The Straits Times, 2 November 1951

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER t, 1951. if PRICE FIFTEEN CENT!,
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    BRITISH FAMILIES QUIT SUEZ
    293 1 Army is alerted for guerilla tvar 9 MORE POLICE EVICTED j~ FROM ZONE CAIRO, Thursday. DRITISH Service families in the Canal Zone are to be moved into seven protected areas, a British military spokesman said today. Several hundred families for whom safe accommodation cannot be found
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    Troops fly to Suez
    32 1 RAF Hastings planes, takin {-off at two- hour intervals, carried the vanguard of the 19th Brigade for the troubled *«ez area in Britain's biggest peacetime air-move.— AT. photo.
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    THE RADIO WEEKLY
    121 1 ON Saturday the RADIO WEEKLY will appear for the first time in its new dress Handier in size for quick reference its pages are now 10 inches by 7 inches —the new RADIO WEEKLY has a four-colour cover on imitation art paper and has 48 pages, not
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    THIS POST MAY NOT BE FILLED
    93 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Thurs. f ONDON quarters interested 1 in colonial affa'rs are speculating whether Mr. Churchill will make an appointme t to the post of Minister of "3. ate for Colonial Affairs, which Mr Attlee created In January. 1948 It is
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    AIR BASE FOR COCOS ISLE
    60 1 CANBERRA, Thurs.— Cocoa Island "King" John CluniesRoss agreed today to sell Australia sufficient land for an air base, Aviation Minister Lawrence Anthony announced. He said Australia is hurrying an air force construction party to the Cocos befoil, the monsoon begins so that a regulstr airline
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    WARNING ON AIR DEFENCES
    105 1 WARNING ON AIR DEFENCES LONDON. Thurs. AIR Chief Marshal Sir Guy Oarrod today expressed "acute anxiety" at the slow rate at which Britain's defences were being strengthened. The manpower situation had become critical; he said. The whole air rearmament programme and perhaps the military and naval programmes too— were threatened
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    MEW MINISTER
    52 1 LONDON. Thurs.— Mr. Churchill named Mr. David Eccles as his new Minister of Works today. Mr. Eccles aged 47. worked during the war in the Ministries of Economic Warfare and Production and was economic adviser to the British Ambassadors to Madrid and Lisbon. A.P (ChnrchiU to see Harriman
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    HISTORIC TEST
    26 1 LAS VEGAS. Nevada. Thurs. —Troops were altered for a battlefield test of nuclear weapons at dawn today for the first time in history.— AP.
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    A JIGSAW SOLUTION KILLED 5 BANDITS
    176 1 was like a pig shoot 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A JIGSAW of information collected over the last few months led to the killing of five Batu Gajah, Perak, terrorists and the wounding of five others yesterday and on Tuesday. On Tuesday, eight police jungle
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    2 killed, 4 hurt in camp shelling
    260 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. r7O persons were killed and four injured when a mortar crew of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment shelled a resettlement camp at Sungei P«rangin, near Tanjong Malim yesterday, it was officially stated by the Federation Government today Up
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    Girl lost in mid-ocean
    79 1 COLOMBO. Thurs. AN Australian nurse, Elizabeth Colleen Bandt, 21, vanished from the 27,000--ton British liner Himalaya In the Indian Ocean after a late night dance, port police here disclosed today. The nurse was on her way to England to visit her sister. After the dance on
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    Bandit nurse killed
    44 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. rE bandit nurse, Klan Min, who looked after wounded men of the North Selangor gang was killed near Rawang, Selangor, yesterday by security force*. The nurse was with four other bandits. Medical supplies were found In her pack.
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    WELCH GET 6 HOURS LEAVE
    79 1 Maj.-Gen. A. O. O'Carroll Scott. 0.0.C. Singapore District, accompanied by his A.D.c. Capt. Buchan of The Gordons and Major Harrison of G.H.Q. staff, were among the many who welcomed troop* from the United Kingdom aboard the Empire Fowey which arrived in SlnKapor* last night. TlWWelch
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    $200,000 to slay a Red
    49 1 LONDON, Thursday. 'THI cost of exterminating a single Communist bandit in Malaya during 1950 was about 1200.000 (Malayan), a Colonial Office report published htre disclosed yesterday. Sit hundred and thirty-nine baHdits were killed during the period at the cost of $128 million.— A.P., Reuter.
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    FULL POWERS FOR SIR ROB TO BEAT REDS
    311 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rPHE Federation Government today announced A details of the new powers which have been conferred on the Director of Operations making him virtual supreme commander in all spheres relating to the Emergency. "Full executive authority in all Emergency matters
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    Three get Queen's scholarship in Malaya
    240 1 Three get Queen's scholarship in Malaya KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs A-PRIZE-A-YEAR scholar has won one of the three Queen's scholarships awarded to the Federation of Malaya. He is Mr. Seow Li Cheng, of the Dental Clinic at the Johore Bahru General Hospital. Another winner is Mr. Francis Morsingh, of the Chemistry
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    Talks on the Empire
    47 1 Talks on the Empire LONDON, Thurs. MR. Churchill will call a conference of Commonwealth Premiers early next year, it was reliably reported tonight. Main issue before the conference would be Western plans for the defence of the Middle East and the security of Commonwealth supply routes.— Reuter.
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    Jap students strike
    32 1 TOKYO, Thurs.— More than 1,000 students of Karume University today went on strike in protest against the Japanese peace treaty. They said they would boycott the classes indefinitely. —Reuter.
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    ANIMALS LOOSE
    32 1 MOUNT IDA, ARKANSAS, Thurs. Five of six ferocious circus animals were reported to be on the loose in a wooded mountainous area near Ida after a circus truck overturned yesterday;
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    LEADER AGAIN
    17 1 LONDON. Thurs. Mr. Clement Davies was yesterday re-elected Parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party. A.F.P.
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    Siam is warned of a Red plot
    173 1 Siam is warned of a Red plot BANGKOK, Thura. qiAM'S Premier, Pibul Songgram, told Parliament today that police had information that an intensified effort by Communist underground elements In Siam was scheduled to begin at once. Police headquarters said later that the police had been specially alerted to cope with
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    Threat to Japan, too
    76 1 TOkYO. Thurs. THE Japanese Attorney General, Mr. Takeo Ohashi told a Diet committee yesterday that his office was investigating an alleged Communist plot to destroy the Japanese emperor system and set up a "people's republic" in an armed uprising. Mr. Ohashi said that, according to his
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    MILLION MEN MENACE THE WORLD—TITO
    183 2 MILLION MEN MENACE THE WORLD— TITO BELGRADE, Thursday. iyi ARSHAL TITO yesterday told a Press conference that the Soviet satellites bordering Yugoslavia had one million men under arms, including police forces. This was a "menace not only to Yugoslavia but to world peace", he said. "More tanks, planes and artillery
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    Proposal on Morocco 'bad joke'
    114 2 Proposal on Morocco 'bad joke' PARIS, Thurs. GEN.. Augustin Oulllaump. French Resident-General In Morocco, yesterday described the Arab countries' proposal that French administration in Morocco should be examined by the United Nations as "a Joke in bad taste or an unprecedented scandal." The population of Morocco, numbering 8,000,000, backed the
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    Burma to stay neutral
    46 2 RANGOON, Thurs. Burma will not alter its neutral foreign policy because of the change in Britain's government. Thakin Nu, Burmese Prime Minister. said in •Rangoon today. He told reporters Burma's foreign policy was dictated by the best interests of the country.— Reuter.
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    Seven killed
    33 2 CHARLESTON, Thurs. Seven miners were killed In an explosion in a coal mine here yesterday. Five other men were trapoed in a gallery when the roof collapsed under the blast— AFP.
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    NO UJS. ESCORT
    22 2 TOKYO, Thurs. Japan's first post-war Antarctic whaling fleet to sail without an American officer escort left Osaka yesterday. Reuter.
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    REST IF THE WORLD NEWS I BRIEF
    149 2 THE 2.00(!.000th ton or unitary equipment to be sent out of the I'ni' d States was loaded at N Orleans. Destination gon. Mr. Nehru has rej.Lied a/.' vitation to visit Mao Tsciang in Peking. RUSSIA has told NctWft] "stop desecrating" the graves of
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      437 2 NOTICES NOTICE GUEST HOUSE Nos. 31/33, Llryd Boa4, Singapore NOTICE Is hereby given thai Mrs. S. COTTRELL the soli proprietress of the business carried on at Nos 31/33, Lloyd Road, Singapore, under the style Oi name of GUEST HOUSE, haa agreed to sell the said business as a going concern.
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      763 2 NOTICES NOTICE Notice U hereby given that MRS. LOW KBONG nee NINA HWANO Of HO. 33, CalrnhlU Road. Singapore, la applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written signed statement of the facts to
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      686 2 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TCNDEKS (For p&rtkmUr* sec Tender Roeea. Ground Ftoar. City Hall) QAS DEPARTMENT: (a) Supply of Labour for discharging Coal from Lighters for 1952. Deposit $200. (b) Purchase of Surplus Coal Tar for 1952. Deposit 1 1,000. Both tenders Close N00N— 12.11.51. ENOINEERS DEPARTMENT: Orass Cutting
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      430 2 NOTICES THE MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE (Ckapter IJ3). RURAL BOARD, SINGAPORE Assessment List 1953. (Section 62) The Assessment Ust for 1952 has been completed and may be inspected at the Rural Board Office, Land Office, Singapore, during office hours The Rural Board will proceed to revise the assessment at 10 a.m on
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      284 2 TODAY'S RADIO SINGAPORE PENANG 10-10.10 a.m. Newt from K.L. 10 am -2 p.m. As S'pore: 6 1 p.m. Light Music; 1.30 News; Variety; 6.30 "London Stu 1.45 Dance Music; 2 Light Music; todies'; 6.55 As S'p -re; 7.30 I 1 r--2.30-5 'Oniversity of the Air" gonal Choice"; 8 As S'pore;
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    RECALL MOSSADEQ, GOVT. TOLD
    238 3 ROW IN TEHERAN PARLIAMENT 'He sits while Persia falls 9 TEHERAN, Thursday. 'pHE Persian Parliament broke up in uproar today after the opposition leader had accused the Government of failing to tackle the Communist "threat." Djemal Imami, said Prime Minister Mossadeq was "sitting tight in Washington
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    Imperial preference pHge
    221 3 Imperial preference pHge LONDON, Than. LOT!) Balfour of lnchyre Icild an Empire, rally in London last night that the tion of the Conservative Government had killed th» Torquay trade agreements and opened the way for Britain to return to Imperial preferences. He said "Torquay is dead and can be put
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    'Guinea pig' charges a lie—U.S.
    98 3 'Guinea pig' charges a lie U.S. WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE acting Secretary of State, Mr. James Webb, denied Communist reports that Korean and Vietnamese prisoners of war were being used for experiment* in the current atom bomb tests In Nevada. In a statement to the press, Mr. Webb said the reports
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    WORK IS BEING PUSHED AHEAD
    48 3 CANBERRA, Thurs.—Australia is pushing ahead as quickly as possible to develop the air and naval bases on Manus Island and will do her utmost to encourage America to use them, the Air Minister. Mr. William McMahon, told the House of Representatives vc.stpr'.iv.— Reuter.
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    Huk leader killed
    83 3 MANILA, Thurs. PHILIPPINES Constabulary forces yesterday killed the leader of a Communist Huk band which ambushed and murdered two Americans a week ago. The Huk leader, identified as* Maximlano Manzano, was trapped by a Philippine army patrol who shot him. Articles consisting of cash, wrist watches, a
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    Lion's share for Lion City
    48 3 NEW DELHI, Thurs.—Singapore imported the lion's share of Indian cotton piecegoods during the four months ending Aug. 1, 1951, the Indian Commerce Ministry announced. Exports by sea and air to Singapore were 32,811,000 yards, with the British figure of 25.080,000 ranking second A.P.
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    Tin Duke holds investiture
    30 3 LONDON, Thurs. The Duke of Gloucester, deputising for the King, held an investiture in Buckingham Palace yesterday. More than 300 people received awards and decorations.— A.P.
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    Jap agency in H.K.
    24 3 TOKYO, Thurs.— The Japanese Government will set up an "overseas agency" In Hong Kong, a Foreign Mlnstry official said today.Reuter.
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    A-BOMBS READY FORFRONT
    103 3 A-BOMBS READY FORFRONT WASHINGTON. Thurs. JLJR. Albert G^re, Democrat; Tennessee, who saw the atomic tests In Nevada, yesterday said that the atom bomb could be used on the battlefield. Mr. Gore, chairman of the Atomic Energy sub-committee of the House Expenditures Committee, said: "Atomic bombs are no longer mysterious uncertainties
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    Peron goes on leave
    63 3 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. teneral Peron handed U over the presidency of Argentina today to one of hts closest political supporters, 60-year-old Re a r-Ad-mlral Alberto Teissaire. President Peron Ls going on six months leave to fight the comirrg elections. Admiral Teissare Ls provisional president of the
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    Soviet goodwill mission
    53 3 LONDON, Thurs.— The Deputy Mayor of Stalingrad. Madame Katyana Murashkina. will lead goodwill mission of Russian artists and writers to Britain this month, the British Soviet Friendship Society announced today. They will attend a meeting in London on November 11 to celebrate the 34th anniversary of the
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    Two killed in ship explosion
    37 3 GRINDSTONE ISLAND, QUEBEC, Thurs.— An engineroom explosion sank the Panamanian motor ship Transpet (2,948 tons) and killed the chief engineer and an oiler last night Eighteen of the crew were rescued.— Reuter.
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    Royal couple arrive in Washington
    162 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. DRINCESS ELIZABETH and the Duke of Edin- burgh arrived In Washington yesterday for a crowded 45-hour visit to the American capital Thev were greeted at the airport by President Truman, Mrs. Truman and their daughter Margaret. i A 21-gun salute boomed and the
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    Indonesia weak, says trade chief
    155 3 .1 %IV/*I\X.~», muiMia;. DESPITE record prices for Indonesian tin, rubber and oil, Indonesia'* economic position Is weak, said Dr. Saroso Wirjodlhardjo, head of the Directorate for Trade and Industry, today. "Any drdp Id prices at pre sent being paid for our mail export product* would
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    TO COLOMBO FOR CONFERENCE
    42 3 MR. C. W. W. Kannangara. Ceylon Consul General in Jakarta, and Mrs. Kannangara, who arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qantas-BOAC on their way to Colombo where Mr. Kannangara is to have talks with his Government.— Straits Times picture.
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    CHOCOLATE KING' ARRIVES
    71 3 BRITAIN'S chocolate "kin*" and grandson of the founder 4>f Cadburya, Mr. Lawrence J Cadbury, J £ad" bury, acrlre* in Staf»P»» 7-*****! Q"»**»BOAC from London on their way to Australia Mr Cadbnry who wa« chief of the economic »fwioo of the British Minion i* Mo»oow in 1941, is
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    Russia may send corn to Egypt
    144 3 Russia may send corn to Egypt CAIRO, Thurs. RUSSIA has offered to supply Egypt with wheat, barley, trucks, machinery, newsprint, fertilizers and chemical products in exchange for Egyptian cotton, it was reported here. Russia offered 5,000 tons of newsprint to help relieve Egypt's acute newsprint shortage. The Ministry of National
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    ON WAY TO PARIS
    28 3 KARACHI, Thurs. Dr. Aehmad Subardjo. the Indonesian Foreign Minister, left here by air yesterday for Paris to attend the United Nations General Assembly.— Neuter.
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    WONT REARM
    23 3 TOKYO, Thurs.— Japanese Ikeda said today that Japan would not rearm, even she wanted to because of shortage of money. Reuter-AAP
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    Govt. will continue to be sole buyer
    121 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Thurs. THE United States Government Is not likely to abandon its role as exclusive buyer of natural rubber before the second quarter of next year. TPhe Financial Times Washington correspondent said hopes of an earlier termination had been
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    Churchill to meet Averell Harriman
    302 3 Churchill to meet Averell Harriman LONDON, Thurs. T»HE Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, arranged today to meet Mr. W. Averell Harriman, America's new foreign aid administrator. This will be the prelude to a meeting between Mr. Churchill and President Truman, and the strengthening of Anglo-American friendship. Mr. Harriman will start
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    Government takes 70 p.c. of profits
    122 4 Government takes 70 p.c. of profits From Our Correspondent. LONDON. Thurs. COMMENTING on "aggrav; vations caused by a Goveraiment which is apparently perversely disposed towards an industry it should feel impelled to assist,". Sir John Hay in a statement to shareholders of Lambak Rubber says the total of Government imposts
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    A.S.P. seeks divorce
    92 4 MR. E e Sim Mong, A.S.P.. who petitioned for a dissolution of his marriage with his wife. Tan Hock Neo told the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. yesterday that his wife left him in Dec. 1933 because "we were not able to carry on." Mr. Ee said
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    Barnes, Fenn-Wu education plans hit by Malay unions
    306 4 Barnes, Fenn- Wu education plans hit by Malay unions •INCOMPATIBLE WITH CREATION OF MALAYAN NATION 9 Jiih Barnes and Fenn-Wu Reports on Education are incompatible in almost every aspect except in their ultimate aim for the creation of a Malayan nation, states a memorandum from the Federation of Malay Students
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    'I'VE CAUSED MUCH TROUBLE'-RUSSIAN
    109 4 7 will go 9 gets 9 months A RUSSIAN living in Singapore, who admitted four previous convictions, yesterday told the Singapore First District Judge, Mr. W. O. Alcock, that he w. w-j i» ing tne authorities a lot of i trouble. "It I am given a
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    Unions seek aid through CG
    163 4 A FIVE-MAN delegation of the Singapore Federation of Services Unions will meet the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mat-Donald, next Tuesday to seek his help in settling their claims with the three Services Ministries in the United Kingdom. The active council ol the Federation will meet today
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    Church for Adventists
    97 4 THE Seventh Day Adventists. who bought and recently renovated at a total cost of $90,000 the former Community Church In Balestier Road, will formally open the Church on Saturday. This will be the Seventh Day Adventists' fourth church congregation in Singapore. English-speaking members, who used to worship
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    SOCIETY MEETING
    22 4 The Singapore Malays' Housing Society will hold a general meeting at the Geylang Malay School on Sunday at 2 p.m.
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    Blackout areas
    136 4 Blackout areas Sub-stations liable to load shedding today are: DAT Anson Rd., Sago St., Ramah St., People's Park, Nanson Rd., Lam Soon Oil Mills. Guan Hin, I'.E. Network, I'.E. Factory, River Valley Rd., KlUiney Rd., Orchard Rd' Armenian St. Static, Adelphi, Capitol, Newton 1 t. NIGHT Asia Rubber Loronp 3,
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    Two efficiency experts arrive
    84 4 TWO OF THE THREE RESIDENT efficiency consultants to th e Singapore Government arrived In th e Colony yesterday. They ar e Mr. E. Sealey (right) and Mr S. Manstead (second from the right) of Urwick, Orr and Partners. They were met at the airport by Mr.
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    BIG DROP IN TRAFFIC FINES
    108 4 THERE has been a downward trend in the last few months In the total of fines imposed In the Singapore Traffic Courts. This Is mostly due to the system adopted lately by the traffic police of compounding minor offences on the spot to clear the
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    DISABLED MEN GET POOR SUPPORT
    190 4 DISABLED MEN GET POOR SUPPORT SUPPORT from employ ers for the Singapore Labour Department's project for rehabilitating disabled labourers has not been good. Since it was set up ihm months ago, the Technical Selection Committee, which interviews and places these labourers, has studied 26 cases, but has been able to
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    Court rejects au appeal
    50 4 The Colony Court of Civil Appeal yesterday dismissed the appeal of Thakurdass Kessamall. an Indian businessman, against the decision of Mr. Justice Brown who had dismissed his suit for possession of a shophoase in High Street. The tenant of the premises is Wassiamull Assomull and Company.
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    DRIVER KILLED IN CRASH
    65 4 Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday returned a finding of death by misadventure at the inquest on Lim Gim San, aged 27. who was killed when the bus he was driving crashed into a tree. Wan Hoi Meng. a passenger in the bus. said Lim was
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    Religious body to discuss waitresses
    212 4 ALOR STAR, Thursday. IMHETHER waitresses should be banned from TT coffee and eating shops will be debated at next month's meeting of the Kedah Religious Council, the Chief Kathi, Tuan Sheikh Mahmood, told ttu> Straits Times today. He was comment ig on an anonymous letter
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    POPPY DAY CAR SALES
    93 4 A feature of this year's drive for Poppy Day funds is the setting up of stalls in central areas in Singapore where people can buy poppies for their cars. Mrs A. W. Frisby, who is in charge of street sales and distribution of car poppies, says
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    Youth gaoled for 2 months
    110 4 For misappropriating 500 Indian rupees while he was working on the oil tanker Dromus, which caught fire on Auk. 20. Tan Ah Lek. aged 16. was yesterday gaoled for two months by the Singapore Fourth" Magistrate. Mr. P. Clague. Chief Inspector C. W. Such, who
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    A volunteer in a Mutiny retires
    91 5 A volunteer in a Mutiny retires AFTER nearly 40 years in Malaya, a man who was a volunteer Lance Corpora] during the 1915 Singapore Mutiny is going to-retire to Western Australia. He is Mr. J. A. Dean, an insurance man. At a farewell party Mr. Dean's colleagues in the insurance
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    CEILING PRICE PUT ON U.S. CARS
    243 5 $9,500 limit will check drain on dollars year, the maximum price at which American cars may be sold retail in the Federation and Singapore will be $9,500, following a new restriction placed upon the trade by the Governments of the two territories. An official
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    RAF POPPY DAY SHOW
    140 5 The Royal Air Force have a really good show In Take It— Don't Leave It", their production which opened at the Victoria Theatre last night and ends tonight. It has colour, clever costuming, verve and variety, and it is well planned from the first opening burlesque
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    CO-OP MEETING
    28 5 The general meeting of the Singapore Co-operatlye Stores Society will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday in the St. Joseph's Institution Hall, Bras Basah Road.
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    5 MEN FINED
    29 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thur3 Five Singapore Chinese, who had been residing on Ayer Bemban Estate since July without reporting their change of address wer£ fined $15 each.
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    P&OCaptair gives party
    100 5 TOMMODORE Geoffrey Scott v Stable, senior captain of the P. and O. line, who is taking the Canton back to Britain before retirement, gave a farewell party last night to members of the Singapore Pilot Association. The Canton leaves Singapore early today. Among the many going home
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    HOMAGE TO GOD OF PROTECTION
    64 5 Hindu officers of the Railway Department in Singapore will celebrate Sathurthi— an occasion commemorating Lord Ganesha, God of Protection —at the Sri Senpaga Vlnayagar temple In Ceylon Road today The festival will Include holy baths, pooja ceremonies, music by Mrs. Rajamalkar Sinadural, Mr. N. V.
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    UMNO to plead for 6 in death cells
    99 5 rIE president of UMNO, Tungku Abdul Rahman visited Singapore yesterday to arrange for an appeal against the death sentences recently imposed on six Malays for the murder of an R.A T man during the December riots. Prominent Singapore law- I yers will
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    Wage talks begin today
    71 5 THE Singapore Glass Facory Workers' Union will meet the management of the Singapore Glass Manufacturers' Company today to negotiate a waire Increase settlement. This follows the decision taken by the Union yesterday to accept the Company s •nvitatlon to start negotiations. Tiie Union will Oe repre
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    DECREE NISI FOR I'RISON OFFICER
    40 5 Mr. F. W. H. Clarke, an officer of Changi prison, was granted a decree nisi by the Chief Justice Sir Charles .rfurray-Aynsley, in the Singapore Hifcf-i Court yesterday. The decree becomes absolute in six months.
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    GAMBLED: GAOL
    25 5 Lim Kim Pin was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by the Singapore Third Police Court Magistrate. Mr H. B. Livingstone, yesterday for gambling.
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    INCONSIDERATE
    29 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Yee Kal Chong. a Singapore cafe attendant, was fined $30 in the Police Court today for inconsiderate driving when his car collided with another car
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    POLICE PLAN COLONY WIDE RECRUITING
    83 5 police are soon O to start a Colony wide recruiting campaign, lasting a month. Recruiting v;UT begin as soon as formal approval has been given to the revised scheme of pay and allowances. Twelve chief Inspectors, M Ins- pectors and 142 constables are required. One
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    1,644 WILL SIT FOR EXAM
    112 5 1,644 WILL SIT FOR EXAM A RECORD of 1,644 candidates will sit in Singapore for the Cambridge School Certificate examination which begins on Nov. 26. It will be conducted in 12 centres. Nine hundred and thirty six of the candidates arc from the Colony schools while the remaining 708 are
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    SPECIAL SENT TO PRISON
    40 5 JOHORE BAHRU Thurs.— Zalnai bin Osman, a special constable, was sentenced at Johore Bahru to six weeks' gaoi for desertion. A charge of stealing clothing from Hussain bin Ibrahim wa q transferred to the Sessions Court.
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    Sea Cadet Corps to expand soon
    170 5 rpHE strength of the Singapore Sea Cadet Corps is 1 to be increased next year to 250, the Commanding Officer, Lt Commander G. L. Williams, said yesterday. There will be five units including, one open unit. The Corps also hopes to have a new
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    FIRST AID LECTURES
    63 5 JOHORE BAHRU Thun— Enrolment has bepn completed to form f our companies of S: John \irbulance Brigade in Jonnrt Bahru. The brigades will include a women's se^/.von Weekly lectures will be given by Dr. Cheah Seng Kee. Health Officer. Johore South, at the premises of the Johore
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    Exchange found jobs tor 620
    41 5 'THE Singapore Labour Exchange found work for &20 people in October, a spokesman of the department told the Straits Times yesterday. More than l£tt people— mostry labourers and amahs— registered with the department during: the month.
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    Women besiege market stalls
    159 5 Women besiege market stalls SINGAPORE farmer* 1 first attempt to sell produce direct to consumers at Simon Road market, Upper Serangoon, yesterday left buyers clamouring for more. More than 300 katis of vegetables was sold in three hours as men and women crowded the two stalls set up by the
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    EXHIBITION AT SCHOOL
    71 5 1 Mrs. A. W Frisby wife ul ihe Director of Education .n Singapore, will open the annual exhibition of art and I handicraft of the FaLrfieV Girls' School at the scbut hall In Nell Road today u 9.30 a.m The exhibits, which tnclude dresses, table dot»i. baskets,
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Nov. 2. 1951. Fighting the War
    852 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Nov. 2. 1951. Fighting the War The public's reception of the intention to make important changes in responsibility for the conduct of the Communist war is not in any doubt. The new Director of Operations is to be given all the authority of a supreme
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    The Tin Mission
    286 6 If Washington reports accurately represent the task which the American tin mission to Malaya has set itself, then there is greater ignorance of the industry even than was suspected. And suspicion was never exactly concealed. One reason for sending the mission, Reuter reports from Washington, is the
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    LOOKING AHEAD TO A PEACE
    2046 6  - LOOKING AHEAD TO A PEACE WINSTON CHURCHILL War Memoirs: Closing the Ring— lB By rnHE formal conferA ences at Teheran were Interspersed with what may be thought to be even more Important talks between Roosevelt, Stalin, and myself at luncheons and dinners. Here there we*e *ery fe* things that could
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      289 6 AM sorry for "Tictac", who replied (Oct. 31) to Imy letter. "Tictac" obviously knows a great deal about pre-war Malaya for he (or she) tells us: "Pre-war officers of the M.C.S. were never called upon to tackle problems of real national magnitude requiring great alertness of mind and
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      POPPY FUND MONEY
      106 6 rTH regard to the item in the Strait* Times of Oct. 18, "Poppy Fund Money for Red Victim*," I have been informed by the Ex-Services Association of Malaya that the canvassing letter did not accurately state all the purposes for which this year's funds will be used.
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      MUSICAL PRINCIPLE
      102 6 TN this matter of the Musi--1 clans' Union protest against the employment In Singapore of an American band ought we not to get the principle of It straight first? Is It not true that the President of the union, and the Secretary, are aliens? As Indeed are many
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    On the Margin Fame At Last
    401 6 On the Margin Fame At Last TOIS column cannot always avoid the pronoun "I" but It trie* to avoid the ego. Today, however, I want to uk readers to share a joke at a very personal nature. I have received by sea mail, addressed to me personally, an Invitation to
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      54 6 DREADER'S igest 'AMERICAN EDITION) The original edition of The Reader's Digest it published simultaneously in the U.S.A. and Canada. Cheaper and smaller editions are published in England and elsewhere. These editions reproduce some of the articles appearing In an earlier issue of the original edition. Sole Agents: RAJ 6c GOPAL
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    CITY TO SELL HOMES TO ITS EMPLOYEES
    221 7 Plan to provide security on retirement \RENTS WILL COVER LOAN BY COUNCIL THE Singapore City Council has earmarked $1,250,000 for next year to build and sell houses to its staff, on the principle of providing each employee with his own home before he
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    HE IS TOURING FAR EAST
    9 7 MR T J. COKEI.Y
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    NEW ARRIVAL
    49 7 MRS. ROSEMARY MCQI'IRE, and Ralph Charles, who was born in the President Polk on Monday evening. Stewardess Mrs. Hamilton is caring for the baby. The ship arrived in Singapore yesterday, but the mother and baby will remain on b oard for two more days. Straits Times picture.
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    S'pore port improved —he says
    166 7 S'pore port improved —he says |>ORT conditions in Singar pore had greatly improved in recent weeks and shipping delays had been considerably reduced, Mr. T. J Cokely, special representative of American President Lines, said yesterday. Mr Cokely Is touring the Far East to examine port conditions and to try to
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    $155,798 in one day
    55 7 CINGAPOREANS on Wednesday deposited $155,798 more than they withdrew from the Post Office savings bank. This is the highest amount for any one dy since the present post office savings campaign on July 2. The previous highest excess of deposits over withdrawal? was recorded on July
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    ADMITS HE STOLE TIN
    653 7 Lim Cheng Yeo admitted in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, that he stole 15 pounds of tin worth $80 belonging to the Pulau Brani Smelting Works on Wednesday. The case was postponed to Nov. 8 (or sentence. Lim was ofTered a bail of $250. the
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    4 soldiers miss ship to Blighty
    161 7 A soldier with a big box— whose train from up-coun-try had been derailed the night before, boarded the troopship Dunera yesterday with one minute to spare. Then, as the ship drew away from the quayside, four sojdiers rushed alongside. But they were too late
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    Front seat may soon carry more
    136 7 Front seat may soon carry more THE Singapore City Council is taking steps to have the Road Transport Ordinance amended so that City Councillors will have the power now vested in the Registrar of Vehicles to fix the maximum number of passengers who may travel in the front seats of
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    Scouts are now happy
    115 7 rraiE South Rhodesian jungle JL scouts have been flooded with offers of tape-recording machines rollowlng a report In the 6tra:ts Times on Wednesday that they wanted one to send Christmas greetings to their families. "Radio Scientist", Mr. P. C. B. Marshall, of Radio Malaya, Shriro's, The
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    BANK CHIEF ENTERTAINED
    70 7 Three hundred people attended a cocktail party at the Seaview last night, given by Mr. and Mrs. Nanikram Tahllram in honour of Mr. M. Ct. A. Chidambaram Chettlar. chairman of the Indian Overseas Bank and the United India Fire and General Insurance Co. Mr. Chettiar dropped in
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    CHEAT GAOLED
    26 7 Kheh Kai Boon was in Singapore yesterday gaoled for six weeks for criminal breach of trust of $7 belonging to a woman. Chua Tee.
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    Baby Ralph the toast of ship
    205 7 DASSENGERS and crew of the President Polk, which arrived in Singapore yesterday, have been celebrating the birth of Ralph Charles McGuire, Bat Monday evening. He is the first baby born in ie ship since she was launched in 1941. Mr. and Mrs. R J
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    Govt. names export board men
    130 7 Govt. names export board men IPPOINTMENTS to the Malayan rubber export registration board, a new body created unde. the Rubber Shipping and Packing Control Ordinance of 1950, were ofnciallv announced last night. Chairman of the Board is Mr. J. C. Cobbett. Members are. Messrs. I O. Salmond and F. 1
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    24 named for Penang elections
    148 7 24 named for Penang elections PENANG, Thurs. FENTY-FOUR candidates were nominated today to contest the three wards In George Town's first post-war Municipal elections on Dec. 1. The candidates are: TANJONG WARD LABOUR PARTY: Mr. N. Ponnudural, Mr. A. Balakrishnan, Mr. Tan Heng Chew. RADICAL TARTY Mr. Tan Chin Cheng,
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    Rotary Club for J. Bahru
    78 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. A ROTARY Club is likely to be started in Johore Bahru in the near future. The Idea was first suggested by a former President of the Singapore Rotary Club. Dr. Isaac, a Rotarian now stationed in Johore Bahru, contacted local residents to
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    RETURNS
    26 7 Mr. N. Ponnuduray, Singapore's Deputy Supervisor of Elections, returned to the Colony yesterday by BOAC Argonaut from London after observing the recent British General Elections.
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    New postal agency
    88 7 New postal agency pASIR Panjang villagers need no longer travel several miles to buy stamps, post letters, or send registered articles and parcels. The Postal Department set up an agency at the fifth milestone yesterday. First person to buy stamps at the agency was Mr. H. J C. Kulasingha, a
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    2-MONTH BLACKOUT TO END: MONEY FOR CABLE VOTED
    112 7 THEN families iiving in a 'black out" lor the past two L months in a new block of flats in a lane ofT Moulmein Road Singapore will shortly be provided with electricity Approval for the laying of a $3,360 electric cable to
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    COUNCILLORS 'NOT TOLD OF BIG CHANGES'
    295 7 COUNCILLORS 'NOT TOLD OF BIG CHANGES KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. 'PHE Federal Executive and Legislative Councils have never been consulted on some of the most important changes which are to be introduced in the Federation Agreement, members of the Councils told the Straits Times today. The proposed changes were announced last
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    Malaya at end of meat queue
    198 7 Malaya at end of meat queue MEAT supplies to the iTI Federation or Sir.^.i pore are unlikely to ue increased now, or in ;..i--foreseeable future. Commenting o i the t- .n--ing rise in meal prices announced in the Straits Times yesterday, Mr. R. A. Wright, Singapore Food Producticn Officer, said.
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    He threw jug at .wife
    106 7 1 YOUNG woman. Juliana Leong Sow Ying. a Government clerk, tola the Chief Justice. Sir Charles IfurrayAynsley in the High Court yesterday that he* husband threatened to shoot her after brewing a jug at her. Juliana, who is sueir.p her husband. Peter Phua Hin Chiang,
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    BOATMAN FREED
    41 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Lim Teck Hong, a boatman, who was arrested in connection with an attempt to smuggle 400 cartons of cigarettes on Monday, was acquitted in the Police Court today as the Customs had no evidence against him.
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    MALAYAN GOVTS AID FISHING INDUSTRY TO BOOST CATCH
    239 8 More trained personnel, better equipment 'FEDERATION and Singapore Governments have taken steps to increase the quantity of fish caught in Malaya by the use of more trained personnel, improved fishing craft and better equipment. A Government spokesman said yesterday the 39-year old
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    Joint action can get more fish, he says
    123 8 TPOP-LEVEL talks between Singapore, the Federation, Indonesia, Ceylon, and the Philippines on how to improve off-shore fishing was advocated yesterday by Legislative Councillor Mr. C. R. Dasaratharaj (Lab. Rochore). C-nlv joint action with neighbouring countries would solve the Colony's acute fishing shortage,
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    shore work and fish carriers. Organise old boys, he says
    75 8 shore work and fish carriers. Organise old boys, he says An old students' association of the Pasir Panjang Hwa Kiau Chinese School was suggested yesterday by Mr. H. J. C. Kulasingha, a Singapore Legislative Councillor and Chairman of Pasir Panjang'Rural District Committee. He was opening a two-day arts and craft*
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    Strike threat by postmen
    58 8 A move on strike action if Government fail* to settle immediately the claims of about 800 uniformed staff of the Singapore Postal service, will be made at the annual meeting of the Singapore Post and Telegraph Uniformed Union on Sunday. The union's major claims are an
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    Millionaire sues his nephew
    336 8 A CLAIM FOR $98,700 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. MR. Loke Wan Yat, landed proprietor and business man, today sued his nephew, Mr. Loke Yung Hong, in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court for reinstatement of a security which was discharged during the Japanese occupation. Mr. Justice Wilson reserved
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      246 8 1MB? When, in 1873, i Vf the first International Association footba JT^^^^^Tj match between England and Scotland Vl|»«#f was played at the Oval, Curtis Gin had ***i>.».. i»*» already been distilled in London for !%^A I more than ioo years. i €^m"^ I There's character I\J*M ls n W* Dunlitd
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      102 8 1.W.C.A.: Raffles Quay, Mandarin (beginners) 9.30 am.; Advanced class. 10.30 ajn. Malay class. 9.15 am., 10.30 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. UNITED NATIONS EXHIBITION. Victoria Memorial Hall, free admission. Y 31.1. A.: Orchard Road, programme planning sub-committee meeting, 5 30 pjn.; Judo practice-. 5.30 p.m.; weight-lifting and bodybuilding, 5.30 pjn.; table-tennis
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      THE SECRET LIFE OF DANNY KAYE
      472 9 Uannu Kaye in the vupput scene from "On rhe Riviera ONCE upon a time there was a pleasant young man called David Daniel Kaminsky who found that he could make everybody laugh with his comic singing, his pantomime and his mimicry. He did it
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      Rhonda In Her Films
      231 9 Rhonda In Her Films By 808 THOMAS DEAUTEOUS redhead Rhonda Fleming is pleading for a return of sex appeal to the women in movies. The men have had it long enough," she declares. Bhe referred to the trend In recent years of displaying male stars In scanty attire while the
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      They Carry All The Head-aches
      355 9 T*HE term assistant director Is misleading —most assistant directors never direct. They are, actually, directorsassistants a nd, as such, do the dirty work. You might call them the studios* sergeants, for that's what they are. "We get the headaches, said Chico Day, one of Hollywood's
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      Seeks Morp Sex Appeal
      327 9 actually i e <*-:.~,-£<l r.s a bey in one sequence. With Miss. Fleming's figure, this operation requires no small amount of technical skill. She told of other scenes that deprive her of glamour. I spent an hour or two getting my makeup and hair done for
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    Most Countries Would Blush At Egypt's Boast
    848 10  - Most Countries Would Blush At Egypt's Boast EGYPT'S claim to tht Sudan is based on an historical record which would make most self-respecting countries blush. The sorry prologue to the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium of 1889 begins In 1820 when Egypt, acting at the behest of her Turkish overlords, embarked on an
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    THE PROPHET & THE VOLCANO
    655 10  - THE PROPHET THE VOLCANO Doo By tg/ITH a little calcula- Uon we found it was possible to leave the office at noon on Saturday, Just catch the train, get Into a local pony-cart, and be well up on the saddle between the two volcanoes by nightf all. Starting at 3
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      280 10 f I 23.. Err.ii.c old French erptoiyr Straits Times Trossword 7 > :The M (4 5 A lllBOO touches (14J. F* I 4 5 Tun, me opposite dlree- I 1 u^fw ion (»-5, 4) HH 2. BeHrlan Bring In the Bast Sa^ 3 Wantlng ln jijoy,. t L-Tsrr r jjfs
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    LONDON STOCKS
    287 11 LONDON. Thurs. DEAR covering generally ■'failed to provide a prop for the sarelnß stock market today. Most section closed with fresh losses but these were on a smaller scale than of late. CoYerinf? by short-term operators gave British funds a firm tone at the outset but gains of
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    35 11 HONQ KONO. Thurs FREE marker currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was Quoted today at the dose as follows: US$l. HK$B.79 (cash). HK$6 83 (T.T.); £1 HK515.64; one lahll of gold HK$325 UP
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    35 11 FK Malayan Exchange Banks 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 15/18; Selling T.T./O.D. ready 34*.
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    Melbourne share market
    164 11 rrom uwr Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE Thun INVESTMENTS bad a subdued undertone In the Melbourne Exchange today, though Bond prices were well supported. Features of the week's trading have been the quiet strength of Bonds— some brokers say thla Is due to official support and a drifting tendency
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    RUBBER MARKET
    212 11 Sellers 9 reserve keeps things very steady THE Singapore rubber market was very steady x yesterday, with sellers again inclined to be reserved. Prices, which opened around $1.52 a lb for first-grade In the morning, steadied further in the afternoon. Moderate tum»»r ~>~>~+.~i The market closed stead] quiet,
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    TIN: $485½ A PICUL
    37 11 SINGAPORE, Thus. Nor. l-$485 5« (up $1«.M) Lomioa: £995 a too LONDON. Than. Cash Buyers £995, Sellers £1,M«); Forward Buyers t977i, 9ellers £9M; Settlement £1.M5 (ap £124). Turnover: a.m. 55. p.m. 10 tons.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    167 11 gOSINESS In copra was done la the Singapore produce market at $41\ a ptcul yesterday. There were further buyers at the price, but sellers moved up quotations to $42 '.i. Buyers' bid* were lower in the loose copra section, at $39.50 a picul for sun-dried and $39
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    Malayan shares
    196 11 Still following London down FOLLOWING the lead from London, the Malayan share market was easier In all sections yesterday. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' AssoclaUon were: INDISTBIAI.S Bar*" Sellers 88. rctrol 40/- U/Fraaar N«»v« Ord* 424 4.1* M Brewene* s*o bit Strait* Traders TM 24 40
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    20% FOR KARMEN RUBBER
    69 11 KARMEN Rubber directors recommend a dividend in respect of the last financial year of 30 per cent, less tax. payable on Dec. 8. The final accounts, to be pubIfched abovt Nov. 13. will show, subject to audit and usual adjustments, profit before tax 160.241: tax £36.000:
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    179 11 gHIPS In the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowna at 4 pjn yesterday were: Onter Heads: Hal Hsuan. DoUu. Hai Hing. DimiLri Donskoy, Troodoa. Aida. Garoet, Chip Lam. North Star. Chang Hwa. Van den Botch Merak. E Windruah Inner E Katoog. w^'w'ty". Kah Poh. San
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    Piraeus does smartest work at K.L.
    504 12 LOOKS DANGER TO BILLDAW From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. DIRAEUS (Percival) and Sweet Maisie (Crowe) showed a brilliant turn of speed to run 3-f. in 36 1/5 on a soft track at Kuala Lumpur this morn ing when the majority of .Saturday's probables
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    CSC MUST WIN TODAY TO KEEP IN RUNNING
    331 12 CSC MUST WIN TODAY TO KEEP IN RUNNING League hockey CEYLON Sports Club's hopes for championship honours in the Singapore Hockey Association's first di lsic league tournament will depend on their showing against the Chinese on the C.S.O. ground today. On form, Ceylonese should win They scored an Impressive 3-1
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS
    57 12 Koh Boh Aik won the "B" singles title in the T.M.C.A. tennis tournament on Tuesday, beating Dr. C. K. Loh 7-57 5-7, 6-2 In the final. On Saturday next H. Kamis will meet Llm Hee Chin In the men's open singles final. If there is rain, the match
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    SERVICES XV TO MEET NEGRI
    91 12 COMBINED Services rut by selector* have chosen the following team to play again* N'egri Sembilan in an H.M.S. Malaya fixture at Srremban on Nov. 10. 2-Lt. Clark (Army); Capt. Byrne (Army), Lt (S) Woodney (Navy), FO Podfer (RAF), Capt. Phillip. (Army); Cpi Woodward (RAF), FO
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    Rayner Cup soccer draw
    93 12 Rayner Cup soccer draw The draw for UN Rayner Cup soccer competition for club* is as follows. Katong B.C. v Good Companions: Queen Street BC. v Pulau Branl BC: Singapore Harbour Board B.C. v Jalan Eunos 8.C.: St. Joseph's Trade School v Prince Edward Rd 8.C.: Salvation Army v Pulau
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    MALAY FILM HAS TRAINED ON
    399 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. RIDDEN out over the last furlong. Screen (Mulley) clocked the smart time of 37 2/5 for 3f. in one of the best workouts by a Class 5 horie on the training track at Kuala Lumpur this morning. Screen looks an extra good
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    7 Cup probables in Nov. 5-6 tie
    415 12 INTER-STATE BADMINTON By Our Badminton Correspondent CEVEN prospective members of the second *3 Malayan Thomas Cup team will be seen In action when Selangor play Singapore in the NorthSouth zone final of the Foong Seong Cup competition at the Happy World Stadium on
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    Weekend badminton
    124 12 T'HE folowtng tlea in the Singa- pore Badminton Association's championships will be played In the Clerical Union Hall this weekend: •SATURDAY AT 2.14 P.M.: Inter-school: St. Joseph's v AngloChinese Continuation School. Tournament offlctal. Llm Kian Huat; referee. Klong Wooq Kew. SATUSDAT AT 7.15 FJf.: Inter-school: Raffles Instn. V
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    ENGLISH LGE. XI SCORE 2-1 WIN
    58 12 LONDON. Thurs. The English Football League team beat the Scottish League combinalton two-one In a keen game at Sheffield yesterday. Lofthouse. the Bolton Wanderers' centre-forward, and Finney. the Preston North End right winger, scored for the English League. Hamilton, the Aberdeen centreforward. got the
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    Siam Cup golf
    108 12 In the Qnai of the Slam Cup played on Sunday at the Island Club. Mn Mr«. P. Howell went ahead In the first nine hotei to be 4 up at the turn. Mrs James fought back well and won five holes In a row to become 1
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    R.S.G.C. RESULT
    24 12 The Rov»l Singapore Oolf Oiub'i '.8 hole* mlied foursomn competition played on Monday afternoon won by Mr. Mrs K. D. Mathewson '89-18-71).
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    Graveney, Rhodes may not play
    266 12 NEW DELHI, Thun. piNAL selection of the England team to meet India In the first Test will not be made until Just before the start of the match here tomorrow. Of the 13 players provisionally chosen, Tom Oraveney (Gloucestershire) and "Dusty" Rhodes (Derbyshire) may have
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    FREE PRESS SPECIAL TODAY
    72 12 r DAY'S Free Press will Include the usual four-page raring supplement. It contains an article on the need for an equine research station In Malaya, special features on Marcel Boussac, who b arain the loading moneywinninc owner on the British Turf this season, and the evil
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    WENG YEW MA Y TOP SOSC MARK
    321 12 ■MMM jjjjjjTj^,^^ ■MMMr^' SPECTATORS at this year's Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation's championships to be held at the Happy World stadium on Nov. 8 and 9 should see records go tumbling, for ever since the return of the Singapore contingent from the Asian Games
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    INTERNATIONAL MATCH IS ON
    825 12 WOW that the Sportsmens Trophy match 11 between Singapore and the Federation is definitely on, to be played in Singapore toward the end of this month, the S.A.F.A. selectors are weighing up their team prospects for the annual "international". This year there will be i even
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      381 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. 'Continued in previous Col.) VEHICLES FOR SALE HILLMAN MINX late 1949 model. Mileage under 20.000. Repuiarly serviced. Owner driven. Excellent engine. Tidy appearance. Owner buying larger car CaJl at or write to 31-A, Lincoln Read, Singapore. HOUSES LAND FOR SALE VALUABLE Oodown Land for sale, industrial area- naar
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      16 12 (Oe H E DIC 1 1 M E DOM Sole Agents: THE EASTERN ABENCIES (1946) LTD.
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      56 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 12.13 am (92). 5.47 am 3 7> 11.41 am (9.8). 6.20 pm. (0.1). TOMORROW: 12.&9 am. (8.8). 62: am '4 11. 12 1* p.m. (9.8) 7.04 D m 0 2' HOCKEY: Div. 1. CSC v. SCRC CSC. Friendly: University v. GHQ B. Timah; SRC v. P& T
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