The Straits Times, 23 October 1953

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times He***** Established 1845 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1953. 15 CENTS
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  • 922 1 Officials silent as traders say cut spending COMMERCIAL circles in both Singapore and the! Federation were bitter and angry when they read the news given exclusively in yesterday's Straits Times that secret talks to be held by the Malayan Board of Income Tax tomorrow might lead
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  • 455 1 THEY SOLD BABY FOR TWO LEGS OF PORK IjVUII year in Singapore J more than 1,000 children are given away or sold. Hichest known price ever paid !<>r I tvihy in Singapore was >^:>O. The lowest was Sl2O. Thi.s was civen to a labourer's family who were anxious to grt
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  • 28 1 LONDON. Thurs. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgn leave London airport tomorrow for their tour of Australia and New Zealand, It was announced today. AP.
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  • 163 1 A SINGAPORE City Council committee has decided to retain one of the teirporary resident engineers at the Pa.sir Pnn.ianp power .station in his $2.65 C '■-month 10b. The rommittre. .vlii'-h dei.ls with the running of the power station, apreed to release two temporary assistant
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  • 143 1 HELP FOR MALAYA IN 1954 LONDON. Thurs. THE Government is now con.sifierinc the amount and form of the assistance it will Rive Malaya to prosecute the campaign against the Commu- 1 nLst terrorists. Mr Oliver Lyttelton. the Colonial Secre- tary, said yesterday. Sir Richard Ac land, < Labour i, i
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  • 40 1 TAIPEI. Thurs— Preparations are underway for large >brations throughout Formosa on Oct. 25. eighth anniversary of the formai return <>t Formosa to the Chinese after half a century of Japanese rule. It will be a national holiday.— A.P.
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  • 31 1 COLUMBIA. South Carolina. Thurs. Under-Secretary of State Walter Bedell Smith said last nteht that the United States will 'continue every effort" toward a unified independent Korea— U.P.
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  • 34 1 DAMASCUS. Thurs. Syrian troops on leave have been ordered to rejoin their units immediately and no fresh leave is being granted. Strong reinforcements and equipment have been sent to the. frontier. Reuter.
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  • 13 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Security forces killed two more terrorists yesterday
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  • 262 1 MALACCA. Thurs. IN the dollar ward of the Malacca General Hospital at 5 p.m. on Monday, three baby girls were born to Madam Chaw Hong Fah. aged 27. They were Malacca's first live triplets, delivered at four minute intervals, weighing 41b. 4oz. 41b. 15 oz. and 51b.
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  • 86 1  - Britain ends pineapple control HALL KOMNKY From LONDON. Thurs. THE Food Minister, Mr. Lloyd George, has decided to end the control of canned pineapples. No further purchases will be made by the Ministry. Arrangements for imports by private traders will be announced later by the Board of Trade. Britain imported
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  • 131 1 A START on the $7 million bridge which will link the proposed Esplanade Road with the eastern part of Singapore will be made early next year. The largest in Malaya, the 600-yard bridge will span two rivers -Rochore and Kallang. The Director
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  • 98 1 LONDON. Thurs. A royal limousine broke down in busy Leicester Square last night with the Queen and h«r husband the Duke of Edinburgh, inside They were about to return to Buckingham Palate after attending the premiere of a Him of last summer's successful Mt. Everest expedition.
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  • 88 1 AMBUSHED TWICE IN 600 YARDS KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A PATROL consisting of two Sarawak rangers and eight soldiers of the Manchester Regiment, was ambushed by terrorists twice in 600 yards but fought their m*j out with only one man "ounded. The ambushes took place during an action in the Bongsu
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  • 36 1 ROME. Thurs.— Floods fed by cloudbursts swept across south Italy today. Forty-seven people, including many children, are known to be dead and It was feared that the toll I would pass 100.- A.P.
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  • 41 1 BUENOS AIRES. Arsentina. Thurs.— The first shipment of Argentine goods for the Soviet Union under a trade treaty signed in August will leave today for Vladivostok. The agreement provides for an exchange on US$l5O,OOO 000 worth of goods.— A.P.
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  • 105 1 KUALA LJMPUR. Thurs. THE Selangor Government has withdrawn It.? ban on the use of local labour on a $300,000-buildinc to be erected in Ampanß Road, Kuala Lumpur. Labour from Singapore was to have been imported for the job The Mentri Besar told the architect concerned
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  • 32 1 THf BAND oi the 10th Prin cess Mary s Own Gurkha Rifles welcome haclf to Singapore men of the Gurkha Brigade which went to Britain for the Coronotion.
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  • 198 1 BUT WELCOME SOON THERE SEVENTY: BANDSMEN of the Malayan Gurkha Division's pipe, drum and bugle band, which toured Britain after the Coronation, had to welcome themselves back to Singapore yesterday. They stood on the deck of the Empire Trooper as it docked and played to
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  • 57 1 JAKARTA. Thurs.—American Vice-President Richard Nixon escaped injury when a tyrr blew out while h:s car nu travelling at 50 m.p.h. on a road near Jogjakarta. Central Java. Thr car swerved but thi> driver brought it safely to a ■top. Mr. Nixon was riding with the Indonesian Foreign
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  • 105 1  -  HAIL ROMNEY From LONDON. Thurs.— An announcement that the United States stockpile authorities in conjunction with the British Government would buy all surplus natural rubber during the next twelve months would save many faces and do much to restore the rubber producing industry to some degree
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  • 44 1 LONDON Thurs— The British Government still hopes that the day for settling the problem of China's representation in the United Nations will have been brought nearer by the armistice in Korea, Mr. Stephen Swingler (Labour) was told in the House of Commons—Reuter.
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  • 35 1 NAraOBI. Thurs. Twenty terrorists wore killed and four MTestCd during a thrrr-d:iy swerp hv troops, nollcr and home guards in the Fort Hall area of Kenya, an awny spokesman said today. -A.P
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  • 215 1 K. LUMPUR, Fri. THE 6.000-stronc War Department Civilian Staff Association may strike if the Army fails to settle demands for housinp allowance, pro- vident fund and more pay for certam grades of industrial workers. A strike proposal will be considered at the association's bi-annual meeting in
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  • 32 1 ALLIED FAMILIES LEAVE TRIESTE TRIESTE, Thurs.—Largest contingent of BrilbU, American families to leave Trieste since Allied decision to tarn over Zon« A to Italy left In special trains today.— A.P.
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  • 37 1 PARIS. Thurs. Ex-Que ri Alexandra of Yugoslav.,! slashed her wrists last night after an unsuccessful attempt to persuade ex-King Peter to drop his divorce .suit. Raymond de Chaisematin. her lawyer, said today.— UP.
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  • 273 2 Answer found to freezing problem A GROUP of Singapore fisheries experts sal down to afternoon tea yesterday and ate fish caught between six and seven months ago. Their verdict on the meal: "Perfect...just as good as if it had been this morning's catch." The party was the
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  • 76 2 JUST $500 SHORT OF TARGET ONLY $500 is needed and th» $100,000 appeal by the Muslim College (Malaya) Fund :an be closed. Girts have reaped $99,571. Topping the lint Is Singapore with a KIU of $41,629 of which M 1.300 came from Chinese well wishers. Johore comes next with •26.506.
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  • 55 2 PARIS. Thurs— The Frencr 1 'ablnet decided yesterday lo ;end a note to the Vietnam jovernment asking for an explanation of the recent actions Dy the Vietnam's National Congress. The note. destined for Vietnam head of state. Bao Dai. will be handed over to the
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  • 110 2 WASHINGTON. Thur.s SENATOR William Knowland plans to place before Eisenhower administration leaders proposals for an International Council of Free Asia, it was learned here Since his return from a tour cf the Far East and South Asia. Senator Knowland, the Republican leader in the Senate,
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  • 110 2 MR. Oscar Tay, an elderly Singapore clerk, has composed a poem in French to Llm Kirn Mool. 18, who lost both legs in an accident nine months ago. Enclosed with his verse, sent to the editor of the Straits Times, is a contribution of
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  • 114 2 Gift of drugs FROZEN FISH DISPLAY MANILA, Thurs —lndonesia has given the Philippine Gov- ernment 750 ampules of trtanus antl-toxine and 750 ampules of serum antl tetauns THE FISH were caught six or seven months ago in Singapore waters. But they tasted well when cooked and eaten yesterday, because of
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  • 156 2 'GIFTS' MADE THINGS BETTER (COMPLAINTS that they were "treated like poor relations," and that the attitude of the authorities in Saudi Arabia was "if you don't like it here, we couldn't care less." were made by some of the 169 pilgrims who returned to Singapore
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  • 27 2 SAIGON. Thurs. United States Destroyer Squadron 30 under Captain Willard A. Saunders sailed today for Singapore after a two-day courtesy visit to Saigon.— Reuter.
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  • 122 2 ORE than 10,000 poppies for cars and bicycles will be on sale in Singapore at the following centres from tomorrow: Robinsons, John Littles, Whiteaways, Maynard Co., Federal Dispensary. Fitz- Patrick's Food Supplies. Singapore The Cold Storage. Borneo Motors. General Post Office. V.M.C.A.. Registrar of Vehicles Office
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  • 175 2 Medical Dept. expects 100 new nurses FIE Singapore medical service is expanding so rapidly that it must recruit many more nurses Dr. M. Doraisingham, Deputy Director of Medical Services, said yesterday. The Medical Department expects to recruit at least 100 girls to the nursing service by the end of the
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  • 109 2 RANGOON, Thurs. fNFORMED sources here re--1 ported yesterday that large stocks of flame-throwers have been supplied to Chinese Nationalist guerillas in the Salween and Mongpuaung districts of southern Kengtung State. Burmese observers said this and other reports strongly Indicate a post-monsoon offensive by the guerillas instead of
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  • 33 2 WASHINGTON. Thurs. President Eisenhower said yesterday the decision to withhold Mutual Security Aid from Israel was made after consultations with Mr. John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State.— Reuter.
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  • 55 2 rE clock on the 30--foot tower of the Singapore Police Training School at Thomson Road will soon be working again. For the past eight years, the clock has not worked. The Japanese removed the machinery. A sum of $1,430 has been included in the police budget for
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  • 173 3 Government turns down Labour call LONDON, Thursday. THE Government jrestertej turned down a proposa that an all-party committee of the House of Commons should inquire into the circumstances which led to the present situation in British Guiana. Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, the Colonial Secretan rrplird: "No, sir"
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  • 201 3 LONDON, Thurs. DR. C'heclfli .lacan. .deposed Prime Minister of Rritish (luiana, arrived hero by air today. It »;is learned at the airport (hat a representative from (he Labour Party «.is u.iiiiuc for him with an invitation to meet Mr. Clement Attlee, the Labour opposition leader,
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  • 45 3 BEIRUT. Thurs. Nine .ships of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, including the airrraft earner Franklin D. Roosevelt and the heavy cruiser Des Moines, reached Beirut yesterday morning on a five-day visit. US lets flew over the Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. A.P.
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  • 35 3 RANGOON. Thurs. Reports r>f increased Insurgent activity In fouth-easl Burma indicate that Karen rebels, in alliance with Kuomintang 'Chinese Nationalist i guerillas, are preparing an offensive now that the monsoon is ending. Renter.
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  • 50 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs— A Defence Department spokesman said yesterday that ah anti-rommunist Chinese and North Korean prisoners who have refused to attend Communist ••explanation"' sessions at Panmunjom would be freed on Jan. 27. the latest date they can be held by the neutral nations repatriation commission. Reuter.
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  • 38 3 NEW YORK. Thurs Julius Kayser Co. hosiery manufacturer, has sold its Australian subsidiary to Bondor Ltd.. of Great Britain, for U552,000.--nnn. Kayser chairman Mr. R C. Kramer told the annual meetins: yesterday. A.P.
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  • 43 3 PARIS. Thurs.— King P.iui and Queen Frederika of Greece end a week's visit in Paris on Friday when they leave for Le Havre to .sail on the liner United States to be guests of President Eisenhower in Washington. AP.
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  • 28 3 THIESTE. Thurs— A strong earthquake, believed to centre near the Greek island of Corfu, was registerered at 1133 GMT yesterday by the Trieste Geophysical Observatory.— A.P
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  • 20 3 TRIPOLI. Thur.s -The Libyan Senate yesterday approved the military and economic treaty .signed with Britain last summer. U.P.
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    43 3 LORI) KLLENBOROIdH. 27, was married to Miss Rachel Medley. 26, at St. Margaret-, est minster London. last work. The bride is the only daughter of Major Ivor Kedley, late of the 17th Lancers and Mrs. James Hamilton, of Rochester Park. Singapore. —Reuter photo.
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  • 201 3 World is facing ife hour I of trial' NEW YORK. Thurs. < THE world as well as the I United Nations faces its hour of trial in Korea, Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, president of the United Nations General Assembly, said last night. She said in an address to the Independent
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  • 50 3 CAIRO, Thurs.— British ana i Egyptian negotiations failed to settle their dispute over the Suez Canal zone today and handed back the problem to their governments. •A further meeting vi.l be hrlri after the proposition has been considered by both govrnments." a Join statrnvnt said.— U.P.
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  • 34 3 VENICE. Thurs.— The tenday conference of the intergovernmental committee tor European migration endvri here yesterday with an appeal to "governments of goodwill" to help European refugees in i China and Trieste— Reuter.
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  • 33 3 ROME Thurs. Six members of the Japanese Parliament, who are studying world parliamentary systems. visited Rome s Colosseum and Forum and other historic sights of the Italian capital yesterday. AP i
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  • 203 3 HANOI. Thurs. rIK Communists rushed all available reinforcements to Thanh lion tonight vancing French Union forces els hed with advance units guarding the Red fortress. The French High Command disclosed that the R' tnanoer-in-Chief, Vo I Gnp, has hastily recalled several veteran battalions from inside the
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  • 25 3 ROME. Thurs— The Italian Prime Minister, Signor Pella. will visit Ankara on November 12 at the invitation of the Turkish Government.— A.P.
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  • 21 3 LONDON, Thurs. Queen. Elizabeth rereived Mr. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary in audience at Buckingham Palace yesterday— Reuter.
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  • 41 3 LONDON. Thurs. Official quarters here yesterday wel- corned the statement by Dr. Konrad Adenauer. West Ger- man Chancellor, that German claims to her pre-war territorI ies east of the Oder-Neis.se should be realised "by exclu- sively peaceful means."—Rev- ter.
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  • 35 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs.— Mr. Arthur Dean, special U.S. envoy, left for the Far East yesterday to find out when and where the Communists are willing to talk about a peace settlement for Korea. Reuter.
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  • 26 3 SRINAGAR. Thurs—Kashj mir's ruling party, the National Conference, yesterday formally disowned its president, the de- posed and ganled former Prime Minister. Sheikh Abdullah. Reuter.
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  • 34 3 SOUTHAMPTON. Thurs. Five seamen were injured to- < day when a lifeboat fell from the boat deck of the Queen Elizabeth on to another in the j water during boat drill—Reul ter.
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  • 157 3 Next atom blast; to be in secret CANBERRA. Thursday. ANOTHER atomic explosion will take place on the Woomera Rocket Range within a few days in the utmost secrecy and with no outside observers of any kind present, it was learned here today. It will be followed by a series of
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  • 125 3 LONDON. Thurs. ROBERT Perkins. 16-year-old one-handed trainee clerk, was thrilled last weekpnd when he thought he and his father had won thousands iof pounds by correctly forecasting a football pool Robert, who iost his right hand :n a minclru machine whon only four, had a
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  • 268 3 LONDON. Thurs. 'THE Stock Exchange was agnln lethargic today although the undertone continued ftrm In mo«l sections Tea and tin shares moved very I little but rubbers were again dull Closing prices o> teieiita stocks ere: Consols 83 Pundinp 4% 100, W;.r 3', 85 S 4*4 BANKS ■.Irr-
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  • 29 3 LONDON. Ort. 22. Cash Buyers £612' 2 Sellers £615; Forward Buyers £597; Sellers £597 2 Settlement. iftlTU (down £2' 2 Turnover a.m. 35 tons, p.m. 50 tons.
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  • 34 3 LONDON. Oct. 22- Spot 16'jd., No\. lR'-d.. r>r lfiwd.. Jan. -Mar. I ]fi ,d.. Apr. -June lfi^ri.. July-Srpi 17d.. Oct. c.l.f. lß'ad.. Nov. c.t.f. lfi'ad.. Dec. nit. 16 d. Tone; I Steady.
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    • 72 3 BRITISH EMBASSY STONED AMMAN, Thursday rfcF.MONSTRATORS stoned <lie French Embassy and the \j Unit -d States "Point Four" aid offices here today and tried to attack the British Embassy. Jordan troops prevented the demonstrators from reach injt the British Embassy. The demonstrations lasted all day but no casualties had been
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  • 106 4 KI'ALA LIMPI'R, Thurs. IN India people bribe policemen "as a matter of course," the Sessions Court was told today. Purusho thaman. of Bungsar Road, Kuala l.umpur, pleaded guilty to offering a $1 bribe to a policeman when he was pulled up for not observing
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  • 102 4 That makes it worse, says court CHARGED with carrying excess passengers, a Singapore bus conductor. Tan Lip Chuan, told the City Police Court yesterday that they were all children. "That would make your case worse. What would happen if a i fire were to break out in the bus. asked
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  • 18 4 Soh Ling Chye. a taxi driver, i was yesterday fined $30 in Singapore, for negligent driving.
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  • 271 4 A SINGAPORE magistrate yesterday held that it was perfectly logical for a person to assume that he had been granted a licence when the City Council had accepted his money and given him a receipt. The question arose when Mr. J. M. DevereuxColebourn.
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  • 47 4 KAJA Ml li\ OF SEI.ANC.UK (dark dress) chats with Mr. Hanson Ho (right) at the Kuala Lumpur Rotarians "rettogether" held at Col. Wat kin s home at 36 Young Road. Inche Aziz (centre) and Mr Tan Sze Weng look on.— Yong Peng Seong picture.
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  • 91 4 Tan Kai Kee. a farmer, was yesterday found guilty in the Singapore Seventh Police Court of possessing 100 gallons lof fermented rice and four gallons of sarosu off the 10 milestone Bukit Timah Road on May 16. Tan was also found guilty of possessing a
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  • 65 4 Abdullah bin Suralli. who claimed trial to a charge of outraging a woman's mode.sty was allowed ball of $300 in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday. It was alleged that on the morning of October 21 Suralli embraced and kissed Fatimah I binte Mohamed three times on
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  • 80 4 K N. A. Pillai. 49. formerly a special grade overseer in the Army School of Hygiene and Anti-Malarial Organisation Far East, sued Scow Whay Kirn trading as Heap Choon Company, for special and general damages, in Singapore yesterday. It was said that Pillars right thumb was permanently
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  • 33 4 The Buddhist Union. Singapore, will hold a special service to celebrate Kuan Im Tann at 85-A. Marine Parade, at 8 p.m. on Monday. There will be a free educational film show.
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  • 23 4 A dance was held at Taniong Malim. Perak. last Saturday in aid of the St. John Ambulance Association. Slim village branch.
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  • 18 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. The Town Council. Johore Bahru. is considering making a charge for clearing rubbish.
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  • 111 4 A MAN who has just sold $2,000,000 worth of British buses in India arrived in Singapore yesterday on the French liner Vietnam. He is Col. G. W. Purser, general sales manager of Guy Motors Company. Although he sold 140 singledeck buses in India,
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  • 40 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Ng Kai Meng, who wa.s travelling in a car to Shensi Estate, was found by Police Lieutenant Glenn to be carrying excess food without a permit. He u.i.s fined $20 in Police Court to- day.
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  • 149 4 BOEY PANG ENG. manager of the N. A. A.F.I. Canteen, Selarang Barracks, charged with criminal breach of trust in a Singapore court yesterday, was acquitted after a technical objection was raised by his counsel. Mr. C. H. Koh. Bopy was accused of misappropriating 60 cases of
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  • 58 4 HOW elections are conducted and how democracy works in other countries will soon be shown to the people of Johore in a pictorial exhibition This is being arranged by the State Elections Department to be held early in January. The Singapore Public Relations Department has offered
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  • 112 4 150 ask for extra bus service ABOUT 150 people living near Mount Pleasant. Singapore, want a bus service, a City Council committee was told. The committee recommended, despite police opposition that the Singapore Traction Co. be requested to divert their service at the .junction of Balestier and Thomson Roads into
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  • 60 4 Yesterday Shivasahai, a bus- I driver of the Singapore Traction Company, was discharged on a charge of negligent driving by the First Singapore Traffic Magistrate, Mr. F. A. Chua. It was stated thrt Shivasahai drove a bus negligently on January 9. 1953. at the juntion of
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  • 54 4 Yorkshiremen to hold dinner The annual dinner and dance of the Society of YorKshiremen In Malaya will be held in the Adelphi Hotel Roof Garden at 9 p.m. tomorrow. Guest-of-honour will be Lt. Col. D. I. Strangeways. Commanding Officer of the Ist Battalion, the East Yorkshire Regiment. The Regiment.* Band
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  • 42 4 Governor going on leave The Governor of Singapore, S;r John Nlcoll. will go to Hong Kong on October 27 on 14 days local leave. The Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. A. C. Goode. will be Officer Administering the Government during Sir John's absence.
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  • 47 4 Two members of the Indian Parliament, Mrs. Ammu Swarrinathan and Begum Azaz Rasul. will rlvp a lolnt public lppturr at the Indian Association. Balestlrr Road. Singapore, at 6 p.m. on October 27. The M. P.s are members nf an Indian goodwill mission to i Japan.
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    • 157 4 CIIirADADIi 1 8 15 Cheerful Glumes.; 8.30 Prom: 9.30 New.s; 9.45 Strictly In-stru--7.1S. IS Morning Star: 7.30 News; mental; 10 Music, 10.30 Ballroom. 735 Norrie Paramor Orchestra; n B (< 8 Hill Billy Half Hour: 8.30 Malay Housewives' Corner; 9 Music While 5 p.m. Editorials. 515 Dou You You Work;
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  • 212 5 4 SINGAPORE LABOUR PARTY OFFICIALS RESIGN pMHJR top officials of the Singapore Labour Party, including the chairman, Capt. T. D. Richards, quit the Party yesterday. The resignations were said to be in protest against the convening of today's meeting of the Party's General Council. The meeting is expected to consider
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  • 139 5 200 new lawyers soon, but 'no jobs' TWO HUNDRED now lawyers are due in SinKapore before the end of the year. According to members of the legal profession already here, few will be able to get jobs The new lawyers are a result of the boom in Malaya a few
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  • 48 5 The Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, will present Normal certificates and Ccrtifi.atrs of Education to successtul students the Teachers' Training College, Singapore, tomorrow. The presentation will be held nt 4.45 pm in the Lee Kuo Chuan Auditorium of the Anslo-Chinese School at Barker Road.
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  • 25 5 Abdulla bin Ahmad, a car rinver. wu yesterday Pned $25 In Singapore for refusing: to produce his driving licence to a policr officer.
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  • 91 5 Out 2 days now she's back in gaol rpwo days after leaving A prison a elderly odd -job woman appeared in a Police Court charp^d with the same offence being a runner for an illegal public lottery. The woman. Tan Lan Choon, was fined $100 or two weeks' simple imprisonment.
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  • 44 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Hospital Assistants in Johore who are sent on duty into the jungle with security forces are dissatisfied With their allowance for the job. The Johore Medical Services Union is to ask the Government for an increase.
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  • 63 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Wong Joo Lim, employed by the NAAFI at Majedee Barlacks, Johore Bahru, was charccd in the Police Court j today with criminal breach of I trust of $2,981 while in charge of the canteen. He was allowed $3,000 bail pending trial. Phua Tin Mm.
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  • 275 5 PRIMARY ENGLISH URGED iT»HE Government has asked 18 Government and aided Enplish schools in Johore to start at least i one primary afternoon 1 class from the beginning of next year to cope I with the ever-increesing demand for English 1 education. Mr. F. T Laidlaw. Superin--1 tendent of Education,
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  • 24 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. I-nportant issues of high policy were discussed between the High Commissioner. Sir Gerald Temp'.er and the Malay Rulers today.
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  • 205 5 A rres t ordered a t crash inquest THE Singapore Coroner. Mr Choor Singh, yesterday A ordered the arrest of a man in court at the closr 9f the inquest on two Malay women and two children killed in a traffic accident during Hari Raya week on June 21 Recording
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  • 36 5 Yesterday was the tenth day of the all-out hunt by Singapore police for the killer cf 16-year-old schoolg-irl. Ching Geok Tin. in Pearl's Hill but the police reported "no further development.'
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  • 58 5 PENANG. Thurs. The i Penang Free School is starting a reference library to perpetuate the memory of Its greatest headmaster, the late Mr R. H. Pinhorn. Old Frees at their annual dinner last night responded to the call of the present headmaster. Mr. J. E Tod
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  • 55 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs 1 Mr. O. s. Nadarajah. general sorrotary nf the Solangor I Hindu Youth Organisation, to- I day urged Indian leaders in Malaya to take immediate i strps to reform the registration \l I nf Hindu marriages and also to i i introduce compulsory regls- 1
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  • 98 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. UP WENT the Federation's exports and Imports last month. Goods valued at $78 million came into the Federation during September, compared with $63.4 million in August. Exports totalled $70.2 million against $63.6 million the month before. Singapore's imports were up from $41.7
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  • 93 5 Car thief to face robbery charge Admitting a charge of theft in Singapore yesterday. Liir. Huay Boon was remanded for one week for further investigation. The prosecution said that about 10 a.m. on Oct. 12 Lim stole a car from St. Andrews Road, in front of the City Hall. Lim
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  • 52 5 INDIAN friends enjoy the warmth of an English fire 4,400 feet up Maxwell Hill, overlooking Taiping, Perak. The temperature outside is 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Tonight Stewart Waveli will broadcast a light-hearted radio feature from Maxwell Hill, "Holiday in the Sky," at 8.3* p.m. from Radio Malaya,
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  • 189 5 POLICEGIRL TELLS I OF CAR CHASE Lottery suspect arrested A PRETTY plain-clothes policewoman yesterday told the Singapore Fourth Police Court how she arrested a suspected chap-Ji-ki runner after an hour-lone vigil late one night. Wong Kirn Cheang, 27. of Campbell Lane, was charged with assisting in the management of chap-ji-ki.
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  • 125 5 SIX GOVERNMENT Health i Department workers who were .spraying DDT. oil into a well at Pasir Panjanj*. Sin- gapore. were attacked by four men and beaten up witli sticks and iron rods, the Sixth 1 Police Court was told yesterday. In the dock were Mustaphq
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  • 42 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Mohamed Salleh bin Endot v. as fined $450 in the Police Court today for attempting to smuggle a camera worth $170 into the Federation from Singapore. Salleh said that he had no intention of evading duty.
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  • 29 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs A >tart will be madp next year I on the $750,000 oy-pass pro'irrt I to cut out Batu Road. Kuala Lumpur's busirst mad I. >
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 100 5 MAC fmmm and rapid hral.ni /.>•R f f\ r mjS I M „r^r,,... 11. l.m. un,>.r..l h«l.r r..t w X*K OIJM I M Wromini wnrld-wid*. ImmnliiK application hailrat if *k 1m f^k M ra. K.^i it in In. Sou., r.ady f»f UH. < A if//M A nn.,,hinq. h.i,l. Hi.iltlil 1
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    • 189 5 CAR POPPIES f will be on sale I from i TOMORROW i j Single Poppy $2 j j Spray of 3 $5 1 OBTAINABLE AT:Robinson Co.. Ltd. John Little Co., Ltd. Whiteaway Laidlaw Co., Ltd. Maynard Co., Ltd. Medical Hall Ltd. Federal Dispensary Ltd. Fitzpatricks Food Supplies Cold Storage Co.,
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 279 5 STORE DIARY Tolire Band: public performance pm. to 6 p.m. st Raffles Quay Xin C George V Park 5.30 p.m. to V.M.C.A.: advanced Malay c\km 83n nm 5-30 pm.; Judo practice 530 pm Sintaporr Camera Club: lecture table-tennis 7pm at Orchard Road' and practical demonstration on basic Study Group Movement-
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  • 74 6 20 H»rtv j;« (minimum) KBBIKOFF, Vliidimlr aUBMySvMh passed away nt tlio Osnei'Sl Hnspiial. Sins:.-! pore, on the morning of 22nd Oetnber. 1f)53. nfler severe Illness. Funwal xervlre tt Bldadari Cemetery at 5 30 p.m., 23rd October. 195.1. KILGOIm: Jessie Kil-rour. Devotefl .serv.inl. of God and of the r F
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  • 57 6 to Word* $11) (minimum) REFRIGERATION or Air Conditioning trouble-.? Ring Bill Manning about It at 2.1240. MATERNITY frorks. smorks Skirts, ready-m;irie or marie to measure. All guaranteed washable. Duncan's 11 D'Almeida St. (Off Raffles Pi.irei. CATHEDRA I, CLOTHING SHOP. Cheap sale today. Shop closed from tomorro-.v until Wednesday afternoon
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    • 904 6 It is a fortunate dispensation (probably an oversight in the drafting of the ordinance) that compels the Malayan Governments in matters of income tax to go to the legislatures when they desire to change the rates. The law must be altered as well as the rates. If
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    • 367 6 Tho small improvement in the rubber market yesterday was welcome, but with persistent selling pressure from Indonesia the outlook remains discouraging. There is less si«n than ever of an upward revision of the price of synthetic, while the silence in London on the proceedings of the Rubbc. Study
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  • 781 6  -  i William Fish -Bu TO SOME he is known as Mr. Personality. By others he is dubbed President Eisenhower's star salesman. His name is Richard Milhous Nixon; he is Vice-President of the United States and he is due in Malaya tomorrow. For 72 fact-finding hours stocky. square-Jawed
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    • 200 6 I AT school, a teacher gives A more attention to a pupil 1 because he belongs to a particular community: in valuing papers he shows the same favour A student gets a scholarship because he belongs to a particular community. And when he has finished his
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    • 462 6  -  O.P. RADHA BAI BY rvARRUSSALAM, or the abode of peace, as Brunei was known once, has been in the news lately owing to the activities of an underground movement accused of plotting to overthrow tne Government. Here is tho story behind it. Several years before
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    452 6 Hotly denying that he had used any part of the money for his own ends. Mr. Nixon .was put on a coast-to-coan television programme by the Republican National Committee. In 30 tense minutes, with his wife Pat sitting beside him. he detailed h financial position and stated
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  • 463 6 Helping the police rrn\E conception of the nolle as the force to get wrong righted and Jusjlcr done, proclaimed in Singapore by an official spokesman after the"" Governor's appeal for act republic en- operation with th* 1 police. Is the basis of the "rule of law to which
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 766 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. PERSONAL 2ii Wm4l 5/0 (minimum) MRS. J. TORDY contact Eva Desmond October 23rrl. Friday, Raffles Hotel. Staying until Tuesday. SITUATIONS VACANT 10 Unrdt ftj (Him.) Bm SO el: txlrm. BOX A 9820, S.T, Accounts Clerk. Vacancy Tilled. Applicants thmked. WANTED Overseer for buiMing construction. Apply personally Senc Hua
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    • 36 6 -p>. READER'S Digest introduces a remarkably effective method of prescntinji interesting articles to the general public! September Issue Now On Sah I- a Copy C. R. DAS AR ATH A RAJ LTD SINGAPORE i: K. LUMPUR
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    • 74 6 i *-v. mtii& 1 lr»*^ opticium Mr. K. E. MEYER. F.N.A.0., D.Opt. will visit KUCHING, SARAWAK from 9th November to 14th November. APPOINTMENTS through SIME DARBY CO. 1"" f\ Round Trips to Vsl JAPAN I A2l day Cruise calling at HONGKONG YOKOHAMA i KOBE J j s.s. CHUSAN sailing 13th
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  • 1107 7 Officer tells court: He admitted killing girl A SPECIAL Investigation Branch Officer and a magistrate told a jury in Singapore Assizes yesterday that Private Hammond Gillon had told them that he strangled Doreen Pereira, a liritannia Club dance hostess. Major Ronald Rupert Hughes, Deputy Provost Marshal, 5.1.8..
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  • 260 7 SVORM OF PROTEST AT BUDDHA SCARVES BUDDHA'S imaco. printed on silk scarves nnw on sale in Singapore, is causiiic a storm of protest in Riuldhist circle*. Yrstorriay Kuclrlhist orcanisations were planning; protest meetings to have the srarvs ronfiscnte-d :ind a ban plied on their sale-. Mr T. A. Simon president
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  • 42 7 About 200 Singapore Buddhists yesterday celebrated Vas Full Moon day at the Sakya Muni Temple in Racecourse Road. The celebrations Included a I sermon by the Vrn. M. M. Mahawrera of St. Michaels Road Temple and a film show
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  • 21 7 For using a private car for hire. Peh Choon Hul. a fish merchant, was nnc-d $150 in Singapore yesterday.
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  • 295 7 CHAMPAGNE FOR 1 ,000 AT AMY'S WEDDING CHAMPAGNE will flow fcr 1.000 guests at a reception in the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, which will follow Miss Amy Laycocks wedding next Saturday week to Mr. John Ede. It will be the biggest wedding party Singapore has seen since before the war
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  • 68 7 Miss Jessie Kilgour dies in Britain MISS JESSIE KILGOUR. former headmistress of the Church of Zenana Mission School (St. Margaret's School >. Singapore, who died in Essex. England, on Wednesday, aged 67,. She had been seriously ill following a major operation. Miss Kilrour was a Singapore Girl Guide Commissioner and
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  • 77 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A SENIOR investigating officer of the Inland Revenue Department. Mr. F. W. Hogan, was killed in a motor accident at Rawang, Selangor yesterday. Mr Hngan was returning from Penane when his car went over the edge of Rawang Road and overturned into a pool
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  • 31 7 Community loaders and Home Guard commanders in the Cameron Highlands area pave farewell dinners in honour of the Home Guard Chief. Captain Ooi. who left the district on transfer.
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  • 94 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE five Indian Legislative councillors, who resigned recently, will explain their action at a public meeting here. The mcetine may be held on Sunday at the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall, if arrangements are completed. Mr. P. P. Narayanan, one of the
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  • 76 7 Cheong Pit Yew. 18, a student of the Geok Eng School, pleaded guilty in the First Singapore Traffic Court yesterday to a charge of driv- ing a car without a licence, while not covered by third party insurance and without the consent of the owner. The
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  • 51 7 The British Ambassador in Athens, Greece. Sir Charles B. Pemberton Peaks, has I acknowledged receipt of $100 1 which the Straits Times had sent on behalf of a Greek national in Singapore. Mr. Jean G. Tipaldos. for the relief of earthquake victims In the Greek
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  • 156 7 IPOH. Thurs. VTIIEN THE CASE of M. V. Nathan, 55. Deputy Harbour Master at Lumut (last heard on Oct 2» wax mentioned In the assizes here today, the Oeputv Public Prosecutor. Mr. I. Taloß Davirs. told Mr. Justice Pretherop that Nathan hid died on Oct.
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    45 7 YANG DI-PERTI AN BESAR of Venn Sembilan right and the Tungku Mahkota of Johore listen to the Sultan of Selanffor, explain the cannon at his museum. The rannon was brought from Europe. The rulers were attending the Rulers' Conference in Kuala Lumpur. Straits Times picture.
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  • 150 7 MAN WHO FLED FROM COURT KI'ALA I.IMPI'R. Thursday. Jt'NSI bin Nawan was today sentenced to 12-month; gaol by the Sessions Court president, Inche Ismai for escaping from custody. Junsl escaped through a bathroom window m the Sessions Court buillin^ on Sept. 21 after he nad
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  • 56 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The High Commissioner. General Sir Gerald Templer, warned the people of Senai. not Scudai. about non-co-operation when he visited them last week. He described Senai as one of the worst areas In the Federation. Continuing his trip he passed through Scudai. five miles south of
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  • 166 7 Police band to welcome Nixon F[E band of the Singapore Police Force will welcome Mr. Richard Nixon. Vice-President of the United States, when he arrives at Kallang alLrport tomorrow in a military Constellation from Jakarta. When Mr. Nixon steps out of the aircraft, the band will strike up "The Star
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  • 37 7 A gold bracelet and a wristwatch valued at $350 were stnlrn from a hcuse In Chancery Lane. Singapore, on Wednesday night The .lracW anrl watch wpre placed on a tig table near an open window.
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  • 78 7 The nc-xt Singapore Aifilf ■TO be> held in the Supreme Court on November 2. BIRTH BAILEY: On Ocl 22nd at XX. Hospitiil Sincapore. to Catherine inee Illinsworthi wife of Leornard Corner Bailey, a son. DEATH REV COLIN KINO, beloved hu.»b.mrt of Nellie, died suddenly in England on 20.10.53.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 110 7 It NATURAL B M m AIR- CONDITIONING W m YOUR HOME J^iT jitie control windows A.CLOUET C§ UP SINGAPORE TEL: 3964 The sea&oned uin-dv rllrr nrvrr allows a thirst to take him unawarrv \\r lirs in wail lor it. Ensconced in a long, low chair in a r n t
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    • 195 7 Air-wick kills unpleasant indoor smells It's the wck 0BBE& ,a/ thetwok! |AI£WICK (^Jr uT Lj K. IN HOMES, clubs, hotels and ates, unwanted smells disappear offices, the only way to alua\s from the air like magic. Air-wick keep a fresh, smell-free atmo- contains wonder-woricing chlorosphere is to use Air-wick. Thi*
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 142 7 THE WEATHER Minimum temperature •7 30 p.m. on Oct 21 to 7.30 a.m. on Oct. 22): Singapore 76 degrees. Penang 76, Kota Bahru 75. Kuala Lumpur 73, Ipoh 72. Kuantan 72 Maximum temperature <7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Oct. 22 1: Singapore 89. Penang 86, Kota Bahru 84, Kuala
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  • 683 8 |f PHERE are, I would A say, three degrees of film. The highest sends the spectator away with a lasting impression, and matter to discuss, the next affords him an evening's enjoyment, and the last tries to do so in vain. Two
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  • 723 8 Mr. Davies' heart was 'nearly broken HUNDREDS of peopleyes, hundreds were turned away from the Victoria Memorial Theatre last Saturday. "It nearly broke my heart", said Mr. Donald Davies whose production of •Dial M For Murder" was the best piece of j theatre art seen in I Singapore for years.
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  • 262 8 HOW many girls, do you think, pin up pictures ol one of Hollywood's male torso.> over their beds? I believe very, very few Beefcake, as Hollywood calls it. Is nothing more than publicity agent's pipe dream. Men, of course, react to
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 271 8 i¥f>rnir^i GIANT UJJII'L; -5 SCREEN fci Today Daily! ojjf 11, 1.45, 4. 6.30, 9.30 "Sjj^L ■VjFr* liW\ 1 1 nW I 0k < fit Denise PARCEL Patric KHOWLES jg B Plus! THE i STOOGES fwiiforroii- 3titlniffht THAT "Shane" MAN... in Columbia's EPIC J* f\f] 1 1 fl f\f PICTURE of
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    • 299 8 J*\ CATHAY ORGANISATION JT]L ATTRACTIONS OPENS 11A.M. 145 TAItIUI _^H'l 1 lUUAT! jflK TJ J, 9 30PM GREER WALTER GARSON PIDGEON Eighth Time Screen's Favourite "HUSBAND WIFE FIRST TIME ON THE PANORAMIC SCREEN in 5f "Scandal MnNk Scoume" wfc^* TECHNICOLOR T^fe Jm£ An Mo m Picture _V v^V^' lOMomiow MiirMi.iu:
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  • 461 9  -  PNN pi ii us m? piCTURED in this page are some of the boys who will fight In the second annual Singapore Amateur Boxing Associations Youth Championships at the Happy World Stadium, Singapore, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next week.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 231 9 iM|pKUMiS BBBSI excellent toe I HfVoivin^ children ounclcks numbers of parents have helped (heir chil- I dren grow scrong and healthy with KLIM! Nourishing, delicious KI.IM milk will give your i children «he essential food elements needed for prop- er growth. KLIM is always pure and safe .T. always drpcndahle.
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    • 354 9 Drinks at tk« OCt AM PARK H OTEL art R«a»*nabli It Gtngin* EAST COAST ROAD SINGAPORE 7 SWIFTER IT > and SMOOTHER-) NOW I USE (j3-IN-ONE/"."4 Cll*>»S. IUBBICATfS I PREVINTS BUST. >a KOK I»MK ii 1 1 UNLI MMMi :t. Ul ».1S p.m. United Artists iBRpMMi F.vrlUnc Drama! TH E
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 322 9 Strata limrs < ionsmo.il "-To. 9 1 tapltad hrn 27. To adorn a reverse of 26 <7>. SSST"j J Tj j J g 7 1 j KftSS 28 But nls rale may to coBt 'y 1 I T^ W^ DOWN 8 HI 1 9 2 Remoulded lustres (7». pt^ s^^
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  • 540 10 Around ih* tnarkvtn RUBBER RISES, TIN FALLS THE Singapore share market had another very quirt day yesterday when another depressing factor was the rumoured action to raise income-tax rates for next year. This encouraged sellers in all sections and caused buyers to be evn more difficult
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  • 19 10 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was declared at S.lOO a picul. down R7J rrnts. 4
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  • 205 10 MELBOURNE. Thurx INVESITvIENTS had a strong actnr market on the Slock Exchansr today, the price barometer shnwme •i big preponderance of ris* over [alls. Isolated downward moves were recorded In st<x-k.s which had recent l\ reported adverse --e.siilts but the xeneral tone was ih—fj. Stimulating influences were the
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  • 115 10 NEW YORK. Thurs L t\S the Slock Market yesterr T nlldly reactionary tenden'-irs developed utter TiMMiay's Stcnlflcant recovery attempt was ir>ne. I iisscs mainly fractional, uere well in the majority In modera'e tr.idliik In the afternoon some sections derclopad harder tendency but this was larßelv offset by xiftnPss
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  • 181 10 November first grade rpcovered one and three-righth cents on the Singapore rubber market yesterday to close at 5a 3 4 cents a pound. The stronser tone in New York halted selling in Singapore. During the day prices for November first grade ranged between 55 2 and 56 cents.
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  • 94 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the Uowina chances in its rates to n..i chants yesterday:CANADA: buying. T.T. 32 3 8 air mail. OD. 32' 90 daw 32 i-redlt bills. 32 13 16 trade bills selling TT or OD 32 1111 The .selling rate for Fi«ich francs. T.T
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  • 79 10 Sinrapnrr Chinese Produrr I I ehanire: Noon prices per pieul were -I Copra: steady: November <1« I buyer". $39 sellers; December IM< buyers $39 sellers. Coc. nut oil *62 sellers J Pepper: weak; no business ported: down 15: Muntok wuJie S.ihS^ •arawak $3«0. Lampong black s^^n I l^wis
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  • 188 10 Singapore shipping CHTPfI lvln K ulongside Ihe Singapore Harbour Board wh »r expeded today are:— IMlv Turman 45, Aloe CP Warora 67, Benveg 8. Tatramlya Man 89. Kr.jang 11. Ma'ir.im 13 14. Benalijanach 15 lfi. aftol 18. Ordi.i 19 20. Sedill N. W Hong Ann N Wall 8. Taksani 2324.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 467 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS tPORE Improvement Tmal requires Stenographer In Hie sicivigrapheni *:?«R tor A<--(nunij. Department ini'iii salary (,?o» pm Shorthand inn wpm. typewriting 2.1 w.pjn and .school Certificate iwlili credit in Bngllah) fivrptlnl Minimum tOU] cmnlilmrnls >3!fi Rn p.m. App' in nun handwriting itatJnj <J;it<- and plnce of hir'h. qualification 1
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    • 364 10 NOTICES IPOH TIN DREDGING LIMITED Inrnrpornted in Ensliinc. > TPlecraphic advice hag been r»cerwd from London of the recommpndatlon of a dividend for I the year ended 31st March. 1953. ot 2.- per Stock Unit, less Income j Tax at the rate of 9 in the payable on 9th December,
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    • 407 10 NOTICES NATURALISATION I NOTICE Is hereby given that MIRZA ALI AKBAR RERHTY ol Nn. 6. Oilstead Rond. Singapore. Is 1 applying to the Governor for i naturalisa'lon, and that any pornon who knows any reason why natu rallsatinn should not be granted should send a written and sißned statement of
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    • 1011 10 NOTICES The Municipal Ordinance (Chapter 133). RURAL BOARD, SINGAPORE Assessment List 1954 i Section 62). The Assessment List [or 1954 has 'been completed and ma<- be inspected at the Rural Board Oftlce. Empress Place. Singapore, 6. during j office hours. I The Rural Board will proceed to revise the assessment
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    • 673 10 NOTICES RANTAU TIN DREDGING COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya). NOTICE OF MEETINO. i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty fourth Ordinary General Meeting of the Members of the Company will be held at the Registered Office. 33, Beach Street. Penang. on Saturday, the 31st day of
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    • 845 10 TENDERS P. W D. TENDER NOTICE j TENDERS will be received at the Office of the State Engineer. Pahanif. at Kuala I.ipls, up to 3.00 iP.m. of the 29th October. 1953, for itr..> Construction of a Jungle Com panv Base Camp al 10R' v Mile Temerloh-Mentekab Road, Temerloh. Pahang. Pull
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    • 26 10 MITSUI |Vj LINE EASTHOUNO ROUND THC WORLD SCRVICC Europe Pinanq Sinqnpmr Hon« Konf Japan AoenM C.F. SHARP tfc CO., (M) LTD. UNION BUILDING. SINCAPORr TIL 110*7
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    • 1628 11 Tei 2412 MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. M «os £S7 .incorporated ,n Singapore, «j» g D BLUE FUNNEL X.INE D *i >>> Carriers' eptien to proceed via other ports to load and diicharga cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Due Sails P S'hom Peneng Moron for Havre Liverpool
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    • 2194 11 'i ■^•■■^^^jßWir^^BßT^^BT^/^Hf/ L>>T^lJJ^L>T^Afl>>^^lßW^^^g««^#l3 1& -■.<£ EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM. SC ANDI NA VI AN/U.K./CONTINENT Spore P. S'hom Penong 'Korea" for Djakorta, Bongkok, Saigon, Hongkong, Monilo, Kobe, Yokohama 24/2S Oct. In Port "Poono" for Melbourne, Sydney, Port Kembla (not loading local corgo) 8/10 Nov. 6/ 7 Nov. S/ S Nov.
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    • 1279 11 McALISTER ft* CO., LTD. TEL: No 5906 ELLCRMAM BUCKNALL KLAVENESB LINE LONDON. HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG A HULL PORTLAND, SEATTLE A VANCOUVER ond foi u.i.A., North Atlantic Ports Accepting corgo for Central A South ond Canada vio Colombo Amorieon Ports CITY OF OXFORD rr s. CASTLEVILLE Spore
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  • 438 12 BRITISH business circles associated with experiments In synthetic rubber production have denied a report that an increase in British commercial production of synthetic was imminent. It was pointed out that synthetic production by a pilot plant is going on in Britain with its main object as research.
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  • 106 12 14 years ago 17IOURTEEN years ago a F sugar pool was first set up in Malaya with government control of sugar stocks. In 1946, after the Japanese occupation, the British Military Administration handed control back to the civil authorities. In March 1948, private importation of sugar into Singapore was suspended.
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  • 103 12 gINGAPORE businessmen do not expect any marked affect in trade between the Colony and Hong Kong following United States' relaxation of restrictions on exports of non -strategic good.s to Hong Kong. Restrictions on exports to Hong Kong have been in force since the start
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  • 89 12 TROPICAL VANS FOR MALA YA mobile canteens specially built to withstand Malayan climatic conditions are being constructed by a Sussex coach-building company. The vehicles are for NAAFI services and care is being taken to make the vans immune to humidity, fungus and insects. Woodwork has been cut to a minimum
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  • 352 12 SPECULATION, LOWER PRICES FORECAST WITH 'FREE' SUGAR SPECULATION and falling prices of sugar are expected to follow derationing of the commodity m Singapore. Some businessmen forecast that decontrol of sugar will bring greater trade between Indonesia and Singapore. They expect a "sugar war" between Indonesia and Formosa ;is suppliers to
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  • 335 12 From a Special Correspondent A BLACK market has already started in "indjce■r* ment certificates" designed to boost Indonesian exports of local products although the scheme has been in operation less than two weeks. The quotation for a one rupiah nominal certificate rose more than 100
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  • 91 12 jy|ORE ships on the New York service are scheduled to call at leading Indonesian Malayan area ports this month compared with last year despite a drop in the total New York service to the work ports Ports in the IndonesianMalayan area, including Belawan
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  • 144 12 Government of x India is showing greater interest in attracting foreign capital, according to a handbook recently released by the United States Department of Commerce. The handbook, "Investment In India— Conditions and Outlook for United States Investors." supplies information to businessmen who are looking to India as
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  • 41 12 The Far East is becoming a bigger buyer of nitrate followin? the "grow more food" policies of several countries In the arpa. The result has been that there is a shortage of some .fertilisers, particularly sulphate of ammonia
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  • 146 12 rpffE outlook for natural rubber presents "a rathrr 1 gloomy picture" BUT there is a prospect that natural rubber may increase its share to 50 per cent, of the United States' market IF there is no further fall in the total demand for rubber of
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  • 162 12 Says Trade Commissioner 'THE British Industries' Fair to be held in May is Malaya's "shop window" for the world, says the United Kingdom Trade Commissioner in Malaya. Mr. K. E. Mackenzie. "There is still ignorance in Britain, and Europe generally, about Malayan products, even tin
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  • 289 12  - Ratio of natural rubber used in U.S. is rising Eric Woolnough 191 ■f li 1 1 1 1 1 J 4m t<l|Hl I at 4 J»^f* 15 By TIIK proportion of natural to synthetic rubber used in the United States continues to rise. The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates American
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  • 170 12 THE Indonesian Minister of Economic Affairs, Dr. Iskaq. has blamrri "certain rubber consumer countries" for the present unsatisfactory world rubber market, according to reports from Jakarta. He said certain consumer countries had often declareri intentions to contribute I" development of economically i backward countries but
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    • 306 12 PARKER PLANT FOR PROVEN PERFORMANCE! s'~ m jftk You ran depend on PARKER Concrete Mixers "V r^ffV^^v for tough work under l^^^^B hard conditions. Capa\ftfljl t^^tfw c"y ranges from 3 cv. ft. >?^*uffi to 14 cv. ft. unmixed. "HOISTEX" Equipment Is available In three standard sizes to lift V 5,
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    • 74 12 Bf( LOADS TRADE If M\ I" MARK lW i iiSaH MECHANICAL HANDL[NG Iv^JKESV EQUIPMENT ill CHAIN BLOCKS fl] I w/T?5 B a 'l Bearing Triple Gear ifwfe^ I DI! TRAVELLING TROLLEYS V%M |I/ 3J the°"tul-lift" a Sri '!jf|| HAND LIFT TRUCKS M\\ d| SI Iff Q\uj) Midget Electric Hoists j
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  • 626 13 Olson whips Turpin unanimous winner RANDY MAULED ON ROPES NEW YORK, Thursday. PARL (BOBO) OLSON, of Honolulu, won the world middleweight championship by decisively outpointing Randolph Turpin, British champion, over 15 rounds at Madison Square Garden last night. Thus a very weary and badly punished Turpin had failed in his
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  • 301 13 LONDON. Thurs. RANDOLPH TURPIN S mother. lv stunned at hU defeat by Carl '"Bobo" Olson in New York last night, said today her son was sure to retire now. "He always said he would after he had lost". Mrs. Beatrice Manley, 49, said at
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  • 147 13 NEW YORK. Thurs. CARL (BOBO) OLSON, who became the new world middleweight champion here last night, may next meet Kid Oavllan. the world welterweight champion. After last nights nght in which Olson outpointed Randolph Turpin of England, Jim Norrls, president of the International Boxing
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  • 971 13 ROUND BY SOUND [N the first round Randy Turpin gave Olson a boxing lesson, both from far away and close in. M dway in the round a Turpin left hook drew blood from Olsons nose Olson, trying to keen away from Turpin, took
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  • 291 13 ATEST positions In the Singapore Hockey Association league areKIRST DIVISION SRC Reds 6 5 0 1 19 9 lv Indian Assn. 7 4 2 1 15 9 10 Ceylon 6.C. 6 3 2 18 4 8 Police 5 3 1 1 10 5 7 RAP Changl 8
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  • 49 13 LONDON. Thurs— Royal Andrrlerht F.C of Belgium, beat Arsenal 3-2 in a friendly floodlit soccer fixture yesterday. Results of other floodlit <;ames were: Manchester City 5. Fenerbache FC (Turkey) 1; Sunderland 5. Racing Club De Paris 2; Coventry City 1, Queen of South 1. Reuter.
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  • 38 13 LONDON, Thurs. Yesterday rugby union county championship results were: Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire and Derbyshire 3. Warwickshire 28: Oxfordshire 6. Sussex 6. Rugby Inlnn Huh matches: Leicester 13, Oxford University 9: Metropolitan Police 11. Harlequins 8. Reuter.
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  • 39 13 LONDON. Thurs The U.K. Rugby league Yorkshire Cup semifinal between Hunslet and Hull was abandoned yesterday after 32 minutes t>i«y owing to fog. Hull w.ere leading 3-3. II The match will be replayed today.
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  • 617 14 By Our Soccer Reporter Europeans 7; Malays 4. SINGAPORE MALAYS were hooted off the field at half-time at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Reason They were down, by six goals to one, to Europeans in their S.A.F.A. Community league game. But after the game,
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  • 93 14 Rocky Montano. the hard-hitting Filipino welter-weight, will ncht Dan Coates 'Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Regiment) at the Happy World Stadium tonicht. Montano. under Little Nene's promotion, was scheduled to fir.it Paul Cheng. Singapore's besi welterweight, but Cheng Is unwll, says Nene Co.ites. also a welter-weight,,
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  • 93 14 Results of the singles quarterfinals in the Singapore junior tennis championships, played on the V.M.C.A. courts yesterday, were Norbert Chong beat Francis Lee 6-1. 6-4; K. C. Koh beat Ernest Llm fi-2. fi-4: Da vie 1 Scow bent R. Gauder 6-2. 6-1; Shan.in bin Ostrun beat Raymond Lee
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  • 122 14 A WHITE-coated football was used in the last 15 minutes Of yesterday's Community League game at Jalan Besar stadium The white ball, used in a S.A.F.A. game for the first tune, is the same type as used in floodlit soccer in England. It was
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  • 147 14 CELETAR Mrmen won the boxing championships at the Royal Air Force Malaya Boxing Association Novices championships held at Tonga h last night. Seletar scored 18 points Results Lightweight (semi-final*) LAC Kee Yong <C> bt LAC Brown (C> on pts LAC Medhurst tS> bt AC Morris <T>
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  • 73 14 GHQ beat RA. Bkikang Batt by 16 points ttwo coals, one try and one dropped goah to eight points i one goal and one tryi in a friendly rugger match played a' Blakang Mat! on Wednesday. Scorers for GHQ M, Naceba Pte Charters and Cpt Navlor
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  • 359 14 "pHERK will be only seven races tomorrow at Penanr. last day of the Penang Turf Cliih Autumn i meeting. Weights are: THE AUTUMN CUP CI-i.Div.l-S F. Sudden Choice !».00 Shangrila 8.13 Thtir Xin S v 8.10 lion Kin- 8.09 M.iKMilif cm r *.<IH Tidr Oi.rtlrt K.H7 Straits Code
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  • 40 14 LAC WILLIAMS (right Rets up on his feet but he has failrd to brat the count. This happened in the second round of the light-middle weis;ht bout which AC Smith won la>t night Straits Times picture.
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  • 411 14  -  EPSOM JEEP By I»KNAN(i. Thursday. If ING CROW, Magnificence and Three Rings gallop1V ed attractively on the training track at Penang this morning. King Crow, with Bougourc astride, cleared away from GAMBAR CHINA (Mawi) at the finish of a 3f. trial in 37 1
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  • 296 14 Jeep jottings PENANG, Thurs. |>i:ilx,K LAW II Uate Lyon star), named after a top sprinter In Malaya before the war showed lots of early speed in his initial race at Penang on Wednesday. This three- year-old by Etoile de Lyons should start winning
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  • 201 14 The Singapore Badminton A*soclaUoo's championship fixtures for Sunday. .Martina at 7.15 p.m.. areCourt Xo. 3: Tan Chin Jin ATan Guan Hong v Loong Pan Yap <fc Cnee Phui Hung: Hassan Buang M Yasoff b. Daud v LJm Wei Lnn Robert Llm; A. P. Menon <fc TItUS
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  • 32 14 Young Men Sil^h Association beat Dutch Club by the only goal of thrgame in a SHA Dlv. 3 match at Farrer Park yesterday. Bhajan I Singh was the scorer.
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  • 304 14 INLYING Boat Wlnt, (Seletar) x were far too good for a University "A" XV w'.iom they beat yesterday by 21 points (5 tries. 2 dropped goals without a score by the students. The match was at Buklt Timah Road. The University kept the airmen
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  • 423 14  - Top Colony halves' are doubtful for Quad hockey JOHN MARKS «x SINGAPORE begin their most important srason o| representative hockey t«»d;iy on a note of misfortune with two of their key players on the doubtful") list. Skipper Frank Reynolds and Douglas Hay are both injured and may not be able
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  • 287 14 T*HE University of Malaya fnrw.inis took full advar.' their opiwirtuiiitles yesterday when thov beat RAF Seletar 5-1 In a •UK key loacue tie played at Seletar. Their vittory rame from cle^n •nd constructive horkev. When their combination Improves with more cames University have every
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 56 14 HOCKEY MALAYAN Quadrangular Meet, .lohore v Malacca. I p.m.; Singapore v Selangor, 5 p.m.. p.idanc SOCCER INTER -MALAY Schools final, liiinc Makkah Shield. Kast rhamplnns v Him rhampionii, Jalan Besar. SRHFA KO. CI'P REPLAY: Merrantlle Rank v Kraiier and Neave, QSfSBSSJ. *****1 RAFKI.KS Inst. v. St. Andrews School, RI ound.
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