The Straits Times, 27 August 1953

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    12 1 The Straits Times Kstablished 1845 SI.MiAPORK, THI'KSDAY, AIGIST 27. 1953. 15 CENTS
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    Fight to show the film
    138 1 Fight to show the film TKKROR IN THK JUNGLE' PIMPT S Klion TH1 man who had to battle the juiv. film Britain's ftRhl ag terrorist! is tttfhtinK a new bati i ;> n t<>ld me I Thr that flirt n!ng Anrt most ,.f UttH vofidi "My > will b.t'k in
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    Chaplin baby
    15 1 LAUSANNE rhapiin'.« new Nght yv-vund boy ha> bern r after Mrs O'Neill AP
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    Jets collide
    7 1 TOKYO w. nerihe ocrnn 16
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    Going to Korea
    14 1 \T) rtfiiblr hr-r fnri k *rtirtinc another hnttnhon of A P
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    Canal talks soon
    33 1 CAIRO. Wrri. Dr Mah- ptian •n Minister, said las' that anothrr mertin? of British and Ecvptian re- > diSCUSS a srtt of the Suez Can,, disputr would take place soon Rrutrr
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    11 Reds arrested for coup plan
    85 1 11 Reds arrested for coup plan I Communists nnd plot acainst thr r, werr arrestrd here this morninu An. Laung Karh Kach Son cram, a member of thr coup croup which brought thr prr.^mt Mnrnf Intn power in 1047 Hr fell out r»| rxilrd tn Hone Knn: I >trr hr
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    SHAH SWOOPS ON REDS
    223 1 Police raid homes: arms seized TEHERAN, Wednesday. MORE than 300 people have been arrested in a big swoop on Communists in Teheran. Secret police actinavon the personal orders of the Shah and the Premier, Gen. Zahedi, raided the homes and offices of prominent Communists and seized
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    THIS IS BRITAIN
    190 1 As a colony sees it LONDON. Wednesday. UK. NNAMDI A/IKIWF. the Fast Nigerian leader, said last night that Britain had offered sell government tn Nigeria "on a platter of gold." When I great Power like Britain could do this -ilonii! territory without hloodshed, rancour and bitterness, he
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    NOBODY WANTS THIS SCHOOL
    109 1 $100,000 building stands empty i $100,000 school building i n Chua Chu Kang Road. Singapore, is come begging. The Education Department cannot find pupils for it nor a buyer. Chances to purchase thp building have bron turned down by th^ Medical. Social Welfare and Prison DrpartmenU.
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    U.S. rushing arms aid to Indo-China
    56 1 \SHINOTON. Wed. The United States La sending urgently needed military supplies tn Indo-Chlna for a crucial nrw offensive by thp French and Vietnamrse armies against the Vietminh forhr mon>oon season n October intellmrncf rpports reaching Washinuton show that thr Communist guerilla forr^ Hiding up
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    2 GURKHAS KILLED IN AMBUSH
    135 1 2 GURKHAS KILLED IN AMBUSH K. LUMPUR. Wed rVO Gurkhas wore killed and six wounded, including a British officer, when they were ambushed by terrorists in Kedah today. The ambush was one of the :n recent month.* No details wore released by Operational Hradquartrr- n Kuala Lumpur tonight. They said
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    French blow up rebel depots
    59 1 SAIGON. Wed. French and Vietnamese commandos attacked Virtminh installation* deep behind enemy lines yesterday destroying ammunition dumps intended for the rebels autumn offensive The air-supported landing on thr Annan roast near the Sonc Y<-n Rivrr estuary. 105 milr.s south of Hanoi, was 'ermrri hv a
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    CHEAP TRIP TRAIN IS TAKEN OFF
    41 1 CHEAP TRIP TRAIN IS TAKEN OFF KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The train-bus servirp introduced List Sunriav by Mn Railway; to take holidaymakers from Kuala Lumpur to Port Dirkson will not run this Sunday because of last week's poor response" from thr Diiblir.
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    Nine set free
    39 1 BONN. Wrd The British r uthorities in Oerman> today rriea-srd nine men 'serving sentences for war rrimes from Wen prison. Westphalia Brit-l.-h ofhriais sa'.d Thry were fired as a n art of gn.re I Kr Mter
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    'Revise Charter'
    35 1 BOSTON IS Wrd. Thr Unitrrl States Srrretarv of State. Mr John Faster Dulles today rallrri for revision of thr I'niteri Nations Charter Th> Charter, he said, wa.' pre-atomir and was thus obsoWte. Renter.
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    Back from Russia
    23 1 BOMBAY. Wrri Mrs. Indira Gandhi. dauchtrr of Indlflr Prrmier Nehru, ret'lrned home yesterday from an rxtrn.sive tour of Russia AP
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    Morocco plan
    24 1 r-\R S Wrd Th<* Frenrh Cnh;nr« today heard Forrien Mini'-trr Crrorer* Btdaul* line a "raal nrw r<orm plan"i fo r Morocco. UP.
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    To see Auriol
    28 1 PARIS. Wrri Bao Dai. Chief of Statr of Vietnam, w-.l! arrive in Paris tomorrow He will be <hr curst of French President. If Vincent Auriol.
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    Ship refloated
    53 1 HARWICH. England. W( Salvacr men today refloated the 3895-ton Danish passencer ship Kronprins Frederick INK SHAH of Persia is ul.nve saluting a guard of honour it Teheran airport his triumphal r-tiirn t<T his homeland. He had fled to R mie when threatened by the forces of Dr. Mossadrch.
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    Britain, U.S. discuss aid
    108 1 //V VON DON vrsferday IP the Foreign Office dis;hat the United States ann Britain were discussing the :i of financial aid to following an urgent appeal ov the new Premier. IN TEHERAN, adds U.P.. informed sources said Premier Zahedi had told U.S. AmbasI.oy Henderson that Per«ta
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    SHOPKEEPERS HAPPY BUT SMOKERS HOWL AT INCREASE
    251 1 SHOPKEEPERS HAPPY BUT SMOKERS HOWL AT INCREASE KUALA LUMPUR. Wrd. THE announcement that cigarettes and tobacco were going up in price was greeted with cries of joy and howls of protrst. Che cries of joy en me from .storekeepers who sell cigarettes. Howls of protest ramp from thrir customers, who
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    Troops rescue flood victims
    107 1 Troops rescue flood victims RANGKX TIDAL waves fr taba.i Bay to hod the outskirts of Moulmein, third larKrs 1 in Burma. Peopl* 1 In have deserted their h< and fled into thr Thi ritv ks also thn the swollen w itet veen river. Nrarly .i 0 onn 4f) milrs to
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    STOP PRESS
    19 1 RATION I HO Britisli-tiwnt d lacbi IriasMl off Fern and la i lacsuUfa un .Sunday off Feochow.
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    Sandys to have military talks
    269 1 Sandys to have military talks V|R Duncan Sandys. BriiT tains Minister of Supply, said on arrival in Singapore yesterday that he is to have talks with military units in Malaya on equipment problems. Mr. Sandys i.s spending i«n days in Malaya before leavinc for Australia on Saturday lo make arrancements
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    MARY HAD GIFT FOR STRANDED FAMILY
    194 1 MARY HAD GIFT FOR STRANDED FAMILY MARY LEE of Tiong Poh Road. Singapore, walked into the Straits Times office rday will) a bundle of clothes tor Lee Ah Keng and hus family who are strandrd in the Colony without money or a place to stay. Mary had rearl an account
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    Reds barred
    14 1 BOSTON Wed T ran Bar A drlrgatr>. today Communists from •>■ f-r.v AP
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    Another record by a Comet
    55 2 LONDON, Wed —An Air France Comet airliner rarrylng 2fi passengers landed at Lon- don Airport today 51 minutes after takinc off from Orly i Airport. Paris, today- -a record I for a Da-ssenger-carrying airhnrr. The Comet was used instead of the normally scheduled Skymaster which
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    M.P. arrested
    35 2 NEW DELHI. Wed Mohammed Shaft Akbar. one of four members of the Indian Parliament representing Kashmir. I has been arrested at Srinacar and placed under preventive detention for alleeed pro-Ab-dulUh act-ivi'ies A P
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    49 Britons still in Indian army
    42 2 NEW DELHI, Wed Fortynine British officers now •erre in the Indian Army the Defence Ministry has announced. The process ol nationalization is proceedinc in these tvn .services as fa"-» circumstances permit. thp Ministry Mated. -A. P.
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    GIGS to visit Yugoslavia
    37 2 LONDON, Wed— Field Marshal Sir John Harc'lnp Chief of the Imperial General Staff, will make an official visit to Yucaslavia to inspect units of th*> Ppopir'c. Army aftrr he returns from Canada. UP
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    U.S. gaols 5 more Reds
    89 2 PITTSBrRGH. Wed. tMVF. Communists convicted of conspirircy to advocate the violent overthrow of the government were today gaoled for five years. Th r accused included Steve Nelson, former Western Pennsylvania chairman nf the Communist Party, who iv already under a 10 to 20-ve-»r sentence for
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    C-BOMB— 'MADNESS,' SAYS PROFESSOR
    123 2 C-BOMB— 'MADNESS, SAYS PROFESSOR CANBERRA. Wednesday. pROFESSOR Marcus Oliphant. Director of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University. said tonight: "Only a madman would use the cobalt bomb. 'It is a two-edged weapon which would cause a.s murh damage to the attacker as to the attacked." Professor Oliphant commenting on
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    New 'quakes hit islands
    64 2 ATHENS, Wed.— New he;ivv tremors were reported yesterday on the devastated lonian Islands where 130.000 earthquake victims lost their homes two weeks ago. In London, the Admiralty said the British depot ship Forth reported two new heavy tremors hitting the islands of Krfallinia. Zakinthos and Ithaca
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    Flying radar stations
    47 2 NEW YORK. Wed Lnr< hTrl Aircraft Cnrpnratin-. announrrrl today that it '"I builriinc high altitud* recon- j riar y pt d^sienrd tn art q- Bylnj radar stations" -phr Air Force and Nsvv tv:]] oprratp the special j planes, pattrrnrd on the tten transport. Reuter.
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    HEAL THE INDIA SPLIT, AUSTRALIA URGES WEST
    514 3 HEAL THE INDIA SPLIT, AUSTRALIA URGES WEST NEW YORK, Wednesday. I>l SSIA today revised its list of members of the Korean peace conference and rerommended that it be increased to cover 15 nations. Indonesia, Syria, Efypt, Mexico and Burma are the proposed additions. Sir Percy Spender of Australia deplored the
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    Cabinet drafts reply to Moscow
    177 3 Cabinet drafts reply to Moscow LONDON. Wrri Th« Tahinrt foriny npprnvrd n<*w instructions for Britain's drlruat* to thr three jxiwrr KJOUp in Paris now draftln second in vital ion to Moscow to meetin Foreign Ministers on thr Oft Bum problem. The new Invi'atinn take the (Ml Russia .s ti<>t»v< and
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    MONTY CALLS FOR A POLICY
    75 3 fjMELD Marsh said Im major object r. pnliry arr rhina an I U id to v-par.ite the Unit Irom its He railed to; Western po muniim for tiv In the >■ iinri Americana hardly m io '<K the same lani id I'leur a.«; to tern
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    Gruenther's trip
    21 3 G ruenther's trip OvSLO Weri fi M Gruenther NATO Commander-ln-Chief arrived h\ ;i!i In Stavantser today on hi< first >f Inspection
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    And Army man
    51 3 MANILA. Wed.— The mutilated body of an American Army engineer, believed to have been the victim of cannibals, ha-s been found in northern Luzon. Three United States Army engineers who were on topographic mission charting the coastline of northern i Luzon have been mlSStnf for two week*
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    Mass flight
    24 3 TOKYO. W.d A mass flight ,of ten U.S. B-36 bombers landed in Japan today a pioneering non-stop flight from the US. -A.P
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    Muslim CANNOT be a Communist, leader warns
    211 3 Muslim CANNOT be a Communist, leader warns Strolling in Venii e TEHERAN. Wednesday. \ZATTIXAH Kashani. the Persian religious leader, in a radio speech today said Communism and Islam are inconsistent. "It is impossible for a person to be a Communist and at the same time perform his duties as a
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    CANNIBALS KILL CHILDREN
    64 3 CANNIBALS KILL CHILDREN PORT MORESBY. New Guinea. Wed. Police today found the remains of women and children murdered by cannibals. The slaughter was committed by a rival tribe The raidinn party was In such a wild frenzy following. Lhe killings that thrv hacked up trees nearby lo give ver.t :o
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    NEHRU DEFENDS GURKHA PACT
    162 3 NEW DELHI. Wednesday. \JK Nehru today defended the Nepalese pact with ?l the British Army to supply Gurkha warriors. He slid: "You do not expect the Nepalese Kovernment to take any step that might upset the whole economy of Nepal." The Gurkhas are Nepal's best exportable
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    Mines open soon
    22 3 I Portuguese India, Wed I Japanese backed iron off mines at Sirican are exI to begin operation in P
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    Gift of books
    32 3 KARACHI. Wed American Ambassador to Pakistan Horace A. Hildreth yesterday presented 230 books to Karachi University in the name of the American people *t -token of their friendship. AP
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    Wives hypnotise themselves then have a baby
    160 3 I.ONOON. Wed. I SKVKN jmmmt wives are learning how to hypnotis r themselves at tine of liindiiiK larijest hospitals so that they do not feel the pains of childbirth. They learn, with their eyes open or closed. to relax gently. then put themselves
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    France goes back to work
    107 3 France goes back to work PARIS. Wed Prance wa.s back to normal today after three weeks of stnke.s chaas. Railway auihorUU.s said trains would be running normally on main and suburban lmes after all unions Communist and non-Comnnini.st ordered rallwaymen back to work. Nearly ail postmen are back at work.
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    Red leader sacked
    37 3 VIENNA. Wed St.fan Ondruark. president <>f the municipal council of [rencin in Communlxt Slovakia and member of the Sluvaklan Comimini.sl Party's district committee, has been dismissed for "violating party discipline and ;or anti-state activities".
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    FILM FESTIVAL ROBBERY
    85 3 1 <«d. A Milan Indus- tnalist and a Fronrh nin? pr<vliifr r wrrr robbed of leveller* worth nrarly 1200. nno polirp rpported jester- fliv I Industrialist David Haug. dlrprtor of onr <>f Italy's W»Kr».m mrtal firms, said wh^n hp rpturnrri to his hotrl room attpr attpndinK thp
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    LONDON STOCKS
    303 3 LONDON. Wed. 'THERE was little or no Interest In the Fa r Eastern section of the London Stock Exchanne today In the bond section Japanese were i trifle lower, though In commodities tins and rubbers were generally steady lo a fraction harder. Teas uere quiet. The resl of
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    LONDON TIN
    29 3 LONDON. Aug. 26. (ash Buyers £61" 2 Sellers t«l4. Forward Buyers VJfiOfi; Sellers £607; Settlement V; 612' 2 (up Cs>. Turnover a.m. 25 tons; p.m. "0 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    40 3 LONDON. An,- M,. Spot 19<<,<i Oct. 19', d Dei 11 .d i Oct. -Dec IS ,ri Jan -Mar n .d Apr -June 13', fi. July-Bcpt. 19d Pep' c If. 19d.. Oct. elf ir>'«<l Nov. eU. 19'jd. Tone Quieter.
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    7 climbers overdue
    41 3 BUENOS AIRES, Wed. i j Seven men of the Argentine winter expedition to Aconcagua, highest mountain in the Western hemisphere, are live days overdue. They have not reported their position alter meeting the worst blizzard in years. —Reuter
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    First 450 taxi meters arrive: only 70 orders
    200 4 First 450 taxi meters arrive: only 70 orders rE first consignment of 450 meters for Singapore taxis arrives today hy sea. Work on installing; them is expected to begin early next week. Mr .1 A E Martin, managing director of the firm importlne the mrtrrs. said yesterday that anothrr 1
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    A ROOM WITH AN OBSESSION
    272 4 A ROOM WITH AN OBSESSION MAYBE the artor.v in the Arts Thratrf prrformanre of T\\t Living Room. by Qraham Gr>*ne wrrr not powprful pnoußh to convey thus compound of tex and sin. P I it wouli takr great power to Interest r audienre In hin obsession with mortal frailty and
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    Mischievous visitor
    70 4 PARIT BINTAR fo>r» Manuka m a labourer was rhareerl in H *rr*\ Court tnrl;t\ with i aiiMiic mi*. Mef hv killing i gout riaiminc trial Manirkam s.url (he cost strayed into hiv carrier) and ate hiv plantv He tirrl it to a post and later found it rtr.trl
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    Knife attack bid alleged
    27 4 MTAH Wed Kalllapp-in «as charged at Muar with attemptinc to cause hu: Govtndasamy with a knife a\ Temianc Renrhonc E Pacoh H' «:<iii)
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    They were wed in the Federation
    56 4 IMHW MALAY WBMHBN2B MR. BASH. PKREIRA and Miss Yolande 1-npes (above) wore married recently at the Church of Our I-ady of Lourdrs at Klang. A reception was held later at the Klane Hieh School. Another recent wedding was that between Inche Wan Hassan and
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    MORTGAGED CRECHE IS 'TOO COSTLY TO RUN'
    171 4 MORTGAGED CRECHE IS 'TOO COSTLY TO RUN' THE Overseas Chinese Creche in Balmoral Road, Singapore, is mortgaged for $47,000, the chairman, Mrs. Elizabeth Choy, said yesterday. Mrs. Choy was appealing for support for two shows at the Badminton Hall on Saturday and Sunday nights in aid of the creche. The
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    Deputy A.D.O.
    19 4 SITIAWAN Wed Inche Ab- ihman bin lebai Abas la t;-i P present Deputy Assistant District OnVer Dindings
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    Mosque to open
    22 4 sitiawan Wed a $i2.non Mosque on th*> I.ekir Road. van 1* now finished and will be opened next month.
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    RUBBER TRADE CHIEF BACKS PALMER'S WARNING TO U.S.
    285 4 'Pay us a survival price' KTAI.A M'MPI'R. Wednesday. AM ALAYAN rubber traders today appealed to the I'nited States iT *"pay us a price at which we can survive." And they strongly supported the warning by Sir Sydney Palmer, former chairman of the
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    500 USE EXCHANGE TO GET JOBS
    56 4 500 USE EXCHANGE TO GET JOBS PENANG. Wed.- About 500 job-seekers have so far regls- tered with the Penang employment Exchange since it wa.s opened last week. The manager. Mr. Chla Siew Yin. said today that two were found jobs as cooks. Others are still waiting to be interviewed by
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    New appointment
    17 4 KOTA TINGGI. Wed. —Mr. Tan Bian Guan, Police Inspector here has been posted to Pengerang.
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    Hawker fined
    19 4 MUAR, Wed— Goh Park Hoon was fined $10 for hawkIng pork at Jalan Arab without a licence.
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    Break-away union protests to Goode
    229 4 Break-away union protests to Goode rE 300-STRONG Department of Civil Aviation Workers' Union one of three unions which broke away from the Council of Action has complained to the Singapore Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode. that certain senior officers in the department are disrupting the union. The union's
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    Visitor finds Malaya 'so friendly'
    145 4 Visitor finds Malaya 'so friendly' THE multi-racial peoples of Malaya get along very well with each other and take a keen interest in political aflair.s. Mr John Batton. Information Officer to Malaya House. London, told the Strait* Timp.s yesterday when he arrived by air from Kuala Lumpur. H t haa
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    Awards for long service workers
    62 4 MALACCA. Wed. Fifty-one workers of Dunlop Malayan Estates Ltd. will receive lone service awards at a tra-partv I to be held at the Bukit Sebu- kor house of the managinc director on Friday. Those with 25 years' .service will set gold watches Gold and silver
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    Had no permit: fined $15
    41 4 Had no permit: fined $15 KOTA TINGGI, Wed.— A woman, Ng Heng Yoke, of Sungei Besi mines, was fined $15 here for moving 12 note book.s in a restricted area wlih- out a permit. She nad a permit for other articles.
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    New hospital block will treat million patients a year
    227 5 New hospital block will treat million patients a year SETTING AN EXAMPLE T'HK new $750,000 out-patients block at Singapore General Hospital was opened yesterday by Legislative Councillor Mr. C. C. Tan. Thr block provides Sineaporo with its first proper out-patient accommodation and will serve nearly, a million, people- a year
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    BIG PLEASURE PLAN FOR SPORE
    189 5 City to spend over $1 mil. on parks, pools, gardens /pHK ESTATES and Fire Brigade Committee of the City ounril ha> approved plans to spend over $1,000,000 next year for special servicein Singapore's parks, open spares and swimming: pools. The programme Includes: $300,000 to develop
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    INDIAN SOLDIERS DUETODAY
    139 5 INDIAN SOLDIERS DUE TODAY TVHK second batch of the Indian Custodian Forces', comprising 1.27R n:* aid rren. arrives in Singapore this morning in th--J.iladurga. Thr contingent i.< a \>ay to aupenrlae the ex'■hans" of war prisoners in Korea. Commanded by Lt. Co! BJ tho contingent con>f '21 oflficers. 39 junior
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    Acquitted on duty charge
    127 5 JoIIORE BAHRU, Wed. Cheah Ouan TBO, of Beach Road Singapore, was acquitted today of being concerned in an attempt to evade $586 ni duty. Mr. R. H Green, for Cheah. submitted that there was no evidence that the goods In question were in the possession of
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    PHONE CALL THEY SHUN
    105 5 SINGAPORE and the Federation on Monday resumed I telephone communication with 1 West Germany for the first tune ainoc September. 1939. But .so far there has not been any business call to We.st Germany, an official of the Oriental Telephone and Electric Company told the Strips
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    Youths plan contest
    92 5 MALACCA. WM AN t>nt*«t *-Ul be hrld ,m S< pt. II hv the >uth Council. The winnr r will represent it Mir Mr»Uv*n Youth Ounnl eratnrlrai ron- Lumpur on 10 Contestant* win speak on nne of the fniinwinc The future of Malaya Lg In JTouth.* 1 "A
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    MERCHANT DENIES $11,200 OIL CHARGE
    214 5 A SINGAPORE businessman claimed in court yrsterA^ day that he had bought oil involved in a criminal breach of trust charge. Teo Hock Chuan, manager of Chuan Schk and Co.. North Bridge Road, was charged with criminal breach of trust of 80 dnißU of white
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    Schoolboys learn to be farmers
    41 5 RAUB. Wed. The Agricultural Department is running practical training courses in agriculture for Malay school-^ boy.s In West Pahang. Twenty live boys from l.ipis and Kuub districts are atteudlng tin- preaent course .ii lh>n>; Malay School.
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    Union drops issue
    77 5 The Singapore City Council Services Union, which has bc-rn con.siderinp action against, the City Councillor, Mr. A. R Lazarous. has decided to drop the issue. Mr. Lazarous is alleged to have made objectionable remarks about a City clerk. The unkm'a president Teh Choor Koat. amid last night:
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    New Matron
    31 5 TELUK ANSON. Wed. MrNauchton has been appointed Matron of the District Hospital here She takes over rrom Miss \l. c. F. Williams, i now in Ensland on leave. i
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    2 ACCUSED OF ARMED ROBBERY
    63 5 2 ACCUSED OF ARMED ROBBERY BUTTKR WORTH, Wed Ant: Cheng I.ian <27 and Khor Rak Khnw (28 1 were rharged with armed Rang rnbhrrAnj; and Khor. with three others not In custody, were alto have robbed" a C! family on A>m 9 at Permatanc Batu. Bukit liertajam, of ca.>h and
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    Constable took dollar bribe
    69 5 a nah-monger, chunc t Liang, WM finrd $30 in a K>re court yesterday for offering one dollar to n special an inducement not to summon him for going a traffic light. icctor A D. Jacob*, pro secuting, said thnt on Aug. 11 18 a m. at
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      Land And The Master Plan
      515 6 litI it an a Singapore inns, Singapore's master planner returned yesterday to the vit;tl question of land. It i> two years now since Sir I pier exavasasd the ii.it ■peculation in land interfering with proper ng for the Colony's devi--nt. and that legislative needed t.i
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      T.U.C. And State Industry
      313 6 From the British Trades I'nion Congress, a body whose loyalty to Labour and Socialism is hardly in question, has come yet another warning against nationalisation. Labour organisations in Malaya which are warming to the odd belief that nationalisation might be the salvation of the rubber and
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      Dearer Cigarettes
      321 6 An increase in the duty on tobacco and cigarettes is the time honoured remedy for an empty exchequer. The Federation hopes to collect from the new duties an additional $6 million for the rest of the year and from $18 million to S2O million in a full twelve
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    Reds—in 'a glass house' blame West
    957 6 Reds— in 'a glass house' blame West THE Russian note to the Western Powers carries a peculiar accusation from a country which brought out troops and tanks to suppress a spontaneous strike of workers in the Soviet sector of Berlin on June 16 and 17, with the result that a
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    Village poll becomes a testing ground
    430 6 EXPERIMENT IX POIIIMS llv a Nlaff 4 TEN MILES north of Kuala Lumpur, at the foot of a small range of hills, lies the village of Serdang Bahru a cluster of wooden shackssoon to be the scene of an experiment which may reshape the
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      128 6 More tax rises urged THE increased Import duty on tobacco and cigarettes will not hurt anyone and there are even more imports which might merit hicher duties say ten cents a gallon on petrol and 50 per cent on tyres which contain .synthetic rubber. The prr.scnt duty on petrol is
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      'Rights come slowly'
      123 6 rIE letter by "Pro British" headed "Be sensible about civil rißht.s" said that he felt the British had even %one too far and too fast, in j the matter of extending civil rights, quoting the right to vote for Legislative or City Councils. I am at a
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      ALLIANCE VICTORY IN SEREMBAN
      306 6 THE Press, in referring to the Seremban Town Council Elections in my opinion, has unduly stressed the success of the M.C A.-U.M.N.O. i Alliance In winning ten of the twelve seats. The fact is overlooked that it was a communal victory for the M.C.A. I and
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      55,000 HOMES MISSING
      67 6 IT WAS reported In your! paper.s some time ago that the S.I.T. was seeking Government approval to build cheap houses to sell at $5,000 each. If the 8.1. T. were given per- mLssion to embaijc upon the scheme it would no doubt help many of us to
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      CINEMAGOERS WONDER WHY
      230 6 IT seems the management of I the Re\ cinema In Kuala Lumpur owes the public an explanation and an apology —for the arbitrary manner in which >4 The Sound Barrier" v.us taken off during the weekend This film, retognlsed as one of the best of ltd type
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    371 6 To the people I SKK it Miecested that the people." or should I peoples." of Malaya should be consulted on whether they want elections held in II Or, indeed In any near future before they are saridlrri with all the costly paraphernalia ol polls, pressure croup* and
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    MAYOR'S PARLOUR PLAN IS APPROVED
    52 7 MAYOR'S PARLOUR PLAN IS APPROVED A BINUAP< t y Council committn has plan 1 1 lour, mrmbUtf and robing rooms In thr C 1 the P' r room. ■i it tee .■lff! Hall will omVr^ and the A pm mlses on Coum il l;md in which are no Hall. s
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    Illegal sales: $9
    9 7 Illegal sales: $9 KOTA TINOOI Wed Jiong wa.<- for
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    MAGISTRATE TELLS OF SLAP AFTER CASE
    66 7 JO!! r>f K cam.st Hoo Ah line, he man, and Tot Chew in a case and h:\ tired to his chambers. Fno came in holding a hand over his face. He complained that Hod had slapped him as he leaving the O After iiirther
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    Corruption probe man tells of a trap for clerk
    475 7 p)I.Lo\YI\(. ALLEGATIONS of corruption against the chief clerk of the Department Mr, C. W. Lvlc, head of the Singapore Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, told one of his investigators to pose us merchant who wanted lo ;< tin of condensed milk analysed
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    MEN KEPT ABOARD: PROTEST BY INDIA
    107 7 NEW DELHI. Wed. INDIA has protested to M a 1 a y a against Penanjf port authorities refusing to allow Indian ambulance unit derK passengers to land on July 27. The men were on their way from Korea. the deputy Foreign Minister. Mr. A.
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    RED BILL MYSTERY
    51 7 i i OMMI MM nosier «.is jrestertlaj found <vi ,i si-nhoarri outside thr J.ipant-M' Consul General's house in <;arli<k \v«'M!ie. off Holland Road. Singapore. The slogans )m the poster, written in Chinese. ■elm studied by Snerial Branch officers. The poster was stuck to the hoard with gretn
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    Teacher returns from Coronation
    29 7 KUALA KANGSAR. Wed. N C Partridge Principal Methodist Girls' s<-!kk.i vi ded the i d girls' schools n Britain Ireland and the •'•ntii :rned to
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    Expert from London to probe claim
    88 7 Expert from London to probe claim AN engineering expert fiom London was asked by the Singapore City Council yesterday to Investigate a $2. 500.000 claim a^ain.st the Counrfl. The claim has been made by contractor! building the Pasir Panjang power station. The claim includes $697 500 for inefficiency of labour
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    Off to Britain
    31 7 KUALA KAKGSAR, Wed M L Anderson, nursing sister, has gone on leave to Britain and Miss M. L. C. c.irroli has succeeded her at the Women's Haspital. here
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    MENON TO TOUR INDIAN SETTLEMENTS
    69 7 During his coming tour of t.ie Federation. Mr M. Gopala Menon, Indian Governmen; Representative in Malaya, will Indian settlements at Tanjone Karang and Chua. H a. ll attend the official iation of the Speaker of the Federal Legislative Counsel will also call on the an
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    MUST PAY WIFE $75 A MONTH
    181 7 TEC- CHONG CHEE. a broker <>1 Bukit Ho Swee yesterday was ordered by the Sin»apore Sixth Police Court Magistrate. Mr. RBI Pate.s. to pay his wife $75 a month as maintenance for their three children. The payments are to be"in next Tuei The com-t'made
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    100 give up pay
    35 7 KIANC: Wed More than 100 teachers from 16 Chinese schools in Klane and Const have each given a Hay's pay to <he Nanyang University fund. More than $900 has b*en collected.
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    Brothers fought
    31 7 MUAR. Wed.— Two brothers YonK See Ling and Yonß Ch'vep I.im who fought each other at Ik new village, were eat h liiiu! $5 at Muar for disorderly conduct.
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    Dance girls give Nanyang $10,000
    76 7 Singapore's dance hOtSMM have given $1 J. 196 to the Nanyang University Fund The money was raised by a •Charity Week" in live city dance halls troni May 4 to 9. (lie Mjiniiuiah liinte .Mn lianiftl Noor and ln»h«Alkliil J.ilii bin Sulriman. at thrir h.-rsandinc
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    $2 BRIBE GETS HIM $100 FINE
    144 7 A SEAMAN, Tan Jok Kai. A was fined $100 by the Singapore Sixth Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, yesterday. lor offering $2 to a police constable as an inducement not to charge him with a traltic offence. Mr. H. D. McConnell. ASP.. prosecuting,
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    Hindu youth group report
    85 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed —The Hindu Youth Organisation here .said in its annui'i report published today that its main object us to promote religious consciousness among their youth. "Our policy is to build up our organisation and in thi.s we arc in reeding." stated the report The
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    Play aids W.I.
    38 7 KUALA KANGSAR. Wed. The Kuala Kangsar Malay College Dramatic Society w'i present Shakespeare's traeetly Macbeth at the Clifford School hall here on September 5. 4 and 5 to raise funds for the Women's institute here.
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    CAR PARK MAY REVERT TO GOVT.
    183 7 T'HK Singapore Chamber of OMMMCree ami thr Sinvapgjfa Club are unlikely to build then new premises on portion of the Collyer Quay iai park which the Government le.t.Nt-d to them Mr N A Mallal. Legislative Councillor, who last year unpuccpssfully mover! a vnt^ of
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    HOODOO SHIP GETS 'OK'
    142 7 HOODOO SHIP GETS 'OK' 'Till Panamanian owned 7 063-ton freighter (ahgera returned to Singapore yesterday after a lti-day spell of bad luck that cost her owners about sin 000 a day. During that time the vessel was held fast on a sandbar 35 miles off Port Suettenham. despite the efforts
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    SIX MEN DEBATE POLYGAMY PROBLEM
    194 7 SIX MEN DEBATE POLYGAMY PROBLEM pOLYGAMY la an outrage to decency and a reversion ;malLsrh. said three Singapore men M. A. Majeed, S. G. Pereira and P. P. Daniel— in a debate at 41 Base Workshop R.E.M.E. in Bukit Timah Road Singapore. The men were speaking for the motion that
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    Power house jetty by year end
    91 7 A JETTY to land fuel for the Singapore Pa*ir Panjan« power station is expected to be completed at the end of the year, the Straits Times was told yesterday. When Hie contract for building the gtatlcn Mi l<"t, the Jetty was not an item.
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    U.K. course for Malayan girl
    51 7 M.ss G. A Janakibai. dauchtfr of Mr K. A. Pillai. of the District Office. Kuala Krai. K^lantai will leave for Britain shortly to take up a 4-year Health Visitors Course at Southampton hospital. From Southampton .she will go to Amer;ca for a course at Harvard
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    STORE SHOWS THE WAY
    143 7 says world youth leader AN authority on youth organisations said yesterday that the work done by the Singapore Youth Council was the most impressive in Smith -east Ho la Mr. Donald Carter, travelling secretary of the World Assembly of Youth who la spendine :i in Singapore
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    Married life was 'unhappy'
    142 7 Married life was 'unhappy' MR. T. H. Stewart, a chief officer of the Straits Steamship Company, who sued his wife for divorce <old thr Singapore High Court yesterday: "My unhappy married life was due to my wife's relationships with other men." Mr. Stewart, who brought the petition on the sjround
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    Post confirmed
    36 7 LONDON. Wed The appointment of Franris Arthur BriKKs. Puisne Judge i n thp Federation of Malaya. to he Just ire of Appeal Eastern Afriran Court of Appeal was annminred In tonight's Londnn Gazette -Renter
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    Harbour fire
    26 7 PENANG. Wed— The Penans Harbour Board tug. Senut eauchf fire Uui nicht The flrr was put out within a few minutes by the crew.
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    Appeal Court
    18 7 IPOH. Wed. The Federation Civil Appeal Court will sl\ In thr Ipnh Supreme Court next Monday.
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    Clerical union picks officer
    61 7 MALACCA. Wed -Malacca Government Clerical Services Union officers are: PrrMrtent. Mr 1.. J Fern«nril»; Vlce-Presldent, Mi F M ArumuIr. R Vukatara* m;m ',iry. Mr. A M. •r. Mi Ynng Ynpg; Krni.. mceuUve council member*. n, Stem Mun Ftwk, A F. r>;i\^cn Hertor Oeh. H N. Dta*
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    Accused of gun threat to woman
    46 7 IPOH Wed. Ton .loon Fon, 36. pleaded not cuiltv here today to enterinc Wonc I-al Hengs house In Kampar Rnad and intimidaMns: he r with a pi.^to! The case was adjourned until Sept. in and Too was allowed $250 bail.
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    New Asst. D.O.
    44 7 SITIAWAN. Wed. Inrhft Shabdin bin Mohd Hashim from Kedah ha.s been transferred as Assistant District Offlcer, Dniflmcs in place of Mr. W. I Glass who will en to Cameron Hiehlands at th^ end of thr month for a course in Chinese.
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    Padang concert
    21 7 IPOH. Wed The Perak Phliharmontr Orchestra '-urs. will n-ihi uire at the Ipoh Pnd?na Pavilion at 6 p.m on
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    HQ opening
    28 7 ITOH \\>d. The Sultan of Perak will open the Kuala Kanssar District Home OiMrd headquarters on Sept. 4. A concert will be held in th« eratfne.
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      128 7 The Weather Minimum temprraturp 1 7 30 p.m on Aug. 25 to 7.30 a.m. on Aiiß2f>': Singapore (77 degrees i. Penann '75 1, Kota Bahru 1 74. Kuala Lumpur < 73 > Ipoh '73 1, Kuantan (72 M.i\imum temprraturr (7.30 am. to 7 30 p.m. on Aug. 26': Singapore (89i.
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    SWEEP BAN FORCED MCA TO STOP RECRUITING
    372 8 5/ r Cheng-lock says: Tru th is we have no money THE president of the Malayan Chinese Association, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Ja"- *a'd yesterday that thr lotteries ban h/d forced the M.C.A. to stop recruiting men for the Federation Regiment and the police
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    WOMEN SEE THE SECRETS OF MARILYN
    226 8 HOW to makr a tailor's dummy to thr exact mMsurrmenls o( your own figure was demonstrated yesterday on the dummy, shown below. The dummy has been nicknamed Marilyn .Monroe. Thr demonstration, by the vice-president <»f Ratarj laawi Wherirrs. .Mrs. h. it. Winter, irffc of
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    Man stabbed and dumped into river
    65 8 Man stabbed and dumped into river SINGAPORE police arp investigating thr murder nf a man whose body was found yesterday floating in thr River Tuas off Jurong. He had been stabbed In the back three times and both his Ire* wore tied. An arm is mlsA police spokesman said that
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    Allowed $500 bail on bribe charge
    70 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wod. Thye Kirn was rhargpd in the Poliro Court today w.th Firing a bnbo of 20 cent* to a pnii, -(man a: Tampot to Wleane a man who had born ;ird for movine (oodstufTs in a restricted area without a permit He
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    Survey work lags behind
    46 8 Survey work In Sincapore is two and a half years in arrears, said Mr. I. C Booth. Chief Surveyor, at I press conference yesterday. He snid that the Survey Dfrpartm :.< would be at the peak of its capacity in another two years.
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    Boy, 13, accused
    45 8 A n-year-old schoolboy was tentatively charged in the Singapore Fifth Po]:ee Court yesterday wljh the murr'er of Ram Singh, son of Bachan Singh, at Fisher Street ~m Aug 24 The charge was explained to him and he was remanded for a week
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    100 apply for 30 plots of airport land
    154 8 100 apply for 30 plots of airport land YEARLY inn people have applied to the Sincapore A^ Land Office for 30 plots of land at Kirn Chuan Avenue. Paya Lebar. which are for rent. One application ram from Kuala Lipis. Pahang. The Commissioner for Lands. Mr, J. E. Pepper, told
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    TUG SAILS TO MEET FREIGHTER
    98 8 TUG SAILS TO MEET FREIGHTER T'HK Singapore Harbour Board's cliesel-electriogtug Skilful left Singapore yesterday for fhe IVorsnurgh Jighthoiise to meet the* Japane.se freighter Fuii.san Maru. Tlie FujLsan Mam Ls being towed to harbour by V.\ Griper after bn-aking down 4'jn miles from Singapore laat week The Skilful was clue to
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    Overload costs him $100
    38 8 .TOIIOHK RXHRU. Wed. For rarrying an overload of one lon oi rand In hi* lorry, chai Nionu w:i.^ Intro $tuo in the Police Court today (n i (don ;tifi rain made the sand heavy
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    Town elections
    31 8 In the Se-emban town elections on s Mrfl Stanley P^nn:ah i Independent* was beaten by Mr Imi Ewe Lav <-MVO-MCA' for M vote? Nn candidate lr?t his deposit. i
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    $12,000 FOR FURNITURE
    52 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Additional furniture and equipment worth $12,000 have been bought for the residence of the Mentri Besar, Johore. The Standing Committee on Finance of the Johore State j Council says this i.s to bring it to the standard of furnishing Of Mich houses in the
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    Partners fined $150 each
    56 8 Liv Shlh Tsan and Hu Chlu Foo. partners of South Pea Co.. were at a SlngaDore court yesterday lined $150 each for having for sale shirts bearing false tr:»dc mark. Ordering that 211 shirts seized irom their nhon be rereturned, the Judge Mr Tan Ah Tah
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    UP-TO-DATE MAP OUT SOON
    89 8 The first revised large-scale coloured, standard map. Is exma D of Singapore to be made P«ct»<* to be produced by 1955. .l Maps of Singapore now Sf? flu nfnntT ,h "VJSS are reprint: of Army in a few months. the Chief maps b SPd on prf
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    Health service is praised
    59 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed— A tafk on tropical hygiene was i given to members of the Rotary I Club here'yesterday by Mr W B Tanner who has for many I been engaged .v cvi rvlng out sanitation service in China Fa*t Africa, the Pacific and Malaya. The
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    Sailing away to freedom
    89 8 MARIAN BUNKS, xhovv 31-yrar old Polish rrfucre from the Communists. s:ul ed from Singapore vostrrri;i> as a sraman in the American tanker St. Christopher. Itound for the L'nited States. Nearly three months au<>. Mv Lin and two other sailors who had fled from behind the Iron
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    PEPLER'S ATTACK ON LAND GRABBERS
    254 8 PEPLER'S ATTACK ON LAND GRABBERS SIR George Pepl^r Sinz<; town planning expert, sairi yesterday that thr retnedj for overcrowding Is to mov< people and industry 4 o open spaces where new commumt.e.s can be built. Every corrmunity should have n.om in which to live, work and play, he said. Sir
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    Their buffaloes damaged trees
    59 8 MALACCA, Wed— Five Mai lays three women and two men yesterday pleaded guilty In the Alor Gajah magistrates I court to allowing their buffaloes to stray, damaging young rubber trees on Gadek Estate Postponing the case to l r for sentence, ihe magistrate. Mr. R. Iyer,
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    Weekend trip to Tokyo
    54 8 PENANG, Wed— Dr. R. E.. Anderson, acting Director of Medical Services, will leave Penang for Tokyo at the I weekend to attend the World Health Organisation regional conference M a Federation representative. The conference to «v world health programmes for next year, will he held from
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    Talking shop
    243 9 *THK bric-a-brac shop 1 has some nr\v Holes from Siam. Thry arr made of texturrd silk in bpautiful clowing colours that thr Siamese make so well. Tho stolrs have fringrd rnds and are patterned with sold and silver thread. FOR people looklnp for a dining-room suite. You might
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    No, no,NOT that tray!
    193 9 This pretty Indo-Chin-ese model shoirs hou smart a slenderly built Asian woman can loo! in one of Christian Dior's neic creations. or I hi* LEFT: This beige gabardine ensemble by Dior has a hiplength jacket lined with the scarf slipped in the highwaisted bodice. He names
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    BUT AVOID THIS ODDITY
    143 9 BUT AVOID THIS ODDITY truly unpleasant pleated design is not a mistake on the part of the designer. It does not mean he is "slipping." All fashion showings of great importance include at least one shocker." This has a tonic effect on the jaundiced fashion writers and fashion artists rhat
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      181 9 The economical :^^^^^Trr io-oz. tm this nourishing Weaning Food As the first step towards grown-up metis, give your baby Farex. This ready-cooked weaning food can be mixed in a moment with milk, fruit juices, milk puddings and other foods. Give Farex ever)' day and you will give your baby the
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    TIN SHARES IMPROVE: INDUSTRIALS STEADY, QUIET i
    353 10 TIN SHARES IMPROVE: INDUSTRIALS STEADY, QUIET i TIN JUMPS, RUBBER EASIER 'THE Singapore share market continued to improve yesterday when there was a hotter demand for tin shares at fractionally higher prices, and rather more business done. The rise in the price of tin for the third consecutive day apparently
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    Australian stocks
    157 10 MELBOURNE, Wed. •pHE strength of the general Investmeiv market maintain- ed today 881 the Stock Exchange RLsrs easily outnumbered falls but mont move* were narrow. Several Issues responded favourably in higher profit and dividend announcements. share* wrre ltttle firmer. Bonds moved up on strong nuving. 'en issues rising
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    Produce prices
    71 10 i Singapore Chinese Prndarc El- i rhange: Noon prices per picul were September *33-« buvrri «34 sellers October $33 >4 «34 /tellers Coconut oil: up 50 cent*; $54 PeppT easier; Small business rrported. White unchanged, black riown «i Muntok whl'e $330; ■c *325. Lampong black $280 Lewis and
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    Exchange rates
    58 10 The MaUvan Exchange Bunks made the following aleration in its rates to merchant* i esterdav French francs, selling. TT. or ■>P 11.33fi. reidv On he free "\change market In Rone Konc vesterdar the U.S. dollar «a.t ouo»ed a< *****S for cash and T T Sterling »as quoted at
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    RUBBER PRICES
    115 10 On a vn\ quiot Singapore rubbrr markot yrs'rrriay Soptrnibrr first (jr'arlp rio.srd at o4 :i, rrnts a ponnri. onr-rishth of a i-rnt below Tuesday'! close. There «nu very small business at around the previous j Thr quirt. Closlnc prices yestrrriay in ren•« .id wart: No. 1 RSP -pot
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    TIN PRICE
    18 10 Thr nrirr of Irn In Sinrrviprd.iv was rlpilir rl m S-501R7', a picul. up SI >r
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    Singapore shipping
    183 10 CHIPS lying alongside the Sing*- pore Harbour Etonrd whsrven or expertrd tod.iv are: Mindoro 12 l,ampong 3. Rondo 4S. Martin Bakkp C P Sunny\ille fi 7. Choywms R. Bentonc 9. Benvannoch 11. President Johnson 13 14 Eurvbate.s 15-lfi. Aagtekerk 18. ckrr 10 20. Angbv 21 22. Oiuf Maenk
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    WALL STREET
    119 10 Nf«' YORK WtM I"HF Btnek Market ye«tprrlay pu' un \r~\- Utt)f rp.«istanrt> nnd 'hr> r.Mlrn.irl nvrracp sr>r a nfw 10S3 low Th»> vnlumf acain 'enrlrrl tr> fnlarc he mr(ln body sufTrrryl new brnan-fiont declines ranglnc up to one point. Thl.« market in some sprr iailMe.«: resulted In larse
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      Bank save game with late goal
      216 11 Bank save game with late goal SINGAPORE Cold Storage put up their best display so fur this season by holding the formidable Hongkong Bunk U*ain league leaders to one ;ill draw in an exciting Div. "A" matrh at .Jalan Bestir stadium yesterday, ■tank omiM not praducc the ten :n which
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      Gentlemen out for 157
      120 11 LONDON. Wed. THE Gentlemen of England were all out for 157 tea interval at Lord's today in thr first day of their match against the Au.vtralian.s. The Australians were 95 for at !">> ol play (.1 s h (i! ENGLAND— Ist Inns Simpson b iikjwhl! 1
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      ALL-INDONESIA BEATEN 2-0
      38 11 JAKARTA. Wed. An AllIndonesia soccer eleven lost 2-0 to a Yugoslav touring team here this evening. Both goals were scored in tho second half. A record of 60.000 watched the match. John Ferguson 'Singapore' refereed.
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      SHOOT WINNERS
      37 11 Rrsuli.s of the Slnijapore Rifle Association spoon shoot held en Sunday were Spoon Mnners Net 1 score 1 MmwHl 99 Handicap score sh t>> WO.II Rnealson inofi7: Handle i;i mdif SR >a> LCI MbbmU 101.86.
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      MIXED FOURSOME
      26 11 fhf island Club* Aucu.m Mlxe Fotir.«ome rompeM'ion playeH on Sunday was won by Mr Az Mrs V Clements with a ne'; srorr of 72.
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      SINGAPORE TIDES
      37 11 H»l>\\ Hlwh 12 30 hr« lM); low Ofi 18 hr.v < 10) and 18 18 hr.2.1 i IOMOKROW: H "Rli. HM aVI ***** and 13.01 his 1M1; Lmt, Ofi S2 hrn ilsi and 19.00 his. 11.61.
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      Shell upset F&N with ten men at The Valley'
      391 11 CHKLL A" playing wit Neave 2—l in a f Cup competition game at terday. F. N., who are the Hongkong Bank so far favourites yesterday, but extra to gain a well-deser h ton men, upsot Fraser ast Div. "A I^oajfiio and
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      S.B.A. junior results
      142 11 SIX more ties of the Singapore junior badminton champK-asnips were completed iar the Singapore Badminton I Hall last night 111 the :igle.s. Oh Chlap Choon had little difficulty in entering the fifth round by beating Amir Ahmad while Sani had to fight hard Gan Ben^ Choon. There
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      CHARTERED BANK HOLD M.P.H. 1-1 CHWEE KOK FAILS TO BEAT RECORD
      453 11 CHARTERED BANK HOLD M.P.H. 1-1 CHWEE KOK FAILS TO BEAT RECORD (CHARTER fc)D Bank Sports aib and Malaya Publishing Hou.se S.C. fought out a i thiilling one-all draw in their i M and Cup competition I'iv B s:ame at the S H.B. ground yesterday. Other Div. B results: STANVAC SpoVts
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      Strong Services XI for Sunday's game
      266 11 pOMBINFD Services will be fielding a fast and sharpy shooting; forward line against Business Houses in the Feith Cup charity match at Jalan Besar stadium on Sunday in aid of the Armed Services Welfare Association. Hill. Davenport, Brewer Punter and Mclvor struck up a
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      Game postponed
      24 11 TIM SAKA Comnninlv lcuuur Kiiue between Indians and B) ■na schedulivi to be played m J;«lan Benur Stadium today hiis tx-cn postponed
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      JOVIALS WIN 5-3
      35 11 J"\l.,! YOUnr*teri bear Owrn •ten s-3 in Friendly wnr match at Farter Park jresren Ralftkruthnan <2 1 anri fOr'nav<tr«<l for ,To\ 1 1 ]j, jr/ tl'k and Sinnjcambv |]i I r <">•• t.
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      31 11 v<M S\|- Junior up: Trarlion I niun > 7amprni« Kovriv. Ovlant; Royal \ir Fonr Irntah Krhrnaran < KOIX A tround <i:i( KET < omhinrd Srhimlv v OvCfWBI S«ho«llMi\s. R»fTlr, Invlilntion I ground. 11 a.m.
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    FIFTH WIN FOR SUDDEN CHOICE
    2416 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By Good double for Harry McCloud KIALA LI.MIMR, Wednesday. gUDDEN (HOICK chalked up his fifth win of the season when he whipped a fairly usefu Class Three field over a mile here this afternoon, second da> of the Selangor Turf Club August meeting.
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    BIG SWEEP
    60 12 TOTAL POOL 52M..123 Ist No. *****7 (570.1W)) 2nd No .'{HSRBI < 5:5<».7.14 3rd No. .{***** 'S|9KK7> STARTKRs ($2.4 M each. Nos. 3«'.'.-)'2:. 211K74. !(MiBBB *****2. 11H.V,:?. *****1 21M5S. .11 0862. (INSOLATION -1 Ml ra«h): Nos 5M294. 1721H? S2CTM. *****0. *****3. ?«38.iH ioo;i.{. HUM r>RB:>2. .i2.-)i«7 DOUBU TOTK: First
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    AUSTRALIAN TENNIS TO HELP BRITAIN
    568 12 AUSTRALIAN TENNIS TO HELP BRITAIN H\ Special Correspondent LONDON, Wed. AUSTRALIAN •powerhouse" lawn tennis best in the world at present —is coins to he taueht to Britain s promising #iuncvtorv providing they want lo learn. Instructors will be AustraUana Peter ("awthorne and Don Tregonning. familiar ficures on the British and
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    Len Hutton tops Test averages
    300 12 In special orrrspmulont I BN HITTON. England's first pr«fesaUna] eaptaia, a personal triumph while leading his rnuntry to victory in thr recent IVxt s«-rirs AgaJnti Australia. Ho was top nl the tetting averages, and made the highest Individual score af the serirs Hut ton in
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