The Straits Times, 13 September 1955

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    12 1 The Straits Times fcstd. 1845. SINGAPORE. TI'ESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1955 IS CENTS
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    HERE COME THE AUSSIES
    447 1 THE AMNESTY SCORECARD Fourth day: Nil: Total to date: 4 Plenty of work,' they are told KEEN TO TACKLE THE BANDITS PENANG, Mon. [TRAINED pennies and shillings on Pfennig's Swettenkn I'icr today as 136 Diners the nniruard of the Australian Torres for Mal;i\ i landed here
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    We'll let public ride free—busmen
    187 1 We'll let public ride free busmen A NEW KIND OF STRIKE THREAT I^HE Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union said yesterday that if its wage claims were not settled within 14 days, it would continue to work and "provide the public with an entirely free service for the duration of the
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    Lock icon Russian needs
    34 1 MOSCX)W. Mon Mr Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, told five visiting Senators today that Russia was wlllinß to buy surplus American farm products and wanted American machinery Reuter.
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    Lock icon Molotov leads
    28 1 MOSCOW. Mon. Mr. Molotov. the Soviet Foreign Minister, will lead the Ru«.sian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 20. Tass said today. Rruter.
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    Lock icon Labour gains
    28 1 LONDON. M<m Mem b.rshlp «f the British Labour Party, Including afflIlited rYade union memrx-rs. p'.m- la* m* to 8.498.027--400 000 more than the previcus yrar. Rruter.
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    SURRENDER CALLBUT FIVE REDS FLEE
    238 1 Patrol often amity, gtts bullets ii reply KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. 4 MALAY Reßiment patrol scattering amnesty leaflets in the Junßle near Trianß. in South Pahanß, surprised a Rang of five terrorists sitting around talking and restinß at noon today. The leading scoat of the patrol.
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    INDONESIA AGREES TO TRADE BOOST
    58 1 Spore Imports: No discrimination MR MARSHALL and his goodwill party were received by President Soekarno yesterday Picture shows the President stressing a point while talking with Mr Marshall and two other members of the party. Mr. Yap Pheng (.nk (left behind the Chief Minister) and
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    THE RED WHO WASN'T
    89 1 THE RED WHO WASN'T KI..VM,. .Mon AN Indian walked into Klang police headquarter* last night and told a constable: "1 am a Communt*t terrorist and I want to surrender." Senior police officers were called from their home*. The Indian was taken into a room for questioning but refined to speak.
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    Cockpit strike is over
    74 1 rE 18 -day strike by 71 workers at Hotel De L Europe ("The Cockpit"* in Oxl«*v Rise. Singapore. was railed off yesterday afternoon. The employees will resume work this morning. This follows a settlement of wage claims between the management and the Singapore Workers' Union, repn
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    Agreement on wage claims
    30 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Agreement was reached today between the Central Electricity Board and its daily-rated employees on claims for a pay increase and better working conditions
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    Lock icon Talks deadlock
    40 1 MOSCOW, Mon West Oerman and Boviet foreign Ministers today failed to reach agreement on common proposals after an attempt of almost two hours to find a way past a deadlock in the negotiation* between the two governments. Reuter
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    The Marshall mission wins vital concessions
    555 1 From LLOYD MORGAN JAKARTA. Monday. FIE Indonesian Government has told the Marshall goodwill mission it will not discriminate against a wide range of imports, including textiles. from the Colony. This was announced today at the end of th«talks between the mission and representatives of
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    DEMAND FOR $3,000: MAN HELD
    60 1 DEMAND FOR $3,000: MAN HELD ASI'SPEITED secret society gangster wa« arrested by Singapore I 1 early this morning, several hours after he had demanded S3.QM from a goldsmith. Mr Sirw Mok Song after threatening: "Tell the police and well kill you." The man was nHd in a pulke swoop on
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    Lock icon The great day
    17 1 WEOTERHAM Mon Sir Winston Churchill and Lady Churchill celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary to-dty.-AP.
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    Lock icon Quake hits Cairo
    152 1 19 children die in panic minute CAIRO. Mm. TWELVE schools hero collapsed in an earthquake today, killing 19 children mid injuring more thun 120 accordinu to thr Egyptian Red Cross. Ambulances and comman- > dcered :.<x^ raited 1 the in--1 jured children to h while lire brigade*
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    STOP PRESS
    48 1 \>l I on Sv I K9 OH I \>l\ M I I NCI u ISMHGTI1 M..11 Mr. Richard i \u>ti ilian Minimi I t iii.il Main today -l.irtrd »r«-k < ••nl it huts with (up I V nfli- < uK with rmphaxis on problems in >ituth-East Asia. AT.
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      53 1 NOW RAHMAN SIGNS IT, TOO _i— a i m i- NKW amnesty lealletii hare been printed and are being dropped in the Federation They carry the »ltnature» of both the Director of Operation*. 1.t.-Oen. Sir Geoffrey Hourne and the Thief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman. Previous leaflets carried only the signature
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    Smart money rush
    123 2 Smart money rush PORTS CHOKE WITH GOODS JAKARTA, Mon. /CONGESTION of imported goods threatens the main Indonesian ports of Tandjong Priok, Belawan, Semarang, Sourabaya. Macassar and Palembang. Worried harbour authorities w wondering what to do about the crammed godowns. The congestion is caused by rush orders from Importers who wanted
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    Lock icon Up goes pay
    24 2 TUNIS. Mon. The Tiint■lan Government decided last night to grant a ten per cent Increase in salary to government employees UP.
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    SCHOOL DAYS-IN 'SWEAT BOX' AND 'COFFIN'
    94 2 SCHOOL DAYS-IN 'SWEAT BOX' AND 'COFFIN' COLONEL BURTON MacKENZIE of the United States Air Force has been called to the Pentagon in Washington to explain details of the "Brainwashing" school he runs in the Nevada desert. A magazine recently published an article describing his course for toughening airmen against Communist
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    Mystery ship had no guns aboard
    182 2 AMERICANS MAKE BIG SEARCH COLOMBO, Mon. US. EMBASSY ofli rials searched the Panamanian register ed freighter, Katerina S. until 3 a.m. today to see whether it was carrying arms from Bulgaria to Communist China but found no trare of them. A gang of labourers
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    Lock icon 'CRIMES? NEVER USED THE WORD ONCE'
    228 2 Adenauer gets annoyed LONDON, Monday MOSCOW RADIO revealed late last night that the West Oermai Chancellor, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, hac denied telling Soviet leaders tha; Russian troops committed "crimes Is Germany during the World War II The broadcast ssld Dr I Adenauer charged at
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    Big fly-past to mark Battle of Britain
    202 2 Big fly-past to mark Battle of Britain THREE AIR FORCES WILL TAKE PART JET fighters and bomb- era will be among more than 50 aircraft of three air forces staging fly-pasts over Singapore and Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. 15th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. A Par Eaat Air Force
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    Navy chief off to Australia
    54 2 Vice Admiral Sir Alan Scott -Moncrieff. C-in-C. Far Eaat Naval Station, left Singapore by air yesterday on an official visit to Australia and New Zealand He will have talks with the Chief of Staff of the Australian and New Zealand Navies and return to Singa--1
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    Lock icon PALMER, V.C. (WORLD WAR I) DIES
    199 2 I Japs destroyed his Singapore home LYMINGTON. Hampshire, Monday WING COMMANDER Frederick William Palmer. V.C.. of the Royal Flyine Corps, who between thr wars was in business In Malaya, died suddenly in Lymington Hospital on Saturday night He was 63. While In Malaya h,
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    AIR CHIEF IS TOLD TO RETIRE
    91 2 Mil Mon. AIK CHIEF Marshal Ba^ll rmhrv 53-year old onmundir in hi< f of Allied Air Form. Central Kurope. said laat night that he had been "compuKurily retired" from the Koyal Air Force and expected to leave his post in rontainebleau at the end
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    Goodwill visit
    20 2 MANILA. Mon —The French aircraft carrier Boi.s i Beiieau has arrived here on a goodwill vUlt— A P.
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    Professor visits gay monki of Japan
    129 2 Professor visits gay monki of Japan A i unman lava profntar itlently ti\ed for :t ntf in a Japanese mi»na.stm where the monk- ir» allowed to mar;v jnd drink alcohol He is Prof. Sandosh.ini Pn Parasitoloo who hi* just returned aftrr Intending a World I m versitv seniin.i Tcloc. He
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    Indian police stop march to Goa
    40 2 Indian police stop march to Goa INDIAN border prevented Indian v >. achins the G makr prote mandini; tl it irp hethe Fn >. ported A map marchinR I 001 ttl I I yestrrd.i\ Thev The voluntr. Kali R moth ,,i i,
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    Now brewery in West Indies
    23 2 OEORGEI na>. Moi: Ltd .i We-' I: on 8 1 Briti-h On *'Th- anced •ntin pital A P
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    Dozed to death
    13 2 TKINTI l thlrty-yeai niamin cated bj and lei am: cart
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    A SONG PUTS IRMA IN JAIL
    54 2 M»NN\ Mon. Hungarian Irma On. and her father J(>M>ph ha>* bfrn sent tv pn»on for a Nn( poking fun at a collective farm. according t, thr Kap«.var ■Wrtiwper S.omo«Ti Neptap. coptw ,r^' srni'm'' l" l r Mi thr >n- f >£r «»n«. lhr n
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    TESTING TIME FOR INDONESIAN COMMUNISTS
    334 3 TESTING TIME FOR INDONESIAN COMMUNISTS Sept. 29 polls ma^call the Reds' bluff JAKARTA, Monday. -,j; r national elections scheduled for Sept *>9 1 should reveal for the first time just how tr <>nu r the Communists are in Indonesia r Communist prophecies were to come tniP partai Kommunis Indonesia (Indonesia
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    Lock icon Scattered fighting in Vietnam
    90 3 Scattered fighting in Vietnam *<f broken out In South Vietnam after more than a month of quiet, the National Army reported last night In two separate engagements in western CochinChina and in the Phan Thiet sector. 80 miles east of Saigon, nearly 100 rebel soldiers have been killed. They claim
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    Lock icon She read her own obituary
    90 3 IVREA. Italy. Mon. pOUNTESS Renata Solaro \j de Sistelo picked up the morning newspapers yesterday and found her own obituary in them. All day telegrams and calls of condolence swamped her home. At night, to spike the reports she invited friends over ror a party.
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    Lock icon Townsend is told: No chance
    186 3 IN LONDON AGAIN, BUT ROMANCE IS OFF G LONDON'. Mon. ROlp CAPTAIN Peter Townsend, British air attache in Brussels, whose name ha* been linked romantically with Princess Margaret, returns to London today for his second visit within a week. He was here last week to
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    Lock icon MOROCCO PLAN IS ACCEPTED
    155 3 Ex-Sultan agrees to the terms PARIS. Monday. T*HE ex-Sultan of Morocco, Sidi Mohammed ben Yussef. has accepted the French Government's plan for Morocco, it was officially announced here yesterday. The Minister for Morocco. Mr. Pierre July, read a communique at fhe end of a three -hour
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    Troops who rioted go to Africa
    94 3 Troops who rioted go to Africa PARIS, Mon. SEVERAL hundred French air force reservists who rioted yesterday against be'ng called back to the colours were flown to Morocco by an emergency airlift today An Air Ministry spokesman said that shortly after dawn several transport planes took them oil from Vlllacoublay
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    Lock icon THE ANTI-LAZINESS MAN
    61 3 CAPRI, Mon. Curzio Mab« st-selling Italian aid last night that i If from New York San Francisco in October •n protr against the jjrowi man owing to >r 'iie.s and the invasion lof life by mechanisation." He is 57. S'pnor Malaparte, whose translated works include "The Skin
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    LONDON STOCKS
    300 3 LONDON. Mon THE slock markets opened on a firm note today bin business was small and selective. The main feature was provided by giltedKed-. where small demand In a thin market brought sains ranging to about threequartem In undated and long-dated U»ue«. Foreign bonds were out of favour
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    RUBBER
    32 3 LONDON. Sept. 12. Spot 42>id. Ort 42', d Oct.-Dec. 43', d. Jan-Mar 41d Apr -June :(!»';ri July-Sept unquoted. Sept c.l f! 42d Oct. c.l.f. 4a'.d.. Nov. elf. unquoted Tone- Barely steady.
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    TIN
    25 3 l-ONDON. B«pt 1? C««h Buyer* £744 v. S»>llpr» £745 Forward Bu\er» £744 S. Seller* £746; Settlement £745. Turnover a.m. 70 lon», pm. 50 tons.
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    ₤m. bribe offers in arbabian oil intrigue alleged
    273 3 ₤m. bribe offers in arbabian oil intrigue alleged GENEVA, Monday. ORITAIN yesterday accused Saudi Arabia of offering bribes amounting to many millions of pounds to two Arabian sheiks in order to push forward the frontiers of her mighty oil empire, it has been reliably learned. Sir Hartley Shawcross, representing Britain
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    PREMIER SAYS: I'D Die 100 DEATHS FOR KASHMIR'
    179 3 PREMIER SAYS: I'D Die 100 DEATHS FOR KASHMIR' KARACHI. Mon. rE Pakistan Prim* Minister, .Mr Chau«ri Mohammed Ali. Urfd »o •pen-air meeting here yesterday he would lav down his life once. ten time* or even a hundred times.' to attain Pakistan's aim in Kasb■air. H* said Pakistan did not want
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    Lock icon Rice raid
    27 3 TAIPEH. Mon. Nationalist Dlanes on Saturday night dropped ton* of relief rice and millions of antiCommunUt leaflets in southeast China, it was announced here— AP
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    Lock icon Talks on war
    33 3 OTTAWA. Mon —Two weeks of secret discussions on biological, chemical and flame warfare will start here today among scientists and military officers of Britain. Canada and the United Status Reuter.
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    Lock icon Trains crash
    26 3 KLAQENFURT Germany*, Mon.— A passenger train and a quods train collided at full speed near here yesterday. killing six people and lnjurlne 27— Reuter.
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    Lock icon SEATO meeting
    14 3 MANILA, Mon Representatives of the eight SEATO nations meet here today. UP.
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    My name?-that's my secret, says the mystery Red
    331 4 KOTA BHARU, Monday. THE first terrorist to surrender under the amnesty declared today that for "reasons of great national importance" his identity should remain secret "for some time.** The 30-year-old Malay and his wife arrived at Kota Bharu police headquarters about eight
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    SHOE MEN PUT OFF STRIKE
    220 4 SHOE MEN PUT OFF STRIKE Another meeting this morning THE 240 employers of Mm Bata Shoe Company In North Bridge Road will not go on strike today. Mr. M.S. Da wood, secretary of th* Bata Employees Union, said last night. Representatives of both parties will meet at the Labour Ministry
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    Beauty talk
    40 4 Miss Jane Kok. graduate of the Academy of Beauty Culture. London, and the National Bchool of Cosmetlclsm. New York, will speak about The Bcience of Modern Beauty" at tomorrow's luncheon of the Singapore Rotary Club at Raffles Hotel.
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    STRIKE MAY CLOSE GLASS FACTORY
    183 4 'We'll carry on if men return*: Company fHE Singapore Glass Manufacturers' factor. In Henderson Road may close down permanently because of a strike by the company's 650 workers. The company's commercial manager. Mr J A. Paterson. told the Straits Times yesterday: "We are considering I
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    Opium hunt in ship after arrest
    97 4 Opium hunt in ship after arrest PORT SWETTENHAM. Mon /CUSTOMS officers searched V the Dutch liner Tjlbadak here last night. The »earch followed the arrest of one of the crew by harbour police. A pound of processed opium was found in his stocking, police said. The ship sailed this morning
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    THE LIST GROWS for SALLEH THE THIEF
    118 4 THE LIST GROWS for SALLEH THE THIEF K. LUMPUR, MM. ATOUNG MALAY told a court interpreter here today n«t to waste his time and that of the court when the ofnciml was reading oat his list of 15 pre vkMis con vitt ions Salleh bin Haji Ahmad, 25. of no
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    He was burnt by a stolen kiss
    359 4 INSTEAD OF EMBRACE, A HOT LADLE 4 MAN was branded on his cheek when he embraced his friend's wife, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Slngaram Manikam was charged with using criminal force on Buppiah Thanalakshumi. m-ife of his friend Ramasamy Ramanathan with
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    The 'boogie' organist wins again
    84 4 The 'boogie organist wins again SCHOOLBOY "bougie woonie" organist. Gan Ttan I'hoon, 15, of the (ieylanx Straiu Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship, who won the Instrumental section In the Singapore District M V F talentimr last year, is the winner again in this year's contest. Second In the vim section was
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    'L' rider in death crash
    54 4 An "L" rider took out his handkerchief to wi^e his face and his motor cycle crashed into a coconut tree, a Singapore Coroner's Court was told yesterday. Lek Khee Meng was riding along Ponggol Road on June 39 when the accident occurred. He died two
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    Malacca makes study gift
    46 4 Abdul Rasak bin Hltam. 19. has been awarded a Malacca Settlement scholarship He has been studying at the Malay College. Kuala Kangsar for five years. He will leave on Sept. 21 for England to study architecture for five ytars at Sheffield University.
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    Women's club
    35 4 Miss Mabel Nowlin of the Malayan Christian Council will talk on "Strengthening the Christian Family Life" at the International Women's Club meeting at the Singapore Y.W.C A.. Raffles Quay, at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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    Organ recital
    40 4 Dr. Allan W Bunney. Examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal School* of Music. London, will give an organ recital in the War Memorial Hall of st Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore, at 8.45 p m on Sept 23
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    PARANG ATTACKER TO BE WHIPPED
    182 4 PARANG ATTACKER TO BE WHIPPED ALOR STAR, Mon. T«HE Kedah Assize Judge, Mr. Justice Hill, today ordered a whipping for a padi planter, Ku Yob bin Ku Saad, for causing grievous hurt to another padi planter. Ku Yob was ordered to be given nine strokes of the rotan. In addition
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    New chairman
    25 4 Mr. S Hardlt Singh has been elected chairman and Mr 8 Karam Singh secre tary of the Sikh Advisory Board Singapore, for 1955-57
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    Found dead
    21 4 Chia Kan Choon. 69. MM found hanging In the bathroom of a house in Swalo* Street. Singapore, yesterday afternoon
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    'I WAS of UNSOUND MIND' HE TELLS COURT
    290 4 AOOFFEE SHOP owner, Tan Oee Seng, told a Singapore magistrate yesterday he wu of unsound mind when he stated to the police that he had been assaulted by some gangsters In an attempt to extort money from him Tan was giving evidence
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    panther kills aborigine bride
    229 5 MAN-EATER LEAPS AT HQMEYMOOM COUPLE, PRAQg TICTIM DfTO JUMOLB HUSBAND WALKS THREE DAYS TO TELL DEAD WIFE'S PARENTS A PANTHPP KUA H L ™PUR, Monday. A whVn k Cam< a d off an aborigine's bride irk np«V T ?m nher hone y m °on in the
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    $1 mil. hunt for water
    95 5 $1 mil. hunt for water MKN VVORK afljND CLOCK ,/jrTY construction Qt a day nd night digging holes in lands in afljok. Singapore, belor 10 tube I be found. rrea.se the supply in ing and Be- weather employed by Tube Wells Limited, a iter engineers Governjechnical hitch' si. 000,000 John
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    Eight men accused of bookmaking
    88 5 Eight men accused of bookmaking IPOH, Mon EIGHT men today pleaded not guilty to charges of acting as bookmakers at the Perak Turf Club on Saturday. The case against Chun Hint Chong. 3S. Lip Yoke Keen 24. and Steven John Chung Yit Chong. 25, was postponed to Oct. 27 Five
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    'LATIN QUARTER' FROM JAPAN—BUT NO STRIP-TEASE
    142 5 'LATIN QUARTER' FROM JAPAN— BUT NO STRIP-TEASE A TROUPE of 18 Japanese dancers is planning to tour Singarl and the Federation December this year. They are the Don Yada's Latin Quarter Revue, who are now on a tour of tbe Far East. Their programme consists of ianeea of all countries.
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    Art president is back from tour
    46 5 The president of the Singapore Art Society, Mr. Ho Kuk Hoe, who hao been In London exhibiting t*e wor* of Malayan artists, returned to the Colony yesterday. During his flve-month tour. Mr Ho also visited New York. Washington and Paris
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    13 COUPLES TO WED
    29 5 If .i mass wed- 13 Chinese couples at Khek CommunSinpapore on Saturday. It is the third mass wedding of the year, organised by the guild.
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    Joy ride in $8,000 car
    48 5 Major A M Heddle. a race horse trainer, sougnt police help when his $8,901' car disappeared from a car park in Orchard Road at ihe weekend. Police found the car abandoned about five mileaway. In Fifth Avenue, off Bukit Timah Road. minutes later
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    LOCAL MEN SHUN QUEUE for TOP JOBS
    220 5 LOCAL MEN SHUN QUEUE for TOP JOBS PWD fit* it tasiwf to git expats QUALIFIED local men are rei using offers of senior (Division I) Jobs in the Public Works Department despite advertisements asking them to state their own terms. It is easier to attract qualified expatriate officers- This situation
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    He talked too loud and too long on phone
    118 5 A YOUTH was arrested while he was abusing a telephone operator on the phone, a Singapore court was told yesterday. L. Rajamani pleaded guilty to using abusive language to Miss C B Pereirm. a supervisor in the Singapore Telephone Board, on
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    5 accused of robbery
    92 5 An odd man out KUALA LUMPUR, Mon 'THREE Malays —one o! them from Sii.vapore and two Chinese appeared lr> the First Magistrates Court here jointly accused of gan< robbery at S< jjamb'it thremiles north of Kuala Lumpur, at 5 am. on Auc 28. They were Abdm
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    X-RAY TEACHERS, THEY URGE
    131 5 Plan to reduce possibility of TB infection KUALA LUMPUR Mon A suggestion that all teachers in Oovernment and aided schools should be X-rayed at least once a year is to be considered by the Council of the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis here tomorrow.
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    It wasn't a walkout — 'they just went home after voting'
    149 5 It wasn't a walkout 'they just went home after voting' iron. Mon. rB HINT A branch of the Malayan Chinese AMociatlon U angry at Press report* that there was a waik-ovt at its annual Meeting yesterday. Mr. T. C. Kang. the chairman. denying the reports, said they minreprrvnUd facts. Yesterday's
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    ALLIANCE CHIEFS TO SETTLE ROW OVER SEATS
    164 5 IPOH, Monday. 'THE Alliance National Council is to be asked to arbitrate on the allocation of the 20 Perak constituencies among member parties contesting the Btate elections in November The decision was taken by the State Alliance committee la.it ni;;ht. Berau«e of the
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    $100 theft in church
    47 5 A handbag containing $100 was stolen from church at the Tanglln OHO Sin?apore. on Saturday morning. The owner told the police she was helping at a christening ceremony w».en the bag, wwhich she had left on the floor near the l-aptlsm font, disappeared
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    DEATH
    24 6 in H'orrfx «/n i minimum) PALMER Frederick William. I VC MM Suddenly at home In Hordle. Hampshire, on Saturday. I Kth September 1955.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    96 6 20 H'»rtf« flu minimum) MH. fi MTtS. C D Yarrow suTiwnp hMkm* by the "Canton". FOLLOW PEIMNT Every Day In the Malay Mall' if you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle MADELINES FASHION NEWS But ton -Through Denims by Carol Chris of California. 4 Colours. All sizes A
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues, Sept. 13, 1955. Unnecessary Storm
    599 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues, Sept. 13, 1955. Unnecessary Storm A wholly unnecessary storm has blown about the ears of authority concerning the questioning of two Malay terrorists, man and wife, who surrendered to police headquarters in Kot.i Bharu on Friday night. The authorities themselves invited suspicion, first by withholding
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    Return Of The Jazz King
    318 6 Return Of The Jazz King Communism has suffered a decisive defeat in Cambodia. The Socialist Popular Party, led by ex-King Norodom Sihanouk, has won a smashing victory over the Vietminhtinged Democratic Party which had a majority in the old Assembly. The elections were not simply a struggle between two Cambodian
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    Officially Speaking
    206 6 To converse in English at Tamil meetings, says the Federation's Minister for Labour, is a bad habit which Tamils should eschew. It is entirely Mr. Sambanthan's business if he dislikes the sound of the English lani guage. By the same token it is also every Tamil's own affair
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    First of two articles on the romance of the early tin-mining days, by PROFESSOR C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON
    1679 6 First of two articles on the romance of the early tin-mining days, by PROFESSOR C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON Tin was first mined for burning »pHE tin from Malaya, when we first hear of it, was put to a very simple use. It was mostly pasted on card, made into joss sticks
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      PROVIDENT FUND RULES
      188 6 r'O months ago a family from an estate left the country for good, and received their provident fund in full in accordance with the regulations, but during the month of August, when an employee from the same estate applied for withdrawal, he was told that since he
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    Sultan: No gold plated banquet
    397 7 DIAMOND JUBILEE SHOCK: PRICELESS ELLEKBOROUGH COLLECTION IS BARRED 'A TRULY MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY' MAKES WA Y FOR CHINA NOW 'P HE 82-year-old Sultan of Johore has given orders that his priceless Ellen borough Goid Plate is not to be used at the State Banquet on Saturday
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    CLERKS MAY STRIKE
    95 7 CLERKS MAY STRIKE Emergency meeting ALOR STAR. Mon. THE Kcdah Governmenl Clerical Union i ill an emergency meeting soon to consider strike action if .State Government ignores its request .plrment a new scheme. The union president, Inche i Noor bin Haji tin, said today that a was not prepared to
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    MINISTER HAS HIS BLOOD TESTED
    51 7 THE Singapore Minister for Health, Mr. A J. Braga. has his ear nm km before being registered as a blood donor at the Blood Transfusion Centre. Mr. Braga was viMting the centre in the company of the Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, and Lady
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    NOT welfare worker
    60 7 I>awrence Lee. who was jailed for six months on Friday, was wrongly described in Saturday's Straits Times as an employee of the Social Welfare Department. It was pointed out yesterday that Lee has never been employed In any capacity by the Social Welfare Department but was merely
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    Back in crime after 10 years
    55 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon After going straiznt for 10 years Suad bin Ibrahim wax arrested on Auk. 8 for stealing two cartons of cigarettes from a shop. He was sentenced to 12 months' jail to be followed by 18 months' police supervision. He had his
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    Drink at well made girl feel numb
    224 7 BUT UNCLE CLEARED OF POISONING KUALA LUMPUR. Monday A LABOURER who was alleged to have thrown poison into a well used by relatives was today acquitted on a charge of causing hurt to his flve-year-old niece who drank some water from the well.
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    WHITE' SOON
    187 7 6,1000 people wait for last two swamp Reds to give up KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. f{E Kuala Langat district of South Selansoon to become a i'.ca. An official •irement is ex.soon. nry restrictions will i the 65.000 people in <. Fences around vil- be taken down, and and food
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    Malaya: 7 million
    30 7 Malaya's population totalled 7.272.076 Singapore 1.212.749 and the Federation 6.059.327 on June 30 thii> year, according to a statement by the Department of Statistics in Singapore yesterday.
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    Divorce suit fails
    205 7 Divorce suit fails NO ADULTERY WAS PROVED A DIVORCE petition by Ouok Sing Swee, former school master, seeking dissolution of his marriage with his wile. Jane Guok. on the grounds of desertion and adultery, tailed In the Singapore Hijjh Court yesterday. Morton D. Raven, a film company representative, wu rited
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    DUMB BOY KEEPS A COURT GUESSING
    256 7 DUMB BOY KEEPS A COURT GUESSING liUrpreteri try to explain cliarge 'THE opening of a four- day trial of five men accused of rioting and stoning a Hock Lee bus at Ganges Avenue on May 12 was held up in a Singapore district court yesterday when it was discovered that
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    Golden jubilee
    23 7 The University of Malaya will commemorate 50 years of higher education in Malaya with a nine-day celebration beginning on October 7.
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    INVITATIONS SAY: BRING CASH GIFT
    151 7 MORE THAN 1,000 Singapore Chinese organisations schools and prominent Chinese have been invited to the opening ceremony of the $800,000 Hokkin Hoay Kuan building in Telok Ayer Street on Sunday. 1 And they are all bound under Chinese custom io make "congratulatory" gifts to the
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    Two on riot charge
    61 7 Ahmad bin Mohammed and Selumat bin Kadir claimed trial In Singapore yesterday to a charge of rioting. They were alleged to have been members of an unlawful assembly which assaulted Ho Poh Heng and Low Chu Teng at Jalan Alsagoff off Geylang Serai on Aur 24.
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    CIVICS FOR MARRIED COUPLES
    80 7 SKRF.MBAN. Mon. T'HF FIRST civics coarse It A married couples In the Federation started at Seremban today It is sponsored by the Negri Labour Department. Sixteen married Indian couples, from European e*UU* in the state, vfeited the Secretariat and the Veterinary and Social Welfare Department!* On
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    Variety concert
    22 7 The Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore, will hold Its annual variety •MMtffl at the Aiißlo-Chine.v-School hall. Barker Road, on Saturday
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    'MY LIFE IS IN DANGER'
    334 7 Witness tells Symonds trial WHILE being cross examined yesterday in the Singapore Hiffh Court at thr tria» o' two men accused of the murder of the I mini Press correspondent Gene D. Symonds in the !Vlav 12 riots, a prosecution witness said: "My life is
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    First meeting
    28 7 The Inaugural meeting of the Singapore Deaf and Dumb Association will be held in the teachers' common room at Raffle* Institution at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
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    Two died in fire
    95 7 No one to blame JOHORE BAHRU. Mon rE Johore Bahru Coroner, Inche Bahudin. today said he wa.s .satisfied no one was to blame for the death of Chew Slew Moi and her I four- year -old son, Tay Cheng Hian. who were found in a nutted
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    THREE-DAY READING ENDS
    53 7 SEREMBAN. Mon. Mi>rthan 1.000 Sikhs from all over Negri Sembilan attended a three-day holy book reading ceremony in Bahau The ceremony ended yes- terday For three days thrre was non-stop reading of the 1.400 pages of the 3ikh's holy book by five priests from Kuala Lumpur Negri
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    Thugs beat up loyal worker
    82 7 Thugs beat up loyal worker AN EMPLOYEE of the Sinuapore Cold Storane Company, Son Khim Chuan, 28, was bciten up by five men in Rochore Canal Road yesterday afternoon. Son, who works in the bakery department. was cycling home to Lorong 29, Geylan« Road, when the nang waylaid him. He
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      100 7 HUNTLEY PALMERS Tfer freshness] *oSSSt Look >fc< ptch >kc •"<* VT? 1 Huntlcy b P*Wncri bucwiM Hjndy Jib ■«••»■'<■• ii tc JvjiUbl* in all well-known vjrtctirt >Mhl^M Attorted Cru»«M. Soyrbon C«rn.v*l Alter? d CutUcd Octmi. Cotr. Milk tm4 Honey Nice jnd Table Mjde by HUNTLEY PALMERS LTO the flrrt name
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      50 7 High tides TODAY- Singapore «.33 a.m. (7 ft S in.) 8 33 pm ft. 6 In.t; *0 40 •> <7 ft.) 11M p«. (6 ft. 7 TOMOHROW: Singapore 10.06 Tn Port Dirk*on 4 hi a m <S ft. i in. 5.ii n Ikv); P«"»n 8 1124 am. (7 ft. 4
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    We didn't eat on the lawn
    866 8 We didn't eat on the lawn MONDAY lANE, who is J still inter- estcd in thermometers, asks me to show her E how mine works, so I point out the band of mercury running up the tube. •Make it really hot, E mummy, so that the mer- cury goes right
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    women OF MOROCCO ARE BREAKING AWAY FROM VEIL AND HAREM
    752 8 women OF MOROCCO ARE BREAKING AWAY FROM VEIL AND HAREM *lI\K M ITS I JOA\ BEST I Black and tinsel colour tcbene TiflOROCCAN women 1T1 are walking out of the harem straight into public life and, I according to the Na- tionalists. its all be- cause of the exiled i
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    At what age should baby walk?
    359 8 LET HIM TEACH HIMSELF, SAYS NURSE BRIDGET THE age at which a 1 baby starts to walk will vary considerably with the individual, but it Is usually somewhere between ten and fourteen months Early walking is often a family trait and the mentally alert
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      281 8 Straits Times Crossword I T~ I* Umm I Is I TT~ 9 g" A Ba 4W Country noUc«a to guide us I. Room between them ror (91. mishaps (3. 3. 3. 3, 3). 7. "Eschew evU. and do sood I. AccounU for the family? (9). seek (Psalms) (5 3 5
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    Won big battle for Canada —none took him seriously
    1681 9 Won big battle for Canada none took him seriously If■iT f J |J |^^^^|j|J 1 11 I f i i^^^^l i iTT'Fi^H PERCHED among the green fold of the North downs, on the edge of London, and yet not part of it, stands the little market town of Westerham where
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      133 9 tEkVEYOU (J You k«»« t* y«mt ut of p«opW in r*ur who M rmdy n Tioxu doctor, th* tha b«nk«r. th* ,r!«rffym*n.*a«k lut th* lift In--.rt. whoto»ap«e,..ii»d to adria* you your financial W>tK hia halp an for th» •due*._r children, th* of your family, .r;ty of your buai- own financial
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      122 9 Calohar^un glan tomes are the rewjlt of >ea» of mtenuve mnrch in (he ahsorhme %^V |t'a*« field K\ vrientuM work ing crmtinuoinlv in the interrvi* of tyt comfort and health *"'•">« Opt, .i c->m P i, vn A... l. bit t.w. all r«»«t«fcl« •s+Kiant 111.. ***** l lIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIC fRUY 1
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      99 9 Hex Maryan* Xi.D. The newsboy Dirk Traey Tense air r^r I r [-fs Job somboncl IMcamwmr^. an innocßtr- and in tue b»o rxor \___ss cONCL^SIVEf OftIVING J UOOONC SOBVENGED TBUCK OPPICES OF A NEAR&V VES-TViIS FRACVwteWTOF cCWsTVVMAS V nX*£&fS A LXMBCRS TUPOUOW A oO**>- BmU>N& TVI6OES AN AIP CLC'TU WAS
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    INVESTORS CAUTIOUS ON FEATURELESS COLONY SHARE MART
    671 10 INVESTORS CAUTIOUS ON FEATURELESS COLONY SHARE MART By Our Market Correspondent MARKETS in Singapore yesterday were dull ITI and featureless with investors on the Share Market adopting a cautious attitude, as the local labour situation assumed a more threatening appearance. Share prices, however, were very steady, there being only 12
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    RUBBER CROPS
    32 10 August Rubber Crop* Included the following t'banrkat Serdani 37.100 lb Cbernsang 140.000 lb Indragirl 79 489 lb Lanas 66 500 lb; Nralao 40.960 lb and Tapah V, 1 56 lb
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    RUBBER PRICES
    129 10 September first grade rubber buyers fob closed In Singapore yesterday at IMV, per tb down 11,I 1, cents The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices in cent, per id were: No 1 RSS Spot fob buyers 146» 4 <Norn sellers 147. Norn.. No 1 RB.B September buyers 147*.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    189 10 Singapore Chinese I'iodu.r E»rhange; noon price* per plcul yesterday were Copra quiet September 128 1 2 buyers $26 T/S sellers. October 127 1.8 buyers. $27 1/2 sellers. Coconut oil. quiet: bulk $40 sellers, drum $43 1 2 sellers. Pepper qu»r" with no bus4nes« reported Mu..tok white $161 Sarawak
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    SHIPPING
    174 10 Ship, Urn, alengiMe the Singapore HarbMtr B«ar4 whanras or rxprrtea today are. Oranjc 11. A«aU Maru 45. Mandama CP. Hteel Apprentice 6 7. Straat Soenda 8 9 Yokohama Maru 11 Per*eu» 13 14. TallMe 15 16. Kuda n 18. Mr don 19 20, Pangkor N Wall 3 to 5.
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      527 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for the post of Bookkeeper at the r.injonif Karang Rice Mill. Kuala Selangar. The total salary will be between $3So and 8500 per month according to the Quallneationa and Experience of the Applicant. Free quarters will be provided In the Mill compound. Applications stating Age.
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      851 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for the post of Assistant Controller of Telecommunication* In the Telecommunications Department. Singapore. The appointment will be on probation for 3 years la the first Instance, followed. If service has been satisfactory by permanent and pensionable appointment. The I salary scale to 87 15-35A- 1.030/
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    Cambodia's commerce with Singapore is very small
    512 12 Cambodia's commerce with Singapore is very small appointment of a three-man sub-com-mittee by the Singapore Trade Advisory Council, last week, to consider the proposal to send a Mcmi-official trade mission to Cambodia has brought the question of trade between that state and Singapore into the limelight. Anything that can be
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    MALAYANS ASK FOR MORE TEXT BOOKS
    174 12 MALAYANS ASK FOR MORE TEXT BOOKS THE thirst for education In Malaya has contributed greatly to a rising demand for text book* from Britain, an official of a leadIng I nitrd Kingdom publishing firm vtid in Singapore yesterday. He Is Mr. D. C. Yeoman. Far Eastern representative of Longsßaas. Green
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    £10,000 ASIAN RADIO ORDERS
    249 12 £10,000 ASIAN RADIO ORDERS THE interest which Asian buyers have been showing in the Radio Show which closed at Earls Court. London, last week was Illustrated by an order for 1.000 plastic receivers, placed with Pye Ltd. of Cambridge. The sets are special export models suitable for use in the
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    Inventor's meter will check 'water' in rice
    139 12 POLLOWINO a visit to Malaya, a British inventor. Mr T. A. Oxley. is developing a meter for use in determining the moisture content of rice which may prove a boon to farmers in South-East Asia It was developed initially for the farmers and
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    HIS PUN: TO ATTRACT MORE TOURISTS
    112 12 HIS PUN: TO ATTRACT MORE TOURISTS A YOUNG Chinese exnewspaperman has plans to start a special service (or overseas visitors who wish to sight -.sec in Singapore during transit Journeys through the Colony. The businessman, Mr T C. Le«. of the Kwang Kee Travel Berv4ce, plans to run a specially-built
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    COCONUTS WILL BE IMPROVED
    275 12 COCONUTS WILL BE IMPROVED Manila conference pl anH STEPS will be taken to start research into coconut products by producing countries in Asia on a mutual basis, according to Mr. D. J. Wijewardene. a Ceylonese delegate to the International Coconut Conference in Manila, who passed throuch Singapore on his way
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    S'pores 'shop window for Colombo planners
    192 12 |>RKP \R ri« »Ns are now I underway for two trade exhibitions to b r *Uced in Singapore next month to show Colony industrial products to overseas delegates attending the Colombo P!an conference. The first exhibition will be held at the Happr World from
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    Rope orders follow show
    56 12 ONE of Uk in the tion held i n Hone Koi i eood^ i-terl \up> r": 1 reported thai 'have mi.'c bet shipments arp arrive res ila The m I the Hone K established 'their factory Wan. Kowloon Chin Ho Ltd Sincaporr 1 their m»i- agi
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    Trophy for annual tie with S'porc
    127 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. 'THE Selangor versus 1 Singapore soccer friendly played In Kuala Lumpur over the weekend Is to become an annual affair. This was announced at a dinner given to the Singapore players and officials by the Football Association of Seangor on Saturday
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    59 13 1.1N7. Austria. Mon— Miss Oem Hoahtng. Hong Kong-born player, won the women's singles title In the International law n tennis championships here today. In the final she beat MUs Rita Davar ol India 6-2. 6-0. Fred Huber. the Austrian number one beat Mai W». United State*
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    60 13 1 CHICAOO Mon. The IBM U.S Ryder Cup golf team to meet a British teaaa on Nov. a and 6 at Palm Bpiings. California has been announced by the Professional Golfers Association. The golfers are Cary MtddlecofT Tommy Bolt. Ted KrolJ. Jerry Barber Bam
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    DON COCKELL IS STRONGER NOW BUT VALDES PROMISES A KNOCKOUT
    373 13 DON COCKELL IS STRONGER NOW BUT VALDES PROMISES A KNOCKOUT BOXERS HAVE FINAL TUNE-UPS FOR TONIGHT'S BIG FIGHT LONDON, Mon. nON COCKELL, British and Empire heavyweight boxing champion, will be stronger when he meets the giant Cuban, Nino Valdes, at the White City, London, tomorrow than he was for his
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    Lock icon RUSSIANS BEAT BRITAIN IN MOSCOW ATHLETICS
    909 13 MOSCOW. Mon. THE Soviet Union beat 1 Britain In both the men's and women s matches in the first international track and field contest between the two countries at the Dynamo Stadium here yesterday. In the men's competition the Russians won by 137 points
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    McGlew and Appleyard top cricket averages
    234 13 LONDON. Mon DATTINO avtrmgea In flr»t U.K. ertefc«f matches up tseptrmMr are I NO R H At D. McOlcw 34 2 1171 161 M 46 P. M»v 40 9 1753 122* 50 05 W Wataon 41 14 1623 214* 47 73 T. W. Or»y*ney
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    TAN CHWEE NEO {fPSETS TO ENTER WOMEN'S FINAL
    284 13 Tan Chwee Neo i>f Rex B.P entered the final of the Slngaporr Badminton Aaaociatlon'a Junior omens singles when an* upwt AgDW Koh of Plower BP 10—13. 11- i. 11 6 In the Mmi-flnals at the Badminton Hall on Sunday She will meet
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    90 13 Fangio is world champion MONZA. Mon. Jl AN .Manuel Fangio, 44-year-old Argentine raring motorist, wan today officially declared 1955 world champion after he had won the Mnn/.i (■rand Prix here in a Cirrman Mercedes. It wa.s the third time Fangio won the title which he previously heM in 1951 and
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    34 13 LONDON. Mon. The Indian national soccer te.im now touring Russia were beaten 4 l at KulbUhev yesterday by Krylla Sm-etov. a Ru.vOan air force team, acrordlng to a Moscow Radio ■Mewge. Reuter.
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    KEITH MILLER IN SINGAPORE
    62 13 Keith M.:ier the Australian Te«t cricketer spent yesterday •hopping and sight -seeing in Singapore He was pasting through on his, way to Karachi Miller arrhed by air at 5 a.m. ■nd left wain 9 p m He will return to Australia after playing for the Oo\ernor
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    Bayley wins 25 miles cycling
    47 14 LAC C. Bayley. of Seletar won the 25-mile time trial cycle race from other airmen at Bukit Timah Road on Sunday Bayley's time wa* ihr. 39*er The runner-up was LAC J Pollard, also of Seletar followed LAC Le\ers and LAC Grist v
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    KNOCKOUT WIN
    31 14 Kandanc Kerbau Police Station trounced Buklt Panjang Police Station 2-1 in a M.O.R. L:aw.n knockout soccer match at Police Training ground yesterday Zainol cot both goals for Kandang Kerbau.
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    FARELF GOLF
    25 14 Sq/I.dr Norton and Fit Lieut Hoist won the FAREI.F monthly medal at the Royal Island Club under St.rnleford condition* with 37 pott ts.
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    Europeans lodge a protest
    427 14 DID INDONESIANS FIELD UNREGISTERED PLAYERS? LEAGUE AND CUP COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE SINGAPORE Europeans, beaten six-three by Singapore Indonesians in the S.A.F.A. community league at Jalan Hesar Stadium on Sunday, have lodged a protest. Europeans have asked S.A.F.A. to state explicitly who is eligible to play for
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    Eurasians beaten by late goals
    179 14 AFTER holding the formidable Royal Air Force to a 1-1 margin (or 58 minutes. Eurasians „uddenly collapsed and In the last 12 minute* allowed the airmen to score four tlmei to win their BAFA Community League match by 5-1 at Jalan Be&ur s'adlum yesterday I
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    RAJAJI SCORE
    20 14 Ra.iaji Sports Club beat R N Branch 4 3 in a soccer friendly at Farrer Park on Sunday
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    SPORT DIARY
    52 14 Hot KLY S.H.A. I. Jkur. i»n 2: J Hull A' v s.H.B. r..li.r SHB |i..und S.R.( It KM srlrtar SBC padanf. Rl (iI.ER \ll Whu.v Hlc.ru >rh<x>l S irouiMl. ATHLETIC Singapore lun^i- Srhaols sperls Jalan Re»ar. H\*Kl Tll\l 1 South-Ka»t Alia Iruntulu I final I: Kormoiut v Singapore
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    He hopes to make football his career
    138 14 He hopes to make football his career PTE ALLAN WICKS of the Royal Hampshire Regiment, popular captain of the Federation I'nmblned Services football team. leaves next Tuesday for Britain on demob. Twenty -two-year-old Wicks has been one of the Services best halfbacks, either right or centre, and has also turned
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    DUNLOP S.C. CHAMPIONS
    121 14 DESULTS of the Dunlop Sports Club's badminton championships held recent ly were Open klnirles l( J lludaon Shield I: Cnampion Chua Chye Soon: Runner-up. Lim Sweo Ouni Handicap single* iR. Johnson (up): winnei Low Cheng Peo» Runner-up: Chua 1-eng Seah: Open double* (H. L. McDowell C*b) Winners
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    This was Malays' toughest match
    417 14 SINGAPORE MALAYS, favourites for the SAFA Community League title this season, scored their seventh successive victory last night when they beat Army 3 under floodlights at Jalan Besar Stadium. It their victory waa not ay as the score sukrcsLs is the stiffest opposition to start.
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    KRANJI XV WIN
    23 14 HN KranJl brat RAP Seletar 'A' by 19 potnti to mx In a rugby fixture at the Naval Bane yesterday.
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    KATONG LOSE BY A GAME
    95 14 lions Bahiu be»t Katong Convent Cadets Division b> threa Lames to two in ihe inter-division bMdminton finxl of the nurtmg •ectlon of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. hesulu were iTiong Bahru first i Chee Chew Hot beat Tan Sim Neo 11-0, 11-2; Tan Lee Slang
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    SCHOOL WIN 3-1
    33 14 Serangoon EnglUh School beat Singapore Chinese Recreation Club A 3-1 in a hockey friendly at the school ground yesterday. coring tnrouch David. Jacob and Richards. James Quek scored for Chinese
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    PRE-GAMES LEAGUE STARTS TODAY
    380 14 PRE-GAMES LEAGUE STARTS TODAY Keener rivalry in hockey this year THE SINGAPORE 1 Hockey Association's annual league competition begins this evening with two second division matches. These two opening games are between promoted SHB Police and 3 800 A" at Keppel Road and between SRC Blues and RAF Seletar on
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    DOUBLE WIN FOR ISLAND CLUB
    37 14 Rmsl Island Club beat Selangor Oolf Club by 19 point* to S\ In the singles of thetr golf match over the weekend. Island Club also won the double* by 6 point to
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    NARROW VICTORY
    24 14 Mr*. J. Hodgkiruon «on tha eclectic competition with «I imlnta Mrs I Fletcher was next Royal Island Club's ladle* autumn with 62.
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    SRU asks for Park pitch
    114 14 SRU asks for Park pitch r encourage the spread of rugby, eapeeially among Asian teams. the Singapore Rugby I'mon has decided to provide a pitch to he us«d by those ttami without a home ground It was agreed at yesterday's meeting that the S R V apply to the City
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    Korea cagers eliminated
    87 14 KOREA were eliminated from tbe Bouth-E» i Asia mangula basketball tournament when they want down br 7»-«4 to Formoaa at the Happy World last night. Parana* will now meet Singapore In the Anal tonight. Pormoea took an earl? lead of 30-13 and then made it 42-11 at
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    JUDO EXPERT FROM TOKYO
    45 14 A judo profeaaor from Tokyo arrived in Singapore over the week-end or a one month visit. He i* Mi Nilshlmura <7th Dan. Black Belt) Instructor at the Tokyo Judo College He will coach local enthusiasts at the Singapore Judo Club nightly
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    JOHNSTONE BEST AT GOLF MEET
    50 14 LAC Johnstone won the RAF Seletar golf competition for a trophy praaen'ed by tbe Ro>-al Island Club with a nett acore of IS7. Runner-up was P 0 Pape with M J The competition over 9(1 hole* snd pla vet on medal rules, drew 90 entries.
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    SPOON SHOOT RESULTS
    50 14 The Singapore Rifle Association spoon Shoot held at Buklt Timah Range on Sunday resulted: Oun Score: W. O E Mitchell M; Handicap *core* SR <a> BQMS N.A.T. Cheealev lOl.lt. SR <b» Ng Yook Lin 10JJ5 Ng Yook Lin scored a pnaMble i 33) at 500 yard ranee
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    SELETAR TAKE LEAD IN FEAF SAILING
    125 14 API EH the second day of the week-long Par Ea.st Air Pore* utlllng championships. Selatar are In the lead with Sal Wan a clom .second. Preaent sUndlngs ara Selatar 73', point* from two raoaa. Sal Wan 70', ithree races*. Negombo s«'« (two raraai. Changi
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    Malays to play 6 games in Indonesia
    203 14 KUALA I I MPUR. Mon ALA VAN Malay* will leave iTm Singapore next week for DJarkaru on the*, first post-war soccer tour They will play six rumen in their two week stay In Indonesia Twenty-one of the bast Malay «oocer stam in this
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    TITLE TO TRABERT AS HE THRASHES KEN ROSEWALL
    252 14 FOREST HILLS, Mon. TONY TRABERT addrd 1 the United States lawn tennis title to his Wimbledon championship by beating Australia's Ken Rosewall 9-1, 6-3, 6-3, In the men's singles final here yesterday. Trabert. who last held the American title in 1953. i.s
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    38 14 SPRAWLS —But saves a umi Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper IMtchhurn goes sprawling hut aaaJsei th, away from the posts during the English first division matt h hchih-i i at White Hart Lane. Tottenham. Charlton won 3-2.— Reuter pietare
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