Singapore Standard, 4 November 1954

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    15 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Vol. V. No. 124. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NoffettßEß 4, 1954 TWELVE PACES 15 CENTS.
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    Hairy Beings Eat Up Semais
    263 1 Hairy Beings Eat Up Semais KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —The Tiolak apemen who 1 a sensation by abortive interlude three Slim River tap- Christmas, are d to have eaten up S< mai aborigines. I r- appearance of these ings aa cannibals was .-fit to light by an old hi adman. I
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    Stop Press
    51 1 r ,k V compensation &"KL Pacifit Airways >KMnasier airliner shot W J Chinese filters Hainan Island on July aas announced to*WABHINGTON, Nov. 3 h<ut.r>— President Eisenhower said today the LniStates va S sending a message to the Soviet on his plan for an utrrnalM.nal pool of ato■naterials for
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    3rd Dock Strike Is On And Off
    183 1 tomorrow morning. Some ol the men, hit by ?H V w a "i 0 of enforced Idleness declared themselves read} to resume work at once it was expected by this evening that, the docks would C n f m n re be swin
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    $148M. FEDERAL DEFICIT
    284 1 Emergency Cost Cut $30M. MALAYA TO BEAR BRUNT NEXT YEAR $148 000^ iVW' Wed Thc Fed «°*'on will be $!o 000 oooV"n p 9 Bnhsh Gover T ent 9ronfs ond o drop in Emergency expenditure. A S "PP'y Bill gozetted todoy shows, however, thot the Emeraencv The
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    US ELECTIONS: LATEST RESULTS
    41 1 SENAtV- R? 0^ 0 1^' De^^rats— 226; Undecided— 3o. In th/rpmn PU COnS 45; Democrats— 46; Independents— l. in the remaining tour races for the Senate D*mnrrnt= I»H in two th a Kepublicans in two. United Press
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    FATHER'S GAR USED TO STEAL HIS BABY
    270 1 IPQft, Wed. A 16--montfi^old baby girl, Lim SioW Lan, was kidnapped from her home in Laßiooy Road here, last nj|hi she was taken away in SI. fatner 's car which was stated to have been stolen '/arlter in the evening while t> W^L
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    Bombers Over China
    47 1 TAIPEI. Nov. 3 (Reuter)Nationalist and Communist planes renewed their bombing of each others positions off the Chekiang Province of South China today. Both sides made raids around the Tachen Island group about 150 miles northeast of Formosa, according to the Nationalist Defence Ministry here.
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    Hell Still Be 'King' Of The Cocos
    85 1 Hell Still Be 'King' Of The Cocos CANBERRA. Nov. 3. (Reuten Mr. John Clunies Ross 25-year-old "White King" of the Cocos Keeling Islands will retain his rights when Britain hands over the islands to Australian administration. This was announced here yesterday by Mr. Richard Casey. Minister for External Affairs, when
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    Farouk Visits Switzerland
    37 1 GENEVA. Switzerland, Nov 3. < UP)— Ex-King Farouk of Egypt arrived today here from Italy on a surprise visit to Switzerland where his former wife is recovering at Lausanne from surgery she underwent last month.
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    53 1 REVENUE Federal Sources $546,588,006 British bovt. Grants 59,970 854 Total Revenue "$606,558,860 EXPENDITURE (RecurTc^fT Salaries, Allowances $146 399 082 Other charges $174 #072',946 Total recurrent $320,472,028 EXPENDITURE (Non-rT^^tT New Services 40,569 488 Revotes J 32,875,966 Total non-recurrent 73,445,454 Emergency $*****7,649 Mates, Settlements $162,962 587 Expendituie recoverable from 59,970,854 •Totat Expenditure
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    Democrats Wrest Control Of House
    339 1 Threatens To Take Senate WASHINGTON. Nov. 3, Ap Democrats took control of the House today and, with the surprise defeat of Senator Homer Ferguson in Michigan, threatened to take over the Senate. Turning back President Eisenhower's appeal for a Republican Congress a heavy turn-out of
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    Governor Harriman
    70 1 MR. AVERELL Harriman. former Marshall Aid ambassador (above), was elected Governor o! Sa^V-S^ Mr. Harriman. a Democrat, ended the 12--year Republican rule of the State whose present Governor is Mr. Thomas Deuey. Mr. Harriman defeated Senator Irving: Ives, the Republican candidate for governor, who will continue to hold
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    'The Veep' Comes Back
    161 1 LOUISVILLE. Kentucky. Nov. 3. i Reuter)— Big jovial Alben W. Barkley. born in a log cabin 77 years ago this month, today won a senatorship from the Republicans in one of the most spectacular results of the Congressional midterm elections yesterday. The former Democratic Vice-President. known
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    Wife Killer To Hang
    68 1 HONGKONG, Nov 3 (UP) A 36-year-old Chinese was sentenced to death on the gallows yesterday for the arson murder of his wife "Thank you." Chau Heng, a tactory worker said ?n a loud l volc n n Just *ce J. Reynolds handed down the death senChau
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    Ex-Boss Of S. China Dead
    39 1 TAIPEI, Nov. 3 (AFP) hSL i? hen c S»- ta nK. one time boss of South China during the Nationalist Regime died here suddenly this morning from haemorrhage oX the brain. He wa* 63.
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    British Soldier's Malayan Sentence Quashed
    219 1 British Soldier's Malayan Sentence Quashed LONDON, Nov. 3. (ReuteD A War Office spokesman said today that a jail sentence imposed by a court martial on a British soldier in Malaya last July had been quashed. The soldier, Frank Clayton of Liverpool, serving in the Royai Army Medical Corps, was sentenced
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    Air Force Wives Aid Toy Fund
    74 1 Air Fo rce Wives Aid Toy Fund BRITISH air fofd wives added their tuppoil pesterday to The Standard Christmas Toy Fund. The support came from the Wives of members of the Sergeant.-' Mess, RAP'. Kuala Lumpur, who gave. $8. beinsr pad of the takings from a whist drive. Th»- St
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    LABOUR PARTY BOWS ITSELF OUT FROM THE FRONT
    279 2 People Told'DoritßeMisled' THE General Council of Singapore's Labour Party lost night decided to dissociate the party from the Labour Front a federated body of Socialist and Labour Parties and recall its two representatives in the Front, Mr. C. H. Koh, and Mr.
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    Daily-Rated Employees May Work Till Sixty
    116 2 Daily-Rated Employees May Work Till Sixty THOUSANDS of dailyrated workers of the Singapore Government may be able to work till the ai; e of 60. if the Colony Government accepts a proposal made by its staffside, at the Whitley Council meeting yesterday. The Colonial Secretary. Mr. W.A.C. Goode. chairman of
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    Taximan Robbed, Assaulted
    76 2 Taximan Robbed, Assaulted A SINGAPORE taxi driver was assaulted at 2 a.m. yesterday when he went after a passenger into a lane oil Grange Road to get his fare. The passenger had earlier told him that he had no money to pay for the fare from River Valley Road. Half-way
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    113 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (rents per Ib.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 79 Tf» 1 No. 1 R.S.S. f.o.b Nov. 79-7 16 79-9/16 No. I 79 79 i No. 77 i 78* Dec. To. 1 R.S.S 79-5/11 79-7/16 Tone: Steady. TIN PRICE The
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    RALLY FOR CHIE
    40 2 BUKIT MERTAJAM Wwf A rally will be heJt! by the srouters. scouts and cubs of the District on Saturday. Nov 6 on the High School ground in honour of the visit of the Chief Scout. Lord Rowallan.
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    KIDNAPPED GIRL LEFT ON ISLAND
    218 2 -SESSIONS COURT TOLD SEREMBAN. Wed.— The case in which two brothers, Alfred Williams, 26, and Reynard Williams, 24, former residents of Klang and a woman, Dhana, who were charged with kidnapping a girl in Port Dickson on Oct. 6, was continued today at the Sessions
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    Air India May Penetrate Bamboo Curtain
    238 2 Air India May Penetrate Bamboo Curtain A CASUAL suggestion, dropped by the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China. Chou En-lai. may bring an international air line into service linking China with the rest of the world. Mr. Chou was a passenger in an Air India Internationa! Constellation which
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    $20,000 Limousine
    46 2 $20,000 Limousine A LAGONDA 3-litre, six cylinder saloon which has been pure hased by Singapore millionaire. Mr. Loke Wan Tho for 520.--000. The car is a 1954 55 model with a top speed of 110 m.p.h. Petrol consumption is about 21 miles per gallon. Standard photo
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    Let Women Handle The Job, Says Sally
    457 2 Let Women Handle The Job, Says Sally MISS SALLY BUTLER, a specialist lecturer from the United States told the women of Singapore yesterday: "Since the men haven't done such a hot job of making peace in the world, maybe it's about time women took a hand in it." Miss Butler,
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    2 Soldiers Had 'One Too Many'
    135 2 TWO soldiers statione-d at Kota Tinggi visited the NAAFI one evening on Oct. and got into a drinking bout each consuming about seven lari." bottles of betr. This was "out too many" for them, for thty ended vip in a wrestling contest. Yesterday, the
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    'Retaining' WatchCount
    41 2 KIEW Chin Hin claimed trial in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday !o charge of retaining, in Johort a ttolen watch worth $46 Kiew was grantee: bail of i $200 and the case will be men'.ioneri on Nov. 10.
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    HK EXCHANGE
    38 2 HONGKONG. Xov Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15 68 .o £1 sterling: $5 ***** to US$l; $l.S3i to Malayan $1: 142 to one Indonesian Rupiah. Golfi 1294.23 to I tael
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    Chinese School Student Jailed
    405 2 Wrote Terrorist Letter' A SINGAPORE Chinese High School student IVh Kng: Khiam, 20, who said lu* wrote a h letter" to another schoolboy, was ye^tenia> jaile three years by the lirst Criminal District lot possession of a terrorist document— the letter. Handwritten in Chinese characters, tho
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    S.H.B. Tug Is Off To Rescue Ship
    101 2 S.H.B. Tug Is Off To Rescue Ship Standard Shipp >c THE S.T.i Board i racing tv the An. i ..r. Fabricate which i ;r. th< Java I A S.r.var 1 rt Halt I spokesman t< Jd Th« 81 the Gr, < i li MOJM i '-'d to nt.ict I s?e».
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    Electricity Kills Two
    56 2 TWO SiMgapnt.- ti, t Chin, m and a Malay, i rday i an* f ii< ih<M k> The ChilM M i Yeo KhCfl Tian a ant. iitd on ii<ln 'he Generiii Hoapltal The Malay H M ifiabi. 48 a x> i i yed in the s Factory
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    CO-OP MEETING
    31 2 THF Gowtrnmei Ci oparattoa Thi i Society. I.ui.. i a 3nd Se:amn. wi Ad mnual penera! »lin tha Taiping To i H ill »n N 17 AAO p n
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    'Croaker' Brings Off A Rescue Within 24 Hrs.
    268 3 'Croaker' Brings Off A Rescue Within 24 Hrs. Standard Shipping Reporter WHEN Captain Marazuki bin Asnawi, master of the Malavan Stevedoring tug Croaker, rang "finished with engines" at about 4 p.m. yesterday, it signalled the fastest sea rescue jobs in recent months in Malayan waters. the Croaker within 24 hours
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    Safe Now
    10 3 Malayan S1 lorinir w»d I ranspoi tug Croaker.
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    Cyclist's Conviction is Quashed
    86 3 Cyclist's Conviction is Quashed LDING that a rmtoi 5 a 'Vehicle.* 1 the Chief Sir Charles Murrav set asi [e, in the re High Court yestere conviction ar:-j lines a lower court on erk, Lim Teck Hock the Road Traffic Ordinbeen fined a I driving a motor vithout a licence
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    Woman Is Discharged
    77 3 JUSTICE Brown order- I i woman, Cheong Lin Hoe '.-charged from custody Singapore High Court ay, aftor the prosecunirow the case against ig had rome up on a < I selling a minor for al purpose h P. McWilliam DPP. the application to ■w the rase, explained
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    Soldier On Theft Count
    50 3 A SOLDIER in the Royal Signals Regiment, Singapore. Abu Kassim bin Bakar. claimed trial in the Eighth Police Court yesterday to a charge of stealing two gallons of petrol The offence was allegedly committed at 12] Mile Sem bawang Road, at 11.50 a.m. on' Nov. 2.
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    House Burgled
    32 3 TIIIB\ r ES broke into a house in Roberts Lane, while the occupant; a woman, was in office, and got away with cash and jewellery worth $1,071, on Tuesday afternoon.
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    PROBE CALL INTO SEAMEN'S PLIGHT
    150 3 THE Malay Seamen's Union, of Singapore, has urged the Colonial Secretary to send a team of on-the-spot investigators to Broome, West Australia to inquire into the distress of 30 Malay seamen. In a letter the Union states that these seamen along with 200 Indonesian and
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    Malayans Youngest Hajis
    48 3 photo. f?^ Tm S yo H n Sf s Wl, one-year-old Aminah (third at ?r mVnV fc r 7 ed /t m Sin **P ore yesterday with three mJ* <Th llablbal > years) from a pilgrimaee to Mecca. The four youngsters are from Batu Pahat Standard
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    GANG LEADER ORDERED TO KEEP PEACE
    259 3 GANG LEADER ORDERED TO KEEP PEACE Activities Curbed By Bond THE Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, Mr. Devereux-Cole bourn, yesterday ordered a gang leader, Jimin bin Simin, alias ''G-man to execute a bond, in the sum of $250, in two sureties, to keep the peace for six months. A.S.P Abdul Rahman
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    Businessman To Contest Election As Independent
    148 3 MR. LIM SIEW EK. a promin ent Singapore businessman, will contest the Legislative Assembly elections next year as an In d ependent candidate for the Serangoon Division. Mr. Lim. a director of Tai San Company Ltd. and Chairman of Serangoon Rural District Committee, pledges
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    S'pore Wedding
    65 3 Two employees of the Retlif fusion. Singapore. Mr Joseph Lou Khoon Yeow and Miss Maria Lim Soo liang. were married at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 7!- Mile. Upper Serangoon Road, yesterday. in.- bridegroom is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs
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    Rear Vision Mirrors?— 'No' Says CP
    78 3 Rear Vision Mirrors?— 'No' Says CP THE Commissioner of Police. Mr. Nigel Morris. does not support a City Council suggestion that motorcycles should be fitted with rear vision mirrors. One of his reasons is that vibration of the vehicle makes observation difficult. ALso. he says, the slightest deviation of the
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    Woman, 78, Sent For Observation
    82 3 Woman, 78, Sent For Observation A 78-YEAR OLD woman. Ah Chye. when accused in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday with begging for alms in public, said she was not guilty, as her sons and grandsons were employed in Government service and all owned cars. The Magistrate. Mr. M. Karthigesu.
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    A Talk On 'Indianism'
    71 3 CHAIRMAN of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Dr. S. K. Chatterji, who represented the Indian Government at the Indonesian Governmentsponsored languages conference in Medan, arrived in Singapore yesterday on his way bark to India. Dr. Chatterji, who is also prolessoi of Indian Linguistics and Phonetics at
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    221 PILGRIMS RETURN TO S'PORE
    128 3 THE 10.000-ton pilgrim ship Anking berthed alongside the Singapore Harbour Board yesterday, a day later than scheduled but was met with a warm welcome by hundreds of Malays who had waited hours to greet the last batch of pilgrims from Mecca. The vessel which had
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    White Tops For Colony Taxis
    284 3 Cooler Travel For Public SINGAPORE'S 1,500 taxis will have white top roofs— "to make it cooler for the public to travel in"— if a recommendation by the Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. B. C. J. Buckeridge, is approved by the City Council's Vehicles and Traffic Committee
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    COLONY NOT REPRESENTED
    58 3 SINGAPORE will not be represented at the Malaria Conference for the Western Pacific and South-east Asia to be held in the City of Baguio. Philippines, on Nov. 15. The Director of Medical Services in the Colony. Dr. H. H. Bland, said yesterday thai the Medical Depart ir.ent
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    EMERGENCY STILL A COLOSSAL LOAD
    1013 4 EMERGENCY STILL A COLOSSAL LOAD Big Deficit Faces The Federation KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —In spite of grants from the British Government totalling nearly $60 million, the Federation Government is anticipating a budget deficit of $148,629,--712 for 1955, according to the draft estimates issued today. The Government's expenditure bill for next
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    Mystery Of Two Men On Beacon
    175 4 Mystery Of Two Men On Beacon MYSTERY surrounds the disappearance of twe men who were seen clinging to No. 1 Beacon, 10 miles off Singapore, by a local pilot bringing the Greek-owned Bri-tish-manned ship, Laurentian Forest, into harbour yesterday afternoon. The pi!ot saw the men waving out to the ship
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    Club Runs A Lottery
    63 4 KAJANG Wed.-The IndoCtjlonese Club of Kajang is to run a $5,000 lottery to boost their sports fund. TicKcts at a $1 each are already on sale. The first five prizes range from a radio to a wristwatch. There will also be five consolation prizes. The draw
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    TELECOMS TO HOLD DANCE
    31 4 MALACCA, Wed. The Telecoms Athletic Welfare Association will hold its annual dance at Meng Seng Charitable Association on Saturday. Nov. 6. from *.i p.m. to 2 a.m.
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    'Let Them Have A Chance'—Doctor
    147 4 'Let Them Have A Chance'— Doctor TO deny employment to tubercular patients who recover would in effect penalise them for a disease over which they have no control, Dr. R. J. Grove- White, told Singapore Rotarians at their weekly luncheon yesterday. Dr. Grove-White, who is Medical Superintendent at lan Tock
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    ILLEGAL PLANTING PUT RIGHT
    109 4 ILLEGAL PLANTING PUT RIGHT IPOH, Wed. The Mentri Besar, Perak. yesterday held on-the-spot discussions with five kampong headmen ol Batu Kurau over the question of illegal cultivation 0:1 the steep slopes of the hills within the Bintang Hijai Forest Reserve in the Lftfut and Matang District. The five ketuas appealed
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    ROBBERY WAVE
    22 4 SEREMBAN. Wed—Volunteer Police Forces are now patrolling the Temiang District following a wave of robberies which began here on Saturday.
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    CHIEF SCOUT WELCOMED IN JOHORE
    161 4 BATU PAHAT. Wed.-About lan Cabin" at Aver Hitam 2.200 Scouts, Scouters, Guides the Chief Scout presented and Cubs turned up to greet tnan^s badges and received a the Chief Scout. Lord Rowal- M *l? y r j s ani B^P^ t^ A 7 r H
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    PLAN TO PRESERVE ALL HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
    272 4 THE Committee for the Preservation of Historic Sites and Antiquities has plans for the restoration of historic buildings and preserving them for posterity, said the Chairman, Mr. M. W. F. Tweed ie, who is also the Director of RaK>s Museum, yesterday. "But this will
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    Election Objection Dismissed
    83 4 PENAN'G. Wed An incident occurred on nomination day in George Town today when the agent for the Party Nesara's candidate in the Tanjonu Ward Mr Mohamed Anwar, raised an objection against the nomination of a rival candidate. Mr. S M. Mohd. Idris. of IMNOMCA Alliance after the
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    Miners Seek Day Of Rest
    71 4 TAIPING. Wed. Five delegates from the Malayan Mining Employees Union Executive Council will meet representatives of \he Malayan Mining Employers' Association on Nov. 10 at Ipoh to discuss a claim by the Employees' Union. The claim is that day of rest should be granted to
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    Govt. Ban Hits MIC
    67 4 KAJANG. Wed. Mr. A Dennison has relinquished his pobt as General Secretary of the Ulu Langat Branch oi the Malayan Indian Congress as a result of Government prohibiting certain grades of its officers from taking part in politics. Mr. Dennison. a member of the tutorial staff
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    Vacancies In New Classes
    44 4 MALACCA Wed In ,he effort to relieve the shortage of accommodation in primary English schools i n the Settlement- Rev. Father Chaillet will start two English primary classes next January in the aftern-.on at St. Francis Chinese School. Gaja Berang.
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    Phone Threat Charge Fails
    383 4 Phone Threat Charge Fails Councillor Is Acquitted PENANG. Wed. A hushed Sessions Court today heard the President, Mr. J. G. Adams, acquit Settlement and Municipal Councillor A. M Abu Bakar of three summons charges of criminal intimidation. When the acquittal was announced. Abu Bakar W»l huned by his .supporters. He
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    Sick Man Is Placed On Peace Bond
    126 4 KI'ALA LI'MPL'R Wed Samuel Titus, M-yeofH)ld v t.ite hospital assistant was today put on a "peace" bond by the President of the B< sioni Court before whom ho pleaded guilty to five counts of breach of the Dangerous Drugs Regulations. Three charges accused
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    Drunk Driving Is Alleged
    62 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Vincent Fraser Stuart. 39. today claimed trial beiore the President of the Sessions Court to a charge of driving his car while being under such influence of liquor as to render him incapable of exercising proper control over the vehicle. The rase was
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    Birthday Of The Prophet
    48 4 KAJANG. Wed. Muslims here are to celebrate the forthcoming birthday of the Holy Prophet Muhammed In a bin way. Arrangements were, today completed by a celebration committee which drew up a programme of processions lectures by religious leaders refreshments for children and a banquet.
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    HUSBAND LOSES HIS THUMB IN ROW WITH WIFE
    557 5 HUSBAND LOSES HIS THUMB IN ROW WITH WIFE All Over Sale Of Ihali' JOHOftE BAHRU, Wed.— Seven teen- ye or old MaifHMimMl refused her husband's demands for marital relations because lie Had taken away her rhoJi (Hind* taken of marrioge). Muttuammal, a former labourer of Ulu Tiram Estate who told
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    She Fainted As Robbers Came In
    142 5 She Fainted As Robbers Came In WHEN robbers entered a iiou>e at the 6th Mile, Chang; 1 Road, on Aug. 3, a woman visitor, who had called to buy xtultry. fainted. This was related in the Singapore Assizes, yesterday, bei lore Mr. Justice Brown at the i trial of Lee
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    Dance Contest
    25 5 MALACCA Wed The Malacca Dance Association is sponsoring the All-Malayan Amateur Dance Championship l?»:>i at the City Cabaret on Doc. 3 and 4.
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    Light Axe On Supplies Dept.
    154 5 THERE will not be any large-scale retrenchment of staff in the Food Control Department in Singapore, when rationing: goes off the list on Nov. IS, the Controller of Supplies, Mr. W. Jenkins, told The Standard, yesterday. Decontrol of rice will only affect 11 members of
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    RESULTS OF SONG CONTEST
    76 5 TANJONG MALIM. Wed. The Methodist English School held their annual elocution and singing contest recently. Following are the results: Elocution: < Senior^ 1. Harcharan Singh, 2. A. Sabapathy. 3. N. Ramanathan. < Junior l. N. Sundralingam. 2. Mahani binte Idrose, 3. Lim Sing Kit. Singing: 'Boys)
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    Ring Theft Is Denied
    55 5 HASHIM bin Samat claimed trial in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday to a charge of stealing a gold ring, worth $36. from a goldsmith'.shop at Arab Street at 10.4"> p.m. on Nov. 2. He was allowed $500 bail, in two sureties, and the case will
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    Max Worthley Was A Rare Treat At V.M.H.
    259 5 Max Worthley Was A Rare Treat At V.M.H. MAX Worthley's singing in Handel's serenata. 'Acis and Galatea'" at the Victoria Memorial Hall, last night, was a rare treat for Singapore's concert-goers. He ii undeniably a very gifted musician, with his effortless attack and flawless intonation, and a lyric tenor voice
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    110 5 School ArtExhibition Is Opened THE Students* Annual Art Exhibition of the Singapore Chinese High School was declared open yesterday by Mr. Ko Teck Kin. Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The exhibition will last till Nov. 7. Among those present at the official opening ceremony were Mr. Ho Kok
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    Lord Rowallan
    19 5 PARIT BL'NTAR. Wed. The Chief Scout Lord Rowallan. will arrive in Parit Buntar on Saturday Nov. 6
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    Local Boy Who Made Good Returns Home
    289 5 Local Boy Who Made Good Returns Home correspondent for the United Press in Nanking under the Communists, is also Managing Director of Asia Press Ltd.. which publishes Chinese books and the Asia Pictorial, which has the widest circulation among Chinese magazine* in the Far East His other enterprise !> the
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    73 5 PENANG. Wed A testimonial award for good service to Mr. Vivian Simon Bastion, clerk- in -charge. 0.0.R. Leive Centre. Penang. has been approved bv the C-in-C FARELF. The testimonial will be presented to Mr. Bastion by the G.O.C First Fed. Div Taiping. on his next visit
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    Flotsam And Jetsam
    940 6 IJJ7HEN Social Welfare Departments were first started in Singapore and the Federation, many people thought that social welfare was a newfangled idea and doubted the ability of the authorities to solve the social problems of this country by merely doling out money to human flotsam and jetsam.
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    I Was Under-Age Then Over-Age
    437 6 Sir; I was one of the candidates who appeared before the Selection Board on 14th 15th September, 1954 for appointment to the State Clerical Service (Higher Division), but I was disqualified as being slightly over-age. But. in thi s connection, it must be mentioned that
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    Blind Leading Blind?
    125 6 Sir. Is the UMNO running the M.C.A. or the MCA. running the UMNO? In the Taiping Town Council at the September meeting all the Alliance Councillors approved the increase of assessment from 15 per cent to 18 per cent without any murmur. On 21.10.54 Mr. Lee Kim
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    THE POWER OF THE MONASTERIES
    2031 6  - THE POWER OF THE MONASTERIES Harish Chandra Chandola By Concluding His Series Of Four Articles On The Chinese Invasion 0/ Tibet Choose With Care rIiUNG SHING JIT PAO, A appeals to the Chinese electorate to exercise the utmost rare in choosing their coifnrillors at the forthcoming elections. If we want
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    Mothei-To-Be Staggered The
    214 7 Beauty Contest Judges IMKK MAIKI I) attractive Mrs. Gladys Bryan. 22. posed gracefully in front of the judges in the semifinal of a D.'tOO beauty < on-l«-st recently. I 'he judges .soon made up their minds. Mrs. Bryan 11 as easily the winner. Then Mrs. Bryan, who
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    5,000 Years O? Atomic Destruction
    78 7 ONDON. Nov. 3, <AP) Minister Sir Winston hill told the House of Co jrestc rday an "undue ol atom and hydrogen -ions might have ffects on the atmo- surrounding the earth. Hi gave no indication what but added the I last roughly =5. 000 me,
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    CLIMBER WILL LOSE FINGER
    65 7 KATMANDU. Nov. ;j, (R ei U i »~Dr. Herbert Tichy. leader ol the Austrian expedition which last month .<raled Chou pyu, 26,750 feet, the world's <th highest peak will lose one finger through frostbite, ao »rding to a radio message rereived here yesterday from Namcbe Bazaar.
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    DEATH THREATS
    32 7 LEGAL officials taking part in the inquiry into the recent attempt on the Egyptian Premier's life have received anonymous letters threatening them with death if they pursue their investigations. Reuter
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    I Do Not Pretend — Says Mr. Nehru
    257 7 I Do Not Pretend Says Mr. Nehru C i C J' TTAf Nov 3 LTp >— P"me Minister Jawaharlal Nehru told a public meeting last night "I do not pretend I saw all of China in 10 days. The Chinese language is very difficult and I am not able to
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    Straight Up Test Flight
    94 7 SAX DIEGO. Nov. S, (Reu-j ter) The Convair Convert i I plane built for the United, States Navy made its first level flight yesterday, its manufacturers announced. It took off 2>traight up and levelled otT to fly forward then made an easy landing alter a 21-minute
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    SHE'S SICK OF PAYING HER 3rd HUBBY
    139 7 J^tW YORK. Nov. 3. <AP) Film star Bette Davis said yesterday she is "sick" of paying alimony to her third husband, who started a uit on Monday for USS 1.750 he claims she owes him. "I paid him about four years and I'm
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    285 7 HEADMASTER WAS OPPOSED TO A MIXED MARRIAGE VICTORIA, British Columbia, Nov. 3, (Reuter) Mr. G. P. Kaye, headmaster of a boys' school which asked the coloured Jamaican bride of a teacher to leave, said yesterday the decision was taken noi because of a "colour bar" but because the school was
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    Fire Ball Seen Oil-Cornwall
    85 7 Fire Ball Seen OilCornwall SAINT AUSTELL. Cornwall. n O v. 3 ,Reut*T' A glowing cigar-shaped object was seen in the sky west of here last night. One of several eye-witness-es. Mr. Geoffrey Ennor. a bank clerk, gave this description: "It looked iust like a ball of fire with a vertical
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    Bob Forgot Passport
    80 7 PARIS. Nov. 3 .AP>— French police detained American comedian Bob Hope yesterday when he arrived by plane for two days* work on a television show He hud left his passport back in a hotel In London and the French Immigra- j turn police didn't want to let
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    MOHAMMED ALI
    26 7 MR. MOHAMMED ALI. Prime Minister of Pakistan has accepted an invitation to attend the Colombo Powers '■onference. opening in Jakarta on Dec. 28. Reuter
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    A 'Dry' Election Day
    60 7 UNITED NATIONS. Nov. (UP) The onh hars open inmost of the United States yesterday were at the United Nations. While drinking places coast to coast closed in conformance with general election laws, the United Nations three bars remained open—but not to the general public. United Nations
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    200 Awards From Queen
    34 7 LONDON, Nov. 3. (Reuter)— More than 200 civilian and servicemen and women from Britain and the Commonwealth received awards from the Queen yesterday at an official investiture at Buckingham Palace
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    Democrats Rule In 26 States
    506 7 Alvin Stockton Republican Democr.it gain N« v York Mr A\ >rdl Man I. man (Democrat) >ucceedm»{ Mr Thomas bewey "Republic. up retired. Democrat R;>in North Dakota: Mi Norman Brunsdale (Republican) retlected Ohio: Mi Prank Laotcht Democrat I re elected. Oklahoma: Mr Rmmond Oar? 'Democrat) succeeds
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    More Money For Houses
    67 7 LONDON. Nor. I, (Renter) After 14 years Bntor)s can again spend as mnrh as (hey like on house building and other ronstrtiction work without first getting government permission. The Minister of Works. Mr Nig<. 1 Bruce, announced yesterday in the House of Commons that the government
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    KISSES FOR 23 BRIDES
    56 7 SOUTHAMPTON. Nov. A. (Reuter) British relatives hugged and kissed the H* British Guiana brides broughi home by men of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders when they docked here yesterday. Bagpipes and drums played as the troopship Diiwara drew alongside the quay bringing the regiment from one
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    HE WILL TELL ALL ABOUT THE BLONDE
    224 7 ROME, Nov. (UP) Actor Marlon Brando said yesterday he was trying to telephone his French fiancee in Paris to explain "about that blonde on the train." Brando seemed particularly worried about reports that a luscious Italian blonde had ioin«*d him on the train
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    A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY FOR QUEEN MOTHER
    202 7 A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY FOR QUEEN MOTHER NEW YORK; Nov. 3. (Reuten Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, made a sentimental journey yesterday to lunch with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt on the Roosevelt family estate here. The last time she was a visitor she was there with King George the Sixth at the
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    THEY'LL ALL RESIST AN ATTACK
    338 7 THEY'LL ALL RESIST AN ATTACK Collective Effort Plan By The U.N. Th V| N Ki TE p D NAT IO^ S NewYork < N .3.The U.N. Political Committee yesterdnw opprored 50-5 a plan calling on oil countries to help resist aggression by contributing m en money and supplies to the
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    TYPHOON TALKS
    28 7 A SIX-DAY symposium on r< itVMttaf inoip «c>method* at tewcilttM f ht r fTOW f h and nu. <H open in Tokyo on S •< v AP
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    HAILE SELASSIE
    22 7 Reuter EMPEROR Halle Beij> •f Ethiopia arrived in Amsterdam yesterday by ''i:n from France for ft thr »-d;ir state visit.
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    74 7 Stondord London Correspondent LONDON. No*. 3 The follow, n« «re the clos.** prices of rubber and tin on the London Mmrket LONDON RUBBER W 25id December 24Jd. Jonuory/MorcK 23Jd. April/June 23jd July/September 23 d October/December 22,;*. November c.i.f. 23 5/16d. Tone Very Steady. LONDON TIN Spot
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    BRITAIN'S GOLD RESERVES RISE
    379 8 LONDON, Nov. 3: (Rcutcr) Britain's *old and dollar reserves rose by USs3s,#*,oWdurta* October and stood at U552,936,000,0N on Oct 31, the Treasury announced. Defence aid from the United States during the month, amounted to U5517,000,000, the announcement added. The European Payment Union provided US$B,OOO,OOO in gold
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    150 8 DUISBURG, (Germany), Nov. 3: (Reuter) The passenger aircraft of the future may take off vertically from a chimney like installation, Count Helmut Zboro^wski. an Austrian aircraft engineer predicted at a conference of the German Society for Aviation Research. He said it would be driven by a
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    ONE MORE AIRLINE COMPANY FOR S'PORE
    175 9 ONE MORE AIRLINE COMPANY FOR S 'PORE SINGAPORE is being served by another major airline company which started operation recentThe new company is Skyways Ltd., of London, which is one of the largest operators of four-engined charter aircraft in the world. It has based a lour-engin-ed York aircraft in Singapore
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    Ships In Harbour
    154 9 OI'TER ROADS Asha. Nogin. Nic Zografia. Hoi Wong. -Esperance. Van Goens. Lang. Ascanius. Geres. Gertru'le Maersk. Benledi. Leneverelt. Nachisan \taru. Fernhill Jaad Laadki. Anking. Ogeka Bakke INNER ROADS Beetong. Hanthale. Angby. Bruas. Stia. Salong. Bentone Loh Sie. Marudu. Sedenak. Hong Ming. Pacific 1. Mahatevi. Tong Seng. Lamongan.
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    K.L. BANKER FETED
    64 9 MR. P. L. FICKLING, manager of the Chartered Bank of India. Australia China. Kuala Lumpur branch, who is retiring- after 32 years of banking in the Far East, was entertained at a farewell dinner party given by the staff in Kuala Lumpur. Picture shows Mr. Fickling (seen
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    Railway Confident Of Retaining Traffic
    248 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —The Malayan Railway is confident that with an active commercial policy and the quotation of attractive rates, it will retain the present total volume of traffic despite keen competition from other modes of transport. After making allowances for higher tonnages in commodities
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    JAP BOATS FOR SOVIET COAL
    65 9 TOKYO. Nov. I (AP) Two Japanese trading firms have completed barter contracts with a visiting Soviet trade missions under which •Japanese fishing craft and tugboats will be exchanged for Russian coal and raw cotton. Kyodo news agency said eight fishing boats and four tugboats will
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    RUBBER ROAD MAKES DEBUT
    69 9 THE rubber road has made it.s debut in Japan. Kobe authorities. trying to reduce noise in the port city, laid down a 100-yard section of highway with a surface of powdered rubber. Officials noted that, at least, the elastic strip gave very smooth riding on heavy
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    BANK DIBECTOBS MEET
    61 9 STANDARD picture taken after yesterday'^ meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chung Khiaw Bank Ltd. shows: (Front row from left): Messrs. Lau Pak Khuan, Ko Teck Km (Chairman) and Ng Sen Choy (Vicechairman). (Back row): Messrs. Tan Eng Joo, Aw Kow, Lee Chee Shan, Aw
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    AUST. CAN SUPPLY CAPITAL GOODS
    500 9 i innnif And Commerce Bid To Increase Trade Standard Staff Reporter MOST of the capital goods required for the development of Malaya con be had from Australia at competitive price and early delivery, Mr. W. R. Hudspeth, leader of the Australian trade mission told The
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    Drop In Air Traffic
    60 9 THERE was a slight decrease in air traffic at Kalian? Airport in September, official figure* issued yesterday revealed A total of 455 aircraft landed at Kallang compared with 4<i7 during August. Passengers disembarking at Singapore in September totalled 5.211 v.mi la August). passengers embarking were 5.4H4
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    Renong: Final Div. Of 30 p.c.
    86 9 RENONG Tm Dredging Co Ltd. reported profit of £103.929 after taxation for the year ended June 30. 1954 < 1M4.279 for the year before >. Appropriations included £2.063 < 1:2.016 > for preference dividend (less tax* 1:14.438 i £14.438) for interim ordinary dividend 15
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    Britain Is Important To Malaya's Trading
    160 9 Britain Is Important To Malaya's Trading OF the British Commonwealth countries, by far the most important to Malaya's trade i s the United Kingdom which for the first seven months this year exported $349 million and imported $232 million worth of goods. Next comes Australia which has sent a trade
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    Chamber Chief Is Chairman Of Chung Khiaw
    216 9 Chamber Chief Is Chairman Of Chung Khiaw MR. Ko Teck Kin, President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, yesterday *u, the late Mr. Aw Boon Haw as Chairman of the hunt Khiaw Bank Ltd. He was elected at a meeting of th o Roh-J of Directors of the Bank.
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    Industrials Firm And Tins Steady
    238 9 Industrials Firm And Tins Steady ON tht local >}\.i: yesterday. Industrials *re firm, while tins u «rr i.jy. Rubb< r shares, ri. l>'tt»-r buying int«-r--.i .n stlectivi et.untrr were /regular. The .v« rail turn«»vr; ntinu«d \i l. nodertti Price changes anno by UIC Malayan BtlftTebl ers' Association yestei were INIUSTRHI
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    BUKIT HITAM
    16 9 THE rrop harvested I i Bukit Hitam t -u.u f<»r o >r waj IT.OOd
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    RUBBER RISES ON BETTER U.K. PRICES
    151 9 Standard Market Reporter RIRBFR prices in Singapore rontinueil to rise yesterday, first grade rubber for November sliiiiment closing at 79 7 16 cents per lb., a rise of 13 16 real on Tuesday. Higher London prices overnight wore responsible for the improvement yester(Jav. South
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    Produce Market Is Easier
    163 9 Produce Market Is Easier THE j.rcdin c 11 ket in Sing;»pou remained <j .et ani siight.v task r m hm with \try small b ported. Pepptr prices wen A-^r Sy $2J per pK ul for k» with no business retried. Fair actitivy wai p v<i in copra which i below
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    61 9 NEW YORK Nov I <R« u ter) Goodjear T>ir and Rubber Company .«nn..uiKrd an imrrasr in thru JMg prices of all «.m.«li tiu«k.<ar and farm tra<Cor hi" of per real. The increase I* blamed higher r«»*t* fur Ijluuir 'nd rrude rnbbrr An tarrraM* in Ijrfi l»> by
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    SHA NEED A COACH NOW OR ITS TOO LATE
    542 10 SHA NEED A COACH NOW OR ITS TOO LATE The Booklet Will Not Do tui ».,<c B VERITY GILL THERE S always a time and a place for everything. And the time has come for the Singapore Hockey Association to begin negotiations with the Indian Hockey Federation for a coach
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    Rad Leads Johore On Saturday
    167 10 Rad Leads Johore On Saturday ISIMELI RADRODRO. captain and hero of the unbeaten Fijians, will lead Johore against the Singapore Combined Civilians in the opening match of this year's H.M.S. Malaya Rugby competition on Saturday at the English College ground at Johore Bahru. The Johore team, even without the four
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    AIRMEN WHIP RECS 4-0
    36 10 RAF. (Tengah) beat the Singapore Recreation Club 4 o in a friendly hockey fixture on the SRC padang yesterday. Scorers fo r RAF (Tengah) were N. Baker 2, and R. Baker 2.
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    NAVY LOSE TO DOCKYARD
    51 10 DOCKYARD Sports Club beat Royal Malayan Navy by two goals to one in a Singapore Hockey Association Div. 2 league match played on the Dockyard ground yesterday. Garbara Singh and Bjajan Singh scored for the Dockyard while Inspector White netted the only goal for Royal Malayan
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    LANDAU WILL RUN
    32 10 LAUREL. Maryland. Nov. 3 (Reuter)— Queen Elizabeth's colt Landau recovered from {he heel infection which bothered him yesterday, will run In the $05,000 <£23.21ti» Washington International here this afternoon
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    SELETAR TAKE THIS GAME OF SORRY MISSES
    324 10 ROYAL AIR FORCE, Seletar, beat the Royal Australian Air Force by 12 points (4 tries) to 3 points (1 penalty coal), when they met in a Rugby match at Seletar yesterday. The qame was the poorest seen at Seletar this season. j Neither
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    Rafflesians Shoot Two Past Beatty
    154 10 RAFFLES Institution boat] Beatty Secondary School 2-0 in their Inter-School Hockey encounter on the RI ground yesterday. From the opening bully RI attacked near the Beatty's goal, when Rl's centre forward Awang hit a terrific shot at goal. Beatty's goal-keeper Siew Peng kicked clear. RI
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    SKINNER DID ALL BUT STOP THE ARMY
    539 10 SKINNER DID ALL BUT STOP THE ARMY Army 3 Eurasians 2 Osborne 2 and John Gallagher. Ivan Vass (penally) and Dexter Boyd. 0 Rejeree—Lee Pak Tong. A fine opportunist goal scored by inside right, Osborne in the last minute of the game enabled Army to beat Eurasians by three goals
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    Kim Song Meets Low Tonight
    126 10 Kim Song Meets Low Tonight TAX Kim Son^ of Siong 800 AA beat Chin Chee Nen of Aston Athletic Club by 500 points to 356 points in the semi-final of the Singapore I Open Billiards championships lat the Singapore Badminton Stadium last night. As expected. Kim Song sweot through to
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    LEE DOES IT A THIRD TIME
    50 10 KELAXTAX. Wed-In the Kelantan Lawn Tennis Championshfp plaved here yesterdav Lee Kim Chui won the open singles title for the third time when h e beat Taib bin Osman 3-6. 6-4. 6-4 In the Novices' singles semifinal Mustapha Jaar.w beat Douglas Lim 6-0. 6-2
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    DUTCHMEN BEAT CUSTOMS
    56 10 DUTCH CLUB beat Customs Sports Club by five goals to three id a Singapore Hockey Association Div. HA league match played on the Indian Association ground yesterday. Schoepens scored four goals including a 'hat-trick* for the Dutchmen. Their other goal was scored by De Stoppelaer. Customs scored
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    55 10 CEYLON Sports Club, who are unbeaten in this year's Singapore Hockey Association Div. 3B league, were held to a 1-1 draw by the Singapore Medical Services Union in a league mat»h played on the C.S.C. ground yesterday S. Yogorajah opened scoring for the Ceylonese and Seva Singh scored
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    ROVERS HELD
    45 10 G.H.Q FARELF held Tampenis Rovers to a l-l draw in a Singapore Hockey Association Div. :*B league match played at Farrer Park yesterday. Peter Wee sroreri for Tampenis Rovers midway In the first half and Sharm'a equalised for the soldiers after the interval.
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    149 10 SINGAPORE Cricket Club Women's "B" team whipped Women's Royal Air Force Seletar, three-nil in their hockey fixture yesterday on the SCC padang. SCC deserved their victory for they were in complete command right throughout tr* game. For the visitors it was Col. Jones who was
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    AGA KHAN'S MASAKA FETCHES US$l05,000
    253 11 LEXINGTON (Kentucky), Nov. 3, (AP)— A bay daughter Nearc-o brought US$lO5,OOO last night— the highest Amrric-an auction price ever paid for a thoroughbred broodmare and reportedly the all-time top tor a barrea mare— as the Aga Khan's consigninenl was at Keeneland. ie 9-year-old stakes winning
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    Springdale Sports Club's Officials
    40 11 Springdale Sports Club's Officials g iratw n g< nera S] No. 15, Lane. S ffi i. .s wi rt L954 r 55. Di B C. I p Ah San; Lam Si tor: A :< I Ch< 5. J. Hi ar, .).<; S
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    Carnival Champions
    80 11 KUALA KANGSAR, Tues.Kuala Kangsar District beal the North Peryk Combine Schools by a solitary fcoa] scored by winger Tharinns.tnam on the concluding day o! the North Perak Hockey Carnival he'.d on the Malay College Green. At ihe conclusk>n, Mrs. J.D. R. Howe!!, wife of the principal u! the
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    US DAVIS CUP TEAM LACKS A 'SUPERSTAR'
    554 11  -  CONNIE RYAN By Photo. Hills indir a P H'. NOV <^ P >- Th e 1954 American Tennis Championships at Forest SJu ftor h th ,Z Ff± Apstmlto will be the Davis Cup way up but aooLenut TS« iS* nr h s man
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    ESPINOSA SALVAGES TITLE WITH TKO WIN
    191 11 OSAKA (Japan), Nov. 3, (AP)— Battling Bonnie Espinosa of the Philippines looked like a beaten fighter last night until he salvaged his Orient lightweight title with a seventh round technical knockout over Kasumi Kosaka of Japan. The Japanese challenger staged completely unexpected comeback after
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    Dower Must Fight Marsden Before Shirai
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    OLSON TO MEET PANTER
    139 11 R: HMOND, California Xov 3. (UP) Carl (Boho) Olson tangles with the most devastating puncher in the middleweight ranks here. Wednesday night when he meets Garth Panter of Salt Lake City. The tight, a non-title 10--rounder, is supposed to be tune-up for Olson's title defen o
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    HQ Take A Trouncing
    152 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Selangor Club trounced Headquarters Malaya in their Rugby friendly yesterday to leave the padang with a 32 points to nil victory over the Servicemen. There is little to describe in thi s one-sided game in which the Club crossed the HQ lin e
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    GERMANS WIN
    37 11 DROGHEDA. Ireland. Nov. 3, (Renter) An amateur boxing team from western Germany gained their third victory over Ireland in five days when they beat an Irish team by three bouts to two here last night.
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    SUMMER TAN IS VERY ILL
    61 11 NEW YORK. Nov. 3. «AP> Summer Tan. winner of the U*****,965 Garden Stake, the worlds richest horse race, was stricken ill In his stall at Belmont. Virginia. Tuesday. Veterinarians diasno>ed the ailment as an embolism 'blood clot > in th-* arteries supplying the colt's intestines
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    123 12 Give A Hand To Geoffrey World's Fastest Blind Man record of s' 11 seconds for the 100 yards sprint was set by six-foot Geoffrey Bull, aged 19, of Chippenham, Wiltshire. England. And what is remarkable is the fact that Geoffrey is blind he was born partly blind and became totally
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    VICTORIANS OUST THE METHODISTS
    608 12 One More Win For Thompson Cup Victoria Institution OBA 4 Methodist Boys School OBA 1 Yoon Fee. Edwin Pachymuthu 2, S. Thasan, Sai Chong (penalty'). Referee'- Norman Bosircll. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The star-studded Victoria Institution Old Boys Association gave a polished display to beat Methodist Boys
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    No Luck For The All Blues
    242 12 No Luck For The All Blues IN SPITE of a first half domination. Singapore's All Blues went down to a Singapore Cricket Club \V XV on the padang yesterday. The Club won by six points (two tries) to nil. Pushing the SCC forwards in the set .-crums, All Blues mane
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    SEL UNITED BEAT RAF 13-0
    82 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Selangor United scored three P< Mtg before 'he interval and then added another ten to beat RAF by thirteen points (twro goals, penalty) to nil in a rugger match on the RAF ground here today. Piotriowski converted a penalty in the first
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    CRAZIE BEATS KONC MING BY 2 LENGTHS
    332 12  -  WINDSOR LAD f w XVXVVNX^ x "KL Trackwork kimvm vxv xvx By KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Grazie. a neat compact looking three-year-old by Pink Flowers, revealed striking form, when he easily accounted for stablemate Kong Ming (E. Donnelly) in a full-stripped three furlongs spin
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    PRATHUNG SHOCKS THE QUEEN
    945 12  -  PETER KUM By —Then Humble Mixed Champs With Piraz KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The little brown Miss with the strange sounding name of Prathung Pattabong blasted Malaya's ego when she easily drew with Malaya's badminton queen of the courts, Mrs. Cecilia Samuel, in an exhibition match in
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    They A.RE Cominy
    96 12 ENGLAND'S women In. ternationals. June White and Iris Cooley will arrive in Singapore for the Colony's exhibition matches this month on Not. 14. The honorary secretary of the tadmintoD Association of Malaya. Mr Cheah Mah Sun, said yesterday that he had received a cable from the All
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    RASC WIN
    35 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Pinder landed a penalty goal to give Royal Army Service Corps a threes-zero edge over Selangor Malays in another rugger match on the HQ Malaya ground, Gurney Road here today.
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    Customs' Match
    25 12 H M CUSTOMS. Land Division, beat the Customs Harbour Divisions, 4-2 in their Inter-Division B occer match played at Farrer Park on Monday.
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    REME Show Promise Bui Not Enough ForSHB
    393 12 RE ME Show Promise Bui Not Enough ForSHB ROYAL Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, one of the most promising services teams this season, came up against a Singapore Harbour Board XV at their best, and could only win by an unconverted try in their Rugby encounter at Keppel Road yesterday. REME
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    SUKHDEV DECIDES
    100 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wod. A brilliant hattrick by inside right Sukhdev Singh enabled the Selangor Schools Sports Council to beat Young Men's Sikh Association three-one in I Selangor Hookey Association Div. I league match on the Victoria Institution ground today. Inside right Sukhdev Singh opened the scoring for Combined
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      52 12 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Community League: Royal Air Force v Indians Jalan Besar. HOCKEY: S.H.A. League: Div. I—Latiff1 Latiff Wanderers v R.A.F. (Changi) Wanderers; S.R.C. v Police padang. RUGGERS: University v Beatty University: Victoria School v Young Malayans VS; Raffles Institution v St. Andrew's 0.8.A.—R1. BILLIARDS: S'pore Championships (final) at Badminton Stadium—
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