Singapore Standard, 29 November 1955

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    30 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD POLICE ***** (5 lines) 2400 it m i. FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 5111 2414 \..1. VI No. 146 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1955 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon Nine Ex-Reds Wear Freedom Smites
    88 1 THE nine Communist terrorists from the Bukit Mertajam district who surrendered on Sunday and Monday (Nov. 27 and 28,) bringing with them three shotguns, two revolvers, one automatic pistol, one rifle, three hand grenades, one sub-machine gun and some ammunition. Standing from left: Boon Kok,
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    346 1 No More Wild -Cat Strikes— A Pledge UP TO OWNERS NOW THE SINGAPORE Bus Workers Union yesterday offered to withdraw all demands if the Chinese bus company owners do the same. The Union also pledged not to stage wild-cat strikes m future and appealed to Singapore's Chief
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    Lock icon RAF Mops Up '200 Raiders'
    197 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Residents near the Kuala Lumpur airport were shaken from their sleep at 4 a.m. today by the sound of the gun fire when the Royal Air Force station was "raided" by more than 200 I 1 "armed intruders." They silently encircled the
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    Lock icon Dalmia Repays Millions
    137 1 Dalmia Repays Millions NEW DELHI. Nov. 28 (Reuter) Mr. Rarakrishna Dalmia. multi-millionaire industrialist, has repaid almost all of the 22 million rupees (£1.650.000 sterling) he is alleged to have misappropriated from the funds of an insurance company, it was stated m Parliament today. Mr. C. D. Deshmukh, the Finance Minister
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    Lock icon PARTY DEATHS
    22 1 FOUR youths have been charged with homicide and several others arrested as the result of two stabbing deaths weekend. AP
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    25 1 CEYLON'S tea producers yesterday hailed Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala for his championing of Ceylon tea during his recent tour of Australia. U.P.
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    Lock icon FALL IN VIEW
    19 1 THE French press almost unanimously predicted yesterday that Premier Edgar Faure's government will fall today. UP
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    Lock icon Reds Hold Two U.S. Officials
    131 1 Reds Hold Two U.S. Officials BERLIN. Nov. 28, (Reuter) East German police detained two United States congressmen for four hours yesterday because their car was m radio-telephone contact with West Berlin, American officials said here today. The Commandant of the American sector of Berlin, Major General Charles L. Dasher, today
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    Lock icon Imam Orders Mobilisation
    59 1 CAIRO, Nov. 28 (Reuter)— The Imam (religious leader) of Oman, on the Persian Gulf, "has ordered general mobilisation m the face of a British invasion," according to his special envoy to the Arab League here. A British Foreign Office spokesman however categorically denied that any British or
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    Lock icon NO RECOUNT
    37 1 MONACO authorities yesterday turned down a request for a recount of a result m Monte Carlo elections which gave a sweeping victory to supporters of Prince Rainier, bachelor Ruler of the tiny Riviera state. Reuter
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    Lock icon JET EXERCISES
    29 1 SYRIAN and Egyptian jet planes will start training exercises soon m the first manoeuvres organised by the joint command established under the countries' mutual defence pact. Reuter
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    Lock icon ILO Talks Have Begun
    73 1 RANGOON, Nov. 28. (Reuter)—About 100 delegates and observers representing fifteen countries and labour and employer organizations met here today for the opening of the International Labour Organization's Asian Technical Conference on vocational training for industry. The main countries represented at the opening session were Japan, Malaya,
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    Lock icon AID TO ARABS
    22 1 BRITAIN and Jordan began talks m London yesterday on British financial aid to the Arab kingdom during 1956-1957. Reuter
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    Lock icon COMPOSER DIES
    21 1 NOTED Swiss composer Arthur Honegger died m Pari s last night of a heart attack. He was 63. AP
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    Lock icon Marshall's Promise
    82 1 Commenting on the S.T.C. dispute, the Chief Minister told The Standard last night: "I shall make it a point to see Sir Thomas when he arrives and shall seek to impress on him what m my view is the reasonable attitude of the Traction Company Employees' Union as
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    Lock icon CALL TO TYCOONS
    30 1 POPE Pius XII has urged business executives to contribute to harmonious co-opera-tion among the various classes of society a problem which "keeps many people m anxiety.' Reuter
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    Lock icon 9 Come Out Of The Hills
    601 1 GIRLS GET 'HAIR DO' PENANG, Mon.— Seven members of the Communist Fifth Platoon of the Eighth Regiment, Bukit Mertajam Armed Work Cell, came out from the Berapit Hills this morning to surrender under the amnesty. Two were women. Yesterday another two Communist terrorists of
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    Lock icon A FISHY STORY
    38 1 OYSTER shucker Joseph Peters of Baltimore discovered a two and a half inch fish, alive and wriggling inside one of the big bivalves yesterday. The fish had survived a full day out of water. AP
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    Lock icon Label For Bulganin Causes A Shuffle
    125 1 LONDON, Nov. 28 (UP)— The "thoroughly hypocritical" label hung on Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin by a Foreign Office spokesman last week caused a shuffle m Foreign Office press spokesmen today. The head of the News Department of the Foreign Office moved m as co-chair-man
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    Lock icon CYPRUS TROOPS 'AT WAR'
    78 1 NICOSIA, Nov. 28, (AP) Field Marshal Sir John Harding, the Cyprus governor, today put the 10.000 British troops on the island on a war basis. He ordered that British soldiers should be "temporarily subject to the Army Act as if they were on active service" for
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    Lock icon Reds Irk Fleet St.
    62 1 LONDON, Nov. 28 (UP) British newspapers urged the government today to cancel the visit of Soviet Party leader Nikita Khrushchev and Premier Nikolai Bulganin to Britain next spring unless the Russians learn how to act like gentlemen. The outburst of indignation from the generally patient British
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    Lock icon GIRLS TRICK, KILL MATRON
    172 1 AKRON, Nov. 28 (AP) Five young girls tricked a 59--year-old matron into unlocking their door m the summit county detention home last night, killed her and escaped through a basement window they smashed with a shovel. Early today, two of the girls Merl Cain and Margaret
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    Lock icon DEMONSTRATIONS
    32 1 SYRIAN political parties, students and public organizations are preparing for extensive demonstrations today on the anniversary of the U.N. Palestine partition resolution and the French surrender of Iskanderum to Turkey. AP
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    195 1 ONLY a dozen passengers arrived m the first Malayan Railway five-cents-a-mile train service from Johore yesterday morning, but more than 100 boarded the 5 p.m. train from Singapore for Johore Bahru. The 12 passengers who arrived m the 8 a.m. train were conveyed m
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    264 2 Chambers' Transport Suggestion Rejected KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. —The Federal Transport Ministry has turned down the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce suggestion that lorries operated by commercial firms should be allowed to carry goods of others for hire en return journeys. Mr. A. S. H. Reid, secretary to the Minister for
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    Lock icon A KING'S TOUR
    35 2 KING Saud of Saudi Arabia remained seated m the official car during the latter part of his 15-mile sightseeing tour of New Delhi yesterday after complaining he was "not feeling well." A.P.
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    Lock icon Fisherman Saw Wife, Son Drown
    108 2 MALACCA, Mon. Three persons mother, son and nephew were drowned when their boat capsized 60 yards off the shore at Telok Panehor, on the morning of Nov. 5, the Coroner's Court was told today. Jantan Hassan, a fisherman, told the Court that he went out
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    82 2 Methodist Bishop On Tour KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Bishop Hazen Werner, head ot the Methodist Mission m Ohio. U.S.A.. left here today for Ipoh with a good word for the Federal capital's Methodists. The bishop, who arrived here on his first Far Eastern tour on Saturday was impressed by the packed
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    Lock icon The Wrong Kuppammah Turned Up
    105 2 The Wrong Kuppammah Turned Up TEMERLOH, Mon. The prosecution was surprised when a 42-year-old woman, Kuppammah, appeared m the Magistrate's Court here instead of nine-year-old Kuppammah, who was the complainant m a modesty case. M. Veerasamy 37. a rubber tapper was alleged to have used criminal force on young Kuppammah
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    Lock icon CASHIER MURDER CASE APPEAL OPENS
    421 2 CASHIER MURDER CASE APPEAL OPENS Counsel Fight The Rope KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Who killed 58-year-old Wearne Bros, chief cashier Yap Kon Shin on the afternoon of Feb. 10, last year, and who was the mysterious third man m the rear seat of the car m which the cashier was last
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    Lock icon Interpreter Found Guilty, Fined $500
    250 2 Land Deal Case KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. —A Court interpreter, Magbool Singh, was today convicted on a charge under the Land Code and fined $500 by the President of the Sessions Court Mayuddih bin Mohd. Zain. Assistant Collector of Land Revenue, Kuala Lumpur, charged with conspiring
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    Lock icon Remanded On Robbery Count
    52 2 WONG PENG MUN. a labourer, was yesterday charged m the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court with robbing Koh Tek Tau of an article valued at $84.00 at Seng Poh Road Market on Nov. 12, armed with a scout knife. He was remanded m the Central lockup till
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    48 2 COMMITTEE members and guests of the Singapore I branch of the M.C.A. pose for thi* group photograph after the Branch's fourth annual meeting here on Oct. j: 27. The re-elected president, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, 2 2 is seated m the centre. 2 < \.\\\,\\\\\\\\\\\\\W \\\W\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m>
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    Lock icon CESS FOR WORKERS PROPOSED
    153 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The National Union of Factory and General Workers announced today that it would get workers engaged m unloading rubber to levy ten cents from the sellers for every pikul of rubber they unloaded. Money collected from this source would be divided among the
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    Lock icon GIRL, 18, TO FACE TRIAL
    47 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— On a Certificate of Urgency, the Magistrate today committed Lee Boon Eng, a 18--year-old girl, to the Assizes for trial on a charge of having consorted with armed terrorists between June 24 and Oct. 21 at Saleng. near Kulai.
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    Lock icon That's My Man, Says Girl In Court
    112 2 That's My Man, Says Girl In Court KUALA LUMPUR, Mon After a toddy tapper was fined by the Second Magistrate today on a charge of ebd a 16-year old girl, she came into the court and cried: is the only nian I wai marry." The tapper. Ka_imulhu. 24, wa s
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    Lock icon Police Seek The 4th Man
    84 2 BUTTERWORTH. Mon. Three men Tan Ah Lay, 30, Wong Lark Eng. 38. and Of. Kirn Teng. 24. were charged m the Magistrate's Court today with pretending to h r Y the office of detectives entering and searching house m Bagan Jermal f r opium on
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    176 2 Cheong-Sam To Be Adapted As BOAC Uniform AT THE request of Urn Bi Overseas Airways C tion m London, a photograph of a Chinese air hostess 1 uniform cheong-sam style— was yesterday sent Singapore to Britain. The uniform, moor led by Colony airways host) Voiiet Ooi, (seen left) v.. t
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    390 2  -  BILL FUNK By Standard Staff Correspondent PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Mon.— A coloured film titled "Malacca" produced by the Malayan Film Unit, was acclaimed the First Prize Best Tourist Film m the Phnom Penh International Film Festival here. It was one of the
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    306 3 They Would Not Sit On Sabbath By ROGER YUE, Standard Staff Reporter TWENTY, Seventh Day Adventist candidates taking their School Certificate examinations m Singapore may run the risk of haying their English language papers cancelled by the Cambridge University authorities because they refused to
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    Lock icon COURT ORDERS EX-STRIKERS TO CLEAR OUT
    99 3 COURT ORDERS EX-STRIKERS TO CLEAR OUT MR. JUSTICE Whitton m the Singapore High Court yesterday ordered 39 former mployees of the Gleneagles Hotel to vacate the premises within seven days. The judge directed that a tent pitched by the- men m the hotel grounds be removed. The management complained that
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    Lock icon TAXI MAN ROBBED
    31 3 FOUR men, armed with knives, robbed a taxi driver of $25, a wrist watch and fountain pen at Rochore Canal Road at 6 a.m. m Singapore yesterday morning.
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    65 3 photo. MISS Katharine Tan, Singapore airport hostess, icalked inlo The Standard office icith a tray full of dolls as a present to The Standard Christmas Toy Fund. Iti her spare time from announcing at the airport the arrival and departure of planes and giving information. Miss
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    Lock icon YAMAMOTO CHARGED IN COURT FOR ASSAULT Two Put Up $1,000 For Bail
    200 3 YAMAMOTO CHARGED IN COURT FOR ASSAULT Two Put Up $1,000 For Bail JAPANESE boxer Mitsuo Yamamoto was brought before the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday to answer a private summons charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a Colony newspaper reporter, James Chan. Yamamoto was alleged to have committed the offence
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    87 3 3 Korean Editors On A Visit THREE Korean editors, Messrs. Surh Chung-euk. Oh Chong-shik. and Kirn Bongchin arrived m Singapore yesterday for a three-day visit to the Federation and a two-day stay m the Colony. They are members of a fact-finding mission to Britain now on their way home. They
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    Lock icon Holidays, 1956 In Johore
    88 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. The following holidays will be observed m Johore m 1956: Federation Day Feb. 1; Chinese New Year. Feb. 12 and 13; Easter Sunday. April 1; Awal Puasa, April 11; Han Raya Puasa. May 11 and 12; Queen's Birthday. May 31; Hari Raya Haji.
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    Lock icon Two Up On Riot Charge
    74 3 TWO brothers, Lim Yeow Bok and Lim Yeow Chit. c aimed trial to two charges o_" rioting m the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday. They were alleged to have thrown bottles at Ang Lye China on Nov. 8. at 7 p.m. m a back lane
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    Lock icon Woman Wins Divorce Suit
    43 3 PAULINE Fereira. who sued her husband for a divorce on the grounds of desertion, was granted a decree nisi to be made absolute m three months by Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah at the High Court m Singapore yesterday.
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    39 3 HONGKONG. Nov. 28. Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15.34 to £1 sterling; 55.8225 to USSI; 51.82r to Malayan Sl; $0,163 to Cl sterling; $5.8225 to US$l: Gold $253.75 to a tael.
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    115 3 He Gives Up Job For Politics JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— A stalwart m the ranks of UMNO (United Malays National Organization), Inche Syed Ja'afar Albar. turned down a $600 per month Government job recently so that he could carry on his political work. "Albar." as he is popularly known, is UMNO's
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    Lock icon Asian Jaycees Praised For Their Relief Work
    191 3 ALL eyes are on the Junior Chamber of Commerce Sixth Regional Conference of Asia to be held m Singapore m April next year, said Mr. Amelito Mutuc, vice-president— elect for the Asian Region for 1956, Mr. Mutuc. who just returned from the Edinburgh
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    60 3 SCOUTMASTER Ho Cheuk Fai and his bride passing through a guard of honour formed by scouts from the Bedok English School m Singapore after their wedding at the Sacred Heart Church on Saturday. Mr. Ho a teacher attached to the school, is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ho
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    Lock icon Corporal Reduced To Ranks
    82 3 CORPORAL G. Miller of the Ist Battalion. Kings Scottish Borderers, was yesterday sentenced by a Singapore District Court Martial, to be reduced to ranks when he pleaded guilty to two charges of drunkenness and assault. Miller became drunk m the Corporal's Bar m Selarang and later
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    Lock icon CHINESE PORCELAIN SHOW AT MUSEUM
    138 3 THE first exhibition of Chinese export porcelain in Singapore is currently being held at the Raffles Museum. The exhibition, organized by the Mac Donald Committee, is presented by the China Society and will last till the end of December. About 150 pieces are on view
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    Lock icon Visitor From H.K. Robbed
    38 3 A WOMAN visitor fron Hongkong. Lih Wai Heng had $6,000 worth of jeweller} and $200 m Hongkong currency stolen from her wher thieves broke into her house at Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, on Saturday.
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    74 3 Govt. Widows To Get Full Gratuity JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Wives of government servants stand to benefit as the result of an amendment to the Pensions Ordinance which came into force recently. In the past, the wife of a government officer who died while still m the service received only a
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    Lock icon GOVERNOR IS INDISPOSED
    41 3 THF Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, due to _«.n indisposition, will not. lay the foundation stone of the American International Assurance Building at Robin so-i Road scheduled at 4.45 p.m. today. The ceremony has been postponed indefinitely.
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    Lock icon ROTARY CLUB SLIDES SHOW
    49 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— At tomorrow's meeting of the Johore Bahru Rotary Club which will begin at 6 p m.. Mr. Philip Chow Yeong Wai will show a number of colour slides of sights visited m his recent tour. Ladies will be welcome to the meeting.
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    Lock icon 'THE WOMEN WANTED ME BUT I SAID TO THEM: NO'
    165 3 'THE WOMEN WANTED ME BUT I SAID TO THEM: NO' KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. P. Pakrisamy. 23, a Malayan Railway cleaner who said he had spurned the invitation of three women, was today convicted by the First Magistrate for using criminal force to outrage the modesty of one of them. The
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    99 3 BATU PAHAT. Mon. At a meting of teachers of English m Chinese schools m the Batu Pahat district held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday, the Batu Pahat branch of the Association of Teachers oi English m Chinese Schools was formed. The following were elected of.
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    31 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Lail Singh. 34. was fined S5O m the Second Magistrate's court today. It was his fifth appearance m the court for the same offence: Drunkenness.
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    124 4 PENANG, Mon. Alliance candidate m the forthcoming Municipal elections, Mr. A. Balakrishnan claimed today that two dozen expatriate officers m the Municipality received total emoluments of more than $1,000,000 a year "It is preposterous that such a huge sum should be spent on a very
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    49 4 MALACCA, Mon. The Malacca Broadcasting Recreation Club will hold a dance at the Capitol Dance Hall next Monday at 8 p.m. to raise funds for a Christmas party for the orphans. Local talent from Seremban, Kluang, Muar and Batu Pahat will provide items of entertainment.
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    372 4 'HE WONT MIND BEING A RED COMMISSAR' Marshall Answers Lea COMMUNISM would utterly destroy Singapore as a free port and make it impossible for the Colony to survive economically, Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, told The Standard yesterday. Mr. Marshall was commenting on a call by PAP leader, Mr. Lee
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    180 4 Govt. Aim -Improve Malay Education THE Singapore Government's policy is not only to improve Malay secondary education but also to equip the Malays with English education that will enable them to go m for higher studies or to find suitable employment, said the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee,
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    25 4 FRASER Neave Ltd. will hold its annual dinner for dealers m Malacca and northwest Johore at Teochew Huay Kuan, Jonker Street, next Saturday
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    216 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Royal Air Force is believed to have destroyed an important Communist camp m the Cameron Highlands following the resumption of the air offensive last week. The camp accommodated about 30 terrorists who were part of the 100-man gang which raided the Kea Farm
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    147 4 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Bayers Seller* Spot fob. (nom.) 12U 129* No 1 R.S S. Dec 125J 1253 No. 1 Dec. 120£ 121* No. 2 Dec. 119* 120 Tone: Steady quiet. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was $3771 per picul
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    105 4 Postal Union In Strong Position PENANG. Mon.— Th* local branch of the Malayan Postal Uniformed Staff Union is now going from strength to strength, both m membership and m its funds, the chairman, Che Murad bin Abraham, told the branch's half-yearly general meeting over the week-end. The general secretary. Inche
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    697 4 Job Probe Is Excuse To Cancel Four Met. Posts' THE Singapore Malayanization Commission had been made an excuse to cancel recruitment of four honours graduates to the Meteorological Department next year. This observation was made by the Chairman of the Commission, Dr. B. R. Sreenivasen, at a public session at
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    345 4 Co-operate For Freedom -Lim THE surest and quickest way to achieve a free, independent and democratic Singapore is through cooperation between labour and capital, devoid of racial hatred, said Progressive Party leader, Mr. Lim Choon Mong, last night. Mr. Lim was commenting on a call by the PAP leader. Mr.
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    55 5 MR. S.A. DAS, left, who nas compiled several reference books on Malaya, has been elected to the Associateship of the Royal Historical Society at the October meeting of the Council. He is the Principal of Loyola Institution, Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, and a member of the Royal Asiatic Society
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    189 5 This Man Took In Police Officers A MAN alleged to have swirdled about S 1.500 from 60 Singapore Police Officers m "paid for orders" Christmas cards between July 5 and Oct. 18 this year, was yesterday sentenced to 10 weeks' imprisonment by the .Fifth Magistrate, Mr. R B. I. Pates.
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    82 5 PENANG, Mon. The Indonesian Consul m Penang. Inche Kris Noermattias, was appointed patron of the Penang Indonesian Association at a meeting held at the Piccadilly Hotel yesterday. Other officials elected at the meeting were: President: Tuan Tamim Sutan Deman. Vice Presidents Tunku Nyak Chut and Inche
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    213 5 2 TO STAND TRIAL FOR ROBBING COUPLE A YOUNG couple, who went for a stroll on a moonlit night m Farrer Park, told a Singapore Court yesterday how they were robbed by two men. The couple, Mr. Ng Kirn Eng and Miss Lee Siew Tian were testifying against Poh Seng
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    94 5 ST. ANDREW'S Mission Hospital is holding a Christmas Fete and Fun Fair at the Cathedral Memorial Hall on Dec. 3. The fair will be opened by Lady Black, wife of the Governor of Singapore. Father Christmas and a Fairy Queen will be m attendance. Amusements
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    19 5 THIEVES broke into a house m Giistead Road early yesterday morning and stole $775 worth of jewellery.
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    94 5 V.I.P.s And Handicapped Will See 'Retreat' THE Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, and the Commissioner General for South-east Asia, Sir Robert Scott, will attend a Beating of the Retreat ceremony at Selerang Barracks at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow. The military band and the nines and drums of the lst. Battalion.
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    548 5 Bus Company Wants To Be Counted Out 'Ours Is An InterState Service A REPRESENTATIVE of the Singapore-Johore Express Company yesterday asked that his firm be kept out of the findings of the Transport Commission which is reviewing the possibility of centralizing passenger transport services on Singapore Island. The representative of
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    113 5 MORE than 350 people turned up at Wing Choon Yuen Restaurant, Great World, last night for the dinner given by Messrs. Maclaine Watson and Co., Ltd. m honour of Mr. O. L. D. Quien, Export Director of Reme Martin Cognac, who is on a world tour. Mr. Quien
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    111 5 1 SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, yes- terday announced that he would award each year, lor so long as he i s able. $1,000 tc the reporter showing thi most initiative. The announcement climaxed a lunch given by the Singapore Union of Journalists to Mr.
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    198 5 THIRTY-EIGHT Singapore school children, ol the San Kang Public School m St. Thomas Walk, received the shock of their lives when a swarm of hornets suddenly swooped upon them yesterday morning. The children, 20 girls and i 18 boys, between the ages of six and
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    39 5 General Visits Aussie Regt. PENANG, Mon. MajorGeneral P. St. -Claire Ford, Commander of the First Federal Division, visited the Second Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment at Glugor today. He inspected the parade ancl later watched "Diggers" undergoing training.
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      488 6 CINGAPORE'S citizens have met the transport tieup m a manner that has rattled the strikers and their leaders. Having to be without bus services has been fax from pleasant and there have been grumbles and grouses, but the city's workers have managed somehow or other to get
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      377 6 Yf HY the Chief Minister of the Federation should express surprise at the Ceylon Prime Ministers suggestion that Malaya would be interested m an anti-Communist line-up with Ceylon for fighting Communism m the Far East is difficult to understand. To describe a united anti-Communist front as "dangerous
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    651 6  - IMMIGRANTS Help Solve Hotel Problem LONDON A recent development m the problem of West Indian migration to Britain seems, at the moment, to be the most practical step that has been taken towards satisfying all parties concerned. For the first time immigrants have been arriving m Britain with the full
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    845 6  -  ASTER CUNASEKERA TWO centuries ago the Rev. Charles Churchill asked m verse: "Could it be worth thy wondrous waste of taste: To publish to thc world thy lack of brains." And an affirmative reply has now been given right here m the Independence seeking
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      102 6 TTTUSAN Meiayu says a complete review of trade union laws and labour legislation :n the Colony is urgently required. The paper was commenting on the appointment of a British trade unionist. Mr. F W Dalley, to investigate into and make recommenda-' tions on changes m trade union laws
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      73 6 THE double-faced tactics of the Soviet Union serve the dual purpose of drawing the "neutral" countries to its side and to deal severe blows on the Western nations. Chung Shing Jit Pao states. Such tactics are so cleverly applied that Western statesmen have been unable to find out
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      57 6 fN the past cordial relations always existed between the employers and employees m Chinese-owned bus companies but now things have changed, writes Sin Chew Jit Poh. Busmen working for Chinese companies were praised for the excellent service they rendered and, m return for that, they received better wages
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    580 6  - India's Fabulous MAHARAJAHS PHILIP DEANE Delhi THE turmoil caused by the proposal to reorganize India into linguistic States marks the end of ail era, the last chapter of a fairy tale, the passing from public life of the country's fabulous Maharajahs with their harems, bejewelled elephants, and colossal fortunes. At
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      389 6 Sir: Your stronglyworded leader of Nov. 28 is based on completely false premises. It says among other things that "it will be interesting to know why the Malayan Governments connived not to advertise the post m the Malayan newspapers and preferred to adopt hole and corner methods."
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      92 6 Ode to David Marshall Sir: Upon our lovely island Sound a million human calls: Their urge. primordial m its force. Is ever with us all: Their moral right to freedom and their Rights to form a nation Is the only path away from subjugation. Rhetoric words, inspiring words. That make
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    74 7 photo. Jod- r^£ n lSe -5 ho ;r r takes his seat a t LaurelS^;,?" 1 Da v, d. Maryland, for his first meeting Hil t K ce Natl n a u I H curity Council since his illness-. d£h« fif* een of State. John Foster T
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    246 7 Ruthless Secret Police NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (UP) Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas today accused the Soviet Union of exploiting the natives and "foisting segregation on Central Asia." In an account of his recent trip through Central Asia. Justice Douglas condemned the Russians
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    124 7 British Ship Released HONGKONG. Nov. 28 (Reuter) The British merchant vessel Dorinthia intercepted I detained by a Chinese tionalisl warship oil the asl of Fukien province yes••t'day waa released today, a British Navy spokesman announced here. The 3,599-sbip was bound fox the Communist port ot a j Foochow trom Shanghai
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    46 7 LONDON. Nov. 28 (UP) I A power failure stopped most of London's subway system for 30 minutes yesterday. i leaving passengers marooned m stuffy tunnels far under city streets. It was one of the biggest breakdowns m the history of London's underground system.
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    34 7 TWO Chinese Nationalist planes on a reconnaissance mission over the Communist mainland were attacked three times by Red MIG jet fighters but returned safely. Nationalist Air Force Headquarters said on Sunday. AP
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    45 7 Naromiyock...... shunk! NEW YORK. Nov. 28 (AP) The New York Herald Trib me yesterday came up with a p. ame tor officials of Wales famous for long names to think about. X a r omiyocknowhusunkatankshunk" Is the name of a tiny brook near Sherman. Connecticut.
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    55 7 ACTOR Sir Laurence Olivier (right) recently had a very special offstage part at Stratford-on-Avon. He had to give away the bride, Australian model Joan Cunliffe. to actor Frank Thring at their wedding. Joan, (seen here with her husband), wore this ballet-length gown of niched satin which was
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    141 7 Churchill To Make Come-Back? LONDON. Nov. 28 (UP) Sir Winston Churchill may make a dramatic return to the Parliament spotlight on his 81st birthday on Wednesday to defend the House of Commons against a challenge from television, it was reported today. Close friends of the retired Prime Minister said he
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    31 7 RED China charge on Sunday that the United States has introduced atomic cannon into Japan as part of a U.S. plan to convert Japan, into an "atomic base." A.P
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    120 7 MOSCOW. Nov. 28 (UP) Russia is completing construction of the world's largest atom smasher, a Communist Party paper disclosed yesterday. The Kazakhstan Pravda, a local publication of the remote Kazakhstan area m Central Asia, said the so-called "synchrophasotron" will hurl an atom's electricity, charge
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    63 7 ERATH. Louisiana, Nov. 28 (AP) Bishop Jules B. Jeanmard excommunicated three Roman Catholics yesterday lor beating a woman teacher who instructed Negro and white children m the same catechism classroom. Excommunication is the stiffest penalty the Catholic Church can impose on its members. The decree forbids
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    40 7 A RICH uranium ore deposit has been discovered m Tottori Prefecture. 300 miles west of Tokyo, Kyodo News Agency said on Sunday. Eight geologists are still working to determine the size. It registered 45.000 counts per minute. AP
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    69 7 OOTACAMUND, India, Nov. 28 (UP) Russia's two touring leaders cracked jokes, challenged each other to climb a 50-foot betel nut tree and were garlanded with flowers by a squad of temple elephants yesterday. And m their inspection of a nearby mountain tea plantation, the "Moscow twins" were
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    51 7 NEW DELHI. Nov. 28 (UP) Indian President Dr. Rajendra Prasad last night gave a banquet for King Saud of Saudi Arabia who had arrived earlier on a state visit. Large crowds cheered King Saud along his 12-mile state drive to the Rashtrapati Shavan where he is
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    159 7 A Man Is Entitled To Get Drunk- Judge PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 28 (AP) A man who works hard all week and brings home his pay i s entitled to get drunk m his own home onte a week, Judge Luigi De Pasguale said m district court here yesterday. The
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    306 7 Disarmament: UN Will Urge Russia To Accept Plan OPEN SKY Ist STEP TO CONFIDENCE UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Nov. 28 (AP) The U.N. Assembly main Political Committee began to clear the way today for a major debate on disarmament proposals rejected by the Russians at Geneva and m Disarmament Commission sessions
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    102 7 CANTON, Illinois, Nov. 28 (UP). Police yesterday sought a young taxicab driver for questioning m the brutal rape-slaying of an 8-year-old girl. The cabdriver's vehicle was found abandoned at Pekin, Illinois, 26 miles east of here. The badly-beaten mutilated body of auburn-haired Janice May, dressed
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    166 7 Bombay 'Battle' Resumes BOMBAY, Nov. 28 (AP)— Police used tear gas on rioters who bombarded a Congress Party meeting yesterday with sticks, stones and exploding fire-crackers. Twenty people were seriously injured. At least 100 were arrested. The demonstration marked a resumption oi the "battle" over how
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    33 7 RAY Vir Den. 59, publisher of the Rome Daily American m Italy and a former advertising executive and light opera singer, died on Sunday m a hospital m New York. A.P.
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    76 7 photo. LILA LEEDS, former film starlet and admitted heroin addict, testifies before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee which is investigating the narcotics racket. Miss Leeds told the subcommittee that she and her husband could get "as much heroin as we wanted" m Chicago. Miss Leeds, who was arrested
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    122 7 Grace Kelly To Sing In New Film HOLLYWOOD. Nov. 28 (AP).— Reports that Bing Crosby planned to retire were put down yesterday as MGM announced he will co-star again with Grace Kelly m a musical, "High Society." This picture will be a switch from "The Country Girl m 19T)4. a
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    63 7 SALISBURY, England. Nov. 28 (UP)— A crippled Canberra jet plane crashed here yesterday killing its two crew members and scattering wreckage on both sides of the River Avon. Black smoke from the wreckage cast a pall over this city, famed for Salisbury Cathedral, the tallest church spire m
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    22 7 PRESIDENT Tito wiil pay an official vis:t to Ethiopia m December, it was officiary announced m Belgrade on Sunday. AP
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    138 7 Military Measures Condemned NICOSIA. Nov. 28 (AP) Archbishop Marakrios ot Cypru s spoke out against the newly-declared state cf emergency yesterday. Under the declaration, anyone carrying firearms or explosives or firing guns is liable to the death penalty. The Archbishop, leader of the campaign for union of the British colony
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    174 8 NEW LOOK OUTFITS FOR OUR SAILORS Standard Shipping Reporter MAL A V A"S future sailors with the Royal Navy and its Reserve will be wearing new look uniforms and not the traditional dress which has often been criticised as being rather *'unccmfortable" and "impractical." It is learnt that the present
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    89 8 MR. M.P.D. Nair, Independent Assemblyman for Seletar and member of the Singapore Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, will leave by air today for a four-week tour of Tasmania. Secretary of the Branch. Mr. L. W. Donough, yesterday told The Standard that Mr. Nair will be
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    52 8 photo. TRADITIONAL costumes were the order of the day when the Don Yada Revue from Japan met the folks from Singapore. This picture shows a cross section of the guests who said "hello" to the visiting troupe of artistes at the Hollywood Room. Odeon Theatre, last
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    143 8 Kidnappers Get Jail, Supervision THREE men, who took an elderly joint partner of a Colonoy firm for a "ride" and demanded S 100.000 as ransom. were sentenced m the Singapora Second District Court, yesterday, to a total of five and a hall years' imprisonment, plus two years' police supervision each
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    63 8 PENANG. Mon. The latest fashions m bridal wear will be displayed at a bridal fashion parade to be held m aid of the Poppy Day Fund at the New World Park tomorrow night. Last night the Dondang Sayang. club gave a vareity show for the same
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    242 8 DECISION SOUGHT THE Labour Front will go tc no end of sacrifice for the welfare of the people, said Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday. Mr. Marshall was speaking, at a luncheon given by the Singapore Union of Journalists, on "My Aims m London." i
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    206 8 BORNEO LIFTS JOBS BAN ON S'PORE Only To Recruit 100 Workers For Work At Airport THE Borneo Government has relented m its "no jobs for Singaporeans" policy and decided to import 100 skilled Colony workers to assist m the construction of an airport m Labuan. This was disclosed yesterday by
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    38 8 THE dinner to be given m honour of the Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, by the Straits Chinese British Association on Thursday, Dec. 1. has been postponed due to the indisposition of the Governor.
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    31 8 An exhibition of teaching aids, the first of its kind m the Federation of Malaya, organized by the Education Department, was held at Kuo Chuan Hall. Batu Pahat, yesterday.
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    90 8 Sikhs To Celebrate Guru's Day SIKHS m Singapore and Federation, will today celebrate the birthday of Sri Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh Religion. All Sikh wholesale textile shops m the Colony will be closed- from 1 p.m. The Sri Guru Nanak Sat Sang Sabba will hold a tea party
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    59 8 A PUBLIC lecture on "the Ceographical Symposium on Resources. Food And Population m Tropical Africa" will be given by Mr. B. W. Hodder. Lecturer m Geography, University of Malaya, at the Arts Theatre, Cluny Road, today at noon. The symposium was "held m September m Kampala.
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    292 8 Freed Of Smuggling, He Claims Cold A SEAMAN, Mok Fat, who was acquitted en a gold smuggling charge last month is now the claimant of 270 pounds of gold seized by Customs officers on board the m.v. Helios on Sept. 23. But the Singapore First Criminal District Court was told
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    150 8 MALACCA. Mon. The Coroner. Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, yesterday recorded a finding of death by misadventure at an inquest on a 24-year old vegetable gardener, Loh Soon. Another vegetable gardener, Lim Ah San, m his evidence, said that he and Loh went to a flooded
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    142 8 MESSRS. Lee Ching Song, Lee Khai Tai and Lee Cheng Huan, three kelong owners of Pasir Panjang, are again up m arms against the pollution of water by the hull of the Lexa Maersk. i In a letter to the Chief Fisheries Officer. Singapore,
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    141 8 IPOH, Mon. Nai Fons Piang 34. was fined $350 by Magistrate Che Abdul Kadii bin Yusof today when he admitted having assisted m carrying o n the illegal character lottery. The oiTence was committed m a house m Pike Street, Menglembu, on Nov. 26.
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    56 8 PENANG. Mon. Malay J padi planters m the mukim of Ulu Melaka. Pulau Lang- kawi. have planned to build a $10,000 rice mill to cater fcr planters m the surrounding mukims. Application tor the proposed mill has been submitted to the government and construction will start
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    33 8 THIRTY-ONE' Arab. Asian and Latin American nations moved yesterday to "postpone further consideration" of the Moroccan question m the United Nations and France has decided to return to the Assembly. Reuter
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    182 8 TEMERLOH, Mon. Hamzah bin Mohamed Amin, 21, of kampong Bintang Temerloh, charged with using another person's identity card told the magistrate, Mr J.R. Whimster, that he did so to avoid being arrested. He wa s formerly a private m the Royal Signals, Singa,pore. He
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    273 8 GRAHAM BALLET IS CLEVER, NEW BUT SO STRANGE MARTHA Graham, with her celebrated dance com. pany, opened a three-night season of modern ballet m the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. The first offering, "Seraphic Dialogue", based on the life of St. Joan, was notable for its austere but beautiful suspended
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    74 8 THE following were recent. ly elected to serve or. ths managing committee of c Southern Branch of the \'ictoria Institution (Kua'a Lumpur) Old Boys' Association m Singapore: Messrs; P. Thiagarajao (president); A. Thamaratnam (vice-president); R. Navaratnam (hon. secretary); Pcicr Lim Kwee Huat (hon. tree liter):
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    34 8 A FOUNTAIN pen with a name inscribed on U j found m the Odeon Thea'.re on Sunday. The owner caa clai.n it by railing at No. I, Oxley Rise, (Te.ephone 6821).
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    1438 9 TEARS OF JOY TRIAL I Concluding the Serialization of M.G.M/S Court Drama THE sun slanted m through the courthouse window, its beam falling diagonally across > face of Angel Chavez m tr.e witness stand. Gently, David had asked his ques- ns. Angel admitted he was on the private beach the
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    858 9 Royal FEUD Lasted 25 Years Across Europe LONDON. THE prospect of marrying a German princess did not please George, Prince of Wales and future George IV of England. In fact he dreaded it. He haa agreed to marry twenty seven year old Caroline of Brunswick because it was the only
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    754 9  - FOREST of FEAR Lewis Onslow By LONDON J^WO BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND THERE IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS. CHILDREN ARE WARNED NOT TO PLAY THERE ALONE. WOMEN WHO HAVE TO WALK THERE HAVE LEARNED SELF-DEFENCE. It is one of England's beauty spots, but those who know it best have another
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    205 10 GEOLOGICALLY the Raub concession is still a sound mining proposition, Mr. Maldwyn D. Davies, chairman of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co. Ltd., told shareholders at the anni'M general meeting recently Mr. Davi_ _> was summing up the general situation at the mine and future
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    120 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: New York: buying. airmail. T.T. 32 15/16. OD. 33 1 16. 90 days 33 I' 4 credit bills. 35 5/16 trade bills. Canada: buying. airmail. T.T. 33. O.D. 33 1/8, 90 days 33
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    292 10 Sugar Mart Short Ot Ready Supply SINGAPORE sugar prices have jumped by 15 cents per picul, following a temporary shortage of the commodity m the Colony. Yesterday's wholesale prices were: $21.75 per picul for Java white sugar and $22 for Formosan superior crystal sugar. Retail prices are not affected by
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    105 10 RUBBER QUIETLY STEADY THE rubber market m Singapore yesterday closed quietly steady at i cent below Saturday, first grade December shipment closing at $1,251 per lb. Opening at about unchanged prices, the market eased on liquidation, mainly from upcountry. Offerings, however, were well absorbed. At noon prices were around $1,242
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    107 10 STEADY support was again recorded m the industrial section of the Malayan share market yesterday. Rubber shares were inclined to be slightly better, while tins were quietly irregular. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: Buyers Sellers W. Hammer 2.55 2.(50 Metal Box
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    130 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were Muntok white $134 sellers, Sarawak white $133 sellers. Special Sarawak black $87 sellers: copra Nov. S26jj buyers. $27 J sellers: Dec. $27 buyers. $27jj sellers; coconut oil (bulk) $40 sellers, coconut oil (drums) $43 sellers. Singapore Copra
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    34 10 THE European Civil Aviation conference, established m 1954, will hold its first session at Strasbourg starting on November 29, it was announced by theMontreal headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization. A.P.
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    372 10 BURMA STEPPING UP RICE EXPORTS Big Threat To Thai Shipments Standard Market Reporter THE steady influx of rice from Burma at the rate of 10,000 tons per month during the past year has -raduaily pushed Thailand into the background lrom her position as the leading supplier of rice for Malaya.
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    120 10 WESTINGHOUSE PRODUCTS IN NEW SHOWROOM KHOO Heng Pho and Co., Ltd., Singapore, have moved into their new offices and showroom m Cantonment Road, where latest Westinghouse products are being displayed. The old office m Anson Road is now being used as a store. Mr. Khoo Soo Chye a representative of
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    45 10 ITALIAN Airlines (LAD on Sunday celebrated its 1,500 th flight across the Atlantic with a reception during which LAl's director general Dino Costaglioli announced that "very soon" Italian Airlines will inaugurate flights to Tokyo, Pakistan and other points m the Far East.— A.P.
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    374 10  - Rubber Fight At New York Port Smoulders Again ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN Finance And Commerce ■■■■■■-■>■<• By Standard's New York Bureau Chief THE big battle over where Malaya's rubber will be discharged upon arriving m the New York port area has again smouldered into a first class fire. New York City
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    50 10 TEXADA Mines Limited of Vancouver. ha s completed a new contract with Japanese steel companies for sale of magnetite (iron ore) concentrate. Shipments will start immediately. The first stage of the contract calls for 260.--000 tons to be shipped to Japan m the next eight months. A.P.
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    83 10 FOR the third time m the past five years. Mr. T. BL R Perkins, director and export manager of a Peterborough diesel engine firm (F. Perkins Ltd.) is making a 23,000-mile round-the-world business trip. It will take him to India, Ceylon, Singapore, Australia. New Zealand, Canada and
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    123 10 Business In Shares MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported ihe following business done: 8.8. Pet. 44/- arrival; Fraser Neave ords 7.73 Gammon 52.524 to $2.55: M. Colls. 90 and 89 cents; Metal Box $1.585; S'por'-* Traction ords 27/-, 27/6: Straits Traders $24.: U.E. ords $10/-: Wearnes $3,074. $3.30 and $3.32 j. Austral
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    185 10 Rubber Tyres For Bullock Carts KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A bullock cart built by the Rural and Industrial Development Authority to E.C.A.F.E. standards is to go rounr" Malaya's kampongs and villages shortly to demonstrate the advantages of fitting rubber tyres to its wheels. The true value of the demonstration will, however,
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    301 10 EMERALDS prodiy, j n laboratories m ihe I States are available m ya at considerably cheaper prices than natural Mr. G. Aurcly o< M Ltd., agents of Chatha hired emeralds to.d Standard yesterday. Chatham cultured aids are not synthetic are they synthetized b of the other
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    473 10 By A Special Correspondent HOW many Malayans appreciate the significance of events which occurred on the other side of the world on November 3? On that day the American Chemical Society at its meeting m Philadelphia has learned how for the first time
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    491 12  -  IDA M. PARDUE >♦♦♦♦♦ IT\\f HOBBIES are strange things. Some are mere pastimes. Others, like stamp collecting. can lead to riches. And still others reresult m vastly important discoveries. Take Mr. Van Leewenhoek. for instance. "That crazy man," his heighbours called him. "Know what he does? Looks
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    431 12 Vets love animals and understand them. This iveek, our vet tells you how to stop your dop from lighting. IS YOUR dog a fighter? I hope not because scrapping dogs m a fury may bite some innocent passersby. Early training is best, for it is easy to teach
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    383 13 Man With The White Coat Retires LONDON, Nov. 28 (Reuter) Behind the retire ment of Frank Chester, England's of mP aiin S P lgnant story of courage m the face It was disclosed by his wife Elsie following the MCC announcement that
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    69 13 LONDON. Nov. 23. (Reuter) England's football team to meet Spain at Wembley on Wednesday was chosen today as follows Yon Baynham (Luton); Jeff Hall (.Birmingham). Roger Byrne (Manchester United): Ron Clavton Blackburn), Billy Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Captain, and Jimmy Dickinson (Portsmouthi Tom Finney (Preston North End.),
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    75 13 IPOH, Mon.— Scotland beat the Rest by six points (two tries) to five (a goal) m their annual rugby match played on Saturday m aid of the Poppy Day Fund. Despite heavy ground conditions players of both sides put up a keen display. The issue was
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    161 13 I KUALA LUMPUR, Mon, Mohamed Anwar Beg. Pakistan's 1952 Olympic goalkeeper who played for I the Federation m yesterday's 'intern ational' hockey match against Singapore will shortly be going on a holiday to Pakistan. This was revealed to The Standard by officials of Malayan Sikh Association this
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    45 13 LONDON, Nov. 28 (UP) The English Channel Swimming Association today officially recognized Miss Brenda Fraser of Britain as the fastest woman swimmer from France to England. Her record swim was made four years ago m 12 hours and 42 minutes. f
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    38 13 TERROR IN THE SUN photo. CARLOS ARRUZA, known as the world's greatest matador, brushes with his adversary at Nogales, Mexico, when he came out of retirement for the afternoon to fight two bulls m the local plaza. AP
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    147 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Rain caused the tennis tournament between Selangor Malays (holders) and Negri Sembiian Malays for the Tunku Abdul Rahman trophy to be abandoned after six matches out of ten were played on the Selango r Chinese R.C. courts here yesterday. At the time of
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    1215 14 WEIGHTS and probable fields for all eight race on Saturday, first day of the Perak Turf Club's Decen ber Meeting, are: Horses Class 2, Div. I—6 Furs. 001 RICE MILL 6y 9.00 Mr. Mrs SW. Kirn Yon< 383 AVENGER 4y 8.13 KD. Kongsi" R.
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    1654 14 The Heroes The Full Scores Hongkong Hit For A Tenner' High Praise For Malayans' Teamwork And Superiority By Our Special Correspondent HONGKONG, Mon. Malaya won the 14th inter-port cricket match against Hongkong by ten wickets 90 minutes before fulltime to equal Hongkong m the number of
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    415 14 SINGAPORE Motor Club, the organizers ot the first annual Shell Malayan Motor Rally to be held from Dec. 31 to Jan. 2, have selected 100 out of 129 drivers entered for the rally. Among them are two Johore Grand Prix winners— C.
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    37 14 THE Singapore Women' J Hockey Association' he /f their first trial match II preparation for the interState matches aeainst Negri Sembiian and Selangor women next week. Whites led 4-0 at half-time and beat Colours 5-1.
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    19 14 HOCKEY S.H.A. LEAGUE DIV. 2: University vs. S.R.C. ct Universitrj. FRIENDLY: Latiif Wanderers rs. S.C.C. at SIC.C.
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    89 14 ENTRIES are now open for the Tamils Festival Sports meet to be held on January 8. The athletic programme consists of 56 events. 12 of these are for men and four for women. The remaining events on the card are for boys and girls. The meeting,
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    79 14 R.E.M.E. beat Royal Signals by 19 points (two goals, two tries and one drop goal) to eight (goal and a try) m an inter-corps rugby match played at the Ayer Raja Road ground yesterday. R.E.M.E. scored through Goddard. Lancaster, Povntz and Wormland. a try each. Two
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    43 14 HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 28 (Reuter) Mrs. Mildred (Babe) Zaharias, former champion golfer, who has had two operations for cancer, re-entered Galveston Hospital, Texas, yesterday for observation and possible further treatment for a second cancer on her hip
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    50 14 ALL Whites beat The Blacks by 6 points (2 tries) to 5 (goal) m a friendly rugger match at Victoria School ground, Singapore, on Sunday. WOODLANDS Sports Club were held to a I—l draw by H.M.A.S. Waramunga m a friendly soccer match played at Woodlands, Singapore on Sunday.
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    290 14 Another Blow To Singapore —This Time By Negri SEREMBAN, Mon.— Singapore suffered another blow m the Federation when the island's national team went down to Negri Sembiian by the only goal ot the match played on the Negri Sembiian Club padang. On Sunday, the Colony took a 5-1 beating from
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    55 14 ONN SAN. scoring a hattrick, was responsible for Singapore Chinese Recreation Club's surprise 4-3 victory over SHA league champions, Singapore Recreation Club, m a friendly hockey match on the padang yesterday. The other SCRC scorer was Beng Hock. Barker. Clarke and Barth scored for the Recs.
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    31 14 SYDNEY. Nov. 23 (Reuter) George Barnes, Australia, retained the Empire Welterweight boxing title tonight by beating the challenger. Attu Clottey of the Gold Coast, on points over 15 rounds.
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    37 14 SINGAPORE Harbour Board Police trounced. Royal Naval Air Station Sembawang 4-0 m a Singapore Hockey Association Div. 2 league match played at Sembawang yesterday. Chankar Singh and Santok Singh scored two goals each.
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    185 14 SOCCER AS SAFA WANTS IT? Sir: Four-and-a-half minutes of extra time were given for play m the second half of Sunday's replay J?__ Sin &apore Community League game between the Chinese and the Malays by the referee, Cpl. McCulloch, for some unaccountable reason. Obviously something had gone wrong with his
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