The Straits Times, 28 October 1954

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    13 1 The Straits Times Kstd. 1845 SINGAPORE, THI KSDAY, OCTOBER M, 1954. 15 CENTS
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    UR IMPORTS MENACED
    71 1 EVERYTHING scarce RATIONING possible WHO else can supply us? Iave situation if the strike goes on LjtfA: SHORTAGE [yJTALLY-NEEDED toS IS TEN DA YS H -k -Irike m supply w Jed everyday artiv :i [s Times B lot ks were II days shortages o\ iporltd from :tor
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    ALL THIS-and the Folies Bergere, too
    167 1 T^ M a a yan Monthly tor NovemDer will be en sale tomorrow This issue is packed with Si m l pictures, topical articles and colour-illustrated J fiction. 5 Features include: 5» f) "You Cant Run Away From a Million Children' a picture-story survey
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    IN BRITAIN: IT'S CHAOS AHEAD, BUT DOCKERS ARE DEFIANT AS EVER
    285 1 IN BRITAIN: IT'S CHAOS AHEAD, BUT DOCKERS ARE DEFIANT AS EVER [)()('KERS gave warning today that their strike, crippling British ndustry, will jro on unless a report 0 be heard by Parliament late today s in their favour. Yesterday the Government and caders of commerce and industry varned thai if
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    AUSTRALIA DEPORTS MALAYAN STUDENT
    218 1 CANBERRA. Wednesday. AN AUSTRALIAN Minister said today a Malayanborn student of Ceylonese extraction who married U Australian girl is being deported as a warning to I ether Asian students that they must abide by Aus- tralia's conditions of entry The immigration Minister, I Mr. Harold Holt,
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    Nehru returns
    23 1 TOKYO Wed Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India and his party left Peking for home this morning, Peking radio said.— A.P.
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    Flood toll: 400
    29 1 SALERNO. Wed. Th« "'ll in what is feared to b< the wr.rst fined In Italy'! history soared today t.p nearly 400 dead and Ing.- UP. I
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    TIN OUTPUT A RECORD —OFFICIAL
    55 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. aeration's output of :i-in-concentrates for the 'ember quarter 15,884 15.524 tons Is a post-war rcord. it was officially stated toThe total of 45.058 tons for the tost nine months of 1954 shows that the year's output is :>ly to exceed 60.000 a
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    Mac Donald off to Sarawak
    49 1 The Commissioner General. Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. left Singapore by air yesterday for Sarawak to preside at a twoday conference of Government representatives of Sarawak Brunei and North Borneo. The Governors of Sarawak and North Borneo and the Sultan of Brunei will also attend
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    Men? No! they make the girls nervous
    386 1 Men? No! they make the girls nervous KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A HUSH came over che Victoria Institution's sheltered swimming pool as two figures walked through the main door today Women jumped up and schoolgirls giggled as the warning whisper went up. "Men!" A woman organiser in a yellow flora! dress
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    Pearl fishing
    24 1 MADRAS, Wed —Pearl fishing will begin oft the east coast of Madras early next year after a lapse of 20 years- UP.
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    YOU CAN BARGE, BOUNCE, SUP THROUGH THIS RUBBER DOOR
    94 1 It VOL LIKE to barge your way through a door and bate to stop to open it. the rubber doors in the picture above are just the things (or you. However hard you hit them they yield without damage either to
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    Communists are infidels, Muslim divines say
    139 1 JAKARTA, Wed.— Indonesian Muslim leaders have declared it a sin for any Muslim to believe in Communism. The far-reaching pronouncement, a hie Mm to Communism, was made by clerical leaders of the Masjumi Party's West Java branch. Masjumi is the giant Muslim political party
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    An unwelcome 'additive'
    99 1 FASSBERG. Germany, Wed Royal Air Force authorities are investigating the discovery of 9.000 tons of water in tankj here used for storing fuel for jet fif-hter.s, the R.A.F. announced today. A spokesman said sabotage wa.s not suspected. Specimens of the water have been .sent to laboratories in
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    POLICE ALERTED AT ELECTIONS
    215 1 'Pcy to vote' scare in villages KUALA TRENGGANU. Wednesday I>OLICE were alerted here today to refute a fast spreading rumour that people must pay to vote. Another wild story is that it is a crime not to vote A number of Federal police, officers arrived i/om
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    Freed by Russia
    33 1 BERLIN. Wed.— The Soviet Union has released the first Rroup of German prisoners of war since last January. The group of 58 men arrived hore by train late last night
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    The editor's rights
    52 1 LONDON. Wed. The Pre.^s Council today upheld the "absolute right of Ml editor to refuse to pujlLsh any advertisement in nl.s paper. It also upheld the rijht of a newspaper to publish docu ment on a subject of general Importance even if It is marked "private and
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    Three-year job
    27 1 PARIS. Wed Dr. Konrad Adenauer, the West German Chancellor, said today it would take at least three years to have a fully-trained German army. Reuter.
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    Heavy rains
    20 1 HELSINKI. Wed. Continuous heavy rains in the past two days have flooded large anas in western Flnalnd. ReuUr.
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    Revenge mobs out in Egypt
    194 1 Revenge mobs out in Egypt CAIRO, Wed. ANGRY mobs demon- strating against the attempted assassination of Lieutenant Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Egyptian Prenver. today stormed the Moslem Brotherhood headquarters hrre and nred It with ton-hes. The Brotherhood, a fanatical politico-religious group, is the main opposition to the Egyptian Government.
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    STOP PRESS
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    THEY LOSE HEART IN RACE FOR V-WEAPONS
    205 2 THEY LOSE HEART IN RACE FOR V-WEAPONS NEW YORK. Wed. 'THINGS are going badly 1 behind the scenes in America's arsenal of super weapons, it was disclosed last night. Man who says so is Dr. Vannevar Bush. America's most respected elder scientist, 'n the war he headed the Government's Office
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    Speed star dies
    22 2 COOKHAM. Wed— Sir Algeinon Guinness, motor racing pioneer, died suddenly at hia home in Berkshire yesterday aged 71 —Reuter.
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    IN ORCHID ISLAND IT'S THE WOMAN] WHO ALWAYS POPS THE QUESTION I
    495 2 Illlllimilllimil WILLIAM FISH vi«if» a land of 200 word* which rare, for neither < hian.< nor ISLE OF ORCHIDS, off Formosa, Wed. WHEN a native of this tiny island says "Good morning." he uses one-hundredth part of his
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    Academy split on prize winner
    45 2 STOCKHOLM. Wed The Swedish Academy Is split over the award of this years Nobel prize for litrrature. worth £12.500 <about Msloo.oooi Half of the 18 members favour Americas Ernest Hemingway. and half the Icelandic author. Hallbor i Villan Laxness.— Reuter
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    Siam's frontier force braced for Mao's attack
    300 2 Siam's frontier force braced for Mao's attack ■RED CONQUEST GREATER DANGER THAN SUBVERSION' LONDON, Wednvda>. (JENERAL Phao Sriyanonda, Siam's Director of Police and Deputy Minister of thr Interior, >aid here yesterday that while thert- wa.« no imminent threat of attack on Siam from Communist China, this danger was greater than
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    CHATAWAY MASTER OF SPORT
    115 2 LONDON. pHRIS CHATAvVAY. the world record metres race against thr Leningrad ex-sailor V Kuc, wa.s made a Ma Sport, First Class, of the Soviet Union at the Russian Embassy here. [n his neat City suit <he works for a brewery director > Chris received a badce—
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    AND CASEY WARNS: SIAM CAN FALL SOON
    111 2 AND CASEY WARNS: SIAM CAN FALL SOON CANBERRA. Wed. MR. RICHARD CASEY, Australia's External Affairs Minister, warned in Parliament today that it was possible Siam could fall to Communism within a reasonihU short time. Introdurinc a bill ratifying Australia's membership of the South-East Anl.i Treaty Organisation In said Australia had
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    Indonesians release 9 Dutchmen
    104 2 Indonesians release 9 Dutchmen JAKARTA. Wfd. NTINE of the 11 Dutchmen I arrested here last Sept. 23 have been released poll^ officials said today The nine men were freed last Saturday after Investlga tlons cleared them *l charges. Those released were Chrlstlai Van Outmen. C. H Weddlnc H W. Cate.
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    Royal children: New stamp issue
    60 2 LONDON. Wed. Best selling post office saving stamps showing the two Royal children as babies, are to brought up to date to show the latest portraits of the five-year-old Prince Charles and his four-year-old sister, Anne. Some 720 million of the Royal stamps have been
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    GOODYEAR MEN DOWN TOOLS IN SUMATRA
    169 2 JAKARTA. Wednesday. A BOUT 600 workers at the American Goodyear Companys Dolok Meranger Rubber Estate, in North Sumatra are out on strike, it was announced here yesterday. The men about a fifth of the full staff, stopprd work last Thursday demanding full waaps for
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    Pianist Cortot wins damages
    70 2 ORLEANS, Wed. Alfred Cortot a French pianist and conductor, was awarded one million francs i about M$10,000» damages yesterday against the Paris Musicians Union because three of his concerts had to be cancelled in January 1947. Members of an orchestra refused to play with him on
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    'End this terror' in Egypt
    91 2 WASHINGTON, Wed Mr.i Philip M. Klutznick. the pre-l sident of B'nal B'rith, Jewish service orßanisation, said last nlitht a "wave of terror" is sweeping against Jews in Egypt. After a B'nal B'rith meeting here, he Issued a statement: We call upon the free world to
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    World took up her little
    102 2 LONDON. Wed A little grey-haired woman who arranges the flowers in Chichester Cathedral tells how she started the world's biggest-ever subscription list the fund for Sir Winston Churchill's 80th birthday presentation. Now. from the Commonwealth and America, from colleges and factories, the con- trlbutlons are
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    Fife for
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    First envoy
    27 2 PARIS. Wed RoMta'i fir. t Ambassador to the Viet: Communist Government in Northern Indo-China. Ml Lavntchev, arrived in Hanoi yesterday, the French acency reported —Renter
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    Official Price
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    ietminh knew French battle ans, say officers
    57 3 ietminh knew French battle ans, say officers tfgßi TIME WE MAD EA MOVE THEY WERE WAITING FOR US' ■LEGATIONS AT ov TRIBUNAL p \KIS, Wednesday. l rnn kne* French battle plans in Advance and M ev«rj time we vu found Viotminh troops tl us arm] offlccn said here before the
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    WINIFRED ATWELL GIVES A PREVIEW TO YOUNG FANS
    51 3 CARMEN GRAHAM, aged five, and her sister Olive aged four, listen to the famous pianist, Winifred Atwell, rehearsing for an all-star concert to be given at the Gaumont State theatre. Kilburn. in aid of a nursery for coloured children in London. A.P.
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    First Peking envoy flies in to London
    94 3 LONDON. Wed. pOMMUNEST China's first I'Affalres to BriHuan Hslang. flew v from Peking to reChinese Embassy and dclal relations with Government Foreign Office reprereeted him at i.r port together with of the Soviet Emi the Bank of China. was accompanied Counsellors and a
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    Bom blasts
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    Nehru goes South
    25 3 HONG KONG. Wed. The Premier, Mr. Nehru, left v this morning to tour .inri South China before to India, Peking reported. Reuter.
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    Race policy —a threat
    90 3 Race policy a threat NEW YORK. Wed.— A special j commission of Ihe United I Nations declared in a unanimous report yesterday that the policy of apartheid frace segregation was a grave threat to the internal situation and foreign relations of South Africa. It warned Europeans that the only road
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    Armistice Day game is off
    70 3 CANBERRA. Wed. The opening match by a visiting Japanese baseball team scheduled for Armistice Day. Nov 111 at Brisbane, has been can- cdled, Sir George Holland, the Federal President of the Rei turned Servicemen's League, l.snid today. Sir George said: "I rang the promoter of
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    AMERICA RULES THE WAVES NOW
    232 3 Underwater it's Russia's show LONDON. Wednesday. THE U.S. Navy is a colossal fighting force equal to A all the other major navies of the world put together, an authoritative naval publication said today. But Rvissia is building ip a "substantial force" of cruisers, destroyers and
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    IKE APPROVES $30 MILLION CHRISTMAS GIFT
    119 3 IKE APPROVES $30 MILLION CHRISTMAS GIFT WASHINGTON. Wed. PRKSIDKNT Fisenhower yesterday approved a programme to >end 30 million dollars worth of food in eight million Christmas parcels to needy families all over the world. The President authorLs"d the Foreign Operations Administration to undertake the programme, working through voluntary non-profit relief
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    MR YOSHIDA WANTS A FRIENDSHIP PACT
    124 3 AfR. SHIGERU YOSHIDA today discussed with sibility of an Anglo-Japa navigation and friendshi .ONDON, Wednesday. Japanese Prime Minister, Jritish Ministers the poslese treaty of commerce, p, according to reliable sources here. He called on Sir Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, this morning. Sir Anthony
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    MINISTERS TO GET BACK SALARY CUT
    71 3 MINISTERS TO GET BACK SALARY CUT LONDON Wed.— A £1,000 cut In the salaries of ministers ordered by the Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, three years ago Is to be restored from Nov 1. Sir WlrLston Churchill announced this in the House of Commons yesterday. The cut was made on
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    World of robots 'will soon be here'
    186 3 World of robots 'will soon be here' LONDON. Wed. SIR Ben Lockspelser. British industrial scientist, drew a new picture here today of a future world run by electronic brains with automatic-ally-worked factories, offices and even homes. He pictured this world as peopled by specialists with a general levelling up of
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    Job for Monty
    39 3 OTTAWA, Wed. Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, Deputy Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, will confer with Canadian military and Government officials when he visits here between Nov. 10 and 12, it was announced yesterday. Reuter
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    Turmoil to the rescue
    30 3 Turmoil to the rescue LONDON. Wed.-The oceangoing tugboat Turmoil, of Flying Enterprise fame, tui through an Atlantic gale yesterday toward a tiny Casta Rican freighter wallowing helplessly off Cornwall— UP
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    Aga Khan may visit Mecca
    55 3 NICE. Wed— The Aga Khan expects to leave the Riviera in December for A.ssuan. Egypt, where the dry climate will he good for his health. If his health permits the Asa Khan will make a pilgrimage to Mecca .sometime Ihis winter. He has never been
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    I never had any state jewels, she says
    117 3 NF;W YORK. Wed. -The Maharanee of Baroda said yesterday she b«d •"•> knowledge" of i any IUU l«weii her princely huiband han eauttoMd hci l'rata,,Mn,h Gaekwar Usued his w;'rninK in i London several days ago The Maharanee sairl "I have no knowledge
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    LONDON STOCKS
    406 3 LONDON. Wed. fHE London atock markets made a I better showing today although 1 btutnesx remained restricted In view ii( the labour situation. Sentiment »as Influenced by the steady flow of K"od company .statements. Apart from More* where .some pro- 1 lil-taklng was recorded industrials were firm. Heavy
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON. Oct. 27. Cash Buyers £729: Sellers C 730; Forward Buyers C72B'->: Sellers t72«: Settlement C 729 Turnover a.m. 65 tons; p.m. 40 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    87 3 lONDON. Oct. 27. Spot 25d.. Dec. 23' d Jan-Mar. 23d AprJune 22 \d.. July-Sept n%i oct Dec. 22,.d. Nov c.i f. 22 7 ,d Dec c.i.f. 22 7 d. Jan. elf 22 T ,d., Tone: Quiet. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malayan silverware, sungket sarongs, mats and embroidered baskets made
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    Charge dropped
    32 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. A J. Plres, charged with cheating the Ex-Services Association of Kuala Lumpur of $400, was discharged in the Sessions Court today when the prosecution ffrred no evidence
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    'Termite' a success, says Bourne
    265 4 'Termite' a success, says Bourne IPOH, Wed. I" lEUT.-GEN. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, Director of Operations, declared today that "Operation Termite" has been successful "from my point of view The big drive against the terrorists, largest combined land-air operation of the Emergency, was launched in a 250 square-mile Jungle area east
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    Smuggle bid Arabs are fined $7,800 in sovereigns case
    226 4 Smuggle bid Arabs are fined $7,800 in sovereigns case T»WO men from Arabia, who came to Singapore x together, were both convicted and fined a total of $7,800 in a Singapore court yesterday for illegall} importing gold sovereigns and Malayan currenc> notes. Their counsel. Mr. M. B Brash, gave notice
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    CAR SEIZED BY CUSTOMS CONFISCATED
    85 4 The Singapore Seventh Po- lice Magistrate. Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday ordered Ong Huay Hong 1 car, seized by Customs near South Winds Hotel, on Sept 9. be forfeited. Three men. who were loading dutiable tobacco illegally from a boat into the car. abandoned the car
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    Export plan for sarongs
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    Motorcycle is stolen
    33 4 ALOR STAR, Wed. A motorcycle worth $1,000 has been reported lost here. The owner, who had left it at the treasury office, could not find the machine an hour later.
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    Customs get $56,978,000
    34 4 Singapore Customs revenue for the first nine months of this year totalled $56,978,000. Most of the revenue came from tobacco $24.489.000 1. liquors <$ 14,993.000 1, petroleum ($11,907.0001 and entertainments ($4,022.000 i.
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    Staff quarter freedom for second wives
    65 4 The Singapore City Council plans to permit second wives of employees to live in staff quarters. This proposal will come up for confirmation at the Council's meeting tomorrow. Council rules at present prohibit employees from sub-letting their quarters. Only their family can live with
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    ROTARIANS PLEDGE $20,000
    46 4 Singapore Rotarlans yesterday pledged $20,000 for a children's convalescent home as their main community service project for this year. I The money will be for the building and equipment of the home's first unit. The home will be managed by Singapore Children's Society.
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    IT'S REVOLTING
    303 4 Those floodlit horror photographs in Kuala Lumpur shock Singapore kindergarten teachers Young minds poisoned and imaginations inflamed by fear PRIMARY and kindergarten teachers in Singapore yesterday expressed shocked revulsion at a report that young children were being admitted to an "elections festival" at the Selangor Turf Club, featuring
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    SYMPHONY SOCIETY AT BEST
    273 4 TTHE playing of the soloist, Pierre Fournier, the cellist. was a feature of last night 'i concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall but whai gave it special significance was th? playing of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. After years of fluctuating since the war. it can be
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    HIS BABY SAVES HIM FROM PRISON
    176 4 HIS BABY SAVES HIM FROM PRISON HUANG 4 BABY bor n last ni l\ saved his father fro m joing to prison tori, rharced uith havini excess food in the Bukit Gambiar restricted Yeap Ah Thow. 17, p ed that his irtfe'i tion made it ne< i for her to
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    Six months' gaol for $3 theft
    39 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wod. Cheng Kiew. 45. was tod tenced to six months' the Kuala Lumpur Magistrates Court for S:i4() trom a woman Avenue on Oct. 19. Cheng, who had flvp convictions, pleaded stiilty.
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    Admiral took a back seat
    79 4 More than 150 people of all races sans in the Singapore Musical Society's choir at the Victoria Memorial Hall con-i-crt last night. In the very back row a man sane lustily with the restincluding Army privates and civilians from all walks Mr. The man was
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    HE STANDS TRIJ CHEQUE CHARGE
    24 4 [/"AM ENG HONCi Wi before the Hifih Court when Singapore Fifth Polio C charges of cheating which were subseq-
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    Patrol kills terrorist
    29 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wrci A patrol of the 6th B Malay Resziment y> killed a Chinese terrorist in a camp in the Mentakab area ol Wot Pahang.
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    Government will help Bedok flood victims
    341 5 GOODE ANSWERS FARMERS' PLEA FOR PROMPT RELIEF PAYMENTS SURVEY TEAMS TO ASSESS DAMAGE "pHK Singapore (iovernment has decided to grant relief to the Bedok flood victim*. This was decided yesterday and will be officially announced at today's meeting of the Rural Board by the
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    NOW THEY HAVE SEALED UP THE BREACH IN THE BUND
    34 5 A PARTY of workmen repairs the breach in the bund at the resettlement area near Koh Sck Lin Road. Singapore, yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    Police: Well find out why tapper was detained
    136 5 Police: Well find out why tapper was detained rCUALA LUMPUR, Wed OELANGOR police will Investigate allegations by a rubber tapper in the Supreme Court here yesterday that he was arrested and detained for three months after giving information to the police. The tapper's information led to the arrest of his
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    Regent's party
    32 5 The tea party to be given by the Regent of Johore to celebrate his birthday today will be held at the Istana Besar and not at the Istana Bukit Stulang.
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    Chief Scout
    19 5 Lord Rcrwallan. Chief Scon lof the British Commonwealti arrives in Singapore fror Borneo at 435 p.m. today
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    GOVT.WILL PAY LOSSES
    108 5 GOVT.WILL PAY LOSSES The missing letters: COMPENSATION will be paid by the Singapore Postal Department to the people who sent the 93 lost registered letters, if they contained money orders, said the Director of Posts, Mr. M. L. Durrant, yesterday. Senders of the lost mail should write to Mr. Durrant
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    Assault on P.C. alleged
    57 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. How Cheng Boon, 18, pleaded not euiltv in the second Magistrate's court here today to a charge of assaulting a Dolice constable. He was alleged to have struck Mohamed Sharif! in the face at Pahanc Road last r.icht.. The case was postponed to
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    'Boy stole loaf,' says charge
    47 5 Mohd. Noor bin Ali. a youth. I ■laimed trial in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday to stealing a loaf of bread from a )oys' club at the Prince Edward loys' Hostel on Tuesday night. Ip was remanded in custody ill tomorrow.
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    Mails due in two ships
    50 5 PENANG. Wed— The Chusan and the Adrastus are expected here tomorrow with .naiLs from Britain. Sea mails for Madras and Calcutta will close at 9 a.m. on Friday while those for Puket Renong. Victoria Point. Mergul. Moulmein ana Rangoon at 4 pm the same day
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    Co-operators to meet
    26 5 Co-operators to meet PENANG. Wed The first post-war conference of rural co-operators in Mala y a will be held in Penang on Dec 10 *nd 11.
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    Woods to speak
    32 5 The Archdeacon of Singapore, he Venerable Robin Woods, ul be one of the speakers at he annual meeting of the Asia hriMian Colleges' Association D London on Nov. 4.
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    Today's picture going
    89 5 (AKRK X: Miss Mala (Hindustani with English sub-titles"— 3.ls, 6 30, 9. 15. ALHAMBRA: Unconquered —11. 130, 4, 6.45, 9.30. IAPITOL: Creature from the Blr'k Lagoon— ll. 145. 4. 6.30 9 30 CATHAY: Elephant Walk 11. 1.45. 4.15. 6.45. 9.30. DIAMOND: Drop of Poison (Tamil*— 3.30, 7.30.
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    AISAH: THE PROBE GOES DEEPER
    101 5 r[E Muslim Advisory Board m Singapore is to mase further investigations into the activities of the Malay Women's Welfare Association and report to the Government At a recent meeting ot the Board s Working Committee a report about the Malay Women's Welfare Association was presented
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    First meeting
    25 5 IPOH. Wed— The inaugural meeting of the Perak Motor Club will be held at. No. 2 Osborne Street at 8.30 p m tomorrow.
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    THE DEVIL PROVOKED HIM
    57 5 BUTTERWORTH, Wed— The Magistrate, Inche Hassan bin Hussain. today reprimanded a man for allowing the devil to provoke him into attacking his pregnant wife. Tan Buck Lee was fined $100 for attempting to stab Loh Soo Choo outside the Butterworth Office on Oct. 23, after riM
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    5 YEARS FOR DRIVER
    313 5 5 YEARS FOR DRIVER He ran car into four women JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. THELLING him that hit ON of a car as a battering ram was a most vicious thing. Mr. Justice Storr at the As.sizr Court today sentenced Dollah bin Yakub to five years' gaol on each of four
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    59 6 in Hnr4, $10 (minimum). MRS. FONO HIN SIANO. Age 84. peacefully on 24th inst. at 40 Mandalay Road, beloved mother of Fong J" in Wah. Kum Mnk. Pens Lum. Phoy Shum (P. S. Fongi Wing Cheong and Madam Yoke Yee Funeral will leave her residence at 12.00 noon on
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    75 6 M H»r4» j;o (minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Bay Khye Hock thanks all friends and Relatives who paid night Helta, sent letters of condolence, wreaths. contributions and attended the Funeral and for assistance rendered. MRE R D. BROWN of I,och carron. Scotland wishes to thank ail those
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    184 6 2« Hnrds till (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In Mall" if you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. ASK A SCOTSMAN his favourite Scotch Liqueur, 10 to 1 It will be 1 ten I iqueur Agent's Robinson's. IN AID R.S.P.C.A. D: :unce Studio Tonisht at 8 Hall. Bookings
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Oct. 28, 1954. Russia's Peace Offensive
    680 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Oct. 28, 1954. Russia's Peace Offensive It is strange that Mr. Bevan, who so recently had an opportunity of searching Mr. Malenkov's mind, should be pressing Sir Winston Churchill lor the reasons for Russia's failure to respond to the British Prime Minister's long standing invitation.
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    A Roof Over One's Head
    330 6 The financing of a co-opera- tive housing project in the Kuala Lumpur suburb of Seta- j pak will repay study by Singapore. Four hundred houses for owner-tenants are to be built. Five million dollars are required, and the promoters hope to borrow three millions from
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    Rice For China
    282 6 The cumbersome rice-rubber bargain which Ceylon struck with China is beginning to look truly fantastic. At the time the first deal was made it had its: points. China could spare rice, and Ceylon certainly could spare rubber. In the intema- j tional market, however, rice! was scarce
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    They till their land as red shells scream above
    1185 6 They till their land as red shells scream above WILLIAM FISH rfe«rri!N>« a *i«i. <o fMMf. I" re farmer*, lakr mi r all day and %%ork a. iii«bl-*vhere the b««le of tfun« berome* a war of wor.ls WMWWWAVW .rroM Iwo and «hrer-.|i.ar«er mile* of waler VAV.V.v.-.v.v.v.v.v.-.; rpHE Nationalists call ■I
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      352 6 JN Mr. Ryves 1 letter, published in your issue of Oct. 26, he offered some suggestions and some criticisms in connection with the food denial operation which Is in progress around Seremban. The former are welcome, though it is not clear why he did not send them
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    hy the student leaders Politics was the cause
    26 7 hy the student leaders Politics was the cause ox 7 A* VOTE THAT CENSURED THOSE WHO CENSURED THE PRESIDENT (ISSUE: THE BOYS DEFIED CALL-UP i I
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    FOR MISS TAN (THE 'BABY1 AT THE PARTY) A LOVELY PRIZE
    63 7 FOR MISS TAN (THE 'BABY 1 AT THE PARTY) A LOVELY PRIZE LITTLfc) Miss Tan Yoke Yon« «;ot a prize at yesterday's annual "At Home" of th e Singapore Girls' Homecraft Centre m >ork Hill from the guest-of-honour. Mrs Myra rosson. She is one of the .vouiißest of 200 girls
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    HIS MERCY PLEA FOR WIFE IS ANSWERED
    211 7 HIS MERCY PLEA FOR WIFE IS ANSWERED KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A MAN who was blinded in one eye when his wife assaulted him but begged the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew, to have mercy on her, today had his plea answered The woman, Chua Rek Sion was convicted yesterday of
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    Govt. reply baffles councillors
    105 7 Govt. reply baffles councillors .1 A I.UMPUR. Wed. THK municipal councillors baffled by the SclanGovernments reply l d iwn .i request to a committee to go inquestion whether ila Lumpur can become Government has merely that the proposal I not be implementm< rtins on Jan. 28 this the rnuncll adopted
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    $25,000 for expenses will be 'just right' for his visit to Britain
    264 7 $25,000 for expenses will be 'just right' for his visit to Britain MR. TAYLOR SPEAKS UP FOR $3,000-A-MONTH MAN yHK Speaker-designate of the Singapore Legislative 1 Assembly, Mr. (i. E. K. Oehlers. will be paid a salary of about $3,000 a month. In addition, he will have the use of
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    CHEAPER WAY TO KILL OLD TREES
    73 7 CHEAPER WAY TO KILL OLD TREES KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Chief Replanting Officer. Mr A. C. Smith, announced a chemical has been found which can destroy ■>>i rubber trees with little laid at low cost, probably less than $20 an acre The chemical, he said, is poisonous to people and
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    Malays' bad luck month is over now
    93 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. BAD weather did not worry several hundred Malays, mostly women, who flocked to the Lake Gardens for the "Mandi Safar'' festival today. "Manrii Safar." which is celebrated on the last Wednesday of the second month of the Muslim calender, marks
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    Budget meeting
    18 7 Singapore City Council will hold a special meeting on Nov. 5 to consider its 1955 budget.
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    Memorial to be unveiled
    59 7 The staff of the Colonial Secretariat in Singapore have erected a memorial tablet to honour their colleagues who died during the war and occupation. The memorial, at the main entrance to the Government offices at Empress Place, will be unveiled by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W.
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    Anti-TB sweeps
    35 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. -The Federation's Financial Secretary has agreed to a State lottery for $75,000 being held in aid of the Johore Bahru Anti-TB Association. The lottery will be held twice a year.
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    POLICE VAN DRIVER WAS NEGLIGENT
    76 7 POLICE VAN DRIVER WAS NEGLIGENT A police van driver, Abdul Karim bin Tamln, of the Marine Division, pleaded guilty In the Singapore Second Traffic Court yesterday to negligent driving on Apr. 30. Owing to his negligence he had collided with a car In Telok Blangah Road, the court was told.
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    Bakers give to Muslim college
    36 7 Singapore Muslim Indian bakers yesterday did their "bit" for the proposed All-Malaya Muslim College. Forty-five bakers each donated three days' earnings, totalling $393. Bakery owner Hail Mumtaz Ali Khan gave $200.
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    Club social
    27 7 The Queen Street Boys' Club Singapore, will hold a social and dance for members and friends at the club premises at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Public meeting
    35 7 Singapore Indians will hold a public condolence meeting at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial. Race Course Lane, at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow in memory of Mr. Ran Ahmad Kidwai. Indian Minister for Food and Agriculture.
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    WORKER GAOLED FOR EXTORTION BID
    103 7 LIM THIAN HOCK, working, under a contractor in the Sinsapore Harbour Board, was sentenced to six weeks' gaol in Singapore yesterday for attempted extortion. S Nagarayan, a tailor, told the court that Lim demanded $1080 from him at hLs tailoring shop in Lorong Lalat on
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    Medical report: Probe by police
    402 7 Medical report: Probe by police CLINICALLY DEAD DRUNK* DOUBT VTAS a medical report, submitted to the city court on Monday, really signed by a doctor? "I very much doubt it," the magisirate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Cole-bourn told the Straits Times yesterday and so Singapore police will open an inquiry today
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    Repeal of the crisis laws is this party's aim No. 1
    263 7 THK repeal of the Emergen- cy Regulations heads the list of aims and objects of Hie People's Action Party, the lat,est body to enter Singapore polities. The party pledges itself to nght for the following: it it comes into
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    THEY CAN HAVE EYES FOR THE ASKING—ALMOST
    211 7 THEY CAN HAVE EYES FOR THE ASKING— ALMOST If only then icon 't be »o shy Xl ALA MMPIR, Wednesday. IF only more blind people would register themselves, their chances of regaining their eyesight would be so much greater, Miss Lucy Foo, an oflkial of the Blind Welfare Department, said
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    Floods and pests cut rice crop
    119 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TOE PRODUCTION of padi 1 during the 1953-54 season fell by more than 20 million gantangs. The season's total was 259,187,000 gantangs as against; 280,033.000 santanes during the 1952-53 season. Though the planted area for the current season exceeded that of
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    Enter: A low highbrow
    39 7 A thief broke Into a house in Verdun Road, Singapore, about 3 am yesterday and stiile 100 gramophone records, —some of them classical 15 pieres of clothing and $200 The victim was a Malay woman.
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    Stabbed to death
    47 7 PENANG, Wed. A;. Itam pork-seller's assist, found dead yesterday with a stab wound on his Kack. Khoo Ah Sen. was found lying on a camu bed beside the village market Re is believed to havi cii d after having boon assaulted on Monday night
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    The petrol WITHOUT punch —2,100 gallons of it
    82 7 KNG AH TECK and Lim Kah lluat pleaded guilty in tinSingapore Fourth Police Court yestcrdav to havinc Ml>o gallons of adulterated petrol for sale- at a flUing station in ix. pp. I Road. The men were found with the petrol on Tuesday.
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      159 7 The weather MIMMI'M TEMPERATURE: (7.30 p.m. on Oct. 26 to 7.30 a.m. on Oct. 27 j Singapore 73 degrees, Penang 75, Kota Bahru 74 Kuala Lumpur 73, Ipoh 73, kuantan 73. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: (730 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Oct. 27.i Singapore 79, Penang 84, Kota Bahru 87, Kuala Lumpur
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    TATTOO GAVE HIM AWAY
    108 8 TATTOO GAVE HIM AWAY A MAN was identified as a secret society member in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday by tattoo marks on his right arm. Cheah Tuck Foo. who admitted being a member of the Ang Hup secret society, was fined $100 or a month's gaol. Chief Inspector
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    $500 bail in morals case
    66 8 Chan Ying, 54. and Loh Ah Nui, 37, two women, claimed trial in Singapore yesterday to living on the immoral earnings of others They aLso claimed trial to permitting their premises at Banda Road to be UM-d as a brothel on the night of Oct.
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    Park music
    22 8 The Queen\s Royal Regiment Band will play at Katong Park from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p. m on November 7.
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    Less trade now for foreigners in Jakarta
    271 8 IT IS ALL TO END GRAFT INDONESIA'S new textile import regulations are aimed at ending graft and illegal deals, the Indonesian Trade Commissioner in Singapore, Mr. Amifzan Nasution, told the Straits Times yesterday. By stopping the blackmarket sale of import (licences, the Indonesian
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    CURVACEOUS BUT DANCER IS A BOY
    54 8 THIS SLENDER and curvaceous figure do? s not belong to a girl. It belongs to V. Rajalingam. a Kuala Lumpur Fnglish school boy. He is performing an Indian dance at a Decpavali reception given by the Kuala Lumpur branch of Party Negara on Tuesday
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    'Ranch revelry'
    27 8 The Folk Dance Club of the Singapore V.M.C.A. will hold a "ranch house revelry programme at the association's tennis pavilion, Bras Basah Road, tomorrow night.
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    KNOW-HOW GOES ON THE PHONE
    269 8 All in new Spore library service SINGAPORE'S new $1 million public library will have an information bureau which will answer personal, telephone or written queries, said the RafTHs Librarian. Mr. L. M. Harrod. yesterday. The bureau will be a feature of the library's reference department
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    This young man had a bad record
    128 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed A YOUNG man with a bad record, who was found. In a garage with a bundle of clothing. wa.s at the Sessions Court today gaoled for lour years. Abdullah bin Agil. found guilty of lurkine house trespass, was al.so ordered
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    Penang visit of Chief Scout
    48 8 PENANG. Wed. -Lord Row allan. Chief Scout of tho Bri tish Commonwealth and Empire, will visit the Settlement on Nov. 6. Rallies of Cubs Scouts and Rovers will be held at various centres. Capt. H.G.R. Stevenson has been appointed to organise the rallies.
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    Pay inquiry
    26 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Government service arbitration tribunal met here today to consider a claim by Federation interpreters for a revision of salary scales.
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    Water in milk
    25 8 IPOH. Tues For adding water to milk. Chanan La' n milk vendor, was fined $mo. or three weeks" Imprisonment, at Ipoh today.
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    STRIKE THREAT IS HASTY -TUFNELL
    203 8 STRIKE THREAT IS HASTY -TUFNELL rnHE threat by the A Singapore Government Workers' Union to i call out its 3,000 members on strike over a] dispute concerning four Customs revenue officers was yesterday described as a "very precipitate action" by :he acting Comptroller or Customs. Mr. R. S Tufnell. The
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    Inspection
    23 8 The Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll. will inspect the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve at Telok Ayer Basin on November 23.
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    Two days in custody—he now wants to know why
    142 8 Two days in custody he now wants to know why \.MAN told a Singapore magistrate yesterday that he was locked up by the police for two days before he was produced in rourt lie Ang \lnh. who failed to appear in a Singapore court oh June 21 to answer a
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    ORWELL BRINGS 250 TROOPS
    37 8 The 18.000-ton troopship Em- The trooper al.so disembarkplrc Orwell arrived in Slnga- eri 9fi Services families K [W- Bn.ain y,, t rrt Hy a VrtiTom "Z^TnVrT with 250 troops for Malaya Service, families
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    1807 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURS Wild girl fighter for Irish freedom ON Christmas Day, 1783, the Holyhead-Dublin sailing packet bent towards Ireland in bitter weather, its sole cargo a company of hivering steerage passengers. Suddenly a new wail echoed through the little ship. ♦f i n P hi \Z »n miserabl<
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      366 9 If s good to grow up in 'Viyella' ImßLJi' I 9aT "Viyclla' is the fabric for growing families... always 6oft and light, 'Viyella* positively thrives on washing (note the famous guarantee) day and U.u*«l«v..m..,»j ni'rlit n-n. Viyella a>Z HI IF IT SHRINKS WE REPLACE 'OyittW it ultO mad* by ikt
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      126 9 Shvriovk Miolntvs Any toot vote til hurt* told you X J L;N^. V 4NY fOOL WOULD I -.OEST ACCEPT DEFEAT J ZO6EZ- I TWINJC V SINCE W£ SHAIITJ£ T tJS&X^^ *^^l HAVE /MENTIONED WITH GOOD 6HACE J I >OU KNOW MS J PE CO-OWHEZZ W|g xV'aKJV FOOLZOUL.D HAVE TOLPA THE
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    INDUSTRIALS SHOW MORE STRENGTH ON LOCAL MARKET
    864 10 INDUSTRIALS SHOW MORE STRENGTH ON LOCAL MARKET COMMERCIAL NEWS by GEOFFREY BOUND A FEATURE of the Singapore Shar M ark( t yesterday was further fresh uairiv )v industrial shares which in the past few days h been quietly jfaininjf strength. In this category were Malayan Cement moved up to $1.40
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    RUBBER PRICES
    184 10 November first grade rubber buyers fob. closed officially In Singapore yesterday at 78'« cents a lb.. I a quarter of a cent above Tuesday's closing price and the closing tone was quiet The market was quiet throughout the day with a price fluctuation between 78 cents and 78
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    110 10 MKLBOI Trading was moderate ments on the Slock Bxcl today. Prices n steady trend. Oils wen higher. Uraniums »ci,. steadier. Gold, ni moved variably Loans 3' s 1956-59 £f«4Loans 3*, 1965-U Bank of NSW £38- Con. Zinc 50 Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill Hill 50 Mount Morgan 24
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    118 10 Ships lying BBSSBfSMt ISM Harbour Board »haiw«. m r\p.i i. ri today are: Empire Troo) bant jet 45. Jaglnd.iki CT Tomotama Ma.ru I Maru 18. Triglay IS ling N. Wall 8. Bidoi 23 24. Japara 25 26 K.. pena n 3132. BntLsh Pn: FujLshawa Maru 36. J. Charon
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    99 10 Singapore Chinese Prndurr I chance: Noon prtMß pc: ]>:■ tfu were:Copra: steady; October >. •MH Betes; November 131 lers. December $3: $31 i sellers. Cocoa down 50 csnts; $51 white unchanged; bla< k Muntok urnie K Lampnng black 8160. H. B. Ltd. rilling price ellers. H. C. B.
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    21 10 On the free exchange Hong Konc yesterday the was qii'ii 5.88 for Sterling wms quoted one tae, of cold
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      189 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens, or British Subjects of any race, for appointment as Potential Officers In the Federation Military Forces. Candidates must be not less than 18 and not more than 23 years of age. and have passed the School Certificate examination. Candidates who are sittiiiK
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      821 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD OP THE lIDIKMHiN Of" MALAYA A vacancy exists for a Machine Supervisor in the Accounts Department. Head Offlce, Kuala Lumpur. Applicants should have sound practical knowledge of the Operation of Accounting Machines, and be capable of organising and supervising the work of a Machine Section.
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      587 10 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that any claims outstanding the Postal and Telecommunications Thrift and Society in respect of Loan Repayments to the Sociei\, made between W January 1942 and sth September 1945. should reach the Offices of the Society not later than 28th February, 1955 after which no
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      102 10 K E r I i COT OFFICIALPRICES SINCiAPORF. O r t TIN: 5.W1.8-', perp,,,;, (unchanged) RI'BBER: 78. cent, lb. (up a quarter of cent). arcaoi MESSAGERIES Maw ETA EASTBOUND 30 O«t SONG Bl 10 2 Jl Oct Nev BIR HAKEIM Moniln. Hong JJ No* LAOS t- |a Hong Kong, Japan
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    I So keep them HAPPY i | in a flat
    553 12 I So keep them HAPPY i in a flat |OR YOU MAY REGRET IT! By ELIZABETH PAKENHAM Wl^ parcels all have our pet handicap Without Tf that one obstacle, we feel, life might be tine We should be ideal parents, bringing up model C*l So l often life's handicap is
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    It's that same old trick!
    362 12  - It's that same old trick Eileen Ascroft BUT MEN ALWAYS FALL FOR IT By A CURIOUS change coma over Miss tapaa with llic fust autumn leaves. She cease* to be miniature Oriental sweater nri with ?.;«> cotton skirl ;iiul high-heeled sandals, and dons her winter kimono and traditional white socks.
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    'SAUCY PUSS' SHORT PYJAMAS
    52 12 4,V EXHIBITION of Unqciie in both fabrics and made-up merchandise teas recently presented by the British Man-Made Fibres Federation, in collaboration with the Apparel and Fashion Industry's Association and the Light Clothing Federation. Picture here shows "Saucy Puss" short pyjamas in fuschia waffle nylon icith white
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      274 12 25. Aluaj in the engineers limes v-rosswora n>,. Mlr j a,^ me 1,^1.1, o i 28 Combined grammatically, but I Isssill Clifford. ArliiiKtnn, Bu< kmch.ini, p^ ill Nil ill jll| 111 HI iH; 3. Lilliputian It^i fc^i RS&i KSSJSi v?U i!^J L&!a 5 C(U ''d hat after thiee 181. F^S^lv
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    DOW£« SA/LS /N W/fH BOTH HANDS TO WIN EMPIRE TITLE
    48 13 DAI DOWER of Wales (right), slips a left from Jake Tuli ami counters irith a ruiht to the bod;/ during their Empire flyweight title fight in Lowiom. Tuli. the holder, uas bent en on points— A P. photo.
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    fcrANS WIN IN LAST OUARTEF
    287 13 mnett's kicking pave llangor the l ea d twice I \l I WPUR, Wednesday. th own for forty-five minutes i:n V,U )iik thc lcaf1 Sc|an K°» ,h' littVr "ul stronger Hjians in (h tore a l>i« crowd on the m y.r.v.r They scored first n
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    66-1 outsider j gets photo ; finish verdict
    130 13 66-1 outsider j gets photo finish verdict CAMBRIDGESHIRE NrJVMARKET. Wrd. tphe fin to ny ou'sider Iflaatral, 1 owneri by Lord Rosebery. won the Cambrideeshire handicap, the second leg of the autumn douhlc run ovc>- one mile, one furlong here today ln a terrific finish. Knur horsey Mmstrrl. Queen's Beeches. Marshal
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    LOSE TO ARSENAL
    31 13 LONDON. Wed —Tel. Aviv Maei.ibi Football Club. Israel's League c hampiftit and up holders and \n tually a na'ionM side, last to Arsenal 4-2 In a flood-light Came
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    Compton arrives in Australia
    70 13 ADELAIDE Wed. Drills Comp- ton arrived here from Sydney today and loined liis fellow membeis of •he MCC Umrlm sine at tlirir seaside headquarters Glenelg. Commenting on the forced landlnc K.i.klu. Compton said; "It w..s i pirc v o| cake thanks to the i-rew". He will
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    OTEC MAKE SOCCER HISTORY IN THEIR FINAL SEASON
    370 13 OTEC MAKE SOCCER HISTORY IN THEIR FINAL SEASON ORIENTAL Telephone and Electric Company crowned their last season in the Singapore Business Houses tootball competitions by beinp: the first team to achieve triple honours when they bea f Malaya Publishing House 4-1 in the senior cup knockout final at Jalan Be.sar
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    Only a few cared for places in Colony XV
    360 13  -  W. E. TREVOR. B] people. It would appear, are not very interested in winning: a possible place in tho Colony rugby XV. Out of 44 players picked for the Singapore Rugrty Union .s first Civilian trial, only 28 turned up yesterday
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    Thornycroft in 2-0 win
    129 13 'THORNYCROFT SC Ivcanie the nr«r holders of the SBHFA Junior knockout Cup when they defe.urd M.msfirld SC. 2-0 In an exciting tin.il at Jalan Be.sar la^t nliiht. Although Mansfield had the hettrr of the exchanees in the first hall, they finished, poorly. Thornycroft were more thrustful
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    SPORE ARK (HUTS
    36 13 Singapore avenged tlieir driest m the rerent Pan-Asian basketball tournament when ihey be«t the rhanv ploiw. Formosa, by 83 points tn 73 in a friendly mxtcli nt the Happy World stadium last night.
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    POH LIM WINS FIRST MATCH IN 15 MINS.
    352 13 MALAYAN champion Ong Poh Lim showed fiand form in his bid to retain thr Sincapore Badminton championship for the third successive year when he won his first match last night in less than 15 minutes, beating Nr Heng Kwang 15-5. 15-2. Poh
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    92 13 DUBLIN. Wed IRELAND'S tern to meet f*ot- Unu ln the sexier International at HampdPti P;irk, OlaafOV, on No\ 3. was nanieci la 1 night It kl I'prlchard iPort mouth); Oraham <l)>>nca&ter>. Mac Michael i Newcastle), D. Blanc hflower 1 Aston Villa), McC'avana tColrrainet, Pea-' umlc
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      481 13 MALAYAN RAILWAY ANNOUNCES REVISED PASSENGER SERVICE on the EAST COAST LINE From November Ist FOR DETAILED INFORMATION PLEASE ENQUIRE AT YOUR LOCAL STATION SUMPITAN EM AS' (Golden Blowpipe) FASTER SERVICE a. m. a. m. Gemas dep. 5.10 Tumpat dep. 9.30 K. Lipis 10.56 K. Lipis 5.20 Tumpat arr. 6.30 Ccmas
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      73 13 til iocni SHA IraKlir OiV I: I nnrtMl. T K A I Srlrtar. SrlrUr: Div. lV lint, h lub v P T. l>ut< h Hub ground. RUOGU I nivrrvllv v RafTIrs Invl llnkil limili iH. 1.1. JnfirM Braltv I Trarhfru, IValty (rnund K»pt. vi.finiii.ild South Mm v liar houi Board,
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    385 14 pOOD MORNING, Reriu tlemen of the Singapore Badminton Association management committee You have all probably been feeling very elated over the official sanction at long "last —for your international exhibitions between Nov. 20 and Nov. 27. Now brace yourself for quite a shock.
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    85 14 LOW Hock Klat ot Aston A.C one of the faiourltcs to win the Aston Invitation billiards tournament, entered the quarter-finals last night by beating his clubmate P L. Chin by 300 to 170 Another Aston playei. Chin Chi Nen. also joined the last eight by
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    36 14 TEAMS intending to compete in the Breweries' K.impong .soccer league are reminded that the closing date for entries is Oct 31 Entries should be sent to the hon .-ecretary. Breweries Sports Club Alexandra Road.
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    OXFORD HEATEN
    23 14 OXFORD. Wed —Oxford Greynounds. the University second string, beat Ox/ord University by nine points to six in a rugby union match
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    RICHES LEADS DIVING FINAL
    106 14 Sovrntecn-year-old John Riches. Singapore Swimming Club diving i hampion led a field of 11 competitors In the first three compulsory oives of the SASA three-metre springboard diving final at Tanjong Rim yesterday. '.he competitors will make two more compulsory dives today. Results of yesterdays dives: l.
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    656 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. ONE hundred and fifty six entries have been received for the Selangor Turf Club's f November Meetinc on Nov 6, 10 and 13. They comprise 80 Class Four and 76 Class Five horses. 1*1 run 2nd run b>, 1 6 1>, I M F
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    IBF PERMISSION WAS ■ NEEDED FOR EXHIBIT^
    282 14 IBF PERMISSION WAS NEEDED FOR EXHIBIT^ KUALA LUMPUR, Wed rFHE BADMINTON AS- SOCIATION of Malaya had full authority to sanction the international exhibitions in Singapore between Nov 20 to 27. Permission from the International Badminton Federation was not necessary because each country runs its own affairs internally. This was the
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    323 14 Johore remain silent so SHA names two teams for trial HOCKEY BOYCOTT OF SINGAOPRE THE Singapore Hockey Association ha.^ started making arrangements to hold their third state trial on Saturday on the S.R.C., padang in place of the friendly inter-state fixture against Johore. The Association has however, received no official
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    131 14 UMPIRES ARE TOOSTRICTOK 'STICKS'-™* RHANG, Wxl UMPIRES should no t be too strict in pm.ilisine players for sticks Mr. Gian Singh, the Indian hockey coach, said in Penane yesterday Mr. Gian Singh \\lim watched a practice FBir by the Penane Ho. k. Association in prcp.u t tion for their return
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    S.W.H.A. TRIAL
    33 14 The Singapore Women's Hockey Association trial which was to have been played at the SC'C \esterday was postponed and will be held at the SRC. at 5 15 p m today.
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    R.M.N. WIN 24
    32 14 Two noils by inside lrf enabled Royal Malayan beat BODCA by 2-0 in then pore Hockey Association Dr league match on the Ni yesterday Navy led I— n tl
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