The Straits Times, 1 November 1956

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    22 1 VBrUt PA' g V CE Rt IT! ED SALEFTCEEDS7 5.• The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1956 IS CENTS
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    AIR-SEA ATTACK ON EGYPT
    899 1 AIR- SEA ATTACK ON EGYPT 3 a.m. FLASH— CAIRO BOMBED London Wed.— British bombers attacked Cairo tonight, Cairo Radio reported. Britain, France open offensive as Eden speaks SHIPS WARNED 'QUIT SUEZ AREA' Military targets bombed NICOSIA, Wednesday ANOFFICIAL statement issued here tonight said: "An air offensive by bom ber aircraft
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    Free Press and the crisis
    33 1 There is normally no publication of the Sinaavore Free Press on Deepavali but because of events in the Middle East, a special edition will be on sale today.
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    Why we vetoed the U.S. move—Sir Anthony
    146 1 Why we vetoed the U.S. move Sir Anthony LONDON. Wed. The Prime Minister. Sir Anthony Idrn. told the House of Commons today why Britain had vetoed the United Mates' resolution on the Nratli- Egyptian fighting in the Security Council last night, (S ee Page 2). Br said the United States
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    RUBBER AND TIN PRICES UP
    43 1 The Middle East crisis pushed up tin in Singapore yst.rday by $7.62] to $408.62 i, the highest price for the Tear iarp demand added 6} cents to rubber which reach">i cents at the close for November first grade.
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    CURFEW IS OFF TILL MIDNIGHT
    194 1 CURFEW IS OFF TILL MIDNIGHT THE curfew will be lift- ed for 18 hours today throughout Singapore from 6 a.m. to midnight when it will be clamped on again. Eleven more people were arrested yesterday under the Public Security Ordinance. (See P. 9) Only incident reported yesterday was the stoninjr
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    DUKE FLIES THROUGH -STORM TO CAPITAL
    33 1 - THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH is introduced to the Malay Rolen by the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGHlivray on his arrival at Koala Lumpur airport. Straits Times picture.
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    Guns, band greet arrival in the rain, and he insists: 'Stick to programme9
    828 1 Guns, band greet arrival in the rain, and he insists: 'Stick to programme 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THUNDER rolled among the jungle-clad hills north of Kuala Lumpur this afternoon as the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, in Malay costume and tradition- al royal headdress, welcomed the Duke of Edinburgh to
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    Jungle quiet
    30 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Duke of Edinburgh's visit to the Federation coincided with a quiet spell on the jungle front. No emergency casualties or Incidents were reported today.
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    21 1 RUSSIA CONDEMNS \(;<;iu:ssion MOSCOW. Wed— Kussi;i tonight branded actions <>! Israel. Britain and France in Middle riast ta aggressive. A.P.
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    500 2 NEW YORK. WED. Britain and France last night vetoed a United States resolution before the United Nations Security Council calling on all nations to refrain from the use of force or threat of force in Egypt. Sir Piers on Dixon, of Britain, was the first
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    Israelis seize Nasser warship
    553 2 The official announcement of the bombing came as no surprise to the White House. Mr James Ragerty, the President's Press Secretary, said: "We know that" when a reporter brought him first flash news messages at lunchtlme today. 400 evacuated Four hundred British nationals were being evacuated
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    BRITAIN: THIS IS OUR JUSTIFICATION
    119 2 Under international law. the authority that would permit Britain to re-occupy the Suez Canal bases is contained in Article 4 of the Anglo-Egyptian agreement of 1954. It says: "In the event of an armed attack by an outside power on any country which at the
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    Lock icon 'Resign call to Sir Anthony
    252 2 'Resign call to Sir Anthony From fage o* but it Is not for t w matter of survival <»• for us and all Kur 01 l, ll > Sir Anthony told ft "Our request to \h> tian Government (L 7> British and French t5 to occupy Egyptian k* Is still
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    Lock icon RUSSIA TO FREE THE SATELLITE NATIONS
    155 3 'New course in world history 1 Mi\V. Wed. The Government last night a result of the in revolt it lease its grip East European mist states. withdraw its Hungary, RuPoland and willing to dis- whole appara-r-ontrol over the raocracies. Government i it that the
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    M.P. presses for Vulcan secrets
    139 3 Aed— The Brir lor Air. Mr. la to reply in row to quesoy a group of oack-benchers on I bomber crash Airport on Oct. 1 r will be brought Frank Beswick who was Parlia- mentary Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, in 1950. Mr. Beswick will
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    Lock icon Air force tells Reds to quit Budapest
    525 3 INSURGENT ULTIMATUM t THEM PEACE TALKS 1 LONDON, Wed. The Hungarian Air Force last night threatened to attack the Russian forces unless they leave Budapest within 12 hours. The ultimatum, issued by the Hungarian Air command, accused Soviet troops of "constantly violating the
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    8 years' jail for killing wife
    53 3 HONG KONG, Wed.—Private Raymond Frederick Shepherd, an Army cook from Nottingham, England, who had been charged with murdering his 24-year-old wife while she lay in bed in their Hong Kong apartment, was found guilty of manslaughter today and sent to prison for eight years
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    Lock icon EMERGENCY BILL TO ENFORCE 'GAG9
    126 3 EMERGENCY BILL TO ENFORCE 'GAG 9 JAKARTA, Wed. rE Indonesian Government is preparing a state of emergency Bill to help enforce an Army order forbidding adverse criticism of the Government. The Prime Minister, Mr. All Sastoamidjojo, said yesterday the government did not "want to withdraw the ban, but will do
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    28 3 PARIS, Wed.— France has demanded compensation from Syria and Jordan for damage done to French embassies, consulates and property in recent anti-French demonstrations there.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon HUNGARIAN REBELS ON THE MARCH IN THE RUBBLE-STREWN STREETS
    48 3 HUNGARIAN REBELS ON THE MARCH IN THE RUBBLE-STREWN STREETS REBELS march on Lenin Ring during the fighting in Budapest. The paving stones of the street have been torn up. The an ti -Communist rebels are now in control and Soviet troops have begun to leave Budapest. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon Al Gapone man slain in bar room shooting
    104 3 Al Gapone man slain in bar room shooting NEW YORK, Wed.— Louis (Cheesecake) Melito, former Al Capone man, was shot dead as he went to answer the telephone in a booth at the rear of a bar room here last night. Melito, 55 years old and 270 lb. heavy, waddled
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    25 3 TAIPEH, Wed.— Nationalist Chinese on Formosa turned out by the thousands today to celebrate the 70th birthday of President Chiang Kai-shek.— A.P.
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    'Spies' held
    25 3 TOKYO. Wed.— Six Nationalist Chinese "secret agents" have been captured and turned over to a people's court for trial. Radio Peking said today.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    243 3 LONDON, Wed. Closing middle prices of selected stock not Including stamp duty were: LOANS ;om>oi£ tbi 1 %i "undine 4% £85 Sk Var 34% £69S \k BANKS Aercanuie (£5) £4 1/32 Eastern (£5) £7' 8 Thartered (£1) 34/6 —ft longkonj; $125. £89 —1 INSURANCE torn. Un. (ute.) 78/3
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    TIN
    22 3 LONDON. Wed— Cash Buyers £875, sellers £880; Forward Buyers U29. Hellers £830. Settlement £890 Turnover a.m. 175 tons, p.m. 45 tons.
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    RUBBER
    24 3 IXSNDON. Wed— Spot 30*4 d., Dec. 30\d Jan-Mar. :<o'*d.. April-June 29 -.-d July-Spt 28N.d Nov. 30d., Dec. c.l.f. 2»%d. Tone: Easier after firm.
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      Lock icon 9 KILLED IN GUN FIGHT AT EMBASSY
      72 3 9 KILLED IN GUN FIGHT AT EMBASSY lIAVANA, Wed.—Nine 1 people were killed yesterday in a gun fight with Cuban police at the Haitian Embassy in Havana. The fight started when police surrounded the Embassy where gunmen had taken refuge after killing Colonel Antonio Blanco Rico, chief of Cuba's military
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      24 3 HONG KONG: The full strength of the Hone Kong police force has been mobilised and "suitably deployed" for today's celebration of Chiang Kai-shek's birthday.—A.P.
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      29 3 MELBOURNE: Sir Frank Beaurepaire, whose efforts were largely responsible for the Olympic Games being held In Melbourne this year, left an estate worth £938,609 when he died last May.—Reuter.
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      19 3 NEW YORK: All 33 crew of the distressed German freighter Helga Bolten were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard.—A.P.
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      25 3 PEKING: About 1.300.000 people visited the Japanese trade exhibition in Red China in 24 days, a record for Japanese trade fairs at home or abroad.—A.P.
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      40 3 NEW YORK: Newsweek magazine predicted President Eisenhower would win re-election by carrying 35 .states for a total of 384 electoral votes, against Mr. Adlai Stevenson's 11 states and 113 electoral votes. Two states. Kentucky and Texas, were listed as undecided.—A.P
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      23 3 STOCKHOLM: Six people were killed and five injured when a Swedish military transport plane crashed into a high tension power line near here.—A.P.
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      32 3 HONG KONG: The 3,730--ton steamship Kiang Ya. wrecked at the mouth of the Whangpoo River on Dec. 3. 1948 with the death of 3,800 Chinese refugees, has now been completely salvaged. Reuter.
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    THE LITTLE MOMENTS BEFORE THE BIG GREETING: 'BIG BEN' CHIMED AS HE CAME ASHO
    667 4 Cheers as the Duke iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimmiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiimiiii drove by— and iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiniiiiinin one toddler asked: iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiimiiiimiimi Where is Princess? GUNS, BELLS AND SIRENS SOUND WELCOME pENANG, Wed.— lt was cheers, cheers all the way as the 230,000 people of
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    DUKE SENDS MESSAGE TO KEDAH SULTAN: THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING'
    100 4 DUKE SENDS MESSAGE TO KEDAH SULTAN: THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING' ALOR I TAR, Wed— The Duke of Edinburgh today sent a message to the Sultan of Kedah thanking him for the warm welcome on Pulau Langkawi yesterday. The message said: "I was delighted to have the opportunity of visiting your
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    It's smiles all the way
    128 5 >>M """"""""illinium iiiiiiiiiinii iiiiiiiniii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMioiiiiiiiiMC) iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii in Miiiitiim i Him n TVie /)nA:e has arrived- a bus ride on Pulau Langkawi, trip through Penang, then the Tengku's welcome to Kuala Lumpur THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH follows the smiling High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacCillivray, across the
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    Only 36 hours — but Penang was ready
    152 5 Only 36 hours but Penang was ready PENANG, Wed.— Despite the short notice— Penang had only 36 hours in which to prepare for the Royal visit the settlement, it was generally agreed, put up an excellent show today. Civil dignitaries and service heads just managed to beat the clock planning
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    Bribery charge in council
    407 6 COUNCILLOR: $200 'DONATIONS' ARE BEING MADE BY TAXI MEN A SINGAPORE city councillor alleged in the council yesterday that taxi owners were paying $200 each "as a gift" to an unnamed group to fight a proposal to abolish the ceiling on the number of licensed taxis.
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    Happy nights are here again for Mr. and Mrs. Public in Colony
    114 6 Happy nights are here again for Mr. and Mrs. Public in Colony QINGAPORE went gay again last night (up to It p.m.) as thousands of people flocked to their favourite bars and roadside food stalls. There were happy crowds to be seen in every street for, after aU, it was
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    Sultan back from 5-month world tour
    58 6 Sultan back from 5-month world tour rE SULTAN OF PAHANG Sir Abo Bakar returned to Singapore yesterday in the Uner Oranje after a five- month world tour. In Britain he met Malayan students. Inche Abdullah bin Ibrahim, State Secretary of Pahang who accompanied the Sultan, said that His Highness had
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    PAN-MALAYA PRAYERS TO ST. JUDE
    82 6 PAN-MALAYA PRAYERS TO ST. JUDE IPOH, Wed.— The first PanMalayan triduum of masses and prayers in honour of St. Jude will be said at St. Jude's shrine in Gopeng, 12 miles south of Ipoh. beginning on Friday. The masses and prayers for the three days will begin at 7 a.m.
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    Minister to open TB conference
    37 6 The Singapore Health Minister, Mr. A. J. Braga, will open the four-day PanMalayan tuberculosis conference which begins today at the new welfare centre of the Royal Singapore Tuberculosis Clinic at Shenton Way.
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    It was reports day for the Sultans
    226 6 L REID MEMO 2. PILGRIM PROBLEMS KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rpHE Conference of Rulers today heard the report of the constitutional working party who submitted a memorandum to the Reid Commission last month. The party consisted of the Keeper of the Rulers' Seal Tuan
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    Just passing
    23 6 An eight-member Italian rowing team passed through Singapore by Qantas yesterday morning on their way to the Olympic Games at Melbourne
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    DOCTOR CRISIS IN JOHORE
    163 6 Three quit— 'dissatisfied' JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday rpHREE doctors in the Johore State medical service have guit apparently due to discontent. Dr. K. Damaretnam, of Kluang. and Dr. K. V. Kudva of Tangkah— whose contracts still have two years to runare going into private practice. Dr. Tahlr.
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    GAMBLING IN THE CLtiß-24 MEMBERS ARE ACQUITTED
    107 6 GAMBLING IN THE CLtiß--24 MEMBERS ARE ACQUITTED rpVENTY-FOUR mem--I- bers of a Singapore Chinese club— Ku So Shan Kent Tong— w« e acquitted in a magistrate's court yesterdar at their trial on a joint charge of gambling in the club's premises at Club Street on July 5. They ranged in
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    Baby drowns in bath tub
    46 6 SEREMBAN, Wed. John, 20-month old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Wood, was found drowned in the bath of his house yesterday morning. Mr. Wood is attached to the Army Catering Corps at Rasah Camp and lives at Hose Road, Seremban.
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    Celebrations are cancelled
    34 6 The Aikya Kerala Samajanv has cancelled the first four days of its five-day celebrations for the inauguration of the Kerala State. The organisation is to meet at 5 p.m. on Sunday.
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    Dance postponed
    25 6 The social and dance organised by the Singapore Bank Employees' Union scheduled for Saturday at the Victoria Memorial Hall has been postponed indefinitely.
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    4 JUNGLE MEN KILLED BY TIGERS
    98 6 4 JUNGLE MEN KILLED BY TIGERS pOH, Wed. 1 hunt is on ln A I Grik Jungles for Q h tigers which have kiii four aborigines in past week. For weeks now the eaters have been hara. the 1,400 aborigines near Fort Kemar and £> Chermln. Q Pati »t! On
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    Recital later
    24 6 The Singapore R eco Music Society has announce that today's recital at Joseph's Institution, jal Basah Road, has postponed to Thursday ncr"
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    A barrister admitted
    33 6 Mrs. Julia Chin Galk Bat has been admitted to Singapore Bar to practise a an advocate and solicitor. Mrs. Heah was called to bar at Middle Temple in vember 1954.
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    Family planner; get $375
    49 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed Mrs. M Fuller, hon. secrets.' of the Johore Family Pining Association has $375 which is part of a donition of $1,500 given by «lEllen Watamull, of Honoia to be equally divided bet« the Family Planning Assou tlons of Singapore, Seiar.*--Johore and Perak.
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    Man: Dead girl not my mistress
    185 6 A Singapore City Council cable Jointer, Llm Choon Liang, 25, denied in a Singapore coroner's court yesterday that a girl who lived in the same house was his mistress, concubine or wife. Urn said that Teo Mul Ene was only a friend. He had
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    THREE MAY OPPOSE THE ALLIANCE
    134 6 MALACCA, Wednesda OIK candidates are likely to contest the three cant Malacca Municipal Council seats in D ber. The Straits Times und« stands that in the China ward, Mr. J- j* Cruz (Malayan Par f> oppose Mr. Cheng Chia (Alliance). c3 r.In the Fort ward,
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    Delhi bound
    39 6 Dr. Ahmad Subardjo, the Adviser-General to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Indonesia, passed through Singapore by BOAC yesterday on his way to Delhi to attend the annual conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
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    CHIN SIONG STILL GETS PAW
    202 7 Arrested in rlota, but his Assembly seat is not affected has right of appeal but so far the P.A.P. -leader remains silent nK.-WTE his arrest during the recent Singapore riots, Lim Chin Siong still remains a i \ssemblyman. A Singapore GovernR spokesman said rday that
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    Festival cuts out the speeches
    47 7 Festival cuts out the speeches I re City Council rday ended ,re six o'clock ualadjourn-c-hes because .vail today. Rajah suggested :rnment speech,..pped. I am sure many ant to go y today." meeting ended. :> message from Minister coong the men who d the essential the last five read.
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    British envoy in Colony
    33 7 ring British High in Australia. ,:mes and Lady Into Singapore a two-day stay -r.ing home to D has been in the Relations Der 35 years. He Australia for five
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    Rifle meet
    16 7 rifle meet ol n Military Forces. Sunday, has 1 The new date -nred later.
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    Exam men meet
    37 7 The conference of supervisors for the Cambridge School Certificate practical science examination in Singapore, which was arranged for last weekend, will nov be *eld at Gan Eng Sent School at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
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    Dullest ever Deepavali in Colony
    134 7 Ti Deepavali celer. Singapore will esi ever. number of social enrr.ay be cancelled, religious ceretake place in lv homes will be by rows of tiny -.:ght. U began for South Indians at dawn with ablutions by all members of the family. During the rest of
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    IMMIGRATION MAN'S DAUGHTER WEDS
    66 7 CUTTING the cake after their wedding at St. Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur, are Miss Eileen Hopkins, daughter of Mr. C£. Hopkins, Deputy Controller of Immigration, Federation of Malaya, and Mrs. C.E. Hopkins, and Mr. David Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wright, of Gloucester,
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    3,749 FOR THE SCHOOL CERT. EXAMS
    59 7 A RECORD number of Singapore school children 3.749 will b e sitting for the School Certificate examinations which begin on Nov. 18. The majority of the candidates are boys. About 2,800 students will be taking the Cambridge oral English examination. The oral English examination
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    Picnic put off
    27 7 The picnic organised by the Australian Alumni scheduled to be held at South vinds, Jurong next Sunday is been postponed to Sun. Joy. 18.
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    Clearing house plan for moneylenders
    169 7 Co-op union urges new agency "THE Singapore Co-operative Union wants the Govx eminent to establish a controlling centre for all moneylending transactions in the Colony The union is dissatisfied! with the protection offered to I borrowers under the Moneylenders' Ordinance. II The centre, it suggests,
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    Mr. Public of Britain backs Mr. Lim of Singapore
    83 7 Mr. Public of Britain backs Mr. Lim of Singapore TBE British public Is -I- solidly bebind the Singapore Government *n its anti-subversive drive said Mr. Francis Thomas, the Colony's Minister for Communications and Works yesterday. Mr. Thomas who returned after six weeks' in Britain on official business, said: "Even the
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    The word spreads—so they all seek bail
    148 7 The word spreads so they all seek bail DELATIVES and 1V friends of alleged rioters and curfew breakers crowded the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court yesterday as word spread that persons charged In the past few days could be bailed out. Bail was fixed at $5,000 In some cases. Inspector Elam
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    JOHORE 'POPPY' EVENTS ARE "IN HER HANDS
    147 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed Mrs. R. H. Hickling has been appointed organiser for Johore for Poppy Day. She will be assisted by regional officials in every district in I the state. j Johore Bahru arrangements will be looked after by Che 1 Kelsom, wife
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      372 7 base of the 1st Battalion of the RADIO MALAYA Rifle Brigade, and to a rubber estate and a tin mine In Tamil at (*Proffnunmea thus marked can be 12.40 p.m. l n Malay at 12.45 pjn., received by listeners in Malacca In Chinese at 1.15 p.m. and In Short wave
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    DEATH
    32 8 20 Word, 110 (minimum). MR. T. KANAPATHY PILLAY, ajjed 62, passed away. Funeral on Nov. 2. 1956. at 5 p.m. Cortege leaves 382, Joo Chiat Road to Hindu Cemetery lor cremation.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    78 8 10 Word. $10 (minimum). MRS. JOYCE GOVE. wife of the late Mr. C. W. Gove. wishes to thank all friends for their kind messages of sympathy and those who sent wreaths. She will endeavour to convey her personal thanks ln due course. YEW SAI LATT and his brothers and
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    IN MEMORIAM
    30 8 in Words $10 (minimum). IN LOVING MEMORY of P. Daniel, health inspector, Tapan. who passed away on 1 11.55. Sadly missed by sorrowing wife, children, brother* and sisters.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Nov. 1, 1956. Oil On The Flames
    899 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Nov. 1, 1956. Oil On The Flames Sir Anthony Eden has never poured oil on troubled flames before. He has done so now with imperious gesture. He has riven the British public, shattered what was left of the American alliance, divided the Commonwealth, horrified the
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    The Dawn
    266 8 Europe certainly, and perhaps the world, reaches a new cross-roads of history with the announcement from Moscow that Russia is ready to discuss the withdrawal of all Russian troops from Poland, Hungary and Rumania. There is also an urgent need, said Moscow, to examine whether Russian technicians and
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    WHERE are MALAYA'S NEW PIONEERS?
    995 8 WHERE are MALAYA'S NEW PIONEERS? Flying over 'o million acres of silent jungle, a reader Os fc s In this Utter, LLB. s—s, in the undeveloped areas, great scope for pioneering and constructive nationbuilding. Malaya must train its young men for the task* AFTER a trip by air A around
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      490 8 I AM greatly disturbed by the letter "Why Students Broke Away From The P.M.5.F.," (S.T. Oct. 27) charging that the PanMalayan Students Federation had been used for political ends. As a past executive council member of the organisation, I hope to be able to remove the
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      129 8 I DO not wish to enter a dreary, literary argument but I must put your correspondent E.G.S. right. He writes, with reference to the Shlewgo controversy, that the great Welsh poet and broadcaster Dylan Thomas. wrote a dramatic poem "LLAREGGUB HILL." The work in question is not a
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    TELLING THE PEOPLE WITH LOUDSPEAKERS
    274 8 TOENGKU Abdul Rahman's A declaration that Llm Chin Siong should have been arrested long before the present crisis finds an echo ln the mind of many of the law-abiding section of the people of Singapore. But the Government was right to hold Its hand until
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    Still danger but controls will be eased
    629 9 11 MORE UNION ARRESTS: DETAINEES NOW TOTAL 295 PLEVEN more arrests have been made in Singapore, bringing the number of people now detained under the Public Security Ordinance to 295. Six of the 11 are members of unions alTiliated to the Bus Workers'
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    Lords' tribute to Mr. Lim Yew Hock
    229 9 COURAGE AND PATIENCE IN RIOTS LONDON, Wednesday. LORD LLOYD, Under-Secretary for Colonial Affairs and Lord Ogmore, for the Labour Opposition, paid tribute in the House of Lords today to the Chief Minister of Singapore. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, for his "patience and courage"
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    LIE-MONGERS HALT BUSES
    247 9 Rumours of arson and Intimidation frighten the owners Chinese firms take off services three hours before curfew is due MOURS of arson and intimidation caused Singapore Chinese bus owners to withdraw r buses three hours before curfew time yesterday. curfew was on at 10 p.m. By 7
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    UNION LOSES ITS SIXTH OFFICIAL
    122 9 UNION LOSES ITS SIXTH OFFICIAL morning under the Public Security Ordinance. Velu was arrested at the union's headquarters in Race Course Road. The unipn said six of its committee members had been arrested. It will meet soon to elect a new committee. A crowd of about 50 hooligans stoned a
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    FREIGHT UP 10 PER CENT
    40 9 Freight rates on cargo from All goods, except wheat ato Malaya will be and other cereals— for which creased by about 10 per the charges were put up recent from today. cently— will be affected.
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    Special for visitors
    53 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Malayan Railway administration has arranged for a special passenger train to leave here tomorrow night at 11 15 for Port Swettenham. The train, which will stop at all stations on the way, is to bring home people visiting Kuala Lumpur to see the
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    Roads under water
    54 9 IPOH, Wed.— The Ipoh-Tan-jong Tualang road was 15 Inches under water at the 15% mile today. The Kuala Kangsar-Grik road was flooded to a depth of 18 Inches near the 56th mile and nine Inches near the 57th mile. The water ii subsiding and the road is
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    28 9 PENANO. Wed.— The Northam Road Girls' School will hoJd Its annual exhibition and sale of work on Nov. 23 and annual concert on Nov. 1 30.
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    AWAITED CASH BUT LAW ARRIVED
    204 9 Man with forged cheque caught at bank A YOUNG Malay who presented a forged cash cheque for $3,000 for payment at the Ban Hin Lee Bank in Circular Rdad, was Jailed for three years by Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. Ahmad
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    $6,000 fine for evading duty
    43 9 SEGAMAT. Wed.— A Labis shopkeeper, 50-year-old Tan Tay Yoke, was fined $6,000, or 12 months' jail In the Magistrate's Court here for having cigarettes on which duty amounting $461.78 had not been paid. He gave notice of appeal.
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    'Citizens duped by a year of lying'
    193 9 T<HE Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, yesterday called on the Singapore public to face the truth and not be misled by propaganda. Mr. Jumabhoy, who was speaking over Radio Malaya, said: "The propaganda of lies that has been built
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    Home Guard gets medal
    56 9 PENANG, Wed. An officer of the Settlement Home Guard, Lt. Ahmad bin Saflar, today received a badge of merit in recognition of his leadership and efficiency. The presentation was made by the Senior District Officer, Province Wellesley, Mr. D. A. Borrie, who is also the chairman
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    HERE FOR A LESSON IN HOW TO RUN A PORT
    90 9 HERE FOR A LESSON IN HOW TO RUN A PORT THE ATTORNEY-GENE-RAL of Ceylon, Mr. E. F. N. Gratiaen (above) arrived In the Colony yesterday in the liner Oranje with Mr. V. M. Peries, the Deputy Port Commissioner of Colombo. They are to make a survey of the port of
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    AIR ROUTES SWITCH AS CAIRO IS CUT OUT
    299 9 Colony services carry on as usual AIRWAYS companies in Singapore yesterday announced plans to maintain normal services to London following the closing of Cairo Airport. The area manager of Qantas Empire Airways, Mr. A. F. Foster, told the Straits Times that Qantas
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    Mission that failed —because visit is off
    293 9 Mission that failed because visit is off A MAN sadly returned to Singapore from Mersing yesterday sad because his mission was unaccomplished. But he was only one of many thousands disappointed because the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to the Colony yesterday was to have been the first day had been
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    46 9 KUANTAN. Wed— Villagers In the Kuantan District have been advised to get boats ready and to store at least a week's rations in preparation for floods. Two committees, one for making preparations and the other to take charge of relief, have been formed.
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      1023 10 FACE THE FUTURE HITTING the world headlines is a "dream home" which sounds like something straight out of science fiction, but which radio and electronics experts say is likely to be a fact within the next decade. It is the electronic robot house, and judging
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      342 10 Straits Times Crossword n^ Hi i^ n 9 1 i m 10 1 i [I I] 14 i& Hi 17 9 ACROSS 7. Diana's novel Jewel? 1. Brave display of a god ends 8 Arab to ™cc potat to painfully (7). Point (7). 5. Two piece suit not worn out
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Henry Kaiser: Man who built ship in 4½ days
    1539 11 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Henry Kaiser: Man who built ship in 4½ days I Built U4OO Liber ttf I ships during war I ONE DAY in December, 1940, a big, bald, boisterous Californian contractor phoned one of his foremen from Washington. The man had just completed a concreting job at
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      312 11 invented by a Doctor! .now used by millions of [Women] ror were to give jroO for internal .tcction, you'd unam it ..and feel pratcful for til the such protection. cdom, complete Yet in a tense, HTampax it such a prescription Made of toft surgical cotton in hygienic disposable applicator, Tampax
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    SUEZ CRISIS FIRMS TIN PRICE BY $7, RUBBER BY 6 CENTS
    498 12 SUEZ CRISIS FIRMS TIN PRICE BY $7, RUBBER BY 6 CENTS By Our Market Correspondent A LL Singapore markets yesterday were affected by the crisis resulting from the clash between Egypt and the Israelis and there were big rises in the rubber and tin prices. Tin soared by $7.62* to
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    RUBBER PRICES
    149 12 November first grade rubber buyers f.0.b., closed in Singapore yesterday at 105* cents per lb., up 6' 3 cents on Tuesday's closing price. The closing tone was firm. CLOSING PRICES in cents per lb. yesterday were:OFFICIAL: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 105%, sellers 105 4 (Norn.;; No.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    174 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: steady; Oct. $26 buyer" $26% sellers; Nov. $26-, buyers. $27 Vi sellers. Coconut oil: steady: bulk $40 sellers, drum $43% sellers. Pepper: steady; about 20 to 30 tons of business reported done on both black and white;
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    259 12 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "The market opened on a firm note but closed barely steady." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business don e yesterday:— 8.8. Petrol 545.: Fraser Neave ords $2.02, $2.03; Gammon $2.17, $2.15; W. Hammer 53.17H cci. $1.55 xcl; Henry Waugh $1.60;
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    105 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks Auociation made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100):New York: buying airmail: T.T. 32tt O.D. 32%, 90 d/st 32% credit bills. 32 15/16 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail; T.T. 31>5, O.D. 31%, 90 d/St 31 15/16 credit bills,
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    AUSTRALIANS STOCKS
    77 12 AUSTRALIANS STOCKS 1 though price, Var narrowly* on^si^^here today. Loans 2%% 1956-59 Loans 314 1956-58 r/Con. Zinc. Bank of N.s.W c'e Mount Lyell N. Broken HIU'IU" Hiii so i %i !-l Mount Morgan^ I^' i' Peko Western Mining" Ampol. Ex. Oil Search Aust. Consol. mai na A. P.M. (new) Bradford
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    STORE SHIPPING
    196 12 Ships lyinf alongside th. pore Harbour Board wW- expected today are: a«u 4-5. Brooklyn Het K r.t s 'c P I Banka 6-7 Orestes 8-9 r^ 11. Clytoneus 13-14 o'- As&ma Maru 18 o«" 19-20. Petaling M. Wail N. Wall 8. Lawj N w, borg 21-22, Benveg 24
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      373 12 POPPY DAY 10th NOVEMBER 1956 LEST WE FORGET POPPY DAY will be observed throughout the Commonwealth on Saturday November the 10th this year. It is a day when we remember the men and women who gave their lives for us in the two world wars. Our only practical means of
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      591 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS MUNICIPALITY OF GEORGE TOWN, PENANG MUNICIPAL VACANCY Applications are invited for the post of Female supervisor In the Mechanised Accounting Section of the Municipal Treasury. Salary scale $267-14-323/338-14--394 plus a variable cost of living allowance ranging from *50 to $78 per month The initial salary of the successful
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      436 12 NOTICES THE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE Members are advised tha* the AA Break-Down Service continue* to operate outside curfew hours. I Fulliervlce will b* resumed as NOTICE HOTELS LICENSING REGULATIONS. 1956 Rermlattto 11 (0 (a). Application for a Certificate of ResMratton. NOTTCB Is hereby given tixaX Mr. Tan Swee Lto
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    GOLD CUP PUT OFF TO DEC.
    69 14 rpHE third day of the J- Singapore Turf Club Gold Cup Meeting, scheduled to be held at Bukit Timah today, has been cancelled. The Gold Cup race will be run at the December Meeting. The special Gold Cup sweep will be drawn on the
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    554 14 HOPSASA ONE OFBEST FOR K.L. MEETING SPOTING THE WINNERS Be prepared for heavy going Jeep By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Selangor Turf Club's November Meeting, for Class 2 and 5 horses, begins on Saturday and already nearly all the outstation horses running at this meeting are here. The
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    239 14 Indians bat all day to save Test BOMBAY, Wed. BATTING through the day for the loss of only four wickets, India forced a draw with Australia in the second Test here today. Resuming the second Innings this morning at 92 for one 180 runs behind India were 250 for five
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    63 14 Loppylugs wins the Cam shire NEWMARKET, Wed. Loppylugs won the Cambridgeshire Handicap run over nine furlongs here today. Haflz II was second and Epaulette third. Thirty-four ran. Official starting prices were: 100-7 Loppylugs. ten to one Haflz II and 50-1 Epaulette. Money To Burn, the 17-2 favourite, was unplaced. Loppylugs
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    Rosewall, Candy in semi-finals
    73 14 BRISBANE, Wed. Ken Rosewall the Australian holder of the U.S. singles tennis title, and Roy Emerson, a Junior from Darwin played a two-hour marathon tn a steady drizzle yesterday before Rosewall won 12 10 6 2, 11 9 in the quarter-final round of Queensland championships. Don
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    33 14 BALOONA, Wed. Emlllo Marconi (Italy) retained bis European welterweight boxing title when challenger Valere Benedetto (Prance) wu disqualified In the 13th round of the 15- round bout here last night. Reuter.
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    Good news for Colony cagers on Games trail
    915 14 Good news for Colony cagers on Games trail By NORMAN SIEBEL SINGAPORE'S basketball team to compete in the Olympic Games at Melbourne next month have had great news these last few days. Firstly, they have had their worries removed over the eligibility of four of their star players and thus
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    202 14 XTANCY UM qualified for the women's singles final of the Singapore National Badminton championships when she beat Lav Hul Huang in a three-set battle last night. Nancy won 11-7, 9-12, 11-7. The other women's singles semifinal between Nancy Ang and Jessie Ong was postponed to
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    88 14 IPOH. Wed. Perak will meet Singapore in the lnter-iort final of the Fbong Seong Cud badminton competition at the Perak Turf club courts on Saturday and Sunday starting at 7.30 each night. Peraks team will be: Poo Vong Khean. Chan Teng KOk UM! I\>h Thye. Tan
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    28 14 LONDON. Wed. Rugby Union results In Britain yefterday were: Harlequins 6 CardVT 8; Oxford University 11 Oxford University Greyhounds IT; London Hospital 0 Bristol 9.— Reuter.
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    RAF ARE SERVICES RUGBY CHAMPIONS
    261 14 ROYAL AIR FORCE, Singapore, won the Inter-Ser-vlces rugger championship when they beat Royal Navy by 19 points (two goals and three tries) to nil on the H.M.S. Terror ground yesterday. Navy had the better of the scrummages but Royal Air Force dominated play. Good touch
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    184 14 ]y|ORE than 150 Judo enthusiasts, including Servicemen, turned up at the Singapore Judo Club last night to see an exhibition by two of Japan's leading exponents, Teizo Kawamura (sixth dan) and Matsuo Watanabe (fifth dan). The Singapore Japanese Consul-General, Mr. Ken Ninomiya, said it
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    266 15 MELBOURNE, Wed. HPHE FINAL entry of A nations for the Olympic Games at Melbourne is 74, the Games chief executive officer, LieutGeneral Sir William Bridgeford, said today. This is a record five more than the previous highest number at Helsinki. Gen. Brldgeford
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    795 15 RUSSIANS' 'H. Q. SHIP DUE TOMORROW AT MELBOURNE OLYMPIC BRIEFS MELBOURNE, Wed. ALTHOUGH definite inA formation is still being awaited by Olympic officials, the vanguard of the big Soviet Union team is expected to arrive in Melbourne on Friday in the 11,000--ton Russian ship Gruzia. The Gruzia Is bringing the
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    53 15 SEOUL, Wed. A South Korean jeecer team today beat thavnslting United States Olymnta^soccer tean».t>y 1-0 before incapacity crawd in the SeouVClty stadium. ■South Korea's wiflnlng ggsrt was scored 1» the .'last fray minutes. The Unites?' It* tea soccer teatfl' Is schedufcdj>*fo leave --South Korea lor Melbourne^
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    58 15 Ceylon Sports Club will play their final S.H A League Dlv. One match against Indian Association on Surday. CSC. team will be: E. N. Filial; S. Nagalah, W. Ponniah; S. Munigesu, 8 Doralsamy, 8. Balakrishnan; F. Fernanda, A. Vljlaratnam. S. Kulastngam, A. Karun. M. Kandasamy.
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    50 15 No. 14 squadron R.N.Z.A.F. beat Ist Squadron R.A.A.F. Tengah by 11 points (a foal and two tries) to three (try) In a friendly rugger match at Tengah yesterday. Woods, Taylor and Hardley scored a try each for RNZAF, and Retter made one conversion. Xopgood scored a try for R.A.A.F.
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    24 15 Singapore Achilles Club's social and dunce, scheduled to be held at the St. Andrew's Memorial Hail on Saturday, has been cancelled.
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    333 15 King the hero of Services victory HONG KONG, Wed SINGAPORE Combined *3 Services beat Hong Kong Services by 83 runs In the second match of their current cricket tour here today. Hero of the match was Sgt. Les King who had match figures of 14 wickets for 70 runs in
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