Singapore Standard, 17 November 1956

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    33 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD POL CE ***** (5 linca) 2400 ft it m s. FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 2811 2414 \ol. VII. No. 138 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1956 11 PAGES 15 i EMS
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    Lock icon PERSONAL RELIEFS WILL STAY
    166 1 Good News For Malaya's Income Taxpayers Tunku Bows To Lim's 'Save My Govt! Plea MALAYAN-WIDE agitation against the proposal of the Singapore and Federation Governments to reduce the personal allowances under income tax next year, has borne fruit. It was officially announced m the Federal Legislative
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    Lock icon Petrol Ration Before X'mas?
    117 1 V. N'l N N v. 18. (Rcuexpected itroduce petrol ration- te ild wartime coupon by Christmas or swn afterwards, known the Suez Canal 1 take two or three months to de vr. Parliamentary ibservers step aln st certain ic. •ng the la st asseaament of 32
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    Lock icon QANTAS' 14th BUY
    22 1 QANTAS Empire Airways or tstr ilia In Call! rnla re>n Thursday Its 14th Sip^r Constellation \pr:l 1954 U. P.
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    Lock icon The Queen In Black Lays A Wreath Of Poppies
    62 1 The Queen In Black Lays A Wreath Of Poppies photo. tion Members of Parliament also attended the service. A.P. QUEEN ELIZABETH 11. dressed m black with i buttonhole of three poppies, lays a wreath at the foot of the Certot.iph :n 1 >»ndon during ceremonies marking the anniversary of Armistice
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    Lock icon BRITAIN, FRANCE FORM COMMAND TO CLEAR CANAL
    154 1 PORT SMI), Nov. 16, (IT)— Britain today announced formation of a joint Anglo-French command to clear the Suez Canal and indicated the work would proceed from both ends of the 101-mile waterway. A large number of salvage Bhi] WU expected at this northern
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    Lock icon DOCK BOYCOTT
    42 1 DOCKERS la Preston. England, yesterday refused to unload Russian timber from tne German freighter Kurt BastiYesterday, the Interna- p": Trade Union Ferie(lFTt*) meeting m Hamburg called on ummbat poughoul the world to boy- tl RUS lan goods and shipr. 1
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    Lock icon MAO STAYS OUT
    32 1 THE United Nation:. General Assembly yesterday barred for at least another year any move to oust Nationalist China from the world organization and to admit the Peking regime Reuter
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    Lock icon FORMOSA HELPS
    22 1 the Nationalist Parliament yesterday passed a resolution asking everyone on Formosa to donate one day's earnings to Hungarian refugees. Reuter
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    Lock icon Dag Arrives In Cairo On Mission Of Peace
    295 1 U.N. FORCES CONGRATULATED ZURICH, Nov. 16. Mr. Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations Secretary-Gen-eral, arrived m Cairo by air today to observe the work of the L.N. police force m Egypt, headquarters of Swissair announced here. Mr. Hammarskjold had down from Abu Suweir airfield
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    Lock icon EGYPTIANS BREACH SWEET WATER CANAL
    181 1 LONDON. Nov. 16 (Reuter). The sweet water canal has been breached by the Egyptians half a mile north of El Kantara thus jeopardising the main v. .iter supply for the Port Said district, a Foreign Office spokesman said here today. Briti.-h officials said the breaching
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    Lock icon Nehru Warns Of A New Suez Blow-Up
    368 1 NEW DELHI, Nov. 16.— Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, told the House of the People that if military operations began again n the Middle East •they might even develop into a major war." Mr. Nehru said there were tendencies m the Middle
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    Lock icon DORIA HEARING
    45 1 THE helmsman ol tha Swedish American liner Stockholm admitted at a pre-trial yesterday io New York that he allowed his attention from his steering before the Stockholm collided with the Italian Liner Andrea Doria off Nantucket last July 25, killing 50 persons.— AP
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    Lock icon THE TORCH BREAKS, BUT IT BURNS ON
    72 1 tralag, A'ou. 16 (Re. Olympic Torch ns to Melbourne opening of trie Olympic Games next week, broke r.^ar here today i jlame did not go out. T he burner, a metal attachment jitted into the bowl ot a cannister. dropped off as the
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    79 1 "A V RK N -A »ap tril 000 lookers m < Wk and inclu P _*__■_%__> T'ki mw t Vi Fro t -> dan;' be doo. n and 1 phia. and a Union sp< said v nid r hall a.. east a and Gulf
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    21 1 MR. JAMES Hag White CO man. yesterda; ed a rumour that Prf ?r r was ill. 1 Reuter
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    Lock icon Russian Troops To Be Withdrawn In 3 Stages
    323 2 Kadar, Unionists Reach Accord But Youth Leaders Want Imre Nagy Back BUDAPEST, Nov. 16, (AP)— Hungary's Russian-imposed Premier Janos Kadar and Budapest's chief labour leaders were reported today to have agreed on a three stage withdrawal of Russian troops and the beginning
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    151 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Tone: Steady quiet SPORE n> The price of tin on the local market yesterday wsa S4o7i per picul. (Down $11). LONDON RUBBER No. 1 K.S.S Settlenaent House Terms Friday's opening; first session were: CLOSING Spot IIH. December SIM.
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    Lock icon 7 U.K. Newsmen Interned
    85 2 7 U.K. Newsmen Interned LONDON. Nov. 16 I Reuter) Switzerland has reported to Britain that seven British journalists are interned m the Semiramis Hotel m Cairo, the Foreign uTfTcev spokesman announced today. Asked whether the Journalists were definitely interned or were only subject to restrictions on their movement. the British
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    21 2 COMMUNIST China's Prenier. Mr. Chou En Lai. will ;oon visit Communist North j Vietnam. Hanoi Radio announced yesterday.
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    Lock icon The Goal Was To Grab Entire Canal
    237 2 CEASE-FIRE STOPPED SWEEP PORT SAID, Nov. 16, (AP)— The man who comnanded the British and French landings m Egypt says liis goal was complete seizure of the Suez Canal and ie would have captured the full length of the 103-mile waterway if the
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    Lock icon SENATOR ACCUSES INDIA
    102 2 SENATOR ACCUSES INDIA sIEW YORK, Nov. 16 (Reuter) Senator William Knewland. Republican leader m the U.S. Senate, last night accused India of having apparently become the "floor leader" for the Soviet drive to bring Communist China into the United Nations. Vlr. Knowland. a member of the U.S delegation to the
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    Lock icon BANDA INVITED
    29 2 COLOMBO. Nov. 16. (Reuer) Mr Solomon Bandaralaike. Prime Minister of Ceyon. said here today that President Nasser had invited him o visit Egypt m the near "uture.
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    Lock icon 23 DIE IN MEXICAN PLANE CRASH
    59 2 MIAMI. Nov. 16 (Reuter) Mexican plane with 24 people aboard crasher] yesterday n Nicaragua, and only one person was reported to have survived. The plane was on its way to Mexico City from Panama with 19 passengers and crew of five. The crash occurred
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    Lock icon Anglo-American Split Over Middle East Was A Sad Spectacle—St. Laurent
    260 2 Anglo-American Split Over Middle East Was A Sad Spectacle—St. Laurent TORONTO, Nov. 16.—The Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Louis St Laurel said last night Canada hoped that never again would there be such an An. American split as that which occurred at the United Nations over the Middle Last situation. He
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    Lock icon $15 MILLION TO BUILD UP MALAYA S NAVY BURIED BOMB: THERE IS NO DANGER
    332 3 $15 MILLION TO BUILD UP MALAYA S NAVY BURIED BOMB: THERE IS NO DANGER SINGAPORE TACKLES COUNTRY'S DEFENCE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT WILL SPEND S15 EQUIP TWO MINESWEEPERS AND FOUR LAUNC1 MALAYAN NAVY FOR THE DEFENCE OF MALAY/ In the first phase of the project. S500.000 will b< importation of machinery and
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    Lock icon WOMAN FOUND HANGING
    44 3 A WOMAN Goh Bon:, Hen. 45. was [mind I Wfiai a beam in a house in Char.gi. Singapore ye?terrisy. Neifhboun managed to ait the rope from which suspended and i ailed an ambulance, Goh however, died on the way to hospital.
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    38 3 HONGKONG. Nov. lfi Special Standard Service: Closing price? of the Hrmzkong Exr-hance were: 115.99 fa I Sterling; 16 43 to US |1 841 to Malayan Si: M 184 to onr Indonesian Ruppiah; Gold I3S2J to tadL
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    85 3 They Want To Visit Detainees SINGAPORE Government considering a request by two trade unions the Traction Company Employe! ion and the Bu? Workers' Union tor permission to visit their leaders who arc detained under the Public Security Ordinance. The leaders detained include Mr C. V. Devan Nair, Genera. Affain >'
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    Lock icon MALAYAN CULTURE ON STAMPS
    207 3 'Merdeka Day 9 Issue Star Of New Series KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Fifteen denominations of new postage stamps depicting the life and culture of Mala>ans pictorially will be on sale in lf)57. Works Minister Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir, told the Legislative Council tod u. The stamps,
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    Lock icon Two To Stand Trial For Robbery
    200 3 Two To Stand Trial For Robbery TWO Singapore farmer?, Ong Ens* Kiat and Leow Bok Sen?;, were yesterdav commit* led in the Fourth Magistrate's Court to 5tand trial at the next Assizes for alleged armed robbery ai a house in Yio Chu Kang Road on Sept. 13. Prosecution witness. Low
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    41 3 TH1 Singapore Coroner. Ill K. t. Alexander, returned a verriu-t of death by idventure at the condu* -ion of an inquest on Tirnah bin Salu, a P.WJ>. labourer. who was killed in a motor lent in Juron:; Road on 'J4.
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    Lock icon DEATH BENEFIT MEN ACQUITTED
    375 3 KOBKKT Cioh Me us Cho and James Voon Kyam Lent:, partners of the Thrifty Meriii Service, were yesterd.i\ acquitted in the Singapore Third District Court, on all five hames of rheatinc an insurance company in .Mav this year. They were aliened to bnve disiv v induced
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    65 3 THE Shell Company of Singapore is sponsoring a painting competition on "Oil Its Uses" for school children and local residents under Pair."::..:.' ap.i drawings r,. be in any media or style, but all works must be original, c closed on March 11, 1957, and selected OMI wffl be
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    Lock icon 500 New Teachers For 1957
    87 3 SINGAPORE Government will recruit more than 500 teachers lor English schools next year, an Education Ministry spokesman said yesterday. The .spokesman said about 600 applications had >o far been received. The .-flection board will begin to interview candidates from Monday. The Education Ministry yesterday Invited
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    142 3 HOME, Sweet Home For Three 'THE Indonesian Consu- late in Singapore yesterday gave the green light to three homesick Australians to continue their journey to Melbourne via Indonesia. The Australians, who are on their way home from Britain, arrived in the Colony on Saturday, and were unable to continue their
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    Lock icon Trouble Started When He Brought Home New Wife
    310 3 niAVASIKANNU Madasimv, a Singapore shop- 1 keeper, was yesterday sentenced to 18 months' jail. by Mr. Justice Knight, in the Singapore] Assizes, on each of three charges of causing hurt to his mother-in-law and two brothers-in-law with knife on (UW> tn s
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    40 3 YONG Boonf Liang, If a Yoke En^ Chinese High School student, fell from the window of h:> house in Onan Road. Singapore, yesterday. H e was removed to the General Hospital, where he died soon after admission.
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    100 3 MR. T. KOMATSl'. Japanese shipbuilding and steel magnate, has arrived in Singapore from Tokyo to officiate at the 46th District Conference to be held in the Colony today. He will be the personal representative of the Rotary International President, Mr. Giam P. Lang, at the conference. Mr.
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    Lock icon FEDERAL BUDGET DEBATE
    71 4 FEDERAL BUDGET DEBATE KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Chief Minister/ Tunku Abdul Rahman, confirmed tonight that the Federation's decision not to lower income tax personal reliefs to $2,500 was to save Singapore's Coalition Government from mounting trouble. ''I have now to stand by my good friend and counterpart. Mr. Lim Yew Hock,
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    Lock icon It Is Necessary To Save Colony From Disaster
    284 4 TUNKU SPEAKS ON TAX DECISION, I MUST STAND BY MY GOOD FRIEND, MR. LIM "In my opinion, the Coalition Government of Singaport and Mr. Lim Yew Hock must be saved if the people of Singapore are to be saved from disaster," he
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    617 4 BRING IN RETIRED BRITISH EXPERTS TO BEAT THE SHORTAGE, SAYS DR. TAN THE shortage of doctors m the country came under discussion during the continuation of the Federal Legislative Council budget debate this morning. The Government, said many members, had failed to
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    Lock icon Dr. Ismail Gives Profiteers A Stern Warning
    94 4 Dr. Ismail Gives Profiteers A Stern Warning THE Federation's Commerce Minister Dr. Ismail bin Datoh Abdul Rahman, warned that he would take severe action against traders indulging m needless price boosts m the light oi higher taxation on some commodities. "Profiteers will be severely dealt with and I will not
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    126 4 THE? 3.000.000 Slim River project Is a key item m the ptsn to improve the Federations principal highway and main line of communication. said the Minister for Works. Posts and Teleconvr Inche Sardon bin Hsji Jubir. Work on the 20-mi!e strip between
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    114 4 Labour Ministry ($3,295,f64J Xhe asttaatsa for -he ifl aistry Labour were accented withNil mv eopositiorj Mr. P. P N iravanan bowevef *nok the opportunity to urge government to stop police Interference m trade union atT<:-^ md proposed that civics courses be organ r d for employers
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    92 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A'.. Feneral Government departments will be integrated with their respective ministries by Independence Day, Aug SI. to ensure greater efficiency, closer control, and easier pooling of services. This was revealed today by the Secretary to the Government. Mr. A. S EL Kemp. lie said that
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    56 4 GaSVefS neal v;r- today asked to an Ist the .th of th UJi Food and Agricultural Organization m pro itins the use Of explosive charges by fishermen m Thai waters. Tui ku Kassim -aid each explosion waa capable of killing 150 piculs °f fish— of which only a
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    565 4 Hi nam to Kuala Lumpur' on Wednesday to place the! matter personally before Federation Chief Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman. Col. Lee told a cheering Legislature that Government ha i neon conscious of the feelins of se\era, members of the round] that such a revision would have been somewhat inopportune I
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    297 4 $105 Million Is Approved For Development THE Federal Legislative Council last night authorised the expenditure of $105,013,528 next year on capital projects from Joans the Alliance government is planning to raise for national development. The sanction, was given by the House after an assurance by the Finance Minister, Col. H
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    435 5 Federal Govt Maps Out Agricultural Policy SPECIAL EFFORTS TO BOOST RICE, COCONUT AND FRUIT CROPS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Alliance Government is to do all it can to reduce the country's dependence on rubber by concentrating: on permanent crops like coconuts, cott'ee, cocoa, oil palm and
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    186 5 Gill Wins Best Design Contest A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl. Liew Kwai Kam. won the second annual school competition this year for the best Christmas card for the Singapore Animal Lovers' League. Mr. V. W. Frampton. League President, aainounced yesterday. Kwai Kam. a pupil of Fairfield Girls' School,
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    Lock icon SO UN-MALAYAN TO CELEBRATE NEHRU'S BIRTHDAY, SAYS THE M.I.C.
    107 5 SO UN-MALAYAN TO CELEBRATE NEHRU'S BIRTHDAY, SAYS THE M.I.C. KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Malayan Indian Congress will no more celebrate "unsuch as Pan- I The Secretary General of the MR Dts today told the Standard that he is issuing a directive to all branches m the F< and S .pore,
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    77 5 THE following have been ted office-bearer;, of thc j pore Tagore Society: President, Dr. Lin Wo I vice-president, Mr G. ipani; se V.. Pcre R Lrishnai mittee members: Messrs. G. S. M krishnan, S. Kanagarat' N. Mitra. N. M. Sen Gupta, M. Ponnudurai, S. Ramanujam, Benjamin P
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    35 5 p brought toind a men ol variou iti nail les and profess'- ns and has forged I l ndship, .^a;d the Chiel Mil ter, Mr. Lim Yew H Ri yal Island Club isl night.
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    Lock icon LATE DR. LUNG
    31 5 THE fttatrs i I the late Dr. H K. Lung ol Malacca, v. was originally fixed for Sunday, will now take place on m i the Chong ecmetery
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    55 5 SINGAPORE Kamala Chlh will hold a cooking demonI renises m I jnein Road on Monday at 4.30 p.m. The club will also hold a children's sports on Nov. 24 at 4 p in. The annual riir.ner Which was to have been held on Nov. II has
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    36 5 JAPAN'S Antarctic survey boat, the 2.610-ton "Soya" with ice-hrcakin^ will call here on Nov. -1 c:\ rente to the S p.. c '"I'd the Japanese 9 Expedition Party to the
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    Lock icon The Cold Shoulder To That Call For Malay Teachers
    213 5 The Cold Shoulder To That Call For Malay Teachers SINGAPORE Government's call for teachers-in-training for Malay schools with School Certificate qualifications may bring forth a strong protest from the Malay Education Council. Government hss invited ap- tnts from holders of the 0 rseas Cambridge School te with credits In Maend
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    Lock icon DEATH FALL
    32 5 A 54-YEAR-OLD mason, An| Gnoh Fan. while engaged m •is construct n of a sago factory In Tsssek Glujtor. H miles from Butterworth, fell to 'v.- le th vesterriay morning.
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    Lock icon SIR JOHN IN TOMORROW
    115 5 Piloting His Own Canberra Bomber air Vice-Marshal Sir John Whitley, YIP pilot to two Prime Ministers of England lir, Neville Chamber am and Sir Winston Churchi'.l arrive^ m Singapore tomorrow flying his own Canberra jet bomber. Sir John was the Dor,;;ly Air Off! ICT (Administration) m
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    Lock icon A Warning On Education
    76 5 A WARNING that uncertain onditi m Malaya might defer expansion of Methodist activities here, was given yesterday by Mr. Karl Quimhy. Secretary t) t Missionary Education. Methodist Churches. New York. He said, however, that Ma'.a--j m Methodists would try to up their present work m education
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    116 5 Election Fever Grips Dunearn Rd EL ection* lever tripped the D i era Road Hostel nf I'iuversitv of Malaya m Singapore last night. The fever was mainly generated b y the n studenl candidates who are contesting 29 seats In the University of Malays Students' Union. The candidates distrib it
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    Lock icon RIOTER JAILED
    37 5 AN unemptoyeJ youth, Yeo Khoon Soon, 19, caught redhanded stoning a police party m Tanjong Katong Road on Oct. 25. was yesterday sentenced to II months' Imprisonment by the Singapore Fourth District Judge for rioting.
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    Lock icon The Customs And The Captain's Wife
    112 5 SINGAPORE Police and Customs arr investigating sn incident m which the wife of a ship's captain was •detained" by Customs officers at Telok Aver Basin. Singapore, yesterday afternoon. It was alleged that the captain's wife was stopped at the Customs depot after she came
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    118 5 A VX. HERE AUSTRALIA'S Minister to Egypt, Mr. AR. Cntl. i. V.C., who was placed under "house arrest" for five days by Egyptian ,uithorities after Col. Nasser had severed diplomatic relations with Australia over the Suez issue, flew into Singapore yesterday. Mr. Cutler (above) «.aid he was placed
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    Lock icon Chief Kathi Condemns Striptease
    93 5 THE Chief Kathi of Singapore. Tuan Imam Ha.ii A Mohamad Said Sal'er. I day condemn tease" as against the teachings of Islam and detrimental to public morals. He told the Standard that such exhibitions should not be allowed to go on unchecked because '"of its undoubtedly
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    65 5 Youth Club Social Dance THE Bukit Timah Youth Club will hold a social and dance at the Civil Defl Club, Kolam Ayer Lane, on Dec. 1. at 8 p.m.. m aid of the lb*S building fund. Tickets priced si n per couple are obtainable st Balbir Ca, North B: ige
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    43 5 Shaw Etrol i Ltd., Singapore, is organizing a Cha-cha-cha dance 2!* at the f'.reat World Cabaret m conjunction with the screen- Columbia Pictures' latest film. "Cha-cha-cha Boom!" made by the same producerdirector team of the successful movie. "Rock Around The Clock."
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      Lock icon A Wise Move
      377 6 TYY" accord reached between the Singapore and Federation Governments not to reduce personal allowance^ mv-- iii me tax by $500 is weJeOßSed and ar: Malayan citizens as proof of the increasing len itic stature of two administration.- It has served to reassure the people thai I c
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      421 6 r YY serialised debate on the Federal Budget has faVPUghl forth varied and bizarre views from the large contingent of Councillors hailing fron every corner of the country. Listening to them one n i much difficulty m gauging the conlencies they represent, because their is bear -limp of
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    1027 6  -  COLIN LEGUM KAOLACK, Senegal. j a: rived here on the day before the Feast of Gamou. On ordinary occasions this is a thriving African harbour town on the banks of the Soume, which is a tidal river. The prosperity of its 60,000 inhabitants is founded
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    186 6 Permit Allowances To Remain Sir; While I am against the proposed increased rate, I would suggest that instead of lowering the personal allowances. I.e. for a single person from $3,000 to $2,500 and for a married couple without children from $5,000 to $4,500, Government should allow the personal allowances to
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    90 6 Really, Mr. Moore! Sir; On reading last Wednesday's "Standard" it came as a surprise to find an intelligent man like Mr. Donald Moore deliberately (and not very convincingly) misinterpreting my remarks of last Sunday. I should not have thought it necessary to remind Mr. Moore that these criticisms were directed
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    47 6 Sir; I wish through the medium of youi paper, to thank all the doctors, nurses, sisters. hospital assistants and all concerned, for their very kind attention during my illness there m ward 41, Singapore General Hospital. Goodbye and God Bless them all "A GRATEFUL PATIENT" Singapore.
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    365 6 We the PEOPLE Sir; Since the recent surprise announcement by the Alliance Government about increased taxation, resulting m higher prices of foodstuffs, clothings, and other articles, many people have been grumbling. This is very disloyal of the people. 1 am, therefore, taking the liberty of writing to your esteemed paper
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    134 6 Writ Sarcastic cinema programmes, umbrellas, spectacles, etc. There are still many more ways by which tax may be raised, and I will send them on to you as 1 think of them But one thing we musYnot do. WE MUST NOT TAX OUR COUNCILLORS, for after all. they are only
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    717 6  - THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME ASTER GUNASEKERA By TT IS human nature not to see the mote m one's own eye, as it is human nature to be ungrateful. Equally, it is human nature to try and educate the ignorant and illiterate. This duty, of man to man is
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    346 6 Sir; 1 strongly disag with the views ol the Superintendent of the Citj Cleansing b Hawkers Department that the suggestions contained m mj letter wi re "whimsical." In the first place, there are no provisions m the Market Bye-Law- that require stallholders to go
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    460 6 Sir; The Government has hit the last nail, if it can be called the last, on the head of the poor wage earner by the recent increases. The poor man's only comforts m tobacco and entertainment are hrt. Instead of giving the wage earner extra
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    328 7 Russia Gives Britain And France An Assurance Appeal For International Commissions To Handle Dispute MOSCOW, Nov. 16 (Reuter) Marshal Bulganin, Soviet Prime Minister, assured Britain and France last night that Russia wanted to eliminate war danger m the Middle East, and emphatically denied that she
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    79 7 Reports To Frighten Americans BEIRLT. Nov 16 (UP) Syrian Foreign Minister Salah Al Bitar today dpnied reports that Soviet jet pilots and "volunteers"' have arrived m Syria. Such reports may have been started to frighten American public opinion, Mr. Bitar suggested hi an interview with the United Press. As hp
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    68 7 HONGKONG, Nov. 14 (UP) —The Hongkong Government today umouaeed nana das9orta> tinn and detention regulations ting from last month*! riots. Under the amended regulations! the Governor taas the i to tit* am Ul9 person c traadom would be contrary |0 the best interests <»f the 'public. This regulation
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    33 7 TERRORIST gunmen yesterday shot and killed a 27--year-old British civilian as he wa.s walking through a maze of streets m Nicosia's notorious "Murder Mile." scene of many gun attacks Reuter.
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    38 7 BEIRUT. Nov. IH (Reuter) Six Hungarian sailors from the 504-ton Hungarian Szeged yesterday asked the American Embassy here foi ssylußD tn the United States because, they sain, they did not want to return to Hungary.
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    183 7 Possibility Not Overlooked LONDON, Nov. 16, (Reuter)— The British government said last night the possibility of a merger of the British colonies of Sarawak and North Borneo was "not being overlooked." The suggestion wa.s made hv Lord Li -towel, a former Labour Minister of State
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    55 7 WASHINGTON. NOT. 16 (AP) James D. Zellerbach, San Francisco industrialist, wa.s reported under consideration yesterday as replacement for Clare Bonthe Luce. American Ambassador to Italy. Zellerbach. former Marshall Plan Aid chief to Italy. Is among a number of Republican businessmen being seriously considered for important ambassadors' jobs
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    164 7 BANGKOK, Nov. 16, (Reuter)— Five nations today circulated resolutions on disarmament at the meeting of the Intel -Parliamentary Union. The Russian resolution called on all parliaments to "take effective measures, aimed a* stopping of the armain ;is race, the reduction of armed forces and armaments." It
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    41 7 LONDON. Nov. 16 (Reuter* Mr. Peter Fryer, a senior correspondent of the Communist Daily Worker, resigned from the newspaper yesterday after returning from Budapest and told his editor: "No honest Communist can ignore the tru:h about Hungary."
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    86 7 Burgher Families Quit Ceylon COLOMBO. Nov. 16 (UP) Several prominent Burgher families m Ceylon sailed for Australia yesterday. This is part of the general exodus of Burghers from Ceylun to the past few months. There were as many as 86 passengers booked to sail m the Argentine vessel Yapihu which
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    62 7 photo ~l '> ACTRESS Ilona Massey 5 joins other marchers m t i a parade to the Soviet Unions United Nations Headquarters building m 2 New York on Nov. 10. S The marchers stopped at < the building, located m Park Avenue and 68th Street to shout and
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    57 7 pr.nto A CONVOY of Rpd (Kiss trucks from Denmark waits at thp Austrian town of Klingenbaf h on thr Hungarian border on Nn\ m to enter Hunsan Another eonvoi fn.m Switzerland uas also held up The hold-up follower] action by the Russian* to keep A.P.
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    153 7 Two Officers Punished JAKARTA, NaW. 16, (Keuter)- An arm> spokesman charged today that two officers who last week recened disciplinary punishment had been "Involved m a plot to overthrow the present go\ eminent The spokesman's charge followed the publicat ;r. government part y«-j terdav ni a
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    48 7 Biggest Opal In Melbourne MELBOI K\i Nm If (Reutf r I The m (.rid s largest known opal will m Melbourne n Mnnda tc i<, on > ibi tion m a nti store durmc the CMj mpw Thf giant t< n< ghs 147 num e s an at CA2fl.««o
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    121 7 SEOUL. Nov. 16 'UP i Republic of Korea's Defence Minister Kirn Yong Woo warned yesterday thai the air threat from Communist North Korea was "grave." He told a Press en nference that the combined United S ate.s and B Korea air forces ta this country
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    177 8 Boosting Local Industries Xl ALA LUMPUR, Fri— The first Malayan International Trade fair to be sponsored by a committee of local businessmen will be, held here, m April next year. This fair will c nsist of ten sections dealing with )f IJ L
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    104 8 He's A Maker Of Champions MR. I.irr\ Snyder, inter-nationally-known tr:nk .md coa< h fl w into Sins.ipore venter ij from India. He is «a> to the Olympic (iame> Nlr Snyder i> i maker of t h.imr \s official i.f the Ohio State rsit ccai h Sn>der turned Jesse Owens. Mcl
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    54 8 ALA KANGBAR, Fri. Ie Mohamed Yusofl Khan, ocpd Sungei Siput north, hao today Imposed a curfew on the 500-acre Leong I the Karai area. IXI ay, which will be ■D reed until further no La pn ol Illegal tapping of rubber m the Elstate which was closed
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    40 8 MALACCA Siren? will ilv« a farewell tea party Mr E. R J ta CPO. Malacca. I ise on Sunday. 18 prl to his departure I DX. on long leave. Mr Richards ta Chairman of the Sikh Advisory Board.
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    105 8 T VV O well-k n o w n Chinese families of Perak and Sarawak were united m marriage at Taiping on Wednesday, when Mr. Tan Han Boon, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Kui Choon. married Miss Toh Guat Pheng, eldest daughter of former
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    43 8 MALACCA. Fri.— The National Union nf Printing Worker! here has MBl a H yen-point demand for batter working conditions to their employers. The Malacca Printing Employers' Aasociatj has agreed to meet representatives of the Union for joint discussions later.
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    61 8 PENANO, Fri. The Penani 'Patriotic Youth Or^.:- zation has decided not to low its members and officials to hold poets m a^y other poliI fhe ision to take action was reached after officials of the body fe thai "dual loyalty* wai not conducive to the interests of
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    193 8 ANYONE who knows anything about "Rock 'n Roll" music and who was present at last night's Singapore debut of the visiting "Rock Around The World" show, noticed what was missing among the musicians an electric guitar. All the pioneers of American "rock 'n
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    173 8 MALACCA, Fri. A $150,000 plan to reconstruct the old railway line from Tampin to Malacca is being considered to meet increasing transport demands when the vast military project at Sungei Udang is completed, a Government official told the Standard yesterlay. The line, which
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    68 8 MR. GKEVILLE T \Yigus dire( tor of Messrs. J. Inglish Wright Ltd.. one nf Ni v Z.aland's largest advertising agents. Den into Singapore resterday h v B.OJ-.C. plane, accompanied b\ his uife. on a world tr»ur Mr. W.^ vud. e mou\<i ol h.^ clients .iv possible and
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    122 8 BUTTERWORTH. I:.— A further sum of $30,000 for a town hail m Buttenv~rt.h aru included under "special expenditure" m the budget for 1957. which waa unanimously i d at the special budget meeting of the Town Council today In presenting the budget, the Chairman. Mr.
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      114 9 TALKING FASHION WITH LANE EVERY woman knows that a new hat acts like a tonic, and here are some pretty styles to wear for cocktails, garden parties or the races. |1 Navy straw swathed round with white chiffon and trimmed with lilies of the valley and a tiny veil. (2)
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      64 9 \I A R I PICKFORD says about to-day's film stars: "It's a shame they are rated by the inch instead of the talent." Some stars take the "measure of their success" quite calmly, however. When CLEO MOORE was being interviewed she was asked about her measurements. She said:
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      495 9 W/TTH people still smart- ing under the blows inflicted by the Federation budget, Mrs. Goan Scott recently opened Kuala Lumpur's own "Budget Shop," a salon designed to cater for women who appreciate well-cut clothes at pre-budget prices. Mrs. Scott is an Army Officer's wife, who spurning the boredom
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      312 9  - MRS. RUTH ARRAU Terry Pillay by PERSONALIA gURPRISINGLY enough, she gives an impression of being shy. Tall, elegant, with rippling shoulder length hair and the bluest of blue eyes, Mrs. Ruth Arrau, wife of the world famous pianist Claudio Arrau, is at present with her husband m Singapore Quietly, everyday
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    138 10 Nervous Selling In Rubber On US Report NERVOUS selling was reported m the Singapore rubber market yesterday as rubber dropped one cent to SI. K| per lb. for first grade December shipment on news that the United States rubber stockpile policy is to be announced this weekend. 11 r. lation
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    94 10 MALAYAN banking: statistics showed assets at the end of September at §323,357,000 and liabilities 5789.827.000, both figures representing an increase over the previous month. The vol ime of operations. t ta -'.."ilv lower a*. SI 24,8 -000. B assets ir. 'luded 54J 15.000 cash, 143.791,000 In
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    82 10 MR. M. L. Kanodia, (right) Chief Accountant of Ruby General Insurance Co., Ltd, India has arrived m Singapore on a business visit. General Insurance is better this year than last year's because of improved trading conditions, he said. Mr. Kanodia is now making a tour of the Malayan and Far
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    165 10 FORMOSA MAY BUY OUR RUBBER NATIONALIST China may need a fair amount of natural rubber for her next four-year industrial expansion programme and may buy her requirements from Malaya, the Governor of Formosa, Mr. C. K. Yen, said m Taipei yesterday. The Governor said this to a group of 15
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    33 10 OCTOBER rubber crops announced are: Aver Pana? 7i A 10 Lb.; Glenealy 78.200 lb.; X ing 9' MM Pajam 126,04 Talisman 26.800 Tel ■< Anson 49.575 lb. Ulu Benut Consolidated 41,000 lb.
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    109 10 A SINGAPORE factory which manufactures fire resisting paste has received large orders from Indonesia recently. Mr. Low Yew. proprietor of the factory, the Universal Fire Resisting Factory, disclosed this at a runner to mark the first, anniversary of the concern. The proprietor said m
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    32 10 wholesale textile aalea m the United Kingdom recorded a seasonal rise la September, although it was less marked than m the period 1952- "i. according to The Financial Times.
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    294 10 Market Adopts Wait And See' Attitude THE pu'teiTi rl t:.e ocy market has not aged over the past week, according to the oi Holiday, Cutler, Bath II Co. Lid. Th' i trtity stimulated by the political tension throughout the world continued until when it showed I abating. On Tuesday with
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    60 10 MR. JOHN R. STAMPER. sssoci d jctor of EU Lilly Co.. States, fleu- into Singapore this week to study the phar naceetacsJ [anrkef, "Wai are our otcn Mggesl co^:'■■rs m constantly im-pro-bag and uidening our range of pharmaceuticals," he mid, Mr. Stamper who It on a leorld
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    121 10 I Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: Copra Nov. $26] buyers. $27_ c lers; coconut oil In bulk $42 en, In drums $45, sellers; tok white pepper $119 rs, Sarawak white $111 so' lers, special Sarawak black $84 sellers. Singapore Coconut Oil Millers
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    111 10 OUTER ROADS Lspaz, Galatea Sabang, Propser, Steel Executive, Tozai Maru, Lars Maersk, Van Cioon. Man* dama, Surabya Maru. Gorika. S H TV WHARVES Tapcyu i. Warszswe 4. ido- i 7 O ;>'' >-i R. Phemius 10, Heiyo M ou 13. Der.bin? h: c 15, Sow 'i 18.
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    150 10 £10M. Plant For Cleaner Fuel Launched THE opening last week of Britain's newest carbonization and chemical plant marked the completion of a major project m the programme to make more efficient use of coal and to end "smog/ The plant, m the Chesterfield area, is the most modern and completely
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    48 10 DELIVERIES of tin-in-eon-centrates from Feneration mines to Singapore, Penang and Butterworth m October totalled 5.389 tons, against 5,236 tons m the previous month. The total m the first 10 months this year stands at 52,285 tons, against 51,084 tons m the same period of 1955-
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    59 10 SAXTON Timber and Trading Ltd.. an Australian company which operates m the State of Victoria, i.s unique m the local timber industry, as it owns a small township, has timber processing plants, drying kilns, sawmills at two locations, plantations m three separate districts, and a timber
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    49 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following ehasajaa m its rates to merchanta yesterday: Canada- buying. _VT. 31 5/16, O.n. ,3i 7/ifi. 90 daya SI I 4 credit bills, 31 13 it] trade bills sc ling, TT. or O.D. 31 n atfy. Ou-.cr rates remain unaltered.
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    41 10 A COLOURED film on the development of man -mane fibres. •'Point of New Departure has been made m Britain. It takes the lorm of a lecture by Mr. J. R. Whinfield, the British scientist who developed Terylene.
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    132 10 THE I.7nn-:.-n cargo and passenger vessels Batanghari, Brantas and Ben^awan have MH launched at yards at Deest. Heusden and Schiedam (all m the Netherlands). These \esse!s. which have been built for an Indonesian shipping company and are intended for inter-insular communication m Indonesia, are ot
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    167 10 LOCAL SMOKES DUTY REDUCED THE Singapore Government has decided to restore the rate of duty on tobacco used for the local manufacture of cigarettes, to $2.50 a pound to allow cigarettes to be sold at pre-budget prices. The Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, said yesterday it must be clearly
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    133 10 Westrex Executive To Hold Discussions THE 'ant radio manage x Corp New York. Mr. Gm: t W. Steck who passed tl thi nj en rouJakarts recently, is exp ed 1 r< shortly for c. n microwave nd communicationa A Westrex nm m -tion rxp. rt. Mr Sec, -he Western Elect:
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    89 10 ■unts of Lingui Tm for the year to Aug 1956, showed a substantia crease m revenue as comr < the previous year due ts the higher dividend Kuchai Tin Ltd., accort-jM le 'he chairman, Mr A I ten recomrrr- s dead of tota. per cent I
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    140 10 —Call On Minister THE visiting eight-man team of Japanese woodworking machinery manufacturers yesterday paid a courtesy call to Singapore's Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. ML Jumabhoy, at his Ministry. The team arrived In the Colony on Thursday after visiting India, Ceylon and Saigon, to
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    166 10 MALAYAN sharebroke: terdav reported tne io.'.c business done: 88. Pet 53 3 arriva. CI S ores 29, 10*: F. <V N. co $2 10 to $2.15. profs $4: Gammons -2 03 M. Colls 98j and 97 cents; McAlister c $237.; Coiu Stora>:«' 51. 57-: Wean.c $3.30. JacK<
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    109 10 EXCEPT for inquiries for Teluk Ar sor 7* rubber shares were dull. Acc r ng to the Malayan Sharebroriors' Association yesterday. Industrials were firmer. while tins were q del Pric c changes snnouna the Association v.. A'lenbv 0 87 0 92 Sungei Baean l 37 42
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    91 10 Latest Contaflex Soon MALAYAN camera fans may have the latest models ol Contaflex, Mr. E. B. Richter, director ol Zej Ikon, Stuttgart. \v. Qermany. said on his arriva. m Singapore. The new C ntaflex nm have built-in exposure meter and a variety of interchangeabie lenses. Thia model won a prize
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    155 10 A British rayon company has given up trying to maintain a looting m the world market for artificial cloths now mainly supplied by low-priced Japanese gooas. it was stated m London. British exports continued to be disappointing. Sir William Palmer, chairman. to!d the annual' meeting of the
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    47 10 THE report ot 2.017 public companies published m the first ten months of 1956 included those of 2.396 industrial concerns showed trading profits of £1.808 mil. ion against £1.(741 million m previous accounting perions. rise oi i 0.2 per cent, according to The Financial Times.
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      597 10 NOTICES tender notice public works dept colony of sarawak TENTERS are invited from 3 lilding C r::a^:y:s for the r.itructi n and comp.e:: r. ia< No. 10 S*.a:! deoigni i oy W D. Cb) New Hospital designed cy Swan .v MacLarcr. at Slmanggani la the Second Division. It Ls Intended
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      88 10 NOTICES Notice as to lost policy POLICY No. *****1 m National Insurance Com- Limited, on the life of til Quek Chan Chung. Gov- m nt Contractor, 72. after- id, ofl Rangoon Road. Singapore having been lo>t. h reby given that b ecti n to reach C c inj s Ithin
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    448 13 'BIG FIVE' IN FRIDAY'S HIGH JUMP FINAL From BILL FUNK, Melbourne. Next Friday's high jump final at the Main Olympic Stadium is heading for one of the closest finishes m the annals of Olympic high jumping, John Winter Australia's gold medallist told the Standard m an exclusive interview today. In
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    709 13 MELBOURNE, Fri.— With only six days It go, Olympic fever has truly gripped this city of one and half million. The qurstinn uppermost m tho minds of the average Melbourne .-ports fan is will the Russians dominate the Melbourne Olympics commencing next Thursday or
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    220 14 Tres Bien is fit and fresh RACE ONE ox hia dawn displays Tres Bien should deliver the goods m the opening race. He has been shaping extra we. and his three m 39-1 S sec. on Thursday is a strong pointer to his chances. Tha four-year-old ha^ bad a brief
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    364 14  -  WINDSOR LAD He's Down 1 lb Since Winning At Bukit Timah Says MUBARAK 11, a goodlooking four-year-old by Royal Charger, is niy choice m the main sevt.i furlongs event (Race Six) for Class Three performers at Ipoh today, first day of the Perak Turf
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    247 14 RACE THREE Blue Ice made a creditable debut at Bukit Tunah and is set lo open winning accounts m the seven furlongs race. There was plenty to enthuse i about his effort at Bukit Timah Streaking into the lead the three-year-old made all
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    157 14 Windsor Lad Hie Spectre I Trundle Hill N-rulineer TRFS BIFN ENTE»TAD»'MENT 111 ENTERTAINMENT HI FATFRTAINMEM 111 "T gar*? 0 1 S3E&° BIAB Kf° w sr iy°" TUSI *"»»<" 81.l F l( r TODAY *HO\VlN(i TODAY BHOWKO BLUE V .;,> StoWiM St«i Offl«T "!■<« I M 1 rS.' 3
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    793 14 iRAIN fell ve-terday. and t_l track for today's races I at Ipoh is likely to be heavy. > Bo! l«mg>hot TODAY'S best outsider at bah is Balkan Arab m Wamt 1 Big Sweep I TRLBLL 101 l will be held on Race 4, d and 7. j The
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    160 14 RACE EIGHT OX h P -?sure Park I expect Producer to go one and take ne Class Four, Division Two ever.' over six lurio: a* He mm running on when finished behind, and now dropped four pounds, he may find his winning turn m
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    167 14 Four-Day Race Meeting At Penang THERE will be five S] races at the Penang Turf c four-day Christmas New V- meeting on Dec 22, M 29 and Jan. 1. The are t P and O Cup over six fui longs s*aK' for horses C ass 1 Div. l firsl run
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