The Straits Times, 17 October 1953

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    13 1 The Straits Times tit**"* Established 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1953. 15 CENTS
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    'Come to Malaya,' urges U.K. ad
    221 1 'Come to Malaya,' urges U.K. ad FROM T. S. KHOO LONDON. Fri. THK Federation Government today put a "Come to Kota Rahru" advertisement in the London Times. But it is not a move to boost t tourist trade to this Kelantan town. Kxpatriates are j so hard to find nowadays,
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    IMP TALKS ON RESIGNATIONS
    67 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Kuala Lumpur branch of the Independence of Malaya Party toniuht discussed the recent of five Indian members of the Federal Lcgis-i lative Council. It is believed that a number! oi members opposed the resignations on the grounds that they were only a
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    Lambe in Saigon
    25 1 SAIGON. Fri.— Vtce-Admiral Sir Charles Lambe commandti;c British Far Eastern Naval Forces, arrived here today from Singapore in his flagshiD Alert. Router
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    Self-rule demand
    24 1 SAIGON, Fri. The Vietnamese National Concrc>s today demanded total independence pr.rl rejected French plans to krrp It within the French Un- r
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    TRAIN SMASH
    17 1 PARIS. Fri Two trains ccihnrd this morning near Lyons, killing or injuring 50 passen- A.P.
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    Nik Ahmed tells India
    109 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. t Dato Nik Ahmed Kamil. Malayan Member for Lands, j said today that there was t absolutely no connection be- f twecn the Malayan emergency 1 1 and the political ambitions of > the people of the country. i Dato Kamil said the
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    Hong Kong trade up
    69 1 HONG KONG. Fri. The Hong Kong Government reports a slight improvement ir. September in trade with Britain and Communist China, though the trade recession continues. It said the total value ol merchandise imported and ex- I ported was H5471.7 million, or 24.5 per cent, less than
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    Secret plane
    40 1 OTTAWA. Fri.-- Sir Roy Dobson. managing director of A V Rce »ni Company of England, said Canada was designing secret aircraft projects so revolutionary in conrrpt that there was nothing to equal them in the Western World. —Renter
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    Avoiding evil
    33 1 HONG KONG. Fri.—Thou- sands of Chinese, celebrating the Chung Yeung festival, climbed Hong Kong's steep hillsides today. The Chinese on this day leave homes for high places to avoid evil. A.P.
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    NEW ASIAN PLAN
    347 1 Call to stabilise prices of main products NEW DELHI, Friday. A NUMBER of Asian countries have put before the Colombo Plan conference a proposal for the stabilisation of world commodity prices. Conference sources, reporting this today, said the Asian group wanted other member countries to find a
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    57 1 GURKHAS throughout .Malaya have for the past four days been celebrating the IJasahra festival.. Here. Sgt. BargabaIndur holds the kukris with which he today beheaded a buffalo with one stroke. Below are Gurkha rrm, dressed as women, performing a tribal dance. No woman may take part in these annual celebrations.
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    East Yorkshires make their bow
    42 1 THE BAST YORKSHIRE Regisment Band gave its first public concert in Singapore before a larse crowd at the King George V Park yesterday. Picture shows a section of the hand— the trumpeters in action. Straits Times picture
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    Tried to kill her dying husband
    64 1 Tried to kill her dying husband LONDON. Fri. 4 MIDDLE aged woman, who tried to kill her husband dying of incurable cancer was discharged today by the judge at the Old Bailey. The woman. Mrs Julia King, had pleaded guilty to attempted murder of her husband. B*muel King. 70 by
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    Shopkeepers 'ban' notes
    49 1 Some Singapore shopkeepers have refused to accept bank notes bearing the numbers which Penang police published earlier this week as forgeries. Yet the police said NOT ALL these numbers are forgeries. It is easy to find out by comparing an ordinary note with these numbered notes.
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    Templer relaxes village curfew
    401 1 YONG PENG TOLD: WELL DONE KL'ALA LIMPUR. Friday. GENERAL Sir Gerald Tcmpler returned here tonight I* after one of the most strenuous three-day road tours he has made in the Federation. Accompanied by Lady Templer. he visited 20 villages and kampongs, inspected operations rooms, police, Home
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    Divorce granted
    44 1 LONDON. Fri.— Mr. Anthony James Noakes. serving with the Royal Air Force at Kuala Lumpur, was granted a decree nisi in the London Divorce Court yesterday on the ground of adultery by his wife. Mrs. Olivia Noakes. at Rayleigh, Engi land. Reuter.
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    Feed yourself
    33 1 HONG KONG. Fri. The Communists in KwangM Province have decided that all cmvicts serving sentences of not more than one year are to provide their own food while in prison— A.P.
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    His excuse missed the bus
    98 1 His excuse missed the bus WHEN the conductor on a Singapore Traction Company bus in New Bridie Road. Singapore, asked Teong Tee Kia for his fare Teong said. "Pass The conductor didn't iH'hm him, and Teong w.is arrested. Charged yesterday with cheatinc by impersonation. Teong told the First District Court
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    TRIESTE PLAN MAY CHANGE
    84 1 TRIESTE PLAN MAY CHANGE LONDON. Fri ONE of the first decisions taken by the Big Three Foreign Ministers here today nviy be to modify the Anglo- American plan to quit Trieste next month, according to reliable sources. They are expected to do this to eliminate risk of an armed clash
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    Freighter here with Red ore
    37 1 The T413 ton British owned] freighter. Commodore Grant, arrived in Singapore yesterday from the Red Chinese port of Tsingtao and stayed for a few hours to take on bunkers, water and provisions.
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    £38 mil. claim
    51 1 HONG KONG. Fri. A petition for £38.000.000 'Sterling) as reparations for individual claimants as a basis for reestablishing goodwill was made by the Hong Kong and Kowloon residents Association to Katsuo Okazaki. Japanese Foreign Minister, when he passed through here yesterday. It was not a Government claim—
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    Spy suspect
    21 1 VIENNA. Fri. Police have arrested a 32-year-old Czech woman Aurelia Langer who was alleged to be Red spy. U.P.
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    NEW GUIANA CHAOS PLOT CRUSHED
    236 1 NEW GUIANA CHAOS PLOT CRUSHED GEORGETOWN. Friday. THE Governor of British Guiana. Sir Alfred Savage, said in a country-wide broadcast today that since the declaration of an emergency there had been further evidence of a plot to create economic chaos in the country. Btr Alfrrd Savage .said thi.s attempt to
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    MONTY WARNS: A FOLLY
    127 1 MONTY WARNS: A FOLLY LONDON. Fri. FjiIELD Marshal Lord Mont--1 gomery said today it would be an act of folly for Britain and America to quarr "Anglo-American solidarity is vital." he said at Colchester "It follows that the greatest act of folly we could commit would be to drift back
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    STOP PRESS
    23 1 SPIF ATTACK; BRI IAMOfI PATMI :><>X. Ir demanded .jtiou from I I, .lit Ul. n.is.tl motor lauiul. Kon- last ?n<" r.
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    Jimmy Edwards is to marry
    67 1 LONDON. Fri.— "Professor Jimmy Edwards. British radio and stage comedian ("Take It From Here">. today announced his engagement to a tea- i cher. Miss Anne Carew-Gibbs 21. daughter of a Dublin company director. Mr Edwards who Is 33. is entitled to wear the cap a:'d
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    ARRESTED
    28 1 MUNICH. Fri. Free Europe said today that Polish Bishop Lucian Bcrnacki. auxiliary to Stefan Cardinal Wyszinski. was seized by Polish secret i police on Sept. 28— A.P.
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    Japs in London
    23 1 LONDON. Fri.— Twenty-five Japanese businessmen flew in I from New Yortc today on world tour to study industrial methods.— A.P
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    Waitress found
    34 1 A young Singapore cafe waitress, thought by police to have been abducted when a man was robbed at the eighth niile, East Coast Road, on Thursday night, was found i last night.
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    Poets meet
    20 1 VENICE. Fri. P<>ei> oi I nations met in International 'congress here today t'i discuss i their art. -A.P.
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    ; £19,000 for maid
    15 1 £19,000 for maid LONDON. Fri British actress L:iy Brayton Irft her personal maid 4:19.000. A.P.
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    AIR MARSHAL WILL INSPECT STATIONS
    143 2 T*HE Deputy Chief of Air A Staff, Air Marshal Sir Roland Ivelaw Chapman, will arrive at Tengah airfield from Australia on Monday for a t*ree-day v^it to Far East Air Force stations and units in Singapore ana the Federation He will be met on arrival
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    Restrictions barrier ]to trade with Philippines
    219 2 MANILA, Friday. A MEMBER of a government sponsored trade mission said Indonesia, Malaya and other South-east Asian countries are eager to establish closer trade relations with the Philippines but are discouraged by many restrictions in this country. Domingo De Guzman, spokesman of the four-man
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    Synthetic rubber 'a necessity'
    180 2 LONDON, Fri. A FREE supply of synthetic rubbers would not only be welcomed in Britain but, in view of great technical developments since the last war, it has become a competitive necessity, said Mr. J. H. Lord, retiring president of the Federation of British Rubber Manufacturers
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    ALL OVER 70
    30 2 TAPEH. Fri— The Governor of Formosa played host at an unusual party here today. His guests. 209 in all. were all over 70 years of age— A.P.
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    Road experts in Britain
    59 2 Two road traffic experts from Malaya are among the 22 representatives from 15 countries who began a two-day visit to the British Road Research Laboratory at Langley, Buckinghamshire, yesterday. The delegates are taking part In a two-week study of road traffic and road safety problems arranged
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    THE B-29s FLY BACK TO MANILA
    97 2 rREE B-29 Superfortresses of the 13th United States Air Force, under the command of Col. Lawrence G. Gilbert, left Singapore for their base at Manila yesterday after a three-day stay in the Colony. The Superfortress borrbers formed the third flight of B-29 aircraft to
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    MEMORIAL FOR AID HOME HEAT
    87 2 MEMORIAL FOR AID HOME HEAT ffTHE committee of the ChilX dren's Aid Society' Singapore, plan to erect a memorial stone on the grave of Miss Marguerite Looker, who was for 25 years matron of the society's home Yesterday. Mr. E. L. Peake, a member of the committee, told the Straits
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    Below target
    32 2 HONG KONG, Fn. The Chinese Communists said through their news agency that in June, July and August the planned state purchase of wheat was 80.2 per cent of target— A.P.
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    Tin speech was not tax free
    131 2 LONDON, Friday. AFTER the chairman of three London tin mining companies had addressed their annual meetings in 1949, attacking the Labour Government then in power, the companies spent £2,550 on printing and circulating copies of the speech Mr. Justice Danchkwerts held In court here
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    Pedals his own canoe
    58 2 F. G. CHAPMAN of Hove. England. made this paddle-steamer from a wartime commando canoe of the type released from submarines. It took him six months. Pedal-driven, the craft can do about 12m. p. h. on land and four knots on water. Chapman intends to use it
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    Same treatment
    33 2 TOKYO. Fri— Japan will accord U.N forces here virtually the samp treatment in criminal cases as is provided in the Japan-U.S Administrative Agreement. Kyodo News Ser- 1 vice said today.— A.P.
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    THE FALL IS HALTED
    224 2 Rubber report THE downward movement in prices which continue*.! into the earlier part of the week, has been halted during the last two days, says Lewis and Peat's report. Orders from abroad have i i>ot been particularly good and it. Ls evident that buyers have j
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    Talks to resume
    30 2 CAIRO. Fri— Vice-Premier Lt. Col Abdel Nasser said today that the next meetinc of the Anglo-Egyptian negotiators on the Suez Canal dispute will be held on Monday—UP
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    Girls abducted
    32 2 RANGOON. Fri. Village maidens are being abducted in south-east Burma by Karen rebels, who give them to Chlnrse Nationalists in exchanze for arms, according to reports reaching here today. Reuter.
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      281 2 Straits Times Crossword 1 I s i s i i* .4 ,5 -■jg —S 17 8 J 20 2i 26 _^~i I** 29 ACKOSS 7. Not strictly correct (7). 1. The man to economise (7). 8. Good policy to plant this In 5. Fact flying ftsh, somewhat loose the garden?
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    GIVE RUSSIA ONE MORE CHANCE -CHURCHILL
    186 3 Plan put before Big 3 ministers LONDON, Friday. rPHE Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill has pre- pared a plan to give the Russians one more chance for a realistic cold war settlement before the West adopts new defence measures and strategy to meet the
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    HEADING FOR TROUBLE SPOT
    29 3 THE ARGYLL and Sutherland Highlanders, many of them Korean veterans seen embarking for British Guiana in the aircraft carrier, HMS Implacable at Devonport. Popper picture.
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    Now Britain may build a 'saucer'
    109 3 Now Britain may build a 'saucer' TORONTO, Fri. BRITAIN'S aircraft Industry brains tru-st will consider today whether to ro ahead with building the first proto--4 type of project Y. the secret revolutionary plane known as the "flying saucer." The brains trust of 13 will see Project V at Avro's factory
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    Billiards champ dies aged 80
    59 3 LANCING (England). Fri.— Tom Recce. 80. who compiled the world billiards record of 499,135 points in 1907. died today. After five weeks of play Rpocc was still shooting without a rriss and he then derlarrd 499.135 points was enough although, under rules of the game
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    Rita's broke
    40 3 HOUSTON. Fri— Actress Rita Hayworth saia yesterday she is out of money and must depend on the Income of her husband, Dick Haymes, for .support. "When I left Hollywood I US$2,OOO and that's gone now," she said— A.P.
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    HARDING IN CANBERRA
    31 3 CANBERRA. Fri —Field-Mar- I shal Sir John Harding. Chiei el the Imperial General Staff arrived here from Dar.vin yesterday. He is the guest of"the Governor-General Sir William Elim.-Reutei.
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    Rhees escape
    32 3 SEOUL. Fri.— President and Mrs. Syngman Rhee narrowly escaped serious injury when they were mobbed by hysterical war widows and mothers during a memorial service for Korean war dead U.P.
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    Navarre strikes behind the lines
    232 3 HANOI, Friday. ORUSHING aside light Vietminh resistance. French Union forces surged today across the first range of limestone hills lying athwart their invasion path to big supply depots of the Communist-led rebels. The troops must cross a second range before reaching the vital Vietminh bases—
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    THEY BLAME A-BOMB FOR STORMS
    77 3 THEY BLAME A-BOMB FOR STORMS SYDNEY, Fri. HOUSEHOLDERS bombarded police stations here with hundreds of calls complaining that sudden electrical storms were the direct result of Britain's second atom explosive at Woomera. But the Weather Bureau denied that the blast which rocked the desert wh»n the "Penney I'tility" weapon was
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    The Duke wants happy workers
    78 3 LONDON. Fri.— The Duke of Edinburgh said yesterday that an industry that wants high productivity must concentrate on building up a happy work force. He told the National Union of Manufacturers: "No amount of efficiency experts, labour saving devices, canteens or even pension schemes will
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    $50,000 gold stolen
    39 3 NEW YORK, Fri. Gold worth US$5O,OOO was stolen early yesterday from an Idlewild airport warehouse. Comprising 15 bars, weighing 632 pounis, the shipment came from Miami on Wednesday and was stored in a warehouse. Ai 1
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    Slight omission
    29 3 TOKYO. Fri.— Peking radio said today that 10 Chines* PoWs interviewed at Panmunjom decided to return to Communism, but avoided sayin? 490 had refused to return.— A.P.
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    THEY WANT COMPLETE FREEDOM
    98 3 SAIGON. Fri. rE Vietnam National Congress decided unanimously that Bz.o Dai. head of the state, should claim total independence from France. The Congress will decide tomorrow the terms on which Vietnam shall remain a member of the French Union. The Congress also passed a resolution declaring
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    Korean court gaols Japs
    58 3 PUSAN, Fri— A civilian court in Pusan yesterday sentenced 30 Japanese fishermen to two to three months' gaol and a fire of 1,000 Hwan each. They are the crew of th* Japanese fishing vessel Dai-N'. Tokushima Maru. seized by South Korean police patrols early last month
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    Denied—admitted
    22 3 Denied— admitted PANMUNJOM. Frl. The United Nations denied 14 Communist charges of minor aircraft truce violations today but admitted five similar charges.—U.P
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    Yugoslavia is calling up army reservists
    137 3 BELGRADE, Friday. YUGOSLAVIA is quietly building up the active strength of its army by about one-third while watching and waiting for the Big Three foreign ministers' meeting in London to act on the Trieste dispute, informed sources said today. It was learned that in
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    Russian envoy reaches Canada
    48 3 OTTAWA. Fri.— Dmitri Stepanovich Chuvakhln arrived here yesterday to assume his duties as Russia's first Ambassador to Canada since the Soviet spy ring was uncovered Thr 50-year-old diplomat declined to talk to reporters except to .say he was glad to be in Canada.— A.P.
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    'Flying Tiger' back in Taipeh
    51 3 TAIPEH, Frl.— Retired Ma-jor-Gen. Claire I. Channault, of World War II Flying Tißer fame, is scheduled to arrive here from the United States tomorrow in time to celebrate the seventh anniversary of Civil Air Transport, of which he is chairman of the board of directors.—
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    Loan to Japan
    27 3 WASHINGTON. Fri —The International Bank today announced three loans totalling U. 5.540,200.000 for the expansion of privately owned ele-tric power facilities in Japan Reuter.
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    Flight planned
    30 3 BANGKOK. Fri— The Japan Airlines recently purchased DC-6 "City of Tokyo" may make the first post-war flight by a Japanese commercial plane to Siam on Dec. B.— U.P.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    306 3 LONDON. Pri. rpHE Stock Exchange could again be described m firm today though towurds the cloie a little of the usual week-end dullness set In in most sections. In the Far Eastern section there was little quiet support (or Japanese, as there wax for most foreign bonds, but
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 LONDON. Oct. 16. Cash Buyers £615: Sellers Cfil7 Forward Buyer 5 €5972: Sellers «599: Settlement (up £2'i). Turnover a.m. 5 tons, p.m. 30.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    38 3 LONDON. Oct IP— Spot 16 7 id Ni>\ 1178 d..6 7 8 d.. Dec 17d.. Jan-Mar 17'« d., Apr.-June 17 ,d., July-sept 17\d.. Oct. cl.f 16\d. Nov. r.l.f 18\d.. Dec. ell. 16" s d. Tone: Steady
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    Economic pact
    30 3 PARIS. Fri. France and Greece yesterday concluded an erononric co-operation agreement which is expected to lea-1 to French industrial participation in the Greek Govern ment's modernisation projects. —A.P.
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    MORE PAY DEMAND BY 4,000
    87 4 ABOUT 4,000 daily-rated employees in the Singapore Harbour Board may ask the Board for more pay on Tuesday. The union secretary, Mr. A. Doralsamy, told the Straits Times yesterday that the union's executive committee will meet on Monday to flna- i llse its demands. He
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    New principal
    27 4 Mr. Soo Ban Hoe has been appointed principal of the Victoria School, Singapore. He succeeds Mr. R. F. Bomford who died during the recent holidays.
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    56 4 THE SINGAPORE Commissioner of Police, Mr. N. G. Morris (left), and the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. D. K. Broadhurst, walk through the decorated archway of the new $48,000 Police Sports Pavilion at Urn training school in Thomson Roid yesterday. Mr. Morris had earlier opened the pavilion, which has both indoor and
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    RIDA aid
    31 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— A loan of $250 from the RIDA has enabled Che Ngah binte Taib of Johore to repair a loom and revive a profitable weaving indust ry
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    Oates on way home to Sydney
    97 4 BUTTERWORTH, Fri. AUSTRALIAN test pilot Squadron-Leader A. "Titus 7 Oates and his navigator Capt. Douglas Swain left Butterworth hy R.A.F. Valetta today for Sydney. Botb men looked fitter than when they landed here 11 days ago after having* been picked up at Mergui where
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    Put off
    30 4 The public examination of S. M. A H. Chishty in the Singaporfl Bankruptcy Court, fixed to take place yesterday, was adjourned iop another day for want of time.
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    I WAS ROBBED, SAYS MAN WHO TOOK $95
    73 4 rpwo INDIANS shared the use of a cash box. One man put $95 into it while tIM other kept the key. Yesterday, two weeks after the money was put in the first man told the Singapore police that the other had cheated
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    K.L. million a month lottery racket men on the run
    242 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. pOLICE have almost stamped out the "Chee Fah" racket in Kuala Lumpur which a little over six months ago was described as one of the most efficient and highly organised gambling swindles ever known in Malaya. At
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    CLERK GAOLED FORFRAUD
    209 4 CLERK GAOLED FOR FRAUD KUANTAN, Fri. KOK Thiam Song, a ledger clerk at the Kuantan I branch of the Mercantile Bank. was this morning sentenced jin the High Court here totwo j years' gaol on each of three charges of falsification of entries In the Government ric? and sugar accounts
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    'Macbeth'—by the Arts Theatre
    43 4 'Macbeth'— by the Arts Theatre Singapore Arts Theatre will present Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' at the Victoria Theatre early in the I*?w Year. There will be a reading to cast the play at the Teachers' Training College, Cairnhill Road, at 8.30 p.m. next WedI nesday.
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    RUMOURS WORRY PLANTERS
    190 4 RUMOURS WORRY PLANTERS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. RUBBER planters throughout the Federation are worried by rumours that reductions in their cost of living allowances are being considered. The director of one of Malaya's biggest rubber companies said today: "There have been no specific proposals made as yet to cut down planters'
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    Bicycles collided and truck ran over boy
    255 4 Bicycles collided and truck ran over boy WHEN two Bicycles collided in Tampenis Road On September 18 a student, K. Devaraja. 14. fell and was killed by a military truck, the Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, was told at the inquest on Devaraja yesterday. Joseph Quah. a student in i
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    Reunion dinner
    21 4 The St Andrews Old Boys' Association will hold its annual reunion dinner and dance at "Woodsville" on Nov. 14.
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    YOU'RE NEVER. TOO OLD TO SING, HE SAYS
    118 4 MR. Harold Williams, the famous bass-baritone. urriKd in Singapore by Qantas Constellation from Sydney yesterday to makr his first* stage appearano in the Colony. He will sing in "Elijah 1 at the Victoria Memorial Hall with the Singapore Musiral N Society's choir
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    300 COMPLAIN ABOUT A 'HARSH'BOSS
    144 4 300 COMPLAIN ABOUT A 'HARSH' BOSS 300 drivers in the Singapore City Council's transport centre have complained to the City President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. about conditions of service. One of the drivers yesterday told the Straits Times: "If we take it into our heads to strike, the City's
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    He wants to pay by instalments
    56 4 Taherbhai Rajaballey, the executor of two estates, who owes the Comptroller of Income Tax $4,528 and $3,140 for the two estates, told Mr. Justice Taylor, in the Singapore High Court yesterday, that he would pay in Instalments. Mr. Justice Taylor told him to see
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    'Hello' girls gala dance
    47 4 Attractive prizes will be dis- I tributed by the Singapore "hello girls at their gala ball on Nov. 4. at the Raffles Hotel. The dance is in aid of their I clubhouse building; fund. Tickets, at $5 a couple, are now on sale. '<
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    Debt petition, adjourned two weeks
    96 4 Debt petition, adjourned two weeks A PETITION for a receiving order against Wallev Oakes Promotions, which came for htaring before Mr. Justice Taylor in the Singapore High Court yesterday. was adjournrd for two weeks. Mr. P. T Wong, for the petitioning creditors, said that, they had received the offer of'
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    $7,000 textiles stolen
    29 4 Textiles worth $7,000 belong- ing to a draW in Arab Street S ngapore. were stolen from a godown in Sibu Road. The th'ft was discovered yesterda/.
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    GIRL FOILS ROBBERS
    198 5 Her phone call brought police car to hold-up scene THE quick action of a younjf Chinese gir\, who slipped out of a hair dressing saloon in Geylanjj Road to telephone the Police saved the proprietress and her assistants from being robbed on Thursday. They had been herded
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    ALL-FREE STUDY OFFERED
    175 5 ALL-FREE STUDY OFFERED THE Sino-British Fellowship .Trust's offer of a years post-graduate study in Britain all expenses paid except clothing to six or eight Singapore doctors and nurses is still going begging. And the Rev. J. R. Fleming, of the Malayan Christian Council, who is the Trust's agent in Malaya,
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    VAN KLEEF SEARCH OFF
    64 5 When Singapore's Van Kleef aquarium at King George V Pirk is completed next year the opening ceremony will not be performed by a descendant of the late Mr. Van Kleef who made a bequest. A City Council committee derided that it would be difficult and possibly
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    Malay exam
    19 5 An examination in Malay for Government officers in Singapore will oe held on December 14 and 15.
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    Higher water rates will hit the bars
    160 5 Higher water rates will hit the bars SANITATION in Singapore's bars, coffee shops and restaurants may deteriorate if the City Council confirms its decision to raise water rates by 20 cents next year. This is stated in a letter to j the Chinese Chamber of Com- merse yesterday by three
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    Bus driver cleared
    74 5 Tan Boon Kang. a bus driver, was acquitted in the Singapore first traffic court yesterday on a charge of negligent driving. The case arose from a collision at the sixth mile. Changi Road, between a bus driven by Tan Boon Kang and a car driven by Tan
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    He made 'bad' into 'good'
    70 5 Chin Kok Cheng was y>terday sentenced to three months' gaol by a Singapore Coi-rt for making a false declaration In his seaman's book. The prosecution said Chin erased the entry In his book under the "conduct" column from "bad" to "good." The! erased column was
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    Barn dance
    18 5 Les Celebataires will hold a I barn dance at 8 o'clock tonight at Addis Road, Singapore.
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    Boy, 4, dies after crash
    51 5 A four-year old boy, Lim Tee Hiang, was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a motor car at the 7th milestone Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore, at about 6 p.m. yesterday. Inspector Hussin bin Salleh of the Traffic Police investigation section is appealing for
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    Suicide verdict
    31 5 The Singapore Coroner. Mr.' Choor Singh, yesterday returned a finding of suicide .>n Chlng Ah Ngai. 42. who was found dead on July 22 with wounds on her neck.
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    They want to stage City Day pageant They want to stage City Day pageant
    90 5 They want to stage City Day pageant They want to stage City Day pageant THE Singapore Arts Theatre has told the City Council it will organise a pageant on the padang at next year's City Day anniversary. It Is prepared to write the script but wants the Council to pay
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    59 5 MR. 11. B SIIOWELL, flyins an Auster on his run. landed at the Bayan Lepas airport. Penang yesterday from Phuket, in Siam He is on a 1 nun- Huh' flight from Britain to Perth, in West Australia to study the possibilities or cold storage of fruits. A wartime flying instructor,
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    Boys paint murals on schoolwalls
    185 5 MALACCA, Fri. TMIREE 17-YEAR-OLD students of the AngloChinese School in Tranquerah Road, Malacca, have raised their paint brushes and palettes in a "battle of the blank walls." Dissatisfied with plain distemper, they have resolved to decorate each wall of their school with a historic Malacca
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    COUNCIL SAYS: YOU MUST GO
    98 5 COUNCIL SAYS: YOU MUST GO THE Singapore City Council's estates and flre brigade committee has advised that action be taken to evict the Singapore Chinese Recrea- 1 tion Club from Hong Lim Green. The Council plans to convert it into a public playground and park. It proposes to start work
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    DEFAMATION IS ALLEGED
    63 5 Chew Soong Scong 38-year-old publisher nt Fi-ng Pao a Chinese "mosquito newspaper. i yesterday claimed trial in Sin- npore defamation. Tl»e case was postponed to Oct 30 and Chew was released on $1,000 bail. Chew was alleged to have defaned Goh Leung Hwee on Sept. 29. by
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    Land for houses
    37 5 Singapore Government has earmarked for acquisition three large areas of land for low-cost housing at Kirn Seng Road, Thomson Road >betwee.; sth and 6th milestones >, and Prince of Wales Road, off Bukit Timah Road.
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    TALKS ON GOVT. MEN IN POLITICS
    106 5 MEETINGI of Singapore Government represent- atives and its union officials next Friday will discuss whether Government workers should be allowed to take part in politics. If they are allowed. Governnunt's General Orders will have to be amended. The unions and Government have been considering
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    More pay headaches for Govt.
    119 5 TIHE Singapore Government A will have more headaches from its employees. They want more pay, improved leave conditions, a better pension scheme and are making many other claims. The Federation of Unions of Government Employees lepresentir.g 15 unions of about 15.000 workers has appointed seven
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    HE HAD WATER IN THE MILK
    55 5 Dasarath Ramdari, charged with selling adulterated milk, told a Singapore magistrate yesterday that somebody poured water in his milk while he was asleep. Ramdari said this happened after he had delivered part of i the milk at 5.00 a.m. on July 7. > He
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    Aid sought
    37 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Government is now considering a request for aid from the Malayan Chinese Association's adult education section which runs 811 classes for 26.415 students. Mr R. Entwisle, adult education officer, said today.
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    Dental officer
    29 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl. Mr. C. F Mummery. Chief Dental Officer. Federation of Malaya, toured Johore during ttv> week vistlng dental centres He returned to Penang yesterday. tf
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      354 5 Singapore week-end diary TODAY Social eveniiiK at headquarters. Council Hall. Stamford Koad, 9am Singapore Youth ('ounril: Youth Stamford Road-film show 7.30 p.m.. U> 6 p.m. (last d»V>. Admission Tree leadership training camp at holiday dance 8.30 p.m. Shell Company Exhibition of resort. Tanah Merah Besar. Chang! Indeprndrnt Missionmry Move- Photographs
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      97 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 7.15 Morning Star; 7 30 News; 7.35 Kurt Burling; 8 Take it from Here; 830 Hospitals Half Hour; 9 Close Down; 102 David Rose Orch: 130 News; 1.45 Norrle Paramor Orch; 2 Racing Commentaries; 5 Sports Hour: 6.30 Between You And Me- 7 News; 710 Spotlight on
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    66 6 2* H'onf* $l& (minimum) ML Ac MRS. Joseph Walter Haja.Mnjihee wishes to thank alt friends and relatives for tholr kind assistance, congratulatory message* •nd presents on the occasion of thr:r wririlnp. MR. MRS. H.W.T. Mitchell •Mm to acknowledge and thank nil friends and relatives for their kind assistance. conKratulafory
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    168 6 •TANKERS 1 An Exhibition of I Shell Photographs on Construction and life aboard a modern Oil Tanker at The Odeon Theatre dally from 10.00 a.m. THE NEW LISTS of Cadburys nri Fry's Gift Parcels of delicious, export quality Chocolates for de- livery In U.K. and Continent ex, Factory are
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      Report On Brunei
      652 6 Some of the problems of Brunei, a sultanate recently brought back in the nevs by s bizarre plot to force the Sultan to proclaim his indep?ndence, r.re outlined in the annual report of 'the State Government, niinU-rl and bound in a manner ihat does not disgrace an
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      Confidentially Yours
      344 6 The Crown Agents in London, who engage staff for some Colonial Government appointments, should be inundated by replies to a advertisement invitinp applications from women confidential secretaries to serve the Federation Government. That :'s they will if young women having the specified Qualifications read The Times, in which
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      Tapping Holiday?
      262 6 If there is too much rubber, jstop tapping. This simple cure I for a surplus is offered by a correspondent in the Financial Times, who calls upon the rubber industry to appraise realistically a situation in which production, now that purchases for the American stockpile have ended, has
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    7 6 BATU PAHAT MOSQUE by Lim Tan Tong.
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    As I was Saying
    1061 6 SF/iV *THE question of a A salary, or allowances, for Legislative and other Councillors produced a lively argument in the Radio Forum held in Malacca, and it is evident from the occasional letter to the editor that this is in fact a problem which continues to
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    101 6 Front the Straits Times of October 17, 1903. IT IS reported from British North Borneo that the Chartered Company have had j an artist taking "living pictures" throuKhoiit the country with a cinematograph. WHEN thr rainy sra.s o n begins, the Federal Automobile Mall Service Co. will
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    A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK
    924 6 A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK 1 WHERE was a song hit in an I -I inter-war film, and I be- ilieve Jeanette Mac Donald 1 sang it. It was called "Beyond I the Blue Horizon" and I Ml reminded of it when I read the I notice of a book called "Jour-
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    FIJIANS KILL TANGKAK RED
    46 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fr. Another terrorist was killed in the Tanakak ;in*a "f Johore by a patrol of the Ist. Battalion. F;iian Regiment, yesterday. In the Kluang area last night, a security unit patrolllnc thr railway line was fired on by four terrorists.
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    816 babies
    35 7 Eicht hundred and sixteen babies were born in Singapore during the week ending October 12. Deaths totalled 177 for the same period, the chief causes neinu pneumonia <24>. enteritis 17i and tuberculosis «13».
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    Driver freed on gun charge
    135 7 Driver freed on gun charge TAY TEONG. a car driver. who was tried at the Singapore Assizes yesterday on a charge of unlawful possession of a revolver at Kampong Heap Guan San on June 16, was found not guilty by a majority verdict of the jury and acquitted by Mr.
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    Admitted to Bar
    22 7 Mr. Philip Hoalim. junior, was admitted to the Singapore Bar by Mr. Justice Taylor in the High Court yesterday.
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    Theft in hotel
    27 7 A wristwateh valurd at $60 and $40 ra,sh wrrr stolen fmm a European lodger In a hntrl in Scotts Rnad. Singapore, on Thursday night.
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    Give fair deal to rubber capital, warning
    300 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. Vf ALAYAN political parties are warned by a leading rubber company chairman to guarantee capital in the rubber industry in Malaya just and equitable treatment when self-government arrives. Mr. (i. M. Knocker, chairman of the Sungci Bagan rubber company said:
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    97 7 THK roMWISSIONFK-GKNKRAI.. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, and the Governor, Sir John Nicoll, were among the 200 people who attend, d the annual dinner of the Singapore Musical Society of which they are patrons at the Adelphi Hotel last nicht The guest of-honour ins Mr. Harold Williams, well-known singer from Australia
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    SACRIFICE INGURKHA CAMPS
    178 7 SACRIFICE INGURKHA CAMPS KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. C^URKHA kukris flashed in the sun all over Malaya this morning and heads fell a second later. But it wasn't a Gurkha raid against terrorists just the climax of the biggest event in the Gurkha year, the religious festival of Dasahra. Seven thousand Gurkhas
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    Singapore to celebrate U.N. Day Singapore to celebrate U.N. Day
    172 7 Singapore to celebrate U.N. Day Singapore to celebrate U.N. Day |TNITED Nations Day. SaturU day, October 24. will be celebrated on a large scale in Singapore. It will begin with a U.N. exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall, to be opened at 4 p.m that day by the Com-missioner-General, Mr.
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    Face-lift Rajula sails for India
    140 7 AFTER five months in dock and a $1,500,000 face-lift, the passenger freighter, the 8.478-ton Rajula. left for India yesterday with a record number of 600 deck and 100 saloon passengers on board. A crowd turned up at theSingapore Harbour Board to say farewell to departing
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    8 POLICE OFFICERS PROMOTED
    81 7 8 POLICE OFFICERS PROMOTED Eight Police appointments in Singapore were gazetted last night. Topping the list is Mr. R. P. H Shelmerdine. ASP. who has b«-cn appointed to act as Superintendent or Police. Five ASP.s have been appointed acting Deputy Superintendents of Police. They are Messrs J. Le Cain. J.
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    Bankrupt
    37 7 Lam Shook Mm. who had not pa-id any instalments since September on a $1,125 Judßment debt to the Comptroller oi Income Tax, was adjudicated a bankrupt by Mr. Justice Taylor in the Singapore High Court yesterday.
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    Paralysed police hero gets round at 30 m.p.h.
    246 7  - Paralysed police hero gets round at 30 m. p. h. FRANCIS WONG B> MALACCA, F'ri. /^UITE a crowd turned up yesterday, to see Police Constable Abdul Wahid bin Baba take his first driving lesson. The policeman Is paralysed from the waist down and the vehicV he drove was a motor
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    UNITY CALL TO 15 'UNHEALTHY' COLONY UNION
    294 7 THE state of the 15 Singapore Government unions representing about 15.000 workers is neither healthy nor satisfactory, says the report of a subcommittee which studied the working of each union. The committee yesterday asked each union to make its mind before November 31
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    Weddingguft for Amy
    87 7 THE Singapore City Council nil! give Miss Amy Laycock, one of its members, a sewing machine for her xcedding to Mr. John Ede. secretary of the Progressive Party. The machine icill carry (i special silver plaque, on which is inscribed the 7. a wits of the President.
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    Medals for blood donors
    175 7 Twenty-seven blood donors in Singapore will receive medals from the Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, at a ceremony at the Blood Transfusion Service unit, General Hospital, at 3 p.m. on October 30. They are: Messrs Ho Keni; Wah. C. W. Roberts, W. B
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    $2m. FOR SMALL ESTATES
    187 7 $2m. FOR SMALL ESTATES KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. 'SMALLHOLDERS can have every confidence j in the replanting scheme," Mr. A. C. Smith, chief replanting officer of the Rubber Industry (Replanting) Board, said today. Nearly 16,000 applications involving about W.OOO acres. were received. About 13.000 applications, covering nearly I 50.000 acres, had
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    Ritson talks plan agreed
    99 7 Representatives of the Singapore Government and Council of Action leaders yesterday discussed the pay revision based on the Ritson recommendations for higher income groups. A Government statement after the meeting said last night: "It was agreed that a meeting of the steering committee of the full
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    Ice cream man fined $250
    60 7 Yeo Boon Kiang was fined $250 or two months' gaol in Singapore yesterday for preparing icecream for sale without a licence at Tai Gin Road Lee Joo Chuan. a pork seller was fined $250 for having in hi? possession at New Market Road the flesh
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    General gives the troops a hand
    191 7 General gives the troops a hand SEREMBAN. Fri. T lEUT. Gen. Sir Hugh Stockwell, GOC Malaya, today told members of the Federation of Malaya Volunteer Army Service Corps at their first annual camp since the liberation at Port Dickson: 'You have a vital part in the development of this country."
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    INCOME TAX AMENDMENT OPPOSED
    69 7 Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce proposes to send a memorandum to Government expressing opposition to the Income Tax < Amendment Bill, which comes before thr Legislative Council for second reading on Tuesday. A Chamber sub-rommittre met yesterday and discussed the Bill. Mr Tan Chin Tuan. the
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    DEATH
    46 7 CHUA HONG KAY. fi!> passed away peacefully 16. in 53 ll No Tli Paya Lebar Road He leave-; his beloved wile 2 sons. 7 daughters 2 sons-in-:,.w to mourn his lose. The rortece will leave for Paya Lebar Church at 2 p.m. todaythence to Bidadarl.
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      162 7 The Weather .Minimum temperature i f r o m 7.3 0 on Oct 15 to 7.30 a.m. on Ort. 16 Singapore 75. decrees Penang 74. Kota Rahru 75. Kuala Lumpur 73. Inoh 74. Kuantan 72. Maximum temperature 'TliO am to 730 p.m. on Oct lf>>: Singapore 39. Penam 87. Kota
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      20 8 The price of tin in sin- gapore yesterday was declared at 529R.25 a picul. up 12' 2 rrnts.
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      Australian , stocks
      183 8 Australian stocks MELBOURNE. Frl INVESTMENTS HH In good general demand on the Stock Exchange today. There were Isolated exceptions where companies had reported unsatisfactory results. The strength of the wool mai...and he Wall Street spurt stimulated buy u g Inquiry. No-th Broken Hill, which had been marked down sharply on
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      WALL STREET
      105 8 NEW YORK. Frl ACTIVITY on the Stock Market heW recent expanded pace as the market touched n new high for the current rally. In the afternoon further good earnings and dividends resulted In the list being at more or hM gen-^ eral gains ranging to nearly two points
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      Produce prices .
      71 8 Produce prices Singapore Chines* produce E\ chance: Noon prices per plcul were Copra: quiet: October $37 buyer* •37 4 sellers; November »37'. 4 buyers $37.. sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; tfil seller*. Pepper: all varieties down $5. quiet; Muntok white $365. Sarawak $360. Lampong black *325. Lewi, and Peat: Closing prirv
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      Singapore shipping
      103 8 Singapore shipping CHIP 9 lvinu aloncslde the Sinsppore harbour Board wharves or experted today are: Oranje 1-2, Tournal 4-5 Sohanr C.P.. Klnkn M».u 6-7. Burma 8-fl, Benmhor 11. Gleniryle 13-14. Benwyvis 15-16. Alcasisan Maru 18. Lan 19-30. Pertama N. Wall 3 and 4. Sirusa N. Wnll 5. RenKatn N Wall
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      SHARES STEADY, TURNOVER SMALL
      431 8 TIN AND RUBBER RISE STEADIER conditions prevailed in the Singaporr share market yesterday but there was no improvement in the amount of business done. The downward movement, evident in the past few days, appears to have been halted but buyers still remain rartious Tin shares were
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      RUBBER PRICES
      199 8 There was better feeling in the Singapore rubber market yesterday. November fir^t grade closed at 56i cents a pound, fiveeighths of a cent above Thursday's close. The market showed steadier tendencies. Selling had dried up and there was a little short covering. Oversea orders still appeared to be
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      Exchange rates
      41 8 On the free exchange market in Hon e Kong yesterday the US dollar was quoted at 5 915 for cash and 5 935 for T.T Storting was quoted at 15. 83 and one tael of gold at 259 375.
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      816 8 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 5^ DEBENTI'RE STOCK l'» 56-66 SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL 4|% DEBENTURE STOCK 195?/63-73. NOTICE is hereby given that the Transfer Books of the above Stock will be closed from 18th October to Ist H«i /ember, 1953. both day* Inclusive t,>r the preparation lof Interest Warrants In respect ol
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      176 8 SINGAPORE RED FUNNEL LINES: HEAP ENG MOH SS CO., LTD. SOON BEE STEAMSHIP CO., (S) LTD. 33 35. Teluk Aver Street 'Phone 3448. M.V. "GIANT. BEF" DIRECT SAILINGS TO DJAKARTA A i PMERIBON FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE A. Spore »ppr. Ort. 17 L. Spore appr. Ort. SB M.V. "GIANG SENG" SAILINGS TO
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  • The SATURDAY FORUM
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      MOSCOW CALLING, BUT NOT K.L.
      287 10 AS a humble devotee of tho ereat modern into register my protest at the appalling reception ou? S!fw n n alS two'"stauo?,? our own two stations, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. I have just purchased at Rreat expense a six-valve rariio set with which I can
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      'MALAYAR'
      72 10 QUEEN'S English" was hasty in his comment on Radio Malaya's woman announcer. As a matter of fact. I tell my children that they should speak as the announcer does. She says "Malaya" so gracefully. I congratulate her. It is easy to say. "Path", but I seldom hear people say
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      'But some of worst are
      138 10 AS a relative newcomer to Malaya, but with experience as an educationist in other countries in Asia and Europe I have been fascinated and surpnsed at the attitude of many of your correspondents who complain that foTtrSn, £S for t rain in c potential fiVnfPWnrS
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      THE MAJOR RACES
      203 10 I WOULD very much like "Mist" to elaborate on his idea that the Malays are the fifth major race of the world. What does he call a major race or a sub-race? There are practically speaking i no pure sub-races. In referring to major race groups nations
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      That smoke is a worry in colony
      136 10 That smoke is a worry in colony I WOULD draw the attention of the City Council to the smo,:o nuisance in Singapore i and its surroundings, which is primarily to blame for many respiratory diseases, eye troubles, nervousness and headaches. The nuisance Is largely due to many shophouses using rotten
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      Delay over elections
      129 10 THE Perak State announcement that town council: elections will be held in 1954 is welcome news. But the failure to give the day and the month after so many months of "discussion and consultation" shows clear, ly that the "elections machinery" i n this State is going
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      Workers are still waiting
      318 10 '"THE Progressive Party on May 22, 1951, introduced in the Legislative Council the Central Provident Fund Bill. After the first reading it was referred to a Select Committee of seven with a quorum of four I 1 members. The Government on May 21, 1951, had appointed
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      Two boys with faked booklets
      334 10 MR. V. K. Bhaskaran Nair, General Secretary of the Indian University Graduates' Association of Malaya, said that the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Indian S.S.L.C.) and the Senior Cambridge are equal in merit. He is absolutely correct. In March, 1912. I passed the S.S.L.C. at St.
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      It bowled him over
      125 10 It bowled him over I HAVE been extremely Inter- ested in the correspondent in your newspaper on the sub- ject of Chinaman. Somp years ago a very fine team of South African cricketers toured England. This side Included Faulkner. Vogler and Swartz These players intro duced an entirely new method
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      NO OFFENCE WAS MEANT
      140 10 I AM sorry that my reference to the name Chinaman being objected to at one time by the local Babas. has offended some of my locally born countrymen. I can assure them them that no offence was meant. I was merely trying to show how the
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      SUBTLETIES OF MALAY
      118 10 WITH reference to the "correct form of address" controversy in your columns at scores of functions I nave attended the form of address used has been invariably "ang mulia tuan-besar (to the; 1 senior person present i dan mem-nya (if his wife is with. h:mi, tuan-tuan. inche-inche
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      WHAT OF OFFICIAL VIEW?
      208 10 WHAT OF OFFICIAL VIEW? MUCH thought and ink have been expended in the attempt to prove that the resignation of the five Indian Federal Councillors was wrong. One important fact has been lost sight of— the Indian point of view. For the average citizen to draw his own conclusion both
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      Hard task
      95 10 rE resignation of the ttvtIndian councillors Is inauspicious for our approach to independence. It is conspicuous from other Oriental countries that main tenance of freedom :s no ea>y task even when the country consists of only one people administered by able politicians who have .suffered and experienced for
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    Singapore XV's will to win is their best weapon
    941 11  -  W. E. TREVOR By AS far as today's rugger game between the Fijians and All-Singapore is concerned, I am certain only about two things. Firstly, the biggest crowd ever to watch a rugby match in Singapore will pack Jalan Besar stadium
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    S.R.C. Blues in second place
    90 11 A hat-trick by Jack Olivelro featured the SHA Dlv. 2 league fixture on the padang yesterday when Sincapnre Recreation Club "Blues" beat 30 Bn. RAOC by four goals to nil. Rec.s opened scoring through De Co-'a midway through the first half. Then Olivelro made it
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    1-0 FOR ATHLETIC
    33 11 Chinese Athletic A 1 beat Aston AC by 1-0 In a SAPA Junior Cup soccer replay at BODCA ground yesterday with a goal by Kum Tong. O. A Mohan refereed.
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    PHEW! It's hot said All Blacks on arrival
    173 11 PHEW! It's hot said All Blacks on arrival «J WELTERING in their heavy winter blazers and flannels, the New Zealand international rugby ('■•>m the All Blacks— were noi quite sure yesterday whether they had landed in Singapore or In a Turkish bath. The team arrived here after an overnight night
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    NORMA TO SHARE THE LIMELIGHT WITH NEO TODAY
    522 11  - NORMA TO SHARE THE LIMELIGHT WITH NEO TODAY EDIN PETERS By THE record-breaking spree in the Singapore Amateur Swimming championships continues. Two finals were swum yesterday at the Chinese Swimming Club pool. A relay record was broken in one of them, and in the other the women's 100 metres record
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    Mercantile Bank third time lucky
    255 11 Mercantile Bank third time lucky BANK won their second replay by 2-1 against Sinpapore Traction S.C. in the Business Houses quarter-final at River Valley Road yesterday. In their first game, the result was 1-1 and In the replay last week the result was 2-2. Mercantile Bank will now meet! Fraser
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    Colony defence held down Johore Police
    386 11 .Inhorr Pnlicr 9, S'porr Police 8. A BINGLE-POINT margin for Johore was testimony to fine defensive work by Singapore's Yap Boon Keng (full back) and Hardlal Singh (left centre i. because Johore had far the better of play and a greatly superior park in
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    Malays take five off Eurasians
    368 11 VIAL AYS kept their prospects in the Community i 1 League competition brighter than ever when they scored a 5-0 win over Eurasians— their sixth win in as many outings at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday Malays join Europeans Li the league table lead with 12
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      279 11 f NOW IN THE 3RD WEEK 111 i > w 1 1 D o p Tlic Pric*es Unbelievable Reductions I SEE THAT YOU DON T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY RAFFLES i6ht M |3 FAREWELL PERFORMANCE I P||| wk 111 4 THE GREATEST Br^* I JP B"^ t FOR TREATMENT OF /sore\
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      449 11 Don't let that COLD take hold! lost a tew drop* of Vtpes 00 youi bandkercbief and 00 your pillow a oigtit, <ril) deal cne bead mnanily. Vtpex relieve* your cold crom the first deep breath you use. Vtpei I* bigbly cooceotrated, xononucal, and f^SS^t Qteawnt «o we. Q Sim Ut,
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      126 11 TODAY RUGGER SINGAPORE v Fijians. Jalan Besar; Royal Signals v RASC. Tanelin Barracks. R \(K v SHB Rfrs. si. (iforgrs Road; University v Saints. Sepny Linrs. HOCKEY LEAGUE. DIV. 1: l.atiff Wanderers v RAF C'hangi. Changi. niv. shb p<>ii. v Orion S.C. "A". CSC ground; RAF Tengah v VMSA, Trncah.
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    Palio to improve on K.L. third
    228 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By WEIGHT PULL MAY BE DECISIVE PALIO was an expensive failure in his last run, at Kuala Lumpur in August, but I think this Pink Flower four-year-old will make amends in Race Five at Penang today, first day of the Penang Turf
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    Three Dimension is recommended
    737 12 PHKEE DIMENSION (late Counterpoise), a well-bred A three-year-old by the 2.000 Guineas winner Big Game, has struck his rijjht form and I recommend him as a sound bet in Race Six today. There was much to like I ab<>ut the way he went about his task
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    CARTER'S TKO WIN
    66 12 LOS ANOELES. Frl. World lightweight champion Jimmy Carter fought his way to a sixth-round technical knockout over Carlos Chavez last night in a scheduled ten-round non-tile bout at the Olympic auditorium. Tlr doctor stopped the fight aft^r the !-ixth round bemuse of a badly bleeding lower lip
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    177 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 2.0(1. 1. ORISSA Golden Sands Sight Warrior GOLDEN SANDS Orissa Dinar ORISSA (.nidi n -.iiifi. Atomic City Race 2.M. 2. YOUNG ALEC Bougainvlllea Bolmoral Bridge BOIIGAINVILLEA "i »j Alee Above All mil ni\> in i Above All Vnunj Alec Race 3.
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    MAT A HARIGIVEN GOOD CHANCE ON PENANG RUNS
    197 12 MAT A HARI GIVEN GOOD CHANCE ON PENANG RUNS MATA HARI II was an expensive failure at Kuala Lumpur in August but it may be a mistake to write her off because of one poor display. The heavy jjoitij;. I thought, beat her more than anything else. Going back on
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    Top British trainer is suspended
    238 12 NEWMAHKET. i England 1. Frl. DADDY Prendergast of Kildare. Ireland, one of the top trainers in the British Isles, wa.s barred from racing horses on English tracks yesterday after an inquiry by Jockey Club stewards. No time limit on the ban wa.s set. Stewards told
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    R.I. NET 5 TIMES
    38 12 Raffles Institution beat Indlat: Association 5-0 111 a hockey friendly at Indian Association ground on Tiiursdav. The .'.rnrers were- rvCnstn cj > Jeyadurai. Kilriip Sinch and 'i SWndofiham. Messrs. Lian Fonk shin and Ba^kar umpired.
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    The Magyar best bet of the day
    175 12 MY best-of-the-day in today's i-ard is THE MAGYAR in Race Bight. This t'upr-yrar-oki grey put up two {joori performances ;it Koala L'.'mpur in Aimu whi-n -.ho finished third Sudden Choice ovrr a m.N and a?;iln third to net stablemate Ascot ovrr 7f. The
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    Ascot to beat Shangrila
    154 12 OHANGRILAS form figures this k MM read *****1. HLs vir tories ranee from 5 f to l',in 7f will be ideal for him tod;. T U '(<■ Nine. But on the weights I prefer Wm A ranev three-year-old by Diplnmn: Ascot won over the Kual.i Lumpur
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    TODAY'S GOING
    13 12 The coing at Penang; tndav is likrlv to hr vcrv sn<><!
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      1396 12 11 giiasiliiiii n^^-.-.--,--, I v?-'.rtjiTWrTtaaiTJ ill FMK following; horses have been scratched from all engagements. Glittering, Peter Pan, Lucky Tom 11, Sailorbird, Fair Madeline, Buck Rebel and Fair Sir. The Treble Tote will be held on Races 4, 6 and 7 The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race 9.
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      15 12 RADIO BROADCAST Radio Malaya will broadcast com ment.iries on (he first six rao Penanc toda\.
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