Singapore Standard, 26 August 1950

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  • 12 1 Singapore Standard VOL. 1 NO. 55^ SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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  • 444 1 HONGKONG, Aug. 25— (AP)— The British Commissioner Ceneral for Southeast Asia, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, today told 1,500 British soldiers on their wav to Korea to fight the Reds: "Every time you strike at the North Koreans you will be striking a blow
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  • 67 1 LONDON*. Aug. 26 (AP) Xhe War Office announced night that the death lenteti es paind on three British so lien for the murder of ptian have been cono. it said, will be on August SI. courCl martial at L'l. found driver F ann,
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  • 52 1 LONDON*. Aug. 25 (AP> ilip will fly to Malta next Friday to take over his first Command m the Royal Navy— the frigate Magpie. Prince Philip came to Lonhome leave for the birth of a daughter on August 15 to his wife.
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  • 42 1 BERLIN, Aug. 25 (Reuter) The National Congress of the Communist-led "National front" will stage a mass youth rally of the "free German youth"' m East Berlin at the end of November, Berlin Radio announced today*
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  • 52 1 bl^ilmi h«* IL^J? Erski i ie went yesterday to the jangles of Johore m search of with l£tA n e ha »t"A«l with a stag. Picture shows the general m the centre with Dato Dr. CJ. Paglar (right) and V.G. Donough. with the priie m front
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  • 66 1 Plane Crashes In Kelan tan; Fate Of Occupants Obscure Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A plane carrying the Development Officer. Kelantan, a Malay Regiment Officer, a police constable and a sakai, m addition to the crew, crashed m Kelantan this morning. The plane is believed to have been burnt
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  • 156 1 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE policemen last night averted what would have been one of the worst gang fights m recent months when they broke up a gathering of about 50 to 60 Malays at an open air cinema at Radin Mas last night. The trouble,
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  • 28 1 THE HAGUE, Aug. 25.— <AP): The Dutch Cabinet will decide next Tuesday on how many volunteers to send to Korea, a Foreign office spokesman said.
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  • 336 1 Gen. Erskine Goes Tiger-Hunting, Bags Only Stag Standard Staff Reporter MAJ.-GENERAL Graves B. Erskine of the U.S. Marine Corps went tiger-hunting yesterday m the bandit-infested jungles of Johore, but bagged a stag instead. There was a tiger all right at the beginning of the hunt m the rubber jungles between
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  • 94 1 NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (Reuter) The boycott of the members of the International Longshoremen's Association against exports to the United States of products from Russia or her associates spread to hams yesterday, when they refused to unload a cargo of Polish hams from
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  • 204 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 25— (AP). President Truman is conferring with members of his government today on a strike which threatens to immobilise 131 American railroads and leave 300,000 people workless from six a.m. on Monday. A prominent government official predicted that the President will order
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  • 179 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 25 (UP)— Russia's Jacob Malik was expected to demand today that the United Nations Security Council order the United States to withdraw its forces from Formosa. Bu: the State Department m j Washington anticipated this manoeuvre m advance by stat--1
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  • 94 1 Standard Staff Reporter A CHINESE shopkeeper m Waterloo Street was last night held up by two Chinese, one of whom was armed with a pistol. The gunmen gained entry into the shop on the pretext of making a late purchase, just as the
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  • 32 1 Photo. Middlesex troops cheer General Officer Commanding. Far East Land Forces General Sir John Harding:, who had just told them: "Shoot quick, shoot straight and shoot to AP
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  • 362 1 T Counter-attacking South Koreans regained ground they lost earlier m «h» w s^&rjsaajs.' forward f The U.S. forces on the Taegu front today advanced slightly northward m some places to consolidate and straighten their lines. Tom Lambert. A P
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  • 277 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 25-(UP)-Army and Navy chiefs of staff returned from a week's trip to the Korean battlefront today and expressed optimism over the situation. General J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff and Admiral Forrest Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations, landed at the national airport at
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  • 69 1 Standard Staff Reporter LIM HUAN CHENG, a 25--year-old fisherman, was seriously injured yesterday when the motor cycle he was riding and a motor lorry were involved m a collision at the junction of Yto Chu Kang Road and Upper Serangoon Road. Lim was admitted
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  • 67 1 LONDON. Aug. 26 (AP> The Australian army opened a recruiting campaign m Britain Friday when 500 Britons applied to enlist and another 1,500 asked for information. Major A. E. Thomas, sent here to enlist 2.500 men. said he would start bulk recruiting on
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  • 72 1 BONN. Aug. 25 (Reuter) American High Commissioner John J. McCloy and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer last night discussed German security problems at a highly secret meeting. Allied circles here reported. The meeting was so secret that Dr Adenauer's own Press Office had not heard
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    • 92 1 On Other Pages Page Warning To Shipping t World Cruise Liner Due 2 Labour Code for Singapore 2 Briggs on Duties of Home Guards 3 New Anti-Communist Law 3 1,000 Face Future Without Homes 3 Security Tax Is Urged 4 Girl's Strange Dream Entertainments Feature Page Leader, Special Features Peking
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  • 459 2 Standard Staff Reporter. STRICT NEUTRALITY is Burma's national policy declared Minister of Agriculture and Forests Bo Khin Maung Gale m an exclusive interview with the Singapore Standard. Bo Khin Maung Gale with three Associates, comprising the Burmese delegation dispatched to Indonesia to participate
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  • 266 2 Standard Staff Reporter A COUNCIL of Adult Education for Singapore will be formed at a meeting to be held m the British Council Hall on Sept. 7, Mr. R. M. Young, Acting Director of Education, announced m a statement yesterday. A
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  • 90 2 HOW a young Chinese scaled a nine-foot wall of a house by standing on the shoulders of his accomplice was described m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday when Khoe Fook Leone was sentenced to five months' imprisonment for housebreaking. Chief Inspector Mr.
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  • 47 2 THE Full Moon Day Celebrations will he held at the Buddhist Temple, 263 Outram Road, Singapore, tonight at 7.15 p.m. by Mr. and Mis M S. Perera of the Lanka Hotei m memory of the late Mr. A P.M. Daniel. All are cordially invited.
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  • 131 2 Standard Staff Reporter DEPUTY Commissioner for Labour, Singapore Mr C. w Lyle, yesterday warned shopkeepers that "they must keep a record of the holidays taken by their eS ployees under the Weekly Holiday Ordinance A number of shopkeepers nave claimed ignorance of this requirement
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  • 200 2 Belgium Lifts Ban On 'Turko' BRUSSEIS, Aug. 25 (Reuter) Captain Raymond "Turko" Westerling was tonight taken by Belgian officials to the Luxembourg frontier but he was refused admission into the grand duchy Later tonight a high official of the Belgian Ministry of Justice said Westerling's case had been reconsidered and
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  • 191 2 $50,000 Approved For 2 Gas Plants Standard Staff Reporter A MUNICIPAL Committee has approved the inclusion of $50,000 m the 1951 Municipal Budget for the purchase of suitable tar extraction and napthalene removal plants of adequate capacities. The Committee was told that the formation of napthalene m gas started giving
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  • 65 2 Standard Staff Reporter A DRAFT of the Singapore Labour Code is almost ready Mr. R. Middleton-Smith, the Assistant Commissioner tor Labour, said yesterday. .The Colony Code will be on the same lines as that proposed for the Federation, a draft of which is also ready, he
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  • 23 2 FOUND gambling \he Singapore HarboSr, three Rum 6 p' K Lam Win S Bon. Mok *yum Poh, and Lim Ah Kow
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  • 124 2 Standard Shipping Reporter FRENCH forces serving m Indo-China will probably have to go without their usual ration of red wine for some time. A large shipment of wine destined for Saigon, from Ffance m the French freighter. Le Violent, was completely destroyed when
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  • 255 2 Court Briefs A HUSBAND refused to stand surety for his wife after she was bound over for one year 9by the Singapore Third Police Magistrate. Mr. R. B. I. Pates yesterday for attempting suicide. The wife, HJ-year-oid Ho Siok Har of River Valley Road, tried
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  • 401 2 S 'pore Is Expected To Provide Oriental Air 500 Tourists To Invade Colony Standard Staff Rcportrr SINGAPORE is expected to provide that Oriental air" to 500 wealthy, dollar carry ins Zristi who are expected here m The (.reen Goddess 0T give her real name the Caronia. 34,000 tonlux^ The tourists
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  • 53 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE hand grenade outrage m Victoria Street on Aug. 17. resulting m one killed and 13 persons including two policemen injured, "is definitely not the work of the Malayan Communist Party," the Assistant Commissioner, C.1.D.. Mr. D. K. Broadhurst. said yesterday. MX. I.AUOLD HLNNESSY
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  • 193 2 A CORONER'S inquest will 1 be held for the first time on a Sunday when the inquiry into! the death of a ship's Chief Officer. Cornelius Hagers, resumes tomorrow. The Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday adjourned proceedings because several witnesses from the
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  • 510 2 S'pore Clamps Down On 'Pirate Tonkangs Wottt AiitlwuEiticjj Tafco Action^ FOR THE first time since the Liberation, Singapore Port authorities are clamping down on "pirate" motor tongkangs bringing coastal and inter-island trade to the Colony. A number of the vessels have been detained by the authorities. The 'pirate* vessels do
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  • 123 2 Bill Collector Jailed For Using Assn. 's Money A 35-YEAR-old honorary bill collector, Syed Anwar bin Nadar Shah, of the Porsokutu a n Kebajikan Kamatinn Islam, a benevolent asso< iation. was sentenced by the Singapore Second Pol ire Maui>trat«\ Mr. S.E. Teh yesterday to two months' rigorous imprisonment for misappropriating
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  • 471 3 c **«ftP*r* Borne Gomtfg Standard Staff Correspondent KI'ALA LUMPUR, Fri. In a communique exnlaJnin* tu~ mm of Malaya's Home Guards, the Director of SSffiST^S^i? 11 Bri^s. says: "It is the intention of the Federal G^™^??™ 1 co rage the people of Malaya to
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  • 173 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A s to be introduced m the federal Legislative Council to make the chief tenant m every I responsible to the Headlie villages and the Warden* m the Home for reporting full de- any visitor who stays ght m his house
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  • 268 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. One thousand men len and children, are on the brink of finding themmeless as a result of action taken by the ColLand Revenue to get an order from the court nolish 99 dwelling houses m the Bukit Bintang Koad
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  • 103 3 To A ttend A rmy Confab In UK KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Deputy Commander of the Malay Regiment, Colonel C. W. P. Richardson, DSO, will attend an infantry conference for commanding officers m England. He will address the conference on the subject of the recruitment of British officers for the
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  • 391 3 Occupation Deal Dispute Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Mr. Lim Say Ghim, a Director of Messrs. Ng Teong Kiat Rubber Works Ltd., said m the Supreme Court today that he did not at any time employ others to use force on Dr.
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  • 27 3 MUAR, Fri. For driving his car with an expired driving licence. Lee Chin was fined $15 by the Segamat Magistrate, Inche Bidin bin Login.
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  • 139 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The resettlement areas m Jelebu. Negri Sembilan, were inspected this morning by Sir Henry Gurney, who was accompanied by Captain Mohamed Salleh bin Haji Suleiman, the acting Mentri Besar, Mr. H. P. Bryson, British Adviser, Mr. J. N. D. Harrison, Chief Police OfTicer,
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  • 39 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Custom Officers at the Causeway detained a man who allegedly attempted to walk away with three wrist watches and a camera without paying duty. The Chinese was released on bail. photo.
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  • 226 3 By M. T. YONG, Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Anxiety over damage or loss to their goods from terrorist activities m Malaya and lack of insurance to safeguard this, is felt by rubber dealers, merchants and property owners m Kuala Lumpur and other
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  • 166 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Sultan of Selangor, on the advice of his Executive Council, has granted a free pardon to Tan Choon Chuar and Tan Choon Chai alias Tan Chai Choon, who were convicted of possession of an explosive and consorting. respectively, on April 26
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  • 113 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Two Chinese. Loke Y:m Chong and Yee See Row, woro today convicted and MBtaOOed to nine months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. D. M. K. Grant, the President of the Sessions Court, on a charge of being m possession of chees and 7
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  • 210 3 Standard Staff Reporter MR. ALFRED MONTOR, governing director and original founder of Montor Limit- t ed, Singapore, died suddenly' m New York on Thursday morning, on the eve of his 72nd birthday. He was on a trip round the world. The news was received
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  • 78 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Chong Yit Ho who was captured by a police patrol near Tan Soo Hock Estate, Ayer Kuning, Gerr.as, on May 14, while attempting to escape from a hut, became the 105 th bandit to be executed under the Emergency Regulations. Chong was
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  • 179 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— How a Gurkha Rifleman chased a bandit sentry into thick jungle and then defied a gang of terrorists who were m prepared positions m front of their camp, is related m the London Gazette announcing the award of the Military Medal
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  • 84 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Arokiasamy, a special constable on leave from Johore, was today sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. A. P. Jacks, the First Magistrate, on a charge of stealing two axle braces from the Sentul Railway Workshops on Aug. 4.
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    • 399 3 CITI A MmR T,i,ln\r B*y JOS* day of Selan S° r son5 on Winslow of the Coast bLLAI\UUK lOClay Turf Club meeting. Guard (Serial) 2. 6 and 9p m Cricket. Delilkan Cup— Selan- Sun: Road House 11 am. Majestic: Because of Eve 1, 3.15, g O r Club vs Colonials
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  • 99 4 PENANG, Fri.— At the 20th annual general meeting of the Indian Association, Penang. the following were elected officebearers for 1950-51: President: Mr. R. G. Senan; vice-presidents: Dr. N.K. Menon Messrs: A. Lalaji Patel, K. S. Ismail and Balwant Singh, hon general secretary: Mr. P.
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  • 35 4 < Brigadier H.A. SKtrne, MHnuiaiiucr ol i»orih maia>a Sub-District, is seen shaking hands with a prize winner at the passing out parade of the 6th Gurkha Rifles at Sungei Patani on Tuesday.
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  • 408 4 Standard Stall Reporter A PRETTY 18-year-old Chinese girl who was rescued from the sea near Bedok yesterday with a wound m her head, claimed she had gone into the sea on the instructions of two old women, who
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  • 187 4 Standard Staff Correspondent BUTTER WORTH, Fri.— All is set for the charity dance to be held at the J.R. Lee hall of the St. Mark's School, here tomorrow night. The proceeds are for Welfare Week Fund. This is the first public function to be
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  • 495 4 Security Tax Urged Planter's Suggestion To Federation Govt Standard Staff Correspondent TAIPING, Fri. A suggestion that Government should consider the possibility of introducing a Security Tax instead of proposing to increase the income tax yield was made by Mr. O. H. M. Sturges, chairman of the Taiping District Planters' Association,
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  • 135 4 IPOH, Fri.— The recently formed Perak Youth Council will have a representative af each meeting of the Perak Welfare Committee so that they can have proper guidance m the execution of their own affairs. This was decided at a meeting of the Perak Welfare
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  • 70 4 TAIPING. Fri.— Police are on the lookout for a confidence man, believed to be an Indian, who goes about the town with tales of hardship and requesting for loans. His modus operandi is to go to likely victims and pretend that the money is to
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  • 379 4 Standard Stall Correspondent PENANG, Fri. Malaya's first Director of Public Relations. Mr. M. C. ff Sheppard who returned from the United Kingdom by the Glengyle after six months 1 home leave, told The Standard today that the Britons were very keen
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  • 33 4 TAIPING, Fri— Local trisha ov/ners and riders have sent a petition to the Commissioner of Road Transport. Federation of Malaya, protesting against the inauguration of a town bus service here.
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  • 220 4 Standard Staff Reporter TWO-YEAR OLD Theresa may go back to her Filipino mother if her mother is able to raise $100 by the end of this month. Theresa was transferred by her mother to a Malay woman on July 10, for $100 because Theresa's
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  • 39 4 PENANG, Fri.— A Chinese was fatally stabbed at Cannon Street at 5 p.m. today. The man, Ong Han Kee, died on his way to the hospital. His alleged assailant, another Chinese, surrendered to the Police.
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  • 53 4 PENANG, Fri.— A newly born Chinese baby girl was found dead m the drain at the junction of Scott Road and Cantonment Road by a Municipal labourer yesterday. The baby was found wrapf«i 4 U P with cloth. Police took the baby to the mortuary held? P
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  • 32 4 MR. J.D. MEAD has now resumed duty as a member of the War Damage Commission. Mr. P.B. Marriott has now ceased to act as a member.
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  • 188 4 Wear That Tartan Tuxedo And Have A Fling andard Staff Reporter Want to have a Highland fling? Then cut a dash, like Kin* George VI recently did at Balmoral, by wearing: the latest m dinner-jackets a tartan tuxedo. The first garment of this description can be ordered and mn in
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  • 30 4 THE appointment of Mr. John Dew Haskins, Assistant Commissioner for Labour, to Commissioner lor Oaths, has now boon appcoWjt Picture. tuxedos Wlth nC f the laiest to^n Standard
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  • 68 4 KUALA KANGSAR. Fri. About 800 tons of rubber were destroyed by fire which Woke out at the Ghee Seat Rubber Company smokehouse here at 6.30 p.m. today. The local Fire Brigade was assisted by the Taiping unit m bringing the firr under
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  • 81 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Fri.— Two members of the crew of the Norwegian ship, Tonjer. which arrived here from Singapore on her way to Cuittagong. were reported missing. The meu are quartermaster Lee Ching Hoi. (30) and fireman S. T. Chang (38). Immigration officials who
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  • 250 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri. Pleading guilty to three charges of using tha proprietary marks of "Brylcreem. "Pond's vanishing cream and "Atkinsons cream" for products of his own manufacture, a Menglembu business man. Hee Foon Nyen, was fined a total of $500 or three
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  • 114 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri. Purchasers of goods m Japan have been issued allocations for the quota year l«>50-1951 under four categories, the Senior Customs Officer, Import and Export Control, Mr. A. W. S. Sim stated yesterday. The four categories are (1) textiles, (2) building materials,
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  • 168 4 Malay Chamber Of Commerce Formed At KK Meeting Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR, Fri.-Dato ()nn hin t elected chairman cf the subcvnZnZ^^ rules and regulations for a proved >|.i f **ft Commerce at today's UMNO sponsor^ J lamber «l MaUy merchants. The Dato wa< M^T^ appoint any member he chooses
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  • 21 4 3 farW" dead i cation I f aking i, I <■' |MM I four-; fifth thi*
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  • 17 4 Malayan Rubber For Odessa 1 I p I It I on a not I -r i y
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  • 56 5 f Irthur Rink Organisation artiste Mai Zvtterltog usrd an inon.il K-iween scenes m the studio to pose for this interesting portrait id which photographer Bill Wood made fullest use of die contrasted lighting on the set. We agree that it is one of the m.,st unusual shots
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  • 678 5  -  MELROSE GOWER -v JJOLLYWOOD, Aug. 25 —There's box-o ffi c c value m a one- word name. Consider, to illustrate, a few -of the singlesignatured stars who nave made fortunes m the entertainment world Bcrnhardt and Duse m the golden age
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  • 763 5 RED SKELTON has unlimited scope for his madcap antics m M G M's "The Yellow Cab Man" m which he is seen as a zany inventor of safety devices who becomes a Yellow Cab driver and the insurance company's Bad Risk Number One. Teamed with Skelton is Gloria
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  • 46 5 O OI In* .a»l 1..U I'Ullh alung the sea-lront at Ju.in lcs-Pins, m the Sonth of France, sits Bessie Wcry. taking* m a little sunshine. Mademoiselle Wery's radiance is permanently m bloom at Juan, which is her home. And Wrry uic«\ too!
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  • 375 5  -  JANES PADGITT 6i TJOLLYWOOD, August 25 Gene Autry still remams one of the real phenomena of the movie business. Th« singing western actov continues to be the third top receiver and sender of mail m the United States. He is topped only by
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    • 286 5 Radio Round-Up U ADIO MALAYA SINGAPORE ENGLISH PROGRAMME 10 10 am Af.'.'s Singapore and nergency News from Lumpur; 1 p.m Pro S immary: 1.02 Dance Music; 1.30 Time Signal. News Si gapore Weekly Share 1 1 Repent: 1.50 Licht Music: iide; 2.15 Racing fs from the Selangor Kuala Lumpur; 6.30
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    • 334 5 Light Music (S>; 7 p.m. First News and Race results <S>; 715 Light Music; 7.30 "The Librarian Takes Over"; 8 p.m. "Crime Gentlemen Please" With Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne. Episode 5; 8.30 Beauty that Endures; 9 p.m. Clock Chimes. Hit Parade of America; 9.30 Second News (S); 9.45 Mail
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  • 85 6 K. S. CHANG, Editor-in-Chief Published daily including Sundays by the Sin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated, Ltd., at 128 Robinson Road, Singapore. -Subscription rates: 10 cents per copy, $3 per month and $9.00 per three months, m Singapore and throughout th# Federation of Malaya, postage extra. Advertisement rates on
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  • 710 6 A COMMITTEE on Malay education, under trie chairmanship of Mr. Leonard Barnes, Director of Social Welfare at the University of Oxford, is to inquire into the "adequacy or otherwise" of the educational facilities available for Malays, The operative word- is "otherwise". There is general dissatisfaction with the
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  • 550 6  -  A. Gunasekera Painting showing the visit If of Chen* Ho to Malacca &T KUALA LUMPUR. IN the past few months a A lot of ink has been wasted on the vexed subject of S:no-Malay unity broueht out into the open by the question
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  • 496 6 Reader Cares Two Hoots Sir:— With reference to the letter under the caption "Labour Party's Indigestion" m The Standard. I shall be obliged if you will gran! me some space for a few comments thereon. Your correspondent says* 'The grant by Whitehall of three more elected seats
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  • 27 6 RECENTLY a section of the English Presj Indulged m a campaign designed to paint the Federal Capital as the second most immoral rity
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  • 280 6  - It's The Talk of the Town "OBSERVER" *ew will quibble with the Colony Con noil's vote as the bulk of the population m Singapore today consists of Chinese It is vital that they be fully acquainted with the progress of the antibandit campaign m the Federation and the dangers to
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  • 77 6 IN order to disseminate news about the Emergency !u mo e P lint? se listeners, the Colony Government recently approved a sum of $38,000 for additional Chinese broadcast programmes. Radio Malaya Chief, Mr J S Dumeresque. thinks that this expenditure is necessary as Chinese programmes have
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  • 709 6  -  K. R. MENON by HpO thousands of Malayaj lees throughout Singapore and Malaya, today is a big day. It ig the day of their biggest festival Thiruonatn. The observance of this yearly festival dates from time immemorial. It has nothing but tradition to back
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  • 63 7 photo t NEW DELHI. Aug. 25. (Reuter)—lndian Prime Minister Nehru said yesterday that he had every hope the future of ttbet might be settled peace- r rate Koy Ma tiring was ol the three Gl's who dramatically identified tn.» North Korean prisoners as having h?en amons a
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  • 264 7 HK Tommies In High Spirits Over Coming 'Show' HONGKONG, Aug. 25 (AP) As the British troops for Korea prepared to depart m the aircraft-carrier I 'nii-urn and cruiser Ceylon at dawn tomorrow it was disclosed that 500 men from other regiments had anplied tor transfer to the chosen Middlesex Regiment
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  • 110 7 LYMOUTH, Aug. 25. (AP) lard-bitten Commando i>h tone was alerted yes- for a flying trip to the Korean front. he troops, all hand-picked lemben of the Royal Marines ed (heir final ino^ula'ions at the Royal Marine Com- Training School at y Bickleigh. number
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  • 28 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S. (UP)—President Truman said yesterday that he wants as many members of the United Nations as possible to enter the actual fighting m Korea.
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  • 224 7 ing of a war of Li!^,, e g" coincided with the open- This war of nerves, however, has so far not achieved any of its aims. The British force for Korea has already embarked at Hongkong and is
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  • 283 7 JAKARTA, Aug. 25 (Reuter)— The future of Dutch New Guinea could "at any time}'' endanger world peace and international order, according to a report issued by the Indonesian members of the joint Indonesian-Dutch factfinding committee. But, the report said, the Indonesian members were convinced that
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  • 228 7 New Move By Malik Expected WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. (UP)— The U.S. State Department struck back last night at the Peking charges of American "aggression" against Formosa by inviting a United Nations investigation of the problem. A Department spokesman, referring to the charges made by Mr. Chou En-lai. Peking Foreign Minister,
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  • 135 7 photo. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Reuter) A Senate-House committee has voted to cut Marshall Plan and "Point Four" funds and approve a U. 5.562,500,000 loan to Spain. Acting swiftly on a $34,000,000--000 appropriations bill, the committee cut U*****,000,000 from Economic Co-operation Administration funds
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  • 69 7 JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 25. (Reuter)— Exiled Chieftain Seretse Khama has withdrawn his legal challenge to the British High Commissioner m South Africa against the order banishing him from the Bamangwato Reserve of Bechuanaland. the British Information Office announced. Syretse, the Chieftain Designate, arrived m London on Monday
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  • 63 7 GENEVA. Aug. 25 (Router) Two Siamese judges, who are trying three men lor complicity m connection with the mystery death of 21 -year-old Kinu Ananda m 1940. have arrived here by air from E;nakok with a questionnaire for the mother of the late King. She
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  • 30 7 Oil has come to the surface at several places near Margherita and Bigboi, Assam's rich oil district near the Burma border, since last weeks quakes. Reuter
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  • 157 7 STUTTGART, Aug. 25 (Reuter)— Lord Layton, the British Liberal Peer, told Liberal leaders from all over the world here that Britain is ready to give up some of her national sovereignty to a United Europe but within limjts. Addressing the opening session of the
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  • 21 7 Two Arab campl riders were injured seriously when struck by a plane on the main coast road out of Tripoli. A.P.
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  • 28 7 Turkey's biggest ever manoeuvres have begun m the Sea of Marmora, with the Navy and Air Force co-operating. They will later be linked with land force manoeuvres. Reuter
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  • 27 7 To join the Atlantic Pact would be "an extremely risky golicy for Sweden," Swedish ocialist Prime Minister Tage Erlander said In a ovnmiinal election* campaiga «^eec«. Reuter
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  • 55 7 Mr. Randolph Churchill, wounded war correspondent son of Mr. Winston Churchill, is back m Tokyo from the Korean front. Reuter. British Defence Minister Emanuel Shinwell and Economic Affairs Minister Hugh Gaitskell have returned to London after secret talks m Paris on joint rearmament with French Defence Minister Jules Moch and
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  • 24 7 The U.S. Army has announe«d that 47.000 additional other ranks m the reserve forces would be called to active duty by Nov. 10. Reuter
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  • 20 7 The Columbia Country Club m Shanghai has been leased to a Chinese firm for a period of 15 years. U.P.
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  • 19 7 The Most Rev. Vicente P. Reyes has been consecrated Titular Bishop of Aspona and Auxiliary Bishop of Manila. Reuter
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  • 13 7 Gen. Jan Christian Smuts has recovered from a light attack of influenza. U.P.
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  • 35 7 A young widow, Grace Coughlun, charged with the viurden of her husband, asked that the Brisbane detective who arrested her take care of her 10-month-old son. Mrs. Allan White, the detective't wife, has agreed. A.P.
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  • 38 7 Amine Youssef Bay. 60. former Egyptian Minister to America, has died m a London clinic. m The number of applications for the Japanese National Police Reserve Corps has exceeded the 310.000 murk. :^inst 75.000 persons wanted. Reuter AAP
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  • 19 7 An Omaha physician has earned an average of US$45O per <iay for BO days X-raying selectees and recruits.- U.P.
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  • 17 7 Nahas Pasha. Egypt's Prime Minister, will spend the few days resting m Getaad. Switzerland.— A.P.
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  • 28 7 The European Assembly at Strasbourg has voted to recommend to the 15 member nations a European code of social security to help buttress western democracies against Communism. U.P.
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  • 29 7 Peru has informed the United Nations that she will ask the General Assembly m September to lift the ban on normal diplomatic relations between u.N. members and Spain. Reuter
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  • 84 7 SADIYA (Assam), Au*. 25 (Heater): As Indian Air Force planes dropped food over the flood shattered town of Lakimpur, near here, a violent tremor yesterday again shook Upper Assam, scene of devastating earthquakes for the past week. Sadiya and Debrugarh experienced frequent shocks. The grea* Brahmaputra River,
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  • 204 7 WITH BTH ARMY HQ. IN KOREA, Aug. 25 (UP) British sailors destroyed Red installations m a daring raid last night on an island just off the North Korea port of Inchon, as South Korean marines extended their stranglehold on the sea
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  • 40 7 NEW YORK. Aug. 25 Renter) Police raced to a 30-storey building, housing oflices of US. and U.X. officials, after a telephoned threat that the skyscraper was to be blown up. No trace of an explosive was lound
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  • 21 7 Soldiers and civilians who committed political crimes during the three coup d'etats m Syria have been granted par* dons.
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  • 82 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Reuter) The U.S. Army says North Korean prisoners have reported that "very, heavy casualties'' were inflicted by the 98 superfortresses on Aug. 16 when they dropped 1.000 tons of bombs on a concentration of up to 60.000 Communist troops on the central front.
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  • 89 7 Mere Funds For US Forces And The H-Bomb WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. (UP) The House Appropria tions Committee has voted an emergency U.S. $16,771,084,479 to win the Korean war and counteract future Communist aggressions. The final defence total for this fiscal year will exceed U5525,000,000,000. The extra money will increase the
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  • 76 7 GENEVA, Aug. 25. (UP)— The International Red Cross is preparing to build its central Prisoner-of-War Agency to "war strength" to cope with P.o.W. reports from Korea. It now has a staff of 80 compared with 4.000 during World War 11. The Red Cross files the
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  • 40 7 CANBERRA. Aug. 2. r <Reu-ter-AAP):—The Australian Federal Government is to engage a housekeeper "or other domestic assistant" at A £4 a week for five years for Mrs. Betty Sara. 29--year-old mother of the Bcllingen quadruplets.
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  • 30 7 MANILA. Auc 23 'ReutorAAP» More than 300 Commu-nist-led Hukbalahaps have Irtnded m Camarines Sur Province by boat from Bondoc Peninsula, and the Governor has anp^aled Xuj: immediate reinforcemeau.
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  • 211 7 TAEGU, Aug. 25 (Rcu-ter-AAP) Major- Gen. Hobart R. Gay said here yesterday, Unless the enemy makes good by Sept. 15, he will be finished. We shall be too strong for him Gen. Gay, Commander of the First f avalry Division, said be brTieved there
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  • 114 7 BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 25 (AP) A British fuel expert asserted last night that the world's petrol reserve is down to about 50 years' supply at present production rates. Dr. Alexander Parker, of the British Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, added. "Even with new
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  • 21 7 The l)«ht. hard-hitting US Invader bombers have bemin operating practically round the clock m Km i a Reuter
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  • 136 8 i w.-. w<. *;;■■<* 1 Finance and Commerce TOKYO. Aug. 25— (ReutorAAP) Japan may have to seek an estimated 250.000 tons of rice from Thailand and Burma as it can no longer rely on South Korea for its supply for the remainder of
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  • 604 8 S-E Asia Govts To Discuss Rice SCAP PURCHASE PLAN CAUSES GRAVE CONCERN By NG SEX YEW, Standard Staff Reporter AN EMERGENCY meeting of experts representing South-East Asia Governments is scheduled to take place m Singapore early next month, probably on Sept. 4. Convened by the Commissioner-General m SouthFist Asia, Mr.
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  • 43 8 TOKYO, Aug. 25 (ReuterAAP) Opening of overseas branch offices or agents of Japanese private business firms m foreign countries has been approved m principTe by General Mac Arthur's Headquarters, the International Trade and Industry Ministry said today.
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  • 47 8 AREA POOL The new World Bank loan of $100,000,000 (£35.714.000) to Australia would not reduce dollar allotments to the Commonwealth irom the Sterling dollar pool according to usually well-inform-ed sources m Canberra Australia would still be able to continue its present pool dollar expenditures, the sources stated
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  • 246 8 JEffect Of Far East News LONDON, Aug. 23— (ReuterWInterest and business m the London Stock Exchange today was checked by the Communist China call for withdrawal of United States forces from Formosa. The tendency of prices m most sections was to slightly lower
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  • 71 8 RUBBER The latest Singapore rubber prices yesterday (Auk. 25) were per lb. Buyers Sellers No. 1. RSS Spot loose 51. 38 $1.39 No. 1. RSS fob m bales Sept. SU4J $1.35* No. 2. RSS fob m bales Sept. $1,335 $1341 No. 3. RSS fob m bales Scot. $U2\
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  • 818 8 SINGAPORE. Fri.- Quietly steady conditions prevailed m the Malayan tin share market today with no particular features, inspite of the further rise of the tin metal prire. Industrials were also steady, while small business passed m rubber shares. Closing Quotations were: INDUSTRIALS Stiver Sellei •Mcx Brick* Pref
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  • 50 8 WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (AP) The ECA reported more than a ton of platinum has arrived from Britain for U.S. stockpiles. The metal, used m making nitroglycerine and manufacture of aircraft, ships, guns S£ d A ta ks> was bought with t.c A. British counterpart funds.
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  • 106 8 EXCHANGE rates now In force, as sur jlied by the Malayan Exchange Banks Association are ns follows; FREE MARKET CURRENCIES OCU4MI itnnr, T.r od t.r. ou jntwd, In d ft SSS2 155 3/4 IM s ?5? Buvin« rate? tor Air MaM transmission. CONTROL DIRECT RATES etviNo
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  • 393 8 Standard Staff Reporter RUBBER production m the Federation of Malaya last month at 65,494 tons (57,735 tons m June) was Ut highest monthly output this year. Rubber stocks, how ever, dropped from 74,143 tons m June to 71,779 tons m July.
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  • 77 8 DJAKARTA, tcr-AAP) Lnb.<';r the Indonesian C ernment, Mr. Wl de'-l;iroH that ihe half a mUMon c tat ii S S iti i itacc S m wates. were Mr. Wilopo saj The Barbupri, hi yorkeri on p wtatw si-. acalt t. f v. do OovcrnracntH The
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  • 20 8 Raii*\iy ttrtiMa vital 1 1 ties mci United St ha\ c force I the n Canadian Paj
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  • 60 8 Standard Sun V IN THE absence of baying th rub!» r market opened easier j morning some orders rame m, and In the afternoon, there M country, but the market ers m evidence. The elbsing price for ment was $IJ4|
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  • 62 8 LONDON. Auj. 25 (UP)— Tin was sUvuly an I ten tons sold «n the market and 30 tons m months, all at the £810. Yesterday af' price was CBl5. The closing pri--f spot £80!) buyer*, £81 1 with bustnen at r_H\n 1 months. L'oOi* bujrers,
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  • 15 8 The output of Jknah I:. Estates Ltd.. during July was 23.08.* ib.
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  • 176 9 I shJ a r penter from Jajnak* 'Air, of age and sure tea." He is a Xegro with a voice and ■^ush tash. Able Seaman of Woodstock one of Cape Town's suburbs, he knows vwst ports m the world, but still talks about
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  • 111 9 Deserter Imprisoned gtaidard stuff Reporter EAR-OLD E. Ellergreaser of the ntenced by Marine Court Mr. D. A. Fyfe yesweek*s rigorous 'everting th> Cc U Cheng prose rton was given isit a docto r him suffer gh but certified and told him ;hip. Ellerton. ■<) do so. and •ie same t-ight
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  • 82 9 25— (AP>.— I Ministry of I ens today grant- r the Panama* mer, Swal:l to Hons- c v wns seized by :ip on Jan. approaching Arnoy from t€ 1 to Kaoh- naval base Formosa, where confiscated and i 'neve ever since. Good-looker: He is an Assistant Storekeeper
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  • 42 9 TAIPE*. Aug. '25— (AP).— I Hat i cruiser Worcesarrh i Monday a* the ifi :>ort of Keeling If mpanied by thcry and K«sf«plei S Navy tanker, relieved tanker which arrived- vi 5 escorted liser Juneriu and
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  • 35 9 THE Civil Aeronautics Board has denied m its entirety a five-year-old application by Pan American World Airways for 15.000 miles of super-service domestic routes to link its international route terminals along the nations borders.
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  • 135 9 Standard Shipping Reporter WITH her cargo of 9,441 tons of Burma rice intact following the robbery and recovery of 25 bags earlier this week the tramp steamer lonian Moon sailed from Singapore for Colombo last night. Just after midnight on Sunday, the lonian
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  • 96 9 JAPAN TO SPEND US $400,000,000 ON NEW ROADS TFIE Japanese Government has embarked on a road building programme to improve its highway system. Estimated to cost nearly U*****,000,000 over a fiveyear period, the programme will provide Japan with efficient highways, primarily for transportation of freight but also for other traffic,
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  • 24 9 Owned by the British India SN.Co., the passenger and cargo M.S. Santhia has been launched by Barclay Curie and Company, England,
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  • 572 9 Standard Shipping Reporter CONFUSION like a debate of the disunited nations, as 35 crew members ?u ou steamer Audax fought for what they claimed was overdue pay, reigned at the Shipping Office m the Fullerton Building, Singapore, yesterday 'nvntin*. Hollywood could not have arranged
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  • 24 9 HONG KONG. AUf. 24-(AP) A terse teleui'iun from Shanghai to Jcbshun Steamship Company here read: "All crew members safe. Ship sank.'*
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  • 233 9 NEW DELHI, (AP) Can automobiles be manufactured profitably m a country that buys only 30,000 cars each year? India thinks so and is getting set to try it. Government officials concede that it may take five years to achieve the goal a car
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  • 77 9 BANGKOK, Frl. Thai shipping agents today signed agreements creating for the first time, a shipping conference here. The decision removes a longstanding Malayan complaint that Thailand exercised undue freight advantage on the shipment of rubber to U.S. Henceforth, all rubber exports to U.S.A. will
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  • 134 9 LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter) Following Britain's protest on recent traffic restrictions m the Suez Canal, the Egyptian Government has informed the British Admiralty Agent at Suez that British naval tankers was exempted if they prove they are Gov-ernment-owned. Britain protested to Egypt against the additional
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  • 89 9 OTTAWA. Aug. 24— (Reuter) The government has obtained authority through order m council to mobilise and control all Canadian commercial aircraft m a move to cope with the 3-day-old railway strike threatening to paralyse the country's economy. Officials siid they would not use the
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    • 90 9 f\ Ceylon (parcels only) BenveDispatcnes gj«« %2ft& Japan 8 a.m. Straat ca West indies. Egypt and embang Noon Ceylon (letters only) 6 P^n. pine Islands O ranje; Java 6 p.m. Van der ing Trader; Treng- p> r< r u parcels only) Noon Ra- 00bcn (parcels only) Arrival* li; North Borneo,
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    • 273 9 ||§§|||ii^lN and OUT OF HARBduf)f TANTALUS (Mansfield) TJIBAOAK (KPM) fL' r n»i« fr om Europe. from S. America. JNipS Ulie Aug. 29: MAETSUYCKER (kpm) Vr^^^k H Q re lUl>.\* from W. Australia. BENVEG (Paterson, Simons) KUTSANG (Boustead) OUTER RO \DS from B a"S M k^ ROW from Calciitta Hai Hsu
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  • 416 10  - Your Marriage Samuel G. Esther B. Kling R\ and Honeymoon Important To (tooil Start Q.. Is it a good idea to have a honeymoon when you marry? A. Yes. A young engaged couple recently informed us, "No honeymoon for us! We're going to save that money and invest it m
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  • 98 10 LONDON, Aug. 25-<INS>— me Rev. Leslie Garrett, Vicar of Winterton, Lincolnshire appealed to his rhoirbovs to •hell their peanuts m the vestry not In church because the noi~e makes the sermons inaudible. Writing m his parish magazine, the Vicar said a sermon by the Bishop of Grimsby
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  • 586 10  -  HARVEY HUDSON By PARIS. (AP)— A caravan of 80 automobiles will set out this Autumn to travel through the heart of Africa. You. too, can probe the wilds of the once-dark continent if you have enough money and time for the trip.
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    26 10  -  Ed Reed By "Well, well, Joe I haven't seea you since you were promoting that big oil stock deal how's it coming along?"
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  • 222 10  - Eat Right— Live To Be 120 JACK HEES BY FRANKFURT (UP) A Swedish doctor told an overflow German audience at Frankfurt University recently that 60 years is "just the first half of your life." "My worst enemy m Sweden is the Pension Ministry." declared Dr. Are Waerland. of Stockholm, who
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  • 257 10 CAIRO. Aug. 25 (UP)— Pages of a hand-written Bible, older than the Codex Sinaicus, the oldest known Bible, have been I found at St. Catherine's Mo- nastery, m the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, according to reports. This discovery was made by the American Foundation for
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  • 288 10  - THE DOCTOR SAYS Isolating Polio Victims May Ward Off General Epidemic EDWIN P. JORDAN. M.D. By ALTHOUGH there Is still much to learn concerninf polio, the cause is now known to be a virus, which is a tiny living organism too small to see under the ordinary mi< r<>scope. This
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  • 251 11 BOMBAY, Aug. 25 (UP) Malaya's Thomas Cup Metal A. Piruz treated a aim it v crowd to some cellent badminton today anil entered the men's •juries semifinals of the cSekti Club of India championships at the ex- H ns( of India's B. D. Shroll. 15—5, 15—9. Indian
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  • 75 11 Friday— The Malay j combination of Miss Nahariah surprise m last the Perak nton championwhen they beat strongly Cheong Weng Ay Phaik Chooi m i to qualify for the pair lost the first but won the next and 15-9 through and net play. defeated
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  • 31 11 TWEN r l'oats, repre- c the eight sailing gapore, will take round of the tion for the p on Sunday at the Th« first i will start at
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  • 270 11 ELS. Aug. 24 (UP) Russia held its long the unofficial point score of the European track lampionships tonight after a turbulent day meet officials strove hard to avoid an "mci might mar the Soviets' first venture into Western sport since 1946 m the evening,
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  • 29 11 Ba gan Serai Soccer VTAR. Wed-In I lt-a^ue matches < B ri the Cosmos 2 t <i beat the P.W.D. bayc now oband are 2 points I^AjitL «"e»t rivals the
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  • 554 11  -  HERMAN RAPPA B» shortlvTai!Lnnr» l^ nBkon f 1 and Indian teams already here or due lo?cer that tS n» P P i, r rS (a d SSO, are ln {or such a concentrated dose of "class" We have had^lenty T**'
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  • 122 11 BRUSSELS, Aug. 25 (UP) Russia hinted today that it would not withdraw from the European track and field championships but Soviet Embassy officials said the final decision would be made m Moscow. "I think we will continue to compete at least through the tourney,"
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  • 72 11 LONDON, Aug. 25 (Reuter AP)— English League soccer results: (home teams first) were: division n Hull City 3 Barnsler Queens P.R. 1 Notts C. 0 Swansea T. 1 Sheffield U. 2 West HamU. 2 Luton T. 1 DIVISION 111 (Southern) Port Vale 1 Newport C. 0
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  • 185 11 COSMOS S. C. beat the Chinese Sports Association m a Junior Cup tie soccer match played on the B. O. D. C. A. ground at St. George's Road yesterday by two goals to one. Exchanges were even and the first goal came when C.
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  • 142 11 MILAN, Aug. 25 <AP>-Brf-tain's ace cyclist, Reg HaI ?i s established a new record on the Vigorelli course m Milan last night when he covered the 400 metres circuit m 22.8 seconds. The _previous record was 234 sees. The old record had also been
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  • 263 11 THE Singapore Chinese Football Association at a committee meeting last night finalised details for the forthcoming visit of a Singapore team to Burma. It was stated at the meeting that Malay players, who had been originally included m the side, were unable
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  • 100 11 IN a Business Houses league game played at St. George's Road yesterday the Straits Times S.C. beat the Chartered Bank S.C. by one nil. The play was even throughout but ten minutes from the first whistle Pasqual scored for the Times. Chartered Bank made a big
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  • 208 11 SOUTHEND-ON-SEA. Aug. j 25: (Reute-).— West Indies beat I E.ssex by seven wickets. Within half an hour of the i resumption after lunch Essex were all out for 169 which left the West Indies with two and a quarter hours m which to score 186
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  • 121 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Major Shrimpton, Quarter Master of the Worcestershire Regiment m Malaya, is training the Regimental team for the Malayan Rifle meeting to take place at the Malay Regimeat Range at Siginting, near Port Dickson, between Oct. 2 and 7. Major Shrimpton. one
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  • 63 11 NEGRI SEMBILAN Indians meet their Singapore compatriots m the Bardham Cup final at Jalan Besar Stadium today. Neer! won the trophy last year and are confident of retaining it, but the locals have other views and a thrilling game is anticipated. Negri SembHan Indians
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  • 44 11 TORONTO, Aug. zG— (AP)— The Belgian Davis Cup tennis team swept two exhibition singles matches from Canada's two top players Friday. Jean Bricliant defeated Brendan Macken 6-4. 4-(J, <<-3. (i-3. Phi'ippe Washer defeated Henri Rooi*yu ii J. t >}. 6-4,
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  • 63 11 KUALA LUMPUR, *"rl Sentence of three months' rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. A. P. Jack, the First Magistrate. today, on a 22-year-old Indian named Velhisamy on a charge of loitering at night on Aug. 14 at Mountbatten Road. The man, who was at one time an inmate
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  • 319 11 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The development of the economic and educational advancement of the people of Perils and the improvement of public health were severely restricted last year by the emergency, although the State was fortunate m suffering less
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  • 139 11 The first Malayan Photographic Exhibition will be held at the Chinese Assembly Hall from 6 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 31 and from 10 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. on Sept. 1 and 2. The Exhibition is under the patronage of
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  • 71 11 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Friday The awakening of the Malays of Perlis to the value of education for their future is reflected m the growing demand for and interest m both vernacular and English educa tion. The number of Malay boys attending school last
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  • 549 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The First Magistrate, Mr. A. P. Jack today reserved judgment until Sept. 6, m the case m which the former Officer-in-Charge of the Pudu Police Station, Sergeant Major Jagir Singh, and a Police pensioner, Anokh Singh, are charged under the Anti-Corruption Ordinance.
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  • 307 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl One bandit was killed on the sp«>t and the other two wounded la Johore yesterday when security forces Mttaf on information contacted them. Heavy blood trails were followed and the body of one of the men WM vo< overed. Security forces
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  • 70 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Fr!. This evening a new canteen was opened to serve the 500 members of the staff of the stores, workshops and training branch of the T< nunications Dept. here. Decorated with windowboxes of flowers to create a restful atmosphere, the canteen will
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  • 331 12 PENANG, Fri. The Associated Turf Clubs of Malaya have agreed that it is a matter for individual clubs to alter their rules so that they can collect the tax from members. This was revealed by the president of the Penang Turf
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  • 171 12 THE Singapore Chinese Football Association is to insist on a full insurance claim for one of their players who was injured by terrorists' bullets while travelling: to a soccer match m Kuala Lumpur m a train that uas attacked m Johore. The injured player was
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  • 65 12 The 127 tups and trophies donated for the sth Malayan Chinese Athletic Championships to be held at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Sept 9 and 10 will be exhibited at the premises of the Malayan Goldsmiths m North Bridge Road < next to Aurora Ltd.) next
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  • 820 12  -  OLLIE DAVIES By RETAINING the brilliant form which enabled him to score four wins m his last six outings, the three-year-old brown Australian gelding Azad can make it three off the reel m the seventh race today, the first
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  • 131 12 IPOH. Fri. Five trophy races, including the Gold Vase and the Perak Stakes, will feature the Autumn Meeting of the Perak Turf Club, to be held on Sept. 30 and October 4 and 7. The Gold Vase race for Class one Division one horses over the
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  • 153 12 «<J l E fo owin t»av« been selected to represent the Indian Association m the third annual match for the Mahatma Uandhi Memorial Cup (preSJTMiSrjr- and "<»<"- ar {r a iJ Singh (Capt.) Yusof Madl k Wl lams R- Bhupalan; feg; Thivy; N. Abbasbhoy; R F/O Dandeitar of
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  • 191 12  - Exeter Does Best Gallop On KL Track OLLIE DA VIES By KUALA LUMPUR, Friday.— With Jones astride the black Australian mare Exeter did the best gallop on the second track at Kuala Lumpur this morning when she went three m 38 3/5 sees. This one is not without a chance
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  • 403 12 Community Soccer CHINESE swept Eurasians off their feet and registered a 6 l victory over them m a SAFA Community League game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. At the end of the first half, Chinese had notched five goals whilst keeping their charge intact. Then Eurasians
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  • 138 12 Rough Play Mars Inter-Community Soccer In Penang PINANG. Thurs. Rough play marred the inter-commu-nity sunrr match played on the Westlands School (round this afternoon when the Chinese forced the Malays to a one-all draw. The exchanges were even m the first half. The Interval was taken with a blank-score sheet.
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    • 83 12 UDESjgJ TifeSjQC HIGH TIDES at the principal resorts m Malaya TODAY A.M. P.M. Singapore 110! 10.111 Malacca i.n 6.50 Port Dickson 5.34 6.13 Port Sw'nham 4.5» 5.14 Penang 11.11 12.01 TOMORROW Singapore 11.36 10.51 Malacca 6.53 7.31 Port Dickson 6.16 6.50 Port Sw'nham 4.5! 5.55 Penang 12.54 12.41 MONDAY Singapore
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