Singapore Standard, 29 October 1958

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  • 29 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD tt it 9fl S, Telephono ***** 5 Coblg TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1958. fgh hjkjhfgh voi. ix no. ii 9. m lsctlt 14 Pages [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 331 1 RANGOON, Oct. 28 (Reuter)—The Burmese Prime Minister, U Nu, today resigned m favour of the Army Commander m Chief, General Ne Win, who is to head a caretaker government until the proposed general elections next April. U Nu said last month he was
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  • 89 1 THE Singapore Government yesterday clamped down on the import of Chinese-made textiles m a move to save the youne textile industry m the Federation. A Ministry of Commerce and Industry statement issued yesterday said: "As Chinesemade textiles sold at uneconomic prices seriously harm the Federation's young
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  • 112 1 IT takes so little to cheer a little child. A packet of sweets, maybe some toys and a little funny gesture will turn the tiny child's tears to laughter. Once a year, for the past eight years of our existence, Tbe Standard has, m
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  • 69 1 DARWIN, Oct. 28 (Reuter) Malayan High Commissioner to Australia. Mr. Gunn Lay Teik, said m Darwin last night that a big tourist trade between Malaya and Australia could be developed if the Australian Government relaxed the visa regulations. He said: "Hundreds of Malayan tourists would come
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  • 286 1 BIG JUMP IN EXPORTS OF RUBBER TO RED CHINA KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Pan-Malayan rubber exports to communist countries, especially Red China, have increased considerably during the first eight months of this year. Figures released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry shows that 58,902 tons nf rubber were shipped to
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  • 28 1 A TOTAL of 661 Algerian insurgents were killed or captured m the past week and 18 more surrendered. Security Forces announced m Algiers yesterdayß Reuter
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  • 64 1 TWENTY-SIX secret society suspects m Beach Road and Balestier Road were arrested m a joint operation conducted by tlie Singapore Secret Societies Branch and the Reserve Units last night. At Balestier Road, a member of the public, thinking it was a gang fight, summoned an ambulance which
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  • 162 1 TAIPEI, Oct. 28 (Reuter) The Nationalist Chinese Legislative Yuan (Parliament) today unanimously passed a resolution asking the Government to bring Indonesia's actions against Chinese residents before the United Nations Indonesia has taken over many businesses owned by overseas Chinese and banned pro-Nationalist organizations Mr.
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  • 370 1 HOPE TO END FEARS OF WAR Elizabeth an nuewaar pact LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuter, UPI).— Queen Elizabeth said here today that the British Government would continue to seek an agreement on disarmament "m the hope that thereby the fear of war may be lifted from the minds of our own
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  • 113 1 9 more cases NINE people admitted to the Singapore Middleton Hospital were found to be suffering from poliomyelitis, while six other cases are still under observation. Of the nine, two were admitt ed yesterday while the rest had previously been sent m for observation. The two were both one-year-old Chinese
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  • 168 1 "New legislation to maintain the provision of financial assistance for Colonial development and welfare will be laid before you", she told the members of the House of Lords and House of Commons. She added "My Government will neglect no opportutunity to promote the advance of the Colonial territories
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  • Article, Illustration
    627 1 POPE ELECTED VATICAN CITY, Oct. 28 (Reuter) The Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church tonight elected Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, 76-year-old Patriarch of Venice, as Supreme Pontiff. They chose him on their eleventh ballot, held on the third day of their secret conclave. The announcement was given to a wildly
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  • 100 1 BOMBING OF QUEMOY SLOWS DOWN TAIPEI, Oct. 28 (UPI) Communist gunfire battered the Quemoys today In what appeared to be a slowly-in-tensifying attack on the outpost island chain. This was an even day m the communists* strange stop-and-go cease-fire when they said they would not bombard landing beaches or airfields.
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  • 52 1 OTTAWA, Oct. 28. (Reuter) —Earl Alexander of Tunis, wartime British commander ln the Mediterranean and Canada's Governor General from 1946 to 1952. is m hospital here suffering Irom a heart ailment. An official of the civic hospital, which Lord Alexander entered yesterday, sail that he spent a
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 191 1 FOOTBALL '^l PROCEEDS IN AID OF POPPY DAY f|jp PATRON: HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF SINGAPORE SIR WILLIAM GOODE, K.C.M.G. (SINGAPORE vs. I JOINT SERVICES SUNDAY, 2nd NOVEMBER, 1958 AT j JALAN BESAR STADIUM Hi. THE GOVERNOR WILL 'KICK-OFF' AT 5.30 p.m. H. M. ROYAL MARINES BAND (H.M.S. TERROR) BY
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  • 36 2 HONGKONG, Oct. 28 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $1602 to £1 Sterling $5.79 to US$l; $1.84 to Malayan $1; $0.0615 to one Indonesian Rupiah, Gold $252.37 to a tael.
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  • 354 2 New Board To Handle Selection Of Hands THE Seamen's Registry Board, constituted by the .Singapore Government late last year, will start operating this Saturday under the chairmanship of Mr. G. H. Kiat. The new Board will take over the work of the registration, recruitment and
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  • 205 2 Dato Will Receive A Minesweeper As Gift For RMN i^_o K o AI^. LI PUR Tues.-The inshore mtoesw, B HMS Brantingham, will be transferred from the p.- 'i Navy to the Royal Malayan Naw at a ceremony toha held at the Naval Dockyard, Singapore, on 5_..u. I Tne transfer will
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  • 100 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tueg. All firemen here will be 'rained to operate lifts instated m the "skyscrapers," of the capital, it was learnt today. At the moment, a number of firemen are being trained m the Municipal flats m Edinburgh Circle. Three senior officers of the
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  • 215 2 SINGAPORE Labour Ministry will try to settle the four-month old dispute between the Singapore Glass Manufacturers Company and the General Employees' Union today. Representatives of the union and the management of the company will today meet the Labour Commissioner. Mr. Goh Koh Pui.
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    • 407 2 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE (CAP.I 74) and IN THE MATTER OF ONG SAM LEONG SONS LIMITED (Members' Voluntary Winding-Up) i 1 AT AN Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at its registered office. Nunes Building, Malacca Street, Singapore, on
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    • 878 2 NOTICES TAKE Notice that Alphonsu s Joseph Maria Ruiter and his wife Jany Teresa Ngui of 35 Balmoral Road, Singapore, have applied to the CivU District Court for an Order of Adoption of an Infant, Ronald Ernest Blom to be called Ronaldus Michael Maria Ruiter the chUd of Richard Ernest
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  • EDITORIAL · SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 486 3 The Tunku 's Critics FEDERATION Premier Tunku Abdul Rahman's eddress to the conference of Singapore's UMNO delegates lost Sunday has had a mixed reception from the leaders of four political groups here. Reaction to his views on present political developments and Singapore's future m relation to the Federation were constructively
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    • 253 3 THE Domestic Employees Union m Singapore is planning to call on all amahs, gardeners, car drivers, hotel boys and others employed m similar capacities to strike as part of what it calls a 'get tough campaign" m protest against the Government's delay m its promise "to look into
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    • 46 3 OFFICI: 23 L.m Tack K«m S'tonl. PO Box No 1563 Cables: •TIGERNEWS «v* Tel ***** < 5 lines All departments. <UA ULUMfUI: Ch'na Insura^ Bldg.. 174. Batu Rd. »>oh Teleo*^on« %ft2o A '1 sV g f» vil^ 41 91-A, Bukit China Tel: M7i
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  • 1124 3  - 'He Doesn't Need The Dough' Anthony Sampson by NEW YORK JN a grimy Harlem thoroughfare where Negroes m floppy coats and shirts without ties stood joking outside a bar, a Cadillac drew up at the kerbside. Out jumped— yes, jumped— a handsome, stooping man with greying hair and He rushed
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  • 649 3  - PRINCE ON A TIGHT- ROPE JOHN STERLING by PNOM PENH. IMPECCABLE m his grey flannel suit, from Singapore's best tailor, but with his hands calloused by manual labour, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia, who now leads his country's delegation m the United Nations, is the living symbol of
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  • VOICE of MALAYA
    • 200 3 Sir—In your paper of Oct. 18, a report was published that there was trouble over homes the squatters built "off Sime Road, Singapore" because the land owner sent a demolition squad to pull them down. The demolition squad armed with a City Court Order proceeded to demolish the huts
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    • 286 3 Sir— The Government, ln its campaign to wipe out gangsterism, has given the Police extra powers. No doubt, such powers have produced results. But I am of the opinion that such sweeping powers is inadequate to wipe out gangsterism, because the root of the problem is
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  • 436 3  - the NEWS as it strikes me Aster Gunaselura THIS column espies a silver lining m the dark political clouds which have been hanging over Singapore for the past tew months. It has reason to believe that some of the best brains among tho civic-minded have got together to And a
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  • 356 4 NO CRIME— SO FIVE R.I. REBELS ARE FREED They Only Wanted Shelter Ministry MALACCA, Tues. The five Indonesian rebels who surrendered with their gunboat and 5,000.000 rupiahs to the Malacca Police on Saturday have been yet free today. The five Indonesians two of them from Singapore were last seen at
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  • 180 4 WHEN Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, British High Commissioner m India, r. turns to New Delhi today, he will take with him a souvenir of his stay m Singapore m the form of his own portrait by the famous Indonesian artist Baden Basoeki Abdullah. The picture
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  • 29 4 GOH Cheng Teck. 20, was robbed at dagger-point of hi? watch, gold chain and ring worth $150 by two thugs m Battery Road, Singapore, on Tuesday night.
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  • 88 4 UNION SEEKS $14,000 BACK PAY THE Singapore General Employees' Union will meet the management of the Ben and Company Ltd., today to discuss the payment of $14,000 back pay to 11 of its employees. The union alleged that the company did not pay the 11 employees overtime, Sunday and other
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  • 211 4 THE Nanyang University Students' Union yesterday urged the Singapore Government to implement the Nanyang Ordinance as soon as possible. In the editorial of the newly-published University Tribune, the union pointed out that the passing of the Ordinance would place Nanyang m a stable and independent
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  • 35 4 THE Orthodox Syrian Church m Singapore will hold a food and fun fair on Saturday, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Monks Hill Secondary School to raise money for the Church Building Fund.
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  • 110 4 WE ARE EXPLOITED -WORKERS A DELEGATION representing the 1,000-s.rong Singapore National Union of Building and Construction Workers will meet the Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, today to complain tha. they are being exploited by some contractors. The union- alleges that since they are at present employed through contractors, they
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  • 51 4 THREE men were charged m the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday with the murder of Lao Kang Swee. 52. about 2.30 p.m. last Saturday. No plea was recorded. The men, R. Nallatamby. V. Salaya and P. Adaykalam were ordered to be remanded m the C.I.D. till Nov.
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  • 212 4 Electric box goes up in flames MORNING shoppers walking along the fivefoot way of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank m Collyer Quay, Singapore yesterday were startled to see flames shoot out of an electric junction box. They scrambled away to a safe distance and watched as the 5-foot box became
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  • 19 4 SINGAPORE Improvement Trust Labour Union will meet on Sunday at the union premises m Race Course Road.
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  • 443 4 Principals Wife Found Dead In Hotel Room A SINGAPORE Chinese scnool teacher who left her husband to live with a _e>!cw teacher was found dead m a hotel room on Aug. 29. Coroner, Inche Ahmad bin Hussien was told this /esterday at the inquiry into the death of Shyu Jing
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  • 35 4 THE Federation Government is negotiating with the Singapore Government 1 1 set up a Pan-Malayan Department of Tourism with the present Director of Tourism m Singapore. Mr R. A. Howlett. as departmental head.
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  • 69 4 MALACCA. Tues. Three Chinese students, one of whom is a 19-year-old girl, were charged today with being m possession of subversive documents before the President of Sessions Court, Mr. X Soma- sundram. They were allowed ?2.nnn bail each until Nov. 20 when the
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  • 273 4  -  Dr. Bowler PENANG. Tues.-The paedial^^^^^^^ Hospital, Dr. D. P. Bowler, Lo a talk 1 fc Ge^r a a. the new School of Xursing here 1", p _J l,0 "iyeliti s said that "we should have an evtr. \li* y Yen, »S weapon
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  • 59 4 SINGAPORE Police are investigating the loss of 16,000 worth of razor blades from a godown m Clarke Street. The blades, property of Barlow and Company, were Sound missing over the weekend when a check was made of the stork. Police believe that the blades
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  • 199 4 Matrons Of Park To Choose A 'Queen' PENANG, v Trade Fair cont< st am the highlight m J a:r Iwi«dS Shaw Brothers to e< phr the Wth anniversary of th New World Part V™ Doc 19 to M 4 Extensive preparati n now being made 3 management to make th.
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  • 64 4 DIAL 7200 IF YOU SAW THIS ACCIDENT A TT-VFAR-OI.D W9AI I Chvc (tied m i;e General pita' yester lay ifterßOOß lowing an IC id. The" women aras ki W down V v n Iff at H r Bnm Kcr.c. Road Wd ta'Kc-n to the hospita Traffic Po i c are
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  • 108 5 'Union boss had Red star cap' charge PhWNG. Tues. Chair mm of the Penang and Prmince .Vellesley General Bator?* Union. Teoh Choon Bok. claimed trial m the Sessions Court today to a charge of having a fivepomtrd red star, which is a prohibited emblem under the Kmergency Regulations, it Noordin
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  • 157 5 PARTY DRAWS UP NEW PLATFORM THE Singapore Workers ftrt. has drawn up a "re- aionary" platform fcr the I «mi_f' District Council i"-: Legislative Assembly elec The party chairman. Mr. Da Marshall. told The Stan lard \-esterdav that the ■;v. committee of the will meet tomorrow to TtrearaKne" the platform.
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  • 165 5 THE Canadian Finance Minis''r. Mr. Donald Fleming. •Ii arrived by Qantas Air w_gra last night, told reI* rtera at the airport that thf International Monetary I tod conference held m tee Delhi recently "had fcea most successful." Fleming said that he ••■1 ju st attended
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  • 70 5 FREE SWIM FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN *HI Singapore City CounJ haa agreed m principle Jj Lp admission of school r -n free of charge to ■J C uncils swimming pools c certain periods m the A detailed scheme to this mm. I now beins worked J* r^v the Council's ArchieJ[ Department
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  • Article, Illustration
    207 5 118 baby-sitter Passed through Singapore yesterday on her way to Sydney to ?*j[Pa 20-month-old child for a 10,000-mUe flight Miss Sheila Beriy. a 20-year- ex kind wwrten school, teacher, has only been an air s fo three months. i_.li 4 Bhe ls known from India to London and from
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  • 229 5 Con-Men Dupe Colony Firm, Flee With Loot A Glib Tongue Over Phone Fools manager Ana Peon TWO elusive tricksters last week carried out a well-planned swindle, resulting m the loss of a consignment of goods worth a "large sum" of money by a wellknown commercial firm m the Colony. Polished
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  • 58 5 RI Defence Secretary flies in THE Secretary-General of the Indonesian Defence Ministry. Colonel R. Hidajat, arrived m Singapore yesterday from Jakarta for a two-day visit "to see friends" before flying with his wife to Europe for a month's vacation. He said his brief visit to the Colony and his trip
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  • 181 5 TUNKU'S ADVICE was FRIENDLY... KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. UMNO secretary-general. Inche Ismail Yusoff, told The Standard today that what Prime Minister and President of UMNO, Tunku Abdul Rahman, said m Singapore did not m any way imply a Colonial attitude towards the island. Inche Ismail was commenting on attacks by Colony
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  • 77 5 COUNCILLOR EXPLAINS ABSENCE SINGAPORE City Councillor, Mr- Lee Hwee Yiow, yesterday said he had asked the acting Chief Administrative Officer to investigate why no agenda of the Staff Committee meeting held on Monday was sent to him. Mr. Lee, a member of the Staff Committee, said that since he did
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  • 98 5 A CHINESE school teacher and his friend were discussing badminton when another man intruded. This resulted m a quarrel m which the teacher, Kao Boon Moh, 28, was assaulted and seriously injured m Amah Keng village, Singapore, yesterday. Kao of Kay Wah School was taken
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  • 95 5 THE Singapore Harbour Board tug Griper, towing two lighters yesterday evening, raced out to the stricken vessel, Zeta Trader, aground off Pulau Mantaras, 35 miles off the Colony since Oct. 21. The freighter un\oad mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmm tons cargo orderß to
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  • 129 5 DE-LICENSING OF STALLS: NO DECISION YET A SUGGESTION to terminate the issue of licences to private markets was deferred by the Singapore Hawkers Advisory Committee at its meeting yesterday. The committee was told that there were complaints of exploitation of stall holders by market owners and tuat they were charged
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  • 262 5 CUSTOMS IN FED. PULL IN $103. 5 m. KUALA LUMPUR, Tues— The Ministry of Finance report for the third quarter of 1958 shows that customs and excise revenue amounted to $103.51 million compared with $96.95 million m the previous quarter. Collections under rubber are almost $6 million greater than m
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  • 207 5 Death Crash Ex-Red Fined IPOH, Tues. —An exterrorist, now attached to the Special Branch, Lee Pek Kong, 21, was fined a total of $575, m default 23 weeks' imprisonment, by Magistrate Inche Abu Johan today when he pleaded guilty to four traffic offences. Lee, a provisional driving licence holder, admitted
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  • 39 5 LEE Lai Hong of Park Road, was acquitted m a Singapore Court yesterday on a charge of using criminal force on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty at a wayang m Tanjong Pagar on Sept 1.
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  • 28 5 A CAR, worth $5,185 was stolen from the Municipal car park, off Mountbatten Road, Kuala Lumpur early yesterday morning. It belonged to Mr. Lee Yee Wah.
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  • 326 6 Now It's Back To The Land For Many Tin Mine Workers KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. With the price of rubber remainin? remarkably steady, employment m the industry continues to maintain a high level, says the September report of the Department But m the tin
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  • 207 6 Battle of wits over entry PENANG, Tues. There is always a constant battle of wits between the Immigration Department and certain "unscrupulous" persons applying for entry of their relatives into the Federation. Thi s was disclosed by a spokesman for the Immigration headquarters today. He said that there were indications
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  • 102 6 SLEEPING BOY CRUSHED TO DEATH A 15-YEAR-OLD apprentice fitter was crushed to death while he slept m the compound of a workshop m Sambau Street, Singapore, yesterday morning. The boy. Low Kirn Seng, was sleeping on acampbed under a cherry tree when a backing lorry knocked the bed over and
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  • 57 6 THE following were elected office-bearers of the newly formed Malay Language Student Society at an inaugural meeting at the Serangoon Malay School. President: Mr. I. M. Kassim, vice-president: Mr. Ariffin bin Mohamed Said, secretary: Mr Abdul Shukor bin Yusop, asst. sec: Miss Asman binte Yahya and
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  • 233 6 I MADE NO THREAT, SAYS SIB MAN SPECIAL Investigation Branch Sergeant T. N. Wilson of the Singapore section of the Military Police yesterday denied before Third District Judge, Mr Choor Singh, that he had uttered a threat or made a promise to a man before he recorded a statement from
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  • 100 6 Do You know this man? Police seeks information SINGAPORE Marine |> ol r H appealed to the public to h. /"""M body of Ban h <•<»«., J Kochore River ■fc'cKS* H Tb« bod, was discovered I'*°' The following JJ «H H man: Height 5 ft 4 ins D U wtth
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  • 241 6 Malayanization gives more benefits to taxpayers— Ong THE MAYOR of Singapore, Mr. Ong Eng Guar, yesterday told a group of visiting Thai students that tne Council was endeavouring to reduce administrative costs to provide additional amenities to the public The students called on h:._i at City Hall. Mr. Ong explained
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  • 142 6 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 87* 88* R.S.S. No. 1 88| 89 R.S.S. No. 1 Dec 88* 88? R.S.S. No. 2 86* 86* R.S.S. No. 3 85 85* Tone:— Steady. The tin price in Singapore wa s $374 per
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  • 60 6 TEN chap-ji-k« ijstine c 338 were Tan Bo:;. Chi 8 arrested by a let* .f' d Junction of P< 5 Tra< Street mor:. ing. Sew B hours i rhM*ed a SiiWM with a Wtol of i ap p,e adec V RBI r i Ma- irate -.-s
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • 103 7 Stricter eye on the sea urged INDONESIA'S former Trade Minister, Professor D. Soenardjo, yesterday called for stricter checks by the Singapore and Federation Governments on smuggling between Indonesia and Malaya. Professor Soenardjo arrived m the Colony from Jakarta on his way to become Indonesia's first Ambassador to Brazil. He left
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  • 127 7 UNION AIRS VIEWS ON JOB PRIORITY SINGAPORE City Council Market and Hawkers Department Workers Union m a three-point memorandum to the acting Chief Administrative Officer. Mr. P. C. Marcus, urged the City Council to give priority for jobs to sons of employees irrespective of residential qualifications, as long as they
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  • 298 7 Lee's idea to clear backlog of allocations INDEPENDENT Assemblyman for Queenstown, Mr. Lee Choon Eng, yesterday suggested that the Singapore Improvement Trust should close its application register for 14 months with effect from tomorrow as the first step to introducing a new
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  • 445 7 Bank Shroff Gets 4 Years' Jail For CBT IPOH, Tues.— Cheong Sik Kwan, 31, former shroff of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank's Ipoh branch, was today sentenced to four years' jail by Mr. Justice Good when he delivered a written judgment before a packed Perak High Court, m a five-day
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  • 184 7 Salesman Took Firm's Money A SALESMAN, Tan Chin Chuan, 46, yesterday pleaded guilty m the Singapore Fourth District Court to a charge of criminal breach of trust of $1,975 belonging to the Van Houten Far East Limited at Chulia Street. Tan was said to have committed the offence between Aug.
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  • 195 7 GIRL WHO IS TIMID OF LOW CEILINGS LOW CEILINGS m night clubs have always got m the way of curvaceous acrobatic dancer, Sigrita, especially when she was being whirled over her partner's head. "I once struck my foot against a ceiling during the act and oh, how it hurt," she
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  • 37 7 THREE thugs, one of them armed with a dagger, on Monday night bound hand and foot, a coffee stall-holder and his wife and then relieved them of cash and property worth $162. m Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 256 7 A 23-YEAR-OLD porkseller, Mak Kai Kong, was assaulted by gangsters m a market m Beach Lane, Singapore on Monday night because he had talked to a pretty girl. The Standard learned this yesterday from the victim after he was discharged from the General Hospital
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    • 1200 8 I Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) llncorporeteo m Singapore) Cl 2 lineal l.T* THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE SAILINCS te LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW. LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriert option te proceed via other port* te load J 1 9 (via Sues with liberty te proceed via Panama or Cape
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    • 888 8 MITSUI |£j LIME S'por* P.S'hom Penan. POR JAPAN M 8 J00a n 10N._ IN« "?m "..^"..'Z.'.T".... UN.. 1 1 N., 10 N.. Accepting cargo for Central and South American ports with transhipment at Japan on through bills of lading. FOR U.S.A vio SUEZ For New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore via Bombay.
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 44 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Minister for Natural Resources has fixed the tenth contribution period under the Tin Control (Buffer Sto-k) Regulations, 1956 from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30. The rate of contribuiior. will be $21.00 a picul (unchanged from previous period).
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    • 52 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday: Canada: buying T.T. 31-15/16. OD. 32-1/16. 90 days 32-3/8 credit bills, 32-1/2 trade bills. SelHng. T.T. or OD. ready: Canada 31-9/16; Swiss Francs 142-1/8: French Francs *****; Belgian Francs 1617. Other exchange rates
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    • 123 9 SINGAPORE rubber circles feel uncertain about the effect the reported Russian deal with Indonesia will have m the local market, an informed source lndiBBBBBBBBBBB^BBBBBBBBBBm Russia is to beß Indonesia! thousands! Indonesian rub-B year.B The source said the mainß question m the minds of! traders "Howß
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    • 374 9 -Price Up Cent On Low Offerings SINGAPORE rubber price gained 3/8 cent yesterday, to close at 88-3/4 cents per lb. for International first grade November, due to low offerings. The market opened slightly lower m sympathy with overseas advices. It steadied later on a quiet market, with sellers rather reserved.
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    • 81 9 SAIGON, Oct 28 Many new uses of traditional Vietnamese,^ materials and skills were illustrated m a nandicraft exhibition held m Saigon recently. The exhibit showed the progress made thus far m the joint republic of Vietnam-L" S. project to develop new designs for handicraft products, hoth
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    • 63 9 Air-borne and ground survey teams have beep extending their search m Britain for uranium the raw atomic fuel which at present has to be imported. Extensive searches have been carried out m Cornwall. Devon and Somerset, and consideration is being given to extending the search area
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    • 168 9 OUTER ROADS Oulidia. Sunon, Bela, Lily. Livcnza Lok Sang, Waiwerang, Glenorchy. Libertad. Iseadru Maru, Sambas. Koscuiszko, Tasei Maru, Baud, Planet, Pres Pierce, Benvannoch Nieuw Hoiland. Mahadevi. Tanagara, W:ng On. Naratu JVfaru. Lapaz, Tees Breeze. Garuda Mas, Ndrvest. Tyndareus, Borus, Max Brander. Lantao Berebere. Sanana, Lidia. Summit Barumun.
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    • 261 9 'INVESTORS WAIT FOR ELECTION RESULTS' KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Singapore investors would wait until the results of the next general elections some time early m 1959 before putting more money into local projects, Mr. P. M. Shah, a visiting Indian economist, Mr Shah is editor of the "Indian Exporter and Importer"
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    • 78 9 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, meets Mr. C. Hernaez. (third from left) Secretary of Commerce and Industry of the Philippines, at the latter's office m Manila.. Mr. Jumabhoy was visiting tbe Philippines as President of the Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA).
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    • 57 9 The Economic Development Institute of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) opened its fourth six-month course m Washington yesterday. Burma. Ceylon. India. Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Federation of Malaya. Republic of Vietnam and Pakistan are among the countries represented. Malaya's representative is Hooi
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    • 196 9 U.K. Cable Firm Wins Grand Prix A BRITISH telecommunications firm, Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd. has been awarded a Grand Prix and three other prizes for exhibits on its stand m the British Industries Pavilion at the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition. The other prizes are a __old Meaal and
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    • 59 9 GENEVA, Oct. 28 (Reuter) The world's six major wheat exporting countries Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Sweden and the United States— will meet representatives from 42 importing countries m Geneva today to work out a new international wheat agreement. The conference, which has been called by
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    • 352 9 Quiet Trading On Share Market THE Malayan share market was generally quiet m all sections yesterday, with prices inclined to sag. Turnover was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan sharebrokers were INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Malayan Cement I- 46 149 Metal Box 170 1.73 Straits Traders ($1) 145 150 MININGS
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    • 92 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per piruJ yesterday were: Copra Oct.-Nov. $372 buyers $38J sellers coconut oil m bulk $57 sellers m drums $60£ sellers; Muntok white pepper $123 sellers; Sarawak white $122 sellers; Specia. Sarawak black $71. Singapore Copra Association closing prices fair merchantable mixed copra,
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  • Article, Illustration
    728 10 7ke CLASSICS Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" was the book that made her famous. She was the daughter of a poor clergyman m the north of England, by descent Irish, and her life has been called a martyrdom to the sense of duty. Much of her work was biographical,
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  • 451 10 Next Week Rochester has a wife living at this moment m his house!" The man who spoke was a solicitor, the legal representative of the mad woman's brother. and m an instant he had brought the tragedy into the one really joyous moment of Jane's life. It was
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  • 188 10 r rHE War Oflice m London held a mannequin parade recently to show their new fashions m service uniforms. And (m picture top left) this is what the WRAC of tomorrow will look like. The uniform is m Lovat Green with shoulder straps piped m
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  • 35 10 -THE MISERIES AND ROMANCE OF AN ORPHAN The Miracle But there came a miraculous day uhen Rochester said suddenly, "Jane, hare you a glittering ornament round your neck have you a pale blue dress on
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  • 423 11 Vanitas Best In The 2.15 V TAS should win this on j. ond to Bintang Timor c the Br. kit Timah mile 8.4 on a yielding track 2 •s the a__t rtay at the sime mmmtiing r.e finished fifth to garh.ko er 9t. after hem? ninenl all the way. Vanirarriea
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  • 235 11 Suning who finished third ■pd -econd m hi s last two its is the logical choice Jgr the mile race for Class 2. wvision 3 performers. Stoning came m third to Amusement World over 9f JjUi 3.11 at the Aug./ Sept. Singapore meeting. A week jwliei
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  • 1494 11 TODAYS CARD IG SWEEP BIG SWEEP will be drawn on Race 8. Cash Sweep will be held on Races 4, 5, 6 and 7. The Fortune Tote is on Races 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. REDIFFUSION I REDIFFUSION will broadcast commentaries on I all events to listeners oats
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  • 97 11 "I GOING fxpecfec/ To fie jjjjjjjjl SCRUTINEER FRANCIS 1. VANITAS VANITAS Time To Reason Time To Reason Bonanza S-hylock Home 2. FULL HOUSE FULL HOUSE Buloh Perindu Buloh Perindu Now Showing Now Showing 3. STERLINC SHABASH Irish Wit Sterling Senang Hati First Trick 4. COFFEE CALLANT EXPORTER EMPEROR Cunong
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  • 352 11  -  SCRUTINEER By JJIGH SOVEREIGN, after winning first time op and then second m his only two starts m the country, is now sent up a class. He is undoubtedly top class material and should readily make amends for his expensive failure last
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  • 237 11 THE mile race for horses Class 2, Division 2 (Race 7) is an open affair m which at least six of the runners can be given strong chances. My choice is Winnetou. Winnetou, made a raging favourite m his last outing at the last meeting
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  • 260 11 Sachiko Should Make A Safe Each-way Bet SACHIKO made hacks of a Division 3 field over 9f at the last Singapore meeting, romping home by five lengths with 8.10. On that performance she should be good enough to win Race 5 for Class 2, Division 1 horses. A promotion of
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  • 238 11 Watch Coffee Exporter With practically nothing on his back the temperamental Coffee Exporter should slam the opposition m the sprint for Class 1, Div. 2 horses —if he gets off with the rest of the field. I doubt any of this field can match Coffee Exporter for sheer speed. Early
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  • 223 11 dghj kljgh gfh Woodcote Lady .stands out as an extra good :hlng ln the last race, the sprint for Class 2, Division 1 horses. Woodcote Lady put up a sparkling display on the first day when she beat High Sovereign by three lengths, returning 1
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    • 121 11 P^i^tSSS rht P°Pu'«* trnoll console, typifying |j the timele** Grundig design ond equip- 1 ped with o powerful radio chosil* ond 5 loudspeakers to provide the mat \M} m^i P ,n ,ltt r »ng pieosure. 7028 WE Built-in 8 votve? tupert__. rod'o. tro- »7_/ picoli'.ed. 6 push buttonv 5 multisonlc
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  • 324 12 USEFUL PRACTICE FOR BAILEY COWDREY PERTH, Oct. 28 (Reuter) MCC batted throughout the rain-shortened final day of their match against the Combined XI here today. It ended m a draw. Trevor Bailey and Colin Cowdrey obtained useful practice m unfinished stand of 166 for the fifth wicket. Cowdrey reached his
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  • 174 12 SINGAPORE will meet the Joint Services m a charity soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday, at 5.30 p.m. Proceeds of the game will go to the Poppy Day Fund. The Band of the Royal Marines will be m attendance. Admission is $2 and $1. The
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  • 26 12 RAF Seletar trounced the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Sports Club by four goals to nil m a friendly hockey match at Farrer Park yesterday.
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  • 306 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. New Zealand, Australia, India and Pakistan has been invited by the Malayan Cricket Association to play, and if possible, send their star s to conduct 'clinics* m Malaya. The secretary of the MCA, Mr Ken Murphy, told The Standard that he had
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  • 125 12 'Operation W. Watson' Successful PERTH, Oct. 28. (Reuter)— Willie Watson, the England and Leicestershire batsman, was successfully operated on this morning for the removal of a piece of loose cartilage from his left knee. Watson is expected to be out of wicket for four or five weeks. Mr. Freddie Brown,
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  • 40 12 Trailing 8-0. Johore Banru United rallied strongly m the second half to beat Naval Base by 13 points (two rfoals and a try) to eight (a goal and a penalty) m a rugger match at Naval Base yesterday.
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  • 120 12 MALAYS FIND INDIANS HARD TO BEAT SINGAPORE Indians, experimenting with a young side, were unlucky to go down to title-bidding Malays by a 'gift' goal seven minutes before fulltime m this SAFA Premier League match at Jalan Besar stadium The junior! players side.! They the star-studded! Malay just! Chandra Kr.
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  • 158 12 SINGAPORE RUGBY— R.A.S.C. vs. 75 Sqn. R.N.Z.A.F. R.A.S C. South Johore "A" rs. R.A.M.C. Johore Bihru. S.C.C. "A" vs. All Blues, S.C.C. R.A.F. Seletar vs. Cheshire Regiment, Cheshire Ground. R.E.M.E. vs. Combined Services Trial. G.H.Q. HOCKEY Friendly S.C.C. vs. Wanderers, -derers Ground, 5.30 _> S.H.A. Div. I—C.S.C. rs.
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  • 363 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The star. but the Federation Combined Schools wVr m,SS,n l ful enough to give the Chulalongkorn I St,U pr,w 'rof Thailand a six-nil beating m the floodm^V tea match at the Merdeka Stadium tonight otbal] Brigh t c st V('TloTm:ince^ mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ß came
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  • 119 12 Harrison To The Rescue A goal by Harrison, scored during a goalmouth melee just before fulltime, enabled the Singapore Cricket Club to hold the Royal Air Force. Seletar. to a two-all draw m the SHA Div. 1 league match played on the SCC padang yesterday. Seletar took the lead m
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  • 36 12 Quek Hock Seng Capers beat Nee Soon 107-83 m lhe SCAAF basketball tournament ior the Chung Hwa Cup at the Great World last night. In another match, Mm Chong beat Hua Yu 99-74_
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  • 190 12 AFTER holding th* Tni. versity of Malaya to a scorp* less first half. .Vanderffi Sports Club tracked up on resumption to go down b* four goals to one m thpir S.H.A. Division 1 leaj.ii. match at Bukit Timah fM* terday. After a goa less Irst m Varsity
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  • 34 12 PRISONS Sf> '5 H present lead< rs Div. 2 league. pore Recreatioi -c m the.; league n SRC padang ye J fl Trenenheere v Chu. scored for^ 0 Clarke scored lhe Roe-
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  • 290 12 I IPOH, Tues. A water i ballet, performed for the first time m Ipoh, was the highlight of last Saturday's Poppy Day swim gala held at the Kinta Swimming Club. The "water ballerina" was attractive Mrs. Alex Eady, former member of the Mermaid Swimming
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  • 985 13 Matilda Wins Speech Trophy 1 \KIiY large crowd /l of schoolchildren, (p. ihers and parents f-im.d into the Con.r.t of the Holy Infant Jesus Hall last Sunday ii itness the Oratorii|| Contest for all ithnli. Schools orintsed by the Catholic gar ill Guild. Ihe speakers spoke on uars. education, fashkMS,
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  • 220 13  - Your Questions -Our Answers Uncle David Q A FOURTH Former, 1 have no fore inclination to study c^i take my Senior Camb"dge Exam, next year. I would like to take up ■ursiWfl as a career out r g mother strongly obftcU to it. Although I like nurginj very much, I
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  • 471 13 JJARINDRANATH Chattaopadhyaya, the sixty-one-year old poet and musician, who is travelling round the world to represent his country and promote goodwill between nations, has this to tell me about Singapore students and the standard of education. "I have been very impressed with the warm reception
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  • 68 13 'THE Old Boys' Assoelation of St. Andrew's School will hold their Annual Dinner and Dance at the Capitol Restaurant on November 28. Tickets for the Dinner and Dance, which are priced at $7.50 per head are available from the school. *THE Literary and Debating Society of Oldham Methodist Boys'
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  • 352 13 VICTORY FOR Y.C.S. 'THE Young Christian Students of St. Patrick's a newly-formed apostolic move ment, which devotes itself entirely to the welfare of schoolboys and girls, contested and beat the Young Christian Workers, m an hour long interesting debate over "Science has done more good than harm." The winning team
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 348 13 T QUOTATION: conservative aFJ _______^__T____ Ev man two perfectly ■■■■ytSHJI food legs who, however, I has learned to walk. F. D. Roosevelt V^U IFA JM mM m *m\\ WEDNESDA V FOR B______l EVERYONE: to 3.20 WTM P.M. be for I V_fM»l| routine and minor matters nU||jiLJ mm there a tendency
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    • 272 13 LTL ABNER B Cm PP S- ~p I I H^BUT/VW DECENT FRIENDS *^T1 f LOOK WMAT A/'oKSTOP" STOP!! /ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL^/ MATE NEVERTWINKOF INTRODUCING lJ_- /WE GOT LINED ROfAANCEWILL L t DEAL, HUH, BASSETT? J I MYSELF j LME TO CHICKS.? -ONLW <I_OU MC UPFORVA, <A KILLMEVET—^/li i YOU TIPPED US
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 253 14 FULL AGREEMENT ON DEFENCE AFTER MERDEKA Britain And Nigeria LONDON, Oct. 28 (Reuter) Britain and Nigeria have reached "unanimous agreement" on the help they will give each other m defence and other matters after the West African Federation becomes independent m 1960, it was officially announced last night. A final
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    • 223 14 5 Masjumi Party Men Arrested JAKARTA, Oct. 28, (UPl>— Five members of the West Java branch of the Muslim Masjumi Party have been arrested for issuing a statement criticizing President Soekarno's guided democracy policies, the Chief of the Investigation Department announced today. They were identified as Djaja Rachmat, Mohammed Sapie,
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    • 400 14 A-BAN RUSSIA SAYS NO 'We will carry on till we're caught up with the West 9 UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 28 (Reutej)— Russia yesterday categorically declined to join the United States and Britain m a 12-month suspension of nuclear weapons testing, scheduled to start from Friday. But the Soviet Deputy Foreign
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    • 167 14 Dulles Well Resume Tests 1f... WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (UPI) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, at his news conference today, said the U.S. would make plans to resume atomic tests if the Russians should continue nuclear explosions beyond Oct. 31. Dulles said Russia had reversed its policy on halting atomic
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    • 43 14 A jazz pianist who really swings Photo. A JAZZ pianist who really swings. That's Japanese-born Miss Toshiko Akiposhi caught by the camera m a "hairraising'' performance. Her pony-tail flying, she was photographed during a recent rehe^rsa^Jr^rnranl^^ealinf the rhythm m the chord s.-M U.P.I.
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    • 74 14 JAKARTA, Oct. 28 (UPI)— The "National Front for the Liberation of West Irian" urged Chinese-Indonesians to take Indonesian names. Brig. Gen. Mustopo, Secretary General of the National Front, said m a speech this would relieve the prejudice against the Chinese m Indonesia. He claimed
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    • 187 14 LONDON, Oct. 28 (UPI) Instalment buying restrictions will be abolished m Br tain tomorrow m a sweeping move to stimulate sagging production. The Board of Trade <aid that effective at midnight it will be up to dealers to determine how much, if any, deposits people
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    • 42 14 TWENTY year old Miss Pearl Au. first Cantonese actress to join Hollywood said m Hongkong yesterday that she was due to leave for the United States or Oct 31 to act m a film directed by Mr. Otto Preminger.— (Reuter)
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    • 140 14 Altrincham Attacks The Pope OXFORD, Oct. 28 (UPI) Lord Altrincham. who rcse from obscurity by criticizing Britain's Queen Elizabeth 11, last night blasted the political record of the late Pope Plus XII. He added that the late Pope "utterly failed" to take a Christian stand against inhumanity and persecution except
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    • 299 14 KIN NOT RICH UNCLE'S WALLET FULL OF DOLLARS' SEATTLE. Oct. 28 (UPl)— The Colombo Plan is not a "rich uncle's wallet bursting with dollars, sterling and rupees," Mohammed Ali, Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, said today. In a statement released here, site of the 10th Colombo Plan Conference which
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    • 141 14 US Navy Beats UK's Only In Numbers SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 28 (Reuter) Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten. the First Sea Lord, declared here last night that the United States Navy beat Britain's only m size. He had just arrived m the liner "Queen Elizabeth" after visiting naval establishments m the
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    • 219 14 US Ready To Quit 5. Korea But... WASHINGTON. Oct 28 (Reuter). The State Denartment said yesterday that the United States ana other nations were prepared to withdraw their forces from South Korea, when conditions for a lasting settlement of the problem had been fulfilled. It called on Communist China to
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    • 185 14 NEW YORK, Oct. 28. A Chinese woman surgeon from Singapore is studying plastic surgery at Wickerham Hospital for the victims of Communist shelling on Quemoy Island, the New York Times reported yesterday. Dr. Hwa Soo-chin plans to spend three months here to observe
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    • 211 14 Pakistan Supremo To Clean Up Mess KARACHI a I**** 1 (Reuter) \Z >ct 28 51 today m ha n, control of p su P rp me President iwl? as ter, Defend Z >^ Martial law ai eran trator. A <to"nis. clamation General kteljr P ro has relinq i. Preside-, BW«U0
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