The Straits Times, 15 July 1952

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    18 1 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1952 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS TWELVE PAGES MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845
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    BAN CARLTON HIRE, POLICE ASK
    1410 1 Court appeal is opposed ]yjR. E. P. Shanks, Deputy Public Prosecutor, yesterday opposed the habeas corpus application made on behalf of Carlton A. Hire in Singapore High Court. He said: "(.arlton A. Hire has been convicted of running arms to persons who may well be
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    MEDICAL TESTS IN COMET
    120 1 MEDICAL TESTS IN COMET APOAC medical research officer flew into Changi airjleld yesterday in a Comet recording the re-p'^-ms of passengers to high-speed travel. Dr J. E. Gabb said that thpre was not the slightest ill-effert. Dnrinz the 480 m.p.h. Journev at an altitude of eight miles. Dr. Gabb took
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    US scientist vanishes
    59 1 PASADENA. California Mon I -The wife of an Americari scientlst working on secret government research, today I said that she feared her hus- band had been held ov foreign agents. Mr. Albert CCark Reed, who worked In a secret aeronautical research at the California Institute of Technology,
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    New Egypt talks
    38 1 CAIRO. Mon. The InI terior Minister. Mohamed 1 Hashem today said that Egypt would soon start negotiations with Britain with a re-defined policy towards Anglo-Egyptian relations, the Western Powers and Middle East regional defence. Reuter.
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    SURPRISE RED MOVE AT TALKS
    107 1 TOKYO. Mon. A SURPRISE Communist request for a two-day recess in the secret PanmunJom truce negotiations was agreed upon today and the next meeting was planned for Wednesday. News of the move, for which no reason was given, followed a charge by the New China
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    Coup plotters shot dead
    78 1 RANGOON, Mon. A NATIONALIST Chinese General was shot at in an attempted coup at graduation exercises at an officers' training school at Monghsat, in north-east Burma, it was reported today. Capt. Si Fang-leong and rol. Lin Nang opened fire on Lieut. Gen. Mah Chawyee, a deputy
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    Sir Cheng-lock sees shed where seven people live
    63 1 i tit: President of the Malayan Chinese Association. Sir Cheng-lock Tan, sitting in what was once the home of a trtsha-rider, Onr Jin Haft, talking to the rider's wife, on the stto of t*e demfiwbed hut in Kalian* Basin, Singapore, yesterday. The
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    Two held after S'pore robbery
    141 1 VICTIM NOTED A NUMBER SINGAPORE police arrested two Chinese an hour 0 after four men had robbed the occupants of a house in Carpmael Road at pistol point of $2,085 in cash and jewellery yesterday One man was arrested at a road block In Thomson
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    People should nominate
    30 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. Fifty-three Democrat Congressmen today urged their party to demand a law that would let the people, instead of national convention delegates, name presidential candidates— Reuter
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    NO TRIAL
    35 1 LONDON Mon. The Attorney-General, Sir Lionel Heald, told the House of Commons today that evidence did not disclose a case for trying the Red Dean of Canterbury. Dr. Hewlett Johnson, for treason.— Reuter
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    Italians try again on oil
    31 1 GENOA, Mon. Italian businessmen are planning to send another tanker to Persia in an attempt to run Persian oil to Europe, said one businessman today.— Reuter.
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    More raids on dens
    21 1 Singapore police raided opium dens in the Bugis Street area last night. About 20 people were detained.
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    Watch on US sky begins
    48 1 WASHINGTON. Mon.-^ore than 150,000 volunteer airwatchers began duty at about rt.ooo stations in 27 states across the northern rim nf the United States today The army last month disposed that it had moved anti-aircraft batteries ,intn positions of readiness around strategic targets.— Reuter
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    Duke to celebrate in S'pore
    136 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Mon. TWE DUKE OF KENT, who will accompany his mother to Singapore early in October, will celebrate hlj 17th birthday in the Colony on Oct. 9. Dr. G. H. G rliek. Director of the Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association told me today
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    SIAMESE TO SEE TV
    25 1 BANGKOK. Mon. The Premier Phibun Songkram celebrates his 56th birthday anniversary today. His guests will see Siam's first television demonstration Reuter-AAP.
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    Big bandit camp found
    46 1 In Negri Stmbllan. a pig abandonee bandit camp was round by the Malay Regiment. Tin? camp had 11 hut*, a cookhouse, lecture room and Alt trench defences and could hold over sixty terrorist*. Nearby was a smaller camp and a food dump.
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    RAF aid Gurkhas
    25 1 Gurkhas chasing a gang in the Seremban area of Negrl Sembilan have been supported by the RAP. who bombed terrorist escape routes.
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    PATROLS KILL TWO MORE TERRORISTS
    100 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. DOLICE patrols killed two terrorists yesterday. One was killed by a patrol of No. 2 Police Jungle Company in a battle in the Kulai -area of South Johore. A Sten gun was captured. The other terrorist was killed \n\ the Raub area
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    FIVE SAKAIS ARE CHARGED: SKULL SHOWN
    1697 1 Soldier lost in jungle 'battered to death' From Oar Special Correspondent KUANTAN. Monday. A BROKEN SKULL and a tattered and bloodstained uniform believed to belong to Trooper James O'Leary, of the Special Air Service Regiment (Malayan Scouts), were produced at Kuan tan Assizes today
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    No claim yet for the $400,000
    80 1 PENANG. Man. A CLOTH MERCHANT in the Penang Bazaar "Jual Murah" is reported to have won the $400,000 First Prize in the Malayan Chinese Association's 10th Sweepstake drawn in Singapore yesterday. No official confirmation could be obtained from the Penang office of the MCA.
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    Madam Yeq decision today
    55 1 The Court of Appeal judgment in the appeal of Madam Yeo Slew Neo against the decision of Mr. Justice Rogers dismissing her claim for a share in the estate of the late Mr. Lee Slew Kow as his legal secondary wife, will be ariven this morning;
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    CITY BLAZE
    19 1 TOULOUSE. Mon. Fire leveled a huge sector of tnis city today, causing 500 million francs damage.— A
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    Big fire puts rubber up 5 cts.
    85 1 Big fire puts rubber up 5 cts. DESTRUCTION of US$B,BOO,OOO worth of rubber in the huge warehouse fire in Clarksburg. West Virginia. U.S.A.. caused speculative buying on the Singapore rubber market yesterday. Locally It was calculated that 3,000 to 4.000 tons of rubber were destroyed. Business was done during the
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    Air strikes to continue
    64 1 EIGHTH ARMY HQ. Korea, Mon.—Gen. J. Lawton Collins. American Army chief of Staff said today the United Nations Alt Force would continue "hard attacks against the Communist war machine until the Communists agree co an armistice." General Collins arrived In Tokyo last week for talks with
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    Two murders by terrorists
    37 1 Terrorists spoke to a Chinese tapper on an estate in the Gemas area of Negri Sembilan yesterday and then murdered him. In the Jasln area of Malacca, two terrorists murdered a Chinese contractor.
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    Canada's Comet
    20 1 OTTAWA. Mon— Canada's first 500-mile-an-hour Comet airliner will be in the air in about two months time.— Reuter.
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    20 to contest Democratic nomination
    159 2 CHICAGO. Monday. INHERE are 20 candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. None has anything near the 616 votes required. Latest polls show Senator Estes Keiauver leading with 252 votes. Senator Richard Russell is second with 117 Mi Averell Harriman, mutual security director, is third with
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    Kashmir talks
    35 2 NEW DELHI, Mon. The Kashmir Prim e Minister, Sheikh Abdullah, and his entire cabinet will leave Srlnagar for Delhi by car tomorrow for important talks with the Indian government on Kashmir's future.— Reuter.
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    Bomb at parade
    31 2 TUNIS, Mon. A bomb exploded last night in the centre of Tunis whlie the army band was playing in front of the French Residency. Nobody was hurt.— Reuter.
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    SOVIET PLAN FOR GERMANS
    65 2 BERLIN, Mon. rnHK East German ComA niunist Party has officially abandoned its two-year struggle to win German unity and decided to build East Germany on a proper people's democracy on the Soviet pattern. This was decided at the second conference of the party officially known as
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    REPAIR WORK ON YALU
    26 2 WASHINGTON, Mon. The Communists are attempting to repair some of the four big Yalu river power stations destroyed in June raids.— A.P
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    INDIA MAY EXTEND 'CRISIS' POWERS
    90 2 NEW DELHI, Mon. DROPOSED extension of the Indian Preventive Detention Act, under which enemies of the State can be held without trial, will be debated in the Lower House of the Indian Parliament this week. Th* Act enables the gov- eminent to gaol, without formal
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      751 2 NOTICES MALAYAN RAILWAY AN OPEN LEVEL Crossing Is provided at TP 22/10 near Bahau on the East Coast Railway and will be brought Into use with effect from IS July. 1952. Users of the road are to keep a sharp look-out (or approaching trains 1 before crossing the line. BY
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      767 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS jare invited froin'Federal C.tiiens for appointment as Assistant Chinese Affairs Officers. There are at present 40 vacancies. QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates for appointment must have: (1) attained their 17th but not their 23rd birthday. (2) passed the School Certificate Examination (3) a knowledge of Chinese language equivalent to that
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      702 2 J, JNOjTlCES j i SELANGOR ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY. The Annual General Mee'lng will be held in the Card Room o( the Srlangor Club, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday 2Ut July, 1952 at 7.00 p.m. It Is hoped that all Members will make an earnest endeavour to attend. D. C. W. BELL,
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    U.S. TRADE CURBS A THREAT'
    281 3 Not in line with security aims Mr. Truman WASHINGTON, Monday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN said today that recent United States curbs on foreign trade might threaten the mutual security programme and be *'a very real dilemma for our whole foreign policy." He told the 12-man public advisory
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    'Ike" likes to paint and cook
    127 3 'Ike" likes to paint and cook CHICAGO. Mon. GI.NKRAL Eisenhower's wife Mamie has disclosed that her husband's hobbies are painting and cooking. She compared her husband as an artist with Mr. Winstun Churchill, who also took up painting in later life, but told reporters: "Ike has never had any instruction;
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    Bullet-proof police
    19 3 TQKYO. Mon.— Bullet-proof coats are being issued to detectives in Tokyo because of "increasing danger from Commun/ts."—Reuter
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    Duke plays polo
    18 3 LONDON, Mon. The Duke of Edinburgh played polo yesterday apparently completely recovered from jaundice.— A.P.
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    BEAUTY SHOW NOT 'RIGGED'
    96 3 BEAUTY SHOW NOT 'RIGGED' HOLLYWOOD, Mon. MISS Italy" said In Rome yesterday that an American girl should have been crowned "Miss Universe" in the Long. Beach beauty content recently. She contended the contest was "rigged" in favour of Miss Finland, who won, as an Olympic Games publicity stunt. The Italian
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    NEW BERLIN ROAD BAN
    46 3 BtRuIN, Mon. East German authorities today -ined West Berlin towing vehicles from the 100 mile autobahn iinkiug West Germany and Berlin. East German officials said that towing services were not part of the interzonal traffic and offered their own breakdown service. Reuter.
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    Koreans get raid warning
    52 3 TOKYO, Mon. United Nations air forces today announced they would give North Korean civilians regular warnings of impending attacks. The statement followed raids on communist ground installations around Pyongyang, during the past 24 hours, which the command today said constituted the greatest air strike of the
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    'Incidents'—not sinister 'plots'
    50 3 'Incidents' not sinister 'plots' BERLIN, Mon. MajorGeneral Lemuel B. Mathewson urged the Russians on Saturday to regard cases oi Americans stumbling over the Soviet zone border as mere Incidents and not sinister "plots." The American Commander chided Soviet cliief. Sergei Dengin, for suggesting that ■Hich instances contained any significance.— AJ».
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    Luzon battle
    17 3 MANILA, Mon. Government troops yesterday storoied a Huk base in Central Luzon, killing three.— A.r
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    West accused of anti-German move
    150 3 BERLIN, Monday. r THE Soviet-licensed German news agency ADN A accused the West yesterday of trying to prevent the re-unification of Germany and the conclusion of a peace treaty Telling its readers for the first time of the latest Western note to Russia on the
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    EDEN BETTER
    37 3 LONDON, Mon The Foreign Secretary, Mr. An,thony Eden, taken ill with I Jaundice two weeks ago, has I made good progress and hopes to start work again at the Foreign Office next week. I Reuter.
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    34 3 JACQUES- YVES LE TOUMELIN waves fronj hi, 30-ioin sailing boat ap he enters the harbour at Le Croisic, France, at the end of a lone, three-year trip around the world. He covered 30,000 miles
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    'Stalin is waiting' warns Harriman
    151 3 WASHINGTON, Monday. jif ß. AVERELL HARRIMAN, contestant for the iTI Presidential nomination, warned today that if the Republicans won the election and "carried out the policies they are famous for, we will have that depression that Stalin is just waiting for, and we will pull
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    GIRLS HIT BY DIVING PLANE
    58 3 LONDOIV, Mon. PUR girls at a church here were walking home from service yesterday when a small twoseater Proctor plane swept down, hit them and crashed. The girls were taken to hospital and one, whose arm, shoulder and collar bone were fractured, was kept there.
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    'Force' threat by Israel
    59 3 JERDSALEM, Mon.— lsrael today threatened to meet "force by force" when Informed of reported Syrian demands for the Eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. An Israeli-military spokesman said: "My country will not enter into any negotiations under the shadow of a threat, which in Itself
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    Retiring envoy lauds the British
    173 3 LONDON, Mon. MR. V. Krishna Menon A praised Britain and his own staff in a last message today as High Commissioner for India in London. Mr. Menon said in his message to Mr. Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, that the members of the successive British Governments
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    Families flee flooded homes
    52 3 MELBOURNE, Mon.— Scores of Melbourne families were forced from their homes tonight following the city's heaviest July rain for 61 years and the worst floods in the city area since 1934. Three- and-a-half inches of rain had fallen in a continuous downpower over the last two
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    FOR FAR EAST AIR FORCE
    42 3 LONDON, Mon. Air Commodore Walter Joseph Martin Akerman will become Air Officer in charge of administration of the Far East Air Force, with the acting rank of air vice-marshal, next month, the Air Ministry announced today.— Reuter.
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    Air passenger weighs a ton
    44 3 BOMBAY, Mon.— A rhinoceros weighing a ton is among a cargo of wild animals which left her e today by air for London zoo. The collection Includes two black panthers, a tiger, an ape. sevesal pythons and lizards.— Reuter.
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    Monk kidnapped
    21 3 TEL AVIV, Mon.— Syrian soldiers abducted a French monk and held him for two days, police said here.— A.P.
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    EVA PERON IS DYING' REPORT
    80 3 BUENOS AIRES, Motl. A ROENTINA waits anxlous--i* ly for further word on the heaKh cf Eva Pp^n wife of the Argentina President. She is believed to be dying. An Argentine physician on a secret mission to consult a Viennese c sneer specialist is reported to
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    LONDON STOCKS
    367 3 Small moves in many sections «7Tm LONDON, Mon. the new developments over the weekend and with the account ending tomorrow todays Stock Markets opened in sharp contrast to last week In many sections there were literally no movements until past midday and where they did occur they were
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    LONDON TIN PRICE
    26 3 LONDON, July 14.— Cash Buyers £»<4; Sellers £9711; Forward Buyers £969; Sellers £969); Settlement £971 (up £1). Turnover: a.m. 75; p.m. 10 tons.
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    U.K. RUBBER
    32 3 LONDON, July 14.— Spot 26% d., Aug-. 26% d.. Sept. 16\id., OfctDec. 25 -jd., Jan. Mar. 24% d., April-June 24d., Aug. cl.f. 25 >■.<!., Sept. cl.f. 2o'/sd., Oct. KM, Market Unchanged.
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    CIVILIAN WAR DEPT. STAFF BOYCOTT TRADE TEST
    213 4 CIVILIAN WAR DEPT. STAFF BOYCOTT TRADE TEST All but one technician obey union order ABOUT 90 technical civilian employees of the War Department in Singapore refused to go before an Army selection board for a trade test yesterday. These men had been previously ordered by their union the Army Civil
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    28 4 THE SULTAN OF PERAK. accompanied by Lieut. Col. C. Ford, when n« inspected the passing oat parade of the Training Battalion of the Malay Regiment at Port Dickson.
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    Witness threatened court told
    180 4 rW CHAD POAN, a witness, yesterday told the Singapore Relief Court Magistrate, Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam, thai Koh Lai Wah, charged with attempted robbery, had threatened her outside the court compound during the lunch-hour recess. Koh aged 21, is alleged to have attempted to "rob Tan
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    Agreed to give $500 court told
    70 4 IPOH, Mon.— Ball of $1,000 each was allowed Ooi Ah Kai and Leong Chin Aik who were charged In the Sessions Court before Mr. J. R. Whlmster, with having agreed to give $500 to Mr. D. J. Mackay, a Customs Officer, for showing favour
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    Tapah A.S.P. for Kampar
    41 4 TAP AH, Mon.— Raj a Adnan bin Raja Abdullah, acting Assistant Superintendent of Police attached to the Operations branch at Tapah, has gone on transfer to Kampar. Raja Adnan had been in Tapah for over four years.
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    TWO GET $7,800 AWARD
    95 4 TWO GET $7,800 AWARD MR. JUSTICE KNIGHT In the Singapore High Court yesterday awarded to Madam Yam K:m Cbye and her married daughter, Lee Yoke Cheng, $7,800 being damages for the death of Lee Chee Hong, killed in a motor accident. The award was made against a lorry owner, Scow
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    Radio show in K.L.
    79 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Men-.— Radio "hams" will show their gadgets to the public for the first time when the Selangor Radio Amateur Society holds its exhibition in the Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 30 and 31. The exhibition will Include the latest Government and commercial
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    Reunion dinner
    35 4 PENANG. Mon— As part ol Its new policy to get members together more often, the Penang Straits Chinese British Association will hold a reunion dinner at the Violet Cafe on Saturday. Jiiv 26.
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    S'PORE DIARY
    191 4 UtUia .ye Qi—eMi Meeting at Victoria Memorial Hall 10 ajn. V.M.C.A.: Cricket practice a* Ble&t:er Road ground 5 P-m SA.S.A. committee meeting 5.30 pjn.; Commercial Classes 530 p.m.; St. John Ambulance meeting at tennis pavilion. Brag B;us;<h Road, 5.30 p.m.; table-tennis friendly matches 7 p.m. Chinese V.M.C.A.: Basketball
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    Union gives sixday ultimatum
    139 4 DEMAND FOR BONUSES KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. rpHE Mining Staff Union of Selangor and Negri Sembilan is giving the Malayan Mining Employers' Association a six-day ultimatum to reply to its demands for annual bonuses and increased cost of living allowances. The decision was taken at an extraordinary
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    Say 'Majulah Singapura' he suggests
    72 4 Say 'Majulah Singapura' he suggests MR. M. P. D Nair, Singapore City Councillor, (Intcpendent South), has a novel suggestion for making the people of the Colony feel more strongly about their city. He suggests that instead of greeting each other with "hello," "good morning" and "good evening," people saould say
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    Pahang scouts for K.L. camp
    95 4 RAUB, Mon.— Pahang Boy Scouts will be represented at the South-East Asia Patrol Camp to be held at Castle Camp Kuala Lumpur, from Aug. 11 to 16. Scout Master Lee Soo ot Mahmud School, Raub, will be in charge of th e contingent. The following
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    Jackets a 'must' for this party
    48 4 PENANG, Mon. Dinner jackets will be worn at the cocktail party which the Indian Fleet will hold on board the Delhi on Friday at 7 pjn. Launches will be available at Victoria Jetty from 6.45 p.m. to bring guests to the ship.
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    Todays Radio SINGAPORE
    72 4 Todays Radio SINGAPORE 10 ajn. News: 10.05 Tunes From The Show; 10.45-12 Schools; 1 p.m. Tolchard Evans and his Orch; 1.30 News; 1.45 The Whlpporwills; 2-3.20 Schools; 6.25 TJ.N. Album; 6.40 Radio Malaya Trio; 6.55 Announcements; 7 News; 7.15 Can we Help You?" 7.38 P.C. 49; 8 The Perry Como
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    $141,641 frauds in 3 days alleged
    172 4 $141,641 frauds in 3 days alleged I A TRADER. Lee Kiok Ngee, yesterday went on trial in the Singapore First District Court on three charges of abet- ting in frauds against local merchants. Lee was alleged to have abetted his brother in cheating the traders of goods worth more than
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    2 hurt in motor cycle crash
    49 4 KUANTAN, Mon.— A young photographer and his motorcycle pillion-rider crashed into a deep ravine on the Beserah Road on Sunday morning. They were travelling downhill and in rounding a bend the machine went off the road. Both were injured and the machine damaged.
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    Medicine was for wife, he said
    48 4 SEGAMAT. Mon.— 'My wife was ill and I was taking the medicine to her." said Thambusamy, 43, when he was charged before the Segamat Magistrate with taking a bottle of cough mixture out of a restricted area. He was admonished and discharged.
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    REGIMENT A CHANCE FOR YOUTH —SIR CHENG-LOCK
    165 4 T)ATO Sir Cheng-lock Tan last night welcomed the creation of the Federation Regiment as one of Sir Gerald Templer's "statesmanlike acts." In a talk over Radio-Mala-ya, he said: "Working together for a common goal the defence of Malaya will provide a tremendous Incentive
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    Pillion rider fined $5
    26 4 PARIT BUNTAR, Mon.— Amasee was fined $5 for carrying a pillion-rider. Arumugam. who rode pillion, was fined $5 for abetting the offence.
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    FRENCH WIN A VICTORY FOR THE MacDONALD DRESS
    264 5 'No jackets' was the fashion for the men rE Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. went to a party at the French Consulate in Gallop Road, Singapore, last night, in bis famous outfit black trousers, black cummerbund, black* tie and white shirt—
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    STAGE CLUB PLAY
    42 5 PORTIA DUFF ARNOTT. (above) who plays the role of a Repertoire actress in the Singapore Stage Club Production "Goodness How Sad!" and (below) Estelle Shepherd, who plays another Repertoire actress. The show opens at the Victoria Theatre on Thursday.
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    Penang MIC leader hits at 'Cinderella treatment'
    325 5 Penang MIC leader hits at 'Cinderella treatment' POSITION OF INDIANS NOT HAPPY' PENANG, Monday. PROTEST against the "Cinderella treatment" of the Indians in Malaya was made today by Mr. A. Balakrishnan, secretary of the Penang and Province Wellesley branch of the Malayan Indian Congress. He told members at their annual
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    Broke curfew
    18 5 SEGAMAT, Mon Chan Chee Kiang was fined $20 or four days' imprisonment for breaking the curfew
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    MALACCA IMP MAY HAVE TO DISSOLVE
    148 5 Two months, still no officials MALACCA, Monday. 'THE MALACCA branch of the Independence of Malaya Party, formed in May last, may have to close down. REASON: The branch is still without officials. Two generall meetings had had to be called off because not enough
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    SHOPPING BAG HID FAKE CASH
    176 5 Court told WHEN a Singapore police officer searched a house in East Cousi Road at 1.30 ajn. on May 17, the first thing he touched was 1,418 pieces of counterfeit Indonesian currency—all in 100 rupiah denominations, it was said in Singapore First Police Court yesterday.
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    CENOTAPH FOR JAP VICTIMS
    47 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon -A cenotaph, in memory of Chinese massacred in Selangor during the Japanese occupation, will be buiCt in Kuala Lumpur. It will cost $6,000 and will be paid for by Chinese guilds and associations. A suitable site is now being sought.
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    Today's blackout schedule
    252 5 Sub-stations liable la load shedding today are: DAY Atlas Ice. Happy World. Asia Rubber Lor. 3, Sims Aye. Sawmill, Shell Co., Lee Rubber Wks., Tan Tye PI./F. Canning, Scan Sty Waterloo St., St. Andrews High j Stamford. Firestone, Sint% Avenue, Paya Lebar Pumps, Dun nun Kii., JotkCniat
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    THEY SAY IT WITH BLOOD
    144 5 THEY SAY IT WITH BLOOD IN GRATITUDE towards a Singapore man, Mr. Victor Silva, who gave his blood to save the life of a member ol the crew of the American ship Steel Navigator when she was last in port, the Captain and Chief Officer and crew of the ship
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    24 wounds on stomach
    57 5 Twenty-four self-inflicted wounds were found on the stomach of Cha Mou, aged 62. who was discovered dead in a house at Shaik Madershah Lane on Apr. 26, the Singapore Coroner was told yesterday. Inspector Guy Vas, who led the evidence said that Cha was poor and
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    DEATH
    50 6 MR LEE CHER HIAN, aged 65. passed away peacefully on 11th July 1952 at his residence 262. Rangoon Road leaving 3 sons. Lee •i; Lee Bak Chang and Lee Bak Hohs. 2 daughters and 6 grand children to mourn his loss. Funeral 11 am. on Sunday. 20th July 1952.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    60 6 THE lamily of the late Mdm. Wee Tiang Hee thank all relatives and friends who paid night visits an 3 rendered services at her funeral. MR. CHBLVANATHAN and family thank all relations and friends who sent wreaths and telegrams and attended the funeral of the lat« Mrs. B. C.
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    35 6 ANNOUNCEMENT THE only love that money can buy. Pedi?re« Sealyham terrier pups—6 weeks. Dam imported direct from Sir JoceJyn Lucas' krnrels. One dog $200 two bitches $175. Phone ***** i House) 674 C (office i.
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    PERSONAL
    41 6 STAGE CLUB presents CJoodr. How Sad", a comedy by Rot>rt Morley at the Victoria Thfatre on Thursday. Friday and Saturday 17th. 18th. 19th July at 9 p.m and on Sunday 21 th July, at 6.30 p.m. Book early at Rob.nsons.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. July 15, 1952. The MCA And The Malays
    515 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. July 15, 1952. The MCA And The Malays I It is a pleasure to be able to refer to the Malayan Chinese Association without risk of starting political controversy. For a relatively small number of people the chief significance of the M.C.A. "cabinet" meeting in
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    'This Turbulent Priest'
    557 6 Nearly eight hundred years ago an English king exclaimed in his anger "Is there none will rid me of this turbulent priest and Archbishop Thomas aßeckett was slain before the altar of Canterbury Cathedral. Other times, other manners. Today, many of the Queen's loyal subjects are asking
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    STATE VISIT
    28 6 OODTHAAB. Greenland. s.jn Kin" Frederick «n<i Oueen Ingrid of D«nmark >^<1 a roaring welcome from whfpn they arrived hero on Saturday for a state visit.— A.P.
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      WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE RUBBER EXPORT MARKET?
      1557 6 WITH THE quality of synthetic rubber constantly being bettered, almost from day to day, is it not now already past the time when everyone genuinely interested in the whole economic future of Malaya should sit up and take notice of what is happening
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    Princess in the sixth row
    648 6 LONDON. SUP PORTERS of the "MacDon3ld dress reform" school would have been heartened by the sight to be seen recently in the circle at the Phoenix Theatre, one of the West End's leading places of entertainment. The night was almost as warm as a Singapore
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    On the Margin
    429 6 Coloured \iew FAR be it from this halfcolumn to comment on the "colour" question which seems to have exercised .some people in Maiaya these last several days. Disputation U not to our purpose, for we are of a pacific heart. But it must In iairness be admitted
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    S'PORE MALAY WANTS MCA LOAN, NOT GIFT
    332 7 'Money acceptable only if there are no strings to it 9 CINGAPORE Malays received with mixed! feelings yesterday's news that the Malayan Chinese Association intended to give $500,000 to help Malays in the Federation and the Colony. Inche Yusof bin Ishak, Editor of
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    GETS HUSBAND'S AWARD
    59 7 MRS. RUTH HARTLEY German widow of Police Lieut. Geoffrey Hartley, who was killed in action against bandits in Malaya, seen in London after receiving the George Medal awarded to her husband. With her is Mr. Norman Jackson, her husband's foster brother. He. won th e VC with
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    THE M.C.A. PLAN IS ATTACKED
    175 7 THE M.C.A. PLAN IS ATTACKED A CHINESE political movement as advocated by the Malayan Chinese Association leader. Sir Cheng-lock Tan. would. if approved, wrt'ck af.l the political propress made in Singapore, says the Progressive Party in Its latest newsletter. •Sir Cheng-lock Tan argues." mvs the newsletter, "that, as the Chinese
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    Chandu charge
    30 7 KUANTAN. Mon.—Ng Ting, 38. was charged in the Kuantan Court with possession of chandu and chandu pipes at Airfield new village. The case was postponed to July 21.
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    SQUATTER PROBLEM FOR M.C.A.
    193 7 SQUATTER PROBLEM FOR M.C.A. rpHE Malayan Chinese AsX sociation is Investigating the problem of squatters 'n Singapore, and is asking Government if there is land for them, said Sir Cheng-lock Tan. the president, yesterday. With Mr. Leong Yew Koh, hon. secretary-general, Dr. Ho Pao Jin. Singapore M.C.A. vice-president, and other
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    400 attend concert
    67 7 j Nearly four hundred people ai.^'.v.^u a ccnc&ii üm am the British' Red Cross Society i in Singapore, last night. A gojd medal donated by Dato C. J. Paglar fur the most popular singer was won, by Miss Leow Yueh Ling. Miss. Leow raised the largest': sum
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    Chinese opera for Red Cross
    67 7 lUe i 'tie ernci-... ument sub-co:nmittee of tr:e British Red Cross, So:.ev's appeal committee is organising an opera, to be presented by the Heng Fong Lin Cantonese operatic troupe, at Sunlight Theatre, New World tomorj row at 7.30 p.m. Tickets priced $20. $10. S5 and
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    Pneumonia hit Johore worst
    29 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Johore, with 15 cases, became the worst-hit State for pneurronip. during the week encred June 28. according to statUI tics issued today.
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    He 'lied' to defend a dead friend
    450 7 HAROLD Morris, 21, a seaman in H.M.S. Cockade, yeiterday told the Singapore Coroner he had pleaded guilty in court to an offence which he did not commit so as not to spoil the good name of a friend who had been killed. Morris
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    Girl, 17, was fed up with life
    154 7 Girl, 17, was fed up with life A 17-YEAR-OLD girl, Tay fhoon Gay. who was fed up with life and tried to end it on Friday night by jumping 'into Stamford Canal, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday when she was charged with attempted suicide. Tay said
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    TRAFFIC AT KALLANG
    45 7 In June, 417 aircraft landj ed at Kaxan* Airport. Singaj pore. There were 476 through (passengers set down at Kallang and 4,874 departures, while 1,293 passengers passed through in transit. Mail picked up totalled 37,100 kilos, and 28.168 kilos were set down.
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    Envelope caused a crash
    99 7 SEGAMAT Mdn. i /CHARGED in the Segamat Circuit -Court yesterday with causing grlevrvis. hurt tn. a special constable at Melville Estate. Labis, through ajlegedj rash driving a young planter blamed the weigh*, of the vehfc'.e he was driving arH the rough surface of the p<= ate
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    STILL MISSING
    25 7 Gim -Yeok Lin, 22; missing <4*re Thursday frtom her :^O"S£ in DiixtCn 'Road, ms still nbt? been^ found. She topk hej^belpngings, with herj
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    Soldier sent to gaol
    75 7 Robert Thomas. 19. a soldier of Ayer Rajah Camp was i sentenced at the Singapore' I Assize Court yesiemav to 12 j months' 'imprisonment for' i robbing a taxi driver. Lim Ah I Kow. of six do.i.ars in cash and a wrist watch. The robbery was
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    NEED FOR NURSES IN JOHORE DESPERATE'
    126 7 JOHORE is desperately in need of nurses, doctors! i and hospital assistants for its eight district hos- pitals, Dr. E. D. B. Wolfe, Principal Medical Officer. I 1 told the Straits Times yesterday. He said there was a short1 age of 18 nurses, five
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    A Jap can now stay in Malaya for a year
    144 7 YAPANESE visitors to M.tl.iya J may now slay up Ui a year under relaxed Immigrations Department regulations. No Japanese has yet applied to stay longer than tnrec months, said a Singapore Government spokesman yesterday The shortest stay applied for by
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    Soldier hit a corporal
    77 7 A craftsman of Base Workshops, R.E.M.E., who said he hit a corporal, without knowing he was one, because he was punched on the head whj"e res.stinfi an attack by a lance corporal, was jresteTday found guilty of assau t by a Singapore court m*£'a He was
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    $1,400 RAISED
    25 7 SEGAMAT, Mon.— The pirls and Scouts of Government English School colW: :-d ft] 477 fc- St. John Ambulance Flag Day held at Segamat.
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    GOVT. EXPLOITING CHEAP LABOUR—UNION
    165 8 GOVT. EXPLOITING CHEAP LABOUR— UNION Wants salary scales revised THE Singapore Medical Workers' Union in a letter yesterday charged the Colony Government with "exploiting cheap labour". In the letter, the union states: "The manner ln which the claims of the medical workers are handled makes us believe that Government's aim
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    He demanded $1,000— then he fled
    122 8 He demanded $1,000— then he fled KUAIA LUMPUR, Mon. A CHINESE, who attempted to extort $1,000 from another Chinese In Ampang. npar KuaU Lump'ir, lied when his victim trie.l to detain him. H^ left his bicycle and a pair of sandals. The incident uk>X place yesterday. Police are looking for
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    CITY GUESTS
    45 8 Rear-Admiral N. V. Dickinson. Flag Officer of the visitin? Indian flotilla. Captain R. D. Katari. commandant of the destroyers and officers from the three Indian ships, were shown around the Singapore Council building yesterday ■on, and were afterentertained to tea in uncillors' Room.
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    Mr. Santa Singh
    29 8 RAUB. Mon.— Mr. Santa Singh, of the Pahang Secretariat, has been appointed First Legal Assistant in the Malayan Legal Service and will be posted to Johore.
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    RECRUITING SOON FOR BOY SOLDIERS
    186 8 RECRUITING SOON FOR BOY SOLDIERS KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. TtHE new boys' company of the Malay Regiment, which is to be part of the Malayan Army, is likely to start recruiting in a month's time, the Straits Times was told today. Work is already going ahead on provision of buildings, equipment
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    7 lose pleas for life
    67 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. SEVEN appeals against death sentences for offences under the Emergency regulations were today dismisstd by the Federation Court of Appeal in Kuala Lumpur. The appeals were all heard and dismissed in less than 30 minutes. The appellants were Leong Ah Meng, Chong
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    20 8 SIR GEORG£ PEPLER, the town planning expert, who is back in Singapore for a six weeks' stay. Straits Times picture.
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    RENT BILL IS NOT ON AGENDA
    95 8 TIL Singapore Government is withdrawing the Control of Rent Bill from the agenda of this morning's meeting of the Legislative CounciK This follows representations made to the Government against certain provision 3 in the Bill, which was to have come up for its second
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    Another $2,200
    24 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Kelantan collected another $2,270 for the University of Malaya Endowment Fund last month making-a total so far of $11,462.
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    Appeal gets her two years more
    82 8 Appeal gets her two years more KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. HOLDING that the sentence of three years' imprisonment imposed on her was inadequate, the Court of Appeal today enhanced the sentence on Heng Gtm Foo, an elderly woman, to five years' imprisonment for being found with supplies intended for terrorists. Heng
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    200 vote to strike on . pay
    164 8 200 vote to strike on pay PENANG. Mon. ItfORE than 200 workers iTI of the Eastern Smelting Company, at a threehour^ emergency meeting, last night decided to strike if the mrnagement did not meet their demands. The workers want an 85 per cent' cost of living allowance and 14 days'
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    NAVY LENDS A VESSEL
    42 8 The Royal Navy loaned H.M.S. Maenad to the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for the weekend of July 5 and 6. Eight officers and 20 ratings took the ship out for practice in the use of antisubmarine weapons.
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    148,000 children at school
    39 8 At the end of last month, there were 148,327 children in 493 schools in Singapore. Of these, 33,287 are from the rural area and 115,040 from the City. Instruction in 107 schools is In English.
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    Banking exam.
    41 8 News was received in Singapore from London yesterday thatt Mr. Wong Chong Y/an, sub-accountant of the j Oversea Chinese Banking I Corporation, has passed the I final examinations of the I Institute of Bankers. He is now an associate.
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    Guard Of Honour
    33 8 The gtiardcf* "honour ins- I pected by M. Jean Letourneau, French Minister of State, before he left .Singapore 6rr Sunday morning,! was provided by the R.A.F. I at Tengaii. i
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    29 9 UOTHERCRAbT IN toti^SA Baby Wai Yue, 81 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Au, of 301, Ciemenceau Avenue, Singapore, wins this weeVs "Bonniest Baby" prize of $5.
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    Mother To Be should live a normal life
    537 9  - Mother To Be should live a normal life NURSE BRIDGET ftv &y A MOTHER To Be expectin? her first baby writes for advice. Pr< gnancv -s not an illness but a Qa/.ural event, so live as normal a tlfe as possible. To feel taat you should eat for two and
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    ..A few hints..
    165 9 FIREPROOF WARE CLEAN it immediately after uss. Soak It for a few hours and the marks will come off quite easily. Never stand hot dishes on a cold table, or pour cold water into them. Don't stand fireproof ware over a naked flame. Protect it with a.»,estos.
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    THE "SLOGAN" RIBBON
    44 9 Politics have been meddling with American fashions these last few days. This picture, taken in London, shows American actress JULIE WILSON wearing a white ribbon with the slogan "I Like Ike" around her black hat, at a United States Embassy reception.
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    YOU BACHELORS
    557 9 really are trying —says JEAN MACAULAY DACHELORS are bold, bachelors are gay, bachelors are men who present the unending challenge to women to alter their state of singleness. But wives, fiancees, oftentimes sisters and occasionally mothers, can present a factual picture of bachelors that single women cannot express
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    The fifth kitten
    453 9 FROM AN ESTATE BUNGALOW AWHILE back some labourers' lines were burnt down by the orang jahut, and this story was told to me. No one was hurt, but all the people concerned lost most of their possessions It Is not difficult to imagine the pathetic sight of
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    13 9 Collect six of these coupons to join the Children's Corner Club.
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      91 9 Frederick James Augustin of Sungei Patani tells us how lucky he is that his parents chose Lactogen for him. And so are the thousands of other healthy babies who are on this all-milk product, so similar in every important respect to breast milk. \^*mm40 7 FOR THE WORLDS BABIES I^^
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      298 9 The Straits Times Crossword 25 rte round dmeT ii 23. In favour of everyone? PregkjjMl 1 3 I [4 b 6 1 8 clsely! (3. S. 3. 5). IH 2 3 DOWN Wt V"S SS$ 2. Alarm Is up for an animal 9 l0 restrict (i). t§|| TT Survive (7).
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    Japs have £130-million in
    558 10 free sterling BIG PROBLEM LOOMS By Our Market Correspondent 4 PROBLEM facing Malaya and the Sterling area A generally which is growing rapidly an^ will soon have to be faced in all its consequences is the huge sterling balance building up in favour of Japan. Japan
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    Little interest
    73 10 in coffee Malaya is allowing little new interest in coffee in spite of the high prices that have prevailed for the last two years. The Federation Department of Agriculture, says that Liberian coffee thrives well on most Malayan soils, particularly the coastal clays and muck soils, where it
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    India sets high cloth quality
    57 10 The Minister of Commerce and Industry in the Indian Government, Mr. T. T. Krisr.namachari, has affirmed that it is the responsibility of of his ministry to see that the prduction of Indian cloth is maintained at a sufficiently high level and that it is sold
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    India has new goods for export
    206 10 India has new goods for export INDIA v. ready to enter the Malayan market on a big scale with rdio sets, pkujtic goods and handwoven textiles, the Government of India's First Secretary Commercial. Mr. J. C. Coelho, told the Straits Times. The firi-r samples, which include radio sets 1 have
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    Cargo tonnage
    51 10 Tonnage of cargo discharged and loaded ;t the Federation ports of Penang, Malacca, Port Swettenham. Telok Anson and Port Dickson up to May 31 this year amounted to 1,293.842 tons, compared with 1,313,419 tons for the corresponding period in 1951. 1,116.398 tons in 1950 and 1,070,723 tons in
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    S'pore imports Jap textiles
    54 10 S' pore imports Jap textiles Textiles imported in Singapore are restricted to $100,000,000 worth of Japanese textile imports this year and figures in the Economic Information Bulletin show that $37.30 million worth of textiles are estimated as outstanding against confirmed licenses. Actual imports this year to the end of May
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    LEADERS OF BUSINESS IN MALAYA: No.l
    141 10 £AE CHAIRMAN of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association this year is Mr. E. G. (Ned) Holiday, who first came to Singapore in May 1919. Mr. Holiday has been 33 years with the wellknown firm of rubber brokers. Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Limited,
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    'Facts and Figures' for the investor
    82 10 ■C»ACTB and Figures', compiled and issued by the leading Singapore stock and share brokers. Fraser and Company, puto ia handy form all the information the investor wants to know about hi/j local •■hare- market. Priced at $5, the booklet Is attractively producad ano contains
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    Bolivia's tin mine problems
    56 10 The new Bolivian Government has approved a decree appointing a commission to study the legal, economic and technical problems involved in the nationalisation of the Patino. Hochschild, and Aramayo tin mines, and to draw up a project for the expropriation of the mines in 120 days,
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    Western Europe's coal output aim
    65 10 The aim for Western Europe this year is to wise ttoe production of coal by nearly 3Vfe per cent on 1951, says the Bulletin for Industry prepared by the British Treasury. In the first sixteen months of the year, France and Beleium was ahead of
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    RADIOS FLOWN TO SHOW
    309 10 'TOWARDS the end of thjs month workmen will be on a 24-hour stretch of duty to get the Happy World Stadium ready for the British Radio Exhibition, organised by importers represented in the British Radio and Accessories Manufacturers' Association. The exhibition, which will be opened on
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    MINE OUTPUT
    22 10 Southern Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd. return* for first quarter, ending June 30, 1952, were 10,036 piculs with six dredges working.
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    MALA YA TRADE AIDS STERLING BALANCE
    231 10 MALAYA was responsible for $109-million of the favourable balance of payments on merchandise items for the Colonial territories from 1948 to 1950, according to the new Digest of Colonial Statistics issued by the Colonjal Office. There is no doubt, says the Singapore Government's Economic
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    COLONIAL LOANS
    116 10 NEW loans and grants made to Singapore, Malaya, Hong Kong, North Borneo and Sarawak under the British Colonial and Development Welfare Acts in the period April 1951 to March 1952 total £1,179,710. In Singapore, schemes include the establishment of hostels for young and homeless people £35,000) of which
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    RUBBER PRICE GAINS 4 CTS.
    110 11 Reaction to 3000 ton loss in U.S. fire By Oar Market Correspondent RUBBER gained 4 cents on the Singapore market yesterday following news from the United States that over 3,000 tons of rubber had been destroyed in a disastrous Are at Clarksburg. West Virginia. July
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    TIN: $489 A PICUL
    118 11 Singapore, Mon. July 14 $489 a picul (iinchanged). Closing prices yesterday were in cent, per lb. No. 1 RjB.S. Spot !oose buyers 8SI. sellers 90; No 1 RSS fob. in Dales Julv buyers 89J. seUers 90. No. 2 buyers 851. sellers 8S; No. 3 buyers 80J
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    32 11 HQNO KONG, Mon. Free market currency exchange of Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HKS6.4BU (cash); HKs6.sl'i (T.T.>: HKJIS.BI. One tael of gold HKS29B%.
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    Plan to market Malayan pineapples in Britain
    223 11 Malayan pineapple industry is studying the possibility of exporting fresh pineapples to the British market by Comet or by sea, Mr* Yap Pheng Greek, Chairman of the Central Board of Pineapple Packers, Malaya, told the Straits Times yesterday. Mr YaD said that the
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    Tin ore output
    38 11 Sungel Way Dredging Ltd. output of tin ore for the first quarter to June 30 amounted to 2.700.60 plculs <160\ tons> and Kepar.g Dredging Co's output for the same period was 1,433.20 piculs (86% tons).
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    WOOL INDUSTRY'S TROUBLES OVER
    119 11 LONDON, Mon. rpHERE were signs that tile wool indus r> had overcone the worst of its troubles, according to today's Financial limes. Thig P*ner said, in an editorial: "The boom in wool whi.h sorted at the ou break of the Korean war did Incalculable harm to
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    Penang maintains rubber, tin exports
    234 11 Penang maintains rubber, tin exports PENANG, Mon. «fITH the United States show- ing more buying interest. Penang maintained its rubber and tin exports In June, according to the latest trade statistics issued today. The Settlement last month shipped overseas 16,119 tons of rubber, valued at $30,643,731 and 2,651 tons of
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    SHARE MARKET STEADY
    148 11 SHARE MARKET STEADY rE Singapore Share Market opened the week on a very steady note. Tins were the most active section of the market at higher quotations. More interest was shown in Rubbers following the rise In the price of the commodity, while Industrials were reported quiet. Price changes announced
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    147 11 BUSINESS in coconut oil at $42 >4 a picul f.o.b. was reported yesterday. There was a steady market for copra, with buyers asking $26 and sellers offering at $27 a picul. The Produce Exchange reported small transactions in Munto'c (white) pepper. The ex-godown price for Muntok went up
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    JUNE RUBBER CROP FIGURES
    74 11 HPHE following are rubber crop figures for June by compani-s for which Turquand, Young and Co. act as secretaries: Alor Gajah Rubber Es'ate Ltd. 17.500 lbs., Ayer Panas Rubber Estate Ltd. 68.500 lbs., Glenealy Plantations Ltd. 65.205 lbs.. Kluang Rubber Co. Ltd. 42.000 lbs.. Pajam Ltd.
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    The schools serve notice.....
    1102 12 1952 ATHLETIC MEET WILL BE THE BEST EVER By Our Athletics Reporter LI ALF a hundred schoolboys and schoolgirls served n notice yesterday, at the Victoria School ground, that this year's Singapore inter-school athletic mcct to be held at Jalan Besar stadium tomorrow will be better
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    Island Club golf
    42 12 The LGU Competition played at the Island Club on Sunday resulted: "A" Division winner Mrs. Cavanagh (84—11 >-= 73; Next Best Mrs. Smart (OT—13)—.76. "B" Division winner Mrs. Strickland <92-te7>-65; Next Beat Mlis, Rhoades (97—28)- 71. There were 16 entries.
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    A.C.C.S. SPORTS
    42 12 The annual athletic sports of the Anglo-Chinese Continuation School will be held on the Rangoon Road School ground on Saturday at 2 p.m. Intending competitors for the Old Boys 440 yards race are asked to contact Mr. K. C. Cherian.
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    K. Sajarah win Cup tie
    179 12 KATONG Sajarah "A" eliminated Social AJ». in yesterday's S.A.P.A Junior Cup replay at Geylang stadium with a welldeserved 3-1 win. The first tinw these teams met they drew oneall Socials had themselves to blame for their defeat, the worst offenders being their Inside forwards, who
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    France in lead
    44 12 PARIS. Mon— Prance, winning the doubles yesterday, took a 2-1 lead over Belgium In their European zone semi-finals Davis Cup tie here. Paul Remy and Marcel Bernard (France) beat Belgium's Philippe Waslur and Jacky Brichant 6-1. 6-2, 1-8. 4-6. 6-I.— Reuter.
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    Timothy Lee wins Perak singles title
    140 12 IPOH. Mon. lyt AXING a good recovery in the second set, Timothy Lee today wen the singles title In a three-set match In which he beat 44-year-old schoolteacher Nickey Caleb in the final of the Perak tennis championships. The match was. however, a rather
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    JULY C MEDAL TO HOWELL
    167 12 The R.6.G.C. July Medn! "C" division competition, played on Saturday afternoon, resulted in a win for I. H. Howell (91 2f>=7l). Other cards returned were: F. H. F. Swayne (93—20=73) J. Robinson (90—16=74), P. W. Preston (93—19=74), D. H Cowing (94—20=74), P. H benyer (98—24=74).
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    OLYMPICS BASKETBALL
    45 12 HELSINKI, Mon. The Philippines defeated Israel 57—48 In the first round of the Olympic elimination basketball game today The Piliplnos led 2^-27 at half tune Hungary beat Greece 75—38 and Canada beat Italy 68—57 The soccer and field hockey eliminations start tomorrow. U.P.
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    HAK CHUAN WINS SCHOOL SPORTS
    75 12 ?h f"!. 1 8?iur^'' Sim Hak Chuan won ootnts cham Pionsh| P 2i Chuan won all the lumping eveaii and the 22fl yards race. P j urosse was the runner-up Sak Chow Jee. with It points, one more tftin his nearest rival. Chan Kiat Choon
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    26 12 TODAY: High 0& hrs 1 8.4 ftl and IM7 18.51: Low 1027 (3.8) and 2317 TOMORROW: 0552 (7 8. and 1740 84.; 1124 14.7).
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    GUTHRIE'S BEAT COLD STORAGE
    146 12 (GUTHRIE S.C. defeated Cold Storage "B" 3-1 in a Singapore B.HJ.A. League Cup fixture at Farrer Park yesterday. Guthrie were first to attack and opened scoring in the 19th minute through Omar, off a pass from Weng Kee. This was followed three minutes later by another
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    Indonesians hold leg-weary Army XI
    436 12 Indonesians hold leg- weary Army XI Indonesians 1; Singapore Base Di5t....... 1. ALTHOUGH this SAFA Community League game -t* between Indonesians and Singapore Base District at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday was a drawn one, credit for holding their own against the formidable though "stale Singapore District XI goes to Indonesians.
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    Sports Diary
    41 12 SOCCER FRIENDLY: Singapore 'A' v Indian Nary XI at Jalan Besar. JUNIOR CUP: Blue Rovers v Tnan Mon* OBA at Geylang BUSINESS HOUSES: Hongkong Bank 'A' w Stan vac at S.R.C.; Mercantile Bank v Ford S.C. at Farrer Park.
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    MALAYS v INDIANS
    55 12 A team from the following will represent Malays against Indians in a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park tomorrow at 5.15 p.m.: Osman Angullla. Arshad. Johan, Hassan, Abdul Rahman Jr., All Samljan, Ismail Bujang, Rashld Glmin. Aman, Ahmad Yusoff, Ismail. Samat. Ibrahim Yusoff, Khalid, Khamis Bedol. Rahim
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    TODAY'S SOCCER
    50 12 I Singapore 'A' soccer team against Indian Naval Squadron at Jala.i Besar Stadium today, kickoff at 5.15 p m Is: Narayanan; Chong Kum, All Samijan; Ahmad Tusoff, Hee Jong, Rash Id; B. Rozario, Ismail Tusoff, Kok Peow. Eng Slang, Ibrahim Tusoff. Reserves: Tew Chang, Rashld Glman, V. Roberts.
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    Sedgman wins another tourney
    231 12 BERLIN, Mon. WfIMBLEDON champion Fran.< Sedgman, of Australia, yesterday won an International tennis tournament here by defeating Brie Sturgess (South Africa) 6-8, 6-2. 8-6, 6-3 In the men's singles final. Australia's Thelma Long easily won the women's stogies by defeating Mary Weiss of (Argentine) 6-3. 6-4.
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    Colony Olympic team in Helsinki
    263 12 HELSINKI, Monday. rIE Singapore team of five competitors has arrived here for the Olympic Games beginning on Saturday. They flew in from London yesterday and are now settling down in the Olympic village. Singapore's team consists of three welghtlffters, Thong Saw Pak, Lon bin Mohd.
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    NEGRI, WITH FOUR FIJIANS, WILL TEST COLONY XI
    417 12 NEGRI, WITH FOUR FIJIANS, WILL TEST COLONY XI By Our Cricket Reporter THE Singapore Cricket Association play their last A State match for the season when they meet Negri Sembilan on the S.C.C. padang this week-end. The Negri side has not finally been decided on but it is understood that
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    COLONY CRICKET TEAM v NEGRI SEMBILAN PICKED
    80 12 COLONY CRICKET TEAM v NEGRI SEMBILAN PICKED rpilK Singapore cricket team to X play Negri Sembllan on the S.C.C. padang this weekend will be: S. K. Sundram (rapt.), C. attenach, J. Davenport, L. J. A. Diplock, H. Perera, F. O. Reynolds, M. Raiji. SUcey, C. Thuraisingham. S. Vellupillal, s. D.
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    Malayan B.A. championship
    113 12 ENTRIES OPEN FOR KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. ENTRIES are Invited for the Malayan badminton championship, to be beld In the new Singapore hall on Aug. 2. 3 and 4. Events are men's singles and doubles, women's singles and doubles, mixed doubles, veterans' singles and doubles, and Leonjc Sin
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    INDIAN NAVY WIN 2 GAMES
    68 12 The Indian Naval Flotilla had a successful day in their sporting engagements in Singapore yesterday. Their hockey eleven first team beat a Singapore HA. XI by 3-0, Norouva (2) and Anthony scoring. At Farrer Park yesterday an Indian Naval XI beat Singapore Indians "A" 3-2
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    Italian wins G.P. de France
    69 12 PARIS, Mon.— Lulgl Vllloresl of Jtaly. driving a Ferrari, won the sixth Grand Prix de Franc* motor race yesterday. Peter Collins of Britain, in a H.W.M., was second and John Claes of Belgium, in a Gordlnl, third. Bight of the original 14 starter* gave up
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    INDIA 377-5
    29 12 LONDON. Mon. India were 377 for 5 (Mantri 80. Adhikart 82, Umrlgar n.o. 137) at cloM today in reply to Yorkshire's first innings score of 192. Reuter.
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