The Straits Times, 17 October 1952

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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  • 376 1 They kill eight six in one battle HOME GUARDS GE7\\ 2 MORE BANDITS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. 'THE durkhas have done it again. In two brilliant actions today they killed eight Communist terrorists. They killed six in one action alone. Home Guards kept up their great
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  • 103 1 French rash in more troops HANOI. Thurs. FRENCH rr inforcenients from neighbouring posts were biin? i night nd N 'hia-10, 100 i/iileo n< Hanoi, where stron Viotminh forces were attacking. French military souicM Baid it was now evident that the focal noint of the Vietminh action was around Nghai-lo arr!
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  • 47 1 A meetln: of all credttou of the Ih Stalh Pre^s Limited, will be held at 104-116 Anson Road. Singapore, on Oct 23 at 11.30 a.m. Emnloyres. who reported for' work lr.st Sunday, found a notice on the door announcing tht company'^ liquidation.
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  • 125 1 Two die in row at 'peace' talk MANILA. Thurs. An agent of the department of national defence was killed today when two Huk commanders changed their minds about surrendering to him and shot it out with the agent and another man. The dead agent, Fernando Caginguin, was reported to j
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  • 73 1 Dr. F. Strang, the Federation's Deputy Director of Medical Services in charge of personnel, is leaving Penang for Singapore today. He is to take ovit as Deputy Director of Medical Service*, Singapore, from Dr J. CouttsMilne at the end of this month. Dr. Coutts-Milne Is going
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  • 25 1 OTTAWA Thurs— The Prime Minister, Mr. Louis St Laurent, has appointed Mr Robert Mayhew. Minister for Fisheries, as Canada's Ambassador to Japan. Reuter.
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  • 21 1 TOKYO. Thurs. Almost 250.000 Japanese coalminers from 16 mines will start an indefinite strike tomorrow for wage increases.— Reuter
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  • 255 1 TATTOOED DYAKS PRESENT— SIBU, Sarawak. Thursday. rpATTOOED Dyak chieftains garbed in colourful loincloths, leopard skin jackets and plumed headdresses gave presents of blowpipes, spears and wicked looking swords today to the Duchess of Kent. The Duchess flew by Sun- derland flying boat to this backwoods
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  • 58 1 Chinese kill a Red general TAIPEH, Thurs.— The Central News Agency said today that Nationalist guerillas, in their biggest operation in years, killed more than 2.000 Communists In a lightning raid on Najih Island, off the Chinese mainland. The dispatch said the raiders killed a Communist general and seized 810
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  • 39 1 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs The bill recommended by the special committee on education In the Fed? ration was gazetted today. It is designed to establish national schools and to give free primary education to all children.
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  • 94 1 KITALA LUMPUR. Thars. IF THE Federal Legislative Council pass's a Bill gazetted today. javrniles Who commit ofTences pimishabie by de»l)i will is upi' the death sentence, even if they are tried after their 17th birthdays. The AMorney-fipnern), Mr M J Hn*nn. explains t at ;,:--sont
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  • 62 1 Injured as wood chest explodes A WOODEN chest containing carbide and $10,000 worth of Chinese medicine exploded and caught fire in a shop in Cross Street, Singapore, yesterday, injuring the owner, Tan Ngoh Kan. Tan was lifting the lid of the chest when It exploded. He was burned on face
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  • 40 1 MANILA, Thurs— A Chinese boy was burnt to death and a Filipino labourer is missing as a result of a twohour fire which broke out early today in the trading district of Dagupan City, Central Luzon. A.P.
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  • 24 1 TOKYO, Thurs.— A United States Air Force transport plane with 21 passengers and four crewmen aboard is missing over South Korea. A.P.
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  • 87 1 A CABINET crisis loomed for the second time in IX a week today following a vote by Parliament to investigate the policies of the Defence Ministry. A strong possibility that Premier Wllopo's six-months old cabinet may topple became imminent following adoption of a Nationalist Party
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  • 209 1 DR. MOSSADEQ BREAKS WITH BRITAIN TEHERAN, Thursday. PERSIA today broke off diplomatic relations wth Britain and named Sweden to look after her affairs in British territories. The Persian decision was announced by the Premier, Dr. Mossadeq, in a broadcast. Earlier, the Premier had had a three-hour conference with the Shah.
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  • 97 1 THE 'MEN3.T OFFICER FLIES BACK MR. E. J. LINSELL. Superintendent of Police, who flew to Madras with 16 warrants for the Menons, returned by BOAC Argonaut yesterday. Mr. Linsell said that the President of the Magistrate's Court would deliver judgment on Monday on the extradition proceedings involving Singapore lawyer, C.
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  • 56 1 RIO DE JANEIRO, Thurs.— A Brazilian plane with 18 people on board, missing since Tuesday, was sighted yesterday from the air on a farm in the southern province of Rio Grande Do Sul. It had apparently made a forced landing. First reports said there were
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  • 30 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. Monslgnor Joseph Kuo will be consecrated first Bishop bll«hin<r Catholic hievanely of Taipei on Oct. 26, estain Formosa for the first time in history.— A.P
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  • 191 1 Police screen on sea, rail and road BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. PROVINCE WELLESj lEY police boarded tiiree tr^ms today and checked the identity cards of all passengers during a four hour operation. About 8,000 people were screened and 1,000 vehicles stopped. The operation was carried out in torrential rain by 200 police
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  • 58 1 CAIRO, Thurs— Dr. Sabry Mansour. Egyptian Minister of Commerce and Industry, last night announced the rreation of a special government department to urepare to take over the internationally owned Suez Canal Comnany when its 99-year conession expires in 1969. He denied that the government had any
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  • 235 2 RUBBER MEN TOLD: IMPROVE GRADES, PACKS NEW YORK, Thursday. MR. J. W. SEARS, vice-president of the U.S. Rjbb r Manufacturers' Associat o 1, said yesterday th t natural rubber producers i n the Far East mv t improve and adopt more uniform tandards o f grading and packing to compete
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  • 121 2 Big Allied defence talks soon PARIS, Thurs. QENIOR Allied commanders will meet in Malta next week to dLscuss defence coordination between the British Middle East Command and the NATO Southern Command, Supreme Allied headquarters announced in Paris yesterday. Offrers talcing part in this firs: ceting between the two comn.ands will
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  • 57 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The UJS. Supreme Court yesterday granted a stay of sentence to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. New York couple under sentence of death for giving atom secrets to Russia. The stay means the sentences cannot be carried out until final Supreme Court action on a petition
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  • 207 2 NEW YORK. Thurs. AN American woman em-1 ployee of the United Nations told the Senate In- ternal Security Sub-com-mittee yesterday that she had been a Communist —the first of 13 witnesses to admit affiliation with the party. The commitee is investigating possible
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  • 327 3 Assembly will debate items despite objections NEW YORK, Thursday. T«HE UNITED NATIONS General Assembly will discuss South Africa's racial policy and the French policy in Tunisia and Morocco during its present session. Last night, the 15-nation steering committee decided against a French objection to put
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  • 246 3 LONDON, Thurs. TIIK Lord Chief Justice of Fngland, Lord Goddard. yesterday granted a writ of habeas corpus for Capt. Douglas Alan Perm, aged 36. against whom the Bow Street Magistrate had made an order for extradition to India to answer charges there. Announcing the immediate
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  • 154 3 LONDON, Thurs. MR. Aneurin Bevan and his socialist left-wingers, who are fighting the policies of the official Labour leadership, took stock of their position at a 90-minute private meeting yesterday. When the meeting ended neither Mr. Bevan nor his immediate associates would make any
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  • 34 3 LONDON. Thur3.— Gen. Ne Win. Supreme Commander and Chief of Staff of the Burmese Armed Forces, is expected in London tomorrow on a four-clay visit as the gueet of the BritLsh Government—Router
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  • 52 3 CLEVELAND, Thurs.— The United States would need "a vast bridge of ships" in the event of war to carry troops to battle zones the Undersecretary of trie Navy Mr Francis P. Whitehair. said here. "World War 111 will not be fought on our shores", he
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  • 45 3 Takamasa lkeda, 25, a i.h\ Japanese farmer, «-lur his marriage in Tokyo to the former Princess Yon, 20, third daughter of Emperor Hirohito. His bride became a commoner on her marriage and forfeited several royal privileges, including her allowance and residence.
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  • 334 3 3-TRAIN SMASH QUIZ TOLD: LONDON. Thursday. DELIEF signalman Alfred Armitage testified yes- terday that the Scottish Express involved in last week's triple train disaster did not obey his sicnals. Armitage, giving evidence !at the Transport Ministry's inquiry into the crash, in which 111 persons were killed
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  • 71 3 MELBOURNE, Thurs. MELBOURNE police have named a car thief "Weary Willie because he is 100 lazy to do his own stealing. He uses towing firms to do the heavy part of it for him. "Weary Willie" spots a likely car, phones a firm, explains that he has
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  • 185 3 APPOSITION Members of Parliament toda^ proHio^ St ?i^ a n f tl i e decisi on of the American •^n R £,cfS? m ss on ta to return an industrial empire" worth U*****,000,000 to Alfred K.rupp, the former German arms king. The Liberal leader.
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  • 114 3 Pact 'for Australian safety' MELBOURNE. Thurs. AUSTRALIA'S Prime Minister. Mr. R. G. Menzies. said last njght that he took great exception to any suggestion that Britain's exclusion from the ANZUS Pact had Impaired Commonwealth relations. The pact provided for Australia's safety and did not weaken her ties with the Commonwealth,
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  • 21 3 LONDON, Thurs. The Soviet Union will deliver 200,000 tons of grain to Britain under a contract signed recently.— Reuter.
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  • 41 3 HONG KONG Thurs.— Sir John Sterndale-Bennett. the Deputy Commissioner-Gene-ral for Foreign Affairs in South-East Asia, and Lady Bennett, arrived in Hong Kong by air yesterday. They are guests of the Governor. 81r Alexander Grantham, and Lady Grantham.— UP
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  • 183 3 LONDON. Thurs. THE BRITISH Government can do nothing at present about the Charlie Chaplin "immigration case," because no action has been taken by the American authorities, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Edeo. said yesterday. He was replying in the House of Commons to a suggestion by
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  • 174 3 GENEVA, Thurs. rnHE United Nations committee investigating forced labour practices throughout the world decided yesterday to give all Governments the opportunity to refute allegations against them I before the committee. The committee will not reach any conclusions on the allegations or publish them until
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  • 62 3 LONDON Thurs.— Violetta Elvin a Russian ballerina of Sadler's Wells ballet yesterday was divorced by her husband. Harold She did not defend 1 the action, in which Elvin charged her with adultery. The court granted a decree nisi, and ordered the co-respondent to pay costs. The Elvins were
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  • 31 3 BOMBAY. Thurs. Forty Pakistani passengers who arrived from Karachi were refused entry here because they did not have passports. New Indo-Pakistan passport regulations were put into operation yesterday.— UP.
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  • 41 3 ADELAIDE. Thurs— Mr W. E. Reick. who sheared 361 sheep in 7 hours 47 minutes during a working day on a Cloncurry. South Australia, property, was described by experts here as being the fastest shearer Australia has known— Reuter-AAP.
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  • 819 4  -  ROY FERROA CHEW BOON CHIN For many, a better life I By Education Week in Singapore hat just ended. This article covers adult education in Singapore. Next Friday me Strait* Times will publish another article on Education Week in the Federation, which begins on
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  • 151 5 New classes not to begin this year SIR SYDNEY CAINK, ViceChancellor of the Umver.sity of Malaya, .aid at a Press conference yesterday that it has not been possible to start the departments of •nuineering. Chinese and Malay during the prese.it oadmic year. Reason Is the difficulty of Ending suitable candidates
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  • 76 5 PARIT BUNTAR. Thurs Two Malays, Mohamad bin Ali and Mohamad Zain were charged before inche Salleh bin Eckhardt in the Bagan Serai court with being in possession of dangerous weapons. The accused were stopped at the junction of Anderson Road and Taiplng Road, Bagan Serai shortly
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  • 357 5 London architects are here REPRESENTATIVES of a firm of London architects, which has been given the job of designing the new University of Malaya in Johore Bahni, are now in Singapore gathering preliminary data, said the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Sydney Came, at
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  • Article, Illustration
    36 5 iii£ riAJ.V MUDA speaking at ihe official opening of the new school at Am pane New Village, five miles oatside Koala Lumpur, on Wednesday. Malay, English and Chinese are tang-nt at the school.— Straits Times picture.
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  • 52 5 IPOH. Thurs.— Mr E. V. A. Peers, former District Judge Singapore, assumed duties in Ipoh early this week as extra President of the Perak South Sessions Court. He was last attached to Police Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. Before coming to Malaya he spent 27 years
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  • 58 5 SITIAWAN, Thurs.— A well attended parade in the morning and a dinner in the marked the third Anniversary celebration of the Chi iese Auxiliary Police Force at Kampong Koh, I Sitiawan. A march past by the Auxiliary Police and Home Guards was held, with Mr. TJ. Bailey,
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  • 24 5 IPOH. Thurs. Mr. J. W. Telfer. Assistant Commissioner of Labour (Indian). Perak. will leave this weekend on a three-month holiday in Britain.
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  • 166 5 18 START MOVE TO TEACH ADULTS IPOH, Thursday. EIGHTEEN people who yesterday evening formed the Ipoh Adult Education Association decided to launch an immediate campaign to recruit more members. Presiding at the meeting was Tungku Hussein bin Tungku Yahaya, Assistant District Officer. Ipoh, who appealed to all sections of ♦he
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  • 87 5 Kuala Lumpur, Thurs. EFFORTS are being made in Kelantan and Trrngganu to encourage the widespread use of a chemical fertiliser which, experiments h.iv,. shown, could increase the rice yield of padi fields in the two States by 309,000 tons. The State Government has a<-ked
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  • 57 5 JOHORE B.MRU, Thurs. IMIE XLDL BODY of a young ChiiKse man was found behind firewood slacks un the vacant land between Jalan Dobhy and Jalau Trus. Johor e Bahru. Police have so fir bivn unable to identify the man. Head injuries suggested he had
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  • 24 5 MUAR Thurs,— Pisah binte Talip, who failed to attend the Muar Sessions Court to give evidence In a case, was fined $20.
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  • 119 5 Woman ran when police came but she was innocent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. i CHINESE boy standing in front of a house at Chan Sow Lim Road, Kuala Lumpur, shouted: "If at* la I lo" (police coming) on seeing a police party And two Chinese, one a woman, ran out through
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  • 120 5 ROTARY HEAD TELLS HOW— IPOH. Thursday. FkETAILS of a scheme to promote international goodwill through students studying overseas were announced today by Mr. Khoo Teik Ee. Governor of the Rotary district of Malaya, to Ipoh Rotarians at their weekly luncheon. Each Rotary Club In Malaya, he
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  • 108 5 The shy boys are told: Join police PENANG, Thors. rIE vice-president of the Pen&ng branch of the Malayan Chinese Association. Mr. Chee Suit- Ec, said today it v.as "a sad fact" that few Chinese were serving in the uniformed branch of the Federation Police Force. "I understand very many are
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  • 121 6 A PROPOSAL to build a special flat-bot-tomed boat to supply water to people on three islands in the Singapore rural areas was scrapped by the Rural Board at its meeting yesterday. The expense was too heavy. Mr. J. A. Harvey, chairman of the Board,
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  • 104 6 SINGAPORE Survey Depart ment is to recruit more I staff for its food production unit. The department is investi--1 gating areas for growing i food, and new members j will work under the direction of Mr. A. G. Robh. who has returned from retirement in
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  • 387 6 Money 'dusted, court told IPOH, Thursday. SPECIAL fluorescent powder was used by police to "trap" a customs officer they suspected of having accepted a bribe, an Ipoh court was told today. D. J. Mackay. 27, customs officer attached to the Preventive Branch Ipoh, was accused of
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    86 6 THE DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIO.VJR for the Federation, Mr. O. C. MacGUlivray and Mrs. MacGillivray spent a night as the guests of Inche Ali bin Abdullah, a retired pilot In Kuala Kemaman. during their recent tour of Trengganu. Picture shows, left to right, (front row) Mrs. MacGillivray. Inche All's wife Saffah,
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  • 58 6 TAIPING. Thurs.— Leong Yoke Chong admitted in Taiping to using as genuine licences for two lorries which he knew to be forged. Leong also pleaded guilty Ito two other charges of I using the lorries to carry 1 goods for hire without a haulage permit. Sentence was
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  • 36 6 MUAR. Thurs. The following have been appointed to the Muar language board; Messrs Chan Shi Shi, P. C. Joseph, V. Murugaesu. Dato Othman bin Buang. Messrs Goh Chee Hian, Tana Sharif! and K.B. Abdue.
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  • 27 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Inspector G. Kylasam of the Special Constabulary Training Depot, 25th mile Aycr Hitam Road, lias been transferred to Kluang as Assistant Crimes Officer.
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  • 60 6 SEREMBAN, Thurs About 70 children in the Negri Sembelan Children's Home at Temlang Seremban. will be given a tea party on the Saturday as a result of a donation of $100 by a Seremban Chettiar in celebration of his 60th birthday which falls on that
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  • 56 6 PENANG, Thurs.— Penar Free School art student will display over 500 exhibit at their two-day show to bheld on Monday and Tuesday in connection with the school's 136 th anniversary. On display will be Coronation shields for the use of schools during next year's > Coronation
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  • 76 6 NOW 495 SCHOOLS IN COLONY TWO new regional English schools were opened in Singapore last month, bringing the total number of schools in the Colony to 495 The Education Depart ment's monthly report says the schools will be known as Clementi and Canberra. Of the total number of schools 279
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  • 31 6 MRS D.C. MacdILLIVRW. wife of the Deputy High Commissioner. drives a locomotive during her recent visit to the Bukit Brsi iron mines, Trengganu. Straits Times picture.
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  • 187 6 mHE second polling day in Malacca's history to ■I elect three new councillors to the Malacca Municipal Council has been fixed for Saturday, Dec. 6. Nomination day is on Nov. 4. Voters will elect one coun- cillor to each of three ward* —Fort, Tranquerah
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  • 41 6 IPOH Thurs,— The Ipoh Police will lose a keen sportsman when Police-Lieut. George Shore. Armourer, Perak Police Headquarters, goes on transfer to Kelantan. Mr. Shore played rugby rugularly for the police and took part In several State trials
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  • 105 6 fPHE Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, ended Education Week with an exhibition of art, handicraft, photography and a concert at its main building in Barker Road yesterday. The concert In the Lee Kuo Chuan auditorium included two plays "The Good Ship Bobby Shaftoe" and "The Miracle Soap," a
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  • 210 6 YOU CAN BUILD A HOME 8 1/2 ft. HIGH if ventilation is all right rpHE prolonged controversy over minimum helghtl of buildings in Singapore rural areas was settled at the Rural Board meeting yesterday. 1 Any person who now wiihft to put dp a building with a. minimum height of
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  • 69 6 FIRE WALKING BY HINDUS TO CONTINUE rE Singapore Hindu Advisory Board has decided not to ask for legislation to stop fire-walking and other forms of self-torture practiced by Hindus The suggestion to ban these practices b y legislation was made to the Colonial Secretary by the Tamils Reform Association. Singapore.
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  • 21 6 IPOH, Thurs.— Dr. V. K. Thambypillay and Mrs. Thambyplllay have returned to Ipoh after a two-month holiday In Ceylon.
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  • 242 7 Official flies in to find out THE United States is sympathetic towards any ideas on the building up of a defence pact in the Far East, said Mr. John M. Allison, American assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, on his arrival
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  • 151 7 Featureless market for rubber r:!FRE Ifl littfi- to report this week. The rubber lie. kit ha s continued iea;ur !'-ss with a sagging tenlenry, says Lewis and Peat's w -k y report. Demand nir.n abroad is rmmh sonflned to the lower grades, bin local covtriag of the October po- j
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  • 40 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs 5t Christopher's Church. fohore Bahru. will hold its wnual sale of work en Oct 55 at the Johore Civil Service 3ub. Admission to the sale, vhich will open at 3.30 p.m., s free.
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  • 61 7 Pow Yue San. a former clerk In the American Express Company, was yesterda charged in the Singapore Firsf Police Court with criminal breach of trust of U.S $700 ar.d £1.402. He was alleged to have commttted the offence between Jan. 30 and Aug. 1 last year.
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  • 21 7 Twelve Chinese schools in Singapore have applied to the Education Department to be considered as eligible for jjrant-in-aid.
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  • 53 7 The 394 ton Hong Som. formerly Empire Maryland. which was recently sold to Portuguese Government in Timor by her former owners, the Ho Hong Steamship Co., Ltd., has been renamed D'Alexia. As soon as the minor repairs to her engines have been completed, the D'Alexia will
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  • 29 7 iA I PI NO, Thurs. Hone Conga top sones tress. Miss Ton* Pel Pel. will visit T*t|ta| and .sinp nt tho Lido linema on Sunday and Mondrvy.
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  • 305 7 THt BOAU uomet jetliner left Singapore yesterday on its return to London to complete the Inaugural service with three empty seats. A Malayan Airways official told the Straits Times that the three seats will be occupied later In the journey. On
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  • 68 7 Four more nurses of the St. John Ambulance Brigade flew into Singapore by BOAC Argonaut yesterday for welfare work in the Federation's r.rw villages The nurses. Misses P. M. Davies. I. Chandler. A. J. 1 Haray and E G. Taylor, who fiy to Kuala Lumpur today.
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  • 158 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. rpHE Federation Regiment. Federation Armoured 1 Corps and the Malay Regiment have been put under the command of the G.O.C. Malaya, and headquarters for the Federation regular forces have been set up at Headquarters Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. Th c Federation Government
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  • 70 7 'i'he Singapore Third Poiice Magistrate, Mr. H. B. Livingstone, yesterday sentenced Dollah bin Mat, a watchman, to six months' imprisonment for helping dispose of a large quantity of stolen telephone wire on July 6. Inspector K. B. Ong said that thefts of overhead telephone wires between
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  • 211 7 PROVINCE WELCOMES RAIN PENANG. Thursday. ALL NIGHT rain the heaviest in Penang this year— caused a minor landslide at Tanjong Bungan, about five miles from here, yesterday. There were no casualties. The Hooding was worst In low-lying areas of Penane and Kedab. Kampong families were Isolated
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  • 118 7 Husband ill, she took caustic soda INSPECTOR V. P. Nayagam told the Singapore Assistant Coroner. Mr. Oiam Chong Hing. yesterday that a 58-year-old Chinese woman took her life in September because her husband was always ill. He said this at the inquest on Ooh Peng, who took her own life
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  • 290 7 St'BSTATinsS liable to load khrj ding todar: DAT R M.H.C. Macßitckic Braddrll Ki-i- .ir..M E>t. lUmad O«ll Clak. Wind ■or Pk.. !>elet»r P»mp» N«« Smb. M-.rt.ir Wira*». ScHr'lar VtfUjr I n ird Kubbrr nsa<mU*iii. Mn.'a. Hospital Trafaitar Est. Perak Road. I Jnliand Rd. Bcndrmccr X.l Ban H«k I
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 167 7 QUALITY PLUMBING FIXTURES A4ooo— NEW ELITEX" 27' x Ifj 25" x 18-; 22- 16"; 20" I 16" New »nr original detign. Special .inri-back syphonage feature AvaibWc in pure white and ren beautiful colours Offer* great va'uc. FONGHIN CO. LTD. TELEPHONES: ***** AND 7557 64 WALLICH ST. SINCAPORE 2 pl?_aMaS|ky:3 I
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    • 293 7 ...for your supreme entertainment tt m aa^aSvS/Y^JLaJa^a^a^Sn^alHß^X^^'^ LIST PRICES S'pore/Penang Federation MODEL 5112 for AC. Mans $305.00 $350.00 MODEL 5214 for AC/DC Mains $305.00 $350.00 MODEL 5612 for 6V. Battery $340.00 $390.00 Vibrator Operation. LESS 10 r r DISCOUNT FOR CASH Available from all authorized Dealers. in Singapore Malaya including
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 255 7 WESLEY: MY F Annua. craloneal ml I In church haX tori Canning Road. 7 4j p.m. ROYAL -iM.vpnKl IXTING CLl'B: Deepava.i joy flights at KaHaai Airpart 9 a.m. to 6 pm. Charge* lorn flight 120 and _short flifht tiO per P 'sr On ANDRE*»-S SCHOOL: rducation Week exhibition at War
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  • 31 8 MR. fi MRS. OSWALD C. DIAB thank all friends and relatives for th< Ir valunbk- presents and congr: tul.torv messages on the occasion of their marriage on Oct. 11, 1552.
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  • 77 8 TIMELY GOWNS for every occasion at Madeline's. THE WORLDS Most Exclusive Watch has Just nrrived In Singapore and is on display with a wide ■election of other watches at Piivro-Leuba. 18F Battery Road. Ist Floor. MRS. TOMMY THOMSON of Singapore well known to Ladies In Penang for her wonderful
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  • The Straits Times
    • 703 8 The Federation's rice harvest has fallen by 25 per cent. That would be a serious decline in any year, but the fall is particularly serious i now that outside resources i arc failing. While Malaya probably can never feed itself, j whatever the advance in agricultural technique,
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    • 392 8 A Warning To Whitehall U was remarked ;he other day that the Colonies and dependent territories have a dollar record unmatched by the United Kingdom or the Dominions. It is the colonies whose rigorous control of dollar spending and additional i effort in dollar earning has really reversed the rake's
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    • 25 8 MOSCOW Thurs The acting Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mr Gregory M Pushkin, yesterday received India's new Ambassador. Mr. K P S Vfenon.— Reuter.
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  • 1003 8 From a Special Correspondent LONDON. /YNCE a year the bankv ers and merchants of the City of London gather with the Lord Mayor at a dinner at; Mansion House to drink the toast of "Prosperity to the public purse and the health of the
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  • 394 8 LONDON FOLLOWING the colonial •F Office announcement oi last week that more than $1,200.01-0 was being spt'H on Government works all over the Colonies, there nov comes a Colonial Research Council paper stating that some 36 new schemes and 53 supplementary schemes in Colonial research were approved
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  • 654 8  - In the presidential throes O. H. BRANDON By WASHINGTON. IN spite of the millions oi words they have spoken and the thousands of miles they have covered across the country, the two American presidential candidates, Mr. Eisennowev and Governor Stevenson, so far seem to have done more to confuse the
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  • 447 8 Wives for sale WE had not heard of th< Bamenda people of th< British Camcroons until th London Colleague mentions them In despatches, but l appears from what he say that they do Indeed exls Not only this, but an Aus tralian anthropologist Dl Phyllis M. Kaberry.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 736 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. CHEW. At Srremban Hosplt.il on 13th October 1952. to Sool Chin and Kit Lin. a riauehtpr. REINHOI.DT NIELSEN. At 8.-itu Gajah the fifteenth October to Yips and Nold, a daughter, Dortr. SHEPPARD: To Avis, wife of R C Sheppard at Kandang Kerban Hospital on 16th Oct. 1952. a
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    • 88 8 Be Your Own Dry Cleaner Most clothes are sent to the cleaners not because they I need over-all cleansing but because of a few spots or stains. Yet with Just four bottles, each of a different cleansing agent, you can remove practically any spot or stain successfully at home. An
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    • 10 8 Utters to the editor will be found in Page 11
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    • 121 8 ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. K E Meyer F.N.A.0.. D. Ops. (London) OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN will visit SANDAKAN Oct. 20th to 25tS in-tutivc OPTICIAN Appointments: Sandakan Dispensary, S.irJakan v^sm^^r SHEAFFER3 Sk/up l(J\^ to 0.0.v n-.e ck-tiniQ, cijggi.TQ tjk V anu corrosion uu-J by iMv common inks. A switch to 3^~-0 Sknp con «ov« many
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  • 337 9 Make sure we get the tin, says Templer KINTA VALLEY, Thursday. AT the end of a two-day tour, Gen. Sir Gerald Templer today paid tribute to the tin miners of the kinta Valley who had resumed operations despite Communist threats. "It is the beginning
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  • 113 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. KUALA LUMPUR Municipality has produced its draft budget for 1953. In which expenditure exceeds revenue by $100,000. This year's budget which was originally estimated to cause a deficit of $1,300,842 has resulted in a revised estimated deficit of only $103,312. At
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  • 56 9 PENANG. Thurs. The Duchess of Kent and her son, the Duke visited Malacca in preference to Penang because It has a tuberculosis hospital of some importance, a Settlement Government release explained today The Duchess, who is president of the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis
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  • 181 9 DEEPAVALI CELEBRATIONS KUALA Ll'MPl'R, Thursday. fPHE INDIAN community here has not forgotten "Johnny Gurkha", hero of th e Malayan jungle war against Red bandits, in preparations for Deepavali celebrations tomorrow. To the Hindus. Deepavali i was the day that the God Krishna returned from exile
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  • 128 9 NO DRINKS FOR THE MERCHANTS THIS TIME UNLIKE previous years, Sindhi (North Indian > merchants of Singapore will not serve alcoholic drinks to friends and busiiuss people who call at their shops during Deepavali. This was decided by the Singapore Sindhi M r.h.in:Association. The president Mr. K. K Ramch/indani, explained
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  • 52 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Mutiiandy. a taxi driver, was charged in the Police Court with corruptly giving $1 to a constable to have a charge against him dropped. As Muniandy had to be committed to the High Court for trial, he was allowed $500 bail pending
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  • 60 9 Kuala Lumpur. Thurs. Chu Yuen Sang, a 27-year-old book-keeper for a Kuala Lumpur firm, today claimed trial before Mr. J. G. Adams in Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on a charge of criminal breach of trust. He was alleged to have I misappropriated $800. The case was
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  • 50 9 WITH PLUMED HEAD-DRESSES and painted war shields these representatives from. the Kayan and Kenyah tribes give a tribal danoe to welcome the Duchess of Kent and her son. the Duke of Kent, to Kaching. Th# dance was recorded by Radio Malaja— -Straiu Times pictures.
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  • 497 9 KEEP- AW ARE TABLETS FOR MAN IN FLYING 'ARK' Even crocodiles and monkeys go by air these days AN Englishman, who has been in Singapore (or the past week buying animals and birds for private zoos, leaves for Britain today. And he is taking tablets with him to keep him
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  • 193 9 Saroni gets a $10-a--month son IN THE Singapore Second Court yesterday. Saroni bin Kaprawi. a P.W.D. labourer, found a son. The baby his wir c bor e several months after she divorced him was his. Saroni was In court on a charged laid by his former wife. Kamsinah blnte Satain.
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  • 57 9 The Singapore Kerala Samajam yesterday announced a programme of social welfare and amenities for its members in the Colony. Mr. A. Shukoor. is president, told the Stralis Times that it had just bought a house In Race Course Road for recreational and other facilities. Lack of premises
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  • 52 9 The Government of India has offered three university scholarships for students of Indian origin permanently domiciled in the Federation and Singapore. Full particulars and application forms may be obtained from the Office of the Representative of the Government of India in Malays Grange Road, Singapore. Applications close
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  • 62 9 TH E KHEK Community Guild in Peck Seah Street, Singapore, will for the first time be organising its own mass wedding on Dec. 28. Intending participants at the mass wedding need not be Kheks or members of the guild, it is stated. Registration of
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  • 44 9 The Singapore Filipino Association last night held a welcome party for Mr. Prosceso Sebastian. Philippines Ambassador io Indonesia, and Mrs. Sebastian, who are now visiting Singapore. The party was held at the home of the president of the assnr'atton. Mr. M. Anr'nno.
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  • 155 9 Aussies eat the same as RAF AUSTRALIA knows that A Royal Australian Air Force men sent to Malaya will get less to eat than on air stations at home. A Royal Air Force spokesman at Changl Airfield, Singapore, said this yesterday following reports in Australia that members of the R.A.A.F.
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  • 52 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thur.s To improve the system of censorship of films, the Federation Government has gazetted a Bill based on the recommendations of the Singapore Committee which considered film censorship legislation last ycer. The Bill provides for a board of censors in place of the present
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  • 46 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thura Values for assessment of customs duties from Oct. 16 to 22 have been fixed at: rubber, 74^8 ctnts per pound: copra. $484 per ton; coconut oil, $816 per ton: palm oil, $977.50 per ton; palm kerntls $351 75 per ton
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 61 9 NATURAL HOME A.CLOUET C£ LTP SINGAPORE TEL. 3964 |l FAY RE —lL T^Jjm Jfcffl""" tTm fiNf RE LEUft* <W» t\>* GENfcVE AUTOMATIC titfOAAjtti Thu te the L& e i Pavre-Leuba. with 1U Bovet Rotor mechanism, maklpf it .on* AMD of the most appreciated ieir-windini watch 96wHC6 Sold with one year
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    • 31 9 REFRIGERATION" Cold Storage Chambers used for storage of poultry, meat and provisions York economy and j§ \jjl doan's /Mff COUCH te&ffl MIXTURE Mm I m w*u otue stoku I 'l'll I
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  • 243 10 Traffic chief says: It is just a coincidence NOT HER motor tar collision the third in three successive days occurred at the junction of Dunearn and Whitley Roads yesterday. No one was injured, but people living near the spot say "That Junction is haunted".
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  • 143 10 Three false teeth settle a case SI.V MMN CHI' AN. 50, a! libuunr. was assaulted In mother Itbourer with p 'hingkol ~ni vest-rrtnv in tli r Singapore second district court hi- was compi nsated with somrthiii'4 he had not breu hblr to .:tYord for long time l»>reo teeth. Sim said
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  • 29 10 KULIM Thurs Police Orporal Tallp bin Sa ad was yesterday committed to stand trial at the next K.'dah Assizes on a charge of an 18-ycar-cld married woman.
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  • 39 10 IPOH Thurs.— Dr. V. C. O. i Yzolman and Mrs. Yzelman i reiurnecl recently to Telok Anson v 1 1 e r a two-year holiday in Britain where their two children. J':t'- md Ivor. Me i; school.
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  • 38 10 PENANG. Thurs.— police 1 today appealed for donations of magazines and books for security forces engaged in the present island-wide operations in Penang. The.se may be sent to the OSPC. Sin-pan? Anam Police station. Penang.
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  • 34 10 A suicide verdict was rec- orded at a Singapore inquest yesterday, on Lee Toon Kwee, 29. who hanged himself in his room over a coffeeshop In Fraser Street. He had •'the rcu.osis.
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  • 124 10 SINGAPORE City Councillors should not claim privileges to which they are not entitled. This was stated at a recent meeting of the Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee. The committee turned dow: a proposal by Mr. M.P.D Nair that Councillors should be provided
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  • 73 10 A MALAY in the Police Court today gave his name as Satan. He was charged with moving a katl of cooked rice from a restricted area. When the Magistrate asked If Satan was his real name he replied that he was always knovn as Satan bin Sabtu,
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  • Article, Illustration
    45 10 flli;; 111 G ll COMMISSIONER, Gen. Sir Gerald Tempter, takes the salute (above) from a platoon of the all-Chinese Klnta Valley Home Guard at Kampar, Perak, during his tour yesterday. Loo Tip Chuan (below), a Home Guard platoon commander, was a wireless operator In Force
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  • 317 10 IPOH. Thursday. THE SULTAN of Perak this morning laid the foundation stone of the $900,000 Veterinary Research Institute which is being built to serve the Federation, Singapore and British Borneo. In a speech at the colourful ceremony, the Sultan said the
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  • 134 10 Woman goes to a temple to say: I didn't do it K. LI MPI R. Than. AN INDIAN woman n working aa an amah la the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital today swore "on all my five children" at a Hindu temple near the police courts that she did not assault
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  • 96 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A simplified law on the limitation of actions prescribing the periods within which various kinds of action must be brought is provided in a Federal Bill gazetted today. The new Bill Is based on a fundamental rule that the period of limitation for all
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  • 87 10 rE PROVIBION of a bus terminus in the Singapore Improvement Trust's Princess Elizabeth Housing estate at Bukit Timah seems to be "nobody's baby." said Mr. H. J. C. Kulasingha at yesterdays meeting of the Rural Board. While the Rural Board and the Trust argued
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 97 10 Watch it winging your way! The independent front suspension and pistonsensational M.G. Midget bringing the rypc shock absorbers. Here's performance finest of motoring thrills! Watch that that combines rock-steady steering and dashing style and flashing action you'll perfect road-holding. So make a date see the most exciting sports car on
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    • 255 10 1 1 j iH 1 sr^v \i BACKING THE WINNER THIS pretty young per>on picks winners by instinct and her instinct seldom lets her down. But when offered a drink in the bar the takes nochanre*: gin and lime's Lime Juice is her unswerving choice. She loves the clean, reviving
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 238 10 Today's Radio SINGAPORE PENANG 10 ».m N«w«; 10.05 Matin*; fcm 3 11—11.30 Band of America; 1 p.m. Spore; 6 New»; 6.30 Strict Tempo: Dance Music; 1.30 New»; 1.45 6 45 Juke B° x Faniasy; 7.15 ConUonel Hamptoa Orch, 2 Time tTo' M^^'&wL, for Music; 2.30 London Studio Ni «ht Duty;
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  • 237 11 MR. J. W. SEARS, vice president of tho Rubbrr Manufacturers' Association of America, stated in New York on Oct 11 that "more than 41 per cent of all rubber imporied into the U.S. last year was off Qual.ty." Two hundred odd rubber manufacturers
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    • 716 11 'LAND GRAB' BY THE GO VT. COMPULSORY acquisitions of land by the Government are always said to be for a public purpose, but it dees noc necessarily follow that all acquisitions are therefore justified Suth Is the proposed i acquisition of about 2.566 acres belonging to a number of private
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    • 605 11 fHE Manchester Guardian recently produced an editorial which hinted at A an acquaintanceship with Mr. A. Helliwell's knowledge of this territory. The editorial proposed that local rates of income tax should be increased. Whispers in the bazaar indicate this may well
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    • 146 11 RIGHT TIME" seems to be lacking in a sense oi responsibility, or a realisation oi his duties to his employers. His firm is entitled to his j work for the full working day. What excuses can the branch manager offer to a customer who is denied oroper
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    • 106 11 I HOPE that future loans icill be announced in the Press at least a \ceek before the opening date, just to give people living outside the big towns a chance to participate. I saw the announcement of a loan in the Malay Mail (only) dated
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    • 434 11 'Deplorable roads' and Mr. Laycock IN your issue of October 11 I see a letter headed "Most deplorable roads" and signed "Grove Estate" This reads ''if I remember aright, both Mr. John Laycock and Mr. Chan Kum Chee made the same pledges before", namely pledges to press for the making
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    • 185 11 1 FIND myself in complete agreement with the opinions expressed or implied in Mr Sheh A. Shahab's letter about the Malay National Banking Corporation. Ltd. I think he has pointed out certain things which deserve the attention of thos2 concerned with Malay interests Implementation
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 200 11 v v btlfi/IhTIL DECOR ATM TILES ARE THE CHOICE FOR FLOORS WHAT ARE THEY? 5«MMfc Deceptive Tiles are one of the most advanced forms of floor covering available They are produced by a special process from b. ended asbestos and mineral fillers with resin binders in a wide range of
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    • 402 11 fill ffill jf M dll lUI a? Br _«_v Ik" __H jEWr tno s., \i jpw it\ good J° r XT tfoe wowA glass of sparkling ENO'S first thing in the morning is good for the liver. It clears the head in no time. The wonderful effervescence is cleansing and
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  • 1192 12 BRIAN CROZIER talking about FILMS SHORTLY after I was born (which is purely coincidental) the Uerman ft mmakers of the day produced an extraordinary movie called "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligarl." It will be obvious to all that I was rather too youns at the time
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  • 441 12 C"RO XT-ran'; violinist Alfredo Campoli arrives in Singapore on November 4 to begin a unique concert tour in the Far East. Unqje because although i Campoli is the second artist to b>- fljwn direct from London to perform on a Singapore platform, he is the
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  • 386 12 HUM Log", a new Indian film which has just mdied Singapore, Is a rare experience for enterprising film^oers (writes Brian Crozien Does anyone remember Rene Ciair's classic, "Sous Les Toits de Puris"? The camera wanderinn thousjh the streets of the big City dropping in en peopl^^n luimble
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 207 12 TODAY DAILY! p««e JL^\£ \i --jr Ij 4y #3 SWASHBUCKLING |^^#v£ HIS WAY TO A W 1^« /WEEK' -^fnK fs M-G-M't Spectacttlmr W/l JyW, Susp tided! \Vv (■filllt^fl* J Mnl^^fil PLUS! G. B. NEWS SPECIAL— FULL COVERAGE OF ROYAL VISIT Also! London Rail Disaster TO MORROW at~ MIDNIGHT! "«CJI UP
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    • 286 12 DA?LY 5 SHOWS 11, 1.45, 4 6.30 9.3cT IL MfMAf fef v Kf5 Tomorrow M'nite MIGHTY 0 APACeH NATION! j STARRINC SlffißcwiCOfflK GEORGE IVSC' •-svi^c^i To^uy 9 m. "THE HDV CV^'TTS' Tech Tomorrow 9 a.m. "TO THF VICTOR" "suniUy 'tarn "THY. TA V KS ARE COMING" FROM *y*W99ltyM3F&& ts. 4.00
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  • 1108 13  - LORD KRISHNA 'S VICTORY -THE DEEPAVALI STORY V.R.V. By^ POR some time now, r the Indians of Malaya have been preparing for the colourful festival of Deepavali. Today is a public holiday, and air Hindus, no matter from wiere they may come, w:r.l celebrate the festival in their traditional manner.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 250 13 jglk When vow f^llrak containing fh e fishrnanonte bo»le> SCOTT'S '^aSKu 1 COO LIVER OIL CAPSULES BORKEO \sompanua**tmited Mr. Mrs. Dollar J sL Watch Your Money Grow As little as SlO will open a Savings Bunk Account in the Chnrtvrcd Bnnk. the oldest established British bnnk in the East, widely
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    • 69 13 Here's the ideal Xmas present for the handy man! Home Electric Workshop Equipment $140/--(complete] An outstanding offer of famous WOLF CUB Electric Workshop Equipment for quicker, easier, drilling, sawing, turning, grinding, wire brushing, buffing and polishing. Place your order now for immediate delivery. FAR EAST MOTORS LIMITED Wearne Bros. Ltd
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 256 13 Straits Times Crossword T" \2 I r* i 4 j 5 c ii~ 8~~ I i|| 9 II I|| 12 17 lb l 9 H! HI H! 20 2I g^wppj juj i^ pj |H|_ ACROSS 6. Citadel, in a manner of 1. Perambulating advertisement speaking (7). device (8-5). 7. Opiate
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  • 200 14 RUBBER MARKET QUIET FEATURELESS 1/4 cent gain at close By Our Market Correspondent DUBBER gained a i of a cent on the Singapore) market yesterday, November first grade closing at 74 cents a lb. The market was quiet and featureless, there being a discllnation to trade before the Deepavall holiday
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  • 63 14 A FAIR turnover was reported In copra In Singapore yesterday, with business done at $31 '4 i.0.b., $31 Vi and $31 V Buyers were $3 Hi a picul, sellers $32' Coconut oil was dull, with buyers $46 f.0.b., and sellers $48. Produce Exchange: White Pepper, Muntok $590
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  • 60 14 Lewis Peat director due Mr. A. E. H. Peit, a director of Lewis and Pet Limited. London, accompanied by his wife, will arrive in Singapore by Comet next Wednesday on a two-week visit to Malaya. On the same plane will be Vr. Stanley P. Ward, one of the best known
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  • 22 14 CLOSED TODAY:—Malayan Exchange Banks Association members, Rubber, Tin and Share markets and Produce Exchange. CLOSED TOMORROW:— Rubber Market.
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  • 35 14 HONQ KONO, Thurs. Free market currency exchange of Hor.g Kcng dollars was quoted a: the close today as follows; US$l HK«6 20* i (cash) HK56.23 (T.T.) HKSIS.BO. One tael of gold HKS2BB V
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  • 21 14 N. Y price Vo. 1 R.S.S. Nov. contract (In V.S. rents): Tuesday's Wednesday*! closing closing 26.35 num. 26.45 nora. Market: Slarnant.
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  • 198 14 CHIPS, a'.ongside the Singapore Harbour Board god owns or expected there at 1 am today are: Pres. Harrison I' 2: O!en«arrv 4/5: Pres Hardlnc 4/7; Steel Recorder 19: Deucalion. U: Rimau. 14: Bempanx. 15/16- Surat 18: Buara 19: Lin Kuo 21/12- Letltta Lykea. 23 24: Ja'.agnpi;, 2i'M:
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  • 13 14 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Oct. 16.— 5481 a picul (down $2.50).
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  • 18 14 Idrls Hydraulic Tin Ltd., output for the quarter ended Sept. 30. 1952. was 73? i tons.
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  • 205 14 From Onr Own Correspondent MELBOURNE. Ttiuts. CHARE prices tended to drift towards lower levels in Melbourne and Sydney tcday. Trading was not heavy. out buyers lacked the animation of laat week when they were stimulated by the news that bank credit restrictions had been
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  • 31 14 MELBOURNE. Thurs. The week's hardening tendency for wool continued at the closing Sydney sale today. Values for BHT fleeces met «i"h spirited competition from Japan, Britain and the Continent.
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  • 40 14 NEW YORK. Thurs. Wall Street hit new lows for the current sell-off yesterday. All averages, except rails, penetrated mid-September lows as the list nnished with widespread losses of fractions to two dollars or more. The close was easy.
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  • 24 14 Mr. A. Mathleson, J.P.. a partner of Praser and Company, share boker*. returnrrf f ro»n long l^ave In Europe on Wednesday.
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  • 96 14 By Our Market Correspondent 'THE Singapore Share Market was x very quiet and dull yesterday. Industrials and tins were slightly easier. The official list of price changes issued by the Malayan Share Brokers Association was as follows: Bajrr» Sellrri Praser A: Neave Ords 395 402 cd cb
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 1299 14 H I*H MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Jf-JfJ j Passage (Incorporated in Singopore) LI All other BLUE FUNNEL LINE D Dt Carrier's option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge corgo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Dim Soils P. Sham Penang Laertes for Naples, Liverpool, Hnvrc, Hollond
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    • 532 14 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. For U K./CONTINENT Spore P S'hom Penong Gt££ HuT* 0 C. 33/34 20/22 Oct. 23/23 Oct. *B»"lrdi for Avonmonth, London, Rotterdam, Antwerp C. 31/J2 22/24 Oct. 23/27 Oct. Bertcleuch for L>v?rpool. Dublm Giosgow. Rotterdcm 30 Oet/ 5 Nov. 6/ 7 Nov. 8/10 Nov. I Br-rorty for
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    • 484 14 i EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/U.K./CONTINENT Spore P S'hom Penong "Mogdalo" for Bor»gkok 4/5 Nov. 3/ J Nov. 1/ 2 Nov. Asio" for Bonqkjk Soigon, H:nakorq Monilo, Kobe, t u~. vrk^horra 7 9 Nov. 5/ 6 Nov 3/ 4 Nov. "Pretoria" tor pongk-ik 27/29 Nov. "Korea" for Ciokor'o. Bangkok,
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    • 1191 14 McALISTER tic CO.. LTD. TEL: No t9M BLLBRMAN BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LIKE LONDON. HAVRE ROTTERDAM ANGfL£$ $AH rIIAMCI!CO# °n* for USA North Atlantte Port, PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER ani Conodo via Colombo Accepting cargo for Central ft South "CITY OP MANCHESTER"* Amerlcon Port* Spore P Shorn Penono. "CASTLEVILLE" 21/27 Oct. 21/29
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  • 126 15 OLASOOW Thurs. A MLETO FALCINELLI, of Italy, defeated British bantamweight champion Peter Keenan. of Glasgow, at the end of the fifth round of a scheduled tenround bout here last night. Keenan was forced to retire because of a badly cut right eye that later required
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  • 1411 15  - You have to be hungry to FIGHT I Joe Louis 1 By WHENEVER they nsk me "WheFe are the up-and coming heavy-weighi fighters, Joe?" I CM only answer honestly from the things I learned in the 13 years I was champ. Only one thing makes pood fighters hard times. The
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    31 15 'Lit WIZARD Oi uu.iu.. > dtinivj vutth.w 1-1 mpool and former England outside right "the man with magic in his feet" beats Ray Daniel, Arsenal centre half and Welsh international. Keystone picture.
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  • 57 15 SYDNEY, Thurs. /"IEOFF Brown made a surprise Vj tennis comeback yesterdny by beating Mervyn Rose 6-2. 6-4 In the semi-final of the Sydney metropolitan singles tourney. Lewis Hoad beat veteran Adrian Qulst 6-8, 6-0, 6-4 In the other semi-final. Australia's top pair, Sedgman and McGregor,
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  • 61 15 SYDNEY, Thurs. Australia today named an eight-man squad, headed by Prank Sedgman and Ken McGregor, for the Davis Cup challenge round at Adelaide on Dec. 29-31. Other players chosen are Mervyn Rose, Lewis Hoad, Ken Rosewall, lan Ayre. Don Candy and Rex Hartwlg. The final
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  • 31 15 LONDON, Thurs. yesterdays rugby results: RUGBY LEAGUE Leigh 5, Australians 34. RUGBY UNION Cambridge University 9 St. Mary's Hospital 5; United Services (Chatham) 3, United Services (Portsmouth) 16.— Reuter.
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    • 238 15 PUBLICATION of a picture showing the disputed goal by Awang Bakar In the Malaya Cup Final at Ipoh. and the statement of Mr. Y. K. Loo, has led me to itav something about the matter. I was among the thousand* that saw the final and I
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    • 110 15 AWANG BAKAR left Sln«.i P'ire yesterday on tour with the Tigers. I did not ask Bakar about the Incident becausr I could see no purpose in doing so. but he has been quoted by another newspaper as saying there was "no question" of handling the ball. writes SENTINEL. ("IF course
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    • 184 15 'T'HE standard of hockev In Johore schools has Rreatlv Improved and there Is no rmson why p.n All Johore School XI on s'rrHnr 1,ne<s as th» on>» for soccer sh^'i'd nr>' b»" rslswi 'h'« «"»5on North Joliore rrnooljs Mu«r '■■••< P^hit. Khmn7 !&H Se-">-mat will probnh'v D'oiid'' tv ie bulk
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    • 72 15 T3EADINO the corresp idence xv In ycur paper regarding the trip of schoolboy cricketers to Perth. I feel that we sport« lovers should d* something for the boys. They will be our future cricket stars and we should not throw co'q water on their enthusiasm. If It Is only m?ney
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  • 374 16  -  EPSOM JEEP From PENANG, Thursday. THE going at Penang on Saturday is almost sure to be heavy as 6.03 inches of rain fell during the past seven days and there appears very little likelihood of any break in the wet spell. There was
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  • 238 16 TONIGHTS BOXING ISIMELI Radrodro, Fijian and x Orient light heavyweight champion, will have to be at his very best when he fights Australia's No. 2 Ught-heavywelght. Jim Woods at the Happy World arena tonight. I say this because Woods Is a boxer-fighter with
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  • 44 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. S^remban Rangers. NS. league champioas ?nd Hos« Cup holders, will piav Selan?or Rarwers at soccer on the TPCA ground here on Sa'urday. Oct. 25. Admission charges will be $2 and $1 for seats and 50 cents for standing accommodation.
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  • 81 16 PENANG. Thrus.— Penang Badminton Association today named six players to represent the Settlement against Selangor in their inte:-sone final of the Foong Seoru; Cup badminton on Oct. 25 and 26 at the Selangor B.A. Hall. The players who will make the trip to Kuala Lumpur
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  • 56 16 KLANO Thurs Abdu. Rahman's tl.ni> goals saved Darul Akyar (Pt. ii-nhami from defeat In yesterday's < r match here against Oravidlans. The Dravldlans led 2-1 at half-time and vent further ahead to 3-1 after the interval. However. Rahman who scored In the first tia.f added
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  • 21 16 KAJANO, Thurs. Kajang Police and Broadrlck Club c!rew I—l1 1 at hockey here yesterday. Scorers: Shaw (Police) and Ibrahim.
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  • 26 16 TAIP.NO. Thurs— Chinese R C beat Govt Combined Services 2-1 at hockey yesterday. Scorers: Sarlan Singh (Sertlccsi: Kara Yew and Swee Keng.
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  • 141 16 PENANG Thurs pHiNESE Club beat Muslim Recreation Club by three grals to one on the victoria Green yesterday to win this years PJA. Dlv. 1 league title and the Cracroft Siileld. The weather failed to dampen the spirit of the players who put up
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  • 463 16 INTER-SCHOOLS SWIMMING TWO young champions, 20-year-old Neo Chwee x Kok (Presbyterian Boys Schoo and 12-year-old Norma Hutchinson (Convent of the Ho!y In ant Jesus) were the star turns at the Singapore ourth annual inter-school swimming carnival at the Chinese Swimmint Club yesterday. Chwee Kok romped
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  • 129 16 TAIFING Ilo< KhV Lcas-ae Ue. Malays t KiUt < lub IPOH HOCKEY: Ipoh Y.W.C.A. y Kuala Lumpur \.n.f.A., upper padang. TELUK ANSON BADMINTON: Leacae, Anfkatan SUa v Dew B.C. KUALA LI'MPI K BX'GGEB: Cllffard School v VJ. at V.I. HOCKEY: P.W.D. women S.CJLC. wtmrn at Cheras Rd.; Eurasian
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  • 148 16 SEREMBAN, Thurs. IT ING George the Fifth Schcol today had to admit defeat at the hands of the N.S. All Blues by 14 points <one goal, a try, a penalty goal and a dropped «rai> to five (goal) In a friendly rucger match played on
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  • 80 16 IPOH. Thurs. Colours beat Whites by a solitary goal scored early in the second half by Ban Choon in the Ipoh District hociey trial in preparation for the intrrDistrict knockout ties Kuala Kangsar and Teiok Anson Sodden ground conditions due to heavy rain was mainly
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  • 38 16 IPOH. Thurs. This afternoon's heavy rain washed out the Sultan Cup tennis tie between YMCA and the Perak Turf Club Sports Club. The match will be played at the P.T.C. courts at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 46 16 D Division beat C" 9-0 In the soccer nnafl of vn c Singapore City Health Office for the "Boggle Cup" at. Ja:a n Besar stadium en Wednesday. Mantam (2) Then (2) Valberg (2i Ferguson K. H. Ng and W. Yln«. Lee Pak Tone referecd.
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  • 19 16 In frlendCv soccer matches at Parrer Park yesterday IRC. beat R.I 8-0 and Halkowyu beat BraddeT. B.C.
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  • 18 16 Customs B.C. received a walkover from Cosmos In the Dlv SB Oxture at Qevlang yesterday.
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  • 27 16 NEW DELHI, Iliu.6.— liidU had scored 86 for fojr wicki ts by lunch on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan here today.
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  • 254 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. I^oi'R changes have been made In the Selangor team which beat Kedah 11-3 at Sung el Patanl last week for this Saturday's inter. State rueeei match against Penang on trie Kuala Lumpur padang. A big blow to Selangor is the kr.ee Injury
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  • 370 16  - Malaya Cup IHEFILM OF 'THAT GOAL' NG YOOK YOON B y Kuala Lumpur, Thurs. PCTURES taken by the Malayan Film Unit of last Sunday's Malaya Cup soccer final between Slnga>ore and Penang seem to showthat the winning goal by the Colony centre forward, Awang Bakar. was deflected off his right
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  • 178 16 X.L HOCKEY KUALA LUMPUP-. Thurs. CELANGOR Eurasian Association today beat Young Men." Sikh Association 2-0 at hockey on the Railway Institute ground. Donald Schubert. Eurasians left wing, was outstanding. He sco>ed the first goal in the fifth minute. Midway In the second half, •Wright. Inside left,
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  • 50 16 IPOH, Thurs. A ten-man Police second team scored the ACS. "B" by 3-0 In a hockey league tie on the Lower Pad in?. Police took a 2-0 lead at half time through Lim Hock Aun and outside left Nichatar Singh. Krlslman scored the third goal.
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  • 240 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. TUNGKU Muhamood School of Kuala Pilah beat Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, in the inte school triangular rugger tournament on the V.I. ground this evening. The visitors won by a goal and a try (8 points) to nil. Both tries wer c scored
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  • 140 16 RUDE RED SHOCK FOR MR LAM Bt SENTINEL OINCAPORE'S table tennis official* »ot a rude shock yesterday, when a few hours after they had denied any knowledge of the entry of Red China in the first Asian championships to be held next month they received a letter from the Table
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  • 69 16 CHICAGO. Thurs. JIMMY Carter, In complete charge hroughout with lefts and crashing rights, regained his world llfrhtwetaht boxing champion.sh»p last night with a unanimous 15-round decision over Lauro Salas of Mexico. Carter thus emulated the achievement of Lou Ambers who regained the lightweight title from Henry Armstrong
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  • 80 16 NEWMARKET, Ihurs SCOTTISH bookmaker George Mac Leans Flush Royal von a thrilling race for the two-and-a-quarter mile Cesarewitoh here this afternoon, tpklnt; first prlise of ever £3,00"* after the Judge had consulted a photograph. I'lush Royal was given the verdict by a neck over French Design
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  • 328 16 HK Bant win 4-0, go into final HONGKONG Bank S earned the right to me O.T.E.C. in the final of tl Singapore Business Hous F.A. Cup at Jalan Bcs; stadium next Wediipsch with a crashing four-nil vi tory over Sime Darby S.C. a semi-final yesterday. Although the game was oi.
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  • 19 16 LONDON, Thurs. An Arm soccer eleven yesterday won a 3dec sion over As'on Villa. Reutei
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