Singapore Standard, 18 October 1954

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  • 17 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD ft m Vol. V. No. 107. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1934 TWELVE PAGES 15 CENTS.
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  • 76 1 $100-A-DAY (Quick-Quiz) CONTEST RESULT MR MM PENG HWE of Ayer Road SlnB the winner of •dard's Quick-Quiz for $100 has to hi n. idi r H° a prominent man. rect answers I I— RAFFLES definitely advertisement). mments: This the of the hotel clue. I i No. 2— TAVEX \\\i rhis
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  • 19 1 RON, Oct. 17 Lollobrigida. movie star, •nt Eisenester lay "This is a ir for me," she
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  • 210 1 THE Afternoon School pupils of Guru Nonok Institution m Ipoh, passed the hat around class-rooms recently, and Ihe generous sacrifices the boys and girls made resulted m a collection of $42.62, which they promptly sent to The Standard Christmas Toy Fund. And m the
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  • 79 1 LONDON. Oct. 17. <UP> Britain is to step up her naval power by completing three new cruisers and equipping a hush-hush warship as a floating guided missile launching station. Fir.>t Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. J. PL. Thomas, told a dinner party of Royal Navy
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  • 310 1 But Many Are Wounded OMAGH, Northern Ireland, Oct. 17, (Reuter)— An armed gang of men with blackened faces raided the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers barracks here today and fought a gun battle m which several British soldiers were wounded. The gang were said to be members
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  • 154 1 EDEN STAYS PUT IN CABINET RESHUFFLE LONDON. Oct. 17. <AFP>— Britain's Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill has reshuffled several posts m his government, it was officially announced today. The ministries involved m the reshuffle are: Defence. Interior. Education. Housing. Food. Armaments and Public Works. Sir Winston remains as Premier and
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  • 67 1 LONDON. Oct. 17 (Reuter The mass circulation News of the World reported today that Sir Arthur Morse, aged 62 former chairman and chief manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation would be appointed Chairman of the British Travel and Holidays elation. No immediate confirmation
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  • 170 1 ERIE. Pennsylvania, Oct. 17f (UP)— The Mayor of Erie, two police officials and 40 other persons were under arrest today m a surprise crackdown on vice m Erie County. mm-* Mayor Thomas W. Flatley a Democrat, gave up voluntarily last night after ■arned that a
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  • 250 1 M.I.C. JOINS THE ALLIANCE Had To Throw In Its Lot With Some Party KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. -The central working committee of the Malayan Indian Congress decided at a stormy eighthour meeting here today to join UMNO and MCA m a tripartite electoral alliance. In all, 45 delegates were asked to
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  • 65 1 NEW DELHI. Oct. 17 (UP) Queen Elizabeth 11. who shares her late father's interest m philately, was announced yesterday as winner of the Indian national philatelic exhibition for the best display of stamps The exhibition organizers are asking the Queen if she will accept the prize,
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  • 94 1 Police Hunt For 2 JailBreakers MALACCA, San.— An all night vigil was kept by th*' entire Malacca Police For. c tonight for two Malays who escaped from the Central Police Station lockup while under remand late on Friday night. Till late last night. the nun were still at large. One
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  • 267 1 UMNO Wants Party Say In Mentri Jobs PENANG, Sun.— The all-Malaya UMNO General Assembly meeting here today decided to appeal to the Malay Rulers t allow the political party which gains control of the new Federal legislature to appoint the Mentris Besar of States. Inche Mohamed Salleh bin Haji Hussain
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  • 148 1 LONDON, Oct. 17— The port of London, one of the greatest ports m the world, became a silent wilderness this morning as 4,500 tugmen and lightermen, the last men still at work, joined m the stoppage. This latest move brings the total of men
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  • 31 1 MUNICH, Oct. 17, (UP) Prince Aly Khan left by air for Zurich after bidding a fond farewell to film actress Yvonne De Carlo, who drove him to tho airport.
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  • 115 1 Mau Burn Huts, Kill Preacher NAIROBI. Oct. 17 (Reuter) A hundred Mau Mau terrorists attacked and burned down 30 huts at the Riara Roman Catholic Mission near Kiambu township. 15 miles north of Nairobi last night. A well-known African lay preacher David Njeroge was shot in -the head and his
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  • 117 1 ChiangSays Russia Will Start War TAIPEI, Oct. 17 (UP) ident Chiang Kai-shek warned today that Russia would launch a Pacific war m 1956. He said the war would begin upon completion of a giant railroad network which would link the Asian and Eurasian land masses and run across the China
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  • 56 1 TAIPEI. Oct. 17 (AFP) The Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that it had approved the resignation of Dr. Lin Yu-tang, famed Chinese writer from his post M adviser to the Chinese delegation to the United Nat Dr. Lin tendered his r<> lunation following his ac< :e of
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  • 44 1 NEW YORK, Oct. 17. (AFP) —The death roll m the United States since the hurricane "Hazel" hit the country was today provisionally estimated at 61. In addition, several people are reported missing, and damage to property totals millions of dollars.
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  • 48 1 LONDON*. Oct. 17 (AFP) The Sunday paper "Sunday Times" reported today that the British jetliner Comet. will not be reintroduced on Britain's regular air services. The Comet, first Jet airliner to go into service m the world, was withdrawn this year following two accidents.
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  • 38 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 17 ("Reuter) Madame Chiang Kai-shek, wife of the Pr dent of Nationalist Cl who came to th. United States several months ago for medical treatment, will for For; day. it was announced h<
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  • 280 2 Many People Are Quitting The Country In Disgust PENANG, Sun. The Chairman of Party Negara, Penang Division, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, today warned the country that the greatest setback it could sustain was a situation of "uncertainty. ir coma Mr HeaJ| who was a( drcss jng
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  • Article, Illustration
    26 2 SINGAPORE'S Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode. who returned by BOAC Argonaut yesterday from a lis week holiday m South Africa. Standard photo.
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  • 68 2 THE 45th annual dinner and dance of Malayan members of the Scottish Universities will be held m the Sea View Hotel. Singapore, on Friday, Oct. 29 at 8.00 p.m. Graduates and matriculated students of any of the Scottish Universities may attend and bring their friends. The cast is
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  • 80 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun A Communist terrorist was killed by a pair., l of the 2nd Battalion. Ma ay Regiment, on the Gedong Estate m the Tapah area. Perak. this morning. Four of the five terrorists who were killed by a patrol of the 3rd Battalion. Malay
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  • 471 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. —An estimated 1,000.000 of the Federation's 5.7 million population will make history tomorrow as the pioneers who took the country's first step towards parliamentary self-govern-ment. At hundreds of registration centres, manned by Government officers and volunteers, they will record their
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  • 61 2 A 20-YEAR-OLD South Korean seaman. Park Toons Ryang. was h -relay when a huge oil pump fell on his tare on fa South Kon berthed m the outer roads of Sing; >>re The aci'ident happened while Park was attending to an oil feeder pump m the
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  • 59 2 MR. S Omar Bagushir. band leader ol the Singapore Alaish Walmileh Musical Party, has tendered his resignation from the party from Oct, 16 and formed a new musical party of his own which will be known as the 'Singapore Alnujwoom Musical Party." Mr. Bagushir
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  • 36 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Razali bin Siren. 27. one of two employees of a petroleum company charged with theft of 141 gallons of aviation spirit was yesterday acquitted and discharged by the First Magistrate.
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  • 103 2 UNTIL yesterday. about 22.206 Commonwealth Citi- m Singapore regist as citizens of the United I Kingdom and the Colon They will be eligible to I part m the forthcom: elections m tho Colony. The Registration Office m Stamford Road will not function from today, but
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  • 62 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The first of the two 4th prizes m the 24th Social WelI fare Lottery drawn yesterday was won by ticket No. 2071 ITU and not ticket No. *****70 as reported earlier, it was officially announced today. The Lotteries Board also' corrected the number
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  • 50 2 DR. S. I. SHUING. wellknown author and playwright, who has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Arts of Singapore's Nanyang University, will arrive m Singapore from England by BOAC today. Dr. Shuing is better known as the author of the play, "Lady Precious Stream."
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  • 47 2 Visit To Gurkhas THE War Minister Mr. Aotony Head, paid a visit to the Gurkha Leave Centre m Tanjong Tokong on Saturday morning. On his right is MajorGeneraJ G. V Lath bury and on his left is the Penang Garrison Commander, Major VY. L. Simpson. Standard photo.
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  • 142 2 ABOUT 10,000 locally recruited employees _f j. J Dockyard m Seletar. will not et-«_peratc pore Government, because of the di interest by Government towards our working and hviaf ditions." *l This decision was taken at the annual meeting of the Naval Base Labour Union which was
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  • 32 2 INDUSTRIAL AID OFFER TO MALAYA DX Sir I i n at wh< mmunity cili' BO Ban^Kok. about twe< tr:< He lea and P ing I on Oct 24. SIR KM \l \MPPI
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  • 72 3 Brandy Labels Rake In Dollars 5 r a g-and- 1 found a I) us i ness— of b andy labels' wed by j 1 liquor opera tI s country Indonesian-h e 1 d ire marked Paid." The Kn obtain < empty they sell ach. to Patter ttles have ye Profits
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  • 57 3 photo. r MADT ;ri.ywi nuivtr „;-;,^ffr w _/v\/\ki Home Guard commanders of the Selangor contingent snap to attention when reviewed by ru U V C H Nicho,son State Home Guard Chief, at a pessmg-out parade at the end of a twoweek refresher course at Kuala Lumpur on
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  • 60 3 A I UMPUR, Sun.— men are bc•spent some n them m mcc ho I Queer Bukit Bintang Cabaret night. 'ha total of 37,112 votes I 20 a vote. Jessie Tan I the title from her nearest rival. Lulu Tan, who mustered only 20.109 votes. •ween them, the
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  • 375 3  - 'COMFORT HOUSE' FOR TERRORISTS K. C. ARUN Thrill-Seeking Teen-agers Lured By KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Malayan Communist Party is running a "comfort house" on the Kcdah-Thailand border with adventureseeking teen-agers lured into the jungle, reports reaching here said today. The girls are recruited as "nurses" to soothe the nerves of
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  • 187 3 UMNO <St Fed. Elections PENANG, Sun. U.M.N.O. may put up women candidates to contest the Federal Elections following a motion passed at the All-Malaya U.M.N.O. General Assembly held here today. The motion, moved by the All-Malaya UMNO Women's League, urged UMNO to nominate its
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  • 186 3 KLANG, Sun. Residents of this second city of Selangor that claims the highest per capita consumption of drinking water m Malaya were told by the PWD today: 'Don't be a drip/ This advice was given by the Senior Executive Engineer, Mr. S. Wilson, in
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  • 51 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Fifty-six terrorists were eliminated m the Federation during last month, pushing the total of kills, captures and surrenders to 7,768 since the start of the Emergency. Civilian casualties touched a new high during the month with 4 killed by terrorists, 4 wounded and 7
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  • 55 3 Farewell For Vice-Consul PENANG. Sun. The Penang Baseball Club gav_ a farewell party to its popular coach. Mr. Edward R. Cheney, the American vice-consul here, last Sunday. .Mr. Cheney, who with his wife will be leaving shortly for the United States on home leave and transfer was presented with a
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  • 166 3 Labour Front Names Three More Candidates A FORMER Progressive Party member, the leader of a communal organization, and a serving independent City Councillor, have been named Labour Front candidates to contest the forthcoming Legislative Council elections m Singapore. They are, Mr. Seah Peng Chuan. who unsuccessfully contested the City Council
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  • 132 3 IPOH. Sat. Labour relations m Perak during October continued to be good with only a few minor eases of friction between employers and workers. The longest period of stoppage of work during the month was the two-day strike staged by 27 women tappers m a Sungei
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  • 48 3 PENANG, Sun. The Penang Museum will be calling a public meeting at 5 p.m jon Oct. 22 with the object of extending the scope of the Museum's activities. The meeting will be presided over by the Resident Com* missioner, Penang. Mr. R P Bingham.
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  • 96 3 s hopkeeper At Mass As Shop Burns MALACCA, Sun.— A shopkeeper. Lai Seng Kirn, and his family were attending mass at St. Theresa's Church m Gaja Berang this morning when fire broke out m his leanto-shop m Bridge Street here. The shop was completely gutted and textiles and general goods
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  • 106 3 BUTTERWORTH, Sun.— The recently-imposed Customs duties were referred to for the first time at a meeting of the Town Council yesterday, when Dr. G. Y. Oon took up the cudgels on behalf of the common labourer who. coming from Penang to work at the factories, had
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  • 36 3 KUANTAN. Sun.— More than 23 ketua kampongs, penghulus and Government officers received final briefings on the coming State and Federal elections from the Registration Officer for East Pahang Constituency, Che Sohor bin Yeop Ahmad, today.
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  • 1343 4 THREE CULTURES OF ROCKY NEW MEXICO AT EL MORRO, m New Mexico, there is a rock on which travellers of many generations have carved a record of their passing. In prehistoric times American Indians cut m its face crude pictures of animals and cabalistic signs. Juan de Onate, leader of
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    118 4  -  PAUL BOYLE T>OOR old Joe DiMaggio* He's just found out what he ought to know Before "they marry. men. Uke'em fast. But. aiter marriage, they Uke'em slow! It's all been said so long ago* Yet. every day there's another beau Who wants his girl to be like
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  • 432 4 The BBC Sends Messages From Home POR three years the BBC's General Overseas Service has broadcast "Forces Favourites" twice weekly to the Far Eastern Commands and the programme has established itself as a popular link with home for servicemen and women m Hongkong. Korea, Malaya, Ceylon and Pakistan. It began
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  • 1127 5  - Said She Would Bear A Messiah And Left A Legacy Of MYSTERY TERENCE HALLORAN By m the first of a new El series entitled: 'Would 1 You Believe It?' 1 Sffi_es____s___fi__.ffi____fis__.'__.s_fifflss_fis \}lll(,U*l s mania /,> no m vans con- uiiil t t> halchct-faced jnnat /w lean figure* ami bunting eyes.
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    • 954 5 Standard o4(maaac Information at a Glance *amqgmmmmammmmamri~-~-- iimi_» n '>» ON •Hurricane Smith" 3 13. 1 _fc C I kl AD DC. _r -^ialaaaaa________|l^p ,j <- Jm (> m &*i n u a y Kj k m riiTrnji yiiryTll hi x ,c iv 33 63 F 7~*)jyiS'Sj>^ Irl flPtllLß „,H
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  • 972 6 Singapore Standard State Bonuses 5^: +<<&+&> HILE the FedcraAon tries to invest herself with the trappings oi democracy on the one hand, benevolent autocracy, on the other hand, is making its last efforts to distribute largesses to its favourit b< lore it takes its final bow. Customs die hard m
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  • 1000 6  - Tourists of the Underwater World JOHN TASSOS BY IX his frenetic efforts to escape the daily grind, the here and the now, man has gone as far as a bleacher seat m a baseball park, as high as Mount Everest, as near as a backyard garden, as wide as the
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 389 6 Saving, A Vice When It's Practised By State Sir.— That retrenchment is impels--ible- -the parrot cry of successive pilots of the Budget at every abnormal or difficult situation that faces both the administrations m the Federation and Singapore—is no peculiarity of any single country or age. This is as it
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    • 85 6 Sit;— Too many oi our courts have no facilities, no trained staffs to gather the socio-legal evidence we need for an accurate appraisal of each case. Machinery, sociological and psychological, must be available to help the court decide the kind of disciplinary action needed to restore a defendant
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  • 228 7 Close Anglo-Jap Relations Needed LONDON, Oct. 17. (AP)— British leaders ar report((j to be determined to make a big: bid for better D ns with Japan during: a week-long visit here bv Japanese Premier, Mr. Shifeni Yoshida, who arrives nn Thursday. hida will ivod
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  • 29 7 chiel lited day. on. Co iili he .nong d Cui;nee >_ be< b ia m Evans :op four payroll •jpear >ard UNESCO N ovem- ICO hi
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  • 41 7 Trade Union Federations To Merge In US RK, O 17. the Union United S out "as merger "00,000 organithe Ame- ibour Industl since 1936 spelled up the John L. leader. issued two pre- Reuther George few lid be to mic and
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  • 21 7 PRESTVVICK Se .land. The 245-ton an coastal sei sunn wa.s >wept by m the North Atlantic vesterThe ci d.
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  • 296 7 COP EN O Reurth, -B-ar-old English governi liad three Royal Prince bridesmaids and the King and Queen of Denmark at a "lairy tale" ng m a Royal castle here yesterday. The: i a touch of i Andersen about the t he Chapel of Fredensborg Castle
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  • 44 7 BUENOS AIRES Oct IT. Reuter)— Mr. Katzuo Oka/aki. Japanese Foreign Minister, had to return yesterday to Colonia airport. Uruguay. when a storm prevented biplane landing her He is travelling to the Argentine m a special plane by President Juan Peron.
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  • 74 7 THE Prime Minister of Ceylon. Sir John Kotele arala. extreme left, with Ihe Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the Ceylon High Commissioner m India. oomaraswamy (with hand on his hat) on arrival m New De Ih i Oct. 8. Nehru met Kotelewala m Bombay and fie i
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  • 242 7 Gratitude We Can Never Repay AKSEILLES. Oct. 17 (Reuter) M Pierre Mendes France. French Prime Minister, received an overwhelming endorsement of the way lie is leading the country today from 1,500 cheering members oi his own party, the Radical Socialists Hardened politicians were obviousiy
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  • 115 7 DAR ES SALAAM. Tanganyika, Oct. 17. (Reuter^- A new CBBI.OOO international airport -the most modern m this pan of Africa— was officially opened here yesterday by the British Colonfal Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd. With the Governor *of Tanganyika. Sir Edward Twining, he touched down on
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  • 95 7 HANOI. Indo-China. Oct 17 (UP) Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru arrived today In Laos for a three-hour stopover on his way to Hanoi and Peking. The Indian statesman arrived by plane this morning m Vientiane, the mountain kingdom's administrative capital on the Mekong River, from Rangoon.
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  • 539 7 SHE WAS A PoW 9½ YEARS By Forrest Edwards. AP Correspondent. SAIGON. Vietnam. Oct. 17. j (AP)— A sick and haggard 34 year old Vietnamese woman said yesterday she j spent 9J years m Japanese and Vietminh prison camps because she helped hide 11 American airmen from Japanese soldiers during
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  • 72 7 Taipei. Oct. it (Renter)— The Chinese Nationalist newspaper, the Central Daily News, .said toaay the Communist military build-up on the mainland opposite the Natio-nalist-held Tachen Island group has reached "saturation point' and an invasion of Tacahen was thought imminent. The Tachen group lies off the Southern
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  • 179 7 BELGRADE, Oct. 17, (Reuter)— President Tito said here yesterday that Yugoslavia will not return to the Soviet bloc, which she left after her dispute with the Com m form m 1948. But it would be a mistake for Yugoslavia to reject offers froth
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  • 155 7 Ethiopian Emperor At Windsor LONDON. Oct. 17. (Renter' Emperor Halle of >nia. ending a three-day state visit lunched yesterday with Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor c. The Emperor and his second son. the Duke ot llarar, were met by the Queen and Hie Duke who had
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  • 74 7 MEXICO CITY. Ocl 17 »UP» Jose Del Valle. a onetime millionaire who put a time bomb on an airplar, collect on an insurance policy. has committed suicide m prison. Prison officials announced Del Valle poisoned himself on Thursday m Mexico's ''Devils Island." Islas Marias, a penal
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  • 63 7 BERLIN. Oct. 17 «AP» Twelve million East Germans cast ballots today m a "no choice" election for i new Soviet Zone parliament. It guarantees the Communists and their collaborators all 400 seats m advan The coters will be limited to a single "national front" ticket lumped together
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  • 33 7 JAKARTA. Indonesia, Oct 17, (AP) Eleven people were drowned m south-west Borneo when the Ambawang River overflowed its bank, after a heavy rain, flooding three villages, reports reading here yesterday sail
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  • 72 7 Captain In Secrets Leakage PARIS. Oct. 17 (Re itr?) French Arm} C ptain I tste Gaza et, whose home was raided ye turning by police investigating the leakage ot Fren •h rational Defence th an atti linst ti> irity He was taken off to Earlier m the day h a
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  • 37 7 ROME. Oct 17. (AP) Europe'? toweri lured at least 166 adventurers to their deaths m the 1954 m climbing sea Last year Sv itzei \ustria. Italy. France _< iany counted 269 mountain deaths ii record number
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  • 119 7 Russia To Withdraw From East Germany West B Paper. Tel ™,!K n hat he Soviet UnSS would possibly withdraw her occupation tro m East ■nany by the end ol this Paper claimed to h reliable information' from Last Berlin that R would at the same time formally grant East Genua-"
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  • 69 7 BELGRADE. Oct 17 Reuter)— The official Yugoslav News Agency Tan last night denied that PreMdent Tito intended to visit China. Tan Jug said the* published m the foreign press were "completely arbitrary and unfounded The reports said it had n planned that the I dent of
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  • 366 8 NEW YORK, Oct. 16, (UP)— Indonesian ambassador Moekarta Notowidigdo said here that the embargo on trade with Communist China had resulted m "very serious losses" to the economy of his country and appealed to the United Nations to consider lifting the ban at its
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    • 709 8 NORDJLIEUTSCHER LLOYD AND HAMBURG ~AMERIKA LINIE (OINT SERVICE Te Colombo. Genoa Marseilles. Antwerp. Rotterdam, Hamburg Bremen. Spore P.S'ham Penang •HAMBURC (HAPAC) 15/IBoct 19/200ct 21 Oct NABOB (LLOYD) 18/23 Nov 24 Nov 25 Nov LUDWICSHAFEN (HAPAC) 28 Nov/3 Dec 4 Dec 5 Dec •SCHWABENSTEIN (LLOYD) 9/ 12 Dec 13 Dec 14
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  • 387 9 «a______________________| Finance And €fpgnnserce -AND MARKET SLIPS Standard Market Correspondent WORLD stocks of rubber at the end of August were at an all-time high of more than 2,200,000 long tons or nearly twice the quantity m stock at the time of Pearl Harbour, according
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  • 159 9 MAINLY owing to the continued strong rise of the Philippine Market, especially m the earlier part of the week, the Singapore copra market remained steady throughout, though actual quotations were rather sluggish m advancing, according to Lewis and Peat (Spore) Ltd. The "heusse"
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  • 261 9 S-EA Food Production Shows Jump LONDON, Oct. 17, (Reuter)— Food production has substantially improved m South-east Asia, the British Treasury stated here. It issued a summary of a report on the recent Ottawa conference of the 17-nation Colombo Pia n fo r economic development of the area. The six-year plan
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  • 210 9  -  BERNARD WILLIAMS By The N. Y. K. Line, which has staged a quick comeback to the shipping field since the cessation of World War 11, and is now running regular services to Europe from the Far East, will inaugurate another new service. The new will
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  • 42 9 MALAYAN Exchange Banks' Association huving rates to merchants on Saturday were: Canada 31-7 8 (T.T), 32 (0.D.). 3>! credit bills and 32 5 16 trade bills <96 d st). Selling rate 31-9 16 ready (T.T. 0.D.). Other rates were unchanged.
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  • 36 9 A CHARCOAL yard at the Singapore docks. Wood for charcoal is collected from the Rhio Archipelago. The wood is brought to Singapore, turned into charcoal and part of it is reexported. Shell photo.
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  • 327 9 Share Business Done During Week INDUSTRIALS: Alexandra Brick Ords. $2.70, Consolidated Tin Smelters Ords. 28 /4_, Fraser Neave Ords. $2.00, $2.02 and $2.03 cd cb, Gammons $3.45 and $3.47£ Hammers $3.07, Hongkong Bank (London) £103 to £104 including stamp. Wm. Jades $.To7i ccl, Jackson Co. r.t^ Si.5C, Malayan Cement $1.38_
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  • 89 9 BOMBAY, Oct. 17 (AP) An Indian diamond syndicate is negotiating with the Soviet Government for mining machinery which Soviet experts say will make possible an annual yield of diamonds worth Rs. 120.000.000. The experts have just completed a three-month study for the Parma Diamond Syndicate. They
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  • 426 9 INDUSTRIALS, TINS SHOW A STEADYTREND Standard Market Correspondent MALAYAN industrials and tin shares, apart from a few exceptional improvements, showed no more than a steady tendency and satisfactory undertone, m the past week. Encouraging factors such as th e steady metal market and a booming rubber price had little effect
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  • 132 9 NEW YORK. Oct. 17 (l T P> An executive of a major oil company said today that < was '*imp___ that production hi SouthAsia was outstripping th« population growth. Addressing the Far r c here, Mr W. F. Bramsteut. prcident of fornia Texas Oil Com} trld
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  • 188 9 THE BRITISH M A!. A V A TRUSTEE KXKCUTOR i/i n k>r the eai em 3_f 1954 made a profit. ***** (II tax and dividci d ol At in* dat> liquit >hare at ion of Company een bin from small beginnings n I SOUTHERN KTNTA CON SOLIDATED 1
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  • 154 9 New Sates Manager For BO AC MR. DON All) liskine Crum, (abo\f i, ac.om- mied by his wife, has ived m Singapore to \e up th»- app*>intmrnt of Sales ."Manager South east Asia, far 8.0.A succeeding Mr. John Combe, who has been reappointed Sales Mac ager, Japan. Mr. Erakiac rum
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  • 40 9 MALAY of rubin Sep id to 45.fin*5 tons, bringfa 119,518 4 to official sta The t< i 19 Kingdom, 4.415 tons .ny, to It, to Australia. Of the tot f)er, 18.010 8.(145 tons third I fifth grade
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    • 346 9 iSSSSSESEEESSEESEEESSSESa PITMAN'S COMMERCIAL _TIONS LONDON mi her .ted for the n SHORTR IT ING. ENGLISH I other commercial sub- hed m KTuala Entry may be lrom> n X Ix)h c/o Messrs. Pudu Road. AY forms and fees ne above on or Ml IM BO_ (OMI'WY 0 WALAI LIMITED rJIA NGI
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    • 543 9 city council, of SINGAPORE TENDERS SECRETARIAT: Supply of Municipal Labourers* Photomoßv $50/-. Close ¥S2o P 3H e 4 F rmS fr m Ha?l m Secret ariat, City ELECTRICITY DEPART MENT: Supply of: (a) O Appliances. Close NOON 27.10.54 and (b) Diving Apparatus for use at Pasir Panffi v Po%v e
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    • 57 9 NOTICE P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class M E" registered Contractors will be received by the State Engineer Selangor, up to 3.00 pm on October 26th 1954 for the Construction completion af three Class rooms one Unit reachers Qrs: etc., at Sungei Serai m U. Lgt: Full particulars are obtainable
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  • 350 10  -  Jeffery James Chee Seng VETERAN Conducted Ry PROPHETS OF DOOM WENT WRONG AGAIN —Thanks To CHEE Seng has again emerged as the man of the moment m the 1954 Ho Ho Cup Game. From the meagre report to hand, it would appear it was a case of Chee
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  • 260 10  - Diamond And 73 Boxing Trophies Blighty Bound EDIN PETERS JOHN Diamond fought his last fight m the Colony on Friday night. And at 13-years, he displayed both guts and skill to retain his Singapore Harbour Board Boys' Club Gnatweight title for the second year m succession. John Bails to Britain
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  • 353 10  -  FRANCIS BOEY MEET Ng Kirn Hock of the Chinese High School, Bukit Timah, the Singapore junior singles champion who became the first Colony schoolboy to win the title. And it took Kirn Hock five attempts before he finally did succeed m
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  • 255 10  -  COLIN HAVING a bi_r hand m the training of Malaya's most popular footballers. Chia Boon Leong and E.C Dutton. m Britain is Ken Armstrong (recently pictured with them), Chelsea's brilliant wing half. I saw Armstrong make his debut for Chelsea during the War at the age of
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  • 291 10  -  VERITY GILL SELANGOR'S loss is Singapore's gain, and it seems that Singapore has not only gained a pretty little Miss m Marion Kon, but also a new women's hockey team as weli Marion is busy, and she has been m that state
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  • 129 10  -  LEONG HEW MENG Perak centr c half and las year's skipper, S. Selvana yagam, will be missed m the Mate hockey side this season Selv.uiayagam has decided to keep out of competitive gameHut he still plays for his community m the local leagu. si Selvanayagam's rea>nn
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    • 375 10 CATHAY ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS TODAY DAILY! riTMV J.,. 11 .43 4.15 JbAlflHff Jfflf 6.45 4 9.30 p.m. M_<3s-00 *l»-COM>ITIO«3_ .fliKlA TREMENDOUS WEEKEND SUCCESS! BIG STARS!. ..BIG ACTION! tJOAN CRAWFORD STERLING HAYDEN IN TRUCOLOR LUAOC _iS_fto_» rniuimr 1 1W^5^ y__JH_S_ie j_ i UIVHI. U I TEemaeouoß B^*^^^4^>l' ELIZABETH TAVI.OR DANA ANDREWS PETEB
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  • 277 11 BUCKLEY DECIDES FOR SCOTLAND Wales Edged Out CARDIFF, October 16, (Reuter)-A header by centre forward Bucklev after 75 minutes, gave Scotland a 1-0 victory over Wales m the home countries international soccer championship here today. Buckley, who plays with the Scottish Division "A" side Aberdeen, got his head to a
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  • 241 11 Another Defeat For Germans HANOVER. Oct. 16: (Rev ter> Germany's national soccer team took its second consecutive beating; since winding the world championship, going down 3 l before a fast moving French XI here today Two quick first-half goals m the j.Jrd and 35th minute staggered the German team which
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  • 36 11 LOXDON October 16, (Reuter) Juroslay Drobnv (Egypt) the Wimbledon lawn tennis singles champion retained his B. Ed courts singles title it Queen's Club here today beating Vladislav Skoneeki 6-1. 6-4. 6-4 m the fit.
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  • 300 11 MANCHESTER United, one of youngest sides m the It-ague, scored a great away victory over Chelsea, sharing 11 goals »n an unusually high scorin match, to take the lead iii division one of the English Football League today. Leading 3-2 at halftime, the resourceful Manchester sid
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  • 1316 11 RESULTS POSITIONS LONDON. Oct. 16: (Renter) Football League standings after today's matches are as follows: 1 UCNi LM\ ISION mal 0 Portsmouth 1 Burnley 2 Bolton 0 Chelsea 5 Manchester U. ti Everton 1 Sunderland 0 Leicester 1 Huddersfield 3 Manchester C. 2 Aston Villa 4 Newcastle 4 Tottenham 4
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  • 192 11 RUSSIANS TRIUMPH AGAIN MA\CHESTER. Oct. m <R<mjtcr) The Russian m< women athletes fresh from 1 triumph m the Moscow-Lo on Wednesday night. d another big vie when the countries team here this noon. Though the Britisn side strengthened by from th c Midhmds and South, they won only seven of
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  • 77 11 OSAKA, Southern Jap_m, Oct. 17 (AFP) West Germany's runner Heinz Fuc terer tied with the world record for the 100 metres flat when he covered the distance here today m 10.2 seconds. He was competing m the sent West Germany versus Japan athletics meetings. Other
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    • 134 11 AT LAST! Malaya's Most Popular Car Is Becoming Available For Immediate Delivery Amrnmm I {^____l 3|rS_S_____l __P __L_f__l uSr! HttHf/ "*^_B mp aW j mm^m A) fill the difference m roominess and comfort SCI the difference m quality and features TEST the difference m performance and economy You're m for
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    • 593 11 SITUAIIO\S VM I J i Subiecl or Bru their for a ol during I (a> time educ* short a reasons odirvg t m all n residence m Malaya purpose of this qualifical 2 C rJ3„ ters oi qualified persons th^ meaning ol Advoca- and s Ordina; p. 62). 3. Succ<
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    • 246 11 li'l flbl By AI Capp _____a____2_______rfspf cWfii-fL?. \THET VISION AH HAD "AH BETTER CONJURE )Jj-v. i T N ESS A\.;C ON "N J LOOK I WERE TOO HORRIBLE 1 .ITUPAGIN-IN __^J GLAD TO .7- AH 'LL SWEEP TH' CAIN'T UNNERSTAN' J WHO HE'S J T TELL "EM *__OUT.l- < >
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  • 183 12 SPORT IN PICTURES Iffin»«fil. SINGAPORE: The Singapore and Negri Sembilan Foong Seong Cup teams are pictured here before their encounter m the South Zone final at the Singapore Badminton Stadium on Saturday and Sunday. Singapore, fielding its strongest team, whipped Negri B—l (see report on this page). Making a return
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  • 141 12 Singapore's international basketball meet got off to an impressive start on Saturday night at the Happy World stadium when more than 8,000 fans sweated themselves out to watch seven South-east Asian countries m a ceremony parade to open the South-east Asia cagers meet. The championships, organised
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  • 56 12 SAIGON, Oct. 17 (AFP)— Saigon Police-A.J.S. coalition football team defeated visiting Ma ayan Chinese team by four to one. The match took place under heavy rain but wa s attended by a crowd estimated at several thousands. The Malayan goal played excellent game preventing his team
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  • 542 12 S'PORE WIN BUT NEGRI GIVE A DOUBLES SHOCK SINGAPORE qualified to meet Selangor for the right to challenge Penang for the Foong Seong Cup when the Colony beat Negri Sembilan by eight games to one m the Southern zone final at the Singapore Badminton Stadium yesterday. The Singaporeans took the
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  • 320 12 SUBJECT to the approval by the City Council to use Shenton Way at ti p.m. on October 31, the Cosmopolitan Cycling Club will hold their sixth annual "Phillips Classic", a 25-miie massed-start bicycle road race for the handsome trophy presented by J. A. Phillips Co.,
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  • 418 12 PENANG, Sun.— The following are the weights for the Second day of the Penang Turf Club Autumn Meeting: CI. 4, Div. 2—51 F. j Passing Fair 9.00 Great Tradition 8.12 Fminent Prince 8.09 Beau Ensign 8.07 Ballroom 8.06 j Roman Flyer 8.13 j Marcel le 8.10 I
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  • 117 12 Aston' s Big Billiards Meet Today TWENTY- SEVEN entries, two ot them from Penang. have been received for the Aston Athletic Club's open invitation three balls billiards championship of Malaya which begins at the Club premises m 377 C Jalan Besar at 6.15 p.m. today. The first tie m this
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  • 23 12 SINGAPORE Harbour Board Police beat the Medical Services 2 l m a friendly hockey match played at Bukit Chermin yesterday.
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  • 163 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Singapore All Star table tennis touring team won their second match when they beat Selangor State 3—2 at the Fui Chew Association last night. Selangor Chan Cheong ex- tended Wong Tong Goon to I five games 14—21, 21—17, 19—16 and 21—15.
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  • 31 12 RAF Seletar beat Indian Recreation Club by two goals to win the Gandhi Memorial Cup soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday. Hughes and Carter scored the go^
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  • 319 12  - TURF TOPICS WINDSOR LAD By from DESPITE the inclement weather and the heavy going, Saturday's racing, opening day of the Penang Turf Club's Autumn meeting, was most exciting. Except for the opening race m which hot favourite Star Signal paid SB, dividends were m the paid the highest $63. Eastern
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  • 222 12 ALWAYS SHORT, RECS CO DOWN AND GO OUT SINGAPORE Recreation Club played tv game m the Singapore Amateur Football X senior cuptie tournament. Yesterday they "^tC by H.M. Dockyard by three goals to nil at 7. re S^ stadium. _i_^Jalan j£ The Eurasians will not be competing m this tournament
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  • 80 12 KUALA U MPiTD The annua, (S R- Si,. thers- SchooK'^.Br, I fate Quuur,,,^ 1 tourney h to Kuala I.umpur thi_ d > Saturday and Sunn' yrar <* and 24. unda Oct.s Among those thai __ni repress pants Negri Sembilar and will be stars like Keen and
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  • 9 12 Again friendly played at Fane vesterc
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    • 65 12 Sf»*o^__i SOCCER: S.A.F.A. throwin competition at Jalan Besar stadium, 5.15 p.m. Senior Cuptie Marine Dept. v Rovers at Jalan Besar stadium at 8 p.m. HOCKEY: SHA trial at SRC. Friendlies S.R.C. v Johore Customs at S.R.C: Raffles Institution v P T at R.I. ground. BILLIARDS Aston AC open tourney opens
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