Singapore Standard, 14 November 1955

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  • 31 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD POLICE ***** (5 lines) 2400 5W i% M 1 FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 5111 2414 Vol. VI. No. 131 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1955 12 PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 556 1  -  JOE SASSOON Marshall's New Challenge VOTE IT OUT AND I QUIT' CALL TO OPPONENTS By Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S CHIEF MINISTER, Mr. David Marshall last night challenged the Opposition parties to a showdown on the Colony's 1956 Budget when the Legislative Assembly meets on Nov. 21. "If
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  • 141 1 TAXI CRASHES IN STORM: THREE KILLED Holiday Tragedy I PENANG. Sun. Three people were killed and two injured m one of the worst road accidents m Province Wellesley. when a taxi collided with a bicycle on Main Road m Sungei Jawi, last night. The collision occurred during a heavy rain
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  • 148 1 PLANS for the merger of the Progressives and the Democrats may be finalised tomorrow when party big-wigs meet behind closed doors for what is believed to be the most important m the series of "ganging-up" meetings held m recent weeks. The Standard understands that only formal
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  • 36 1 PERUGIA, Italy, Nov. 13: (Reuter) An 83-year-old parish priest hastened to the side of a 73-year-old dying man here, administered last sacraments, and then collapsed and died. His parishioner died a few hours later.
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  • 132 1 MORE than 2,000 taxis will be off the roads for two hours this morning while their drivers attend a meeting at the Singapore Badminton Hall at 10 a.m. Till late last night, no decision was reached by the 1,700 busmen m 11 Chinese bus
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  • 99 1 Editor of "Punch," Mr. M. Muggeridge, whose big business is to make people laugh, arrived m the Colony yesterday from Australia on his way to Paris. He told reporters on arrival that he hoped to see our interesting: bush shirt Chief Minister, Mr David Marshall, of
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  • 49 1 GENEVA, Nov. 13 (Reuter) —Mr. Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, who has been with his country's delegation throughout the conference which began on Oct. 27. left Geneva by air early today on his way back to Moscow via East Berlin, airport officials said.
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  • 162 1 "IT is better to give than to receive and we hope that our mite will bring joy to the under-privileged ioise dren this Christmas. With these words, these four girls from St. Hilda's. School, Singapore, handed over S2B, collected by passing the hat round their
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  • 641 1 BISHOP OUTLINES STAND ON RE-MARRIAGE THE Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H. W. Baines, referred yesterday to the relationship between Princess Margaret and Group Capt. Peter Townsend and re-affirmed the Anglican teaching on marriage and divorce. He was delivering a special sei mon
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  • 110 1 RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 13. (AP) Brazil returned to normal yesterday after a swift and efficient bloodless revolt staged to prevent a revolution. All opposition and the grim threat of civil war among the armed force branches collapsed ln the face of determined action by
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  • 180 1 JUNTA THAT OUSTED PERON BEGINS TO BREAK UP BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 13 (Reuter)— The Political Consultative Committee created three days ago by the Argentine Government to advise on major ooiitical issues resigned en bloc today following deadlock with President Eduardo Lonardi. Commission of five will hand a statement to the
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  • 37 1 STOCKHOLM, Nov. 13 (Reuter) Young men m Sweden are drinking twice as much alcohol as before the liquor rationing system was abolished on Oct. 1, a report published by the Central Bureau of Statistics said.
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  • 263 1 GANGSTERS BEAT UP UNARMED POLICEMEN KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Gangsters beat up two uniformed and unarmed policemen here this afternoon when they interrupted a "Pak Kow" game m a squatter house at Loke Yew Road. They also smashed the constables' bicycles and threw them into a nearby river. Pudu Police are
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  • 79 1 Radio, TV Beat The Newssheets LONDON. Nov. 13 (Reuter) Radio and television are now providing the spot news while newspapers are devoting more and more of their space to commentary and entertainment, and less to politics according to a national survey published here "In some ways, newspapers are taking up
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  • 385 2 'Follow The Lead Of India Burma' Says PAP Leader THE BEST road for an Independent Malaya to take is the one which India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon have travelled along said the Secretary General of the People's Action Party, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew yesterday. Malaya
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  • 579 2 Yugoslav Family Head For Life Of Freedom News from Manchuria the potentially rich land almost completely lost behind the Iron Curtain comes to Singapore today from a Yugoslav family passing through the Colony enroute to a future of freedom m Australia. They are on the road to
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  • 62 2 IN an address of welcome, the Singapore Kerala Samajam praised the visiting leader of Kerala, Mr. K. P. Keseva Menon. for services rendered to the community m the social and political field, at a public meeting m the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. Mr. Menon. a
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  • 40 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— For substituting another photograph on her idem ity card, Ngah bintc Mohamed. who said that she was a poor widow with three children, was lined S'.iO m the Magistrate's Court yesterday
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  • 43 2 TAIPEI. Nov. 13 (AP) Nationalist Chinese planes flew over four provinces of Red China during the night on a leaflet-dropping mission returned to their base m Formosa safely before daybreak on Sunday. Nationalist Air Force Headquarters here announced.
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  • 109 2 Death To Cost More Now THE COST of dying has risen. The new rales of Estate Duty effective from Nov. 9, announced yesterday showed increases m "death duties" of from "ight to 20 per cent. In keeping with the Labour Coalition Government's policy to "soak the rich and feed the
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  • 105 2 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13 (Renter)— Actor Errol Flynn's Hollywood Hills Estate estimated to be worth more than U*****,000 has been auctioned for less than USS2.OOO to satisfy a court judgment. But Mr. Flynn who is m Spain, will have a year m which
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  • 36 2 PROFESSOR R. Doraiswamy Sastri will give a talk on "moral Phylosophy" under the auspices of the Philosophical Society of Malaya at the High Street School hall Kuala Lumpur on Friday at 5.30 p.m.
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  • 112 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Mr. B. Seymour of George E. Lee Estate, Geylang Patah, was awarded $3,750 m an accident case m which his car and a lorry belonging to the late Lim Chye Kew collided at Jalan Scudai. six years ago. Mr. Justice
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  • 272 2 PENANG, Sun. There was yet another shock for the matron and inmates of the Po Leung Kuk m Babington Avenue early this morning when it was discovered that the 15-year-old Alor Star girl, Peh Siew Kee, who returned to the home last Thursday, had
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  • 203 2 SINGAPORE Traction Company Employe Union yesterday accused the Company's' gen. manager. Mr. A. Ewing. of talking his tongue m his eh© about corruption m the STC before the Tran*. port Commission q Saturday. The S.T.C.E.U.'s Gc:.< Secretary, Inche Hashim Idris, m a press
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  • 114 2 BANTING. Sun Selar-.f^ police today believed two G I j ermen reported missing I f Tanjong Sepat have been c I tamed by the Indonesian immigration authorities for i..egal entry into Sumatra. A party of fishermen return. Ed from a ten-day cruise to Tanjong
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  • 41 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Bad of $30,000 was allowed to C. Yang Ang of Singapon who was charged with tailing to declare dutiable goods 20 bars of gold, weighing 9\ pounds and gold jewellery, weighing four pounds.
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  • 630 3  -  Gerree Read Story by Pictures by EXQUISITELY gowned, superbly coiffeured, four world famous mannequins, three French and one Swedish, strolled tnrough the cool perfumed cr of the Cathay Restaurant showing the latest fashions from top French Haute Couturiers. Since arriving m Singapore
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  • 398 4 ELECTIONS: THE FULL RESULTS IPOH. Sun. Following) are the full results of the Perak State Council elections:IPOH NORTH:— Mr. R. M. Natesapillay (Alliance) 1.245 votes; Mr. S. Nalliah (Perak Progs.) 273 votes. Spoilt votes 16; total voted 1,534 (43.6 per cent.). IPOH EAST:— Mr Yap Yin Fah (Alliance) I,ssB 'votes;
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  • 392 4 All But One Seat Captured In Perak State Polls IPOH, Sun. The sailing boat, election symbol of the UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance, once again had a successful voyage m yesterday's first election to the Council of State, Perak. Of the 12 contested seats, the Alliance captured 11 which
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  • 47 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun— Mr. R. A. Cessford. District Governor of Rotary is due here tomorrow from Kuala Lumpur for a meeting with local Rotarians. He will be entertained to a party at the residence of the British Adviser m the evening.
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  • 55 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. No casualties to either Communist terrorists or Security Forces were reported m the Federation today Deepavali Day. A Patrol of the 6th Battalion, Malay Regiment fired on an armed Communist terrorist who ignored their call to surrender near Temerloh yesterday. The bandit escaped, but
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  • 180 4 ART enthusiasts m Singa- 1 pore are m for a treat, when more than 200 paintings, the works of Cantonese artist. Madame Cheung Tai Ka. will be exhibited at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce m Hill Street, from Nov. 17 to 20. Mr. Ko
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  • 144 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Inche Bahaman bin Samsuddin, Senior Assistant Minister for Home Affairs today characterized the. whole Federation Government set-up as "cockeyed and lopsided." He told the annual meeting of the Setapak branch of UMNO near here: '"It is this weird set-up that prevents the Chief
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  • 63 4 Standard Photo by MR. DONALD Priestly, the retiring headmaster of the Maxwell Road School, Kuala Lumpur and Mrs. Priestly pictured at the farewell party given m their honour by the Form Five students at the School Hall recently. Mrs. Priestly was a Music teacher on the School.
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  • 193 4 The 'Diggers' Go House- Hunting FENANG, Sun. The 2nd Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment have formed a house-hunting team to speed-up the search for accommodation for the wives of "diggers" who are anxious to join their husbands here. "This team is combing the island for flats and houses. It
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  • 73 4 BATU PAHAT. Sun. A Co-operative Housing Society will be formed and registered une'er the Co-operative Ordin- 1 ance and Rules, it was decided at a meeting at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce recently. Mr. Ong Kok Thiam, Senior Chinese Co-operative Officer. Batu Pahat. speaking at
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  • 216 4 Widow Steals Show At Protest Over The Big Move NIBONG TEBAL, Sun— A 57--year-old widow. Madam Ooi Cheng Seang stole the show at a public mass meeting at the Theatre Hall today to protest against Government's intention to shift the administrative headquarters and the police department from Nibong Tebal to
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  • 81 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The dead of two world wars and the 100 planters who gave their lives m the Malayan emergency, were today remembered at a commemoration service at the Presbyterian Church of St. Andrew m Weld Road here. Two memorial windows to commemorate these heroeswere unveiled
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  • 38 4 MEMBERS of the Colombo Powers have sent letters of thanks and congratulations to the Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, for the kindness and courtesy shown to them by the Singapore Government, during the Conference here.
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    • 858 4 _f >f Standard cMlmanac Information at a Glance jfiMlllllfrwi in 1 wnwriwim*"''^ 9 P-m. 545 and g »C IKlimhD .O ft f CENTRAL: Kanavane Kankanda ROYAL: Kanavane Ka-kanda De|2 «NVI A K-VMV t, Tam:l) 1045 2 5 30 ivam W a-m. and 130 530 2fd fZ/W^ KLANG SUNGEI PATANI ei-al
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  • 544 5  - Language Translation by MACHINES M. A. Glasgow b\ Special STANDARD Science Series nSpjjjjpjf LOSDON "VOT miany years ago, <ew of us would have bel eyed that any man-made n -.chine could actually carm out, unaided by human guidance, the numerous exceed ngly difficult and mftr ■•ale tasks that the giant
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  • 194 5 "In my experience, and I daresay also m your experience, prize giving speeches fall into three categories. In the first place there is the type of old-boy who will assert that one's schooldays are the happiest of one's life. When I was a little boy and an
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  • 369 5 DON'T ANSWER GHOST —wife pleads THE ghost of a beautiful Russian girl, which has haunted a London man for ten long years. began to take human shape a few days ago. And the man's wile, mother of his two children, said: "I want her to return to the past." The
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  • 231 5 LONDON A TWENTY-YEAR-OLD WRAC private staggered back to her billet one night and said: "I've been drinking m the sergeants' moss I've had four pints oi whisky." An hour later she was dead, an inquest was told recently. The girl. Private Marina Riby. was stationed at
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  • 656 5 LONDON WOMEN shuddered and hid their eyes as the famous banker and poet Samuel Rogers strode into the drawing-room. "He looks like a walking corpse." they moaned. Yet Rogers was one of the world's wealthiest men —In many ways one of the meanest. The
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  • 18 5 But he's a 'Walking Corpse'— worth ONE Mieeion "AREiNT you rather over-doing the figure-work on the cake, Jones?"
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  • 6 5 ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
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  • 513 5 Strangest Reign of the 20th. Century A TWO-YEAR-OLD child selected a necklace, a walking-stick and a drum from a collection of similar articles and unknowingly became a god-king— ruler of Tibet— and heir to a fortune. Today, despite political changes on Tibet's frontiers, the boy still sits on the throne
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    • 306 5 1.1 I 1 I I I* I 'lili I I I 1 I I _______________________t~"~t_________i ffW'y H__M HiBHIK i— jH_i^^jHi f^ r^^^o T[^ mtp* 111 l IB i I I 1 1 ruiES DOWN UULJ 1 Far from being a soother ACROSS I these make a noise (7) mu iid
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  • 508 6 Singapore Standard Party Ra'ayar Malaya LEFT of centre nationalist party was formed m the Federation last week. Many of the Party Ra'ayat's officers were connected with the defunct leftist parties that flourished before the Emergency. These persons have endured a period of exile m the political wilderness, and their experience
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  • 447 6 TT is reported that the people of Nibong Tebal m south Province Wellesley are worried because the Government has decided to shift its administrative offices to Sungei Bakap, about five miles north. This is a decision that should have been taken years ago because Nibong Tebal, as
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  • 816 6  - AT 66 Sits on top Of the PHILIP DEANE Bv. DELHI HP HE explanation for the c.urrent astonishing and continuous pilgrimage to Mr. Nehru by foreign notables (from Canada's Minister for External Affairs Mr. Pearson, to Premier Bulganin of the Soviet Union) does not lie only m the delightful Delhi
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 344 6 Sir: Rev. Kesselring, who has been the Educational Secretary of the 74 Methodist Mission schools m Malaya, was reported m The Standard assaying at a tea-party m Ipoh. that only seven of these schools have American Missionaries as principals but the re.-t had Asians as their principals.
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  • 923 6 the NEWS AS IT strikes me! AFOST people m most x countries show no more interest m politics than most Malayan politicians show m the overall future of this territory which is puffing and fuming to reach its ultimate destination. No one m Malaya, however, is afforded the opportunity to
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  • 742 6  - PROFILE: NEHRU THE WRITER A Special By Correspondent HP HE quality of a writer is ultimately the quality of the man. The fact may escape our notice for brief periods, but m the end we are compelled to admit that an author must write himself into all his work. He
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  • 207 7 A MONK VOLUNTEERS TO DIE FOR MURDERER v.iBO. Nov. 12, (UP) A Buddhist monk has j y;n:cered to hang m! place of a condemnmurderer who has' oised penitence if reel it was learned lay. sman for Ceylon's I Council said the vcr. Eric Bateho, had dto the Council saying had
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  • 66 7 BANGKOK. Nov. 13 CUP).— ny chid Gen. Sarit Thanarat yesterday said Thailand ai na ta triple the strength of armed forces. H told a press com'eiv I the country's army and air force's present strength leg ..■'o and there! re "ue must expand them three ti
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  • 61 7 LONDON, Nov. 13 (UP).— heroine Odette Churchill imeed today she plans to ::v Geoffrey Haliowes who ed the dangers of Nazi .Died France with her m I War 11. Ira. CburchiO. won the GeoYge Cross tor her ware spying She waa divorced ,yy trom Captain Peter
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  • 24 7 A. U.S. CUSTOM RICAN soldiers will salute officers of the new German armed forces a ace .dance with the cusI the U.S. Armed Reuter
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  • 169 7 MCOLET, Quebec, Nov. 13, (IT) A rumbling landslide apparently caused by seeping river water thai undermined their foundations, sent at leist hve buildings crashing into the Nicolet River today. Three persons, including an infant, were killed and at least 15 persons were injured. The buildings
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  • 51 7 SUE, Nov. 13, (Rev--Czechoslovakia has al- (reed 1.437 Germans rison sentences and will others "gradually*" rnment announcement aid last night 2 released Germans, who been condemned by spepeoples courts, have now m East and West Ger- and Austria, the anement said. If did not ien the prisoners were
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  • 27 7 SJ FE for a million dollar Hall of Fame, a and memorial to cow- .md present, spon- 17 Western states dedicated m Okla- itj Reuter
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  • 23 7 RADIO Budapest yesterday d the death of- Janos first Deputy Minister of c m Hungary and pre- the National Bank. Reuter
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  • 34 7 CANCER research officials of the Medical College cf Virginia. announced that experiments during the past 13 months suggested that cigarette smoke had no harmful effects en the lungs of mice.— Reuter
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  • 176 7 Prosperity Ahead For India NEW DELHI, Nov. 13, (UP) India stood today on the verge of a tremendous economic and industrial boom. Official sources said that the unprecedented demand for rubber, the need for an upward revision of targets for bicycle and cement production and a growing market for trucks
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  • 70 7 BANGKOK, Nov. 13, (UP). Thailand's economy has surged upward to become one of the healthiest m South-East Asia. Premier Phibul Songgram made this optimistic analysis at the annual meeting of the group of leaders who seized power from the government of Admiral Tawan Thamrong Nawaswat on Nov.
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  • 448 7 Commonwealth Nations Ready To Preserve Freedom After A 40.000 -Mile Tour, Lord Home Says: iNOV. 16. Reuter Britain's Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Lord Home said here that m all the Comm o n wealth countries that he visited m his recent 40.000-mile tour he found a profound faith
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  • 34 7 photo. TWENTY-NINE Year-old Tamara Golovanova, a member of the Soviet dancers now on a visit to Britain, seen at rehearsals for a season at the Empress Hall, London.— A.P.
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  • 229 7 West Agrees To Prevent M. East Arms Race GENEVA, Nov. 13, (IP)— The Western powers agreed last night to do everything m their power to prevent a Mid East arms race and authoritative sources said they condemned Israel's refusal to compromise with the Arab states. The three Western delegation chiefs
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  • 80 7 STOCKHOLM. Nov. 13 (Reuter). Police are searching for an unidentified young man who entered a Gothenburg Bank with a sealed envelope. Inside, the cashier found a note saying: "I want 9.000 crowns E62S sterling)." The cashier looked vp into the muzzle of a pistol Frightened
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  • 103 7 'MacARTHUR'S SERVICES ARE NEEDED' WASHINGTON', Nov. 13 (Reuter) Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican. Wisconsin* proposed yesterday that President Eisenhower call m General Douglas MacArthur as a ".special presidential adviser on Far Eastern affairs.'' "Today there is an additional reason for summoning General Mac Arthur's services" Senator McCarthy said. "Due to his
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  • 46 7 BOLZANO, North Italy, Nov. 13 i Reuter j— A fox seized by an eagle near the Austrian border here bit the eagle to death m mid-air and escaped when it fell to the ground, according to Italian shepherds who watched their air battle.
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  • 26 7 808 HOPE, the comedian. will apply for a visa to enter Russia so that he can film a television show m Moscow. Renter.
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  • 57 7 RABAT, French Morocco, Nov. 13 (Reuter)— A Moroccan here has complained that he had received a letter signed with the imprint of a black hand threatening to blow up his house unless he stops making love to other men's wives. The "black hand is a political terrorist organization
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  • 117 7 WASHINGTON. Nov. 13. (Reuter) President Eisenhower practised putting on aWhite House Green today the first time he has a golf club m his hands since the day before his heart attack on Sept. 24. The President returned to Washington yesterday after seven weeks of
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  • 31 7 MOSCOW. Nov. 13 (UP). Nikita Khrushchev, asked today what the difference was between him and Premier Nikolai Bulganin. told newsmen "I am bald-headed and Bulganin is red-headed."
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  • 30 7 About 2,000 women and several hundred men, supporters of the "Constitution Defence Movement" inarched through the streets of Johannesburg yesterday m protest against the dissolution of the senate.
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  • 164 7 MILWAUKEE. Wisconsin. Nov. 13. (AP) A smile, a tear and a quiet word m his native tongue from a Chinese laundryman. greeted his wife and ion when they arrived from Hongkong yesterday after 18 year s of separation. The airport reunion ended years of patient
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  • 220 7 NEW YORK, Nov 13, (UP) Gen. Carlos P. Romulo warned m a magazine article yesterday that Asian nations must remain on guard against the Communists. His article. ''Asia After Geneva.'' was published m the New Leader. "Can the gentle words now emanating from
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  • 65 7 KAMPALA, Uganda, Nov. 13 (AP).— Wheeling vultures led a search party through the Masaka swamps of Buganda to the scattered remains of two African girls sacrificed during witchcraft rites, the Uganda government disclosed yesterday. The victims, aged six and three disappeared after a wedding feast a fortnight
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  • 48 7 SYDNEY, Nov. 13 (UP). The suburban village of Banksia was shocked yesterday by allegations that children m the area have been cutting the tails off cats to make "coonskin" Davy Crockett hats. One rat with a mutilated tail was found hiding, hungry and m pain.
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  • 21 7 A SOVIET "peace" organization yesterday promised a gift of 80,000 roubles to Japanese victims of the atomic bomb.- UP
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  • 17 7 The Pakistan government charged yesterday that a twinengined Afghan aircraft repeatedly violated Pakistan territory.— U.P.
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  • 166 7 PARIS. Nov. 13. (Reuten.— French Premier Edgar Faure last night discussed with his fe*iow ministers the po^sibi!.ty of his resignation because he had obtained last night's vote of confidence on the December election bill with the aid of block Communist vote. The ministers
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  • 64 7 QUEBEC CITY, Nov. 13 (UP). Internationally-known Negro singer Josephine Baker will appear m Superior Court on Tuesday for preliminary hearing of fraud charges brought by her agent and publicity manager, Don Brown. Miss Baker, who admitted being 54 when she was booked by local police yesterday,
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  • 50 7 Cover Girl Just A Friend NICE. France. Nov. 12. (UP) —Prince Aly Khan refused to discuss his reported romance with pretty Paris cover girl "Bettia" today. The dapper elder son of the fabulous wealthy Aga Khan, snapped: "We are just friends, that's all." when newsmen asked him about the reports.
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    • 770 8 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT /SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port Said. Genoa. Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg and Oslo Spore P. S'hom Penonc •x) "MORELIA" 17/19 Nov 20/20 Nov 21/22 k c kk) "FALSTRIA" 21/230ec 24/24 Dec 2S/?t o lt xx) "MEONIA" 26/27 Dec x) Calls Port Sudan Naples, London
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  • Finance Antl Commerce
    • 588 9 AFTER a quiet start at the opening of the week, Malayan share operators took a little courage when the mildness of Wednesday's Budget impositions became known. When better rubber prices played its part there was a general improvement m markets. Although industrials and rubbers had
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    • 33 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the followinig change ir its rates to merchants on Saturday:Belgian Francs: selling. T. T. or O.D. 1G24 1 1 ready. Other exchange rates remain unchanged.
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    • 587 9 AUSTRAL MALAY TIN LTD:This Parent and holding company which aiso act as managers for the 4 operating companies of the gi'oup struck a lean patch m the year ended 30.6.55. Only £420 was received m dividends trom associated companies and net profit was but £2778 <5.5 r Th
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    • 432 9 SENTIMENT m the Singapore rubber market is gradually changing from bearish to bullish but somehow it seems difficult to believe that higher prices will be maintained. But naturally on a rising market "shorts" tend to be stampeded into covering. Consuming interest is still
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    • 115 9 Cheaper Air Freight For Orchids BRITISH Overseas Aim a y s Corporation, and their General Sales Agents, Malayan Airways Ltd.. yesterday announced a specially reduced, all the year round, air freight rate for orchids which comes into effect immediately just m time for Christmas. The new rate is applicable to
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    • 39 9 THE Royal Ceylon Air Force has placed an order for Westland Dragonfly helicopters, thus bringing to eight the number of overseas countries to adopt this aircraft. The Dragonflys will be shipped to Colombo for assembly on arrival.
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    • 32 9 A 92-ACRE site m the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, has been purchased by British Nylon Spinners Pty Ltd.. for the future establishment of a nylon spinning plant m Australia.
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    • 562 9 ALTHOUGH the whole nations is experiencing a building boom, the greatest building activity is m the suburbs of American cities. Forty-nine per cent of all •last year's building permits issued for principal types of building were for construction m the suburbs. Twenty per cent
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    • 324 9 BUSINESS done m shares from November 5 to 11 INDUSTRIALS: Consolidated Tin Smelters ord 29/7 i. Fraser and Neave ords. $1.67} to 70. Fraser and Neave prels. 56.00. Federal Dispensary 53. 25. Gammons $2.55. Hammer and Co. $2.47 i and $2.50 Hongkong Bank (Col.) 5895.
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    • 558 9 NOTICES NATURALISATION JE IS HEREBY GIVEN it the following persons names and addresses en be'ow are applying Governor for naturaliand that any person knows any reason why ..-at. on should not be should send a written statement of the q the Chief Secretary, Secretary's Office, Sin1. 'r. Chin Kiong Foo
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    • 557 9 PAWNSHOP TENDERS 'TENDERS are invited for A the sole right to open pawnshops m various specified areas m Singapore. for a period of ONE YEAR commencing from 1.1.56. A separate tender must be submitted for each locality but any number of localities ma v be tendered for by the same
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    • 466 9 NOTICES SALE BY PUBLIC TENDER THE Official Assignee, Supreme Court Building, Singapore, invites offers by Public Tender for the following: Concrete Mixers, Hoist Winch, Water Pump. No offers will be accepted after 12 noon on Saturday, 19th November 1955. Inspection on 16th 17th November 1955. Further information may be obtained
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 301 10 I SHAW BROTHERS ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS tRAPITOI now showing: MHI I I W" 11-1.45.4.6.3(1 J yOWI B/C HOLIDAY SHOW! f 2Qoool^^^ea: Cinemascope e -technicolor (An R.K.O. Release with full Chineae StdMitfes 1 COMING t It will send you home, happy and smiling! it's here f* it's hilarious! V^rnEß BROS" W(ious FILMING
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 456 10 _______________________________________________________h_________^^ .\»\\uuuuuw\m\nv\m\\unv\uvuu\uuuv\uw\\mu\u\uv»\\> r fjffjp^ £f* j fr^f*© y **P%h**S. "I want a lad who's not 4 *!£'<£/ V>T 6• -Ji* !____> §1 afraid ot early hours." I v*\^ _> _>\ y/ca .•n "That's me! Wot time dyer < Here we go again— another 1 •*> X At close?" 4 Dim
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  • 342 11 SUNDERLAND TAKES OVER THE LEAD Freak Results On Soft Grounds Manchester Utd. Drops To No. 3 LONDON Nov. 13, (Reuter) League leadership changed hands m two of the four English Football divisions yesterday when freaks results and high-scoring was the order mainly due to soft grounds everywhere. Sunderland involved m
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  • 1441 11 RESULTS POSITIONS LONDON. Nov. 13. .Reuter) Footba'.l league standings after yesterday's matches axe as follows LEAGUE DIVISION I Aston Villa 1, Luton Town 0 Arbopal 2. Sheffield Utd. 1 Blackpool 2, Birmingham C. 0 Bolton W. 3, Manchester U. 1 Cardiff City 3. Everton 1 Chelsea 2 W. Bromwich A.
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  • 39 11 j LONDON. Nov. 13 (Reuter). Germany fought back splendidly <; after being two goals t down to beat England 3-2 < m their amateur inter- < national football match at Tottenham Hotspurs ground. North London. j yesterday. Xvwwwww /\\\\U\\\W.
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  • 335 11 LONDON, Nov. 13 (Reuter) Great Britain won the second Rugby League Test by beating New Zealand at Bradford yesterday by 27 points to 12 but they were greatly flattered by the margin of victory. Great Britain who won the first Test scored three goals
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  • 273 11 LONDON. Nov. 12, (Router) Great Britain 27; New Zealand li (Played at Bradford). LEAGUE MATCHES: Barrow 21; Swinton 2; Blackpool Borough 10; Hull 1.1; Hull Kingston Rovers 12; Keighley 4; Oldham 22; Liverpool City Hi; St. Helens 1.1; Halifax 8; Salford 24; Dewsbury 5. Warrington 35:
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    • 83 11 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE QERANGOON GARDEN FS O TATE bare available lot immediate occupation house.' built on elevated position? Easy payment<: arranged Tel ***** o: cali at Estate Clrire FOR HIRE ]Y[EW 8 mm. entertainment ±y Films available at EddyMovie Film Library. 269 Race Course Road, Singarore Tel: 721.3 TAJ
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    • 714 11 CLASSIFIED ADS SITUATIONS VACANT 1 SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT I O TRUST requires a Timekeeper, Overseer m the Miscellaneous Division Timekeepers Grades A and B $203-$39.~>. Initial salary $203 per month plus Variable Allowance at present 30'; ol basic salary subiect to a maximum of $90 per month for a single officer.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 289 11 Ml Abner By Al Capp PARDON ALTHO<JGH YOU,BUU-MOOSE, I AND WHAT •^Vi.C *>? ME FOR V. NEVER HOID OF ME, EV)L-EVE T MAKES J f >v I NEVER HEARD OF AN EVIL- JPROTRUDIN' —^,> FLEEGLE IS A NAME THE REST VOO SO > l EYE FLEEGLE'-THROW <Csiß-/-' THE WOILD TREMBLES
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  • 307 12 Som Proposed Tour Of FAM Will Be Off KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Football Association of Malaya's proposed tour of Hongkong and Saigon at the end of this month will noli come off. FAM secretary Kwok Kin Keng told The Standard today that Hongkong FA had written
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  • 680 12  -  BILL FUNK By FOUR Malayan cricketers, forming the first/ batch of the Malayan Cricket Association contingent to tour Hongkong, will take off fronv! Changi for Hongkong today. They are Capt. 8./ Hunt of Selangor, Capt. H. E. Webb, Sgt. Doun-; cey and
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  • 294 12 SHA Selectors' Posers Are Unsolved COLOURS with a number of Colony stars m their line-up beat Whites 4-1 m the Singapore Hockey Association trial match played at Serangoon Road yesterday. Suppiah and Mclntyre who were originally chosen to play for the Whites did not turn up and their places were
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  • 242 12 Perak Starts 'Quad' With 4-1 Win Over Penang IPOH, Sun. Scoring three goals m two minutes Perak snatched victory over Penang m the opening game of the inter-state quadrangular hockey meet on Chinese Assembly Hall ground this morning. Perak won 4-1. Credit should be given to tne visitors for putting
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  • 114 12 IPOH, Sun. A splendid goal by Kelly m the second half enabled Kedah to humble Perak 1-0 m the second match of the quadrangular hockey meet m Ipoh today. Perak. with seven changes from the team which beat Penang m the morning, could offer little excuse
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  • 19 12 MAXWELL Sports Club beat Boys' Town 5-0 m a friendly soccer match yesterday at Boys' Town. Singapore.
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  • 237 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Johore beat Malacca 1-0 m the inter state triangular hockey tournament continued at Coronation Park Kuala Lumpur, today. Heavy rain made the ground waterlogged. The winning goal came m the 37th minute when centerforward Woodhull connected with Salleh's pass to slam m a
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  • 108 12 LONDON, Nov. 13. (Reuter) Wolverhampton Wanderers who beat Moscow Dynamo 2-1 at Molineux Park on Wednesday were last night installed 21 to two favourites for this season's Football Association Cup competition. All 21 First Division clubs were given a quotation at the first Victoria Club callover. Manchester
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  • 63 12 THE following are Singapore Badminton Association championship ties for tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Singapore Badminton Stadium:- f Women s Doubles Final: Helen Heng and Baby Low vs. Jessie Ong and Eunice de Souza. Men's Singles Semi-Final: Ong Poh Lim vs. Robert Lim. Mixed Doubles
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  • 84 12 IPOH, Sun.— With a better goal average, Negri Sembilan Sikhs today became champions of the Malayan Sikh hockey competition for the Gurudwara Cup held on the Ipoh Padang. Perak who held Negri to a scoreless draw m the opening game on Friday took second place with
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  • 177 12 Weightlifters Are Taking No Chances MEMBERS of the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation are looking forward to their biggest post-war programme, the triangular weightlifting and bodybuilding tournament between Indonesia. Federation and Singapore to be held m the Colony on Dec. 25 and 26. Mr. Chua Tian Teck, President of the S.A.W.L.F.
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  • 463 12 Dave McLaren Sparks RAF To A Great Victory ROYAL AIR FORCE (FAR EAST) 6 Nash (2), Clark (2), Ibrahim and Carter ARYAN GYMKHANA 1 Thanqaraj FRESH from their successful Hongkong >our, Royal Air Forc^ 'Far East handed tne visiting Aryans Gymkhana their biggest beating before 3,400 spectators at
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  • 56 12 IPOH. Sun.— Two goals by Federation's Jeftwinger. Mahinder Singh, enabled Selangor to beat Pahang 2-0 m the Malayan Sikh hockey meet for the Gurudwara Cup on the Ipoh padang this morning. In another game. Perak edged Penang 1-0. The goal was scored by inside right Gurucharan
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  • 119 12 Yamamoto Draws With Thompson KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Mitsuo Yamamoto ol fapaa drew with Basil Thompson of Burma over 10 round- m the main event oi Nene'g promotion at Bukit Bintang Park. Kuala Lumpur, last night. The Japanese boxed devettf to take the earlier ro but Thompson finish i strongly. The
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  • 79 12 ROYAL Air Force Seletai won their first points m SHA Second Division Lea when they beat Royal Naval Police 2-1 at Seletar yesl day. This was also the Si time Naval Police scored a goal m a league match. A sudden breakaway m the tenth minute
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  • 25 12 IPOH. Sun.— Selangor lays trounced Cheng Wah Sports Club of Ipoh 22 poi: ta to six m a friendly rugcer match m Ipoh today.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 166 12 SINGAPORE HOCKEY: S.H.A. LEAGUE DIV. 1-G.H.Q., Farelf vs. University at G.H.Q. DIV. 2 8.0.D. "A" vs. R.A.F., Seletar at Seletar. DIV. 3 Cable and Wireless vs. Singapore Engineering Regt. at S.E.R. RUGBY: S.C.C. "B" vs. Singapore Engineering Regt. at S.C.C: R.A.F., Tengah vs. R.A.F.. Seletar at Tengah: University vs. Police
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