The Straits Times, 18 September 1953

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Nat*"* 1 15 CENTS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1953. Established 184;,.
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  • 272 1 Maclean car found then telegram arrives LAUSANNE, Thurs. HTHE black saloon car of Mrs. Melinda Maclean, who disappeared with her three children last Friday, was found today in a garage near Lausanne railway station Marcel Micheli, a garage worker, said Mrs. Maclean left the car there on Friday evening saying
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  • 35 1 LONDON. Thurs— Mrj.Louisa Merrifield, 46, convicted of murdering a 79-year-old widow Tvith rat poison, will not be reprieved, her solicitor learned today. She will be executed at Stranpeways Prison. Manchester, tomorrow. Reuter.
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  • 38 1 M. Louis Jacquinot. French Minister for Overseas Territories, flew into Singapore yesterday for a two-day visit. He was accompanied by Mme. Jacquinot. and two attrndants. *y They leave tomorrow for Australia and New Caledonia.
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  • 138 1 Screaming prisoners shower Reds with stones PANMUNJOM, Thursday. RIOTING broke out today in the "peace camp" where Chinese prisoners who do not want to be returned to the Communists are being; trans* ferred. Hysterical prisoners tore off identification la^s, hurled stones and screamed insults at Communist
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  • 188 1 HONG KONG, Thursday. THREE British soldiers jumped from the 18,000-ton troopship Empire Orwell before she sailed from Hong Kong today oa her way to England from Korea. A civil launch picked up two i of the men. said to be former prisoners of war in
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  • 40 1 French strikes PARIS, Thurs.- -Postal work- er.<= staged a number of strikes and brief walkouts in parts of France yesterday in protest against a government measure to list "reliable" men in cas>e of repetition of last month's nationwide stoppage.— Reuter.
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  • 34 1 BELGRADE, Thurs— Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, Deputy Commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, has flown to Zagreb on a five-day private visit to Yugoslavia as guest of President Tito. Reuter.
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  • 54 1 KL'ALA LCMPUR, Thurs. AN IR\N tracker attached to the Somerset Light Infantry ran amok at their camp In Kajang this morning; and killed two Indian "char wallahs." The amok was overpowered after he had shot the two men and was taken into custody
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  • 91 1 Sir John has inflamed kidney rE GOVERNOR of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll. Is suffering from pyelltis—inflammation of the kidney, a Government spokesman said last night. He added Sir John was res- ponding well to treatment and was expected to leave the General Hospital soon The Governor, who has accepted an
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  • 44 1 NEW YORK, Thurs.— The steering committee of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday defeated a Soviet attempt to delete from the agenda a proposed debate on Japanese, Italian and German prisoners of war allegedly held by the Soviet Union Reuter.
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  • 27 1 The Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces General Sir Charles Keightley, left Singapore yesterday for Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh, and Penang He will return on Saturday
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  • 644 1 JOHORE PAYS HOMAGE TO THE SULTAN JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. T»HE SULTAN of Johore 1 celebrated his 80th birthday at a historic levee in the Istana Besar today. He is the first Ruler »n Johore's long history to reach the age of 80. For the first time, a visiting Ruler stood
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  • 17 1 NAIROBI. Thurs.— Nineteen Mau Mau terrorists Rave themselves up 80 miles from Nairobi.-A.P.
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  • 19 1 COPENHAGEN, Thurs.—British European Airways prop-jet Viscounts have made £65.000 i $550,000) profit since their introduction last April.Reuter.
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  • 238 1 Bank rate sends up prices LONDON. Thurs— The Government today brought excitement to the Stock Exchange by unexpectedly announcing that the Bank Rate had been cut from 4 per cent to 3J per cent. The move was widely interpreted as a sign of returning confidence In Britain's financial position, for
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  • 23 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. -Poland is said to be Russia's choice for the Eastern European seat on the Security Council.— a P
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  • 34 1 THULE i Greenland i. Thurs —The U.S. Air Force plans to land two helicopters on the North Pole, making them the first to go to the top of the world— A.P.
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  • 215 1 TRIAL WILL KEEP TWO IN ARMY FOR YEAR MORE r r O national servicemen, material wltnes&es in the trial of Pte. Hammond Glllon for the alleged murder of a dance hostess, have had to sign on for an "extra year's service" or face civil arreat. To their friends they are
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  • 398 1  -  CHAN SWAN BEE By Parents give consent I ITTLE Leong Thiam Chu, 57-day -old baby whose mother wanted to give her away because of Chinese superstition, is to be adopted by the Sultan of Kelantan. Legal formalities for the adoption will be taken and the
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  • 32 1 LONDON, Thurs— Sir Winston Churchill plans to make his first public speech since his recent illness on October 10 when the Conservative Party holds its annual conference in Margate.— Reuter
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  • 54 1 HANOI, Thurs. French bombers and fighters today pounded key crossroads along the main highway leading south from China in a bid to upset the autumn offensive build-up of Communist troops. French sources said increas- i ed Chinese supplies had recently enabled the Reds to I form
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  • 515 1 PRIVATE Hammond Gil- lon. 24, of the Army Dor Guard Unit, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the next Singapore Assizes on a charge of murdering Doreen Pereira. a dance hostess. This was ordered Dy the Fifth Police Magistrate.
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  • 52 1 BI RMESE DEU BCCALLKB RANGOON. 1 iiurs.— 1 .ilks on t- vat u.it mil of Chinese Naliunuli- 1 ..uirilla Burma in C.h tckok a down and Buidcm dili .lU-s are luiim td ater. rEENCH BAR DOWN PAUIS Thurs. I Bank rate was 1" fr.iu t<» 3i per cent.
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  • 27 1 TORONTO. Thurs. -A Comet jet transport ot the Royal Canadian Air Force is to make a non-stop flight over the North Atlantic next Sunday.— Renter
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  • 372 3 'Help us end world tension' NEW YORK, Thursday. \|R. DULLES, U.S. Secretary of State, today made a powerful appeal to the Soviet Union to co-operate in easing world tension. Mr. Dulles >vas the first speaker in the debate which began today in the United Nations General
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  • 58 3 Hong Kong lifts a trade ban HONG KONG. Thurs. rE Hong Kong government today announced that as from tomorrow export licences would be freely granted lor the export of poods of Japanese oncin to Singapore. The Department of Industry and Commerce said exchange would also be freely granted for imports
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  • 48 3 TF.XAS oil heir Sheppard King visits Turkish belly dancer Nejla Ates during a rehearsal of her act at the Latin Quarter night club in New York. King says he will seek a divorce from Samia Gamal, Egyptian belly dancer, and marry Xejla. A.P. picture.
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  • 88 3 Far East pact demanded NEW YORK. Thurs. SENATOR Wiley, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today called for a Far Eastern defence pact similar to the Atlantic pact. "Security in the Far East is every bit as important to world peace as security in Western Europe or Latin America."
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  • 55 3 NEW YORK, Thurs—Representatives of the 16 United Nations members with forces In Korea met yesterday at U. N. headquarters. They dealt with the line of action to be taken on the message received last Sunday from Mr. Chou En-lai, the Chinese Premier, calling for a broadening of
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  • 20 3 LAS VEGAS. Thurs —Rita Hayuorth and Dick Hayme* have set next Thursday as their tentative weddinu date AP
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  • 41 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs— The U.S. Secretary of Air, Mr. Harold Talbott. yesterday said that the air force would cancel production of several thousand jet and other aircraft engines. About 400 to 500 million dollars would be saved. —Reuter.
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  • 44 3 NEW YORK. Thurs.— Ava QardnM and Frank Sinatra, reported not to have seen each other since the actress arrived here last week, have been reunited through the efforts of Sinatra's mother, a spokesman for the couple said today i
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  • 25 3 SAIGON. Thurs.— Vietminh rebels blew up a train travelling from Hue, capital of Annam. to the cast coast port of Tourane. Reuter.
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  • 84 3 COLOMBO. Thurs. Ceylon police yesterday banned entry Into the island of "The Shadow in Saffron, a book published in London. Buddhist or- ganisations objected because. they claim. It offends their faith. The author, C. R. Fazcrkeley. stationed in Ceylon during the war. tells the story of a
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  • 148 3 STRASBOURG, Thursday. VfR. BERNARD LAFAY. French Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, told the 15-nation Council of Europe here today that though Europe's economic situation has improved the present rate of industrial production in F-urope cannot compare with that of North America and the Communist
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  • 228 3 NEW U.S. RADAR WILL COVER ARCTIC WASHINGTON. Thurs. THL armed forces are developing a new kind of radar which will revolutionise V n i t c d States defences against surprise atomic attack, it was learned today. The secret new equipment known as "Doppl'.r' or "Audio" radar may he the
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  • 142 3 LONDON, Thurs. SIR Winston Churchill took a plane today for a Trench Riviera holiday and left his doctor behind a sUn thai he is feeling fighting fit again. Looking better than for some time but without his usual cigar. Sir Winston was rushed to London
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  • 238 3 The will of Asia flouted Nehru VOTE ON KOREA ATTACKED NEW DELHI, Thursday. VIR. Nehru today attacked the United Nations: iTI re jection of Indian participation in the Korean political conference "against the joint will of Europe and Asia." Mr. Nehru said amid the cheers of parliament: "I have the
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  • 235 3 LONDON, Thurs. Closing prices oi selectea stocks wert LOANS Consols S3** H Funding 4 r i 101 7 B ->-•% War 3>?% 857» +1% I BANKS Mercantile (£l2«,i) 24Vi xd Hongkong ($125) 90 —1 Eastern (£5) 7li Chartered (£1) 42/- INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 11% -t-% Royal 12-7»
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  • 26 3 LONDON. Sept. 17. Cash Buyers £610; Sellers £620: Forward Buyers t59»: Sellers £600; Settlement £605 (up £7>2». Turnover a.m. 65 tons; p.m. 80 tons.
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  • 40 3 LONDON. Sept 17. Spot 19d Oct. 19d. Nov. 19'» d.. Dec 19'« d Oct -Dec 19', d., Jan -Mar 19>-id Apr -June 19'jC... July-Sept. 19-.d Sept <if 18-, d Oct c.l.f. 19d Nov tvr 19'» d. Tone: Dull.
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  • 20 3 LONDON. Thurs.— The 19--nation agreement on German external debts, signed on Feb. 27. came into force yesterday —Reuter.
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  • 260 4 Wiring blamed for fatal blast in salvage boat MR. Giam C hong Hing, Singapore Assistant Coroner, yrsterday recorded an open verdict at an inquest on feo Am Pay. 53, who died after a dynamite explo- j sion off Pulo Bukom on July 20. The Assistant Coroner remarked that he was
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  • 100 4 8 LIVED IN UNFIT HOUSE EIGHT PEOPLE were lined $1P each in the City Police Court yesterday for disobeying a notice to leave a house which ■was unfit for occupation. They were ordered to pay costs. The house was inspected by the City Architect and found tr> be in a
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  • 62 4 A reference will br made at the Sinsapore High Court next Monday to the memory of the late Mr. P. C. Nathan, advocate and .solicitor, who died at the General Hospital la.st Monday. Judges of thp High Court «nri members of the Bar will n.ssrmble
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  • 24 4 Eighty-<hree hawkers were fined a total of $707 in the Singapore City Police Court yrsterday for hawkinc in pro--1 hibited places.
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  • 34 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.Because shortage of Chinese Affairs Officers in the Federa- tion. a Government plan to send .some of them to Britain for training has been postponi ed till next year.
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  • 218 4 tyORK ha.s started on the $50,000 pagoda memorial being built on Singapore Esplanade to commemorate the late Maj -Gen. Lim Bo i Seng, leader of the Chinese section of Force 136. Col Chuang Hui Chuan. secretary of the memorial committee. la.st night said j the
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  • 49 4 1 Rat a Sir Lola Skuna. Secretary of Fijian Affairs ana Member of the Executive Council. Fiji, will arrive in Singapore by Comet today He will be accompanied oy Lady Maria. The visitor* will spend the night at Government House beforp visiting the Federation.
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  • 80 4 TWO families are happy again. In the picture above, Flying Officer l». C. Shaw is seen at Kallang airport. Singapore, with his wife and two children, Jane, aged nine, and Clive. aged five, who had just arrived from London. Mrs. Shaw and her children were among (»0
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  • 298 4 A BRITISH Army major who failed to report the loss of four pistols was given a severe reprimand at a Singapore court martial yesterday and ordered to forfeit one year's seniority of rank. The findings are subject to confirmation. Major F. J. C.
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  • 27 4 Singapore Labour Party candidates for the December City Council elections will be chosen when the party's new General Council holds its first meeting tomorrow night
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  • 199 4 COUNCIL MAY HELP OFFICERS BUY HOMES SINGAPORE City Council's finance committee, will consider today whether the Council should help its local senior officers to buy houses rather than build quarters for them. The Council's quarters allocation committee has proposed buildins six flats at Woodlcigh and that two houses in Upper
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  • 103 4 rVDLLOWING the ruling that Singapore City Councillors may not approach Council departmental chiefs, direct, a Councillor has asked that minutes of certain committees be sent to him immcriiatfly after meeting. If this means the day after the meeting, the Council will have to agree to considerable
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  • 149 4 No barbed wire at this school MALACCA. Thurs. rE first school in Malaya for girls in need of care and protection, detained under the Emergency Regulations and serving sentences under juvenile laws, will be opened by Lady Templer on .Monday. The school (Sungei Lereh House) has a spacious compound with
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  • 20 4 Tomorrow's meeting ot the Singapore Teachers' Union, has been cancelled, said Mr. Frank James, the Unions president.
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  • 172 4 First of the 37 arrive to teach KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. r'O Indian teachers have Joined Federation schools. They are MLss V Matur. who has gone to St Georges School, Penang. and Mr. W L. Harben. who has joined the King George V School. Seremban. Both hold M.A (India) degrees They
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 64 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 7 15 Morning Star; 7.30 News: 7.3S 10.30 Music; 10.30 Morning Matinee- 1 Philip Green Orchestra; 1 30 News; 5 Cxlling all Children; 5.30 U.N. Btory. 5.45 Augment«d Orchestra; 6.15 Forces' Favourites; 7 News; 7.15 String Ensemble; 7.30 Show Business; 8 Fabian of the Yard: 8.15 Evening
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  • 136 5 Three-mile limit for squatters rejected A SCHEME to move SingaA pore squatters at least three miles from the city centre was reject nd as im- practicable by a number of City Councillors due to lack of suitable sites, Thr proposals, made in a private memorandum to certain Councillors, call for
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  • 69 5 AMBULANCE DRIVER DIES IN CRASH L KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Driver B. Waterhouse. of thr J6th Field Ambulance unit. was killed when his ambulance overturned near Raub in Pahang on Tuesday, the army announced today. Driver Waterhouse's home was in Blackpool. Britain. Capl. Wall, of the Ist Manchester Regiment, is m
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  • Article, Illustration
    63 5 AIR VILE-MARSHAL H. L. Patch, formerly Senior Air Staff Officer. Far East Air Force Headquarters, and Mrs. Patch, left Singapore last night on thr Willem Ruys for Britain. Air Vice-Marshal Patch assumes his new post as Air Officer Commanding 11 Group Fighter Command. His successor, Air Vice-Mar-shal A. D. Gillmore.
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  • 90 5 Government must say 'yes' THE SINGAPORE City Councils decision to amend its business by-laws and the Municipal ordinance to bind councillors from disclosing confidential mattors has hit a snag. The bylaws cannot be amended unless the ordinance is first changed. To amend
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  • 80 5 rpHE <rial of Lai See Kum. JL Ng Ah Tee and One Ah Kye charged with housebreaklng by night to steal was adjcumed at the Sineapore Assizes yesterday as N? could not attend court because i Illness. A Asking Mr. Justice Whitton *fn r
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  • 37 5 SEGAMAT, Thurs— Aris bin Kasbi. 19, a former constable, who was given shelter for a niuht by a Javanese family »nd stole $132 worth of jewels was sentenced to six month-s' gaol here yesterday.
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  • 83 5 Daniel de Foe. 48. yesterday wept in the Singapore Second Police Court when he pleaded puiHy to stealing a wallet containing $200 from Mrs. Alta Banks in an Orchard Road j shop on Wednesday afternoon. He asked the court to be lenient with him. De Foe
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  • 220 5 THE Singapore Arts Theatre made history last night with its performance of "The Yel- low Jacket" at Mallaig. the home or the Commissioner- 1 General. Mr. Malcolm Mac- j Donald On floodlighted lawns with a j background of casurina trees, a velvet sky as canopy, and
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  • 180 5 New night shift at G.P.O. speeds up deliveries A SPECIAL staff of six men now work all night to clear mail for morning delivery, the Singapore Director of Posts, Mr. W. A. Cooper, said yesterday. This new shift at the General Post Office, which started last
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  • 88 5 STUDENT IS ACCUSED OF MURDER Gan Eng Lock, an English School student was yesteraay .sent for trial at the Asr,lze.\ charged with the murder of Lav Hwee, a maid-servant. Lav was found dead by her employer. Wee Tiang Cheng, a typist, when he returned to his house in Tessensohn Road,
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  • 74 5 Fifteen new pictorial stamps will be issued in Singapore next year, the Director of Posts, Mr. W. A. Cooper, announced yesterday. Proofs were received from the London printers on Wednesday, he said. They are now being examined by the Stamps Designs Committee. The stamps will range
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  • 87 5 SEGAMAT. Thurs.— A former auxiliary police man 26-year-old Moti Bahadur a Gurkha, was committed by the Segamat Circuit Magistrate to stand trial at the next Johore Assizes on a charge of causing grievous hurt with a kukri to Prem Singh Karki. Prem Singh told the Court
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  • 61 5 PARIT BUNTAR, Thurs. The Circuit Magistrate, Inche Salleh bin Eckhardt, today ordered that a $400 reward be paid to an informer in a lottery case. Chew Bah Wah was fineti $1,300 or three months' gaol for helping to operate the lottery. Sales records for sweep
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  • 41 5 Singapore Marine Police yesterday picked up the body of an elderly Chinese from the sea opposite the Esplanade. The man wore a blue shirt with black strips and pajama type trousers. He was sft. llin. tall.
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  • 120 5 SEND LATE LETTERS TO ME— COOPER THE Director of Posts, Singapore, Mr W. A. Cooper, yesterday urged people who receive delayed letters to forward the envelopes to him. In that way, he said, the reason for the delay could be I checked. He was commenting on complaints in the Press
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  • 20 5 SITIAWAN, Thurs.— Dr. K. S. Lim. has returned after a month in Scotland with his wife and children.
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  • 296 5 CITY DOES ITS BEST TO FIND NEW JOBS rE Singapore City Council is doing everything possible to save men who have been working at the Paslr Panjang power station from unemployment, the deputy City President. Mr. J. T. Rea, said yesterday. Mr. Rea was commenting on the strike threat Issued
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  • 37 5 The 8.1 ship Sirdahana arrived in Singapore yesterday with 43 saloon and 115 deck passengers, returning from India. The deck passengers were sent to the quarantine station on St. Johns Island. i
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  • 116 5 200 blankets for 'quake islands THE SINGAPORE Junior Chamber of Commerce ha.s received c ifts. in kind and cash, of 200 blankets for victims of the recent earthquakes in the western isles of Greece. Earlier this month, the Junior Chamber launched Operation Warmth" after ani appeal from the Junior Chamber
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  • 44 5 A BURGLAR, who broke into a house in Bukit Tlmah Road, Singapore yesterday ran away when the owner chased him. The householder woke when his dogs barked. He found the burglar searching his room with a torch. Nothing was stolen
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  • 185 5 SINGAPORE Anti-Tubercu-losis Association has started a rehabilitation training centre to give former patients a chance to start a new 11 f The Government and several firms have agreed to co-operate with S.A.T.A. ln Its training scheme. The association's rehabilitation officer. Mrs. C. E. Hudson, yesterday
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  • 40 5 Pang Lye Huat. cantrenowner at the Internationa! Airport l n Kirn chuan Road was fined $200 In the Singapore First Criminal District Court yesterday fo r selling 81 bottles of soft drinks bearing a false trade mark.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 249 5 .Singapore Arts Theatre •'The Yellow Jacket' at Mallaig Com-missioner-General's residence. 9 p.m. Singapore Chamber Ensemble Orchestral practice at Monk's Hill School, 8 p.m. Wesley Church: Combined M.Y.F. and church evangelistic meeting. Fort. Canning Road. 7.30 p.m Speaker: The Rev. Harry J. Haines. Women's Voluntary Service: Tombola at Britannia Club. Beach
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  • 62 6 SNO KWEE BUM. ajjed 63 beloved brother of Sng Kwee Choon •nd father of Sng Chwee Leong passed away peacefully at 3.00 p.m. on 14.9.53 at 102. Syed Alwi Road, —he left behind his wife, flve song, ten daughters, six sons-in-law and twelve grancchildren to mourn hts loss. Funeral
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  • 84 6 THE family of the late Mr. Wong Pong Linn sincerely thank •11 relatives and friends who attended, sent wreaths and telegrami of condolence, and those who assisted at the funeral. THE family of the late Mr. Harold Michael Klvne wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives and
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  • 93 6 THE TIME the place what about your drwa at. Tommy Thomson's of BBBW. Cotton and Jpr*ey evenlnjr frowns Just arrived. G.H. Bldg.. Singapore. SINGAPORE Art.« Theatre presents "The Yellow Jacket" at HE. the Commissioner-General's Residence "Mallalit" on 17th. 18th. 19th 6eprember 9 pm Bookings at p.- nrm. open. PFTER
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  • The Straits Times
    • 612 6 The very reasonable mixture of warning and encouragement with which the Government seeks to win the active support of rural Malaya in the war on Communism was well illustrated during the course of the High Commissioner's visits to Sepang and Sungei Pelek. At both places, near
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    • 389 6 A statement by Mr. J. T. Rea, Deputy President of the Singapore City Council, giving details of the circumstances in which 34 employees at the new power station at Pasir Panjang are being found other work, puts in an unfavourable light the threat of the Electrical Workers
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    • 273 6 A stern test of stability now confronts the new Indonesian Government. Demands by unions of estate workers for higher wages were referred to the Government's own arbitration commission for labout disputes. The commission's award has not satisfied the unions, who have called a strike although they fire hound
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  • 994 6 HAHRY MILLER REVIEWS RURRER PIRLICITY MM U.S.A. THE U*****,000,000 synthetic rubber plants run by the United States Government for the last 10 years are scheduled to pass into private hands early in 1955. The Rubber Bureau is emphatic that this is the danger period for
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  • Man-in-the-Street
    • 182 6 A teacher suggests a new outlook MR. JOHN Laycock's motion, recommending ways and means of overcoming the shortage of trained teachers in Singapore, was timely. No one can doubt that there is something wrong with the scheme of recruitment and training. First of all, the Education Department is another Iron
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    • 77 6 WE CAN double the number of school teachers in Sincapore tomorrow, if we only do what other countries do: make them work in the morning AND the afternoon. It is ridiclous that they work only about twenty hours a week when everybody else works twice as long.
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    • 226 6 Rule of the whole by a few? A LMOST half of the populaA tion of this country are under the age of 21 and a good lot of the other half are probably not Federal citizens or are Federal citizens of doubted loyalty. So it Is probable that the destiny
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    • 157 6 Radio had ALL the men IT IS regrettable that "Bitter" evidently did not hear Sir Edmund Hillary and Mr j George Lowe broadcast over Radio Malaya on Monday, August 3. They took part on the excellent 8.8.C. feature "Everest. 1953." broadcast by Radio Malaya. Singapore, on September 2— a thrilling
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    • 164 6 ITTHILE our sympathies go out to those unfortunate victims of the conflagration at the Diamond Theatre and even though we are also sorry for the management, patrons must raise up their hands in thanks that the fire broke out when no one was In the theatre. The theatre
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    • 188 6 An opportunity for a local clerk mHE Federal Government X has advertised for an Assistant Barrack Officer, Federation Forces. Port Dickson. I wonder If it will be possible to get a Chief Storekeeper in government with a knowledge of military and government procedure and regulations to nil this vacancy. The
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  • 488 6 Hectic history THE suggestion made by th* Dato Pannlima Kinta. Dato Haji Mohd. Eusoff. that Ipon should start to write its history, seems an excellent one. Malaya'.s best planned town priding Itself upon the he w food and the cleanest streci in the Federation holds many attractions
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    • 666 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. HENG: To Willy and Merle Gift of a son, Cllve. at X.X Hospital, on 15th September. 1953 LEE ENO TEH-Chua Teh Nyong, en 26.9.28. at Church of Our Lady of Lourdes. Klang. Thanks giving High Mass on Saturday. 26th September. 1953. at Church of Our Lady of Lourdes.
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    • 23 6 SIXTY MILLION PEOPLE READ the t^ READER'S Digest EVERY MONTH $1/- A Copy C. R. D ASARATH A RAJ LTD PHONE ***** SINCAPORE
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    • 88 6 WAFFLES PLACE. PHONE SOA4? R.V. Ui tilth V- ffl* »OPTICIAN MR. K. E. MEYER F N A.0.. D. OPT. (CNG.) THROUGH DISTI\CI ISHED SERVICE Some studs of Krementz Quality rolled gold plate have been worn for as long as thirty-five years. All Krementz jewelry will give correspond- i Ing satisfaction.
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  • 53 7 rE Singapore Teachers' Union and the Singapore Graduate Teachers' Association yesterday .suggested ways to solve problems facing Government primary schools in the Colony. How to overcame shortage of accommodation and staffing? Require every primary school to have two sessions a day and allow teachers to teach more
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  • 54 7 How to make the teaching job attractive? By removing the disadvantages imposed upon women on marrying; reducing the length of time before a Normal Trained teacher can get into the Singapore Education Service; offering a one-year post normal course; and upward revision of the maximum salary
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  • 82 7 How to reduce the shortage of teachers uithout affecting their standard? Abolition of the fiveyear cuarantro or the refunding of salaries now required of teachertrainrrs: another of thr nan on married women undergoing teaching training; employment of married women as permanent teachers; raising the age
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  • 90 7 The Air Ministry Local Staff Union. Singapore, has formed a new section "The Hygiene and Medical stall sroup" 10 represent sanitary inspectors. dressers. ant!-malarial overs*rrs and otlier trades In the medical branch of the ministry. The council of the new section consists of a
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  • 26 7 Two Malays dived in and rescued .i young Chinese |W who fell into the sra from thr JPa wall off Marine Parade. Bincaporp. yesterday
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  • 202 7 DELIVERIES TO STORE UNDER WEIGHT fOMPLAINTS from the Singapore Chinese Chamber v of Commerce that imports of galvanised iron sheets from Japan have been "excessively under weight" has started a nation-wide investigation by the Japanese Government. A spokesman for the Japan Galvanised Iron
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  • 127 7 New farms to open soon rE first farmers will move to the Singapore Governments 700-acre food production area at Ah Mah Keng next month. Surveyors and Agricultural Department and Rural Board officer.? say land near the t village Is suitable for food production development. The department Is dealing with scores
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  • 88 7 The death has occurred of Mrs Newton, wife of Dr. R. G. Newton, deputy secretary of the International Rubber Research Board. In 1949, Dr. Newton came to Malaya for a year on behalf o; trie British Rubber Producers' Research Association and Mrs. Newton accompanied him. She
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  • 203 7 THE Singapore Government and its employees' Council of Action yesterday decided to suspend talks on more Day for the higher income groups and concentrate on the lower-paid staff. After a three-hour talk between three delegates from the Council of Action and the Government representatives, the
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  • 119 7 ALISTAIR Nicoll. the 24--year-old soldier rom Malaya who disappeared the day before he was to hi c been married to Miss Sadie Anderson of Dundee, returned to Mi home In Dundee nearly a week afterwards and collapsed. He was unable to piece together events
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  • 33 7 Three masked Chinese, one of them armed with a revolver, broke into a house in Tampines Road, Singapore on Wednesday night and robbed a Chinese family of $500 cash and jewellery.
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    47 7 The Singapore Race Horse Owners Association last night held a dinner and dance at Raffles Hotel Picture shows (from left) Mr. K. Ross, Mrs. L. C. Bailey, Mr. Ong Huck Lim. Mrs. F Cutler, Mr W McGregor Watt, Mr. F. Cutler, Mrs. R. Norton.— Straits Times picture
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  • 309 7 7 MORE BANDITS DIE: 4 GIVE UP Terrorist cook surprised KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. OEVEN Communist terrorists have been killed and four others wounded by security forces in the Federation. Four terrorists have surrendered. The bodies of two civilians murdered by terrorists have been found. The Ist Fijians yesterday killed a
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  • 54 7 For using unlicensed trishas and expired arm badges, two men were each fined $100, or six weeks' gaol by the Singapore City Pol-ire Magistrate. Mr. J. M. Devercux-Coleburn, yesterday. They were Wong Ah Yew and Chua Eng Geok who were both arrested by vehicles inspectors In
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  • 117 7 A SINGAPORE woman. Tai Nyuk Chin, who had been stabbed in the stomach chased t her assailants for more than 100 yards before they disapI peared Tai. proprietress of a cafe in the New World, was attacked by three men as she reached her home
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  • 91 7 FIVE ARTISTS of the Combined Services Entertainment arrived by air in Singapore yesterday to spend three days entertaining troops in the Colony. Then they will leave for a tour of the Federation. The party has given shows in Korea, Japan and Hong Kong. In Korea they
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  • 176 7 12 SIGN PLAN FOR NEW COLLEGE "FWELVE people met In Singapore last night and signed a 35.000-word document which will determine the future of technical education in the Colony. They met in thr home of Dr E. H. G. Pobby. of the University of Malaya. The Colonial Secretary. Mr. W.
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  • 47 7 A mongrel dog belonging to Mrs. J. M. Boston of East Coast Road has been missing since Wednesday night. The dog answers to the name Toby. It has a big black patch round the snoulder and small black patches over the body.
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  • 32 7 Two 17-year-old stiidmts from the Chung Hwa Girls' Si hool in Niven Road. Singapore, were arrested yosterday. The arrests are believed to have been made bj Special B.anch officials.
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  • 35 7 Yom Kippur, the most religious occasion in the Jewish year, will be observed by Singapore's Jewish community today. A 25-hour fast will bepin this evening at six and finish at seven p.m. tomorrow.
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    • 72 7 LATEST NEWS ABOUT U.S. National affairs Affairs in ether countries Business Sports Medicine Science Movies Know what's going on all over the world and what it means to you through NEWSWEEK. rg|jtVl!HB Weekly By Air C. K. DASAHAIHA RAJ LTD SINGAPORE ~T ltd MM W^ BRAATHEN&m OSLO for reservations consult
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    • 122 7 Don't screech round corners! i it You and centrifugal force are trying to wrench the .J tyres from their rim* s Of course, they arc too well designed and built to do this but in tim« it weakens the plies and then, one day. something very unpleasant may happen. For
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 113 7 THE WEATHER Minimum temperature: (7.30 p.m. on Sept. 16 to 7.30 a.m. on Sept. 17 1: Singapore 75 degrees. Penang 74, Kota Bahru 73, Kuala Lumpur 73, Ipoh 72. Kuantan 69 Maximum temperature(7 30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Sept. 17 1 Singapore 87, Penang 89, Kota Bahru 85, Kuala
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  • 133 8 A Sultan celebrates his Birthday Sir Ibrahim returns to Johore and honours his pvopU* The Sultana of Johore. above, invests Capt. Ahmad bin Mohamedon with the Insignia of the Order of the Crown of |ohorc while, below, the Sultan of Johore invests Ungku Mohamed Salleh bir Ismail. Assistant District Officer.
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  • 65 8 THE LEVEE in PICT UR E THESE pictures were taken at the Levee and Investiture held in the Throne Room of the Istana Besar. |ohore Bjhru. where the Sultan of |ohorc. who returned to the State from Britain on Tuesday, celebrated his 80th Birthday. yesterday. Tilt Sultan is the first
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  • 608 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. THE RARE spectacle of a Malay Ruler being invested with a Royal decoration by another Ruler was seen in the Istana Besar, Johore Bahru. today, when the 80-year-old Sultan of Johore presented the Sultan of Kelantan with the Family Order of Johore First Class).
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    • 264 8 f IT'S NOT NECESSARY ...to feed the children *V better than you feed yourself V fffc -yotiß CHir.DREN most likely get Quaker Mw. a Oata for breakfast. They get it because Wff Y ou insist on the very best nourishment to Jxsj* elp t lorn ffrow tetter and stronger— with
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    • 138 8 TO BE WELL you must SLEEP WELL! and to sleep well take RELAXA-TABS You'll find a source of absolute relaxation and soothing calm by taking RELAXA-TABS. They are prepared from newly discovered scientific substances specially developed to calm the nervous system they bring restfulness ana tranquility to sufferers from nerves
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  • 774 9 Johore network a strong weapon II; Olir Spirial <01 1 < s|>oiml<iil I^EITH DANCE, assist- ant manager on the Sedenak rubber estate in Johore, picked up the microphone of a high frequency radio set in his bungalow. Seconds later, he was In direct contact with the
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    • 293 9 Make a jj^^f^^i^ KOLYNOS the 'Active' Chlorophyll toothpaste The instant you start brushing 1. It keeps with Green Kolynos, you'll enjoy >" ur breath fresh, its lively pleasant taste you'll feel 2. it fights gum the glorious cool freshness that troubles. only Kolynos with chlorophyll checks can give What's more
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  • 447 10 COMMENTS by Mr. A. O. Glenlster. chairman of the J Malayan Chamber of Mlnea. broke little new ground In the Malayan mining world. Malayan businessmen said it was along the lines of things they already knew. But one line of thought came to light in reactions; "How
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  • 251 10 Scene not yet set for recovery in rubber market SAYS ESTATE CHAIRMAN THE scene is not yet set for a substantial recovery in the rubber market, says the chairman of the Golden Hope Rubber Kstate Ltd., Sir Kric Macfadyen. "By re-establishing the standards of productive efficiency which formerly prevailed and
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    50 10 Mr. I AC Guepin. si managing director of the three operating companies of the Royal Dutch-Shell <iroup, leaves today by 2>hell aircraft for Medan. Accompanied by Mrs. Guepin ha has spent three days in the Colony inspecting installations. He will also visit Siam and other South-East Asian countries.
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  • 115 10 Wholesale prices declining rE general level of wholesale prices has declined in most areas of the world since early last year, according to the September issue of the United Nations' Monthly Bulletin of Statistics. The bulletin points out that recent declines in general wholesale price indexes were much smaller than
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  • 84 10 Britain last year used about twice as much oil as befon> the war and exported more than 12 times as much as in 1938. says a Bulletin for Industry released by the Treasury. The bulletin says the use of oil in Britain is up 100 per
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  • 91 10 How to 'court investors rpHE American private investor "must he actively „nd X incessantly courted' if he is to be persuaded to invest his funds abroad. This is the opinion of Mr George Woods, chairman of the Firs. Boston Corporation, who goes further into details of the courtship "The courtship."
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  • 96 10 MALAYA could produce about 10.000 tons of cocoa as an alternative crop. This was announced at the three-day Seventh World Co- coa Conference which ended in London yesterday. It was also estimated that North Borneo has a potential production of 25.000 tons. Cultivation of new areas
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  • COMMERCIAL NEWS & VIEWS
    • 164 10 A DECLINE in the seed crop rather than a fall in demand by the Malayan rubber-growing industry for planting material has been blamed for lower profits by Prang Besar Rubber Estate Ltd In his annual report on the company's activities, the chairman, Sir Eric
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    • 26 10 The Bolivian Mining Corporation has signed a contract for the sale of 10,000 short tons of tin co.-icentrates to the United States.
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    • 125 10 IMPRESSED with business opportunities and poten- tial markets in Singapore. Group Captain N.W.R. Mawle, managing director of British Typewriters Ltd., left yesterday after a two-day stay in the Colony. On a round-the-world business trip by air. Group Captain Mawle, who is also chair-man-elect of
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    • 176 10 U.S. RUBBER IMPORTS HALVEB IN VALUE A SERIOUS price decline and a drop of 24 per cent, in quantity brought crude rubber imports to the United States in the first half of 1953 to US$l9l million— less than half the value in the first half of last year. The United
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    • 236 10 AGRICULTURALISTS and engineers have joined forces to transform nearly A three million acres of Australia's north into rice-bearing land. Rice has already been grown successfully in some areas and South-East Asian varieties are reported to have done well In tests. But drought and floods,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 294 10 METALLIZING BUILD UP those worn engine and machinery parts by the METCO method PROTECT your steelwork against corrosion by the METCO method METCO EQUIPMENT and SPRAY WIRE is manufactured by the METALLIZING EQUIPMENT CO. LTD.. ENGLAND, and is available from ready Singapore stocks. For Details Consult: lIIILLER c co ltd
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    • 830 10 HONG KONG PARADE Musical Revue consisting of 15 HONG KONG BEAUTIES nnd celebrated Singing Stars. DANCING. SINGING. VAUDEVILLE. Tonight and nightly from Bp.m. sharp at HAPPY WORLD STADIUM ADMISSION: $1/-. $2/-. I3f- «nJ $5/YOU CAN TELL BY THE FEEL 1 z^43»*) OF IT. 0 SHROFFS (Malaya) LTD. INGAPOHE XL JMPUW
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  • 382 11 MORE ACTIVITY IN SHARES: TINS| ARE FIRMER TIN UP, RUBBER DOWI* T»HE Singapore share market was a little more active yesterday but on the whole the turnover was only moderate and consisted mainly of small parcels of shares. Tin shares were firmer after declaration of the tin price at $305.50
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  • 46 11 Sarawak Electricity The Sarawak Council Negri on Wednesday carried a resolution, says a Renter mesia|e from Kuching, approving the purchase by Government from United Engineers Ltd. of that company's holding nf 290,512 one-dollar shares in the Sarawak Electricity Supply Co. Ltd. for a sum of $1,250,000.
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  • 106 11 CHIPS lying alongside the Singa- pore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Hoegh Trader 12. Rakl 4 5, Warla C.P., Caltex Sydney 67, Straat j Soen<ia 89. TJibodas 11, Anchlses 13 14, Slrdahana 15.16. Benarty 18, Maetsuycker 19 20. Rengam N. Wall 4, Larlang N. i Wall
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  • 37 11 On the free exchange market m Hong Hong yesterday the U.S. dollar was quoted at 6.015 for cash »nd 6.025 for TT. Sterling was quoted at 15 88 and one tarl of gold at 264.375.
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  • 72 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Ex. rhangr: Noon prices per picul were: Copra: quiet: September $34 3 buyers. $35', Kellers; Oc'ob»r $34", buyers $35« v sellers Coconut nil: $55 sellers. Pepper: steady; White up $10; Black up $20: Mun'ok white $390: Sarawak $385. Limpong black $355. Lewis and Peat: Closing
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  • 185 11 There were disappointing oversea advices when the Singapore rubber market opened yesterday with prices slightly lower Chan the previous day 9$ tober flrst trade closed at 64 7/8 cents a pound, onequarter cent below Wednesday's close. During the afternoon there was a little trade and factory buying but
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  • 18 11 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was declared at 5305.50 a picnl. up 50 cents.
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  • 195 11 MELBOURNE Thurs. YESTERDAYS slightly euler x trend in share prlcts was checked on the Stock Exchange today. Sales volume was light and most price movements were narrow The undertone remained steady. Higher dividend and profit figures continue to bring quick buying Inquiry at steady to firmer price levels.
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  • 172 11 NEW YORK. Thurs. OVERNIGHT buying orders attractwi by Tiiwictay's technical rally came on to the Stork Market yesterday an<l brought gnod extension of the firmness. Gains ranging up to one point or better were widespread throughout the list with rails contnlnulng to provide good leadership. The undertone, however,
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  • 665 12 'Samson has an epic sweep, but EVERY time I see an Indian film, I am impressed by the talent and the possibilities of the Indian picture industry. And every time, I feel the talent has not yet been put to its fullest use and the possibilities have largely not been
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  • 207 12 INTO my lap in the semi-deserted Capitol at a very late hour very late this week (just a little late for a fuller display than this) dropped a disturbing number of stones of a highly I damaging size. I And uncomfortably close to my lap, a
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  • 397 12 WHAT would you do if you were hard up and two trees you planted in your garden started growing five and ten dollar notes? Would you just pluck the notes and use them to solve your financial problems, or would your conscience tell you
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  • 484 12  - A first rate war film BRIAN CROZIER By (\F its kind, "The Desert is superlative. The kind is war films. It has a very good chance of becoming one of the classics of the screen. Perhaps this is due to another instance of that most successful blend of American financial
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    • 275 12 r^WORTFwAIfiNG FORf"] iPaubh> Attravtian HPF±~ r?^ AN AVALANCHE SHOWERS WITH ITS FURY IN PLUS! The Ist 3-D Musical Short NAT ''King*' COLE sings Top Tune "PRETEND "IT'S CRAZY" Vamini/ Saan M Capital 52.00 SEATS ARE NOW CASH BOOKABLE IN ADVANCE |Tr* v^£jjrf\ 5 SHOWS 11, 1.45, 4, latfy^ liSi DAILY!
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    • 327 12 Jfcl CATHAY ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS -l^r $2 SEATS NOW BOOKABLE IN ALL THREE THEATRES IfcIoDEOH OPENS TODAY "UMfIVWWN 11 A.M., 1.45. 4.15. PHONE 31-116 FOR BOOKINC.S O-*»-O V^\J f.m. AS THE THEATRE itself Bic°o£r t M W Ljjg iTitir limit mum E2 BUM FLEMING LUHDIGAN fcag»l NB The Polaroid Spectacles which
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  • 309 13  -  EPSOM JEEP By OF 1952' Owners Assn. holds dinner VVOODCOTE INN, Mr. Kok Hoong's champion racehorse, was voted by a panel of racing correspondents as "The horse of 1952" at the annual Gold Cup dinner of the Malayan Racehorse Owners' Association at the Raffles Hotel last
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  • Article, Illustration
    34 13 BOTH Boon Seonn, of Timers, and Star Socceritrs goalkeeper. Suppiah, missed this ball and It went harmlessly wide in the S.A.F.A. first division match at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday which Tig era won 4-3.
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  • 154 13 CSC attack but score only one goal A FTER pinning their oppontnts to their own half for the greater part of tne game, Ceylon Sports Club beat Indian Association by only 1-0 in a friendly hockey match played on the CSC. ground yesterday. Indians' left full-back Ajit Singh put in
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  • 84 13 Rpmi ts of Ir.endly MM matrhes played at Farrer Park ye«terday waMf D<>pt. be:r Borneo Motorn Snort.-: Club 2-1. Rama and Arlffln gated for Water Dept.. Ismail for Borneo Motors. Income T;i\ beat Survey Dept. by %-C Stolen for Income Tax were: Hltam ll), Chunn Seng and
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  • 60 13 The Mngapore Hockey hrn tion Di 3 leaeup mutrh bCWWM P.W.D Sports Club and the Sin?*- I pore Medical Services Union pl.u- I I ed at Farrer Park yestrrday ended t In a 2-2 draw. 1 Ramdass and Nadason scored fir SMSU. beforr i he interval
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  • 41 13 Outram Road Continuation School I beat Amateur Youngsters by 3-1 in a friendly soccer match played on the school ground yesterday. Scorers for the Schoolboys were: Ann Seng. Hamzah nnd Riilvird Oo'n; Suppiah for Amateur Young I sters.
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  • 38 13 PAISLEY. Thurs The matrh between the Australlpns and Scotland reduced by rain to one day, was drawn. Austra'Uns 377 for 9 (MorrU 101. Benaud 89^; Scotland 100 for 3 iChlsholm no. 55 1. Reuter.
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  • 24 13 Wonderlsds beat C P Ramajam by 5-2 In a SAFA Dlv. 3A league soccer match played at St. George* Road ground yesterday.
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  • 307 13 /ORIENTAL Telephone and Fraser and Neave. who "finished second and third in the Business Houses League Div. 1 table, drew 1-1 in their Business Houses Knockout Cup tie at Geylang Stadium yesterday and will replay. Eraser &i Neav»> should have won. They were the better
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  • 347 13 TIGERS' team-of-all-the-talents nine of them have represented Singapore— did not look like league champions at Jalan Besar yesterday when they had to struggle for a 4-3 win against Star Soccerites in a scrappy S.A.F.A. first division match. Bui l.gtr.s seem assured of the title.
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  • 247 13 Police 's full XI impress POLICE Sports Association fielded their full, strength at hockey for the first time this season yesterday and held Singapore Recreation Club to a scoreless draw in a friendly fixture on the padang. This wa.s one of the keenest games seen on the padang so far
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  • 48 13 The V.MC A. team to play RAF (Seletan in a S.H.A. Dlv. 2 ma'ch on the V.M.C.A. ground tomorrow Is: Francis Lee. Avtar Singh. Yogarajah. Rajendra. 8. Hope, Suratta. Tan 800 Hlan. Nagle Yap. M Moks. Richards. Chan Onn Leng Reserves: Norrls. Amaloo. V. J. Das.
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  • 28 13 The Serangonn English Schon] Old Students' Association will hols their annual sports and picnic a' Llm Teek Le«> Estate ill ms. Ponggoi i on Sunday.
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    • 266 13 OPENING TODAY S Shows: 3, 6.1.*> A 9.15 p.m. United Artists A Fury of Swashbuckling Action "RETURN OF CORSICAN BROTHERS" Starring Richard Taala GREF.NF. R4IMOSD Ylieol that*^ ITCHINC INFLAMED /^SKIN fS*"^on\uc& by A^! j itching skin? /^U/. f. Ashsmed to meet LKyy* your f i ien d s beca use
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    • 406 13 SO( CKK SUV LEAGUE. DIV. 1: lilhiil Karlb llub v Chinese Alhlelir. .Ulan Besar; DIV. IA: S.H.R. Police V Iciiin; Companion A.A., Clerical I tin. n (round. ■OCBET LEAGUE, MV. 1: I-atiff Wanderers v S.C.R.C. Hone lim (irern; HIV. 2: Wanderers v RODCA. ROIM crnund: PIV. 3: S.H.B. Polhr v
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    • 29 13 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High 0705 hrs. i 6 3) and 1700 (7.7>: Low 1024 <S.o>. TOMORROW High 0847 <6.8> and 1852 i7.Bj Low 0101 1 3.0 nnd 12»1 i6.l>.
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  • 699 14 It will be Forest Beau's Gold Cup tomorrow —SAYS EPSOM JEEP JO WIN THE premier classic in Malayan racing the Singapore Gold Cvp under topweight calls for the qualities of a super-horse. Forest Beau has those qualities. Forest Beau overshadowed his Gold Cup rivals in the Cup Trial over a
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  • 234 14 STORE GOLD CUP PROBABLES AND RIDERS PROBABLE Une-up and Jockeys for the Singapore Gold Cup to be run over 11»m. and 86 yards at Bukit Timah tomorrow are phen below. The race will carry $15,000 In advertised stakes plus about $9,500 in added money with a gold replica of the
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  • 426 14 4 BBOT'S HAVEN was well beaten in last week's Class 1, Div. 2, mile but I think he will run a good race in the Class 1, Div. 2, I',-m. handicap at Bukit Timah tomorrow. Yesterday morning at Bukit Timah Abbot's Haven ran away
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  • 26 14 Wonder Gold, four times a winner and once second in six outings in Malaya, has been promoted from Class Two to Class One.
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  • 314 14 Khor Mousa. The Bosun go fastest FINAL GALLOPS A TTENTION was focussed on -TV leading Oold Cup fancies ;s they wound up their preparation for the big event on the training track at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. There was a little give in the ground but some very good times
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  • 46 14 SEGAMAT. Thurs— Johore Chinese beat Johore Malays 3-2 to win the the Tong sen Cup in a soccer match to celebrate the Sultan's birthday today. Peng Chuan. Ban Chuan and Fook Thong scored for Chinese and Talib and All for Malays.
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  • 40 14 JOHANNESBURG, Thurs. Don Cockell, heavyweight champion, will defend his Empire title against rohnny Arthur, South African ohamplon, in Johannesburg next January, the Chairman of the Transvaal* National Sporting Club. Mr. Julius Martin, announced here today.— Reuter.
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  • 57 14 The semi-final tie In the FARELF inter-unlt soccer competition for the Caldbeck Cup between REME Woikshops and Royal Uist-r Rifles (Hong Kongi will be played at Tanglin on Tuesday. The winner of this game will meet 12th Royal Lancers (Malaya) In the final on Sept. 26 on
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  • 56 14 Singapore Indian team to meet Malacca Indians In the quarterfinal fixture for the Bardhan Cup on Saturday at Malacca will be picked from A. Narayanan. G. Supplah, G. Phillip. J. Mahinda. M. Ghani, P. Supplah, A. Rashld, S. Dutta. R Bala. N- Param. P. Anugraham. N.
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  • 44 14 MALACCA. Thurs. Malacca badminton fans will see One Poh Lim and Ismail Marjan Malayan doubles champions. In action when Singapore meets Malacca in the Foong Seong Cup zone final at the Angloslng Hall on Oct. 3 and 4 at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 17 14 LONDON, Thurs. England defeated Wal»s 24-5 in a rugby league International match yesterday A.P.
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  • 352 14 Cl. 1. Div. }-bF. Good Gamble 9-00 Ambassador 8-13 Sudan 8-12 Indelible 8-11 Kabaka 8.10 Theatre 8.08 Cheslere* 8.07 mark Velvet 8.06 Blis* Fire 8.05 Adelaide Star 8.04 Trial By Jury 8.01 Arrh Side 7.11 Beeraflcoe-i 7.10 Hull Pawn 7.07 Mentirk 7.07 What Happened 7.0T Cl. l,Dlv.l— l,M.
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  • 112 14 MELBOURNE. Thurs. SOON after his arrival hero by air from Singapore, jockey Abdul Mawi was engaged to ride Great Scout in the Invitation Stakes at au I field racecourse on Sept. 24. Mawi is the second overseas jockey to arrive for the race. South Africa's
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  • 90 14 DUBLIN Thurs— Mr. M F. Moloneys chestnut colt. Sea Charger, a 5—2 joint favourite won the Irish St Leger over cne mile and six furlongs here yesterday to give Australian jockey Rae Johnstone his 25th European classic succp.ss. Johnstone. who won the Irish Two
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  • 22 14 RUGBY UNION LONDON Thurs. Yesterdays rucby union results were: Saracens 6 Rosalyn Park 3 Sidmnuth 3 Torquay Cheltenham 8 l.vdney' 3 Reuter.
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  • 395 14 JEEPS JOTTINCS JOCKEY GARNET Bou*oure won on Talisman at v Bukit Timah on Wednesday minus asi r run iron It was a cool piece of horsemanship on Boueoure's nart Talisman was going casii; behind the pace passing the half mile when a stirrup leather snapped
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  • 55 14 FOREST BEAU, riddrn by QMM Whitney strides towards the winning post for an easy win in the Gold Cup "trlar* at Bukit Timah last Saturday. Forest Beau has to give away lots of weight all round in tomorrow's hie rare hut should make a strong
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  • 244 14 LONDON. Thursday. WKST BROMWICH ALBION are netting a cracking pace at the top of the first division and last night they scored a resounding seven goals to three victory at Newcastle. This put them three points clear at the top of the table with only
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