The Straits Times, 15 November 1956

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    17 1 The Straits Times No*"* 1 Hew* 0 1 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1956 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon U.N. POLICE: NEW SNAG
    814 1 4 a.m. STAND-BY: THEN NO 'START 1 SIGNAL Troops wait at Naples, plane crews are ready, but... Dag unable to fly to see Nasser PINEAU ACCUSES... LONDON. Wednesday. THE UNITED NATIONS "save-the-peace" international force still has not left Italy for the Middle East. his was the
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    Lock icon SOLEMN CHURCHILL CALLS ON EDEN
    35 1 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, in one of bis gravest moods. arrives at No. 10 Downing Street to discuss the Middle East situation with the Prime Minister. Sir Anthony Eden Reuter picture.
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    MISSING $100,000 IS STILL A MYSTERY
    162 1 MISSING $100,000 IS STILL A MYSTERY f THE Disappearance of $100,000 belonging to the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union part of a $120,000 'nghtine: fund" drawn from the bank in September remains a mystery. The only comment from the police yesterday was. "The matter is still under investigation." The
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    Lim thanks Tengku in person for aid
    243 1 DATE FOR BIG MEETING FIXED 17-UALA LUMPUR, Wed. —Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, flew here today to fix a date and agenda for a Joint conference of ministers of the two territories and to \\rsonally thank Tengku Abdul Rahman for the
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    Lock icon Red boss quits
    37 1 LONDON, Wed. The resignation of Soviet Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky as Poland's Defence Minister was announced in the Seym (parliament i today by Mr .Tozef Cyrankiowicz. Prime Minister, according to the rolish News Agency.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Nehru's tour
    31 1 NEW DELHI, Wed. Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, hopes to fly to Canada for a brief visit after his talks with President Eisenhower in Washington next month.— Reuter.
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    Merdeka will spell the end of snobbery-Dato
    139 1 Merdeka will spell the end of snobbery Dato KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Snobbery, racial prejudice and exclusiveness would have no place in independent Malaya, a Federal Councillor. Dato Haji Mohamed EusotT. told Rotarians here today. He said that Malaya, after gaining independence, must havr a "free society." Asians would not want
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    SEND ME TO BRITAIN says BANISHED TEACHER
    420 1 Father: Now she 9 learnt her lesson A 27-YEAR-OLD Shanghai-born woman teacher who is being banished from Singapore is making a last-minute bid to be sent to Britain instead of China. She is university-educated Linda Chen Mong Hock, formerly an English instructor at
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    Lock icon Reds admit Hungary deportations
    125 1 Reds admit Hungary deportations VIENNA. Wed. BUDAPEST Radio announced today that railroad workers had seen train loads of prisoners moving east and had immediately gone on strike in protest. This was the first direct confirmation from the ComI munists themselves that the i Russians are sending their I prisoners to
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    Lock icon Off to Moscow
    23 1 WARSAW, Wed. Mr. Wladyslaw Gomulka. the new Polish Premier, left today for Moscow for talks with the Soviet Government. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Big Ben back again
    57 1 LONDON. Wed. One of the most famous noises in the world returned to London at midnight last night when Big Ben boomed out over the sleeping city after more than four month's silence. It may be a few days before Big Ben returns to 8.8.C transmissions.
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    Lock icon Welfare milk suspected
    62 1 COLOMBO. Wed.— The Mi- uster for Education today jrdered an inquiry into milk distributed In Ceylon by CARE. th e American .welfare organisation, after hearin? that an 11-year-old schoolgirl died after drinking a glass. The Minister. Mr. W. Dahanayake. said he had received reports from all over
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    The short-term bandit
    35 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A terrorist, Teo Ah Lai. gave himself up to a timber lorry driver in the Kota Tinggi area of Johore on Monday. Teo entered the jungle two months ago.
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    Nina meets Press in Colony
    151 1 Nina meets Press in Colony "^INA Ponamareva, the 27-year-old Russian world champion discus thrower, met the Press in Singapore early this morning for the first time shiqe she was in- volved in a hat theft scandal in London last month. She arrived by Pan-Ameri-can Airways with 67 other Russian athletes
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    STOP PRESS
    33 1 •VOLUXTHKRS 1 I ROM IXUOXFSIA LONDON. Wed— Cairo ii.idni -..i,i Egyptian Ambassador in Jakarta annoaacecl t<>da> Ibat 75JM lnd -smi.. had volunteered 'to tiulit for l-uypt against XtigloIrcinh- Israeli attack." Beater
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    300 girls sold into vice
    143 2 -BECAUSE THEY WERE HUNGRY TOKYO, Wed. Three hundred girls from Japan's faminestricken northern is1a n d of Hokkaido have been sold to Tokyo brothels this year, police disclosed yesterday. A spokesman said a campaign has begun to find and arrest the "human traffic brokers." New
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    24 2 CARACAS. 'Venezuela Wed.— A concrete bridge under construction In Caracas colla» sed yesterday, crushing about 40 workers under tons of debris. A.P.
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    The Duke calls at Manus
    48 2 MANUS ISLAND. Wed. The Duke of Edinburgh landed at the Royal Australian Air Force station of Momote Los Negros from Rabaul shortly after midday. The natives are expected to present him with a Lakatoi fishing vessel as a birthday gift for Prince Charles.
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    Lock icon ASIA DEMANDS: QUIT EGYPT
    368 2 l?i*f /bur Colombo powers assail Russia, too foil// on£ your troops a/irf fef people 1 of Hungary decide own future' NEW DELHI, Wed. —The Prime Ministers of four Colombo powers India, Burma, Ceylon and Indonesia today said they "view with regret" that British. French and Israeli
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    Lock icon IN THE COMMONS RUSSIAN MOVE IS PART OF A LONG-LAID PLAN TO DOMINATE M-EAST-BOYD
    315 2 IN THE COMMONS RUSSIAN MOVE IS PART OF A LONG-LAID PLAN TO DOMINATE M-EAST- BOYD ONDON, Wed.— The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Allan Lennox Boyd, said today that the use of volunteers was a "favourite Communist method of pursuing hostilities." He was referring in the House of Commons to a Soviet
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    Lock icon SABOTEURS BLOW UP OIL LINE TO HAIFA
    26 2 ARROW shows the point, »t which saboteur* Mow up the Kirknk toHaifa oU pipeline on Mon- day nlf ht.
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    Lock icon Nutting gives up seat
    218 2 Nutting gives up seat Bye-election^ a test for eL LONDON. We <U Anthony Nutting' recently r< Minister of state Foreign Atfairs be Ca he disagreed with British GovernmeMiddle East policy now decided to his seat as a Coi tive Member of p ar ment, it wa s annrur today. In
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    RUSSIA-A MID-EAST POWER?
    152 2 RUSSIA- A MID-EAST POWER? 'Life and death struggle' warning ST. LOUIS (Missouri), Wed. (JEN. Carlos Romulo, Philippines delegate to the United Nations, said yesterday the Soviet Union this year had gained Its historic objective of becoming a Middle East power. He called on Americans to realhe they "are engaged In
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    Lock icon Iraq's new policy for peace-remove Israel from Middle East
    248 2 Iraq's new policy for peace-remove Israel from Middle East BAGHDAD. Wed —The Iraqi Government yesterday called for the removal of Israel from the Middle East as "the only practicable method to secure peace and order." The Government sent a memorandum to diplomatic envoys and to Arab leaders now meeting in
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    Lock icon Now it's a Christmas crisis
    601 3 GOVERNMENT'S SUEZ PQ MC V HITS BRITAIN ON THE ECONOMIC FRONT Blocking of Canal means shortage of festive fare LONDON, Wed. Cuts in petrol and oil supplies, less heat from central heating systems and the threat i of Christmas table shortages and higher prices have
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    Lock icon SMUTS' STATUE 'LOOKS LIKE AIR RAID VICTIM'
    150 3 An indignant reader of the Daily Telegraph suggested yesterday that the newly unveiled statue of the late Field-Marshal Smuts in London's Parliament Square should be "taken down at once and the work put into competent bands." Mr. Harvard Mentana. a friend of the
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    Lock icon Plane misses a village
    56 3 SYDNEY, Wed A pilotless training plane swooped down towards a peaceful village, near Wagga Wagga. in southern New South Wales, yesterday, but missed all houses and crashed into a chicken coop. The pilot, trainee P. F. Colbrey, parachuted to safety and suffered only minor abrasions in
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    Lock icon RUSSIA MAY BE GETTING SHORT OF PETROL
    208 3 RUSSIA MAY BE GETTING SHORT OF PETROL IoNDON. Wed. fB HAROLD WAT- KISSOS. Minister -port and Civil said yesterday Kuxsia mieht well nc .short of oil. I Russia was at the begina va-st industrial n. which would r ikr immense demands her oil resources. ji fart alone must ,kr thr
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    Lock icon POOR JUNGLE HERO
    106 3 Send medal by post, he pleads N'DON. Wed.— A former! Army sergeant. d< d the Military Medal v m Malaya, has It t 0 t>e sent to him j post instead of i presented by the three year-old Westall. living at I explained that he I .inning
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    Lock icon Jakarta police question reporter
    270 3 Jakarta police question reporter T»HE Associated Press in 1 Singapore said last night it has been informed that its Jakarta correspondent was summoned for interrogation by Indonesian military police yesterday about a story he wrote last month on planned arrests within the Indonesian Army. The military spokesman who originally announced
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      WAR AGAINST MAU MAU ENDS
      61 3 LONDON, Wed.—All British troops are being withdrawn from operations against Mau Mau rebels in the East African colony of Kenya. The Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd told the House of Commons of the decision yesterday. He said Mau Mau resistance had been almost completely overcome
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      17 3 PARIS: Actor Charles Chaplin and his Americanborn wife, Oona O'Neill, are expecting their sixth child next May.—A.P.
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      8 3 SYDNEY: A Sydney couple, going on a round-world
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      19 3 air trip, received what is claimed to be the longest ticket ever issued in Australia. It measures 11 yards.—Reuter.
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      26 3 CANNES: Doctors at the Meridien Clinic said ailing 72-year-old ex-Queen Elizabeth of Greece was near death and they had "no More hope" to save her. life.—A.P.
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      22 3 LONDON: Secret British radar plans of Cyprus air defences have been recovered by police from a radio company official's stolen car. U.P.
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      18 3 TOKYO: Tokyo's rapidly expanding population increased by a further 9,326 persons during September, and now stands at 8,265,--514.—Reuter.
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      2 3 WASHINGTON: Austra-.
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      27 3 lian officials were reported to have completed negotiations for a dollar loan to help finance the purchase of seven Boeing 707 jetliners .for Qantas .Empire Airways.— Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    284 3 LONDON, Wed. Closing middle prices of selected stock not including stamp duty were: TIN LONDON. Wed— Cash Buyers £850. sellers £8524. Forward Buyers £819. sellers £820 Settlement £850. Turnover a.m. 50 tons, p m 85 tons. RUBBER LONDON. Wed.^Spot 30\d., Dec 30 yd Jan -Mar. 30 y d
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    No bookie argues over bets
    236 4 No bookie argues over bets Expert tells court five ways to lose money PENANG, Wednesday. AN EXPERT witness, Assistant Superintendent A Tan Chin Teik, told the First Magistrate's Court here today he had never come across disputes in betting between bookmakers and punters. "It is largely a matter of trust,"
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    Boy murder: No clue
    72 4 Ltm Chui Hock, 12, who was murdered in a coffeeshop in Paya Lebar Road, Singapore, where he was working, on Monday, was burled In Buklt Brown Cemetery yesterday. Police investigations into the murder again drew a blank yesterday. Lim was found with hands and legs tied,
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    Shots in dark
    30 4 ALOR STAR, Wed.—Members of an area security unit last night fired at two nguies at the perimeter fence in Anak Kulim Estate, South Kedah. The figures vanished.
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    FATHER'S DOCKSIDE VIGIL
    207 4 —He thinks lost son may go to China A 44-YEAR-OLD Singapore father, Mr. Goh 80 0 Lat. of Upper Thomson Road, has spent the last fiv c days at the Harbour Board wharves, looking for a missing: sin, whom he suspects will try to run away to
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    NEGLIGENT DRIVING: PASTOR IS FINED
    72 4 NEGLIGENT DRIVING: PASTOR IS FINED SLIM RIVER, Wed. The Rev. Edwin Khoo Book Teck, pastor of the Methodist Church at Sitiawan, was yesterday fined $50 for negligent driving on the Ipoh-Kuala Lumpur main trunk road near here. Inspector Michael Khaw Phaw Hong, prosecuting, told the court that Mr. Khoo collided
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    PAP TO HOLD 'AID PUBLIC SESSIONS
    139 4 HPHE People's Action Party is to hold people's ses- sions" at its branches so that the public can seek advice and assistance. I Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, the party's secretary-general, who announced the scheme yesterday, said a lawyer would attend the sessions. It might
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    Working again
    20 4 The Oovernment Publication Bureau at Fullerton Building, Singapore, resumed business yesterday after about a fortnight's closure for redecoration.
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    ARRESTS: WORKERS AFRAID, SAYS TUC
    155 4 ARRESTS: WORKERS AFRAID, SAYS TUC T«HE Singapore Trades Union Congress yesterday told the Government that its recent "Operation Liberation" had instilled fear into the workers and prevented them from protesting openly against exploitation. The TUC president, Mr. S. Jaganathan, in a letter to the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock,
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    Bahai Centre
    30 4 Mrs. Shirin Fozdar will give a talk on "The effect of religion on human nature" at the Bahai Centre, 2 D'Almelda Road, Singapore, at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Be honest, rubber dealers told
    263 4 AND WIN THE CHINA MARKET rE future of Malaya's rubber trade with China and Japan will depend to a large extent on whether local merchants are "honest and reasonable" and ship the standard ordered. The leader of the rubber section of Singapore's unofficial trade delegation
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    Outward Bound old boys meet
    52 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The council of the Outward Bound Trust has decided to form an old boys' association in Kuala Lumpur. All ex-tralnees of the Outward Bound School at Lumut are asked to attend a meeting at the British Council Hall here at 4.30 p.m.
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    Cyclist killed
    29 4 A cyclist. Tan Cheng Tin, 31, wag killed in a collision with a car at the junction of Bencoolen Street and Rochore Canal Road, Singapore, yesterday morning.
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    'Beans at every meal' man was not telling the truth, says prisons chief
    98 4 'Beans at every meal' man was not telling the truth, says prisons chief PTIENTS at the Opium Treatment Centre at St. John's Island are served with well-balanced diet, said Singapore's Commissioner of Prisons, Major W. L. P. Sochon, yesterday. Maj. Sochon was cornmentlng on an allegation by Llew Chiang a
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    Delegation to Col. Lee
    73 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The president of the Selangor Indian Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Dyal ('hand, said today that the Chamber would send a deputation to see the Minister of Finance Col. H. 8. Lee. He said: "The chamber Is perturbed over the revised Customs duties announced
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    FOUR VERY BAD HATS LOCKED UP FOR LONG TERMS
    344 5 Robbers in taxi ran into police patrol JjR. JUSTICE KNIGHT at the Singapore Assizes yesterday ordered that four armed robbers, "a gang of extremely bad hats'' be jailed, two oi them for six years and the other two for eight years.
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    Open air rally by Methodists
    56 5 The Wesley Methodist Church, Singapore, will hold ]an open air rally at the 1 Prince Charles Square padang in Queenstown, off Alex- andra Road, at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow. The programme will include gospel messages in English, Cantonese, Hokkien and a religious film show of "The
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    British magnate backs Nasser
    114 5 British magnate backs Nasser COL. F. J. KEEPING, a British hotel and nighti club magnate from Beirut, who passed through Singapore by Qantas yesterday said that businessmen throughout the Middle East were "dismayed" at the treatment meted out to President Nasser of Egypt by the Allies. He said "It. is
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    Exhibition of school art
    30 5 The 15th Inter-School Art Exhibition, which was postponed earlier this month, will now be held at the British Council gallery, Singapore, from Dec. 8 to 15.
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    Plea to hawkers: Keep the roads clear
    186 5 A SINGAPORE magistrate,; Mr. J.B. Jeyaretnam, i pleaded yesterday with haw- kers in the central area, which is under his jurisdiction, to co-operate with the police and help to keep the roads free of accidents and fire. Mr. Jeyaretnam, who had just fined
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    Fewer T.T.C. candidates
    91 5 Four hundred candidates have applied for the certificate course to be started in January next year in the Chinese Branch of the Singapore Teachers' Training College. Mr. K. G. Robinson, superVisor of the college, told the Straits Times yesterday that the response was poorer than last year.
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    Rises, back pay for Navy clerks
    95 5 Rises, back pay for Navy clerks T<HE Naval authorities in Singapore yesterday signed an agreement with the Admiralty Local Staff Union, giving 500 clerks and non industrial workers pay rises ranging from $20 to $77 a month. The new wage pact will cost the Admiralty an additional $150,000 a year.
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    Smiles, handshakes end battle of the two angry salesmen
    299 5 yWO rival salesmen who had fought in a client's x office shook hands and smiled after a Singapore magistrate had mediated between them yesterday. The combatants, Sect Hong Chong and Yap Kirn Choc, told the fifth magistrate, Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam,
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    Man with a gun arrested
    63 5 A squad of police from the C.I.D. secret societies subbranch, led by DeDuty Superintendent Cheah Teng Cheoh. arrested a man in New Bridge Road opposite the Southern Hotel, and recovered a .25 German pistol and two rounds of ammunition at 1 p.m. yesterday. The man
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    Exam results
    45 5 Successful candidates of the Michaelmas Bar Examination held In Singapore in September are W. Lynam 'Roman law. 3rd class), K. S. Cheam. W. A, P. Grose, G. Murugalyan (Contract and Tort. 3rd class), T.J. Lim and W. S. Woon (Criminal law, 3rd class).
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    Society film
    32 5 "Dead Man's Gulch." a western film, will be shown by the Singapore Film Society at the British Council hall in Stamford Road at 6.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Sunday.
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    They seek answer to problems of the old
    147 5 AN unofficial committee in Singapore is investigating the problem of aged and needy people with a view to improving their lot. Represented on the committee are the Social Welfare Department, the University of Malaya, churches -.id philanthropic organisations. The Director of Social
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    Maths forum
    31 5 The Malayan Mathematical Society will hold a discussion entitled "Primary mathematics as a preparation for secondary education tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the Teachers' Training College, Paterson Road Singapore.
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    Colonel is fined $15
    91 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Lt-Col E. White, of Australian GHQ, FARELF. Singapore, was today fined $15 here for using an unlicenced motor-car on Oct. 14. Col. White said that he bought the car in June and had it registered for six j months. In Australia such a
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      258 5 BEATING RETREAT by classical music recital. Oel Tiong combined military bands In aid of Ham hall, St Josephs InstituPodpv Day fund, Singapore tion. Bras Basah Road. 7.30 p.m. Padang 6pm SINGAPORE AFTER CARE BRITISH COUNCIL: Free show j ASSOCIATION: Annual meeting of Commonwealth films. Council In Chief Justices chamber Hall
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    English now used more than ever
    105 6 ENGLISH is now more widely used and studied than it. or any other language, has ever been before, states the British Council annual report for 1955. The report says that English is playing a leading part in world affairs. Over half the literate population
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    'WOMEN MUST PLAY A FULL PART IN POLITICS'
    404 6 New UMNO leader has big expansion plans CHE FATIMAH JPOH, Wed.— A 32--year-old housewife, Che Fatimah binte Ha.ji Hashim, the new leader of the UMNO women's section, is a keen welfare worker with determined views on the role that women should play
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    New surveyor
    31 6 ALOR STAR, Wed.— Mr. Poh Sin Bin of Johore has been appointed district surveyor for North Kedah. He succeeds Mr. O. E. P. Orossmith. who Is going on leave.
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    Fake papers-but that didn't stop his trip
    163 6 Fake papers but that didn't stop his trip SINGAPORE police yesterday let a 19-year-old Chinese schoolboy go to China even though his date of birth and age had been altered on his identity card. The student, Cheah Kuan Hal. appeared very worried when port officers spotted the crude forgery. He
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    Arrau calls off trip to Indonesia
    82 6 Arrau calls off trip to Indonesia CLAUDIO ARRAO, worldrenowned Chilean pianist has cancelled a trip to Indonesia. He is afraid he may be held up there because of the "insecure" world situation. His wife said in Singapore yesterday: "He has a tight itinerary and cannot risk being stuck." BOAC-Qantas are
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    $207 mil voted for defence
    170 6 $207 mil voted for defence KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federal Legislative Council today gave the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, the "green light" to spend $207.4 million next year on the country's internal defence and security. Shortly before the council's unanimous approval was recorded, the Tenghu spoke confidently of postEmergency
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    DAM WATERS CARRY BODY 25 MILES
    102 6 DAM WATERS CARRY BODY 25 MILES KUALA KANOSAR. Wed.— Police today recovered the body of Mr. Q. M. Walker. 51. deputy general manager of the Perak River HydroElectric Power Co.. in the Perak River below Kuala Kangsar. A Home Guard. Inche Abu Bakar bin Mat Aroff, who spotted the body
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    Bound over to Tampoi
    105 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Sam Heng, who pleaded guilty in the Johore Bahru magistrate's court today to a charge of theft of a wallet containing J25 belonging to Ang Slew, was bound over In $300 for six months and ordered to stay for that period at the
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    EX-BANDITS KILL BANDIT
    57 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A patrol of the Special Operational Volunteer Force former terrorits killed a bandit In the Pengerang area of Johore last night. He was Phang Scow Hoong. of the Sungel Renglt branch cf the terrorist organisation. He went underground a year ago. The patrol recovered
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      363 6 Tampay explained in aigw wonds: Tne purpose of Tampu v give women more contf^ convenience and freedom v time of the month *henthe yntt > sanitary protection. Jj Tampax waj perfected by doctor who used theprinopi, of internal absorption long kno» B to the medical profession Jl Each Tampax n
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      171 6 radio malaya Regional (•Prorrammes thus marked ran be Cl Tr«£ 23= SINGAPORE mm.) 4 mm> SMB nd <Bhort way. 41«. Medium wave A.M. '9.22 BroadcMta To English 47« m.) School*: P.M. »100 Famous In- A.M. 7.15 Time Signal. 7.16 strumentallsts *1.30 News. "1.45 Morning Serenade. 7.30 News. 735 Ladles Only
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    Thrift society took insurance firm 'for ride,' court told
    663 7 Thrift society took insurance firm 'for ride,' court told TWO DEWY CHEATING CHARGES JHK Thrifty Medical Service, Singapore, a form of benevolent society, made out ex-gnba payments tot a 1 1 in« $1. ?).")<) to six nominees of deceased members and claimed successfully for $6,000 from a London insurance company.
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    NURSE: 'THE FAMILY FRIEND'
    123 7 NURSE: 'THE FAMILY FRIEND' I ADY BLACK, wife of the Governor, yesterday described a nurse as a guide, philosopher and f rtend of the family. She was speaking at the presentation of certificates to 70 qualified nurses a/ the Brebner House, General Hospital. She said "In a growing and rapidly
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    Johore visit
    17 7 The High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacOilllvray, arrived In Johore Bahru yesterday on a routine visit
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    'TOO MUCH SPENT ON ENTERTAINMENT -NOT ENOUGH ON SPREADING IDEAS'
    202 7 r KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. E Federation Information Services Department was accused in the Legislative Council today of "doing too much entertaining instead of propagating ideas in new villages." Dr. L. H. Tan < Alliance Johore Selatan) said that the information
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    'Spriit of sacrifice' men put on the spot
    308 7 'Spriit of sacrifice men put on the spot KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Federal Councillors who pressed for a cut in their allowances were told today that if they did not want the money they need not collect it. At the end of a lively 40- -minute debate on the budget, the
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    SUEZ ROW WILL NOT AFFECT PILGRIMS
    117 7 fTHE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, told the Legislative Council today that the severance of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Britain would not affect Malayan pilgrims t o Mecca next year. He was replying to a question by Inche R. A. Abdul Karim
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    'Baling film not for them'
    88 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Federal Legislative Council was told today that the film of the Baling talks between the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, and Chin Peng had still not been shown in new villages In Johore. Mr. Tan Suan Kok (AllianceMuar Selatan) said the
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    101 8 20 Hurdt $10 (minimum). MR. <fc MRS. J C. GARDINER wish to thank Relatives and Friends for attending the Wedcing Reception and for the Valuable Presents. THE FAMILY OF the Late Madam Lee Galk Tuan of Ipoh thank all friends and relatives who sent messages of condolences, wreaths, scrolls,
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    The Straits Times S'pore, Thurs. Nov 15, 1956. Middle East Fears
    648 8 The Straits Times S'pore, Thurs. Nov 15, 1956. Middle East Fears The United Nations will have to do something more in the Middle East than interpose a force of a few thousand men between the Egyptians and the Israelis. The Russian threat of intervention and the Arab demand for the
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    Deficits And Surpluses
    564 8 Other and more momentous events in Malaya and abroad have prevented comment on the Singapore City budget and the Council debate. The occasion, however, cannot be allowed to pass unnoticed. In particular the attention of ratepayers should be directed to the absence of many Councillors from the
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    Vietnam: A spoilt child of the gods
    1101 8 How long can the U.S. act as the baby sitter? PRESIDENT Nf o Dinh r Diem's rehabilitation programme for the youthful Republic of Vietnam has proceeded apace on many fronts. The administration has solved immediate problems, and after only two years is well
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      328 8 rE Government has hit the poor wage earner by the recent tax Increases. The poor man's only comforts, tobacco and entertainment have been made more expensive. Instead of giving the wage earner extra relief In Income tax, he is squeezed further, while the rich man and large
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      Long hours and long leave
      92 8 DURING the debate in the Federal Legislative Council on Malayanisatlon and on compensation to be paid to expatriate officers. Mr. O. M. Knocker was reported to have informed the House that expatriate officers holding responsible Jobs In Malaya spend 16 hours a day without any
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      This flagrant violation
      45 8 This flagrant violation OTHERS is a Government X ruling against rearing fowls In Government quarters. This ruling is flagrantly violated by tenants who rear fowls without wire netting, allowing them to play havoc with their neighbours' gardens and straining good neighbour relations. SUFFERER Johore Bahro.
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      Double assessment
      118 8 rr SEEMS to me, with reference to the letter (S.T. Nov. 10) of Assessed Again, that his double assessment. like most other assessments made under the Iniquitous latter parts of Section. 31 of the Income Tax Ordinance, should be remitted under Section 88, part 2, of the Ordinance.
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    LLOYD MORGAN
    284 8 LLOYD MORGAN reports on 0 trip to ViefnoM Intelligent youth members of the übin,, l priesthood-there T k < church in every V iiil. Vietnam-are fe The value of Er.n,^ language of universal age is widely reco^ More emphasis Lr br on the teaching g^ Fifty per cent mt-r. devoted
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    TAX RISE: BACKETS LIKELY TO INCREASE
    118 9 'INGAPORE Customs vpect that the I t duties on tobacoo, Rin and rum uirage racketeers to step up their efforts to smuggle r eoods into the Colony. latton was being watched, a Cus--pokesman said yes- ling of cigarettes and v always been a problem
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    POLYTECHNIC TO TRAIN WIVES, TOO
    88 9 POLYTECHNIC TO TRAIN WIVES, TOO rE Sinjrapore Polytechnic can train the technicians wh 0 will the backbone of an industrial Singapore and also help them remain contended husbands Mr D J. Williams, the principal of the polytechnic said yesterday that the institute would rive cookery lessons to women who would
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    'Close radio stations and cut costs'
    251 9 PEMAWC AMI* MALACCA SHOULD GO- T— ol A BOOST FOR XX. FEDERAL COUNCILLOR HITS AT 'EXTRAVAGANCE' ON THE AIR rrwr v a n KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. JHE Federation Government was today asked to close Radio Malaya'e Fenang and Malacca stations to save money. The
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    'Invest in City Council loans or else' threat
    316 9 'Invest in City Council loans or else' threat IWT OF SQUEEZE 01 ntiuacE firms A THINLY VEILED A threat that the Singapore City Council intends to bring pressure on foreign companies Insurance firms in particular to invest part of their profits in Council loans was made yesterday by a councillor,
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    Kota Bharu statoin 'too expensive'
    83 9 Kota Bharu statoin 'too expensive making Malay the national language within 10 years. Inche Abdul Khalid bin Awang Osman (AllianceKelantan Selatan) suggested that a broadcasting station be built at Kota Bharu. Inche Bahaman replied that the Government would not consider building a station at Kota Bharu because of the expense.
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    Badges for Outward Bound boys
    84 9 Badges for Outward Bound boys LUMUT, Wed. ■f^TVE of the 32 students of the Outward Bound School here were presented with merll badges yesterday by the Flag' Officer, Malayan Area. Rear Admiral G. A. Thrtag. at a passing out parade. They are: Tham Meng Sow. 22, (Singapore), John Koshy, 19.
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    Police chief visits K.L.
    61 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Singapore's Commissioner of Police. Mr. Nigel Morris, flew to Kuala Lumpur today for brief "routine" talks with his Federation counterpart, Mr. W.L.R. Carbonell. "I'm going to Britain on six weeks leave on Monday and I wanted to tie up a few things with
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    Two off for talks
    38 9 Two off for talks KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federation's Controller of Trade, Inche Ismail bin Mohamed All. and Mr. Choi Slew Hong, of the Economic Secretariat, have left for Wellington to attend the conference of Colombo Plan countries.
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    Budget laugh-raiser: Do Freemasons meet in the nude?
    115 9 Budget laugh-raiser: Do Freemasons meet in the nude? KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. After six hours of debate on the draft estimates today, members of the Federal Legislative Council roared with laughter when a councillor, Inche R. A. Abdul Karlm, asked if it was true that Freemasons meet in the nude and
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    GUN WAS BESIDE DEAD MAN
    92 9 GUN WAS BESIDE DEAD MAN FRANCIS CHAN SIEW HAN, 24, a Volunteer Special Constabulary corporal, was found shot dead in bis house in Lorong Low Koon, off Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore, yesterday morning. A shotgun was lying on bis chest. Chan was an employee of the Chartered Bank. His brother,
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    Baby was road victim
    44 9 KUALA TRENGGANU, Wed. The coroner. Inche All bin Hassan, yesterday returned a verdict of misadventure on a 21-month-old girl, Semek blnte Hussaln. Semek was knocked down by a bus at the 24th milestone Kuala Trengganu Dungun Road on Sept 8.
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    Youth club to hold dance
    51 9 The Bukit Timah Youth Club. Singapore, will hold a social and dance at Civil Defence Clubhouse, Kolam Ayer Lane, on Dec. 1. Tickets for the dance, in aid of the club's building extension fund, are obtainable from the Federation of Boys' dub at 218, Queen
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    Asian seminar
    32 9 TAIPING, Wed. Miss M. B. Lewis, of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London, will conduct a twoday seminar for teachers of adult education class in Ipoh next weekend.
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    Passport for merdeka
    58 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Federal Legislative Council was told today that a new Malayan passport will be Introduced when the Federation aoUeres Independence next year. The Senior Assistant Minister for Home Affairs. Inche p«h»m_< bin Samsuddin, said that thought had already been given to the i design
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    'If I don't eat, I can't work'
    156 9 IPOH. Wed. A YOUNG railway labourer, All bin Osman. was asked by the Sessions Court president, Mr. E. V. A. Peers, what he considered more important the settlement of a Government loan or personal bills. The Federation Government, in a civil suit, ask-
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    Art and craft display
    35 9 KUALA TRENGGANU, Wed. —The Raja Muda of Trengganu will open an art and craft exhibition at Bukit Best on Friday. The exhibition is sponsored by the Eastern Mining and Metal Co.
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    General meeting
    28 9 TATPING, Wed.— The local branch of the British Red Cross Society will bold a general meeting at the Town Council Chamber on Friday at 5.30 p.m.
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    RALLY ROUND GOVT. SAYS MARSHALL
    202 9 XJhief Minister is sincere* rTHE former Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, •I yesterday urged the people to rally round the Government in the forthcoming constitutional I talks in London. Mr. Marshall was speaking at a dinner given in his honour by the Singapore Poochew Coffee,
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    TEENAGERS IN THEIR SEVENTIES LEAD ROCK N' ROLL TEAM
    64 9 TEENAGERS IN THEIR SEVENTIES LEAD ROCK N' ROLL TEAM MR. AND MRS. O'HAGGAN. who have arrived with a team of rock n' rollers will be appearing at the Happy World Stadium for 10 nights, beginning on Friday. Pop and Mom OHaggan. "teenagers in their seventies" are an internationally known song
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    THAT BOMB
    143 9 Cracked concrete indicates it might have exploded already, say experts fHE bomb which has been buried beneath a house in Kampong Java Road, Singapore, for the past 15 years, may have exploded underground. Members of the RAF bomb < disposal unit digging it up have found severe cracks
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    Off to Poland
    20 9 The 6.021-ton Polish freighter Warszawa berthed in Singapore yesterday to load 550 tons of rubber for Poland.
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    MYF retreat
    28 9 The Singapore District Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold a leaders' retreat at the Supersonic Club premises in Ponggol from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
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      THEY FAVOUR THE BOYS
      1099 10 ARE MALAYAN mothers too strict with their children? Do they curb the family's freedom, repress young people's natural enterprise, or keep them tied too closely to the apron strings? These are questions which have been debated among women many times lately. There are those who consider
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      336 10 4» m a 23 A fast myth or miss (8) Straits Times Crossword "sr.ti" affious 25 This bar can open without a mmmmmmm mm mm mm m m licence (4). f^ S» §|t t™«l sm> M m i uttter'd love. th e way to get 8 the bird (6-4). »W
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES Special FEATURE Hungary first suffered Red murder in 1919
    1537 11 STRAITS TIMES Special FEATURE Hungary first suffered Red murder in 1919 j Four months of terror cost 200,000 lives HUNGARY has been M allame with civil a M rebel patriots iriinirled to overthrow ihc .Moscow domin afo d Communist re•jjne that seized power in the anarchy after World War 11.
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      188 11 Rex ftiorgan* 3M.D. Maple calls ~~< g^Sm^f "I T'T rr-~ \1 f WU2> WELCH AN? WE2 J THOu&HT ~f^f~\ TRIED TO BUT THEV~^BBH y NE&IECT tOuR H HUSMNO «E HERE TO lASK6DMDUID INSISTED ON SEEING 00 IP VOULL JUST WAIT A WOBH ON MY H V SEE WO, OK. MOK6AH
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    37 12 On tbe free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 6.39 for cash and 6.4 1\ for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.95 and •ne Uel of gold at 280';.
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    RUBBER DEPRESSED BY UNCERTAIN U.S. STOCKPILE POLICY
    717 12 By Our Market Correspondent THE Robber Market in Singapore yesterday was quiet and there was a tendency to mark time until the United States Government has published its official statement on stockpile policy promised for the middle of this week. At present there
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    130 12 Singapore Chinese Prodace Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; Nov. $36 12 buyen. $37 Sellers. Coconut oU: quiet; bulk $40 314 atllen. drum $43 314 sellers. Po»otr: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $119. Sarawak $118. (both unchanged), special Sarawak $83 (down $1). gtnafpore
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    STORE SHIPPING
    64 12 Ship* tjrmg alongside the Singat) ate HarfcOßH Board wharre* or wpirtit today are: Rajula 1/2, Wtnan 4/5, Procyon C.P., Idomeowt 6/7, Olenlogan 8/9. Phemlnus 11. Peleus 13/14, Denblgshire 15/1. Somali 18, Kyo«n Maru 19/20, Belaga 31/33. Song Be 34, Rajah Belaga 35, Walrata 37/28. Kaloekoe J9/30. Sumatra 31/33.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    140 12 December flnt grade rubber buyer* f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 101 Ts per lb., down 1% cents on Tuesday's 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 10i\, sellers 102%; Mo. 1 R.S.S.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    25 12 SINGAPO RE O RUBBER: lOli ll per Ib. (down li „!> TIN: $405 25 J?* C O P R A S Per picu, 5J
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    104 12 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS MELBOURNE, INVESTMENTS n ere x with narrow movec*, exception of ElectroY^ fifteen pence, and \,> pence on .he stock fcSJ I today. Trading was |J?_U minings metals again and uraniums al.< 0 t,!?* ease while golds *N variable. Loons wtn Loans 3.% 1956-.,:} BmT Loans 3V*Vi 1956-58 is-
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    LEDANG BAHRU
    32 12 Ledang Bahru dlrec'ors decided to recommend in »L of the year ended July second and final dividend' per cent, less tax, makin? distribution for the c- per cent less tax.
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      572 12 I MORE TENDER NOTICES NOTICES IN PA6E 15 NOTICE TEMERLOH-MARAN ROAD The Bridge at M/S 62 will be closed from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on night of 15th/16th November, 1956 for repairs. -Avoid' h^W^ "outdoor eye-strain!" Gentle Marine care refreshes sun and wind-strained eyes in seconds! Two quirk drop*
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      827 12 ELECTION NOTICES FORM MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IS. THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE, lfSt MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (MALACCA) REGULATIONS, ltM. [Regulation SI (4) NOTICE OF CONTESTED ELECTIONS. The Electoral Ward of BUKIT CHINA Notice is hereby given to the electors of the Electoral Ward aforesaid that a Poll has been granted for the
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      1461 12 ELECTION, NOTICES TIE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (STATE OF PERAK) ELECTIOHS REGULATIONS, 1050. Resulation IS (3) ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS Fer Idrta, Kucur and Kenas WARDS Koala. sTVT" Town Cooncil Area NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT 1. An election of Councillor (s) for the above-named ward (s) win take place as hereinafter mentioned.
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    Melbourne entry one less than Helsinki
    265 14 Melbourne entry one less than Helsinki OLYMPIC BRIEFS ZURICH, Wed. CWITZERLAND will be unable to send a team to the Olympic Games because of failure to charter a suitable aircraft in time. Mr. Jean Weymann. chief of the Swiss Olympic delegation, announced today. This brings the total of countries taking
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    Ong, Mary are mixed champions
    163 14 ("INO POR LIM and Mary Qulnv tal wrested the Singapore Badminton Association's mixed doubles championship from Teoh Peng Hoot and Lav Hul Huang when they won last night's final by 18--16, 15-6. Peng Hoof "and Hul Huang put up a hard fight In the first
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    RAAF out of Sanderson Cup
    54 14 RAAF out of Sanderson Cup Royal Air Force Seletar beat R.A AT. by 14 points (goal, two tries and a penalty goal) to nothing in the first round of the Sanderson Cup rugby competition at Seletar yesterday. Price, Bowen and Hodson scored a try each. Pape converted Bowen's try and
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    Pirie beaten by Aussie weather
    339 14 SYDNEY, Wednesday. jk USTRALIAN Olympic runner Jim Bailey beat EngA lishman Gordon Pirie. holder of the world 3,000 and 5,090 metres records, in a slow mile race at an international athletics carnival here last week. Bailey won by five yards hi 4min. ll.fcsec. He said
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    25 14 Singapore Cricket Club "A" OJI.Q. by i» point, (two goals, try and two penalties} te nine (three penalties) on the padans: yesterday.
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    36 14 Royal Air Force Seletar runners wok the first four places In the cn Z > J£!!2£?*!'* between Seletar 2* J"**^ I**1 race was won by IL,!* 0^ wltn Mclntarrs, second, Salter third and Nichols fourth.
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    87 14 Singapore's Olympic triple Jump representative Tan Eng Yoon left for Melbourne yesterday without i brine able to fit an answer from Singapore officials on whether he must ran in the 100 metres at the Olympic Games. Eng Yoon. who only knew on his arrival
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    89 14 SYDNEY. Wed. Twenty-one-year-old lan ("Tiger") Craig, member ot the recent Australian touring side in England, today became the youngest state cricket captain ever by being selected to lead the New South Wales Sheffield Shield team against Western Australia in Sydney next Friday week.
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    60 14 Above we five of the six members of the University of Melbourne badminton team. They are (from left) Foo Choong Khean, Oey Han Tiong, Ong Eng Hong (Australian singles and doubles champion), Richard Ong Eng Lum, Wan Ming Chew. Tay Soo Lay was not available
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    164 16 SECOND DAY RACE WEIGHTS Weights for three more races on the second day (Wed. Nov. 21) of the Ipoh November meeting. CL. 3, DIV. 1, 6 FUR. Winsomemore 9.00 Pizarro 8.13 Colour Film 8.12 Brilliant Scholar 8.10 Tryas 8.10 Special Charm 8.09 West Point 8.07 Pearline 8.05 Speculation 8.04 Sweet
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    389 16  - SPORTTING THE WINNERS E PSOM JEEP By TtfY ten to follow at the 1 Perak Turf Club November Meeting are: Opera II: Set out to make all the running over a mile at Buklt Tlmah last month but Just failed to beat off fast-finishing King's Prophet. 7f should be Ideal
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    111 16 The Blacks beat Teachers Train. Ing College by 25 points (two goals, two tries and three penalty goals) to five (goal) In their friendly rugger match on the Raffles Institution ground The Blacks outplayed the College from the start to lead 11-0 at half time. Yam Koon
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    334 16 LONDON. Wednesday. ENGLAND'S five Test matches against Australia XJ this year produced a profit of £160,587 sterling— an increase of £30.000 compared with the previous Australian tour of England in 1953. Announcing this at a meeting at Lord's yesterdny, the Board of Control
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    176 16 TUN MAUNG, WORLD No. 3, PASSES THROUGH OURMESE weightlifter 13 Tun Maung is looking forward to meeting Tan Howe Liang the Singaporean who may deprive him of an Olympic medal. Tun Maung, who Is ranked third In the world lightweight list, arrived from Rangoon yesterday with 17 members of the
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    143 16 ST ANDREW'S 0.8.A outplayed All Whites to win their rugby match at Woodsville yesterday by 14 points (goal, try, a penalty anfl a dropped goal) to nil. All Whites did weU In the first half to hold the strong Saints attack to s—o5 0
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    168 16 TRACK SUIT, SWEATER GIFTS FOR KESAVAN BY SAUL JOSHUA SINGAPORE'S schoolboy Olympic sprinter, Kesavan Soon. was yesterday given two pleasant surprises before his departure for Melbourne. In the morning he was given a new woollen track suit bought from donations by his schoolmates at Victoria School. They had read in
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    22 16 United Services Football Association will hold their annual general meeting at the Union Jack Club on Monday at 2.30 p.m.
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