 3 TOKYO, Wed. Japanese amateur radio operators went back on the air today for the first time since Pearl Harbour.— Reuter.
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    French kill 45 Reds
    35 3 HANOI, Wed French union forces killed 45 Vietminh soldiers yesterday near Hanoi. Air Force bombers, meanwhile, destroyed the gate of a canal blocking a vital route of convoys of Junks. A.P.
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    UN. says race bars dwindling
    59 3 uwnjiu matiuns, wea. A report on race relations in non-self-governing territories, prepared by the United Nations Secretariat, claims that some progress has been made in recent years towards reducing racial discrimination. Discrimination still exists though distributed unevenly, the study shows. In many territories there are
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    New Consulates
    17 3 TOKYO. Wed.— Japan will jpen consulates-general in London, Lima and Djakarta n Alienist TJnuf or
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    WRITE TO EVA FOR HELP, SAYS PERON
    95 3 BUENOS AIRES, Wed. PRESIDENT Peron told Argentinians yesterday that anyone needing help should keep on writing to Eva Peron. even though she Is dead. They wwlr "-p^'ve answers nfci" r~~- Thp '?'tp he i d h^'-ld be addressed to the Mauso- 1 ieum
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    35 3 TUji DUKE OF KENT walking out to an aircraft, in which he left London Airport for the Olympic Games at Helsinki. He is accompanied by his mother and Sir John D'Albiac, Commandant of London Airport.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    289 3 LONDON. Wed. WITH the Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement to Parliament yesterday less drastic than had been expected and previous uncertainty thus largely removed, the markets expressed their relief by an upward movement all round. Bear covering in a market still r.hort of stock resulted in wide- pread
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    LONDON TIN PRICE
    27 3 LONDON, July 30.—Cash Buyers £965y 2; Sellers £966; Forward Buyers £964'/ 2; Sellers £965; Settlement £966 (down £2). Turnover: ajn. 90 tons; p.m. nil.
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    U.K. RUBBER
    31 3 LONDON, July 30— Spot 26 Kd Sspt. 26Hd., Oct.-Dec. 25%d., Jan Mar. 25d., April-June 24%d Aug c.l.f. 25%d.. Sept. c.1 f. 25%d., Oct.' cXf. 25 hid. Market: DuP I
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    'HELLO' TO COST YOU MORE . 1 I
    175 4 'HELLO' TO COST YOU MORE 1 I Dearer phone charges but company won't say why fELEFHONE charges for premises more than 1 two miles from an exchange in Singapore will be increased from November. The General Manager of the Oriental Telephone md Electric Company, Mr. A. J. Thursfleld, yesteriay declined
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    REHEARSING THE MAMORA DANCE
    34 4 OSMAN GUMANTI, tht i.l.n star rehearsing the Manora Dance whkh he will perform next Thursday at Raffles Hotel in conjunction with the Indonesian Night in aid of the Indonesian Club.
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    Councillor objects to mace gift
    140 4 SINGAPORE City Councillors yesterday were criticised by a Legislative Councillor. Mr. C B. Dmsaratha Raj (Labour— Rochore) for "accepting any part of the Mayoral regalia from »nJ one individual." Mr. Raj was commenting on the Councillors' acceptance of the Mayoral macp from Mr Loke Wan
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    Skeleton in wooden box
    74 4 While collecting firewood on an estate in Tanah Merah Kechil, Singapore, on May 5. 26-year-old Chong Ann found a skeleton in a wooden box. At the inquest yesterday, Chong said that the skeleton was covered with a piece of clotii and the box was tied with
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    New school
    29 4 Kuala Kangsar, Wed.— The Perak Education Department has opened an English school at Lenggong. Upper Perak Mr Arthur Muttiah. formerly on Clifford School, is its first headmaster.
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    CIVILIAN GETS TOP JOB IN POLICE
    122 4 CIVILIAN GETS TOP JOB IN POLICE MR. P. CLAGUE, a former Singapore-magis-trate, started work at the police headquarter? in Pearl's Hill yesterday as secretary to theforce. Mr. Claque told the^traits Times "One of my jobs will be to look after the welfare, pay and housing of members of the force."
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    Knife attack
    36 4 TELUK ANSON, WedMuniandy was fined $150, if default three months' rigorous imprisonment, when he wa: found guilty in the Telul /nscn court of voluntary causing hurt with a knife t< Subramaniam on May 29.
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    Cocktail party by furniture men
    52 4 A cocktail party will follow the inauguraC meeting of the Singapore Furniture Emrioyees' Union at the Washington Restaurant. Victoria Street, on Sunday. The Union, with a potential, membership of 2,000 workers in furniture and mirror shops, brings the total number of unions in tne Colony
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    RIDE HE COULDN'T RESIST
    141 4 RIDE HE COULDN'T RESIST PLEADING guilty to a l^charge of stealing a motor-cycle, a soldier told the Singapore First Police Magistrate. Mr. R. C. S. BeU. yesterday that he coutd not understand why he did such a foolish thing. The soldier, William Arthur Lee, 20, was bound over In $100
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    Man with a mission
    106 4 Professor F. Mason, Professor of Education in the University of Malaya, was a man with a mission when he left Singapore yesterday on a six-month holiday which will take him to New Delhi, Paris. England and the United States. He told the Straits Times that his
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    T.B. man threatened uncle for $1,500
    138 4 AT the recommendation of the prosecution for leniency, LJm Sim Bok, a T.B. sufferer, charged with threatening his uncle with injury, was yesterday let off with a fine of $50 by the Singapore Second Police Magistrate, Mr. D. H. Chapman. Lim pleaded guilty to
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    Had illegal still charge
    58 4 TAIPING. Wed.— A 24-year-old woman. Lee Bor Khim, pleaded guilty before the Taiping magistrate to three charges of being in possession of an illegal still, six bottles and n jar of dutiable liquor and 75 gallons of fermented mash, at Sungei Teram, Paslr Itam. Sentence was
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    Inconsiderate
    15 4 SEGAMAT, Wed.— Atan bin Sidik, 40, was fined $35 at Segamat for inconsiderate driving.
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    Fair in aid of building fund
    45 4 A fun fair in aid of St. Gabriel's School Building Fund will be held at the Holy Inrocents' English School, LTrj-ri- Sfrafiyrcn Road, Sinj Sunday. Tt;^ srhool to be built at mile, Upper Seranrocn Road, will cost about $350,000.
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    'Give housemen a better scheme'
    224 4 DOCTORS TELL GOVT— KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. r[E ALUMNI ASSOCIATION of the King Edward VII College of Medicine has sent a memorandum, This followed investigatipns into the grievances of housemen, says the annual report of the association just published. The memorandum asked for cost of living
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    Timber man I gave lift to Lady Templer
    138 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. LADY TEMPLER, wife of the Federation High Commissioner, was recently stranded on a bandit infested road, when the armoured car in which she was travelling broke down and could not be started ajrain. She was travelling to Singapore from
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    For observation
    40 4 TAPAH, Wed.— Yu Ah Mool. 32-year-old woman, charged with possession of two blankets at the Ayer Kuning new village, alleged to be for the bandits was ordered to be sent to the mental hospital for observation for one
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    183 4 City Couneil: Monthly meeting In City Hall 2.30 p.m. S*p«re Christian Ymrth C«ancH: Oommittet meeting at YM.CA-. Stamford Road. 5.30 p.m. Young Malayan* Club: Prel minary meeting to organise Singapore branch at Station Hotel 4.45 pjn. East- West Society: Discussion on "The Role Of Family Life In The
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    UMNO MEN 'DISOWN9 MEMBER FOR ATTACK ON AID OFFER
    310 5 UMNO MEN 'DISOWN 9 MEMBER FOR ATTACK ON AID OFFER Committee will discuss 'surah' caused by Inche Hakim KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. JNCHE SALLEH HAKIM, UMNO-MCA member of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council, has been "disowned" in staunch UMNO circles for his statement that the MCA was trying to "buy over
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    Radio girl says: 'I won't be a nuisance'
    138 5 Radio girl says: 'I won't be a nuisance' I rom Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. MISS RHONA CONNERY, former Radio Malaya programme assistant, who is returning to Malaya next month to make tape recording interview with planters and their wives, Miss Connery is to colfect news for broadcasts in the
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    Build homes, they're told
    56 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. At the annual meeting of the Selangor Government Servants Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, members were advised by Che Kontik Kamarlah binte Ahmad, chairman of the Central Committee; to build their own houses. Cne Kontik said the society was always ready to give
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    Boy killed by crane at power plant
    191 5 2 DIED IN 2 DAYS JN the second fatal accident in two days at Singapore's Pasir Panjang power station, a 17-year-old grease-boy. Abdul Latifl bin Abbas, was crushed to death by a swinging crane on June 19. At the inquest yesterday, Gamin bin
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    Hit woman with wood, court told
    40 5 MUAR, Wed.— A woman, Cha Boh, claimed trial at Muar when she was charged with causing hurt to another woman, Chiew Tiong with a piece of wood at Jalan Ismail. The case was postponed.
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    NEW DIRECTOR
    20 5 Mr. R. C. Glggins, formerly general manager of the General Electric Company, Malaya, has been appointed a director.
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    Mother's appeal is dismissed
    224 5 BAD CASE, SAYS JUDGE A PPEALING against a sentence of one month's imprisonment imposed on a young Chinese mother, Tham Meo See, for ill-treating her four-year-old daughter, Mr. A. P. Rajah told the Singapore Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray- A?nsley, yesterday: "In Asian homes parents think
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    Cleared of theft in appeal
    42 5 A. Kader Mohamed. who appealed in the Singapore High Court yesterday against a conviction and sentence of one year's imprisonment on a charge of theft of 86 lb of rubber, valued $3,500, was cleared of the offence
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    Course to train youth leaders
    96 5 Course to train youth leaders Singapore Youth Council will organise a free youth leadership training course in Sept. for members of its 25 affiliated organisations. The course, comprising ten lectures, will be held every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday from 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Colony youth leaders who have received
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    Sentence not excessive
    73 5 \yilliam Neo, a Police corporal attached as a clerk to the -Licensing Department, now under a lower court sentence of 18 months' imprisonment for accepting a bribe of $10 from a lorry driver, failed in an appeal against his sentence in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Neo's
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    DROMUS FIRE HEROES FIRE HEROES
    123 5 DROMUS FIRE HEROES FIRE HEROES SGT. BAHARIN bin Ma (LEFT) and Cpl. Mohameu Din bin Abdullah, of the Pulau Bukom security force, talk about the B.E.M. awarded them by the Queen for their part in fighting the fire in the oiltanker Dromus on Aug. 20 last year. Cpl. Abdul Rahman
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    Doctors plead for creche
    179 5 Doctors plead for creche SINGAPORE City Council O has been urged by the Social Welfare Department and a number of doctors to reconsider its decision to evict the Oversea Chinese Children's Creche from No. 10 Balmoral Road. A joint .report by Professor E. S. Monteiro of the University of Malaya
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    School for Sanskrit
    121 5 The Singapore Arya Samaj is appealing for funds to -build a school in Syed Alwi Road where Sanskrit and Hindi will be taught. A building committee, headed by Mr. P. Govindasamy Pillai, and the following members, has been -set up to look after the interest of the
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    Chamber room for library
    34 5 The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday decided to allow the use of one of its rooms by the China Society as a library for precious Chinese books and documents.
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    Today's blackout schedule
    229 5 gl'B-STATIONS liable to load shedding today: DAY Sennett Estate, McPherwn Rd., Kirn Chuan Rd., Atlas Ice. Happy World, Asia Rubber Loron* 3. Sims Avenue Sawmill, Shell Co.. I.cc Rubber Works. MountbalUii' Network, Cathay, Mac Donald House Tan Tye Place/Fort Canning Seah St./ Waterloo St., St. Andrews/High St./
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      72 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 9.30 a.m. Schools; 10 News; 10.05 Music While You Work; 10.45 Schools; 1 p.m. String Ensemble; 1.30 News; 1.45 The King 1 Men; 2—3 Schools: 6 17 Calling All Hospitals; 6.55 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15 Radio Scientist: 7.30 Radio Orch.: 8 Variety Bandbox; 8.30 Discussing the Discs;
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. July 31, 1952 Federation Finances
    566 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. July 31, 1952 Federation Finances cost. That pollcYmft* he revised. Heavy emergency expenditure will continue to be necessary, it cannot be avoided; but every effort must be made to see that there is no profligate spending of shrinking income, and that wastage is reduced to
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    DEATHS
    62 6 PALVIK: Arthur Albert Pal vie dearly beloved husband of With Palvle suddenly Mth July, 1952. at Ipoh. Deeply mourned. DA VIES: On July 17th as the result of an accident, Robert Ernest Lloyd (Bob), beloved husband of Dorothy of Hoggattv Kingsley. j Mr. Bordon. Hants: eldest son of I
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    ACKNOWLEDGMEN
    25 6 MRB EDITH PALVIB wishes to thank all friends who scn,t s. condolences and who gave assistance on the occasion of her beloved husband's death.
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    Shenton Way Muddle
    524 6 Shenton Way Muddle It is to be hoped that the Singapore Government will not persist in its apparent intention to withold clarification of its policy toward^'development of the Shenton Way site. In fairness to lot purchasers, action should be taken to dispel the confusion that has arisen through the apparent
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      'Rot, "says Mr. G.R.D. Raj
      316 6 'Rot, "says Mr. G.R.D. Raj YOUR correspondent "Vadlvelu", writing meretricious rot In the Straits Times of July 22, has provoked ma to write this letter. Is it not .fantastic that he could be ignorant of the difference between **Telugu and "Indian" and the. difference hi the meanings of expressions like
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      COUNCILLOR RIDES BY
      89 6 T SEE our City Councillors are again proposing to harry taxi and trisha owners and drivers, and that the elected ones still do not appear to realise that by doing so they are merely demonstrating how out of touch they are with the opinions of the majority
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      A WAR DAMAGE COINCIDENCE
      380 6 written to Mr. C. C. T. enclosing a cutting from the Straits Times covering the first letter from W.R.D. anjl asking him to confirm that this letter refers to his case, but his reply is not yet to hand. It is unfortunate that the correspondence in
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      THE LESS WE SEE'
      51 6 I AGREE with Mr. J. Balkara Singh when he says, "The. more we talk about blackouts, the more blackouts we see. The less we talk, the less we see." Until the Pasir Panjang power station is ready we should be contented with what we get CITIZEN.
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      American sailors9 blood
      253 6 American sailors 9 blood Fa recent edition of the Straits Times, a report concerning the donation of blood to the Singapore Blood Transfusion Centre referred to Captain N C. Mecklem, of the American freighter Steel Apprentice. He was quoted as saying: "I am disappointed. I gave them a whole day
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      THE AFRICAN SPORTSMAN
      132 6 1 WOULD like to draw the attention of your readers to the fine display of sportsmanship shown by L/Cpl. Kipsang, King's African Rifles during the running of the one mile event at tae recent Selangor Amateur Athletic Association meeting. L/Cpl. Klrore entered the final stretch well in
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    The Queen in her garden
    594 6 LONDON. "THE two Royal garde:) parties at Buckingham. Palace, the first of the young Queen's reign, ire now over and some thousands of people have had the opportunity if not of actual conversation with her then at least of clos^ contact. All sorts and condition
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    On the Margin
    407 6 Gap in hand WE sing of academic protocol and ceremony, for last Saturday's Convocation of the University of Mjlaya has prompted an old friend, L.C.H., to wonder whether things ceremonial were as they should have been when the graduands came before the Chancellor. "I noticed," he writes,
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    9 MORE BANDITS KILLED IN DAY
    381 7 Beaver pilot saw camp and told an Army officer KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. gOLDIERS and police killed nine more terrorists yesterday, most of them in Pahang. One was killed after a Federation Air. Service Beaver pilot spotted a camp. The pilot saw a new cultivated
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    TV camera on test in S'pore
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    MOVE TO PROTECT CARGOES
    129 7 rVBE Singapore Chinese ■1 Chamber of Commerce last night decided to ask the Colony's shipping companies to prevent further losses of cargoes from Indonesia wdered by local Chinese merchants. Mr Tan Siak Kew, the Chamber president, said that the Chamber had received complaints from Chinese merchants
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    Assaulted woman
    23 7 SEGAMAT. Wed.— For assaulting a woman a couple Joseph, 39, and Appamah, 23, were fined a total of $50 at sfcgamat.
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    THE DAGGER WITH THE 3 CORNERS
    108 7 THE DAGGER WITH THE 3 CORNERS WHEN the Singapore Second police court usher read oat a charge yesterday, Inspector A. D. Jacobs, prosecuting, said: "What a three cornered dagger? That one beats me." The charge read: "Yon, Wong Leong Wee, on June 29 at about 10.30 a.m. o n the
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    No row over the money, Kiat says
    289 7 'FIRE VICTIMS 9 FUND: $118,000 AMR. G. H. KIAT, acting chairman of the Singapore i?1 Joint Relief Organisation, yesterday denied there was any "dispute or row between the organisation and the Kampong Bugis Fire Victims' Relief Committee over the trusteeship of the $118,000
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    $40 'BARGAIN' OVER THE COST OF A BABY
    190 7 AFTER bargaining in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, Lim Bock Koon. aged 24, agreed to maintain his illegitimate one-year-old son, whom he had by his sister-in-law, with $40 a month. Lim was summoned for neglecting to maintain a son he had
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    Registers in Johore open for checking
    157 7 JO.-KME BAHRU, Wed REGISTERS of the Johore Bahru Town Council electors for No.ifc Chik. Ayer Mo-ek and Tebrau electoral wards can now be inspected at the various polling stations They can also be seen at the headquarters of ail political parties and trade unions
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    Woman charged
    35 7 SEGAMAT Wed.—Muthamm*. 54-year -fold woruiL charged at Se R amat wfth taking biscuits out of a restricted area and with offering Si as a bribe to a soefclal constable, was allowed $300 baiL
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    ON LEAVE
    27 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.Mr. W. N. Gittens, Chief Dental Surgeon, Singapore, has gone on teave. Mr. Abdul Kareem, Chief Dental Officer Johore, will act for him.
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    Four Malayans die on pilgrimage
    177 7 £ING AFORE Government received news yesterday of the death of four Malayan pilgrims who left for Jeddah with the second batch of pilgrims aboard the Tyndareus in June. I A Government official told the Straits Times that he had not yet heard of deaths amon
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    Insecticide plant plan
    74 7 An insecticide factory, sponsored by the World Health Organisation and the Indian Government, will be started In Delhi soon. Students from Malaya and other parts of South-East Asia, who wish to learn insecticide production, will be admitted. Dr. C. J. Coutts-Milne, Singapore's Deputy Director of Medical Services,
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    Counterfeit note charge
    70 7 Three men, Ang Leong Seng, Son Hu Sam and Chia Tee San, were tentatively charged in the Singapore First PoCice Court yesterday with having counterfeit rupiah notes. The men were arrested in a house in Cecil Street on Tuesday where police found 200 counterfeit Indonesian rupiah notes.
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    Drop in June copra exports
    57 7 The Federation exported less copra, but more coconut oil and coconuts last month than in May. Copra exports tota'led 1,189 ton* ($558,874), compared with 1,604 tons ($756,916* in May: coconut oil 4.874 tons $3,684,606) against 3,552 tons ($2,761,058) in May; and 811,800 coconuts ($145,560* compared
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    Hour's debate on taxis
    58 7 The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce committee yesterday held over for further discussion the protest by the Taxi Transport Association against the City Council's decision to ban cruising taxis and the hiring of individual seats. The matter was debated for an hour before it was decided
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    Stolen goods
    47 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Aman bin Hussain, of No. 2 Jungle Company, was fined $300, or three months' imprisonment, for retaining stolen property, two fountain pens, cigarettes and cash amounting to $17. the property of Muhamed bin Maideen, the canteen contractor of No. 2 Jungle Coy.
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    Tour in search of recruits
    158 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. RECRUITING team for selecting Malayan Other Ranks for the Army will tour Johore from Aug. 5 to Aug. 20 The team will- beg'oi Its itinerary at Batu pinat on Aug. 5 inhere ft can be contacted at the pfliqe. station between 439
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    THE HOLIDAY RUSH BEGINS -BY AIR ONLY
    192 7 rpHE August Bank Holidays have started a big last minute rush at the Malayan Airways for passages to the- Federation. The Airways will put into service four extra planes over the holiday period. "There will be two extra flights on Aug. 1, to
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    ....And then he walked into a trap
    151 7 ....And then he walked into a trap I^HE fourth time Ng Siow Lin posed as a detective to extort money from a orostitute, he walked into a police trap, it was stated in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. In the dock, Ng pleaded guilty to three charges of extorting
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    Charge against soldier dropped
    65 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed The prosecution withdrew a charge of negligent driving and causing the deaths of two persons against Private Sanggokami Kani, of the King's African Rifles, in the Johore Bahru PoUce Court today. At the inquest on Wong Boon and Chong Choi, the Coroner recorded
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    Big gold smuggle ring in Singapore
    127 7 Big gold smuggle ring in Singapore A GOLD smuggling rinf ■f* with heavy financial backing is believed to bo operating in Singapore. The Customs think this ring is connected with a $200,000 seizure of gold bars in the ship Sangola on Tuesday. A Customs spokesman said yesterday: "There must be
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    6 get Sultan's scholarships
    54 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Sultan Ibrahim Studentship Scholarships have been awarded to the following:— Rahmah bKite A. Ramid to take up domestic science, Rozhan bin Kuntom for medicine, E. R. Alfred for science, S. Selvarajah for medicine, Wan Mohamed Don bin Mohamed for agriculture and Rudy Ljm
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    ENTICE CHARGE
    28 7 SEGAMAT, Wed—Govindaraju, 28, was charged at Segamat with enticing away a. married woman from Selangor. He was ordered to be sent to Kuala Lumpur for trial.
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    MALAYA SEEKS 8 TOP RUBBER EXPERTS
    256 8 They will help 5-year plan KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. FIGHT top specialists in all branches of rubber research work are to be engaged by the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya soon, the Director, Mr. C. E. T. Mann, told the Straits Times today. The eight
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    10-day tour of Malaya planned
    97 8 10-day tour of Malaya planned COMMISSIONER 1 JOHN S. V BLADIN, of the International Salvation Army, will visit Singapore and the Federation for 10 days next week. Commissioner Bladin, who has just attended Salvation Army rallies in Australia and New Zealand, will come as the personal representative of Gen. Albert
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    Negligence charge
    61 8 PENANG, Wed. Arthur William Coppin, an insur- ance company representa- 1 tlve, was charged in the First Magistrate's court today with having caused the death of a trisha rider, Gch Kong Guan, by negligent driving at MacAlister Road on the night of June 27 last. Coppin was allowed
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    Fed. produced more soap
    27 8 Fed. produced more soap The Federation produced more soap last month than in May. The output was 6,292 cwt., compared with 6,221 cwt. in the previous month.
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    Had medicine for Reds charge
    44 8 TAPAH. Wed— Cheng Loo Kiew. 24-year-old woman, was charged in Tapah with possession of ten packets of Chinese medicine at the Kg Pahang new village, alleged to be for the bandits. She was remanded in police custody pending investigations
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    5 lepers aid
    38 8 Five inmates in the Colony leper settlement at Yio Chu Kang have given $595 towards the Singapore Rotary community service project of a school and community centre for leper children and adults in Trafalgar Home.
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    Sailings to Malaya to start again
    80 8 T*HE Yamashita Steamship ■1 Company, founded in IE I will shortly be back on the Japan-Malaya-Pakistan-India run for the first time since the war. The first vessel to arrive in Singapore will be the Terutama Maru on Sept 1, bound for Bombay and Karachi.
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    ACCOUNTANT IS ACQUITTED ON BREACH CHARGE
    231 8 IPOH. Wed. REMARKING that there was insufficient evidence, Mr. M. Garton, President of the Sessions Court, today acquitted Ariffln bin Cassim Jagne. 62, an accountant on a charge of criminal breach of trust of $8,068 after a trial lasting three days. The offence was
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    32 8 MISS CHANG EE WEN, a Hong Kong singer known as "Miss Shanghai," who arrived In Singapore yesterday to sing in the Colony. She has also appeared in Chinese films. Straits Times picture.
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    Tea Exports
    25 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Federation's tea exports last month totalled 164.150 Ib. worth $171,574 compared with 211,443 lb. valued at $348,518 In May.
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    4 Malayan guests
    96 8 Air cadets from Malaya, India and Pakistan, who have been on a fortnights goodwill tour of Britain at the invitation of the Air Ministry, were guests of the Overseas League in London on Monday at a reception to mark the end of their visit. The cadets from
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    Grave-digger ran
    56 8 FROM A CORPSE BUKTT MERTAJAM, Wednesday. rpAN AH KAH, a grave-digger told the Coroner's Court X today that he was on his way to dig a grave, when he saw a man hanging from a tree. "I was frightened arid ran away, he, said at an inquest on
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    THE 'EGGS OFFICER' TO LOSE £50 PAY
    115 8 TAIPING, Wednesday. A FORMER officer-in-charge of the R.A.S.C, Cameron Highlands, Capt. James Arthur Wood, was today found guilty by a court martial of "neglect to the prejudice, of good order and^miliS r discipline." pt. Wood, who had yes,y been acquitted on i charges
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    Book follows Malaya visit
    54 8 Mr. Harry Hopkins, staff writer of the British magazine John Bull, has written a book on the situation In Malaya and other South East Asian countries called "New World Rising." Mr. Hopkins was In Malaya In November last year. He wrote several* articles called "Report from
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    SULTAN TO PLAY POLO
    39 8 TH£ SULTAN OF PAHANG (left) arrived in Singapore yesterday to participate in the Malayan polo championships over the week-end. He is pictured with Mr. M. Haines, ADC to the Governor of Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    Employers asked to open camps
    135 8 'HOLIDAY CENTRES NEEDED 9 PENANG, Wednesday.' A HOLIDAY camp should be started for office workers, Mr. N. Ponnudurai, past president of Penang Clerical and Administrative Staff Union said I today. Mr. Ponnudurai, a Settlement and Municipal Councillor, told the Straits Times that sucn a camp
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    Car on fire
    46 8 IPOH, Wed.— A short circuit In the wiring of a traflc Indicator of a sports tourer car is believed to have caused a flre Which oadly damaged the vehicle kept in a garage of a P.W.D. mess In Tambun Road early this morning.
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    Trip to U.K. to see their sons
    59 8 Federal Executive Councillor and tin industry leader, Mr. H. S. Lee and his wife have arrived In Singaon their way to England to see two of their sons They will travel in the Oranje. At Lees School, Cambridge 14-year-old Thomas and 13-year-old Alexander
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    Factory loses 3 pens, $580
    34 8 KLANO, Wed. Three fountain pens and $580 were stolen from the Yew Yew Ice cream factory on Sunday. The thieves entered by the back and forced open a drawer.
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    Going on leave
    24 8 TELUK ANSON, Wed— Mr. R. R. Helsby, the manager of Arcadia Estate, Bagan Datoh, will be-leaving tor Britain on leave shortly.
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    "SEPARATES"
    364 9  -  —Almost a fairy tale By Edna McKenna UAIRY tale princesses must have found public appearances no problem. A wave of the wand and there was a new outfit all ready to be slipped into. Today's princesses are less fortunate. Wands are out of fashion. Even one new dress can
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    VIRGINIA'S DRESS OF THE WEEK
    180 9 LIERE are two tailormade dresses flattering to'all figures wearable all day and anywhere, and f ash oned by mastercraftsman Frederick Starke of London. They are in shantung, a material most suited to careful cut and perfect fit. ON THE LEFT: This dress is of lime
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    JET AGE HAT
    71 9 HERE is a hat for the jet age. It was shown recently in the 'Edward Harvane Autumn collection, London. Ws in a new nylon pan fabric to be marketed for the first time in this model, with beige mesh netting veil. This large hat seems to indicate
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    Hints of week
    165 9 BEST shopping hint of the week concerns people who wear spectacles or sun glasses. You can now buy books of tissues impregnated wiHi siliconej which dean the lenses. And they STAY clean. The books are quite cheap, last a long time and will prove a boon to
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    Calling all Malayan women
    413 9  - Calling all Malayan women LILLIAN BUCKOKE BY DROFESSOR Benjamin H: Sheares. Malaya's leading obstetrician and gynaecologist, is appealing to Singapore women of all nationalities to help him in his fUht to obtain better maternity services for the Colony. On his return last week from a seven-months' tour of some of
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      116 9 The Straits Times Crossword z iii i z z Z_ ~^_lZll""_~ Z 20 21 1| 1| 23 24 i 27 ll^ 5" "ii" ACKOSB iv- Vv.i. iSiauu. Kteal or HUM 1. Romantic hope of youth (5)(5 s 5). 19- Distorts (6i. 9. Flowery crown (7). M <££ 00* t mKD*tta
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      181 9 31. In which you might hear a pin drop (8. 7). DOWN 1. Fair play In the theatre (10, 5). 2. Different (7). 3. Greek skill in the full extent (7). 4. Take these to become a clergyman (6). 5. Hurried up on a line of limited scope (6). 6.
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    3 OUTSIDERS TRIUMPH
    1919 10 Dante 's Idyll ($148), Film Studio ($132) and Kudat ($104) From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Wednesday. QN a perfect track, this afternoon's racing here «M marked by three spectacular upsets which gave punters a day of mixed successes. Well-backed horses which won were Finalist ($l7), Elegant Kid ($l9)
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    Big Sweep
    38 10 TOTAL POOL $349,400 FIRST 35J975 ($B3,*5S) SECOND— *****0 (541.928) THiKD *****6 ($29,964) STARTERS ($5,241 each): *****2, *****4, *****9, *****9, *****1, *****6, *****8, *****3. CONSOLATION ($2,096 each): *****1, *****1, *****6, *****1, *****9, *****6, *****1, *****9, *****4, *****3.
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    Malayans decline Indian invitations
    134 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TWO Indian clubs have Invited Malayan Thomas Cup stars to play In their badminton tournaments this year. The Cricket Cub of India (Bombay) want Ong Poh Llm and Ismail bin Marian to enter their open championships from 8;pt. 3 _:o Sept. 16. Both,
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    Kelvin again goes off the board
    116 10 Kelvin again goes off the board (FROM EPSOM JEEP) 1 PENANG, Wed.—Kelvin, a five-year-old gelding by Denturius, is a very unlucky horse indeed. In the 3.15 here th s afternoon, he wan again disqualified after having run third to Finalist. His rider, young Billy Bagby, failed to weigh-In correctly after
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    World title fight
    36 10 T t( ro <> l'»l >< '1 fiih T>resl- f N<«» T»e*«-»» n»»o*latlons •with fv w'-'t r* o( uorkJ 'W vr-'c't ftTICV M«rclono fr a minion-doUar title light on Sept. 10 Or M.— Reuter. -T
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    RUBBER PRICE SAGS AFTER EARLY GAIN
    84 11 RUBBER PRICE SAGS AFTER EARLY GAIN No change at dull close By Oar Market Correspondent riTHE rubber price closed unI- changed at 98% cents a lb. for August first grade on the Singapore Market yesterday. The market opened at 89 cents a lb. on better advice* from New York and
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    TIN: $486 5/8 A PICUL
    117 11 SINGAPORE, Wed July 30 *486.62!4 a picul (down I1.87H). Closing prices yesterday were to cents per lb No. 1 R S.s «Dot loom buyers 881. seders 881; No. 1 R.S.S t.o.b. in bales Aug. buyers 881. setters 89; No. 2 buyer* 831. sellers 83i: No
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    New York price
    25 11 T O. 1 R.S.S. Sept. 1952 (In l U.S. cents):— Monday's Tuesday's closing closing 30.00 bid 30.25 traded. 30.30 traded Tone: Quiet.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    32 11 HONO KONO. Wed. Free mark«t currency exchange of Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HKs6.47<* (cash); HK»6.51 (T.T.): HK515.85. One tael of gold HKWO2'4.^
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    Hong Kong's June trade lowest since April 1950
    192 11 HONG KONG, Wed. HONG KONG'S trade, after an improvement in May, declined again in June. Jane's total visible trade amounted to HK5482.2- million, which was the lowest sine* April 1959 and a decrease of 37.8 per cent., against last year's monthly average
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    DULL CONDITIONS ON PRODUCE MART
    63 11 pONDITIONS generally on the Singapore Produce Market yesterday w«re dull, with little business passing. Copra buyers were quoted at $36 y, per picul f.o.b. and sellers $26. Coconut oil was $38 }i per Dicul f.o.b, buyers and $39% sellers. White Muntok pepper was a steady
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    Stocks of tin in June
    70 11 CTOCKS of tin metal and tin13 in-concentxat:s in Malaya last month, at 7.823 tons, were up by just, under 1,000 tons on the May figure cl 6,981 tons. Production of tin-in-consen-trates last month was 4,678 tons, compared with 4,943 tons in May. Production of tiii-in-concen-trates
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    PETALING TIN
    40 11 Petaling Tin Ltd. has declared a third quarterly Interim dividend of 25 per cent for the year ending Oct. 1952, less Income tax at 3? per cent, payab'.e on Aug. 30 to shareholders registered on Aug. 9. 1952.
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    STORE SHIPPING INFORMATION
    194 11 OHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns, or expected there at 7 a.m. today, are:— l/ 2 OTanie; 4/5 Sir John Franklin; Coai Plant: Puklen: 6/7 Bougainville; B'S Hoeith SBverbeam: 11 Olenroy: 13/14 Autolycus; 15/16 TJmarla; 18 Helyo Maru: 19/30 Tjipanas: 23/24 Benrlnnes: 25 Rajah Brooke; 26
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    S'pore share prices firm
    154 11 ALTHOUGH the undertone of the Singapore Share Market yesterday was firm. the market generally was quiet in all sections. Price changes by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association yesterday were: Bares 8.8. Petrol. 34/3 Eastern United 36.75 Malayan Cements .94 Robinson Co. Ords 3.32 MINING AraD.it IIBertuntal
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    Sluggish market for Australian stocks
    163 11 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Wed. CHARES had a sluggish m?rket 7 on the Stock Exchange in Melbourne today. The trend of prices was against shareholders. There were no market group moves and values continued to vary according to the prospects of Individual companies. Base
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    WALL STREET
    51 11 NEW YORK. Wed. AFTER a rather apathetic opening yesterday. wh<»n the m»ln shares were fractionally irregular, values picked up to show well distributed fractional gains and the Stork Market closed very steady. After the market closed, the United States Steel Company announced an unchanged quarterly dividend of 75
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    Boiteux beats Konno in record 400-m. final
    688 12 Boiteux beats Konno in record 400-m. final JAPAN'S 'FLYING FISH 9 LAST HELSINKI, Wednesday. pRANCE'S Jean Boiteux a 19-year-old student, today won the Olympic 400-metres swimming final in record time over a field which included Japan's "Flying Fish" Hironoshin Furuhashi and three United States stars, Ford Konno, Jimmy McLane and
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    Results at a glance
    590 12 SWIMMING MEN'S 4M-M FREE STYLE FINAL 1. J. Boiteux (France) 4mln.30.7scc (new Olympic record) 2. F. Konno (U.S.) 4:31.3; S P. Oestrand (Sweden) 4:35.2; 4. P. Dnnran (S. Africa) 4:37.9; 5 J. Wardrop (Britain) 4:39.9; C. W. Moore (U.S.) 4:49.1; 7. J. McLane (U.S.) 4:40.3; 8
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    Sewell-Roper recovery Saved the day
    319 12 Sewell-Roper recovery Saved the day rPHE women's doubles second A seeded Mrs. Pat Sewell and Mrs Dorothy Roper had to fight their hardest to overcome Mrs. M. G. Moore and Miss R. C. Rhoades in the Singapore open tennis championships yesterday. After losing the first set at 3-6, the Sewell-Roper
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    Peng Soon should be champion again
    500 12 A PART from Ong Poh Lim, who is seeded in the opposite section, there is no one who can be expected to stop Wong Peng Soon from winning for the third consecutive time the singles title at the Malayan badminton championships which are to
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    50 12 SOCCER SAFA Cup-ie: Pulau Brani v. BAF. Jalan Besar stadium. JUNIOR Cap replay: Signals v. YMMA at CYMA. DIV. 2: SHB v. R.N. Kranji at Geylang; H.M. Dockyard v. K. Sajarab A at BODCA. BUSINESS HOUSES: East Asiatic v. Oversea Chinese Bank. TENNIS SINGAPORE championships at YMCA cowls from S.JO.
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    Brookes hits his 6th 100
    108 12 LONDON, Wed. T*HE Northamptonshire opening bat, Norman Brookes, scored 156, his sixth century of the season, in his county's score of 365 for 7 dccl. against the Indian touring team at Northampton today. Tne close of play scores in the county matches are: Derbyshire t
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    STEWARDS CUP TO SMOKEY EYES
    35 12 SUSSEX. Wed. Mr. David Robinson's Smokey Eyes won th<? Stewards Cup over six furlongs here yesterday. Mr. A. Bird's Vatellu.s was second and Ladv Baron's Wild Boy third. Eighteen ran.
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    S.China here for 3 games
    115 12 COUTH China footballers of Hong Kong flew into Singapore yesterday morning from Jakarta, after a series of 14 matches In Indonesia. This is South China's third visit to Singapore and the only member at the 18-man team who is new to this city is youthful
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    HK BANK JUST GOT THROUGH
    84 12 Hongkong Bank "B" managed to scrape through to a 1-0 victory over Borneo Co. S.C. in their Singapore B.H.F.A. League Cup fixture at Parrer Park yesterd9y. Borneo Co's goalkeeper Sabani and full-back Charlie Kang were at their best yesterday, saving j their side time and
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    MALAYAN POLO
    44 12 Malaya Polo Association's threeday tournament begins In Singapore on Saturday, with two matches Selangor Blues v Pahang PC: Singapore Mars v Salangor P.C. The Colony Polo Club hay* drawn a bve. Their first opponents will be the winners of the Selangor-Pahang match.
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    YUGOSLAVS IN SOCCER FINAL
    68 12 HELSINKI. Wfd. YUGOSLAVIA entered the Olympic soccer tournament final by beating Germany 3-1 at the Olympic stadium last night, but Hungary's stock as top (avourltes rose even higher after a disappointing display by the Yugoslavs. Yugoslavia led 3-1 at half-time. Hungary will meet Yugoslavia In the
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    Civilians v Services athletics
    279 12 T'HE annual Combined Services v x Combined Civilians athletic sports meeting takes place on the Singapore Recreation Club padang on Saturday at 3 p.m. Those taking part are:— 100 yards: S. de Souza. R. de Souza. Tan Eng Yoon, Sgt. McQuarrie, Cpl. Moriarty, LAC. Hiscocks. 440
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    MUSLIMS DRAW
    66 12 In spite of being two goals down till about the end of the first half, Kadayanallur Muslim League made a splendid recovery to share points with Tampenis Rovers, in a Dlv. 3A SAFA League game at Oeylang Stadium yesterday. The score was 3-all. Scorers: For Tampenis, V. Gomez.
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    MEDICOS WIN 5-0
    32 12 In a SAFA Dlv. 2 league soccer match played on the C.V.M.A. ground yesterday, Singapore Medical Services Union trounced Rocklltes by 5-0. Scorers: Dollah (2). Saldl (2), and Sullman.
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    Not abnormal, says wonder man Emil
    180 12 HELSINKI. Wed. Emil Zatopek, wonder man of ttar 1952 Olympic Games, laughed of! the idea today that be is some kind of freak. "There U nothing abnormal about me," he laid. "I Just run— that is all." Th« wiry sun-tanned Csech army officer who
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    Weakenedßovers hit 4 past S.C.C.
    350 12 Rovers S.C. 4; Singapore Cricket Club 0. A STAR-SHORN Rovers' XI, fielding five fledglings, I■*•1 rose to the occasion magnificently with real fighting football to recover from a scoreless first half and snatch victory from Singapore Cricket Club, who at one stage threatened to smash
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    GOODWOOD CUP
    31 12 LONDON. Wed.—There will be only (our runners in the Ooodwood Cup 12 miles, b furlongs) tomorrow: Oranet. O Richards; Mrdway. D. Smith: Eastern Emperor. W. Rickabv; Aqulne. W. Smith.—Reuter.
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    Goodwood Stakes
    36 12 OOODWOOD. Wed. Mr. Sydney Banks's French Design won the Ooodwood stakes (2 ml>s. S furlongs) hers this afternoon. Mr. Stanley Sanger's Vldl Vlcl waa second and Mrs. F. Jackson's FUghtr Frances Uiird. Eight ran—Reuter.
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