The Straits Times, 5 September 1952

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER S, 1952. it PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    TEMPLER: I CAN HELP YOU
    252 1 'Better times pledge to workers KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. CIR GERALD TEMPLER today pledged that he would work for better housing, schools, medical services and other social services if the people would help him to end the Emergency. He was talking to labourers and their families
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    Six ships to carry fish to Singapore
    99 1 Six ships to carry fish to Singapore PALEMBANG, Thurs. QJIX carrier ships capable of carrying 40 tons of flsh monthly to Singapore are expected from abroad, the Inspector of Service for Sea Fishing in South Sumatra, Mr. Sulaiman, said today. Fish for Singapore originates from the waters of Palembans, Billiton
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    Plan for army
    37 1 CANBERRA, Thurs. Australia's plan for reorganising her army In war Is aimed at preparing an expeditionary force ready for operations in the shortest possible time, the Army Minister, Mr Joslah Francis said today— Rsuter.
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    MANY DIE IN OIL BLAST
    73 1 MANY DIE IN OIL BLAST MARSEILLES. Thurs. RESCUE squads searched today for bodies believed buried in the smouldering ruins of an oil and soap factory here after an explosion. Twelve dead have already been recovered. The explosion last night was believed to have been In a tank of benzine. It
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    33 1 1 U MUM w-i.i pa'-if utly to board U.S.A. air force plai.es, at Beirut, Lebanon, for Jeddah. The "Mecca airlift' was laid on when the normal Beirut air serrice was flooded by pilgrims.
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    Full fury of tropic storm
    51 1 Manila, Thurs.— run fury of a tropical storm hit the Philippines north-east coast today. The storm, with winds up to 70 m.p.h was located 40 miles southeast of the North Luzon coastal port of Aparri. It said the storm was moving northwest at 13 m.pii.—
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    Torpedo kills 7
    28 1 KURE, Thurs.— Seven persons were killed and 81 houses damaged when a World War II Japanese Navy torpfcJ: exploded at Kur e today, -U .P.
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    VICE-CHANCELLOR Sir Sydney arrives in Singapore
    146 1 VICE-CHANCELLOR Sir Sydney arrives in Singapore THE. Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya Sir Sydney Calne, (above*, arrived in Sngapore by Qantas-BOAC from London yesterday, to take up his appointment. At the airport Sir Sydney said British universities were very interested in the growth of the University of M lava
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    Drummond case: roan freed
    27 1 FORCALQUTER. Tburs. Police today re'.t-ased Gustavo Dominlci, wltncM In th<Drummond murder inquiry, aft^r held'ng him for interrogation for more than 28 hours. Reutrr
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    For Japan
    18 1 COLOMBO. T^.urs. T'-'e, Ceylon delegation of the i Woriu Buddhist Fellowship I sailed for Tokyo today.
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    Troops out in Hyderabad
    47 1 BOMBAY, Thurs.— lndian Army troops stood at the alert today in riot-torn Hyderabad City after new nghting broke out in the capital of the South Indian State. Heavy patrols also moved through the twin city of Secunderabad and a dusk-to-dawn curfew was ordered.—
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    Minister goes
    17 1 LONDON, Thurs.—Bulgaria's Minister for Foreign Trade, Dmiter Gavev has been relieved of his duties.— Reuter.
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    PAKISTAN DECLARES WAR ON SMUGGLERS
    149 1 DACCA, Thursday. PAKISTANI troops were ordered to India's West 1 Bengal border yesterday for a shooting var against smuggling, a serious matter since 40 per cent of Government revenue comes from customs duty. An illegal Waffle to India in raw jute, from which are made
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    Trade controls rebound on U.S.
    46 1 NEW YORK, Thurs. United States curbs on exports to the Far East are forcing buyers in the area to trade with Europe, Mr. Irving "am, export manager and secretary of the Apex Tyre and Rubber Co., told a trade meeting AJ».
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    JET-BOAT DOES 140 MPH
    58 1 LOCH NESS, Tliiirs JOHN Cobb's Jet-propelled ?;ved-boat Crusader, reached a speed of 140 miles an hour in a test ran at dawn on Loch Ness yesterday. Cobb, after further trials hopes to beat the Ameri-can-held world water speed of 178.4 miles an hour. The Crusader is
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    Air talks
    26 1 LONDON, Thurs. Delegates from about 40 British Colonial territories will take part In the second Colonial civil aviation conference beginning here next Monday.— Reuter.
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    MINE KILLS SEVEN RUSSIANS
    125 1 HONO KONO. Thurs. J^ SEVEN-TRUCK convoy carryIng mining engineers, workers. equipment and soldiers to Hoyun. In the tungsten mining district of Kwangtung p. avtnce, was turned back at Poklo on Aug. 26 when three of the vehicles struck a tv killed by a time bomb In
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    WO STRINGS' TO OIL OFFER
    121 1 New appeal to Persia WASHINGTON, Thursday. MH. Dean Acheson, American Secretary of State, appealed to Persia yesterday to reconsider the Anglo-American proposal to settle the cil dispute with Britain. The proposal, put forward jointly by President Truman and Mr. Winston Churchill, was rejected orally In
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    War may be too costly, he says
    131 1 War may be too costly, he says BELFAST, Wed. PROFESSOR ArcWDald Vivian Hill, one of Mr. Churchill's chief wartime scientists, said here last night it was possible that new defensive weapons, based on nuclear fission, could be developed which would make armed aggression Intolerably costly. Ivu:<vssor Hill did not go
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    Appointed by King
    42 1 CAIRO. Thurs —Sheikh Abdel Mesuici Sellm. Rector of Islam's 1.000-year-old Al Azhar Theological University, the oldest and biggest seat of Muslim learning in the world, resigned last night. The holder o f the post wields great indirect political Influence.
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    Dulles attacks Truman
    28 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. Mr. John Foster Dulles accused President Truman today of encouraging the Russians by trying to belittle General Dwight Elsenhower's "peace policies."— UP.
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    Six more bandits die in a day
    172 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. SECURITY Forces killed six terrorists yesterday, wounded several more and accepted two surrenders. Men of the 20th Police Jungle Squad had a double success north of Sungei Siput. Pcrak. when they spotted two terrorists and killed one and wounded the
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    Naval chief for Singapore
    81 1 LONDON, Thurs.— First Sea Lord and Chief of General Naval Staff, Admiral Sir Rhoderick McOrigor, will begin a four-week tour of British naval establishments in the Middle and Far East it the end of this month. He will spend some time at sea with Commonwealth naval
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    RADAR USED TODROPBOMBS ON RED POWER
    151 1 SEOUL, Thursday. IT S. SUPERFORTS from Okinawa last nigh* XJ blasted the Changjin hydro-electric plant deep in North Korea. ne.\ly repaired from previous bombings. Clouds covered th e key power installation and the B-29 S used radar to aim their bombs. Ther« was no
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    U.S. airman arrested
    67 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. The United States t.nmigration Service said last night it had arrested a U.S. airman alleged to be a former member of the Salvatore Giuliano gang whicn operated in Sicily and Southern Italy after the war. The airman, Pasquale S;iortlno 28 is alleged to have Joined
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    Fire in hover plane plant
    31 1 FORT WORTH, T?iurs. A million dollar fire wrecked a warehouse at the Bell Alrcralt Corporation's helicopter and jet engine plant north of Tort Worth today— UP.
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    For Washington
    26 1 LONDON,- Thurs. Mr. G. L. Mehta. India's Ambassador designate to the United States, arrived in London yesterday from India en route to Washington.— Reuter.
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    They seek the 'Black Orchid'
    119 1 LONDON, Thurs. FJLYING squad men from Scotland Yard were cor.ibing London's ur.derwor'd ioday in a hunt for the "Biack Orchid" a mysterious smartly dressed brunette believed to be the brains behind a scries of recent London holdups. The latest exploit of her gang was an
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    Minister resigns
    67 1 BRUSSELS Thurs. King Baudouln last night accepted the resignation of his Minister of Justice who has become the centre of a political storm over the reprieve of two war criminals. The Minister. M. Joseph Pholien. had commuted the death sentence on Richard De Bodt, a convicted Belgian war
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    PIN-UPS ON TIES
    46 2 THIS COLLECTION of ties, many of them bearing pinup paintings, was feft behind in Kubbeh Palac« by exHtaff Farouk. Newspapermen, recently allowed free aeeeag to the Egypt fan palaces, were amased by the extravagance and luxury with which the ex-King had surrounded himself.
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    MORE PAY FOR CHIANG MEN
    56 2 TAIPEH, Thurs. The Nationalist Government has authorised a 50 per cent pay raise for employees In town and village governments and 100 per cent for private soldiers. The increases will cost the government Formosan $740,000 a month, which will be covered by the raising of
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    Wilson plan to end British economy crisis
    241 2 Wilson plan to end British economy crisis LONDON. Thurs. ]if R Harcrid Wilson, foriTl mer President of the British Board of Trade, today suggested a plan to free Britain from her economic crisis and make her economically independent of the United States. Mr. Wilson, one of thre« leading Bevanltes who
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    Leaders meet
    29 2 MURET. Thurs.— Vietnam's head of state, ex-emperor Bao Dai. who is in France on holiday, met the President, M. Aurloi, here today at the Presidents' summer residence.—Reuter.
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    Prisoners send money home
    145 2 GENEVA, Thurs. A MERICAN and French J\ banks have recently transferred $24,000 (about £8.570) from Japanese prisoners In Communist China to their families in Japan. It was authoritatively learned here today. This information has been laid before the United Nations special commission on pri- soners-of-war, now
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      698 2 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE SALE OK BL9DOK As from ISth September 1952. the following prices for Sludge will be brought into effect: (1) Within Cl'y Limits per lorry load delivered $20. (2i Outside, but within 6 miles of City Limits per lorry load delivered $25. (3) For large quantities
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    POLICY LEADERS DEFIED
    302 3 'More nationalisation 9 approved by union bosses MARGATE, Thursday. gRITAIN'S trade union leaders, against the advice of their policy chiefs, approved toda a Left-wing demand for more State control of the nations industries. The 900 delegates representing 8.000,000 voter approved by a card vote at their annual
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    RESENTMENT IN JAPAN
    27 3 TOKYO, Thurs.— The Tokyo newspaper Evening News, tolay attacked Brisbane hotel nen who recently refused iccommodation to a group of Japanese wool buyers. UP.
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    Return to gold call by Havenga
    60 3 MEXICO CITY, Thurs. Vlr. Nichoiaas Havenga, South African Finance Minister, today warned that if the world did not return to the gold standard, then exchange and international trade restric- j tions would have to be ac- 1 cepted as permanent feature.Mr. Havenga was speakinf
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    'Phone link
    22 3 HONG KONG, Thurs. Peking Radio, heard here, roday said that telephone ;om;nunication between Peking and Prague was opened > esterdaj Reuter.
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    TRUMAN ORDERS MORE AIRPORTS
    188 3 TRUMAN ORDERS MORE AIRPORTS WASHINGTON, Thurs. PRESIDENT TRUMAN t oday ordered into Immediate effect a iongranee programme aimed at giving the United States more and better airfields. This was embodied In recommendations to the President by a commission set up after three successive air disasters In Elizabeth. New Jersey. .tood.'t-d
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    Secret radio on air again
    39 3 TOKYO. Tnurs.— The secret radio, "Voice of free Japan" broadcast today that a Japanese partisan unit had been formed soir.ewhere In Japan and it would be the "core of a Japanese racial liberation army.'
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    Seven wounded
    35 3 i SANTIAGO. Thurs. r yen persons were wounded, .our seriously, in an outbreak of shooting on the eve of Chile's presidential election. Disorders occurred yesterday at Temuco, 470 miles south of here. Reuter.
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    Berlin tests
    16 3 BERLIN, Thurs.— American troops began mock combat exercises in West Berlin yestenlnv -A P.
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    IF THERE ARE TOO MANY WOMEN...
    175 3 IF THERE ARE TOO MANY WOMEN... BELFAST, Thurs. PROFES3OR A. D. Peacock told 4.000 scientists today that If "a great preponderance of women continued.' therp was a possibility of ar eihic developing which would allow "artificial insemination to satisfy the maternal instinct He addressed the annual meeting of the British
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    Reds kidnap an official
    37 3 VIENNA, Thurs.— Six Russians, three in uniform early yesterday kidnapped Walter Bittner, a Vienna municipal housing official who has been dealing with claims over furniture confiscated by the Russians after the war.— Reuter.
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    Going home
    14 3 EL MONTE California, Thurs.— Sister Kenny flew home to Australia tonight.— AP.
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    Secret society men among refugees POLICE SAY
    111 3 Secret society men among refugees POLICE SAY HONG KONG, Thursday. fANGSTERS from two Chinese secret societies— v the "Red Pang and Green Pang triads" which have been broken up on the mainland, are being disclosed yesterday. The annual report of re Hong Kong police said that both the "Gre«n Pang"
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    We are weak, says Hans
    33 3 BONN, Thurs^West Germany's 9.000 border police aru unable to control her frontiers. H. Hans Igldi. public safety director of the Interior Ministry, said in a broadcast yesterday. Reuter.
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    Tour ended
    23 3 MANILA, Thurs. MaJGen. Nguyen van Hlnh, Chief-of-Staff of the Vietnam Army, today ended tour of military installations in the Philippines. AP.
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    Ex-Premier
    21 3 HELSINKI, Thurs.— Anttl Tulenheimo, 73, Premier of Finland In 1925 and former Chancellor of Helsinki University, died here today.— Reuter.
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    NEHRU ABHORS AID TO INDIAN REDS'
    135 3 NEW YORK, Thurs. r there is anything the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Nehru, abhors it is that international Communism should glw direct help to Indian Communists, Mr. J. J. Singh, president of the India League of America said In Ihe New York Times
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    Reds are using drug warfare
    150 3 AMERICAN OFFICER SAYS— WASHINGTON, Thursday. CHINESE are making an organised effort to wage drug warfare against the United Nations troops in Korea and to smuggle narcotics out of the East, provost officers allege here. The Communists' dual purpose M?jor C. H. Vewton of the Provost
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    New commander
    24 3 TOKYO. Thurs.— MaJ. -Gen. Michael Montgomerlo Alston-Rob#rt-West arrived in Korea by air today to take command of the British Commonwealth Division.— Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    245 3 LONDON STOCKS LONDON, Thura. oTOCK market dealings war* very alow today m opermUn awaited the outcome of the discussion by the Trades Union Congress on Government's call for wage stabilisation. Closing prices of selected stocks were:— ConaoU t* —4 Funding 4% Ml w -w CharUred («S) IN Marcantlla (Alt I
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    LONDON TIN PRICE
    67 3 LONDON, Sept. 4. Cash Bayers £99»\i; Sellers £M1; Forward Bayers £M 9; Sellers £Msft; Settlement: £9«2 (down £1). Turnover, a.m M tons: p.m. 20 tons. U.K. RUBBER LONDON. Sept. 4 —Spot 23 t d Oct. 33d.. Not. 23d.. Dec. 33d.. Oct -Dec 33d.. Jan.-Mar. 22\d.. April- June
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    SUCCESS ON THE LAND
    830 4  -  NONI WRIGHT PICTURES and STORY By f Che lahr (left) and Che Juhar of Serdang Experimental Station search among the 25 varieties of soya bean for signs of flowering. Soya bean with its hundred and one uses makes a good cash crop between padi harvests. It
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    Reds helped Malaya to unite, says Malacca official
    353 5 RESIDENT COMMISSIONER SPEAKS OF THE 'BIRTH OF A NATION' MALACCA, Thursday. y\\l. H. G. HAMMETT, the Resident Commissioner, declared at the Malacca Settlement Couucil meeting today that "we are witnessing the birth of a nation and we must thank the Communists themselves
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    GirL 12, saw Reds kill her mother
    142 5 GirL 12, saw Reds kill her mother ;vUAi-\ lipis. Tfcau A 12-YEAR OLD CtoafM ftrl iii the UMfMntaai cour* in K.iaui Lio»s /*Um day how terrorists had alMl I her mother ar.d then bayi erttied her to death. K io: Yon™, MM »M ;.iung ev^de.i^e at tne wiquiry into the
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    Constable gaoled
    27 5 MUAR. T*iurs. -A spvcUl constable. Ooh Kirn Hwef aged 20 w'io absented himKff from duty without leav«? at Sagll was sentenced three we^ks hard labour.
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    Insulted P.C., court told
    63 5 SEQAMAT Thurs.— Abu Bakar bin Tahir. S3. was produced before the Seganiat Circuit Magistrate following his arrest on a warrant issued *t Jobore Bahru. Accused was charged with Tailing to attend the Johore Eahru Court to answer a charge of intentionally using insulting language to a
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    Catholic criticism of film posters
    163 5 A SPOKESMAN of the Singapore Catholic Centre rK yesterday strongly criticised some bad types of posters used to advertise films which were classified as A.I. "Take the film Skirts Ahoy —quite a good one— yet the poster drairing attention to its merits wa.s not of
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    Course for Wolf Cub officers
    49 5 Tloirty Singapore Woll Cub Officers will attend a training pour r it Woodsville on Sunday at 10 a.m. under the direction of Akela leader, Mr. Michael Chong. Others assisi ting In the course will be i Miss M. Lister and Mr. j. R Rogers.
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    New Village Scouters in camp
    125 5 PORT DICK3ON. Thurs. E^ORTY-EIOHT Scouters, of whom 13 were el^Ls. from all over the Federation gathered at the Government English School. Port D.ckson for the Jlst Wood Badge Course (CubsV Mr. O. E. Fer-andez H.Q. Commissioner for Wolf Cubs, was in charge and «at> assisted
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    Nine accused of breaking curfew
    71 5 SEGAMAT. Thurs We were arrested before 7 p.m.." said nin» Chinese six of them women, when they were iharged at Segamat with breaklnc the curfew at the Bukit Slput resettlement village Police said the curlew began at 7 p.m. and the accused were found out
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    Deceived father's rage led to suicide attempt
    223 5 OOR two months a Chinese woman concealed from her husband that their 18-year-old daughter was living with a Eurasian. The husbani found out and became so angry that his wife tried to end her life in fear of his wrath. This was revealed
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    New barristers
    24 5 Three new barristers. Messrs. Tann Wee Hong, Denni Kirn Tew Lee and Rajenda Kumar Roy are seeking admission to practice in Singapore.
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    BLACKOUT SCHEDULE
    375 5 I** MM>| dutifeW wm be llaklt W ataikaat tmtmrt:— »AI Baffle* 1.. ..ii Tat SI. Aljanid <■ Mat Aveaur. P».».i Lcaa* P»"Pv Omnun Road. J«o Cbial Plaer. JaUi. Va*in. Jalan torn... CaathrMt* IM kuii«uoii Kd. I'onnrr MmmA. in in;.... ii Kd.. >rnnrll t«talc Katan Avtr. M Pnrr-on Kd..
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    $50 or 10 days
    29 5 MUAR. Thurs. -Charged «t Muar under the Restricted (•s«M^nce and Movement Order. Lee Tlan was fined $50 or 10 days' K aoi for entering Pagon.
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    Obstruction to search party
    147 5 EUROPEAN IS FINED $50 SEKEMBAN. Thursday. JACKSON Vincent Wolff, :i 22-year-old Eurupean, was fined $50, with option of on-- month's imprisonment, by the Seremban Magistrate here today for obstructing a woman official who wanted to search his car at a road-block. Inspector Khalid, prosecuting, said that
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    Hoarded cash tempted Reds
    54 5 Hoarded cash tempted Reds Kt'ALA UMPIR. Thurs. PROSPERITY in Sclangor's Urge but isolated "rice bowl" of Tanjonjc Karang has prompted the Chartered Bank to open a branch there. The padi planters tfcer* have clone so well that the lack of convenient banking facilities has forced many t« hoard their money
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    Cheque book theft charge
    87 5 Mohideen bin Mohammed was charged in the Singapore Second Police Court yes.erday with stealing a cheque book belonging to N. N. Mehta in Market Street last Sunday. He was alternatively charged with dishonestly retaining the cheque book, which the police alleged was stolen from Mehta. Mohideen
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    60 ui.p.h., fined
    24 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Yatim bin Abdullah who dro»e a car at 60 m.p.h was fined $120 In the Poll;e Ccurt today.
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    96 came as witnesses
    159 5 Extra police constable^ were called into the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to. maintain order when 96 men and women turned up as witnesses in a case involving $98,873.75 worth of rubber. But their trip to the court was in vain, as Inspector Michael Chong, on
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    Full military funeral for dead airman
    130 5 BUTTERWORTH. Thurs. CADET OFFICER V. Velayuthan. of the Penang Malayan Auxiliary Air Force, who was killed in a pta.ie crash in Ipoh yesterday, wis given a military funeral In Butterworth this evening. A 12-man firing squad from the Royal Air Force. Butterworth. nre<i a
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    Tax not paid
    30 5 EEGAMAT, Thurs. For driving a lorry on which the road tax had not been paid. Koh Siak Meng, aged 36, was fined $25 in the Segamat Court
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    FLYING SAUCERS ARE HERE AGAIN
    180 6 A streak of smoke in the noonday sky SEREMBAN, Thursday. THERE was excitement in two towns in the Federation today when people saw what they believed to be a flying saucer. Several hundreds of Seremban citizens rushed out of their homes, offices and shops to
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    Bail for 4 opposed
    77 6 ALOR STAR. Thurs.— Three 18-year-old girls and a man were today charged before the A.or Star Sessions Court Pres.dent. Tuan Syed Sheh Barakbah. with distributing seditious documents on July J7 at the 21st. vnlle. KodiangJitra Road The girls were Chin Kirn See Moe Sow Moy and
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    STABBED HIS WIFE TO DEATH
    222 6 STABBED HIS WIFE TO DEATH KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. rVO pretty little Indian girls burst into tears in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme 1 Court today after iney had i heard their father sentenced to death for murdering his wife. But the prisoner in the dock, Krishnan, showed no emotion as sentence
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    Handicrafts exhibition
    48 6 SEREMBAN. Thurs. The Consort of the Negri Ruler, I Tunku Ampuan. wll next Saturday morning officially declare open a handicrafts exhibition organised by UMNO Women's Section, Seremban branch, in aid of UMNO welI fare funds. The exhibition will be held at Persindangan Bella 1 Club. Seremban.
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    Bad notes in Singapore
    55 6 /"COUNTERFEIT 10 and SO rent notes are being circulated \j in Sngapore. The CI.D. has recovered a small number of those notes recentry. f\ C.I D. spokesman said v^sterday: "The 10 cent counterfeit notes are ea-i!y dete:ied T..ey are printed on poor quality paper. The King's
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    Warning on Red tactics
    121 6 Warning on Red tactics M oK STAR, Thurs. TUAN Syed Zainul Abidin, chairman of the Kedah Youth Council, today warn- >il youth organisations to guard against infiltration of Communist elements in the youth movement. He gave this warning after the council's executive committee had decided to adopt youth groups wherever
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    D.Os visit Home Guards
    91 6 ALOR STAR. Thurs.-- Six D^trlct Officers from Kedah yesterday visited th e Hobart Training Camp for Home Guards, near Gurun. to see Kedah Home Guards Id I training. The visitors were shown round by :he Sta'e Home Guard Officer Lieut Col C F H Walter <~
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    'LET HIM STAY' SAY INDIANS
    133 6 'LET HIM STAY' SAY INDIANS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A STORM Is brewing among a large number of Indians in this country over reports that a new man is to be appointed by the Indian Government as its agent In the Federation. A number of local Indian organisations have sent telegrams
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    Did not report new address
    59 6 IPOH. Thurs.— Lee Yew. 34. a pa !ce supervisee, who failed to report h!s change of address to the OCPD in Ipoh, was today sentenced to a month's giol by Inche Abdullah bin Ohazall. the Ipoh Magistrate. He was arrested at Taiplng on Aug. 26
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    TRAIN THE BOSS, SAYS MR. 001
    221 6 PENANG, Thursday. \IR Ooi Thiam Slew, honorary secretary of the TI Penan* Divisional Committee of the Malayan Trade Union Council, today said that the Government scheme to train trade union leaders should be extended to managers and employers and thus enable them to know
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    NORTH RAILWAY BEIN
    79 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs WORK will start next month on relaying the railway line north from Jerantut, Pahatig, to complete the east coaot line the Japanese ripped up during the war to build the Siain death railway. Work south from Kota Bahru has been going on for some
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    COULSON-GILMER DISCHARGED BUT NOT ACQUITTED
    223 6 PENANG, Thursday. \|K. R. A. Coulson-Gilmer, former manager of iTI the Penan* branch ot Shriro (China) Ltd., was riven a discharge not amounting to an acquittal by the Sessions Court President, Mr. B. G. Smith, today, in respect of six charges of criminal breach of
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    POLICE TOLD TO HURRY UP
    101 6 SEGAMAT, W>d. "pHIS accused bas been in custody for quite a long: time and you should hurry up with your investigations," Sheikh Ai lul Rahman, the Segamat Circuit Majristrjitp, said today when Court Inspector Tik applied for an>>the.- adjournment of a double murder case. Sixteen
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    100 entertained by Sultan
    47 6 TAIPING. Thurs. The Sultan of Perak yesterday entertained to dinner 100 graduates of Clifford School of co-operative work. Kuala Kangsar, at the Lstana Iskandariah. The graduates were pengI hulus, and secretaries of co-operative societies from Krian. Dindingg, Larut, Upper Perak and Kuala Kangsar.
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    REBUILT
    44 6 track that since the occupation has been used by vehicles to connect the railhead at Jerantut with Kuala Liois. However, the Railway Department announced today that it would make every [effort to proWde a service to get people to :ind from Je- rantut
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    Recruiting in Penang for Army
    108 6 Recruiting in Penang for Army PENANG, Thurs. MAJOR W. H. Blakeniore, assistant recruiting officer, will be visiting Bukit Mertajam and Penanp to j interview potential British 1 Army recruits, Malayan other ranks, on Sept. 15 to 19. Mo]or Blakemore will be at Bukit Mertajtm police- station from 9 a.m. to
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    For duty in Australia
    83 7 MH. A G. BILLING, the r i-t rin Surveyot-General, Malaya, has been appointed Liaison Officer to Kedrralion studrnts in Australia, it was announced yesterday. He toft Singapore on Wednesday for Brisbane. He will take up his new post there in November. Mr. Billing's duties will bt
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    Dangerous to lend to policemen
    234 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thure. MR. JUSTICE BJHAGAIR told a Corry driver, whom he found guJlty in the High Court oi offering a bribe of $1.50 to a pO'ice- constable, that he wanted him to realise that it was very dangerous to lend money to police officers.
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    'We need unofficials'
    85 7 'We need unofficials' MALACCA. Thurs. In a democratic body it is complimentary to have more unomclal members, said Mr. 8. Shunmugam. speaking at today's Settlement Council meeting. Mr. Shanmugam said he hoped that in the new Federal Council set up there would be more Malacca representatives. Mr T. t. Mathjaa,
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    Border police find 11 graves near bandit hide-out
    287 7 RED SUPPORTERS BELIE\W SLAB* BY LEADERS ALOR STAR, Thursday. A LAY AN and Siamese scrnrity forces, in a five-day joint trans-border operation which ended on Tuesday, discovered a recently vacated bandit camp and 11 human graves, a j Kedah police spokesman told
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    Three fined $2,000 each
    98 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Three men were today fined $2,000 each, in default four months' gaol each, by Mr. B. V. Rhodes, President of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, I for assisting in the running of a public lottery. They are Wong Jin. 52. Hoon Thye Fatt.
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    House burnt
    18 7 BUTTERWORTH. Thurs An at tap house was destroyed by fire yesterday even in Kampong Kubang Semang
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    Sold out
    16 7 MCA. sweep tickets for the I 12th, million dollar draw have been sold out.
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    Killed a dog, court told
    60 7 Badiraran Soothahal. 34. claimed trial yesterday in the Singapore Second Police Court, to a mischief charge by killing a dog. va r red $5. belonging to Llm Ton Eng The offence was atleged tr have been committed outside Ton's house in Lorong 3. Geylang. on
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    Woman gaoled
    36 7 A 62-year-o!d '-^man whe kept a brotlir.. w. s vest rday given two months imprisonment and fined $100 in default anotVr mon'h r gaol by the Slnftpore Fir-: Policf "Magis'rate. Mr. T. T. Kulasekaram.
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    HE 'FED DEVILS IN THE JUNGLE'
    79 7 KUALA I .in v Thurs. v\rc;HT at a police read bock with a bag of rire for the bandits hidden in a ImelK*, Le« Kit. of Jerantut, Pahang. was sentenced today by the Circuit Magistrate. Mr. E. M. Smallwood. to two years' imprisonment. Mr.
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    Short weight
    37 7 1 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Plve men and two women (■were ea,-h flnpd $20 in the I Police Court today for us ng dachings which did not weigh accurately. The dachings were ordered to be confiscated.
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    They oppose this committee
    219 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. T«E proposal by Dato E. E. C. Thuraisingham, J chairman of the dormant Communities Liaison Committee, that it should meet immediate. y met strong disapproval today Inche Mohamed Yassin Kuala Lumpur municipal councillor said: "It is dead and gone and I cannot j
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    They got his jewellery all the same
    97 7 They got his jewellery all the same KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. A KUALA LUMPUR Chinese busicessman hid $1,331 worth of jewellery in a place where he thought no one wouli t e able to find it. Three days later he rushed to the police. Someone had stolen his jewellery, Ik reJjorted.
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    HEAVY AIR ATTACKS IN PERAK, JOHORE
    172 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. rE R.AJ 1 kept up its increased tempo of attacks against terrorists during August, Far East Air Force headquarters announced today. Over 400 sorties were flown by R.AJLF. Lincoln* and RAJ. Hornets, Brigands, vamyirvs and Sundcrtands Terrorists in Permit and Johore
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    TRISHA RIDER'S CLAIM FAILS
    264 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A CLAIM for $897 damages brought by an Indian trisha rider against an assistant traffic superintendent and, a traffic inspector of the Malayan Railway, was dismissed by Mr. B. V. Kh rie in the sessions court here today. The trisha rider. S. R.
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    DEATHS
    62 8 JONES. Ou 4th. September. 1952. at 316-A. Orchard Road Singapore Euyenie Jones, In her 79th. year. Funeral at Bldadur! CemeJery at 9.30 ajn. today. FALCONER. Suddenly. at Mawao Estate. Jesseiton Nort!i Borneo, on 28th August, 1952. William Blrnie Falconer, (Jock), son of the late Mr. and Mrs W Falconer,
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    82 8 HAVE you yrt seen our laree j si lection of lovely frocks. You w ill be pleasantly surprised at our moderate prices. Kay's Gown Shop. 3rd Floor, 3 Raffles Place. WITH THIS WEEKS arrival by] air of 75 exciting new models, 1 Madeline's now have on dlsplav a raiiue
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      The Colony's Food
      558 8 Disturbing forecasts of war and famine within the next sixty years unless something is dune to adjust world production of food to world popu- tatjons have been made by the experts at the annual meeting I of the British Association tor the Advancement of Science. The scientists
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      Safety Measures in Sarawak
      544 8 Safety Measures in Sarawak Although the statement which General Lockhart made before leaving Sarawak was reassuring, it is evident that his recommendations will have presented the Government of the Colony with some considerable and expensive problems. Called from his duties us Deputy Director of Operations in Malaya, to enquire into
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    AIR DEFENCE OF THE FUTURE
    911 8  -  E. Colston Shepherd by A FAIRLY SOUND idea A of the nature of Britain's air defence two or three years from now will be gained by those who visit the display and exhibition of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors now on at Farnborough in
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    CLERKS FOR CORONATION
    77 8 I CONGRATULATE your correspondent "Fair Play" on his suggestion that a representative each from the Permanent and Temporary Establishment of the General Clerical Service form part of the Federation Govern- i ment contingent to the Coronation of the Queen in London on June 3 next year. It
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      Ex-Shanghai police in the Federation
      217 8 |t|R BERNARD WARMAN'S letter draws attention to a matter which should have received the attention of the Federation Government, its legislators and all thinking people in Malaya long before the Emergency commenced. A study of the Malayu; Establishment List reveals that very few ex-Bhanghai Police
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      MALAYLAND
      68 8 IN VIEW of our connection with the British people.! now ruling our (and In part- i nersWp with the Malays it I would not be out of p'.ace u> !ca C our country henceforth Malayland. in the same way! as the Ensllsh call their country England. Malaya is the
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      Rice Price and Mrs. Eu
      112 8 gVER since the .ngapore Government announced its decision to raise the price of rationed rice by *lv«! cents a kati. we have not he.ud from Mrs. Robert Eu and the Consumers' Resistance Movement. Rice, being our staple rood. is a big item on the marketing
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      GEOPHYSICS
      119 8 DR. Ronajd H Brinkman says he can explore underground conditions accurately by geophysical means. Would it be possib.'e to find the exact subsoil formation at various depths by this method? Would :t »>* possible with accuracy to find any sliding variation in the rockbed by this method? I do
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    AIRCRAFT CARRIER EXPERT
    587 8 ifii 11/lALAYANS WILL early next year become acquainted with a man who contributed largely to the overall pl-Vning lor victory in the last war. For that is one of the lesser known facts about the Navy's aircraft carrier expert. ViceAdmiral Charles Edwarc" Lambe. C.8.. C.V.0., wh succeeds
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    DETAINEES COMMITTEE INQUIRY
    206 8 DETAINEES COMMITTEE INQUIRY I FEEL constrained to replf to the criticism of "Non* commissioned" on th e inclusion of a member of th« Police Force In my suggest* ed Commission to enquire into the working of detention. I presume that a CommU» sion of this nature would not be a
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    It's up to the parents
    174 8 BOTH Suiaeu and Tan Ah Kow have stated, unconiclou'iy perhaps, the typical ronvution ol many parents in I this country that the words "la' ano. man" should oe checked i,. the school. They do not realise that :he te-tchers Have the children undei their care
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    CHILDREN WILL CHEER DUCHESS
    277 9 Governor to receive I Royal Party at airport TWO thousand school-children will welcome the Duchess of Kent and the young Duko of Kent when they arrive in Singapore on a 13-day visit to Malaya on Sept. 30. The children will line the driveway from Kallang Airport
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    U.S. consul advises on snub action
    191 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. nM'-- American Consul in Auala l.umpur, Mr. riendrik van Oss, has advised the Federation of Government Administrative and Clerical Scrviit- Unions not to j arrive at any "hasty conclusions" on reports that on c of its leading members, Mr S. Thava
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    12 nurses pass midwives' exam
    58 9 The following Singapore nurses have passed the examination of the Central Midwives Board "A" Certificate, held on Aug. 29. Stall nurses Sung Su Yin, Mlllicent. Mlnjcot, Lee Soo Yong. Ho Syn Chin, Llm Ng Mot. Lai Souh W--ih. Lily Tay. D. Ywlman. Ivy Thong Slew
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    Warning to one-hand drivers
    101 9 Warning to one-hand drivers rpHE Singapore Traffic Police i 1 Chief. Mr. W. R. M. Hax- worth, yesterday appealed to! motorists to discontinue the i habit of driving their vehicle 1 with one hand. He added that this would 1 assist in reducing the number of accidents. Mr. Haxworth said
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    Claims trial
    40 9 JOHORE BAHRU, ThursToaof bin Abdullan v.as allowed bail in tne Polico Court today after claiming trial on a charge of driving I me-or car in a rash manner and causing hui t to Kee TbU I'eck, v pedestrian.
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    RABIES SERUM DELAYS PLANE
    51 9 SEVEN cases of antirabies vaccine being rushed to Kuala Lumpur from London held up .he departure of a Malayan Airwjv» aircraft yesterday. The Dakota was delayed a few minutes waiting for th> arrival of the vaccine in a Qantas-BOAC Constellation from Britain., The vaccine weighed 159
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    LOOT ON ISLAND
    66 9 rE Singapore marine police yesterday recovered a $7,000 electric generator which was stolen last week from a platform erected over the %:<_ck of the Empress of Asia nncra r the Southern Shores Li^Mhouse. The police found the generator in an island "somewhere" off Singapore. It had been
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    Dr. Krishnan to give talk
    65 9 Dr. K. S. Krishnan, director of the National Physios [Research Laboratory, India, who arrived in Singapore by air yesterday, will address members of the Indian Association at their clubhouse in Balestier Road at 6 p.m. today. He will speak on "The Advancement of Physical Science
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    Robber gets the rotan
    47 9 Leong Kah San, who used violence on a Chinese woman hawker while robbing her of cash and Jewellery worth $100. was orderd by Mr. Justice Knight at Singapore Assizes yesterday to receive 12 strokes of the rotan in addition to five years' imprisonment.
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    Home again
    30 9 Kota Tinggi. Thur?.— lnche Othir.an bin Abdul Wahib, Assistant District Officer. Kota Tin?gi, has returned to Kcta Tinggi after two months m Johore Bahru on a trainins; ocur.st
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    FOUND OUT OF DOORS
    83 9 To Ling Ah Kui a 22-year-old labourer, a tongkang in the Singapore River was his home. When he left it on Wednesday night— when he should have been indoors he was arrested by a detective. This was the atory told in the Singapore Third District Court
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    NAVAL CHIEF DUE HERE
    61 9 Admiral Sir Rhoderick Robert McGrigor, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, is expected to arrive In Singapore during the early part of October on his way to Korea. Plans are being drawn up to welcome Sir Rhoderick here, a senior Singapore naval spokesman said
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    Union ultimatum expires tonight
    180 9 THHE Army Civil Services Union which has given 1 a three-day notice to th e Army authorities in Singapore to withdraw the 70 retrenchment notices served on union members will hoM an emer,* ncy council meatine early next week to dec de oh strike action. I
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    Eucalyptus study tour
    60 9 Only one iore.«v oilicer wiL represent M<U\ya in tfie "Eucalyptus study tour" Jn Australia sponsored by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation. He is Mr. R. C. Barnard, silviculturlst of the Forest Research Institution, Kepong. A Government spokesman told the Strait.-. Times that Mr Barrard was
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    Police seek witnesses
    84 9 Police are appealing for eye-witnesses of two accidents. The first occurred at 8 a.m. on Aug. 29 at the 6 1 milestone. Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, and involved a police motor-cyclist and a pedestrian, who died in hospital a few days later. At 2 p.m. yesterday a
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    NO LICENCE
    28 9 SEREMBAN, Thurs— Tong Ngan was today fined at Seremban $150, in default three months' gaoi. for driving car without a driving licence and third party insurance.
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    Workers' lorries a menace
    70 9 Workers' lorries a menace Lorries carrying passengers are dangerous both to the passengers themselves and to other road users said the Registrar of Vehicles. Mr B C J. Buckeridge yesterday. Commenting on the practice of taking employees to work in lorries, Mr. Buckeridge said: It is regrettable that the present
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    This is no play for the faint-hearted
    124 9 A DOCTOR and a nurse will be standing by when the horror play, "Dracula," is presented to members of the Singapore Recreation Club by Mr. A. J. Braga. well known Colony magician, on Saturday, Sept. 13. "They will be there for those with
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    Beavers to stay on Malacca trip
    262 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. OFAVFR aircraft will continue to fly to Malacca "from Singapore despite the cheaper fare being charted by Malayan Airways. Mr. A. F. W. Andre n, acting assistant Director of Civil Aviation told the Straits Times today. The fare from Singapore to
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    Miss Slim to join father in Australia
    114 9 Miss Slim to join father in Australia A YOUNG woman teacher will be leaving Singapore 1 soon to join the entourap.e of Field Marshal Sir William j Slim, the newly appointed Governor-General of Australia. She is Miss Una Slim, daughter of the famous Burma hero. Miss Slim, who is in
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    Cultural centre for S'pore
    52 9 Cultural centre for S'pore CINGAPORE Government is to build a Cultural Centre to co-ordinate the activities of various cultural bodies in the Colony. A Government official told the Straits Times yesterday that several proposals have been submitted. But as no financial provision had. been made, the scheme can not yet
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    Man cleared on cheating charge
    102 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Thur.s. CHIN Fong, Home Ouard commander and village headman of Mas.v. was acquitted and discharged in the Sessions Court today on a charge of cheating a woman of $80. The prosecution alleged that Chin Fong had asked for the money from the woman,
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    'Housing plan is needed'
    57 9 The housing shortage In Singapore will not be solved for many years more, said Mr. J. M. Fraser. manager of the Singapore Improvement Trust, on his return from Britain yesterday. "We must have a town plan. Only when we get one !will we know where we
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    Transferred
    29 9 KOTA TINGGI, Thurs. Mr. Lee Joo Teck. Assistant Resettlement Officer, Kota KechiJ, has been transferred to U:u Tiram. He Ls succeeded by Mr. Chan Han Hoe, of Masai.
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    44 9 TWO MALAYAN girl guides, Miss Lillian Ob, of Penang (left) and Ten«ku Zailan binte Trngku Zakaria, of Seremban (rifrht) who returned by Qantas-BOAC yesterday after attending th« International Girt Guide Camp in Britain. In tbe centre to Mias Ince, Guide Commissioner Straits Times picture.
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    BURIAL GONGS 'DISTURB THE DEAD9
    270 9 BURIAL GONGS 'DISTURB THE DEAD 9 SEVERAL prominent Chinese community leaders oln Singapore have suggested that a "digniflr.r memorial service should replace the "mis and fuss" of night visits. These leaders who have pledged support to the Chinese V.M.C.A. "Austerity and Punctuality" campaign which begins tomorrow— pointed out that the
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    Mr. N.R. Mistri back in S'pore
    44 9 Mr. N. R. Mistri returned to Singapore yesterday after spending two months in the United S ates and Britain. Mr. Mistri, who has been iil for some time, consulted leading medical specialists in Lor. r on r "Tic
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    Stabbed, he chased his assailant
    147 9 Stabbed, he chased his assailant ALTHOUGH he had been stabbed in the stoin v 1, a Chinese labourer chased his ■■■■Hint for about 500 yards In Singapore but night before he collapsed. Two constables on foot patrol continued the chas- in Anson Road and arrested a man. The injured man.
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    Took poison by accident
    31 9 Two women 25-year-o!d Aisah binte Karim and 21--year-old Khoo Ah Lee were admitted to the. General Hospital yesterday suffering from accidental poisoninr. Their condition is net serious.
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    VACCINATED
    10 9 A further 7,880 people were vTcrinated in Singapore yes-
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    SINGAPORE COST OF LOCAL FISH
    203 10 SINGAPORE COST OF LOCAL FISH A \IILLION-DOLLAR fishing scheme to boost the local catch and bring down the prices of fish in Singapore has been submitted to the Government for consideration by a fronp of Colony business men. This scheme, the first major private enterprise ot its kind in MaHya,
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    Radio lecture in Singapore
    93 10 Dr. R. L. Smith-Rc^e. one of England's leading radio ts. will t;.ve a lecture on "New frontiers In radio and the Importance of very high frequencies" at the Shell Thiatrette in Collyer Quay. 31i;5apore, tonight. The lecture b ceing spon■>orec! by the Malaya and Sin•;u.pore committee"
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    'MORE MUSIC LESS CRACKLE' THEY SAY
    138 10 'MORE MUSIC LESS CRACKLE' THEY SAY R\I»!O fans livin? along ;n^;iD'»ro'.s hvsy roads it enioy t^eir shortv.ivr prosri'nmes for .< ihtnrbsne^ from passing cars. Th MHtai tralTlf laltifcrca v i rt'cfotlon :inU makes t' r r-.Ulv.s vplutlcr and rr ic'di 1 1 1 i.v fed-i'p fans asked ri of y'n'rx
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    Charge against customs officer
    60 10 IPCH Thurs The prelimlra>v inquiry into a tentative charge of corruption against 27-yoar-old D. J. Mackay. a c: istmns officer attached to the Preventive Bvrnch in l )oli will be held in the i Magistrate's Court on Oct. 16 Mackay. who is represented by Mi R.
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    Negri boys tor Singapore
    49 10 ryUYRXTY-FIVE boys of th« verna. alar sehoofe in NegTi Srmbilan nave been selected t«> loin the Amy Boys' Training School at See Soon barracks. Singapore. The boys will be srrn off today by the Mentri Besar of Negri Sembilan. the British Advisir and «(h«r officials.
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    Sacked, he stole aerated waters
    98 10 SErtEMBAN, Thurs Pleading guilty to a charge of commit 'ing theft of fortyci< o ht bottles of areated waters. 17-year-old Lim Nam Senr was ordered by the president of the Sessions Court, Seremban Mr. W. B. Suthcr land, to ente r info a bond for
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    Police raid, 11 convicted
    116 10 PENANG, Thurs.— A. Perak Home Guard. Tan Bee Neoh, pleaded guilty in the First Mi?Tk>trate's Court today to a charge of permitting a house in Hutton Lane, of which he was a tenant, to be used as a common gaming house on April 27. Tan was
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    Polio and typhus in Perak
    36 10 IPOH, Thurs. A case of polio and one of urban typhus, both non-fatal, were reported in Perak last week. The polio occurred at Paiit and the urban typhus at Teluk Arson.
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    PLAN TO CUT THE
    123 10 r."«;.\PORF may have a new cinema on two -icres o land In Kirn Tian Road, off Kirn Pang K*»ad Tionc Bahru It will fee air-eon-ditwrwd and seat I.MO >plr. The cinema. whl«h will be built hv an an investment company, Chec See Tone (M*Ujai Limited, will
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    Govt. silent on news2oo,oooroad
    125 10 r»HANGI district property owners, who were served with acquisition notices for land over which a md is to be built from Government Re?t House to Tunah Merah Besar, said yesterday that they were "mystified* over the long silence maintain d by Government on this matter. A
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    PRICES FOR CUSTOMS TAX
    47 10 KLALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The following prices have been Axed for assessing Custom- duties from Sept. 4 to 10. Rubber 80 3 4 cents per lb.. copra $404 per ton, coconutOU $664 per ton, palm oil :***** per tan p:!m kernels tO* &w ton
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    FIRE RELIEF HOMES DELAY
    158 10 FIRE RELIEF HOMES DELAY CONSTRUCTION of 96 homes for Kampong Bukls fire victims at Kolam Ayer has been held up for two months due to a delay in pegging out the building lots by the Singapore Improvement Trust, Mr. Won,; Foo Nam. architect of the Singapore Joint Relief Organisation, told
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    Extorted $110
    23 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.--Kuala Lumpur police today <aid that two C'i'Jiese extort>d $110 from a coffeeshop k eeper in Klang Road yesterday.
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    Singapore men for world youth talk
    158 10 TWO Singapore delegates are among the 300 Christian youth leaders from all over the world who will be attending the third World Christian Youth Conference at Kottayam in Travancore South India, from Dec. 11 to Christmas Day. The Colony delegates, selected by the Singapore
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    6,105 dogs vaccinated
    45 10 IPOH. Thurs. Since the start of the Perak Veterinary Department's anti-rabies vaccination campaign, 6,106 dogs have been vaccinated In ihe State. The department expects to vaccinate at least 10,000 dogs before Oct. 1^ after which tney will destroy all dog* not vaccinated.
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    Club plans dance
    21 10 TAIPING, Thurs. The Chinese Recreation Club will hold a dance at the Hokklen lloay Kuan on Oct. 4.
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      332 10 Tht Straffs Tint* Friday, September 5, 1952 i In every class of goods there is on* that excel** one that sets the standard for the remainder, one that a man is proud to possess, that pro* iiiai one is v iVvii*d *^n^r^ 'Viyella* pyjamas are not expensive becaust they wear
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      193 10 Today's Radio SINGAPORE Spore; 6 Strict Tempo; 6.15 10 a.m. News: 10.05 Ma.lnee; 2j^ B: "l^ Juk e \r a i? t y < 715 II Bra..* Bands; 1 p.m. nadio S^S L.li? MuSl Z; 8 Orch.; 130 News: 1.45-2 D.car J*%- 8 Time: »30 Over Moore Trio; 5 Children;
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      These 'indecent' movies
      1312 11 IMAGINE the Legion K of Decency now being formed by the Roman Catholics of Malaya and Borneo is going to find at times that it has bitten into a rather indigestible morsel. Within a short time 10,000 printed leaflets, we are told, will be distributed to Catholics
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      FILM EVENT
      42 11 Last Saturday saw the premier* of "Printipe Amante," epiclength Filipino film, which it Hie first colour film from the Philippines to be dubbed in Malay. Prinsipe Amante." which is distributed by the South-East Asia Film Company, is drawing packed houses.
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      MAN WHO MET CICERO'
      539 11 The much -discussed film "Five Fingers", based 00 the war-time exploits of the master spy Cicero", was seen recently in Singapore. Here is an article by a man who claims to have met the original •Cicero", previously believed to have vanished r3 catch up with Elyesa
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      197 11 The Greatest Reception B h Ever Accorded A Film! 6 [ROLL UP! ROLL UP! I I to the 6 «V I iir Theatre with the longest Ran*. 5 MAMMOTH SHOWS DAILY 9.M»X,Ti.3Or| 3 2 °.jy^ 9.ISP-M. color by TECHNICOLOR BETTY COINEL CMAUTON HuftoN wil n IMinnn Amuuiir mwoxohyu botch nIVIUUII
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      232 11 LAST 5 rrjTjJ^** r-j*^ n. 1.45, 4 SHOWS |iUSAl>#^ 6.30, 9.30 ''SEDARAH''™ A MALAY FILM PRODUCTION .t.rr.ng P. RAMLEE and ROSENANI I "B:!!y! Let me go!" BBJE^ AT LON(i "-AST Wfo^^SßKr \< YOU CAN SEE AttvUlK it '*Y_^B TOMORROW: !!j~TOMbRROw"M'NITE~ Spectacular Action m in ANSCO COLOR! LEW AYRES MARILYN MAXWEU
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    ONE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN MALAYA PLEA
    451 12  -  Derrick knign By AT A TIME when the various political organis.a--i-on.s in this country are making efforts to sink communal differences and work for racial harmony. It is surprising that they have yet to take a step in :ht direction. ulure of any
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    Coconut pearl
    36 12 IN reply to "Inquirer" coconut pearls are found in the flesh of the nut itself. Am mg millions of nuts. It Is ruu U find a peail hence i.j> Vaue. L. T. S. Sin-aDore.
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    Let fence sitters decide now
    182 12 Let fence sitters decide now THE Independence of Malaya Party has been criticised for proposing to close 111 uoors to persons who are not subjects of the Rulers, Feuerai cKlzens and British I subjects domiciled in this country. When the Party was founded by Da;o Onn, who is a i
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      THE 'COLOUR BAR' IN MALAYA
      201 12 I HAVE read with interest the report ot Mr. S. T. Rajaii's treatment in an American restaurant. This has most probably shocked many readers, but I think it is time, someone wrote of the shameful view held by some Europeans of Asians, right here in
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      80 12 THE "colour bar" still pre- vails in the United States. |We are lucky here in that ie do not have such a "bar". But we have a "position bar". This "position bar" can be seen in certain lifts. Two of three lifts in a certain building in Singapore are for
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      RIGHT TYPE OF FILMS
      79 12 ris a pity that there are Catholics in Singapore who are "going to find it tough to stay away from indecent films." Unfortunately, being a Catholic myself. I am ashamed to hear such words. The nlin exhibitors know what the general public wants to see by
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    HEAR PURCELL FIRST
    212 12 I FEEL that the Malays have been treating Dr. Victor Purcell very badly since his arrival a few days ago. lam all the more sorry to hear that the VM.S.O. President himself is reluctI ant to meet him. Even if Dr. Purcell is an enemy of the
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    SPITTING IN THE COLONY
    299 12 ANYONE walking o r iv.ins buses or living in hotel which is other than irst-class, will realise why I :all Singapore "the spitting I .ity." It does not matter where i person is, or with whom f he K or she, feels toe lnclinition to clear
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    COURT FOR DETAINEES
    82 12 KLYNE STREET has suggested that a Jomim.--i sion of Inquiry be set up tn look into the matter of the detainees. As Ariff and Non Commissioned have said, i would be a waste -)f time an the Commission would tak months, if not years, i.i f '<
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      46 12 1/^- i) IrA J| *1 J>\ V I Malaya's Strength depenas t^ j W^*^ K^\, I upon the health y growth f^s^\v^j^^^Bsm Vs From the very be innin ™V-I V fc^ i *fe-*v tfle ssence Strength, \\l'^3''lh ir^r^^'lv develo P ment of bod X nd JRAIID'S^
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      457 12 fJUST ARRIVED!!! NEW SHIPMENT OF FLUORESCENT HANDLAMPS BATTERIES lli-t^l I i~- i~lz ff~Jt\ *wmm^sti 1 rr»f^ v 1 1 '•> I j js> trl A good light anywhere at any time Vvf *RenK Bolter Simon I S9 Wiackttre- Houk« fel 6522 Spore I Mjbyj b Borneo LAST WEEK of Oar
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      380 12 The Straits Times Crossword 28 s^ie t« r for emm^t must: i i i i mm y— dan (T). 1 2 3 4 S 8 §i| _>9 Much ado about nothing l_ I __J __J I 1^ (5. 2. 1. 6). Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi P 0 ***** notice
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    Industrials, tins steady
    194 13 TNDUSTRIALS and tins were steady on the Singapore Share Market yesterday, but the market generally was quiet and featureless. Price chang<s announced by the Malayan Shire Brokers' Association were:- Buyrn \:<-x. Brlcki Ords 3 40 Fed Dtspensarv 1.60 Malayan Cementa 98 Spore Cold Storage 4 40 United
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    TIN OUTPUT
    28 13 Rahman Hydraulic Tin Ltd output for August was 504 piculs of ore. Output by Rencng Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. In August totalled 419 piculs of ore.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    33 13 HONG KONO. Thurs. Free market currency wcchansc» of Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: OSSI HK56.35", (cash): HKB6 37>^ (T.T.): HK515.90. One tael of gold HKs296?i.
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    TIN: $481 5/8 A PICUL
    128 13 SINGAPORE, Thurs., Sept. 4.— 5481.62 V 2 a picul (up 12 Vz cents). Closing prices yesterday were in cents per Vb. No. 1 R. 8.8. spot loose buyers 78, sellers 78'^; No. 1 R.B.S. f o.b. in bales Sept. buyers 78' i. sellers 78*«; No.
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    New York price
    26 13 NO. 1 R s.s September (In rents): Taeaday's Wednesday 1 rlncinr. doting 29.39 bW 2S.M Hrl 29.7.1 asked 29.75 asked. I Tone:— Dbll.
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    Third interim dividend
    54 13 QOPENO ConsolJdmted. Ltd. has declared a further (third) interim dividend oj 124 per cent (equivalent to 2/6 d per £1 Stock) less income Tax at 9<6d tn the on account of the profits for th* year ending Sept. 30, 1952, payable on sept. 13, 1952, to stockholders
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    Federation ports cleared less cargo in 7 months
    130 13 Federation ports cleared less cargo in 7 months THE five major ports of the Federation— Penang. Malacca Port Swettenham. Teluk Anson and Port Dickson cleared over 78.500 tons of cargo lew for vessels of over 75 tons net register In the first seven months of this year, compared with the
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    RUBBER BACK TO 78 1/2 CENTS
    92 13 13/4 cts drop on lack of trade support By Our Market Correspondent T*HE price of rubber in Singapore yesterday lost the 1J cents which It gained on Wednesday and September first grade closed at 78i cents a lb. The Singapore market yes- terday did
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    High prices for pepper
    92 13 DUSINKSS done and buyers were reported for copra at $25 U In Singapore yesterday: sellers were $25 .i. The market was quie' for coconut oil. with sellers quoted at $40 a picul. There was activity In pepper on the Produce Exchange, with more overseas Inquiries and
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    Leading issues fall on Australian Exchange
    211 13 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE. Thur /GENERAL Investments hs<l a weak undertone on the Stock Exchange today and the Index oi industrial shares fell fairly sharply. Many leading issues were marked down. Yarra Falls Textile Company today announced a dividend of 8 per cent
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    WALL STREET
    30 13 NEW YORK, Thurs. wall Street closed irregular yesterday, with the list Irregularly higher— mostly fractions. The volume showed encouraging expansion and included occasional rxchanges of seme large blocks.
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    SHIPPING
    124 13 CHIPS, alongside the Sinfapore Har--1 bojr Board sofJowns. or exoectrd there at 7 am today. are: Surat. I.'; Baxan. 3; Baud «/5: Kao Hrlun« Co»! Plant: Benvannorti 6/7 Calchas 8/»: Tal Pr-h. 11: Ll"is. 13; Aeneas. 15.6: Torren* 18: Charlts Marleod 21 /Xt: Chovcaat; 23/24: Silvrrwalnat. M/M: Bronxviile 29/?0:
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      507 13 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. Far UK /C6NTINENT Spore P S'hom Penong Benalbanack for Liverpool, Glosgow Avonmouth, Rotterdam IB ro Benvonnoch for London, i;l Newco^t>, Hull Gdn. 6 4/7 Sapt 8/10 Sept. Benettew for Hovre, London, Rotterdom, Antwerp IS/21 Sapt 22/24 Sept. 2S/27 Seat Bencruechen for Liverpool, Dublin. Glasgow, Hamburg 14/20
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      474 13 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/UK /CONTINENT t Mr P S'hom ""WO "Mean*- for Bangkok 1.7.7 tept 14/15S^ 11/13S.pt. r^^S 0 ***** 17/I»S^ ''H:n7o'ng' 0f V3 o n 7a kott Wpt. 2S/2S S^r.. 24/24 Wpt. "Lalandla" for Bnngkok IS/16 Oct fO o|Okort0 11/3' Or. 30/30OC 29/29 O«t "A***" for Bangkok,
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    MEMORIAL'S FIRST VISITOR
    419 14 Malay soldier who called at the Cathedral npHE first unofficial visitor to the new memorial x hall of the St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, yesterday was Lance-Corporal AH bin Bachik, R.A.S.C., who comes from Pasir ]VI.:;-. in Kelantan. He was visiting the Cathedral grounds, and Eeoing photographers, reporters
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    Still unknown
    23 14 The United States Navy has investigated recent reports of unidentified submarines off Alaska, but has decided "no conclusions are practicable." —Reuter.
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    LOCAL HUSBANDS DEMAND PAY RISE
    227 14 A MEMORANDUM reA presenting the views of more than 12,000 Singapore Government employees, members of 15 unions and three associations, has been sent to the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Blythe, demanding married a lowances for local married officers. The memorandum demands the appointment of a committee
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    In Chinese costumes
    51 14 Shakespeare's characters in "As You Like It" will appear in Chinese costumes in the Victoria Theatre on Sept. 7 and 8. The play is being presented by a group of Singapore teachers, Teachers' Training College and University ol Malaya students, a doctor and a Sawyer in Government
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    The teacher comes back
    85 14 •THE president of the Malayan Teachers' Union, Mr. K.V. Thaver. returned to Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday after a twomonth UNESCO scholarship to Europe. Mr. Thaver attended a UNESCO adult education seminar in Paris, a trade union course at Helsinki and met members of the British National
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    They tour world— with a barrow
    209 14 A MARRIED couple who reached Singapore yesterday will toon be shopping for a good, strong wheelbarrow to pueb round the world. For 35-years-old Peter Wallace and his pretty 28--years-old wife, Mary, it will bo the end of a 10 years' dream when they start
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    Jap ship 'invasion' reaches a new high
    146 14 rpHERE was more Japanese merchant shipping ta Singapore yesterday than at any time sinc c th end of the war. Shipping men took this as yet another Indication that the Japanese merchant shipping "offensive," launched four years ago, is gaining ground throughout the
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    It WAS a chopper
    61 14 A young pork-seller at the Ellenborough market. Lim Chin Shang, who attacked a fellow pork-seller, Loh Peng Cher, with a chopper, was at Singapore Assizes yesterday gaoled for four yeajjs. Lim. who pleaded guilty on Tuesday to attacking Loh with a piece of wood, and whose
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    Denial from Malay Union
    56 14 President of the Singapore Malay union, Inch e Mohamed Sidek bin Haji Abdul Hamld, yesterday refuted a statement that Government had given a piece of land to the Malay Women's Welfare Association for a welfare home. Tht statement was made by the President of the M.W.
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    Quick work to save a society
    115 14 Quick work to save a society rE Commissioner for Cooperative Development. Mr. T. F. Carey, has approved plans for saving the Singapore Co-operative Stores Society from liquidation, submitted by its committee of management. In a letter to the Society's chairman, Mr. D. E. Siddons, Mr. Carey congratulates the committee of
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    'In praise of Bach' recital
    44 14 Dr. Charles Thornton Lofthouse, authority and exponent of Bach concerto music as a performer on the harpsicord and clavicord will give a pianoforte recital under the auspices of the Singapore Chamber Ensemble on Sept. 11 in Victoria Memorial Hall.
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    'Inexhaustible'
    27 14 Yugoslavia is to exploit "Inexhaustible deposits of bauxite" at Razine, near Sibenik on the Dalmatian coast, according to Tan jug, the official Yugoslav news agency. —Reuter.
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    A PLACE TO LEARNAND IN CHINESE
    111 14 A reference library on Chinese studies is to be established by the China Society. The several thousand books will be in English and Chinese. Mr. Lee Slow Mong. president of the Society, told the Straits Times yesterday that the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce
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      210 14 SOBRANIE straight cut Virginia The name says much— after all Sobranie has Id the world of smoking for nearly a century— but it is the flavour and the full satisfaction which finally Confirms your choice. This new Sobranie cigarette is in an ageold tradition but it is a straight cut
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    Red Carnation shows return to form
    411 15  -  EPSOM JEEP By Does best trial since lay-off ftED CARNATION, winner of last year's Singapore Gold Cup, put up what was perhaps his best track performance since his return to the active list when he galloped 4f in 53 1/5 and 3f. in 38
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    Cup trial probables
    102 15 rPHK PROBABLE line-up and A Jockeys for the Gold Cup trial over a milr at Bukit Timah tomorrow are given below. 61.~i fiiimh.l: Melayu Jones Hll 131 Woodcnte Inn 8.1 1 S6l Col. Whatnot Perclval 8.10 214 Entertainment II Knuckey 8.09 610 Accrber EUery 8.06 843 Curlew
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    Billdaw and Sp. Gesture do best times
    395 15 /"'RACK sprinters engaged on the second day of the Gola Cup meeting on Wednesday were In the spoMight on the training track at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. Speedy Billdaw (Flamu-ryi fairly routed Magic Oak (J. Do .ii"llyi in a speed duel down the
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    DIVECHA HURT
    40 15 LONDON. Thurs— R V. Divecha. Indian cricketer, was taken to hospital with a dislocated left shoulder suffered when batting against an England XI at Hastings yesterday. Dlvecha hurt hi* shoulder when facing Rldgway, the Kent fast bowler. Reuter.
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    Visi-tel at B. Timah tomorrow
    426 15 Visi-tel at B. Timah tomorrow f ATKST scientific aid to' Malalj yan racing Is VUi-Tel. a facsimile writing machine which will be In operation for the first) time on the Malayan Turf on the first day of the Singapore Turf Club September (Gold Cup) Meeting at Bukit Timah tomorrow. Thi
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    100 M.P.H. COBB
    41 15 GLASGOW, Thurs. John Cobb streaked across the water at 100 miles an hour at Lech Ness, yesterday in the first trial of a new Jet sperdboat, "Crusader", in which he hopes to set a new world speed record.
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    0. K. for Hong Kong
    42 15 SYDNEY, Thurs— The Australian Cricket Board of Control yes'frday gave permission for an Australian team to visit Hong Kong next month to play matches as part of the centenary celebrations of the Hong Kong Cricket Club. Reuter.
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    U.K. RUGGER RESULTS
    74 15 LONDON. Thurs. Yesterday's D K rugby results: RI'GBY LEAGCE Lancashire Cup first round second leg: Leigh 43, Whithaven 2; St. Helens 23. Barrow 5; B»inton 18, Oldham 19; Warnngton 30. Salford 8: Wig&n 38. Wulces 5. Yorkshire cap Rrst round second leg: Bramley 12. Halifax 20: Castleford
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    OXFORD TOUR
    42 15 LONDON. Thurs.-°-A party of 26 Oxford University rugby footballers flew lrom London airport last night for a five-week tour of Japan. The party Included four internationals B. Boobbyer and L. B Cannell (England; T. Brewer (Wales) and M Wallace (Scotland).—Reuter.
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    Winning trial by Short Hairs
    643 15 CHORT HAIRS (Lansdown) showed winning form when he went every bit as well as Muffin Man, a Class 1 prospect, in a splend'd trial over 3f. in 38 wide out on the second track at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. Short Hairs looks a sound proposition
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    BELOW-STRENGTH ARSENAL DRAW AT MANCHESTER
    272 15 LONDON. Thursday. tMR-ST DIVISION champions Manchester United, whose football has a lot of last season's shamness, were held to a scoreless draw yesterday, on their own ground by Arsenal, who still have a number of first class players on the injured list. Another London club,
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    Draw for All India rugger
    220 15 OINCiAPORE has drawn a bye into the second round of the Aii India rugby tournament which is scheduled to star!; on Sept. 28 and end on Oct. 4 at Colombo, Ceylon. Ten teams three from Ceylon, four from India, and one each from Thailand, Pakistan
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    Malaya Cup struggle
    200 15 WRAUB Thurs. ITH Penang. Perak, and the Eastern Zone winners battling for he right to be this years North flnUist In 'he Malaya Cup soccer ccmpeUtioi i a differjeut fight will take pla<.<» at Kuala j Lumpur this Saturday. On the Rifle Range Road ground, Pahang. without
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    Gay Time's odds shorten
    97 15 LONDON, Thuis. QAY TIME, who wiU run for the Queen in the St. Leger at Doncaster on Saturday wepk was backed to win £5,000 at the Victoria Club call-over here !-tst night. He closed at 9-2. and was >econd favourite to the Aga Khan's Tuiyar, backed
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    FLYING ARROW II DELETED
    210 15 pLYINO ARROW 11, a brilliant front-running stayer at his peak, has finished his racing career. This six-year-old by Atout Malfrc, who was once regarded as a bright classic prospect, has been deleted according to the latest Straits Racing Association amendment list. Seven more new horses, five
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    IP INSPIRES JUNIORS
    711 16 Malayan tennis in review By Our Tennis Reporter npiir: MALAYAN lawn tennis championships this 1 year saw K. H. Ip. the Hone Konf champion, once again show up our limitations. Only Ong Chew Bee, the Singapore champion, is apparently good enough for international tennis. And he is
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    PARAS FIGHTS SAILOR TONIGHT
    139 16 PROFESSIONAL boxing comes back to Singapore tonight after several weeks with a Little Nene promotion at the Happy World stadium. The main bout, over 10 rounds, features Little Paras and Lcs Kirk, a sailor who has had more than SO professional bouts In England and has
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    James Augets three of Tuan Mong'sgoals
    283 16 CUPERIOR in every department. Tuan Mong Old Boys beat Post and Telegraph 4 goals to I in their SAFA Div. 3B encountc at CYMA ground yesterday. Playing a lively game. TMO" scored three goals in the first hal (James Au 2. and Kirn Han
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    M.A.A.U. FUND
    21 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Malayan Amateur Athletic Union fund to finance a Federation team t Ceylon has reached $1,515.
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    PERAK B.A. TRIAL
    42 16 IPOH Thurs.— Perak will meet Penang In their "Poong Seoog Cup" Inter-State Badminton tie at Penang on Sept. 30 and 21. Perak have been holding several pratlcrs lately and the team will be selected after a final trial tonight.
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    GUTHRIES WIN
    35 16 Outhrie S.C. beat 1.C.1. 2-1 in a Singapore B.H.P A. League tt Cup fixture at Clerical Union ground yesterday. Scorers for Outhrie were Weng Km and Kok Peow Kirn Cheng scored for I.CX
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    YMCAh'cap tennis draw
    133 16 T*RE Young Men's Christian Association's handicap tennis tournament begins at 4.30 p.m tomorrow with the following first round ties: Top Section: Md. Said b. Sulaim*n (—l5) v One Swee Law (—30) E. Y. Koh 15 2) v Harry L. Wee 3O) and R. Seneviratne IS J) v
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    Draw in Bayley Cup final
    65 16 TAIPTNO. Thurs.— ln the Bayley Cup soccer final yesterday, KIHt Club held the favourites. Government Combined Services, to a 1-1 draw after extra tlm*. After scoreless first half, Kilat Club were awarded free kick just outside the penalty area and Abbas converted. S rvlces got
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    PERAK CJF.F. SOCCER TIES
    55 16 IPOH. Thurs. League champions, Cheng Wan. will meet the PCRC on the Ipoh Padang this Saturday in th: semi-final of the Perak Chinese Football Federation's "Chin Sem Lim" Siii Id cotnpetiticn. The other semi-final between the Ramblers and the Taiptng Chinese will be played off on
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    MANNION AMONG THREE SENT HOME
    170 16 MIDDLESBROUGH, Thurs. THREE players of Middlesbrough A Football Club. English International Wilf Mannion, R Robinson and T. W. Blmklnsop, were sent back to Middlesbrough from Cardiff today because of alleged breach of discipline. All three played against Cardiff yesterday, and It to understood i that
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    SAFA CUP DATES
    57 16 The SAFA Senior Cup tie between Tigers and Rovers which ended in a I—l1 1 draw on Wednesday will be re-played at the Jalan Besar Suidium ouTuesda>. The SAFA Senior Dv. Cup semi-final between Navy bud R.A.P Se'.eijr. scheduled t*> be played at Jalan BcVir St:< "turn
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    CYMA (PM) GET NINE GOALS
    87 16 CYMA (PMi trounced Immigration S.C. 3-0 in a SAFA Div. 3A m-ntcn at Grylang sladium ye-ler-aay CYMA had It their ov.n »;,v tout and while Bill van Hiiizen. In Rail, was idle hU opposite number. All Omar, was the busiest man on the field CYMA
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    G.S.C. Sweep Draw
    38 16 The draw of the Girls SporM Club cash sweep resulted: Ist: No. *****4; 2nd: No. *****2: 3rd: No. *****3; 4th: No. *****3. Consolation p.-izev No«.: *****7 *****8. *****7. *****2. *****4, *****9. *****5. *****1. *****1 *****8.
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    FORD'S 71 WIN
    18 16 Fnrd S.C. beat Khnlsi Junior* 7—l in a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday.
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    Compton hits 132 against Indians
    494 16 HASTINGS, Thursday. FIENIS COMPTON, the England cricketer who at 17 his own request did not play in the last two Tests against India this summer, today scorpd a splendid 132 for an England XI against the tour sts in a festival game. It was Compton's
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    School cricket
    54 16 The team to represent Singapore Combined Schools against Overteas Schoolboys In a friendly cricket match to be played on the Singapore Recretion Club ground on Sunday at 11 a.m. is as follcws: A. DeUlkan, Verity Gill P. Martens. P. Nathan. V. Nathan. D Hay, R. Stevens, Lally, Amar
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    OLD VICS XI
    65 16 Old Victorians' Uam against the Christian Brothers' Old Boys Association In the Bvan Wong Shield cricket match to be played on the Ceylon Sports Club ground on Sunday at 11 a.m. Is: S. Yogarajah (Capt.). Dr. K 8. Retnam, A. C. Bhegaran. v. K. Thamby. B S.
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    Withdraw from Hockey League
    38 16 TmtnperU Rovers will not be able to take part In this year's Division n (Section A) hockey lekjrue as originally Intended. The S.H.A wishes all hockey convenors to make a not* of this withdrawal.
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    Bukom upset HK Bank 2-0
    98 16 pULO Bukom created a big upset yesterday when they beat Hongkonj Bank ''A" 2 o In their Singapore B.HFA. League Cup fixture at P. ft N. ground. Hongkong Bank, without four of their regulars, played wtll below form. After a scoreless first half, Bukom dominated
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    PLAYERS DISPUTE GOAL, CROWD MOB REFEREE
    225 16 IPOH, Thursday. JJKFERKK Johnstone was mobbed by the crowd at the end of today.; Royal Devon Yeomanry Cup tie on the padang between Ramblers and the Police and he had to be escorted from the field. He was not hurt. Earlier, after the incident
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    Ip exhibition
    86 16 KOTA BHARD, Thurs— A lirße crcwd. Including the Sultan, Tengku Mahkoia, Mtu'rt Besar, BrlUsh Adviser, and State Secretary watched tennis exhibition matches at the Residency yesterday. Results: K. H. Ip Yeap Poh Hum lost to Cng Chew Bee ft L c Kirn Choot 6-2; Mixed doubles Mr. it
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      59 16 SOCCER DIV. I: Tigers S.A. v. BODCA at Jalan Beasr. DIV. SA: »UJI MFC v. India B.S. at Gcykftsv; Itovrrs A V. Balestler C.C. at CYM V BUSINESS BOUSES: F. A N. v. si me Darby at F. N.; Staa«r (old Storage A at TMCA. HOCKEY FRIENDLY: SAC. C*Umb« at
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