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Title Section16 1953-10-24 1 The Straits Times 7 4 OCT 1953 Established 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1953. 15 CENTS16 words
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Article310 1953-10-24 1 Wo confidence motion fails LONDON, Friday. JHE GOVERNMENT tonight won the backing of the House of Commons for its policy in suspending the constitution of British Guiana because it suspected a Communist coup. By 294 votes to 256. the House rejected an Opposition motion seeking to criticise310 words
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Article263 1953-10-24 1 LABOUR WILL ASK RAJ TO RESIGN THE Singapore Labour Party General Council Unanimously decided last night, to call on Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj to resign immediately from the Legislative Council Tlie decision Wai taken ;it an emergency meeting oj the council presided nvor by the secretary genera', ot the263 words
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Article47 1953-10-24 1 PNOMPENH. Fri Kin,? Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia will end the .sclf-impos-eri exile ho began on June 15 nnd return to his capital here early next month The King left Pnompenh in protrst asainst France's tailure to grant Cambodia complete and unconditional independence. A.PAP - 47 words
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75 1953-10-24 1 PLANE 'SHOT DOWN': 35 KILLED— SWEDES BIERUT. Fri THIRTY-FIVE pa—ngeu and crew wore killed and two others seriously injured :n a Swedish airlinrr alleged U) have boon .stiot d<>wn by Israeli fighters, near the lirsu i I bane Syrian borders yesterday Tho condition of the two inns rod paisengen wasAP - 75 words
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Article68 1953-10-24 1 PORTSMOUTH. Fri. One man was seriously injured In a gun explosion on board Bri- tain's biggest aircraft carrier. I the Eagle 1 36.800 tons) last nifht The Eagle, flagship of the heavy squadron of the Home I Fleet. Is expected to arrive I here from Invergordon,Reuter - 68 words
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Article27 1953-10-24 1 On spy charge FRANKFURT. Fri.-The U.S. High Commission announced today the arrest of Georgi Khormuzhil, alias George Mueller, of Frankfurt, on charges of spying for Russia A.P.AP - 27 words
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Article37 1953-10-24 1 LONDON. Fri. Ru.ssian housewives are promised mot r food, bettor restaurants and shops and increased supplier, of refrigerators. wasMng marhines and vacuum cleaners under a government deerrr Issued in Moscow today, states a Tass message.37 words
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144 1953-10-24 1 CHURCHILL'S LATEST BOOK SERIALISED TH E Singapore Free F'rrss uil| serialise the rixtb and the last volume of Sir Winston Churchill's book "The Second World War." It covers the period from fhe Normandy landings to his resignation as Prime Minister on July 26, 1045. Extracts will appear from .Monday. The144 words
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Article39 1953-10-24 1 LONDON. Fri. The late Duke ot Westminster. Britain's richest private landowner, left itate valued at £10-1 000.000. Death duties of 80 per cent will have to be paid by the London portion of the estate.39 words
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Article23 1953-10-24 1 ILE ROUSSE. 'Corsica i. Fri —The former Sultan of Moroc- I co arrived here today to take I new residence. -ReuterReuter - 23 words
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Article82 1953-10-24 1 GEORGETOWN. Fri.—Colonel C. H. Ward. Commissioner of Police for British Guiana, said last night: "The danger of P. P.P. violence has not passed He said that the information in the British Government's White Paper on British Guiana about a fire plot was based on independent sourcesReuter - 82 words
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Article74 1953-10-24 1 LONDON. Fri— Michael John Davies. 20 was sentenced to death here yesterday for stabbine to death John Beckley. 17. in a teen-age gang .Ight in a suburban park Five of Davies' companions, who were originally also charged with the murder. worr last month sentenced t<:Reuter - 74 words
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95 1953-10-24 1 IPOH. Friday. A BUS went off the road at the 45th mile Cameron Highlands Road and plunged down an 85-foot ravine yesterday morning but the driver and passengers got out alive The bus was returning fr~m "Blue Valley" when it mi involved in95 words
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Article152 1953-10-24 1 LONDON. Fri. LIEUT. Colonel James Came. leader of the "Cilorious Clloucesfers during the Imjin Kiver battle in Korea in April 1951 has been awarded the Victoria Cross. Colonel Came returned home this month with freed prisoners of war. The 17-year-old Colonel will receive the award fromReuter - 152 words
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Article, Illustration322 1953-10-24 1 THESE EIGHT MEN HAVE EYES ON YOUR PAY PACKET IN EMPRESS PLACE, Singapore, the Government headquarters, at 10 a.m. today eight men will start talks which may eventually affect all who pay income tax in the Federation and Singapore, and perhaps some who do not pay now. They are members322 words
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Article41 1953-10-24 1 NEW DELHI, Fri.— The F< d rosi Society of Soviet ilissia nas given 250.000 rouoles < about £22.500) to the Indian Prime Minister's National Relief Fund for people affected by the recent floods in An.i:-.ra, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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Article66 1953-10-24 1 Police were civen a fresh tip last night in their hunt for the murderer of 16-year-oid schoolgirl Chine Geok Tin who was found strangled in Pearls Hill on Oct 12 The tip-off was contained in an anonymous letter addressed to a .nem her of66 words
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Article123 1953-10-24 1 Radio play on Malaya: Protest From HALL KO.MSEY LONDON, Fri. AT LEAST one former Malayan has protested to the BBC. about the play 'Tea with the Willises", which millions of Light Programme listeners heard on Wednesday night "There was a mistake in every line." said one Malayan who heard the123 words
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Article54 1953-10-24 1 HONG KONG. Fri— Six Chinese armed with shotguns and posing as policemen attempted to .steal a $150,000 luxury launch yesterday. They failed because in turning the launch they fouled its propeller with the anchor line of a fishing junk. The tAx men. wearing Hawaiian shirtsAP - 54 words
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Article24 1953-10-24 1 TAIPEH. Fri —The Nationalist Ambassador to Japan, Mr. Hollington Tong, here since Oct. 18 for talks, left tonight for Tokyo. A.P.AP - 24 words
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Article24 1953-10-24 1 HANOI. Fri. The French armoured spearhead which yesterday entered the undefended Vletmlnh regional headquarters of Phunoquan withdrew today aftei destroying Installations. Re.iter.Reuter - 24 words
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Article29 1953-10-24 1 WASHINGTON. Fri, Senator Alexander Smith, of thr Senate Foreign Relations Committee, plans to leave on October 31 for a tour of the Far East.- -U. P.29 words
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Article203 1953-10-24 1 INDONESIA TRADERS GET A NEW DEAL From a Special Correspondent THE Indonesian Government has announced new regulations for trade with Penam? and Singapore believed to be aimed at placating traders in Northern Sumatra's recent trouble spot at Acheen. From the first of next month, Indonesia will permit exports under the203 words
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Article53 1953-10-24 1 LONDON, Fri. The High Commissioner, Gen. Sir Gerald Templer is expected in London early next month He will be the guest of honour at a dinner at the House of Commons on November 10. The dinner is given by the Colonial Dining Club, consisting of53 words
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Article31 1953-10-24 1 TUNIS. Fri— Torrential rains sweeping Tunisia during the last 48 hours have killed a 12--year-old girl, injured fve I other people and brought heavy damage to crops. Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article305 1953-10-24 1 TIANG DUA DECLARED 'WHITE' TIANG DUA, Fri. rANG DUA. ten miles out of Malacca town, judged in July cleanest and most advanced of seven mew villages in central Malacca, was today declared white An Information Service van brought the good news ;U noun today T.ic loudspeakers told exettco groups of305 words
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Article31 1953-10-24 1 STRIKE THREAT TO C. 8. JETS LOS ANGELES. In Strike of 32,040 workers at aviation slants IfelwtaM to halt production I U. S. air force's supersoma Jet fighters.— O.P.31 words
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Advertisement20 1953-10-24 1 PERFECT AFTEH ICECREAM' COO) fTOOACt yT^ IJC^S\ CQEAMCDIIS ITtX A^C. I y-belWdrives SOU AGBNTt; LINDETEVES KUALA LUMPUR PENANG IPOH SINGAPORE20 words
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Advertisement41 1953-10-24 1 HO HONG Oil MIUS LTD 6S.OWUAST mmx.. »f i »»-«u natural-looking llMifefeL HL-Im[! lustre^ '"■•*^P V o C ~\st- contains no gum, ***^£Z£* f r jr 6 c 'very tnorn^ H y^^^^^^v throu&n the J QfctM '^et -rr^J^^^^ Bh mr t41 words
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253 1953-10-24 2 HIGH BIRTH RATE PUTS HOSPITALS ON 'CRISIS' SCHEDULE CINGAPORE'S soaring birth rate has forced the Government to run the medical service almost as an emergency service, the Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, said at a Press conference yesterday. Before the war, only about 100,000 people a year253 words
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Article, Illustration144 1953-10-24 2 THE story of two lovers sailed into Singapore yesterday in the liner Asia. On the left above are Miss Swe« Sum Lai and her fiance, Mr. Fu-Ho Chan, who were reunited in Singapore after five y»ir§. Mr. Fu-Ho Chan, an old boy of Victoria Institution.144 words
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Article114 1953-10-24 2 STORM OVER NEW SCHOOL UNIFORMS PARENTS of nearly 'iOO I pupils at Anthony Koad Afternoon school Singapore were worried last wrek, because their children had been told to set a new school uniform to differentiate them from the morning school Kirls. This means $'25 rxtra expense foe each family. The114 words
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Article65 1953-10-24 2 MACAO. Fri. A big fire today destroyed Msl million worth of strategic rubber tyn?s and tubes stored near the Macao waterfront. Police suspected the fire, which was punctuators with two sharp explosions, was purposely set. It followed hy two days the sentencing in Macao courtsUP - 65 words
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Article40 1953-10-24 2 PARIS, Fri —The French Assembly today approved the government's agricultural policy. It passed by 298 votes to 260 a motion giving general approval to the steps so far taken by the Government to help farmers.— Reuter.Reuter - 40 words
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Article23 1953-10-24 2 RANGOON. Fri A large build-up of Chinese Nationalist irregulars alonit the Tenna-serim-Siamese border was reported on Thursday. APAP - 23 words
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Article130 1953-10-24 2 Denied they were her relatives A WOMAN, 59, Cheng Puay. charged in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday related to a man wno said he with vagrancy, denied she was I was her son-m-iaw. She said the same thing when a woman stated she was her adopted daughter. The prosecution130 words
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Article79 1953-10-24 2 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT is confident of getting nursing recruits locally, said Dr W J Vickers, Director of Medical Cervices, Singapore, yesterday. "I am not anxious to take i nurses from elsewhere if I can avoid it," he said. Although the drive next I month to recruit 10079 words
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Article110 1953-10-24 2 The latest list of donors to I the Singapore Anti-Tuber- eulMta Association is: Army Pay and Records office. Paslr Panjang $187.93; John Llttl* and Co. Ltd. $143.21; Mrs. C. E. Hudson $110; A.ionymous »100; Medical Hall $98 93: Khalsa Dhar- mab Subha *80.25; Major and Mrs.110 words
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Article139 1953-10-24 2 WHEN Low Ah Boon was convicted in a Singapore court yesterday of housebreaklng and theft, the Judge. Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam. told him: •The only evidence against you la that of the finger print rxprrt'" Low broke into a house in Changi Road, belonging tc Young139 words
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185 1953-10-24 2 ALDERSHOT, Friday. CJAPPER John Graham Plumridge was sentenced to one year's gaol and an ignominious discharge from the Army here yesterday for desertion in a bid to got into Russia. He got to within half a mile of Russia before he was caught onReuter - 185 words
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Article69 1953-10-24 2 Govt. offers more pay to 5,000 rE Singapore Government's new salary scheme for higher paid employees was given to the Council of Action yesterday. The scheme, if implemented, will give more pay to about 5.000 workers in the D.v. 1. II I and 111 categories. The proposals were workea out69 words
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Article23 1953-10-24 2 TELUK ANSON. Thurs Mrs A. Halliday has been appointed the organiser for Poppy Day Appeal in Lower Perak this 1 year.23 words
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Article70 1953-10-24 2 WASHINGTON, Fri. A high-level Japanese mission has told the United States GoTernment that Japan wants Atrtrican economic aid as well as military assistance. Mr. Havato Ikeda, special envoy of Jananese Prime Minister, Mr. Shijeru Yoshida, and the head of the mission in the defence talksReuter - 70 words
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241 1953-10-24 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Friday. K LUANG goes to the polls for the first time on Nov. 7 to elect nine Town Councillors. A remarkable feature of the election is that two candidates are standing for two wards at the same time. They are Mr.241 words
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Article129 1953-10-24 2 FLIGHT Lieutenant R. L. E Burton, winner of the recent Brltaln-Christchurch (New Zealand i air race, is piloting one of the two Royal j Air Force Canberras which will arrive at Chanel, Singapore, from Perth tomorrow afternoon. Pilot of the other Canberra will be Flight-Lieut.129 words
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Article67 1953-10-24 2 BELFAST. Fri.— The nroBritish Unionist (Conservative) Party, which has been in office since 1921, retained power in yesterday's Northern Ireland Parliamentary elections. Twenty-one members of the Government Party were returned unopposed. The Prime Minister, Lord Brookeborough, was one of them. The party needed to win only sixReuter - 67 words
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Article67 1953-10-24 2 LONDON. Fri. Sir Wlnstnn Churchill called in his military > advisers to a Cabinet meeting yesterday to discuss the failun of the Anglo-Egyptian negotiators to agree at their Cair talks on the evacuation of Britain's 70 000 Suez garrison. Diplomatic sources said th< main issueReuter - 67 words
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Article42 1953-10-24 2 COLOMBO, Fri —Ceylon's I Minister for Industries and Fisheries, Mr. O. O. Ponnambalam. resigned last night. He had been requested to give up hLs portfolio by the new Prime Minister, Sir John Kotelawala. soon after ne formed his cabinet.— Reuter.Reuter - 42 words
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Advertisement111 1953-10-24 2 protected from even the finest metallic dust by the famous Amazma accuracy under seemingly impossible waterproof Oyster case conditions that is the characteristic j "*^M'- TT^Mlff c!g? of the Tudor Oyster Prince. Permanently /^^pnP waterproof in its Oyster case. sel)-wound by its patented "rotor" mechanism, this distinguished tsZZ^L watch has111 words
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Advertisement117 1953-10-24 2 PUBLIC NOTICES APPOINTMENTS TENDER NOTICES etc. PAI. I 8 IF YOU WANT MILK THAT IS THE BEST. Ui«tnbut*d hy: Connell Bros. Co. (M) MH. Singapore— Kuala l.umpur Prnang Malacca I pnh f \tt time History Making SALE CAPITOL SILK SHOP Ccnuine American Arrow shirt $8.90 each Ccnuine American Bamboo Sharktkin117 words
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Miscellaneous288 1953-10-24 2 Straits linns Crossword 11 26 I Illlllli"! i""i" jb r^ AC '*°S» 12. He works ln a way (7). 1. A Might error it mast be said 13. The person to make a set 14 a, s, mr; ,i (7) 9. Music makes Time in a rage 15. Goln B288 words
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Article311 1953-10-24 3 But greater food imports j cut balance LONDON, Friday. BRITAIN'S external payments were still running on the right side in the first half of this year, the Treasury announced last night, but by a much smaller margin than in the previous half year. The surplusReuter - 311 words
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127 1953-10-24 3 Troops out to beat London oil strike LONDON, Fri. rE Government today railed in troops to avoid paralyse of London transport nnri industry resulting from n strike of petrol truck drivers. The Labour Minister, Sir Walter Monekton. told the House of Commons thr t vnro arriving torinv and would aAP - 127 words
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Article109 1953-10-24 3 BIG TOLL IN ITALY FLOODS REGGIO CALABRIA. Fri. rpORRENTIAL rains early ■i- today poured down upon the stricken toe of the Italian "boot", sending more flooded homes tumbling like those which killed at least 80 and perhaps as many as 200 yesterday. Many of the victims were children. Sodden rescueAP - 109 words
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Article32 1953-10-24 3 NEW YORK. Frl.— Senator Joseph McCarthy said yesterday he had information that "too Soviet scientists" had acauired material from the secret Evans radar laboratory :r New Jersey —Reuter.Reuter - 32 words
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Article27 1953-10-24 3 LONDON. Fri.— Lord Cherwell, a member of the Cabinet and Sir Winston Churchill's adviser on atomic affairs, has decided to resign from the Government. Reuter.Reuter - 27 words
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Article31 1953-10-24 3 ROME. Fri.— Strikes coit Italian industry, agriculture and commerce 183.146.000 man-hours between the beginning of 1949 and the end <>r 1952, according to official figures just issued.— ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article216 1953-10-24 3 JERUSALEM, Friday. AN Israeli freight train was blown up by mines near the border of Jordan today and the United Nations mixed armistice commission hastily convened to hear angry Israeli accusations of sabotage against their Arab neighbour. Thirteen cars of the 52-car train were hurled offReuter; UP - 216 words
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Article107 1953-10-24 3 Woke up in the wrong country DINKIRK, Fri. T^VO Englishmen woke ■1 up on a train in Dunkirk yesterday morning and found they were at the wrong; station in fact the\ were in the wronu country. Mechanic Frank Lee. 29. and chauffeur Ernie Pape. 30. were celebrating in London becauseReuter - 107 words
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Article27 1953-10-24 3 WASHINGTON. Fri.—Admiral Robert B. Carney, United States Chief of Naval Operations said today that the Soviet Union "Is building merchant ships like mad." Reuter.Reuter - 27 words
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Article72 1953-10-24 3 NEW YORK, Fri.— T h e United States notified the United Nations yesterday that it is withdrawing its weathet ships from the North Atlantic. They were part of a fleet ol 25 under the general direction of the U.N.s International Civil Aviation Organisation. Withdrawal of theAP - 72 words
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Article27 1953-10-24 3 GENEVA, Fri— Japan is certain to obtain the necessary majority to win accession as an associate member of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Reuter.Reuter - 27 words
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170 1953-10-24 3 Eden to unveil bust of the Dockers' K.C. LOT -DON. Fri. MR. Anthony Eden, the Biitish Foreign Secretary, will unveil at the Foreign Office next month a bust of the 'ate Mr. Ernest Bevin— the only Foreign Secretary to be honoured this way during this rcntury. The bronze bust ofReuter - 170 words
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Article47 1953-10-24 3 LONDON. Fri —The House of Commons will debate the EuroDean situation with particular reference to Trieste on Wednesday. It was also stated that Parliament would be prorogued next Thursday and it was expected the new session would be opened on November 3 Reuter.Reuter - 47 words
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Article30 1953-10-24 3 BELGRADE, Frl. Two issues of the American masar.mv Timr havr hern banned in Yugoslavia brcau.se they contain reports calculated to damage "state and national interests."— Reutcr.Reuter - 30 words
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Article, Illustration209 1953-10-24 3 SALISBURY. Fri REGULATIONS for the first orthodox political elections ever to be held in Nyasaland make it unlikely, according to officials, that many, if any. Africans will be able to vote for Nyasaland's candidates for the Federal Parliament. The regulations, to De published today in theReuter - 209 words
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Article53 1953-10-24 3 NEW DELHI. Fri.— The India Government has ruled that former Indian princes must pay taxes like any other citizen oh income derived from sources other than the Privy Purse and investment in Government securities. Before independence, princes were free rrom all taxes as rulers ofReuter - 53 words
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Article170 1953-10-24 3 NEW YORK, Friday. PAKISTAN last night accused South Africa of trying to "slam the door" on negotiations over the treatment of its Indian and Pakistan minorities by pushing through a race segregation act which only aggravated the situation. But Pakistan's Rahat Chatarl told the U.N. SpecialAP - 170 words
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Article276 1953-10-24 3 LONDON. Frl. THE strike of London petrol distributing workers unsettled the I/indon dtork Ex' hanße today, but tne undertone in most section* MM linn. Far Eastern issues were again quiet. Teas and rubbers were only occasionally mentioned, but among banks Hongkong advanced. In «hlppings proti i -taking caused276 words
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Article28 1953-10-24 3 LONDON. Oct. 23. Cash Buyers £620: Sellers £622> 2 Forward Buyers £600; Sellers £601 > 2 Settlement. £617 J 2 Turnover a.m. 10 tons, p.m. 45 tons.28 words
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Article31 1953-10-24 3 LONDON. Oct. 22 Spot lHUrf. Nov. 16 Dec. 18Sd.. Jan-Mar 16 d.. Apr. -June 17d.. July-Sept 17d.. Ocr c.l.f. lfi'jd.. Nov. c.l.f. 16\d. Dec. c.l.f. 16 -d. Tone: Steady31 words
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Article28 1953-10-24 3 MANILA, Fri. Two Indonesian officials left by plane for Tokyo today on a factfinding mis&ion that w.ll survey Japan's capacity to pay reparations to Indonesia.— U.P.UP - 28 words
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Article32 1953-10-24 3 MANILA, Fri An I- ian store here was robbed of US$7OO worth of goods. Among the items missin- were Philippine currency not on display as prizes for a contest.— A.P.AP - 32 words
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Advertisement229 1953-10-24 3 PERFECT! w. VB Good chefs know there's nothing tired about appetites. A hearty nourishing meal is always welcome to the table and yX TAII fills the bill! A rich and succulent dish. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. •vl u tig iff a #/fff//~ PHILIPS! r ■> h. J Radios jT229 words
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Article, Illustration62 1953-10-24 4 KARLYN WINSEK. 9. prow, ll y holds the Italian doll she brought back with her to S ingapore from Europe in the liner Asia yesterday. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Winser, bought the doll, with its green silk dress and matching silk hat, as62 words
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329 1953-10-24 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. JVIORE than one thousand schoolboys throujfhout Malaya have told Malay Regiment Officers who have been visiting their schools that they would like to join the Federation Military College at Port Dickson. Many of the boys will be disappointed for there329 words
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101 1953-10-24 4 IPOH, Fri. |7<OR stealing a hen r worth $5 from the barracks at the Central Police Station, where he was a sweeper, M. Ramasamy, 23, was today fined $200 or three months' gaol by the Ipoh Magistrate, Inche Abdullah Ghazalli. R a101 words
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Article117 1953-10-24 4 rO friends. Goh Yam Jou and Ang Sin Jin. living in I the same house in Jalan Kem--1 angan, off Changi Road Sirj fell out after being rDbbed. a Singapore court was told yesterday. Goh accused Ang of open- ing the door to let the robbers117 words
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Article68 1953-10-24 4 A 43-year-old labourer. Lee Sin Hee, was fatally injured yesterday in a collision between his bicycle and a motor car at the junction of Havelock and New Bridge Roads, Singapore. Lee died four hours after admission to the General Hospital. Traffic Police last night appealed for68 words
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Article50 1953-10-24 4 Ration rice for Muar district for the week starting on Oct. 26 is: High Siam white 5 per cent, brokens 41 cents, 25 per cent. High Siam white 5 a per cent, 41 cents, 25 per cent. Medium Burma Ngas in 34 cents, 50 per cent.50 words
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Article62 1953-10-24 4 Because a police lieutenant, the main witness, was not ln court the Eighth Singapore Magistrate. Inche A. W. Ghows yesterday discharged Shah Hamid bin Kather, who was charged with assaulting a police officer. It was stated that when a police corporal tried to put Shah in62 words
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Article42 1953-10-24 4 PENANG, Frl. -Mr. P. U. David of Ipoti Lane Penang, has been appointed Group Officer, Group "E" of the Tenants Registration Unit. Penang. Mr. David takes over from Mr. Ong Joo Sun who relinquished the appointment because of ill health.42 words
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110 1953-10-24 4 Driver cries in court plea heeded A SINGAPORE driver, Duiia Singh, cried in court yesterday when he heard a magistrate say that disqualification from driving was the usual penalty for using motor vehicles., without being covered against third party risk He had pleaded guilty ln the First Traffic Police Court110 words
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Article67 1953-10-24 4 Ton Singapore hotel and lodging housp-keepers were fined a total of $810 in the Fourth District Court yester- i day for failing to register particulars of lodgers during August and September. All were found guilty but one. Chew Tong Shing, of Ban Joo Siang lodging67 words
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Article43 1953-10-24 4 Ong Choo Seng and Ong Chwee Nai were charged in Singapore yesterday with having dutiable liquor and one complete still. Both claimed trial and the case was adjourned to Nov. 23. Bail of $1,000 in two sureties was allowed.43 words
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Article214 1953-10-24 4 A SENIOR INVESTIGATOR for N.A.A.F.I. in the Far A East Land Forces. Mr. W. J. Williams, said in a Singapore court yesterday that when he told Boey Pang Eng, a canteen manager, charged with criminal breach of trust, that his friend. Foo Chee Hon. had214 words
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Article45 1953-10-24 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Frl— Two miles of track at Serom Tinggi, Muar, are to be converted into a proper road at a cost of $5,600 The kampong people will provide the labour, which is estimated at $3,000, and the balance by RIDA.45 words
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Article, Illustration219 1953-10-24 4 RETURNING a misadventure verdict on Tham Cheong. a paper man, the Singapore Coroner. Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday recommended that Scan Boon Peng, the driver of the car which knocked down Tham be charged with negligent driving resulting in a serious accident and loss of219 words
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Article19 1953-10-24 4 MERSING. Fri— Kok Seng was fined $5 by the Mersing Macistratp for hawking food without a licence.19 words
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Article84 1953-10-24 4 Sng Teng Chye alias Soon Ah Chye, charged with forgery and theft in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday, was committed to the assizes. The prosecution said that on Apr. 10 Sng forged a cheque on the Bank of China, at Remington Rand Ltd.. in the John84 words
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54 1953-10-24 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— The Social Welfare Department. Johore, sent thre? Malay boys to the Ooh Ban Huat Pottery. Kuala Lumpur, to be trained in pottery making. The experiment failed as none of the boys stuck it long enough to pick up the trade They have54 words
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Article44 1953-10-24 4 An offer of a 25 per cent, composition by Koh Yong Kwop. 40. a watch dealri, to his eight unsecured creditors to whom he owes $31,870. was approved by Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore HKh Court yesterday.44 words
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Article37 1953-10-24 4 Mr. John Ede, a director of Cathay Finance Co.. who marries Miss Amy Laycock, a City Councillor, on Friday, has received as a wedding present a gramophone, from the staff of Cathay Organ*isation.37 words
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Article29 1953-10-24 4 KLUANO. Fri— Ahmad bin Ramlt, a 20-year-old Javanese, was acquitted and discharged on a charge of stealing a wallet from Mr. B. M. Mac Arthur of Kelabang Estate.29 words
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Article30 1953-10-24 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri Cpl. Abdullah bin Majld, of the Johore police, has been awarded the Commissioner's Commendation for Merit in recognition of his work at Layang Layang, Johore.30 words
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Advertisement209 1953-10-24 4 LAST ,10,,, n. us. DAY! A SSHHBp^ 6.30, 9.30 WSjSsEaW Wt Plu8! THE Denise DARCEL 1 J^y^llFJ 3 STOOGES Patric KNOWi.ES Starting EL Tomorrow! P YOU HAVEN'T SEEN W ANYTHING YET UNTIL YOU SEE.... SAUCY. SEAY M |k SKiUJCTtVE French lit until who 9 ntnre antnrnuM than Anther! AS PORTRAYED209 words
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Advertisement343 1953-10-24 4 JT\ CATHAY ORGANISATION JTjL ATTRACTIONS Tj|r opens today m n am ]i 0 40 .B^rwAt'ifioVt ~cX k Jo? 6.45 9.30 P.M. p*»^oN OUR FULL -STAGE PANORAMIC SCREEN ««»r; TODAY I WILL STEAL A MILLION DOLLARS! I KISSED MY WIFE AM) CHILD. < I LKFT MY lIOrSK THK SAMK WAV EVERYTHING.343 words
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Miscellaneous160 1953-10-24 4 SINCAPORF sole: 103 Rhythm ln the Sun -715 Momlng Star: 730 News; B. B. C. 7.3S Edmundo Roe, 8 T^ike It fro.n Here; 830 Hospitals Half Hour; 102 5 p.m. Editorial*; 5.15 "Ray's a Henri Rene. Orchefra; 130 News; Laugh"; 5.45 World Affairs; 6 150 Songs by Guy Mitrhell; 2160 words
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Article, Illustration239 1953-10-24 5 Give rubber a square tax deal, says Palmer PENANG, Friday. -[•HE MALAYAN GOVERNMENT must make "drastic" changes in its policy towards rubber if it expects this industry to survive, Sir Sydney Palmer, Chairman of the British Rubber Development Board said here today. Sir Sydney, who arriyed here in the Chusan239 words
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Article, Illustration33 1953-10-24 5 MR. E. M. F. PAYNE, acting Deputy Director of Education, Federation, is seen above addressing: Selangor teachers who celebrated "Teachers Day" with a dinner at the 8.8. Park, Kuala Lumpur. Straits Times picture.33 words
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Article142 1953-10-24 5 CALL FOR RUBBER ROADS PENANG, Frl. rIS time for Malaya, as one of the biggest rubber producers, to show the world that rubber roads are an economic proposition Sir Sydney Palmer, chairman of the British Rubber Development Board, said today. Sir Sydney, who visited America six weeks ago, told the142 words
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Article302 1953-10-24 5 Heavy sales bring down the price AFTER a partial recovery early in the week, heavy selling in New York again shook the market and prices I declined to below the flfty- five cents level here, says Lewis md Peafs report It is reported that new inducement given to some ex-302 words
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Article, Illustration247 1953-10-24 5 SINGAPORE will see top-line London and American stage shows next year if the plans of Mr. Eric Edgley succeed. Mr. Edgley. who is a representative of His Majesty's Theatre Company. Perh. Australia said yesterday: "Singapore is missing a lot of opportunities to see first-class247 words
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Article788 1953-10-24 5 The followinn passengers will disembark in Singapore from the 24,215-ton liner Chusan, which is expected to arrive in the Colony tomorrow, i FIRST CLAM Anderson. Mr. At Mrs. D. E. L. and 2 hildren; Arthur, Mr. J. F.; Allrn. Mr. A: Mrs. G. C. Ball. Mr.788 words
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Article187 1953-10-24 5 labour and trade union leaders yesterday welcomed the introduction of a central provident fund by describing it as the "first bold step of the Government to safeguard the workers as a whole." They, however, urged that the Government should cut all its "red tape* and adopt187 words
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Article83 1953-10-24 5 CANDIDATE WILL NOT STAND THE Singapore Progressive Party has agreed to allow Mr. Frank James, its candidate for East Ward in the next City Council elections, to withdraw for health reasons. The name of another candidate will be announced in a few day.-,, said Mr. A. P. Rajah, a vice-president,83 words
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Article62 1953-10-24 5 Amar S;ngh. son of Hijara Singh, was fined J250 in the Singapore First Traffic Police Court yesterday and disqualified from getting a licence for motor cycles for a year. He had pleaded guilty before Mr. F. A. Chua. the magistrate, to riding a motor cycle without62 words
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236 1953-10-24 5 PARTY'S PLATFORM FOR CITY ELECTION 'THE Singapore ProgresA sive Party yesterday announced a revised ninepoint party programme for the December City Council elections. The party also announced its new general policy— lncreased output In all forms of work and thus a higher standard of living for all. This can be236 words
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Article61 1953-10-24 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Lim Eng Tong, charged with failing to submit an income tax return, was absent when his case was called in the Magistrate's Court. A warrant was issued for his arrest. The warrant was later withdrawn when the magistrate found a letter waiting61 words
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Advertisement206 1953-10-24 5 UGLYSKIN diseases now! Alhamed CO go out with Tour friends because of ugly spots »nd pimples Does skin irritation and itching give you restless, sleepless nighis Clear up your skin trouble nrmr— with D.D.D. Fnd the discomfort, pain and embarrassment once and for all with the quick, certain action ot206 words
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Advertisement222 1953-10-24 5 ACHIEVEMENT "ROLLS ROYCE DERBY MAGNIFICENT DART ENCINES TURNED FAULTLESSLY LONDON CHRISTCHURCH MORE THAN 125 MILLION REVOLUTIONS WITHOUT A MURMUR AND HARDLY A SOUND BEA CREW ARRIVED FRESH AND READY FOR MORE THANKS TO TURBO PROP SMOOTHNESS GRATEFUL THANKS PETER MASEFIELD" Cabk received from Chief Executive, SEA. Chrhliliunli. Xew Zealand on222 words
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Miscellaneous409 1953-10-24 5 WEEKEND DIARY TODAY Inited Nations Day— UN. Exhibition at Victoria Memorial Hall. Opening by Commissioner-Genera I Mr. Mukulm MacDonald. 4 p.m. Kim's Brigade Singapore Bati.ili.m annual Review Sc Display al Empri'w Plate und Victoria Theatre 5 pm. Reviewing Officer: the Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm M.uDonald Teacher*' Traininc College: Comint niDiiUion Day409 words
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Obituary110 1953-10-24 6 7A Horrf. SI" (minimum) BEGG: On Oct. 16th, 1953. very suddenly, at 18, Lochmore House. London, SW.I., Norman PraMC Buchanan Begc. dearly loved husband of Olive, nnd beloved father of Jean and Hugh, aged 61. MR. HEW KIM SWEE, a=rd 69. passed away on 22nri October Funeral will take110 words
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Article48 1953-10-24 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 29 H ards (minimum) JOHN TAN BAN HL'AT and family and Ban Kia' exp-ess their sincere thanks to all relatives and friends who kindly attended night and funeral of Mac am Wee Seok Yon (Tubak) as well as tho.se who gave cash, loan of cars and wreath*.48 words
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Article172 1953-10-24 6 20 H'nrWa (minimum) RIVERLINE: Rherhnr. RiverlinePnrrlme: Riverline: Riverline: Riverline: Riverline: Riverline: Ri 1 erline: HATS for weddings, cocktail parties, home leave and cvtrv occasion. By Continental Designer. The Hat box Winter. 18. Battery Road MATERNITY frock*. .«n ock.« skirts, ready-made or made to measure. All guarantees washable. Duncan's 11172 words
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Article709 1953-10-24 6 Another Look Back It would do us all a lot of i good to look back now and then i to see what we have said on previous occasions. If we do not, there is a danger that our professions may become too far divergent from our practice The quotation709 words
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Article547 1953-10-24 6 I - If the agreement which France has reached with Laos can be taken as a model, there are possibilities now of a new political arrangement in Indo-China that could have important effects on Vietnam's war against the Communists. Unfortunately the situation is not quite as simple as547 words
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Article, Illustration1130 1953-10-24 6 I - I *^sBK2 'THE Singapore GovernA ment was luckier in Tuesday's debate on income tax than it deserved to be. Two Unofflcials were absent. Had the Progressive Party leader. Mr C. C. Tan. and the member for the Singapore Chamber of Commerce. Sir Ewen Ferßiisson, ueen present,1,130 words
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Article83 1953-10-24 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO From The Straits Times of October 24, 1903. WE are Informed that negotiations are afoot between a local syndicate and H.H. the Sultan of Johore, with the object of securinc a lease of His Hifrhnrss' private training track near Johore Bahru, and transforming it into a public83 words
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Article846 1953-10-24 6 A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK MALAYA is a land of many proples. that is one reason why I like it. Therein lie:; much of its fascination. But at a time when Malaya is battling towards nationhood. the fact presents certain obvious difficulties and as things are .shaping in the political field they846 words
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Advertisement623 1953-10-24 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. U Hnrrfi $16 (minimum) TUCKER: To j a n-\ wife of Norman Tucker, a daughter at K K Hospital, on 23rd October. JOHNSON: To Jean, wife of E. O. Johnson, a daughter, Jennifer Jean, on 22nd October, at Batu Oajah. JEFFERY: To Sylvia, wife of HO. JerTery, a623 words
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Advertisement59 1953-10-24 6 Tht German 2xB mm cine Alza-Jl&bomatic with builr-in exposure meter to I give perfectly exposed pictures at all timri. This fine precision camera has an ultra-fast fI.S normal and a f 2.8 3k telcphoto lenses, plus many ticlutivc features. Price $725/- including case. Model S2T (without exposure me'er, $625/-. Sole59 words
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Advertisement62 1953-10-24 6 AC 2 --.nnnnnnnnnn/w-H-ireMai WHEN J Jo*'- \\k-J^S SPEED Xi IN TRANSIT -S^^T^!l^fr IS ESSENTIAL "^^«W^ USE AIR CARGO DON'T BE LATE IOW RATES LOW INSURANCE LESS HANDLING Tgß^T^y LESS PACKING NO WORRY MALAYAN AIRWAYS *j I B^P*^L^B^BB a^a^^ I al B W k»^ J ff^^H HICH Q UAUTY ■^yaHi HICH62 words
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Article1184 1953-10-24 7 Kept pestering me —story from witness box pRIVATE HAMMOND GILLON, who is accused of 1 murdering dance hostess Doreen Pereira told the jury at Singapore Assizes yesterday: "I put my hands round her throat... l was squeezing hard.. .she was pestering me to marry her."1,184 words
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Article51 1953-10-24 7 Tan Mong Khuang. ag»d 2' 1 a clerk, was adjudicated bankrupt -in the Singapore High Court yesterday on hiown petition. Tan's liabilities amounted to $2,830 and his monthly salary is $262. Mr. Justice Knight ordered him to pay the Official A.s.^it:nee $20 monthly beginning from Nov.51 words
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Article34 1953-10-24 7 Seven hundred and twentythree babies were born in Singapore against 181 deaths during the week ended October 17. Main causes of death were- pneumonia 26. tuberculosis 17. and enteritis 1634 words
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343 1953-10-24 7 THE hattlt nf the bugles, which has been raging at the I'nivrrsity of Malaya for 12 days, has entered a new phase deadlock. Ei)thty-six medical students, who were involved in rowdyism at the Federal Hostel on the null! following the Convocition, .said yesterday that343 words
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Article, Illustration245 1953-10-24 7 KIND LADY HELPS THE TRAGIC TRIPLETS MALACCA, Fri. rpHE visitor to the materA nlty ward of the Malacca General Hospital watched the four-day-old triplets pushing their little fists Into the air "They are such lovely children," she said. Then she handed $5 to Madam Chaw Hong Fan, who may be245 words
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97 1953-10-24 7 rpHE 11.086-ton Panamanian ship Seven Seas, which two months ago caused $250.--000 loss to the owners through a 40-minute flre in the engine room left Singapore yesterday for Aden and Bremefhaven. On the immigrant run from Europe to Australia, the Sev»n Sra.s was recently chartered97 words
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Article52 1953-10-24 7 Mi,ss M. Irven. the new offl-cer-in-charge of St. John Brigade team in the Federation, arrived in Singapore from Britain yesterday. She wa.s met at Kallane Airport by Mrs. D. W. G. Faris. District Superintendent of St John Brigade tNursingt, Singapore. Miss Irven will leave for Kua'.a52 words
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Article, Illustration138 1953-10-24 7 A NEW Singapore court opens today. Called the Ninth Police Court, it will occupy one of the two Coroners' Courts in South Bridge Road. Mr. R. B. I. Pates, a magistrate, formerly of the Sixth Police Court, will preside. Mr. Pates la succeeded in138 words
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Article49 1953-10-24 7 Dangerous badges costs him $20 Expired taxi licence badges are "dangerous things" to keep in Singapore because unauthorised persons may get hold of them. Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn, City Police Magistrate, said yesterday. Chow Fatt Chee pleaded guilty to failing to return his taxi badge, and was fined $20.49 words
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Article26 1953-10-24 7 Singapore police last night seized $400 worth of opium in a raid on a coffee shop in Teolk Ayer Street. A man wa.s detained.26 words
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Article20 1953-10-24 7 MUAR. Frl— For selling pork without a licence at Jalan Abdullah, Jan Khal Hong was fined $20.20 words
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Article119 1953-10-24 7 ■JAROLD Williams last r.ight gay,. a song recital at the Oel Tiong Ham Hall. University df Malaya He thrilled a packed audience. which included many University students, with the full range of his art a range that "Elijah" could not fully explore. His 22 songs comprised the119 words
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Article180 1953-10-24 7 'THE Sinfapore Harbrur Board Labour Union repre- senting about 4,000 workers yesterday asked the board chairman, Mr. P. A. T. Chrimes, to amend its wage claim by adding a fresh demand for more wages. I Since last year the union has been negotiating with180 words
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81 1953-10-24 7 THE 27.000 ton United Stages aircraft carrier Champlain, with the four destroyers Caperton.- Daskiell. Darteh and Oatling arrives in Singapore today. The flotilla, which is on coodwill mission is on the wav home from Korea. All five ships are scheduled to leave Singapore on81 words
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Article136 1953-10-24 7 Government politics ban may end rE SINGAPORE Government has agreed in principle to allow certain of its employees to take part in pol itics Mr C Karthigesu. the council of Action Secretary, said I this yesterday after a fouri hour meeting between the Government and 14 reprcsen--1 tatives of its136 words
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Article45 1953-10-24 7 The forty-fourth annual dinner and dance of the Scottish Universities will be held at the Adelphi Hotel grill room on Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. Dinner will co^t $10 per head. Apply to Mr. W. D Craiß. University of Malaya. Singapore 10.45 words
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Article131 1953-10-24 7 Nixon will speak at UN Day show TODAY Ls United Nations Day. In Singapore, the United Nations Association and the Public Relations Office have organised a Untied Nations Exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall, which the Commis-sioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald 'vill open at 4 p.m. One of the speakers131 words
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266 1953-10-24 7 POLICE PROBE CHARGE OF 'LAZINESS' SINGAPORE Police Headquarters is inquiring into an allegation that two robbers, who last week broke into a hairdressing saloon in Geylang Road, escaped arrest through "sheer laziness" on the part of two policemen. A girl in the saloon on the first floor of the building266 words
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Article198 1953-10-24 7 NON-STOP DRIVER HIT HIM A MIDDLE-AGED hawker who was injured tn a road accident at midnight on May 29 said tn a Singapore traffic court yesterday that he "did not know what hit him. But his 10-year-old son. Han Jock Phuan, who ni with him. said his father. Han Lee198 words
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Article60 1953-10-24 7 Officers and men of the 1 t Battalion. The Royal Ulster Rifles, who have been In Korea and Hong Kong, are in the troop-ship Empire Fowey which will call at Singapore tomorrow on their way home. One hundred and five veterans from Korea were among troops60 words
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Advertisement152 1953-10-24 7 (HOUSEHOLD Wtfi APPLIAN c"Ts~) BRITAIN S BEST IN DOMESTIC APPLIANCES Months' .ii.irantrr A full rincf available from authorized dealer* In Malaya Elertrie Irnn.v Hairdryers. Tons'ei*. Kettle*. Travelling Irons, etc. f.rMnlnva C. 0. IOAAU UU., LIP. S'pnre-1. Tfl. 4Rn.S EIfiCCS World Famous /r^x^\ Conductors 33V\ and Orchittras mM oaiLM U ,/^>152 words
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Advertisement43 1953-10-24 7 Rainwear wkf BY REGENT STREET m HI WOOL GABERDINE RAINCOATS Double breasted belted, with inset slteves and slit through pockets. Light Fawn in colour. m W- TELEFUC A BUSH RADIO PATENT DEVICE FOR LOGGING SHORT-WAVE STATIONS „v. out II \KI> ROAD, >in«. U43 words
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Miscellaneous154 1953-10-24 7 The Weather Minimum temperature: (7.30 p.m. on Oct. 22 to 7.30 a.m. on Oct. 23; Singapore 75 degrees, Penang 74, Kota Bahru 74. Kuala Lumpur 73. Ipoh 74, Kuantan 73. Maximum temperature: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Oct. 23): Singapore 89, Penang 84, Kota Bahru 88, Kuala Lumpur 89.154 words
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Article176 1953-10-24 8 Thf Singapore rubb**r marKet opened stradlrr jresterday but eased during the afternoon and November first closed at 55J cents a pound three-eighths of a cent below Thursday's close During the day November first grade had reached 56J cents. The market opened steadier on better London and New York176 words
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Article103 1953-10-24 8 CHIPS lying alongside the Slnca--0 pore Harbour Board wharves or ■xpected today are:— Empire Powey 1 2. Dolly Turimn 15. Aloe C.P., Mormacflr 6«7 Tatuiiva Maru 89. Mataram 13 14. Benalban:ich IS IC. Mirza 18. Si'inloeni: 1920. Reneani N. Wall 4 lun» Ann N Wall 8. Charon 23103 words
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Article21 1953-10-24 8 The prire of tin in Sines porr .vrsterday was declared I at S.'M.s:;. a pirul, down 1 .'l cents.21 words
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Article120 1953-10-24 8 Australian stocks MELBOURNE. Fit J'HE Mit-i^tli of the jjeneral m*m*mmt n.arkel vim fully maintained on the st<Hk Exchansp today .11 i.dlvc trading. Confidant blanniK lor many Imh Hrted the general level of prl blgber levels. Bondl mat steady, three issur, ii-Mif! and two easing on a moderate 1 111 mover.120 words
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Article128 1953-10-24 8 STL." Lhe P rev l( >u.s rec.nrry Tr«din K tendea to dwindle and "—tew Matures a s lhf I »how«J nUMr evenly divided monlj tnicliotial changes. Sentiment remained cheerful. TlUj was helped by uiUclpMloil "f conunued high r.rrn price Mmpori rj-newed talk of tax reduc.om for' the fiscal128 words
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Article75 1953-10-24 8 Sineapore hinrsr Trndnre rArhancr: Noon prices per picul wire: Copra: quiet; November $38 buyers. $38', sellers; Deremhrr *3. buyers. $38 sellers Coconut oil: $61 sellers Pepper: down $5 all var quiet, no baMne.<w reported Mi n'nk white (Ml, Sarawak $355. Lampong black $325. L»wis and Peat: Closing prices75 words
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Article111 1953-10-24 8 'rHE Malayan Exchange Bank' Assodittlon made the followtns ■JtantlOM In Its rates to mrrekutt \esterday: NEW YORK: buvlriK, TT. 13/16. airmail. OD 32 15 16 90 ihiys. 33 1 16 credit bills, 33 1 R trade bills; seeing. TT. or OD. 32 5 8. ready. \\\DA: buylnsr. TT.111 words
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Article319 1953-10-24 8 PRICES EASE AND BUYERS SCARCE lloHltnl th<> ffUff/.Wv TIN AND RUBBER FALL •yHE Singapore share market yesterday was com- pletely overshadowed by the rumoured taxation proposals and there was no buying power in any section. The volume of turnover was the smallest for many days. Prices in the tin share319 words
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Advertisement265 1953-10-24 8 INVICTA The Watch of Quality Reliable within the meant of all pockets Stocked by all watch dealers throughout Malaya Borneo Sole Distributors MALAYAN WATCH TRADERS 11 9 A North Bridge Ro.td Sinsaporc-6 Tel 4774 FOR TREATMENT OF Diabetes LOBULINA TABLETS Prepared by th- Swiss Serum Vacrine Institute Hinder Govt. Control265 words
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Advertisement344 1953-10-24 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS MANAGER FOR TRANSPORT WORKSHOP, KUCHING A vacancy may occur .shortly for ft Manager of a Transport Workshop to be established In Kuching. The workshop shall be designed to repiir Public Service Vehicles with 1 rapacity of 5 or 6 such vehicles |and also to undertake general repairs to344 words
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Advertisement485 1953-10-24 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited foi the vacant appointment of Matron Female Prison, Pearls Hill, Singapore, on the Salary scale of $18C xBA 234 Total emoluments al present range from an Initial ol $292 50 p m. with annual Increment! up to a maximum of $380.35. p.m Free quarters will485 words
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Advertisement776 1953-10-24 8 I PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT required by the Central Electricity Board, Kuala Lumpur. Salary according to experience In scale $351 to $506 Including allowances. Applicants should possess the I.A.M Certificate Orade 111, or a minimum of three years' experience In an Architectural Office candidates must show evidence of776 words
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Advertisement772 1953-10-24 8 NOTICES INSURANCE ASSURANCE Capitalists desirous of lnvestlni In forming a local Insurance com Ipany may please contact Mr Hwang, good organiser and cham plon fleW worMer at bungalow No 185 A, Jalan Paslr Puteh, Ipoh. N< 'obligation. TEMOH TIN DREDGING LIMITED (Incorporated In England) Telegraphic advice has been rej celved772 words
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Advertisement804 1953-10-24 8 TENDERS TENDERS INVITED TENDERS are invited for Unbuilding of bodies to 10 Austin Diesel Englner. Chassis. Tenders close at 3.00 p.m. on Mondar. 2nd November. 1953. fv>r further particulars apply to Cha.rmnn. Town Board, Klnla, Ipoh. P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class E contractors and above, will be804 words
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Advertisement183 1953-10-24 8 SINGAPORE RED FUNNEL LINES: HEAP ENG MOH SS CO., LTD. SOON BEE STEAMSHIP CO., iS) LTD. .33 H, Teluk Aver Street— 'Phone 3448. H.V. (iIANd py I.IKM I MaUMOI TO I)I\KARTA < lIMMRON FORTMCHTI.V HEKVICC A. Spore »ppr. O<-(. 27 1.. S pore appr. Oct. 3« M.V. <;lAX<; SF.SC" SAILINGS183 words
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Advertisement1606 1953-10-24 9 T.i 2412 MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. J* >«" dnco-poroted ,n Singapore, X'r °*p» BLUE FUNNEL LINE °«p»»' Carriers' option fo proceed via other parts to load and discharge eorgo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON A CONTINENTAL PORTS Duo Soils P. Shorn Penong Moron f^r Hovr,- K I iverponl Oct. 24/2$1,606 words
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Advertisement2236 1953-10-24 9 Ha^^^ H^ HMnn^^^ H^ l^^ B^ nHIIIHIaIa^ lIIM^ HMM EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/U.K./CONTINENT S'pora P. S'hom Penono "Korea" for Djokorto, Bangkok, Saigon, Hongkong, Manila, Kobe, Yokohomo G*«. 34 "Poono" for Melbourne, Sydney, Port Kembla (not loading v local corgo) S/10 Nov. 4/ 7 Nov. 5/ 5 Nov. "Meonla"2,236 words
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Advertisement1231 1953-10-24 9 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. TIL: No. 5906 ELLERMAN tfc BUCKNALL KLAVENESB LINE LONDON HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO. HAMBURG A HULL PORTLAND, SEATTLE A VANCOUVER and for US A North Atlontic Ports Accepting cargo for Control A South ond Canada vio Colombo American Ports CITY OF OXFORD m s.1,231 words
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502 1953-10-24 10 Who do they speak for on income tax? rpHE Singapore Government's action in the Legislative Council on Tuesday. In forcing through its own wishes in respect of income tax, with the support of Unofficial Nominated Members of the Council, entitles one tn ask just who do these Nominated Unofflcials represent?502 words
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Letter657 1953-10-24 10 ASIAN GIRLS ARE ANGRY 'Slighted' HOW anyone would imagine that a girl freshly arrived from England could have the abi--1 lity to handle Asian staff better than a competent Asian is incredible. I havr been here five years and worked as a cenftdenttad stenographer for four-and-a-half of those years, and657 words
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Letter223 1953-10-24 10 AN increase of income tax, should it be enforced, means an admission of failure of the Tax Department and one ol cross weakness of Ooth Governments concerned. The failure of the Tax Dppartment is that they have failed to collect more than two-thirds of the revenue223 words
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Letter, Illustration47 1953-10-24 10 lITHY do the announcers of Radio Malaya say: "It is now coming up to a quarter past ten," or, "it Is now coming up to half past ten"? Are the studio clocks upsidedown, or do the announcers stand on their heads? KAS Singapore.47 words
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Letter129 1953-10-24 10 rE efficiency experts who arc in the course of "overhauling" the Government machinery hav e apparently overlooked the following flaw in the procedure for Issuing passports in the Colony. When an application is made to the Immigration Department for a passport, there are usually required certain supporting documents;129 words
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716 1953-10-24 10 WHEN WEEKLY PAY IS 'DANGEROUS' ONE hesitates to cross swords with such an authority as Mr. Prosper Liston on the subject of weekly pay, the more especially as no serious criticism can be levelled at the first part of his letter. The advantages to the wage earner of paying him716 words
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Letter, Illustration150 1953-10-24 10 I AM surprised at the intolerance shown by people even students over university "ragging." It has been suggested that visitors should be exempt from such exuberance, but I say, on the contrary spread the good work. Plaster more eggs on visages, scatter more soot on shall we150 words
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Letter, Illustration52 1953-10-24 10 I GO regularly to a dollar seat in a big city cinema. An hour before the show there a long queue, and we stand in the sun or the rain. Surely the management of a I wealthy cinema can ouild a ccver for us? ONE DOLLAR52 words
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Letter310 1953-10-24 10 BETTER FILM SHORTS NEEDED THE film Industry is booming in Singapore.- It has all trip advantages of 3-D rfnd tjie wide screen without the flnnmeial drawbacks, in Europe and America of television and a permanent theatre. In Britain, cinema seats are considerably cheaper. Cinemas show (most of them> two main310 words
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Letter, Illustration16 1953-10-24 10 'They say there's to be a sixty per cent tax on incomes over the hundred thou16 words
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Letter105 1953-10-24 10 MTUC 90 INDIANS THE two labour leaders who resigned are responsible on!y to the MTUC. The critics who are nonIndians seem to overlook the fact that 85 per cent, of the Indian community in Malaya are of the working class, the majority of which are members of the MTUC, which105 words
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Letter351 1953-10-24 10 Now, take Canada as example SINGAPORE, with its many tongues, represents a really difficult problem in the establishment of a sound educational policy. Hitherto there has been over-simplification in the approach of Government and the public to this very important problem, resulting in misunderstanding and loss of good will. The351 words
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Advertisement82 1953-10-24 10 SELECTED COTTON FABRICS— FOR SUCCESSFUL SALES O CORDON ladies dress material woven in k variegated colours with attractive. >(4kk CALOT KORSO. RENIA ARCO. NORA OLCA popular shirt poplins of good jf &j^ quality woven in variegated colours m&^W^J&^ix LORA nign <l ualit y fwi *°r overalls. Reliable quality, rich assortment82 words
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Advertisement39 1953-10-24 10 FAN W Table or Bracket WP^^lkA M 11 S 6 \C* -~'s I• Si SILVER GREY f WITH RUBBER BLADES PRICE $59/- EACH ADVT Of THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD OF ENGLAND SINGAPOM MALACCA KOALA lu«'n» *[N* M r,39 words
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254 1953-10-24 11 KING CROW TAKEN TO OUTSTAY HIS RIVALS IN AUTUMN CUP EPSOM JKKP By [£ING CROW is put back to staying to which he is best suited. With a handy weight of 8.4, this four-year-old by Kingstone should outstay his rivals in the August Cup over 8} F. for Class t,254 words
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Article153 1953-10-24 11 EPSOM JKKP; Epsom Jeep - Straits Times Selections KPSOM JEEP I \1 I IU>\ POINTER Race 1 2.3* Race 2 3.05 FIGHTING FINISH Noolt Gedarht I t r hi nc NKW YEA» (iondolino Bi K Hit ROYAL PIPER I i(hiii, t Finish Mont Omm NEW YEAR Cllckity Click Ilarrinxav FIGHTING FINISH Mont Clare Honeymoon NEW153 words
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Article1150 1953-10-24 11 Epsom Jeep - Epsom Jeep .IOTTIM.N by The Treble Tote will be held on Races 4, 6 and 7. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race 7. Race 1—2.30: Class 4, Div. 2—1 Mile. 1 302 Etching Woods 8.13 Mrs. K. DCotta, Fox 2 519 Nooll Gedacht Mawl 8.121,150 words
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227 1953-10-24 11 PENANCi, Friday. WITH THE FLAT racing season in England drawing to a close, there is likely to be an "invasion" of the Malayan Turf by English jockeys. STRAITS Racing Association which early this year decided to bring out English Jockeys on contract to promote227 words
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Article145 1953-10-24 11 gWEET DREAM *«t out to make all the running over It. last week and put up a splendid display to finish half a length axiri neck behind Three Rings. Over Bf. her right distance Sweet Dream should be a good bet in Race145 words
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Article645 1953-10-24 11 YEW YEAR did not have the best of luck in the running when he went down by a length to Golden Dolphin over 5Af. on Wednesday. I thtnk he is worth another chance, in Race Two today. Denied a run on the raiLs I i645 words
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Article45 1953-10-24 11 HEAVY rain frll in Penang throughout Thursday, and the track was heavy yrsterday when horses went out for work. But the weather has cleared up and. if 1 there is no more rain, the going today will he food, re- ports Epsom Jeep.45 words
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Article73 1953-10-24 11 BURMA BOXERS FOR COLONY TEAM nf amateur boxers from Burma will probably visit Singapore in December this year (or inurniinrni against a Singapore tram. Mr. R L. Dunifnrd. hon. secretary of the Singapore A.B.A. said yesterday that he had received a letter from the ABA. in Burma askinc whether a73 words
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190 1953-10-24 11 The Magyar to do better over distance THE MAGYAR was a disappointment last week when he failed to finish in the first three over It. but I thought the hot pace set up by Cabaret II and Sir Climax unbalanced him. A back marker most of the way, The Magyar190 words
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Advertisement416 1953-10-24 11 Don't let that COLD take hold! Juti few drops of Vapei on your handkerchief, and on your pillow night, will clear the head ingtaniiy. Vapes relieves your cold from the first deep breath you take. Vapei is highly concentrated, economical, and f^^S^ pleasant to use. I *">~^ I Aim Om416 words
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Article, Illustration561 1953-10-24 12 Malacca upset Johore CINGAPORE'S hockey prestige received a severe shock yesterday. With one of their worst performances for a lonjr time, the Colony went down hy 2-0 to Selangor in the opening day's play of the Quadrangular tournament on the S.C.C. padang. The earlier561 words
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249 1953-10-24 12 MALACCA again proved themselves an unpredictable quantity by beating Johore 2 l. This was the first state game of the season for both teams. 1 Malacca were on the def en- sive for most of the game, but in the la^t two minutes bagged249 words
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Article69 1953-10-24 12 GLASGOW, Fri HEAVYWEIGHT Arthur Flxjnn lost two decisions i7i the same ring last nifiht. First he lost a threerounder to Ronnie MortiKM, When Referee Robert Duff j announced the decision. Flynn went after the arbiter. He caught Duff in mici-rinp and hacked anay. Police stoppedAP - 69 words
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Article101 1953-10-24 12 LONDON Pri— Randy Turpin s next trip into a flcht rinc is scheduled for March in I^ndon against the winner of the Yolande I Pompee-Rav Barnes match Pnmnee of Trinidad, and Barnes Detroit meet at Harrincay on Nov. 3. The two middleweight* will fi^'ht ten rounds101 words
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Article135 1953-10-24 12 Hard-hit:irp Rocky Montano or 1401 b) sapped Dan UoaMS (Ht.ME. blimaporei in seven rn.indlast night at the Happy World arena. The towel was thrown The fight was .scheduler! for ten rounds The bout between Mst.tlnc Jamal and Little Pancho of lp,.h was tinbest fight oi135 words
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517 1953-10-24 12 Saints were better than 1 2-6 margin By Our Rugby Reporter ST. ANDREWS School, meeting Raffles Institution on the R.I. ground yesterday in what is, by tradition, becoming the big event in Singapore inter-school rugger, won by 12 points (a try. two penalties and a dropped goal to six points517 words
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Article294 1953-10-24 12 A GOAL during extra time gave Kota Raja their third championship yesterday in the annual competition for the Daing Makkah Soccer Shield for Malay schools. They beat Tanah Merah Besar by 3—2 at Jalan Besar stadium. The competition, begun In 1928. is confined to294 words
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Article464 1953-10-24 12 JfIGHTKEN-YEAR-OLD Wee Tew Henz. with 21 points (four mon than hi* nearest rival Bernard Cheei won for tho second time in .sucesslon the champinnshin nt the sixth annual swimming carnival of St. Patrick's school hrlri at Chinese Swimming club verierday. Ten records were set.464 words
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Article289 1953-10-24 12 A MISSED penalty just bpforr thr end deprived Mercantile Bank of winning their Singapore Business Houses cup tie against Fraser Neave ai Geylang stadium yesterday. The two teams drew 3-3 and the match will have to be replayed for a second time. The bankers had289 words
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Article29 1953-10-24 12 R Milts of inter-schools hockey played yesterday were: Anulo-Chmese Schoi heat Rentt>hool 3-0 at Bak<r_ Road. Victoria School A B.r'le- Secondary School 4-0 at Victoria School ground.29 words
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Article137 1953-10-24 12 LONDON. Frl. Thirty six final acceptors for the Cambridgeshire Handicap, second ler: of the "Autumn Double", being run over nine furloncs at Newmarket on Wednesday, were published here today. Thcv are. with weights in pounds King of the Tudor.s 127. Hilltop 126. Cap of Goln !20. Brunetto. PrinceReuter - 137 words
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Miscellaneous243 1953-10-24 12 TODAY SOCCER SAFA LEAOtTE, DIV. ?>: Rnvers 'A' v Sincaporr Corinthian*, Jalan Beaar. HOCKKV <M ADRANCI'LAR MF.FT: Slngmftnrr v .lohorr, i p.m.; S'langnr v MaUcra. 5 p.m.. SRC padatiK. LEACt'E. DIV. i: REMK v IniversKy \V. RFME (fround; RAF Chanri v VMCV h.nci FRIFNDI.V: Indians v SHB Recs.. IA ground.243 words
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