Singapore Standard, 20 October 1954

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    18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD a*, m s. Vol. V. No. 109. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1951 TWELVE PAGES 15 CENT
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    $100-A-DAY (Quick-Quiz) CONTEST RESULT
    110 1 $100-A-DAY (Quick-Quiz) CONTEST RESULT B.G. SHAH, c/o P. Metha Co., Malacca Street. Sinthe winner of lard Quick-Quiz C I N T o. 79. r $1)0 will be m. was judged by Ukln, 'I he StandCritic. ■:> ct an are: MARTINI tainly a testing ement). umments: This aska you to so
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    Agreement At Last On Suez Pact
    35 1 Reuter) Cabinet at a today ;aent uation :nal zone. luthorised the agreea Cabinet mnced. loured lights and other md many groups and Britonr. 'linner parties ol "now we are
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    TAIPEI TALKS
    21 1 TAIPEI. Oct. 19. <Reuter> i WE. McGree. mander of t larines m the today to [nese Nationalist military authorities.
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    Nehru And Mao Meet In Peking
    149 1 NEW DELHI, Oct. 19 (Reuvu "Tt. M i J awaharlal Sr h i fl !ii tl,e Prime M *nister ?LIE? la m thc Chl "ese President. Mr. Mao Tsetung. m Peking today, according to a Press Trust of India correspondent m the Chinese capital.
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    Banning Of Film Urged
    63 1 MANILA. Oct, 19, (UP)—President Ramon Magsaysay today ordered a special review screening of "/iva Zapata" m face of a rising public clamour over the banning of the picture In provincial movie houses. The president's press adviser said Magsaysay would personally review the picture along with members
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    CAIRO ALERT AFTER RIOT
    42 1 CAIRO. Oct. 19 (AP) Egypt's military junta today proclaimed a state of alert m the Police and Armed forces after reported Communist and Moslem Brotherhood agents m a youth rally demonstration stoned and wrecked two buses near Cairo.
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    Experts Rule Out Comet 1
    309 1 Cannot Be Put Back Into Service Unless... LONDON, Oct. 19, (AFP)— Britain's pioneer jet commercial transport plane, the Comet I, which was grounded after several crashes, cannot be put back into service on commercial lines again, as presently conceived, British experts decided today. The experts
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    2 Premiers Discuss Saar Issue
    82 1 2 Premiers Discuss Saar Issue PARIS. Oct. 19, (Reuten M. Pierre Mendes France, the! French Prime Minister, and Dr Konrad Adenauer, West German Chancellor, met m a 17th century castle near here today, to seek quick agreement on settling the future of the Saar. The Franco-German talks held m strict
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    CO-EXISTENCE...
    87 1 It's Feasible— Red Dean LONDON. Oct. 19, (Reuter)— Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury, now on his sixth visit to Russia, said m a ten-minute broadcast m Moscow Radios English service last night, "All that Russia needs now is Pea °^She especially believes that peaceful co-existence our footbaU fields,
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    Education Member Resigns
    232 1 Education Member Resigns J Tor_Reasons Of Health...' DATO ONN MAY QUIT, TOO KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Dato E. E. C. Thuraisingham, Federal Member for Education, has tendered his resignation to the High Commissioner, The Standard learnt from reliable sources tonight. However, ne is expected to go on long leave before quitting
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    Egyptian Beauty Is 'Miss World'
    116 1 LONDON, Oct. 19—Browneyed Antigone Constanda of Egypt (above) as full of curves as a scenic railway last night won the title of "Mi_,s World" and a £500 sterling prize. The vivacious 20-year-old mannequin was chosen from i 16 international beauties aged from 17 to 24.
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    Nehru Tells His Party: 'I Want To Quit'
    140 1 Nehru Tells His Party: 'I Want To Quit' But NOT For Health NEW DELHI, Oct. 19, (UP) —Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru confirmed m a letter made public today that he was giving up his post as President of the Indian Congress Party and explained why he wants to relinquish the
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    Winston Is Still Keen On Georgi
    108 1 LONDON. Oct. 19 (AP)— Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill said today he remains ready to meet Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov at •'some agreed place of rendezvous if the rlgnt time and occasion is found." The Prime Minister made the statement m the House of
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    Typist Was Foreign Spy
    63 1 PARIS. Oct. 19 rßeuter)— A former French Foreign Office typist was yesterday ssntenced to four years' imprisonment and fined 120.000 francs (£120) by a Paris court for spying for Yugoslavia. Madame Simone Bosse, aged 34. was charged with engaging m intelligence with a foreign power with
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    Reefs Set To Invade Tachen
    195 1 TAIPEI, Oct. 19 A three-dimension Chinese Communist military build up of land, sea and air forces, is presently posing an imminent invasion threat against Tachen, according to a Nationalist military leader who returned from the island, yesterday. This, the leader says, has shifted the Nationalist
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    DE CASTRIES RETURNSHOME
    62 1 PARIS. Oct. 19 f AP) Bri-gadier-General Christian de Castries, Commander of the fallen Indo-Chinese fortress of Dien Bien Phu, arrived unexpectedly m France today for his second "unofficial" visit home since being freed from Communist captivity. De Castries has never received the official returning welcome as leader
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    Seamen Give To The Fund
    93 1 Seamen Give To The Fund THE officers and crew of the converted landing craft Tong Hoa which is on the Singapore-Indone-sia run yesterday gave §41 to The Standard Christmas Toy Fund. Captain J. Mc'Lennan, master of the vessel, told The Standard that on reading of the Toy Fund appeal, he
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    Liz Expecting
    43 1 HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 19 (AP) —Actress Elizabeth Taylor and her husband. British ae.or, Michael Wilding, are expect- ing the birth of their second i child m March, her studio, '< MGM, announced yesterday. Miss Taylor and Wilding have an 18-month-old boy, Michael Jr.
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    Thai General
    32 1 BANGKOK. Oct. 19. (Reuten General Phao Sriyanondha. head of Thailand's armoured police f due to leave here tomorrow for London on a month's tour of Kurope and tho United States.
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    CHEERS GREET BUSMEN
    185 1 CHEERS GREET BUSMEN I— t Back To Work LONDON, Oct. 19, (Reuter)—More than 7,000 London bus workers returned to work today after a weekold strike which disrupted the world's greatest transport network. Weary Londoners m bu^ queues cheered the returr service of about 1,200 of the capital's fleet of 7,600
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    STRATOJET CRASHES
    30 1 TUCSON. (Arizona). Oct. 19. <AP> A B-47 stratojet bomber crashed and burned while making a practice landing last night, burning one crewman fatally and the other two severely.
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    A NEW DENTIST
    47 2 MR. HO KWONG WENG. sin old boy of the Johore English College is one of five candidates who passed his final dental science examination at the University of Western Australia, last month He is the son of Ho Chee Kiew, proprietor of several pawnshops.
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    HE SAID 'I DO'-THEN VANISHED
    431 2 HE SAID 'I DO'THEN VANISHED So Bride Takes Action SOON after the marriage ceremony had been performed, a man was stated m the Singapore High Court yesterday, to have suddenly disappeared and left his bewildered bride at the Marriage Registry on February 28, last year. The girl, Thambyah Gunabooshani. 22,
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    Financial Clerk Helped Himself
    179 2 EDWARD Cuthbert De Souza, who wa s acting Chief Financial Clerk m the Department of Commerce and Industry, pleaded guilty yesterday m the Singapore Fifth Police Court to criminal breach of trust of $6,837 belonging to the Department, The oburt was fold by Inspector R. Sandhosam
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    Cyclist Dies In Accident
    73 2 TELUK ANSON. Tues.— A 74-year-old Chinese. Saw tiiang Chin, was instantly kill?d and a 40-year-old Indian. N T arayanasamy, seriously injured, when they were knocked down by a police van near he railway gate at Changkat Jong Road at 11 a.m. yesteriay. Narayanasamy was sent to
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    Had Red Papers, 4 Years
    98 2 Had Red Papers, 4 Years NG TIEN SOO. a former Singapore Traction Company conductor, was Jailed for four years m the First Criminal District Court, yesterday, for ssion of terrorist pa; He had claimed trial to the charge. When a party of Special Branch men raided room, m a house
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    Appeal To Indians
    110 2 KUALA LUMPUR T Mr. R. Ramani. the X Lumpur lawyer and Ft :ve Councillor, ed during a reception ing Indian philanthropist Dr. Sir R. M. Alagappa Ch, this evening, but ri before its close to i his appeal for fullest Indian contribution to the making of I
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    MOTHER OUTWITS ARMED ROBBERS
    159 2 SEREMBAN, Tues. How three members of the Special Constabulary and a former member of the same force attempted an armed robbery and how they were subsequently arrested by members of the Home Guard was related m the Tampin Sessions Court to- day. The men. Special Constable
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    Boys' Club President
    87 2 BUKIT MERTAJAM Tues —The District Officer, Mr. M. A. Kidner, was appointed president of the Boys' Club and Youth Centre at a meeting held last night at the Boy Scouts* Headquarters: The other office-bearers are: Chairman: Tuan Haji Mohd Said bin Shaik Daud: vicechairman: Mr. A. Kanagasingam;
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    YEAR FOR EXTORTION
    75 2 LIAN Chia Choon. who threatened to beat up a hotel cook, Tan Gee Swam*, m a coffee shop at North Bridge Road, on Aug. 31, m order to extort money from him. was yesterday sentenced to on# .year's rigorous imprisonment m the Singapore First Criminal District Court.
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    FIRST IN MALATA
    59 2 photo. DR. T. BARNS. gynaecologist at the Johore Bahru General Hospital. is probably the only doctor m Malaya to have been invited by the Roya' College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology to lecture there. He returned to Singapore by air yesterday. On his way back, he also gave
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    Peon Freed From Intimacy Charge
    191 2 Peon Freed From Intimacy Charge KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A commercial lit peon. V. Nadarajah. 25. who was alleged to have been one of three men who had been intiir with a pretty 14-year-old Eurasian girl, was today acquitted and discharged by the First Magisti Inehe Ismail, on a charge of
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    HK EXCHANGE
    35 2 HONGKONG. Oct. 19: Special Stand.: Service: "losing prices of the Hongh Exchange today w* o sterling: $5.***** US$l; SI 818 to Malayan $1; 51.816 to one Indonesian Rupiah. Gold $254.25 to a tael.
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    PLANTED Pistol IN HIS CUBICLE
    188 2 MAN SAYSjnpi A BROKER, Tan Eng Keat, making hi.TT^ the Singapore Assize Court yesterday \!?*k first wife was responsible for planting an pistol and ammunition m his cubicle to n trouble, because he was keeping second wY^ifn j, .ully possessing an automatic Distol and more
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    79 2 COMMODITY PRICES < LOSING (cents per |b.) b f^ P«re yesterday i" r N«. 1 Kss Br« No. !K^ Oft No. 3 D« p, i T«»e: steadie irregular afte f TK PRICE The pr.ee of tin i d v r picul. I)(,w n 5 0 W LONDON KimtFK House Tern
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    FEDERATION ELECTIONS ROUND-UP
    117 2 FIRST days totals yester- lay of the number of people who registered as voten m various States of the Federaion for the coming elections ndicate a good respoi In Malacca over 3.500 registered. Out of the eight Settlement constituencies. \lor Gajah West topped the Ist with 707
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    SEQUEL TO FATAL MISHAP
    14 2 Xl a eh, of a not Cha:. a tra< r
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    DEFENCE TO COST $21 MIL. IN 1955
    78 3 DEFENCE TO COST $21 MIL. IN 1955 THE Singapore Governspend about ore on defence ar. t estinates for year .shows an i xpenditure of against $16,000,--i s v that are m the ne>:t year's ar< $2.25 the Bedok water me and 59.000.000 c boats Malayan Navy. water supply q which
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    Retiring Professor's Address
    52 3 Retiring Professor's Address »R R. E Holltum, or of Botany ity of Malaya. ond general I the Science Society Monda: c on "Botanic ining the purof botanic eral. H tory of the of the 1 1 mmunity eeting of the ol Impei Importance of ry m tl ting will be
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    MORE LOANS FOR STAFF
    26 3 :ngapore employees will tc bus their own IT, has agreed to nore m ising loans to its ir about 40 recomfor low
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    HONORARY JOB
    10 3 X has honorary seC rieil A: Nortb- Penai
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    Pickpockets At Hindu Temple
    35 3 TWO Europeans watching the lire-walking ceremony at the Mariamman Temple. Singapore, on Monday had their pockets picked. One reported the loss of his wallet containing $40 and the other lost $55.
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    POISON LETTERS SENT TO TAX DEPT.
    266 3 POISON LETTERS SENT TO TAX DEPT. They're Valueless To Investigators THE Singapore Income Tax Departmenthas always received a certain amount of anonymous correspondence regarding alleged tax evasion, the Acting Comptroller of Income Tax, Mr. G. T. Holloway, said yesterday. "Although a few investigations had been instituted on the strength of
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    4 TO STUDY RITSON CLAIMS
    78 3 THE Singapore City Council has appointed a four-man subcommittee to look into the claims of its white-collar workers for Ritson scales of pay. Members of the Committee are Mr A. P. Rajah (Prog. South), Mr. V. K. Nair (Lab. South). Mr. C. F. Smith (Nominated)
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    ESCORT VESSEL
    25 3 PENANG. Tues.— The French escort vessel "Savorghan de Brazza" will visit Penang on Oct. 21 and remain till Oc *Her visit is operational.
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    City To Spend $3 M. On Parks
    123 3 5-Year Plan For Open Spaces THE Singapore City Council will spend nearly $3 million m the next five years to develop parks and playing fields. The City Architect. Mr. W Irvmg Watson, said m a memorandum that when the International airport at Paya
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    $100,000 Bail Cut By Half
    134 3 IG Soo Wah and Neo Cheng Kow, employees of the Hin Lee Bank Limited of Circular Road, had their bail )f $100,000, m one surety, reduced yesterday to $50,000. m two sureties, by the Singapore Police Court ._*istrate. Mr. K. T. Alexander. They re tentatively
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    New Branch Of Malay League
    134 3 New Branch Of Malay League KUALA KAXGSAR. Tues.— A branch of the Perak Malay ie, a communal political ".on, was formed here following a meeting on Sunday. Che Hashim bin Mat Dns, State Secretary, Perak, the Dato Stia Bijaya Di Raja. Che Mahmud bin Sheikh Abdul i of Chemor and
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    4 Men Beat Up Seamen
    62 3 NABIB BUX. an Indian seaman awaiting repatriation to India, was taken for a car ride by four other Indians on Monnight and assaulted and robbed of $170 at a lonely spot m Serangoon Road. The seaman put up a stru and managed to tnatcll wallet
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    Thieves Go In For Beverages
    56 3 BUTTERWORTH, Tues. After a lull, several thefts have been reported to the Police. Tins of beverages valued at $706 were stolen from a store at Jetty Road, a car battery was found missing from the PWD Store, while a Punjabi living m Kampong Bengali lost
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    Dean Is Entertained
    67 3 photo. DR. S. I. HSIUNG (centre), the Dean of the Faculty of Arts. Nanyang University. was entertained to dinner at Cathay Restaurant shortly after his arrival m Singapore on Monday. Others m the picture are (from left): Mr. Lye Ming. Mr. Tan Lark Sye, chairman of the
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    Floor Show To Raise $ For Children
    124 3 Floor Show To Raise For Children NEW officers and committee members will be elected for the Singapore Children's Society, when it holds its annual general meeting on Oct. 29. The fund-raising campaign has started with a generous gift from the Rotary Club, of $15,000. which will build the first unit
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    SHACKLE CLUB LAND LEASE
    49 3 THE Singapore City Council is again negotiating with Government for the lease of the former Shackle Club m Beach Road. The Commissioner of Lands has submitted a draft lease to the Council. It is understood the Council will build a bandstand on the Club site.
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    Australian Tenor To Sing In S'pore
    229 3 THE most ambitious venture ever undertaken by the Singapore Chamber Ensemble will be what is believed to be the first performance m South-east Asia of Handel's serenata "Acis and Galatea," at Victoria Memorial Hall on Nov. 3 and Nov. 8. Mr. Max Worthley. the
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    Chinese YMCA Commercial Results
    432 3 THE following students from the Chinese YMCA Commercial School have passed the P'iman's examination held m Singapore m July. \f OINTANCY (Ist Class gheong. Chow Shee Sek. Kochumman George, Mian Pa>tin Sormin Manikketh Karunakarn Menon/ (2nd Class Pass): Chan Yuen Onn. Chan Kirn Joon. Tan X
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    400 More To Be Called Up
    85 3 400 More To Be Called Up FOUR hundred more Singapore youths m the 19--year-old group will be called for enlistment m the Singapore Military Forces during January next year, the Secretary for Defence, Mr. L. H. N. Davies. told The Standard yesterday. Their enlistment will complete the quota of 800
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    $300 Gift From Patron
    70 3 PENANG. Tues. Lady Templer, wife of the former High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya, has sent a donation of $300 from London to the Federal School for the Deaf Fund. She is the patron and founder of the school. Up to date, a total of
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    MAGIC SHOW
    28 3 GOGIA PASHA., the Indian magician, will give a free show to the children of the Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home m Bartley Road at 7.30 p.m. tonight.
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    'PIRATE' TAXIS HIT BUS COMPANY
    282 4 'PIRATE' TAXIS HIT BUS COMPANY And A Business War Is Declared KOTA BHARU, Tues. The activities of "pirate" taxis m the State of Kelantan ore threatening the financial position of the North Eastern Transport Service the only Malay-owned transport company m the Federation. About 90 per cent of these taxis
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    2 Men Face Trial At Assizes On Arms Count
    167 4 2 Men Face Trial At Assizes On Arms Count A DETECTIVE sergeant. Abdul Samad bin Tubi. and Haron bin Arif were committed to stand trial at the next Assizes, by the Singapore Fourth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. X T. Alexander, yesterday Haron is charged with poson of a .38 revolver
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    Argued Over A Basket Of Vegetables
    167 4 Argued Over A Basket Of Vegetables WHEN Sim Teng Hua was charged m the Singapore City Police Court yesterday with exposing four baskets of vegetables on the ground for sale and taking up a stationary position at a Bencoolen Street side lane on Oct. 10, Mr. David Marshall, defending, said
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    Children As Carriers
    85 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Two Chinese cnildren, a brother and sister, aged 10 and 8, respectively, when travelling on a bus from Singapore to Johore Bahru. were found to have opium m their possession. When charged m the Juvenile Court with importing opium, they stated that a man
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    China Street Hawkers Discharged
    137 4 China Street Hawkers Discharged FIFTY-FOUR hawker, charged with setting up un- licensed stalls m China Street were discharged by the Singapore City Police Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereaux-Colburn, yesterday, after a conviction had been recorded against them. The hawkers had pleaded guilty to the charge last week Pleading m mitigation.
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    CLINIC FIRE
    33 4 j A SHORT circuit caused a fire m the air-conditioned dental clinic of the Singapore General Hospital, yesterday evening. It was soon put out by firemen, who arrived m two engines.
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    ON WAY TO YWCA MEET
    74 4 MISS Jean Palmer who was appointed to the' World's Young Women's Christian Association staff m January this year, arrived m Singapore terday She is on her wav from Tokyo to the YWCA Membership Celebration and Conference to be held m Australia m November. Mi ss
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    Decree Nisi Is Granted
    68 4 A STENOGRAPHER. Dolly Ong Eng Hock, petitioner m a divorce suit against hhre r husband, William Ong Eng Hock was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Whitton mi n the Singapore High Court yesterday. The decree i s to be mauw absolute m three months.
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    A Soldier's Spree Ends In Detention
    206 4 ONE night m August a young trooper went drinking with another soldier friend and later "took and drove away" a car belonging fr a Singapore detective. For this the trooptr. Kenneth George Atkins. 20, of the 15/19 Hussars was sentenced to 56 days' detention,
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    Customers Were The Culprits
    153 4 Customers Were The Culprits SHYAM SUNDERSETH had been selling betel-nut on the ftve-foot-way of a certain Singapore theatre for quite some time, but he had no j idea that his many customers would get him into trouble one day. He would probably have got away with it and the cinema
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    'LOTTERY MISTAKE DUE TO WEATHER'
    176 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Secretaries of the Government's million-dollar Social and Welfare Services Lottery today blamed the weather for the mix-up over the winning ticket number for the fourth prize at Saturday's draw m Teluk Anson. Mr. G. Warren, head of the Kua'; Lumpur firm Which
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    3 Eminent Men Compare Notes
    120 4 THREE eminent Chinese met yesterday and spent a pleasant half hour comparing notes on Chinese history vis-a-vis Malaya, m particular, that part of Malaya that centred m Malacca. Dr Lin Yu-tang, Chancellor of the i\anyang University', and Dr. S.I. Hsiung. Dean of the Faculty of
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    RI-S'pore Illicit Trade Goes Up
    236 4 RI-S' pore Illicit Trade Goes Up Luxury Goods Marijuana Standard Shipping Reporter THE smuggling of luxury goods between Singapore and Indonesia is on the increase. Cameras, gramophones, automatic record changers, cine camera equipment, radios, gramophone records, nylon and rayon products are being ferried by seamen who are employed on vessels
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    $ Million Saving For Government
    242 4 Million Saving For Government AS the result of streamlining work m Government Departments by a team of organization experts, the Singapore Government is today saving nearly $1,300,000 every year. These experts headed by Mr. E. H. Scaly. ar e from the firm of Urwick, Orr and Partners, Ltd.. m the
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    REFORMATORY FOR 3 BOYS
    77 5 MALACCA, Tues.— Three Kampong Llmbongan boys, Can Eng Chuan, Ang Kian j Kok and Adam Mohamed Dom. were today sent to reformatory schools by Pre--1 sident of the Malacca SesI sions Court, Mr. G. R. T. Chelvam, for stealing a pigling. Chan and Adam were sent
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    Visiting Chettiar Makes A Promise
    197 5 MALACCA, Tues.-A visiting philanthropist and industrialist, Dr. Sir R M.Alagappa Chettiar, as^ sured Malayans yesterday of Chettiar co-opera-tion m the national development of this country. Sir Alagappa. on his fourth tour of Malaya, was given a welcome party by Malayan Chettiars of the Chettiars* Chamber
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    $28 Million Collected In Revenue
    67 5 $28 Million Collected In Revenue KUALA MMPIR. Tuts Last month, the Fedcra tion 'fovcrnment collected I total of S-J8.077.34f) m the of Customs and Excise •inc. Of this total. 5569.57K came from Excise and other ohm .-llancous collections, derived mainly from locall> manufactured liquors, matches, rubber and playing cards. Customs
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    Parents To Solve Schools Problem
    158 5 PENANG, Tues. An endeavour to aid m solving the education problems of today is being made by the Parents' Association, Penang, which is now looking for a suitable building to bouse the surplus children who will be unable to get admission into school next year.
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    KLANG WEDDING
    43 5 rnoio oy ?J R ND MRS CHANG Poh Kirn who were married at me Hwee Ann Association, Klanjf. on Sunday. The bride is the former Misj, Tioh Yoke Hwee. daughter of Mr. Tioh Aik, a Kuala Selangor merchant.— Ch'ng Seng Poh
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    Signalman Fined $5,000 Or Jail
    168 5 Bid To Smuggle 'Smokes' JOHORE BAHRU, Tues— Norman Cruickshank of the Royal Signals, was fined 55.000. or 12 months' jail l>\ the President of the Sessions Court, Mr. N. L. Cohen, today of an attempt to evade Customs duty. Customs officers, making af check on
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    JOCKEYCAPPED ROBBERS
    126 5 PENANG. Tues The ier of the Malayan American Plantations. Ltd.. Tan Thean Seng, told the c Court today that after arm. d robbers wearing jockey caps had entered his house m Rangoon Road on April 24. they tied up the inmates before ransacking the place. In the dock
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    Saw Light To Freedom
    86 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A secret anti-bandit operation launched m the notorious Jerkoh Penjom area near here m September has resulted m the surrender of two terrorists, the capture ot a suspect and the elimination of two others, it was disclosed today. A searchlight which used during
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    FINED 5 CENTS
    25 5 WAN Yacob was fined five cents by the Kota Bharu Magistrate, Che Harun bin Mahmud Hashim. for not displaying his licence disc.
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    Girls Co For Shells, Meet Death In River
    146 5 Girls Co For Shells, Meet Death In River TWO Javanese girls who went to pick shells m a river suddenly disappeared under the water, it was revealed m the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday. Their bodies were recovered later. Mr. Giam Chong Hing. the Coroner, returned a verdict oi deaths by
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    'LET'S THROW OFF OUR MILLSTONE'
    326 5 Warning On Emergency KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Major R. J. Isaac of the Director j fof,ons W warned Malayans today against the continuing attitude of accepting the Emergency as an unfortunate affliction and said: If we don't change it, the unborn child of our united notion
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    New Scheme To Register All Voters
    142 5 KOTA BHARU, Tues. Registration of electors m Kelantan started yesterday and will last till Nov 16. 'This registration will b e both for State and Federal Elections. Registration will be carried out from house-to-house. For this purpose more than 500 Istant Registering Officers have
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    GOING TO K.L.
    43 5 TAIPIXG. Tues.— Prior to his departure to Kuala Lumpur on transfer. Mr. G. 11. Picket). District Manager of the Central Electricity Board. Taiping branch, was yesterday entertained to farewell tea by memof the Kilat Club at the Cafe de Cathay.
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    OFFICIAL SOLUTION OF SQUAREWORD D- 33
    44 5 OFFICIAL SOLUTION OF SQUAREWORD D 33 The Adjudication Committee met on October 16th to discuss the clues of; Squoreword D-33. They were agreed that the most apt answers to the clues were as shown m the square below, which thus is the Official Solution.
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      Party Games
      924 6 'THE annual conventions of Malayan political parties have always been enlivened by the ambitious statements and resolutions made by their members from the Ulu When the assembly dispersed few of the delegates would remember the number of resolutions passed or could understancf the purpose underlying them. They made
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    Our Assassination Plots
    2484 6  -  Lt. Col. ABDUL NASSER TaHE EGYPTIAN STRUGGLE*** by Prime Minister of Egypi who tells today of how he thought of murdering King Farouk, of how his life m those days of assassination plots was like a detective story; of the dark secrets and pilWOfdl his clique posand
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    Russians Degrade Women -Watson
    68 7 Russians Degrade Women -Watson 1 lcadci t back irom Soviet Russia ..-barged, .munis terth "degrading" forcing th< the i n t> ami d acre un to F. RadJ > mUnion. i ■'< d and foil m the, all the civilized nee j •below i n he men m j!"m m
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    The Thieves Said Thanks
    14 7 EMassachu552.500 Com- < cha aptlf into »und i illj on a
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    FRIENDS AGAIN
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    Miss Hongkong '54 Hat Her Fingers Crossed
    204 7 Miss Hongkong '54 Hat Her Fingers Crossed HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 19, (UF)— Lovely Virgi- J nia June Lee. Miss Hongkong of 1954-55, who will find out this 5 month whether or not j Hollywood wants to re- tain her as a movie starlet, is expecting the worst and hoping for the
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    Premier Ali Pledges To Defend Asian Peace
    72 7 WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, (AP)— Prime Ministe Mohammed Ali of Pakistan yesterday pledged hi country to a "lull contribution*' to the defence of peao and security m the Middle Fast and South Asia agains the threat ol Communist aggression. He told Fnited i to
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    Two More Charged In Raid Case
    90 7 Two More Charged In Raid Case OMAGH. Northern I: Oct. 19. < Renter > -Two mor men appeared m court her t night following th "Commando" raid befor dawn on Sunday on a Britisi barracks near here by 2G me: armed with .>ub-n>achin guns, revolvers and knives. They were charged
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    U.S. JOINS IN CHURCHILL BIRTHDAY FUND DRIVE
    138 7 U.S. JOINS IN CHURCHILL BIRTHDAY FUND DRIVE LONDON, Oct. 19, (Reu-tei)—Ex-President Harry Truman and Mr. Bernard Baruch, America's elder statesman, have been invited to head the United States contiibutio.i to the Sir Winston Churchill 80th Birthday Fund. Lord Moynihan. former chairman of Britain's tiny Liberal Party— and treasurer ol the
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    Tyrone And Linda Plan A Separation
    81 7 HOLLYWOOD TIFFS I I HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 19 Tyrone Power and M< I" actress Linda Chr i > announced yesterday they ar separating. t Power's studio. Twi Century Fox, said they hay immedii vorc« th impatibility of Power and Miss d according n» H tholic
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    & Marilyn Finds Room
    84 7 Marilyn Finds Room SANTA MONICA, California 19 (AP) Ma ri lyi nro attorney ed tor default hear i in* of her divorce suit againa Dimaggio. Hearing on th< divorce is expected within tw< months. irilyn, who has had houa oving ou of the honeymoon cottage sh. shared with Dimaggio solver
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    SARA SEES SOEKARNO
    33 7 JAKARTA. Oct. 19. <AP» M. Saravanamuttu. Ceylonese High Commissioner m Singapore and the Federation of Malaya, presented his credentials yesterday to President Soekarno as Ceylon's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.
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    Marxism At The North Pole
    83 7 LONDON, Oct. 1!'. (UP), Moscow Radio annouo terdaj that a Communist Party organization has been set up at the North Pole. nben of the Soviet re- s< arch station, the bro oeen asked wiia additional literature the; need to continue thof Marxism and Leninism. The
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    CENTENARIAN
    28 7 MRS. NAOMI Midlanc who j died m St. Helens yesterday. i aged 102. is the third Isle of I Wight centenarian to die m a fortnight. Reuter
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    Doctor Shot At A Man Talking To His Girl
    167 7 'LONDON. Oct. 19. 'Rein A London doctor anpell of drinking, woke vi In his flat to find a strang< man sitting and talking v his girl friend. He drew i gun and shot him. it wa: alleged m court here yesterday.
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    81 7 Stondord London Correspondent LONDON, Oct. 19 The following ore the closin prices of rubber ond tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot London 24 id. Spot Liverpool 25-id. November < December 22id. Jonuqry/Morch 22« d. April/ June 22 Jd. JulyStptembcr 2,: d. November c.i.f. 22
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    TEARS IN THE UNITED NATIONS
    360 7 TEARS IN THE UNITED NATIONS But Mr. Vishinsky Isn't Moved A Bit UNITED NATIONS, New York, Oct. 19, (UP) Soviet chief delegate Andrei Y. Vishinsky rejected yesterday an emotional appeal that Russia waive its veto m the United Nations Security Council m the event that it was dccused of violating
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    There's Not A Bus In Sight
    65 7 pho t< EVERYDAY London Bridge is thronted with scores of buses but there is not a siim.e one m this 'picture. Ahou 1 !.000 London bus drivers and conductors are on strik. HI routes are affected. There are no buses at all on 8
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    'Vietminh Are All Out For Peace'
    188 7 Nehru Is Assured— n HANOI, Oct. 19, (UP)— Vietminh chief Ho Chi .Mini has assured Indian Premier JawaharLal Nehru of hi peaceful intentions with regard to the kingdoms of Lao 'and Cambodia, it was announced here yesterday. A joint communique published here after the
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    THAI MISSION
    16 7 'ii.riARN Thai and arrived n Lond nda.v to 1 visit. The mission c; R
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    10 IRAN ARMY SPIES SHOT
    54 7 TEHERAN Oet 19. Rev ter» A filing squad cxc CUted ten ringleaders of Communist plot m the Per sian Army earlier today. Th ten were tried m secret. They were among 500 Arm [officers and civilians m J eluding Abadan oil refiner hnicians arretted m
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    Margaret To Tour The West Indies
    25 7 Margaret To Tour The West Indies LONDON. Priii' i will f here for Trinidad by Trinida I I tigua a; Yacht, Britai return home B
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    BIG-SCALE ECONOMIC AID FOR ASIA 'URGENT'
    397 8 NEW YORK, Oct. 19, (UP)— The future economy of Asia— along Communist or Democratic lines will depend on the success and willingness of either the East or West bloc m helping that area industrialize and thus "lick poverty." according to Miguel A. Cuaderno. Governor
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    U.K. STRIKE MAY HIT OUR IMPORT BUSINESS
    298 9 U.K. STRIKE MAY HIT OUR IMPORT BUSINESS Shipment Delays Worry Merchants Standard Staff Reporter THE maritime strike m the United Kingdom, which has paralysed the ports of London and Liverpool, is already having repercussions m Singapore's import trade. Traders m certain everyday items have raised their prices of goods without
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    Contractors In Kuantan Worried
    12 9 KrA\'T*K S T ndard D l ff Correspondent
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      'Industry Must Reduce Costs'
      435 9 w ,rJ^f natural rubber industry of Malaya is backTn*ti f• V de P rab, e if the Government and the industry fail to workout a scheme to reduce cost of production and increase output, by replanting highyielding strain, says an Economist report Some Malayan estates have
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      Jap Trade Situation Difficult
      128 9 Jap Trade Situation Difficult HONGKONG. Oct. 19 (Reuter) Sir Kenneth W. Mealing, chairman of the Mercantile Bank of India Limited, said here today the economic situation m Japan was "difficult but there were hopes it could be solved with the co-opera-tion of other count: Sir Kenneth, accompanied by Lady Mealing,
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    Braeside Awaits Arrival Of Glory
    214 9 Braeside Awaits Arrival Of Glory Standard Shipping Reporter THE British freighter-pas-' senger vessel Brneside. which is on the Singapore-Australia run has been standing by for, days m the Colony to await the arrival of the Air. Carrier Glory from Britain. She takes on no passeng off the Glory which arrived
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    BANK'S BRANCH
    41 9 THE Bank of Tokyo plans to open a branch m Hamburg. Its opening has already been authorised by the West German authorities and the Deutschei Lavender Bank is to grant the branch a lironre for rurrencv I deali: AFP
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    U.S. CAR FIRMS WILL MERGE
    35 9 U.S. CAR FIRMS WILL MERGE STOCKHOLDERS -of the i Packard Motor Car Company j and the Studebaker Corporation have voted overwhelmingly to approve the proposal for the combination of the businesses m the StudebakerPackard Corporation.
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    RUBBER PRICES STILL DECLINE
    143 9 Standard Market Reporter RUBBER prices m Singapore continued to decline yesterday, first grade rubber for November shipment closing at 75*2 cents per lb., a drop of 15 16 cents on Monday. The -drop was largely due to r New York and London prices. Some upcountry selling
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    Quarterly Returns
    125 9 COMPANIES under the j management of Messrs Osborne and Chappel, of Ipoh, reported the following returns for the I quarter ended September 30, 1954: Piculs Chenderiang Tin Dredging Ltd. 911 j Gopen X Consolidated, Ltd. 2.615 Hongkong Tin Ltd. Dredge under re-con-struction I Kent (F.M.S.) Tin Dredging Ltd.
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    AGENCY HAS PLANS FOB EXPANSION...
    298 9 MR. EDWARD LEONG. managing director of Fortune Advertising Ltd., and Fortune Neon Ltd.. has announced plans to expand the agency so that it may give an all-round advertising, marketing and research service. Although Fortune Advertising Ltd.. is not an old company, it was formed just
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    Industrials Irregular, Tins Easier
    192 9 Industrials Irregular, Tins Easier QUIET conditions prevailed On the Malayan share market yesterday with industrials irre- j gular and tins showing an easing tendency. Rubber shares were weak. Price changes announc by the Malayan Sharebrokers Ai ciation yesterday were: Buyers Seller* Gammon 3.47 Metal Box 123 1 27 Robinson Ords
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    AYER HITAM
    44 9 IN the four months from j April 1 to September 30. the Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate Ltd. ißukit Hitam Estate) produced a total of 237.500 lbs of rubber, S averaged 56.73 cents per lb and cost of production j averaged 43.57 cen
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    54 9 PILING up footage for a 30-minute feature called "Trade Wings." cameraman Stan (ioozee flew into Singapore m the course of a world trip yesterday This Aim will show businessmen how easily and quickly it i s to get around the world and do their business. It will be shown to
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    'TRADE WINGS'
    44 9 'TRADE WINGS' clubs throughout the world. He was loaned to ROAC by Associated British rathe, Goozee followed Queen Elizabeth's tour right through. Standard picture shows Goozee "shooting* a scene at Kallang Airport, with Mrs Moira Harrington. BOACa Publicity Officer m London, seen on left.
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    Produce Is Quiet
    143 9 MOST of the duce market m Singapore ned quiet yesterday little activity reported. Copra prices were about unchanged with passing at quotations. Coconut oil ers j Penang indicated $52 pei On a dull market. Pepper prices quoted by *he Chinese traders were Mi;. white S2J7£. Sarawak v
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    Gopeng Cons. Is Spending $1.5 Million On Extension
    251 9 Gopeng Cons. Is Spending $1.5 Million On Extension IPOH, Tues.— Ploughing back some of its profits into the country, Gopeng Consolidated Ltd., one of the biggest tin mining concerns m Perak, is spending over $1,500,000 on the deviation and extension of its 45-inch pipeline that takes water from the hills
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    IT COSTS $80,000 TO RUN A TIN MINE
    391 10  - IT COSTS $80,000 TO RUN A TIN MINE Leong Hew Meng STORY by 'TIN mining is Malaya's second industry. The two principal methods generally adopted here are dredging and open-cast mining. The first involving millions of dollars is operated by large European mining companies while the second appears to be
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    SBA Organize, Lim Finances Exhibition
    245 11 SBA Organize, Lim Finances Exhibition By OIR BADMINTON REPORTER SINGAPORE'S international exhibition matches m mber is bein£ run by a sub-committee of the asso-_._ion-and not by any private individual. Th.> Singapore BA. after a 3i-hour meeting at Guillemard Road yesterday decided to inform the Badminton nation of Malaya of this
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    Kon Leong Cant Come
    64 11 han Kon omas Cup proi Thomas Cup u not be able to bimseU just how c £d hh rival. Ismail bin Marjan b today. Ktm UOR*. who was supJ y hold the Ma- a van «l«»»''™ tit,e J<^ lher)urnail bin Marjan m the P„nnv Day exhibition
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    SELETAR WIN
    18 11 RAF Seletar trounced RNAS (Sembawang) 6 l m a friendly hockey match played at Seletar yesterday.
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    WANDERERS EDGE UNLUCKY CHINESE
    281 11 \V WDKRERS were lucky to beat the Singapore ChlaeM Recreation Club b y one coal to nil m their division 1 hockey i encounter on the SRC padan* 1 yesterday. Le Strange decided for the I Wanderers m the l.'ith minute of I the second half.
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    WONG & CHIN ARE VICTORS
    72 11 WONG CHIN ARE VICTORS WONG Soo Tong of Siong 800 beat Foong Wing Chew of the YMCA m the first round match of Aston AC's open billiards championships at the club premises m Jalan Besar last night. Wong scored 300 to Foong's j 2E-5. Wong also scored the highest break
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    PENANG HA INVITE S'PORE
    76 11 NOT all Federation states are m the cold war against Singapore. Johore will play the Singaporeans on dates already fixed, and last night. the Singapore HA secretary, S. Yogorajah, disclosed an invitation from the Penang Hockey Association. Penang have invited Singapore to play m Penang on
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    Rafflesians Find Beatty Easy To Beat
    304 11 RAFFLES Institution ed an easy 17 points t one goal, three tries and a penalty t to nil over Beatty Secondary School m a friendly game of Rugby played at Bras Bas.ih Road yesterday. Showing marked superiority m the pack and the threes. Raffles
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    63 11 S Chatniray of Britain vanquished the mighty Vladimir Kuc of Russia on Oct. 13 and established a sparkling new world record time of 13:51.6 m the 5.000 metres, feature event of the Moscow versus Lcndon Track and Field Meet at the White City, London. Photo shows: Chris Chat away (right),
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    SEATS FOR ALL SENIOR CLUBS
    686 11 TTie 'Voice' Crows Louder In SAFAs Little World By Our Soccer Reporter SINGAPORE Amateur Football Association's highly controversial rule 10 relating to the Constitution of the Council took another beating yesterday. THE COLONY'S SENIOR CLUBS DECIDED UNANIMOUSLY TO AMEND THE RULE TO INCLUDE ONE DELEGATE
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    OTEC IN CUP FINAL
    56 11 O.T.E.C. beat Hong Kong Shanghai Bank by three goals to one m the semi-final of the Singapore Business Houses Football Association's Senior Cup competition played at Fraser 6c Nenve ground yesterday The other semi-final between Merr-arftile Bank M P H. will be played at the Fraser
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    SJI WIN 1-0
    55 11 SI JOSEPHS Institution Ist XI beat the Anglo-Chinese School Ist XI 1-0 m their Intel School Hockey encounter at the v ground yesterday. No goals were scored In first half. After the interval. E. T in (SJIi hit a beautiful shot right into the ACS goal from
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    Standard's Selections
    182 12 I lOLI TOTK: Races 3. 5 and 6. BIG MVIKP: Race 7. Windsor Lad The Pilot Trundle Hill Scrutineer HALF MOON HALF MOON HALF MOON SifeLJS 00 1 Producer Magic Eye i ,r, M rtor k Ifffi 11 Projector projector Rubber Packer Movie n MIMT IAM OOLONG™" ROMAN
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    All's Well That Ends Well
    168 12 THE "stork" which had, at 1 one time, almost caused Chee Seng to abandon his trip to Hong Kung for the Ho Ho Cup last night made smooth and graceful landing into the bosom of his family. ft behind a precious bundle containing a lustry
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    WATCH FARNLEY LAND A 'DOUBLE'
    931 12 WATCH FARNLEY LAND A 'DOUBLE' Martin Holds Good Hand r""""THE FINAL WORD uumww j I BEST THREE: I. HALF MOON. 2. FARNLEY'. J J. TRUE BELL- GOING: No rain yesterday. Should be good today, I RADIO MALAYA: No race commentaries today. t r By WINDSOR LAD PENANG, Tues.— Penang: trainer
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    HALF MOON IS READY
    194 12 Half Moon, a Full Bloom gelding, looks like scoring his long overdue win. He showed a brilliant turn of foot m his six furlongs race at XL m August, when he led all the way before being cellared by Lord Frederick m the run to the
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    TRUE BELL TO MAKE AMENDS TODAY
    236 12 TRUE BELL TO MAKE AMENDS TODAY GOING strictly on his first day's display TRtT. BELL should make amends. This Straight Deal gelding figured very prominently m his race over seven furlongs on Saturday, when he was shouted home the winner until Bobsworth caught up and beat him m the final
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    Malay Tennis Tourney Draw
    148 12 THE Singapore Malays tennis open chamDionships will begin at the Malay Sports Association from October 23. The draw for the championship resulted as follows: Men's Open Singles: Top Section— A.G.B. Pakir, Hamid Kassim, Shahabudin Hamid Bilai, Taman Sirin. A. Rahman, A.S.B. Pakir. Bottom Section I. A.
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    MELAYUS WIN B'TON
    121 12 A FRIENDLY badminton match between Kampong Melayu B.P. and Pemuda Bawean B.P. .was played at Clerical Union Hall on Sunday. and resulted m the KM. B.P. winning by six games to one Results <K.M.B.P. pi mentioned fir^tt were: Singles: Omar Ibrahim beat Wahab Sarkawi 15-4. 15-6. Salleh
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    RAF vs NAVY
    60 12 THE team to represent R.A.F. against the Royal Navy m a friendly rugger match to be played at Naval Base at 5.15 p.m. today will be: Cpl. Churchward; S. A. C Willis, F/O Armstrong, Cpl Doyle, P/O Holmes. P/O Close SAC Campbell, F O Brand! LAC Andrews.
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    Europeans Lucky To Beat Airmen
    375 12 Europeans 2 R.A.F 1 R. Boniface. Sandy McDonald L'larke EUROPEANS must consider themselves extremely lucky to have beaten R.A.F. by two goals to one m the Singapore Amateur Football Association's community league match played at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday evening. It is true that they
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    De-Win Equal To The Task
    129 12 De-Win Equal To The Task fgdfgdsf 522 SEH**. H starts r,ad i He has been M_. markable times in^N mg workoufc a1» Past week and 4^ distance. Dropped i, since his last SAN Five. De-Win l^M prominently here One to run De-Win Lord (iarfield w UP to great adva nta
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      1149 12 RACE 1: 2.45 p.m. Horses Class 4i Div. 3— 5V2 Furs. 1. 324 Projector 3v 9.00 "Shaw Stable" Spencer Mulley 2. C5B Magic I 8.11 "August Stable" Rodgers McCloud 3. Rubber Packer 4v 8.10 M s. Sng Kwee Choon C. T. Sng Heddle Patterson 4. 492 Half Mixm 4y 8.09
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