Malaya Tribune, 16 August 1949

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    62 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Ttt Tribune" Spore LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone SSII/3 Nine Lino fuliisnsa *%mvdi»r**vM#*y at Singapore, a. mm*' uumpur, Ipoh and Penang. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E *~*»J*T&
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    THREE POWER TALKS on SYRIA
    190 1 A.P. LONDON. Mon. Britain is to discuss Sunday's military coup in Syria with uteri States and Fiance I a we!! as with Transjordan J Iraq- before she decides j on her relations with the new Syrian regime, a Foreign office spokesman said today, t There
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    ARMS-AID OK'D
    36 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Mon.- The Houir of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee today approved without cuts I'tesident Truman's arms-for-Kurope programme. The Committee refused to include an authorisation for an alius aid programme for non-Communist China. —Reuter.
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    NEHRU REBUKES.REDS FROM RED FORT
    281 1 NEHRU REBUKES. REDS FROM RED FORT India Wants World Peace He Says i U.P. I NEW DELHI, Monday.—Prime Minister Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru «aid today that India is now strong enough to maintain internal peace J*nd to defend herself from any external aggression. He addressed more than half a million people
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    Explosion In India —19 Die
    59 1 U.P. BOMBAY, Mon.—Nineteen persons were ki'led on, Saturday in a factory explosion at Viswanathapuram. in Southern India, reports reaching Bombay said today. The blast occurred while workers were mixing chemicals for the manufacture of fireworks. Eleven of 30 victims buried under debris were seriously injured.
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    RIFLES, TEAR GAS USED IN KARACHI
    116 1 KARACHI. Mon.- One 1 Moslem was killed and several injured in disturbances 1 outside the staff quarters of i the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan in one of i Karachi's main thoroughI fares this afternoon. The disturbances followed the hoisting of an Indian Union
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    FRANCE RELENTS
    29 1 U.P. 1 STRASBOURG. Mon. Frcncn Foreign Minister Robert Schuman said today that France favours in principle the aomission of Western Germany to the Council of Rurooe. —U.P.
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    PEACE TALKS
    37 1 U.P. i LAUSANNE. Mon. Despite the political situation in Syria the United Nations Palestine Conciliation Comi mission met today with uele- sates of both Israel and Arab countries represented at the peace talks here. —U.P.
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    LOAN FOR INDIA
    24 1 WASrilWGfOrs, Mon. Negotiations for a World Bank can to develop India's lailway system were exported to br jompletcd here this week
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    Dutch Ban Flag Flying Tomorrow
    330 1 Reuter. BATAVIA, Monday. Dutch authorities in Indonesia announced tonight that they could not see their way to lift the ban on flying the red and white flag of the Indonesian Republic in time for the Republic's Independence Day celebrations on Aug. 17. _L The announcement
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    TRAIL OF THE KHAN'S JEWELS
    195 1 U.P. MARSEILLES, Mon.—The trail of the Aga Khan's stolen $765,000 worth of jewels reached across the Mediterranean today as French po'ice pin-pointed Algeria as a possible "escape route" for gang members taking the gems to their final underground market. The search was concentrated on the
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    New Cable Ceiling Rates
    185 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. New ceiling rates for telegrams between the United States and British Commonwealth countries except Canada will soon be recommended to the Governments concerned. This was decided at a telecommunications meeting of representatives of the United States and Commonwealth Governments which ended in London
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    2 British Ships Run China Blockade
    228 1 Reuter. HONGKONG, Monday. Two British ships today reached Hongkong after breaking through the Nationalist blockade around the ports of Shanghai and Tientsin. v One was the- 300-ton Edith I Moller. first ship to enter i Shanghai and safely get away again since the Nationalist
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    BELFAST TO VISIT PENANG
    65 1 H.M.S. Belfast, commanded by Captain E. K. Lemcsurier, M.8.E., R.N., and wearing the flag of Vice-Ad-miral Madden, C.8.E., R.N., will visit Penang on Saturday. August 20, arriving at 10.30 a.m. The Resident Commissioner, Penang, will make a formal call on Vice-Admiral Madden at 11 a.m. The
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    RESHUFFLE
    31 1 U.P. SOFIA. Mon. Bulgaria's new premier. Vasscl Kolarov. rcnuffled his government for th« second time in two weeks tolay ousting one Cabinet minister and a host of deputy ministera. —U.P.
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    BEVIN, CRIPPS FOR U. S. DOLLAR DISCUSSIONS
    105 1 U.P. WASHINGTON. Mon.—lt was learned today that Foreign Secretary Ernest, Bevin ar-i Chancellor of the Exche- q -or Sir Stafford Cripps want j to discuss short-term as well > as Ung-term remedies for Britain's dollar crisis when t they arrive here next month.
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    The Forgotten Flying-Boat
    53 1 Singapore Air Day sighti seers will not, after all, miss viewing the familiar flying boat. It was decided last Sunday to land a BO AC Bermuda flying boat at Kallang Basin. Alter It lands the 35-seat-er craft will be hauled up the slipway and thrown open for
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    More Arms For Hongkong
    69 1 t Above in the 7,300 ton •Benalbanach* which ar- rived in Singapore yester- I t day. i 'i*his ship was the first J to be loaded by troops during the recent London r S dock strike. Apart from the 51-ton Naval gunboats visible S on her
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    INDIANS EVACUATE OIL TOWN
    112 1 A.P. RANGOON. Monday. The lajority of Indian employees of i he British-owned Burmah Oil Company have been evacuated <rom the Central Burma oilfields at Yenaugyaung. where j enewed fighting was reported at the weekend, it was learned at the oil company's headuarters. Arrangements arc under way
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    RUBBER DEAL
    41 1 Reuter. LONDON. Mon.—The Economic Co-operation Administration Mission to Britain announced today that it has bought through the London rubber market about 21.000 long tons of natural crude rubber for the United States stockpile. The cost was about £2.100,--O<M;. —Reutcr.
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    RADIO MALAYA MAN NOW I WITH B.B.C.
    145 2 A once-familir.r voice over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya can now be heard in broadcasts to overseas listeners from the 8.8.C. It belongs to Peter Bond, popular figure in Singapore* "younger set." who returned to England in January after nine months of
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    TEACHERS ATTEND CLASSES
    223 2 THE Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, Dr. G. V. Allen this morning formally opened the teachers' vacation course at Raffles College. Over 500 teachers from the Federation and Singapore are attending the course. The course, which will last j for eight days is sponsored by the
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    Rotarians To Discuss T.B.
    57 2 MALACCA. Mon.—Malacca Rotarians will hold an open discussion at their tea meeting on Wednesday, on the proposition. "That this house is of the opinion that the control of tuberculosis is the responsibility of the public. Rotarian president Dr. R. H. Isaac will lead the discussion. The
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    $2.000 REWARD ON THEIR HEADS
    94 2 Both these men are members of what is known aa the Bat v Arang Gang. Rewards up to $2,000 will be paid by the Federation Police authorities to any person or persons giving information leading to the arrest of one or both of them. Tong
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    Fiying Club To Put On Air Show
    100 2 The Royal Singapore Flying Club will give a "novelty" show on Saturday s Air Day. Two stunting aricraft will fly ovc Kallang and spectators will hear through loudspeakers an excited dialogue between the "instructor' in one plane and a "woman pupil" in the
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    VICTORY SAVINGS
    22 2 The sale of Victory Savings Gertiflcat.es up to July 31 amounted to $865,524, it was officially announced in Kuala Lumpui.
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    UMNO TO MEET
    46 2 The United Malays' National Organisation will hold a twoday General Assembly on August .27 and 28 at Butterworth. Province Wellesley. The Assembly will be preceded by a UMNO's Women's Congress scheduled for August 25 and by the UMNO Youth Conference on August 26.
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    Prisoner Gets Another Sentence
    264 2 If. SELVARAJAH, alias Subramaniam, was yesterday sentenced in the First District Court to one year in prison for cheating Messrs. Sime Darby Co. Ltd.. of $6,125 worth of galvanized barbed wire and building materials. Selvaraiah is already serving an 18 month sentence in Kuala Lumpur prison
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    He Failed To Pay Duty
    64 2 A 29-year-Qld Teochew. Tan To!i Chlan was fined $4,000 by Mr. E. H. de Netto. Third Police Magistrate, yesterday for possessing 126 quarts and five pints of brandy and 20,000 cigarettes on which $1,211 duty had not been paid. Tan was arrested by revenue officers
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    NEXT MEETING
    15 2 MALACCA. Mon.—Malacca's Municipal Commissioners' next ordinary monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday.
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    EXTRA CHARGE FOR ARTISANS' QUARTERS
    122 2 Tenants of the old blocks i of Artisans' Quarters at Whampoa Estate may have to pay a "service chaige." This will be additional to rent and will cover watei. i conservancy and removal of j refuse. Occupants of the new?y- bui't blocks in this area
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    SINGAPORE MAN IN DEVON
    63 2 Singapore. Malayan and Thai students in England are attending a British Council summer course in South Devon where they are making a survey Qf village life. The students are Dr. D. P. Law of Singapore. Mr. K. I. Ooi of Malaya, and Mr. Nimboonchaj of Thailand.
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    Minerals Output In Colonies To Be Stepped Up
    165 2 THE Colonial Office is now drafting a plan to fitep- up the output of minerals in the British Colonies with the chief aim of increasing the Commonwealth's foreign exchange earnings. The Commissioner General's Office has revealed that a preliminary survey has now
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    SUICIDE
    42 2 Thong Yuen Choo, 19. a bookkeeper, was found dead beside a bottle containing a strong solution of caustic soda at his house »n Neil Road on August 5. At the inquiry yesterday. Mr. W. G. Porter returned a verdict of suicide.
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    For T.B. Patients
    22 2 The Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association Treatment Centre in Tanjonj; Road is nearing complehon The centre is attach.-d Andrew's MKsion Hospital
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    'TAIREA' BACK IN FAR EAST
    233 2 THE 7.933-ton Tairea. 26--yeajc-old B.r. boat and only surviving vessel of th. three-stack type, la back again on her Calcutta Far East run after a lapse of 20 year.. The other two three-funnel 8.1. ships, the Talamba and Takliwa were lost durin? the war. These
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    SINGAPORE FILM-FANS LIKE FARE 'HOT'
    272 2 SINGAPORE'S film-ians like their screen fare served h;>t" to them—with plenty of action, colour and WJ" has been clearly seen in surveys conduced h\ i" the Colony and the latest round-up made bj rib r. porter, proves to be no exception. Warner Bros' action-packed technicolour
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    SINGING MARIKA
    78 2 This U Marika Kokk. of the GjrjJJ stage and screen, v/ho i--. her debut in the nrst picture to come fry: country for cxhibjl Malaya. "Girl Of *3 is due at the Pavil week-end, and it la (25.035) and "Tap (19.732). 20TH I FOX "Street Name-* (22,5001 ARTISTS-
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      424 2 RIMTF TVF/TWORIt Ellington Orchestra; 11 p.m. Signal anil News; fi.M Recorded DLiUMLt HfXfTUnn n<)ge Down. music; 6.15 World Affair*.; «.»5 j ENGLISH: PROGRAMMES MALAY PROGRAMMES "''vvith M^mSSl 10 "^'A.* 6 8 trom K«a>»Lum- Tur n.. 7p m c OM n pur; 10.05 (approx.) Close Down. 12 im>o ii Programme Summary;
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    Squatter Plan In Johore
    134 3 I. bore Government is i preparing a big scheme for i the resettlement of squatters j in Johore (estimated to be about 1.50 C families) to a ;i safer area in Kcta Tinggi Distort. 1 Th Assistant Secretary Ch s flairs and the Com- cf Land
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    WORK BIGINS AT EMPRESS PLACE
    123 3 Municipality roaduorkers made an early start yesterday on the re-suriacing of se?tions of Empress Place, while roadrollers ploughed up the tar macadam inside the barrelenclosed traffic roundabout on the west atie of Anderson Bridge. There was an eJbst pBO tion on the bridge, too. Loneh-Uine
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    MOVE TO GIVE COMMISSION MORE POWER
    305 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) gINGAPORE Legislative Councillor, Mr. C. C. Tan will move an amendment to the government sponsored Public Services Commission Bill when it comes up for its second reading at the LegislativeCouncil meeting next week. Mr. Tan will seek to alter the bill
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    MECCA PILGREMS
    29 3 The latest date of arrivals for pilgrims to the Hejaz this season is, for those travelling by sea,. September 28. and for those -by air, September 29.
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    New Adviser
    24 3 Mr. B. Kuraaran, Indian Trade Union Officer, who has re«n appointed to the staff of the Trade Union Adviser's Department, Kuala Lumpur.
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    WE REGARD INDIA AS A FRIEND —Massey
    513 3 THE Australian Commissioner for. Malaya, Mr. 1 Claude Massey told a mass meeting organised by the Singapore Regional Indian Congress at the New World yesterday, that Australia looked to India as a friend in a partnership which stands for peace I and happiness.
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    Gift From Malaya
    42 3 Mr. Vakkom Ramakrishna. j a local artist, has drawn a 1 fe-size picture ot the Indian i'time Minister. Pandit Nehru, in commemoration of the second anniversary of Indian Independence Day. The original drawing has been sent to bandit Nehru.
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    Green Howards here today
    128 3 THE Green Howards, famous English Regiment, are due here this morning aboard the f Devonshire. But jungle war I will be nothing new to them They started learning in 1,803! I They have ajso done many year- in India. afU 1 their first tour of duty
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    164 NEW COMPANIES LAST YEAR
    101 3 A total cf 164 new companies with a nominal capital of $59,533,000 were registered in Singapore last year, and [j total number of firms uperat- ing was 1020. During the year seventeen companies were liquidated and six companies struck off the register and dissolved. Mr.
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    Seletar Gives Colourful Display
    168 3 THE austere atmosphere within Singapore's Naval 1 Base at Seletar was changed yesterday morning into a pageant of colour as Indian employees of R.N establishments went gay to celebrate the second anniversary of India'? independence. The Ashoka wheel tri-coiour flag of the Dominion of India fluttered
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    'Goodwill' Men Meet
    49 3 I KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The 'Goodwill' Communities Liaison Committee held meetings in Kuala Lumpur over the weekend and began consideration of the political aspects of tlie relations between the various communities. They will continue their Ui*susfrton at their next meetj ing in mid-Soptcmbei at Johore Bahru.
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    PLAN TO HELP VARSITY
    157 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Mr. W. F. C. Grenier of Kuala Lumpur in an effort to raise funds for the University of Malaya and the Malayan Association for Hie prevention of tuberculosis, recently made a "drive" on certain sportsmen (representative of all branches of sport) and amongst
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    GURKHAS BLITZ BANDIT CAMP
    73 3 SEGAMAT, Mon.—A patrol j of Ist/2nd Gurkha Rifles blitzed one of the largest bandit camps ever located in Johore and the Federation j since the Emergency while operating in the Labis area yesterday. The camp comprised 60 lean-to huts which were re- cently constructed and built
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    30 STRAYS
    40 3 The Public Relations Pub- He Address Van, accompanied the Veterinary Surgeon's Department's 'Blue Cross ambulance yesterday toured the Tiong Bahru-Henderson Road area. A total of 30 dogs were collected and 25 new licences were issued on the spot.
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    Dutch Views On Barter Trade
    309 3 The re-opening of four .smaller ports in Nias Island and others in Simeuloe both lying west of Sumatra is now being considered in Batavia, M.. R. W. R. Oliver. Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs told the Tribune. Singapore Secretariat for Economic Affairs has asked ttui
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    WORLD PHOTONEWS
    531 4 The British Ministry of Supply test a German FA i 330 Gyro Kite at the RAF Station, Calshot, Hampshire, England. I By the end of the war the* Germans had pro- duced 200 of these kites, uhi.-h were intended to I increase the observation > range of I
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    Duke Attacked A Child
    181 5 LONDON", Mon. Duke, a fve-year-Old Labrador ie- i triever. said to be 'the last dog m the world to hurt anyone." was ordered by Cut- rapton, Devon, magistrates i to be destroyed. The court was told that the g ravaged five-year-old Lo- Scott, daughter of a
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    BEST DRESSED WOMEN IN ENGLAND
    83 5 Reuter-AAP. ADELAIDE, Men. The i wenten oi Glasgow and Dntiare ti* best dreaeed in the United Kingdom, according to Adelaide business wo- I Mrs. R. Humphries. Mrs. Humphries has returned after six months in England and Scotland buying •ii a a and women.; clothing a
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    HE MET TRAINS OF KINGS
    70 5 LONDON, Mon. Before Ring left Wolfe? ton Station with the Queen on the Horn Sandringham to London he presented a pair gold eufi-links to Station Mastei Mi. F. A. .Joidan. who retiring after 28 years then.. j H« was chief clcr".< from j 19*6 ti.
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    HIS FATE
    33 5 M Albert Thomas Rendell, I, sitting in hi.s garden at vVeymouth. over-balanced whU trying to rescue a bird fror- cat, broke his leg, 11 dn d. VerdSt: at the inW«t: Misadventure.
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    MISCHIEF AT SPEED
    28 5 Allen Wright, of vi. Ox-lord, was said Rochester to have driver wagoa4oad oi monkeys at miles an hour through a Dl «"t-up area. Fine: £5.
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    NO NEED TO FEAR SHORTAGE OF SCOTCH WHISKY
    498 5 Dealers Are Confident They Can Roll Out The Barrels A.P. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, Monday.— THE worldwide demand for highballs with a highland flavour has reduced Scotch whisky supplies to the lowest level since the days of prohibition the United States. Bui industry leaders
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    Susan Gone, Now For Mischievous Maud
    154 5 BRISTOL. Monday. Stubborn Susan, 500 lb. bomb dropped by the Luftwaffe during the war on the Chittening Estate, near Avonmouth, has finally given in after a three-year battle of wits with members of No. 7 Bomb Disposal Company. She has been the company's most
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    DISMISSED PASTOR FACES CALL-UP
    103 5 LONDON. Mon. Honeymooning on a Buckinghamshire farm, Mr. Peter Ream, the sacked Methodist minister from Leighton Buzzard, said "Now there is a question of military service. "I am a pacifist. I am prepared to go before a tribunal. I have preached pacifism from the pulpit." Mr.
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    Built-In Gadgets
    324 5  -  (By HAL BOYLE A.P. FURNITURE has become so complicated by built-in gadgets that you can't even tell its function from an outside look. Soon we'll have to hang an index on each piece to know all it is capable of. You'll have to approach it by radar. As
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    Russians Dance For Germans
    77 5 Ctval «.kirts flying, I swords and smi.'es i flashing and Astrakhan caps t i!t4tl rctntohly, daneers Irom Georgia, t'SSR, i perform one ot their high l i kicking, loud yelling 3 i dances in BeHin on August 9. In the buck- i ground Is the iormer
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    BALLOON RECORD
    40 5 MELBOURNE. Australia, Mon.—lt was reported yestor- day that a meteorological j balloon, released near Sydney early this month, reached i record height of 24 miles be- tore bursting. Meteorological balloons normally burst at about rive to seven miles.
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    Red Union Starts A Peace Front
    93 5 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Mon. A "peace front against the threat of war" is being sponsored here by the Communistdominated Bengal Provincial Trade Union Congress. A resolution passed by the Council said "The people of India, in common with millions of people in every capitalistic country,
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    A LITTLE BROWN BAG MAY BRING HIM FORTUNE
    174 5 WREXHAM, DENBIGHSHIRE, Monday. An elusive fortune, which he has been seeking for 50 years, now dangies a little nearer Phillip Woolley, 74, of Overto*-oe-Dee near here. Ftfty years ago, his mother put in a claim for the fortune founded by Rcfcert Edwards,
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    Explosive Catch
    91 5 Reuter. SYDNEY, Mon. A S J yuiiey fisherman was 1 certain that be was going 2 to hcnd a fish oi the type J that always gets away, I when he iek a terrific Jj strain on his line. Instead his catch turn- ed out to be a
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    THE CYMBAL SECRET IS NEVER TOLD TO WOMEN
    356 5 A.P. NEW YORK, Mon. rE Avedts ZHdJian tami'y has held a secret for 326 years. "We don't tall It to the women." said ZUdilan. The father tells ti only to his j eldest son, and In time he I teiK It to
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    SOBER CONFIDENCE
    589 6 THE war against terrorism enters its fifteenth 1 month, and as yet there is no clear indication that its defeat is near at hand. Though Government spokesmen have reported progress, they have never ventured to give us an idea as to when we can expect the Emergency to
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    UNITY, YES-BUT WHERE IS THE FOUNDATION?
    1635 6  -  By TAN SIEW SIN THE Constitutional Proposals for Malaya formulated by the Anglo-Malay Working Committee and published in December 1946. makes this observation "Before proceeding to the detailed consideration of the various categories of persons who should be included as citizens, the Committee wished
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    OBITUARY FOR A REPORTER
    377 6 A.P. THERE is no need to write an obituary for a good reporter. He's already done it himself—ln stories which gave people a picture of the times they lived in. But I do want to tell you something about one reporter, and why he was good.
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    AMERICA'S WORST FOREST FIRE IN 40 YEARS
    921 6  -  American Newsletter By JOHN KERIGAN U.S.I.S. DESPITE the onset of the hot midsummer days and their enervating effect, the Congress and the Administration were hard at work on a formidable legislative programme much of which had to do with the nation's international policy.
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    WOMAN'S PAGE
    367 7 RUTH MILLET WOMEN SHOP TO FAMILY'S ORDERS |V a recent article Hardy Burt blasts the theory that women spend 80 pox cent of the consumer dollar. He points out that a housewife is not an independent shopper, that she is in the main notjiing more than a purchasing
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    New Use For Husbands' New Neck-Ties
    134 7 New Use For Husbands' New Neck Ties ANY cnance of borrowing or edling a bright print necktie from your husband's or h»other's supply? If so. there's a fashion fling for the necktie as a Kay hatband for your summer straw. If top-drawer New York milliners can make effective use of
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    YOUNGSTERS SHOULD TRY THESE IDEAS
    189 7 OLD-FASHIONED baiter is one answer to a young girl's problem of swinging luxuries on a slim allowance. A turnabout exchange of gocd-grcoming services with other members of your crowd on a Saturday afternoon, for example can be fun and a means of swinging more things
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    HINT
    36 7 A thin layer of rubber cement spread over the bottom of ashtrays, fruit bowls, cigarette boxes and bric-a-brac will keep circles lrom forming on your fine mahogany and keep treasures from slipping to the floor.
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    Can You Crochet? It's Glamorous And New
    483 7 RAYON beach towels and mats will be the something new under the sun which will compete for attention this summer with cotton terry accessories. Rayon mixes with cotton to weave a new toweling material which, manufacturers claim, is more absorbent than some all-cotton
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    AROUND THE TOWN
    625 7  -  By j Vera Ardmore MR. H. G. Meinich, the Norwegian representative for Scandinavian Airlines System, who visited Singapore last week, made a very interesting observation on British austerity. He said it was nothing compared to Norway's! He said that, whereas in English hotels, you always get sugar
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      36 7 111 #L^f ALOJG WIF HEY/.' U'L FRIENDS DONT WHUTEVEP! /> EYE.bALLS,MAy AN VCRE U'L THET/T IT HAIN*T "n' T S hSL YO'COULD SELL D OO^ ALLEY OOP b y V T. Hamlin j I I T M
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    English to be India's 'State Language' for fifteen years
    361 8 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Monday. ENGLISH will be the "state language" of India for a transitory period of fifteen years, pending the acceptance and development of a new national language for the country. This recommendation, made by the Working Committee of the
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    BOMB KILLS TWENTY TOP RED OFFICERS
    101 8 U.P. HAMBURG, Mon.--The British Military Government controlled newspaper, Welt Am Sonntag, said yesterday that a time bomb exploded at a Soviet reception in Potsdam on July 25, killing 20 high ranking Russian officers, Including the Potsdam city commander. It said the plot was an
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    HAIRY TONGUE
    39 8 A.P. CHICAGO, Mon.—Penicillin treatment may cause some j people to get a black hairy tongue, a doctor said recent- iy. But the condition is temporary, he added, disappearing within a month of the drug treatment beim? discontinued,—A.P.
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    There Die In Big Explosion
    117 8 U.P. HONG KONG. Mon. A Cvn tral News disoatch from Canton reported three persons were killed and six injuied when an arms depot exploded yesterday, in the second such incident witmn a month. The i eport gave no indication whet'.o! Communist were in- volved but
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    JAPS TO READ 'OUR BLOODY RD. TO TOKYO'
    102 8 ReuterAA P. TOKYO, Men. The Con- I servative Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun announced i today that it will run in serial icrm a series of article "Our Bloody Jungle Road to Tokyo" by former American Bth Army Commander, Lieut. Gen. Robert L.
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    SOVIETS BUILD SPORTS CARS
    92 8 LONDON, Mon —The Soviet Government has tested a new 100-milc-an-hour sports car intended for mass production, Radio Moscow reported yesterday. The broadcast said 70 per cent of the new cat's parts come from the standard assembly of Moskovic's car and the M-72 motorcycle "which will speed
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    AIRLIFT-HOLIDAY
    27 8 A.P. BERLIN, Mon.—The bomb wrecked city of Berlin was quieter on Saturday than it has been for 13 months. The airlift was taking a weekend off.—A.P.
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    INDIA HAS NO ROOM FOR REDS
    568 8 NEHRU'S FIGHT MENACE' CALL IS ANSWERED Reuter. BOMBAY, Monday. fHE Indian Communists. »re waging a lone battle gfc 1 tage attempts, mob stacks and acMI bulbs. As retort munlsVs to India are held In a?W fist 6rjt?uisations including the Soclxust lam "jr ndipn «,mmnTwo
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    ROUGH RIDER BOB
    73 8 f Takes A 1 Tumble I Hollywood comedian Bob Hope begins to yell j as he teels himself slip- i ping lroni the back of a i dummy broncho, rocked by Am star LueiHe Ball in a Paramount studio i recently. (Right) Hope I goes flat on
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    Communists Order Seizure Of Chennault's Assets
    265 8 U.P. and A.P. SHANGHAI, Monday. THE Communist Military Control Commission today ordered the Air Force Department to seize any remaining assets of former Major General Claire Chennault's Civil Air Transport organisation CAT planes were flown out of Shanghai betore the communists seized the city
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    HERZL HONOURED
    38 8 A.P. VIENNA. Mon.—Thousands of Viennese Jews yesterday paid j their last tribute to Dr. Theodor j Herzl, founder of modem Zion- J Ism. They filed silently past I his coffin in the Seitenstetten I Synagogue.—A.P. I
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    BOB HOPE
    36 8 A.P. HOLLYWOOD. Mon. An arbitration board here has ruled that Rob Hope will have to continue putting on a "live" weekly radio programme if he is to keep his present sponsors. Lever Brothers —A.P.
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    Man Admits Slaying Negro
    236 8 A.P. LYONS. GEORGIA. Mon. A Negro turpentine worker was shot and killed by a white man m this little southeast Georgia town, scene of mob violence late last year. Sheriff Robert E. Gray said three white men have been arrested, two as material witnesses and one
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    HAREWOOD IN AUSTRIA
    43 8 A.P. VIENNA, "Mon.- The Earl of Harewood and his fiancee Miss Marion Stein have arrived at St. Gilgen on the Wolfgangsee in the American zone of Austria. They are staying at the "Sec Hotel" ft Was reported yesterday. A. P.
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    Japs Do Not Want War
    283 8 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO, -Mon.-Eight* -eight per cent cf the Japanese do not want war and ito jjci cent want the- Occupation foices to lcrnam titer cac peace ticacv. acro;.lmg t0 the naojng.s vi tnc Ycnaui, oiumuiui iii a pon oi ciucs and villages triroagncut Japan. i»C
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    MAN-MADE RAIN FALLS IN U.K.
    66 8 A.P. MTDDLESBOROUGH. Mor. —Manmade lain fell twice v Britain during August, it was disclosed here yesterday. It was the fust time that rain had been manufactured in Britain. A Royal Air Force bombei discharged carbon dioxide in cloud formation- on two occasions producing showers in
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    Oil War Over Dollars
    245 9 A.P. oNDON. Mon. An atI, mDt to check a cutthroat for international oil Markets will be made at a I conference between and the United States ihington next month. inference will seek ip a common oil policy two nations, diplomalala said in London. inference will be
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    CEYLON HIT BY MALAYAN COCONUT OIL
    330 9 Reuter. COLOMBO, Monday. MR. V. C. AXWORTHY, Managing Director of the British Ceylon Corporation Ltd., told the press that Malaya and Indonesia were becoming increasingly strong competitors with Ceylon. He said: j "Coconut oil from Malaya is being offered and j bought at around
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    RUBBER UP ¼ CENT
    70 9 RUBBER UP CENT THE rubber commodity market ruled very steady throughout yesterday with good buying interest. There was evidence that United States manufacturers arc now buying and sellers were reserved. The price improved by a quarter cent. Closing prices were Buyers Sellers No. 1 Spet. RSS 34 l. 34 No.
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    CUBAN SUGAR
    69 9 A.P. HAVANA. Mon. The Commodity Credit Corporation's purchase of 400.000 tons of sugai has cleaned out Cuba's 1949 <uop. Vergilio Peres, Minister of Agriculture, said there was a possibility that 150,000 tons ot the American quota might be released to add to Europe's quota for 1950 in order
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    SUMATRA PALM OIL
    57 9 Since the war ended 100,--000 tons of palm oil have been produced in the State of East Sumatra. A short ceremony took pace at Beiawan when the 100 000 th ton was loaded for export. Tribute was paid to the planters who contributed largely to the restoration
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    RUSSIAN TIMBER
    28 9 U.P. LONDON, Mon. Britain has contracted to buy 2,700,--000 cubic feet of building timber from Russia, including 162,000 feet from the Soviet zone of Germany. U.P.
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    Half Billion In Hidden Hoards
    235 9 WASHINGTON. Monday. CHINESE citizens have secreted over half a billion dollars in this country," it was estimated on Saturday, and four a ral agencies are at work to see the Communists do not get it. J Drastic government action appears tc be increasing, it laid.
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    AIR MAIL
    19 9 is expected from Afghanistan, N. S. Kgypt, Europe, I Africa, Pakistan, N. Zealand, Burma, on and Java
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    SEA MAIL
    28 9 time of posting at to Thailand Burma •them India, India and (letters only) North I-abuan. Brunei and noon today. ire expected from Australia, China and .i.tpar..
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    FRANCE SEEKS TEA
    35 9 PARIS. Men. —French tea buyers have turned to India as a possible source of supply of green tea owing to the uncertain situation, in China, the Indian Trade Com mission stated today.
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    MORE TRADE WILL SOLVE U.K.'s PROBLEMS
    174 9 U.P. WASHINGTON, Monday. ASSISTANT Secretary of Commerce Thomas Blaisdell and Redvers Opie, President of the American Liguiran Company, said in a National Broadcasting forum on the British financial crisis today that the British problems merely reflect a sharply broader world problem which can only
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    IMPORTS COSTLIER
    94 9 A.P. WINNIPEG. Mon. Sir Charles Goodeve, director of the British Iron and Steel Research Institute, said here that big economic troubles would be well on the way to solution if Britain were paid at, much for her exports as she has to pay for her imports. Sir Charles
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    India To Buy More £ Goods
    161 9 India To Buy More Goods Reuter. r> Mon. The new tiah sterling agreeftinct improvement agreements, acto Professor C. N. «ut Director of the Bombay School of Econo«d Sociology. ikil said that with «ed reduction in niports, and India a full-fledged memof the sterling area, imports from sterling countries would increase
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    A long the godowns
    80 9 Empire Hauible (Sheer* Wharo; Shiraia (42 43); Rajah rirooke (40 41); Karnik (39); Serdang (38 89); Devonshire (36 37); Memnon (33 34); Benalbonach (31 32); Ruepat (17 18); Humside (19 20); Maxwell Krander—Amnaputtv (21/22); Holla ndia (23 24) Beiiwaclde (24 '25); Rradeverett (25 26); Tosari (29
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    ALBANIA IN BAD WAY
    36 9 BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Mon. Albania's economic position is becoming progressively woise. diplomatic advices from Tirana said today. Western travellers arriving from Albania report that ther».- was almost no evidence of large-scale Russian aid.
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    Rubbers: Some Activity
    59 9 J Singapore, Mon. I The share market opened \vtth a firmer note 1 in tin shares and there was good buying inquiry i for popular issues. Sellers J in the meantime were re- 1 v c t a n t. Industrials < showed no change. Rubbers also
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    Russian Goods In Manchuria
    185 9 A.P. NANKING, Monday. A VARIETY of goods imported from the Soviet Union is reliably reported on sale regularly in Manchuria. Among Russian products mentioned are textiles, glass, bicycles, jeeps, trucks, tires, radios, photographic equipment, canned goods, shoes and tobacco. Russian gasoline is said to be selling
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    U.S. COPPER DUTY
    47 9 A.P. WASHINGTON, Mon.I Senator Ernest W. McFaiI land, Arizona Democrat, says j the Senate Finance Committee has approved a proposal j for reinstatement of the copI per import dut>. The duty j would he two cents (US) a I pound, if Congress approved. —A.I".
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    Havana Charter attacked
    109 9 WASHINGTON, htoa. Tlie Chamber cf om- morce of the United on Sunday reaffirmed its support of the Into;national Trade Organization s objectives but said they cannot be achieved by the J Havana Charter. It said in a boo'.ilet entitled "The Chamber and the Charter" the proposed agreement
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    The Produce Market
    118 9 j DEPPER prices which start- ed a temporary slide dur- ing last weekend dropped a few do'lars on the picul again yesterday. Black pepper 100-e fell by $4 to $410. white Muntok from $503 to $501 and white Sarawak from $502 to $500. Prces ns quoted by
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    799 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. tSuvt.. .v-n-rs Atlas Ice 15.50 16.50 Alex. Brick Pref. 2.45 2.55 Ords. 21* 2.22% 8.8. Petrol 37, 6 38 6 B.M. Trustee 7.60 &Jnt Tons. Tin Ord. 14/6 15/6 no. (P)zx/- as E. Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 Estate A Trust 7.00 6.00 federal Dispensary 6.70
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    THREE NEW RECORDS SET UP BY ENGLAND
    346 10 Hutton's 206 Highest vKZ. LONDON, Monday. THE 28,000 people who sweltered in the heat at Kennington Oval today saw England, except for i one period, hammer the New Zealand attaefc mem- lessly and finish the day 87 runs ahead with si* wickets to
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    Score board
    219 10 N. ZEALAND Ist Inn*. Suttliffp r Bedser b Hollies 88 Scott c Kdrich b Bedser 60 Heid lbw Wright I Walla..- c Kdrich b B«dsrr ;> Donnelly c Kdrich b Bailey 27 Hadlce c Kvans b Bedser 2."> Kabnne c Kvans b Bailey 1H Hurtt <• Kvans b
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    2 Soccer Cups For Varsity, T.B. Funds
    416 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. Two handsome trophies valued at $700 each have been procured for competition, as a result of a drive on Malayan sportsmen by Mr. W. F. C. Grenier and others to raise funds for the University of Malaya and the Malayan
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    C.A. Win Challenge Cup
    152 10 THE Chinese Athlete, S.A. F.A. Senior League champions, won the Independence Day Challenge Cup, yesterday, when they beat the Tamil Brotherhood Association by two goals to one at Farrer Park. Tamils opened accounts through M. T. Osman early in the first half but Eng Hiang soon
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    Entries Invited For S.B.A. Open
    460 10 ENTRIES are now invited for the Singapore Bad- minton Association's men's open singles and doubles, women's singles and doubles, mixed doubles, and veteran singles and doubles. The closing date is Sept. 6. Entry forms are available from the Hon. Asst. Secretary. Mr. Chan Chim Bock.
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    GOLF
    21 10 Due to pressure on space "How to play Golf" h> Ben Hogun is held np today. It will appear tomorrow.
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    R.A.F. LOSE FOUR GAMES IN JAVA
    175 10 THE R.A.F. Football team lost all the four soccer matches during their tcur 01 Java, while their cricket team won the only game played. The football team left Singapore on Aug. 5 for Batavfn and I later for Soarabaya. while the cricket team joined
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    SAAA to hold Athletic Meet Today
    88 10 The Singapore Amateur Athletic Association are holding an athletic meeting on the S.R.C. ground today in which j six teams will take part. The team are: S.C.A.A. F.. iI y Police Sports Asaoe.ation. S.R.C. Army, and inhere Bahru A.A.A. There will be 12 events
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    NAVY BEAT RECS 5-0
    45 10 The Royal Navy trounced the Singapore Recreation Club by five goals to nil in a Senior League soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium, yesterday. The game was played on a rain soaked pitch. Scorers were Manning (2). McLaughlin (2) and Woodgfatc.
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    Bobby Njoo Fights Nai Phol on Friday
    265 10 BOBBY NJOO, 21 -year-old lightweight champion of D Java, will fight world ranking Siamese bantamweight, 34-year-old Nai Phol Phrapadaeng, in the long awaited bout at the Happy World Stadium on Friday night. The bout will be over ten rounds at the lightweight limit.
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    HOME SOCCER FIXTURES
    250 10 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. Following are football fixtures from Satu--day:— English League FIRST DIVISION 1 Arsenal v. .Burnley. I Birmingan v. Chelsea. Blackpool v. Huddersfiold. i Bolton v. Stoke, f Derby v. Manchester Utd. I Fulham v. Wolverhampton. Liverpool v. Sunderland. Manchester C. v. Aston Villa. Middlesbrough v
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    29 10 Mr wish to thank all friends and i* latives who attended the funeral <)t his late wife (Connie) and Jicse sent wreaths, etc. in their recent sad bereavement
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      700 10 TENDERS TENDERS arc shortly to be invitee! for a three year Contract for the handling and. clearance of Stores for the War Department and The Air Ministry through the Port of Singapore for delivery to installation* in Malaya and Singapore. Such persons desiring to quote shall apply in writing to
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    FORM GUIDE FOR TOMORROW
    5251 11 Second Day Of K. m Races Class 5, Div. 2, 6 F. MAOAN'G 9.00 FOURTH i:>-3-49 Penang 9.00 .Tie?) Div. L Won mm. 31 3/5 sees. fV..m' Hood. I IGR 111 IS 6-49 Ipoh 8.07. 6 down) Div. 1 Won by 1-17. Going Good. KLEVI NTH
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    RACE CARD
    815 11 HORSES, CLASS >, DIV. 2 6 FTELONOS. miuvT 90« Mr. Cheong Yok Ohoy .Mrs. ADANC Leong Hoe Yeng A.W. Plelfh BARONES i "Insen Kongsi" Kirwan EVENING STVR Blue Bird Stable"' Rodgers THIRTEEN M/» 8. D."SCOtr A. H. Cloyer Mart-Tr "Mr K. C." R. Van Breukelen GRACIOUS jLADY Mr.
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      43 11 c yoy BE TME ONE WHOJ X YOU'RE TOUGH Wm. T.GOSH? HQ**£* Irl RIl ff 1 I j BEAT. UP TIM HORN AND HIT 30T LET'S SEE IF/* f\ tiT I 1 lIL* ME FROM BEHIND...I'IIMAKE '*UCANTA« f s J /&W/ *C '^-Sr'^
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    Mao Is Dead?
    77 12 <v NEW YORK, Mon. jL 7 Rado station W.N.Y.C.^ today broadcast a report that Chinese Communist leader Mao Tze-Tung hal S died of tuberculosis. 1 i 11?« death had occurred In Pe'ping on July 17, ac- S cordtng to a Chinese J broadcast quoted by the radio
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    STAMFORD CLUB OFFICERS
    85 12 MALACCA, Mon.—At the second annual general meeting of the members of the Stamford Club (Association of Raffles College graduates), held here, the following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing year: President, Mr. K. T. Joseph. F.R.G.S.; VicePresident. Mrs. C. A. de Vries; Hon. Secretary. Mr. Tan Hin
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    EVACUATION OF CANTON IN FULL SWING
    311 12 Shiploads Of Evacuees Pour Into H'kong U.P. HONGKONG, Monday. THE Chinese government stepped up the evacuation of Canton today as six cargo planes left here to j pick up government property in Canton for Chung- J king, Acting Foreign Minister George Yeh told Cen-
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    The Flag Goes Up
    31 12 Mr. John Thivy. tht }L Representative of Government of India, Sin- S i gapore, hoists the Indian i J Flag at India House, Crange Road yesterday. J
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    TREASURY BILLS
    45 12 Tenders for Federation of Malaya Government Treasury Bills of 3 months' tenure were accepted by the Financial Secretary, Federation of Malaya, to the extent of $3,--400.000 at the rate of discount equivalent to per annum. The Bills will be issued on August 15.
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    Red Troops Claim More Successes
    298 12 Reuter. HONGKONG, Monday. THE Communist Peiping radio tonight clpimed further advances for Communist troops in Central nnd Northwest China. At the same time the Nationalist Central News Agency said extensive bombing operations were carried out over the weekend against Communist forces driving south-westward through Hunan
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    Albania Protests
    62 12 A.P. LONDON, Mon. Albania has protested to the United Nations against alleged inva- j sions of her borders by I Greek tioops. the Albanian radio announced on Monday. The broadcast, monitored in London, said that the Tirana government had telegraphed the U.N. Secretary General, Trygve Lie, "protecting against
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    REDS WARN AMOY CUSTOMS
    73 12 A.P. HONGKONG, Mon. An I Amsterdam resident, retiring 1 from the Chinese maritime j customs after 24 years service, said here today Chinese customs officials at Amoy have been warned by Chinese underground' Communists there not to destroy records or leave Amoy. Mr. M. Wout of
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    Three Countries Against Progress
    155 12 Reuter. GENEVA. Monday. BUSSIA, Byelo-Russia and Poland abstained when the United Nations Economic and Social Council today voted to launch a vast economic development plan to aid backward countries. The 18-statc Council, subsidiary only to the General Assembly, voted 15 in favour, none against. Effect of
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    AUSTERS DROP PAMPHLETS
    40 12 Kuala Lumpur, Mon.—Aus- ter observation planes this afternoon droppea 10.000 postersized leaflets over the Batu Arang Kundang aiea of Selangor. The leaflets gave the names and photographs of 18 members of the notorious Batu Arang oandit gang.
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    "Jai Hind" Cheers From London To New York
    473 12 Reuter. BANGKOK, Monday. DEFLAGGED omnibuses filled with cheering members of the Indian community of Thailand toured Bangkok today on the occasion of the celebration of Independence Day. The Thai, entering the spirit of celebration day, occasionally reacted with jolly shouts of "Jai
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    Bandits Capture Jap Ship
    188 12 A.P. TOKYO. Mon. Armed Chinese captured Japanese fishing vessels about 200 miles eaat of Shanghai on August 7, according to Japanese reports o occupation headquarters today. iiie owners of EM Japanese boats. Okashi Maru Numbers 132 and 147 of the Taiyo Fishing Company reported that the
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    50 GALLONS OF PETROL WOULD HAVE SAVED AIR CRASH
    272 12 A.P. and U.P. GALWAY, Ireland, Monday. AN American airliner beUylanded in the Atlantic A ocean in darkness early today. Ten hours later a rescue ship pulled into GaJway harbour bearing four dead and 51 survivors. The four-engined Skymaster with 58 aboard
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    MIDDLESEX SHOULD WIN BIG MATCH
    284 12 Reuter. LONDON. Mon.—Middle- sex look like consolidating j their position in the county j championship and providing their bowlers get down to j their task on the final day of tlie match with Worcester- i shire tomorrow the southern side should win this import- j
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    MALAY TROOPS INJURED IN BUS ACCIDENT
    151 12 Reuter. HONGKONG. Mon —Three Malayan members of the RAF Regiment station in the colony were among 13 people injured in an unusual bus accident wvnen i.i? vehicle's too* caved in. Two of the injured were in a serious condition and taken to hosp'tal. The
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    KEDAH VISITED
    26 12 The Special Committee lof the Federal Legislative Council appointed to investigate the working of the Dej partment of Public Relations. I visited Kedah yesterday.
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    Hongkong Prepares For Emergency
    182 12 U.P and Reuter. HONGKONG. Mon. The Hongkong goveraaMt prepared tonight tc announce jin all-out state ot emetmn in the face of the unhiiidered march by Communist Chinese tioops towaids tins Irittt cicwn cclcr.v. British tioops aic pouung into Hongkong on every available ship. Some 20,000 arc
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    General WHAT'S ON TODAY
    59 12 SRI RAM AKRISHN A MISSION Celebration of the Hind" •>'"< Krishna s birthday. Pnoja aw distribution now Feeding of the poor 1 P» Public meeting—6 p.ni. Musk 7 p.m. at 9 Norris Road. Y.H'.O A.: French Classes a 5, Raffles Quay—10.3" m Y.M.C.A.: Commcr tal .las>5.30
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    Cinema
    92 12 C'ATIIXY: <*amf fhow pl«» Special Children Maim "Kidnapped"--8.30 a.m. 1 scat all round. CAPITOL "I Pidn t vith Geonre Formhy tl 14"; a v* »nd p.m. ALHAMBEA: "The Tm*. PUce aii'l iuc Girl w' 11 Morgan. Jack Gar-on Paice. Martha Virkrrs -nd men Cavellaro and 1.46. 4.15. 6 45
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    Sport
    25 12 j INTEK fOMMl JTTY 1 I SOCXKK: Royal Air Ja Hll 1' bined vs. Ceylonese p.n>Besar Stadium y.TY.M.C.A. Y vs. Tiutir Old Boys XI.
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    LONDON SHARES
    112 12 Reuter. LONDON. Mon.-Tl> of Rr«ti*h wu the feature of today E v lag or. the nd r o t \,f b*s* cSaaa, As the r* roverina and -nei ,he?e issue" i-ov ...ain* on the d:iv ran* I,Bth to li Per l "lVe d«l' Oils, however. w« d d
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