Singapore Standard, 16 November 1955

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  • 31 1 Singapore Standard KFIJF STANDARD POLICE ***** (5 lints) 2400 it m i. FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 5111 2414 Vol. VI. No. 133 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1955 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 254 1 Target Set For All To Speak Malay KUALA LUMPUR, Tnes.— Dato Abdul Razak, Federation's Minister for Education, declared on his return from Indonesia today that it will be possible to mike Malay the national language even earlier than the target date— l96s. This confidence of the Minister follows his first-h.-r._:
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  • 101 1 BAN ON RICE LIFTED BANGKOK, Nov. 15 (Reuler> The Thai Government is considering a proposal to lilt the ban on the export of over the southern border into Malaya. The government has deeded to lift the control on r.ce movement m the southern provinces except m the border areas. At
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  • 43 1 BANGALORE, Nov. 15 (Reuter) An Indian-manu-factured trainer aircraft, the H.T.-2, took off from here this morning on a demonstration flight to South-east Asia prospecting for a market. It will visit Rangoon, Bangkok. Pnompenh, Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
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  • 28 1 THE United States Su-t->reme Court has ruled against Oklahoma State law reuring Negro candidates for public office to be labelled as such on ballot papers. Reuter
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  • 24 1 MR. Bernard Wicksteed, a Fleet Street columnist wellknown m Hongkong and the Far East died m a London hospital yesterday, aged 50.
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  • 45 1 THE 22 passengers of a four-engined American aircraft, flying from North Africa to Germany, walked from it unhurt after it had made a forced landing on the bed of the River Lao, about 45 miles north of Cosenea m Italy, last night. Reuter
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  • 41 1 WILD elephants, startled by songs, killed three farmers and Injured four as the men returned home from their rice fields m South Assam yesterday. The party were singing for joy at the promise of a bumper crop.- Reuter
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  • 37 1 FRENCH officials announced yesterday that four rebels were killed. 34 captured and about 50 suspects arrested m clean-up operations directed against the outlawed Army of God m Algeria, m the last 24 hours. U.P
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  • 142 1 NEW YORK, Nov. 15. (Router) The population of Asia, excluding the far north, will have increased by 1980 to between 1,816 million and 2,227 million from its present 1,230 million, according to a United Nations estimate. The world organization said today that m no continent was the
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  • 99 1 Ruthless Gangster Escapes A RUTHLESS Singapore secret society gangster, sentenced to three years' imprisonment last month for stabbing a prostitute, escaped from a prison warder at about 9.30 a.m. yesterday. He ran away from Tan Tock Seng Hospital where he was waiting to Lave his chest examined, as he was
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  • 22 1 ALL BRITISH European Airways flights to Paris have been cancelled because of the strike of French ground staff. Reuter
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  • 180 1 NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (AP)— Two of ttie three crewmen killed by a fire on the navy radar warning ship Searcher, were sealed alive m the blazing engineroom, officers and crewmen said last night. "We could hear them screaming and moaning for help but we
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  • 30 1 MR. ADLAI Stevenson, defeated by President Eisenhower m the 1952 presidential elections, announced yesterday he would be a candidate for the Democratic nomination again next year.— Reuter
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  • 61 1 PATNA, BIHAR, Nov. 15. Reuter) Police arrested line people after breaking up i fight between Christians md Hindus m the village of tfathgulni, m Bihar, North;ast India, which flared up ollowing the reconversion o Christianity of a Harijan [untouchable Hindu). The Harijan became a Christian m
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  • 135 1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. (Reuter) A Chinese seaman today asked the United States Supreme Court to overturn decisions by Virginia courts which upheld a State Law banning his inter-racial marriage to a white woman. The man, Mr. Ham Say Nairn, was married m 1952 to Mrs.
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  • 480 1 Tunkus Last Warning To Chin Peng Amnesty Wont Be Open Indefinitely KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federation's Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, warned Malayan Communist Secretary-General, Chin Peng, tonight that the amnesty offer cannot remain open indefinitely. Bandung Wonder The Tunku, who returned to Kuala Lumpur from his
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  • 217 1 Rahman Points A Moral KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Federation's Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, tonight explained to Malayans what has internationally come to be known as the "Bandung wonder" m race relations. In a broadcast about his trip to the republic, he said: "The Chinese m Indonesia are only those
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  • 218 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Communist leaders m Indonesia are either disinterested m or ashamed ot the seven-year insurrection started by their counterparts m Malaya, according: to indications available during the recent visit of the Federation Goodwill Mission to the Republic. Communists met and talked to
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  • 55 1 THE 24-hour strike by Chinese bus company employees is to so on indefinitely. The owners have decided to lock out their employees. Most taxi drivers will ignore a call for a daylong protest stoppage today. In the Harbour Board, 700 workers employed by contractors down tools
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  • 125 1 No Red China Trip For Her CHE ZAHARA binte Noor Mohamed's application to visit Red China, at the invitation of the Chinese Democratic Women's Federation, was yesterday turned down by the Singapore Government. Che Zahara who is the President of the Malay Women Welfare Association, met a delegation of the
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  • 86 1 KARACHI, Nov. 15. (Reuter) A report published today m all Karachi newspapers alleges that spies "m the service of a foreign country have recently intensified their clandestine activities In Pakistan." It says that "according to competent sources 70 to 80 pretty girls have recently managed to
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  • 22 1 ISMAIL El Azhari, whose government was overthrown last week, was re-elected Sudanese Prime Minister by Parliament m Khartoum yesterday.—Reuter.
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  • 27 1 PRESIDENT Eisenhower eased back into the routine of his high office yesterday and his "home town" adjusted with hardly a ripple to his presence. AP
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  • 48 1 BUENOS AIRES. Nov. 15, (UP)— A general strike called by Juan D. Peron's General Confederation of Labour appeared today to have failed. The CGT. whose 6,000,000 members were the backbone of political strength of the ousted Argentina dictator, called the strike of unlimited duration.
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  • 55 1 LONDON, Nov. 15 (AP) Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden refused today to agree to an investigation of the relationship between the state and the Established Church of England. He told the House of Commons that "no representations m favour of disestablishment have been received from
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  • 39 1 SIR Anthony Eden rejected a suggestion m the House of Commons, yesterday, that m view of the present tension between Israel and Egypt he should propose a conference under the auspices of the United Nations. Reuter
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  • 38 1 THE PRIME Minister ot Iraq, General Nuri Al Said, will lead the Iraqi delegation to the first ministerial council meeting of the Baghdad Defence Pact, comprising Turkey, Britain, Pakistan and Persia, which opens on Nov. Reuter
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  • 160 1 JAKARTA, Nov. 15 (UP) Government supporting newspapers today told President Soekarno to put up or shut up on his claim he discovered a secret foreign plot to destroy Indonesia. Meanwhile, the government of Prime Minister Burhanudin Harahap asked for a tape recording of the Bandung
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  • 71 1 FEZ, Morocco, Nov. 15, (Reuter) Fist and knife fights broke out here yesterday between supporters of Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef of Morocco and members of a religious sect believed hostile to him. Twenty people were injured, some of them seriously. The fighting began when a man
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  • 204 2 New Elections Unwise UK Comment A MESSAGE m the London Financial Times yesterday said Singapore's experiment of seven months of a partially elected Government is once again facing a crisis according to Reuters. This newspaper added: "Although Mr. Marshall has indicated that higher taxes are m store, probably next year,
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  • 66 2 GENEVA. Nov. 15 fßcuter)— The Inter-Parliamentary Union, of which Viscount Stansgate is president, is to hold the first plenary meeting of its history m Asia. The meeting will be held m Bangkok next year. A preliminary meeting of the Union's executive committee will take place m
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  • 277 2 Court Told Of Parang Attack After Rejection A 35-year-old bus fitter was yesterday committed m the Singapore Sixth Magistrate's Court to stand trial m the next Assizes on a tentative charge of attempting to murder a 10--year-old girl, at her house m Buffalo Road, on Sept.
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  • 160 2 Court Told Of Geylang Murder A NEWSPAPER vendor, Yip Kai Chong. yesterday pleaded not guilty to a murder charge before Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah m the Singapore High Court. Yip was accused of having caused the death of a carpenter, Wong Fatt, on the night of June 16 at
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  • 86 2 LONDON, Nov. 15 (UP) Prince Charles celebrated his seventh birthday yesterday and grabbed the spotlignt from his aunt, Princess Margaret His mother, Queen Elizabeth, left the afternoon free of official engagements so she could be on hand to watch Charles blow out the seven candles and
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  • 51 2 photo A CON FERENCE on South-east Asia was attended recently m Rangoon by academicians from universities of Ceylon, Malaya, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Burma. The conference was sponsored jointly by the John Hopkins University Centre of the School of Advanced International Studies and the Rangoon University.—
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  • 256 2 Man's Al legation Against Police A PROSECUTION witness, Sng Cheng Chia, yesterday told the Singapore Fourth Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn, that the investigating officer of the case m which he was giving evidence had instructed him what to say m making his
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  • 36 2 HONGKONG. Nov. 15. Special Standard Service Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $15.40 to £1 Sterling. 55.***** to USSI; $1,829 to Malayan $1: $0,153 to one Indonesians Rupiah; Gold $253.75 to a tael.
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  • 202 2 Probe Into Woman's Death Starts A WOMAN. Meriyam binte Nainasma, who was alleged to have caused the death of another woman by inducing a miscarriage, appeared before the Singapore Eighth Magistrate's Court yesterday on a preliminary inquiry into a charge of causing a criminal abortion. The abortion, it was alleged,
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  • 259 2 RAUB, Tues.— Fingerprints of Liew Men?, 55, of Wayang Street, Raub, betrayed him, after he had been unlawfully residing m the Federation for nearly 15 years, it was alleged at a preliminary inquiry m the Magistrate's Court here recently. Liew was committed by Mr. J.
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  • 142 2 Schoolboy Drowned At A Picnic A 16-YEAR-OLD Singapore schoolboy, Koh Kirn Seng, who was described by his friends as "quiet and friendly," was found drowned during a class picnic at Pasir Ris on the morning of Sept. 14. a classmate, Sik King Song, told a Coroner's Court yesterday. In an
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  • 111 2 A NEW DEA£ for Singapore workers is the main plank m a common platform agreed to by the Progressives and Democrats, it was reliably learnt yesterday. Negotiations for a merger of the two parties, which began three months ago. have now been successfully completed. The
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  • 497 2 A MAN held under c Emergency Regula; wrote a Communist s on a slate m prison Singapore First Crim District Judge, Mr. J D. Ambrose, was yesterday. The man, Lee Chai Beng then asked the Superintend of Prisons, Mr. E. Smith, to
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  • 110 2 A BOY who has made good was feted by relatives and fellow-workers at a Chinese dinner over the weekend. He is Mr. Steven Lim of the Qantas Empire Airways, Transport Section, who recently passed his Motor Vehicles Technicians Finals of the City and Guilds, London, examinations. To celebrate
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  • 404 3 ...SO NO BUSES AGAIN THERE will be no buses in Singapore again today, although the 24 hour protest strike by 1,700 men of the Chinese bus companies officially ended at midnight yesterday. The managements of the 11 Chinese Bus Companies are not prepared to allow the
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  • 184 3 MORE than 700 daily- n rated workers employed by g 34 private contractors in t] the dry dock in Keppel Road. Singapore, will go on e strike this morning. J The stoppage is to back a t demand for increased wages, a bonus
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  • 159 3 A RECORD number of Rafflesians, 15 boys and two girls— have won scholarships m 1955. Of the 17, seven, including two Queen's Scholars, are for higher studies overseas. The two Queen's scholars are Colin Leicester and Hwang Peng Yuan. Hwang has already left Singapore for
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  • 71 3 What Was Afoot -A Fire! A SINGAPORE coffee shop proprietor woke up with a yell m his home m Tiong Bahri Road late on Monday night. A lighted Piece of papier had been stuck between the man's iocs. This toe-burning is believed to be connected with an incident earlier m
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  • 25 3 THE DALAI Lama. Ruler of Tibet, is to be invited to India next year for the 2.50U anniversary celebrations of Buddha's birth. Reuter
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  • 213 3 'HE WAS TOO YOUNG TO WED' -COURT IS TOLD KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court was told today that the marriage of a 19-year-old boy to a girl three years his senior, should be void because the groom was a minor, who contracted the union witnout parental consent.
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  • 284 3 They Broke Down In Court KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Twelve married women, their ages ranging from 19 to 47, crammed the dock of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today and admitted, amidst giggles, to strapping stolen scrap rubber round their thighs. However, they broke down
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  • 295 3 'Hands Off Rase' Say The Women The Battle Of The Strip Takes The Air KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Women members of a Radio Malaya forum just held m the Federal capital, have declared that strip-teaser Rose Chan should not be banned because "Honi Sol Qui Mai V Pense" (evil to him
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  • 131 3 NO FIGHT FOR THE ALLIANCE BnTU PAHAT. Tues. All four Alliance candidates, who sent m their nomination papers to-day :for the three wards m the Town Council. Batu Pahat. have been returned unopposed. Notable absentees were Inche Suleiman bin Dato Abdul Rahmaa, Minister for Local Government and Mr. S. C.
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  • 44 3 NINETEEN cases of liquor, worth $2,642. were stolen from a hotel m Meyer Road. Singapore, over the weekend. About the same time, nearly 400 sheets of rubber, valued at $720. were stolen from a store m Khatib Estate, off Bahsoompah Road.
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  • 217 3 He Hid In Kuching Jungle TEN years after the Japanese laid down their arms a Japanese medical orderly, Isamu Kano, today awaits repatriation to his homeland from Singapore. Kano. 39. arrived here on Monday from Kuching where he has been hiding m the
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  • 104 3 INDIANS m the Colony were advised by Mr X P. Kesava Menon yesterday to pass on to their country what they have learnt m Singapore, if they had the interest of their country m mind Mr. Menon was addressing a large gathering at the inaugural meeting of
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  • 72 3 TELOK ANSON. Tues. A vegetable gardener, Chew Yeow. 59. was killed when he was knocked down by a train at Deong. late this afternoon. Chew, who was accompanied by his wife was stated to have been cycling alons the railway track when at Ta^h Road a train
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 67 3 Weather Report Minimum Temperature From 7.30 p.m. Nov. 14 to 7.30 a.m. Nov 15: S'pore (78F): Penang (74F); Kota Bahru (74F); Kuala Lumpur (72F); Ipoh (74F): Kuantan (75F). Minimum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 n.m. Nov. 15*. Singapore <88F): Penang (87F); Kota Bahru (87F): Kuala Lumpur (85F); Ipoh (8GF);
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  • 43 4 AN exhibition of Chinese Porcelain is now being held m Raffles Museum, Singapore. It is open from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. daily and on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m The exhibition continues till the end of December.
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  • 62 4 WHEN artists meet, the conversation inevitably turns to art and its various forms. Above, Indonesian art "ambassadors" (from left) Nasjah Djaumin, Handrijo, and Sumitrfo listen to expert opinion on Chinese calligraphy fey the president of the Singapore Art Society, Mr. Ho Kok Hoe. The occasion was a
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  • 346 4 High Court Hears Of Three-Year -Old $20,000 Question KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The three-year-old dispute over the $20 000 first prize m the 1953 Malayan Indian Congress lottery went to the Kuala Lumpur High Court today. M. Karflasamy, a Port Swcttenham shopkeeper, who claims) he is the rightful owner of the
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  • 149 4 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Seller* Spot fob. (nom.) 1281 1285 ;To. 1 R.S.S. Dec. 125£ 1255 No. 1 Dec. 122 123 No. 2 Dec. 120 V 121* Tone:— Steady. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was 5374J per picul (up
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  • 101 4 'WORK FOR PEACE'- RULER KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Sultan of Selangor today urged members of the Federation Volunteer Forces to forget their differences of race, colour and religion and work for the peace of the country. He thanked them for having given up their leisure to serve as volunteers. Their
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  • 62 4 A WOMAN, Lav Lee Lam, claimed trial m the Singapore Eighth Magistrate's Court yesterday to a charge of theft of a gold anklet valued at $10, belonging to Tan Lian Wee, a friend The theft was alleged to have been committed m Tan's house m Albert
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  • 136 4 DESERTED WIFE GETS DIVORCE DECREE PENANG, Tues.—A woman told Mr. Justice T. C. Spenser-Wilkinson m the High Court today that m February, 1952, her husoand took her to live with tier parents at Tanjong Bungah because she was about to give birth. He left her at the house saying he
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  • 277 4 Federation News Briefs THE Hua Lian High School will hold their annaul elocution contest m English on Saturday. Nov. 19. The Competition will be divided into three divisions Senior Middle School. Junior Middle School and the Primary School. THE Chief clerk, Mr. Ajit Singh, attached to the Raub O.C.P.D.'s office
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  • 47 4 KLUANG, Tues.— The District Officer, Kluang, Yang Mulia Raja Omar bin Chik, opened a new cinema hall at Rengam on Friday. The theatre, the first m Rengam, is owned by Mr. Llm Liang Hoe, a leading Rengam businessman. The theatre cost about $30,000.
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  • 134 4 S.E.P. REVEAL FOUR MORE DEATHS IN REDS' RANKS JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. -As the result of recent terrorist surrenders here Government has been supplied with information by the SEP (Surrendered Enemy Personnel) of four terrorist deaths m the jungle which were previously unknown. They also gave news of the wounding of
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  • 153 4 TAIPING, Tues. Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, general secretary of the National Mining Workers' Union, called at the head office of the Malayan Mining Employees' Union and discussed methods of finalising the constitutional merging of his union into the M.M.E.U. Mr. Tan reassured Inche Abdul
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  • 253 4 Court Hears Driver's Evidence PENANG, Tues.— A boy was crushed by the wheel of a steamroller which was levelling a road m Telok Bahang, the Coroner's Court was told today. The Coroner, Mr. Au Ah Wah. was holding an inquiry into the death of 12-year-old
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  • 423 5 Police Has A Duty To Do Says Buckeridge THE Singapore Police has a duty to keep pirate taxis off the road, the Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. B. C. J. Buckeridge, told the Transport Commission under the chairmanship of Mr. L. C. Hawkins yesterday. He
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  • 272 5 MEANING OF A WORD CHANGES COMPLEXION OF CASE PENANG, Tues.— It is important for magistrates m their grounds of decision not only to make specific findings of fact, but also to •rive a clear indication of which witnesses they believed and which not. remarked Mr. Justice T. C. spenser-Wilkinson when
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  • 82 5 'Paying Off' Boat Steams Into Port THE cruiser. H.M.S. Newcastle, steamed into Singapore yesterday with the "paying off" pennant flying from the main mast. The ship is being recommissioned m Singapore with TOO officers and men, some of whom have already arrived m Singapore after being airlifted from Britain. The
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  • 236 5 20,000 Fire Fighters For New Villages KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Federation's Fire Services Chief. Col. F. F. C. Watkins, has just completed a mammoth task of training more than 20,000 men to protect the country's 500 new villages from fire. Col. Watkins told The Standard he was confident that these
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  • 181 5 PENAXG, Tues. The Penang Municipal Services Union will be taking up the question of double pay on v iblk holidays for bus worker with the Municipal President. Mr. J. S. H. CunynghamBrown. Today, the Municipal bus workers are not satisfied beau -c they were given to understand
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  • 88 5 Nominations For Council Elections IPOH, Tues. Nomination day for the Ipoh and Menglembu Town Council byeelection has been fixed for Nov. 21 and polling will take place on Dec. 8. Candidates will contest five seats falling vacant m the year end. The bye-elections to fill three seats on the Kuala
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  • 53 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— The Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. W. H. Baines. will visit the parish of Johore Bahru from Thursday until Nov. 21. During his stay m Johore < Bahru he will instal Rev." J. J. E. Sampson as Vicar of the parish at
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  • 99 5 Jailed For Causing Woman's Death MUAR. Tues. Haron bin I Haji Sulaiman, 40. an attendant of the Muar Government Hospital, was sentenced yesterday to six months' imprisonment by the President of the Sessions Court. Mr. W. B Sutherland, for causing the death of a 50-year-old woman. Tan Siew Hiang. on
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  • 63 5 THE following were elected office-bearers on Friday, to form the General Electric Co. (M) Ltd. branch of the Singapore Business Houses Employees' Union, which is affiliated to the T.U.C.: Mr. Henry Kwek (chairman), Mr. Albert Lim Beng Huat (secretary). Mr. Myron Ng Seng Kang (treasurer). Committee: Messrs.
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  • 55 5 A SINGAPORE shop assistant. Ong Eng Hock. 16. died m the General Hospital a few hours after he was involved m a collision with a motor lorry while cycling m Telok Ayer Street, yesterday. Traffic Police are appealing for eye-witnesses to contact them at the Traffic
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  • 80 5 PENANG, Tues.— The Dondang Sayang Club will give a musical performance m aid of the Poppy Day Appeal Fund at 9 p.m. on Nov. 27, at the New World amusement park More than 30 instrumental- ists and singers will take part m this "festival of
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  • 101 5 League To Run Essay Contest PENANG, Tues. The Peninsular Malay Students' League is organizing an essay contest m Malay among Malay students m the Federation and Singapore. There are three sections ot the contest m which the students can take part. They are short stories, essays and poetry. Winners of
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  • 71 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Over 250 members of the Federation Survey Department said an affectionate good-bye to the retiring Surveyor-Gen-eral. Mr. C. Noble, at a dinner here this week. Among those present at the dinner was Dr. Ismail bin Datoh Abdul Rahman. Minister for Natural Resources. Mr.
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  • 67 5 $5,000 BAIL IN CUSTOMS' CASE PENANG. Tues. The manager of Tarzan and Co.. Wong Heng Seong, claimed trial m the Sessions Court today to a charge of attempting to evade paying full Customs duty on five cases of Hawaiian shirts. He was alternatively charged with giving incorrect value of 115
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    • 903 5 cAlmanac Information at a Glance ffinnUP 1 Tunefully Yours (P); 130 News 1686 m); 330 Young Australia P( 1 l| r>§k 9d*\ AC <S); 145 Melody of Love (P); Recital (19 59. 16 86m i; 3.45 BeII IHIIIMXY U t 2 p.m Kor Schools (S); 6 p.m. hind the News
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 515 6 IN the six months that Singapore's first elected Government has been functioning the rights of citizens have been steadily ignored Strong as their determination has been to give their elected representatives every chance to settle down to the business of governing, it is a sad reflection that
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    • 401 6 COADED by demands designed to place bus operators under the clutches of their workers, the Singapore Chinese Bus Owners Association has warned bus workers and their union that it will no longer knuckle down to bullying The Association has also requested Government to treat bus workers as essential
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  • 827 6  - NEW HOPE FOR MALTA J. Raimondo by The delegates of the Malta round-table conference, led by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Kilmuir, returned to London on October 23 after seven days on the Island studying; conditions, holding meetings and talking with all sections of the population. Malta now awaits the report
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  • 330 6 VIEWS REVIEW OF Aussie Troops UTUSAN Melayu applauds the resolution ot the Singapore UMNO General Assembly on Sunday to protest against the stationing of Australian troops m Malaya. It shows, says the paper, that an ever-in-creasing section of the people is against the policy of alien powers to convert Malaya
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  • 724 6 The NEWS as it strikes me! Aster Gunasekera HPHE citizens of Singapore are again the victims of the autocratic power vested by law m the hands of public transpo 1 1 workers. Two months ago the employees of the Singapore Traction Company went on strike and m support of them
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 322 6 'Dress National' Sir: Not infrequently m these proletarian times invitations to official gatherings bear the inscription "Dress: National." In such a case the prospective guest, if a citizen of this country. Is faced with a sartorial problem— Sir. we have no national dress. Notwithstanding the efforts made during recent months
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    • 242 6 This Maternity Leave Sir: It rather surprised me to read recently thai a man of Mr. McNeice's position should have uttered before the Malayanization Commission that he was against married women m Government service being paid on the same basis as men because of the maternity leave a privilege, according
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    • 229 6 Sir: Your criticisms of the lack of water supply for fire-fighting purposes at certain hours of the day In Klang show a lively interest m public affairs. I am sure you will be only too willing to let your readers know that the authorities are. and always
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    • 105 6 Sir: The Financial Secretary, Mr. T. M. Hart, m making his Budget speech m the Legislative Assembly recently, was reported as saying that "statistics of income tax rales m all Colonial territories showed that Singapore was most fortunately placed m income tax m general and more particularly regarding
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    • 109 6 Sir: Some time ago the X possibilities of a Katong- Clifford Pier ferry ser- vice, to relieve the heavy road traffic, were discuss- cd. The idea merits at- tention now because of J the S.T.C. strike. Of course, the service has to depend on high tide off Marine
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  • 316 7 GENEVA COMPLETE FAILURE East-West Gap Too Wide To Be Bridged At Present' GENEVA, Nov 15, (Reuter)— The Western powers and Russia foday completely tailed to find a way of improving East- West contacts m their final conference session on this issue the only subject on their agenda which had held
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  • 114 7 DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 15 CAP) U.S. Attorney Donald announced yesterday John Gilbert Graham, 23. was arrested earlier, has I ed a "written admission" I he sabotaged a United Air Lines plane* that exploded and i urried his mother and 43 other I rams to death
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  • 103 7 Colourful 'Pullers' On Strike DURBAN, South Africa, Nov. 19 (UP) The world's xvai colourful tourist transport service came to a halt yestenJaj when 600 Zulu rickshaw pullers took off their leopard skins, monkey tails, lion's teeth and ostrich plumes, and went en s'rike. T::e gaily bedecked lickSha v> are idle
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  • 23 7 PLAYWRIGHT Robert Emmetl Sherwood died m New York on Monday, following a corona ry thrombosis at the ase oi 59 UP
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  • 22 7 MARSHAL Nikolai Bulgaui the Soviet Prime Minister, a cold and was unable to a N'orwigan delegation m •ow yesterday.- Reuter
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  • 105 7 BONN. Germany. Nov. 15 (AP)— The uniforms of the new German Wehrmacht have been criticized so much by the public that they will probably be changed, the Defence Ministry said yesterday. The uniforms were worn m public for the first time on Saturday, when the first 101
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  • 55 7 AP's radio photo from Bonn shows the Wset German Defence Minister, Theodor Blank, between Lieutenant Generals Adolf Hudsinger, left, and Hans Speidel, after handing them call-up papers m Bonn on Nov. 12, at a ceremony at which he formally handed papers to the first 101 volunteers
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  • 89 7 3 rd Daughter From Third Wife NEW YORK. Nov. 15 (AP)— Actor producer Orson Welles became the father of a thirc' daughter yesterday when his wife. Italian actress Paoula Mori, gave birth at Polyclinic Hospital here. Welles. 40. and Miss Mori. 24. the former Countess De Girfalco. were married m
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  • 45 7 WEYBRIDGE, England. Nov. 15 (AP)— Ruby M. Ayres, 72. author of best-selling romantic novels, died last night. She had been ill several months. In a 57-year writing career she wrote more than 150 novels with sales totalling 10.000.0J0 copies.
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  • 32 7 THE Junior Chamber International, which has been meeting m Edinburgh for a week, has elected A. De Olivira Sales of Hong Kong as its new world president for 19jd.— UP
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  • 44 7 ACTOR Rock Hudson and his bride, the former Phyllis Gates are seen with their wedding cake after their marriage at Santa Monica on Wednesday, Nov. 9 25--year-old brunette Miss Gates was formerly employed as secretary to Hudson's Agent.- AP Radio
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  • 34 7 Photo. FIELD Marshal Viscount Montgomery, famed for his beret, tries a new style, cowboy hat, en a visit to Dallas, Texas, Nov. 7. The hat was a present. A. P
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  • 219 7 TOKYO. Nov. 15 (UP)— Communist China has honoured four ancient Chinese scientists, one of whom it claims invented a seismoscope to measure earthquakes 1.823 years ago, with commemorative stamps. The stamps were printed. Peiping Radio heard m Tokyo said, "to help our people better appreciate
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  • 198 7 NICOSIA, Cyprus, Nov. 15 (UP)— Police and troops fired tear gas shells yesterday to disperse rioting students who stoned the British tourist office and burned its flag m an upsurge of anti-British demonstrations. The students, hundreds of high school boys and girls, staged a
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  • 68 7 CAIRO, Nov. 15 (AP)— the Arab League Political Committee on Monday called for withdrawal of occupying forces from the Buraimi Oasis and a return to peaceful arbitration of the Anglo-Saudi Arabian dispute under international auspices The committe denounced the British-led occupation of the Buraimi area as "unilateral
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  • 51 7 VICE ADMIRAL Kaou Nagaswa. Chief of Japan's Maritime Defence Force, arrived m Washington on Monday for talks with U.S. defence officials on the development of Japan's small post-war navy. He will make a country wide tour of U.S. Naval installations _as guest of the U.S. Navy.
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  • 224 7 Pirates Ransack 'Joyita'? AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Nov. 15 (UP) Divers found the seacock open m the engine room of the ghost launch Joyita yesterday, strengthening the theory that pirates waylaid the vessel and disposed of the 25 persons aboard. Eyewitnesses who boarded the empty Joyita after it
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  • 159 7 KANSAS CITY. Nov. 15. (AP) Even a single shot of Salk polio vaccine sliced paralytic polio thi s year 50 to 80 per cent, an official preliminary government report declared today. The report was called "awfully good news. The vaccine works." It comes from
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  • 41 7 BONN. Nov. 15 (AP)—Communist Czechoslovakia is expected soon to reiease 990 Germans sentenced for war crin.es. A government spokesman, announcing this yesterday, said Czechoslovakia has freed a total of 1.777 war criminal* since World War II
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  • 82 7 SANTA MONICA, California, Nov. 15 (AP) The wife of singer Mcl Tonne won a divorce on Monday on testimony that he had so many hobbies that he ignored his family. Mrs. Florence Anne Tonne, 29. fromer model and actress, told the court that Tonne. also
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  • 155 7 BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 15 (AP)— Argentina's new provisional president. MajorGeneral Pedro Eugenio Aramburu. swore m three-key Cabinet members on Monday to help him guide his new government on its obviously hazardous course. Friends of General Eduardo Lonardi, ousted on Sunday by Aramburu's forces, have vowed revenge
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  • 40 7 The wartime executioner of Flossenbuerg concentration camp was sentenced yesterday to four years m prison for hanging or shooting to death 20 inmate?. SS (Elite Guard) Corporal Adolf Nies. now 50' testified he was carrying out order?.— AP
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  • 206 7 Burma Cracks Down On Evil Influences RANGOON, Nov. 15. (Rcutcr) Sociai workers and thinKing Burmang are much concerned with what the Home Minister. Bo Khin Maung Gale, has aeseriDed as "a mounting wave ol BHC crimes." The Home Minister's .statement, made at a meeting with leading editors, touched oil a
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  • 42 7 KOBE. Japan. Nov. 15 (AP) A two-day fire m the hold of the 4,903-ton Danish freighter Eiien Macr.sk damaged cargo worth perhaps U5555,000. The ship was carrying 1.200 bales of raw Indian cotton and about 100 barrels of lacquer.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 28 7 tl fl\ m 1 1 m W For the modern office Jfij BEHM. MEYER &CO LTD. PO 'Box 2000. Singapore. p| PATERSON, SIMONS CO LTD Kuala Lumpur Penang.
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    • 151 7 k\fir^' are absorbing and instructive for ImK/t aN children. The ever-popular gift. {S Monopoly $19/95 WOODEN I Sg^-vSy 5 on wheels i o shooting game S3 /75 pull -a long make mggJC^ Lexicon $2/25 the perfect gift f Ludo SI /50 tion will stand up to the W&g&M SCO r
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  • 44 8 Photo by MRS MARGARET Lucille Aw (left). Miss Monica Joseph (centre), and Mrs. Elaine La Faber were chosen finalists at the "Kuala Lumpur Commercial Golden Voice" ompetition held at Rediffusion House, Pahang Road, Kuala Lumpur, during the weekend. Yong Peng Seong
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  • 118 8 ALOR STAR, Tues —Several hundred clerks m the Kedah Government service are to go on strike m two weeks. They reached the decision through a ballot m which 466 of the 514 members of the Clerical Union voted for the action over disputed wage
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  • 62 8 Business Union Committee MR. KEE YEW CHYE has been eiected chairman of the Bousteads branch of the Singapore Business Houses Employees Union, it was announced yesterday The secretary Is Mr. R. S. Maniam. treasurer. Mr. Teo Cheng Kang and auditor. Mr. Richard Ang. Committee members areMiss Sybil da Silva, Mr.
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  • 49 8 PEOPLE'S Action Party Assemblyman Mr. Harry Lee Kuan Yew will speak on "•Some Problems Confronting Malaya" at the Oei Tecng Ham Hall. University of Malaya, tomorrow at 8 p.m. The talk, which is sponsored by the University's Democratic Club. is open to the public.
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  • 190 8 MALACCA. Tues. Four young "babas," members ol Malacca's old Straits-born Chinese community, last night recalled m an old pantun "jak oli pasir jak okan" on the High School stage, how, when and why Sino-Malay friendship came to be a facet of Malacca life. In a
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  • 30 8 THE Minister for Local Government. Lands and Housing. Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, will tour the Yio Chu Kang area ol Upper Serangoon at 9 a.m. today.
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  • 137 8 $100,000 Live Cargo For Japan A LIVE cargo estimated at $100,000 is aboard the Bencruachan en route to Japan from Britain. They are black stallion, 11--year-old Hindostan, who won the Irish Derby as a 3-year-old, a chestnut colt. Baufleur, by Artie Prince, the English Derby winner, and five mares all
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  • 175 8 *A Disservice' To The Country TO PRECIPITATE a general election m the present disturbed condition of Singapore is a disservice to the country, said banker/ City Councillor Mr. Yap Pheng Geek yesterday. This must be recognized by all political leaders if the idea of a National
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  • 43 8 KOTA BHARU, Tues. Seman. a middle-aged Malay was stabbed m a scuffle with his wife. Embong binti Abdul Rahman m front of the Lido Theatre today. Seman was admitted to the Kota Bharu Hospital m an unconscious condition.
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  • 110 8 Local Crew For New Tanker TWENTY-SEVEN Chinese seamen from Singapore will be ferried by a Thai Airways plane to Tokyo today. They form the full crew complement for the new tanker Caltex Medan. The 3.000-ton Caltex Medan was built m the Hitachi shipbuilding yards at Innoshima for the Caltex Company,
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  • 49 8 A SINGAPORE labourer. Tan Yew Chew, yesterday claimed trial m the Eighth Magistrate's Court to a charge of theft of a $.30 fountain pen belonging to Tan Liang Wee, m a Changi bus on Nov. 14. Bail of $250 was allowed till Nov. 22
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  • 315 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— A preliminary inquiry was held m the Magistrate's Court today into a murder committed m 1951 Facing the inquiry was I Mutusamy. a labourer on Ulu I Tiram Estate, who was aci cused of causing the death of Manikam by cutting him
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  • 204 8 Terrorists Attack Rhodesians JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— A patrol of the First Battalion, Northern Rhodesian Regiment, was fired on by a number of terrorists using automatic weapons m the Rengam area of Johore yesterday. The patrol returned the fire and the terrorists fled. Another Rhodesian patrol operating 1 nearby contacted a
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  • 46 8 Photo by MR. P.C. PONNIAH of the Telecoms Department, Kuala Lumpur and his bride Miss K. Navamalar, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Kanapathippillai of Ceylon pictured at their wedding reception held at Hotel Majestic, Kuala Lumpur during the weekend. Yong Feng Seong
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  • 99 8 Alliance To Move New Resolution JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— The next meeting of the Johore State Council will be held m Johore Bahru on Dec. 13 at 10 a.m. At this meeting, a resolution, it is understood, will be moved by the Alliance for Sultans to be regarded as Constitutional heads
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  • 346 8 FOLLOWING are further sums donated by individuals and firms from Ipoh to the Malaya Muslim College Fund: Mohamed Idris bin Haji Ibrahim $250. Mohamed bin Awan° N T aib $250. Noor Aziz b. Ahmad $250. Mohamed Helmi dan Imran Nordin $250. Mohd. Isa bin Abbas 5250. M.
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  • 58 8 MISS Phyllis Vass. fourth daughter of Mr. E. J. Vass, M.8.E., Asst. Financial Secretary of the Singapore Police Force, was married on Monday to Mr. T. C. d'Cruz, only son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. d'Cruz. The wedding took place at the Holy Family Church, Katong. The
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  • 222 8 Get Rid Of The Dock Gangsters -Govt. Urged WATERFRONT workers now being exploited by labour contractors want to form a National Employment Social Security Bureau to combat corruption. It has been suggested that the Government recruit all labour for work on ships m the Inner Roads, Eastern Roads Explosive Anchorage,
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  • 73 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— S. Arumugam, 31, today claimed trial before the First Magistrate to a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a compatriot with a knife. It was said that he knifed a woman named G. Letchumy, at Gurney Road here on the night of
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  • 77 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Two Sikh policemen today claimed trial before the President of the Sessions Court to a charge of attempting to rob a compatriot at the 'point of a .38 revolver Constable Kundan Singh, 28, and Corporal Jagit Singh, 37, were said to have attempted the
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  • 59 8 THREE women. Ho Ah Moy, To Ngan and Ho Keng Fan. appeared before the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday to answer a eharpe of trespass against them. All claimed trial. It was alleged they entered a house m Silat Road on the afternoon of Nov. 14. m order
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 101 8 1M georgeScohen SONS COMPANY LIMITED Established m London In 1834 ANNOUNCE THAT THEY ARE NOW ATASIA INSURANCE BUILDING, FINLAYSON GREEN, SINGAPORE, I P.O. Box 376. Telephone; ***** ***** (Manager) Cables: DISMAST, Singapore. STEEL STOCKHOLDERS IN SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR BUYERS OF SCRAP IRON STEEL NON-FERROUS METALS NEW and SECONDHAND PLANT, MACHINERY
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    • 63 8 i* You S6G them -k I m BEDFORD f mm Tough tippers 3 or 4-3 cubic yard Wwmfy wy/W'4 mm Petrol or Diesel with Telehoist Hydraulic underbody tipping WM gear and all steel radius cornered bodies. Both end and fl§l j|p 3-way tippers from stock. Ip ,|p FULL PARTICULARS FROM
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  • 1344 9 by budding actress 'Black Swan* Anna Charles Rid ley concludes his article on the DRUGS-and-SEX Scandal of the Century, ROME THE trial of Muto got properly under npy m February, 1954, The Comtiunist Press sate its (i,l vantage. It slamtned at the picture of (i cabinet maker's
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  • 506 9  -  M. A. Glasgow Xhgjghjghjghj Special STANDARD Science Series by LONDON IN an attempt to discover better and quicker methods of relieving pain, doctors and scientists have been carrying out experiments to determine exactly what pain is, and how it is caused. Although there is still a great
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  • 387 9 HOLLYWOOD. A NIMAL trainers workmg on "Good-bye, My Lady" have set up a dog run on an adjacent sound stage to exercise the canine performers being used m the Batjac Production for Warner Bros. The run is forty feet by six, and the floor is covered with sawdust.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 314 9 JVIOIIB ot everything you want most m economy motoring*.. PftWPr Quickest way to the facts of this j* \j YJ\J fine new Morns Oxford is a test drive So come and take the wheel feel the power and ver\e of its spirited O.H.V. engine M i J"k B/~k enjoy the
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 303 9 STANDARD'S CROSSWORD PUZZLE 7. Men m the hills can be a PI I ICC heavy barrow (9) tLUt>3 9. What the UN stands for (7) ACROSS 12. Nearly a hundred conserva--1 Descriptive of a heathen lives to describe their rener 9 ,9) cent results '9» 5 Path o: part of
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  • 83 10 THE Giulietta (pictured on right) is now on display m Guan Soon Transport Company's showroom m Anson Road. The Alfa Romeo Super 1900 models, which first came to Malaya about five months ago. have proved popular with motorists. (On left): A side view of the
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  • 131 10 FIRST ALFA GIULIETTA MODEL HERE GUAN Soon Transport Company, Singapore, who are the sole agents for the world famous Alfa Romeo cars m Malaya have just received their first Alfa Giulietta sprint model. The Giulietta, a beautifuf streamlined model painted m red, has been brought to this country at the
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  • 199 10 DOES a businesswoman miss much of home life? '"I do not sec why she should." says Mrs. Teresa Cheong, managing partner of Cheong Lee and Co.. Singapore, who thinks she has been "quite successful" m combining her business interests with her home duties. Mrs. Cheong is one
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  • 134 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: Muntok white Sl3B sellers, Sarawak white $137 sellers. Special Sarawak black $91 sellers; copra Nov. $26| buyers, $27J sellers; Dec. $27i buyers. $27;}- sellers; coconut oil (bulk) $40i sellets, coconut oil (drums) $32£ sellers. Singapore Copra Association 4
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  • 169 10 MART SENSITIVE TO REPORTS SHORT covering purchases m both Singapore and the overseas rubber markets were largely responsible for the sharp rise m prices yesterday which closed at $1.25* per Ib. for first grade December shipment, a rise of 4| cents on Saturday.
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  • 46 10 TUNNELLERS working for the North of Scotland HydroElectric Board at Breadalbane. Perthshire, claim a new world record for rock tunnelling. The figure of 557 ft. m Schis-tose-grit m a 7-day period at one site is said to exceed all existing performances for such work.
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  • 34 10 EXPORTS by the British aircraft industry m September were worth £4.781,696. according to figures issued recently by the Society of British Aircraft Constructor? This was £1,215-985 more than m September, 1954.
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  • 31 10 NEARLY twice as many overseas visitors as last year attended the International Motor Show at Earls Court, London. They numbered 13,750, a record, and came from about 75 countries.
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  • 87 10 THE Government of Ceylon is establishing a rice research institute at Peradeniya as a step m a programme designed to make the island of Ceylon self-sufficient m the production of its people's principal food. The institute, which will be directed by experts from Japan, will seek
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  • 231 10 Amal. Malay 1.55 1.60 Ayer Hitam 0.95 1.05 xd Ayer Panas 1.03 1.08 Borelli 2.95 2.00 Bedford 1.13 1.18 Benta 1.10 1.15 Bukit Katil 1.25 1.35 cd Glenealy 1.35 1.40 Kempas 1.60 1.65 Lunas 4.00 4.10 Mentakab 1.25 1.35 Teluk Anson 1.07 1.12 Ulu Benut
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  • 145 10 MALAYAN Sharebrokers' Association yesterday reported the following business done: Fed. Disp. $3.27£: F. N. o rds. $1.70; Gammons $2.55: Hammer $2.50: Jackson $1.42 i; M Cement $1.67£ and $1.68£: M. Colls. $1.02. to $1.05: Metal Box 51.57J and $1.60: Spore Cold Storage $1.75. 51.73J t overnight): Spore Traclion
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  • 122 10 Menzies Sounds Warning THE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies. yesterday warned the nation of sterner measures than import restrictions to preserve prosperity if his appeal for the people's cooperation failed. Mr. Menzles, who was delivering a general election policy speech m Melbourne for the liberal and country parties which
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 245 10  -  ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN By Standard's New York Bureau Chief WHILE the prospect of future rubber production increases by Malaya and Indonesia has not dampened market enthusiasm m recent weeks, there is a definite feeling of uneasiness m New York over future U.S. stockpiling. I Although
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  • 163 10 YIPs Will Attend Party THE president-direci.r of the Bank Negara Inrio. nesia, Dr. Abdul Kzrim, will officially declare open the bank's first werseai branch at 253 South Brid-e Road, Singapore, on Saturday. The bank executive arrive m Singapore I Indonesia tomorrow. A reception, which
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  • 156 10 Reasonable Prices For Rubber PRESIDENT E. J. Thomas of Goodyear Tire Rubber Co. said m San Francisco on Monday expanding synthetic rubber rapacity and progress m development of the manmade material should bring "more reasonable prices for the natural product. Mr. Thomas told the Amenran Petroleum Institute meeting m San
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  • 115 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: NEW YORK: Buying, airms I 32 1 5 1 6 T.T.. 33 1/16 0.D.. 9 days 33 1/4 credit bills, 33 51 6 (trade bills) CANADA: 32 15/16 T.T. 1/16 (0.D.). 90 days
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 695 10 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS WATER DEPARTMENT: (a) Tender Concrete lining of Sepeia's, Deposit $50/-. Close NOON 29/11/55. (b) Tender for Kedais and Coffee Shop at Johore Water Works. Deposit $100-. Close NOON 1/12/55. Forms from Tender Room. Secretariat, City Hall. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: Supply of Copper Wire. Cose NOON
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    • 565 10 TENDER NOTICE. CEPARATE tenders are ink vited from registered businessmen for the supply of rations to prisoners and fuel to the Prisons at Taiping. I Batu Gajah, Kuala Lumpur. Penang, Johore Bahru, Alor I Star, Seremban. Malacca, Sungei Patani. Muar, Kuantan, Trengganu, Prison Camp Peng- kalan Chepa .Kelantan, Henry Gurney
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    • 60 10 NOTICE PERAK TURF CLUB DECEMBER MEETING, 1955 FIRST DAY, 3rd. DECEMBER, 1955— SATURDAY SECOND DAY 7th. DECEMBER, 1955— WEDNESDAY THIRD DAY, 10th. DECEMBER, 1955— SATURDAY Usual $1/- Unlimited and $2/- Cash Sweeps are on sale at the Town Office. There will also be the $2/- Treble Tote on each day
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    • 82 10 BANK NEGARA INDONESIA (STATE-OWNED BANK) INCORPORATED BY STATUTE IN INDONESIA The Singapore Branch of the above Bank will be opened re business at No. 253, South Bridge Rood, Singapore 1, on Satgrdoy, 19th November, 1955. ***** Telephone Nos. ***** ***** Cable Address: "BANKNEGARA" Head Office: Djakarta, Indonesia. Other Branches: Padang,
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 97 10 OUTER ROADS. Agatha. Korea. Hero, Enchon M'aru. Hopemount, Mandeville. Van Riebeck Hoi Wong. Rita. Tomini. Sunda, Madoera, Steel Executive. INNER ROADS Soon Bee. Tong Hock, Kah Soon. Buloh, Xaga Mas. Nangkachindr, Kah Kheng. Salong. Senai. Bruas. Hin Cheong. Wan Sins Paterzwei, Rajah Brooke. Senang, Scudai. Katong, Tang Song. S.H.B. WHARVES
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 823 11 AMGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. Ittl *****/5. *****/4 m/ 6 Robißfoll Road THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE To Halifax Boston, New York, Baltimore. Philadelphia Cult Ports S'pora P. s ham Penang *:^*ON 19/25 Nov 26 Nov 27 Nov/3 Dec fC-TDORUS 9/16 Feb 17 Fcb 1 8 Feb Carriers option
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    • 1096 11 rel: 2405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) (Incorporated m Singapore) (12 lines) Sh o. P p P ts g THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE g* Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge carte SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW. LONDON CONTINENT Singapore Pcleus for Liverpool Clas-
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    • 824 11 MITSUI |j\ LINE Spore P. Shorn Peneng FOR JAPAN from Continent Hodakasan Moru for Yokohama, Kobe, Nagoya via Saigon, Bangkok, H'kong 27 Nov Ha-unoson Maru for Yokohama, Kobe. Nagovo via Saigon, Bangkok H'kong 9 Dec FOR U.S A. vio Sue* to» New York, Phiiodephia, also tor Baltimore subject inducement Kyotokv
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    • 809 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT /SCANDINAVIA Foi Aden. Port Said. Genoa. Antwerp. Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen. Gothenburg and Oslo Spore P. S'hom Penang x) "MORELIA" 17 19 Nov 20/20 Nov 21/22 Nov xxl "FALSTRIA" 21 23 Oec 24/24 Dec 25/26 Dec xx) "MEONIA" 26 27 Dec xl Colls Port Sudon
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  • 783 12 What Would The Boss Say To This? asks' RALPH CHAMPION NEW YORK WHEN a boss walks into a New York office and finds his secretary lying on the floor holding up a couple of phone directories he doesn't bat an eyelid any more. For girls all over the city are
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  • 557 12  - The Focus is an YOU HELEN HUGH >cbyx: THE contemporarary look is a combination of fashion AND beauty. The effect of your new A-line is half lost if worn with a straggly, shapeless hair-style. The prettiest complexion has no 1955 appeal if your eye make-up screams 1949 to all onlookers.
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  • 314 12 PARIS THIS is it girls. The easy way to the perfect figure effortless slimming:. All you do is lie on a pad-ded-top table that does a three-way rumba and shakes you into the right shape. The table, now the rage of Paris society women, is made
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 251 12 It's a dream of a bra maidenJprms Pre-lude Once-Over. m sheer embroidered nylon I Every fashion is more flattering vhen you're smoothed to lithe new lines with Maidenform'* Pre-lude Once-Over* It's the supple long-torso strapless with lightly-lined undercups, an easy-flowing waistline to make your figure fabulous You'll love it, you'll
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 327 12 •WWWWWW AWWWVW 2 By RITV DEL MAR risks Be alert toward ps*i TODAY'S QUOTATION: bie dangers, "livery itilt BMtsf -land \IR<.O-Aug. 23 to Sept J upon its own button. 22— Make the most oi whai j Hiiii.vhii. you own Shun differences, < WEDNESDAY lOR K\ I.RV- techeck news, details 1
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  • 202 13 Techs Outplay Depleted Sikh Union 4-0 KI'ALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Playing with only nine pen, Selangor Sikh Union went down to Technical College by four goals to nothing m today's Selangor Bockey Association Div. I League match at Gurney RwmL Sikhs did well enough m the first half to be one
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  • 90 13 RE BAHRU, Tues. I make two changes c :de which defeated c i Services for the imMalaya Cup match Singapore Civilians on on the SCC padang. tyman, fullback, has been m favour of Balakana. rightwing three, will be placed by Curtis, the former I schoolboy international
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  • 24 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Se'angor Hockey AssociaI on Div. 1 League match between Selangor Indians Association and Police Depot was r^tponed today.
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  • 32 13 TAIPING. Tues.— The annual m eral meeting of The Perak >-Cevlonese Badminton Asso. r, *:ion will be held at the Indian «as--ociatio;.i premises m Main Road, Taiping, on Nov. 27.
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  • 51 13 TAIPING, Tues. In the third round of the annual North Perak Malays' interparty knockout badminton tournament for the Saloma Cup here yesterday, Taiping Poiice beat the strong Kilat Senja B.P. by three matches to nil. In the other match played, Malay Teachers beat the Trong Malays
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  • 184 13 Sankey To Skipper FederationXl KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malayan Hockey Federation selectors announced this morning the team which will meet Singapore m the first international match here this season at Gurnev Road on Nov 26 Phillip Sankey of Perak who captained the Malayan team against the Indian Hockey Federation tourists m
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  • 23 13 SINGAPORE Chinese Recreation Cub beat a weak Singapore Cricket Club 3-0 m a friendly hockey match on the padang yesterday.
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  • 607 13 POH LIM SURVIVES A SHOCK: THIS ROBERT IS GOOD 'HARD LUCK' JESSIE IS STAR OF THE NIGHT Says THE SPECTATOR A FAIRLY good crowd was present at the Singapore Badminton Stadium when Colony Thomas Cupper and champion, Ong Poh Lim squeaked through to oust youthful Robert Lim 9-15, 18-13, 15-10
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  • 89 13 THE Singapore Badminton Association has written to the Badminton Association of Indonesia proposing the sending of a junior Singapore boys a nd girls team to play m Jakarta, Sourabaya, and Bandoeng some time m February. Mr. Wee Kirn Wee suggested to his committee that if
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  • 311 13 Three To Lead SBA' s Fed. Tours A SUM of 81,300 would, be contributed by the Singapore Badminton Association to ensure the success of the Junior Federation Tour which would begin on Dec. 16. This was revealed at the meeting of the Singapore Badminton Association held yesterday with Mr. Wee
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  • 132 13 LED by Santok Singh, who scored four goals including a hat-trick, Singapore Harbour Board Police beat Royal Malayan Navy 6-0 m a Singapore Hockey Association I division 2 league match played at Farrer Park yesterday. With this defeat, the Malayan Navy, who shared
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  • 68 13 AUSTRALIAN boxers Bluey Miller, welter and Barry Chalker," heavy weight, left for Sydney yesterday by the Charon. Both boxers appeared m Little Nene's boxing promo- 1 tion at the Happy World stadium on Oct. 28. Bluey Miller knocked out Terror Tukana of the Fiji regiment, while Chalker was
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  • 193 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— j Kamaruddin bin Ismail, Selangor's junior champion, qualified for three finals— singles, doubles and the mixed doubles—in the Selangor Malays Badminton Association championships at the Selangor B.A. Hall, Kuala Lumpur. Kamaruddin won his singles semi-finals against Mustafa 18-13, 15-10. Results are i f
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  • 43 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Entries are invited for the interdistrict knockout badminton championships for the Raja Muda of Selangor"s trophy which starts m Kuala Lumpur next month. The entrance fee is $5 per team and th c closing is Dec. 5.
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  • 79 13 SINGAPORE Civilians to meet Johore m the H.M.S. Malaya Cup rugger match to be played on the Singapore Cricket Club ground at 5.15 p.m. on Saturday will be: Max Parker. Bye, Tay Chong Yew, Murphy. Spark. Baxendale. Craig. Armitage. Kennedy, Erson, Glenderning. Muirhead, Richardson, Hulson, Ivan
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  • 68 13 RESULTS of the Singapore Rifle Association's Spoon Shoot held at Bukit Timah Range on Sunday were Gun scores: SR <a~> W.O. E Mitchell 99: SR <b> Sgt. J. A. Adam 100: handicap scores: SR <a> Sgt O'DriscoU 101.5: SR'b) C/Tech E. A. Holland ioi.~>. Possibles were
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  • 35 13 KUALA KANGSAR. Tues.— In a charity run soccer match m aid of the Poppy Day Fund, played on the Malay College Green yesterday, Ferry Youngsters of Penang beat TPCA of Kuala Lumpur 4-2.
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    36 13 picture. BIG thrill for eight year-old Maxwell Batehelor. of Birmingham, as he tries out world champion motorcyclist Geffrey Duke's Italian Gilera bike during the preview of the Cycle and Motor Cycle Show, at Earls Court. UP
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  • 113 14 THE stars of yesterday come out to sfcme egoin ••.*.»> this s»up of Maloya Cup soccer veterans who participated m the seven-o-side football of Kuola Lumpur's Fringes Roa4 Stadium, should bring bock memories of the thrills of yeiteryeor. More thon 20 yean of
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  • 547 14  -  VERITY GILL Colony Hockey Coach Says-* SHA Panel Will Raise Standard By Our Hockey Reporter COLONY hockey coaches are quite capable of producing a team that will stand up to the best the rest of the world may produce for the Olympics. "We don't need professionals
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  • 70 14 NO. 3 Base Ordnance Depot Civilians won the first hockey match m a series of three matches for the Tobin Cup when they beat the Military Personnel I—o1 0 on the Friendly Hill ground yesterday. The deciding goal, was scored a minute before the interval by P. Gupta,
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  • 90 14 HOCKEY SHA League: Div. 1 SRC vs. University of Malaya at University. RUGBY Royal New Zealand Air Force vs. Royal Engineers at Tengah; RAAF vs. RAF Changi at RAAF ground. Naval Base RFC vs. GHQ FARELF at Naval Base; Police SA vs. RAF Tengah at
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  • 164 14 ARYANS TO MAKE AMENDS ARYAN GYMKHANA soccer tourists play their farewell match m Singapore against the full Colony team tonight at 8 p.m., and the Indians are out to redeem lost reputation. Hit by injuries to their stars, the Aryans did not have a successful outing at Jalan Besar stadium,
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  • 55 14 Manager Mr Murthy said last night that they would like to meet the Far East Air Force team m a return match when they return from their Federation tour. The Aryans were entertained at the Indian Association last night. They leave for the Federation today. They will play
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  • 158 14 Flying Officer Nugent. Britain's Olympic centreforward, will be seen m action on Thursday on the SCC padang when he turns out m a Singapore Hockey Association trial to select the team to meet the Federation on Nov. 26 at Kuala Lumpur. Nugent has played
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  • 97 14 THE cream of the swimmers chosen from 132 English schools and 50 vernacular schools will compete m the an- nual Inter-District Primary Schools' swimming championships to be held m the Chinese Swimming Club pool on Friday at 2.30 p.m. The programme of 29 events includes
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  • 244 14 TOKYO. Nov. 15. (UP)— Famed Japanese critic Musei Tokugawa today described giant professional wrestler King Kong as a ""second rate actor.". An estimated crowd of 18.000 saw King Kong and Pakistani champion Syed Saif Shah. South-East Asian title holder Tiger Joginder. and Indian champion Dara
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  • 159 14 THERE is a change m the racing programme oi the Singapore Turf Club November Meeting The two sprints for Class One horses originally scheduled for this Saturday will now be run on the second day instead. The two races over a mile for Class One.
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  • 282 14 BOYS' TOWN scored a well deserved 6-0 victory over Griffiths School I to win the Ang Soon Hoe Cup m the final of the Singapore Inter-Primary Schools soccer competition played on the Rangoon Srhnnl n-rmmri yesterday. It was evident from the opening
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  • 1533 14 JFUIFH Newcomer Chinese Proverb Is One To Follow Standard's Racing Correspondent, WINDSOR LAD, says IF track work is any guide to finding winners, then yesterday's workouts of CHINESE PROVERB, LANGTON LADY, CELERITY, FOREST DUKE, SHANGRILA, PALIO and FATHER CHRISTMAS should give us good
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  • 136 14 3 Race Horses Reach Journey's End NEW YORK, Nov. 14— (UP)— Three horses completed a 16,000-mile flight from Australia today when the airplane carrying them from London, their last layover point, arrived at Idlewild airport. Frank C. Rand Jr.'s Prince Morvi, winner of the Australian Jockey Club Derby and the
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