The Straits Times, 24 September 1954

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    10 1 IT Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER >4. 1954. It CENTS
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    CHOUP'S THREAT TO U.S.
    310 1 wen take Formosa: And you keep clear MENACE TO PEACE IN FAR EAST HONG KONG, Thursday. CHINESE Prime .Minister, .Mr. Choi, Kn-lai, declared today that tho liberation** mosa «;i> a completely internal affair for mi and i-ould in no wa> he "sahotajred" b\ rica. Addressing [he
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    JIMMY GOLDSMITH GETS BACK HIS BABY DAUGHTER ISABEL
    92 1 JIMMY GOLDSMITH holds his daughter Isabel in hh> Paris apartment after she had been returned to him. The Patino family returned her to him in compliance with a court order. Ivihrl. four month* old. disappeared on Sept. If, She was returned to
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    SCIENTIST GIVENI A NEW JOB
    93 1 SCIENTIST GIVEN I A NEW JOB LONDON, Thurs. A Ministry of Works scientist. Dr. Standish Masterman. has been removed from secret work on cuided missiles after investigations into his political past, it was announced here today. Dr. Masterman has been transferred to the engineering division of the ministry a move
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    Russia first —but why?
    40 1 Russia first but why? LONDON. Thurs. The Russians said last night they have installed a microphone at the North Pole. MOSCOW Radio .said: "We are the lir.st country in the world to do so." There was no explanation why.— A.P.
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    Presenting THE PRIDE OF S—E ASIA
    173 1 Presenting THE PRIDE OF S— E ASIA pRODUCTIOS difficulties ■J experienced with the iV first tiro issues of The "a Mnlatjaji Monthly have now been overcome. aj We present the October issue; on a1 o on Sept. 23 •a confident thnt it is the tj best magazine yet producer) Jj«
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    JETS 'OBSOLETE IN NEXT FIVE YEARS'
    161 1 VANCOUVER Thurs. JET bombers and fightera will bo obsolete within five years. Dr. j Gordon M. Shurm. one of Canada's top rocket experts, told the annual convention here of the International Northwest Aviation Council. Hr said yesterday there would be no enraptna from the;
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    7,000 blessed
    28 1 CASTELGANDOLFO. Thurs. -Pope Pius XII, despite a slight illness, appeared on the balcony of hi.s .summer palace la.st nißht and blessed a crowd oi 7,000 pilcriirs.
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    Oh, how nice to be a policeman
    427 1 Oh, how nice to be a policeman SCENE: Singapore Harbour board, Godoicns 1 and 2. About 250 people are on the wharf, looking up at the 20,000-ton liner, Oranje uhich is alongside pASSENGERS are wav--1 ing to friends who have come to meet them Everyone is happy and excited. The
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    Hold that tiger, cry the trippers at Templer Park
    169 1 Xl \l A LUMPUR. Thurv A tiger on the prowl in 'Inn pier Park 14 miles north of Kuala Lumpur, is scaring holidaymakers at Malaya's new playground. The User according to the police, has on several occasions chased Mfl pacing through
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    THE MAN WHO BACKS CHIANG IS ARRESTED
    175 1 THE MAN WHO BACKS CHIANG IS ARRESTED Chinese leader hides in Jakarta JAKARTA Thurs. Till Indonesian Government has arrested a Chin»*i«businessman suspected of organising Nationalist Chinese icroiips among Indo nesia's two million Chinese, it was learned today. A warrant is out for the arrest ol another Chinese leader who is
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    Abadan blast plot foiled
    67 1 TEHERAN. Thurs Police arrested 54 Communists in Abadan today and foiled what reliable sources said was a Red plot to blow up the world's biggest oil refinery. The Communists, it was alleeeri. planned to blow up the refinery durine a visit by the five nation oil
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    Labour to fight all seats
    44 1 The Singapore Labour Front announced yesterday that it would put forward candidati s for all 25 seats in the Legislative Assembly elections next year. Names will soon be announced, a member of the executive committee told the Straits Times.
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    Four armed men attack one
    34 1 Four armed men last night attacked Lim Kone Yew 28. a coffee-shop proprietor at his shop in Pahang Street. Singapore Lim was admitted to hospital with serious stab wound.s.
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    Prison riot quelled— four killed
    75 1 Prison riot quelled— four killed JEFFERSON CITY, Thurs. ANIGHT-LONG prison riot that brought death to four prisoners in the Missouri Penitentiary and caused possibly 1555.000.000 damage ended today after a mass assault by hundreds of police. Prison warden Ralph Edison then announced that "all convicts are locked up." Submission came
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    New tax adds to a 'tricky' business
    251 1 FRUIT PRICES ARE SURE TO GO UP KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. l/KUI'l dealers in Kuala Lumpur said today that the new import tariffs on fresh fruit and vegetables were bound to cause price increases "Importing fresh fruit ii a, very tricky and uncertain business,"
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    H-bomb claims first victim
    140 1 H-bomb claims first victim TOKYO Thurs T<HE U.S. hydroge. x bomb claimed iti first victim when Aikichi Kuboyama, radio operator of the tuna boat Fortunate Dragon, died here today. Kuboyama died In the hospital where he had been coni fined with 15 other members of the crew of the Fortunate
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    STOP PRESS
    45 1 iiMMI NISI Mill MOVES MM II! IMIMII Ihurs— X;it,,,,,. ;ihs( Inn. i I iijun PftM rrpoilicl tixl.i\ th.it ("iiiinuniM (luiii'm- I ii Rt Fleet, eriftaallj based en TMiilt.m. hi ft iiiovi'd south I" ioiii Urn I tta ■ad Fifth ii<' Y.lli:;Kr istu.ii\ atefjtet
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    BOURNE SEES SIAM'S KING
    95 1 BANGKOK, Thurs King Phumiphon Aduldej today received in audience Lieut -Grn Sir Geoffrey Bourne, Director of Operations. Malaya, who i.s here to discuss with Siamese officials "mutual problems concernine Communist terrorists alone the Siam-Malava border Accompanied by Mr. Berke- ley Gage, the British Ambassador to Slam.
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    Chinese school heads in hush-hush talks
    318 2 THEY DISCUSSED GOVERNOR'S SPEECH ON POLICY 'ORDINARY MEETING' BUT PRESS IS BARRED HEADS of leading Chinese schools in Singapore held a hushhush meeting yesterday i to discuss the Governor's speech on Chinese schools in the Legislative Council on Tuesday. The meeting, in a Chinese
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    The'chuck Chiang'tip has Attlee in a fuss
    266 2 The 'chuck Chiang'tip has Attlee in a fuss LONDON, Thurs. THREE rißht-wlnß newspapers strongly criticised Mr. Attlee. leader of the British Labour Opposition, here today for saying on his return from China that "personally speaking I think the sooner we get rid of Chiang Kai-shek and his troops the better."
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    Anti-smog spray for London
    66 2 LONDON. Thurs —When Lon. don is next attacked by "smog" —a thick smoke-laden fog which causes death and sometimes paralyses the city -British research chemists will try to disperse it by a chemical spray. This is one of the measures aimed eventually at preventing another smog
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    glamour can be hard on the feet, sighs gina
    66 2 glamour can be hard on the feet, sighs gina SORE FEET, sore bands, and a drawn expre>sion that is Gina Lollobrigid*. the Italian film actress, after a party in her honour in New York. She stood tun hours shaking hands with "50 members of the Prr>s and the film industry
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    A PLOT TO KILL KING, CABINET
    186 2 Three accused in Pakistan KARACHI. Thursday. TWEEE conspirators planned to assassinate a kins?, a fjovernor-general and a prime minister and his cabinet with a single volley of rifle shots, it was alleged in court yesterday. Major-Gen. M. I. Maiid, a re. tired officer Riaz
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    £12-miner runs up a loss
    56 2 LONDON. Thurs The nationalised British coal industry showed an overall loss of £264,905 for the second quarter of the year compared with a profit of £754.461 for the first auarter Output for the second quarter was 49.504.848 tons. Average earnings for all coal work, ers
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    A challenge to Evatt's leadership
    151 2 CANBERRA, Thurs. DR. HERBERT Evatt s leadership of the opposition Labour Party was threatened at a stormy party meeting on the Petrov ease here yesterday. He refused to give assurances demanded by some members that he would seek the party s consent before appearing again
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    Windfall walk
    48 2 SOUTHWELL. Nottinghamshirf, Thurs— Mrs. J. Dun of Southwell took her first walk last week to post a football pools coupon after being bedridden for 18 months. She learned yesterday that it had won £27,331 for her husband Mr. Jack Dunn. 48. a I water inspector Reuter.
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    Strike in docks
    42 2 LONDON. Thurs. A token strike of 1,500 tally clerks for higher pay yesterday held up work on a number of ships in London docks, where about 500 electrical workers employed in ship repair yards struck work on Tuesday. Reuter.
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    GIANT ORE CARRIER HERE
    98 2 One of the biggest ships to be built in the Far East, the Ore Transport, with a deadwemht tonnage of 60,000 tons, arrived in Bincapore yesterday on hrr maiden voyage. Built In the Kure (Japan) shipyards, the giant ore carrier is owned by the Universe Tank
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    MARTHA'S $1.2 MIL. INSOMNIA
    103 2 —That's her claim after a brawl VfAKTHA RAYF, the film actress television and night flub entertainer, wants rsMftfl.nno <Msi.2no.oofl> for injuries allegedly sufTrrnl during a hirthdav party brawl in the Bahamas, a month ago. Miss Raye il!°d a suit on Tuesday against Harry Barton a contractor
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    Flood relief
    22 2 MOSCOW. Thurs. The Soviet Red Cross yesterday announced it has sent 50.n00 rupees aid to East Paki.-t.ii flood victims— A.P.
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    Blonde poisoner of 3 asks for death
    99 2 MAINZ Thurs FRAU CHRIST A LEHMANN, poisoner of her husband, father-in-law and a woman friend. was sentenced to life j imprisonment here yes- terday. The 31-year-old blonde admitted the murders during her three-day trial. She told the judge it would have been bif
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    MAN'S FIRST SPACE TRIP WITHIN 30 YEARS
    116 2 NEW YORK, Thurs.--The first man will be shot into spacr travel within 30 vr;ir< and the first unmanned satellite will be sent into orbital space within 10 >rars. the American Rocket Societv was told yesterday at El Pas*, Texas. The prediction was made
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    ot Peace -3,000 years ago
    45 2 ot Peace -3,000 years ago ago the di Mils, servatli weapon during Cha, K ■■i Mm expedltl Hi fi Hoabinh sent to I for exan For Britiah M useiM difficult Tweed Somi which »enl to Others w eration. "We ihall finished car: He add. ri
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    Hanoi prepay for Vietminh
    27 2 and A:r i Hai lift >• 81 .012 V south Vi The Ami when tl minh takes r and a hall hind- A P
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    HOME CRISIS OVER SCANDALS
    278 3 demand resignations I FFT wiMn ROME. Thursday. interference- th? Roye t rnm ent of "scandalous lo .f° rc e a confidence vote and evidently aim to keep pubHc tnent at fever pitch until t ><• most sensational trials in n history In the Senate la.st night
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    Rumbas for the Reds
    69 3 MOSCOW, Thurs. li|H Soviet Government ■prnrd its first dine anri-danrr nnt here and called Leningrad", the first time since iM'lution. waiters i renlng dress and served in drmiupv restaonni on the r .if a new skyhotel is lavishly .(I With marble rvstal, and has brocaded decora-
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    Commercial TV 'lunatic' -Dr. Fisher
    63 3 i'OON .nada), Thurs. hop of CanterOeoffrey Fisher. tour of Ca terday that Bri- Tel agreement." ational, influi to make Ingly unable to by anything at n yesterday the n the bis business imercial TV censed. ice Littler, he.vi of a West End thea«d he had
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    HUNT FOR KILLER OF WOMEN
    154 3 HUNT FOR KILLER OF WOMEN T LONDON. Thurs. HE recent murder of a beautiful young London model may be linked with the strangling of a 45-year-old midwife five months ago at Stratford-on-Avon. Police yesterday examined certain similarities in the two unsolved killings which may have been committed by the same
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    Weaver plea to N.Z. now
    93 3 AUCKLAND, Thurs Awaiting deportation from Japan to Australia, Frank Loyal Weaver, a former soldier who made a forbidden marriage with a Japanese girl, has written secretly to New Zealand, appealing for a sponsor to enable his wife to enter the country. In a letter to
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    Out Sir John—in Sir George
    45 3 Out Sir John in Sir George PORTSMOUTH, England Thurs. Admiral Sir George 1 Creasy yesterday succeeded I Admiral Sir John Edelston as Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth and Atlantic Pact .Commander of the EnslLsh 'Channel area. No new appointment has yet been announced for Admiral Edelston. Reuter.
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    Police chief suspended
    50 3 PARIS. Thurs. French Minister of the Interior, M. Francois Mitterand, today -suspended Jean Dides. Chief Commissioner of the Paris Police, from his post pending an administrative inquiry. Dides, the chief expert on Communist Party affairs at the police headquarters, ha.s been questioned by French security officers.— Reuter.
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    Microphone at North Pole
    41 3 LONDON Thurs— The Russians said last night they have installed a microphone at the North Pole. Moseov. radio said "we are the Brat country In the world to do so." The chief reaction here was: Why?— AP.
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    PARISIAN BOMBSHELL
    32 3 I.YNDA GLORIA. 21-year-old AUeria-born singer and dancrr known as the "Parisian Bombshell." made a hit on British television when she appeared in this gown glittering uith 20.000 sequins. Reuter picture.
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    U.S. colonel sacked for collaboration
    128 3 FORT SHERIDAN (Illinois), Thursday. A COURT MARTIAL yesterday found Lt.-Col. Harry Fleming guilty of collaborating with the enemy while a prisoner in a North Korean prison camp. He was sentenced to dishonourable discharge and to forfeit his pay He was found not guilty of a
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    New Guinea on the agenda?
    46 3 NEW YORK. Thurs. The Steering Committee of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday recommended the inclusion on the assembly's agenda ot Indonesia's dispute with the Netherlands over the sovereignty of Westrrn New Guinea. The vote was 7—3 with five abstentions. Reuter.
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    £4,250 stamps
    38 3 LONDON, Thurs.— Foreign stamps auctioned here yesterday fetched £4,250. Six 1912 Chinese stamps with neutrality overprints were bought for and a small collection of Japanese stamps issued between 1871 and 1877 were sold for £100.— Reuter.
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    Forget politics-Grantham told
    171 3 Forget politicsGrantham told LONDON, Thursday. rill Daily Mirror today accused Sir Alexander Grantham, Governor of Hong Kom. of "offensive meddling with affairs outside his realm" in an interview in America. He went to America "to tell Americans about Hong Kong" the newspaper said. "That is fine. He is a good
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    'Weapons or death' call by children
    65 3 SEOUL. Thurs. Alton 50,000 schoolchildren paraded Seoul streets today in protest against withdrawal of I'nited States forces from South Korea. The students carried banners saying "Remember June 1950. Give us Weapons or Death". A cordon of IS military police and South Korean police guarded
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    Arctic adventure
    36 3 OTTAWA, Thurs— The 6,500--ton Arctic patrol ship HMCS Labrador has reached the Berring Straits to become the first warship ever to navigate the northwest passage through the Canadian Arctic, naval headauflrters announced yesterday. —UP.
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    14 NAUGHTY KIWI BOYS AND GIRLS
    115 3 AUCKLAND. Thurs. Fourteen New Zealand school children nine boys and five girls aged 13 and 14 appeared in a children's court here today charged with indecent assault and having unlawful carnal knowledge. All the children attend the same intermediate co-educa-tional school near here. The
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    Tin pact 'No'
    42 3 BONN. Thurs. West Germany has decided not to join the International Tin Agreement for the time beinj? because she thinks consumer countries' interests are insufficiently represented. Professor Walter Hallstein, head of the i Foreign Ministry, told ParllaJment today. Reuter.
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    Job for Tensing
    35 3 NEW DELHI. Thurs.-Sher-pa Tensing Norkay, conqueror with Sir Edmund Hillary of Mount Everest, has been appointed chief instructor at the Indian Mountaineering Institute In Darjeeling first of its type in Asia. Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    443 3 LONDON, Thurs. /CONDITIONS were quite active again ln the stock markets todiiy ;ind buyers were out ln force ln Industrials and kafflrs. A substantial list of gains was established although some w«Te reduced slightly as a result of profit- talcing Leading equities were brought and British American Tobacco
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON. Sept. 23.— Cash Buyers C73B'j; Sellers C73f«: FOnvarri Buyers C 738 1 Sellers Settlement C 738. Turnover a.m. 30 tons; p.m. 10 ton*.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    36 3 lONDON, Sept. 23— Spot 20 ".d., Oc! jn ,d, Ort.-Dec. 20',d.. Jan.Mkr. L'n ,ri.. Apr -June 20 ,d.. JulySept. 20 ,d.. Srpt. elf. 20 ,d.. Oct. elf. 20-, d.. Nov. elf. 2O',d. Tone: HeMi.int.
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    Raid on home of minister
    72 3 JOHANNESBURG. Thurs. The homes of nine people were raided today by detectives investigating the Society for Peace and Friendship with the Soviet Union. The home of a Methodist minister, the Rev. D. C. Thompson, president of the society, was raided for the second time in
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    Seven Red seamen sail for freedom
    203 3 WHITBY. Thurs rjEVEN Polish sramrn from O the trawler Puszozyk were taken to Whitby police station today where they asked for political asylum. The trawler was seen flashing a light near Whitby Rock Buoy by the fishing boat Provider M she was returning from
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    Woman ill-treated child, 3—fined $500
    281 4 Woman ill-treated child, 3— fined $500 HUSBAND WILL GIVE $300 TO GIRLS' HOM BOTH TO PAY ON THE INSTALMENT PLAN MADAM CHAN AH LOI, formerly guardian of three-and-a-half-year-old Ah Fun, was fined $500 or six months' gaol when she pleaded guilty in the Singapore Second Criminal District Court \esterday to
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    THS LITTLE GIRL WITH THE SAD, SAD EYES
    13 4 AH FUN loved, but sad-eyed
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    Two robbers grab $101 from shop
    69 4 Two men walked into a sundries shop in Woodlands Road Singapore, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday and robbed the proprietor of $101 The victim told the police that the men first a*ked him for some money. i When he refused he was asi sault^d.
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    THE BIG PUZZLE — WHO IS SHE?
    198 4 THE BIG PUZZLE WHO IS SHE? At least Ah Fun is loved now tyHO is Ah Fun. the little girl who was ill treated in a house in Geylang. Singapore? Nobody knows. But the Social Welfare Department hopes that this Straits Times picture of the girl with the big. sad
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    AH BOEY GETS A BATH OF HER OWN
    73 4 AH BOEY GETS A BATH OF HER OWN MALACCA. Thurs. Chow Ah Boey. Malacca s six-year-old cripple, today bathed in a bath specially made for her. The bath, a gift from a Singapore firm, was sent through Mrs K. M Cansdoll. Social Welfare Officer. Tho firm a.so gave her a
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    Bound over for theft
    62 4 R. Th KUALA LUMPUh. urs. i Abdul Malik bin Ahmad 21. who stole sewing machine valued at $100 from his si>tor- in-laws house at Hale Road on June 5. was today bound over in $200 for 12 months. Inspector Paul Raj. prosecuting, said that the machine
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    Lady Loewen to open show
    53 4 Lady Loewen. wife of the Commander-in-Chief Far East Land Forces, will open the St Andrew's Cathedral fete and fun-fair at the cathedral grounds at 3.30 p.m. on Oct 2 The fete and fun-fair, which will be on from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.. will include
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    Mentri promises them a school
    52 4 IPOH. Thurs.- -The Mentri Besar. Dftto Pangllma Bukit Gantang. visited Batu Kurau in the Larut and Matang district yesterday and told the villagers that arrangements were being made to establish an English school in the village. He also visited Repoh in his two-day tour of
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    MAN WHO BETRAYED A TRUST
    160 4 MAN WHO BETRAYED A TRUST 12 months 1 gaol JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. NG 800 LOK, a former police clerk at Mersing, was today sentenced by Mr. N. L. Cohen, in the Sessions Court to 12 months' gaol for cheating the Police Welfare Fund of $2,243. He was also ordered to
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    Dog-lover is fined
    61 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs P K. Nair. a servant, was fined $30 in the police court today for moving two katis of rice without a permit at Plentonc. His employer. K. Williams, told the court that when Nair found there was no rice for the dog he went
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    RSVP-now thearmy gives the boys a slap-up tea
    110 4 BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. Members of the First Battalion Federation Regiment played host to 60 Malay youths and elders 'n their camp at Kampong Royah in Butterworth today. This was a return to the civilians, who entertained the soldiers \rsterdav evening at the Butterworh
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    BRUNEI TO SULTAN: HAPPY BIRTHDAY
    357 4 BRUNEI TO SULTAN: HAPPY BIRTHDAY From JOHN WILLIAMS. BRUNEI TOWN. Thurs. rE colour and pomp of the Arabian Nights came true here today when the 28th Sultan of Brunei, dressed in purple and silver, celebrated his 38th brithday. Today was a national holiday in this tiny oil-rich British protectorate. At
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    Boys' Brigade party back
    89 4 Boys Brigade party back Part of the Singapore Boys' I Brigade contingent to the Centenary Camp at Eton returned to the Colony on the Teucer last night. They were Captain S. P. Chua of the Ist Company i leader 1 Staff Sgt. Chan Kurr. Kgow Cpl. Albert Kedit. Cpl. Ooh
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    POLITICS BAN TO BE LIFTED
    238 5 Civil servants will be allowed to take part n big Party experiment LARGE section of the Singapore civil service will soon be free to take part in politics ban on politics is to be considerably relaxfri for next year's experiment in Party Govern or the
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    Man found wounded
    66 5 IPOH. Thur.s. A policeman on patrol in Jalan Datoh last night found a man lying un-i-.riM-ious near a bridge with a stomach injury. The man. P. Kandasamy, 27. an employee of the Penang Harbour Board was removed to hospital. A .statement was recorded from him by the
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    Arts, crafts display
    52 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. The annual Arts and Crafti exhibition of the EnslLsh College, Johore Bahru. will be held on Oct. 28 and 29. A section of the exhibition will be confined to exhibits from old boys of the college. Their exhibits should reach the Arts Master before
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    New badge for Gurkha signals unit
    116 5 M KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. AJOR GENERAL L E in- H perownt Major General Brigade of Gurkhas, today Dns.nted new cap badges to all ranks of the Gurkha Signals Regiment. Making the presentation at a parade at the headquarters nf the regiment in Maxwell Road.
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    SNAKES ALIVE-BUT ROSE STILL STRIPPED
    218 5 SNAKES ALIVE-BUT ROSE STILL STRIPPED BUKIT MERTAJAM. Thurs Rose Chan, now drawing crowds at Bukit Mertajam, has been pelted with stones, bad eggs and even green snakes in the last two nights. Rose today told the police that her new cream-coloured sports car was stoned by an unknown man last
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    Red ship makes a 'mercy' dash to S 'pore
    99 5 Red sh ip makes a 'mercy dash to S 'pore T 41-ton Polish freishtor stwo made a "mercy" .n^apore ye.sterday to tiling encine room hospital. two was on her way to Colombo from the Red China port of Yulinkons when the oiler. 45-year-old K. Felkis. became ill. The captain sent
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    Talks to end mill strike continue
    63 5 Talks to end mill strike continue XJEGOTIATIONS continue in ll the 15-year-old strike at the Malayan Textile Mills Singapore Management and labour again met yesterday in the office of Mr. J.D.H. Neill Assistant Commissioner for Labour (Conciliation), and further meetings are scheduled. The strike began on Sept. 9. when 400
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    Mr. Menon is in Kenya
    59 5 Mr. M. Gopala Menon. former Representative of the Government of India in Malaya. presented his letter of accreditation a-s India's Commissioner in British East Africa to the Governor of Kenya. Sir Evelyn Baring, on Tuesday. He also called on General Sir George Erskine. Comman-der-in-Chief of
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    Kennel put him in the doghouse—'storm in a teacup,4 says magistrate
    171 5 Kennel put him in the doghouse— 'storm in a teacup, 4 says magistrate QUEK Sia Seng, charged with building a dog kennel without City Council permission, yesterday told the Singapore City Police Magistrate. Mr. J. M. Deve-reux-Coleburn. that he had submitted a sketch-plan for approval. The prosecutor. Mr. A Norris.
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    Merchant found stabbed in room
    42 5 A Muar textile merchant. Andiapa Pallanandan. aged 45, was found with two stab wounds in the stomach in a room of a hotel in Jalan Besar, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. Police picked up a knife in the room.
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    Doctors justify the Colony's confidence
    174 5 LOCAL MEN SUCCEED IN BRITAIN YEARLY all the local doctors whom the Government has sent to Britain since the war to obtain specialist qualifications have Justified the confidence placed in them, the deputy Director of Medical Services. Dr. A Doraisin£ham. said yesterday. This was most
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    ARMY KEEPS HOTEL FOR 2 MORE YEARS
    75 5 PENANG, Thurs. The Settlement Government has extended, the army lease ol the Penang Runnymede Hotel for two years, Mr. H. R. Ellis, the Settlement Secretary, said today. The original lease expired la.st September. It has been extended to Sept. 1955. The Runnymede Hotel
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    Mother of 4 lives after 25 foot fall
    67 5 Mother of 4 lives after 25 foot fall A SINGAPORE woman who fell 25 ft. from the second floor of a house in China Street yesterday hit the first floor and then a trisha on the road before crashing to the ground. V Poh Lew, 47. a mother of four,
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    $500 fine for having opium
    51 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Loh Ah Poh, arrested when police raided a house In Johore Bahru on July 25, was fined $500 in the Sessions Court today for having opium and opium smoking utensils. Charges against seven others were withdrawn by the prosecution and they were
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    Two cleared of armed robbery
    44 5 PENANG. Thurs. Aftrr ret nine a second time, a sevenman Assizes jury today returned a unanimous verdict of not Ruilty on Chee Chuan Hock and Ooi Ec Chooi charged with armed robbery. Chee and Ooi were acquitted and discharged
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    Rotary party
    35 5 TAIPING. Thurs.— The Rotary Club of Taipine will hold I a tea party at the Kwanctunjr Association at 5 D.m. next I Thursday in honour of Phya Srivisar. Governor of Rotary District 46.
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    Our new library— best in S.E. Asia
    234 5 Our new library best in S.E. Asia SINGAPORE'S new $1 million public library will have the biggest and best collection of books in South-East Asia, the new librarian, Mr. L. M. Harrod, said yesterday. "The building will be of the most advanced design and will probably be air-conditioned throughout to
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    Buffet party
    28 5 I'he University of Malaya Society, formed by graduates in July, will hold a buffet party at the Odeon Hollywood Room. Singapore, at 8 pm on Saturday
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    $30 OR 15 DA YS? ONG CHOSE PRISON
    138 5 QNG AH NGOH. an icewater seller, who early this month served seven days' simple imprisonment— without being given the option of a fine for causing obstruction— is back in prison He fleeted to go to prison rather than pay a total of
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      321 5 ALHAMBRA: Northwest Pa.s- 1 PAVILION: Stranger on the sage- 11. 1.30. 4, 6.45 and 9.30. Pr0w1— 1.45, 4, 6.30 and 930. CAPITOL: Act of Love— ll. ll EN s Ra-siah Swami 1.45 4, 6.30 and 9.30. (Egyptian-Malay)— 3, 6.30 and V, AT H^ V i ,?°?5? and o J i(t
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    DEATH
    35 6 ;o H/ortf> HO (minimum) CRAWFORD: Dora Mary widow rf James Richard and beloved mother of Dorrle. Mollle and Jimmy ii Batu Gajah hospital early on Monday morning. 20th September, 10.i4 (English papers please copy.)
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    81 6 Id *ura* $10 (minimum). MR TAY KIA HONG and family wish to express their sincere to all Friends and Relatives rtr Good Wishes and Presents on the Occasion of the Marriage of other Mr. Tay Kia Yong on lIMMY CRAWFORD and his Dorrie and Mollle wteh u> their deep
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Fri. Sept. 24, 1954. Our Obedient Servants
    600 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Fri. Sept. 24, 1954. Our Obedient Servants Political party leaders who are distressed by the Federation Government's ruling on politics in the civil service cannot possibly be blind to the evils that would follow if the present latitude continued in the circumstances of party government. An
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    The Labour Picture
    676 6 The Colony's Provident Fund, which comes into force in three months' time, seems not to have won the affection of those it will benefit. The Legislative! Council was well pleased with the scheme; the workers.; organised and otherwise, are; more doubtful. Remembering the Federation's experience two years
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      English of vital value in Malaya
      262 6 English of vital value in Malaya 1 AGREE with Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan that "Eng- lish had the highest economic value in Malaya. It was not I only the official but also the commercial language. English was the key to vast literature, rich culture and universal knowledge." English education was
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      CAPTAIN OF VESSEL 'RAN AWAY'
      99 6 CAPTAIN OF VESSEL 'RAN AWAY' ICO a drunken car driver gets two months goal in Kuala Lumpur and the Judge describes him as a "potential murderer." In Singapore, on the other hand, a European ship's cap,tain reported by the Asian crew as having been drunk at sea, "ran away" to
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      They helped Malaya
      79 6 TAX PAYER" complains of Indian doctors' qualifications and abilities. But had their qualifications not been up to the standard required in Malaya, they would not have held responsible posts in our naspitals. At a moment when Malaya had a grave shortage of doctors, the Government looked to
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      Higher fees proposal 'right idea'
      146 6 Higher fees proposal 'right idea' I AM surprised to see you have given such publicity to the opponents of higher school fees for secondary education. I think the Federation has the right idea, and I hope Singapore will follow. To most Asians a certificate of studies still represents a sesame
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      Criticism not fair to Member
      153 6 Criticism not fair to Member iT'HE language which some x political leaders have used in criticising the educational policies of Dato EEC Thuraisingham. the Member for Education, was not fair. Just because Dato Thural'singham happens to be a supporter of the Party Ncgara. some leaders of opposing political parties have
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      OVERAGE STUDENTS IN DESPAIR
      77 6 OVERAGE STUDENTS IN DESPAIR JJAS the Singapore Education Department the right to stop boys and girls over 17 years old to sit for the "Common Entrance Examination?" If it had wanted to stop them, it should have done so at the beginning of the year, when the students could do
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      Confusing the issue
      109 6 THE suggestion by a trade unionist to increase the price of petrol by ten cents a gallon is like cutting your nose to spite your face. This is sure to result in an increase in bus fares and in the transport of commodities and hence will be
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      He is still waiting
      75 6 SEVERAL new denominations of the new Queen Elizabeth II stamps have already appeared in Malacca and Penang. I often wonder when Singapore's much publicised pictorial series of stamps will appear. Time and again it has been stated that the new definitives have been approved by the
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      Cheaper registration fee urged
      177 6 Cheaper registration fee urged Fa citizen of some countries in the British Commonwealth or a person who Is a British subject without citizenship right in Singapore applies for registration as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies he has to pay 25 cents for copies of application forms and
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      Spitting and the PC
      89 6 WHILE travelling In an Singapore Traction Company bus the other day, a passenger spat on the floor of the bus. There was a notice in various languages in front of him forbidding spitting. The Malay policeman standing right in front of him took no action. T.B.
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      Hooliganism in the dollar seats
      151 6 I HAVE noticed with disgust the behaviour of certain English speaking hooligans, who patronise the one dollar seats in Singapore's first class theatres. They are causing a great deal of embarassment to some of the audience who bring their family along to enjoy a good
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      He saw no indiscipline in Singapore's prisons
      220 6 I AM surprised at what "Wondering" says about indiscipline in Singapore's prisons His impressions are entirely different from mine. I visited both prisons last month in the capacity of a visiting justice. I certainly didn't see any indiscipline or insubordination The officers, both
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      Councillors should lead the fight
      159 6 pOMPLETE silence by the Government over the proposed increase in school fees was the main cause of the Malayan-wide protest but it is now understood that only those persons drawing a taxable income will be affected. If this is so, then the middle-class wage earners
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      Bands will distract the people
      121 6 Bands will distract the people SO the people of Penang go to the Botanical Gardens to watch the monkeys. How true. In fact. Penangites go to three other places for three other purposes to the Esplanade to patronise the foodstalls and watch the fish in the sea. to Gurnev Drive
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      He will forget these also
      59 6 rDA WANG LAH" !s either extremely carele.sslv forgetful or arrogantly disregard ful of the law. i If he forgets to put an L plate on wnen driving, and if he forgets to sign his licence, he will also forget to give hand signals halt at
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      Dog's home plea
      53 6 Dog 's home plea FOH needs a dogs home or some place where unwanted dogs and other stray animals can be kept. The poci brutes are often set loose to die by starvation or at the hands of the Veterinary Department This method of getting rid of unwanted animals is
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      214 6 The > lar <>- spiri, I T are i I I Centra i I far from m declarii be obviOne i allies hi] looks U Oi takes '>• At m ti'in lo temptat. every ex pemocra is dishorn cessfuliv to take and G. Thre< lesi sue eftect
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      694 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 2t> Wmrdi SlO (minimum). CAMERON: On 22nd September lo Betty and Hamlsh at Alor Star a (i.nuhter. it Wor4s ill) (minimum). CROOKS-SEGERDAL: On 17AM M Garrison Church, Tanfclln, I opan John Crooks of ElaeLs Estate, Kluang. Johore. to Bridget Anne Patricia Segerdal of Uford. SITUATIONS VACANT 7H Honfs
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      77 6 DREADER'S igest v Without faniare. The Reader's Digest independently prints what it considers the most representative opinions of the day. It adds wise and humorous selections, as refreshing as a tumbling waterfall, to shower little silver bubbles of delight on tired minds. It is just little enough ;n size to
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    Its top-pressure work at the causeway now
    247 7 COLONY BUSINESSMEN FLOOD CUSTOMS WITH INQUIRIES ORRIES TURN BACK TO GET MONEY IHORE customs official* at the Singapore causein.' working at top-pressure on the job »>f applying new import duty to od" consigned from the Colon> to th«> Federan. while fho announcement of
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    LOTTERY TICKETS AND HOPE
    145 7 LOTTERY TICKETS AND HOPE A reader gives two stricken widows IPOH. Thur.v EUROPEAN woman reader' walked into the Straits Times office here today. handed over five Social Welfare Lottery tickets, and ex pressed the hope that one of them would win the flrst prize. The woman who wishes to remain
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    Union meeting
    25 7 The adjourned annual meeting of the Continuation Schools Teachers' Union. Singapore, will be held at the Beatty Serondarv School at 11.45 a.m. tomorrow.
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    Councillor is acquitted
    26 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. R A Cessford, a Municipal Councillor, was today acquitted and discharged of negligent driving along Ampang Road on Jan. 25.
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    LADY TEMPLER GETS WISH I
    55 7 MPUR, Th>; y Templer's last he left the Federai "irated here from many welfare organisations are ex- ,i to attend the meeting 1 the Institute for Medical Research on Tuesday. The council will declare the rights of children and try to raise the standards of
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    THIS IS THE MOMENT SILVANA WAITED TWO YEARS FOR
    62 7 FORTY-KKIHT hours after her arrival in Sineapore by the liner Victoria. Miss Silvana Sienorini. of Genoa. Italy, was married to Mr. Frlix Brllini at the Cathedral of the (lood Shepherd yesterday. Silvana waited two years in GeMS for Mr. Brllini to
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    Wife v dance girl —court's verdict
    283 7 2a.m. FIGHT AT ENG WATT STREET Chan Yeow Lin. 17. a dance hostess, was found guilty in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday of causing hurt to a housewife, Yeo Kirn Choo. 25, at 2 a.m. on July 5. at Eng Watt Street. Mr
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    Lawyer: My client looks like an idiot
    130 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs HASBI bin Haji Abdullah, a Customs employee. was bound over in the Magistrate's Court here today for 12 months in the sum of $200. He was convicted of attempting to cheat the Customs of $3 for taxi fare. Inche Sardon
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    Trespassing is alleged
    34 7 Hanapi bin Aklp was charged in Singapore yesterday with trespassing into a young woman's room at 130 a.m. on July 11 at Jalan Eunos. Bail of $250 was extended til] Monday.
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    UNION SUES A UNION FOR OFFICE AND CASH
    165 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. THE All Malayan Railway Workers Union today sued the Malayan Railway Employees Trade Union and three of its officials for $601 and possession of a building and furniture at Jalan Haji Salleh, at Sentul in Kuala Lumpur. The officials
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    3 GUARDS WHO LOST THEIR GUNS GO HOME
    234 7 3 GUARDS WHO LOST THEIR GUNS GO HOME PALOH. Thurs. THREE of the 15 ChinA ese Home Guards arrested on Saturday returned to their homes here this evening They were released by police in Kluang this afternoon after intensive interrogation Into an incident on Friday night when they surrendered their
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    Guilty plea not accepted
    45 7 Soon Kens: Hock, charged with theft of $3 worth of Insecticide at Enjt Hoon Street on July 14 and escaping from police custody, pleaded guilty in Singapore yesterday. His plea was not accepted. He was offered $1,000 bail till next Thursday.
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    Mail arrives from Britain
    53 7 Singapore's G.P.O. staff had a busy day yesterday sorting 3 111 bass of mall from Britain which arrived by the Oranje. The Director of Posts, Mr. M. L Durrant, said that all Federation mail was dispatched by train last night. All the Colony mall will be
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    OFFICER TO LOOK AFTER UNDERGRADS
    61 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation Government has appointed an officer to look after the Interests ol Federation undergraduates at the University of Malaya. He is Mr. R. B. Knowles, 35, third assistant establishment officer attached to the Malayan Establishment Office here. He was formerly an
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    STOLE FROM MOTHER
    105 7 A sum of $4,000 and $1,000 worth of Jewellery belonging to an elderly woman vegetable cultivator and seller were stolen one day by her son, Sit Yew. 45, the Singapore Sixth Police Court was told yesterday. Sit's wife saw the theft and told his mother, whose prompt
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    The China wife who wants to be back
    350 7 ONCE every month for the past four years, Mr. Ng Sze. 34. of Mosque Street, Singapore, has been getting a letter from his wife in China begging him to get her back into the Colony. I And every month Mr. Ng a
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    Man had tin ore—gaoled
    40 7 Man had tin ore gaoled KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Wong Seng, 45. waa today sentenced to three months' gaol for unlawful possession of 22 katls of tin ore near the 4th mile, Sungei Besl Road, on Aug. 17. He pleaded guilty.
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    Registrar quits varsity job
    38 7 The Registrar of the University of Malaya. Mr. W. D. Craig, leaves Singapore on Oct. 13 to take up an appointment in the University of Hull. About 20 people have applied for the post.
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    Food dump found
    28 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A Fijian patrol found a small food dump and recovered a quantity of rice In the Palon area of Johore on Tuesday.
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    NEW FACES from OLD
    129 7 Doctors to discuss report by Australian surgeons KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Singapore and Federation Goernment medical chiefs will meet soon to discuss a report on plastic surgery prepared by two Australian surgeons, who visited Malaya earlier this year. The report is believed to contain recommendations on the
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    IT'S NO OFFENCE IN SINGAPORE TO PASS ON T.B. AND IT WON'T BE
    342 7 IT'S NO OFFENCE IN SINGAPORE TO PASS ON T.B. AND IT WON'T BE II IS not possible or desirable to punish tuberculosis sufferers in Singapore, for passing on the disease. Colony doctors said yesterday. But Americans think otherwise for a woman in Lexington, Kentucky, has Just been fined $500 and
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      171 7 The weather MIMMIM l l Ml-l K l l id (7.30 p.m. on Sept. 22 to 7.30 a.m. on Sept. 23): Singapore 71 degrees. Penunx IS, Kota Buliru 75. Kuala I.umpur 73. Ipoh 71. Kuantan 73 MAXIMI'M l l Ml'l l( i i id (7 30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
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    'Relative Values' to have a premiere in Singapore
    726 8 'Relative Values' to have a premiere in Singapore A WORLD premiere <>1 sorts will take place in Singapore on Oct. 1. For that is the first day that amateur dramatic groups are allowed to stage the famous Noel Coward play "Relative Values". And the Stage Club are to present it
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    HOLLYWOOD NEWS, VIEWS IN BRIEF
    127 8 HOLLYWOOD NEWS, VIEWS IN BRIEF CAESAR ROMERO. Bella Durvi. and Katy Jurado have joined the cast of "The Racers." a new drama which will be directed by Henry Hathaway. The Julian Blaustein production earlier assigned Kirk Douglas. Gilbert Roland. Charles Goldner and Lee J j Cobb to prominent roles in
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    Good start
    125 8 RAKHF.S PU\crv' formed a few months aeo as a result of > t h r amalgamation of R.itTlr* Institution and S Raffles (iirls' School, stated its first production. "An Evening of Drama", at Raffles Institution last s weekend. writes NAN < HAM.. Juci'inc by the perform- ances of
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    by a new group of players
    92 8 by a new group of players pils and parents alike. The other two pieces were "Atmi>spherics". (a fantasy by Phillip Bale) produced by Lee Teck Chye. and Tea With A Legend" (a short drama by Norman Holland), pro- fi duced by Ellen rabb. Acting honours of the B evening went
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    How CRAZY are these film people?
    372 8 How CRAZY are these film people? 4 AD IF THEY AREAS CRAZY AS THEY SEEM. HOW DO THEY EVER MAKE A GOOD FILM? TODAY A MAS WHO GREW UP WITH HOLLYWOOD SUMS IT UP. rnHERE'S no business as X crazy as film business. A book published today confirms this if
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    BERLIN A BACK NUMBER
    142 8 IRVING Borlin, one of thp most famous song-writers In the world, has not produced a nrw hit In the last three and a half years. But he is not complaining. Other song-writers are. They claim their established talents are passed over by record companies in favour
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      311 8 Straits Times Crossword ~SISIiiIIZIII_ ih .9 I |p I r? I II I I |^j I I I^S3 I I ;6 M M i^jjjFi i^ i Tri l I W fji iin i ACROSS 11. Urge with spirit <5). 1. and 3. The flower of your heart J l al
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      A genius ruined by love, absinthe
      1833 9 A genius ruined by love, absinthe YEN the light-hearted people of Venice were shocked one March in 1834 by news of an unseemly fracas in the Jewish etery. It appeared that a small dynamic raven haired beauty who ndalised them by wearing top hat and trousers and smoking cigars ad
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    280 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association report**!: "With only a few exceptions Industrials and tins were easier on the local share market. Despite the better commodity price there were only small tran"siiction* In rubber counters Members reported the following business done yesterday:— Praser and Neave orris $2.03 to $2
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    EXCHAN6E RATES
    39 10 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesurday the V B dollar was quoted at 5.***** fm cash and 5 87 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.73 and jone tael of gold at 254 625
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    COCONUT OIL IS UP AGAIN
    67 10 THE priic of coconut oil at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange yesterday continued to rise and closed at $54 per picul. $1.50 above the previous day's close?. This is the highest price quoted by the Exchange for the past two months. At the end of
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    RUBBER OVER 70 CENTS
    323 10 tements are higher By OUR MARKET COWISrONUtB. BETTER United SU.cs i nquir> continued demand from Britain tinent kept the price of rubber in Sinl n terday above the 70 cents level The closing price for Ortobor first or f.o.b. was 704 cents a lb.. one oi
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    149 10 MELBOURNE Interest w.i s revnec ills on the stork ExchaSTS' ollowlng reports 0 Kai m^J? 1 Canyon, by We>; a cum. Australasian Oil Exn r irilling at Reid s Dome QusESi 1 iisclosed "allghl oil traciTiJ; 'anable and bonds active 3 V;. 1956-5 a £94--.oans 3' 4 O
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    RUBBER PRICES
    143 10 October first grade rubber '.o.b. closed in Singapore yestofel it 70 cent? a lb., or.. rent above Wednesdays clotsj srlce and the closing tore luiet. Better Inquiry kept the pel ween 70', cents and Tl luring the greater part of make lours. The turnover was moderate. Closing prices
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    102 10 Singapore Chinrv P'" d Exchange: n°° n P rtces r yesterday were:— Copra firm and steady. $32 buyers. $32 50 seller.*. Ko«nbß $32.50 "buyers. $33 sellers OWJJ oil: steady; $54. Pepper: q changed: no business repor" tolc white $220. But** Lampong black $163 H.C B. Ltd. rlosinj pn«
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    51 10 »h,ps lying alon.Md, t£ porr Harbour Board £ctrd today arc A Twicer 45. rrtdnK*. W f Benmhor 6 7 T»ta»ot 9 11. Cyclops 13 14 M; i: Maer.sk 18. WMrlmu W 21 22. Benvop 23. Perls f--25 26. Gorpon -i 29 30. BeneWi I 1';- 3fi Wairatn 4"
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      1115 11 ■uiLDiNc THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. *gjJf* SINGAPORE (Incciporated in the United Kinodom) S LINES SAILINGS TO UK. and CONTINENTAL PORTS S'oora P S'hom Penang •enorty for Havre, London, NewcaMte. Hull 25/24 24/28 Sept 29/10 Sept Benmhor I r Liverpool, Dublin, Rotrerrtim, Hamburg C 4/7 10 Sept/2 Oct 1/ 4
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    A CHAMPION OF CYCLISTS IN MALAYA
    348 12 A CHAMPION OF CYCLISTS IN MALAYA THE Malayan cyclist although he Is the largest road user-and according to Mr. L. Ruda, general export manager of B.S.A.s Cycle Group the most important-has not received recognition as such by other road users and traffic authorities. Mr. Ruda who is on a Malayan
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    SINO-BRITISH TRADING CAN BE BOOSTED
    580 12  -  HARRY EARNSHAW BY Sales to mills J AM returning to England from my visit to Communist China with the British Mission convinced that, despite the closing down of the China market to British and other foreign-made textiles, two-way trade can be substantially and profitably expanded.
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    COMMERCIAL NEWS & VIEWS BY GEOFFREY BOLAND
    145 12 COMMERCIAL NEWS VIEWS BY GEOFFREY BOLAND Good outlook for Malaya OPTIMISM about the future of Singapore and Hong Kong was expressed by Mr. Michael W. Turner. chief manager of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, who last week completed a tour of all the brani ches of the bank in
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    A NEW INDIAN BANK MANAGER
    100 12 MR J. N. MEHTA. the new Singapore branch manager of The Bank of India Ltd. succeeds the former manager Mr. V. O. Oupte who Is now on leave in Irdia. Mr. Mehta who previously was manager of the Madras branch, is In Malaya for the
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    Third term for trade chief in Malacca
    221 12 Third term for trade chief in Malacca MR. A. W. B. Acton, Federal. Settlement and Municipal Councillor, has become for the third time president of the Malacca Chamber of Commerce. He Is the only European so far who has served as president since the Chamber was formed In 1948, when
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      144 12 THE MUSIC OF 'VAL ORTEGA" ■nd his 8 II REXTI I II Jm^F the »11-alr-ronditinnrd /r4^ S>NeAPORE I °~HOTEL'S f>« STARLIGHT- ROOM Mg&fciA TEA DANCE EVERY SUNDAY I KOI Ri l BATH trlrphonr Mrvice JZ^^^^*Mm^^£^EmE^ A. Room and full board' A^ jM^IA Room and fall board +^r HiiU S'll m
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    Van B. newcomer Celebrity is one to note
    563 13  - Van B. newcomer Celebrity is one to note EPSOM JEKP Xv IPOH Thurs. THE VAN BREIKELENS will introduce some promising newcomers at the forthrominc Sultan's Gold Vase meeting at Ipoh. One of them particularly worth watching is Celebrity (Late Starry View), a four-year-old by Panorama. Thig good-looking bay is by
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    Thai woman enters final
    124 13 BOMBAY Thurs. THAILAND'S champion Direc Khmadbve ;tnd his compatriot Pmrt PattapoticKH »«*re defeated :i ami-final ium '>f 'lie men"* illlCtol in the Cricket Club of Indiw 'jndminion chnmvrionrhips here <IHV Khatadbye ni tirxitn 14 17, 6-19 by Amrnln! Deuan. the third ranking Indian player. He found
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    NO FIGHTS
    40 13 LOS ANGELES. Thurs R™ kv Marrtiino, Un world he»\y«fiKh' boxing rhimniin »ho»e now spin in his Mile bout with Eward ChHriiv- will not be able to box for t«o to three months his manager, vi Weill. said lodav.
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    BOYS CLUBS FOR CHARITY BOXING
    195 13 AN inter-club boxing tournament A K being ntsged by five Boys 1 Club, from JohorJ .nd Singapore to I raise money for the Johore Red Cross to bf held »t the Hokklen Ai■Mtattoo, Johore Bahru, at 8 p.m. Twenty-eight boxen wIU Uke part! in this
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    Busmen win Res. league
    74 13 SINGAPORE Tr.«l«. Company only jroal at Jalan Besar M.dlum to^SS a l S'more of .he pl.y In the flr.M feMlf but lost their be*t rhanre. l n the 25th mlnut*. when Swart fumbled In front of goal H J Webbfr refereed S.T.C.: Ra-uman; Ameer Tony; Sentnh.
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    Yugoslav victory breaks a record
    420 13 CARDIFF. Thursday. YUGOSLAVIA beat Wales by three goals to one in the 1 first international match of the British football season, played before a crowd of 45.000 here last night. Two goals In the last few minutes gave the Yugoslav? virtory aftrr Wales had scored
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    KING TAKESS.A.S. SWIM HONOURS
    300 13 KING TAKES S.A.S. SWIM HONOURS pORDON KING won four events and set three records v in "A" division of St. Andrew's School's 17th annual swimming meet at the Singapore Chinese Swimming Club yesterday. He was the individual champion with a score of 20 points. The runner-up was Ong Kuan Bee.
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    GOLF VICTORY
    20 13 MALACCA. Thurs. Malacca Club beat Seretnban International Club at soU by 12W matches to JS played her* yesterday.
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    MITCHELL BEST AT THE ARMY SHOOT
    315 13 MITCHELL BEST AT THE ARMY SHOOT A QMS Mitchell iREME Ttr CTt < ■t\ wu individual champion <483 points i at the Singapore Baxe District Rifle Meet hfld at Nee Soon Sept 20—23 Capt. Turner <Slng Base Dlst waa runner-up with 441 points and jSgt. Mark (RIME Trg. Ctrl third
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    HARBOUR BOARD XV v. R.M.P.
    46 13 The Singapore Harbour Board rugby team for their flmt match of the season. Bgalnut R.M.P at Keppel Road tomorrow, will be selected from: Peek. Well* Hark. Curly. Culdwell Enderby. Bell. MorrU. Colqhoun. Wheeler. Ooh. Trevor, Hartnnll. Shove. PJnciu. Reynolds, and Oorrlck.
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    CUP TENNIS
    49 13 The annual tennis match, lor the Emily Cup donated by Dato C. J. Paglar bet*een the Alumni Association of Kins Edward the Seventh College of Medicine and Singapore Stamford Club will be played at Dr Chan Ah Row's court* at Mountbatten Road at 3 p.m on Sunday.
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      86 13 *j*moLcr THE MINIATURE |f\ L. BOTTLE CAMPAIGN ENDS ON mt /Wm 30th SEPTEMBER 1954 Qill After that date no more red crowns Hr_ JfHim wi c exc^ an 9 ec or miniature bottles mJm J I I vL ptriod only, a miniature cm will bt II A givei FREE in
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    COLONY MARKES BID FOR KRAMER
    348 14 Pro. troupe on 'goodwill' tour THE WORLD'S four greatest tennis players today professionals Jack Kramer, Frank Sedgman, Pancho Gonzales, and Pancho Segura will play in Singapore within the next few weeks if a bid for their services by the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association succeeds. Kramer's
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    SPORTS DIARY
    77 14 HOCKEY LEAGUE. DIV. 2: Dockyard v BODCA BODCA ground. DIV. 3A: SHB Police v MBTC, MBTi ground. DIV. SB: VMM A v PHD, PWD C round BASE DISTRICT aix-a-side semi-final and final, at Nee Soon. FRIENDLY: S.C.C. v Indian Assn., SCC pa dan*: Ceylon S.C. v Dockyard. CSC
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    Fusiliers XV to play SCC
    107 14 Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who have Just arrived from Hong Kong, will field a strong team against Singapore Cricket Club in a rugger fixture on the padang tomorrow. Outstanding players in their team are the halves. Harding and Watklns, who are fast and experienced men. S.C
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    CSC WIN 2-0 IN DIV. 3B TIE
    77 14 Ceylon Sports Club scored two first-half goals to beat R.A SC 2-0 hi a SHA Div. 3B league fixture at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday. Navaretnam opened scoring with a solo effort and Kandasamy scored the second goal lust before the interval. The Dlv.
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    PIGGOTT IS TOLD HE MAY APPLY
    75 14 LONDON. Thurs— The .-rev.i: riof the Jockey Club have derided to allow 18-year-old Jockey Lester Plggott io inaite formal application for a licence to ride again under Jockey Club rules, it was reported here today. Plggott had his licence withdrawn last June after an
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    WANDERERS XI AGAINST C.S.C.
    57 14 The Wanderers S C team to meet Ceylon SC. in a SHA Dlv. I league game at Balestier Road tomorrow will be selected from: Eiik Hoe, N Fernando J. O'Hara, D. Miller. S. Hope D. Sullivan B Sullivan. A. Conroy. O. Carvalho, F. Harley, B. Halge,
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    CSC-POLICE DRAW
    51 14 In a friendly hockey match played at C.B.C. yesterday Police SA. drew with Ceylon Sports Club oneall Scorers: O Roxario for Police; S Fernandez for C.S.C. RMN BEAT CHANGI Royal Malayan Navy scored a 3-2 win over RAF Changl In a SHA Dlv. 2 league hockey fixture on
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    S.C.C. v INDIANS
    44 14 8 C.C. team for hockey friendly against Indian Association on the padang today Is: O. Crulckshank; A Farmer, O Brands: R. Jeffery. H. Wood fcapO M. Wicks; R. Lamb. B Purslow, J Jeffery. J. Enderby. H. Flske. Umpire: N. W. Ramsay.
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    Victoria School XV down Teachers 9-6
    259 14 •yiOTORIA SCHOOL scored their first rugger win this season when they beat Teachers Tainlng College after a hard fight by nine points (a try and two penalties) to six (a try and penalty) on the school ground I yesterday. Good hooking by the pack
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    280 14 ATIFF Wanderers scored their first two points in three matches when they beat G.H.Q. Fault 3-2 at Tanulin yesterday in the Singapore Hockey Association Div. 1 league. LatlfT Wanderers took Urn. to settle down yet when they did, in the latter part of
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    356 14 SAINT ANDREWS SCHOOL were well on their way to a winning start to their rugby season when they took a comfortable 6-0 lead, but towards the end their players, evidently feeling the strain of harl competition in their swimming championships earlier in the afternoon, failed to
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    298 14 Penalty goal foils Chartered Bank jn_League Cup f inal O-T.E.C 1 Chartered Bank A 47th MINUTE penalty K oal scor,-,| A Huat enabled Oriental Telephone .J^. l^ Company to hold Chartered Bank to v of the Singapore Business Houses I p»L competition at Jalan Besar Stadium i ;i ore-*- u_
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