The Straits Times, 18 September 1954

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    13 1 The Straits Times. 1 Estd 1845 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1954. 15 CENTS
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    EMERGENCY it still is
    807 1 'Rebellion' won't kill any more Reds ASK: WHAT'S IN A WORD? KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. ition Government will continue to use the word "Emerto describe the fight against the Communist terrorists in though the Director of Operations, Lieut-Gen. Sir Geoffrey me. suggested on 1 uosday that th
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    THE NAVY BOSS FLIES IN
    108 1 THE NAVY BOSS FLIES IN TIIK First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. J. P. L. Thomas, said on his arrival in Singapore yesterday that his visit had nothing to do with the litest developments in Formosa. However, durin? his stay in Sitiua|><>rr, Mr. Thomas will have talks with the Com-manriers-in-('hief
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    WARSHIPS FIGHT DUEL OFF CHINA COAST
    97 1 HONG KONG. Friday. CHINESE Communist and Nationalist warships fought a 40-minute gun duel about 35 miles south of Tachen Island, a Nationalist stronghold 240 miles south-east of Shanghai, a Communist newspaper re- ported here today. The newspaper. Now Evening Post, said units of the
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    Women in secret protest conclave
    270 1 Women in secret protest conclave THE STORM OVER DR. SOEKARNO'S SECRET MARRIAGE HOTS UP AS JAKARTA NEWSPAPERS JOIN IN NOW JAKARTA. Frl. EXCITED women lead- ers met behind locked doors today to protest against President Soekarno's secret marriage to a beautiful divorcee who will share him with his first wife
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    33-lb. pact
    35 1 LONDON. Fri. A 40-seat Royal Dutch Convair airliner is standing by at London airport today waiting to fly to Teheran the English text of the Persian oil agreement weighing about 33 lb.— Reuter.
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    Monty to see Tito
    26 1 ROME, Fri. Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery. left Rome today, for Belgrade to "pay a personal and private visit to Marshal Tito. "—Reuter.
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    GOLD CUP LOOKS A 2-HORSE RACE
    203 1 GOLD CUP LOOKS A 2 -HORSE RACE Can Forest Beau go one better? By EPSOM JEEP. T*HE Singapore Gold Cup, to be run over one and a quarter miles at Bukit Timah today, i« virtually a match between Forest Beau and Bandoola. in the opinion of most racing men. Sixteen
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    Hornet swarm attacks man
    41 1 K. Balan. 36, was attacked by a swarm (if hornets at the 10th milestone Changl Road. 1 Singapore, ve.steidav morning. He was taken to hospital by I ambulance and sent home after treatment at the outpatients' clinic.
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    Taipeh tremor
    21 1 TAIPEH. Fri. People ran from their homes when a Blight tremor rocked Ttipeh today. There was no damage.— Reuter.
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    GOLD GOES UP, UP, UP —TO SET A PUZZLE
    236 1 rpHE price of gold on the free market in Indonesia and the black market in Singapore is rising sharply— though no one seems to know why. The demand in both countries far outstrips the supply The market price at Jakarta last
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    Murder by 4 on launch
    62 1 HONG KONG, Fri— A Hong Kong police constable and three Chinese "strangers" murdered the Chinese senior officer of a police launch that disappeared from its moorings near the China border on July 29. an inquiry found here today. Communist authorities returned the launch Intact on
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    Peace nylons
    26 1 LEIPZIG, Fri— Russian women visiting the East German Trade Fair with Red Army officers wore nylon stockings, with a large embroidered Picasso peace dove.
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    Eight dead
    37 1 ALGIERS. Fri- Eight charrod bodies wore recovered last nlsht from the wreck of a French Air v orce plane which crashed and caught fire near Mouzaiaville in the moun-j tains south-west of Algiers.— 1 Reuter.
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    What's in a name
    30 1 VILLALBA. Sicily. Fri. Eleven men were missing from this village when police called to see Francesco Lodato, accused of murder. All 11 were named Francesco Lodato.
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    £1,000 a month
    23 1 BONN, Fri. Dr. Otto John now has a £1,000-a-month-Job in the East German Interior Ministry, it was reported here.— Reuter.
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    Siam's peace aim
    37 1 BANGKOK. Fri— The Prime Minister. Field Marshal Pibul Songgram, said here today that the participation of Siam in SEATO was "another concrete evidence of our sincere efforts to maintain world peace and happiness. "—Reuter.
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    True lovers not
    37 1 LONDON, Fri. William J. Bennett, who is suing his wifp for divorce, got a court order to restrain her from attacking him in his public house which Ls named the True Lovers' Knot.- A.P.
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    'First at Pole'
    35 1 BOSTON, Fri. An expedition of 10 amateur mariners arrived here today claimine they were the first to reach the I magnetic North Pole about 1.100 miles from the true North Pole. Reuter.
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    Death at wedding
    28 1 LONDON. Fri. A wedding guest, Mr. Barnett Lane, aged 35, collapsed at a reception in Oaumont Cinema Restaurant Wood Green He died before reaching hospital.
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    Dr. Lin in Rome
    20 1 ROME. Fri. -Dr. Lin Yutang. Chancellor-elect of the Nanyang University, arrived in Rome today from Cannes.
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    From Mayfair fashions to nun's habit
    137 1 LONDON. Fri.— A London woman fashion house chief, well known by American and European buyers and famouv for having led a lioness through Paris on a lead is to become a nun. She is 41-year-old Mrs. Marie I.oiilup Dumont. ceneral manager and director of
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    Nehru backs divorce law
    45 1 NEW DELHI. Fri. The Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru, gave his support yesterday to a proposal for a law permitting divorce by mutual consent. He told Parliament: "I am absolutely convinced that by bringing in divorce you make for happier marriage." A.P.
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    The Pope: fatigue
    28 1 ROME. Fri. The Pope is suffering from fatigue caused by overwork but his condition is not causing any serious concern, his doctor said today. A.P.
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    German guns: all settled by Eden
    224 1 German guns: all settled by Eden LONDON. Fri. THE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, reported to the Cabinet today en Western Europe's reaction to his plan for arming West Germany within the Atlantic Part. Sir Winston Churchill's Ministers met at a specially summoned session shortly before Mr. John Foster
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    STOP PRESS
    52 1 BANM I) EXPORTS I i-l <( I LONDON lii— Ktit. mi and 1 nidd Sl.ilrs li,i\ c ■greed i<> **reij iaksUuitiil r< ductmn" in mini Itrr of Itiinu-d H rrsli it t id exports to Coniiiiiini t miintrirs. Mr. P t i- r 'riiorne>(Toft. ProiHrnt of Itn.iril of
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    The Russians let off their Big Bang No. 6
    385 2 SOVIET SCIENTISTS CLAIM THEY HAVE CLUES TO BEAT ATOM RAIDERS KEYNOTE I OF TEST IS: HOW TODEFEND MOSCOW, Fri. AN atomic weapon test —the sixth of its type in Russia was carried out in the Soviet Union recently. Tass, the official
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    A WIDOW WEEPS AT HER PROUDEST MOMENT
    60 2 TIIF. WIOOW of Detective Srt -Major N Snppiah wrepa as she receives the \m»k Service Medal awarded to her husband from the Chief Police Offlr»r. Mr. H. B. J. Donaldson. ;>t a presentation reremony at the Penan* Contingent Po lice Headquarter*. S«t. -Major
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    Youth, 19, dug grave —then told girl, 16: Marry me or you die,..
    371 2 Youth, 19, dug grave then told girl, 16: Marry me or you die, Court hears ot drama in the woods WITHAM. England. Friday. 4 16-YEAR-OLD jfirl told a magistrate's court here A yesterday that a youth of 19 took her to a wood, where he had dug a grave and
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    RELEASED NEWSMEN FOR U.S.
    137 2 RELEASED NEWSMEN FOR U.S. HONO KONG. Frl. MR RICHARD APPLEOATE and Mr. Donald Dixon. ieleased by the Chinese Communists last Wednesday after 18 months in captivity, will fly to Tokyo on Sunday en route to the United States. Mr. Applegate. whose parents live in Medford, Oregon, said he may return
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    PARDON ME, SAID MR. MARSH TO the STEWARDESS..
    157 2 PARDON ME, SAID MR. MARSH TO the STEWARDESS.. ...But tilt wheel of tor plait hat dropped iff LONDON, frl. SANDY -HAIRED Mr. Keith Marsh tightened his safety belt a* the X.1..M. airliner took off from Amsterdam for London, looked out and saw one of the plane's wheels fall off. Mr.
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    Judy Garland expects baby
    44 2 HOLLYWOOD. Fri. Actress Judy Garland disclosed yesterday she and producer Sid Luft are expecting their second baby in April. They were married in 1952 and have a daughter, Lorna. Miss Garland has another daughter, Lisa, by a former husband. A.P.
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    BACHELOR OF COURAGE
    86 2 TORONTO. m.-^John Walford. British -born, has passed his matriculation mathematics examination— In an Iron lung at Victoria. British Columbia. It was his third attempt. John, aged 22. has been In hospital eight months with Infantile paralysis and can- not move a muscle of hts hands. He dictated
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    R.A.F. CHIEF: GO EASY ON THE WAR DRUMS
    146 2 MELBOURNE. Friday. AIR MARSHAL Sir John Slessor said here yesterday that if the South-East Asian Treaty Organisation was going to act as an effective deterrent to the expansion of militant communism in Asia it must not -bang the military drum too hard."
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    Indians off to visit Red China
    59 2 CALCUTTA, m. Eight Indians left here today for a five-week visit to China sponsored by the. India-China Friendship Association. The mission is led by Mrs. Uma Nehru, aunt of the Prime Minister, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru. Mr. Nehru is himself going on a 14-day tour
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    Gets London post
    28 2 WELLINGTON, Fri. Mr. Clifton Webb. External Affairs Minister, hag been appointed New Zealand High Commissioner in London. He succeeds the late Sir Frederick DoidKe. —Reuter.
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    Murder charge
    25 2 KINOBTON (Jamaica), rrl. —Leslie Hylton, a former West Indies Test cricketer, yesterday pleaded not guilty to a charge of murdering his wife. -A.P.
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    All alone in the sky -held up by balloons
    135 2 All alone in the sky -held up by balloons WASHINGTON n A N hun in t'h P I thousand of c *j, above the HiicW Valley. h ,{TJ tot of red Up balloons that JSft like cl ™cr a of S The pco Plr of Albany r>N of Nc W
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    On way home I
    41 2 HONO KONG frl Gen. K M Sheikh, roi of the military for« Pakistan, arrived hr r r by air from Tnkvo n n back to Karachi after mc the SEATO Manila as a mi mbrr Pakistani delegation
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    A LIGHTNING THEORI
    96 2 HAMBURG. Frl— An eminent German astronomer. Professor Hans Haffner, has put forward the theory that "flying saucers"— apart from those which can be classed as hallucinations, or reflections in the air— are balls of lightning at great heights. In an article in the West German weeklj Dip
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    REDS MAY SWITCH ASSAULT
    295 3 LOSS OF FACE OVER QUEMOY SETBACK Invasion craft from Russia WASHINGTON, Friday mE ri< AN naval officials today suggested that nalwl counterblows had disrupted C'omhina's plans for an attack on Quemoy the Communists might launch assaults to avoid losing face in Asia. officials said it would
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    Racial laws relaxed in S. Africa
    78 3 rKKTOKIA, Frl. IFRICA relaxed iwa to .i!low ilth Asians In in "all-white" dtirine the reonwealtta Par- citilcronce. it ,i today. non whites ■i ed v '-«v at ring lor hilc«. Iransvaal and Free State not be supplied ihese rules were rr\niir of Pakisi eyloo
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    No danger now
    25 3 LONDON. Fn. -Flood waters alone the Yangtze and Han riLn China have fallen below the danger point. Peking radio said yesterday.— A.P.
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    Karachi decides
    17 3 P Assembly finally n the divind Provincial i constitution, Ice the c( Republic with'oaith Router
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    FIRST ATOMIC CANNON IN FRANCE
    44 3 A United States Army 280 mm atomic cannon, the first to be seen in France, is now on view at Strasbourg. It weighs 47 tons, has a nine-man crew, and can fire either atomic or ordinary sb?lls. A.P. picture.
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    G.I. still goes to gaol in France
    248 3 U. S. COURT OF APPEALS SA YS SO WASHINGTON, friday. rHE United States Court of Appeals today dismissed a move aimed at forcing the release of an American soldier convicted in France of assaulting a French driver and stealing his taxi. It rejected
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    Ceylon protest to Nehru
    67 3 COLOMBO, Frl— The cabinet decided unanimously today to make a "strong protest" to India that registration of Indian nationals in Ceylon Is not proceeding as satisfactorily as expected Registration of Indian nationals in Ceylon has been agreed to between the Prime Minister. Sir John Kotelawala, and
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    Old Harrovian organ grinder
    76 3 LONDON. Fri. HARROW, one ol England's famous public schools, which has educated some of the nations eminent statesmen and scholars, has producrd an organ grinder. Handsome. Geoffrey Stavert. 19-year-old son of a middle class Surrey family, went to Harrow to study modern languages. Yesterday hr stood
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    Chief delegate
    31 3 PARIS. Fri. —M. Pierre Menrirs France, the Prime Minister, will head France's delegation to the UN. General Assembly in New York this month, it was announced here today— Reuter.
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    Commercial TV job for Australian
    121 3 Commercial TV job for Australian LONDON. Frl. SIR Robert Brown Fr I 49 year old Austra- lian. has been appointed head of Britain's commercial tele- j vision service due to begin next year An px-Journalist. Sir Robert was director-general of the British Government's Central Office of Information in London. The
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    No-head body starts hunt
    98 3 OTTAWA. Fri. Police were yesterday inquiring into the re. rnvrry from thr rivrr here of the headless body of a woman, beltrvrd to have been in the I vater for more than three years. It is thought the body may be that of If) year old
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    Troops will fly by Airwork
    81 3 LONDON. Fri. -The Air Ministry has awarded its Far East trooping contract for the next two and a half years to Airwork an independent British airline. The contract provides for the carriage of 7,000 troops a year in each direction between Britain and Singapore. The
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    WE HAD NO HOPE -DE CASTRIES
    256 3 PARIS. Fri. GENERAL Christian de Castries commander of the ill-fated fortress of Dlen Bien Phu said here today that a oeaae-flrc had been "absolutely necessary" in InaoThe general *ho arrived in Paris secretly from Saigon last week after four months in Victminh prison camps,
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    LONDON STOCKS
    267 3 LONDON STOCKS LONDON. Fri. I jNCERTAIN conditions perswted in stock markets today and the week ended on a disappointing note. A number of good features developed, however, and the general appearance wa.s mixed alihougn falls preaomlnated in most sections. Rubbers were subdued. Clo&lnt; middle prices of selected stocks not Including
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    LONDON TIN
    27 3 LONDON. Sept. 17.— Cash Buyers C 740; Sellers C 741; Forward Buyers £739; Sellers C739'j; Settlement l 7 Turnover a.m. 75 tons; p.m. 50 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    32 3 lONDON, S*pt. 17.— Spot 20Nid. .d., Oct.-Dw. 20-^d.. Jan.Mar 20-»d.. Apr. -June. 20\d.. JulySept. 20', d, Sept. elf. 20 7 lRd Oct. r.l.f. 20 7/16 Nov. c.IS. unquoted. Tone: Steady.
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    Bourne for Siam anti-Red talks
    230 4 HIS FIRST TRIP TO BANGKOK FOLLO WS CLOSEL YON THE NEW DRIVE A GAINST BANDITS TO ARRANGE A JOIN! CAMPAIGN ALONG THE BORDER KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. l IEUT-GENERAL Sir Geoffrey Bourne, Direci tor of Operations in the Federation, will ffo to Bangkok on Tuesday for
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    Socialism-in 4 tongues
    48 4 The Singapore Labour Front will hold a series of meeting on Sunday mornings to discuss Socialism. These discussions will be held simultaneously in four languages Chinese. English Tamil and Malay. The meetings will be held at 11, D'Almeiria Street from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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    Entry laws and India-a probe is on
    107 4 rpHE effect of Singapore's 1 stricter entry laws on migration from India \m being examined, the Acting Controller of Immigration. Mr. M C. Compton. said yesterday. The Indian community had probabiy been affected more than any other by the operation of the Immigration
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    JOBLESS PLAN TRIPS OVER $s
    179 4 JOBLESS PLAN TRIPS OVER $s KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. T»HE Federation GovA ernment's plan to cope with unemployment on rubber estates, will have to be revised following strong protests by the employers. They found fault, in particular, with the provision for a Joint unemployment fund. The Government Uncm- ployment Committee had
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    Organ recital
    36 4 Miss Nc Chiau Yong who recently returned from the United States after two years of advanced training in music will give an organ recital at Wesley Methodist Church. Slncapore. on Sunday at 6.30 p.m.
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    WHY NOT GET RID OF ME....?
    92 4 IPOH. Fri.— After his seven- 1 teenth conviction, Krishnan. 24 asked the maci^tratr. Inche Abdullah Ghazalli. today: "With a recoid like mine, why have I not been repatriated?" The magistrate did not answer Krishnan but sentenced him to three months' gaol for dishonestly retaining
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    THE CUP THA T SHANGRILA WON
    54 4 "MY. that's a nice trophy." exclaims Mrs. D. Bagby as she receives the "Horse of th«- Year" cup won by Shanerila from Mrs. M. F. Cutler at the annual "Gold Cup" dinner of the Race-horse Owners' Association held on Thursday night at Raffles Hotel.
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    POLICE SPRING TRAP ON FIVE MEN
    85 4 FIVE MEN were caught in a police ambush at the 6th mile, Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore, at 1.10 a.m. yesterday. A pistol was recovered by the police. The police party of 10 was headed by Deputy Superintendent Cheah Teng Cheoh of the Secret Societies'
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    Jewish welfare dance tonight
    53 4 A gala dance in aid of the Jewish Welfare Board's benevolent fund will be hold at the Frasrr and Neave hall. River Valley Road. Singapore, tonight from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets will be on sale at the door at $2 rach. The Sambodian dance
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    —THE— 'THIEF' 3 STRIPPED WAS A COP
    170 4 THE 'THIEF' 3 STRIPPED WAS A COP KUALA LUMPUR, Fn. A POLICEMAN was stripped nude, bound and detained for a frw hours by three cattlemen. the Kuala Lumpur High Court was told today. Fakir Mohammed, Shah Zam.in and Abdullah were fined $100 each for assaulting Tumpang bin Satim, the policeman,
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    Experts to tour airfields
    41 4 Air Vice -Marshal O. R. Beamish, Commander-in-Chief. Royal Air Force Transport Command, and InspectorGeneral of Air Transport Ser vices, will arrive in Singapore on Monday with a party of nine experts for an inspection tour of airfields.
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    Double feature
    34 4 Bishop Raymond L. Archer, head of the Methodist Church in South-East Asia, will preach at the Paya Lebar Church at 10 a.m. and the Geylang Straits Chinese Church at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Widow, 49,, 's found hacked to death
    158 4 Widow, 49, i s found hacked to death A Moon" J n ""< ifi laundry shop. *"7 «f half-naked hod v l %ti -2£,.l!eafi'-; V'eeta.,l, h( :;j r "J. j have detain-iT, J** tone. ii 1 1 <-hop Teik laTJS* I" the LlT^ d ,^n Than A form.r rmp|, IVf
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    Death charge
    34 4 Toh Chwee trial in Singapore cau.sine the dea 1 Yang by r:v I gently and coT] I stationary lorry at Cr.i-zB Road on July 23. He was offered Sl.oon I Sept. 25.
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    S.LT. tenants may get rent protest fund cash jigu
    267 4 S.I.T. tenants may get rent protest fund cash jigu rpHE Singapore Federation of Community Centres will transfer the balance of its rent increase "protest fund" to any association formed by Improvement Trust tenants to "flght for their rigßts and to protect their interests,' the president. Mr Teo Sene Bee. told
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      136 4 The weather Minimum Temperature >7 3~ M 16 to 7.30 a.m. on 17': Sincapore 75 desree?. P I 7fl Kota Bharu 71. Kuala I.: 71. Ipoh 68. Kuantan 71 Maximum Temperature 7 «n am. to 730 p.m. on Sept !>o degrees. Ptn.-:-.; Rf. Kota Bhani 90. Kuala Lumpur 94 Ipoh
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    We DO put a stop to births, says doctor
    364 5 We DO put a stop to births, says doctor NEW LIGHT ON DE CRUZ CONTROVERSY IF a woman who had borne eight children asked j to be sterilised, he performed the operation, l)r. B. H. Sheares, said in Singapore yesterday. "Sterilisation is Justifiable in such cases because the mortality rate
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    Boy drowned
    21 5 Eleven-year-old Koh Tee Gee was drowned while fishing in a stream about a mile off Tamponis Road. Singapore, yesterday
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    Medical leave
    24 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— Dr M. F. Slattery, the .skin speialist of the hospital he: c, has kft for Britain on medical leave.
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    PREMIERE IN AID OF RED CROSS
    142 5 AS a gesture to the Red Cross and its retiring president. Lady Sanderson, the Cathay Organisation is donating the entire proceeds of the premiere of "The Egyptian" to the Red Cross Crippled Children's Home. The premiere to be attended by the Governor, Sir John
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    More gifts to fund
    84 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.—Employers of the Pahane Consolidated Co Ltd., in Sungei Lembing. near Kuantan, Pahang, j have civen $3,328 to the Lady Templer T.B Hospital Appeal Fund The secretary of the Lady j Trmpler T.B. Hospital Appeal 1 Committee. Perak, has sent $1393. being two weeks'
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    Return tickets?
    27 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Malayan Railway is negotiati ing with the Siamese Governiment for the introduction of return ticket concessions on the international express service.
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    Rotary V.I.P.
    19 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Frl Phya Sriviser. District Governor of Rotary, attended the Johore Bahru Rotary Club's Assemhl\ vestrrdav
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    Dagger arrest
    20 5 A man with a dagger was arrested at 4.30 a.m. yesterday near a clubhouse in Farrer Park. Singapore.
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    THE DKUJNK BEHIND THE WHEEL
    125 5 THE DRUNK BEHIND THE WHEEL 'A potential murderer* Judge KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE President of the Sessions Court. Mr. B. V 1 Rhodes, declared today: 'A drunken driver is i potential murderer." He sentenced Ng Kam Wen*. 27. of Hale Road, to two months' gaol for drlvinK a car while
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    Singapore CID chief back
    28 5 MR. J M. MacI.EAN. Sinsaporr C.I.D. i-inrl. returnrd yesterday from Britain by o ml i- HO \< Constellation after six months' leave. Straits Timrs picture.
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    A Yugoslav ship calls
    64 5 The 3.162-ton Ucka arrived in Singapore yesterday on her maiden voyage to the Far East. She b; the third Yugoslav ship to call at Singapore in one and a half months. She la owned by the Yugo Line, which recently opened the Far Eastern service, and
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    Medical men are back
    53 5 Dr R. H Bland. Singapore'; Director of Medical Services and Dr S E. Anderson, heac of the Federation Medicai Services, who attended th< eight -day conference of thf World Health Organisation in Manila, few back last night. Dr Anderson also represented Britain in the Western Pacific
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    Stout stolen
    23 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Twenty-nine bottles of stout wrrr .stolen from a railway wagon at the goods yard here, police are investigating.
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    Spore gets smallest gift for children
    170 5 SINGAPORE will get $66,000 from the Unit- d Nations Intrrnational Childrrn's Emrrc^ncy Fund this year for maternal and child welfare school equipment and teaching aids. This is the smallest sura allocated to any Asian country, according to a I' tiitcd Press report from New
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    Witness from gaol— her ex-boy friend
    237 5 Witness from gaol her ex-boy friend HE TRICKED HER OUT OF $1,700 MISS LEE KONG FUNG, 22. a drapery-shop assistant in Jalan Trus. Johore. yesterday met her former boy friend, Ang Joo Seng, 28.— a prisoner in Outram Gaol for the first time since his arrest for stealing $1,700 from
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    Girl took poison after a scolding
    77 5 Girl took poison after a scolding AN 18-year-old girl drank a solution of caustic soda after a scolding by her mother, a Singapore Coroner's court was told yesterday. Teo Poh Suan wa s found ill in her Tiong Bahru Road home on the morning of June 22. She died in
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    Two houses are burgled
    51 5 PENANG. Frl. Burglars entered two houses in Penang last night and stole cash and jewellery worth $1,150. A gold chain and locket v.ilued at $400 were stolen' from a house in Burmah Road and $750 in cash and jewellery were stolen from a house in Western
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    THE $3M. QUESTION—BY WOO
    109 5 THE $3M. QUESTION— BY WOO IPOH, Frl. Mr. Woo Ka. Lim, w ho was recently expelled from the Malayan Chinese As-.-Delation, is still adamant in his challenge that the MCA publish the accounts for the $3,000,000 realised by lotteries! for the welfare fund. "I have been labelled a turn- I
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    ROAD BACK IS FREE —FROM MONDAY
    193 5 PROM Monday aliens who leave Singapore temporarily will be saved time and money. The Acting Controller of Immigration. Mr. M.C. Compton, who announced this yesterday, explained that up to the present all aliens have had to obtain a separate re-entry permit at a cost
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    Failed to report: two gaoled
    41 5 Two police supervisees who failed to report at the ClD's Criminal Records Office were yesterday sentenced to six weeks' paol each by a Singapore court. They were AH bin Jaffar and I All bin Haji Said.
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    Pickets still at factory
    55 5 A large number of the 400 employees of the Malayan Textile Mills factory who went on .strike on Sept 9 continued to picket the factory's main gate yesterday. No new hands went to the factory to register, or to report for duty. "There was no incident
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    DEATH
    14 6 rf, J/0 i minimum;. MAR PIN EDWARD CECIL (Tinli in Thursday 16th Sep-
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    w k\n\\l EIKi.MENI
    18 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENT -f. |ff (minimum. \\tll V of the Vitoire th:ink ail md friends [or thtir kind i ondolence.
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    WMU NCEMENTS
    186 6 ANNOUNCEMENTS I v In Mall' i! you mnl to win ord pu^rlf ROW 1 AST DAY. An Exprlnt r the mford Road. F DECIDED on a bottle m I i'bfraumllch 1950. llnner wine I know: vim. SHOW a del cocktail ning. TIRE somewhat of rt of food Don t chance
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    (Dir Straits Simrs re, Sat. Sept. is, ISM. The Fourth Arm
    627 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Sat. Sept. 18, 1954. The Fourth Arm The first full-length rcoort on Singaporr's civil defence organisation is very much a >tory of uphill struggle. But as is usual with official accounts it does not quite tell all. It is silent on the very rough beginning.-, when
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    Indo-China Crisis
    393 6 The handing over by France of most of her remaining civil powers in Vietnam has passed almost unnoticed, its significance! overshadowed by the dispute between the Premier and the Army Chief of Staff. The "compromise" which Mr. Ngo Ninh j Diem and General Nguyen Van Hinh appear to
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    Out Of Tune
    274 6 Remembering Penangs fond rocard for the island's relics, it is not surprising that there should be protest against tho decision to dismiss the Municipal Band. A survival from the 1870's, tho band is the only one of its kind in Malaya. It discourses martial airs and genteel
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    1007 6 As I was Saying m THE Malayan Governments arc so ofton accused of unbusinesslike methods that proof of their ability on occasion to rise to commercial levels presumably is welcome. For what it is worth then, there Ls the reminder in the report of the Malayan Railway Administration that rates
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    The Services look out on Singapore
    1047 6 The Services look out on Singapore Malaysian Notebook AND I enclose a plan," my hostess ended. "It may help you to find this East Asian Camberley. You need not bring any wire clippers." Despite the reassuring words I felt my doubts. The war has given me such a horror of
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    Head troubles'—so he fled
    365 7 Head troubles'— so he fled CUTION MANIA' N.C.O. ASKED TO BE REDUCED IN RANK filS AWAY SOLDIER SENTENCED ro A YEAR'S GAOL KUALA LUMPUR, Friday, in Mildicr, described by a superior 'officer M a man suffering from "a persecution na s today found guilty by a Kuala Lumi martial on
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    l)ut order ban now locs free
    40 7 Out order man now goes free 'HE mor!hng Kee < in detained xpulsion order tl im Road. n months, Of the yester--8 Charles 1 ordered n appliol habeas ■Md that ii!y an Banishment m order tf him mitted c hen made
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    I hoy want to protest
    24 7 They want to protest IMPUR, F i lions ed to dnese Commerce to; rotes: meet- poa üblic m< rity of the an association i
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    I I!" ■.! S I
    9 7 ACKNOWLEDGMENT I -hank-, mpan., R lor ol his I
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    Investiture in the throne room
    61 7 THE SCENE in the throne room at the Istana Besar yesterday when a levee and investiture was held to celebrate tho Sultan of Jnhore's birthday. I'ngku Tun Aminah wife of the Recent, is a lone Hcure on the dais (background) framed by the Court Heralds,
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    WORK LOYALLY FOR PEACE URGES REGENTS WIFE
    327 7  -  W.E. TREVOR BY JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. AS they have done for the past 59 years, the people of Johore today put on their gayest clothes and brightest smiles to celebrate the S. lit m's birthday. The Sultan is 81 years old today and
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    This is urgent, said the admiral
    196 7 IJEAR Admiral E. H. Shattock. Flag Offlcer Malayan Area, picked up the telepnone in his Naval Base office yesterday and said: "I want to see Captain Nicholls immediately. It's urgent." Although it was a simple enough order, naval officers were perplexed as to how
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    Malay school talks—all hush hush
    136 7 Malay school talks all hush hush information was availi able yesterday on the result of discussions held between the Singapore Government and the Singapore Malay Educational Committee. The talks have been held as a result of a circular sent to Malay parents by the Education Department asking them If they
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    Escape gets him 6 weeks' gaol
    52 7 A man who escaped from the I custody of a detective was yesterday gaoled for six weeks. Tan Liok Chua. who was at large for four days before he was re-arrested, broke free at Kamponc Bugis Road, Singapore, when detained for an alleged identity
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    Only two women in Sultan of Johore's 81st Birthday Honours: Judge is made a Dato
    844 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Mr Justice Abdul Hamld bin Mustapha. a Kelantan judge, was today marie a Dato In th( Sultan of Johore's Birthday Honours. II was the Sultans 81st birthday. The new Dato is the
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    TIN RECORD IS IN SIGHT
    65 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— This year's Federation output of tln-ln-concentrates is expected to exceed the post-war record of 57.537 tons in 1950. The total production for the first eight months of this year I K 39.833 tons, according to Malayan mining statistics, issued today. A total
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      130 7 S. A. T. A. ***GRANDCARNiVAL! THURSDAY 30th Sept. 1954. From 4.00 P.M. to Midnight in the GREAT WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK ALL THE FUN International Stalls Dancing in the Cabaret Joget Modern Cinema Shows Musical Shows Lucky Dip Fish Pond Pony Rides Whisky Auction Magic Shows Dragon and Lion Dances Boxing
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    JUSTANAD-AND TWO ARE WED
    278 8 These "travelling marriages" have the eiders worried— and now a probe is on It's cheaper and there is no fuss but the hitch is the groom may have a wife IPOH, Friday. T<HE Perak 'hineso Advisory Board is probing the prevalence of "travelling marriages" among the
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    Full house at radio show
    39 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Radio Ma'.iya states that there has been an unprecedented rush for tickets for their radio show Variety" being recorded at the town hall here tomorrow. All seats have been taken up.
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    LIGHTER SALVAGE JOB ENDS
    88 8 LIGHTER SALVAGE JOB ENDS SALVAGE work on a lighter which sank, with a cargo of 50 tons of iron, after a collision with the Blue FunneL ship Troilus alongside godown 38. is expected to be completed today. A Singapore Harbour Board spokesman said yesterday that practically the whole of the
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    Acquitted on bribe charge
    41 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A Public Works Department overseer. Mohamed Said bin Saidi. was today acquitted by Mr. J. Kirby. president of the Rawang Sessions Court, of receiving a bribe of $25 from Mohamed Akib. a timber contractor.
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    He's accused of helping gunman
    44 8 A detective, Abdul Samad bin Tubi. who was accused yesterday of abetting the unlawful -ion by Haron bin Arlf of a revolver and five rounds of ammunition, was remanded in the C.I.D. lock-up for a week pendinß further investigations
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    Club's big night
    22 8 SITIAWAN. Pn The Sitiawan Recreation Club will hold Its "Club Nieht" tomorrow. There will be a cinema -how. "Rawhide"
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    New head finds all crying in a chapel
    141 8 PENANG. Fri There were j tears and kisses at the Penang Convent chapel today when teachers and pupil- gathered to bid farewell to their retiring Vlsltatrix. the Rev. Mother St Tarcisius. and welcome the new regional superior. Rev Mother St. Charles. j
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    Why couldn't Dr. Edith do it here?
    14 8 -INSTEAD OF GOVT. HOUSE PARTY, ASK WORKERS
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    For the defence: Chinatown trip
    304 8 TIRADE union officials in 1 Singapore were divided yesterday when asked if they thought that the British Labour P»rty delegation's tour last week had been mis-managed. "I would say it was badly handled from start to finish." Mr. A. Ponnusamy. secretary of the Singapore Workers"
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    'Guilty' plea not accepted
    71 8 Peter Ling Koon Yew pleaded guilty to a charge of escapine from police custody yesterday but the Singapore Seventh Police Magistrate refused to accept the plea. It was alleged that Ling escaped from the custody of Inspector K Suppiah of the Federation Police, at 8 a.m.
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    30,000 at Safety First show
    35 8 Morp than 30.000 people have seen the Singapore Safety First Exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall since it was opened on Bept. 9. The exhibition closes at 7 pin. tomorrow.
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    That piano: Mr. Arrau strikes a wrong note
    157 8 That piano: Mr. Arrau strikes a wrong note rE Victoria Memorial H a 11 's Steinway piano, which has had some hard words said about it by sensitive celebrity pianists in recent years, has found an apologist in Claudio Arrau. the noted Chilean pianist now visiting the Colony. Mr. Arrau's
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    THE 3-PIN PLUG WAS WIRED FOR DEATH
    134 8 THE 3-PIN PLUG WAS WIRED FOR DEATH AN 11-year-old boy. Kong Ah Chin, was electrocuted while experimenting with an electric grinder on June 27 in his father's workshop in Queen's Street, Singapore, a Coroners inquiry was told yesterday. Mr. K. Taylor, a City Council electrical engineer, said he inspected the
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    A free show
    26 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Department of Information will give a public film show at the Lake Gardens on Sunday starting at 7.30 p.m.
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    'Whi^ I'kphiJ
    14 8 'White elephants' A Jumble mUc t, w h Singapore and cakes will be soM
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    °* the
    17 8  - of the ~B\ who dor n an acrid pore Magistral Trainor. Panickar Panirkar a «th the bonM,°s;i«
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      177 8 f» 22 floors tnr brn<,- B Straits Times Crossword S I 7 I^ *SS SSjSS isS-^J k- v iSXssjJ DOWN io I 3 ope not fnr B I 4 A rare fiend held back I I 12 1 Has much to say. o; I lance H Rrtli Hi H —^hJ
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      Princess 'rebelled' —became a teacher
      2005 9 Princess 'rebelled' became a teacher J AVA in 1879 was a well ordered state, but no one could have an enlightened democracy. It was not a democracy my sense and few of its people were enlightened in our present The adat of custom and the sway of tekder, the faith,
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      207 9 SIMULIANtUUS ttGKLD PREMIERE I WITH OTHER WORLD CAPITALS THURSDAY. SEPTEMIJKR 2kd at 9.30 p.m. UNDER THE I'MKiiNM.I Ol HIS EXCELLENCY THE (.OVKKNOR IN AID OF S.A.TA. REHABILITATION FUND with Musiral Prncrammr Providpd hv THE MNf.M'OUI roi.M I It Wit l ™Th* .1. Arthur Rank Organis.ition Prrsrnt*^™^^^^^" /,«U]^HB /£^^V a/ Ti
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      224 9 Shvrhwk itolnu's /f <>ri> is ,v/f#* new? WuEGeN M£4MWW/L£ HOLMES AND WATSON VOU'Vfi NEVEZ CONFOUND 'T >. *N. I $w£ v*/T TUE BWTI6U MUSEUM... BEEN GLJILTV C* V ONE WW4T IN THUNDER MOW- > v/ < ESCOZTiNG v^e U<ES TO KEEP I POS9E66EP Mi&£ TU4T \MPQ6IN6 OLD V I UAD
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    INDUSTRIALS STILL RISE
    330 10 Traders go higher By OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT T»HE industrial section of the Singapore Share Market was again firm yesterday with continuing rises led by Straits Traders which passed in quantity between $22.50 and $22.80, the latter price 30 cents above Thursday's best. The quotation appreciated by 20
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    217 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: 'There was further Improvement in industrials on the local share market but at the higher lerels buying Interest is becoming more selective. The bulk of business was again written in this section. "Tins were dull and rubbers neglected." Members reported the following
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    I OFFICIAL PRICES I
    26 10 SINGAPORE. Sept. 17. TIN: 5368.50 prr picul (up SI.H2 1 Xl BKKK fiftf» 16 rents a lb. (up eleven-sixteen-ths of a rtnt).
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    RUBBER PRICES
    179 10 October first grade rubber buyers fob closed In Singapore yesterda' at 69 9 16 cents a Ib.. eleven-six-teenths of a cent above Thursdays close and the clor.ng tone was qui«t. The price range was between 69\ cents and 69'- cents and the market was steadier on ovtTse.iacceptances and
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    37 10 On the free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday 'he US dollar was quotsd at 5.83 for cash and 5.8425 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.64 and one tael of gold at 254 375
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    Sales of rubber ar( ve'y heavy
    149 10 Sales of rubber are very heavy had The weekend on acconi: New unusual Ing sh.i i ja r '-'.l made the full roost with re: onr r; lr USA reached so back lutely Ir. tin.' la proi theth The I order.- :rnm openliit btr and D! out thp selling durini;
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    PRODUCE PRICE!
    42 10 PRODUCE PRICES Sinrapore hin~. rhamr day w«re: no bus Muntok Lampon II I R ltd ilnvr oil; S4S II i B. ltd <«P" ber: 11 a m tone sU $29>i bayen I steady: o P seller.-, tone 11 am. $29: -noon »2
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      908 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS EMPLOYMENT Service Clerk*. Salary Scale Men Probationers $102x6-114 (Exam.*; T/Scale $132x6-156 (Exam.); $168x12-264/ Eff. Bar, 276x12-336: Women— Probationers: $90x6-102 (Exam.); T Scale $120x6-144 (Exam.) 156x 12-264 plus COLA at Government Rates. Qualifications: Citizens o< the Federation. School Certificate with a credit In English Language and sound knowledge of
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      781 10 NOTICES FRASER k NEAVE LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore). NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on Saturday, 30th October. 1954. the Directors will recommend payment of a final dividend of 6' and a bonus of 7% per Ordinary Stock Unit, both
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      373 10 TENDERS TENDERS will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of Thursday. 30th September. 1954. for the purchase of the undermentioned condemned stores: Five Llghtbuoys 4' 9" In diameter; One Conical Buoy 4" 6 x 5"; One Cylindrical Mooring Buoy— 4' 3" x 4' 6"; One '.on?
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      182 10 SINGAPORE RED FUNNEL UNgS. HEAP ENG MOH SS CO., LTD. SOON BEE STEAMSHIP CO., (Sjjjg, 33/35. Tcluk Avrr Sir* <l lMm-m. Passenger Freight-Service. SAIIIM.S TO I)I\K\RT.\ A CIU KIKON— I OK I M |lH sntvn l n m.T. "Glim Senr" x s > >r(1 ap|lr 1 Vpoir Rfpr. SAILINGS TO
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      910 11 MANSFIELD c. CO., LTuT^T BLUE FUNNEL LINE I.;," MT^ft --ON-'* C^TINEN^rPoV?; Soils p <L-K«», S> horn Penang Sept 18/19 AeV,,, IS IS K5« tSU™ ...*-jm oci 2 Oct 3/41 Sep, 29 Oc, oc, ot Oct I Oc, 5 Oc, 4/ J Oc, 10 OC 9 Oct ,1 oc, ,4/1* Oct
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      2221 11 fSBSF** EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port Soid, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Gdynia, Copenhagen, Gothenburg 4 Olio Spore P. Sham Penong i -Si "m'eVnia-. "^%i 8S I MM...1 »,*l?'!I?S. llA t/n o<t IJ 2 U/U O€l I < LA IANOIA <>*♦ Oet 10/11 Oct Co ing Karlshomn
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      1169 11 McALISTER tfe CO.. LTD. TEL No. ***** ELLKRMAM BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LIMB LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG 4 HULL PORTLAND. SEATTLE 4 VANCOUVER and for USA., North Atlanta fort. Accepting cargo for Central 4 Seuttand Conodo vio Colombo American Parts CITY OF POONA FRANCISV.UE Spore P. S'hom Menong
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      Teaching and varsity graduates
      85 12 Teaching and varsity graduates few month* ago, Mr Stan Awberry 'Labour' asked Lyttelton, the then the Colonies, about the percr oi p i versity of Malaya and how many took up teaching Hr feed what home don" to encourage ike up trachine to meet the country's need. Mr Lyttelton replied
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      Importance of the School Certificate
      189 12 FT IS a waste of timr to broadcast advice to students to takr up trchmral work and education instead of 'Tying for the School Cortificate. Every Singapore school boy knows that to enter a univerfor an engineering course, or to join a professional encinerring institution,
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      Future of doctors from India
      100 12 Future of doctors from India I.D the Director oJ Medical Services tell me about the fate of the d< recruited from India who were broucht here on a three-year agreement? Their CO would like to know eir return ticket* are or not. Ii not. I hope the Government wll] not
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      He wants 'train letters' again
      54 12 PRE-WAR letter boxes were hung to me coaehet on mail trains These boxes were removed at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh and Prai. and replaced by empty ones. Letters thus posted were stamped train letter". not, the postal authoni the Malayan Railway to re-introduce tht-s system?
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      One had nothing to do
      128 12 THERE are two counters at i the Gombak Lane office of the Central Electricity Board where bilLs are pa; I Each bill specifies the counter where it must be paid I think this a .silly im ment. On several occasions 1 have found myself in
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      FAULT NOT ON ONE SIDE
      189 12 FAULT NOT ON ONE SIDE T SUGGEST to Mr. Lee there 1 are many reasons for the isolated incidents he saw on 'I the beach at Port Dickson. i Malayan Otner Ranks' are banned from the best public beaches at Port Dickson, on what srounds I cannot find out Thcv
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      PENANC DOUBLE FEATURE
      31 12 •'The people of Pcnang go to the Botanical Gardens every Sunday to watch the simians, not to hear the Municipal Band" Mr. Lee Thean Chu, Pcnang Municipal Councillor.
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      'Appalling indiscipline' in Singapore's gaols
      415 12 I HAVE visited both Sin--1 gapore prisons on several occasions and have j boon appalled at the com- 1 pleto absence of discipline, t particularly at Changi j saol. and at the holiday j itmosphere prevalent > xmong the prisoners. I noted with amazement the
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      Schooling for elite
      71 12 "WAT LELAS letter m the Russian educational svs- tern failed to mention two' things l;i Russia, free educatlon la only available to those who agree with the ruling political party. Tile best Russian schools i are reserved for children whose parents are of the political, military, administrative.
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      Where to get money i
      99 12 Where to get money rERE are many directions in which the Federation Government can turn to find money for education. Despite talk of depression and the poor price for rubber, there is plenty of luxury spending and there is other spending which was once regarded as luxury but I so
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      He forgot to sign permit—ss
      155 12 He forgot to sign permit $5 I HAD committed two traffic offences: firstly, for not displaying an -L" plate, and secondly, for carrying a pillion pas.ser.ccr. I admit that 1 had been in the wronu. and hope that this will aK^o teach me to observe the traffic code in future.
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      C.G. shows the way
      83 12 I SEE that Mr. Malcolm Mac- Donald travelled "tourist class" when he flew from Britain to Canada recently for his first holiday in seven years. Now. if all our officials and delegates on Government missions at the taxpayer's expense would go tourist instead of first class,
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      Training of teachers most important of all
      148 12 N THE recent outburst over the suggested increment In school fees, Kirkby and Kota Bahru have been Hacked. Surely, with the great demand for educaion, nothing is more important than the training of eachers. The question arises as to which gives the better
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      Etiquette in use of languages
      112 12 MR. NEHRU, .said 'Indians should use the dialect they know best whether it be Hindi. Bengali or any other vspeciailv in the presence of toreisners." It considered bad mmners for one to speak to her in a language of which the third person present is
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      Short trip refused
      85 12 rE other day, my wife and I wanted to take a taxi from the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital. There were about a dozen taxis there. I only wanted to no a short distance, the fare lor which would not exceed 40 cents. The taxi drivers asked the
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      Govt. should fix prices
      74 12 IT ls time the Singapore and the Federation Governments do something to bring down 1 the prices of drinks. The price of petrol, sugar, rice and milk have come down, but coffee shops still charge the same prices as in 1946 for coffee and tea. The
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      POINTS OF VIEW
      226 12 1ITHEN will a new postal guide »T be issued? The last edition was published in 1951. POST CONSCIOUS. Singapore. In a Kuala A Lumpur bus recently, I saw more than two passengers ignoring the "no smoking" sign. V. SYAMA KRISHNA. Kuala Lumpur PREWAR the women's third class
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      61 12 mm I; Here's a story ot a punter cat feet Bert Who fiev to ihe races, and tost his shirt Tid apah" tauqhed Bert f'n> on a good vickeK I be home tonight. Here's *>tf refarn ticket! J i'- i- r<& /> /Ji//l/ < J J* 1 c Ivy I
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    BANDOOLA STRIKES FORM IN TIME FOR GOLD CUP
    654 13 By EPSOM JKEP RAIN OR SHINE, I am plumping for Bandoola in the most important race in the Malayan i racing calendar— the Singapore Gold Cup over •j 1 at Bukit Timah today, concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club September Meeting!
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    165 13 Straits Times Selections F.PSOM JEF.P CALL BOY ■MIS II I Race 1 2.15. DANDE BAY Arch Side Grecian Knight GRE. KNIGHT Dande B*y Arch SMe DANDE BAY Grecian Knltht Arch Ride Rare 2 2.45. II 11 Ull > MetrosUr Individuality METROHTAR Individuality Elturlns ELTURII S MetroaUr Kabaka Race 3. 3.15.
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    TODAY'S GOING
    52 13 Thr going at Rukit Timah I today will he very good, bar--1 ring any change In the weather. DOI'RI.E TOTE: Rates 4 7. BK. SWEEP: Race 8. TODAY'S BEST BET: Campus Belle In the 3.45. BEST LONGSHOT: Stealth in the 5.30. Radio Malaya will broadcast commentaries on all
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    Pulot Puteh for big sprint prize
    611 13 PI LOT PITEH. is accepting and on his Penanjr August form he looks a bright prospect for the valuable Liberation Cup over fif. (Race Five). This Drnturlus ftvr-yoar-old a top-flight sDrintor a* a two-yrar-old in England— ran Coralita to whom he was con(•••diiiß 11-lb..
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    PICTURE TIP
    424 13 her a confident vote. Obvious danger is Miss Winnie, who attempted to make all tht running In the Claw 1. Dlv 2, 6-f. race with 8.3 on Wednesday and •vas travelling like a winner until Cargo Rice came with a lightning raid in tht final furlong. Flushing, winner
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    1371 13 Today's Race Card Race 1—2.15: Class 1, Dlv. 3-6 Furs. 1 227 Quicksand 9y Hudson 9.00 T. F. Wong Daniels 2 278 Ainnark 4y Mulley 8.11 Newlanris Stable Spenrer 3 877 Fifty Grand 7y Tait 8.10 Kok Hoong Yon* 4 344 Grecian Knifht Sy Jones 8.07 Pll Stable TJoa I
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    TEST DATES IN AUSTRALIA
    107 14 SYDNEY. Fri. rr Australian Cricket Board of Control have announced dates by which the Australian selectors are instructed to pick Test teams for the series against England: They are: FIRST TEST. Brisbane (Nov. 26 to Dec. 2) by Nov. 16. SECOND TEST. Sydney (Dec. 17 to
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    DAVID-GOLIATH SOCCER DUjji ACT THREE TONIGHT
    719 14 DAVID-GOLIATH SOCCER DUEL ACT THREE TONIGHT My THE SPORTS EDITOR SINGAPORE'S forwards have been working out a way to beat bogey-man Dave MacLaren whom they will face for the third time in a week when Singapore meet the Federation in the fourth annual game for the Football Association of Malaya's
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    Sir Donald a selector
    110 14 SYDNEY Pri I AUSTRALIAN Crlcktt Board of 1 Control today announced that Sir Donald Bradrrian. South AustraI ha J S. Ryder Victoria, and D. Sed- don New South Wales would be the Test team selectors for the coming •eason Sir Donald had served on the 'committee
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    Hurt after he got decider
    74 14 Tampents Rovers beat Malayan Basic Trainine Centre 2—l in a SHA Div 3A league, fixture at Farrer Park >esterda\ M.B.T.C. scored first through Pte. Chuan but Eddie Rodrigues equalised Just before the the interval. Midway throuch the second half. Terrence de Souza scored the winning
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    MALLEQUES NCTS TWO FOR BARTLEY
    33 14 MALLEQUES NETS TWO FOR BARTLEY Hartley Secondary School beat Oan Eng Seng School 2—l in M hockey at Bartley Road ye.-terdav. Malleques scored both goal- for Bartley and Maniam for Gan Eng Seng.
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    ADP TAKE TROPHY
    37 14 Army Depot Poll- e heat Singapore Base District 3 -0 in the final of the Army junior soccer Cup (ompetition at Friendly Hill yesterday Ismail Ahmad <2> and Awang Gatxv- scored for Depot Police.
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    ST ANDREWS DRAW
    23 14 St. Andrews School held Indian Association A to a 2-2 draw in a friendly hock<> match at Balestter Road yesterday.
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    U.K. SOCCER
    37 14 LONDON. Fri.— Yesterday's soccer league results werr: DIVISION ONI Charlton 3 Blackpool 3 DIVISION TWO Swansea T. 1 Port Vale 1 DIVISION I HUM ISOI'TH) Brentford 2 Reading Newport 3 Southend aliall 2 Torquay 4
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    PADANG CLUBS IN HOCKEY DRAW
    39 14 Singapore Cricket Club drew 2—2 with Singapore Recreation Club In a friendly hockey fixture on the padang yesterday. Jeffery scored both goals for SC.C. while H. Hoeden and J de Souza replied for Recs.
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    The Weekend Sport
    198 14 TODAY HOCKEY B.H.A. league. Dlv. 1: Police v R.A.F. Ihinm, (hanci; Ceylon S.C. v S.C.R.C., C.S.C. ground; Div. 2: Khalu Association v V.M.C.A.. V.M.C.A. ground; Div. 3A: Inn. h Club v S.H.B. Re»«. 5.11.8. Kround; (IIIQ *****.I.K v V. and T.. Tanglin; Dlv. 3B: V.M.M.A. v M.A.A.F..
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    {There's no loop-hole \ in rugger's new I 5-yard penalty rule |
    243 14 There's no loop-hole in rugger's new 5 -yard penalty rule TiIIIIIIMIIIIMIIIII rE "clever boys" in rugby who might think they have discovered a loop-hole in the new five-yard penalty rule are in for a surprise. The new Law 24 (b), "On Penalty Kicks," states that the ball "must travel at
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    Indonesians hold off spirited rally
    302 14 Indonesians 3 Eurasians 2. EURASIANS, in spite of a spirited rally, just failed to prevent Indonesians winning 3-2 in a SAFA Community league fixture at Jalan Besar stadium last night. Eurasians trailed 1-3 soon after the resumption before they made a fight of it. But
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    Scletar's second half goals win
    65 14 in a SHA Div. 2 match on the 8.0 D.C.A. ground yesterday 8.0.D.CA. had the better of the first half and Gupta scored to give them a I—o1 0 lead. Jones equal used with a hard drive from the top of the circle and soon
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    ENG SIANG GETS A HAT-TRICK
    55 14 Result i of friendly socctT matches nt Farre*- Park yesterday were: Paron FT (Johore Bahrui beat Sprtngdale SC. 1-0. Omar Hassan scored. Amicable Athlttic Association beat Dynamos 3-1. Eng Sians scored a hat-trick for A. A. A and E de Sllva replied Thorny croft and
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    RECORD NOVICES ENTRY FOR RACE
    53 14 A record entry of 47 cyclists will take part In trie Singapore Island Ramblers 50-mile massed-start race for novices on the Chua Chu Kan-.-Road and Lim Chu Kane course at 7 a.m. tomorrow. Six Servicemen are among the competitors. The meet will last for bout
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    ChoonL^ sets thru records ai V<S- gala
    206 14 Choon Lime sets three records V.S. gala QNG cv,,. swimmer at ,1 c h»^ Schod m l f Choon Lira and 400 n I events. The 1 1 61.7.5er. Ke» aj Choon Ij Tav P... loom kacbtnkf 2. Sim Kon- y e i'f 1 Hal. 1:19.J lr ecoi i \J*
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