Singapore Standard, 28 October 1953

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    19 1 SINGAPORE STAND ARD >Xl_GE_3- 8 3. VOL IV. No. 118. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEK 28, 1953. TWELVE PACES IU CENTS.
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    Red Tape Holds Up Teachers' Salaries
    295 1 Red Tape Holds Up Teachers' Salaries E BAHRU, Tuos. -three probalalay School teaming 19 women, by the Education tment at Batu Pahat iary this year, not been paid because of rit's "red tape" delayed their :_t papers. 1 nine months have been hand to mouth nave incurred :cr to exist.
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    DEATH OF REV. FR. BALOCHE
    37 1 Tues. Rev i (55. died at spita] here this fter a long illness ne to Malaya in which took I vening was officiatArchl ..-hop Michael 1 attended by front) all over the
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    JOHN WREN DIES
    12 1 WREN, one of thc tralia, died ninht a_»ed A.P.
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    SIX DROWN AS BOAT CAPSIZES
    49 1 ARBROATH. E. SCOTLAND. Oct. 27: (Reuter) A life-boat capsized early today when returning from searching for a vessel j n distress. Six of the seven crew are i. ved to have been drowned. Or of thc crew was recovered alive from a wild sea.
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    Income Tax Drop Of $45M
    344 1 Income Tax Drop Of $45 M MR. NIXON IS TOLD THE NAKED TRUTH KUALA LUMPUR, Tues— Thc Vice-President of the United States, Mr. Richard M. Nixon, was told last night that income tax revenue in Malaya had dropped by $45,000,000 as a direct result of the fall in rubber price.
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    With The Common Man
    80 1 TRUE to hit Republican instincts Mr. Nixon spent his last hours in this country chatting uith ordinary people to get a true glimpse of the Malaya that is fighting Communism. (ABOVE) Mr. Richard Nixon, the United States Vice-President talks to Miss Chang: Yat San, a convent
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    A GUARANTEE TO TELL AMERICANS
    354 1 KUALA LIMPIR, Tues.— United States VicePresident, Mr. Richard M. Nixon yesterday guarantee*:. Malaya that he would bring to the notice of American authorities the need for stabilising prices of tin and rubber. I Speaking at an airport press conference just before he left for Bangkok.
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    HE REFUSED SCHOLARSHIP TO HELP HIS FAMILY, BUT...
    740 1 Standard Staff Reporter A SHY and modest student of the Singapore Victoria School, 18-year-old Chan Siew Kay, confounded both his class teacher Mr. CB. Paul, and headmaster, Mr. Soo Ban Hoe, when he told them yesterday that he had decided not to
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    5 1 "What! you again?"
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    VEEP ARRIVES IN BANGKOK
    77 1 BANGKOK. Oct 27.— United States' Vice President Nixon arrived at Don Muang. Bangkok Military Airfield a« 14.45 todav and WQ s received with an imposing display of military pompe While '•Bearcat" fighters of the Royal Thai Air Force swooped down over the airfield. Mr. Nixon's party
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    Stop Press
    38 1 DJAKARTA, Oct. 27: (Keuter) The notorious volcano Krakatau on an island between Java and .Sumatra erupted last Sunday, a smoke rleud of four kilometers split nt; into the sky. the Bandung Voicano- Service announced to nicht.
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    SAME CALIBRE FOR UK ARMS?
    42 1 LONDON, Oct 27 (AFP).— The British War Office today declined to confirm Washington reports that it had yielded on the question of standardising the calibre of light arms-giving up its 280 ritte for the American .;.()0 weapon.
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    INSPECTORS AID FUND -Another $50 In
    108 1 INSPECTORS AID FUND -Another $50 In FOUR Vehicles' InspectorsMessrs Bob Cornelius. Teo Ee Wan. Yap Chwee Hock and Non Chye Yong each donated S5-to The Singapore Standard Christmas Toy Fund. With yesterday's collections of $50. the total of the Fund is now $7.2t>1.77 Mrs. Tang Siew Yan of Singapore gave
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    TEMPLER TO NAME THE FIVE
    146 1 THE MAN WHO QUIT IS ONCE AGAIN THERE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— l Mr. V. M. N. Menon who resigned from the Federal Legislative Council, was present at today's Executive Council meeting. He will b in the Executive Council, it is stated, as long rs he
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    Picture Of Man With A Problem
    8 1 GENERAL TEMPLER
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    CALL TO 'GIVE UP'
    366 1 Big Leaflet Blitz On Bandits Today 1 111 biggest ever leaflet bliti on Malayan terrorists will be unleashed today. Thirteen Lincoln liomh ers from Singapore. KuaU I.umpiir an<| Ruttrrwortb will drop a total of 1K.000.000 leaflet* to brine off th,. biggest single phase of psyrholo .11
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    GILLON: MANSLAUGHTER VERDICT SOUGHT BY MARSHALL
    700 2 GILLON: MANSLAUGHTER VERDICT SOUGHT BY MARSHALL A VERDICT of manslaughter in Private Hammond Gillon's case would be one that would "appeal to a reasonable human being," said defence counsel, Mr. David Marshall, in the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Mr Marshall, who was making his address to the jury, held that th
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    107 2 COMMODITY PRICES fc it CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) in Singapore yesterday were* Buyers Sellers No 1 -C.S.S Spot Loose 545 55 J No. 1 R.S.S. 552 55* No. 2 R.S.S. 54i Ml No. 3 R.S.S. 52 i s£| Tone: Quiet. TIN PRICF The price of tin yesterday was
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    A PAGEANT ON CITY DAY
    47 2 SINGAPORE City Council will today agree in principle to sponsor a pageant on the Padang next City Day. The Arts Theatre will organise the pageant but whether any financial assistance should be given to them by the Council will be considered later.
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    New Plan To Solve Airport Parking
    263 2 THOUSANDS of freshly painted white lines, yellowsplashed markers and roped ofl bus-roads are all part of the one-man blitz that has hit the previously chaotic parking problem at Kallang Airport. Director of the "blitz" is Singapore's Airport Manager, Mr P.W. Ford, who ha s
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    Foreign Capital Needed—Taylor
    290 2 Foreign Capital Needed— Taylor THE GOVERNMENT of Singapore is doing enough within its means for the industrialisation of the Colony and more can be done only with the aid of foreign capital, Mr. W.C. Taylor, Financial Secretary, told The Standard yesterday. It is to the advantage of the country to
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    Williams Gives His Last Recital
    187 2 Williams Gives His Last Recital HAROLD WILLIAMS made his final appearance in Singapore last Monday evening when he gave a snort recital of operatic arias and songs to an invited audience in the H.M.V. Studio. (That is to say, his last appearance for the time being; he is living in
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    ADVISER FOR AQUARIUM
    77 2 THE Singapore Citv Council will request the Government of India Representative Mr. M. Gopala Menon to use his influence with the Indian Government for th e early release of an aquarium expert from Bombay to suggest equipment and staffing of the Colony's Va n Kleef Aquarium. It
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    DRIVER FINED $100
    42 2 DRIVER FINED 100 A GREEN BUS driver. Neo Chue Kiat. was charged in the Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday for driving a bus in a dangerous manner by overtaking a vehicle along Bukit Timah Road on March 31. He was fined $100.
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    Malaya Can Get More Aid: Dato Nik
    170 2 Malaya Can Get More Aid: Dato Nik MALAYA will receive more technical aid under the Colombo Plan but the possibility of extended economic aid is dependent upon her asking for such aid, said Dalo Nik Kamil, Federation Member for Lands. Mines and Communications, on his return from the Colombo Plan
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    NO STAFF FOR CITY PROJECTS
    65 2 Extreme shortage of statT in the Singapore City Council Engineer's department has resulted in the non-completion of many projects. although financial provisions Were made. The Standard understands. A number of projected works on roads, bridges and backlanes have in some cases not been commenced. and
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    THE NAVY SPENT US $40,000 HERE
    161 2 Standard Shipping Reporter SINGAPORE taxi drivers returned to normal "beats," trisha riders wore subdued looks, and city bartenders served with creaky elbows again, as the U.S. warships, the Lake Champlain (aircraft carrier) Caperton, Dortch, Dashiell and Gatldng, set course for home yesterday. Since their
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    SHE'S THE PROUD OWNER OF REAL C-DAY STOOL
    217 2 SHE'S THE PROUD OWNER OF REAL C-DAY STOOL Sentimental Souvenir Standard Staff Reporter PERHAPS the only proud owner of a Coronation stool in Malaya today is one of Singapore's war widows Mrs. J. M. Consigliere of Karikal Road, Katong. Mrs. Consigliere, who has just returned to the colony in the
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    Extension Decision
    75 2 THE Singapore City Council will decide today whether the services of its City Hea 1h Officer. Dr. N. A. Canton should b e extended by six months. Dr. Canton l s scheduled to retire from service on June 1 1 next year. The Finance and General Purpose Committee
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    NO LICENCE: $150
    49 2 FOR driving a car on Bah Sumpah Road, off Sembawang Road, without a licence and not being covered by a Third Party insurance. Seah Boon Gee of Yeo Chu Kane Road was fined a total of by the Bingapore Second raffle Magistrate M Howe __<*>__ Chong yesterday.
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    BIG BAG OF FAKED NOTES
    73 2 BIG BAG OF FAKED NOTES s t.ind.ird Staff A LAIU.i, quanll| forged SKI not" some C en jwere mnui. JSS Penan* b> th, h(| inc wing M4OSI n 0386V.... j, *****4. 1) 0t_.)88!». r *****8. r *****3 I *****8, I--*****1 nu *****0 > .^aid that .ri the pu; *\M no'.e>,.
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    Colony Motorist Fined
    86 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues "Singapore motorists ha\e for some time been tough tomers to Kuala Lumpur traffic policemen." Iff Freeborn, Traffic Police Chef told the Kuala Lumpur r Magistrate, today. Mr. Freeborn said this wh.V pressing for a deten sentence on two traffic charges against Singapore driver Lim
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      69 2 Weather _-____N____nj__- Temperature: From 730 p.m. Oct. 26 to 7.30 a.m. Oct. 27 Singapore (75F), IVnanjr <74F». Kota Bahru 74F), Kuala Lumpur (75F). Ipoh (73F). Kuautan (72F). M.ivimum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m. Oct. 27 to 7.30 p.m. Oct, 27 Singapore (88F), Pr nang (87F> Kota Bahru '84!), Kuala Lumpur (92F).
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    Union To fight For Bursary Victims
    132 3 Union To fight For Bursary Victims Standard Staff Reporter XHE Executive Council Students Union of University of Malaya '1 nold an emergency ig today to prevent rnisation" of bursary In ronncftion with iC-Cmail" of eight unwhej had been i- deration Governthey had failed in a] examination, their il ariea ranging
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    B.S.A. OFFICERS
    31 3 KLAWANG, Tues mitt, e meeting of i District Boy Scout the following were ffieers bin Om.ir, District Mr. V. S. Pa ram, :y; Che Bidjvvi S lek And, tor.
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    THE PIONEER TAKES OFF
    158 3 THIS picture of the Planter climbing aicay from an airstriv in Bri- ...loirs to f.ie be:;t advantage ita remarkable ability to climb at a steep BMgle. It will be used bu thp R.IF jungle operations over the Federation. OFF to the Federation this week to see
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    TAX INCREASE: BROAD HINTS BY COLONY DEPT. CHIEF
    390 3 TAX INCREASE: BROAD HINTS BY COLONY DEPT. CHIEF <_«•«! y TAYLOR fh Singapore Finan_.uloJ_! Cret y/ 9 VC two »>rood hint, on the question of income tax increases when he was queried at a press conference yesterday. to __jSt7ons The^lS f tW SCnlenCes fc reply Sinirinori C h nn .°i
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    THEY SAY 'NO' TO INCREASE
    339 3 Smaller Pay Packet Standard Staff Reporter DIVISION 111 officers of the Singapore Government and Trade I'nions representing them came out in the open yesterday to criticise Government's proposed wage increase scheme. They supported the Joint Council of Action's decision to reject the scheme. Mr. ff,
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    School Doubles Classes
    118 3 School Doubles Classes BY MOVING into the former $250,000 Singapore Detainees Rehabilitation Centre at Yio Chu Kang Road. the Kampong Bereli Malay School is now able to double its classrooms from three to six. An Education Department spokesman said the original Kampong Berch Malay School building, situated further up the
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    Posed As A Detective
    91 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Au ex special constable, Baharom bin Yunus (27 > was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment today, by Mr. E. Brown, President of the Sessions Court, for the theft of two chandu pipe heads and seven packets of chandu valued at Mr. W. Poundall,
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    TRISHAMEN JOIN UMNO
    49 3 BATU PAHAT. Tues. In a meeting sponsored by UMNO. Bandar Penggaram, recently I.H Malay and Chinese trishaw-liders decided to become members of the local UMNO branch. The meeting was presided by Inche Sulaiman Abdul Rahman. Lam Tian Chye and Kang Kok Sing attended as I observers.
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    Five For C D. Training
    96 3 THE Singapore Tamil Muslim Union at a meeting yesterday decided to send Ave of ito members tor pari time training in Civil Defence. This de usion is in response to a call made l W Sir John Nicoll, the Governor Of Singapore, recently. Thc e
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    GALA POPPY DAY BALL FOR IPOH
    154 3 IPOH. Tues. The Perak Dance Association will hold a ball in the Hotel Majestic. Ipoh. on Nov. 14, in aid of Poppy Day funds. Dancing will start at 8.30 p.m and will continue until 1 a.m. Admission tickets are $3 each, and are- available
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    Queen's Visit To Canberra
    95 3 ANOTHER link i n the chain of Anglo-American relations will be forged next February when the Queen travels to Canberra t_. lay the foundation stone of a new memorial to the American servicemen who fought side by side with the Australians in the South Pacific region.
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    Building Fund
    27 3 KUALA KLAWANG. Tues.— A Camp Fire was held at Titi to raise funds for the Scout Headquarters Building Fund. A sum of $155.55 was raised.
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    Rantau Tin Makes A Profit Of $2¾ Mil.
    232 3 Rantau Tin Dredging Co n-l pany Ltd. reported a working profit for the year to June 30, 1953. of $2,622,294. During the year under review, two dividends were already paid, the first of 4(1 rents per share on the old capital, equivalent
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    73 3 MR. K. D. Luke. Senior Inspector of School*. Selangor (second from left) watching members o. thr kindergarten of the Chin Woo School in Pasar Road. Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Luke recently paid his first official visit to Chinese schools in the Federation. Others in th" picture are: Mr. Yue Yeong Leon;.
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    GOVT. TO DECIDE ON 59 POLICEMEN
    217 3 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Government will soon take a decision on the remaining 59 Police Lieutenants whose threeyear contracts expire next July. The question whether to renew their contracts for another extended period may be discussed at the Estimates Committee meeting this week It
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    Scout Course
    41 3 KUALA KLAWANG, Tues.— The Executive Committee meeting of the Negri Sembilan State Scout Council was held here recently. In order to promote scouting among the rural areas. It wa s agreed to run a week-end cour.-.e for Volunteer Srouters.
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    Spares Are Hard To Get
    223 3 Spares Are Hard To Get THE United States feeti that marine engine sparer used on wartime built vee* sels, and which are finding their way to Red China via Singapore, may result ia certain types of craft, converted to commercial use and run by local owners* being laid up Ships
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    HK EXCHANGE
    42 3 HONGKONG. Oct. 27.--Spe-cial Standard Service Closing pricea of flie Hoagkone Exchange today were Si"> 7» tl storlni.;. 15.9379 Io US II $1 8i:. ia M,i iyan II: si IS to one Indonesian Knppi .h. I $258 875 to one tael.
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    Hostels For The Asians
    61 4 PRO.IECTS to provide more immodation for Asian cuts at two Australian universities are now at hand. The University ol Melbourne has decided to buy a site costing £A23,500 Tor a building to be known as International House. In Perth, an appeal has j launched to provide
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    TOTALIZATOR EXPERT HERE
    61 4 A TOTALIZATOR sales expert who will offer Malayan Turf Clans bigger and better totalizators arrived in Singapore yesterday aboard a BOAC Constellation J rom Sydney. He told The Standard al Kalian.; that he had brought with him plans of th e lew Automatic Totalizators \Mtt machine that
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    Tough Fine For A Tough 'Tec
    133 4 A SINGAPORE detective, Ong Thiam Chye, a former police driver. Edin bin Kassim. and a soldier. Nayan bin Saad, were fined in the Seventh Police Court yesterday for assaulting a merchant. Tan Koh Tee, at Joo Chiat Road on July 14. The Magistrate, Mr.
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    DON'T SHOUT ATME,COUNSEL TELLS JUDGE
    396 4 DON'T SHOUT ATME,COUNSEL TELLS JUDGE A SINGAPORE lawyer, Mr. CH. Koh, yesterday told the First District Court Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tah: "Don't shout at me." This rejoinder followed an angry retort by Mr. Tan directed against counsel in a summons case in which Chua Ah Bee faced three counts
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    BodyWedged To A Rock In Midstream
    179 4 BodyWedged To A Rock In Midstream IPOH Tues. The body of Mr Teh "Juan Poh, 41-year-old Technical cadet attached to the Telecommunications Department. Malacca, who was drowned while swimming near the Tanjong Rambutan reservoir on Sunday was recovered at 915 a.m. today. It was found wedged to a rock in
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    Ample Supplies Of Rubber Seeds Here
    122 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Supplies of rubber seeds for smallholder replanting are adequate and satisfactory, judging from current clonal harvests, it was officially stated here today. The Department of Agriculture had estimated that tho overall supply of both clonal and bud wood seedlings would *more
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    Bridge Closed For Repairs
    102 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE Dunearn Road bridge at the junction of Holland Road and Dunearn Road over the Bukit Timah Canal will be closed to all traffic on Oct. 29 and 30. as the result of re-sur-facing work being carried out b v the P.W D.
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    Farewell To MRNVR
    75 4 FLAG Officer Mal. Area. Rear Admiral A. F. Pugsley R.N. made his farewell annual inspect .on ol about 250 Officers and ratings of the Malayan Royal N.n Volunteer Reserve at Tetok Ayer Basin. Singapore, yesterday. Rear Admiral Pll£__k is leaving the Colony month. toured the bay dental
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    PRIEST HAD NO IDENTITY CARD
    32 4 CHUA Heng. a Chi I priest, was sentenced to four months' simple imprison i in the Singapore Third Dfsti Court yesterday for not havir* an identity card.
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    VARSITY EXAM MAY DO FOR GOVT. ENTRY
    271 4 VARSITY E X AM MAY DO FOR GOVT. ENTRY Standard Staff Reporter UNIVERSITY of Malaya authorities ore to meet early next month to decide on the issue of "pass" or "fail" certificates for those sitting for the Entrance Examination. Singapore Government has agreed that the candidate who gets a pass
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    46 4 BECAUSE of heavy rain in the past few days the 22nd/ 23rd Mile north of K am par is impassable to heavy traffic as the main trunk road has been breached Light traffic to Ipoh will be deviated via Chenderiang Sungei Sip. it and Kampong Dipang.
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    Fire Victims Get $10 Each
    95 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE ALJUNIED Road fire victims numbering 1.118 will receive SlO each at 9.30 a.m. today at the Singapore Badminton Hall. Guillemard Road. This money will be paid by the Social Welfare Department who yesterday received a cheque for $10.(100 from the Singapore
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    CLUB MEETING
    31 4 THE half-yearly general meeting of the Union Club will be held in Kota Bharu on Thursday Oct. 29 at 2.30 p.m. A "nasi buryiani" lunch will precede the meeting.
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    33 4 _fj_?_is ar of s0m 0, the soldiers who died on the Siam -death railway" We can do no better than remember them whenever wt see a Poppy Day Programme of any description, c
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    IT WILL BE ALLIANCE vs IMP AGAIN!
    153 4 JOHORE BAHRU. TUC* The Independence of Malaya Party. Johore branch, will again present the strongest opposition agains* UMNO-MCA Alliance at the Johore Bahru Town Council elections in December. Nomination day for the elections is Nov. 9. Although there will only be four seats
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    Judge Asked To Visit Site
    123 4 8. A. T. alsagoff pleaded guilty in the City Police Court yesterday to failing to comply ■rith three abatement orders served on Aug. 24. requiring him to repair some of hi* houses- in Kampong Bukit TunggaL Mr. Maxwell, counsel for AKigo.T. requested thc M trate.
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    HE'S LABOUR NOW
    31 4 MR. TAN TUAN BOON, a supporter of the Independence of Malaya party two years ago, has resigned from the IMP. He will now work for the Labour Party.
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    SIT Wants Estate Man
    67 4 LONDON. Tues. 'I Singapore Improvement I advertised In The London Times todav for an Estate Officer (Lands). The salary offered I>>r a Married officer with children was i11, 771 per annua (about $13,000 Malayan). Qualifications demanded were a BSr in estate manage ment or a final
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    S'PORE IS VITAL LINK-WHO CHIEF
    123 4 S 'PORE IS VITAL LINK-WHO CHIEF DR. Zygmunt Duets, h man, a c ting Director of the World Health Organisation in Singapore told The Standard yesterday that Singapore i s the most important link for the collection of in fromation on quarantine diseases. Hr s aid that the Epidemiological Intelligence
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    Officers To Aid Tenants
    64 4 Officers To Aid Tenants PENANG T SOO offi, Or. Ihe T, tion Unit, thr Rr cr, Penang Bingham, thev tern o! It to th. headm. n tion Servi i through it Throng!) v Mr Bi Pie. 1: I)-"' COUI He v qui I'M.. statj ti thr Referring build nmrc h
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    Five Bandits Knocked Out
    63 4 KUAI A i mon surrendered j kille the St H of i S 'a m rt One tCMTOi M sn s. ml three other lei rend I v Fontr Lanital Li lion ol the terror ■nd Si .j Yonf .1 l in. If- Ku.i K« I.
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    ROCHORE CANDIDATE
    24 4 Ifl B A M t irini !«jr I U thc D i i'.unt i! < P.i rty il t"r I will n on
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    A New System Of Title Registration
    134 4 PENANG, Tues.— The Settlement Government ha< appeal ted a committee to make recommcnd.it um> foi < new system of registration of titles and to ascertain the defects in the present system. The committee will also determine to what extent such defects could be remedied
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    COUNCIL HITS AT GOVT. PAY PLANS
    529 5 Standard Staff Reporter THE Council of Action last night stated tha* i could hove worked out Ita its employees in Divisions 1,11, and 111. or r replying to a by the Colony's hment Officer, I Voung, that "there kg in the Ritson recommendations al
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    MINES CHIEF BACK ON JOB
    57 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Mr. GF. Gripper, Chief Inspector of Mines. Federation of Malaya, has resumed duty upou his return from vacation leave. Mr. lan L. Patteison, who has been acting as Chief Inspector of Mines during Mr. Gripper's absence, has resumed duty a s Deputy
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    COURT PRESIDENT
    40 5 KOTA BHARU. Oct. 27. Mr. H L. Wiigglesworth. Piesident Sessions Court Kelantan will b# leaving Kota Baliru at the end of the month On long leave He will «t succeeded by Che Ali biu Che Hassan -lorn Johore.
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    'Food Was For An Offering'
    75 5 MALACCA, Tues. Magistr.ite Ramanathan Iyer yesterday. Acquitted Liang Chin, a cook, of a charge of hawking without a licence. Liang said he was stopped bv police and taken in charge while on a bicycle bringing a basket ol cake* for a sacrificial olTcring at Sam
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    Woman Drank Caustic Soda
    33 5 A 24-YEAR-OLD married Woman was admitted to the General Hospital last night ;it*"r sne h;ic) drunk caustic soda at hor home Neven Koaci. _> ou o a n houi later
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    61 5 VISITORS to the Divcrsional Therapy Unit Exhibition at Tan Toek Seng Hospital in Singapore thi s morning are in for a pleasant surprise. Toys and other articles of breath-taking beauty made bv the patients of the Therapy Unit of the hospital will b,. on display. This Standard picture shows a
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    US ASKS COLONY TO RUBBER TALKS
    249 5 Standard Start" Reporter THE SINGAPORE Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association and the Rubber Trade Association of Singapore have agam been requested by the Rubber Manufacturers Association and the R.T.A. of New Vork to consider the possibility of an earlv meeting in New York. It
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    PLAN TO DIVERT THOSE IN A FUNDS
    149 5 The Government of India is negotiating with the Singapore Government on a proposal to divert R5265,000 now in the hands of the Custodian of Property, Singapore, to the Indian Relief Fund Trust, The Standard learned yesterday. The amount represents the proceeds of the
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    WD WON'T GIVE OUT CONTRACTS TO ALIENS
    151 5 WD WON'T GIVE OUT CONTRACTS TO ALIENS Standard Staff Reporter THE War Department in Singapore, which hitherto screened only its employees has started screening prospective civilian contractors as well. This measure is believed to be for security reasons. The Army will not give contracts to any aliens or Commonwealth citizens
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    Car Won't Do It He Tells Court
    127 5 Car Won't Do It He Tells Court CHARGED in the Singaoon Second Traffic Court yesterday with speeding between 4" to 45 m.n.h. along Bukit Timah Road on Oct. _.i>. Chung Teik Huin of .Johore Bahru told the Magistrate that his car could not run more than 35 miles per hour.
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    Five Robbers Got Only $1.70
    55 5 A SINGAPORE milkman told the Police yesterday that he was robbed by five armed men of $1.70 cash and a torch in lonely Coronation Road on the night of Sept. 9 And when he was asked why he did not make a report earlier he
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    NO DECISION ON MARKETS
    55 5 MUAR, Tues. At a special meeting of the Muar Town Council on Oct. 25 the recommendations Of the Stalls and Market Committee on the erection of a Town Council market anri a private market in Muar were referred back to the Committee. Applications for licences to
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    179 5 THERE was a large gamer* ing at the Indian Association Hall yesterday to hear th,. Indian Members of Parliament on a visit to this Coionv. Mrs. Ammu Swarninathan. leader of the first Goodwill Mission to Japan entirely consisting of women, stressed Ihs importance f women
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    126 5 TWO trade unions repre senting sonic Singapore City Council employees yesterdav "deplon d*' the Council's proposal to recognise only those unions whose membership is restricted to Council employees. Mr. Peter Williams. president of the Singapore Workers' Union said: This is a first (lass move to
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    Traffic Police Ready For Big Wedding
    190 5 Standard st iff Reporter SPECIAL traffic arrangements for the Ede/Laycock wedding have been made for Friday, Oct. Entry to the Cathedral where the wedding will be solemnised. will be at Lie Coleman Street /St. Andrew's Road gate opposite the City Hall only. Exit will
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    702 6 TTPON an average of once a month the Press announces in a few reticent lines the hanging of a murderer, and the 8.8.C. makes passing mention of the fact in a news bulletin. To the world at large the execution is one of those normal acts ot
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    221 6 Review of Views Malay Fire Victims UTUSAN MELAYU calls upom| its readers to give financial I and material support to l Malay victims of the disas- trous fire at Al-Junied Road' last Saturday. It urges' Malay political and welfare' bodies to take concerted* action to help the distressed 1 victims.
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    60 6 Sir;—l agree entirely with the opimon voiced by TIMID PUBLIC in yonr issue of the 23rd inst., for I wonder what our mostly self-important and arrogant Government and City Council clerks would have done to a poor Asian woman had she liad th e nerve to dump a tinful
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    200 6 MR. C.F.J. ESS REPLIES Sir;— lf West Ward Voter were sincerely seeking enlightenment, he would have written direct to me, instead of indulging in a form of propaganda so peculiar to his type, and which is obviously intended to further the chances of the candidate he supports. I do not
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    152 6 Sir;—ln their demand for independence the M.C.A.U.M.N.O. Alliance do not ap!EtT. t b *i t»k,n», 4. P«>P«r steps to educate the- pecpie in their social resoonsibilities On one point hat ouii d in k th_?sra'Lid that is in the case of blood donation. to tho Blood Take
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    15 6 "I wish you would st.to 1 1. t confounded whistling. Whit house!"
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    SETTLEMENT REACHED IN GAS STRIKE
    200 7 LONDON, Oct. 27 (AP)-London's fciisohne strikers, in a stormy meeting Monday night, voted to return to work \s the strikers met in angry uproar <;.OW> troops called out by the Government Satrurday had restored the city's vital petroleum supplies to near normal. Thc back-to-work movement
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    RUMANIAFIRES 5th MINISTER
    72 7 VIENNA, Oct. 27, (Reuter)— ire Rumanian cabinet r the filth in six weeks. n relieved of his duties an')' her step in the stream- ng of the government in the pattern. erday*s Rumanian newsi received here today, iid the Ministry ot Higher ition. the Ministry ol Education
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    AUSTIN SEEKS CHINA MARKET
    76 7 LONDON, Oct 26: (Render) I •—Co onel A. C. R. Waite. chairI the Austin Motor xporl Corporation, one of n's biggest motor car irers, tonight called .overnment for "a clear 1 explicit direction in trade '.'tuna". Addressing more than 1.000 i distributors and technicians at the
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    US SUPPORT FREE VIETNAM
    68 7 PARIS, Oct. 27 (AFP) French journalist. Rene Daberwritmg i n the independent moon daily Paris Presse today reported that the United States has just offered France her full support i n negotiations with Vietnam o n independence within the French Union. Dabernai said this was the
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    MURDER BID IN ERITREA FOILED
    38 7 ASMARA. Eritrea, Oct 27 (Ueuter).— Police have foiled •in attempt on the life of Mr Bairu Tenia, chief executive of the autonomous Government of Eritrea. former ita. irm colony now federated with Abyssinia.
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    RITA (20) WANTS TO BE A MUSLIM
    87 7 RITA (20) WANTS TO BE A MUSLIM R-T__ CARUSO 20-Vear-old Italian film actress and niece of a Cardinal whom she refused t>> name, says <he is renouncing the Roman LaVxolic faith to become a Muslim. She i s one of four Italians irho are in Istanbul (or the filming oi
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    SPAIN SIGNS A CONCORDAT
    58 7 MADRID, Oct. 27 (AP) The Cortes, Spain's Parliament. Monday unanimously approved a concordat between Spain and the Vatican which Generalissimo Francisco Franco said established Roman Catholicism as the state religion. The concordat regulating relations between Spain and thc Holy See. and the rights and duties of
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    Cabinet Meet On Atomic Tests
    306 7 LONDON, Oct. 27 (AFP)— The cabinet today discussed Britain's latest atomic tests in Australia and the proposal to build an atomic energy centre for in- dustrial use in Scotland. Premier Sir Winston Churchill presided over the meeting. Three non-members of the cabinet attended. They were
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    SAVAGE HOLDS ANOTHER FIVE
    68 7 GEORGETOWN, Oct 27. Sir Alfred Savage, Governor of British Guiana, announced late last night that orders for the indefinite detention of five of the arrested leaders of the Peoples Progressive Party had been made under the Emergency Regulations. The five men affected are Sydney King. Rory
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    Explanations To Defiant Red PoWs Are Doomed
    240 7 Explanations To Defiant Red PoWs Are Doomed PANMUNJOM. Koi ea, Oct. 27 (UP)— Explanations to balky war prisoners appeared doomed today after the Neutral Nations Re p a triation Commission admitted it has found no way to continue "counter brainwashing." In a last ditch effort to save one of the
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    Israel May Get Aid Again
    109 7 WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. (AP) A visitor Monday quoted U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Duiles as saying full U.S. economic aid will he restored to Israel after its quarrel with Syria over the Jordan River project has been settled. Harold Riegelman. Republican candidate for Mayor
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    QUEEN GIVES CARNE A VC
    66 7 LONDON, Oct. 27 (AP) Queen Elizabeth today pinned Britain's highest military decoration, th e Victoria Cross, on Lt. Col. Carne. leader of the gallant fight at Korea's Imjin River in April, 1951. Col. Carne who commanded the Ist Battalion of th e Gloucestershire Regiment, was
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    JAPS FOR MOSCOW
    31 7 A JAPANESE Red Cross delegation arrived in Stockholm last night to pick up Russian visas before continuing to Moscow for talks on repatriation of Japanese war prisoners. AP
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    Sir Winston's Swan Missing
    111 7 LONDON, Oct. 27 (AFP).— Premier Sir Winston Churchill has lost a young Australian swan, dark grev in colour, with a red beak. He has asked anyone who finds it to let him know at his Chartwcll home, Kent, or at 10 Downing Street. The swan is
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    LAST RACER LEAVES AUSSIE
    59 7 PERTH. Oct. 27 (Renter).— Thc last of three British Canberra jet bombers which took part in the London-Christ-chureh air race, left here for Singapore today to join the others there for the return to England. The third plane which was piloted by Wing Commander L. 11.
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    74 7 Stondoid London Correspondent LONDON, Oct. 27. Tho following arc the closing prices of rubber ond tin on the London market:— LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spot 16id. November 16_d. Spot £620 per ton. December 16_d. buyers, £622 10s. sellers. Jon. /March 16 id. Three months £602 10s.
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    DEAN WARNS REDS ON PEACE PARLEY
    359 7 Panmunjom's War Of Words PANMUNJOM, Oct. 27 (UP)— The United States bluntlv warned the (om munists today they may never agree on arrangements for a Korean peace confer ence if the Reds insist on inviting neutrals to sit on the talks. American envoy Arthur
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    Ingrid Sues Newspaper For A Cent
    127 7 ROME. Oct 11 (AP) K. m star Ingriu Bergman sppi ed in I Home Court Moi U) tell the .ludne Whjf 1" suing a Swedish nu papei woman for 10 Luc al U.S. cent. Bigi Rybrant, Rome rorrespondent of the Stockholm Aftonbladetm Aftonbladel dc
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    MONKEY BUSINESS
    54 7 HUM I good little girls hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil as they indulge in light-hearted 'monkrv shines' aboard a moonshaped water ski on l.ake Eloise at Cypress Gardens, F I o r Ida. They are: (left to right) Shirlev Sibrr. Rhoda Pickett, and
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    Philip To Be Named Regent?
    201 7 Philip To Be Named Regent? 1 ONDON 1 1 (A I Winston 'bur rill I hl^ .uncut Which Will make Duke "f Edinburgh I ad of Pr n should the necessity 11 Tllil act will I i il:1i the new Psi ismtnt opening re Queen V her husband the 1
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    49 7 LONDON'. 0 (AP) Mi Anni». Gordon to thn Quttns of Ens decorated by 'j on Sun-lay with the Roya fori. i M \i» foi >" yea l "1 ervlct m the Rov;i ll i Gordon pn y rrn:n i to (h'rn Mary giic.M Mo'licr V.1./:.U th
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      1035 8 NEW JET PLANE SERVICE STARTED PARIS, Oct. 27, (AFP).— A Among prominent passengers new jet service between were South African AmbassaFrance and South Africa was dor to France, Harry T. Aninaugurated last night by the druse, former French Air Secdeparture of a four-engined retary Jean Moreau, and the Comet which
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    PRODUCE
    61 9 THE produce market in Singapore remained quiet around Monday's levels with only small business passing. Singapore produce p; -es (per picul) yesterday weie: Gambier $210; Bali coffee SLHO; betel nut $28; (Split) $27 (whole): copra $37 J coconut oil $60 (sellers); Gambier $250; Pepper $370 (Muntok white). $365 (Sarawak
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    JAPAN, PEKING TRADE PACT
    37 9 TOKYO. Oct. 26. (AFP)— A new Japan-Comn.unist China treaty will likely be signed in Peking between the Peking Government and the Japanese Trade Mission composed of Diet members and business leaders this month.
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    Self-Sufficiency In Rice By '56 Is RI's Goal
    213 9 Self-Sufficiency In Rice By '56 Is RI's Goal JAKARTA, Oct. 27. The Indonesian Government has officially declared its intention to become a fully self-sufficient rice I producing country within j the next three years. This means that all Indonesian rice imports, which now total 400.000 tons yearly J ;vill come
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    Ornamental Garden
    104 9 The Haw-Par ornamental garden, (top) home of Mr. Aw Boon Haw Si.i fa pore's millionaire philanthropist. The scene is from Chinese mythology and the garden is open to the public. This i s one of 12 photographs produced by the Shell Company of Singapore. Ltd. which is being
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    RUBBER
    152 9 RUBBEB prices yesterday dropped by half a cent oer lb to 55i cents per lb. for first grade rubber for Noveml>er shipment on a quiet market. Prices opened at 55i *3S___*_s per lb., about half a cent per lb. below Monday's closing levels, and remained around the level until
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    Shell Presents S'pore To World
    305 9 Standard Staff Reporter SHELL Company of Singapore, limited has produced a set of photographs portraying Singapore as the "crossroads of the Far Fast" which have hem distributed to and displayed in over 60 countries of the world. A special photograph depi< t ing the Colony
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    65 9 DULL in a the Malayan share mark. I day Thr rise ihe tn, prit was ofl Ua n the rid. which hart a marked !fe. t t HubU r ted to be e change- were: INIIt MKIM <> I aee _n 2 > 2«(»e Sime Darby 1 kj HINIx.
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    22 9 and ;ra«le agrreme ig f«>r the inge of K upoci an I f' »r «*/p--t'on go- dm, na:iganer_e -<•_. l.l>o_.Dhala_— AP
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    72 10 I Above): GALLANTLY escorting Owen O'Shaugnessey into K.itll.-s, Hotel Saturday night was Andv Stewart of Sungei Tawai Eatotc Ihe Kedah district who left yesterday for the I K. by eeael OR five months vacation. Gwen is a very busy woman these days going ahead with plans for big Max
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    THEY SHALL HAVE MUSIC
    105 10 (Above): FILIPINO musician Domingo Raquiza says it with music on his pianoaccordeon 7th Storey Hotel Saturday party that marked engagement dat e of 20-year-old Cecilia Mitchell to Floor Manager Francis Chin, three years her senior. Earlier reception on same day was held in hotel Roof Garden
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    Dinner-Date
    464 10 (Above): LOVELY 21-year-old Singapore airways hostess Nancy Koh makes a pretty picture as she relaxes on the beach at Pasir Panjang Sunday morning, drinking i„ tbe warm rays of the Malayan sun prior to taking a splash 2 |he brll, y- Nancy x on e of the first entrants
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    DANCE A LA ESPAGNOLA
    54 10 (Above): GIRL who earned a big hand from Saturday night patron, at Rallies Hotel was danseuse Dorothy Amita from i h m**B m Well Ballet School who gave double floorshow as part of night's entertainment bill-o'-fare. Her e she [a seen striking a characteristic pose in
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    IBC OFFER TO ROBINSON
    280 11 $350,000 For A Fight With Olson NEW YORK, Oct. 27 (AP)-Sugar Ray Rob_n._n aid in Ilolyoke, Massachusetts, that the Inufnat ona I.nxing Club has made him a very attractive offer to ,-i turn to the ring in quest of the world middleweight boxing: crown now held
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    Shirai Is Still The Champion
    166 11 TOKYO, Oct. 27 (AP).— i flyweight champion Shirai of Japan tonight k *he challenge of a brawny London n 15 dreary rounds heavy on clinches t on action. I -;i was unanimous. bed -trong in the three rounds to clinch ree s-ored the fight. rTs
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    They Will Play In NSW Tennis
    108 11 They Will Play In NSW Tennis »NEY, Od 27. Three era ol the American Cup team Tony TraVic Seixas and Bill ert— will play in the New rVales tennis championSydney from Novembei 12 to 21. ecretary of the N.S.W. i Tennis Association, Mr. V .1 Kelly, said that the other
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    Olson May Tour Orient
    57 11 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27, World's middlewight •ion, Carl "Bobo" Olson, ■;v tour the Orient, his mana- laherty. said today. 'nerty said he had con••ith Honolulu promoa possible non-title With France's Pierre v said he hopes to he Olson to Honolulu— c former home— Manila ::i -okyo
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    WORTHINGTON BEGINS BID
    77 11 >NEY, Oct 27-George *i began his bid to the Australian Davis with a splendid win \be Sydmy metropolitan b.vnpionship. for? n, who recently TOUrni d from an overseas '•r, played intelligently to <-t Geoff Brown in straight 2, "orthington did not allow settle down. Once I established
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    Wales Make One Change
    94 11 WREXHAM, Oct. 27 (Reuter)—Wales, though beaten 4—l by England at Cardiff earlier this month, have made only one change for the soccer international against Scotland, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on November 4. Trevor Ford, who withdrew from the match against England because of injury, returns to
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    BUXTON WINS BRITISH TITLE
    75 11 NOTTINGHAM. Oct 27 (Reu ter) Alex Buxton, the color ed Watford boxer. won the British lißhtheavyweight chain pionship here last night when he beat Dennis Powell, the Welsh holder, in the 10th round of the 15 round contest. The referee stopped the fight in the 10th
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    NEW STARS IN WORLD BOXING
    453 11 NEW YORK, (UP) Sometimes imperceptibly, sometimes with a rush, the personnel of the top performers in boxing will change and new stars will appear The latest Ring Magazine ratings reflect one of the sudden changes. To those who follow boxing closely, all the names are
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    Pickworth Wins 6th Ampol Golf
    536 11 SYDNEY, Oct. 27— One of Australia's most popular golf professionals, Ossie Pickworth won his sixth Ampol tournament here. Pickworth, who has had a lean time in the past year, re-established himself as one of Australia's greatest golfers with a par equalling score of 288 for
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    Victorians Score Their 2nd Triumph Over Rafflesians
    306 12 Victorians Score Their 2nd Triumph Over Rafflesians DOMINATING play throughout the greater part of the game Victoria School scored their second triumph over their rivals, the Raffles Institution, at rugger yesterday on home ground, winning by five points (a goal) to three points (a penalty) Rafflesians had to thank tbeir
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    RAF 2nd XI Win
    22 12 ROYAL AIR FORCE 2nd XI BODCA 2-0 in a friendly y game at St. Joseph's Institution ground yesterday.
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    Singapore Poppy Day Hockey Today
    164 12 Singapore Poppy Day Hockey Today THE following are the teams selected 'o play in th«. annual Poppv Day Match on the S.C.C ground at 5.15 p.m. today. Combined Civilians: Miss F J (GSC). Mrs. C. Ne(SCC), Miss J. Cr ich ton (SCO Mis s J. Reeve (SCO Mi A Milne
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    Varsity Girls Beaten
    203 12 Varsity Girls Beaten Despite the cheery and encouragement offered by their male colleagues who' aiso ungallant'y booed, the University girls went down to the Girls Sports Cub who scored three goals without reply in a hockey friendly at the SRC yesterday. A large and enthusiastic crowd turned up to witness
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    JUNIOR CHAMPS
    70 12 NORBERT CHONG and R Gauder beat David Seow and K.C. Koh 10-8, 7-5 to win the Singapore Junior Lawn Tennis Doubles Championship yesterday In the final played at the YMCA courts. The singles final between Shaarin bin Osman and David Seow, last year's champion and runner-up respectively, will
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    GHQ Rugger XV Vs Naval Base
    54 12 nSl\* f l J-__! win represent SSSi ARE^ F againbt the Naval Base at rugger at Tanglin today. J. G ones< gJ| Naceba. Capt. Duckworth. L/ S_!_ Dun _V L/C P 1 B!a ir. Capt. Watson Pt c Charters. L/Cpl Davis, C pi. Navlor.
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    4 Goals Shared
    23 12 i F __MS GOAI -S were shared by William Jacks S.C. and the Alexandra F.C. in yesterday's friendly soccer match.
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    YOUTH HAVE IT OUT
    327 12 Baxter The Most Popular Winner DIMUNITIVE Alan Baxter, a 14 year-old schoolboy from the Alexandra Secondary Boys School stole the show in the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association Youth championships when he scored a convincing points victory over a bigger opponent in Brian Saunders last year's atom
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    Results & Tonight's Fights
    449 12 Results Tonight's Fights ATOM U I I. .11 Abdul Aziz bin Harun beat 0 t a Nee Roathe Verabhak <Pts>; -Michael Brannan beat Poio Ng <Pts>: Elias Elias beat Swee g°k Heng <Pts>; Chong See Sal K.. O. Grogon William. Ng Hock Meng beat Luhman Hasim i John Diamond beat
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    LIMPING PLAYER PAVES THE WINNER
    316 12 L ORE Corinth »ans eliminated Chinese Athletic i "A from this SAFA Junior Cuptie competition at Geylang stadium yesterday bv the only goal of the game scored by best forward afield Shariff (iiman Up till the 44th minute of this evenly contested game, a scoreless
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    Surveyors Draw
    36 12 GOVERNMENT Survey Ofnee and Royal Survey Service drew 2-2 in a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday Kadir and Hussein scored for the GSO while Patt and Beadle netted for the other team.
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