The Straits Times, 24 November 1956

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    24 1 V t 1 s i i < i x i y The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1956 15 CENTS Nat*** 1
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    TEAR BOMBS IN SCHOOL
    328 1 >SACK HEAD* BOYS PLANNED TO CAMP IN BUILDING Riot, walk-out and vain bid to disrupt the Cambridge examination! Withdraw troops In a few days— Egypt urges in U.N. Order: Chung Ling closed BOARDERS GET DEADLINE— 'OUT BY 10 THIS MORNING' PENANG, Friday. ICE fired four tear
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    The wicked few— by Dato Razak
    148 1 The wicked few— by Dato Razak p A BROADCAST last 1 night, the Minister for Education. Dato Abdul Razak bin Hus- iid that he had dosed the Chung Ling i School temporarily to protect most of students from the <'\il influence of ''the d few." there was a small rronp
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    Egyptian relief
    19 1 URO, Fri— An Indian :e plane, carrying re- supplies lor Egyptian war arrived here yester- rubassv an-
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    MIRACLE BABY AFTER 169 DAY 'SLEEP'
    100 1 MIRACLE BABY AFTER 169 DAY 'SLEEP' THIS IS Mrs. Ellen Moore. Britain's front-page mother, who made medical history by giving birth to a baby after she had been unconscious for 169 days following an accident The baby, a Ib. 12 oz. boy. was born in Newcastlr-upon-Tyne General Hospital on Mrs.
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    Demonstrators were warned: You'll be in serious trouble
    868 1 Demonstrators were warned: You'll be in serious trouble I zinc and expulsion of its i editor, the head boy. The boys, who tried to call on the 200 candidates to join] their demonstration, were j stopped by Mr. P. Egerton, Superintendent of Chinese Education, and Mr. Chan Yik King, Inspector
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    FEDERATION HOCKEY XI HOLD BRITAIN 2-2
    158 1 MELBOURNE, Friday. THE Federations hockey team struck a great blow for Malayan sport when the Olympic Games got going here today by holding Britain to a 2-2 draw. Britain were seeded fourth favourites. They were unlucky when their centre-half. G. M. Cutter, was taken
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    53 1 CANBERRA. Fri. —Mi s s Joan Fry, director of preschool training in Sydney, will visit Singapore shortly to survey pre-school institutions there, th e acting External Affairs Minister Mr. Mcßride announced today. She will be on loan for three months to the Singapore Government under the
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    Lock icon U.S. cracked secret codes, says MP
    174 1 LONDON, Frl. A Labour Member of Parliament claimed yesterday that the United States knew the full story behind the Middle East conflict because the American Air Force had cracked top secret codes used by Britain, France and Israel. The M.P., Mr. George Wigg, told
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    Fishing gift
    25 1 TOKYO, Fri. Three hundred thousand yen worth of fishery equipment will soon be sent to Ceylon as a gift from Japan.— U. P.
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    RN starts to clear the canal
    318 1 RN starts to clear the canal pORT SAID, Fri. The British Navy today began lifting the first of Egypt's scuttled ships to clear the northern end of the Suez Canal. Commander J. R. L. Moore, Royal Navy officer in charge of the clearance operation, said: "By this weekend we shall
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    Lock icon 104 killed in rail mishap
    32 1 MADRAS, Fri.— A total of 104 people were killed and 60 injured when the south-bound Madras-Tuticorin express was derailed this morning between Ariyalur and Kallagan stations Reuter.
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    £2,000 for fund
    19 1 LONDON. Fri.— The Sultan of Johore has given £2,000 to the Lord Mayor's Hungarian relief fund.
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    Lock icon BRITAIN: OUR TERMS TO QUIT SUEZ
    437 1 Nasser man says: War again if foreign troops don't go NEW YORK, Friday. T»HE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, x told the United Nations General Assembly today that Britain would withdraw all her troops from Egypt "as soon as the U.N. Emergency Force
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    74 1 OUT GO FIRST PETROL COUPONS LONDON, Frl. The first petrol coupons were Issued today to thousands of Britain's three million motorists. There were long queues at the poet offices and taxation offices throughout the country where the coupons are being distributed. I Rationing begins on Dec. 17. Coupons have been
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    Dobby defies the Guild
    301 1 Dobby defies the Guild DROF. E.H.G. Dobby, 1 acting Vice-Chancel-lor of the University of Malaya, last night defied the Guild of Graduates and refused to explain certain controversial statements in the recent convocation address of Sir Sydney Came. Despite hints to have him reprimanded. Prof. Dobby told a Guild meeting
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    STOP PRESS
    27 1 .111. 1 AX VS MBBB (MIT SOF.STIUJK. < Netherlands Fri Three of Qaeca Juliana's x-nior lild quit posts tod.i apparently in beginning <H ro>a| ••r«'«irEanisHln»n —IP
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    Lock icon 'SOVIET SUBS OFF CHINA'
    65 1 TAIPEH, Fri. Nationalist China's official Central News Agency said today that Russian submarines are operating in the South China Sea from ports in southern China. I The agency's Hon* Kong correspondent. quoting sources on the mainland, said more than 20 Soviet .submarines had put in earlier
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    PALACE ROW OVER THE RED QUEEN'
    110 2 PALACE ROW OVER THE RED QUEEN' BRUSSELS, Fri. Russia's campaign of suppression in Hungary has provoked a royal family row in Belgium. In face of rising public indignation King Baudouin is urging his grandmother Queen Elizabeth, to resign from the Communist-run Belgium-Soviet Friendship Association. But the 80-year-old queenoften called "the
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    Lock icon Airport re-opens
    23 2 BEIRUT. Fri. Syria will re-open her airports for civil air traffic on Sunday. Flying will be allowed in daytime only. Reuter.
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      Lock icon French 'copter troops kill 15 in big raid
      30 2 ALGIERS, Fri. French authorities yesterday reported that 70 rebels were killed, wounded or captured- throughout Algeria In the past 24 hours. —A.P.
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      31 2 SEOUL: Eight more men —including two generals wer c arrested yesterday in an intensified new investigation of the Jan. 30 street killing of the counter Intelligence chlet. Lleut.-Oen. Kirn Chang Yong.—A.P.
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      24 2 JERUSALEM: The railway line was blown up in three places near Beersheba today, reportedly by commando troops operating from Jordan. There were no casualties.—UP.
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      20 2 OSLO: Norway has informed Russia that recent news of extended Soviet Antarctic whaling was 'extremely worrying" to Norwegian whaling companies.—Reuter.
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      Lock icon 'U.N. force for Algeria9 proposal
      40 2 'U.N. force for Algeria 9 proposal NEW YORK: The Tunisian Prime Minister, Mr. Habib Bourguiba, proposed that a United Nations "police force" such as that dispatched to Egypt be sent into Algeria as the first step toward Algerian independence. U.P.
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    Nelson's signal: Was it a legend?
    215 2 Nelson 's signal: Was it a legend? SB ja 3 LONDON, Friday. ANE of the Royal Navy's oldest traditions, Nelson's famous Trafalgar signal "England expects is being challenged by a retired naval rating at Portsmouth. "It could never have been made," claims Mr. Ernest George Walder, 76-year-old former Yeoman of
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    She captivated the Queen's artist
    227 2 imiHiiimiiimiiin LOVELY SHARMINI OF IPOH IS SITTING FOR A £2,000 PORTRAIT DIETRO ANNIGONI. the famous artist for whom the Queen has sat, is now working on a portrait of a beautiful Malayan girl in London. She is Sharmini Tiruchelvam, (above). 22-year-old daughter of Dr. M.
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    Lock icon TITO ROARS AS NAGY VANISHES
    431 3 Promised safety, ousted P»«mi»» Iea ye« Yiigolav Embatiy-fhen disappears Hungary warned: Our friendship is in the balance BELGRADE, Friday. JUGOSLAVIA today called o nthe Hungarian Covcrnment of Janos Kadar to explain rfcj x-I'remier Imre Nagy, who left the Yuir0 ,|a\ Hmbassy in Budapest yesterday after
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    Lock icon REFUGEES IN TEARS BID FAREWELL TO RAVAGED HOMELAND
    66 3 HUNGARIAN refugees, fleeing from the Russian terror in their homeland, weep as they leave Vienna for v/Jf °2 cir .u a y f u new homes J n^ h^ ree world Dr Bruno Krei sky, of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, said yesterday:
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    Lock icon THAT HUNGRY ABSTENTION
    301 3 1 was in bed when the cable cane (we sleep early in Colombo) and there wasn't time to think' \IK. Bandaranaike told IYI the United Nations that Ceylon abstained in the vote on Hungary because people go to bed it such a respectable hour in Colombo. Mr.
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    Lock icon Banda urges UN: Clear the canal at once
    424 3 BUTLER: OUR SECTOR OPENS AT WEEKEND NEW YORK, Fit— The Prime Minister of Ceylon, Mr. S. \V. Bandaranaike, said yesterday that clearance of the Suez Canal should start at once. In his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly, he said
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    LONDON STOCKS
    273 3 LONDON, Frl. Closing middle prices of selected stock not Including stamp duty were: TIN LONDON, Thurs.—Cash buyers £850, sellers £852, forward buyers £835. sellers £837... Settlement £847/4- Turnover a.m. 100 tons. pjn. 45 tons. RUBBER LONDON, Thurs.— Spot 32% d., Dae 32d., Jan.-Mar. 315.d., April-June 30\d., July-Sept 2»%d.,
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    WHY BAR MOTHERS YET LET STRIP GIRLS IN?
    276 4 TEASERS and night club singers are allowed freely into Singapore but aged parents of Chinese residents are n o t, a Legislative Assemblyman complained yesterday. Mr. Lee Choon Eng (Ind.Queenstown) said the way Immigration rccu lations were enforced was a great puzzle
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    YOUTHS WERE SILENT: FINED
    83 4 YOUTHS WERE SILENT: FINED Two youths, charged with the theft of 270 rambutans from a Changl orchard, told a Singapore court yesterday that they found the fruit lying on the road outside the orchard. "Show me the place for I would very much like to know it myself," the magistrate,
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    Hungary aid fund
    63 4 A relief fund for the warshattered people of Hungary has been opened by the Singapore branch of the British Red Cross. The fund's first contribution of $700 was collected by the Red Cross detachment at the Singapore Naval Base. Singapore donations should be addressed to the Singapore
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    Row over town's status
    87 4 PENANG, Fri.— The Minister for Local Government, Housing and Town Planning, Inche Suleiman bin Dato Abdul Rahman, will visit Penang on Sunday to discuss with local UMNO officials the recent controversy over the Penang municipality's petition to the Queen to raise George Town to city status.
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    Rape charge
    37 4 BUTTERWORTH, Pri. A rubber tapper, R. Ketto, 18. was charged in court here today with raping an 11--year-old girl on Nov. 22 at Prye Estate. He was remanded pending mention of his case on Monday.
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    T.B. probe: 50,000 win be X-rayed
    122 4 fO determine the real incidence of tuberculosis in Singapore, 50,000 people will be X-rayed in three "sample areas," the Minister for Health, Mr. A. J. Braga, told the Legislative Assembly yesterday. A team of Australian experts has been asked to make the mass radiography
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    Politics in centres? Yes
    217 4 $67,000 BUDGET SAILS THROUGH A VERBAL BROADSIDE ...BUT 'ONE-PARTY' SHOWS ARE BANNED, DECIDES MR. LIM POLITICAL meetings will be allowed in Singapore's community centres if more than one party takes part in the discussions and the subject debated is of general interest. This Government decision was
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    A LESSON FOR THE BOYS
    77 4 I ...On building up character 1 MR. SHANE SUMMERS, an instructor of the Outward Bound School of Malaya, explains to Gurbachan Singh, a student of Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, how to use a life Jacket. He was speaking to a group of about 30 boys
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    MERDEKA? SO UNCERTAIN
    238 4 Lint's doubts on London talks rpIE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, told the x Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday the outcome of the constitutional talks in London next February was uncertain. He was explaining why the salary of the Minister for Labour and Welfare— his second portfolio
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    PRISONER ('I PREFER JAIL') BRINGS BUGS TO COURT
    109 4 DENANG, Fri— A reX mand prisoner, Mohamed Jais, who complained last week that there were too many bugs in the police lockup at the Central Police Station here, today brought a strange packet to court He opened it before the Pint Magistrate,
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    Late ferry for dance
    49 4 BUKTT MERTAJAM, Pri The Province Wellesley Women's Institute will hold a dance at the high school here on Dec. 8 with Jimmy Boyle and his Runnymede Band In attendance. There win be a late ferry leaving Mitchell Pier for Pen- I ang at 2.45 a.m.
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    GOVT. PROBES JOB AGENCY RACKET
    128 4 THE Government has begun a probe into "illegal practices" of private employment agencies in Singapore, the Chief Minister told the Legislative Assembly yesterday. #was replying to an Indent member, Mr. Lee i Eng, who called for action against private agencies which exploited workers. At most
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    Rotary head at club fete
    45 4 TATPINO, m.— Mr. Dwight W. Paterson, head of the Eastern Hemisphere of Rotary International, was entertained to a dinner by the Talping Rotary Club last night. Earlier In the day. Mr. Paterson was shown round a rubber estate and factory.
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    Council meet
    20 4 SEGAMAT, Pri. The next meeting of the Segamat Town Council will be held at 10 a.m. on Sunday.
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    Wanted: A violinist
    59 4 The .Singapore .Musical Society Is planning to perform the Mendelssohn Violin S™* 1 0 with a famous violinist, Ruggiero Rlcd. In April next year. "Stand-ins" are required for the preliminary orchestral rehearsals. Any violinist wishing to play the whole work or one 2S! em nt of the
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    St. John mourns chief
    62 4 The flag of the St. John Ambulance Brigade was flown at half-mast at Its Singapore headquarters yesterday In mourning for the death In London of its actIng Coxnmissloner-in-Chief, Brigadier Daly. Dr. P. C. Kwang, local Commissioner, has sent a message of sympathy to the Brigadier's widow
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    EXPAT APPOINTMENT PROTEST
    315 5 4 He should not have got Training College pott' Senior Asian ignored, local officers tell Goode T HE Singapore Senior Officers' Association y« sterda y lodged a strong protest with the Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, against the appointment of an expatriate over the head
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    $6,000 gift from dancers
    88 5 $6,000 gift from dancers KUALA LUMPUR, Pri The Commissioner for the Government of India In Malaya, Mr. R. K. Tandon, has sent a cheque for W. 042 to the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, for distribution among charities. The money was raised from performances by a troupe of Indian dancers
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    Food poison four ill
    53 5 Four boys, aged between two and four, were taken to the General Hospital. Singapore, yesterday afternoon suffering from food poisoning. The four, living in Ulu Siglap. became ill soon after eating some biscuits, their parents said. They were all allowed to go home after treatment in
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    Car overturns
    27 5 RAWANG. Fri.— Choo Sow Wah, 46, received slight head injuries when the car he was driving ran off the road and overturned near here yesterday.
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    HOT-TEMPERED SGT. IS FINED $100
    201 5 MR. JUSTICE KNIGHT yesterday found Sgt. Edward Dixon, R.A.0.C., guilty of assaulting an ice-cream seller, Lim Chwee Swee, and ordered him to pay the man $100 compensation. I The judge then told Dixon who was also fined $100: "You are a short tempered fellow and
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    How to run a co-op—by UN expert
    91 5 How to run a co-op by UN expert IPOH, Frl. AN international expert has started a three-day course here for Perak cooperative store managers and officials on how to run the stores more efficiently. He is Mr. C. E. Lansdell, representative of the International Labour Organisation, who is on 12-months'
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    'DEAD FISH SMELL' IN THAT HALL: MISS KONO
    160 5 fTHE Victoria Memorial •I Hall was described yesterday, by the Japanese pianist, Miss Yoko Kono, as "a musty old building with a horrible smell of dead fish." She disliked practising in it, and said that a quiet place out of town would
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    Sir Donald on tour
    24 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray. paid a visit to Batang Padang district in south Perak yesterday.
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    'Buy these chickens? But they are mine'
    132 5 •D U K I T MERTAJAM, ■"Fri it was an unlucky day for bin Mat when he carried some stolen fowls on a stolen bicycle and tried to sell them to their rightful owner, another Malay, also named Osman. In the Bukit Mertajam
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    Free film shows
    37 5 The Independent Missionary Movement will give two free film shows in Singapore today— at the British Red Cross home In Tanah Merah Besar at 4 p.m. and St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital at 7 p.m.
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    JUDGE ADJOURNS CASE TO VISIT SHOOTING SCENE
    123 5 AFTER four prosecution witnesses had given evidence, a Singapore district judge, Mr. F.A. Chua, adjourned the hearing yesterday to visit the scene of a shooting and an arrest on the application of the defending counsel Mr. Peter Guok. In the docx were Lim
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      319 5 TODAY tish Council art gallery. Stamford PUBLIC CONCERT by Royal Road. to 5.30 pm Marines Band at King George V SINGAPORE BANK EMPrtSJOpS?. to 630 p.m. PLOTHES' 1JNION: Annual social V.M.C.A (Orchard Road i Movie and dance. Fraaer Neav e ball. Circle show "Blue Gardenia" 8 River Valley Road, 8.30
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    Valetta down in jungle —no signs of crew
    210 6 THIRD CRASH PI MOUTH MALAYA THE* VBAH IPOH, Friday. A ROYAL Air Force Valetta A crashed this morning while on a supply mission in Kelantan, just across the border from Perak, about 40 miles northeast of Ipoh. There were seven men in
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    Those 'dud' notes no trap except to gullible
    171 6 MALAYAN bank note forgeries are so poor that they do not fool anyone except the extremely gullible. They are mostly hand-print-ed; the paper is coarse; cheap colours are used and some do not have watermarks. This opinion was expressed yestr '•'y by
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    Bus conductor is fined
    60 6 A Singapore Traction Company bus conductor, Ang Song Tee, pleaded guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to causing hurt to a mechanic. Koh Ann, at the Bras Basah Road bus terminus on Nov. 22. He was fined $3. Ang said he punched Koh Ann on the
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    Blood needed
    24 6 Blood of all groups is urgently needed at the Singapore Blood Transfusion Centre, which is open tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 12.
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    The jungle 'innocent'
    354 6 Bandit suspect: My friends only used guns for shooting at monkeys TPOH, Fri. A man who admitted having entered the Jungle in 1951, told the High Court here today that he had not heard of the Emergency and did not know that his Jungle friends had terrorised
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    YWCA USES GRANT FOR HEW 'HOME'
    78 6 rpHE Singapore GovernL merit's grant of $125,00* to the Y.W.C.A., will so towards the coat of new building in Outram Road. The association had only half the $250,000 needed for the centre. "It has taken 20 years of scraping and saving to realise this
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    'WAIVE NEW TAX ON TOBACCO'
    191 6 Manufacturers ask Tengku to follow Colony's 'fine lead* IPOH, Friday. rfHE Malayan Tobacco Manufacturers' Association today urged the Federation Government to follow the "fine and laudable example" of the Singapore Government in waiving the tax on locally-produced tobacco. The Federation Government, at its recent Budget
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    In: The expert on council rules
    98 6 In: The expert on council rules A HOUSE OF COMMONS official. Mr. D. W. 8. Lidderdale (above) flew into Singapore by Garnda yesterday to finalise the standing orders of the Federal Legislative Assembly. Mr. Lidderdale, who is Fourth Clerk in the Commons, told reporters that he would be in Kuala
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    Choir for Colony
    40 6 The world famous Westminster Choir of 300 voices from Princeton, U.S.A.. and an accompanying orchestra, will give concerts in Singapore at the Victoria MemorUl Hall on Dec. 27 and 29 and St. Andrew's Cathedral on Dec. 28.
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    'Safe areas' for Reds
    75 6 KUALA TRENGGANU, Fri. The Kemaman district War Executive Committee today declared Ayer Jerneh Village and rubber land at Kretay Plantation in South Ttengganu "safe areas" where terrorists can come out to surrender without fear of security forces. The areas are to remain "safe" for ten days
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    Telling Britain about rubber
    78 6 Telling Britain about rubber IPOH, Fri.— Three trade fairs exhibiting Malaya's two main raw materials tin and rubber and their uses, will be held in England next year. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will declare open the first exhibition at Malaya House's new showroom in London on Jan. 10.
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    Soon: Legal aid for the poor
    106 6 Soon: Legal aid for the poor TIHE Singapore Government will introduce "without further delay," part of its plans to give free legal aid to those who cannot afford The Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, announcing this in the Legislative Assembly yesterday said a Director of Legal Aid would be
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    20 bandits shelled
    83 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Heavy thumping explosions echoed in Kuala Lumpur last night as troops laid a barrage of shells in the Sungei Besi Forest Reserve to harass a gang of 20 terrorists. The bandits are trying to flee from "Operation Bonanza" —the rigid food denial drive launched
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    Industrial court nominees
    53 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce today nominated five of their officials to the Federation's industrial court for next year. They are Mr Chong Khoon Un, president of the A.C.C.C. Mr. Leung Cheung Ling. Mr. Tan Sze Wing, Mr. Chan Kwong Hon and Mr.
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    Wage deadlock
    23 6 Talks on wage claims between the Singapore Insurance Companies' Employees' Union and the managements of two companies reached a deadlock yesterday.
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    SOLDIER WEPT, SAID: I KILLED THEM' INSP. TELLS COURT
    428 7 SOLDIER WEPT, SAID: I KILLED THEM' INSP. TELLS COURT Merchant sold car to wife to help pay off $117,000 in debts a vniTxrn o L KAJANG, Friday. A Y UN !f Bntlsh soldler cri «d hysterically and said "I have killed n f! 6ll^ after hls l hree-ton lorry had
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    Party chief quits his post
    110 7 rpHE chairman of the cxcX cutive council of the S ?apore Liberal-Socialist Fa. y, Mr. Tan Eng Joo, has resigned his post. His resignation, it is believed, follows disagreement with his colleagues over their support of the Government's action against rebellious Chinese middle school students.
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    Bride of Year
    31 7 A "bride of the year" will be chosen during the Singapore Canine Welfare Association dance at the Fraser and Neave hall in River Valley Road on Dec. 1.
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    School dance
    26 7 A dance in aid of the Kuo Chuan Girls' School building fund will be held at the Sea View Hotel, Singapore, on Dec. 7.
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    Band will help them celebrate
    64 7 The Royal Air Force in Singapore has agreed to send the 20-strong R.A.F. Seletar pipe and Drum Band to Kuching and Manila to help Scots "exiles" celebrate St. Andrew's Day. They leave for Kuching next Thursday. Before their two performances in Mftn»a, they will entertain
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    Govt to send envoy to Karachi
    110 7 Govt to send envoy to Karachi KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation Government is to set up a Malayan Commissioner's office in Karachi soon. The Selangor State Secretary, Tengku Mohamed bin Tengku Besar Burhanudc.n, has been tipped for the post of commissioner. Royalty Tengku Mohamed, 42, a senior officer in the
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    ELECTION AIRS
    147 7 Pretty sister aids candidate by singing his praises SEREMBAN, Fri. Mr. I Choong Yoon Chong, Alliance candidate for Rahang Ward in the forthcoming Town Council elections here, is wooing the voters with songs. They are being sung by his pretty sister. Miss Mary Ita Choong, a teacher in
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      257 7 Straits Times Crossword Ii b 5" z z zHziizll 16 l 8 li ii 20 22 n n^*" izizii Z-^z_.zi|Zi IZ IZ BZ i ZI ZmZHIS ACROSS sing." (Titus Andronlciu) (5). Bln the full flower of activity 6 Bigagement in the Wars of onH health (2 5 2 1 5)
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    76 8 2* Words $10 (minimum). THE FAMILY OF the late Mr. Tay Keok Teck sincerely thank all Friends, Relatives, who sent Wreaths. Cash Donations, Assistance, attended Funeral on 22.11.56. MR. W. T. KIAT and Family thank all Relatives and Friends for their Expressions of Sympathy and Assistance In their recent
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    289 8 Z0 Wordt $1* (minimum). EVERY SATURDAY and Sunday Rijsttafel at "The Cockpit". Ring ***** for table Reservations. WHEN YOU USE Alr-wlck you banish all smells the easy way from your home. Air-wick •tccked by all good shops. THE SINGAPORE JAZZ Club opens on Nov. 25 at 51 Bellmblng Avenue,
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Nov. 24, 1956. The Radio's Future
    709 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Nov. 24, 1956. The Radio's Future The future of Radio Malaya will be in the balance again during Ministerial talks next month when a proposal to turn the department into public corporation will be di.srus.sed. A second, and perhaps even more important question for the
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    The Giant's Weakness
    402 8 Only the Alliance can defeat the Alliance. This is the incontestable political fact of Malaya today, and one that receives conclusive affirmation from the Alliance's late election rival. Party Negara has avoided the local election lists since the debacle of August last year. A spate of sorry
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    As I was saying..
    1130 8  - As I was saying CYNICUS by I SATURDAY STUDY IF there were any L doubts about the Singapore Government's proposed luxury tax not being an old fashioned import tariff, then the debate on the second reading of the bill removed them. The luxury tax will be not only an import
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    ELVIS THE PELVIS
    962 8  -  D.W. BROGAN By npHE American people x have a %r e a t many serious things to think of now, but one of the less serious but not totally unimportant things they debate is the Elvis Presley phenomenon. Is he a credit to his state, as the
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    72 8 (From the Straits Times of Nov. 24, 1906) "D ALESTIER Road, with Its by-ways and 1 side lanes, has become a place of refuge for lepers. Residents there say that the place is Infested with them. They may be seen handling articles on sale In the shops
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      484 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. 20 Wordt $10 (minimum). SYMINOTON: To Major Mrs. Murray on 14 Nov. 56 a son Robert. TTTTER: To Harold and Bette, on 22nd November, 1956, at Batu Gajah, a son. EDWARDS: To Rosle and Bill, at Youngberg Memorial Hospital. on 23 Nov.. a brother for Gloria. CAMPBELL: To
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      214 8 HMV WiA¥<mmmt3mmW lOHANN STRAUSS WALTZE «MmA2V Arthur Fiedler conducting tn Boston Promenade Orche-t-a W^r Blue Danuoe. Treasure. Tales from the V,enn a -Voo*.^ TCHAIKOVSKY Hamlet Fantasy over- di^i^i^M^k. ture Op. 67a; Dohnanyi suitt in F sharp miner AmWrnfmrnW mWmWdLi.°p- 19 UirJll Robert Irving conducting i^P^Jjf £f\llf PI the Philharmonia Or-
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    Cut those costs, Govt. is urged
    540 9 LIB-SOCS BLAST SPENDING ON POLYTECHNIC, PUMHCT HOWiTAL, SCHOOLS THEY DON'T SEEM TO REALISE VALUE OF MONEY— CRITIC 4 MAJOR onslaught on alleged Government extravagance was the feature of the final day of the Budget debate in the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday. The brunt of
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    Many homes flooded after heavy storm
    172 9 Many homes flooded after heavy storm VARIOUS parts of SinT gapore were under two to three feet of water yesterday afternoon after a morning of torrential rain. The worst affected areas were Pasir Panjang, Alexandra and Geylang Serai. Damage to property was assessed at $100,000. Pedestrians were marooned and many
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    Red bather shot dead
    51 9 KOTA TINOGI. Fri. A patrol of No. 4 Police Field Force spotted a terrorist bathing to a stream and shot him dead yesterday. He was identified as Phua Yong. A shotgun, nine rounds of ammunition, two steel helmets and a pack containing food and clothing were
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    Wayang actress assaulted
    39 9 Scow Boey Eng, pretty 22--year-old wayancr actress, collapsed in a house in Joo Chiat Road, Singapore, last night after being assaulted by a man. She had severe facial Injuries and was taken to the General Hospital.
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    FLOOD WATERS SWIRL ABOUT THEIR THIGHS, BUT THIS STOICAL COUPLE CAN STILL SMILE
    40 9 With the water up to their thighs, this couple in Alexandra Road can still force a smile. Their home is flooded almost every year.— Straits Times picture.
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    Petrol coupons are now being printed
    221 9 MINISTER: 'JUST A PRECAUTION* KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. 'THE Federation's Minister for Commerce and Inx dustry, Dr. Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, said today that petrol ration coupons were now being printed. But this was only in prefn against any evenhe explained at a inference. Minister
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    Court was in session in ward
    103 9 A SINGAPORE General Hospital ward became a courtroom for a few minutes yesterday when Arthur James Grayson, a married man. was charged there with attempted suicide with a rifle at Meyer Mansions at 1.15 a.m. yesterday. Grayson is in Ward 7 as a result
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    Youth talentime
    28 9 The Geylang straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship, Singapore, will hold Its annual talentime at the Geyland Methodist Girls' School hall. Aljunied Road, at 4 p.m. today.
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    SEARCH FOR MAN TO RUN NEW GOVT. BANK
    126 9 SEARCH FOR MAN TO RUN NEW GOVT. BANK KUALA LUMPUR, FrL rpHE Minister for Commerce 1 and Industry, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, will see if he can cet a manager for the Government's proposed Bank Ra'ayat when he attends the Colombo Plan conference to Wellington from Dec. 4
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    Water to be cut off
    59 9 K. LUMPUR. Fri.— Petaling Jaya will be without water from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. People have been asked to start storing water now. The town's electricallyoperated water pumps will be out of action while a power line is moved, from a tower
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    'No arrests or expulsions' demand
    154 9 The Chang ling School management committee held an emergency meeting yesterday evening to consider 10 demands submitted by the students. The demand! include: A written guarantee for the safety of participants in today'i demonstration, especially against arrest by the police and expulsion or any other
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    FEAR OF UMNO SPLIT OVER MALAY DETAINEE
    196 9 FEAR OF UMNO SPLIT OVER MALAY DETAINEE SINGAPORE UMNO will face a crucial test tonight when Its executive committee discusses the case of Inche Buang bin Omar Junid, a top party official arrested under the Public Security Ordinance last month. Several UMNO branches in the Paslr Panjang and the city
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    Gift of land
    26 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Petaling Jaya town committee has donated a piece of land to the Kuala Lumpur V.M.C.A. for a new clubhouse.
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    Lottery draw
    16 9 The 42nd Social Welfare Lottery will be drawn at Temerloh today at 2.30 p.m.
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    She'll be in big 'Eve' show
    35 9 MRS. STELLA PAYNE who is modelling a "late Victorian costume in the show "More About Eve" to be held at Raffles Hotel, Singapore, on Dec. 1, 3, 5 8.
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    Bit detective's hand
    60 9 Tear Toh chew. 25. was yesterday sentenced by a Singapore court to six month:.' Jail to be followed by one year's police supervision for causing hurt to a detective on the night of Nov. 22 in Rowell -Road. Tear who pleaded guilty, was said to have bitten
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    CHINA RUBBER SHIPMENTS
    45 9 KUALA LUMPUR, FrL The Federation has exported 4,050 tons of rubber to Communist China since early October. The Minister for Comme'ce and Industry, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said today that another 1.250 tons had been licensed but not shipped yet.
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      Permanent impression
      89 10 rpHOUSANDS of foreign X seamen visit Singapore each year, and each of them get an unforgettable impression of the town to take with them —in the form of a head swollen with mosquito bites. Only for some of them the impression will be permanent, —in the form of
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      These foreign jaunts are a waste!
      669 10 rpHE Federation GovernJ- ment is living in a fool's paradise. Vast sums of money are being voted for roads and buildings etc., when already our roads are among the best In the world. Offices and buildings that have well served government In the past
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      112 10 MAY we, through your paper, remind the public of the families of destitute TB patients at Christmas time? These families, of whom there are over four hundred attending the Clinic for treatment, have a harder existence than almost anybody else as they are battling with disease as well
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      RACING AND RAUIO MALAYA
      224 10 I find it very difficult to understand the attitude of the Government and Radio Malaya towards horse racing in Malaya. From the point of view of morality, is horse racing acceptable in Malaya? If so, should it not receive the same recognition and encouragement as other
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      MIDDLE ROADERS
      277 10 AS a motorist with driving experience of 25 years. I never cease to wonder at the selfishness, stubborness and sometimes downright stupidity of the average Singapore driver. It Is unfortunately, a well known fact that the majority prefer to stick to the middle of the road for reasons
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    Army 'bouncer' fought Raffles' patronage STRAITS TIMES Special Feature
    1390 11 Army 'bouncer' f ought Raffles' patronage STRAITS TIMES Special Feature 1 Mie left valuable records |an Colony 9 s early days f DO not know whether he had a nickname, but if ever an officer of the Honourable Company's army deserved that of "Bouncer," it was Lieutenant H. C. Coxe.
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      142 11 The World's Airlines have ordered seven types of airliners powered by ROLLS-ROYCE GAS TURBINES Rolls-Royce employ 37,000 people to make aero engines, motor cars, oil engines and petrol engines which are working all over the world ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED ENGLAND SCOTLAND CANADA AUSTRALIA ♦ffigiLv because I drink Mm 4 pofti of
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      52 11 Rex Morgan. 3i.D. Theatre talents U TO yOO TO EVERYONE— TUB 7W6ATER JH Bk ALWAYS P6P" A* J^l>C TMCATER' I JUO&6Y/yC \k V^ /^S^l I 'i' Dick Tracy T th Ace Oilara Tht > Princess i *s 7/ _r BELLE TM)S I I thala, oue r ctince|S y±3^(~^?^if*^ fScSi &*l
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    Active rubber trading
    391 12 AN underlying tone of steadiness has been the main factor of the rubber market, despite lower advices from overseas at the beginning of the week, report Hoiioay Cutler. Bath ft Co. Ltd., in their current market review. The premium, on nearby shipments has continued, which reflects the
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    BULLISH FACTORS FIRM LOCAL TIN, RUBBER PRICES
    826 12 BULLISH FACTORS FIRM LOCAL TIN, RUBBER PRICES By Our Market Correspondent DULLISH factors were at work on the Singapore rubber and tin markets yesterday and also resulted in most business on the Singapore Share Market yesterday being concentrated in the tin section. Interest in the tin market was centred on
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    RUBBER PRICES
    150 12 December first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 106 cents per lb., up l\ cents on Thursday's closing price. The closing tone was steady, quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were:OFFICIAL: No. 1 RSS. Spot f.o.b. buyers 107%, sellers 107S; No. 1 R.S.S.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    89 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were:— Copra: quiet; Nor. (Nominal) $37 114 buyers. $28 sellers; Dec. $28 buyers. $28 3.4 sellers. Coconut oil: steady; bulk $44 sellers, drum $47 I|4 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok whit* $118. Sarawak $117 special Sarawak
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    12 12 P" lb. (up COPRA: $29 v P if 'up Jg|
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    78 12 INVESTMENT;, 1 tumov,r, 25 Jj moved narrowly on th.\. change here tod,, falls were aJmo were weo*er falls in siver lesd, trading was q steady. Loans 3,: 1936-59 t^a,,, Loan, 3 V, I:Con. Zinc. Bank of NSW" Mount Lyell N. Broten Hill Hill 50 Mount Morgan Peko Western
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    56 12 The Malayan rwh»n« Association made the ft change in 1U rates to nie-t-v I yesterday (a ii rr $100): Selling T.T. or on Belgian Francs '.<' On the free exchange mj-k t Hong Kang yesterday, i dollar was quoted I cash and 648 [or T.T. I Sterling was
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      622 12 NOT FOR SALE ■W^sT'^^a^gL .LA* "Sandy" Looking for a good home for my dog "Sandy" Class 1, MKA Sire/Dam, (6 years old Golden Cocker Spaniel). Must be permanent resident in Singapore, have a fenced in garden and be a real dog lover. Dog not accustomed to children. Apply only by
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      880 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA Applications are invited for the post of Personnel Officer. The basic salary is $1,360 per month. Cost of living allowances and, where applicable, expatriation allowances, will also be payable. 2. This Is a Senior appointment and applicants must have had
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      744 12 TENDERS WAR DEPARTMENT TENDER LADIES' HAIRDRESSING SALOON at Nee Soon Garrison U available on Licence. Applications will be accepted until 11 a.m. 7th December 1956. Pull particulars and Forma of Tender from War Department Land Agent, HQ Singapore Base District, Fort Canning, Singapore, 6. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION Tenders will be received
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      280 12 I TENDERS TENDER NOTICE Tenders, which will clcse at 9 ajn. on Bth December, 1958. are I required for the supply of Welfare items to Aborigines. Supplies to be delivered in Kuala Lumpur. Full details may be obtained on application In writing to Staff Officer Q" Department of Aborigines. Young
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      576 12 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/U.S PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAYS Sailing San Arriving Vancouver Francisco Spore P. Swet. Penan? Fimpt, Elisabeth Bakke 26/28 Nov 29 Nov No Oil 6C Gjertrud Bakke 10/12 Dec 13 Dec 15 Dec 2* CEllen Bakke 24 Nov 8 Dee 8/10 |an 11 |an 13 |an
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      1012 13 ."".Sk THE BEN UNE STEAMERS LTD n 7 SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. ft CONTINENTAL PORTS S'por* P. S'hom Penong BENAVON for London, Hull, Hamburg la Part 28/29 Nov BENVENUE for London, Rott.rdom 28 Nay/ DM I* Part 24/27 Nay MNALDKR for Liverpool, KOttcrdoir, Homburg,
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    Park II can make it 5-in-a-row
    273 14  -  EPSOM JEEP ON TIME TEST HE SHOULD EQUAL A MALAYAN RECORD By T'HI. remarkably-im- proved Park II has a great chance of equalling the post-war Malayan Turf record held jointly by Young Lucius and Jackie's Kuda of flve-wins-in-a-row in the Class 4, Div. 1,
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    INVINCIBLE TO COMPLETE HIS DOUBLE
    228 14 TNVINCIBLE was a very comfortable winner over 6f in Div. 3 on Wednesday and with a drop of 7-lb, I am confident he can tackle the best in his present class. I take him to complete a double for the meeting in today's main sprint
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    Straits Times SELECTIONS
    148 14 Straits Times SELECTIONS EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY Race 1 2.15 PUERTO RICO Silver Screen SILVER SCREEN Pwrto Rico Priority PUERTO RICO World Freedom Rlrer Me— H WHITE HEATHEI Open II Canchew Rxel 2.48 OPEBA II Today Showing White Heather TODAY SHOWINC Opera II White Heather BtM S S.IS BAHAGIA Little
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    TODAY'S RACE CARD
    1248 14 Race 1 2.15: Class 3, Dlv. 4— 6 Furs. 1 058 Fir, Tie 7y Ransome ».00 Mme. KX^Tbomson 4^ 3 670 aircr MM U 7y Leong 8.13 Mrs. Yong Thau Yin Yong 5 000 Ellew 4y Oeyer 8.13 Leong Ah Kow Martin ommm Bougoure 8.10 M. Tin
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    Puerto Rico looks unbeatable
    836 14 Race One T CANNOT see how Puerto Rico can be beaten in this weak Class 3 sprint field. This three-year-old showed definite promise in his Initial race, at Bukit Tlmah last month, when he finished fourth with 8.2 to Small World over 6f, after going with
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    OPERA II HAS BEEN 'SAVED' FOR TODAY
    230 14 OPERA II HAS BEEN 'SAVED' FOR TODAY rvpERA n has been obvf vlously "saved" lor this race. I am not going to look beyond him In Race Two. This Midas four-year-old is on the upgrade. At Kuala Lumpur In August, he won over 9f with 8.10 in the course record
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    Larkin will ride today
    56 14 ENGLISH Jockey Ted Larkin. who is back in Malaya for a short season, will be riding at the Ipoh meeting today. Two other Jockeys coming out during the close season in England are Davy Jones and Eddie Cracknell who are expect d in time for the
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    Lock icon Middlesex gain 33-3 rugby win
    42 14 LONDON, ITi.— Results of yes-. terday's rugby games here were: Rocky listen Cofhty championship: Kent 0, Eastern Counties S; Middlesex 33, Hampshire 3. Rugby League: Hunslet 11, Australian touring team 27; Barrow 27, Old ham 11.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon MANCHESTER IN THIRD ROUND
    50 14 DORTMUND, (West Germany), Prl Manchester United, the English football league champions, played a scoreless draw here last night with Borussla In their second round, second leg match of the European Cup. United, who won the first leg match 3-2, now move Into the third round. Reuter.
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    TWO CHANGES IN SINGAPORE XV FOR TODAY
    395 14 TWO CHANGES IN SINGAPORE XV FOR TODAY TWO TEAMS seriously bidding for this year's H.M.S. Malaya ruggei title Singapore Civilians and Singapore Combined Services meet this evening in a key southern section fixture on the padang. Phis match will virtually decide the southern champions for the winners are expected to
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    162 14 ADELAIDE, Prl. JLfIKE GREEN (U.S.) was the only overseas player to be defeated in the first round of the South Australian singles tennis championships. He lost to Brian PhillipsMoore (Australia) 1-6, 6-2. 6-0, 6-3. Veteran Vie Seixas (U.S.) easily beat George Stewart (Australia), Hcrbie
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    Board of control for motor racing next year
    106 14 IPOH, Friday. MOTOR racing will be controlled for the first time U Malaya by a special board next year. It was announced at the annual general meeting < the Perak Motor Club held here last night that all cor. petitors must obtain
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    Mathias, Sammy Lee to coach at K.L.
    277 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. TWO OF the world's A best known sportsmen, Americans Bob Mathias, winner of the Olympic decathlon in 1948 and 1952, and Major Sammy Lee, who won the Olympic high diving competition in 1948 and 1952, will give demonstrations and exhibitions
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    Lock icon Craig hits valuable 53
    113 15 SYDNEY. Frl. LAN CRAIG, 20-year-old Australian Test batsman, making his debut as captain of New South Wales, was top scorer in the Sheffield Shield cricket match against Western Australia which began today. Craig propped up the innings for Just over two hours, hitting 53 of his
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    Lock icon JOHN KELLY CLOCKS K'EST TIME IN NGLES SCULLS
    217 15 JOHN KELLY CLOCKS K'EST TIME IN NGLES SCULLS BALLARAT, Friday. AMERICA'S John B. Kelly, brother of Princess A Grace of Monaco, returned the fastest time of three heats in the single- sculls when the Olympic rowing events opened today at Ballarat, 75 miles from Melbourne. Kelly, whose millionaire father won
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    Hockey win forAussies
    59 15 rpHIRD seeded Pakistan began their Olympic hockey campaign with a 2-0 victory over Belgium here today in Group C. In a Group B match. Australia made their Olympic debut with a 2-0 win over Kenya. Pakistan led 1-0 at half-time against Belgium. Inside-right Abdul Hamid scored in
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    Lock icon Three Golds to U.S. on first day
    131 15 Three Golds to U.S. on first day MELBOURNE, Fri. rE Americans won three of the five gold medals to be won today at the 1956 Olympics. The Russians, with two seconds and two third places in addition to one win, had provided five medallists in ail. Final disposition of medals
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    Lock icon MCC HIT 301-3
    34 15 SALISBURY, Frl.— The M.C.C., after losing three wickets for 66, were 301 for 3 at the close of the first day's play here today In their return match with Rhodesia. Reuter.
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      104 15 TODAY BUGGER HJW.S. Blalaya competition: Singapore v Singapore Combined Services, padang. Friend lies: Naval Base v S.C.C. "A", Naval Base; R.E.M.E. v The Blacks, Ayer Rajah Road; S.E.R. v R.A., Gillman Barracks. BADMINTON Heab Joo Beang Cup: Singapore v Malacca, S.B.A. Hall 7 pjn. HOCKEY S.H.A. Div. 2: Naval Nomads
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    Lock icon US-RUSSIA RIVALRY IS ON AT FULL PACE
    393 16 US -RUSSIA RIVALRY IS ON AT FULL PACE 1 By VERNON MORGAN MELBOURNE, Fri. ITNITED States-Soviet u Union Olympic rivalry was renewed in all its keenness on the first full day of the 16th Olympic Games here today. America struck the first blow by gaining the gold medal in the
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    Our cagers, athletes dwarfed and outrun
    221 16 Our cagers, athletes dwarfed and outrun MELBOURNE, Fri. IIfHILE the Federation T hockey team came within an ace of glory in the morning the Singapore cagers and the Singapore and Federation athletes were vanauished in their events. The Singapore basketball team were beaten by 81-54 by France after a half-time
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    Malaya hold Britain 2-2 at hockey
    658 16  -  NORMAN SIEBEL FROM ENG KIM GOT LEAD, KARIM SAVED SIDE WITH EQUALISER MELBOURNE. FRIDAY MALAYA would virtually have been assured of playing in the final round of four in the Olympic hockey tournament if not for an umpire's mistake today. It happened like this.
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    DAVIS SET PACE FOR U.S.
    933 16 HOW THEY RAN IN THE HEATS MELBOURNE, Fri. THE first track event of the 1956 Olympic Games first heat of the men's 400 Metres Hurdles was won in the Olympic Stadium this afternoon by Glenn Davis, of the United States, the world record holder, in
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      ATHLETICS
      381 16 10,000 METRES iA V Kute <Russla) 28:45.6 (Olympic record); 2. J. Kovacs (Hungary) 28:52.4 (beat old Olympic record); 3. A. Lawrence (Aust) 28:53.6 (beat old Olympic record) WOMEN'S DISCUS FINAL: 1. Olga Flkotova (Czech.) 53.69 metres (176' lVi") (new Olympic record). 2. Irina Begliakova (Russia) 52.54-m (172' 44"). 3.
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      27 16 Group A: Philippines 94 Thailand 55; U.S. 98 Japan 40. Group B: France «1 Singapore 54: Russia 97 Canada 59. Group C: Uruguay 70 Bulgaria 65.
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      18 16 Group B: Great Britain 2 Malaya 2; Australia 2 Kenya 0. Croup C; Pakistan 2 Belgium 0;
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    295 16 KUTS RUNS PIRi E OUT OF PICTURE IN THE 10,000 m MELBOURNE, Frici: pUSSIA'S blond distance ace, Vladimir K tough Olympic 10,000 Metres eve this afternoon in record time. He won in 28min 45.65 ec which was 31.4 sec better than Emil Zatopek's previous record of 29min 17sec. Kuts was
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    Ser Cher is sure of 7th place
    126 16 Ser Cher is sure of 7th place From NORMAX SIERrMELBOURNE F CINGAPORES Ser Chei assup himself place In th< bantannv.i lifting champ with a total pounds tonight. His figures press. 203 mat for jerk Tan's' total ton 13 pounds less than I best at home but good in thp ciri
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      149 16 Today's Olympic Diary MELBOURNE, Fri. The pro- Russia (noon) AthleUcs-Wo-CT»mme of tomorrow's Olympic men's 100 metre Brst round (12.15 Games event* (in Malayan time) p.m.) BaaketbaJl-U.S.A. v ThaiModern Pentathlon fencing land (12.30); AthleUes-100 metre (5.30 a.m.); Fencing-team foils semi-finals (1.15); Athletics-lonf (6 a.m.); Rowing-first repechages jump final (1.20). SINGAPOBE^'w C
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