The Straits Times, 23 October 1951

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER ZS, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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  • 198 1 Police throw cordon round K.L. TEN MEN OF WEST ZENTS KILLED KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. ALL traffic into Kuala Lumpur was stopped tonight for checking after a battle on New Caledonia Estate, Batu Arang, this morning m which ten men of the Royal West Kents were
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  • 47 1 MR. A. R. Smee, Road Consultant to the British Rubber Development Board arrived m Singapore yesterday by air from London on a week's visit. During; his stay here— he will supervise the construction of an experimental rubber strip m Mountbatten Road. Kuala Lumpur
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  • 48 1 HONG KONG, Mon.— Sir Arthur Morse, chairman and chief manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, returned to the Colony today from leave m Britain aboard the liner Canton. The Commissioner of Police Mr. D. W. Macintosh, also returned m the same ship. —Reuter.
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  • 22 1 BLENBROOK, Nevada, Mon. -British-born film star Ida Lupino, 3?, and actor Howard Duff, 36, were married last night.— AP.
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  • 188 1 Talking again in Korea TOKYO, Mon. KOREAN truce talks are expected to resume tomorrow or Wednesday. Liaison officers today completed an agreement for reop negotiations after a two-month break. The United Nations Command promptly ratified it. If the Communists approve it today, armistice talks will reopen at 11 a.m. tomorrow.
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  • 27 1 YORK. Mon.—Fortyol Russian furs I ;it bark to Stockholm m ii" today because work«i, nad refused to unload tli m m N<av York. Reuter,
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  • 68 1 TOR fO, Mon. The I'niti-d Nations has used Korea as a testing ground fur new infantry rockets, th British forces Commander. Lt. Gen. Sir Horace Robertson, revealed here today. In a brief reference at a farewell press conference, before he returned to Australia, the
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  • 28 1 CALIFORNIA, 72-foot American three-masted schooner. <r rived m .Singapore yesterday from Indonesia on a four-year round the wor Id cruise. Straits Times pict ure.
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  • 257 1 MIGUNOV MEETS 30 TRADERS then leaves MR. Migunov, head of the Russian delegation to the recent ECAFE conference m Singapore has left for HongKong en route for Peking and Moscow. Before he left he had a meeting with about 30 representatives of the Colony's Chambers of Commerce, at which, he
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  • 55 1 V oting week weather LONDON. Mon. CNOW and sleet fell m some v parts of Britain during the night.- London had Its lowest temperature for six months The snow fell mostly m East Scotland, turning to sleet down the east coast of England. The rest of the country had ram
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  • 24 1 RANGOON, Mon.— The Burmese Government today ordered the representative of Ho Chi Minn to leave Burma with his staff— A.A.P
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  • 33 1 VERDUN, Mon. Two men lit a fire to cook their lunch and exploded a shell on the First world War battlefield here. One was killed and the other seriously injured.— Reuter.
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  • 310 1 Romantic? No, hard work pOl'R bronzed and fit California ns who have been sailing round the world for four years, brought their 12-foot, three-masted schooner, California, into Singapore early yesterday. They are 27-year-old Ward Vickers (the legal Master) Yvor Smltter. Art Teets
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  • 39 1 TOKYO, Mon. Japanese salvage teams will search the waters off the southeastern coast of Japan next spring to find and raise the 65,000- ton aircraft carrier, Shinano, sunk by th» Allies m World War Two.— Reuter.
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  • 46 1 SINGAPORE police have de talned a man In connection with the shooting of Wu Kal Men. a 27-year-old picture framer. Wu was shot dead by one of two Chinese gunmen as he was standing outside his house m New Bridge Road on Bund»y.
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  • 23 1 TOKYO. Mon. British Commonwealth forces are expected to retain bases In Japan after ratification of the San Francisco treaty. Reuter.
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  • 111 1 LAS VEGAS Mon. THE U.S. Atomic Energy Commission announced that It today set off a nuclear explosion at its Yucca Flats test site. But It was not visible Nor was it felt In Las Vegas. 75 miles away. I The explosion caire Just as a bright
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  • 122 1 The treaty move wrong, saysShahrir J/KARTA. Mon. CUTAN Shahrlr, former Indonesian Socialist leader and former Premier, today condemned Egypt for unilaterally breaking the AngloEgyptian treaty. He said he believed Indonesia could consequently not support Egypt when the issue goes before the United Nations General Assembly. Mr. Shahrlr said he realised
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  • 54 1 TAIPEH, Mon. SERIES of tremors rocked the island of FormoM this morning. The first quake, lasting a little more than one minute, was at 5.34 a.m. Awakened by the quake, residents m Taipeh jumped from their beds and dashed out into the rainswept streets. A series of
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  • 38 1 STOCKHOLM. Mon.— Three Polish sailors berthed the Polish trawler Arka-114 In Kalmar port yesterday and asked for political asylum In Sweden. A fourth member of the crew asked to be returned to Poland— A.P.
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  • 36 1 HALIFAX, Mon. Rescue planes yesterday abandoned the search for a United States air force strato frelßhter which disappeared last Monday with 11 men aboard on her way from the Azores to Westover Field. Massachusetts—Reuter.
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  • 21 1 MELBOURNE, Mon. The first two British Centurian tanks for the Australian Army have been landed at Port Melbourne. A.P.
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  • 109 1 RADIO Malaya will on Friday bring listeners up-to-the-minute result* of the General Election m Britain. Transmission will open on 41 metres, short wave, and 484 metres on medium wave at 8 ajn., and there, will be a relay of the General Overseas Service
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  • 298 1 British jets keep watch on troop movements CAIRO, Monday. HGYPT is preparing general mobilisation to put the country on a war footing. Parliament will get a Bill soon calling for a rallying of manpower for military and industrial production. Britain was today accused by Egypt of
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  • 396 1 Villages join hunt for killers RAUB, Mon. THE people of Raub have joined mi n the hunt for Sir Henry Gurney's killers. Today 250 home guurds from all ihe kampongs tbok their places with Gurkhas and the police m the "front line." For the first time m the Emergency, home
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  • 279 2 REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF \INE people were killed and 16 seriously injured when part of the roof of a church In Buenos Aires collapsed during; Mass. THE "VOICE OP AMERICA" charged on Sunday that the Soviet Union had failed to account for three million prisoners from the
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  • 45 2 NEW DELHI. Mon—Premier Thakin Nu of Burma arrived m New Delhi yesterday for two-day consultations with Mr. Nehru. He told reporters the question of the Japanese Peace Treaty would be among those discussed. Neither Burma nor India signed the treaty. A.P.
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  • 139 2 FRED SEEKS JUSTICE FOR HUSBANDS LONDON, Monday. BRITAIN'S champion of unhappy husbands, 37-year-old Fred Wormull, hopes soon to bring nearer to reality "justice for married men". Fred, a dance band* accordionist, founded the Married Men's Association m 1949. Its motto is "Justice for Husbands". Fred will send 200 letters he
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  • 55 2 KALIMPONG West Bengal, Mon. OTHE Chinese army m Tibet x yesterday tightened security measures following the appearance of antl-Commun-lst posters m Lhasa. The posters denounced Communism as an enemy of religion Units of the Chinese Communist army entered Lhasa recently, following an agreement between the
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  • 29 2 TOKYO. Mon.— The Uniteci States assistant Defence Secretary, Mrs. Anne Rosenberg, arrived In Tdkyo this mornIng to study manpower problems conected with American defence.— Reuter- AAP.
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  • 145 2 Love blooms again after 55 years CHICAGO, Mon. A ROMANCE which withered 55 years ago m Scotland bloomed afresh m Chicago yesterday. Mr. Alexander Balrd, aged* 75, who arrived from Glasgow on Saturday to meet Miss Ann Millar, also 75 of Chicago said: "We will be married at last." Mr.
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  • 36 2 SAIGON, Mon.— Gen. Lawton Collins, UJS. Army Chief of Staff, arrived at Saigon airport today. He was welcomed by Gen. de Lattre de Tassigny, French High Commissioner and C-in-C In Indo-China AFP.
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  • 35 2 NEW YORK, Mon. Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq, the Persian Prime Minister, had received a message from the Shah congratulating him on his success m the oil dispute and expressing hLs appreciation of his efforts.— Reuter.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 610 2 NO HUES TENDER Tenders are Invited for the erecCn of a new three storeyed school Mdlng at San Shan School. So■hia Road. Singapore, for the fciikapore Foochow Association. Plans and specification can be •bt.-ilned from the office of Mr. Chan Kul Chuan. Structural Si Civil Engineer. Nos. 40C 40D Sse
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    • 484 2 NOTICES NATURALISATION Notice is hereby given that YEO THIAN KIEW, of 16A, Ouan Chuan Street. Singapore. 3, Is applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send*a written and signed statement of the facts to the Colonial
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 223 2 Today's Radio S PORE 9.3J ajn. Schools; 9.55 Interlude; 10 10.10 News from Kl.; 10.45— 12 Schools; 1 p.m. Light Music; 1.30 News; 1.45 Dance Music; 2—2.50 Schools: 6.15 "Pour Stars and a Starlet te"; 630 "UN. Album" 6.40 Radio Malaya Trio; 6.55 Announcements; 7 News; 7.12 "Can I Help
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  • 418 3 Egypt plans to withdraw labour from Canal zone BRITISH NOTE ON INTERVENTION REJECTED CAIRO, Monday. THE Egyptian Social Affairs Minister, Abdel Fattah Hassan, is expected to announce plans for the withdrawal of 60,000 Egyptian labourers working for the British forces m the ('anal znne m accordance with his Government's "non-co-operation"
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  • 145 3 FIVE-DAY STORM KILLS 100 PEOPLE ROME, Mon. MORE than 100 people died m the worst storm m the Central Mediterranean area for irs, it was revealed here yesterday as first led reports tame m South Italy, Sicily and Sardinia. Thcv told of thousands of :id villages; devastated dm of rain,
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  • 77 3 NEW YORK. Mon. /•HARLES E. DAVIES, a Negro convicted of espionage m Switzerland, where he said that he gave information to Senator Joseph McCarthy, was questioned for four hours m New York last night by a Senate sub-committee. Davis told a Swiss court th.it he spied on
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  • 57 3 U.S.- Jap trade pact soon TOKYO, Mon Negotiations for a commerce and lion agreement betw en the United States and J? )an. which will be concluded when the rvace treaty into forco. nre to start soon. Foreign Office circles snM today. draft treaty will be ed to SCAP this week
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  • 36 3 JAKARTA. Mon. The Ind< Indian Government may send a diplomatic goodwill mission to South America c uly next year to discuss the establishment of diplomatic rotations between the Republic and Latin American coun- AFP.
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    55 3 NO MOKE TROUBLE aDout your body line. Your slimness is guaranteed if only you allow yourself lo be treated by this new electric fat and wrinkles remover— the 'Nemectron' an invention of the Austrian scientist. Dr. Nemetz, just installed m Vienna. Photo shows the new machine
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  • 74 3 Big Three to resist 'invasion BERLIN. Mon. ]y|AJOR- GENERAL Mathewson, American commandant m Berlin, announced yesterday that Britsh and French authorities here would back any American counter measures against the "illegal" East German occupation of Steinstuecken. Steinstuecken. a small West Berlin enclave separated from West Berlin proper by about one-mile
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  • 49 3 JAKARTA. Mon.—Confer- ences on making ECA aid to Indonesian agriculture effecI tive are being held here between Mr. Ray H. Davis, chief of the Far East Branch of I the Food and Agricultural Division of the ECA, and Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture officials.— A.P.
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  • 145 3 WASHINGTON, Monday. ITOE United States will have 8,500,000 out of a total 1 population of more than 151,000,000, engaged m defence production by the end of 1952, the Secretary of Labour, Mr. Maurice Tobin, said yesterday. In a booklet outlining the results of survey on
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  • 51 3 JAKARTA. Mon.—lndonesia's Labour Minister. Mr. Tedjasukmana. told a meeting of thp West Java branch of the left-wine Partai Buruh (Labour Party) that th« decrease In productive capacity was a consequence of war, outdated machinery and sickness H P said the drop was not caused b? laziness of
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  • 45 3 HOLD YOUR TONGUE, WOMAN! "HOLD TOUR TONGUE, WOMAN." And If she won't, Emmy Hory, 30-year-old Viennese fakir, shows how the henpecked husband should deal with nigging wife. So the next time the high cost of living crops up, just nail her tongue to the table.
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  • 598 3 85 'key' seats m General Election THE fiercest and most vi 1 Election of Oct. 25 will I stituencies which Social last year by the barest In many of these the struggle is for the Liberal vote. The party's decision to fight this time on a
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  • 26 3 LONDON, Mon.— The light aircraft carrier Warrior will sail for the Far East on Thursday with replacement aircraft and troops— U.P.
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  • 50 3 MELBOURNE, Mon. MOTORISTS on Stu r t Highway, between Mildura and Renmark have been catching fish from their cars. The flooded Murray River brought fish to the roadway. One family caught 100 m a weekend with anything from a bent pin to expensive angling gear. Reuter.
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  • 127 3 KARACHI, Mon. KHWAJA Nazimuddin, who has succeeded the murdered Llaquat All Khan as Prime Minister of Pakistan, reaffirmed Mr. All Khan's home and foreign policies at a mammoth public meeting here on Sunday. He said he agreed with the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, that
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  • 217 3 Royal couple go for holiday VANCOUVER, Mon. PRINCESS Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh sailed to Vancouver Island yesterday for the first real holiday of their Canadian tour. A Canadian destroyer crui ser took the Royal coup* ac ross the Straits of Georgia tr Victoria, the provincial capital In the
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  • 49 3 HONG KONG. Mon. •PHE' Chinese Reform Association announced at a meeting yesterday a petition on Japanese reparations open to the signature of local people who suffered damages and losses during the Japanese occupation. The petition will be forwaided to the British Government, -the association said —Reuter.
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  • 45 3 TOKYO Mon. General Ridgway paid tribute yesterday to the power of prayer. The Allied Commander spoke at a service at his headquarters chapel. "Beyond any shadow of doubt, the power of prayersustained our forces m Korea. 1 he said.— A. P.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 121 3 X ...to remind you that NOVEMBER 2nd is the final date for posting (m Singapore) your Christmas food parcels to U. K. Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. tfott feel $etteb L^Th.rt is nothing like '%?"*&**.«**> to put you on your feet again! jnd Clyc*ropfcoipKjlf MAKES YOU FIT -KEEPS YOU FIT
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  • 176 4 University reunion week events DROFESSOR O. A. Ransome will give a talk on psychiatry In general practice under the auspices of the King Edward Vll Medical Society on the second day of University Reunion Week. Reunion week, which begins on Thursday, will be attended by University students and graduates of
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  • 160 4 Tin ingot to be prize at show AN ingot of solid tin, probably the most novel prize ever offered In Singapore for a charity function, will be among five special prizes which will be given to members of the audience «t tomorrow's premiere of the film. "An American m Paris".
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  • 32 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Tenders are now Invited by Government to build the east wall of the General Hospital. To prevent a collapse. $57,000 is to be spent on repairs.
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  • 31 4 PORT DICKSON, Mon.— B. C. O. anti-tuberculosis Inoculations are available at the clinic at the District Hospital, Port Dickson, each Tuesday and Friday between 2. and 4. pm.
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  • 231 4 NO TRUST HOME IF YOU EARN OVER $600 A MONTH Three-year-old ruling itlll stands A PPLICANTS whose monthly salaries, including all allowances, exceed $600, or whose total monthly family income is more than $800 are not eligible for Singapore Improvement Trust accommodation. This was stated yesterday by the 8.1. T.
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  • 86 4 The MaJay Women's Welfare Association of Singapore Is holding a 40-day prayyer meeting m memory of the late Mr. Liaquat All Khan. More than 80 Malay women sat on carpets and chanted prayers last night at the premises of the Association. At the end of the
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  • 66 4 The Singapore First Police Magistrate, Mr. R. C S Bell, yesterday fined three men $1,500 each or three months' imprisonment for assisting m the mangement of a chap-Ji-kee lottery. The informer will be awarded $1,200. The men. Yuen Sik Leong. See Tar Chor, and Won
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  • 113 4 A-i.i IKY DOLLAR" Riven by a stranger to Kuala Lumpur Methodist Boys' School Building Fund has helped to raise about $7,000. The dollar was auctioned sdx Umes at the old boys' annual dinner m Kuala Lumpur on Saturday for a total of more than $2,500. The
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  • 192 4 WATER PUT IN STOUT CAN KEE TENG, a fruit seller and beer retailer, admitted In the Singapore First District Court yesterday that he put water m popular brands of beer and stout and sold them to other shops. Oan added that he had been doing this alone m a small
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  • 39 4 People Interested m formIng a Singapore Association for the Blind are invited by an Interim committee under the chairmanship of Mr. G. A. P. Sutherland, of the Chartered Bank, to attend a meeting on Not. 8.
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  • 176 4 MALACCA, Monday. A BOUT 160 boys and girls, dressed m trim blue and white uniforms, yesterday heard Dato Tan Chens; Lock, M.C.A. president, say that they could have only one loyalty, when he opened their new school m the Machap Resettlement camp, 17 miles from
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  • 27 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Mr. F. C. Hainsworth. from Northern Rhodesia, and Mr. G.M.T. Osborn. from Sierra Leone have been appointed administrative officers m the Federation.
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  • 80 4 Sixth plan for Lim memorial jyjK Ng Kent Siang, the Singapore architect, who returned from Britain on Friday with his bride, is now working at a new plan —the sixth— for the Lim Bo Seng Memorial. The proposal to build the memorial was made In 1946 All the previous plans
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  • 61 4 the Standard Vacuum Oil Company, Singapore, sold unlawfully 7,700 gallons of gas-oil, worth $4200, for $900 to "play at the races". In the Singapore Third District Court was told yesterday. Khaw made full restitution later to his company. He pleaded guilty to stealing the oil
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  • 155 4 gINGAPORE bookshops yesterday reported a -big increase m sales m recent weeks as a result of Christmas buying. The manager of a leading city bookshop said yesterday that his firm now stocked more books and m greater variety than at this time last year. "The
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  • 157 4 VC(formerly in S'pore) IS NOW ON OIL HUNT From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Mon. AFTER workinj; In ■^Singapore, 42-year-old Major Robert Cain, V.C., is now m the bush of Nigeria, drilling the first deep well In a vast Empire oi» search Major Cain is chief of the Shell D'Arcy Petroleum
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  • 182 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon—Trained teachers whose names have been forwarded to Kuala Lumpur for selection to go to Kirkby College. England, are: Miss Mercy Isaac, Mr. G. Vergis, Miss Dorothy Woodford. Inche Halim bin H. A. Rahman. Inche Yusof bin Mohamed and Mr. Goh Tien Huat.
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  • 249 4 ]t|R. E. M. Ezekiel, the Singapore optometrist, for whom the Australian Government changed a law during the war, will leave the Colony with his wife m the Maetsuycker tomorrow, to become a citizen of Perth, Western Australia. The change m the law was preceded
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  • 82 4 A BOUT $10,000 is still needed to reach the target of $50,000 for much-needed improvements to Singapore's St. Andrew's Mission Hospital for children. The premiere of the film. "An American m Paris", starring Gene Kelly, will be shown at Cathay Cinema at 9.30 p.m. m aid
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  • 32 4 Osman bin All of the R A S.C. Training School, Mcc Soon, was remanded until Oct. 30 after being charged m Singapore yesterday with theft In Malacca, on Sept. 19.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 122 4 St. Andrew's School Civics Ciub 'The Manufacture of Aerated Water," lecture by Mr. Soo Kia Peng, manager. Eastern Aerated Waters. 3 15 p.m. Singapore Stamp Club: Meeting, Washington Restaurant, 5.15 p.m. YJM.C'.A.: Tennis championships, Bras Bnsati Road courts. 5 p.m.; MalAy. French and commercial clas&«s. 5.30 p.m.; St. John Ambulance,
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  • 49 5 MR. LEO N. SHAW, senior vice-president of the National City B; nk of New York, and expert on world trade, who arrived m Singnpore yesterday. This is his first visit to the Colony. lie travelled via Japan, the Philippines and Hone Kong:. Straits Times picture.
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  • 135 5 CITY MAY RAISE 3 RATES THE Finance Committee ot the City Council has recommended that fees for the removal of trade refuse, nightsoll collection and dog licences be raised next year The rates have to be approved by the City Council. The new rates will bring m an additional revenue
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  • 48 5 A VARIETY concert is to be held at the Victoria Theatre on Nov. 19 m aid of :he Independence of Malaya Party's Sir Henry Gurney Memorial Fund. Leading Malay film stars, Chinese singers, Indian dancers, and European actors have been invited to take part.
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  • 48 5 Palaniappan, 35. claimed trial m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, to a charge of causing hurt to a woman. Ramanikam Periamma with a knife on Sunday at Bukit Timah Road. Bail of $500 was granted until Nov. 16 when the case will be heard.
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  • 56 5 Wong Jl Kin was tentatively charged m the Second Police Court yesterday with housebreaking at Orange Road on Sept. 17 by entering the flat of Mrs. June Wood and using criminal force on her with intent to outrage her modesty. Wong was granted bail of $500
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  • 233 5 Ci/y musicians 'will suffer 9 THE Singapore Musicians' Union has protested to the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, against the entry into the Colony of an allAmerican dance orchestra. The band is under contract to play at a Singapore restaurant for a year. The
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  • 51 5 CHIPMENTS of prepared la- tex from Malaya totalled 2.944 tons last month, the largest consumer being the United Kingdom which absorbed 1,396 tons Singapore exported 2,074 tons and Federation ports shipped out 870 tons. The United States imported 560 tons and Japan 33 tons mainly centrifuge concentrate
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  • 30 5 Mr. John Laycock, Singapore Legislative Councillor, will open the Pulau Tetcong Boys' Club, on the Island of Pulau Tekong Besar, off Chanel, on Saturday at 3.30 pjn.
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  • 174 5 \|R. A R. Lazarous, a member of the general iTI council of the Singapore Labour Party, has written to the general secretary, Mr. P. M. Williams, suggesting that the decision recently taken by the general council to oppose the introduction of the "member" system
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  • 67 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Eight hawkers were fined $10 each for hawking fowls and vegetables without licences. The Magistral warned them that if they come before him again on a similar charge he would order the confiscation of their wares m addition to the fine. An old
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  • 34 5 TWO Hindus run across burning charcoal at yesterday's tire -walking ceremony at th e Sri Mariamman Temple. South Bridge Road, Singapore. Ahout 2»00» Chinese Indian European and Eurasian spectators attended.
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  • 331 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. SECURITY forces yesterday ambushed two bandits m the Bahau district of Nejpi Sembilan, and killed one. The dead bandit was Kwai Thian, a member of the Mm Yuen, A rifle, a handgrenade and ammunition were recovered. Security forces killed a bandit yesterday
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  • 85 5 THE Singapore Improvement Trust wants to be represented at future discussions on cost of living allowances for its <mp'.oyees. The Trustees will make representations to Government that a discussion between Oovernment, the City Council and the Trust should take place before any future changes m
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  • 51 5 Pleading guilty to offering a bribe of $7 to Police Lieutenant Vanderput on Oct. 20, Kung Deln Hway wu yesterday fined $150 m the Second Police Court. It was alleged that Kung offered the bribe at Arab Street to evade arrest for the alleged possession of
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  • 178 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A TWO-WEEK shortage of 8.C.0. m Malaya has been remedied by the arrival of fresh supplies from India, the Selahgor Medical and Health Officer, Dr. O. H. Lowe, told the Straits Times today. The shortage was caused by a "hitch" outside Malaya
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  • 67 5 THE body of an Indian was recovered from the Singapore River by the Marine Police yesterday. The man was not tdent fled yesterday. All Police Divisions have been asked to find out if any Indian has been missing m the pest few days. The body was
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  • 45 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Under the chairmanship of Inche Abdul Rahman bin Mohd. Salleh. Mersing Welfare Week has been scheduled for Nov. 1 to Nov. 7. There will be a fun fair at the Mersing English School padang, cinema and a concert.
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  • 29 5 Yeo Boon Chiang, who claimed trial m Singapore yesterday to fraudulent possession of 30,000 guilders (Indonesian currency), on Oct. 21, was granted $200 bail until Oct. 30.
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  • 100 6 KOENITZ CECIL. On 22nd Oct. 1951 at Flower Rd. 78 years. Funeral at Bldadarl Cemetery at 9 30 a.m. NIELS JACOB BKYUM. On Ortober 20. 1951. of Serdang Estate. A beloved husband, father and brother. AIOYSIDS CHIEW YUE PENG ■t Q.H. noon 22 10.51 cortege lavtng 193 Bukit Teresa
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  • The Straits Times
    • 755 6 The Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East has not been so conspicuously successful as to be able to challenge much of the adverse criticism which its operations have attracted. It has made little mark m four years. All the more important, then, that the
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    • 257 6 Although non-Malay parents m the Federation have been turning their tyes .towards Singapore lately, Malay parents m that territory have not done so. because they suppose, very naturally, that solutions for the problems of the Malay race m the Malay Peninsula are not to be
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    • 67 6 LONDON.- Mon. THE University of Malaya 1 is inviting applications for ten staff appointments namely lecturer and chief assistant m Medicine; two lecturers m Parasitology, one of whom may be appointed senior lecturer; four lecturers In the Department of Education, one of whom may be made
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  • 2203 6  - Preparing for Nazi rocket bombs Winston S. Churchill By War Memoirs: Closing the Ring— lo In April, 1943. the Chiefi of Stall drew Mr. Churchill's attention to Intelligence report* of German experiment* with lonf-rangr rockets. At their suggestion secret Inquiry waa conducted b> Mr. Duncan Sandys, a Junto* Minister who
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    • 208 6 I HAVE heard on the wireless and read m the newspapers how the "Gurney Memorial Fund" Is leaping by thousands of dollars each day, arid every time I hear the figure I think of four mounds of earth covered m lallang mi n tfie Kuantan Christian Cemetery.
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    • 116 6 I THINK 'Ovtig" Li an alarm- Ist In his fears of the return of the Japanese to Malaya. If Japanese are allowed tn enter this country again, they will come only as respectable traders. Being a great manufacturing country Japan must be allowed to market her products with
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    • 60 6 UR. John Ede's "hedge of Government officials, of last Thursday, reminds me of these other lesserknown nouns of congregation: A lustre of governors, an Illumination of P.R.O.s, a tenebratlon of City Electricity commltteemen, a shower oJ water engineers, a stasis oT High-Level Planners, a gloom of
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    • 163 6 MUCH has been said m your paper about the lack of public spirit m Singapore, and the public's lack of consideration for others. Besides having to stand up to my neighbours' radios and Rediffusion sets, I am additionally unfortunate m having to live In the Race
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    • 64 6 RESETTLED FREE I READ In the Strait* Times of October 19 ("Publicity drive by Perak M.C.A.") that the association will conduct anti-Communist propaganda among DETAINEES IN RESETTLEMENT CAMPS and the public. Villagers m rese'ttlemem camps are not DETAINEES. They are aa free and as happy as anyone living m towns.
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    386 6 Cecil And Stanley pARDON a personal note, but it li not quite correct to addreu me as "Mr. Strei t." at one correspondent did the other day. A» the writer ot that lettci lives m the Federation Inmay be excused tor not knowlng that the salubrious thoroughfare
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    • 671 6 I.ASSIFIKI) ADS. BIAHfc. On 21st October 1851 m j me wife of Christopher Blake, i ter MIDNIOHT Bat. 30.10,51, daughter to Mr. ft Mrs. Andrew Lee of V.M.C.A. I-3ROUSON To Audrey and Bill, a son at Bungsar Hospital Kuala Lumpur on 19th October. WATER WORTH. To Olive, wile <[ It
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    • 31 6 EVERBRIGHT OPTICAL CO. Offering Complete Services ts.<ential to Eye Comfort Visual Efficiency. (1) VISUAL ANALYSIS (2) VISUAL TRAINING (3) GLASSES IF NEEDED C S. CHONG OPT. D. 19, CHULIA ST. SPORE-1.
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    • 90 6 won arc a teasel —I know quite well what you've got behind your back, so hurry up and let me have that nice comforting drink of Cow Gate It's doing me such a lot of good and I love it." "All right, Baby," says Mummy, "we don't always agree but
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  • 327 7 $40,000,000 more is wanted MOST OF IT GOES ONPOWERPLANT THE Singapore City Council will have to borrow another $40,000,000 next year* besides the $30,000,000 loan floated m August, to carry on with its gas, water and electricity extension projects. Provision for this new loan is
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  • 138 7 VARSITY COUNCIL DECISION IS SECRET OTKICT secrecy is being kept regarding the decision of the University of Malaya Court on a request by the Guild of Graduates for increased representation on the University Council. her Dr. O. V. Allen, Vu-p-Chancellor of the Uninor Mr. W. D. CraiK, Registrar, would dis-
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  • 93 7 Bathroom door goes to court A BATHROOM door was an n exhibit m Singapore Assize Court yesterday when Leow Choo. a woman, was accused of killing her nephew, Lim Kirn Sai. aged 29. Mr. L. Rayner, Crown Counsel, said that on the morning of May 27 Leow went to her
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  • 45 7 4 SINGAPORE contractn ing firm has chartered a steamer to carry. more than a million roofing tiles and ridge tiles from Western India to relieve the acute shortage m the Colony. The steamer, tht Chang Hwa, Is expected In Singapore today.
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  • 41 7 Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, patron of the China Society, will open an exhibition of Chinese calligraphy by the calligraphist Mr. Wan Wing Sum, at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce premises on Nov. 10. at 4 p.m.
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  • 48 7 Sir R. M. Alagappa Chettiar, a philanthropist and business magnate, will arrive m Singapore on Saturday by air from India on a short visit. Sir Alagappa is the founder of Alagappa Chettiar College m Karaikudi. South India. It was opened recently by Mr. Nehru.
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  • 70 7 Iwo thousand people of all raots, yesterday saw about 40 Hiidu devotees walk across a pit of burning charcoal at the Brl Mariamman Temple on South Bridge Rnd, Stngaprie. I; was th? annual cererrory of thi".'csgivin» end penance. Tbcipli soire of tr.e devotees walked twentyfeet of
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  • 26 7 Donations from 3<L peoplv, totalling $336, collected m memory of the late Madam Chua Siew, have been sent to the Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association.
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  • 91 7 DOKOi.iV PALhLuK. lormerly Mrs. R. E. Sc:.;ii?;k. of New York, and Ralph William Borsodi, who have just announced their engagement. Miss Palmer, a topranking executive secretary m New York City, arrived m Singapore on the brigantin e yacht, the Yankee, a few weeks ago. During
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  • 187 7 rpHE 76 signatories of a letter addressed to the 1 acting president of the Singapore Labour Party asking that the general council be reorganised met last night and a seven-man committee was appointed, headed by Mr. l.ye Choon Seng, to go ahead with their demands. A
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  • 86 7 A N empty tin flung from a s* window m St. Gregory"! Place, Singapore, yesterday, struck a young trisha peddler and cut him on the head severely. St. Gregory's Place is a short road running between Hill Street and Notih Bridge Road. The tin came
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  • 141 7 Woman says she saw 5 assailants A WASHER-WOMAN, Low Oeok Hoon, said at a Singapore preliminary Inquiry yesterday that she recognised one Indian and four Chinese as the assailants of Tay Kirn Bock who died at the Singapore General Hospital on August U. The men were Krishna Govlnda, Low Meng
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  • 16 7 Mr J. H. E. Fl&k has oeen anj (rinted Art Si perlnto'iden t, Singapore.
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  • 158 7 1 PATROL torpedo boat of the Indonesian marine police has travelled more than 560 miles from Jakarta to Singapore to have on* of its radar wave guides repaired Mr. John Hogan, instructor and adviser to the Indonesian* Government on the use of P.T. boats, said that
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  • 234 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. MALAYAN Railways ..-»ned members of the Malayan Railway Traffic Operating Union today of the "serious consequences" they faced if they continued their "go slow." The railway administration charged the union with refusing to do "an honest day's work." Records which had been taken
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  • 171 7 rjUESTS at the United Nations Day Exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall which will be opened tomorrow at 4.30 p.m. by the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, will be expected to wear their I national costumes. Mr. G. O. Thomson, Public I Relations
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  • 52 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Ahmat bin Dahall and Aniri bin Haji A. Rahman, of New Scudai Estate, were charged m the Police Court today, with voluntarily causing hurt with a parang to Osman bin Salleh. Both denied the charge and were each allowed ball of $100
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  • 84 7 Er convicting Lul Wan 23, of attempted robthe Third District Mr. B.E. Teh, yesterday ended L. Krlshnasamy, a postman, for helping m his arrest on June 22. The Judge told Krishnasamy. I shall see that you are recommended for a reward." Chief Inspector C. W. Such,
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  • 23 7 Twelve Chinese were each fined $50 m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday for rioting »t Telok Aver Basin on Sunday.
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  • 497 7 WATERFALL IS 'NOT ON AIR PHOTOGRAPHS' Xl At A LUMPUR, Monday. THE Surveyor-General, Malaya, Mr. A. G. Billing, said m Kuala Lumpur today that he could not find Police Lieutenant Clifford Clarke's waterfall on aerial photographs. He wag referring to the 600 ft. waterfall which Lieut. Clarke claims to have
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  • 149 7 Turner on civil 'liability' OINGAPORES Secretary for Defence and Internal Security, Mr. H. O. Turner, m a broadcast over Radio Malaya last night, said that civil liability forms for plumbers of the local forces and the Singapore Volunteer Corps were now being printed an^ would bo distributed shortly. The purpose
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    • 95 7 4k. v, j. i^^ Mil V^^^. ft *-Jtm rucced durawiity won't ft RMANINT COLO«S Usl.n| fi/ l „11 not »«l«l X> M*CTICAL COMFOUT "BrMiri^- ,fl »v I n if pi«»"«| uxtoni. im| tA t*4 VK l,tt o< *r .-met' 4 >» m ...Ommmmt **> JMW^ I <Kt P r n
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    • 36 7 GUERLAIN FRENCH PERFUMES excitingly different I KV| SHALIMAR (as illustrated) $30.00 $55.00 PERFUME LIU $25.00 $45.00 PERFUME FLEUR DE FEU $30.00 $55.00 Also available m our K. L Store Plus Tax PERFUMERY ROB9NSONS (Incoro'vated m Singapore!
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  • 139 8 T'HE report on the development of local government iri Singapore Is expected to be submitted to the Colony Government before the December City Council Elections, the British expert on local eoYernment, Dr. L. C. Hill, said yesterday Dr. Hill, who Is now visiting District Committees, told
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  • 74 8 Mr. Ho Kirn Seng, 65-year-old sub-accountant and promanager of the National City Bank of New York, Singapore, who has been with the bank for 38 years, was entertained to a dinner last night by more than 80 of his colleagues on the occasion of his retirement. Mr.
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  • 585 8 fit* Thursday 1,375 canv didates will go to the polls In Britain to hear how the electors have chosen 625 of them to enter the House of Commons as the new Parliament. The Liberals have nominated only 108 candidates compared with 475 m 1950. This
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  • 114 8 THE question of whether the Singapore High Court had jurisdiction under the Colonial Divorce Ordinance, to grant a divorce when one of the parties resided outside the Colony and the alleged ground of divorce (adultery) took place elsewhere was brought up yesterday m the High Court. The
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    • 452 8 WM^^- S»gg> > ac am £zzz £ZZ. fez^. g If the road had springs §m ro.kii.-t mu«Hn«, Mttw m nu> m pi h t—it C»»n«m EVERYTHING A TYRE CAN DO DOES BETTER!^ CsOOD/YEAR Yuti.uo.may be one of the MILLIONS who suffer from yiTAM IN &MINERAL out Nervous. I AaS Irritable.
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  • 667 9  -  NURSE JANET MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA I uiinniili DV jmhhiiihii nm A MOTHER wrote to me recently for advice as she was not clear what *was meant by Proteins, Carbohydrates, Minerals and Vitamins and felt sh« was not Riving her children a balanced diet. If a
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  • 553 9  -  NADEANE WALKER By DARIS fashion houses are enjoying a boom Just when the expert* predicted a bust. Despite higher prices and American and Italian competition, the top flight dressmaking houses here are having a rush of private customer sales which may set a new record.
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    • 185 9 Now I clean my breatft while I clean my teeth with COLGATE DENTAL CREAM \rW because the dentist J%**'t^y toW me COLGATE DENTAL CREAM makes a special kind t i'uiiin. This cleans away all the tiny pieces of food that gel CWghl between your teeth. COLGATE'S kcrps your lireath Sweet,
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 64 9 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS. 13. O:rl from Central Iceland Roman slave Shaw wrote a (5). play about (9). 14. Explosive kind of green 10. Mo ale :y ltaelf (6). (9). 11. A tarUn mad* to flourish 16. to command luocesi" (7) (AddUon) (3, I. 3, 7). IS. 9r no means
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    • 177 9 21. She to a Jewel (8). 32. No longer m existence (7). 23. Portia's waitlng-mald (7V 24. Inexperienced historian (6) 25. Centre m a -fruit (9) DOWN. 1. He was head of a Freemasons' lodge (4-6) 2. Said and done In confusion (8). 1. Oo round (6) 4. Leaf Insect
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  • 654 10 WHA T E VER YONE IS EAGER TO HEAR From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, ASSUMING you get round to reading this page about tea time on Wednesday, Oct. 2^\ there'll then be about another 3& hours to go before people home here will be sitting by their radio sets or
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  • 198 10 vote Conservative and those who say they will vote Labour, the prospect of a repetition of the 1950 semistalemate seems to many observers to become only too likely. Professional election agents and Km* experienced Party men are almost all convinced of one thingthat the reason why this
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  • 228 10 Liberals fear Aneurin Bevan TtfANY Liberals, as well as all Conservatives, fear that if Labour gets back, Mr. Bevan will become Prime Minister before very long. Said Mr. Clement Davies. the Liberal parliamentary leader, at one of his meetings: "The two Labour factions should put their different programmes to the
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  • 172 10 AN American visitor, over here to have a look round at the election, said m London this week-end. "I guess its all a myth." The News Chronicle's sage political commentator. Mr. A. J. Cummings, spent hours at* the week-end "driving north, south, east and west
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  • 271 10 I>i o.uh tax officials m Birmingham have asked that they should "qualify for adequate compensation" when assaulted by taxpayers. One. who said a revolver had been waved at him. suggested that all collectors should be paid "danger money." Til.. National Women's Total Abstinence Union has issued a
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  • 171 10 You'll soon know the answer WELL, soon after you read this, you'll know whether the people who want a change are going to have It. Meanwhile, let me mention to you some facts about a really wonflerful change that has come about m England m the last dozen years or
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  • 311 10 TtfOST of the non-political news has been crowded out of our little four or six page newspapers by the election reports (the papers are enthusiastic, if their readers aren't!). The millionaire Duke of Maryborough has started to transfer properties and fortune to his son because, he
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    • 287 10 lUUAY PHONfcJ Aw 4042 11-1.45-4 DAILY '2j|gj|S§|gi|3J|6.3O.9.3O f dward Small preMflfS fUnfIVLTQ flh ABi QHff^/Z\IO JAMES FENIMORE WFm M& W^Y^/VSSJSf COOPER S VdF^^i^l^w f Randolph Bruc? Philip SCOTT %X CABOT "X REED "W Brand New Print Distributed by Shaw Bros. Ltd. NEXT CHANCE igTl 'J Johnny Wrissmnller See Tamba the
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    • 264 10 iast (Or jfsm UAT a' snto we )m 9.3* p.m. IF" NEW^ALHAMBR^ *<}o o OPENS TOMORROW! (or the FIRST jl Jaffl TIME on the FOE AND CORAL JUNGLE! ■tarring:: RICHARD DANA GARY \m-~" WIDMARK ANDREWS VERRILL > TPI KArtO AID-rONriiT'nNJFP 11 a.m.-1.45-4.15-6.45 9.30 p.m. LAST 2 DAYS! ACTION-FILLED COMEDY! M-G-M
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  • 297 11 LONDON, Mon. FE London Stock Exchange ushered In election week with a continuation of recent optimism. Following a hesitant start markets produced widespread firmness m many of the domestic groups, particularly textiles, rayons and electrical equipment issues. Closing middle prices ol selected stocks, as supplied by special arrangement
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  • 35 11 HONG KONG. Mon. PEE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was* quoted today at the close as follows: US$l KKS6.B3 (cash). HK$6.B7 (T.T.); £1 HK115.67; one tahll of gold HKI33O.— TJ»P.
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  • 188 11 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Mod. SUPPORT was still forthcoming In the Melbourne share market today, and r.ses outnumbered (alls. A realisation that domestic inflation continues largely unabated stimulated buying at current prices Some market leaders edged back from recent high levels while others, showing better yields,
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  • 217 11 Prices down two cents, turnover small LACK of orders and the political situation m Korea caused prices to sag In the Singapore rubber market yesterday. A small turnover was reported at levels about two centjs a lb. below Saturday's close. I > The tone, however, was slightly steadier
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  • 40 11 SINGAPORE, Mon.. Oct. 22— 5483.12* (up $2.62 J.) London: £1,025 a ton LONDON, Mon. Cash Buyers £1,025, Sellers £1.035; Forward Buyers £980, Sellers £***** Setr tlement £1,025 (up £15). TurnuTer: a.m 60, p.m. 75 tons.
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  • 149 11 ALL section* of the Singapore produce market were generally quiet yesterday. Lack of buying Interest caused OBlters to lower quotations In pepper to $855 a picul for Muntok, 1850 for Sarawak and $640 for Lampong black The copra position remained unchanged, buyers bidding $44tt a picul for
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  • 229 11 Very steady note throughout r £HE Malayan share market opened the week on a very steady note yesterday, with better buying interest m all sections and prices tending to harden. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS Bbtoti S«M«r* Alex. Bricks Or<U 2.70 2 80
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  • 34 11 ffHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying TT 34 9/16. Airmail (0.D.) 34 11/16, (90 days) 34 15/16; Selling T.T./O.D. ready 34 3/16
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  • 213 11 CHIPS m the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 p.m. yesterday were: Oater Roads: Hal Hsuan. Goldmouth. Walngtipore, Straat Soenda. MiklaJ ReJ, El Greco, Sandviken. North Star. Alcides. Produce. Teboura. Troodos. Tan Slang Hong, Tabinta, Anne Reed, TJiwangi. Chit Setn. Van Heutez. Kweiyang,
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    • 1352 11 MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. I Incorporated In Singepore) BLUB FUNNEL LIME Carrier's option to proceed via ether ports to load and dischargo SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW LONDON b CONTINENTAL PORTS I Due Sail* P S^ham Penan* Deucalion for Marseilles. Hjvc b Liverpool Oct. 22/26 Oct. 27/31 Cyclop, for Lpool &Cgow
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    • 434 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS To New York and Boston via Ceylon. India. Ervot and Mediterranean Ports Singapore P. Swettenham Penang t.s. "PRESIDENT VAN BUREN" Cdns. 8-9 23/25 Oct. s.s. "PRESIDENT ARTHUR" 26/31 Oct. l/3N»v. 11 4 ov «s. "PRESIDENT POLK" 1/8 Nov. »/10 Nov. 11/14 Nov. To Los Angeles ft Atlantic
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    • 438 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U.K./CONTINENT poie P- 5 nam ren^ie; o "Selandia" for Saigon Bangkok 25-27 Oct. I" Port •Fionia" for Bangkok 26-27 Oct. -Panama' for Bangkok Hong Kong. fo? l B°a h n a R rck-& H-Kon-g glggS. 21-T2Nov. 19-20_N.v .•■uH.no,.- for^ke. on^. Oct. "Bintang" for Bangkok 27-
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  • 330 12 Swim pool may be delayed KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. JHE opening of the $1,100,000 Selangor Chen Wu stadium "the biggest and best East of Suez" will take place early m January next year. The main structure of the hall and auditorium has been completed and
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  • 48 12 HONG KONG. Mon. WONG PENG SOON beat Abdullah Pirns 15-9 m a one-set exhibition badminton match at the Southern Playground Stadium here tonight. In a two-set doubles match. Chan Kon Leone and A. Pirni beat Wong Pen; Soon and Tan Jin Eony 15-8, 15-11.
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  • 83 12 Announce Melnik to class two ANNOUNCE and Melnik, recent -ft- brilliant winners In Class 3 have been sent up to Class 2, according to the latest Straits Racing Association's list of transfers Other transfers are: From Clan 1 to Class t: Park. Ropewalk. From Class 3 to Class 4: Malay
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  • 26 12 The hockey friendly between 223 BOD and OHQ scheduled to have been played on the BODCA ground. St. George's Road, yesterday, was not played.
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  • 89 12 The following players have been selected for the first All Blues trial of the season at the Police Training School tomorrow: Colours: Rajaretnam; B. Ross. Loke Juan, Nlaz Shah. Velupulal; Boon Oon San, M. Chua; de Bruyn, Bulat, Lim Chooi San, M. C. Dutt, P. Mayo. T.
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  • 100 12 Wong Chong Teck, meets Bostam In the V.M.C.A. handicap tennis singles final at the Bras Basah Road courts tomorrow. Tomorrow's ties are: Handicap singles A (final) Wong Chong Teck (-15) t Bosfcam (-30). Open doubles: A.E.C. Munday and B M Murphy v C. X Pang
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  • 58 12 BRISBANE, Mon. Arthur Morris, of the Australian Test opener, propped up the New South Wales batting with a painstaking 183 not out against Queensland here today. At the close of play New South Wales had taken first Innings lead with 322 for eight wickets In
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  • 57 12 Singapore Chinese Recreation Club will meet RNAS Instead of SCC at hockey at Hong Lim Green today. S.C.R.C. team will be chosen from: Lim Keng Wan, Chim Chong Murk, Llan Fcok Choon. Goh Chin Chye, Albert Son, Chan' Onn Leng Chal Hon Yam, Swee Urn Swans, Harry
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  • 293 12 By Our Rugby Reporter THE teams for the first Colony rugby trial on Saturday at the Padanj; were selected last night. The players have been evenly divided and there has been no attempt at making it a probable side versus the Rest.
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  • 228 12 A DEFINITE plan for the 1958 Olymic Games m Melbourne looked as far off as ever when the Australian organising committee emerged from Its meeting here today. The problem of the site where the Games will be held Is stlh unsolved, according to a statement by
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  • 336 12 OHERWOOD Foresters, the only team m the S.H.A. Div. 1 League who had no goal scored against them m three outings suffered their first defeat when they went down 3 l to the S.R.C. on the padang yesterday. S. R. C.'s Barth and dßras bore the
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  • 38 12 Following will represent S.C.C. against R.AJ. Seletar at hockey (League match) on the Padang today: Margrave; Kuiper; Berrili; Wood; Reynolds (capt.); Harrison; Lamb; Mclnroy; Dickinson; Von Lidth; Collls. Reserves: Dennis and Brands.
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  • 34 12 ALOR STAR. Mon. The Committee of the Kedah Football Association has confirmed arrangements for a football match to be played here on Nov. 12 between Singapore, Malaya Cup winners. and Kedah.
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  • 264 12 PIRLS Sports Club second XI who were unbeaten xx so far this season went down surprisingly to Raffles Girls' School by three goals to two m a friendly hockey match played on the Raffles Institution ground yesterday. Raffles are the first among Singapore girls schools
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  • 443 12 SINGAPORE Amateur Swimming: Association will hold an emergency meeting this week to set qualifying times for Colony swimmers who will make a bid to represent Singapore m the World Olympics to be held at Helsinki next year. These times, said Mr.
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  • 250 12 AMRITSAR. Moil. THE MCC cricket touring le n drew their three-day with Northern Indi.i bar Northern India mid? reply to the MCC tofil <»' :ri. The touring side had made 173 n four "wickets m tlieir seem i when play ended. The game lost much of
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  • 52 12 Ceylonese S.C. defeated Un.verslty XI by one goal to nil la Dlv. 1 League hockey match at Balestier Road yesterday. Ceylonese netted through Vanderput after 15 minutes and shortly before the interval U:Uversity lost their chance Of equlit* ing when they failed to turn a penalty bully
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  • 67 12 Following will represent Royal Signals. Singapore, against RACC In an inter-Corps Rugby match at Tanglin tomorrow: Maj Clarkson: 2/Lt. Stunner; 2/Lt. Clayton; Lt Thomas; L Cpl. Perry; Capt. Cattanach: WOIt. GUI; Lt. Oarrett: Sgm. Kershaw; Sgm. Killlck: Sgm. Lewis; Cpl. Wade: Sgm. Casey; L
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    • 793 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from Page 6) SITUATIONS VACANT CANDIDATES for a qualified ch'tnlst applied to 0.P.0. Box 12 are thanked as the vacancy has now been filled up. The advertisers regret their inability to reply all applicants Individually. A VACANCY occurs on the staff of an expanding local manufacturing Company
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    • 818 12 VEHICLES FOR SALE RILEY 2) litre for sale $6,500 Ring ***** outside office hours ***** HILLMAN Minx 1951. Just arrived from U.K. 6000 miles, highest offer. Secttres, Phone Tampln 24. CHRYSLER New Yorker. Model 1947. Mileage 24,000 with tax and insurance. View at the Eastern Auto Co., Ltd. FORD "Anglia"
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    • 27 12 Watches Known all over the world.,, ELECTION I wSm vb BHS" 4*rf Precision of the movement Qualities of a great Trade-Mark Sole Agents: CHUN CHON6 Singapore 1
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    • 18 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 0438 (6.6), 0858 (5.6): 1910 (7.7), 3330 (3.9). TOMORROW: 0616 (6.7), 102J (S.B), 1630 (7.3).
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    • 33 12 HOCKEY- Dlt. 1, S.C.C. R.A.K. (S) 8.C.C.; S.CR.t. R.N.A.S. (friendly)— Hone Lim (reen; Girli B.C. v S.C.C— 8.8.C. BUGGER. University f 221 Bn. Bt. Timah. SOCCER: Com. Ur.. Malays SPore Dial— J. Besar.
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