The Straits Times, 16 October 1956

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    15 1 Avr»,c|WJ^^^.^u^ARV... The Straits Times Sat*** 1 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1956 15 CENTS
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    POISON APPLE MENACE
    165 1 Arsenic -sprayed fruit causes wave of stomach upsets Health chief issues warning DKUARE of your daily apple. Many Japanese ones picked up in Singapore shops iver the past few days were found to have been sprayed with ar>enie. imber 'of people ten these he doctor away are
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    THE TROUBLE WITH LARRY-HIS ANTHEM ENTRY JUST DIDN'T CLICK
    119 1 THE TROUBLE WITH LARRY-HIS ANTHEM ENTRY JUST DIDN'T CLICK WORLD famous harmonica player Larry Adler is in for a disappointment his entry for the Federation's 514.000 anthem contest has been rejected. It failed to make the trade and was eliminated at the first hearing before the panel of judges, the
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    Lock icon HOLLAND DENIES PLOT TO DETHRONE JULIANA
    117 1 THE HAGUE. Mon. The Dutch Government toy officially denied reports of a palace plot to Queen Juliana and replace her with 18-year-old Princess Beatrix. An official communique not a sha- truth" in allegations carried yesterday by the Sunday Pictorial 'London). It said the Government
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    Parents urged to ignore pickets
    171 1 800 FOR THE NEW CLASSES THHE Singapore Minis- try of Education last night advised parents of Chinese middle school students to ignore pickets at centres where the Government is registering pupils for its temporary Chinese classes. This followed reports that rebel students posted near the
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    Coming up at Melbourne 100 tasty dishes from 'Mrs. Beeton' of Malaya
    178 1 Coming up at Melbourne 100 tasty dishes from 'Mrs. Beeton' of Malaya PLUMP, motherly Che Hasnah binte Ahmad has been chosen to head the team of cooks who will work in the Malayan kitchen at the Olympic Games in Melbourne. Che Hasnah the "Mrs. Beeton" of Malaya is famous for
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    PEPPER GANGSTERS SNATCH $4,000
    113 1 TWO Singapore robbers temporarily blinded a cigarette salesman and his driver and got away with $4,000 cash in daylight yesterday. They flung pepper into the eyes of Mr. Tan Wan Beng, the salesman, and his driver, Mr. Sdh Kirn Lye. while they were collecting money In
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    Lock icon Prince resigns
    19 1 PNOM PENH, Mon. The King of Cambodia has accepted the resignation of the Prime Minister, Prince Sihanouk.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Treaty talks
    44 1 MOSCOW, Mon. The Japanese Prime Minister. I Mr Ichiro Hatoyama and the Soviet Prime Minister. Marshal Nikolai Bulganin. agreed i today to form a Soviet-Jap- anese technical sub-commit- 1 tee for peace treaty talks be- i twren the two countries. —I Reuter.
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    Mr. Nair is now Assistant Minister
    151 1 1|R. M. P. D. NAIR, a lT1 Singapore Assemblyman who Joined the Labour Front Coalition six months ago, was yesterday appointed Assistant Minister to the Chief Secretary. He was sworn in at Governernmen t House yest e r d a y morning. Then he
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    Lock icon Girl for duchess
    22 1 LUXEMBOURG, Mon. Archduchess Regina of Hapsburg today gave birth to a daughter. She is to be named Gabrlelle.— U.P.
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    Lock icon 150 shops burn
    22 1 SEOUL, Mon.— One hundred and fifty shops were destroyed by fire In Wonju. 60 miles from Seoul, yesterday.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Canal Co. asks compensation
    48 1 PARIS. Mon. The Suez Maritime Canal Company demanded today that Egypt pay a compensation covering the 12 years the company concession was to run. An uproarious meeting of company shareholders approved the demand. Only three of the 520 shareholders voted against the demand.— U.P.
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    Police defence
    21 1 COLOMBO, Mon. Ceylon police will be equipped with masks and shields to battle riotous mobs in future. A. P.-
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    Newspaper worker arrested
    100 1 SPECIAL Branch officers last night arrested Khoo Vow Chong, 19, an employee of Nanyang Siang Pau, under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance. He Is a member of the central committee of the Singapore Factory and Shopworkers' Union. Khoo, a former middle school student, was picked up
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    Lock icon Cartoonist in hot water
    53 1 TAIPEH, Mon. The Nationalist High Court today reduced from 10 to six months the sentence passed by a lower court on popular cartoonist Li Fel Meng for forcing the Hong Kong Chinese movie actress. Miss Chung Ching. to drive with him to a hot spring resort
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    Lock icon Attlee in India
    20 1 BOMBAY. Mon. Earl Attlee left here by air today on a five day visit to Madras. Reuter.
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    No fare—but $500 'tip'
    51 1 No fare— but $500 'tip' JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. A terrorist. CMn Mock. gave himself up to a taxi driver In the Kluang district on Saturday morning. The driver took him to the Kluang police station. Police recovered a rifle and ammunition later. The taxi driver Is entitled to a $500
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    Lock icon DUTCHMAN IS GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
    294 1 DUTCHMAN IS GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE Appeal after trial in Jakarta JAKARTA, Monday. HENRIOUS SCHMIDT, 54-year-old Dutchman, was today found guilty of subversion and sentenced to life imprisonment by an Indonesian Judge. The prosecutor had demanded only 15 years' jail for Schmidt on charges of insurrection and being a member of
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    THE S.T. ANNUAL: ORDER IT NOW
    95 1 THE S.T. ANNUAL: ORDER IT NOW rpHE Straits Times Annual 1 for 1857 is the ideal gift for friends and business connections overseas. It is South-East Asia's finest publication, and once again it presents a vivid picture of the region in brilliant full-colour and black and white. The Annual will
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    Lock icon Townsend and R.A.F. part
    41 1 LONDON. Mon. Group' Captain Peter Townsend call- ed at the Air Ministry here today to say his farewells to friends before quittine his Royal Air Force career and setting off on a round-the-world tour by car.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon First tourists
    18 1 NEW DELHI. Mon— The I first Soviet tourists ever to fMt India arrived here yesterday.— A.P.
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    DUKE: 'OLD CROCK' IS OUT
    65 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The committee organisine the i Duke of Edinburgh's visit today firmly declined with thanks the offer by Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Wilson of Ipoh to lend their 1913 Wol- seley tourer as the official car for the occasion. Despairing of finding
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    Duke to drop in -by copter
    142 1 Duke to drop in -by copter T*HE Duke of Edinburgh, A travelling in a helicopter, will pay informal calls on two R.A.F. stations in Singapore on Nov. 2. The only formality will be an inspection of a 100-stronß guard-of-honour, which will include 50 Malays, at Chant;. He will then fly
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    STOP PRESS
    50 1 COBRA M.\R( II PAST FOR PRIM I.SS MWANZA (Tanean>ika) Mon. Snakr dancers tarry in k spitting roltras and luitff, spade -headed python it 1 4 rHi rii past Princess Margaret at tribal gathering today. Princess prrsrntrd With Set of six zebra-hide drums —A P. (See picture P 3)
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    Lock icon GUIDANCE FROM PEKING IS NEEDED
    251 2 GUIDANCE FROM PEKING IS NEEDED LONDON, Mon. The Times said today that if the Government of Communist China would give some guidance to Chinese in Malaya, the chance of peaceful progress towards independence in both the Federation and Singapore "could be enormously increased." In a leading: article on the recenj
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    Lock icon Death in the corridors stalked the children
    222 2 TIIE DAY TWO IXSAXE GrXMEX HFXD IT A VILLAGE •■mi imiiiiiii.iiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIMIIMII Ransom note to farmers said: Pay up or else... 17V3R six hours the 92 •T children and four teachers of a small village school in southern Italy cowered in terror as two
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    Lock icon A NEW LIFE FOR 250,000 OUTCASTS
    97 2 A NEW LIFE FOR 250,000 OUTCASTS BOMBAY, Mon. Nearly 250,000 Hindu untouchables beca m c Buddhists at Hagpur yesterday in what was claimed to be the biggest mass religious conversion in history. The converts were led by Dr B R. Amberikar, a former cabinet minister, who took a leading part
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    Singing Jamaicans qui Britain—the weather was too much for them
    160 2 Singing Jamaicans qui Britain— the weather was too much for them LONDON, Mon. HUNDREDS of Jamaicans who came to Britain as the "promised land" »re having second thonfhte. The rush back home is growing daily. It it the Engliih weather that has beaten most of the immigrants from the West
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      34 DIE IN WORST INDIAN FLOODS
      76 2 NEW DELHI, Mon.— Thirty four people were drowned in Bikanpur, 18 miles from Delhi, during heafloods caused by Hindan river. The river has lnucdj-, thousands of acres afi2 and flooded scores of lages. In Delhi the ers of the rivr r 'j\l: which are
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      38 2 LONDON: Two parlours pn in: a large Leeds hospita" that 340 student say goodnight to their k friends in comfort. Two courtins rooT.s been furnished with carpets, arm-chair's couches t 0 make the p. and their friends coe:able.
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      33 2 ATHENS: *Xin c Pai f Greece is reported y.r.i-. ing to dismiss most of 1 180 servants and rr.ov c a smali house in a sut following tlv par squabble over Royal apenses.
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      30 2 AMSTERDAM: C Chamberlain I G V; Maasdijk said he Uj the London "Sur.cay Tutorial" for iibei for qi;c:::: him as the source o! i story about a to dethrone Qu«
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    Lock icon BRITAIN PROTESTS TO CHINA
    255 3 Please discipline troops who chased refugees over border 9 Last patrol soldiers are withdrawn from Kowloon riot areas LONDON, Monday. DRIT AIN has protested to the Peking Governmint at a recent violation of the border between Honj? Kong and China by Chinese mtier troops, a Foreign
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    Lock icon Killed mother
    38 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Mon.— A berserk gunman, who killed his mother and critically wounded his father and sister, surrendered today when he was trapped in a small cav c along the face of a 250-ft cliff.— A.P.
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    Lock icon THE PRINCESS ACCEPTS A BOUQUET FROM HER NAMESAKE
    31 3 Princess Margaret, visiting the hospital at Tanga in Tanganyika, is presented with a gift of flowers by her namesake, Margaret Davies. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon AFTER 16 DAYS IN MINE, 11 TRAPPED MEN ESCAPE
    119 3 AFTER 16 DAYS IN MINE, 11 TRAPPED MEN ESCAPE \I.CI TTA. Mon. Eleven miners crawled out of the Hurra Dhemo o.ilmm,. near Asansol, 130 miles west of Calcutta, today after having been trapped on Sept. 29, when part of the colliery collapsed after heavy run and entombed 39 men. Mine
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    Lock icon Woke up among coffins
    41 3 LE HAVRE. Mon. Gilbert driving an 18-ton ra-shed through an r'a display window log here yesterday knocked unconscious, he came to he found j f surrounded by roffins and funerary j lons. He fainted again -Reuter. I
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    Lock icon Crash kills 8
    30 3 TOKYO. Mon. An express train slammed into a student 1 excursion train near Rokken station tonight, killing eight to lo people and injuring i about 60.— A.P.
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    Lock icon House was littered with $50 banknotes
    222 3 Taxi driver's hoard— in pots, pans, pockets T^EW YORK, Sun. Police carted away barrels of money yesterday from the cur-rency-cluttered home of a taxi driver, whose hoard was discovered by authorities when they investigated a robbery attempt. The money, reported to exceed $150,000, ranged
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    Lock icon INDONESIA SACKS 2 ARMY COLONELS
    173 3 JAKARTA. Mon. The Army announced today that the chiefs of the intelligence and information departments had been relieved of their posts because they had made public the setting up of a commission to investigate the political activities of some officers. The intelligence chief was Lieut.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    240 3 LONDON. Mon. Closing middle prices of selected stock not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £52 11/16 +3/16 Funding 4% £85', War 34% £72 tX, BANKS Mercantile (£5) MM +1/32 Eastern (£5) £7* Chartered (£1) 36/14 Hongkong ($125) INK INSURANCE Com. UQ. (ut«.) 84/4»4 +/6 Royal 82/14 +1/Prudenttal
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    RUBBER
    27 3 LONDON, Mon. Spot 28 T .d., Nov. 27d.. Dec. 27Kd. Jan-Mar. 27' i.d., April-June 26\d., JulySept. 26>id. Oct. c.l.f. 26"id., Nov. elf. 26% d. Tone: Steady.
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    TIN
    22 3 LONDOK. Mon. CMsh Buyers £800. sellers £802. Forward Buyers £780, sellers £782. Settlement £795 Turnover a.m. 60 ton*, p.m. 75 ton*.
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    Lock icon Britain backs move by Iraq
    246 3 Britain backs move by Iraq LONDON, Mon. The Foreign Office said today that the movement of Iraqi troops into the Jordan would "contribute to stability in a troubled area." The British Government, a spokesman said, has s 0 advised Israel to calm her fears over the proposed move, which reportedly
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    Lock icon Return to power
    67 3 WARSAW, Mon. Mr. Wladyslaw Gomulka, the Communist leader who was thrown out of the party and imprisoned for alleged "Titolst" deviations, is expected to make a triumphant return to power when the members of the central committee open a special session tomorrow. Mr. GomulKa was accused In
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    Lock icon Jags withdraw
    45 3 LONDON, Mon. The British Jaguar Car Company announced last night that "after very serious consideration" they were withdrawing from international racing and other competitive events. No official entries or works teams would be entered for events on the 1957 racing calendar. —Reuter. I
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    Penang schools on guard against infiltration
    234 4 OUT SOON: 'BLACK LIST' OF COLONY STUDENTS DENANG. Mon. The Educa--1 tion Department will soon receive a "black list" of students expelled from Singapore schools and Chinese schools here will be told to shut their doors on these students. Many anxious Federation parents with
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    Youth sent for trial on robery charge
    191 4 Youth sent for trial on robery charge A YOUTH, alleged to have taken part in a robbery at Tiong Bahru on Feb. 9, 1955, was arrested at Batu Pahat in September this year, a Singapore preliminary inquiry was told yesterday. Cheng Poh Kirn was committed to stand trial at the
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    'NO REASON FOR HER TO HIT ME'
    448 4 Aocuted wife was fond of husband Chopper attack story CYRIL IGNATIUS DANKER, a stenographer employed by a Singapore firm of lawyers, told the Assize Court yesterday that his wife, Annie Danker, was fond of him and he knew no reason why she attacked
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    All because boy would not write...
    95 4 BECAUSE her boy friend refused to write to her. a 16-year-old schoolgirl tried j to end her life by jumping I into the sea at Clifford Pier early yesterday morning. She was rescued by a passing sampan. Later Lilian Chee was I produced before
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    Dinner party
    26 4 SEGAMAT. Mon. The North Johore Government Workers' Union entertained Inche Majld to dinner on his appointment as chairman of the daily-paid workers' Whitley Council.
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    Penang's call: Keep our trade free
    151 4 PENANG, Monday. TIRADE leaders here are expected to defend the x island's free port status when they meet the Minister for Commerce, Dr. Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, tomorrow. The Minister arrived here today and met representatives of UMNO at UMNO Hall in MacAlister Road.
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    Courtesy call
    26 4 The Vice Prime Minister of Laos, Mr. Katary D. Sasorith, yesterday paid a courtesy call on the Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock.
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    Bikini girl Olive to 'rest' in HK
    57 4 Bikini girl Olive to 'rest' in HK LOVELY Olive Leon, who has been raising Singapore temperatures with her bikini sons and dance acts, left for Hone Konc by BOAC yesterday. She said: "I want to have a good rest and think of something new for my next Federation show." She
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    Acid attack in street
    51 4 PENANG, Mon A cyclist rode off during the weekend after throwing acid on a pedestrian. K. Ponnusamy. Ponnusamy was walking along Pitt Street with a friend when an unknown man wearing a raincoat, cycled up to them and suddenly hurled acid. The man escaped on his
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    Swimming club sweep results
    46 4 The following are results of I the Singapore Chinese Swimmine Club Olympic Fund Sweep held on Saturday. First Prize: No. *****3; second prizes Nos. *****3 and *****3; starters Nos. *****, ***** *****, *****, *****, *****, ***** *****, *****, ***** *****2, *****5, *****.
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    Consul calls
    23 4 The new Burmese Consul in Singapore, U Kyaw yesterday paid a courtesy call on the Chief Minister, Mr Urn Yew Hock.
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    FEW TRY FOR 'BUY LOCAL' PRIZE
    132 4 rpHERE has been little response in Singapore to the Government's $250 competition for the best designed label promoting the buying of locally made I goods. Only three entries have been received for the competition which closes next Saturday. The Minister for Commerce and Industry,
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    A NEW LIFE FOR MARGARET IN BRITAIN
    118 5 A NEW LIFE FOR MARGARET IN BRITAIN I rom HALL ROMNEY i ON DON, Mon. Six- r old Margaret Lim, abandoned by parents when only 29 days old. has ■da new life in Britain. when a young Briiple. Capt. Patrick on of the Royal Corps and his wife :.>ited a
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    Lucky man gives prize away
    30 5 .itxire businessman, Abdoolkader, has wing machine which the St. Patrick's .n fair to the SATA tatlon Centre. xas lucky," he said, "but re other unlucky
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    NAAFI thief
    35 5 tmaniam, of Changi, rday jailed for 18 I Uu for breaking into a j AF I. store at Selarang Barracks o n July 30 and steal- ttes, worth $233, and ties of liquour.
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    Lake film show
    25 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Information Department's monthly film show will be held at the Lake Gardens here on Sunday at 7.30 p.m.
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    CLASSROOM SIT-DOWN ENDS
    323 5 We're so sorry we behaved like this, as teU headmaster and teachers KAMPAR'S STUDENT STRIKERS GO BACK TO THEIR LESSONS KAMPAR, Monday. rHF 28 students of Form 111 of the Methodist Afternoon School here, who went on a sit- ,wn strike on Friday and Saturday, today jjised
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    OLYMPIC VANGUARD OF THREE FLY OUT ON A SMOOTH THE WAY' MISSION
    125 5 THE VANGUARD of the Federation's team for the Olympic Games at Melbourne next month left Singapore for Sydney by Qantas yesterday They were Mr. N. M. Vasasam, the Federation Olympic Council secretary, Mr. Moe Fu Kiat. secretary of
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    COFFEE ON THE JOB
    70 5 WORKERS of the SingaCouncil Gas Deartment will not have their afternoon tea-break, but they be served with reent». Explaining the agreement •>n this point bethe council and the Gas Department Workers' Union, the acting City President, Mr. R. Middleton-Smith, told the council yesterday: "We will arrange
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    Lim to open religious conference
    77 5 Lim to open religious conference SINGAPORE* Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, will open a World Religious Day conference at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Friday. This yearly conference Is being held to bring people of different faiths together and remove prejudices and ignorance. Mr. Shirin Fozdar. president of the
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    Debate on town and country
    38 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. A debate will be held at the Unity Boys' Club here on Thursday at 3 p.m. The subject to be debated is: "Which is preferable, town life or country life?"
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    Soldier fined
    37 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Pte. E. Benstead, of the Queen's Royal Regiment, was fined $50 in the Magistrate's Court here today for driving a military truck negligently and colliding with a telephone standard on June 25.
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    Canine Welfare dance
    62 5 The Singapore Canine Welfare Association will hold its annual dance at the Fraser and Neave pavilion in River Valley Road on Dec. 1. Highlight of the evening will be a "Bride of the Year" contest, details of which will be announced later. The association's annual general meeting
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    Public holiday
    20 5 TPOH. Mon. Wednesday will be a public holiday in Perak in celebration of the Prophet Mohamed's birthday anniversary.
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    SOLDIER DIDN'T LIKE THE CORPORAL'S ATTITUDE
    104 5 AN ARGUMENT between a soldier and a N.C.O. one night in Singapore last month had nothing to do with L/Cpl. Thomas Dixon Raynor, aged 21. But Raynor, of the Singapore District Workshop, REME. did not like the N.C.O. or his attitude towards the soldier.
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    More equipment for sports centre
    190 5 WEEKLY CLOSING NOW ON MONDAY UROM next week the Singapore Youth Sports Cen- tre will be closed every Monday to give the staff a holiday in place of Sundays, when the centre re- mains open. The centre's gymnasium Is closed until Tuesday while more equipment
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    Blackout in High Street
    54 5 A row of shops in High Street, Singapore, was without electricity last night after a short circuit in a main switch. A spokesman for the City Electricity Engineer's Department told the Straits Times that the necessary repairs could not be made until this morning. The blackout
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    Rush to beat the $24 tin pay-out
    187 5 Rush to beat the $24 tin pay-out FOH, Mon. —In an unprecedented rush that broke all records, Perak tin miners delivered more than 7,000 piculs of ore to purchasing agents during the weekend. Smelting companies which buy the ore kept open on Saturday and Sunday to cope with the rush.
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    Conference on tuberculosis
    48 5 About 100 delegates and observers from Malaya and neighbouring territories will attend the first pan-Malayan tuberculosis conference at the Royal Singapore Tuberculosis Clinic from Nov. 1 to 4. The conference, sponsored by the Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association, will be opened by the Governor, Sir Robert Black.
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    Bandit clash
    28 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A patrol of the Ist. Bn., Rhodesian Rifles, fired on two terrorists in the Tangkak area on Friday. There were no known casualties.
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    Mess burgled
    31 5 IPOH, Mon. A burglar broke into the officers' ness of the 15/19 Hussars in Tarnbun Road and stole $92, a camera and a gold wrist watch early yesterday morning.
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      266 5 INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY 200. Keng Lee Road, 2 p.m. MOVEMENT: Free film show, YJtt.CA.: Australian accounOeneral HospiUl, 7.15 pjn. tancy examinations, Orchard Road. DALE CARNEGIE CLUB: Re- 9 15 am fresher course, Shaws Theatrette. CHINESE V.M.C.A. (off Princt 116 Robinson Road, 6.15 p.m. to Edward Road) Table-tennis, body- 815 om building,
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    DEATHS
    104 6 10 Word, $10 (minimum). HAY: On 7th Oct., at Broughty Ferry, Scotland, after a short illness. Peter Hay late of United Engineers Ltd. JACKSON: On October 7th at a Kursing Home in Eire, Robert Devonsher, late of P.WJD. Malaya, In his 81st year. MISS RUTH LIM, aged 70, beloved
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    174 6 20 Word, $10 (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day to the "Malay Mall" If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. TUNBRIDOE WELLS WATER Biscuits, delightful with Cheese, by Romarys. Maker of Biscuits for the Connoisseur. Sole Agents. Robinson's. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS •howroom 24A Clemenceau House (adjoining Redlflusion) Penang
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    34 6 :</ Word* tlO (minimum). MR. P.V. SAMUEL and children gratefully thank all the friends •nd relatives who helped, attended the funeral and sent floral wreaths and messages of condolence, at their recent be. -avement.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Oct. 16, 1956. Federation Budget
    630 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Oct. 16, 1956. Federation Budget Changes practically each year in the method of presenting the Federation's budget make detailed comparison tedious and difficult, if not almost impossible. But the over-all figures stand out, however they are allocated or divided, and the changes have produced now
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    A Turning Point
    383 6 Eleven years after Hiroshima, atomic power appears as a benefactor of humanity. Human wisdom has caught up with human knowledge. Atomic energy has at last been harnessed commercially in the service of man at Calder Hall atom station in Britain. The station will be opened officially by
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    Case In Point
    142 6 The cost of equipping each member of Singapore's team for the Olympic Games at Melbourne will be just under $100; outfits for the Federation's team members will cost just about $300 each. It is entirely a matter for the Olympic Games committee in each territory to decide
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    CHINA ENTERS THE
    2037 6  -  ALLINGTON KENNARD by The Chines* Communists art quite proud of the industrial progress they are making. The principal targets of the =j first five-year plan have been surpassed. But Chinese leaders admit that even when the second five year plan is completed in 1962 China will still
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      62 6 POPULAR-PRICE GERMAN GUITARS MIS Here is the latest addition to our range of Popular-price Guitars. Model 3013 has painted scenery on the top, as illustrated. SOU Standard Model $21.50 3012 Heavy decorated edges $22.50 3013 As Illustrated 522.M 3015 White top, polished. $24.5* A irfreigh t to your nearest airport
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      42 6 i— TOMORIHNVTrade iinion§ in China World copyright served. Reproduction whole or tn part stric forbidden. Grannie says: Good light's so cheery, Do get Osram always, dearie!" A A THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO, (MALAYA) THE CEWERAL ELBCTHIC CO IT P. Of N l.
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    $27,000 LIQUOR FRAUD-18 MONTHS
    190 7 KOTA BHARU, Mon.— A former storekeeper of Guthrie and Co. here was today sentenced to 18 months' Jail for criminal breach of trust of 336 cases of stout worth $27,370. Bradley Iredale Bates, It %%s said, surrendered to the police four days after the itout wan
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    Br. PATRICK (35 YEARS IN MALAYA) DIES
    100 7 MALACCA, Mon. Brother Patrick, who until his retirement last month was Director of St. Francis* Inscitution. died in the General Hospital here yesterday. He mi 64. He first came to Malaya (t t. Ireland 35 years ago ir.d was particularly wellD Penang. where
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    That 'Shlewgo' test 'it's ideal'
    325 7 IMPORTANT THING IS TACKl.iiir. A HEW PR ALL YOU NEED IS A BIT OF ABSTRACT THOUGHT, SAYS UNESCO EXPERT A Tiivpcrn o j,, i L KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A S£Slv f^ca,Vonal psychology expert today attacked critics of^the n J n hwo Lin intelligence test for
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    ZAHRAH THE PILGRIM BABY
    46 7 ZAHRAH THE PILGRIM BABY YOUNGEST pilgrim to retorn to Singapore from Mecca three-month-old Zahrah. She was born in Mecca while her parents were making the pilgrimage. Zahrah was among the last 238 pilgrims who arrived from Jeddah in Singapore yesterday In the Anklng— Straits Times picture.
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    Wedding smiles from happy couple
    72 7 MR. J. P. FERNANDEZ and his bride, the former Miss Mary Ellen Miranda, after their wedding yesterday at the rnurch of Our Lady of Lourdes. Singapore. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. J. V. Miranda of Singapore. The bridegroom is the son of
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    Bosses say: No merdeka crisis
    229 7 'THERE'S NOTHING TO INDICATE IT KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. ■EMPLOYERS and industrial leaders said here to- day there was no reason to expect a series of industrial crises when the Federation achieved inde- pendence. They were commenting on a statement made by a leading trade unionist.
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    Birthday for two
    55 7 Seven hundred people at the Singapore Hotel last night celebrated the first anniversary of the Malay Farm Girls' Club. But all the "Happy Birthdays" went to the Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock. It turned out to be his birthday. Models from the Singapore Charm and Mannequin
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    Minister warns of 'vile people'
    47 7 BENTONG. Mon. The Minister for Labour. Mr. V. T. Sambanthan. told a rally of 300 people here last night that "vile" elements were trying to wreck the unity of the Alliance. These elements aimed at creating trouble for the Government, he said.
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    Off duty, he rescues a woman
    80 7 Off duty, he rescues a woman PUCE INSPECTOR, J. A Wilson yesterday saw a young woman being molested at Fort Canning Rise yesterday afternoon and arrested a 14-year-old boy after a 100--yard chase. Inspector Wilson, who was off duty and driving with friends saw the incident near the old cemetery.
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    Baby dies in mishap
    69 7 A year-old baby Yeo Slew |Joo, was run over and killed by a lorry at Boon Teck Road, Singapore, at 6 p.m. yesterday. He was in the arms of his 11-year-old aunt, Wong Seok Heng, when the lorry hit him on the shoulder and knocked him
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    TYPHOID BAN ON FESTIVAL
    126 7 Muslims take health officer's advice PENANG; Mon. BECAUSE of the present D outbreak of typhoid in BuWt McrUJam. Muslims in central Province Welloalcy will not celebrate the Prophet Mohamed's birthday on Wednesday. Mass meetings or rallies are prohibited. "On the advice of the health department we
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    Visiting Scout
    26 7 Major-General D. C. Spry, director of the Boy Scouts International Bureau, London, will arrive in Singapore on Oct. 24 for a three day visit.
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    No PAP meet
    31 7 The Singapore Police have rejected an application from the People's Action Party to hold a public meeting at the Beauty World Park (seventh mile Bukit Timah) this evening.
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    Leader quits
    16 7 Mr. S. Sundaraju, yesterday announced his resignation as chairman of the Singapore Unemployment Society.
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    Rehearsal off
    27 7 The Singapore Chamber Ensemble will not hold its usual weekly rehearsal this evening, because of the Muslim holiday. Rehearsals will continue as usual next week.
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    TOP UMNO PROBE ON KHATIJAH CASE
    158 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The secretary-gen-eral of U.M.N.0.. Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, will leave for Johore Bahru this week to inquire into the expulsion of vicepresident Che Khatijah Sidek. Che Khatijah, leader of the u.M.N.O.'s Kaum Ibu was expelled recently for allegedly flouting party
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    Man killed from train
    98 7 KUALA KANOSAR, Mon.— A railway labourer, Mat Deha bin Eyed Ibrahim, was bound over by the Sungei Siput Magistrate in $500. for six months for causing the death of a fellow labourer, Mohamed Yatim bin Kulop Samad, by a rash act not amounting to culpable homicide.
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    MAN AND WIFE ACQUTITED ON RE-TRIAL
    194 7 MAN AND WIFE ACQUTITED ON RE-TRIAL KUMARAPPA CHETTIAR, 63, and his wife, Tan Phek Slang, 41, who were convicted In the Singapore Third Criminal District Court on April 13, on a charge of cheating a widow of $8,000, were acquitted of the charge yesterday without their defence being called. They
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    REFUSED LOAN -SO HE DIED
    249 7 Court told of chisel slaying A CARPENTER who had refused a loan to a friend was killed when the friend ran amok a few days later, it was alleged at a Singapore preliminary in- quiry yesterday. Kuan Ah Meng, 60, was committed for trial at
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    Warning to hunters
    77 7 Don 't hurt elephants A LOR STAR, Mon. The Kedah Game Warden, Tuan Syed Abdullah Aidld, today urged hunters not to hurt wild elephants. "When hurt, they become rogues," he warned. Tuan Abdullah said that even birdshot would upset an elephant. He believed the giant bull tusker
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    Police detain a suspect
    40 7 Singapore Police yesterday detained a 21-year-old Chinese who. they believe, is a member of a gang known to have committed 10 robberies last month. A revolver was recovered. The man will be charged In court today.
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    School for aborigines
    63 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. inche Ibrahim bin Abdul Majid, Assistant District Officer, Pontian, yesterday opened a Malay school for aborigine children at Kuala Redan in the Pontian area of Johore. Clothes, food parcels, exercise books and pencils were distributed to the students by the Social Welfare Department. The
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    Parade by Muslims
    169 7 Parade by Muslims 6,000 TO JOIN PROCESSION ABOUT 6,000 Muslims in Singapore and the surrounding islands will make a two-mile march this afternoon to mark the 1,416 birthday anniversary of the Prophet Mohamed. The mass procession, which will take about three hours will highlight one of the most lavish religious
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    Sir Robert to attend display
    58 7 The Governor of Singapore. Sir Robert Black, and Lady Black will attend the ninth anniversary display and exhibition at the Gimson School for Boys at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Lady Black will distribute the prizes at the exhibition, which was postponed in June owing to
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      209 7 i leads in Precision ■■^^Hi and Performance Go and see your local dealer and handle the LEICA M 3. Only when you have done so will you really he ahle to appreciate the features of this camera. >nly by seeing for you.self can you understand what ■ars of exj>erienre and
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      130 7 I W^^SP ICE: I Wr SINCAPORE $2 2 tin of 50 I I P^ FEDERATION— S2.7S Mr H« SO I THE FINEST WAY TO America Jj UNITED STATIS LINES Tr«»»i til Aacricu -i'h x >:::v;Htfi M| CnlUd si»u. U»*.' W"kl» JalA 9^^ I MrrtcM fraa »««ih«mplon Hitl 9 1* N»»
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    HOW TO SLIM QUICKLY
    189 8 HOW TO SLIM QUICKLY COME of Singapore's curviest women who want to trim down the waistline and lose a few unwanted pounds, are going about their homes looking like characters from outer space in plastic shirts and full-length plastic pants. This, of course, is the old idea of "sweating it
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    TRAVEL POSES SOME FAMILY PROBLEMS What A Life!
    468 8  - TRAVEL POSES SOME FAMILY PROBLEMS What A Life! Christine YiT&^i MONDAY TT has been quite a job 1 to book passages on a ship because we want to go by freighter, but we managed to get accommodation in the end. Today we learn with dismay that the ship has been
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    Show a pretty leg with the new shoes
    278 8 Show a pretty leg with the new shoes TOPICS FOR WOMEN... BY SUSAN BARRIE The newest American shoes on sale in Singapore are the prettiest way to show off slender ankles and shapely legs. New colours and material make them subtle flatterers. TRANSPARENT PLASTIC, marble- grained patent leather, metallic cloth
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    Types music
    97 8 A LONDON woman, who was formerly a professional musician, has invented a typewriter which will Drint music. It has 46 keys and an inch-wide ribbon. Eight shift keys move the type face up and down the stave. The inventor claims that a typist who knows something about music,
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    MR. LIM WAS A DRAW
    123 8 WHEN the Chief Minister, Mr. Urn Yew Hock, was guest speaker at the Business and Professional Women's luncheon in the weekend, the organisers found it impossible to find room for all the guests who wished to attend. Lady Scott, wife of th Commissioner-General and president
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      178 8 >:\-:- > JRL Tti look better, feel better and step out with pride and confidence.- A KIWI shine is the secret, but KIWI does more than that. Its rich waxes go deep into the pore* and keep leather soft and supple alive and glowing! Use KIWI— SEE and FEEL the
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      193 8 1 VuoJ !'v J v RELAXA-TABS I SMOKE I IRRITATES I YOUR EYfS MURINE \w/u <£f 1 SOOTHE THtU Asthma Mucus Loosened First Day Don't let coughing, mtthc ehokins; attacks ot BrMeMtfci Asthma ruin your sleep ar.d another day or night without tr™ MENDACO. This great medicla i not smoke,
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      275 8 Straits Times Crossword 2 3 4-5 in 6 miH 7 Jim*"" 19 mmm ACROSS 8. Advice to the over aomno1. It's camera In crystal form lent (9). (9). 14. A bet Is not to be stubborn 9. Hand on news of some shop? (9). (6). IS. All's after finger of
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    WHY I TRAVEL ALONE
    1719 9  -  PETER TOWNSEND By 'Loneliness is a fearful fhing, but there is always with you an Eternal Presence' IF I may be forgiven a rather elementary treatment of the >roblem. I found that the trouble In planning my round the rid drive was that the American, African,
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      677 9 DO YOU KNOW THAT:--3 (1) In anclant days H was reported that Persian King CYRUS found that surer containers 2 whart drinking water was kept bad practical application of bactwla-kUUn. proptrtlsa 5 (3) Alexander the Great used silver goblet to drink his wine out of. wwrvm. 5 The. Greeks and
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      103 9 Jfr.v Morgan* M.D. Fathers advice Dick Tracy day model bLOODON THE FRONT SEA"f> STREET-y THE CLN J[ V VICIOUS.' WE'RE ON OUR J PQeUMINAf?V NOW TO START Ace O'Hara JgeW prisoner jfU2xvs.*sz,'2?3S&r\ Uass-safVgSJTf 1 |>«S«*jgrSSafa CKCWS CeCTUE* lIS THI <Tggg-n& FOB /S*i Of) VT)u w^^T'^SssJiiSSmS^Tf^'g BBBBBSa ~~-Z. laW 9~~^ Ifl
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    BRITAIN BOUGHT 25 PER CENT OF MALAYA'S RUBBER
    738 10 BRITAIN BOUGHT 25 PER CENT OF MALAYA'S RUBBER By Our Market Correspondent DRITAIN was the best customer for Malaya s rubber in the first nine months of this year and in that time bought nearly 25 per cent of all Malayan rubber shipments which totalled Britain" 8 actual purchases during
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    119 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Asoeiatlon made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100):— New Yerk: buying airmail: T.T. 32 9/16, O.D. 32 11/16, 90 d/st 32 15/16 credit bills, 33 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail: T.T. 31 3/4 OJ3. 31 7/8, 90
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    RUBBER PRICES
    152 10 November first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 92 U centa per lb.. up one-eighth of cent on Friday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet and slightly steadier. Closing prices In centa per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL: No. 1 RS.S, Spot f.o.b. buyers 92
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    Borneo dividend
    24 10 The Borneo Company Ltd. will pay a final ordinary dividend or 15 per cent, leaa tax, for the year ended March 11.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    64 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcui yesterday were: Copra: quiet- Oct. $26'» buyers, $26^ sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $40 > 4 sellers, drum $43% sellers. Pepper; quiet: no business reported done: Muntok white $105, Sarawak $104. special Sarawak black $73 (all unchanged). Singapore Copr» Association
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    87 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS lOUq TNVESTME a firm tone \ur h nar^ tions on the Stock Exr today. Trading active with few heaw recorder. In mininwere strong. Gold h variable. a i Loans 3'»% 1856-59 tr-, Loans IOiC-lt. Con. Zinc Bank of N.S.W Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill HiU 50 Mount Morgan
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    Quarterly output
    32 10 Suntei Way tin ore a- the quarter ended Se-*-' was 4.645 piculs. No. 2 Dredge resumed on July 21, after electrical drive and fSI pontoon. Prom that da>;V.~, were working
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    TALAM MINES
    12 10 I Talam Mine* output 9* 1 ber was 395 piculs.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    20 10 SINGAPORF n., 1 Per 1b (up on. a cent). TIN: $388.62* (d COPRA S minan. per Jg chanred).
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      335 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Cltisens or Subject* of one of the MaUy Rulers for two vacancies for qualLled and experienced temporary Junior Technicians (Surveyors) in the Public Works Department, South West Pahang. Salary Scale: $85 x 7.50—115/ 137.50 x 7.50—197.50/212.50 x 7 50— 280 plus C.O.L.A. at
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      246 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS MUNICIPALITY OF GEORGE TOWN, PENANG ELECTRICITY SUPPLY DEPARTMENT INSTALLATION INSPECTOR Applications are Invited from Federal Citizens or Malayar-born British Subjects for the vacant post of Installation Inspector on the permanent staff of the Electricity Supply Department, subject to a probationary period of six months. The salary scale Is
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      282 10 NOTICES THE GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY LTD. (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya). NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that at the Fifty First General Annual Meeting of the Company to be held on Wednesday 31st 1 October. 1956 at 11 a.m. the I Directors will recommend for approval payment of Dividend of
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      1014 10 NOTICES REGULATION 4(l) OF THE HOTELS Licensing Regulations, 1956. Notice of Quarterly Srwrtonn of the Hotels Llrrnting Board, Singapore. NOTICE Is hereby given that I the Hotels Licensing Board will i meet in the Court of the 2nd Criminal District Judge, South Bridge Road. Singapore at 2.30 pjn. on Thursday
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      457 10 NOTICES ANNOUNCEMENT We herewith announce that Mr Scow Thlam Kirn la no longer tn our employment and has no longer authority to transact any business on our behalf. I J ACOBSON VAN DEN BERG (8) LTD. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SELANGOR NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC The Public art hereby Informed that
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      445 10 KNUTSEN LINE oriknt service FROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAYS Sailing San Vancouver Francisco Spore P. Swer. Pcnaiu ftasa Anna Bakke 19/23 Ocr 25 Oct 27 Oct 4V. Elisabeth Bakke 23 Ocr 23/25 Nov 26 Nov No 01 50: Cjertrud Bakke 27 Ocr 10 Nov 10/12 Dec 13 Dec 15
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      1221 11 T.i»4os MANSFIELD ffSc CO., LTD. Vm\ Mil (18 lines) Irvorp^roted in Singapore! (12 Hues) •JJSJ" THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE S*J vig other pcd» to load oru dischcrae corao SAILINGS I. IIVERr-OOL, 61AS6OW, LONDON A CONTINENTAL PORTS rOSITION O> VESSELS V.MICH HAVE LEFT MALAYA HOMEWARDS A WJ A "S~"TTS'rf So.d 17.18
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      1920 11 MiMMam^IMtLILJILW^ffWTfTJM EAST ASIATIC UNES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR FAR EAST "MEON.A- PtnQO P Sh S •-OGOTA- ii oc,/ r N .v 2/i n.v I s:: HOMEWARD. N AGENDA, HAM.U.O Om^s Gen... Als. Call. 8.1 b.., K.rlsh.-.. PANAMA" A^ k .^»/"h.^ W U U "FAUTRIA" c Cans Seuthempten (Pessengers only}.
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      1311 11 McALISTER <5t CO., LTD. TEL.: Ne.: ***** KIiIisfMAM Ok BUCKKALL KUVIMFM LIKE fcONDOH. HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG SEATTLE, VANCOUVER I PORTLAND ond for U.S.A., North Atlantic Porti Accepting eorae for Central A kui., and Conoda v:a Colombo Amsrlse CITY OP BATH RONNEVILU S'pora P. Sham Penang Spore
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      Paper company to build new factory here
      309 12 Paper company to build new factory here A LEADING paper products manufacturing company in Malaya, Singapore Paper Products Ltd., has plans to build a new factory costing $250,000 in the Colony, early next year, to cope with its growth of business. The factory, which will incorporate the latest industrial designs
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      Iron ore production increase
      183 12 Iron ore production increase FLON ORE production in Malaya will be increased considerably when the new 51.50 C.000 Tambun Mining Company comes Into production by the end of this month. This is the third iron mine to start production in Perak. The other two are the Malayan Mining Company and
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      NEW MAN FOR AGENCY
      57 12 NEW MAN FOR AGENCY ANEW ACCOUNT executive recently joined Masters Ltd., the advertising agency. He is Mr. Bruce Lockwood aged 22 of Sydney, Australia. Before coming to Singapore Mr. Lockwood was with George Patterson Ptv. Ltd. He attended the same advertising school in Sydney as Mr. Hayden Lacey, another account
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      Synthetic: A warning
      82 12 A WARNING that natural rubber growers cannot afford to regard the powerful research activity in the American synthetic rubber industry with equanimity is given by Mr. R O. Jenkins, chairman of Prang Besar Rubber Estate Ltd. New and more formidable opponents to natural than GR-S are on
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      New German, Swiss watches for Colony market
      215 12 New German, Swiss watches for Colony market A MOVE is being made in Singapore by a repreA sentative company of two watch factories in Europe to introduce yet more types of watches into the Colony. Mr. c. K. Shah, proprietor of the Crown Watch Co., of Bombay, announced this last
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      Diesel engines find big market in Malaya
      187 12 THE Far East sone manager of a large British diesel engine manufacturing company, Mr. D. G. Little, arrived in Singapore last week on a week's visit to contact acents and distributors. Mr. Little, from F. Perkins and Co.. Peterborough will also visit Hong
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      SWEDISH COMPANY EXPAND BUSINESS
      236 12 SWEDISH COMPANY EXPAND BUSINESS fTHE only Swedish fur- niture manufacturing company in Malaya Wendt (Singapore) Ltd., are planning to expand their business because they report increasing demand for their products. The company are now negotiating the appointment of agents in the Federation. Mr. Hendrik Maandag. manager of the company, said
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      324 12 British products I of quality A Hiii marine dmwNb Diesel motive **"^s^avSs3ss*a^^^^ 10 H.P TO 60 H P B^Bi kU t\ B^bV fit i^B^B^B^B^^^^^^^^^-^;^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^* MALAYAN MOTORS LTD HOM*"ON «f P«f Sf NT ATIWIJ WEARNE BROS. LTD IPOM KUALA lump, Sf^IHBAN AND MALACCA THE WORLDS GREATEST HEALER The safest, surest^^^^S^t treatment
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    U.S. WILL DOMINATE SPRINTS AT MELBOURNE
    482 13 Record man couldn't hold his place By HAROLD ABRAHAMS (Britain's Olympics Gold Medallist) W___ LONDON, Monday. HEN I am asked, and on the average I am asked at least once a day, "How many gold medals do you expect Great Britain to bring home?"
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    Lock icon ÜBER CUP PLAY IN EARNEST BEGINS
    350 13 LONDON, Mon. ANEW badminton season is at hand and 1956-57 marks a forward step in the came as nearly a doien nations prepare for the inaugural Über Cup tournament. In a month's time the real battle will be on for this handsome trophy, donated
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    Lock icon Smirke wins on Tyrone
    89 13 PARIS, Mon. pHARUE Smlrke, the English Jockey, rode French-trained Tyrone to victory In the £8.500 Grand Criterlum, richest two-year-old race In Europe, run over a mile at Longchamp here yesterday. I Tyrone, owned by M. Jacques Puerarl, made all the running to win by five lengths
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    NARROW VICTORY
    21 13 Khalsa Association edged Singapore Cricket Club 1-0 in a friendly hockey match on the padang yesterday. Harbajan Singh scored.
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    JOHORE TEAM TO MEET PENANG
    50 13 The Johore Badminton Association yesterday announced their team to meet the touring Penang team on Oct. 17 at Johore Bahru. The players are: Singles: Roland Ng. Omar Manap; Doubles: Robert Ng and Abbas Wahab, Ahmad Hajl Abdullah and Ang Kam Fatt; Women's singles: Shirley Yap.
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    ALL BLUES TEAM TOMORROW
    41 13 The All Blues team to meet Singapore Cricket Club at rugger on the padang tomorrow will be: Slvaratnam, Longpoteh, Chong Yew, Choon Mong, Teong Quee, Eng Slang, Bulat. Yuet Cheng. Mehta, Rickets, Sundram, JafTar' Thanl, Adams, Scharengulvel.
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    26 13 FLORENCE, Italy, Mon— The Italian national team yesterday scored a 102-99 victory over France In a two-day international track and field meet here. A.P.
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    Boos greet the Bailey antics
    159 13 Boos greet the Bailey antics MELBOURNE, Mon. AMERICAN educated f* Jim Bailey introdutfkd gamesmanship into the Australian track and field championships *nd drew boos of a hometown crowd. Bailey, home from the la. to run for Australia in the Olympic Games, won the 800-metres in 1:51.2 at the Olympic trials
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    Lock icon Connoly does it again
    71 13 BERKELEY, California, Mon.— Hal Connoly. of Boston, beat the official world record for the hammer throw with a distance of 216 ft. 10 'I in. during a training meeting for the U.S. Olympic team here. The distance was exactly 2ft. below his best throw on Oct.
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    Fourth victory for Ceylonese
    221 13 CEYLON Sports Club scored their fourth consecutive victory when they trounced University of Malaya 3-1 In a S.H.A. first division league game at Balestier Road yesterday. This was the University's opening fixture In the league and It was not an impressive start although they fielded nine
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    Lock icon ACCIDENT PUTS HIM OUT
    109 13 TOKYO. Mon. i ONE OF Japan's Melbourne Olympic hopefuls In the high jump event was seriously Injured last nl?ht when he was run over by a car. The Japanese Athletic Association said that Noboru Kaaamatsu. 22. sustained stomach Injuries which wllj prevent him competing la the
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    Malayan crack shots are Games early birds
    701 14 THE Federation's first Olympic Games competitors to reach Melbourne will be Liew Foh Shin and Moe Fu Kiat, two of the four members of the Shooting: Team. They left Singapore yesterday and Are due in Melbourne today more than a month before the
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    Colony sending 65 to Games
    820 14 SOBC ACCEPTS ALL FOUR ATHLETES, TWO EXTRA HOCKEY PLATERS CONTINGENT LEADER: C C. Tan; VICE-LEADER: G. H. Kiat; CHEF DE MISSION: A. T. Rajah. Athletics Kesavan Soon (100 metres and 200 metres). Mary Klass (women's 100 metres and 200 metres), Janet Jesudason (women's 100 metres
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    SYSC will get more coaches very soon
    266 14 SYSC will get more coaches very soon T*HE Singapore Youth Sports Centre will have its coaching staff, which now stands at two, Raymond Kaufman and Wong Peng Soon increased very soon. In fact, the services of a gymnastic coach has already been acquired. On Oct. 22 when the gymnastic hall
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    ONLY GOAL WINS
    34 14 Oan Eng Seng School beat St. Joseph's Institution 1-0 in sn In-ter-school hockey match at Anson Road yesterday. Eakar scored. St. Joseph's second string beat O.E.S. 2-0 in an earlier game.
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    Weights for Singapore
    628 14 Weight t for Saturday, first day of the Singapore Gold Cup meeting: Cl. l,Dlv. 1-1 M Bearer Bond 9.00 Three Rings 8.11 Little Pappa 8.11 Triatic 8.09 Nazakat 8.08 Zabaglione 8.07 Dantesque 8.06 South Pacific 8.04 Muffin Man 8.04 Shangrila 8.03 Adelaide Star 8.03 Cypress Point 8.02
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    REME get four off Reces
    94 14 T> E.M.E. beat S.R.C. 4—o In a v S.H.A. Dlv. 2 league hockey fixture on the padang yesterday. In another Dlv. 2 game; 8.0.D.C.A. trounced R.A.P. Changi 8-0 at St. George* Road Sanrokh Singh (4), Wmie Chin (2). Gupta and Klrpal Singh scored. R.A.S.C. trounced
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    WONG CHARGES 'SMC UNFAIR' —AND QUITS
    42 14 L. J. Parfitt parts company with his machine in dramatic style when he ran into a patch of oil in Sunday's Cup Hill Climb in Singapore He was unhurt and rode again later in the day.
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    Club not treating motor cyclists right, he says
    264 14 By SAUL JOSHUA ONE of Singapore's best racing motor-cyclists K. C. Wong, has decided to quit the sport as 2 direct result of last Sunday's Gap Hill Climb ir Singapore. Wong was one of four competitors who fell at a sharp bend
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    Fastest '880' by Pereira —Lim
    106 14 Fastest '880' by Pereira —Lim KUALA LUMP' IUR. LIM TH iU coach for thr-F,? tion afhlft the Olympic l > made a surpri> nouncemem party which he members oi c ration O onti n 2 here today He said Kennrth P clocked 1 m:r 800 metres r Farrer Park when
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    Lock icon Aussies set for defeat
    81 14 KARACHI. Mon.-Pu*l were only six runs of victory over Australia close of the fourth days nb in the Test match her? They were 63 for oiit i their second inning-, ifl dismissing Australia for ii Pakistan led on the first h ings by 119 runs-199 Hi
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    Bad light stops tennis tie
    62 14 The Singapore Chinest R«j! ter-flnal) tennis tie be:*< ter-flnal tennis tie beurtta 1 Eng Han ana Won); Chang Te had to be stopped halfway :>.:: the third set owing to the MA I light at Hong Llm Grca pu day. Tan En* Han (-30) nsJaA
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