The Straits Times, 6 July 1948

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 rWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1948 jy. PRICE TEN CENIS
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    EMERGENCY POWERS BILL PASSED
    2866 1 $6, 500, 000 F0r Police: Navy Watch Coast: Frontier Force Plan From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. WITH the Army and the Police integrated into one unit on land, the i^Jfcoyal Navy and the Royal Air Force are co-operating by sea off the East Coast
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    3 RED AGENTS HELD
    333 1 3 RED AGENTS HELD rREE of six important Communist agents who are known to have t>een conscripting recruits m the Sungei Lvi area of Negri Sembilan have been arrested. Four other Chinese males and three Chinese women have been detained under the Emergency Regulations. The arrests and detentions were made
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    "Red" Wai A Tiger
    48 1 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Mon. UEARING a noise m the biukar while on night patrol, an armed guard on a latex plant at Batu Anam, Segamat, opened fire on the suspected Communists. Later investigations proved that he had shot dead a tiger cub.
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    "Fighting In Sumatra'
    54 1 "Fighting In Sumatra' MEDAN, North Sumatra, Mon. AN Aneta news agency report said today that fighting had broken oat among Indonesian Re* publican forces on the Asahan river, part of the demarcation line between Republican and Dutch territory. Aneta also reported clashes among Republicans at Tapanoeli m the Batak region
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    POLICE FROM KARACHI
    104 1 POLICE FROM KARACHI KARACHI, Monday. A GROUP of officials from Malaya is expected to arrive m Karachi this month to recruit men for the Malayan police forces. Reuter authoritatively learned today. A request to supplement the Malayan police force from Pakistanis was received about three months ago. Pakistan, which has
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    KUOMINTANG MAN SHOT
    47 1 A wealthy Kuomintang supporter was shot by a gang m a coffee shop on the main road four miles north of Yong Peng north Johore, at 2.30 p.m. yesterday. The victim, who is aged 68, is m a serious condition m Batu Pahat hospital.
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    PARTY TO JOIN CHINA COALITION
    43 1 SHANGHAI, Mon. The Young China Party would agree to take part m China's coalition government, a spokesman said today. The minor party had withdrawn from the Government following a dispute with the Kucmintang over Legislative Yuan seats. AP.
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    ANOTHER MALAY MUST LEAVE
    38 1 SYDNEY, Monday.— Adnen bin Jasmin, 30, a Malay seaman arrested on June 28, will be deported by the first available transportation, Immigration authorities said today. Jasmin has an Australian wife and one child.— U.P.
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    Bombay Rioting
    18 1 BOMBAY, Monday.—Unofficial reports today listed 22 dead and 69 injured m yesterday's communal rioting here. UJ>.
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    EMPIRE MOURNS SIR EDWARD GENT
    177 1 BRITAIN and the Empire yesterday mourned the death of Sir Edward Gent, High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya who, with 38 other persons, was killed m a plane collision over su burban London. In the Federation and m Singapore flags have been naif-masted, tributes
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    ERP Talks On Raw Materials
    215 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. IMPORTANT conversations are opening soon between 1 the United States, Britain and E.R.P. nations with colonial interests, to consider raw material requirements under economic co-operation agreements. The assurance of continued i supplies of raw materials is i most Important,
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    RED RAID PRECAUTIONS
    58 1 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Mon. RESIDENTS of Batu Anam and the surrounding kampongs hi that area were reminded of their A.R.P. days when they heard the newly installed siren at Paya Lane Estate being tested. The siren will serve as an alarm signal should trouble occur
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    MINISTER'S RESIGNATION
    62 1 RANGOON. Mon. Semiofficial circles here expect U Ko Ko Gyi, who resigned as Burmese Minister of Commerce on Friday, to resign as chairman of the Socialist Party. The New Times of Burma says U Ko Ko Gyi's resignation from the Ministry had no political significance. "He accepts constitutional
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    Food Raid On Village
    120 1 SUNGEI PATANI, Monday. ABOUT 40 jungle bandits carried out a supply raid at three o'clock this morning on the \illage of Bandas, near the 50th mile of the Wangroad, north of Baling, m South Kedah. Armed with fttea guns, rifles and pistols, the raiders held up
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    BANGKOK IS RED BASE
    405 1 BANGKOK, Sunday. Anew base for Communist activity m Soulh K?st Asia appears to be taking shape m Bangkok. This is the interpretation of most qualified observers on the large Russian delegation of more than 40 now m the process of establishing a legation m a country
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    Pilot Dies In Flaming Spitfire
    158 1 THE pilot of a Spitfire based 1 at Sen^awang was burned to death when his aircraft crashed m flames near the seashore a mile from the Johore causeway at about 10 o'clock yesterday morning. A Chinese small-holder living m a hut near where the Spitfire
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    SENAI FIRE CHARGE
    95 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. When the case against Tang Hin and eighteen other Chinese, who are charged with committing mischief by fire and knowingly caused the destruction of buildings on Senai Estate on June 1, was mentioned m court yesterday, the prosecution asked for a further postponement. It
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    "Social Security" Now Rules In Britain
    164 2 "Social Security" Now Rules In Britain LONDON, Mon. FROM today, if the BriF tish Government's plan works out, "no man, woman or child in Britain who for any reason is without means need remain destitute." Today la set for the beginning or Britain's new national Insurance and assistance scheme. Opponents
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    34 Killed In Shanghai Cyclone
    101 2 34 Killed In Shanghai Cyclone SHANGHAI. Mon. The death toll from the wind and hail storm that struck Shanghai at 2.30 a jn. yesterday rrew to 34 today, with more than l«f injured still m hospital. Twenty-five were killed ontrirht m the collapse of a coffin depository where hundreds of
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    High Jump— Hard Way
    56 2 MANILA. Monday. jpKANK Cashing leaped JT from a plane yesterday m a IO.OM-foot stunt Jump, bat as he Jumped his emergency parachute container hit him m the face and knocked him unconscious. When he was only a few hundred feet up he came to, pulled his
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    36 2 EVELYN WAUCHBE, a Jamaican, stowed away on board a London-bound ship. When she was discovered other Jamaicans made a collection and paid her fare. She travelled first class the rest of the journey. r.A. Renter photo.
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    P.I. WANTS U.S. MONEY TO FLOW
    136 2 P.I. WANTS U.S. MONEY TO FLOW MANILA, Monday. riLlPlNOS are against "imT periaUoUc exploitation." but welcome foreign capital, especially American, "under very generous terms," the Philippines Trade Secretary (Senor Plagide Mapa) told American members of a Commerce delegation today. He said that Filipinos wanted to "recast" PhilippinesAmerican trade "along lines
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      Big Gold Theft At French Airport
      105 2 PARIS, Monday. •THIEVES broke into the "Strong Room" of the French I Customs shed at Orly ariport at 1 a.m. yesterday and escaped with about 100,000 worth of pure gold but overlooked $37,000,000 m American banknotes. Both the gold, m powder form, and the
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      Tientsin Carpets
      30 2 LONDON. Monday.—Three more wedding gifts for Princess Elizabeth arrived yesterday, almost eißht. months after her marriage. They are Tientsin carpets, a^ven her by the British community m China.—AP.
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      Canal Reopened
      48 2 ATHENS, Monday. The Corinth Canal demolished by the Germans m 1»44—will be reopened today. Reopening of the Canal— of vital importance to Greek coastal commerce —will mark the virtual completion of the first of the rehabilitation projects undertaken by the American military aid mission to Greece.—AP.
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      Duke A Freeman
      38 2 DUKE of Edinburgh receiving the scroll entitling him to the Freedom >f Greenwich from the Mayoress of Greenwich (Mrs. J. Goltorly). The Duke has been attending a taval coarse at Greenwich folleire. Planet News photo.
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      Test Attack
      54 2 PEARL HARBOUR, Monday. —The VS. Pacific Fleet's air and submarine attacks on the aid battleship New 'York, a survivor of the Bikini atom >omb test, have been tentatively set for July 7 and 8 The battleship Nevada, bull's eye for the first Bikini atomic bomb, will be sunk
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      Ex-Queen In Rome
      48 2 ROME, Monday— Ex-Queen Helen of Rumania arrived in Rome by plane from Athens early yesterday and Is to leave by train today for her villa near Florence. Her son ex-King Michael and his bude, Princess Anne of Bourbon-Palma, are expected to Join her soon. AJ».
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      Soviet Airlines
      47 2 WARSAW. Mon.— More than 10 new airlines were Inaugurtted In the past two months n Russia, said a Tass message torn Moscow yesterday. Moscow Is now connected by ixpress airlines with the capitals of all the Soviet Jnion republics and with najor industrial centres.— A.P.
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      329 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY, WATER DEPARTMENT Vacancies exist for three Draftsmen and Surveyors m the following Grades: Grade msloo-Aslo-$160) Plus IV-$5O-A|lo-$80) Current V-J3O-Aslo-$5O) Rate of C.L.A. Grade and Salary according to qualification and experience. Memorandum and Official Application Form obtainable* from Water Department Head Office. Applications to Municipal Secretary at or
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    TITO MAY CALL ON U.N.
    162 3 Likely New Move Against Albania BELGRADE, Monday. YUGOSLAVIA may take her case against Albania to the United Nations or the International Court at The Hague. An authoritative source m Belgrade said to-day: "This would be the logical next step according to the final paragraphs of
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    36 3 LADY MOUNTBATTEN (centre) photographed with Mrs. Clubwalla of Madras before attending a commemoration service held by the Order of St. John at Westminster Abbey. Mrs. Clubwalla is head of the Order m Madras. Planet News picture.
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    POLES DON'T APPROVE
    70 3 WARSAW, Monday. MARSHAL TITO'S foreign policy was described yesterday as "irresponsible" m the Polish newspaper Zycie Warszawy, which warned the Western allies that their "elation" over the news from Belgrade would b: followed by an "unpleasant awakening/ Government sources m Warsaw said on Saturday that they saw
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    U.S.A. TO ACT IN EUROPE
    293 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. TpHE United States, m 1 co-operation with BrL tain and France, was pressing a diplomatic offensive against Russia on two fronts this week-end. The country was also watching closely developments on a third front Yugoslavia to determine whether the crisis there afforded any
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    40 3 NURSING MEDALLIST: Miss Hortense Heidenfelrt who received a gold medal for gaining first place m the 1947 London County Council Hospital Examinations. She came to Britain from Silesia m 1939. Her father died m Auschuiti oon* ntration camp. Keuter picture.
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    KASHMIR O.C KILLED
    83 3 NEW DELHI, Mon.—Brigadier M. Usman, commanding Indian troops m Kashmir, has been killed m action, it was officially announced on Sunday night. Brig. Usman distinguished himself m fighting an ti -Government forces m Jammu province. In one of the bloodiest I campaigns m Jammu last April, he
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    LONG-AWAITED TALKS TO BEGIN
    36 3 WASHINGTON, Mon.— The long-awaited six-nation talks on United States participation in and backing of a Westj ern Europe military alliance will begin in Washington on Tuesday, it was learned here today.— Reuter.
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    GERMAN REDS ALLEGE FIRE-RAISING
    42 3 GERMAN REDS ALLEGE FIRE-RAISING FRANKFURT, Monday. AFTER an attempt had been made to burn down the Communist headquarters at Weisbaden, local Reds alleged that five men, including two m American uniform, threw petrol at the building. Police do not confirm this.— A.P.
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    FOUR MONTHS OF U.S. AID
    56 3 FOUR MONTHS OF U.S. AID WASHINGTON. Mon. America's foreign aid programme entered its fourth month on Sunday with 14 nations signed up for help and three others about to. Still to sign are Switzerland, Portugal and Turkey. The Anglo-American and French zones of Germany are still m the process of
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    REDS SUFFER HEAVY DEFEAT IN FINLAND
    83 3 HELSINKI, Monday. rE latest election results show that the Finnish Communist Party has lost 13 of its 51 Parliamentary seats the worst defeat suffered by any party m the present election. The Social Democrats and the Agrarian Parties both anti-Communist picked up the lost
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    Bevin Denes Red Threat
    172 3 LONDON, Monday. MR. Ernest Bevin speaking at Norwich yesterday declared: "I will no more accept the starvation of the 2,500,000 Germans and allow that to be used as an instrument of policy than I will allow a lock-out to defeat us m this country." The Foreign
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    TARGET IS STILL BERLIN
    117 3 TARGET IS STILL BERLIN BERLIN, Monday. HUNDREDS of British and American planes j poured food into Berlin yesterday in answer to the Russians' refusal to lift their 16-day ground J blockade. The Royal Air Force, flew 161 flights up to midday yesterday, and also sent four Sunderland flying boats from
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    WAR DAMAGE CLAIMS IN SIAM
    59 3 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Mon.— Chinese nationals m Siam will shortly submit claims for compensation to the Chinese Government m Nanking for damage caused to property by the Japanese during the war. The Chinese Government will take up negotiations for; the settlement of these
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    Aid Pact Signed
    19 3 ANKARA, Mon. The aid pact between Turkey and the United States was signed here today.— Reuter.
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    Churchill Predicts War By August 'Says Labour M.P.
    131 3 Ch urch ill Predicts War By A ugust 'Says Labour M.P. -LONDON. Monday. MR. Richard Crossman, Labour. M.P., 6aid m the Sunday Pictorial that Mr. Churchill had predicted privately that there would be war by August. Mr. Churchill. said Mr. Crossman. also predicted that he would be returned as Prime
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    Caretaker Stole Linen
    84 4 BAIL of $200 was allowed to Mohamad Kamall bin Abdullah, caretaker of the Government bungalow at Tanjong Rhu, who pleaded guilty In the Second Police Court yesterday to theft. It was alleged that Mohamad stole $2,007 worth of household linen from the bungalow between Feb. and June.
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    Sailor's Doubtful Chances
    192 4 NEW YORK, Mou. rS Italian wife of the New Orleans sailor gaoled m Singapore heard today that the chances were "uncertain" of a reduction m his four-year sentence for carrying a pistol ashore. The American Consulate m Singapore notified Mrs. Walter John Seiferle that no appeal could
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    MALAYA TRIBUTE
    450 5 Gent 'Great, Sincere FROM all parts of Malaya, from all classes and sections of the community, came messages of tribute yesterday to Sir Edward Gent. Below are a few of them: Dato Orwi bin Jaafar, on behalf of the unofficial members m the Federal Legislative Council: In spite
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    Singapore's Tribute
    32 5 Flaiis were flying at half mast in Singapore yesterday. The Governor (Sir Franklin Gimson) had asked that this mark of respect for the late Sir Edward Gent should be paid.
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    39 5 THE committee of the Foochow Relief Fund acknowledge receipt of $100 from the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. The bank has agreed to remit the money for the fund to Hong Kong by draft or telegraphic transfer at lnter:mk rate.
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    Two New Welfare Clinics In Colony
    673 5 By Our Woman Correspondent TWO sub-clinics have been added to the three 1 Municipal Welfare clinics functioning m the Singapore town The objects of the new centres are to bring efficient and free treatment within easy reach of poor mothers wlw cannot even afford
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    Singapore Diary
    84 5 TODAY Chinese Chamber of Commerce, tea party to the Chinese Olympic team, 47, Hill Street. 3 p.m. Miss K. D. Ferguson, Library Advisor of the British Council, on "How to organise an attractive library and make the fullest use of it." Raffles Institution, 5 p.m. Mr. J. B.
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    "GAVE HIS BEST TO MALAYA"
    188 5 THE Commissioner-General (Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald) m a tribute to Sir Edward Gent says "He was a man of both charm and force of character. His personal courage, sense of honour, and devotion to public duty were of the highest order. "He takes his place
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    42 5 Tessa Price, aged six, of Greenwich, presenting a bouquet to Princess Elizabeth during her tour of Greenwich last month with the Duke of Edinburgh. The Royal couple dined at the Royal Naval Collegia, where the Duke 15 undergoing his studies. Renter photo.
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    DEATH
    40 6 Henry Richard Lubbock Dyne passed away on July 5. 1948. aged 70 years, after a long Illness bravely borne. He leaves a widow and one son. The funeral will take place at Bidadart Cemetery at 4.45 p m. to-day.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., July 6, 1948. MOURNING IN MALAYA
    1164 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., July 6, 1948. MOURNING IN MALAYA All races and communities m the Federation and Singapore were shocked bjpond measure yesterday to hear of the death of Sir Edward Gent m an air crash over London m the last hour of his homeward journey. All Malaya
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    Train-Wrecking Behind The Enemy Lines
    2898 6  - Train- Wrecking Behind The Enemy Lines LIEUT.-COL. SPENCER CHAPMAN "TRAVELS IN JAPANESE-OCCUPIED MALAY A"-2 By FOR the next fort1 night, until Feb. 14, we operated almost every night against the Japanese who were rushing men and equipment, by night and day, down the road and railway towards Singapore. In that
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      Policemen As P.R.O.S And Price Controllers
      223 6 'THE Trusted Commis- f 1 sk>n has been considering new salary scales and allowances for Gov- 1 eminent servants. This! will cost a great deal of money, but the payers of income tax have been consoled by assurances that i Government expenditure j I
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      NO MORE A "CULTURAL DESERT"
      220 6 NO MORE A "CULTURAL DESERT" I apologise to "Once Bitten' who I hope will not be "Twice Shy". I apologise too to the people of Singapore whose taste we underestimated. To ensure a good audience the sponsoring bodies haJ sent out Invitations to individuals and groups interested m music and
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      COUPONS FOR PETROL
      107 6 PRESUMABLY most of I the motor vehicles m the Colony are now only able to take to the road by virtue of the publicspirited willingness of petrol pump managers to become criminals. This is a most auspicious beginning for a campaign to tighten up on the misuse
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      ARMS FOR THE PLANTER
      62 6 ARMS FOR THE PLANTER Inoie from your advertisement columns that a Singaporean is offering a 300 calibre American carbine with 80 rounds of ammunition for the best offer over $300! I suggest that the Government should buy this weapon at their own valuation, probably about $50, and give it to
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    GENT HAD TO CHANGE AIRCRAFT
    411 7 Private York Was Recalled A TRICK of fate placed Sir Edward Gent on the ill-fated Transport Command York which crashed at Northolt Airport, London, on Sunday. Sir Edward began his flight from Singapore last Tuesday in a private York assigned to Sir Hugh Lloyd, Air
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    Firemen Came Instead Of Police
    131 7 Firemen Came Instead Of Police OCCUPANTS of a coffee shop m Bencoolen Street, which had been entered by armed robbers yesterday morning summoned the Fire Brigade instead of the police. Two fire engines from the Central Fire Station turned up. The mistake was quickly rectified, but when a police radio
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    TO STAND TRIAL ON ARMS CHARGE
    71 7 The Seventh Police Court Magistrate (Mr. A. G. Sheares) yesterday committed a 48-year-old Chinese, Soh Chong Chua of Ah Hood Road, to stand trial at the next Assizes on a charge of possession of 150 rounds of .48 ammunition. The ammunition was alleged to
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    Alleged Attack In Market
    174 7 Alleged Attack In Market nnHE daylight robbery m 1 Balestier Road market on June 30. when a vegetable seller was set upon by a gang of five Chinese, beaten and relieved of $99 m cash and valuables, was described m the Seventh Police Court, yesterday. In the dock was a
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    Polio: First 3 In 3 Weeks
    86 7 A THREE-WEEK polio-free' period m Singapore was broken by three fresh cases, all Chinese children, on Sunday. The Municipal Health Officer (Dr. N. A. Canton) told the Straits Times: "Nevertheless, thp polio epidemic is virtually over." The Singapore polio epidemic, commencing m April, claimed
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    WARRANT OF ARREST
    88 7 A Wiuw.nt for the arrest of C. W. Roberts, a former offi-cer-in-charge of the Singapore Food Control Inspectorate, was Issued by the District Judge (Mr. E. P. Shanks) yesterday. R.oberts had failed to pay a $250 Instalment of a $500 fine imposed on him on Mar. 25,
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    Death Of Mr.H.R.L. Dyne
    324 7 Death Of Mr.H.R.L. Dyne EADING Singapore Lj lawyer, and one of the Colony's oldest European residents, Mr. H. B. L. Dyne died yesterday afternoon after a long illness. Sir Roland Braddell will > pay a tribute to Mr. Dyne m the Chief Justice's Court this morning. "Frosty* Dyne came to
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    NARROW ESCAPE FOR CYCLIST
    52 7 Huasain bin HaJi Omar, a 30-year-old Malay, had. a lucky escape last night when he was knocked off his bicycle j near Lorong 25. Geylang. by an IS.T.C. Dos. The cycle was CTUfchCd unj der the front wheel of the bus, but Hussaln was thrown clear,
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    Court Story Of Seized Document
    134 7 LIM Chun Hok, Si Ah Seng, Foo Kok Chai and Sim Guan Seng, said to be committee members of the Chinese section of the Singapore Harbour Labour Union, appeared m the dock m the First District Court yesterday charged with sedition. Mr. A. H. Frew,
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    Sedition Charge
    225 7 LIEW Yit Fun, publisher and manager of I the Mm Sheng Pau and] Selangor representative of the Malayan Communist Party yesterday made his defence before Mr. B. G. Smith, the Kuala Lumpur District Judge, on charges of publishing seditious articles m his newspaper on June 7 In his
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    SHOT DEAD BY SENTRY
    39 7 At about 11.30 p.m. on Saturday, a Malay attempting to climb over the fence of a aulitary establishment at Alexandra, Singapore, was shot dead. He had ignored a c*cu1 lenge by the sentry on guard.
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    80 WAR VICTIMS EXHUMED
    92 7 80 WAR VICTIMS EXHUMED ♦TTHE Singapore Govern1 raemt last year allower the exhumation of 80 war victims, mostly buried in house compounds in various parts of the Colony Civilians who hastily buried their dead in odd places at the height of the Singapore campaign, are now gradually reclaiming them for
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    IMPROVE ENGLISH COURSE'
    116 7 THE English language course should be improved m the H nior classes of Chinese schools, to assist students to qualify for entrance to the University of Malaya. This was suggested at a °an-Malayan Chinese Educational and Technical Advisory Committee conference. The Singapore Assistant Director of Education (Chinese),
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    47 7 FILIPINOS CELEBRATE: Picturesque c&rbs were worn by many of the guests at Mr. and Mrs. Anciano's cocktail party m Singapore yesterday. The party was m celebration or the second anniversary ol the Philippines Republic. Photographed h«re are a croup of the guests. Picture by T. C. Lee.
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    Lotteries Offence
    42 7 Mr. R. J. C. Wait, the Fourth Police Court Magistrate, Singapore, yesterday found Tan Ah Seng, a 71-year-old Chinese guilty of assisting In the management of Chap Jl Kee and fined him $500, In default two months' rigorous lmpri aonment.
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    Exchange Regulations
    147 7 PUR copies of inward declarations will m future be necessary inj making applications for imports from non-sterl-ing countries. Considerable delay is at present caused by not providing an extra copy for foreign exchange certification which is normally done some weeks after import. The new procedure will come into
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    WITHDRAW 'SN' CARS ORDER
    96 7 All Custodian of Property and War Department vehicles, bearing SN number plates, now being used by Government servants m Singapore, are to be withdrawn by the end of next month and will oe disposed of by tender. Government officers, private i individuals and firms, may submit
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      New Legislative Councillor
      40 7 rAN Shaikh Ahmad bin Mohammed Hasnim MM been appointed a member of the Federal Legislative Council. He has tafcten %he place of Wan Ahmad bin Wan Daud. Tuan Shaikh Ahmad is the State Financial Officer of Perils.
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      Mecca Pilgrim
      46 7 INCHE Abdullah bin Haji Taib, president of the Lembaga Kesatuan Melayu, Johore, accompanied by his wife, will leave for Mecca on a pilgrimage next month. Another pilgrim from Johore will be Syed Abu Bakar Al-Attas, the Religious Adviser to the Lembaga Kesatuan Melayu, Johore.
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      Kiwis Celebrate
      60 7 rpHE Kiwi Members' League J. (Singapore Section) will hold a dinner at the Chinese Swimming Club on Friday to celebrate its first anniversary. Any youth league or association wishing to have a friendly match with the league Is requested to get m touch with Mr. Jon Davis (sports
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      Golden Wedding
      86 7 TAIPING, Mon.—Prominent Eurasian families from Penang, Kedah and Perak gathered here yesterday to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Read, well-known Taiping residents, on their golden wedding. Mr. E. A. Moissinac, president of the Eurasian Association, Perak North, proposed the toast and commented on the couple's 50 years
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      Jumped Into River
      72 7 CEGAMAT, Mon.—How a wo- man jumped into the Segamat River and was saved from drowning by a policeman was told m court yesterday when 41-year-old Chan Sum Cantonese 'ahsam' was charged with attempted suicide. Chan admitted the charge saying she was "fed up with life" because a
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      Interpreters Meet
      59 7 MALACCA, Monday.—At a meeting of the Interpreters Union, Malacca Branch, yesterday the chairman (Mr. Chan Kwai Thin) gave an account of activities at headquarters and the task of bringing about uniform salary scales for interpreters. He described the Trusted recommendations as inequitable and unsatisfactory and urged members to
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      Variety Concert
      49 7 SINGAPORE Catholic YoungMen's Association will present a variety concert at the St. Joseph's Institution Hall on Saturday at 8 p.m. The proceeds from the sals of tiokets will be usJd for the rehabilitation of the Churcli of the Sacred Heart, which was badly damaged during the war.
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      Bus Damaged
      36 7 AN S.T.C. bus. swerving to avoid a pedestrian, collided with a stationary rry m Bencoolen Street yesterday evening. No-one was injured, but considerable damage was done to the bus. The lorry was almost undamaged.
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    ARMS CHARGE AFTER CHASE
    94 7 Ali Ahmad Hussein, a 28-year-old Indian of Serangoon Road, was charged yesterday m the Seventh Police Cou.t, with possession of a .38 revolver and six rounds of ammunition. All, it was alleged, was arrested by a police sergeiuiu m St. Georges Road, on Juiy 3. The
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      49 7 m wool t-> jjl^ I m Colours galore m U^/ s^ Sv _3^--* these snug v^) woollen housecoats and dressing gowns cherry, turquoise, royal blue, saxe. emerald green, maroon and tan. Size?: W. and O. S. Prices $39.50, $42.50 <fc $42.95 jfh ROBINSON CO., LTD. JL*£l MFFLES PUCE SINGAPORE
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    1-VOTE PAY DECISION
    517 8 Council Debate New Scales From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. MEN entering the Malayan Public Services should be paid for the value of the work they do, not for the qualifications they possess. The Acting Chief Secretary, (Mr. H. P. Bryson), said this m the Federal
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    47 8 The inree "human guinea-pigs," Royal Marines who spent a week without food m an open boat, come ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall. They subjected themselves to the ordeal In the cause of medical science. Close up of the three men at foot of this pape.— Planet photo.
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    "Limited Stop" Services
    172 8 "Limited Stop" Services HTHE Singapore Traction 1 Company will operate another three "Limited Stop" omnibus services tomorrow. The first will start at Tampenis Road and end at Finlay*on Green, going by way of Crawford Street and Beach Road. Servioe number two will start at Joo Chiat Road. Katong, and end
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    Sunk Tanker To Be Raised
    96 8 THE 855-ton Shell Company oil tanker Phasianella, which is now lying half submerged on the sea bed m the Singapore Outer Roads, will be salvaged shortly. The 20-year-old vessel sprang a leak on Sunday morning and began to sink stern first. She is now resting
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    20 8 The Public Relations Officer. Singapore (Mr. G. GThomson) delivered his second lecture on 'Democracy' at the V.M.C.A. headquarters last night.
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    28 8 The three "human guinea pigs" (see story %m pieittre above) have their first warm drink for a week. Later they went to hospital for a rest.— Planet photo.
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    Anti-corruption Drive
    92 8 From Our Staff Correspondent j KUALA LUMPUR Mon. /CONSIDERATION will be \j given by the Federation j Government to the desirabil- I ity of extending the operation of the Prevention of Corruption Ordinance throughout the Federation. Such legislation is aireau} m force m Penang, Malacca Johore. Selangor, Perak,
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    Federation Health Outlook Is Better
    185 8 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. MEALTH m the Federation of Malaya should be better this year than it was last year, according to an official reply In the Legislative Council today. The smallpox epidemic has almost subsided. Malaria is still declining, and is
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    "PAY THE NEW RATE"— REPORT
    523 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE Joint Committee on Salaries, appointed by the 1 Federal Legislative and Singapore Advisory Councils, m its final report to the Federal Council today, recommended as of "paramount importance" implementation with the least possible delay of the new
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    MALAY PRESS TRIBUTE
    75 8 Inche Abdul Manan, acting managing director of the Utusan Melayu Press sent a telegram to the Acting High Commissioner, expressing deep regret at the death of Sir Edward Gent. The Utusan Melayu m a leader said that the news of Sir Edward Gent's death "must have shocked
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      239 8 k ASPHALT MIXING PLANTS CONCRETE MIXERS CONTRACTORS PLANT CONVEYORS ROCK CRUSHERS MOBILE LOADING MACHINES Just Arrived From AM^CAj" The MEW Advanced Design PH ILCO Refrigerator (MHlllllllllM/m S M T^ D R E A L GE 88 C 3 APA^ r j|£m 111 0F 8 cubic feet 'Hi The distinctive teal
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    'KEEP YOUR WITS," SAYS MNP
    206 9 'KEEP YOUR WITS, SAYS MNP From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Mon. MEMBERS of the Malay Nationalist Party must keep their wits and not take the law into theii own hands m the present emergency. Those instructions are con- j tamed m sevtn special orders from Singapore headquarters Issued by the
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    21 9 AXES AND WOOD-CHIPS FLT as the wood-chopping competition sets under way at the Province Wellcsley and Penans Agricultural Show. Lido picture.
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    Kota Tinggi Show
    59 9 Exhibits at the Kota Tinggi District Agricultural Show held during the weekend were limited to some extent because oi the present unsettled conditions In the State. Otherwise the show may be regarded as successful. The outstanding exhibits were the women's needlework and confectionery sections. Most agricultural entries
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    Malacca Sport
    59 9 THF M.G.S. Annual Sports on Friday attracted a big crowd. Miss N. B. MacDonald preeentcd the challenge cups. Ada Pugh House was Intereports Meet Champion while Tan Kiong Keng House was Interhousc Badminton Champion. STUDENTS from the Seremban A C. S. visited historical placos in Malacca last week.
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    MOTHERCRAFT
    13 9 The Moth,~rcraft feature has been held over owing to pressure on space.
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    Johore Weekly Letter
    221 9 Johore Weekly Letter JOHORE BAHRU, Man. Many kelongs and jcamal fishing stakes, built along the east coast of Johore during the occupation have been abandoned and have become obstacles to legitimate fishing, ing. Malay fishermen want the Government to clear the stumps so thait they may fish the area. So
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    Union Urges Clerks To Unite
    248 9 Union Urges Clerks To Unite MALACCA LETTER MALACCA. Monday. TRADE Unions, run democ- ratically, had come to stay and clubs would be faliine: m their duty if they failed to take advantage of unionism the president of the Malacca Clerical Union (Mr. Yap Eng Tee) told the second general meeting.
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      104 9 P/*/n/< Afose Aft /A <*■>■> Bui Hhrn 1 1 ■r > arr forgallrn. \'*232i^i^ W A^H »hrn ihr Ix.tllr has lone brrn wt jvidr *r~~~\ U^f trral j., rvrr fr»TT I"f ihrrr i, a roniUnl drniand m e»rry /Q 7 T^B^^^ /^'^■^■i? I^-^ nulk m form M f fi comrn.rnt
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      231 9 Prepared to repair the consequences of neglect y\ <gi-4i' Decay, your dentist will tell you. is the XeX^KF'L^J common cause of most dcnipl roubles Em< l *JSfj"~lil traction the sequel to neglect can be avoided by professional attention m -the fIKS! Daily Dental Care Mw/ti w 'th Ipana Keeps likEX
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      518 9 Through oo fault of b« own, the dub suit. If Bast bad the today's declarer was very much ace he would put it up; If he up against it after only three did not. West would not have tricks had been played, but he lost anything by his selection of
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    "Bureaucratic Idiocy" And Communism In The Nursery
    910 10 Our LONDON LETTER tells of June 20. THEY are rough days in Britain too Malayans. Politically the storms are rumbling on the left; climatically the country is experiencing daily thunderstorms and incessant gales. Lightning has scorched whole villages. But against a sombre background
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    23 10 SOMERSAULT: Keith Miller (Australia) makes a spectacular catch to dismiss Joe Hardstaffe for a duck during the Ant Test at Nottingham A.P. picture.
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    38 10 ANCIENT CEREMONY: Hundreds of sightseers recently gathered at Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain among the famous monolith relics of ancient Britain to see modern Druids make their annual pilgrimage on the longest day of the year. Planet News picture.
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    40 10 MIGRANTS TO BRITAIN: Five hundred Jamaicans recently arrived m Britain to seek work. They were welcomed by Colonial Office officials at Tilbury Docks. An RAF recruiting officer is speaking here to those who wish to join the R.A.F. Reuterphoto picture.
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      181 10 I&f' FIRST IN PREFERENCE (^^^^THE WORLD OVER '^^v At^ ?m\ SAYS ELSiI m BORDEN cow SINGAPORE n\p EIGHT SALOON JJ fMMEDIATE DELIVERY FEDERATED MOTORS LTD. 48 Orchard Kd., Singapore. Irs the DEPENDMLE 1.1. The Ronson is responsive, J tf§sL JT reliable and rapid. Quick. >A^ if|E Hfe&> Ronson one-finger single
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      334 10 uAmn mai Good English;' 7.45 Dance Time. Spotlight Bands; 7.00 Orchestral HAD1O MALAY >% 8 00 S ia m ese; 8.30 English: Half-Hour; 7.30 Hit Parade; SINGAPORE News; 8.45 Music; 9.00 Kuoyu; 8.00 Tonight's Pianist; 8.15 in II t^, 12 noon Schools 930 Burmes 9 45 English: Australian Topics; 8.20
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      31 3/4 Per Cent Dividend For Rambutan
      83 11 3 1 3/4 Per Cent Dividend For Rambutan RAMBUTAN has declared a dividend of 3) per cent, on account of the profits for the year to June 30. The date ef payment Is July 10. This will be the first payment on the £100.000 capital since the 7% per cent
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      58 11 From A Mark* Correspondent A brighter outlook m eridenl, m one or two sections of the Singapore produce markets yesterday. Sago flour and pepper quotations advanced with a spate of dealings m the two commodities. Price changes were: Pepper: Muntok white $170; Sarawak white $175; Lampong Mack $147.
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      S. BATU (MALAYA) RUBBER DIV.
      47 11 SUNGEI BATU (Malaya) Rubber Estates will pay a dividend of 7% per cent., leas tax, on the £82,500 capital In respect of 1947. This will be the first payment since the 10 per cent, for 1940. Warrants will be posted on Aug.
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      AMERICAN SYNTHETIC POLICY "CONTRARY"
      450 11 Kali Glagah Rubber From OnV Own Correspondent LONDON. (By Air Mmit) AMERICAN legislation to Protect the synthetic rubber n industry fc quit* contrary to her professed ideals on international trade, says Kali Glagah Robber Company's chairman (Mr. P. B- L. Coghlan.) In his statement circulated with
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      MALAYAN SHARES: GENERAL QUIET
      126 11 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Monday. QUIET conditions prevailed throughout the day in all sections of the Malayan share markets. The general tendency in price movements was downward. Price changes announced by the Ifelftmn Sh&rebrokers' A*- soclation were: INDUSTRIALS Bu7«r Belter B.B. Petrol 40/- 41/Henry Waugh
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      RFC & TEXAS SMELTER
      91 11 RFC TEXAS SMELTER Ft United State* Howe at ReprteenUUres hu approved an amendment to the Stmntt'n teoommwkUUon that the tteeonatmetton Finance Corporation's authority to operate the Texas Ctty tin smelter afaoold be extended to Jane St. 1954. remarks the Metal Bulletin. The House voted for extenssca ear/ until Jane M,
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      Buyers' Tyre Market
      195 11 ABUTEBS' market in car tyres to forecast by the sales director of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company (Great Britain). "There are unmistakable signs that the supply of tyres It catching up on the demand," said the director (Mr. A. S. Bishop) recently at Eastbourne, quoted by
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      SHIPPING IN PORT
      219 11 CHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets; D. discharging L, loading) were Main Wharf: Steel Admiral (3132) L; Mount Davis (33-34) L; Koto Ageong (36-37) D; Korea (3839) L; Talangakar (40-41) L; Andre Lebon (42-43) D. West Wharf: Bumslde (1-2) D;
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      Sellers Hold Off On A Steady Market
      132 11 SINGAPORE RUBBER THE Singapore rubber market was again very steady 1 yesterday, with stivers holding: off. Prices advanced by just over quarter of a oent from Saturday's close. Only little business pa»ed. Closing prices ypsterday were: No. 1 sheet t.o.b. buyers 47% cents
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      Sungei Tukang Crop
      15 11 The June harvest of the Sungei Tukang Rubber Company was 75.500 lbs.
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      Company Financial Affairs
      381 11 Shelf ord Estate CHELPORD Rubber Estate made w a profit of £2.246 last year. This included dividend receivable, after charging rehabilitation expenses. A dividend of two-and-a-half per cent., absorbing £1,100, the first since 1940. was declared. Subject to directors' fees, the amount to be carried forward was
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      211 11 PRESIDENT LINES Ceneral Passenger Agents for Northwest A.r.mes SAILINCS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON «a INDIA ECYPT b MEDITERRANEAN PORTb Mt. Davit Singapore Cd. 33/34 1 it Rogers arr S'por* Inty 13 arr. P. Stiam My 8 1 P. S"ham 22 «rr. Penang Inty II Penang 25 SAILINCS TO SAN
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      173 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA/UK./ tAILINCS TO CONTINENT/ CONTINENT SCANDINAVIA Loading at Singapore. Port Swettenham C^down, 29/30 <££*££ lanca. Antwerp. Rotterdam. M.i •Fioma" tor Saigon b Bremen, Hamburg. Oslo, Bangkok On* ant. Inty 18 Cothenburg. Aarhus and Copenhagen rn-t -Mongolia- tor Manila. 2$S2?" tMnH^TtSSi HKong S-hai D»e abt. A.,.
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      890 11 McALISTER CO., LTD. I incorporateo m xngaoore 1 ELLERNAN fk BDCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON. PACIFIC PORTS CITY OF GLASGOW BOUGAINV.LIt Spore P. Swett-nrwn Pen^na Singapore 7 Inly 10-15 Ang. 12 |uly Telephone No. 5906 BOUSTEAD «c CO., LTD. UoyOs Agents Agents for Malayan Railways CLEN LINE SALEN-SKAUGEN LINE Due Sail*
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    End Of Walcott's Title Hopes
    76 12 This is how the end came to the championship hopes of Jersey Joe Walcott at the Yankee Stadium, New York, on June 25 as Joe Louis defend ed Ms title for the 26th time. From top left to right: Walcott pokes a left; Lows »inds
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    Tourists Declare At 774 For 7 wkts.
    390 12 BRISTOL, Monday. THE AuKtndfauvs declared ttoir first innings closed 1 at lunch with their score at 774 runs for seven wickets today m their match against Gloucestershire. Australia were 560 for fWe wickets at close of play on Saturday. The Australian total was
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    Scoreboard
    161 12 AUSTRALIA—I«i INNS. Barnes Crapp b Cook 44 Morris c and b Scott 29« Haasett st WBson b Cook 21 Miller c Cook b Scott 51 Harvey c Allen b Cook M Loxton not oat 159 McCool b Barnett 76 I. Johnson c and b Hale 17 B. LJndwaU not
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    POINTS SHARED IN DIV. II GAME
    77 12 R.A.F. Sembawang shared points with the Harbour Board Police m a second division S.A.F.A. soccer match played on the padang yesterday. Bird opened the sooting for the 8.H.8. aad kept the lead un til-time. Midway m the second half the Airmen equalised through Tenny.
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    Sunday Sport: Poll Result
    166 12 Sunday Sport: Poll Result From VERNON MORGAN LONDON, Monday. qMIE British public wants X Sunday sport That is the result of a noli held by one of Britain's national Sunday newspapers with a wide sporting public, "Reynolds News." The result of the poll, which this newspaper held, showed that the
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS TIES
    207 12 Below are the ties for today and tomorrow m the Tanglin Club's tennis tournament. Today: H omens Handicap Doubles Ist Bound: Miss R. cT Rhoades and Mrs. Gardner v Mrs. N. Q. Morris and Miss L Walker-Taylor. Miss E. Tanburn and Miss N. Tanburn t Miss
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    20 12 SYDNEY. Monday. Mr Dudley Smith has resigned as Judge of the Australian Jockey Club (Sydney) after 27 years' service.— Reuter-A.AJ>.
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    R.S.G.C. July Medal Results
    410 12 •THE Royal Singapore 1 Golf Club's July Medal competition (Stroke) was played at Bukift Timah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted' m a tie between Lt.-Col A. G. Peart, and A. W. Scott; with a net score of 74 m "A" Division and a win for
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    21 NEW HORSES TO RUN AT BT. TIMAH
    522 12  - 21 NEW HORSES TO RUN AT BT. TIMAH EPSOM JEEP By Home Records Impressive TWENTY-ONE new horses have been entered for the Singapore Turf Club July Meeting opening on Saturday. They do not include the 19 griffins. They are: Class 1 Baron, Blue Print, Couplan, Empire Rose, Eddy Fraser, King
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    INTER-SCHOOL TABLE TENNIS
    53 12 HPHE inter-School table tenI- nls championships were concluded at the Great World last night. The Chinese High School "A" team became champions and their "B" team were run-ners-up with four and three points respectively. Three other schools, the Al Tong. Anglo-Chinese School and St. Andrew's School tied
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    26 12 R. C. Robertson-Glasgow, the well-known cricket commentator. He Is covering the present Anglo-Australian Test series exclusively for the Straits Times m Malaya. —Portrait by Robin Adler.
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    Joyful Juniors
    38 12 The Joyful Juniors Ist XI scored a 2—l2 1 win over the Commercial High School Ist XI at soccer on Sunday The second string of both teams played a 4—44 4 draw on the same day.
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    Rovers Win Narrowly
    227 12 Rovers S.C. 2; M.F.A, 1. •T«HE Rovers Sports Club 1 beat the Malay Football Association by 2—l2 1 m a closely-contested S.A.F.A. Div. I league game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Rovers still top the league table with 23 points from 14 games. Starting off promisingly,
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    Griffins Do Best Gallop
    256 12 By TRESPASSER »T<HE Singapore griffins 1 again impressed at yesterday morning's training at Bukit Timah m preparation for the Singa. pore Turf Club July! Meeting. The griffins, which have been here for some time, are a very fit lot and should provide some keen races at
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    Five Goals In Four Minutes
    200 12 CIVE goals were scored m the final four minutes of an S.A.F.A. Div. n league soccer encounter between the Singapore Police and the Singapore Chinese Engineering Association on the Padang yesterday. The result was a 4-1 victory for the Police. Play m the first half
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    RAF Seletar Win
    21 12 R.A.P. Seletar beat R.A.F. Changl by 3—2 m an S.A.F.A. first division league game played at Changl yesterday.
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    Ortiz Wins On KO
    42 12 MEXICO, Monday. AN U el Ortiz successfully deJ" fended his world's bantamweight title for the 18th time last night by knocking out Memo Valero, Mexican champion. In the eighth round of a scheduled 15 round bout. A. P.
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    Sports Diary
    86 12 TODAY S.A.F.A. Dlt .1: .C.A. .t. S.R C. Jalan Besar Stadium. Div II: Dockyard XI v. Pnlau Bukom S.C. Geylang Stadium; C.A. II v. Singapore Diet. Signals S.C.C. Div. Ill: Customs S.C. v. Mental Hospital F.T., C.V.M.A. ground, St. George's Road. C.A. m v. S H.B. Boys' Club,
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