The Straits Times, 8 October 1954

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    Masthead
    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1954 16 CENTS
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    PASS: THE DATO GETS IT
    1457 1 50 'yes for his policy on schools Mr. KAMANI PUTS UP ANOTHER SEW IDEA :I)KRMaK GISLATIVECpUNCIL,hj Lrwholming majority, today approved ducation policj which changes the ,nn(iilar schools, maintains pn(lU ;l|V modern and vocational s voted aaainsj Iheresolu <),,ii. Mr. M P. Rajagopal, Mr. K V.
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    NOW THEY CAN BE MARRIED
    224 1 A sentence on a notice board sets Dorothy and George free WRITTEN in red ink across, a notice of marriage pinned on the Singapore Registrar of Marriages' board of the Supreme Court, then appeared yesterday a short sentence which means every thine in the world
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    FREE-BUT HE STILL FACES GALLOWS
    496 1  - FREE-BUT HE STILL FACES GALLOWS PAT MOKC.AN Bf THE life or death fate of 38-year-old Greek sailor. Elias Skantzos, still hangs in the balance Skantzos, who for 52 days in Singapore* Outram Road gao. has awaited a verdict by the Government on his plea for political asylum, was released conditionally
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    Jacques Fath ill
    24 1 PARIS. Thurs Jacques Fath, one of the leaders of the Paris fashion world, is gravely ill, it was reported last night.
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    Mystery patient
    31 1 Singapore police are investi- gating the mystery of a young I European who staggered into the General Hospital last night t and collapsed. The man had an eye Injury.
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    Air chief dies
    26 1 LONDON Thurs. Air Chief, Marshal Sir Roderick Hill. 60,; who planned Britain's defence against German V-wcapons in World War 11. died here. UP.
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    Plotters to die
    31 1 TEHERAN. Thurs— A Persian Military Court oday sentenced ten army officers and two civilians to death for leading a Communist plot to seize control of the army.— R«uter.
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    INDIANS SPARK NEW LONDON DOCK CRISIS
    119 1 LONDON, Thursday. TWO coach loads of Indian seamen brought into the the strike bound London dockland to handle baggage and mail on the Chusan sparked a new rrisU in trio labour unrest here. News of the Chusan mciaem turned a mass meeting last night
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    Stab wounds
    24 1 Tan Chye Korm, 22, was admitted to the General Hospital. Singapore, last night with stab wounds received in a Sumbawa Road coffee-shop.
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    A $10 fine made hawker kill himself
    156 1 A 57-YEAR-OLD man, summoned for hawking in a prohibited area, went to court determined to kill himself if fined the Singapore Coroner, Mr. Olam Chong Hing, was told yesterday. After he was unable to pay a fine of $10 imposed by the City
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    Private Sharpe AND TIJAH vs the Army
    600 1  - Private Sharpe AND TIJAH vs the Army FKANCL* WONG A wddtng h»t tfn arranged mnd will tafcc pl»c« on Saturday twxt w—fc... By PRIVATE BRIAN SHARPE 22-year-old Army cook intends to marry nis Malay sweetheart Tijah binte Taleb, at the Singapore Registry a week tomorrow He announced the date yesterday
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    YAM SENG! LEADS EMPIRE
    345 1  - YAM SENG! LEADS EMPIRE NAN HALL IU BEER experts testing more than 100 kinds of bottled beer in London this week from identical bottles, sniffed and sipped, held them to the light, scrutinised the heads, observed how they poured. Then they spat, for no beer taster ever swallows while working.
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    A King's exile
    41 1 KAMPALA. Uganda. ThursThe Chief Justice. Mr. J. B Griffin, today reserved judgment in the High Court hen In a civil action testing th< legality of the British Govern menfs dismissal and exile o: the Kabaka 'King) ot Buganda—Reuter
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    The salt tax is off
    445 1 The salt tax is off —So is duty on joss sticks KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs rpHE Federation Gov- ernment today withdrew the salt tax and lost the taxes on Joss sticks and joss paper. The treasury thus los*. $1,898,000 In duties a year. A two-hour fight took place in the Federal
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    STOP PRESS
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    THOMAS CUP STAR TO WED
    70 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Malayan Thomas cup player Abdullah Piruz has issued invitations for his wedding to a Kuala Lumpur Chinese lawyers daughter. The bride-to-be. Miss Catherine Au-Yong, daughter of Mr. IP W Au-Yong, has now become I a Muslim and has taken the inane of
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      47 1 INSIDE MM in your today's Straits Times rontain foreign and local news and pictures. and overseas and Malayan sports features. The cinema show Ruide Page 5 Radio P»fe 5 Straits Times Special Feature Par* 9 Leaders, letters and On the Margin Page 6 Sport Page 13, 14
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    Mrs. Oon: Why no slash our 'pay'?
    166 2 MRS. B. H. OON brought ironical cheers from councillors during the debate on the education report when she called for a 50 per cent reduction in councillor's allowances to help meet the rising edura- tion costs. ""We should also cut the railway transport
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    India supports Jap application
    61 2 NEW YORK. Thurs. India expressed hope that Japan and Russia would sign a peace treaty "very soon" so that the Japanese would be admitted to the United Nations. Indian delegate. Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon. told the General Assembly that his government would give all possible
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    Talentime
    40 2 Mrs Grace Wee. president of the Singapore District Methodist Youth Fellowship, will give away the prizes at tomorrow's 430 p.m. talentime show of the Oeylang Straits Chinese M.Y.F. The show will be at the Oeylang MO.S. hall. Aljunied Road.
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    Spore concert
    30 2 Mr Ooh Soon Tloe. Singapore violinist, will present an orchestral concert of Bach, Handel. Haydn and Mozart music at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 8.45 p.m. on Wednesday.
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    PRESIDENT IN FIGHTING MOOD
    32 2 THE PRESIDENT of the Philippines. Mr. Ramon Macsaysay. talks informally to reporters over a cup of tea at one of his Press conferences at Malaranan Palace. \P picture.
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    305 Mau die in month
    53 2 NAIROBI. Thurs. Security forces killed 305 Man Mau terrorists in Kenya last month, wounded and captured 49 and detained 1,592 suspects for question ing, it was announced here yesterday. Twent/-nlne loyal Africans were killed and 17 wounded. The security forces lost 22 men and 11
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    Mrs Belfrage leaves U.S.
    84 2 NEW YORK. Thurs. Mrs Mary Beatrice Belfrage, Liver-pool-born former wife of a British Journalist. Cedric Belfrage. and her 14-year-old son, Nicolas, sailed for England in the Queen Mary yesterday as a ■voluntary deportee." The US. Government ordered her deportation on charges of having been active in
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    Aircraft contract
    36 2 LONDON, Thurs. The Handley Page Aircraft Co. announced yesterday it ha.s a contract for a fleet of fournigined transport planes for Queensland Airlines of Australia. The planes are the new Handley Page Herald. A.P.
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    Talks on Asia
    34 2 WASHINGTON. Thurs— Th« Australian Foreign Minuter Mr. Richard Casev. will confer with the U.S. Secretary of State. Mr John Foster Dul'eon So'i»h-East Asian and Pmcifli problems in Washington on Monday —Reuter
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    Bank request
    36 2 NEW YORK. Thurs. The Indonesian Finance Minister. Mr. Ong Eng Die. yesterday said that Indonesia would make a formal request, probably early next year, for a World Bank commission to go to Indonesia. —UP.
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    Joe packs his bags, Marilyn goes to work
    121 2 HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. ¥OE DIMAOOIO packed his bags today and left the home he and Marilyn Monroe have shared since their marriatte nine months ago. He drove off in nLs car to San Francisco, after telling reporters: "San Francisco has always been mv
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    REDS OFFERED A WIFE TO COLONEL
    201 2 REDS OFFERED A WIFE TO COLONEL 'Wonderful/ say freed POWs SEOUL, Thursday. A UNITED STATES Marines officer, Lt.-Col Herbert A. Peters said today that his Chinese Communist captors offered him a wife and a comfortable home if he would denounce democracy They also offered him the rank of full colonel
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    THE $10 BLANK CHEQUE
    122 2 PENANO. Thurs. I A police supervisee, Cheah Guan Chuan. said in the Sessions Court today that he boucht a blank cheque from a library peon for $10 Cheah pleaded cuiltv to a charge of cheating Ona Yearn Hooi of an advance of $325 by eivinc him
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    WHY JOHNNY FAILED: NOW THEY'LL KNOW
    65 2 WHY JOHNNY FAILED: NOW THEY'LL KNOW PENANG. Thurs.— ParenUs and teachers of pupils in Penanc primary and elementary classes (standards one to six i will meet at 6 p.m morrow to dtscu>s etui failures, school discipline. marks and methods of study, j Another meeting— scheduled for Oct 15— for parents
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    Trip to Japan
    32 2 Mr. Yeow Swee Hong, a director and treasurer of the Chinese V.M C.A.. left Sinpapore yesterday in the Tjisadane for Japan on a six- week holiday and business trip
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    PRO-CHIANG MAN IS 'SAVED' FROM CHINA
    101 2 T__ JAKARTA. Thursday. HE Indonesian Government ruled today that Mr. Tjiong Hoen NJi, a prominent businessman ordered to be deported to China because of his proChianj? Kai-shek activities, may be allowed to go I elsewhere. If Mr. Tjioriß should apply to ro to Singapore
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    C-BOMB TO MAKE WAR ON CANCER
    114 2 C-BOMB TO MAKE WAR ON CANCER 4 <"•■"'■ ft centre Ringai partmeni -g lish at th( pital will robalt bon volt x-ra; the Din I VfK- I* Hr nc r in the i nent and En _j, bnmb.s unit.s wei for thi lange l veutt from thi o loo! deci.Mn.
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    The cherry-fam Mayor dies
    31 2 TOKYO Hed Ozaki. h *|H liameni i rmed Mayo:- ea^H at the iBM Zushi. w|^H Tokyo. Hi .n Gen Mr. o Potom u.s. i fl^^H Weateri 'ouncil
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    EDEN WARNS: DON'T GIVE REDS CHANCE IN GERMANY
    67 3 EDEN WARNS: DON'T GIVE REDS CHANCE IN GERMANY BLACKPOOL, Thursday. British Foreign Secretary, warned here the consequences of failure to ratify ■ne.power afreemenl on German armafearful t<> contempUte." Russia must not to extend control. unity of Europe will be in ol the free worid will be in allies will be
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    MOLOTOV OFFERS ELECTION
    142 3 MOLOTOV OFFERS ELECTION To prevent I he re-arming BERLIN Thurs. AIR. MOLOTOV, the 1 lei Foreign Mm Lasi iu?ht indicated Russia might in free elections East Germany to keep West Germany disarmed leaking to East ''i.s attending a I 181 Berlin on East Germany s Ivi rsary. peech wai dellrered
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    Envoy exchange
    24 3 HONG KONG. Thurs. China and Norway have aerecri :ish normal diplomatic relations und exchange ambassadors, the New China News Agency said.— Reuter.
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    TRUANCY KILLS BOY OF 13
    26 3 i nnth d's house and played with a shotgun. Ronald dropped It. The ?hot!uin went off and killed John. A. P.
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    Japanese wife weeps: I will wait
    93 3 .V.v.v.v.v.U.S. CORPORAL GETS LIFE FOR AIDING ENEMY IN KOREA wwwvav. MRS. KYOKO ARAKI BAT- lIEI.OR (right) 25-year-old Japanese wife of Corporal Clause Batchelor, of Texas, sentenced to life imprisonment, weeps as she reads his letters with her sister. Toshiko. Mrs Batchelnr said: "The sentence
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    They kissed—then peer was shot
    303 3 They kissed— then peer was shot ACCIDENT, BLONDE TELLS COURT SALISBURY. Thursday. A TTRACTIVE Mrs. Mavis Wheeler told the Salisbury court today she shot her lover, Lord Vivian. 48--year-old showman, accidentally during a "very happy" summer evening in a West Country villaee. She declared they were "roaring with laughter" when
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    A dead city for Vietminh Communists
    121 3 PARIS. Thurs HANOI, once the flourishing capital of Northern IndoChina was last night a "dead city" less than a week before. the Victminh are due to take over complete control. The first Communist police appeared in the deserted streets yesterday after French ofliciaLs had
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    Two killed in riot
    49 3 JOHANNESBURG. Thurs. I Two Africans were killed and 11 injured here last night in a riot involving nearly 500 men armed with guns, battleaxes and knives. A police squad was stoned by the mob as it broke up the riot between two rival factions. —Reuter.
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    Premiers meet
    26 3 PARIS, Thurs— The Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Yoshida. last night met Mr. Pierre Mendes France, the Fiench Premier, for the first time.— U P
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    Academy death
    21 3 PARIS. Thurs. Emile Male, a member of the 40-Membrr French Academy, died yesterday in Haalis He was 92 AP
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    NATO ministers to meet
    58 3 PARIS, Thurs. The NATO Council has unanimously ac--1 cepted a recommendation of the London, conference that a special council of NATO ministers be convoked on Oct. 22. The meeting. Council source^ said, would discuss ways and mean s of bringinß Germany ,into the NATO organisation as
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    NEHRU PREDICTS BAD TIME FOR WORLD
    145 3 BOMBAY. Thurs. The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, said here yesterday that unless the colour problem was so.ved soon the world would hav> a very bad time. Most of the problems of the world, if not all of them, could be solved in terms
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    The city-hopping 'bus'
    119 3 LONDON, Thurs. British European Airways h* ve tentatively mapped out a 2.000--mile "bus service" by Riant helicopters covering Britain and West European capitals it was announced yesterday. Lord Douglas of Kirtleside the Corporation's chairman told a press conference here, however, he could not see "the dream of
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    LOVER, 17, TREATED 'JUST LIKE A NEPHEW
    138 3 LOVER, 17, TREATED 'JUST LIKE A NEPHEW LONDON, Thurs. A MOTHER whose 17--year-old son was having an affair with a married woman of 26, beat him with a frying pan and made him cry. a divorce court was told yesterday And when the boy heard that the woman's husband was
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    Three elected
    31 3 NEW YORK. Thurs The United Nations General Assembly yesterday elected Belgium, Persia and Peru to two-year terms on the Security Council They will replace Denmark. Lebanon and Colombia.— U.P
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    LONDON STOCKS
    329 3 LONDON. Thurs. Despite the adverse influences ot the dock strike and the Jewish holiday, the London stock markets made a good showing and closed on a very firm note. Interest has been chiefly In Industrials mainly reflecting good dividends. Glltpdgpds have been held in check by talk of
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    LONDON TIN
    22 3 LONDON. Oct. ".—Cash Buyers C734'^; Sellers \;735; Forward Buyers CT3I; Sellers Settlement CJ3S. Turnover a.m. 'li tons; p.m. 20 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    38 3 LONDON, Oft. 7. Spot 22 ri Nov. 22 -d. Dec. 22',d.. J.m.-M.ir. 22' i.d.. Apr-June 22' d.. Jul -Sopt. 22\d. Oct. c.lf. 21 li 16d., Nov. c.l.f. 21 15 16d.. Dec. c.l.f. 21 15'16d. Tone: Firm.
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      262 4 I^^^^^^^^^^^ This cable was received on Thursday from our Fraser Neives London office. Again the famous Tiger beer brewed by Malayan Breweries has won the first prixe and championship Cold Medal for the best beer si mitred for competition at the 1954 Brewers' Exhibition in Londc In this competition. Breweries
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    They're all happy now-parents, teachers and students
    99 5 00SE SCHOOL GRANT GOES UP TO $12m. AND PAY IS EQUALISED, SO- OT. MOVE 'WISE 0) DIPLOMATIC ernor g SI2.IMMI.OIM) aid schrme for schools was welcomed b\ Singapore ;|IU Cits ouncillors yesterday as a diplomatic" move. The scheme calls ise In thr Government
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    NEW LOOK SCHOOL ART SHOW
    148 5 NEW LOOK SCHOOL ART SHOW GREATER daring and freedom Is displayed by Sincapore school artists in the 13th Inter-School Art Exhibian in the previous 12. ilrman of the Arts BoMr. Ho Kok Hoi lay. ibvloill from tin number of 1.376 entries from 75 ichoola that pupils na encouraged o rin.i!ii\
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    THIS IS WHY HE GOT LONDON TRADE JOB
    57 5 MPUR. Thursday. Mr. D. C Wathereton told the ire Council today, in reply to r M P. Rajagopal, that only one Ferl- d to t>e Trade Commissioner H 1 H K rade, K i if H H exports Quality hoard I en
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    Accused of murder
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    Chinese branch at Training College
    274 5 Chinese branch at Training College 'AN IMPORTANT STEP' A NEW Chinese branch with instruction in Mandarin will be formed at the Teachers' Training College, Singapore, the acting principal. Mr. E. H. Price, said yesterday. The branch would provide an opportunity for students leaving Chinese middle schools to make .teaching their
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    Trivial case' of man who got a lift
    82 5 Trivial case' of man who got a lift AW YING PUAY was dtt in a Singapore court ft*terdav for getting a lift in a torn on Aug. 23. The law allows only one I man, the attendant, aboard a! lorry, besides the driver. The magistrate. Mr. Howo Yoon Chon?. acquitted
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    FIVE ARE ACCUSED OF BOOKMAKING
    77 5 IPOH. Thurs.— Five Chine??. inHudinc two women, were arrested by the Ipoh police yesterday at the Perak Turf Club for alleged bookmaklng. They were Yip Peng Cheong 39, Hem chong Lin 20. Lai Nam 40, and the two women. Wone Ah Kiew 33. and Liew
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    THERESA RECEIVES HER DIPLOMA
    25 5 MISS THERESA MUMiOM receives her diploma from Sir Sydney t'aine at yesterday's ceremony at the Teachers Triininß College. Str.iits Times picture.
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    Touring road safety show
    51 5 Th.> Road Saf> ty PtoM txhi Ibltlon which more than lO.ono people s.iw at Victoria Memorial' Hall rormtly is to go tour ins Singapore schools and public institutions. This is boing dono to brins 1 information and Instruction on road safoty to villagers and especially sch<v)l-
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    Mother fined
    18 5 SEGAMAT. Thurs. Lim Siok Oon, 26, was fined $50 at Segamat. for illtreating her adopted child.
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    Dagger men rob tailor
    63 5 Two Chinese, one of thorr. armed with a dacger. robbed a tailor in Jalan Eunos. Sinca;>orr. yesterday of $88. two pieces of silk cloth and a pair of sun-cla.sses The tailor. Mr. Kiew Bin Khek, told the police the men rushed into the .shop a.s his
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    K.L. meeting
    38 5 A public meeting will be hnd at the Town Hall, Ku^tla Lumnur. ay. 2 p.m. on Sunday to celebrate thp 76th birthday of pviiyar E. v. Ramasamy. a grrat social reformer of Draviria Nadu. South India.
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    PAT ON THE BACK FOR Mr. TAN
    183 5 He caught 2 robbery suspects MR. JUSTICE TAYLOR yesterday commended a man who chased three youths alleged to have taken part in a Singapore robbery. Tan Beng Seong. the proprie.or of a soap factory. caught two of the youths >n K;i!r.ponc Kuchai on
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      An idyll of young love that bewilders
      228 5 BEWILDERING is the ".ord for Domenica. the French film at the Alhambra. Set against the picturesque background of Corsica, the story opens as an idyll of young love which recks not the cost, becomes the tedious history of a beauty with nymphomaniacal tendencies,
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      RED INDIANS' WHO DON'T LOOK IT
      91 5 APACHE, starring Burt Lam aster, at the Capitol. i- noi oih' of the best. Neither Lancaster nor his leading lady, Jean Peters, make convincing Red Indians. They never succeed in ••ivins an"thing; but the impression that they are Europeans in wigs and grease paint.
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      UNLIKELY BUT ENGAGING
      95 5 rE MAGGIE (Pavilion 1 Is an improbable and often engagine film about a decrepit Scottish coa.stal boat or.d its crew of four seedy rogues. An American business man (Paul Douglas 1 has a valuable cargo aboard and this turns out to be the biggest mi.stake he ever
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    HOSPITALS SHORT OF BEDS AND DOCTORS
    277 5 HOSPITALS SHORT OF BEDS AND DOCTORS F*OR general and mater- nity cases alone, Singapore needs 5.000 hospital beds, but by the end of this year it will have only 1.500. This shortage was disclosed yesterday by the Director of Medical Services, Dr. R.H. Bland. He said his calculation of the
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    Striker is cleared
    56 5 Lim Hoe Soon, a Singapore City Council worker, charged with intimidating a follow worker. Foo Kok Boon, durina •ho recent City .strike, was acQUitted in the Eighth Polico <. 1 yesterday. lln v; .s not rolled on for his drfenee Foo said ho had heard a threatentnc
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    Students GOING to Red China
    53 5 £;gr/v Chinese school students from Jakarta arrived in Sincaporc yesterday by th? Tilhtwah. They arc 3oing to Ren China. None of the students wore d to come a>hore while the thlp tied up alongside the ■r to lonrt and discliarcc careo Th< shin Iravcs today
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    72 6 •I, Unrdi i minimum). THE FAMILY ol the late Ml. Won,: Bie« reiiK thanks all relatives and (rlenda f'»i 'h<ir token of sympathy their recent bereavement. in;: FAMILY of the late Yeo aid rela ih'ir contribution, assistance »nd attendances during their :nent. THE FAMILY of the late Madam A
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    IN MEMORIAM
    24 6 M 1»,,.rf, SIO (minimum). IN KVER LOVING Memory o'. M Unnl Krishnan who fell asleep or. 810 53— mum, sisters and brothers.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    169 6 ;o »»>.»■. fin < minimum) W PEDANT Every Day In if you want to win ird puzzle. WE HAVE A NUMBER of slightly ■Oiled prints available at much reduced prices, Call to-day. Donald M'xire Ltd. Mac Donald House. NOG Ai KOHINSONS Now Open for the Singapore Arts Open Air
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Oct. 8, 1954. The Course Is Set
    924 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Oct. 8, 1954. The Course Is Set The Federation Government's new education policy has passed its first examination with hon- ours. There are sterner tests' ■to come but th^ Member for, Education meanwhile enjoyed rather more than a modest triumph. Towards the end of the
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    Unknown Factor
    443 6 All indications are that Singapore is entering a period in which the first elections under the new constitution will come 1 increasingly into the forefront of the news. Automatic regis- 1 tration of eligible voters is reported to be going on well. The announcement of Legislative i Assembly
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    CHIEF NEED OF ASIA IS FOOD FOR WORKERS
    1497 6 > Till COLOMBO PLA\ 2. The tecono of two articles by _Dr. F.C. BEMHAM fHE possibility of pro- during for export gives a country wider opportunities. Its home market may be restrictted by the poverty of its people, but the world market
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  • MAN in the STREET
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      First women rotarians may be Malayan
      352 6 1HAVE been following with interest and increasing uneasiness your references to women and Rotary arising out of Serembans dinner to District Governor Phya Srivisar. You state that Miss Philomena Samuel had the last as well as the first word in this controversy, and on
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      UNFAIR TO THE WARRIOR
      147 6 UNFAIR TO THE WARRIOR I SHOULD like to bring to public notice a classic case of grave if unintended di.se rim in ation and unfairno.s.s in the constabulary of Malaya Is it right that a traffic policeman in Singapore can qualify for a General Service medal (Malaya Clasp' when members
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      Tank fish must be young
      172 6 REFERENCE to your report IV headed, "These flsh pine away in new home." 1 believe that the high death rate among the flsh Imported for the Singapore Van Kleef Aquarium Is due to the flsh being too mature. Adult flsh. like most adult wild animals
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    On the Margin
    232 6 On the Margin A task a ceo tj j was nttei tag day to find ■cations i column, an ■#yi for pn lj\j glorb oi recrc- ones an Mr On| n £J\ Council oi w Singapore on the sr moment dLsclose the fkf Ong'.s info US In the j.iru _^H
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      614 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. nil /minimum). IB MR? LOW CHOON LIM a Daughter on the 7th October 1854 nt Oicenhill Nursing Home. MTI ATIONB tACAVI ■Vm 11, i H rts. extra. BOX ABB9B S.T. Position filled. AjipiK ants fnanked. rENOGRAPHER Required by British Merchant Firm. Apply experience tc Bo\ AB9S9, 8 I
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      69 6 Cigarette Controversy: Facts It's been said there's something in cigarettes closely connected with the rise in lung cancer deaths. It's also said that the apparent increase in lung cancer is due to better methods of diagnosis. All the facts, to date, on both sides of the argument are given in
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      138 6 PHILIPS I LISZT Piano Concerfo No. 1 AL 0011 4 Lei Preludes COR DE CROOT (Pianol. The Rcvdcncv The Hague cond. WILLEM VAN OTTERLOO STRAUSS Waltici played by Vienna Symphony C cond. RUDOLF MORALT— AL ***** BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 (•■Choral") AL 00 M', Overtures "Coriolan" "Esmtnt Tl Orchestra. The
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    beads will roll, says Pritt
    93 7 •uUIGRATIOM AUTHORITIES LIMIT LAWYER'S VISIT TO A WEEK. SO- 1 may not be able H Ejtay_^r mirefiearing wf^tudents' appeal CRITT. Q fl° w mto Sinsrap^rc from j' n vestcrdaj and was told by Immijjra- kthat he could stay onl\ for a week. p present so
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    Job now for ex-trisha rider Tan
    79 7 Job now for ex-trisha rider Tan TAN CHIN CHUAN, the dumb! Singapore trisha rider, has found work. He is to be a er in the workshop of a actor and City Councillor, tn Bene Sent;. Tan starts work today. Mr. Sim made the offer of ■\ment yesterday after ns 'ne
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    $410 robbery
    16 7 thiel broke into a house I im Leong Road. Singa>n Wednesday afternoon stole $410.
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    'Enemy' is not the British he says
    205 7 THEN COMES A DENIAL MR. D. N. PRITT, Q.C. iTI denied when he arrived in Singapore yesterday that n e had said in Calcutta that the sedition trial of eight University ot Malaya students had been "a colossal defeat for the British in
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    Chilli powder flung in shop
    129 7 BUT GOLDSMITH CATCHES YOUTH A YOUNG Chinese flung chilli powder into the face of a Singapore goldsmith yesterday and ran off with two gold rings. Though blinded, the goldsmith chased and caught the youth, who was about to mount a bicycle. Both rings were recovered.
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    RAF phones cut
    29 7 A thief clipped off about 1.000 yards of overhead telephone wire belonging to the R.A.F.. in Wing Loong Road. Singapore. The theft was discovered on Wednesday.
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    A BIDGET PREVIEW
    29 7 Colony's bud- After hLs budget speech, the estimates will be referred to a Select Committee consisting of the Financial Secretary as chairman and all unofficial members.
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    A WORLD WITH NO ONE OVER 40
    184 7 'It would be a better place to live in' says bishop SEREMBAN, Thursday. THHE world would be a better place to live in if God 1 took away all people over the age of 40. Bishop Edgar A. Love. American Negro leader, said
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    Prize-winning brewers enjoy a toast
    91 7 MR IFO BELS (left) brew-master of the Anhipeiaeo Brewery, critically sampling T iger with his frirndlv rival. Mr. Hendrick Wanschers. brew-master of the Malayan (Tiger) Brewery yesterday. "I still tav Anchor is better." said Mr. Bels. Tijjer beer has been awarded the championship old medal
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    EVEN THAT 'APPLE A DAY' IS TAXED
    118 7 EVEN THAT 'APPLE A DAY' IS TAXED KUALA LLMPIR, Thurs. MR. Mi id Joo Scant alleged in the Federal Legislative Council today that children crossing from Penang to Butterworth by ferry were asked to pay duty on single apples they carried. iin.p. i,i children, he said, flung the apples into
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    Taxi man robbed by passengers
    55 7 A taxi driver was held up by two passengers in a lane of! Bukit Timah Road. Singapore, at 12.10 a.m. yesterday and robbed of $12. a wristwatch. a lighter, a driving licence and an identity card. He was relieved of the cash and valuables at
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    'The owner (not driver) should pay'
    98 7 WHEN the Singapore First 1 Traffic Court magistrate, Mr. J. P. Tralnor, fined a lorry driver yesterday, he commented: "I would have liked to have had the owner of the lorry here." Mr. Trainor told Inspector Abdul Rahman, prosecuting, that owners should be prosecuted
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    Award for girl
    30 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Miss Tan Slew Tin. of the Convent. Johore Bahru. has been awarded a Sultan Ibrahim Scholarship to study medicine at the University of Malaya.
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    THEY WERE ALL THERE TO MEET FLYING Q.C.
    40 7 JUST a section of the 1.000 Singapore students who cheered and sang when Mr. Pritt arrived at Kallang airport yesterday. The students were orderly and there were no incidents. Straits Times picture.
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    Woman takes diploma
    42 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Che Lily binte Abdul Majeed recently gained the Diploma in Education in London She Is a sister of Che Ann Bititi Abdul Majeed. HeadmisI tress of the Princes? Elizabeth i School for the Blind. Johore Bahru.
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    THIEF LEFT BEHIND HIS I-CARD
    86 7 A BURGLAR gave himself away when he left behind his own wallet, containing his identity card, in the house which he had broken into on Aug. 7, the Singapore First Criminal District Court was told yesterday. He had stolen only $1. Majeed Meerahu, the mnn.
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    Car theft case
    37 7 Johnny Yeo Ah Chiak claimed trial "in Singapore yesterday to a charge of stealing a car, worth $3,000. belonging to Sim Choon Ens. at Kitchener Ro;id on Sept. 14. Yco was remanded until today.
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    $200,000 TO END SMELLS
    94 7 The Singapore City Council will provide $200,000 next year tor the first stage of a $9,000,000 plan which will rid Alexandra Road of sewerage smells. The scheme to move the Alexandra Road disposal works to a new site at Jurong hn^ been approved in principle. It
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      162 7 New Shipment Arrived >flnK' THE WATCH THE WORLD HAS LEARNED TO TRUST Som«d.yy<*ll SINGAPORE PRICES Suinlett Steel $220 00 Brainless Steel Calendar $260.00 Cold Top S.S Back S27ooolCold Top Calendar $300 00 FEDERATION PRICES PLUS TAX Sole Agents:- B. P. d c SUVA LTD. (Incorporretd in Singapore) Singapore Colombo Penan*.
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      144 7 The Weather MINIMI M TEMFERATIRE: i (7.30 p.m. on Oct. 6 to 7.30 a.m. on Oct 7 1 Singapore 74. degree Pricing 75. Kota Bahru 73, Kua'n Lumpur 75 Ipoh 71 Kuantan 71 MAXIMIM TEMPERATIRE: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Oci > Singapore 87. Penang 86. Kola Bahru 87.
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    RONALD BAXTER'S THEATRE ROUND-UP Two stages at Mallaig for production of 'The Tempest'
    555 8 RONALD BAXTER'S THEATRE ROUND-UP Two stages at Mallaig for production of 'The Tempest' NKXT theatre production in Singapore is the Arts Theatre's "The Tempest" which opens in the grounds of "Mallaig" next Thursday. Two large stages will be used. One will be semi-nr-cular and will take the place of the
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    BACK IN SHOW BUSINESS
    29 8 JUDY GARLASD in a happy mood during her recent visit to London. No longer is she the plump, sick, unwanted star of five years ago.
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    JUDY BECOMES A STAR RE-BORN
    268 8 JUDY BECOMES A STAR RE-BORN i Hollywood cats its wonts IJOI.I.YWOOD has recant- Jl od .ludy Garland, it S says now, is "finished' z. no longer "she is reborn 1 as a star." writes a New York correspondent. That is the verdict on her 5 performance in hrr ti.000.- 000-dollar
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    Film unit shows the WAY
    200 8 Film unit shows the WAY THE climax to WAY has come five weeks after the conference closed but it is nonetheless dramatic and worthwhile. The Ma'ayan Film Unit's film of thr World Assembly of Youth conference held in Singa;»ore in August is to be -shown in cinemas in the Federation
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    Jack's suit doesn't fit
    102 8 IN The Seekers, at the Odton. Jack Hawkins doJTs his favourite service uniform for the open-necked .shirt of a New Zealand pioneer. But the new outfit doesn't suit him. The Hawkins fnrthrtghtness. which goes so well with the business of defending empires, Ls out of place
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    4 POINTS OF VIEW ON PECK
    56 8 SOMEONE asked John Huston, busy filming Moby Dick, to sum up the appeal of his star Gregory Peck. He said: "The Americans like Peck for his striking appearance: the English for his great reserve: the French for his natural charm and the Swiss because
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    CINERAM
    290 8 IS JUST A GREJ NEW SIDESHOwl says Leonard Mosley [WOULD be a liar if I told you that Cinerama, the new system of movie projection which arrived in London from America yesterday, is the dawn of a new agein the cinema. It is certainly bigger and wider than Cinema:>oope
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      144 8 A PRESENTS 'Wedgwood' Exquisite Perfume and Bath Luxuries in an Elegant Setting For women of tt*U to whom bea;iv never been fragrance «erie» qu:-t to uk Truit Dorothy Gray for b Perfume. Toilet Water (in kUfl Bath Essence. Bath Crystals. Soap, E AKCAOI BUILDING KAFFLti »>LACt H^^<J^_^JM ■^T-VTVT^ I I
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      400 8 f T" J 2«. Zeal and Ire to understand (Ti. Straits Times Crossword n zjs**«£' m m m 28 Simmered. In the flsh pond? (6> T^^ \i [8 DOWN sisa [j^ [Isa J^| l. Tilted Interrogatively to Edward I |Ss? sls| iUss (6). I 2. Nolae of brake? o n
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  • STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
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      Bootleg whisky beat his Utopia
      1860 9 Bootleg whisky beat his Utopia HE population of Sedgemoor, Tennessee, land of feuding hillbillies and moonshine liquor, reckoned, after October 5, 1880, that they had seen everything. On that day hundreds of well-scrubbed, earnest foreigners descended from special trains and, with a dedicated air, rattled out to a nearby settlement.
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      233 9 Shoriavk MUAmvs Twvlrv haur ultimatum &OCCANEEBS, FREE YOU EMILY, YOU HAVE IF YOU DO NOT A6IEE s BOOTERZ, PIRATES! AJO I RDR6ET. TWELVE HOURS TO 1 TO MARRY SOUR FURTHERMORE MY >Cl ML6ALLION IS QOINO I UNCLE A CHANGE YOUR M\ND 1 COUSIN S.O6ER BY TUf J ANCESTORS WERE T^^.
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    GOOD DEMAND PU UP RUBBER PRICE BY OVER ONE CE
    403 10 GOOD DEMAND PU UP RUBBER PRICE BY OVER ONE CE By Ol R MARKET CORRESPONDe«»I POOD demand by mnnufacturcrs in New York yesterday strengthened ih. price in Singapore and October fii f.o.b. closed oflicially at 7 1 1 cents alb cents above Wednesday's cWmc It was the best day's trading
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    243 10 The Malayan Share Brokrrs' Association reported: "Industrials were mostly firm and t:ns irregular on the local share market. Rubbers failed to respond to the Improved commodity price. The turnover IM only moderate." Members reported the following business done yesterday: -Fni.s. r and Neave ords $2 01; Malayan Cement
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    40 10 On the free exchange market In Hnng Kons yesterday the V S dollar was quoted at 5 8625 U>r < mh and 5.87 for T.T. I Sterllne was quoted at 15.67 und I one t«el of gold «t HCSIS.
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    RUBBER PRICE
    24 10 Onobrr Hi I < j c 1 1 I mm m^ m Rubber A I i I No. 1 R N CIhm* CrHi,
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    48 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS undert'i; Pot" 1 Mining Peko t.d>l. Western Ampol F\ i^i^ I |H Swan |«f«« B. Hill I B. Hill Courtaulrt Dur.lnp Bee, I.QJC G. J. Cn.. »0^ Herald g* N J Herald A L T IC.I. i A,, AIM f Woolv a I (-H MAU KAN
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    PRODUCE
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    17 10 Ships ..i Ufc. Harbour B Ht. today ar>- Hunk Bentlc Arenri N Up Xt T
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      329 10 TO LET OPEN SHEDS Rclrciliment Stalls, Bppfttt** OH ri >. Terms ible. those interested write to pO. Bos Wo. End the miserable pain «nd etnbWTassment of h.<ih and ulcer* mm-. Clear up Hcrcma, pimples _nd ill skin trnuhlcs the quick, comfortable wav with D.D.D. Let D.D.D. brine >'"" soothing relief
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      393 10 NOTICES NOTICE As from 6th October. 1954, this I Company "EXPRESS" of R6-B. Robinson Road, Singapore, has been dissolved. Y. K. LIM, Secret iirv. NATURALISATION NOTICE is hereby given that Llm Chiang Meng of 19. Branksome Road. Singapore is applying to the j Go\crnor for naturalisation, and mv person who
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      482 10 NOTICES THE SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO., LTD, Notice is hereby given that the Transfer Books ti the above Company will be closed from 15th to 28th October. 1954, both days inclusive, preparatory to payment ol dividend. By Order of the Board. P. H. CABLE, Manager. HONG FATT (SUNGEI BESI) LIMITED
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      215 10 NOTICES NASSIM CO.. LIMITED will sell by Public Auction In their SALE-ROOMS No«. 4 Si 4-1, Collyer Quay, on Saturday. 9th October, 1954.1 at 10 a.m. Well-made Teak Bedroom Suite; I Lounge Suite; Dining Tables; Sideboards; Writing Tables; Display Cabinets; Bookcases; Blackwood Armchairs and Teapoys "H.M.V." j Radiogram Marconi" Radios
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      1001 10 COMPANY MEETING PRANG BESAR RUBBER ESTATE, LIMITED ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, sth October, 1954. Sir Eric Macfadyen. the Chairman of the Company, in his address to the Shareholders said inter alia: The disposition of profits is once again conservative. It may interest shareholders to have a summary of expenditure incurred on
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      691 10 NOTICES NOTICE ODD-JOBS SERVICE We Undertake To Do Odd Jobs Such as: Washing Houses. Cleaning Windows, Polishing and Repairing Furnitures, Repairing Leakages of Roofs. Sanitary and Electoral Flttincs, Repairing Roads. GardPnlnc Work. Erecting Fences. House Repairs, Renovation, Tuning. Re- j pair to Private Dralnave S\v>m. Disinfection, Transporting, Maintaining of Buildings,
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      128 10 KNUTSEN LINE MaUyj/W Auitr.il>.i 'Mala) Spore P Sham P Anna Baltkc 6/8 Oct 9 Ocr 10 Oct 1 Ogek* Bakke 1/2 Nov 3 Nov 4 No, .Cjertrud Bakke 6/7 Dee 8 Dec 9 Dec Passenger accvn— I HADDEN 6c COMPANY Singapore 5284 Penan* >'• MB Patenon Simons b Co. Ltd.
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      1110 11 I building THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. 7 0 I SINGAPORE (Incorporated in th% United Kingdom) S (.INEs FAILINGS TO U.K. and CONTINENTAL t>ORTS Sporo P. Shorn Peno.-, a BencleucS for Liverpool, Glosgow, ■Intten.'om, fiamburg C. 4/ S 12/1] Oct 10/11 Oct Bencruochan for Hovre, London, aotter'Ja.-n, Horrburg. Antwerp IS/20
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      1176 11 McALISTER «c CO., LTD. TEL No. ***** ELLEBMAN <V BUCKNALL KLAVEMESS LIME LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG 4 HULL PORTLAND, SEATTLE 4 VANCOUVr*. ond for USA., North Atlantic Port-. Accepting corqo for Central 4 South and Conodo via Colombo American Ports CITY OF MANCHESTER CASTLEV.LLE 5 pore
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    A grave shortage of labour in Borneo
    528 12 RUBBER OUTPUT HIT A DEPRESSING picture of labour shortage and high taxation in North Borneo is painted by Mr. Charles Mann, chairman of Beaufort Borneo Rubber Co., in his annual statement to shareholders. The key to what he calls a grave situation is
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    $83,000 of canned food wanted now
    205 12 CINGAPORE importers of Australian canned sweet condensed milk, meat and cooking fats are being asked to get in touch urgently with Mr. A. B. Challice. general secretary of the Australian Red Cross Society Now South Wales Division, who i s in Singapore as Commissioner
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    He attends meeting in Japan
    132 12 He attends meeting in Japan director of The General ticitric Co. (Malaya) Ltd., who left by air for Tokyo on -Monday where he wlll^ attend a United Nations E.( A.F.F... electric power committee meetinc Mr Steed has thirty-four years experience in the electrical industry and willl represent the Tnited Kingdom
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    PACKERS TO GET NEW RULE ON PAINT
    275 12 PACKERS TO GET NEW RULE ON PAINT AT THE Rubber Quality! and Packing Conference held In Singapore in April, it was agreed that a new type of bale marking paint, produced by thd Rubber Research Institute, would be used on all bales of rubber for export except those containing pale
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    Big market for pads made of rubber
    308 12 SHOCK ABSORBERS OM RAILWAYS RUBBER S abilit> to absorb vibration is creating an important new market in railway engineering. One of the largest single items of material expense in railroad maintenance Ls the replacement of wooden sleepers, but it is now being proved
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    REPLANTING LOANS FOR ESTATES PLAN
    201 12 MALAYAN Government loans bearing interest of 4' 2 per cent to 4 3 4 per cent and guaranteed by the British Government to finance urgent rubber replanting programmes are being advocated by Mr. E. G. Holiday, director of Holiday. Cutler. Bath and Co.. Ltd Singapore
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    CHAMPAGNE FOR MALAYA
    165 12 A BUSINESSMAN well-known In Singapore. Mr. Charles Parker representative for a new British wine of champagne character called Rosayne. has Just left the Colony to introduce his product to Hong Kong Novelty of the new wine is that one bottle holds exactly one chammgne glass Earlier this
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      320 12 NEW LIFE FOR WORN TRACKS— through our modern rebuilding methods Constantly in contact with time it will practically double abrasive sand or earth, track the life of pins and bushings assemblies are subjected to and also prevent excessive «fvere usage. But you can wear on sprockets \VL t lv inTrpacp
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      340 12 BB^r^ V&^ jf*wßt 11 1 M K[p Kuan's JCaml Great tracts of Africa remain today much a < them. They are uninhabited, for man cannot survive withal beasts, and in those regions cattle are struck down by animal "ta^^| sickness" (trypanosomiasis) a disease carried by the :.r*^^H Today, Science is
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    A tactful Len wins Lund One
    332 13 ifCC TEAM ARRIVE AT PERTH I MINCERS? THEY Ist be limited f ,k FINGLETON, _L I and first _p I a X' blow ___E „,4 that I'M umpire in iri in rxttrmrh 1., drtrrmmr hn» many nounrrni in an over was Ircitimalr. I \r
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    A CHAMPION COMES HOME
    52 13 RETURNING from Bangkok where he heat Chamroen Songkitrat for the vacant world bantamweight title, vacated in May hy Jimmy Carruthers. Robert Cohen was given an enthusiastic reception on his arrival in Paris. Here is the champion being chaired by well-wishers as he left his plane.— A
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    McCABE ASKS FOR FASTER WICKETS
    147 13 SYnVKY Thir«rlav FASTER wickets to brighten up cricket are suggested 1 by former Australian Test batsman Stan McCabe. McCabe claims that Australian wickets are becoming too slow for 'eg-spinners and that short -length, medium-paced bowline has taken the charm from the game. He said this
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    WOMEN'S HOCKEY
    33 13 The Ceylon Sports Club are trying to form a women's hockey team this season. Those Interest are aaktd to clvp their names to the hockey convenor. J. Navaretnam ft thi club.
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    MACAO BEAT TIRED MCFA
    73 13 BONG KHS(,. Thiirs 1. Football 'Mr I^Ti i Dbriou o Irn lml.i\ in (heir mill) N md wen betten ihr Uicm Selection l-i, risllon' third ip in Inr ri.nv. I soptrioriti h.is rerjr marked in the first half. .'iirinß which they scored Hirir two goals. The
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    FOURTH WIN FOR MALA YS—AND THIS TIME BY A 11-0 MARGIN
    232 13 FOURTH WIN FOR MALA YS—AND THIS TIME BY A 11-0 MARGIN Malays 11; Indians 0. MALAYS scored an overwhelming victory over an under-strength Indian side at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday for their fourth victory in as many outings in the SAFA Community League. Indian.s had six second division men in
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    266 13 BY beating their remaining rivals. Raffles Institution, i by 14 points a ftoal. dropped goal and two penalties) to three < penalty > on Raffles ground yesterday, Victoria I School established themselves as the season's top team in I schools rugby. Play was lively,
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    SCHEDULE OF RACING
    69 13 J^ACING schedule Is: riKST DAY: Cl 2, Dlvs 1, 2 and 3 Bf. and It. Cl. 4, Div 1 5V»f. _n,l 7f. SECOND DAY: Cl. 3. Olvi. 1. a. 3 md 4 6f. Cl. i. Divi. 2 and 3 THIRD DAY:' Cl. 2. Dlvs. 1 and 2
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    399 14 MULLEY HAS A GOLD VASE PROBLEM VAN B. CRACKS WIND UP WITHSMART TRIAL By EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Thursday. OOVEREIGN and Prosperity, probably two of the best three-year-olds to come out to Malaya since the war, may well dominate the finish of the richest sprint prize
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    SULTAN'S GOLD VASE TRIAL* WINNER
    31 14 ROMAN GALLEY iSawyer) is led in by Mr. Chew Moy Lam after winning the Gold Vuse "trial" over 6-/. at Ipoh on Wednesday. Straits Times picture.
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    275 14 2 late goals in Wanderers Derby 9 2HEIKH MWSOR, with a spectacular last-minute goal, saved Latiff Wanderers a point in their "Greek meets C;reek" clash with Wanderers in thr ivH.A. first division league on the padang yesterday, ihe match was drawn 1-1.
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    BEATTY XV BEAT YOUNG MALAYANS
    38 14 Beatty Secondary School beat Young Malayans by nine points c.i try and two penalties i to three i a try) In a rugger friendly ye.-terciay. Beatty led by a penalty at the interval.
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    RMN-BODCA DRAW
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    85 14 AT Jalan Besar stadium tonight, the Argonauts the only unbeaten team in SAFA's league and cup competitions face their biggest test when they meet SHB Police In the Junior Cup final This Is how they reached the final: Argonauts: beat Tuan Mon? 0.8.A. 2-0; beat Tiong
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    RACE WEIGHTS
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    58 14 LONDON. Thurv Pen Eddie Choong, three time.-, winner I of the All-England badminton title, will miss some of the early F: tournaments, for he Is to and Denmark in November. Eddied cousin Amy Choong. who with David won the M mixed doubles in 1949. i.« to
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    96 14 ritHERE hf.:' padan Ont hi I Cricket c desen over j ly defi I ability jH two forwa I chaii' The Chli I three g COllc the iali < fi^H half thi H half. minutp :i had the two clr out-rusl B| but he
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