Singapore Standard, 4 August 1951

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    Masthead
    15 1 Singapore Standard VOL II MO. 34. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1951. 24 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    40 Bandits Burn Homes In Jasin
    13 1 40 Bandits Burn Homes In Jasin i .Vnt peri- I )jm. e no
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    Watts-arier Will
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    All Over Again
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    Tao Guard Shot
    12 1 iera amlulled a Yugoslav ard near the border A.P
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    Truman Seeks Unified Action in West Europe
    326 1 Truman Seeks Unified Action in We st Europe I (1 P)« PrraSJcul Harn Truman M'uatu- showdown particularly with In bring western pane; more closely ,i r area> of \\w world, informed sources said Afti studying his National Sec ::\v Council*s report on Soviet preparedness, Truman U I thai the time
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    Press Law: Badly Presented-C.C Tan
    188 1 Press Law: Badly Presen te d-C.C Tan From Our London Correspondent LONDON, Au£. 3. The Singapore Government has put its ease for the Press Law badly, aeeordingg to Mr. C Ci Tan. Progressive Party leader, who is in the I nited Kingdom on a visit to the Festival of Britain.
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    Lord Mayor Of London Arrives
    84 1  -  Michael Goh. pictures by Standard The Lord Mayor of London and his retinue on their arrival in Singapore yesterday. From left to right they are Mr. William Bos ion. the Lord Mayor's Sword Bearer and First Squire, Lt.-Col. Alderman and Sheriff G. J. Cullum W?!ch,
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    Suez Talks Off?
    43 1 THE Security Council today postponed the next debate on tiie Suez Canal from Tuesday to Thursday next week in the hope that a diplomatic solution will be leached in the dispute over the Egyptian blocki irl h strategic waterway.- U.P
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    Lord Mayor Brings London's Greetings To City Of S'pore
    339 1 Standard Staff Reporter LONDON, a senior member of the great family *>f eitie* sends greetings to the new City of Singapore." These were the first words uttered by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Deny* Lowson when he, with the Mayoress,
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    Malaya Sent Reds 15,661 Tons Rubber
    98 1 LONDON, Aug. 3 (AP)— Sir Hartley Shawcross, President of the Board of Trade, said today that 6,194 tons of raw rubber were re-exported from Britain to Russia in the first half of this year. In a written answer to a House of Commons question.
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    Jet Bomber Makes Ceylon-Spore Hop in 4 Hours
    110 1 FLYING TIME between Ceylon and Singapore normally around seven and a half hours was slashed to just over four hours yesterday by Britain's new jet bomber, the Canberra. The bomber landed in the blistering sun at Changi with high-altitude frost still glistening
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    Japs In Sampan Raid Aussie Mandated Isle
    61 1 CANBERRA, Aug. 3 (AP) Navy Minister William McMahon today confirmed reports that Japanese in a sampan recently pillaged Australianmandated islands northwest of Manus. He said the Japanese raiders took off valuable copra and that steps have been taken to guard against further incursions.
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    Penang Police Arrest Dodger
    133 1 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Fri.— One of the three dodgers. Choong Teik Kean. has been arrested by police here, the representative of the Settlement Director of ManpoWer disclosed to The Standard today. This man is stated to be at Jelutong. The other two dodgers are still
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    British Govt.Oil Talks Mission Leaves For Iran
    355 1 British Go v t. Oil Talks Mis sion Leaves For Iran LONDON, Aug. 3 (Renter) A British Government mission headed by Mr. Richard Stokes, Minister of raw Material*, left Britain at 1500 GMT today to resume direct oil negotiation* with the Persians, it was officially announced. Another member of the
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    US To Start Atomic War If Talks Fail
    196 1 NY Columnist Says: NEW YORK. Aujs. 2 (IP). Columnist Robert S. Allen, writing in tin* New York Post, said today 4 atomic weapons will he used against the Communists if the t'ease fire parley eollapses in Korea and the Red* launch a
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    Truce Talks Remain Deadlocked
    130 1 Truce Talks Remain Deadlocked UX ADVANCE BASE CAMP. Aug 3 (UP)— The United Nations flatly refused today to give up its present defense I position? in Korea as B price for a ceasefire. Chief United Nations negotiator Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy told the Communists at the 18th session of
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    HK REPORT RIDICULED
    83 1 AUTHORITATIVE Singapore source-; last night ridiculed a Hongkong report saying that Malaya and North Borneo "are planning to grant migration to some 200,000 unemployed Chinese in Hongkong to meet the shortage of labourers." Pointing to the present stricter immigration laws against the entry of people from Red
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    UN Troops Take Million $ Hill
    76 1 UN Troops Take Million Hill EIGHTH ARMY HEAD QUARTERS, Korea, tag ■'< l'I' United Nations Sighting men stormed ir| d captured a "mil lion dollar mountain" on I m centra] Korean front today in the face of Communis< machi <* gun, mortar and artillery ftfe Allied infant rymen capi >■
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    Peron's Wife To Run For Vice-Presidency
    50 1 BUF.XOS AIRES. Aus 3 <AP Eva Peron, wile of (Argentina dictator, is to b«* suppotled *j a candidate foi the Vice-Prei denry b> the Governmentsponsored General Confederation of Labour (CGTi Ttiiv [g the fiisi move mndt b;mv bi^ organisation to iiipnor! h.'f P -v
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    Officer Loses Seniority
    81 2 Officer Loses Seniority Standard Mall Reporter LIEUTENANT Edward Morrison, Royal Engineers, mM sentenced l»y a >iiiiiaporr general court-martial leslenlnj In lo— ©I five >«-:»r- seniority ami a severe r< primaml for being tlrunk while on active service in Singapore oa June 18. I kf W '"-rue is subject to i
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    'I Am Deeply Touched By The Honour-Sir Shenton
    412 2 'I Am Deeply Touched By The Honour -Sir Shenton Gimson Opens nj a H New Highway Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE City's newest highway, the B©ft-wide Shenton Way, was declared open yesterday morning by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson. Six Municipal Commissioners were present including the Colonial Secretary, Mr W I
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    S'pore TUC Receives Official Blessing
    194 2 Standard Reporter THE SINGAPORE Trade Union Congress received official Messing >*>t*rtlay when it was issued with ii> r« 'i_i~l ration certificate. M. P. D. Xair. President i A: Civil Ser i at ns hi ted 1 the T.U.C, reertifi ate from the r of T:.
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    Sold Beauty Parade, Fined
    70 2 PM. MOHAMED was fined $25 in the Singapore First Dis- :rict Court yesterday, when he plead* d guilty to a summons charge 4 b w."3. for s>;!e on June 19 a copy ol "Beauty Parade" magazine, .\hich was a ban- 1 r.ed publication X gj iraani
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    LAWYER TOLD: COURT IS NOT A POLITICAL PLATFORM
    134 2 "THIS is a court of laic and not a political platform," re- eked Mr. Justice Fletcher Rogers in the High Court yesterday when a Singapore lawyer, Mr. Philip Efoaltm, criticised the Japanese attack on Singapore. Mr. Hoalim was addressing the court in
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    663 New Babies
    31 2 DOT OF the 191 deaths for the wetk. 22 were due to pneumonia, while tuberculosis and typhoid claimed 20 lives each. T'jf-e were 883 babies burn last week.
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    Girl (18) Charged
    50 2 A\ IS- YEAR-OLD Malay girl Yam binte Ahmad was charged in the Singapore Second Ponce Cov.v: yesterday with stealing $50 from Puran Singh in a house at Johore Road on the night of Aug. 2. She claimed trial and was allowed $250 until Aug. 8 for hearing.
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    Charity Concert
    40 2 i A VARIETY concert in aid of S.A.T.A. and the University of Malaya Endowment Fund to be he'd at the Happy World Stadium at the end of September.- is being planned by the Cosmos Spoils Club of Singapore.
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    "Thief, Thief PutsIntruders To Flight
    207 2 Standard Staff Reporter a CHINESE shopkeeper told the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday how he woke up one night to find several men trying to pry open the plank walls 01 his hut. He was Ng Sze Lai, who was giving evidence at a preliminary
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    Warrant Out For Youth
    81 2 A WARRANT for the arrest of a Chinese youth Ting Mim?. was issued in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday, when he failed to appear in court for sentence. Ting, who was on a $1,000 bail, had pleaded guilty on July 28, when charged with having
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    9 Unions Appeal To Glass Co.
    203 2 iMandard Staff Reporter NINE SINGAPORE trade unions, representing about 6.000 industrial workers in the Col#ny, yesterday jointly attacked the refusal of the Singapore Glass Manufacturing Company to aecepi the offer of its employees' union to put their wage dispute before an arbitration board. Describing
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    No Response To Call For Female Labourers
    359 2 No Response To Call For Female Labourers Standard Woman Reporter THERE has been no response to the call-up for female labourers by the Singapore Municipal Town Cleansing Department for the disposal of nightsoil anil the washing and disinfecting of pails at disposal stations. The Employment Officer of i the Singapore
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    KIWI DEBATE ON MOVIES
    63 2 THAT "Movies Are Beneficial To Youth," will be the subject of a debate spons red by I Kiwi Members 1 league to be held at the British Council Hall today. Speaker.? for the motion are Goh Seng Lin and Sonny Yeo, and the opposition will be
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    HOSTEL FOR ASIAN SEAMEN PLANNED
    180 2 ASIAN repatriate seamen in Singapore who are now living like "cattle" in unlicensed seamen's lodging houses may get better accommodation and food in the near future if plans, now being drafted, to build a hostel for them are approved by Government. Thi« was stated by
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    $116,000 REALISED FOR FIRE VICTIMS
    402 2 School Children Pass The HatR Qund European Offers S three members of the pu They have also received from others tome old clothing. Meanwhile. The Standard corresp adent in Ipoh cabled yesterday thai 3.000 old clothing had been despatched by the Perak Kwangtui g a.
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    Hired Car For 52.312
    5 2 Hired Car For 52.312 tdfmdrfjkjdr
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      118 2 Sit it/on Sno 7 Mmhittv IMod'^l h:tiid-o;)!'ra:( d Mn:i? j i Electric PFaatedi Acrats or Biaeipotc .V Malaya. For particvlari pleasi i i id Off, I Saigon Sewing Mai Ninanii Shiaok shi kashi City, a Export As'-'it:-I Inouye Senrk P. O B<»\ \u I in. High quality 17-Jewel w:«t<r proof
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      54 2 t? HE TWO MOST FAMOUS LOVERS /M ALLTHE WUS— SMOOTH, SOPH/STI -AH DONIT KNOW WHUT HER A R^ A m CATE&ROMttMtHAISnHCKCMESWSiMT-TALXS^M^roBEHeGAAas™) FACE IS LIKE. —BUT SHE S nATCmL- i A "£STROH<S,SILEhn;ORAf>ESTyLESLOaa£RU*SMCJAarH£ TH' GAL AH LjOv'ES, MAINLV < HErP 'of. P RECUZ SHE'S TH' MEARESr > cH& ■0 THE SAMS TttfK-—
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      Man Heard His Acquittal 20 Mins Later
      87 3 Man Heard His Acquittal 20 Mins Later TEO CHIN' CHONG, a young Chinese accused on two counts »1 dishoi i stly retaining stolen property, and a third ol being in fraudulent possession of textiles In the Singapore First Di>tnrt was acquitted on all the charges Court yesterday. When the Judge,
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      A Look & She Was In Love
      239 3  - A Look She Was In Love Maxine Rakich By Standard Woman Reporter CHARM] N G Lady Patricia, Lady Mayoress of London took one look at Mrs. Yap Phenji Geek's cheongsam of silver-Kiev Chinese brocade and declared: "I just love that Chinese dres*. And what was Lady Patricia herself wearing at
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      DROP STRIKE NOTICE, SAY UNION MEN
      115 3 THE REQUIREMENT under the Emergency Regulation* for Unions to give 14 days 9 notice before a strike can be called should be abolished. This view was expressed by trade union leaders in the Colony. Mr. M. P. D. Nair, President of the Army Civil
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      Motorists Told: Don't 'U' Turn
      349 3 pnoio. TWENTY extra Traffic Police constables uill be on duty in the vicinity of the Happy World Amusement Park tonight to direct the expected heavy traffic at the opening of the Trade Exhibition. The Traffic Chief yesterday appealed to all motorists using Geylang Road during
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      Boss Signed A False Bill
      60 3 THE DIRECTOR o! a sarong manufacturing company. who sitmed a talse bill for 'the sale of 40 sarongs to a firm in Malacca, with intent to defraud the Federation Government of $4(i in customs duty, was fined SfiOO in the Singapore First District Court yesterday.
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      STORE HONOURS THE LORD MAYOR
      187 3 STORE HONOURS THE LORD MA YOR Standard Staff ReporUr would not be able to delay his journey to attend a banquet, Sir Denys" replied that much as he would like to do .so. it was impossible for him at the moment as he was already a day late. The Lord
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      $100,000 Hotel To Cater For Studen ts And Office Workers
      351 3 $100,000 Hotel To Ca ter For Studen ts And Office Workers Standard Staff Reporter A SlOO.OOO residential hotel specially meant for students and office workers in the City is being planned to be built at Thomson Road near Chancery Lane by Mr. C. M. Lee of Lee and Fletcher, Singapore.
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      The Hall Won't Be Air Cooled
      55 3 THE SERIOUSNESS of the electricity supply position in Singapore ha-- caused the postponement of the air conditioning of the Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall. The Estates and Fire BrigadeCommittee of the Commissioners which considered this question recently. agreed that it was desirable to a:r
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      4 Nurses Pass
      34 3 THESE nurses have passed the examination of the Central Midwives Board held in July < B Certificate): Tan Poh Choo, j Ramah bte. Hassan, Ainon bte. j Rahman. Hawa bte. Bu.jal. photo.
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      Tree' Ride Cost $2
      44 3 PERUMAL RAMASAMY «21> nf Alexandra Road was fined $2 in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday for attempting to avoid payment of a fare ol ten cents, while travelling in an S.T C bus along Middle Road on July 29.
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      Cafe Owners Asked: Save Electricity
      101 3 Cafe Owners Asked: Save Electricity Standard Staft Reporter THE MI'N'ICIPALITY F.!.«rtricitj Department is to prinl and distribute to til mating houses, coffee .shops and creameries posters in the different languayi"- appealing to c-in-Bumers to avoid wastage ol electricity. This has been decided bj the Health Committee ol the Comid;.-.- i(
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      Freed He Is Back In Jail
      87 3 Stusid.ird Stall K«p<iri«T CHAN cm\ POH, Chii em youth was acquitted in the Singapore Third District Court on charges ol stealing throe cat* But he did not ihe coui t a i man lit- w ;ts escorted to prison to continue sen Li g
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      114 3 LIKE THE TOUGH JOBS! The harder the job, the better the Nanh Truck like* it. For the*e ru?f;t><l k uork-hornes M are built to take it. Kvery part from sturdy chattM* to famous Nash valve-in-head high-torque economy engine in Aeaigmtd t« give peak performance under all operating conditions. Two choice
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      83 3 SINGAPORE J/l/iKXY.M.C.A., Orchard Road: Cricket Y.M.C.A. vs BM.H. 2 p.m.. S'pore Chess Club 3 p.m.. Chinese Y.M.C.A., Selegie Road: Student Music 4 p.m.. Basket Ball 5 p.m., Badminton 5.30 p.m.. Evening School 5-9 p.m. Festival of Britain Exhibition: United Engineers Building 9 a.m.-() p.m., Festival Film 3.30 p.m. -ii [f?~
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    War Dept. Employees To Discuss Vital Issues At KL Meet
    604 4 i graded or liable to be dis--1 charged, he should be given an s opportunity to ask for a trans- fer. The conference will discuss alleged "misemployment."' The WDCSA contends* that some clerks have been asked to do typists' work.
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    Retiring KL Municipal Chief Lauded
    217 4 Standard Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Tr.r itea were paid to Mr. H. T. \v Os irell, retiring President of the R iala Lmnpwr Municipality, a] a farewell dinner gives: m > ,;r by the Kua ,i LumI t M I C mmissi tiers, i
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    Deserters Jailed
    68 4 Special f si es were ent b: *e K t bio V.- ihe P ce Court Magisi "ate I i first cused! i bin Long K m Bj d ng Pal -a. s sent e m nth's rigorous dI sec nd accused I un< d Yus t bin
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    JOHORE WELFARE WEEK PLANS
    283 4 ORGANISED bv the Johore Welfare Carnival Committee in dnj unction with the members of the Johore Welfare Services Committee at Johore Bahru, for the purp ses oi raising funds for the Job re Welfare Services, a Welfare Week will run from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2
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    Standard; , Reader Praised
    169 4 Standard; Reader Praised A READER of the Singapore Standard, who wrote to The Standard under the non de plume of "A Citizen," last Thursday, has been praised by the Chief of the Emergency Information Service, Federation of Malaya, Mr. H. Carleton Greene. Mr. Greene said that "A Citizen" has "performed
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    Crash Wagons Derailed
    72 4 Crash Wagons Derailed KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.—Bandits derailed four crash wagons and the engine of a passenger train in Bahau, Negri Sembilan, yesterday. There were no casualties. Security forces have killed two bandits in the Federation, wounded another, yesterday. They also captured two suspected baniit food suppliers. A bandit shot and
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    Contractor's Appeal Is Dismissed, Sentence Enhanced
    325 4 Contractor's Appeal Is Dismissed, Sentence Enhanced wm;e me evicence or tne appei lant on paper was evasive an unconvincing. His Lordship it marked. The President came to thi finding without any besitatioi His Lordship pointed out tha the evidence culed for tb I prosecution was Bound, am there was no
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    War Medals For Johore Volunteers
    251 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Fii. Ore hundred officers and men of the Former Johore Volunteer Forces, were presented with war medals by the Regent of Johore in a colourful ceremony held at the Bukit Zahara English School ground yestei day. These men. who Berved curing the war.
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    ANTI-TB WORK IN BATU PAHAT
    173 4 Standard Start Correspondent BATU PAH AT, Fri. Through the untiring efforts of the Batu Pahat Association foj the Prevention of Tuberculosis, 13 T.B. patients in the local hospital are now supplied with free foodstuffs and medicine. A radio is also provided. The Committee plans to
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    Malay Regt. Workers Form Trade Union
    306 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PORT DICKSON, Fn. The birth of a now trad, union in the Federation of Malaya was seen on Wednes day afternoon at Port Dickson. when the civilian ||j employees of the Malay Regiment. Port Dick<on helc ;the first inaugural meeting of
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    PD Scouts For Jamborette
    86 4 PORT DICKSON, Fri —Eight i scouts were selected to reprefh nt T Por v? Dickson District P Si theJamborette at Castle Camp, Kuala Lumpur, from Aug. 5 to a J£f y K- are A over Mate Moha^ 2 bin Ahm ad. Troop Leader PD daS ol-
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      194 4 r ACCOMMODATION WANTED r. I D T ARGE responsible concern in Xj requires furnished room(s) with or without board for J members of its overseas staff. J Letters stating conditions to r e Box Xo. T.336 S'pore Standard. 1 TENDER NOTICES MALAY REGIMENT 2 TENDER NOTICE 'TENDERS are invited for
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    US Building World Community-Mrs. Oon
    221 5 Standard Staff Correspondent V WORLD community is being built in ibe United States, according to Mrs. Beng Hong Oon, visiting lawyer and member for Penang in the Federal Legislative Council. i Mrs. Oon. in an interview in Washington on Wednesday. said that buiiding a world
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    Visitors Welcomed
    99 5 Standard Staff Correspondent A DINNER party was given by Tengku Indra Petra Officer-in-Charge. Co-operative Development in Kelantan, at the Pantai Chinta Berahi recently in honour of Che Abdul Majid, Senior Co-operative Officer. North Malaya, and Che S. M. Zainal Abidin, Inspector of Schools. Penang. during their visit to
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    Offered Bribe Three Months
    64 5 Standard Staff Reporter TAN AH HOO was sentenced to three months rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday for offering $500 bribe to Inspector Cecil Cheng at Telok Ayer Basin in the early hours of June 24. Arrested with ten other men. Tan tried
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    14 Sit For Exams
    82 5 THE following fourteen Candidates from the Mahmurl School and M G.S. Raub will sit for the Normal Class Examination to be held he.e from Augusi 6-8 Mr. Saroan Singh (Mahmud 9chool) Misses Anne Vergis, Diontj C!iin Dinu and Chin Thye Moi (M.G.S.), Messrs. N. Kanagarajah. Shahid
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    Vacation Course
    47 5 TEX Teachers from Pahang will take, part In the Vacation Course at Singapore from August 10- 1G: Messrs. Austin Hooi E P.E. Ananda, Hooi Kum Swee. Dollah bin Sultan. Idns bin Babtee. Vytheswaran, P. Ganapathy, V. Kanagasabai, Hanth bin Laki and Mrs. Hooi Kum Swee
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    BLACKOUT AREAS TODAY
    353 5 I»\V:_ \lcvan«lr;i Brickworks, Miiiv:m Brewery, \.ls<. weuVr Dietbelm Co., TaiiKlui Koiil' Phoenix iMrk. IM-ir IMn- I- Opium Factory. UH<»nn- r\ Road Oxygen Factory, r >t. -la.n.-v. Vllri Road; Silai Road, Bnklt PascJ, B^.TTrafalgar Street. l'nn< Edward in S Toad tr^ t La^° I SSn Fl O& 5hK
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    Perak To Grow More Rice
    371 5 NEW SCHEME IS LAUNCHED Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri. The first sta-e of tlie big Changkat Jong Irrigating Scheme, which aims at making Perak self-sufficient in rice production, came into operation today with the official opening of the main gate of the irrigation canal at
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    Memorial Service For Comrades
    151 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri— A memorial service was held at St. (.corse's Church, Penang, thQ evening to commemorate the dead of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry who were killed or died in Malaya. The Battalion leaves for the United Kingdom on Tuesday. The service
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    Dockers Want Better Rates
    64 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fri.- At the request of the Employers' Association of Penang and Province Wellesley. the recently formed Penang and Province Wellesley Waterfront Workers' Union today forwarded the scale of present handling rates for study. The Waterfront Workers' Union had. previously written to the
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    Jr. Red Cross
    85 5 IPOH. Fri.— The first cadet unit ot the Junior Red Cross League in Perak was enrolled at the Ipoh Convent early this week. The unit comprised 49 girls under the charge of Miss Mary Jarne, cadet officer, who is assisted by Miss Mary Rodrigues. Mrs. Blelloch, wife
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    Woman Cleared
    32 5 A 48-YEAR-OLD Chinese woman. Tang Loke was acquitted in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday of living partly on the immoral earnings of prostitutes at Desker Road on July 2.
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    Tigers Maul Circus Stuntman
    168 5 Tigers Maul Circus Stuntman Standard Staff Correspondent BATU GAJAH, Fri— A tiger and tigress belonging to Sheum's Circus severely mauled the arms of Veerasamy, an acrobat and stuntman in the circus, early this week. Veerasamy after his performance at a matinee show was standing near a cage containing the tiger
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    Delay In Issue Of Land Titles Bogs Progress
    268 5 Delay In Issue Of Land Titles Bogs Progress IPOH, Fri. The appalling delay in the ICtual approval of plans for the sub-division of land tollov i 1 by an equally long if not longer delay in issuing n v titles by the authorities, was deplored by Mr. R. \V. Peters.
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    Derogatory Phrase Led To Fatality
    183 5 Derogatory Phrase Led To Fatality Standard Malay Correspondent TELI'K ANSON, PrL—The use uf a Chinese phrase meaning "Eating at the expense of the employer and sleeping in a comfortable place" was said to have led to a fatal ftgh! between a lurry driver Tan Ah Joon at)'! One Ah Letlg
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    SC To Hang For Murder
    167 5 SC To Hang For Murder j Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri— Thirty-year-old j Special Constable Veer Singh j received the death sentence from Mr. Justic Wylie today when the two assessors, Mr. Jagat Singh and Che T. Hanizah, returned a unanimous verdict of guilty of murder. Veer Singh was said
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    Teeth Care In Schools Is Praised
    175 5 PENANG, Fri -The expansion of the dental service to schools in the Federation was positively a step in the right direction according to Dr. A. A. Sandosham. President of the Southern branch of the Alumni Association and Professor of Parasitology, University of Malaya. Dr.
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    Brevity Wanted
    37 5 THE bin i e Sutti f KeiauUtn wine:. Call* HI A Dp i I quie jr. The Sull i squest ed it tis 54 btrthd i eleb bould bo made m b ie <* DOS :b'e.
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      democracy's Nets/ Friend
      829 6 HTHE ageing and paunchy dictator of Spain is likely to hold un to his job for sometime yet. The only surviving member of the old Fascist alliance is no longei the untouchable that he has been since the end of the war. He has had moments Oi
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    Sweet AND Sour TABUAN
    440 6 Sweet AND Sour TABUAN QQQ Let's Have Less Wind And More Pith! A LARGE and costly bou--^■quet to Singapore's "docile" Press for their stand this week against uppity officialdom. The occasion was the dinner given by the Singapore Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in honour of Mr. Thomas Dewey,
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    THE hINGE OF FATE
    933 6 THE hINGE OF FATE Churchill's 4th Volume Of War i11,,,,,., 1 -r— -Jr "-^-ffli^en LONDON. A GLOWING tribute to "the glorious heroism and martial qualities" of the Indian Army is paid by Britain's wartime Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, in the fourth volume of his memoirs of the Second World
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      HOW TO SETTLE STRIKES
      471 6 Sir: The deadlock between the Singapore Federation of Services and the Services authorities has now reached a crucial stage A strike is imminent and Strike clouds' are hovering and gathering momentum. The employees of the Singapore Glass Manufacturers Company are already on strike— and I read
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      Too Much Religion?
      433 6 Sir: Mr. MacKenzie in his speech at the Johore State Council stated that the Malays have not made any progress because their religious teachings are mainly based on the hereafter and that, whereas the non-Malays are making progress in this material world, the Malays are being taught
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      SEREMBAN MCA
      153 6 Sir; The article appearing En the Readers' Forum oi the Malay Mail of July M regarding the general meeting ind election of office-bearers of the M C. A. points out the usual practice adopted by practically every public organisation in this country. If the Steremban MC h considers
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    Review of Views
    248 6 Review of Views Co-op Shops FOR the past lew months the public in the Federation have been waiting for the co-opera-tive stores to start said Utusan. "The director of co-operative 1 organisation. Mr. Sheppard.i told a press conference over at month ago that the business) side of the organisation would
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    Move To End ECA; US Aid Post Proposed
    227 7 Move To End EC A; US Aid Post Proposed WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (IP)— Two Republican Senators introduced legislation Thursday to end the Marshall Plan organization and lump all American foreign aid programmes, military and economic, under an independent mutual security administrator of cabinet rank. The proposal, advanced by Senators H.
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    House Passes "Flexible' Bill On US Ban
    96 7 House Passes "Flexible Bill On US Ban WASHLNGTON, Aug. 3, (UP).— The House Thursday approved a "flexible" bill to bar United States arms and economic aid to nations shippins war goods to Iron Curtain countries. The measure, which is a substitute for the controversial Kem Amendment, was adopted by a
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    US Won't Hand Over 13 German Ships To Reds
    189 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, (UP).— The United States announced yesterday that it will refuse to hand over to Russia 13 small German vessels claimed by the Soviet Union. A plan to split up the Nazi fleet which was drafted by United States,
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    Fechteler: US Admiral Should Head Pact Navy
    168 7 NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, Aug. 3, (AFP) The new American Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral William Fechteler. declared yesterday that the Atlantic Pact naval forces should be commanded by the chief of the American fleet in the Atlantic. The Admiral was holding his fir&t press
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    Silent Protest
    46 7 SYDNEY. Aug. 3 (UPi-The New South Wales Trnde Labour Council, representing more than *****0 trade unionists, decided last night to tell all its members to observe two minutes silence on VJ Day, August 10, in protest leainst the proposed Japanese peace treaty rearming Japan.
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    Deadlock In Suez Canal Debate Seen
    243 7 UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK. Aug. 3, (UP).— The Suez Canal dispute yesterday appeared headed for a deadlock as there were indications on one hand that Egypt was not prepared to make concessions and on the other that a strongly worded United Nations resolution may
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    Adm. Morgan Dies
    46 7 LONDON, Aug. 3 (Reuter)— The death of Admiral Sir Charles Morgan, Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel and Admiral Commanding Reserves from 1945-47, was announced here today. Sir Charles, who was 62. served as Director of Navigation at the outbreak of World War 11.
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    Kidd Treasure Hunt Delayed By Court Writ
    153 7 LONDON, Aug. 3, (Reuter).— A high court writ has prevented the motor yacht La Contenta leaving London to take 20 people to the South China seas to seek £100,000 treasure reputed to have been buried 250 years ago by Captain Kidd, a notorious
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    Hon. Member 'Not Insane'
    86 7 Hon. Member 'Not Insane' BANGKOK, Augr. 3 (Reuter) Eight Thai MPs, recently raised doubts about the sanity of a fellow member because, they said, he: I*. Claimed he "ate" sunshine for his health; 2. Rode a buffalo in a labour parade past Parliament House; 3. Kicked a football behind Parliament
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    US Ready To Discuss Asian Land Reform
    181 7 WASHINTON, Aug. 3, (UP). President Truman said at a news conference Thursday that the United States delegation to the United Nations Economic and Social Council was authorized to discuss the question of land reform in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Council is
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    'Miss World' And Runncrs-Up
    52 7 photo. Miss "Kiki" Hakansson of Sweden (centre), was chosen "Miss World" at the finals of the Festival of Britain contest at London's Lyceum July 27. Second was Miss Laura Ellison-Da vies (left) of London, and third Miss Doreen Dawne, of Lon don. The winner receives C
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    US-Soviet Exchange Of Good will Missions Urged By Senator
    246 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (AFP)— Democrat Senator Brien MacMahon, sponsor of the motion of friendship for the Soviet people recently adopted by Congress, yesterday took a new move aimed at bringing the peoples of the United States and Soviet Union together and
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    Dutch Opposed To Jap Draft
    150 7 THE HAGUE Aug. 3, (Reuter) Holland is opposed to the Anglo-American draft of a Japanese peace treaty to be signed in September at San Francisco, official sources said here today. Hollands objection. which mainly concern arrangements for reparations, were handed over in London and Washington
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    Royal Family Off On Summer Vacation
    71 7 LOXDO.V Aug. 3. <AP>— The King and Queen took their two grandc ilid en, Prince Charles and P: u cess Anne ofl on .i summer vacation yesterday. Speci;.] cots were built Into the I train to carry the two child, en on the ovei
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    Big 3 To Act On German, ME Defence
    144 7 LONDON. Aug. 3, (AP> The Western Big Three were reported yesterday to have agreed on quick action to phi:; two wide gaps in their Atlantic defence system the Middle East and Germany. Official sources said the United States. Britain and France accordingly
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    4 UK Destroyers To Stand Off Abadan
    69 7 BASRA, Aug. 3. »Reuter)— Four British destroyers will .stand off Abadan Island for two days next week when the cruiser Euryalus temporarily leaves her anchorage in ihe Shatt-El-Arab river, in Iraqi waters. The cruiser is moving 40 mile* up river to Basra so
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    Vietminh sabotages 2 Planes
    256 7 Vietminh sabotages 2 Planes s UGON, lie. 3. (Renter). Two cases of sabot.. of planrs alleged to have beca carried out by Yietnunh support* is wore reported here Thursday. A pbuw bound for Paris crashed w!u n taking off here and dash"d into a barracks killing six and injuring KfHL
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    Two Victims Of I-C Terrorist Attack Buried
    128 7 SAIGON, Aug. I, (IT).— {Trench General Charles Chan* son and Vietnam Governor Thai Lap Thanh, assassinated by a Vietminh terrorist throe days BfO, were buried here yesterday. The funeral was attended by Vietnam President Tran Van Hu and other hi^h-ranking French and Vietnam
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    Girl Found Sane-Free To Marrv Priest
    63 7 Girl Found SaneFree To Marrv Priest p MILAN'. .\iz I rAP»— tuUan polirr- last night released Claire Young from (all and announced .^he was free to marry her priest, Luciano Negrini, who ha.^ been excommunicated by the Vatican. Grabriele Mundo, Milan's deputy 'hie! ol police, said Claire had Lk '.mi
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    Deck Passengers From China Land
    53 8 Standard Shipping: Reporter Two groups of Chinese deck passengers, totalling TOO, who arrived in Singapore in two ships from China two days ago, will be allowed to leave St. John's Island quarantine station, today. Biggest single lot. 515 men, women and children, arrived in the
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    Ceylon-S'pore In 4 Hours
    62 8 Ceylon -S'pore In 4 Hours A composite aenal picture of the first Caaberni twin-jet bomber for the RAAF which reached Singapore last n ~M. contrasted against the forbidding terrain of Singapore Island south of the causeway, and Johore Hahrii. kt y to the Federation. The Canberra comes in to land
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    RAF Intercepts Canberra Jet
    543 8 THE fir>t Canberra twin-jet honiher for the Ro\al Australian Air Force reached Singapore la>t night after tl\ inir 1.750 miles from Ceylon in a few minutes over four hours. The bomber's average speed was of the order of 420 miles per hour a slow run. according
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    US Liner To Bid For Blue Riband
    223 8 Largest liner ever built in the United States, the 51,500-ton United States is expected next year to wrest the Blue Riband of the Atlantic record which was won by Britain's 83.673-ton Queen Marv on hpr snppdv crossing in 1938. The United States was
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    Russian Vessel Due Tomorrow
    48 8 Standard Shipping Reporter The 947-ton Russian vessel. Vitim. belonging to Sovtorgflot Moscow is expected to arrive in Singapore tomorrow. The Vitim which was built last year, will anchor in the Eastern Anchorage, to take a supply of provisions and bunkers before proceeding to Vladivostok.
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      67 8 Despatches TODAY: South and East Africa noon by Ruys, Sarawak (except Miri) 10 a.m. by Rajah Brooke, Palembang noon by Kelantan. Ceylon. Pakistan (Darcels only) and U.S.A. noon by President Johnson, Terempa noon by Lam San. Hongkong, China. Japan and t u' Philippine* noon by Gienochy. Thailand (letters only) 5.43
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    Mass Protest On Move To Outlaw backing
    242 9 Standard Staff Reporter M,,n^y E i RAL V lousand stallh olders of nine large ala?^t P thA arketS X Sin^Pore have decided to protest m»J m f U D the use of dachin S Pattern weighing machines as from Jan. 1 next year.
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    BICYCLE TRADERS MAKE PETITION
    250 9 Standard Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 3.— A petition for the rev Mou of \\w new regulations governing collection of import duties on bicycles and accessories ha* been subnitted I>> ifce conference of Malayan ami Singapore Cycle ami Motor 1 ra« Vr-.* Associations to i\w Comptroller, Costoms
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    S'PORE SWAMPLANDS CAN BECOME FARMS
    399 9 Large Waste Areas May Be Reclaimed By NG SEK YEW, Standard Staff Reporter t.,™o/- t swamps could by skilful reclamation be iiirnecl into immense food-nrofbirinc QC -ithin a few years. The whole project would call for daring and farsighted action, involvi g great but not
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    CARS ARRIVE
    75 9 THE American President Lines freight and passenger ship President Johns.:. (7,995 tons* troueht another [pi or n American cars for Singapore. The vessel also .discharged 9 966 packages of sundries, 10.74J cartons of glass tumblers. 541 cases of textiles. 3.741 case* of provisions. 3.047 crates of Sotatotes, 1-000
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      RUBBER
      73 9 The latest Singapore robber prices yesterday were per lb. Buyers Sellers No I KSS Spot Loose $1,441 $1,451 F.0.8. in bales Aug. No 1 li .S S 51.43 $1,433 No 2 KSS $1,361 $1371 No 3 KSS (nom > $1.29 SJ-30 Tone: Quiet and slightly easier. LONDON RIBBER Fridays
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      TIN
      39 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The price of Tin to-day was 5401.75 per picul. Down 53.50. LONDON TIN Friday's prices first session were: Spot £805 buyers, £807 10s. sellers. Three months £j95 buyers, £797 10s. sellers. Settlement Price £805. Tone: Steady.
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    FITZPATRICK'S TO EXPAND BUSINESS
    23 9 liiii Singapore has ac )m anys invitation to J l)1 In h p interesti E^^ the MR. WILLIAM McARTHUR
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    HK EXCHANGE
    6 9 HONGKONG. Aug. 3— Special
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    Tappable Rubber In Federation Fell During June
    70 9 Tappable Rubber In Federation Fell During June Standard Market Reporter TAPPABLE rubber in the Federation of Malaya covered 1.747.171 acres at the end of June compared with 1.744,757 acres at the end of the previous month. The area of rubber estates tapped during June covered 1,589,000 acres compared with 1,605,880
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    EMPHASIS ON US MANUFACTURES
    324 9 AMERICAN trade and industry will be emphasised by the USIS exhibit at the Singapore trade exhibition opening today at the Happy World. The USIS display will attempt to show to the public the vast potentialities of trade and industry in the U.S. by sketches, photos and
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    Dividend Limit Opposed
    152 9 Standard Staff Correspondent LONDON. Aug. 3:- It is manifest injustice for British Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Gaitskell to propose limiting Gulakalumpong Rubber Estates to a 14 per cent, dividend, protests Mr. F. E. Maguire, the chairman in his annual report published in The Times. Mr. Maguire
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    Tins Ease In Quiet Market
    226 9 Standard Market Reporter SINGAPORE, Fri The Malayn share market was again quiet today with better buying interest, however, in the rubber section. Industrial shares were steady, while tins continued to ease in sympathy with the commodity price. The share market will be closed officially until
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    Fed. Tackles Port Problem
    453 9 SPEEDING GOODS CLEARANCE Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LLMPLR, Aug. 3. Regulations, gazetted today and coming into force on Aim. 12, have for their aim a speed up in the turn-around of ocean-going shipping at main Federation ports. The regulations confer on the Malayan Railways Administration the
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    Rubber Market Is Dull
    176 9 Standard rk«i ■epcftav IHE coni I commodity pi e in I S ites for '''i the bearii tati tlcal v< I i <■ been com lei ted y the technical i n je of i.< ai v phy als in both the London and Singapon i
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    NOON PRICES
    74 9 Singapore Chamber of Con> meroe nubbei Association noosj prices yeste da] CAuc II '>■•«'• per it>- Buver Seller No. 1 RS S Spot Loom $i 45 $Mfl No. 1 RSS $1 C3| M444 (fo. 2 HSS $1 J $1.39 No I HSS $1 30. (I 31| RM A
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    Counter-proposal On Estate Insurance
    184 9 Counter-proposal On Estate Insurance Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 3— The Malayan Estate Owners Association lias recommended to Government in regard to its proposed emergency compulsory insurance scheme that trees on estates of 100 acres and over should he regarded as property subject to compulsory insurance. Government of the
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    Produce Mart Is Quiet
    112 9 ALL sections of the Singapore produce market were quiet yesterday. Copra was a dull market with buyers at $41$ per picul and sellers at $43. NO business resulted. Coconut Oil had sellers at S7O per picul but no deal was reported. Pepper quotations remained unchanged irom
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    PENANG HOODOO HOVERS OVER PERAK
    343 11 fiat Home State ill Be Fighting I KONG HEW MENG thought dominates all others in the ■da Oi iVrak football fans this week. the IVrak Mate team will heat Penang ml>l> Hall today or at the N ami thus qualify for the final of the
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    segamata Boy Sets
    53 11 ten in t i Go- sporta yes- i records 10.2 i the Vic- i an- 1 1 1 t 1 Raman, ing K qd ng X I 3. -38 ft. 4 tanrd >. I V IT, Sze C lai Veka- Tan k c aiy, K S pn
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    Holiday
    12 11 hall ged a fine NTS g Singa< League F rrer Park
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    Tan & Gan In Semi-Finals
    138 11 Tan Gan In Semi-Finals IN THE only tie oi the Singapore Lawn Tennis Tournament p aved off yesterday at tne S.C.C courts, William Tan and Gan Ee Keng easily beat v\ Cmdr. A. Kledjian and Fit Lt S Johns4 n 6-3. B-3 to enter tnc serni-ftnais o: the me: 1
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    Keen Struggle Seen In KL Cricket Test
    1185 11  - Keen Struggle Seen In KL Cricket Test LINESMAN By that R. Munusamy, formerly of Selangor, who has been bowling .veil for Penang this season in the ma'ehes he played, is nut in the North side. 1 believe, I Munusamy is in Teiuk Anson. Probably, if he was in Penang. (he
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    Last Night's Boxing Fiasco
    119 11 LAST rv-v.s boxing at the 1 Happ: World Stadium was a te fiasco. R::d matching s I rder of the day and wn ail, Tc::y Louis of K i Lumpur substituted for Navy featherweight, Jimmy Mcllroy, in the ten-round main event against Baby Jar>on or" M
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    Teachers Soccer
    25 11 THE Afternoon Teachers of lithe Griffiths Regional School beat the Morning Teachers by 1 2-0 i n a trophy soccer match yesterday. j
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    Friendly Soccer
    23 11 IX A. friendly game of soccer played at Fairer Park yesterday, iI R A" SC. beat 75th Company by I 4—l
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    Holiday Sports Programme
    202 11 roDAi mmunitv League i u <•,)«. ni s at I ■war SI ;d:um. riN<- S.R.A. i Bisley) N v. -f T.3U a.m. to •!> n Tunior ChamGleriad Union nv hampioniwi] at Island SI \|)\Y jtfic Roval Sektei at Jalan um; l)i\ 3 Aston I at BODCA. ►n>
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    Likely Finalists
    62 11 Photo by The Perak Malaya Cup soccer team which meet Penang in a needle match at Ipota today. A draw will put Perak in the final after 20 years. Front row. (left to right): Kim Chan, Ishait Abdullah, N.J. urtis. J. Crossley, Abu Haniffa. (Middle): D.R. Thorne.J.W. Puttock,
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    Malayan Tennis Surprise
    436 11 Malayan Tennis Surprise IPOH. Fri. The men's doubles dominated the second day's play in the current Malayan lawn tennis championships which saw the first major upset when the Penang doubles champions, Loh Guan Kheng arid Tan Cheng Tee (seeded* bowed their way out before N. Caleb and H.S.V. Ramaiya, the
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    North Borneo Team For Malayan AAA
    227 11 NORTH BORNEO athlete* are flying to Malaya again to take part in the Malayan AAA championships on Aug. 17 and; 18. The team is expected to consist of eight members, including a manager. The combination is the best Borneo has to oiler and the
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    South China Cancel Tour
    43 11 THE South China Football Team who was supposed to play a series of games in Singapore towards the end of this month have cancelled their tour. Some of the players in Saigon have not been able to obtain leave.
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    FOUR O'CLOCK BEST SUITED OVER SEVEN
    673 12  -  OLLIE DAVIES By BACK in serious training after a lengthy spell, versatile Four OXlock looks the best of a bunch of genuine stayers in the Gold Cup trial (Race 6) over seven furlongs at Penang this afternoon, first day of the August Bank Holiday
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    Gold Cup Worth $20,000
    156 12 Gold Cup Worth $20,000 The Singapore Go d Cup, h.v.v riband of the Malayan turf, will be worth more than |20,00Q with stakes and added money. This race over l\ ivi.es for b >rses class I, division I, will be run on the last day of the Singapore Turf Club
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    Star Lodes Can Win Main Sprint
    184 12 Star Lodes gained many admirers alter his gallant i second to River Patrol over the six at Bukit Timah last v month. His effort was most meritorious as it was his j first attempt in this country. Fron the start Star Lodes 01:1 stride
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    STANDARD'S SELECTIONS
    227 12 Ollie Da vies Gay Reveller Minoiou Goodwood Turfite ROPEWALK ARTIST'S GLORY CABARET TOMTOY ROPEWALK* Tointoy Ropewalk Ropewalk Ropewalk Tom to v Artist's Glory Tointoy Billy Carol Artists Glory Cabaret NEVADA DANCING FURY IRISH FAME IRISH FAME RESTRICTION Knight Gallant Irish Fame Lucky Tom The Blessing Knight Gallant Irish
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    TODAY'S RACE CARD
    1124 12 r^fff. RACE 1: 2.15- p.m. Horses cl. 1 div. 2 6 furs. 1. Bright Sagittarius (late Fair Ronald) 4y 8.11 Mr. Pang Kim Seng Tankard Charles 2. 440 Artist's Glory 4y 8.08 Mr. Yap Kim Hoe M. Breukelen Crowe 3. 003 Tomtoy 4y 8.07 Mr. Yeap Hock
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      254 12 i "Til! I VCRSUi CHARLIE Wm BARON VON HECZEY I (MOST BUGSU BAdilKu; IN nUs VKKMS WONG BUCK LEE (CHIMESe PfGHTING Ki ki i rLU HDP in, in. cx)mi 1 \riv i scats >nsi m ocaipinin i t 3i Ma'avi How I got ridof jglg^ilohnnie's cough '/^af/S VB«P^^ -;Tj Lift
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      13 1 JOHORE WITH AUG. 4 STANDARD SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1951 Grand Prix Supplement
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      MOTOR RACING, MALAYA'S MOST THRILLING SPORT
      456 1 THE SPORTS EDITOR I ran k tomc-thin? very special in a sports event when it pulls >-. Muh a> Mpraiiig, »l,a-s yon miles awaj from home, makes < .mi for hour* anil keeps you happily concentrating on group ol similarly enthusiastic individuals hurtlins alone
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      TOMORROW'S CARD
      338 1 i eviim re»ite' iI.HIU 1 ejj/m) i 1 am* -3* *ii!r*s 11*50 YeLe. Lim I pj Han LA Special 1250 Covkett MCTC 12^0 Woni Loofl Cneong Si)>e» Arrow 1 OS9 W. rd Hazard Spcciol 1100 F. J Oa 1 Dol.n Spcciol 1500 Ckio Eng Ajee Airmen Special 1486
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      The Good Spots To Watch From
      510 1 (By 'Camera Fan) THF. Johore circuit ii a small one but provides scores of interesting points from where la Watch the racing. Beginning at the beginning: The massed start o| vehicles, With engines roaring and lyres squealing is a spectacle which few would want
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      Spinning Wheels
      28 1 Spinning Wheels Photo. I FLASHBACK *o lost year. The 1500$ coming round Garden Bend with Yip Peng Yin's Fiat leading fro m Stone (MG) and Putra (MG) Standard
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      THE CLUB FOR ALL ENTHUSIASTS
      444 1  -  P.J.GI BBS-PANCHERI Presitient, Singapore By drivers competing in our meetings It seems that a aood many people regard the Singapore Motor Club as a club that caters exclusively for the competition type of motor sport. This is in tact net the case. Eac'« year we
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      A Tribute To The Pioneers
      455 1 By »OLI) TIMER MOTOR ■ports I HlllliiJMli, particularly ??io*e who ha\e taken to the gTIT only after the war, ha\e a 10l to thank the old timer* for. They kept the wheels turning, ho to speak, at a time whe:i official frown* were more frequent
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      TREVOR'S SECRET?
      257 2 REGGIE Trevor fir>t broke into the Malayan molorcydc raiint; picture at the ('.open? Speed Trial in 1?M8. He madf fastest time riding a Triumph Speed Twin. itth 5 ;1 :v v IC K» m Rbi cxpl his pheno-l-.i pi tSS Sil C€ I etri. course consisi I i
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      Father Races Son
      191 2 V ■< fathers i n Malaya can boast of being ao't to $1 :hcir sons in a Jimmy Robson con T s father-son com- e tears ago when :he son, Lawrence, gra- ited to racing motorcycles campaign as a r ui '•> |/cltst. Jimmy Robson aprd 47
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      The Outlook For The 500s
      270 2 I 'I IK big motorcycle race tomorrow is actually two races in onv. While everybody will fight Trevor's lone 998 cc for the main prize in the "Unlimited" race, there will also be a tussle for the 500 cc championship which Jock Muir won last
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      MOTORCYCLES WILL HAVE OWN GRAND PRIX
      432 2 By OLD TIMER THE MOTORCYCLES liave their own Grand Prix too tomorrow, an honour which the event fully merits. The event is the last on the programme and rain, or shine, it will be a thrilling affair. The short circuit puts a premium on
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      Goliath W ill Win This Time
      381 2 Goliath W ill Win This Time By 'TWIST GRIP' THE writer of the leading article on this page has carefully avoided any attempt to forecast the winner of the motorcycle Grand Prix. I shall stick my neck out and hazard a forecast with no alibis anywhere. last year's Johore R>
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      THE RACING RADIO MAN
      191 2 AHMAD Murtadza (A. Tadza in the official programme*, who will be circulating in the «motorcyele Grand Prix tomorrow on a very potent Triumph GP has a .job which, in motorcycle racing circles must be unique. He's a play writer, radio talent spotter, disc jockey and announcer,
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      The Flying Scotsman
      202 2 JOCK MUIR who will be a hot favourite for the 500 cc championship in the motorcycle races tomorrow was introduced to motorcycling by the Army. "When he signed on they made him a Don-R and he has stayed in the saddle ever since. A dredge engineer now
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        81 2 DAILY EXPRESS MEETING I SILVERSTONE I I Ist ERIC BRANDON, COOPER. 7B 19MPH I 2nd ALAN BROWN, COOPW I PRODUCTION CAR RACE 1 I 1500- Race fc-^^T"^ J Ist CiCK jacces. ••c. r: c: mp.h m^^oj^^^ 7 *<J%£/I} I PROTECTED BYj Ml is m obiloilw THE WORLD'S LARGEST |Mobiloi!> SELLING
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    • WILL JAGUARS BEAT THE SPECIALS?
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        Spotlight on the Grand Prix
        743 3 By 'OLD TIMER' PERHAPS that headline should read Will the Specials Beat the Jaguars?" The Specials reigned supreme in Malayan motor racing before the uar when Lim Peng Han and Teddy Holloway lirst brought out their Y-8 sprinters. The first Johore Grand Prix, in 1940.
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        XK-120 GAVE OUR RACING A NEW LOOK
        251 3 THE advent of the Jaguar XK 120 has given Malayan motor racing new life and a new look. The sleek British cars, fastest standard sports cars in the world, first appeared in competition at the Lornie Mile in Kuala Lumpur last year, driven
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        Marvellous Litt'e Cooper
        209 3 I No oilier racing cur caught the fancy of enthusiasts as quickly as did the little Cooper when it made its debut on European circuits four years ago and eventually caused the inclusion of a new class for Grand Prix racing in Europe. Ferguson's car which runs
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        Curtain Raiser Will Be Thriller
        398 3 Bv k TWIsT CRN*' CURTAIN RAISER at Johore Bahru tomorrow will be the 15 laps (30 mile*) rare for I.">(M) Df nMWa This race last \car was won by \liok J«>nnin«£s after an exciting last-lap battle with < hia Enj* Our< drixiii^ are of IYn»
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        35 3 JOWETTJVPJTER Fo, the second y«or running o f "jj Hrdon j kw Marcel Becquarr on« e.ss this time driven fcy M««« (subiett to Wilkin,. It averaged 71 .9 m.p h- »»r 24 hour, official confirmation)
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        128 3 es «^^^™^s^, so much in demand all over me world The powerful overhead volve enoines g've an abundonce of power whirh make them "quick I l^l P 1 1' I'l I i off the mark." /V///7//' f j ll >i '111 I si^ JmL Front wheel drive ond rack ond
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      CLOSE FIGHT PROMISED IN SPORTS CAR RACE
      522 4 CLOSE FIGHT PROMISED IN SPORTS CAR RACE By 'OLD TIMER' THE PERSON who thought of the Production Car race as an extra event for the Johore Grand Prix meeting deserves a special medal. It fulfils a definite need for a class in which enthusiastic drivers without super cars can compete.
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      Lim Peng Han, Builder Of LAs
      330 4 NO Mala van motor sports event would be complete without an IV It would be even more incomplete if the cheer ji uri:i ol EJm Peng Han, builder of I. As. wasn't in evidence. Lin U- enthusiast's enthusiast, lives and breathes moi cai s
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      Chan Brothers, Fast Drivers Good Sports
      186 4 THE Chan brother-. Ly€ Huat and Lye Choon. are successful men in the motor business who took up racing last year. They *>«*f.ui in October and entered practically everv event staged in tin* country, gaining valuable e\ perience besides a lot ol prizes. F
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      HE LIKES DANGEROUS SP OR TS
      133 4 HE LIKES DANGEROUS SP OR TS SAW KIM THIAT. 32-year-old manager-partner of Saw and Lee Radio Service, Kuala Lumpur graduated to car racing after a brief and highly successful Sing at motorcycle racing. Saw sedans to love dangerous sports. His hubbies are big game shooting and flying (a •B' Licence
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      7R-Velo Battle In Junior Race?
      331 4 THE JUNIOR (350cc) motorcycle roatl ra« tomorrow *ill $:iv«' nothing awa> in thrill* lo any of the other events in the day** pwigramme. En fart there ini^ht !>»* some sensations. One sensation would be it the lorig-awaited br.t:e between Monteiro's yelpcete and the <K AJS
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      LUCK MUST TURN FOR OSMAN ABBAS
      85 4 LUCK SHOULD turn for popular Osman Abbas tomorrow For a whole year now he has hud nothing but frowns from Lady Luck. It began at last year's Lornie Mile. All set for a smashing run in the 350 class. Osman had the misfortune to
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      today's Practoces
      42 4 fmmtdff« Pen? Han's LA for the Grand Prix. It is LbcobAj pins MG. a powerful vehicle with which he hopes faulty to i as the hoodoo that has prevented him winning at any of the Johore GP races since 1940.
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