Singapore Standard, 12 October 1957

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  • 30 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD ***** (5 lines) POLICE 2400 1% m i. FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 2811 2414 01. VIII. No. 102 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1957 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 378 1 GOVT. TO SHOW CAUSE FOR NEWSMAN'S DETENTION Habeas Corpus WRITS will be served on the Singapore Chief Secretary and the Commissioner of Prisons to show cause why a Colony newspaper director, Fu Wu Mun, now under detention, should not be set free. The application for an "ORDER MSI" to enable
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  • 164 1 MANILA. Oct. 11 (UP) A son of Philippine Ambassador to Washington Carlos P. Romulo died tonight when a plane carrying him and five others exploded m midair over Barrio Bulog m Batangas Province, it was reported tonight. The Philippine News Service said the explosion apparently
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  • 27 1 PRESIDENT Eisenhower yesterday proclaimed an annual immigration quota of 100 for the Federation of Malaya which achieved its Independence from Britain last Aug. 31. AP
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  • 484 1 Lim Yew Hock Receives Death. Note From XL Police Alert Mounts: 'Hour Of Decision' Set At High. Noon Today SINGAPORE CHIEF MINISTER, MR. LIM YEW HOCK HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER LETTER WARNING HIM TO RELEASE DR. CHUANG CHU LIN, DETAINED PRINCIPAL OF THE CHUNG CHENG HIGH SCHOOL,
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  • 319 1 $700 Mil. Syndicate To Run Colony Bus Services Plan CHINESE bus companies m Singapore are prepared to amalgamate and operate an island-wide transport service with a nominal capital of $100,000,000. A proposal to this effect was submitted to the Colony Government yesterday by the Singapore Bu s Owners Association, through
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  • 227 1 11 YOUTHS HELD IN POLICE RAIDS ON IPOH HIDEOUT IPOH, Fri. Ipoh Police today arrested 11 youths following two raids on suspected secret society hideouts just outside town. All arrested were from outstation four from Singapore, four from Penang and three from Kuala Lumpur. The Standard learns that a number
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  • 134 1 U.N. Call For Control On Space UNITED NATIONS, New York, Oct. 11 (AP) Twentyone nations proposed formally today that the U.N. call for renewed talks "as soon as feasible" toward a disarmament agreement including control of outer space objects. They submitted a resolution asking the General Assembly to call on
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  • 39 1 CUSTOMS officers searched the ship. Bidor. anchored m the Inner Roads of the Singapore Harbour and seized 180 pounds of opium worth $73,000 yesterday. The opium was found hidden m a fuel tank of the ship.
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  • 27 1 SECURITY Police last night arrested an undisclosed number of members of the illegal "Arab Baath Socialist Party" at Basrah, a town m southern Iraq. Reuter
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  • 70 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman and the United Kingdom High Commissioner. Mr. G. W. Tory will sign the agreement on External Defence and mutual security to- morrow morning. This historical event will take place at the conference room
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  • 204 1 MUNITIONS FACTORY OF OUR OWN UNDER STUDY KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaya is to have its own munition works if plans, currently under consideration by the Federation Government, are implemented. According to proposals, the Ordnance Factory will turn I out small arms and light --automatic weapons, m its initial stages of
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  • 134 1 KARACHI. Oct. 11 (AP) Prime Minister H.S. Suhrawardy resigned today and President Iskander Mirza asked Ismail Chundrigar, leader oi the opposition Moslem League, to form a new government. Suhrawardy, who had headed a coalition cabinet for 13 months, quit after
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  • 106 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Two Communist terrorists, one a woman, were killed by a platoon of Home Guards m the early hours of yesterday morning at Telok Senau m the Baling district of Kedah. The Home Guards also wounded a third terrorist who however managed
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  • 48 1 BRISBANE, Oct. 11 (Reuter) —The 5,490-ton Japanese freighter "E ifu k v Maru" which struck a reef off the Queensland coast at midnight last night is taking m water. The Brisbane tug "Fearless" has left port to take the damaged ship m tow.
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  • 22 1 THE leftwing government of San Marino evacuated Government House yesterday, ending 12 years of Communist rule m the tiny Republic.
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  • 124 1 BRIGHTON. Oct. 11 (UP) Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd accused Russia of practising "humbug" today by actively fomenting trouble m the Middle East while proposing resolutions of non-interfer-ence m the United Nations In a hard-bitting foreign policy speech at the Conservative Party Congress here, Mr. Lloyd
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  • 29 1 CORPORAL Mansoor bin Bachek, Singapore Pol.cc Training School driving instructor, fell off a motorcycle m Whitley Road, last night. He was admitted to the General Hospital.
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  • 135 2 'Temporaries' In Search Of Sympathy KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Secretary of the Selangor Government Temporary Officers' Union. Mr. D. P. Xavier, tonight urged the public to sympathize with the Union's campaign for permanent positions and better working conditions. Mr. Xavier, speaking at a special meeting a: the Town Hall, appealed specially
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  • 48 2 THE Commissioner-General for South-east Asia, Sir Robert Scott, (above) is seen inspecting members of the Ninth Company of the Girls' Life Brigade on the occasion of the annual inspection and display of the 13th Singapore Company of the Boys' Brigade yesterday. Standard pic
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  • 389 2 NEW 'HOME' AND ROLE FOR THE HISTORIC BALAI RONG SERI KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.The Balai Kong Seri at the Lstana Negara m which the Yang di-Pertuan Agong was installed, is to be moved m its entirety to Ampang Road where it will make history again. At its new site, it is
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  • 285 2 $2.8 Million Irrigation Scheme For P. Wellesley In Operational Stage Bl KIT MERTAJAM, Fri. The $2,800,060 Muda River irrigation scheme which will supply water to 18,000 acres of padi land m the northern district of Province Wellesley, has now reached the operational stage. This was disclosed to the Standard today
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  • 76 2 TANJONG MALIM. Fri. Inche Yang Rashid, president of the Tanjong Malim UMNO, was elected chairman of the local Alliance Committee at a meeting here today Others elected were: ViceChairman, Mr Tan Boon Jin, hon. sec: Mr. N. Mohamed AH, hon. treasurer: Mr. Lee Seek Fan, complaints
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  • 57 2 SYDNEY, Oct. 11 (Reuter)— Serious stock losses are expected over most of New South Wales unless good soaking rains fall within the next few days. New South Wales Farmers and Settlers' Association President, Mr. J. P. Cass, giving this warning today, said the acute dry
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  • 31 2 PEOPLE wishing to make pilgrimage to Mecca m 1958 may now apply to the Federation Pilgrimage Control Officer m Penang stating whether they are going by air or sea.
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  • 23 2 THE Postmaster General, Malaya, announced yesterday that a new postal agency will be opened at Lubok Bongor, Kelantan, on Oct. 15.
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  • 163 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot (nom.) 831 841 Int. Oct R.S.S. No. 1 84} 84| Nov R.S.S. No. 1 848 Ml R.S.S. No. 2 82 82* R.S.S. No. 3 801 81 Tone: Very quiet. The price of tin m Singapore
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  • 34 2 A SCHOOLTEACHER. Ifcc Teh Chin Siong partnr Mrs. Tan Chuan Chye. won the Perak novices dance cor tion organized by the Perak Dance Association at the stial dance hall m Ipoh night.
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  • 63 2 THE Sultan of Pahang, Sir Abu Bakar, flew into Singapore yesterday by Malayan Airways with his consort, Tunku Azam. The 53-year-old Ruler, who will be m the Colony for 10 days, was whisked off m a car immediately. The Ruler and his wife w
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  • 166 2 Jap Apples Warning: Arsenic On Skins HONGKONG, Oct. 11 (Reuter).— Residents here were today advised to wash or peel imported Japanese apples before eating them. The Government, Medical Department spokesman giving this warning confirmed a very small quantity of arsenic has been found on the skin of Japanese apples. He
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  • 561 3 FIRST PRIORITY IS A DIRECTOR OF TOURISM SINGAPORE Government has allocated $300,000 next year for the promotion of the Colony's tourist industry. This sum covers the salary of a Director of Tourism of "proven journalistic experience as well as experience of
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  • 215 3 FILM'S FIRST BIRTHDAY IN NEW YORK on Oct. this 'year, a gargantuan first birthday party will be given for a film with Mr. and Mrs. (Elizabeth Taylor) Michael Todd. a s hosts and guests-of -honour. Among all the fabulous presents which are being gathered from all
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  • 80 3 SOLDIER IS FINED $150 001 GEHK HUAY. 23. a tte m the Singapore MiliForces. was yesterday $150. m default three :s jail, by the Seventh Magistrate for possesof 2i lbs. of dutiable ettes on Aug. 7 at Weld letective, Ong Eng Choc, ne court that on Aus. 7 M on
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  • 25 3 Another 859 youths registered for national service yesterday, the ninth day of registration. This brings the total to date to 5,731.
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  • 218 3 A BUTCHER'S son, Lim \.at, 25, was yesterday ed to six months' jail Singapore Second Dis.dge. Mr. D. H. Chapnan, for dishonestly retaining wo motor car tyres, a battery ro windscreen wipers. A Volunteer Special Constabulary sergeant, Tan Hock Lee, said that while m
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  • 97 3 THE British Overseas Airi Corporation yesterday od the following apts to become effecon Oct 15 J Ross Stainton. chief ground services, will beM genera! manager, eastern es, including those cperatto Singapore and Sydney to Hongkong and Tokyo. Gilbert Lee, now s manager, will be manager,
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  • 36 3 Buddhist Society pore yesterday apthe public for donaaisist m its expansion mda to maintain a free ♦emple, crematorium ital. S iety appeals for of land or building n the Colony or m .:r.
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  • 38 3 13 Lee Hup Suan. 17. a the Sixth Form of the i School. Ipoh. has led as the de.egate lya to take part m i k Herald Tribune Youth m America y to March next
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  • 69 3 THE National Union of General Workers' yesterday asked the Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, to release the detained union's committee member Inche Osman bin Rashid. or bring him to trial. Inche Osman was arrested on Oct. 2 under the Public Security Ordinance. The "union also
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  • 166 3 WAGE TALKS DEADLOCK: TROUBLE is brewing again at the Singapore Telephone Board following the deadlock m wage negotiations between the Board and its employees. The Singapore Telephone Board Employees Union which staged a 45-day strike recently held an emergency general meeting at the Arab Union
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  • 221 3 THE GOVERNOR of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, told Colony Muslims yesterday that he was most confident they would play their part "with conviction and" a sense of responsibility m meeting the challenges which face humanity today." The Governor expressed this view at a tea-party given by
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  • 53 3 JUNAN bin Mohd. Amin, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the next Assizes by the Singapore Tenth Magistrate, Mr. R. Ramason, on a charge of attempted rape. The charge alleged that Junan attempted to rape Norliah binte Jumat on July 23 m a house m
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  • 102 3 MISS Kumar! Komala (left), talented daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. C. S. Rajan, will give a dance recital at the Cultural Centre, Canning Rise, today at 8.30 p.m. under the auspices of the China Society. A pupil of the famous dance teacher Sri Vazhuvoor Ramiah
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  • 394 3 Died At Judo Practice Instructor Gives A Demonstration A JUDO instructor, Mr. Jean Eric Cotte, yesterday demonstrated at an inquest how an 18-year-old youth, Tan Eng Teng, met his death while practising judo at the Youth Sports Centre on Aug. 16. Mr. Cotte, who holds an instructor's "black belt," was
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  • 131 3 Escaped And Then Gave Up A MAN who escaped while his parcel of uncustomed cigarettes was being examined by Customs men gave himse'.f up two days later, a Singapore court was told yesterday. The man, Tan Seng Choon 25, was charged with possession of 10 lbs. of uncustomed cigarettes at
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  • 172 3 MALAY ELDERS WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO LEARN CHINESE TFF Singapore Malay Education Council wants more Malay children to study Chinese and other local languages to promote better understanding improve social relations among the communities. Incne Harun Mohammad Amin, President of the Council, said yesterday that Malay children would m futjre
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  • 63 4 FIFTY-NINE Singapore schools took part m the interschool art exhibition which was opened yesterday at the British Council Hall. Standardpic shows (from left), Mr. S. Gibson-Hill of Raffles Museum, Mr. Ho Kok Hoe, Art Society president, Inche Mohd. Sidik bin Haji Abdul Hajnid, Asst. Minister fo
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  • 238 4 ART is the one thing that can bring together the students of the various schools m the Colony. This was stated by the Assistant Minister for Education, Inche Mohamed Sidik bin Haji Abdul Hamid, while declaring open the 16th InterSchool Art Exhibition yesterday at
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  • 262 4 New Lease Of Life For Ghost Town BUT REMNANT REDS MUST BE ELIMINATED KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The ghost town of Jendram will be rebuilt and the 1,600 former inhabitants be allowed to return there, cnly when two conditions have been fulfilled, the Standard was told today. The five remaining Communist
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  • 52 4 PENANG, Fri. The George Town City Councillors at a meeting last night decided that the election of the Mayor should be by show of hands and not by secret ballot. This decision was taken to enable the people to know where the councillors stand m
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  • 61 4 ALOR STAR, Fri. About 600 village headmen m Kedah whose posts had been abolished by the government as from January this year, may soon send a delegation to meet the Mentri Besar. They claim that government had promised to pay some sort of "compensation" before
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  • 193 4 MALACCA. Fri. Seven hundred Home Guards, who will be out of jobs by January next year, are worried about their future. These temporary "soldiers" have been given quit notices following a proposed big reduction of the strength of Home Guards m Malacca from 1
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  • 84 4 MISS Yeo Sow Hua, (above), who is competing for the Great World Trade Fair Queen 1957 title, is representing the Sin Lek Medical Ha. 1 The entries close at midnight on Monday. The election of Miss Trade Fair will take place at the Great World
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  • 205 4 HE SAID 'SORRY' TO OFFICER —Court Told PENANG. Fri. An Australian Leading Aircraftsman M. Davidson "apologised profusely" when his Superior Officer asked him why there were no entries m the log book for three days, the Sessions Court was told today Davidson of the Royal Australian Air Force, together with
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  • 140 4 TANJONG, Malim, Fri. The Tanjong Malim area Alliance committee today decided to petition the Perak State Secretary, Dato Muda Stia Abu Abdullah that a sub-district office should be established here. The present, District Office is situated m Slim River, 22 miles away, and people
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  • 57 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. About 500 new telephone lines were installed m homes and offices m the Federation during last month, a spokesman of the Telecommunications Department said today. Of this number. Selangor residents topped the list with more than 140 new lines. There were
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  • 193 4 Schoolgirl Wins $1,000 Essay Contest KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— A student of the Malay School Batu Kikir, Negri Sembilan, has won the first prize of $1,000 m the PanMalayan Essay Competition, sponsored by Lever Brothers (Malaya) Ltd. Che Saflah binte Basirun's 1.000-word essay on "How Malnutrition Can Be Avoided" was the
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  • 56 4 PENANG. Fri. Ten tales of rubber, worth $3,000 were stolen from a lighter lying m the roads here yesterday. A report was lodged to the police by Law Kam Thong Police also received a report that a trailer, worth $200. was stolen from the Royal
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 636 4 Standard INFORMATION AT A GLANCE Port Dickson 811 a.m. Oft. 2in.) fIM AADORE Mflaai 8.21 p.m. (Bft. 3in.) I_Zr*2J^^Z~, H Penang 1.46 a.m. (Bft. 7in 2.11 1&X MMtorA VJ^MJtI TOMORROW: Singapore 0.04 am. &LGW^i^frL& I tttmJ&l <Bt"t. 4m.) 12.43 p.m. (9ft. 2in.) JHBafa*fljfflfihHifj^^^S;fll^W£flM P )r t Dickson 8.41 am. (Bft.
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  • 369 5 THAT JUDICIAL SEPARATION ORDER TO STAY COURT DECIDES THAT SON ROBERT SHOULD REMAIN WITH HIS MOTHER IPOH, Fri. The Federation Court of Appeal today dismissed with costs the appeal of Mr. Samuel Lewis Galbraith, 27-year-old Taiping mining engineer against the decision of Mr. Justice Good who had
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  • 36 5 THE Federation's new Direc- Operations. Lt.-Gen Sir s Cassels. yesterday paid official visit to Ipoh. i the combined oper?rcom where he held talks State War Executive c on the Emergency >n m the state.
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  • 52 5 £\I7SS Jacqueline Moreira, 18, of Ipoh w TX who left Sinaapore yesterday by Qantas-BOAC to join the University College Hospital m Britain. Miss Moreira will study radiography and radio therapy lor six years. She is the daughter of Dr. A. W. E. Moreira, a private
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  • 171 5 IPOH, Fri. Nearly three thousand workers m twelve banks throughout the Federation will decide at an emergency meeting called for tomorrow night m lpoh, whether to strike. The meeting has been called by the banking section of the Malayan Federation ot Clerical and Administrative
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  • 166 5 Unrest Among NZ Troops To Malaya WELLINGTON. Oct. 1 1 (Reuter) Opposition members of Parliament alleged today there was "unrest" among soldiers going to Malaya m the New Zealand battalinn. They blamed *this on the New Zealand government's failure to provide houses for the men's families. Mr. Ray Boord, a
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  • 40 5 Meteor Nearly Hit Plane DENVER, Colorado. Oct. 11 (AP) A huge fireball, described by some as being as large as a house, streaked across the Western United States on Thursday, narrowly missing a navy transport plane with 20 persons aboard.
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  • 186 5 HE S OFF TO HEAD PROTESTS AGAINST QUEEN IN U.S. SHANNON AIRPORT, Irish Republic, Oct. 11 (Reuter) A 35-year-old Irishman said here tonight he planned to fly to the United States on Sunday to head Sinn Fein demonstrations against Queen Elizabeth. Jim South told Reuter
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  • 124 5 IPOH, Fri.— Seventy-six-year-old Chong Chee Yoon, was ja.led for 10 years by Mr. Justice Shepherd m the High Court here today for blinding a watchmaker m boh eyes with sulDhuric acid. Chong had pleaded guilty to causing grievous hurt to Woon Chin Chun at Kampong Simee new
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  • 74 5 HOBART, Tasmania, Oct. 11 (AP)— A toy rocket threw the Tasmanian capital into a panic joke. It soared high over the city and exploded m a brilliant shower of sparks just as the Soviet satellite was scheduled to cross the sky. The switchboards of newspapers
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  • 177 5 II $5 A MONTH EARNS THEM HOLIDAY BY AIR WHEN nine-year-old Olive Chay left Kuala Lumpur for Singapore last year after paying a short visit to her auntie, she said: "See you next year, auntie." Since then, Olive, a pupil of the Colony's Methodist Girls' School, had been saving her
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  • 261 5 4 Fijians report seeing 'saucer' with man on it NOW A SPUTNIK OVER THE SOUTH SEAS? SUVA, Fiji Islands, Oct. 11 (Reuter) Four Fijians, living m an isolated area without access to stories about "flying saucers' have reported seeing a round white object hovering 20 feet above the sea on
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  • 93 5 NOW GRETA, 18 STEPS IN 'J^HIS is Greta Komlosy, 18 of Singapore. Greta has participated m several Colony beauty contests and has now decided to compete for one more title "Miss Deepavali Queen." The winner will receive more than $600 m prizes. The contest is open to all girls of
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  • 93 5 PENANG, Fri.— Mr. D. S. Ramanathan (Labour) told a Cit v Council meeting last night that if the use of Chinese and Tamil languages m the Council would involve an additional expenditure of $20,000, he considered it "justified" spending Mr. Ramanathan was moving a motion to include
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 453 6 TN this atomic age religion has become unfashionable, and there is a tendency for certain types of people to feel rather sheepish when asked if they belong to any religious faith. By the way some people regard their religion, one would imagine they are indulging m some
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    • 447 6 '"THE attitude of governments, teachers and social reformers towards youth has undergone vast changes m the last few years. The freedom boys and girls enjoy now for relaxation, hobbies and pursuits represents a big advance from the former long-planned and strictly supervised annual Sunday school picnics These
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  • 1466 6 No 'Curtain Over KASHMIR fsdfjslfj Sir— You have recently pubLshed an article on Kashmir by William Clark It contains inaccurate statements which need to be corrected for the benefit of your readers. I shall, therefore, be grateful if you will please publish this letter. The article Rives the impression that
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  • 144 6 Sir We were more than surprised to experience such sp'eadid attention and efficiency when I was admitted into the civil General Hospital recently p.fter an accident, especially so after reading so many adverse reports against the personnel of the hospital. I hope you'll assist me to express my
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  • 613 6  - THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME ASTER GUNASEKERA by 'T'HE Government of the A Federation of Malaya is now faced with the not so easy task of selecting for appointment abroad High Commissioners or their Deputies. This is an essential to an independent country and should have been one of
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 431 6 Sir— ln the course of your editorial under the caption "Less Speed— On Roads" you said: "What is there that can be done to reduce this toll, to bring the increasing flow of traffic under control and reduce the incidence of accidents? Accidents, it is agreed,
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    • 412 6 ORDEALS OF OLD CHINA Sir— Thirty years ago, a band of young men marched from Canton to liberate China. It was a memorable march, harder m many respects than the so-called "Long March" of the Communists some years later. These bands of young men marched across the face of China,
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    • 63 6 Miserable Sassenach Mwrn^W "T GOT engaged to a < 1 of Viscounts Ml Earl. But one was So and when he told me his piper would wake m the morning at six c playing the pipes, I returned the ring Ruby Miller, one of the Gaiety Girls of the Edwardian
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    • 275 6 Sir If you live m Pulau Tekong Besar and have forgotten to shake the bottle before swallowing your mixture, you have only to board a bus or any motorized vehicle on the island for a trip from Kampong Selabin to Kampong Pasir. and the trick i s done.
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  • 307 7 HONGKONG, Oct. 11 (Reuter) China has withdrawn at least 91.6 per cent of her Communist officials from Tibet and temporarily abandoned her attempt to turn the "roof of the world" into a Communist province, according to official newspapers reaching here today irom
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  • 188 7 I VIENNA. Oct. 11 (Reuter) The United States believes that the peaceful u^es of atomic energy may es:ablish *a new pattern m international relations." Mr. Robert McKinney permanent American representative to the International Energy Agency said here today. Addressing the Agency s foundation conference, he
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  • 67 7 NICOSIA, Cyprus. Oct. 11 A Government -zesman said last nigh: Colonel George Grivas. ler of the Cypriot Naalist Eoka terrorists, has prepared his forces for reption ot full-scale guerrilla activities. The spokesman said Grivas told his men they might have to move their terroris* actis into
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  • 35 7 t FOUR members of the crew died yesterday when a B-47 itojet bomber crashed and burned while taking off from Homestead Air Force Base m da on a training mission. Reuter
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  • 57 7 TOKYO, Oct 11 (Renter) About 1 00.000 iron and stee' workers today went on a 48--hours strike for higher wages and more severance pay. Previously they went on a 24-hour strike on Oct. 8. The striking workers include those of the four big steel manufar turers,
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  • 37 7 THE Chinese Premier. Mr. Chou En-lai and other Chinese leader? have been invited to visit Bulgaria, and the invitation has been accepted, a joint communique issued by China and Bulgaria said m Peking yesterday. Reuter
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  • 134 7 RED BANG NORTH OF ARCTIC WASHINGTON. Oct. 1 1 (Renter) Russia carried cut another nuclear test today north of the Arctic Circie. the United States Ato.nic Energy Commission reported tonight. The Commission, m a onesentence report, said: "Anothe. nuclear test has beon conducted m the current Soviet series the latest
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  • 742 7 Soviet Delegate Launches Attack On Western Proposals Gromyko Tells UN There s No Basis For Pact NEW YORK, Oct. 11 (Reuter) Mr. Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minister, said here yesterday that the Western Powers' attitude, and especially that of the United States, made agreement on disarmament "impossible
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  • 163 7 Gloom Settles Over Assembly NEW YORK. Oct. 11 (Renter) Mr. Andrei Gromyko's speech m the United Nations political committee closed virtually every door that had been left ajar to disarmament. Western diplomats said last night. A wave of depression swept through the world headquarters as the 82-nation committee broke up
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  • 57 7 INDIAN Finance Minister Krishnamachari (right) bids farewell to President Eisenhower on Tuesday as he left the White House after what he termed a "very general talk" on India's financial problems. Mr. Krishnamachari said that Mr. Eisenhower showed "a great deal of interest" during a "very general
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  • 209 7 Trip Classified As Top Secref DELNICE, Yugoslavia, Oct. 11 (Reuter) Marshal Georgi Zhukov, the Soviet Defence Minister, watched the Yugoslav army on manoeuvres today during a countryside trip classified as "top-secret." Elaborate security precautions were enforced for the Marshal's fourth day m Yugoslavia. Marshal Zhukov attended
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  • 77 7 LONDON, Oct. 11, (AP). The Rhodesian Government yesterday announced a scheme for allocating small farms to British Servicemen discharged under this country's defence cuts. About 50 men would he set up on 2.000 to 3.000 acre farms each year. They would first have to serve a
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  • 39 7 MOUNT Etna, Europe's big gest active volcano, yesterday continued to hurl incandescent matter several hundred yards into the air at a rate of five or six explosions a. minute. Etna's latest outbreak started three weeks ago. Reuter.
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  • 177 7 U.S. Speed Up Test On Missiles WASHINGTON. Oct. 11 (Reutert The United States is to continue immediately work on the army's "Jupiter" intermediate range ballistic missile, as well as the air forces "Thor" missile, the Lclence Department announced here last night An announcemen. by the department said that Lefence Secretary.
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  • 55 7 PARIS. Oct. 11. (Reuter). Rosine Toledano, a 54-year-oid street seller, trundled her barrow over a parcel containing 7,000.000 francs (about £9 800) here yesterday. She picked it up and handed it to the Police "It was the only thing to do." Police said a
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  • 191 7 AFRICAN PRESS BOYCOTTS MR. BOYD KAMPALA, Uganda, Oct. 11 (Reuter).— African Press representatives yesterday boycotted a Press conference given here by Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd because of the Colonial Secretary's alleged failure to meet local political parties during his visit,. Mr. Lennox-Boyd told the Press conference he had approved plans for
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  • 192 7 Accident K.O' s U.K. Atomic Factory LONDON. Oct. 11 (AP) The Atomic Energy Autnority announced today that Britain's major atomic reactor pile producing plutonium for nuclear weapons has been knocked out of operation "for some months" by a rare accident. The accident was at Sindscale plutonium factory located m Cumberland
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  • 125 7 Dionne Quin Weds Finance Executive MONTREAL. Oct. 11 (UP) Annette Dionne left the fame of her girlhood behind today and married a 24-year-old finance company executive m a simple and private Roman Catholic ceremony. Annette, one of the four surviving 23-year-old quintuplets and German Allard Knelt at the altar of
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  • 101 7 SYDNEY. Oct. 11. (Rejterl A Sydney licencee is übing a tape-recorder to boost h<s beer sale?. He is Kurt Casper, who ha? been lioencee of the Bogr-ur Hotel. Castlereagh Street, for ihree weeks. As people walk past the hotel, a persuasive voice asks: "Would
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  • 239 8 MUSIC by the Band of the Lincolnshire Regiment heralded the arrival of the trooper New Australia to the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday to disembark the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. The troops and their families, lining the rails, broke out m song
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  • 147 8 WHILE Army personnel made final disembarkation arrangements for the trooper New Australia yesterday, a couple anxiously paced the wharves. They were Mr. and Mrs. L. Kaye of Kuala Lumpur, who had come all the way to Singapore to greet their 21--year-old son. Derrick, whom they
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  • 550 8 THE following candidates were successful m the London Chamber of Commerce < Spring) 1957 Examinations. Hieher Stage: ACCOUNTING A. Abdul Gaffoor. Abdul Jalk bin Ahmad, Nigel St. Dennis Assen, Cham Tet Yin, Michael Chan Chye Tian. David Chan Kum Ngow, Chan Siew Keong. Stephen Cheng Chin
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  • 80 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. One hundred and twenty paintings landscapes, bird studies and wall scrolls all executed m traditional Chinese style will go on display here next week. They are the work of a brilliant, young Chinese, Diana Poon. Diana, a mother of three, studied traditional
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  • 40 8 VOLUNTARY workers will assist the public m Penang to acquire Federal Citizenship papers. A committee to organize groups of these voluntary workers was formed at a meeting sponsored by the Penang division of the Labour Party last night.
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  • 47 8 A COMPOSITOR, Kou Seng Kok, 21. was convicted m a Singapore court yesterday for stealing a wallet containing $260 from a soldier. Harold Jones, at the King George V Park on Sept. 22. Sentence was postponed to next Friday, pending a probation report.
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  • 501 8 THAT CRASH How It Occurred— Skipper sdfjsl;fjlsf HOW the 20,256-ton troopship, the New Australia, carrying 850 Australian soldiers to serve m Malaya, came into collision with the Norwegian tanker, France Stave, six miles off Thursday Island m the Torres Straits last month, was told to the Standard yesterday by her
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  • 151 8 FRECKLE-FACED, seven-year-old Tony Seddon, sun of Major P. E. Seddon, one of the arrivals on board the New Australia, had his lull quota of adventure and thrills. "Boy, oh boy," said the youngster to the Standard, "I was getting ready for bed, with T7ii/ brother Mike
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  • 581 9 QUEST FOR A *QUEEN* [)EEPAVALI, the Indian festival, which is an important celebration to Indians as Christmas is to Christians, will this year m Singapore have an added attraction. There will be an election of a "Deepavali Queen," the first of its kind m the Colony. It will
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  • 75 9 MEMBERS and friends of the Dutch, Swiss and American Clubs sat down to dine and dance at the American Club last Saturday to celebrate the "Tri Club Ball," an annual do" of the three clubs. The function was held to wind up the annual triangular competitions of
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  • 95 9 THIS chubby little one-year-old, Baby Martin Bosco, seems to be pretty serious and at the same time enjoying every minute of his man-size job of cutting a cake! The baby's first birthday was celebrated by his proud parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Bosco, at their
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  • 211 9 Happiest Is Lady Of The HouseNo 10 HOUSE Number 10 m Chatsworth Park, Singapore, will be busy place today, all day Ion;. Scores of people will be dropping by to deliver their congratulations at a reception party. And the day's happiest person there will be the lady of the house,
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  • 334 9 Toastmasters Teach One Another For Better Leadership f pHIRTY-FIVE enter- prising Singaporeans I early this year got to- gether and formed a non-profitable club to improve their ability to speak m public, develop their latent capacity for leadership and conduct at meetings and functions. The Club they formed is the
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    • 92 9 TODAY'S QUOTATION: "Riches exclude only one inconvenience, and that Is poverty." Samuel Johnson. SATURDAY FOR EVERYONE: Exert careful judgment; shun chance-taking. Attend conscientiously to finances, belongings, diet and health requirements. Keep clear of undercurrents, gossip, small talk. YOUR BIRTH DATE AND BIKTUSIGN ARlES— March 21 to April 19— Be alert,
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    • 232 9 20— Accent personality but some exertion is also needed. Face competition and meet I It constructively. CANCER— June 21 to July 22 Move warily m purchase* or where financial responsi- bilities are involved; finish daily tasks. LEO— July 23 to Aug. 22— Things may look better for i you, but
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  • 230 10 World Steel Output May Be At A Record Level WORLD steel production m 1957 will be at a record level, with Western Germany and other countries of the European Coal and Steel Community attaining remarkable output, the U.N. monthly bulletin of statistics reports m its October issue. Production of the
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  • 84 10 COMPANIES under the general management of Messrs. Osborne Chappel, Ipoh, report the following returns for the quarter to Sept. 30. 1957: Chenderiang 697 piculs. Gopeng 3.200 piculs, Hongkong Tin 1.565 piculs. Kent 1.132 pculs Kinta Tin 2.980 piculs. Killinghall 2.655 picuLs. Malaysiam 515 piculs. Pengkalen 1.770 piculs.
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  • 39 10 THE New Zealand Government will buy 27 Australianmade Chrysler "Royal" cars this year as part of its replacement programme for ministerial cars. The cars are almost entirely Australian-made, based on the United States model.
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  • 70 10 THE Malayan Exchange Ban... Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants buying. T.T 32 11/16, OD. 32 13/16. 90 days airmail 33i credit bills. 33 3/16 trade bills. Canada: buying. T.T 311 OD. 315. 90 days airmail. 32J credit bills. 32 5/16 trade bills. Selling.
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  • 102 10 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: copra, Oct. Nov. $24$ buyers, $25 sellers; coconut oil m bulk $40i sellers; m drums $44 sellers, Muntok white pepper $106 sellers. Sarawak white $105 sellers, special Sarawak black $67. Singapore Copra Association closing prices: fair merchant-
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  • 330 10 COLOMBO Plan aid to Sarawak is growing, according to figures revealed m the report of the Council for Technical Co-operation m South and South-east Asia for the year between July 1956 and June 1957. During the year under review, 33 training awards were granted compared
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  • 42 10 ship Lines Inc., New York, who are m Singapore on a visit. This picture, taken at the Tai Thong Restaurant, shows (from left): Messrs. Young:, R. A. C. Cobley, Paust, and R. B. R Todd. Y. C. Lee photo.
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  • 133 10 Rubber Drops Cent THE Singapore rubber market yesterday dropped half a cent to 84$ cents per lb. for International first grade October shipment on a dull and featureless market. Prices opened lower on disappointing overseas advices. At noon the market was quiet after easier at around 84 cents. Only small
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  • 140 10 IMPORTS of rubber into Malaya during September totalled 36,877 tons, against 39,877 tons m the previous month. This brings the total m the first nine months this year to 279,090 tons, against 273,711 tons m the corresponding period of 1956. The bulk of the September imports
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  • 52 10 HODDER and Stoughton Ltd., one of Britain's leading publishing houses, was registered m Melbourne recently as a foreign company, with a nominal capital of £445.000. A sales office is to be established m Melbourne. Registration is a preliminary to the company establishing a pur> lishing house
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  • 71 10 Higher Revenue Collections THE Singapore Customs Department report gross cumulative revenue collections for January-Septem-ber, 1957, showed an increase of $8,664,000 to $75,401,000 compared with the corresponding period last year. Big increases m revenue were reported m tobacco which rose by $4,166,000 to $29,592,000 and petroleum $19,038,000 (up $3,168,000). Revenue collected
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  • 128 10 HAVING recovered her world lead as the biggest exporter of cars, temporarily lost to Western Germany. Britain is now going all out to maintain and increase this 'cad. This is the theme of a statement made m London at a news conference held a
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  • 217 10 WITH very little support being shown by overseas, the opening after the long weekend was lower with dealers disinclined to trade, says Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd., m its rubber market report. October Int 1 ribbed smoked sheet appeared unwanted and with the period for
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  • 90 10 SHIPS IN PORT OUTER ROADS Hoegh Silvermoon, Gervase Sleigh, Capt. Georgis, Shun Hing. Borneo, Anna Bakke. Bandjoewangi, Bella, East Wind. Batavia. INNER ROADS Annabella. Lasem, Tai Tong. Segamat. Hai Hui, Rokan, Ang Kheng. Padjong, Giang Bee, Torina, Heather. Panehan, Celia. SHB WHARVES Star Betelgeuse 4. President Jefferson 6. Japan 10.
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  • 138 10 ALL sections of the 'oca! share market were stagnant yesterday, according to the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. The volume of business remained small. Price changes announced by the Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers 8.8. Petrol 50/- 51/Fraser Neave Ords 2.88 2.93 cdcb W. Hammer 2-23 2.28 M. Colls 1.02
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  • 174 10 MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done: F N ords $2.90 overnight, yesterday. $2,871 odd lot. Fed. Disp. $2.02J: Gammons $2.45: H. Waugh $1.82J; Breweries $3,721 overnight, Cements $1,661, $1.67; M. Colls $1.04 overnight. $1.05: Metal Box $2. $1,981: Robinson ords $1,924: Cold Storage $1.05: S.
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  • 39 10 ONE of Canada's largest industrial mergers was completed on Wednesday with the acquistion by A. V. Roe (Canada) Ltd., of control of a majority of the outstanding common stock of Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation Ltd. Reuter
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  • 166 10 X.M.S. (MALAY STATES) RUBBER PLANTATIONS LTD: Directors decided to recommend a first and final dividend of 40% less tax, for the year ended June 30, 1957. The annual general meeting will be held on Nov 20, and the dividend, if approved, will be posted
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  • 225 10 klsdfjslfjlsf PRELIMINARY plans to hold a "purely industrial" exhibition m Singapore were made known yesterday by Mr. David Lee, chairman of the Singapore Manufacturers Association. The industrial show would report on the progress of industrialization m Singapore, he said. Mr. Lee added the show
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  • 144 10 TIN HITS NEW LOW ON U.S.S.R. SUPPLY REFORTS that Russia was making supplies of tin available contributed to the continued drop m the tin metal price which yesterday dipped to the lowest for more than two years. The tin metal price m Singapore dropped to a new low level, yesterday's
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  • 18 10 HONG FATT (Sungei Besi) Ltd.'s output m the third quarter of 1957 was 1,821.50 piculs.
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  • 156 10 BACON and other product is to be given special prominence at Britain's Da.ry Show at, Olymoia irom Oct 22 to 25. This has been due to the outstanding qu of the nominations reo< said a director of the tish Dairy Farmers' A ciation,
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    • 364 10 NEW ALHAMBRA^y-e The Life... The Loves... GALA PREMIERE THURSDAY OCTOBER 17th -if SEASON COMMENCES FEOM FRIDAY OCTOBER IRtta 7f" EVERETT STEAMSHIP CORP., S/A Phone: ***** "A" LINE PPriILAP SEBVICS SINGAPORE/PHNOMPENH REGULAR SERVICE PHNOMPENH/SINGAPORE. Arrives Sails "TATSUOH MARU" 15 Oct 17 C "TATSUOH MARU" 29 Oct 31 Oct EVERETT SIAM LINE
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    • 820 11 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. Tel: ***** ft. *****/4 ,32/6 Robinson Road THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE t NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE To Halifax, Boston, New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia Cult Ports S pot e P. S ham Penang LYDORUS 14 Oct 15/16 Oet YSSES 17/22 Nov 28/29 Nov 30Nov/1 Dec Carriers option to
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    • 1274 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) < Incorporated m Singapore) (12 lines) '"IT the blue funnel line *z? SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW, LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo (Via Suex with liberty to proceed via Panama or
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    • 885 11 MITSUI LINE S'por* P. S horn Penang FOR JAPAN Harunoian Maru via Manila for Yokohama Nagoya Kobe 21 Oet 20 Oct Kyoritiu Maru for Moji, Kobe, Osaka. Yokohama 17 Nov 15 Nov 12 Nov Hakonesan Maru via Manila for Kobe Nagoya, Yokohama 1 9 Nov Amagisan Maru via Hong Kong
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    • 727 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS Soilings toi Bangkok or»07©» Foi lost via Sow*. Penong P.S'hoir $'e«*e "BOGOTA" 27/28 Oct -SINAIOA- 24/25 Oct 26/27 Oct 28/29 Oct Saigon, Bangkok only Accepting Saigon Cargo. "JUTLANOIA" 20/22 Nov 23/24 Nov 25/26 Nor HOMEWARDS Soilings to. Aden Pert Soid Genoa Antwerp Rotterdom Hamburg. Copenhagen Gorhenbitro
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  • 43 12 FOUR thousand students from Chinese High Schools' m Selangor gave a grand display of precision physical exercises at the opening of the Combined Schools annual athletic meet held at the Merdeka Stadium on Friday Standardpic by Yong Poh Fah.
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  • 297 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Selangor registered an easy 4 o victory over Negri Sembilan m the opening match of the triangular hockey tournament at the Headquarters Armed Forces ground today. Man of the match for Selangor was their young centre forward Nakendra who bagged three
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  • 30 12 IN a division 2 hex-key -natch played at the Naval Base Khalsa Sports Club be.it Royal Malayan Navy by one soal to nothing. Scorer was Mohindrr I Singh.
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  • 109 12 TODAY'S SPORT RUGBY: Police S.A. vs. South Wales Borderers Reqt. at Selarang: SCC vs RAF Tengah at SCC: R.N.Z.AF. vs. 5.A.0.8.A at Woodsville; All Blacks vs G.H.Q. at Gillman Barracks: RAF Seletar vs. R.A.A.F. Ist XV at RAAF: Naval Base vs. R.E.M.E. at REME; Un'vcrStt|| vs. R.N.Z.A.F. at Dukit Ti'mah:
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  • 67 12 Results of the Stablcford Golf Competition held at the Royal i pore Golf Club recently were Winner: Lt-Col. Whitmarsh 7). Bill twerp: Ist nine Major Thorpe <2()>, 2nd nine Lt-Col. Tariman (2()> The SA(iS. annual autumn meeting will be held at the Singapore Golf Club on Tuesday, Oct.
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  • 226 12 Hooligans Assault Referee At Farrer Park THE Farrer Cup final between the Electrical and Water Departments ended m a "soccer fiasco" at Farrer Park yesterday. v n T nff fiplH Officials of both teams had to escort the referee Mr David Lim off the field when a
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  • 255 12 ROYAL Air Force were clearly the superior side m yesterday's Premier League soccer match against the Europeans, Eurasians and Indians Combined at Jalan Besar stadium. But they had to wait for Lady Luck to step m to assist them m
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  • 67 12 BRUSSELS. Oct. 11 (Reuter) Brussels, the Belgian capital, today joined the flowing list of cities which want to stage the 1904 Olympic Games. Other cities which have expressed interest m staging the 1964 fcames include Tokyo, Moscow, Karachi. Auckland. Belgrade and several m
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  • 83 12 Colony Lose Friendly Hockey KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Singapore, fielding four reserves were beaten 2-1 by Selangor's second "stringers" m a friendly hockey match on the Gurney Road ground today. At half time Singapore led 1-0. Fullback Baldiraj Singh opened the scoring for Singapore off a short corner m the first
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  • 107 12 WELLINGTON, N.Z. Oct. 11 (Reuter). Indonesia swept to a 4 o lead over New Zealand here today when they began their Thomas Cup badminton tie. Brilliant footwork, and agility about the court always had the visitors on top and they did not lose a game during the
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    126 12 THE following will represent the Old Victorians' Association m a badminton tournament against the Present Boys on Sunday at 9.30 a.m. Lav Tcng Chuan, Robert Lim, Scow Whatt Soon, Hamid bin Marzuki, Michael Lim. Reserve: Lee Bong Soo. Hockey and Rugger trials to select teams for the Old
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  • 559 12 Joseph Lo Is Star Of S.J.I. Swim Meet JOSEPH LO of Director House with 21 points won the School Championship at the St. Joseph's Institution 2nd Annual Swimming Carnival held at the Chinese Swimming Club new pool yesterday. He won the 100. 200 metres Breast Stroke, 100 metres free style
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  • 55 12 THE Orient Sports Party, a newly formed badminton club, will meet the Government Servants Welfare Organisation at Haig Road m a return match on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 7.30 p.m. The Orient's team will be selected from: Jimmy Loh, Anthony Scow, Richard Tan (Captain), Koon Seng, Henry Sim,
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  • 87 12 AT the fourth annual general meeting of the Dunlop Sports Club held recently, the following were elected office-bearers: President- Mr. A. V. Ftasey: Vice-President: Mr. R. C. Woodward; Hon. Secretary Mr. Fu Wa Chu (re-elected for the fourth time); Hon. Treasurer: Mr. Tang Kirn Kwong; Deputy Treasurer: Mr.
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  • 90 12 Tunku Plays Host To BAM Squad KIALA LI'MPIR. Thurs. The Federation Government will make a subsidy to the Badminton Association of Malaya, Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman disclosed to the Standard this evening. The Premier was host to the BAM Thomas up training squad. Sixteen members 'i the squad led
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  • 125 12 Beatty And Saints Remain Undefeated BEATTY Secondary S> ued to r. a 2-0 victory over Johon College m an match at Beatty Road yeste: L I and Mohamed i scored. In another school encm. at An^oii Road Can I School improved m lh< half to hold RafTles Institution to a
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  • 49 12 THE annual football match between the S.H.B. Reerfrand the lor rial Cup will h( lomorrow at 5.00 p.m. at Koppel Harbour Recrer Ground. P. A. T. Chrimes will pre. sent tlie Cup to the wir team. The S.H.B Reserve Pipe Bard will play during the interv
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  • 15 12 TIGER Swimming their 9th annual S Day competition a\ the Club pnol tnrtav.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 100 12 ffi r^t plaVtex SVI il fffffllt AfA 1 P^Ri fl ¥1 ffi fl 1? fl "rr^rr* I "fBfRED 'MOON' OVER j JPI MALAYA, COLONY I > Jfc- '!V' *'ti vjJ 111 <b irf fl Ivif CJ j p^ vj- -■-■-< tC lisa -y^s^*; i I THEY I SAW :1^ *^^£k&&^
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    • 221 12 Standard IPOH. Fri— Sultan Sir Yusof Izzuddin Shah of Perak. through the Singapore Standard, has sent a message to the Perak Football team now undergoing training for the Malaya Cup final against Selangor at the Merdeka Stadium m Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 19 Carries The Ruler's full message to the
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  • 411 13 Milwaukee Win The World Series YANKEES CRUSHED 5-0 NEW YORK, Oct. 11 (AP) Milwaukee won the World Series on Thursday by Crushing the New York Yankees, s—o, m the seventh and deciding game behind the brilliant pitching of Lew Burdette, A four-run splurge, highlighted by Eddie Mathews' two-run double, m
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  • 132 13 SOFTBALL's feature game on Sunday will be the initial appearance of the Pandas, champions of the previous league versos the 14th Squadron, who easily beat the Diplomats last week. The Pandas should be a slight favourite to win. Fort Canning will also be making its
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  • 122 13 Dower Is Down With Paralysis LONDON, Oct. 11 (Reuter)— Dai Dower, 24-year-old former British and Empire flyweight boxing champion, is stricken with paralysis down the right side of his face but is confident he will be fighting again soon. The affliction, known as Be-ll's paralysis, came on suddenly while Dower
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  • 127 13 McDonald Gets A Broken Jaw JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 10, (Reutrr). Colin McDonald, Australia's oDening batsman, was today found to be suffering from a broken jaw, which will prevent him from practising for twc weeks. He was injured yesterday when, batting m the nets, he was strjck on the side of his
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  • 71 13 NEW YORK. Oct. 11. (AP).— Minutes after the Milwaukee Braves scored four runs m the third inning of the final world series game with the New York Yankees, concessionaries began hawking Yankee Crying Towels" to the customers. They were made of cloth and carried such printed
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  • 290 13 LONDON. Oct. 11 (Reuter) English and Scottish Football fixtures for tomorrow are: DIVISION ONE Birmingham vs Wolves Burnley vs Sunderland Chelsea vs Aston Villa Manchester City vs Leicester Newcastle vs Everton Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United Portsmouth vs Leeds Preston vs Luton Sheffield Wednesday vs Blackpool Tottenham
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 455 13 B COMMUNICATION APARTMENT NDER NOTICE DERS are invited for the J erection of a Satellite hone Exchange Building c Comer of Watson Road Van Tooren Road, Port am. Plans, speciflcaand full particulars can ■Gained from the Archioflfice against a deposit Htt/. which will be re-■-.■■d on receipt of a bona
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    • 206 13 NOTICES NATURALISATION TVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following persons whose names and addresses are given below are applying to the Governor for naturalisation and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written and signed statement of the facts to the
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    • 184 13 CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE (1 AS DEPARTMENT: Tenders are invited from First Class Contractors for the completion of Reinforced Concrete Piles to the Foundations for a New Waterless Gasholder for the City Gas Works. Kaliang Tender Deposit $100/-. Contract documents, drawings and tender form are available at the office of
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    • 375 13 NOTICE THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (STATE OF PERAK) ELECTIONS REGULATIONS, 1956. [REGULATION 18 (3)] Annual Election of Councillors (or Election of Councillors) for Green Town, Silibin, Menglembu and Pasir Puteh Wards TVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT 1 1 The annual election of Councillors for the abovenamed ward(s) will take place as
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    • 329 13 AGENT WANTED 4 UTOCYCLES— CYRUS with -T- SACHS built-in motors German made. RADIO AGA fully tropicalised Sweden made. Wanting distributors m Singapore Federation Please apply Sole Agents:- Eastern Enterprises (F.E.) Co., P.O Box 2360. Singapore EDUCATION SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Courses for the London Chamber of Commerce Examinations DART-TIME
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    • 798 13 CLASSIFIED ADS ACKNOWLEDGMENT r pHE Leong family of 58- Buffalo Road, thank all relatives and friends for all help, wreaths. scrolls. condolences, cars and attendance at lh» funeral of their beloved rr.ja&nr Madam Syn Kum fiwee on 9.10.57. SITUATIONS VACANT A PPLICATIONS IZ invited from Federal Citizens for appointment as
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    • 216 13 ,m™« By Al Coop V jfrm** I I V.'iLLGLADLVD»E fTHANKS.] WE AF^E FRENCHMEN 'l H -AhJD NOU I \ME ARE NOT" I WtWU A HIDEOUS DEATH DAD.'." HOW CAN WE EXPECT HIM \%g\ KNOW HOW I I'LLTAKE "J I WILL, ACCEPT SOUR rs&&&\ "TO PROTECT j 'J IT WAS TO
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  • 404 14  -  WINDSOR LAD HE HAS IMPROVED SINCE HIS LAST START WIN By gCREEN PLAY, a solidly built five-year-old owned by Shaw Stable, is my choice m the Gold Cup trial (Race 6) run over the mile for Class One, Division One performers
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  • 170 14 Windsor Lad Scrutineer Goodwood Francis RAMSBIRY BOSUN'S MATE RAMSBURY ESTHER'S PET Pantjarobah Esther's Pet Hush Hush Hush saucy Kate Bosuns Mate Bamsbury m SPECULATION BILLEEN BILLEEN NEW GRASS 2 sincere Speculation Easy Winner Speculation Billeen Easy Winner Speculation Billeen SELSKAR CITY DOLLAR FACTOBY INVINCIBLE SELSKAB CITY 3 Invincible
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  • 653 14 POWHATAN reads a safe proposition m the mile event (Race 4) for Class One. Division Two horses. This up-and-coming four-year-old has been twice successful over the Bukit Timah mile and m each instance he showed dazzling pace to slam his
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  • 71 14 RAMSBURY BEST IN WEAK LOT RACE ONE IN this lack-lustre field Ramsbury is as good as any. She ran on well to finish fourth to Captain Marvel over the six at Ipoh. She should have benefited from that run. She is down two divisions. She scored her only win In
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  • 250 14 Pointers for Punters NONE of the runners m the first race has done anything to warrant support, but if you must have a flutter take Bosun's Mate. He has failed to reproduce his Australian form after being here almost a year. Still, he may score his overdue win m this
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  • 213 14 Selskar City Should Be A Safe Bet RACE THREE Selskar City looks a good each way proposition. This four-year-old found his true form when he whipped his rivals over the six at the Gold Vase meeting. He was smartly into his stride and forging to the front he remained m
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  • 263 14 RACE FIVE NUFENEN has struck a bright patch and could follow up his recent Ipoh successes and make this his third off the reel the main six furlongs sprint for Class Three speedsters Twice this week Nufenen took the eye when reeling off three furlongs
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  • 1193 14 RACE 1: 2.15 p.m.— Horses Class 3, Div. 5—6 Furs. 1. 694 Ramsbury 5y 8.13 Newmarket Stable Spencer Posner 2. Pantjarobah (late Town Bird) 3y 8.11 Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Lim Lee West 3. 7 Esthers Pet (late Vermeer) 4y 8.08 Mr. and Mrs. S.
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  • 318 14 BRITANNIA II who was promoted from dam 4 after her maiden win at Kuala Lumpur comes up lor her big test m the 6f sprint (Race 7) today. But lam confident she can easily measure up to this class. This striking daughter of Drawbridge
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  • 67 14 THE TRACK for 1 afternoon's races Bukit Timah should be very good. Best outsider THE BEST longshot today is Bajan m the last race. Speculation should be sound cachway bet m Race 2. Big Sweep UNLIMITED SWEEP will be drawn on Race 8. Rediffusion will an- i nounce
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  • 130 14 DURING September 17 horses returned to their stations after a spell at the Cameron Highlands Veterinary Sanatorium. They included Viola. Greet, Red Sunrise, Banquo, Allkits. Boy Garyth, Blue Ice, Joe"s Tipple, Opossum, Banker Boy, Undoubtable. Television, Infernal Region. Saucy Kate, Bahagia, Shoeshine Boy and Misty Line
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