The Straits Times, 23 November 1956

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1956 15 CENTS flew***' 1
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    Lock icon EGYPTIAN ARMY ALERT
    694 1 BRITAIN TO PULL OUT PORT SAID BATTALION Further withdrawals will depend on build-up of VM. force Butler tells Commons: 'Canal must be cleared without quibbling' Imperialists go j or we f ight' j TWO DIE AS U.N. MEN ARRIVE j LONDON, Thursday. f F.RAL Abdel Hakim Amer,
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    Lock icon Rebel Tory group may topple Eden
    109 1 Rebel Tory group may topple Eden I >N. Thurs.—Con- M Ps. said "premawithdrawal of b t roops from 3 irt Said could spark hellion in Parhawhich might down Sir AnEden's Governt MPs. formally i Sir Anthony that they were opposed to such -out. Guarantees first ided that Britain firm guarantees
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    OLYMPICS BEGIN
    356 1 AS THE SUN SHINES THROUGH, HUGE CROWDS RAISE TREMENDOUS CHEER FOR DUKE OF EDINBURGH j MELBOURNE, Thurs.— Under j iU a bright sun, the Duke of Edinburgh today formally opened the 16th Olympiad at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to the roaring welcome of s 110,000 shirt-sleeved spectators. E
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    'Mermaid caught off Royal tour isle'
    178 1 'Mermaid caught off Royal tour isle' A LOR STAR, Thurs. A Rumours t&at a mermaid had been caught off Pulau Langkawi, the tiny island visited recently by the Duke of Edinburgh, swept the town today and brought curious crowds to Alor Star hospital, where she was reported to. have been
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    Lock icon Churchill: UN rebuke to Britain 'unhelpful'
    148 1 LONDON, Thurs. Sir Winston Churchill last nifht criticised the United Nations for rebuking Britain for her military action in Egypt. "The United Nations rebuke of this (Britain's) Government was neither wise nor helpful the elder statesman said in a speech to his home constituency
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    Lock icon French jet instructors didn't fight—official
    128 1 French jet instructors didn't fight— official PARIS, Thurs. The Air Ministry today admitted for the first time that French Jet instructors were in Israel during the recent campaign against the Egyptians in the Sinai Peninsula but the Ministry emphatically denied that these instructors made operational flights. A spokesman said the
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    Lock icon Strike: Ike acts
    35 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. President Eisenhower Invoked the Taft-Hartley Labour Act to end temporarily the week-long strike of dockers on the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports of the United States. Reuter.
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    19 1 MANILA, Thurs. The Philippine cabinet yesterday decided to ban all exports of scrap iron and steel.— A.P.
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    'QUIT EGYPT OIL BOYCOTT ENDS
    136 1 i SUMATRAN oil workers have ended their boycott of British colony-bound tankers, the Shell Company announced in Singapore yesterday. Pladju dock workers had refused to load the oil as a protest against the AngleFrench Intervention i n A government delegation from Jakarta visited Sumatra and
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    Lock icon Her confidence in Britain
    42 1 NEW YORK. Thurs.— Spain told the United Nations last night she felt she would not have to bring the Gibraltar question before the General Assembly because she was confident Britain's "juridical sense" would make a solution easy. Reuter.
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    Radio Malaya: Talks soon
    43 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A joint Singapore -Federation Ministerial conference will be held in the Colony on Dec. 1. It will discuss a proposal to transfer the headquarters of Radio Malaya to Kuala Lumpur by independence day Aug. 31, 1957.
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    HOTEL ROOM DRAMA
    380 1 'Forlorn Hope' couple are found sprawling unconscious LUA KIM HONG, 20, a waitress, was found by the police lying half-naked and semi-conscious on the floor of a room at the Empress Hotel, Singapore, at 12.30 a.m. yesterday. On a bed near her a motor fitter, Chong Wing
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    The big match
    31 1 Radio Malaya hopes to broadcast at 6 p.m. today a commentary In Engliah and Malay on the Olympic qualifying hockey match betweer Federation o l Malaya and Britain.
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    STOP PRESS
    40 1 EGYPT: ANOTHER SOVIKT THREAT .NEW YORK Ihurs Russia warned I nitrd Nations i..d.»\ that then u.i-n no ai .jntir that war mi tit not hrrak out .main as It.nu as British, Trench and Israrli forces remained in fccypt
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    The new look in Civil Service
    176 1 The new look in Civil Service r[E Singapore Government will make sweeping changes in its Civil Service beginning next January. A new service the general executive service will be introduced and will take hundreds of senior employees now classified as clerks, as executives. Executive officers will take over the less
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    The last troops
    28 1 TOKYO. Thurs.— The last British troops in Japan paraded in Kure today to end an 11-year period of occupation and garrison duties in this country.
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    Lock icon EDEN: REST CURE IN JAMAICA
    403 2 No telephone, just surf and sun by a smugglers 9 cove LONDON, Thursday. GIR ANTHONY EDEN will fly to Jamaica tomorrow for a three-week holiday, it was announced last night. Lady Eden will accompany him. An official statement from No. 10 Downing Street said that
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    PARDON ME, says LIE TEST 'KILLER'
    100 2 PARDON ME, says LIE TEST 'KILLER' NEW YORK. Thurs.— Truth serum convinced a Seattle judge that 37-year-old Mrs. Violet Sill, whom he sent to prison for killing her husband, is innocent. Under the influence of «hr serum, Mrs. Sill described in Prison how she was twice shot by her husband
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    ABOUT-TURN WITH JOHN L.
    61 2 NEW YORK. Thurs —John L. Lewis, for generations the thorn In the side of employers as miners' union boss. Is now being called an "unfair" employer himself. He switched sides to help run a new coal shipping company. Now skippers are parading in front of his
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    Lock icon Mission of mercy to be wound up
    80 2 Mission of mercy to be wound up SAIGON. Thurs. OPERATION BROTHERHOOD' in South Vietnam will end soon, an official of the Junior Chamber International disclosed today. Mr. Amerigo Mutuc, JCI Vice-Presldent for Asia, said the decision to end the mercy mission as a JCI project was reached during the recent
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    Alone we did it...
    95 2 ISRAEL DENIES OUTSIDE AID JERUSALEM, Thurs. Israel Government officials last night categorically denied reports that the Sinai Desert operation undertaken by Israel was carried out in collusion with any foreign power. They also denied that any ground, air or naval units of any foreign power had
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    Atomic loco
    18 2 BONN Thurs West Oerman Railways are planning to build an atomic locomotive. the Government said today.
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    54 2 ANCHORS AWEIGH— FOR THE ANTARCTIC THERE were partlnr waves from ship and shore as the Magga Dan pulled away from her berth at tower Bridge, London, for the Antarctic. She carries members of two expeditions the Commonwealth Trans-Antarc-tic party and the Royal Society's croup visiting the Antarctic for the International
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    Lock icon Teahouse of the August Moonshine
    96 2 Teahouse of the August Moonshine I TOKYO, Thurs.— Mrs. Rose of the Teahouse of the August Moon on Okinawa has been fined $3,000 and jailed for 30 days. The United States Far East Command announced here today that she had been found guilty by a court martial of dealing illegally
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    29 2 TOKYO, Thurs.— A Communist Chinese delegation arrived here today and Invited Japan to Join China. Russia, North Korea and North Vietnam In a Joint fisheries treaty.— U.P.
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    38 2 JAKARTA. Thurs. Thousands of tons of Indonesian exports are piling up in harbour warehouses because of the boycott of British ships by trade unions. The boycott began after the Anglo-French Intervention in Egypt.— A.P.
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    PHONE CALL DRAMA IN SHIP CRASH
    342 2 Man on bridge: It was too late NEW YORK, Thursday. STAN JOHANSSON, the seaman in the crow's nest of the Swedish liner Stockholm at the time of its collision with the Italian liner Andrea Dorla, described yesterday a telephone call to the bridge minutes
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    The thief's conscience
    63 2 LONDON, Thurs.— A thief with a conscience returned a handbag holding £275, the savings of 55-year-old widow Mrs. Gladys Nalrne, of Isleworth. Middlesex. It was stolen from a shop. Then during the night Mrs. Nalrne heard something fallIng in the next-door garden. It was the handbag, thrown
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    Lock icon China to adopt the ABC
    131 2 MAO'S Fix* HONG KONG Tv. —A commit 'r. e of a guage experts h elded to pattern China's new w c language after th» letter Roman alnhail' Peking Radio .4R terday. The sweeping reform start after the GoS*gives final approval tT? proposed alphabet Th >
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    Leaves for new post
    51 2 Leaves for new post Sir Charles Mathew h. retiring Chief Justice of a. Federation of Malaya, arrive in Singapore yesterday re Kuala Lumpur on his way k Hong Kong. He will spend a few dar? there before coir.c to At 1 ababa to become judicial id viser to the Ethiopian
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    Lock icon Radio snags
    24 2 SYDNEY. Thurs.-Abiic-mal suaspot activity seriously interfering wttt long-distance radio circuit from Australia, the manager of Australia's" Ovc: seas Telecommunication Commission, said today.Reuter.
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    Beds blow up bridge to freedom
    278 3 Beds blow up bridge to freedom p^ DEMANDS AM END TO MASS DEPQKTATIOMB FROM HUNGARY REFUGEES FIRED ON VIENNA, Thursday. pUSSIAN troops blew up one of the main K M a pe routes from Hungary last night in a dr.pt rate move to stem the tide of refugees feeing t<»
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    PORT SAID SOCCER MATCH
    47 3 Brit j*l» troops and lotal lads enjoy game EGYPT has accused Britain and France of "atrocities" in their recent "police action" in Port Said, but this Reuter picture from the occupied town shows British soldiers playing football in the street with young Egyptians.
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    Lock icon 'Russia also suffered'
    498 3 The deportations were dismissed by the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Dmitri Shepilov. as fictitious. He denied all reports of them and said that statements made during the debate were intended to poison the international atmosphere and divert world public opinion from the Anglo-French aggression in Egypt. H
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    Envoy expelled
    18 3 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. The Argentine today expelled the Rumanian Minister here, Mr. Anton Moisescu.— A. P.
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    Lock icon 'Come to Ceylon' drive in Russia
    59 3 COLOMBO, Thurs —A widespread campaign to boost Ceylon's attractions as a tourist resort is now being conducted in Russia through the medium of the Soviet state tourist organisation. Intourist. This organisation is distributing a large amount of tourist literature in the way of travel
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    Lock icon NO OIL FOR CHINA SHIP
    157 3 'We have nothing to hide 9 captain rIH'RBAN, Thurs. I 6,759-ton German freighter Westernstein is stranded here without lud tn continue her Journey to China because «11 companies have refustd to supply her with bunker. we oil company spokesman "id today the situation deliiate and
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    Bomb outrage
    25 3 NICOSIA, Thurs. Two bombs were thrown from a house-top at a British military patrol in Nicosia's inner city today, injuring a Cypriot woman.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    285 3 LONDON, Thurs. Closing middle prices of selected stock not Including stamp duty were: TIN LONDON, Thurs. —Cash buyers £•50, sellers £851, forward buyers £831. sellers £8324. Settlement £8474. Turnover a.m. 150 tons. p.m. 75 tons. RUBBER LONDON Thurs. —Spot 32d., Dec. 31 \d., Jan-Mar. 31% d.. April-June 30
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      Lock icon GENERALS HELD FOR PLOTTING
      109 3 GENERALS HELD FOR PLOTTING BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. Oen. Leon Bengoa and Gen. Juan Jose Uranga were arrested today with a group of plotters outside an army barracks, the Argentine Government announced. Both men helped in the overthrow of President Juan Peron. Gen. Bengoa became Minister of War in the first
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      29 3 LONDON: The current Anglo-Japanese negotiations for new sterling payments and trade arrangements, which began here on Oct. 1. are expected to last for another thre c to four weeks.—Reuter.
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      27 3 NEW DELHI: Indonesia and India signed an agreement for the sale of 50,000 tons of Indian salt to Indonesia, to be shipped between December and June. —A.P.
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      27 3 ROME: The Italian Government has accepted the nomination of Mr. James D. Zellerbach as U.S. ambassador hi place of Mrs. Clare Booth c Luce, who has resigned.—Reuter.
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      9 3 DUBLIN: Ireland will begin petrol rationing on Jan. I.—AP.
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      16 3 PHNOM PENH: The Chinese Premier, Mr. Chou Enlai arrived here today for a six-day goodwill visit.—AP.
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      20 3 WASHINGTON: The Agriculture Department announced the sale of 11,023.000 lb. of dry milk to Japan for use in schools. —Reuter.
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      26 3 SAN FRANCISCO: West Coast longshoremen will join East and Gulf Coast dock workers in a sympathy walk-out that may shut down all the nations ports UP.
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      20 3 WASHINGTON: President Eisenhower and the Tunisian Premier. Hablb Bourguiba. discussed the situation hi North Africa and the general international situation.—AP
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      28 3 TOKYO: Police here in a city-wide sweep, arrested 116 taxi drivers, including IS drivers charged with drunken driving and 103 accused of exceeding the speed limit.—Reuter.
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    Teachers meet
    19 4 The Singapore Graduate Teachers' Association will hold a meeting at Beatty Secondary School at 3 p.m. tomorrow.
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    SAFARI CLUB 'MONSTER SHOW
    59 4 SAFARI CLUB 'MONSTER SHOW The Singapore Safari Club's "monster show" will be held tonight at the Badminton Hall. The iriety performance of 24 items will feature popular 6ingers, talentime stars, dances and comic acts. The show is in aid of a fund for the Colony's underprivileged children. Tickets at $3,
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    226 4 'NO TAX' BAIT TO LURE CAPITAL TO LABUANI Free port again; Big development hopes LABUAN, Thursday. COMPANIES starting: operations here will not pay profits tax until their businesses are firmly established. This assurance was given today to representatives of eight nations attending talks on Labuan's future by the chairman, Mr.
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    FLOWERING TREES TO SHADE A HIGHWAY
    82 4 FLOWERING TREES TO SHADE A HIGHWAY FLOWERING trees are to be planted along both sides of Nicoll Highway, Singapore, under a City Council scheme to beautify the two-mile stretch. A council spokesman said yesterday that the trees would provide shade for pedestrians and cyclists. The trees are to be planted
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    Poppy dance
    22 4 RAUB. Thurs. The Raub Club will hold a dance on Saturday In aid of the Poppy Day Appeal Fund. I
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    Tourism expert urges development of big sightseeing centres
    141 4 PENANG, Than. Four centres Singapore, Koala Lumpur, Penang and Malacca— should be developed to offer tourists a "comprehensive tour" of Malaya, Mr. R. W. Fen ton, New Zealand expert on tourism, suggested here today. "And I think the people who would benefit
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    FOR SALE—A TRADE UNION
    62 4 FOR SALE— A TRADE UNION A SINGAPORE salesman has decided to form a trade union for the island's 5,000 salesmen. Yesterday, Mr. David* Eng applied to the police for permission to hold a meet- ing in the Chinese YMCA at Shenton Way on Monday evening. "Salesmen urgently need a responsible
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    Schoolboy rioter fined $1,000
    123 4 Schoolboy rioter fined $1,000 A SINGAPORE district Judge, Mr. J.B. Jeyaretnam, yesterday fined a Yock Eng High School student $1,000 or six months' jail on rioting charge and told him: "I am being lenient with you in giving you the option of a fine." Choo Khi Ten, 17, was found
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    He seeks views of expats
    31 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Mr. H. G. Turner, Malayan Establishment Officer, visited Johore Bahru earlier this week to interview expatriate officers in connection with Government's Malayanisation scheme.
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    Death of Mrs. Chrysostom
    41 4 IPOH, Thurs.— Mrs. L. A. Chrysostom. mother of Mr J. P. Chrysostom, formerly of the Straits Times and now of Jakarta, died in Ipoh this morning. The funeral was held this evening at the Conolly Road Cemetery.
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    GOVERNOR TO UNVEIL PLAQUE AT CHURCH'S 100 th BIRTHDAY
    101 4 GOVERNOR TO UNVEIL PLAQUE AT CHURCH'S 100 th BIRTHDAY THE Presbyterian Church, Singapore, win celebrate its centenary on Sunday. Dec. 2, when the Governor, Sir Robert Black, will unveil a memorial plaque to the dead of the two world wars and church workers throughout tbe century. Sunday school pupils will
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    MURDER CASE: A RETRIAL
    233 4 4 Judge misdirected the jury 9 THE Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday A ordered a retrial of Suhamie bin Hajl Serat who appealed against the sentence of death passed on him by the Assizes for the murder of 12-year-old Monek binte Hashlm. The girl's body
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    Commodore off but he'd like to return
    66 4 Commodore off but he'd like to return COMMODORE B. G. NORFOLK. Chief-of-Staff to Admiral Sir Alan ScottMoncrelff, C-in-C Far East Station, left Singapore yesterday In the Canton for Britain. Commodore Norfolk, who •pent two yean In Singapore, said he and his wife would miss the Colony. He hopes to ret
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    Ancient badge in a Red camp
    213 4 Ancient badge in a Red camp IPOH, Thurs. The Perak Motor Union died 25 years ago but one of its badges has been found in an abandoned terrorist camp 10 miles northeast of here. A security force patrol found It in a disused smokeshed on Changkat Kinding Estate, Tanjong Rambutan.
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    School concert and display
    50 4 PENANO, Thurs.— The Penang Hutchings School will hold its annual prize distribution at 9 a.m. on Nov. 30. Mrs. N. K. Menon, wife of the chairman of the Settlement's education committee, wiu give away the prizes. There will be a concert and exhibition of school work.
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    DECISION on MURDER INQUIRY TOMORROW
    207 4 TOE magistrate, Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday post- poned until tomorrow his decision on whether four men accused of the murder of Pal Singh, Jaga of the Singapore Standard, had a case to answer. i Mr. Choor Singh announced the postponement after a 15-mlnute adjournment of
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    No licence—he is fined $50
    54 4 No licence he is fined $50 Kang Eng Kwee of Buona Vista Road, was yesterday fined $50 by a Singapore traffic court for riding a motor-cycle along Alexandra Road without a licence and without being covered by third party insurance on July 29. He was also disqualified from riding a
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    Protection for 5,500 people
    39 4 PENANG, Thurs. More than 5,500 people in Penang have been inoculated against typhoid since the recent epidemic in Province Wellesley. This month, three cases were reported here, making a total of 13 in two months.
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    Getting ready
    22 4 KLUANO, Thurs. A flood committee headed by the Kluang District Officer, Ungku Mohamed Salleh bin Ismail, has been formed here.
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    Promoted
    21 4 TEMERiOH, Tfcurs.— Police Sergeant Rattan Singh, 27, has been appointed a probationary police inspector and transferred to Batu Pahat, Johore.
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    'Hello Japan' by radio
    56 4 A direct radio telephone link between Singapore and Japan is to be put in service soon. The Director of the Telecommunications Department > Mr. J. H. WaßStaff, said yesterday that only formalities remained to be completed. FOOTNOTE: Singapore can already make calls to Japan, but only
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    PASSED: THAT S 100,000 for FPA
    165 5 4 FTER a lively debate, A the Singapore Legis-l-tive Assembly yester£ia v approved, by 15 votes to eight with six abstentions, a $100,000 contribution to the Family Planning Association next year. The Government allowed a ite and 11 voted in three against while .mcd.
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    Rural Board plans more community centres
    146 5 ffHE Singapore Rural Board 1 plan.-; to build three more community centra next year. < They will be at Somapah. j A Xi and Bukit Timah. The bo<jrd i.s also planning temporary community I The board's secretary. Mr. ilk Kwan. said yester- t plans
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    Jakarta trade difficulties
    42 5 The Singapore Overseas Chinese Importers' and Exporters' Association is to seek the help of Mr. J.M. Davies, the Malayan Trade Commissioner in Britain, in smoothing out trade difficulties with Indonesia. A delegation will meet him in Singapore next month.
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    Abu^ leaves his heart in Japan
    572 5 YOUTH FAILED TO FIND MOTHER, BUT HIS TRAVELS WEBB MOT IN VAIM HE REUNITED 3 WOMEN WITH THEIR FAMILIESAND FOUND SWEETHEART JXCHE Abu Bakar bin Mohamed Shah, 24, the Singapore clerk who recently returned from Japan after a vain search for his lost mother,
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    Turkeys in November
    46 5 The turkey graced the dinner table of every American family celebrating Thanksgiving Day in Singapore yesterday with a get-together at home or at the American Club. There was a good turnout at the Wesley Methodist Church where the American community attended a service.
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    Mystery of 12 boys who never turned up
    150 5 Mystery of 12 boys who never turned up Chung Cheng High School boys who have been offered accommodation at St. Andrew's School boarding house, Woodsville Road, Singapore, have failed to arrive. And nobody knows where they are. Mr. Tan Lye Whatt, principal of St. Andrew's School told the Straits Times
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    TAXIMAN DIVES TO SAVE HIS FARE
    55 5 TAXIMAN DIVES TO SAVE HIS FARE BUTTBRWORTH, Than.— A taxi driver saved a young woman passenger from drowning yesterday afternoon. She hired a taxi from Alor Star to Butterworth. On reaching Mitchell tier she jumped into the sea. Taxi driver Hashim dived in after her and brought her ashore. The
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    Water rising on flooded road
    39 5 MALACCA, Thurs. The Selandar-Nyalas road was flooded to a depth of 18 Inches between the 21st and 22nd mile stones today following heavy overnight rain. A report at noon said the water was rising.
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    Mislaid address? Call at Raffles Library
    123 5 IP you wish to send a Christinas card to a friend in Britain or France but have lost his address, go to Raffles Library, Singapore and the staff will help you trace it. A complete set of the telephone directories for Britain and France
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    BAN ON 2TON VEHICLES
    71 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Only in very exceptional circumstances will vehicles over two tons be allowed to use Scudal Road skirting the sea in Johore Bahru. But permission must first be sought from the State Engineer as this part of the road is frequently used by holiday
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    Run Run off to Europe on holiday
    79 5 Run Run off to Europe on holiday MALAYAN film magnate, Mr. Run Run Shaw, and Mrs. Shaw left Singapore for Rome by Qantas yesterday for a two months' holiday and business tour of Euroj.>3. Mr. Shaw told reporters at the airport that he would study the latest film making methods
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    SIX RESCUED FROM VICE
    40 5 The Singapore Social Welfare Deparment last month detained four girls in raids on suspected brothels. They were all put in a place of safety. Two girls found to be in moral danger were also given protection.
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    Firebug foiled
    115 5 THREW FLAMING BALL ON ROOF BUTTERWORTH, Thurs.— An arsonist tried to set fire to a row of al l a p houses in Mitchell Pier Road here last night, but was foiled by the Province fire chief. The man was seen at 0.30 p.m. hurling a fireball of
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      273 5 SAFARI CLUB: Variety show In wak" by Hedda Morriton, Stamaid of underprlvUeged children, ford Road, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Badminton Hall, Guillemard Road. CHINESE V .M.C.A. (Shenton 8 p.m. Way)- Film show "The Frogmen" THE STAGE CLUB: Noel Co- 8 p.m '^■"M"* 1 3 pjn. to 10 ward's "Present
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    Mr. Hart and the cost of living
    253 6 Mr. Hart and the cost of living PROBE OR EFFECT OF HIGHER TAXES T«HE Singapore Oovernx ment Staff Side Council has set up a sub committee to study and report on the effects of increased taxation on the cost of living. Dr. Ooh Keng Swee was appointed chairman of the
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    'Scrap Supplies Dept' move in Assembly
    135 6 rpHE Singapore Supplies L Department has outlived its usefulness of British Military Administration days and should be scrapped without delay, said Mr. R. Jumabhoy (Lib-Soc) in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. He pointed out that to run the department would cost the Government over $287,000
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    SWEE KEE WINS PRAISE
    389 6 Ede of the Opposition tells Assembly: I admire his handling of the middle schools problem fHE Singapore Education Minister, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, was praised by an Opposition Assemblyman yesterday for his handling of the Chinese middle schools situation. Mr. John Me (Lib. Soc.-Tanglin) said he
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    More Govt-run Chinese schools next year
    73 6 More Govt-run Chinese schools next year WORK on more Gov-ernment-managed Chinese middle schools will be started in Singapore next year. The Education Ministry's permanent secretary, Mr. D. McLellen told the Straits Times' yesterday: "The number will depend on the applications received by early next year." The first buildine It expected
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    Middle Road union men turn to TUC
    180 6 JAGANATHAN: WE WILL HELP THEM THERE are indications that members of the SinA gapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union are turning to the Trades Union Congress for assistance in solving disputes. One case was the settlement reached on Tuesday be. tween the management
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    UNION: 'OUR LEADERS ARE VICTIMISED'
    76 6 UNION: 'OUR LEADERS ARE VICTIMISED' IPOH, Thurs.— -fhe Perak branch of the National Union of Plantation Workers is to protest against alleged victimisation by gome companies. "Such an attitude is deplorable and should not be adopted by employers," says a resolution to be tabled at the biennial conference of the
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    From Colony to top post in West Africa
    41 6 From Colony to top post in West Africa MR. V. E. DAVIES, Deputy Financial Secretary, left Singapore yesterday in the Canton for Gambia, West Africa, where he is to become Financial Secretary. His contract with the Singapore Government ha* just expired.
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    Joins varsity WANTED: CHRISTMAS GIFTS
    78 6 Dr. Bryce Douglas, a senior scientist of an industrial concern in America, has joined the University of Malaya. Singapore, as a visiting research associate. THE Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association appeals to the public for Christmas gifts for families of destitute tuberculosis patients. The clinic's medical direc-
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    GOVT. TO THANK FARMERS AND FISHERMEN FOR HELP IN RIOTS
    148 6 GOVT. TO THANK FARMERS AND FISHERMEN FOR HELP IN RIOTS SINGAPORE farmers and fishermen, who played a big part in. feeding the Colony during recent riots, will soon receive the special thanks of the Government }i The Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy. will visit them to
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    New magistrate
    15 6 Mr. G. Tara Singh Sidh-j assumed duties yesterday as the Singapore Eighth Magistrate.
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    NEW MAN TO HELP COLONY IN TAX WAR
    132 7 t HIGHLY qualified A official of the Fedetion Government will come to Singapore soon holj) Colony tax sleuths catch up with the dodgers. He will &ct as training intil the department tt a full-time man of its naneJal Secretary. M H?.rt, announced
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    Fall from staircase
    53 7 Hacknier, 67, was to the General Hosal last night with severe and body injuries after :om a staircase in a tel in Tyrwhitt Road, Sin--1 employee called the c when he heard groans ot of the staircase. I Vis. Hacknier. h( hotel register showed .she booked in
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    Public lecture
    24 7 h orge Nay of Chicago rive a public lecture on :ence— The Con- at the Victoria Hall, Singapore, at D Nov. 29.
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    Car on fire
    29 7 inti and pas- f '-in- last night fought a In a car in a lane off Street Singapore. a fire engine arrived. nie upholstery was damaged.
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    Two on kidnap charge
    56 7 Two men, V. Mariappan. 28. and N. Annamalal, 29, pleaded not guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to a charge of kidnapping a girl. Zainab binte Abdullah, 14, alias Krishnamma. at a house in Lorong Tai Seng at 9.30 p.m. last Sunday. They were permitted bail
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    JUDGE WAS WRONG -APPEAL COURT
    252 7 Ruling on disqualification KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. full Federal Court of Appeai today held that r. Justice Thomson (now the Chief Justice) rang when he ruled that a court had no power disqualify for two years a person convicted of Mr. Justice Thomson had '-led in
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    Had opium—$80
    33 7 Had opium $80 JOHORE, BAHRU, Thurs.— Tan Kiah was fined $80 in the Johore Bahru Sessions Court today for being in possession of 10 packets of chandu at Ulu Tiram on Nov. 2.
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    THE EAGER DONS WON'T RETIRE NOW
    205 7 NEW development has crept into the staff problems of the University of Malaya which faced resignations of 11 expatriates during the last academic year. Now. members of the university's academic staff want to serve until they are 65 instead of retiring at 55. A
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    Leadership training course
    67 7 Leadership training course TWO youths from Sarawak are coming to Singapore 'to take the three-month i leaders' training course organised by the Federation of Boys' Clubs. They will Join 33 Malayan youths in studying the behaviour patterns and problems of adolescents and leadership techniques. The course beginning on Nov. 27
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    Sgt. McConnell's plane is found near fort
    294 7 HIDDEN BY JUNOIE ALMOST SIX MONTHS IPOH, Thursday. T»HE Royal Air Force Auster in which Sergeant Ken McConnell, 34, crashed in deep jungle on May 23 last, has been found close to a stream 15 air miles south-east of Ipoh. The wreck was
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    Temple theft
    20 7 PENANG, Thurs.— Burglars stole a lamp-stand yesterday from the Sam Sua Kong temple at Bukit Scbelah, Bukit Mertajam.
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    I-card defaced, man fined
    37 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Hussein bin Haji Abdul Rahim was fined $25 in the Johore Bahru magistrate's court today for having a defaced identity card. He told the court that it was only dirty.
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    MYF meeting
    28 7 The Tamil Methodist Youth Fellowship, Singapore, will hold its annual meeting and elections after the worship service at 14, Short Street, at 10.40 a.m. on Sunday.
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    Holiday for Lee
    23 7 The Federation Finance Minister, Col. H. S. Lee left Singapore for Hong Kong by CPA yesterday for a week's' holiday.
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    11 inspectors promoted
    97 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Eleven more police inspectors have been promoted assistant superintendents— on probation for a year. They are Chan Moon Yin (HQ). Mohamed Yusof bin Ismail (Negri), Gian Singh (HQ), G. S. Abishegam (Mai), Mohamed Jarjis bin Haji All (Depot), Long bin Ngah Mat Unah (Pk)
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    She will model a Ching costume
    92 7 She will model a Ching costume MRS. CHRISTINA LOKE WAN THO (above) wUI model a Chin* period costume at the "More About Eve" pageant to be staged at Raffles Hotel on Dec. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8. The show, in aid of the Singapore Tooth Sports Centre, wiU illustrate
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    YOKO HAPPY WITH NEW PIANO
    77 7 YOKO HAPPY WITH NEW PIANO LOVELY Japanese pianist Yoko Kono had a pleasant surprise yesterday— the loan or a new Steinway piano. It will be moved into the Victoria Memorial Hall for her concert on Nov. 30. Yoko Kono's benefactors are the Keller Piano Co., the Steinway agents. They made
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    Visit by head of British A.A.
    53 7 Lord Tenyham, chairman of the Automobile Association of Great Britain, Lady Tenyham, Mr. K. L. Kelly, secretary of the A.A., and Mrs. Kelly, will arrive in Singapore on Jan. 3. They are passing through on their way t o Australia, and will spend four
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    HOODED ROBBERS RAID A HOME
    208 7 HOODED ROBBERS RAID A HOME f> I V E hooded men carrying revolvers last night held up three housewives and seven children in a house at Cambridge Road, Singapore, and robbed them of $1,600 in cash and Jewellery. The housewives— Tay Chai Poh, 28, her sister Tay Ch-i Geok. 24.
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    ROW OVER WOMEN
    124 7 Mr. Lee: Why should they get money and not the men? A ROW over financial -^assistance to women's organisations in Singapore flared up in the Legislative Assembly yesterday when a $125,--000 Government grant to the Y.W.C.A. was debated. Mr. Lee Choon Eng (Ind.Queenstown) who strongly opposed the
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    DEATH
    46 8 20 Word, J7O (minimum). CABLE RECEIVED that Mr. K. Thambiah, the beloved father of Mr. Rajaratnam. Federal Establishment Office, Kuala Lumpur Mr. Markandoo. Health Inspector, Port Swettenham and Mr. Thamb::ajah of Gedong Estate, Bagan Sorai passed away on 20.11.56, at Sit than kerny, Jaffna Ceylon.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    138 8 20 Word, HO (minimum). MRS. H. K. LUNG Family thank all those who paid night vis;ts, lent cars and attended the funeral of the late Dr. H. K. Lung. THE FAMILY of the late Mr. E. R. Biswas of Bahau, thank all those who Assisted, Attended the Funeral and
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    IN MEMORIAM
    28 8 20 Word, $10 (minimum). IN EVERLASTING MEMORY of Mr- S. M. Nathan who died In India on 23 11/44. Gone but not forgotten, Wife and Children.
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    159 8 ID Word, 110 (minimum). ANNUAL ARTS BALL at the Victoria Hall. What a Circus! What a Ball! Bth DecemberTickets at Robinsons. COURT GOWNS.... by Minerva —Exclusive to Tommy Thomson Fxquisite Collection just arrived. G.H. Bldg., Battery Road. Tel: *****. THE SINGAPORE JAZZ Club epens on Nov. 25 at 51
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    Wat Stars Singapore, Fri. Nov. 23, 1956. Pulling Out Of Suez
    625 8 Wat Stars Singapore, Fri. Nov. 23, 1956. Pulling Out Of Suez Britain and France have now to drink the bitter dregs of Suez. It is better to gulp the draught at once, and to free effort and attention to constructive possibilities in the Middle East There is little point in
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    Assembly And City Council
    306 8 The Singapore Government intends to discuss with the Federation the possibility of joint measures to prevent people leaving Malaya without paying income tax. Effective action is overdue. In nine years the Colony Treasury has lost more than a million dollars, and the taxpayer must ruefully reflect
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    Hidden Wealth
    211 8 Threequarters of Malaya is still unexplored territory, a fact often overlooked by those who fear that Malaya hag reached the limits of economic expansion and that its rapidly expanding population are in for leaner times. But what of mineral wealth that lie hidden in the undeveloped regions? Some
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    In Search of a Hero
    784 8  -  ROGER BANNISTER by THE OLYMPICS -PAST AND PRESENT ITNLIKE the Olympic U Games, many popular occasions, even Royal ones, can be predicted almost i n their entirety, though the postponement of the ceremony of Trooping the Colour was a little unfortunate for the lady gossip
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    A TERRIBLE DEFEAT
    976 8 Will to freedom!; is imcrushed I pVEN Mr. Nehru, 1 whose international prestige must have been considerably lowered by his early excuses for Russian behaviour in Hun- gary, has now gone so far as to refer to "the gross and brutal exercise of armed might" in that
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    RESIGN CALL 'SHOCKS' Mr. TAN
    172 9 rrrjALA LUMPUR, K its. The chairof the Malayan Association's tton, Mr. Tan Kok, said today he was greatly surand shocked at Mala demand for "a MCA youth da "no con- against nim the letter he and MCA leaders sent Cneng Lock Tan. association. ng disciplinary
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    Yogi to speak at temple
    39 9 LUMPUR. Thurs. S. A. A. Ramaiah a honours graduate will lecture on at the Chettiar Sentul, at J. 30 p.m. rday. Or. Sunday at 8 a.m. he will t -me talk at 5 -Teet.
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    Day-a-week rubber standstill?
    273 9 UNION CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS PLAN FOR REGULAR REST TRF <w w X VQ A t LIJ MPUR, Thursday. T fI H ft?"" 1 d le T latefI atefi conference of the *ational Union of Plantation Workers is to discuss a resolution which would put the entire The
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    'Housewives are being cheated'
    79 9 'Housewives are being cheated' KLANG. Thurs. The Klang Town Council was told last night that housewives were being cheated by market stallholders. Mr. Jang Sing (Nominated^ said the stallholders charged too much for fish, vegetables and pork. He suggested that a committee be formed to investigate. The chairman, Mr. T.
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    Terrorist wounded
    41 9 ALOR STAR, Thurs. A terrorist was wounded in a gun ba'tle with a platoon of the Ist Malay Regt. in the Bongsu Foiest reserve. South Ke<lah. yesterday. eight bandits fled after the battle, carrying the v.-ounded man with them.
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    Back at job
    30 9 Mr. J. E. Pepper, permanent secretary to the Singapore Ministry of Local Government. Lands and Housing, returned yesterday to £s--ume duties after six weeks' leave in Britain.
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    Film V.I.P. to protest
    63 9 A top Hollywood film executive, Mr. M- Bergher, who flew into Singapore by PAA yesterday, plans to protest to the Federation Government about the recently Increased import duty on films. Mr. Bergher, who Is vice-president of Columbia Pictures International, Far East, told reporters at the airport
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    CIGARETTE SMUGGLER FINED $3,000
    64 9 CIGARETTE SMUGGLER FINED $3,000 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Atar. bin All. 27. of Masai, was fined $3,000 or six months jail by a court here today for attempting to smuggle 17.000 cigarettes into Johore Bahru from Singapore on Wednesday. The cigarettes were found hidden in a car. The court made an
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    Indonesian book exhibition
    49 9 PENANG, Thurs. An exhibition of 4,000 Indonesian books will be held in the UMNO Hall, here on Dec. 5, 6 and 7. The display Is sponsored by Malay literary and cultural bodies which will meet soon to consider setting up a council to promote such activities.
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    Jail for young thief
    44 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— K. Govlndasamy. 22, was today sentenced to a year's Jail by the Sessions Court here for theft of two postal orders on Sept. 24 and Oct. 6. He pleaded guilty to stealing the postal orders worth $37.
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    SIR ROBERT TURNS TUTOR AND HELPS SIMON WITH HIS ARITHMETIC
    70 9 f ROBERT BLACK, Governor of Singapore, yesterday made his first visit to the Crippled Children's Hone at Tanah Merah. He toured the home for more than an hour and spoke to each and every one of the 4t little inmates.
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    Down go houses—but women protest
    217 9 Down go houses— but women protest RIOT SQUAD IS CALLED OUT KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. ABOUT 30 women and children, mostly young A girls, tried to stop a gang of labourers from demolishing eight squatter houses on a private land in Lower Kovil Road in Sentul here- today. The labourers and
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    ADMIRERS PUT ON FIRST PLAY
    100 9 ADMIRERS PUT ON FIRST PLAY The five-month-old Tagore Circle of Singapore will produce its first play at the Oel Tiong Ham Hall, University of Malaya, on Sunday night. Mr. Phani Majumdar. the man who directed the Malay film Hang Tuah, will direct the Kngltah version of Tagore's "Natir Puja" (worship
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    Patrol in Red ambush
    44 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Terrorists fired on a police armoured truck and a scout car at the 444 milestone Kota Tinggi Mersing Road yesterday. The police party fired back and the bandits fled. A followup with tracker dogs is in progress.
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    Air marshal's visit
    37 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Air Marshal Sir John Whitley, who flew his own Canberra twin- jet bomber from Britain to Malaya this week, today visited the RAF station here. He flies back to England tomorrow.
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    He will die
    30 9 The Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday rejected an appeal by Sim Ah Mun, against a sentence of death for the murder of a Harbour Board kepala.
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    Industrial mishaps
    56 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Fourteen workers were killed and 70 seriousfy hurt In industrial accidents in the Federation last year, says the 1955 annual report of the Malayan Machinery Department. There were 378 reported accidents. Including 103 on mines, 72 In the rubber trades. 71 in the timber trades
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    Tougher divorce is top Muslim topic
    207 9 EPOH, Thura. Malaya's biggest conference of Muslim religious leaders will be held here for two days, beginning on Dec. 25, to discuss tightening divorce laws. Religious leaders nere described the conference as being of far reaching importance and one that will decide the co-ordination
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    Bandits flee
    30 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Special constable sentries last night fired at two figures seen outside the perimeter fence at Serdang Lama Village Sungei Best near here. The figures ran.
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    100 shops for Klang
    45 9 KLANG, Thurs. The Klang Town Council Is to build 100 wooden shops near the market at Harper Street, it was announced at the budget meeting of the council last night. The council has accepted a $75,000 tender for building the shops.
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    New post
    22 9 RAUB, Thurs. Police Inspector Inche All bin Hashim, investigation officer. Raub. has been transferred to Kuala Kubu as assistant OCPD.
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    COMING—BANTING'S GOOD CITIZENS
    166 9 COMING— BANTING'S GOOD CITIZENS A SMALL band of gallant Chinese, who are risking their lives to help the authorities fight the Communist terrorists in the Federation, will arrive in Singapore today for a two-day civics course tour. They are members of the Banting Good Citizens Committee, who founded the Good
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    HE'LL TAKE JOB, DESPITE UMNO PROTESTS
    344 9 HE'LL TAKE JOB, DESPITE UMNO PROTESTS Deputy Mentri Besar row KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. RAJA Ayoub bin R?ja Haji Bot, a senior officer in the Malayan Civil Service, said today that he would accept the newly-created post of Deputy Mentri Besar of Selangor if it was offerred to him. He denied
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    STABBED BY GANG OF EIGHT
    65 9 STABBED BY GANG OF EIGHT A 15-year-old lorry attendant. Tan Koh Nua. was attacked by a gang of eight outside an open air cinema In Ganges Avenue. Singapore, «n Wednesday night. Tan was stabbed in the head, arm and leg, and collapsed on the road after running about 50 yards.
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    TENGKU AT POLLS RALLY
    65 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs The Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, will sptak at a municipal election rally here tomorrow night. The rally is to boost Alliance candidates. Mr. Lim Hee Hong and Mr. Choot Shih Guan. who are conU«ting the Imbl and PeUllnj wards. It will be
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    DEATH came her way TWICE
    101 9 DEATH came her way TWICE KUALA SELANGOR, Thurs. Che Kontik Kamariah who recently retired as inspector of Malay Girls' schools in Selangor figured in two fatal accidents yesterday. She was driving a car along the Batang Berjuntal Road, two miles from here, about 11.45 a.m. when it collided with a
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    Cattle owner is found on road
    39 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thun. A European doctor found a 48-year-old cattle owner K. Ismail lying unconscious on the Klang Road near Petaling Jaya six miles from hen last night. He too> him to hospital.
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    IRON CURTAIN OF SECRECY ROUND MARILYN
    587 10 -Vivien tells why she left home SURROUNDED with secrecy becoming the atomic age, the Marilyn Monroe-Sir Laurence Olivier film, "The Sleeping Prince," is slowly nearing completion at the rustic and appropriately hidden Pinewood Studios, 21 miles from London. Never before in film history have
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    Cameras below the sea probe world of silent fascination
    258 10 SUSAN BARRIE PREVIEWS THE WEEK'S NEW FILMS TF you would like to 1 spend a little time in a new and enchanted world, filled with haunting beauty and strange, wonderful creatures, see "Under the Caribbean," made by German marine biologist. Dr.
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    298 10 lamps which chance the twilight blues and greens of the ocean bed to a riot of rich and glowing colour. Strange fish, weird marine plants and creatures which seem to come straight out of a fantastic fairy tale,
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    Same story, but you may enjoy it
    237 10 THE Mandarin film "A Forlorn Hope" left me with only a forlorn hop* of following the story, for I saw It before English subtitles were added. Despite this handicap, however, I enjoyed most of it. It is very good of its kind and
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    1560 11 Siege of Alcazar turned tide of Spanish civil war STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Bombs* dynamite did not break defenders 9 spirit QNL day m July 1936, Colonel MosV/ cardo, commander of the great military fortress of the Alcazar in Toledo, Spain w£ in the hands of the besieging Republicans Lnless
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      213 11 Whenever it is the time and place for a truly satisfying whisky, the discriminating man always asks for Madrinlay's. He knows it is certainly the finest and one of Scotland's oldest proprietary brands. MACKIHISrS SCOTCH WHISKY ESTD. 1820 AI BUMMD IT TW NMXMUT FAMILY FOR FOUR GENERATIONS WATERPROOF > '^V.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    85 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:Copra: steady; Nov. $27 1,4 buyers, $28 sellers; Dec. $28 buyers, $28 3 4 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $43 sellers, drum $46 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $119, Sarawak $118, special Sarawak black $84
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    SINGAPORE MARKETS EXPERIENCE DAY OF WILD RUMOURS
    873 12 SINGAPORE MARKETS EXPERIENCE DAY OF WILD RUMOURS By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE markets were influenced yesterday by many wild and unconfirmed reports concerning deterioration of the situation in the Middle East and a worsening of the tension in Jakarta. In addition the rubber market was further subjected to a report
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    66 12 The Malayan Exchange Bank* Association made the following change in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rate* up to $100);Selltag T.T. or O.D. ready: Dentaehe Marks 135 5/8. On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 6.4 ft', for cash and
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    45 12 rE Federation's Finance Minister has fixed the following prices for calculating; customs duties for the week starting: November 22: RUBBER: $1,022 cents per Ib. COPRA: $428 per ton. COCONUT OIL: $714 per ton. PALM OIL: $789.50 per ton. PALM KERNELS: $358 per ton.
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    OFFICIAL Prices
    7 12 SINGAPORE No RUBBKR si 1,
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    RUBBER PRICES
    104 12 December first cr.d, buyers f.o.b. closed in yesurday at 105 cent IH cents on Wednesday! price. The closing tone «tl d Closing prices la yesterday were:OFFICIAL: No. 1 R Ss f.o.b. buyers 106. 1 R.S.S. Dec. buyer-, 105' t No. 1 R.S.s. J an v 104:,. sellers 104-
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    STORE SHIPPING
    59 12 Ships lying alongside i,,,. V| pore Harbour Board wharif," expected today are: NltH 1-2. President .leHpry^ Larut C.P., Ani: Ryuwa Maru 8-9, Bhun u» President Jackson 13-14 t, 15-16. Theseus 18, Li;xpResang N.Wall 6, Seder.,,,; 8. Frederick Clover 3 Maersk 24-25. Kaloekr* 26 G 29-30, TJlnegara Si--33-34, Riouw
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    9 12 Melbourne Sd'< k I on holiday yestercl.,v.
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      477 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from unmarried female Federal dtiieas aged 17 23 for appointment as Teleprinter Typists in Kota Bharu. Candidates must have passed Form 111 In an English School. Salary scale: $100/ 130 x 7.50 145/160 x 7.50 190/205 x 7.50 250 C.O.L-A. at current rates. The successful
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      523 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citisens, age 17 23, for the post of Storekeeper, General Hospital, Penang. Candidates must have passed Std. VTJI in an English School. Salary scale: $122.50 x 7.50 137.50/ 160 x 7. n0 182.50/197.50 x 7.50 295 plus COLA at current rates- Applications on
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      384 12 NOTICES FRASER NEAVE LTD. (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a First Interim Dividend of 3%% less 30% Income tax on the 7 a Cumulative Preference Shares has been declared by the Directors on account of the financial year ending 30th June 1957, payable on 15th December, 1956.
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      411 12 NOTICES NOTICE CITT COUNCIL ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT Work In connection with electrical extensions In Serangoon Garden Estate necessitates the cessation of electrical supply between the hours of 11.30 pjn. on Friday, 23rd November, 1956 and 0630 a.m. on Saturday, 24th November, 1956. The following substations will be affected: YIO CHU KANG
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      677 12 TENDERS SARAWAK COVERNMENT MEDICAL DEPARTMENT SURGICAL DRESSINGS TENDER Tenders an Invited for the following:— 6,000 packets Cotton Wool Absorbent B.P.C. in lib. rolls. Quotations (C.I.P. Kuchlng) should be accompanied, by fee of $I.— non-returnable, and addressed to:— The Chairman. Tenders Board, Treasury, Kuchlng, Sarawak. Oellveryt January-February, 1957. closing date: Noon,
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      Burma will export more rice next year
      468 14 Burma will export more rice next year BURMESE rice consumers overseas can expect more rice with an improved quality by the beginning of next year, U Kyaw, the new Burmese Consul in Singapore said yesterday. U Kyaw said the Burmese Government was now taking concentrated steps to improve the rice
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      DEALERS VISITED BY PAPER EXECUTIVE
      199 14 DEALERS VISITED BY PAPER EXECUTIVE A DIRECTOR of Lendrum (Eastern) Ltd., Mr. 8. H. Lines, who Is on a world tour, is at present spending a fortnight In Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. He is now making personal visits to dealers. Mr lines became a director of Lendrum (Eastern)
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      This German praises our high standard of photography
      248 14 This German praises our high standard of photography THE standard of Malayan photography is high A compared with other countries in the East, Mr. E. B. Richter, export sales manager of Germany's largest camera concern said in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Richter, from Zeiss Ikon A. G. Stuttgart, said that there
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      Malayan traders invited to Bangkok trade fair
      181 14 MALAYAN traders are invited to take part in Siam's annual trade fair exhibition to be held at Lumpini Park, Bangkok on December It. Mr. Wlnai Pachtmsawat, the Siamese Trade Commissioner in Singapore, said yesterday that other countries were equally welcome to attend or
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      GUTHRIES DROP TRUST PLAN
      404 14 Sir John Hay explains rnHE proposal to form a £1,500,000 investment trust in which rubber companies in the Guthrie Group would use surplus funds was dropped last week. Sir John Hay, chairman of the United Sua Betong Rubber Estates announced the withdrawal of the project at
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      Strenuous rubber roads campaign
      186 14 Strenuous rubber roads campaign ALTHOUGH comm fr cially rubhrri,^ roads are gaining wor |,i wide favour, so that it no longer possible i keep track of all the road sections that hay. been laid, the Natural 5 ub ber Develop mfru Board, throueh its flees in London, America. Malaya, South
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      353 14 The Hallmark of Motoring Quality JL j <*^^^^T^\ MERCEDES-BENZ TYPE 190 /^^^Sm 3b This new medium four-door sedan with Its 84 ifj n *P- four-cylinder o.h.c. short-stroke engine >»^^VApE A F* and beautiful new-styling interior, gives th> \yy performance and comfort of a large sedan with a top speed of
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    COLONY ASIANS' BEST XV NAMED
    372 15  -  SAUL JOSHUA By BUT THEY HAVE TO BEAT 'JINX' AT K. LUMPUR WHEN Sin* apore Asians take the Selangor Club padang on Sunday to meet Selangor Asians In an All Blues Cup rugger tie, they wiU do so with perhaps least reason for feeling the
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    SCHEDULE OF RACING
    105 15 'TWERE will be eight races a day x at the Singapore Turf Club's December Meeting on Dee. i, 8 and 8. The schedule of racing is: FIRST DAT: Cl 1. Div i— tm and lKm (Gold Cup). Cl 3. Dlvt 1. 3 and 3 6 f and
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    GERMANS LOSE
    21 15 FRANKFURT, Thurs. Swltserland beat west Germany 3-1 In a football international here yesterday having led 3-11 at half time.
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    Selangor's hopes are on threes
    214 15  -  NERAL MOREIRA By KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. \fUCH of Selangor's 1»1 hopes for victory against Singapore in their All Blues rugger tie this Sunday will depend on how their back division works. In their match against the Kuala Lumpur R.A.F. on Thursday, which served as a
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    BOYS TOWN 8-0
    37 15 Boys' Town entered the final of the Inter-Primary Schools soccer competition when they beat Griffiths School I 8-0 m Rangoon Roafl yesterday. Duclo (3), Peng Yang (3). Ah Hock (2) and Hock Kee scored.
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    She's Siam's badminton champion
    72 15 THAILAND'S pretty junior badminton champion, 21--year-old Supratra Kunakorn, who will visit Singapore with the tonrinr Thai junior team next weekend. Miss Kunakorn, who beat Singapore's Jessie One at Bangkok in August, will be matched against Nancy Llm. the new Colony women's champion, and Je sle Ong.
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    Varsity are fifth in league table
    116 15 ■JJNIVERSITY of Malaya finished their Singapore Hockey Association's Dlv. One League fixtures with a 3-1 win over Royal Air Force Changl at Buklt Timah on Wednesday. Varsity are now fifth In the table, but will lose this position If Changl beat or draw with
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    Let a REAL Singapore side play Britain, Bulgaria
    455 15  -  J. A. BAIN By VOW that It has been 11 confirmed that Britain's Olympic football side is to play in Singapore on Dec. 11, I hope the Singapore Amateur F.A. will make at least one break with tradition. I hope they will
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    MYSORE TEAM FOR 20-MATCH TOUR
    250 15 fITHE HUNTERS Football Club of Mysore, a tesun comprising players from several top clubs fri India, will play a series of 20 matches when they tour Malaya and Indonesia next month. The team of 19 are scheduled to arrive In Singapore on Dec. 5 and
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    Nancy Lint will lead Singapore
    108 15 NANCY LIM, Singapore women's singles badminton champion, will lead the Colony against Malacca In the opening tie of the Heah Joo SeangCup badminton tournament at the Singapore Badminton hall tomorrow. Other members of the Singapore team are Jessie Ong, Long 800 Chin, Nancy Ann and
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    CLEAN SWEEP
    30 15 Captain E.J. Orme, with 70 nett, won the Singapore Army Golfing Society's bl-montriT\ medal (handicap* competition He also won the ball sweep for the first and second nine.
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      261 15 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tender will be received by the State Engineer, P.W.D. Stlangar. Kuala Lumpur not later than 300 p.m. on Wednesday the 28th November, 1956 for the purchase of unserviceable articles. All particulars can be obtained at the office of the Chief storekeeper. P.W.D. Selangor, Brickfields Road, Kuala
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    The Games Geain
    821 16  -  NORMAN SIEBEL Front It was a perfect day a happy augury «f Olympic Stadium MELBOURNE, Thurs. S\NE hundred thouv sand people, from all parts of the world, gathered today in this vast stadium to celebrate the opening of the 16th World Olympics and there was a multicoloured
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    FASTEST GALLOP AT IPOH WAS BY MARVEL OF PERU
    313 16  - FASTEST GALLOP AT IPOH WAS BY MARVEL OF PERU EPSOM JEEP By IPOH, Thursday. MARVEL OF PERU 11, with Alec Baxter up, did an attractive gallop on the training track this morning when the outpaced Scone Stone (Mortimer) over 3f In 37 4/s— easily the fastest workout of the morning.
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    Tokyo will press for 1964 Games
    233 16 Tokyo will press for 1964 Games TOKYO, Thurs. T«OSHIO AZUMA, acting presix dent of the Japan Amateur I Athletic Association, said today the choice of Tokyo for the 1958 International Olympic Committee meeting gives Japan a good chance to get the 1964 Olympic Games. "The third Asian Oames will be
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    240 16 BRIEFS Kuts can go all out in 10,000 m World record holder of the Mile and captain of Australia's Olympic track-and-field team took the Olympic Oath on behalf of all athletes at the Games opening yesterday. MELBOURNE, Thurs. RUSSIA'S head track and field coach said yesterday that after a final
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    INDONESIANS INVITED
    68 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. TWO Top Malay players from Indonesia are being invited to take part in the annual AllMalaya Malays tennis championships here during the Chinese New Year holidays from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3. Their names have not been announced. Events for the tournament aremen's open singles
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    IPOH RACE WEIGHTS FOR TOMORROW
    383 16 yy eights for tomorrow, concluding day of the Perak Turf Club November meeting, are:— *.L,. i, U1Y. 1— «ri Soperscope 9.00 IVinsomemore 8.11 Colour Film 8.08 Brilliant Scholar 8.08 Fryas 8.06 Canton II 8.06 Special Charm 8.05 Dollar Factory 8.04 West Point 8.03 Rio 8.02
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    FORMOSA AND RUSSIA WIN
    68 16 MELBOURNE, Thurs.— The first event of the 1956 Olympic Games which were opened here today was a basketball match between Korea and Formosa in group "C" of the basketball competition. The match was won by Formosa by 83 to 76 after a 41-28 lead at half
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    DINNER & DANCE
    21 16 DINNER DANCE Singapore Government Services P.A. dinner and dance will be held at the Chinese Swimming Club on Dec. 7. I
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    MALAYAN WINS FOR OXFORD U.
    64 16 LONDON, Thurs. Thirty two year old M. A. Merican. formerly of the Malay College, Kuala Kangsar. won the Long Jump event for Oxford University in the Inter Varsity Freshmen's athletic meeting with a jump of 21-ft 3' 2 -in. Merican is taking a postgraduate course
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    Selangor versus Siam badminton
    175 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. OWE Siamese Junior badminton x team will meet Selangor Juniors at the SB. A. hall here tomorrow and Saturday night. Selangor's Über Cup representative. Miss Dolly Tan. will meet Slam's Junior champion. Miss Supatra Kunakorn. In the opening tie tomorrow at 8 p.m.
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    From freezing cold to an oppressive heat
    346 16  -  VERNON MORGAN By 4 ota,,™,-, MELBOURNE, Thursday. A BLAZING sun shone today, sending temperatures into the eighties and bringing welcome relief to the athletes who during the past few days of final training had been shivering in track suits and overcoats. Several in
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    228 16 5 'GOLDS' AT STAKE TODAY MELBOURNE, Thurs. COMPETITION in the Games V; today is confined to two preliminary basketball matches. The Games, embracing 16 sports, really get under way tomorrow when flv c gold medals will be at stake. Honour of being first to mount the winners' rostrum is expected
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    176 16 SOCCER'S MATCH OF THE SEASON LONDON jv THE match of the x son tha' all England the clash at v. Lane here tomorrow I 1 tween Tottenhama pur and pions Manchester S ed, the two outstand teams in the Fir£ sion. All reserved been sold fo, crowd of mor L
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      110 16 SA 141-44 ober4Oo years ago In th« XVlth Century Dom Bernardo Vincelli was inspired to create a tonic wmc from the many fine herbs he found around the Fecamp Monastery in France where he "served as i Benedictine Monk. I i\ V research was startling k///7 n tl«< lv proJiiv-0.l
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