The Straits Times, 29 October 1953

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times He**** Established 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1953. 15 CENTS
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  • 815 1 Rubber jobs going in some areas KUALA LIMPU Wednesday. MALAYA'S two main industries, rubber and tin, are being hit by the worst depression since the early *****, the Federation Labour Department monthly report *aid today. I ncmploviiKMil has severely nfTeclcd the tin industry aad active measures
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  • 194 1 Rubber price hits new low >.tMRST (iRAI)K rubber reach- ed a new post-Korean War low on the Singapore rubber market yesterday in the fourth of consecutive iniclwerk fills. During the Hay, November first Srarte rubber .sold down to i-?y s cents a pound the lowest level since .March 15. 1950.
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  • 74 1 Fire broke out near aviation fuel SINGAPOKZ^ Ore fiehtcr.s kept their Rnfcera crossed last nierr it they fougln n flre on a tonckanc which nlazcn fiercely with drums of dtosel oil in it. The hlazinc toncknnc fire was only a few hundred feet from hundreds of drums <»f aviation fuel
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  • 68 1 LONDON. Wea. Sir \Vi:i.>ton Churchill, who.**' health has kepi the who;? world guessing for the past four months, yesterday .said h. nnw recoverinc from the slight nidi.spn.sit inn" he had had soirffc time aco The Prime Minister, now almost 79. told thus to a cirloK.ition which came
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  • 18 1 NEW DEI HI. Wed The ndlan Government lj considering building a new international airport at Delhi.
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  • 40 1 TUNIS. Wed— The French Resident -General in Tunisia. M Pierre Voizard. last niaht ended censorship, returned police powers from the military to the civilian authorities and lifted the enrfew in the Sahel area in caste-n Tunisia.— Reuter.
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  • 72 1 Chiang men to leave Burma soon BANGKOK. Wed 1 GREEMENT has been A reached to start air evacuation of Chinese Nationalist guerillas from Burma to Formosa next week. The first group will be taken to the Burma-Siam border about Nov. 5. This is ten days before the expiration of tne
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  • 83 1 Local-made smokes may pay duty KUALA LUMPUR. Wed DUTY MAY be imposed on locally -produced tobacco. This is envisaged in a Bill to oe presented to the Federal Legislative CJouncil in November. The Bill plans to license the cultivation and manufacture of tobacco generally "with i view to the possible
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  • 50 1 PITTSBURG. Wed. -Russia was building a navy now ranking only second to America and was ahead of Britain. Admiral Robert Carney U.S Chief of Naval Operations, said here last night In cruiser construction. Russia was outstripping the total naval building programme of all NATO countries. Renter
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  • 56 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The bcfrinntne of the financial year of the University of Malaya may be changed A bi'l being introduced at November's meeting cf the Federal Legislative Council •says that January 1 has been found inconvenient. The bill, if passed, will enable the University
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  • 25 1 MANILA. Wed.— A man \vn.s :->nyonetod to death In a village I near Obu City. Central Philippines, yesterday during eloction rnu.o.iicnins. I .P.
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  • 89 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Federation Government proposes to raise a $55 million loan in London to flnano development projects. A bill authorising thi.v loan' will be introduced soon into the Federal Legislative Council. The Government intends to spend $14 million on road construction and $10
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  • 215 1 KOREA TALKS HELD UP PANMUNJOM. Wed. 4LLIED and Communist delegates trying to iron out details of the coming political conference on Korea failed today for the third time to break the deadlock over the admission of neutral nations. The United States 1 special envoy. Mr Arthur Dein. told the Communists
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  • 63 1 NEW DELHI. Wed.— Mosi former rulers of Indian States are opposed to accepting a voluntary cut in their privy parses, a reliable source said tod*y Twelve former rulers met in Bombay yesterday to consider a letter from the Premier. Mr Nehru, to 104 princes a.skinn them to
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  • 21 1 OTTAWA. Wed -Dr Oliver Leroux. of Ottawa, has bren appointed World Health Orpanisation area supervisor for South-East Asia.— U P
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  • 25 1 NEW YORK Wed Kins Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece arrived today for a months goodwill tour of the I United States. U.P
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  • 144 1 Trieste: 'The sooner the better 9 Dulles WASHINGTON. Wednesday. THE United States Secretary of State. Mr. John x Foster Dulles, said yesterday that the sooner a five-power conference on Trieste was held the better. The proposed conference between the three western powers, Italy and Yugoslavia could very well begin before
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  • 85 1 Jagan men to appeal GEORGETOWN, Wed. OR. CHEDDI Japan's Ie f t-w in People's Progressive Party is to lodge an appeal against the detention of five of its leaders at the order of the Governor. Sir Alfred Savage. Sir Alfred has ordered their indefinite detention, sayine they were "a threat
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  • 31 1 LONDON. Wrd- Mrs. I. M. Molly Boltnn. whoso son wa. 1 mrdlcal officer with the Br;Itish Army in Malaya, has been nominated for the chairmanship of London County Council. Renter
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  • 193 1 AS soon as Mr. James Gillon, 50-year-old Scottish miner, had spoken with his son Hammond after the judge had passed sentence on him yesterday, he sent a cable home saying "Himmond eight years. Coming home. Dad." Looking ten years younger, the stocky little Scotsman told the
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    139 1 Ft girl paused uncertainly on the ship's gangway and glanced quickly through the sea of faces on the quay. She then saw him standing near a godown. both smiled happily and she ran the last few steps into his arms. When the troopship \".tiiria«» docked yesterday Signalman A. Waugh and
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  • 38 1 Britain winning but slowly LONDON. Wed.— The Secretary for the Colonies, Mr Oliver Lyttelton. said today Britain was slowly winnin? her fight against the Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya But the situation was still one of danger. -A.P.
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  • 139 1 Vietnam will stay in Union— Bao Dai 'ONLY EQUALITY' PLEA SAIGON. Wednesday. BAO DAI, head of Vietnam State, today pledged his Indo-Chinese state to stay within the French I'nion despite the threat of the Vietnamese National Congress 12 days ago to seek independence outside. He .*aid the Vietnamese Con-] gress
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  • 37 1 NEW DELHI. Wed. The Ru.ssian Ambassador-drsicnate. Mr. Manshikov. presented Prime Minister Nehru with a cheque for the equivalent of M 5190.000 on behalf of the soviet Red Cross for Mr. Nehru's flood relief fund.- -A.P.
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  • 32 1 WASHINGTON, Wed -President Eisenhower said today it would be hopeless for him to meet Soviet Premier Malenkov unless he knew Russia had an honest purpose for such a meeting. A.P.
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  • 23 1 BANGKOK. Wed. United States Vice-President Richard Nixon was today received by Kinc Pumiphnn Aduldet of Siam in the Amporn Palace.— Reuter
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  • 28 1 ROME. Wed Most workers in the Italian chemical industry yesterday obeyed a 48-hour strike call for a rpnewal of work contracts The ■trlke involved 300.000. Reuter
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  • 27 1 NEW DELHI. Wed. A British base for recruiting Gurkha troops opened this week at Meorihwal In West Nepal, according to reports reaching here today. Reuter.
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  • 27 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— The Hieh Commissioner in Council has exempted the totalisaton of thr Penan:. Pprak and Se|. ■nffor Turf Clubs from the betting ordinance.
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  • 10 1 TAIPEH. Wed.— Chianc Kalshek is 67 on Saturday.— A.P.
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  • 421 1 PTE. Hammond Gillon, 24-year-old British soldirr accused of murdering Singapore dance hostess Doreen Pcreira. was found guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder by a jury in Singapore Assizes yesterday. He was sentenced to eight years' gaol. Mr. Ju.stire Buttrosc told Oil- Ion: "it was
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  • 29 1 KNOWLAND OPPOSES 14 mp nm 1 WASHINGTON. a<<i U.S. Senator bawlaai ■aid be VNM "lump .sum" appr.-txi ni-ms for foreign aid in next fce.-Mon of Congrr-- A.P.
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  • 30 1 JAKARTA. Wed— Two hundred and fifty-nine gang members in West Java surrendered last week, army headquarters announced toda>. Fourteen terrorists were killed in the same period.— Reuter.
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  • 268 2 Big plan for workers By Our Industrial Reporter THOUSANDS of workers in the Malayan plantations rubber, tea, coconut and oil-palm are to get advice, leadership training, social and economic aid from three international unions. Charged with an organisational mission among plantation workers, an expert of the
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  • 178 2 LOWER RICE PRICE EXPECTED From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Wed. LOWER Siam rice prices are expected, says the Borneo Company in its annual re- i port. The report, pointing out that the country's post-war prosperity may be attributed largely to its ability to sell the entire rice crop on very satisfactory
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  • 18 2 CALIFORNIA. Wed. A distant earthquake, probably in Manchuria, was reported by the University of California.— Reuter.
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  • 21 2 ATHENS. Wed. Twelve Greek politicians and journalists will leave Athens on Sunday for a three-week visit to Russia.— A.P.
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  • 14 2 KARACHI. Wed.— Pakistan's new constitution will prohibit prostitution, drinking and gambling. A.P.
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  • 100 2 JAKARTA. Wed I J rlme Minister Dr. All Sastroamidjojo told Parliament today that the armed rebellion in Acheen was aimed a* establishment .if a Muslim State. He added that the revolt followed a longtime conflict between Acheenese feudal groups and Muslim religious heads. The Premier announced that
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  • 23 2 This is the proposed Federation tuberculosis sanatorium for which Lady Templer is seeking to raise $5 million
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  • 382 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. gISTERS and senior nurses will come from Australia for the Federation's tuberculosis sanatorium for which Lady Templer has appealed for $5 million. Seven sistcMs and 19 senior nurses trained in luberculosis work will arrive as soon as the hospital
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  • 370 2 Templer fund up to $.70,389 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. LADY Templer declared today that the appeal for $5 million for the Federation Tuberculosis Hospital would give every one a chance to "strike a decisive blow in the long battle of mankind against this dread disease." The knowledge of tuberculosis obtained in
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  • 52 2 TRIESTE Wed— The Alli.-d military government has expelled "for reasons of public order" an Italian neo-Fasci.;t M.P. who had wanted to hold a press conference. He Is Fabio De Felice, aged 27, one of the two neo-Fascist demonstrators injured here in a bomb explosion in March last
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  • 42 2 LONDON. Wed. Warsaw Radio last night said that Poland had protested for the second time to the United States at the seizure of the 8,000-ton Polish tanker Praca by a Chinese Nationalist patrol boat off Formosa on October 5. Reuter.
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  • 22 2 KAISERLAUTERN. Wpd A 'Russian Freedom House" for deserters from Soviet occupation forces In Europe was ofiicially opened here yesterday.— Reuter.
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  • 25 2 TAIPEH. Wed— Summer i daylight savin- time in For- 1 mosa will end on Saturday > when clocks are put back an hour —A.P.
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  • 153 2 LONDON. Wed. rpHE Duke of Edinburgh 1 speaking .ast night at banquet of the London Chamber of Commerce, saiil the time had come when Britain could learn from the Commonwealth. The Duke was proposing the toast "The British Commonwealth and Empire". "In the early d-ivs. the Dominions
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  • 184 2 KIALA LUMPUR. \\>d. A THREE-MAN delegation from the War Department Civilian Staff Association of Malaya will attend an emergency conference called by the command secretary at G.H.Q. FARELF Singapore, to discuss pay and service grievances. Th econferencr is to be held on Nov. 2 and 3.
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  • 19 2 PARIS. Wed. France has lent the United States two pocket submarines and tworran crews for experiments
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    42 3 IMi AREA where tension ha* become so acute that the I nited Nations Security Council has discussed violations of the Arab-Israeli armistice agreements. Syria has also complained to Israel about the diwrtinc of the River Jordan for a hydro-electric scheme. Reuter map.
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  • 185 3 LONDON, Wed. A HOME made "smnt mask" of six thicknesses of gauze and costing six pence coulrl protect Londoners acainst another killing "smoke fog," a committee representing 6,000 London doctors said last night. The committee said a choking fog which persisted for m-arl> a week last
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  • 111 3 NEW YORK. Wod. MR. VISHINSKY yesterday said that Russia was agreeable to a meeting of the I leaders of the big powers on world problems. He objected to any test of Soviet sincerity and good intentions as a preliminary step Addressing a United Nations Correspondents' Association luncheon.
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  • 246 3 Churchill wants to meet Ike again for talks LONDON, Wednesday. gIR WINSTON Churchill yesterday said that he would like to meet President Eisenhower again for informal talks. "I am always considering whether there might be an opportunity for a meeting with the President, the Prime Minister told the House of
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  • 30 3 KHARTUM. Wed. Three hundred and twenty-two candidates have been nominated for the 97 seats in the Hou^c nf Representatives in th? Sudan's first parliamentary c! rot ion.— Reuter.
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  • 24 3 VIENNA, wed -Two Russian cruisers and f»>ur destroyers nrrivrd at thr Bulcarian Black Sea port nf Stalin for a fiirndship visit —Renter
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  • 75 3 U.S. troops not to quit Europe WASHINGTON. Wed. rE US. Secretary of State. Mr. John Foster Dulles, yesterday said that the L:iited States Government was not contemplating withdrawing its forces from Europe. Mr. Dulles was commentinu on reports that the development of new weapons would, in the long run. make
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  • 58 3 TEHERAN. Wed. David Walker, correspondent of the London News Chronicle, left Teheran by air yesterday for Amman. Jordan, after Persian authorities made a lastminute withdrawal of charges that he sent false news. Walker was given 24 hours' notice to leave Persia by officials who. he said,
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  • 35 3 MOSCOW. Wed— The Pra^sidium of the Supreme Soviet i of the Soviet Union yesterria\ awarded the Order of Lenin to 828 scientists and profes- sors "for long services and i blameless work. Reuter.
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  • 25 3 NEW DELHI. Wrd. Princr iSardar Mohammed Hashini I Khan, agrd 75. former Prime Minister of Afghanistan for 17 years, has diod in Kabu.
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  • 24 3 LONDON. Wed Sir Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister. was received in audience last nicht by the Queen at BuckIngham Palare. Renter.
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  • 18 3 MOSCOW. Wed— A twostorey floating luxury restaur- J ant has beeun operating on Moscow River— Renter.
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  • 52 3 KARLSRUHE. Wed— The West German Supreme Court yesterday ordered tne release of seven leading officials of the Socialist Action, a proCommunist group, who were arrested last February on suspicion of having been involved in a criminal plot against the state. The court said investigations against them would
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  • 34 3 TASTY BUI FORBIDDEN THESE I -I' mannequins would like to taste this luscious fruit, but it is forbidden. It is on display at a show organised by the French National Horticultural Society. Popper picture.
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  • 191 3 NEW YORK. Wednesday. THE UNITED Nations Security Council last night approved unanimously a resolution accepting an Israeli offer to stop work on its Jordan River hydroelectric project, pending discussion of Syria's complaint. The Israeli representative. I Mr. Abba Eban, made the pledge at the
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  • 31 3 BIRMINGHAM. Wed— After welterweight Billy Wooding had outpointed Eric Skidmore he complained of toothache. An X-ray showed that his jaw was broken in two places. I -A.P.
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  • 63 3 ST. FILLANS, Scotland. Wed JOHN Abernethv, a 29--year-old Scottish barman, got a good return on his money yesterday 1 93.821 for two shillings. Abernethy almost swept the board on a football pool. His first dividend was V. "5.000 and his second dividend was K 18.347. On top
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  • 64 3 CIUDAD DE TRUJILLO Dominican Republic. Wed. The "man without a country" —Michael Patrick O'Brienarrived here yesterday with permission from the Dominican Government to live here permanently. O'Brien was a stateless person shuctled back and forth in a ferry between Hong Kong and Macao for nearly
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  • 48 3 Follow the stars CAPRI, Wed. Film star Elizabeth Taylor, on holiday here, bought a gayly-coloured Capri jacket and accidentally wore it inside out. The local women thought they had missed a ne'v style; yesterday hardly a Capri jacket appeared on the streets that was not inside out.— A.P.
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  • 30 3 TEHERAN. Wed— The trial of Dr. Mossadeq. deposed Persian Prime Minster, will probably begin next werk. according to Brig. Gen. Hussein Azpmodrh. the chief prosecutor- Reuter.
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  • 22 3 WASHINGTON. Wrd. Trio Japan Airlines will make its first tC*t flight from Tokyo f o San Francisco on Nov 15.U.P.
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  • 23 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. -The Foreign Operations Administration may srnd a mission to the Middle East to study the Arab refugee problem. A.P.
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  • 21 3 LONDON, Wed. Warsaw radio yesterday said that a new Roman Catholic bishop had been enthroned in Wlocla- wek. Reuter
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  • 150 3 NEW YORK, Wod. AU. N. commission set up to study the racial situation In South Africa yesterrlay said that the segregation policies of the Premier. Dr. Malan, were endangering peace in Africa and through- out the Middle East. The thrre-man commission said its findings showed that,
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  • 292 3 LONDON. Wed THE new account on the Stock ExchanßC opened today a. 1 languidly p.s the old one had closed and both business and price movements were extremely limited. In the Fiu Eastern section there were I few enquiries for teas while in otls Attock rose T'.-d to
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  • 27 3 LONDON. Oct. 28. Cash Buyers 1:620; Sellers £625; Forward Buyers £606; Sellers £608; Settlement C 620 (down B7M). Turnover am. 5 tons: p.m 30 tons.
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  • 35 3 LONDON. On. 28. Spo\ ISri Nov. lfi ,ri.. Drr. lfl'^ri. Jan -Mar lß'vd. Apr. -June lfi' d.. Jtily-Sep'. 16\rt. On. r.l.f. lfi «d.. Nov. c.l.f. IM.. Dec c.l.f. 16'» d. Tone: Steady —quiet
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  • 42 3 LONDON. Wed. The Marl borough galleries here were crowded for tho first <ochib: tion in the West of paintings by Chinese artist, philosopher and poet Chao Shao An and his pupil. Mrs. Lydia Chao Ling Fang, of Hong Kong. Reuter.
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  • 225 4 Public urged to back loans [TNLESS Singapore City Council has about $20 million at the end of this year it will not be able to carry out its extension works. Stating this during the adjournment of the City Council meeting yesterday, Mr. A. P. Rajah (Progressive
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  • 239 4 A STORM arose in the Sincai\ pore City oiincil vrslrrctav ovrr whether the Council should sivr an unconditional 111 -v. :l r Ir.isr on its land in Tiong Kahru Bahru for a new Tamil school. After a donate, in which >ir. Yap Phen* Geek (Nominated)
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  • 114 4 Sim Mill K<ns. a bean uprout grower, was yesterday committed for trial be tore the High court by the Sixth Police Magistrate. Mr. R. W. H Davie.x at the preliminary inquiry in which he was tentatively charged with Intimidating Sim Hock chuan by threatening to stab
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  • 191 4 'WE NEED THESE EXPERTS' A SUGGESTION that city projects in Singapore I might be delayed if reinforced I concrete consultants were not engaged wa.s made by Mr. R. Jumabhoy Und.— Cityi in the City Council yesterday. The Council decided to re- j fer back two committee pro- posals to engage
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  • 84 4 The traffic liahts -signal WMt against Osman bin Haji Karim. a taxi driver, but he ignored it j anc in crossing the junction, j collided with a van. This was stated in the Sin- j capore Second Traffic Police Court yesterday when Cwm.ui pleaded guilty
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  • 61 4 Vicr -President of the United States. Mr Richard M. Nixon, who visited Singapore City Hall on Saturday was impressed by the way the affairs of the city are administered, said the City President. Mr T. P. F. Me-' Neice, at the City Council meeting yesterday,
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  • 133 4 Slower response to second city loan IT is surprising that the response to the Singapore City Council's $10 million loan I is not as rapid as that to the first loan in July, said the City President. Mr T P. F McNeice. in the City Coun:il meeting yesterday. He said
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  • 105 4 Air holes blocked to keep out rain RAIN had fallen through the ventilation holes of Singapore Improvement Trust houses with eightfoot ceilings at Buller Camp. said Miss Amy Laycock Prog. —East' in the City Council yesterday. As a result, the tenants had blocked up the ventilation holes, she added. Mr.
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  • 24 4 JLl*.^*« MUAR. Wed. -For carrying an extra passenger :n his taxi at Sengkuang. Buk.t Gambir. Son Kirn Chaw was fined $5.
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  • 62 4 MR. V. C. BATH (left); dui'dnr <>i (ioodwnod Park Hotrl Sinsapore. presents a silvr salver to Mr li C. Reillj on his retirement as chairman of the Board of Directors of lh.hotel. The presentation took place yesterday in the •fllrea of Rennie I.owick Co.. seve
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  • 171 4 THE CITY COUNCIL'S Public Passenger Transport Committee has recommended that an independent central transport authority be set up to take over I the Singapore Traction Company at a cost of $10,000,000 and operate one service for Singapore by later buying up all private bus companies. This
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  • 44 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. I A bill consolidating foreign exchange control regulations in the Federation is to Introduced in the Legislative Council in November It follows on the pa-ssage >t I a similar ordinance by the Singapore Legislative Council earlier this year.
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  • 72 4 DR II R. MORRISON', Deputy City Health Officer. Singapore, will be the City Health Officer when the present holder of the post. Dr N. A. Canton, gets to the a«e limit next year. The City Council confirmed the promotion yesterday. It also confirmed the ex tension of Dr.
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  • 23 4 MUAR. Wed..— A sundry shopkeeper. Tuboo bin Haji Ahmad, wa« fined $20 for failng to display price lists of :ontrolled goods.
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  • 302 4 McNeice: 'Let's be realistic about rehousing' I'HE president of the Singapore ity Council. Mr T. P. F. McNeice. yesterday morning met the Governor, Sir John Nieoll. about re-housinn firr victims. In the afternoon he told councillors at thrir meeting: "Don't let HI be sentimental about our rehousing problem. We must
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  • 202 4 QUESTION OF JOINING A UNION '\|R. Jaganathiin 'labour South) yesterday .said in 1 the City Council thsii eel individuals in Singapore atr trying to take advantage of the disunity of workers fo( their own Belflxh ends. Mr. Jaganathan wa* 0] ing a move by Mr. P. R Wil liam.s Labour-Rochore
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  • 42 4 Colin Philip Ansell. who appealed against a lower court conviction and .sentenr j four months' imprisonment for 'cheating a Chlne.se restaurant keeper of $30, had hLs conviction and sentence upheld in the Singapore High Court yesterday.
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  • 20 4 KOTA TINGGI. Weo Mong was sentenced to months' gaol here for steaiins32o from the house of Ah* Soo
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  • 114 4 THE Singapore City Counc:' decided yesterday tin: by-lawj affecting bungalow areas, rubber factories ar.ri theatres and cinemas .should be suspended to end the present dual planning by the Improvement Trust and trie Council. This should howc >r n<a affect any proposals t.-.e Coun <■ may
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  • 130 5 Lee Wong Kee. sales manner of Cycle and Carriage Co Ltd.. Orchard Road. Singapore. told the First District Court yesterday that he fir.st became suspicious when tyres supplipd to him by Chua Ah Bee. a second-hand car dealer, on a business agreement were not genuine after a
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  • 38 5 Tan Peng Heng. appeil"d against his conviction and sentence of 20 months' impi sonment ;nr possession of 24 lb of opium, in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Thp Acting Chief Justiro. Mr. Justice Brown, reserved judgment.
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  • 110 5 "Keep quiet, keep quiet," chided Miss Amy Laycock in th e Singapore City Council chamber yesterday. She was trying to prevent Mr. Chan Kum Chec (Proi gressive East) from continuing with his message of congratulation to her on her wedding tomorrow. Mr. Chan said: "This
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  • 239 5 FREQUENT INSPECTIONS ARE PROPOSED rIE Singapore Government yesterday warned illegal occupants of Crown land that the authorities would not tolerate encroachment. A Government spokesman said: "You are warned that it is the intention of the Government to apply the law. It is an
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  • 103 5 Heading for UK— and home THIRTY-TWO Singapore Harbour Board polite turned up on the P and O liner Corfu yesterday before she left for Britain to bid farewell to Inspector C. II t (iower who left with his wife and thrre-year-old-dauchter on six months' home leave. Picture above shows Mr.
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  • 264 5 The choice: flies or food SINGAPORE Rural Board and city health mithoritirs may soon have to decide which is the most important fly eradication or food production. It seems that as the Colony's food production rises so does its fly population. I Kampong and vegetable gardens near outlying suburbs are
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  • 107 5 CHIEF Inspector Ahmad bin Hussein told a Singapore 1 court yesterday that he had been instructed to substitute a charge of inconsiderate driving against lan HamLsh Mac Dona!-; lor one of driving under the influence of drink Mac Donald pleaded guilty to inconsiderate
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  • 56 5 Johore Bahru is to hold a i lottery to help Poppy Day Fund thus year. Tickets are $1 each and are I now on .sale. Datin Syed Abdul Kader. wife of the Mentri Besar. will draw i the winning prizes on Nov. 11, at the
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  • 20 5 MUAR. Wed— For obstructing the foot-path of his shop with fish and vegetables, Chua Koh was fined $10
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  • 114 5 <THE 139 FAMILIES, who are sheltering in the A Badminton Hall after they had lost their homes in last Saturday's fire in Aljunied Road, were registered yesterday for Sinßapore Improvement Trust accommodation. They may get the low cost houses in Kolam Ayer and off Norfolk
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  • 57 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.- Roswandy who It la allged. took part in a gang robbery here on Oct. 17, was arrested in Singapore yesterday and charged here today. The Police opposed bail. Roswandy told the court j that he was afraid to bo in police custody as
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  • 214 5 Nations must act together Consul FREE nations of the world must increasingly work together for their common welfare if they are to survive in the face of the massive menace of organised and ruthless Communism, said the United States Consul General. Mr. Charles F. Baldwin, in Singapore yesterday. I Mr.
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  • 76 5 Mr. Howe Yoon Chong, the Singapore Second Police Court Magistrate, yesterday postponed a case for mention to Nov 4 so that the accused. Kek Chit Chwee could engage counsel. Kek is charged with driving a car under the influence of drink a.< to be incapable of j
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    • 211 5 BADMINTON ENTHUSIASTS Take this opportunity to see world's finest EXHIBITION PLAY and help the Earl Haig's Poppy Day Appeal Fund I SAT. 31st. OCT. 9 p.m. I SINGAPORE BADMINTON STADIUM Tickets at ROBINSON'S 85, S3 SI POPPY DAY NOV. 7th Space donated by K. LM. ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES PRIS aaaaaa^.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 347 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE T \b Morning Star; 7.30 News M Benny Goodman Trio 8 Peter Yorke; 8.30 Malay Housewives Corner 8.57 I Schools; 9.45 Close Down 11.10 Schools; 1 Paul West on Orchestra; 1.30 News; 1 .45 Buddy Morena.* Orchestra; 2 Schools; 2.45 Close Doui 5.02 Calling All Hospitals; 6
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  • 102 6 71) Wuriln fill I minimum) MESSRS lOW .SIN Mill. I r,w Kirn Yoon and I,ow Wall Kirn Wiab 10 thank relatives frieiiris ;nid a—Bdatioas wlio .■-ert. in< ..■,ice>; of condolences wrc.i)' etc., lent rar*. paid niphl u-it and attended Hnluneral of their b< loved father Mr. Low Boon Sent;
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  • The Straits Times
    • 844 6 The Indo-China debate in thr- French Assembly cannot K> understood without some knowledge of recent Communist Chinese reporting of the IndoChinoso war, or without recollection of the part which thr problem of Indo-China played in thp French political ni.M.s in the early part of thr summer. When
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    • 433 6 The report of the Public Passenger Transport Committee, published yestrrr!:,y by the Singapore City Council. in general follows expectations, but is none the less valuable for that. It recommends the creation of an independent transport authority to be se^t up before June 1955 (when the Singapore Traction
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  • 1210 6 7///.S CONCLUDES YESTERDAYS ARTICLE B\ pVERYWHERE, from Singapore to Seoul, the American effort is different because the problem is different. France carries the bulk of the Indo-China burden— and a terrible burden it is— but the United States paid 30 per cent of the total
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  • Man-in-the-Street
    • 206 6 FTRE caused a Geylang, r village to burn to! ashes. The cry went upi for more hydrants and! water and there werei appeals to help the victims. Also, there wore suggestions for doing I away with attap roofs to I help prevent further fires. Now
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    • 42 6 THE demand of a Kota -I Tlnggi "Disgusted Youth" for more social activity and amusement seems meaningless. There have been many activities in Kota Tlnggi. I suggest he should join the Malayan Youth Association BE CHEERFI I. Knta Tincti.
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  • 444 6 On the Margin Happy ending ItHE BWlft and sudden disappearance of acanrea Mi the head of Buddha on them from those places which sell the Umriat his souvenir^ o r Singapore ka a perfect example ol the ri'Tht thins done in ihe livht way. There \va a minimum of fuss.
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    • 743 6 CLASSIFIED ADS.| ;n H.nrfs Sin (minimum) cross to Joyce (net c;rumltt>. wife of Adrian irle* al Penanc Maternity Hospital on :!H.in.:-i3, a son. AT BMH Blngapnre on 27 Ortotwr IMI <» Marti wlfi of capt. Mickey Com rove, a son Patrick Georce. Rnih veM zn woiitf. fh l minimum) 'fHF
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    • 25 6 A WIDE RANGE OF. BEST ENCLISH WOOLLEN SUITINGS W/ffICWM 'F/WfiCS $> WORKMANSHIP AT MODERATE PRICES BEE CHOW CO. MERCHANT TAILORS PHONE: 6535 71. CHULIA $1, SINGAPORE!.
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    • 270 6 Sealed and Delivered rili 'WIiTZ 1 fa 1 Tsiß "Mm* ItVt' \u|A4 Ir* TM A firm of British motorcar manufacturers with a large export trade to Australia were worried about the clctcnorat.on in finish < which occurred in transit. The bodywork vns found to be blistered and the upholstery to
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  • 323 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Federation Government is to spend $10 million during the next two years to complete the scheme to provide agricultural land for Malaya's 546 new villages and their population of 5«0,000. The scheme, begun in July last year,
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  • 160 7 Villagers kill two bandits KIAI.A LUJsVUE, Wort. rpHREE more terrorists, inX eluding l.okr Hon. nranch committor member for the Itontonc area of Pah Mffi have hicn killed. The other iwo were slashed to death with parangs by rnraccd Sakais in a kampong in thr Mersinp area of Johore on Monday.
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  • 102 7 The Sincapore Junior Symphony Orchestra's concert at thr Victoria Hall yesterday had a strong 18th Century flavour. It included an overture "Temple of Peace by Pasquali. a piano concerto by John Stanley and the Ist movement of Haydn's symphony No. 78 In C minor. The lack of
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  • 21 7 Singapore Police yesterday held a man believer) to have 1 been involved in a number of 1 rebberies recently.
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  • 128 7 RELIEF FOR FIRE VICTIMS JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. ONE of the victims of the fire in Jalan Kebun Teh yesterday, when four houses were gutted, was a Chinese wiriow with three children. A few weeks aco she lost her husband, who was killed by bandits, and yesterday j she lost all
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  • 36 7 Five dance bands will play at the Singapore Musicians' Union's 6th Annual ball at Raffles Hotel on Monday The dance will start at 8 30 p.m. and 20 nn until 2 a.m.
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  • 151 7 Magnificent says Dr. Vickers SINGAPORE Government intends to turn the Tan Tock Seng Hospital into one of the finest and most up-to-date tuberculosis organisations in the world, said the Colony's Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, in a broadcast over Radio Malaya last night. Tan Tock Seng Hospital
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  • 79 7 LEGISLATION DELAY IRKS THEM Singapore Shop Employers' Union is worried over the delay in introducing legislation to restrict the working hours of shop assistants. Secretary of the union, Mr. N. Thancasamy. said yesterday that the Progressive Party promised him about two months ago to introduce a suitable Bill. He added
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  • 116 7 S. M. Yonq;, an advocate and .■-oliritor of the SuiTcme Court i in the Federation, came from Kuala Lumpur to testify in a rase in Sincaporr yesterday. Mr. Yonp; was g\ving eviri- f nee against Ong Chee Cheng. I taxi-driver, chareed who j nver-chargins on
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  • 58 7 Tan Eu Toh was committed frr trial in the Hi?h Court by '< the Singapore Ninth Police i i Magistrate. Mr. R B I. Pates, i yesterday at the end of a preliminary inquiry In which he was tentatively charced with robbing a family in Nro Tiew Road
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  • 49 7 The Federation is to arm itself with legal powers to combat dangerous pests or j diseases which may threaten its vast agricultural resources, j A bill giving such legislation j ■Is to be introduced at the j J November meeting of the Federal Legislative Council. I
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  • 164 7 AN American who collects statistics, and his wife, who collects bracelets, spent a disappointing two days in Singapore this week. They left on the Corfu yesterday without either a statistic or a bracelet He was Mr. Frank E. Seidman. accountant and econo- mist, who was economic adviser
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  • 123 7 KI'ALA LUMPI'R. Wed. rl I Malay wife of a police inspector now undercoing a training course here was molevtf d. Mahhed and robbed in broad daylight yesterday. A man posing as an electrician gained admission to her house in the police quarters at Petaling Hill and then
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  • 20 7 MUAR. Wed —Tee Kirn Hul and Gan Keng Jee were each fined $5 for fightlns in public.
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  • 110 7 Prosecutor pulls up witness A Singapore prosecutor yrsi terday stopped a case and I pulled up a witness whom he had noticed eavesdropping on the proceedings in court. Inspector T. S. Zain. the prosecutor, suddenly left the bar and walked briskly towards the witness room about 10 feet away. He
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  • 24 7 KOTA TTNGGI, Wed. K Raman was fined $200 or four months gaol for having six gallons of toddy without I licence.
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  • 138 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A SPECIAL fund to boost tin will be set up by the Federation Government, if a new nil] 1 is passed by the Federal Legislative Council next mor.th. The bill has been drafted following negotiations with the tin industry. It provides for
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  • 46 7 SIR JOHN NICOLL. Governor of Sincaporr. yesterday left for a two weeks holiday in Hong Kong in the Tai Shan. Picture shows Sir John walking up the eaneway with 14. Cmdr. W. L Clark. ADC to the Governor Straits Times picture.
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  • 177 7 Owners can't pay rents Xl \l..\ LI'MPUK. Wednesday. Tliui s.wus of rubber holdings may be auctioned this year because their owners cannot afford to pay quit rents. "In one State alone the Government recently gazetted 2.000 lots, mostly smallholdings, for auction to recover arrears of
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  • 65 7 An Indian woman was walking near the edge of a road when a car. dr!ven negligently by Sinwan bin Yusak. knocked her down. the Singapore Second Traffic Court was told yesterday. Sinwan. pleading guilty to negligent driving, said in mitigation that soon after the accident he
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  • 80 7 A bill which plans to shield the tribal organisation and way of life of Malayan aborigines from the influences of the outside world and at the same time provide for their education and development will be introduced at the next meeting of the Federal Legislative Council
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  • 241 7 BIG RAF BLITZKRIEG 18 million leaflets dropped on Reds KUALA I I MPIR. Wednesday. BEFORE sunset today 12 Lincoln bombers dropped over 18,000,000 leaflets inviting croups of Communist terrorists in the Federation to surrender. The aircraft made 29 sortlea and flew thousands of miles in the bißecst leaflet blitzkreig since
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  • 43 7 Finals of the St John Ambulance Bricades inter-divi-sional first-aid competition will be held at the Sincapore Badminton Hall in Guillomard Road at 3 p.m on Saturday The Officer Administering the Government. Mr. W. A. C. Goode. will present the trophies.
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  • 130 7 families given ENTRY THE Singapore Immißiation Department last month issued permits for 41fi alien... mainly wives and children of residents, to come to th^ Colony, said Mr. J. L. .1 Haxworth. Controller of Immigration, yesterday. Durinc thr month aliens submitted 446 applications for entry permits: 307 were issued coverinc the
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  • 43 7 Yen Kor Chwee. 54. failed in his appeal against a sen I^rcc of six month-' gaol on three charges of manufactur ing prepared opium, posse; sion of utensils for smokinc and possession of prepared opium, in the Singapore H'c'i Court yesterday.
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  • 149 7 THE COUNCIL of Action, representing 18.000 Government employees, called upon the Government last night to start negotiations all over again on the Rit>on pay recommendations. The Council will not talk with the Government on its latest salary scheme which suggests a reduction in pay
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 149 7 The Weather Minimum trmperaturp '7.30 p.m. on Oct. 27 to 730 a.m on Ort 28 1. S'nKaporp 76 dfgrrr.s. ppnang 75. Kota Bahru 75. Kuala Lumpur 74. Ipoh 74. Kuantan 72. .Maximum trmprraturr (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Oct. 2R»: Singapore 89. Pcnang 8R Kota Bahru 87. Kuala Lumpur
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  • 88 8 AUSTRALIAN Minister i for External Affairs, Mr. Richard G. Casey, will arrive at Kallang airport. Singapore, from Colombo today. Mr. Casev will have talks with the Commissioner-Gene-ral. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. Service chiefs and senior Government officials during his three-day stay ln the Colony. The
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  • 65 8 A Chinese couple were forced to walk into a forest reserve off the Pierce Reservoir after Deing robbed by two Malay and a Chinese. The couple were in a car at about 10 p.m. on Tuesday when they were held up who by three men, one
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  • 61 8 The following have been elected to the Kota Tinggi Tamil School building fund committeeChairman: Mr. K. Ramu: vice-chairman: Mr. S. Eliathamby: secretary: Mr. V. V. Ramalingam. assistant secretary- m A. Ismail; treasurer: Mr TAD. Menon. Committee: Messrs. ARK. Filial. M.B. Menon. V. Periayah. M P. Arumukam. V.
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  • 204 8 T*HE Privy Council has dismissed Mr. Isaac Manasseh A Meyers appeal against a Singapore Supreme Court's decision which held that he had no case in a legal squabble over the fortune left by his father, Sir Manasseh Meyer, in 1930. When Sir Manasseh died, he
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  • 99 8 CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO TROOPS 'THOUSANDS of Christmas parcels for men of the services in Malaya and other parts of the East are now ready for distribution in NAAFI warehouses in Britain. They have been ordered by people in Britain with relatives and friends overseas and they will be on their
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  • 65 8 Dr. Paul Russell, a world thority on malaria, who h. s worked on the disease in Malaya, gave the first of a .series of five lectures on "Man's Mastery of Malaria" at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicin? on Tuesday night. Dr. Russell i.s
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  • 71 8 Group Captain K. Salte. the I new Senior Air Staff Officer, Air Hcadquarvers, Malaya, his wife and son Brian arrived in Singapore on the troopship Asturias yesterday. They were welcomed by Air Marshal Sir Clifford Sanderson. C-ln-C Far East Ai r Force, and Lady 1 Sanderson.
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  • 63 8 Mr. E. V. G Day, former British Adviser. Kedah, who has worked in the State for 27 years, will give a public lecturo in Singapore on "Changes I have seen In Kedah." The lecture, sponsored by the Geographical Society of the University of Malaya, will be
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  • 31 8 A Chinese woman, who was followed by a man after she got oft* a bus at Lorong 29, Geylang Road. Singapore, on Tuesday handed him her purse containing $5.
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  • 178 8 lIHI the drums roll and the bugles sound on the Singapore padang this evening, 61 Gurkha bandsmen will be beating the retreat. This will be the massed pipes, drums and bugles of the Brigade of Gurkhas which delighted thousands of Britons during its Coronation tour
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  • 71 8 X'(> its not a little man from Mars that Singapore's Director of medical Services, Dr. w J. Vickers, and Mm. H. G. Shaw are looking at. It's a doll made hy one of the patients of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The hospital held
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  • 204 8 OTARTING next week, the Singapore Fire Brigade k will visit kampong dwellers all over the Colom in a campaign to educate them against flre risks. How to prevent flres in attap houses and what to do if one does occur will
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  • 70 8 Abang Haji Abdul Rahmin. unofficial member of the Council NegTl of Sarawak, is one of several overseas Councillors and officials who will meet in London next month for a lecture course and visits designed to explain the main features of the British Parliament. The course and
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  • 47 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed— R Ramanujam. an Indian cattle keeper of Johore Bahru. has been given a $3,000 loan by RIDA to improve his dairy business. Part of the loan is to enable him to pay off a debt which boars a hish interest
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  • 91 8 Now America is taking notice NEWS that Singapore's new international airport at Paya Lebar. with its 8.000-foot runway, will be retidy to operate in the beginning of 1955 Is attracting the attention of American air passenger companies. i Trans-World Airlines, one of the largest American airlines has applied to extend
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  • 80 8 Chew Soong Soong. publisher of a Chinese 'mosquito" newspaper, the Fpng Pao, was fined $100 in Singapore yesterday. Inspector T. S. Zain. prosecuting, said that on Oct 9 Chew circulated an obscene article in his paper Pdeading guilty, Chew said that he neglected his paper, as he
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  • 50 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. I Tan Ah Hui who was yaid to I have come to Johore Bahru from Penang, was charged in the Sessions Court with cheating Lim Swee Tay by obtaining from him meals, cigarettes and drinks without paying He was allowed $500 bail pending trial.
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  • 179 8 Girl with Red papers gets gaol JOHORE BAHRI Wed CHONO Chans. 19. left the Sessions Court today weepinjr to servo her sentence of three years' gaol for having Communist documents and for failing to report to the police the presenre of bandits in Kulai. When Inspectors Teo En* Seng and
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  • 64 8 Mr. W. R. Scott. senior executive engineer of the Public Works Department. Singapore, will hand over a new school to the Education Department authorities in a ceremony at Nee Soon at 9.30 am on Wednesday. The Nee Soon school has 3 6 classrooms with accommodation for 600
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  • 168 9 KEEP FIT EASY WAY! EASY WAY All women should master the art Keeping fit is one <ecret which all women should master and it can be done easily too. stresses Dorothy Amita. bailet dancing expert from the Sadler's Wells School, who is giving lessons at the Singa pore Y.W.C.A. and
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  • 704 9 Witch doctors want a university I Ij«- hum who mm human N« sli for iu««li« in« are si. ii nn- a Vharm* s« hool. Maya John Ivrv JOHANNESBURG: 'THE witch doctors of A South Africa aro doing a brisk trade. Despite determined efforts by the authorities to curb their dangerous
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    • 436 9 v 2nd WEEK! Todiy 3 1;')-(»:<U A; :»15 p.m Rhacwan A Oe<U Bali •«»,.»»«v an riowKiio*/—^i *ltiaweta l«k "t DistribuU-d Ky ROUTH-K.AS'I ASIA FILM UO SATURDAY AT M NITE ■,2 L* L K K .(~r\ i ~^ggg^ B jaak_^__ —^aaß^^Jjga^^ A I AI.I,KN WOMAN MAY BK THK nKVll.s VICTIM bit
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    • 236 9 A REVOLUTION IN PAINTING At last Pick the exact j paint colour you want j I rrfh f 999 lAH jffKk I SHADES TO CHOOSE f Wt QaM| Comr «nd irr rhr m»; Bl f.rrnt ROBBIALAC o'l COLORIZIR ALBUM. M.h, your ehmcr from J I |HH| ftlit '*«i"*tmg riner nf
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  • 522 10 Amnnd Ih<» nnnrk*»ls RUBBER AND TIN FALL FURTHER declines in commodity prices caused a r generally easier shai° market in Singapore vest or day and also a further contraction in the volume of turnover. The market was extremely dull throughout and even Mr. Taylor's (Financial
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  • 19 10 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was declared at $303.12':: a pirul. down SI IV 2
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  • 370 10 1 ONUON, Wrrj '|'iiK Duraat Commuu^ tndtoif in Matajra uiis wrtoualy affeced by the deterloranon in the cco'ioinir slliiiitioi. LbfOUVbOUt tup m.h endeil Miiich Mat. 'liie MMWBI rWMTI MMtWI flint ■libougti Motor (in- mibaUteiilM <ijri Wdl, B»ir«Hum of other Mibsicii.ine.x wire lesg s.iii.sf.ictoi.v. Tlie roport roeordVi another
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  • 201 10 November first grade closed on the Singapore rubber market yesterday at 54 cents a Dound one and three-eißhths cents below Tuesdays close. During the day the price had reached 53" 8 cents, a new postKorean War low and the lowest price since March 15, 1 1950. The easier
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  • 72 10 Singapore Chinese Produce F.\- I rhanee: Noon prices r>er plcul «rrrCopra: quiet. November *3fi buyers, »36' .elleis. December $3fi rmvers. $3fi' sellers Coconut oil •HO 1 sellers Pepper: all varieties down *10: quiet, no business reported, Muntok while $345. Sarawak $340. Lampons black $30.S l-ewls and Peal: Closing
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  • 158 10 nKW YORK. Wed THE Si nc\. Markrt yesterday a;?m finished on the losinc «idr Easirr tendencies developed in tlir mornine after Monday's failure nt other Mettam to lollou hardrnlnc attempts ol industrials for thr third surcesshe Umr In moderate activity the list developed a falrlv lon^ list of
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  • 116 10 OKIIN Mnj. aloncslric thr Slngak^ pore Harbour Rnard wharve* or exported tod.iv are Bois<.ev;iln 1 2. Buava 3. Cnslleullr 45, Aloe CP. Caltr Adelaide HI TJipanas 89. Riautwhweie 11 Olenrov 11 14, Star Beteli;eiise IS I* Caltr.x Suez 1«. President C.artir/ 19 20. I.nsem NWall 8, l.lpis 21
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  • 39 10 T On tin- free uetMMM iruukrt in Hun-.: Koof pwMrda* the B ftoih.i whs quc.trrt S 927 ft for ri<h Hurt V9fi for T.T. Sterllne MM y ■I 18 78 and one tael of roUI 9"ill 2.1
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 306 10 NOTICE HON GOVERNMENT Hospital Assistant s Association Federation of Malaya Nn 5 Beach Road Jeram has been "registered on 2!) th Srptrmba 1953. Members m rcc\nrs{e<\ to send the sub-script ions to the Hon. Secretary ro KMMU Phl OHn r. Relancor. Tli.ise Interested please applyMil I{j J l^t A "inni
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    • 137 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE Under the Colombo Plan for j Technical Assistance The Government of Australia ls offorlnc facilities lor the training of Civil tt Electrical Engineers for future service with the City Council The City Council Invites applications Irom young men who desire to be trained to
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    • 179 10 TENDERS 1 POLICE TENDER NOTICE RE-TREADINO OF TYRES TENDERS invited by the com- 1 missloner of police. Federation of Malaya for the re-treading of tyres which are due to close on 30th October 1953 at 12 noon are hereby cancelled. Tenders already submitted will be rrturnrd unopened. Fresh tenders which
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    • 843 10 NOTICES I I THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS .ORDINANCE, 1950 (F. of M. Ordinance No. 52 of 1950) THE TOWN COUMCBI KI.MTIONS (TOWN COUNCIL OF .lOHORK HXIIKI 1 REGULATIONS 1931. [Notice under Regulation 14 (1) Notice Is hereby given that the i register of electors for the Electoral 1 Ward of
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    • 702 10 NOTICES i THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE. 1950 I (F. of M. Ordinance No. 52 of 1950) THE TOWN COUNCIL ELECTIONS (TOWN COUNCIL OF JOHORt. RAHRU) REGULATIONS 1951. Notice under Regulation 14 (1) Notice ls hereby given that the register of electors for the Electoral Ward of Nong Chlk. revised
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    • 874 10 NOTICES NOTICE TO JOHORE MEMBERS AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE Commencing 29th October. 1953. an A. AS. Motorcycle Combination and Fitter Driver will be available dally to A.A.S. and A. A.M. Members on Thursday.. 1 Fridays. Saturd.ts and Sundays. from 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 pm. The! services of the Pttter -Driver
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  • 171 12 ...you can be one of the most exclusively welldressed women in the world. Here are two Dior profiles, lines to follow, if you dare! DIOR 1. The Directoire profile a long, fluid line which starts under the bosom, curves m to the waist and round the
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  • 300 12 mjm PHOEBE YMTM IM sick to death of smartery." Of all the words in common use "smart" is the most overworked and overrated. Smart women. smart. y dressed in smart restaurants the smart friends, smart first nights a smart little dress in a smart little
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    257 12 ONE Singapore store te!ls me it has received a supply of Sanderson furnishing materials. This sun-proof stuff is available in about 50 different designs and cost rfrom $3.80 to $9.50 a yard. The same store is expecting a shipment of children shoes a new line called Jumping Jacks".
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  • 55 12 THE WEEK'S BARGAIN Here is a poplin two-piece modelled by |ancf Main button-through dren «ith .1 matching play suit. The dress has j long-line bodice of navy blue and a wide. gathered skirt of large blue and white checks. The play suit has deep *hor>c shoe' neckline. It costs $47.50
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    • 218 12 I "OVIS ARIES" IS HIS FORMAL NAME This is a Scottish black -faced sheep whose springy fleece is made into B.M.K. Wilton rugs and carpets. These carpets are made to the finest export quality and arc all permanently 5 mothproofed. RUCS from 60.00 CARPET SQUARES from $***** 27" BODY CARPET
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 412 12 m. rmy* M~l ___,^^_^l 29. Decent chap, like Shakespeare's Straits Times Crossword 30. They will be these, we are told k L...11 1 I I (4). i 7 3 4 S 9 31. If onre we gain this, we are on RH top (10). SSSS 3SSS SSSS 3SS!33s§s s!^ DOWN
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  • 607 13 13 of 47 fights did not last distance gEVENTEEN-year-old St. Andrew's schoolboy Austin Dunsford, Singapore youths' featherweight boxing champion, started the defence of his title with a first-round knockout at the Happy World Stadium last night. Within seconds of the start, Dunsford began making
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  • 236 13 Malays score soccer double in Penang PENANG, Wed. MALAYS, the community league champions, scored a double when they beat Indians by four goals to one in the inter-community Cup soccer final on the Victoria I Green today. All goals were scored in the second half. It was one of the
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  • 339 13 CHANGRILA. who won the Penang j Turf Clubs Autumn Cup race over B 'if. last Saturday, and Sir Francis, who was second to Farnley on the first day of the meeting, have been transferred from Class 3 to Class 2. according to the latest Straits
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  • 666 13 SEL ANGOR RACE ENTRIES /"VNE hundred and slxty-stx entr. v have b*en received for the Selansor Turf Club's November Meeting to be held on Nov. 7. 11 and 14. They comprise 90 C!. 3 and 76 Cl. 5 horses. The entry of S a Wolf Is subject to the horse
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  • 200 13 Xl ALA LlMriK, Wednesday. UOOLIGANISM brought the Thomson Cup soccer 11 match between Victoria Institution Old Boys and St. John's Institution Old Boys to an abrupt end three minutes before time. Spectators, who had encroached 15 yards over the touchline during the game, invaded
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    32 13 THE EQUALISER: Vladimir Bera. the FIFA goalkeeper, makes a great but futile bid to save from Alf Ramsey in the match against England. This goal tied the scores at four-all. Reuter. photo.
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  • 61 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. SELANOOR Club beat Selangor Services by 16 points 'two goals, renatfy. dropped goal> to 11 (goal, penalty, tryi at rugger on the Padang this evening. The sides were very evenly matched with the scrums and llneouts being shared. However, it was a
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  • 19 14 Dutch Club beat HM Customs 5-1 in a SHA Div 3 match at Farrer Park yesterday.
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  • 558 14 CROWN F&N lift Cup with late goals yyiTH two crisp goals in the last five minutes of the Singapore Business Houses F.A. knockout cup final at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday, Fraser and Neave ended Hongkong Bank's hopes of a "triple crown" triumph. The bank had
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  • 326 14 Jupiter gives Gordon his first win CAMBRIDGESHIRE NEWMARKET Wrd LORD LAMBTONS Jupiter, j ridden by Sir Gordon Richards, won the Cambridgeshire handicap run over 9f. here this afternoon Second was King of the Tudors (20--1) and third Fair Colleen (22-1 >. Jupiter, a three-year-old chestnut colt by the Irish sire,
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  • 19 14 LONDON. Wed —Oxford Univerdty beat Oxford University Greyhounds by 18 points to three at rugby yesterday— Reuter.
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  • 33 14 Two coals by Miranda in the last five minutes enabled Ceylon S.C "A to beat P W D S.C. in a SHA Dlv. 3 i game at Balestler Road yesterday.
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  • 58 14 RAF. (Tengahi beat St Andrew's School by 13 points (two coals, tryt tr mx i try. penalty) at Wondsvllle yesterday. Scorer's for RAF iTengahi were: King (two triesi and Nash (tryi. Tragheim converted the goals. Ronald Tan itryi and Cheng Poh i penalty i scored
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  • 23 14 RAAF iTengahi beat REME by 21 points (three goals. i«o trtesi to 11 points <coal. two trips > at Tencah yesterday.
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  • 32 14 Rovhl Naval Air Station Sembawanr. trounced R.N. Kranjl by 32 points (four goals, four tries) to nine (three tries i in friendly niTcer match played at Naval Base vcMerday.
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  • 109 14 IPOH, Wed AFTER leadinc in the first half Anglo-Chinese School collai>sed and lost 6-3 to Ramblers in a senior divt«4on hockey match on the upper padang today. The schoolboys had the better of play in the first half and scored throueh centre forward Loh Kin Wai.
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  • 101 14 McMullan Potts win T. H A Potts and D W McMullan won the Royal Singapore Golt Cli bs Pres'dent's Prize (Greensomes i competition played on Sunday morning with a score of 72 6 The Octo»>er mixed foursomes competition or.' Sunday afternoon was won t'.v Mr.v J. Kirkwood <t P M
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  • 60 14 SYDNEY. Wed. Three members of the United States Davis Cup team —Tony Trabert, Vie Seixa.s and Bill Talbert— will play in the New South, Wales tennis championships here from Nov. 12 to 21. He had been advised that Seixas would pair with Trabert in the
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  • 55 14 LONDON. Wed— Gay Time, a four-year-old chestnut thoroughbred, who was boucht for £50.000 by the British National Stud last, year, has been solo for export to the Far East, informed racing <Mrrlcs said today. It was reported the horse would prnbablv co to Japan. Stale price v.-as
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  • 28 14 WELLINGTON. Wed. Teter Thomson. 24-year-old Australian professional, will be the only overseas competitor in this year's NewZealand national golf championships to be played at nunedin.
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  • 581 14 Poppy Day Fund Hockey SINGAPORE Civilians heat Combined Services by 3-2 on the S.CC. padang yesterday in the women's annual hockey match for the Lady Mellersh Cup. itaid of the Poppy Day Fund, after an interval score of 1-1. Scorers: Mrs. Hartnell (two) and
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    42 14 SGT. RACE. Services goalkeeper, saves as Civilian centre Jorward Neela Rajaratnam gets in to pick uv any likely chance an incident in yesterday's Poppy Day Fund hockey on the padang. Sgt. Davics (right) comes back to lend' a hand.— Straits Times picture.
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  • 199 14 'TWERE were no surprises at last night's Singapore Badminton Association's open championships and favourites, as expected, had no difficulty In winning their ties Singapore champion Helen Henc MM the first to enter a final when -he defeated Doreen Kiong 11-0,1 11-4 >n the women's
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  • 46 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Wong Mok Toy won the Tyro Special competition at the Johore Bahru annual rifle shoot yesterday with a total score of 175. Runner-up was Chua Kwong Poh. Firing for the Sir Ismail Challenge Cup begins tomorrow at. 2 15 p.m.
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  • 25 14 OHQ FARELF beat Naval Base hv nine points (three fries i to nve (goali in a frlendlv ruceer match at Tanelin yesterday.
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  • 196 14 /GREENWOOD Badminton \j Party became this years junior Inter-club champions when their team of lefthanders easily defeated Sin Sheng B.P. 5-0 in the final at th.c Singapore Badminton stadium last night. Highlight of last night's final whs the brilliant display put up by Tan Chin
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  • 386 14 TTNIVERSITY of Malaya srnrU ed what i.s probably thru first rußfcer victory over Sincnporp Cricket Club when the trams met on the padanc yesterday J S.CC fielded a "B" XV rf J moderate strenßth. and a vie-« tory to University by 12 point.^]
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 54 14 HOCKEY LEAGI'E. DIV. 1: RAF Chansi v Ceylon S.C.. CSC tround. Inivrr--il\ v S.C.R.C.. Sejxn i.inr* ground. hIV. 2: R\.\S Samha«in« v K\K SrleUr "A". Sembawanj. TENNIS SINGAPORE junior xinrl" nnal. Sharvin bin O«m»n v David Scow, YMCA court. .1.15 p.m MALAY rhmmpionship totirnamftit, MSA court. boxi\<; S.\.R..\. youth eh»mpi«nvhip^
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