The Straits Times, 14 November 1956

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1956 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon U.N. TROOPS DELAYED
    1045 1 ROLE OF 'PEACE FORCE' STILL IN DISPUTE But Hammarskjoeld is expected to clear up the last snags The airliners wait for HQ clearance IN— l2 TRUCE MEN NAPLES, Tuesday. £HK first contingents of the United Nations polite force were delayed at Capodichino Airport near here today. But
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    Lock icon SCUTTLED SHIPS BLOCK SUEZ CANAL: FOUR MONTHS' WORK AHEAD
    58 1 SOME OF THE SHIPS sunk by the Egyptians in Port Said Harbour to block passage to the Suez Canal. In Cairo last night Col. Abdel Kader Hatem, Director-General of the Egyptian Information Department, estimated that clearance and repair of the canal
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    Lock icon RED UNION CHIEFS QUIT IN HUNGARY PROTEST
    138 1 RED UNION CHIEFS QUIT IN HUNGARY PROTEST LONDON, Tues. Two trade union leaders today quit the British Communist Party in protest at Russian action in Hungary. More resignations are forecast. One leader is Mr. John Homer, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, which has for long been a Communist
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    Pilot's funeral today
    58 1 The body of Lt. John Bawden, 31 -year-old pilot of the Royal Navy 555 helicopter which crashed in jungle in the Segamat area of Johore during a troop lifting operation on Monday afternoon, was brought to Singapore by road yesterday. The funeral, with full military honours, will
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    Lock icon Dockers boycott Russian ship
    50 1 LONDON, Tues. Dockers at Liverpool refused to load a cargo of rubber on the Russian ship Rlazan today. After a quayside meeting the dockers said: "We wouldn't work in this ship for double pay. Money does not enter into it when you think about Hungary."— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Petrol rationing 'unavoidable'
    44 1 Petrol rationing 'unavoidable' LONDON, Tues. The Government has decided that petrol rationing is "unavoidable because of the closure of the Suez Canal the Evening News said today. The only question to be decided was the date on which rationing would come into force.— U.P.
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    27 1 LOS ANGELES. Tues. A second jet fighter of the United States Air Force, the North American F-107, has flown twice the speed of sound.— Reuter.
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    Where is Nina ? Riddle grows
    182 1 Where is Nina Riddle grows MELBOURNE, Tues. The whereabouts of Nina Ponomareva, Russia's most famous woman athlete, still remained a mystery today. Nina, who left London only a few weeks ago after appearing in court to answer hat stealing charges, is the Olympic discus throwing champion and Is due to
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    Baby cried-and aborigines were free of Red bands
    259 1 Baby cried- and aborigines were free of Red bands JUNGLE REVOLT-THEN THEY REACH SAFETY AT LAST IPOH, Tuesday. PATROL of the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment investigating a terrorist camp in deep jungle was attracted by a baby's cry and found 20 frightened aborigines huddled together in a clump of
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    Lock icon GRUENTHER WARNS: IF RUSSIA USES ROCKETS SO WILL THE WEST
    176 1 GRUENTHER WARNS: IF RUSSIA USES ROCKETS SO WILL THE WEST PARIS, Tues.— Gen. Alfred Grucnther, retiring Supreme Commander, Allied Powers in Europe, today warned the Soviet Union that if rocket weapons were used retaliation from the West would follow "just as sure as day follows night." General Gruenther continued: "I
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    Say goodbye to that home cooking
    300 1 ONLY WOMAN TELLS MEN: KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. 'THE only woman. Federal Councillor, Che Halix mahton binte Abdul Majid (Alliance-Ulu Selangor), today warned her 97 male colleagues in the Legislative Council that their wives would not feed them as well as before because of the
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    Lock icon Engagement
    38 1 TEHERAN. Tues. The Shah today announced the engagement of his only child, Princess Shanaz, to Aredcshir Zahedi, son of the army general who led the revolt that overthrew former Premier Mohammed Mosadeq and restored the monarchy. A.P.
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    Triplets for a mother of 8
    36 1 TELUK ANSON, Tues.— A 36-year-old mother of eight children, today gave birth to triplets two boys and a girl at her home in Paul Road here. All are doing well.
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    Lock icon Pianist's return
    23 1 BERLIN, Tues— Professor Edwin Fischer, 70-year-old German pianist stricken with paralysis two years ago, has returned to the concert platform.— Reuter.
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    STOP PRESS
    64 1 COLONIAL SK( RETABY I'KAISKS I.IM LONDON. Tu.v— < ..luilial Secretary l.ei.ir I*' -Ml told Commons todaj I roiiiuuttilatt' Snmipcii inlßisten un patience ami lirmne» with whicfa Hi dealt with riot-, instiu.ili <' l)\ ComintiiiKts win ii niiiiisti'is decided to restore dis< iplini- in Clhnrv si hoolv Keuter r.N.
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    $100,000 union fund is missing
    188 1 $100,000 union fund is missing ONE hundred thousand dollars of a $120,000 fighting fund drawn from a bank by the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union just before the recent Colony riots, has disappeared, the Straits Times was told yesterday. The police, who learned of the loss after interviewing some
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    Lock icon 'EGYPT WON'T UPSET BRITISH BUDGET'
    136 2 'EGYPT WON'T UPSET BRITISH BUDGET' T ONDON, Tues. The House of Commons, by a majority of 62, last night rejected a Labour opposition motion seeking t o censure the British Government for the economic consequences of its armed intervention in Egypt. The voting was 321-259. The motion asserted that the
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    Lock icon The Arab world charts its course
    671 2 THIS MAY MEAN ECLIPSE OF WEST in MIDDLE EAST AND TRIUMPH FOR RUSSIA LEADERS MEET FOR VITAL DECISION ...THE THREE KINGS ATTENDING THE BIG ARAB CONFERENCE IJEIRUT, Tues. President Camille Chamoun of the Lebanon warned* the heads of five other Arab states today that
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    Lock icon Oil-vital questions for Britain
    126 2 Oil- vital questions for Britain LONDON, Tues.— The Financial Times said today that two vital questions were now facing Britain the supply of oil and how long the nations economy can stand the strain. It wrote: "So far there are no real signs that the United States has de- cided
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    Lock icon Russian 'volunteers' could start a war- Arabs warned
    216 2 Russian 'volunteers' could start a war Arabs warned BAGHDAD, Tuesday —A responsible Iraqi spokesman warned "senior officials" in all Arab countries today against the dangers of sheltering Russian experts and "volunteers." He said NATO might consider the arrival of Russians in Arab countries "and particularly in Syria" as a provocative
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    SUEZ GULF 'DANGEROUS'
    73 2 LONDON. Tues. Lloyds shipping agency in London reported today that Alexandria Radio this morning warned all ships to keep out of the Gulf of Suez. The radio picked up In Cyprus declared: "Warning to all ships until further notice The area of latitude 29 north of the
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    Lock icon Beating for those who wat to help
    180 2 Beating for those who wat to help PORT 3AIETW rpHE Egyptians a c X ducting a VhtoL campaign' again operation with a a rti t and French troop j according to a Brit officer. The whisperers are say that the Brith J3 French troops fe on! "birds of passar leaflets
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    Lock icon REBELS: 'WE WON'T GIVE IN'
    686 3 agy s reglI S e to Yugoslav Embassy as Soviet 'peacemakers' arrive No work until Russians leave Budapest patriots fight on as Kadar Govt. tells U.N. Keep out BUDAPEST, Tuesday. S THE Russian-sponsored Hungarian Government rejected I nitcd Nations request that erven be allowed to
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    Lock icon THE TRAGIC BATTLE OF THE HUNGARIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS
    55 3 HUNGARIAN "rebels" advanced down a street littered with the debris of war during their battle for freedom in Budaoest Th» Russ,ans are "ported to be hanging Chilians captured in the, fighting and dlMfi^n^bS^^^^Jlf^DuSt. Captured Hungarian soldiers get a "concession"— they are shot
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    Lock icon 'REDS CLOSE IN ON POLES'
    66 3 BERLIN, Tues. The West Berlin newspaper B. Z. reported today that Soviet armour and motorised infantry stationed in East Germany had been moved up to the Polish border during the past 48 hours. The newspaper asserted that Soviet troops were also being concentrated In the
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      'THE COFFEE WAS POISONED'
      93 3 KARLSRUHE, Tues. Former West German intelligence chief, Dr. Otto John, charged with leaking secrets to the Soviets after his alleged defection two years ago, testified here last night that a Berlin physician drugged him with poisoned coffee and then abducted him to Soviet Headquarters in East
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      28 3 BUENOS AIRES: The main door and part of the front wall of the building housing the Communist Party committee for Chaco Province were blown off by a bomb.
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      10 3 JOHANNESBURG: The word "Sir" has been eliminated from the South
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      13 3 African army's vocabulary. Privates will in future address superior officers by rank.—A. E.
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      32 3 VIENNA: The Polish President, Mr. Jozef Cyrankiewicz.who was due to visit India in November, has told Mr. Nehru that the present political situation in Poland makes it impossible for him to leave.—Reuter.
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      36 3 ROME: The government of Boara Pisani, a hamlet of 1,200 people in Padua province, was wiped out when a car in which the Mayor and two councillors were travelling skidded and overturned into the Adige River.
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      25 3 LONDON: A nation-wide alarm was broadcast yesterday for a thief who stole secret papers reported to contain details of Britain's air defence on Cyprus. U.P.
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      22 3 CAIRO: Arabic yesterday replaced French on the Cairo and Alexandria stock exchanges for the first time. Arabic will be used in future.—UP.
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      17 3 PARIS:. Ingrid Bergman had an urgent appendicitis operation last night at the American Hospital in Neuilly. U.P.
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      29 3 MELBOURNE: Twenty two Australian pilots will fly to Zurich for jobs with Swissair at salaries £700 a year above what they get at home, according to the Melbourne Herald.—Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    286 3 TIN LONDON, Tues. Cash Buyers £840. sellers £845. Forward Buyers £810. sellers £815. Settlement £845. Turnover a.m. 130 tons, p m. 30 tons. RUBBER LONDON. Tues— Bpot 30*4(1., Dec. 30\d., Jan-Mar. 30«*d April-June 30's.d July-Sept. 29d., Oct-Dec. 28>4d.. Nov. c.l.f. 30*sd. Dec. c.l.f. 30d. Tone: Steady. jnpat (4/-)
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    Life with a bomb for 15 years
    344 4 Life with a bomb for 15 years IT LAY BURIED UNDER HOUSE FOR the past 15 years two Eurasian families have been living in a house in Kampong Java Road, Singapore, with an unexploded bomb buried beneath them. The two families, eight people in all, knew that the bomb was
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    OFFICER SON OF RAILWAY GUARD
    82 4 OFFICER SON OF RAILWAY GUARD MORALE of Malayan army cadets under training in Britain U "very high." said Lt. Kassim bin Hashlm. who flew into Singapore by BOAC yesterday after a six months' refresher course at Eaton Hall. Lt Kassim, who will be posted to the 4th Bn., Malay Regiment,
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    NO SECRET ABOUT THAT LEAK
    99 4 NO SECRET ABOUT THAT LEAK KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Minister of Finance, Col. H.S. Lee today told the Federal Legislative Council that there was no leakage of the draft estimates for 1957 in the Straits Times. He was replying to Tuan Bheikh Ahmad bin Ha>jl Hussaln (Alliance-Perils) who said he
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    Bank man flies into Colony
    39 4 Mr. H. Satoh. who will manage the Singapore branch of the Bank of Tokyo, arrived in the Colony by BOAC yesterday. He told reporters that the branch office would begin business early next year.
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    Three on study visit
    30 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Three senior Pakistan police officers have arrived here to study Malayan police methods. They are Messers A.HJ3. Alam, M.A. Hague and A. Ibrahim.
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    'PAY UP OR STAY' MOVE
    265 4 Marshall wants to hit tax dodgers nriHE Financial Secretary, 1 Mr. T. M. Hart, will be asked in the Singapore Legislative Assembly next Tuesday if he will take measures to prevent residents leaving tbe Colony until they have paid their income tax. The Questioner, Mr.
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    GAMES RUSH-SO AIR FORCE STEPS IN
    149 4 *THE Royal New Zealand Air Force has been called x in to transport delegates to the consultative committee meeting of the Colombo Plan in Wellington because of the congestion in commercial airlines. Owing to the Olympic Oames rush, some of the delegates could not
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    20 enter for 'glamour in glasses' competition
    119 4 20 enter for 'glamour in glasses' competition \f EN do make passes ,4"* at girls who wear glasses. This will be proved when some of Singapore's prettiest women enter a "Queen of Spectacles" competition next month. Twenty women have so far entered the contest, which is being organised by the
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    Driver fined
    38 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Basawa Singh, a police constable, was fined $15 and had hia driving licence endowed In the Johore Bahru magistrate's court for negligently driving a police van and colliding with a cyclist on Aug.
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    Sack order 'final'
    66 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Secretary General of UMNO, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, said today that the decision of the Central Executive Committee to expel Che Khatijah Sidek, former woman vice-president and leader of the women's section of the organisation, was Onal. "Che Khatijah did not defend
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    Same for 10 years
    48 4 Dr. H. Nordholf, managing director of the Volkswagen Factory at Wolsburg, West Germany, arrived in Singapore by Qantas yesterday after a visit to Australia. He told reporters at the airport that the present model of Volkswagen cars would not be changed for another decade.
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    Health Officer
    19 4 BEOAMAT, Tues. Dr. M. Zevllle has succeeded Dr. T. V. Nathan as Health Officer for North Johore.
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    Ship to be sold as scrap
    71 4 THE 3,600-ton Burmese ship, Mating Bama, which has carried thousands of tons of rice from Rangoon i 0 Singapore, is to be sold for scrap. A former tank landing craft, the Maung Bama was converted by the Singapore Harbour Board In 1948 at a
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    USED CARS TO COST MORE
    275 5 teovitabl^ result ot that »-Ut,atlo.» taK-a 5 per emt price lift Sobody's buying yet, but wait until next -January, say the dealers pRICES for second-hand cars in Singapore will go up by an average of five per cent within the next six weeks, dealers predicted
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    Constable had two wives
    117 5 Constable had two wives A CHINESE constable who i admitted having committed biiiamy was bound over in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday in $500 to be I behaviour for three He was William Soo Yoon Keonf!. of the Singapore Harbour Board Police. Soo wa.s charged with In* Chong Yit Sicw
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    Mersing post
    22 5 .TOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— j Inche Ra'of bin Saman. of > the District Office. Muar. has b) d appointed District Officer Mersing.
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    SEVERE PENALTIES FOR LUXURY TAX DODGERS
    159 5 Singapore wholesalers or manufacturers convicted of offences under the new luxury tax legislation will be tubject to severe penalties. The Bill, made public for the first time yesterday, is a machinery measure. and does not detail the soods t bp classified as "luxuries." An
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    They join A-G
    31 5 Four Singapore lawyers have been appointed to the Attorney -General's Department. They are Mr. Tara Singh Sidhu. Mr. Robert Chee, Mr. T. S. Sinnathurai, and Mrs. Renee Chew.
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    BADMINTON STAR WEDS POLICEMAN
    73 5 ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT Liew Wins Lin. of Federation Police Headquarters, helps his bride, the former Miss Chia Pik Sim. to cut their wedding cake. The bride, younger daughter of Madam Lee Chee Ching and the late Mr. Chia Kee Chak. is holder of the Malayan mixed doubles
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    BULGAR MUSCLE-MAN IS PRIDE OF THE TEAM
    94 5 BULGAR MUSCLE- MAN IS PRIDE OF THE TEAM ONE of the world's strongest men, M. Mehmedor, Bulgaria's heavyweight wrestler— he is reputed to be made of "nothing but muscle and bones" was among the 80 member Bulgarian Olympic contingent which arrived in Singapore by air yesterday. Mehmedor, who holds a
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    80 Chinese school men join Govt.
    252 5 McLELLEN: 'THEY ARE WELCOME* ABOUT 80 teachers from the Chung Cheng High A School and Chinese High School in Singapore have applied to Join Government service. Disclosing this, the Education Ministry's Permanent Secretary, Mr. D. McLell^n, told the Straits Times yesterday that he was
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    Sold 'dirty' books
    82 5 Malmood bin Ahmad, of Kampong Pachita, pleaded guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to two charges of selling and circulating obscene books. He was alleged to have had for sale five books entitled "Nafsu Kuda" or "The Appetite of a Horse", while on the second charge he
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    Canteen signs pledge after first spree
    78 5 Whisky, brandy and beer flowed freely at the openins yesterday of the Singapore Youth Sports Centre canteen. But. explained the Youth Centre secretary. Mr. Hugh Savage: "It is the first and last time." No more alcoholic drinks will be served at the canteen. Only
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    Appeal to aid lepers was disappointing
    119 5 The response to the annual appeal of the Singapore Leprosy Relief Association has fallen short of expectations, said Mrs. Margaret J. Dack, secretary of the appeals committee, yesterday. Gifts so far. totalling $5,645, "were quite a' bit below previous appeals,' she said. Mrs. Dack
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      259 5 POLICE BAND: Public concert. Lady Black at Brebner House. Esplanade Gardens, 6 p.m to 7 General Hospital, 430 pn. pjn. Y.W.C.A.: International Women's ROTARY CLUB: Weekly lun- Club meeting— talk by Mrs- W. H cheon meeting— talks on "Buyer/ Balnea 10 a.m.'; beauty culture Seller Relations" by Rotarlans class 5.15
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    Tengku wins Round One so easily after 'we will resign if warning
    1117 6 by STRAITS TIMES staff reporters rellx Ablsheganaden, Chan* Yen Fool, Daharl All and Ounn Chit Thy* KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Federal Council today unanimously decided to give the Government's "Merdeka Budget" its second reading but only after a
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    'BUDGET ISN'T PERFECT -BUT IT'S WORKABLE'
    1100 6 with the lower Income group," he added. Referring to the personal allowance as Income tax relief. Dr. Cheah said that if the proposal to reduce the allowance by $600 was accepted by the Council it would be "a* case of not soaking the rich
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    Labourer badly hurt in fall
    35 7 Thio Peng Hool. 23, a labourer, fell- about 30 feet from a building in Short Street. Singapore, yesterday afternoon. He was admitted to the General Hospital in a serious condition.
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    TOWKAY GAVE ME FORGED LOTTERY TICKETS, HE SAYS
    488 7  -  Father Christmas From and the postmark will read 'North Pole 9 THE managing director of the Central Hotel in Singapore alleged at a preliminary inquiry yesterday that in August this year a Penang towkay tried to give him 8,000 forged Social Welfare
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    Pearl flies in for a spell in Singapore
    76 7 Pearl flies in for a spell in Singapore AN AUSTRALIAN schoolgirl. Pearl Lawis, (above) flew into Singapore by Air India International yesterday to spend her holidays with friends in the Colony. Pearl is no stranger to these parts. Four years ago she was a student at St. George's Girls' School
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    Services unions accept pay rise offer
    115 7 T*HE three service employees' unions in Singapore 1 yesterday accepted pay increases to 7,500 clerks and other non-industrial workers. This means that the civilian employees will get pay rises ranging from $20 to $75 a month. The president of the Singapore Federation of Services
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    Mr. Mistri is honoured
    59 7 Mrs. H. R. Mistri yesterday unveiled a bust of the late Mr. N. R. Mistri. at the entrance to the Mistri Wing of the Singapore General Hospital. The late Mr. Mistri gave $950,000 for the ward, which is now occupied by 300 child patients. The bust
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    Dance to help Poppy fund
    39 7 SEG AM AT, Tues. A dance in aid of the Poppy Day fund will be held at the Hakka Association premises here on Nov. 22. The band of the South Wales Borderers will play.
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    New building for Ministries
    51 7 Singapore's Ministry of Local Government. Lands and Housing and the Ministry of Communications and Works will be housed in an 11 -storey building which Is expected to go up in Shenton Way next i year. Construction of the building was mentioned in the Budget estimates for
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    A year for stoning the police
    140 7 A year for stoning the police FIRST OF RIOT THUGS JAILED THE first conviction arising from the disturbances in Singapore last month was recorded in the Second Criminal District Court yesterday, when Tham Yee Tong, 20, was sentenced to one year's Jail for rioting. Detective Yap Heng Yok told the
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    QUESTION TIME
    243 7 When will legal aid scheme operate? asks Marshall T«HE Chief Minister, 1 Mr. Lim Yew Hock, will be asked at the next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Assembly on Monday when it is proposed to bring the Legal Aid and Advice Ordinance into operation. The question will be
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      285 7 Sir Compton Mackenzie and Eric Linklater talk about the whisky valley •Take this Grants Stand Fast we're drinking, Eric. Can you taste the Speyside in it? •Indeed I can.' •1 suppose Speyside is the father and mother of good whisky. tt» called the whisky valley, isn't it? •Anybody who has
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      172 7 RADIO MALAYA JJ^ (•Programme, thu. marked can be (Shprt way. Urn^ Medium war* received by Itatener. in Malacca AM ,15 Tta^ g^, ,16 short wivf 49 41m. Medium Morning Serenade, 7.30 New*. 7.35 -Him -566 m and 279 m) D*^ with MuBlc 8 -«> New wave 476 m.. 343 m.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    63 8 tO Words tit (minimum). CAN AM. S/Sgt. Slnnadural: T. T. Sampanther. Malayan Railways, Kumarasamy. T. Ratnam, Labour Department Daughters Mrs. Veelavahu. Mrs. Kxtshnar thank all relatives and friends who rendered valuable services, attended funeral, and those who sent wreaths and messages of condolence, on the death of their beloved
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    27 8 te Words it* (mlnlmmm). IN EVER LOVING Memory of Dear Catharine E. Jackson, who died in Slme Road Camp, on 14.11.44. Gone but not forgotten.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Nov. 14, 1956. Tax Storm Grows
    780 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Nov. 14, 1956. Tax Storm Grows The annual budget storm has burst in the Federation legislature this year with even more than customary fury. There is no precedent for the stencilled notes which Alliance councillors received during the first morning of debate, reminding them they
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    Australia-Bound
    209 8 Dato Nik Kamil, who left yesterday to become the Federation's Commissioner in Australia, was Mentri Besar of Kelantan and has held a ministerial post as Member for Lands and Housing. By choosing a man of the Dato's standing, the Federation recognises the growing importance of relations with a partner
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    Idle Season
    197 8 A little noticed feature of Malaya's rural economy is that large numbers of people are forced into idleness in certain months of the year. This is inherent in occupations heavily dependent on the seasons. The cultivator works hard and long when sowing and reaping but the intervals between
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    NOBLE ART UNFIT FOR THUGS?
    481 8 I READ in the Straits Times (Nov. 5) of a move to ban the "noble art" from thugs and that precautions are being taken in Singapore to keep thugs and other unruly elements out of judo and Chinese "Koon Tow" classes. It is also reported
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    Was this expedition really necessary?
    132 8 RECENTLY "Fed Up" described in your columns how a group of Businesses Registration officers from K.L. came to Penang to raise the registration fee of the business houses. He spoke of the dictatorial way in which they made their assessment. The Government knew very well
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    Wise counsel prevailed
    85 8 THE majority of your readers support the opinons expressed in your editorials on the Middle East, it is not the correctness of views thai counts so much as honesty of purpose and sincerity. I am sure Russia would not have launched a campaign against Hungary had Britain
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    Commemorative stamps
    84 8 fTHE Federation of Malaya X proposes to issue a special 10-cent postage stamp in commemoration of "Merdeka" next year. Most countries take into consideration the normal letter rate by sea or air to foreign countries. Commemorative stamps are issued with the "purpose" of conveying to the world the
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    Noisy tenants in SIT
    102 8 TENANTS of S.I.T. flats X have to sign an agreement with the authorities. Term (II) stipulates that the tenant agrees "not to cause or allow any nuisance whatsoever to owners or occupiers of adjoining premises." Yet about 80% of the tenants nightly turn their Redlffuslon or
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    Radio operators' wage claims
    34 8 IN view of the recent general revisipn of salaries for the Naval Base non-industrial workers, I do not understand why the authorities rejected the R.N. Wireless Operators' claim. OBSERVER. Singapore.
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    POWER OF THE PRESS
    167 8 iithilst admiring the YT restraint and sound good sense with which you commented upon recent unrest in Singapore, I cannot but regret the effect your hasty assessment of Sir Anthony Eden's Middle East policies is likely to have on Commonwealth relations. Despite believing staunchly in the
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    TOO RISKY TO INSURE?
    283 8 A DAY or two after the recent riots began I read in the press that insurance companies were granting rlpt and civil commotion cover for cars during the rioting, but I was not one of those fortunate enough to get such cover. On the afternoon of
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    9 8 SLEEPING BEAUTY AWAKES Wortd Copyright b* amnftmnt u!tn tfit
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    Fissile missile
    612 8 CHAfMM A photofinish is likely in 'Big Three' rocket race DOLIT ICALLY, Bulganin's "rocket" threat to Britain last week may be bluff; militarily it is far from being an empty threat. Why did he use the word "rocket" so expressly? Because behind his threat is a mad international
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    POLICE HUNT FOR MURDER CLUES
    173 9 POLICE HUNT FOR MURDER CLUES SINGAPORE Police investigating the brutal murder of 12-year-old Lim Cliui Hock, whose body was found in a gunny sack in a 44--eallon water drum in the bathroom of a coffeeshop in Paya Lebar Road on Monday, reported no 'development yesterday. Detectives scoured the Loronc Tai
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    Jap pianist for Colony concert
    57 9 yOm Yoko Kono, the 24--year-old Paris-born Japanese nlanist. will give a recital ranging from Bach to Prokofiev at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore on Nov. 30 at 8 45 p.m. Her performance in Singapore Is being sponsored by Donald Moore Productions. and tickets at $5,
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    Bridge is safe again
    37 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Noordin Bridge, at Parit. 20 miles south-west of Ipoh, Perak. has been re-opened to traffic. There is no danger of further flooding for the time being, says a Government statement.
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    English convert speaks at party
    82 9 English convert speaks at party TAIPING, Tues. An English woman Muslim convert, the fonnrf Miss Joyce Clyde, yesterday addressed a celebration held at a mosque here to commemorate the birthday of the Prophet Mohamcd. She is the wife of Inche Shaik Noor Hussaini of the Royal Army Service Corps, attached
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    New A.D.C.
    41 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Flying Officer D. A. Atherton. 25. has been appointed A.. i.C. to the Air Officer Commanding Malaya, Air Vice-Marshall W.H. Kyle. He succeeds Flying Officer T. G. May. who left here for Britain today on transfer.
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    Poetry recital
    31 9 Mr. Natwarlal Malavl, Indian author and publicist now t ;ring the world, will recite his own poetry at the Gujaratl Club in Waterloo Street, Singapore, at 8 p.m today.
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    Housewife sang best
    56 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A young housewife from Strcmban. Che Zailan Kamaruddtn. last night won the women's section of Radio Malaya's nationwide competition for Malay singers. Masnah binte Musa. 16 a schoolgirl from Muar. was runner-up. The men's section was won by A. R. Sin wan of Penang,
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    The day Tracker Tex came home
    329 9 DINKUM DO IN AUSSIE CAMP— ALL FOR THE LOVE OF A LOST DOG AU Te T R ftI AN «»-..«W«** when ffi rec h or U d led For this is the first time in Malayan history that a tracker dog has found his
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    Big day for hawkers'
    62 9 KUALA KANGSAR. Tues.— Chinese hawkers here took a day off yesterday to celebrate the third anniversary of the formation of their guild with a tea party and a dinner. The Health Officer. Kuala Kangsar, Dr. M. F. de Silva. told the hawkers of the importance of
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    SALOMA WILL HELP TO CHEER THE POOR KIDS
    62 9 SALOMA WILL HELP TO CHEER THE POOR KIDS SALOMA, "the bad girt" of Malay films and popular night club singer. Is one of the stars of the "Monster Variety Show" to be staged at the Singapore Badminton Hall on Friday, Nov. 23. The show In aid of the Safari Club's
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    Colony decides not to use Salk vaccine
    176 9 •MIGHT MAKE THINGS WORSE 1 SINGAPORE health authorities have decided against using the famous Salk polio vaccine in case it makes things worse Instead of better. In many countries, including the United States and Australia, mass immunisation campaigns are being carried out. One
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    He takes fish to India
    44 9 An Indian Fisheries Department official, Mr. K. T. Joseph, left Singapore for India yesterday with 50 varieties of Malayan fish, worth more than $1,500. The fish are for the Madras Government Aquarium, of which Mr. Joseph is the curator.
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    BIG SEARCH ON FOR 20,000 HATS
    78 9 BIG SEARCH ON FOR 20,000 HATS KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Acting on instructions from Kuala Lumpur, the Crown Agents in London have begun to search for someone to supply black peaked caps to the Federation's 20,000 policemen. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, recently ordered that the songkok-type caps worn by
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    TALKS SET TO MEND THE BROKEN PACT
    211 9 TALKS SET TO MEND THE BROKEN PACT rvißE Singapore Chinese bus owners, who have scrapped an agreement with their employees' union, have agreed to meet representatives of the workers to talk things over. This follows the intervention of the Assemblymen Mr. Lee Kuan Te> and Mr. William Tan. The owners
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    Man cannot live on beans alone, he says
    240 9 A MAN who nearly cured himself of opium addiction told a Singapore court yesterday that he did not want to return to the Opium Treatment Centre at St. John's Island because they served beans too often there. Liew Chiang, who was arrested
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    Fund-raising
    37 9 The Singapore Khek Community Lieu Clan Association will stage a variety concert on Dec. 3 and 4 at the Happy World Stadium as part of an effort to raise $100,000 for the Nanyang University building fund.
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    Annual meeting
    26 9 The annual meeting of the Singapore After-Care Association for ex-prisoners will be held at the Chief Justice's chambers, Supreme Court, tomorrow at 4.45 p.m.
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    flies to Australia
    106 9 DATO Nik Ahmed Kamil bin Haji Mahmood, first Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya in Australia, left Singapore by air yesterday to take up his new post. He has already made a preparatory trip to Australia and will open his new office in Canberra, the Federal capital,
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      152 9 searching! >^THERE IS A "SHAMMOVUE" SYSTEM TO^V A YOU TIME AND MONEY^/ V; j§i^ Take advantage of their ADVISORY SERVICE W 18L-.V 'T^^X WRITE. PHONE OR CALL l^^ft^ DUNCAN ROBERTS LTD. y\^*!B=^i~^H^a Cro%by House. Robinson Rd. s'ptrt. S3f" v K Lumpur. Tel. *****. This is the climate for W; visSH
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    More Trouble for Teddy and Golly
    729 10 The nursery folk find an underground passage. Teddy and Golly quarrel so Rosemary leaves them. The two boys continue to explore and see some gnomes dressed in red hats. The little men are rude to Teddy who loses his temper with them. Instantly they
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    The 'Mailomat' stamp machine
    313 10 hfmf IT M~ mmtm\ J V^ E re al famillar with ttie automatic stamp machine r No doubt many of us have suffered the frustrated \exs?sai f asssaw money tato the nucSie and Now however comes an entirely new idea in the shaDe hL the .n
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    Facts About The Stars
    170 10 Facts About The Stars IHAVE had many letters asking for more information about the planets. This is a popular subject with our readers so we will go into more detail than we have in the past. No doubt at the end of the geophysical year we shall know a lot
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    PUZZLE CORNER
    161 10 All:. "That's a nice clock you've got in the hall." Rukiah: "Yts. we call it the guest." I All: "Why?" Rukiah: "Because it won't «o." Teacher: "I am going to test you on the alphabet. What letter comes after B?" Tom: "All of them except A." Chan: "Why
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    More Prizes to be Won this Week
    260 10 Dear Boys and Girls. A s Auntie Kathleen told you in her letter last week she is going on holiday and I shall be writing to you each week insteadFirst of all here are the six winners of our colouring contest. Chin Joon
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    1185 11 STRAITS TIMES Special Feature Drink, women ruined the 'perfect profile' FIRST RED M TERROR IN M \1 KUNCARY IS DANGEROUSLY h gjtji man lay in a jj rt l|\«ood hospital His face was puff\. hazard, aged. Doctors were treating him !<>r S<>ut, chronic cccema, cirrhosis of liwr. failure of 5
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    Made half a million a year was always in debt
    294 11 it was only one year's income. A fanatical animal lover, Barrymore paid $1,600 for two rare birds of paradise. To house them, he poured out $16,000 for a specially heated aviary. In Hollywood the "Great Lover", as his Press agents
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      207 11 Rex Morgan. 3M.D. High-spirited mfi', ESJmV'if^^^/ I C»N DO IT WITH TH W" YOU DIDN'T CONSiDEKiN6 THE I WELL, MAn.E'5 \Y ArrARENTLY IOU VT TwELVf HOURS OP Af SEEM AT ALL CIKUMSTANCE* UNDER W ALWAYS SEEN PtDNT 7WNK SO WHEM LOOK HECf maple.' REHEARSAL.' BE A i| HAPPY TO SEE
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    OVERSEAS DEMAND FIRMS RUBBER BY tHREE CENTS
    606 12 OVERSEAS DEMAND FIRMS RUBBER BY tHREE CENTS By Our Market Correspondent fOOD trade demand, particularly for nearby v shipment lower grades, stimulated the, price of rubber in Singapore yesterday. December first grade buyers reached $1.04* during trading but closed lower at $1.03* following profit-taking In the last half hour. There
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    172 12 Ships lying alongside the Singaper* Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Raj u la 1/2, Asumasan Mam 4/5, Procyon C.P., idomeneus 6/7, MaasUoyd 8/9, Phemius 11, Peleus 13/14. Denblgshlre 15/18, Somali 18, Kyoan Maru 19/20, Lam Ann N. Wan 6. Serampang N. Wall 8. Resang N. Wall
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    107 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange; noon prices per picul yesterday were:Copra: quiet; Nov. $36 12 buyen, $27 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $40 l.a Milan, drum $43 1)3 tellers. Pepper: steady; about 30 to 40 tons of business reported done; Muntok white $110, Sarawak $11>, special Sarawak black $84
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    RUBBER PRICES
    153 12 December first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 103 2 cents per lb., up 2% cents on Mondays closing price. The closing tone was easier. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 103 U, sellers 103 i;
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    37 12 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 6.38 U for cash and 940 for T.T. Sterling; was quoted at 15.95 and one tael of gold ai JBu
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    23 12 SINGAPORE No RUBBER: 'I?;,?- Per lb. (up i;> TIN: $403 in f > (up $4.121...) Pfr N COPRA: S 2t: Picul (unchancfdj
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    65 12 MXI I, TNVfJSTMEN most mo.' Stock Exchanuf Loans 3 1 1056-59 Loans 3\ r 1956-.im.3-Con. Zinc Bank of NSW. Mount Lyeil N. Broken Hill HHi so l Mount Morgan ->i Peko Western Mmmc Ampol Ex Oil Search Aust. Consol. Inci AP.M. (new) Bradford B. Hill Pro u y-\
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    64 12 The board of I'num Slu Rubhrr }s U ha Interim dividend for per cent, <aga:n.- and reports that tlnues according t 0 c Although there tlnuing Improvement conditions, Johore is ceptlon. Up to end-Sf;»-i ber crop har lb. or 321.000 D) the correspond;: Sales to date are :.:V
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      369 12 I PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL WATER DEPARTMENT: Applications are invited for the vacant post of Electrical Chargeman in Johore. Pay In the range of $6.40 to $6.95 per day, plus extra for Shift Work. Candidates must possess First Grade Electrical Chargemen's Certificate of Competency for A.C. Plant. Entry Into
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      806 12 NOTICES GEORGE YOUNG COMPANY NOTICE 18 HSRSBY OIVXN that from 3.11.1966. the partnership between Charles Pederick Andrews and Chua LUn Cheng trading under the style of George Young ft Company was dissolved, and tnat the said Chua LUn Chens shall not be responsible for any debts and other liabilities incurred
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      623 12 NOTICES NOTICE •nils Is to notify the public that Mr. Joseph Tan U no longer In our employ with effect from >6th October 1956 and he U no longer authorised to transact any bustness or collect money on our behalf. CONNOUOH INVESTMENT to FINANCE LTD No. 633-a Geylang Road, Singapore
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    302 14 The cold ii jut what w Hm-Pyoa PETER CULLEN ONLY ONE STILL WITH THE TRAVEL BLUES MELBOURNE, Tues. rIE British track athletes settled down happily here today to preliminary training in weather which suited the middle and long-distance runners particularly. "It is Just what we
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    206 14 MELBOURNE .Tuesday. JOHN LANDY, Australia's world mile record holder, J and Russia's Vladimir Kuts will clash for the first time tomorrow night when they run in a two miles race at Geelong near here. Landy, entered for the Olympic 1,500 and 5,000 metres,
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    288 14 HONO KONG. Tues. rE New China News Agenc nnounced today that Cnlnese bantam weightlifter Chen Ching Kai had bettered his own world record of 133 kilogrammes (292^ lbs.) for the clean and jerk by two kilogrammes (43/4 lbs.) in a performance in Canton on Sunday. Chen's
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    72 14 COLOMBO, Tues.— lndia and Ceylon drew their rain-ruined three-day cricket match here today. No play was possible yesterday and rain prevented a start on Saturday until after tea. Final scores: Ceylon 120 (A.C.M. Daffir 55. C.I. Ounasekera 37, S.P. Oupte 5 for 55, Ohulam Ahmed 2 for
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    59 14 THE STATE of the weather in Melbourne Is shown by this picture of Britain's long distance ace, Gordon Pirie. who is training with three sweaters including a Russian one with the C.C.C.P. initials given him as a souvenir. On top of the warm clothes he has a
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    49 14 MELBOURNE, Tues.— Western Australia beat Victoria by four wickets in the four-day Sheffield Shield cricket match which ended today. Close of play scores were: Victoria 131 and 242. Western Australia 165 and 209-6. (A. Edwards 43 no., B. Rlgg 42 n.o. L. Line 4-70). Reuter.
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    Lock icon Hungarians worried by lack of training
    206 14 Hungarians worried by lack of training MELBOURNE. Tues. THE long lay-off which 1 the Hungarian runners have had to endure may affect their chances in the Games, a Hungarian official said today. In Prague it was too cold to train properly. They had eased their limbs during their flight at
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    Lock icon Spurs fancied to win Cup
    61 14 LONDON, Tues. Tottenham Hotspur, who displaced Manchester United at the head of the English Division One table on Saturday, were made joint favourites with them to win the FA. Cup. Both clubs were quoted at 10 to 1. At the last call over, a week
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    Lock icon Olympic Briefs They fly over North Pole to Games
    519 14 Olympic Briefs They fly over North Pole to Games rpHE FIRST two flights 1 in Scandinavian Airlines' special Olympic airlift, carrying teams of nine nations including Germany, Austria and Yugoslavia, have arrived in Melbourne, via the North Pole, Alaska and Hawaii. In all 439 athletes will be flown over the
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    NORMAN SIEBEL'S
    275 16 NORMAN SIEBEL S MELBOURNE, Tues. SINGAPORE'S Olympic hockey team will have a date before the Games start if they care to accept it. At the Olympic Village this morning I met the manager of the Australian hockey team and he told me the Australians were most anxious to play Singapore.
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    High jumper's rock and roll is a star turn
    134 16 PART from the Russians, who are keeping much to themselves, all others here are mixing freely and helping each other in training. As an example, Charlie Dumas, American seven-foot high jumper, gave Ceylon high jump champion Ethiveerasingham a 45-minute coaching course
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    RSGC tourney winners
    47 16 Mrs. F. S. Wicks and A. W. Scott won the 18-holes mixed foursomes at the Royal Singapore Golf Club. The "C division winner of the men's November monthly medal was J. A. Cook. E. C. Ouyatt and T. M. Stevens won the Mil sweeps.
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    COLONY SCRAMBLE FOR WARM CLOTHES
    189 16 SINGAPORE'S Olympic competitors spent yesterday in a scramble for additional warm clothes and woollen sweaters after reading the Straits Times report by Norman Siebel that their uniforms were inadequate. Norman Slebel's first cable Irom Melbourne advised members of the Singapore team to come prepared for
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    SURPRISE FOR ENG YOON AT AIRPORT
    181 16 SINGAPORE'S Olympic bop, step and jump representative. Tan En; Yoon. arrived in the Colony late last night from Britain. But he will not be joining the Singapore contingent here. He leaves for Melbourne early today with members of the British team. The Singapore team
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    OLYMPIC Diary Singapore can have game vs Aussies
    523 16 OLYMPIC Diary Singapore can have game vs Aussies GETTING HERE EARLIER A REAL ADVANTAGE IN THIS WEATHER the break between "get set" and the gun by saying "One thousand, two thousand, three thousand" which amounts approximately to three seconds." This is something Singapore and Federation sprinters will have to train
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    A CUP FOR SKIPPER ZER HAUSEN
    24 16 ZER HAUSEN, captain of the United States Olympic soccer team, receives a cup from Mrs. Lim Yew Hock.
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    AMERICANS WERE RATTLED BY SHARPE'S BUSTLING
    328 16 AMERICANS WERE RATTLED BY SHARPE'S BUSTLING THE most surprising A element about Monday night's floodlit soccer match in which the American Olympic team beat Singapore 2-1 at Jalan Besar stadium was the inability of the Americans to take a little bustling in good temper. Singapore, two goals down, made three
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    FIRE SCOUT FLIES IN FROM SYDNEY
    126 16 FIRE SCOUT FLIES IN FROM SYDNEY rpHE first Australian 1 racehorse to be flown to Singapore from Sydney arrived at Singapore International airport yesterday afternoon. She is Fire Scoot, a four-year-old mare, which has been bought by Mr. Andre Itayter, of Singapore, for $10,000. Fire Scout will be trained by
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    Malayan, Fed XVs chosen
    150 16 Malayan, Fed XVs chosen KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. LAN Chandler, of Kuala Lumpur, will skipper the All-Malaya XV in a floodlit rugger match against the visiting Thai Rugby Union at Singapore on Nov. 27. Nine Singapore players six of them from the Services are in the Malayan team. On Nov. 24,
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    Schools XI get ready for meet
    197 16 THE Singapore Combined Schools 1 hockey team will travel to Kuala Lumpur next month to defend their inter-state pentagular title against Selangor, Negrl Sembllan. Johore and Malacca. ThU annual competition between South Malayan schools team will be held from Dec. 10 to 15. The
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    EU CUP GOLF QUALIFIERS
    108 16 The draw for the first round of the annual Eu Tong Sen Cup competition organised by the Royal Island Club on Saturday Is: 2.30 A. Murdoch v H.B.C. Davies; 2.35 P O'Carroll v J. P. Kemball; 2.40 L. E. Lake v D. Jones; 2.45 J. Payne
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    Lock icon BALL ARTISTS DOMINATE THE ATTACKS
    199 16 LONDON, Tues. THE England-Wales soccer In--1 ter national at Wembley Stadium tomorrow should prove a classic In ball control with the wealth of experience on both sides. But apart from two or three In the Welsh attack, there is likely to be a surplus of
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    GOOD WORK OUT BY NEW COMER BAHAGIA
    456 16  - GOOD WORK OUT BY NEW COMER BAHAGIA EPSOM JEEP By IPOH, Tues. NEWCOMER Bahagia (late Balmanto) showed a lot of promise on the training track at Ipoh this morning. Ridden by Garnet Bougoure he went every bit as well as the well-per-formed Speculation (Barratt) in a 3f tryout in 39
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    BULGARIANS WERE KEPT LOCKED UP IN KARACHI
    123 16 By SAUL JOSHUA I T»HE Bulgarian Olympic team of 60 who ar Singapore by air yesterday told the sir that they were locked up for two days when j were in Karachi. Mrs. Nadja Lakarska, their secretaiy, said this was because the Pakistan
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