The Straits Times, 27 September 1956

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1956 15 CENTS
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    SCHOOL 'REBELS' GIVE IN
    612 1 Back-to-the- classroom A-ze+ .n m **i.^_i- 4^«__ <, Minister bans all student bodies fIVE THOUSAND children in six of Singapore s largest Chinese middle schools returned quietly to their classrooms yesterday alter taking over control of the schools and defying their teachers for 24 hours And
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    ANTI-RED LEAFLETS IN SCHOOLS
    33 1 ANTI-RED LEAFLETS IN SCHOOLS it dp t ffi it M 4J V This is what it means... iHinHiMiMniirillllllllllllllllllllllllMlllMllMllllllll "Now we must behave and study, and crush the Communists' scheme to destroy Chinese culture."
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    $5,000 haul by masked robber
    321 1 KNIFE ON BOY'S HEART ENDS RESISTANCE A MASKED robber frightened a family into submission by pointing a dagger at the heart of a four-year-old boy during a hold-up in Cambridge Road, Singapore, yesterday morning and got away with about $5,000 in cash and valuables. half
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    INDIA'S VICE-PRESIDENT ON HALF-HOUR VISIT
    69 1 THE Vice-President of India, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, (above, centre) stopped in Singapore for half an hour yesterday on his way to Indonesia for a four-day official visit. He was met at the airport by the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, the Indian High Commissioner
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    Double trouble—2 ships call for help
    166 1 Double trouble 2 ships call for help PANANAMIAN freight- er and a Norwegian tankr ran into trouble outside inuapore yesteixlay. Both ent signals to the Colony for e The freighter, the 6.525-ton tar Betelgeuse. ran aground n Nlpa Reef. 10 miles f ram ingapore. early yesterday blanker, the 11.436-ton Milena,
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    LONDON BID FOR 18 TIN MINES
    657 1 Head offices in Malaya tor proposed syndicate Companies valued at $34 million may become one group By GEOFFREY BOLAND nHE BIGGEST post-war bid to consolidate 18 inL dependent Malayan tin mining companies, with n estimated market value of more than $34 million, nto a
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    Vulcan air show this morning
    60 1 Vulcan air show this morning BRITAIN'S delta-wing Vulcan bomber will take off from Changi. Singapore, at 9.45 a.m- today on its way home after a two-day visit. It will give a 15-minute display over the Singapore sea front before setting course for Britain. The silver-grey bomber Is returning home after
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    Lock icon Tornado toll: 60 dead
    36 1 HONG KONO, Wed. A tornado which swept over eastern and western suburbs of Shanghai on Monday afternoon killed more than 60 and injured 600, the New China News Agency reported today.— Reuter.
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    Man stabbed youth held
    33 1 SEREMBAN. Wed. Two men fought after an argument near the market here today and one of them. Chin Sin Hut, 24 was fatally stabbed. A youth has been detained.
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    Britain boosts synthetic imports
    139 1 ifUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Britain Is to Import 80,000 tons of synthetic rubber next year 10,000 tons more than this year—according to a London announcement received here today Of the amount 20,000 tons will be special purpose synthetic. The rest will be RG-S (general purpose type). The
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    Lock icon Jordan Defence Council meets
    36 1 AMMAN, Wed. King Hus sein today presided over a: emergency meeting of th Jordan Supreme Defenc Council. Earlier he visited Fokeei and Houssan villages, scene nf last night's attacks b Israelis. Reuter.
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    Lock icon The first fog...
    29 1 LONDON. Wed.— The firs thick fog of autumn blanket ed London and southeas England this morning, cut ting visibility to 225 yards ii some areas.— U.P.
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    Eggs galore
    21 1 BUENOS AIRES. Wed. Eighteen million eggs wer loaded on a refrigerator shi; here today for export to Wes Oermany.
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    Sailing boat is towed in
    48 1 KUALA TRENGOANU, Wed. A Celebes sailing vessel was towed into the harbour here yesterday by a motor Ashing boat after it had been adrift for over 15 days in the China Sea. The Welfare Department here gave food and money to the crew.
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    Lim gets more death threats
    63 1 r[E Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, has received more death threat letters. All demanded the immediate release of the seven people arrested last week. Each letter had a drawing of a bullet. All were in Chinese and had the Singapore postmark. Mr. Lim, who
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    AN 'ART GROUP GETS A 'NO'
    131 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. AS a precaution against subversion in Chinese middle schools here, the Federation Government has refused an application for registration by a body calling itself the "Kuala Lumpur Chinese Middle Schools Students Art Association.' A Government official said it was the "nearest
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    STOP PRESS
    65 1 Ali.'lV TO KELT KKSKKVISTS LONDON. We* Mr. Antony Head. Secretary for War. said today (loveriiment has no in t; ::tioii of rHrasinu army rcsci\ists it has railed up until Sue/ crisis is solved lie denied imnllllllll tli.it there is st-rious disami 'near unit i ii iiiiimi; Men rilled
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    Lock icon YOU MUST be MARRIED to VOTE HERE
    351 2 New law sets polline ase at 21: Candidates have to deposit $$0 before running for office j LADY TEMPLER (IN A NECK-BRACE) GOES L» JO A FILM PREMIERE WITH 'MONTY* LADY TEMPLER. wife of the Federation's former High Commissioner, with Bin. Douglas Fairbanks
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    Lock icon REBEL CHIEF IBNU AND 'OPPRESSED' GIVE UP
    58 2 REBEL CHIEF IBNU AND 'OPPRESSED' GIVE UP JAKARTA, We 4. South Borneo's top rebel leader surrendered to the army today with 150 men and their families. The surrender of Ibnu Hadjar, chief of the "Oppressed People's Front", followed weeks of negotiation Most of Hadjar's troops are leaving their jungle hideouts
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    Lock icon Soekarno off to China
    41 2 PRAGUE, Wed. President Soekamo of Indonesia left here by air today for China after a five-day visit to Czechoslovakia. During his stay President Soekarno had "political talks" with Czechoslovak President Antonin. He gave no further details.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon MALAYAN FILMS AT BIG NEW FESTIVAL
    93 2 MALAYAN FILMS AT BIG NEW FESTIVAL MANILA, Wed. Seventeen nations were entered in the first Manila International Film Festival which opened today and continues until Oct. 8. Seven countries Germany, China, Argentina, India, France, Italy and the Philippines were represented with full-length feature films. Documentary f Urns were entered by
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    Lock icon It's their lucky day
    80 2 BOMBAY, Wed.-The cabinet of the new state of Bombay will be sworn In on Oct. 31, because Nov. I— the date fixed for the "inauguration of India's newly-created 14 states and four centrally administered areas is considered "inauspicious" by astrologers. ♦v^ offlclal spokesman of tne Bombay
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    Lock icon Duke will start world tour on Oct. 15
    381 2 Duke will start world tour on Oct. 15 FIRST BY AIR-THEN BY SEA LONDON, Wed. THE Duke of Edinr burgh will fly from London on Oct. 15 to Mombasa to Join the royal yacht Britannia at the start of his Journey to Australia, Buckingham Palace announced last night. He is
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    Rape charge
    33 2 MUNICH, Wed. The U.S. Air Force announced last night that four American airmen had been taken into custody for questioning in an alleged rape of a 14-year-old German girl. A. P.
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    TEST MAN MAY AND SHOPLIFTER MARY
    213 2 One glimpse she repented LONDON, Wed. A SHOPLIFTER was at work the day England cricket captain Peter May autographed copies of his book at Selfridges, the Oxford Street store. She was 48-year-old Mary Ellen Craven, of Holborn. She stole a scarf, a magazine, and
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    Lock icon Big bang is off again
    64 2 ADELAIDE. Wed.— The first explosion in Britain's nuclear test series at the desert proving ground at Maralinga was again postponed today—because of an adverse change tin wind. It was the second postponement in five days and was announced at 7 am local time— the time
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    Don't license off-course bookmakers, say Victoria racing clubs
    93 2 Don't license off- course bookmakers, say Victoria racing clubs MELBOURNE, Wed. Victoria's chief racing clubs have urged the State Government not to license off-the-course bookmakers. Instead the clubs have nrged the Government to set up a New Zealand-type board to administer off-the-f°««e betting through totalisator agencies. Starting price bookmakers are
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    Big air-sea exercises get under way
    126 2 T HE largest naval exerc^e^nTho^ouTh'rl 1 Sea since the Pacific war be R an'todav ma SEATO ships started a month-Ion? mnim^! W Both ships and aircraft' aro wnich will rxtenct as f a S o as Singapore up to Srt H o? B O?S
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    Lock icon STAY AT HOME STRIKE
    61 2 STAY AT HOME STRIKE MELBOURNE, Wed.—Children of the public school at Dareton are on a stay at home strike organised by their parents. The strike is in protest against increased bus fares. Parents formerly paid eight pence a day to get their children to school. The new fares put it
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    Suit by star
    33 2 LITTLE ROCK, Arkan<^ Wed. Stage and s^*; tress Vivian Blame has (fed suit for divorce from her mai-ager-husband Manny 6 Frank of Hollywood on the ground of mental cruelty. II
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    Revenge on the murder mile
    98 3 S W DEIJMSATM ISRAELI REPRISAL RAID ON JORDAN SPARKS NEW BORDER CLASHES -THERE was 1 border last night and early thU^ o^ 1 1 SSfcJ*" claimed t0 taw w^diS^'S: .JMSS TZ s JZ£?IZI&T n ln others wounded by Jordanian macWne-Ulf* nfe 6 .i° r(la n
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    Lock icon Just the hat to welcome Liberace
    44 3 Just the hat to welcome Liberace MAVIS MCLERIE. a Scots lassie, decked herself out in this "piano hat" to greet the American entertainer Liberace on his arrival in London last Sunday. The tiny piano keys on the hat •re made of ivory. Reuter picture.
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    Bases for Ceylon
    37 3 COLOMBO. Wed.— Britain Piis asked Ceylon for facilities in her former naval and air bases of Trincomalee and Katunayake, informed sources laid today. Thp sources said that they wrre not connected with military operations.
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    Lock icon Retaliatory raid
    116 3 The spokesman added that Jordan had launched a "retaliatory attack- on Israel early this morning knuS another 90 Israelis. g raeu rd a a t? a h^/ epo^ ted the >»■ ■aKi* ssn Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjold alarmed at the outbreak of righting, called in representatives of
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    Lock icon U.S. general on Far East tour
    59 3 HONG KONG, Wed- Lt. Gen. B.M. Bryan, commanding general of the U.S. Army in the Pacific, arrived here today by air from Manila as part as of his familiarisation tour of the Region. Lt. Gen- Bryan and his staff will go on Sunday to
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    Lock icon THE 'MOTOR CAR HEART'
    53 3 ROME, Wed. A British •cientist. Professor Herbert Kay, said today that heart disease, especially hardening cf the arteries, was often caused by "the present-day lack of the use of muscles and the motor car is very much responsible for this." He was addressing an international medical
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    Lock icon PRINCESS MARGARET MEETS AFRICAN DIGNITARIES
    42 3 PRINCESS MARGARET talks to local dignitaries presented to her when she visited Mombasa (Kenya) last Saturday to begin a five-week tour of East Africa. On the right is the Governor of Kenya. Sir Evelyn Baring. Reuter picture.
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    Lock icon Exiled—he may now return home
    144 3 Exiled— he may now return home CHIEFTAIN WHO WED 'WHITE* GIRL LONDON, Wednesday. tfERETSE KHAMA, exiled from the chieftainship of the Bamangwato tribe after marrying a London girl, is to be allowed to return to his native territory in British Bechuanaland as "a private person," it was officially announced here
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    Lock icon Nehru asks: Why all this trouble over Suez?
    238 3 Nehru asks: Why all this trouble over Suez? BOMBAY, Wed. The Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, said at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that there should be no difficulty in finding a friendly and cooperative solution io the Suez problem, the Press Trust of India reports. "Everyone agrees that the canal is
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    FREIGHTER WRECKED: RESCUE BIDS FAIL
    194 3 FREIGHTER WRECKED: RESCUE BIDS FAIL OKINAWA, Wed A U British freighter, the Bedford Earl, with 34 people aboard, was hard aground and breaking up today as typhoon Harriet lashed the area v ith 130 m.p.h. winds. A rescue tug had to return to Naha Port here when heavy seas prevented
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    Lock icon Japanese liner runs aground
    36 3 TOKYO, Wed. The Japanese liner Hakusan Maru (4,300 tons) with 106 passengers aboard, ran aground In the teeth of typhoon Harriet between Japan and Okinawa today, the Japanese coast guard reported. A.P.
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    Lock icon POZNAN TRIALS BEGIN TODAY
    312 3 POZNAN: More than 20,000 trade unionists have applied for seats at the trials which begin tomorrow cf the 154 men charged with murder, assault, looting and other crimes arising out of the Poznan riots on June 28. The riots developed from a "we want bread" march
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    Lock icon Jail term cut for 'secrets' girl
    58 3 Jail term cut for 'secrets girl PORT MORESBY: On appeal, the Chief Justice, Sir Beaumont Phillips, has reduced by half the three months' Jail sentence imposed on an administration teletypist for disclosing to a newspaper the contents of an official radiogram relating; to tribal massacre. The teletypist, Patricia Robertson, has
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    LONDON STOCKS
    229 3 Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £51 5/16 —1/16 Funding 4% £84 11/16 —1/16 War 314% £70 3/16 —1/16 BANKS Mercantile (£5) £4'i Eastern (£5) £7* Chartered (£1) 33/7 2 Hongkong ($125) £89 'a INSURANCE Com. Un. (uta.) 87/104 /6 Royal
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    RUBBER
    23 3 LONDON. Wed—Spot 26Tid.. Nov. 267,d.. Dec. 26Hd., Jan.Mar. 26Ud.. April-June 264.. July-Sept. 255.d., Oct. c.l.f. 26 ,d Nov. c.l.f. 26>4d, Tone: Bteady.
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    TIN
    21 3 LONDON Wed—Cash Buyers C7S4: sellers £785; Forward Buyers tTTltt: sellers £772: Settlement £784. Turnover, a.m. 35 tons, p.m. 45 tons.
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    SIR ONN ATTACKS THE SULTANS
    190 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Dato Sir Onn bin Ja afa r secretarygeneral of Party Negara, tonight attacked the Malay rulers and the Alliance Government in a speech on constitutional issues in Malaya. He told a Negara meeting here that the rulers did not realise that the
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    Fight this, he says
    81 4 Penang. Wed. The president of the penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Saw Seng Kew, today called on all leaders in the Settlement to protest vigorously against the majority recommendation of the Customs' Working Committee to deprive Penang of Its 160--year-old status as a free port.
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    Old boys' fair for funds
    61 4 The Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys' Association. Singapore, will hold its first food and fun fair on Saturday to raise $10,000 for the school building fund. Mrs. Chen Jan. wife of the 0.8.A. president, will open the fair at 2 p.m. at the school's Lee Kuo
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    Colony visit by headmistress
    46 4 Miss Mabel Thambiah. principal of Vembadl Girls' High School, Jaffna. Ceylon, will arrive in Singapore on Monday, Oct. 1. Miss Thambiah will stay in Singapore for a few days before going to Japan as the Ceylon delegate for the Y.W. C.A. conference.
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    Wed me' clerk was wed already
    264 4 Wed me' clerk was wed already 27. IH TYPIST fc HE GAVE MB MMO*) SUES FOR $15,000 AND TELLS COURT. 'He burnt joss sticks and swore/ she says KUALA LUMPUR \\pHn a A PRETTY typist told the Selangor &„> A here today that a man who was J2a Url ried
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    A triple armful of worry
    59 4 BUKIT MERTAjAM'S first Chinese triplets all girls —in the arms of their mother, Mrs. Ng Neoh Kirn, 34, wife of a fisherman and mother of five. The triplets were born last Sunday in the Bukit Mertajam Maternity Hospital. Three couples have offered to adopt the
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    'Letter of promise was stolen'
    125 4 said. "He also gave m» written promise or ma-riazp se^MrT'r ll^ 11 Sd: M 'I K do C -n?rS^ letter of promise. Wong Miss Tham said she left the Government service in September 1953, when she was pregnant, and on wone'; advice. She later had
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    NEW DEAL for 'LOST' VILLAGE
    205 4 Official recognition and house numbers r\E Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing. Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat. yesterday visited Singapore's "lost" village off the Bth milestone. Bukit Timah Road. Officially this tiny villa* e did not exist because the 24 attap-and-zlnc houses were
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    Engineers needed in new Malaya
    134 4 'LOCAL MEN MUST BE READY' npHERE is a "tremendously wide scope" for qualified A engineers in Singapore, the engineering general manager of Guthrle and Co., Mr. A. O. Cuttell, said yesterday. tmimmmm^ m^ mm^ Mr. Cuttell. who was speaking at the Rotary Club's weekly luncheon,
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    Penang vicar resigns
    40 4 The Rev. Jack Griffiths, vicar of Penang. who is now on leave in Britain, has resigned, the Archdeacon of Singapore, the Ven> Robin Woods, announced yesterday. Mr. Griffiths is expected to take up an appointment in Britain.
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    Rice-24,000 tons of it from China?
    66 4 Rice-24,000 tons of it from China? PENANG, Wed. The Federation Trade Mission to Communist China has, it la understood, completed arrangements for the export of 24.0<M» tons of rice to Malaya. The rice will be delivered between December and March next year. Ten thousand tons will go to Singapore. 8.000
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    Old tattoo puts man in jail
    86 4 Old tattoo puts man in jail JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. SHIA LBS LIAN, 30, an exdetective, was sentenced today in the Johore Bahru magistrate's court, to five months' jail for being a member of a triad society. He wag In a car on July 25 when at the Ulu Tlram village
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    SIM JOINS LABOUR 'IT'S THE ONLY PARTY'
    115 4 SIM JOINS LABOUR 'IT'S THE ONLY PARTY' SINGAPORE city councillor Mr. Sim Beng Seng has Joined the Labour Front. Mr. Sim, who was expelled from the Progressive Party in January, 1955, admitted yesterday he had become a Front member "only recently," but would not say exactly when. He had chosen
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    Caine report
    36 4 The Singapore minimum standards committee headed by Sir Sydney Calne, Vicechancellor of the University of Malaya and Economic Adviser to the Chief Minister, will sign its report at the Assembly House at noon today.
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    Peaceful merdeka —by Dr. Radha
    178 4 f\R. S. RADHAKRISHNAN. 1/ the Vice-President of India, said he hoped Singapore would make "speedy and peaceful progress towards independence" in a oneminute speech from the roof of the Colony airport yesterday. Five hundred Indians cheered as the 88-year-old statesman and philosopher added: "India achieved
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    T.U.C. declares: We support Lim's war on disloyal elements
    312 5 T.U.C. declares: We support Lim's war on disloyal elements r~ *^?S™™^B«WARE OF O PPO.«IM» TH w E aS°an S J o S n |i n a re VnUm Con ree »-•-*> tunists "for selfish MlS^.i W fe 8 1 8 to «"Ploited by oppor 3BDfifip» Sioole hv t i ISCU
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    APPEAL AGAINST BANISH' ORDERS
    99 5 APPEAL AGAINST BANISH' ORDERS THI mx people detained ;a st week by the SingaM Tt Government under v anis hment orders have iakf n steps to appeal gainst the Council of >lintM<rV derision. The P.A.P. leader and j, .i.utive Assemblyman, Mr i m Kuan Yew, is hand,i three of th*
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    INVITATION TO CHIEF MINISTER: TELL US ALL
    119 5 INVITATION TO CHIEF MINISTER: TELL US ALL THE Singapore Trade A Unions Working Committee, which Is sponsoring a "Civil Rights Convention" tomorrow to discuss the recent arrests of six people, has invited the Chief Minister to address the meeting. In a letter to Mr. Urn Yew Hock, the committee's secretary,
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    What you should eat-U.N. inquiry
    175 5 What you should eat-U.N. inquiry KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. two United Nations ex- perta are to investigate the Federation's r.utrition problem. Louden, a social oologist. will find why people do not eat ertam foods which are (or him. The other. Dr. F. R. Dean. protein expert, will malnutrition as a "hole.
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    UMNO youth meeting
    41 5 MNO state secretaries and h leaders from the Fedeind Singapore will at the Kuala Lumpur udquarters today to iss methods of impler -t:ng the new UMNO Dstttatim. meeting, was called by "NO secretary general, '< Senu bin Abdul Rahman.
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    to Britain
    74 5 M«. STANLEY T. WINDSOR, an assistant scout commissioner from Britain who spent nine weeks in Malaya "learning what the local scouts were doing." I ft Singapore for home by KLM yesterday. Before leaving. Mr Windsor commented that though the standard of scouting in Malaya was "very good", the
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    Sale of work for girls
    38 5 Mrs. L. Cresson yesterday opened the annual sale of work at the Girls' Home of the Salvation Army in Oxley Road. Fifty-eight girls contributed children's dresses, dolls, beaded bags and other fancy articles.
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    COUNSEL: EXPENSIVE WIFE HIS TROUBLE
    131 5 JAMES CHUA CHENG BOON, 29. formerly a clerk at Fraser and Neave, failed in his appeal against *ntence of three months' jail for criminal breach or "ust of $426 as an employee of the company. Leslie Rayner, who r d the appeal, told the n
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    Rises and back pay for Navy workers
    180 5 'GOOD EMPLOYER' PACT IS SIGNED THE Admiralty in Singapore yesterday signed an--1 other agreement with the 10,000-strong Naval Base Labour Union, giving wage increases to about 600 industrial workers not covered by the main agreement last April. Increases range from $12 to $50
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    Sir Robert honours 32
    52 5 The Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, yesterday presented insignia, long service medals and warrants of appointment to 32 members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Six received the insignia, one a bar to the long service medal, three long service medals and the rest warrants
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    Low-budget smartness on show
    96 5 Low-budget smartness on show A GOOD wardrobe on a small budget was the theme of a fashion show yesterday. The show was held by the Singapore Business and Professional Women's Club at Fort Canning Y.W.C.A. Twenty dresses (price: $16 to $45> were displayed. The keynote was simplicity. Most dresses had
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    Consulate man dies
    61 5 PENANG. Wed.— Mr. Kasem Thikara, Siamese Consulate Chancellor who was hurt in a midnight car crash at Northam Road yesterday, died this morning in the General Hospital. The other victim, Mr. Charon Monkolsilpa, the only passenger in the car, had died tw 0 hours after the accident.
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    Patrol fires on 4 Reds
    43 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A police area security unit last night fired at four terrorists contacted in the Sungei Besi district, near here. The bandits escaped. The patrol later found a resting place and a food dump containing rice.
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    'Ban L-drivers
    57 5 in town' plea SEGAMAT, Wed A plea that "L" drivers should be banned in the Town Council area during periods when children travel to and from school, was made by Mr. Chin Kon Sung, an elected councillor, at Segamat Town Council. Mr. Chin was told that the matter
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    Major fined
    39 5 Major A. O. Watson of the British Military Hospital was yesterday find $50 by a Singapore traffic court for speeding along Bukit Tlmah Road on Mar. 13. His speed was stated to have been about 60 m.p.h.
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    TODAY'S SINGAPORE DIARY
    158 5 POLICE BAND: Public concert. King George V Park. 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 pjn. SHELL THEATBETTE: Free flli show-El Dorado-SheU House collyw Quay. 115 P»DONALD MOOBE ™ODIJCTIONS- Violin recital by CarroU HaU. 8.45 p.m. INDEPENDENT MISSIONABY MOVEMENT: Free film show at "irk- Homecraft. Centre. York Hill. 7 p.m.
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    HIGH TIDES-TODAY adn TOMORROW
    63 5 TODAY- Singapore 3.16 a.m. (7ft. sin.) 2.41 pjn. (Mt. 71n.); Port Dto2»n 10 39Vm. (7ft. 21n.> 10.48 p.m. (6ft. 71n.); Penan* a ro a m (6ft 61n i 4.39 Pm. (&ft. 4in.i TOMOBBOW': aing.piSe 435 ajn. (7ft> 3.47 pjn (Bft. 2in Port Dlc*«on 12.04 pm. (6ft.
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    THEY STAY PUT-SO 150 FLATS STAY EMPTY
    291 5 THEY STAY PUT- SO 150 FLATS STAY EMPTY QNE HUNDRED and fifty new Improvement Trust flats in Queenstown have been lying vacant for the past four months because the people allocated them are refusing to move in. The trust chairman, Mr. J. M. Fraser, said: "We are losing $6,000 in
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    $250 for a label for Singapore
    117 5 THE Government is hold--1 ing a label-design competition to boost the use of Singapore products in the Colony, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced yesterday. The competition, open only to Singapore residents, carries a cash prize of $250 for the best design. Entries
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    $35 a month—for two
    72 5 $35 a month for two PENANG, Wed. A housewife, Ng Gaik Kang, told the first magistrate's court today that after the death of her husband in May this year, her only source of income was $35 earned by her teen-aged daughter. "I was so worried and unhappy that I decided
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    107 6 It Word* $10 (.minimum). M. SINNAPPU: Father of S. Murugasu and S. Slthampara Ptllay and grandfather of M.T. Cnanappah passed away at Mathagal, Jaffna, on 25.9.56. K. NAG AUNG AN Received Cable from Ceylon that Mr. K. Kagalingan. Chief Goods Clerk. Railways Kampar, passed away on 24.9.56 Message received
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    107 6 :</ Wordt $10 (minimum). MR. AND MRS. CHEW KTJP, J.P. of Kuala Lipis. Pahang 1 wish to extend their best thanks to K.H. Tengku Makotah, the Repent of Pahang, Members of the Foyal Famll} Che Norah. wife of the District Officer, Kuala Lipia for her Wedding Cake; The Hon'ble
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    96 6 tn Words $S (Min.)-Box M eU. txtre. COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY has many uses in Commerce and Industry. Advanced development of the process in the Straits Times Colour Laboratories, which produces transparencies and colour prints up to 11" x 18", has made Its use possible for many purposes Including house magazines,
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    199 6 20 Wordi $10 (minimum). MULCHANDS, SALE STARTS •n Monday. 82-1 Bras Basah Road. FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the "Malay Mail" If you want to win that $5,000 word puszle. A.MOV CAMMNQ SOY Sauce la known for its high quality and nutritious value. Obtainable at 118 Cross Street, Tel.
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    58 6 l« Words Si (Min.)-Box it eU. extra. JERSEY CHANNEL IBLANDS. Ommaroo Hotel. Open all the year round. Centrally heated Hotel with comfortable modern amenities. Excellent cuisine. Cocktail Bar. Television Room, Radio. Special terms for winter residents. Apply Manager, Ommaroo Hotel. Jersey, c.I. for brochure and details. Ist Category
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    54 6 M Word* $5 (Min.)-Bux SO cU. $xtra. STRAYED Very friendly brown Irish terrier *****. Please phone house *****. LOST at Tanah Merah Beaar, Changl, on 23rd Instant, one bag containing camera Accessories. Finder will be rewarded. $100 upon goods returned to Mr. Wong of Tai Pook Medical Company, 183,
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Sept. 27, 1956 Thoughts On The Dole
    736 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Sept. 27 1956 Thoughts On The Dole Early this year the Federation's Minister for Labour directed the Federal Labour Advisory Board to inquire into the possibility of introducing an unemployment insurance scheme. The Board has now completed its inquiry and has recommended contributory unemployment insurance
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    National Anthem
    274 6 After listening to a hundred or so entries for the Federation's national anthem contest, one of the five judges delivered the verdict that "some were dreadful." The seven surviving songs, broadcast by Radio Malaya, would appear to have left no better impression on the public. Several musicians, asked
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    Press And Reds
    179 6 The Singapore Standard is not alone in its lust anger at the murder of its watchman. Any wanton destruction of human life must be deplored, whatever the motive for the killing. Our contemporary has also indulged in speculation on the possible motive in thi* case, and of
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    SHOULD OUR COUNCIL PROCEEDING BE BROADCAST?
    1285 6 SHOULD OUR COUNCIL PROC EEDING BE BROADCAST? Would a broadcatf of Atfmbly prot—dlng* llvn up Radio Malaya progrrmmtt? AnT,^ it have a beoefklal effect on tbo working* of parliamentary democracy? Parliament ar% popular in Australia but H ha* given r/it to tome curiou* debating tatties, 2555S Fa snap opinion poll
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    Canines to the right, canines to the left
    763 6 rE public and the magistrates in Malaya may not be aware that nuisances caused by dogs which are not kept properly under control are punishable by law in England and since most of the English common law applies here, such nuisances are
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    Annoying road block
    153 6 /\NCE or twice a year the \J Army authorities in Singapore set up road blocks to stop the public from entering the private roads to married quarters and other places on Army land with the intention of Broving8 roving their ownership, sually this inconveniences no one but
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    Defence opens in Acton case
    1938 7 MALACCA, Wed. a W. B. ACTON, 52, charged with using criminal force on a pretty Eurasian gjrl, has no case to answer, a Malacca court was told today. The submission was made in a two-hour address by his counsel, Mr. R. H. V. Rintoul. Ho
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    Kiss for Tengku-then royal honeymooners fly away
    70 7 A ROYAL BRIDE of E aeven days, Sharifa Aza- Hah, kisses the hand of Tenffcn Abdul Rahman, s her ancle, before leaving S Koala Lumpur on Wed--1 nesday for Britain with S her husband, Tuan Syed s Nahar. 5 The couple, cousins reS
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    A WIDOW DIES AT, FUNERAL
    99 7 A WIDOW DIES AT, FUNERAL JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. DATIN EMBONO, the widow of bato Haji Mohamed Said, died of a heart attack yesterday while assisting at the burial rites of Dato Col. Yahaya. She collapsed as the body of the Colonel was being lowered into the grave. Datin Embong, who
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    Body found
    29 7 BENTONG, Wed.— The body of Low Chin Lin. 20, a student drowned in the Chamang Waterfall* dam here on Sunday, was washed out of the pool today.
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    THAT EXTRA PUNCH FOR 25c. MORE
    173 7 Higher octane petrol here soon Many cars are designed to use hi i b octane petrol and Malayan owners nave been unable to get the best out of them because of the absence of this fuel. For these cars, the use of the new
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      241 7 Strike notice No. 5 The Singapore City Council 100 daily-rated workers. General Stores Workers' This is the fifth council Union has served the council employees' union to back the with a 14-day strike notice in 383 gasmen. The other four support of the gas strike, now ar e the electricity,
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    Fine instead of jail sentence
    49 8 Ong Hoot Soon. 20, a student, under sentence of three months' jail for assaulting an Indian student for staring at him, had his sentence altered to a fine of $100 on appeal in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. M. Karthlgesu argued the appeal.
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    ON-OFF FREIGHTS WORRY CHAMBER
    178 8 ON-OFF FREIGHTS WORRY CHAMBER rpHE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday expressed disquiet that a 15 per cent surcharge on freights, withdrawn by the shipping lines serving the Far East from Europe, might be reintroduced without forward notice. At the monthly committee meeting yesterday, the president of the chamber, Mr.
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    5-year voting rule worries UMNO
    248 8 'IT MAKES MALAYS THE LOSERS' T»HE Singapore UMNO is worried about the new 1 provision in the Local Government Elections Bill giving franchise to all adults who have lived in ingapore for five years in next April's city and district council elections. Inche Darus Shariff,
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    IN —THE HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM
    75 8 IN THE HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM rO popular American artistes, the pianist. Eugene List and his charming wife Carroll Glenn, who plays the violin arrived in Singapore yesterday from Indonesia. They will give a joint recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall today at 8-45 pin The recital for schoolchildren has
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    A new hall
    33 8 KUANTAN, wed. A $50,--000 hall is to be built here. When completed It will be rented out to theatrical and stage troupes. It will be able to hold 700 people.
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    Silence order
    24 8 IPOH, Wed. The Ipoh and Menglembu Town Council has ordered that juke boxes may be played only between 8 a.m. and midnight.
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    NEXT STOP PEKING-TO SEE RED CHINA CELEBRATE
    54 8 NEXT STOP PEKING -TO SEE RED CHINA CELEBRATE THE LEADER of a six-member Indonesian women's delegation to Communist China. Mrs. Roeslan Abdul Ghani (left) and her assistant. Madam Hurustlati Subandrio, who flew into Singapore from Jakarta by KLM yesterday. They will attend the National Day celebrations at Peking on Oct.
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    War on thugs: 11 held in police raid
    108 8 IPOH. Wed. Police made lightning swoops simultaneously in various parts of Tanjong Rambutan early yesterday morning and arrested 11 active members of the Wah Kee Secret Society. All the arrested are young men. ranging in age from 29 to 39. Most of
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    THE TALL, DARK SHEIK ONLY SAID 'NO'
    64 8 THE TALL, DARK SHEIK ONLY SAID 'NO' rLL silent— and majestically garbed in flowing jet-black robes Sheik Abdul Al-Sabbar. Saudi Arabia's Minister to Indonesia, passed through Singapore on his way home by KLM yesterday. When reporters asked for an interview he motioned them away with a sweep of his arm.
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    School opened
    35 8 KLUANO, Wed. The Regent of Johore, the Tengku Mahkota will officially open the Sultan Sir Ibrahim Malay School at Kluang on Saturday at 12 30 p.m. at the Federation Army barracks. Jalan Mersing
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    Exploding stove burns woman
    43 8 A 48-year-old woman, Tan Hock Neo, was burnt on the face and arm in her house in Paya Lebar Road yesterday morning when a kerosene stove exploded. She was treated at the General Hospital and allowed to go home.
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    New president
    23 8 SEGAMAT, Wed. The District Officer, Inche Salem bin Sabtu. was elected president of the Segamat Malay Club at the recent annual
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    Chinese told: Co-opemte with Govt.
    172 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.^ The Chief of Staff of the Chinese Nationalist Army in Formosa, four-star Oen. Ho Ying-ching. arrived here tonight and advised Chinese in the country to cooperate fully with the Federation Government to establish a new Malaya. He told reporters: "Chinese in this
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    Trek to freedom—a jungle tribe escapes from Reds
    461 8 Trek to freedom— a jungle tribe escapes from Reds NEW LIFE FOB 56 ABORIGINES— IPOH, Wed. piFTY-SIX aborigines who had been under terrorist domination for many years were escorted to civilisation today by security forces. For many of them, it was the first contact with the outside world. The tribe
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    Veterans' group planned
    41 8 More than 200 Malay exmembers of the security forces in Singapore are planning to form a veterans' organisation. A meeting to discuss the project will be held on Oct. 7 at the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society in Geylang.
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    Party to JPs
    44 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. The Indian community of Johore Bahru are entertaining Mr A. Abdul Rahim. Dr. N. K. Sharma and Mr. Sohan Singh to dinner at the Johore Hotel on Sunday in honour ot their being made Justices of the Peace.
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    DOLLAH SHARES A GENERAL'S PLANE
    205 8 Mercy dash to injured son KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A BEWILDERED north Kelantan kampong man hitched a ride in a general's chartered plane today to see his seriously ill soldier son at the British Military Hospital at Kinrara near here. When Inche Dollah bin Yahaya, 45,
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    Men braved the curse of the Pharaohs for gold
    1244 9 Men bra ved the curse of the Pharaohs for gold nMm&iiiiftfcnM fnLLiitjiJKf w^^HCu^^^fifffffflMllll T H E golden face of T,«tan k h a mun g mummy had stared undisturbed into the inky blackness nl« burial vault for 3,000 years. This ancient Egyptian king lay well hidden, deep below the surface
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    Grave-robbers of ancient Egypt reaped rich loot
    203 9 coffin of stone the sarcophagus—still remained, dominating the centre of the dark chamber. Slowly and witfl*" difficulty they would toil to raise the massive lid. Only the emptiness within remained to mock their efforts. But there was one at least who did not
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      151 9 Hex Morgan. Jf.H. Lila at Barker** M*l£l I r /fW iiBftPMT WI rLLTEU-HIMYOWte Yj6NNIN<SS.' rS f HO M/SS EMIUE VT* 6OKKY ID WEAR. BP^ THATITALK R HERE. MKS. BARKSK.' J MY HUSfMNPS I WENT Our OP TOWN THAT/ I'M &UKG &W6t> 1 f I MESITCTE TCAWAICEN V< WITH HIM V_-
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    $2 million Malayan oil mill
    189 10 AN oil mill costing some $1,700,000 Is being erected on joint, account by Golden Hope Rubber.^Estate Ltd., and a neighbouring company In Selangor. Sir Brio a MacCartpsn, Golden In LotulcnthatVprAnlnary outlays of cMMpo'^.hjM} '.hsjetv Incut led at baJ^^QQa sheet "JBfce* In ***** c* tion with,
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    169 10 Singapore Chinees Prieass Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:Csfra: quiet; Sept. (Norn) $26 buyers. $M I|2 sellers; Oct. $26 11$ buyers, $26 6|S sellers. Cessna! eU: quiet; bulk $40 I|2 sellers, drum $43 I|2 sellers. Pepper: quiet; about 10 tons Of business reported done on white; Muntok
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    68 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks AssarieMsa made the following changes in Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100):— Seßng T.T. er OJ>. ready: French Frames *****; Uclgms; France] *****; Deatsehe Marks 135%. On the free exchange market in Haag Kessx yesterday, the U.S. detssr was quoted at
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    305 10 The Malayan Share Broker* Assectatlen reported: "Industrials were quietly steady, sterling tins were better on London support, but local tins were Irregular, while rubbers were quiet." Singapore and Federation brok- I an reported the following business desks yesterday:—Fraser and Neave ords fe.O6H cd cb. $2.06 cd cb; Gammon
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    AIR ARRIVALS
    107 10 Aircraft expected today are: MA (ML 131) Kuala Lumpur/Malacca 9.55 a.m.; OIA (OA 372) Jakarta 11.35 a.m.: QEA (EM 514|330) London/Calcutta 11.45 a.m.; MA (ML 101) Penang/Talplng/Ipoh/Kuala Lumpur 12.45 p.m.; MA (ML 115) Kuantan/Kuala Lumpur 1.45 p.m.; BOAC (BA 780/372) London/Rangoon/Kuala Lumpur 2.30 p.m.; BOAC (BA 770/381) London
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    SHIPPING
    109 10 Ships lying; alongside the Singapore Hsrhear Beard wharves or expected today are: Banka 111, Steel Navigation 4|5, Inchwells CP., Tomni 67. Takaang 89, Benreooh 11, Aaanaml Maru 131 4, Radnorshire 15I1«, Benmbor 18. Loksang 1930. Serampang N. Wall I. Sagamat N. Wall 5, SedUi N. Wall 9, Reginald Ken-
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    CHINA BUYS RUBBER AGAIN IN COLONY, HALTS PRICE DROP
    380 10 By Our Market Correspondent pOR the first time in nine trading days the progressive decline in the closing price for rubber was halted in Singapore yesterday. This was the result of the better sentiment produced in the market by the announcement
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    RUBBER PRICES
    149 10 October first irrade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 89V* cents per l'o.. up a quarter of a cent on Tuesday's closing price. The closing tone was steady quiet. Closing prices In cents per lb yesterday were:— No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 89, sellers 89',
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    87 10 Electro Zinc *L Tv? ri on the Stock day. while other i2h het >: keener demand T Ld^h Ws V closed on a stron^Ll^ e ms '««i Loans i 95 6 HUI 50 Mo^tMorgan-;::: 1$ Western"Mji,'i^ I t *£)L Ampol Ex. Oil Search Aust. ConsoMnd. d/l A.P.M. (new)
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      63 10 SHIPPING NOTICE KLAVKNBM UNI M.S. "FRANOSVILLE" From Csaade. V.BJL. A ■eagkaskj The above vessel Is eauected to arrive in Singapore on the Mth September 1956 and win discharge [alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves. The General Surveys will be held on the sth and Bth October 1956 and no other
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    BALL GOWN WILL SET TONE FOR ROYAL VISIT
    150 12 BALL GOWN WILL SET TONE FOR ROYAL VISIT TOPICS FOR WOMEN... BY SUSAN BARRIE. lIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIII Designed in Melbourne for Olympic festivities and photographed there for the Straits Times. ALTHOUGH short A evening dresses are so much in vogue, the long and elegant line is still a "must" for really formal
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    TRY STEAK A LA CATHAY HOTEL
    249 12 vvxw* CHEF'S SPECIAL a CHEF who has cooked for many a famous person in more than 20 years A of connoisseur's cookery, is Chan Sim, of Singapore's Cathay Hotel, whose specialty is Grand Vatel Chateaubriand, served with Bearnaise Sauce. This is a dish which
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    Golf is tricky game
    481 12 PTWVHWI XJLTE recently returned from Fraser's Hill, where we had a wonderful time. However, I changed my mind when I saw a woman miss the ball nine times running. I tried, and only missed It three times, which I thought was wonderful. The woman who missed
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      222 12 it's made with STORK! k* What a treat when you bake with Stork It makes sponges and cakes as light as a dream you'll find it hard to stop the family eating the lot all at one go! But it doesn't really matter. Stork is so economical that's why it's
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      251 12 Straits Times Crossword ME^Wmi*™ «>. 26 Describing the poelUon of 77 (10). i i i I ujjju l 37 Suit pattern augun change In f i 2 1 1* i ni 5 iMgKrir SS Sgj Hi 1 More than a mere holiday area lfc alfc —Hi—-S^ SSifiil |Bfc ->- 3
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    Munro sets all-comers mark
    257 13 A RECORD WAS BROKEN AMD BABA OFFICIALS WEREN'T AWARE OF It BOY HE BEAT NOW CREDITED WITH BEST NATIVE TIME By MOK SIN PIN gINGAPORE Amateur Swimming Association officials were caught unawares when the first S.A.S.A. all-comers record was set up at the Singapore Swimming Club
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    Another triumph for Gordon—in record time too
    249 13 Another triumph for Gordon in record time too 4 NOTHER new record was established when three iX more finals in the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's national championships were decided at Tanjong Rhu yesterday. Gordon King, a favourite for top honours at this year's championships, yesterday won the 100 metres for
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      Janting is not for Melbourne
      321 13 Janting is not for Melbourne pLEASK allow me to correct a statement which appeared in your columns recently, in support of the claims of Kesavan Soon for inclusion in the Olympic team, you stated that Terrance Jantlng, who beat Soon in Penang, would be making the trip to Melbourne. This
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      He admires local rugby
      107 13 tT is interesting to see the num--1 ber of local enthusiasts who take rugby so keenly. The Chin* ese Indians, Eurasians and Malays are small m stature, but make up. In speed and cunning. It Is surprising to see the »•<* of interest taken by the
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    DIDN'T SCORE
    24 13 Royal Ah- Force Seletar "A" and Royal Navy played to a scoreless draw In their ***** match at the Naval Bass yesterday.
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    HK BANK HAD FINAL WON FROM START
    376 13 Hongkong Bank 8; Wearne Brothers I. cjhowing all-round su- perlorlty, Hongkong Bank, Group A winners, won this year's Singapore Business Houses F.A. League and Cup final when they trounced Wearne Brothers Group D winners, by six goals to nil at Jalan Besar stadium
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    FIVE S'PORE STARS IN MALAYAN MALAYS XI
    119 13 FIVE S'PORE STARS IN MALAYAN MALAYS XI KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. MALAYAN Malays will Include five Singapore players in the side to meet Malayan Chinese at Princes Road here on Sunday. They are Aman Kastawl, All Samijan, Ahmad Yusoff. Johan and Ismail Yusoff. Malays' attack will be led by Selangor's Abdul
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    TENGAH TAKE 11 POINTS OF RMP
    41 13 RAF Tengah beat 300 Coy R.M.P. by 11 points (goal and two tries) to nil in a rugger fixture at Alexandra yesterday. Head, Williams and James got tries for Tengah while Head made a conversion.
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    Hartwig shocks Trabert in pro tie
    150 13 LONDON, Wed. THE United states beat Australia ■I by four matches to one In their professional lawn tennis tournament which ended at the Empire Pool. Wembley, here last "Highlight of last night's matches was the defeat of Tony Trabert, the 1M» Wimbledon champion, who
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    CHAMP AND RUNNER-UP
    42 13 Mrs. Wendy Lumsden (right) who beat Mrs. Barbara Nicholl 6 and 4 to win the Royal Singapore Golf Club's women's championship last weekend. Mrs. Lumsden was Singapore women's champion In 1953. Mrs. Nicholl held the Ceylon title in 1954.
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    SPORTS DIARY
    50 13 S.A.F.A. Community league: Malaya t Chinese, Jalaa Besar. 1 p.m. Friendly: Fathul Kmrib v H. M. Dockyard. Jalaa Besar. 5.15 p.m. HOCKEY BHA Olympic trial, padang; SHA league, Div. 3: YMSA v SMSU, YMSA; Punjab N.S. RAF. Tengah. Parrer Park. TENNIS V.M.C.A. epen doubles final. Bras Basah Road.
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    Late points beat SER
    90 13 CINOAPORE Cricket Club "A" beat Singapore Engineer Regiment by 11 points (goal, try and penalty) to three (penalty) In a rugger match on the padang yesterday. Club took an early lead through Harrison who converted a penalty but S.E.R. were on terms at halftime with a
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    Blacks edge Teachers
    87 13 The Blacks defeated Teachers Training College by eight points (goal and try) to three (penalty) In a rugger match at the Bartley School ground yesterday. All the points were scored in the first half. The Blacks took the lead In the 20th minute with a try by
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    ANOTHER SCALP FOR OLD SAINTS
    292 13 ANOTHER SCALP FOR OLD SAINTS ENCOURAGED by their win over Singapore Cricket Club "B" last week. St. Andrew's Old Boys yesterday registered another well deserved 6-0 win. Giving a good all-round performance on their Woodsville ground. Saints crossed the Royal New Zealand Air Forte Centurians line for two unconverteu tries
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    SRC's NEW LOOK ATTACK CLICKS IN KEY MATCH
    410 14 SINGAPORE Recreation Club hockey officials yesterday discovered the fault in their forward line. In beating Police 2-0 in a Singapore Hockey Association league first division match on the padang. they found out that they had been playing three men in positions to
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    Cycle tour of world
    91 14 TWO German University students on a round-the-world cycling tour arrived in Singapore last weekend. Helm Kaulmann. 20, and Horst Stasius, 23. of Hanun Westfalen. Germany, left home in August last year. They hav e since cycled through j Austria, Yugoslavia. Greece, I Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iran,
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    TROPHY RACE TO DANTESQUE
    237 14 IT'S A TREBLE FOR TRAMER NEAL HOBBS AT IPOH Aquarua makes amends for first day's failure By EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Wednesday. QANTESQUE, owned by Guan Boh Stable, today found his winning; turn after a long run of defeats when he took the trophy race for Class
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    THE BIG SWEEP
    47 14 TOTAL POOL: $239,245 IST: *****8 ($66,772) 2ND: *****7 ($33,386) 3RD: *****2 ($16,693) STARTERS ($1,854 each): Nos: *****9; *****6; *****5; *****9; *****5; *****0; *****0; *****2; *****6. CONSOLATION ($l,OOO each): Nos: *****7; *****3; *****9; *****9; *****9; *****8; *****0; *****8; *****4; *****5. TREBLS TOTE: Two tickets ($596).
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    ALL THE RESULTS. DIVIDENDS and CASH SWEEPS
    1716 14 Race One CLASS 1, DIV. »H FURS. STB. Mr. Teo Koh Kee's (2) MISTY JADi 8.2 (443—282) Mawl 1 (4) Ascot 8.0 (204—111) Jones 2 (1) French Shoe 8.12 i 337—170) Geyer 3 (5) Asaroie 9.0 (282—174) Cracknell 4 (7) SIR FRANCIS 8.12
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    Hay's trainees must live in anxiety until Nov. 7
    353 14 Hay's trainees must live in anxiety until Nov. 7 BY THE SPORTS Pnrr^ THE suggestion that Singapore's Olympic team of 16 or 18 players should be selected now, made by Sportsfront and widely endorsed, cuts no ice with the Singapore Hockey Association. The 26 trainees have been told by coach
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    YMCA TENNIS
    25 14 Owing to rain the feabki final of the YMC.A lea* tournament in Sir.eapo'r? yesterday and the pme givin; have been postponed un;.. today.
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    Teams for today's trial
    98 14 THE SINGAPORE Hockey Asso- ciation will hold their second Olympic trial on the padang this evening. This trial should have been held on Tuesday but was postponed. Teams for the trial are: Colours: EN. Pillal: R. Mo^bergen. E Doraisamy: R. Schoon S. i Vellupillal. R. Sharma;
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