Singapore Standard, 14 October 1955

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    25 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD POLICE ***** (5 n»«) 2400 v*l FIRE BRIGADI GENERAL HOSPITAL 5111 W Kt** SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1955 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon Officer & 2 Men Die In An Ambush
    421 1 Officer 2 Men Die In An Ambush ci \L\ PILAU, inurs.— -communist terrorists toihushed a military jeep killing an Army officer Mild all British The action took place on I? i pilah-Tampin Road near the Selaru New On! one soldier, wounded, survived. I the road and as the jeep reached
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    Lock icon Bao Dai Disowns Premier
    60 1 Bao Dai Disowns Premier .•►•r) State of announcl- ad "unwith" hLs Dam and tending to with ComVietnam. been liv- unt ary Lng stages war last .ryt 9 in a the French > the em•_d States. Dd India. be wished inequivoc::rough the I II9Q to ask specially important il powers world,
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    Lock icon INVOCATION DRAWS MacD
    38 1 •LLOR of the Malaya, Mr. D nald. now loner ln Singapore morning to oner-Gen-ist Asia. Mr. it his visit r .ate one." Mallaig as i. .^nate. Mr. nd Mrs. Loke. Foil *Ur\ in Page 3).
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    Lock icon SONG MAN DIES
    11 1 L'R Hammerbl the famous "Naughty ROM Marie." Reuter
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    Lock icon VOLCANO EXPLODES
    81 1 KAGOSHIMA. Oct. 13 (UP) —A mile-high volcano on Sakurajima Island exploded with a roar today near this southern Japanese town showering ashes on 300 school children in the area Reports received later said there were no casualties. All mountain climbers in the vicinity were reported safe A report
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    Lock icon 4 HURT IN GANG WAR
    50 1 TWO SECRET society gangs clashed in Lorong Tai Seng in the Paya Lebar area of Singapore late last night Five men were later detained. Four of the detained men were later sent to the General Hospital for treatment of wounds sustained In the gang war.
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    Lock icon Mersing Road 'Terror' Is Dead
    210 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The "terror of Mersing Road," a name given to the notorious terrorist Kuan Chew, fell to the guns of a patrol of Area Security Unit No. 63, this morning. Kuan Chew was one of the two terrorists killed by Security Forces in
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    Lock icon TOP RED TALKS AT TITI
    397 1  -  K. C. ARUN Gurkhas Stumble On Secret Rendezvous And Break Up Feast By Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Thurs.— High-ranking Communist leaders from Central Malaya are reported to hare met mi a |ungle rendezvous outside Titi Village in Negri Sembilan lost Friday, to discuss future strategy
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    Lock icon PIGEON FANCIER
    34 1 photo. SINGAPORE actress Gracia Tay, 23, visiting St. James' Park, London, recently added colour to the bright October sunshine by wearing her national costume. Here Gracia pauses to feed the pigeons. AP
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    Lock icon Major Drive In Johore
    264 1 Major Drive In Johore Truce Talks Fall Through OPERATION X. a major i military offensive against the j Johore Communists, will be launched if the amnesty talks between Tunku Abdul Rah- i man and Chin Peng fail. The Standard understands i The recent build-up of troops in Kluang is only
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    Lock icon RUBBER DROPS AGAIN
    80 1 SINGAPORE rubber prices took another tumble yesterday, first grade October shipment closing at $1.16 i per lb., a drop of three cents on Wednesday. Yesterday's price was the lowest since July 1. this year. Quotations opened weak at two cents below the previous day and continued to
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    Lock icon DENTAL CONGRESS
    21 1 SIXTY dentists from eight nations including Malaya 1 opened the first Asian Dental Congress in Tokyo yesterday. I Reuter
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    Lock icon Escorts For Army Trucks
    72 1 NICOSIA, Oct. 13 I Reuter British Army and Royal Air Force vehicles are now travelling in Cyprus with armed guards in each vehicle by day and with armed escort vehicles at night. This measure, which is similar to the arrangements in the Canal Zone during the
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    Lock icon DOCKERS STOP
    23 1 MORE than 8.000 dockers in Sydney and Melbourne yesterday staged a mass walkoff from the 60 ships in the ports. Reuter
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    23 1 A CHINESE Communist private soldier claiming to be a deserter crossed into Hongkong and gave himself up to Police yesterday.
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    60 1 NEW YORK. Oct. 13 (AP)— Falling into a seventh-floor elevator shaft, a 300-pound man grabbed a cable and slid 70 feet to the basement of a midtown office building yesterday. Walter Moyer 55. superintendent of the building, suffered severe friction-burns of the hands, bruised heels and
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    Lock icon MEETING FOR IKE
    21 1 PRESIDENT Eisenhower's doctors have approved a meeting on Saturday with the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr George Humphrey.
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    Lock icon RainS weeps North India Flood Areas
    107 1 NEW DELHI. Oct. 13 (AP) Heavy showers today swept, north India's flood areas, where the central government has estimated more than 9.000 square miles of rich farmland is inundated. In Delhi itself thousands of refugees from the flooded lowlands along the Jumna river are
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    Lock icon 'The Big Itch' For 50 Million Britons
    174 1 LONDON. Oct. 13 (AP) Fifty million Britons positively itched uith curiosity toda, rover .the nex move (if any) in the romance (if there stil l IS >nei Setwecn Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter T0 The n principal S let them go right
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    Lock icon COMMUNISTS MAUL MONKS
    184 1 COLOMBO. Oct. 13 (UP)-Red-shirted Communists severely mauled a group of Buddhist monks today, touching ofl a riot that spread through the streets of Colombo until quelled by police with rifles, tear gas. and batons. The monks were attacked for voicing opposition to Communist demands that Sinhalese and
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    55 1 TWO Hungarian refugees escaped but a third was lelt behind badly wounded and caught in barbed wire when the three set off a mine last night while crossing the fortified frontier into Austria. Hungarian frontier guards turned searchlights on to the spot as the mine exploded
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    331 2 My Place Is With The Trade Unions, Says Mr. Dragoon MR. S. DRAGOON, general secretary of several trade unions in Singapore, last night resigned from the executive committee of the Peoples' Action Party, to "dedicate his full time to trade union work." Announcing his resignation, Mr. Dragoon
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    Lock icon Hope Of Buses Running Dwindles
    177 2 Hope Of Buses Running Dwindles THE chances of Chinese bus company vehicles running on Singapore Traction Company routes in the immediate future are very remote. Negotiations between the Chinese Bus Owners' Association and the Bus Workers' I Union on a union proposal jto run the services broke down last night.
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    Lock icon Art Work On Display
    62 2 IPOH. Thurs. One of the most popular Chinese artists to visit Ipoh. Professor Chang Tan Nung. will display his work at the Kheh Association here, from Oct. 14 to 16. Tiie exhibition will be declared open at 2 p.m. tomorrow and will close at 9 p.m.
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    Lock icon Housewives Act Against Speedsters
    83 2 Housewives Act Against Speedsters KAJANG, Thurs— Kajang town is on the lookout for speed-crazy motorists who tear through its streets while travelling between Kuala Lumpur and Seremban. Kajang Police said today they would soon act against "mad-drivers who often send unsuspecting housewives and schoolchildren screaming oflf the road." Angry housewives
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    Lock icon Tay Koh Vat Bus Routes Extended
    226 2 THE Tay Koh Vat Bus Company last night announced ro e ,t/ Xten i icn of its three routes a s from today. Route Xo. 9: From Haycock Road (Chinese Secretariat) to Paya Lebar Airport via Havelock Road. Pulau |aigon Road. River Valley Road.
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    74 2 DR. AND MRS HO SKNG ONG. who returned from the Tinted State*; by air yesterday He will resume his post as Asian Education Secretary f or thr Methodist Mission schools in Malaya a job he has held since IM.*>2. Hi s Headquarters will now be
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    Lock icon Pay Rise For Two Firm's Employees
    216 2 DAILY-RATED employees of Orchard Motors and i Borneo Motors in Singapore will get a wage increase I of 72 cents per day as from Sunday. Agreement was reached between the managements and the workers to this effect at the Labour Department yesterday. Both parties
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    85 2 A DUTCH artist, who is temporarily staying in the Colony because his paintings are on display, was discharged yesterday in the Fifth Magistrate's Court on a good behaviour bond for six months for abusing a woman. It was stated that the artist. Joseph M. Keyser. used
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    Lock icon $300 BAIL ON HURT COUNT
    73 2 TELOK ANSON Thurs A petition writer. Loh Fook Choon. 46, wa s allowed $300 bail when he appeared before Mr. D. C. I. Wernham. in the Magistrate's court yesterday on a charge of voluntary causing grevious hurt to hi s wife. He was alleged to
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    64 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A >hopkeepcr. Wong Kok Cheng of Cross Street, today pleaded not guilty before the First Magistrate to charge of tailing to pay otf one of his assistants on termination of his services. He was alleged to have owed the assistant, Lai Chen $85..),")
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    Lock icon HURT WITH AXE CHARGE
    50 2 RAUB. Thurs. Periasamy. 24. a labourer in the Telecoms Department, claimed trial in the West Pahang Circuit Magistrate's Court yesterday to a charge of causing hurt to Muthusamy with an axe on Oct. 10. H e was allowed $300 bail in one surety till Oct 21.
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    16 2 BID TO INJECT NEW LIR INTO TU M 1 5 r s I n y era
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    12 2 $5,000 FINE AND CAR CONFISCATED I Ti I The i F r
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      70 2 Weather Report MINI M V M Temperature: From ;..;o p.m. Oct. 12 to 7.30 a.m. Oct 13. Singapore (73F), Penang (71F), Kota Bahru (73F), Kuala Lumpur (74F), Ipoh (73F), Kuanta»n (72F). Maximum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Oct. IS. Singapore (86F). Penang (90F). Kota Bahru (90F), Ku/Ja Lumpur
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    Lock icon Photographer Freed In May Riot Case
    509 3 Fantastic Suggestion Counsel •.\G Siang grapnel o have v 12 P stones at the •orday S.ngaCriminal T .dge. Mr. ye, withbeing n was .ng uncaused I Gopating in Circus 12. n had Mr. K'-n--lai. subre was no .d that ged to be necesparked I
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    Lock icon Putcome Of Fathet Laos Peace Talks Uncertain
    114 3 Putcome Of Fathet Laos Peace Talks Uncertain 3 assess I c "peace* on repren.Tient of Communist Laos) in c Deputy nd ForeLaos Mr. ne, when S.ngapore will lead -.mon in nferenet taiks_ the request Cummisnbers are i md Poave been than three roults Ls that not Mnntations." ...er. Unreasonable f
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    20 3 R Thurs.— of AmI trial Group Capt cargo of of Chee to run -tcrday .Vowed
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    107 3 TIIE New Zealand External Affairs Minister, Mr. T. L. Mac Donald. (above), who arrived in Singapore by air yesterday said the Colombo Plan had proved its usefulness and should be continued. Mr. Mac Donald will lead his country's delegation to the Colombo Plan conference here. "I am
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    116 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A...- doubts as to whether j the Petaling Jaya administrator can collect rates for I!C>3 were removed today by the Federal Legislative Council when it approved the writinf of Special Provisions into the Petaiing Java Ordinance. Prior to this, owing to the
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    78 3 PENANG. Thurs. An amnesty tea party will be given by the Malayan Chinese Association. Penang Branch, to about TO residents from the hill areas of the island at 5 p.m. at the M.C.A. premises tomorrow. Among the speakers who will address the gathering will be the
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    34 3 Dr V O. G Smyth, who has been acting as Medical Superintendent, Tampoi Mental Hospital. returned to Ills station at Tanjong Rambutan yesterday on the arrival from leave of Dr. S. Devadason.
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    51 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A woman, X Retnambal, 27, of Petaling .lava today pleaded guilty before Magistrate Inche Abdul Rani to charges of driving a motor car without a driving licence and without insurance coverage. She was fined $120 and disqualified from obtaining a licence for a
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    Lock icon Young Bride Sues Her Mother-ln-Law
    196 3 Young Bride Sues Her Mother-ln-Law bride was by her when she mission ■ck father. by a dog. 3 Xtb Matold recent- "Id Yeo Utnted a >'-'♦• again>t in-law. Soh triking her I l ntenance d. Tan Eng filer. 1 i♦ n, Ass- istant Director of Social Welfare, told the court
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    Lock icon Postman Gets Two Years For Theft
    189 3 Postman Gets Two Years For Theft KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Sessions Court President, Mr. I.C.C. Rigby today sentenced a 19-year-old postman, Hashim bin Wahid, to two years' imprisonment when he pleaded guilty to a theft charge. A. S. P. Sudharshan Singh, told the court that Hashim. a postman in the
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    Lock icon Fined For Punching PC
    74 3 A SINGAPORE hawker. Lee .Tec Kheok. was fined $50, in default one month's jail by Magistrate Choor Singh yesterday, for assaulting a constable at Seng Poh Road Market, on Sept. 20. Constable Bakhtiar told the court, he was a member of a Police party, led by
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    216 3 PENANG, Thurs. "A ruffian of Sungei Dua Village," Kang Ah Poon, 20, who was convicted on a charge of causing hurt, was told by Magistrate Mr. Au Ah Wah today that he was fortunate he was not being charged with murder. Kan 2 was sentenced
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    541 3 UNIVERSITY TO HOLD RECORD CONVOCATION MacD. Flies In From /nc/ia To Preside Over Ceremony A RECORD-BREAKING number of 233 graduands will tomorrow receive various degrees in a day-long Convocation to be held by the University of Malaya, which will include the conferring of seven honorary degrees, five of them on
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    97 3 TWO Malayan nurses. Lilian Wong Yoke and Lee Sic.v Mui. returned to Singapore yesterday alter a two-^car post graduate nursing course in Australia under the A.I.F. Malayan Nursing Scholarship Scheme. I Twelve nurses have ">ccn trained under the scholarship in Australia so far. The scheme
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    69 3 PENANG. Thurs. The United Nations Association of! Malaya announced here today that the Federation of Malaya has asked the International Labour Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, lor two expert instructors in electromechanical work and construction techniques. The request stated these two experts would have to be in
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    22 3 THE Assistant Boy ScoutfCommissioner. Perak, Mr. Yap Him Kee. will inspect the Slim River Troops today at Tanjong Ma lim. Perak.
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    216 3 THE Inter-University conference to be held in Rangoon will counter the deplorable lack of relationship and exchange of students existing in South-east Asia, lecturer m Economics of the University of Malaya. Ungku Abdul Aziz, told The Standard yesterday. Ungku Aziz is one of three
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    Lock icon PADI PLANTER IS SENT FOR TRIAL
    507 4 PADI PLANTER IS SENT FOR TRIAL Temple Murder Inquiry Ends PENANG, Thurs.— About $2,300 was taken from the Snake Temple at Sungei Kluang when the high priest, Rev. Teo Loo Lok, was assaulted on the morning of Sept. 6. This was stated in the alleged confession of a padi planter,
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    Lock icon He Molested His Friend's Wife On A Taxi Ride
    158 4 He Molested His Friend's Wife On A Taxi Ride WHILE a woman was breast-feeding her child in a taxi, a man— a friend of the woman's husband interfered with her, the Singapore Fifth Police Court was told yesterday. Lee Kee Hong, a farmer and fruit collector of Jurong. was fined
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    Lock icon He Lied To Cheat Woman Of $100
    282 4 He Lied To Cheat Woman Of $100 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Tan Chin Tiong was today sentenced in the Sesj sions Court to two years' I imprisonment to be follow,ed by two years' police I supervision for cheating. He was ordered to pay $100 compensation or serve a further two months'
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    152 4 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot fob. (nom.) 116} 116\ No. 1 RSS Oct. 116} UCI No. 2 116 116* No. 3 115 1135 Tone Steady. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was 5372 per picul. (Down 50 cts.) LONDON
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    79 4 SINGAPORE Police are investigating the cause of a fire which damaged the upholstery of a car belonging to Senior Architect. Mr. T. H. H. Hancock, on Wednesday night. Mr. Hancock, who lives in a flat in Leonie Hill, hari parked his car in a garage
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    58 4 rJ^^P: Lower Austria. pet. 13 (Reuter) The wedding will take place here next Monday of 24-year-old Theresa Elizabeth HapsburgLothringen a grand-daughter Pmnl e r A ustrian Emperor, tranz Josef, and Herr Ra^n yon Wittersbach a nephew rm P Ji nC o e Ru PP
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    33 4 INCHE Salleh bin Eckhardt has assumed duties as Circuit Magistrate. Johore Bahru reuSE* l?° he Bah auriin* bin Mohamed Yacob, who has been appointed to act as Deputy Public Prosecutor. Johore
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    91 4 INDIA'S Minister for Planning. Irrigation and Power, Mr. Gulzarilal Nanda. arrives in Singapore tomorrow to lead his country's delegation to the seventh annual meeting of the consultative committee on Economic Development in South-east Asia, which opens on Monday. Mr. Nanda. prominent Congress (India's ruling Party) leader was
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    53 4 MR. Q. X CHUA of No. 2. Ean Kiam Place Singapore has sent a donation of $50 to The Standard for Ah Boey. the cripple child in Malacca. The money has been forwarded to the Social Welfare Department. Malacca, who will hand over the money
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    54 4 BAUB, Thurs.— Wan Yong. 37. an employee cf the Raub Australian Gold Mine, claimed trial in the Magistrate's Court yesterday to a charge of stealin« two katis of gold-bearing ore belonging to the mine on Oct. ll at 7.10 p.m. Wan was allowed $300 bail
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    63 4 WING Commander A. S. Mann. Royal Air Force, and Flying Officer Winifred O'Donnell, Women's Royal Air Force, both of Headquarters, Far East Air Force, were married at St. Anthony's Church, R.A.F. Station, Changi, yesterday. The Commander-in-Chief. Far East Air Force, Air Marshal, Sir Francis Fressanges and Air Vice-Marshal
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    199 4 Magistrate Calls For 'Silent Zone' THREE Singapore magistrates agreed yesterday that the traffic noises outside their courts in South Bridge Road, interfered with their work. One magistrate suggested that a "silent zone" should be put up round the area while the courts are in session Here are their commentsj The
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    Lock icon Three Pals In A Bar
    69 4 AN argument among three pais as to who should pay the bill in a bar at Phillip Street, Singapore, led to one of them being stabbed in the chest. The injured man. Leng Pang Kong, was admitted to the General Hospital. Alter the incident, Leng's
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    Lock icon Gold Chain Snatched
    63 4 A SINGAPORE cyclist snatched a gold chain worth $8() on Wednesday from an Indian giri while she was walking along Race Course Road. Mrs. A. J. Wingate. living in Whitehouse Park, Singapore, reported that while she was :n her neighbour's home, a man walked into her house
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    628 5 Reputation Must Be Maintained, Says Purseglove was 49, he said. Mr. Tan Hoon Siang, a well-known orchid breeder, recommended that a special post of orchid-breeder snouid be created and that Mr. Festana, in view >ol nis specialized knowledge, should fill that post. Eariier in yesterday's sitting, tne
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    223 5 ABOUT 45 members of the Radio Malaya Employees Union walked out during a meeting discussing their memorandum to the Malayanixation Commission, in the premises of Radio Malaya in Singapore last night. They left in protest against what they termed bloc voting by
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    67 5 SINGAPORE Police w.li enfor c special traffic arrangements at the opening of the Colombo Plan Conference at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Oct. 17. Xo car< except those with i, will be Dcrm.tted to enter Empress Place and no vehicles will be allowed to park or
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    195 5 liege of Malaya will soon have the Egyptian professors and the s will ship about $30,000 worth I lege library. This was the result of personal contacts marie by the chairman of the College Council. Dato S. I. O. AlsagofT. who recently held discussion in Cairo
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    59 5 BLOOD transfusion in the week ending Oct. 12 totalled 175. 'caving a blood bank of 90 fia>ks. Servicemen and women continued to be in the majority of donors, who numbered 157. The public is reminded, however, that group 'B' blood is very low and those who
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    193 5 ONE of the passengers who disembarked from the Italian liner Sydney yesterday for a brief look around Singapore was Rev. Father Michael Keohane 0.M.1, who is one of the few men to have "Gone Bush" in "Never Never" land. The terms "Gone Bush" and ■•Never
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    57 5 Entrants For 'Miss Exhibition' TWO of the entrants for the "Miss Exhibition" Competition at the Happy World Trade Fair in Singapore. Girl with a tie is Miss Yemina Juliana Shababo. 17, serving at the Admiral Shirt Stand. Thhe other girl is Miss Mary Ho- Li Seng, 19, of Mm Company
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    162 5 Progs Bid For 39Hour Week For Clerks THE Trade Unions' Committee of the Singapore Progressive Party has prepared a draft charter giving office workers a 39-hour week and shop assistants a 44-hour week. The Party last night called for a public meeting of all shop and clerical workers in Singapore
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    231 5 JUDGMENT was reserved by Mr. Justice VVhitton in the Singapore High Court yesterday at the end of a probate suit in the matter of Mohamed Abdul Latheef Maricar, deceased, whose estate in the Colony was stated to be worth 550,000 i The plaintifl. Sara Ummal.
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    68 5 WITH reference to a news item in yesterday's issue of The Standard reporting an interview with Mr. Jamit Singh in which he was alleged to have said that a statement by Mr. Goode. the Chief Secretary, was an "outright lie," The Standard desires to dissociate
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    37 5 A MAMMOTH Chinese banquet in honour of the Colombo Plan delegates will be given by the three Chambers o f Commerce of Singapore at the Cathay Restaurant on Saturday. Oct. 22 at 8.:_0 p.m.
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    978 6 Identity Cards HEM identity cards were first introduced in 1948 the public were apprehensive about the intention of the authorities, but as time passed they discovered these cards were useful for the immediate establishment of their identity, especially when they wanted to cash cheques, money orders, make applications
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    299 6 VIEWS REVIEW OF Negara's Shortcomings riTUSAN MELAYU in an editorial sa|a Party Negara has yet to recover the initiative from the Alliance in espousing the cause of "Merdeka." Utusan was commenting on statements by Negara leaders on the shortcomings of the Party and the need for overcoming such weaknesses. Utusan
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    954 6  -  PHILIP DEANE PAKISTAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL TROUBLE.* By Delhi THE leader of the warlike Khyber Pass tribesmen and Pakistan's most picturesque figure, the tall, bearded Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, has just been released after being held in gaol without trial. He was arrested in September for opposing the M
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      225 6 Sir: I share the opinion of Mr. David Marshall when he says he is proud cf the 214 strikes since the Labour Front came into power. The gap between the rich and the poor is as deep as the one between the employers and
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      220 6 Sir: May I crave the indulgence of your valuable space to say a sincere "thank you" to the Doctors, Nurses and Staff of Ward 17 of the General Hospital of which I was recently a patient. The confidently efficient manner in which the Surgeon Doctors carry out
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      149 6 Sir: I wish to ask all your readers to turn to page 6 on Oct. 10 of your paper and read what T. S. Mohanam has written about Radio Malaya and Malayalam. I am quite familiar with all the reasons he has given to introduce Malayalam in
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      100 6 Sir: In a letter reported to have come from the .Malayan Communist headquarters to the Federation Chief Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, the Communists stated they wanted to meet only the Alliance leaders. Tunku Abdul Rahman and Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan. In view of this I
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      241 6 Sir: The Singapore Trades Union Congress claims a total of 40,000 membership. I am a member of one of its affiliated Unions. and so I am a member of the T.U.C Being a keen observer of the growth of trade unionism in Singapore. I know the T.U.C. from
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    668 6  - The NEWS as it strikes ASTER GUNASEXE I SINGAPOREANS can evy pect a lessening of the fanatical and dangerous excesses which have made life in the island irksome for the past several months now that the Public Security Bill has been passed There was never a moment s doubt that
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    77 7 TIIE Voice of America's Master Control equipment, believed to be the largest and most flexible in the world, was put into operation recently to mark completion of construction work on the new radio facilities in Washington. The equipment was specially designed and constructed to handle the Voice's
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    213 7 Duv m 1 (Reuter) Britain is planning submarine lor service in the Royal lord. Admiral Earl Mount batten. said here last night. It wa.s "only a matter of before nuclear powered >übmarines would be in service, he said at a dinner given by the
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    32 7 D I Before touring the mu>e t v.. the royal couple i. eived Mexican Ambassador Manuel Maples Arce and his wife in an audience i at Ihe Imperial Palace.
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    23 7 TOKYO'S population has passed the 8.000.000 mark, challenging New York and London for the title of the world's biggest city- UP
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    326 7 U.S. ACCEPTS RUSSIA'S INSPECTION PROPOSAL To Post Teams On All The Key Points DENVER, Oct. 13, (AP)— President Eisenhower, m a letter to Soviet Premier Bulganin made public yesterday, has offered to accept Russia s proposal for stationing military inspection teams at key points in the U.S. and the Soviet
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    98 7 COLOMBO, Oct. 13 (UP)— The second search of the Panamanian freighter Katerina, delayed here for nearly a month, was almost completed with the likelihood the vessel would be permitted to sail by midnight. The Panamanian Consul, who ordered a second search for contraband after an
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    32 7 THE Swedish Government 'takes very seriously* reports that a missing Swedish diplomat is held prisoner in the Soviet Union, the Prime Minister. Mr. Tage Erlandor. said yesterday in Stockholm. Reuter
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    113 7 Russians Cheer Royal Navy I.EXIXGRAD. Oct 13. (Reuter) Thousands of Russians streamed out of Leningrad factories last night to watch Britain's 1.'i.:_50 ton aircraft carrier Triumph glide into the Neva at the start of a six-day goodwill visit to the Soviet Union. Crowds had been gathering throughout the day and
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    99 7 MORE TROOPS NEEDED IN ALGERIA PARIS. Oct. 13 (Reuter) If. Maurice Bourgcs-Mau-noury. French Interior Minister, was reported a s saying today that another 60.000 soldiers would De needed to give full protection to the terrorist-ridden Con>tantine Department of Algeria. France already had 120.000 troops in the North African territory, which
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    51 7 HAMBURG. Germany. Oct. 13 (AP) Nearly 900 "occupation babies" their fathers Allied soldiers and their mothers unwed German women are registered by the state of Hamburg. The records showed that 60 per tent of the children, most of whom were born in 1946 and 1947. had British -soldier
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    174 7 PARIS, Oct. 13. (AP)— Western Defence Ministers and military chiefs agreed yesterday that their joint defensive buildup must continue at its present tempo until the Soviets back up smiles with concrete deeds. The ministers representing the member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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    58 7 CASTELGANDOLFO. near Rome. Oct. 13 (Reuter) Po^e Pius XII today urged Cr iiolics throughout the world to unite in a common effort for peace "as they have done these past years with notable success." He was speaking at his summer residence here to the Italian centre
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    52 7 NEW YORK. Oct. 13 (UP)— Pan American World Airways today announced the purchase of 45 jet-powered airliners from American firms at a total cost of U*****,000.--000. The planes will be the first iet transports delivered by American manufacturers and the first to go into
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    175 7 His Last Request -A Sandwich NEW ORLEANS. Oct 13 (UP) A six-year-old boy died of starvation today in this city famous for its fine foods. His last words were a pitiful plea for a sandwich. Police said an older brother is in critical condition from malnutrition. William Baughman. 29--year-old unemployed
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    303 7 DELEGATES TIRED OF BEVAN FEUD MARGATE, England, Oct. 13, (AP) Moderate leader Hugh Gaitskell won a thunderous ovation yesterday from the Labour Party conference, leaving little doubt he is their ultimate party leader. And Labour's left wing leader, Aneurin Bevan, surprised the party with
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    19 7 INDONESIA and Holland will discuss in forthcoming negotiations their dispute over Dut^h-held West New Guinea. U.P.
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    76 7 A TERRIBLE thine has happened Two girls, each claiming the title of. "Miss Australia." have come all the way to London for the Miss World beauty contest next month. But only one girl can enter the contest for Australia and the problem is this: Which
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    81 7 LONDON. Oct. 13 (AP) The city of Bristol, although a seaport, retained its title as the soberest spot in Britain in 1954. a government White Paper reported today. Bristol had only 206 ca I s of arrest for drunkenness p<r 10.000 population during the year. At
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    41 8 Left: These three shapely girls are appearing in "The Punch Revue" at London's Duke of York's Theatre. Left to right, they are JUNE LAVERICK, 24, ANNETTE GIBSON, 24, and WENDY McCLURE. 21. Obviously it's a revue with a punch!
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    41 8 photo. Right: Tiny five-year-old YASMIN with a huge pair of binoculars in her hand watches fascinated the gentlemen riders race at Paris Le Tremblay race track in which" her father. Prince Aly Khan was placed second, recently.- UP
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    62 8 Below: Rose-petals are showered on lovely JUNE HALE. 21, of Hertford, England. She and the other girls have "passed out" after a course at the Cherry Marshall mannequin school in Chelsea. London. June is the last girl to parade before the principal, and according to custom
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    57 8 Photo. CLAUDINE BLEI'SE. 17, smiles happily after signing a contract giving her the star role in the new film "Women's Fair' (La Foire Aux Femmes) to be produced by Jean Stelli. K^ Claudine wa s elected by 10.00 C Parisians for the part during a party at the
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    59 8 Beautiful CHIN YU shows the "butterfly" hands which s he has recently insured for 517.000. This Chinese girl has a regular Sunday show on commercial ____i V While her husband. David Williams. 4b sings and plays the guitar. Chin Yu ill- ustrate s the words with movements of
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    50 8 Photo. A pretty reminder fo motorists is offered by HELEN OLSON. Miss AntiFreeze of 1955. With a warm look, she points out that it's time car owners got ready for freezing weather b y changing radiator fluid. Helen will reign ove r Anti-Freeze Week from Oct. 17-22. U.P.
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    1015 9  - East. West Nowhere Stevie Smith NEW NOVELS 1 %r i\\\\w\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\i\\* r 7 ]\TOVELISTS ought to strip souls and very subtly Shakuntala Shrinagesh, the author of The Little Black Box (Seeker and Warburg, 12s. 6d.), goes about it. Her heroine. Sarala. is a rich Indian lady who lies deathly sick in
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    58 9 TF you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool so'v»e of the people all the time; but you can't fool all
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    35 9 MAN who broke gaol J in Florida, U.S.A., was caught when he tried to swim the river upstream concealed by a w»t*r hyacinth. Police spotted him because all the other h.\acinths were floating downstream.
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      678 9  -  Arnold Toynbee iWWWW Avwwww 5 THE EASTERN i SCHISM. By Steven j J Runciman. J c (Oxford. 215.) GWHyO^KtfyyKKKMKK* 'PHIS book ls a welcome addition to Mr. Runciman's magnificent History of the Crusades. The schism between the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Western Church is an historic
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      466 9  -  Michael Davie GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS. (Superlatives Ltd. 55.) By THIS collection of A superlatives is one of the most superlatively dotty and entertaining compilations to be published for years. It is sponsored, and" evidently subsidised, by the firm of Guinness, presumably for the advertisement. The compilers,
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      425 9 __W_\ r *\W Tm II I *B^ m^> I m J an eastern coin <3> CIU-^ l 3. A d on-metallic ore H> I I Middle point (f) 7. The amnesty is reducing their numbers in the jungle 8. Derived from Latin (71 r 12 Follower of John Wvclif (7)
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      205 10 WORKING PARTY'S R.I. VISIT DISAPPOINTS PENANG MERCHANTS Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs.— Merchants here today expressed disappointment over the results of the Pan-Malayan Working Party's mission to Indonesia, saying there was "little done for the Federation of Malaya with regard to trade with Indonesia." The only achievement of the working
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      90 10 A STENOGRAPHER. Miss Emily Nong, 22, (seen here), is one of the entrants of the "Miss Exhibition" contest organized by the Happy World Management. She is an attendant at Hagemcyer's Andrea u Vinotone Wine stall. The organizers have so far received ic:i entries. Closing date of the
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      74 10 P.I.-Borneo Copra Trade Dwindles (From Our Own Corr.) SANDAKAN. Thurs. Due to the big drop in the number of Filipino "kumpits" tjunk>) coming into this port, the copra trade with the coun try has dwindled to almost nothing. Kumpits arriving here monthly up to July averaged 110. In August 54
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      239 10 NER VOI 'S selling by Singapore pepper dealers brought prices down to 5159 per picul for the white variety and $107 for black, a drop of S2 on the previous close. Compared with last week prices have dropped $6. The market was flooded with offers
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      183 10 Skyscraper To Be AirConditioned THE new American International Assurance Building in Singapore, which will be completed in May 1957. will be entirely air-conditioned, the heart of the installation being two Worthington centrifugal water chilling plants. These will be the first ever installations of centrifugal compressors in Malaya, setting up new
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      125 10 LIM TECK LEE and Co. Ltd.. local agents for chairs made by Czechoslovakian Industries, held a dealers' dinner at the Tai Thong Re* staurant, Happy World on Wednesday in honour of Mr J. Cech, a representative of the organization, who is on a visit to Singapore. Picture shows '(from left):
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      Lock icon RUBBER PRICE DROPS 3 CENTS
      170 10 SINGAPORE rubber prices yesterday continued their downward trend, dropping by another three cents to 51.16J per lb. for first grade October shipment on a nervous and uncertain market. The market, however, closed steady on short covering. At the opening the market I» weak at two
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      30 10 THK Malayan I-.xcliange Banks Association made lhe following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: Italian Lire: selling, T.T. or OD. ?0474 ready. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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      39 10 A NEW type of plastic developed by Dr. Karl Ziegler. a leading West Gorman chemist, will soon be produced in the United States by the Hercules Powder Co., it was announced in Xew York yesterday. A P
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      63 10 MR. W. T. MALLING, Manager of the East Asiatic Co., Kuala Lumpur, speaking at the opening of the Star Radio Co. at Pasar Road. Others seen here are (from left): Messrs. Chee Yee Kow, Leong Tat Choo (manager), Yong Lye Peng (salesman of EAC).
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      85 10 COMPANIES under the general management of Messrs. Osborne and Chappel, Ipoh, report the following returns for the quarter to Sept. 30. Chenderiang 859 plcu 1 s. Gopeng Consolidated 3,400 piculs, Hongkong Tin 3,050 piculs. Kent <FMS) 1,140 piculs. Kinta Tin, 1.420 pieuls. Malaysiam 661 piculs, Pengkalen 909
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      334 10 AS WORLD TENSION [I Standard Market Co rresp AN easier tendency is developing in the prices I in the Singapore markets as rubber prices cont" trend, according to local trade circles. lnuC( OB However, the drops in most instances hot V j imperceptible. I But
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      230 10 MALAYAN industrial shares continued to provide the bulk of the moderate business in the local share market yesterday. Prices in this section tended to be irregular though on balance rises exceeded fails. Tin and rubber shares were easier. BUSINESS DONE Singapore dMurebrokets yesterday reported the
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      124 10 OUTSUt ROADS Lily. Steel Architect. Sandvikcn. Usjio Maru, Michurin. Pakhoi. North Star. Troja, Mallory. Alh. INNER ROADS Eeetong. Hydra. Tai Tong. Resang. Stia, Inchislay. Salong. Loh Sic Lee. June. Kah Hua. Aik Hin. Tong 9eang. Tong Sing. Lampong, King Bay. Hibiscus, Wah Sing. Bulon Belaga, Sirysa. Tuva
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      28 10 EXPORTS of cine equipment from the U.K. rose to £1,083.000 in the first half ol this year— £l34.ooo more than ln the corresponding period of 1954,
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      97 10 XT ALA Ll MPI X, Thurs. The Rubber Study Group meeting at Libeiia will demand from consuming countries, particularly the United States, assurance regarding adequate notice before any reduction in stockpiling is implemented. This vu the broad thrown today by "N I Rubber New'-." wh. h
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      597 10 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT: (a) Widening. Dredging and Construction of Alexandra Canal from Tanglin Road Bridge to its Proposed Summit upstream of Ring Road Close N00N— 21.10.55: (b) Construction. Completion and Maintenance of the Ponding Area at Grove Estate near Dunman Road. Close NOON— 24.10 55
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      340 10 I NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL I* DEBENTURE STOCK 1926 56-66 SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL 4i DEBENTURE STOCK 1953 63-73. VOTICE is hereby given that the Transfer Books of the above Stocks wil! be closed from 18th October to Ist November 1955. both days inclusive, for the preparation of Interest Warrants in respect
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      86 10 NYK LINE SP©'* Sanuki Maru tor Genoa t.'an< Alg.ers. Tanger Casat><*™« v London. Rotterdam. AntwfC Harr-tx. C He-an Maru tor Aden. Oi toj| Mastcwan P Sudan. Suei Said. Beirut. LattaK A m 0<» .Passengers Accectear Atsuta Maru tor San Francisro. i 5 I Angeles. New York. Boston. 7<; s P*ilaoeiD*«a.
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      1131 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD dc CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 Ila imni I Incorporated in Singapore) IW !•"•*> jSST THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Jj? Carriers option ta proceed vie other ports te loao and discharge ce»ie SAILINGS ta LIVIRPOOL. CLASCOW. LONDON b CONTINENT Singapore Ouo Sails P. Sham Penan* Laomedon for Marseilles
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    502 12  -  Gerree Read By only seventy-two days till Christmas, the habitual list makers are going to have a whale of a time. In fact they have probably got their lists going strong already. When discussing lists there are only two sides to the question, whether you make
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    328 12 per tent, of us have hair troubles. Men hardly notice theirs short of baldness— because they use hair dressings. One London hair expert maintains that too much dressing i s one reason men go bald They smarm on loads of grease when the hair
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    79 12 HOLLYWOOD. IT'S not true that •"gentlemen prefer blondes/ 1 a la Marilyn IVlonioe or "Gentlemen prefer brunettes, aLa Jeanne Ciain or Jane Russell. Doctor Paul Popenoe, the noted marriage counsellor, argues that the colour of hair has nothing to do with it Dr. Popenoe says
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    592 12  -  MARJORIE PROOPS By "rpAKE a letter Miss A Br.wn. Dear Sirs, ro yours of the > 19th inst. colder today > isn't it re your order to i hand oh by the way I remind me to telephone I Smith Brothers. Miss Brown, who am I lunching with
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    304 12 Josephine Lowman Discusses Food Ant f THINK my readers will find 1 this information interesting. BRAIN FOOD? Q: Are celery and fish special brain foods? A: No. There is no such thing as brain food. Q: Arc raw eggs more digestible than cooked eggs? A: No. Soft
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    184 12  -  AMBROSE HEATH by I OFTEN wonder why 1 more people do not eat hot beetroot. instead of always serving it as a salad. If you cook your own beetroot, the simple way is to peel and cut them in slices or cubes, and serve them with melted butter
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    340 13 k SENSATION Seeding Committee Accused r refers to his seeding .;mber 11, the year he won Wimbledon. He alleges this was done •one who does not like •es: "It seemed in/c even in a championl f 'h as Wimbledon, that <0,..d be officials who let .:k.'
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    54 13 _H S V X p. I nt t. rnationals cannot play for the All-Star team." So rather than leave out stars like Tom Finno. Jackie Milburn and John Charles. Brentford have railed the whole thine off. Yet a similar match was allowed at Brentford last
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    45 13 SPRINGDALES Sports Club handed Overseas Chinese Bank a 7-1 trouncing in a friendly soccer match played a* Farrer Park yesterday. Sprihgdale scorers were. I_atifT Abdullah 2 Mam 2. Robert 2 and Boon Yong. Ismail Bakar netted the only goal tor the Bankers.
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    320 13 Superior Re cs Find FARELF Easy Victims ALL THE HOCKEY REPORTS SRC 4 J. Martens 2,Mosbergen"& A GHQ FARELF 1. Clarke. Kumar. »_A_nm r. Umpires: Mess Milne Hatchard. LfcAUUL champions Singapore Re reation Plnh hp*t mn r^nc a. TL Recs should have won by i bigger margin. That lhe v
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    248 13 SCC 2. SCRC 1. Winckley. McMullen. Robert Foo. SINGAPORE Cricket Club earned their first two full points in this year's Singapore Hockey Association Div. I competition when they beat Singapore Chinese Recreation Club by two goals to one in a league match played on the
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    271 13 VIJIARATNAM S 53^ minute goal, scored after a solo 20-yard run, gave Ceylonese Sports Club full points in their S.H.A. Division One League match against Wanderers at Serangoon Road yesterday CSC won I—o. The Wanderers were unlucky to lose. The/ had as much ol the game
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    338 14  -  WINDSOR LAD One To Watch... By PENANG. Thurs Khandi Star, with Phillip Povall astride, wound up his preparation for his engagement on Saturday with a fluent three furlongs solo in 39 sec on a heavy track. Khandi Star figured prominently on the first
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    180 14 23 Acceptors For £8,000 Caulfield Cup MELBOURNE. Oct. 11 (Reuter). Twenty-three final acceptors were announced today for th e £8.000 sterling Caulfield Cup to be run over one-and-half mile at Caulfield. Victoria. next Saturday. Rising Fast Alonzo-Faster). the New Zealand gelding who won the Caulfield. and Melbourne Cud double last
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    90 14 Aryans In Out Tomorrow THE long delayed Aryan Gymkhana soccer team of Ind:a will Mv into Singapore tomorrow morning. Mr P. Appavoo. the Liaison officer lor the tourists in Malaya, said yesterday. The team, consisting of 17 players and three officials, will fly to Indonesia on the same evening where
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    334 14 Velocity 8.06 WEIGHTS for all seven races tomorrow, last day of the Penang Turf Club Autumn Meeting, are: AUTUMN CIP (Buitenzor* 8.0*2 Welsh King 8.10 n*^ Fur Cynosure 8.00 Bicardi 8.09 Class •>— 8, *ur. CarsnaltO n 7.1! Sybil's Pride 8.06 Individuality 9.00 Mystic Code 7.1 1 Trailer
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    75 14 A DAY of maiden viclories featured Wednesday's races, second day of the Penang Turf Club's Autumn Meeting. Of the six races which ivcrc decided, five were maidens for either horse, rider or owner. Trainer Jack Spencer had a successful day sending out three winners Santa Claus, I'kelele
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    72 14 A. VIJIARATNAM returns to his old position at centreforward when he leads the Colony team this evening against Johore in a friendly inter-state hockey match on the padang. Vijiaratnam held the position before he left for England five years ago. The Colony team will be Abdullah
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    205 14  - Frankly Speaking... Jeffery James NO DICE FOR JESSE JESSE OWENS, American Negro. i s probably the only athlete in the world to have won four gold medals in the Olympic Games. He did this in Berlin. 1936. Singapore will soon be privileged to have, as temporary coach, such a man
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    227 14 Cagers To Defend C hiang Cup THE Malayan Chinese basketball team comprising nlavers fmm and the Federation, will leave for Taipeh on Oct. 25 to take part inThP r Rapore issimo Chiang Kai Shek Cup competition commencing on Nov!l. l^»i«ralThis was revealed at the meeting of the
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    431 14 Indons Had The Luck Colony Chinese Missed C u"i ng i llia o Ti o?^h?a0 h a V, 3 Sin «apore Chinese i Hok Pie, Peloht, Ing Hten. Kok Peoh JUST imagine five fiery forwards, figh.mqgoals, firing off an avalanche of shots and happening for 35 minutes! That was the
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    323 14 TEACHERS' Training College, with a heavier pack to their advantage, defeated Raffles Institution "A" by Hi points without reply in their Rugby match played at the Raffles Institution ground yesterday. The teachers took command of the play from the kick-off. j Their threes combined well
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    65 14 NEWMARKET Suffolk. Oct. 1 (Reuter* The Aga Khan's French -trained three-year-old colt Hafiz the second, won the £2.790 champion stakes run over a mile and a quarter here today. He beat Sir Percy Loraine's four-year-old Darius by two lengths. Darius beat the President of Ireland's three-year-old
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    221 14 KARACHI. Oct. 13 (Reuter) Pakistan made a good start in the first cricket Test against New Zealand here today when they captured 8 wickets for 145 runs on a true matting pitch before the close. Scoring at a pedestrian rate. New Zealand, who won the toss,
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