The Straits Times, 26 October 1954

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, TI'ESDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1954. 15 CENTS
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    TTLEE IN STRIKE TALKS
    360 1 Labour leader called fc to see Winston sff MUST DECIDE ON I OF TROOPS NOW LONDON, Monday. v t, r Sir Winston Churchill yes- rri Nvith the Labour Party vttle* and called a Cabinet h, to (U'« k> whether to reverse an nth n the time
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    THE RULER PRESENTS JONATHAN WITH HIS FATHERS MEDAL
    54 1 THE RULER of Nocri Somhilan, thr Y.nm di-Pertuan Besar, pins on Jonathan Searle, son of the late Mr. I V Seartt. former SHansnr Special Branch chief, the Selaneor Distinguished Conduct Medal posthumously awarded to his father. The frremoiiy took place at Malaya
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    THE IDEAL STMAS GIFT
    9 1 THE IDEAL STMAS GIFT H H H I N(l\\
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    STATEMENT SOON ON MacDONALD
    205 1 Will he or won't he give up job? MR. MALCOLM MacDONALD said in Singapore yesterday that an announcement would be made soon on whether he will stay on as CommissionerGeneral. Mr. Mac Donald arrived in 'J'm sailing nothing Singapore by air yesterday after seven weeks in
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    Anti-Red is flown-out
    29 1 JAKARTA, Mon. Chinese anti-Communist leader, Tjiong Hoen Nji, who is to be deported from Indonesia, was secretly flown to Makassar in the Celebes under guard yesterday.—A.P.
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    ESTATE WORKERS IN SUMATRA STRIKE
    83 1 JAKARTA. Monday. ABOUT 1,000 rubber workers of Dolok Merangir. A Goodyear (Sumatra) Plantation, went on strike last Thursday, following a wage dispute. The strikers represent about 40 per cent of the total number of workers, but will cause a close down of tne plant within
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    12 Japanese die
    29 1 TOKYO, Mon. Twelve Japanese were killed and 50 injured yesterday when a bus packed with 90 passengers plunged over a 33-foo; cliff into a pond.— A.P.
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    Shah to see U.S.
    24 1 TEHERAN, Mon. Thr Shah of Persia plans another visit to the United States soon, thi* time for medical attention— A.P.
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    Death for four Persian airmen
    49 1 TEHERAN, Mon.— Four Persan Air Force officers and a military academy cadet were sentenced to death on charges of espionage and treason by an army court sitting in t^cret here last night. Two other officers were sentenced to life imprisonment on similar charges. Reuter.
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    The groom was a woman, say police
    492 1 The groom was a woman, say police SHOCKED VICAR DROPS HIS CUP OF TEA LONDON, Mon. T<HE Bishop of South- wark, the Right Reverend Bertram Simpson, spent today investigating a report that a bridegroom in a weddinc in his London diocese last month was a woman. Tonight the bishop said:
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    Inspector dies
    29 1 EDINBURGH. Mon. Mr. Bryan Hugh O'Neil. 49, chief inspector of ancient monuments and one of Britain's leading archaeologists, collapsed and died in an Edinburgh hotel yesterday.— Reuter.
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    QUEEN MOTHER'S HOSTS
    83 1 NEW YORK, Mon. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother will be ".staying with friends" when she arrives here tomorrow by the 83,000 liner Queen Elizabeth for her three-week visit to the United States and Canada. Her hosts here and in Wash- ington will be Britain's two senior diplomats
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    Fortune in old woman's trash
    45 1 KANSAS CITY, Mon.— An 87--year-old woman, living in an old house full on trash, has a fortune of more than US$25O,--000 (M5750.000i, officials said. She is Miss Emma Mathias, former music teacher and seamstress. She has been declared mentally incompetent.-
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    Take China'call
    29 1 Take China' call TAIPEH, Mon.- Nationalist China's Premier. Mr. O. K. Yui. appealed today to Chinese in Formosa to work harder for the "recovery" of the China mainland. -Reuter.
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    His exile home
    29 1 BATH, Mon— Emperor Haile Selassie returned from London today to his former home here where he spent much of his exile between 1936 and 1640.— Reuter.
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    Stung to death
    26 1 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Mon. —Edward SchlfTers. 44. died yesterday shortly after he was stung many times while robbing a beehive of honey.— AP.
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    Plane missing
    21 1 FRANKFURT, Mon —A C-47 transport plane carrying 21 people is missing on a flight from Rome to Lyons. France.
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    Two killed
    15 1 HONG KONG, Mon —A landslide killed two workers and injured three others yesterday.
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    MYSTERY SEA SNAKE KILLS BOY ON BEACH
    244 1 Victim No. 2 taken to hospital paralysed in the leg PENANG, Monday. QNE boy died early this morning and another picnicker is in hospital after being bitten yesterday by a mystery sea reptile at Batu Ferringhi, near Lover's Isle Penang's pleasure beach 11
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    A roaming pigeon is home
    166 1 A roaming pigeon is home —FROM KOREA? BLYTH. Northumberland, Mon. A MISSING pigeon came homo to roost here after six months with a message purporting to be from an American soldier in Korea tied to its leg. Now its owner. Bob Squires, is wondering if his pigeon hoida the world
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    No. 14 was unlucky
    70 1 NEW YORK. Mon —Thirteen sisters in Pittsfleld, Maine, gained a brother yesterday and lost their claim of being the nations largest all-girl family. Leslie Benjamin Brooks, 61b. 803, crossed up some of the plans of his sisters when he was born at their Snake Root Road
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    Rain—then floods
    33 1 Rain— then floods LONDON, Mon.— Fierce gales and torentlal rain brought floods to many villages and towns in England ad Wales yesterday. London had half an Inch of rain during the night Reuter.
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    Taipeh talks
    26 1 TAIPEH. Mon.— Vice-Admira Alfred M. Pride arrived here today by air from Keelung port. North Formosa, for important conferences with Chinese Nationalist military authorities.—Reuter
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    His five years in Red gaol 'an error'
    349 1 His five years in Red gaol 'an error' LONDON, Mon. OERMANN Field, an 11 American architect whose wife and two young boys live in London, has been freed from a Polish gaol after being missing since he went to Warsaw in August, 1949, Warsaw Radio announcrd today The radio said
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    STOP PRESS
    39 1 RM. < I Ml. RLM KUALA U MPI I Mm UIU9O M< MiMiire an( Malayan 1 hi i i la »»'iiii conn municipal cii i ii'in j»'i nami l Mi K. K (•ii!iip.tf!< mi Alliance tvui'lhl.itt 111 Ward
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    KIND-HEARTED CONVICTS
    40 1 JOHANNESBURG. Mon.— A squad of convicts waited patiently at the roadside yesterday for a new guard after th^ir escorting warder was knocked down by a car. They gave the injured man first aid and called an ambulance.— A.P.
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    Scientist wife, 38, risked her life in 'death' Comet
    297 2 UP 50 HOURS, SHE FLEW TO SOLVE RIDDLE OF THOSE MYSTERY CRASHES HUSBAND: I WAS MORE SCARED THAN SHE LONDON, Monday. A LONE woman was amonjr a group of scientists who risked their lives by flying in a Comet airliner to
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    A GIANT JET GETS THE TORTURE CHAMBER' TEST
    99 2 The wings ot a Comet stick out through special watertight seals from a giant steel tank In which it is beine tested for "metal fatigue" at Farnborough. The "torture* of the Comet is part of the most thorough testing ever given a
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    Ship aground
    32 2 NEW YORK. Mon —The U.S. Coast Guard said yesterday an Italian freighter Santa Elisabetta with approximately 40 aboard was hard aground seven I miles e^st of Cape Charles lighthouse.— A.P.
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    She dared death
    37 2 MRS. ANNE BURNS, scientific officer at Farnborough, who j flew in one of the Comet airliners now under test, sometimes as the only person in the plane other than the four-men crew. A.P. picture.
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    3 die in crash
    31 2 KAISER LAUTERN. Mon Three U.S. Air Force officer* died yesterday In the crash of an 3-26 reconnaissance bomber soon after take oft from Apangdahlem air base— A.P.
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    Clean-up wind
    31 2 LOS .ANGELES, Mon— Strong winds swept smog out of the Los Angeles basin yesterday and removed the need for Governor Goodwin Knight's demands that oil companies close refineries. A.P.
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    MONTY TELLS OF 'HOW WE WON'
    233 2 Alamein memorial is unveiled ALAMEIN. Monday. VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY of Alamein said last T nipht when he unveiled a memorial to the 11.945 men of the Land and Air Forces, who gave their lives in the Middle East in the last war. thero were two
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    Film man dies
    39 2 HOLLYWOOD, Mon. Funeral services for Mr. Charles Skouras. 65. a man who ro.vp from a penniless Greek immicrant boy to become one of America's greatest theatre magnates, will be conducted this morning in Los Angeles.— U.P.
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    Composer better
    25 2 LONDON. Mon— Sir William Walton. 52. composer of marches [or two Coronations, was "progressing well" after an operation at a London clinic. Renter.
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    No' to Reds
    44 2 SEOUL. Mon —The Neutral Nations Supervisory CommLs slon has told the Communist.* it could not send in inspection team to look into Communist charges of armistice violations, an Allied spokesman sa;d today. The UN Comman-J has denied the charges —A P.
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    'Sack Joe' trial
    34 2 NEW YORK. Mon. Leaders of the anti-McCarthy "Joe Must Go" movement will ro on trial on Nov. 19 on charges of violatinK a state law governing political contributions by corporations. U.P.
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    GAIL SAYS O.K. TO GUY'S Mrs. No. 2
    150 2 GAIL SAYS O.K. TO GUY'S Mrs. No. 2 HOLLYWOOD. Mon ACTOR Guy Madison plans to obtain a divorce in Taur c z Mexico, tomorrov; from actress Gail Russell and minutes later marry another actress Sheilah Connolly. Stan Musgrove. Press representative 'or Madison, said Miss Russell last week signed a waiver
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    AND DEBBIE (AT LAST) SAYS O.K. TO EDDIE
    86 2 AND DEBBIE (AT LAST) SAYS O.K. TO EDDIE IJOLLYWOOD Mon—Singer Eddie FLsher and actress Debbie Reynolds, ending weeks of speculation about their romance, said today they will be married in June. The two announced their engagement officially on Saturday and Fisher slipped a seven-carat diamond ring on the third finger,
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    SYCAMORES READY FOR JUNGLE JOB
    145 2 LVDUR Sycamore heltroptors, part, of a shipment 1 which arrived in Singapore last month, are in Kuala Lumpur, for jungle operations. They will soon be joined by another two Sycamores and tho first of nine Whirlwinds which were delivered to the It.A.F. in Singapore last
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    Japan gaols 13 Americans
    43 2 TOKYO. Mon. Thirteen American servicemen now are serving terms in Japanese prisons after being convicted in Japanese courts, the Justice Ministry said yesterday. Two drrw 15-years terms for murder. Mast of the others are serving three to five years.
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    Silent protest
    31 2 FRANKFURT. Mon With flags flown at half-.na.st. silent marches and candles burning into the night. West Germans yesterday remembered the estimated *****0 Germans Mill held as war prisoners. -Reutor.
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    THE MEN VOTE FOR MARTHA
    70 2 BASLE. Mon Dr. Martha I Barradorl. mother of two children, has become the first woman ever to be elected a I Judge of Basle Civil Tribunal i and she was elected by an allmale vote. Judiciary officials are always elected b y popular vote, which
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    Monkeys make a monkey of them
    233 2 HOSE '2-FOOT MEN FROM MARS' NEW YORK. Mon. rpHOSE "two-foot Men 1 from Mars" who made monkeys out of many observers on Earth were— it turned out monkeys themselves. This becomes clear from growing evidence disclosed here. The first report of a •■two-foot-high Spaceman"
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    FIVE OFFICIAL TELL OF C.A. MAJOR CLEAR
    30 2 FIVE OFFICIAL TELL OF C.A. MAJOR CLEAR ISKRLOHN > piVK OFFICKKS AM). I King's Own Hussars i! martial and said publich their commanding officer Thry wore called in r I 111
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    100 Malayan pilgrims 'stranded'
    105 2 PFNANG. Mon. ABOIT 100 Malayan pil Rrims who went to Mr. this year are .stranded In Jeddah. the Pfnanc Malaj paper Wirta Negara, states in a report from its Mai i i correspondent. The last pilgrim ship the report alleges left Mccci without ratlin 1 at
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    Private again
    40 2 TAIPEH. Mon.— The I mosa Cement Company, onr the largest public factories here has born turned over to priv.itr itoekholders. ii with a Government nn j of turning several I ti tries b-\ck to private of I AP
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    Navy base tour
    23 2 WASHINGTON, ftfon. Tin Secretary of the Mai Charles S. Thomas, left plane vc.strrday for Buropi I inspect naval Installations U.P.
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    10 PERSIANS DIE AS SPIES
    143 3 ANQ 21 MORE ARMY OFFICERS ARE UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH Nine Persian officers and one civilian face a firing: squad at dawn in Teheran. They were among 500 servicemen and civilians rounded up last month by the police in a swoop on a spy ring
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    It's work with she Germans: We need each her'-M. France
    67 3 It's work with she Germans: We need each her'-M. France IWKIS, Monday. 1 MENDES FRANCE, the Prime j vesterdaj (ailed for greater econoJfltion between France and Germany. 1 .',.t he -.ii tln> was |H t 'f ssar v to raise doflivinfi ol both countries. ith the encrpptic Ger>ng enough to
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    WEST IS WEIGHING RED NOTE
    153 3 LONDON, Mon. SIR Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Secretary, exchange views immej wltn the French Prime Minister, M. Pierre Mendes France, and the American Se- v of State. Mr. John FosDulles, on Russia's latest >r a four-power conce in November, according to diplomatic quarters The
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    ADENAUER'S SAAR DEAL ANGERS W.GERMANS
    223 3 ADENAUER'S SAAR DEAL ANGERS W.GERMANS BONN, Mon. T)ISGRUNTLED Bonn 17 politicians yesterday pondered challenging the legality of the French-German deal over the Saar, a foundation stone of the Paris agreements on freeing and rearming West Germany. Concessions reported made by the West German Chancellor. Dr. Konrad Adenauer, in agreeing to
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    Senator ill
    25 3 NEW YORK, Mon. Senator John F. Kennedy, who underwent a serious spinal operation on Thursday, was in a •fairly satisfactory" condition yesterday.— A.P.
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    Nehru in Mukden
    17 3 NEW DELHI, Mon.— The Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, arrived in Mukden :;iy.— A.P
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    Pope opens session
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    man weeps with joy
    53 3 from the ailment since the birth of son. Fuad. On her arrival here from Egypt, Narriman told reporters her state of health did low her to have a baby. Narriman was reported rest--5 comfortably in a room nlled with flowers sent by her husband, Dr. Adham
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    Ali: Nehru policy is a danger
    139 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. PAKISTAN'S Prime Minister, Mr. Mohammed Ali, has expressed confidence that if India were to abandon her neutral position she would line up with the Western powers rather than with Communism. But he agreed a questioner of a filmed television broadcast yesterday that
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    LAST-MINUTE CHECK FOR KATHRYN
    106 3 KATHRYN SAN (left), wearing a lounßing pyjatna ensemble named "Rickshaw Romance," Rets a last- it i ii i >- check-up from Barbara Luna at a fushion show of Orient-influenced clothes for Americans, at a New York restaurant. Miss Luna, costumed for her role in "Teahouse of
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    Nationalists raid Red island
    77 3 Nationalists raid Red island TAIPEH. Mon. NATIONALIST guerillas from the Tachen Islands on Saturday raided a Communist island, burned down barrack* and inflicted scores of casualties, the official Central Daily Npws said yesterday. The newspaper said the raiders captured four Communists, killed more than 20 and wounded 60 more before
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    Red union boss dies
    51 3 LONDON, Mon— Mr. Walter Stnren.s, 49, Communist general secretary of the Electrical Trades Union, died in hospital here yesterday. It was his executive which organised a series of guerilla strikes at the end of 1953 and beginnine of 1954 when the electricians were demanding higher pay.—
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    Minister dies
    19 3 NEW DELHI, Mon.—Rafiahoed Kidwai. Indian Minister of Food and Agriculture, died yesterday of a heart attack. U.P.
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    Diphtheria toll
    19 3 HONG KONG. Mon. Sixtynine people have died of diphtheria in Hong Kong so far this year. A.P.
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    COALITION TAKES OVER PAKISTAN
    203 3 Emergency but Ali is still Premier KARACHI, Monday. A NEW all-party national coalition Cabinet was sworn in here last night after the GovernorGeneral, Mr. Ghulam Mohammed, had declared a state of emergency throughout Pakistan. Later Cabinet members and their new posts were announced as follows: Mr.
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    Ash scatterer crashes to his death
    78 3 SYDNEY, Mon. A pi ot crashed to his denth near Brisbane yesterday while scatter°n" the ashes of his best friend. The pilot's 13-year-old son also died in the wrecked plane. The pilot, Stanley Porter, of i Brisbane, ran an air taxi ser- 1 vice.
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    14 mil. Japs say: Ban A-bomb
    116 3 14 mil. Japs say: Ban A-bomb TOKYO. Mon. A TOTAL of 14 million Japanese have signed a petition for outlawing the atomic and hydrogen bombs, it was announced yesterday at a meetirg of its sponsors in Tokyo. The announcement was made as 150 sponsors of the petition assembled here to
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    SHIP PICKS UP CRASH SURVIVORS
    102 3 THORSHAVN Faroe Island. Mon. Six survivor* of the Royal Air Force tlying boat crash in which four n.en were killed during a metcy flight .v^ Saturday carried ihe body of one of their comrades yesterday to H.M.S. Windier, a fisheries patrol missel near here. The
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    African strike
    22 3 KITWE. Mon Northern Rhodesia's African Trade Union Congress yesterday called a general strike of 80.000 African workers for next Wednesday.—Reuter.
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    U.S. rail smash
    30 3 NEW YORK. Mon One man was killed ann 19 .x;]rred in i h»?ad-on collision between the Montreal New York express, the Laurentian ana good.tiain near here yesterday
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    10 Reds seized
    23 3 BERLIN, Mon— West Berlin police arrested 10 -Jommunis* agitators last nignt outside a meeting of the Stahlhelm veterans' organisation— A.P
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    U Nu's tour
    29 3 RANGOON, Mon. The Burmese Premier, U Nu, told a press conference yesterday he intends to visit America on a goodwill mission in the near future.— U.P.
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    War greetings
    25 3 TOKYO, Mon. The leaders of China and North Korea exchanged greetings yesterday, the fourth anniversary of China's entry into the Korean war.— A.P.
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    PRICES OF FISH TUMBLE IN KEDAH
    147 4 PRICES OF FISH TUMBLE IN KEDAH ALOR STAR. Mon. FISH catches in Kedah set an all-time record this season, and prices have tumbled to a now low. Present daily catch— estimaled at half a million katis— is more than four times the normal. "Never In all my 78 years have
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    Bandits escape from patrol
    40 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon A patrol of the 6th Battalion. Malay Regiment. fir*ri at two terrorists in a cultivation area In the Mentakab district of West Paharc yesterday. The terrorists escaped. A follow up is come on.
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    Council men go to 'school'
    64 4 KOTA BAHRU. Mon. The British Adviser. Kelantan. Mr. D Headly, yesterday opened a two-day accountinc course for yet retaries and treasurers of loral councils i n the state. The course was sponsored hv the State Audit Department to achieve smooth runninc of the financial functions
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    Forces capture terror packs
    47 4 KUALA t.UMPUR. Mon. In the Kuala Kuba Bahru of North Selangor on Saturday a patrol of the Ist. Somersc's captured two packs, medicine, food and clothing. TV i terrorists fled when thrv saw the patrol, who were too far aw;iv to open fire.
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    70,332 register for polls
    55 4 70 ,332 register for polls KOTA BAHRU. Mon— Up to yesterday, 70.332 people had registered for State and Federal flections in Kelantan. Of the 16 constituencies into which the State has been) divided, Kota Bahru Utara is leading with 6.332 registered voters. Maching and Kota Bahru Tengah are following clo.se
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    Are the affiliates spending well? Paglar asks
    244 4 ADULT EDUCATION COUNCIL WANTS ITS HANDS ON THE MONEY LET US ALSO CHECK THEIR ACCOUNTS' 'J<HE SINGAPORE COUNCIL for Adult Education is planning a move to control the funds of its 18 affiliated associations and supervise the classes run by them. Dato C.
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    GURKHA RECRUITS SWEAR ON THE QUEENS TRUNCHEON
    217 4 OBEDIENCE, WILLINGNESS TO SERVE' LOOKING smart in Jungle green, 108 newly-trained recruits of the 2nd King Edward Vll's Own Gurkha Rifles, swore on the Queen s Truncheon in Singapore, yesterday. The parade ground at Slim Barracks. Ayer Rajah Road ring with their voices
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    Fighting? 'No, we were embracing'
    113 4 rpHREE men after several A drinks in a friend's house at Dunlop Street on Sunday became so happy that they embraced one another in the middle of the road. A large crowd gathered and the police intervened, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Hera Singh.
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    Poppy drive in Segamat
    58 4 REGAMAT. Mon. Mrs. Noreen D'Costa will organise the Poppy Day appeal in Segamat this year. Chairmen of local councils and voluntary workers on estates and in town will help in the sale of poppies. A charity soccer match between Secamat Police and a neighbouring team has
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    Gurkhas find bandit body
    41 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The body of a terrorist wounded by a patrol of the 1 2 Gurkhas in the Kota Tinggi area of Johore a month ago has been found by another patrol of the same battalion.
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    SURPRISE FOR DR. HAWES AT IPOH AIRPORI
    83 4 SURPRISE FOR DR. HA WES AT IPOH AIRPORI IPOH, Mon.— A pleasant surprise awaited Dr. R. B. Hawes, former Professor of Medicine at the King Edwari VII COilege of Medicine, Singapore, wh?n he arrived this morning at the Ipoh airport on his way to Penang and Kedah. A delegation representing
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    DRUNK? 'YES, BUT WHO'S THE DOCTOR?'
    184 4 DRUNK? 'YES, BUT WHO'S THE DOCTOR?' A MEDICAL report on Kuppusamy Kanngha Rajoo produced j n a Singapore emor. court yesterday, that he was "clinl dead drunk." But the magistrate, Mr J. M. Devereux-Coleboum examining the documr that he could not mnwho had signed it. The status of the examiner
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    Prison for Red supplies
    57 4 SEGAMAT. Mon. —Admitting a charge of having supplies presumably for the bandit.v Teo Kek Toh 30. a timber lorry driver was sentenced to 18 months' gaol in the Befamat Sessions Court. Teo was caught with fishin:; hooks, a roll of steel cable and $100 in cash
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    Padang parade
    43 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. A rally of Scouts and Cubs will be held on the Bukit Zahrah school padana on Nov 2 honour of the vLsit of the Chief Scout. Lord Rowallan. About 70P are expected to take part in the rally.
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    The, 200 $3mjl
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    $12 MIL. FLOOD SCHEME
    137 5 $12 MIL. FLOOD SCHEME The ffo-ahead if pilot plan is a success i H.'O.nno PILOT scheme to A deal with floods in Singapore will bp completed in .ihmit three months, the 1 1 -v I nkin c c r. Mr. (i. I (imoiicl. told the Straits Timcv yrstrrday. The plan
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    120 cases in two hours
    49 5 Mr. J. If. Devcreux-Cole-boum. a Singapore magistrate, sed ol more than 120 fresh within two hours in a "holiday" court yesterday. Inche Said bin Suleiman, the usher, had a pile of charge books on his desk. He Lsted by another usher, Mr George Campos.
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    NANYANG: ALL RACES CAN JOIN—DR. LIN
    160 5 NANYANG: ALL RACES CAN JOIN— DR. LIN [>R. LIN YUTANG. the C that it was his polie indents of all races to join He was commenting nn pressed by nonChlnese after Dr. S. I. Hstung. Dean ol the Faculty of Arts. that .students must both Chinese and English riculate. It
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    The sarong makers get aid offer
    102 5 The sarong makers get aid offer KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Rural and Industrial I Development Authority is 1 prepared to help revive Kouiman's famou., batek sarong 1 industry which is now almost extinct. Mr D C, Horton, the Secretary and Executive Officer of RIDA. said today. 'RIDA will be pleased
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    Deepavali social
    20 5 The Ceylon Tamil Association Singapore, will hold a Deepaval' social at 6.30 p.m. today at 11 Handy Road.
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    First aid final on Nov. 7
    45 5 Singapore St. John Ambu- 1 lance Brigade will hold the I final of the inter-divlsional first aid competition at the Hupp> World Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m The Governor, Sir John Nicoll. will distribute the prizes.
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    School display
    21 5 KLUANG, Mon. Mr. I. B. Mendel. Administrative Officer, Kluang will open the Government English School annual exhibition on Thursday.
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    English for malays
    35 5 English for mala ys AWdin, local u.m.n.o. chair ln:i ;mr) a former Inspector of ScnooU, s;iiri today Penani U.M.N.0.. he added. b< cau 1 II my Ma dren as possible should K;"n promotion to secondary
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    NOW _ IT'S THE 'YELLOW RIVER'
    62 5 NOW IT'S THE 'YELLOW RIVER' I, flood victims com name for cause ke ir $250,000 losses I Saturday'" fl«« d at the R ed»k I" 11 «rpa Singapore, have coined a pk^L Bedok River, cause of their ■f faf llu -Huang Ho" after the m China. .,.,d by the Straits
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    Ruined—it was once a flower garden
    31 5 Ruined— it was once a flower garden THIS is part of a two-arrr flower garden ruined by the Rrdok floods. Damage at this farm is estimated at $10,000. Straits Times picture.
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    RUINED- HIS PRIZE VEGETABLES
    33 5 O!VE of the oldest farmen at the Bed( k resctt'cmc7it area. Tan Sh cr Cher, 61 with a handful of prize vegetables rotting after the floods.— Straits Tines picture.
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    Lessons on the air a flop in Kedah
    218 5 LANGUAGE 'HARD TO UNDERSTAND' ALOR STAR. Monday. THE series of "literacy" broadcasts introduced recently over Radio Malaya, has proved a failure in several centres in Kedah. Reportine this to the Federation Adult Education Association's executive committee, which met here yesterday, Mr. A.
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    Two had Red papers
    47 5 KLUANO. Mon. Foo Meu 60, and Ooi Ah Moi, an 18--year-old girl, were convicted in the Sessions Court yesterday of havine terrorist documents. Foo was gaoled for 12 months while the girl was remanded in custody pending a report from the Probation Officer.
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    Fournier entrances with his cello
    229 5 Fournier entrances with his cello DIERRE FCURNIER, r the cellist, usually regarded as in the direct line of succession to the great Casals, and Ernest Lush, his brilliant accompanist, proved an entrancing AngloFrench combination at the Victoria Memori?l Hall, Singapore, on Sunday night. Fournier, who came on the stage with
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    Another win for 'A' Division
    41 5 "A"' Division of Singapore Volunteer Special Constabulary yesterday won the Sir John Nicoll Trophy for revolver shooting for the second year in succession. They beat 11 other teams at the Police Training School in Thomson Road.
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    Surrendered
    11 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A terrorist has surrendered in the Federation.
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    Three injured
    25 5 Three Chinese were injured during a flght in a house in Java Road. Singapore, last night. They were treated at the General Hospital.
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    63 6 ;n Worm tin i minimum). ROCHE. On "th September at S 1 Oeorge's Honpltal, London, Bill. beloved husband of Doris, late of c.i tlefleld Estate. R. VAITHINATHEN, Late of nrprs Department, City Coun.Brother of R. Mu'hla Monies HI 1 School. R. Manikam, Bacteriological Department, University iy»), passed away on
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    39 6 20 Hcrrfv t;.jii (minimum) SPECIAL MEETINGS V.M.C.A. Orchard Rd.. 2oth 28th Oft., 31st/ 2nd Nov.. 8 p.m. Speaker Mr. Q. D. James vital subjects which concern your eternal destiny. All welcome Free Seats, Testimonies and Special Items
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    188 6 2* Word, $10 (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the 'Malay Mall' If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. WHO'S BEEN At my Romary'i Bake biscuits? Rnmary'* makers of biscuit* for the Connoisseur. Agents Robinson's. ITALIAN STRAW BAGS and hats to match Just arrived. Brand new styles
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Oct 26, 1954. Pakistan's Crisis
    650 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Oct 26, 1954. Pakistan's Crisis The crisis in Pakistan has boon coming to the boil for months. And like most crises of its kind, the emergency measures taken by tr- Governor-General mark the gravity of events w ithout providing a solution. Mr. Ghulam Mohammed has
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    So-called Floods
    372 6 I A pilot scheme for Singapore flood prevention has been I started and is expected to be completed in about three months. Since the island has been suffering from floods for i decades, this progress will be welcome but only if the authorities have at last made up
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    Note of Criticism
    277 6 Criticism by Sir John Hay of "endless and abortive discussion" of minor operations and plans to deal with the terrorists calls for Government considera- i tion. Sir John is not given to thoughtless complaint. The time and energies of men busy enough with their own work I
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    3,000 islands to pick a government
    656 6 3,000 islands to pick a government BALLOT BOXES WON'T LOCK— OUTLAWS ARE KILLING ELECTION OFFICIALS— VOTERS ARE ILLITERATE TTHE Indonesian Gov- ernment is rushing preparations for the general elections it hopes will be held next May, but it is running into mountains of trouble. There has never been an election
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      364 6 THE Negri Sembilan State War Executive Committee Invite suggestions from member., of the public to improve the present checks at road blocks. I have criticisms, which no doubt will not be welcome, and a constructive suggestion. One presumes that the object of Operation Key is
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      What's in the name of Muslim converts ?
      281 6 What's in the name of Muslim converts IS it obligatory for converts to Islam to take on what are termed "Muslim" names? In most cases they appear to be Arabic names. What is wrong with a Chinese retaining his or her Chinese name, even after embracing the Muslim faith? Would
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      LET'S STOP IMPORTING RED GOODS
      103 6 IWAS surprised to read that some British firm's trhose assets were frozen in U. S. hare complained about it. Personally. I congratulate the U.S. and hope that they will continue to act against firms which trade icith Communist countries. Why docs the Singapore Government, which
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      EFFICIENCY NOT WANTED
      141 6 I OBTRUDE upon service wives who are thrashins out the Issue of local employment to observe that other factors enter into it. I know of at least one British firm which offers different rates of pay for local girls and expatriates regardless of efficiency. This is one
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      45 6 rE precincts of St. Andrews Cathedral are being utilised for Indecent romance at night. It ha.s become a practice for these people to go there and sit under the shade of the trees, completely ignoring pedestrians and even the police. OBSERVER. Singapore.
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      91 6 IN Rambal Road, off Kocn Seng Road, where I live, the postman delivers the mails once a day I don't blame him for this lnetliciency but the postal authoritle.s. This old postman who has been on this beat for many years, has so many letters to deliver
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    Mystery of Bukit Panjang Marks centre of Singapore island
    211 7 Mystery of Bukit Panjang Marks centre of Singapore island KNOWS WERE THE STRANGE GRANITE BLOCK CAME FROM. WHO W |T UP OR HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN THERE BUT- o f granite block set on top lhiii. Singapore, is believed tit 1 it'll'" 1 Lpartl> (iolved :ks the centre of
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    17 7 SHOOTING at make black LnHKI i si ill Mnrriv in the i| Hos- lerror-nuli-rini; -black' n (on-
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    40 7 MR. (JOH BIG TOON, son of the late Mr. (ioh Hock Siew. a former Penang: banker, who is returning to PenMg in the C'husan on Thursday after completing a special course in the Midland Bank. London.
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    Certificates for good conduct
    43 7 Singapore Legislative CounMr. John Laycock lay presented certificates good conduct and book to members of the sth pore Company of the Bi Lga le at an annual ■mn at the Presbyterian School ground. her. he inspected a parthe company
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    19 7 MISS MARY ROSWFIX sitting on th, stone that is believed to mark the centre of Singapore Straits Times picture.
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    'Inquiry welcome' Che Zahara
    340 7 —BUT SEE BOTH SIDES, SHE SAYS PHE Zahara binte Noor Mohamed, president of the Malay Women's Welfare Association, said in Singapore yesterday she would welcome an open inquiry into the association's activities. The Muslim Advisory Board is already making inquiries on the association following a father*!
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    FESTIVAL WAS QUIET AND WET
    155 7 FESTIVAL WAS QUIET AND WET DEEPAVALI celebrations yesterday were quiet all over Malaya and in mast of Northern Malaya it was a wet and miserable day. In KI'ALA LUMPUR, there were the morning prayer., and then the buses streamed into town. But the crowds lacked the bright gay colours and
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    Ex-manager dies
    22 7 LONDON. Mon.- Mr. Francis Raymond Ormston. formerly manager of the* Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Kuala Lumpur, has died here.
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    The things that amaze— Sir John
    264 7 The things that amaze— Sir John \f ANY people, anxious iTI to co-operate and play an effective part in the functioning of the country's economy, are perplexed by apparent conflicts and contradictions in the Federation Government's policy, Sir John Hay said yesterday A statement by Sir John accompanying the annual
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    City labour force to expand
    129 7 City labour force to expand rE Singapore City Council will take over the Rural I Board labour force next year I when the newly constituted City and Island Council comes into being, the finance committee was told. This would mean the Council should have a well organised labour establishment under
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    Tax exemption for association
    40 7 The Singapore City Association, formed last year to "cultivate civic consciousness amone the people," has been approved as a public institution eligible for tax exemption. In its first year the association ran 18 adult language classes.
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    An old friend calls again on the Dato
    136 7 JOHORE BAHRIT. Mon. Appalasamy and his wife, labourers on I In Tirajn Estate, followed their u.sual habit of calling on Dato and Datin H. F. Mac Ken/ie today tp convey Deepavali greet- 1 bga. Appalasamy has followed Dato I m.k K.n/if from
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    'TEMPLER OF SPORT SAYS GOODBYE
    79 7 Large crowd see Strickland leave A BIG crowd of Singapore sportsmen were at the liner Canton yesterday to say farewell to Mr. 1.. Strickland, retired Director of Physical Education, Singapore, who had been 27 years in the Colony. Everyone waited his turn to shake hands
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    32 YEARS' STUDY OF MALAYAN PLANTS
    92 7 A MAN who has spent 32 years studying Malayan plants sailed for Britain in the Canton yesterday on retirement. Hr was Professor R. E. Holttum, Professor of Botany at the Iniversitv of Malaya. Friends who saw him off said:< "Malaya is indebted to this
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    Poll show draws no crowd
    55 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mori. AN elections festival which opened on Saturday at the St-kingor Turf Club grounds here had another disappointing attendance today. Hundreds of Indian Deepavali visitors were expected but officials counted only a few throughout the day. Malay and Chinese pupils visited the exhibition,
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    'VOTE for BETTER EDUCATION'
    180 7 Teachers send out circular letter KUALA LUMPUR Monday. /CHINESE parents taking part in next year"? Federal v elections are being asked to vote for candidates who will fight for "bettor Chinese education." Th,. appeal is being made by the Federation of Chinese School Teachers' A In
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    CEYLONESE TOLD TO MIND OWN BUSINESS
    135 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. HHHE president of the Malayan Indian Congress, x Mr. K. L. Devaser. said today that Mr. N. W. Navaratnam, the president of the Ceylon Association of Selanßor, should mind his own business Mr. Devaser was replying to an attack made by
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    Farewell party for Colonel
    49 7 The War Department Civilian .Stall Association, Kluang branch, will hold a farewell tea party In honour of Lt. Col. A. N. Clarke R. E Gurri.son Commander. Kluang Garrison. at the Kluang International Club at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Col. Clarke will leave for England soon.
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    Off to Australia
    34 7 Mr Roy Sufltern, director and editor of Reveille, and hLs wife leave by air thLs morning for Melbourne after spending several day.s in Singapore Mr. Suffern is on a business trip.
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    Row over balloting at union
    100 7 PENANG. Mon. THE Penang Clerical and Administrative Sts»ff Union will hold a special meeting on Nov. 7 to decide whether to accept the results oi the balloting at the annual meeting on Sept. 12. If the meeting rejects the balloting, a fresh vote to elect
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    Seaplane rescues ill sailor
    121 7 Seaplane rescues ill sailor TO HOSPITAL IN JUST 3 HOURS A ROYAL AIR FORCE Sunderland flying boat from Seletar. Singapore, yesterday made a 100-mile flight to Pulau Tinman, a lonely Island oil Mersing, Johore, to pick up a 17-year-old English sailor stricken with acute appendicitis. LeH than three hours later
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    'YES' TO $12 MILLION ON CONDITIONS
    171 7 SINGAPORE Ollimi educationists may decide to accept thr Government's offer of an annual $12 million grant-in-aid to Chinese schools when they meet the Governor. Sir John Nicoll, today. But thi v are likely to lay dow.i conditions for their acceptance. Mr Ko Teck Kin
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    WHAT A LIFE
    592 8 MONDAY I AM one of those clumsy people who cannot go Into a kitchen without having an accident, of some sort. It is amah's day off and I decide to cook a joint of pork. In getting the tin outj oi the oven I badly burn my
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    Head gives six rules for all schoolgirls
    215 8 Head gives six rules for all schoolgirls A LONDON headmistress hM given her definition of what every schoolgirl should learn, with six rules. In her annual report Mrs. W. R. Gatehouse, head of Downham iLewisham) Secondary Girls" School, says: "Our task at school is to train you girls to be
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    Introducing the HAT-bag
    90 8 THE GREEK EVZONES near hats like this one on the top left. So this is called the ItMM hat. It is in white straw with small black tassels. On the top right is a Pagoda hat in white silk with a smooth fringe falling over the brim.
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    New creations that give your morale a LIFT
    362 8  -  MAXINE RAKICH By WHEN one wean owy b«t everyone thinks it's from Paris. That need not be so now. Your favourite shop lias many, many crazy hats —and the added advantage is that there is only one of each. The selection is
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    THE THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH SOAP
    206 8 AS a beauty aid. you'll find that a moistenpd soapy fiiißer rubber over the eyebrows will keep them in place. For smooth brows. pluck strays often, but before you do. be sure to lather them with a soapy brush This flattens, them so
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      358 8 30. Sailing ship and freebooter Straits Times Crossword aJartMSL 1 ■mr w 3J Lamb most tryinc works.' (3 2. i 4 1. 7~1 2~~j 3 j i U I T~| J6 [7 j DOWN I j' 1 J I 1_ j num.. tale or a n officer i 9). k
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    The Straits Times Tragedy stalked Corinne Luchaire
    1636 9 The Straits Times Tragedy stalked Corinne Luchaire A CROWD of angry women milled outside a Paris court one June i 1946. They raved and shouted as police forced a passage drab little woman with a sloppy bun of hair, who still held signs of ishing beauty. Some pushed through the
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      142 9 30 €OSil4 l^^^^MJ Cooking is easier— well better— when you u»e Trex. The proof of jf S^ "^^TX Trex is in the eating Short, crisp, delicious 1 pastry light digestible V^ cakes. And, when you fry V«V with Trex, the luscious |^"ii Xt^B^ goodness is sealed in golden f crispness,
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      279 9 Slurlovk Itoimes And hvrv $ro arol k/ r SHE HBAKU OUT WW> PK? V TW4T'& A QUF.6TIOn\ 4NP MECE y fT OOE&N'T W —^01 |T eCREAMIKo 6HE6OTO 1 YOU'LL MAVEL TO WE ACE, IP TAKE GENIU* 7 NONSEN6E JELLIBV.' -W£. dOGtfll CIVE WTTW I ASK HE2. VOU2SELF, U I'M NOT
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    THE KAMUNING (PERAK) RUBBER & TIN COMPANY,LIMITED
    1184 10 THE KAMUNING (PERAK) RUBBER TIN COMPANY,LIMITED COMPANY MEETING Forty-fifth A tmual General Meeting to be held on 1 7th Nov., 1954 SIR JOHN HAY'S STATEMENT It Is with regret that I have to commence this statement with a grim account of a renewal of savage terrorism in the district in
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      244 10 Condnq ixf Kuala Lumpur I AN EXHIBITION OF MODERN ACCOUNTING MACHINES j^^^mzZ. AND METHODS «3£l Q/kstfonalA Business Efficiency EXHIBITION NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COY., (Malaya) LTD. SINCAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANC What is 'Traffic Film' IT IS dust, dirt and grease which collects quickly and cannot he removed by washing as it
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      307 10 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I. Mr. Tan Dat Kok. have taken over the firm of City Engraving Company. 187, Telok Aver Street. Singapore. 1, as from Monday, 25th October, 1954, and the undermentioned four previous partners, Messrs Tin Guan Kiang Ong Sang Swee. Soh Kee Yong and Khoo
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      314 10 P.W.D. TRENGGANU TENDKR NOTICE Tenders from contractors Class C and above will be received by the State Enclneer, TrengEanu up to 12 noon of the 10th November. 1954 for the construction of 20 Class "G" Quarters at Police Compound. Kunla Trengganu. Full particulars cun be obtained from the P.W.D. offices
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      730 10 NOTICES PRESS NOTICE SUGAR The Government has stocks of Sugar For Sale in November. Full particulars may be obtained on Application to me. The closing date for Applications to Purchase in November is sth November, 1954. A. W NICHOLSON, Controller of Supplies, Federation of Malaya. SELANGOR TURF CLUB NOVEMBER 1954
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      634 10 NOTICES NOTICE "CXOSIRE OF ROM, Buklt Panchor Rr,i,d Wellesley South, from Ml Mile 24 50. trill br cU i from 6 a.m. on Oriobf j 6 p.m. T>n Octobtr improvement wortu to CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD KOTA BHMtI NOTKK TO (O\,, THE entire electi Tumpat, Palekbant: w ana Pa sir Mas
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    Big trade drive in Asia by Australians
    418 12 W^ Uy^KS^lJjLiml^^mmt^KmmM MISSION IS DUE IN COLONY NEXT WEEK THE Australian Trade Mission which to tour Malaya, Burma and Siam and which is due in Singapore a week today, will study the special .needs and requirements of Malaya and will if necessary redesign
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    Tropical tests in Britain
    137 12 PORTABLE jungle* are now being produced in England by the Midlands Electricity Board and Barlow-Whitney Engineering Ltd.. Birmingham on a commercial scale to enable British manufacturers to satisfy themselves by actual test that their goods will stand up to the most severe tropical conditions before they
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    Indonesian clamp on textile trade
    302 12 BOARD TO CONTROL PURCHASES TEXTILE imports in Indonesia will now b<- controlled by a new board created by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and almost all imported textiles will have to be sold by the importers to this new board called Persediaan Bahan Perindustrian, at
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    Flashlights from U.S.A. here soon
    129 12 Flashlights from U.S.A. here soon A TYPE of flashlight which is fitted with shock absorbers and which has been widely used in the United States for the last three years is to be made available to the Malayan market shortly by the manufacturers, Ray-O-Vac International of Madison. Wisconsin Two of
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    HE DINED THE DEALERS
    67 12 MR. G. K. STEIN, first permanent representative in South-East Asia for Phillips Cycles Ltd.. gave his first Chinese dinner to dealers and cyclists at thr Happy World last week. Above Mr. Stein leads a toast with the dealers. Mr. Stein is based on Singapore and covers
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    TIN MINED FROM UNDER THE SEA
    338 12 TIN MINED FROM UNDER THE SEA ANEW company en- titled Aokam Tin Ltd., to mine tin off the! Siamese coast has been i incorporated in the j Federation with an authorised capital ol $7 million in shares of one dollar each, and steps are being taken to make an initial
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    AN ENGINEER HEADS THIS NEW SERVICE
    171 12 AN ENGINEER HEADS THIS NEW SERVICE rpHE General Electric- Co. X (Malaya) Ltd. is the first company locally to set up an advisory service on all matters concerning ventilation and air-movement. To supervise the service they have brought from England Mr. D. H. Frean. a ventilating engineer and a bachelor
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    Second German firm to open here
    262 12 A German company manfacturing medical and scientific instruments, X-ray machines, chemicals, hospital and laboratory equipment are to open a branch In Singapore within the next two months. Dr. Hans U. Granow the German Consul -General in Singapore announced this on his return to the
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    All Stars rally brings victory
    136 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon —After trailing 2 4 at one stage. Singapore All Stars beat Selr.ngor at table tenni.- .it the Chcnui suidtum here last night. Mmlta iMngapor* playara named Brat I son C'lieow H-ir lost to Yee Vim Choon 19—21. 16—21: Loh Hens Chew bt
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    KRAMER'S TEAM OPENS P.I. TOUR
    48 13 MANILA. Mon:— JacK Kramer's prnfc<->=ional tennis team opened their tour of th» Philippines >estcrd;vy. Pancho S^ura debated Kramer r-2. 6-2 and Frank Sedgman beat Piinchn Gonsales 4-6. 6-3. 6-4. In the doubles. Oonzales and Sedpman beat Kiamei and Segur» F-4 3-6. 6-2.— AP.
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    BIG SOCCER PROFIT
    27 13 BASLE <Swtt*erland>. Mon:— The vorkt soccer championships played r.ere this y*»r. rr«pen a profit o r Mll.fiSS.nOO. It was officially announred yesterday.- A. P.
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    Navy beat Fathul to enter Senior Cud final
    357 13 REFEREE'S PROMPT ACTION STOPS ROUGH PLAY ROYAL NAVY entered the SAFA Senior Cup final at Jalan Besar last night when they defeated Fathul Karib 4-1. Navy will now meet p *J V l"u" ers of the s emi-final between Rovers and KAr
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    SHIRLEY RECEIVES HER ALL-MALAYAN PRIZE
    77 13 MISS SHIRLEY WOO, 19, of the Penang police, who won the All-Malayan women's 20 miles road cycling race, receives the Heah Joo Seanc challenge trophy from Mrs. J. N. D. Harrison, wife of the Chief Police Officer. Perak, at Ipoh, on Sunday Her time was
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    POSITIONS IN SHA LEAGUE
    401 13 POSITIONS in the Singapore I Hockey Association league :o date are: FIRST DIVISION P W O L F APto sRC. fl S 1 0 14 3 11 Police 5 4 1 020 4 9 Wanderers 6 3 2 1 a 7 8 reylonese 0 3 1
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    I'M NOT WORTH IT' BLANCHFLOWER
    299 13 £40,000 for a footballer? It's insane, say the critics LONDON, Monday. ifUCH-CAPPED Irish international footballer, iTI Robert Dennis "Danny" Blanchflowei of Aston Villa, the English First Division club, u> "up tor auction" After a transfer request by Blanchflower, Villa put him on the list at
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    BEDSER TOLD TO TAKE REST
    43 13 PERTH. Mon.— Alec Bedxer. the England and Surrey pace bowler, has, been medically advised not to play for M.C.C. in the match bei irmirvj on Friday usainsl South Australia at Adelaide. Bedser has been recoverinc from shingles.— Reuter.
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    Kocsis hat-trick in Hungary's 4-1 victory
    140 13 VIENNA. Monday. HUNGARY, finalists in the World Cup this year, beat Czechoslovakia in a football international in Budapest yesterday by four goals to one. according to a Budapest radio message. The Hungarians who meet I Scotland at Hampden Park in December, led at halftime
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    FLOODLIT RUGGER POPULAR WITH FANS
    223 13 FLOODLIT RUGGER POPULAR WITH FANS LONDON. Mon. DUGBY UNION is the latest sport in Britain to make its appearance under floodlights and the venture seems likely to Join flooolit soccer, speedway and athletics as a popular form of evening entertainment. The teams to pioneer the move were the well-known London
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    4-3 victory by C.B.O.B.A
    147 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. CHRISTIAN Brothers Schools Old Boys Combined soccer XI defea'ed Selangor Authentic^ 4—3 on the T.P.C.A ground this evening. Old Boys appeared to be feeling the effects of several games in the weekend, including their Cup final tlu.morning. Old Boys goalkeeper. Nunls brought off
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    St. Paul's OBA regain Cup with 3-1 win
    140 13 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. ST. PAUL'S Old Boys of Seremban recaptured the La Salllan soccer Shield when they beat Singapore Christian Brothers Old Boys. 1953 winners, by 3-1 In the final at Sentul pasar here this morning After pressing tor 1& minutes, St
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      92 13 SO< < KK > M rommunity Ir.igur. Indonesians v Malays, Jalan Bcsar, 5.15 p.m. RVOGU T.T.C. v SAOB. PTS (Mr. H. Kail) Inivcrsity v Police, I'nivrrlity (round I Mr. J. I). Donnelly); SI. Andrews v Victoria School. .....l-v ill, ((apt. S. K.llrti i HIHKKY SHA League, l>iv. 1: 8.R.C. v
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    'Rad' praises Kedah-Penang XV for a grand show
    152 14 'Rad' praises Kedah-Penang XV for a grand show PENANG, M^n. WARRANT Officer Isimeli Radroi.o, captain of the Fiji Reg.ment rugger team, complimented the Penang-Kedah Combined teim on their Brand display in Saturday's game which the Fijiaas won oy 29 points to 10. "You are the first team in Malaya to
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    HEAH BEATS KOBBERO IN IRISH FINAL
    147 14 DUBLIN. Mon. JOHNNY HEAH of Malaya confirmed his superiority over F. Kobbero of Denmark, whom he beat by 15-4, 18-16 in the men's singles final of the International badminton tournament here yesterday. When they last met. In the AUEncland championships early this year. Heah
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    We've made a good start, and it's vital: Compton
    421 14 *GAY CAVALIER' OF CRICKET ARRIVES IN SINGAPORE TESTS? THEY WILL BE VERY CLOSE nENIS COMPTON, the England and Middlesex cricketer, was told soon after his arrival in Singapore yesterday of the M.C.C. team's innings victory over a Combined Australian team at
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    SELANGOR BEAT PERAK TO TAKE QUAD TITLE
    278 14 SEREMBAN, Monday t>Y defeating Perak 1-0, Selangor became champions of the quadrangular hockey tournament, which ended here this afternoon. Perak however, were unlucky not to have forced a draw. The Perak forwards played a poor game, missing several chances including a number off
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    BOON LEONG PRACTICES BEFORE FOUR ARSENAL PLAYERS
    43 14 CHIA BOON LEONG of Singapore, puts in a bit of ball control practice, watched by Arsenal players (left to right) Eric Doughty, Lcn Johnson, Q eorge Dooler and Bernard Butler at the Arsenal ground. A.P. photo.
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    APPLEYARD AND WARDLE IN FORM
    381 14 MCC win by inns and 62 runs PERTH Monday. rE M.C.C touring cricket team won their second successive first-class match in Australia today when they beat a Combined XI by an innings and 62 runs with a day to spare here. After opening their tour
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    SCOREBOARD
    108 14 Combined XI—Ist Inns. 86. M.C.C.—l*l Inns. 311. Combined XI—2nd Inns. J. Rutherford c Wilson b Tyaen L. Sawle c Bailey b Wardle 25 > N. Harvey c tvans b Bailey 0. Hole r Graveney b Appleyard D. K. Carmody c Wilson b Bailey jg I Paver not out 1.
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    SCC 'B XV BEAT RAF TENGAH 'A'
    278 14 GINGAPORE Cricket CluD B beat Royal Air Force Tengaii "A" by 14 points <a woal and three tries i to thne try i n a scrappy but lively %ame of ru>iby tm the padang yesterday The Club, better served all round had the
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    Penang's Ooi wins easily
    139 14 QOI Ec Yeang. the Penang billiards v champion, .showed his class when he beat A. Ponnudiirai of Ceylon Sports Club In the Aston Invitation bllli.irds tournament last nisjht. With consistent breaks of 40s. Ooi won hU second round match by 300 to 50. He will now
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    Wolters—the diver—leads field of six
    366 14 Wolters— the diver— leads field of six VyiEBE WOLTERS. who has represented Singapore at swimming and water polo In the Asian 'Sanies at New Delhi and Manila, showed that he Is also a useful diver when he led a field of six In the flrst three compulsory dives In the
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    Race against Kuc affected mighty Emil
    105 14 VIENNA I EMIL Zatopek. Czechoslovakia's triple Olympicmedallist who finish -d be] Russia's Vladimir Kuc in Saturday's world record-!) ing 5,000 metres race in Pra yesterday won a 10.000 i event when tht Czechos, Soviet Union athletics in VU continued In reporting this, Pr radio
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    FORMOSA BEAT ISRAEL
    42 14 RIO DE JANERIO Mon Formosa got off to a c.xiC the tlimination round of t! world basketball championship i yesterday when they beat 1 49—45 Formosa trailed n> in th. first half but wrnt -o a elsht-point 1 I
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    MALACCA HOCKEY IS SOC
    9 14 MALACCA HOCKEY IS SOC M uum 3 thai hl '■>
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