The Straits Times, 19 July 1952

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYAN NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS. SING*. is. SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1952. TWELVE PAGES
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    TOUGHER LINE ON RUBBER
    465 1 Strongest team to put Malaya's case in London KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Federation (iovernment will send one of j its strongest delegations yet to represent Malayan rubber producers at crucial meetings! of the International Rubber Study Groups working party in London on July 30. Dato Onn
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    100 WANT TO BE THE 'FIRST 12'
    318 1 —Some even wrote to Tempter KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. \M ORE THAN 100 young men of all races have iTI applied for commissions in the Federation Regiment. Applications closed tonight. From these, 'The Superb 12" the 12 most promising young men in all the
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    The Olympic Games open
    72 1 HELSINKI. Fri. fHE 15ih Olympiad opened today before a crowd of 70.000, with Soviet Russia taking part for the first time. Seventy nations paraded 5,870 athletes and .2.000 officials in a fantastic splash of colour around the red brick running track and on to the emerald
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    Mr. G for London
    28 1 I(A DON. Fri. Mr. Andre! Gromyko will leave Mascow next Monday to take up hti 'lost as the new Soviet ador to Britain. Reut?r.
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    Reds lose junk
    27 1 TiIPEI, Fri. Chinese Nationalist trcops on a "tiny of! Red China sank a Ised Communist junk on Wednesday and captured four Red soldiers.— A.P.
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    Slain by Reds
    20 1 .^EREMBAN. Fri TerrorLs.l. murdered one civilian and wounded another in the Jelebu area of Negri Sembilan yesterday.
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    Perlis Raja weds in Bangkok
    72 1 BANGKOK, Fri. THE Kaja of Perlis was today married to Miss Riem Baedsayanawin, Siamese Beauty Queen in 1940. The marriage, under Muslim rites, took place in the home of a close friend of the Raja. The Raja arrived here yesterday for the wedding. The couple
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    Big Labour majority
    63 1 DUNDEE (Scotland), Fri.— The Labour Party today retained its seat in the Dundee East Parliamentary byelection with more than doubled majority. The figures were: George Thomson (Lab.) 22,161, Paul Cowcher (Con. and National Liberal) 14,035, Donald Stewart (Scottish National Party) 2,931, Edward MacFarlane (World Parliament Party) 290.
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    Challenge to court act
    56 1 JOHANNESBURG, Fri. The Parliamentary opposition leader, Mr. Jacobus Strauss, said today if the High Court of Parliament set up by the Malan Government made any ruling prejudicing coloured voters rights, an interim restraint would be sought pending the Supreme Court's decision on the validity of the
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    Hire has a talk with Haxworth
    73 1 MR. CARLTON Arthur Hire, who on Thursday was released from Singapore police custody on the order of Mr. Justice Brown, yesterday called on the Controller of Immigration, Mr. J. L. J. Haxworth He spent two-and-quarte: hours giving a voluntary statement. Mr. Hire was accompanied
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    Russia will recall envoy
    45 1 LONDON, Fri.— Russia has agreed to withdraw Pavel Kuznetsov, second secretary at the Soviet Embassy In London, who was mentioned in the recent trial of William Marshall. Marshall was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for passing secret information to Kuznetsov. Reuter.
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    19 1 A LAST MINUTE CHECK ....AND THEN UP IT GOES and this is all that is left oj the chimney.
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    00ft. chimney blown up in Singapore
    139 1 00ft. chimney blown up in Singapore 4 FOLK-FOOT long fuse was lit in Singapore yesterday and two minutes ater 71b. of gelignite exploded bringing down a iDOft. chimney The chimney was next to the Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association clinic being built in Anson Road. It weighed about 130 lons and crashed
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    Self-govt. soon? It'll mean chaos, says Lyttelton
    1360 1 Self-govt. soon? It'll mean chaos, says Lyttelton LONDON, Friday. T<HE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver A Lyttelton, told the House of Commons last night that he did not think the time was ripe for selfgovernment. "I give my considered opinion that if you were to set up
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    HE'LL END DISPUTE OR RESIGN
    80 1 HE'LL END DISPUTE OR RESIGN TEHERAN. Fri. rpHE new Persia/i Premier, > -I- Mr. Ahmed Ghavam, said today he woult settle the Anglo-Persian oil dispnte or resign. Mr. Ghavam said his ultranationalist predecessor, Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq, who resigned on Wednesday night, had "sacrificed the ends for the means" in his
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    3 die, 63 hurt in Jap quake
    62 1 TOKYO, Fri. A violent earthquake early this morning rocked a large part of Western Japan, including Osaka, Nara, Wakayama and Aichi prefectures. The latest official report said three persorls were killed and 63 injured while numerous houses collapsed. Heaviest damage was believed to
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    6 months for tanker case
    70 1 ADEN, Fri.— The Italian tanker Rose Mary with 780 tons of Persian crude oil aboard may be held here for more than six months before the test case to decide the ownership of the oil Is settled in the Aden Supreme Court. The trial proper
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    Duke in Oslo
    25 1 OSLO, Fri— The Duke of Edinburgh arrived here toby air from London on nis way to the OlymDic Games in Helsinki. Reuter.
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    Woman speaks in St. Paul's
    56 1 LONDON, Fri. For the first time in church history, a woman addressed a gathering in St. Paul's Cathedral last night. She was Lady Megan Lloyd-George. Lady Megan who was allowed to speak despite a protest by 1,300 clergymen, concluded a series on world hunger. She
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    TRUMAN HAS GOOD NIGHT
    52 1 WASHINGTON. Fri.— President Tru.nan spent a "very good night" in hospital here, where he is staying for a checkup and expects to be back in the White House by i .umorrow. He is undergoing a series I of tests as a result of a mild virus
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    5 more dead bandits
    254 1 5 more dead bandits —AND ANOTHER RECORD LOOMS KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. BANDIT losses are rising rapidly again this month. Today came news of five more killed and three wounded and the score for 17 days this month is now 57 dead terrorists. If this week's run of successes continues, July
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    Tanks stand by as Premier sees the Shah
    174 2 TEHERAN, Friday. fANKS and armoured cars stood by in Teheran yesterday as a precaution against any disturbance as Persia's 77-year-old millionaire statesman, Mr. Ahmad Ghavam Sultaneh, prepared to visit the Shah to receive the Royal mandate as Prime Minister. The Per«'an Parliament,
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    Plane rips into house: 4 killed
    88 2 Plane rips into house 4 killed EL SEGUNDO, California, Fri. A CRIPPLED plan c plunged into a crowded residential area in an early morning foe yesterday, killing all four persons aboard and setting two houses on fire. Several persons, living; near thp damaged homes, were burned as they fought the
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    AGA KHAN IN LONDON
    38 2 LONDON, Fri. The Aga Khan, heavily muffled and carrying two walking sticks, arrived at London airport last night from Geneva. He has been convalescing from a heart attack at Evians on Lake Geneva. Reuter.
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    Koreans strike
    28 2 PUSAN. Fri. Korean labourers working for the U.S. Army at Pusan struck yesterday demanding at least twice their old waep of four cents an hour. A.P.
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    Fine for man who led boycott
    46 2 SYDNEY, Fri.— An appeal court today substituted a fine of £A2OO for a six-week gaol sentence on James Healy, general secretary of the Waterside Workers Federation, on charges arising from a boycott of the New Zealand ship Port Halifax.— Reuter.
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    Big debate in a fortnight
    64 2 LONDON. Fri. Captain Harry Crookshank, leader of the House of Commons, said today it was hopeo to complete all essential business to enable the House to adjourn for the summer holidays be- fore August bank holiday on Aug. 4. This wc\ld mean the big two
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      473 2 NOTICES THE TAPAH RUBBER ESTATES LTD. (Incorporated in the Colony of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a First Interim Dividend of 10% less 30% Income Tax in respect of the year ended 31st August 1952 will be p-id to shareholders on the Register on the 6th August 1952. NOTICE
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    U.S. TIN REPORT 'DISTORTION'
    591 3 CARTEL CHARGE ANSWERED WASHINGTON, Friday. ALLEGATIONS that an international combine of <4 tin producers had conspired to force up the price of tin after the outbreak of the Korean war were emphatically denied yesterday by the Director of the Malayan Tin Bureau, Mr. Lynn Meekins. He
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    AWAITING RESCUE
    36 3 Futß SLRVIVORS of a navy plane crash in Lake Washington, Seattle, stand on a wing of the partially submerged plane as they await rescue by boat. Three other members of the crew were killed.
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    GUEST OF THE QUEEN
    27 3 *Gt *<1 AF4UCAN ritttof Mr Ro.cmary Ovenstone wears a black and white polka dot dress to the Queen's ?•>••' «arty t But'kinjrh- 'ace recently.
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    -BUT NOT YET PORTABLE
    45 3 PARIS. Frl. The Chinese philosopher novelist Lin Yu Tan?; has invented a normal siz? typewriter which types 90.000 Chinese characters at 50 rharacters a minute. Lin has refused his Invention to the Chinese Government until they pay American patent rights. Reuter.
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    SHE WILL FIGHT THE 'BAR'
    189 3 SHE WILL FIGHT THE 'BAR' SOUTHAMPTON Frl MIS 3 EUPHEMIA COWAN. 20-year-old Scots girl, who was not allowed to Hand in South Africa, said on her return here today that she i would go back and "fight it out.' "CoCour bar was the trouble," she said. Miss Cowan was refused
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    Inquiry on oil profits
    65 3 WASHINGTON. Fri.— The Attorney-General, Mr. James P. McGranery announced last night that he has asked a Federal government jury to investigate charges that an international oil cartel is draining "billions of dollars" in excess profits from countries receiving United States aid Involved will be anti-trust laws
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    CYANIDE IN RIVER
    37 3 LAFAYETTE (Indiana), Fri. —More than 3.000 gallons of cyanide was dumped by mistake into Wabash River and a heavy guard patrolled the shore yesterday to prevent anyone drinking. Hundreds of fish were killed. UI\
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    Sea too rough
    41 3 IX3NDON. Fri.— Rough seas and high winds again caused postponement last night of an English Channel relay attempt by Egyptian swimmers The Egyptians will make thp Eneland to France and return swim tonight if the *ea subsides. A.P.
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    China signs rules on war victims
    92 3 BERNE, Friday. 'THE Swiss Government formally announced yes- terday that the Chinese Communists had conditionally ratified the four Geneva conventions on the protection of war victims. The conventions .drafted by a 60-nation conference at Geneva in 1949, lay down rules for the protection of
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    JOINING UP
    14 3 LONDON, Fri.-Japan and Indonesia are seeking to loin the Colombo plan. UP.
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    Dewey favours a Pacific pact
    196 3 NEW YORK, Friday. MR.. THOMAS E. DEWEY, Republican governor of New York and twice his party's nominee for the United States presidency, has come out strongly in support of a defence alliance of the Pacifi Unless there is a mutual defence pact for Asia, the
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    THE ARCTIC IS WARMING UP
    77 3 THE ARCTIC IS WARMING UP NEW YORK, FrL EIGHT American scientists have reached the top of Taku glacier, in Alaska, to make a two month study of climate. The American Geographical Soci ty, announcing this here last night, said: "There are many indications that Arctic weather is yearly growing warmer."
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    HOPES OF PEACE RISING
    72 3 NEW YORK. Frl. MR. JACOB MALIK, chief Soviet delegate to the United Nations, has cancelled a trip home to Russia from the United States. His decision has prompted speculation on the possibility of peace moves in Korea. In the growing atmosphere of optimism. United Nations delegates
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    Six killed at wedding
    45 3 DUNDEE (Natal), Fri.— Six Africans were killed In fight at a wedding in a remote part of Msinga, an African location. Except for a Tew aged a»d intoxicated native women all the wedding guests had disappeared when the police arrived.— Reuter
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    Allied aid to stop abduction
    51 3 BERLIN, Frl.— West Berlin's city parliament today unanimously called co the Western allied authorities to assist in protecting West Berliners from kidnapping from East Germany and East Berlin. It asked for military posts and patrols to support West Berlin police mannine barricades on the borders
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    SEES QUEEN
    22 3 LONDON, Frl.— The Queen today received Sir Alexander Clutterbuck on his appointment as Hieh Commissioner for Britain In India.— Reuter.
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    REDS DESTROY ANCIENT SHRINE
    79 3 REDS DESTROY ANCIENT SHRINE PUSAN, Fri. fOMMIMST guerillas raidyj ed Ha°insa. 100 miles north west of Pusan, on Sunday night and set tirr to a 1,200-year old Buddhist temple, it was disclosed today. It is not yet known whether the 80,000 ancient wooden printing plates of Buddhist scripture, for which
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    'KILLED GIRL FOR PUBLICITY'
    130 3 NEW YORK, Frl. gAYARD PEAKES, 29, a neurotic veteran, yesterday confessed that he killed a pretty secretary whom he had never *een before at Columbia Un!v---'ty. fcscars* he wanted publ'Ciiy fcr his book "How man can live forever." He said he fired six bullets Into Eillen
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    Tempter's critics are fewer now
    128 3 Tempter's critics are fewer now From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Fri. fiRITICS of the Federation > Higr. Commissioner. General Sir Gerald Templer, are getting fewer in Britain, following his June visit and talks with the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttel ton The House 01 Commons on
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    LONDON STOCKS
    139 3 LONDON. Pri. WITH dea'ers still uncertain as to the outcome of the forthcoming economic debat*. toUa_.i Stock Markets gave a repeat peiv formance of yesterdays rl easin? as a Httie nervous developed. However, prersure was nrver great and with a small amoum or weekend bear covering arrest:ns? the
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    LONDON TIN PRICE
    27 3 LONDON, July 18.— Cash Buyers £968; .Sellers t969; Forward Buyers £966%; Sellers £967; Settlement £968^ (down VI3 I Turnover: a.m. 50; p.m. 15. tons.
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    U.K. RUBBER
    35 3 LONDON. July 18— Spot 26 4 d., Aug. 26'/id., Sept., 26d., Oct.-Dec. 25 '-d., Jan-Mar. 24*', d.. April- June 24d (norn), Aug. c.i.f. 25 \d., Sept. cXf. 25Hd.. Oct. 25% d. Market: Dull.
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      208 3 (T T) ROAST LEG OF LAMB: Mint sauce is the time-honoured accompaniment to roast lamb, and very hard to beat, but here are three flavour variations less well known but worth trying: Before cooking rub J teaspoonful ground Ginger over surface of meat. or Baste the joint with a mixture
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    STUDENTS 'DONT LIKE THIS EXAM.'
    162 4 Teachers fear boycott with blank papers CINGAPORE Chinese school principals yesterday told the Straits Times that a new crisis had arisen over the Education Department's ruling on compulsory examinations for junior middle students. The Chinese Schools Conference recently decided in favour of abolishing the examinations
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    Rubber fire loss in U.S. negligible
    235 4 Rubber fire loss in U.S. negligible THE report of a fire in the United States, in which it was estimated that about 3.500 tons of rubber was destroyed, had a stimulating effect on the Singapore market early in the week and the price rose to over 90 cents, says Lewis
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    Mr. H. Service
    33 4 IPOH, Fri.— Mr. H. Service, Deputy Director of the Geological Survey Department. Federation of Malaya, has resumed duties after leave in England. H e spent three months on refresher courses
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    Club elects 11 chairmen
    112 4 IPOH. Fri- Eleven members were elected as chairmen of the Ipoh Rotary Club's Committees to run the various branches of their activites. Tne Sultan of Perak the Raja Muda, Mr. J. L. Woods, Dr. XT. Khong and Mr.. Chew Boon Hong were reelected honorary members. Chairman
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    Perak Labour Party meeting
    46 4 IPOH, Fri— The inaugural meeting of the Perak Labour Party will be held on Sunday at 10.30 in the Perak Clerical Union premises. The meeting will adopt a resolution forming the party. pass the draft constitution and standing orders, and elect officers.
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    Killed man in a quarrel: 10 years
    180 4 A FORMER special constable on an estate, P. Krlshnasamy, 24, who was tried at the Singapore Assizes on a charge of murdering K. Madhavan at the Naval Base on May 5, was found guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to' murder and sentenced
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    Suckling pigs —$250 tine
    70 4 DURING a routine check at a restaurant on Mar. 21. three Food Control inspectors found the carca*/-s of three stickling pies in the refrigerator of the Diamond Restaurant at the Great World Park, said Mr. P. Ball, A.S.P., in the Singapore Second District Court yesterday. Chee
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    Volunteers get commissions
    66 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Pri Commissions as pilot officers in the Federation Air Training Corps have been granted to Messrs. P. H. Cooke, Ung Khek Cheow and Ronald Swales. Mr. J. E. Miller has been commissioned as a lieutenant in the Volunteer Reconnaissance Corps and Syed Zainal Abidin bin
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    POSTPONED
    21 4 IPOH. Fn. The annual general meeting of the Perak anti-TB Association scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed to Aug. 2.
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    Learner fined
    41 4 IPOH, Frl— Pleadlns? guilty to two summons Charges of failing to carry "L" plates on his motor-cycle and carrying a olllion riri*"- who did not himself hare a driving licence Llm Yuan Fr? was today) fined total of $50.
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    YOU CAN GET IT FREE
    133 4 YOU CAN GET IT FREE NEW documentary, educational, cultural, medical and general interest films are arriving in Singapore for the British Council's film -library I at the rate of about four a month, Mr. A. J. Thomas, the Council's representative, said I yesterday. The Council's film unit, with a library
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    Hid slips in brassiere
    93 4 Wong Yoke Fin, a 49-year -old woman, yesterday admitted in the Singapore First Police Court that she had hidden $131 worth of chap-ji-ki slips and schedules in her brassiere when the was arrested at about midnight on Thursday. Wong was charged with assisting in the management
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    No leave of absence
    64 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.— A young national serviceman today pleaded guilty before Mr. .A. P. Jack, in the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate's Court, to a charge of absence without leave. The man, Yeoh Seng Teong, aged 23, left his depot on the night of May 5 and
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    Customs values
    44 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Tne following values have been fixed for assessing customs duties from July 17 to 23:— rubber 87% cents for pound; copra $412 per ton; coconut oil $680 per ton; palm oil $***** per ton, palm kernel $354.75 per ton
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    K.L. asks for more money
    60 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Kuala Lumpur municipal councillors will be asked at a special meeting on July 31 to approve a supplementary budget for $29,775. Of this sum, $19,745 is required to meet transport charges, $8,170 for loans, and $1,859 for purchase of materials. The additional
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    Meeting of delegates
    61 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl.— The fourth annual delegates conference of the Interiretrs' Union, Federation of Malaya. wi£l be held at Cameron Cafe, Seremban, on Aug. 10. Five delegates have been elected to represent the Selangor and East Coast brancn. A reunion dinner will be held the next day.
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    Today's Radio SINGAPORE
    82 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 a.m News; 10.05 Housewives' Choice; 11-11.30 New Records; 1 p.m. Hal Herzon Orch.; 1.30 News; 2 Album of Harmony; 2.30 Rhythm Corner; 2.45 London Studio Melodies; 3.15 Pun with Music; 3.30 Tea Dance; 3.45 The Barretts of Wimpole Street; 6.17 Children; 7 News: 7.10 Spotltftht on
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    Today's blackout schedule
    344 4 Sub-stations liable to load shedding today are: DAT Boon Tat St, AljanJed Rd, Sims Aye., Paya Lebar Pumps, Dunman Rd., Joo Chtatt Place, Jalan Yasln Jalan Eunos, Cambridge Rd., Rangoon Rd, Towner Rd., Serangoon Rd.. Kolam Ayer, Boundary Rd.. Florence Rd, Upper Serangoon, Yio Chw Hang Rd,
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    68 4 Malayans awarded American Government scholarships for graduate study in the U.S., were enterained to tea party by the American Consul -General in Singapore, Mr. Charles F. Baldwin, yesterday. They leave by air for America to-day. From left: Mr. S. Thiruchelvam, Mr. Mo'hanifd Kir, Mr. Abdul Majid, Miss Sally Tan, Miss
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    'Arbitrary' wage cuts attacked
    193 4 PLANTATION WORKERS MEET KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rpHE "ARBITRARY" cuts in the wages of rubber A workers by the Malayan Planting Industry *s Employers' Association were condemned today oy Mr. S. P. S. Nathan, president of the Malayan Plantation Workers' Union, at its annual delegates' conference in
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    Overhead phone wires stolen
    32 4 Thieves stole 400 yards of overhead telephone wires near the Bth. milestone, Bukit Timah, in Singapore yesterday. A linesman found the wires cut when he went to investigate.
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    TAX MEN ASK FOR PAYTALKS AGAIN
    98 4 TAX MEN ASK FOR PAYTALKS AGAIN qpHE Singapore Government X Administrative and Clerical Services Union wants ths Government to'reopen negotiations on tne outsandi!i<jt claims of assistant examiners of th c Income Tax Department, i This follows a decisio of an extraordinary general meeting of the union on Wednesday. The meeting
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    Union plan to aid student
    70 4 PENANG. Fri. -The Penang and Province Welles'.ey Malay Teachers, Union will soon start a scholarship fund to help a P?nang Malay student now studying medicine In the University of Malaya. The student, Inche Burhanuddin bin Mohd. Saman. Is the first Malay from Penang at the
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    FLEEING DRIVER TOLD POLICEMAN: I'LL KILL YOU
    206 5 FLEEING DRIVER TOLD POLICEMAN: I'LL KILL YOU He hung on as car drove oft POLICEMAN hung on to the door of a car as it was driven away after a traffic offence, it was said in Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. The police constable, Salleh bin Yusoff, saia that as
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    He gets study award, will go with his bride
    101 5 A Singapore doctor, who won the Queen's Scholarship in 1949, will take his bride, also a doctor, to England next month when he goes on a three-year scholarship to study internal medicine. He i s Dr. Gwee Ah Leng, of the
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    100 years to pay
    69 5 Mr. Justice Brown, in the Singapore High Court yesterday, told a Chinese, who offered to pay five dollars monthly towards a judgment debt of $7,114 that it would take 100 years to pay up. The man, Chung Chen Siong, appeared before the court on a bankruptcy
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    More die of diphtheria
    68 5 Public address vans of the Department of Public Relations. Singapore, have been touring the island during the last fortnight urging parents to have their child-ren-immunised against diphtheria There has been an increase in the number of deaths from this disease. There were 101 deaths from diphtheria
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    16 broke curfew fined $10 each
    36 5 SEGAMAT, Fri. Sixteen Chinese were fined $10 each at Segamat for violating the curfew at Bukit Siput resettlement village. Two youths, who were arrested with them, were admonished and discharged.
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    200 URGED HELP END CRISIS'
    112 5 200 URGED HELP END CRISIS' DRIGADIER C. S. Howard, Commanding Officer of 26th Gurkha Infantry Brigade in Johore, told about 200 Home Guards and their officers at a passing -out parade on Thursday that they must sup port and co-operate with thp security forces to bring the Emergency to an
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    Three years to pay
    75 5 A bankruptcy notice issued against a judgment debtor, N. Hamid Sultan, was set j aside by Mr. Justice Brown In the Singapore Hight Court yesterday. The judgment debt amounted to $3,200. Sultan told the court that he had come to settlement with the judgment creditor, who
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    Boy made sudden, fatal U-turn
    142 5 A 14-YEAR-OLD schoolboy cyclist, Tan Heng Suan, made a sudden U-turn into the path of an oncoming car and was fatally injured, the Singapore Coroner. Mr. Choor Singh, was told yesterday Tan died in hospital from a fractured skull later the I same day— June
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    Sate baffled the burglars
    53 5 PENANG, Fri. BIRGLARS unsuccessfully tried to open a safe in the East Asiatic Company's office at Weld Quay yesterday. Police said they left marks on the safe door. Nothing was stolen. Thieves took a spare wheel and tyre from a car parked at the foot of
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    Flag Officer in Penang
    72 5 PENANG. Fri.— The Indian cruiser, Deflhi flred a 15-gun salute in Penang today, when the Actinp Resident Commissioner. Mr. N. Ward, left after an official call en Rear Admiral N. V. Dickinson, Ka* Oißcer (Flotilla) Indian.Navy The D?lhj arrived this morntrw v .}.h two destroyers. Rajput
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    'Money must not hold up scheme'
    284 5 MR. NICOLL TOURS BEDOK ni RING a one-and-half hour tour of the Bedok resettlement site yesterday, the Governor, Mr. J. F. Nicoll, was mainly concerned that the Land Office scheme would not be held up by lack of funds. I-Ip o clroH fhroo rtffls*!
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    PROMOTED
    29 5 TAIPING, Fri.— Mr. Urn Seang Kwee, of the District Office, has been promoted Office Assistant, Registry of Titles, Perak, in place of Mr. A. Thambipillay, who has retired.
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    23 5 AIIS3 TLiNG PEI VVAH, of Singapore, on arrival at London Airport from the Colony on her way to Helsinki for the Olympic Games.
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    Death of Mr. W. Shearer
    46 5 IPOH. Fri.— News has been received in Ipoh of the death in London of Mr. William Shearer, chairman of the Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Co. Ltd. As a mark of respect, the offices of the company will be i closed tomorrow.
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    LEFT FOR INDIA
    23 5 SEOAMAT. Fri.— Dr. K. L. Verghese, District Medical and Health Officer, has left Sesamat for four months' holiday in India.
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    Union hits out at the Admiralty
    179 5 Union hits out at the Admiralty riE Singapore Admiralty Local Staff Union., in a letter on Wednesday to the Commodore Superintendent of the Naval Base, reiterated its claim for the same rates of pay, cost of living allowance and conditions of service as offered by the Singapore Government. The letter
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    Gaoled for bid to extort $1,000
    45 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Lim Ho Sai, 23, a special constable, who attempted to extort $1,000 from a Chinese by threatening to burn his house and shoot its 18 inmates, was today sentenced at Kuala Lumpur to 18 months' imprisonment.
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    NOT squatters, says the Governor
    77 5 THE Governor, Mr. J. F. Nicoll, said yesterday that the word squatter was often misused. When Mr. J. A. Harvey, the Commissioner of Lands, referred to people from the new Paya Lebar International Airport site, who were being resettled at Bedok, as squatters Mr. Nicoll
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    NOW THEY ALL ARE HAPPY
    101 5 NOW THEY ALL ARE HAPPY PENANG Fri. BOTH the management and the employees are pleased that they have reached a settlement, says a joint statement issued today by the Eastern Smelting Company and its workers' union. The statement records that negotiations were earned out in a "most amicable manner." Yesterday,
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    Singapore week-end diary
    318 5 BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY (Spore Branch) Appeal Week International Bazaar at Victoria Memorial Hall 11.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Opening by Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald 11.30 a.m. Mrs. W. W. I Yung in charge; Handicapped Children's Club outing at Katong Park 10 a.m to 12 noon. KIWI
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    51 6 VR LEE CHER HIAN. aged 65. twav peacefully on 11th Ju 1952 at n's residence 262 ■i Road leaving 3 sons. Ln Kuk Song. Lee Bak Chans and Lee P*k Hons. 2 daughters and S (■rand v i)'^rvn to mourn his lo^s. Funeral 11 a.m. on Sunday, 30th July
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    58 6 MES6RS. Harnson* and Cros- fie'ii iMi Lid. rogrrt to announce, thr death of Mr. W. B. Cruirk-' Kfvink. lntr Chnlrman of the; Company. wMch occurred sit th" WMtminit- r Hospital. London, on the 15th of July. As .t j mnrk of respect to the late Mr. i .ink. all
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    PERSONAL.
    25 6 "HIAWATHA". July 25th and I 27th. The Singapore Musical Shifty announce that bookings arc now open at Robinson's. TickPts »4 $3. $2. Tel. 7138.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., July 19, 1952. Sound Advice In Commons
    512 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., July 19, 1952. Sound Advice In Commons The advice which the Secretary of State for the Colonies gave in the House of Commons on Thursday night will not have the acceptance of everybody in Malaya, It was sound and sensible advice, nevertheless. It was given
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    The Languishing IMP
    303 6 It would be erroneous to read more into the statement by Dato Onn regarding the lack of leadership within the Independence of Malaya Party than that the IMP founder is seriously concerned with the situation. Date Onn himself is far from happy at the way in which
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    An Answer To The Tin Lies
    258 6 The value to the Malayan tin industry of efficient representation in the United States has been demonstrated by the speed with which the Director of the Malayan Tin Bureau in Washington has answered the report of the United States Senate Preparedness sub-committee. Mr. Meek
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    A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK
    689 6 A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK EARLY in December. 104a at) East India merchantman. the Royal Mary, sailed out from Bantam laden with spices. After passing through the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java, bound for the Cape of Good Hope, the i master. Captain William Mynors. sighted an uncharted island on the
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    47 6 Photo jraph by Hedda Morrison. I) YAK BOY AND FIGHTING COCK This is a valuable bird. Dy aks are enthusiastic cock fighters and take great care of their birds. The combs of the cocks are often trimme d, as in the case of the bird shown above.
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    As I was Saying
    1040 6  -  STOIC —by- MUCH HEAT, not ;TX electrical, seems to have been generated by the disclosure that $8,500 has been spent on laying a cable to the Colonial Secretary's bungalow so that he shall have the benefit of the stand-by generating set at Government House. Kobodv wishes
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      34 6 GERMAN PEN New Piston Filling System and Transparent Laige Quantity Ink Holding Reservoir PRICES: S«5O 7.50 EVERBRIGHT OPTICAL CO., 19 Chulia St. Singapore-I Penang Distributors ENC SENC MEDICAL CO. 8. Ah Qvee St.. Penang.
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    METERS ARE RELIABLE, SAYS WADDLE
    306 7 High or low voltage the difference is only 2 per cent J]LECTRIC meters cannot err by more than two per cent., regardless of how the voltage goes below or above normal, said the City Electrical Engineer, Mr. R. A. Waddle, yesterday. He was replying to
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    Smuggled into S'pore for $6,250
    208 7 3 MEN FALSIFIED IDENTITY rpHREE men were smuggled into Singapore for A $6,256 in December last year and then given identity cards, with false particulars, the Singapore Third District Judge, Mr. H. A. Forrer, was told The men Ahmad bin Mohamed. Asbam bin Yusoff, and
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    These 4 towns may join the blackoutparade
    93 7 These 4 towns may join the blackoutparade KUALA LIMPIR, Fri. rl lights may fail in Kuala Lumpur. Klang, Port Swettenham and: Seremban during the next two week-ends, the Central Elertritity Board warned today. The plant at Bangsar Power Station, overworked and at full capacity since the liberation, is in need
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    $788 i-m. in notes in circulation
    37 7 Nearly $788,500,000 worth j of currency notes were in i circulation in Malaya at the beginning of this month, according to the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo.
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    DEATH
    48 7 STEPHEN CHIA KIM HUAT. aged 89, passed away peacefully j on July 18th. 1952. at 445-D, 1 Upper Serangoon Road, leaving six i sons, six daughters, eight dau^nters-In-law. two sons-in-law, 67 grandchildren, three grand-daughters-ln-law. 17 grand-sons-in-law, 711 great-grandchildren, two great-gTand-sons-in-law and two great-great-grandchildren to mourn his los
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    Rent of room cut by $2
    59 7 Rent of room cut by $2 The rent of a room at Arunasalam Chitty Road, was reduced by the Singapore Rent Conciliation Board yesterday from $22 to $20 a month from July 1. The sub-tenant, Nar Singh Rai, a taxi driver, who applied for the reduction, said the building was
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    THE TWO TANS ARE ATTACKED
    134 7 THE TWO TANS ARE ATTACKED MR. M. P. D. Nair, City Councillor, yesterday attacked Mr. C. C. Tan, President of the Progressive Party and Dato Sir Chenglock Tan, President of the Malayan Chinese Association, for indulging in private quarrels at the expense of the Singapore squatters. In a statement, he
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    Visit to lab
    57 7 ritaSES YEO LIN AI, Maureen Chong and Goh Soon Phing, three of the students from the Post Certify ~t.. Class of St Andrew's School, Singapore, ma o visited the Malayan Laboratory in Gilstead Road, yesterday. The students were shown around by Dr. F. C. B. Marshall, of
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    Hong Kong probe
    45 7 The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. said M the House I of Commons yesterday, that I investigations were being j made to determine whether Kai Tak Airfield, at Hong Kong, could be adapted for use by Comet aircraft.
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    Driver aids hold-up victim and saves 5750
    131 7 Driver aids hold-up victim and saves 5750 pROMPT assistance by a lorry driver saved a Chinese bill collector of a Singapore tobacco company from being robbed of $750 yesterday in Hereford Road in the Newton area. The collector put up a fight with one of two Chinese who tried to
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    Children's Hour
    22 7 Recorded highlights of the Inter-School Sports in Singapore on Wednesday will be included in Radio Malaya's Children's Hour this evening.
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    Chettiar gift
    18 7 The Chettiars' (Nattukkottai) Chamber of Commerce. Singapore, has given $25 to the British Red Cress Society.
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    Police change
    42 7 Kuala Lumpur. Fri.— lnche Talif bin Lisut, officer in charge of crimes. Selangor. will leave Kuala Lumpur next week to take up th e post of Deputy Chief Police Officer. Trengganu. He will *c succeeded by Mr. D. McCorkell, A.S.P.
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    COFFEE, MELON SEEDS & SONGS -A TEST CASE FAILS
    365 7 COFFEE, MELON SEEDS SONGS -A TEST CASE FAILS PENANG, Fn. »pHE Crown Counsel. Mr C. M. Sheridan, gavb notice of appeal today after the Penang Sessions Court President, Mr. B. G. Smith, had acquitted Khoo Joo Tiang, manager of the New Amusement Cafe in the Great World Park, on two
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    Dead baby on beach
    82 7 While strolling along the beach opposite the Ocean Park Hotel. Siglap, on June 7 Foo Tee Tdng, a kitchen hand employed at the hotel. found a brown paper package containing the dead body o' a baby girl, it was disclosed at an inquest yesterday. Medical evidence
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    AEROMODELLERS MEETING
    21 7 A general meeting of the Singapore Aeromodellers' Society will be held today at 27. Margoliouth Road, at 5 p.m.
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    Kiwi's dance
    25 7 Th e Kiwi Members' League will hold its fifth anniversary dance at the Adelphi Roof Garden tonight. Tickets are obtalnab'.3 at the door.
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    Ship for 1,000 carried 72
    48 7 THE 12,800-ton trooper Dunera, with troopd>ek and cabin accommodation for 1.605 passengers, arrived in Singapore yesterday from Southampton with only 72 passengers. Of these, two were picked up in Suez and another two in Colombo. The Dunera has a total crew of 281.
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    HALF BOTTLE OF BRANDY FOR MOTHER
    325 7 HALF BOTTLE OF BRANDY FOR MOTHER 'Sometimes,' she tells court \M OTHER of a Radio Malaya announcer said in cross-examination in Singapore First Police Court yesterday that she "sometimes drank half a bottle of brandy at a time. The woman, Annammal, aged 50, mother of Dcvi Edwards, accused ncr son-in-law,
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    Addict ends day-to-day existence
    105 7 A WEEK after an opium smoker complained that he was living a hand-to mouth existence on his daily earnings of $3.10, l.'.s body was found floating in the sea off the Esplanade, the Assistant Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing. was told yesterday. We e Choo Lang,
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    10 members fly solo
    74 7 Ten members of the Royal Singapore Flying Club made their first solo flights between February and June this year. They are W. S. Stredwick, E. N. Reynolds. J. H. E. Fiak, j D. R. Hughes. D. M. Newman, Thomas Yee Teck Soh, F. V. Nolan, J.
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    Labour to fight in five wards
    209 7 Labour to fight in five wards T*HE Singapore Labour Party general council will meet on Wednesday to fix a date for the nomination of candidates for the December City Council elections. The Party's secretary, Mr. D. Stevens, said yesterday that only six members had applied for nomination More applications are
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    200 at Red Cross ball
    70 7 About 200 people last nieht attended the British Red Cross Appeal gala ball at the home of Mr. Charles Pow, manager of the Mercantile Bank, in Chatsworth Roai, Singapore. The ba'l was organised to raise funds for the British Red Cross Handicapped and Disabled Children's
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    96 houses planned for kampong fire victims
    213 8 $370,000 PROJECT FOR HOMELESS SINGAPORE Joint Relief Organisation yesterday said that 96 artisan quarters would be built in Kolam Ayer Road within six months for victims of the Kamponf Bugis fire. Presiding at a meeting or the organisation's finance and building committees yesterday,
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    24 8 MRS. O. A. SPENCER, wife of the Member for Economic Affairs, turns on the main switch to inaugurate the electricity supply for Kuala Selangor.
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    Pilot hurt in 30ft. fall
    68 8 A Singapore Harbour Board pilot. Captain E. Titmouth, was X-rayed yesterday In the General Hospital for fractures after a 3Q-foot fall from his house in Tanglin Road early in the morning. Captain Titmouth is believed to have slipped in the dark and fallen out of
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    Union to appeal for members
    44 8 The first meeting of the executive committee of the Singapore Government Junior Staff Union will be held at 2. p.m. today. Tne committee will make an appeal to all junior staff of the Colony Government to jcin the unicn.
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    10 cwt. overload cost them $240
    41 8 PARIT BUNTAR, Fri.-For carrying 10 cwt excess in his lorry. Tan Ah Soon, the driver, was fined Sl2O at Bagan Serai. The owners cf the lorry, Chop Thye Chuan, were also fined $120 for it.
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    TODDY CHARGE
    46 8 TELUK ANSON, Fri. Gopal was charged at Teluk Anson with illegal possession of a jar containing three gallons and seven pints of fermented toddy at Flemington Estate on July 14. The case w as postponed to Aug 15 and bail of $250 was allowed.
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    Hit police by mistake
    75 8 PENANG. Fri— A Malay lorry attendant, Yusoff bin Musa. who said he accidentally struck an extra police I constable while trying to ward off a blow was acquitted in the Penang Magistrate's Court today. Yusoff, charged with assault, said he was handcuffed and taken to a
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    Slept in court
    35 8 PARIT BUNTAR, Fri.i Singgaran, who was found sleeping in the court house ial 12.30 a.m. on July 9. was I charged at Bagan Serai wlMi having committed wilful trespass and fined $10.
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    CID holds man in trade fair petition case
    81 8 SINGAPORE police yesterday detained Ahmad bin Muhamed Yatim, described as a broker, in connection with a petition sent to the City Council asking for the conversion of a trade fair in Changi into an amusement park. Police allege that the petition contained
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    Sikh union officials
    68 8 SEREMBAN, Fri. Officebearers of the Negri Sembilan Sikh Union are:— President. Mr. Hardham Singh; vice-president, Mr. Harchan 1 Singh GUI; secretary, Mr. B. Ka'tar Singh; asst. secretary, Mr. S. Gurpal Singh: treasurer, Mr. Arjan Singh Gill; sports secretary, Mr. Santokh Singh social secretary. Mr. BhaJ Singh; librarian,
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      327 8 The Straits Times Crossword ~7~ "~4~ 5 j 6 7 8 1 N l|_L_Z I I I I il I I I iH 2l ~i~__tfy bias" 2f> SSSS ~29~ ACROSS (4). 1. Keep in a state of anxiety (4. 9. Sail In, too (auag.) (9). 2. 8). 14. Races with
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      SQUATTERS- "EXTENDING LIKE A CANCER'
      369 9 SQUATTERS "EXTENDING LIKE A CANCER' rIE extensive illicit occupation of Crown and private land originated in the troublous years of the last war. It was a form of theft, albeit a subtle one, and should have been rigorously suppressed with the return of effective gov- 'eminent. But it was not.
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      What the blackouts all boil down to
      473 9 FjWEN at the risk of making Mr. McNeice tired once again of seeing letters J in the Press about blackouts, I should like to assure him that there is nothing more infuriating than to read his suggestion that people should use fewer lights
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      BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
      89 9 MR McNEICE'S suggestions regarding the saving of I electricity in this Colony are driving everyone nuts. Since the beginning of this blackout business in our modern city I have usually had my meal around 6 p.m., but even 1 this new habit of mine
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      ALARMED BY A REPLY IN COUNCIL
      282 9 ALARMED BY A REPLY IN COUNCIL HpHE irresponsibility of Mr. McNeice's attitude, as shown by his statement reported by you on July 16 on the electricity situation, is quite alarming. His reply to Mr. Fergusson's remark concerning the completion of the new power :tation. that he did not tnink any
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      FAITH IN THE CITY LIGHTS
      128 9 IT seems that Mr. Blythe. the Colonial Secretary, has -as much faith in the ability of the City authorities in Singapore to supply him with electricity as has the average citizen. But, unlike the average citizen, he is apparently in a position to have taxpayers'
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      Five Malays in the promised land
      278 9 IN last Saturday's Straits Times a report from Darwin referred to five Malays sentenced to six months' imprisonment for illegally using a motor car. Readers will agree no doubt that the learned magistrate was within his rights in passing this deterrent sentence. But for
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      New men for the Labour Deprrtment
      344 9 A NUMBER of Chinese and Indian Labour Officers were recently recruited by the Government. There was a simultaneous recruitment of Senior Co-operative Officers and Junior Customs Officers. These appointments had been vacant for a considerable period. The qualification originally required was a degree from
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      PENSIONABLE ALONE TO BENEFIT
      95 9 PENSIONABLE ALONE TO BENEFIT rpHE st.p taken by thp X Government to merge cost of Uving allowances with salaries, w.thout addition to the present total emoluments, will net solve the present problem at all. H will beieflt those on the pensionable establishment only. B y tile introduction of a provident
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      SELF-HELP IS BEST HELP
      102 9 SELF-HELP IS BEST HELP MR. Jag- jit Singh appears to be scanning the horizon for someone to come and put matters right for him in Malaya when he suggest* Sikh regiments from India. Those who are really desirous of hedping us to get rid of the Red menace are doing
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      A WELFARE DEPT. APPOINTMENT
      78 9 FLs astonishing that our City Fathers have neglected a Straits candidate who holds the highest English qualification among the 33 applicants for the post of Lady Welfare Officer. Why should such a post be given to an outsider? Can the City Fathers explain the iituation? The
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      THE DRIVING TEST QUEUE
      80 9 rpHERE are more than 4.000 L learner drivers waiting to be tested for their licences, and it will be months before a learnei gets his turn. There are man v cases of owners of vehicf.es and holders of expired licences who are unable to use their
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      THE RAILWAY DRIVER
      208 9 THE statements made about Malayan Railway drivers by "FaJrplay" in a letter last month are a distortion of facts and unfounded. A cautious driver is one who adheres to the speed limits and restrictions in known bad areas. I have never encouraged a snail crawl," but it
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      Electric cable flashes
      196 9 < the Singapore Legislative Councillors, especially the elected ones, in giving the green light to the link-up of Mr. Blythc's residence to the Government House generating set. I hope the Councillors will vote away another few thousand dollars for similar link-ups to their own homes. It's about
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    SHARP RISE IN H.K. BANK SHARES
    477 10 "THE main feature cf the S.ngapore Share Market yesterday was a sharp rise in Hongkong and Shanghai Bank shares, buyers advancing by $25 to $755 and seller? by $35 to $775 cum dividend. The rise vas connected with rumours current in Singapore during market
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    New York price
    20 10 yo i R.s.s ertifs^: Wtdifsdiy's Thi*" r'o ln«r c'rs'm: 10.40 »nd 20.30 tr»««l 30.10 ♦raded Ton*: Easier.
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    Continued activity in tins
    333 10 Laruts 16/3 Liiwii: 2.06 London Tin 5/9 Lower Perak 12/Luicut 63 Ma.avan Tin 20 lam 1/3 Mural 1.40 Pahang 15/9 PaUani :/3 PengKalen 7/l» Peta:inu 6.47 Puket 5/M Pun?ah 19/6 RahminHyd. 2.10 Rambutan 13/Rantau 4.50 RaubGoId 2.45 RawannTin 10/3 Rawang Con 47/6 Rtunng 6 Renon? Con.
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    H.K. rvrHAN<Jfr
    66 10 H.K. r vrHAN&lt; Jfr HONO KONG. Fri Free market curren'-v exchange of Hong K3ng dollars wps ouo'pci .v, ~'o-~ *rylo- -o follow*!- US" H*CS&lt;5 46*8 'c-sh&gt;: HK'fi.s"7 (T.T.&gt;: c HK«IS 78 Onn tael l» goM HKs29&lt;?3B. Ra'p.s tot Hon&lt;? Kong floors were quit-d &gt;wtard«f bT the Mi'avan Ev^-'-p Banks 1
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    Another f-cent drop on quiet rubber market
    160 10 Prom Our Market Correspondent CJINGAPOP*: Rubber Market experienced another quiet day yesterday, a loss of 3 i of a cent being registered on August first grade which closed at 88V 4 cents a lb. The market, which followed the endency tha' has been
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    101 10 THE copra m"rket was sightly 1 easier yesterday, with buyers i! $26 a picul f.o.b. and sellers $264. Coconut oil was $41 "2 Vmr CrS On° the Produce Exchange white Muntok pepper was down by »5 to $575 a picul se lnrs exKodown. Sarawak wa 5 $570 ana
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    Higher wage rate 'shock' to Australian market
    256 10 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE. F I. JNVESTMENTS had an Irregular market in Melbourne and Sydney tcdav and at the close cf trpcl'mg p:ices seemed to be deve'op^ng a new downward t end The latest basic wage shook was not known by the
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    TIN: *****/2 A PICUL
    12 10 SiNGAPOP.E. Fri. July 18.—5489.50 a picul (down $1.25).
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    SHIPPING
    68 10 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns or expected there at 7 a.m. today are: 1/2 Glentvle: 4/5 Ruys: 6/7 Modjokerto: B '9 Mandeville: 11 Plitar: 13/14 Walru: 15 16 Asakaze Maru: 1» Sarpedon; ■9 :0 Beaton?: 21/22 Kimanis. 23/24 Maron. 25/26 Laxak; 27/28 Mombassa. ■&gt;9 30 Okh'.a: 31/32
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    ENGLAND 292 FOR 7 IN THE RAIN
    727 11 Wicket will not get any better MANCHESTER, Friday. ENGLAND took their first innings score to 292 for seven wickets at the close of play today, second day of the third Test match against IIndiaa a score that is better than it looks. With
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    Hockey meeting
    53 11 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Hockey Association will be held at the Singapore Recreation Club on Tuesday, July 29 at 5.15 p.m. The 34 affiliates of the Association are informed that the convenors' meeting to arrange for fixtures will be held at S.R.C. on Aug 6
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    Scoreboard
    78 11 ENGLAND— Ist INNINGS Hotton c Sen m Diveeha 104 Sheppard Ibw Ramchand 34 Ikin c Divecha b G. Ahmad 29 May c Sen b Mankad 69 Graveney Ibw Dtveeha 1* VTatkins c Phadkar b Mankad 4 Evans not oat 35 Laker c Sen b Divecha 0 Extras S Total
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    Surrey lose, Yorkshire win easily
    224 11 LONDON. Fri. SURREY, with four players engaged in the Test match, fared badly in the match against Lancashire at the Oval and lost by an -innings, Yorkshire won their match against Warwickshire and so narrowed the gap between them and the leaders. Surrey, in the
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    S.A.F.A. FETES COACH PATES
    92 11 Mr. R. B. I. Pates. Singapore A.F.A. honorary coach, who will leave for England next Saturday on long leave, was given a larcwell dinner by SAJ.A. at the Great World yesterday. While in England, Mr. Pates will try to arrange for an English 1 professional 'Bl'B
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    Malaya Cup tie
    46 11 I IPOH. Fri.— The Malaya Cup soccer match between Perak and Penang scheduled to be played In Penang on Saturday. Aug. 9. has been postponed at the request of Penang. The game will be played on the following Saturday. Aug. 16 at Penang.
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    MINE SQUADRON SWEEP TO 4-0 WIN
    149 11 1&gt; N. Mine Sweeping Squadron *complete!y outclassed Jollilads in their SAFA Junior Cup tie at CYMA ground yesterday and won by 4-0. Jollilads offered some opposition in the first half but completely faded away in the second, and allowed the Navy to score almost
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    National China quits Games REDS IN
    293 11 National China quits Games REDS IN HELSINKI. Fri. RATIONALIST China last nieht announced it Is withdrawing from the Olympic Games, angered by the International Olympic Committee's decision that both Communist and Nationalist athletes shall be admitted. Notice of withdrawal was given by Mr. Gunson Hoh. representative of the Nationalist Chinese
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    AND REDS OUT
    37 11 HELSINKI.'*!-!. &lt;— The Internatlortai Olrmnic Committee, lh a sud ien swit-h fro.n the stand it took yestfrday. refused Jp4a I. to permit tfwnmWifct fcst'oM' many to cqpyMt? in the v 49$&gt;i Olympic Games opening tomorrow.
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    54 11 Singapore's Olympic team on arrival in London by air on Friday, July 11. Picture, which excludes weightlifter Thong Saw Pak who has been in Belfast for the past two years, shows Lon bin Mohd Noor. Pel Wan, bf. E. Strickland (manager) Chay Weng Tew, Neo Chwee Kok and Kee Soon
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    Junior cricket is in a muddle
    452 11 By Our Cricket Reporter rpHE Singapore Cricket Association's Junior Tournament which it was hoped would this year be the most successful since its inception has proved a positive disappointment to everyone interested in cricket. It is the subject of great condemnation by S.C.A. officials
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    A record if Tulyar wins
    157 11 LONDON. Fri. AN international field of IS horses from Britain, Prance and Germany will contest the richest prise in British racing— the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes over lVz miles— at Ascot tomorrow. Total prize money for the race is £27.650. Favourite is
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    Easy win for OTEC, HK Bank
    58 11 Better combination enabled O.TiC. "A" to beat M.P.H. 6-1 in a B.H.F.A. League and Cup match at River Valley Road ground yesterday. Scorers: for O.T.E.C.— T. Misson (2), Yuaoff and Md Salleh. Jumat for M.P.H. In another League and Cup match, at Farr-r Park
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    USL results
    33 11 Yestwday's Singapore United Services League soccer results: Senior Div.— R.E.M.E 5, R.A.F. Seletar 0: Junior Div.— R.A.F Se'etar 2, R.E.M.E. 1: R.A.F. Tehgah 441 B.AX&gt;. 1; R.A.F. (M.U. 1 R.A.P.C. 0.
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    Sports Diary
    86 11 TODAY ATHLETICS SINGAPORE A.A.A. championships, J. Brsar sUdium, 2.30 p.m.; Boys Brigade annual sports, Victoria School. 2.20; Anglo-Chin.^ Cont. School sports, Rangoon Road, 2 p.m. SOCCER BUSINESS HOUSES; Ford S.C. v East Asiatic, Police (round: Rotterdam T.C. v Bata S.C. at Fairer Park. TENNIS SINGAPORE championships, YJH.C.A. from
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      29 11 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAT: High 1007 hrs. (7.8 ft) and 2046 &lt;8.8): Low 0311 il.9i and 1513 (5.8. TOMORKOW: 1055 i8.li and 2139 '9.1 1 0MS IS) and 1606 5.7)
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    One record but few thrills in SAAA meet
    1112 12 One record but few thrills in SAAA meet BUT IT SHOULD BE BETTER TODAY By Our Athletics Reporter HANDFUL OF spectators at Jalan jßesar Stadium yesterday had to be satisfied with small mercies in the first day's competition in the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's annual championship meeting. They had to
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    HIGHER STAKES fOR SINGAPORE T.C. CUP RACES
    122 12 SINGAPORE Turf Club's 1952 Stagers' Cup (194 -miles) at Bokit Timah in Nerember will carry $8,000 In stakes— S3.*M more than did the corresponding race last year. There wi 1 be a similar wee lor Claw Z stayers at the same meeting. Last
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    Seven entries —race off
    137 12 PENANG. Fri. rr\HE I\i -mile race for Class X Two stayers on the last day of the Penang Gold Cup meeting has been cancelled. Only seven horses have been entered for this race and they will be included in the B'ifur. event Instead. Amended schedule: First
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    S'gor will miss star players
    86 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— lnability j of players obtaining leave Is the I reason for Selangor's poor entry for this year's Malayan badminton j championships. The State's Thomas Cup probables had more than two oeeks le&lt;«ve when undergoing special training at Singapore and are unable to
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    2 Fijians clock 9.8 for 100 yds.
    288 12 2 Fijians clock 9.8 for 100 yds. SEREMBAN, Fri. THE 100 yards in less than 10 seconds was recorded at an official meeting in Malaya for the first time yesterday when two Fijians clocked 9.Bsec. in the heats of the 100 yards on the first day of the Negrt Seinbilan
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    CSC XI v SCC
    60 12 The Singapore Cricket Club will meet Ceylon Sports Club at cricket on the Padang tomorrow at 11 am. The CSC. team is: C. Thuraisingham (capt.), 8. Vellupillai. H. Perera. S. Devadas. S. D. Williams. S. Yogarajah, V. B. Sabapathy. S. Nagalah. S. K. Sundram. K. S.
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    Massed start of 25 M'cycles in Grand Prix
    266 12 Massed start of 25 M'cycles in Grand Prix A massed start of 25 motor- cycles in the "Under 350 c.c." class race at the Johore Grand Prix meeting on Aug. 3 will provide a spectacle not hitherto seen iv Malayan motor sport. At a special committee meeting of the Singapore
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    Taiping boy vaults 11 feet for record
    293 12 IPOH. Fri. (CLEARING 11 feet In the pole vsult final. Taiping schoolboy Cyril Pereira shattered a 13-year-old Perak state record on the first day of the Perak athletic championships at Ipoh today. Pereira beat W. P. Shanta's record of 10ft. lOin. set in
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    Eleven new marks at Johore AAA
    680 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. ELEVEN State records were established at the fourth State annual athletic championships which ended here today. Seventeen year old Ong Soon Kheng, of Batu Pahat, holder of the 100 yards, long Jump and high Jump events for women, today won these
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    OLYMPIC FUND IS CLOSED
    56 12 The S.O.S.C. Olympic Fund has closed at $33,986.81 according to the latest statement of Mr. G. H. Kiat, chairman of the S.O.S.C. Finance Committee The latest list is: Amount already acknowledged $33,129.81 Singapore Amateur Athletic Asso. 25.00 Mr Lim Kok Jin 300.00 Staff of N.A.A.F.I. 62.00
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    Olympic record
    30 12 HELSINKI. Fri— A record number of 5,870 competitors (5,297 men and 573 women) entered the 1952 Olympic Games at Helsinki, beating the 1948 London record by I,764.— Reuter.
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    MONDAY'S CLARKE CUP SOCCER
    77 12 The team to represent the Singapore Recreation Club against the Singapore Cricket Club in the annual soccer match for the Clarke Shield, to be played on the SCC. padang on Monday, will be chosen from the following: J. de Silva, P. Carrol, R. Mosbergen. A. de
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    FRASER & NEAVE CLINCH TITLE WITH 7-1 WIN
    339 12 FRASER NEAVE CLINCH TITLE WITH 7-1 WIN F. and N 7; Sime Darby L yESTERDAY Fraser and Neave had to win; victory x meant the Singapore Business Houses F.A. Div. 1 championship while defeat (or even a draw) the poor consolation of third place. But win they did and handsomely
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    SBA to hold elimination tomorrow
    215 12 rPHE Singapore Badminton Asso- elation met last night to draw up the elimination rounds for their entrants to this year's Malayan Association c' mplonshlps which will be held in Singapore during the August holidays. Each State may send in only four competitors for each event
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    Cletus triumphs in PWD 880
    86 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Cletus Gomez, the crack quarter-miler from Perak, today ran a great race In the Malayan PWD meet's 830. Gomez won in 2min. 13.4 sec beating R. Ganesan's (Malacca) record of 2miii. 15.8 sec. in 1051. Thevan. also of Perak, finished a game
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    Bankers survive another round
    80 12 Chartered Bank survived another round in the Singapore Business Houses F.A. League and Cup competition by defeating Pulo Bukom 3-0 on the Padang yesterday. Bukom have only themselves to blame for defeat. They had a fair share of the exchanges but wasted chances by the dozen.
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    SER IN FINAL
    20 12 In a Caldbeck Sup soccer semifinal at Alexandra yesterday, S.E.R. beat R.A.S.C. (Supply Group) 1-0. Kennedy scored.
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    Rovers Jnr. held
    38 12 In a S.A.F.A. Junior Cup-tie at Geylanjt Stadium yesterday, Rovers Junior and H.M. Dockyard drew 2—2.2 2. Chan Mun scored both the goals for Dockyard while S. A. Rahman and Mahesa scored for Rovers Junior.
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