The Straits Times, 16 November 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1951. PIUCE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    $44.7 MILLION SURPLUS BUDGET
    682 1 Reserves will top $365 million 'UNPRECEDENTED 9 FOR FEDERATION KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Federation Government is budgeting for a surplus of $44.7 million in 1952. Revenue is $640.9 million and expenditure $596.2 million. The revised draft of estimates, published today and which is to to be
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    $129 million for salaries
    76 1 $129 million for salaries SALARIES will cost the Federation Government $129,462,505 next year, according to the Budget est mates. The estimates place revenue at 5640.951.250 Expenditure (recurrent) Salaries $129,462,505; Others 5143.027.805 (total recurrent $272,496,310); Expenditure (non-recur-rent): Revotes $64,391,254; Emergency expenditure $114,185,371; Other services $59,651,983 (total non-recur-rent $238,228,608). Allocations to States
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    $100 million from income tax
    135 1 $100 million from income tax KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. EXPORT duties on rubber and tin ore. and Income tax. are the chief sources of the Federation's estimated revenue of $640,951,250 next vear EXPORT DUTf ON RUBBER is expected to bring $164,640,000. compared with the revised income of $216.--000 000 this year.
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    BANDIT KILLED
    17 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thars S"-uritv forces killed a ban d" 'ti P?»ha n e >n Monday
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    FLOOD THREAT
    36 1 MILAN. Thurs. Disaster threatened hundreds of villages in northern Italv last night as flood water roared down the River Po towards a 200-yard gap which thou sands of volunteers were trving to close. Reuter.
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    Police will cost $77 million
    141 1 Police will cost $77 million KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. EMERGENCY expendl--6 ture contemplated bv the Federation Police Department next year amounts to $77,665,392. Out of a total spending budget of $140,556.--711. Increases both in the regular police force and the special constabulary are envisaged. In the regular force there will be
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    French take supply base
    60 1 HANOI. Thurs. TRENCH ground and parar chute troops yesterday captured the supply centre of Hoa Binh threatening to cut strong Vietmlnh forces In half. General De Lattre De Tassigny. French Commander in Indo-China. announcing this in Hanoi said the French Union forces had suffered only six
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    NO CHRISTMAS FOOD BONUS IN BRITAIN
    108 1 LONDON, Thursday. RATIONED Britons were told yesterday they will get no food bonus for Christmas this year for the first time since the end of the war The Food Minister Mr Owilyn Lloyd George, told the House of Commons "In view of the food
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    Korea truce —new hope
    57 1 PANMUNJOM Thurs. United Nations negotiators tonight held out the first near-positive hope of a com promise in the sub-committee armistice negotiations on the question of the cease-fire line The United Nations briefing officer said the Communistappeared today to be "retreating from their stand th«: there should
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    NO PROOF SOVIETS ARE IN KOREA
    47 1 SYDNEY. Thurs. The former C-in-C of the British Forces in Japan. General Robertson, said in Svdnev today that there was no proof of the presence of Soviet fiehters in Kordi. Although a number of Soviet advisers had been reported thtr*.— AJP.
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    The wreck—from the air
    50 1 The wreck— from the air A STRAITS TIMES photograph taken from a plane yestei day ot the wrec 'L e i d n l y I t f^ n at SJJ? «£sm V clmmunjst bandit* on Wednesd* y gf£™ Piet u r e by staff photographer Yong Pen g seong
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    ARMED GUARDS FOR RAIL CRASH TEAMS
    210 1 SEREMBAN, Thursday. GANGS of railway workers toiled under strong armed guards today to clear the line near Tampin where bandits yesterday derailed tnc mm tram which the Yang di-Pertuan Besaf of Negri Sembilaii and his family were returning to Seremban. The line is not
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    First pictures since illness
    39 1 LONDON. Than. The British morning newspapers today published on their front pages the first photographs taken of the King since his illness. They were taken at Buckingham Palace yesterday, the birthday of Prince Charles. -U.P.
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    Dead man's successor is wounded
    118 1 Dead man's successor is wounded 'THE bandits wounded yesterday the successor of a man thev killed three months ago. The assistant manager of Lendu. 14 miles from Malacca, was ambushed as he toured the estate on foot with two special constables He was wounded in a leg. But the special
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    MEDALFOR CHEMIST
    51 1 LONDON, Thurs. THE King has approved the 1 award of a Royal Society Medal to Sir Howard Florey who developed penicillin after ts discovery by Sir Alexander Fleming. Another Royal Medal goes to*6ir lan Heilbron for his distinguished contributions to organic chemistry, notably in vitamin and polyene synthesis.
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    Malayans meet Lyttelton
    93 1 Malayans meet Lyttelton LONDON. Thurs FE Colonial Secretary, Mr Oliver Lyttelton, today met representatives of Malayan organisations. The Malayan delegation was led by the chairman of the Rubber Growers' Association. Mr A.P. Hamilton With him were Mr. A. O. Glenister, chairman of (he Malayan Chamber of Minos; Mr. Q. A.
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    Hong Kong to get less water
    46 1 HONG KONG. Thurs.-The Colony's water supply, as from tomorrow, will oe cut to five hours daily compared with 9V 2 at present. Hours of supply will be from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m and from 5 pjn. to 7 pjn
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    Rains came— for an hour
    39 1 Singapore had 1.32in. of rain in a shower which lasted an hour yesterday. Water Department officials on Wednesday said that the Colony was facing a water crisis and had only 40 davs' supply left.
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    TOWNS RETAKEN
    35 1 RANGOON. Thurs. Government forces have re-occu-pied Ava and Tada-U, two small Central Burma towns seized by Communist rebels three days ago, it was officially stated here today. Over 80 Communists were killed.— Reuter.
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    New PM for Nepal
    39 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs.— Mr. M. P. Koirala. president or the Nepalese Congress Party, will be sworn In as the new Nepalese prime minister today, ending the nearly-cen-tury-old hereditary premiership of the ruling Rana Family.— AP.
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    200,000 REHEARSE
    33 1 NEW YORK. Thurs.— More than 200 000 members of the American Civilian Defence Organisation todav took Dart in the first rehearsal of a sham atomic attack on New* York.— A P.
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    JAPS SAY 'NO'
    37 1 TOKYO, Thurs. Japan today rejected a United States plan for a North Pacific fisheries convention and demanded that the current tripartite conference in Tokyo affirm the principle of freedom of the high seas.— Reuter.
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    Planes bomb, strafe bandits
    103 1 RAF. and R.A.AF planes yesterday hit bandit blackspots In the Federation during the cay's airstrike operations. RAF. Brigands and Hornets and R.A.A.F. Lincom* made a heavy strike in the Tampin district near the Negri Sembilan Malacca border. Here,, the Federal Government announced on Wednesday, many rubber
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    Peer is asked about ambush
    342 1 Peer is asked about ambush LONDON, Thurs. LORD Munster, Foreign Under-Secretary, asked in the House of Lords today whether the ambushes by Communists in Malaya yesterday in which 15 people were killed and a train derailed meant the start of a major Communist campaign, saici that the incidents were serious
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    Farouk calls for victory —'save Nile from storms'
    295 3 Farouk calls for victory 'save Nile from storms' NO STATE COACH FOR 'KING OF SUDAN' CAIRO, Thursday. RING Farouk today urged Egyptians to save the Nile Valley "from gathering storms" and added: "We will not yield to any pressure or intimidation.** His speech from the throne, made also in the
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    MOSSADEQ ASKS U.S. FOR AID 'AT ONCE'
    187 3 MOSSADEQ ASKS U.S. FOR AID 'AT ONCE' V"\SHINOTON, Thurs. DR Mossadeq, Premier <»T Persia, said jrester cuy he has appealed tor immediate financial Hid from the United R -res to prevent his r untrv from being •'oaralvsed'* through lack o 1 nmds Persia's economic crlslf at this moment te so
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    Widow of boxer sues promoters
    100 3 NEW YORK. Than VJRS Elaine Floret, teenmged widow of a young American boxer who was fatally injured In the ring three months ago filed a |SM,Mt damage suit yesterday In the New York State Supreme Court The suit was brought against the International Boxing Club
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    REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
    185 3 REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF BRITAIN owes the European Payments Union nearly £1*7,0w»,--•M. the n*U announced In London yesterday FRANCE wUI slash Ita dollar imports by $200-0-000.000 next year. The American Export Lines have halted cargo bookings for Port Said and Suez. A DAWN-TO-MIDDAY strike throughout Iraq was
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    Australia orders out Fiji worker
    187 3 SYDNEY, rnursday COMMONWEALTH immigration officials yesterdav ordered the deportation of a Fijian army worker whose Australian -born wife is expecting a child in He Is George Jackson, itt whose Fijian name Is Waqua Saqua. He Is the son of a Fijian missionary and steward of
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    Socialists wont harry govt'
    92 3 LONDON Ttiurs J*Ht Labour Opposition urill not harry the got ernment with all night sitt tngs. Mr James Chutet Ede leader of the House of Com morn in the late govern ment said last night. Mr Ede told the House that the Ovpositiov did not Intend
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    Pigeon flies 1,000 miles
    78 3 ADELAIDE Tnun A oleeon releaseo to eomo*»re In a 540-mile.« nomine race sot off the beam and flew 1.000 miles before falllne ex haunted on the deck ol ihe Blue Funnel frete h t e r Dlomed at se» on it* wav *t> South Afr»ca The
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    Huks kidnap mayor's wife
    46 3 MANILA rhurs One tindred ann fifty Huks ent«r •d the town of Tlaonr, 'n Quezon Province last night 'Hied three peoolr and Udiapped the wife and two Mldren of th#" town mayor The* alao hurn L -d down t-h* wor'* hoose— DP
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    DKN RETURNS
    40 3 LONDON Thurs Hie 8n Lsh Foreign Secretary Mt Anthonv Eden rptu r nprl h^rp H3i nlßtif from Paris after ittendlne the ooenlne nf he United Nations Awnblv le said he exnected to rehirn r Part? next Wednesdav Neuter
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    Stalin's health 'getting worse'
    45 3 Stalin' s health 'getting worse' ROTTERDAM rhura serious deterioration hi Stalin's health was reported vesterriav bv the Berlin correspondent of the Weuww 9otterdam« Coorant He said It became Knowr m TiiPsdaT tn reliable Russian circles In Berlin St»Mn will be 72 next month A P
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    Mob beats reporter
    52 3 .<jHDON. lau*--AN Australian newspaper n correspondent was beaten and robbed by a crowd of Egyptians while he was watching a procession In Cairo yesterday according to rerjor's reaching the Foreign Office last night He was kept in a Dollce station till the crowd diaDersed HLs Iniurles were
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    Earl Warren to oppose Taft
    56 3 SACRAMENTO rhurs Governor Earl Warren *ot California announced vesterday that be would seek Republican DresidentiaJ nomination in the 1952 election Mr Warren wan Reoublican candidate for Vice-Presiden! as Mr Thomas Dewev's running mate In the 1946 election Senator Robert raft ha* already announced that he
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    Australia plans for Princess
    47 3 CANBEKKA rhurs.— Priii cess Elizabeth will have a real Australian birthdav m Can herra next year On her Mth birthday— Aprli 'l\ Commonwealth officials art otsnnins a special present "something like kangaroo skin nigs opossum rugs or anj'htn? e'tp which Is typically Australian."
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    Royal command concert
    52 3 LONDON rhurs Ihe King has commanded that music shall be honoured each vear bv a Roval concert In the same wav as varietv and films The ftrst concert will be held at the Royal Festival Hall on No? ?2 the Feast of 8t Cecilia natron <aint of
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    TO BE FREED
    32 3 rOKYO Thurs. The Jap anese Gvernment Is /oini' ahead with Its Plans to review the sentences of Japanesf war criminals and release a* manv of them as oossiliip DP
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    U.S. CASUALTIES
    22 3 WASHINGTON rhurs American battle casualties In Korea have climbed to 99.226 —an Increase of 1 712 over la»» week— DP
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    Chiang sues officers in U.S.
    126 3 WASHir.'<; ion ihur.s THt' Chinese Nationalist Government vesterrtnv n»ed a *ulr to oomnei ttn tw») od air force ororurpmi»nt 'fflcera In the United 3U»es o account for million* if lollar* entrusted to 'hem Thp suit wax filed is»alnst Lieut (Jen Pantt Isu-imiw and Col Ve-»hueh
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    U.S. WANTS TO CLARIFY THE 'SHOOTINGS'
    303 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. 'THE Defence Department announced last nig ht it x was seeking immediate clarification from Eighth Army Headquarters in Korea of an official report that the Chinese had massacred more than 2,500 United States prisoners of war since the start of the Korean
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    Malaya Reds are 'getting stronger'
    315 3 Malaya Reds are 'getting stronger' LONDON. Ttnii*. rK Financial Timea and U» Liberal News Chronicle said in leading article* todav that the Malayan Communists were gaining strength and called for new measures against them. "The general situation is worse than at any time sine* the Communist attack began in June
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    Blackout areas
    135 4 Blackout areas Electricity may <* cat In the Following arras today: DAT Dunearn Kd.. Turf Club, Ewart Park. Holland Rd.. Adam Park. Gallop Hilt. Chatsworth Rd.. Peirce Rd.. Sonu-rvillr Estate. Leedon Rd.. Victoria Park, Nassim Hill. Paterion Rd.. Great World. Ho Hone Oik Mil;*. Alexandra Incinerator. Tionc Bahru. Ha clock
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    BOYCOTTED MUST STAND, SAYS FRISBY
    261 4 Reply to seven Singapore Chinese schools THE Education Department will not recognise any examination in place of the one boy•cotted by students of seven Chinese middle schools in Singapore recently. Mr. A. W. Frisby, Director of Education, said this yesterday in a letter replying to
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    AIR TRIPS TO SIBU SOON
    80 4 AIR TRIPS TO SIBU SOON rE airstrip at Sibu. Sarawak, township up the Rejansr river, is nearly finished and should be opepr for traffic by January. Malayan Airways intend 'o extend their present Slnga-pore-Kuchlng run to include Slbu. and to make one extra trip a week from Sibu to Kuching
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    bees caused man's death
    49 4 RacMman bin Kastawi. 56. was stung by bees while collecting 1 wood for fuel at the 4th mile Pasir Panjang Road. Ht died the next day from blood poisoning. Mr Chcor Singh. Singapore coroner, yesterday returr.sd a verdict or death by misadventure after an inquiry
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    A talk on the climate
    74 4 of a series of lecO tures on Malaya and South East Asia, sponsored by" the University of Malaya Geographical Society will be given at 6 p.m. today in Oei Tiong Ham Hall of the University In Cluny Road Surgeon Commander F. P. Ellis will talk
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    Youth claims trial
    71 4 Teo King Hong, 18 claimed trial in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to a charge of stealing a $45--watch belong to Mrs. J. Copus. The watch was stolen at Jalan Guan Soon on Nov 17. He wa* alternatively charged with dishonestly retaining the watch, believed either
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    FILM CHIEF HERE
    24 4 Mr. Reginald Armour, vicepresident of Republic International Films, arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qantas-BOAC from Sydnev on a ten-day insoectlon tour
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    Attap hut roof partly burned
    42 4 Part of the roof of an attap house in Jalan Eneku Aman. Singapore. wa»» destroyed by fire yesterday. The blaze beean in a bedroom where a mosquito net had cauKht fire. Firemen prevented the flames from spreading.
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    MISADVENTURE
    44 4 A finding of death by mis adventure was returned M 'he Singapore Inquest yes 'erday on a hawker. Muth i samv Ramalingam. 49 He was k'lled when i motor cycle knocked him down on Oct. 14 at the 9th mile Bukit Timah Road.
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    GOLD CHARGE
    35 4 RAUB, Thurs.— Woon Leong age 46, an employee of the Raub Australian Gold Minp was charged at Raub with theft of gold worth $74. He claimed trial and was allowed >ia'l of $1,000.
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    Access roads on west coast urged
    146 4 rIE Pasir Panjang District Committee will ask the Singapore Government to buy land and provide access roads to the 2£-mile stretch of beach on the West Coa^t. i This was decided at last week's meeting of the distric 1 committee. The chairman of the
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    DROVE WITHOUT 'L' PLATES
    76 4 "I come from Seremban in the Federation, where I am considered qualified to drive alone without passing a test as I have held provisional licence for over four months." said R.M.P.L. Letchumanan Chettiar in the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday. He was fined $5 for driving a
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    EXAMINATION
    38 4 MR. AND MRS. Toh Chye H ock, who were married in Singapore recently. The bride was Miss Nr Poh Tianjf. The Broom is the only son of Madam Tan Kim Suan and the late Mr. Toh Cheonf.
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    Warning against water waste
    133 4 NO immediate restrictions are to be imposed on water consumers, the Singapore City Council Water Engineer, Mr. W. S. Stredwkk, said "The situation was serious but not so critical for restrictions to be clamped down on consumers at once he said. What was Immediately required. Mr.
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    Youth to hang for death trap
    94 4 MALACCA, Thurs. NINETEEN-year-old Lai Hai Pai was sentenced to death at Malacca today for luring an 11 -man security patrol into a bandit ambush in which five were killed and the other six wounded. A special jury returned an unanimous verdict after nine minutes.
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    57 died at work in 1950
    127 4 TY-seven workers were F illed 90 permanently dis:d and 1,985 temporarily cabled in labour accidents in Singapore last year, says the Labour Departments reDOrt for 1950. Of the 57 fatal accidents, 10 were outside the scope of the Workers' Compensation Ordinance, 28 were still
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    Sinhalese, Malay claim trial
    107 4 A Sinhalese, Kalahe Lokugs Mart n. and a Malay. Lidon bin Sulaiman, appeared yesterday before Mr. Justice Fletcher Rogers in the Singapore Assize Court on charges of robbing taxi drivers on June 4. Both claimed trial. It was alleged that the two men first hired a
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    Association holding its fire
    141 4 THE Singapore Association intends to launch an. at tack on the Economic Secrt 1 tariat in Singapore "Jtrst as soon as we feet an answer JU> our letter to the Cffrwla) Secretary, in which we aak»>o ior A definition of the tetere"Ur:af» duties". arinounc-.(0 ht fss
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      17 4 NINE FINED Nine people were each fined $10 in the Singapore Tnird Police Court yesterday for spitting.
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      99 4 V.W.C.A. Raffles Quay World Week of Fellowship and Prayer. p•" Speaker. Mrs. R. Archer V '.A. Orchard Road. Commercial classes. 5.30 p.m.; Judo lub and bcdy-bullding group. 5 30 pm.: Week of Prayer Meeting, 8 p.m Malay literacy class. 8.30 pm Chinese Y.M.C.A. Selegie Road. Music class. 2.30 p.m.; Badminton.
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    One dress catches 1,000 women's eyes
    96 5 NEARLY l.Mt women's eyes watch one woman at Raffles Hotel, Singapore -The woman: Mari«> Lim. Reason for the one-way stares: a red linen afternoon dress featuring an unusual skirt panel with small gold buttons. The dress was in the Christmas fashion preview yesterday. Organised
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    FED. IS TO HAVE A 'TREASURY'
    327 5 Godsall as chief KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. J*HE amalgamation of several Federation Government departments, including; the office of the Financial Secretary and that of the Member for Economic Affairs, under the all-embracing: title of 'the Treasury" will come into effect on Jan. 1. All the
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    Chance tor the songsters
    71 5 SINGAPORE songwriters wUI have a chance to market their compositions soon. A new music publishing concern —L. A. L. S.udio has fust been established. Its proprietor, a young Chinese Mr. Lemuel A Low, is an old boy of St. Josephs Institution. Songs such as "Bedok Serenade,"
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    A CHANCE FOR A CHILD TO LEARN
    86 5 T*HK Sinhalese community through the Singapore Sinhalese Association is awarding a scholarship to a poor boy or girl of any nationality nndrr 11 The scholarship is for eight years and its annual value will be $62.59. The money will enable the child to
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    Sawmills will hum again
    83 5 A^FTBR a four-month trade deadlock was settled last month, Singapore sawmills will hum with renewed vigour next week with the arrival of the first shipload of timber from Bengalis. Sumatra. The arrival of these ton*kangs win also mean cheaper firewood and charcoal for tht Colony. The
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    3 BORs allowed $50 bail each
    51 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Two riflemen. T. MacKeefry and D. Wakeham. and Sgt. J H. Graham, all of the Ist Cameronians, were charged in the Johore Bahru Police Court today with fraudulent oossesslon of a tyre. When they claimed trial they were each allowed $50
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    Mother of nine had opium
    81 5 When Lam Koon a 41-year-old woman, and the mother of nine children, was charged In the Singapore Third District Court yesterday with possession of 12 tahils of opium, she said she had tc take opium for her Illness She said she could no afford to
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    'CRISI NOT CONCERN OF MALYS ONLY'
    158 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE president of the Peninsular Malays' Union. A Inche Hashim Ghani, in a press statement, today urged Dato Tan Cheng Lock, president of the Malayan Chinese Association, to tell the Chinese that the Emergency was not the concern of the Malays
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    A man and two goats
    71 5 A GARDENER, K. P. Alagan, caught leaving a cattle gned wtth a goat under his arms and dragging another t>v the neck at 2 a.m. on Oct. 14. was yesterday gaoled for eight months by the Singapore Third District Judge. Mr Tan Ah Tan. Alagan
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    £320 TO BURY THEIR SOLDIER SON
    135 5 r -n O«r Owq Ctmpomdcnt LONDON, Thurs. TTOfc parents of Priva;e J. A^ C Knight, of the Royal West Kent Regiment iiued m Ma:aya. have been asked to pay £320 for the cost of their son's burial ir Australia, according to Labour M.P. Lt.-Col.
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    Authorities watch over child actors
    120 5 Authorities watch over child actors 1 MORE rigid control over the employment of child actors is foreseen by the Singapore Labour Department. The Department's annual report records that mutual arrangements with the Police, the Entertainments Duty Department. Social Welfare and other official and non-official organisations have now laid the foundation
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    PUBLIC MEETINGS
    40 5 Mr. P. A. Netto. Independent Labour candidate for Lhe North ward In the City Council elections, will hold a public meeting at Poton* Paslr. at 5.30 pjn. tomorrow and another at KamDone Marlkan, at 5 p.m. on Sunday.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    87 6 MR. ft MRS. D. LANGE wish to tnank friends and relatives for their presents and attendance on their marriage. 10.11.51. DATIN N. MOOTATAMBY and «or.s sincerely thank all relatives and friends for wreaths and messages of condolence and presence at the funeral of Dato Dr. N. Mootntamby 11. 1951).
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    IN MKMORIAM
    42 6 STXTH ANNIVERSARY of the Mn low Kim Yim ftee Chone Neo. R.I. P. 16th nbrr. 1951 FVER LOVING Memory of I rf«.u lather, (the late Mr. A. T Hnrris» who passed away on tb- M.D.tl. E^vr In our thou ikta
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Nov. 16, 1951. Report On Labour
    839 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Nov. 16, 1951. Report On Labour While the march of events and the rising cost of living make well out of date many of the figures and conclusions of the 1950 Report of the Singapore Labour Department, its review of the labour field, published yesterday,
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    Lyttelton And Listowel
    270 6 Mr. Oliver Lyttelton's formal statement on the Conservative Government's colonial policy* should put an end to any belief that a change of government has meant a change of policy. Certain broad lines of policy are accepted by all sections of British political opinion as being above party
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    Civil war and mutiny among the Greeks
    2260 6  -  WINSTON S. CHURCHILL —vi War Memoirs: Closing the Ring— 3o By 1 In Oreece there were two groups of guerrillas. Some 2«,000 belonged to E.L.A.S. under the guidance of the Communistdominated E.A.M. Their rivals, known as E.D.E.S., accepted the leadership of a Col.
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      Cars in thousands
      262 6 WITH reference to the latest effort of the Straits Times to renew Government interest in car parking in Singapore, your corespondent "Adsum" omitted one point that suggests the deteriorating position Is even worse than it looks. The statement that new cars registered this vear average 470 a
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      DIAGNOSING THE MALAYAN MALADY
      238 6 J FOR one am not Impressed by what Malayan leaders have said In praise of Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. If Mr. MacDonald took the trouble to know the Malay language, and mingled more freely with the Malay folk in the kamuunns rather than with the money-makers of
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      FEDERATION POPPY DAY
      107 6 rfIHE letter by -Mr. A. W. I Frisby. President of the Ex'-Services Association of Singapore, explains clearly the position regarding the administration of the Poppv Day Fund In Singapore. But In the Federation Poppy Day posters have clearly told us that the Fund is intended for thp
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      What services?
      96 6 I IKE many others, I would like to know what the chairman at a recent Fairer Park Labour rally meant in his opening speech when he said that "for the last two decades Mr. A. P. Netto has done valuable services (or the people". Mr. A.P. Netto, standing
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    On the Margin
    441 6 Ihe iNru i'andan FOLLOWING last weeks not* on the edible pandan which the Singapore Botanl* Gardens have imported from the Gilbert and Ellice Island*, in the Western Pacific, th* Free Press dispatched a new*MHSk to me Gardens to find out more about it. But the Gardens botanist*
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    TRADERS TO FIGHT HIGHER TAXES
    183 7 Chinese say: 'they mean suffering 9 FIRMS MAY BE FORCED TO CLOSE PROPOSALS by Mr. W. C. Taylor, Singapore's] acting Financial Secretary, to increase taxation and introduce new taxes next year, were strongly opposed by Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday. The Chamber called upon
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    A King and his bride
    71 7 MR. JOHN CLUNIES ROSS. 23-year-old 'King of the Cocos Islands' with his 21-year- old wife, the former Miss Daphne Holmes Parkinson, who arrived in Singapore by air last night. The couple m et students at Oxford several years ago and were married in London in
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    NO LONGER IN FEAR, 2,200 BACK AT WORK
    203 7 NO LONGER IN FEAR, 2,200 BACK AT WORK SEREMBAN, Thursday. THE Federation Government said that 2,200' labourers the whole labour force of Ladang Geddes Estate at Bahau who stopped work on Oct. 29, after bandit intimidation and threats, returned to work today, i Labourers have also returned to work on
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    TO TRAIN AT MISSION
    153 7 MISS LILY YAP, 18, Sin«a pore girl who is the first applicant to be accepted for training next January, at the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital. The hospital matron. Miss I M. Durrant said: "She ■s well educated, and very keen to train as a children's nurse."
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    No employers at talks
    69 7 Singapore employers will not be represented at the International Labour Organisation Seminar in New Delhi on Nov. 21. The Deputy Labour Commissioner. Mr. R. MiddletonSmith. said yesterday that there was no response from Colony employers to a request from the IX.O. to name a delegate to
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    COMPANY FINED
    37 7 Messrs. Dobb Co.. of Paya Lebar Cresent, were fined $20 in Singapore yesterday for failing to furnish the Comptroller of Income Tax with a return of their income for the year ended Dec 31. 1950
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    S.C. GAOLED FOR ABSENCE
    38 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.Ahmad bin Hassan, a Special Constable, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for absenting himself from duty. He told the Court his apolication for leave was refused so he went without it
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    24-HOUR CURFEW IN JOHORE
    77 7 24-HOUR CURFEW IN JOHORE A 24-hour curfew has been placed on several areas in the Johore Bahru Police circle. The curfew will only operate today. Centres affec'ed are Kulai, Gelang Patan. Scudal. Kempas and Kampong Paslr. which are at present under a 6 p.m. to 6 am curfew. No reason
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    'Rebel' stand unchanged
    105 7 rE seven-man committee of the "rebel" group of the Singapore Labour Party, will ask the conference committee of the party to summon the party annual conference immediately after the December City Council election. A spokesman to'd the Straits Times, yesterday that there was no change in their
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    Didn't pay duty -$2,500 fine
    52 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.Gan Heng Eiah. a car driver, was fined $2,500 in the Police Court for having 22 dozen boxes of cosmetics on which duty amountng to $315 had not been paid The Court allowed Gan ffl pay $1,000 down and the oalance in three
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    PC rescued girl but she died
    38 7 Police Constable Jones t>u< Sulaiman jumped into the sea oft the Esplanade yestcrda? to save a 14-year-old Chinese girl. However, th e girl. Tan Slok Sim, died on the way th hospital.
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    FINED $100
    38 7 Darward Sime, Manager of Middleton Plantations Ltd., Kluatig, was fined $50 on each of two charges of using an engine and water pump without a certificate of fitness and at not shielding and ■acing the pump.
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    CRUEL TO PIGS
    33 7 Chou Chee was fined $80 in the Singapore Relief Court vesterday for causing unnecessary suffering to animals by carrying two pigs in a crate and another tied in a sack.
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    Aquarium plan 'a waste of money'
    266 7 T»HE building of an aquarium in the King George V Park, Singapore, is a "waste of public money", Mr. Lee Choon Eng, Labour candidate for West Ward in the City Council election, said yesterday. He said that the 5370.000 estimated cost could be used
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    REMANDED
    44 7 T. Nagalingham claimed trial in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to a charge of attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor blode at the artisans' quarters of the Singapore Harbour Board on Nov. 7. He was remanded until Nov. 20.
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    JOINERS TOP THE WAGEBILL
    132 7 JOINERS TOP THE WAGEBILL FURNITURE makers were T the htgnest paid skilled workers in Singapore last year. Next on the list were jewellers, drv cleaners and -awmillers. Furniture makers earned an average of $50.68 £5.18.0 a week, jewellers $44.47 (£5.3.9i. dry cleaners $42.53 i £4.19.2) and sawmill workers $37.64 (£4.7
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    SPREE COST HIM $110
    80 7 When Buta Singh was drunk on Wednesday he wanted to hit something, tho Singapore Second Police Court was told yesterday He saw a stationary car and hit It with a wooden club causing $200 damage. In court yesterday Singh was fined $5. When he agreed that
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    Evaded duty: fined $450
    49 7 For trying to evade $83.75 in customs duty 31 -year-old Tan Hing Whye was fined $450 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. Tan admitted he had 25 cartoons of dutiable cigarettes in his motor boat at he Harbour Board inner roads on Nov. 14.
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    ENGINEER BACK FROM LEAVE
    45 7 JOHORE BAHRU Thurs.Mr T E. Emmett, State Drainage and Irrigation Engineer. Johore who has been n Australia on leave, has returned to Johore Bahru. Mr M C. Perry, who was acting engineer, leaves for Britain at the end of the month.
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    Supplies of new drug to be watched
    132 7 SUPPLIES of Cortisone, the American drug which may bring new hope to thousands of arthritis, sufferers, will "be watched carefully" by Singapore medical authorities. Several firms have applied for permission to import the drug into Malaya. But Dr. J. Coutts-Milne Deputy Director of
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    Tin men may begin report in S'pore
    143 7 THE five-man U.S. tin mission, touring the Federation for the past 10 days "to see for itseli may write part of its report in Singapore, the Straits Times learns. The mission arrived at Kal lang Airport yesterday afternoon in a US. Alrforce airKraft
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    CITY SOUVENIR
    41 7 The Citv Council will present certificates to about 300 of Its employees who have more than 25 years' service at a special ceremony at the Citv Hall on Nov 22 to commemorate thfe, grant of City, status to Singapore.
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    U.S. AWARDS
    37 7 Two Colonial Civil Service fellowships. sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund ol New York, are being offered to outstanding men and wonT?n in" Government service In Colonies Protectorates and Trust territories d'stant from the United States.
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    $17,000 PIANO DUE SOON
    57 7 ANEW Steinway concert grand piano has been ordered from Hamburg. Germany, for Singapore Victoria Memorial Hall. It will arrive next month. The City Council recently voted $17,000 for the piano. It will be used for concerts. recitals and orchestral practices. The piano now in use, also
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    briirkhas may mine in Malaya
    94 7 briirkhas may mine in Malaya KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. /^URKHAS from Burma may be brought in to ease the labour shortage at Malayan Collieries, Batu Arang. .Mr. J. Drysdale. In the chairman's statement to be presented at, the annu.w meeting on November 29, says output prrwian remained at "a disappointingly low
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    DRIVER IN HOSPITAL
    57 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Pung Poh, a lorry driver, facing two charges of rash driving, was unable to attend the PoJice Court today. He is In hospital with injuries received In accidents. Two people Loo Lena Joo, a 19-year-old girl. and Mokthar bin Mahmood. lost th.-'r lives Hearing
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    MR. F.M. GROSSE TO RETIRE
    45 7 Mr. F. M Grosse. Registrar of Marriage^ and Commissioner of Oaths. Singapore, is retiring on Nov. 25. Mr. Grosse. il years with the Colony Government, was ;n his younger days, a kern Volunteer and held a Commission as a Lieutenant.,
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    CHAP-JI-KI
    47 7 See Yang Khim was sentenced to three months* Imprisonment by the Singapore Police Court Magistrate for insisting in the management of Chap-Jt-Kl at Hock Lan Road on N^»v. 7. He was also, bound over for 12 months. See admitted a Previous conviction for a similar offence.
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    BUDGET MEN WIPE OUT DEFICIT
    329 8 Now Singapore hasr a surplus —but it's small [£EEN debate is expected at Tuesday's Singapore Legislative Council Meeting when the acting Financial Secretary, Mr. W. C. Taylor, presents the revised, final budget estimates for 1952, with certain proposals to increase the sources of revenue for
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    $5,000 more for the University
    260 8 $5,000 more for the University ThK University of Malaya Endowment Fund now Totals $4,594,312. donations received last l k up to November 10 aniountpd to *5.249. They werv: Singapore: Mr. E. K. Toh. of Nanyann Preas. $50; t- Rng:p»re Casket Co.. $50; U Ml«v>n Pharmaceutical AssoJnhoce: Johore Malay Teachers n
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    Soldier on indecency charges
    120 8 Soldier on indecency charges YOUNG British soldier, Private O. Cretan, of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, appeared before a general court-martial at Alexandra, Singapore, yesterday, on two counts of indecency and three charges of assault It was allowed that Cretan committed the offences against British Other Ranks in their barracks.
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    APPEAL
    26 8 Tan Ah Soo. mother of a two-year-old boy, lost an application for custody of the child, now with the father, in Singapore High Court yesterday.
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    Gardener moved food, fined
    55 8 JOHORE BAHRD, Thurs.Moh Chiew. a vegetable gar dener of Kulai, was fined $10 at Johore Bahru today for removing five tahilg of rict and other foodstuffs from a re-settlement area without, a permit He claimed that tie was taking the articles to cook his mid-day meal
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    'I'm a Red,' he tells Judge
    114 8 CHORTLY after he was charged yesterday with failing 1.0 produce his identity card. Mahadi bin Ismon. a 19--year-old Malay believed to be wanted by the Johore police, told the Singapore "Kiird District Judge: "I am a Communist." He was alleged to have failed to
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    Sgt. denies 'shoot to kill order'
    175 8 SEGAMAT, Thursday. yAINAL bin Mohamed Akir, sergeant in charge of the security force on Pogoh Estate, denied in the Segamat Court today at the resumed inquest on 36-year-old Tay Hong Seng that he had told his men to shoot to kill anyone failing to
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    POLICE DENY RUMOURS
    68 8 The Superintendent of the Traffic Police, Mr. W. R. M Haxworth, yesterday discounted rumours that the Police are suspending all provisional driving Hcences in Singapore. Mr Haxworth said this was totally Incorrect. He added: "I ask all learner drivers with driving tests fixed for a particular date
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    VISITING MALAYA
    39 8 Dr. S. C. Leung. Secretary for South and Bast Asia of the World Alliance Y.M.C.A.. will pay a two-month visit to Malaya next month. Cliff tragedy: Marius Goring as Mr. Perrin in "Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traili."
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      103 8 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10-io. in am News from K.L. 1 p.m Raaio Orcii IJO News. 1 45 Danct Music: 2 Light Music; 2.30-S "University of the Air" i :?0 Piano recorded at 4th Edinburgh Internationa] Festival, with C audio Arrau soloist: 3.0S "King Henrv VIII" part 3: 4 Glasgow Orphew
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      Macbeth And Ham Is Still Tremendous
      1084 9 Macbeth And Ham Is Still Tremendous ORSON WELLES creates a Holly" wood Macbeth of a Iterna ting power and burlesque pAST encounters between Hollywood and Shakespeare have always, to me, underlined the fact that Stratford is Stratford. Los Angeles is la>s Angeles, and never the twain shall meet particularly I
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      276 9 20. Self-reliance (12). 23. Pound in most riders io Straits Times Crossword TitA*** 25. Dissents, but In favour of i I icatjci^ m I a 'I trials (8> 5 *1 5 e 8 *8 R»m led to a fruit (6). imr DOWN. S^jS SS| §^s 2. Uncommon union of art
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    LONDON STOCKS
    313 10 LONDON. Thurs. DLANS to raise nearly £19. 1 000,000 of new money for Lever Broi. dampened enthusiasm In the Industrial share section of the London Stock Exchange today. Ordinary shares of this company lost 1/3 at 48s. but there was a quietly firm tone to other Industrials. British
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    H.K. EXCHANGE RATES
    70 10 HONQ KONG, Thurs THEX market currency excnang> for Hong Kong dollars was, quoted today at the clo-e s oUows: US$l HK$6 85 (casb) HK16.90 (TT.); £l HK$l5 62: me tahli of gold HKS332%.— UP a fHE Malayan Exchange BanK Association announces that, a rrom 11.05 ajn. yesterday.
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    38 10 THE Malayan Exchange Bank< 1 Association announced v»:--•erday that control direct rates f or CanartlTi dollar were' Bnvlns T 34 38. Airmail (0.D.) 34 1 2 90 davs) 34 34: Selling J.TO D «.dv 34 116
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    Australian share market
    147 10 From Oar Own Correspondenl MELBOURNE. Tnurs CHARE prices continued -o weaken or the M<MD .urne Tvchan^e today Several market lendT* mart,' •imall recoveries, but a lorw line of spcord-rank issues f eil Mack and the close of buslnrw falls •u*'Utrbered rises ov flirts tn rne Buvers were
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    RUBBER MARKET
    212 10 Slight easing despite setters 9 hesitancy I TRADE demand was still concentrated in the lower A grades in the Singapore rubber market yesterday. The tone was easier despite the fact that upcountry sellers were rather hesitant. Turnover was again moderate. Business opened at about a cent a Ib.
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    TIN: $480 5/8 A PICUL
    38 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs., Not. IS— f«JM2H (up $M.C2tt.) London: (985 a tea LONDON, Than.— Cash Bayers £985. Sellers £995; Forward Bnrert £955; Sellers £9574: Settlement £995 (u» £17,). Turnover: aja. 55 bum. 35 tons.
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    Malayan shares
    265 10 Quiet irregular day APART from buying lnquiries for a few selected issues, the Malayan share market was quiet and Irregular yesterday. Prte» changes announced by the Malayan Sharabrokan* Association were: INOISTBIALS knn linn i B.a. Petrol m,% Con. Tin Smelt 53* a/« Ord Pram Nnti ords (it |m
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    151 10 ABTBAOIKR tone prevailed in the pepper Mctlon at the ttngapore produce market yesterJay Sellers' prices were stepped jp by $30 a plcul to $765 (or tfuntok. $760 lor Sarawak and SflOO for Lampong black. Foreign nquirtes were marked in this ection. Copra wai easier, sellers quoting iorember-December
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    151 10 QJHIPS In the Singapore Road* and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board codowns at 4 D.m pfterdav wereOuter Itosds: Hal Hsuan 'Valbitlona. La Campana. Wat•»rne Anshun. Troortos Hvdrf M orth Star. Chit Seln. Hero Bama. Stanvar Meifo^ Taltpana Tauras Kins iMgar Inner Ro»d<: Sofia Bosnll* "'dtanr Lamt R«nanp S^garm'
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    SUDAN MOST IMPROVED HORSE
    392 11 Epsom Jeeps Bukit Timah round-up SUDAN Is probably the most improved sprinter in training. This strapping four-year-old chestnut by Panorama, whose stock has dene remarkably well on the Malayan Turf this season, seems to improve in appearance with each outing. Stidaji may be tackling a bit
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    Eleven teams in K0 hockey
    150 11 J7LEVEN teams will take part in the Singapore Women's Hockey Association's seven-a-side knockout tournament for the P N Cup which starts on the S.C.C. Badang on Monday, Nov 19. S.C.C. women have entered three teams while the Girls Sports Club, the Women's Royal Army Corps
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    Carter keeps his title
    104 11 LOS ANGELES. Thurs JIMMY Carter, world lightweight boxing champion, successfully defended his title here last night when he beat Art Aragon, of b*s» Angeles, on points over 15 rounds. Carter received the unanimous verdict of referee Mushy Callaban and the two judges, Joe Stone and Prankie
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    Sp. Gesture can score first up
    326 11 Sp. Gesture can score first up O PORTING GESTURE (late No Account), a four-year-old bay gelding by Colorado Kid. won many admirers when ne displayed a brilliant turn of speed to run 3f. In 36 3 5 In a testing tryout with stable mate Horlaaa (late Blue Cobbler) on a
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    LEN FRY RIDES TOMORROW
    67 11 I EN PRY, a new jockey for the Malayan Turf, arrived in Singapore yesterday by QantasBOAC constellation from Australia. Pry will ride for the "CM-N. Syndicate," "Lucky Strike Syndicate" and "Tanat Stable. 1 Len Pry, who said at the airport that he was leading jockey In
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    STORMY WIZARD READY TO WIN
    317 11 over 3f in 40. Ice Revue is retaining his form while Pilot's Point appears to have trained on since I last saw him. Adonis went with Sudan but was hopelessly outpaced .over the last furlong. None of Jack Spencer's team was sent out against tbe
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    S.C.C HOCKEY XI R.N.A.C
    38 11 S.C.C HOCKEY XI R.N.A.C Following will represent SC.C. A" against R N.A.C. Sembawang at hockey on the Padang today: Margrave; Parry. Hea; Bra^, Kettner. Storrle; Sleator, Keelan. Halgh, McMullan. Von Oelder. Reserves: Crowe, Perry McMullan D. W Mcßea
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    U.K. RUGBY
    30 11 LONDON. Thurs. Results of OK. Rugby matches yesterday are: Rugby Leajre: New Zealand tour: Wakefleld Trinity 18. New Zealand 28. Rugby Union: Guys ttosottal 6, Cambridge 14 Reuter.
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    Fred Archer surpassed
    71 11 B r i t a i n 's champion jockey Gordon Richards rode his 200th winner for the season when he won on The Flook at Linpfield last month. By riding 200 winners for the sixth consecutive season he beat the record of Fred Archer. This is
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    Longchamps II is retired
    136 11 I ONGCHAMPS 11, gallant winner of the Singapore Gold Cup in 1949, has ended a brilliant career x>n the Malayan Turf. This seven-year-old bay English gelding by Pay Up who once captured the imagination of racing crowds with his. spectacular breakaways In long distance races has
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    England, Wales share the lead
    233 11 LONDON, Thurs. and Wales share the lead In the borne International soccer tournament, with three poinu each, after their victories yesterday over 'Ireland and Scotland, respectively. England beat Ireland by two goal* to nil at Birmingham after leadta* onenrtr a* half-time. «nd Walea beat Scotland
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    Snowy Owl looks a winner
    359 11 Snowy Owl looks a winner SNOWY OWL II (Crowe) wound up his preparation with a useful mile workout with Colonel Daly (Perdval) at Buklt Timah yesterday morning. Keeping ud a stead v pace all the way. Snowy Owl n was always Rolng better than the Colonel. The Krev was so
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    SWEDEN BEATEN
    28 11 ISTANBUL, Thurs. Turkey beat Sweden by one goal to r> In an international soccer tnatcb here yesterday. There M no scoring in the first halt.— Reuter.
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    Colony beat Federation by one goal
    795 12 HARD FIGHT TO LAST WHISTLE Prom The Sports Editor PENANG, Thursday. Singapore 1; Federation 0. SINGAPORE had to play one'of their hardest, liveliest games of the season to beat Federation by one goal to nil on the Victoria Green today. A record crowd of
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    Uproar at UK boxing show
    125 12 LONDON. Thurs. SCENES almost without parallel in amateur boxing in Britain marked the concluding stages of an international match at Wem bley last night when Italy beat Britain by seven bouts to three Italy were leading 4-3 but Pri vate Gerry McNaUy of the Brttlsr
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    ISLAND CLUB WINNERS
    182 12 IN the final of the Island Club's Race Course Cup, M. C. V. Martia (10) beat C T. Koh (9) by 2 ft 1. In October Medal ties L. E. C Davies (5) won the "A" Division with a nett score of 69. and the "B" Division
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    FOONG SEONG CUP FINAL DATES
    46 12 PENANG, Thurs. Penang Badminton Association have suggested that this year's Poong Seong Cup final between the holders, Penang, and Singapore be played in Penang on Dec. 15 and 18. These dates have been sent to. the Singapore B. A. for confirmation.
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    KEEP OUT THE PROFESSIONALS
    591 12 I PROFESSIONAL soccer in Singapore? It I sounds fantastic, bat that is the suggestion i made by Mr. W. A. Morton in an article just I published. Morton says that many club players i favour the idea and he should know, since he i has been
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    A fright for Boon Leong
    240 12 A fright for Boon Leong Fwas touch-and-go at Kallang airport at runs o'clock yesterday morning whether the key man In the Singapore A.F.A. attack, inside right Chia Boon Leong, would be able to travel by air to Penang. For Boon Leong. who was being specially flown up by S.A.F A
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    Choong wins in quick sets
    148 12 GLASGOW. Scot.. Thurs. y B. CHOONG of Malaya gave a brilliant display last night defeat S. Mohltn of Sweden '5-2. 15-5 is the third round of 'he international badminton tour- a men t R Williams <U.S beat P Oabelstee:> of Denmark 15-3, 15- 1 In
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    Davis Cup squads get down to training
    296 12 Davis Cup squads get down to training From Mmfj Stanley SYDNEY, Thurs. A USTRALIA'S Davte Cup team— Prank Sedgman. Ken McGregor and Mervyn Rose came together as a team for the first time his week, and started serious work In the New South Wales championships. The Americans (Vic Belxas, Hair
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    MATCH WAS NOT FOR THE TROPHY
    233 12 PENANG, Thursday. SINGAPORE brought the Sportsmen's Trophy with them, fully prepared to defend the cup they have held for two years, against the Federation here today, but at the last minute were told that the match was to be only a friendly game. The
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    R.A.S.C. RUGGER
    71 12 The following will represent Royal Army Service Corps "A" versus 8t Andrews School Old Boyi at Nee Soon tomorrow and also against REME worfcihops in the first round of the "■•er and Neave Cup on Monday wn 78 Bgt. Movies J/Lt Wilson Lloyd Lieut. Luck raft Cpl fverton:
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    SINGAPORE XV v NS-MALACCA
    46 12 THE Singapore Civilians 1 rugby team to meet Negri-Malacca in an H.M-S. Malaya rugby competition match to be played at Seremban on Not. 24 will be: Parker (capt); Mclver, Clements, Caldicott, Evans; Bell, Dowling; Dale, Mosley. Harding. Read, Chalmers, Jamieson. Hancock. Trevor
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    FOUR REBELS' TO APOLOGISE BY TUESDAY
    555 12 FOUR REBELS' TO APOLOGISE BY TUESDAY S.B.A. decides*- rPHE Singapore Badminton Association, after a management committee meeting last night, issued an ultimatum to the four "rebel" players whom they have asked to submit financial accounts of tours to Europe earlier this year. The players Wong Peng Soon, Ong Poh Lim,
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    Inter-Faculty rugger ends in draw
    227 12 Inter-Faculty rugger ends in draw ITNIVERSITY of Malaya interim Faculty rugger match between the Faculty of Medicine and th« Faculty of Arts cV Science for the Galloway challenge trophy at Sepoy Lines yesterday ended In a scoreless draw. Supporters of both sides turned out in full force, complete with posters,
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    TODAY'S F.P. RACE SPECIAL
    32 12 Today's Free Press will contain a four-page supplement for the coming Singapore races. A full form guide for the meeting and articles on Malayan Turf topics are included
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