The Straits Times, 19 August 1952

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1952 it PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    ONLY 11 CHINESE VOLUNTEER
    228 1 New chance to join army today in Penang PENANG, Monday. RECRUITING started in Penang today for the first 150 soldiers of the Federation Regiment. The response was good 106 applied, but only 11 of them were Chinese. The few Chinese to apply was a disappoint inenl.
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    3 SAVED FROM DROWNING
    108 1 3 SAVED FROM DROWNING TWO people were rescued from the s?a and one j fi o:n a canal in Singapore I yesterday. In the Djorning. 11 -year -old Ibin Abdul Kadir. who was' fishing near Ocean Park Hotel, fell into the st-a. He was rescued bv an unknown man and
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    Army-Police exercise today
    51 1 Combined p >iice and Army exercises will be earned out in Singapore today and the public are advised not to be alarmed if they see large numbers «r policy and troops around the island. The exercises, to test thInternal security of Sinej pore, will probablv last tin
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    Jakarta sends probe team
    40 1 JAKARTA, Mon. The jfficp of the Attorney General n Jakarta has sent representatives to West Borneo to investigate allegations that a janj? with headquarters In 'oncianak. West Borneo, has started a terror campaign In Sarawak.— ReuUr
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    Madame Chiang
    37 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Mon skin expert said today nat it was "just a question if time" before Madame -hiang Kai-shek'r skin ailnent responded to reatment. Madame Chiang was reported- resting well and in hospital San Francisco
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    BANDITS IN AMBUSH SLAY PLANTER AND 6 CONSTABLES
    175 1 > IPOH, Mon. BANDITS have killed another European planter In Perak. With nim were five special constables. A <■ sixth, who was wounded, died later bringing the casualty list to seven t| The planter was Mr I G. M. Burns, 39-year-old Scotsman,
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    Green Howards kill 3 more on last patrol
    138 1 Green Howards kill 3 more on last patrol KUALA LUMPUR. Mon PRAK'S bandit kilkrsthe Green Howardsscored another big success today when they shot dead three more bandits in the Tapah area of Perak. Six bandits were killed and one was captured during the day The Green Howards's success was scored
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    Africanskill a terrorist
    53 1 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. African troops of the 3rd Battalion K.A.R., killed another terrorist In the Kemasik trea of Trengganu yesterday Last week the Africans took up the chase In the area from the l/ioth Gurkhas, who in a two-month hunt, Btartln* near Kuantan, killed a largo number
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    RUSSIANS HAVE A PLAN FOR TRUCE
    109 1 RUSSIANS HA VE A PLAN FOR TRUCE Peking gives a hint TOKYO. Monday JHE COMMUNISTS for the first time today said that Russia may propose a new formula for a Korean armistice at an Asia-wide "peace" confer ence to be held in Peking next monttT Peking radio said: "The only
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    NOSE BLOWN OFF
    30 1 SUNGEI PATANI. Mon A labourer, Mohd. Yin bin Ahmad, had his nose blown ->ff yesterday evening when a pressure pump exploded while he was spraying sodium arsenlte.
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    Ferry to China
    24 1 MACAO, Mon. Shipping merchants reported that the Macao-Canton ferry service along China's Pearl River would be resuming normal schedules soon.— Reuter.
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    Picnic tragedy
    27 1 Ho Heng Kong, 18-year-old goldsmith's salesman, of Ipoh, was drownad In a mining pool at Batu Gajah while swimming with a picnic party of relatives
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    Police patrol bus route
    121 1 pOLICE radio cars and military police are to keep patrols on the Alexandra Road bus route following complaints by Mr. Kwek Seng Inn, manager of a Singapore bus company, that locallyenlisted soldiers have atlack- ed bus conductors on the late shift. Mr. Kwek told th e
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    Egypt riot leader gets death
    59 1 Egypt riot leader gets death KAFR EL OAWAR, Mon.— Mustafa KhamLs, described as chief Instigator- of the cotton mill riots here last week, was today sentenced to death by hanging. This Is the first sentence on the workers being tried before a special military court for leading the riots which
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    Seven miles above Malaya V.I.P.s sip champagne
    290 1 TRIP IN THE COMET-AT 480 M.P.H. By JOHN MARKS ABOAC Comet jet airliner flew from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore in 26 minutes yesterday a quarter of the time taken by the daily scheduled Sights. The Comet, travelling at a normal cruising pace, covered
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    500 M.P.H. TODAY
    62 1 —over Spore ABOAC COMET will fly over Singapore at about 500 miles per hour this morning to show Its paces The Comet will fly past twice at a height of 800 feet over the sea from Tanjong Rhu to Keppel Harbour between 8.30 and 8.45 a.m Best
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    TEACHERS SAY 'NO'
    43 1 PENANG, Mon.—The United Chinese Teachers' Association, Federation of Malaya, at a special meeting tonight, unanimously rejected the new salary scales for Chinese teachers offered by the Government. Seventeen delegates, representing various States, decided that the scales were unacceptable in principle
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    2 men knifed in fight
    45 1 Two Indians were stabbed In a fight between five or six Indians at Oxley Rise, Singapore, last night. The two men were taken to hospital where one of them was reported in a serious condition. Police have detained one man.
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    400 ships idle
    26 1 TOKYO. Mon.—Nearly 400 ships were today tied up in Japanese ports as seamen's itrike entered its fourth day it will last fi/e days.—Reuter.
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    Budget passed
    15 1 CAIRO, Mon.—The Egypian Cabinet last night apjroved a balanced budget otalling £211,000.000 stertoK.—Reuter
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    LADY T. WAS FIRST WITH FIRST AID
    330 1 LADY T. WAS FIRST WITH FIRST AID Escort car overturns KUAl I ADY TEMPLER, wife a gave first aid to a 1 injured on a Selangor r collision between a milit i Within seconds of tti had Jumped out of her A LUMPUR, Mon ay. f the High Ccmmissio er,
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    Head-on crash
    21 1 j; TOfcYO. Mon.—Twentyseven people were Injured when a passenger train and freight train collided headon near here today.— Reuter.
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    39 dead, 30 lost in Lyn floods
    394 1 39 dead, 30 lost in Lyn floods LYNMOUTH. Mon fTHIRTY-NINE peop'e A Have died and 30 others are missing today in the floods that struck a 15-mile stretch of south-west England' 3 holiday coast and almost V washed this picturesque i town out to sea. ,u i; !T ay take
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    Train smashes into car: 6 die
    45 1 BINGHAMTON. New York State. Mon.—Six peopletwo families of three- were killed ;a»t night when a paasenger tram ploughed into a 'ar at a level crossing near I here. Tht train pushed the car 220 feet down the track.— Reuter
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    Dr. Mqssadeq is ill
    43 1 TEHERAN. Mon. Persian Premier, Dr. Mossadeq, to whom the Majlis recently grave dictatorial powers for six months, cancelled all visits and appointments .today on grounds of ill health. Mossadeq fainted on Sunday and was reported to have hteh fever.—UP.
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    Guatemalans want U.S. airline goods seized
    180 2 Guatemalans want U.S. airline goods seized GUATEMALA CITY, Monday. QUATEMALAN trade union leaders will today urge the seizure of all Pan-American World Airways installations and equipment in this Central American republic to satisfy a judgment against the airline. The union leaders said this after the supreme court on Saturday refused
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    Dieppe raid recalled
    43 2 BRIGHTON. Mon. Jet planes flew' overhead and more than 1000 persons marched here today in commemoration of the Dieppe raid ten years ago. The marchers were vptnr?.ns of thi! raid, which was an experiment preCiminarv t.T the D-Day invasion. —UP.
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    Freed seaman on way home
    47 2 STOCKHOLM, Mon. Stanley Brennen, 27-year-old British seaman who served a 144-day sentence in a Moscow prison after being accused of "hooliganism, arrived here today £»y ship from Helsinki. He will sail o- fly to Britain as soon as transport can be arranged.—Reuter.
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    Australia to, decide on war criminals
    104 2 Australia to, decide on war criminals MELBOURNE. Mon. rpHE AUSTRALIAN Cabinet will decide this week whether Japanese war criminals held in Tokyo's SugaT?o Prison on Australia's behalf will be freed on parole, states the Melbourne Sun News Pictorial today quoting the External Affairs Minister. Mr. Richard Casey. It said the
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    ROYAL GIFT
    23 2 WASHINGTON. Mon.—Kirm Faisal of Iraq today visited the U552,000,000 Murfim mosque nearing comp'et'.on here an,} gave US$2,BOO to thf> buifdlng fund.—U.P
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    OPIUM HAUL
    22 2 HONG KONG. Mon.—Horg Kong revenue officers yesterday seizM 3,700 cinces of opium aboard the British 5.000-ton freighter Eastern j Queen.—Reuter.
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    KOREA SEE-SAW FIGHT
    65 2 KOREA SEE-S AW FIGHT TOKYO. Mon. pOMMUNIST infantry have recantured a strategic bill, east or the Pukhan river on the east central front. It has now changed henrls three times in fovr days. Heavy rains grounded Allied aircraft today. The New China News Agency, in a despatch from Korea, claimed
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      707 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA Applications are invited for the following posts in the University Library: (a) Assistant Librarian: (b) Two Library Assistants: Candidates should have academic and library qualifications. Closing date is 30th October. 1952. Ie) Two Probationary Library Assistants: Candidates should have academic qualifications. Closing date \t 30th
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      253 2 CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD TENDER NOTICE Contrpctors are invited to retender for the construction of 14 Class VI houses at 1 1/2. milestone. Telok Gadong Road. Klang. Contractors not in possess'on of documents to apply to Architect, Central Electricity Board. Gombak Lane, Kuala Lumpur for form of tender, drawing, specifications and
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    JAP LAW FOR TROOPS URGED
    238 3 Local jurisdiction over aliens will be sough t press TOKYO, Monday. •pHE Japanese government would press strongly this week for jurisdiction over United Nations forces using Japan as a base, the Japanese Press stated today. The leading Tokyo paper Asahi Shimbun said Japan would propose
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    Hiroshima photos make best seller
    121 3 Hiroshima photos make best seller TOKYO, Mon. npHE Asahi Picture News has ■I scooped upon a seven-y.ar-old story— the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Eariy this month the magazine printed a special supplement of horror pictures taken within minutes and hours of the A-blast and suppressed until recently by the Allied
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    RULERS' U.S. HOME SOLD
    68 3 SANTA ANA (California). Mor..—The $500,000 fortress- I tike home bui t by t*ie Maha-1 rajah of Indore to protect his! daughter from kidnappers has been auctioned for $40,500. The 11-room home, buiCt in 1941. was sold by the Maha- j rajah's divorced wife. Marguerita L. Holka/.
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    Air crash
    18 3 PARIS. Mon.— A plane crashed at an air rally at May-Sur-Orne. yesterday killing two occupants Reuter.
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    Britain finds a solution in Egypt
    57 3 CAIRO, Mon. SIB Ralph Stevenson. British Ambassador, presented new credentials yesterday without mention of Egypt's claim to sovereignty over the Sudan. The credentials we/e signed by the Queen and addressed slmp'.y to "K ng Ahmed Fuad II." They said nothing about him being "Kin
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    Prominent Czech Red arrested
    22 3 BELGRADE. Mon.—Eelgrade Radio reported today that Mr. Josef Frank, a member of the Czechoslovak Politburo, has been arrested
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    Closer Sino-Soviet ties expected
    139 3 COMPREHENSIVE talks industrial, military expected to follow the ai of a strong Chinese gove the Prime Minister, Mr. MOSCOW, Monday, i on Sino-Soviet financial, and foreign policies are •rival in Moscow yesterday rnment mission headed by I Chou En-lai. said Moscow observers. Th-ase sujects would be
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    FIRST SNOW
    37 3 ROM^, Mon.— Violent storms sweeping over the mountains of northern Italy during the night brought the year's first snow to the higher peaks, while the rest of the country sweltered in a :eat wave.— Reuter.
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    FRENCH CARS FOR JAPAN
    41 3 PARIS. Mon.—The French Government said today that Renault cars will be shipped to Japsn in pieces, and be put together and painted by the Japanese Hino dlesel firm which will then deliver them to Japanese distributors.— A.P
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    SABOTAGEOF SPEEDBOATS
    46 3 TAHOE CITY, (California), Mon.—The industrialiet, Mr. Henry J. Kaiser, said yesterday that someone tried to kill him by sabotaging two < speedboats he had entered "n races on Lake Tahoe. i The sabotage was discover- i ed half an hour before race time.—A. P. i
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    ARCTIC HISTORY IS MADE
    69 3 !^{T iS !l fiy i n bo^' u h t^* f newly-dlscover-d 'alee within the Arctic Circle, have i..aue poJar history. They are providing an air lift for the British North Green- land expedition, and a base has been established for the explorers. Photo shows three
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    Police blamed for Liaquat murder
    140 3 LAHORE, Monday. T'HE Punjab government has ordered an inquiry A into the conduct of public servants alleged in a report on the assassination of the Pakistan Prime Minister, Liaquat All Khan, to have been remiss or irregular in perferming their duties. The report, prepared by
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    QUTPUTOF STEEL CUT
    65 3 NEW YORK, Mon.-The steel strike caused production of steel i n the first seven m 0""!! s o of this year to drop to 46.637.256 net tons, a decline of 14.351.227 tons from the same period last year. This contrasts witli a gam of more than 1.500,000
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    PETROL DUMP BOMB BLAST
    41 3 MACAO. Mon.—More than 20 drums of petrol were destroyed today when one of two bombs found inside a Chinese petrol depot about 200 yards from the Chinese border exploded There were no casualties Police arrested a Chinese.Reuter
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    TWO QUIT PING PONG BALLRAFT
    111 3 MARSEILLE, Mon. AN Anglo-American expedi- tlon that plans to drift across the Mediterranean on a raft floated by 75.000 ping pong balls today lost two of its members Muriel. Grand, 20 of Hull. I Yorks, said she might quit too. I A w<*k ago tl«
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    Lost out of the cave
    69 3 PARIS, Mon. Dr. Jacques Mairet, last man underground in the Pierre St. Martin cavern, reached the surface safely this afternoon. Dr. Mairet went down in'o the 1,260-feet cavern last Wednesday to give first aio jto explorer Marcel Leuuens j who fell 130 feet and broke
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    3 salvage men die
    59 3 LEGHORN, Mon. Three j port workers were killed and two seriously injured when a wartime artillery shell they had fished from the harbour floor exploded here yesterday. Three other men working in the party who escaped uninjured were later arrgstEd because the group did not possess
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    Navies combine
    12 3 LONDON. Mon. Joint Greek-Turkish naval manoeuvres started tod?y at dawn.—Reuter.
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    Hunted bandit hit, say captives
    100 3 Tt—, MANILA, Monday. HE outlaw leader, Haji Kamlon, chief target ol an all-out miUtary operation in eastern Jolo has been critically wounded and nrotaahlv carmni survive." The statement was made by two Moro women, captured by troops during the weekend. The women said they saw
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    Music festival
    30 3 EDINBURGH. Mon. The Duke of Edinburgh yesterday jpened the sixth annual Edinburgh international fes;ivai of music and drama before an audience which in:luded 14 ambassadors and ligh commissioners.—Reuter.
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    NO PRIVACY FOR EDEN AND BRIDE
    72 3 LISBON, Mon. PORTUGUESE police yes- terday ordered reporters and photographers out of the tiny resort where the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, and his bride, are on honeymoon so they can haye a little privacy. The couple have practically been confined to their
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    RED AIM TO WIPE OUT RELIGION
    124 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. THE STATE DEPARTMENT yesterday published a study of the tactics by which it said Communist governments were capturing youth and the flu 1 »•(•>> PS in a drive to wipe out religion. The report, prepared by official experts, said Communism's ultimate aim
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    LONDON STOCKS
    357 3 Widespread gains for giltedged LONDON, Mon. pERSISTENT firmness ol x Riltedged Issues featured today's markets. Gains of up to quarter per cent were widespread among Irredeemable and mediumdated stocks. Long-dateds were also better to the extent of threesir teen th» Initial activity hi foreign bonds quietened in the
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    LONDON TIN PRICE
    27 3 LONDON. Aug. 18.— Cash Buyers £953; Sellers £955; Forward Buyers £940; Sellers £941; Settlement: £955 (up «fr). Turnover, a.m. 65 tons; p.m. 100 tons.
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    U.K. RUBBER
    28 3 LONDON. Aug. 18.— Spot 26d., Sspt. 26d.. Oct.-Dec. 25Vid., Jan.Mar. 249id., April- June 24V4d, Aug. ci.f. 25»4d.. Sept. cXf. 25Ud., Oct. c.U. 25 Md. VTorVot- null
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    THEY WANT TO FLEE RED CHINA 400,000 plead for families
    227 4 THEY WANT TO FLEE RED CHINA 400,000 plead for families IPOH. Monday. THE 400,000-strong Federation of Teochew Associations of Malaya decided at their annual meeting yesterday to ask the governments of the Federation and Singapore to allow the return of Malayan families from Communist-controlled China. A petition is to be
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    Japprisoners 'worked very hard'
    81 4 Japprisoners 'worked very hard' JAPANESE prisoners, serving J their sentences in Singapore, were the best workers, the annual report of Singapore prisons for 1951, issued yesterday said. The report says: "The loss of the Japanese from Pearl's Hill was felt." During the year, the Prisoners washed a total of 689,230
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    Shock from drill killed carpenter
    117 4 Shock from drill killed carpenter r«HEW Teck Yean, a 24Vj year-old carpenter, was electrocuted at his shop In Loronjj 18. Geylanu Road, Singapore when working with an electric drill which had a loose earth connection. This was stated yesterday at an inquest before Mr. Giam Chong Hing. Singapore Assistant Coroner,
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    Going on leave
    25 4 SITIAWAN, Mon.— Mi. M. A. Kidner, Assistant District Officer. Dindings, will go on leave to Britain with his wife and children socn.
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    On education
    28 4 TAIPING Mon.—A talk on "Education" will be given by Mr. M. Campbell. Inspector !of Schools. Perak North, at the Ceylon Association on Wednesday at seven p.m.
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    OXFORD MAN HERE
    67 4 MR. A. BRIGGS, Reader in Social and Economic History at the University of Oxford, arrived in Singapore by air yesterday to lecture to troops in Malaya on current affairs. Mr. BriffK*, brought here by Army Education, will be in Malaya for 14 days, during: which he hopes
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    Needed money, stole bracelet
    68 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Mon.— Mahmud Mohamed, of the Malay Regiment, Kulim, who spent a night in his girl friend's house In Bukit Mertajam and decamped the next morning with her gotd bracelet, explained in t*ie Sessions Court today that he was broke and "needed money badly," The
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    Gurney Fund at $112,000
    121 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The fund being raised in memory of the late Sir Henry Gurney, High Commissioner of the Federation, who was murdered by terrorists last October, now stands at over $112,000. Though the bulk of the donors have been working class people, thfre have also
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    Accused of rash act
    77 4 KULIM. Mon.— Police Lieutenant E. J. Bicketts, Officer in Charge of the Jungle Squad, Karangan, Kulim, claimed trial in the Kulim Sessions court today to charge of causing death by a rash act Bicketts was alleged to have shot a contractor, Tan Kee Lan, on Aug.
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    BLACKOUTS? THEY ARE NO WORRY HERE
    168 4 Private 'power-plant 9 supply BLACKOUTS are no worry to the people of Seletar and Nee Soon village. Private firms with venerators provide them with electricity from their own "power stations" at $6 for every bulb. And over 6.000 bulbs are lighted every day. For
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    Padre feted by ex-PoWs
    68 4 IPOH, Mon. Fellow exPow's from the Burma-Slam railway entertained Padre Harry Thorpe to dinner, at the Ipoh Club, during the week-end. The Padre, who was a guest at St. John's Vicarage, preached yesterday at Evensong at St. John's Church, the service being attended by many Australian
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    Hawker find
    17 4 KUANTAN' Mon.—For hawking ice cream without a licence, Yip Yoke was fined $10 at Kuntan.
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    Offices needed for Jap envoy
    181 4 Offices needed for Jap envoy JAPAN will have to look J for new premises in Singapore for its new consulate. The former Japanese consulate, in Upper Wilkie Road, is now private property and, according to the peace treaty, is vested in the Cusodian of Property. The treaty stipulates that Japan
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    Did not lock cycles, fined
    58 4 KUANTAN. Mon."— S. M. Muthu, who was fined $10 for being drunk and incapable, was fined $5 for leaving his bicycle unlocked at Jail Road. Wong Teng Chai was fined $5 for leaving his bicycle unlocked in the hospital compound and Tan Yeow Eng $5
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    He has a plan to reduce blackouts
    231 4 INDEPENDENT Singapare City Councillor, Mr. S. S. 1 Manyam, will discuss if it is possible t) cu l off the supply of electricity during peik loai periods to mills, cinemas, factories and commercial firms i i the Colony that have their own generating
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    POLIO CURES DOUBTFUL -DR. VICKERS
    69 4 POLIO CURES DOUBTFUL -DR. VICKERS REPORTS that the mystery drug, anoidic, had cured 180 "hopeless" cases of polio in Mexico City were described by the Singapore Director of Medical Services as "extremely doubtful." Dr. Vickers said that he did not think the effect of the drug had been fully tested.
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    Teach other villagers, they are told
    79 4 Teach other villagers, they are told HPHE first of a series of edu- cational courses for Johore new villagers ended recently. During the six-day course, trainees toured Johore Government projects and attended lectures by senior Govern- ment officials. Dato Sjned Abdul Kadir bin Mohammed, Mentri Besar of Johore, urged the
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    Golden Jubilee
    50 4 SITIAV^N, Mon. The Methodist Pioneei Church, Kampong Koh, Sitiawan, w'l) celebrate its Golden Jubilee on Thursday at 10 a.m. In commemoration the church will build a tower, a tablet and will publish a magazine. The Rev. M. Dodsworth, of Penang. will deliver a openIng address at the celebration.
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    Mrs. Menon gets leave
    63 4 MR. W. L. BLTTHE Singapore's Colonial Secretary, announced yesterday that Mrs. Vilasini M enon. Independent Member (Seletar), of the Legislative Council, had applied for leave of absence from today's Council meeting, and that it had be -n granted. Mrs Menon left Singapore last month with her
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    MURDER PROBE DIARY of bullets
    446 5 MURDER PROBE DIARY of bullets Court' told which were not exhibited KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. KUALA LUMPUR magistrate's court hold ing a murder inquiry was told today that the investigation diary of a police officer had vanished. The officer, Inspector Atma Singh, claimed that he had sent in the diary-with the
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    The 'Man with the Bicycle' is caught
    157 5 The 'Man with the Bicycle' is caught KUALA LL'MPUR, Mon. rV "Man with the Bicycle," who committed a aeries of frauds on shopkeepers this month, has been arrested. Today, the M con man". Lea Sang:, 18, pleaded guilty before Mr. J. G.,Adims, in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Co«rt, to eight
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    146 men try for 10 City jobs
    158 5 ANE hundred and forty six V/ clerks of the Singapore City Council have applied for ten posts of Hawkers Inspectors, created by the Council, on the recommendations of the Hawkers Inquiry Commission The City Council Establishments Committee has selected some of the candidates
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    Crowds see dead bandits
    62 5 TELOK ANSON, Mon.— The bodies of two uniformed bandits, which were displayed in the compound of the Telok Anson Police Station en Saturday, attracted a large crowd until late in the evening. The bandjts had been killed in an ambush laid by the Green Howards at
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    Going home
    18 5 PORT SWETTENHAM, Mon —The RajuCa left Port Swettenham today with 400 Indians for Madras and Nagapatam
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    Company 'tore up 1947 pact, says union
    112 5 Company 'tore up 1947 pact, says union IPOH, Mon. rpHE 1947 agreement had not A only been scrapped by the company bnt it had interpreted some of the classes to its own adyantage, says the general secretary of the Perak Hydro Employee's Union, in a reply to the company's statement
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    Today's blackout schedule
    280 5 gUB-STATIONS liable to toad shrddinc today: DAT Boon Tat St., Aljunid Rd., Sims Avenue, Atlas lee. Happy World, Albert St., Short St., New Ice Wks., Fire Stone, MacKenzie Rd., Bukit Tlmah Pomps, Balestier Rd, Jalao Ampas, BJM.B.C, Mcßitchle, Braddell Rise, Alsacoff's EsUte, Island Oott Clrt, Windsor Park,
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    LANDLORD WANTED INCREASE IN RENT
    187 5 'Notice' worthless, says Judge rpHE Singapore Civil District Judge, Mr. A. W. Bellamy, told a landlord, who hai sent a letter to his tenant demanding an iaereass of rent from $12.50 to $15 a month, that the demand was not worth the paper it was
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    Worship for winning an exam medal
    57 5 Worship for winning an exam medal PENANG, Mon. rniark his winning the Tratman Medal for general proficiency at the University of Malaya examinations, Mr. Cheah Cheng Kooi, Dental Surgeon, will perform a special ancestral worship ceremony at the Penaiiß Seh Cheah Kongsi on Saturday. After the ceremony Cheah clansmen will
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    LEARNER FINED
    30 5 MUAR, Mon.—A provisional driving licence holder, Tee Tiam Teh, was fined $20 fcr failing to display 'L' plates and for not being accompanied by a competent r' river.
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    HAD NO PERMIT
    31 5 MUAR, Mon.— Lim Kirn Bok, who used his jeep to carry rubber without a haulage permit at the 11th. M.s. Bukit Gambir-Muar road, was fined $15 at Muar.
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    DRIVER FINED
    24 5 MUAR, Mon.—For using his car for hire at Bukit Gambir, Ng Lim Swee was fined $15 or two weeks' gad ;t Muar.
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    GOVERNOR IN THE COMET
    37 5 Tms GOVERNOR OF SINGAPORE, Mr. J. F. NLoll (left) and the Member for Lands Mines and Communications in the Federation Dato Mahmud bin Mat. pictured in the BOAC Comet yesterday.— Straits Times picture.
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    LABOUR DECISION 'WRONG'
    157 5 LABOUR DECISION 'WRONG' -Mr. Chishty Ttflß. S. M. A. H. CHISHTY. Ifl Labour Party representative for Rochore on the Singapore City Council, who is not being re -nominated by the Labour Party for the December elections, last night asked his Party to reconsider their decision. In a letter to the
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    PWD PLAN TO ASSESS STAFF REQUIRED
    186 5 PWD PLAN TO ASSESS STAFF REQUIRED fItHE SINGAPORE Pub- lie Works Department has a plan to assess the total demand for engineers and architects in the next 10 years to complete Government's medical and social welfare plans, expansion of the police force and other defence schemes. The department will have
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    S'PORE DIARY
    142 5 T.M.C.A.: Tennis at Bras Basah Road 5.00 p.m.; hockey practice at Balestier 5 p.m.; Malayan Christian Council meeting 5.30 p.m Judo and bedybullding 5.33 p.m.; gymnastic classes 5.30 p.m.; St. John Ambulance Classes 5.30 p.m.; Malay and commercial classes 5.30 p.m.; table tennis team practice 7 p.m. Chinese
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    We cannot afford $1 mil., says firm
    186 5 SPLIT OVER BACK-PAY IPOH, Monday. iys AGREEMENT over the question of back-pay, amounting to about a million dollars, caused the break-down in the conciliation talks to end the dispute between the Perak River Hydro- Electric I Several meetings were h«id during the week-end,
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    THEY WANT ANOTHER NAME FOR MALAYA
    90 5 PENANG, Mon. A RESOLUTION that the name Malaya should be changed to the Malay Peninsula will be moved by the Province Wellesley branch at UMNO's general assembly tn Butterworth next month. At Its general meeting yes- terday, the branch decided that the new name
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    DEATHS
    105 6 k:?ELTON-AGAR at Carlisle. ruS. on Atizust 15th. Wnlte* Rl'-^ond Sh"ltcn-Agar. A'lERT FRANK NIGHTIN3Al B (fld 25. on Saturday. Amu.sc Ifi'h 1952. Selnba Estat", Tcluk A' n as a result of bandit action. FVANS: At a Nursin? Ho-ne at wTi Hc;>»h on ]2th Ainu.t IP' 2. T.I, Evaas. a(?e 71
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    74 6 THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Tan Tee Soon thank the President nil Members of the City Council, rp'ntlves and friends who kindly stnt messages of sympathy, wretth.s, banners and attended his fur.-ral. THE fairi'lv of th« late Mrs. Ooi Kh;;e Chong (nee Can Kiat Nrr'u of Penan? wish
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    IN MEMORIAM
    19 6 IN LOVING memory of Mr. AD. Knowles of Seremban who diet 1 on Au<?. "»*l. Grent.lv missed.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    46 6 AN ATOMIC "explcson" in the Dress ITade—Tommy Thom:on's gbT.:orcus gowns. Do call and lnG.H. Bldg. Battery Rd. Slni-anore. A t»AY end attractive selection of morning enr' afU:r aoon frocks to s'.nr al! '..^tes all pockets. Vr:' 1.-rwo n'cck- Duncan's. <1. r'A.melca Et (Of Raffles Place).
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 19, 1952 Divisions In Asia
    625 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 19, 1952 Divisions In Asia How unpropitious the portents are for a united front among the Asian nations against the peril of Communism has been made alt too clear during the last day or two. There are, it is true, certain favourable signs; but*
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    P.W.D. Springs A Surprise
    474 6 The first reaction to the announcement of the Singapore P.W-D.'s expanded programme of works for the rest of 1952 aombincs reluctance to disparage anything that savours of drive and enterprise in a Government department with puzzlement that what was held completely impossible -in November 1951 is
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    8 6 Photo n<"tx)h. "jdde Morrison WEDDING ORCHESTRA, LAWAS, SARAWAK
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      THE SMALL MAN'S CLAIM
      548 6 THE SMALL MAN'S CLAIM T HAVE read through your Interesting report of last Friday on the- work of the War Damage Commission at Kuala Lumpur, and 1 must say that the acting chairman, Mr. S. E. Chamier, deserves all the praise of the public for his work. A point, however,
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      THE SCHNORKEL'
      46 6 WITH reference to the article "So easy to be a sub," (Straits Times, Aug. 15). "Schnorkel" was never a German invention. Only the name was, as the Netherlands inventor Lt.-Com-mander J. J. Wichers (about 1933) named this great invention "Snuiver." (Capt.) P. KOSTERB. Singapore.
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      LEFT TO PONDER?
      84 6 IT Is of Interest to read of the progress made with the War Damage claims by the acting Commissioner. It can readily be understood how such people as myself, who actually had a War Risk Goods Insurance policy, cannot hope to get any payment, as the millions
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      A City Councillor on the blackouts
      305 6 A SHORT time ago the Radio Scientist produced a A story that a firm had guaranteed to instal subsidiary machinery whereby the blackout situation might be improved by June this year. This was an incorrect and most unscientific statement. The Radio Scientist, instead of
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      OFFICE HOURS IN A LIBRARY
      87 6 rE essential purpose of any public library is to encourage reading through the medium of borrowed books and the reference department. To meet the public needs municipal libraries in Britain remain open until nine or ten o'clock at night. Not so that of Singapore, which
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      A FAIR AND OPEN TRIAL
      217 6 ADSUM." In his letter of I August 14, attacks "A Lawyer" and "Anxious" for the concern they have exDressed over the Government's use of the Emergency Regulations. "Adsum" is attempting to mislead the oublic into thinking that "A Lawyer" and "Anxious" criiise the Government for
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      SECURITY IN RAUB
      224 6 SECURITY IN RAUB rvsHE Traffic Control (Raub) A Regulations 1952 are so far the most sensible and effective measure taken in this town to supplement "Operation Starvation." I think, however, that some slight changes in the system of traffic control would remove some inconvenience at present caused, while at the
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      Shocked about the detainees
      260 6 ATS an ordUmy Member of the public I w»s indeed shocked to read ye ur leader of Aug. 1, and the tubsequeot correspondence regarding the Emergency detainees. The first shock was. as stated in your leader, that people have been detained without trial for reasons not
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      On the Margin
      426 6 Aid for the rabid RABIES is a disease which we acknowledge has not yet touched the Street purlieus. We do so gladly, for, with every sympathy for Federation and other people exposed to the disease, it is a condlton in which we wish to have no part.
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      571 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. WAGNER at Batu Gajah Hosp. on Auguu 12th to Ounvor (nee ''ddevalla. Sweden), wife of F.H.G Wagner, a son. T'N-ANG. The rngnerment took place on 16.8 52. between Mr Tan Chin Cbuan. third son of the late Mr. Tan Eng Lee and M'dim Ho Soon of No. 402,
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    'SMALLPOX DANGER IS APPROACHING'
    323 7 A ll-out vaccination campaign by health services gIN(iAPORE is approaching a smallpox danger stage because the public is under-vaccinated, the Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, said at a Press Conference yesterday. He said that there was no smallpox at present but the danger
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    WIDOW, 21 TRIED SUICIDE
    132 7 WIDOW, 21 TRIED SUICIDE A Singapore court was yes terday told of the tttemp of a young widow to drowi herself in the Rochore Rive; last Sunday. Yeo Ah Moey, aged 21 wearing a black Chines) samfoo, with dishe* !led hai: and bare-footed,, sat cryinf In the dock She told
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    US scholarship for S'pore girl
    67 7 Miss Lv Yee-teh, eldei laughter of Mr. and Mrs. S 3. Lv of Singapore, who it studying in the United States ias been awarded the Yale-n-China Scholarship by Yale Jnlversity for further re•earch in education. Miss Lv obtained her M.A. (egree In June and will
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    WELFARE WEEK
    18 7 SITIAWAN, Mon.— Welfare Week will be held In Dindlngs this year from Aug. 23 to 31.
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    Efficiency Cup winners
    89 7 MEMBERS of the Volunteer Special Constabulary "C" Division, Beach Road Police station, with the Efficiency Cup which they won i n the inter-divisional competition for V.S.C.s held in Singapore during: the week-end. Mr. T. H. Allen. Superintendent of Police, is on the left with Mr. J. O.
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    Murder in sea -man charged
    149 7 IM Chong Ngi chased a man who ran out of a coffee shop on Pulau Tekong Besar. The man, Sim Joo Liang, ran along a pier and jumoed into the sea. Lim jumped in after him and killed him with a chopper, Singapore Assize Court
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    51 get their first aid certificates
    164 7 51 get their first aid certificates JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. /CERTIFICATES were given \j on Sunday at Johore Bahru to 51 candidates, who passed in first aid at an ex- aminatlon he:<i *>* the Johore Bahru branch of St. John Ambulance Association. Among the successful j candidates were 21 Malay wo-
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    Regiment's show
    35 7 IPOH. Mon.—As part of the recruiting campaign of the Federation Regiment, a special cinema show will be screened by the Department of Information Perak, at the Ipoh Club Padang tomorrow at 7.30 p.m.
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    Accused of bribe offer
    82 7 Wong Oi Lin, 37-year-old woman keeper of a sick receiving house in Sago Lane, was yesterday charged with illegally offering a policeman $1 to record a report of a death in her receiving house. Wong was alleged to have offered the money to the police constable
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    Sofdier killed
    35 7 A sqjdier of the Ist Battalion. Suffolk Regiment, was killed and another was wounded yesterday when a gang ambushed two military vehicle* on the Yong Peng to Labis main trunk road in Johore
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    MORE NOW DIAL FOR RADIO PATROL CARS
    109 7 But not all involve crime itfORE people in Singapore are dialling 999 daily iTI for police radio patrol cars. "But the -calls do not all hav e to do with crime," a police spokesman said yesterday. A fair number are summonses to stop
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    Church will hold Feast of Mary
    61 7 The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes will hold the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary from today to Friday. Mass will be at 6.30 a.m and sermon 5.30 p.m. from today to Thursday. On Friday, Low Mass will be at 6.15 a.m..
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    Inconsiderate driving: $25
    56 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Pte Jaffar bin Jan tan, of Kuala Lumpur, was fined $25 in the Police Court for inconsiderate driving and bumping into the rear of a military vehicle as it was turning from one road into another. The signal, given by the driver, was ignored
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    NO LOTTERY MONEY FOR MCA POLITICS
    124 7 NO LOTTERY MONEY FOR MCA POLITICS ANY political activities undertaken by the Malayan Chinese Association win not under any circumstances^b P financed with money Worn the MCA lottries, Mr. Tan Kah Jee, the executive secretary of the Singapore branch, told the 1 Straits Times last night. '"When the MCA contested
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    J.B. Scouts will act as hosts
    141 7 JOHORE Scouts will be hosts to the 12 Indonesian Boy Scouts who attended the South-East Asia Scout Camp at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday and Thursday. The visitors wIH be met at Johore Bahru Railway Station on Wednesday night by Johore scouters and entertained to
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    Calligraphy contest
    78 7 Calligraphy contest The China Society of Singapore will hold a calligraphy contest for members after a dinner party at the Chinese Swimming Club on Aug. 27. A short talk by the president, Mr. Lee Slow Mong, on Chinese calligraphy will precede the competition. Each competitor will write, before the audience,
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    Shirker gaoled
    30 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Buang bin Kassim, a member of No. 2 Jungle Company, was sentenced to 70 days' imprisonment for unlawfully absenting himself from duty since July 5.
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    TELEVISION CERTAIN' IN SINGAPORE
    105 7 rLEVISION in Singapore was a certainty, said Mr. W. G Thurston. a member of the organising committee of the British Radio Exhibition at a dinner in Singapore last night to fete the television, radar and Radio Malaya teams who took part in the exhibition. The acting
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    Free vaccination centres
    339 7 pREE vaccination against smal'pox will be available at the following centres except on Sundays and public holiday*: Joo Chlat CUnic. (next to cltv cleansing depot Joo Ohiat Road), Bafestler C.lnlc (306/308 Towner Road corner of Towner Road and Baleetter Road). Tlong Babru CUnic (4. 6. and 8
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    ASSESSORS SAY VILLAGER DID NOT KILL MAN
    524 7 ASSESSORS SA Y VILLAGER DID NOT KILL MAN Judge disagrees new trial JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. A VERDICT of not guilty was given b/ the tw assessors at the trial in Johore H gh Court tod of Neo Ching, accused of the murder of Peck Teo at Kayu Ara Pasong, Pontian,
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    Guest speaker
    46 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Dr. M. Birchee, member of the Johore Council of State i and Chairman of the Johore Bahru branch of the Malayan Chinese Association, will be j the guest speaker at tomorrow's tea meeting of the Rotary Club of Johore Bahru. I
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    CRUISED IN BANNED WATERS
    101 7 WHEN HENG SIEW HOCK, a sampa/i man was cruising down a river into the Straits of Johore on Sunday night he was arrested it i ta^f d 4d 4 In th e Singapore Third District Court yesterflj?." I*'.1 Who sald that h e was with g
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    Imported hempcharge
    49 7 Imported hemp charge Bustaman bin Ahmad was yesterday brought before thl Singapore Third District .Judge Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam. a T c J a rge of Importing 9 lb niri,? f dlan hem P without a He wa« arrested by Custom °4ht e^cX?^^ SuntUy h^H^ tpOned to Aug 28
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    Urgent call for 250 nurses
    194 7 Urgent call for 250 nurses KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. rpHE Director of Medical 1 Services, Federation, Dr. H. M. O. Lester, today appealed for "at least 1 250 nurses and 100 hos- Dital assistants who are 7 needed at once." Hospitals throughout the Federation urgently needed more nurses and hospital assistants.
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    Robbery case for Assizes
    78 7 The Singapore Fourth Police magistrate, Mr. E. H. D'Netto, yesterday, committed a young trisha-rider, Tan Choon Huat, to stand trial at the next Assizes on a charge of armed robbery. Tan was alleged to have held up a hawker, Eng Joo Pin, at dagger-point and relieved
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    Straw box fire
    35 7 The Singapore Fire Brigade last night put out a small flre at th e United Engineers offices at River Valley Road. A box of straw caught flre and caused a temporary blaze.
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    The Comet takes a look at Singapore
    31 8 AN AERIAI «.ew of Singapore city taken from a BOAC Comet yesterday during a demonstration flight for V.LPs. and the fress. Straits Timas pictm*.
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    'A CLIQUE DOMINATES PARTY, SAYS LABOUR MAN
    314 8 'A CLIQUE DOMINATES PARTY, SAYS LABOUR MAN VIK. E. V. DAVIES, Labour Party leader in j iTI Singapore City Council, yesterday attacked his party's general council, which, he sitt, was "dominated by a clique which lacked the confidence of the electorate". In a letter to the Straits Times giving the
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    Bed Cross fair raises $4,000
    54 8 KUANTAW, Mon.—The British Red Cross Society, Kuantan branch, raised more than $4,000 during the week-end lor the society's funds. Members, led by Mrs. D. F. Thompson, held a fun fair at ttie Sbang Tan Bchool and a combined schools concert, and cinema show at the
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    'In Sarawak it was not taxed'
    51 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon Charged with attempting to evade duty on 12 tins of saccharine, Urn Tang I>eng of Muar. said he did not know saccharine was dutiable becarase when he was in Sarawak it was not taxed. Urn was allowed bail in 41,000 pending
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    150 want emergency meeting
    117 8 150 want emergency meeting ABOUT ISO members of Singapore Labour Party appointed a nineman committee to ask ttie jresideat, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, j to convene an emergency general meeting immediately. This move is aimed at "cleaning up" the party general council, they said. The memorandum to Mr. lim would
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    Accountant accused
    53 8 IPQH, Mon.—Ariffln bin Cassim Jagne. 6*2, an a:cormtant, was charged in the Sessions Court today with breach of rrus; of $U.« 3 and $17,309. alleged to have been committed while he -was secretary of the Oajah Transport Company. Th« ease was postponed to Sept. 1. and Ariffln was
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    Sarong fraud alleged
    37 8 KUANTAN. Men.—A woman, Bee biate Barren. 40, was charged at Kuantan with criminal breach of trust of six sarongs. She was allow- j ed $300 bail and the case I pqyt.paned to Aug. 28.
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    Two fought
    18 8 KUANTAN, Mon.—Lee Boon Slang and Ha&bim bin Salleh were fined $10 each lor fighting in public.
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    Reunion is planned
    77 8 A reunion dinner for all ranks wiio have served or are serving with airborne forces win be held at the Shackle Club, Singapore, on Sept. 17. Lt.-CoL A. W. Salman, R.A.S.C., secretary of the Airborne Forces' Reunion committee, said yesterday those wishing to go to the reunion
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    German fails in free me' plea
    82 8 PENANG. Mon. A GERMAN detainee, Johannes Schmolke. former member of ttie French Foreign Legion, failed in Pmaag today in his application for a writ of habeas corpus. The application was dismissed by tiae Federation Court of Appeal, whose president, Mr. Justicr Matbew. Chief Justice
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    Chairman sends SOS to co-op members
    200 8 Chairman sends SOS to co-op members THE chairman of ihe Singapore Co-operative Stores Society, Mr. D. E. Stddons, yesterAay appealed t» the Society's C,M» memfeert to attend an emergency meetin/j tomorrow, mod Mr ihe Society from being; -wound op. The meeting is being called •n the orders ml tfce Cora■ufistener
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    Chinese schools body to meet
    150 8 EIGHTEEN LEADING Singapore, including the first meeting t>f the I to reorganise Chinese sc Chinese educationists in ;everal women, will attend dvisory committee formed tools in the Colony. The Singapore Government announced fee formation of this committee in June after It had accepted the Peim-Wu
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    Three hurt in accident
    32 8 KLANG, Mon.— An armoured car and a bus collided at the 9 3/4 ms. Kapar Road, Klang, yesterday. Ttwee people In the armoured car were injured, one aeriourfy.
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    Had gun without a licence charge
    31 8 Had gun without a licence charge KUA2f2$C! Mon.— Jaafar Khan ittfefftergo* tit Kuantau wltjlia^oo j»f a shot gun and if mulils of ammunition without a licence. He was attqwed $100 bail.
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      134 8 SltWIMWft Wh*t I Like: 7J» Raj's A Laugh; S.4S-10 Cumen CM'allazo Sc Iris 10 a.m News: lol^Tunes from Vlwf^ 9% B <V the Sb«w; M.45 Hemtevous with s'pon- io LefiWk Ctoerv B. B. C KaSo MaStTOTTio- nte of the aj^Ne*«: i P«--2 A. S^ore; wvd News TaJk; 650 From th«
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    Tall? Short? There's a fashion to suit
    614 9 TOO tall? Impossible. Dior or any of the lending fashion designe~s won't look at a model until she's over five feet six inches. -i you ieei, look or think you are too tall, you are wearing the wrong clothes. You are not cashing
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    Back to happy normal
    566 9  -  NURSE BRIDGET MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA By {^INCE Baby's well- being and happiness are dependent on mother's health, the importance of a quick return to normal life after confinement cannot be overstressed. It is essential that a mother should so regulate her life that a happy balance
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    14 9 Collect six of these coupons to join the Children's Corner Club.
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    23 9 MiCHAEL |UriN FF WINGS, of 18 Kimau, H.M. Naval Base, wins the $5 for this week's Bonniest Baby with 51 months of cheerfulness.
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    LIFE IN THE RAIN: WITH NO ARK
    376 9 LIFE IN THE RAIN: WITH NO ARK From ctfate bungalow I HAVE seen and heard a lot of pleasant smaCl things in the past few weeks, none of them long enough to make an article, but here they are: j T don't have to tell you that it rained and
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      359 9 The Straits Times Crossword 27 £jj e c &*4%?* n get3 m3Bt of ML Robin's bphind this <9). 2 5 f^H§J6 7 8 But peeile s cricket is playI I I I§^ II 1 ed her« (5). 1 Bald patch a weight? Certotal, (7). vr^i Jgjjl mviYi iy»yh iyiwvi Where
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    'Vegetable priced could be cut'
    388 10 'Vegetable priced could be cut' WHOLESALE PLAN IS THE ANSWER By Our Market Correspondent gINGAPORE could smash the middleman in the vegetable trade and lower prices in three months if it made an all-out effort.* thinks Mr. R. A. Pereira, first director of the Hong Kong Wholesale Marketing Vegetable Organisation,
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    Output record
    32 10 India's cloth production In July reached a record figure of 422.4 million yards— 20.26 million yards more than the previous record of 402 14 million yaWs, attained in January 1946.
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    MALAYAN FRUIT FOR HIS FARM
    65 10 Mr. Pereira. who is planning a 200 acre far n in Singapore will take back with him two varieties of Malayan bananas pisanx ampat puloh hari and putan* Indian curry to slant In Hone Konjj. cv e years axo h e took hack cuttinrs of
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    Largest oil refinery in Europe
    233 10 Largest oil refinery in Europe WITH an increase of more than 50 per cent, of its present crude oil processing capacity of 5.750,000 tons per annum, the Pernis (Rotterdam) Refinery, one of the Royal Dutch Shell Group reflnerier, will have a refinery throughput, of 9,000,000 tons a year. It will
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    Trade Fair sets record
    86 10 rE attendance at this year's Trade Pair at the Happy World which closed after 16 days on Saturday, was a record A total of 332,967 people saw the fair, compared with an attendance of 215.296 at last year's 15-day fair Heaviest attendances were 35.181 on Sunday
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    New synthetic
    32 10 U >a sit chemists of the Fir&itone Tyre and Rubber Company at Akron, Ohio, have developed a new synthetic rubber production process, which will require less costly equipment than before.
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    Swiss credit for Europe
    41 10 Switserland, a bl« creditor member of the European Payments Union, has placed a credit of 925,000,000 Swiss rrancs at the disposal of the Union Chief beneficiaries will be Britain and the Sterling area and the French Union
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    Queensland coal for Pakistan
    55 10 CANBERRA, Mon.— The Customs Minister, Senator NeU O'Sulllvari, announced today that a licence has been granted to export 30,0' 0 tons of Queensland coal to Pakistan. He said Australia now had sufficient coking emu and a surplus of steaming coal for export. Some gas coal would
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    Car company planned
    50 10 The Standard Motor Company Limited of Coventry, England, have completed plans for the progressive manufacture of Standard md Triumph cars and commercial vehicles in Australia. A new company will be set ip in Australia and known as Standard Motor Products Limited with a nominal capital of A£5,000,000.
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    More oil for free nations
    70 10 Free nations, other than the United States, are increasing their total oil refining capacity by almost 20 per cent, in 1952 and 1053. This exceeds expectations, according to Mr. J. E, Warren, Deputy Chief of the U.S. PetrcCeum Administration for Defence. By the end of
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    New flax mill for The Hague
    71 10 Some plantation companies, operating in Indonesia, have Founded at The Hague n limited liability company to run a flax spinning mill at fcxel, province of Zeeland. They may also process other fibre i<n works to be set up In the Netherlands, and manufacture yarns
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    Chestnuts earn $$ .
    39 10 Chestnuts earn Hong Kong is earning welcome U.S. dollars by exporting water chestnuts grown in the territory to America's Chinatowns. Formerly China supplied the chestnuts, but since the Communists came Into power Chinese exports to the U.S. have stopped.
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    CDC will expand oil palm project
    125 10 HpHE Colonial Development Corporation hopes to have its Kulai Oil Palm Estate at Kulai, Johore working as a first class concern and compact economic unit by 1956. The estate will eventually ccver some 5,300 acres and produce 200 tons of oil a year The
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    Britain to free lead
    73 10 The British Government has decided to restore private trading in lead. From a date to be announced later, but probably early ln October, trading in lead will revert to the London Metal Exchange. The Ministry of Materials will cease to deal in this metal. Before World
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    SWISS SEEK MORE TRADE
    211 10 SWISS SEEK MORE TRADE SWITZERLAND, which last year sold to Malaya $77,320,942 worth of goods of which $72,946,000' was accounted for by the famous Swiss watches wants ti more diversified and less vulnerable pattern of trade between the two countries. Malaya exported to Switzerland just over *7,ooo,noo worth of goods,
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    LEADERS OF BUSINESS IN MALAYA: 16)
    142 10 LEADERS OF BUSINESS IN MALAYA: 16) THE Deputy Chairman I of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce. Mr. S. E. Travis, has been In Malaya since 1321. A Manchester man, he is the managing director of Henry Waueh and Company, and a recognised authority on the textile trade. lie has served
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    JAPAN JOINS MONETARY FUND
    83 10 JAPAN last Wednesday be- came tbe 52nd member of the international Monetary Fund- i J TT P o a »^nS!n 1? t ln the !und is U*****,000,000. the ame amount as her quota In the International Bank for Reconstruction and Deve^ ment. She has a1"'*'1 subscribed
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    US FACTORY STRIKE EASES RUBBER MARKET 1/4 cent loss at close
    177 11 US FACTORY STRIKE EASES RUBBER MARKET 1/4 cent loss at close By Our Market Correspondent OUBBER lost a of a cent on the Singapore 1V Market yesterday, September first grade closing at 86J cents a lb. The vnarket opened around the 87i cents mark, with sellers reserved News of the
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    Manufacture of jet transports
    57 11 NEW YORK. Mon. rpHE Douglas Aircraft A Company plan to become the first United States manufacturer of jet air transport planes. The company has produced a wooden model of a proposed Jet which will cost about U?.S30,OOO,000 to develop. But it will not be ready for
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    MALAYAN RATES OF EXCHANGE
    89 11 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced agreed rates of exchange to merchants yesterday as follows: BUYING Air Mail T.T. O.D. 90 d st. Credit Blls New York 32 11|16 32 1316 32 ***** Canada 31 3 8 31 12 31 3 4 Trade Biils 33 SELLING
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    Coconut oil mart steady
    88 11 r»OCONTJT cil was a sUsady Vy market In Singapore yesterday, business being done at $38% prr plcul f.o.b., with further sellers. Euyers w:re quoted at $38 H'. Copra was $241 f.o.b., buyers ard $25 sellers. Pepper was steady on the Singapor: Produce Exchange, but no transactions
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    Bengal deshi cotton export
    35 11 Th« Government of India has decided to permit export of' a quota of 50.000 bale* of Ben*^ deshi cotton in addition to the quota of 302.000 bales of cotton "••ready announced.
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    JULY OUTPUTS OF RUBBER
    63 11 QUTPUTS of rubber from the following companies in July were: Brunei United Plantations Ltd. 34,000 lbs.. The Changkat Serdang Estates Ltd. 29.940 lbs.. Chermang Development Ltd. 165,000 lbs., Indrafiri Rubber Ltd 82,470 lbs., Lunas Rubber Estates Ltd. 68.000 lbs.. The Nyalas Rubber Estates Ltd. 47,000 lbs.,
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    32 11 HONO KONO. Mon. Pre^ market cu'Tency exchange of Hong Kong dorian was ouoted at the close today as follows: USU HK*6.37»V (cash): HKs6.'9'i (T.T.): HK«15.90. One tael of Sold HK$297-i.
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    Industrials steady on Share Market
    134 11 Industrials steady on Share Market SINGAPORE Share Market opened the week steady in. the Industrial section yesterday. Tins were quiet and rubbers neglected. Price changes by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association were:'INDI'S TRIALS" Bayers SoClert Alex Bricks. Prtf J. 19 3 SO Fraser Neuve Prefs 3.77 3.87 Gammon* 2.60 2
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    Battery plates
    23 11 The Government of India has decided that* export of indigenous battery plates and wooden separators will in future be licensed freely.
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    Market leaders fall on Australian Exchange
    206 11 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Mon. CHARES developed an irregular undertone on the Sock Exchange this afternoon after a steady morning call. Market leaders were among the falls as the c<»l! proceeded. Most moves were narrow. The Sydney Exchange was easier. Commonwealth' Bonds improved
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    S'PORE SHIPPING INFORMATION
    156 11 CHIPS alongside the Singapore Harhour Board Oodown, yesterday were: 45 Buloh: 40/4.. ShlUone: 38/39 Java: 36/37. TJ!t'alen«ka: 33/34 A«canhis: Jl/SJ. A^Dha'.ion; 2«. Klias: 27/28. Brooklyn Heights; 28 Upls; 25 '^»iwui: 53/24. Benvenue: 21/22. I Frederick G!oye<; 18 Ceylon: 15/16. Bonattow: 11/-2. Socotrn: 8/7. Denb!»hshlrc- Coa'P"ant- Bentong: 4/S
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    OPFN LICENCE
    23 11 T»"» Oovern»-><?nt of Tndia have decided to place aluminium on Open General Licence Number m for exrjcrt to all permissible destinations.
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    LAW TEIK HOCK BEATEN IN Ist ROUND
    387 12 LAW TEIK HOCK BEATEN IN Ist ROUND Choongs win at Penangß.A. meet PENANG, Monday. AW TEIK HOCK, ex-Thomas Cup player and 1950 Penang champion, was eliminated by Lee Hoo Chye after three gruelling sets in the first round of the Penang open badminton championships which started last night at the
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    SCRC OUT OF CUP TOURNEYS
    136 12 SCRC OUT OF CUP TOURNEYS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. SELANOOR Chinese Recreation Club have notified the Football Association their decision to withdraw from the F.A.S. Cup and Junior Knockout Cup competitions. S.C.R.C. were- not in the original list* of entries. Later, their "late entries" for both contests were accepted However, the
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    45 12 J w LOYD VALBaRG (lef*) a-il team manager Eric Puri cell with Flag of the Meet and other trophies, won hy (he Singapore contingent, on thei* arrival at Kallang airport after winning the team championship at the Malayan A.A.A. meet at Ipoh.— Straits Times picture.
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    1,000 enter Selangor school meet
    106 12 1,000 enter Selangor school meet KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. J^OPwE than one thousand entries from 23 schpols have been received for Selangor's first inter-schools athletic meet, to be held on the Victoria Institution ground on Oct. 3 and 4. Selangor thus follows the lead of Singapore, Negri Sembilan and Malacca in
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    Ascari champion speed driver
    75 12 AMSTERDAM, Mon. Albert Ascarl of Italy c'mchcd ths world's motor racin? tit!° yes'erday bv wlnn ng the Pu'ch Grand Prix at an "average fpeed of 80.91 miles per hour. Ascari lapped all the other 17 drivers in the race except his team mates. Farina and Vil!o:-esi.
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    Tengah beat Johore C.C.
    218 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Moil. A PTER declaring with a total of 181 runs (or eight wickeis RAP iTengah) beat Johore C.C. by 68 runs here yesterday. RAP made a good recovery stter taring three wickets for 27 runs. KAF: Cheesman b van 3c-iooi-beuk 27, Forbes b ven
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    Walcott fight for Marciano
    55 12 PHILADELPHIA, Mon— Wsrid heavyweight ch^mpl^n "J rsey Joe 11 Walcott will d f?-i Irs i! in a 15-roun 4 bo plaint Foj.kv Philadelphia, promoter Herman i a Mard?.ro. ur.d-fe t d -n bouts, became No. 1 cbaUc g?. after hl s recent two-rouri knock out of
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    ALFIE WILL TRY FOR DAVE'S TITLE
    67 12 SYDNEY, Mon. Alfle Sands brother of Dave Sands who wxs killed In a lorry accident last week, said today that he would try tc win the Australian middleweight boxing title his brother held. Alfle, who received minor injuries in the accident which killed Dave,
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    TEST MATCH Only 1 hour's play: India all out 98
    182 12 TEST MATCH Only 1 hour's play: India all out 98 THE OVAL, Mon. INDIA, 49 for five on Friday 1 x night, were all out for 98 this l morning when the final Test match with England was con- tinued. Rain fell again after lunch, completely saturating the wicket. An
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    SCOREBOARD
    84 12 ENGLAND—Ist Inns.: 326 for 8 dec. INDIA —Ut Inn*. i Mankid r Kranj b Trnrman 1 I Roy b Trurman t c; Adhikarl c Troeman k Bcdser Haiare c May b Trneman 3S 1 Manjrrkar c Ikln b Btdwr 1 B Imritar b Bcdscr Phadkar b True man IT
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    Chin Woo set for table tennis title
    200 12 Chin Woo set for table tennis title fPHE Junior Inter-Club League 1 Championships are coming to an end and the Chinese Chin Woo A.A. (Group "C"), who are' strongly fancied to win the "Paglar Challenge Cup", have won all their i six ties. They have only one more tie to
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    Sports Diary
    56 12 SOCCER SAFA CUP TIE: Rovers vF. Karib at Jalan Beear. DIV. 3 B: Setetar YUle v 8. Fire Brigade at GeyUng; SAT. v BODCA at CYMA. BUSINESS HOUSES: Shell v Sime Darby at Shell ground; Ford S.C. v Mercantile Bank at Fairer Park. BADMINTON MALAY Bad. Assn. Tourney,
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    County games rained off
    143 12 LONDON, Mon. vyiDESPREAD rain interfered with county cricket matches due to continue today and no play was possible in the following three: At Cheltenham, Warw ckrhlre 104 and 4 for 0, Gloucester h re 91; At Weston-Super-Mare, Somerret 141. Lancr-Bhire 48 tor 1; and At Worces
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    Calypso and Grandeur impress
    263 12 From EPSON JEEP KUALA LUMPUR. "Man. CALYPSO and Grandeur (late Hunter Street), two attrac-tlve-looklng three-year-olds In Jack Manning's stable, displayed a Kocd turn of speen when Uify calloped stylishly over 3P. In 37 1/5 on the training track ht» this morning There was very little between
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    Five trophy races at Perak T.C. meeting
    210 12 From EPSOM JEEP THE Perak Gold Vase, richest sprint prize of the Malayan Turf, will highlight the Penk Turf Club's Autumn meeting on Saturday, Sept. 27, Wednesday, Oct. 1 and Saturday, Oct. 4. The Cold Vas?, car.^.ng $25,000 in stake rroney witn a
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    ECLIPSE B.P.
    66 12 The following will represent Eclipse B. P. In a friendly match of four singles and three doubles against Starllft B. P. of Pulo Bakom at the Clerical Union HaU, Rangoon Road, on Friday from 7.18 p.m. Stephen George, Cheong Hock Lock, George Lee, Chan Locn Pong, Lee Cheng
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    OVERSEAS BOYS WIN IN LAST OVER
    349 12 TN a friendlj cricket ma ground in Singai Combined (Australian St. Joseph's Institution b> This win lor tb^" visiting team was largely due to the bowling of 15-year-old William Haxworth, who took five wickets for 10 runs, and 18-year-old James Davidson, who scored a
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    MUSLIMS ROT T COSMOS 9-0
    42 12 In a SAFA Div. 3B league soccer match played at Gcylang Stadium yesterday. Young Men's Muslim Association trounced Cosmos Spcrts Club by 9-0. Scorers wers: Samry (3), Wan Din(2), I Sahil, Harun. Bujang and Sale' Sid k.
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    SEDGMAN WINS
    39 12 NEWPORT (Rhode Is)., Mon.— Frank Sedgman yesterday retainjd the Newport lnvitaUon singles title by conquering his countryI man. Ken McGregor, In a fourset struggle lasting two hours and I 20 minutes. 6-3. 6-2. 12-14, 6-3. I OP.
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    Title for `Little Mo'
    27 12 MANCHESTER (Mass), Mon Maureen Connolly won the woraens' Invitation tennis tournament here yesterday when the defeated Louise Brough 4-6, 6-0, 6-3. I —UP.
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    ASIAN RUGBY
    26 12 The Singapore Astatic Rugby Union will hold its seventh postwar annual general meeting at the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club on Friday at 5.30 p.m.
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    Globetrotters
    25 12 The Harlem Globetrotters basketball will play four games In Singapore between Aug. 23 and 26. Tickets are now on sale at the Happy World.
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    S.R.A. SHOOT
    27 12 A Spoon Shoot for members of the Singapore Rifle Association will be held at Bukit Timah Range on Sunday. Shooting will begin at 8.30 a.m.
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    BUS. HOUSES SOCCER
    62 12 OESULTS of Singapore Business Houses F.A. league and cup matches yesterday were: Handlesbank 2, Borneo Co. 0. (Scorers for Bank: Mahyunt and Ismail). O.T.E.C 2, M.P.H. 1. (Scorers for 0.T.E.C.: Yusof and Ismail; for MP.H.: Osman). Guthrie S.C. 4, Cold Storage "B" 2. (Scorers for Guthries: Kck
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    Eurasians share points in final league match
    462 12 Eurasians share points in final league match Spore Base District 1; Eurasians 1. A LUCKLESS Eurasians XI making their final appearance in the SAFA Community League at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday against a ten man Singapore Base District they lost Dawson through injury in the 17th minute were held to
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    Europeans lose to Rest
    64 12 MALACCA. Mon. THE Rest beat Europeans in annual cricket match by 81 runs yesterday. Rest 131 (M de Witt 58. Kallasapathy 41, Bluett eight for 34). Europeans 50 (Sethupathy five for eight) At the end of the game Mr. P. G. M. O. Mahlodasa, president of
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      33 12 SINGAPORE TIDES 1 TODAY: Hizh 1108 (8.3 ft and ***** (93): Low 0433 ('..61 and 1635 I '481 fOMOKKOW: High 1133 (8.6) and \Vi1 i9 6l- Low 0507 C..5I and 1703 1 H3\.
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