Singapore Standard, 28 October 1958

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    29 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD ft ft 9H ft Telephone ***** —5 Cobb TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1958 sdjgkol dfjghklj dfklh Vol. IX No. 118. 15 cts. 14 Pages [FINAL EDITION]
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    Lock icon 8 ballots cast... but still NO new Pontiff
    409 1 VATICAN CITY, Oct. 27 (Reuter) The 51 Cardinals sealed m secret conclave m the Vatican palace signalled tonight that after eight ballots they were still deadlocked and had not yet elected a new Pope. Thick black smoke pouring from the conclave stovepipe
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    Lock icon EIGHT SABRES FOR MALAYA
    88 1 SYDNEY. Oct. 27 (Reuter) —Eight Sabre Jets of the Royal Australian Air Force No 3 Squadron, left Williamtown. New South Wales, air base today on the first leg ot their 6,000 miles flight to Butterworth Station m rVf alava At Townsville, Queensland, tomorrow they will be
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    Lock icon 8 HELD IN SWOOP
    40 1 A COMBINED operation between the Reserve Units and the Tanjonc Pagar Police last night rounded up eight gangster suspects at Redhlll Close. The eight men were led into a Police van and taken to the OLD.
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    Lock icon MINISTER PRAISES PIONEERS OF BIG LAND SCHEME
    343 1 MINISTER PRAISES PIONEERS OF BIG LAND SCHEME Joint Malay, Chinese Effort In Jasin MALACCA, Mon. Malay and Chinese pioneers who are working: together m the first joint land settlement scheme* at Kemendore m the Jasin district of this State, today won' warm praise for their work from Minister for Natural
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    Lock icon Polio: 17 suspects
    63 1 Polio: 17 suspects ONLY ONE case of poliomyelitis was reported m Singapore m the 24 hours ending 6 p.m. yesterday although a record 17 suspected cases were admitted to the Middleton Hospital for observation. The one polio case was a three month old Chinese girl from the Geylang area. The
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    Lock icon Future Of Detainees: Decision Today
    95 1 Future Of Detainees: Decision Today SINGAPORE'S Council of Ministers will today decide th c future of 61 political prisoners who are detained under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance. The Council will study the case of every detainee before making a decision whether or not to release him, a Government
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    Lock icon Hopes Fade For 77 Miners
    135 1 Hopes Fade For 77 Miners SPRINGHILL, Nova Scotia, Oct. 27. (UPl)— Rescue workers tunnelled along m three directions 2i miles down the shaft of the Springhill Mine today to recover and identify the bodies of miners killer m a cave-in last week. There was practically no hope for the 77
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    Lock icon JET SERVICE: PAA CROSS ATLANTIC
    87 1 JET SERVICE: PAA CROSS ATLANTIC PARIS, Oct. 27 (Reuter)— A Pan American Airways Boeing 707 jet airliner landed here this morning from New York, inaugurating the first daily trans-Atlantic jet service The Boeing carried 111 passengers on the first commercial jet flight from New York to Paris. 80.A.C. inaugurated the
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    Lock icon BIG RUSSIA RUBBER DEAL WITH R.I.
    84 1 BIG RUSSIA RUBBER DEAL WITH R.I. JAKARTA, Oct. 27 (Reuter) Antara news agency said today Russia would make a big rubber deal with Indonesia at the end of the year. Antara quoted "authorities" as saying the deal would involve "some scores of thousands of tons." The Soviet Trade Mission m
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    Lock icon ALL-OUT BID to FREE CHINA
    310 1 ALL-OUT BID to FREE CHINA The Sacred mission* of Cmonq... Dr. Yen: We must assist revolt on the mainland TAIPEI, Oct. 27, (UPI)— Dr. George Yeh, Nationalist China's Ambassador to the United States, denied today that Nationalist China had unconditionally renounced the use of force to return to the Communistruled
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    Lock icon ROMANCE? SINATRA'S A PRISONER IN HOTEL
    164 1 ROMANCE? SINATRA'S A PRISONER IN HOTEL LOJSDOIS. Oct. 27 (UPI)— Crowds of newsmen covering the story of Frank Sinatra 9 s romance with Lady Adell Beatty have kept the singer virtually a prisoner m his M5225-a-day hotel suite, he told a friend. During the weekend it was reported that the
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    Lock icon RI Arrests Smugglers
    38 1 JAKARTA, Oct. 27 (Reuter) Police arrested rubber-sheets smugglers trying to send 175 bales to Malaya from North Sumatra, Antara news agency reported. Three truck-loads of rubber destined for three barges and one motor-boat were seised
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    Lock icon Quemoy Shells Down To Only 76
    253 1 Quemoy Shells Down To Only 76 TAIPEI, Oct 27 (Reuter)' Chinese Communists kept up their sporadic shelling of the Quemoy Islands today for the second day of their "stop and go" war. Today was the odd day on which the Communist Defence Minister, Marshal Peng Teh-huai, said on Saturday the
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    23 1 MR. Jakob Malik. Soviet Ambassador m London hat requested an interview today with Mr. Selwyn Lloyd. British Foreign Secretary, Reuter reported yesterday.
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    Lock icon S'PORE PRETTY GIRLS CAN CHARM AUSSIES
    203 1 SINGAPORE Government will spend more than $11,000 to "sell" the island's tourist attractions to Australians. This was announced at a joint Press conference held by Singapore's Director of Tourism, Mr R. A Howlett, and the Advertising Manager of the Australian Women's Weekly. Mr. W.
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    Lock icon Shot Man Was Dumped Into River
    330 2 Shot Man Was Dumped Into River court told I KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. v IHIII the Selangor Omnibus Company w as J f harp Nd, r he had won a civil suit against a groan. rt,y holders, and was about to become m_n°_ thfr shar of the company, Mr. Justice Sutherland
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    Lock icon 3 MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING
    74 2 3 MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING iaxi g". r Kuala Lumpur a*nri tS the DPP said m H e charw cused had nspir e< to 3 Wong. The:, ,IJ rang, I plan, m i ni Dr '-j CB. I.:' J formed a tmortern 1 wrong brought ci J Hospital here m
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      419 2 NOTICE is hereby giyen that HO MAI LIAN of No. 527. Bukit Timah Road. Singapore, has applied for a 2nd Class Beer House Licence m respect of premises No. 128, Sterling Road. Singapore, and that the application will be heard m the Court of the District Judge and First Magistrate,
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      463 2 NOTICES NOTICE is hereby given that I. LEE KENG CHER of No. 107, Ponggol Road. Singapore, have applied, for a Retail Shop licence m respect of premises No. 552, Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore, and that this application will be heard m the Court of the District Judge and First Magistrate,
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      791 2 TENDER NOTICES P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Superintending Engineer, Klang Gates Water Supply Scheme, Parry Road, Kuala Lumpur, up to 12.00 noon on 7th November, 1958 from P.W.D. Registered Contractors Class "E" and above for the execution of Earth work, drainage and turfing
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      141 2 H. M. DOCKYARDHONG KONG SALE OF OXYGEN PRODUCING TENDERS are invited for the purchase of one used Oxygen Producing Plant manufactured by Messrs. British 6xygen Co. Ltd. The plant which Is capable of producing 500 ft. of oxygen/hr. has been dismantled and is available for immediate sale. Tender Forms, conditions
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      72 2 TENDER NOTICE KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL TENDER NOTICE TENDERS are invited for the supply of 10.000 Dog Badges (with split rings) for the year 1959. Further particulars can be obtained from the Municipal Treasurer. Kuala Lumpur. Tenders to reach the Acting Municipal Secretary. Kuala Lumpur not later than 12 Noon
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  • EDITORIAL · SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
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      Lock icon A Warning to S'pore...
      454 3 THE continuing threat with which Singapore is faced because of political instability c ~u!d not have been made clearer and given ,u.h emphasis than it was by Federation Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, when he addressed the annual delegates' conference of UMNO on Sunday. There was
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      Lock icon ...& Advice to the Malays
      397 3 Advice to the Malays THERE was a note of caution also m the cdvice which Premier Tunku Abdul Rahman gave the Malay community m Singapore. Dealing with Urn important role that UMNO must play m this island's future, he colled on its members to prepare for the coming general elections.
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD PRESS
      21 3 V «4m (5 lin«i) All dep*rtmtnt» SSL Jl'-^w-n ,t i- <: jg» LACC^- 91 -X iukitChin* Tdr l##l
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    Lock icon Indefinite Emergency In Ceylon
    778 3  - Indefinite Emergency In Ceylon O. M. GREEN by m LONDON, the 58 leaders of the Tamil Federation Party (including eight Members of Parliament under house arrest since May 27) have now been released, and Press censorship has been relaxed, the state of emergency m Ceylon declared during the anti-Tamil riots
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    Lock icon TODAY'S TV OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
    756 3  - TOD A Y'S TV OPENING OF PARLIAMENT L. V. SCOTT By LONDON JODAY' S television and sound radio broadcast the first ever made of the State Opening of Parliament m London, will do more than bring into the homes of millions, m Britain and overseas, one of the most colourful
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  • VOICE of MALAYA
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      Lock icon BROKEN RICE BOWLS
      162 3 Sir Since the new Singapore City Council came into existence last year, quite a number of ricebowls of the employees have been broken. Quite a few of these former employees are well-mannered, softspoken, and almost all have families to support. With the PAP "holding the other end
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      Lock icon Rich Harvest
      108 3 Sir It the Singapore Police Force will send their new mobile traffic court to Canning Rise on any weekday between 12.45 and 1.15 p.m.. they will reap a rich harvest m fines. They will find literally dozens of cars parked abreast of the white line, on both sides
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    Lock icon DID YOU KNOW...
    65 3 t/.S. /.V//_rOR Max Conrad is one of m vanishing breed of fliers. Recently he landed a single-engine plane m Palermo, Sicily, after a non-stop flight of 4,449 miles from New York m 32 hours 55 minutes. Coia rad's occupation is flying small craft across -he Atlantic Ocean.
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    411 3  -  Aster Gunaselura T AST week, at a Kremlin banquet to the United Arab Republic viee -President and War Minister, Maj. Gen. Abdel Karim Amer. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev stated that his government would not participate m any joint EastWest plan to help underdeveloped countries,
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    Lock icon TUNKU'S THREAT: WE DON'T EXPECT 'PITFALLS'—LEE
    428 4 TUNKU'S THREAT: WE DON'T EXPECT 'PITFALLS'— LEE PAP Leader Answers That Security Council Poser 'But Crisis Would Result 1f../ SECRETARY general of the Peoples Action Party, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said yesterday his party did not anticipate any fundamental differences of views m the proposed internal security council for Singapore
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    Lock icon Premier Seeks To Impose Colonial Rule On Us—MARSHALL
    421 4 Premier Seeks To Impose Colonial Rule On Us— MARSHALL THE chairman of the Workers' Party, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday accused the Federation's Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, of seeking to "impose colonial rule on Singapore from Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Marshall stated: 'it, is extraordinary that the Prime Minister who has
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    Lock icon LIB-SOCS SEE NO CHANCE FOR CRISIS
    159 4 LIB-SOCS SEE NO CHANCE FOR CRISIS THE Liberal Socialist Party did not expect a crisis iP the proposed Internal Security Council because it would not be beneficial to the interests of the people cf Singapore. This comment came from the secretary-general of the party, Mr. E. K. Tan. yesterday, as
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    128 4 Jaycees Aid To Build Clubhouse THE Minister for Local Government. Lands and Housing, Dato Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat. will officially open the Jalan Teban Community Centre, off Jalan Teban, 7j mile, Tampenis Road, on Saturday at 4 p.m. The $12,000 centre was built by the Singapore Junior Chamber of
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    Lock icon VERDICT OF SUICIDE ON H.K. SEAMAN
    137 4 VERDICT OF SUICIDE ON H.K. SEAMAN THE Singapore Coroner. Inche Ahmad bin Hussien yesterday recorded a suicide verdict at the close of his inquiry into the death of a Hongkong seaman, Ho Fatt 54. whose body was found m a locked room on board the "Forte Charlotte" at the Naval
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    Lock icon Cage Birds Exhibition
    147 4 SINGAPORE Cage Bird Society's second open show will be held at the Happy World Stadium from Nov. 7 to 10. The show will be opened by the Regent of Johore a patron of the Society. It will have separate sections for budgerigars, canaries, foreign birds, Malayan birds,
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    Lock icon They Say 'Give Us A Phone'
    74 4 They Say 'Give Us A Phone' RESIDENTS of the Old Kallang Airport (Estate) yesterday urged the Singapore Telephone Board to lnstal a public telephone booth as there was no way of getting m touch with the Police m case of an emergency. A car was stolen and petty thefts are
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    Lock icon REFLOATING ZETA: CARGO TC OE MOVED
    134 4 CAPTAIN C.S.Douglas of the British freighter. Zeta Trader, aground about 34 miles south of Singapore, reported yesterday that 300 tons of cargo would have to be removed from the forehold before the ship could be refloated, states Reuter from Hongkong. In a cable to
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    Lock icon WOMAN TOOK LOTTERY JOB: FINED $500
    117 4 WOMAN TOOK LOTTERY JOB: FINED $500 IPOH, Mon. A 33-year-old woman. Lam Yoon Fong, of Pasir Puteh, who was said to have taken a job as a "collector" for $20 a day m a character lottery a s a means to supplement her husband's earnings, was fined $500 by Magistrate
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    146 4 Aid For Those Behind In Their Rent THE Social Welfare v*2lT nt ha set aside $28,000 to assist the families of about 200 Kampong Koo Chye fire victims to settle their arrears of rent with the Singapore Improvement Trust. A te am from the Social Welfare Department assisted by two
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    Lock icon Nanyang Grads As Teachers
    134 4 NANYANQ University has accepted Government's proposal to run a diploma course m education to qualify Nanyang graduates as teachers for Singapore schools The plan was mooted by the Permanent Secretary to the Education Ministry/ Mr. Lee Siow Mong. Mr. Lee, m a letter to the University
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    Lock icon Alexandra Floods: Problem being tackled
    192 4 THE Singapore City Council is endeavouring by every practical means to minimise the recurrent flooding m the Alexandra area, Mr. G. H. Dash, Assistant Engineer (Bridges and Drains) said yesterday. He stated that m a memorandum submitted to the City Council after a thorough investigation
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    Lock icon BURMESE CELEBRATE
    48 4 BURMESE m Singapore celebrated their New Year Day yesterday at their temples m Kinta Road and Paya Leoar. The temples were specially illuminated with multi-colour-ed lights. Special prayers and pu.ias we»e held. The "Vas" festival, which marks the conclusion of the rainy season, was also celebrated.
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    57 4 TWO soldiers, W. J. Mathews and J. A. Mountier. claimed trial m. the Singapore Assize Court yesterday to a charge of robbing Sim Chin Heng of a taxi and also causing hurt to Sim on July 21 m an open ground near the General Headquarters, Tanglin.
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    Lock icon Secret Advice To Oil Workers By Lim
    76 4 Secret Advice To Oil Workers By Lim J}* S V:: m I ruo v. Sr. Tun 1 11^ J i j notice comp Sj TheSta, tnendly Ch cen mised KMi h. t manag compa, agreement i mci tmg. The F matum I StanH ri*. \i r Xov pa! J The
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    Lock icon Queries By Jumabhoy
    136 4 SINGAPORE G t_ M will be quizzed at thf r meeting of th, Leg Assembly by Independ Assemblyman, Mr P. bhoy. oa acti< n ll on on n port and r< irrn q. dations submits I experts on man i affect™ the country's pn gress. Ho will
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    61 4 TWO new postal aj! ties -3 be o| etied ii Sen h Estate ai d Race Course V.!' Singapon next n J-v agency i S *v Hi] E il n< Nov. 3at Casuar iR< d the ag< cy at Ra< c i rsc V ll. age will
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    49 4 A LARGE and distinguished gathering were at the cocktail party given by the Vietnamese Consul-Genera., Mr. Pang van Chi, last night at his residence m Leedon Park, Singapore, celebrating the third anni- j versary of Vietnam's independence. 1 J_jll_l___illll„llll \mong Covernoi ia v. Stai Goode toas
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    Lock icon Love-Making-But There's No Betrothal
    322 5 Love- Making -But There's No Betrothal Merger Will Depend On Govt. Set-up— Lim SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, laid yesterday that merger with the Federation of u ljNa depended entirely on the outcome of the genera] rfKtiMH next year. Speaking to a large number of visiting university Nts
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    Lock icon GAME WARDENS ARE OUT TO GET 'ROGUE' ELEPHANTS
    147 5 GAME WARDENS ARE OUT TO GET 'ROGUE' ELEPHANTS TI-MERLOH, Mon. game Department officials v are planning to get l some wild elephants have been destroyUg ii crops m this areappartmeiiUd spokesman I i The Standard today thai. the start of the padi anting >eason, action against ar animals which des-
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    41 5 H AGKOXG. Oct. 27. 5 a Standard Service ng prices of the Hongkong age were: 518. 03 to £1 Ste ng 55.79 to US$l; $1.84 ayan $1- $0.0615 to one fo "-ian Rupiah; Gold 5252 7 to a tael.
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    237 5 Cliff-climbing wife wants to live in heart of Malayan jungle- for 'kicks' MRS. Antonia Deacock, 26--year-old wife of a British Special Air Service captain m Malaya, is a weman with guts. In the past six months, she travelled overland from London to New Delhi m a jeep, scaled the Zaskar
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    Lock icon Theft Of Canopies: 4 Charged
    169 5 Theft Of Canopies: 4 Charged FOUR War Department employees yesterday claimed trial m a Singapore court to two charges of stealing. The men are: Joseph Verghese, John Tan. Yacob bin Abdul Majid and Teckae Cherubath Balen. They are alleged to hive stolen 20 pieces of water-moof canopies valued at $10,000
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    Lock icon 'TEC DENIES TAKING BRIBE
    78 5 DETECTIVE Teo Kirn Wah of the Secret Societies Branch, Singapore, was charged m the Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday with accepting a bribe. It was alleged by the prosecution that Teo accepted $40 from Neo Kirn Bock as an inducement to refrain from arresting Neo, who was
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    Lock icon MISADVENTURE VERDICT
    63 5 A nine-year-old boy Tan Che Choon who tried to retrieve a ball from a canal near Kirn Seng Road fell m and was drowned, a Singapore inquest was told yesterday. Tan Chye Cheng, father of the boy told the Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing that his son's body
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    Lock icon Municipal Dept. Faces A Deficit Of $695,000
    386 5 Municipal Dept. Faces A Deficit Of $695,000 KUALA LUMrtJR, Mon. The Municipal Council will face a deficit of $695,211 next year, said the Council President, Mr. A. D. York, m his budget meeting speech here today. Expenditure at its irreducible minimum would amount to $9,298,493 against an income of $8,603,282,
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    Lock icon Cops After Bogus Salesman
    81 5 Cops After Bogus Salesman KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Selangor police are looking out for a bogus refrigerator salesman who has already succeeded m cheating one customer. On Saturday, he talked a Chan Sow Lin householder, Mr. Yong Pang Choon, into giving him an "advance" of $500. He told Mr. Yong he
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    Lock icon Labour queries men who quit
    208 5 LABOUR FRONT Councillor, Mr. G. B. Armstrong, will ask a series of questions on the method of recruitment and the staffing position m the Singapore City Council at the next ordinary meeting on Oct. 31. Mr. Armstrong (Stamford) wanted to know: How many Asian officers
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    Lock icon BUS MANAGER FINED FOR BAD BRAKES
    150 5 BUS MANAGER FINED FOR BAD BRAKES THE manager of the Tay Koh Vat Bus Company, Lee Kong Seng, was yesterday fined $400 by the First Traffic Magistrate, Mr. Phillip Lav. for using a bus with inefficient brakes. The Magistrate imposing the fine, told Lee that he had to take a
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    30 5 MR. HARINDRANATH Chattopadhyaya, the eminent Indian educationist and poet will be the guest speaker at the weekly luncheon of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Cathay Hotel tomorrow.
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    Lock icon Dangers Of New-Fangled Ideas: Yap Warns
    283 5 Dangers Of New-Fangled Ideas Yap Warns SINGAPORE should guard against new-fangled ideas, panic measures and shortsighted policies if continued prosperity of the island is to be maintained. Vice-president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and prominent Colony banker, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek said this to a team of Thai University
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    317 6 Union's Plan To Force Govt. Mm 0% _B To Poss ffs Domestic Charter THE Domestic Employees' Union (Singapore) is planning a "get tough campaign" m protest against Government's delay m protecting their interests. A memorandum drawn up by the executive committee of
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    Lock icon $2,100 gone on party night
    152 6 $2,100 gone on party night A SINGAPORE family returned home on Sunday night from a party to find their house had been broken into and cash and iewellery worth $2,100 missing. Mr. Cheah Teo Bee, 27, of Muglistan Road, told the Police that he had locked all doors and windows
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    123 6 SINGAPORE City Council's Staff Committee, yesterday accepted three trainee engineers appointed by the Public Services Commission. The Committee recorded "great disDleasure at the conduct of Councillor, Lee Hwee Yiow. m not attending the meeting." The Committee meeting was specially convened following Mr. Lee's request, to discuss the
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    Lock icon JAILED FOR CYCLE THEFT
    66 6 A shop-assistant, Maidu bin Abdullah, 24. was jailed for four months m a Singapore Court yesterday for stealing a bicycle from Talichalath M. Sulaiman, between Feb. 16 and 17. Insp. F. Samuel prosecuting told Mr. S. K. Lee. the Judge, that Abdullah had a previous conviction
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    80 6 15 ROAD DEATHS LAST MONTH FIFTEEN people were killed m road accidents m Singapore last month, compared with 12 m August, according to the monthly report of the Singapore Traffic Police issued yesterday. Road accidents m September totalled 2,044 compared with 2.192 m August. Apart from the 15 people killed,
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    61 6 BATU PAHAT, Mon. -The local branch of the Malay?r. Chinese Association at an emergency meeting today expressed disappointment tnat no Chinese version of the new Draft Constitution of the Association was available. The members resolved to request the Johore delegates on the MCA general committee to
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    176 6 THE fresh supply of 100,000 doses of Sabin vaccine against poliomyelitis has been delayed m transit by air from America, and will not arrive m Singaoore until Thursday. It was expected yesterday from Professor Albert Sabin, director of the Research Foundation Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio,
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    216 6 Shariah Court To MM M WMM J Help Wronged Muslim Women THE Vice-President of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, Mr. S. A. Dhasthagir and patron of the oldest Muslim club m Singapore, the 66-year-old Mohammedian Star Light Club yesterday said that the establishment of the Shariah Court was "a definite
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    115 6 440 to be chosen tor National Service tomorrow FOUR hundred and forty youth tor National Service m the si n lU m Sf, f t_d Forces and the Civil Defence Dii__f*_!! Mll^ 5 p.m. at the Singapore Mili t tr>morr^ at Headquarters. '"tar, They wiU be equally divided b. U
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    216 6 LOTS OF CORALS, BUT WHERE ARE THE SEA SNAKES? -asks DR. HASS DR. HANS HASS. Hie fan I d m fc. water explorer, and his wife and dtar* companion, Lotte, spent the whole 'c' yesterday probing the coral reefs around the islands off Sineano^e omgapo.e. The result was a "batfu]
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    111 6 2 Detained After '999' Call TWO men were arrested a road block m front of Paya Lebar Folire Stati r singa« pore, after a *WT made last night. The man who put the iijj a resident of Tai Che. off Changi Road, informed t» Police that a robbery "J been
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    42 6 THUGS ROB YOUTH OF VALUABLES TWO tl j_a hi n nl his ring a mm "i iv i M2O on Sui KS_»- a«w Ho, Mid first ».■-••..«<■;■■,. a boy «>'-' .hack rzitoot In a rt thugs producj made h a a ked a*'**'amp; and
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    342 7 Two men picked three up at sea Indonesia demand for their custody MALACCA, Mon. —The five Indonesian rebels, who surrendered to the police here lost night, after their high-speed gunboat ran out of petrol, have set a poser to the Malayan
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    235 7 PENANG, Mon. The Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, told Home Guards of "B" Company, Penang State Home Guard, m Telok Bahang today that it was about time that they inflicted a final blow on the communist terrorists to cripple their
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    138 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSINLi ruDOei price* (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 871 872 R.S.S. No. 1 881 88| RS S. No 1 Dec. 88 881 R.S.S. No. 2 851 86} R.S.S. No. 3 84. 85 Tone: Barely steady. The tin price m Singapore was $375
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    121 7 PROPRIETOR ON ARSON CHARGE THE proprietor of a bicycle shop, Lim Ah Eng. was charged m the Singapore Assize Court with attempted arson. He was alleged to have tried to set fire to a shed m Balestier Road at 4.05 a.m. on May 28. Lim who is being defended by
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    140 7 A 19-YEAR-OLD seaman, F. MacNicol died on the way to the Singapore General Hospital last night after he had been taken out unconscious from the swimming pool m Connel House m Anson Road. MacNicol, a crew member of the "Ben Vannoch" was earlier swimming m
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    85 7 NO SPECIAL JURY FOR TRIAL PANG Kwong Liam alias William Pang, manager of United Trading Co., Ltd., was charged m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday with the murder of N. M. Abdul Karim, a printer, at Mandai Tekong off Mandai Road, on Nov. 17, last year. The trial, which begins
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    137 7 Woman 'Attacked By Spirits' ALOR STAR, Mon. An Indian woman, Mrs. Sithambaran Chettiar, today sought the help of the police after her house m Jalan Shanmugam had been attacked by a poltergeist for five successive nights. She told The Standard today that nightly stones empty bottles and tins were thrown
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    55 7 AN open verdict was recorded by the Singapore Coroner, Inche Ahmad bin Hussien at the close of an inquiry into the death of a cyclist, Lim Poh Chim, 41. The court was told that Lim died two days after a motor accident with a taxi at
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    45 7 A 41-year-old woman, Tan Mcc Ying. was assaulted by three others In a quarrel over children m Bukit Timah Road l as t night. Tan sustained a head Injury when she was struck with a stick and was taken to hospital.
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    229 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A 15 -year-old was among three teenaged youths who were tentatively charged here today for the Sept. 8 murder of Radio Malaya Broadcasting assistant, Badrul Hisham bin Dato Hamzah, 22. He is Wang Jee Meng of Temple Road who with Tarn Heng
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    149 7 'TEC CAUGHT GARDENER WITH RADIO A SINGAPORE detective on duty at the old Kallang airport at 12.30 pm. on Saturday, saw a gardener leaving the grounds of the Mountbatten School with a radio m his arms. Thirty-six hour later, the gardener, Samuri Din Kassim. 30, was yesterday charged before the
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      252 9 Oil Firm Keeps Industry Moving- KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Shell Company has helped to keep the wheels of Malayan industry on the move, the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, said on Saturday, when he declared open Shell's new $1,000,000 Federation Headquarters I building here. Malaya was
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      160 9 Rubber Price Up By Cent SINGAPORE rubber price gained i cent yesterday, to close at 88| cents per lb,, for International nrst grade November. The market opened slightly higher on better overseas advices. Thereafter prices eased on a thin market Interest m lowers was small Factories were quiet. The afternoon
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      49 9 JAPAN'S foreign exchange reserves during September declined by U5522,000,000 to $759,000,000 at the end of the month, the Ministry of Finance m Tokyo disclosed. The decline was entirely due to the repayment of half (U5562,500,000) of the dollar loans to the International Monetary Fund.
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      79 9 The world's largest regular production tyres, 3,355-pound giants manufactured by The Firestone Tire Rubber Company, tower above the inquisitive youngster. More than nine feet tall, they are used to transport complete pumping stations over the Saudi Arabian sands. Each tyre contains 1,763 pounds of natural rubber,
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      238 9 PLANS and problems of the iron and steel industry m Asia and the results of a study tour by Asian experts of iron and steel installations m Europe were among the main topics discussed at a meeting of ECAFE (Economic Commission for Asia and
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      156 9 OUTER ROADS Oulidai, Sunon, Egda. Lily, Toronto, Glenorchy Libertad 1, Fusinus. Kosciusxko. Taisei Maru. Baud, Planet. Pres Pierxe. Rajah Brooke, Nanny, Mahadevi. Brursa, Wing On. Lapaz, Tees Breeze. Garuda Mas. Norvest. Fred Clover, Tyndareus Borus, Max. Brander Berebere. Anshun, Sanana, Lidia, Summit, Baurmun. INNER ROADS June. Peris,
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      31 9 Canada's wheat flour production was 40.8 mil. hundredweight for the year endea July, 1958. This was the largest output since the 1952-53 year, though still well below peak years.
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      100 9 Aussie Trade Mission For Far East MELBOURNE, Oct. 27 (Reuter).—The freighter "Deios" carrying 106 samples of Australian primary production. commerce and industry .v.rth £AlOO.OOO left here today on a mammoth "Sell Australia" mission to the Far East. Twelve members of the mission will board the ship at Sydney for a
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      62 9 INDUSTRIALS, tins, rubbers and all other sections of the Malayan share market were quietly steady yesterday. The turnover was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Gammon 1.63 1.66 Henry Waugh 1.30 1.32 Singapore Traction Ords. 21/6 22/6 cd S. Traders ($1) 1.43
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      182 9 Business In Shares MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done yesterday: F. N. ords. $1.60. $1.59. Gammon $1.65, $1.64; Hammer $1.57 J. $1.55; Hume Prefs. A4/7i; M Breweries Debenture 87c odd lot; M. Colls. $1.05; Metal Box $1.73_; Robinson Ords. $1.40; S Times $1.80; S. Traders $1.48 cd; U.E. Ords.
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      241 9 A COMPUTER, among the lower priced range manufactured m Britain, will demonstrate its flexibility m a wide variety of different applications at the Computer Exhibition which opens at Olympia on Nov. 28. Designed originally for mathematicians, the computer claims uses m engineering and design work
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      175 9 UK GIFT TO DEVELOP PORT IN KUCHING KUCHING, Mon. Britain hos made a gift of $2,442,000 to the Sarawak Government to cover part of the cost of the $6,930,000 Kuching port development scheme. The U.K. contribution, which is a grant from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund, will meet 75
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      57 9 THE Federation's Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Tan Siew Sin. officially opened Shell Company's $1,000,000 Federation headquarters building m Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Photo shows the Minister talking to Mr. F. T. Haddock, general manager of the company's Singapore office and Mr. I. P. Bruce (centre), the Federation manager
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      53 9 Trade Envoy Returns From Leave THE Canadian Trade Commissioner m Singapore. Mr. M. P. Carson, returned to the Colony on Sunday after six months home leave and tour of Canada. He was accompanied by his wife. Mr. W. C, Huxtabk. the Assistant Trade Commissioner, has left for Canada for further
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      90 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: Copra Oct.-Nov. $372 buyers $38J sellers coconut 01! m "bulk $57 seWs m drums $60i sellers; Muntok white pepper $123 sellers; Sarawak white $122 sellers; Special Sarawak black $71. Singapore Copra Association closing prices fair merchantable mixed copra,
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      90 9 Pungah 4/- 4/6 Sungei Bidor (5/-) 2/9 3/- Batu Lintang 1.80 1.85 Indragirl 0.18 0.21 Jimah 0.98 1.00 Kempas 1.58 1.62 K. Sidim 1 54 1.58 Nyalas 1.05 1.10 Pajam 0.89 0.93 Sungei Bagan 1.75 1.80 Tapah 0.72 0.78 Temerloh 1.05 1.08 Jugra Estates 2/9 3/- LOANS
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      139 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made lhe following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday London: selling. TT. or OD. 2/3-15/16: buying air mail T.T. 2/4-1/16 OD. 2/4-3/32. 30 d/st 2/4-7/32, 45 d/st 2/4-1/4. fiO d/st 2 4-5/16. 90 d/st 2/4-13/32. 120 d/st 2/4-1/2. 180 d/st 2/4-11/16. New
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      185 9 Britain Now Making More Clock BRITAIN'S clock and watch industry has made giant strides forward during the past 13 years. From next to nothing m 1939. British factories last year turned out 8,500.000 clocks, watches and allied precision items. Among its assets are the biggest watch factory m the world
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      42 9 A DUTCH firm, which exports 95 per cent of the typewriters she makes, is to establish a completely new factory and office building m Holland m 19.0 This is due to growing overseas demand for Iti products.
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      39 9 A Memorial Service for the late Mr. ERICH BLITZ will be held at the Oxley Rise Synagogue on Wednesday* 29th October* 1958 at 5.45 p. m. Rabbi Shababo will officiate. No flowers m donations to S. A. T. A*
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      199 10 Convocation Day At University CONVOCATION DAY Is a day every student who has passed his final examination looks forward to. At the University of Malaya, Convocation Day for 442 students who qualified as doctors, dentists, educationists and other professional men, fell last Saturday. In this page are some of the
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      255 10 -Picture by pan. Picture by h Picture (RIGHT) The pomp and solemnity over, it is time for relaxation and laughter. Graduates mingle with friends at a reception held at the King Edward VII Hall. Later m the evening, the Students Union held a Convocation Ball at Raffles
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    539 11 AUTOMATION AND SACHIKO IMPRESS m****^^ _Jj_r&; ■ym^ r^^^** mammmmm m t "At The Track With SCRUfINEJf ggjOti TION (Franklin) who scored a smashing at lp«>h m Ctaili month ago. moved attracn a workout with Rose of Malaya for company Bukit Timah yesterday. putting on the pace Automation drew right :e
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    196 11 CHINESE IMPROVE HOLD SIKHS VASTLY improved Singapore Chinese Recreation i put up another fine performance when they held I Young Men's Sikh Association to a one-all draw ■gue match played at the The Sikhs failed miserably front of the goalmouth for he better part of the two pssions. The two
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    152 11 N Mon. Singalivision. one League piQDSi Darul Aiiah un, will be playing here m their an* r matdi is against -at the City Staduii and on Thursrond match will A the President's Saturday at the c_ e c and time. •J Afiah team
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    26 11 LUMPUR Mon Hockey Ash> Division two league J ■'•^•;n YMCA and H' was called off K| 'he nirial umpires ,J i im up.
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    161 11 Herb Not Worried About Tape MELBOURNE. Oct. 27 (Reuter) Herb Elliott world champion miler, said today he intended to ignore a threat by American sports promoter, Leo Leavitt, for him to be at Melbourne's Olympic pool next Saturday night. On Saturday, Leavitt said that if Elliott did not appear he
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    123 11 CUP CHAMPS TO PLAY IN SINGAPORE PENANG. Mon. The Penang Malaya Cup football team will fly to Singapore to play two games m the Colony on Nov. 8 and 9. The only Malaya cupper out of the Penang team is Arimn Noor, who is now a resident of Perak. The
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    181 11 Poong Seong Cup IPOH, Mon. Perak. after being on even terms with Selangor. on Saturday night m the Foong Seong Cup badminton, lost all remaining matches last night to go down by seven matches to two to the formidable Selangor side. S'elangor will meet Kedah m
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    64 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Postals Union Athletic Club maintained their unbeaten record m the Selangor Hockey Association First Division League when they held Police D_pot to a goalless draw at the Imbi Road ground nere today. The nippy Police Depot forwards did the bulk of the attacking but
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    330 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.-How good are the visiting Th« University soccer players? This \U the question that is being asked by soccer officials today. The Thai Chulalongkorn Umvers ty team, comprising 18 players and officials arrived by rail from Bangkok early this morning.
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    750 11 Loader Takes Four For 56 Combined XI All Out 260, M.C.C. 9-1 At Stumps PERTH, Western Australia, Oct. 27 (Reuter)— M.C.C gained a first innings lead of 89 here today when they dismissed the Combined XI for 260, and had scored nine for the loss of
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    730 11  - VICTORIOUS! HAPPY AND GLORIOUS! PETER WILSON m mm —Says WORLD'S No. 7 SPORTS COLUMNIST LONDON, Mon. WELL, I'm not ashamed to say that at the end I stood a bit more stiffly to attention as the massed bands of the Parachute Regiment played "God Save the Queen" at Wembley last
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    150 11 M.C.C. FIRST INNINGS 349 (PB H. MAY 113, M.C COWDREY 78. T.G. EVANS 55, STRAUSS FIVE FOE 99). COMBINED XI Ist INNS. (Saturday 159 for two) C. McDonald c Cowdrey b Laker 27 J. Rutherford c Evans b Statham 34 N. O'Neill c Cowdrey b Laker 104 R. Simpson
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    87 11 PERTH, Western Australia, Oct. 27 (Reuter) Willie Watson, the Leicestershire lefthanded batsman, broke down four times m the nets during practice today and will have an operation on his injured knee mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm theß on the way toB nowß expected to be out act ion B
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    66 11 SALISBURY, Southern Rhodesia, Oct. 27 (Reuter).—Rhodesia, with four first innings wickets m hand, were 30 runs behind Transvaal after the second day's play m their Inter-provincial cricket match here. The match ends tomorrow. Chris Duckworth hit 56 for Southern Rhodesia, who were 157 for six at
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    195 12 SAIGON, Oct. 27 (Reuter)— The visiting Malayan Chinese soccer team last night went under 3-0 to a Police side, the Vietnam Press agency reported today. This is the second match of the Malayans' tour of South ietnam The first, against Hue City, ended m a l-l draw.
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    112 12 THE former Far East Air Force light weight boxing champion Neil MacLantoch leaves for Ceylon by air today to appear m a special bout at the Royal Ceylon Air Force Boxing championship m Ceylon. With MacLantoch are four others Fursden. Williams. Burgess and O'Beirne— all from
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    685 12  - Bookmakers Face Heavy Loss If Favourites Win The Cambridgeshire CLAUDE RICHARDSON By LONDON, Oct. 27, (Reuter) Bookmakers face one of the heaviest "autumn double" settlements ever if one of the bestfancied candidates wins the Cambridge shire Handicap, to be run over one mile one furlong at Newmarket on Wednesday. The
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    594 12  -  PETER WILSON SAYS THE MAN THEY CAN'T GAG By LONDON, Mon. COME degree of sanity seems to have returned to heavyweight boxing m this country. The date limit for the British title fight between the holder, Brian London, and the "new style" Henry Cooper
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    144 12 DONCASTER. England. Oct. 27 (Reuter).— A campaign for girl jockeys on British race-courses has been launched m this famed horse racing centre. Mr. Albert Cammidge, Chairman of the Doncaster Race Committee. and known as "Mr. Racing" locally is behind the move. He said last night:
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    90 12 SINGAPORE SOCCER Premier league Malays vs. Indians, Jalan Besar, 5.15 p.m. HOCKEY— S.H.A. Div. 7. S.C.C. vs. Seletar. S.C.C. 5.15 p.m. Div. 1. University vs. Wanderers, University. Div. 2. S.R.C. *B rs. Prisons, SRC BASKETBALL Chung Hwa Cvp Hua Yu vs. Mm Chong. Great World. 7.30 p.yn. Quek
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    107 12 Henry Cooper, British heavyweight boxer, listens lo a tape recording of his winning fight against America's Zora Folley, ranked as the No. 1 challenger of the world championship. Cooper, who took heavy punishment and went down for a count of eight m round three of their ten rounds contest. rallied
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    181 12 MELBOURNE, Oct. 27 (Reuter) Ivo 8 akul a. member of the Yugoslav Olympic water polo tram the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics died after a m^ attack at suburban Richmona^wirnmin^^^^ I He Mcl-| bourne a theß Association Cup against! Kew he
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    33 12 POLICE "A* scored a convincing three-nil victory over the 8.0.D.C.A. m the SH A. Div, 2 league match played at Thompson Road yesterday Sta Maria (2) and Vellupiilai scored the coals.
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    170 13 TVAD/A GRAY, a Ru- manian princess m private life, and one of the cast m the Pinewood comedy THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE, must be the only princess m the world who collects her trinkets at the bottom of the sea! Yes, Nadia has joined
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    141 13 H^HE German police recently solved the mystery of the Tyrolean hats now m the river Rhine. But while the scare was on there was chaos, when first one Rhinelander and then another reported: "Body of Man m River." 'In all. police investigated six cases. Each time they
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      322 14 CHAPELS EMPTY, PRISONS PACKED RUMANIA VIENNA, Oct. 27 (UPI) Western tourists today reported an "extremely tense" situation m Rumania and said mass arrests had been made there by Communist officials who fear a Hun-gary-style revolution. Prisons were reported packed. A number of law breakers sentenced for minor offence were said
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      102 14 KARACHI, Oct. 27 (Reuter) General Mohammed Ayub Khan, Pakistan's Chief Martial Law Administrator, was today sworn m as Prime Minister to head a new 12-man Central Cabinet announced by President Iskander Mirza last Friday. General Ayub has administered the Martial Law proclaimed earlier this month
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      79 14 MISS DIANA MUCKERMAN. a 26-year-old American heiress, made a pretty picture when she »ißfadßfr. Desmond Cubitt, 34, a member of a leading London building family. But 24 hours later, they were both killed m an air crash They were among the 31 people who lost their
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      191 14 LONDON, Oct 27 (UPI) The British Prisons Commission today announced a revolutionary programme for releasing good-conduct convicts to take civilian jobs outside prison walls and spend weekend ■leave with their families. Under the programme, selected convicts serving any sentence over four years
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      114 14 Student Leaders In Crash LONDON, Oct. 27 (Reuter) Th e National Union of Students announced m London today that 25 student leaders returning from a world student congress m Peking were on board the Russian TU-104 a.ir liner which crashed m Russia on Oct. 17. The 65 victims included the
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      67 14 LONDON. Oct. 27 (Reuten The Hongkong branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association had invited a United Kingdom branch delegation to pay a fortnight's visit to Hongkong, it was announced here today The delegates, most of whom leave tomorrow, will be led by Mr. R. H. Turton,
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      112 14 27-YEAR MYSTERY SOLVED? SYDNEY. Oct. 27, (Reuter) I A young worker on the snowy river hydro-electricity scheme m the southern New South Wales alps may have solved an aircraft mystery which has baffled Australian experts for 27 years. Tom Santor, 22. a New Zealander, brought back to his camp last
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      254 14 TOKYO. Oct. 27, (Reuter)— A Japanese motion picture company today began work on a technicolour film defending Japan's position m World War Two The Shin Toho Film Company said the film was tentatively titled "The Greater Asia War And The International
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      261 14 Governments must ensure stable conditions do exist TOKYO, Oct. 27 (Reuter) The- German ViceChancellor and Economic Minister, Dr. Ludwig Erhard, said here today there was capital m West Germany available for investment and that private investment could be a better way of bringing about the
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      263 14 Churchill Takes First Copter Trip NICE, France, Oct. 27 (UPI) Sir Winston Churchill, who turns 84 next month, gave a demonstration of pep and spry ness today by taking his first helicopter ride. The former British Prime Minister boarded a U.S. Navy helicopter at Nice Airfield for a flight over
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      44 14 LONDON, Oct. 27 (Reuter) —The Duke of Edinburgh is reported today to have banned shooting on the Sandringham Estate for the remainder of the year. The reason is that the wet weather has killed off thousands of young partridge and pheasants.
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      209 14 Dozens Burnt In Acid Blast SYDNEY, Oct. 27 (Reuter) Dozens of people were burnt by acid, three seriously, when 1,000 tons of sodium nitrate exploded m a bulk store m the Sydney suburb of Marrickville today. Acid showered into nearby streets. Two schoolgirls and a baby were taken to hospital
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      60 14 MOSCOW, Oct. 27 (Reuter). —Top-level talks between the leaders of Russia and Poland opened m the Kremlin today, two days after the arrival of the delegates from Warsaw. The Soviet News Agency Tass, said Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Prime Minister, and Mr. Wladys.aw Gomulka,
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      38 14 AS MUCH AS 17 inches of snow fell on parts of New York State yesterday and at least six deaths were attributed to the storm which struck the East Central part of the State. (Reuter).
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      164 14 War Against Touts At Hongkong Airport HONGKONG, Oct. 27 (Reuter) The tourist industry m this British Colony a shopping paradise m the Far East is to declare war on local touts at the newly expanded airport. Tailor ana hotel representatives are reported to have been accosting newcomers and luring them
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      82 14 GENERAL JOINS RED ARMY AS A PRIVATE HONGKONG, Oct. 27 (Reuter).—A Chinese Communist General recently took a pseudonym and joined the Army as a private, it was reported today. He was 58-year-old General Teng Hua who at one time led "the People's Volunteers." fighting United Nations forces m Korea. Gen.
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      120 14 Wedding Rumours Again THOUSANDS of milei away, Group Captain Pe.er Tov.n_end who hai for years been romantically linked with Princes Margaret t ouched down at Kaitak Airport but within minuter the .onguei wagged again This time, the former Air Force Captain (extreme left i wa* rumoure. to marry m Hongkong
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