The Straits Times, 5 November 1957

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1957 15 CENTS
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  • 58 1 U.S. EXPERT; RUSSIA MAY DO IT WITHIN A WEEK As dog barks from space, Russian says: All we need is more speed LIMONCHIK- FIRST SPACE DOG THIS is Limonchik, identified by Moscow Radio as the dog the Russians have shot into space. Limonchik is a husky,
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  • 1016 1 10 days there and back scientist IOXDON, Mon. Moscow Radio today quoted a Russian ■dentist as forecastin? that a satellite could get to the moon and back in about 10 days if it could be made to accelerate to :').i)00 m.p.h. instead of the present 18,000 m.p.h. The radio was
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  • 112 1 ■BULTOM, Mon Duties must be paid from today nn imported clocks, watches, jewe'.lery, playing < ards, saccharine and cisarette lighters. These new Customs tariffs are to brine North Borneo into line with the standard international trade classifications. Under ir.e new system duties
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  • 254 1 IT'S TO GUARD THE GIRLS IT is now taboo in Singapore nightclubs for foreign artists to join patrons' tables for drinks in between their acts. The Immigration Department has forbidden them from fraternising with customers during their 'working hours." An immigration spokesman said yesterday the
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  • 43 1 CALCUTTA, Mon. More than 450 wild elephants will be captured in Assam during this winter's elephant-hunt-ing season. Most of them are used for hauling timber. Elephant hunting is carried out under the supervision of the Assam Government. Reuter.
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  • 27 1 LONDON, Mon. American and British authorities have begun confidential exchanges on the timing and arrangements for President Eisenhower's visit to London, authoritative sources disclosed today—U.P.
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  • 35 1 WASHINGTON. Mon.— The World Bank reports that during the July-September quarter it authorised 11 loans, four to India, two each to Chile and Ecuador and one each to Japan. Siam and Belgium.— U.P.
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  • 144 1 THE HAGUE, Mon— The Dutch Government attaches great importance to talks in j Port Moresby, Australian New Guinea, later this week beItween the Dutch Minister of Overseas Affairs, Mr. Gerrard B H Velders, and Australian i Government representatives Mr Velders is travelling to
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  • 793 1 $200 'excess' plan for cars THE Motor Insurance Association ol Malaya and Borneo has decided to increase the premiums for taxis and hire goods vehicles in Singapore and the Federation by 50 per cent from Jan. 1, 1958. The association has also iecided
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  • 195 1 VARSITY TELLS 24 TO QUIT HOSTEL Result of student ragging probe TWENTY-FOUR senior University of Malaya students were yesterday given notice to quit th^ Dunearn Road student hostels immediately The ejections are the result of an Inquiry which university authorities began last month into ragging excesses. The quit notices were
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  • 26 1 MOSCOW, Mon. The Egyptian Defence Minister, Gen- Abdul Hakim Amer, who is on an official visit to Russia, has flown to Leninl grad. Reuter.
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  • 159 1 LONDON, Monday. GALES of 100 miles an hour swept across Britain during the night and today causing much damage inland and along the coasts. Huge seas pounded the beaches. Ships in the English Channel and the North Sea were driven to shelter. Off the east
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  • 67 1 CAIRO, Mon.— The semi- official Middle East News i Agency reported today that a Syrian military spokesman in Damascus said a group of Turks had crossed the border and battled with Syrian guards. The agency said six Turkish "infiltrators" crossed the border near the village of
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  • 126 1 Sharp fall in prices of Malayan shares PRICES fell sharply on the Malayan Share Market yesterday and a wide range of industrial and tin prices registered losses. The market has been showing an easier tendency for about a fortnight Brokers as yet see*, no signs of prices grounding and yesterday
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  • 63 1 rOKYO. Mon. About 100.000 iron and steel work ers today went on the sixth of a series of strike* for more pay launched "arlv hi October. The worker? ot rour Dig companies, Yawata. Fuji. Ja pan Steel Tube and fumlto went on a 48-hour strike while
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  • 19 1 I LONDON. Mon. Strong earth tremors were felt In north Israel yesterday, but no casualties were reported
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  • 163 1 Big U.N. line-up against H-halt "NEW YORK, Mon. l^ The West prepared today to ram through a resolution In the General Assembly's Political Committee that would keep nuclear tests going until a disarmament agreement is reached. That would discard rival Soviet, Indian, Japanese and Yugoslav proposals to stop the tests
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  • 38 1 DOCS PROTEST NEW YORK, Mon —Six does, including Russian wolfhound, paraded in front of I'nitcd Nations headquarters today bearing placards: "Be fair to fellow dogs" and "We are man's best friend treat as lift it."— Heater.
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  • 52 1 JAKARTA. Mon. The army Is to investigate the wealth and property of military commanders, governors and provincial police chief* in a drive to stamp out cor- ruptlon, it was announced today. Maj.-Gen. Abdul Haris Nasution, the Army Chief of Staff, will soon swear in a special
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  • 162 2 FRTH, Mon. English test cricketer Frank Tyson arrived at Fremantle in the Oronsay today with an unsolved problem of who is to be his best man when he marries Mis s Ursula Miels in Melbourne on Nov. 22. Tyson had arranged for
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  • 474 2 BUTTON WILL CLICK —THEN INTO SPACE \IOSCOW. Mon.—Rus- sian scientists announced today that Limonchik the space dog now girdling the globe was in good health and "carrying on normally." The scientists said that Limonchik would be catapulted out of the satellite
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    851 2 FS Mr. Macmillan being too confident in his assumption that President Eisenhower can swing a shocked and suspicious Congress into agreement on pooling scientific secrets with Britain and the rest of the free world? Already there have been senatorial rumblings— and it is the senators who have most
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  • 218 2 ONDON, Mon. A Soviet scientist speaking over Moscow Radi6 said today that a stage would be reached when satellites In space could send signals to television screens on earth. He said that by sending ultra short waves along special beams "we shall
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  • 394 3 COMMUNIST PARTY NEVER SO SECURE SINCE POLICE CHIEF BERIA SHOT niU OF KIEV, STALINGRAD AND BERLIN BATTLES —HE IS NOT SEEN dim perfectly illusthe latest party line on y. that Zhukov was meat as he allegedly considered himself to be, and party officials from to
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  • 45 3 PRINCESS MARGARET and Billy Wallace at a Halloween Ball at Dorchester Hotel, London, in aid of the National Children Adoption Association. Princess Margaret's evening gown is of pale blue and pink striped silk. Reuter picture.
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  • 173 3 Filipino senator: 'Co-prosperity again .'.ANILA, Mon. The Nat: alist Citizens' Party prei ntial candidates. Senator Carlo M. Recto, charged tothat Japan intends to ■nth-East Asian coununder the economic i its so-called Asian d< velopment plan. Japan is again launching imous Greater East Co-prosperity Sphere, this time under American auspices," Mr.
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  • 83 3 LEGACY OF REMORSE FOR CRASH VICTIM TEL AVIV. Mon.— Lt.-Col. Nehemya Argov, aide.de. camp to the Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. David Ben Gurion, was found shot dead in his flat today. Near his body was a letter leaving all his possessions to a cyclist h e ran over yesterday. If
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  • 175 3 'THEY'RE SOCIALISTS. BUT NOT REDS' WASHINGTON, Monday. SUPREME COURT Justice William Douglas said in a television interview yesterday: "We must support the strong democratic forces in the world and not the corrupt reactionaries." Most of the world's population is in Asia and so is
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  • 124 3 'Sunset egg' stopped car engines V"EW YORK, Mon. A mysterious egg-shaped object looking like a blind-ing-red sunset flashed over Levelland, Texas, yesterday. Three motorists reported that it stopped their engines and put out their headlights. The motorists said their engines and headlights were all right after the object took off.
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  • 47 3 OTTAWA, Mon.— The National Film Board's colour film of the opening of Parliament by the Queen on Oct. 14 was given its world premiere yesterday before an invited audience, including the Gov-ernor-General, Mr. Vincent Massey A print has been sent to the Queen. Reuter.
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  • 38 3 BUDAPEST, Mon. The Yugoslav Vice Presidents Edward Kardelj and Alexander Rankovic met Hungary's First Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Ferenc Muennich, on their way to Moscow for the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Russian revolution. Reuter.
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  • 50 3 CALCUTTA, Mon.— A workIng party of senior geologists of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East met here today to discuss the first-ever draft geological map for Asia and the Far East. Forty delegates from 20 countries one of them is Malaya are attending.
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  • 309 3 RUBBER LONDON, Mon.— <spot 22 7 id., Dec. 23d., Jan-Mar. 23>,d., April-June 23\d.. July-Sept. 23 '^d., Oct. -Dec. 23 x d., Nov. c.i.f. 22\d.. Dec. c.l.f. tt%4, Jan. c.l.f. 23d. Tone: Easy. TIN LONDON, Mon— Buyers £730; sellers £730 i: Forward buyers £715- sellers £715' 2 Settlement £730
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  • 268 3 Menzies: 'I did not say that' /CANBERRA, Mon. The Prime Minister. Mr. Robert Menzies, today denied that he had ever said directly or indirectly that Sir Winston Churchill had a deplorable strategic sense. He was replying to allegations in a book "The Business of War" by Gen. Sir John Kennedy
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  • 62 3 LIBSON. Mon. The small island formed off the Azores by a submarine volcano has now completely disappeared, the Portuguese news agency reports. The volcano, whose activity had practically ceased, flared up as the island disappeared and Is now throwing up scorias to a height of about 500
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    • 356 3 cARTS BALL THANK YOU IT WAS A WOW! j WASN'T IT? S WHAT AN EVENING!!! S We apologise to those who were inconi venienced in any way by circumstances 1 beyond our control. What a task to stem the tide of those determined to come Need we say that we
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  • 293 4 Nomination eve; But no announcement on George Town council candidates UMNO branch wins tussle with state Alliance on demand to name own man PENANG, Monday. POLITICAL parties here today maintained a strict nomination eve silence on their candidates for the George Town city council
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  • 105 4 CONCENTRATION- ONE OF 160 PICTURES FOR BIG SHOW A STUDY in concentration. This is one of 160 pictures which will be exhibited by four Hong Kong photographers at Raffles Museum from Friday to Nov. 25. The photographers are all Fellows of the Royal Pho- tographic Society. They are Mr. Cheung
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  • 308 4 HTHE Australian MinisA ter for Exte m a] Affairs, Mr. R. G. Casey, said in Singapore last night that there was little likelihood of Australia taking more foreign students under the Colombo Plan. He hoped, however, that the present level of 850 Asian
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  • 170 4 FOOD CLAMP IN PENANG TO FORCE OUT 12 REDS PENANG, Mon. The Balik Pulau District Officer, Inche Abu Mansur bin Haji Hassan, has imposed a food clamp in the south and south-west district of Penang island. Residents in the area where security forces are carrying out "Operation Iberia" against 12
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  • 150 4 JAPANESE POLAR MEN IN COLONY FOR GRAVITY RESEARCH rpHREE Japanese scientists will today begin calculating the gravity of the earth at the University of Malaya, Singapore. It will be the first study of its kind in the Colony. The team, members of the Japanese Antarctic expedition which arrived last weekend,
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  • 189 4 ;ahe Sharif! Baboo, president of the Eastern Smelting Workers' Union. Four councillors seeking reelection are Mr. D.S. Ramanathan (Labour-Sungei Plnangi, Mr S.M Mohamed Idris (Alliance, Tanjong West), Inche Abdullah Arlft (Alliance, Jelutong) and Mr Khoo Vat See (Independent. Tanjong East). The Alliance candidate to be
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  • 24 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Pte. K.A.G. Shasshell. of Kenya Camp, Kota Tlnggl. was fined $30 in the magistrate's court today for negligent driving.
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  • 21 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Dato Haji Abdul Majid has been nominated to be a member of the Johore Council of State-
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  • 151 4 A LOR BTAI A The Alor trate. Tuan 8 Aljeffree. to a 16-year- boy, Gulam that he would write 100 lini any evidenc. he was not suri Gulam was against Wan T Chik. who clam stealing his go. at Jalan Wan M man. Met
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    • 142 4 RADIO MALAYA ffi ZT e %&y t 6.53 Regional Announcemer.. SINGAPORE 476 metres 654 Singapore S KUALA LUStPUR 341 metres P° rt and National Annomr< IPOH 330 metres menta. 7.00 Time S:_r.,. MALACCA 297 metres News, 7.10 Sports Reel, 7.: NATIONAL SHORT Moonstone, 8.00 The WAVE SERVICE 2HJ*« 8 30
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  • 323 5 GATT COUNTRIES AGREE THAT VIOLENT FLUCTUATIONS ARE UNDESIRABLE TAN, BACK FROM GENEVA, SAYS ANOTHER MEETING MAY BE CALLED KUALA LUMPUR, Monday INTERNATIONAL action to prevent violent price fluctuations in rubber would probably in the form of a rubber buffer-stock like the i tinjf tin buffer-stock controlling
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  • 222 5 BIGGER RUSH TO BECOME CITIZENS 'T»HE number of people 1 who registered for i citizenship in Singapore up to 5 p.m. yesterday I totalled 2,7l7— the highest flgur.e for a single day since registration began last Friday. The Chief Registrar of Citizens, Mr. T. P. Cromwell, said that three teams
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  • 45 5 House tax on Chinese KI THING. Mon- The Kuchint; Kural District Counil proposes to levy a tax on all houses inhabited by Chinese, but not situated in a bazaar area. For this purpose, a survey has now been completed of all houses in the district.
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  • 217 5 Ghazali tells of drive to win over bandits IPOH Mon Thp Mentri R ,lr nf Ppral in tsesar 01 reran. Inche Monamed Gnazali j bin Haji Jawi, said today the "next two months will perhaps be the most imoortant thp new
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  • 132 5 One property owner will now pay $73.50 instead of 92 cents KOTA BHARU. Mon.— that assessment on certain Thp Kota Bharu buildin &s woul d sky-rocket, me is.ota. ndTU He quoted one example Town Council will be The valuation on a royal faricher by $45,000 next mily house
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  • 26 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Ungku Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, Deputy Mentri Besar, Johore, accompanied by Dato Haji Sycd Abdul Kadir, visited Boys' Town, Singapore,
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  • 87 5 THIS i s Inche Kenal bin Ibrahim. 58. the union leader who does not beheve in strikes. He has been expelled by the Perak branch of the National Union of Factory and General Workers for returning to work last week, while
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  • 78 5 Singapore pAlice were yesterday investigating a report by a shop assistant who said he was stabbed and robbed of $900 outside the Chung Khiaw Bank branch in Selegie Road. Anp; See Lay. 18. of Chop Kirn Leng, told police he had just parked his bicycle and was
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  • 128 5 FACTORY RIOT MAN GETS A MONTH lOHORE BAHRU, Mon. J In the Johore Bahru Sessions Court today Lim Huan Luck was sentenced to one month's jail for rioting on July 27 at the Lee Pineapple Factory in Scudai. Lim with 11 others, was charged with rioting and throwing stones and
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  • 229 5 Move to end ship graft New system of employment DEPRESENTATIVES of lv Singapore shipowners and seamen yesterday pledged mutuai co-operation to end "corruption" in recruit- ing crews by adopting a strict system of em- 1 ployment. The agreement was reached at the inaugural meeting i of the Seamen's Registra- >
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    • 369 5 mmMwwfmwzm^mwmßg^^mmmwmmt NATIONAL SERVICK RE-' VWCA (Raffles Quay) Malay (iISTRATION for those born be- beginners class. Chinese cooking tween Ist Dec. and 2nd Dec. 1939 (fried rlcei class 10.30 a.m.; new (Open Dayi at Drill Hall. Singa- cake baking class 2.30 p.m.; ball- j pore Military Forces headquarters 1 room dancing
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  • 270 6 10 MAY STAY ON IN NEW ZEALAND From DAVID FINDLAY WELLINGTON, Mon.— Ten Malayan students here expected to return home in December after completing a commercial practice course. Now they may stay on. Their teachers, and some of the students themselves, think one school-year may be
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  • 121 6 FIRST FOR AUDITOR ABAS MELBOURNE, Mon. —Abas! bin Mohamed, 23, a Colombo Plan student, came first ln auditing the state of Victoria ln the latest Institute of Chartered Accountants annual examinations in Melbourne. He beat more than 100 students. Abas of Tangk<ak in Johore, got 79 per cent in auditing
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  • 407 6 |r PWO executives and Mwo members of the Singapore Liberal Socialist Party will be subpoenaed to give evidence before the commission inquiring into allegations of corruption during the last Legislative Assembly byelections. Those to be called are the party's secretary-general, Mr.
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  • 536 6 HELPLESS SLAVE? NONSENSE, PREPOSTEROUS Leaders chuckle at Marshall's statement KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. ]yf R. David Marshall's statement in Singapore yesterday that the Colony was becoming a "helpless slave" of the Federation, made political leaders here chuckle today. Most Alliance leaders here dismissed the idea as "nonsense" al- though one described
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  • 118 6 Former Chief Minister now heads new Colony Workers' Party THE former Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, was elected yesterday to head the newly formed Workers' Party. The party's 27-man executive committee also elected Mr. Cheng Yueh Tong vice-chairman and Mr. V. R. Balakrishna secretary-general. The meeting appointed a constitution
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  • 310 6 Black praise Govt. men's high standards of duty )f FHE Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, said A last night that members of the Malayan Government services had always maintained high standards of conduct and duty. Speaking at the Friends of 1 Singapore "get-t oge t h er" party at
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  • 95 6 In the Strait Times of Oct. 28— under the heading "Drinks Land Three GirL In Court"— it was stated that the three accused in the case left the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court "by a private entrance" after paying their fines. It has been pointed out
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  • 103 6 LONDON. Mon. An exMalayan Government officer Mr. W. J. Peel, has a good prospect of becoming a member of the House of Commons In a few weeks. Mr. Peel will be the official Conservative candidate In the by-election caused by resignation of CaDt. Charier Waterhouse. Conservative
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  • 249 7 Bullet, threatening letter for Malacca police chief FROM MAN CLAIMING TO BE SECRET SOCIETY LEADER MALACCA, Monday. MR. D. C. DAVIDSON, Malacca central police chief, today received a threatening letter wrapped round a bullet from a person claiming to be the leader of the local Ang Bin Huay secret society.
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  • 65 7 A hawker, Lum Moon Yoong alias Ah Seng, was yesterday acquitted in a Singapore court of a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Ibrahim bin Hussein. The judge, Mr. J. F. Me William, said that he was "not happy about the man's identification." The judge had been
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  • 45 7 BATU GAJAH. Mon. Int Mohamed Rashid was ed president of the Ke(Headman) Kampong Asition in Kinta at an angeneral meeting held yesterday, her officers are: Viceident, Inche Mohamed Dawam; secretary, Inche Khalid bin Panjang Mat Johor; and treasurer. Inche Mohamed Yusof.
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  • 31 7 TAPAH. Mon. Mr. K. Nagapar, 42. chief clerk and assessment officer. Town Board, has gone on promotion as excutive officer to the Agriculture Department In Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 177 7 Lorry hits motor-cycle, trishas, bicycles VIALACCA, Mon. One man was ITI killed and two others slightly injured near a bus stop in Newcome Road here yesterday afternoon when a lorry, a motor-cycle, three trishas and three bicycles were involved in an accident. Pedestrian.s in this busy
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  • 124 7 Home Guards give Govt. 14-day ultimatum BAH GAJAH, >loii Kampong Home Guard commanders in Perak have given the State Government 14 days to reply to their demands for better treatment. if a satisfactory reply is not received the Home Guard commanders wiU take "appropriate action Inr In- Kha lid bin
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  • 54 7 Presentation of prizes for the 1957 Singapore schoolboys' and inter-club chess championships will take place at a tea-party on Saturday at the Chinese Swimming Club hall. This will be preceded by a "lightning tournament," prizes for which will be presented by Dr. Lim Kok Aun. vice-president of
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  • 56 7 PENANG. Mon. A former Party Negara branch secretary was yesterday elected i president of the Bagan Jeri mal Butterworth UMNO branch. Inche Darus bin Haji Ahmadt son of the Kampong I Penghulu. told the Straits I Times he had resigned from i Party Negara because he
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  • 27 7 PENANG. Mon. Mr. Tan Chong Bee, president of the National Union of Teachers, was yesterday elected new chairman of the Penang Division of the Malayan
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  • 281 7 COURT TOLD OF THEFT. STABBING IPOH, Monday. "MENACE to society," Harun bin Wasi, was jailed for 21 months by the president of the Sessions Court here, Mr. J. R. Whimster, today. Harun. 22, pleaded guilty to stabbing Azlan bin Moha- mcd Saad with a
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  • 49 7 The 1957 Press Ball "Queen i for a Day." Miss Fay Siebel. I and her two ladies-in-wait- ing, Mrs. Barbara Narayanan, and Miss Pat Yong Thai I Thai, will be guests of the Singapore Rotary Club at luncheon at the Cathay Res- taurant tomorrow.
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  • 23 7 TAIPING. Mon. The Hua Lian High School here held its annual elocution contest in English. Nineteen boys and girls took part.
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  • 157 7 THE Singapore Agricultural Co-operative Union A must raise $10,000 from its member co-operatives before it can borrow $50,000 from the Government to buy cheap fodder and fertilisers. The union has been told of this in a letter from the Ministry of Commerce and industry. The
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  • 40 7 Guides fete Lady Black I The Singapore Girl Guide,' =s!"S fltf j L&dy filack afc a tea party at their headquarters in Buyong Road. L*dy Black was Pref with a set of Ke\antan tea g££kSo ge Colony Guide ne wreh&uii.
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  • 45 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Bail of $2,000 was allowed fjgee Tow, of Sening Estate, pengerang, after he had been charged in the Johore Bahru magistrate's court today with raping a Chinese woman Tne preliminary inquiry will oe held at Kota Tinggi on Nov. 27.
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  • 58 7 IPOH. Mon A bicycle thief, Kong Chan Kin. 27, j was jailed for one year by the Ipoh magistrate today when he pleaded guilty to stealing two bicycles last month. Inspector Wilson Paul, prosecuting, said Kong had a "string of previous convictions'' and asked the
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  • 162 7 Strike over at Straits Trading Co. fPOH, Mon.—The 10--1 day strike by 26 men at the Kampar, Pusing and Ipoh branches of the Straits Trading Company is over. The strikers have admitted defeat. Picket lines in front of the company's offices have gone. Today an official of the National Union
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  • 60 7 Mr. Loke Wye Ton, a Malayan student of the University of North Carolina School of Denlstry, Is due to graduate in June next year. Mr. Loke, now a fourth year senior, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Loke Yaik Foo, of Ampang Road, Kuala Lumpur,
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  • 25 7 REV Father John Fwnandes of Kayattupura. Mayyanad. passed away peacefully on 29th October 1957 at Enayam parish. Funeral on 30th October 1957. Deeply regretted
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    • 393 7 MY CONSTIPATION WRRIESAREOyERI MOMMY ALWAYS GIVES ME Milk of Magnesia J%tfftfS&tto Because it provides more 3k complete relief than slngleJfy purpose laxatives! ConstipaJP Wf\ tlon and aad Indigestion P^^PBBA usually go hand In hand. £§jj|^^~ That's why laxatives which r ©f act on constipation alone are III! V&ZCwfy only half
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  • 45 8 20 Words $10 (Minimum). THE FAMILY of Miss Annie Chua Seok Kheng who passed away on 2.11.57. wish to thank the Doctors and Stall of OH for their kind attendance during her Illness and to all who sent wreaths, condolences and attended her funeral.
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  • 30 8 jn Words $10 (Minimum). WILL MR. HO CHIN NIAP formerly of No. 583, East Coast Road, Singapore, communicate with Wee Swee Teow Co.. No. 4, Bonham Building, Singapore. 1.
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  • 122 8 21) Words $10 < Minimum) MULCHANDS. Sale Till Saturday. Buy your Party Dresses at Slashed Prices CHIROPODY: The New Clinic at Maynards 1 11 Battery Road. Appointments Tel: ***** Qualified European Operatorswav DX* kl*v As tne Kisnerman said "To cut a long story Short Flndlater's Dry Fly Sherry Is
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  • 1223 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Nov. 5, 1957. Sputnik The Second Sputnik the second marks an advance in space flight almost as incredible as Sputnik the first. In the conquest of space, the Russians are out on their own. The American satellite which it is planned to launch early next
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  • 1658 8  - SPACE DOG WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR SPACE MEN VINCENT BUIST Man-made space ship now nearer realisation BY The launching of the second Sputnik,\ weighing over a thousand pounds, means that I Soviet scientists have developed a new fuelf I ten times more efficient than the best rocket i I
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    • 190 8 Alliance registration Some legal issues YOUR leader of Oct. 28 say s "The Alliance Is to be registered as a polltlcal party": may we draw your attention to the fact that the registration of the Alliance Party was gazetted on Oct. 17. 1957. It refers to its constltution as "still
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    • 192 8 No provident employers 'THE Central Provident Fund was started with a view to providing workers with savings when the time comes for them to retire. However some unscrupulous owners of bars and restaurants employ a number of waitresses for whom they have never contributed subscriptions to the Provident Fund. I
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    • 113 8 r THE civics courses being x conducted for teachers and students are very useful indeed. They give the citizens of Singapore an insight into many problems of which they are not normally aware. Those fortunate enough to be admitted to one of these courses not only gain
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    • 67 8 riE graduates, or the seniors, of the university of Malaya seem very keen on upholding ragging. At the same time, many freshmen seem to dread it as the plague. To an impartial onlooker these do not tally. Will those concerned expedite the report on the probe into
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    • 719 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. 20 Wordt $10 (Minimum). DENNING: To Prudence (Nee Walpole) and David, a son Miirk Edward, on Ist November at Penang. GRIFFITHS to Kitty ana Hugh at a Nursing Home Pennng on 3.11.57 a son Joathan Mark a brother for Simon. LOST in Words Si f Win. j Box
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    • 59 8 195s Model CAPRI Spore Penang $325.00 Federation $385.00 Left Cash Discount Easy H.P. TERMS ACCEPTABLE 11 Valves including 3 transistors Operates on 6 volts pocket size dry battery, or torch light cells, or any 6 volts car battery. Sole Agents: KEE KUAT RADIO CO., LTD. 122-124. ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE. 9.
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    • 88 8 $r3 3 d 4[y GOLDEN STAR RADIC Model PE2O3 Three larqc loudspeakers give 3D «ound. Bandspread shortwave bandt. Tuned R.F. stage. Selective negative feedb. ck Switched pick-up sockets Concentric "Pyelite" Controls Fully tropiulised Singapore $355/- Federation $400/ Lets 10% for Cash Factory Representatives: T.V. MITCHELL CO. (FAR EAST) LI SINCAPORE
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  • 202 9 >.\M LIM PAK I HUAY, mother of Soon Yang who :iy stabbed on pointed a finder lay at a witness at j ..pore inquest and This man must murderer." ItoMi was Low Poh :ormer detective who he was nickTong Teng' because referred to the as "Teng
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  • 64 9 -.ngapore Chief Mm-; Lim Yew Hock, is i .ive today by ait for hi. where he will leaa man delegation to an lonal Labour Organunference. M to have left yester- day but his plane was delayed. The conference is from Nov. 13 to Nov. 26.
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  • 88 9 Another China Town stabbing rTIHE wave of stabbing In I 1 Singapore's Chinatown continued yesterday. Ch i a Yew Guan. 23, of Beng Hoon Road, was attacked in Craig Road and was admitted to hospital. At least six people have been knifed in a fresh outbreak of violence between group
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  • 28 9 PENANG. Mon. The City Council today decided to use SI million from its general fund to assist daily-rated and monthly paid employees to own houses.
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  • 485 9 MAYOR: CID CHIEF VISITED ME. ..HE SAID HE THOUGHT MATTER SHOULD BE DROPPED LABOUR DEMAND FOR COMMISSION OF INQUIRY 'TO CLEAR OUR NAMES' REJECTED PENANG, Monday. fHh Mayor of George Town, Mr. G. H. Goh, revealed today that Penang CID had investigated reports that
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  • 36 9 Tee Ah Kow, Chew Ah Kaw and Lim Chok Kirn, who had a charge of robbery read to them last Saturday, were yesterday acquitted and discharged in Singapore. The charge against them was withdrawn.
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  • 67 9 EIGHT MANNEQUINS displayed a variety of locally made fashions from Tootal products of the latest designs, at a fashion paradr held in conjunction with the Perak Dance Association's monthly social in Ipoh. From left to right are: Ainl Yeop MahMin. Rahimah Ayonb, Rokiah binti
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  • 267 9 A YOUNG man persuaded three of his friends to rob his own father, the Sessions Court was told this afternoon. i "He planned this robbery because he had been taking about $3,000 from his j father's safe with duplicate keys without the old
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  • 149 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. i A staff nurse travelled by the i night mail from Penang yes- terday and drove to the Australian High Commissioner's residence here this morning Ito receive one of Australia's highest awards for nursing. The Australian High ComI missloner, Mr. T.K. Critchley.
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  • 67 9 Two Canberras from the R.A.F. Central Fighter Establishment will arrive In Singapore on Nov. 11 after a 20,000-mile flight from West Raynham. Norfolk. Their crews, led by Air Commodore E. I. ColbeckWelch, are lecturing to Middle and Far East Air Force units on the latest fighter
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  • 40 9 A full-length variety show wa s given to Singapore last night on television. It was presented by William Jacks and Co. at the Victoria Memorial Hall, In conjunction with the ninth annual Philip* radio convention.
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  • 40 9 Tan En* Bok, 46. yesterday pleaded guilty in a Singapore court to a charge of having 1 lb. of opium valued at $175 o n June 5. He was fined $300 or three months' Jail.
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  • 42 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Jalan Raja in front of the Secretariat here will be closed to traffic from 9.20 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. on Nov. 28 because of the ceremonial opening of the budget meeting of the Selangor Council of State.
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  • 199 9 Teachers top item on agenda r PHE Singapore Educa 1 tion Minister, Mr Chew Swee Kee, left by air for Kuala Lum pur yesterday afternoon for talks with his Federation counterpart, Inche Mohl amed Khir bin Joharl. Before his departure, he said it was the first time he was paying
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  • 59 9 A boilermaker, Wu Leong See, 22, yesterday pleaded guilty In a Singapore court to a charge of falsely representing himself as Lee Zln Tin, another boilermaker, and collecting $37.87, Lees weekly wage without his consent at the Pay Master's Station, Naval Base, at 4.40 p.m. on
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  • 44 9 Singapore's acting Chief Secretary, Mr. S.T. Stewart, is in the General Hospital with a heart aliment. His condition was described as "satisfactory" yesterday. Mr. R.C. Hoffman, Permanent Secretary (Establishment) will be acting Chief Secretary while Mr. Stewart i is indisposed.
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  • 38 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Abdul Raseed. 22. was jailed for six months today after pleading guilty to stealing $77 cash and 56 Social Welfare lottery tickets from a stallholder in the central market on Oct. 7
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  • 174 9 BANDITS' ACE GUNMAN GIVES UP Mon Tsang Wah, 35, the so-called "champion" Bren- gunner of a section of the fast-vanish-ing Communist 3rd independent platoon in Negri Sembilan surrendered today. He told the Special Branch here that he had left the jungle because "so many of my leaders have been killed"
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  • 28 9 A cyclist, Ooh Ah Piang, 58, was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a car at the 11th mile, Changi Road, Singapore, last night.
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    • 265 9 EMBRYEX FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION t FATIGUE ANAEMIA GROWTH DISTURBANCES ft 'i ORGANIC DEFICIENCIES OQ. I LIVER INSUFFICIENCIES jjfc ..-VCC27 11 RECUPERATIONS < Jj& '^7 s^y~\ f■ PREGNANCY s^^ «(£3&}---" j NUTRITION DEFICIENCY 7 NERVOUS BODY WEAKNESS im l«BRvot f M«Rvi« CHANGE OF LIFE 6-o»voh»CußAtion powoio LOSS OF VITALITY PREMATURE OLD
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  • 973 10 WOMEN WHO SERVE WVS GIRLS DO A JOB MISS Vivian Neele, administrator of the Women's Voluntary Service in Malaya for more than four years, left for Britain during the weekend saying she would be home-sick for this country. Miss Neele. a friendly, humorous woman, who really loves her job, will
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 423 10 Showing your age? Helena Rubinstein brings you 3 sure ways to look younger SAGGING CONTOURS? ■■■^^HB Correct those ageing contours BT^^S and wrinkles by using Helena J^B^BhL^ I Rubinstein's miraculous beauty I discovery. CONTOUR LIFT FILM ''^Bb^^P Use it at night and under make-up >^ "^H during the day; it
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 327 10 Straits Times Crossword 5 T <3 S~" he I 5~" -JBZSi SLp_ S I SZ I 28 I I I |i|2a 8 30 j I v I ACROSS 7. Her daughter Is not easily 1. This separates a street siding matched (6. 2, 5). (13 1. 8. Fine stamina to
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  • 958 11 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES tlllllllllllMlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll B MID-1915 British Government officials, though the war was going •>t them, were tired of the sight, sound handwriting of Marcus Samuel, a oil magnate who had the temerity iim he could solve the Allied T.N.T. shortage. ike
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    • 262 11 you cannot fc| m breast-feed B^i^^ WWEPARED FOR Roberto Bellini INFANT FEEDING Kuala Lumpur |y\\ LACTOGEN is a correctly-balanced mfant Vjyß|^S»^^|M food, enriched by the addition of Vitamin A, R\ Vitamin D and Organic Iron. LACTOGEN n\ ls rcmarkab 'y eas V t0 mx just sprinkle on MOTHER BOOK Kl^l&g
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    • 247 11 Carmen A Co By Mas if ONE 0- Twe'rKEiCN V.I. PS STOLE MY *S I THEM I'M WILLING 1 M rt-ATS <7s^/' :ES NtCKLACE THEZES NOTm NG I OAZc DO TO 3UY IT BACK FROM/ y <>^*^ H£ P2IYINS f*i*S/£~\ \yV^\_ The Saint By Leslie Charteris BUENA SUERTE. I KsHE
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  • 212 12 SHARE PRICES TAKE BIGGEST TUMBLE FOR MANY MONTHS By Our Market Correspondent CHARES prices on the Malayan Share Market yesterday took one of their biggest tumbles for many months and there was general marking down of prices throughout the list. The easlier tendency which was in evidence throughout the whole
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  • 654 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: "Industrials and tins suffered their sharpest (all for a very long time. Shortcovering and selective buying failed to hold the decline. Rubbers were neglected due to the absence of buyers. The turnover wa« moderate." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business
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  • 25 12 The following October mine outputs are announced: Sunrei Bidor 571 plculs: Renonr. Tin: Rasa 467 nlcul*. Jlnjanc I'.vith Straits Tin fields) 673 piculs
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  • 11 12 October rubber Crops ln-i eluded:— Rlvervlew 157.000 lb- I
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  • 156 12 i MELBOURNE, Mon. INVESTMENT stocks showed a firmer tone with Henry Jones up Is. providing sharpest movement on the Stock Exchange here today. Some leaders were easier with Dunlop down 6d. and exbonus H.H.P. down to 455. 6d. after opening at 475. Consolidated Zinc dowi. ss. and North
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  • 144 12 November first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 78% cents per tb., down 2 4 cents on Friday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet Closing prices in cents per tb yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. t.o.D. buyers 78% sellers 78% (Norn.); Int. 1
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  • 151 12 The Malayan Exchange BanksAssociation made the following changes in Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $1001: New York: buying airmail T.T. 32 11 16. O.D. 32 1316 90 dst 33 1 8 credit bills. 33 3 16 trade btlls. Canada: buying airmail F.T. 31 7 16.
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  • 82 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Ex- I change: noon prices per picul I yesterday were: Copra: steady: November December $25 buyers $26 sellers Coconut oil: steady: bulk $41 sellers, drum $45... sellers. Pepper: steady; no business reported doneMuntok white $106. Sarawak $105 special Sarawak black $65 (all up by $1).
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  • 143 12 Ships lylnit alongside the Sinrapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Adige 1 2 Tallssee 45, MelUkerk 6A Eurymedon 6 7, Van Cloon 8 9, Charon 10 11, Patroclus 13 14. Glenroy 15 16. President Polk 18 Hal Hlng 19 20, Salong N. Wall 1 Clang Seng
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 1257 12 j PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD OP THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA SENIOR STOREKEEPERS Applications for the above posts are invited from Federal Citizens who have passed Standard VIII (Form IV) in an English School. Applicants must have had at least five years experience In a position of responsibility in the
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    • 810 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS ROYAL MALAYAN NAVY ARTIFICER APPRENTICES Vacancies exist in the Royal Malayan Navy for th« entry of six young men for training as artificer apprentices in the Shipwright (four) and Radio Electrical (two branches). Candidates must (a) be British subjects or Federal citizens, (b) be of good character. (c)
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    • 19 12 OFFICIAL PRICES SINGAPORE, NOV. 4. RUBBER: 78i cents per lb. (down 2} cents). TIN: $351 per picul (up $1).
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    • 628 12 Going on Leave? KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE STRAITS BUDGfr Six Months Air Freight Subscription k. on] Six Months Sea Mail Subscription (Anywh.r AMERICAN MAIL LINE for Lo» Angel**, ion i-roncuco. Cortiond, ieottl«, Tacomo J, >,„ Alto acctprinq cargo tor transhipment to Central I South i Spore P S'hcm American
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    • 1328 13 l:J 4os MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. T.i, 41l ooratca in Singoporel (12 Hues) >'"• THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE T £*< JfuNGS jJTiPf V il *>«>W, LONDON 4 CONTINENTAL PORTS v,o S-« t0 »'a Panama ar Cape ot Good HoL.! ptM. M procted v,a o^er^rt. to toad and d.schorg. c^o .^.c,
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    • 1024 13 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARD* SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/0* Ml EAST VIA SUEZ Penong P. Sham S'ooro "IRRIA" 24/24 Nev "JUTLANDIA" 20/22 No* 23/24 No* «/24 Nay Banakewk enly "•ALSTRIA" S/ Oaa 71 Oaa 9/10 Oac Calling Saigon, Bangkok. "KAMBODIA" 11/11 Dai HOMEWARDS SAILINGS FOR ADEN, PORT SAID, GENOA, ANTWIRP, ROTTERDAM,
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    • 126 13 SEIKAI MARU From Japan, Hongkong ETA S'pora IB Nay ETA Port Swottonham 21 Nay ETA Panong 22 Nay Loads for Louranco Morgues, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Capetown, Buanos Aires. GEKKO MARU From South Africa ETA Penang 9 No* ETA Port Swettenham 10 Nev ETA Singopore 11 No* Loods for
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    • 1084 13 •Kng THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD '£,7?' SINGAPORE {Incorporated in tha united Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO ADEN. U.K. A CONTINENTAL PORTS S'pora P. S'hom fanang BENREOCH tor London. Hamburg, Rotterdam G.35>34/5 Na* London direct arrtvas 27 Na* BENMACDHUI for Liverpool, Rotterdom, Hamburo 7/11 Nov 12/14 Na* 15/14 Na* BENNtVIS
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    • 1282 13 McALISTER <Sc CO., LTD. TEL. No.: ***** ELLERMAN LINES j KLAVENESS LINK LONOON, HAVRt, ROTTTiRDAM HAMBURG Lo ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, ond tor U.S.A., North Atlontie Ports ATTL t. VANCOUVER ft PORTLAND and Conodo vio Colombo Accepting cargo for Ctntrol ft South •CITY OF SWANSEA Amtrico S'poro P. Sham Penong BONNEVILLE
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  • 208 14 rpHE well-known paint products of E. I. Dv Pont de Nemours and Co., of Delaware, are now being produced locally following the installation of a colour mixing service by Rotterdam Trading Co. (M) Ltd., Singapore. Rotterdam Trading are producing fresh and accuratt
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  • 58 14 A NEW flexible pipeline J\ which meets the drastic demands of tropical climates where constant delivery of water for irrigation purposes Is a vital necessity has recently been Introduced by British industry. In addition to being flexible the pipeline is easily portable and requires little or
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  • Commercial News and Views compiled by Geoffrey Boland
    • 429 14 Value of exports to U.K. have dropped by $116 mil. |N the first year of independence for Malaya and of approaching selfgovernment for the Colony of Singapore one fact stands out clearly in the Malayan economic picture. That is that Britain which for
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    • 195 14 ITALY is introducing new racing bicycle models and motor cycles to Malaya, among them being Frejus lightweight motor cycles and the Frejus I bicycles. The machines are products iof the Frejus organisation, leading motor cycle and bicycle manfacturers in Italy. Mr. Johnny K. G. Ong.
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    • 223 14 NEW SERVICE IN COLONY "DRITISH Ropes Ltd., who opened a marine depot in Singapore at the beginning of the year, have now followed this up by providing a long overdue service to rope users. Facilities are now available locally for the splicing of steel wire
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    • 65 14 rr\HE offer for 60 per cent. X of the capital of Djember Rubber Estates by Sungoi Kruit Rubber Estate— on the basis of three Sungei Krult 2s. shares plus 2s. 6d. ca.>h for each two Djember ill shares is considered by Djember directors to be "quite
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    • 137 14 PERAK River Hydro-Electric Co. made a net profit for -the year ended July 31 of £400,745, compared with £287,910 In the preceding year, and the distribution on the ordinary shares is 12^ per cent, compared with 10 per cent Ai«*-S«ifflS bonus for
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    • 202 14 NEW HEAD FOR GEC COMPANY IN U.K. rH E chairman and managing director of The General Electric Co (Malaya) Ltd.. Mr Leslie Gamage, has with effect from November 1 been elected chairman and managing director of the The General Electric Co. in London in succession to Sir Harry Railing. Mr.
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    • 121 14 ~^~^B^B^B^P~B^B^f"~lß^B^B^^^B^B^f^B^Br^B^B^B^pß^B^r^~~B^B^^^~~~^ m^^^^^^^Bßb^Bb^bMßßbMßb^B^bT^B^BM ß^B^^^ i^B^B>TT> i 5 flights every week to HONG KONG -^b^bw!^^'*' !^^bW **'^^^+^^™b^b^b^Bbb^S r a 1 M Be specific fly CS-65 Consult: Malayan Airways Ltd., Ocean Bldg. Singapore, Tel. ***** The Borneo Co. Ltd., B.N. Borneo Sarawak. [REJUVENATION now I P^Bl possible at Any Age XOT v Drug-
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    • 171 14 4^m3NeT 3 BBB^B^k^u*. B^B^l jf _^4^ BB FOUR SQUAHi //liX Vintage Fo/^occos /I IIW mm Throughout the irorl /Lr ™M \k nating pipesmokei(..WJO^R SQUK«IA\ Four Square. The VACUUM PACKED loi red creei PURPLE 55 YEI 142 YEARS of experii IN WATCHMAKING DAYMATIC THE SWISS WATCH FOR ALL C fptfßE-LE</£ T
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  • 271 15 U.S. has great chance of wresting Davis Cup from Australia -Talbert •SYDNEY, Mon.— Five of the United States Davis Cup team arrived here yesterday with Bill Talbert. their non-playing captain, to take part in Australian tournaments and in the North American Zone Davis Cup final against the Philippines. "No one
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  • 69 15 OUT GOES CRAIG— AFTER A GREAT KNOCK OF 113 AUSTRALIAN captain lan Craig, who scored a magnificent 113 runs, has his off-stump knocked back by Lee, the Rhodesian jast bowler, during the third dap's play at Salisbury. The other batsman is R. Simpson, icho uas bowled by Mansell for 41
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  • 105 15 Contact us first: Warning BELGRADE, Mon— A warn ins to foreign national athletics federations against approaching British athletes to run abroad without first contacting the British athletics authorities was issued here yesterday by Mr. Jack Crump, secretary of the A.A.A. Mr. Crump was speaking to about 50 representatives from 24
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  • 86 15 S.C. Rolt beat J.S. Asherson I 4 and 3 over 36 holes to win the Keppel Club championI ship. The November medal "A" I division was won by G. Wil-: liamson. who also won the I ball sweep for the second nine P. Dreyer
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  • 109 15 BULGARIANS DO BEST WITH 7-0 TRIUMPH OVER NORWAY IN WORLD CUP Easy victories T ONDON, Mon— Bulgaria, i Poland and Rumania scored easy wins in European Zone World Cup j soccer matches yesterday. Bulgaria chalked up the biggest score when they routed Norway 7-0 at Sofia. By defeating Finland 4-0
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  • 131 15 All Blues trial a disappointment UNIVERSITY of Malaya gained their biggest rugby success when they beat All Blues by 36 (six goals, two tries) to nil at Bukit Timah yesterday The match, which was intended to be a trial for Blues to select their team against Johore
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  • 4 15 The fighting Maynard brothers
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  • 146 15 THE four boxing Maynard brothers, who have i family record of five Lon. don Federation titles in eight attempts will appear together on the same programme fo r the first time on Nov. 28. They are to be members of nf the first London team
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    • 978 15 „,,nlinu'< 1 rrom P e slTl \TH>NS VACANT Box 30 ctt. txtra. I ICKET SELLERS Ushers. Driver, iptionlst. Counter Despatch Wharf/ nan, Telephonist, Clinic Attendant. now. 817, North i lONS WANTED Mm.) Box SO ett. txtra. CANTONESE Wailable Ist. Week Five Months. Tel! „-30 pm. ,EX seeks change ex-| Jc
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    • 902 15 BOOKS PUBLICATIONS JO Wordt tS (Mm.) Box SO ctt. txtra. THE JULY 1957 Edition of the Federation of Malaya Telephone Directory can oe purchased from The strait* Times Press Ltd., Cecil Street. Singapore Price $1.50 per copy. Postage 3o cents extra THE STRAUS TIMES Directory of Singapore and Malaya 1957
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    • 793 15 FOR SALE 20 Wordt tS (Mm.) Box SO etn. extra. GENUINE BEST QUALITY New Black Persian Lamb Coat Cost $3,500 a bargain at $2,300 Phone *****. BLUE NYLON SHORT Evening Dress. New "16" $35- Various morning afternoon Dresses Court Shoes 6/3- All imported. New or good condition Bargains Phone *****.
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    • 786 15 NOTICES KLANG COAST WATER SUPPLY Certain works will be carried out to the main supply pipelines on the evening of Thursday 7th November, and for this purpose the supply to all areas will be cut I off at 7 p.m. Although it is anticipated that a full supply will be
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    • 515 16 THE BEST CUSTOMER GETS WORST DEAL THE MERDEKA STADIUM'S first financial crisis arose last week and it was promptly solved by the Football Association of Malaya. While the Stadium Board secretary, Mr. S.C.E. Singam, who is also a vice-president of the F. A. M.. was away in Vietnam with the
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    • 199 16 ST. ANDREW'S Old Boys confirmed their superiority over their heavier opponents, Singapore Cricket Club "B", in their return rugger match yesterday. The Saints won by six points (two tries) to three (a try) on the pa ang. The Saints, however, ha to work hard for
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    • 17 16 Y.M.S.A. beat R.M.N. 5-1 in a S.H.A. Div. 2 match at Balestier Road yesterday.
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    • 58 16 RUGGER St. Andrew's v Gan Eng Seng School Woodsville HOCKEY Women's Poppy Day match: j Civilians v Services, pad a tig, 5.10 p.m.; MIX Div. 2: REME v HOIK K. Ayer Raja Road; Div. 3: YMCA v Prisons, Balestier Road- STL' v Police, STU TENNIS XshiH-ss Shield; ACS
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    • 75 16 The Joint Services team to meet Civilians in the annual Poppy Day women's hockey match for the Lady Mellersh Cup on the padang today will be: Cpl Saltmarsh (WRAC), Cpl Wrightson (WRAF), 2nd Lt Hickey (WRAC); WO II Embrey (WRAC), Cpl LewlsHinde (WRAF). Sgt. Budger rWRACj
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  • 608 16  -  SAUL JOSHUA LAST MATCH FOR HK TOURISTS EtOOS IN A DRAW By Referee explains: I was unsighted ALL-SINGAPORE were A not awarded a try which they scored in yesterday's scoreless rugger match against the touring Hong Kong team under floodlights at Jalan Besar stadium. With
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  • 156 16 'DON'T FORGET US AGAIN' WE WANT STAMPFL BORNEO yHE three Borneo territorie 1 hoping that they will iv gotten if arrangements ar t i the international ath Franz Stampfl. to v tries. Mr. J. W. Walne. coa Borneo team to the Melbourne pics, said that duri years the Borneo tei.r
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  • 157 16 ITNSEEDED Auw Tiang Hoon won the men's singles I title at the Youth Sports Centre's table tennis tournament which was decided over the weekend. Runner-up was Mok Hiak Soo, while Tan Kang Chew and Lam Yit Choon finished level in third place and will
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  • 251 16 3 SCHOOLS VIE FOR SHIELD 'pHE second Singapore interschool tennis tournament for the Father Ashness Shield, which started two weeks ago, is now reaching Its most interesting stage. Today the defending champions, Anglo-Chinese School, will meet St. Andrew's on St j Joseph's Institution courts i and on Thursday, also on
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  • 58 16 TOO LATE TO TACKLE HK THREES KEEP BALL MOVING FRENCH, (left) the All-Singapore centre-three, positions himself for a low tackle but is a little too late. Gerrard (centre). Hong Kong's star centre-three, has already passed the ball out to Bede-Cox. The match, played under floodlights at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday,
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  • 244 16  - Frog III does a smart workout MUDLARKS IMPRESS AT GALLOPS EPSOM JEEP By KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. lIOPES of a good track for Wednesday's races here n have been washed out by a further spate of rain over the weekend. At the gallops this mornina;, the most impressive were the mudlarks.
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  • 27 16 University of Malaya beat Royal Naval Police 1-0 in a Singapore Hockey Association Div. 1 league match at Naval Base yesterday. Kong On scored.
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  • 354 16 DAI REEES v BOUSFIELD AT RIC TOMORROW TP HE man who helped Bri--1 tain to regain the Ryder Cup after 25 years of American domination, Dai Rees, together with team mate Ken Bousfield. arrived in Singapore last night for a 10-day tour of Singapore and the Federation. i Rees who
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  • 63 16 Fighting Force scratched MELBOURNE, Mon.—Fighting Force who, bad been one of the early favourites for the race, was withdrawn today from the Melbourne Cup, Australia's premier horse race to be run over two miles at Flemington here tomorrow. Nineteen runners are expected to face the starter. Favourite is the New
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  • 110 16 CIVILIANS will meet Services ln their annual Poppy Day hockey match on the padang on Friday The Services team will be: Tl. Clement (RN): F/Lt. Woods i RAF). Dry Austin (Army); F/Sgt. Taylor (RAFj, F/Lt. Chase (RAF). Cfn Badawi (Army); L/Cpl. Abdullah (Army), Sgt. Brown (RAF).
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