Indian Daily Mail, 17 October 1953

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  • 16 1 Indian Daily Mail VOL. EC No. 247. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1953. SIX PAGES 15 CENTS.
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  • 202 1 N. Korean Prisoners Refuse To Attend "Explanations" I'ANMINIOM, Oct 16.— Six hundred Indian custodian troops today surrounded a compound containing North Korean prisoners who refused to come out to hear "explanations" by Communist officers on why they should return home. Major General K. S. Thimayya,
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    75 1 Britain's atomic weapon exploded on the Woomera rocket range in Australia on Wednesday was a warhead for use on guided missiles, reports in Australia suggested. It is believed that Sir William Penney. Britain's top atomic scientist, pressed the button to put the starting mechanism into operation. The explosion
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  • 308 1 New Members To UN Good Offices Committee To Help Solve The Deadlock NEW YORK, Oct. 16.— The Special Political Committee of the General Assembly yesterday decided to appoint a three-man Good Offices Committee consisting of Peru, Holland and Egypt to help solve the deadlocked issue of the admission of new
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  • 188 1 PANMTNJOM, Oct. 16.— The Indian custodian forces in Korea cancelled "explanations" which were to have been made to north Korean prisoners today after the Koreans refused to leave iin-ir compounds. Six hundred Indian custodian troops had earlier surrounded a compound containing North Korean prisoners who refused to come
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  • 44 1 Divine Mother's Day (Vijaya r>asami Day) will be celebrated at Shuddha Samajam, Petaling. Kttla Lumpur today at 4.30 "m. There will be an instrumental (Veena) music performance by Miss Ganga and Miss Meenakshi (daughters of Mr. K. Narayana dyer).
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  • 62 1 HANOI, Oct. 16. -French I'mon commandos landed this morning behind the Vietminh lines ringing the extreme southern tip of the Red River delta, Indo-China and drove inland to support an important offensive launched yesterday. They stormed beaches at Cap Rond, 50 miles south of inanhhoa from
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  • 302 1 WORLD PEACE DEPENDS ON PEOPLE— NIXON SYDNEY, Oct. 16. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon told the Australians Thursday night that world peace depends "not on the atomic bomb but on the people." Only a few hours before he spoke. Britain's second atomic test explosion resounded over the Australian desert some
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  • 134 1 HOWSTON, TEX, Oct. 16 Actress Rita Hayworth said yesterday she is out of money and must depend en the income of her husband Dick Haymes for support. "When I left •Hollywo^l I had US$2,OOO from my movie work and that's gone now," she said. "I must depend on
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  • 201 1 To Plug For Tough Approach Ministers Meet LONDON. Oct. 16. U.S. Secretary of State John Foster uuues today meets with the British and French Foreign Ministers to plug for a tough step-by-step approach to cold war problems without any dependence on "magic formulas."' Mr. Dulles begin his threeday talks with
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  • 133 1 Dulles Meets Churchill Eden LONDON, Oct. 16. Sir Winston Churchill and Mr. John Foster Dulles met here last night three hours after the United States Secretary of State arrived in London by air for the weekened Big Three Foreign Ministers conference. With Mr. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, they had
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  • 218 1 Wants To Address Indian Parliament GEORGETOWN, BRITISH GUIANA, Oct. 16.— Dr. Cheddi Jagan, in an interview said he cabled Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru last night calling for his help. He also asked for an invitation for himself and People's Progressive Party chairman Linden Forbes Burnham
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  • 192 1 RUSSIA CHAMPIONS YUGOSLAVIA! NEW YORK, Oct. 16.— Soviet Russia's delegate, Mr. Andrei Vyshinsky_ yesterday denounced the Anglo-American decision to hand over zone A of Trieste to Italy as a violation of the Italian peace treaty. In a 45-minute speech to the Security Council, Mr. Vyshiasky said the Soviet Union would
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  • 81 1 LONDON. Oct. 16.— Britain's birth rate in the second quarter this year was the highest for two years and the death rate the lowest since 1948. The (Registrar Qenetrai released figures yesterday showing there were 179,464 births in the quarter year which ended in June, a
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  • 61 1 LONDON, Oct. 16.— The explosion of the atomic bomb on Wednesday on the Woomera Rocket Range in Central Australia was heard yesterday In thousands of British homes. Listeners to the British Broadcasting Corporation's morning news bulletins heard a recordng. The initial explosion was followed by
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  • 115 1 NEW DELHI, Oct. 16.— Canadian aid under the Colombo plan will expand from the Indian. Pakistan and Ceylon area throughout Southeast Asia as a result of the current meetings here of the Plan Consultative Committee, Canadian Fisheries Minister James Sinclair said Thursday. Mr. Sinclair, who leads
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  • 479 1 LONDON, Oct. 16.— Prime Minister Churchill y ester* day formally accepted the noble prize for literature and said he hoped to go to Stockholm to receive the award. Swedish Ambassador Gunnar Haeggioef ottered the prize to Churcnill in the cabinet room at No. 10
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  • 119 1 Zafrullah warns NEW YORK, Oct. 16.— An Arab-Asian group spokesman warned the West again yesterday the freedom loving peoples of Asia and Africa might turn to Communism if the West turns a deaf ear to their demands. Sii Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, Pakistan's Foreign Minister, ended the
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  • 46 1 SAIGON, Oct. 16. The Vietnam National Conerws unanimously d -Tided ffiday that the state nhould. not be a member of the French Union after obtaining the "total independence" which Congress last night urged the head of state. Bao Dal, to claim from France. Reuter
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  • 205 1 KANSAS CITY. Oct. 16. President Eisenhower Tnujraday night told the nation of his Administration's plans to solve tnc farm problem, following an earlier address in which he expressed confidence tnat the United States can bring peace to the world. In his night address before the
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  • 64 1 LYONS, France, Oct. 16.— Two trains collided near hear today, and first reports said about. 50 people were killed. Latest casualty reports said ten people were killed, and fifty injured, 20 of them seriously. A suburban train crowded with workers had just pulled up at Serezi
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  • 51 1 According to a Gazette notification yesterday, three more large areas of land in Singapore are likely to be needed for low-cost housing, The areas are situated at Kirn Seng Road, Thomson Roed (between the sth and 6th miles) and Prlnc* of Wales fc«a<l, off SuWt Tun*h
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  • 489 2 Indian Daily Mail S'pore, Sat, Oct. 17, 1953. NOTES AND COMMENTS (On The Truth About British Guiana) "MAROONED" INDIAN* fO the non-Indians the latest developments in British Guiana are at best only of some academic interest, but to the Indians themselves they are much more than that. They are, if
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  • 1919 2 PROGRESS SINCE INDEPENDENCE MODERNISATION OF EQUIPMENT 'THE history of the Indian x Navy, as we know it today, dates back to 1613, when the Indian Marine was constituted as a fighting force of the East India Company and played its part in the wars against the
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  • 295 2 KURNOOL.: Addressing a puDlic meeting, held in Bastion Maldan last week under auspices of the Viaalandhra. Students' Conference, Sri A. V. iK. Ghaitanya presiding, Sri Vavilala GopalakJriahnayya, M.L.A., Guntur, urged the immediate formation of Visaianama with the Telugti speaking areas of Mysore, urosa. and Hyderabad, removing
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  • 179 2 LONDON The Rev. Michael Scott, champion of African rights, left for the United Nations General Assembly in New York. A report by the United Nations Commission on the racial Situation in South Africa made in Geneva. and embodying a statement, by Mr. Scott, is about
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  • 25 2 T.C. State Congress QUILON: Presiding over the Congress Workers' Conference convened under the auspices of the Quilon Town Congres- Committee, Mr. Kalathil Vcuiyudhan Nair. Minis-
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  • 190 2 NEW DELHI: Mr. Jawa. harlal Nehru, President of the Indian National Congress, haa agreed to tour Travancore. Cochin during the campaign preceding the coming General Elections in January next. Mr. A. J. John, the Chief Minister of the State, who came to Delhi to attend
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  • 57 2 PASSARA: The Invest. gating Officers for the Registration of Indian and Pakistani Residents in this district have a regular complaint that the orthdox wife, with ail cajoling, persistently refuses to mention the name of her husband. Fortunately, estate clerks come to their rescue, or els« many of
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  • 268 2 Ter rS^ 9 i? t SS M Z Ih i inmer(!e *»<» Industry Minis- The Government has alroa* U> set up two Development Councils, one for internal combustiou engines, and powerdriven pumps, and the other for heavy chemicals acids and fertilisers. The first
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  • 673 2 E3INAKULAM: -Nothing stand* In the tray of forging some sort of unity among Leftist Parties lii 7^. vancore-Cochln, Including the Praja Socialist Party, with a view to opposing the Congress in the next election*.' and thp steps so far taken In this direction have
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  • 886 3 The Colombo Plan— Only The Beginning Of A Mighty Task THE MARQUESS OF READING Joint Under-Seeretary <rf state for Foteijn Affair*, Government orf United Kingdom. In the troubled world of today it in always disaster and discord that make the biggest headlines, and the reader in search of more encouraging
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  • 477 3 POONA: The Nagur Pact, i < recently arrived at between the representatives of Maharashtra, i Mahavidarbha, and Marath i wada, on the formation or a i single Maharashtra State com- prising the continguous Mara* i thi-speaking areas of Bombay, Madnya Pradesh, and Hydera- I bad States with
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  • 459 3 "The first Shetland wedding I ever went to was my own" said David Howarth in a recent BBC talk. It was not really a typical one, for during the war a real party could not be managed, and although his < wife was a Shetlander, How- 1 arth
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  • 109 3 TIRUNEL.VELI: Swaminatha Ganapadi, 25, a member of the Sthalasthars of Sri Subraroania Devasthanam, Tiruchendur, was found guilty of theft by the Sub-Magistrate, Tiruchendur, but released under the Probation Act. He was ordered to execute a bond to be of good behaviour for one year. The accused
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  • 128 3 CUyDAPAH: Mr. P. A. Nazareth, Sessions Judge, found Buchupalli Ramachandra Red. di <lb) guilty of the murder of his sister, but on account of his tender age. directed that he be detained in the Senior Certified School, Chingleput. The prosecution case was that the accused,
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  • 161 3 TENKASI: The passenger c bus-service from Tenkasl to t Shencottah Is now terminated r at the inter-State border, in- s stead of the buses plyiru? in the Travanoore-Oochin terri- c tory proceeding to Shencotah. This has resulted In hardship to bus passengers who have
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  • 81 3 Seen after a meeting of the British Cuiana Executive Council at Government House, Georgetown, on October 6, are the six members of the Cabinet whose portfolios have been withdrawn, according to an October 9 announcement. They are (from left) L. F. S. Burnham, Education; Jai Narine Singh,
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  • 834 3 Gene Serious About Aly: Or... ANTIBES, France Gene X Tierney and Aly Khan are j good friends awfully good i friends but nobody around t them hears any wedding 1 bells i yet. I Their appearances together a at some of Europe's plushest r recreation centres made lots of people
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  • 78 3 KAXPUR: Flying Officer A. Lahirt, ajjed 20, who was at* fcached to the LA.F. station, Ambala, and had come here to take an aircraft took off recently In a slnxle seater Vampire for a test flight. His plane hit a vulture and crash* ed resulting
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  • 321 3 NEW DELHI: The Esta juty Bill will come Into fore*. rom Oct. 15. Announcing this, a Press tommunique issued by the rliniatry of Finance recently aid: "The President, having riven his assent to the Estate Duty Bill as passed by both louses of Parllamenst, the Government of India
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  • 543 3 COCHIN: Mr. M. A* MASTER, Chairman, Port an I Shipping Statistics Committee, and member of the National Harbour Board, said the maximum tonnage of 6,00,000 toto be reached between 1951-52 and 1955-56 as laid down by the Planning Commission fell short of India's
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  • 376 3 rpHE New Zealand, Canadiar x Pakistan and Australian go\ ernments are associated In the establishment of a model fan under the Colombo Plan, I the Thai region comprising a area of about 9,000,000 acrebetween the Jhelum Indus r vers in the Western Punjai. The farm Is
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  • 374 3 MADRAS: Consequent ot» the Andhra Ministers resignation from the Madras Cabinet and their portfolios having been distributed among some of the remain ng Ministers, two of the latter have moved into the chambers vacated by the Andhra Ministers. Thus, they will be nearer to each other
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  • 299 3 Stoneheng, the group o; standing stones on Salisbury Plain, is generally considered to be the most important ant quity in England and the da of its erection has long beci the subject of archaeologica argument. New evidence as v the monument's probable date has now been found
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    25 4 Photo. British Troops march through Water Street George Town, British Guiana, after their iliscmbarkation. from the Rovel Navy Frigates H.M s FMcrhiirtr r.., d,,^i,Lj A.P.
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  • 1494 4 This article indicate* the rich mineral resource* of Intone* a, the present production and steps taken for their proper exploitation. Indonesia is known for its vast mineral potential. In this field, however, much remains to be done. The following is a survey of the present stage of
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  • 98 4 "The Order consists of the Sovereign and sixteen Knights; the original number was twelve in allusion to Christ and His Apostles, but the number was increased by King George IV. Although they no longer have to do so, Knights of the Thistle used to have
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  • 111 4 "Wives, when at sales, often take It into their heads to buy their husbands now clothes. These purchases are often regulated less by the inherent desirability of hte article than by its price. As a result, husbands all over London— and indeed all over Britain are certainly returning home
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  • 101 4 "Anne Hatha way's cottage at Shottory is still thoro, firmly rooted in English soil, the wooden beams seeming to grow from the earth. Shakespeare wouldn't quite understand if one told him that two thousand four hundred and three pairs of feet from Australia had walked in
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  • 476 4 The teen-age editors of the Scarsdale (New York) High School newspaper, The Maroon, did not idie away their last vacation. While their companions were engaged in various holiday activities, these young newsmen were busy bringing out the September issue The Maroon, which U
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  • 124 4 BOSTON (Massachusetts: The Universalist Service Committee, a small but useful church group here, responded to an appeal from the United Nations Educations, Scienti- fie and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to help finance the < four-year literacy programme I of the city of Bombay. I According to
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  • 64 4 AZAD PAKISTAN PARTY KARACHI: The strength of the three-man Azad Pakistan Party (opposition party in the Pakistan Parliament) has now been reduced to one with the resignation of Shaukat Hyat and the sole member left now Is Mian Iftlkharuddin. The reasons for resignations of the two members
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  • 110 4 The leader of the Congress party in the Pakistan Parliament, Mr. S. C. Chattopadhyaya, has described as "undemocratic" the Pakistan constitutional formula announced by the Pakistan Prime Minister, Mr. Mohammed AH. Mr. Chattopadhyaya told PTI that what he objected to was the giving equal powers to both
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  • 213 4 NEW DELHI: The forth- coming Conference of Speak- ers, will consider a proposal to form an association whose membership will be open to I All members of Parliament, and State Legislatures The Conference will be held at Gwaljor from Oct. 24 The Secretaries of the various Legislatures
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  • 379 4 KARACHI: Pakistan's Prime Minuter, Mr. Mohammed Ali, announced to Pressmen here that the deadlock over Constitution-making had been broken and a new formula Mr. Mohammed All said that under this new formula unanimously accepted by the Muslim League Assembly Party the Federation of Pakistan would
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  • 181 4 LONDON The London Times in an editorial on Oct. 10 praised the progress made In tne first nine months by the Community Development Programme. It said: "This programme represents scientific application of Gandhi' 3 idea on a nationwide scale backed by resources of central and state governments.
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  • 235 4 India—Efficiency NUiVV DEU*I: Effective steps have been taken by Mr. B. C. Mukherjee, Chairman of the Indian airlines, to make travel more comfortable and to increase the safety and efficiency of the all services. In a circular addressed to the Regional Resident Representatives, he has instructed them
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  • 89 4 SHIMOGA: Mr. 8. Nljalta Rappa, Member of P*rxlaoi«nt, said that the Planning Com mission is sympathotlcaJly considcrin the desirablllt> of helping: all projects, especially Lakkavalll and Gataprabha *5n the scarcity areas. The Vlce-Cliairman. Mr. V. T. Krlshnamacnari he said is very sympathetic towards this major project and mi^ht
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  • 136 4 PUDUKOTTAI: In connect Won with the burglary at the Pudukottai Municipal Trtasury. the police have arrested one Anunasai Koravan and recovered a sum of .Rs. 400 from him, alleged to be portion Jrf the sum burgled from the Treasury. Further investstion is proceeding. The police have also
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  • 241 4 WASHINGTON-— Some top U.S. policy makers believe the United States and Russia are approaching an atomic stalemate. Some think this may tend to stabilise relationships of the big powers and so contribute to development of more peaceful relations, however uneasy. At the same time, foreign policy experts
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  • 345 4 The spreading idea that an atomic stalemate is approaching stems from the estimate that the United States ajid Russia will soon be able to do devastating injury to each other. This country, of course, has had the power to work atomic destruction on the Soviet Union
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  • 125 4 PANMUNJOM: The Govern, ment of India have decided to furnish the Indian field post offices in Korea with the In-foJU-J? 08 6 stam P s Archaeological series) overprinted with the words "Bharatiya SalSni Force Kore a> i° H.ndi (Devanagri script). Following denominations have been overprinted: three, six
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  • 576 5 Union Minister Seeks Advice Of Indl. Council NEW DELHI: The Central Advisory Council of Industries, at its fourth meeting, is expected to give its advice to the Government of India on the future of the group of five textile mills in Bombay, known
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  • 118 5 BANGALORE: Will the consumption of more wheat aid (birth control? Is rice a stimulant to population increase? These vital Questions are Ukely to be subjected to scientific inquiry by Sri M. V. Krishnappa, Union Deputy Minister for Food. Talking to Pressmen, recently. Sri Krishnappa said It appeared to
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  • 33 5 I^AHORE: Mr. Samuel Vaugh, U.S. Assistant Secretary or State ho» arrived here on a twoday visit to Punjab (P>. He \n accompanied by his wife. They Now Delhi. FOC
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  • 314 5 BOMBAY: Mr. Matrika Prasad Koirala. Prime Minister of Nepal, said that the chances of rapprochement between the Nepali Ministry and the Nepali Congress were "not very bright." "Nonetheless, I have not lost hopes about it" he told reporters in an interview. Mr. Matrika Prasad said that his
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  • 198 5 TRIVANDRUM Sri N. Thandrasekhara Ayyar, Chair* nan at the Delimitation Oomnission, arrived here but veek by air from Madras. The two other members of the 3ommissk>n, Sris Kaul and K. V. <K. Sundaram also arrived. The Commission will meet the two succeeding days at •the Residency for
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  • 740 5 New Industrial Units Foreign Participation NEW DEUQ: The Cent dustries, will consider a propo* to foreign concerns to estahlis in the country, the possible el existing undertakings in the s* view, subject to the interests < meroe and Industry Minister, ft will preside at the meeting. Indian industrialists had urgued
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  • 151 5 FOOD NEEDS OF MADRAS VIRUDHUNAGAR: Sri C. Subramaniam, Finance Minister, said Madras State had Its own problems, and difficulties, especially In the matter of food after the separation of Andhra, <a»d that only a strong and stable administration would be able to solve them. Stating that the food prospects appeared
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  • 93 5 MADRAS: In North Arcot district, out of 2,904 tanks, 1,729 are dry, according to an otticiala report. Water supply in South Arcot district appeals to be adequate. Rainled tanks in Trlchy had received about a month's supply of water, but more rain Is needed. Pudukottal, Madural, Ramanathapuram. Salem,
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  • 115 5 KARACHI The ruling Muslim League Central Assembly Party set up a sevenman sub-committee to study and report on what, if any, should be the State religion of Pakistan. The President of the Pakistan Constituent Assembly, Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan will be the chairman of this subcommittee. Pakistan's
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  • 76 5 L.AHORK: Khan Jalaluddin. who was recently forced to give up his office of Minister in the NWFP Cabinet has resigned from thfc Presidentship of the Hazara District Muslim League. His resignation is understood to have been accepted by Khan Abdul Qaiyum Khan. President of the
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  • 397 5 LONDON: Alphabet* and scripts of the lndo-Pakiv-(an Hub-continent from the 6th Century B.C. onwards ngur« iargely in the "History of the Alphabet" Exhibition being held in London last week. Sponsored by the publisher, Mr. Ronald Staples, the display shows how the world learned to read and write; its
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  • 169 5 POONA: Sri Sri Prakasa, Governor of Madras, deplored the intention of some people to "efface the Barnes of great men of foreign land*" stnoe India had atUiaed Independence Presiding over the annual day of the Queen Mary's Technical School for
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  • 193 5 Sri Sri Prakasa appealed to the people to contribute generously to the Indian Disabled Soldiers Fund to enable ttiem to earn their Jiving commensurate with their diminishing capacity. He said he was one of those, who believed that the freedom of India was won not only
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  • 267 5 KABUL: Barter Motown. mad Daoud .Khan, Prime Minister of Afghanistan, addressing the members of the Afgnan Parliament condemned the policy ot the Pakistan Government "la denying the birthright of seven million Pakhtoon brothers of Afghanistan." He emphasised that this policy was quite inconsistent with Islamic justice and international
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  • 476 6 Hopes Off Better Deal From Sir John Kotelawala NEW DELHI: Deep regret is expressed in official and political circles here over Mr. Dudley Senanayake's resignation from the Prime Ministership of Ceylon. It was the main topic of discussion at the large gathering of Commonwealth statesmen who
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  • 137 6 LONDON: Chances that the Queen will visit Oeylon arc Increased by the change of Government. The new Ceylonese Prime Minister, 56-year-old Sir John Kotelawala, is as tough as they come. His opponents find his frankness "brutal". He is an outdoor man, land-owner and planter
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  • 139 6 COLOMBO: British hotel owner may open a modern night club in Colombo if he is satisfied that the venture will be successful. The hotel owner. Mr. Bill Raymond, of Suffolk, told the press that the idea of opening a night club outside Britain occurred to
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  • 125 6 COLOMBO. Oct. 16. Ceylon's new Prime Minister, Sir John Kotelawala in his first public speech since he took office after the resignation on Monday of Mr. Dudley Senanayake, yesterday pledged freedom for all religious in the country. Speaking at the "Temple of the Tooth" at Kandy, Ceylon's
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  • 370 6 October 24 Is United Nations Day and the Singapore Public Relations Office in conjunction with the United Nations Association of Singapore are organising an elaborate programme to observe the occasion Focal point of the observance will be in the Victoria Memorial Hall where an exhibition
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  • 100 6 A recital contest of Bharathi Songs in Tamil will be held on Nov. 5 (Deepavali Day) at the Tank Road Chettiars 1 Temple. Mr. M. Gopala Menon, Representative of Government of India in Malaya, will preside and Mrs. Menon will distribute the prizes. Contest is open
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  • 88 6 LONDON: The proudest mother in London today was 76-year-old Mrs. Alice Kotelawala. mother of Ceylon's new Prime Minister. The first intimation of the news came with a cable to 21, Addison Road: "Dudley resign* ed this morning. I am Prime Minister. Need your blessing. Love. Lionel."
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  • 65 6 A meeting to condole the death of Thiru V. Kalyanasundaram will be held today at 4.30 p.m. at Canberra Padang, H.M. Naval Base, under the auspices of Singapore Dravlda Kazhagam Branch. Mr. S. K. Shanmugam will preside and Mrs. Manlam Achi Messrs. Ramakrishnan, K. S. Maniam,
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  • 102 6 Good fortune and success will attend the 2/7 Gurkha Rifles during the next twelve months for at the traditional Bullock's Head Cutting Ceremony climaxing this year's Dashara, the head was severed in one mighty stroke at Sungei Besi (near Kuala Lumpur j yesterday morning, says an
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  • 109 6 Riy. Upon In the Kluang area of Johore on Thursday night, the Area Security Unit, who were patrolling the railway line, were fired upon by about four terrorists. The patrol returned the fire when the terrorists fled. A sack of foodstuffs was recovered, says on Emergency communique issued
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  • 62 6 Kerala Samajam Meeting At Seletar There will be a public meeting of the Singapore Kerala Samajam at the Tamil School 13% mile, West Hill Road, Seletar Tomorrow, Sunday at 10 a.m. Samajam President, Mr. A. Shukoor will preside The following will speak on the occasion Mr. V. Surendra Nath. B.Sc,
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  • 32 6 CALCUTTA, Oct. 16. Sir Alexander Grantham, Governor of Hongkong, and Lady Grantham arrived today at Kalimpong, strategic Indo-Tibetan border town in the north of West Be holiday. A.P.
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  • 68 6 HUBLI: Sri S. F. Kirla* halli. worker of the Akhanda Kamataka Rajya Nirmana Pa-rlshad. started his "indefinite fast here as a protest against the aHuude of the Union ami Bombay Governments to the formation of Karnataka State. He stated that unless th* Government released the leaders arrested, and
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  • 534 6 Proposal For Stabilisation NEW DELHI, Oct. 16.— A number of Asian country have put before the Colombo Plan conference a proposal f the stablisation of world 1 commodity prices. Conference sources, reporting- this yesterday, said th Asian group wanted other member countries to find a wa« to
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  • 89 6 COLOMBO: A models life is as lone as the nublic appreciate her face. Thla observation was made by Kicky Wheeler, who was a model in Melbourne for two years. She went to England for a course in fabric designing and weaving in Farnham Art School.
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    90 6 Photo. MAHMOUD SABRY ALY. alias "King" sft, who was hanged on Oct. 18 for treason, espionage and conspiracy with a "foreign power," Egypt's Revolutionary Court announced. Aly. formerly employed by the British armed forces, was sentenced to death on Oct. 10 by the Revolutionary Court and the sentence was approved
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  • 44 6 Corporal Getikaralo of the Ist Battalion, Fijian Infantry Regiment. was accidentally wounded in the leg on Tuesday by another member of the same patrol. The incident occurred in an ambush position during contact with Communist terrorist*. The Corporal's wound is not serious.
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