The Straits Times, 8 August 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAY AS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    YANKS DRIVE TWO MILES
    500 1 Tank Rush From Beach To Battlefield TOKYO, Monday. AMERICAN Marines and infantry who began a drive on a twenty-mile front this morning had tonight advanced nearly two miles and had captured a road and rail junction on the way to CMnju. A high military spokesman says
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    AMERICAN MISSION
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    'BANDITS RUNNING DOGS,' SAYS C.G.
    239 1 'BANDITS RUNNING DOGS,' SAYS C.G. DESCRIBING Communist aggression in Asia as "a resurgence of Russian imperialism, eager to conquer the earth', the Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. in a broadcast from Radio Malaya last night, called Malaya's terrorists "typical anti-national, anti-de-mocratic running dogs of Russian imperialism". Although the Communists
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    ENDORSEMENT
    21 1 KARACHI, Mon. The Moslem League's Central Committee has endorsed the Pakistan Government's support of the United Nations over Korea.— A.P.
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    TO STUDY ART
    67 1 younger sister of Miss Joyce Scharenguivel, who will be leaving Singapore for the United Kingdom on Thursday on the Corfu to join the Bath Academy of Art and later the Bristol University to obtain the Art Teaching Diploma. She is 21 and has been regularly exhibiting her
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    PREFERS ARMY
    33 1 GLASGOW. Mon.— A Glasgow tram conductor, John Symington, joined the Army on Friday He explained: "I don't think the Koreans can be more offensive than some of the Glasgow public." A.P.
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    U.S. AID MISSION ARRIVES
    234 1 T^HE US. military survey X group to South-East Asia, led by Mr. John F. Melby of the State Department and Major-General G. B. Erskine of the Defence Department, arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon to confer with officials in Malaya on a potential military defence assistance programme.
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    GAOL FOR JAPS
    26 1 LOS NEGROS, ADMIRALTY GROUP, Mon. An Australian court here tQday gaoled five Japanese ex-marines guilty of murdering 50 Allied prisoners of war. Reuter.
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    Holiday Sport
    83 1 FE big August Bank Holiday sports programme ended yesterday with the following results: CRICKET: South beat North by 275 runs at Ipoh. —Page 12. TENNIS: One Chew Bee beat Chin Kee Onn 6—4.6 4. 6—o6 0 in the Malayan singles at Kuala Lumpur. Page 12. BADMINTON: Wong Peng
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    PLANES FOR EAST SABOTAGED
    125 1 LONDON, Mon. INFORMED sources said yes- terday that the Royal Air Force security officers were Investigating widespread suspected sabotage of planes and equipment earmarked for the Far East and other overseas points. They said that the largest single case ot sabotage oc- curred at Salford in
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    'Turko' Offers To Go To Korea
    345 1 tr PURKO' Westerling, former leader of the IndoA nesian Army of the Heavenly Host, who is now in Changi Gaol, pending a decision on his future, has cabled Gen. Mac Arthur offering his services in the Korean campaign as an intelligence officer or in
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    PARLIAMENTARY ASSN. TO MEET
    40 1 LONDON, Mon— The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is to meet in New Zealand in November to consider foreign affairs, defence, economic relations and migration. Over 70 delegates from 46 branches of the Association have been Invited.— Reuter.
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    Dutch Govt. Takes Over Maria Case
    92 1 BERGEN-OP-ZOOM, Monday. TPHE Dutch Government has asked the Netherlands Red Cross to end its campaign to pay the costs of legally securing the return to her parents of 13-year-old Bertha Hertogh, married to a Malay school teacher in Singapore last week, it was announced
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    PARENTS TO HEAR MARIA
    70 1 Mr. John Thiessens, Junr. of Life magazine, yesterday recorded the voices of Maria and her husband Inche Mansoor Adabi. on a wire recorder. A strip is to be flown to Maria's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hertogh. at Ber-gen-op-Zoom on Saturday. The recording says interference
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    NO AGREEMENT ON CONDITIONS
    83 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Negotiations between a committee representing the Federation of all Malayan Etate Staffs Association and the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association on the betterment of conditions of estates staffs were resumed in Kuala Lumpur today. The associations submitted proposals and
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    U.S. CASUALTIES NOW 1,790
    50 1 WASHINQTON, Mon.— The U.S. Defence Department Issued yesterday the 56th casualty list identifying 170 American casualties in Korea, bringing the total number Identified thus far to 1,790. The total now stands at 101 killed, 14 fatally wounded or Injured. 705 wounded. 134 Injured. 833 missing.— UJ*.
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    PACIFIC PACT IS NECESSARY SPENDER
    519 1 "I STILL think a Pacific Pact, not dissimilar to the Atlantic Pact, is necessary for this area", said Australia's Minister of External Affairs, Mr. Percy Spender, at a Press conference yesterday in Singapore. "There will be no third world war if we all stand firm,
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    France's Arms Plans Unveiled
    67 1 France's Arms Plans Unveiled PARIS. Mon. T»HE French arms memorandum .to Washington today disclosed that the French rearmament programme will require approximately £2.000,000,000-8.2 per cent of the national income in the next threa years for "supplementary forces, particularly new divisions." Tnc memorandum declared it "necessary" for the Un:t?d States and
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    Australia May Contribute More To C'wealth Asia Aid Programme
    155 2 •EASTERN SITUATION HAS DETERIORATED SYDNEY, Monday. A USTRALIA is expected to increase her contribution to the British Commonwealth programme of aid to South and South-East Asia, according to a Government spokesman here. The spokesman said Australian officials believed that the situation
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    Tyre Prices Up In U.S.
    86 2 AKRON, Ohio, Mon. 'THE Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co. has increased prices of tyres sold to manufacturers of automobiles, trucks and tractors for equipping new vehicles. The increases ranged from eight to 10 pjr cent on passenger car tyres, 12 y2y 2 per cent on
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    RUSSIAN U.N. DELEGATION
    75 2 LAKE SUCCESS, Mon. Russia is expected to send a strong rtelegation to the United NaUans General Assembly next month. High U.N. officials believe that the Soviet delegation will be headed by Mr. Andrei VyshJ »sky, Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union. Since the return of Mr. Jacob
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    DISHONEST CEYLON STUDENTS
    155 2 DISHONEST CEYLON STUDENTS COLOMBO, Mon. rwISHONESTY »nd poor educational standards among Ceylon students were commented on bjr Sir Ivor Jennings, vice-chancellor of Ceylon University, when he presided over a school prize day at Colombo. "I regret to say that many Ceylon students are dishonest," Sir Ivor declared. "Not only do
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    Students Smash Frontier Gates
    133 2 WEILER, (Franco-German Border) Monday. SHOUTING "Eur^- j v here", students of many 0 nationalities converged on this frontier post from both sides of the border yesterday, smashed down barrier gates and burned them in a bonfire as customs officers looked on helplessly. "> The demonstration was
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    U.S. FILM ON HIROSHIMA
    80 2 TOKYO, Mon.— "The Beginning of the End," a aensa 1 1 o n semi-documentary UJ3. film portraying the atomic explosion over Hiroshima five years ago on Aug. 6, is to be released for public showing on Aug. 14. Questions have been raised over the showing of
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    INDIA-NEPALPACT
    26 2 NEW DELHI. Mon.— A new treaty calls for "everlasting peace and friendship" between India and Nepal— and may be terminated on one year's notice. A.P.
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    ROY At BRIDESMAID IN LONDON
    42 2 PRINCESS MARGARET (right) was chief bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin, the Hen. Margaret Elphin6tone, who was married at St. Margaret's, Westminster, to Mi. Denys Rhodes. Her fellow bridesmaid was the Hon. Diana Bowes-Lyon. A.l\ picture.
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    9000 PARTS IN THIS ELEPHANT
    69 2 9000 PARTS IN THIS ELEPHANT THE ONLY mechanical elephant in the world is seen (right) as it took off for a miles an hour stroll through Essex. Made by a theatrical mask-maker, the elephant is powered by a motor car engine which drives the legs. Tt has three forward gears
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    Thieves Stole While Guests Danced
    223 2 SSg!OllS.j:!y!l NICE, Monday. DOLICE are seeking thieves who took thousands of pounds worth of jewels from the bedrooms of a Riviera villa while international society figures danced below. I First estimates of the losses were between £7,000 and £10,000, but police said later this was
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    A-BOMB IS DIRTY WAY TO KILL'
    116 2 A-BOMB IS DIRTY WAY TO KILL' ADELAIDE, Mon. PROF. G. L. E. Oliphant. on« of Britain's top atcmic scientists said today that the atomic bomb was a "dirty, rotten way to kill peoplf.' Ke has arrived to take 'p a new post as director if post-graduate research in th« School
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    Atomic Expert Arrested
    51 2 BERLIN, Mon Wist Berlin police yesterda ,i threir a cordon round a small coffeehouse in the American sector and arrested' the Soviet zone atomic research scientist, Prvfessor Robert Havemann. The coffee house was a caynoitflage for an illegal vieeting of Communist "peace appeal" leaders, tlie police said.
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    H.K. BUILDS ITS FIRST MOTOR VEHICLE
    110 2 H.K. BUILDS ITS FIRST MOTOR VEHICLE HONG KONG Mon An its production tne company rv «r«t mntnr v*Y,\eU hn«u UBed 'eflned iron from ScotE first motor vehicle built land> n i ckel rom Canadai in this British colony truck— competed in wong manganese from India, lead wa. given an airing
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    REDS FIRE ON BRITISH SHIP
    253 3 Two Officers, Chinese 'Boy 9 Injured HONG KONG, Monday. DATTERIES on the Chinese Communist islands near Hong Kong opened fire this afternoon at the British steamer Hangsang, of 3,541 tons, as she was approaching harbour from Sandakan, in Borneo. Two British officers and a Chinese
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    FAMILIES NOT EXEMPTED
    81 3 CANBERRA, Mon. The strict security check ,J, J on members of the Australian Prime Minister's Department in Canberra is beini? extended to their families Prime Ministerial Depart- ment officers are now required to name three "references," not being relatives or fellow- employees, who can vouch for 1
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    BOMB HURTS 4
    22 3 SAIGON. Mon. Cominu- I nists hurled three hand grenades at the Grande Monde Casino today wounding four persons.— U.P.
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    16 3 1.1K1T.-GEN. W. H. Walker, rummander of American c round fprces m South Korea.— A.P. radio picture
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    Statement About U.S. 'Despicable'
    152 3 CANBERRA, Monday. I^HE acting Prime Minister. Mr. A. W. Fadden, y:\sterday described as "despicable" any suggestion "that the great American nation would assume the role of a ruthless, oppressive moneylender and imoose, as a condition to granting dollars, that Australian soldiers should be made available for
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    CHURCH ENVOY APPOINTED
    35 3 WHITBY, Ontario. Mon.— Dr. Raja B. Manikam. of Nagpur, India, has been named joint secretary for East Asia and roving ambassador for the World Council of Churches and the International Missionary Council.—A.P.
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    BELGIAN PLANE FOR AIRLIFT
    36 3 NEW YORK. Mon. A DC-4 plane with a crew of 5 contributed by Belgium to assist in the United Nations airlift to Tokyo, landed in New York yesterday from Brussels— U. P.
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    271 NEWSMEN
    39 3 TOKYO, Mon. A record of 271 correspondents from 19 countries had been accredited, as from today, by the Public Information Officer, Far East Command, to cover the conflict in Korea. Gen. Mac Arthur's Headquarters announced today. ReuterAAP.
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    MAJOR TRIES TO CROSS ATLANTIC IN A JEEP....
    90 3 MAJOR TRIES TO CROSS ATLANTIC IN A JEEP.... HALIFAX, Nova Scotia. Mm, IMAJOR Ben Carlin and 1 his wife, attempting to cross the Atlantic in an amphibious 24-foot Jeep, were reported safe last night by amateur radio operators. One "ham operator'" said he received a call letter signal from the
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    ...As Pilgrims Row To Rome
    95 3 PALM A, Majorca Islands. Mon. THE Holy Year has pro- duced many stranye pilgrimages but none more sn than that of 12 Spanish pnuths toho plan to row the .<'") 7<r.!es from Pahna to Home in three tiny shells. Representing students and graduates of the
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    'NO ANTIMAO AID' SAYS M.P.
    158 3 LONDON, Mon. ]y[R. Fenner Brockway, Labour Member of Parliament, has urged Mr. Clement Attlee to make it clear that British support for United Nations action in Korea "cannot be extended to American action against China." Mr. Brockway said in a teleffram to Mr. Attlee: "The
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    Turkey Wants To Join
    81 3 LONDON. Mon.— Turkey has sent Notes to the 12 member States of the Atlantic Pact. j saying she wants to become j its 13th member, according to an Ankara radio report. Mr. Fuad Kooprulu. Tur!kish Foreign Minister, has .visited Mr. Bevin, the British Foreign Minister, in
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    RED SPIES ENTER SWEDEN AS SAILORS
    232 3 STOCKHOLM, Monday. /XJMMUNIST spies from East Europe are being smuggled in and out of Sweden as sailors in Polish ships, security police disclosed in Stockholm yesterday. Day smuggling had been going on for some time, but had grown since the Korean war increased international
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    MARSHALL AID MAN
    22 3 MR. MILTON KATZ, U.S. special representative in Europe for Marshall Aid, in succession to Mr. Averell Harriman. Reuter pic-
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    KOREAN TRAFFIC
    30 3 CONVOY moves towards the Korean front across a river bed as workers repair a bridge. RIGHT: Koreans fleeing from the invaders crowd into railway tracks. A.P. radio pictures.
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    TWO-DAY BATTLE IN MACASSAR
    186 3 DJAKARTA, Monday. FORMER KNIL (Netherlands Indonesian Army) 1 personnel awaiting repatriation and discontented guerilla forces roaming around Macassar scene of the abortive revolt earlier this year have engaged in a shooting affray over the past two days. I Col. A.E. Kawilarang, Commander of the Indonesian Government
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    Fogarty On Tour Of Indo-China
    70 3 Fogarty On Tour Of Indo-China SAIGON, Mon. A IR Marshal Sir Francis Fogarty, Commander-in-Chief of the British Far Eastern Air Force yesterday began a five-day tour of French air stations In IndoChina. His visit is part of a recently agreed plan fo- closer regular exchange of military information between the
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    Italian Reds Raided
    131 3 ROME, Mon. JTALIAN Communist leaders held an emergency meeting here yesterday after raids by armed carabinleri on eight local Party headquarters in Rome. This was the first large scale action taken by a postwar Italian Government against the Communist Party, now claiming 2,600,000 meiribers. Some 30 Party
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    FIRE DESTROYS JAP WAREHOUSES
    53 3 TOKYO. Mon.— Fire virtually wiped out the Mukojima warehouses of the Nagasaki dockyards in Mukojima town. Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, last night. Total amount of the loss Is estimated at 400.000,000 yen (£400.000 sterling). The blaze was reported to have been caused by careless handling of a
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    PANDIT NEHRU ORDERS PROBE
    35 3 NEW DELHI, Mon. The Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru, has ordered an inquiry into the purchase of Swedish huts and prefabricated roofing which suffered heavily in the first storm this season. AJ>.
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    TWO DEAD IN TURIN EXPLOSION
    136 3 TURIN, Mon. *N explosion whose origin has not yet been determined caused the collapse of part of the Fiat Motor Works, the Fiat firm announced here last night. The firm said that so far two dead have been found and 15 injured workers taken to
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    S.M.C. ENCOURAGES BUILDING OF CHEAPER HOUSES
    172 4 S.M.C. ENCOURAGES BUILDING OF CHEAPER HOUSES DECAUSE of Singapore's rapidly increasing population, some temporary amendments to the existing building bylaws to permit "drastic reduction" in building standards have been recommended for the consideration of the technical body appointed by the Municipal Commissioners to draft new bylaws. A reduction of building
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    DRIVER CHARGED
    45 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Mon A lorry driver. 43-year-old V. Muthuragu was charged in the Magistrate's Court with causing the death of Rengasamy by driving his lorry rashly. Rengasamy was a passenger in the lorry. The rase was postponed to Aug. 11
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    POLICE RECRUIT
    36 4 KHOO K«N KING, the Sel-j.ii-in State footballer and < nckcter. who has joined IIM police as a probationary II p:.m iiispci-lor and is training at the Federation I'irliie Depot at Kuala lnmpur. Straits Times picture.
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    Arms, Ammo Charge
    66 4 HAMISM Banie Mollison. was rhurged in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday with possession of a 38 revolver Uld five rounds of .38 ammunition without permit and with acting in a manner prejudicial to public »;.!(!> in Jalan Besar on Aug. Mr. J. C. Cobbett appeared j(
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    WELFARE WOMAN CHARGED
    178 4 WELFARE WOMAN CHARGED From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. MISS P. Thambydurai, a Ceylonese welfare officer of the Department of Social Welfare. Selangor. today appeared before Mr. A. P. Jack. In the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate's Court on a charge of corruptly obtaining $20 from an Indian, K. J.
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    DIDN'T LIKE BOYS' HOME
    59 4 A 14-year-old Malay boy who told the court that he "didn't like the place." plead- j ed guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to escaping from a boys' home before the expiration of the detention period. The boy, Othman bin Abu was remanded until
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    ASTROLOGER ON STUDY TOUR
    35 4 Indian Astrologer. Pandit Sharma arrived in Singapore yesterday on a study tour of j East Asia. Mr Sharma edits two astrological magazines one in the vernacular and the other in English.
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    Said 'Yes' To Proposal At Sea
    202 4 Said 'Yes' To Proposal At Sea A GIRL who received a proposal of marriage while at sea arrived in Singapore yesterday on the Isthmian vessel Steel Executive, on her way to her fiance in New York after setting out originally for Jakarta from Antwerp. The bride-to-be. Miss Frieda Maeenkom. comes
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    Singapore Diary
    79 4 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH LADIES' WORK PARTY, business meeting. Church Hall, Orchard Road, 10 ajn. Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay, Wayfarers' meeting, 2.30 p.m. SINGAPORE STAMP CLUB, social meeting, Cathay Restaurant, 5 p.m. ADULT EDUCATION CLASS, official opening, Hwa Chiao Chinese School, 5& mile, Pasir Panjang, 7 p.m. LIAN LI BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION,
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    John (M.C.) Wanted Further Action
    96 4 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. NINETEEN-Year-Old Lieut. John McGougan of the Coldstream Guards who was awarded the Military Cross last week for anti-bandit operations deferred his release from the army for three months to see further action in Malaya. Lieut McGougan is the son
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    TO STUDY ABROAD
    94 4 SCHOLARSHIPS to study in Britain have been awarded to these four residents in the Federation: INCHE TAJUDDIN bin Mohamed Sheriff (left), of the Pentng Treasury; MR. S. THERAVIAM. Public Works technical assistant at Seremban, who will take a four-year course in civil engineering: at Loughborough College. He
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    K.L. MEETING ON RUBBER WAGES
    201 4 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Monday. A MEETING between the Pan-Malayan Rubber Workers' Negotiation Committee and representatives of the Malayan Planting Industry Employers' Association "to discuss standardisation of tasks and to urge the repeal of the present agreement in respect of wages to rubber workers
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    Effect Of Drug Tested
    118 4 RESEARCH carried out during the last year by the Institute for Medical Research on the British drug Paludrine broadly confirms its value as a malarial preventive agent but emphasises its limitations as a cure. The work was largely financed by the Colonial Welfare and Development Fund.
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    HOSPITAL NURSE WEDS
    33 4 MISS CLOTILDE STEWART of the General Hospital nursing staff and Mr. Carl Campbell of the Air Ministry after their marriage at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Straits Times picture.
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    HAWKER REPORTNEARLY READY
    95 4 THE Singapore Hawker Inquiry Commission is expected to meet during the next fortnight to discuss its final draft report on the hawker problem. At Its 13th teuton last week, the commission discussed the preliminary draft report on its investigations. The commission was appointed by Government In April
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    Talks On Election Procedure
    85 4 Talks On Election Procedure PE Singapore Government has sent out invitations to membership of the committee which is to discuss the division of two-member constituencies in the Legislative Council elections. This committee will also discuss other matters affecting electoral procedure. The narn.es are expected to be announced soon. This follows
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    ARRIVALS BY AIR
    156 4 *pHE following passengers were among those who arrived at Kallang airprot yesterday from points outside Malaya on the various air services. Passengers In transit are not included in the list. Q.EA.-8.0.A.C. From Sydney: Messrs. J. Stubbs, and Surioyong. GARUDA AIRWAYS From Tj. Pinang: Messrs. N? Tian Teclc,
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    PRAYER MEETINGS
    47 4 The Rev. A. R. de Alwis from Ceylon, who has conducted very successful prayer meetings in Singapore, has decided to hold two more meetings before he leaves the Colony. The meetings will be held at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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    Beethoven In New Guinea Jungle
    296 4 Beethoven In New Guinea Jungle OAVE you ever heard a 11 Papuan sing Beethoven's Ninth (Choral) Symphony? There is a Dutch lournalist in Singapore who has heard not just one, but 260 of them sing this classic as a choir. And, what is more, he has filmed and recorded them
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    HUNDREDS LINE UP FOR S.H.B. PASSES
    242 4 riAILY hundreds have been queueing up at the Singapore Harbour Board for admission passes. The staff has been increased to cope with the i demand. This follows the tightening of security measures following cases of arson and attempted arson in the Colony during recent
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    294 5 juniper had big night B) Our Woman Correspondent mEN YEAR OLD Juniper 1 Foo told me that shi- had a "terribly big night" last week. She was the younge^ helper at the Charity Terformance of "Cinderella at the Cathay Cinerra. It »;is the 9.30 show, and Juniper was very excited,
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    He was too tough for the Japanese
    770 5  -  ROY FERROA By T«IIK khaki-clad group of Japanese officers beckoned to the old man to come forward. Hesitatingly and partly in fear he did so. One of the group signalled with t his hand that the old man was to climb down the
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    8 5 "STARTLED." a photogragh by Mr. T. H. Lim
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    Malay policemen so courteous
    504 5 Malay policemen so courteous MALAY policemen are so courteous! I had always thought of them as stolid and unimaginative. Somehow, I also thought that they would bully me and bawl at me if ever I had occasion to have dealings with them. So it was with reluctance that I walked
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      295 5 STRAITS TINES CROSSWORD 1. T.U.C. reci:oa City need* Uo> UvUoonUftU I^l*. AO^ reforming to make it a 28. Otherwise pure In Sou'.n ts^ national institution (8. 7>. America (4). .^§4 s s 10. The weather forecast alter 28. Enliven <7> i-*i J I—. L_ ii otherwise (3. 4). 29. Unsmiling
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Aug. 8, 1950. R.l.D.A.Facts
    355 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Aug. 8, 1950. R.l.D.A.Facts 11 Outwardly, it would appear that the small-holder in Mali aya has a better life than the estate labourer because he is entirely independent and his own boss, whereas life in an estate villagt within company boundaries can have a dis1
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    Out Of School ,
    453 6 Out Of School "The publication in 1949 of the Malayan 1947 Census Report has enabled the size of the educational problem to be assessed for the first time with reasonable accuracy." So says Mr. M. R. Holgate, Director of Education in the Federation, in his annual report. Mr. Holgate's problem
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    Saints And Sport
    329 6 A letter received by the Straits Times last week asked whether it was true that two of the leading mission schools in Singapore, St. Patrick's and St. Andrew's, were being taxed by the Municipality to the tune of $1,000 a year for their playing fields. It seemed
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    3 6 THEY NEVER LEARN
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    This Made Him Sit Up
    233 6 OECENTLY I heard the "Voice of America" broadcasting an anniversary celebration of the Bili of Human Rights. I was surprised to find not a single ripple about this very human and import- ant document either on j the radio or in the Press j of
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    BUS FARES IN MALACCA
    97 6 AS en observer in the street, I shuld like to point out to the Town Bus Company that some of its women conductors are charging some passengers double the proper fare. In cases, for instance, where the fare should be five cents for about three-quart-ers of
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      THE INDIAN DEBATE
      471 6 OEFORE the inaugural meeting of the Federation "of Indian Organisations was held in Kuala Lumpur, I asked one of the organisers if the public would be admitted. On being told that they would, I attended the meeting. I belong to none of the Indian organisations either those
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      THE SELANGOR INDIAN ASSOCIATION
      235 6 THE SELANGOR INDIAN ASSOCIATION MAY I ask those interested in the formation of the Federation of Indian Organisations whether the general committee of the Selangor Indian Association was quite correct in committing the association to affiliation with the F. 1.0. while the association rules include the following: RULE: 2. Objects
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      Seremban Tribute
      149 6 T HOPE you will allow space for my humble tribute to Mr. Chin See Yin. who has spent a great part of his time and money in the work of squatter resettlement 1 in Seremban. Mr. Chin See Yin has re- cently tendered hi? resignation as chairman of
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      FROM KUALA LIPIS T.B. WARD
      89 6 WILL you allow us space to explain how very monotonous life is for those who have stayed a very long time in the General Hospital, Kuala Lipis? Some of us have been staying here for years; and we still expect to spend more years here.
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    On the
    524 6 A Province am TODAY I should liko to pass on to readers of this column another of Mr. R. J. Parrer s yarns of his days as 9 District Officer in the M.C.S. Atter the closing ol a conveyancing office at Bukit Murtaiam for malpractices, ata -t of
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      83 6 NORTHERN GROUSE "Many good things come from Scotland Take grouse. Only on Scottish moors can fine birds be found in any number." Singapore advertisement. Sir, This advertisement for grouse Displays a painful lack of nous. Only on Scottish moors" forsooth! What shameless disregard for truth. Since when did birds in
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    RUSSIAN IMPERIALISM REBORN, C.G. WARNS
    1448 7 RUSSIAN IMPERIALISM REBORN, C.G. WARNS "No Room For Easy Optimism" COMMUNISTS in South-East Asia outside China are being held representing "features which can give us some measure of cautious encouragement," declared the Commis-sioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, in a broadcast from Singapore last night. "Other elements and potentialities, however, remain
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    Picture Faded
    30 7 Prom Oar Own Correspondent SEGAMAT. Mon.— Charge it Segamat with defacing he identity card. 31-year-oli Ponnammah was fined $7 rhe photograph had fadei md she blamed the weathei
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    4 Months Trip To U.K.
    62 7 INSPECTOR Mary Voon, 211 year-old officer In charge of the women's section of the Singapore Police Force, has been awarded a four-month scholarship by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. She will be attached to the women police in Britain. The only woman police
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    MALAY UNION TO SHUN UMNO TALKS
    243 7 fIHIE Singapore Malay I'nion yesterday decided, at an emergency meeting presided over by Inche S.irdiu) bin Haji Jubir, the president, not to send representatives to attend the meeting of the UMNO general assembly, to be held on Aug. 27, 28. and 29, at Kuala
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    Colourful Wedding
    64 7 ONE thousand people attended a colourful Sindhi wedding in the Victoria Memorial Hull iast night When Mr A: ,tii Hassaram Vaswanl was married to Miss Padma Tika-.ndas Daswani. The bridegroom is the eldest *.m of Mr W. Hassaram. a High Street merchant. The bride, a daughter of the
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    FINED FOR ABUSE
    35 7 1 e« Kirn Tee. 26. a Singapore Harbour Board labourer, was fined $15 by Mr. C. H. F. Blake in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday, for abusing an auxiliary "police officer
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    Bandits Steal Surveying Kit
    301 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. JN KEDAH PERLIS yesterday, a gang of armed bandits robbed a survey party of surveying equipment. On Saturday and Sunday, airstrikes were made on selected targets in SELANGOR and PERAK. Bandits this afternoon set fire to an empty lorry
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    CHILDREN TELL OF SHOOTING
    158 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. HE shot my uncle," 10-year-old Kaku Singh told Mr. Justice Wilkinson in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court today when a former special constable Channan Singh, was charged with murdering Munsha Singh at the Kepong tin dredge The main prosecution witnesses are Kaku Singh,
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    DUTY NOT PAID
    35 7 Abdul Hamid. a 35-year-old Indian living in Baghdad Street, was fined $30 by Mr. C. H. F. Blake in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for possessing 700 cigarettes dutiable at $11.32.
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    Ma lay an Experiments In Cooking Of Rice
    276 7 A TTEMPTS have been made in Malaya to produce a palatable parboiled rice free from the taste and colour which some races find objectionable. This is stated in the 1949 Report of the Institute for Medical Some experiments on a small scale
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    HONOURED
    4 7 INSPECTOR MARY VOON
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    WORLD COPRA OUTPUT MAY GO DOWN
    238 7 WASHINGTON, Monday. J S. Government authorities believe the world output of copra and coconut oil in 1950 will be smaller than that of 1949. The four major producing areas of the world the Philippines, Indonesia, Ceylon and Malaya exported 1,196,600 long tons of copra
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    SCOUTS VISIT SINGAPORE
    100 7 Twenty-six Kelantan Boy Scouts arrived in Singapore yesterday for a 10 days' stay. They are to camp with Victoria School Scouts at the school, said Mr. Rahma' bin Hussein. Iheir Scoutmaster The boys belong to the First and Fourth Kota Bahru Scout Troops in the Ismail English
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    Rediffusion Strikers Are Hopeful
    157 7 Rediffusion Strikers Are Hopeful AS the Redillusion strike began its fourth day yesterday, the 100 employees who have downed tools were hoping to have the rapport of two other powerful unions, whose members are larcte subscribers to the Redlffuslon Service. It is believed these unions are considering asking all their
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    SHIP CASUALTY
    43 7 A 27-year old Chined washer-woman fell on I he* deck of the troopship Orbit. v from a height of about seveni feet while washing iho crew's clothes yesterday afternoon. She vas inker \o hospital with several Isj iriea "n hor bociv.
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    PILGRIM OFFICIAL
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    MARION Dior's No. 1 SOPHIE The Sophisticate GIGI The Tomboy – with Reanty Anneal.
    259 8 MARION Dior's No. 1 SOPHIE The Sophisticate GIGI The Tomboy with Reanty Anneal. THESE THREE GIRLS WILL BE WEARING THE NEWSIEST CLOTHES JOIIN FRENCH says The niost carefully selectcrt ilothes-pc^s on earth await the toughest test of ar today. la the Paris salons where fashion unfurls, it is they who
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    Our panther party
    348 8 L ROM AN ESTATE BUNGALOW •i anybody wao warns a nood entertainment, I ■.in i after today t recomnand a panther party, and you think I mean huntUhers you're wrong! 11l tlie same, like Mrs. Beeo >'s "firs' catch your hare.'' mi must first catch your r
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    Malayan homes & fashions
    278 8 Malayan homes fashions A TASTE for the unusual is one of Blanch* Thivy's admirable traits. One nearly J« always sees her in a sarea of extraordinary 3" beauty and here she is pictured in one of her latest acquisitions straight from India. V It is known among Indian circles as
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    Baby, the explorer
    501 8  -  NURSE JANET MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA By rrHE toddler is growing A up, and, morning after morning, he goes out, dressed in his spotless playsuit and accompanied by his amah. They meet .other amahs with their charges, and, as the womenfolks begin to gossip amongst themselves in their
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      63 8 y Boby Stephen. J Tg/P^P^^^ FOR THE WORLD'S BABIES Mother! You have chosen well ond because of your choice Stephen Is a lovely child. To give Baby LACTOGEN Is to provide him with all the food elements necessary for sturdy growth. LACTOGEN Is available in Dispensaries ond Provision Stores In
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      167 8 Three of the finest. cheeses for people *f good taste I From Denmark GORGONZOLA PETIT GRUYERE c i i From Italy BEL PAESE COLD STORAGE Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. I BARGAIN I I corduroy) •I Silver Grey, Fawn, Tan, I; Ji Brown and Stone Shades. I* I USUALLY at
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    BRITAIN HAS ARMY OF BOYS
    870 9  -  Brigadier C.E.R.INCE, Regular soldiers are 'dying on their feet 9 By who, until recently, was Commandant of one of Britain's biggest training centres HAVE watched more than 15,000 boys come into the Army... the 18 year-old who have been fetched froni their homes for a
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    Efficiency's ticket in U.S.
    347 9 WASHINGTON: T»HE U.S. Army has launched a new organised Reserve Corps programme which is intended to improve materially the efficiency and readiness of the army's reserve forces. Before the end of hostilities in World War 11, the army began drafting plans for a peacetime reserve organisation.
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      158 9 last riiffTrH! ffn ii-i«-4 5 SHOWS 1 I I f 6.30-9.30 ROMANCE I Tfcs, 4^P Sherwood Forest \35Js i --3l!«B&—-^__BB£°?> A COIUAWIA PICTURE im»aoiai«»c»t«Y.M*»H«u.fc,«.n w^c 4wp e.m.»-«iMi>rC<)«oo<iooug«s.'<«>«cf<)»,f«iliM p«tM»u From Tomorrow! "TOPS THE "GREATEST STAGEPLAVI" <>^ PERFORMANCE KSSS I OF THE YEAR!' "A GREAT jssk TREAT!" -^«t|| "WILL WIN TSS- HOSV%
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      153 9 :|jS| HKKBKSgSro^ .^|^i|BBMjjaBa^^^^P^^^^^^^M^aBacaMu^|^^^m SINGAPORE Children; 6.30 Austral Singers; 6.49 Editorials"; 4.S5 Liszt; 5.15 10 am. News, followed by Emer- *">&]?* Sl^^T* "Colonial Commentary"; 5.30 "Ad"eiicv News from if T in 10 dnse- lans News, Snare Market; 7.15 1 Mal«5 1 om Li'riit Mi ic 1 30 "Hawaii Calls"; 7.30 "Jazz
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      Malaya's Mines Do Well
      416 10 Malaya 's Mines Do Well »pHERE was a steady Increase in the production of tin-ore and gold in the Federation of Malaya during the second quarter of 1950, according to the quarterly bulletin of statistics issued by the Mines Department. Between April and June inclusive, this year, a total of
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      RECORD OUTPUT: SURPLUS SMALL
      267 10 THE RUBBER SITUATION From Our Own Correspondent i LONDON, Monday. 'THERE are grounds for mild satisfaction in the A fact that high prices and intense demand are stimulating producers to record-breaking efforts, says The Financial Times, commenting on the record output of 157,500 tons of natural
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      Not A Pound Sold Fortvard
      86 10 From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. IN contrast with the policy of the majority of rubber companies, Mr. G. R. K. Mugliston, chairman of Singapore United Plantations, states that that company has not yet sold forward a single pound of rubber. The management of the
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      In Defence Of Replanting
      123 10 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. "DEFENDING the company's re-1-f planting policy, Mr. E. G. Kstall. chairman of Batang Consolidated, said: "Some take the view that we may lose Malaya. If this should happen, it will mean that Russia has conquered all, and I venture to
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      SHIPPING ARRIVALS
      73 10 CHIPS which arrived in Singapore j yesterday were: Sir John Franklin from New York, Karachi. Bombay). Halvdan (from Bangkok), Admiral Hardy (from Bangkok), Loksanf?, Angby, Bidor, Marlim, Boissevain (from South America Medon, Tung Song. Rewang, Kotanica. Albacore, Hanyang. Ships Expected Today: Corfu (from Hong Kong). Perseus (from United
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      Allocation Of Tin: A Possibility
      146 10 From Our Own Correspondent > LONDON, Mon. f)ISCUSSIONS are reported to be going on regarding the revival of international tin allocation Representatives of the British Government are at present in Washington in this connection, according to the Metal Bulletin. Commenting on the possibility of reviving
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      TIN COMPANY OUTPUTS
      82 10 AUSTRAL Malay Tin announces the following July output figures, in hours run, cubic yards dug and piculs of tin-ore produced, in that order: Kampong Kamunting Dredging— 630, 157,000, 424. Thabawleik Dredging 622, 155.000, 1,529. Pungah Dredging 626, 236,000, 1,002. Austral Amalgamated Asam Kumbang Section (on tribute), 298,
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      RUBBER HARVESTS
      36 10 JULY rubber crops are announced as follows, in lbs.: Alor Pongsu Amal. Est. 143,147 Bedong (Malaya) 87,488 Kuala Reman 'Est. 211,332 Perak River Valley J9.000 Sungei Tukang 73.000 Temerloh Est. 52.100 Trong Est. 32.350
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      Sembilan Est. Dividend
      28 10 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPR, Mon. CEMBILAN Estates' directors have declared an interim dividend of four per cent on the Ordinary and Preference shares.
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    MISS NATHAN WINS SPRINT AFTER GREAT TUSSLE
    2220 11  -  EPSOM JEEP By Craigmount^ Ascot Vale Pay Big Dividends PENANG, Monday. MISS NATHAN (Ingram) snatched a spectacular last-stride victory from Permita Dormez in one of the finest big race finishes at Penang yesterday, siond day of the Penang Turf Club August Bank Holiday
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    P. & T. TROPHY CRICKET
    131 11 P. T. TROPHY CRICKET KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— HEADQUARTERS Team won their fixture against The Rest on Saturday last for the Post and Telecoms cricket trophy, presented by Mr. S. Rajoo. The Rest team, selected from C.C.R.S., Kallang AirRadio, Jurong Transmitting and Carrier, were defeated by an innings and 114 runs.
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    K.L. Prepares For Cup Final
    235 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE 24th final of the Malaya Cup Competition will be played on Saturday on the Malaya District ground between Penan k and Singapore. Special traffic arrangements have been worked out these will be similar to the arrangement! which
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    Bain Wins Colony Golf Title
    1418 11 By A Special Correspondent DR. M. C. BAIN won his flrst major title in this country when he beat M. M. Paterson after a close game by two and one in the final of the Colony Golf Championship played over the Royal Singapore Golf Club
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    SHELL WIN BY ONLY GOAL
    147 11 OHELL Company played vigorous soccer at Geylang Stadium > yesterday to beat the Malayan Airways by a solitary goal in a Business Houses' soccer fixture. The Airways averted a heavier defeat due to good defence, I partlculary by Hamid. Lloyd in goal distinguished himself with
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS TIES
    90 11 r~H£ following fixtures of the Tangdn Club Lawn Tennis cham- pionshlps will be held this evening: Women's Handicap Doublet 1 inai: Mrs K. Greenwood and Mrs. Pearcy V Miss Nathan and Mrs. Dawe. Handicap Mixed Double i: Mr. and Mrs. Van Heuven y W. Wratteu and
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    HMS Malaya Rugger Programme
    228 11 HMS Malaya Rugger Programme From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. fTHE following fixtures for the H.M.S. Malaya Rugby Competition were decided at the annual general meeting of the Malayan Rugby Union In Kuala Lumpur yesterday. NORTHERN SECTION Oel. 14: Perak v Penang, Ipoh; Selangor v Kedah, Kuala Lumpur. Oct.
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    S.C.C. BEATEN BY 2 WICKETS
    288 11 A BRILLIANT half century by Major Dane featured the Army's victory over the Singapore Cricket Club by two wickets in a friendly cricket fixture on the padang yesterday. Major Dane, opening the innings, took 95 minutes for his 56 which Included nine fours. He scored
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    PENG SOON BEATS TEIK HOCK IN STRAIGHT SETS
    1438 12 PENG SOON BEATS TEIK HOCK IN STRAIGHT SETS Poh Lim Marjan Win, Helen Heng Defeated IPOH, Monday. From Our Staff Correspondent yyONG PENG SOON of Singapore, the Malayan and All-England badminton champion, retained his Malayan title when he defeated Ooi Teik Hock of Penang in straight sets of 15 13,
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    Penang Cup Team Win 3-1
    220 12 1 rum Our Staff (.'ori-rspondml PENANG. Mon. PENANG'S Malaya Cup team beat Selangor Chinese by three-nil in a friendly match today on the Westlands S' hool ground. Penang made two changes. Lee Ali I.oke taking over the centre forward berth from Abu Baidah, vl.ile Tan
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    20 12 MJAY: 6.35 a.m. 6ft. 7in ■i p.m. (Bft. lin.) 1ORROW: 8.30 a.m. (6ft. nrl 6.50 p.m. 18 ft.).
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    Glamorgan Lead W.I. By 111 Runs
    227 12 Glamorgan Lead W.I. By 111 Runs SWANSEA, Mon. Glamorgan gained a lead of ill runs on first Innings over West Indies when play was resumed today and at close the tourists put themselves 19 runs on for the loss of three wickets when they batted a second time. Gilbert Parkhouse
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    Sports Diary
    45 12 SOCCER: Snr. Cup tie: R.A.F. Changi v Kota Raja at Jalan Besar stadium; Jnr. Cup tie: Tuan IWons 0.8.A. v C.S.A. at Geylang; Business Hse. A: Fraser A Neave Malayan Publishing Hse at Police Depot ground. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. and Tanglln Club tournaments (cont.).
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    Singapore Chinese Reach Cup Final
    397 12 SINGAPORE Chinese qualified to meet Penang Chinese in the M.C.F.A. Cup final with a splendid semi-final victory over Johore Chinese at Jalan Besar yesterday. Singapore ran out convincing four- one winners. The Johore side were totally eclipsed in all departments and at times were made
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    NELLIE KOH WINS IN THREE SETS
    203 12 IN the first round of the women's singles In the Singapore junior badminton championships played last night at the Clerical Union hall. Miss NeUle Koh (Mayfair BP.) defeated Miss Cheong Keong Hir (Eclipse BP.) 11-5, 7-11, 11-5. The match was fast and thrilling with
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