Singapore Standard, 18 October 1957

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  • 30 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD POLICE ***** (5 lines) 2400 it m i. FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 2811 24)4 Vol. VIII. No. 108 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1957 12 PA<;ES 15 CENTS
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  • 226 1 MORE death letters were received m Singapore yesterday. The Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, received three, one of which is believed to be from the Colony branch of the Antish League. prominent Singapore nessman received a death at purporting to origie from
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  • 84 1 Australia Lowers Duty On Rubber A'BERRA. Oct. 17 (APVill benefit considerfrom new Australian r duties to be introduced row, the House of Reprefitatives was told todcfy. Osborne. repref j the Customs Minister, I the new duties were being <cd to help the Papuan, H Guinea rubber industry. said the present
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  • 21 1 THE 16.000-ton Soviet icebreaker Lenin, the world's first atom-powered surface ship, was reported ready for launching m Moscow yesterday.
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  • 33 1 A TOTAL of 1,200 tally clerks joined dockers m a strike m Colombo yesterday bringing to a halt all work m the harbour, officials said. UP Syria Declares Stafe Of Emergency
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  • 860 1 ARMY ON ALERT AS M-E WAR CLOUDS LOOM Turkey Reported Massing Troops At Frontier CAIRO, OCT. 17 THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED MIDDLE EAST NEWS AGENCY REPORTED THAT A STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY THE SYRIAN ARMY LAST NIGHT. The agency said that under the state of emergency all Army
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  • 66 1 NEW YORK. Oct. 17 (Reuter) The United Nations is thought certain to decide to set up an international commission to investigate the tense situation between Leftist Syria and por-Western Turkey. Diplomats said today that United States support for such a move, suggested yesterday by both the Soviet Union and Syria,
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  • 149 1 He Comes All The Way From America To Give To Standard Cheer Fund "LET THE CHILDREN be happy this Christmas," said Arabian wrestler Sheikh Ali Ben Yousoff, 27, to Standard reporter Phyllis Tan yesterday as he handed over a $50 cheque to this year's Cheer Fund organized by The Standard.
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  • 107 1 Shares Tumble As Tension Rises NEW YORK. Oct. 17 Middle East tensions seat stocks tumbling today to the low levels since October 1955 m fairly active trading. High-speed reporiing tickers ran late near the opening. Selling was attributed to nervousness over the SyrianTurkish dispute. Individual losses ran to more than
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  • 193 1 World Bank To Send Mission Here KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The World Bank will send a mission to the Federation next month to study the 5125.000.000 Cameron Highlands hydroelectric scheme to assess what aid Malaya needs for the project This was revealed by the Federation Minister of
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  • 420 1 Home 3 Hours After 8 p.m. Rendezvous A RANSOM of $50,000 was paid by the family of Singapore millionaire distiller, Mr. Tay Chek Kwang, for his release on Wednesday. The money, m various denominations, was crammed into a basket and left on the roadside
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  • 104 1 Pinay To Form New Government PARIS. Oct. 17 (Reuter)— M. Antoine Pinay, French Conservative leader, last night officially informed M. Coty, the French President, of his decision to seek investiture as prime minister tomorrow morning. Announcing his acceptance of M. Coty s invitation after visiting the Eiysee Palace, M. Pinay
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  • 29 1 JAPAN will claim 50.000,000 yen from Britain for damages suffered by Japanese fishermen as a result of British nuclear tests m the South Pacific this summer.- U.P.
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  • 55 1 TAIPEI, Oct. 17 (ReuteD— President Chiang Kai-shek today decorated Mr. Arthur Hays Sulzberger. publisher of The New York Times, with the Order of the Brilliant Star for his support of the Chinese Nationalist Government. Mr and Mrs. Sulzberger are expected m Singapore on Oct. 26 m th« course
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  • 119 1 TOKYO, Oct. 17 (Reuter) Japan and Britain have agreed to extend their trade agreement, which expned on Sept. 30, for six months until March 31, 1958. with only minor modifications, Japanese government officials said today. An exchange of letters confirming the extension will
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  • 69 1 SAO PAULO, Brazil, Oct. 17, (UP) Twelve workers were wounded today when Federal military units headed by armoured cars fired at striking pickets at the Brazilian cartridge factory near Utinga. Federal troops intervened after state police under orders of the Governor had refused to take action.
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  • 477 1 SPUTNIK II: RUSSIA TO LAUNCH SECOND BIGGER SATELLITE IN 3 WEEKS WASHINGTON. Oct. 17 (UP) A Soviet embassy official here claims that Russia's inter-continental ballistic missile is capable of hitting a target "exactly." Alexander T. Oustinov, First Secretary at the embassy, also said the Russian space satellite is not sending
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  • 29 1 THE Wajima Meteorological Observatory, Western Japan, last night reported more than 2,400 counts of radioactivity per minute per litre of rainfall, the hiehest m six months yesterday.-
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  • 21 1 Reuter GHANA was yesterday unanimously elected a full member of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Reuter
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  • 108 1 Lawyer As Pakistan's New Premier KARACHI, Oct. 17 (Reuter) Mr. Lsmael Chundrigar, 60-year-old, lawyer, who heads the Muslim League opposition m Pakistan's National Assembly, was today called on to form a new Government, It was Qjßßcially announced. He will replace Mr. H. 8. Suhrawardy as prime minister if successful. Mr.
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  • 242 2 THE Assistant Coroner, Inche Ahmad bin Hussein, yesterday praised a meter reader, Aswani bin Abdul Rahman, 24, for the part he played m rendering aid to tive-y ear-old Teo Meng Koh, who later died from injuries received m an accident on Sept. 7. The Coroner also
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  • 163 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were: Tone: Steady, quiet. The price of tin m Singapore yesterday was §3582. (Up $12). LONDON RUBBER No. 1 R.S.S. Settlement House Terms. Thursday's opening first session were: Bu.vers Sellers November 25 25} December 251 253 Jan/Mar. 25i 25a
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  • 189 2 IPOH, Thurs.— President of the Mercantile Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Limited, Ipoh, Mr. J. P. Hannah last evening called on members to make "thrift" the basic motto m their way of life. He urged members of the Society to endeavour to save more thereby
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  • 295 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Federation Government has saved the Malayan public nearly $100,000,000, declared the Minister for Finance Col. Sir Henry H. S. Lee, today. He was commenting on the recent increase m the bank rate which came after the government had
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  • 93 2 OW MEE KIAH. 16. was yesterday sentenced to 18 months' Borstal training after he was found guilty at the Singapore Assizes of armed robbery. It was sated that Ow, with two others, robbed a schoolboy, Teo Klan Seng, of a wristwatch valued at $45,
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  • 47 2 TWO men armed with knives robbed a Singapore housewife, Ainon binte Bidin, of cash and jewellery valued at $500 at her home m Buona Vista Road last night while her husband, an electrician, Salim bin Samad, prayed at a nearby mosque.
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  • 30 2 MAGISTRATE Ibrahim bin Abdul Manan yesterday acquitted and discharged Lee Tham Yu (23) on a charge of using criminal force on a girl with intent to outrage her modesty.
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  • 204 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The jury system of trial which is to be introduced m the Federation next year, should even extend to Emergency cases. This was the opinion of Kuala Lumpur lawyers today. Mr. K. Chelvanayagam who is also a member
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  • 58 2 A PARTNER of a Singapore restaurant. Lim Heng Chee, yesterday pleaded guilty m the City Magistrate's Court to a charge of failing to furnish his income tax returns for 1956. Lim. who wa s fined $200, told the court that he did not send the returns
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  • 31 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Silva Pitcha was today produced before a Magistrate's Court on a charge of escaping from Pudu Prison on Oct. 4. The case was postponed
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  • 56 2 TWENTY-four teachers from various Singapore English schools yesterday attended Government's new civics course. The course, part of a series, was organized by the Department of Information to provide closer understanding between the people and the Government. The teachers yesterday visited Boys Town, the Police Combined Operations
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  • 150 2 Chinese, often thought the most difficult of languages to learn CAN be made the easiest, according to Mr. Win Huang, a 72 year-old law graduate of Peiyang (near Peking) University. Mr. Huang claimed that he could teach a "beginner" to speak Chinese m about
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  • 101 2 KUALA LUMP I I: Thurs. Prime Minister TunJcu Abdul Rahman may accept President Eisenhower's invitation to visit the I'mted States m the near future. The Tunku said fnd.-n that Malaya's ambassador to America, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rah. nan had conveyed to
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  • 55 2 POLICE were called to the Singapore shipping offices m Fullerton Building yesterday when a seaman attacked another m full view of officials. It was alleged that the seaman who was att<had called at the shipping office to seek employment on a Straits Steamship coa When the Police arrived,
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  • 285 3 GOVT. PLAN TO AID THE FARMERS They'll Build A $1 Mil. Animal Research Centre SINGAPORE will have a $1,000,000 Animal Hus bandry and Agricultural Research Station m six months Government will call for tenders for building laboratories, general offices and research farm m Sembawang, within a fortnight. The Minister for
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  • 45 3 THE Countess of Limerick, vice-president of the British Red Cross Society pictured with Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman m Kuala Lumpur when she called on him yesterday. The Malayan branch of the Society, will be officially dissolved today. Standard pic
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  • 242 3 MORE THAN 80 candidates will contest 32 seats m the Singapore City Council on Dec. 21. polling day. Majority of them will be drawn from three political parties. A few independents supported by influential trade unions will also contest the elections. The Liberal Socialist Party
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  • 116 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Mr. K. L. Devaser, member of Malaya's delegation to the United Nations Organisation, had a word of praise for Britain's legal legacy to Malaya. Speaking at a recent session of the organisation's legal committee, Mr. Devaser, one-time president of the Malayan Indian Congress, declared:
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  • 37 3 HONGKONG, Oct. 17. Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hcngkong Exechange were: $15.40 to £1 Sterling; $5.***** to U.S. $1; $1,835 to Malayan $1; $0,129 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $260.5 to a tael.
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  • 69 3 P O Liner Is Delayed THE P O liner Canton will arrive m Singapore on Nov. 13 a day later than previously scheduled, a spokesman for her Singapore agents Messrs Islay Kerr Co. told The Standard yesterday. A London report received In Singapore early this week had indicated that the
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  • 208 3 Loan Will Provide Low Cost Feeds SINGAPORE Government yesterday granted a $50,000 loan to the Agricultural Cooperative Union, m a bid to supply animal feed to farmers at low prices. The Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jurrabhoy, told The Standard the Joan is re-payable after two years
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  • 243 3 PETALING JAVA, Thurs.— The six members of the Petaling Town Committee, who^e dramatic walkout en bloc ot yesterday's meeting m protest against the Petaling Jaya Authority resulted m the town losing a Local Council, will tender their official resignations tomorrow morning. "The walkout we staged
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  • 82 3 SINGAPORE City Council will hold a special meeting on Monday to consider a resolution conferring the Freedom of the City on the Colony Governor, Sir Robert Black. Sir Robert was recently appointed Governor of Hongkong. He will leave Singapore by the end of the year. The resolution, expected
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  • 168 3 THE Singapore Improvement Trust should do everything possible to reduce the number of death falls from the Trust's mult- storied flats, Legislative Assembly Member for Queenstown, Mr. Lee Choon Eng, said yes- terday. In a letter to the Trust's Manager, Mr. Lee said that
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  • 45 3 LIM HOCK CHYE. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lim Teik Hoe of Ipoh. a teacher of Haig Boys' School 11, passed away peacefully at 3.30 p.m. at the General Hospital on 17.10.1957. Cortege will leave General Hospital. Singapore, 4.30 p.m. today for Bidadari.
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    • 232 3 The Indian Fine Arts Society Presents a programme of BHARATHA NATYAM KUMARI KOMALA &^m Kala Kesari Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL, SINGAPORE On Saturday 19th Sunday 20th October 1957 at 8.30 p. m. daily. Tickets at $5 $3 available at:Indian Information Services 26-A, Raffles Place No. 4, D'Almeida Street
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  • 719 4 PEOPLE'S Action Party assemblyman, Mr. Goh Chew Chua, yesterday alleged at a Commission of Inquiry that Mr. C.H. Koh, a candidate m the recent Tanjong Pagar by-election, used a "bad woman" to canvass votes for him. Mr. Goh was testifying before
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  • 201 4 MODERATE trade unionists have taken control of the 10.000 strong Singapore City Council Labour Unions Federation. After four years' -domination" of the Federation, proPeoples Action Party leaders were replaced by moderates at the delayed annual general meeting held on Sunday. The meeting, held behind
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  • 107 4 MOVE TO INTEGRATE IIMUn-MCA THE Singapore UMNOMCA Alliance is expected to follow the lead of the UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance m the Federation and form a political party intergrating the two organizations. Influential Colony UMNO members said the move indicates the growth of national consciousness. An UMNO leader said the move was
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  • 30 4 THE Bharath Fine Arts Society will present "Ramanan" by dramatists from Kerala, Vidwan K. K. Vadhyar and his troupe at the Sentul Trade Union Hall, Kuala Lumpur, tomorrow.
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  • 404 4 PAP Assemblyman Tells Govt. Commission Mr. Allington Kennard, a journalist, was the next, of the 15 witnesses subpoenaed by the Commission to give evidence of allegations of corruption and malpractices m the last by-election. Mr. Kennard said he wrote an article m the Straits Times of June 8 under the
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  • 111 4 PIANO TECHNICIAN MR. ROBERT Chiu Nang Yeoh, 24, (above,) youngest son of Mr. Chiu Seek Joo. proprietor of Keller Piano Company, Singapore, recently returned to the Colony after completing three years' piano technology training m the Knight Piano Factory, m London, and Steinway and Sons of Hamburg, Germany. Mr. Chiu
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  • 62 4  -  ANDREW ROTH From LONDON, Thurs.— Sir David Watherston and his wife arrived here last night on the Glenorchy. They were met by the Malayan First Secretary Mohamed Sopiee. Sir David and his wife are spending a fortnight at the South Coast resort of Bognor Regis before
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  • 183 4 Six New Cinemas Next Year KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Mr. Kenneth Winckles, executive head of the Rank Organization, here on a short tour of the Cathay Organization theatres, told a press conference today that Malayan cinemas are some of the most up to date m the world. He noted triat that
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  • 87 4 $20,000 Bail In Opium Case TWO men, Lim Beng Hee. 34. and Low Geok Ton?, 36. pleaded not guilty before the Singapore Ninth Magistrate. Mr. R. B. I. Pates, to a charge of possessing 675 lbs. of raw opium on Oct. 16. They were alleged to have loaded the opium
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  • 39 4 PENANG, Thurs. A 60--year-old winchman, Kader Ibrahimsah, while working on board the Admiral Hardy m the harbour, today fell to his death. He fell into the ship's hold from a height of about 20 feet.
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  • 48 4 THREE armed robbers held up a Singapore family m Lorong 21, Geylang, and took cash and jewellery worth $300 at dawn yesterday. The gang tied up Michael Chua and his family and ransacked the house for over half-an-hour. All three were armed with daggers.
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  • 119 4 A NURSE of the Singapore Anti- Tuberculosis Association, Miss S. C. Lee, has won the Eno Fruit Salt quiz contest No. 1. She receives the first prize of $1,000. Miss Lee told The Standard last night that the money will come m
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 339 4 SINGAPORE DIARY YMCA (Orchard Road): Body- British Council Gallery. Stambuilding and weightlitting 430 ford Road 9 a.m to 5.30 p.m pm. Theatre workshop 5 p.m. Raffles Museum (Stamford Koad): Judo practice and Malay class Exhibition of photographs of 5.30 p.m. Motorists self-repan South-east Asia by Mr. Derrick class 7.30 p.m.
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  • 439 5 Counsel, Prosecution Clash In Arms Case CAN an invp«tionti«cr i Rajah Raises Police State Bogey In Court CAN an investigating officer m a case be called upon to give evidence as a witness? This question was raised by defence counsel, Mr. T. T Rajah, at a preliminary inquiry m the
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  • 200 5 THREE British seamen, Patrick Murphy, Edmund Black and John Gilroy are now m Singapore with but one thought m mind to get back aboard their ship Troutpool which sailed for Hongkong on Wednesday without them. Eighteen-year-old Patrick Murphy from Cork told The Standard
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  • 44 5 MR. VIJESINGHE Chandradasa^ Ceylon's acting Minister for Finance, who arrived m Singapore yesterday by Air Ceylon for a short visit. Mr. Chandradasa is on his way to Saigon a.s the leader of a ministerial delegation to the Colombo Plan Consultative Committee conference.
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  • 73 5 THE central committee of the Singapore branch of Peninsula Malays Union will meet at the end of this month to discuss the recent arrests of some of its members, including assistant secretary-gen-eral, Osman Rashid. A PMU spokesman said that the committee will also discuss the case
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  • 25 5 MR JUSTICE D. B. W. Good of the Perak High Court will leave shortly by air for a six-week holiday m East Africa.
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  • Article, Illustration
    46 5 DR. SEAH Cheng Siew, of Kandang Kerbau Hospital, who left Singapore yesterday by Qantas-BOAC for post-graduate studies m Britain. Dr. Seah. 36, has been awarded a Queen's fellowship to do a three-year post-gradu?.te course on obstetrics and gynaecology at the Hammersmith Hospital m London.
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  • 103 5 LOADED GUN FOUND IN THE BLUKAR SINGAPORE Police yesterday recovered an automatic pistol loaded with six rounds of ammunition from a patch of blukar off Jalan Eunos. A 20-year-old youth was detained for questioning. The police party was led by the Superintendent of the Secret Society Sub-Branch, C.1.D., Mr. Cheah
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  • 46 5 TWENTY-TWO lighterage workers employed by a Singapore contractor, Hock Hup, downed tools yesterday m protest against notice of termination of their services. A joint meeting of the contractor and representatives of the Lighterage Workers Union will be held at the Labour Ministry today.
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  • 46 5 SINGAPORE Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing, yesterday recorded a verdict of misadventure as the end of an inquest into the death of a three-year-old girl, Ong Li Hwa, whose body was found m a tank at Lorong Bangkok off Paya Lebar Road on Aug. 14.
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  • 162 5 SEVERAL purchase offers for the former Communist freighter Hai Hsuan have been recorded at the office of the American President Lines, who are custodial agents ior the ship. Disclosing this to The Standard yesterday, the American President Lines Port Captain, Mr. C. A. Hartnoil, said
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  • 103 5 Local Artist To Give Exhibition MR. WU TSAI YEN, Singapore's well-known finger-painting artist, who will give his third exhibition m the Colony on Oct. 25 at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The public will be admitted on Oct. 26 from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. daily, and there will be a
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 420 6 'THE indignation shown by Premier Tunku Abdul Rahman to a suggestion that he should make a personal call on Red China's Mao Tse-tung to enlist his help for ending the war against Malaya's jungle terrorists will be shared by every citizen. It is, indeed, surprising that Labour Party
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    • 366 6 HEN Mr. G. A. P. Sutherland, banker and nominated Assemblyman, sounded an ominous note last July that prospects of long-term borrowing to raise the recent City Council loan were not bright, the investment public then were showing a lack of interest m gilt-edged security He then
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  • 1202 6  - Admiral wants more men, more ships for NATO Alastair Buchan By (Two Aspects To Argument (Strategic Revolution LONDON 'JHE naval forces of all the North Atlantic Treaty Organization nations were scouring the seas of Europe recently m the biggest naval exercise that has been held since 1952. And it is
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  • 179 6 T^AREWELL, great Bach, thine airs, it seems, No more will echo round the beams That here support the house of God. The Teddy-boy icith creve-soles shod No pleasure from thy genius can derive Cries "Nuts to voluntaries give us jive." f^REAT Beethoven, bereft of sound and
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  • 148 6 Sir— The Minister for Natural Resources is reported to have said that subdivision does not necessarily have any harmful effect on the agricultural, economic or social well-being of the Federation. Such an assertion does not appear to be m accord with modern method of cultivation of agricultural
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 180 6 Sir The statement made by the President of the United Rice Traders Association that the Federation Government is exploiting the people by its recently imposed monopoly m rice imports from Siam, is true only from the viewpoint of the rice traders. The view of the poor consumer is
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    • 327 6 Sir— The Ministry of Education has several times made headline news m its preoccupation with the Chinese schools and has often been accused of mishandling the situation. It also has been the subject of criticism for its handling of teachers, primary admissions, salary scales, technical education, etc.
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    • 74 6 Sir T hat preposterous letter of Ahmad Boestamar m your issue of Oct 7, does make any intelligent Malayan laugh. What is he talking about? He does not see oh no any danger to a rich Malaya if she is unprotected. Which goes to show that Mr.
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  • 664 6  -  Aster Gunasekera by T^VIDENCE is provided daily A.J that the fiehtin? units of the Mil^yan Communist Party are getting fed up with their senseless war against the dovernment of the Federation of Malaya and the people. More and more M.C.P. stooges are coming out of
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  • 757 7 Welcome to the USA, Your Majesty: Ike THANK YOU, WE ARE DELIGHTED 70 BE HERE, SHE SAYS WASHINGTON, Oct. 17— Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrived here by air today for their four-day state visit to the U.S. capital. At 1510 GMT as the band
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  • 274 7 HOLLYWOOD. Oct 17 (AP) —Brown-eyed Anna Kas'ifi returned yesterday from a four-day honeymoon with actor Marlon Brando and stuck to her story that she is a full-blooded native of India. In Cardiff, Wales, William Patrick O'Callaghan, a factory worker, has claimed that she is
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  • 177 7 LONDON, Oct. 17 (AP) An aged victim of Nazi persecution has hanged himself m London, terrorized by a make-believe police summons to a charity luncheon The victim of the wellmeant joke was 81-year-cld Otto S'.ern, who fled to London from Hitler's prewar Austria. "I
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  • 132 7 Diver Begins 15-Hour Death Watch NAHA, Okinawa, Oct 17 (Reuter)— A 28-year-old Okinawan diver tonight began a 15-hour forced death watch over the body of a deep-sea diving scrap collector who lost his fight for life m an United States Army decompression chamber at Naha Port. Okinawa The diver, Seiichi
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  • 27 7 MR. Homer M. Byington Jr. was sworn m on Wednesday m Washington as the drat United States ambassador to the newly-indepen-dent Federation of Malaya.
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  • 117 7 700 feared drowned in Valencia's big flood VALENCIA. Eastern Spain. Oct. 17 (Reuter) Fifteen American naval helicopters yesterday joined relief operations m the flood-stricken area of Valencia, where nearly 100 people are feared dead. The 38.000-ton United States Aircraft carrier Lake Champlain, which brought the helicopters, also distributed 2.500 "sea
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  • 435 7 STOCKHOLM, Oot. 17 (AP).— Albert Camus. 44 year-old Frenchman born m strife-torn Algeria, v.on the 1957 Nobel Prize for literature today and took bis place among the writing immortals of this age Of all Nobel Prize winners, only Rudyard Kipling was younger
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  • 218 7 RUSSIA TO 'HIT THE MOON WITH ROCKETS ON NOV. 7 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17 (AP) The Examiner says it has been told that Russia will try to hit the moon with rockets on Nov. 7. The newspaper's science cdi or, Chr.stian Clausen, wrote that the information came
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  • 25 7 PRIME Minister Nehru returned yesterday to New Delhi m a Russian-buiJi Ilyushin plane after a twoweek trip to Japan. Hongkong and Burma.- A.P.
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  • 5 7 MRS. ROOSEVELT
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  • 195 7 ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 17 (UP) Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt today described Americans as "the most stupidly complacent people I have ever known." The widow of the former President, here to speak to students and faculty of Washington University, made the observation at a Press conference before her formal
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  • 103 7 LOXDOX. Oct. 17 (AP)— Three dusky girls, nude from the waist ud, danced befor« British television viewers last night. One girl situated herself on the floor mi n front of the TV cameras and stayed there several minutes writhing arid wriggling m a closeup shot
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    • 145 7 The world famous family of TIGER medicinal products CHEE THONE SAN Provides Instantaneous relief for Toothache, Earache Stomachache Muscle Pain, Indigestion, Backache Colds, Sore Throat, etc. ENG AUN TONG THE TIGER MEDICAL HALL f Samaritan tissues 4 levirdictmiosvcr. bhtiibi r aainsu ti4 0i So many famous people now choose FILTER
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    • 135 7 CHr/sTMAS and NEW YEAR...*'' /Void is the time to buy your Christmas Cards. Remember you must post off your car da soon if you want them to arrive m time for the big celebrations. We have a magnificent selection of cards featuring English, Malayan and Chinese designs, from which you
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    • 825 8 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. Tai: *****/6. *****/4 132/6 Robinson Road THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE Halifax. Boston, New York. Baltimore. Philadelphia Cult Potts S pore P- Sham Penang ULYSSES 17/22 No* 28/29 No* 30Nov/IDec Carriers optic* to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo NORTH GERMAN
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    • 1340 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 1 18 lines) (Incotpcteteo ir Singapore) (12 lines) THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE P 7' SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW LONDON b CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge caigc (Via Sues with liberty to proceed via Panama
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    • 906 8 MITSUI |J^ LINE S'por« P Shorn Penonp FOR JAPAN Horunoson Mom via Manilo for Yokohama Nagoyo n Kobe 21 Ocf 20Oct Kyoritsu Maru tor Moji. Kobe. »iw«. Osaka Yokohama 17 Nor 15 N^ 12 No* Hakonesan Maru via Manila for Kcbe Nagova Yokohama 19 No* Amagison Maru vio Hong Kong
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    • 767 8 EAST ASIATIC LIKES OUTWAKDb Sailings »oi *onghofc o«d/a» ro. tost He fmm Penong P.S'hoir > oo>i "BOGOTA" 27/28 Oct "SINALOA" 2526 Oct 27/28 Oct 29 30 Oct Saigcn. Bangkok only Accepting Saigon Co.-go "jUTLANDIA" 20/22 No» 23/24 No. 25 26 No* MOMIWARDS Soilingi »oi Aden Port Soid Genoo Antwerp Rotterdam
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  • 53 9 THE Malayan Exchange Association buying merchants: New York I 321 (0.D.). 33 3/16 bills and 33* trade bills ;t); Canada 31 (T.T.) 31i »O.D.j. 32* credit bills and 32 3/16 trade bills (90 KNew York 32*. da 31 5/16. French > *****. Belgian francs Italian lire *****. ler
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  • 380 9 Lack Of Interest In Gilt-Edgeds BROKERS CONFIRM LACK of interest m gilt-edgeds by the Malayan investor a sentiment expressed by Singapore banker Mr. G. A. P. Sutherland m the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday *as confirmed yesterday by Colony share brokers. They said this tendency been apparent for some time ever
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  • 234 9 BI'RMA continues to support the oil milling mxx^ tr m M* laya market source Singapore told The Standard yesterday. The source said there was a keen demand for coconut oil m Burma for consumption, domestic use and soap making. Burma was able to buy at
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  • 179 9 MARKET DULL AND EASIER THE local share market was dull and easier m all sections, according to the Malayan Sharebiokers' Association yesterday. The volume of business was small. Price changes announced by the Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Gammon 2.40 243 W. Hammer 2.18 223 Hume Industries Ords A5/8
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  • 192 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done: Fed. Disp. $2; F N ords $2.85; Gammons $2.42* Hammers $2.20; H. Waugh $1.80; Hume ords A5 9 overnight; Collieries $1.05, $1.06 Metal Box $1.95: Robinson Ords $1.07 overnight; Cold Storage $1.03. $1.02. $1.02 i; Straits Traders $2.25; Straits
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  • 432 9 THE British Columbia Electric Co. Ltd. have instructed the BICC Group to supply and instal"- at a cost of U553,500,000, an additional circuit m the 138.000 volt submarine power cable link between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia. This is to be
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  • 81 9 EXPORTS of ribbed smoked sheet rubber from Malaya during September amounted to 49,651 tons, bringing the total for the first nine months to 421,930 tons, according to official statistics. The United Kingdom, the United States and Japan aie the biggest buyers, exports to those countries amounting
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  • 50 9 SHIPMENTS of prepared latex from Malaya during September amounted to 10,543 tons bringing the total for the first nine months to 78,351 tons, according to official statistics. Exports were largely to the United Kingdom 3,265 tons and the United State 2,867 tons during September this year.
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  • 33 9 DUTCH trade figures are showing a marked improvement. The index of import prices m August fell fro ml oB to 105 whereas those of exports rose from 106 to 108.
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  • 152 9 Company Is Confident Of Future MR. A. H. WILLIAMS, director of a world-wide organization of paper makers and merchants, said m Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday night that the confidence the organization had m the future of Malaya as an independent nation within the Commonwealth was reflected m the setting up
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  • 74 9 Rubber Up 1⅛ c. On China Buying SHORT covering purchases against China orders contributed to the steadiness m the Singapore rubber market yesterday which closed at 85J cents per lb. for International first grade rubber for November shipment, a rise of 1J cents on Wednesday. The market opened slightly lower
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  • 51 9 MR. FRANCIS Eugene Lintilhac, executive vice-president and a director of C.V. Starr and Company, New York, senior company m the worldwide American International Insurance Organization, died unexpectedly of a heart attack m New York on Wednesday Mr. Lintilhac was also chairman of American International Assurance Company, Hongkong.-
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  • 49 9 SINGAPORE Chamber oi Commerce Rubber Association noon prices m cents per lb. yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot f.o.b. 84* 84* International Nov. No. 1 R.S.S. f.o.b. 84| 842 Int R.S.S No. 1 December 84J 85J November No. 2 82* 82} No. 3 80* 80J Tone Very quiet.
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  • 265 9 New Potential Buyers COUNTRIES other than America and Great Britain, so far the two world's largest consumers of tin, have been m competition for the purchase of the metal m the past few years, according to the latest Tin Market Review Compiled by a
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  • 201 9 CHUNG KHIAW BANK TO START SPECIAL SERVICE By jfc^ jT sSir WB^^jli^^^E^^y^B A SPECIAL service is to be introduced by the Chung: Khiaw Bank Ltd., (the "Small Man's Bank"), Mr. Lee Chee Shan, the bank's managing director, announced m Singapore yesterday. "On application, anyone who has a savings account m
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  • 119 9 OUTER EOADS Malea, Captain Georgis. Tamesis. Eastern Venture. Madras Maru, Siberoet Samuel Bakke. North Star. East Wind. State of Madras, Valles, Strureborg Svedlovsk, Tatry. K;cania INNER ROADS Ikan Mas. Tg Pinang. Pailowa. Lucky Trader. Serdang. Kinabalu. Sedenak. Ang Kheng. Tong Hock. Tong Hai. Sirusa, Dongkun. Tong Nam.
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  • 103 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: copra, Ot./Xov. $24? buyers, $25J sellers; coconut oil m bulk $41 i sellers; m drums $45$ sellers. Muntok white pepper SI 08 sellers, Sarawak white $107 sellers special Sarawak black $67. Singapore Copra Association closing prices: fair
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    • 344 9 ■BHi 12 ROBINSON ROAD. Tels! ***** < Fr h /Through Cargo Dept.) Tel: ***** (Manager). "KALIMANTAN" for Djakarta Sourabaya Oct. 18 "PADJONGE" for Palembong Oct 19 "ENDE" for Makassar Oct. 10 "BATANGHARI" for Polembang Djokorto Sourabaya Oct. 20 "ESAU" for Djambi Oct 21 "TAMPOMAS" foT Djakarta Souroboya Bali Makassar Oct.
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    • 77 9 wry v [U^T Sr^^^^ *2 i f| I Ma HdktHßHßMfta* fNyal Cherry Cough Syrup.... for the whole family! A pleasant-tasting, quick acting cough remedy, Nyal Cherry Cough Syrup is especially good for both adul ts and children suffering from coughs, colds, loss of voice, bronchitis etc. It clears away congestion,
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  • 740 10  -  ROBBY the ROBOT -by y^HEy 1 was born m 1955, I was promptly dubbed "R066y," just because I was the first robot. ISo imagination. They showed much more originality when They named the first man Adam. They didn't call him Manny. I would hare liked
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  • 99 10 J7AMED trumpeter Manny Klein, who can coax more music from a simple bugle than most experts can get from a trumpet, has been signed for Columbia Pictures' comedy, "The Mad Ball." High point of the assignment will be some 'hot licks' bugling at the xany dance for
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  • 484 10 AIS.V of many nations fought Red aggression m the rocky, windswept hills of Korea alongside troops from the US., and m "HELL IN KOREA," the focus is turned on a United Nations patrol composed of both draftees and seasoned "regular" Army men. Based on a best-selling
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    13 10 Robby, the Robot, Hollywood's most amazing ••star, is seen with Diane Brewster.
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  • 189 10 RANK Goes Only For Asian Extras SI AN film stars have very little chance of being put on the permanent pay roll of Rank films, Mr. Kenneth Winckles said on his arrival m Singapore last Wednesday. Mr. Winckles, Joint Assistant Managing Director of Rank Organization m London, is m the
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  • 84 10 J VTHEN Hedda Hopper, Z Z famous American j film columnist, visited j J Pinewood Studios and Z Z was told that seven fibr.s S are now m production Z there, she was vastly im- pressed. < "Why", she said, "m Z Z Hollywood you walk into Z
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  • 422 10 WHY WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW? Quan tez -says star of ])OROTHY Malone, staunch, red-blooded, 100% American though she is, thinks our nation has become too civilized. The blonde from Texas, who co-stars with Fred Mac Murray and James Barton m ''Quantez," the Universal International picture m colour and CinemaScope, thinks we
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    • 339 10 fadbBMMWH| TODAY'S QUOTATION our.ige is not e»impl> one of the virtues, hut the form of every \irtn> the testing point. which means at the point of highest reality. A chastity or hoaest) or mercy which yirhls |o danger will he «haste or honest or merciful only oa < miiiitions. Pilate
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  • 185 11 Greaves Leads England To Victory WEMBLEY, Middlesex, Oct. 17 (Reuter) England's under-23 soccer team, though only at half strength, scored a splendid 3-2 victory over Rumania's under-23s under floodlights m the Olympic Stadium here tonight. The teams were level 2—2 at half time after England had at one time been
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  • 191 11 Politics In Olympic Games Oath LAUSANNE, Oct. 17 (Reuter)—The International Olympic Committee (1.0.C.) is to circularise all national committees concerning the increasing: inclusion of political propaganda, m the Olympic oath, by some Eastern European countries. Mr. Otto Mayer. Chancellor of the lO.C. said here yesterday this had been made necessary
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  • 24 11 LONDON. Oct. 17 (Reuter) Everton and Arsenal drew 2—2 tonight at Everton's ground. Liverpool, m an English football league division one match.
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  • 25 11 HONG KONG, Oct. 17 (Reuter) The Singapore Interport Golf team led by Nick Harvey arrived here today to play a series of matches.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 220 11 CLASSIFIED ADS ANNOUNCEMENT -> IESSRS. Rennie Lowick Co. -cc that by mutual t Mr B.R. Lowick will iw from the firm on 31st -or 19^7 and that the firm be carried on under the me by the remaining JFI. Cowin, A.C.A. Stark CA. SITUATIONS VACANT RURAL AND INDUSTRIAL IHVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
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    • 322 11 SITUATIONS VACANI APPLICATIONS are invited for. appointment to Branch A. Division I, of the External Affairs Service from Federal -ltizens who have attained the age of 22 but have not vet passed their 35th birthday and who possess an Honours degree of a recognised university. Serving Government officers within tne
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    • 245 11 FOR SALE NEW SABA RADIO-GRAMS table models. At cheap cash prices. With Dual single phver $367/-; Dual changer $415/Portable $275/-. Limited stock available. Art Furniture. Music Dept.. 32-36. Orchard Road. Singapore. BEST QUALITY Hand_^A kerchiefs $3.90 dozen, cf™ American Nightgowns S^.9o each, Baby's Woollen Sets (3 pieces) $3.90. Cathay's 38,39.
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    • 177 11 BOOKS PUBLICATIONS JUST PUBLISHED: Bth Edition EVERYBODY'S VOCABULARY m 5 lansoiasres English, Malay. Hindustani. Chinese <Hokkien) Nipponese. Compiled by Rai Bahadu Mehta Prithivi Chand, Asst. Supt. of Police. Straits Settlements. Obtainable from all book-sellers. Price $3.00. Postage 30cts Publishers:— M. MOHAMED DULFAKIR CO.. 46, High Street. P.O Box, 249, Singapore
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    • 138 11 NOTICES P. O. S.S. "CANTON" 'THIS vessel will be one day A late on her outward programme but will maintain her original programme homeward bound. Her new programme will be:— Outward arrive Penang 0900 hrs Nov. 11. sail Penang mid-night Nov. 11. arrive Singapore 0700 hrs. Nov. 13. sail Singapore
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    • 521 11 The Bankruptcy Ordinance (CHAPTER 11) In the High Court of the Colony of Singapore Island of Singapore TN BANKRUPTCY No. 211 1 of 1957 Re: M. DORAI. of 494- A. MacPherson Road. Singapore 13. (Assistant Traffic Supervisor) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Fina 1 Dividend under the Composition approved
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    • 427 11 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD. FEDERATION OF MALAYA 'TENDERS are invited for 1 the construction of: "ONE TYPE 3 QUARTERS AT BUTTERWORTH" C.E.B. registered Class A. B and C contractors to apply to the Architect. Central Electrici.y Board. P.O. Box 1006, Kuaia Lumpur, with a deposit of $30/- for
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    • 393 11 BOARD OF LICENSING JUSTICES. SINGAPORE NOTICE OF QUARTERLY SESSION QUARTERLY session of the Board of I Justices for Singapore be held m the Court of District Judge ar Magistrate m the District and Courts B Road, Sii on Tuesday, lotn 1 2. Applietainr.s for c and transfer of F riojbe.
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    • 171 11 UlAbner By A/ Coop rAMtP^^^m^Q^SßS&^vygtj M^ SON, 1 HAVE BROUGHT WHAT'S THAT OOOIY SI II YOU AND MIMI GOING 1 IWW L^^Vm^ I >OJ A FEW NECESSITIES FOR SHAPED LITTLE BOX FOR 9 L ON A LITTLE PICNIC I XXJR LAST HOUR ON EARTH. CHICKEN 3 OH, VES.?-| UNDERSTAND// W
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  • 1134 12 Liberation Cup Six Other Fields FOLLOWING are weights and probable starters for the other seven races tomorrow (Oct. 19), concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club October Gold Cup meeting: THE LIBERATION CUP Horses Class 1, Div. I—6 Furs. 811 Distine 5y 10.05 Mrs. R N. Hobbs and Mr. W.
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  • 113 12 WONG KONG, Oct. 17. (UP> Singapore interport golf team consisting of six ace play!ew m from Singapore today to play a series of matches here. The team will play m the Hong Kong championships begng on Oct. 20 and will also compete m an interport match
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  • 85 12 TODAY'S SPORT HOCKEY: S.H.A. Divhion One league: Indian Association vs. R.A.F. Seleta* at LA. ground 5 p.m.; Division Two: Latiff Wan-, derers vs. S.H.B. Police at S.H.B. ground: S.R.C. vs. R.E.M.E. at S.R.C: University vs. Navy. Nomads at NJt. ground. Division Three V.M C.A. vs. R.A.F. Tengah at V.M.C.A. ground;
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  • 194 12 MALAYS maintained their unbeaten record m the SAFA Special League when they beat Junior Combined Clubs by four goals to nil at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. This was the Junior Clubs' second defeat. Last week they were beaten by Chinese 7-3. Yesterday the Juniors were outclassed
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  • 212 12 SHA Body Skips Farrer Park Idea THE Singapore Hockey Association will not make the new Farrer Park stadium their venue for important matrhes This wa s the decision reached at th c SHA committee meeting yesterday. It was the original intention of the SHA to hold all important and representative
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  • 74 12 THE following were elected office-bearers of the STC Sports Club at the general meeting held recently President: Mr. A. R. Cameron;; vice-presidents: M*r. Fred Taye; Mr. G. H L. Poulier; hon. treasurer: Mr. Hooi Beng Guan; hon. auditor: Mr. Jimmy Kang; hon. secretary: Mr. A.D. Conceicao-. sports captain:
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  • 30 12 THE Penang Indian Amateur Athletic Association have received a record number of entries for their eighth annual athletic championships today and tomorrow at the Westlands School ground. Penang.
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  • 930 12  - FROM ONE OF THESE, THE COLD' WINNER SCRUTINEER .T. Wonder...C. Piratc.JP. Pride..* Says Gold Cup Speciolj NEW staying star. Pilot's Pride, should hold her own among the cracks m the $35,000 Singapore Gold Cup race. She won m brilliant style over the mile last week, setting a Malayan mark for
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  • 106 12 SRA Bid For Britain's Ace Jockey Winder Xafa JOCKEY Lester Piggott. who won the dual English Classic the Guineas and Derby with Sir Victor Sassoon's Crepello, will probably ride m Malaya if he accepts an invitation sent to him by Mr. L.C. Bailey, secretary of the Straits Racing Association. Piggott
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  • 71 12 Another English jockey will be accompanying Ted Larkin and S. Millbanks to ride m Malaya during the English "off" racing season. He is Joe Mercer, brother of Manny Mercer, one of the leading jockeys m England. Joe Mercer will ride at 8.1 and has ridden for Lord Astor
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  • 115 12 Three Rings Is Horse Of The Tear THREE Rings, o\vr\ed by Mr. E. J. Tan, was declared the "Horse of the Year" at the annual Racehorse Owners Association dinner at the Sea View Hotel, Singapore, last night. This is the second time the eight-year-old bay Irish gelding has been declared
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  • 722 12 PRE-RACE GALLOPS...FROM WINDSOR LAD MOST of the Gold Cup hopes were given their winding up gallops at Bukit Timah yesterday m preparation for tomorrow's big race— the Singapore Gold Cup, worth $35,000 m stakes for the race over the gruelling one-and-a-quarter
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  • 290 12 More Trackwork Waterline (Franklin) shaped iike a readymade winner at Bukit Timah on Wednesday when he easily disposed of three furlongs m 35 2/5 sec m the company of Sir Francis (Donnelly). Waterline finished some six lengths ahead of Sir Francis, and on this display,
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  • 118 12 Hush was ridden out ior his three m 38 2/5 sec. Pearl City (Mawi) went easily over three furlongs m 43J sec. Flaxley Green and Hattrick were kept together over three m 40 sec. Flaxley Green was going better at the end of the iun. White Heather
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