Singapore Standard, 26 October 1951

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  • 18 1 Singapore Standard 1k A. M X VOlll NO. 7 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1951. 12 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS
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  • 408 1 Gurkhass Shoot Down Another Gurney Killer *,mI *MafT Com i i jpo»dcni i Seventeen be«ra after the first rorisl »ani: which murdered Sir Henry i he '2 2 Garkhaa, who have been iht> dan of ibc mtinler, a second m iheir bwlirte m the virinity where the I k tiled
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  • 60 1 Reportei ngress- .irtei la >' a I be is ii stepa ght Com-' :s be 4 "I feel be- 1 np c JOT IQ to ears. m the c terest 4 tries eroen:i a two- j but iti] 4 bia i I Kuala see
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  • 56 1 LONOON Oct, 2S (Reuter) j B itain's international speedboat B lebird sank while travelling at ►ye 100 miles m 'a<>hv on Coniston water m the Lake District I id ly. Mi. Donald Campbell. its »wner driver -«nd his mechanic. Mr. Leo Villa were rescued by a motor aunch
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  • 444 1 I Labour Jubilant At I Heavy Popular Poll By Late Afternoon LONDON, Oct. 25 (AP) Britain's momentous jgemtai election appeared, by late afternoon today, to be beaded for a record popular vote and jubilant Socialist Party leaders said "a record vote always means a Labour victory." The
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    29 1 photo. 1 The body of the first slain i bandit of the gan? which J killed Sir Henry 'iurney was brought to Kaub m a scout car yesterday. Standard
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  • 115 1 MUNSAN, KOREA. Oct. 25 (AP).— The United Nations Command proposed to the Communists today a buffer zone four kilometers wide! (about two and a half miles) between the opposing armies for a ceasefire m Korea This would entail a withdrawal of about 250
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  • 207 1 FAYID, Canal Zone, Oct. 25 (Renter). Conditions m llit" Suez (anal zone art' serious and continue lo deteriorate," a British military .spokesman said here toi niiiht. He refused to reveal when the danger-point might be reached but said: "We have i plans to meet the changing
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  • 79 1 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Oct. 25. The following ore the closing prices of rubbe* and fin on the London Market today LONDON RUBBER Spot 46 id. Nov. 461 d. Dec. 46id. Jon/Mar. 45! d. Apr./Jun« 44 d. Nor. c.i.f. 45id. Market: Quiet. LONDON TIN Spot: £1,005
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  • 75 1 Embargoed Goods For Red China Seized LARGE quantities of motor spare parts, machinery and motor fuel believed to be en route to Red China were seized by the Singapore Police recently. Tour Singapore second-hand dealers have since b**«n detained under the Emergency Regulations m connection with the seizure. said a
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  • 99 1 A RESOLUTION seeking the amendment uf the Trade Union Ordinance with a view to I barring any paid employees of trade unions m Singapore from I representing their unions at trade union conference will be among 25 resolution. 1 that will come up for
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  • 193 1 Warning Sounded KL Fast Becoming Uninhabitable Town KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Kuala Lumpur faces tfie danger of becoming the most unhealthy town m the Federation and a warning to this effect was sounded this morning by the Municipal President, Mr. E. (>- Barrett, during the debate on the Budget for next
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  • 39 1 A 53-year-old Chinese, Ho Joo Hin. collapsed suddenly on j the fi\ r e foot way m Tanjong i Pagar Road shortly before mid- J j night last night. He died before I reaching the hospital.
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  • 68 1 LONDON. Oct. 25 <UP)- Conservative leader Winston Churchill brought a suit today against the pro-Labour Daily Minor for alleged libel m a frontpage layout this morning which asked "Whose finger on trigger.* The Mirror devoted the entire front page to a layout topped b\ the
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    49 1 Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. the Commissioner-General, re ceiVes an Admiral's piping when he boarded the m.s. Pelan dok yesterday when the ship, with live other Seaward Defence Motor launches, cruised along: the Straits of Johore during a sea inspection by the FUf Offlrer Her? Mr. Mu^onald rctuns a sairt^^e^dtnira^^^Mjl^
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  • 236 1 FROM 6bckingham Pal- E ace, came the word that the King, still recuperating jj from a major operation, |g would remain awake un-U til midnight to get the IE election results. His doc- IS tors have sanctioned thei;] late hour on this occasion. 3 AP BOOKMAKER Douglas Stuart revealei
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    40 1 Photo The Governor of Singapore. Sir Franklin Gimson. wield* the trowel on the Foundation Stone of S.A.T.A's new clinic m Prince Edward Road, yesterday Looking is Mr I Kirk wood of Messrs. Palmer Turner, architects of the new building. Standard
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  • 128 1 Standard Staff Reporter EIGHT HUNDRED ami forty-five flilwi n wlm arrived from China liv tin* llfinrirli |mmni on I ii«-ml.iv last have I»«*«mi detained j»in<*e hy the Singapore Security Police under the Finer I ravel He-.li ielion Regulations. The ship arrived dtreH from Swatow On
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  • 61 1 RPC Recognizes Smallholders Standard Stuff < 'orrtvpuiideut KUALA UJMPIJK. nan: The Rubber Producer^ Council today officially re cognized the Johore Smallholders Association. (he Mohamed Aris bin Ahmad I alhil president of the JSA said tonight th«* tola! of member^ of th#* asMM ialion was now MM and he was optimistic
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  • 266 2 Exceeds 5 1 Target Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Council for Adult Education with its affiliated voluntary bodies is now running 170 literacy classes m the Colony, thus exceeding the target of 150 classes set by the Council for 1951. At the Council meeting yesterday
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  • 98 2 II Standard Woman Reporter "MISS MALAYA" of 1951, Colleen Cooke. arI rived ia Singapore yesterday aboard The StandI ard plane to begin her week's holiday away from I her home m Kuala Lumpur. 1 Shown around the town, Colleen was I enchanted by the window displays of
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  • 137 2 THI a] peal oi Abdul Rahim \ij A; Wahab, who was convi ted and sentenced to death for the murdei of Lee V id Kwai, a 17-year-old girl v. D lorobo Court, was disn > c I yesterday m the Singapore Couri i f
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  • 87 2 KAIS _Y1 ai I ttilal was the Singapore Second day with t a woman, F binte Jamail. vi ith Inlent 1 oul i. m desty at ia Rive] Valley R- ad on C -4 case i- the Third c Court, (teg Ah H.-.v (56) <•■
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  • 21 2 I to. i jurt. v red. seed to 15 St t C iri vested C al.
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  • 33 2 HI N Sec e1 ol the I v -v:-.:> C lib. Mr. I efi by the m.s. Si M kka yesterday for J' nd Jai an «mess-< m-pleasuj t- i isil
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  • 225 2 THE GROLNDS for the dismissal of the appeal of A. K. S. O^man Ghanv who was convicted and sentenced to death for murdering R.A.F. Cpl. Peter Hugh Bell during the riots last December, was given by the Chief Justice Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, yesterday. In
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  • 60 2 S 'pore Man Passes Bar Final Exam MR. David Ernest Chelliah, c Icsj son oi Dr. and Mrs Chelliah of Singapore ha? passeel the Bar final examination m L nd Mr. Chelliah known to his friends as David is an o!d boy ol St Andrew's School, SingaB re ar.d Anglo-Chinese
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    41 2 photo. NINE MEN were slight ly injured yesterday morning when this lorry m which they were travelling: overturned at the 13J milestone. Woodlands Road. Singapore. The lorry was conveying 18 clerks and labourers of the Base Ordnance Depot to work.- Standard
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  • 41 2 S 'pore Almoner Studying In UK AMONG the men and women from the many colonies who are attending the" British Council course on the rehabilitation and resettlement of the disabled, is Miss Kathleen Eastaugh, Almoner at the General Hospital m Singapore.
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  • 25 2 TWO Singapore opticians. Mr. E. M Ezekiel and Mr. John Duke. left the Colony yesterday for Australia. They were accompanied by their wives.
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  • 45 2 BAIL of $500 was offered to Goh Lai Seng (21), m the Singapore First Police Court yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to manufacturing explo- c sires m the form of percussion caps, without licence. He will i E be sentenced on Ort 31
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  • 38 2 THE Air Marshal. Sir Francis Fogarty, C-in-C. Far East Air Feree and Lady Fogarty, leave Singapore today by air for Australia and New Zealand They are expected to be away for about a month.
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  • 123 2 BOEY PANG ENG had his air gun confiscated m the Singapore Third District Court yesterday, and was fined $200 when he rleaded builty to firing the gun m a negligent manner. He also admitted discharging a firearm between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. without authority. The court
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  • 44 2 FOR THROWING corrosive substance (alkali^ at a woman's face. Lee Fook Choon was sentenced m the Singapore Fouth Police Court yesterday to a day"s simple imprisonment. Lee was also ordered to pay $20 compensation to the woman. l
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  • 270 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE SYSTEM employed to check Singapore properties for computing their annual assessment values is comprehensive and ensures that few owners of dwellings or other buildings on the island escape paying their dues, a spokesman of the Lands Department said yesterday. "However, we are
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  • 267 2 $723,000 From Gold Bars c By George Rasiah, Standard Staff Reporter l LIFE suddenly changed for 47-year-old Chan Siak Kian, a Teochew seaman, yesterday when g the Singapore Government who had retained his c gold bars worth about $123,000 for more than a c year, suddenly
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  • 119 2 A UNANIMOUS verdict of death by misadventure retur n c d by a panel of four rs m the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday, at an inquest inlc the death of Lav T ng Paay. a 39-year-old seaman who ic!l into the sea, off P^sir Panjang and
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  • 60 2 THE Chettiur Community m Singapore are planning a '"grand reception"' for Sir (Dr.> R. M. Alagappa Chettiar. who is arriv- ing m the Colony tomorrow by air. Dr. Chettiar is the founder of i the Dr. Alagappa Chettiar Col- I lege m Karaikudi. India. He
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  • 241 2 REUNION Week of graduates and undergraduates of the University of Malaya made, a good start yesterday with tennis and hockey matches at Sepoy Lines and a variety concert, attended by several hundred people at °TnSSS? Ham Ha H kt night. Tonight, several academic societies
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  • 31 3 AN AMENDMENT has been made m th e Municipal tHackney Carriage) By- 1 aus to increase the number of taxis m the Colony from 100 to 400 vehicles.
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  • 300 3 Standard Woman Reporter THE GOVERNOR of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson. sounded a warning after he had laid the foundation stone of SATA's new Tuberculosis Centre m Prince Edward Road. He said that if medical facilities remain m Singapore as they are at present, m ten years'
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  • 173 3 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding today: DA\ Bukit Tlm;ih iliaae. I nited Chinese Rubber Works. Lam soon Cannery. Lam < hooii Rubber Works. Fred Water House. Industrial Crises. Kilburn Estate. Dtinearn Road. U l> Maintename Depot, lurf Club, Kwurt Park. Holland Road. Adam Park. Park. <;allop Hill. 1
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  • 206 3 Standard Staff Reporter More than H>" people have died In Ringit m the Batu Pahat area since January due to an out-h-eak of malaria. About 80 per cc of the people In that district are infected and half the school children are away trom school. Thus
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  • 94 3 Standard Staff Reporter AFTER TWO WEEKS' mental observation pending sentence Loh Guan Seng. (29). a former teacher of the Royal English School at Stamford Road, who cheated five schoolboys of their watches was found to be mentally fit and perfectly normal. Yesterday Loh was sentenced m
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  • 74 3 THREE Singapore Chinese middle school students under subpoena by the Police for interrogation m connection with the attempted boycott of the last inter-school examination have yet to answer the summons. Sixty-two other Chinese school students from four schools have already been questioned by the C.I.D. m connection
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  • 45 3 A 34-YEAR-OLD Chinese woman, whs stated m the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday, to have committed suicide by opium posioning. She was Lim Ah Moey of Park Road. Singapore a labourer m The Harbour Board, who died on Sept. 25. Verdict: Suicide.
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  • 104 3 An R.A.F. helicopter flew to Western Pa hang yesterday to airlift the pilot of a second helicopter which on Wednesday crashed m a jungle clearing while making a casualty airlift. The helicopter which crashed on Wednesday developed mechanical trouble as it was flying out of the
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  • 81 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE EASTERN DISTRICT of the Singapore Boy Scouts' Association, whose president is Dato C. J. Paglar is holding a Scouts Snorts meeting at the Telok Kurau English School tomorrow at 3.00 p.m. The programme includes, besides track events, scout items such as first-aid,
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  • 56 3 LIM LAY SENG, a young man with four previous convictions was sentenced m the Singapore Third District Court yesterday, to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment for entering the house ot Mr. A. H. D'Willis at Stevens Road on Aug. 24. His sentence will also be followed
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  • 227 3 AT THE NEXT meeting of the General Committee of the Malayan Chinese Association on Oct. 28 the Singapore branch of the M.C.A. will suggest that they be represented m the Lottery Sub-Committee of the Central Office. This resolution was adopted m the committee meeting
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  • 320 3 This Was Brutal Inhuman, Says Mr. L MR. A. R. LAZAROUS, member of the General Council of the Singapore Labour Party and Labour candidate for the North Ward m the December City Elections took a broadside at the Police for not drawing the attention of the Social Welfare Department to
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  • 210 3 SOSForMr. Lim? 'Drop Tour And Hurry Back' Standard Staff Reporter THfi DESPATCH of "an urgent cable" to Mr. Lim Yew Hock, president of the Singapore Labour Party "to drop his tour of America and return immediately" m view of the crisis m the Party, is
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    28 3 photo Mr. J. A. Harvey. Commissioner of Lands, Singapore, who was a Qantus BOAC arrival yesterday from London. He spent five months on leave m the T.K.- Standard
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  • 339 3 Standard Staff Reporter IN WARNING the "76 misguided member-" of the Singapore Labour Party that they wrvr being ''misguided by capitalist elements" Mr. I*. Williams a member of General C.ounril of the Party, made the "'most unfounded *tatem«'iil* said Mr. Lee Choon Eng, the
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  • 42 3 MR. JOHN HOOD. Au il i Ambassador to Indonesia, teach ed Singapore by Qantas/BOAC on his way to Paris for- the United Nations Genera! Assembly. He will join the Australian delegation headed by the External Affairs Ministei 111 Richard Casey.
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  • 210 3 1 10 Say Sack The Lot Standard Staff Reporter ON H indi I'd usd be list" members oi the Lab«i i i.i rtj ol Singapoi c have to the General Secretary, Hr. P M. Williams, ■sktng thai <■ General Council take discip nary ictton ■E#fo»gi the 7€ :>■•••• i i
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 114 3 [SIN(3AWR[]J^|| V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road: Tennis Championships at Bras Ba.>:ih Rd 5 p.m.. Jud i Practice 3.30 p.m.. Weight-lifting Body Building Group 5.30 p.m., Ma lav Literacy Class B.:W p.m. Chinese V.M.C..V. Selegie Road: Music Class 2.30 p.m.. Mouth Or^an B tnd p.m. Chinese Chess 7.30 p.m.. Bib'e Study Class 8
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  • 226 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LIMPIR. Thurs. .—Security forces pursuing the bandit sang which attacked a patrol of the Royal West Rents m the Ulu Yam District have not yet made contact, but the operation continues. HQ Malaya announce the death oi Private A. Lepper, one
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  • 53 4 KUALA LUMPUn Tr.^rs—A Ci .s« j Tan Kirn Lin, 'n. s v t lenced by Mr. Justice H. v, Wilson lodaj to five years' rif r< impris nmeni tot housebrtakinfl a! Tengku Dia Udin Streel Klang, en July 2C Tan wl enied the allegation had
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  • 61 4 Lectures On Elections Standard Staff Reporter JOHORI BAHRU Thurs.— Leci ea o t:. r set-up ur.d orZ I r!ect:c:is w il] be I twice weekly to all employees oi the Johore Town P i I c:- the Assistant Election Supervisor, Inche Is mi bin Isi I ftrsi lecture will be
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    74 4 MR AND MRS. T. Ganesan who were married according to Hindu rites at the Sri Krishna Bagawan Temple Waterloo Street, yesterday. Mr. Ganesan who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. V. Thuraisamy is with the Singapore Fire Brigade. The bride, formerly Miss Thiyanayagi. is the daughter of Mr. and
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  • 136 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Trustees of the Sir George Maxwell Scholarship Fund, the Midlands Urban Co-operative Union, will award ten scholarships next year to hoys and girls who pass Standard VIII this year and who continue their studies for School Certificate
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  • 770 4 Revised Expenditure Of $5.9 Millions Approved Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Kuala Lumpur Municipality has budgetted for a deficit of $409,174 next year. The orig i l t d Z eX referred to the Finance Committee, showed a deficit of $2,UOU,UUU. The
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  • 69 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Bandit interferer.ee with the railway track between Tapah and Temoh, m Perak. last night, resulted m the engine of an up goods train and the first goods vehicle being derailed. The day mails between Tapah Road and Ipoh had to be
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  • 120 4 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Thurs. The Seremban Rotary Club today announced the results of the essay and poster competition on United Nations Day. The essay was on the aims and achievements of the United Nations. The winners are: Edgar Joseph. St. Paul's Institution; M. Maheson. King
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  • 104 4 I KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs— A Chinese youth, Tan Hooi Chooi, who was found guilty of having m hi s possession terrorist documents at Ulu Yam on July 18, and was alleged to have been found consorting with persons whom he Tiad reasonable grounds to believ© were
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  • 48 4 PORT DICKSON, Wed— A sentence of $100 or one month's simple imprisonment was imposed by the Circuit Magistrate on a rubber tapper, Kum Kee Sam, 65, for illegal possession of intoxicating liquor. He was fined a further $50 for evading duty on five bottles of liquor.
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  • 170 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Coroner. Inche Hardon bin Haji Idris today recommended that a Chinese lorry driver. Lee Pak, be charged with doing a rash act not amounting to culpable homicide, at the conclusion of the inquest into the death of a 12-year-old Chinese boy. Tan
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  • 116 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— In keeping with the present day tendency m the Federation for Malay and Chinese businessmen to combine m new ventures, a company has been formed here to operate a bus service from the Federal capital to Penang. With approval given to the X.L.-Singapore
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  • 515 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LIMPLR, Thurs. Commenting on the Budget at the special meeting of the Commissioner.- this morning, Mr. T. R. Marks pointed out that he had received the revised Draft Budget of 65 pages on Tuesday morning, followed the next day with
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  • 128 4 A STUDENT from Kuala Lumpur, Siew Nina Chee. who is now m the United States under the exchange of students programme, is amazed at the rapid pace set by the Americans m their work, "play and study. Mr. Siew is a student m the New
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  • 48 4 PLEADING guilty before the Muar Magistrate on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to M. Manickam at Tanjong Olak Estate, Muar. with a penknife, Karian son of Appoo was fined $80 or three months' rigorous imprisonment and also ordered to pay $30 compensation to the complainant.
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  • 308 5 ROAD SAFETY WEEK Beautiful Cars, Girls Take Part Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs. No effort is being spared to make Road Safely Week-November 18-25, m Ipoh a grand spectacle both from the entertainment and educational point of view. It will open amidst a fanfare of trumpets and a procession ending
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  • 80 5 BUTTER WORTH. Thurs. Estates m Province Wellfsley will be charged a flat rate of 40 cents per 1.000 gallons with retrospective effect from August this year. This was decided at the last meeting of the Province Wellesley Rural Board. The fcxecutive Engineer. Mr A. A. Fisher,
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  • 212 5 Standard Start Correspondent BUTTERWORTH. Thurs How a bicycle. built for one but supporting three people. plunged into the Sungei Derhaka m Prai Estate resulting i:\ the death of Kandasamy Elian, the rider, was related to the Butterworth coroner yesterday Muniandy Krishan. a^ed seven years, told
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  • 89 5 BUTTER WORTH. Thurs— "A very gallant gentleman and a true friend or this country whose name will ever be remembered by its people" was the tribute paid to the late Sir Henry Gurnev by the Chairman of Province Wellesley Rural Board. Mr. S. T. Stewart, at the
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  • 65 5 PENANG. Thurs. Four Chinese, including a woman, were arrested m connection with Mm Yuen activities following a screening operation by the Police at Gertak Sanggul yesterday afternoon. About 500 villagers were screened m a three-hour operation. Last ni«ht at Tassek Glugor. a police sentry opened
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  • 30 5 SIX Kit^on lumps may be installed a.s street lights m Tassek Glugor Village. Province Wellesley, as an experiment as there is no electric supply In this village.
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  • 38 5 CUSTOMS examination at the Butterworth Pus' Office of ajl postal packages tor delivery m Province Wellesley. other than Butterworth. was impracticable for a number oi reasons, the Province Welles ley Rural Board has been informed.
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  • 61 5 RAL'B. Thurs— The carcass of a. wild boar, believed killed m the current battle between Security Forces and the murderers of Sir Henry Gurney was found m Cheroh Road, here on Tuesday. The carcass weighed 3£ piculs and is believed to have been
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  • 149 5 MAINTENANCE CLAIM 'She Had No Choice But To Marry Again' Standard Staflf CorreHpoiKlcnt PENANC. Thiirs. Appearing for a woman. On£ Cheng Tuan. m a claim for maintenance from a 53-year-old merchant, Ang Choo kce, Mr. Lim Keng Kooi told Magistrate, Mr. jaffar hin Mohamed Tahar, that the woman had no
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  • 262 5 .Standard Staff Correspondent SUNGEI PATANI, Thurs. Youths m the call-up a»e group m kedah who got married before February I, tins year, may not l>e affected, provided the State's quota of 2,385 young men is filled. This statement was made by Mr. Teoh Eng Keat.
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  • 381 5 7 Can't Paint Rosy Picture/ Says Mr. Ward Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. One of the most important problems facing the new council would he the raising of extra revenue, according to the Acting Municipal President, Mr. N. Ward, m the course of his draft
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  • 145 5 Standard Start' Correspondent IPOH. Thurs.— Chan Sian? Teck C-WK a cinema operator attached to the Department <if Information Mobile Unit. as today sentenced by Magistrate Che A i shad to 45 days rigorous imprisonment tor impersonating a detective. On Aug. 19. Chan visited Kampong Bengali where lie
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  • 187 5 Draft Budget Passed PENANG Thurs.— The Irmti h:'!^- 1 tor i 052 was ippi ie afirr lengthy It'hate at th« M v aid \> Commlfisionei ■>' meeting today ovw the v■"■■••u Moii (jf transferring the tin.'.* trading departments balun <•% —Water, Eiectricity and Tran« i spoil bo general pevonue An
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  • 127 5 PENANG rh it ■•> Committee of the St. Nirholaf 1 1 «ie School Building Fund has decided to r in (up I ions. The fund now i i 577.i1.»4.!<i Kay fu ter donat >■*$ subscriptions ft ed, m alloted lo the ceorml fun<i t!ie
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    • 410 5 FEDERATION DIARY T4IPING I.I1M>: Wyoming Mail (Tech.). Pathe News No. ;s<»* 12 4.~>. 3.15, 630 and 9. 1S pan. RKX: Kam hin Kee (Mand.) 1. 3. 6. 8 10 p.m. SIN: Chan Sai Mci Patt Ying Chai (Cant.) 2.:;o. 7.15 and 9.30 p.m. CABLTON: Forgotten Wife (Mand.) 645 and 9.15
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    • 124 5 hi ANG REX: Puul Of London 3. 5.30 and 9 pan CAPITOL: Canadian Pacific 'J. 6.45 and 9.15 p.m RK(;AL: The Avengers 3. *> 4.i and 9.15 p.m. CATHAI (P'Siiam): The Outriders 3, »>.; jo and 9 p.m. SfcREMBAN SAPPHIRE: Desert Fairy (Egyptian i PLAZA: Breakthrough. KLUAJNG CORONATION: P^tes Of
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    • 904 6 IYfJE understand that the Malayan Chinese Association is to consider at a general meeting to be held next week a proposal to purge responsible officials and other members who have been openly advocating support for the Nationalist Government at Taiwan. This move is being made as a result
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  • 19 6 —and jiow she's worrying because sh« can't remember what the was worrying about m tb« first place!"
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  • 1127 6  - Khartoum: Meeting-Place Of The Niles And Of East West RICHARD RUSSELL By AS we flew into our destination the three cities which together make up the capital oi the Sudan appeared below us dissected by the Blue and White Niles The sun-baked mud buildings of Omdurman and North Khartoum stood
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    • 633 6 Sir: "Critic" made a statement m his letter m The Standard of Oct. 20 which I consider unwarrantable, to say the least. I refer to this sentence: "The vast majority Of local people regard F.P.A. methods as immoral." Now I suspect "Critic" wrote as a Roman
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    • 313 6 Sir.— The Singapore Budget Committee has sabotaged m a day the country's three-year war effort to beat the Communists. Rather than introduce higher taxation, the Committee has bowed to the dictates of vested interests and has. instead, axed 1952 social welfare estimates like the provision of 100
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    • 271 6 Sir:— Two weeks ago I commented on the I.M.P. politicians' enthusiasm for v Gurney memorial. Judging by the number of subscribers it has to be concluded that the 'IMP* has killed the chicken before it has been hatched How much more decent it would have been had
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    • 246 6 Why Stop Others Sir:— l am reluctant to introduce a frivolous note into the controversy which is now raging between a gallant band of 30.000 Roman Catholics and the local proponents and supporters of Family Planning, but I am reminded of a song which was a very popular 'hit 1
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    • 82 6 Sir;— Apropos Critic's letter published m The Singapore Standard of October 20 and Mr. McNeice's published previously, I do not wish to enter into the controversy over the merit and demerit of birth control but can mention this much; that there is a world of difference between abortion and
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    • 182 6 Sir: A Standard Staff reporter reported on the 24th that the vehicles and Traffic Committee of the Singapore City Councillors had approved the running of the SingaporeKuala Lumpur Bus Service on four conditions, one of which was that the Minimum charge should be $12 per passenger Mark,
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  • 86 6 Review of Views :L-nJ ori(s 8 i Man, >•'■■• the Rou S h R. J3d k great Iho c J 1 powei H ►Vici factor The] I fa:,- i Bomb 1 mai i real i In I during tnird exj The Shi of ai but Stalin's pu;; the ne s
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  • 385 6 French Reviewing North African Policy PARIS HPALKS began on Oct. 18 x between the Tunisian Prime Minister, Mr. Hamed Chenik, and members of the French Government on how to improve relations between the Protectorate and the protecting country. Simultaneously the French are reviewing their Moroccan policy and their new Resi-dent-General,
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  • 61 7 fAIRO Orl "P- < S v feafefi rt abort tneai me m And.idispatc london Irs tod.v ri sc the re* <- t l !t intended •ffei m UHEW- Xi- rt i spokesman dwlarrd th.n Ike British nt v'su s not ißrffd ;nfn- rrkai >tatr
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  • 205 7 Ship May Use Canal At Own Risk CAIRO. Oct. L>s. (Reuter>— The S lea Canal Company stated yes- lerclay that ships may now use ie Canal at their own risk withj out the usual Canal Company I I aboard A Canal Company spokesman v.iv! snips might enter and pass through
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  • 125 7 ATLANTA. Oct. 25. (UP)— Police searched the city for the disi ibutor who sold a hooch of 'etna! liquor made of racing fuel and water that claimed the lives vi at least 27 imbibers. Police said they believe the death list a ill go
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  • 284 7 Talks Underway With Six Other Nations On Details WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UP) State Department spokesman Michael J. McDermott -ai<l >esterilay that the United States m collaboration with six other nations plans to go ahead with \\w establishment of the Middle East Command. McDermott said
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  • 55 7 BERLIN. Oct. 25: (Renter) Steinstuecken. the tiny West Berlin enclave occupied and vacated by East German people's police during the past week, was again entered yesterday by people's police, this time with armed Russian soldiers. But they withdrew after two hours taking a Western photographer
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  • 58 7 PARIS. Oct. L's AFP >.— Robert Schuman, Minister for Foreign AfFairs, announced today that France would submit a proposal for the creation oi a European Federation at the next session of the European Council next month. Schuman made this statement at a luncheon given m
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  • 168 7 HONGKONG, Oct. 25 (AP)— -Red China yesterday marked the anniversary eve of her entry into the Korean war by voting to continue mobilization of "manpower, materials and finances" for her fighting "volunteers"" and to increase her subscription campaign to purchase more arms
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  • 127 7 CAIRO. Oct 25 (Renter) Egypt will soon open talks for a trade agreement with Soviet Russia, an Egyptian Ministry spokesman said today. Russia was understood to be seeking a most favoured nation clause and priority m purchasing Egyptian cotton. The spokesman said a n
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  • 67 7 WASHINGTON. Oct. 25. < Rente,- --President Truman today formally proclaimed the end of the state of war between the United States and Germany. The President's action l ol lowed a joint Congressional resolution ending the war. The proclamation said that the war which
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  • 64 7 TAIPEI. Oct. 25 <AP>- -U -S. Army Chief of Staff General J. Lawton Collins is expected to arrive m Taipei tomorrow and to leave the next day. Highlight of his visit vvill be a talk with President Chiang Kai-shek. Collins will also receive reports from Major-Gene-ral
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  • 87 7 U.S. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, KOREA. Oct. 25 (AP;.— Fifty Russian-type MIG jets attacked 31 American Sabre jets on an early morning sweep into Northwestern Korea today. Fifth Air Force headquarters said one enemy craft was damaged durng a ten-minute battle. It was
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    42 7 photo. A scene from Fritz Fisher's Ice Ballet now playing m Hamburg m which bizarre characters of Truman. Churchill and Stalin appear m several skits. Here Truman is seen endeavouring to restrain Stalin's designs on the world while Churchill watches unobtrusively A.P.
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  • 125 7 VICTORIA BRITISH COLUMBIA. Oct. 25. (UP>— Princess Elizabetn admitted Tuesday to her hairdresser that she was homesick for her children. Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Doris Stenmark, ftve-foot-one-inch hairdresser, said she found the Princess "very lovely and completely natural" during the hour she spent with her
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  • 99 7 LONDON. Oct. 25. (Renter) Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will spend a day m Kenya on their way to Australia and New Zealand next February. They will stay at a lodge given them by the Colony as a wedding present and are expected to fly
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  • 91 7 HONGKONG, Oct. 25 (ReuierAAP) Another 25 '"counter-re-volutionaries" were sentenced to death and shot by the public security authorities m Shanghai on Oct. 20, according to an official Communist announcement published m the Shanghai newspaper. Sin Wen Pao, received here today. Fifteen others, given the extreme penalty, had
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  • 151 7 CALCUTTA, Oct. 25, (AFP) —Fifty people m the Bihar region have been attacked by a strange madness after eating the Milo flour ground at the same mill. The symptoms of the food poisoning are similar to those recently reported from the south of
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  • 262 7 Russia 'Foolish' To Oppose Will Of Free World PRESIDENT TRUMAN: WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (Renter) Pre«ident Truman Mid yesterday the leaden* of the Soviet In ion were "utterly foolish" m opposing the united will all other peoples. The President was making a speech here on the anniversary of the birth of
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  • 70 7 LONDON*. On 25. <Reuter>— The Queen told an audience of doctors and medical Mudents m London todaj that the K.ng continued to make "very steady progress" after bis operation "Words cannot describe our gratitude for the devoted ;md loving care with which the King has
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  • 58 7 OTTAWA. Oct. 25. <AFP> Canada has undertaken the construction of a third atomic pile at Chalk River m Ontario, it was announced here today. The cost o{ the pile i.« est'mated at 5M0.000.000. It will be the biggest so far and will meet all
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  • 232 7 LONDON, Ort. 2!> (R»iit**r) Following h a general guide regarding publication of result* m aW British General Klerlion today. Voting is simultaneous on Thursday m all p:n;s <- f the United Kingdom. Including England, Scotland. Wales and Northern Ireland The House of Common? has
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  • 120 7 LONDON. Oct. 25, (AP) A Buckingham Palace spokesman said yesterday "there is absolutely no comment" on a report by la Sera, an Italian newspaper that the King had cancer of the lung when he was operated on last month. "The only people who
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  • 135 7 NEW YORK, Oct. 1!j (Ri ter) New York dock stl leader John Sampson said I day thai the strike which i already paralysed New Ifarl port would today spread Philadelphia, Baltimore d Chester, Pennsylvania He .said pickets had lefl N« York for me three
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  • 29 7 KARACHI Oct. 25 (Re Two single renter Furs As v s of the Royal Pakistan A P rtilhded Hi mid-air neai •< i»»d;iy BotM pilots were ki
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    • 41 7 rgZZ*-- I I iV- YOU SHOULD PICK A I I i/>kii-o" ~~^^MI ■»T!^^ V > W iUa&T)^^ -o o k d a^ o t c h a J'^e; fcTOHS JONES MAKES V A P LiMONADi TC^ LFMONADE (1 /^W \j« L£./y\ONAD6- k
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  • 142 8 Standard Shipping Reporter TRANSIT passengers for Australia who left Singapore yesterday m the Dutch liner Maetsuycker had to apply to the Indonesian authorities for landing permits to disemhark at Djakarta when the ship calU at Tanjonj; Priuk. The Standard understands that the new
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    46 8 I photo. The Flag Officer. Malaya Area, Rear-Admiral H. W. j Faulkner, is seen questioning Mak Chew Tong, during his i inspection of ship's companies on board the Pelandok, I yesterday. In the background is Commander H. E. H. Nicholls, Senior Officer, Malayan Naval Force.- Standard
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  • 202 8 Tap Ship To Load Kubber In Singapore 1,000-Ton Cargo For S. America Standard Shipping Reporter FOR the first time since the war, a Japanese freighter will call at Singapore on Sunday to load rubber for South America, shipping circles 111 Tokyo told Agence France-Presse, yesterday. The vessel is Osaka Shosen
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  • 116 8 Standard Shipping Reporter The Commissioner-General. Mr Malcolm Mac Donald paid an informal visit to the Malayan Nasal Force yesterday and accompanied the Flag Officer, Malaya Area. Rear Admiral H. W Faulkner, on a sea inspection of the S.D.M.L. Flotilla. Standing with the Flag Officer on
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  • 45 8 HONGKONG. Oct. 23. (Reu-i ter-AAP).— HMS Alert left Hongkong for Singapore yesterday. Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Guy Russell. C-in-C Far East Station, she arrived here recently from Japanese waters. Sir Guy has left by plane to rejoin the Alert m Singapore.
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  • 40 8 NEW YORK. Oct. 25 (Reuter) About 97 ships are now tied up here by the dock strike. The Cunard Liner Queen Mary sailed for Britain yesterday with over 1.000 passengers but with--0 it ber normal supplies.
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  • 67 8 Standard Shipping Reporter MAKING her second 1 trip to the Korean War 1 zone after an ab- 1 sence of two-and-a-half 1 months, the Danish hos- < pital ship. Jutlandia, < arrives m Singapore to- day. after taking: back United Nations war wounded to their home- lands.
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  • 56 8 BANGKOK. Oct. 25 <L'P' Che Council oi Ministers lias lecided to giant permission to wo Japanese iteamship lines to »pen services between Yoko iama and Bangkok, it was aninunced by the Deputy Director general of the Publicity De>artment today. The lines
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    • 360 8 STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. WEST COAST MALAYA Hong Soon for P. Earge Oct 27 Vessel tor Muor Weekly Hong Tot for Rengot Oct ?6 Vessel 'or Malacca Twice Weekly Hong Thong for Bogan Vessel to* Port Dickson... Weekly uSI A Oct Tung Song for Molocco, Port Montin for T. Nibung
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    • 296 8 Japanese Steel VANCOUVER Oct 85, (UP)— 1 Tne Japanese vessel, Cinei Ma:;: iis scheduled to arrive m Vanj couver on Thursday with a carI so o; 7.000 tons o! steei plating valued at QSsl^oojooo Despatches TODAY:— Palembang nocr, by Maim. Thailand (parcels only) by Beluru. Djakarta and j Sourabaya noon
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    • 99 8 m Harbour WHARF Ships Godowns Gate Arnold Maersk 44 1 Beluru SO 2 Benlawers 27 28 2 Bronxville M 37 2 Clytoneus 42 43 2 Cyclops 13/14 4 Glenftnla* T.i 24 2 Hoogkerk IT 18 4 Kiamanij 21 22 2 Maetsuycker 19 20 4 Oma 2;< 2d 2 Rajah Brooke
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    • 99 8 Selo. E. Tesville. Keepel Dock: Marudu. Sar. Maneul. Dromus. Gorgon. E: m n:t. Charon, Ra.iula. Victoria Dock: Kiias Kah Iviien^ (iodown No 1: Hai Seng. Eng Siong. Tong Hwa. Western anchorage: Saidia. Sepia. Bentong. Yamanluu Maru. Laid up anchorage: Esmeralda Hiwasse (able Wharf: Retriever. OUTKR ROADS Hal Hsuan. Troodos. Van
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  • 36 9 COMMODITY PRICES ZiER rHI siß CI :il.i\ Sellers H. 574 ***** *1 174 Quiet pen ia| rr s Sew r> ttlenesi nana DOM. ltd nam J//I roars.— v! i s IN > first rs rs t Price:
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  • 906 9 HE AVY SHARE BUYING ON TORY VICTORY HOPES Jr rices Increase In Active 1 rading On Buoyant Market toe /r Standard Market Reporter L.. l T an share markc was buoyant yesterday on the belief by a large section of the investors m a Conservative victory m the United Kingdom
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  • 15 9 their I s mar- i es); 4 Lam- i
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  • 125 9 Standard Market Reporter THE rubber market m Singapore remained quietly steady yesterday at around the previous day's levels. There was little inclination to trade among dealers. Very small turnover of business was recorded and overseas orders were very few. Traders were adopting a cautious attitude
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  • 100 9 HONGKONG. Oct. 25 (ReuterAAP):— Mr. H.A. Angus, Hongkong Government representative to the recent ECAFE trade promotion conference m Singapore, said it was a happy coincidence that Hongkong se.'eeted the time of conference to hold its first exhibition of local products there as this was visited
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  • 134 9 THE HAGUE, Oct. 25, (AP).— The International Tin Study Group estimated world mine production for August at 13,000 long tons, against 13,600 tons m July. The decrease was mainly due to a drop m the Bolivian (export) figure from 2,809 tons to 2,395 tons
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    34 9 Shelterbelts of bushes and trees are extensively cultivated m the Middle Western States of America to protect farm crops, topsoil and buildings. Picture shows a farmer cultivating his shelterbelt to get rid of weeds.
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  • 102 9 To help increase the supply of fresh fish, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is studying ways to preserve them better at. sea. Fish now are kept m ice after they are caught. Scientists at the Fish and Wildlife Service, however, believe that fish stored immediately at
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  • 24 9 BUYING rates for Canadian dollars (per $100 Malaya) are: $34 9/16 (T.T.V $34 11/16 (OD). $34 15/16 (90d/st); Selling $34i ready (TT/OD).
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  • 161 9 A large manufacturer of watches m the United States has announced the development m Elgin (Illinois) of a non-corro-sive alloy escape wheel that is superior to conventional wheels made of the finest steel. An escape wheel is a fharptoothed tear that controls the transmitting a
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  • 38 9 HONGKONG, Oct. 25— Special Standard Service— Closing prices on the Hongkong Exchange today were HKslo.w to £1 Sterling; HK56.830 to US$l; HKSIBIS to Malayan $1; HKSO346 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold HK$327 75 to one tael
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  • 26 9 THE Bank of China. Singapore, is to re-open its pre-war branch office at No. 209 South Bridge Road. The premises have been renovated.
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  • 191 9 Standard staff Reporter NEGOTIATIONS over the price of timber between Singapore timber traders and the Indonesian authorities are holding up the departure of a fleet of 300 tongkangs, which were to have left yesterday for Bengkalis to import timber, firewood and charcoal into ihe
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  • 40 9 India is expected to attain near elf-sufficiency m jute this year According to reports received rom various states. India would ;row this year nearly 4.7 million >ales, as against her minimum equirement of five million bales -GIIS.
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  • 25 9 Indonesia- Japan Trade Parley A five-man Indonesian trade mission is due to begin talks m Tokyo for a new Japanese-Indone-sian trade agreement on Monday. Reuter-AAP.
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  • 204 9 TWO Malayan rice growers were visitors recently at the United States Government rice experimental station m Louisiana State, studying advanced American rice-growing methods. The visitors were Haji Mohamed Saaid. m charge of the genera] agricultural experiment station. Penang, and Saiim Akib, agricultural assistant m charge
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  • 254 9 BRITISH chemist John Peel, Malayan specialist visiting the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was full of praise for the ultra-modern apparatus employed m that famous American engineering college, writes Mary Handy m the Christian Science Monitor. On completing a course of research, Mr. Peel said,
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  • 280 9 Decline In A ug. Rubber Output Standard Market Ret orter RUBBER production m the Fee "ration of Malaya dropped from 52,505 tons m August o 47,598 tons last month, making the total production for the first nine months of the year 456,181 tons com tared with 501,592 tons for the
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  • 171 9 LONDON EXPERT JOINS RPC T .ft Maurice E. Linnell p /ived m Kuala Lumpur this .veek from England with Mrs. Linnell and their two small daughters. Mr. Linnell has come to Malaya to take up his appointment as statistician to the Rubber Producers' Council. During the war Mr. Linnell saw
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  • 491 9 Over Threat Of Rift In Area LONDON, Oct. 25, (UP) Anxiety is mounting here over the threat of o rift m the sterling orea end fear that some prominent members may walk out. Unofficial Australian moves for a separation f r om the joint dollar pool of the area c;e
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  • 67 9 The US Aimy has purchaser 00,000 pounds of Ir;sh beef U e'p oveicome the shortage ol mea or its troop? at home and abroad k spokesman said, "11? call Em lids on 10. 1 100. 000 pounds of bee s« been ignored by major Amer;
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  • 28 9 MESSRS Chan S/,. Onn and C". vop'"' the following September outputs: Malaka Pinda R tati s Ltd 72,010 Ib New Scudai. Ltd.. 4u r >(»0 !b
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  • 55 9 Di Solomon Go] Iberg a New So..' < tiei hai < eived nem i send 1 800 Bheej to Js:..f! (->:<:b..sh .sheep id,sri(i there Bi itei aap A '.'arie apreement ha? bren s:gned m Prague between Caechoatovakiii and Egypt pro\ >i ng for "general development oi t
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    • 303 9 Independent Morning Newspaper This morning dally Is published In Singapore and la retailed at 15 cents per copj. "Singapore Standard" Is devoted to local news and pictures. In addition. It carries a world-wide coverage. "Singapore Standard" features articles with a maim appeal and alms at giving tha public Its Impartial
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  • 4 10 THE STANDARD JUNIOR LEAGUE
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  • 331 10  -  LEE PRIESTLEY 'Wedding Showers 1 KATRINA. the prettiest maiden m the Dutch village, had fallen m love. The lucky man was a handsome young miller without two coins to clink together be- by cause he gave away more grain to ihe poor than he
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  • 490 10 BY VIOLET M. ROBERTS L^OR the most fun of the whole holiday season, invite the gang to a Kin? Neptune Party. Invitation folders may be decorated m a variety of ways and still emphasize the motif of a swimming party. You might draw Kin? Neptune himself on
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  • 12 10 The Batu Pahat Mosque taken b./ Tan Chia Thye
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  • 31 10 r FEACHER asked Johnny w\m 1 built the ft«t airplane"' Johnny replied "Curtiss." Teacher said. "Wrong. Wright' Johnny rat >?r disgusted said, 'Well, can't you make up jrour mind?"
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  • 211 10  - THE STAR AND YOU Jeamine Varnal 33 ri^M'AY > lOREIAST: I repercussions of this curious da> will maW»thrmsrUr* f«-lt «nore particularly on ihf individual plane An fxci-il^nl mornine for maWnis: rapid profits, for writing. »i> r business Interviews or for manual labour requiring a hi^h decree ot skill In the
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  • 40 11 LONDON. Oct. 24 (Reuter)— Ru^zby results: Riuby Union county championship matches: Surrey 20 Sussex 6, Hampshire 3 Middlesex 24 Ru^by Union other match: Leicester 16 Oxford University 20 Rugby League New Zealand tour: Leich 5 New Zealand 31.
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  • 334 11 7 Will Beat Louis' GREENWOOD LAKE, New Jersey, Oct. 25 (UP) Unbeaten Rocky Marciano predicted victory yesterday as he finished training for Friday night's fight with Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden. Marciano said: "I don't know whether I will win by a knockout or a decision, but
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    52 11 The Raub District hockey team who lost to Bentong by five goals to nil m a quadrangular meet at Bentong last weekend. Standing from left are Gurbachan Singh. Lee Soo, Mohd. Ali, Shahid, Wong See Kiong, Sarban Singh. Front row from left: David Samuel. Phang Kirn, Jagit Singh. Gurumukh Singh
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  • 225 11 KUALA KANGSAR, Thurs. For the third time the Kuala Kangsar Malay College first and second hockey teams lost m interschool fixtures. Last week they went down to the Taiping King Edward VII School and the Ipoh Anderson School teams. On Tuesday they lost to
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  • 17 11 LONDON. Oct. 24 (Reuter)— Football result: Football Association 4 R yai Air Force 0.
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  • 68 11 LOS ANGELES, Oct 25, (AP).— Promoter William Kyne announced that Sugar Ray Robinson, world middle weight champion, will fight Harold Green of New York m a title match at San Francisco on Dec. 8. The arena for the 15--round bout has not been chosen.
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  • 64 11 PERTH, Oct. 24 (ReuterAAP) The Australian women's cricket team returned to Australia today alter touring Enciand Of 23 games played 'he fa m won 11. drew 10 and lost two, said the captain. Mi- Mollie Dive ol New S nth Wales who added that women's
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  • 203 11 51 Acceptors For UK Race LONIX Of, Oct. D: (Rent* i > Fifty one final acceptors with weights lov me Cambridgeshire Handicap to be run ovei one mile one furlong tt Newmarket on Wednesday October SI were published today as follows Peter Flower l<6; Bock md Rye 8 12: Rising
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  • 162 11 NEW YORK. Oct. 25 (AP). A power- parked outfield a tight inner defence and crafty pitching backed by that rare diamond commodity a hard-hitting catcher make up the 1 5*5 1 Associated Press All Star baseball team. Eight of the 16 big leaglM dubs are
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    • 404 11 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS VACANT WELL KNOWN English newspaper m Hongkong has a vacancy for on ether editor. Applicants must be y e qualified and experienced. Persona of any nationality may epp'v by sending their applications -g full details (including names cks or other publications, if on y to Box No. T.
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  • 271 12 Olympic Site Lament MELBOI'KNK. O< t ?5 I>uter-AAP> I'ndsT the heading "Time we woke up" tlie Melbourne Herald today editorially I Umented: "TWO years of fruitless wrang Kl> g over the site and plans for the lf*s6 Olympic Games." Ihe editorial was <ommrntins: on the ROOM report that the International
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  • SPORTS LETTER
    • 117 12 CALLING ALL PIONEER M-CYCLISTS! j Sir: "I have read v ith much interest the article "Motor Cycling In The 'Good' Old Days" by "Big Twin" which appeared iw I/Ottr Sunday paper, \\''i October. As a > -t-fi mv<)>- cyclist m the i 'Goo V Old Days, I would like ?o
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  • 434 12 T\* O jjoals brilliantly scored l»y skipper Lim Swaaa. jjave the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club a narrow two-one victory o\er the Sherwood Foresters m Singapore Hockey Association Fir«t Division League haefcej match at the SX'.R.C ground yesterday. The SCRC were m good '<: yesterday
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  • 30 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A meeting to form the Indo-Ceylo-ne.>e Amateur Athletic Club of Malaya will be held on Sunday, W >v. 18. at 10 A.m. the YMCA here.
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  • 369 12  -  KEN JALLEH MILLIONAIRE ENTHUSIAST OFFERS TO PAY EXPENSES By I A SINGAPORE millionaire and sports enthusiast, who wishes to [remain anonymous, has offered to hear all expenses of sending Neo Chwee i Kok. the Colony's swim star, to compete m the World Olympics to be held
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  • 72 12 PF\ WG Thurs, An |n- te esting inter team tennis tournament m aid of Poppy i Day fund will oc held at the Penang Sports Ciub Courts on Sund ».i N n 4 It is expected that all the tennis players m Penang and P »vince Wellesley
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  • 80 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Which is the best club soccer team m the state? This question will be answered on Nov. 11 when the league champions the SCRC. meet the FA cup holders. the TPCA i:i the annual Poppy Day match. The Chinese defeated the Tamils m
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  • 57 12 photo. PRIMO CARNERA, who held the world heavy-weight boxing championship m the middle 'thirties, playfully demonstrates his strength on his manager. Milo Steinhorn. at the Imperial Hotel. London. Camera, now a wrestler, is touring Europe and a few days ago defeated his old boxing conqueror. Larry Gains,
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  • 85 12 NEW YORK. Oct. 24 <UP>— Canadian Arthur Kin?. British Empire lightweight champion, won a split 10-round decision over Teddy <R?d» Davis of Hartford. Connecticut, before 93'? fans at the St. Nicholas arena tonight. King, scaling i?,4-J to Davis' 1.52-4. was favoured at 2-J to one but he
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  • 36 12 23 Nations In T -Tennis Touruey NEW DELHI. Oct. 2S. (GIIS) iv\ent.v three nations have T,h, re T f r c 19th World Table Teams Championships beginning m Bombay on the first ot February next year
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  • 16 12 V arsity Tennis Off THE University of Malaya m m itch between the Under. tiitir. liny
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  • 56 12 TODAY'S Sport SOCCER: SBHFA Cup Final F. tt- N. v Shell at Jalan Be.uir: Rayner Cup Youth Soccer competition Presbyterian YF v Kiuri Menibers League at Farrer Park HOCKEY: SliA League. Div. 2 223 BOD A- v 223 BOD •B" ot BOD. Friendly: SCC "A" v Combined Schools at SCC
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  • 610 12 Jim Chambers^ Sports Column By JIM CHAMBERS A P. Sports Writer. LONDON. Oft. 25, (AP). —Badminton is hitting the sports pages now that the international championship is under way. India has emerged as champion of the Pacific zone with victories over Thailand and
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  • 87 12 HONG KONG. Oct. 25 (UP) Five Malayan badminton stars, headed by unofficial world champion, Wong Peng Soon, are giving Hong Kong a thrilling exhibition of topnotch skill m the game, which has never been seriously sponsored m the Colony until recently. The Hong Kong players
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  • 166 12 WILL the ring at the Happy World Stadium hold up the 1.000 lbs-odd of fury that will be its burden tomorrow night? That could be a problem for the tagteam wrestling match which tops the bill at the weekly Wally Oakes promotion. The matched matmen are King Kong
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  • 71 12 Sultan's Gold Cup Semi-Final Sunday KUALA LUMPI'R. Thurs Selangor and Negri Sembilan Malays meet on Sunday at Seremban m the semi-final of the Sultan's Gold Cup soccer competition. Selangor'.s team will be selected from: Hamdan. Ghani Tahir. Aziz Mahadi. Othman Awang. Azit Rahman. Ahmad Shukor, Dollah Abbas. Harun Abbas, Mahmood
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  • Article, Illustration
    36 12 This is the Keene Knight Special which is expected to break records at the Gap Hill Climb on Sunday. The tiny car. built by John Keene of Malacca and owned by Knight, has many unique features.
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  • 98 12 NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (UP) Leo Durocher of the New York Giants, whose inspired leadership brought about the most sensational pennant triumphs of modern baseball times, won unanimous acclaim today as the national league manager of the year by the United Press. He was named on every
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  • 95 12 TAIPING Thurs. In a chanty soccer game played here last evening. Taiping league champions, the 40 Commandos, scored a four two victory over ipoh league champions Cheng Ccr ?i tr^u forward Hurrell scormando. c aiS for lhe Com Cheng Wah. who did not field their
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  • 268 12 Singapore Hockey Association To Solve Rules Posers THE Singapore Hockey Association is out to make a deter mined effort to end an unsatisfactory situation m Singapore hockey caused by varying interpretation of rules. The rules the association are most concerned about are the offside w rule and stopping of the
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  • 50 12 MILAN. Oct. 25. (AP>— Seven Russian weightlifters will compete m a world championship competition beginning here on Friday, the International Weightlifting Federation announced today. The Russians are expected to provide Sv>m e of the tons .c.->; competition. The competition will continue through Oct. 23.
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  • 202 12 IPOH, Thurs— Kinta In diaoK defending league hockey champions. main tamed their unbeaten record m six outings with a hard won three-nil victory over Sturrock Club today. T|, P game was played at a fast pace throughout with both teams having an equal share
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  • 253 12 FOR the first time m the history of the Singapore Children's Social Centres, there »ill be a htg IMirUi rally held on the grounds of Raffles liistitiiHon on Sunday, .Nov. 4. beginning at 2 p.m. I Approximately 500 children j from 17 Social
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  • 63 12 SEAVY raia it Betel i ymterday evening I >reed a. I ment o! a soccer match between RAF Bate Seleter and "s> >t land", Krinnen of the RAF* Lnter-community competiti i The match was stopped midway m the second ttali irtth the scnve tt 1-1. 9eletar*i
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