The Straits Times, 22 October 1958

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    18 1 AVERAGE DAILY i EBTIFIEH SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1958 15 CENTS
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    ROUND-UP AFTER COUP
    325 1 STRONG MAN SARIT TELLS OF COMMUNIST THREAT Martial law throughout Slam... all political parties are banned 32 held by late afternoon in the capital F BANGKOK, Tuesday. I ELD MARSHAL Sarit Thanarat, supreme commander of the armed forces who seized power in Siam last night in a
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    Polio: 2,000 rush for vaccine
    817 1 Eight new cases of polio were reported in Singapore yesterday, bringing the total for the first 21 days of the month to 96. SINGAPORE, Tuesday. MORE than 2,000 parents and children packed the health clinic at Lim Ah Pin Road today for anti-polio doses a
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    Lock icon DOCTOR WHO SOLD 'DEATH DIARY' OF POPE RESIGNS
    99 1 DOCTOR WHO SOLD 'DEATH DIARY' OF POPE RESIGNS PROFESSOR RICCARDO GALEAZZI LISI who sold a "death diary" of the Pope. He resigned as head of the Vatican medical services yesterday after a Press storm over his action. The Vatican said that his resignation had been accepted and he had been
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    Oil strike will hit water, gas, transport
    402 1 Oil strike will hit water, gas, transport WALK-OUT DATE IS NOV. 5 By JOSEPH YEO Singapore, Tuesday. WATER, gas and electricity supplies to homes will be cut, public and private transport will be disorganised, hundreds of factory workers will be thrown out of jobs, and aviation and shipping trades will
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    Lock icon QUEMOY: THE BIG BLAST
    122 1 Heaviest since break of truce TAIPEH, Tuesday. f HINESE Communists began a general bombardment of Quemoy islands at 2 p.m. today, with heavy fire against Little Quemoy, the Nationalist Defence Ministry announced. It was the heaviest shelling since the 15-day truce was shattered by Red artillery
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    Lock icon Less rubber consumed
    75 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. The International Rubber Study Group today reported drops in both production and consumption of natural and synthetic rubber. The main cause was a 14.2 per cent slump in U.S. use of all types of rubber. The U.S. Commerce Department estimated world production of natural rubber
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    Stabbing at Youth Sports Centre
    104 1 Stabbing at Youth Sports Centre SINGAPORE, Tuts.—Chons Phet Sai, 36, a canteen manager, was stabbed in the back at the Youth Sports Centre in Kallang Road here tonight. He was admitted to the General Hospital in a serious condition. Cnong was watching youths doing gymnastics when a boy beckoned him
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    Lock icon Train rips into bus
    62 1 COLOMBO. Tues. At least seven people were killed when the Colombo-Chilaw train ripped into a busload of office-bound workers at a level crossing about 35 miles north of Colombo today. First reports said the bus was smashed to splinters. The engine jumped the track soon after
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    Lock icon I-card protest
    25 1 JOHANNESBURG, Tues. More than 150 African women inarching to Johannesburg in a protest against having to carry identity cards were arrested today. Reuter
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    $100 mil. GOAL FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
    179 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. —A new development company has been started to help Malaya's economic progress but it has not sot any money yet. It Is Malayan Development Ltd.. an organisation set up to carry on the job of thi* ColoniaJ Development Corporation whose
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    BOAC men call off strike
    237 1 BOAC men call off strike LONDON, Tues.—Employers and labour unions agreed on terms today to end an 11 -day wildcat strike of aircraft maintenance engineers that threatened to wreck Britain's hopes of winning the trans- Atlantic jet air service race. The agreement called for an Immediate end to the walkout
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    STOP PRESS
    35 1 AIR BATTLE OVER STRAITS 1 VH'LII, Tues.— Six M.t-!)iiilt RUG I lack i eight ibre jets <<■ i rni.isa Strait if ny damage was reported bj bide ai aerial battlr. D< .Ministry said*— lTl.
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    Strong man Sarit of crisis-land seizes power from himself!
    773 2 jHE ?NSrDE~STORY OF THE COUP WITHIN A COUP ENGINEERED BY SIAMS COUP D'ETAT EXPERT AFTER SECRET FLIGHT FROM LONDON From DENIS WARNER BANGKOK, Tuesday.! FIELD MARSHAL Sarit Thana rat, who became the "strong man" of Siam when he overthrew Field Marshal
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    NOW EVA BARTOK HOPES TO MARRY A PRINCE
    121 2 NOW EVA BARTOK HOPES TO MARRY A PRINCE I ONDON, Tilth. Film star Eva Bart ok said yesterday that she hoped to marry 27-year-old Indian Prince Shiv of Palitana, according to a Rank Organisation spokesman here. The spokesman said year-old four timeed star disclosed rur plans at the organlsatloi wood
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    Lock icon Bolivia revolt by opposition parties: Crisis law in capital
    262 3 Bolivia revolt by opposition parties: Crisis law in capital LA PAZ, Tuesday. J^N armed revolt has broken out in Bolivia. First reports said it was organised by the Falange and other opposition groups. The Bolivian Government has clairtped a state of siege on this capital city. Armed patrols filled the
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    Yaacob sees German president
    52 3 Yaacob sees German president From HAIL KOMNEY LONDON. Tues. The Malayan High Commisir in London. Tengku was among guests at a ban- by the Queen Buckingham Palace night in honour of the German President. Dr Theodor Heuss. This morning, with other nwealth High Cominers, he met Dr. .it thi 1
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    Fears in Hungary
    255 3 ARRESTS, SECURITY CLAMP AS OCTOBER REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY NEARS OUDAPEST, Tues. Hungarian Communist police have tightened security precautions throughout the country and taken several hundred persons into custody three days before the second anniversary of the bloody Hungarian revolt of 1956. The tactics were similar to those adopted
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    Lock icon PRESIDENT MIRZA: SLOGANS OUT—NOW TO WORK
    166 3 PRESIDENT MIRZA: SLOGANS OUT— NOW TO WORK Cable flashes KARACHI. Tue&. President Iskander Mirza of Pakistan told a labour rally of 20,000 here yesterday that Pakistan's greatest need was maximum allround increase in production. It was the President's first public appearance since he and General Mohammed Ayub Khan, martial law
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    Adel again
    35 3 BEIRUT. Tups. Adel Osseyran was elfcted Speaker Of th" Lfbanr^e Parliament for the seventh consecutive term today. Osseyran. once a backer of ex-President Chamoun, followed a role of mediator in this summer's rebellion.—U.P.l.
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    Lock icon Cultural pact
    13 3 TEHERAN. Tues. Persia and Japan signed a cultural pact yesterday. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Gen. Ne Win orders crackdown on subversives in Burma
    112 3 Gen. Ne Win orders crackdown on subversives in Burma RANGOON. Tuev—Burmaarmy Chief of Staff. Gen. Ne Win. told armed forces commanders yesterday that they would have to crack down on subversive activities. He said he had agreed to take over government from Premier U Nu in the interests of the
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    Lock icon SKYMEN TO LEA YE JORDAN
    58 3 LONDON, Tues. The two British battalions of paratroopers in Jordan will return home after a "staging" period in Cyprus, the War Office said last night. The battalions will start J leaving Jordan by air on I Saturday for Cyprus. It is not 1 yet known
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    LONDON STOCKS
    379 3 TONDON. Tues. StockmarketM in London today were some- j what subdued by the settlement j of one of the biggest accounts for! years while the overnight setback ■n Wall Street was a further restraining Influence, and the market presented an irregular appearance. A feature was the renewed weakness
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    Lock icon 'Greek arms for Eoka'
    45 3 NICOSIA. Tues.— Dr. Fadll Kutchuk. Turkish Cypriot leader, last night alleg >d that Greece was supplying Nato arms to the Eoka terrorists. He made his claim in telegrams to Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, U.N. secretary-gen-eral, and Mr. Paul-Henri Spaak. Nato secretary-gene-ral. Reuter.
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    Axe falls on the married! women clerks in Govt. Depts
    409 4 Axe falls on the married women clerks in Govt. Depts RE-EMPLOYED PENSIONERS ARE NEXT ON LIST KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. M ARRIED women in the Federal Clerical Services are to be sacked and their jobs taken over by those eligible for permanent appointments. Directives have gone out to various departments to
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    8,000-MILE AIR TRIP TO BE MARRIED
    69 4 MISS KAY MUSTAPARTA. 19-year-old American student, who flew 8.000 mile<s to Penan k to marry Inche Murad bin Hashim. second son of the president of the Penang Division of UMNO. Tuan C. M Hashim. The couple met at a students' party in Boston University
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    Axe falls on the married Women Clerks in Govt. Depts
    184 4 Axe falls on the married Women Clerks in Govt. Depts TELUK ANSON, Tues. Mr. Woo Saik Hong, Perak Alliance state councillor who last month accepted the surrender of three terrorists, today gave a share of the reward he received to the ex-terror-ists. "They deserve It more than anything else in
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    Council rushes emergency water for 1,000
    109 4 Council rushes emergency water for 1 ,000 SINGAPORE. Tues. ►3 The Singapore City Council tonight restored to about 1.000 people their water supply, which had been dwindling since 6 p.m. yesterday. I The people living in Tel.--communication.s Department quarters in Yio Chu Kang had complaineci that the huge 76.00u-gallon storage
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    Govt. picks Islam court president
    85 4 Govt. picks Islam court president SINGAPORE. Tiies.— lnche Taha Suhaimi. 43, principal of the Madarasah Al-Ma'arif Religious School. Ipoh Lane. Katong. has been appointed president of. the new Shariah Court and Registrar of Muslim Marriages in Singapore. A Government spokesman confirmed the appointment today. The official announcement is due shortly.
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    Singapore visit
    28 4 SINGAPORE. Tues The Director-General of A?ricu!- j ture in New Zealand. Dr. P. W. Smallfield. is due here by < 1 air tomorrow for a brief visit.
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    C-plan visitor
    30 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The, New Zealand Director of Education. Dr. C. E. Beeby, is coming to Singapore on Thursday for discussions on Colombo Plan assistance in the educational field.
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    Body recovered
    31 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. The B Marine Police this morning recovered the body of a male a Chinese from the sea of! Telok Paku. The body has not yet been identified.
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    POWER STATION WILL SOON BE WITHOUT SENIOR STAFF
    415 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. Pasir Panjarjs power station will soon have no mechanical maintenance engineers to carry out major overhauls and routine maintenance work. Recent resignations of expatriate engineers "will result in there being no mechanical maintenance engineers to carry out major overhauls and
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      222 4 POLICE BAND com crt at the Esplanade 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p m. MALAYAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Lecture on Marx and China" by Mr. Eugene Knmenka «t the Cultural Centre. Canning Rise. 5.30 p.m. GIMSOX SCHOOL FOR BOYS: Eleventh anniversary display and exhibition at school. Clememi Road. 4 p.m. SINGAPORE CONSTITUTION
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      251 4 by Au.Thian Chor. Lim Boon Tlong, Yip Cheong Fun. Lee Kee Chonff, Kwok Shang Wei— 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. SINGAPORE LIFE GUARD CORPS: Life saving class at Farrer Park pool. 5 p.m. CLOTHING SHOP at St. Andrews Cathedral, CWA Room. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. JOO CHIAT YOUTH CLUB
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      67 4 KATONG BOYS' CLUB iGuillemurd Road): Badminton, Indoor games 3 p.m.. sepak raga 5 pm bodybuilding 6 p.m PEACE COVE: Gospel meeting at 393 Joo Chiat Road. 8 p.m. KAOB: Weekly meeting of Pride of th e East Lodge No. 1819 at Straits Merchant Service Guild. 1A Raffles Quay. 8.30 pm
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    OH, NOT AGAIN CRY FIRE FAMILIES
    237 5 OH, NOT AGAIN CRY FIRE FAMILIES SINGAPORE, Tues. 1:5 Twenty Chinese families who lost their homes in a Geylang fire four years ago are going to lose their homes again. They received notices from the Singapore Improvement Trust and the Collector oi I Land Revenue last night j that they
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    UN job for Malayan
    59 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. The United Nations Economic Commission for Asia has appointed, Mr. D.H.F. Sinclair, of the Malayan Pineapple Board to act as Consultant to a working party dealing with all aspects of canning and the preservation of fruit and food. He will go to Bangkok
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    Wrong date
    37 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Lim Kirn Moy. who gave false information to a registration officer in respect of the ago and date of birth of her daughter, was fined $90 in the Magistrate's Court here today.
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    Recruits wanted
    23 5 TAIPING, Tues— A recruitiiic team from the Royal Air Force (Malaya) will be at the Taiping Town Hall on Nov. 8.
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    Chronic TB patients to get beds at Woodbridge
    418 5  -  WILLIAM CAMPBELL By SINGAPORE, Tues. —A block of vacant wards at the Woodbridge Hospital intended for mental patients is to be opened instead for chronic tuberculosis sufferers. The step is planned to meet the bed problem created by the case- finding programme.
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    TENGKU'S ADVICE: DON'T BE POLITICIAN
    69 5 TENGKU'S ADVICE: DON'T BE POLITICIAN PENANG. Tues. The Prime Mi7iister, Trnqkv Abdul Rahman, told students of the p enang Free School today that he would not advise them to become politicians. The Prime Minister said most politicians thought only of the present. "I loould advise you io become statesmen," he
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    2 university chiefs fly in to Spore with a poser
    275 5 2 university chiefs fly in to Spore with a poser MR. MACDONALD AND PROF. OPPENHEIM SINGAPORE, Tues. The Chancellor of University of Malaya, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, and the ViceChancellor. Professor A. Oppenheim, flew in to Singapore together today with a poser. Both would neither confirm nor deny whether they intend
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    1959 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET HAS SURPLUS
    150 5 1959 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET HAS SURPLUS SINGAPORE, Tues. The City Council will hold a meeting on Nov. 6 to consider its 1959 budget. The draft estimates show main expenditure <in the consolidated rate fund) at :)47.766.853 and income at $48 037.702 a small surplus of about $271,000. When the estimates
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    Fishermen get shelter
    40 5 KOTA BHARU. Tues. Three hundred fishermen are preparing to go to Pulau Redang. five miles from Besut. from where they will fish during the monsoon season. The government has already built "longhouses" on the island for them.
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    COURT TOLD OF BIG FIGHT AT WAYANG
    210 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. Several spectators at a wayang joined in a free for all which started soon after a 52--year-old man had struck a younger man with a stool and fatally injured him. a preliminary inquiry here was told today. Ong Ah Song, a
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    2 robbed of $100
    51 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. Two men were taken into a backlane off Lorong 5, Geylang, yesterday evening by six men and relieved of valuables totalling $100. The victims had been waiting for a bus outside the Happy World Amusement Park when they were held up by the six
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    THE NAILER GOES OVER THE FULL CUP DISTANCE
    1376 6 THE NAILER GOES OVER THE FULL CUP DISTANCE Pace work Cor Rodgers's Cup hopes ON THE TRACK with EPSOM JEEP CINGAPORE, Tues. The Nailer, who will run in the $35,000 Singapore Gold Cup to be run on Nov. 1. did a splendid gallop on the training track at Bukit Timah.
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    GOLD CUP WEIGHTS
    96 6 FIFTEEN hortet have been nominated for the Singapore Cold Cup r«c« over 1 1 milts to be ran at Bukit Timah on Nov. I. They are with weights): Shamrock Slipper 9.04 Brilliant Scholar 8.09 Collateral 8.07 Prince of Ulita 8.06 Coua« 8.06 Three Rings 8.04 Powtiatsn 8.02
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      253 6 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 5 Small male crustacean (6). 9 Turn out the clergy In such 6 Toller let to wander— like material (9). Macbeth (5, 4) 10 Hot-head comes after flag-girl 7 Burn about fifty score (6). in this race (5). 8 Scottish layman? (3 4, 8). 11 Town
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    $105 m. IN MALAYA PLEASES LORD R
    194 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The chairof the Colonial ipment Corpor[on, Lord Reith. told Press conference re today he was very ed with the work the C.D.C. in Mais very satisfied with tuts of the $60,688,000 the CDC. made to the tral Electricity Board for
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    IT BEGAN WITH THE NIGHT SAM STARED AT THE SINGER...
    142 7 IT BEGAN WITH THE NIGHT SAM STARED AT THE SINGER... I IM 1 Samuel Stringfellow. !5. of the I nited States Marines. strolled into a Singapore night club earlier this month, met Jan Carter. 20. a singer, and could only stare at her. Jan. a singer from Sydney who is
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    Two more cars stolen
    45 7 -I.NCiAPORE. Tues. Two motor cars were stolen yesterday morning. One. taken from Victoria Street, was Found a few hours later at orchard Road. The other missing car had been parked at St. Andrews Road at 11.00 am. and is Mill missing:.
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    $20 robbery
    21 7 PENANG. Tues. A cyclist. Lee Bens Hooi. was held up in crowded Cintra Street today and robbed oi $20.
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    Shopowner with .knife acquitted
    105 7 Shopowner with .knife acquitted riINGAPORE, Tues.— H. M. O Ahmad. 41, described by his counsel as "a man of impeccable character" and owner of two shops, was acquitted today o[ a charge of having a knife in public without a reasonable excuse or lawful authority on Aug. 18. Mr. Choor
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    HASS MAY PROBE WRECKS — OF BRITISH WARSHIPS
    176 7 HASS MAY PROBE WRECKS OF BRITISH WARSHIPS SINGAPORE, Tues. k Dr. Hans Hass, i tVmous underwater I -•xplorer. wants to j visit the wrecks of the British battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse off the Pahang coast next ynar. Dr Hass told the Straits Times today he hoped to take
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    The man who was hoping for a third world war
    642 7 The man who was hoping for a third world war COURT TOLD OF DEALER'S $138,000 DEBT: HE OFFERS TO PAY $5 A MONTH KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A FORMER businessman told a bankruptcy court here today that be kept his firm going in spite of losing $90,000 in two years because
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    'I'LL QUIT PARTY IF ASKED TO' SAYS MRS.
    194 7 'I'LL QUIT PARTY IF ASKED TO' SAYS MRS. SINGAPORE. Tues. City Councillor Mrs. F. LeonSoh (Lib.-Socs) said today that it was her "deepest regret" that so much unpleasantness had arisen because of her announced intention to oppose a Labour Front motion to dismiss Mr. Gary Wang, director of the council's
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    Ban on revue after striptease
    69 7 Ban on revue after striptease IPOH. Tues. The Bali Revue of Hong Kong today lost its licence to perform here. The ban was ordered by the local licensing authority, the Chairman of the Ipoh Town Council, Incbe Abdullah bin L'di. Inche Abdullah told the Straits Times today that the licence
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    Walk-over for Alliance
    85 7 KOTA TINGGI. Tues.— The Alliance Party won all the nine seats uncontested in the Town Council election here when nominations closed at noon yesterday. The successful candidates are: Mr. Lav Van Loon. Mr. Lee Yeak Khin and Inche Mo- hamed Saman bin Ismail Sungei Kemang Ward): Tuan
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    DEATH
    40 8 21) Words $10 (Minimum) WILLIAM BRUCE CONNOR, ormeily Cable Wireless Suigapore. peacefully. General Hospital Singapore on 8.10.58. leaves behind three bro'-iiers to j nunim their loss, Mill' r of Bukit Albert of Kuala Luin- pur aim Clifford of Singapore.
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    THE Straits TImes Singapore, Wed. Oct. 22, 1958. The Bangkok Coup
    634 8 THE Straits TImes Singapore, Wed. Oct. 22, 1958. The Bangkok Coup The declarations ot' Siamese Field Marshals when they stage their coups are usually beyond normal understanding, and Marshal Sarit Thanarat's explanation of Monday's events is no exception. Field Marshal Sarit claims the support of the army, the police, the
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    Perak Invests
    367 8 Self-help pays no dividends, it used to be said by some State financial officers. Johore, which stepped up its State controlled revenue by half as much again as Perak, complained bitterly at one time that the only result was a 1 larger allocation from the Federal treasury for
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    Growing Pains
    181 8 Although Malaya's English language schools have been free of the kind of agitation that has resulted in riot and bloodshed, they have troubles of their own. Even the Penang Free School, sheltered by 142 honourable years of tradition, is not invulnerable to anti-social mischief. Some of its pupils
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    SUCCESS OF COMMUNES' HAS THE CHINESE WORRIED
    966 8  - SUCCESS OF COMMUNES' HAS THE CHINESE WORRIED VICTOR ZORZA by AO TSE TUNG'S ITI revolutionary plan for the regimentation of China's 500,000,000 peasants in "people's communes" has been virtually com pleted, but distant rumblings which have been issuing from Peking in the past few days show that the reorganisation is
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      INCREASING ELECTRICITY RATES FOR HOTELS WILL MEAN STAFF CUT
      399 8 INCREASING ELECTRICITY RATES FOR HOTELS WILL MEAN STAFF CUT IT would be interest- ing to know just what Mr Jumabhoy, during his free trip to America, will say to the Pacific Area Tourist Association about encour agement of tourism in Singapore. There is already considerable criticism of Singapore hotel rates.
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      298 8 DELAY IN NAMING SCHOOL HEAD IN the early part of this year, applications were invited for the post of headship of a primary school in Pahang. It was given wide publicity, and those who wished to apply were given every opportunity to do so. Later, an interview was held by
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      PRIORITY FOR S.I.T. HOUSING
      114 8 PRIORITY FOR S.I.T. HOUSING IT is gratifying to note that, at last, a special committee has been formed to inquire into the system of allocation in the S.I.T. According to your report there are 14.468 families on the waiting list out of which 3,393 applied during the first nine months
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      Anomalies in railway provident fund
      232 8 THE Malayan Railway Provident Fund Ordinance of 1952 should be repealed forthwith as it does great injustice to that category of public servants for whom it was intended, i.e. railway officers who joined the service alter July 1. 1936. Those who joined the service before
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      162 8 I READ the sad case of the woman in the padi field at Nibong Tebal who was bitten by a king cobra and who died three hours after iS.T. Oct. 16 This reminded me of the incident also published in the Straits Times many
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    MOVE TO CENSURE THE MAYOR
    167 9 MOVE TO CENSURE THE MAYOR \c\PORE. Tues. 3 move to censure ir. Mr. Ong Eng was made today the Labour From in the City CounTang Peng Yeu. rue move la part <>t Hirer party councillor* city Hall for debate cxl council meeting cern the Mayors the last council n Ot.
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    DEA THBY FIRE: NOW FATHER QUIZZED
    341 9 DEA THBY FIRE: NO W FATHER QUIZZED Tues. Officers of the Spe[nvesttgatton Seci the CID spent all today questioning Father of a carpenv.ho was burnt to h In a Park Road lane last week. The Investigators hope to j ■onstruct Lee's background j md establish the identities i associates -ipore.
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    Woman killed at prayer
    52 9 KUALA TRENGGANU, Tues. A 43-year-old grandmother, Asiah binte Mahmood. was killed when a coconut tree fell on her house while she was saying her evening prayer at Kampong Surau Pasir here yesterday. Her four-year-old granddaughter, Kamariah blnte Ali, who was playing about tour feet aw.iy, received
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    Singapore sailor is held by Reds
    374 9  -  ON SPY CHARGE-HE IS ACCUSED OF TAKING PICTURE OF WARSHIP IN SWATOW HARBOUR jßy JOHN DARBYSHIRE SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE COMMUNIST authorities at the China 1 mainland port of Swatow have detained a Singapore-born seaman. Andrew Tan Huan Cheong, 28. for alleged espionage. Tan, whose
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    Open door policy for Spore fair
    33 9 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE Singapore constitution exposition committee A today authorised a four-man committee to deal with applications from countries wishing to participate in the mammoth trade fair.
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    ANTI-RED POSTERS FOUND IN SINGAPORE
    66 9 ANTI-RED POSTERS FOUND IN SINGAPORE SINGAPORE. Tues. The D police last night seised about 20 anti-Communist posters and banners in the City area. The slogans, in Chinese, condemned the Malayan Communist Party and attacked the "dictatorial" attitude of the People's Action Party in the City Council. The slogans bore the
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    Fire-walker falls into the fire
    52 9 Fire -walker falls into the fire A MAN SLIPS AND FALLS and thousands cry out in horror. The man, a devotee, had been crossing a bed of glowing embers during the fire-walking ceremony yesterday which climaxed the colourful "Nine Emperor Cods" festival at Ampang village, outside Kuala Lumpur. He was
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    MTUC PLANS A WORKERS' CHARTER
    84 9 MTUC PLANS A WORKERS' CHARTER KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Malayan Trade Union Congress is drafting a workers' charter to regulate conditions of employment of Malaya's 40.000 clerical em- 1 ployees in commercial firms and agency houses and to protect their welfare. A spokesman of the MTUC said today that the
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    Judgment is reserved
    37 9 IPOH. Tues. The lpoh High Court Judge. Mr. Justice Good, today reserved judgment on a former bank shroff, Cheong Sik Kwan, who was charged with fraud of $60,000 Judgment will be delivered next Tuesday.
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    THE STATE OF DANGER BILL FOR COUNCIL
    152 9 THE STATE OF DANGER BILL FOR COUNCIL KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. —The security of the country during riots and civil commotions will be referred to by the Minister of Defence. Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein, In the Federal Council tomorrow. The Minister is expected to stress why the Government needs special
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    City Council to order 250,000 doses
    270 9 *fo From Page One that they had been turned away because they had failed to bring children's birth certificates with them. This was due to a clerk's error. The Health Ministry, while advising people to bring birth certificates to facilitate the work of thp
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    WANTED- 20 GIRLS TO SHOW STORE TO FAIR VISITORS
    132 9 WANTED- 20 GIRLS TO SHOW STORE TO FAIR VISITORS SINGAPORE. Tues. A search is on in Singapore for 20 "charming and intelligent' 1 girls to act as guides for overseas visitors during the coming Singapore constitution exposition. An exposition committee spokesman said: "One of the girls will be chosen 'The
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    Marine training
    33 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Several Brunei marine officers are coming to Malaya next month for training. They will be followed by a group of teachers who will study the Malayan education system.
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    Rothmans cigarettes—a great international enterprise
    853 10 Rothmans cigarettes— a great international enterprise Early last year Rothmans of Pall Mall first launched their king size cigarettes on the Australian market. Today. they are one of THE COMPANY CHARTERS SPECIAL PLANES TO COMBAT COMPETITION J>\ tradition the cigarette industry was always regarded as one of the most conservative
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    ROTHMANS KING SIZE MAKES NEW FRIENDS
    95 10 Mr. R. W. S. Plumley. managing director of Rothmans of Pall Mall, is pictured above offering a Rothmans king size cigarette to Mr. R. A. C. Cobley. director of Harrisons Crosfleld (Malaya). Ltd.. Rothmans' agents in the Federation. The happy occasion was a recent
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    THEY GAVE AMERICA ANEW WORD
    235 10 THEY GA VE AMERICA ANEW WORD WHAT LONG playing records have done for the gramophone industry long size cigarettes, known as "king size", are achieving for the tobacco industry. Fortunately for themselves, in 1938 the Rothman International Group were first in the field with kint? size cigarettes. They also made
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    FROM SHOP WINDOW IN PALL MALI TO A WORLD GROUPp OF COMPANIES
    122 10 FROM SHOP WINDOW IN PALL MALI TO A WORLD GROUPp OF COMPANIES W ith the cq Ul laboriously Louis Rothman 2J ed in Britain m i gg 7 f, ie hi '"tune And find it he A\a Working ,8 h,* day, he saved enog.[ money to start tiny shop. From
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      48 10 JOIN THE WORLD SWING TO ROTHMANS KING SIZE mm wKtiXw A'^^9m3 J&& <$l ■'•■Alt MrJ&J aw f*3kl mM\iM,;mi,l; Km; m BMppOT 80 cents for 20 F^h* 90 cenu for 20 VXtrCl leilgtll made in England for greater smoothness THE LARGEST SELLING KING SIZE VIRGINIA CIGARETTE IN THE WORLD
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      73 10 i ROTHMANS are available on all 8.0.A.C. services V _^a=>^*fc% J *W letder in sir travel iWif^vr: Dft h f s^!yp7§y p'U'Al takes good are of )ou HARRISONS CROSFIELD (M) LTD We are pleased to associate ourselves with Rothmans' success We carry a full range of S Rothmans cigart at
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      Lock icon 119 burnt to death, 79 injured in luxury liner blaze
      1341 11 1 19 burnt to death, 79 injured in luxury liner blaze Burning cigarette stub carelessly thrown set fire to lake steamer integrated under his weight as hp fell .over it. Next instant he slid right across the deck of the ship then listing far to starboard. Unable to stop himseli.
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      107 11 Carmen A Co. iiy \iaa The Saint iiy Leslie Charteris "P^^^^^^^^^B m JOWN IPftANCCR I *t^^^^ \jf^^ I Dick Tracy iiy Chester Gould ■■I^^^^^^HilH H B^mere~is wis «kvoorrc^^B| F"we was always wuncov. I "On the otwer hand, we If WASW. TAKE SOME JH PERHAPS IP YOU PUT A I WAS
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    RUBBER PRICE DROPS ON PROFIT-TAKING: TIN IMPROVES
    506 12 RUBBER PRICE DROPS ON PROFIT-TAKING: TIN IMPROVES By Our Market Correspondent AFTER the price advances of the last few days' trading there was something of a reaction on the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday and after being taken as high as 93 cents business done, November first grade closed one and
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    RUBBER PRICES
    153 12 November first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 91% cents per lb up a quarter of a cent on Monday's closing price. Closing tone: Very quiet. Closing prices In cen's per lb yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1. R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 90 n. sellers 91
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    STOCK INDICES
    18 12 Malayan Share Market: Oct. 21 Oct. 20 Industrial!: 90.40 30.06 Tins: 86.01 84.10 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    551 12 The Malayan Share Broken' Association reported: "Industrials and rubbers were selectively better, tins were quietly steady and the turnover fair." Singapore and Federation broken reported tbe following business done yesterday: Fed. Dispensary $1.07; Fraser Neave ords 51.58.. x all; Gammon $1.62' 2 (odd lot), $1.66 to $1.70; O'town
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    123 12 MELBOURNE. Tues. INVESTMENT shares improved further with many leader stocks sought higher on the Stock Exchange here today. AWA rose Is. Id. to 18s. 6d. providing the best move. Trading continued along quiet lines. Loans 3H r i 1956-59 £99 Bs. 9d. Bank of N.S.W. unquoted Con Zinc
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    70 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks* Association made the following changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Holland Guilders 122 5/8; Italian Lire *****. On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.80 'i
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    OFFICIAL PRICES.
    29 12 SINGAPORE ocy RUBBER: Si •IL P*r Ib (up a quart**, a cent) r ot TIN: $374.71 Picul (up 50 cents* r Estimated Ull(1 offering 130 ton, Ci
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    81 12 Singapore Chinese iw, change noon pritcv, terday were; Copra: steady- :v n October/November I $37 sellers, Coconul bulk $55 '-j seller sellers. Pepper: qufa was reported done. Mi irJ?* I**1 $122, Sarawak $ilm wak black $7i Singapore topr.i p.m. prices: fair Jl "»i Bombay mixed i prices October
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      687 12 THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE, 1950. (F. of M. Ordinance No. 52 of 1950) THE TOWN COUNCIL ELtX'TIONS (TOWN COUNCIL. OF JOHORE BAHRL) REGULATIONS. 1951 Notice under Regulation 14 (It Notice is hereby given that the registers of electors for the Electoral Wards as shown below, revised In accordance with
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      756 12 NOTICES NOTICE EDIBLE BIRDS NESTS TENDERS are Invited for the j sale of Birds Nests (Black and White). Particulars obtainable from Conservator of Forests Sandakan, North Borneo. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY EXPERIENCED CHINESE BUSINESSMAN, 36 years, capable of running and promoting business independently in building, chemical and engineering lines 1 particularly specialised
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      568 12 PUBLIC APjPOINTMENTS ADVERTISEMENT FOB TBE POST OF CHAIRMAN Of TBE MALAYAN PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY BOARD Applications are Lnvltea for tbe post ol Chairman of the Malayan Pineapple Industry Board established under the provisions of the Pineapple Industry Ordinance. 1957 Applicants should preferably be not less Mian 35 and not more than
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      56 12 PILES Recto-Serol (Ointment) Relieves pain and pruritus stops bleeding, checks inflammation and spasm VASOTOMN LIQUID is the remeay against varicose veins, haemorrhoids and tn stop bleeding. CHARI CO., (Post Box 123) 29, Robinson Road, S'pore-1. FACIT— Nowif. trouble when you give your Secretary a new Facit typewriter! It's still love
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      838 12 "K LINE" Japan 17.8.A. Pacific «c Atlantic Coast Serv lee Penang P. Sham Spore ETA Kobe ■Htitti Man" 11/12 Niv 1} Nt« 14/11 Nit 24 Not to f "KMHkm M»fi" 11/13 Dec 14 Dee 15 Dec 25 Ore nj- loading for Hongkong, all Japan Ports, Los Angeles and New York,
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      1306 13 WKtM i PMCI I ii U y fiY^ff^f V f/lagg EAST ASIATIC LINES HOMEWARDS SAILINGS FOR AOEH. PORT SAID. GENOA. ANTWERP. RRTTERRAM, OREMEN. HAMBURC. COPENHACEN. GOTHENBURG. OSLO S'oore P. Ham P»njng •FALSTBIA' I Cefl/t at 1000 24/2S Oct 29/20 Oct "PATACOHIA"* 9/10 Her 11/11 HIT •JUTLANOIA't 22,21 Nit 24/29 Nit
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      1347 13 .SllTih. THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. «7, SINGAPORE (Incaroontid in tht United Klrrmj»aT) B LINES SAILINGS TO MEN. M.X.. k CONTINENTAL PBRTI Spore P. Sham PevtMg BENVAHNOCH »o- Hamburg, London Rotterdam. M bro 21/27 Oct 20/20 Oct 10 Ott/ 1 Mi OEHREOCH for London. Rotterdam 27/20 Ott Bremen. Hamburg 20
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      The magic mountain shows its strength
      742 14 The magic mountain shows its strength STEADILY, an d v surely, the Witch ot the Mountains was climbing towards the helpless gander, and his exhausted friend, Mother (joose. •come along," cried Motner uoose. "If we can't ny we snail have to elimo." She seized the old bird by his wing
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      SOME MORE PEN PALS
      338 14 HERE are some more pen pals for you. Lawrence Cheah Seong Paik. aged 14. 42 Moulmein Road, P c n a n r. Science, stamps, games. A Jabar bin Mentol. aged 14. 48 Jalan Kluang, Batu Pahat. Johore. Stamps, sports. Tham Keng Fook. 393 Pudu Road.
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      HEAVIER WEIGHT
      132 14 QWHAT do you keep although you give it to someone? A. A promise. Q. Why is 'J' the funniest letter in the alphabet? A. Because you cannot make a joke without it. Q. What top cannot be spun? A. A tree-top. Q. When is water not water? A.
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      186 14 Join the numbers to help Flipper Dear Boys and Girls, Perak. Here are the six winners Flipper is walking down of Our crossword contest the path when he hears a Olive Chay, 83 Cowdray voice say: "Oh bother." Avenue, Singapore 19, A. "That sounds like you Bathmavathy, 20-10 Madras Jane,"
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      630 15 imuril 1 1 OIK I'.U<- HI „11 VI lONS VACANT v.>!..- .;</ <'>. Hstr*. eh'I'HONIST lor J MUSI huve Reply in own itlng ate. educaui experience if should submit B A 117 ii. .S.T. i I 1..MJ1 ISH-SPEAKING jlrl required to organise I itstribution at lead- i i( ,re Stores
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      657 15 ACCOMMODATION VACANT 1 l»f.rrf< (Vin.)-Bnx 30 cts. extra. NEW FIRST CLASS Flats Junction Oxle. Rise Clemenceau Avenue. lurni>hed. with air-condl- I Honed bedrooms, servants quarters. I lift, carpark. Tel: *****. FULLY FURNISHED FLAT, two Bedrooms, one Alrconditioned, Orchard Road area for three months. RIII-4 ***** between 5 and 6 p.m.
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      756 15 OFFICE SPACE VACANI 211 Words $S (Mtn.)-Box 50 cts. extra. OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE in Asia Insurance Building. Contact Telephone Spore No *****. OFFICES AND SHOPS Available for professional and business men at 107. Selegle Road. Apply Chinese V.M.C.A.. 16 South Pier. Spore. OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLEfor letting in Penang Road. Penang.
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      940 15 I TUITION 20 Words U yiin.)—Box iO cts. extra. LEARN TO DRIVE. Remember To Consult a Qualified Instruci tor. Sure of Passing Your Test. Hourly $6/- Per Lesson. Phone *****. PRIVATE TUITION at your I home from Primary to Form II I all subjects. Moderate Fees Tel. (S'porei Ho *****
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      438 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE tt Wort* tS (Mir,.)— Box 50 cts. extra. 1953 DESOTO. Excellent running order. Recently overhauled, re-painted, two tone dark blue and grey, and re-chromed. Wireless. European owner. Syce main talned. Best offer secures: 65.000 miles. Apply Tel. ***** after office hours. 1956 AUSTIN A5O. 1351 Austin A7O,
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      373 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE 20 Words St (Mln.)-Box St cts. extra. 1957 AUSTIN A.SS, Vauxhall Victor Super. 1956 Borgward TS. and Station Wagon. Peugeot 403, Ford Consul, Vauxhall Cresta, Flat 1100. 195S Plymouth, Opel Kapltan. Hlllman. 1954 Hlllman 1953 Morris Minor. 1952 Studebaker. Chevrolet, Ford Consul. Easy terms can be arranged
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      353 15 NOTICES ESTATE OF ONG PIAH TENG, DECEASED NOTICE is hereby given that the title deeds relating to properties known as Nos. 6 and 8 daoton Road, Singapore, being Lot 321—14 of Muklm XXV, have been found to be missing. Any person, persons, firm or corporation with whom the said title
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      344 15 TENDERS POLICE TENDER NOTICE i TENDERS which will close at I 1000 hours on Saturday 15th. Nov. 1958 are invited by the Chief Pollct Officer Johore Contingent for the supply of cooked and uncooked rations to No. 4 I Police Field Force during th» year 1959. Full particulars may be
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    284 16 WEST AUSTRALIA HOLD OUT FOR A DRAW Lock's spin gets no help from wicket From JACK FINGLETON PERTH, Tues. THIS fluctuating opening match for the English cricket tourists against Western Australia ended tamely in a draw here today. After Slater's sensational feats yesterday which turned the match
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    120 16 M.C.C. IST. INNS. 351 W. AUSTRALIA IST. INNS. 11l M.C.C. 2ND. INNS. Richardson b Slater 5 Milton low Slater 29 Cravency c Watson b Slater 9 May b Slater 0 Cowdrey not out 6b Bailey not out 34 Extrai 4 Total (for four declared) 146 Wicket* fell at 5,
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    103 16 CRAIG IS JUBILANT AFTER HITTING 54 SYDNEY, Tues. Lan Craig. Australia's cricket captain, is jubilant after his come-back on Saturday when, playing for the first time since his illness, he scored 54 for Mosman Veterans against North Sydney Veterans. Craig, who has been suffering from a liver complaint, showed Rood
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    RUTHERFORD HITS UNBEATEN 77 RUNS
    560 16 a Combined XI starting here Friday. Also In the combined team will be Norman O'Neill, Australia's latest batting prodigy. Sir Donald Bradman Is expected to attend to assess O'Neill's performance against the English speed stars. Closing at lunch time with four wickets down for 146
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    192 16 CINGAPORE, Tues.— Fred Speiss, part owner of Western Promotions, which offered $760,00 C to Australian miler Herb Elliott to turn professional, said here today that he would congratulate Elliott when he arrives In Perth tomorrow. "Elliott is a great man. By his refusal
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    292 16 'MALAYA CAN REACH ASIAN SOCCER SUMMIT' MORECAMBE CLEARS AWAY FROM HIS RIVALS Seoul F.C. manager praises the Tengku's enthusiasm SINGAPORE, Tues.— Mr. Wee Hay Dok, the manager >f the Seoul Football Club team, which recently completed a tour of Malaya with an unbeaten record, predicted here today that Malaya would
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    Naval Police withdraw
    58 16 SINGAPORE Tues. Royal Na\ul Police have wnndrawn from Div. One of the Singapore Hockey Association league as they are unable to raise a full team. S.H.A. announced that a gate of 50 cents will be charged for tomorrow's Div. l match between University and Singapore Re<reai tlon
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    136 16 SINGAPORE, Tues. A "gift" goal five minutes from lull time enabled Chi nese Athletic "A" to beat Seletar F.C. 2-1 in the quarter-finals of the S.A.F.A. Junior Cup competition at Balestier Road here this evening. It was a big blow for Seletar as they had
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