The Straits Times, 29 July 1948

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    18 1 The Striats Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 WELVB PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 2S, 1948 PRICE fEN CENTS
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    BIG POLICE RAIDS IN PERAK
    429 1 Attacks On Camps: Many Arms Seized From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. DOLICE and troops made extensive sweeps m Perak to-day. They attacked insurgent camps, recovered a considerable amount of arms and ammunition, and seriously wounded six terrorists. One party entered Chenderiang Valley from the
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    NO COBRAS -BUT 432 GRENADES
    127 1 NO COBRAS -BUT 432 GRENADES WHEN Singapore police made a raid on Pulau Übin yesterday each section was led by a man with a shotgun as a precaution against hamadryads (King Cobra) There is no report of any cobra 'casualties'. Other islands raided were Pulau Tekong, and Pulau Tekong Kechil.
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    NO RELEASE YET
    31 1 LONDON. Wed.— The release of 2,400 RAF men In seven different trades has been postponed indefinitely as a result of the Berlin airlift, the Air Ministry announced. Reuter.
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    FIVE NEW COLLEGES FOR THE COLONIES
    125 1 riNS are now being prepared for five new university colleges to be opened m Britain's colonies. One new university, that of Malaya, will also be established. This was announced by Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders, vice-chairman of the InterUniversity Council, who was head of the Commission
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    300 VIETMINH "WIPED OUT"
    42 1 PARIS, Wednesday.— French and Vietnamese (IndoChinese) forces surrounded and wiped out a Vietnam (Nationalist) force of 300 In the Thudaumot region of Cochin China, 20 miles north of Saigon, the French Press Agency reported today from Saigon.— Reuter.
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    Smallpox In Sumatra
    93 1 PALEMBANG, SUMATRA, Wed. A SMALLPOX epidemic, which is spreading; has caused Dutch health authorities to proclaim a "state of contamination" reaching from her e to the inland coal-mining railroad junction town of Lahait. Already 16 persons have died here while 100 victims have been reported from the
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    97 1 MR. lAY LIANG HOV.E. a member of the staff of Guthrie and Co., Ltd.. Sinapore, who sailed on the Oranje yesterday for the L.K. Twenty-seven yearsold and an old boy St. Andrew's School, he joined the firm m 1947 as internal auditor and was promoted after seven months U, persona!
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    AIR CRASH "A CRIME"
    70 1 HONG KONG. Wednesday. —Mr. P. A. M. Palettl, Macao Commissioner of Police, said today that the wrecking of a Cathay Pacific Airways Catallna flying boat on July 16 near Macao with the loss of 24 lives was officially regarded as a crime. This first official statement
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    BLAST FREES POISON GAS
    49 1 MANNHEIM, Germany, Wed: About 1,000 workers are estimated to have Injured m an explosion which blasted the I.G. Farben Works at Ludwigshaven today. War-time sirens wailed shortly after the blast shook the area warning local people that deadly phosgene poison had been set free. Reuter.
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    Dutch-Indonesian Dispute
    24 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Wed: The dispute between the Netherlands and the Indonesian Republic comes before the United Nations Security Council again tomorrow.— A.P.
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    41 1 CADET SHIP: The Norwegian training: ship Sorlandet, Which arrived from Arendal on a short visit to the Tyne, i« teen against the background of Tyne high level and swing bridges as she moves to her berth at Newcastle quayside. Renter photo.
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    Unusual Call
    52 1 FJK the first time since it resumed operations Singapore Street Accident Ambulance Service was called to Clifford Pier yesterday to attend to a Chinese boatman hurt after a collision between two boats off Clifford Pier. The man had been thrown forward and injured his head. He was taken
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    DETAINEES' 'COURT' SET UP
    129 1 THE Governor of Singapore (Sir Franklin Gimson) has set up an Advisory Committee under the Emergency Regulations to consider objections by people detained under the Regulations. The Governor under the Regulations can order the detention of any one up to two years if this is considered
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    DISORDERS IN 'RED' BERLIN
    160 1 BERLIN, Wednesday. DISORDERS broke out m the Russian sector of blockaded Berlin today when thousands of Germans Jaram- j ed the streets before banks m I an effort to exchange their i money for new Russian-! sponsored currency. The Russians allowed three days for Germans to
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    Wounded Soldier Feigned Death
    405 1 W ounded Soldier Feigned Death From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A TALE of endurance m the present campaign emerged to-day with the report that a Malay soldier, seriously wounded during an ambush had existed for eight days on water only. The soldier is Private Radii, aged 24, who
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    Red M.P. In Scene On Malaya Issue
    231 1 LONDON, Wednesday. T'HE Speaker of the House of Commons insisted x today that Mr. Piratin, Communist, withdraw suggestions that the authorities m Malaya are "murderers". r The remark was made when Mr. Rees-Williams, Parliamentary Under-secretary to the Colonies, was answering questions concerning che
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    HEAT WAVE ON EVE OF THE OLYMPICS
    499 1 LONDON, Wednesday. IT ING George VI tomorrow opens the 1948 Olympic Games at the Empire Stadium, Wembley, m a ceremony of solemn splendour and dignity. With the words, "I proclaim open the Olympic Games of London celebrating the 14th Olympiad of the modern
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    Sir Don?
    42 1 MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —The Melbourne Herald published today a report from London that Don Bradman, captain of the Australian cricket tourists m England, is likely to be knighted "either by next December or when Their Majesties visit Australia next April." —Reuter.
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    SOVIET BACKS AMERICA
    97 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday.—The United States and Russia stood firmly behind Israel today m a new Palestine clash with Britain. The latest division between the U.S. and Britain over .he Holy Land concerns five British officials of the Jerusalem Electric Corporation seized by Irgun Zvai Leumi and charged
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      Anglo-Malayan Orchids Fetch £500 In Siam
      67 2 ENGLAND is air-freighting tropical orchids worth £1 to £500 each to' Siam. They are highly developed specimens. The orchids are hybrids of plants Sir Hugh Low took to England from Malaya nearly a century ago. Sir Hugh's successors, a man and a woman, carry
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      Badge's Business
      57 2 DELHI, Wed. Badge, In the Gandhi trial yesterday, said he did a brisk business m illegal arms during the communal riots m Bombay. He said he also sold weapons to members of the Hyderabad State Congress Party. Badge told of sales to "workers" along the Hyderabad border, at
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      Leaving Hospital
      22 2 ROME, Wed. Signor Palmiro Togliatti, Communist leader, shot by a young student a fortnight ago, will shortly leave hospital. Renter.
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      Skorzeny Escapes
      55 2 FRANKFURT, Wed.—Otto Skorzeny, wartime "kidnapper" of Mussolini, escaped from prison camp on Sunday night. The former Nazi lieutenantcolonel was being held for trial by a denazification court He was freed by an American War Crimes Court last September on charges that he had sent German troops into combat
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      VALUED IN RICE
      68 2 pANTON, Wed.— School fees v/ for private primary .schools and kindergartens have been fixed at four piculs of rice. Fees for public primary schools will be 30 katis of rice. The new system follows the pegging of school fees for universities, colleges, high schools and middle schools
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      Negroes Sue
      70 2 LOS ANGELES, Wed.—Nine California negroes, m an antisegregation suit for $180,000 damages, have accused the Southern Pacific and the Texas and Pacific Railroads of "wilful misconduct m requiring them to leave reserved seats for anfither coach at El Paso, Texas." They contend that their tickets entitled them to
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      Death For "Spies"
      34 2 BELGRADE, Wed. The newspaper Borsi yesterday announced the sentencing to death of two "spies who "worked for a foreign imperialist service." Eleven others, the paper said, received prison terms. A. P.
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      MP Works Passage
      125 2 SYDNEY, Wed. Mr. E ►Darby, Liberal Member mi Wm New South Wales Legislative Assembly who was assaulted In Sydney last month when, he called for volunteers to unload food from ships tied up by the wharf labourers' strike, Is working his passage to England as a second
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      Envoy In Ceylon
      35 2 COLOMBO, Wed.— Mr. Felix Cole, first U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, arrived yesterday In an Interview, Mr. Cole deplored Russia's "destructionlst" attitude to Ceylon's application for membership of the United Nations.— A. P.
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      GLACIER YIELDS FOUR BODIES
      76 2 DASLE, Wed. The body D of an unknown climber thought to have died at least 10 years ago and the bodies of three Oxford undergraduates, all victims of the 14,780-foot Matterhorn, were brought down to Zermatt yesterday -on the backs of mountain mules. The three students
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      874 2 NOTICES MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION Ali nicmb rs oi the above Associjrion m the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business on Saturday, the 31st July Monday, the 2nd August 1948. being "August Bank Holidays.*' SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY" WATER DEPARTMENT Aoplic-ntfons are Invited for appointment jn TEMPORARY STAFF of Water
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      399 2 I BY ORDER OF THE COMMIS- SIONEB OF POLICE AUCTION SALE OF Unclaimed and Confiscated Motor Cycles and Cars To be held at the Transport Pool (Back of TelokAyer Police Station) On Friday 30th July 1948 at 11 a.m. On view day of sate Nos. 14 A 16 Robinson Road.
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      405 2 I Re JOHN McCONIGLEY, Deceased All persons having any claims against the estate of the abovenamed deceased, late of Raffles Institution Plats No. 2, Singapore who died at Labuan, British North Borneo, on the 13th day f November, 1944. are required to send particulars of their claims m writing to
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    35 3 WORKING MODEL: At the toy ruidan.ee exhibit In New York, an instructive model amonr the 5»0 displayed was a diver. The toy is brought to the surface by inflating from the rubber bulb. A.P. picture.
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    MILLIONS HOMELESS
    273 3 Chinese Reds Seek Aid SHANGHAI, Wednesday. "THOUSANDS of square miles of China's richest 1 farming areas have disappeared beneath the muddy waters of the Yellow and Yangtie Rivers as the two giant waterways continue to spill over the vast plains. It is certain that thousands have died, millions
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    TRUMAN'S PLANS REJECTED
    147 3 TRUMAN'S PLANS REJECTED r! Republicans last night refused President Trumans* demand for price controls and other powers to halt rising prices. They announced plans to wind up the special session of Congress, called by the President, "as soon as possible." Many members said that meant within two weeks. They attacked
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    MOTORIST DEAD
    29 3 LONDON, Wed. Captain Woolf Barnato, 53. wealthy racing motorist and son of the late Barney Barnato, South African diamond millionaire, died m a nursing home yesterday. Reuter.
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    British Loan For Japan
    71 3 LONDON, Wed.— A treasury official told the Commons yesterday that European Recovery Programme commitments would not block Britain's plans for a sterling loan to Japan. The official, Mr. Douglas Jay. Economic Secretary, told a questioner that final decisions on a loan would not be made until
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    FLYING BOAT WAS SHOT UP
    80 3 SHANGHAI, Wed.— Several bullet-holes have been found m the fuselage of a wrecked Catalina flying boat m which 27 were killed on July 16, according to the Chinese paper Sin Wan Pao. Two spent cartridges were also found m the cabin. The aircraft was wrecked
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    RECRUITS TO SERVICES
    69 3 LONDON, Wed.— The Minister of Defence (Mr. Alexander, m the Commons yesterday said the total forces recruitment m the second quarter of 1948 was 16,615 The recruits were 13,340 on regular engagements and 3,275 under the bounty scheme. Recruits on regular engagements were: Royal Nary 4,287, Army
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    12 SUSPECTED OF SELLING TO REDS
    69 3 SHANGHAI. Wed. The garrison arrested 12 suspects yesterday m a case involving the sale of electric appliances, medicine and machinery 6pare parts worth an undisclosed amount to the Communists. The suspects included merchant seamen and businessmen. Garrison officers discovered huge stocks of electric appliances
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    Nizam Gets Goa Arms
    52 3 BOMBAY, Wednesday. THE Portuguese colony of 1 Goa on the west coast of India is bein« used for ran -running from Pakistan to Hyderabad, according to a statement by the National Congress of Goa, which is the representative body of a Urge number of Goanese at
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    "Revolt If Italy Returns To Her Old Colonies"
    172 3 LONDON, Wednesday. THE Unked States and Britain told the other mem1 bers of the Big Four powers that some inhabitants of Tripolitania had threatened "to resort to arms" if Italy resumed the rule of their country. Neither Russia nor France took the
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    960 Polio Cases
    29 3 NEW YORK. Wed.— Cases In North Carolina's infantile paralysis epidemic ros to 960 today with 33 new eases reported to the State Board of Health.— UJ».
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    36 3 WATTEAU HAT: A new style m hats, reveaiinc the Wattean influence, was seen at a recent fashion at Grosvenor House. London. The hat has a tasseled motif decorating the crown and a carded rim. Fix photo.
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    FRENCH CABINET TEST
    127 3 PARIS, Wednesday. XHB French Premier (M. Andre Marie's) new Cabinet successfully passed its first test m the National Assembly today. The assembly voted 330 to 191 against a Communist motion for a full debate on the new Government's general policy. M. Marie opposed the motion, urging deputies
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    Dutch Deny U.N. Blockade Charge
    179 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. THE Netherlands delegation to the United Nations 1 denied m a memorandum yesterday that the Dutch had created an economic blockade of the Indonesian Republic, The memorandum was hi reply to a 17 -page report which the United Nations Good Offices Committee
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    INDIANS' "DOUBLE LOYALTY"
    148 3 INDIANS' "DOUBLE LOYALTY" LONDON, Wed. CIR Peroze Khan Noon, a former High Commissioner for India, said today he felt that the Indian and Pakistan Governments "will not allow a single national of ours to emigrate to a country without making proper agreements regarding his future. "I must be remembered that
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    TRANSATLANTIC STUDENTS' CHAT
    46 4 STUDENTS and teachers from American universities are in England on a fortnight's visit to study the Marshall Plan in action. They are seen here talking to Mr. Harold When, President of the Board of Trade, left, at the University of London. Renter photo.
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    "Israel Prepare For Blow To The Enemy"
    251 4 "Israel Prepare For Blow To The Enemy" TEL AVIV, Wednesday. THE Israeli Premier (Mr. David Ben Gurion) said yesterday that the declaration of statehood for Israel would not be completed "until our Army and God ensure the Jewish state peace, security and sovereignty within permanent and just boundaries." He said
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    TRADE WITH NEI 'NORMAL'
    172 4 nrRADE with the Nether1 lands East Indies is returning to normal with the "exceptionally good co-operaition" of the British authorities and Chinese commercial leaders. Reviewing trade progress, the Dutch Trade Commisslonei (Mr. P. Mijnarends) said betore his departure for The Hague that when he came to
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    MALAYAN TIMBER TRADE WITH U.K.
    149 4 PIE United Kingdom is taking a great interest m Malayan timber, but the export trade is small, :hough regular. Freight of more than $60 a ion is [considered high. This was stated yesterday by the Forestry Officer. Singapore (Mr. C. O. Flemmich) Keruing is the
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    27 4 guests attended the reception ioiio*i>ig the London wedding of 18-year-old Miss Raine McCorquodale to Mr. Gerald Legge. There were 16 bridesmaids m the bridal retinae. Pix Photo.
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    "LET US KNOW OUR FUTURE"
    264 4 "LET US KNOW OUR FUTURE" MALAY NEWS From Oar Malay Correspondent rrxHE Utusan Melayu, m a 1 leading article on July 27. said that a clear and definite statement by the British Government on the future of Malaya was essential to dispel any doubt m the minds of the Malays.
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    TEACHERS MEET
    29 4 The Singapore Teachers' Union will start fortnightly professional meetings tomorrow The meetings are designed to encourage cultural activities and to Increase teachers' knowledge, especially of local conditions.
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    War Crimes Case May Re-open
    238 4 THE two Japanese War Crime suspects who were the subject of questions m the House of Commons on Tuesday will be tried m Hong Kong iD September if they can be traced. The War Minister (Mr. Emanuel Shin well) said m the House on Tuesday
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    Chinese Are Urged To Join The Auxiliaries
    300 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA XrUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Sdangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce hat thrown its resources into the drive for Chinese members for the Auxiliary Police. Similar action is being taken by sister chambers m the other states. Following meetings held over
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    'SURE OF THEIR AID'
    300 5 'SURE OF THEIR AID' From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rS Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, talked to planters and miners, Malays and Chinese here today. He heard their difficulties and requirements. At a long meeting with representative Chinese leaders tonight he spoke of the way m which the
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    Low Pay Say SHB Workers
    135 5 «r«LERKS of the Singapore Harbour Board are among the lowesrt-paid people m the public services, compared vith their counterparts m the Government and Municipality "It is estimated that 80 per cent, are drawing a substantive salary below $100 per month, although some have had 20
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    30 5 A taxi driver. Dara Singh, had nis licence suspended for two months and was fined $100 when he was found guilty In the Third District Court, yesterday of negligent driving.
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    Veteran Sportswoman For K. L. Tourney
    505 5 By Our Woman Correspondent MRS. L. M. Pennefather, Singapore's veteran sportswoman and proud grandmother of three, leaves for Kuala Lumpur today to play m the North versus South badminton tournament, proceeds of which will go to the Thomas Cup funds. The funds will enable
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    Singapore Diary
    98 5 TODAY Y.W.C.A., dressmaking classes. 8, Fort Canning Road, 10 a.m. and S pjn.. Wayfarers' meeting, 5. Raffles Quay, 4 p.m. Y.M.CJV., Orchard Road, commercial classes. 5.30 p.m., lending library. 7 p.m., r^Ming to mourn the death of Mr. 8. C. Oono. 6, Raoa Course Lane, 6 pan. Young
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    Driver Defied Bandit Ambush
    314 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. SHOT through the face m an ambush by insurgents, a Malay syce kept his f°°t on the accelerator while his employer, a European dredge engineer, took corrfros of the wheel from the seat at back and reached satety ■through a
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    53 6 Malayan Nature Society meeting on July 31, Is cancelled and is now fixed for Sept. 11 at Majestic Hot l. K. Lumpur, at 6.30 p.m. News has been received that Mr. Sim Slang Jin of Oversea Chinese Banking Corpn, Ltd., Singapore, has passed the Associate Examination of the Institute
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thur., July 29, 1948 THE G.O.C. ON THE WAR
    1067 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur., July 29, 1948 THE G.O.C. ON THE WAR Major-General Boucher had some good news for the Legislative Council of the Federation on Tuesday, when he reviewed the emergency from the Army point of view which, perhaps it should be stressed, is not the only point
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    RADIO MALAYA MALAY
    126 6 AT the present time it is vitally important that the name of places m the Federation mentioned m the news bulletins from Radio Malaya can be recognised. The pronunciation of Malay names by the announcers of the English news bulletins, seems to be completely beyond them, and
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    A POET WRITES TO MALAYA
    1963 6  -  Reviewed by LETTERS TO MALAYA. By Martyn Skinner (Putnam and Co., Ltd. $3). THERE can be no doubt that "Letters to Malaya" will rank as a classic Apart from its skill and literary power the work has a strong sense of period, enriched by the
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      The Full Moon And A Halfpenny In Singapore
      383 6 YOUR correspondent "Libra" raises two points m connection with the appearance of the moon when rising or setting. Firstly, he says that refraction explains why the moon or sun appears to move faster when rising or setting. Actually refraction slows the apparent
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      D.D.T. AN OLD STORY
      311 6 lain afraid I cannot allow a glaring error m your leader of July 24, to pass unchecked. Under the heading "Malaya Showed The Way" you corrected the error about Mepacrine. You then stated that "We were right about D.D.T. but wrong about Mepacrine." It may interest
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      SUPER-GRADERS
      43 6 THE revised scales of pay .or 1 'Government clerics, as approved by the Singapore Legislative Council a few weeks ago, mentioned clerks of Super Grade. Grades 1, 2 and i. Can any reader enlighten me about these grades? STILL IN THE DARK
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    FIRST BARTER TRADE SHIP SAILS
    275 7 NEI-Bound With $100,000 Cargo MORE than $100,000 worth of foodstuffs, "1 textiles, soap and sundries sails today m the Singapore ship Hong Thong for Pakan Baroe (East Sumatra). The ship is expected to bring back to Singapore rubber and copra of a similar value. This
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    'RUSSIAN COMRADE' POSE
    316 7 'RUSSIAN COMRADE' POSE From Our SUIT Correspondent I KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A EUROPEAN police officer, Mr. W. F. Stafford, described m the Selangor Assizes today how he posed as a "Russian comrade" m order to discover the whereabouts of firearms which a Chinese was suspected of hiding. Mr. Stafford was
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    Attendants To 45,000 Fancy Fish
    206 7 IF permission can be obtained, two Singapore Chinese, Harris Teo, 22, and Tan Keng Eng, 28, will leave Singapore on Saturday with 45,000 tropical fish for the United States. They are the son and adopted son respectively of Singapore's only tropical fish exporter, Mr. Teo
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    Complainant Bound Over
    125 7 HTHE Fourth Police Magis1 trat e (Mr. R. J. C. Wait) acquitted the accused, and bound over the complainant m an assault case yesterday. The complainant, Tan Ah Heng, alleged that Lim Ah Sal assaulted him m a coffee shop with an iron bar after he had
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    26-FOOT FALL TO DEATH
    120 7 A Chinese labourer who was repairing the roof of a house m Teck Guan Street yesterday fell 26 feet to the ground and died instantly The victim was 30 years old' A seven year-old Chinese girl was fatally hurt and several others injured hi a number
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    White Paint Too Costly
    96 7 r\E newly-constituted Royal Interocean Lanes are painting their ships black because white paint ia too costly. first of these black-painted ships to call at Singapore is the 15,000-ton Tegelberg, which is on her way to South African and South American ports. The vessels affected by the
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    T.B. Clinic By November
    164 7 AN up-to-date T.B. clinic will be ready for patients In Singapore by the end of November. Final plans have now been approved for the Singapore Rotary Club's $200,000 clinic, which will be* built m the grounds of Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Tenders have been invited and
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    CAUGHT STEALING FROM CARGO
    72 7 The captain of the Memnon yesterday asked the Eighth Police Court Magistrate, Singapore, to punish one of the firemen attached to his crew as an example to others. The fireman, Albert Jones Kinsey, a 25-year-old Englishman, pleaded guilty to a charge of theft and wac fined
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    'REMINDERS' FOR BIG DAYS
    75 7 Singapore Cold Storage has started" a free "Reminder Bureau" service. If you supply the Bureau with a list of the Important occasions m the year which you do not want to forget, the bureau will phone or write you a reminder when the time comes. .The
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    Pre-War Insurance Policy Judgment
    517 7 JUDGMENT was entered with costs for China Underwriters yesterday m the Singapore Supreme Court, by the acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Gordon Smith)] m a suit brought against them by Lai Ah Heng, (widow) and Ching Kwong Lum for a declaration that an insurance policy for
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    Abduction: Mr. Mallal Replies
    259 7 Abduction: Mr. Mallal Replies MR. B. A. Mallal yesterday answered a statement made by Mr. S. D. Kalelkar, the Government of India Information Officer m Malaya concerning abducted Muslim women. Mr. Kalelkar said earlier this week: "Apart from one solitary instance, the abducted Muslim women exist only m the imftginftOotu
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    $1,500 CHAP JEE KEE FINE
    60 7 Tang Seng Heng, a 40-year-old Teochew, who yestei\Vy pleaded guilty ki the Second Police Court, Singapore, to a charge of carrying on chap Ji kee was fined $1,500, m default three months' rigorous imprisonment. The Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh ordered that half of the
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    'Money Down Drain,' Says Mr. Tan
    215 7 rO posts for the Singapore Municipality and the Singapore Improvement Trust which were advertised m the London press a fortnight ago but not m the local press, were yesterday characterised by Mr. C. C. Tan as "money down the drain." The posts were for
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      3 Men For U.K.-, 2 Women Home
      135 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. '"THE British Council has awarded visitorshins to 1 Mr. T. Sivapragasam, senior co-operative officer of Kuala Lumpur, and to Mr. Utam Singh of the King Edward VII School. Taiping. The two men are expected to leave
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      Robbers' Racket
      110 7 mEN Chinese secret society X men believed to be responsible for many recent robberies on premises used as opium dens have been detained by the Singapore Police. Singapore's C.I.D. chief (Mr. E. V. Fowler) referred to a robbery that occurred m Pagoda Street at 11 a.m. on July
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      Clerks Want More
      51 7 ■MALACCA, Wed.— The Clerlhi cal Union appeals for a higher cost-of-livln* allowance m a letter sent yesterday to all firms and banks. The union says that not only the cost of necessities of life, but house rents, taxes, the cost of transport, and children's education, have advanced
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      Report Early
      98 7 AN Indian who was robbed by two Chinese, one armed with a pistol at 8.40 p.m. on Tuesday did not report the crime to the police until 135 pjn. yesterday. The Indian was approached by the robbers on a bioycle m de Silva Lane. One held nim up
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      No Licence: Fined
      58 7 CEGAMAT, Wed.— Wong •J Weng Chong, charged yesterday with offering controlled articles for sale witnout a Price Control Licence said he had applied last month for a licence but had not recciv- it. The District Judge Unche Hamid bin Dato Mustapha) fined Wong $100 or a month's
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      Jubilee For School
      87 7 TAIPING, Wed.— Tl:e J-ady Treacher Girls' School will celebrate its golden iubilce next Monday with a Grana Concert m aid of the buildine fund for more classrooms. The school, named after the wife of the British Resident. Sir William Treaeliei. was founded m 1898 after he Methodist
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      LUCKY MAN, SAYS JUDGE
      67 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Aris bin Hail was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment at the Assizes here today for being m possession of a .32 pistol and six rounds of ammunition or April 6.. He was told by Mr. Justice Laville that he was very lucky. Had
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    44 7 MIILIPPINE VISITORS: Captain and officers of the Philippines naval patrol ship LBT 842 were entertained at Singapore at th« home of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Anciano. •he captain (Lt. Jose Ordon«c) is fourth from right seated between Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Paglar.
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  • Straits Times Thursday Magazine
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      Ngelumbung in Kapit
      752 8 WHEN the Metho- dist Mission m Malaya opened its work among the Dyaks at Kapit before the war, the missionary family, Rev. and Mrs. P. H. Schmucker and two sons, took with them as a lay- worker a Batak, Mr. Lucius Mamoera, and his family, from Sumatra.
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      A SINGAPOREAN TRAVELS UP THE REJANG
      708 8  -  DR. H. B. AMSTUTZ By ANE morning Pengw hulu Sibat, an old friend of mine, and our Batak missionary, Lucius, invited us to visit the long-house of Penghuiu Jinggot on the Balei River at Batu Bansu. The Mission had bought Lucius a longboat, or
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      LIFE ON A JELATANG
      615 8 JfAPIT comes to life around six m the morning. We were sleeping m the Mission launch and were awakened by the dawn and the sounds of persons moving about outside. The night before we had tied up at a friend's jelatang (small floating wharf). This friend,
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      128 8 Attention Please! 1948 6.E. REFRIGERATORS 6 8 cv. ft. MODELS ONLY ARRIVING SOON Book now to avoid disappointment Now m Stock— G. E. 7 cv. ft. REFRIGERATORS WITH SHELVES IN THE DOOR m THE MARDEN COMPANY, 82, OKCHABO ROAD, SING ATOM. TO.. 3*tt. 0 Rurnol OINTMENT 1 3s^^J .SV> eiisy
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      33 8 PPK/4 Vln coiou«/ TBCHWICAL ADVICE GIVEN DAD A Ll N KAK ENAMEL OUTDOOR INDOOR MANUFACTURERS: P A* MAI AYAH PAItIT WORKS LTQ HISH CLASS £PV AERATED WATERS .MgZJ SOHA WATER M «>iMi»LtSHEP 1904
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  • FROM A SINGAPORE BOOKSHELF
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      "Jewels IN the heart of the lotus"
      643 9 THE MAN ON MY BACK by Eric Linklater (Macmillan, $7.50) MYSELF WHEN YOUNG by H. H. Richardson (Heineman, $6) J OFTEN wonder why people write autobio- graphics. To me there's something rather indecent about exposing oneself m a book and I imagine myself
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      12 GOOD SLEEPS
      63 9 COMETIMES indigestion keeps you awake. You may be worried by business or prickly heat. For insomnia arising from these things, I recommend reading "SLEEP NO MORE" by L. C. Holt (Constable, It contains the twelve most soporific stories that have come my way for a long time.
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      New Books At The Library
      370 9 New Books At The Library following new books will be added to Raffles Library, Singapore, within the next few days: NON-FICTION An English- Malay Phrase -Book (C. O. Blagden), Quiet Lives (Lord David Cecil), The Complete Photographer tR. Child Baley and R. H. Mason), Poseidon (Renalt Capes), British Achievement in
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      BYRON: A NEW STUDY
      427 9 BYRON: A NEW STUDY BYRON, by C. E. Vulliamy (Michael Joseph. $9). WHY anybody should want to write another life of Byron I cannot think. He is the most over-written of all the major English authors. From his lifetime to our own day there hag been an almost continuous stream
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      DUST HEAP
      101 9 A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waagh (Chapman HaU $4.50). WE associate Evelyn Waugh with the witty and racy comment of his "Decline and Jail" and "Vile Bodies. Nothing he has done, however, is so aptly titled as his "A Handful of Dust" which for some unknown reason
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      553 9 the play, m today's deal South level-and shice South could not enough for a slam in that suit, NORTH ne had to turn conservative and Q62 bid "^y flve spades. When this Q4S f? arouDd t0 Nor th, the latter AKOR9 felt, with reason, that his own »AKtj8J opening bid
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  • Commercial And shipping News
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      LONDON STOCKS
      322 10 LONDON, Wed. THE general trend of prices on th« London Stock Exchange yesterday was lower as a result of slight underlying; uneasiness and continued lack of active interest, says Beater's financial correspondent. Only minor alterations' took place Following wen tne closing middle price* at selected stocks as supplied
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      2½ Million Tons Per Year
      153 10 2 Million Tons Per Year B.B. PETROLEUM DRITISH BORNEO PetroD leum Company production is now running at an annual rate of 2,500 000 tons. The pre-war maximum was 900.000. This information is given In a brochure just issued by the company. In it, results at the two years before and
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      E. UTD. ASSURANCE CORPORATION PROFIT, DIVIDEND AND BONUS
      355 10 I AST year's profit of the Eastern United Assurance Corporation was $106,639. This. wi H? tb P reTioo J***'* carry-forward of $65,869, made a total credit balance of 5172J08 available for distribution. The annual meeting of the corporation m Singapore approved payment
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      ESSENTIAL STOCKS STILL DIFFICULT TO GET
      491 10 Consolidated Tin Smelters /CONSOLIDATED Tin Smelters directors report that the smeltery at Penang is now in normal operation. It is still having difficulty in obtaining stocks of certain essential stores and commodities, however. The tonnage smelted last year exceeded that dealt with in the
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      Malayan Shares
      95 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. IN line with London, the Ma- Uyan share market was quiet today. Price changes announced by the Malayan Bharetarotoen* Association were: INDUSTRIALS Fraser At Neave (O) atk. S.40 Gammon 3.08 Hongkong Bank (H'kong Reg.) 1,060 Utd. Eflg. (O) 14.90 MINING Austral AmaL
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER EASES SLIGHTLY
      131 10 mHE Singapore rubber market opened steady yesterday X morning bat later eased on end-of-the month dealing to liquidate the technical position before the holiday*. Prices were slightly lower than on Tuesday. Closing prices yesterday were: No- 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 48% cent* per 1b., sellers 48%
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      SHIPPING IN PORT
      204 10 SHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (god owns m brackets) were Main Wharf: Priam (33-34), Marine Leopard (36-37), Rondo (38-39), Tegelberg (42-43). Weat Wharf: Trevetboo (4-5), Tosari (6-7), Orestes (8-9), CHenroy (10-11), Mawai (12-13), Benrtnnes (15-16). Empire Dock: Memnon (19-20), Furman Victory <25-2«),
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      44 10 I Fran A Market Correspondent j VERY quiet trading prevailed to practically all sections of the Singapore produce markets yesi terday. The pepper market continued to sag. Price changes tot the commodity were: Muntok white $210; Sarawak white $209; Lampong black $170.
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      175 10 PRESIDENT LINES Cenerat Passenger Agent roi Northwest Airlina*. SAILINGS TO NEW YORK ANO BOSTON rta INDIA ECYPT M EDITERRANEAN PORTS. Marine Leopard arr. Spore C. 36/37 I President Buchanan arr. Spore Aag. 3 P. Sham Aag. 2 Penang Aag. 10 Penang SAIUNCS TO SAN FRANCISCO AND i-OJ ANCELEI THENCE NfW
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      197 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS F^SCAN^NAVU/U.*./ continent Loaumß at Singapore. Port Swettenham md °enang 84. "Roaia 1 oac abt. Aag. 13 M. "St. Greta" for Bangkok for Madras. Colombo, Aden. Daeae*. Aag. 4 Port Sudan. Port Said, Antwerp, Rotterdam. Hamburg. Oslo. Go- H^rs?on; &n£r% ttv&sszr* <obe D«e abt. Aas. IS au.
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  • Prospects For Olympic Games Reviewed
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      China's Soccer Coach Has High Hopes
      804 11 China's Soccer Coach Has High Hopes By HAROLD GUARD United Press Stall Correspondent LONDON, Wed. APART from the comparatively clear route to the championship for the Indian held hockey team, the chances of Olympic laurels going to the Far East grow daily slimmer as athletes of 62 nations rally for
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      18 11 JOE VERDEUR of La Salle College, Philadelphia, demonstrates the butterfly breaststroke m all its graceful symmetry— A.P. picture.
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      Basketball Fixtures
      121 11 LONDON, Wednesday. 'THE fancied American 1 team drew Switzerland yesterday as their first opponents m the Olympic basketball tournament. Play begins on Friday morning, and the 23 teams entered will play 94 games before the championship Is decided on Aug. 13. Ties are: Friday morning, Philippines v. Iraq;
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      JOE TINKER DEAD
      27 11 ORLANDO (Florida). Wednesday.— Joe Tinker tbe worldfamous baseball player, died In hospital suddenly from a respiratory ailment yesterday. It was his 68th, birthday.— AJ».
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      Heat-wave Slows Down Training
      365 11 LONDON, Wednesday. I ONDON'E heatwave has slowed down training for Li many of the teams preparing for the Olympic Games. J X Swimmers and diving competitors axe not affected, but boxers wrestlers, weightlifters and some field and track athletes rest during the day, resuming activity when
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      417 11 RADIO MALAYA (S'»»OIUB) Talk English Lesson; 7.45 Dance Time; 8.00 Siamese; 8.30 Engliih RADIO AUSTRALIA frequencies: 6U Ke/s. 4.96 (BBC); News; 8.45 Music; 8.00 7.8 Me/* Kuoyu (BBC); 9.30 Burmese Frequencies: J1.*S4. 17. M 15.24. 10.55 am. to noon EnglU> 'BBC): 845 English: News Schools Broadcast: 1 p.m. Radlc Rubber
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    BEATY FANCIED TO WIN TITLE
    944 12 Malayan Tennis Championsh ips Open Tomorrow By Our Special Tennis Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. TWO former tennis champions, of India and Argentina, an English County player and leading representatives of various States will clash for top honours m the four-day Malayan tennis championships, which start on
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    Cricket Results
    64 12 At Kennington Oval, Yorkshire beat Surrey by 73 runs. Yorks 349 and 183 for 3 declared (Hallida? not out 105). Surrey 277 and 182 (Fletcher 72. Smailes S for 65). At Maidstone. Kent vs. Esses match drawn. Kent 353 for 8 declared and 280 (Fagg not out 117,
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    MALAYAN TURF TOPICS More Records Of New Horses
    425 12 MALAYAN TURF TOPICS More Records Of New Horses From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Wednesday. fvf°VE ON, a four-year-old bay gelding by Double Remove out of Box On, looks the most promising of the new batch of Australian horses entered for the coming Penang race meeting. As a three-year-old Move On raced
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    Bulgarians Withdraw
    76 12 LONDON, Wednesday. rwas announced In London today by the organisers of the Olympic Games that Bulgaria has withdrawn its teamA report that Rumania had alao withdrawn, received last night from Bucharest, was not confirmed. In a cable to the organising committee, the Bulgarian l Olympic Committee stated that
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    C.A. To Play 3 Games In K.L.
    175 12 'THREE games have been 1 arranged for the Chinese Athletic soccer team of Singapore during their visit to Selangor during the August Bank holidays On Saturday the visitors will play the T.P.C.A.. on Sunday a Selangor eleven ■and on Monday the Selangor Chinese
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    33 12 Members of America's Olympic swimming; team wave a cheery "hello" en arrival at Southampton. Left to right: Zoe Olsen (divine). Barbara Jensen (back-stroke), Pat Elsener (diving), Muriel Mellon (back-stroke) and Ann Curtis (free-style).
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    Lucky Points For Div. 1 League Lenders
    288 12 Rovers 1; S.K.U 0 A SOLITARY goal scored against the run of play gave the Singapore Rovers full points at the expense of the Singapore Recreation Club m their S.A.F.A. First Division league match at Jalan Besar yesterday. The S.R.C. forwards showed poor
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    Sports Diary
    74 12 tootu SOCCER: S.A.FJV. LeaciK. Dtr. 1-K.AJ. Chantf t. A. A. A, Jalan Besar stadium; Div. ll— Indians t. C.A., 8.0.D. rround; R.A.F. Tenjah t. Rovers, Geylanf Singapore District Signals T. 223 8.0.D. Alexandra; Potto* T. RAF. Sembawan*, Thomson Road; Kranji W/T T. 19th Air FormaUon Signals, Kranji; SHE.
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    Brown Hits Century
    294 12 DERBY, Wed. ■HPHE Australians made A 431 runs for seven wickets m their match against Derbyshire, today on a hard wicket and m fine weather. The county championship leaders were weakened by the absence through injury of Copson Pope and Eggar. Oh his first appearance since being
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    2 COMPETITORS INJURED
    75 12 LONDON, Wednesday— On the eve of the Olympic Games two national groups suffered bad luck through injuries. Maj. S. Polatkan, star of the Turkish horse jumping team, is reported to have broken his left shoulder while practising and will not be able to take part m the
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    Goodwood Stakes Favourite Beaten
    65 12 Good woo d Stakes Favourite Beaten GOODWOOD (Sussex), Wednesday Mrs. Alec Johnston's Auralla won the Goodwood stakes here this afternoon. Mr. B. J, Hllliard's Billet was second and Mr, D. C. Baring's Gremlin third. Fifteen ran. The betting was 100-8 Auralla. 8-1 Billet and 100-6 Gremlin. Whlteway was favourite at
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    23 12 Birmingham (England), Wednesday Jan Machtelink, Belgian featherweight champion, knocked out Jackie Paterson. British bantamweight champion, m the fourth round last night.— A. P.
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    CZECHS WIN ZONE FINAL
    105 12 PRAGUE, Wednesday. Czechoslovakia will meet either Australia or Mexico m the inter-zone final at Boston on Aug. 19, 20, and 21 for the right of opposing the United States m the Davis Cup challenge round. Today the Czechs made certain of success In the European zone
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    Italian Swims The Channel
    131 12 DOVER, Wednesday Peter Giovanni Gambi, 40-year-old Italian horse breeder, today swam the English Channel from Au Dresselles, near Cap Orlz Nez, France, to the English coast near Dover m 12 hours and 36 minutes. After figbting rough seas and strong wind during the night, Gambi was
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    22 12 LONDON, Wednesday The Olympic Flame flashed through Mile, France, at 8 a.m. today. Crowds of children and workmen cheered the runner. TJ.P.
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    Mills Not Keen On Return Fight Yet
    348 12 LONDON, Wednesday TT is possible that there will be a return fight 1 between Freddie Mills, the new light heavyweight champion of the world, and Gus Lesnevich before the end of the year. Jack Solomons, promoter of this week's title fight, said here:
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    Tigers Held To Draw
    108 12 THE Katong Eurasians, playing with a man short, held the ficer Sporting Association u> a one-all draw m an S.A.F.A League Div. II match at Geylang Stadium ye^ierday. The Tigers had the better of the exchanges m the first half, but were unable to score. The
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    Ruling Deferred
    67 12 LONDON, Wednesday The Congress of- the International Football Federation (FT.F.A.). which continued its meeting m London today, failed to reacn mv decision on the deflnit on of amateurism, with its important bearing on the ques*cn of ''broken time." On the motion of Sweden, seconded by Wales, it was
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