Singapore Standard, 29 September 1951

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    Masthead
    17 1 Singapore Standard JL y QI n NO. 90. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 29, 1951. 12 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    The King Makes Progress
    55 1 The King Makes Progress ii .N Sept. 28 (Router) pent anlighr and is gress, his I I 10 :0 a.m. ;s ted since i tba Kings -.c en- after c a EUza.burgii r visit a ,eek later >y five j C". en: eat urgeoa i ed to I beir.^ ed
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    New City's Message
    40 1 New City 's Message ,i Xl :> .:UT I the PMr. :r.d a King rough or of S -.ipore. jvery resent ailment and wan v of I C City j su igestion :j the d :n c>n celebra- most d '-eb:a-
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    POPE THANKED
    28 1 Sept 2* 1 i■ today is prayI c com- 1 .•v 4 vieorge i eg un I i I rep'v tanks for prayer M grcai child
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    500 Rebels Killed
    13 1 lAF>— lera said I viet- ted and J during teration
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    ATOMIC SECRET FOR CANADA
    74 1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (Reuter) The Senate House Atomic Committee voted yesterday to recommend a change m the atomic energy law to permit Canada to use a UniUd States technique for processing uranium ore. a usually reliable source said here today. The law now restrict! sharing of
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    Hurried Home
    58 1 photo. Priiwevs Margaret flew from Dv»f Airport. Aberdeen tiie nearest to Balmoral Castle, w-here tie Royal family had been on holiday to Londuii Airport on Sept. 22, to be with her father on the eve of his lung operation. Photo shows the Princess on her way to her
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    Car Influx May Hit Second-Hand Mart
    180 1 Standard Staff Reporter THE BOTTOM is expected by some Singapore car dealers to drop out of the used-car trade following the lar«e shipments of new cars that have arrived and are due to arrive m Singapore during the next few months. The large numbers
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    OIL: UK MAY APPEAL TO UN
    329 1 US Against Use Of Force At Oil Town LONDON, Sept. 28 (Reuter) British Cabinet Ministers today discussed the possibility of summoning an emergency meeting of the Security Council on the Persian oil crisis. Before making a final decision, United States support for the Security
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    S'pore Honours Sir Franklin
    299 1 Freedom Of The City Standard Staff Reporter THE Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, was yesterday unanimously acclaimed by the ity Councillor* as ilie first freeman of the City of Singapore. At the first meeting of the City Council, since the elevation ot Singapore to a
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    UN Accused Of Stalling
    119 1 TOKIO. Sept 88 ißouler-AAP)-U;be.v^ here uxlay were watching for signs ot communist reactions to Genera] Rid^ways latest proposal to reopen the dtNid'ork>*d Korean ceasefire talks at t:ie village oi on the West Korean no-man's-land. North Ko:?wi and Chinese communist r.idi .s f .;i'.!or!s monitored hei> had
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    PIONEER DIES
    30 1 BUENOS AIRF.S. Argentina, Sept. 28 tl'P> The death of William Brid»ea. Tr>-year-old pioneer of Tierra D^l Fuego was reported yesterday from Ushuaia, Ahich is the world's southernmrvst town
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    FRANCHOT TONE SNEAKS OUT
    41 1 HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 23 <UP> Franchot Tone sneaked out of Hollywood last night under an assumed name for Duluth. Minnesota, near the hideout of shapely Barbara Payton tor whose affections he got beaten up by actor Tom Neal
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    Sel. Turf Club To Buy Land
    63 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— At a special meeting of the Selangor Turf Club today a resolution moved by its president, Mr. D. T Waring, for setting aside the sum of $375,000 for the purchase of 13$ acres cf land situated at the corner of Ampang
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    Anti-Peron Revolt
    42 1 BUENOS AIRES. Sept. 28 (UP).— The Argentine government radio announced at 1530 GMT today that a revolt against President Juan Peron has been quashed. The announcement said the situation was quiet at Campo de Mayo army garrison at Buenos Aires.
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    78 1 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Sept. 28 The following art Hie closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market today: LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spot 46|d. Spot: £990 (par ton) tier. 4|W. buy.r,, <995 sailor*. Dm. 44|d. TkrM moN th t 1927.10*. Jan/Mar. 43d. buyer*,
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    Reds Hit Back On All Fronts
    293 1 KOREA, Sept. 28 (UP)— Communist troops lashed back At the United Nation* offensive with counter-attacks til along the Korean battiefront today, centering north of Chprwon where a trapped Allied unit had called for tank and infantry reinforcements to fight its way out. The war
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    Bradley,Ridgway Meet In Tokio
    85 1 TOKYO, Sept. 28 (ReuterAAP) General Omar Bradley, chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived here by air tonight to confer with General Matthew Ridgway and other United Nations commanders. He was accompanied by his wife and Mr. Charles Bohlen, Counsellor of the American
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    Malaya Amazed By Stokes' Claim
    486 1 Tilt, Rubber Output Standard Staff Reporter RUBBER and tin producers m Malaya are amazed at a statement attributed to the Lord Privy Seal, Mr. Richard Stokes at a Press conference m London yesterday to the effect that "the Colonies, particularly Malaya, will increase production of
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    US Shipping Strike Looms
    96 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 23 (AP>— A strike oi AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots on the Pacific. Atlantic and Gult coasts probably will be called at midnight Sunday unless an agreement is reached on a new contract before then, a Union official said today. Captain F Fu
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    Shawcross: Threat To Peace Grave
    161 1 ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, Lancashire, Sept 28 (Reuter)— Sir Hartley Shawcross President of the Board of Trade, said tonight that the threat to world peace was graye the Cominform countries were steadily building up enormous military strength. "There is no doubt that if the Cominlorm countries thought they
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    Rocket Expert Dies
    31 1 WASHINGTON. Sept 28 <AP> Earnes J. Vogt, prominent rocket r /opulsion export, died Thursdr i at a local hospital The cause of death was given a* tuberci losi*.
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    Mulley Makes A Gesture
    105 1 IPOII. tri— Jockey Athol Mulley announced at a charity dance here last night that he will donate to the I poh District Welfare Fund his entire share of the stake money m the Perak (.old Vase race should his mount win. The race, which i« run
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    U.S. Couple Godfather Penang Boy
    127 1 U.S. Couple Godfather Penang Boy AUSTIN, Texas. S»*i>t 'fi (AP) -Tong F-ye Bock, a Chinese student from Periang. anj Miss Athena B. Bughdassarian, a Palestuiian by bnt'i. from Beirut, were preseal a oeretnony m Hfhicta a USS.'U'OO cheque was banded to the I'niversity of Tc\;is by an Auslin couple, to
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    'AMEND MUSLIM MARRIAGE LAW'
    309 2 Advisory Body 's Opinion bought Standard Staff Reporter Tilt Registrar ol Mohammedan Marriages ami Divorces m Singapore, Mr. A. B. Ramsay, lias written to the Muslim Advisory Board inviting their opinion a> to what age a Muslim pirl should be reckoned to cease to be a
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    Bull-Fight Made Her Shudder
    156 2 Mrs. Shaw Returns St.md.ird Woman Reporter JHI MOST ivi i re iU< ti< n R to Run Shaw, wife of sings :<■ re B m magnai 1., of h* r four-month Continenta I r is that o! a Rghl at Barce'.a most < rue! form of
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    Postal Clerk Acquitted
    74 2 A V( )UNG stal dei k. T< h, n h Boon, chained with steal- 1 g two letters belonging to Mrs S J. Pare and Mrs. W A crt ai the General I tOfflci n 10, was ac- 1 the Singapore Tl ii J Ci yest< relay
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    Woman Fined
    15 2 MNG abusive lai ront ol rid a Chinese woHeng is fi^.ed Second Pu-
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    Ceylon Premier Due In S'pore
    54 2 THE PRIME Minister of O n, Mr. D. S. Senanayake who is expectt i to visit Smga- :i shortly, has accepted an itation from the Singapore Buddhisi Association to de- tare open a $35,000 monastery for Buddhist monks on Oct. \'A at 10 am at
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    City Council Newsbriefs
    178 2 City Council Newsbriefs DANGEROUS BRIDGES: Mr S"h Ghee Soon complained of the dangerous position of Kirn Seng Bridge whi b, he said, should be rebuilt. He was told that the tter would be referred to the Finance O mmittee. PIRATE TAXIS: Mr. Soh was told that the President would endeavour
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    46 2 photo. THIS historic picture shows the City Council of Singapore, formerly the Municipality, sitting for its first monthly meeting yesterday, since the Colony was granted city status on Sept. 22. Addressing the meeting is the Lord President of the Council, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. Standard
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    Cleared Of 5-Year-old Charge
    137 2 Cleared Of 5-Year-old Charge LAI CHAI YOKE, who was alleged to have been one of a gang who shot dead a shop- < keeper and his daughter-in-law five years ago faced a charge of murder while committing 1 robbery at the Assizes yesterday. It was stated that on th e
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    Cpl. Was Offered 'Plenty Of Dough And A Nice Dame'
    156 2 Cpl. Was Offered 'Plenty Of Dough And A Nice Dame' M.mdard Stall Keporttr CORPORAL A bion Stewart 1 :i > Royal Air Force 1 c told the Singapore Fourth Pbli c Magistrate, Mr. P Claque, lei ay thai two a c approached him and d hin m I roken E
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    POLICE DETAIN ANOTHER MAN
    279 2 Rubber Fire: Aid For Victims Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Police have detained a second man suspected to be involved m the fire which destroyed three million dollars worth of rubber at the Joo Seng Rubber Works, Ltd. Factory, Bukit Timah Road on Thursday afternoon. The first
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    Jurors Say It's Suicide
    65 2 A PANEL of four jiyors m the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday returned a verdict of suicide at an inquest into the death of Cheng Ah Soo, a 3i>-year-old Chinese cook. Cheng was found lying beside a drain m a back lane, oft' Palembang Road on Aug.
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    Evidence 'Wildly Exaggerated'
    68 2 LIM KIM CHEW (20), alleged to have outraged the modesty of a 15-year-old Chinese girl at Coronation Road on Aug. 18. was acquitted m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. Said the Magistrate, Mr. P. Claque: "While I am satisfied that the accused might have touched her.
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    Parent-Teacher
    35 2 PARENTS and teachers of the Telok Kurau English School will hold a meeting at 5 p.m. today m the school hall to form a Parent-Teacher Assofation. An educational film show will follow the meeting.
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    Talk On ILO
    30 2 THE DEPUTY Commissioner for Labour m Singapore Mr. R. Middleton-Smith will give a public lecture tomorrow on "International Labour Organisation"' at Raffles Institution Hall at 3 p.m.
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    Fun Fair Today
    32 2 The Good Shepherd Nuns' Home for Girls will hold a fun fair at Bras Basah Road today m aid of the Building Fund, from 12 noon to 7 p.m.
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    AMERICAN FLOOR SHOW FOR S'PORE
    136 2 Standard Staff Reporter SEVERAL contracts to bring the latest British, French and Italian films to Malayan audiences, have been concluded by Mr. Run Run Shaw, Malayan film magnate, who returned to Singapore recently after a four-month business-cum-vacation tour of America, England and the Continent. Mr.
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    SCBA Cables The King
    62 2 THE Singapore Straits Chinese British Association have sent a cable to the King expressing their concern over his present illness. The message said: "We pray to God Almighty that Your Majesty will speedily recover and be soon restored to complete, good and sound health and long
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    50 Die From Enteritis
    42 2 ENTERITIS claimed 50 lives m the Colony during the past week, against 22 last week. Twenty six died from tuberculosis and 28 from pneumonia. A total of 226 deaths were reported There were 194 m the previous week.
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    MacD Leaves On Two-Week Tour
    48 2 THE Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. left Singapore for Jesseltoo by air yesterday, on a tour of North Borneo, Brunei and Sarawak. Mrs. Mac Donald will accom pany him part of bis journey. He expects to be away for about two wegks.
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    Bro. Sigebert Celebrates Golden Jubilee
    394 2 Standard Staff Reporter EVERY schoolboy of St. Patricks know him, this brother with the silver streaked hair and beard. Ever since they can remember, he'd been around. Some of their parents and gradparents wer e his pupils. He is Brother Sigeoert. F.S.C. and today he
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    Power Ration For New Domestic Users
    496 3 Warning First Then A Blackout For Offenders Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE City Council, at its ordinary meeting yesterday, laid down quotas and penalties for new domestic consumers of electricity without a dissent. The one and only dissentient voice came from Mr. A. P.
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    McNEICE MAKES PUBLIC APOLOGY
    294 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE City Council President. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, yesterday made a public apology for any unintentional omission of people from the invitation lists for City Day celebrations. Recently, several unofficial members of the Singapore Rural Board had complained of being "slighted"
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    93 3 Miss Florence Yeo Cieok Lvi of 6. Tone Watt Road. Singapore, who has been awarded an Institute of International Education scholarship to study m America during the 1951-52 academic year. Miss Yeo will enrol at the SUte College of Washington m Pullman. Washington, for a course m Home Economics. A
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    FREE RICE CHEAPER, HE SAYS
    129 3 A WARNING that if Government increased the price of rice by six cents a katti as announced recently, the cost of all other commodities would go up and there would be a cry for increased cost of Living allowances was issued m the Singapore City
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    'Spare A Thought For Federation'
    75 3 THE emergency .situation m I c Federation is not improving and will not improve until the Federation Government brings m more troops and tackles the situation as a war. This submission was made by Mr. D. Robert son (Progressive South) m the Singapore City Council
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    HINDUS PRAY FOR THE KING
    53 3 THE CEYLON Hindus m Singapore held a special prayer service for the Kin? at the Sri Senpaea Vinayagar Temple at Katong yesterday The Temple priest perfm-med the Invocation and Benediction ceremony to Lord Ganesha the chief deity m the temple for the King's speedy recovery
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    35 3 piioto. This accident between tw» motor Tans occurred at the Junctjoa of Cecil Street and Market Street early yesterday »ori>ln* Only one man. occupant of the overturned van wa» slightly injured m the crash.- Standard
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    Police And Public Are Thanked
    127 3 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE city councillors yesterday expressed their appreciation to the police for their valuable assistance a^d cooperation which made possible the celebrations of City Day, and to the public for the enthusiastic and magnificent manner m which City Day was celebrated. The motion
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    Guest Of Honour
    36 3 Standard Staff Reporter DR. R;im Manohar Lohia, Indian Socialist Leader was the guest of honour at a reception given by the Indian community ■it the Indian Association roof garden, Balestier Roud. last night
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    76 3 Standard picture by The closing ceremony of the l «"-ji\ Hi i>:-j: < v bition was performed at the Victoria Memorial Hall by Sir Franklin Gimson (at the microp nmv >«■ era:*' ■:i was attended by Service chiefs, civil and Government chiefs and leaders of the city's commerce. Pageant was
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    Brochure On 'City Day' Doings
    132 3 Brochure On 'City Day' Doings A PROPOSAL to print a City Day brochure or booklet, which would give s >me kind of record of the proceedings and a complete account of the celebrations wai revealed by the Si rig, ■•> i: c City Council President, Mi. T P. F. McNeice
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    Ess Hits At 'White Nurse In Africa
    477 3 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE has set an e\am|d<* to the world which, if it via* continued, would spread to "'other lens enlightened portions of the world.** This was stated at the ordinary meeting the Singapore City Council yesterday by President. Mr. T. P.
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      46 3 QINgAPORE^^p V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road: Cricket match— V.M.C A. vs. BOD. 2.15 p.m., Singapore Chess Club 3 p.m.. Singapore Cycleracing Association meeting 4 p.m. Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay: Sports Club-— American Tennis Tournament m Hostel grounds 3.30 p.m. British Council Centre: Photographs of South-East Asia by Derrick Knight
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      236 3 Power Cuts Substations m Singapore liable to loud shedding today. DAY Armenian Street D.C: Tun Chye Place Fort (aiming; s»-ali St.- Waterloo street: St. Andrews High St. Stamford Rd.; lirestone; Mackenzie Road; Bukit Timah Pumps; Bale*tier Road: Jalau Ampas. 8.M.8.C.. MrKit-<-hie, Braddell Rise, Seietar Pumps, Net* Soon. Seletar W ireles^,
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    Forces Kill 3 Bandits
    64 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Near a food dump m Tanjcng Malim yesterday a security forces' patrol killed two bandits. In Jchore another terrorist was killed and three wounded. A Chinese youth. Yeong Liew, was abducted by bandits m Tanjong Malim. Bandits stole official mail m Grik yesterday
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    MANPOWER PLAN FAILURE
    242 4 Fed. Govt. Studies HKMoce Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUiMPIR, Fri. The Federal Government is studying Hongkong's system of organising manpower m view of its dissatisfaction over the present manpower system, The Standard understands. It was announced m Hongkong recently that measures were to be taken to introduce
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    Poor Sanitation Blamed For KL Typhoid Spread
    446 4 Standard £taff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The low level of the genera] sanitation of the town is blamed for the present spread of typhoid m Kuala Lumpur, the Municipal Health Officer, Dr. W. N. Puleston-Jones, stated today at a meeting; of the Municipal
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    Sewer Plan For KL In Ten Years
    148 4 Sewer Plan For KL In Ten Years Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. It will be at least ten years from now before Kuala Lumpur can have a complete sewerage scheme. The first stage of the work on the scheme will be completed five years after the date of the
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    Sentence On Girl Again Postponed
    95 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Sentence on a young pretty Chinese girl, Yap Vat Yu. who was convicted by Mr. Justice Taylor at the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court on Sept. 25, of being with another woman, who had m her possession a handgrenade. was again postponed for
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    Decision On Rates Referred Back
    133 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Kuala Lumpur should not follow the suggestion of Pennng to revise its Municipal rates on properties. If she did so, there was nothing to prevent Commissioners m the future raising the rates from anything up to 100 per cent., declared Mr. T.I
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    158 4 KLUANG will soon have I improved telecommunication services with the comple- tion of fittings, m the new modern building just built at a cost of more than $150,000. There is arrangement for I four hundred lines with I possible extension to six I hundred subscribers which h will meet the
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    Govt. Rice Circular Suspended
    137 4 Govt. Rice Circular Suspended KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The circular issued recently by the Assistant Controller of Supplies. Selangor. requiring all rice dealers from Oct. 1 to keep a record of the grades and types of Government Rationed rice suppled to the public, has been suspended. This decision was made this
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    Committee To Study Salary Scheme
    76 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A Special Committee of the Kuala Lumpur Municipality was appointed today to examine the question of setting up a salary scheme for Municipal employees. A research into Municipal salaries has already been started by the Municipal Secretary and Municipal Treasurer. The members
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    UNDER CURFEW
    30 4 AS from tomorrow, the road from Kampong Tengah 4 o Kampong Tungku Tiga. Segamat will be under curfew daily from 4 p.m. to 6 a.m. until further notice.
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    Malay Regt 's Proud Feat
    167 4 Malay Regt 's Proud Fea t KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Six bandits killed and many wounded m a fortnight is the proud achievement of the 3rd Battalion Malay Regiment. Their only regret is that they lost one 4f their comrades m arms. This happened m two engagements m Kota Tinggi where
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    13 VOTE AGAINST B.O.T. TICKET
    514 5 Another Big Job For Local Men Standard Slaff Reporter ANOTHER BIG job, that of Assistant Engineer (Meciianieal) m the Engineer's Department of the Singapore City Council, was thrown open to local-born candidates yesterday when the Councillors accepted, by 13 votes to four, a motion introduced
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    Sime Darby Honours Local Man
    209 5 Standard Staff Correspondent TAIPIXG. Fn-A,, old-boy of the Penang Free S rhool, Mr. Teoh Teong Huat, clerk-in-oharf,'e of Messrs Sime Darby's Taiping Bram-h. has been promoted to the rank of Office-Assistant. In the words of Mr, Tan Chin Chen* another Office-Assistant m Messrs Sime Darby
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    Request Refused
    22 5 THE Penang Municipal Commission hai> refused the request of Tanjong T;>k<>n£ residents Eor ■,»n extension of the Municipal bus service.
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    Marines Freed Of Theft Charge
    215 5 TOOK GUN FROM S C. Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri.— Two 19-year-old Marines, A.S.N. Parks and VV. Healey were today acquitted and discharged on two counts of theft by Magistrate Che Arshad. The prosecution alleged that Parks and Healey committal thefi of a loaded revolver
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    'Collector' Hanged In Taiping
    95 5 'Collector' Hanged In Taiping KUALA LUMPLTR, Fri.— A bund, collect >:\ Lee Chee Sev.4. who received $600 for terrorists. was banged this morning m Taiping *dol. Lee sent letter to a man demanding SHOO within ten da%.> The man de>tr ned me Letter but when Lee visited him and demanded
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    Poppy Day Plans In Trengganu
    96 5 AT a meeting of the Trengganu State Poppy Day Appeal Fund held at the Residency, Kuala Trengganu, tin Tuesday, it was announced that Poppy Day m the State would be held officially on November 10. Mrs. J F. Curtis, the Lady Organiser, s.iid that all
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    Iguana Caused Driver's Death
    45 5 AN iguana running across the road was alleged to have been the cause of a c:\<: overturning. resulting m the death of the driver. Saw Chin Hin. This was stated M an inquest at Pant Buntar Verdict— death by misadventure 1
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    Week's Celebration
    22 5 PENANG. UMNO has decided to hold F'edc-ration Day Celebr;*--1 tions for a week besjinnini; Jan. 131, to February ♦>, next year.
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    Villagers Of Krian Are Co-op Minded
    163 5 Standard Stan" Correspondent IPOH. Fri. The growing consciousness of the Khan District rural population m the co-operative movement is reflected m the establishment of eight rural, 28 seasonal credit and two fishermen's credit cooperative societies m that district to date. Under the guidance of
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    Radical Party – Miniature IMP
    71 5 Radical Party Miniature IMP Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Fit —Mr. CO. Lim. Chairman o( the Penan? Radical Party at meeting held at City Lights Dance Hall this evening stated that the Radical Party was not opposed to the- Independence oi Malaya Party. -< I fact this party is a miiiiature
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    Enlarged Heart
    53 5 AS a result of an X-ray, which revealed an enlarged heart. Mr. S Mailvaganam, a!i >id boy of t he Victoria Institution and at present employed at District Otiice. Temerloh, was not appointed to the post of a Stiiden: Teacher, which the Senior Inspector of Schools, Pahang, offered
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    Dance Nets $2,000
    26 5 THE charity dunce, organised by Perak Normal students, m the Jubilee Cabaret last night realised about $l\ooo for the Ipoh District Welfare Fund.
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    Student Brains Trust Started
    166 5 Standard Staff < orr«-->jM»!i<l«-iit PEN WG, Fri. With th«* temporary r«'*sali«Mi «»f Ihe Federation Forum which ha« m recent monttm kfCM hroadcast m Kuala Lumpur, the PcMMg >tation sjf Kadi<» Malaya i<* taking up the rein^ with a lu-atid new i<iea. Under the diairmanship of Mr.
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    Tree Kills Man
    68 5 TELUK AN SON. Fri D v ihmji bin T:iiib. wbs killed i( Pulaii Juar, on Wednesday, when a tree tell on him and pin ted mm underneath i* Durahmat was walking along a path carrying a bundle »f :itt:tp m hi., shoulder when a dead Kapok tree
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    MR. PARSONS ALLOWED £40
    98 5 Standard Staff orrespondrnt PENANG. Thurs— Expenses up to a niaxanuai of t!4u have been approved by the E!ectricitv Supply u;d Transport Dept. for the proposed visit of Mr. M B. Parsons to engineering firms m the (Jnited Kingdom during bis home leave. The Municipal Engineer .s.t>-
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    Draw Of Fun Fair Lucky Nos.
    170 5 Standard Staff orrespondenl 1 he i > lowii 4 ire I kie resu of ti.' 1 draw of the I. Tickets of the [nternatt<i Fiin F itr In lid of the S' Nicholas Home School 8,. inn I H P Ticket N .<- Morris
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    Wedding In Ipoh
    34 5 Wedding In Ipoh Mr. and Mrs. Lim Tong Thoon whose marriage took place at Ipoh recently. The bride was formerly Miss O«i Guat Kwee. Mr. Lim Is attached to the Central Electricity Board, Ipoh.
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    Singapore Standard Today And...
    875 6 Singapore Standard Today And... Independent Morning Nmupaper TODAY the Singapore Federation of Services 1 Unions will hold a mass meeting at the Victoria Memorial Hall to protest against the recent cost of bring award to Services employees The Federation 1 presents some 30.000 workers but whether the r JoUecUve voice
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    CONVERSATION WITH A PERSIAN COMMUNIST
    526 6  - CONVERSATION WITH A PERSIAN COMMUNIST PHILIP TOYNBEE HE WAS o big-heoded, shaggy man, about fifty years old. When I greeted him m the hotel lounge I expected that there would be something surreptitious, or at leasr defiant, m his manner. For it is certainly true that a year ago he
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    Review of Views
    333 6 Review of Views Speak In Malay UTUSAN Melayu wondered why Malay members of the Federal Legislative Council and State Councils do not speak Malay instead of m English during Council debates. It is possible, said Utusan. that Malay members feel that the effect of their speeches m Malay may not
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    12 6 "Ah! \luii, i,, v to Walter di rrun out io >.-,
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    SWEET AND SOUR
    751 6 THELESSONSOF CITY DAY TF Singapore Police have A been m the black books siiu-e December's riots, they unquestionably struck blow on City Day which ought to do much to restore them to general esteem. There is nothing more dumb, infuriating and provoking than the average big crowd,
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      Responsibilities Of The British
      528 6 Responsibilities Of The British Sir;—! would like to express my appreciation of your leading article which appeared on September 27. For one thing, I have never before read anything like it m the local press m the matter ol its references to the European section of our common Malayan Citizenship
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      ADVICE TO THE RICH
      438 6 Sir: Thank you u^ your soul-lifting article: "Salute to the People." You did well to lemind us all of "those countless thousands v* nameless people whose contributions have passed unnoticed and whose names are forgotten forever." I take this opportunity to remind o v rsel yes
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      PLATTS-MILLS NOT AN MP
      179 6 Sir; In an article yesterday on the occasion of FlattsMills passage through Singapore you refer to this gentleman as "an Independent Labour Member ot Parliament." It is pointed out that Platts-MilJs is not a Member of Parliament of any sort as m the February 1950* Elections
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      IT'S A WASTE
      130 6 Sir. —It seem.s a pity to me to spend three million dollars on an Animal Quarantine Station that will be useless m a very few years: because we can be sure that Dato Onn Co., will not want it. They know that there are fifteen'million acres m
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      Keep Marine Parade Clean!
      248 6 Keep Marine Parade Clean Sn. I would like to appeal to the authorities concerned, through the medium of your paper, to do something wbout the deplorable condition of the beach at Marine Parade 1 do Dot mean to ask the M-vt. to spend huge sums of money to rehabilitate the
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    King Names Council Of State
    430 7 OUTSIDE I PALACE Will Act For Him JJuring .reriod Of His Recovery LOiNDOxN, Sept. 28, (AP)— The King > esterday appointed a Council of State to act for him during the long period of his recovery from a lung operation. The announcement from Buckingham Palace
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    They Will Wait
    37 7 THE SINGAPORE City Council yesterday decided to wait for th e full recommendations of the Salaries Review Committee on revision of salary schemes m the Council before adopting the interim report of the Committee.
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    CHAMBER TO KEEP DOUBLE 10
    109 7 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Chinese Chamber of Commerce decided yesterday to send a representative to attend the double-tenth celebration organised by proKuomintang associations and guilds m the Colony. The reason why *the Chamber is not taking the lead this time, said Mr. Tan Lark
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    Esplanade: Work To Begin Soon
    80 7 Standard Staff Reporter WORK, on the development of the Esplanade is expected to be Started this year itself and continned next year This was announced m the Singapore City Council yesterday by the President Mr. T. P F. McNeiee. m answer to an adiournment speech
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    Public Library For Chinese
    69 7 Standard Staff Reporter DR. SUN VAT SEN'S Memorial Hal! m Tai Jin Road, Singapore, tt era] y known to the Chinese pub; it- as "*Wan Se:ik> Yen", will soon be turned into a public lib "ary. The Singapore Chnese Chamber of Commerce, a trustee for the
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    Another Run For 'Dragon'?
    61 7 Standard Start Reporter THE STANDARD received a letter yesterday from a reader i ti iggested thai the Citj Day I 'sea-dragon 1 be given another run off Katong and Siglap for t!ie benefit ol the children who missed it. He suugested that the dragon's lers. the
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    6 Study Gifts For Muslims
    51 7 Standard Staff Reporter TIIK Singapore Muslim League h.i> decided \o award six scholarships worth SolK) each fur secondary education to deserving Muslim boys and girls to commemorate City Day. This was revealed by Mr. T.P. F McXeice. President oi Singapore City Council at the meeting
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    Firm Cheated Of 800 Watches-Court Told
    384 7 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE First Police Court was u>!d yesterday, how the firm of F. E. Zueliig (Malaya' Limited were cheated of 800 new watches valued at $19,140 by 2 Singapore firm, who paid foi them with a dud cheque Evidence of this
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    30 7 photo. The rider of this motor cycle was sent to hospital with serious injuries following' a collision with a taxi m front of the Hann> World Park last night.- Standard
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    70% Of City Revenue Goes For Salaries
    294 7 Standard Staff Reporter WHILE IT is important to maintain the health of Singapore, and for this purpose to keep up a full established strength of the Singapore City Council Health Department the question of increasing salaries m order to attract properly qualified Health
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    Tories Promise World Leadership
    290 7 LONDON, Sept. 28 (Beater) .—The Briii»h lonservative Parly m its election manifesto today -ai«l that if returned to power m next month* general riecfiom it would try 'j restore Britain to world leadership mid economic rr< overy. The manif sto was issued under the s gnature
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    Aid From Govt.
    56 7 THE SINGAPORE City Council will no: ue able to undertake any special service projects next year unless Government made a contribution to the Municipal rate fund, as ii had do,? for the current mid previous year. This submission was m-^ie m the Council yesterday b\ Mr. D
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    Quarrel Led To Suicide
    74 7 A QUARRKL with her mother-in-law led 2U-year-old Lin Ah Mvi to hire a \vishu to the Esplanade, where she made an unsuccesslul attempt to throw herself into the sea <-n the night ot Sept. 23. Lin was saved by a passer-by, who caught her just when
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    Plea For Roads, And Drains At Geylang Serai
    175 7 Standard Staff Re porter MISS AMY LAYCOCK. S nfspores woman City Coum- v, who attended the first metirp of the Council yesterday aft»r a long absence, returned to 1Y attack on I c state of the row!.* In Gey ang Serai Spea'..:jg
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    Give Chinese Rights Call
    93 7 IT IS TIME the S. Government grants citia > rights to overseas Chinese m Colony and BO enable th« take a more active part ii administration of the city. Mr. Chuang Hui Chuan, committee meeting of the S pore Chinese Chamber ol tnerce yesterday. '"Majority o:
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    LEFT OTHER WOMAN
    88 7 A YOUNG Chinese woman r msed her husband vi Cailinc U support her and he:- twi I children, since he went (jf! U h Eurasian mistress She uas Chua Soh Lten, >,;od her husband Yeo B.ir.j; a taxi driver for maintenance the Singapore Second Court yesterday. The
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    603 British Cars Arrive
    334 8 Another 400 Due Early Next Week Standard Slipping Reporter 1 THE biggest single shipment of British cars— €o3 vehicles-for Singapore and the Federation arrived m Singapore yesterday iv the Blue Funnel freighter DCU Ear Her this month, a shipment of 176 cars from the United Kingdom
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    Norwegian Ship Arrives Today On Maiden Voyage
    108 8 Standard Shipping Reporter THE *eeond ship tielcuiging lo the Wilhelinsen Line of Norway to rail at Singapore on h~T maidt'ti voyage i* the ."»,8 4 >l ton passenger-freighter Torrens, which arrives today. The rirsf vessel was the 6.800 Tamesis v. hich was switched
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    THE OLD AND THE NEW
    112 8 Miss Janet Hargreaves (right), for four years deputy Director of R.A.F. Malcolm Clubs m Germany, takes over on Monday as Area Director (Singapore) from Mrs. Anne Adams (left). On Oct. 3. Mrs. Adams and Mr. John J. Richardson, a Singapore businessman, will be married at
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    Request To Cancel 14 Ships' Papers
    101 8 Request To Cancel 14 Ships' Papers PANAMA, Sept. 28. (UP)— The Chinese Nationalist Government has asked Panama to cancel the registry of 14 Chi-nese-owned ships now flying the flag of Panama, Foreign Minister Ignaoio Molino said yesterday. He said the request was made on the grounds that the owners of
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    UN Team To Aid Indonesia On Home Airlines
    107 8 MONTREAL. Sep. 28, (UP). —The United Nations Aviation Agency yesterday announced plans to help Indonesia to buil i a domestic airline network and operate it path the best brains m aviation business The project to which the International Civil Aviation Organization has
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    NEW ARRIVAL TIME
    55 8 As from Oct. 1. the new time Ol arrival m Singapore <n the Pan American Clipper 'Sleeperette' will be 5.30 am every Tuesday. The time of dejarture will be 10.::0 pin. every Thursday. This schedule will apply until further notice, and will cancel Pan American World- Airways'
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    Ships in Harbour
    108 8 s '««r» Ciodown (iate. Almke;k 81. 32 2 Benlawers 4,9 7 Biadeverelt 1 2 8 Breconshire 13 14 4 Do. las 11 12 4 Deucalion 44 1 Falstna 25 26 2 FraruUviHe 6/7 7 Gleiifinliis 42 43 J Gorgon 40.41 J Heleni C P 7 Hektotia 17/18
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    Breakwater Planned
    61 8 BANGKOK. Thailand. In order to make Songkhla on the east coast of Southern Thailand a port for all seasons, the Ministry of Communications plans to build a breakwater there. As the port is an open one. ships now are only able to call there during the southwest monsoon
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    F-94 FIGHTERS ON 24-HOUR ALERT IN JAPAN
    166 8 LOCKHEED F94 all weather fighter interceptors are the current mainstay of the defence of Japan, according to a spokesman from the New York office of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. It was explained that the two-place, radar-packed high altitude interceptors are maintaining a twenty-four-hour alert
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      224 8 STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. WEST COAST MALAYA Hon 9 Soon for P. Barge Oct 6 Vessel tor Muar Weekly Hong Tat tor Rengat Oct 3 Vessel for Malacca Twice Weekly Hong Thong for Bagan, Vessel for Port Dickson... Weekl> Si Api Api s setp t 30 c ham °<* >0
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      56 8 Despatches TODAY: Palembang noon by Baa Hong Leo tig. Sarawak: <vx(\*\)! Miri) noon |,y R a j ah Brooke. Philippines by Tegelberg, Egypt, Ceylon and USA noon by President Harding. Pakistan (parcels only) noon by President Harding, N. Borneo. Labuaa. Brunei and Miri noon by Katortg. Medan noon by Stia.
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    US BYPASSING MALAYA IN BUYI
    198 9 Getting Rubber aOt Supplies From Thailand RI Standard Market Reportr THE General Services Administration is reported to have been buying rubber m Indonesia and Thailand and rather neglected Malaya. That probably explains the difficulty the various shipping companies have had m obtaining rubber cargoes, according
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    Kluang Co. Profits
    97 9 Standard Market Reporter KLUANG Rubber Company made a profit of $557,114 for :he year ended June 30. 1951. from which the directors recc mmend payment of 35 per cent, dividend on preference shares Mid 25 per cent, dividend on ordinary shares. The balance available after payment of
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    Brazil To Improve Ports, Railways
    92 9 RIO DE JANEIRO. Sept. 28 .UP) Brazil has concluded economic and financial a^.-eemer.ts with the United State? and the World Bank to launch a U551,000,000,000 developmeni and rehabilitation progi imme. The programme, to be carried out over the next five years, provides thai Brazil will
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    W. Europe Parley On Jap Competition
    38 9 LONDON. Se;;t 28 fAFPi—Japanese com; etition is one of the subjects under discussion at a conference be:ng held here of representatives of the cotton industry and trade from ten Western European countries.
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    HK EXCHANGE
    36 9 HONGKONG, Sept. 28—Special Standard Service Closing prices on the Hongkong Exchange today were HK515.73 to £1 Sterling:" HK«6.885 to US$l; HKJI.BI4 to Malayan $1; HKSO.33 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold HK5342.5 to one tael.
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    LAND TENURE
    37 9 A six-week world conference on land tenure problems opens at Wisconsin University on Oct. 8. Expected to attend are experts and agriculturists from 41 countries, including Formosa. Korea. the Philippines. Burma, Thailand, Indo-Chma and Japan.
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    US TARIFF BENEFITS FOR CZECHS ENDED
    44 9 GENEVA, Sept. 28 (Reuter).— The 30-nation conference of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) has granted, by 24 votes to one with four abstentions, a U.S. request for permission to end all tariff benefits to Czechoslovakia.
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    Indian, Jap Experts On American Tour
    28 9 Thirty-eight metallurgists from 10 European countries and Japan and India will tour plants of the Weirton Steel Company m West Virginia.— U.P.
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    H'Kong Plan To Assist Development
    115 9 H'Kong Plan To Assist Development HONGKONG. Sept. 28 <Reu-ter-AAP): The Hongkong Government is establishing a development fund from profits marie by the Department of Commerce and Industry m trading. Under the plan, all profits up to March 31 last year m excess of HK530.000.000 Will be reserved for the trading
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    72 9 Standard picture dv MORE THAN 250 guests attended a farewell party given by Borsumy at the Capitol Restaurant on Thursday evening for Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Zwarteveen and Mr. and Mrs. N. C. H. Hesterman of the Borneo Sumatra Trading Company (Malaya) Ltd. The Zwarteveens left yesterday for Holland,
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    89 9 picture. SSiOn f r rede^ atl ,l «r of 1 M »J*ya f Sir Henr y Gurney, opened the new offices of tne Rubber Producers' Council, at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Picture shows (from left):— Falhil Mr i?H cy i 7 Sheik Ahmad bin Sheik Mustapha, Inche Arshad Aris bin
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    MORE RUBBER FOR CHINA
    55 9 COLOMBO, Sept. 28 (Reuter)— —The Polish ship Mickiewicz has increased her cargo of Ceylon rubber which she U to take to China from 4,685 tons to 5,439. The extra 750 tons for Whampoa, South China. The 4.685 tons already loaded on the ship is destined for
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    Possession Of Gold Coin Is Illegal
    185 9 Standard Staff Reporter THE possession of gold m any form, except as recognised ornaments of jewellery, other than by authorised dealers is an offence against the finanace regulations and the owner is liable to prosecution. This was confirmed by a Singapore Government spokesman yesterday
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    ICI DIVIDEND
    27 9 The Board of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. has declared an interim dividend, payable on Dec. 1 next, of 3 per cent. on its ordinary stock.
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    Rubber Exports
    86 9 PENANG. Sept. 28:— In a memorandum addressed to the Penang Chamber of Commerce, the Assistant Comptroller of Customs stated that as from Oct. 1, the senior customs officers at Pral and Butterworth would Issue licences for the export of rubber from those 6 laces to all countries other
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    Malaya Trade Balance Improved In August
    269 9 Standard Staff Reporter, INCREASED Malayan exports to foreign countries during August ami lower imports resulted in an improvement in the country's trade balance when compared with the previous month's figures, according to official statistics. While the country's imports dropped from $392,893,000 in July to
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      RUBBER
      70 9 THE latest Singapore rubber prices yesterday were per lb. Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 51.53 $154 FOB m bales Oct No. 1 R.S.S. $1.53* $1.54* No. 2 K.S.S. $1.48 $1.49 No 3 K.S.S. morn.) $1.43 $1.44 Tone: Easier. LONDON RllBBtK Friday's opening prices per lb. were: No.
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      TIN
      39 9 SINGAPORE, F r i The price of Tin today was $451 picul. Up $8;. LONDON TIN Friday's prices first session were Spot C 989 buyers, £991 sellers. Three months €930 buyers, £9325 sellers. Settlement Price: £990. Tone: Firm.
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    Coconut Oil, Copra Quiet
    95 9 Standard Market Reporter COPRA m the Singapore produce market '-vas quiet yesterday, buyers opening at $40$ per picul and sellers $41. Later buyers increased to $40$. but sellers held at the opening price. Coconut oil was also quiet with no apparent interest, sellers offering $67. Pepper
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    US Grain Exports
    19 9 The United States exported 105,415.000 bushels of grain and product* during July and August. —A P.
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    10.000 BAGS OF SUGAR ARRIVE
    47 9 Standard Shipping Reporter THE Blue Funnel freighter Deucalion brought from Britain 10.000 bags of sugar. 1.422 packages of sundries, 902 casts of cigarettes. 7,500 cases of soap. six lengths of chain. 356 packages of tinplate and 1,045 bundles of corrugated steel sheets.
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    Flour, 247 Sheep For Singapore
    78 9 THE Blue Funnel freight ar.d passenger ship Gorgon has brought from Australia for Singapore 25.7G0 bags and 3.27H sacks of flour. 5.437 packages of freezer cargo. 2.C88 bags of oats. chaff and bran. 1.371 bales of wool. 32 baies of sandalwood logs, 21 bales of
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    Selective Buying Of Malayan Shares
    169 9 Standard Market Reporter SINGAPORE, Fri. With the uncertainty of the political situation, there was less activity m the Malayan share market m all sections yesterday. With the exception of some selective buying, the tendency was easier, according to the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Changed prices were:
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    RUBBER CARGO FOR AMERICA
    87 9 Standard Shipping Reporter n[E A f. an Pi esidei Linea iter Hai ding which left port on her h nu nrara voyage to America ed a tot ;is her (lain < g from Singapore Xhe '.c.-M oaded 231 inns of rubber for Mar» [lies i tSi
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    Stokes Says 'More Tin And Rubber'
    268 9 LONDON, Sept. 27. (Reuter). Representatives of nine Commonwealth nations and over 25 British colonial territories meeting hen. have agreed on plans tot expanding output of certain raw materials, including tin and rubber by Malaya. These plans were di.<-r: ced at a press conference. aMt-i
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    Japanese Enamelware For S'pore, Penang
    33 9 OSAKA, Sept 28 (UP) -Order* for er... me. ware have been trie vcd wn Indonesia, Ea>t and West Africa, Bangkok, Penanp. Bingai ore tnd Cc 'ra Amei v
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    JAPAN GETS WHEAT
    36 9 Japan has bought her Rrsi teal under thp [nti i*;ona] W:,< .it Agreement of which she became a ml i A.ic 1 Ihe I 55. metric tons, is from C j X It
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    No Canadian Favour
    30 9 The Manufacturers Association of Car.., rin ha? :p( imtnended that the Canadian Government should reft a::, t: itn >: v ng mo Eavoun Ination tar:fT treatment to Japan
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    THAI GIRL FROM ODESSA!
    824 10 IIOLLVWOOO, Fri.— Until 11 a Grade B actor and former priie lUhW-r <al ed Tom Neal. smashed m the face of C.rade A »ctor Fran chot Tone m a light over a girl called Barbara Payton. no one had heard of her. Now twenty-four-year-old, busty Barbara,
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    'Tokyo File 212' Teems With Espionage In The East
    284 10 pOMING as a timely and vividly actionful melodrama, "Tokyo File 212" develops events m Japan stemming: from a Russianinspired plot to hamper American military operations m Korea. Starred are Florence Marly and Robert Peyton. Hollywood players, who are supported by a
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    On The AIR
    237 10 On The AIR SINGAPORE BNGLISH PROGRAMME IR4 ill X- 41 >M lo am. Emergency News <X.L I: 1 p.m. Programme Summary; l.wz Rene liur.tnt Orchestra and The Bob Crosbv Cats; I News; I Interlude ot. Plantation Mnsic; 8. p.m Album ot liar mom ■.'!•> Rhythm Corner; R.4S lon den studio
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      230 10 y*J *^Tm TEL 34.00 ArP-CO^Di' IONtO DALLY 5 SHOWS "«*l!^t 18 EVERYBODY'S Jfe SINGING THE Jf^J PRAISES of tfLJrf CJX M-G-M's SHOW C^ B*f of SFfOWS.... V^/ J^ *"r> comu \s*ofW- a d t.rrinp KATHRYN GRAYSONAVA GARDNER HOWARD KKLL »iih .M>':. BICOVN. JUTtONIGHT at MfDNIGHT i| "SHOULD TIIKY MARRY" In
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      58 10 KIJi JUW Mi I Today Z 4.15 6.30 9.30 p.m. More hn Than DEAR RUTH'tod'OtAR WEI ii^Mtte 1 FOUR 1 aA PkKIU) ulUv)U\ «mm mum 1 SHOWS I TOMORROW 10.45 A.M. SHOW*"" William H»l<lt»n m t4 STREETS OF LAREDO^' OPENING TOMORROW A S|ittoky-\lyrttrrioii»-Comedy-Thrill<»r Bob HOPE— Paulettc GODDARD and a big
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      256 10 last .1 snnws^r 11 a.m. 1.15. 1.00. f,.:;0 t o ;o NEAGLE^ WlLtmjG J*tu.%J "Festival tf Britain I;i s\\\\V\V\\\\V\\\V\\\\\V\\\\V\V\\\\\\v\\\vxA\\\\ xx% > ■paeial < onre^ion at the II am 14, A < to organised Bartfea of school childiVi PrintipaU plrasr t«nta<i m> n<l:rr cllr SEASON FROM M'NITE TONICHp DESPERATE INTRIGUE BEHIND
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      219 10 rTH>DAY"S FORECAST:- Today! I v» c in.iv expect some diplomatic t <• ti its although the I r»-*uli~ ma.i remain completely or l».iril> unknown to u\ liiiTt* is a possibility ol seme Important* evi-nt connected with collective I life occßrrinu within fie m>\t two, days. The ri-.k of accident still
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      197 10 Crossword Ho. 76 Ihhh* I I I CLUES ACROSS:— 1 What a draughtsman de-nir.s to turn to? 6. Conscious of a ship's track: 7. Ben Jonson iras so-called; y Hanter m wandering gu;>e. 11 Little tales, maybe; 13. She fust "growed": Hi Gic- on holidays: 19 It goe=; m rotation,
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    VICTORIANS WIN
    23 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— Victoria Institution defeated the Selansoi Club by two goals to one at hockey on the Padang, this evening.
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    U.S. BASEBALL
    88 11 NFW YORK. Sept 27 IAPI c Nt v York Giants con- -;i t /a the hee'.< ci the L.^.-_: t < i<.-.::i::._4 Brooklyn Dodg m the X.r.iv tal League Pew scramble bj whipping c Philadelphia Phillies, 10 1. esd ighi a f "er the Dodgers i tabbed oui
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    Chwee Kok's Record Goes
    65 11 HONGKONG, Sepi 28 (AFPI Kin-wan, a member < I :r.-. H n^r: ng swimming team. yestei lay bi -it the 400-metre tree style record foi South-East Asia m 4 minutes 57 4 seconds. The record was held up till v by Nec Chwee Kok Sii g-
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    EUROPEANS IN FINAL BID FOR GOALS
    332 11 PL ING their last match m the SAFA Comniunity League, Europeans went all out against the Indians at Jalan Besar yesterday and emerged victorious by three goals to nil. The Europeans whose final position m the league depends a lot on their goal average,
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    TODAY'S Sport
    93 11 TODAY'S Sport SOCCER: SBHFA Final Chartered Bank v Hong Kong Bank at Jalan Besar. REME B.nhday match— REME v 30 Bn RAOC at Ayer Rajah Road. RUGBY: FARELF v Nee Soon Garrison at Tanolin: SAOBA v Naval C-in-C Staff at Woodsville. ATHLETICS: Medical Services Union sports. College ground. Sepo], Lines
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    104 11 DENNIS OH, sports reporter on the Singapore Standard, has been awarded an Institute of International Education scholarship to study m America during the 1951-52 academic year, the United States Information Service announced today. Dennis leaves by air for the United States to enrol for a course m civil engineering at
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    More School Swim Records Smashed
    633 11 RECORDS toppled like nine pins at the second annual swimming carnival of St. Anthony's School, Singapore, yesterday at the Chinese Swimminji Cluh pool. Thirteen new times were set. David Rodri£\ies was the most successful competitor m the "A" Division. He took the championship with four
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    Stork Stops Boxing Bout
    67 11 PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27 iIPi The ten-round bout between Oil Turner and Bernard Docosen was postponed today for one month be<au>e Doeustn is a new father and "eouldii't give himself the right kind of ambition tc train for a light." Promoter Herman Taylor, acting at the request
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    DRAW IN 'RDY' CUP FINAL
    290 11 IPOH. Fri. A goal scored by Worrall six minutes before time enabled the Fourth Hussars to force a replay m this year's final of the RDY cup competition, the match ending m a one-all draw. Despite extra time neither side was able to force a
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    Achilles Club Meeting
    39 11 MR E. E. PURCELL will give a talk on "Athletes m Australia at the Shell Theatrette. Shell House, Collyer Quay, on Monday Ist October commencing at 5.15 p.m. This will be followed by a film show.
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    Selangor Chinese Win 2-1
    222 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Selangor Chinese won their FA Cup quarter-final against the Police Depot today two goals to one, after one of the most interesting games played m the tournament so far. The game started In a very fast pace with the Chinese doing mast of
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    Publishers Beat Ford Easily
    180 11 Publishers Beat Ford Easily IN A second round Singapore Business Houses Knock-out Cup competition match played at the Fane:- Park yesterday, Malaya Publishing House S.C. defeated Ford Sports Club by four goals to one. The Publishers kicked off, adapted themselves well to the wet ground, pinned the Fords to their
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    6-A-Side Hockey
    74 11 6- A- Side Hockey A total of 35 teams have entered for \he Singapore District 6-ja side hockey knock-out competition to be held at Nee Soon today arid tomorrow. The organising committee hopes to get through 27 games today leaving the quarter-finals. semi-final and final for tomorrow. The entrance fee
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      110 11 r^iicoßi-. I 18 MID -"-TER., uffi* S NAN NSTANT/ LSlOfi FtUM6 REX- j ::irt [Vdhni tuueotor) RTS i HAMa aia > r- it World 13 N I UN' N>w World I ad 15 pm •r DIAMOND THEATRE DAIL\ A SHOWS: >. 3€ }>.m. H %I \I h \I»« RISMAN !\H
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      558 11 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENT T, THE undersigned, compiler x and publisher of the Malayan Trade Directory, wish to inform the public that (1) The 3rd edition, the 1951/52 issue, should be ready for sale by the 3rd week of November, 1951, at the latest (m fact it should have been ready
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      557 11 TENDER 'TENDERS are invited lor the A erection ol a New Biscuit Factory Building adjoining Messrs. Thye Hong Biscuit Confectionary Factory Ltd at Alexandra Road, Singapore. Tender forms, plans etc. can be obtained from the Architect, Wong Puck Sham, Reg. Architect 15, Bonham Building on payment ol a deposit ol
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      465 11 SITUATIONS VACANT 1V, T ANTED Lady Teacher tor Kindergarten. Enclose qualification?. Apply to Cano»sian Convent. Kluang. YT ANTED Malayan born motor vrhicles enginef capable managing Service Department. State salary rod experience Apply Brx We T. 413 S'porc Standard. HOME GUARD INSPECTORS APPLICATIONS are Invited for appomtment as Home Guard Inspectors
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      49 11 HIGH TIDES at the principal resorts m Malaya: TODAY: AM. P.M Singapore 10.23 21.57 Malacca 06.38 19.11 Port Dickson 05.19 17.52 Port Sham 04.22 1ti.38 Penang 11.46 TOMORROW: Singapore 10.43 22.34 Malacca 07.14 19.42 Port Dickson 05.55 18.23 Port Sham 04.59 17.18 Penang 00.17 12.18 RTN UHJ IIK J
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    SANDOWN LOOKS GOOD FOR 4th WIN IN ROW
    310 12  -  OLLIE DAVIES Scotch tiXpress For Gold Vase Trial By JUST how good It Sattdown. a vi, lIM the last three races? Racegoer* *i|| u^ answer when today's rare 7 of the P»r.L ase meeting is run. It will be a stiff test
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    Standard's RACE CARD
    554 12 RACE 1: 1.45 p.m. Horses Cl. 2, Div. 7— 6 Furs. f ftoyal Dream Jy B.IJ M i. X.C Cjoo M. Breukelen Crowe PI I lit fe m. mm fe B 1U Ij tS v si, a k d Ah»mad Harper R „0 ESS. 4y Ml "A/WKS
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    STANDARD'S SELECTIONS
    190 12 Ollie Davtes Gtj Reveller Mlnotoo Goodwood Tnrflte I AUDIOLA BOYAL DBEAM M. M.ITIEB FfpSg^l jfflSS^ SS&w Katrine ll S P'"" IMI bTTJ- p-Js^-^^7- ABHOfSrOBD PB f K L COINt MgNLEE BK.OHT BOY BR.GHT BOY "VrSa^ T "V^ G AB aSbl, {.^n Cnigs" Hard Cash W KJSSiI A rl
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    Card Of 10 Races For Ipoh Gold Vase Meet
    1050 12 RACE 5: 3.45 p.m. Horses Cl. 2, Div. I— 9 Furs. 1 001 Haydee 8y 9.00 Mr. Abu Bakar Rodgers McC'oud 2. 141 Unless 4y 9.00 Mr. V.C Bath DanieLs McPherson 3. 312 Trafalgar 3y 8.13 Mr. A. Donald Yon- Tait
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    BRIGHT BOY IS BEST BET
    174 12 KACE 1-1 winner here I mainiy on trad respect none Is than Aud.uia. wh k i PP I ncr all over m Adorns on T:,,:\: f ACK 2:— T: a ell- pr c ll^ n ri.Mng Spirit and r. either of „hi ch enough to
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    Going Soft
    28 12 PLENTY of rain ha^ fallen m Ipoh during thin week. Though the wrrihrr was bright and mmnj y«sterday the going for today's races will l>e noft.
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