Singapore Standard, 6 October 1953

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    16 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD 3H Vol. IV. No. 96. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1953. TWELVE PAGES 10 CENTS
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    They Went To Rescue
    27 1 tr u lv. I nnstiM n, N O 11. Seymour, KO M Waite F P J Liley F/s R Hendersen. FS A. Archibald.
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    From Hospital To School
    279 1 PLANS TO AID THE SICK AND DISABLED Ry R. G. Pillai, Standard Staff Reporter AN "Industrial Rehabilitation Centre" and a Vocational Training School with accommodation for 1,000 sick and disabled person?, is likelv to be opened in the near future. n ciiT Sin'! i§ The Colony's
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    AIR RACE CRASH VICTIMS TAKEN TO RAF HOSPITAL
    254 1 BUTTERWORTH, Mon.- The two Australian airmen, Squadron Lcadc Aubrey Titus Oaros and his co-pilot, who were in the de Havifland AAosquito plane which crashed at Mergui yesterday, landed at Mora Kuching Aerodrome, Butterworth, this afternoon in an RAF Valetta. They wore at
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    TROOPS SPEED TO B. GUIANA — Council Meets
    148 1 TROOPS SPEED TO B. GUIANA Council Meets LONDON. Oct. ."> IP) Britain rocked today with reports linking a Sunday BBBetißf of the Ptivf Couni-il and naval r\«rcivrs in the Caribbean with a move to quell uarest in British Guiana. Beaverbrook's Daili Express stated flatIv that Cabiaet ministers Hew \o Balmoral
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    KUKRI FORA BRASSGONG —Gurkhas Leave
    122 1 KUKRI FORA BRASS GONG Gurkhas Leave BENTONO. Mon. A kukri. with a silver and jewelled scabbard. and a brass quartergong changed hands today when the 2/7 Gurkhas and people of Bentong said "goodbye" and "thank you" to each other. Since moving into th e district last ,V til. the Gurkhas
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    IN THE RACE
    21 1 LOXDOW Ort. 5. (AP) Eight planes w iH start Thursday in the £29.000 Eng!and-to- New Zealand air rare.
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    CLARK TO QUIT
    16 1 GEX. Mark W. Clark will depari for *h* United States I tomorrow." UP
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    Woman Gets Food Post In Georgia
    42 1 LONDON. Oct. 5, (Reuter) Fresh changes in Soviet Georgia, birthplace of former Interior Minister Laventri Beria. include the appointment of a woman, Comrade DzhamadZhidze, a s first deputy minister of the newly created Food Production Ministry.
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    Italian Spy Search On
    89 1 ROME. Oci 5. (AP)— ltaly conducted a spreading search today for members of an international ?py ring which relnyod western secrets through the Iron Curtain by means of innocent-appearing "tourists" The Italian Defence Ministry announced the nucleus of the ring had been smashed by Counter-intelligence agents
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    FIRE SWEEPS YARD
    26 1 FIRE swept the Mare Island navy yard waterfront yesterday in California destroying ujvy tugs and barge several warehousei aiitf a pier. Re uter.
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    Manhunt For Two Armed Firebugs
    294 1 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Police last night launched an extensive search for two suspected Com munist firebugs, one of whom was armed with a revolver, after they had attempted to set fire to an Indian tobacco kiosk, in Chulia Street. At about 4 p.m. yesterday
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    TEST FOR NEW A-BOMB DEVICE
    65 1 ADELAILE, Oct. 5 (UP) Britain will test a new type of firing mechanism when it explodes an atomic weapon soon in the vast Woomera rocket range northwest of here, it was reported today. Th e new trigger device is believed to be a great advance
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    TEACHERS' MOVE TO EXPEL UNION OFFICIALS
    327 1 A MOYL to expel the Management Committee of the Singapore Teachers' Union has been started by Mr N. Scharensuivel, headmaster of Bedok Boys Schooi and a former vice-president of the I'nion. Mr. Scharenguivel, who has I been an active commit'eo member fo r many
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    DEATH OF A HERO
    35 1 THE death was announced yesterday of Vir e Admiral Gordon Campbell. famous hunter of German submarines in World War I. AP "Bully! Time you learnt to keep your hands to yourself!"
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    VOLCANO ERUPTS
    13 1 THE Mishara volcano on Oyoshima island, in Tokyo Bay. erupted yesterday.
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    WAS THE BBC RED IN THE FACE?
    107 1 LONDON. Oct. 5 (AP) j BBC's television face was red i with embarrassment Sunday night. Although BBC announcers spent a great part of their free moments reminding listeners and viewer* to make certain they had turned their watches bark to Greenwhirh from British
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    They Are All Smiles Now
    119 1 FIVE former members of the late Yong Hoi's fans the 39th. inc>>endent platoon of the terrorist organisation who recently surrendered to the authorities. Yong Hoi, known as the "scourge and roaming terror" of South Perak wa s killed by one of his own comrades on
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    MAD SAILOR SWINGS KNIFE
    43 1 CHARLESTON. South Caro'ina. Oct. 5 (UP)— A Unit.-,! Sa'es coast guard cutter It rushing medical aid to a Norwegian ship which radioed a distress call that several crew members had bee n stabbed by a sailor who went berserk
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    CASH SWEEP MAN AIDS TOY FUND
    220 1 A SINGAPORE resident Mr. John Tan. who won $4,000 In a Cash Sweep, walked into The Standard office yesterday and cheerfully gave $100 to the 3rd Christmas Toy Fund. Mr. Tan said ho wanted to share his happiness w;th the thousands of needy children
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    POLICE DENY THAT KIDNAP
    72 1 JAKARTA, O. t, 5.Police Chief of Medan, capital of North Sumatra today denied an attempi waj mad* to kidnap fadoo€ ian Prc Ldent, Sockarno when I n Vl| n Mcdan on Sen*. 22, accord to the Aneta Newi Agency. President Soekarno meanwhile today told ladone i
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    ABDEL HADI GETS 'LIFE'
    53 1 CAIRO. Or t. :>. (AP» Efypt'i ruling Revolutionary Council Sunday night romnv -i iho (i« ;»tii pentcfM e on o\- i < Ibrahiiii Alxirl Had] lO Mfc Unpriconmcnt. At Mm lama timo, th t > l*gjrpt ian Qwanuncnl annouiv Sunday nigh I ;i minor reshuifie in
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    CAIRO DEMAND
    23 1 THK Ecyptian Cw emment has H that H negotiator! conclude runrwii ncgotiatloni on tha Bucs i a.-> toon .In possible AFP
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    Customs Revenue Goes Over $58 Million Mark
    153 2 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Customs Department netted 858,398,000 revenue during the first nine months of the current year an increase of $1,122,000 as compared with the corresponding period last year. Duty on petroleum topped the list with $11,283,000 as against last year's 510.423,000
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    100 Apply For Entry To Aw's Home For Aged
    597 2 100 Apply For Entry To Aw's Home For Aged ABOUT 100 aged persons have already registered with the Chi Lin Nunnery, Hongkong, for admission to the Buddhist Horn,, for the Aged. Construction work has not yet started although funds for it have been donated by Mr. Aw Boon Haw. Miss
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    HE WALKS OUT A FREE MAN
    61 2 LIM TING HOCK, committed to the Singapore Assizes on a charge of rape, was acquitted and discharged when he claimed trial before Mr. Justice Buttrose in the Singapore Assizes, yesterday. Lim was acquitted and discharged when Mr. H. B. Livingstone, for the Crown, said
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    Ketuas Visit Radio Station
    61 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon About 30 Malay Ketua Kampongs described their visit to the Broadcasting Station and the Henry Gurney's School at Malacca as "an unforgettable experience" during the second Muar District Civics Course. recently They also visited the Agricultural Station. Tangkak. the Health Office and the
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    TEEN-AGER IS MISSING
    40 2 A 13-YEAR-OLD boy. Ayasamy. was reported missing from his house in 72, Serangoon Road. Singapore. Ayasamy is of slight-build, dsrk complexion. and round face. He was wearing khaki shorts a*nd white shirt when he wns last seen.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    104 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING ruti.cr prices (cents per In.) in Singapore veslerdav were: Bayers Sellers No I K.S.S Spot Loose <;ii Cl| No. 1 R.S.S. 61* <>U No. 2 K.S.S 60 60* No. 3 K.S.S. 58 581 Tone: Easier. TIN PRICE The prire ot tin festerday was $305 per picul. Up
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    Banker Flies In To Give Evidence At Inquiry
    288 2 Banker Flies In To Give Evidence At Inquiry TEO CHENG SEAH. manager of the Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation, Ku ching Branch, said in the Fourth Police Court yesterday, "No request for $200,100 has been made to the Head Office in Singapore on May 19 and no cash for this amount
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    BENUT ELECTS A PENGHULU
    67 2 JOHORE BAHRU. ftfofl More than 1,000 Ma'ays from the interior of Mukim Benut in Pontian District of Johore yesterday flocked to the polling stations at the Malay School in Pormatang Duku to elect the Naib Penghulu of Mukim Benut. Out of rive candidates Che' Ayoub bin
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    No. 4022 Wins A Bicycle
    49 2 RESULTS of the Lucky Draw ta the South Western District Boy Scouts' Fun Fair at Raffles Institution last Saturday were: No. 4022— a Hercules Bieyle. No. 23 a radio; No. -'25 a radio. Winners are asked to contact Scout Headquarters, Sand House. Armenian Street
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    Philippines Enter The S-EA Trade War
    285 2 Philippines Ent er The S-EA Trade War Standard Staff Reporter The Philippines has joined the race of manufacturing nations seeking market in South-East Asia. A six-man trade delegation sponsored by the Commenr Department of the Philippine Government visited Indonesia for ten days and arrived in Singapore yesterday. The leader of
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    PLEADS GUILTY AT ASSIZES
    74 2 CHARGED with committing armed robbery together with another person, Ng Gong Tee pleaded guilt before Mr Justice Butt rose in the Singapore Assizes, yesterday Ng who was represented by M r f 5 G. Obborne-Jonc-. admitted robbing Seah Hon Siew ?n» Je Wel i? r and
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    Admits Robbing Woman In House
    52 2 RAJACOPAL, an Indlai charged with robbing jewellery worth $150 from Mrs. Saraswathi Ramasamy. i n a house in Meyappa Chettiar Road on July 21. p!eaded guilty before Mr. Justice Buttro«=e in the Singapore Assizes, yesterday. The plea was recorded and the case wase postponed lor
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    Warning On New Union
    94 2 ABOUT i'ii nben of the Singapore Pub Workf Dc- partment Labour Union's Air- port branch ai a special mee*!nf on Sunday nppen!ed to parent body not to be 'misguided" by the recently formed Singapore Clovt. Workers' Union. In a resolution the workers challenged the authority of
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    Exploitation Of Teachers Alleged
    165 2 MR. E. S. MOORTHY, general secretary of the Singapore Continuation School Teachers' Union, yesterday accused the Education Department of exploiting the afternoon teachers in a letter to unofficial members of the Legislative Council. The letter states: "The extern to which this exploitation is being done will
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    A BATTLE OF TERMS RAGES IN COLONY CHINESE SCHOOLS
    284 2 Standard Staff Reporter A BATTLE is raging between Singapore Chinese Schools «n whether they should follow the En glish school system of a five d week of three terms. The present system of a six-day week of two terms, is stoutly
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    THE THREE CONFEREES
    42 2 photo. h ok r M K k Ah Loy. Mr Lira Vcu 110. k. prrsidmt of the TUC (cenlrr) and Mr U l>. JV ,s ommission, r 1« Labour, photographed at Kalian^ urpo.t on th.ir r,«,,,., yesterday. Sta ndard
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    ILO SETS POLICY ON ASIAN WAGES
    90 2 SINGAPORE Trade Cnion Congress president Mr Lim Yew Hock, returned to tfcc olotn -yesteni.ix ta>m an International Labour Organisation meeting in 1..K and said it was a "great success." Mr. Lim's fellow de the Commissioner for I Mr. O. W. Davis ind Ml Ah
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    Airways —Touring S'pore Trainees End Course
    143 3 Airways —Touring S'pore Trainees End Course MIL irsfl two (Janta s Fmpire Airways employees out of a hatch of twenty who .trr lo tOMC to Singapore for ifiiiliari/ation" courses, Mr>. Olive Barlogie (right)' and Mi>s Kona McCnnarhy. who arrived here on Sunday ilt<rnoon. returned to Sydn<\ t<i(J.iv. The two Rirls,
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    THE TOURS AT VARSITY EXPENSE
    198 3 THE TOURS AT VARSITY EXPENSE Caine Explains E ademic oftt- the University <>f i tO a exp itriate »ov< rnment ellor Sir C told The i iv. ting >■! 'i p which irge number >f the n ha i. v. r jalli>yer \'n>* w n i\ cr-iiy's ex;) »ns i
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    INSTITUTIONS TO RELIEVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS URGED
    288 3 INSTITUTIONS TO RELIEVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS URGED SINGAPORE needs institutions for the chronic sick and aued as well as for mentally defective children said Miss Elizabeth M. Milne, a diplomat in social administration at the University of Malaya and a leading almoner in a farewell interview yesterday. This problem, she said,
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    Attacked At Dinner – COURT TOLD
    88 3 Attacked At Dinner COURT TOLD KANDASAMY, a Singvoore mason, told The Third Police C:>urt yesterday that while having dinner with his wit 1 at his home in Aljunied Road on Kov. 1 last year, he was hit with a piece of iron piping. H e rushed ut onl v f)
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    THEY DANCED THE MAKINANG
    52 3 TRADITIONAL dances of Malaya nnd the Philippine* were' among items Included in the "All Naiions Cav il of Song and Dance" which took place at the Royal Albert Hall. London, on Sunday. The Malayan contribution to the programme was the Makinang Dance by Aisha Ghow.s and
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    UNION HAS ANOTHER TRY
    52 3 THE Singapore Harbour Board Labour Union will mak- another attempt to settle its dispute witn the Board before submitting the claim* to a conciliation Board. Mr. A. Doraisamy, Union Secretary said that In* has written "to the Board asking for resumption «>f negotiations to settle tfaV
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    TWO THEFTS IN SEA AVENUE
    78 3 AWAKEXED at. dawn on Sunday by a shout, a Singapore man living in Sea Avenue saw a man leaving his room. He checked his belongings and found that his wristwatch valued at $280, a pen valued at $35 and $200 rash were missing. Hearing noises,
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    BIG LOAN IS 1/3 SUBSCRIBED
    44 3 SUBSCRIPTIONS to the Singapore City Council $10,--000,000 loan, which opened on Friday passed the three-million mark yesterday Mr. J.R HiH.' City Treasurer, told The Standard he anticipated another three million dollars from those who have •sked for application forms.
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    Support For A Delegate
    106 3 THE Singapore Malay Mariners Union refute the statement made by the Asian Maritime Officer* and Um Indo-Malay Pakistani Seamen on the selection of Capt. T. D. Richards as the workers' delegate to the Asian Regional Maritime Conference to be held at Colombo this week. In a
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    1800 A.D. CARPET GOING...
    145 3 A PERSIAN CARPET, reputed to bt> about 150 years old. made in the Kechan District of Persia by Ka.shaa weavers before the Muslim era of Persia, is to be auctioned by the Bokhara Carpet House in Raffle* Place on Oct. 10 and 11. The rarpet, which
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    The Alliance Names 3 Candidates Eo Contest City Council Elections
    272 3 The Alliance Names 3 Candidates Eo Contest City Council Elections THE UMNO MCA Allionce will moke its debut in Singapore politics with three candidates contesting the December City CouncJ elections in the East, North and West Wards. The Alliance yesterday named its Candidates. They are: Mr Sved V•% Almenoar. a
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    She'll Dance At The Ball
    60 3 photo. MISS DKVI MKNON (15). student of Raffles Girls* School, who will perform an Indian Court Danre a t the University Ball to be held at the Singapore Badminton Association Hall on Oct. 10. Miss I>evi is the daughter of Mr. K.M.R. Menon. senior lecturer
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    MANY APPLIED, ONLY 1 JOINED
    200 3 MANY APPLIED, ONLY 1 JOINED DURING the pa.t two years many local girls have marie enquiries about joining the Women's Royal Army Corps in Singapore but only one has actually enlisted. Lt.-Col. L.E. Holt. Assistant Director of the W.R.A.C. told The Standard yesterday that the last enlistment was made here
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    Customs Men Make Big Hauls
    76 3 Customs Men Make Big Hauls SINGAPORE Customs officers seized a total of 1.600 pounds of dutiable tobacco in two days. The revenue involved in these seizures amounted to $8,000. The first haul was made on Sunday, when 600 pounds were found in the coastal area near Bedok. At 2 a.m.
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    NEW VESSEL DUE TODAY
    96 3 THE Iraouddy. Messageries Maritime*' new ti. two-ton freighter for the Far Eastern service, is expected in Singapore today on her maiden voyage to these waters. The Iraouddy is the first of three vessels of her kind to be operating on this route. Her recently completed sister
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    Instructors After This Drill Course
    127 3 Instructors After This Drill Course FOUR Malay non-commis-liooed officer! of the Singapore Regimeni (R.A Blakang M I", left Sinq.ij>ore on the 20.000-ton trooper. New Australia, yesterday en route to England where they will undergo a six-week drill course. The men are RSM Abas bin Khalid. BSM Hasttn bin Noordin BSM
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    ARMED MEN ROB FAMILY OF GEMS
    89 3 THREE men, brandishing dashers surprised a Singapore family living in King's Road on Sunday night and robbed them of $450 worth of jewellery. Tin* husband :\iui wite wen in room uiu'M t\>. i ru tied in. They pull i husband into ai room. A
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    NO POLL MEETING YET SAYS MORRIS
    99 3 CANDIDATES for the forthcoming Singapore C'itv Council elections will not be permitted to h>ld el-ctiun campaign meetings before Noniimt.mi l>.»\. the C'ommissioner of Police, Mr. Nigel Morris, to!d The Standard yesterday. He -.i i notification nln ite i could hold meetings Mrittuui having to
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    Shouted And Intruder Fled
    81 3 A FARMER living 1 I hi at the 10th mile. Jur. t* Road woke up early >*« Aft 1 13 morning arid saw a man Standing near his b I The man irai hjl ling tn object whi'-h looked 111 dagger. The farmer, ihoill dashed out
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    Man Knifed In His Bed
    85 3 A COUPLE living in LoTOOfl \'l, Qeylang Boil. Sin?.ip'>;v. routed throe armed men at dawn on Sunday. The husband, upon w.ikm^ saw a man enter hi* r >->m, i knife, in hand. When he up in bed the intruder jump -I On him and the
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    POLICE CALL FOR BLITZ AGAINST SECRET SOCIETIES
    283 4 POLICE CALL FOR BLITZ AGAINST SECRET SOCIETIES CIXT/ 4¥l Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Police yesterday called for a "blitz" a gainst secret societies "which are responsible for so much serious crime" in the island today Mr. Peter Ciague, the Police Secretary, told The standard that Police cannot take action against
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    Welfare 'Adopts' Varsity Student
    172 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Tho Selangor Muslim Welfare Committee has "adopted" Baharuddin bin Mohamed Saman Rais, a second-year medical student at the University of Malaya Secretary Abdullah Yassin, told The Standard today. Baharuddin, whose father died recently, had appealed to the committee for financial a stance. His
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    NEXT STEP BY THE ALLIANCE
    103 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The UMNO-MCA National Convention will hold its next meeting at the Hotel Majestic. Kuala Lumpur on Sunday at 3 p.m. The meeting will be asked to approve the report of the special committee on Constitutional Reforms. photo. THE Assistant Military and Naval
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    Best Pupils Wanted For This Test
    110 4 Best Pupils Wanted For This Test KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— A s a result of the large number of applicants for the Sir George Maxwell Memorial Cooperative scholarship, only candidates who are "really good" in their classes are advised to sit for the competitive examination. The scholarship i s awarded to
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    ASKED $50 FOR BLACKEYE, GOT $12
    102 4 COFFEE stall owner. Tee Eng Kuan, told the Singapore City Police Magistrate. Mr J.M. Devereaux Colt-bourn" y< 'onlay that he wanted $50 a s compensation for his black eye. The Magistrate said: "Xo doctor will charge $50 for a black eye treatment." In the
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    WAGE INCREASE DETAILS FOR CJA
    150 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government will today give details of its proposed wage increase structure for the lowerpaid workers, to the Joint Council of Action. The wage structure gives a maximum wage increase of $15 a month with variations according to basic salary of
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    Council Meeting
    44 4 THE Selangor State Council Will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 27. at 10 a.m. The road in front of the Government offices, Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur will be closed to all traffic from i».45 a.m. on that day until the mooting is over.
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    DISQUALIFIED FROM DRIVING
    75 4 E. J Marshall, attached to the Royal Air Force at Seletar, was yesterday fined $200 and disqualified from driving for one year by the Singapore Traffic Magistrate. Mr. R. W. H. Davies, for dangerous driving. It was stated in evidence that the car Marshall was driving along
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    Clerks To Go Back To School To Brush Up On Efficiency
    160 4 Clerks To Go Back To School To Brush Up On Efficiency PENANG, Mon. A troining school will be opened for Government clerks to step up efficiency, Resident Commissioner Mr. R. P. Binghom told o press conference today. Two classes will be started early next year at the Home Guard Headquarters
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    Boys Benefit From School Traffic Court
    167 4 SINCE the formation of a "traffir Court' i n Raffles' Institution, Singapore. th e boys there have been mor e trafficconscious than before, according to Mr. V. Ambiavagax. senior master of the school. "The court is having a salutary effect on the conduct of
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    Gordons Bag Terrorist In Segamat
    117 4 Gordons Bag Terrorist In Segamat KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— A patrol of the First Gordons yesterday killed one of two terrorists contacted in the Scgamat area of Johore. The second terrorist who was wounded escaped. A shot sun and a pack were recovered. The body of a Chinese who had been
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    Rubber Men Seek Control
    90 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Singapore and Federation's rubber dealers at a conference here over the week-end discussed proposals which they will submit to the Malayan delegates to the next International rubber talks in November. Dealers, it is understood, are in favour of a production restriction scheme for
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    DID NOT SHOW PRICE TAGS
    50 4 TWELVE persons were convicted in September for offences against Food and Price Control Ordinance in Singapore. A fine of $135 was imposed on each of the ten shops for failure to display price tags. Two shops were fined $30 each for acquiring sugar without authority.
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    MEDAL HUNT
    43 4 PENANG, Mon.— Does anyone possess a medal of the Agricultural Association? If so. the Resident Commissioner would like to see it. It is proposed to hold an agricultural show in Province Wellesley next year, and award a similar type of medal.
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    A PANEL TO AID INDIANS
    65 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Ifoa An Indian panel of advisers has been formed her e to hslp the Social Welfare Deoartmejit in settling family disputes among t h e Indian workers Dr. n. K. Sharma i s rhe PM rn K n and mem bers are v
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    MALACCA NUN LAID TO REST
    61 4 MALACCA. Mon.— Sister St Helen of the French Convent was laid to rest at the Bukit Serendit Cemetery today. There was a large gathering at the funeral service in the St Francis Church and at the graveside. Sister St. Helen took charge of the babies
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    74 4 /»n»w*»s* O1? Ord Correspondent O. M i° NS? N °T 5 —Th blowing ore the closing P inLiSSfemJTi Hll LONDON RUBBER ipor 18 d. November lg*d. JoT/Ma^fc ISM" Aor/W \l\i' Julv/SenT JS!iOctole .I Wt' ?!I. R 18 d Tone. Buyers very quiet the Lo"do" ""rice*:— LONDON
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    Driver Fined For Taking Extra Fare
    102 4 GOH KIAH ENG. a taxi driver, was fined $50 in the City Police Court yesterday tor takinc a passenger while the taxi had already been occupied by two small English girls. Goh was acquitted on a charge of leaving the girls before the completion
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    Angler Nets Loaded Gun
    100 4 IPOH. Mon. A small rusty, but serviceable .32 Webley and Scott automatic pistol was today found on the bed of a stream by a Malay trishawman. The Malay. Man bin Taib, 32. told the police that he was fishing i n Sungei Senam near the detention
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    THE TENGKU IS BETROTHED
    49 4 In a simple ceremony yesterday the daughter of the Sultan of Trengganu. Tengku Saleha. was betrothed to Tengku Ahmad, son of the Raja Bendahara. Perak, at the Istana Badariah Haji Ghazali represented the Raja Bendahara. Perak. and a tea parly was given by the Sultan.
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    HK EXCHANGE
    38 4 HONGKONG, Oct s—Special Standard Service Closing orices of the Hongkong Exchange today were $15.88 to £1 sterling. $5.***** to US $1 51.81(i* to Malayan $1; $0 191 to. one Indonesian Rupiuh. Gold $2b0.0 to one tnel
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    Selangor Tenants To Keep Home Registers
    219 4 Selangor Tenants To Keep Home Registers KUALA LUMPUR. Mon An organisation for registration of tenants i s now being set up in all area s i n Selangor where it does" not exist stated l i P- ste wart/ State lenants Registration Officer belangor. in a broadcast over Kadio Malaya
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    MOR Charged With Robbery
    121 4 MA.JID BIN AHMAD a iMalay Other Rank of K.iv Siang Camp, came up for trial before Mr. Juttfat Buttro>e In the Singapore Assizes on .1 charge of armed robbery. He was alleged to 'have robbed Lim Chow Tong. t!u« manager of a NAAFI cOAtoon in the
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    RUSH TO CHINA SCARES PARENTS
    97 4 RUSH TO CHINA SCARES PARENTS KUALA LUMI —Anxiety is growir 2 mm Ch Fttfcratkxi ovei u youths to They rear thai MMOi Ihe arix h;,v« inn .v A r«-w bundred r I within >r> 111 t* can imt s A V D partmeni f >01. id he •in irv" point
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    Fifty Cents Bail In Cheating Case
    116 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.-Mr. J. (i Adarm President of the Sessions Court Kuala Lumpur was in a rage today when he found the prosecution at fault in a case of cheating brought before him. He tore the charge sheet sa.vmg that ihe police shorQl In
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      68 4 Weather Minimum Temperature: From 7.30 p.m. Oct. 4 to 7.30 a.m. Oct. 5: Singapore (75F). Penang <74F>. Kota Bahru (73F) Kuala Lumpur <74F>, Ipoh (73F), Kuantan (7CF). Maximum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m. Oct. 4 to 7.30 p.m. Oct. 5: Singapore (88F>. Penang 89F>. Kota Bahru <— F), Kuala Lumpur (90F),
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    TERRORISTS FEAR 'VOICE' FROM AIR – PAPERS SHOW
    421 5 TERRORISTS FEAR 'VOICE' FROM AIR PAPERS SHOW II OH Mod.- Personal documents of Yontr Hoi Ihe roaming terror" of South Perak released todav ralefl that the bandits in that area 1 S mounting difficulties. Yon s was killed by one of his „un hcnrhmen, Kong Hong, on Sept 11 Yung
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    Stole Alarm Clock, Then Car—Jailed
    96 5 Stole Alarm Clock, Then Car— Jailed LUMPUm, Mon. >in Mohameri Zajn. _1, Ainiy Fire Bri^amwa d to 18 months' mi- at be Cdl lowed by ars* police supervision in the Sessions Couri e breaking and Mm ft. >ff, jt was stated broke .-> hon a- i n FMtanf Road a
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    GILLON FOR TRIAL ON OCTOBER 19
    88 5 GILLON FOR TRIAL ON OCTOBER 19 THE Dfefctii Pereira f.ibC w;»s fixed for hearing on Ort. l!> ai tiif ODening of the Singapore A_nzea before Mr. Jasti<;-« Buttr.»e. yestordny. The accused. Private Hammond Gillon (24) of the Anmv Dog Guard L'nit. Royal An,"Veterinary Corps, repewnted by Mr. David Marshall, pleade:!
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    Swerved To Avoid Lorry
    84 5 AN RAF flight lieuren I Raymond John Gritten, rribed in Singapore Ti Couri v. how he had iolently to the verge in Thompson Road <>'■*■ 10, in order to avoid a collision with a lorry. V Gritten wa.- giving evidence in the cai e in whi
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    MOVE TO FORM A NEW CENTRE
    54 5 RESIDENTS of Singapore Improvement Trust houses In Prince Charles and Prince Philip Avenue are organising a community centre to be known as the Alexandra Community Centre. An interim committee ha? been elected to draft a constitution and Nov. 6 has be». m provisionally lixed
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    TONIGHT'S DANCE
    25 5 TUP" Singapore Presbyterian Boys' School will hold a dance tonight at {ho Victoria Memorial hall. The Commissioner General Mr. Malcolm MacDonald i* patron
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    Arts At The Town Hall
    51 5 Arts At The Town Hall photo. A SCENE in the Arts Theati> Group's production Hassan to be presented at the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall on Oct. 8. fl and 10. The cast is from all communities and thp play produced by Mr. Michael Sme e ef the Broad casting Department
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    'SAKAI GIRL WAS WILLING' PLEA IN RAPE CASE
    234 5 KAMPAR, Mon.— Police Lieutenant lan MacDonald Lovie (30) and Special Constable* Corporal N Smgaram (24) were today discharged by Magistrate Che Abdul Aiiz bin Tahir en a count of raping a Sakai $irl on Dec. 31 last following a preliminary inquiry in
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    RUBBER EXPORTS
    24 5 TOTAF. export, of rubber, all grades to all countries, from Singapore and Federation of Malaya during last September amounted to 7:5.520 tons.
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    Split In Party Denied
    151 5 Split In Party Denied IPOII. M«n— An official statement rssnrd by the Puhlit-itv Department of the Perak Progressive Party today denied that there was a major split m the party as reported in yesterday's Sunday Time*. The Sunday Time* had quoted Mr. DR. Seenivasasam, vice-president of the party, as saying
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    NATIONAL SCHOOLS SCHEME IS READY
    139 5 NATIONAL SCHOOLS SCHEME IS READY KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Any English school in the Federation can now become a national school stated Mr. K. D. Luke Senior Inspector of Schools, Selangor. today, when asked about the introduction of National schools as embodied in the Federation of Malaya Education Ordinance. An ad
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    No Register Of Lodgers Allegation
    108 5 No Register Of Lodgers Allegation AW YINO SOONT: keeper of th r Great Southern Hotel was yesterday tried on charge of not re^istriing the particulars of person^ staying in a room, before th e Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate. Mr. .1. B .Teyaratnam. Detective Ibrahim bin Abdul Samad of the Anti-Vice
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    Charged 5 Years Later
    110 5 TEO TING TCMfG wh<, hai 1 in tnc Singapore Mental im rii;r;n<* the lasi five y t bi s. appeared \li Justice Buttrose in the Singapore A :i 11 charge of mura r He had been committee] to the Mem;. 1 Asylum at the 1.9-48 A
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    24 LIVING IN HOUSE WHICH MAY COLLAPSE AT ANY TIME
    238 5 24 LIVING IN HOUSE WHICH MAY COLLAPSE AT ANY TIME Standard Staff Reporter FIVE families of 24 people living at No. 119 Jalan Sultan. Singapore, wore in danger of being rendered homeless yesterday. They waited in suspense as they were told by police that the house was going to collapse
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    Free Lights For St. John's
    111 5 Free Lights For St. John' s ABOI'T ,")0 nwifibtll '»i the Singapore Medical Workers' Cmon employed at the St. J<jhn*> TNiand Quarantine Station, can now bave fi* o ligjbli m their qiu»rter< rial bad to pay fw supplies in ttu-.r qwarv Th«- Colony Government took the iitriMon to supply them
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    Workers And Politics
    744 6 meeting at the Singapore Naval Base Labour Union, which was attended by several important union officials from the Federation, laid more stress upon political changes than upon trade unionism. Is it possible to detect in this emphasis, which has become more noticeable lately in speeches from union
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    Another Blow For Democracy
    1201 6  - Another Blow For Democracy ALEX JOSEY Alex Jouey was in his element last wreek explaining Socialism i<> a group of touyh American businessmen in Singapore. They tvere curious, attentive* polite. Hut were they ronriiirfJ, gtlthongh one appeared relievetl by Mr. Josey's remarks? \ntjhotr. says 3Mr. .Jos<>y 9 "U r e
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    265 6 S s.'inHrii „f 1 irin-t Btotto, ZnLr pw He is mud n h Mil sr.kiiu with h.s x,,,. ml otitHidr ihr Party, urn (l(v truN himself M ii ulrnrr. 11 ls MM and niinpai t Kilt o!> Ml P«n«d f, H The Jfiilir and ihrrr in m h.tim that and
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    Review of Views
    313 6 Review of Views U.S. Hindrance IF THE British Labour Party's predictions become a reality and the Party is returned to| power, it may well be a prehide to the strengthening of a third force which will pave, the way for a new approach, to world peace, the Nanyang, Siang Pau
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    Laughter at Work
    6 6 Common cold— ME.?,"
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      What Malaya Needs
      267 6 Sir, Reference your report "Blueprint Gets Through." I was much intrigued by the following paragraphs, or rather, by the more or less "personal" remarks they contain: "Referring t o MCA' S request for a Royal Commission to be sent to Malaya to study the country's constitutional problems,
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      S.H.B. & QUARTERS
      162 6 S.H.B. QUARTERS Sir: With reference lo the publication in the press recently regarding the S.H.B's plans to build better quarters for workers I would like to state that the Chairman, Mr. Chrimes. told us in 1951 that the Board had a scheme for building quarters for the clerks and showed
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      42 6 The shame of Munich Inu not so much in ifie surrender itself as in the rfjoieiitg oi some of our people that theu had been saved for a time at the expense o) another and tceaker people. Mr. Leonard F. Behrenf. 1»39.
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    Hindrance To Unions
    140 6 S:r: As a trade union member, I would like to draw the attention of some Of my union member*: who are not union COBKIOUt. to Mr. Joscy's article. "Problem of Splinter I'r.ions H is a fact that in Stag*I there are a number < tr.ule union?, but
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      142 6 False Impression Sir; In your issue of the 2nd instant, on page 3, an article appeared stating that it would "cost the City Council about $10 million to take over, the Singapore Traction Co., lock, stock and barrel ond that this Committee, in accepting the proposal put forward by one
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    Premier Flouted Shah Say Charges
    232 7 Premier Flouted Shah Say Charges !i iii;k.\n. Oct. S, (ad— I o.iiir r Iranian Premier Mo iffcq was on Sunday Imiimill.v charged with disiiik the Shah's lismissI order and dissolving Par Ibe penalty is hanffiag. di .i 1 n up by pro ecutor after 12 tigation, aid Mos- < '•<
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    20,000 To Be Gxpelled From A Citv
    178 7 JROBI. o. 5 fR. uter)— tan 500 police supported attalion of British troops launched a city-wide ition I<> e\ i<t an estimated 0 to 20.000 Africans from K 'i.va's capital. days alter ic nera] Sir kine, East African ider rushed m British >
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    Eden Takes Over Duties
    100 7 LONDON. Oct. 5 (AP)— Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden takes over the British Fon Ign Office today after six months absence because of illness. Representatives of ihe U.S., France and Britain will meet at the Foreign Office on Wednesday to draft a reply to the most recent
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    Everest Stamps
    31 7 TWO new Indian stomps commemorating the conquest of Mount Everest, issued by the Indian Postal Department, were on sale at Punmumjom today for Indian custodian forces in Korea. AFP.
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    Car Lift 1953 Style
    110 7 NOK M S SIH-mansky easily, held! overhead the under body which i s the "flour" of Chevrolet sports car corvette body assembled at Detroit Michigan, last week, as the cars wore exhibited for the benefit of car specialist journalists. At right i s a completed car.
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    BULLS WENT TO TOWN: 15 HURT
    68 7 LISBON, Oct. 5, (AFP)— Ffleen people were injured here yesterday in the annual bull run through the streets of the picturesque town of France de Xira. Especially large crowds this year blocked the roads which ran re with the blood of bulls' victims. Others
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    Mao May Turn Down Plan
    171 7 IMTED NATIONS, (New York), Oct. 5: (UP)— India has indicated to other delegations that Red China is about to reject formally the American proposal for direct talks on arrangements for the Korean peace conference, informed sources said today. The Indian United Nations delegation fa said
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    'Tarzan' In Paris
    89 7 JOIIXXY Weissmuller ii spending (wo days In Paris after visiting Cairo as the guest of the Egyptian government. photo. PROFESSOR Auguste Pitcard. 69-year-old Swiss-born scientist. i s a ided by his son Jacques as they step into a rowboat from bathysphere "Trieste" after making a record descent
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    VIETNAM SKYMEN CUT OFF ROUTE TO CHINA
    167 7 VIETNAM SKYMEN CUT OFF ROUTE TO CHINA SAIGON. Ort !S (Renter)— A battalion of Vietnam paratroops led by French officers were dropped at Leakay on the Chinese frontier on Satur-, day, cutting the main supply route from China to the Vietminh rebel?, the French High Command announced tonight. The parachutists
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    COURT ORDER
    32 7 THE General Electric Co. has been ordered bv the US. Federal Court to giv e rights to existing patents on Incandescent lamps and their part.*; to the public. A. P.
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    'Naked Spur' Ban
    31 7 A MADRAS theatre manager, reported on Sunday that the Indian Government has banned the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture. "The Naked Spur." starring .James Stewart throughout India. No reason was given.
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    Tito's Enemies Given A Warning
    323 7 Tito's Enemies Given A Warning Bid For Power Will Be Crushed m BELGRADE, Oct. s— President Tito warned remnants of the old defeated bourgeois" yesterday that if they tried to win power again they would be eliminated in a new operation more painful than its predecessor.'" Tito and Vice President
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    Atlantic Pact Unity Urged
    86 7 ANKARA TALKS ANKARA. Oct. 9 (AFP).— A jomt communique issued On th e France-Turkish talk? Which have just ended, stated that both delegations acknowledged the need for tightening unity and extending th« < fficiency of the Atlantic alliance Tli e statement said the delegates examined the'
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    NEW APPEAL BY SIR WINSTON?
    93 7 LONDON. Oct. 5 (UP) -Prime Minister Sir Winston Church i will emDioy the Conservative Par'.y convention this week a< a pla'form for a new appea for a top level Western meetM)--; with Soviet Premier GeorKi Malenkov. informed sources today. H will be Sir Winston's ftr^
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    NEWSMEN FLAY COVT. ATTITUDE
    54 7 TOKYO. Oct. 5 (Router) The Japan Newspaper Editors and Publishers Association today issued a statement deploring recent Japanese Government tendem v to place Obstacles in the way of news gatherers "under the pn of security." adding that the Government attitude could result in suppressing J.ip.in* <•
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    Thais In Berlin
    18 7 FORTY members ofl ihe Thai Parliament, new touring West Germany, visited West Berlin yesterday. Reuter.
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    As Skirts Whirl High
    40 7 photo. SKIRTS and prttitoats whirl huh Bavarian girla mil boys put on a folk dantf in folk rnstuntr durinc a 1 v -I at Kuhpolding, nrar Brrs<hte*j:adrn. Ormany. rerrnllv. 'Hie boy» wear 'lederhos^a' (Irathir »borti>. AP
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    Bakshi To Head Party
    53 7 SRINAGAR. Oct. 5, (Reuter) 1 Bakshi Ghulam Mohammed Prime Minister of Kashmir, was yesterday elected leader of the National Congress Assembly Party in place of Sheikh Abdullah former Prime Minister, who was removed from leadership in August and imprisoned. The party is the only one in
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    TAIPEI WARNS JAP VESSEL
    70 7 SHIMONOSEKI, O< t. S. (UP) The Commander of Nationalist Chinese destroyer halted a Japanese fishing vessel this morning, 70 miles north of Keelung, and warned against fishing in Chinese waters, according to a report received here today. The captain of the de> trover warned that no
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    RED CAMPAIGNER 'SWATTED'
    82 7 HONG KONG. Oct. 5, (AP).— Red China's flyswatter campaign has ended with the Press swatting the campaigner. In the campaign, schoolchildren were directed to count the number of flies and mosquitoes they destroyed at part of a health drive. Chided Peking's People's Daily. "We would like t
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    Vivlon Is Back Again
    88 7 ACTRESS Vivien Ufcfc surrounded by flowers in h«-r dressing room at the OptM House. Manchester, after th* world premiere of "The Sleeping Prince". The play uas uritten by Termer K.i mil. in as a special C oron* 1 1 •hi production for the (Mi* hi s
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    'Russia Can Drop H-Bombs On US'
    279 7 WASHINGTON. Oct. 5, (IP) Defemp Mobilizrr Arlliur S. Ftemmin^ dedaictl wsterday that Kiissi.i now lias enough "deliverable" hydrogen bombs to stape a surprise attack on Inited States cities tl».»t would cause "millions of casualties." itatement in lii^ in < report to Pn 'i( n\
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    Frogmen Make 10-Mile Trip
    55 7 I.ANDSKRONA. South le Oct. f>. (Reuter>— Three Dani h trogmen madV ten-mi <• underwatei •i o ing In rouuh seas ye i From Taarkaek, Denmark, to La I krona. i iding 25 [eel below surface on torpt i)., i.i t .iMc drawn by •< boat 'I
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    KOREA TENSION MOUNTS
    141 7 Threat To Free The Prisoners ISAM i (UP iililii: |>ri i by S tilth K At on n nf the tinwashing viewi to PoW| who [i.i at ion A South Korean threa „r- till I troop- Eighth Army headquarter! f«>r r« (1 the In lian i h.ur
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    PAKISTAN TO BE A REPUBLIC
    15 7 a HI. P I'.ik f the I Wi P in
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    SIX KILLED IN RAIL CRASH
    32 7 r SPEZI x Opt I i«ito the r< ar of her I >e di cr of :«waj 'r.> n '«Mil h. but J b> Kif I all.
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    AIRLINES FLY 5 MIL. MORE PASSENGERS —BUT MAKE LESS
    244 8 MONTREAL, Oct. 5, (Renter) —The worlds airlines are carrying five million more passengers this year than last, but are making le s money. Sir William Hildred, Director-General of the International Air rransport Association (lATA), reported at its 9th innual meeting here
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      654 8 HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE AND NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD JOINT SERVICE To Colombo, Genoa, Marseilles, Antwerp Rottfrdam. Hamburg fc Bremen. S'pore P.S'ham Penang T.S. Westerstein (NDL) Gdna 4/5 BOct 9/16Oct •IS Braunschweig (BAPAG)i3 28Oct 29Oct 30/31Oct Hnn» Rons Manila. Kobe Ik Yokohama fenung P.S'ham S'pore T.B Nah«,t (NDL) 9/ltOct 12/13Oct 14/15Oct TS I
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      653 8 JAVA NEW YORK SAILINGS Royal Rotterdam Lloyd Holland America Line Nederfctnd Line Rotterdam Rotterdam Amsterdam HALIFAX BOSTON NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE MOBILE NEW ORLEANS via SUEZ. S'pore P. S'ham Penang MATAR AM (RL) 19/25Oct 2tiOrl tt/tHOH SCHIEDYK (HAL) 29Oct/sNov 6Nov INov RIOUW (SMN) 9 15Nor iSNov 17 18Nov BORNEO (SMN)
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    DOING THE MARKET
    119 9 DOING THE MARKET RUBBER EASIER Standard Market Reporter THE rubber market in Singapore remained dull and featureless yesterday, first grade rubber for October shipment closing at 61 5/8 cents per lb (G2J cents per Ib. on Saturday). Both local and upcountry selling contributed to the easier tendency. Opening unchanged from
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    PRODUCE
    91 9 THE produce market in Singapore was quietly steady in all sections yesterday with only small business passing. Copra buyers for October shipment indicated $36 5/8 per picul with sellers at $36 7/8. Coconut oil sellers quoted $58 per picul with buyers at $57*. Singapore produce price.* (per picul) quoted
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    R. I. Rubber Purchasing Agency Is Established
    344 9  -  ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN By Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, Oct. s— The Indonesian Government has officially announced that it is prepared to finance the formotion of a Central Rubber Purchasing Agency. A special meeting, ot the Monetary Council, composed of the Finance and Economic
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    Rice Output Goes Up
    59 9 Total acreage under the wet and dry padi i n the Federation of MaJaya for the year 11)52-53, according to the statement issued by th e Registrar of Statistics. was 834,010 as against 831,050 acres for the year 1951-52. The production of rice for the year
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    POOR MAN'S MACHINE
    64 9 THIS poor man's rdition of a washing marhinr Ls on show at thr Paris autumn exhibition whirh opened recently It works with any ordinary vacuum «iraner and washing hasin. with th,. rleaner's i.tt-il at the \h nivt n i to wash th r line n by pulsation.
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    Little Business In Share Market
    767 9 THE Malayan share market ua s dull In all iwHtM yesterday -with only small business passing, lew changes were recorded in tins and industrials Kuhtxr shares remained neglected I.NDI SlltlM ■-t-*- —-* Buyer* Seller* ■Kay drirk I'irf 2 in 2 20 n a* 3 85
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    JAPAN TO EASE TRADE BAN WITH CHINA
    92 9 OSAKA Oct. 5 (UP).— Jap < c i*s eoati on wilh Communist v i<- imm 1« «l of th.tt 'J li ta Intei i 'I I Industry Mini K Ic Ok.mo so i htic H,- .< he h.ul oti',. ndinji >f Fin;. Minister
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      310 9 til Abner By Af Capp "uopeg a»jva,T >/oo the PRuTTiEsr 1 1 j_ wtrrruPwiTH GORi. iVC SEEN in SIX CM/£ oJr 1 \ZS?I7 SO YOu I *-f GOT L v r am V-iononft V ArTE« them VtmE-ONEWITH L 2?, o^ >r^fr?^^P^ "«iTW\Ov/CXS JUK£ XllPiZ^X AT E <V EAT /the WALDORF)
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      313 9 f s *a^a%M Standard Almanac INFORMATION AT A GLAXCE S'pore Diary ■BLL TIIKATRKTTK: Collyer Quay, 1.15 prn p«i m s how for stafr and friends "British News" and "Way To Wimbledon." »>I»A.: Malay Jawi Class 530 P;rn.; Judo practice 530 p m.. Oymnastics 530 p m Billiards instruction class 6
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      279 9 KF.X: City Br.iearh the So<i 3 630 p m Reunion in Re to 30 p m SI N: Ngo Oi Pol Cheng Long 3 7. 9.15 p.m SAVOY Honey Don't tell Habby Unwanted Love 3. 7 30 r> m KUALA LUMPUR ENTERTAINMENT MAMMf: Jack McCSaJI Daaptnda 3. ISO and y
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      STEP OUT RIGHT MADAM!
      943 10  - STEP OUT RIGHT MADAM! MAXINE RAKICH By T\O YOU know what the U most feminine part of a woman's wearing apparel is? Her shoes. And, believe it or not, many a shoe gives away a woman's character! So bear this in mind and take a good look at the shoes
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      SMART AND NEAT
      74 10 A CLASSIC; shoo for all occasions the court shoe. Suits any foot and looks smart and neat for any and every occasion. If in doubt about a style of shoe choose this. I lOK EVENING and rockUil wear this sandal of black sij«(l» .wid nvlon lace is
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      A NURSE
      405 10 'Dear Joy Jones T WOULD like to give a friend of mine a gilt on her birthday. She is goius to become a nurse. Can you suggest a suitable book? "ROBERT" (Klang) WHY not give her a book about nursing? There is the "Sue Barton" series, a number
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      PATTERN SERVICE
      60 10 Rosalind Ratnam THE COUPON READ THIS BEFORE YOU ORDER YOUR PATTERN. You must enclose thiee ten cent stomps if you want your pattern cut It I oon'f get the stamps, you don't get the pattern A number of orders hove come to me without the •tomps. These won't
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      Weaning Worries?
      625 10  - Weaning Worries Margaret Scott By 4 ;VO TROUBLE at all. now." laughed Mrs. D. the other day, in an.su er to my query about her ei?ht-mnnth-oli son, "he's on to three meals a day!*' If's quite true that pu ff in_j a baby on to three meaia a djv does
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      BIRTHDAY GIFT
      68 10 JUNE ALLYSON, who cele- brates her birthday October 7. received a combined birthday and "welcome home" present from M-G-M when she reported for work on the set of the studio's all-star "Executive SuitePresented the key to her portable dressing-room, she opened the door to find the room completely
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      IDEAL FOR RACES
      91 10 A STILE of shoe, vrrv populir *nmr n v beinj revived. An rxtremrlv Dilhrinq s |v|,. with a hi?ii instep and a d.nnfv i.i.k \,,i,- n,,. It (lie back of (he heel. ANOTHI.R classic shoe, fr.itur inc i M-)i h j liinnr bow adds th.it little touch
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      207 10 Star Conies! Mo. 36 Can You Name This Star? \LL Ihrongh this week will close next Thursday and The Singapore Standard the priz<> winners names will presents its thirty sixth star he published in the Movie contest. Pase of the following Sunday -—imgp*- Standard. Eb^^^j *m*i& -*S^^«HB TZJT' i '.>■>'■'■"
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      20 10 *S USA :rf^j| I TEE SHIRTS rj I shorts V m Town V Country i 6i iiic;h snu i i
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      47 10 THE SWHS ASD YOU Bj 1.) iv hi i WCII > i In th«* IXIIO I i.l MINI t \NtIK I I IO < IKi.n i I HIM v -i I»NPIO I I xi:u Ml l i \ncii 'hin j i i \OI \KII W I l'l>l I Mi
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    Indonesians Remember A Friend
    49 11 Indonesians Remember A Friend PERSIIXJA DJAKARTA soccer tourists yesterday visited Haw Par Villa in Pasir Panjang where they stopped by for a minute's silence at the plinth in memory of the late Mr. Aw Hoe, well known Far East soccer enthusiast. The pia£ure shows the tourists beiore the plinth.
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    Ah Hoe's Goals Save Islanders
    495 11 RAf Chanel, who created a splendid impression in their first cuptie outing, had their reputation somewhat tarnished when they rather luckily held a reinforced Pulau Brani I nited to a 3—3 draw in this SAFA Second Hound Cuptie game at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. ted
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    SCC Lose To RNAS At Rugger
    199 11 SET SCRUM advantage and n;irk enabled Royal 1 Air Station Sembawant* Singapore Cricket B by points (try and a to nil in a dull played on the I'.i i. :fii mgements fame up considerably. team much oi a up." kirk< d >?T and for
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    HUNGARY WIN
    21 11 •AKY beat Czechoslo--1 to an international match in Prague yesterordini tD Prague radio. time Hungary led 4-1. R< Her.
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    JAPAN WINS
    26 11 MAMIa. Mon. (Reuter)— "Pan won the pistol event in l< n;n)guiar interpot postal PhVii" h ere Xodu y against the ™Uppmei and Hong Kong.
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    Japs Tip Allen vs Shirai
    185 11 Japs Tip Allen vs Shirai TOKYO, Oct. 5 (Reuter)— Japanese sports writers said the chances of Britain's Terry Allen in recapturing the world lightweight crown on October. 27 had increased considerably as a result of the eye injury .suffered by the title holder. Yoshio Shirai. Until recently most writers had
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    SINGAPORE AHQ WIN TEAM TITLE
    319 11 FEAF GOLF MEEfING AIR Headquarters, Singapore with a score of 455 uett, won the team championship of the Far East Air Force Golf Society championship meet held at the Royal Singapore Golf Club on Sept. 30, Oct. 1 and 2. Three teams competed. Air Headquarters,
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    IRELAND LOSE
    30 11 FRANCE brat Eire by live goals to three In 'heir world cup (group lour) Soccer International here today. At half time, France led by two goal* to zero.—Reutert
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    Medicos Held To Goalless Draw
    199 11 THE unbeaten Singapore Medical Services l T nion were held to a goalless draw by the Dutch Club yesterday in a Singapore Hockey Association Division 3 league fixture at Farrer Park. Medicos were without the I services of their star centreforward, Mohamed. His position in
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    FRIENDLY OFFICIALS
    91 11 AT THE 25th annual general meeting of the Friendly Sporting Association, the following were elected oflice-bearers: President Ang Soon Hoe. Vice Presidents Chua Poh Choon, Chua Soon Teck. Khoh Teow Koon. Hon. Secretary Tan Choon Guan. Hon. Asst. Secretary P. H. Ong. Hon. Treasurer Ee On Kee. Hon.
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    DRAWN GAME
    21 11 In a SHA division 3 league hockey fixture pluyed at Alexandra yesterday 3 BOD held YMCA to goalies* draw.
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    INDIANS UNDECIDED ABOUT S'PORE TOUR
    484 11 HOCKEY NOTES BY STICKS' JALAN BESAR stadium will be the venue of the proposed Indian Services Hockey tourists in their Singapore engagements, if it comes off. The stadium has been booked for three matches against the Indians. The tourists will meet Singa- i pore in
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    3 Brothers In Kedah XV
    57 11 K^ U^ LA LUMp UR. Mon.-The travels dow n to Kuala Lumour Sefanior er counte > «>n the bt angor na dansj on Saturdav brothers 6 thfCe A The team will be: Y-?'n J v- nk p' T ,l umbin J Aitken tine P Abriu!l;
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    Turkish XI In England
    93 11 LONDON. Oct. 5 (AP) Th e Turkish champion team Femerbahoe arrived here b v plane for a short tour of England and six floodlight matches. Captain Kirkan Fikret asked how Arsenal did yesterday, explaining that English footnall to most Turkish enthusiasts means Arsenal (Arsenal defeated Preston
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      433 11 .NOTICES M.V. "ORANJE" J'HE above vessel i s expected 7th n f a rnve in Sin Bapore on /th October and to moor alongside Godowna Nos. 1 and 2 of the Singapore Harbour Board t" ™nc e Gate No. 8 The ship Will sail for Djakarta the same evening NKHERUIND
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    FARRER CUP SOCCER DRAW
    48 12 Sil City Council Electri. 'it n< nl drew l-l with W i> ii tment in a repl ly t ni-flnals of the Farrei Cup inter-department soccer 'oiition at Fairer Park yesly. A i Ch (1 ior Electricity and scored for Water, l) rtm« n*
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    LET'S HAVE MOMtE SWEAT IN COLONY SOCCER
    676 12  - LET'S HAVE MOMtE SWEAT IN COLONY SOCCER Jeffery James Says PERHAPS the Persid.ja Djakarta soccer tourists shocked Singapore. If not, at least they proved that Singapore's soccer 'bubble' is really a goner. The only thing that is big in Singapore's soccer today is our SAFA Councillors. If Singapore can go
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    YANKEES LEAD 3-2
    123 12 NEW YORK. Ot. 5 (AP)— i New York Yankees < the Brooklyn Dodgers < home-run method yest winning the tilth game' of the World Series, 11-7, to 1 I a 3-2 cd£<- .n the Series. ''<■ Wood ling, Mickey i Mantle, Billy .Martin and Gil M< I)
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    Lsss People Saw Malaya Cup Final
    111 12 Lsss People Saw Malaya Cup Final IPOH. Mon. This year's Malaya Cup final between Penan? and Singapore played at the Chinese Assembly Hall ground realised a gate of $36,800 which is about ***** short of last year's collection. The share of the finalists after deducting expenses was 54.880. Last year
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    SAFA BAN SENIORS IN JUNIOR LEAGUES
    288 12 SAFA BAN SENIORS IN JUNIOR LEAGUES SINGAPORE Amateur Football Association yesterday barred Singapore division one players from playing in lower division leagues. A resolution by SAFA Councillors at their monthly meeting said: "No player, after having played in anyone SAFA division 1 league, will be eligible to play in lower
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    Victoria School 'V' Lose 5-0
    215 12 LATIFF Wanderers fielding a strong side beat Victoria School "A" s—o5 0 in a friendly hockey encounter at Victoria School ground yesterday. The Latill" Wanderers moves were initiated from their formidable half line where Mohd. Amin and Salleh was easily outstanding. The LatifTs forward Tine
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    SJI Save Reputation
    84 12 Last season's undefeated school team, St. Joseph'! Institution drew 3-3 with Anglo-Chinese School to save their reputation in .m inter school hockey match played at Barker Road yesterday. i le Jotephians with a formidable forward line. tailed to r^ia'ch the stubborn defence Ol ACS. James Quek. Tessensohn
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    S'PORE SWIPE 7-2 VICTORY
    440 12 S'PORE SWIPE 7-2 VICTORY FOONG SEONG CUP MALACCA, Mon.— Singapore took three of the five remaining games in the concluding day's play of the loong Seong Cup zone final, thus eliminating Malacca by seven games to two at the Anglosing Sports Club fall last night. Singapore will now meet Penang
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    TOUCAN AND BROADSIDE WORK BEST
    359 12 TOUCAN AND BROADSIDE WORK BEST By WINDSOR LAD IPOH, Mon. Toucan (Bagby) and Gold Vase candidate Broadside (Tait) were the best workers at this morning's workouts when they reeled off thre« furlongs under 37 2 5 sees. i Although Toucan appears to hold a slight advantage at the end of
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    REME Is Unbeaten
    295 12 RI.MF maintained their unbeaten record in the Singapore Hockey Assoriation Division II league when they scored a 3-2 victory over Singapore Recreation club Blues in a keenly contested fixture played on the P?dang yesterdav REMF dominated the exchanges for the first ten minutes after the opening whistle
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    BEATTYS WIN
    36 12 Be.itfv Secondary School d«feated Hartley Secondary School 2-0 in another inter-school hockey fixture played at B.nc»ti<M- Road yesterday. H. S.nsh and Ted: Yong were the scorers. ABOVK pictures show Saturday's Race finishes at Ipoh.
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    Bankers Send Bukom Out
    296 12 Though Hong Kong Bank 'A* played without four of their regulars— Vass. J. D e Souza, B. Rozario and B. Noronha— they beat Pulo Bukom 4-1 in yesterday's Singapore Business Houses Football Association second round knock out competition at Farrer Park. It was Puiu Bukom who
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