The Straits Times, 21 October 1953

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    14 1 She Straits Times flat*** fie**** Established' 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1953. 15 CENTS
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    CALL-UP FOR SINGAPORE
    343 1 Part-time training in volunteer defence corps POMPULSORY part time training in the voluntary defence forces is soon to be introduced in Singapore. This and other measures to strengthen the Colony in its march towards self-government were announced by the Governor, Sir John Nicoll, at yesterday's meeting of
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    MANTIN'S FENCE IS PULLED DOWN
    156 1 MANTIN'S FENCE IS PULLED DOWN MANTIN, Tues. MANTIN village about ten miles from Seremban was tonight declared 'half a white area" by Inche Mohamed Bazain. District Officer for Seremban. Inche Bazain. accompanied by the British Adviser for Negri Sembilan Mr. M.C fl Shrppard. and the State Secretary. Inche Lockman bin
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    Platinum box for Queen
    33 1 LONDON. Tues.— A unique I powder box made of six different platinum metals from Commonwealth sources, was accepted by the Duke of Edinburch here today for the Queen. Reuter.
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    Nobel prize to be shared
    63 1 STOCKHOLM. Tues— A British and an American scientist will share this year's Nobel medicine prize, a well-inform-ed medical source said hore yesterday. Dr. Hans Adolf Krebs. Professor of Biochemistry at Sheffield University, and Dr. Fritz Lippman. of the Harvard Medical School, are candidates designate for
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    Japan is their No. 1 trader
    59 1 HONG KONG Tues —Japan ha.s gobbled up half of Nationalist China's import trade, the j business newspaper daily. j Commodity Quotations, said to- i day. It said Japan exports to Formosa during September i formed 65 per cent of tho Nationalists' incoming tracip. Japan
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    GATT to meet
    40 1 GENEVA. Tues- A full meetInp of the 33-nation Genenii Agreement on Tariffs and j Trade will be held on October 15 next year. A revision of the GATT provisions is to be fully examined by them.— Reuter.
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    ...So their chance was lost
    161 1 ...So their chance was lost WHEN the Singapore Legislative Council meeting adjourned at 4.55 p.m. yesterday, after one of its longest sessions, at least six Councillors were disappointed. They had come prepared to make their "favourite" adjournment speeches, but missed their chance. This is what happened. The Colonial Secretary. Mr.
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    $2,600 taken from woman
    56 1 A Singapore woman. Nan Chin Chiang, aged 37, last night was stabbed after she «v robbed of $2,600 by two, men on bicycles, along Gey- 1 lang Road, near Lorong 20. The woman was treated for minor cuts on thp arms at the General Hospital A
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    New air service
    21 1 NEW YORK. Tues. Air France will begin twice-week-ly flights from Chicago to Paris tomorrow, the airline announced.— A.P.
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    Drug problem
    28 1 LEXINGTON < Kentucky). l Tues. Teen-ase narcotics are still a serious problem in NewYork City. Philadelphia and Los Angeles according to the US Commissioner of Narcotic.' A.P.
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    They show a profit
    61 1 PARIS. Tues.— Two stateowned French organisations are paying their own way— Air France and the Renault auto factory. Air France last year had profits of 110.000.000 francs, largely due to a 21 per cent increase in passenger traffic. The nationalized Renault auto works made 251,000.000 francs
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    Royal secretary is to resign
    49 1 LONDON, Tues. Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles. Private Secretary to King George VI and then to the present Queen, will resign at the end of this year, Buckingham Palace announced last" night. He will be succeeded by Sir Michael Adeane, present Assistant Private Secretary. Reuter
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    Escape bid fails
    43 1 HONG KONG, Tues. ProNationalist Kung Sheunß daily news reports today that a Chinese Communist pilot tried but failed to fly from a Canton airbase to non-Communist territory on October 12. It said the pilot and another flyer were arrested.- U.P.
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    War loss talks
    47 1 TOKYO. Tues.— The Foreign Minister Mr. Katsuo OkazaKi. told the Japanse Diet yesterday that his trip to the Philippines. Indonesia and Burma did not bring about any reparations agreement but at least "paved the way for future reparations talks on a concrete basis. A.P.
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    Korea can't win alone—Clark
    36 1 Korea can't win alone Clark NEW YORK. Tues.— General Mark L. Clark said yesterday that he thinks the Republic of Korea army lacks "the capabilities of carrying on a war alone against the Communist armies. -A.P.
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    136 WANT MALAYA'S 'GLAMOUR JOBS'
    236 1 136 WANT MALAYA'S 'GLAMOUR JOBS' r'O London newspapers have already received 136 replies to advertisements for j ten "personality plus" confidential secretaries for Malaya— at £938 a year (Ms67o a month), says Reuter. Meanwhile Penang and Kedah stenographers nave Joined j the controversy, claiming the advertisements were unfair to local
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    Mao to form youth army
    51 1 HONG KONG. Tues. The usually reliable Wah Kiu said today that Red China plans to form a youth army of 200--000 well indoctrinated persons The paper said it would take a year to organize the corps which will be named the New Democratic Youth Army.—
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    Gurkha Sgl. given M.M.—saved officer
    195 1 Gurkha Sgl. given M.M. saved officer KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. SERGEANT SAHABIR THAPA of the 2 2 Gurkha Rifles, who led a charge against a terrorist position just as a bandit Bren gunner was about to fire at his company Commander has been awarded the military medal. Sgt Sahabir was commanding
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    TWO MORE REDS KILLED
    84 1 TWO MORE REDS KILLED KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. SECURITY forces killed two Communist terrorists in the Federation yesterday. A patrol of the Fifth Battalion, Malay Regiment, shot one in the Kulim area of Kedah. Another terrorist with him escaped. The 6th platoon of B Company, Ist Malay Regiment, killed the other
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    At Keelung
    16 1 TAIPEH, Tues. Siamese "•arship Tachin. fresh from Korean service, called at Keelung today. -UP.
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    New ambassador
    22 1 NEW DELHI. Tues. Russia's new Ambassador to India. Mr. Mikhail Alexandrnvich Menshikov. is due here from Moscow today. -Reut or.
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    Radar defences
    30 1 NEW YORK. Tues. The Western Electric Co. reported that the first experimental units of a line of radar stations 1.200 miles from the North Pole is nearing completion.—A.P.
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    Suez talks fixed
    37 1 CAIRO. Tues. The long de layed "decisive" informal Anglo-Egyptian meeting on the Suez Canal base dispute will be held tomorrow morning in ex-King Farouks Pyramids Rest House, it was officially announced here today. -A.P.
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    GOVT. STOPS UMNO-MCA CONCERT
    141 1 SPONSORS of the UMNOMCA alliance vaiiety eonrert scheduled i.o be held at Badminton H; 11. Singapore, on Saturday have been refused permission by the government. The reason given by the Commissioner of Land' Mr. J. E. Pepper for refusal was that the show was sponsored by
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    C-in-C chats with the sergeant
    42 1 THE NEW OMMANDER-IN-CHIFF. Far East Land Forces. Lt.-On Sir Charles Loewen. talks to Colour Sergeant. F. Goldsbrouch (seiond from right) CQMS 63 Brigade during his visit to the Brigade Headquarters at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    Troops to get better quarters
    160 1 MORE PATCHETT GUNS, TOO From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Tuesday. GEN Sir Ouvry Roberts. Quartermaster General, who returned here from Malaya last night, said that although morale among troops was excellent, he was "not a bit satisfied with their accommodation." Gen. Roberts said that shelters of
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    Attack is at standstill
    60 1 HANOI. Tues— The French offensive in Indo-China which started last Thursday has come to a standstill after an advance of 16 miles French Union troops, who broke out from the southern part of the Red River delta and drove into the foothills of the Vietminh held
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    C-in-C says it in Urdu
    69 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The C-in-C FARELF, Lieut.Gen. Sir Charles F. Loewen, spoke m Urdu with two Gurkha Warrant Officers when he visited the headquarters of the 63 Gurkha infantry brigade here today. Gen. Loewen also called at the contingent and circle ope- rations room in
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    Brooke-Popham is dead
    39 1 LONDON. Tues— Air Chief Marshal, Sir Robert BrookePopham. who was Commander-in-Chief. Far East, in the early part of World War 11, died today at the Royal Air Force hospital at Halton. Buckinghamshire. He was 75.— Reuter.
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    'Aid column' for Selangor
    75 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— A "distress column" which could immediately go into action to do relief work in the event of a large scale disaster is to be set ud in Selangor. Organisations such as the Women's Voluntary Service. Medical Department. St. John Ambulance Brigade, Scouts and
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    Meat strike to continue
    41 1 LONDON, Tues.— Strikers at Sn.ithfield. London's vast meat market, today decided at ■x mass meeting to continue the stoppage which threatens the capital's weekend meat supplies. More than 600 shopmen. 700 porters and drivers are idle.— Reuter.
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    U.S. cuts aid to Israel
    37 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. -Mr. John Foster Dulles, said today that the United States had suspended a $100,000,000 aid programme for Israel because he believed the Israeli government was defying a United Nations ruling.—Router.
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    Down goes rubber price again
    105 1 THE PRICE of first grade rubber dropped one and five-eighth cents in Singapore yesterday after New York and London failed to follow the previous day's rise on the Singapore market. November first grade rubbrr closed at 56-7,8 cents a pound after opening yesterday moderately steady.
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    STOP PRESS
    30 1 US-RED TALKS ON ROKK\ WASHINGTON. Ti U.S. Secretary of m.v.Uui;«:i said tonicht D.S. representative would lc.u<tomorrow for i'anmunjom to negotiate with munists on arrangements for Korean political conference.—A.P.
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    Nixon will visit K.L.
    66 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Turs.— The United State Vice-presid-ent, Mr. Richard M. Nixon, will visit Kuala Lumpur during his stay in Malaya He will confer with the High Commissioner. General Sir Gerald Templer. He also hopes to see aspects of Malayan social and economic life. Mr Nixon is
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    Cane for soldiers
    45 1 HONG KONG. Tuc<>. Two young British soldiers, who held up a Chinese taxi driver with a Sten gun, were today sentenced to a maximum of 24 strokes of the cane and four years' hard labour in the Horn; Kong; Supreme Court. Reuter.
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    She couldn't bring herself to repeat it
    138 2 She couldn't bring herself to repeat it A GOVERNMENT midwife. Miss Oh Peck Hup, told a Singapore court yesterday that it was "too much for her to translate a bus conductor's alleged abuse, which was in Hokkien. into English The language would be "too bad and improper" for a woman
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    Gift to Maldives
    33 2 KARACHI, Tues— Pakistan has decided to send 500 tons of rice free to Maldive Island, off the west coast of India, where famine conditions have existed for some time. A.P.
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    Set up collective security system in Far East, says U.S. leader
    333 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday. CENATOR William F. Knowland, of California, the Republican majority leader in the Senate, today proposed the creation of a collective security system in the Far East, in a speech to the 55th annual conference of the
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    DENISE, 18, ELECTED 'MISS WORLD'
    156 2 FU'RTH from the left in this picture. Denise Perrier, 18, a French student, was elected "Miss World" in an international beauty contest in London on Monday night Second was Miss Alexandra Ladikunov, of Greece, and third Miss Marina Pappaelia, of Egypt. Miss Perrier won £500
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    US must help Indo-China still
    57 2 US must help Indo-China still NEW YORK. Tue.v— Senator M. Mansfield, who returned to New York yesterday after an official survey of the situation in Indo-China. said he is anxious that full assistance to the French should be continued. He thought the fall of IndoChina would put the Philippines, Indonesia
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    Crash kills 4
    31 2 HAMILTON. Bermuda Tues -A United States Navy amphibian crashed into St. George's harbour at dusk killing four of the 10 crewmen aboard They w^re trapped in the wreckage
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    Alexandra to study abroad
    59 2 PARIS. Tues.— Princess Alexandra. 16-year-old daughter of the Dutchess of Kent, is to live in France for several I months to study French md music, the British Embassy i announced here today. The Embassy said the Princess would stay at the home of the Comte De
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    Resumption of U.K., Persia link urged
    124 2 T LONDON. Tuesday. WO leading British newspapers, the Times and the Daily Telegraph, today called for a resumption of diplomatic relations between Britain and Persia. "It is time for the British and the Persian Governments to move forward and pick up the severed links,"
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    US Air Force chief visits Malaya
    101 2 US Air Force chief visits Malaya r*ENERAL O. P. Weyland. Commanding General of the United States Air Forces in the Far East arrives at Tengah airfield, Singapore, today from his headquarters in Tokyo General Weyland, who is on a five-day visit to the Com-mander-in-Chief Far East Air Force, Air Marshal
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    U.S. favours free rubber market
    262 2 'MALA YA WRONG'— OFFICIAL WASHINGTON, Tuesday. A SPOKESMAN for the American Government said yesterday that the official United States policy on rubber is to give the synthetic and natural products an equal and uncontrolled opportunity to compete for the United States market. He rejected assertions
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    Israel raid was not authorised
    151 2 Israel raid was not authorised TEL AVIV, Tues. MR. David Ben Gurion, the Israel Prime Minister, in a broadcast last night said no unit of the Israel army had i been absent from its camp on I thf night of the attack on I the Jordanian village of Kibya last
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    40 die in fire
    25 2 KHARTOUM, Tues.— Forty dead were reported yesterday in an "extensive bush fire" rrtglng about 250 miles east of Kha rtoum .—Reuter.
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    NEW DEPUTY
    31 2 SRINAGAR. Kashmir. Tu?s —Mr. Ghulam Moharrinrd Sadiq. President of the Kashmir Constituent Assembly, is to become Deputy Prime Minister in the 10-weck-old cabinet of Premier Baks'ni Ghulam Mohamnvd.— Reuter.
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    King flies home
    40 2 ROME Tues— King Hussein, the 18-year-old ruler of Jordan, is expected to leave her? by air today for Amman, where a special session of Parliament has been called oecause of the recent Isra -li border attack.— Reuter.
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    Jap delegates
    32 2 TOKYO, Tues.-Japan today named three textile leaders to assist chief delegate Mr. Ryuji Takeuchi, at the meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Council in Washington, opening on November 2.— U.P.
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    Trade pact
    35 2 THE HAGUE, Tues.— A new trade agreement between Holland and Hungary, reported to provide for forty to fifty million guilders (£4 to £5 million i total annual trade will be signed here today
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    Bigger 'Quiz Kids' contests on radio
    181 2 Bigger 'Quiz Kids' contests on radio KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. RADIO Malaya will conduct quiz contests between Singapore and Federation schools in the "near future." This was stated today by Mr. N. S. Buck, liaison officer, (Schools) Department of Broadcasting. Two primary schools from Jinjang new village, seven miles north of
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    MOROCCO FREEDOM PROPOSAL REJECTED
    197 2 NEW YORK, Tues. THE United Nations PoliA tical Committee yesterday rejected an AsianArab call for France to grant complete independence to Morocco within five years. However. the committee adopted a Bolivian resolution virgin* that the rights of the Moroccan people to self-de-termination be respected. The vote
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    NEUTRAL 'NO' MADE REDS QUIT
    83 2 MUNSAN, Tues— The Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission cancelled its morning meeting today, apparently because two Communist "neutrals" on the five-nation group boycotted the session. An announcement from the commission said only that today's scheduled meeting had been called off. Polish and Czech delegate? angrily walked
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    20 killed in plane crash
    65 2 FALCON DAM, Texas i Tues.— More than 20 person* were killed in a plane crash today while on their way to a meeting between President Eisenhower and President Adolfe ituiz Cortinez of Mexico There were apf>arently no survivors. The plane completely wrecked on thr side
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    Transfusion Centre to open on Sunday
    119 2 ¥X)R the convenience of many people whr> aw free only during the week-ends, Singa--1 pore Blood Transfusion Service will be open on Sunday lat their new centre at the General Hospital from 9.30 a.m. Mr. Dixon Chen, donor organiser, wants all members of St.
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    SITUATION WORSE IN TRIESTE
    306 3 Italian armoured divisions move up to border ROME, Tuesday. ITALY and Yugoslavia, their armies pointing guns at each other, set down conditions today which dimmed hopes for a conference to settle the Trieste dispute quickly and peacefully. Authoritative sources in* London said the* United States, Britain
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    West move danger to peace Tito
    140 3 West move danger to peace Tito BKI.dRADK, Turs. PRESIDENT TITO declared I in a statement published today that the Western Pourrs' decision to return Bane "A" of Trieste to Italy ((institutes a grave (Linger to peace in this part of the MM." ll'- N.nrl the British and Ameiicam wanted to
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    REPATRIATION CHIEF GIVES THE FACTS
    138 3 PANMUNJOM. Tuesday. THE Indian chairman of the Neutral Nations Rrpat nation Commission. Lieut -Gen K S Thimayya. said yesterday the principle fact euidine Indian policy in Korea was the desire to remain strictly neutral and avoid stepping on the toes of either the United Nations
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    Arabs turned down
    33 3 NEW YORK. Tues.— The I nitori Nations political committee- yesterday rejeted an Asian-Arab appeal that it {■l'.ould r-a!! on France to uive lull independence to Morocco within live years.— A.P.
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    MY, my, magnetic magic
    49 3 RANK with magir touch it works by magn c t i s m 1 nnly is seen here lifting the 17 cwt barrel of a 37 A A gun. It was shown at an army H.Q. at T i cl w o r th. Hants.
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    I still want top statesmen to meet, says Churchill
    207 3 I still want top statesmen to meet, says Churchill LONDON. Tuesday. SIR Winston Churchi'l. asked about Press reports that he intended to fly to Moscow to meet Mr. Malenkov. told the House of Commons today: "I am afraid I should be opening very wide doors if I attempted to confirm
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    BOWLES ADVOCATES AID TO SOUTH ASIA
    94 3 C TTT O NEW YORK. Tuesday. HESTER Bowles, former ambassador to India proposed tonight that the United States invest at least five per cent, of its military budget in economic aid to non-Communist South Asia "Enough aid to South Asian democracies now might make
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    Jap may agree
    40 3 WASHINGTON. Tues.—American officials said tonight they i brlieved that Japan will Bgre« to a 'substantial" increase in it.- security forces in order to take part in the collective anti-Communist defence arrangements in the Pacific and Asia— U.P.
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    Isolationism dead in U.S. says Nixon
    93 3 MELBOURNE. Tues. IJNITED States Vice Presid- ent, Mr. Richard Nixon 1 assured Australians yesterday that Isolationism is dead in i the United States. The touring; American coodi will ambassador spoke to i members of the Victoria State Parliament at a lunch before flying on
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    P.C. Wu dies in Shanghai
    54 3 HONG KONG. Tues P C I Wu. noted Shanghai industrialist, died in Shanghai on I October 15 from a heart attack. •;ays the Communist newspaper Ta Rung Pao. Mr. Wu was head itf a firm I of Government powder manufacturers in Shanahai and a trader
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    OIL STRIKE
    41 3 BAHRAIN. (Persian Gulfi. Tu/.-s— Saudi Arabian troops rushed by rail, have the -situation well in hand in Hassa Province where native employees of the ArbianAmerican Oil Company have been on strike since Saturday, it was learned here today. A.P.
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    2 hurt in clash
    25 3 CALCUTTA. Tues. Two Assamese students were injured and a number of shop?: ere looted during a religious clash in Jorhat,— A.P.
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    ALL THAT IS LEFT OF A SABENA CONVAIR
    42 3 FIREFIGHTERS stand round the smoking debris of a Sabena (Belgian) Airlines twin-engined, Convair aircraft which landed among trees near Rhine Airport, Frankfurt. Forty eight people were killed when the plane crashed soon after take-off.
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    U.N. WANTS HIM IN NEW YORK
    139 3 U.N. WANTS HIM IN NEW YORK NEW YORK. Tues. THE United Nations Security Council decided to invite General Vagn Bennike. Chief o: Staff of the United Nations Truce Commission in Palestine, to start immediately for New York to report or the tension between Israel and neighbour Arab states. The proposal
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    He painted a P.C.s helmet
    83 3 R LONDON. Tues. OLAND CHARLES Maskell pleaded jruilty today to uhitewishing a policeman's helmet while the policeman was in it. Police Constable ripps told a London court he saw Maskell paiting slogans on a car belonging to newlyueds. "As I aproached he painted my helmet."
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    SABU HOME AFTER 17yrs
    55 3 BOMBAY, Tues.—" Elephant Boy Sabu returned home to India yesterday. 17 years after he left his humble Mysore home to become a world-re-nowned actor. Sabu. who flew i n from London to act in an Hindustarn film. Sauda," was accompanied by his American wife. Marilyn, and
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    Adenauer cabinet
    26 3 BONN. Tups. The West German Chancellor, Dr Konrad Adenauer, will present a 19-man cabinet to the Bundestag, the lower house of Parliament, today. -ReuUr
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    General dies
    23 3 MOSCOW. Tues— The death of Colonel-General Sergei G Trofimenko, 54. member of the Supreme Soviet, was an- nounced yesterday.— A P
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    Ships on tour
    19 3 BEIRUT. Tues.-Nine ships of the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean will visit Beirut tomorrow.— A.P.
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    Bao Dai favours staying in the French Union
    228 3 Bao Dai favours staying in the French Union PARIS, Tues. I>AO DAI, head of Vietnam, j largest of the three IndoChinese states, said here i yesterday he favoured his i country's continued membership of the French Union, if this meant an equal partnership of sovereign state. Bao Dai has been
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    LONDON STOCKS
    300 3 LONDON. Tues. THERE was moderate activity In the Far Eastern sertion of the London SlorK ExrhanKe today. Jiipane.se bonds opened lower in roinmon with m<Ksi other MM tm' later recovered and closed with a small net gain in some ra*es. Teas were generally neßlected but wc?e stendy to
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    LONDON TIN
    29 3 LONDON. Oct 20. Cash Buyers £620; Sellers £625; Forward Buyers £602' 2 Sellers £605: Settlement £627 > 2 (up £2' 2 Turnover a.m. 25 tons, p.m. 20 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    36 3 LONDON. Ort. 20 -Spot 16 -d Nov. 16 .d.. Dec. 15,0. Jan-Mar lfi T .d.. Apr-June l"d.. July-Sept 15 T *d.. Oct. ci.f. 16\d.. Nnv rif. 16 id.. Dec. cl.f. 16 \d. Tone: Easy.
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    Jagan is on his way to London
    76 3 PARAMARIBO. Tues— The deposed Prime Minister of E'itijh Guiana. Mr. Cheddi Jagan. and his Education Minister, Mr. Linden F Burnham, left for Europe today after spending a few hours at Paramaribo. Dutch Guiana, in police custody. Mr. Jagan and Mr Burnham left for
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    'A SAFE INVESTMENT'
    158 4 Malay traders buy Govt bonds KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. J*HE SELANGOR Malay Business Association has decided to invest money collected from members' entrance fees in Government premium bonds. "This will keep intact part of our assets," a spokesman of the association told the Straits Times. The association was
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    H.G. report false, say police
    112 4 H.G. report false, say police SEGAMAT. Tues. I>HE company commander of the Home Guard unit at Kamponß Jawa, 32-year-old Kemiran bin Sontol. ippeared In the 6egamat court today jointly rharced with one of his men, Saipan br.n Perman, 30. With makinp a false report to the polire. It was said
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    Wasp's nest at cathedral
    65 4 A wasp's nest in the spire of St. Andrew's Cathedral had to be removed by a team, of P.W.D. workmen last month, says the latest issue of the Courier, the Cathedral publication. In preparing for the attack on the nest, the men had to remove trees
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    Shopkeepers are warned
    59 4 IPOH. Tues— The Kinta Town Board has warned shopkeepers against blocking flvefootways and roadsides by f indiscriminately parkins bicy- cles. The Board suggested that shops should acquire the 5 standard type of metal frame i bicycle racks which have been approved and are now r/all- 1' able
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    No licence—$40
    32 4 No licence $40 PERIT BUNTAR, Tues. Ooi Ah Bee was fined $40 by j Inche Abu Bakar bin Ha.ii Kussein. Circuit Magistrate, for ridine a motor cycle withI out a driving licence.
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    100 Malays fined
    52 4 KANGAR. Tues Om hundred Perils Malays appeared before the Perli.s Shariar irelipious) Court on charges oi failing to contribute to th< Zakat (Tithes i and Fitrah (Muslim Welfare) Fund last I year. Fines ranging from $1 to $3 imposed. In default they would have to serve one
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    Pick-pocket gaoled
    41 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Lee Yong S r .n, who picked the pocket of Lee Chan, was sentenced in the Police Court today to four months' gaol. Lee Chan grabbed Lee Yong Sin and held him until a detertive arrived.
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    $4,000 from show
    30 4 Singapore Anti -Tuberculosis A.ssociation and the University of Malaya will share the $4,000 raised at the show 'Canine Capers. 1 at the Badminton Hall on October 7.
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    HOLY MARK FOR THE BOSS
    56 4 A MEMBER of the staff of the Telecoms Stores and Workshop applies the holy mark on Tika' on the forehead of Mr. W. Stubbs. an officer of the Telecoms Oept. at the Saravuvathi pooja anniversary celebration held at the workshop premise at Urickfi eld Road.
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    Indonesian pilgrims denied city visit
    91 4 'THE 11.346 ton Tyndareus with 2.000 Indonesian pilgrims, returning home from Jeddah. arrived in Singapore yesterday, to take on 1,800 tons of water for the pilgrims and bunkers for the vessel. Fort authorities refused to .Tlow any of the pilgrims to visit the city as
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    Muar beauty contest
    59 4 MUAR, Tues.— A beauty contest will be among the items of the Muar District Commit tec's programme to raise money for the Poppy Day Appea. Fund. The district organiser is Mrs E. G. Waller. Sub-committees have been formed for a football match sale of poppies, a dance,
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    He admits: I had chandu
    76 4 KOTA riNGGI. Tues.— Saidon bin Wahab of Tanione Surat. Pengerang. pleaded guilty here to a cnarge of having 100 leaf packets ol chandu He said that the chandu was given to him by a Chinese whom he could not recocnise now He was fined $300
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    Contests to help Poppy Day fund
    52 4 PENANG. Tuesday. Six parties have entered for the kronchong competition to be held at the New World Park on Sunday in aid of the Poppy Day Fund. A Sepak Raga Jala will also be held for the same fund on Sunday Ten teams will
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    $553 lost
    29 4 PENANG, Tues— Liew Swee| Heng. a Kedah Merchant, told the police that he lost cash, a watch and a fountain pen. worth $553, in a Penang hotel.
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    He will inspect
    35 4 The Cominissioner-Gener-.il, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, will be the inspecting officer at the annual review and display of the Singapore Battalion The Boys' Brigade at Empress Place and Victoria Theatre on Saturday.
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    Had chandu: $50
    39 4 SEGAMAT. Tues— "l suffer from asthma and was advised by a friend to take this drug ai a relief" said Hoe Sing, 37, when charged with possession of two packets of chandu. He was fined $50.
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    Malacca gets ready for Municipal elections
    273 4 Malacca gets ready for Municipal elections MALACCA, Tuesday. MALACCA is getting: ready for this year's Municipal elections. Nomination day has been fixed for Nov. 4 and the first Government posters are appearing: on the streets. Mr. N. M. Ghouse (Independent Bukit China Ward). Mr. J. L. De Cruz (Labour— Fort
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    VILLAGE TO VOTE AGAIN
    182 4 VILLAGE TO VOTE AGAIN BUKIT MERTAJAM, Tues. PEBMATANG TINOGI new villagers will go to the polls for the second time next Monday to choose ten councillors for the village committee. But the villagers need only pick nine councillors because one candidate, Mr. Anthony. Is standing for re-election and. as he
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    Labourer is robbed
    56 4 PENANG. Tues.— A waterfront labourer, Shaik Mydin, reported to the police fhat while walking to work along Chulia Street. Ghaut yesterday morning he was set upon by two other Indians and robbed of a wallet containing $25. The robbery was said to have taken place about 6
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    U.N. luncheon on Oct. 28
    46 4 Singapore Rotarians will celebrate United Nations Week with a special luncheon and film show at the Capitol Red Room at 1 p.m on October 28. The function will be a ladies' day and wives of Rotarians and guests will be welcome.
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    Jumble sale nets $435
    61 4 JOHORE. BAHRU. Tues. A jumble sale organised by Mrs J. K. Creer. wife of the acting British Adviser, Johore. and Miss K. W. Daly the State Almoner, during Welfare Week, realised $435 for the Johore Bahru District Anti-TB. Association. A sum of $140.10 not spent by
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    Teachers' course
    27 4 M U A R. Tues.— Nlnteen teachers from English and vernacular schools In Muar, Seeamat. Kluang and Pontaln are attending a two-week art course here.
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    SECURITY OFFICER ACCUSED
    78 4 SEGAMAT. Tups. rE British security officer of Anglo-Bekok Estate. 27--yi'ar-old C G. Stanley. *a i charged at Segamat with tns- passing into the office of the assistant manager of Chan Wing estate. Mr. Cheang Ah Sf>o. and abetting Mohanvd bin Abdul Majid. 27-year-old I special constable, in
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    Accused of murder
    62 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tucs. William Kung Chin Lowe, a lawyers clerk, accused of tho murder of Sankaran Nalr. his landlord, and who had br^n sent to the Mental Hospital for observation for a month, was brought to the Police Court today. The rourt was told that tlio preliminary
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    Freighter bound for Pakistan
    34 4 Thr Japanse frrighr,Nichian. which Is bound tor Chittagong from Red China. arrived in Singapore yesterday. At Chinwangtao. the Nichian took on 7.885 tons of coal, bought by the Pakistan Government.
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    Vas full moon
    33 4 Thp BinKa^orp Buddhist Association will rplobratp Vas full moon day on Thursday c Sri Lankarama Buddhist Tomplp. st Michaels Road, whnn Von. Narada will givr a srrmnn at 8 p.m
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    LAYCOCK: OUR SCHOOLS PLAN IS A DISGRACE
    523 5 LAYCOCK: OUR SCHOOLS PLAN IS A DISGRACE gINGAPORE'S school building programme for next year was bitterly attacked in the Legislative Council yesterday by two Progressive Party councillors before the 1954 draft estimates were sent to the Select Committee. Stressing that the funds in the estimates allowed only five primary schools
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    HARRIET WINS HER POINT
    94 5 "HOW BWER it is to see a young couple so very much in love that they have no eyes for anybody or anything: else." schoolteacher Harriet Teh. 20. tells a cheering audience at a Penan? debate on the proposition: '"Tis better to have loved and lost
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    Easier to reclaim land now
    124 5 Easier to reclaim land now rnHE Singapore Legislative 1 Council yesterday ap- proved the Foreshores (Amendment) Bill which simplifies the procedure for j owners to reclaim small areaof land. Permission to reclaim small plots of land can now be ob- 1 tamed from the Colonial Secretary. Previously only the i
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    2-HEADED GHOST GOES TO SCHOOL
    99 5 BATU PAHAT, Tues. MALAYS in Batu Pahat are afraid to send their girls to a newly opened school because of a double-headed ghost. On the night of the official opening of the school, a woman suddenly fainted; on the second day a singer fainted; and
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    Thief given a chance
    98 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A man who told the Sessions Court President. Mr. E. Brown that he stole because he was unemployed was temporarily discharged for three years in the sum of $250 today. Mr. Brown told the man. Fong Chee Kit 29 "this is the first
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    He loses $50— and cigarettes
    73 5 He loses $50 and cigarettes JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Customs officers searching Y'ng Cheng Kia*. 19. when he arrived in Johore Bahru from Singapore yesterday found he had 20 packets of cigarettes in his pockets. Today in the Police Court he was fined $50. in default three weeks gaol. He refused
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    She loses appeal
    53 5 Holding that Madam Mary Ng had erected a building without the consent of the Singapore Improvement Trust, jhe acting Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Brown yesterday confirmed on anpeal a District i Cmurt decision granting pos- session of a piece of land to the SIT. in their action
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    MCA chief talks to detainees
    108 5 MCA chief talks to detainees IPOH, Tues. DATO Sir Cheng -lock Tan, president of the Malayan Chinese Association, visited Ipoh ."Detention Camp yesterday where he saw detainees in the rehabilitation centre engaged in handicraft work Sir Chenir-loek told the detainees that they must be well-behaved. On their release they should
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    He stole $103 from house
    51 5 KOTA TINGGI. Tues. Abdul Rahman bin Awans was found guilty in Kota Tinggi of stealing $103 from the house of Mah Ah Boon, of Sungei Ringgit new village. Pengerang. Abdul wa.s bound over to be of good behaviour for two years in the sum of
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    Thief gaoled
    31 5 A Singapore Harbour Board lcrry driver. Hsuma bin Kaswsn. was gaoled for six months 'In Singapore yesterday for stealing six planks. The timber was found concealed under a lorry.
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    Attendant fined
    36 5 Lim Teck Eng, a lorry attendant was fined a total ol $35 in Singapore yesterday for spitting in a public place and refusing to produce his -irlenti ty card to a policeman on demand.
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    Tender Board
    19 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. A board has been set up in Pontian to consider tenders for public works.
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    We workers are loyal, he pledges
    167 5 We workers are loyal, he pledges KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. MONTHLY paid staff on tin mines in the Federation j would stick by their employers in times of recession and I "adversity," Mr. C. A. Mathews, i who represents this section i of workers on the central committee of the Malayan
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    Spare wheels stolen
    31 5 Thret cMCB of theft of spare motor car wheels and tyres were reported to the Singapore Police yesterday. The police recovered two of the stolen wheels and tyres.
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    GARLAND FOR FOREST DEPUTY
    44 5 MR. I J. Strugnell (left above), Ueputy Director of Forestry, was Karlanded yesterday by the staff of Forest Headquarters -it Kuala Lumpur. Mr. K. Tilliampalam. on the right presented the garland. Mrs. Strugnell is in the centre. Mellow Yap picture.
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    'SINGAPORE REDS ACTIVE'
    240 5 THERE la ample evidence that terrorist elements are Bttll active in Singapore, said the Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. A. C. Goode, in the Legislative Council yesterday. He Miccessfully moved an extension of the Emergency regulations for a further three month.-; He sairt that on Sept. 12, a
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    ONLY A MONTH FOR ELECTION SPEECHES
    113 5 Security reasons, says Goode pANDIDATES contesting Singapore City Council elections will be allowed to hold public meetings during the month between nomination day and election day. If this is not considered long enough the Government would think about a longer interval between nomination day
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Oct. 21, 1953. Looking To The Future
    955 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Oct. 21, 1953. Looking To The Future The estimates for 1954 almost took second place in interest at the budget meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council .sterday. In an address which preceded the presentation of the estimates, the Governor made his long delayed announcement on
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    Income Tax
    305 6 At the September meeting of tiie Singapore Legislative Council, Mr. Dasaratha Raj moved a motion which urged that the deductions allowed from an individual's assessable income should be reviewed. He wanted the allowances increased, and there was an attempt to amend the motion to make this quite clear.
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      'It violates a human right'
      245 6 'It violates a human right' IN your Issue of October 16 you quoted a section of the conduct and discipline rules which govern the City City Council staffs as given by Mr Rea. as follows: "No employee shall without written permission of the President contribute any letter, article or statement
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      Rifle club proposed
      200 6 I^OR the past two years the •T Federation has not been represented in the National Rifle Association. It is time that this omission was corrected. Small bore marksmanship, to be of champlonshio standr.rd, although involving regular practice on the range, is not only a skill which every
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      Share market
      127 6 YOUR financial correspondent in your Issue of October 19 makes the following statement in his weekly review of the Singapore share market: "In the local market the feature of the week was the activity In Gammons which changed hands In considerable quantity at prices from $2.77 Vi to
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      Other 'isms'
      63 6 /ROMMUNALISM Is not the vy monopoly of Indians. It flourishes in some Government department*. co operative societies, certain commercial houses and even in some sections of the local Press. Schools, colleges and universities are being sponsored, candidates financially backed and economic aids offered. There are 12 governments In
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      N. BORNEO RUBBER WARNING
      350 6 IN the course of a speech to the Legislative Council of North Borneo, the Governor, discussing the rubber industry in that country, said that the future development of estates is planned on a scale which is hardly calculated to place them in such a position that
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      PLEA FROM PATIENTS
      107 6 WE shall be much obliccd If you will kindly Rive a little space in your paprr to draw attention to our plight. I There are some 30 patients here and some of us have been in hospital for more than five years. Many of M havr dependants
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      'THE RIVER LINE'IS WORTH SEEING...
      194 6 'THE RIVER LINE' IS WORTH SEEING... I HOPE I can persuade your readers not to be put off by your critic's remarks about the Arts Theatre's choice of Charles Morgan's play, "The River Line." Both they and the Arts Theatre would be the losers. If your critic has experience on
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      ! VILLAINOUS
      96 6 VILLAINOUS ImH EAT RE -GOERS in Singapore will not, I feel appreciate Vie Mem's I assessment of their intelligence as far as the theatre is concerned, primary class or not. Up to a year ago it rcas inposi^ible to fiiscu^<! thr arts in Singapore without reference to the cultural fcxrrt
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      DOUBTS ARE RESOLVED
      199 6 I WAS delighted with the inovation you have made in the criticism of music, as cvi- j denced by the article, written by Vie Mem on the forthcoming production of "Elijah" in Singapore. It is pleasant to find terms of appreciation such as "corker" being used, and
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      THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT BLAMED
      416 6 THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT BLAMED rpHERE is a tinge of eomrru--1 nalism in the resignation of Messrs Narayanan and Rajagopal. And the charge is, in a way. justified But. it is not justified in the way it is made Py a careful study of the political development of Mala ya in
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      SPORT, TOO
      102 6 CINCE the ultimate object of the Government is to encourage by all means the formation of a united Malaya devoid of all communal setups, It Is high time the Government banned all communal activities In the sphere of sport. Often we hear of clashes between one community against
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      'Child-like
      174 6 AR E our politicians sufficiently experienced or' politically educated to match their wits and cunning with politicians with centuries ol background and experience to their credit? They will have to do it, if they get their independence. Our politicians have just begun their education. So, like a child that
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    On the Margin
    449 6 Forcibly dispersed I READ that a Uniterl State Coner.'ssman has lust proclaimed his conviction that given a free choice, no Asian people would plump for Comp.imlsm. Quite true, and no European people either. Not one Communist government in the world was returned in a free election, not
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    SPORE LABOUR FOR K.L. JOB
    263 7 Local workers banned from luxury project KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE Selangor Government has granted a local firm a permit to erect a $300,000 office building on condition no Kuala Lumpur skilled artisans or workmen are employed on the job. This ban is believed to have
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    A BEAUTY PLAN FOR TROPICS
    291 7 Till If I was no need for any woman to make a sight of hcrsrlf by we;iriiii; face croam to hcd. the visiting hiauty expert .Mrs. Phyllis j K.ihnni- said yesterday. "Lravinc it on for 10 minutes is eiMMgn and it is hotter to Irl
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    Two fined $120
    39 7 M Martappan, with ten previous convictions, was fined $80 and his friend. N. M. Mohamerl. $40 when they both pleaded guilty in the Eichth Police Court yrsterriav to causing hurt to Su Ah Shan on Monday.
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    Replies to Council questions
    240 7 Replies to Council questions THE Colonial Secretary. Mr. I W. A. C. Goode. said yesterday in written Leglsla- 1 live Council replies to questions i from Dr. C. J. P. Paglar (Prog. Chanel): ALLOWANCES: The Govern- j ment will continue to pay non- j pensionable allowances to ex- patriate officers
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    42 7 THE Federation financial secretary. Mr. K. Himsworth, visited an exhibition of office machinery in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. One his left is Mr. S. S. Ross organiser and methods adviser to the Federation Government. His department arranged the d.* play. —Straits Times picture.
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    'BLUNDER' WILL COST COUNCIL $58,000
    221 7 'BLUNDER' WILL COST COUNCIL $58,000 MR. C. R. DASARATHA RAJ (Lab.-Rochore) in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday called the Government grant of a lease on a Collyer Quay site to the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, the Singapore Rubber Association and the Singapore Club a "costly blunder." He was speaking in
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    Smoker fined
    14 7 Syed Abdul Kadeer was fined $50 in Singapore yesterday for smoking opium.
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    Switches stolen
    23 7 Seven electrical time switches valued at S2DO were stolen from the Singapore Improvement Trust store in Durham Estate on Monday. I
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    Negligent: $5O
    20 7 Lim Hock Lim. a Singapore Traction Co. bus driver, was fined S5O in S'naapore yesterday for negligent driving.
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    Malay cultural body to be formed
    41 7 PENANG, Tues. -The Penaiiß Malay Cultural Organisation will hold Its Inaugural meeting on Saturday at the Darul Aihsan Football Club, Kamonc Kolam. Mr. M. S. Yusoff. secretary, i has invited Malay organisations and interested Individuals.
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    Policy study
    26 7 IPOH. Tucs. Government's statement on its policy on un- authorised buildings will be I studied by a three-man subcommittee of the Kinta Town Board.
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    Delegates back
    30 7 The seven Singapore delegI ates to the Asian maritime conference of the International Labour Organisation held at Nuwara Eliya. Ceylon, returned to the Colony by air last night.
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    City court tries 251 cases in day
    97 7 THE Singapore City Police Court yesterday dealt with a record number of 251 cases in which nearly 53. 350 in fines was collected. About 150 of the cases were prosecuted by the Vehicles' Office, and 90 by the City Council. The rest were
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    COURT TOLD OF GUN DUEL IN STREETS
    208 7 Two men shot in coffee shop A SINGAPORE court was told yesterday of a running gun battle through the city streets after two men had been shot in a coffee shop at Potong Pasir. One of thp men Lee Pak Ghue. died on
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    DRIVE FOR FUNDS IS LAUNCHED
    158 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A DRIVE for gifts to build a seaside sanatorium for Selangor's TB sufferers was i launched today. This seaside scheme, proposed three years aco *as held back owing to lack of funds and emergency control in Morib. where the j-eitle-ment is to
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    An offer for hangovers
    44 7 MALACCA, Tues. THE tin and rubber slump has hit Malacca bar owners hard. Liquor consumption has gone clown by half. Trick advertisements are coming out everywhere. In one bar there is this notice: "Don't worry about that hangover. Aspirins free."
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    Interpreter didn't know
    64 7 A Malay interpreter told a Singapore Magistrate yesterday he did not know the Malay word for "probation." He was told to ask Samsudin bin Saryani. who had cheated a bus conductor of his fare, if he would consent to being put on probation. The Magistrate then asked
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    APPEAL TO LORDS LIKELY
    152 7 APPEAL TO LORDS LIKELY next assizes. KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. MR R. P. S. Rajasooria, counsel for Private Jack John Itumo, of the King's African Rifles, whose appeal against his conviction for I murder has been dismissed, has been instructed to consider a likely appeal to the House of Lords on
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    Children to see 'Road Sense'
    68 7 IPOH, Tues. The Perak branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya is to start a campaign to educate schoolchildren in the correct use of the roads to reduce accidents. Films on Road Sense will be shown in Ipoh schools at the same time as their
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    Negligent act caused death
    58 7 After hearing part of an inquest into the death of O. E. Galistan, 56-year-old Eurasian, who died on Sept, 20 after a motor car accident, the Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Smeh, yesterday returned a rinding of death by a negligent act and ordered a learner driver,
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    HARD TASK FOR MUSIC GROUP
    141 7 IT IS ALWAYS an expert- r enoe to heap Mendelssohn's Eiliah and an achievement to perform It. The Singapore Musical ttoclcty attempted a difficult task last night but the audience In the Victoria Ha.l showed that they had done it well. Inevitably the rendering was
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    CONVENT GIRLS AT COURTS
    84 7 CONVENT GIRLS AT COURTS ABOUT 30 senior girls from the Convent of the Hoy Infant Jesus yesterday visit < rl the First anfl Second Singapore Traffic Courts. They were studying the wordings of the court, becau.se they will be getting a traffic court of their own soon in Ihe school.
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    $25 gift to youth fund
    83 7 A Chinese community leader. Mr. Tay Soo Yong. J.P.. has given $25 to the Singapore Youth Council for ihe 1954 World Assembly of Youth's General Assembly fund. This is the second gift srnt through the Straits Times Press. The first was $50 from the Pasir
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    GILLON COURT TOLD OF GIRL'S LETTERS
    379 7 7/i endearing terms' Police A LETTER alleged to have been written by Private Hammond Gillon to dance hostess Doreen Pereira. whom he is accused of murdering:, was read in the Singapore Assizes yesterday the second day of his trial. Inspector Alexander Henson of Joo
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    School play on again
    61 7 IPOH, Tue». There will be a repeat performance on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. of Shakespeare's 'As You Like If by the Anglo-Chinese and the Anglo Chinese Girls' Schools. The play is in aid of the building funds of the Ipoh Y.W.C.A. and the Ipoh
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    Man who fled from court is recaptured
    251 7 Man who fled from court is recaptured SEREMBAN. Tuesday. ¥ITNSI1 T NSI bin Nawan. the young Malay n-ho purportedly posted a letter to the High Commissioner and another to the Straits Times the day after his rsrape from the washroom of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Sept. 21, was
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    Johore union officials
    86 7 I JOHORE BAHRU. Tups. j Mr. P. Sinnetumby, of Johore Bahru. was elected president of the Johore Medical Services Union lor the ensuing j ii'.iir! 011 l I bi-.in-l-, Ut Vh rIii u.eiil. Mi K. H.il iMilil.unaii. mi; ,iv. Mr A. Srlvur.iJ.ili surer, liulie I^nll.ili Mn ll.iji
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    Schooling for ALL is our aim, says Nicoll
    2649 8 Schooling for ALL is our aim, says Nicoll Economic factor to be ignored THE Singapore Government will soon publish a White Paper on primary education to clear the confusion about the general statistical position of the schools. This was announced in yesterday's Budget session of the Legislative Council by the
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    NEW DEPT. TO RUN FUND URGED
    323 8 THE setting-up of a completely new department to administer the proposed Central Provident Fund was recommended In a report laid before the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. The report was made by a select committee appointed 16 months ago to examine (he workings of the
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    'THE WRITING ON WALL'
    953 9 Mr. Taylor warns of rising costs "THE WRITING is not merely on the wall. It is getting so much bigger that soon even he who runs may read it," said the Singapore Financial Secretary, Mr. W. C. Taylor, when he presented the 1954 draft estimates to
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    Forged notes in Singapore
    45 9 Two forged note.s were surI rendered to the Singapore Police last week, one by a banker and the other by a firm of accountants This followed a warning issued by the Police after the seizure of forged $10 notes in Penang.
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    Thieves break in, steal $250
    45 9 A Eurasian living in Lorong 1 27 A. Geylang Road. Singapore, returned home on Monday evening to find the house had been broken into and $250 stolen. The thieves forced open a i back door to get into the house.
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    RECORD SPENDING PLANNED
    337 9 SINGAPORE'S Drart Budget Estimates for 1954, showing- a record expenditure of $236,781,160 and a deficit of $32 million were tabled in the Legislative Council yesterday. The estimated revenue for the year is $204.7 million. The estimated expenditure includes re-votes amounting to $22.4 million approved for spending in
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    COUNCIL DECIDES TO REFER TAX QUERY TO BOARD
    784 9 COUNCIL DECIDES TO REFER TAX QUERY TO BOARD BY a majority of 13 votes to nine, with one abstention, Singapore Legislative Council derided yesterday to refer to the Malayan Board of Income Tax the question of deductions from assessable income. Most of the unofficial members, including the mover of the
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    SAVINGS BALANCE $6 MIL.
    153 9 'PHE number of Singapore Post Office Saving Bank transactions dropped only 1.4 per cent last year compared with 1951, but their value increased 196 per cent to $38,785,313. In a report tabled in the Legislative Council yesterday. the Postmaster-General. Mrlaya, Mr. D. Smith, said both deposits
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    COUNCIL WILL STAY IN OFFICE TO 1955
    242 9 THE life of the present session of the Singapore Legislative Council has been extended to April 1955 This was announced at yea* terday's meeting of the Legislative Council by the Governor, Sir John Nicoll. Elections to the Council, l h-.ch should normally have
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    MORE ACTIVITY IN TIN SHARES
    514 10 \i-ihiiiil //f#» mm lifts TIN RISES, RUBBER FALLS MORE activity and a much improved undertone were apparent in the tin share section of the Singapore share market yesterday and this section was more active than for several days past. The better feeling was caused by
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    RUBBER PRICES
    185 10 November first grade closed on the Singapore rubber market yesterday at 56-7/8 cents a pound one and nveeighth cents below Monday' close. The fall was blamed on New York and London falling to follow the increase in the Singapore price on Monday The lower levels brought some short
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    Exchange rates
    39 10 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong >eslerday the U.S. dollar was quoted at ***** for cash and 5 9375 for T.T. Sterling waa niio'rd at 15 83 and one tael of gold .it' 253 12.i
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    TIN PRICE
    18 10 The price of tin in .<m gapMV yesterday was declared at S.'JO.'J.!.") a pirul, up $2.87 ';>.
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    Australian stocks
    166 10 TMKL BOURNE. HE small uptrend of general investment prlcea was continued on i he sio,k Kxdiange lodav bm ■omc leader.' were down fractional]} Metal Mmres unpnned folinwing Mains in vie London metal market I lie demand for wool was full\ niaiiitaiiiea in Melbourne. Closing prices ol srlerird s
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    WALL STREET
    146 10 NEW YORK. Turf I "pHE recovery movement r-n Mir Stock Marke' \everda\ «m thrown mildly into reverse when follow through support proved cautious. Some deflationary developmentincluding additional layoffs v rtoua industries and laccing mntnr car production amongs' independent manufacturers attractetl nw r attention as corrective forces took over
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    Produce prices
    82 10 Sincannre hinr«r Produce l\ change: Noon prices per picul were Copra: steariv: November M7 l buyers, $38 seller-; December *3"' Nnii, S3B sellers Coconut oil: steady: *61'j sellers. Pepj>er: steady; up $5; Mnl tons changed hands on fob 'lasi.s Muntok white $370, Sarawak $3H.i, Lampong black 8335. I.r«is
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    Singapore shipping
    160 10 CHIPS lyine Uongattf. the Sine.ip^re Hail Board whane* m expected today are: Bellerrophon 1 2. Bentong C P I 6 7. President Harrison 8 f) Oteaorchjr 15 16. Arendskerk 18. Ordia 19 20 Semenyih N. Wall 7 I Hainan 1 21 22. Jnlagopal 23 24 Rajah Bn oke
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      1010 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL Architect Si Building Surveyor's 1 Department: Required three Pn. bationary Draughtsmen in fea Technical Division Time Scale isloB x AI2 132 Bar 144 x Al2 252 Exam. Bar 270 x AlB 378 Exam. Bar 402 x AlB 474 > at a commencing salary of $108
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      1013 10 COMPANY MEETING KRAMAT PULAI MR. ERNEST V. PEARCE'S STATEMENT The forty-fifth annual general meeting of Kramat Pulai, Ltd.. was held on October 12 at the registered office. 73, Cheapslde, London, E C MR. ERNEST V. PEARCE. A.M.1.M.M.. chairman of the company, presided. The following is an extract from the statement
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      ANOTHER PUZZLE
      94 12 T HAVE had many letters 1 from older boys and girls telling me how much they enjoyed working out the "Code" puzzle. Here is a sum to start you gucsing. I wonder how many of you are clever enough to find the solution. If you abstitute a digit
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      FORGOTTEN CITY
      735 12 The four tcoutt find an ancient •nap showing a city of gold. They discover that it lies in Borneo and manage to get a lift over there To their astonishment they find Hie original path through the jungle, which should lead them to the city. Now read on.
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      CROSSWORD WINNERS HERE
      286 12 CROSSWORD WINNERS HERE Dear Boys and Girls, There were very many correct entries for the crossword competition and it was difficult to choose the winners Those finally chosen were competitors who not only had the correct answers but who submitted the neatest entries in accordance with their ages. The winners
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      Amuse the tiny tots....
      100 12 Amuse the tiny tots. OERE is a way of amusn ing your young brothers and sisters. First you will need a small bowl of warm water and some soap. Make a thick lather and cover your hands, then close the right hand as if you were holding a pencil. Very,
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      Talking about stamps
      381 12 Talking about stamps IAM grateful to the Hon. Organiser of Asiatic Hobbicsts, of Ghaikopar, India, for the First Day Cover of the new Mount Everest stamp which is illustrated here. I understand that there will be fou r denominations for the Mount Everest stamp which India is issuing to commemorate
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    PRODUCER NAP SELECTION
    202 13 FOR TODAY Has improved since August By EPSOM JEEP PRODUCER has improved out of sight since his promising first-up effort at Kuala Lumpur in August and I make him my nap selection in the Class 3, Div. 4, 5± f. sprint (Race Three) at Penang today, second
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    New Year a good bet on August form
    196 13 New Year a good bet on August form YKAR put up a finr- sprinting performance at Kuala Lumpur in August when he beat a fairslzori cia&s 4 field ove r s'.*f. in lmin 7 with 90 on his back. This Stardust three-year-old has put on more condition since and I
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    Distributor to improve
    102 13 T)ISTRIBITOR ran an encourag- Ing race to finish third to Above All over SM. on Saturday. This three-yrar-old has only to" step up on that form to win Race Seven from a moderate Class 4 sprint field today. Balmoral Bridge came out nfter a •pell to run
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    PIE KING FIT
    54 13 NEW YORK. Tues England s two-ve;ir-oW champion. Pie Kinc. showed no ill effects from a 26-hour nlr trip to the United States when he r.in half a mile in SO seconds on the Belmont Park training track yr.strrday Pie Kinc is tralninv the Garden State Stakes on
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    SIR GORDON IN THE LEAD
    89 13 SIR GORDON IN THE LEAD LONDON, Turs. IT looks like another jockey championship year for Sir (nirdon Kirhard*. who has only horn hr.it ni once for the championship in thr last 22 years in IMI, «hrn Harry Wrace the Iradi-i. This was. liowtwr, thr season hrn Sir Clordon 0 mil
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    French Band gets his chance today
    663 13 TODAYS GO!NG JF French Band is ever to win anything, he gets his 1 chance in Race Two today. This Beau Port grey was right on top of the placed horses in the Class 4. Div. 2, 7f. race won by Scots Grey on
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    10-lb. penalty is not too much for Ore
    148 13 10-lb. penalty is not too much for Ore /"IRE (.Race Six.' can go far now v that she has struck her right form. Her 2'a length win over b'-jl. on Saturday was very much easier than it appeared and a 10-lb penalty is not likely to trouble her today Equerry
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    Schedule for S'pore 'quad'
    137 13 The schedule for the quadrangular hockey tournament between Slnsapore. Selancor. Johore and Malacca to be played from Oct. 23 to 25 'n Singapore is Friday: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Johore v Malacca: 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.. Singapore v Selangor both matches at SCC. Saturday:
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    OLSON (NO PUNCH) CAN'T WIN, SAYS JACK SOLOMONS
    66 13 OLSON (NO PUNCH) CAN'T WIN, SAYS JACK SOLOMONS NEW YORK, Tues. U.I (BOBO) OLSON remains a Arm 11-5 favourite to beat Randolph Turpin in their world middleweight title lipht here tomorrow. American boxing writers are vo'ul for Olson, but Jark >olomon* said today that he was not lmpre*wd hv Olson.
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    150 13 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1 2.30 35 M. M. Bobsworth BOBSWORTH 35 M. M 35 M. M. Bobnworth Race 2 3.N FRENCH BAND The Gift Lord Garfleld THE GinFrench Band Winter Lady THE GIFT Lord (iar field Winter Lady Race 3 3.30 PRODUCER Yorkshire Beau
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    Today's race card
    1089 13 The Treble Tote will be held on Races 4, 6 and 7. Big Sweep will be drawn on Race 8. Race 1—2.30: Class 3, Div. 3— si F. I I 009 Colleame Bougoure 9.00 B.T.S. Kongsl Breukeler. 2 601 Bobsworth Bagby 8.13 Mr. Kok Hoong Bagby 3
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    QUEEN'S HORSE IS HEAVILY BACKED
    208 13 I LONDON, Tues. rjiHE Queen's colt, Choir Boy, supported to win £11.000, was the best backed horse at last flight's Cambridgeshire Handicap call-over at the Victoria Club. Choir Boy, who is to be ridden by Australian jockey. A. Breasley, closed at 100-7. The first five
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    B.A.M. HAS ITS OWN WORLD TOUR PLAN —MR. HEAH
    303 14 THE Badminton Association of Malaya intends to sponsor an olfficial world tour by Malayan stars, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, president of the 8.A.M., told the Straits Times in Singapore last night. Mr. Heah said that the B.A.M. Standing Committee, of which
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    37 14 CHANTRY, the favourite, ridden by Ken Gethin (nearest camera) wins the Cesarewitch Stakes at Newmarket last Wednesday. Running into second place at richt is Stem Kin* (D. Smith) and third is Papillio CW. H. Cam left.— Reuterphoto.
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    CUP TO MRS SAN
    29 14 Mrs M. San won the Siam Cup to]f competition at the L*land Club on Sunday beating Miss M. Conwav four and two in the final
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    RSYC TEAM OFF TODAY TO DEFEND TROPHIES
    142 14 RSYC TEAM OFF TODAY TO DEFEND TROPHIES f\S this morning's Malayan Air ways plane for Borneo will be owing teams from the Club Nautique de Saigon and the Royal Singapore Yacht Club which are to take part in the Far Kastern inter-port regatta at Kuala Brlait on Friday and Saturday.
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    All Blacks left player in Singapore
    194 14 All Blacks left player in Singapore LONDON. Tues. yHE Nrw Zealand Rugby Union, team the fourth All Blacks' party to tour Great Britain arrived at London airport today. 22 hours late and one player short. They had been delayed en route by engine trouble and bad weather 1 The missing
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    FIRST POINT
    42 14 Customs scored their first point in the SHA Div. 3 league when held RAF Tengah to a 2-2 draw on the Customs ground yesterday. Zalnal Abidin and Mohamed bin Mahat scored for Customs while Tengah replied through Gillet and NayKr.
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    Junior tennis results
    153 14 DESULT9 of the ties in the Singapore junior tennis championships played on Monday and yesterday were Singles Raymond Lee beat Donald Wona 6-1. 6-3: Ernest Ltm beat Gwee Teck Hal fi-3. 6-1: Koh Kirn Cheng beat Mansoor Ismail 6-2. 6-2: Norbert Chong beat I. Kleiman 6-0. 6-3
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    TENGAH QUALIFY FOR SEMI-FINALS
    213 14 OAF (TENGAH) entered the semi-flnal rom.d of SAFA Junior Cup competition by scoring a narrow but well-deserved 2—l victory over Police at the Police Depot ground, Thomson Road, yesterday Rain had made the ground heavy and slippery but this did not adversely affect the game, which
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    SAINTS BEAT J.E.C. 8-5
    103 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues— After a hard-fought game played on a very wet ground. St. Andrew's School XV beat Johore English College by eight points (one goal, one penalty goal) to five points (one goal) here yesterday. Ronald Tan kicked a penalty goal mid-way through the first
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    Today's Singapore badminton ties
    236 14 Today 's Singapore badminton ties 'THE Singapore Baamlnton AssoM elation championship fixtures for today at 7.15 p.m. are: Court No. I: Inter-School final: Anglo-Chinese School v Victoria School (Red). Tournament Official. Quek Keng Chuan: Umpires. Kiong Woon Kew and Ahmad Talb. Court No. 3: Ong Poh Llm (FAN) v M.
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    4-0 for Recs—but it was not easy
    388 14 4-0 for Recs— but it was not easy SINGAPORE Recreation Club, last year's Singapore Hockey Association first division league champions and leaders in this year's league, strengthened their position with a 4 o victory over Singapore Cricket Club on the padang yesterday. It was not an easy victory I ior
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    Neela takes five goals off WRAF
    196 14 NEELA Rajaratnam sent the University of Malaya women's hockey team off to an impressive start by scoring five goals in their 6-1 victory over WRAF Scletar at Bukit Timah yesterday. The University team, with mx playeis down for todays Singapore trial, dominated play throughout.
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    Fathul were on top when Cup s-final was stopped
    348 14 IN a Singapore A.F.A. Senior Cup semi-final clash at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Marine Department and Fating Karib gave a great display of fighting football— only to have their efforts brought to naught when the referee abandoned the game six minutes
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    U.K. SOCCER
    48 14 LONDON. Tues. Last night's oocer results were: Millwall o Tottenham Hotspur 2: Swindon 5 Fenerabahce F.C. Turkey i 1 Qurens Pk Rangers 1 Brentford 0: West Ham 7. Hearts 0; Doncastrr Rovers 0 Wacker F.C. iAustriii' 0 (abandoned ;if ter 28 niinutes "o foe i.— Rrutrr.
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