The Straits Times, 10 October 1958

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    18 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times. Estd 1845 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1958 15 CENTS
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    'THERE IS NO HALF WAY'
    665 1 PROMISE TO KEEP EMERGENCY LAWS WELCOMED But Federation asks PAP: Why vote against Security Bill? Pledge by Lee puzzles Razak KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation Government's attitude is: There can be no halfway with the Communists. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Dato
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    Foo case judgment reserved
    89 1 U A L A LUMPUR. Thurs. Judgment reserved in the child custody case be- Dr. Foo Lum Choon, former Selannr badminton champion. and-hi:s wife, Miss kok Su Win, after coun--1 for both parties had their final submissions In the High Court here today. Hearing of the
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    Lock icon Duke in Comet
    25 1 LONDON. Thurs. The of Edinburgh is to fly Comet Four to Ottawa month to attend an i h Speaking Union ntrrrnce. Reuter.
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    Lock icon The world mourns as hells toll the death of the 'Pope of Peace'
    491 1 The world mourns as hells toll the death of the 'Pope of Peace' ROME, Thursday. pOPE PIUS XII died at his summer palace at Castel Gandolfo in the early hours of this morning, finding at last in death the peace he had sought for the world. during 19 years and
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    Fice new polio cases in hospital
    210 1 Five new polio cases in hospital r[ERE were five new i*ases of poliomyelitis in Singapore yesterday. One, a Chinese boy aged three, died soon after admission \o Middleton Hospital. This la the second death in the present polio epidemic. The boy came from Boon Keng Road. Others admitted to hospital
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    Lock icon HURRICANE LEAVES HAVOC TRAIL
    85 1 HURRICANE LEAVES HAVOC TRAIL SYDNEY, Thurs. -A 90 m.p.h. hurricane struck Alice Springs, central Australia, at noon today, unroofing 17 homes, uprooting trees and bringing 'down power lines. Police have estimated the damage at running into thousands of pounds. Many people suffered minor injuries, caused by flying debris. The hurricane,
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    5 LIB-SOCS QUIT FOR NEW FRONT
    546 1 5 LIB-SOCS QUIT FOR NEW FRONT VIVE top Liberal-Socialists, including Mr. Ng See r Thong, chairman of the party's central council, and Mr. Thio Chan Bee, chairman of the executive committee, resigned last night to join the proposed United Socialist Front. In a joint statement they said they believed it
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    Malayan Catholics join in prayers
    330 1 MALAYAN Catholics will observe nine days mourning and prayer for the soul of Pope Pius XII Bells will toll three times a day for two minutes after and the interior of churches will be draped in black. In Singapore, a Pontifical High Mass will be
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    2O,OOO tons of rubber goes to Russia
    70 1 2O,OOO tons of rubber goes to Russia RUSSIA has bought approximately 20.000 tons of Malayan rubber for September and October shipment (o Odessa, according to Singapore trade sources yesterday. In August. Russia bought 5.000 tons, which was sent in a special vessel. Based on the trade figures. Russia, up till
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    Lock icon Now Britain makes rubber
    172 1 I ONDON, Thurs. Britain has begun bulk production oc synthetic rubber with a $51 million plant at Hythe, near Southampton. It will save her $75 million a year on imports. With an annual output of up to 70.000 tons, the Inter- national Synthetic Rubber Company, which
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    STOP PRESS
    10 1 .RDER .it laday, but security lliat ol Keutrr.
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    Lock icon Diet boycott
    27 1 TOKYO, Thurs.— Socialist members of the Japanese Diet (Parliament) boycotted all committee meetings this morning, demanding the withdrawal of a bill to increase police powers.—Reuter.
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    The Pope—the last, lingering hours.
    825 2 The Pope— the last, lingering hours. A CRUCIFIX €%N HIS CHEST A ROSARY Iff HIS HANDS THEN THE yvwt%MJ& mv mijmitq NEWS OF HIS DEATH FLASHED BY RADIO ALL OVER THE WORLD AS CHURCH BELL TOLLS IN THE VILLAGE SQUARE ROME, Thurs. Doctors gave up hope for the Pope's survival
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    The Pope's many firsts
    115 2 ROME. Thurs.— Pope Pius XII ac hieved many firsts in his life— and death: lIP WAS the first Vatican Secretary of State to b<> clotted Pope since 10*3: HE WAS the first Roman-born Poptsince 1714; HE WAS the first Pope to be elevated to the Pontiiii
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    Lock icon Whole world mourns spiritual leader who became a tireless champion of peace
    527 2 Whole world mourns spiritual leader who became a tireless champion of peace I ONDON, Thurs. Requiem Masses were being planned in Catholic churches throughout the world today as non-Catholics Joined Catholics in hailing the Pontiff as "Pope of peace" and "dauntless defender of Western civilisation." Messages of sympathy were issued
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    IRAQ DENIES RUMOURS OF A NEW MILITARY COUP
    244 2 IRAQ DENIES RUMOURS OF A NEW MILITARY COUP DAGDAD. Thurs.— An Iraqi Government spokesman yesterday denied as "without any foundation at all" reports of a foiled military coup last weekend by supporters of the deposed Deputy Prime Minister. Col. Salam Aref. The spokesman said there was no attempt at a
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    Army takes over in Pakistan
    307 3 GENERAL TO NATION: OUR AIM IS TO RESTORE DEMOCRACY OUT OF CHAOS TROOPS 'OCCUPY' CAPITAL HOURS AFTER MARTIAL LAW DECLARATION KARACHI, Thursday. PAKISTANI troops yesterday took over most of the vantage points in the capital and occupied Government buildings. Soldiers began taking up their positions
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    Lock icon EXTEND CEASE FIRE, SAYS U.S.
    193 3 EXTEND CEASE FIRE, SAYS U.S. WASHINGTON, Thurs. The State Dertment spokesman day i hat the Uniit»:s would press to extend its i-day Quemoy fire when the Forpeace talks resumWarsaw tomorrow. Chinese Communists iced the cease fire last md the ambassadors two countries are to in the Polish unorrow. rtment's spokesLincoln
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    No amnesty
    19 3 118, Thurs. Algeria's government in exile" announced an amfor certain Muslim and -oldiers held prisonno details.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon NEW U.S. 'MOONSHOOT' BID
    65 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. United States was retoday to b<- planning it for the moon this 1. when the earth and union will again be in I relative positions for an attempt. This will be the second U.S. bid at a lunar probe. The lirst ended in failure
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    SIR WINSTON VISITS GIBRALTAR'S FAMOUS BARBARY APES
    81 3 SIX WINSTON CHURCHILL. after nine days at sea on a golden-wedding yachting cruise with Lady Churchill went ashore at Gibraltar recently and fed the stock*! famous Barbary Apes. He was accompanied by Lady Churchill and Mr. and Mrs. Aristotle Onassis, the Churchills' hosts
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    Lock icon ARMY WIFE MURDER: EOKA IS BLAMED
    131 3 NICOSIA. Thursday. THE Cyprus Government last night said it A believed that the shooting of a British soldier's wife in Famagusta last Friday was the work of EOKA terrorises. In a press statement, the government said the shootIngs were still being investigated but "there
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    On Security Council
    45 3 NEW YORK. Thurs. Argentina. Italy and Tunisia were elected members of the Security Council yesterday for two-year terms .starting on Jan. l. Argentina will take the council seat now held by Colombia. Italy will replace Sweden, and Tunisia will replace Iraq.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon Nuclear test
    35 3 YUCCA FLAT. (Nevada). Thurs.— A small nuclear test device was exploded in an underground tunnel at the atomic testing site here yesterday, the first underground explosion in the current U.S. test series. Reuter
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    Arms speed-up
    19 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The United States agreed yesterday to speed up deliveries of arm s to the Philippines.—U.P.l.
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    Lock icon Lee backs U.S. plan
    78 3 NEW DELHI, Thurs. The Malayan Minister of Finance, Sir Henry Lee, today supported the U.S. proposal to increase World Bank resources and expressed the hope that the bank would play an important role in development projects. He realised, he said, that the bank was being flooded
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    LONDON STOCKS
    329 3 TONDON. Thurs. There was early hesitancy in London stock markets today following the Minister of Labour's comment on unemployment and his forecast of a possible increase in the coming months. Later, however, there was a return of buyers and a distinctly better tendency developed. Giltedged securities advanred on
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    RUBBER
    34 3 LONDON. Thurs. Spot 24' id.. Nov. 25d.. Dec 25d.. Jan.-Mar. SS'.d.. April-June 25% d., JulySept. 25^d.. Oct.-Dec. 25 »d.. Oct c.i.f. 24\d.. Nov. c.l.f. 24". d.. Dec c.lf 24 7 sd. Tone: Steady.
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    TIN
    22 3 LONDON. Thurs. Buyers £736.; sellers £737 L-: Forward buyers £731 'j; sellers 1/32; Settlement £739; a.m. 65 tons p.m. 70 tons.
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    Lock icon Teddy boy riots 'did Britain a service'
    209 3 Teddy boy riots 'did Britain a service' T ONDON, TThu s.— Teddy boys who provoked the recent racial riots in Britain had done a service through bringing to public notice the fact that there is colour prejudice in Britain, a social worker said here yesterday. He was speaking at a
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    Lock icon Selkirk home
    29 3 LONDON. Thurs. The First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord Selkirk, arrived he-e by air last night from Singapore, after his five-week tour of the Far East.— Reuter.
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    shots bewilders public
    604 4  -  WILLIAM CAMPBELL By THE Singapore public is bewildered by the clash of medical opinion on the advisibility of anti-poliomye-litis inoculations during the present outbreak. In some private clinics yesterday the Government view against inoculations was supported. In others it was decried. Reflecting the view of several doctors,
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    Traders to see Minister on cloth clamp
    71 4 Traders to see Minister on cloth clamp KLAI.A I.IMPLK. Thurs.— Importers of cotton textiles from Communist China plan to tall on the Minister of Commerce and Industry. Mr. Tan Siew Sin. to discuss the Government's new ruling requiring licences for importing cotton fabrics from China. Mr. Tan is ilue to
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    HUNT FOR ACID THROWER
    93 4 HUNT FOR ACID THROWER ALOR STAR. Thurs. A —Police here arc looking for an 11-year-oid boy who was reported to have flunp acid at a woman this morning. The woman. Sahara bintu Idris, 25, received slight burns on her right leg and hand. She was taken to Alor Star General
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    Higher grade smokes 'will Ibe hit by new duty'
    237 4 Higher grade smokes 'will Ibe hit by new duty' A SINGAPORE cigarette importer yesterday accused the Government of driving the higher-priced brands of cigarettes oil the mac* kel. Mr. G. Botha, sales manager in Malaya foi Rothmans Ltd.. told the Straits Times that the newad valorem duty op tobacco would
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    DUTY FROM DRINKS DROPS BUT PETROL REVENUE GOES UP
    117 4 DUTY FROM DRINKS DROPS BUT PETROL REVENUE GOES UP QIXGAPORE'S revenue from liquors has continued to drop. The total lor the past nine months was more than 52.000.000 less than that collected during the same period last year. The revenue from this source between January and September amounted to 517.419
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    Woman, 53, jailed for 12 months
    96 4 (FOURTEEN chap ji ki schedules with stakes totallinß $30,530 were found In a bundle tied around the .vaist of Leons Mau Tan. 53 when *he was searched at the C.I.D. office yesterday morning. Two hours later. Leong w:ibrought before a S'nsaporc court and jailed
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    X-ray visit
    23 4 The Singapore Health Minister, Mr. A. J. Braga, will visit the X-ray centre at the .Talan Daud School. Jalan Eunos, today.
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    WORK ON PARK POOL IS QUERIED
    138 4 WORK ON PARK POOL IS QUERIED IXJLLOWING investi- gations into the construction of a IMO,--000 swimming pool at the King George V. Park, the Singapore City Council will question the work of four of its officers. The council's finance committee vqhich met yesterday, considered a report by the acting Chief
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    Lifting contest
    32 4 The Singapore Amateur Weight Lifting Federation will hold its Junior "Mr. Singapore" and "Mr. Bodybuilder" contests at the Broadway Hall. New World Park, on Oct. 18 at 7 30 p.m.
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    LIM TO WELCOME Dr. DJUANDA
    183 4 A YIP reception has been arranged for the Indonesian Prime Minister, Dr. Djuanda, who arrives in Singapore today from Jakarta by Air India on his way to Yugoslavia. Dr. Djuanda. who is on his way for an official visit to j Yugoslavia, will be in
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      130 4 RADIO: General Programme RADIO MALAYA SS C S?S, NATIONAL SHORT WAV! Sweet And Lively: 1.30 The! SERVICE News; 1.45 Fun And Frolic: 2.00 II metres Close Down; 5.00 String Serenade; I SINGAPORE 5 -30 At The Piano; 5.45 Radio, Medium wave 476 metres Ranch; 6.00 Mall Bag; 6.45 Light* X
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    Taxi-driver on when he will break the rules
    356 5 S SO FINE FOR FAILING TO STOP AT 'HALT' SIGN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES 9 ALLOW IT— COURT TOLD i TAXI-DRIVER was fined $50, in default 10 days' jail, by a Singapore traffic court yeserday for failing to stop at a "halt" sign. Lim
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    Driver dies in lorry crash
    96 5 Driver dies in lorry crash JTLANG, Thurs.— A lorry driver was killed and his attendant injured when their vehicle crashed into a 15-foot ravine at the 17th mile Klang-Kuala Lumpur road yesterday afternoon. Tan Chin Huat. 23. of Telok Gadong Road, Klang, died on the spot. Sih Cheng Poh, 21,
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    Rag-and-bone man cleared
    56 5 a rag-and-bone man, soo Yon<.> Kirn. was yesterday acquitted in Singapore of stealing a writing de.sk and >:."> from Ycap Lee Wong at Lorong 15. Geylang Road on Sept 11. He was also acquitted of -^honestly retaining the writing desk, valued at SlOO, to have been stolen
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    Hong Kong exercise
    77 5 r pHE Commander-in-Chief A of the Far East Land Forces' annual exercise will be held in Hong Kong between Oct. 28 and Nov. l. It will be a command past type exercise, such as form an integral part of the .mniial training cycle in all theatres. Last
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    AMERY IN HOSPITAL OVER WEEKEND
    64 5 AMERY IN HOSPITAL OVER WEEKEND TH E Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for War, Mr. Julian Amcry, who is being treated at the British Military Hospital, Singapore, for a stomach disorder, is not expected to be discharged until next week at the earliest. His condition is improving. Mr. Amery's complaint
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    71 Siamese girls will tour Singapore
    124 5 71 Siamese girls will tour Singapore rrHE 192 undergra- duates of Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, who will arrive in Singapore on Tuesday on a four-day goodwill and educational tour include 71 girls. This is the largest overseas student party ever to visit Singapore. The University of Malaya Students' Union and the
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    CALL TO TEACHERS FOR NEW LINE
    416 5 Leader: It's unwise to doubt Govt's sincerity MR. E. W. JESUDASON. chairman of the organising committee of the proposed Singapore Teachers' National Congress, yesterday appealed to all teachers "to strike a new and happy relationship with the Government." He said the revised salary scales
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    COURT IS TOLD ABOUT A FIGHT IN BAR
    289 5 COURT IS TOLD ABOUT A FIGHT IN BAR AMONG the leaders of parties involved in an affray at the Tiong Hoa Bar. Prinsep Street, were N. C. Goho, a lawyer, and his clerk, Walter A. Vatsaloo, a policeman told a Singapore magistrate yesterday. Sergeant Amir Samsuddin. of Radio Division, was
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    Two-year YWCA post
    39 5 Miss J. Woodward, staff member of the college and university division of the Young Women's Christian Association of U.S.A.. will be arriving in Singapore on Sunday. She will be Training Secretary, Y.W.C.A., Malaya for two years.
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    Lim congratulates union leaders
    246 5 GOOD industrial relations were even I more important than favourable economic conditions if Singapore industries were to prosper, the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, told 132 trade union leaders yesterday. Mr. Lim said this when he presented attendance certifi- cates to the unionists for completing
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      310 5 PI'BLIC LECTI'RE on "Role of YMCA (Orchard Roadi: BodyReligion in Politics" by Swami building, weightlifting 4 p.m.. judo. Ranganathananda. head of the table tennis 5.30 p.m.. V Student Ramakrishna Mission, at Gandhi Volunteers club night 7.30 p.m., Memorial Hall, Race Course Road. Malay class civil service exam C3O p m
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    15-year-old prostitute who averaged $1,000 a month...
    442 6 'MOTHER INSISTED I THINK IT OVER CAREFULLY— I WAS NOT FORCED' A FORMER dance hostess was jailed for a month in Singapore yesterday for living partly on the immoral earnings of her adopted 15-year-old prostitute daughter. THE GIRL, Mak Suet Kneng, said in
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    Criminal detainees appeal
    84 6 Criminal detainees appeal SEVERAL secrtt society suspects in Singapore, detained under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance, have appealed to the two advisory committees .s<*t up under the law for review of their cases. The cases are being heard in closed session at night at the Courts' House in South
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    WIFE FOUND PHOTO, GETS DECREE
    233 6 AN Army sergeant's wife. Grace Gwendoline Eyre, who sued her husband, John Meredith Eyre, for divorce on grounds of adultery, was granted a decree nisi by the acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah, In the Singapore High Court yesterday. The decree is to
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    Burglars slash shopkeeper
    57 6 Chew Khye Yin. 42, a coffee shop proprietor, was shashed in the arm when he surprised three housebreakers at 5.30 a.m. yesterday. He was sleeping in the shop in Balestier Road when the gani; broke in by forcing the back door. The three men escaped taking $200
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    City Council bid to take back the grounds of Royal Singapore Golf Club
    340 6 City Council bid to take back the grounds of Royal Singapore Golf Club THE Singapore City Council estates and building committee recommended yesterday that the council ohould take back the grounds leased to the Royal Singapore Goli Club by terminating the agreement under which the grounds are held. The committee
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    Bazaar to aid school, church
    58 6 The Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, will open a joint school and church fun fair at the Anglo Chinese Primary School premises in Coleman Street. Singapore, at 12.30 p.m. on Oct. 18. The fair is in aid of the Oldham Methodist School equipment
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    'MIRACLE' PLAN MAN GETS CHIEF MINISTER INTERESTED
    403 6 'MIRACLE' PLAN MAN GETS CHIEF MINISTER INTERESTED PHYTOTRON TESTS CAN MAKE MALAYA LAND OF PLENTY AN Australian yesterday got Singapore's Chief Minister interested in a miracle project which according to the Australian Government would raise Asian living standards more rapidly than U.S. dollars or modern farm machinery. He is Mr.
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    THE $30,000 A YEAR PEOPLE OF SINGAPORE
    86 7 THE $30,000 A YEAR PEOPLE OF SINGAPORE THERE were 865 people in Singapore last year whose incomes ranged between 530.000 and $50,000 annually, the acting Financial Secretary, Mr. Oon Khye Kiang, s-aid in a written answer to a question submitted by an Assemblyman. Mr. R. Jumabhoy. In 1956 the total
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    Union breaks off talks
    43 7 The Shell Employees' Union j in Singapore yesterday broke off negotiations with the management over representation of the firm's supervisory and confidential staff. The union in a statement said it would reler the dispute to the Commissioner for Labour.
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    Naked girl posters anger the Chief Minister
    204 7 LIM: DEFINITELY NOT CHINESE CULTURE THE Singapore Chief Minister. Air. I. mi Yew Hock, yesterday condemned the signs exhibited outside Hall No. 3 at the Happy World Park during a meeting to celebrate Chinese Teachers' Day. Mr. l.im said they had definitely nothing
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    Health centre
    22 7 A homoeopathic health centre will be opened at the Narayana Gurukula premises. West Hi!: Road on Sunday at 8.30 a.m.
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    $97,000 GARDEN FOR RAFFLES PLACE
    173 7 A 597.000 plan to con- vert Raffles Place car park into a public garden, planted with trees and flowers, was adopted by the Singapore City Council's estates and building committee yesterday. The scheme envisages the development of the present car park into a single area,
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    Singapore's destiny is in your hands, teachers told
    328 7 Singapore's destiny is in your hands, teachers told THE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, yesterday said that the destiny of Singapore depended on how its teachers moulded its schoolchildren. Mr. Lim was addressing about 1,000 teachers from 88 Chinese .schools at a meeting to celebrate Teachers' Day (the birthday
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    MAIL FROM BRITAIN LATE: IT'S A BAD PATCH
    197 7 MAIL FROM BRITAIN LATE: IT'S A BAD PATCH ABOUT 2801 b of mail A from Britain reached Singapore yesterday three days late. The delay occurred because a Qantas Super Constellation carrying the mail was held up in Athens with engine trouble. The airliner arrived here 61 hours 50 minutes behind
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    Detective is jailed
    50 7 Detective Tan Siew Koon. of the Joo Chiat Police Station, was jailed in Singapore yesterday for six months for trying to cheat Kiu Hok Yong, a car dealer, of $350 between Jan. 31 and Feb. 4. Tan gave notice of appeal and was released on $5,000 bail.
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      205 7 Give Bob Martin's once a dag to keep him healthy, handsome, gay! Ever see your dop really out of contli- formttt a tion? Off his food, listless and dull. Fac *-irt^ con his coat loose and irritatinsr with union rou«tron! scarcely the energy to was his tail. Why GroifflKSfdM ever
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    89 8 to Words SIO (Minimum) AIHISAYAM— On 9th October, at 2 p.m., Mary, beloved mother of Appajee Isabella, at 4. Lorong 33, Geylang. Cortege ic.uea residence at 4-30 p.m. on 10th October, 1958 for service at Biddadarl Chapel (Methodist). Deeply regretted. JOSEPH LIM CHOON KIAT passed away peacefully at Kuanun
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
    62 8 10 Word* Silt (Minimum i. CAPT AND MRS. ISMAIL MD. SALLEH thank friends and relatives for their wMMB, assistance, valuable yifts and at■endance on tlieir •marriage on 3.10.58. MRS. H. JONNOR and family iliank all relatives and friends for i heir messages of c ondolence. wreaths, donations for masses
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    282 8 in Words J/o etfmimnm). DON'T GET PRICKLY heat. cci Agnesu powder lrom Medical Hall, Battery Road, (Spore). UP-TO-DATE Collection!! Early Christmas Party Gowns Freshly Unpackec! Tommy Thomson, U.r.tery Road, Spore. HOUSE PROUD LADY ofleis advice to other not "in the know. !!<• .-ure of real fresh air in your
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    The Straits Times S'pore, Fri. Oct. 10. 1958. The Pope Of Peace
    903 8 The Straits Times S'pore, Fri. Oct. 10. 1958. The Pope Of Peace In the history of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII will be known as the Pope of the Assumption, the Pontill who proclaimed the dogma of the bodily assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary. By the world
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    Polio Outbreak
    255 8 It would be easier for the public to cease worrying i about polio, as Singapore'? health oflicei>, advise, if the experts themselves were not quite so self-assured despite the growing number of victims. Up to August there were twelve cases of polio. six of them in August. In
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    BRITAIN STILL LEADS IN AIR WITH JETS
    1314 8 By Sir Miles Thomas 'THE Comet is back. It A has impressively j vindicated the stubborn faith of those of us who, always believed in its basic conception. It has been redesigned and built anew with inspired fervour of productive effort. The simultaneous
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    NATIONALISTS SHORT OF BOMBERS
    502 8  - NATIONALISTS SHORT OF BOMBERS RICHARD HUGHES by TAIPEH. p ENERALISSIMO f Chiang Kai-shek has renewed stiff pressure on the United States for the addition of a modern bomber unit to the Chinese Nationalist Air Force. This I understand, was one of the main topics of discussion between the Generalissimo and
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      Local Authorities and revaluation of lands
      383 8 IT would be interesting to learn what practical effect the revaluation of lands and buildings has on those autonomous local authorities who have in this way tried to balance their budget. In general it seems an unwise move without first imposing on the old
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      357 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. 20 Wordt $10 (Minimum) PYPER: To Audrey and David at Bungst-r Hospital on October 9th a daughter. Both well. VVHITBY: To Elizabeth and Ralph at General Hospital. Alor Star on Bth Oct., a son Simon Ralph, Brother for Mark. VI Wordt $10 (Minimum). WATSON FITZHERBERT: The engagement, is
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      83 8 TAMING THE WILD HORMONES Among the most startling medical discoveries of the past ten years has been iii.it ol the synthetic cortisone type hormon e s chemicals which cure no disease but normalize a disturbed metabolism. Yet at first these cortisones were like wild horses, and using them involved unknown
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      123 8 UUI COSTS... 95 miles per gallon 770 lbs loading capocfr 37.5 miles per how Certainly the most economic form of mechanised comiM* cial transport in M.ihyM ALL WEATHER CABIN o^^ COMMERCIAL THE EAST ASIATIC CO..LTD (MOTOR DIVISION) I HERE'S WHAT YOU DO- ik£rPAlN«M* "W *j§t Do "'t suffer needlessly! Get
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    CHILD CUSTODY CASE THE FINAL SUBMISSIONS
    195 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. piNAL submissions in the child custody case between Dr. Foo Lum Choon, 44, former Selangor badminton champion, and his estranged wife, Miss Kok Su Win, 33, were made by counsel for both parties in the High Court today. Ifuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiii Dr. Foo
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    Which parent has shown more love for the boys? say it is the father
    853 9  - Which parent has shown more love for the boys? say it is the father —SIR ROLAND BRADDELL I CONTINUING his submission this morning, Sir Roland Braddell said that he based hi* asc on four fundamental points: THE RIGHT Ol husband legally .aid morally to take a ond wife at his
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    DECREE NISI FOR COMPANY MANAGER
    379 9 Actress wife had many affairs, he tells Singapore court 4 SINGAPORE insur- ance company manager. Hilton Leigh, was grunted a decree nisi by the acting Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tan. in the High Court yesterday dissolving his marriage with his actress wife. Boyana
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    61 now held under security law
    129 9 SIXTY -ONE political detainees are now held under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance, it was learned yesterday. This is believed to be the lowest number of people detained under the Ordinance since 1956. The number under deten tion was reduced this wee when
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    New stamps issue
    52 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs— Ten new postage stamps with denominations in Malayan currency will be issued on Wednesday at Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. Christmas Island was using Singapore stamps before its hand over to Australia. The new stamps will oortray the queen and will be overprinted
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    Lectures on saints
    45 9 A religious leader trom South India. Sri Ember Vljaya Raghavachariar. will lecture on the lives of Indian saints at the Sri Vinayagar temple in Ceylon Road. Singapore at 7 p.m today and tomorrow. The lectures will be accompanied by songs and music
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    Call on Negri regent
    45 9 Mr. S. K. Banerji. India's High Commissioner in Malaya who Is on a tour of Negri Sembilan. will call on the Regent of Negri Sembilan at the Istana Hinggat toaay. He will also meet the StP.te Secretary and the Mentri Besar
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    30 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— A verdict of death due to thr negligence of a lorry driver. Meo Kong Seng, was recorded at the inquest here on Lai Sin. a cyclist.
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    'Doctor's action to his wife shows he is unfit to have custody of the children'
    1061 9  - 'Doctor's action to his wife shows he is unfit to have custody of the children' Mr. DAS TELLS COURT MR. B. K. DAS, replying to the submissions of Sir Roland Braddell, said that Chee Hei (the elder son) had been deprived of the care and love of both the father
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    MISSING OFFICER RETURNS
    65 9 INSPECTOR Lionel 1 Robson, 23, of the Singapore Police Force, who vanished while oh duty on Monday, returned to Singapore at midnight last night. He was driven to "D" Division where his commanding officer. Mr. P. Pennefather. had been waiting for him. Inspector Robson spent an hour
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      62 9 V^^S\ FISH W x**^u\ MEAT l^¥" r^^^"^^^^™^^ Here's another one of those CI^Y I FRANK DARING French films! m I I ...about tho affair of a SENSUAL and |_NEXT«IANCEj p ASS iON A Ti: 15 YEAR OLD GIRL! m iiMr^r3*'™H BV/^l^ysl i: m "HER FIRST AFFAIR a (t.t'.s i*r*>n*i*'i% Ihiinitfi'x)
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    Birds and the bees and a girl named Louise...
    368 10 SUSAN BARRIE SEES THE WEEK'S NEW mMS '(JOD'S LITTLE ACRE," Er skine Caldwell's controversial best-seller, has been brought to the screen by United Artists. Not since Tennessee Williams" •Baby Doll" have we seen such a meaty mixture of humour, drama and
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    DRACULA IS BACK—AND IN COLOUR
    110 10 DRACULA IS BACK— AND IN COLOUR THERE are buckets ol blood in "HORKOK OF DRACULA" a modern. laiger-than- life version of the old creepy classic. Christopher Lee makes a smooth, sinister Count Dracula. changing before your eyes to a blood-sucking vampire who lives in the family crypt. Peter Cushintj puts
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    COPS AND KILLERS, WITH Dr. MILLS CAUGHT IN MIDDLE
    160 10 COPS AND KILLERS, WITH Dr. MILLS CAUGHT IN MIDDLE IF you enjoy a good, complicated thriller that keeps you guessing and drags in plenty of corpses, Scotland Yard and mys. terious international crooks, you could not do better than see "THE VICIOUS CIRCLE." starring John Mills. Mills plays a Harley
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    FARM WIFE ANNA FINDS SHE PREFERS SIN TO QUINN
    210 10 FARM WIFE ANNA FINDS SHE PREFERS SIN TO QUINN ITALIAN actress Anna Magnani. Academy Award winner for her Dart in "The Rosr Tatoo." adds new lustre to her reputation in "WILD IS THE WIND." Co-starring with her is Anthony Quinn, who rises to new heights as rich, good-hearted ItalianAmerican sheep
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    REFUGEE DANNY PLAYS IT (ALMOST) STRAIGHT
    265 10 IHAVE never seen a Danny Kaye film that was not worth the price of the ticket. "ME AND THE COLONEL" is no let-down. It is, however, the nearest Kaye has ever come to playing a straight part. Instead of Danny Ihe down we have
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    Horse laughs and they are few
    89 10 Even if you like dogs and horses as much as I do, it will not be enough to carry you through "A NICE LITTLE BANK THAT SHOULD BE ROBBED." Mickey Rooney and Tom Ewell. two down-and-out horse players, decide the best way to raise
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      253 10 25. Sixnilicmce of incoming Straits Times Crossword 1 ?7. Some epic nero keeps a Red x 2. Mischief lest::l? That's un?SSSS OS m VWJ SBS H™~*TS SSS m ssss derstood (8). H| x^J- 3 T ,h e locsin oi the soul— the I© I II 4. A reprehensible trait, it's
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    Pope Pius XII: Advocate of peace, man of faith
    1749 11  - Pope Pius XII: Advocate of peace, man of faith LLOYD MORGAN by- MY WEAPON IS MORE POWERFUL THAN MACHINE GUNS' THE late Pope Pius XII was born on March 2, 1876 in an old apartment house in a maze of little streets in the centre of medieval Home. The third
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      352 11 THIS IS YOUR JB||^B rA!S3 mm /I BOOK F^r^m I SECUMTY^ 1 1 Your first Lombard Banking I 1 Deposit Account Pass Book I I will always be a happy jgm^ Jmm reminder of a wise <L Jfg| J W decision. To save is not Ysjfi§ I good enough; your
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      141 11 Carmen A Co. By Mas •^fA^MCH' UXX AT TK MESS i HL£\XO CO. ~\f /\o\J Wmmmmm^mmrSJK^^fi^^*^,^^^^. <m*^t^^' The Saint By Leslie Charteris ET^l^HH^^9|^H I 'outside? T r pipnt want td^^B Tyou flatter us, /monsieur l£ saint/^H Y~BQtfS<y#. MARIE AND ANDRE! I HATE ID you NOT I WERE WORKIH6-AHDI I I
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    48 12 THE Federation's Minister 1 of Finance has fixed the following prices for calculating Customs duties for the week from Oct. 9. Rubber 84 Vt cents a Ib. Copra $542 a ton. Coconut oil $898 a ton. Palm oil $609 a ton. Palm kernels $373.75 a ton.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    113 12 MELBOURNE, Thurs. TNVESTMENT shares showed an overall firm tone on the Stock Exchange here today. Commonwealth bonds maintained a steady tone. Loans 3^% 1956-59 £99 ss. 9d. Loans 3V,b 1955-58 £101 10s. 6d. buyer Bank of N.S.W. £39 16s. 3d. Con. Zinc 65/Mount Lyell 25/4.i N. Broken Hill
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    RUBBER PRICES
    150 12 October first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 84 i cents per lb. up threeeighths of a cent on Wednesday's closing price. Closing tone: Quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R. 5.6. Spot f.o.b. buyers 84 sellers 85: Int.
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    116 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Dlomed 1/2. NJeuw Holland 45. Herta Maerslc 6A. Oaroet 89. Sunda 10/11, Anna Bakke 13/14, Mataram 15 16. Bradeverett 18. Kenryu Maru 19/20, Rawang N. Wall 4. Auby 21 22. Shlnsei Maru No. 5 23/24. Perlte
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    MALAYAN SHARE VERY STEADY: TIN PRICE UP
    811 12 By Our Market Correspondent THE Malayan Share Market yesterday was 1 quietly steady with the tin price slightly better, rubber also showing an improvement and investors inclined to mark time. Price movements on the market are now smaller than formerly with only a
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    STOCK INDICES
    18 12 Malayan Share Market: Oct. 9 Oct. 8 Industrials: 90.05 9010 Tins: 83.49 83.30 Jan. 1 1958=100
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    RUBBER CROPS
    17 12 The following further September rubber crops are notified:— Chermang Development. 168.000 lb, Nyalas 46.000 lb.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    87 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100)Canada: buying airmail TT 31 7/8. O.D. 32. 90 d/st 32 5/16 credit .bills. 32 7/16 trade bilk Selling T.T. or O.D ready Canada 31-,; French Francs *****: Italian Lire
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    MARKET PRODUCE PRICES
    66 12 MARKET PRODUCE PRICES Singapore Chine* t, rr change noon price* t*, i terday were: Copra: steady, October/Novembfs3s selW Cwom bulk 851f.. sellers Pepp* r black qtiie' white pepper were rfno-j"* 1 Muntok whl (both up black $72 (uncb „J Singapore p.m. pricrs: fair Bombay mixed $36', buyers. $36 was firm.
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      676 12 COMPANY MEETING HENRIETTA RUBBER ESTATE, LIMITED. CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR'S REVIEW FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1958. It Is now almost an annual event for me to report in my review of the year's work, that yet again the Company have produced record crop. Our last year's total of 2.699,060
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      613 12 Estate Development. On Henrtet'.a we replanted 178 acres of old rubber and newly planted, after drainage, TH acres of swampy land; whilst on Bagan Sena 266 acres of jungle land was opened up during the year, the majority being planted with seed at stake for budding in the fields during
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      758 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PENANG PORT COMMISSION requires the services of a qualified i ELECTRICAL ENGINEER with considerable experience of super- 1 vision of large contracts to super- vise electrical works to be undertaken by the Commission (or approximately nine months from January, 1959. Pull-time secondment of a member of a firm's
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      619 12 NOTICES NOTICE I NOTICE Is hereby given that Mr. Peter Wong has resigned and left our Company on his own accord as from Ist. October, 1958. EASTERN OCEANIC CORP.. LTD.. 76, Market Street, Singapore. EXTENSION OF CLOSING DATE The closing date for the Supply of Steelwork, hoists, equipment etc., for
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      70 12 OFFICIAL PRICES SINGAPORE. Oct. 9. RUBBER: 84} cents per lb. (up three-eighths of a cent). TIN: $369,871 per picul (up 50 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 140 tons. i FA C I T— No wife trouble when you give your Secretary j new F*cit typewriter! It't still love at first sight.
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      704 12 "K LINE" Japan, O.S.A. Pacific Atlantic Coast Servu. Penang P. Sham Spore ETA ■MntMU mm" 12/11 Oet 13/14 Oct 14/17 Oct 24 Oct "Nt»OM*rir 11/HMW 13 NOl 14/1S Nt» 24 No. loading tor Hongkong, all Japan Port?, ws Angeles ana N w y carjo for Vancouver. Seattle, Portland, San Francisco.
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      1380 13 T ,i:»405 MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. Ml« .in-o^Do-afo m Singapore) 112 litts) THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE HT UILINGb 10 LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW. LONDON t, CONTINENTAL PORTi Z suit witk liberty tl pnctel v,a Panama tr Cape tt Sim Niti 1 n option :o Pioi-eed via other sorts to load and discharge
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      1214 13 m* M I pmci 1 1 mlj livrmn ii i uTM EAST ASIATIC LINES HOMEWARDS SAILINGS FOR ABEN. PBRT SAID, CENOA, ANTWERP. ROTTERDAM. OREMEN. HAMBURG. COPEHHACEN, GOTHENBURG. OSLO Spore P S>am P»nant BUSUANGA" w 11.11 Oct 12 11 Oct 14/15 OCt ••SONGKHLA" 11/11 Oct "FALSTRIA't 22/13 Oct 24/25 Oct 2121
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      1333 13 M[ IHE BEN LIME STEAMERS LTD. ?33 7, SINGAPORE Mncorporitld in tht United Kingdom) I LINES SAILINGS TO AIEN. U.K.. B CONTINENTAL POOTS Spore P. Sum Penang lENMHOR for Liverpool, M bro. Hull. Hamburg G.» 14 Ott 11/11 Ott 17/11 Oct BENVAHNOCH for Hamburg, London. Rotterdam. M'bro 21 H let
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      1316 13 McALISTER <Sc CO., LTD. TEL.: Nt.: ***** ELLERMAN LINES KLAVENESS LINE LONOON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM. (.OS ANGELES. SAN FRANCISCO. HAMBURC I NULL SEATTIE, VANCOUVER t PORTLAND and (or U.S.A. North Atlantic Ports Accepting cargt ftr Central t Seutk and Canada via Colombo America CITY OF POONA BONNEVILIE S'oore P S'tiam Penang
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    Japanese can supply Malaya I with rolling stock
    273 14 APPROACH ALREADY MADE TO RAILWAYS JAPAN, which is already selling railway locomotives and other rolling stock to many South-East Asian countries, is keen to extend its markets to Malaya for these products, the Japanese Vice-Consul in Singapore, Mr. K. Muraoka, said yesterday.
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    National Cash Register display
    262 14 National Cash Register display rnHE National Cash Re- gister Co. (Malaya) Ltd., held a two-day exhibition in Singapore last week, to demonstrate two of the latest American office appliances, an addressing and offset duplicating machine. The appliances are manufactured by the Addresso-graph-Multigraph Corporation of Cleveland. Ohio, it which the National
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    'Smallest recorder in world'
    150 14 AN improved model of a portable recording machine, which the manufacturer claims to be the smallest of its kind ever made in the world, is now on sale in Malaya. The ma n ufacturer, Protona of Hamburg, West Germany, has also introduced a wider range of
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    KLM starts new flight
    82 14 X.L.M. will inaugurate its first flight across the North Pole from Amsterdam, to Tokyo on November 1. The company will use a DC-7C plane, carrying a group of guests, including Press, television and radio representatives from Western European countries. In addition. Tokyo is also served by
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    DUTY HAS NO EFFECT ON LOCAL TUBE SALES
    259 14 DUTY HAS NO EFFECT ON LOCAL TUBE SALES THE 15 per cent im- port duty imposed by the Federation Government on foreign bicycle tubes has had no effect on the local sales of those manufactured in China and Japan. Local manufacturers said yesterday that Imports of bicycle tubes from Japan
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    TRADE WITH U.S. DOWN
    81 14 MALAYAN trade with the United States during the first seven months of this year was down by 32.7 per cent to $286.9 million over the corresponding period of last year. Imports from America into Malaya totalled $88.1 million, compared with $98.9 million in the period January
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    Federation palm oil output up by 16 per cent
    200 14 Federation palm oil output up by 16 per cent PALM OIL production in the Federation of m in the first seven months this year inert by 16.6 per cent over that in the eorresi period last year. The amount produced was 38.500 ton s against 32.100 tons. Production in Singa
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      321 14 FOR REAL JOB SECURITY Today the competition lor job< 41 I "***™**frw(f is prowinc fast. If you have weak spots in your training, now's the time to fill them. Six montlis from now may be too late. Let us help you get exactly the training- you need to get or
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      1619 15 illL^uuMMiu^^^uyQ niilinurd from Page 8) SiTl TIONS VACANT V/n.)— Box it ttt. extra. I) DOCTOR on contract :iom January 1959 U bed Dispensary In :ernis apply Box K.L. lt'D TYPIST with good and Sr. Cambridge ,nted by a Shipping S';ite .salary required. \44tiB S.T. 1 1- IC AT ED CAPTAIN
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      922 15 EDUCATION 19 Wtrdt Si Win.)— Box rlt. extra. BE A STENOGRAPHER in 4 Months! specialized Training In Shorthand/Typewriting by The Phik Ho, "Specialist". Enrol. October Sessions; "1.T.5.". 19. Lorong 30. Geylang. *****. CHINESE YMCA COMMERCIAL School's October Beginners' Classes: Book-keeping, Typewriting, Shorthand, Special LCC English. Shorthand Speeds 107 j Seleßie
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      908 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE 10 Wordt SS ♦/in Box if ctt. txtrm. 1957 HILLMAN MINX Good condition, view at No. 760 Mountoatten Road. Singapore. Telephone ***** between 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. WOLSELEY 6 '80 black recently resprayed only tw o previous owners, both European, a really good buy, $1,500 0.n.0.
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      563 15 FOR SALE 29 Word, Si (Min.)— Box St ett. txtrm. MEN MEN MEN! Last two days of wonderful bargains in Men's wear at Chanrai's Sale, 81 High Btreet, Spore. SALE OR NO Sale Just Compare Prices: Children's Singlets. Briefs 50c. each, T shirts 60c. For Best Buy Call Cathay's 38/39
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      332 15 MISCELLANEOUS tt Wordt $S {Min.)— Box S» ett. txtra. PHILIPS ANNOUNCE the KL5700 miniature Transistor Hearing Aid which can be worn almost invisibly. Enquiries to Philips Electrical, N.T.S. Building. DAlmelda St., Singapore. Phone *****. FOR DAY AND Night Fishing Welcome to Camy Fishing Pond, 393 C Ylo Chu Kan K
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    Diomed win 6-3
    29 16 The Blue Funnel midshipman training ship. Diomed, beat S.R.C. by six points (two triesj to three < try i Iq a rugger match on ihe padang yesterday.
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    RI win 15-0
    46 16 OAFFLES institution beat Beatty Secondary School by 15 points (three goals) to nil in an inter-school rugger match on the Raffles ground yesterday. Tan Cheng Bock, S. Ranga ;mri Khor Teik Lim scored a try each. Chiam Toon Tong made all the conversions
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    FED TEAM STILL CONFIDENT OF WIN
    210 16 FED TEAM STILL CONFIDENT OF WIN SCHOOLBOYS 1 BADMINTON ITU ALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Federation Combined Schools are still confident of beating Singapore Combined Schools in the first •International' badminton match to be played here on Saturday and Sunday The secretary of the Federation of Malaya Schools Sports Council, Mr. Toh
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    3 SMART WORKOUTS
    453 16 SURE PROFIT, ARINA GOLD, GOLDEN GUS BEST ON THE TRACK Going is still heavy at Penang By EPSOM JEEP DENANG, Thurs.— Only three horses —Sure Proiit, Arina Gold and Golden Gus —cracked 41 sec. for 3f here this morning. The track is still heavy. Sure Profit, with
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    Horses worth $80,000 arrive in Colony
    95 16 FIVE racehorses, worth about $80,000, arrived in Singapore yesterday from Britain on board the freighter Sunda They hao been imported by racehorse owners Mr A. Laidlaw and Mr A P. Lim and Singapore trainets Ner.l Hobbs and lack Spencer. Mr Laidlaw yesterday paid tribute
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    Espinosa loses title to Miura
    196 16 TOKYO, Thursday. KIYOSHI MIURA, the 19-year-old Japanese boxer who was the victim of a farcical decision in a Singapore ring in February this year, last night won the Orient bantamweight title from Filipino Leo Espinosa over 12 rounds here. Singapore fight fans will remember Miura
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    Lock icon WORLD GOLF: MALAYA IN 24th PLACE
    195 16 WORLD GOLF: MALAYA IN 24th PLACE ST. ANDREWS, Fife, Thursday. THE Malayan team in the World Amateur golf 1 team championship in which 29 nations are competing for the Eisenhower trophy here, were placed 24th at the end of the first day's play yesterday. The Combined British and i Irish
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    Lock icon PRESTON BEAT UNITED BY 2-0
    146 16 PRESTON BEAT UNITED BY 2-0 LONDON, Tburs. Results in yesterday's football matches were: DIV. 1: Manchester United 0 Preston North End 2. DIV. 3: Act rinc ton Stanley 0 Southampton 0: Plymouth Argyle 3 Southend United 1: Reading 0 Colchester United 0. DIV. 4: Crewe Alexandra i Bradford 1: Crystal
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      Lock icon Kitione is suspended 6 months
      154 16 LONDON, Thurs. Kitione Lave. 24-year-old Tongan heavyweight boxer was yesterday suspended for six months by the British Boxing Board of Control. Lave was called to explain his part in a proposed unlicensed contest at Doncaster. Lave and Just Burton, a 29 yea r -old fairground
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      Gan Kee Tian beaten
      54 16 Singapore Billiards Association's four-ball championship began with two firstround ties at the Great World last night, resulting in Pat Neubronner beating Gan Kee Tian 300-275 and P L. Chin beating Lim Eng Guan 300-280. Tonight's ties are: Sum Lai Won v Richard Yap; Lee Cheng Puan
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    Lock icon Swimming star Dawn has heart trouble
    152 16 MELBOURNE, Thurs.— The world's greatest woman swimmer— Australian Dawn Fraser has heart trouble A recent electro-cardio-graph has shown that she has an inverted wave heart beat. Coach Harry Gallagher said today: "This is a most unusual occurrence and most people with this abnormality would
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    Seven-a-side rugger
    118 16 SINGAPORE'S third inter•3 school seven -a side i rugby tournament will begin today at Victoria School and end tomorrow on the Raffles Institution ground. Ten teams will compete in the tournament this year. Among them ;ire Johore English College, the holders, and St. Andrews' School, the 1956 winners.
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    Sports Diary
    66 16 HOCKEY S.H.A. Div. 2: Singapore Malays v BODCA Malays Div 3: S.C.C. "B" v R.M.N. "B"' padang; Medical Services v R.A.P. Changi B", Medical Services. Inter-school: R.I v A.C.S.. R.I. ground. SOCCER S.AJ.A. Premier League* Chinese v Army. Jalan Besar, 5.15 p.m.; Junior cup-ties: Katong v Railways, Geylang;
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    KEDAH HOLD SEOUL TO 3-3 WITH LATE GOAL
    78 16 KEDAH HOLD SEOUL TO 3-3 WITH LATE GOAL ALOR STAR, Thurs. A last-minute goal by Lazarous enabled Kedah to hold the touring Seoul Football Club to a 3-3 draw here today The tourists scored two quick goals in the first ten minutes through Inside left Woo Sang Kwon. Kedah hit
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    United rout Police 32-0
    59 16 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Johore Bahru United beat Johore Police by 32 points (four goals and four tries) to nil in a rugger match on the Johore English College ground here today. Richard, Tengku Sulaiman, Tan Teck Seng. Sivalingam. Tay Chong Yew, Gunaratnam and Hassan (2) scored
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    87 16 (GLASGOW, Thurs— Scotland have named four new "caps" in their international side to meet Wales at Cardiff on Oct. 18 They are W. Grant, the Hibernian right-back. Willie Toner, centre-half from Kilmarnock, David Herd, the Arsenal centre-forward, and eighteen-year-old Denis Law, of Huddersfield, at inside-left. The
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    Police team withdraws
    43 16 |X>LICE, who entered three teams in this year's Singapore Hockey Association' League. have withdrawn their "C" team from Div 3 S.H.A. Div. l match between R.A.F. Seletar and R.A.F. changi at Seletar was postponed yesterday as the ground was wet.
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    gaye 'boo boys' a field day
    438 16 gave 'boo boys' a field day Scrappy tussles THE premie, Pa x soccer started by s A Fa means to brin dwindling crowd terday provided cn i merit for oni- the Besar Btad im 2* boys" who nearly half th about 200. In the two ed yesterday, l rough and
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