Singapore Standard, 7 August 1952

Microfilm: NL2287
Total Pages: 12
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    18 1 Singapore Standard 4* JR. W X VOL. 11l NO. 36 THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1952. 12 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS
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    SHOTS FIRED IN K.L. STREET
    234 1 \i LUMPUR, Wed. Pistol shuts Bred by a <l.i\. it was said, prevented the desperate »td ol I Chinese, who had been allegedly I to extort money from a coffee stall keeper. T lete :tive fired four shot.s when tne run i clouted him on
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    UK Expert To Aid In War On TB
    74 1 UK Expert To Aid In War On TB into Singa- aya how b< Ireaded, highlyir.ore on er than on and sana- Profi F R on Tuber'olonial Office Bight Colony raJ S Ox- of heads of es representing I Colonial terri- j ;1 np the impnr !..^h.it>£ f-:r |1m 54 tii<J
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    Da to Hurt In Crash
    59 1 JOHORE. Wei— The Mwitri H '.> Syed A. Kadir bin Mohamed tjured wl t car in which e elling collided with an armoured cur today. collision occurred at the junction opposite the gaol. The Dal 9 driver were taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
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    FLEET OF SAUCERS OVER USA
    103 1 W \>i';\ }TON, Aug. 6 (AFP) Flying saucers, in greater numbers than ever be- sauntered over Washington last night at a mere t»0 miles an hour while Air Force jets hunted for them in vain in thick clouds. An Air Force spokesman at Andrews base
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    Gold Mine Hit By Superforts
    104 1 Gold Mine Hit By Superforts AMERICAN Superfortresses last night bombed a gold mine North Korea described by the Far Eastern Air Force as a 'primary source" of the Communist Sold used in purchasing erial. A Navy communique said that carrier-born planes destroyed hydro-electric plants and a im plant on the
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    DRAGNET OUT FOR KILLERS
    70 1 FRENCH -lice wer P reported -.'day to be searching for "two men in short pants' in connection with the brutal nurder ol 61-year-old Sir Jack Drummond and his wife and oolgirl daughter. Rep >rts s the dragnet is vit too for the. occupants of mysterious motor-cycle
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    BRIGHT
    76 1 A 17-YEAR-OLD schoolboy^ Ong Peng Tong, described as bright scholar" by his former principal, was sentenced in tiie Singapore First District Court yesterday to 18 months' rigorous Imprisonment for unlawful possession of tCrrdrisi documents. o'iii was arrested during a raid conducted by a Special Bram h inspector and a
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    Record In Homes
    46 1 BRITAIN'S Conservative Gov nenl sei up :i t" 1 1 v:ir re co i ol 110,964 permanent houses b ilt in t!ie first .six mont"..s >\ vear it was juiniunce < esterda) t*ast yoar. [n I ie period the Labour Govern meat Luufc 02.986. Reuter
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    RUBBER MIGRATION HAS BEGUN
    218 1 Standard Staff Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 6: Migration of British rubber companies from troubled and expensive South-East Asia, including Malaya, to less troubled and cheaper West Africa has begun. The Chairman of the Kepong (Malay) Rubber Estates, Mr. T. J. Gumming, in a report issued here discloses
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    Japs Won't Give In On 2 Britons
    97 1 TOKYO. Aufc C— The Japanese courts have authority m- e the British servicemen This was the adamant .stand held by the Japanese Government over the '"robbery case" of two British sailors, who received prison sentences at a .Japanese court in Kobe yesterday. This
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    Rubber Imports
    26 1 The total imports of rubber of all grades from ail countries into Singapore and the Federation of Malay;i last month amounted to 35,146 tons.
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    36 1 photo Dr. \V. J. Yickers. Director of Medical Services (left) and Professor F.E.B. Heaf. Adviser on Tuberculosis to the Colonial Office who is to make a tour of Malaya, arrived from London by air yesterday. Standard
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    $*****0 On Her Head, Says Charge
    188 1 IPOII. TVrd. A Chinese wo- 1 man, aged 24, alleged to be a high-ranking bandit with a $120,000 price on her head and a member of the notorious Kepayang j;utu; was produced he fore Magistrate Che Arshad this morning when three charges under the
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    Cooperation Necessary
    110 1 Cooperation Necessary HONOLULU. Aug. 6, (AFP) —U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Acheson. said today that the Communist threat in the Far i East made necessary closer ooperation between the Democracies to guarantee restor- ation of peace in this pan of the world. He said that the United States, which had
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    Colony Hunt For Princess
    254 1 THE Singapore Police are looking out for IS ftMM old Tenuku Sharif Mehda binte Ma h mood, a prtacen of Indonesia, who ha* been reported missing for thr past two weeks from a house in Singapore. Tenijku Mehda is the daughter of Ten^ku S\ed Long Mahmood
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    BOY' HAD RED PAPERS, JAILED
    180 1 rorist documents enl il ed: "Commemoration of the 3rd Anniversary of the Inauguration of the Malayan Races Liberation Army" and •'Problems of strategy of the Malayan revolutionary war" were found in an old seometry set hoy in which he The search was conducted In the
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    Mocao: New Move Seen
    111 1 HONGKONG. Aug G— Cens■ ed messages arriving here from Macao quoted usually reliable source? close to the Communist Chinese delegates negotiating a cease-fire, as saying they expect "ne.v developments" by tomorrow. The Hongkong newspaper, Sing Tao Jin Pao, in a despatch from Canton reported that 15.000
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    SNAKES CAUSE CRASH: 24 DEE
    65 1 BOMBAY. Aug. 6 (AP>: Twenty-lour people died in a Hyderabad bus crash when snakes escaped from a basket on the bus' roof, slipped into the bus and terrorised the driver. The bus was taking a group of Hindus from a religious festival in which the
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    Sixty Opium Dens Raided
    47 1 SINI IAPORE ce lasl I f>o opium dens in va ortj and hauled in tbout 255 including I .VUIII. The raids were carried out b.v e Kadang Kerbau and Central police stations. The police i i seized larue quantities ol opium .■j paraphernalia.
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    Church's Interest
    29 1 p i' \II said yestei day the Catholic Church wilJ i r:e alwayi to inte. I'-1 6 i/itallv in e welfare of. workina and their problems. U.P
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    Barbara To Wed Again
    28 1 BARBARA BUTTON, Oftwed heiress to the Woo millions, has left San Francisco I [onolulu it is !e:i! tied, to British-born socialite David Pleydell-Bouverie.- A.P.
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    CG Due Hark Today
    24 1 COMMISSIONER Gl MI EtALin South-East Asia, Mr. Ma M;icDon;i]d \m duo to return to sinf e I i [ndo-China A.P.
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    Wins Uranium Race
    51 1 CRANIUM CITY, (Saskatchewan), Aug. 6, (Renter), a Northers Irishman has won the rare to stak* the first Claim in the world's first uranium rush to this wild northwest corner of Saskatchewan l»> drop pins: by parachute near the site. He thu* beat some 1.000 prospectors, including three
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    Kill By Gurkha Worth $18,000
    260 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. -When the 1 10 Gttridias on Sunday uot their 200th terrorist the> did not know that he was worth 818,000 to the Government H<- was a 43-year-old Hainanese, Foo Yoke Kwang, i District Committee member and assistant commander <>t the South District
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    LATE NEWS
    195 1 PEN \N(. We4 Tmm de|t( 1 1\ is nlhil .t fid w oiirirt i(| .1 v\ .tilled lll. ill who tried to rtffipc aflet he qu» i > tinned .1 Ilipbell Stl e.( ■JfM [nmedia i iv uttet Mm in< idenl tlie lim I I'- 1 OMirer Mr.
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    POLICE DO JOB THEY NEED NOT
    447 2 POLICE DO JOB THEY NEED NOT Red Tape Costs 100 Man Hours Standard Staff Reporter A QUIBBLE over red tape is costing the Singapore Police Force a loss in manpower more than 100 man-hours by this morning' in spite of official admissions that the force j is understaffed. The loss
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    77 2 THIS ultra-modern, million dallar building, recently completed, is the Gleneagte Hotel at Tanglin, on tke nay to Botanic Gardens. Owned by Madame Cheng Geok Lin, it is under European management. Its luxuriously-fui nisi: < 1. air-conditioned room s have all been fully booked, stated the management yesterday. The hotel has
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    Siddons Prepared To Face Meeting
    123 2 Siddons Prepared To Face Meeting st.iiid.nii Staff Reporter A UEPi >F in -i Singapoif afternoon paper that i membo. of the ncil Thrift and Lo. Society ere considto remove him as Ct of the Society rib dby Mr. D. E. 100 a 'silly and per,.l."" He declared he was I
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    33 2 MRS. SYLVIA LADE who will portray Dame NcUie Melba. the famous Australian singer, in the charity pageant "KdiatlMß with Eve" to b<- staged at Raffles Hotel on Aug 15. lb. MO aod 21
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    Light More Complaints On Menon
    53 2 the Singapore gainst Mr. C.G. er for whom a of arrest on bread) A Police sp« yesay that 3 ed in totalled api The 'at- I nt received are tl a sust E ->n and h Mrs. a Legislative S re by mth afo. <
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    2 Robbed Scientist
    87 2 e B mical Ga pretending r I Judge, Mr. Tar to one yea r is inment. ki] bio Mat ft i Nil Enjj, \:i(s both Pad p ictions. will *r ■> go poiice period of 1 i botfi pleaded Kuilt? i 1 iao. Dr. I M K
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    1 Killed, Six Hurt In Crash
    95 2 ONE man was killed and six injured when a lorry overturned in the Pasir Panjang-South Bona Vista Road area shortly after noon yesterday. The man killed was 33-year-old A. K. D. Nair. an 'antimalaria worker. The injured were four Malays and two [ndians. In
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    Public Opinion Is Divided
    355 2 Solving The Squatter Problem PUBLIC opinion seems to favour resettlement of squatters by two distinct schemes one on Government level as outlined by a Singapore Official statement, and the other on a private level as suggested by the Singapore Branch of the Malayan Chinese Association. The
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    SheScreamed At Swaying White Object
    137 2 SheScreamed At Swaying White Object TERRIFIED at the sight of raying /hite object on the step a early morning a Chinese woman g the slumg pong folks. The white ob i was the i Chue hrotn a beam in a public convenience in a ipong oil McPherson Road on July
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    'Tec Cleared Of Cheating
    84 2 'Tec Cleared Of Cheating A FORMES .ie: e ctive, Wi .am Let- (22), was ao quiUi I Sinsapore Third Dtstr C yesterday of cheating a woman, Quek Ah N nr, of $106 at her house in g 25, Geylang on Jan. 'M. The prosecution alleged that Leo obtained the money
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    Work Arts Grads Prefer To Work For Govt.
    322 2 Work Arts Grads Prefer To Work For Govt. Pass decree, men. who recently graduated from the University, yesterday said that their reluctance to take up commercial careers was due to the fact that most firms wishing t<> employ graduates ha v e no well defined schemes of service for them.
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    Sale Nets $829
    26 2 THE Social Welfare Department bi-annual sale of work made at the Children's Centres, which was held in Whiteawajs on July 5. reaii.sed 5829.-10
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    Girl's Gift For Ipoh Triplets
    54 2 THE Singapore Standard yesterday received $2 from a Seremban school girl for Mrs. Thong Yew Ngan. who recently gave birth to triplets at JeL pang Village in Ipoh. "I am sorry for her and have managed to save $2 of my pocket money to help
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    New Guide To I & E Controls
    204 2 New Guide To I E Controls Standard Staff Reporter A NEW, simplified Guide to Control Begulations in Singas e will be shortly be issued by the Imports and Exports C itrol Department. Announcing this the EconoBulletin states that the i Import and Export Guides h are at present issued by
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    Snatch Thief Strikes Again
    59 2 Snatch Thief Strikes Again A MALAY cyclist snatched the handbag of a Chinese Lisewi£c while she was walking along Jalan Besar on her to market yesterday morning. The woman lost $4.30 In cp.^h: her wristwatch worth $44 and her identity card. A similar incident occurred in the same area a
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    Boy Pinned Under Holler
    75 2 THE SINGAPORE Coroner. Mr. Gfsun Chong Hir? was told i "day how a h'jge concrete roller that was perched on top a slope crashed into a four-year-eld boy, pinning him under. Inspector G. Vaz who investi. gated said that Seng and another boy. aged 11. were
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    Acquitted
    35 2 .VI THE Si-ngap^re Assizes y< c rday Mr. Jhsl ;ce Brown n< 'quit ted. a man, Cboq Kai Tong, on a charge of possession <>f ).4iB Indonesian rupiahs of i> u ipiah denominations each.
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      42 2 J^ I -&9^~iW&SICWYI ON ;l^d TEA I PACKED IN ESPECIALLY MADE WOODEN CHESTS i READY TO SEND HOME I 2 lb. Including Postage 8.35 3 10.85 Local Price Packed in Packets of 1 Ib. 2.50 pi'ss?' robinson co. t (InrorpOrGted In Sir,gopoie>
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      140 2 <^-W^wV FOT6HOT GULCH /BUT THAT VVOMAM 15 Al l kKQR! A A COUGH, TOUGm OM l 1 cAK -3 AY.' YOU IT 1 1 lllf* SEEM^ TO BE THINK THE BOYS BETTIR X FIGHTIN' MA.N EH. >-,T ;M WHCN lC W/- Mt^tJvi <, AN AWFULLY E GET BACK TO THEIRS
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    GOVT. ACTS ON POISONINGS
    376 3 Appoints Inspector In Move To Curb Caustic Soda Deaths ECAUSE of the many deaths in Singapore by caustic soda 3 the Government has appointed Mr. George Baptist, a Government service for the past 11 years, an of D. terious Drugs and Poisons, it was announced yesn
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    Tamby Spent $941 In A Month
    152 3 Tamby Spent $941 In A Month in om month .1 jrouag i.lm ti v sa.aaadered tin- sirmtjx.i. road Mice <>urt Magistrate I) h < ipni told jresterdaj Ibdul kid tun Abdul Hassaia charged i~ deck passeagen lickela raised ut "in li Imnabhoj in .lul\ Malacca Street The prosecatißg oflteer, Inspc<
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    'Private Eye' Set On Hubby
    18 3 'Private Eye' Set On Hubby i stayed :::;ai:y I .e m N t privati r grant A the
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    Girls To Learn Baby Welfare
    47 3 Girls To Learn Baby Welfare >; uulard Sta ß Reporter A JTAB h tly be made on an experimental erne for training some of the more senior girls at the Social fare Department I >.;tit Emily. {ing them H i raft Centre icing after babies in the nursery
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    A WORD UPSETS THE EXPERTS
    310 3 Standard Staff Reporter NEWS that Soviet Russia's psychoprophylactic method of painless child birth has been successfully employed in a number of hospitals in China was received with a smile by Singapore's well-known obstetricians yesterday. C J. Paglar. This drug is in liquid form and is
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    87 3 A SECTION of the semi-circular building at the Stamford Road end of the Esplanade, Bearing completion. This building will be for the use of hawkers at present occupying the reclaimed ground on the K*plunude and is expected to Ih* completed some time this month. There ai> U -self contained stalls,
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    To Study Welfare Work In Britain
    63 3 MR V7OON WAH SIAXG. Assistant Secretary (Public Assistance) will leave Singapore for the United Kingdom to take up a three-year scholarship awarded to him under the Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme. He will leave late in August and will be studying at London University.
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    Burglar Takes 9 Bottles Wine
    55 3 A HOUSEBREAKER who chiselled out a hole in the main door of an European's house in Kee Siang Road in order to unlatch the bolt, entered the house while the occupants were asleep and stole about $500 worth of property including nine bottles of wine
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    500 Invited To 'Private View'Of TV
    93 3 500 Invited To 'Private View' Of TV Standard Staff Reporter SOME 500 officials and prominent personalities of all Singapore's communities will be invited to attend a "Private View" at the British Radio Exhibition on Monday, August 11, from six to eight p.m. at the SI i lium of the Happy
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    2 Women Make Up In Court
    49 3 A SUMMONS charge against a woman Rosie N Liew for using abusive language on another .'.Miian. Chan Yew Luan, was withdrawn in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday when both parties agreed to accept one another's apologies in Qpen court. JOHN S. BLADIN
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    Salvation Army's Final Rally Tonight
    312 3 THE FINAL meeting in at series of rallies and services to commemorate the it years the Salvation Army has been in Malaya will take place tonighi for all Salvation Army people and their friends at the Army headquarters in Singapore. It will be conducted b*
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    Grandma Reprimanded For Not Telling Truth
    68 3 REMARKING that though '\\ou were m oath all the time you have not spoken a u<»rd of truth," the Singapore Second Police Court Magistrate, Mr. I). H. Chapman, yesterday sentenced Ann Wee I Mlycu old woman with 10 grand children to m\ weeks* rrtMplr
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    Higher School Exams In S'pore Have Started
    301 3 Nunuard Mali RgpwlCf IIK.HIiJ School Certificate riMIMII inij— toft recently been started in Singapore, and since it is ji p»it war examination, it will take time to settle down, t Singapore Education Department told The standard <* v i o i* ri j
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    Nuisance Of Car Testing
    141 3 Nt.irid.trri M ifl Rep* i-r THE Singa] "should frame fy certain i Colony i > I .ft- n Eni, l lor I to the the City i u f This action i lowing repto him by ts of provement Trust house i flats in the Sei
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    Presbyterian Church Fete
    30 3 Presbyterian Church Fete R DONALD, Commj the P I to be held Park grounds Th< virif fun i h:ili for t he P Suiid.iv Sc!i i or b\ p 74.12
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    Police Trap Nets Three
    106 4 KLUANG, Wed. Three, rs, Sidek bin Sa'eon. Lim Sui ;d Quek Fong fell into a trap set by the police on the same day and at the same place when the police gave marked notes to likely engers. All thiee appeared before! Che 1 Ibrahim bin
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    Shop Was Not Fully Closed
    63 4 MUAR, Wed.— The first case in Muar under the Weekly Holidays Ordinance was brought by the Labour Office, Muar inst the manager of Wan Kwong Co. on a charge of not entirely closing his shop on .June 22 a Sunday. He pleaded Guilty to the
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    V.I. PLAY WELL PRESENTED
    64 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The rtoria Institution Society of D iraa's 'Merchant of Venice' sti ;ed last niunt at the ■vn Hall, Kuala Lumpur bej fore an audience of 420 school boys and girls from three major j K.L. schools. The actors, though young fitted Into their
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    Sewage Scheme For Klang
    46 4 KLAXG, Wed.— The Klang Town Board today accented i" principle a proposal to have a sewage scheme in the near f uta re. The need for it was r\\w to shortage of conservancy labourers .-.ad for better health sanitation of the town.
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    Takes Up New Post
    26 4 CHE Samberid bin Pa^JiiL; of Cent ;ii Electric Boards Headquarters, Kuala Lumpur. »as arrived on transfer to the Electrical Board, Kota Bahru.
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    Chinese Schools Scheme 'A Step Forward': Payne
    232 4 Chinese Schools Scheme 'A Step Forward Payne Kl ALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Federation Government's scheme to pay Chinese primary school teachers is a considerable step forward towards improvement of the Chinese education system in this country, said Mr. E. M. F. Payne, Assistant Director of Education (Chinese) today replying to
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    Big Drop In Malaya's Padi Output
    154 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Malaya's p a ri i production this year amounted to about one third of her total consumption tasl year of 941.000 tons. M .i last year imported I 4J):>.( (Mi tons of rice while her tot;;! parii production in the te
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    Templer In KL Hospital
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    Chinese Urged To Grow Ramie
    321 4 Chinese Urged To Grow Ramie PENANG, Wed. The ramie industry in Malaya can be as important as those of rubber and tin if Chinese rubber estate owners would take a keen interest in its cultivation on a well-organised scale. This is the opinion of Mr. .T. Pohl. a fi.^-yea.i-old Czech
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    To Interpret Perak Laws
    84 4 IPOH, Wed.— At' frhe Perak Council oi S*>;:;e meeting today I the State Legal Adviser, Mr. M. G. Neal. moved a motion to appoint a select committee of the Council to interpret the laws of the constitution of Perak. The motion was carried unanimously. The select
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    Da to To Attend Talks In Canada
    106 4 IPOII. Wed.— The Mentri Besar, Porak. Date Panglima Bukit Gantang today anj oounced a1 the irioeting of the Pcrak Council of State that 'he has been granted leave 1 from August 20 to November 1 to attend an important conj ference in Canada,
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    Colonel Lang Leaving For UK
    63 4 Colonel Lang Leaving For UK COL. E. V. LANG. Commander of Kuala Lumpur G i y-on. leaves Malaya on Sat •.i take up the app intzneni "A.Q." at F Anglia Dist in England. He cme to A I in October 1950 Northern Ireland. Col W. H T-.irker. r Signals Offirer.
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    Wanted: Chinese Colonists To Cultivate Padi
    208 4 Wanted: Chinese Colonists To Cultivate Padi Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. The State Government is to make another attempt to obtain Chinese colonisers for over 5,000 acres of fertile padi land in the Changkat Jong: area of Lower Perak. Through the District Officer. Lower Perak, a letter has been addressed
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    Queen's Commissions For Local Men
    312 4 THE ARMY intends to offer Queen's (Maloyan) Commissions to Malayans for service in certain units of the British Army stationed in Malaya. These commissions will initially be Short Service Commissions for a period of full time Army service and a period on the reserve. Suitable
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    US Promise Of Aid To Unionists
    77 4 PENANG. Wed. The Amr rican n Penan C. M. Uruella today told m ben P< i; Services' Union and I tradt that th< friends in America who i lem. "American \vork< rs are keenly j if your pri and of tho rci the pi
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    TOLD POLICE FALSE TALE
    54 4 "yi PF.XAN- n bin A' Rahman, who reported lost HO c; > at the Sun ong Pi sta( was all< ■he money i the rid Amusement Park. Tr. D. C. I. W in the Hi re t informal Lhe Po!ic« I it t the G< Hos]
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    Guide Commissioner
    20 4 RS. 1 Rnlasingam. ni.v-ioner. 5 Perak. >■ on a holiday for i She will I Lev Penang t< I
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    Bein.ei Evacuated Thwom-^h Necessity
    190 4 Bein.ei Evacuated Thwom-^h Necessity IPOH, Wi T lati m ot Belum villagers was decided upon as a matter of necessity for overriding Emergency rea- sons and no agreement K i entered into by Government jand the inhabitants at the i lime of their evacuation. This was the reply given 4
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    37 Countries Asked About Malaya Goods
    7 4 37 Count ries Asked About Malaya Goods
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    Certificates For 20 Teachers
    8 4 Certificates For 20 Teachers BUKIT I f A!!
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    CUSTOMS CLOSURE ACT OF DISCOURTESY, SAYS SCOTT
    808 5 CUSTOMS CLOSURE ACT OF DISCOURTESY, SAYS SCOTT Council Censure Mo tion Is Passed IPOH, Wed.— The Federal Government's decision to close down the Ipoh Cusroms Station without prior consultation with the Government of Perak and the trading community of the State was described by Mr. W. G. Scott at today's
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    IS YOUR NAME ON THE LIST?
    97 5 IS YOUR NAME ON THE LIST? be d ap--1 and JbC I I Pw and A DREAM has come trac It IS-\nr nld I.ii\ Tun. tearher in th»- Methodist dirlV School who i s one (if the first five in the KCtad bate h selected to -o to Kirkbv College
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    31 5 Nine Sail In Carthage ted K oon r a e it the 2, Lon- Course: P D. Ki»e Loo. i Dii hopes i B. .< < idc of the B S University, yean.
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    BEINTONG CASE VERDICT TODAY
    298 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Judgment was reserved till tonionow by Chief Justice, Mr. Charles Matthew, thi> morning in the case in which A. G. Rozario, chief h-rk ot the Labour Office, Bentoag, was charged with diminaJ brearh of trust of SKM) out of 54,3?0 entrusted him to
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    Cimson Boys Grow Own Veg,
    47 5 DURING July, .the Gim^on r < boys turned out 2.(>29 es (>• vegetables from the ►ol garden^ ar.d 539 eggs from the poultry farm. Tnt latest introduction to the poultry farm are 200 ducklings The school during tfaii period baked 4.351 Ib. ot bread.
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    Watch Thieves Active Again
    73 5 TWO CHINESE y 0 uths posing as prospective custonv ers got a watch dealer in North Bridge Road to hand them two watches from the show case and while the dealer was m the act of taking out another watch the two of them ran out
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    84 5 Standard Shipping Reporter THE TREMENDOUS back 10-y of troons serving in Malaya, who have finished their period of service and are waiting to so back to the United Kingdom, has made it necessary for the Sea .service vessels, which are normally used on the U.K. -Australia immigrant rutr The first
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    Immigrant Ships To The Rescue
    84 5 Immigrant Ships To The Rescue 1 (hem \va s provided with 1 a b i n accommodation. 1 Four to one cabin, not 1 normally provided for 1 on troopships. Next ship to call hrre will be the Dorsetshire which is expected t<t ar- rive bore from Hongkong towards the
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    Sen fenced But Free
    23 5 5 i y i n G •d the e > etT t Ci. i with 1 Merchant S J 26.
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    $80,146 For TB Patients In Colony
    227 5 The instructors challenge cup for all round efficiency In the first Volunteer Special Police refresher course, held recently, was won by V Division. V.S.CS, Joo Chiat rulica Statiuu, Slßfftpeie. The cup was presented by the sUfT of V.S.C. HQ., Kolum Ayer Lane. Picture shows
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    Brothel Keepers Upset By Raids
    250 5 THE intensity of anti-vice ftcthrtfties 'has undoubtedly caused concern to certain hotel keepers, and at least nine brothels in Chinatown have suspended their aetiwties," states the Social Welfare Department Julv report issued vesterday. Co-operation tn anti- ce activities between the ('ID. AntiVice Section and the
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    Charge Had Wrong Words
    111 5 THE pro* ecutinj offi< er In a Singapore Court 1 1 jresterday d that the word "nail clipper" a dial <^ rather vague, and he asked toi the case to be stood down until the afternoon as lie would like to clarify the word. Be asked
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    Director Ot Imperial Inst. Post Vacant
    122 5 Director Ot Imperial Inst. Post Vacant APPLICATIONS Singapore a i the p i D of the I titute, il is am iby cfli^e of tne Commissio t General in So th i The Institute j I <'id_on museum and a centre of in- formation which lias done j much to
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    Immigration Problems
    93 5 Immigration Problems THE r*os4 of running the Department of Immig Singapore is appi $750,000 a year, tat< I latesi i sue of the Er Bulletin. Of this $250,000 recoveredl in revenue. Many i•■ po A ar problems art 1 being solved by I department as the requirements of both the
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    Sultan Sails To Holy Land
    177 5 Sultan Sails To Holy Land 1 Well-wishers Sang Malaya Kunchiia KUALA LUM fl titan oi S t and on p a. Ruler and given I I ;»t tin- I him g of honour ui F J o!ic.- train Bahru and S Mrs i I) \i'-,, the ti < ii wm
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    Sir Clutha Due
    72 5 SIR CLUTHA i; a F<? i phot<t labour l«*ud<*r in the Ta>m:uuaii Legislative Coua (if Mr. T Ci. Uton I bit arrived in Singapore t»\ Qantas-BOAC yestrrda.v <•" his way \o BiiUiu jnd uuida. (hairman of the nian branch of t!i<- CommonvveaHh F.irliamentary Association Mr D'AJton will
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    Posed As Policeman
    22 5 WHILE trd-'f.. rig in a bus s. y i Map a j In Pint P i 1 J paI
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    ***** Snacks Were Served
    18 5 ***** Snacks W ere Served 10.099 e r i i the B i at l«v ..1 g -4
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      Cock-Eyed Policy Of The Education Dept.
      331 6 Cock- Eyed Policy Of The Education Dept. Sir;— Referring to the decision ol the Education Depi.. to award a pass in the 3rd Year Normal Examination to the 21 Second Year Certificate Course students who failed their final test, nothing can he more lamentable than this cock-eyed policy of the
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    Singapore Standard Before Raffles
    687 6 Singapore Standard Before Raffles Independent Morning Newspaper HEAD OFFICE t 128, Robinson Rood, Singapore. Telephone Hot: ***** *****. f«»le b Telegraph AddreM J TIGERNEWS, SJn Bcpor«.8cpor«. BRANCH OFFICEIj Room 222, The Tlmet Building, Frintinf Houie Square. London, EC 4. KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANfI 45 Sultan Irreet, 83 Cowon Street, 8
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    13 6 "Never mind how long h.tw 1 bees stuck Yre! Get we
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    Safeguard Malaya's Vanishing Relics!
    1846 6  - Safeguard Malaya's Vanishing Relics! DUBAI RAJA SINGHAM by Precious and irreplaceable historical relics in Malaya have been fosf through ignorance on the part of the people and apathy on the part of officials 17FCFNTLY Malayan Newspapers published the news of how Perlis guano diggers uncovered a stone-age burial ground and
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    Review of Views
    6 6 Review of Views KgfH MEUS 1
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    NO MORE MEMBERS
    63 7 HONOLULU, Aug. 5, (Reu- i The United States, N< Zealand and Australia have tacitly agreed at the Pacific Pi I Security conference here that membership of the Pact will noi be extended, it was I atthorit; I i y .'earned today. Chen was no official announcement, but
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    87 7 This happy couple will he married tomorrow at the Singapore Presbyterian Churcb Mr. Albert W. Struyvenberg and Germanborn, Miss Lore Barbara Hassbach who met each other only lour months ago. Then. Mr. Struyvenbeig, a Colony husinessman. was on holiday in Sicily where lie met Miss Hasisbach last month he proposed
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    MRO SEIZES FAROUK'S LANDS
    284 7 Govt.Custodians To Manage Ex-King 'sE state CAIRO, tag. 6:— The Egyptian Government h« formally seised tin- vast estates of exiled King Farouk who in reported to own over 490,000 Mm in Egypt. But thi* will hardly affect him as he i* said to have a private
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    More Freedom For Women
    67 7 CAIRO, Aug. 6 i Router)— I General Mohammed Naguib. Egyptian Commander-in-chief, today made himself known as :in advocate of greater freedom for Egyptian women, until recent times largely confined to He told beautiful 34-year-old inist leader Madame Doria Siiafik he would welcome the admission of women
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    Envoy's sth Call On Aly Maher
    105 7 CAIRO Aug. 6: (Reutei Ralph Stevenson, Britii i Ambassador, today saw P i mier Aly Maher for the fifth time since his return from leave fter the abdication of Farouk. After the 45-minute meeting. Sir Ralph I ep tera that had discussed current s
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    Memorial To 1st. A-Bomb Victims
    92 7 Memorial To 1 st. A-Bomb Victims HIROSHIMA alB 6 (ReuterA AP) A lisi i.OOO persona killed outright here in 1945 i s dedicated today and a memorial plaque was .um in a cere wny markmu the enth ani v the bomb i It; ofllciala of the i lima and Nagasaki
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    Volumteers To Hold Mock War
    140 7 AN amphibious exercise will be carried out in Singapore \by the combined Volunteer Forces on Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m. and finishing at 2 p.m. Personnel of the S.V.C. will be landed by M R.X.Y.R. assault craft on the beaches at Tanjong Klmg and Tanjong
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    AIOC Makes Oil Claim
    107 7 A IOC Makes Oil Claim NEW YORK, An*. 6: (Renter* The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company today in a newspaper Ivertisement here reasserted its claim to ownership of Per- oil. The Company also warned it would take action to protect its ight ov< r the oil ii necessary. A quarter page advertisement
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    Ceylon Move To Block Indians
    71 7 PREMIER Dudley Senanayake in Colombo yesterday expressed alarm at the number or Indians allegally emigrating to Ceylon, which he said would automatically become part of India if this continued. He was .speaking in the Ceylon House of Representatives which was discussing the Government's d< fi.sion
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    Kashani's New Job
    26 7 PERSIAN lawmakers decided today to ask Ayatullah Kashani, Iran's most powerful religious leader, to become Speaker of tlie Lower House (Majlis) A P
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    EOiBERJIN CLOSING PRICES
    78 7 Slondord London Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 6 The following ore the closing prices of rubber ond tin on the London Morker today LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spor 26H. Spot £915 per ton buyer,, S e pt 26 d. £917 sellers. Oct. /Dec. 25id. Thrce monf ht: £915 Jon./Mor.
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    WONDER DRUG IS ON TRIAL
    323 7 MALAYAN TESTED WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, (AP).— Chloromycetin, the versatile "wonder drug" whose early dramatic trials in Malaya constitutes one of medicines greatest thrillers 'out recently brought under medical suspicion- was up tor a hearing today hetore some of the nation's top scientists. A special committee
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    OUT OF HAND
    64 7 A FIRE ermine. Jiimmor.i d to Bendemeer Road iast night, ought a rubbish beau on tire that went out or control. After 20 minutes, the firemen put out the flames. The fire started when a man tried to dear the rubbish near his home by setting a
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    Mystery Flash Over U-Plant
    109 7 Mystery Flash Over U-Plant AUGUSI A Gk A..g. 6 —A "shapeless i. descent I flash ol light*' was repo: i r the Atomic E Igy I 'omnissia 'i great hydrogen bomb installation early yesterday. J offi the appropriate authorit es bave been nol ifled". The Rash was first rep ■'<
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    The Queen's Household
    50 7 LOXD(V I (Reutt Queen E)izabe:h II la.st ni^ nonccd her royal household about 250 officials ranging I the Lord Chamberiain through the chaplains and doctors to 'Yeomen of the Guard. There were few change* i Qui gi VI kh lary. One m e title ol Physician (■inn.
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    Sweden Sends New I^OICS To Russia
    148 7 Sweden Sends New I^OICS To Russia STOCKHOLM. Aug. 6 (Renter) Sweden has made a new appeal to the Soviet I nion to let the Hague Court "or some other responsible international !>od\ arbitrate on the Baltic planes dispute between the two countries, according to a I oieij^n Office communique issued
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    EARL TO WED COMMONER
    65 7 LONDON, A up. 6 tfleuti Jane M< 21-year-i i Eng h society girl, as ed he < gage < I < E« of Dalkeith. 28-year-old a Scot'.i.sh dukedom was often been r< nantici linked with Princess Margj The Earl, a n;;v.-i] officer d i the war.
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    Rhee Leads By 1,500,000 Votes
    64 7 PUSAN, I fteuter): Re about half <' s- 11 K ea"s < ectoral dist icta gnve Dr. Syngman Rhei ead of e ian 1.500,000 votes aver t t rival first pi pulai for j i D: ee insisted i ■< i stitutional i ■he President
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    Deportees Driven Back into H'Kong
    48 7 Deportees Driven Back into H'Kong MR. D. E. GREENFH Kowloon magistrate, yesten ordered 27 ese di be re-expel led from I > I rving one or two hard labour. The r < they < \seen driven back into i. kong 63 Chinese < .soldiers on the Colony's bo: < who
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    Surprise Packet
    42 7 LONDON ea I .< < ex] ed s -e at eportJ from Ce n t lat e f '> ment there ai > < < g a.' lowing f 01 tea U be expo ■t <i from I.'1 don ti < (]f V <.■ 1 C V- Reuter
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    Bomb Threat To Induce Reds To Sign Trace
    135 7 WASHINGTON, Amg. 6. As truce tMmU < a standstill, iniormed qiiart« i rs here said jresten i the mapped out bombing ot 78 North KtVBM hwi aimed at (ompellinii the North Koreans and him I Communists to vi^n an aniK-tice IgreCflMßt. Th»
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    40 7 A crowd of 50,000 people cheered the hundred gay floats and tableaux at the Jersey "Battle of Flowers". They then joined in the Wild flint; of the battle on (be Channel Island. Picture shows Yolande Donlan driving in the procession.
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    Reds Fail to Kidnap Sportsman
    8 7 Reds Fail to Ki dnap Sportsman u I
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    Tjibantjet Arrives On Her Maiden Trip
    317 8 Tjibantjet Arrives On Her Maiden Trip Standard Shipping Keporler THE MAIN feature in the T.jibant.jet. Royal Interocean Lines' latest freighter to call in Singapore, on her maiden voyage, is the spacious and luxurious accommodation that has been provided for the otTUers. Another striking feature is the absence of stays on
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    Army Sea Service
    73 8 WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (OF) Vice Admiral VVil liurn Cullu^han said yesterday the Military Sea Transportation Service has hauled over 34.000.000 tons of earjp lo the Far East since the Korean war started. 'ullaghan. commander of the MSTS. said the service carried an additional 13.500.000 tons of petroluni
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    Worldwide Slump Of Shipping Industry
    257 8 W VSHING ON. Aug. C. (UP) —The .shipping industry is in a worldwide slump, induced by cutbacks in United States foreign aid, increased •eign production and continued dollar shortage abroad Go eminent officials said today. A high-ranking Federal shippng Official said United hipowners are feeling
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    New Funnel Top For Chusan
    74 8 A \F.\V funnel top to prevent smoke fumes and smuts fouling the superstructure has recently been fitted to the P and O's KjU East Liner Chusan. The 6rst performance I the new funnel during a 1.5-day cruise showed that the new top gave verv good
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    Red Bid For West Gorman Goods
    82 8 Red Bid For W est Gorman Goods BOXN. Aug. 5 (Router)— Mr. Walter J. Donnelly. n ew S High Commissioner indicated that the Western Powers would reject the latest Soviet request to allow West Germany to strategic goods to East I mans. '"We cannot and will not permit strategic needed
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    Genoa Welcomes First jap Ship
    54 8 Genoa W elcomes First jap Ship GENOA. Italy Au« 5 <UP> The first ship rhmg the Jap;, nag to arrive in this porl the outbreak of the war do today amid welcoming w\ blasts of all other .shins in I harbour. The ship. "Keian Mar;." car j ried a shioment
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      506 8 CHIMA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Regular Sailings to China and Japan from Singapore, I'. ut Penang. Also direct Sailings from Bangkok .mri Indonesia to China A Japan. hut S pore Hue Prnans I mm I4 S echuen* 1 Aug 8 Bongkong "Kuning" Aog 15 Auq .'1 Japan Sails Sails Sails P^nin-i
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      453 8 JAVA NEW YORK SAILINGS BoyaJ Kottt'idam IJo>d Holland America Line Nederla Ime Rotterdam Rotterdam Amsterdam HALIFAX BOSTON NLW YOKK PHILADELPHIA. BALTIMORE MOBILL NLW (IKLfeANS S'pore P S'luni Praams RONDO (SMN) 7A«c BAnc AMPLNAN (KL) Bt/25Aag 2G 81 Au° SBAn« SLOT! lU)VK (HAL) 3/7Sept BSepl !»Sept BANTAM (RL) 9 15Sept lb
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    56 9 photo. Scientists at the Brookhaven National Library at Upton, in th<* State of New York, announced recently that their siant cosmotron (above) had generated the fust billionvolt charge ever made by man. 'Mrs tr>t development, s< iont'sls ca.i lead to the creation rather than the destruction <>f matter, reversing the
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    BUTLER PLAYS NEW CARD
    164 9 LONDON. Aug. 5, (Reuter)— The Chancellor of the Exiuer, '.Mr. Richard Butler. tonight played a new card in his attempt to reduce Britain's indebtedness to E irope. k of Eng announced it was prepared for the being to I >v.nn*, n Brii i c ianl s
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    SPOKE RUBBER MARKET IS DULL
    197 9 i tandard Market Reporter THE rubber market in Singapore yesterday experienced another quiet day, with quotations fluctuating al levels fractionally higher than those prevailing on Tuesday. Opening at around 36| cents per Ib. for first grade rubber j i'or August shipment, prices I moved within
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    New Price May Steady Jute Market
    333 9 New Price May Steady Jute Market LONDON, Aug. 5 (Reuter)— fhi Bi Lish Government's rcI duction of £40 sterling a ton in the issue rates of raw jute was expected to strengthen consumer demand for jute goods, the Financial Times said today. ft observed editorially that, taking a view of
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    Re-Export Of Ceylon Tea
    37 9 COLOMBO, Aug. ii (UP)—Ceylon is likely to permit the reexpori Ceylon tea from London to otl destinations includii r dollar i-'Kr,)-.; ,c>. India now export of her tea. but nut to do countries.
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    RAWANG TIN SEEKS PRIORITY
    179 9 URGENT representations been made in England for a high priority to bo given to Rawang Tin Feild.s repair wo k so that the generating capacity of the station may 'he restored as quickly a.s possible, the Chairman" Mr. W.M Warren stated in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
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    New Defence Plani For Chrysler Corp.
    43 9 A NEW U5525,000,000 plan built in Indianapolis by the Chrysler Corp. will be converted to civilian instead of mi'itary production. The plant, originally scheduled to make jel plane engines, will tun < transmissions for Chn ei automobiles. A.P.
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    HK EXCHANGE
    40 9 HONGKONG Aim 6.— Special Standard Service closing prices on the Hongkong Exchange 1 day were $15.M to £1 >'< rlil l $f;.:-{775 to U.S.sl; $1,823 to Malayan $1; s<i.:jhho to nne Indo aesian Rupiah; Gold $299.50 to one t;»el
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    S. AFRICA'S URANIUM
    162 9 JOHAXXESBI'KO. An-. :> Strath Africa will produce then first uranium by the end Of September, accarding to th« 3* ne.sburg evening newspaper, Star. Production is*then expected to begin from bom bearing oj the West Rand Conso is d Mines at Krugersdrop (about 20 miles from Johannesburg >,
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    Indian Cotton Piecegoods
    37 9 &ALAYA and tl United Kinf (}om were the major sterliai a rnporters of Indian cotton goods in 1951-52 \b 63^00.000 yards <R-s 87,152 f "'»<t and tt.330,--006 yards <R^. !»27.000> res- ively. A .P.
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    Rubber Talks Not Likely To AchieveMuch
    121 9 Rubber Talks Not Likely To AchieveMuch LONDON. Aug. 5 (Re;:tcr>— j Rubber experts from 20 countries r mtinuei their tnlks here tod to consider whether me;:.-. prevent heavy surplus^ s shortages of rubber necessary. Among rubber traders in the London market the talks are < i i ed to achieve
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    RI EXPORT BAN GOES ON; POLICE PROBING
    204 9 RI EXPORT BAN GOES ON; POLICE PROBING BY ARNOLD BR.ACKMAN Standard Special Corr. JAKARTA. Wed. Indonesian authorities show no Signs Ot lifting the ban at Pasai lkan and JanjonK Priok with customs sjJßeiata still hesitant to permit experts and the ptiitt n<»t Inished with Unir investiijations. indoncsia's Iradine: newspaper. Kens
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    S'pore Tin Price Nosedives; Worst In Many Months
    247 9 S'pore Tin Price Nosedives; Worst In Many Months Standard Market Reporter THE price of tin in Singapore registered \\w biggesi tlrop d>r man; mouths yestertlaj when a decline of $9 5 tt p«-r picuJ i<> sf<>J'»| per |>icu! was recorded. In two consecutive days the tin quotation had dropped SI
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    150 9 COMMODITY PRICES LOSING rubber prii es 'i tit- \u-\ Ih i in In,h:1 n,h: .i jxi! <• estei (la i w ere Bvyen iMten No l Spot I oosp KJ K| I OH m bofet Aim No 1 l >v 863 Bl No :K> s. M j |2 N 3
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    SLIGHT EASING IN TIN SHARES
    24 9 SLIGHT EASING IN TIN SHARES M:\rkvi Krpopfrr vi d th the declh slight day I.' T I f t 1 I »s 111 1
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    World Tin Use Down 9,000 Tons
    18 9 World Tin Use Down 9, 000 Tons TUF FIAGI I il I lof M.iy is '■I sili i
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    Produce Mart Dull. Easier
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      THE KAMPONG BUGIS FIRE RELIEF CTTEE AND MR. KIAT
      1133 10 Sir To my gtatemeni to the Press on July 27 1952, i irding the trusteeship of e public donations ra e i by the Kampong Bugis Fire Victim Relief Committee, Mr. G. n. Kiat, acting chairm in ie Singapore Joini Relief
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      USURY IS A NECESSARY EVIL
      327 10 Sir:— lt is generally admitted that usury is a growing evil in Malaga and that legislation is required to •i s with the evil. But Government should be careful to see that this measure in putting down the evils of usury, does not cause other
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    STANDARD PATTERN SERVICE
    719 10  -  ROSALIND KATNAM By HERE are the sewing instructions for The Standard Pattern, Nos. 19 and 20, which appeared in the Sunday Standard on August 3. Note: 1 Your pattern pieces will have certain instructions stamped on them. When you have the pattern pieces by your side tlte.-e
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      226 10 u'" I LAST DAY ijtHm^* HOWARD K£H. i. v^-VrßtT[*>>i»*3n'* 'p LUSf 1;: VERY LA II ST <• M Mi>N I BRITISH NEWS SHOWING THI \^^\/I^<■ /V! >' S lAB VIIION WIN Al j mi ii'K c vmi s i OPENS TOMORROW.' 11,1 STOm ol BORROWED no ciTin m«*m I'll 151
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      353 10 'RITA DEL MAR ItOD A V S Ql Oi NOV "It's easy *nough to Utter hvn de stew i» smokin' hot, lint hit- in iiih ty ha <l to giggle wen dey's Duffln' in de pot." I'.uii Lawrence Dunbar. Mil K»l>\\ FOB i:\ ERYOXE: Noon tune to m:devening offers the
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    BIRTH
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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    Invitation Relay
    30 11 E-MILE open to all clubs affiliated Singa] be neld at the Woodbridee Horoital on Sun- dub wishing to r a team should tfet in touch :i secretary befor*
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    Finns Beat China
    31 11 \FP) Finnish Olympic basketball »la; > i ated iting i ►asketball team of China in a friei here last aight The 53 to s 'k The ha!f- 22 all.
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    Surrey In Winning Vein
    662 11 Jyorthants Trounced By Inning sin County Game LONDON, ui r. 6 (Rruter) Surrey took another step towards winning l!»r County cricket title hy trouncing NoUiimlian^liire by an lOAivga ami 80 rutis al the Oval yesterday, and gaining their 17th chanipMNNfaip victor in 21 matches. The man
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    Kain Spoils India Mahh
    57 11 BIRMINGHAM, An*. 6 (Eeuter): Ram entailed plav in today's mat; h bctv*e«*n India and lunC M'j^on's (ount> champions, War wiekskire. Play begaa 1: hours bite and ifter further interruptions. niic immediatrly aftor tea when India me SI for 2 i(ia'*kuard t and b Dollerv »i Sen
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    STANVAC WIN
    28 11 SI ANDARD I S.C heat the Pu a B ;:om Sports Club by tv. B to nil Singapore Business Houses League match on the Singapore Paci
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    Methodist Sports
    35 11 1 HI Mel u H English School, T.. g M::hrn. will hold their' athletic -sports toc-ay at 2.30 p.m. Mr. W.J. Kerr, M C S.. Disti Officer, Tanjwig Malim will give; e prizes.
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    Fijians Will Be Glamour Boys At Negri AAA Meet
    881 11 SEREMBAN, Wed —Fijian athletes and schoolboys are prominent in the Entries for the 12th Negri Semhi ian State A. A. A. championship meeting which will commence on Friday, at 3 p.m. prior to the commencement of tile meeting, the athletes will
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    173 11  - GOLF Here's How Slammin Sam Snead moy. THE golfer who dips his left in his backsvnng leads a sorry life. As a result his left side sugs and his head is lowered. When he swings doim jroni ihe top he knows, inslinctively, 'hat ha must reverse a" the foregoing actions
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    South African Wins
    42 11 MIAMI BEACH Florida, Aug. 6 i UP).— Gerald Dreyer, 1463 South Africa, won his eleventh Lght fisht since coming to I i United States by taking a unto3« tea round decision night over Baby Williams, 152 of Havana, Cuba.
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    SHE WON
    41 11 child winner of one of the rices at the M a 1 a > Rcgknenfs children's s}w>rts at Port Dirkson on Saturday receives her prize lrnm Mrv Andic, wife «>{ BrigaiHei .1. K. (1. Andre. I unimanriant of the Malay Ke-
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    THE PENANG TURF CLUB
    74 11 The On, ia Results o! th< Drawing of 1 Sweep itooday, ftfa Augi I 1952 are as f LJNLIMII ED SWEEP: First 37<<'<:.<;. s. 51 \U\ BRS: 3X1162 230M5. 341 CO.VSo.'.A'I iOXS: LtfgfM *****3, atlftt, *****6, 104 OIKSK !J SWGBPI Race in-t Seemrnd Third Starii 1
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    Sclangor To Send Biggest Snorts Team
    43 11 be i for U i I ipi f I part in t meet, fi notabfe a I i of tke 1 I I ino m Laflt moi S d Levula— the soldi i*r— \v: 100 yardi sprint
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    THE PENANG TURF CLUB
    79 11 THE Official Results of nR of Sweeps on Saturday. 2nd A UNLIMITED SWH P F *****3 STARTERS: *****2, 42:' 77 41* [***** >NSOLA riONS: *****7. L*****, 2^1022, COURSE CASH SWI PS Race it .'ml M ten 1 4919 4503 1138, 4 3 5165 4 5 s*ll
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    FEDERATION TO JOIN WORLD ATHLETIC BODY
    365 12 Olympic Council Will Be Next Move By AAA A MALAYAN Amateur Athletic Union has been formed in the Federation and it will seek affiliation with the International Amateur Athletic Federation. The Malayan Amateur Athletic Association is now m^ng efforts to form a Federation Olympic
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    Las! Govt. Grant For Sports Fund
    87 12 THE Federation dovt'riiinrnt has made a grant of $3,000 to the Malayan amateur athletic association. Iliis was revealed by tlir president Mr. I. I). 1.. Cnllen IB iii-. report on the activities ot the Malayan AAA. l in- amount represented $1,000 donation towards the
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    RECORD ENTRY FOR MALAYAN AAA MEET
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    Templer Wants K. L. For Next AAA Meet
    156 12 THE question of Malayan etes visiting Ceyion, athletic coaching and the invitation to an international coach from England to visit Malaya as in the previous year, will be discussed at the annual general meeting of the Malayan Amateur Athletic Association in Ipoh
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    Medics, YMCA Draw At Ipoh
    81 12 IPOIi Wed The Medical Club shared honours with Y.MCA in a Voon Thian 900 cup match on the Lower Padang this evenin?. Each side scored a goal. The game was of very poor standard with forwards o f both sides finishing badly. YMCA opened the
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    'Joe Louis Story'
    59 12 NEW YORK. Aug. 0 (Reuter) Joe Louis. former world heavyweight boxing champion. will himself act in some scenes of a film version of his life story. He said a full-length film '"The Joe Louis Story" would be produced next autumn. A professional actor, still to be selected,
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    BAHAROL ALAM WIN
    89 12 PEXAXG. Wed.— The Baharol A'.un Football Club had no ficulty beating a weak Chinese Recreation Club side by three »oals to one in n first division eague soccer match played on Victoria Green today. The winners had the better set of forwards who kept the Chinese defenders
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    Hawaiian Best Of 1000 Golfers
    128 12 NEW YORK. Aug. 6, (AP) Some 1.000 Simon pure gol[ers shot tor places in the national amateur tournament terday and when the long competition was over, it was Charles Makiwa. far out in the Pacific Ocean, who posted the best qualifying score. The 35 year
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    GOOD FIELDS FOR K.L. RACES
    1100 12 A TOTAL of onr hundred and seventy six horses have bren ent»"rrd 'or The Sehuiijor Turf "lull's August meeting, < omiufiu nig i> l l AiiijuNt lti JO. •nd i3. Full entri*'? are as follows: Horses Class 111 13 1" RUN 2ND RUN 5* r.
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    ONG CHEW BEE WINS THIRD COLONY TITLE
    306 12 ONG CHEW BFF and Lira Hee Chin won the Singapore men's doubles tennis championship when they beat A. G. B. Pakir and H. Kamis 6-3, G-l in the final of the tournament yesterday, concluding this year's Singapore tennis championships. This was Chew Bee's
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    Hurdles Champ Sets New Marie In 220 Sprint
    390 12 IHfc Malayan 440 yards hurdles ham Liang Chiang, turned sprinter on the n N day and flew over the 220 vards sp, —the best time accomplished In Singapore or the Federation since I'M! Liang Chiang, who made I I time in al:
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    LONDON VISITORS
    54 12 photograph. Malaya's Olympic team, which starts on the return journey today, photographed outside Buckingham Palace when they spent a day on a sight-seeing tour organised by the British Council. From left to right: Tens P<*i Wall, Cl'.ay Weng Yew. Lou bin Mohamed, Neo Chwee Kok. manager Strickland, Kee
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    58 12 t<-.im < h impioaship Iroph H Ml: S I PMBta .tl \l. vvsimriniiu iml.i 1,,;,! SeleUi \.-stiidiN WMM iCCSarf I and dual chami B the s B k 1 i v I Yd F.S I Mi Hmm 2 Munei H ii M lll\ iI.HI.H!
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    TODAY'S Sport
    31 12 TODAY'S Sport SINGAPORE SOCCER:— SAFA I, Dir. 1. Kola Raja. v. Ci Casuals at Jalan Bosur stadium; SAFA Junior Cup SIIBRC v. TBA at Geylany; Haikowyu v, Mineswa Squadron at CYMA.
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    Army Side Upsets Unbeaten Malays
    493 12 SAFA Community Lge. SINGAPORE Base District stored a convincing three goals to one victory over the Malays in a SAFA Community league match at Jalan Btsar stadium yesterday. Tile Army side fielded a depleted team their star players Dawson, Whitehorn and Bonnilace wen absent but
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    Dorothy Head In Quarter-Finals
    45 12 RAMBURG. \P,- Top-seeded Dor Head (Italy) <;-(i. t;-l today to ad•e to the women's singles arter finals in the Ini< tional tennis tournament here. Other results inciud Joy Mottxam (Enqlnnd) defeated Luise Jencquel-Horm (Germany) 6-1. 6-2 Gurry (England) (German v, 6-2.
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