The Straits Times, 17 September 1952

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  • 19 1 The Straits Times MALAGAS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1952. If PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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  • 1101 1 Result of father's letter COUNCIL TO GET FULL REPORT or matntainrnf! public oMer. "Thus the Colonial Secretary, upon whom the power has been conferred, must first satisfy hlnv •elf that the detention order which I be makes meets that reauirement I That is the first stage
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  • 91 1 AFRICANS, FUIANS KILL REDS KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. AFRICANS and Fijians scored yesterday's successes against the terrorists. Iv the Trtanß area of Pahang a patrol of the 3rd Kings African Rifles found two terrorists in a hut. The Africans shot one dead and wounded the other. The wounded man managed to
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  • 99 1 Then vote to work on rjiHE CREW of an Italian ship, who had threatened 1 to go on strike in every port between Japan and Genoa, yesterday reached Singapore— and decided not to strike. Sailing under the Panamanian flag In thf> Italian ship Maklki. the crew
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  • 18 1 LONDON, Tues. Britain's chief weather expert, Sir Richard Gregory, died last nigh, aged 88— UP.
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  • 25 1 AMMAN Jordan. TuesFormer King Talai of Jordan Wt here by air today for Egypt where he will have med :eil treatment- Reuter.
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  • 40 1 $1,100,000 FRAUDS ALLEGED JOHORE BAHRU. Tues T>OLICE are investigating a report made by the manager of a bank in Johore alleging frauds involving about 51. 100.000. Six people are believed to be involved. No arrests hav e yet Been made.
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    63 1 gtetrate attached to the Second Traffic court, her fiance. They will be married] In Singapore tomorrow. They first met at a leetare at the International Friendship League In London early last year. MISS MAGDALENA Brunbilde Schnrer (above) a German, yesterday arrived in Singapore by the liner Canton from London. There
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  • 246 1 Mistake by bank Menon counsel MADRAS, Tuesday. T'HK Chief Presidency Magistrate here today 1 granted time to the defence counsel to bring evidence from Singapore to prove that a complaint against Mr. Govinda Menon, a lawyer, was purely a civil dispute and not a criminal offence. When the petition of
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  • 53 1 More raids on Red capital TOKYO. Tues.— American Superfortresses pounded the North Korean capital of Pyongyang last night without opposition. The Communists countered neither with anti-aircraft fire nor night fighters. The Superforts flew from Okinawa and Japan to bomb I a big supply dump In the south-west part of the
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  • 41 1 Mr. Ooh Sin Slew, a Singapore Chinese Journalist, and his wife left home In Upper Serangoon at 7.30 yesterday morning. Five minutes later their house— an at tap hutwas flattened by a coconut tree which fell in a storm
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  • 28 1 TAIPEH. Tues. Negotiations for a trade Dact between Japan and Formosa amounting to US$lOO mllion are nearing completion after al- 1 most g year's time.— Reuter.
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  • 167 1 rpHE new Singapore riot squad and their specially constructed riot vans went into action for the first time yesterday during combined police military exercises. "The squad was put to rery effective uw on more than nne occasion." said the police Riots were
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  • 49 1 Singapore Traffic Police are seeking the identity of an old Chinese woman who died on the way to hospital after an accident with a car behind the Slglap market at 7 40 last night. Eye-witnesses should contact Inspector T. E. Hong of the Traffic Police. Sepoy Lines.
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  • 19 1 CANBERRA. Tues. The Rum Jungle uranium field in northern Australia has been declared a prohibited area.—
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  • 223 1 MALACCA, Tuesday. A NY ban against the Malayan Chinese Association lx lotteries would be discrimination against one particular race, unless similar action were also taken against the Malayan turf clubs' lotteries, said Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan here last night. I He was referring to the
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  • 33 1 ATHENS. Tues.— Field Marshal Montgomery deputy Commander of the North Atlantic treaty forces, left f oi Ankara, today by air after ending his two-day talks with Greek defence officers. Reuter
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  • 350 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. T"HE Central National Council of the Independence of Malaya Party at midnight tonight agreed to a six-point policy and a 10-point programme which have as their principle objects the establishment of a sovereign and independent State of Malaya within the
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  • 136 1 MALAYA'S ROYAL VISITOR." a 56-pjge tabloid- six* publication on Her Royal Highness fhe Ductless of Kent. wiM be on sal* throughout Malaya next week Among the features is an authentic life story of the Ouch«ss by lenmter EHis. who has been able to obtain special material. Mrs.
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  • 27 1 A tongkang carrying drums of diesel oil caught fire in the Singapore River last night. There were no casualties but the tongkang was badly damaged
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  • 26 1 RANOOON, Tues.— An 11--man government mission is going to Washington to discuss assistance for Burma's programme of health, educational and farming projects. —Renter.
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  • 117 1 Grenade boy: Chase by plane r«HEN MONG CHEW. y 19-year-old Singapore Communist, who has a $25,000 price on his head for throwing a bomb into a police officer's car in Clemenceau Avenue last Thursday, is believed to be on a ship, bound for Hong Kong. A Singapore police officer Is
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  • 45 1 NEW YORK, Tues— Mr. Eisenhower, campaigning in the mid-west, last night said that the "people want a change." He told 20,000 people that he had become more convinced of the people's support during his campaigning through Illinois and Indiana towns. -v.r
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  • 36 1 CAIRO, Tues. Egyptians have sent 70.000 individual complaints to the Premier. General Naguib, an Army spokesman announced. He said they will all ba examined and instances of injustice Investigated and ounished— A.P
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  • 30 1 MANILA. Tues— Mr. H. C. Cherringt'in and Mr. S. K. Sundram. of the Ex-Service-men's Association of Malaya, have arrived In Manila for the fiouth-East Asia Veterans' conference.— U.P.
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    • 1025 2 SINCAPORE CITY COUNCIL ISSUE OF $25,000,000 SINGAPORE d TY COUNCIL 5* DEBENTURE STOCK 1952 (1962-72) The City Council of Singapore. In pursuance of a resolution passed on 15th September. 1952. in accordance with the provisions oi the Municipal Ordinance (Chapter 133) and with the sanction of the Legislative Council of
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    • 483 2 NOTICES EDUCATION DEPARTMENT*, PERAK. The official period for re«l«tertntc children for adm'sMon to Primary Classes ie Government and Aided Enrllsh Schools in Perak in 1953 will be Monday Bth Sentember to Friday 10th October Inclusive. Children born In 1945 and In 1946 only will be accepted preference being given to
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  • 270 3 EUROPE UNITY VITAL -EDEN 'Harmony in plans needed FIFTEEN-POWER MEETING STARTS STRASBOURG, Tuesday. THE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, yesterday warned the 15-nation assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg that failure to harmonise unity plans "would be dangerous for Europe." "If we cannot maintain harmony between the
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  • 89 3 Milestones on the road to ruin GENEVA, Turs. fJEAVY drinkers soon will be able to gauge for themselves exactly which of 43 stages they have reached on the road to ruin. The World Health Organisation has published a second report on alcoholism with a "chart of addiction." In many countries,
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  • 57 3 ROME. Tues— The Ameri-can-sponsored Church of Christ was ordered by the Italian Government yesterday to close its 22 Protestant branches until it gets official permission to operate Italian officials said that permission might take years to obtain A Church of Christ spokesman .said the ban
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  • 25 3 RANGOON, Tues Burma does not intend to enter into an air agreement with the Soviet Union, the Burmese Government said yesterday. —Reuter.
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  • 170 3 Dirge greets two Red envoys NEW YORK, Tues. I^IFTY anti-Communist pickets, with a band playing funeral marches greeted the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Valerian A. Zorin. new Soviet delegate to the United Nations, when he landed at New York yesterday from the Queen Elizabeth. The picket wire from the
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  • 29 3 EEiX-RADE. Tue3. U.S. Vice-/Uimiral J. H. Cassady has a»ked Marshal Tito for penni .sion to base U.S. war planrs in Yugoslavia, responsible sources said yesterday—A P
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  • 17 3 SANTIAGO. CHILE, ues.— A strong earthquake shook two cities yesterday. There were no casualties. A.P
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  • 51 3 LONDON. Tues. BRITAIN, traditionally a spirit and beer drinking country, is acquiring a taste for wine. Wine and spirits merchants in the industrial areas, who had very little sale for wines, report an increasing demand even in Scotland where the national strong drink was 'orn"Miy whisky.
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  • 128 3 Holland willing to meet Indonesians THE HAGUE, Tuesday. QUEEN Juliana, opening Holland's new Parliament, said today Mat the Dutch Government was willine to resume discussions with Indonesia on future relations. The Queen said: "The Government Is prepared to resume the discussions which were postponed last February on the Netherlands-Indo-nesian Union
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  • 50 3 LONDON, Tues. HIDEKO, 21-year-old Japanese bride of a Korea war veteran, Sgt. John Broom&n, came to England with her husband yi- tt-nlay. unpacked three colourful kimonos and regretted that English girls do not wear them. "We think Hideko is very sweet," said Sgt Brooman's mother.— A.P.
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  • 17 3 KAMPALA, East Africa. Tues —An £86,000 antimalaria scheme is being launched in East Africa. A.P.
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  • 21 3 CAP DAIL. France. Tues.— Mr. Churchill on holiday here with his wife, has been made an honorary Mayor Reuter.
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  • 14 3 NEW YORK. Tues.—Russia last night asked the United Nations to admit Vletmlnh.—UP.
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  • 42 3 TWO WAITRESSES in a ra re at the Festival Gardens, London, collide, drop their t rays carrying a bottle and two glasses of water and b ang goes the chance of winning a cup and £5. Reuter picture.
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  • 271 3 SYNTHETIC CALLED LONDON, Tuesday. I OKI) BEAVERBROOK'S Daily Express said '-'today that it was a fixed American policy to use the synthetic rubber industry as "a big stick 1 to beat Malaya". The Express said Britain had paid a heavy cost to meet the wishes
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  • 71 3 LONDON, Tues. COMMONWEALTH officials V will make a general review of the sterling area's finances when they meet I here on Monday to prepare for next month's Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conI f erence in London. Delegates from Britain, India. Pakistan. Ceylon. Ausi tralia. Canada. New Zealand,
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  • 17 3 BONN, Tues. The West German Lower House has postponed its Saar debate until October— UP
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  • 65 3 LONDON. Tues.— Lady De Frece better known as Vesta Tilley. music hall Idol In the great days of British variety died today at her London home. She was 88 Her best known songs included "Algy," "Burlington Bertie." "Following In Fathers Footsteps," "Jolly Good Luc*, to
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  • 125 3 Unions hold up ban on overtime LONDON, Tues. A GOVERNMENT mediator yesterday persuaded trade union leaders to postpone a nation wide ban on overtime work which threatened to disrupt vital engineering production. Representatives of 3,000,000 engineering workers voted last week to ban overtime as a protest against refusal of a
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  • 31 3 GUATEMALA, Tues. A two-hour parade of troops, tanks, artillery and fighter planes was staged here yesterday to mark the 131 st anniversary of Central American independence from Spanish rule.— Reuter
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  • 111 3 CAPETOWN, Tues. A DEFIANT African was fined £5 here yesterday after he and 11 companions had sung In their cells below the courtroom where a magistrate^ was trying case. .i\ "I The magistrate called them into the court to warn them that he woitfd
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  • 378 3 Trading thin, but losses small LONDODN, Tv a. T*HE end of the account and th« x disposition of dealers to continue to hold off until the engineering unions' wage dlsput j has been settled resulted In very thin trading on the Stock Market tcday. Despite this, however, prices
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  • 26 3 LONDON. Sept. 16— Cash Buyers £960; Sellers £962; Forward Buyers £952; Sellers £953; Settlement: £966 (up £6). Turnover, a.m. 165 tons; p.m. nil.
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  • 35 3 LONDON. Sept 16.— Spot 22'*d Oct. 22>«d. Nov. 22.d. Dec. 22\d.. Oct -Dec 22Md Jan-Mar 22',d Apr-June 22d July-Sept. 23d. (nom i, Sept. c.l.f. 22d Oct ci.f. 22\d. Nov. c.l.f. 22.d Market Featureless.
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  • 26 4 CAPTAIN THE VISCOUITT ALTHORP, of the Royal Scots Greys, equerry to the Duchess of Kent when she visits Malaya Fayer study.
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  • 113 4 Giant sail ship due in 10 days ONE of the worlds few remaining large &hips j powered principally by sail will soon reach Singapore. She is the Brazilian naval training ship Almirante Saldanha. which is on round-the-world training cruise with 100 cadets and midshipmen. The ship Is due on September
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  • 29 4 BENTONG. Tues Tengku Idris Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Sulalman and Tengku Abdul Jalil bin Tengku Sulaiman. have been appointed honorary extra aides-de-camp to the Sultan of Pahang.
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  • 21 4 IPOH. Tues.— Mr J McLeod Brown. Perak representative of Carreras Ltd.. leaves Ipoh for Britain soon on leave
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  • 187 4 Child birth lectures for Malays KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A HIGH SCHOOL for Malay men and women is to be started in Kuala Lumpur in a move to improve home conditions in the kampongs of the Federation. The school will turn out 1,000 "superb" parents
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  • 131 4 THE COMET IS A SMASHER ALL RIGHT— OF ATOMS A HIGH-FLYING BOAC Comet will help to advance atomic research daring the j airliner's proving flights to Singapore at the end in this month. The experiments will be carried ont by Professor C. F. Powell, one of Britain's Lading nuclear physicists.
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  • 98 4 TAIPING. Tues— A branch of the Bri ish Red Cross Society has been formed at laipintt after a geneial meetinp at St. George* School. Office-bearers are: Chairman. Mr. Loh Th>w Yoong; secretary, Mr. Phuah 8^ York; tresiurer. Mrs. Markandu; committee. Mrs. K. H. Tate. Mrs. M.
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  • 77 4 TAIPING, Tues— Av a combined rally of Taiping Scouts held at the Lake Gardens, the State Commissioner, Mr. Chong Wan Fook. presented letters of commendation by Gen. Templer, High Commissioner and Chief Scout for the Federation, to Scouter K. Utam Singh and Patrol Leader
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  • 164 4 Malay bank to go into voluntary liquidation KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. MALAYA'S only Malay bank the Malay National Banking Corporation Ltd.— is to go into voluntary liquidation This was decided after shareholders had rejected proposals that the company should be wound up by the Court. Sixteen shareholders, including one director, Inch
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  • 43 4 PARIT BUNTAR, Tues- A woman, Ng Kirn Kee, was fined $50 at Parit Buntar for not muzzling her dog. On another charge of having failed to take out a licence for her dog, Nq was fined another $10.
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  • 43 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Mohamed Yatim, a special constable, was sentenced in the police court to 70 days" imprisonment for desertion. He had deserted from the Central Police Station. Johore Bahru. on Feb. 23. He was arrested on Aug. 13.
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  • 23 4 KUA N T A N, Tues.—Employers of fishermen in Kuala Pahang have agreed to build new houses for their employees.
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  • 25 4 PARIT BUNTAR, Tues.— For possession of l>/ 2 pints of toddy at Kampong Dew, Nadesan Pillay was fined $60 at Bagan Serai.
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  • 24 4 PARIT BUNTAR. Tues.Inche Shamsuddin bin Haji Sidin has arrived at Parit Buntar and taken up duties as Assistant District Officer. Krian.
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  • 96 4 TWE SINGAPORE Government yesterday told Dr. C. J. Paglar (Progressive— -Changi) in the Legislative Council that money from the Opium Revenue Replacement Fund was not available for the curative treatment of needy addicts The cost of any curative treatment which might be approved
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  • 42 4 KUANTAN. Tues.— A young Chinese woman patient in Kuantan Hospital is missing from her ward. She was admitted last week after having allegedly taken poison at Gambang She had not been found yet and the police have been Informed.
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  • 32 4 Two 6Q,-foot motor torpedo boats for the Siamese Navy reached Singapore yesterday from the United States They arrived on the Isbrandtsen freighter Flying Independent from Philadelphia, i
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  • 193 4 CHINESE TOLD OF REASONS SF HEM BAN, Tuesday. A GOVERNMENT spokesman today told representatives of 60 Chinese eu.lds, Arms and associations in Negri Sembilan that the food and other restrictions now in fo:c e were being felt by I the terrorists. The Assistant Controller of
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  • 83 4 THEY WANT $75,000, ASK MCA HELP rE Singapore Muslim Advisory Board has asked the Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association for $75,000 to build a Muslim welfare home at Jalan Eunos, hunci It is proposed to build a home which can accommodate 40 poor Muslims. Government has provisionally agreed
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  • 47 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues Sirat bin Haji Sebak was charged in the police court today with committing extortion at Saleng new village by putting Wong Kee Seng in fear of arrest and getting $10 from him. Sirat was allowed bail of $500 pending trial.
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  • 40 4 BENTONO, Tues. Mr. T. O. Jenkins and th e Commanding Officer of RAF. Station, Fraser's Hill, have been appointed members of Fraser's Hill Town Board, in place of Mr. J. H. Craig and Mrs. D. P. Caruth respectively.
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  • 48 4 AN .XTRA $919,890 as tnnplrnen --ry exiendit>rr for .his year was paaard by the -Singapore Legislative Council yesterday on the recommendation of the Finance Committee. The biggest sin«l r item is a special rate of $329,183 for the purchase of medical equipment required by Civil Defence.
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  • 157 5 DELEGATES of the Singapore Government and City Council Labour Union, who met recently, have protested against a Malay song, recorded on Columbia records, entitled "A-Yoyo Ramasamy." Mr. R. K. Palaiyan, secretary of the union, told the Straits Times last night that the record,
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  • 30 5 MUAR. Tues— Tan Gan Yong. Leong Weng Den, Tan How Hoon and Tan Heng Teck were each fined $20 at Mu.ar for failing to produce their identity cards.
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  • 17 5 MUAR rues- -Mr. A Sivapackiam hospital assistant at Muar. ha s gone on transfer to Segamat.
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  • 255 5 LEGISLATIVE councillors applauded yesterday when the City President, Mr McNeice, announced that one of the two generators installed at the new electricity power station at Paslr Panjang, Singapore, will be ready for commissioning tests within the next few weeks. Last night it was reported
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  • 73 5 rIE City Electrical Engineer Mr. C. C. Payne, told the Straits Times last night: "The tests mentioned by Mr. McNeice >re purely preliminary tests of the turbo-alternators. 'The steam, for this purpose will be raised from an auxiliary boiler specially mounted for the purpose. "We
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  • 21 5 SEGAMAT. Tues.- A tree crashed into a fruit stall during a storm yesterday afternoon at Segamat. Damage was negligible
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  • 439 5 'Dynamic leadership of Gen. Tempter has raised morale PENANG, Tuesday. THERE was now in Malaya a new offensive* spirit which boded ill for the enemy, Mr. H. B. van Praagh, chairman of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, said at today's halfyearly meeting. Mr. van Praagh
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  • 433 5 SUBSTATIONS llakle to load abrddlni today:— Ml Tan Tye PI F lannln, St. \o drewt Hlfh Slamrord. loeri SI. Short Kenaie Road Bt. Iliuah Pamna Ba le.Uer Rd. Jalan Amna« 8.M.8.C Mrßltrh'p Hraddoll Riaa Alaa«o« i Lit.. Inland Golf I lub, Hindaor Pk Seletar Pump, Ne« Soon. Seletar
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  • 180 5 \IR. JOHN LAYCOCK (Progressive— Katong) In iTI the Legislative Council yesterday accused the ex-offlcio chairman of the Singapore Nature Reserve Committee, the Director of the Botanical Gardens, of not attempting to spend about $20,000 voted by the Government in two years for improving the nature
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  • 91 5 ONE hundred and eighty representatives from uniformed youth organisations have been invited to attend the ceremony of conferring the Honorary Freedom of the City of Singapore on the Ductless of Kent on October 1 The youth representatives will line the steps leading to the main entrance
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  • 32 5 POLICE AND SOLDIERS with fixed bayonets charge a "r.oters* stronghold" outsid the Aik Hoe rubber factory in yesterday's combined police and military exercises in Singapore.— Straits Times picture.
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  • 77 5 Details of the Duchess of Kent's visit to North Borneo, following the Malayan tour, were released yesterday. Accompanied by the 18--year-old Duke of Kent and other members of the Royal Party, the Duchess will arrive at Jesselton on Oct. 17 by RAF. Bunderland flying-boat from Kuchlng. On Oct.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 260 5 i B.r h iooi us D^ me tin mt cmpit<k I TOl'NU ipihiwn CLIB: Last dav for registration of 'rellowstup Parlv at Raii.ej Institution SHACKLE CLIB: Airborne Force* reunion dinner 8pm 1HMBKR fabtSui Choral or i cnestral concert for school* bv Dr Thorton Lofthousg and the Chamber Ensemble Choir I
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  • 32 6 MR. AND MRS. Ang Kirn Seng thank all those who attended the funeral of the late Master Phillips Ang Boon Chye and those who sent wreaths and message of of condolence.
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  • 32 6 IN loving memory of Mrs. Lilian Ng Yook Tong nee Khoo Chik Lee, L.D.S., who passed •way on 17 9.51 at the 0.HJ.8 Greatly mUsed by her husband and children.
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  • 77 6 ELEGANCE, simplicity and style are the hallmarks of the gowns from Madeline's. SERVICE WIVES, you must choose your gown now for the coming official festivities Lovely models at reasonable prices. Tommy Thomson. G.H. Bldg., Battery Road, Singapore. I WISH to extend my thanks and those of the owner's to
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    • 1147 6 Singapore Detainees The statement made by the Governor in the Colony Leg- I islative Council yesterday on the subject of the Singapore j detainees was none the less welcome because it was delayed, for a reason to which j reference will be made later. In discussing that statement, it must
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    • 405 6 The Normal standard of teaching MR. James Loh Ching Yew i of Malacca, in his letter i of Monday on "The Wider Aspects of Kirkby," says that "the T.T.C. of Singapore, for I almost the same reasons, cannot measure up to Kirkby standards." The reason he gives Is that the
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  • 66 6 WITH reference to the report headed "Johore In Pakistan? ignorant Britons criticised" iSept. 13» I should like to say that the Britons probably mistook Johore for Lahore, which Is In India I often receive letters from England addressed to me with "Lahore. Malaya". All '.hese letters reach
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    • 343 6 A FEW months ago I gathered from your paper that Indians were being called dodgers when a few of them returned to India. Now some are complaining of the inflow of. Indians into Malaya, as the local-born are thereby deprived of a chanc c of
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  • 467 6 Lesson of Farnborough London Log LONDON. 'THE air Is still again over Farnborough and relative quiet has descendec once more over this part o) the lovely English countryside. The atmosphere no longe> resounds to supersonii bangs and the inhabitants thrilled and elated, though with sorrow In their hearts over a
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  • 694 6 AN interesting report which appeared in the Straits Times of September 10. undei the heading "Our Stenos equal to Austra.ians." has prompted me to make a few comments. Ai an Asian stenographer of many years' standing, I can quite understand the repeated tornpliints, especially since
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  • 147 6 I AGREE with 'Fed Up Member," whose letter appeared on September 12. I am an M.C.A. member myself and I have never had a lottery ticket since the M.C.A. started. I now take no interest In buying tickets bee i use I know that words "sold
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  • 134 6 THE t.n pr.ee bonus and cost of living allowances paid monthly by the tin mm- f ing industry are now considered to be part of "wages" for the purpose of Employees' Provident Fund contributions. Proportionate contributions on the tin price bonus and cost of living atlowanc?
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  • 418 6 Birds of the air HAST thou named all the birds without a gun? It all depends who "thou" art, but a Singapore correspondent answers Emerson flatly, saying, as It were, "Nay sire. They are a mob of ignorant pillagers with itchy fingers, addle pates and a blind
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    • 682 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. L'EBTRANOK-PAWCETT: To Bobble wife of Dick at K.K. Sept. lfltn a sister for Penny. SITUATIONS VACANT SALESMAN experiencel In Provision Store hue. apply with previous testimonials to P.O. B x No. 1462 WANTED Immediately experienced typists office assistants, accountants. Apply stating minimum salary required. Box A 4230, S.T.
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    • 44 6 KEEP YOUR FLOORS SHININCLY NEW ALWAYS! THE W VctducA noon Jf POUSHf*// VACTRIC FLOOR POLISHER, complete with one extra set of Brushes and three Pelt Polishing Pads. $225.00 Complete. Guaranteed for 12 Months. Easy payments arrangedT. M. A. LTD., 61 63. High Street. Singapore.
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  • 174 7 They want to talk politics without tear STUDENTS of the University of Malaya want a club where they can discuss politics any kind of po itics wxhout fear of police intervention. A delegation of students, including several n pur t in t office-hol-ders on the Students' Council, has made representations
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  • 54 7 The commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, will open a garden fete at St. Andrew's Cathedral grounds. Singapore, at 4 p.m. on Saturday. The fete, to raise more funds for the Cathedral's War Memorial Hall, witl be open from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Admission will be
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  • 297 7 Increased production to cut I vegetable and fish prices THK GOVERNMENT intends to smash profiteering and bring down fish and vegetable prices by increased food production. This was stated in a Legislative Council reply yesterday to Mr. John Laycock (Progressive— Katong) who had asked whether
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  • 66 7 5 FLY TO SYDNEY VIA COCOS rpHE SECOND flight of the M. Qantas Singapore-Sydney Skymaster service, via the Cocos Islands, (eft Kallang yesterday with its first passengers. Three were bound for Perth and the other two for Sydney. The Sydney-Singapore Skymaster link is a weekly service which calls at Cocos
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  • 97 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues Loh Ah Chai, of Singapore, who claimed that he was doing his first tour of Johore as a travelling salesman, was fined $200 by the Police Court for moving 100 bottles of blood tonic, 120 bo ties liniment and other medicines in a
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  • 250 7 IMP TO LIMIT MEMBERSHIP TO THE 'LOYAL' KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. IN A BID for more Malay support, the Independence of Malaya Party today decided at a conference of all its branches to restrict membership to five categories of people. Membership of the party has hitherto been open to anyone who
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  • 63 7 Struck dead in street by lightning KLUANG, Tues. A29-year-o!d Chinese woman was struck dead by lightning tonight outside the Coronation Theatre in Kluang. Her body was found by picturegoers who hurried out of the theatre after a thunderclap had jolted the projector out of action. Continuous thunder and lightning had
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  • 23 7 IPOH, Tues. Inspector Frank Fredericks, of Taipin^ has been transferred to the training centre of the Special Constabulary in Ipoh.
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  • 45 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Mansoor bin Kasslm.. a police clerk, was charged at Kluang with committing criminal breach of trust of $39 at Penggerang in 1950. The case was transferred to Kota Tinggi for hearing and Kassim was allowed $1 000 ball.
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  • 40 7 RAUB Tues— The Kimpong Gali Hlllr Malay Cnm•runitv Hall was oDened by the Mentri Besar. Pahang The hall was built by the kampong people In the area and was assistel with a gift of $2^ooo from RIDA.
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  • 18 7 Chief Inspector Mahbob bin Ahmad, of the Singapore Poiice Force has been promoted Assistant Superintendent of Police.
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    47 7 DRUMS OF DIESEL OIL on a tongkang (aught fire in Singapore River last night. The fire was pot out by chemical foam extinguishers. Nobody was hart but the tongkang was damaged. Pie tare shows firemen inspecting one of the drums after wards. Straits Time picture.
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  • 125 7 A FESTIVAL of drama and music is being presented by the Singapore Teachers' Union in conjunction with Education Week. Judging for the drama contest started on Tuesday and will be carried out daily until Sept. 29 at the various regional centres. The festival of music will
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  • 227 7 AND THIS IS ONE WAY YOU CAN PAY LESS... SENSIBLE motorists would combat the increased motor Insurance rates by annually devaluating their cars i when renewing their policies, the chairman of the Automobile Association of Malaya. Mr P. J Darnell said yesterday. About eighty per cent of private car owners
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  • 35 7 MUAR Tues. Only one tyDe o' rire Burma Meedone BQ. at 32 cents a katl will be on sale at Muar during Ration Week No. 38, from Sept. 15 to Sept. 21.
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  • 24 7 A Johore Police officer, Senior Inspector Syed Saileh bin Alwle, has been promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police.
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  • 47 7 PENANG. Turs- About 3.500 technical staff members of the Federation Telecomm unications Department may receive arrears of pay next month under an agreement reached between the Federation Government and the Mihiyan Technical Services Union. Amounts of payment due vary from $500 to $4,000.
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  • 417 7 BIG CHANGES IN PREMIUMS THE decision or the Motor Insurance Associat'on of Malaya to introduce a 30 per cent, increase in the comprehensive insurance rate on private cars is effective immediately on all new policies and on existing policies as from Nov. 1. This
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  • 119 7 $2.4 MIL. TO RUN THE DEPT. THE administration cost of the War Damage Commi s sion last year was $2,489,254, says the Director of Audit, Malaya Mr. C. W. Seed. l n a I report tabled at the Slnga- i pore Legisi at.ye Council meetIng yesterday. A sum of $1360
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  • 29 7 Dr. Gordon Smith, of Kuala Lumpur, is among 500 delegates now a tending the second congress organised by th c International Society of Internal Medicine in London
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  • 34 7 Members of the Singapore Stamp Club will hold an exhibiton of stamps at the British Council Hall on Saturday. The Secretary for Economic Affairs. Mr. A Gilmour, will open the exhibition.
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  • 86 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Fong Yam and Fing Kam. two laundry owners of Segamat. who were sentenced ln the Supreme Court, Johore Bahru, to two years' imprisonment and a fine of $3,000 each, in default, a further six months' imprisonment, for offering a bribe of $1,500 to
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  • 23 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. P. C M. Capes, a planter, was fined $20 here today for inconsiderate driving resulting in an accident.
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  • 19 7 Another 8,048 people were vaccinated in Singapore yesterday. This brings the to.al for 28 days to 269,762.
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  • 115 7 150 in a camp for 80, he says QUARANTINE facilities for deck passengers arriving in Singapore were criticised by Mr. Lim Yew Hock (Labour Keppel) in the Legislative Council yesterd.iy. All deck passengers wire "herded" Into tongkangs, some uncovered, and left for hours in sweltering heat before being taken to
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  • 51 7 PENANG. Tues. Mr. R. Gibson. Director-Generae of i Federation Telecommunications, who Is refring shortly. I will be entertained to tea ;>y 'the. Junior officers of the department on Friday at Kua'a Lumpur. Mr. L. F. Wilkinson, the deputy Director-General, wil succeed him Mr. W. Stubbs Succeeds Mr
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  • 73 7 Because of a lovers 9 quarrel AFTER her first lovers' quarrel, Lim Guat Eng was so upset that she drank a bottle of white ant destroyer. Yesterday In the Singapore Fourth Police Court, she pleaded guilty to attempted suicide. Her lover refused to stand surety for her
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  • 30 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Kuala Lumpur Municloal Commissioners plan to hold a civic reception for the Duchess of Kent and her >on when they visit the Federal cap.tat.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 188 8 COUNCIL. MEN ARE BARRED NO elected member of the Singapore Legislative or City Council will ln future be appointed to serve on the Silver Jubilee Fund Committee. The Attorney General. Mr. E. J. Davies. moving the .second reading of the Silver Jubilee Fund (Singapore) Amendment Bill, at the Legislative Council
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  • 72 8 IPOH. Tues. Two Ipoh residents. Mr. Chan Lai Hong and Mr. Choong Sam, will leave for Britain by air at the end of the month on a busl-ness-and-pleasure trip. Mr. Choong Sam and Mr Chan, who ar c prominent In local mining circles, will visit leading
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  • 364 8 FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTROL 'NECESSARY' COUNCIL TOLD Move to protect Malayan dollar THE SELECT COMMITTEE of the Singapore Legislative Council in its report on the Exchange Control Ordinance unanimously agreed to the "overriding necessity" for foreign exchange control in present circumstances. The committee made this decision after it had lonsidered in
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  • 63 8 THREE BACK FROM STUDIES IN BRITAIN MX. VV S. WEE, who studied journalism for a year at the London Polytechnic. —Straits Times pictures. Chi FATIMAH MAJID, also of the Education Department, did a special twoyear course at the Camberwelt School of Art. MKS. (ft, B. K. TAN, ul the Education
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  • 112 8 MR. R. JUMABHOT (Indian Chamber of Commerce) in th t Singapore Legislative Council yesterday demanded that the Colony's Income Tax Department devote all its resources to increasing tax collections Mr. JUMABHOT referred during th,. Council's adjournment to the Government answer to his questions on how many
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  • 43 8 MUAR. Tues. Cheong Guan Chuan, a salesman and mechanic of Eng Nam Heng Oil Mill, at Jalan Arab, Muar. whose hands were injured while repairing a crusher, was awarded $180 compensation by the North Johore Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation.
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  • 33 8 The Governor of Singapore, Mr. John F. Nicoll. will inspect the Singapore Battalion of the Boys' Brigade at the annual review in Empress Place at 5 p m. on Sept. 27.
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  • 57 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tu£S Liang Tim Swee, 20, was charged at Kuala Lumpur today with cheating a bus conductor of five cents. Liang was alleged to have travelled on the bus by pretending he was -a police constable. He claimed trial and the case was postpned to
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  • 54 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Babun bin Mola, of Tan Jong Kupang, was charged in the police court today with dishonestly retaining stolen property 64 blocks of lead pigs the property of Mr. James Wickenden. He said that he found the blocks in the sea. Bail of $200
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  • 22 8 SEGAMAT, Tues. Inche Ibrahim bin Ahmad and Inche Abdul Rahman bin Ahmad have been appointed second class magistrates for Johore.
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  • 15 8 BENTONO. Tues— The Government Clerical ServiceUnion, Pahang, has been registered as a trade union.
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  • 144 8 YOU can read this -what about the thousands who cannot? KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. rOUSANDS of accusing lingers will point at you next month. They will say: "You can read this but what about the thousands who caat." The fingers will point from 50.000 posters now being printed for the mammoth
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  • 183 8 TRADE IS DOWN FOR FIRST QUARTER KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. rpHE FEDERATION'S A trade figures for the first quarter of this year, c6vering imports and exports overseas and with Singapore, show a reduction compared with trade for the last quarter of 1951, and the average for the whole of last year.
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  • 83 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Chin Pek Loy, 62, and Chal Fok, 40, were today committed for trial at the next Assize.-, on charges of offering bribes to police constables. Chin was alleged to have offered $4 to a police constable at Setapak, Kuala Lumpur, on July 4,
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  • 61 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues The Methodist Youth Fellowship, Kuala Lumpur Tamil Church, will celebrate their 29th anniversary on Oct. 3 and 4. There will be a devotional service at 8.30 p.m. on Oct. 3. The Rev. Abel Eklund, of Seremban, will be the gue_t speaker. The anniversary dinner
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  • 17 8 BENTONG. Tues— Dr. Ten Yoon Fong has been oppolnted Superintendent of the Mental Hospital. Kuala Trengganu.
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  • 205 8 When wife 's income is free from tax rfHE Singapore Government yesterday explained A how much of a wife's income, earned during the year before her marriage, a husband has to pay as 1 1 his income tax. Answering questions by Mr. John Laycock (Prog. Katong), in the Legislative Council,
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  • 74 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. REPRESENTATIVES of the services fighting the Communists In the Federation may take part in the Coronation parade next year, the GOC Malaya, Major-Geneml, Sir Hugh Stockwell, told 500 Gurkha recruits yesterday. He was speaking at the recruits passing- out parade the
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  • 76 8 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 930 a.m. Schools: 10 News: 10.05 Composer oX the Week; 10.30 Time To Dance: 10.43 Schools; 1 p.m Bob Chester Oich 1.30 News: 1.45 Lunch •Thna Prom; 2-3.30 Schools: S Theatre; 6.11 News; 6.30 Light Music; 6.43 Music from Holland: 7 Athletics 7 15 Strings; 7 30
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • 1163 9 CHILDREN'S CORNER CAUGHT ON THE CLIFF .lie five chums of '.he Rover Patrol are almost wrecked when out sailing. They manage to land on an island where they are seized by two armed men who take them to a house on a cllflfop. Here they meet an old man who
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  • 364 9 STAMP tROM LONELY ISLAND HAVE yi.u ever heu,d of an islard being rated as a man cf war? This unique di -Unction icas e~jcyel far via y years by the i lind of Ascension. Until 1922. the R yil Navy regarded it as a bi't'.e hip.lt was
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  • 85 9 UERE are some questions for you. The answers i will be given next week. 1. How does the move- ment of a cat's jaw differ j from that of a dog's? 2. What Is a mare's nest? 3. Which Is farther south, the tip of Africa, or the
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  • 589 9 TIE two hounds, sensing that the end was near, yelped louder than ever On e of them sprang at his throat. Tubby saw it coming and swung his fist blindly As th e great, snarling beast leaped through the air he caught it a blow
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    • 37 9 c. c. c. Collect six oi these coupons to join the Children's Comer Club DLEASE enrol me as a member of Hie Children's Corner Wise Owls Club, and send me a badge. NAME ADDRESS DATi. OF BIRTH
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    • 208 9 I CAPITOL SAT. M'NJTE 111 Have you sent in your entry for the "HIGH NOON" CONTEST? PRIZES DETAILS 01 DISPLAY IN LOBBY OF THEATRE I R^R^R^R^R^Br^R^K JsTSPJ^ lE£h&S^^ulC3^^^^^9H^^R^^77^^^ JIH/rB NOW SHOWING V£ <1, '-45, 4, 6.30, 9.30 BZEpS N i! He FOUGHT like F<WEkL\* V 2 a DEMON... w^Rh^R^RmW. mv
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  • 62 10 RUBBER STEADY CLOSE By Our Market Correspondent THE price of rubber In Singapore yesterday increased by y 8 th of a cent, October laQrst grade closing at 76'.--\rents a lb. i* There was a certain amount of celling and good Inquiry for low r grades. Despite some oversea orders, the
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  • 129 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. Sepl. 16 $484.75 a picul (up $1,624). Closing prices yesterday were in cents per Ib. No. 1 R S.S ■=-">• looe buyers 75 >i. seelers 764: No. 1 R.S.s f o.b in bales Dtp* buyers 76' 2 sellers 76\ No. 2 buyers 70-.
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  • 22 10 <> 1 S.S.S. October (in 111 I.S. cenU): Friday* Monday's rlosfn; closing 36.10 bid 26.40 asked. 26.35 nom. -tarket:— Dull.
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  • 76 10 T^HERE was sleady qul t marA ket for copra In Singapore yestercay. with buyers at $25\ per plcur*t.ob. a^d «eHers $26'h Coconut ell was qule*. with small business r ported at $40 a plcul fob. ar.d sellers $40.50 AU varieties of pepptr dropped by $5
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  • 102 10 LONDON. Tnr-». THt Board of Trade announce;! trdav that the one-year «u*nen«ion of imnort dutle- on certain 'yn^s rf l^on ard s're' r^M* ■n < th« r-n anil st»e" dates rr-ir-r ot '<»%■! w'U ro i"tn ef-'t. m f>H»T. Mr«it of <h~e rrxx*'
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  • 161 10 Leading Australian stocks move down From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Tues CHARE prices on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today failed to respond to the firmer woo! market. In busier tricing, falls well utnumbered rises, although most moves were narrow. L aders weTe prominent In the downward trend.
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  • 81 10 NEW YORK. Tues— Wall Street closed easy yesterday. Taking up where they left off before the weekend, sellers noted few signs of improved support. Industrials remained the leaders as the market early sagged to new iows for the current reaction in limited dealings. Contributing to buyers'
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  • 137 10 Industrial, tin shares very steady rpiNS and industrials continued very steady on the Slngapor" Share Market yesterday, although rubbers remained llfel ss With the announcement of the floating of a City lean for $25,000.--000 at 9 per cent red emable in 20 years, loan prices on the market will be
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  • 161 10 CHIPS, alongside the Slnfaporr Har- bour Board lodowns. or expected ihere »t 7 am. today are: Leneverett. :/2 Benver. 3: Stanvac B 52«. <: Qlenartnev 67. Warla S/«. Okhla 'I- Olenrov 13/14 Terutama Maru. :S>l«. Steel It: Obra 11/20: Malim. N.W. 4: Tun? Song. N.W 6. Serdani NWS:-
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  • 74 10 rpURQUAND, Youngs and Com- pany have forwarded th? fo'lowtng rubber crop fr?u""e f>r Auiust in resnpct of vartrin companies for which they act ps secrftari-s: Alor Gajah Rubbr Estate LM '9.000 lbs.; Aver P;in»s Rublw E«t(,te Ltd 83.000 lbs.: G>nt»;-ly P'?n'.!tlonsLH.S7.son 'b Klum" Rubb»r Co. LM 55 000
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  • 72 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced agreed rates of exchange to merchants yesterday as follows: BUYING Air Mail T.T. O.D. d Credit Bills New York 32 5 8 32 3 4 32 7 8 Canada ***** 31 716 3111/15 Trade Bill* 32 15 16 si l
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  • 33 10 HONG KONO. Tuesday —Free, market rurrencv exchar.«e of Hr-n<? Kon« do'.lftr* w».« quoted t th« ••'"<• tod-'v '■>'■ UP*l HK»fi34-. (cash>: HKS6 3* |T.T>: t HKSIS 95. One tael of ?old HK$295 S
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    • 530 10 EA.ST ASIATIC f.INE SAILINGS FROM SCANOINAVIAN/U K /CONTINENT S'oor* p S'tiom Penong "M—Mt" for Bonokok G 27/28 "In4ie" for B-nnir^k. Saigon? Hongkong, MnmkJ 19/21 Sept. I" ort "Panama" for Bangkok Soigon H^okong, Manila, Kobe, Yokohorno 27 /2 B Sopt. 24/24 Sept. 2S/25 Sopt •X.loodlV fr>. Bnnakok 14/17 Oct. STmmm „i
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  • 39 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Awang bin Ahmad, of Kulai Besar Estate, was charged at Johore Bahru with having voluntarily caused hurt to Ahmat bin Endot with a knife. He was allowed $250 bail pending trial.
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  • 136 11 OFFICIALS WHO OWE \JK W. L. BLYTHE, Singapore's Colonial Secrei*l tary, is to ask Government's Welfare Officer for a report on the debts of Government officers. Mr. Blythe said this in the Legislative Council yesterday, in reply to an adjournment speech by Dr. C.
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  • 59 11 SINGAPORE Government is studying the possibility of operating television transmission station, Mr F. F. de Souia (Nominated) was told in the Legislative Council v«st-rd«T Two Singapore firms have applied for permission to operate television transmission stations. but it is not proposed to permit th c
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  • 76 11 A tribute to Mr. T. M. Hart, who acted as Financial Secretary to the Singapore Government during the absence on leave of Mr W. C Taylor was paid in the Colony Legislative Council yesterday. The Vice-President of the; Council. Mr. Tan Chin Tuan. expressed the appreciation
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  • 30 11 NEW DELHI. Tues—Millions of farmers in Rajasthan will receive plots of land next month when India breaks up b g estates In the former feudal princefy union— A.P.
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  • 87 11 A UNIFIED education service scheme will be introduced as soon as possible, the Government assured. Dr. C. J. Paglar Progressive i Changi) yesterday in the Sin- gapore Legislative Council. The Government said that four graduates from the University of Malaya had Joined the education service since 1951.
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  • 153 11 Labour plans joint drive for Malayan freedom KUALA LUMTUR, Taes. rl Pan-Malayan Labour Party will move ason to weld into "a single, powerful—force" all the present! divided efforts of political parti' s to obtain independence for Malaya. It will try to dear the ground for the formation of a National
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  • 71 11 The $800,000 hall of the Singapore Badminton Association, at Guillemard Road, which was opened last June, will soon have a nrst-class bar At the third quarterly session of the Board of Licensing Justices meeting In the First District Court yesterday, a licence was granted to
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  • 70 11 Christina Phan. an. Indonesian woman, and Abdullah bin Siampar. were each sentenced by Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Singapore Third District Judge, to five months" imprisonment yesterday for trying to export 211 watches to Indonesia without permits. They were arrested by Customs authorities on board a
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  • 43 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Goh Ban San was charged ftl Johore Bahru with uslnp criminal force on Lee Tt Klat, a six-year-old girl, at Jalan Duke, with intent !< outrage her modesty. He was allowed $200 ba pending trial.
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  • 45 11 A meeting to discuss the formation of the Johore Bahru branch of the Young Malayans' Club will be held at the English College, Johore Bahru, at 3 p m. today. The meeting will be open to students and the public.
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    • 396 11 The Straits Times Crossword S E£"2? id' 28. 3 ending here (6). WJ I, I rr-T 1. i<s&jsi., it- l I. I fsss&J down 7 3 II H! r v wouW be odd to find i££i I ty^y I them in a pistol (.3-B j 8 §SSB 3SSSB s|s§ 9
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  • 443 12 Below-strength Chinese beat hesitant Navy XI 4-1 Chinese 4; Navy 1. THINESE, without five regulars, had little to J be optimistic about when they met Royal Navy in a S.A.F.A. Community League game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. And when Navy scored in the ninth minute, it looked as if
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  • 171 12 WOLVES SHARE LEAD LONDON, Tues WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers Joined Liverpool at the top of the table In the First Division of the English Football League yesterday by beating Aston Villa I—o. Liverpool, meanwhile, were beaten 3-1 by Tottenham Hotspur, who have so many players injured that they were forced to play
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  • 133 12 From JACK UNGLETON SYDNEY, Tne*. yHK world champion woman 1 sprinter. Marjorie Jackw«, today snabbed TrtM hounds" who had been punulni her since HrUlnkl with raaran of romance with Australian cyclUt PeUr NrlMn. last Saturday Mis» Jarkaon made a daws trip to Sydney Aerodrome
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  • 67 12 TSIMELI Radrodro. light-heavy-x weight champion of the Orient and the FIJI Islands, has cabled Singapore promoter. Little Nene. to say that he will be ready to fight anyone next month Nene told the Straits Times yesterday that, unless Alfle Sands of Australia was available there-
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  • 30 12 The final of The Boy*' Brigade Battalion Football competition for the Rot Forbee Challenge Shield wll: oe plared at the S.R.C PadanK tomorrow atartlm at SIS pm
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  • 160 12 DOMINATING play for the major part of the game, Sime Darby S.C. had no difficulty In defeating Malayan Airways 5-1 In h Singapore BH.F.A. Cup match at Farrer Park yesterday. Sime Darby attacked straight from the kick-off and In the fourth minute Airways's goadkeeper Caroline
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  • 28 12 In a friendly hockey match played on the S.C.C. padang yesterday. S.C.C. beat Khalsa Association by two goals to nil. Scorers were: Lamb and Sche-"pens.
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  • 56 12 PENANG, Tues THE Malaya Cup interio n c "final between Penang (North) and Trengganu (East) will be played on Victoria Green here on Friday, Mr. A. Rahman, Hon. Secretary of the Football Association Malaya announced today. Winners of this match will meet Singapore, the defending champions,
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  • 114 12 MALAYA will soon have its own Zatopek not Fmil, the famous Ciech major who won three Gold medals (5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and marathon) at the Olympics at Helsinki but a racehorse Zatopek, the racehorse, is a chestnut Australian gelding hy Tudor King out of Sodelbia and was
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  • 141 12 BOMBAY. Tues. pK>R THE s cond time In two weeks. India's Thomas Cup badminton captain, Devinder Mohan, was beaten In a cnimptonshlp game yesterday when he w<nt down to T. N. Seth In three sets in the final of the Cricket Club of India open
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  • 294 12 TTHE final of the Singapore Busi- ness Houses Football Association League and Cup competition will be played at Jalan Besar Stadium on Wed.. Sept. 24. Final league positions In the tournament are: P W D L F A pU IK Bank A' 8 8 0
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  • 86 12 The only goal scored on the last minute of play by B. Laßrooy enabled SRC. /And XI to beat Hongkong St Shanghai Bank S.C. In their Div. 2B BHA League match at S.R.C. ground yesterday. A draw seemed inevitable but in the final minute. John
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  • 401 12 rpHREE more Olasf 3 horses, GwMym and Flat of Peace, winners at the recent Singapore Turf Club Gold Cup meeting, and Skryne Primrose (second in both runs) have been promoted to Class 2. according to a B.R.A. amendment list issued yesterday. Stnrvrta was promoted to Class
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  • 44 12 He flies to save— but is not fast enough DITCHBDBN (Span) makes a great effort to atop Chisholm from scoring for Cardiff bat fails. However, Spurs won 2—l with goals by MeClennan and Duquemin at White Hart Lane. London, on Sept 6.— Popper picture.
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  • 225 12 f ATIFF WANDERERS, the first all-Malay side to play In the Singapore Hockey Association Div. I League, did well at Balestler yesterday to beat V.M.C.A. 3—l in their Div. 1-A fixture. The Wanderers and Y.M. C.A.. both promoted from the second division were anxious to
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  • 126 12 SINGAPORE Indians should win today's Bardhan knockout Cup competition soccer match against Johore Indians at Jalan Besar stadium. This game will decide which team will meet Negrl Semkilan in the final of the Southern Section. Negrl have beaten Malacca and the final between the winning
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  • 52 12 Playing in top form, I. H. Junled (-15) won the V.M.C.A. singles handicap tennis championship, beating M. Sui*t*ian (-15) 6-3, 8-3 in the nuai on the V.M.C.A. courts yesterday. In the doubles ;ia.uii-.ip fiml. Dim Seek and Che; Tong (-3?) beat P. Oee and O. Teo In
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  • 63 12 Indian Recreation Club "A" edged Singapore Harbour Bsard Recreation Club 3-2 in a SAFA. Div. 2 league game, at BODCA ground yesterday. Indians scored two goa s through N. Nadarajah and V. Nadaiajan. In the first half. Chandrakrishnan screi the third midway through the second
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  • 216 12  - 'THE IDEA IS TOO LATE' CRUSADER All -Malayan squad for Ceylon? By KUALA LUMPUR, Tuea. piRST reaction among athletla officials hers to the suggestion by Straits Times sports columnist Sentinel, that an AllMalayan team be sent to Ceylon next month was that the idea was mooted rather late In the
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  • 121 12 11. L. HAIOH, with a score of 150 for two rounds, led tha eight qualifiers in the Royal Singapore Golf Club championship after the qualifying rounds held on Saturday and Sunday. The eight qualifiers are: H. L. Halgh 150, M. M. Paterson 153. J. H. Anderson 154,
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  • 35 12 LONDON. Tues. Yesterday* Rugby Results: EL'GBY LEAGUE Australian tow: Oldham 7. Australians 7. HUGBY UNION Camborne 15, Blartchenth 5; Cross Keys 9, Newbridge 3; Uanelly 19. Halifax 6: Pontypool 6, Aberearn o.— Reuter.
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    • 403 12 EDUCATION LEARN CHINESE by Word-for-word Self taught Books. Hokklen 52.50. Cantonese $3 Mandarin $2. Chinese Idiom $2. 3-Character Classic $1.50. Eng -Mandarin Romanised Diet $5.50 Chlnfen Book Store. 73. Prinsep St.. B'r>ore BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ANY Estate desiring to mill Compo Pale Crepe and remlll any rubber may communicate with Factory
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 26 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 1028 (8 2) 0402 (2 0); 21W (8 91 1811 (4 01. TOMORROW: 1051 18 61. 0434 1 1.91. 22» <»3I H3» (3.4).
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    • 149 12 HOCKEY: Dhr. 1 'A. C.B.C. T. 3 BOD— at C.S.C.; Dtv. 1 B. Khalsa v. <..H.q. (FARELF)— at Khalsa; Div. 2 'A', RAF (SeleUr) v. Works Service* at Works i K round. FRIENDLY: SIM Ist. XI v. lA. Ist. Xl— at SJt.C. SOCCER: Bardhan (up. Spore v. Johore— at J.
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