The Straits Times, 26 October 1951

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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  • 285 1 Record poll may favour Labour THE KING STAYS AWAKE FOR RESULTS LONDON, Thursday. U RITA IN voted today m the second General Flection m 20 months. First voters of an electorate of 31,914,112 were workers coming off Right shifts and charwomen and milkmen. The weather was
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  • 59 1 THE .MARQUIS OF BLANDFORD. 25-year-old son and heir of the Duke of Marlborough, and Miss Susan Hornby walk under swords raised by Life Guards after their weddinf at St. Margaret's. Westminster, London. The bride, aged 22, is the only daughter of Mr. Michael Hornby, vice-chairman of
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  • 192 1 Election fact and figures !.i ram 1.373 candiI s I. lye been nomina I«f '.iip G25 seats. Of 11 v I Met (onservitiv lisv been returned m 1!. The nro ,p n^s of candi-d.iK-s ai'tl their numbers it LA3ULS (including 38 I ihirt.r .::ii Co-operative Party nonrnees) 617. i'i-n.-:v ires
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  • 20 1 ILLES. Thurs.-Ex- of PortuKal id hero lodav. She was 87 •ri had h-vn seriously ill for ■-•••i.ih.— Reuter.
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  • 47 1 LONDON. Thurs. A WRIT for alleged libel has been Issued on behalf of Mr. Winston Churchill, against the Daily Mirror. Conservative Party headquarters announced Mr. Churchill's decision thU afternoon. Th e Daily Mirror, mass circulation tabloid paper, has been supporting the Labour Party.— Reuter.
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  • 57 1 EIGHT hundred and fortyfive Chinese who arrived m Singapore on the Heinrich Jessen on Tuesday from Swatow, are being detained m St. John's Island under the Emergency Travel Restriction Regulations. A Special Branch spokesman said yesterday: "The people are being detained because pro-Communist posters and slogans
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  • 25 1 REGENSBURO, Bavaria, Thurs. A United States court here sentenced a 28--year-old German, Hugo Reisig, to two-and-si-half years' gaol for spying for Czechoslovakia.— Reuter.
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  • 237 1 'AMICABLE' TALKS IN KOREA PANMUNJON, Thursday. UNITED Nations and Communist negotiators, who resumed their talks here today, sent the question of drawing a cfase-flre line to a four-man subcommittee. General Nam II made the suggestion. 1 The General told the 55I minute meeting that "very
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  • 117 1 Strikers call on more ports NEW YORK, Thurs. MEW YORK dock strike leader John Sampson said today that the strike which has already paralysed New York port would spread to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Chester, Pennyslvania. He said pickets had left New York for the three cities m an attempt to
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  • 61 1 DUBLIN, Thurs. First ticket out of the Irish Sweepstakes drum went to P. Hamilton of New York City today. He drew a horse In the Cambridgeshire Stakes, the English autumn race to be run at Newmarket next Wednesday. Twenty pretty Irish nurses drew counterfoils from a
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  • 16 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Two bandits were killed by Security Forces In Johore yesterday.
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  • 199 1 BRITAIN PRAISES JOHNNY From Oar Own Correspondent. LONDON. Ttiurs. vrEWSPAPERS today paid 11 tribute to the inspiring leadership of Private Johnny Pannell, of the West Kents, who took charge when his officers were put out of action m the Kuala Kubu ambush The Dally Express said It was one thing
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  • 46 1 IN AND OUT AGAIN BERLIN. Thurs. CJTEINSTUECKEN, the tiny West Berlin enclave occupied >5 and vacated by East German people's police during the last week. wa 8 again entered yesterday by people's police, this tlm« with arttied Russian soldiers. But they withdrew after two hours.— Reuter.
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  • 76 1 POUR Singapore dealers have been detained under x the Emergency Regulations for exporting car accessories to Communist China. Other detentions i expected, police spokesman yestersaid: "The dealers are :tly heloing the Reds m a and indirectly keephe Malayan Communists these exports." fore these arrests,
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  • 53 1 IPOH, Thurs. A CHINESE boy was killed and thre« other boys two Chinese and a Malay were injured when a two-Inch mortar bomb they were playing with exploded. The ncldent took place at Sungei Slput South, In the Kampar area. The Injured are m a satisfactory condition
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  • 43 1 CANBERRA. Thurs. The Australian Navy is concerned over the shortage of manpower m the shipbuilding industry. The Shipping and Transport Minister, Mr. George McLeay, who estimated the shortage at 8,000 men, said Navy orders were being given priority— Reuter-AAP,
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  • 26 1 PARIS, Thurs —The French Foreign Office said today that U.S. Air Force tactical units will arrive soon and be stationed m Bordeaux.— A.P.
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  • 237 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. SIX Rulers and three representatives of Rulers at conference here today had "frank discussions" with the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. M. V. del Tufo, on the Emergency. It was announced that amendments to the Federation of Malaya Agreement relating
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  • 200 1 Sailor Soo blown from his cabin FOUR tongkangs were wrecked off Clifford Pier and Telok Ayer Basin when a storm swept over Singapore yesterday. A 60-ft. tongkang. the Yong Slang, dragged h«r anchor and went aground opposite Singapore Cricket Club. A 30-year-old sailor, Soo Ah Lang, «v blown out of
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  • 73 1 TOKYO, Thurs. A JAPANESE vessel, for the first time since the war will load rubber In Singapore, shipping circles here today. Osaka Shosen Kalsha's 7,579-ton Seiko Maru, on the Japan-South American, run to scheduled to call at Singapore on Oct. 28 to take about 1.000
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  • 39 1 TAIPEH, Thurs. Chiang Kci-shek called on the people of Formosa to drop plans to celebrate his 65th birthday on Oct. 31. He said: "During this time of trial no individual should be accorded excessive honour."—U.P.
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  • 18 1 BELGRADE, Thurs. Twelve people were killed when a Yugoslav airliner crashed m Macedonia. Re ut«r.
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  • 437 1 Gurkhas get 2nd Gurney killer RAUB, Thurs. ANOTHER Gurney murA derer was dumped m the morgue at Raub this morning. He was shot by Gurkhas as he tried to break out of the trap into which the 40-man gang which assassinated Sir Henry Gurney has been forced. He was killed
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  • 49 1 LONDON. Thurs.— Britain's international speedboat Bluebird sank while travelling at 100 miles an hour on Coniston Water m the Lake District today. Mr. Donald Campbell, its owner driver, and his mechanic, Mr. Leo Villa, were rescued by a motor launch unhurt. The Bluebird was being salvaged.— Reuter.
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    • 326 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from women for the post of BROADCASTING ASSISTANT (MALAY) In the Community Listening and Emergency Broadcasting Division of Radio Malaya. This appointment is for a year In the first Instance. Salary: In accordance with age and experience on the scale $130 x 10 170 180
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    • 833 2 NOTICES THE MALAYAN EXCHANGfe BANKS ASSOCIATION All members of the above Association In the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business on Monday, 29th October, being Deepavali Holiday TRAFFIC NOTICE SYDNEY BRIDGE KLANG. The Sydney Bridge. Klang will be opened to all motflr cars, motorcycles, mpyclea and motor lorries
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    • 607 2 NOTICES EX-SERVICES ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA (SELANGOB BBANCH) Members who have not replied to the circular regarding the Armistice Day dinner and dance on the 10th November 1951 are reminded that applications should reach the undermentioned on or before 2nd November 1951. WALTER GRENIER 6t CO., Hon. Secretaries and Treasurers. NOTICE
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    • 1066 2 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE Tenders are called for the purchase of Copra lying m various Godowns m Singapore. Prospective purchasers should obtain from the undersigned a tender form which should be completed and returned before 10.00 hours on Monday, 29th October, 1951. when the tenders will be opened by: E.C. Watson.
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  • 277 3 Sudan to have elections then on to home rule PROFOUND ADMIRATION, SAYS SIR JAMES KHARTOUM, Thursday. {ELECTIONS leading to self-government m the Sudan will be held next year, the British Governor General's representative told the Sudanese Parliament today. Sir James Robertson, Civil Secretary to the Sudan Government, also told Parliament
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  • 120 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE U.S. State Department said yesterday it still believed a peaceful solution was possible m the Anglo-Egyptian treaty dispute and declared there was an obli -.it ion on the parties concerned to seek a tui solution. ;.-m;ui .said: "We have bern encouraged oy
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  • 66 3 I'"ITZD KVTIONS, NewYork, Thurs THE United Nations yester- diy b?gan sending mail from X? cwn post office, with Its cwn U.N. ?;?.mp and canlons. Samp and c>ver collectors llo.'krri into the secretariat building and formed a slowmoving line m the tiny post office They bought issues
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  • 42 3 MANILA. Tliurs- -Four prisoners were wounded by puards m an attempted escape by 15 convicts today. The prisoners jumped from a lorry after a court appearin Manila. Guards opened fire, woundir.n four. Eleven others were ired.— TJ.P.
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  • 51 3 KARACHI. Thurs Pakisi'oreign Minister. Sir rafrullah Khan, left Karate airport today for London. 'le v.ill lead the Pakistan de elation to the United Nai iona General Assembly, which opena at Paris on Nov 6. and wiil conduct Pakistan's case on Kashmir m the Security Council.—
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  • 56 3 LONDON, Thurs.— Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will spend a day m Kenya on their way to Australia and New Zealand next February. They will stay at a lodge given them by the Colony as a wedding present. They are expected to fly direct
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  • 45 3 HONG KONG. Thurs. HMS Alert left Hong Kong for Singapore yesterday. Flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Guy Russell, C-ln-C Far East Station, she arrived here recently from Japanese waters. Sir Guy has left by plane to reicin the Alert m Singapore. Reuter-AAP.
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  • 114 3 Brides for a day sent back home PORT SAID, Thurs. yilE liner Empress of Australia with a group of brkies-of-a-day and more than 100 wives and children of British servicemen on board. sailed from Port Said direct for Liverpool today. The liner had brought out families of British soldiers and
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  • 69 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs SENATE Armed Services sub-committee reported today it had found dissatisfaction and low morale among U.S. Marines particularly recently recalled reservists— at three bases. "Thij was discouraging m view of the long history of high morale and esprit de corps of the Marines," the group said.
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  • 65 3 The weather 56 miles up WASHINGTON. Thurs.— The United States Army plans to shoot a new and smaller type of radar beacon rocket 56 miles Into the air m a search for weather facts. The beacon, equipped to relay signals to radar sets on the ground, should reach the 300.000-foot
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  • 77 3 A MODEL AT LACE SHOW A 20-MINUTE PARADE of clothing made from lace, will come as a climax to a documentary programme on iMfi manufacture. Viewers will see a blouse costing £70, a lace handkerchief costing 9 1 1 guineas. a 494 guinae lace negligee, a 394 guinea nightdress and
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  • 72 3 CALCUTTA, Thursday. FIFTY people m Bihar went mad after eating flou r bought from a village shop. Some men an women undressed themselves, others Jumped abou m trees and others became violent. Officials quickly rounded them up and treated them with bromide. All flour
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  • 91 3 ZAGREB, Thurs. DR. JOSBP Vldmar, President of the Yugoslav National Committee for Peace, today asked the international peace gathering here to condemn the Soviet proposal for a five-power pact as a "cynical blow against the United Nations."/ He said such a pact would be "at best a
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  • 53 3 VIENNA, Thurs. poUR American "peacemakers" who cycled Irom Paris to Vienna on their way to Moscow went yesterday to the Soviet Zone. The "peacemakers" awaiting visas since Oct. 12 to enter Russia, distributed peace tracts fci German and Russian to the local population and to
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  • 138 3 NEW YORK, Thursday. A LTHOUGH Russia has th« settled policy of creat- ing international tensions, "it would be folly to delude ourselves into the belief that the Kremlin is the sole source of tension," Mr. Paul G. Hoffman, former ECA Administrator, said last
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  • 36 3 BONN, Thurs.— West Germans and Western Allies have unanimously agreed not to Implement last month's inter-zcnal trade agreement until the Russians and East Germans remove restrictions on Berlin trade with the West.— Reuter.
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  • 183 3 From 5.30 to 12.15 p.m. today, the General Overseas Service or th X 8.8.C. will be broadcasting special programmes giving the Election Results. The programmes will bf. as follows: (all times are Malayan) 5.39 a.m. Election Report 6.0* Radio Newsreel 6.30 Election Report 6.35 Newt Bulletin 7.0* Radio
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  • 33 3 LONDON. Thurs.— Cyprus Radio reported that the Premier of Stria. Hassan El Hakim, has resigned m a dispute with his Foreign Minister over Allied plans for defence of the Middle East.
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  • 54 3 ROME, Thurs. ITALY expects to be massproducing British designed Vampire Jet fighter aircraft by the end of the year. The Defence Minister, Ranolfo Pacciardl, said last night that another Jet fighter, all-Italian m design and manufacture, will be ready for testing by the end of
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  • 124 3 LONDON, Thura. THE Queen told doctors and medical students m London yesterday that the King continued to make "very steady progress" after his operation. "Words cannot v describe our gratitude for the devoted and loving care with which the King has been soirrounded," the Queen added.
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  • 195 3 CAIRO, Thursday. EGYPT will shortly start talks for a trade agree ment with Soviet Russia, an Egyptian Foreigt Ministry spokesman said today. This followed talks today between the Soviet Ambassador to Egypt and the Egyptian Foreign Minister. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, outlawed organisation of more
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  • REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
    • 19 3 PRESIDENT TRUMAN on Wednesday formally proclaimed the end of the state of war between the United States and Germany.
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    • 15 3 Syrian papers on Wednesday United Nations Day denounced the United Nations m black bordered editorials.
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    • 13 3 Australian Corriedale sheep will be sent to Israel to start sheep raising there.
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    • 15 3 BRITISH aircraft carrier HMS Glory reached Sydney on Wednesday after five months' In Korean waters.
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    • 16 3 Latest U.S. casualties m Korea total 92,997, an increase of 2,062 m a week.
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    • 21 3 A party of 100 Communist Huks raided Barrio Bunao, on the. outskirts of Tarlac City on Wednesday and killed one Dolicemaif.
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    • 17 3 THE U.S. ARMY has purchased 500,000 pounds of Irish beef for Its troops at home and abroad.
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    • 18 3 A five-man Indonesian, trade mission is expected m Tokyo today for talks on a new Jap-anese-Indonesian trade agreement.
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    • 24 3 The Japanese Government announced yesterday that 8.361 persons have renounced Japanese nationality since the end of the war. Most of them are American Japanese.
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  • 101 4 CARELESS WITH HIS AIR GUN A RESIDENT of Still Road found two pellets of an air gun embedded m his child's room and looked across the road to spot a man. aiming an air gun m his direction. In the Singapore Third District Court yesterday. Boey Ah Eng pleaded guilty
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  • 54 4 Lee Fook Chon admitted In the Fourth Police Court yesterday, hitting a woman, Chan Mci Lai, on her head with a glass jar containing ashes. Lee was ordered by the Magistrate Mr. P. Claque. to pay $20 compensation to Chan and sentenced to
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  • 35 4 The Singapore Coroner. Mr. Choor Singh, recorded a finding of suicide by opium-poi-soning at the inquest yesterday on a woman, Lim Ah Moey. 34, of Park Road, who died on Sept. 25.
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  • 54 4 A 59ryear-old woman, One Book Liam, admitted m the Third Police Court yesterday, that she took caustic soda on Oct. 10 to end her life. She was bound over for six months m two sureties. The Magistrate ordered her circumstances to be investigated by the
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  • 218 4 15 m. more means extra $3,00e THE price of building new houses was rising almost every day, a leading Singapore building contractor said yesterday. He said there was a 10 per cent, increase this month, compared with last month, on the four different
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  • 79 4 A DETECTIVE saw a young police supervisee Van Sui Tong, steal a pen from a spectator at the cycle race m Hong Llm Green, Singapore, on Sept. 2. As Van was about to walk away, the detective arrested him. Van then dropped the pen. Van pleaded
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  • 173 4 He knew a different Singapore In Singapore m 1911 no one got hot and bothered, said Mr. H. L. Jackson, who left Singapore on the Mactsuycker for Australia on retirement yesterday, after 40 years m Malaya. Mr. Jackson, an Air Ministry engineer since 1927, said that m those days there
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  • 75 4 Abdul Ranim bin Abdul Wahab, sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Fletcher Rogers at the Assizes for the murder of an 18-year-old Chinese girl at Colombo Court, lost his appeal against the sentence at the Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. Mr. J. E. Lloyd argued the
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  • 170 4 yHE Singapore Rural Board should take steps to see that all owners of property eligible for assessment pay their dues before increasing the assessment rate to augment their income, the Singapore Ratepayers Association stated m a letter to the Chairman of the Board. I A
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  • 125 4 WORK may soon start on a $750,000 road which will link Holland Road and Alexandra Road, one and three quarter miles away. A Singapore Improvement Trust spokesman said yesterday: The Government has approved the building of this road. It will give the Colony a round-the-island
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  • 181 4 A SINGAPORE Legislative Councillor, Mr C R Dasaratharaj, yesterday said that the gbvernnent had not considered with sympathy the protest sy the Musicians' Union against the entry into the Colony of an all-America n band. Mr. Raj who is holding dis--lssions with the unions
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  • 25 4 MUAR, Wed.— Because both parties were absent, a private summons assault case against a woman, Tay Bey Lee, was ;truck off at Muar.
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  • 268 4 TIMBER EARNS $5½m. FOR MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. DEVENUE from the **> Federal Forestry Department last year was over a million dollars more than m 1949. There was a spectacular increase m the outturn of timber m 1950— nearly eight million cubic feet more than m 1949. These figures were
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  • 137 4 AN appKcation by the Singapore Traction Company to extend its bus service connecting Delta Road Havelock Road Junction and Alexandra Road Tanglin Road junction has been turned down by the City Council Vehicles and Traffic Committee. The committee was advised that this service would overlap for
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  • 123 4 application to build a cinema at the Junction of Orchard Road and Scotts Road has been made to the City Council by Shaw Brothers. The Vehicles and Traffic committee of the Counpil, wnicn considered the appli- cation from a traffic point of view, has approved it. The
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    • 122 4 i|Mfßßp||| Iniled Nations Exhibition: Victoria Memorial Hall, free admission, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. V.M.C.A.: Terms chamoionships, Bras Basah Road. 5 p.m.; commercial classes, S JO p.m.; judo practice. 5.30 p.m; weight-lifting and body-building group, 5.30 p.m.; Malay literacy c'ass, 8.30 p.m. Y.W.C.A.: Mandarin (beginners). 9.30 am., advanced at 10.30
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  • 190 5 Council seeks $100 mil loan KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A BILL authorising Government to raise a $100,000.--000 loan for the construction of public works will be placed before the Federal legislative Council at its next meeting The loan may be raised m London or m the Federation or m both these
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  • Article, Illustration
    30 5 THE GOVERNOR, Sir Frank lin Gimson, laying the foundation stone of SATA's new $700,000 anti-T.B. clinic at Prince Edward Road. Singap ore, yesterday. Straits Times picture. Story m P. 7.
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  • 114 5 THE Singapore Government and Municipal Labour Union, will discuss at its annual meeting tomorrow, a resolution urging Government to bar paid employees from representing trade unions at "important conferences involving policy." The resolution suggests that the Singapore Trade Union Ordinance be amended to this
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  • 59 5 Miss Kathleen Eastaugh. Almoner at the General Hospital, Singapore, Is among representatives from many countries attending a British Council course In London on the rehabilitation and resettlement of :he disabled. The course deals with how the problem Is handled m the United Kingdom. It Includes
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  • 112 5 THE Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association decided last night to press for the appointment of a paid secretary-general and secretariat staff when the Central Working Committee meets m Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Branch officials said that to have only honorary officials was to
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  • 63 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. jNJURED m a motor accident 1 three days ago. Road Overseer Muttutamby. of the PWD. Johore Bahru. died yesterday m the General Hospital Mr Muttutamby was knocked down by an armoured truck which then turned turtle. The driver of the truck and his companion,
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  • 44 5 The Lok Eng school at the 10 V 2 milestone Ponggol Road. Singapore, has been struck off the register of schools because it has ceased to exist. The registration of its supervisor, teachers and the committee of management has been cancelled.
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  • 42 5 NiNE PEOPLE, seven Malays and two Chinese, were slightly injured when this Army truck overturned at the 15th m.B. Woodlands Road yesterday morning. The truck was oarryinjj 18 clerks and labourers to work from Johore Bahru. Straits Times picture.
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  • 125 5 MORE than 60 teachers m Singapore are being given a high-pressure course m English by three officers of the Department of Education, Mr. R. W. Wateon-Hyatt, Chief Inspector of Chinese Schools, Singapore, told the Straits Times yesterday. He was commenting on a letter to the
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  • 275 5 JOHORE YOUTH CAMP OPEN TO PUBLIC STC offer of free transport »J HE Singapore Youth Council is offering new attractions to induce more people to use the Ayer Biru (Blue Water) Camp, m South Johore for youth training, camping, and picnic. The Camp Is now open to the public, besides
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  • 44 5 A Siamese woman, Nita Yah. claimed trial m the Third Police Court yesterday to a charge of criminal intimidation by threatening Liew Kwal Mvi with Injury at Kampong Bahru Road on Wednesday. Nlta was allowed $500 bail until Nov. I.
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  • 122 5 OFFICERS investigating the boycott of a recent Singapore Education Department examination for Chinese middle schools said that explanations for absenteeism given so far were unconvincing. Further inquiries are being made. A total of 140 boys and 80 Klrls boycotted the examinations. Sixty-two of the boys
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  • 70 5 Two youths were charged tentatively yesterday In the Singapore Second Police Court with robbing a woman Tan Pheck Wang, of $517 and jewellery, at her hous# m Wareham Road at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The total amount involved was said to be $2,598. They wer c Lee
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  • 171 5 r'O women, A. Chellammah and Llm Poh Kiok, told the Singapore Third Police Court Magistrate, Mr. H. B. Livingstone, yesterday, that they had lied to the Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh because they were "afraid of being beaten to death" by On* Chin Poh and Ec Nam
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  • 164 5 UR. Malcolm Mac Donald. Commissioner General for South-East Asia, will be the Reviewing ©fficcr for the 1951 annual review and display of Boys' Brigade. Singapore Battalion, to be held on November 17. More than 350 boys and 35 officers will take part m
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  • 43 5 SITIAWAN. Ttuirs— Mr B. R. P. Edwards, ASP., O.C.P.D. Sitiawan, will go on Ion,; leave early next month. Mr. T. J. Bailey, Assistant 0.C.P.D.. Sitiawan, will su:v J n:m Mr Ei'waru? is i kc« .1 icktter and l.nckey Mlave:
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  • 14 6 F A.J.M. DE CLERCQ— killed while on duty by Communists 22nd October 1951.
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  • 122 6 OH J A. TASSIS sincerely thanks all kind friend* who attended the funeral of his dearly beloved wife and those who sent *rc:iths and letters of condolence. <v« CHONO TAX NAM. CHONG ■'ITT anrTChonc Tak NRit mnk Rev. Bro. Denis. Rev Bro Hrnrv. friends and relative? vho nit-ndrd the
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Oct, 1951.
    • 579 6 Peace Hopes Rise The cautionary reminder the other day that while Russia publicly had rejected the American Ambassador's suggestion that the Kremlin could help bring the Korean armisrire talks to a productive conclusion, it might be that Russia nevertheless would intervene, seems to have been on khe mark. There has
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    • 508 6 The "M ember" system, warmly welcomed m the Federation, is a seed which has fallen on «tony ground m Singapore. The Government's proposals are not yet specific, they await the report of the committee of three which is enquiring into the machinery of the colony's administration, but
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  • 1199 6  -  PAMELA MATTHEWS -By LONDON. fHE Western Powers' attempts to underwrite the security of the Middle East by creating an international command similar to the Atlantic Pact Organisation m Europe is taking place against a background of jncreasing instability and political assassination. If
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    • 590 6 f\N a great number of occasions draft letters to the v editor have been destroyed by me m sheer disgust at the unalterable complacency ruling m high places, political and administrative. I am convinced that this Emergency is defeating the "law and order" attempts to control
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    • 232 6 SETTING THE JUNGLE ON FIRE JT amazes me to learn that there are still such persons as "A.SX." who consider it practical to set fire to the Malayan jungle. Even if it were possible, such a fire would be extremely hazardous and Very difficult, if not impossible, to control as
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    • 44 6 GOOD on you, and MM} thanks to you, Richard Sydney, for expressing views (m the Straits Times of Oct. 22) that are, I am sure, held by the majority of educated people In Malaya. M. J. K. PahanK
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  • 445 6 Anoilur Dowsrr THE latest contributor to our discussion on dowsing is one who has used the divining rod many a time m the arid back-blocks of Austral a. He is Mr. N. G. Charterls, of the Klang River Dredging Company, at present working in-the Slim River district.
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    • 642 6 CLASSIFIKh ADS. SMITH. At Kandang Kcrbau Hospital on Thursday. 2Mh October to Thorven. wife of T. E. Smith. I siAPI.ES-SOMERVILLE: The eii:;;i«ement Is announced and the marriage will shortly take place at Bt. Mary's Church. Kuala Lumpur, of Dennis James, son af Mr. and Mrs H. H B'nples p.' the
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    • 64 6 -[->. READER'S Digest 'AMERICAN EDITION) The original edition of The Reader's Digest is published simultaneously m Hie U.S.A. and Canada. Cheaper and smaller editions m English and ten oHier languages are published m various parts of Hie world including England. These editions reproduce a few of the articles appearing m
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    • 140 6 Ir^OPTICIRH Fellow Institute Ophthalmic Opticians (Eng Fellow Worshipful Co of Spectacle-Maker* (Eng Freeman of the City of London By Appointment to H.M. Forces.'South Bast Asia. 6 Raffles Place Singapore 1 Phone ***** i iC. %J POtsoutD PENS NEW POIMTS EATE4J AUVS to CWROSIVE ACTION C^^. OF COM/AON INICS.' IN Jo^
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  • 153 7 Soldier father will not be there I A TRAGIC family group will disembark from (the trooper Empire "Windrush m Singapore tomorrow. Mrs. V. Caulfleld. with her 3 -yearold son and baby daughter of 12 months, will not be met by her husband. Captain V Caulfleld, of the Gordons. He was
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  • 83 7 Pilot and patient rescued AN RAF. helicopter flew to crn Pahanpr yesterday I<> it-lift ihp pilot of a second pter which crashed on day m a jungle clearh while making a casualty ii'-fiie. The crashed helicopter dcv: loped mechanical trouble as li was flying out from a clear- with a
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  • 30 7 11 ORE BAHRU. Thurs Mn Thmg, a Sin K apore ilstant, vu fined $150 hore Bahru today for accepting hires from Johore Eahru to Seremban m an unlicensed
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  • 59 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Th'urs. DANDITS failed m an at- tempt yesterday to ambush a bus at the 37th mile Johore Bahru— Ayer Hitam Road. When they opened fire, the driver was hit, but he continued with the conductor holding 1 a handkerchief over hL« wound to prevent
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  • 47 7 mi. iOH VilbaiO-^K-UENtJiiii, lor uam-tast Mr. Malcolm "Mat Donald, is given a navigating tip by the Flag Officer, Malayan Area, Rear Admiral H. W. Faulkner, on the bridge of the Pelandok, during inspection and exercises m the Straits of Johore yesterdny. Straits Times picture.
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  • 120 7 Mac Donald turns 'sailor' for exercises \.|R. Malcolm Mar Donal. 1 rl the Commissioner-Gene ral was an informal "sailor" aboard the M. S. Pelandok yesterday when the Malayan Naval Force carried out exercises m ihe Straits of Johore. "he Commissioner Genera with the Flat; Officer, Mala yan Area. Rear-Admiral H
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  • 265 7 VARSITY BEGINS REUNION PUR meetings will be held simultaneously today at 8.15 p.m. as part of the University of Malaya re-union week programme, which opened last night with a variety concert. Prof. O. A Ransome, Professor of Medicine, will give a talk, '•Psychiatry In General Practice." at the Central Hall.
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  • 74 7 rsee for himself how tin and rubber are being produced under Emergency conditions and what is being done to fight the Communist bandits, an American Congress man arrived m Singapore yesterday by air with his brother and sister. He is Mr. John F. Kennedy, a
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  • 42 7 Air Marshal Sir Francis Fogarty, Commander-in-Chlef, Far East Air Force, and Lady Fogarty, left Singapore tills morning by air for a visit to Australia and New Zealand. They are expected to be away for about one month
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  • 44 7 Goh Lai Seng. 21. pleaded guilty In Singapore yesterday to manufacturing percussion caps m his house at Aljunied Road, which was not licensed for the manufacture Of explosives. Goh. who will be sentenced on Oct. 31. was granted $500 bail.
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  • 163 7 Malaria epidemic beaten A MALARIA epidemic, which swept through the village of Rengit m Batu Pahat, Johore, and resulted m 134 deaths, was stamped out recently the Principal Medical Officer, Johore, Dr. E. C. Vardy, I said last night. First news of the epidemic reached
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  • 66 7 Car market eases THE arrival of several hundred cars early this month has eased the Singapore market considerably. But the backlog on the .supply of popular makes Is still heavy, leading motor firms said yesterday. A spokesman of the agents for the new Austin 7, which was a hit at
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  • 60 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Th.irs. Wong Kam Choon, a rating of the Malayan Naval Force* and Ooh Swee Hong and K. Balam, ticket sellers, were charged m the Police Court today with fighting at the Rex Cinema. Wong pleaded guilty and was fined $5. The other two claimed
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  • 50 7 JOHORE BAHRU, rhurs. Poppy Day dance will be held at the Johore Civil Service Club, Johore Bahru, on Nov. 10 from 8.30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Music will be provided by the Band of the Ist Battalion Cameron ians. Tickets are at $5 each, Including supper.
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  • 59 7 MEMBERS of the Malayan Naval Force, photographed m the Straits of Johore yesterday from the deak of the Pclandok. the flagship. The Commissioner-General for South-East Asia, Mr. Malcolm Mai Donald. waUlied them carry out manoeuvres under the orders of the Flair Officer, Malayan Area,
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  • 317 7 PROGRESS VITAL, SAYS GOVERNOR *J*HREE minutes after the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, had laid the foundation stone for SATA's new $700,000 clinic at Prince Edward Road yesterday, the Association's chairman, Mr. C. L. Edwards, was handed a $100 cheque
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  • 96 7 Police may take over inspections THE Singapore City Council 1 may do away with its present staff of uniformed eutdoor Inspectors of the Registrar of. Vehicles Department. City Councillors are to ask the police if they can carry out the duties of the Vehicle inspectors should the Councillors decide to
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  • 40 7 JOHORE BAHRU Thurs Lee Pak Ch:ng, a fitter, ol Pandan. was fatally injured yesterday m a motor cycle accident. He was riding pillion when the motor cycle crashed against a electric standard m Jahn Larkm.
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  • 62 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs I IM TENG KHAI, a clerk, who offered a bribe of $10 to a policeman, was sentenced to two months' imprisoment m the Police Court today. Lim's timber lorry, was stopped for a check on the load. Lim offered the bribe to be
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  • 150 7 A CHILD'S pedal car, one «f five prizes at the Cathay cinema premiere of the "An American m Paris", i\as won by an Indian m the SI seats whose wife is expecting her first baby. First prize an ingot of tin worth $386 w
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  • 17 7 LONDON. Thurs. Mr. Ambrose Bctham Cross, former Seremban lawyer, has died m Britain, aged 73.
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  • 187 7 Wiltshire presents his own case T*HE commission inquiring into the conduct of A senior officers of Singapore police during the riots finishes its third week of hearings today. It is believed that the commission will conclude its Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire, former acting Commissioner of Police, who returned to
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  • 81 7 T\HE question of allowing X alien Chinese to become associate members of the Straits Chinese British Association will be dscussed by the association's committee which meets this evening at the GarJtn Clu 1 Singapore. The meeting will also decide on a scheme to encourage more voters
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  • 37 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs A new Malay school was opened today at Teblnß Runtoh m the Pulal area. It was built under the People's School scheme. There are now 22 such schools In the State.
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  • 286 8 110 Labour members move to expel rebels 'DISCIPLINARY ACTION' CALLED FOR A MOVE to expel from the Labour Party of Singapore the 76 members who wrote to the General Council of the party calling for its reorganisation and the putting of the interests )f the party above personal interests was
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  • 133 8 $2m. deficit reduced to $409,174 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. AN estimated $2,000,000 deficit m the 1952 draft budget of the Kuala Lumpur Municipality has been reduced to $409,174, the Municipal President, Mr. E. C. O. Barrett, said at the special budget meeting today. The Finance Committee had slashed more than $700,000
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  • 188 8 yHREE hundred members of the Singapore Labour 1 Party have come forward to support the move by the "rebel group" to hold a meeting to pass a non-confidence vote m the present party general council meeting on Sunday. The leader of the group, Mr. Lee
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  • 90 8 MALACCA, Thurs. Malacca will go to the polls on Dec. 1 for the first time m its history. Nine new councillors are to be elected to the Municipal Council. There will be three candidates for each of the three wards Tranquerah. Fort and Bukit China. With the
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  • 126 8 LIM MAY BE ASKED BACK AMOVE to cable the Labour Party president, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, to return immediately to Singapore from the U.S. will be made by Mr. A. R. Lazarus, party candidate for the December City election m the North Ward, tomorrow at the general council meeting. Mr.
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  • 195 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. SEVEN men stood at one of the busiest cross roads m Kuala Lumpur today during the 1 p.m. rush to watch a strip of the latest type of rubber road I being laid. They were Mr. A. R. Smee, road consultant
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  • 129 8 The Colony Court of Criminal Appeal, which dismissed the appeal of A. K. S. Othman Ghany, against the sentence of death passed on him by Mr Justice Spencer-Wilkinson, for the murder of Pte. Peter Hugh Bell during he riots of December 11, last year, yesterday gave
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  • 76 8 Ong Tiam Chor, a- youth under sentence of four years' imprisonment. for causing grievous hurt to a member of his family, had his sentence reduced to 15 months at the Colony Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. Mr. A. D. Farrell, Crown Counsel, said that there was some provocation,
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  • 93 8 Ho Yong Khoon, a shopassistant, said m the First Court yesterday that while he was ving his breakfast on Aug. iw, four men, each carrying a hammer, assaulted him. He became unconscious as a result of the attack and was taken to hospital, Ho added. He
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  • 172 8 Sub-station areas liable to bo blacked out today are: DAY Buklt Timah Village, United Chinese Rubber Works, Lam Soon Cannery, Lam ('noon Rubber Works, Fred Water House, Industrial Gases, KUburn Estate, unear i. Rd., W/D Maintenance i.epot. Turf Club, Ewart Park, Holla- id Rd., Adam Park, Gallop Hill,
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  • 39 8 S'PORE MAN RETIRES MR. AND MRS. E. M. Ezekiel. who sailed yesterday on board the Maetsuycker for Perth. Western Australia where they intend to settle. For many years Mr. Ezekiel has been an optometrist m Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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  • 106 8 rpHE Singapore 0.P.0. work- ers' leave has been stopped to cope with th* Christmas rush, the Director of Posts, Mr. W. A. Cooper, said yesterday. He was commenting; on a letter published m the Straits Times yesterday complaining about the "disorderly scenes" around the
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    • 301 8 *<* art •Him/rift No I *V-» When, m 1854, S'imA Hi the remarkable cricket match was played /jtpM W\ on the Goodwin Sands between the Gentle* wIHA Hi A men of Walmer and the crew of the Deal nil I m //W///HJ Hi/ Lugger "Spartan", Curtis Gin had already Hl\lia^^U/j//
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    • 92 8 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 6 a.m. onwards: British election results; 10-10 am. News /rom K.L.; 1 p.m. Light Music; I.SO News; 1.45 Dance Music; 2 Light Music; 2.30-5 "University of the Air" ("The Nature of Uie Universe"; "Prince Genjl"; "Homage to Baoh"); 6.15 "Forces' Favourites"; 6.55 Announcements: 7 News; 7.12 "The
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  • 641 9 THANK YOU,MESSRS CLARKE GUINNESS BRUCE FRASER talking about FILMS fHANK goodness for Alec Guinness, Ealing Studios, and a gentleman of whom few of us have taken much notice before, Mr. T. E. B. Clarke— they have given us m "The Lavender Hill Mob" the brightest comedy for many, many months.
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  • 68 9 THE Singapore Stage Club began rehearsals last 1 night under producer Vernon 1 Margrave of Somerset! Home And iteauty", which was revived I n the West End last year. rhe play was tittX 'taged just i jfter World W.ir I. The Stage Club s produc- tion
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  • 199 9 FkANNY Kay§ fans will be glad to hear hia latest, "On The Riviera", is coming to Singapore shortly, and will be reviewed next week. With him are Gene Tierney and Corinne Calvet. 3 Hope will be Coming back r.b Singapore soon In "The Lemon Drop Kid," a
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  • 488 9  -  808 THOMAS By CULTRY Yvonne De Carlo, who has slithered through many an exotic epic, has returned from the Near East with a healthy respect for such films. She found the folks love them there Miss. De Carlo, first nlm star to perform m Israel,
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  • 2123 10  -  Winston S. Churchill War Memoirs: Closing The Ring— l 3 i B y i At Mr. Churchill's suggestion the "Big Three" conference of November, 1945, was riven the code-name of "Eureka" and referred U as "Cairo Three" to divert attention from the real m er
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    • 381 10 Cfraifc Timoc nl Observ «l no edict (7). JITdITS I imeS V».rObbWOra 28. London's premier thorough- fare> n a wft y 8). HI I 2 3 4 I 5 6 7 I DOWN. Piece of marble or glass "a |>ns^ SSS; S3S r~ used mosaic work (7) 1 ti ft
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  • 313 11 LONDON, Thurs. THERE was a calm In all sections of the London Stock Exchange today general election day. Whether the calm precedes a storm will be seen tomorrow when election results are to hand. Meanwhile, buyers are quietly consolidating their positions m the belief m a Conservative Party
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  • 35 11 HONG KONG, Thurs. ■JREE market currency exchange f for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today at the close as follows: OSSI HKS6.B3 (cash). HKs6.B6\ (T.T): £1 HK115.65: one tahil of *o!d HKs327'4.— UJ>.
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  • 34 11 FFHE Malayan Exchange Batiks Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying T.T. 34 9/16. Airmail (O. D.) 34 11/18. (90 days) 34 15/16: Selling T.T./OX). ready 34%.
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  • 238 11 Business small; closing prices as of Wednesday QUIET conditions prevailed m the Singapore rubber market yesterday. With most interest centred on the British general election, business was on a small scale. Prices done fluctuated very narrowly, fractionally lower than Wednesday's ciuMiig leveis. Russian buying interest, which started a
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  • 83 11 KEMPAS' profit for year to June 30. 1951. was $2,107,490 (1333 per cent.) and the final dividend recommendation of 40 per cent, will make 80 per cent on account of the period. Net liquid assets, $1,433,048, are equivalent to 90.6 cents per share Cost of production was 55.9
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  • 60 11 ULU Klang Tin turned tha corner, during the year to March 31. 1951. to show a profit of $64,259 (7>4 per cent.) from gravel pumping operations by trtbutors. Debit In profit and loss was reduced to $114,721 at the end of the year. Net liquid assets In
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  • 38 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Oct 25— 8500.75 (up $5.). London: £1,005 a ton LONDON. Thurs. Cash Buyers £1.005, Sellers £1.015; Forward Buyers £980. Sellers £982) d; Settlement £1.020 (down £10). Turnovers: a.m. 35, p.m. 30 tons.
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  • 160 11 THE Singapore copra market was Irregular yesterday with prices tending lower than on Wednesday. Sellers quoted $44 a plcul, with buyers opening at $42* and r.sir.g to $43 i. Loose sun-dried was quoted by buyers at $424 a picul. mixed loose at 50 cents less. Absence of
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  • 177 11 Buyers active; prices firm /CONFIDENT of a Conserva- tive victory m the British general election, buyers were very active m the Malayan share market yesterday. Prices firmed throughout the list. Price changes announqpd J>y the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Barm Sellers Fraser Neave Ordi 4.20 425
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  • 173 11 SHIPS In the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 pjn. yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hai Hsuan. Goldmouth. Gailong. Leneverett, Troodos. Hal Lee. Dardanus, Ondina, Vari Heutsz, Kola. Chang Hwa, Lac Tchad. Kwetyang, La Colorado Mcrak. Patunga. Inner Roads: Sedenak, Hua Heng, Kah Soon.
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    • 453 11 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS To U-m York and Boston via Ceylon. India EevDt and Mediterranean Ports. Singapore P. Swettenham Penang to. "PRESIDENT' ARTHUR" 25/31 Oct. 1/3 Nov. 4/6 Nov. li. "PRESIDENT POLK" 1/8 Nov. 9/10 Nov. 11/14 Nov. S.S. "PRESIDENT CHANT* 22/29 No*. 30 Nov./ 1 Dec. 2/4 Dec. To Los
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  • 160 12 Pure stayers in sprint races at K.L. SPORTS LETTER PUBLICATION of the entrle* for the Selangor Turf Club's November meeting reveals the Interesting fact that a number of out and out stayers have been entered for 5'2-f. races. This is due to the fact that the Selangor Turf Club offers
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  • 153 12 LONDON, Thurs. gADMINTON Is hitting tilt sports pages now that the international championship Is under way. India has emerged as champion of the Pacific zone with victories over Slam and Australia. Two matches m the European zone are scheduled to be played m mid-November and December. France
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  • 393 12 QUADRANGULAR AT SEREMBAN A QUADRANGULAR hockey meet between the combined schools of Selangor, Negrl Sembilan, Malacca and Singapore is being planned, it was revealed at a general council meeting of the Singapore Hockey Association yesterday. The suggested venue lor this meet is Seremban and the dates proposed are Dec.
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  • 117 12 Rain stopped play m yesterday's YMCA tennis tournament ties after competitors had finished a set each In their ties. Yesterday's results: Men'i Open Double*: Urn Hee Chin and Liem Khe Liang v W. X Tan and M. K. San 6-0, 1-1;' C K. Pang and Maj.
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  • 334 12 gINGAPORE Chinese Recreation Club improved their position m the senior hockey league by beating Sherwood Foresters by two goals to one m a fast and thrilling game at Hong Llm Green yesterday. The Chinese, who were on top m the second half, would have
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  • 236 12 J^ GOAL scored three minutes from the end In failing light enabled Undergraduates of the University of Malaya to beat Graduates by two goals to one In their annual hockey game played at Sepoy Lines yesterday. The time which started after a heavy phower was
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  • Sentinel's Sportlight
    • 213 12 WHAT is wrong with the Singapore Amateur Football Association? Does its right hand 1 know what its left hand is doing:? These i questions are prompted by an attempt by I S.A.F.A. vice-president Soh Ghee Soon (m another newspaper) to refute a report m this
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    • 94 12 T*HERE is a suspect air about I 1 the entire proceedings. 1 8 A.F.A. apparently thought the I Gothenburg proposals so lmI portant that its emergency com- mlttee met almost immediately I to consider it. Yet it was six days later, and after I had raised the matter publicly,
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    • 148 12 nTHERE are other factors that I need airing, In view of Mr. i Soh's attack on me. On the day I wrote my rei port I asked two members of are only four) what S.A.F.AJ proposed to do about the Oothenburg offer. Both toldi me that they knew nothing
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    • 116 12 'THE Indian Olympic soccer! tourists, who are expected In Singapore In early December for a series of games In the Colony and the Federation, have declined to play m Ipoh as originally arranged—because of banditry. This Information has been conveyed to Perak soccer authorities. I understand. In an
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    • 49 12 TTHE Singapore Women's Hoc--1 key Association cannot be faulted for lack of Initiative, j Tired of male predominance In the sphere of refereeing. the; S.W.H.A. Intends to introducej a coaching scheme to producel women umpires. The object isi to make all games entirely! feminine affairs. Progress is wonderful.
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    • 87 12 NEWS reaches me from Java! of Bobby Njoo, and It Is! bad news for his many admlr-i j ers In Singapore. "Handsome Bobby", who for! a brief period last year brought an element of glamour and ex- citement to Singapore boxing, has been knocked out for the
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  • 82 12 MCFA LEA VE H.K. TODAY HONG KONG, Thurs. 3 The Malayan Chinese Football j Association fly to the Philippines I tomorrow mcrning for five matches j to be played on Oct. 28. 29 and 31 j and Nov. 4 and 7. They will re- j torn to Singapore via Hong
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  • 445 12 INTER-SCHOOL SWIMMING By Our Aquatics Reporter STAKING recent individual performances as a A criterion, I expect at least six records to go at the inter-school swimming carnival at the Singapore Swimming Club today. In recent months, schoolboys—and Rirls. too— have shown an encouraging amount of
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  • 22 12 Raffles Girls' Afternoon School fifth annual sports meet will be held at the School ground at 4 p.m. today.
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  • 435 12 PENG SOON Co. AMAZE HONG KONG HONG KONG, Thursday. WISITING badminton stars from Malaya treated Hong Kong fans to another sparkling exhibition tonight at the Southern playground stadium, when before 3,000 spectators Wong Peng Soon, Ooi Teik Hock, Abdullah Piruz and Chan Kon Leong again played badminton of a type
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  • 32 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs —A hat trick by Thasen on the Victoria Institution ground yesterday enabled the V.I. schoolboys to beat the Telecomms at hockey by six goals to nil.
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  • 27 12 The tennis match between Urv versity of Malaya graduates and undergrads wu called off yesterday. It will be played on Sunday morning at Sepoy Lines.
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  • 186 12 By JIM ("HAMBKKS LONDON. Thurs. JJNQLAND'S football selector* have seen the red light. After disappointing draws against Prance and Wales they are planning new moves In a bid for real teamwork In the national team to play Austria at Wembley Stadium on Nov. 28. Their current
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  • 140 12 QNLY 15 minutes play was v possible yesterday m the women's hockey trial on the S.R.C. ground before rain came and put an end to the game. Players from the Girls' Sports Club and S.C.C. women's hockey teams took part. The trial will be re-played next Tuesday.
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  • 40 12 LONDON, Thurs. Yesterday's Rugby results: Rugby Union County championship matches: Surrey 26, Sussex 6; Hampshire 3, Middlesex 24. Rugby Union (other matich): Leicester 16, Oxford Unlversty 20. Rugby League, New Zealand tour: Leigh 5, New Zealand 31 Reuter.
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