The Straits Times, 5 November 1953

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times tiolifi*^ Established 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1953. 15 CENTS
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  • 636 1 This may pave way for S.E.Asia Dominion councillor KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. M ALAYA'S leaders have welcomed Brunei's $40 million loan, which will be spent on transport, housing and municipal services programmes next year. Mr. Lim Khye Seng, member of the Legislative Council's Federal Finance Committee, said: "It's
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  • 146 1 KUALa LUMPUR, Wed. BEFORE leaving Kuala Lumpur for Singapore today, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Field Marshal Sir John Harding, visited 'C" Squadron of the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Ownt at their Circular Road camp. L The squadron was in the Division commanded by
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  • 159 1 JAKARTA. Wed. AGRICI'LTI'RAL Minister Sadjarwo revealed today that an Indonesian trade mission sent to the Chinese f I'eople's Republic will negotiatr export of Indonesian rubber to that country. Mr. Sadjarwo said the Chinese wore prepared to purchase Indonesian rubber. Indonesia's dependent position towards the
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  • 46 1 CAIRO. Wed— A summons was served today «n Mad.i:n Mustafa Nahas, 'wife of the former Wafdist rime Minister ctllina her to answer charges that she sot illecal financial' pains durina the last two terms of her husband's tenure of office. Reuter.
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  • 26 1 TAIPEH, Wed. —Twelve of the 63 freed anti-Communist Chinese war prisoners flown here from Korea are visiting Quemoy. Nationalist island outpost off China— A.P.
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  • 117 1 JAKARTA. Wed. F)RTY rebels were killed during a 19-hour fight between the Army and an 800--irtrong Rang in South Celebes. Army headquarters announced today. The pang attacked an Army post, at Tjamba. 35 miles north east, of Macassar. South d-W- -bes capital city. a.
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  • 164 1 TEMPLER MAKES A CALL LONDON, Wed. GEN. Sir Gerald Templer called at the Colonial Office here today to make second of his series of reports this year to the Collonial Secretary, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. Officials said Gen. Templer would remain in London until Nov. 18 for talks with Colonial Office
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  • 30 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Director-General of the Federation Information Services. Mr A D C. F rson. this evening gave one pint of his blood to the blood bank
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  • 23 1 THE STRAITS TIMES WISHES ALL ITS HINDU READERS A HAPPY DEEPAVALI There will be no issue of the Free Press today.
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  • 158 1 HANOI. Wednesday. THE United States Vice-President, Mr. Richard Nixon; today promised he would advise President Eisenhower to send French Union Forces in IndoChina "all the equipment which can be absorbed and provided." He was speaking a few milrs from the burnine town of
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  • 81 1 PANMINJOM. Wed. pOMMI'NIST officials used V pictures of attractive women here today to help their ''come horne 1 talks with Chinese prisoners who have refused repatriation. Prisoners were <«hown photographs of men who had returned home talkin* to pretty Chinese girls. Despite this, the Communist "explainers"
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    44 1 FOl'R GOOD little Kirls rc<d.v for thr winter are th r five-year-old <iood quadruplets trying out thrir new boots and raincoats at their new home. Elm Tree Farm. Nebhleton. Wiltshire, to which they moved with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Good, from Gloucestershire. Reuterpholo.
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  • 285 1 NOTE TO U.S. CONGRESS KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. MALAYAN rubber smallholders have appealed to America to save them from the "temptations" of Communism. The appeal was made in a memorandum to the United States House of Representatives Armed Services sub-com-mittee through the Rubber Producers Council. The
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  • 30 1 LONDON, Wed— The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, will discuss prospects of a settlement of the Anglo Persian dispute with the United States special envoy, Mr. Herbert Hoover, today.—UP.
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  • 85 1 TANJONG TfALANG, Wed. MR. J. G. GRENFELL, assistant electrical engineer for Southern Tronoh Tin Dredging Co. Ltd. at Ayer Papan here was electrocuted yesterday while working on a dredre. He was makine adjustments in the starter cabinet when he came in contact with a live wire
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  • 91 1 NEW SIAM MOVE ON BANDITS BANGKOK. Wed THE Siamese Government today declared a state of emergency over areas in the South in a campaign to wipe out Communist terrorists from Malaya. The bandits have been forcing villagers to give them money, food and information about security forces. The Government considers
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  • 45 1 WASH T NOTON. Wed. The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr John Foster Dulles, yesterday said that there was some reason to fear that the world Communist leaders did not want serious talks on any subject, either in Europe or Asia— Reuter.
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  • 28 1 MANILA, Wed— The National Rice and Corn Corporation today said that it had sold 32.00 A tons of surplus rice to Japan and Hong Kong.— A.P.
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  • 29 1 CIUDAD REAL. Wed A 52-f. high windmill, dr.scrihod as one of the largest in thr world, has bepn built in the village of Valdepenas A P.
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  • 57 1 Laughing at the end of bad luck KIDDIES from the Kampon£ Bahru Malay Girls' School are obviously enjoying this foot-dip in the stream which runs through Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens It was part of the Malay festival of Mandi Safar" (Holy Bath) which marks the end of the bad luck
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  • 40 1 STOCKHOLM. Wed.— A German research chemist who laid the foundations for the modern plastics industry won the Nobel prize for chemistry today. He is Professor Hermann Staudinger. aged 72, of Fretburg University. West Gcri many.— Reuter
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  • 41 1 GEORGETOWN, British Guiana, Wed. Mr Oscar Beresford. chairman of the central Georgetown group of the United Democratic Party, has cabled his party's delegation in London asking them to press for the Peoples Progressive Party to be outlawed. Reuter.
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  • 163 1 MORE than 150 lb. of opium worth about $130,000 on the black market was discovered hidden in a tank In the 3.053-ton tanker Davila yesterday. Customs men 'had searched the tanker for three hours at Pulau Bukom wharves. A Customs spokesman told the Straits
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  • 25 1 200 VIF.TMINH RILLED HANOI. Wed. French High Command said today ever 200 Vietmlnh frilled yesterday bj Franco-Viet-■amese troops who teeccupied Phu Nho.— \S
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  • 71 1 BELGRADE. Wed YUGOSLAVIA yesterday proA tested to Italy against the Italian Governments ban on exports to Yugoslavia, Tanjug, the official Yugoslav news agency, reported. The protest note was handed to the Italian Foreign Ministry by the Yugoslav Miniver in Rome. Mr. Pavle Gregoric. Flag-waving Italian students
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  • 146 2 Natural rubber production WASHINGTON, Wed. rpHE Commerce Department A said today that world production of natural rubber in September was 140,000 long tons. The total for the first nine months of the year is 1.265.--000 tons, according to estimates of the International Rubber Study Group. Output in the first nine
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  • 35 2 RANGOON. Wed.— Burma's financial oblißations to Britain arising nut of the 1947 treaty of independence have seen settled at a total of £7,--100.000, a substantial reduction on the figures quoted in 950— Reuter.
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  • 228 2 WHO sends doctor to Singapore for health centre talks A VISITING World Health Organisation representative, Dr. I. C. Fang, will see the Singapore Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, today to discuss plans for the big new public health centre to be built in the Colony. Dr. Fang,
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  • 167 2 A Dionne quin enters a convent QUEBEC. Wed. MARIE DIONNE one of the 19-year-old Callanrier quintuplets, yesterday entered the cloistered life of a Roman Catholic convent. Six of the 43 nuns at the Convent of Les Servantes dv Tres Saint-Sacrement (Servants of th(. Blessed Sacrament) welcomed her with the kiss
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  • 65 2 BEIRUT, Wed— The Lebanese Parliament meeting ended abruptly yesterday after a Maronite Christian Deputy, Hamid Frangieh, had thrown an empty water glass at a Muslim Deputy, Abdullah Al Hajj. The glass missed, but uproar broke out and the chairman raised his voice above the din to
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  • 20 2 NEW YORK. Wed.— The United States yesterday denied that it planned to store atomic weapons in Spain. A.P.
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  • 19 2 LONDON. Wed. Twenty Russian baUerinas and singers arrived here by air last night to tour Britain. Reuter.
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  • 83 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Described by the prosecuting officer as a quack dentist. Tan Ko-v Ene was fined $50 in the Police Court today for moving medicines at the ninth mile Kota Tinggi road without a Dermit. Tan asked for the return of the medicines and forceps
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  • 44 2 WASHINGTON. Wed—President Eisenhower, in a statement to mark American Education Week, yesterday urged the American people to "guard with devoted vigilance the freedom of thought and discussion which inspire free men to teach all men how to be free. Reuter.
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  • 31 2 ATHENS, Wed. The U.S. Air Force Secretary, Mr. Harold E. Talbott, and Gen. Nathan Twining, Air Force Chief of Staff arrived in Athens yesterday for a brief visit— A.P.
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  • 171 2 MADRID. Wednesday. pENERAL Franco pledged today that Spain would I* give the West efficient help against Soviet aggression through her new pact with the United States but ruled out direct military co-operation with Brii tain and France. He said that Spain's accords with
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  • 84 2 LONDON. Wed— The public will get its first personal glimpse the London Stock Exchange in action, on Novcmbei 16. After discussing the matter for 70 years or more, the Exchange's governing body has decided to open a public gallery to give the layman a rhance to
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  • 349 2 THE visiting celebrity violinist Maurice Clare alrrost cancelled his concert tour on Tuesday because his violin had suddenly developed a busz "like paying through a comb." "I was in complete despair," said Mr. Clare yesterday. "I was on the point of taking
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  • 219 2 COLOMBO, Wednesday. TWO members of the Ceylon Parliament are flying 1 to London at their own expense to dissuade Queen Elizabeth from visiting Ceylon while en route to Australia next April, it was learned here today. Henry Abeywickreme and
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  • 139 2 Hopes rest on 2 him L hours THE trouble with local pic* is their lack of pigmentation which link's them subject to sunburn. But two special thick-skinned black pies just arrived in the Federation may be able to solve the problem. They are two pedigree biack boars, which arrived in
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  • 15 2 BALTIMORE. Wed—Eight-year-old Leioy Coombs found a live 20 lb. bomb last night.— A.P.
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  • 256 2 AID FOR MEN IN" GRIP OF 'JAGAS' EX-SERVICEMEN whc| fall into the chutcheJ of the "'ocal Jacal (moneylender) are giving! the Ex-Services Assoclf-| tion in Singapore and the! Federation one of its biggest headaches. Colonel F W. Harvey, head of the Salvation Army in Malaya said yesterday. ••To combat this
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  • 55 2 I LUCKNOW, Wed. Police i have rounded up 279 morel people here, bringing to 900 tiiej total number arrested sir» Friday's clashes between swW dents and police. The authorities said they would not extend the curfew which was due to expire today, but would Impose a
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  • 39 2 SEOUL. Wed— A new chapel, built with donations from a single Sunday's collections by Catholics in the U.S Eighth Army, was dedicated today to the memory of the five Cath"j* lie chaplains who died in Korea —A.P.
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  • 26 2 LONDON. Wed— Mr. Ayato Ikeda, former Japanese Finance Minister, yesterday spoke with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Butler, on ArmloJapanese economic relations A.P.
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  • 36 2 SALISBURY. Rhodesia, W; dii —An appeal for a three-year truce on native affairs in the Rhodesian Federation has been rejected by the Prime Minister and leader of the Federal Party, Sir Godfrey Huggins.— Reuter.
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  • 29 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Syed MohamPd bin Abdullah, a bus conductor, who did not wear an arm badge was fined i $5 in the police court today.
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  • 123 2 3 shot their way across Soviet zone to freedom BERLIN. Wed. THREE Czech youths, who shot their way out of the Soviet zone ->f Germany, waited hopefull/ today for the Vest to give them asylum. One was seriously wounded by East German police. They told the police here that for
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  • 202 3 US 'BACK DOOR' CHINA TRADE LONDON, Wed. MR. WALTER STEVENS, leader of the first British Trade Union delegation tG visit China, last niuht ac- cased the United States of permitting "back door" exports to China, through Japan. Mr. Stevens secretary of the Communist-dominated Electrical Trades Union, described the delegation's tour
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  • 58 3 NEW DELHI. Wed— lndian paratroopers have gone into action in a remote section of Assam against the Dafla tribr. 500 of who.se members ambushed a government party on Oet 22 and killed more than 70. The dead included a major. three soldiers and friendly tribesmen accompanying the
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  • 46 3 Soldier freed LONDON, Wed.— Fusilier Patrick Lydon. sentenced to a year's imprisonment and lgnominous discharge from the British Army for cowardice in a Korea battle, last mcht walked from his cell free man The Army decided to confirm the sentence, but remitted the prison term. Reuter.
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  • 16 3 LONDON. Wrd. Mrs. Mnlly Bolton last night became chairman of London County Council. Reuter.
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  • 78 3 SEOUL. Wed President Syngman Rhee today reaffirmed his decision to drive the Communists out of North Korea if a post-armistice political conference fails to unify his country. The South Korean leader chase thus particular timr with preliminary political talks at Panmunjom stalemated to outline a plan
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  • 18 3 ATHENS. Wed. A Bulgarian trade mission arrived in Athens yesterday to negotiate a trade acrrement. Reuter.
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  • 97 3 LONDON, Wed. RUSSIA yesterday claimed to have several types of atomic and hydrogen bombs. The claim was made in a talk by a Soviet scientist over Moscow Radio and monitored In London. "The joint work of physicists, chemists and petrolopists has helped Soviet science
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  • 83 3 SIXTY people escaped unhurt when a GlasgowColchester express train .jumped the rails on a lonely stretch of the Northumberland coast in darkness. The express came off the rails at between 40 and 50 m.p.h. and careered for about 200 yards between the lines. The
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  • 390 3 Big Four talks could be a risk Churchill LONDON, Wednesday. $IR WINSTON CHURCHILL, the Prime Minister, last night warned that a Big Four neeting with Mr. Malenkov might end "in a still vorse deadlock than there is at present." He was speaking to the new session of the House )f
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  • 170 3 THE HAGUE, Wed. WORLD mine production of tin in concentrates in August was 13.500 long tons, against 16.100 tons in July, the International Tin Study Group announced yesterday. This decrease was due mainly to a drop in Bolivian exports from 4.082 tons in July a very
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  • 23 3 NEW YORK, Wed.— Mr Robert Wagner. Democrat. last night became Mayor of 1 New York for the next four years.— Reuter.
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  • 26 3 TOKYO, Wed— The Prime i Minister. Mr. Shigeru Yashida. yesterday told the Diet that. he would never build an armed force capable of aggression.
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  • 25 3 VIYIKN I.KIGII as she appears in the new Terence Rattigan play "The Sleeping Prince." now on in London. Reuter picture.
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  • 114 3 Russia says no to meeting on Germany WASHINGTON. Wed. RUSSIA yesterday rebuffed a Western bid for a Big Four Foreign Ministers' meeting on Germany's future and renewed 1 its demand that Red China be present. In reply to a proposal that the Big Four Foreign Ministers meet at Lugano. Switzerland,
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  • 37 3 LONDON. Wed.— Sir Samur! Joyce Thomas, of Hocage House. Cascade, St. Anns Trinidad, formerly Chief Justice of the Federated Malay States, who died on January 19. 1952. left estate in England valued at £4,9o4.— Reuter
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  • 29 3 ATLANTA, Georgia, Wed. Dr. David W. Senator, aged 57, vice-pre.sident of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, has died in an Atlanta hospital soon after arriving here. A.P.
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  • 19 3 NEW JERSEY, Wed. Mr Robert Me>ner today was elected New Jersey's first Democratic Governor in 10 years.— Reuter.
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  • 19 3 COLOMBO, Wed. Ceylon has decided not Lj be a part.v to the International Sugar Agreement.— UP.
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  • 170 3 NEW YORK. Wed. J£ING PAUL OF GREECE yesterday told the United Nations that the world was moving toward ultimate unity In spite of the threat of total destruction by atom and hydrogen bombs. He urged international patience, in a brief address at a
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  • 295 3 LONDON. Wed. ni ARK ITS were again very firm 11 today in active dealings. A very good Indication of th# present strength of Industrial* m given by the small effect profltUfctng had on prices in this section and all groups showed gains on the day. In Far Eastern
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  • 27 3 LONDON, Nov. 4. Cash Buyers £617 > 2 Sellers £620; Forward Buyers €604: Sellers £605; Settlement £615 (down £2..). Turnover a.m. 35 tons: p.m. 70 tons.
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  • 38 3 LONDON. Nov. 4— Spot 18^.d.. Dec. IS 1 d.. Jan -Mar 16',d.. Apr June 16 T .d.. July-Sept. lS 7 ,d. Nov ri.f. 16'« d. Dec. c.J.f 16' id.. Jan. rlf 16' 2 d Tone: Bteady
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  • 25 3 ATHENS Wed A delegation of twelve politicians, journalists and artists left Athens yesterday by air for a three-week visit to Russia.— Reutcr
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  • 18 3 BERLIN, Wed. Four prisoners released from Russia were handed over to Swiss officials here yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 134 4 REPLY TO UMNO BURNINGS KI'ALA LI'MPrR. Wednesday. ••lI7ARTA". the Singapore Malay weekly paper recently ceremonially burned by 1 MNO members, will continue "to print news and views in the interest of the Malays, peace and security of our beloved country, Malaya." "Warta" made thla
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  • 67 4 PENANG. Wed. A MEMBER of the Malar Regimental Band faint ed yesterday evening while taking part in a rehearsal of the Remembrance Day parade to be held on the esplanade here on Sunday. The Resident Commissioner and the G.O.C. Malaya, Lt.-Gen. Sir Hugh Stockwell will attend
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  • 91 4 2-Day youth course PENANG, Wed. THE Settlement Secretary. Mr. H. R. Ellis will declare open the first youth leadership training course organised by the Settlement Youth Council or Saturday at Heah Lodge, Batu Ferringhi. The two day course is being divided into three sessions. The first is "Our Aim" to
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  • 53 4 A Singapore Chinese salesman's habit of not keeping all his cash in one pocket, saved him from losing it all on Tuesday night. The salesman was held up by two men, one armed with a revolver. They took $43 from his shirt pocket but missed $15
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  • 97 4 The Singapore Arts Theatre's production ol the Chinese play. Tne Yellow Jacket, which was recently produced in the open air at Malaig. the home of Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. is to be put on again for charity on Nov. 19 This time, the production will be
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  • 42 4 The Ramakrishna Mission i temple in Bartley Road. Singa- pore, will be illuminated this evening with hundreds of oil lamps for the Deepavali festival. Arti and prayer will be held at 7 p.m. All are invited to attend.
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  • 120 4 pEO OOT HENG was srn--1 tenced to 10 months' gaol esterday when he was found :u:lty in the Fourth District 'niirt of having 18 lb of raw ipium. worth about $7,200 on i nl. 10 Teo gave not.ct- of appeal i and was allowed ball ot
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  • 62 4 MISS L. R. BARNES, president of the World Young Women's Christian Association, speaks at a party held in her honour at Kuala Lumpur on Monday night. Interested listeners are Mrs. I nil Poon Lip, national president of the YWCA, Malaya, (left), and
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  • 380 4 Fire victims want the cash A FlVfc-JMAiN delegation, claiming to represent the Singapore Kampong Bugis fire victims, proposed yesterday that the 96 houses built for them at Kolam Ayer from public funds should be -old and the money divided equally among them. The chairman of the
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  • 124 4 LABOUR'S CAMPAIGN BEGINS PENANG, Wed. ELECTION committees for Labour were formed from the crowd which yesterday evening heard Mr. N. Patkunam, Labour candidate for Jelutong, make his lirst campaign speech. The committees were elected after M. Ooi Thiam Siew secretary of the Penang division of the Malayan Trade Union Council,
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  • 46 4 SEGAMAT. Wed.— Ng Choon. 42. was charged in the Segamat Court with having at Kampong Abdullah new village, an illicit still. 21 Jars of fermented mash and 173 bottles of samsu Bail of $4,000 was allowed and the ca.^-e adjourned to Dec. 2.
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  • 132 4 NO SPECIAL PLASTIC SURGERY PENANG, Wed. rpHE Federation Government 1- is not interested In introducing special plastic surgery into Malaya at present, a Federation Medical Headquarters spokesman said today. He was referring to thr delusion of Professor T. D. Kilner, Nuffield professor of plastic surgery at Oxford, in the three-man
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  • 64 4 Singapore Arya Samaj will celebrate Dc-epavali and the death anniversary of its founder. Maharlshi Swami Dyanand Saraswati. at 42 Rowell Road from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow. Celebrations include musical j items by the Ramakrishna Ladies Orchestra of Johore Bahru. Arya Samaj Hindi class students
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  • 16 4 SITIAWAN. Wed— A5.P.G P Leech Is the new O. C. P. D here.
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  • 240 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. EDUCATION is the best way in which the people of w Malaya can solve their problems. Mr. R. W. I. Sand, secretary to the Member for Education, told Cu&la Lumpur Rotarians today "At this stage in the nistory of Malaya, when
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  • 40 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Wed. A TERRORIST on the wanted list was killed at Ji Kongsi area. Sungei Bakap, in Nibons Tebal district, yesterday by a patrol of .special operational volunteer force under Police Lieut. I. P. Hyde, a George Medallist.
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  • 31 4 SEGAMAT, Wed— Charged with having nine tahiUs of chandu on Chan Wing Estate. Jagoh. Abdul Hamid Din Abu Hassan 42, was allowed $100 bail in the Segamat Sessions Court.
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  • 55 4 Another bandit was wounded but managed to escape with two others. They had been seen in a bandit camp. The dead terrorist was Woo Shun Wo. alias Ah Oh. He was wanted by the province police. The patrol recovered a .shotgun, grenade, ammunition and
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  • 294 4 I nuriMtv of MlUy> lMialinc I'nion: Debate on "Without A Ln« Faculty The University of Malaya |Is Not Worthy Of Its Name" at Oet Tlonc Ham Hall, Cluny Road, 8.15 p.m. All welcome. Jewish Community: Talk on "The Work of the World JewJish Congress by I">r Maurice L.
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  • 348 5 $644 million-cost of Colony's big plans TIIK total cost of all present projects in the Singapore development plans is estimated at $644 million, said a Legislative Councillor, Mr. C. C. Tan, in a broadcast over Radio Malaya last night. The plans are of two categorics first the power and other
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  • 157 5 rSTPONING a case sine die. .t Singapore magistrate ■aid yesterday that the accused had every rl<ht to ask for an adjournment, as he had no defence counsel. The magistrate. Mr J. M. Devereux-Colebourn. said this when Mr. P. T. Won*, defence counsel for
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  • 105 5 20 teachers take arts course BATU PAHAT. Wed. ABOUT 20 teachers from Kluang. Segamat and Batu Pahat are now undergoing an art course under Mr J. Harries. Art Director, Federation of MaUya. The course will be completed on November 12 It includes all work for both the primary and upper
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  • 89 5 BENTONG, Wed. Makhan Singh. 27. of Ketari New Village. Bentong, claimed trial to a charge of outraging the modesty of Swaran Kaur. 17. daughter of Puran Singh on Sept 20. Bail in $250 in one surety wa.s granted and the case postponed to Nov. 19 Two brothers
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  • 196 5 QN March 31, eight days after he was disqualified from drivine for a year, Wee Choon Hmns. 49, was found drivine a car in Kreta Ayer Road He was arrested. The car was stopped by Police Lieut. Stanley C. Sharpe who was the complainant in
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  • 69 5 RAUB. Wed. In recognition of their services to the Scout movement in Penang. Lord Rowallan. Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth, has awarded Medals of Merit to Mr. L. R. Shori, District Commissioner. Raub. and Assistant District Commissioner. Pahan?. and to Inche Shamsuddin bin Mohammed Sidek
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  • 31 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed i Johore Bahru Poppy Day fiance takes plane tomorrow at 1 the Civil Service Club, starting at 9 p.m. Tanclin Ciub orchestra will provide music.
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  • 148 5 Penang will try to avoid sackings PENANG. Wed. DESPITE the need for economy, the Penang Municipality will try to avoid sacking staff. Mr. S V. Adams. Municipal Treasurer and Secretary, said today. "But we shall have to solvtthe problem of surplus .<>taff! when new efficiency methods are adopted." he added.
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  • 48 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Thieves got away with a typerwriter and 40 fountain pens valued at $1,000 aft.-r breaking into a bookshop nere last night. In their hurry, the thieves dropped a typewriter In the yard behind the shop. Police have detained a man
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  • 47 5 SEGAMAT. Wrd.— "We Wen a little late taking our cards from our pockets and that probably annoys the constable.- said Goh Moh. 36 an<l Gon Liong Hoe. 25. charged at Segamat with refusing to show their identity cards to a policeman Each was fined
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  • 118 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 7 1 Morning Stars; 730 New.«: M Felix King Orchestra; 8 Ray Martin; 830 Malay Housewives Corner; 8 In a Holiday Mood; 930 Band of the Irish Guards- 10 Drepavall; 10.15 Malayan Vaudeville: 11.15 In Concert Style: 1 Sidney iorch Orchestra; 130 News- 145 Bernle Cummlngs Orchestra
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  • 263 5 A JEWISH leader arrived in Singapore by BOAC from Australia yesterday for talks with the Jewish community here on common problems. He is Dr. Maurice L Perlzwelg. director of the bepartment of International Affairs of the World Jewish Congress in New York. He is also
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  • 79 5 KUALA LIPIS. Wed. Rapid work put in by the Railway Department has resulted in passenger trains between Kuala Lipis and Gemas running to schedule from Sovrn ber 1. Construction work is in full swing in the yards at Kuala Lipis and the railway quarters have been
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  • 32 5 BATU PAHAT. Wed. A storm at 3 am yesterday blew down trees, roofs of several huts an smashel window panes. Some roads were blocked with fallen trees.
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  • 119 5 The Singapore Ninth Police Magistrate. Mr R B I Pates, yesterday committed Tay Poh Chi alias Tan Poh Chi a former maid servant of Mrs. Yap Suat Tee. to trial at the next Assizps for robbing Mrs Yap of valuables worth $2,570. and during the
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  • 75 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.A 50-year-old woman Cheah Kirn Lean, was charged in the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate's Court today with using her house as a common gaming place. She pleaded not guilty and was allowed $1,000 ball Another woman. Lee Ah Kam. also claln.ed trial to
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  • 46 5 KUALA LIPIS, Wed— Tungku Abdul Rahmpn. president of U.M.N.0., in hLs first visit to Kuala Lipis addressed a public Slathering at the children's Playground on Monday. He appealed to all and to Malays in particular to cooperate and to Join U.M.N.O
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  • 46 5 MALACCA. Wed— A man charged with unlawful possession of ammunition sudden v became sick in the Malacca High Court today Mr. Justice Bellamy discharged the jury and tnld witnesses they woi'ld have to j^ome tj court at a lat-n date
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  • 108 5 'THE Singapore Traffic Police X Chief, Mr W. R. M. Haxworth. yesterday clarified the purposes of road markings. Lines are ordinarily laid down on the road for the direction of traffic, he said. A continuous white line in the centre of the road prohibits parking
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  • 119 5 MR. Justice Taylor gaoled Tan Ec Chuan and Ton Ah Leong at Singapore Assize* yesterday for armed robbery at Kampong Lima on Aug. 31. Tan was sent to seven years' and Toh to eight years' imprisonment. Tan and Toh, together with another person, herded
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  • 64 5 BENTONG. Wed— Goh Swee Guan. 41. who had been convicted in 1948 for negligent driving was today found guilty of inconsiderate driving Mr. E. M Smallwood. the president of the Pahang Sessions Court, fined him $100. Goh was driving a motor car on the Benton— Kuala Lrmpur
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  • 24 5 KAMPONG RAP AT. Wed Thieves stole five pigs worth $300 from a farm at the sth mile Gopeng Road last evening.
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    • 79 5 iMl^^^M Mil WjijtijS//^^^ 111 we present to you the world-famous Czechoslovak handkerchiefs of first-class quality under new trade marks and in a new, elegant packing. Gentlemen's sorts: Camel, Rokoko and Mushroom Ladies' sorts: Amour, Rokoko, Carmen, Butterfly and Mushroom Children's hankies: Baby Exclusive design fast colours unusual durability. Advantageous prices
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    • 221 5 GILBEY'S Spey Royal SCOTCH WHISKY dfpkjfcWb didn't L^\\^>* before? I On<» you h»v* omd I N it. yh* wfll knew th»t Tan>t«x /N. >> naat (entible method V of Sanitary protection It C^v was invented by a doctor and sX it'a safer, daintie- ajid far more hygienio— yet It dwsn*
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  • 50 6 20 H'orrft 5/0 (minimum) THE DIRECTORS ana the Stafl of Phoenix Aerated Water Co., Ltd., and O.H. Cafe Ltd., and the relatives of the late Mr. N. R. Mistrl tender their heartfelt, thanks to those who pud ni:ht visits, sent wreaths and message* of sympathy and attended bla funeral.
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  • 298 6 it) Words $10 (minimum: SALE till Saturday at Mulcrand'a 82-1, Bras BOMB Road. Open a]] day today. Clofrlns tomorrow WILL Bhoek you. l h rill yu, r.bBorb you, prip you. Be* th'.F famous London play to-ntcM "Rtverllne" Singapore Arts Theair<\ THEY WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME" »hfn I told them that
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  • 8 6 Singapore, Thurs., Nov. 5, 1953.
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  • 1056 6 Less formidable, but more baffling Sir Winston Churchill's description of the international scene^ is a phrase that mipht be applied to the address from which it is taken. The Prime Minister's thoughts on a meeting with the Big Four have undergone notable change since May, and
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  • 257 6 The finger-printing of persons who drive cars other than for pleasure can be accepted apparently in Singapore without protest, although it is not at all clear why there should be thi:distinction. But an amendment to the Road Traffic Ordinance that will give the Commissioner of Police authority
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    • 232 6 'This would be a wicked law I HOPE that by now the 1 desks of all our Legislative Councillors are overflowing with letters of protest against the suggested legislation that would empower the Commissioner of Police to suspend a driving licence without reference to the courts. This would br wickrd
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    • 93 6 rpUNGKU Abdul Rahman X went too far in heading the demonstration to burn Jn public Warta and Qalam papers, just because they criticised him and his party, UMNO. I wonder whether the Tunsku is fully aware of the step i he lias taken In leading Malaya to
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    • 72 6 AS a nationalist I am opposed to newspapers which dlrectl; 1 or indirectly are a voice of tne Government or consciously or unconsciously a branch of the United States Information Service In this country. I therefore agree with Tunsku Abdul Rahman's action In burning Warta and Qalam at Johore Bahru.
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    • 116 6 MAY I reply to the letter signed "Middle Class" (Johore under the heading "now a grade of rice vanishes"? After investigation of the matter I find that through a misunderstanding in the office of this department in Johore medium grade rice was not available to the public because
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  • 1252 6  - DEEPAVALI SYMBOL OF HOPE V. Balakrishna By 'TODAY the Hindus celebrate Deepavalithe festival of lights. It commemorates the rejoicing which followed when NaraKasura. an unconquerable demon of Hindu mythology, was slain by Lord Krishna. Narakasura was a tyrant whose evil doings were beyond description, and what is more God Vishnu
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  • 542 6 Scope seeker WELCOME to Maurice Clare, the Scottish violinist, and to his eighteenth century violin, which we shall hear in Singapore on Friday. A year away from Britain, and likely to bo away for a year more, the Rreat artist has found himself ilk? I many others
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    • 612 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. M H'nnli J/0 (minimum) HOFFMAN: To Cor, wife ol Gerard, on Nov. 4th. at K.K. Hospital, a son, Wouter Gerard Frank MAC GREGOR: To Ellene (nee Daw), wife of I. H. Mac Greaor, Jesselton. NorUi Borneo, at Malacca, General Hospital, on 2nd November, 1953, a r.on, Colin lan
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    • 18 6 ESP V OF OVTSTAND/NG X Ihom woollens AVA/LABLE FOR YOUR SELECT/ON AT REASONABLE PR/CES PHONE: 6535 Zt.CHUUA STREET
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    • 58 6 IDEAL for Ihe hedroom^^fjj if I yj 5145 C&@/£> RADIO SINCAPORE PRICE $140 OR $12 MONTHLY FEDERATION PRICE $1;6 OR $13 MONTHLY AOVT. OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO LTD. OF ENGLAND lINGAPOM MALACCA KUALA iUH>ul IPOM MNANO STAMINA POWER MATCHLESS I>IHIOHM\M I <*fagk^Mx?^^ MERCURY J^^KSs^ Ol TBOARDS Sales Service SOON
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  • 365 7 Mr. JumabHoy is given a walk-over in City Ward i A BOUT 7,000 voters in the City Ward who have seen some of the bitterest Singapore City Council election battles, will not go to the polls on Dec. 5. Their retiring representative, Mr. .1. M. Jtimabhoy, will he returned unopposed.
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  • 118 7 rl line-up of candidates (with symbols in brackets) is: ROCHORE WARD (.n.ik Sing Inn. merchant, Ind. (Chicken); T. A. Simon, merchant, Ind. (MotorBoat); Kyed Mumtaz Hussain, salesman, Ind. -Lab. (Lock). NORTH WARD S. H. A. Alhahshi, merchant, UMNO-MCA (Saw); Lim Choo Sye, schoolmaster, frog.
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  • 181 7 LOCAL OUTLOOK URGED "EDUCATION in Singa- j pore should be Singa- j pore-based with emphasis: on the local angle and not England or China-based, the acting Director of Education, Mr. David McLellan, said yesterday. This, he said, was one of the objects behind proposnl.s to introducp the bl-llnffual system of
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  • 75 7 Ne Pit Hun. wlm Appealed against a jnwrr court sentence of eight months' imprisnnmrnt for offering a bribo n f $3.finn tn a Detective stalT Sergeant, failed in his apprnl in the Singapore High Court yesterday The Acting Chief Justice, Mr Justice Brown, upheld the conviction and
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  • 24 7 The Singapore Volunteer Special Constabulary will hold thoir first annual revolver shoot this morning at the Policr Trpininp. School, Thomson Road.
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  • 139 7 MRS. LOBO WILL TRY AGAIN jyjRS. Mary Lobo, who was prevented by a technicality from running in the December elections, stood in the City Hall yesterday and looked over 14 men who showed up with nomination papers. Then she declared: "I would have given them all a tough fight if
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  • 57 7 The first public meeting of Singapore's nine-man constitution review commission will be held in the Victoria Memorial Hall at 10 a.m next Wednesday. The chairman. Sir George Rendel, will address the commissioners on the three-month job ahead of them. The date of the first business meeting of
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  • 69 7 Mr. W. R. Scott, senior executive engineer of the Public Works Department in Singapore, handed over the new Nee Soon School to the Education Department authorities in a ceremony at Nee Soon yesterday. The school, about four miles from the Nee Soon Police Station, has
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  • 69 7 H. M. Patel, who appealed against a lower court conviction and sentence of two months' imprisonment on a charge of cheating, succeeded in his appeal in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Patel was alleged to have dishonestly i nduced a Punjabi woman, Gurdev Kaur. to deliver to
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  • 32 7 The Singapore Joint Relief Organisation decided yesterday to appeal for more funds which will b<* sufficient at least to give another $10 to each of the Aljunied Road fire victims.
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  • 39 7 Inspector Abubakar bin Ismail, who appealed against a sentence of three months' imprisonment on two charges of making a false statement, had his conviction and sentence confirmed on appeal in the Singapore High Court yesterday.
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  • 117 7 THE Singapore Government explained yesterday why it rejected the application of the Joint Relief 3rganisation to run a lottery. At a committee meeting, the chairman. Mr. R. N. Broome. Secretary for Chinese Affairs, read a letter from the Financial Secretary, which said that there MM
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  • 81 7 Xl AI.A LUMPUR. Wed. INDIAN labourers from nearby estates invaded Kuala Lumpur today for last-minute purchases of Deepavall sweets and clothes. Restaurants in the Indian section of the town reported brisk sales. Many Hindus will gather at the temples for the 'Puja' ceremony tomorrow Aong
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  • 48 7 KUALA LUMi'UR, Wed Parit-Sulong Road was Hooded to a depth of 15 inches at the 92' 4 mile and 13 inches at the 93 mile, the senior executive engineer. Muar, reported today The water mv fubMdin* but the road was still impassable to light /ehicle j.
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  • 43 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wrd. A 57-YEAR-OLD former -cJ\ cords officer in the Volunteer Forces. A. J. Hawkins. wa< found shot dead in a locked lavatory at the South East Hotel, Brickfields Road. Kuala Lumpur, early this afternoon. His body was discovered by
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  • 103 7 MR Ancus M. MacKlntosh. head of the South-Ea.st Asia Department of the Colonial Office in London. nrnvori in Singapore by Malayaii Airways from Kuchlng yesterday. He is here to see the poll- tical situation for himself, and leaves this morning by air for Kuala Lumpur. He
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  • 93 7 MX. J TAN AH WAH. of Malayan Airways reservations staff at Singapore, has been in Britain on a course organised by 8.0.A.C. for members of its own reservations staffs overseas and those of associated companies and general sales acents. Mr. Tan (right), accompanied by
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  • 148 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. F[E War Department Civillian Staff Assn will give a last chance to the army authorities to settle claims for revised salary schemes when they meet in Singapore on Nov. 17. The association will try to prove that pay scales given to
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  • 116 7 Chinese is fined $50 for speeding rfO cars were racing along Bukit Timah Road on July 5 I when they were trailed by a police patrol, the First Traffic Police Court was told yesterday. Koh Hoe Hye. a sundry shop owner, pleaded not guilty to driving at 45-50 rr.ph. Police
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  • 87 7 POLICE TOOK HIM BACK FREE rpAN SENG PENG, unemL ployed, told a Singapore Court yesterday that although penniless, he took a trip of 14 miles, had drinks on the way and then returned—all free of charge Tan. who was charged with gambling at the Hi milestone. Kranji. In the Fifth
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  • 152 7 Minimum temperature: <7.30 p.m. on Nov. 3 to 7.30 a.m. on Nov. 4): Singapore 77 degrees, Penang 73, Kota Bahru 76. Kuala Lumpur 75, Ipoh 72, Kuantan 74. Maximum temperature: (7.30 am. to 7.30 p.m. on Nov. 4>: Singapore 89, Penang 89, Kota Bahru (not received*. Kuala Lumpur
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  • 85 7 his syce and a hotel servant who were mystified at his nonappearance for his usual morning drive. Receiving no answer to the:r knock on the lavatory door they broke it down and founa Mr. Hawkins on the floor. A pistol was beside him. Heavy rain
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  • 191 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. rpiIREE more Communist t*r--1 roriaU have been Willed and another who was unarmed, has surrendered. The surrender took place yesterday at KamponK Pak Lamb'ak in the Dunjfun district of Trengganu. One of the kills was made by a patrol of the 1
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  • 86 7 Mr. Horace E. "Hunk" Henderson, special assistant to the president of the Junior Chamber International and immediate past president of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, arrived in Singapore f r om Saigon last night. Mr. Henderson Is on a twv month goodwill tour to
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  • 59 7 Mrs. Roger Low Bacor chairman of International Affairs Committee of the Women's U. S. National Republic Club arrived at. Kalian^ 1 Airport by Cathay Pacific Airways from Saigon last night. Mrs. Bacon was met by Mr J. Meader. director of U.S IS In Malaya, and Mr.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 228 7 IMPORTANT NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA Hitherto, eontparathrvb' f>'w •atrsrnripii nt »mployen> have hf-n lepallv li.ihlc pay tamfmmtkm lo employees arcid«ntallv njuroH whilr unrlunc Thp now KHeratinn Workmen's Com. r*-nsatinn Ollti— lIH uhuh <\.m.- into f»rre on Ist April |M ■ppHM to pr.,, |j „v (yp, „f
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    • 115 7 I* BABY CAR SEAT 1 life' om-t o**0 2 rrd•^ d iff J/i L* /i e/^ Support of strong Metal Finished Black Stoved Enamel. Seat of Creen Heavy Quality Canvas. $17.50 CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT FIRST FLOOR ROBINSONS DEEPAVALI Our Singapore Store will be closed at I p. m. Today j(p£\\ THANK
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  • 331 8 Trainees given another chance THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT is taking steps to solve the teacher shortage problem, the acting Director of Education, Mr. David MeLellan, said yesterday. As the first step, 67 teacher-trainees, who failed in English for a second time in their Cambridge examination, have been recalled.
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  • 50 8 THE SINGAPORE Arts Theatre's production "The River Line", by Charles Morgan, opens at the Victoria Theatre tonight I'irt is on till Saturday. In .< some from the play during a dress rehearsal are frorr left Olive Castle. F.ve Craig and Eileen Noble. Straits Times
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  • 95 8 rpHE tremendous rise in J popularity of television has forced the American film industry to concentrate on new markets, said Mr Richard Altschuler. oversea*, president of Republic Pictures, at a Singapore lunch yesterday. He forcast that the film industry in general would seek 60 per
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  • 109 8 81 ,000 GIFT B DYING WOMAN A SINGAPORE Chinese woman, made a gift of $1,000 to a hospital, just before she died last week end. The woman, Madam Ns Loy N'iong. told her husband, a pawnbroker, on her death-bed to save on her funeral expenses and make the donation. A
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  • 27 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Mahal bin Haji Ali. of Muar, was sentenced in the police court to 60 days' gaol for keeping a stolen bicvelp
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  • 23 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Mersing is organising a fun fair to be held next week in aid of the Poppy Day Fund.
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  • 177 8 ■)RE Naval Base Labour Union is to begin with Admiralty authorities over a wage hich arose out of an abirtation award early this year The award was made by Mr. John Cameron, Q.C., an independent arbitrator appointed by the Governor. Sir John Nicoll. He was called
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  • 129 8 TWF I'niversity of Malaya -I Debating: I'nion will debate the proposition "Without a law faculty, the University of Malaya is not worthy of its name" at the university's Oei Turn- Ham Hall. Cluny Road, at 8.15 tonight. Proicssor O. 11. Philips, adviser to the Rendel
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  • 58 8 Three masked Chineso armea with knives broke into a farmer's hut in Jurong Road, Singapore, on Tuesday night and robbed the farmer and his wife of $195 worth of jewellery. The couple were forced by the robbers to kneel in a room. While two stood guard
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  • 23 8 Two Indian^ waylaid a City Council labourer in King Georprs A rr.uc. Singapore, on Tuesday and robbed him of $50
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  • 150 8 Losses to importers pOIJCE are investigating the theft of a total of $21,273 worth of goods which formed part of two consignments imported into Singapore. The first consignment was 10 cases of textiles imported from America by Messrs K. Chellaram and Sons of High Street.
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  • 42 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed —A talk on youth clubs will be givrn by Mr. C. G Watts at the English College, Johore Bahru. on Friday. Later in the day. Miss Kathleen Daly will speak on club leadership.
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  • 61 8 A SINGAPORE organisation which has played a big role in promoting musical interest and study in the Colony looks back this month on 25 years' work The Far Eastern School of Music will celebrate its 25th annniversary with a threeday programme on November 14. 15 and 16, ending
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  • 76 8 JOHORE BAKRU. Wed. Yeo Kak Hong was fined $300 in the Sessions Court for importing into Johore 801 leaf packets of chandu The packets were found hidden in a car in which he arrived at Johore Bahru from Singapore. Chia Kirn Van. a rainier who
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  • 34 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. A warrant was is.surd by the Magistrate. Kluang police Court, when Jlta Singh failed to attend court to answer a charge of failing to submit an income tax return.
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  • 31 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Dato Syed Abdul Kadir Mentri Besar of Johore, who has been on six months leave, has resumed duty, relieving Dato Wan Idrls, who has nowretired.
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  • 309 8 Babies won battle against TB THIS is he story of two babies who were rescued from death. The story begins a year aeo when Krishna, an Indian hoy baby, and Foo Bei Bei, a Chinese girl baby, were both six months old. Both were dying of tuberculosis. Krishna's mother carried
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  • 46 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Yong Wing See, 72. who was found at Ulu Tiram moving tins of a malted drinks, tea and potatoes in a taxi without a permit was fined $20 In the jjolice court today. The goods, were confiscated.
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  • 119 8 100 sacked workers threaten to strike ABOUT 100 Colony workers who have been Riven dismissal notices by the Singapore Concrete Industries are demanding: three months' wages as compensation. They are being let go because the factory is expected to close down this month. Mr Peter Willlams c i al;nPfl The
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  • 117 8 The concert, by past and present students, will be under the patronage of the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. A novelty item by present students will be the playins of midget pianos. All the pieces for the performance have been arranged by Mr. M. R Anciano, the
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    • 314 8 itL CATHAY ORGANISAIiON J£]L ATTRACTIONS n am 1.45, 4. 15. 6.45 Phone 21-116 For Bookings !U0 P M r==oN OUR FULL STAGE PANORAMIC SCREEN,— n GREAT WALL PICTURES PRESENT "expectation" (MANDARIN) I, SATURDAY MIDNIGHTTHE GREATEST GALS IN THE GREATEST MUSICAL OF THEM ALL! Today 9 A.M. FRENCHMAN S CREEK" TODAY
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  • 1869 9 TOMORROW CEvSAR RITZ. peasant who was 'Host to the World. ALFRED BEIT, a little German "wizard I was the man who found the millions that bought out diamond "kings" Solly Joel and Barney Barnato and enabled Cecil Rhodes, founder of Rhodesia, to
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    • 366 9 -i (iri.MM, TODAY S shows: ti.i:> a m.i:> p.m. DiMriUuN-J by Sh.iw Bros. Action: Junglr Wttrfarr! 'TERROR in the JUNGLE Today at 11 a.m. Distributee by Bhmw Bros. •'ATOM. X" Marti Today r TITKRI TIKAVV (or "THE I 6OLTH-SKA PRIM ESS 1 (M»Uy) Today at 11 a.m. "INDIAN ITKISIMi" (Twh.)
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    • 245 9 r I THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT LBSIWOrK 0F PRESSURE COOKING THE NEW VENUS MODEL Pimm Mv'tt-ftrvwrt hmiln- V-' /s^ A-W loflrtf De..« tt* A popular price model thai combines in one unit: A HEALTH COOKER A PRESSURE COOKER A WATERLESS COOKER A TWO CALLON JAM BOILER A FRENCH FRY PAN A
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 359 9 THE AKUiiAX XIKHTS I i \vvt^witH>i When the Sultan saw Shehera- At once Sheheraxade called out The Sultan agreed, not >uspectxade he realised that she was the ,nd her sister Dinarxade f t k.H most beautiful girl in his king- appeared. "Crant me this last fWO S lfe hid dom.
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  • 519 10 Around liar m.ti k«ls TIN FALLS, RUBBER RISES THE Singapore share market had another thin day yesterday when the volume of business dwindled almost to vanishing point. Prices of industrials and tins were generally easier in the morning but firmed a little after the rise
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  • 96 10 During October the dredee of Sungei Bidor Tin Dredging Ltd. worked for 644 hours, treated 324.600 cubic yards and produced 1.196 plculs of tin-ore, compared with 754 picuLs in September. Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging dredges worked for 1.124 hours, treated 250,000 cubic yards and produced 764 plculs of
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  • 48 10 Total Imports of rubber Into Malaya in October were only 18 304 tons, compared with 29.475 ton.s in September. The October figure includes 5.319 tons impnr'ed on provisional permits in September and exclude* approximately 4.559 tons for which final documents have not yet been received.
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  • 20 10 The prirr nf tin in Singa- purr yesterday was de- rlared at 5305.75 a pirul. J down $1.25.
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  • 220 10 MELBOURNE. Wed /■'ENERAL investments had a firm oneninc market on ihe Stork Exrhance today stimulated by the strongly holding wool market and hopeful business forecasts by company chairmen. AMPOL Exploration oil shares (2fc paid i jumped ss. to 19s. 9d. on excited trading. The company is drilling for
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  • 73 10 Singapore Chinese Prndure Exchange: Noon prices per picul were: Copra: steady; November $37-, buyers, $38 sellers; December $37 buyers. $38 .sellers. Coconut oil: steady; $61 sellers. Pepper: white down $5; Black down $10; quiet, no business repor'ed: Muntok white $335, Sarau... $330. Lampong black $295. Lewis and Peat:
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  • 100 10 THE Malayan Exchanpe Bink* As- sex iation made the .'ollowing chances in its rates t»> m>rchant.s yesterday: MR* YORK: buying. T.T. 32 7 8. air mail. O.D. 33. 90 days 33 1 A credit bills. 33 3 16 trade bill* sell- A ing. T.T. or O D. 32
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  • 48 10 October tin shiments have now been confirmed at 5.370 tons of which 2.7fifi tons went to the United Stairs. 320 tons to the United Klncdom. 774 tons to the Continent of Europe. 502 ton* to British Pos.ve<- sions and 927 tons to other coun- m tries.
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  • 149 10 CHIPS lying alongside the Slne<pore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Vesthav 1 2. Bali 4 5, Fernsea C.P Benreocli ti 7. Olinda 8 9. Benvenue 11, Calchus 13 14. Mentor 18, h n Hlng 19 20. Beluru 2122. Wei Ming 25 2fi. Paluid 31 32. Schiedyk
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    • 664 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS JUNIOR Technical Assistant*, Telecommunications Department, Singapore. Salary Scale: Timescale: $60 x 6 72 90 Exam Bar 9« x 6 x 150 Efficiency Bar 162 x 6 216 p.m. Special Grade: $228 x 12 336 p.m. Initial basic salary not exceeding $102 p.m. plus COL. and Singapore Allowances will
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    • 851 10 NOTICES R. RENTON COMPANY LIMITED NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN (hat MR. T. E. HARCOURT POOLE U appointed a Director with authority to sign contracts, cheque* and other negotiable instrument* on behalf of the Company. ROAD NOTICE Julan Thompson from its Junction with Jalan Abu Bakar to Its Junction with Jalan
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    • 652 10 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THK COMPANIES ORDINANCE 1940 HUNT LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) SPECIAL AND ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at the Registered Office. D 11-16. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Singapore, on 4th November. 1953. at which all the members of the Company were
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    • 955 10 TENDERS TENDERS are invited from bona flde contractors (Classes A, B and C Registration P.W.D.) for the construction of a number of build ings being the tbst contract forming the first part of Phase 1 |of Lady Templer's Hospital lor < Tuberculosis at Cheras Road, Kuala Lumpur. Specified Bills of
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    • 136 10 MITSUI |5} L i NE WESTBOUND ROUND TH£ WORLD SCRVICE Japan Singapore Port Swcttenhom Penonq New York Aq«nt» CF. SHARP 6c CO., (M) LTD. UNION BUILDING. SINGAPORE 1 L: 5396 7 ***** THE EASTERN SHIPPING CORPORATION LIMITED Accepting Pass* nger* .md Cargo To: P. Swtttenham. Prn:ir.c. Nrvapntttnam <fc Madras s.s.
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    • 1024 11 j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^y^^^^J^H EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/U K /CONTINENT Spore P. S'nom Penong "M0.n1." tor Bongkok 10/11 Nov. 9/ 9 Nov. 8 Nov. ■Poono" for Melbourne, Sydney, Port Kembla (not loading loeol corgo 12/14 Nev. 10/11 Nev. f t Na*. 'Manchuria" for Bongkok, Saigon, Hongkong, Monila, .Kobe, YttAomi 1/1 Doe.
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  • 50 12 PEEP TOE SHOES can look very attractive, they have proved their worth and have come to stay. But they are not made to save girls cutting their toe nails. That the little hole in the front Is not merely to made room for a long horny 'looking nail.
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  • 338 12 DRESS FOR THE BGAME WEEK The bada-tennis court... When the cast and helpers of "The Yellow Jacket" went to a teaparty at Mallaie" this week they were introduced to a new and strenuous fcame called badatennis. As the name auffsesis, this is a mixture of badminton and tennis. It is
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  • 295 12 TALKING SHOP WITH VIRGINA TT'LEGANT men's slippers a r e on sale In Singapore. They are Indian and are made of black suede smothered with gold embroidery, cut in the Persian style with cutaway sides and pointed toes with a 'trunk' curling up from the toes and stitched back. rathor
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  • 251 12 RIGHT: Here is an evening gown that will grace Christmas parties It is of heavy slipper satin in ice blue with the boaice encrusted with sequinned braid and sapphire blue stones. The crinoline full skirt has an overly of tulle. It costs $150. The dress is available
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    • 241 12 "our.sh.^ bieno I Daoy MINERALS »Vr»H" U> RSADY COQKf 0 *"'*jr ~/Ti Tht economical —^^^^^tn this nourishing Weaning Food As the first step towards grown-up meals, give your baby Farex. This ready-cooked weaning food can be mixed in a moment with milk, fruit juices, milk puddings and other foods. Give
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 106 12 Straits Times Crossword I 2 T"j Hip c t a~ II 29 ACROSS M. What you used to be (4). 1. You will find the mark wUh 17. Decoration for a coward? Mil* missile (6). (6. 6). 4. This bat Is best (8). 20. No. I tint suits (an**.) (12).
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  • 327 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE northern section of the 11. .M.5. Malaya rugger competition starts on Saturday when Penang visit Kuala Lumpur to meet Selangor and Kedah play Perak at Sungei Patani. Selangor have completed their round of fnendlies. They played I luce games, losing
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  • Article, Illustration
    39 13 CROSSLEY, Liverpool goalkeeper, clears while hard pressed by Chelsea inside right Mi Nil hoi during a first division match at Stamford Bridge (London). On the right are Liverpool defenders Jones (No. 2) and Hughes. Chelsea won 5-2. Reuter picture.
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  • 224 13 REID HITS CENTURY FOR N.Z. CAPETOWN, Wed A CENTURY by John Rrid helped the New Zealand cricket tourists to force a draw uith Western Province in the opening match of their tour here. Reid hR 111 in the New Zealand second innings yesterday and at the close they were 79
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  • 116 13 PEREMBAN. Thurs. The s'rpri Malacca rueby team to meet Singapore Combined Services on the Station Pndang, Seremban. on Saturday will practirallv be thP same i hich beat Selangor Club at Malacca as» Saturday. There will only be one change. i;irris has been dropped and his >l;ire
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  • 20 13 ADELAIDE. Wed.— Sir Donald Bradman nas born appninfod a South Australian selector for the 1953-54 season
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  • 24 13 MONTREAL. Wed Armanrl Bavole. of Canada, will fleht champion Jimmy Carter for the word hah'weicht title here on Nov. 11. AP
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  • 192 13 |)ICK MILES, the present American table tennis champion, who is now on an exhibition tour of Japan and Korea entertaining U.S. troops, i may play a series of matches in Singapore. He has asked the Singapore Table Tennis Association to make arrangements for his visit
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  • 22 13 LONDON. Wed —Bristol City beat East Fife, a Scottish first riivision club. 4-3 in a floodlit soccer match last night.—Reuter.
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  • 368 13 By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. TAKING advantage of a good galloping track, tamer Jimmy Martin who has a powerful team entered for the November meeting of the Selangor Turf Club sent his hopes out against the stopwatch this morning. Rain kept oft* yesterday
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  • 361 13 SPOTTING THE WINNERS MY ten to follow at the Selangor Club November, meeting are: Sweet Dream: A remarkably consistent sprinter. Ran two good races at Penang last month when third to Three Rings over 7 F. and second by a short head to Punter's Delight over 6 F. Brilliaruly speedy,
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  • 240 13 SYDNEY, Wed. WORLD bantamweight champion Jimmy Carruthers is hot favourite to retain his title against Henry •Pappy' Gault here on Friday, Nov. 13. The fight will be the second world title bout in Australian history, and the first in which an Australian is taking part
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  • 411 13 Pompey wins by knockout HARRINOAY ARENA. London, Wed. YOLANDE Pompey of Trinidad light-heavjrweigh' contender for Randolph Turpin's British Empire title knocked out the coloured American. Ray Barnes, in the fourth round of a scheduled 10-round bout here last night. Barnes, who was at one time ranked fourth among the world
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 102 13 CARLTON NIGHT CLUB 28A, GAVENACH ROAD. S'PORE-9. TELEPHONE 6181 CHOICEST OF WINES. GOOD MUSIC. CHARMING PARTNERS. DANCE IN COOL b QUIET ATMOSPHERE fr CONGENIAL SURROUNDINCS. TODAY BEING A PUBLIC HOLIDAY THE DANCING SCHOOL IS CLOSED. ITSELF //f^^^^^m All Dunlop car tyres carry the Gold Seal, the symbol o( all that
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    • 413 13 Simmonds makers of the famous FRAM Oil Cleaner, have now produced its cousin, the FRAM PETROL FILTER. The filter, new to this country, is being sold in tens of thousands in United States, and is now available here. DISTRIBUTORS: DORNEO MOTORS LTD. SINGAPORE. THE FINEST PASTILLES MADE IN BRITAIN FOR
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  • 394 14 UNIVERSITY of Malaya U overcame a two-goal deficit with a brilliant second half recovery to beat RAF Changi 4-2 in a SHA senior league fixture at Sepoy Lines yesterday and keep in the running for the title Varsity, fresh from their
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  • 123 14 LONDON. Wed Y°l ANDE Pompey full of confidence after knocking out Ray Barnes of Detroit, turned up his nose today at a suggested bout against Rand<- Turpln. He said he wanted a title fight against world middleweight champion Bobo Olson "We are not. Interested in
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  • 489 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE present method of coaching Selangor's Foong Seong Cup team is being questioned by one of the Selangor Badminton Association's affiliates the Lien Hwa B.P. who in a letter to the S.B.A. state that certain players were not .satisfied with the
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  • 36 14 ALL Bills thrctquarter Chin Bin did not git far in this run, being well tackled by a S.C.C. defender in yesterday's rugger on the padang. S.C.C. won H-6. Straits Tiir«s picture.
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  • 107 14 PAVOURITES Helen Heng and Baby Low enterec the final of the women's doubles in the Singapore badminton championships when won their semi-final tie at the SBA hall last night. They eliminated Je.-sie Ong and Oi:c_Slew Yong 15-4. 15-7. This years Junior doubles champions Urn Wei Lon and
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  • 431 14 OINGAPORE Cricket Club fielded a strong A 1 XV acalnst Sincaporp All Blues on the padang yesterday and had to fichf hard for their victory by 11 points (a goal •md two tries) to six (try and prn.ilty i I All Blues scored their points
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  • 328 14 ROVERS SPORTS CLUB became runners-up In the S.A.F.A. first division on goal average by beating Marine Department 5 2 at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Marines nppded only a draw to gain the runners-up berth themselves, but they lacked their usual fire and were soundly beaten in
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  • 62 14 Singapore Civilian team to play Combined Services in the annual Poppy Day match for the Tay Lian Teck Shield at Jalan Besar stadium on Sunday will be chosen from: Narayanan, Yew Ch .ng. Bonhace, Hassan. Teow Keng. Kirn Beng. Vass. Osman Johan. Aman. Omar Awang.
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  • 188 14 A SUB-COMMITTEE consisting of Mr. O. H. Kiat (chairman), Dato C. J Paglar, Mr. E. Strickland (secretary i, Mr. Aw Cheng Chye and Mr. Lim Choo Ann was formed at a committee meetIng of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council, held at the Garden
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  • 39 14 PWD beat Immigration S.C. 3-2 in a Singapore Civil Service Association inter department knockout soccer compet rion at Farrer Park yesterday. M. I. Osman and Fook Tong i2> scored for PWD and Yassin (2) for Immigration.
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  • 407 14 G.H.Q 17; GHQ., or rather Captain Ronnie others, yesterday beat Singapore by 17 points' (a goal, three tries and points (a goal). Watson was in top from, kicking a penalty, converting one try and making the openings for the other scorers He was here, there and
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  • 285 14 PENANG. Wednesday. THE President of the Pcnang Turf Club, Mr. Onj Huck Lim today attributed the Club's deficit o $31,633 this year to the "fall in the prices of tir and rubber resulting in a general slump in trad* in the Federation." The previous
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  • 123 14 MKIMN. «rd. TUGKR Sporting A»ociation »<-rr held to a scoreless draw hr Combined Medan in the third game of their Sumatra lour tnrijiv. More than 20.000 who watched the tame were treated lo Mime grand so<-eer in the second half alter a poor
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  • 156 14 Changes in Spore team for 'quad 9 SINGAPORE will be without Ronnie Barth. Barney Banbridce and Andrew Clarke for their firs', match of the Kuala Lumpur quadrangular hockey tournament against Selangor tomorrow. The three players have not been able to g( leive and will J"in the team on Saturday. The
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  • 20 14 Royal Navy beat Singapore Recreation Club 5-2 in i friendly hockey matrh played on the SRC. padanc yesterday.
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    • 37 14 liffliii'.iflyi HOCKKY SHA Leaieur. Dlv. 2: BODCA v SRC 'A', padang; Dlv. 3: Cable and Wni-lrs- v Federation rustoms, C W rroand. Friendh: Indian Assn. v GHQ, IA ground. SHOOTING Governor's Cup nhoot. Tolice Depot 11 a.m.
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