The Straits Times, 24 October 1956

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    21 1 AVERAGE PAT f. T TFWTffIEP frAl«-f^€»frM f-»% The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1956 15 CENTS [fiat** 01
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    Lock icon CHINA BEHIND the REVOLTS?
    405 1 Uncommitted Asian nations may turn away from Moscow now Peking backing, U.S. thinks CHOU'S SPEECH POINTED WAY WASHINGTON, Tuesday. WASHINGTON officials today expressed the belief that Peking had enod Poland's leaders in their struggle against Soviet dominad that China had gained stature in the Communist world
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    Lock icon Gomulka's men out in three cities
    284 1 THE SHAKE-UP— LATEST U' ARSAW, Tues. ["here were antlin demonstrations three big Polish day. Eye-vutnesses said the Warsaw, Stettin yelled: "Roto Siberia" and he truth about the $1 murders" <at the war*. All three towns are near border with termany. The Cracow demonstrations started
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    Lock icon 'Three gang up to get rid of Khrushchev'
    81 1 WARSAW Tins. Polish Communist circles last night reported that a new three-man alliance has emerged withthe Kremlin, apparently intending to remove Mr. ushchov from his top post in the Soviet Comnvmst tvtj M The triumvirate is spoken of as "the three Ms
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    Soviet troops rushed to Poland- -Berlin paper
    76 1 BERLIN. Tues. The circulation west newspaper B.Z. carried a report yesterday 'hat five Soviet divisions had been rushed from East :.y to Poland. B.Z. pave no source for report r.or could Reuter's Berlin staff obtain confirmation of it in any quarter either in
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    Lock icon Taboo-the name 'Stalin'
    44 1 Taboo-the name 'Stalin MINNA. Tups.— The town councillors of Poznan have di-d to rename all squares, streets and factories the name <>1 late Soviet dictator Joseph Stall..(lk. UaiN-iw announced today. ilm Square" in Lublin will henceforth be called uania Square its old name. A.P >
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    3,000 TONS OF ROCK HALT TRAFFIC ON BENTONG PASS
    104 1 3,000 TONS OF ROCK HALT TRAFFIC ON BENTONG PASS KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. More than 3,000 tons of earth and rock rumbled down a steep bank on to the mountainous Kuala Lumpur Bentong Road during heavy rain early this morning. But by 9.30 a.m. the road was half-cleared by Public Works
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    Lock icon Goodman to play here
    67 1 NEW YORK, Tues.— Benny Goodman and his orchestra will play in Singapore and the Federation under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, it was announced today. He will open a six-week tour of the Far East on Dec. 3 After two weeks in Bangkok, he
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    New RAF Comet arrives on proving flight
    250 1 rE first Comet II jet aircraft supplied to the R.A.F. Transport Command landed at Singapore yesterday on a leng proving flight from Britain. The sleek jet, which has a cruising speed of 500 m.p.h. touched down at Changi at 4.10 p.m. after a
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    HUNT (INCH by INCH) for BULLETS AFTER SHOOTING DRAMA
    665 1 HUNT INCH by INCH) for BULLETS AFTER SHOOTING DRAMA OFF-DUTY POLICEMEN C^JASE ARMED ROBBERS A GUNMAN shot and wounded a police corporal to free two of his gang with whom the corporal was grappling in a lane off Neil Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. The shooting followed a i chase r>y
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    Plane missing
    23 1 MADRID, Tues.— A U.S. Air Force plane with five men on board is missing on a flight between here and Barcelona
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    Lock icon SHIP 'BLACK LIST'
    105 1 Indonesia warns Colony vessels' JAKARTA, Tues. THE Indonesian Government today warned that foreign ships may be confiscated lor violating the nations maritime laws ancj announced a "black list" of Vl3 ships of Singapore, Hong Kong and British registry. Mr. Indera Tjahja, DirectorGeneral of Sea Communications at the
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    Lock icon Gunman strike in street
    34 1 LIMASSOL. Tues.— A terrorist gunman killed Cy-priot-Greek coffee shop owner Evrlpldes Stratouras outside his shop here today. Two months ago his brother was shot dead outside the same shop. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Riot statement
    36 1 LONDON. Tues. The British Government is to make a statement on the recent disturbances in Hone Kong in both Houses of Parliament tomorrow. The latest death? have Drought the death toll to 60.— Reuter.
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    School over for 290
    164 1 School over for 290 'Rebels' ignore deadline SCHOOL days appear U be over for good for about 290 final year students of the two closed Chinese middle schools in Singapore. Yo. f erday these Senior Middle 111 students of the Chun? Cheng High School and the Chinese Hiph School had
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    STOP PRESS
    45 1 REHABILITATION FOB PEASANT OUSTS WARSAW. Tills en tral committee of Polish I'nited Peasant Party li.is ■H up rehabilitation commission to reinstate "peasant leaders who were v mimed and debarred from active political life in past." the Polish News Agency. PAP said today. Keutet.
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    Lock icon GIRL'S KILLER MUST HANG
    104 2 GIRL'S KILLER MUST HANG LONDON, Tues.— The Judicial committee of the Privy Council yesterday refused a petition by Loh Ah Bah, alias Loh Yoon Plow, asking for special leave to appeal against his conviction in the High Court dt Penang in June of the murder of a girl named Lean
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    Siamese twins
    39 2 NEW YORK. Tues. Siamese twins joined at the chest were born yesterday to 24-year-old Mrs. Diane Curries, at Oxnard, California. The doctor who delivered the babies said he did not expect I them to live.— A. P.
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    Lock icon Visit to No. 10
    25 2 LONDON, Tues.— Mr. Ichiro Hatoyama, the Japanese Prime Minister, will pay a courtesy call on Sir Anthony Eden, tomorrow afternoon. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Arab terror band held by Israelis
    109 2 TEL AVIV, Turs. A POLICE. spokesman said In re yrstcrday that a band of Arab marauders under Egyptian leadership had been liquidated by Israeli police in the hills north of Nazareth. Two Arabs were captured and a number of accomplices in Israel detained, he
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    12 RESERVISTS ARRESTED
    65 2 LONDON. Turs. Twelve Rnyal Navy reservists with less than three months' service to do were arrested at Devonport last night when they tried to walk off the light fleet carrier Ocean in protest against being kept in service because of the Suez crisis. The case was described
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    Lock icon REDS ARE POKING THEIR NOSES IN, SAYS ADLAI
    386 2 'But H-bomb or no, they favour Ike in race for President's seat 9 CHICAGO, Tuesday. pHK Democratic presidential candidate, Mr. Adlai Stevenson, said today he agreed with President Eisenhower that the message from the Soviet Premier, Marshal Bulganin, proposing a ban on
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    Lock icon 'Mrs. America' for Russia
    44 2 NEW YORK, Tues.— "Mrs. America of 1957" Mrs. Cleo Maletls, of Portland, Oregon, has obtained a visa for a visit to Moscow. Accompanied by her husband, she expects to leave on Nov. 5 for a six-day stay in Russia. A.P.
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    Lock icon New car plant
    22 2 MELBOURNE, Tues.— The Ford Motor Company is to build a multi-million dollar factory 15 miles north of Melbourne.— Reuter.
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    Flash! To him it was a sign to kill
    130 2 Flash! To him it was a sign to kill MEMPHIS (Ten- nessee), Tues. A 26 year old Negro, charged today with murder, told the court that a flash of lightning was a sign to kill a faith healer who had "hexed" his mother. Johnny Tolliver. who was accused of shooting
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    Lock icon 'Birthday' call
    30 2 SAIGON, Tues.— A United States cruiser and aircraft carrier will arrive here on Fiday to take Dart in ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the Vietnam Republic— A.P.
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    Lock icon Refugees home
    23 2 MADRID, Tues.— Five hundred Spaniards who fled to Russia during the civil war returned home yesterday. Many have Russian wives. A.P.
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    Lock icon FLOODED JUMBO
    111 2 Villagers rescue monk, girls cling in debris as Burma rivers rise RANGOON. Tues. Houses and the bodies of scores of jungle beasts are being swept downstream in heavy floods in central and northern Burma. Even an elephant fell vie:.: to the swirling waterA Buddhist monk, s«e; along by
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    Lock icon Five hurt in train crash
    40 2 LONDON, Tues.— Two electric suburban passenger trains collided last night near London Bridge Station one of London's main rail terminus. First report said there were five casualties. Calls were sent out for more ambulances. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon Atoms and man
    29 2 NEW YORK, Tues. A 15-nation committee, including Japan, began a two-week session at the U.N. headquarters here yesterday to discuss the effects of atomic radiation. Reuter
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    Lock icon $345,000 FOR BET ON FIVE WINNERS IN A ROW
    97 2 $345,000 FOR BET ON FIVE WINNERS IN A ROW MEDELLIN (Colombia), Tues. A shoeshine ooy and a restaurant cashier picked five winners in six races yesterday and their investment of two pesos (about 25 cents) gave them a profit of 288.033 pesos (about $345,000). Adolf Leon Serna and Francisco Pineda
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    Lock icon A-men go home
    46 2 ADELAIDE. Tues. The first of the 1.200 British scientists, airmen and troops at the Maralinga desert testing ground in South Australia have already started on their way home following the firing of the fourth and last atomic device in "Operation Buffalo" yesterday. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Suez hopes fade
    30 2 LONDON, Tues— Prospects of an immediate three-power Suez conference faded today in the absence so far of new Egyptian proposals for a solution to the dispute.— U.P.
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    Lock icon IKE WILL GET HEAD TO TOE CHECK
    149 2 Doctors to report on President WASHINGTON, Tues.— i President Eisenhower I will undergo a "head-to-toe medical examination next weekend and a report will be made to the public on h i s physical fitness, it was announced today. The White House said that
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    Lock icon MOB KILLS PRISONERS
    66 2 RIO DE JANEIRO, Tues Reports from the Northern state of Victoria said a mob of 40 men invaded a town jail at Itapemirim and killed two men sentenced to 30 years' jail for murder. The report said the mob, members of the families of the two murder
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    Lock icon Cool drink for a Royal thirst
    32 2 Princess Margaret pours herself a cab 1 drink while visiting the trade and agricultural show at the Northern Province show fronnd in Moshi Tanganyika. A.P. picture
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    Lock icon Boy, 12, blows up school
    78 2 GREEN UP (Kentucky), Tues. Police said yesterday a 12 year old boy who "thought it would just make a hole in the ground, not tear the school down," admitted he and another youth dynamited the one- room local school last week. The boy was quoted
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    Who was in that missing plane?
    186 2 LONDON t, WAS some Prv T portant P, rso n object, on board the r r Navy transport tut which vanished w it P J a ?J passengers and over th e Atlantic weeks ago? RAF. men at th, M Eval (Cornwall, Cn as
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    Lock icon New cabinet
    40 2 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Tues.— A new cabinet ua installed yesterday by tb three-man army j unta whfcl unseated the Chief of Stat< General Lozano, in a blood less week-end coup a:** threatening to bomb presidential palace from air.— U.P.
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    Lock icon Europeans stoned: Tunis ferment
    269 3 Europeans stoned Tunis ferment FLARE-UP FOLLOWS FRENCH arrest M REBEI IEADERS TIMS. Tuesday. ."Muslim youths burned cars and threw stones «t European! today in anger against m i/ure of a plane bringing five top Algerian itionalist leaders here for a conference aimed at ending t li<- Algerian rebellion. Youths waving
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    Lock icon ROBED KLAN 'SOLDIERS' QUEUE TO PAY
    41 3 A startled pianist played Onward Christian Soldiers for 10 minutes when robed members of the Klu Klux Klan entered a small church in Whistler, Alabana. They left contributions and then filed out again. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon Up to Diet now
    48 3 LONDON, Tues. The 11--year technical state of war between Russia ;nd Japan would not officially end until the Diet ratified the agreement reached in Moscow, Mr. Takizo Matsumoto, chief spokesman of the Japanese delegation which negotiated the agreement in Moscow said here today.— Reuter.
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    COCKELL: MY WIFE IS MISSING
    118 3 COCKELL: MY WIFE IS MISSING I mmion, Tues. FARMER Hritish heavy* eight boxing mipmn Don Cocfcell .^kpd the police today to look f»r his 26-year-oM 1\ mi; she hai •ii i-M miv Mii:: nearly a a k. ockell viid she left Hex t. nm home ti Oct. IS and u;is
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    Lock icon alemate in Indonesian Army plot
    203 3 RTA, Tues. Oppos- I In the liidonesian i I reached an im- j ircea close 10 the id today. .^red to have pre- J i possibility of any velopnu nta In the .re in connection with nds of one group < establishment of a junta
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    Lock icon Win for Nasser
    26 3 AMMAN, Tues. The proNasser National Socialist Party won 10 of the 40 seats in the Lower House in the Jordan elections yesterday.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Pistol pack-up
    20 3 MEXICO CITY, Tues. Police have launched a campaign to urge 10,000 Mexicans to give up their pistols.— U.P.
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    'NO' AGAIN TO CAMP BIRD PROPOSALS
    143 3 From HALL ROMNEY LONDON Tuesday. TiHE directors of five more Malayan tin companies A have advised shareholders not to accept the Camp Bird offers. The companies are Tekka. Gopeng Consolidated, Kent Tin Dredging, Pengkalen and Rambutan. The directors of these companies say they are
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    Lock icon NASSER ASKS FOR $600 Mil. TO FEED THE POOR
    92 3 NASSER ASKS FOR $600 Mil. TO FEED THE POOR CAIRO, Tues. President Nasser yesterday appealed to the American Care Organisation to adopt a $600 million project to aid Egypt's under-privileg-ed masses. Care's executive director. Mr. Richard Reuter. said the Egyptian Government had asked for a new aid programme which would
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    Lock icon 'Explain Press ban' demand
    54 3 JAKARTA. Tues. The Indonesian Parliament today unanimously demanded that the Government explain the army Press ban against printing "provocative and destructive" newspaper articles. The Government has been asked to explain the ban by Oct. 30 as resistance against the army ruling mounts in the local Press
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    LONDON STOCKS
    295 3 LONDON. Tues. Closing middle prices of selected stock not Including stamp duty were: TIN LONDON, Tues. Cash Buyers £807 a sellers £810. Forward Buyers £785, sellers £786. settlement £816. Turnover a.m. 40 tons, p.m. 100 tons. RUBBER LONDON, Tues. Spot 26ttd.. Dec. 26',d., Jan -Mar. 26 7 »d.,
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      Lock icon U.S. TOLD: END DEATH ON THE ROAD
      102 3 U.S. TOLD: END DEATH ON THE ROAD Chicago, Tues. rnHE President of the National Safety Council, Mr. Ned H. Dearborn, yesterday estimated that road deaths this year i n America would reach an all-time high of 42,000. Mr. Dearborn opened the 1956 National Safety Congress with this statement, based upon
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      27 3 BONN: Russia asked the West German Government yesterday whether it was ready to conclude a treaty with Russia and her allies renouncing the use of violence. Reuter.
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      26 3 PEKING: Communist China and Egypt signed a trade agreement for the export of £12,000,000 worth of goods to each country during the next year.— A. P.
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      30 3 DENVER: The Colorado Supreme Court upheld the first-degree murder conviction of John Gilbert Graham, 24, for dynamiting an airliner which caused the deaths of 44 people last year. A. P.
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      19 3 ROME: The first Japanese airliner since the last war landed here from Copenhagen on its way to Tokyo. Reuter.
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      20 3 HONG KONG: The Burmese Premier, v Nu, arrived in Kunming by air from Rangoon on his way to Peking.— Reuter.
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      43 3 NEW YORK: The Siamese Foreign Minister, Prince Wan Waithayakon, who Is expected to be elected pre;'dent of the United Nations General Assembly when it meets on Nov. 12, said he thought Japan would be admitted to the organisation at an early date. Reuter.
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    A VICTIM OF MASTER PLAN
    289 4 Landowner begs Government: 'Make up your minds about this land* He wants to sell, but the buyers shy away A SINGAPORE merchant, Mr. Vincent Ramdhas, is worried. He owns five acres of mortgaged land at Braddell Heights, pay $300 a month interest, but cannot sell
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    She went to pick flowers, got shot
    75 4 She went to pick flowers, got shot SEGAMAT, Tues.— A nine-year-old girl, Susan McLeod, daughter of a British planter here, was accidentally shot through the leg by a special constable last night when she went looking for a sweetsmelling night-flower. Susan Is the daughter of Mr. Norman McLeod, manager of
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    Honeymoon in Penang for Singapore couple
    60 4 MR COLIN IVOR SHELDON and Miss Veronica Eileen Koay. who were married last weekend at the Church of St. Teresa in Singapore, are spending- their honeymoon in Penan;. Mr. Sheldon is an assistant technical officer with the Singapore Telephone Board, and his bride is
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    PART-TIME DEGREES A STEP NEARER
    127 4 A NOTHER step towards the formation of part-time A degree classes in the University of Malaya has been taken by the Senate. It has appointed a five- 1 man committee headed by the acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. E. O. H. Dobby, to "ex- pi ore
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    The organiser
    27 4 TELUK ANSON, Tues Mrs c. N. Whyte of Bagan Datoh has been appointed the organiser of the Poppy Day Appeal for Lower Perak this year.
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    Flag stolen
    44 4 A thief stole a flag from a pole outside the Singapore Cricket Club on Monday night. The flag was one of the hundreds which have been put up in the streets to welcome the Duke of Edinburgh It was missed yesterday mornlng.
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    OFF: SHROFFS' GO-SLOW
    211 4 Wage talks with Board planned THE 47 shroffs employed by the Board of Currency Commissioners in Singapore will call off their -go-slow" today This decision was made yesterday to enable wage discussions to begin between the board and the Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union, which
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    MOTHER FLIES FROM AUSTRALIA FOR WRAC-RAAF MARRIAGE
    39 4 Leading Aircraftman King and his fiancee, Corporal Whalley, pose happily at Singapore Airport last night with Mrs. King who had just arrived from Australia for their wedding on Saturday. Straits Times picture.
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    Reunion dinner
    25 4 KOTA BHARU, Tues.— Forty two former students of the Penang Free School held a reunion dinner here last night, followed by a dance.
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    Wedding that may be history
    156 4 fORPORAL MARG4P U ET ..WHALLEY Leading Aircraftma' Colin Kins belie that their marria Saturday will be th* first in Singapore v tween an English WRAC and an An*, tralian Air Force man They met last January or. "blind date" at a fishing party. Colin is
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    NEW WHITE AREA IN KELANTAN
    70 4 NEW WHITE AREA IN KELANTAN KOTA BHARU, Tues— The whole of Kelantan, except the small southern village of Gua Musang, is now "white." Today the fifth "white" area in the state and the 42nd in the Federation was declared. It covers the daerahs of Olek Jeram. Lebir. Stong and Kuala
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    Street hawker robbed
    46 4 Pour men armed with knives robbed a hawker. Goh Slew Kian, of one dollar and 16 cents In Onan Road. Singapore, at 4.45 a.m. yesterday. The four woke up Goh, who was asleep by the side of his stall, and emptied his pockets.
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    Patrol attacked at Kulai
    37 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues Five uniformed terrorists fired on a police patrol in the Kulal area yesterday morning. The patrol fired back put ting the bandits t o flight. There were no known casualties.
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    'Bad' village turns good
    88 4 KUALA KANGSAR, Tues. Liman Katl new village, nine miles from here, once regarded as a notorious supply centre for the terrorists, was congratulated last nlsht on its transformation. At a ceremony in which the Home Guard took over the protection of the village the District Officer.
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    Long break from school
    63 4 IPOH, Tues.— School children in Perak will have an extra long weekend holiday next week. Thursday Is a public holiday for Deepavali, while Friday will be a special holiday to mark the visit of the Duk of Endinburgh to the Federa. Capital. Malay schools will have
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    fLACE OUR CHILDREN IN ENGLISH SCHOOLS'
    137 5 Matt of Singahinesp middle do not want ren to go back Chinese High d Chung Cheng ok, recently v addresses by ment to study in hooli if they places in other hools. ren willing to their children to go hooii sevebelow those •> studied
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    Challenge to Alliance
    81 5 MALACCA. Tues The 1 "Ma'iyan Party, a new polij tical group, will challenge the Alliance for three seats at the Malacca Municipal elections in December. The new party, which Is non-communal, today announced its three candidates without naming the wards they would contest. The Malayan Party candidates
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    Union seeks interview
    57 5 The Singapore Union of Journalists yesterday wrote to the Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, pressing for a further interview concerning the detention of Mr. Seah Yong, a translator of the Ntinyang Sianc Pau. under the banishment order. The union claims it has information which may establish
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    UMNO chooses candidates
    46 5 KLANG, Tues. '.'wenty<;ix representatives of UMNO branches met yesterday and nominated two members to stand for the coming town council elections. It is believed that they are the president of the UMNO women s section. Cne Amina IHias. and Inche Sulleh bin Hussein.
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    2,000 girl students join 'rebels'
    254 5 SCHOOL AUTHORITIES HELPLESS AS PLPILS STAGE MASS WALK-OUT (I pupils of two Chinese girls' schools-the Nan Chiau and I Hwa— yesterday staged a "walk out" in support of "rebel" The girls arrived as usual but packed up their books and disappeared from the class-room! 10
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    PAP CHALLENGE TO Mr. de CRUZ
    192 5 eople's Action Party yesterday challenged the Labour Front's organising secretary. ile Cruz, to speak at its next three rallies and justify the Coalition Government's I recent actions." In a statement on Mr. de Cruz's attack on the Civil Rights Convention on Monday, the party's
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    WIFE YELLS HUSBAND FIGHTS THUG
    65 5 WIFE YELLS HUSBAND FIGHTS THUG in Kirn Keat Singapore, Yang with a masked i with a dagger to flight about relay. .i wakened by his i r< amed when she ■■ber ransacking raihed to her •id up with the ippled with the rob- j rted to take the i 8
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    Warning on I-cards
    31 5 Commissioner of M rris. warn■hat lailure to >nge of address i two years jail or address on the ran be altered the Registration mlort Road or tation I
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    Buddhist rites
    27 5 PENANG, Tues. The Wa l Chaiya Malgalaram. a Buddhist temple in Burmah Lane, will hold a -kathina" (presentation of robes to priests) ceremony this Saturday.
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    Back to jail again
    104 5 Bad memory blamed IPOH. Tues.— A youth was told by the Ipoh Magistrate Inche Abdul Kadir, today that he could forget a lot of things but he should remember that he was under police supervision. The youth, Gan Chai Pheng. who pleaded guilty to failing to
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    Now they can get training
    42 5 Teachers of English in Chinese schools who have th" necessary qualifications may now apply for a Normal course. Applications must be made before Nov. 15. Those successful will begin three years' training in January next year. I
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    Man-eaters and the blue devil they're all in the swim
    202 5 VAN KLEEF Aquarium will com- .<• coming Singa- b .show. 'pore Aquarshow secreP. Knight told mes yesterthere were 450 l 'ye entries, double er O| last year <ord be another nsh exhibited ■ials. I tank* with B«h win be on
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    CHAMPION ORGANISER GOES HOME THIS WEEK
    99 5 MRS. MILDRED J. THUBKI"N (above), who this month gave up her cost as business and organising secretary of St. Andrew's Hospital, is going home this week after 21 years in Singapore. She raised hundreds of dollars in 1940 and 1941 for the Straits Times
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    New A.D.O.
    41 5 TELUK ANSON. Tues. Inche Zainal Abidin bin Osman has assumed duties here as Assistant District Officer. Sungei Manik and Changkat Jong. i n place of Inche Abdul Manaf bin Hindon. who has been appointed a Registration Officer in Selangor.
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    Going up: The cost of loving
    160 5 r<UPID will help to swell the revenue of the Singapore Government from next year when the cost of marriage licences will be increased from $7 to $12. The Registrar ol Marriages. Mr. R. A. Mitchell, estimates that the increase will add another $9,000 a
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    'Miss Umno' contest
    67 5 KOTA BHARU. Tues.— KelI antan will pick a "Miss Umno" at a beauty contest arid fashion parade at the Lido Theatre in Kuala Krai. 42 miles from here, on Nov. 8 and 9 The contest and parade are included in a two-day fair to collect funds for
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    'SPECIAL' CHANCE DELIGHTS DOCTORS
    216 5 'SPECIAL' CHANCE DELIGHTS DOCTORS OCAL doctors are delighted by the decision of Singapore's Minister for Health, Mr. A. J. Braga. to extend opportunites for them to become specialists. Mr. Braga has announced that he is considering setting up an expert panel to advise him of local Government doctors who deserve
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    Ignominous discharge
    80 5 A Singapore court martial yesterday ordered Private Joseph McFaulds. 20. of the Ist Battalion the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders to be jailed for nine months and discharged with Ignominy on three counts of theft and absence without leave. McFaulds, who had several previous convictions for drunkeness, bad behaviour
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    A former Chief Kathi dies
    45 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A former Selangor Chief Kathi. Tengku Mahmud Zahudi, has died in Mecca. He was 68. News of his death on Saturday was received last night by his son-in-law, Tengku Laxamana, second son of the Sultan of Selangor.
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    Give blood and win a double cinema pass
    197 5 fTHE DIRECTOR of the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service, Dr. M. GibsonHill, hopes the inducement of a double cinema pass to the Oc'reon Theatre's current film will result in a rush of blood donors today. "This is just a stunt, a little acknowledgement
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      336 5 POLICE BAND: Public concert, 1 motorists' self -repair class 7.30 Esplanade Gardens, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. CHINESE V.M.C.A. (off Prince KOTARY CLUB; Luncheon Edward Road): Table-tennis, billmeeting at Cathay Hotel 1 p.m. iards, bodybuilding, badminton 2 with Group Captain Leonard Che- p.m. to 10 pm.; basketball 7.30 sire V
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    63 6 20 Worit $10 (minimum). MR. MRS. N. A. FIELDMAN thank relatives and friends for their good wishes and valuable presents on the occasion of their marriage on 16-10-56. COLIN AND VER\ SHELDON I! rii.itlves a.id friends for their good wishes, valuable gifts and attendance a', their wedding on 20.10.56.
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    306 6 :</ Worft HO (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the "Malay Mall" If you wane to win that $5,000 word puzzle. TURF CLUB SCHWEPPES. I the best, insist on Schweppes. Available at all bars. A.'k ior it by name! ■•'HE COCKPIT" announces thpt Javanese Rijsttafel Is now being served
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    Ste Straits limes Singapore, Wed. Oct. 24, 1956. Showdown For Reds
    612 6 Ste Straits limes Singapore, Wed. Oct. 24, 1956. Showdown For Reds The "strike" by two thousand girls in two of Singapore's Chinese middle schools will not dissuade the Government from the firm action it has taken against subversion in the schools. This "strike" and accompanying unruliness only confirm the wisdom
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    Borrowers And Lenders
    280 6 The agitation for the better control of moneylenders has had one salutary effect. The Singapore Sikh Moneylenders Association has laid down a code of conduct for its members. Transgression will result in the offender being "ostracised" by his colleagues. The Association will prevail upon its members to
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    The Big Thirst
    295 6 As fast as Singapore's Water Department finds new supplies of water, Singapore consumes them. It is to the credit of the Department that so far there has not been any period when taps have been dry, but it could come if there was any slackening in the
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    PETER MERTON Reports
    242 6 PETER MERTON Reports on..* Pr all the upheaval in the Middle East, Israel has been left to play a strange role. It is as if the most important character in a play were to be constantly pushed into an unlighted spot in the wings while the centre of the stage
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      A. young man is not necessarily efficient
      355 6 MAY I please be allowed to answer the three questions posed by Ke'adllan whose letter you have published under the heading "They are too old at 55." He states "As I understand it Government Officers are pensioned off (1) when medically certified unfit
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      Customer is always wrong
      128 6 Customer is always wrong FURTHER to the reply to my letter by the President of the City Council, surely there must be some misunderstanding as I cannot possibly conceive that the Council would issue instructions whereby the public are unable to conduct their business quickly and efficiently, and without hindrance.
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      Council is not involved
      86 6 IN YOUR issue of Oct. 10, you report that the Town Council demanded a guarantee of $2,000 before the May Koay Revue could begin a one-month season at the Jubilee Park. This is incorrect. The Town Council is not the licensing authority lor such shows. The
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      The Duke and Boys Town
      54 6 RECENTLY somebody suggested that the Duke of Edinburgh should visit Boy's Town. W e think this a brilliant suggestion. It is better to have a chance to see the Duke and speak to him than Just wave our hands at him as he passes by.
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      ARE THERE MAN-EATING FISHES IN MALAYA?
      159 6 ARE THERE MAN-E ATI NG FISHES IN MALAYA? Fthe September number of "Malaya." the Journal of the Association of British Malaya, I read an account by Andre D'Astugues. of Miss Enid Fernandes's travels by river and jungle path in the State of Pahang. One sentence excited my curiosity "sometimes they
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      Hundred per cent tax
      108 6 Hundred per cent tax RECENTLY my daughter went to India with her grandfather. She is two years old. Knowing her fondness for sweets, and biscuits, I sent her two packets of Hazel Nuts and a tin of biscuits, which were worth only $2.75. I sent it through parcel The postage
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      Expatriates must stay
      87 6 UNIVERSITY exodus. More expatriates resign. Headings like these only indicate the reaction to the action of those who are in power and who talk wildly. The resignations of Sir Sydney Came and other professors of the University of Malaya are detrimental to the interests of those who
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    Israel in the Middle East
    1092 6 brandish over the heads of Middle Eastern states, so long as that country had only a potential existence. As soon as it became a real state— and one with an effective army— the weapon became double-edged indeed. Perhaps it was realisation of this fact that
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    $3,000 fine for lottery offence
    203 7 BROKER CONVICTED AFTER^nmnroc FOR RUBBER DEALS' DEFENCE COURT ACQUITS TWO WHO WENT TO THE HOUSE 'BY CHANCE 9 IBBER BROKER, Lee Yang Hee, 47, was icd $3,000 in Singapore yesterday for help- <» run a "characters lottery" in his house in r ircular Road at
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    Cheque case
    41 7 .urg^d :.yapore court ytsterr. two counts of dis- genuine two nequt-s of the Char- •alued at $3,300 12 and Aug. 31 this' ied not guilty and •xed ba:l of $2,000 in I The case will >Ned again on Oct.
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    Public lecture
    36 7 Mr. David Maurice, editor of the Buddhist periodical "The Light of the Dhamma," will give a public lecture entitled "Are all religions one" at No. 50 Lorong 34, Geylang, Sineapore, at 7.30 p.m. today.
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    The general's 'big business' is goodwill
    66 7 The general's 'big business' is goodwill GEX. K. ML CARIAPPA. former Indian High Commissioner in Australia, who passed through Singapore from Sydney by Air India International yesterday. He told reporters at the airport that he had been to Australia on a short visit to "sell shares of a bie business
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    The Duke will bring a 'shadow'
    331 7 The Duke will bring a 'shadow' ITUALA LUMPUR Tues.— The identity of the man who will be the Duke of Edinburgh's "shadow" during the royal visit to Singapore and the Federation was disclosed here today. He is Inspector F. Kelley, of Scotland Yard who is travelling with the Duke aboard
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    CLEARED OF BRIBE CHARGE
    78 7 CLEARED OF BRIBE CHARGE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The president of the Sessions Court here, Inche Harun bin Haji Idris. today acquitted and discharged a former clerk of the Employees' Provident Fund, J. A. Theophilos, who was accused of accepting a bribe of $120 from a woman. Theophilus was alleged to
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    Survey man arrives
    49 7 Mr. R. W. Rosenthal, assistant administrator of the Colombo Plan Administration in Canada, will arrive in Singapore tomorrow from Ceylon. He will also visit the Federation where he will discuss the aerial survey of the country. Mr. Rosenthal will leave for Indonesia after a week's stay.
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    POLICE BREAK UP GANG CLASH
    87 7 ABOUT 40 gangsters from two rival secret societies clashed in Chin Swee Road, Singapore, on Monday. The right, which lasted 10 minutes, was broken up by the police. The police arrived to find about 20 men being chased along the street. The gangs involved were
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    Medical guild officials
    65 7 The following have been elected officials of the Catholic Medical Guild -Malaya. Southern Branch) in Singapore: President. Dr. N. S. Lim. vice-president, Dr. F. K. De Souza. Hon. secretary. Mr. James K. J. Lim and hon. treasurer, Dr. E. F. Lai. Councillors: Drs. A. O. Aaron, A.T.S.
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    Tax offence
    32 7 Marden Tan Hong Seng, of Orchard Road, was fined $200 in the Singapore City Court yesterday after he pleaded guilty by letter to not submitting his 1956 income tax returns.
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    Breach of trust charge
    63 7 Llm Teck Lee. a clerk of the Asia Rubber Co., Church Street, was charged in a Singapore court yesterday with criminal breach of trust of a cash cheque valued at $3,000. Lim pleaded guilty to the charge but his plea was not accepted, and the case
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    Banished man came back
    55 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— johore Bahru police have arrested Lee Chay. who in 1922 was banished from Malaya for the rest of his life when in Pahang. He was to have been charged in the magistrate's court today with returning without permission but was unable to appear
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    Car theft: Man charged
    49 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Gurdlal Badham Singh was allowed bail of $1,000 in the Johore Bahru magistrates court today pending trial on a charge of theft of a motorcar on May 21, 1955 valued at $2,200 belonging to Gurdlal Singh. He was arrested on Oct. 2.
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    Inquest on girl
    41 7 A verdict of misadventure was returned by the Singapore Coroner yesterday at an inquest on Rashida binte Suih aged two, who died while being operated on at the British Military Hospital for a correction of her upper lip.
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    IT WAS THE BIGGEST (SOB, SOB) TEAR JERKER (SOB, SOB) OF THEM ALL
    135 7 AN invitation to weep was issued t 0 ladies only for the special preview of "The Eddie Duchin Story," at the Capitol cinema in Singapore yesterday morninr. This is the second in the series, where women are
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    Keep calm, ladies —says Tengku
    223 7 UMNO EXPULSION CAUSES ROW KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. T*HE Chief Minister and president of UMNO, A Tengku Abdul Rahman, today told members of the Kaum Ibu (women's section) to keep calm over the expulsion of their leader, Che Khadijah Sidek. Che Khadijah was expelled three weeks
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    $50,000 claim by boy fails
    176 7 $50,000 claim by boy fails ITUALA LUMPUR, •"^■Tues. Mr. Justice Abdul Hamid in the High Court today dis- missed a damages claim for $50,000 brought by a 14-year-old boy for the loss of a leg. V. Kathavaraiyan, 14. through his father, Velu. a labourer, sued O. Nadarajah. 18. an estate
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    Father of 8 acquitted
    56 7 A father of eight children i was acquitted by a Singapore I court yesterday of a charge of causing grievous hurt to his wife. Chan Han Wee, the district court decided, was of unsound mind when he attacked his wife, Thim Tee. with a chopper on
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    United Nations Day show
    58 7 United Nations Day will be observed in Singapore today, with an exhibition at the British Council Hall showing the work of the U.N.O. it will be open until Tuesday. The United Nations Association of Singapore is also sponsoring a panel of speakers to go to various
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    YMCA operas
    38 7 The Singapore Y.M.CA. is presenting two light operatic comedies "Cox and Box" by Burnand and Sullivan, and "Trial by Jury" by Gilbert and Sullivan at its auditorium In Orchard Road at 8.30 p.m. today and tomorrow.
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    Varsity chief: A choice between two?
    446 7 Varsity chief: A choice between two? T*HE field of condidates for the Vice-Chancellor-x ship of the University of Malaya is believed to have been narrowed down to two. The Straits Times understands that the names which will be before the University Senate when it meets this afternoon to consider a
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    TROUBLE SHIP SAILS FOR CHINA
    333 8 TROUBLE SHIP SAILS FOR CHINA THE Tjiwangi, bound i for Red China, i brought a load of trouble to the Singapore Harbour Wharves yesterday shortly before sailing with 15 Chinese school children among the 250 passengers. FIRST, a 19-year-old student was "detained" for several hours by port officials for interrogation;
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    Talk by war hero
    62 8 Group Capt. Leonard Chesire V.C., war hero who has founded 10 homes in Britain and three in India for the incurable and homeless sick, will be guest speaker at today's Singapore Rotary Club luncheon meeting at the Cathay Hotel. Group Capt. Chesire arrived in Singapore last
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    TUC conference
    30 8 The delegates' conference of the Singapore Trades Union Congress will be held on Nov. 25 instead of Nov. 4, Mr. S. Jaganathan, president of the T.U.C. announced yesterday.
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    Alliance v. Alliance in big Kluang elections muddle
    553 8 ANGRY BUFFALO CHARGES PATROL, SHOT DEAD BY HURT MAN'S COMRADE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Tengku Abdul Rahman, the Chief Minister and head of the UMNO MCAMIC Alliance, has rebuked the Johore State Alliance Committee and the Kluang Alliance authorities for the part they
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    Budget meet
    24 8 KUALA TRENGGANU. Tues. The budget meeting of the Trengganu State Council will be held on Dec. 10 at the Istana Maziah here.
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    THE SHOP THAT WAS OFF THE RECORD
    228 8 Now the owner must pay $100 fine TN a "street survey" in March, the Income Tax De--1 partment found a well-stocked textile shop in Tanglin Road which was not on the registration flies of the department. Mr. J. E. Jeans, prosecuting, told a
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    Visit by U.K. trade V.I.P.
    55 8 Mr. J. N. Davies. Trade Commissioner for Malaya in Britain, is to visit Singapore and the Federation at the Invitation of the two governments. Mr. Davies is due to arrive in Singapore on Sunday and will be in Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 13 for a
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    No money, so she's jailed
    69 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Lee How Poh, who said that she was from Singapore and did not know the regulations, was fined $60 in the Johore Bahru magistrate's court to- day for taking out of a restricted area in Johore on Oc». 8 a small quantity
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Popular Greek king shot dead amid cheering crowd
    1608 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Popular Greek king shot dead amid cheering crowd Foundwt dynasty that stilt reigns in Athens (.HOST AT 1 m msHOP's M PALACE Jf J^ING George I of Greece left his residence in the city of Salonika, recently captured from the Turks by the Greek army, for
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      74 9 Hex Morgan. 3M.D. Li la advised Dick Tracy Joe collapsed rwEfaE PP-mtinC S^ECiAL MEANWHILE [7cANNa7MEAP]J^^~~ Ace O 'liar a Startling twi« «HIP TV* ON6 IN *^H^HF A^_l *&6JC* THB OLD- ~^^^|^H ...AND RN/\~LY '^HHHH »MC>< M*a.^> F*t&T PASHfONED CffATM IN WHICH 4ai^^__; MSffK r£ SOV^CTHINtS lH CKAJHET MAPS in 2.'06
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    TIN SHARES STILL MAIN FEATURE ON LOCAL MARKET
    846 10 TIN SHARES STILL MAIN FEATURE ON LOCAL MARKET By Our Market Correspondent TIN shares were still the main feature on the Singapore market yesterday with 24 counters hardening in price. Selective interest resulted in Kuala Kampar, Lower Perak and Rawang Tin being the three main issues sought in this section.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    123 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; Oct. $26 buyers, $26% sellers. Coconut oil: qutet; bulk $40.. sellers, drum $43 i sellers. Pepper: steady; about 10 to 15 tons of business reported done; Muntok white $108, Sarawak $107 special Sarawak black $75 (all
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    RUBBER PRICES
    150 10 November first grade rubber buyers f.0.b., closed in Singapore yesterday at 92 cents per lb., down three-eighths of a cent on Mondays closing price. The clcsinf tone was steady, quiet Closing prices In cents per lb. yesterday were:OFFICIAL; No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 92 i, sellers 93;
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    58 10 Ships lying: alongside the Singapo r Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Carthage 12, Ouwerkerk 45, Rebeverett CP., Blntang 67, Diomed 8,9, Benvra'kie 11, Bellerophon 1314, Panama 15 16, Borneo 18, Giang Bee 19 20, Sevampang N. Wall 4, Reginald Kerr 21 22, President Garneld 25 26.
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    OFFICIAL PRICE
    27 10 SS 1 <■' P* r •*>•• ((10w,,' "-I eishths of a *H, TIN: UN l f (up $1.62}, fc-j, COPRA: |2| i 2 r P*ul (un,|/ 4 ,,;,>
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    119 10 MELBOURNE I INVESTMENTS tracW 1 moderately hta?^ tl some heavy tun. stocks on the S£ I here today an,! i I In minings ;1 I and som? I but North A I higher. Gold anc I with tradtne Loans were firm I Loans 3,;, 195C-;,i n.,, Loans 3
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    EXCHANGE RATE:
    56 10 The Malayan hefca*. f M Association made t M changp in its ratei B yesterday (all nti Selling T.T. or <H> I Francs 141', I On the free exrharur mark,. H Hong Kong yesterci.,.. I dollar was quoted cash and 6.20 < for T.I I Sterling was quoted
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      935 10 NOTICES "hotels licensing for sale REGULATIONS, 1956 Steam Plant on Tin Dredger lnRrnilaUon 12 (0 i "Babcock Wllcox" type Application for a Certificate W.I F. Boiler with chain grate of Rrristration. for coal firing. 2350 .sq. feet Notice ls hereby given that heating surface 300 sq. feet Oleneagles Ho? e7
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      523 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS for entry into the Higher Services in 1957 under the General Provisions in Chapter One of Schemes of Service. 1953, are now invited. 2. The Competitive Examination to qualify for interview by the Public Services Commission for consideration for appointment to Part I of the Higher Service,
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      788 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS ACCOUNTANTS FOR NIGERIA TTie Western Region Production Development Board of Nigeria has a vacancy for a Cost Accountant. It Is essential that candidates should have a sound knowledge of plantation accounting especially cost accounting as the selected candidate will in the first instance be required to design and
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      472 10 I KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 30 DAYS Sailing San Arriving Vancouver Francisco S'pore P. Swet. Penan? Pli Anna Bakke 24 Oct 25 Oct II Elisabeth Bakke 23 Oct 23/25 Nov 26 Nov No Call i: Ciertrud Bakke 27 Oct 10 Nov 10/12 Dec 13 Dec 15
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      SHE MAKES MAGIC TO CROSS A STREAM
      660 12 SHE MAKES MAGIC TO CROSS A STREAM Teddy falls down a hole in a hollow tree. Golly in trying to rescue him, falls on top of him, and Rosemary gets some rope to pull them up. When she comes back they have disappeared. She climbs down the hole and sees
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      358 12 AN INTERESTING letter has arrived from Husain bin Mahmud, of 125 Jalan Padang, Kuala Kangsar. He tells me that he is a keen collector of thematics and also that he is interested in watermarks and watermark varieties. Apparently he has in his possession, two King George
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      447 12 A CROSSWORD COMPETITION Dear Boys and Cirls, lohn: "Oh no wonder I Here are the s.x winners «J*»« find of our Joke Contest. Jenny Tan 91 Marshall Road, Sin- There is a crossword puzzle aapore 15 Normah. 89. i for you this week. When you mile Bukit'Kuda Road, Klang, have
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    Lindwall's 7-43 gives Aussies innings victory
    220 13 Lindwall 's 7-43 gives Aussies innings victory MADRAS, Tuesday. J^ FINE spell of sustained pace bowling by Ray Lindwall helped Australia to win the first Test against India here today by an innings and five runs with more than a day to spare. Final scores were: India 161 and 153,
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    Lock icon SCOREBOARD
    98 13 INDIA Ist. INNS— I6I AUSTRIALIA Ist. INNS— 3I9 INDIA 2ND. INNINGS Mankad c Langley b Lindwal] 11 Roy c Harvey b Lindwall 9 I'mrigar c Langley b Lindwall 25 Tamhane c Crawford b Benaud 5 Manjrekar b Crawford 16 Kami-hand lbw Johnson 28 Adhikari Ibv Lindwall Krlp»l Singh not
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    LAST FOUR IN SINGLES
    112 13 The singles quarter-tlnal round was completed in the Singapore Chinese R.C. tennis handicap tournament yesterday. The quarter-final results: Ong Swee Keng 5O) beat Chua .'eng Eng iSCR) 8-4, 6-0; Cheong Thlam Slew (—15.3) beat Kwlk Sam Yong (SCR) 6-0, 2-6, 6-3; Tan Eng Han i-3fi> beat
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    SAINTS DOWNED
    31 13 Beany Secondary School beat St. Andrew's School 4-1 at hockey at Woodsvllle yesterday. Scorers were Beng Kang (2) and Teng Boon (2) for Beatty and I.'Strange Tor St. Andrew's.
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    CEYLONESE TAKE LEAD IN DIV. 1
    240 13 CEYLON Sports Club took the lead and brightened their prospects in the Singapore Hockey Association's first division league yesterday when they defeated Police 4-3 at Balestier Road. Ceylonese. who were run-ners-up last season, are now on top with 15 points from ten games. In
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    Varsity get 3-1 shock
    81 13 ifNOCKOUT champions Univer■*Vslty of Malaya lost more ground in the S.H.A. first division league when they were surprisingly beaten 3-1 by Chinese at Bukit Timah yesterday. University have now lost five points the same number as both Ceylonese and S.R.C. but still have to play seven
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    Lock icon GOOD START BY MCC
    75 13 PAARL. Tues. M.C.C. gained excellent batting practice for the tougher matches ahead when they opened their South African cricket tour with a two-day game against Boland South-Western Districts here today. They hammered the attack to score 385 for eight wickets declared In 285 minuteo, and then
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      60 13 RUGGER Naval Base v Newfoundland Naval Base; R.N.A.S. Serabawan* v R.E.M.E., Scmbawani; R.A.F. Singapore v Combined Army, SeleUr; G.H.Q. v St. Andrew's 0.8.A., TangUn; University v T.T.C., Bukit Timah. Singapore 11. M.5. Malaya trial padang. HOCKEY S.H.A. league, Div. 1: I.A. v R.A.F. Changi. Balestier Read; Div. 3: S.M.S.C. v
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    Lock icon W. I. CAPTAIN
    27 14 GEORGETOWN. British Guiana. Tues. John Goddard, 37-year-old all-rounder, has been appointed captain of the West Indies cricket team to tour England next year. Reuter.
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    It rained yesterday
    97 14 THERE was heavy rain yester--1 day morning and the going up to last evening was on the wWt side. TODAY'S Best B*t: Aquarua in Race 6. Best bongshot: Orchestration in Race 5. Double Totes will be held on 1 Kace 1 and 2; 2 and 3; 3
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    Aquarua is hard to beat
    1119 14  -  EPSOM JEEP HE SHOWS PROMISE OF BECOMING A CHAMPION SPRINTER By BUT BACK SHAMROCK SLIPPER FOR AN EACH-WAY COVER A QI T ARUA is in great form and will take a lot of beating in the Class 1, Div. 1 6f handicap (Race Six) at
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    TODAY'S RACE CARD
    1422 14 Race 1 2.15: Class 3, Div. 3— 6 Furs. 1 -70 Profewor Bancot 3y Hudson 9.00 Pll Stable w T i? a 2 057 Nufelien 5y Franklin 8.10 Triple L Kongsl Martto 3 -00 Ellew 4y > 8.10 Leong Ah Kow MarUn 4 -00 M»l»y Film II
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    Straits Times SELECTION
    142 14 Straits Times SELECTION KPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1. 2.15 DOLLAR Factory Nufenen The Beastie DOLLAR Factory Nufenen The Beastie DOLLAR Factory Fire Power The Beastie Race 2. 2.45. MUBARAK II Strong Beam Fairy Flotsam FAIRY FLOTSAM Strong Beam Rust Trap BLUE TANGO Strong Beam Fairy Flotsam Race 3.
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    Assault's 3-lb pull a winning factor
    224 14 4 SSAULT was unlucky when he went down to Darenth in a Class 2 Div. 1 6f. race on Gold Vase day at Ipoh last month. With a 3-lb pull for a length beating. Assault should turn the tables on Daren In in Race
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    BYZANTIUM ONE OF BEST BETS
    206 14 BYZANTIUM ONE OF BEST BETS TJYZANTIUM has shown good form over a mile and beyond and down in a moderate Dlv. 3 field (Race Five) he stands out as one of the best bets of the day. Three wins in four starts earned him a promotion to Class 1 and
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    Malayans play today in HK—weather permitting
    161 14 Malayans play today in HK weather permitting From A Special Correspondent HONG KONG, Tues. HONG JONG'S Combined Civilians cricket team to play the visiting Malayan Services on Saturday and Sunday is: T. A. Pearce <Capt), P. W. Wood, G. H. P. Pritchard, G. A. Souza. T. A. Weller, H. J.
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    IT'S JUST ONE MORE CASE OF 'TIDAPATHY
    136 14 IT'S JUST ONE MORE CASE OF 'TID APATHY MOST people have at some time or other received those pink slips with a terse "Pay up or else..." warning. What a pity the public in turn cannot use some form of compulsion on the City Council in order to get simple
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    TOUGH MATCHES TONIGffI
    212 14 SOME keen matches will be seen in the second round of the Singapore Badminton Association's national singles championship at the S.B.A. hall tonight. Ong Poh Lim, the defending champion, will meet Lav Teng Chuan. who has been selected to represent Singapore against Peraic In the Foong Seong
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    166 14 OLYMPIC FRONT Straits Times Sports Editor NORMAN SIEBEL, who will be in Melbourne next month to cover the Games, writes another article in Olympic Front. cinder track at Farrer Park. Mr. J. de Souza, vice-presi-dent of S.A.A.A. and manager of Singapore's athletic team to Melbourne, says that the application was
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