The Straits Times, 25 September 1954

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    14 1 The Straits Times. Hot*'-" 1 I'.std 1X4.) SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1954 Id CENTS
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    DIEM TRIES A NEW DEAL
    267 1 Out goes the old Vietnam Cabinet BUT ARMY MA V STILL GIVE TROUBLE SAIGON, Friday. y [ETNAM Premier Ngo Dinh Diem late today discarded his old Cabinet and formed a new <>i 22 members amid prospects of a troubled end. Premier Diem retained 1 1
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    ORDER YOUR copy NOW
    80 1 ORDER YOUR copy NOW THE Straits Times Press Ltd. is con- fident that any cause for EE complaint which you EE may have had with the ES first two issues of The =E Malayan Monthly has EE been removed with the October issue. This issue, on sale on EE Tuesday,
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    Boy (8) robbed of ring
    39 1 A man robbed an eight -yeavold Indian boy of a gold rir.3 worth $20 in Middle Road, Singapore, on Thursday. Before making off. the mar Rave the boy 20 cents to keep him quiet.
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    Tallest now—by 100 ft.
    40 1 Tallest now by 100 ft. NEW YORK. Fri.— On the prairies of Oklahoma, in Amc-S<iith-west. station KWTV lias completed a 1.572 ft. broadcasting tower limit. higher than the Empire State Building. This makes it the tallest tructure in the world.
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    NEW EDC? 'IT IS UP TO BRITAIN'
    166 1 French view of London talks PARIS. Friday. IT all depends on Britain whether next weeks London conference on German rearmament will succeed and the French Assembly will adopt the scheme, say I French officials. If Britain accepts the .same duties and riehts as
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    HE CASHIER WHO COULDN'T SAY NO
    41 1 YORK. Fri B rnard riarrrtt. a 50-year-old cashier, n charged with misappropriating nearly E 50.000 in WhitesvlUe, Kentucky by cashing v for people in the town. Barrett They had problems and I couldn't say no."
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    On the scent
    17 1 YORK. Pri A per- and scented tor They want ol dye and perfume i
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    Attlee's story of his tour
    86 1 Attlee' s story of his tour EQN MONDAY the Straitb Times beE qms publication of one of the most controverts sial series of articles smce the war. Its author 13 Mr. Clement Attlee. BriE tain's former Prime Minister. This graphic record of E Mr. Attlee's historic mission to Moscow and
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    WAVE OF H-HORROR SWAMPS A NATION
    107 1 TOKYO. Fiiday. JAPAN plunged into nationwide mourning today over the death of Aikirhi Kuboyama symbol of this country's hatred and fear of atomic weapons. Kuboyama, one of the 23 fishermen accidentally atomri i.stcci during the American hydrogen boirb test at Bikini last Marrh. clod
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    Storm kills 46
    32 1 LAHORE, Fri. Forty-six people 30 of them women and childrc i were killed and 150 others injured in a freak rain storm 'which started here »t midnight last night.—Reuter.
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    Two live to tell of 6000-volt plunge
    443 1 Two live to tell of 6000-volt plunge PLANE CRASHES ON RAILWAY LINE IPOH, Fri. AN AUSTER plane this morning ploughed through a 6,000-volt power line, into telephone wires, narrowly missed a labour gang and crashed on to a railway line. The two men in the plane are alive to tell
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    Troops out on election day
    50 1 DAMASCUS. Fri.-- Soldiers and police patrolled the main street here today as more than 1.000.000 Syrians went to the polls to elect a new parliament. The general election was called after President Adib Shishakali was swept from power in an army revolt fast February.— Reuter.
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    Head flies here today
    65 1 LONDON. Fri. Mr. Antony Head, the Secretary of State for War. will leave London tomorrow to visit army units in Malaya and Singapore, it was announced today. He Is due to return to England on Oct. 24. Mr. Head will be accompanied by his wife. Lady
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    For London talks
    28 1 LONDON, Fri. Mr. Lester B. Pearson. Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs, arrived here today for next week's nine-power conference of German rearmament. Reuter.
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    Royal marriage
    23 1 GENEVA. Fri. Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia will marry 20-year-old Princess Maria Pia of Italy in January. it was learned today. -Reuter.
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    Peal of bells— and a boycott
    63 1 NICOSIA (Cyprus). Fri. Church bells peeled, pueople embraced in the streets and Greek flags suddenly appeared here last night as broadcasts announced the news that the United Nations had voted to* debate Greece s claims to Cyp- rus. In New York reliable sources said
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    Eden sees envoy
    41 1 LONDON. Fri.— Sir William Hayter. British Ambassador to Russia, had a private meeting here today with Mr. Anthony Eden. the Foreign Secretary. Sir William is leaving tomorrow for Moscow I after spending five weeks leave In Britain- Reuter.
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    THE WOMAN IN THE NEWS
    42 1 THE WOMAN IN THE NEWS She married a President and started a nationwide row THIS I'MMIM. of the new Mrs. Soekarno (Mrs. Hartini Suwondo before her marriage to thr President) was made Hirer years ago. BELOW: The first Mrs. Soekarno. A.P. picture.
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    Mau Mau murder three children
    110 1 NAIROBI. Kri— Mau Mau terrorists slashed to death three children and a man In an attack on labour lines on a European farm 15 miles north-west of here last night. Two more children were wounded and two night watchmen are missing. Security forces with tracker
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    A FLYING BUS—LIT UP TOO
    209 1 A FLYING BUS— LIT UP TOO The things they see in France PARIS. Fri. A RURAL guard, Louis Moll, said yesterday j he had seen a "flying bus" bedecked with "neon lights" descend from the night sky and land near the Lorraine village of Tromborn. "A great light came down
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    Where grandma is doctor's dilemma
    53 1 NEW YORK. Fri.— Abuse of hospital insurance is so bad in Michigan— says Dr. William Reveno, in a report to the State Medical Association that some chlsellers "send grandma to the hospital for a few days to get her out of the way while they
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    MORE PROTESTS ON MRS. SOEKARNO No. 2
    151 1 'She's not welcome* posters JAKARTA, Friday. WOMEN'S organisations in other parts of Indonesia today joined Jakarta women leaders in denouncing President Soekarnos second marriage to a beauti'il divorcee, Mrs. Suwondo. The protests came r-om Macassar and Sumatra. A woman M.P Mrs. Maria Santoso.
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    Typhoon joins Chiang's attack
    210 1 Typhoon joins Chiang's attack TAIPEH, Fri. qWARMS of Nationalist flghter-bomberr, flew through driving rains today to smash at Communist gun positions around Quemoy as a 70--mile-an-hour typhoon roared towards the China coast Just south of the battle area. At the same time it waa learned that Chinese broadcasts from Shanghai
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    STOP PRESS
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    Act Two—Enter the spy judges with a finding on Document J
    1071 2 Act Two Enter the spy judges with a finding on Document J IS IT A PLOT? NEXT WEEK WILL TELL From STANLEY MASSEY SYDNEY, Fri. THE spy investigation, which crew out of a Russian MVD agent's desertion from the Soviet Embassy in Canberra last April, has reached the end of
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    GIRLS, HERE'S HOW TO SMOKE A PIPE AND STILL BE A LADY
    91 2 The tobacco pouch is very chic, too PROBABLY THF most elegant smoking outfit in the world Is seen above, modelled by Audrey White of London. The pipe, with a rhlnestonestudded bowl, brings feminine rhir to what was once
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    3 mil. Jews just vanish
    65 2 NEW YORK. Frl Rabbi Benjamin Schultz said yesterday that more than 3.000,000 Jews "vanished" in Russia during World War 11. Rabbi Schultz. Executive Director of the American Jewish League, told a House of Representatives Committee investigating Communist aggression that if the Malenkov regime "fancies danger
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    Suez pact hitch on 'minor points'
    57 2 CAIRO. Frl. The signing of the Anglo-Egyptian agreement on the Buez Canal zone ig held up at present by "minor differences of view over the drafting." a British Embassy spokesman said today. Both British and Egyptian sources «aid the points will be settled, and
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    Harriman gets Liberal votes
    48 2 NEW YORK. Fri. The Liberal Party has endorsed Mr. Averell Harrlman. nominated for Governor of New York State by the Democratic Party A Democratic Party spokesman estimated that this new support would glvp Mr. Harrlman 300.000 extra votes. Voting is on Nov. 2. -Reut^r.
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    Ship lost with 55 aboard
    53 2 VALPARAISO. Frt.— Chilean maritime authorities said they havp given up for lost the Argentine merchant ship. San Martin, since contact has been lost with the vessel for 12 days The ship, carrying a crew of 55. was last reported in the Straits of Magellan in
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    HOLD THAT TIGER? WHY, ITS EASY
    118 2 LONDON. Fri. Officials of the RSP.c.v were waltmK expectantly when a York freighter from Singapore landed at London Airport. For it had been reported that the plane, a flying too, had a full-sized male tiger aboard. Then the doors opened tnd the "tiger" was
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    THE GIRLS TELL ON TEACHER
    73 2 NEW YORK. Fri. Girls at Elmira College, New York State, now have to study their schoolmasters and fill in forms saving: How interesting does he make the class? How is his sense of humour? Should he Improve his personal appearance? Are his examinations fair? Does
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    THE MAN WITH A HATE FOR CARS
    146 2 THE MAN WITH A HATE FOR CARS LONDON. Fri. UENRY WILSON hatrd n cars: hated them because of what happened to his litter. Hated them so murh he was determined to get his revenge. He described it like this: "My sister was knocked down by a car which did not
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    Aid for Weaver
    48 2 AUCKLAND. Fri —The Auckland Returned Services Association will ask the Prime Minister. Mr Sydney Holland to grant entry into New Zealand to Australian exsoldier Frank Weaver and his Japanese wife if Weaver will write to the Association stating his case. It was stated today. Reuter.
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    FLYING SAUCER CRASHES IN COURT
    269 2 FLYING SAUCER CRASHES IN COURT But it's just an old Chinese custom in taking an oath LEICESTER, Friday. pOLICEMEN and solicitors in Leicester City Court 1 ducked yesterday when a saucer crashed against tba top of the witness box and broke to bit*. But it was Just part of an
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    Consul shot at
    33 2 SEOUL. Fri— The U.S. Embassy here announced that a bullet was flred into the American Consulate building in Pusan this afternoon, missinc the Vice-Consul by less than a foot— Reuter
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    'Reckless' talk of atom ash
    213 2 'Reckless' talk of atom ash -THEN jap' HOUSTON, T^xJ I)R JOHN Rr, F J> rhirf of h V 1 'HER, today thai C m brr n too man N Dredictlon? a y on rec radiation f rO m hatand hydro K f. n Ln?i° miplosions Soulri? heredity. l do to
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    Japs' big step
    40 2 TOKYO. Fn Th«Nations commanriPr GI E. Hull, said today th had taken "an important step' in its •■march toward n self-reliance." with thr handover of th* 1 drfmrc of Hokkaido. Japan's north island, to Japanese tr Reutpr.
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    BOAC MAKES RECORD PROFIT
    350 3 BOA C MAKES RECORD PROFIT Comets will come back but not yet LONDON, Friday. rrHE state-owned British Overseas Airways Corporation made the nicest pro fi t n j ts istory last year— £2,ol 2,792— despite a loss of Mi.iMMI through the j, r roundinjr of Comet jet airrhifl compared with
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    THE KOREA CURE — A-BOMBS
    197 3 THE KOREA CURE A-BOMBS LONDON, Iri o\l dl Britain s wartime r i htrfv Air Marsh il tierl Saundhy. v.ii,j tohc regretted that taiti- mir weapons wore not m Korea. miserable situation imu exists there would t certainly have been il and the ice which nds the use of these
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    Death came from under their feet
    171 3 30 KILLED IN OIL EXPLOSION BITBIKC; (Germany), Friday. AN UNDERGROUND U.S. Air Force jet fuel storage tank blew up here today with a mighty roar, killin 30 people and injuring a score of others. Those killed were 22 Germans and eight Frenchman. The group
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    An old soldier shows how
    67 3 WALTER RUNACRES served in the Royal Artillery in 1894 as a lieutenant. Sixty years later he went back to Woolwich Barracks to see what changes have taken place in the army since his days. One thine hadn't (hanged the Gunners' tradition of "spit and polish"
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    JAPAN TO PAY $750 MIL.
    89 3 JAPAN TO PAY $750 MIL. TOKYO. Frl. JAPAN has agreed to give Burma M 5750.000.000 in World War II reparations. A final agreement will be initialed here tomorrow. The Japanese Foreign Minister. Mr. Katsuo Okazakl. after several weeks of negotiations with U Kyaw Nyein of Burma, accepted Burma"s demands, a
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    French Govt. suspends police chief
    115 3 French Govt. suspends police chief PARIS. Frl CHIEF Commisslner Jeano Dides, foremost expert in Communist, affairs at Police Headquarters here, has been suspended after being found in possession of documents about national defence, the Ministry of the Interior said. A communique said the police chief's suspension was in connection with
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    China frees 500 Jap captives
    53 3 HONG KONG, Fri. Four hundred and seventeen former Japanese soldiers "who have been pardoned of crimes committed In China" and 140 Japanese civilians who applied for repatriation left Tangku for Japan on Wednesday aboard the Japanese ship Koan Maru, the CommunUt New China News Agency
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    Oil pact signed
    23 3 WASHINGTON. Fri—Pakistan ambassador Amjad All today signed an agreement with the Standard-Vacuum Oil Company for oil exploration in Pakistan.— UP.
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    'Battle' tragedy
    30 3 SENNELAGER. Germany. Fri.- -A British soldier was killed and another serously injured in a traffic accident while troops were assembling on Tuesday for the "Battle Royal" manoeuvres. Reuter.
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    Defiant Pope
    28 3 CASTEL GANDOLFO. Fri. Despite his doctor's advice to rest, Pope Pius XII delivered a 15-minute address today to members of a world scientific congress. A P.
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    Suez troops in Cyprus
    49 3 KAMAGUSTA. Fri.— A group! of 450 men of the 2nd Battalion j Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ar- j rived here in Cyprus yesterday from the Suez Canal zone. They arc the second batch o! troopi to be transferred to Cyprus since the recent AngloEgyptian agreement. Renter.
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    We are stronger, says Eisenhower
    64 3 LOS ANGELES. Fri. President Eisenhower told 18.000 wildly cheering Republicans in the Hollywood Bowl that America's armed strength Is far more efficient and better organised than ever before." Hp said: "We have brought frankness, candour and force to foreign policy, which at last insists on
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    Alexander sees 'Battle Royal'
    50 3 SENNELAGER (Grrmany). Fri. Field Marshal Lord Alexander. British Defence Minister, today watched the "Battle Royal" manoeuvres here In which Riant American atomicguns are being used for the first time. Last night 85 British Canberra jet bombers made a mock raid as part of the exercise. Reuter.
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    Made-in-England sales down
    41 3 LONDON. Fri. British engineering firms have lost half their export trade compared with thp Immediate post-war boom years, according to Mr. A. Don Jenkins. Director of the West Riding Group of the Engineering and Allied Employers Federation.— Reuter
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    Soviet protest
    30 3 LONDON. Fri. The Soviet Ambassador In Teheran has protested against "slanderous statements" against the Soviet Union, which nad appeared in the Persian Press. Moscow Radio said yesterday.— Reuter.
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    ASIAN UNITY CALL BY INDIA, INDONESIA
    166 3 NEW DELHI. Frl. rE prime ministers of India and Indonrsia— Mr. Nehru and Dr. AH Sastroamidjojo— last night Joined in a pica lor Asian nations to work together to solve their own problems in war and peace. Mr Nehru said South-east Asia "desires peace
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    LONDON STOCKS
    406 3 LONDON. Frl. 'THE week In the stock exchange finished on a cheerful note. The dominating Influence was good company statements, today's batch being a particularly good one. The foreign bond market provided a number of good features. Germans responded to renewed Swiss buying and the young loan gained
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    LONDON TIN
    27 3 LONDON, Sept. 24.— Cash Buyers RIVIVi; Sellers C 738; Forward Buyers €737 4; Sellers C 738; Settlement C 738. Turnover a.m. 55 tons; p.m. nil.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    42 3 LONDON. Sept. 24. Spot 21d., Oct. 20 7 vd., Oct.-Dec. 20"« d.. Jan.Mar. 20 .d.. Apr-June 20 T «d.. JulySept. 20 7 vd.. Sept. cl.f. 20 11 16 d.. O -t. cl.f 20 d.. Nov. cl.f. 20\d. Tone: Very steady.
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    'Apollo' wipes out 35 Reds
    243 4 SECRET ONSLAUGHT CAUGHT THE ENEMY ON THE WRONG FOOT HARD JAB IN THE 'BREAD BASKET' OF LIPIS DISTRICT KUALA UWIITR. Friday. OPERATION "Apollo"— Pahan^s anti-bandit drive linked with strict food restrictions in the Kuala Lipis district has wiped out 35 terrorists in the six months'
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    SHELL DANCE FOR THE DOGS' FUND
    30 4 SHELL DANCE FOR THE DOGS' FUND FRANCEBCA >lAAS who will perform an Indian dance at tonights Singapore Canine Welfare Asociation charity hall and fashion show at the tm Wu Hotel.
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    I'M A POLICE INSPECTOR, SAID THE EX-GAOLBIRD
    120 4 rE day after his release from prison for a cheating offence Hene Ah Sonc posed as a police inspector and demanded service from the management of a hotel, i Singapore court was told yesterday. But the hotel manager. Ng Ker fhuaii. after admitting
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    $880 watches stolen
    35 4 Twenty-three watches worth $880 were stolen from a shop In South Bridge Road. Singapore, yesterday. A haekshaw was used by the thief to break open the door of the shop police said.
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    Just a ride—but to P.C. Wahid it was the zest of life
    236 4 Just a ride— but to P.C. Wahid it was the zest of life THE GOODLY GIFT OF SAMARITAN SPENCER SMITH FROM the wards of the Singapore General Hospital comes this happy story. In DOC bed was Mr. S. M. Spencer Smith. assistant manager of the Gamall Estate. Scgamat. Be'a bei-n
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    Man poisoned
    23 4 Goh Kie Lu. 51. was found poisoned in a house in Johore Road. Singapore, yesterday afternoon. He died before reaching hospital.
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    A HAPPY THOUGHT
    16 4 MR. SPENCER SMITH, a planter, who lent Wahid his car. Straits Times picture.
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    -POLICE WATCHED AS ROSE STRIPPED
    140 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Fri. ARMED police stood guard last night while strip-teaser Rose Chan, troubled by hooligans, gave her third performance here. Threp constables and two detectives were posted in the Central Theatre hall. There were no Incidents. But when Rose left the hall with her
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    THEY PIN HOPES ON SIR DONALD
    110 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. FEDERATION Chinese school teachers and management committees have decided to request an interview w<th the High Commissioner. Sir Donald MarGillivray. to discuss Chinese education They have asked Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan. president of the Malayan Chinese Association and chairman of the
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    Trader goes bankrupt
    49 4 An adjudication order was made against Ngeow Seng Ho proprietor of Hin Chong Trading Co., in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The petition was filed by the Bank of East Asia Ltd., to whom Ngeow owes $19,181. A receiving order was also made against the company
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    SOPIEE'S 'POUND OF SALT' PLAN TO MAKE A TAX LOOK SILLY
    194 4 SOPIEE'S 'POUND OF SALT' PLAN TO MAKE A TAX LOOK SILLY KNANG Priril FEDERAL Councillor Inchc Snnier tl)(| 1 the people of Province WeUesley to <£ demonstration" against th e new imnort ,1 sil(v m posed in the Federation from Wednes, a He suggested that Province residents home from Penang
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    A treasury pal for Sir Sydney
    135 4 A treasury pal for Sir Sydney SIR EDMUND HALL-PATCH, retired British Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, flew into Singapore yesterday from Britain to meet an old friend— Sir Sydney Came. Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya. Sir Edmund, who attended the European economic talks in Paris, said: "Sir
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    Children put on a sale
    46 4 The children's social centres of Singapore will held their annual sale of handiwork at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Oct. 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. On sale will be basket work. toys, knitting and embroidery made by the children.
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    25 POUNDERS IN STRAITS
    70 4 Ships passing through the Straits of Malacca near Cape Rachado were warned yesterday that flrine practice from 25 pounder field guns, would take place from Oct. 11 to 15. Live shells will be used during th.' practice Hours of practice will be be- tween 7.30 a.m.
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    TRAINER GETS TIME TO PAY
    221 5 Receiving order against Heddle (he once owed S250,000) is withdrawn 4 RECEIVING order made three weeks ajjo afiinrf A. M. Heddle by the Chief Justice Sir Charles Murray- Aynsley, was rescinded by Mr. Justice hitton, in the Singapore Hijrh Court day on the application of
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    $15,000 Joan for sawmiller
    38 5 IRI BAHRU Fri.-Hajl ■is a sawmill on Sulong Road has inted $15,000 loan by 'juip the mill with a md saw isly RIDA had grnnt >2n.000 loan to buy I 1 i r rquipmen'..
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    HELP FOR THE 'SPECIALS'
    80 5 HELP FOR THE 'SPECIALS' SJOHORE BAHRU. Fri. PECIAL CONSTABLES in i Johore whose services are no longer required are being assisted financially by the Government to help them back into civil life. Administration of the money for rehabilitation of the Special Constables Is in the hands of the State Development
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    Sikh preacher on tour
    52 5 Mr Tara Singh, president of the Shromani Akali Dal— the premier Sikh organisation in India will arrive in Singapore from Bombay tonight for a tour of Malaya. He wi'.l leave Singapore on Tuesday for the Federation, and will prearh at various Sikh temples during his stay
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    New admission to the Bar
    35 5 Mr D. E. Pollard was admitted to the Singapore Bar yesterday by the Chief Justice Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley Mr. R L. Eber appeared in support of the anplication for admission.
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    TRUNK ROAD CURFEW LAWS TIGHTENED
    108 5 h W ".notions nave been tightened on the north-south trunk road in southern Johore. it announced yesterday, i passing through warned that they si obtain a curfew pass if mnoi reach Johore before 7 p.m. i will be issued only to travi liing on urgent
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    Boy waylaid and robbed
    51 5 KLUANG. Fri. A 13-year-old boy scout was robbed about a quarter of a mile from the Dolice station at 10 p.m. yesterday. Three Malays waylaid him at the junction of Dorset Road and Jalan Batu Pahat. tore off his shirt and took $8 and a fountain
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    Animal lovers
    21 5 Singapore Animal Lovers' League will hold a meeting at the Shell Theatrette. Coilyer Quay, at 5.15 p.m. on Monday
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    YOUNGEST 'SUPER' GETS BIG POLICE JOB
    117 5 YOUNGEST 'SUPER' GETS BIG POLICE JOB SEREMBAN. Fri. INCHE Mohamed Salleh 1 bin Ismail, 37, youngest Police Superintendent in the Federation, has been appointed Deputy Chief Police Officer. Negrl Sembilan. Me Is the second Asian In the Federation Police Force to be made a Deputy Chief Police Officer. The first
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    Estate road blocked
    76 5 PENANG. Fri. Residents of Prangin Estate are angry over the construction of a pillar post in the centre of the Weld Quay entrance to the estate. The post has been put up to prevent laden vehicles from using the estate bridge. But it blocks cars as well
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    Civic function
    31 5 SEREMBAN. Fri. Mr. T. Mahima Singh, p Seremban businessman, last night entertained Kirkby teachers now atttending a civics course in I Seremban at a buffet dinner in his home
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    Nurse de Cruz explains in a letter: This is what I really said
    237 5 Nurse de Cruz explains in a letter: This is what I really said A letter has been received in Singapore from a General Hospital staff sister. Wilhelmina de Crux, denying statements attributed to her about Malayan hospitals. Miss de Cruz wrote from Canada, where she has been attending the sth
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    Let the under-46 quit, Govt. may be ,told
    288 5 UNION ANSWER TO NO POLITICS' RULE KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A RESOLUTION seeking a special concession from the Federation Government to allow its employees under 46 years of age to retire so that they can contest Federal elections will be discussed at the
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    Water rates go up
    62 5 PENANG. Fri Increased water rates In Penang will come into effect from next month New rates for supplies in the municipal area will be: Not exceeding 10.000 gallons per month 30 cents per 1.000 gallons: 20.000 gallons 45 cents: next 20.000 gallons 60 cents: over 50.000
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    They all say: Let this wife return
    265 5 They all say: Let this wife return I EADING Singapore citizens support Dr. j C J. Paglar (Progressive, Changi), in his attempt to get a re-entry permit for Madam Phoon Loke i Kit, expelled wife of a Singapore textile retailer, Mr. Ng Sze. The treasurer of the Malayan Chinese Association.
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    Talk on 'Service'
    30 5 Mr. S F. Huang of the Singapore Chinese V.M.C.A. secretarial staff will speak on "The Meanine of Service" at 107. Selegie Road, at 4 p.m. on Monday
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    BRIGHTER LIFE FOR 6,000
    54 5 BUTTERWORTH Fri Six thousand new villagers of Machang Buboh. most of them estate workers will soon have electricity. The Buklt Mertajam Rural District Council yesterday approved a plan for a power substation A transformer will be Installed opposite the villaee police station The plan was submitted
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    DEATHS.
    66 6 > I minimum lIONY LYE NYIT SUN: On 24th September 1954 at 65 Durham c Funeral Cortege will the above address Today he Church of St. Peter ■nd thence to Bidadarl Interment. CHIA SIEW ENG (Chit rd wife of Mr. Lim Slew peacetully at her 14 Everton Road, Slngaoa
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
    36 6 »rrf» flu I minimum) od family tafT of 'rt. sent ed funeral of their I c Konc A ill Friend* Her ■heir appreciation and grateful acknowledumer. (is and relative! for their kind enderc -heir Wedding
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    HIGH MASS.
    19 6 HIGH MASS- tin. M. M ;;ierque at St. Joseph s Church iv. 28 9 54 at 630
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    78 6 < minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day in Mall 1 if you want to win I uzzle. di chtlme ie Cockpit r excellence. tIOT -inmence October >CX. a wide range guaranteed I DAlmeui PAR- trm their Clientele r.ow p. Aprolntments OUND! Have you lie Cheorl] M ..red.' 1 "Cheese and
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    CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT.
    19 6 SOCIETY pore, 8, Orange Grove Road -10 i of! Orchard Road' School 10.30 Mpctinjzs Ist ana p.m.
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    The Straits Times Singapore. Sat. Sept. 25, 1954. The Formosa Problem
    751 6 The Straits Times Singapore. Sat. Sept. 25, 1954. The Formosa Problem Washington remains unconvinced that Communist China intends to invade Formosa. And Washington is probably right, although Peking is using all the printers' ink and microphone* there are in China to convince the world otherwise. Mr. Chou En-lai's address to
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    Future Of The Babas
    462 6 There is a familiar ring about the proposal that the Straits Chinese British Association of Singapore should consider associate membership for people not of Chinese race and possibly not of British nationality. Two years ago draft rules based on much the same lines were presented to
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    Fifty Years Ago.
    46 6 Taken from the Straits Times of September 25, 1904: rpOWKAY Loke Yew has had X printed one thousand copies of rules of etiquette to be observed by Chinese passengers when travelling first class on the railway They will be distributed at railway stations
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    As I was Saying
    1003 6  -  EHUflH^^HH^h^Hl^Hll^l^^htfHSl^Hi 5£ IF the Federation Government won 1 deliberately courting unpopularity it could not have done better for itself than it has by its school fees proposal and now by increasing the duty on a wide range of imports The new duties, if not the problems
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    Where we always say good-bye
    1006 6 Where we always say good-bye Malavaian Notebook WELL, good-bye then." We stood under the white tapering spire of St. Andrew's after evensong, the tiny red light sparkling at its tip. The congregation were drifting oft* into the great impersonality of Singapore. My friend seemed to think it was for him
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    They insist on that good old British freedom
    276 7 CIVIL SERVANTS WANT NO TIGHT LINE ON POLITICAL ACTIVITIES GOVT. CONCESSION 'LESS GENEROUS' SINGAPORE Government servants want the local Civil Service modelled entirely on the of tin liritish Civil Service. want the same amount of ireedom to politics as their British counterparts
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    THROUGH A 6,000 VOLT LINE-BUT TWO SURVIVED THIS CRASH
    66 7 ITS TAIL tangled in telephone wires, an air observation Auster lirs in blukar after it crashed on a railway embankment near Ipoh yesterday morning. Although it first hit a (i.OOO-volt power line, the two men in the plane survived the crash.
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    GAMBLE led to court, then to MORE GAMBLE
    139 7 GAMBLE led to court, then to MORE GAMBLE IPOH. Frl. rpay the fine for a previous offence, a woman bought illegal lottery tieke!.defending counsel Mr. K. C Chan told the Ipoh Magistrate Inche Abdullah Ghazalll today. Th, woman was Chon&j Kwee Lan. 26. who admitted three charges of running "characters"
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    MASKED MEN USE DRILL TO GET $1,500
    72 7 MASKED MEN USE DRILL TO GET $1,500 IPOH. Fri.— Two maskec. thieves used a drill to open a window in the living quarters of the tuckshop owner in St Michael's Institution this morning, and made off with $1,500 in cash and Jewellery. The men. armed with knives, broke the window
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    Fire in kitchen
    32 7 KAJANG. Fri— Prompt arrival of the Kajang fire brigade saved a house at Tukang Street from being completely destroyed today. Only the kitchen, where the fire started was damaged.
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    Boy gave his dream stamp to teacher
    310 7 IT MAY BE WORTH THOUSANDS A 14-YEAR-OLD Singapore schoolboy thinks he may have realised a philatelist's dream after only two yean of stamp collecting, i But he has given his dream away to his schoolmaster. The boy. Leong Yew Meng of the Anglo-Chinese
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    A runaway horse halts cars
    90 7 A runaway horse halts cars KUALA LUMPUR. Frl A runaway horse caused a one-hour traffic j a m along Circular and Yap Quan Seng roads here last evening after breaking loose from Its stable at the racecourse. It had bolted for about a mile before it fell Into a deep
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    The wedding dinner goes to charity
    159 7 MR. CHAN MIN Ul and his bride. Miss Teo Siew Bene. are to be married in Singapore on Sunday. It will be a modest weddinc. by Singapore standards. Mr. Chans father Mr. Chan Ilin P>e, a small Singapore sundry merchant, has decided to sacrifice
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    Builder named a bankrupt
    41 7 John Sim, proprietor ol Liang Yew Building Construction Company, was adjudicated a bankrupt on his own petition in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Sim's liabilities amounted to $23,000. A receiving order against I the company was made.
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    Negligent lorry driver fined
    47 7 A lorry driver. Ng Yong Meng. 24, of Tampenls Road, was fined $100 and had his licence endorsed In Singapore yesterday for negligent driving on July 25. Ng collided with an R.A.F ambulance at 3 p.m. at the 9J milestone. Upper Changi Road.
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    Rubber Board
    24 7 Mr. A. Green has been appointed a member of the Malayan Rubber Export Registration Board in place of Mr. W. T. Mailing.
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    THE 'PHONE FOR $100' MAN GETS NO BAIL
    118 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A TECHNICIAN in the Telecommunications Department here, sentenced to 12 months' gaol for corruptly getting $100 from Yap Koh Kan, assistant manager of a sauce factory, was today refused bail in the High Court He was M. L Fernandez,
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    Thieves woke him up first
    60 7 IPOH. Fri Gaining entry through an open bedroom window In the early hours yesterday, two masked men robbed a Chinese couple in Jalan Bendahara of cash and Jewellery worth $800. The men, armed with knlvM, woke up the man and after threatening him. obtained the
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    Free milk for schools
    54 7 Singapore's hospitals, schools and Infant and cnlld clinics will soon get 1.400 cases of panned milk— free. The milk is part of a 6.000--ton gift from the British Gov-i-rnment to her Colonies. Singapore's consignment of 60 tons, which has already arrived will be distributed by 1
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    MacLeod returns
    31 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. Mr James Whyte has ceased to be n temporary unofficial member of the Federal Legislative Council followlnK the return from leave of Mr. W. M. Mac-I.'-uU.
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    Union suit called off
    68 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.-The civil suit between the All Malayan Railway Workers Union and the Malayan Railway Employees Trade Union nas been withdrawn and struck ott In the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court. Costs were awarded th<« MRETU. The AMRWU claimed $601. possession of a building and furniture
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    Red letter day for teachers
    46 7 The Teachers' Training College, Singapore, will hold its Commemoration Day ceremony at the Shaw auditorium, Methodist GirLs' School. Mt. Sophia, at 4 p.m. on Oct. 7. Sir Sydney Came, ViceChancellor of the University of Malaya, will give away certificates to graduates.
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    Bad debts put him out of business
    118 7 \n. D. SHERWOOD, sole pro- I j" prietor of Sherwood and Company, with debts totalling $96,000. told Mr. Justin- Whit- ton in the Singapore High Court yesterday that he start ed his import and export busi- ness with a capital of $1,000 In
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    They like it formal in the Council
    210 7 They like it formal in the Council KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. 'THE trouble began at the civic lum-heon in Kuala Lumpur for the visiting World Assembly of Youth delegates. As Municipal Councillors sipped theii coffee after lu^ch, committee members of the Selangor Youth Counri! approached each Councillor and said: "We would
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    Fee protest meeting
    68 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. iSelangur Parents Association is to propose two resolutions at the public meeting to be held at the Town Hall here next Friday to protest against the Governments education policy. One will oppost- the proposed higher school fees and the other will deplore the present
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    $700 fine for having opium
    55 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri— Mah Kirn Leng was fined a total of $700 in Pontian yesterday for possession of opium and opium smoking utensils when hovering at sea in a motor boat about 600 yards off the coast of Pulau Kukub on Aug. 2. The opium
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    Tattooed thug is gaoled
    39 7 Goh Tuck Slew was sentenced to a month's gaol in Singapore yesterday for being a member of the 108 secret society. He was Identified as a society member by gang tattoo marks on his arms.
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    Labour branch
    17 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A branch of the Labour Party of Malaya was formed here today
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    Deadline for U.K. mail
    58 7 PENANG. Frl Mail for Britain, Colombo and Bombay for despatch by the Corfu will close at 6 p m. on Oct. 1. The Ascanus Is expected on Sunday with parcels from Britain. Other vessels carrying mall from Britain are the Benalder (parrels onlyi due on Sept.
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    IT'S NOT SO NICE TO BE A HAWKER IN A HURRY TO BOARD A SHIP
    245 7 IT'S NOT SO NICE TO BE A HAWKER IN A HURRY TO BOARD A SHIP A SILK merchant and six of his assistants rushed aboard a ship to sell goods to the crew before the vessel was cleared by Immigration authorities, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Rewachand Hotchand and
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    Colonel here to learn jungle war
    116 7 Colonel here to learn jungle war tK&X)NEL. M. F. Brogan. ihu j man responsible lor the fighting efficiency ot Australians soldiers, arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qant.i.s8.0.A.C. airliner, to learn how the British Army fights the terrorists in Malaya. He is the Director of Australian Army Military Training, and he
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    DEATH
    25 7 MADAM MABEL WEE. 5(1 yi.us widow of V/ee I>ow Yonu, lewvirv a daughter Rosllnd. son-in-1. three grandchildren Funeral al Bukit Browr. 3 pm today
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    Elections law is ready
    71 7 IPOH. Fri— Titled Raia.s chiefs and elders of Perak will witness a special ceremony on Monday when the Sultan promulgates amendments relating to state elections to the constitution of Perak. The ceremony will be held at ma Iskandaria in Kuala Kangsar in the presence of about
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    Rotary to give study awards
    47 7 SEREMBAN, Fri. Seremban Rotary Club, the first rotary club founded in SouthEast Asia, will celebrate the golden anniversary of the Ro tary movement by granting scholarships in Negri Sembilan English Schools. Mr. T. Mahima Singh has given $1,000 to the scholarship fund
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      131 7 LIVE IN HEALTHY SERANGOON YOU CAN BUY A HOME FOR AS LITHE AS $88 MONTH AFTER PAYING THE INITIAL DEPOSIT S.T.C. Bus 18A from Finlayson Creen Brings you DIRECT Into The Estate Garden (£y Estate Ltd. esi ah oma. m am kanc road, uttupou-n. Phone ***** RAFFLES HOTEL I I
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      178 7 The weather MINIMI M I I MI'MC I I 1.l (7.30 p.m on Sept. 23 to 7.30 a.m. j on Sept. 24 1 Singapore 78 decrees. Penang 76. Kota Bahru 75, Kuala Lumpur 72. Ipoh 72. Kuantan 72. MAXIMUM II MI'I.K I I HI (7 30 a.m. to 7.30 pm.
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    Bust or boom in Malaya—it all depends on America
    1061 8 Bust or boom in Malaya it all depends on America TIN AND RUBBER DEMAND SETS THE SCALE, SA YS CHAMBER CHIEF TRADE 'BASTION' AGAINST REDS AMERICAN demand for Malayan rubbei and tin invariably decides the country's prosperity or lack of it. Mr. F. H. Atkinson chairman of the Singapore Chamber
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    $20-A -MINUTE MAGISTRATE
    87 8 $20- A -MINUTE MAGISTRATE The Singapore City Police Magistrate, Mr. J.M. Deve-rtiix-Colebourn. yesterday told a City Council prosecutor: 'I would like to express my appreciation to you and your inspectors for rarrying out the cases so speedily." He said this after he had dealt with more than 520 bawketi and
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    BANDITS FIRED AT NEAR K.L.
    114 8 BANDITS FIRED AT NEAR K.L. KUALA LUMPUR. Fri TWO Gurkha patrols yesterday contacted terrorists near Sungei Buloh. about 12 miles from here The terrorists escaped The first action was by a patrol of the 2/7 Gurkhas who exchanged flre with two terrorists. The bandits fled and the patrol followed up
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    Tell the Govt. about it, he says
    126 8 Tell the Govt. about it, he says OINGAPORE manufacturers were yesterday advised by Mr. F. H Atkinson chairman or the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, tc, bring to the attention of the Colony Government any indications that the recently introduced Federation import duties discriminated against them. SpeaKlng at the half-yearly meeting
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    TAXI BADGES: MR. SIM SEES A LOOPHOLE
    181 8 THERE may be a loophole in the Municipal Ordinance A which may provide Singapore taxi drivers with a solution to their arm-badge problem, says Mr. Sim Benc Song City Councillor (Progressive) for Rochore. Mr. Sim said he "entirely agrees" with Mr. Freddy Pope,
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    Ship changes her name
    49 8 The 3 539-ton freighter Hop Sang latest addition to the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company Ltd's fleet of vessels, arrived in Singapore yesterday Formerly the Athel Everard. the vessel was taken over by her new owners at Hartlepool. She is on her way to Hons Kong.
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    Police platoon ambushed
    38 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri —Six terrorists ambushed a section of the sth Platoon, Ist Police Field Force in the Alor Star district of Kedah yesterday. After a 10-minute battle the terrorists fled. There were no casualties.
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Raffles invented gaol with no bars
    1733 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Raffles invented gaol with no bars CH has been written in these past years about prisons without L bars where those condemned were to be free to spend their are time at large, returning at night to the cells. The arguments for stem and against it
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    RUBBER CROP STILL HIGH
    651 10 Shares are quiet By OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT q^HE encouragement which the higher rubber price provides for producers is again reflected in statistics issued yesterday, which >how that during August the Federation of Malaya produced 52,453 long tons of rubber. Although this was less than the July
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    148 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or trx- pertfd today arf Empire Fowey 1-2. Teucer 4-5. Frederick Clover C.P., Benmhor 6-7. Talabot 8-9 Wonorato 11. Cyclops 13-14. Mellskerk 15-16. Hulda Maersk 18. Kajang 19-20. Hong Tht N Wall 4. Slrusa N Wall 6. Sedlli N Wall
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    Ceylon tea
    36 10 COLOMBO. Frl. The Ceylon Government hat decided to Increase the export duty on tea by 15 cent* from 60 to 75 cents per pound. The new rate comes Into force at midnight on Thursday.
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    COCONUT OIL RISES AGAIN
    61 10 rE price of coconut oil at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange yesterday continued to rise and rkmed at $55] per picul, $3 above Wednesday^ close. This ls the .second highest price quoted by the exchange in three months. At the beginning of July, the price was
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    185 10 MELBOURNE. Frl. The market closed the week on a dull tone at the Stock Exchange today. Speculative oils were sharply down today following confusion over West Australian Petroleums recent reports of progress at Rough Ranse (.number three well>. The market reacted badly and marked Ampol Exploration down 15s.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    175 10 October first gTade rubber buyers f 0.0. closed in Singapore yesterday at 70 s cents a lt> a quarter of a cent above Thursday's closing price and the closing tone »as steady quiet. The market waj steady on the China tension and small lmuiry for on grades from
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    83 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Associations made the following changed in its rates "o merchants ye. terday:Canada: b«ivinu. T. T. 31 airmail. O. D. 31V 90 days 32 credit bills. 32 3 16 trade bills ellinp T. T. or O. D. 31 7 16 ready On the free exchange
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    Inactive week in rubber
    305 10 Inactive week i n rubber T" E Orovidi:,, 5 «n- block v. m n ar ft over seventy Z lose intp r p<;t mark se X SJJ? MOWnth tr, little movement an. moderate tMrnov, day. cutler. Bath A At the appeared to be butacceptame stimulating eft* with bet^r oversea?^,^ T
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    77 10 I Singapore I hin<«v Pr« i change: noon pnre? pfr r I day were:— Copra: steady Of.^bf nuyers. $3-.; KW $32 37 buyer?. $32 eonut oil: steads I quct. n< bus H. <*'. B. Lid P rl nut: $50 l sel.ers II B. ltd mp'i l' r ber
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      252 10 5 i NESTLES PRODUCTS (m) LTD. j t As from 27th September, 1954 K Our Office and Godowns c will be situated in I TRAFALGAR STREET j Postal Address: Telephone: P.O. Box No. 3007, Spore 3 3 8 5 1 •< >oi*%! y%t>o< > A' >^«>^' >^k«'<>X< }oiV%t >#«\i *0i
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      575 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTOR OF RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS. DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS. PERAK. Applications are invited for the j above-mentioned post which is non- pensionable and which carries a Milan n '$'4n Al2-372 Efli-' clency Bar/390-AlB-$334) p.m. I I 3. Candidates for the post j must: <a i have attained
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      686 10 NOTICES NOTICE JIMAH RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED NOTICE ls hereby given that at the Annual Oeneral Meeting of the Company which will be held on Friday, Bth October. 1954 at 12.30 p.m.. the Directors will recommend the payment of a dividend of 10 cents per share less Income Tax at 30
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      555 10 NOTICES NOTICE We hereby notify that Mi-. Peter Lee Khoon Yong ls no longer In J our employ and has no authority to collect money on our behalf as our Bill Collector. REMINGTON RAND INC. NOTICE QUOTATIONS are being Invited for the making up of uniforms of staff of the
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      167 10 OFFICIAL PRICES SINGAPORE. Sept. 34. TIN: $368.25 per picul (up 50 cents). RUBBER: 70 J cents a Ib. (op a quarter of a cent). SINGAPORF RED TIJNMEL U*£ HEAP ENC MOH SS CO., 1*0: SOON BEE STEAMSHIP CO., (S> LTg; :J3/:ts, lVluk kjn Streel Ph«"« 33 l Passenger IHHM ****—>
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      1094 11 Bu.l°d N .ng THE BEN LWE STEAMERS LTD. T J7 7°< SINGAPORE (Ineorporoted m the United Kmodom) 5 LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. —4 CONTINENTAL PORTS S'DOra P S'hom Penong Benarty for Havre, London, Newcastle. Hull G. 21/24 24/28 Sapt 29/ M Sept Banmnar for Liverpool, Dublin, Rotterdam, Hamburg G. 4/7
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      1250 11 McALISTER t* CO., LTD. TIL: No. ***** CLLBKMAN «t BUCKNALL KLAVENEBS LINK LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTIRDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO. HAMBURG ft HULL PORTLANO, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVt and for U.SA, North Atlint.c Ports Accepting cargo fo Central ft Sour and Cortodo via Colombo Americnn Parts CITT OF MANCHESTER FRANCISVILLI Spore S'hom
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  • The SATURDAY FORUM
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      Hidden menace in higher fees plan
      153 12 THERE have been many letters in protest, against the proposed increase in school fees, but none so far has mentioned the possible menace which this move Is likely to cause In this country. Boys entering their secondary education are about 14 jreara of age.
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      Ruling on coloured wire urged
      108 12 Ruling on coloured wire urged YOUR report regarding the i :d by electrocution from a faulty earth 'etion brings up a point which is generally overlooked. At the inquest, an electrical engineer from the City i iT.fi that the "earth wire and were reversed thu> :n.tking thr fatal applli in
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      Is seafront to be 'city forest'?
      82 12 Is seafront to be 'city forest'? fFHE Singapore Esplanade has M. been compared to Hyde Park Corner in Lone the Mound in Edinburgh by the Rev. Jl. D. Findlay. What would the Reverend say if he what is on the the Esplanadt- just beyond the canal channel where the NAAFI
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      MEMORIES ARE ENOUGH
      99 12 rwas gratifying to the two of us in Malaya who fousjht throughout the Battle of Britain to read of the parade.s. fly-pasts, cocktail parties etc.. which were held this week to commemorate the battle. It may amuse you. as it did me. to learn that we were
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      CHANGE OF OLD SUITS'
      120 12 CHANGE OF OLD SUITS' I AM against "marriage by post In Ipoh especially, there are more mistresses than legal wives and already many of these mistresses have had a "chance" of husbands because the latter, having got tired of "old suits." decided to change new ones There is nothing in
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      Seamen's vote
      32 12 WILL seamen be allowed to vote by proxy at the coming election? Or will this prerogative of ours be postponed indefinitely a la the Asian marine hostel? SAILOR JOHN. Singapore.
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      'Learner' instructors
      104 12 I SUPPORT Mr. Hall's suggestion that a driving instructor should hold an instructors licence. The licence should stipulate the class of vehicle for which he is qualified to instruct. A clerk in my office tells mr that he is receiving Instruction in driving and that he wants I
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      His teacher drops off to sleep during classes
      171 12 I AM a student attending the afternoon MMfcoa t>l a 1 private school in Ipoh. The teacher is tired out by 3.30 p.m. and does not teach well after that time She does not correct our books regularly and makes vi do
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      Start drive against jay-walking
      124 12 Start drive against jay-walking rE Highway Code is a set of traffic regulations which should be observed by all. And that includes pedestrians who by their Ignorance not only gravely endanger themselves but all other road users as well. Motorists in Singapore have, in recent years, received their share of
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      Interest rate of building society
      69 12 IT seems a long time since Mr. Burgess, general manager of the Federal and Colonial Building Society said that the interest rate on the society's loans was likely to be reduced. The building society is flnancid by the Colonial Development Corporation, and is supposed to
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      It's dangerous here at night
      41 12 IX>R the last few years KilF liney Road has been almost impassable at night. The road ls so poorly lighted. On a dark night, it is dangerous for cars or people to use it. INDIGNANT. Singapore.
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      Penang should be taxed also
      166 12 r Increase the cost of living to a further higher level is scandalous, to say the least. If revenue is so badly needed, why should Penang not contribute also? Not 'only will Penang benefit by increased trade from the Federation, but smuggling will increase. If
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      Untitled
      6 12 IT'S A COOD OLD GOVERNMENT CUSTOM
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      Some reflections on the youth of Malaya
      741 12 pOR many of us. the appointment of Dr. Lin Yutang as ChancellorDesignate of Nanyang University, is a dream come true We have been privileged, through his books, to meet him. listen to his wisdom, snare in his knowledge. It is a debt infinitely
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      benefit pay
      56 12 rpHE telephone helps the small 1 X merchant in his business. t thus swelling his bank balance. The private user does not profit from the telephone. In fact, he is out of pocket. It would therefore only be fair if commercial users bear the brunt of the proposed
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      Allocation of seats in Johore
      93 12 Allocation of seats in Johore rpHE allocation of the six reJ. served nominated unofficial seats In the Council of State, Johore, ls still a secret in spite of the progress of the campaigns for the elected seats. It ls yet to be known whether the various organisation^ will be asked
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      Ihese helped to build Singapore
      358 12 rpHE Rev. W. Milne was a pioneer Pr sionary who founded the Aneln r Malacca, in 1819. Milne Road was li.st.pH ese °°J as linking King George's Avenue with VSl? next to the Municipal abattoirs. it is snewn in a pre-war map hanging In Rallies
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      Sales tax plan
      53 12 AIFR- Yeap Choong Kong's susItl gestion to increase the duty on petrol, liquor and the cinemn is excellent. V' vn suggestion thf intn tion of a sales tax. A one fc< cent tax would not makt much difference to the buyer, irrespective of the class or group.
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      Treatment of Malayail soldiers
      68 12 Treatment of Malay ail soldiers TWE beach at p 1 between the flr milestones „< Out rtfilft Malayan Othor p. unlucky soldiers hay, sw!m* CVemh mi Naturally, there w,v trouble whm r-iv down on the solfi 0 > something bad abound It is time the that this treatment given again
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      Give local lads chance in mining
      69 12 Give local lads chance in mining IT D rubbrr isi I chances to local y be trained r post.v What about the n dustry? Are I enough I to local y H that local lad chance to train ginetrs md dredg* and thus wort tl to managerial post« In concerns?
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      144 12 MODERN BATTERY CHARGERS For simple, inexpensive charging in HOME OR WORKSHOP CRYPTON VALVE CRYPTON HOME C jE^|?| 9 REC T l l BATTERY rattfdy ("uadtcdc P^iC3B CHARGERS Above, BATTERY CHARGERS 9 ggglL I hese heavy duty I^^bßHl t V7± Keeps car batteries t 'E^k ed by simple and in- fiXtl
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      82 12 BULLDOG ORNAMENTAL V£ j WINDOW GUARDS M*nnfactiir«n: South Engineer* Limited. JM-A. Batu Road. Kuala Lumpur MM Agents: Chin Son*. Kuchmg. Sarawak Hamton Croifield <Bi Ltd.. North Bohko TIP-TOP friTENNIS COUtfS HTCOaj/ "FOURTEEN "%jjfF $470.00 EX UODOWN. SIMiAPOKK Trade Enquiries invited jTrj ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING .CO.^ 2 H2/6 ROBINSON ROAD SINCAPOKs p
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    SER VICES WILL REGAIN RUGBY LAURELS
    882 13  - SER VICES WILL REGAIN R UGBY LA URELS W. E. TREVOR '*> Army have most of the new stars 'JM) a casual observer, th may appear to he just brilliant games livenir average, plodding mat< Hut it will bo different in at thr goal posts are just g vinced that,
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    K.L invites Sonneville, Siam stars
    70 13 M \l I IMPIK Irl riKLANGOB hidmtnton rntdnslsatl m.i> have iirr rhanrr <>f seeing .1. thi in pii> n i Sonnov ille in here. fhr RHangor HadniinIssociatton .ire planrxhlbitlon matches \n\ in aid of C ,ppy l>a v and WclM• K I unds lh.\ are
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    Misson got all Rovers' 3 goals
    123 13 Misson got all Rovers' 3 goals >v centrei Tommy Mlsaon Rovers B.C. to rlimin- Athletic Aw I In thr first round \FA Sf-nior Cup comtt .In lan Besar Stnd'um i and Roveri goal i minute bui Jni Kirn shot fine move Ens Siang and Tin v the in tht through
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    COLCHESTER U. BEAT NORWICH
    52 13 LONDON Fri— Noiwlch Cit\ >c rond In the table to BrUtol Cry in Div. 3 South, were beaten 1-0 In an away match by Cokhester United veiterday. ThU cave Bristol a clear threepotnt lead In another match 'n the samedlvi--lon Brentfoid won 3—o at home at
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    ASIANS MAKE CHANGE OF PLAN
    152 13 rcofl m. t\t made in July by of A lan rucbv clubf i poro. that b i tt thir movp to improve the ■nn.uri nmn:ic iheiv de :rted instead to nori friendly m Of -heir reams before taklnc on other club.? The fixture* which were
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    Penang Chinese beat Dave 6 times
    315 13 PENANCi. Friday. pENANG CHINESE, with seven of the victorious Malaya Cup final players, beat star goalkeeper Dave MacLaren six times to win the B.P. de Silva Cup when they defeated Europeans 6-1 in the Community knockout soccer final at Victoria Green today. MacLaren. who
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    Punters are waiting for Ascot form
    192 13 LONDON. Frl. f LOSING offers at bookmakers' «e- cond callover on the Cesarewitch Stakes and Cambridgeshire Handicap at the Victoria Club here last night were: Ceshrewltch (Oct. 13); 100 1 King's Love; 20 1 French Design and Mortification. 22 1 Corydahs 25 1 Little
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    SCHOOLS IN SWIM GALA
    108 13 Ine second Singapore Chinese Schools swimming championship will be held at thr Chinese Swimming Club on Nov. 6. Entries close on Oct 16 and heats will be held at the Chinese Swimming Club pool at 3 pm on Oct. 25 and 26 Entry forms are obtainable
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    ASTON'S OPEN BILLIARDS
    84 13 The Aston Aihletlc Club are holding an open invitation billiards i three ball > championship on Oct 18. The meet has been sanctioned by the Singapore Billiards Association. The championship will be run on English rules and controlled by the tournament committee of the Club Prellmiiißry ties
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    Teams for today's charity soccer
    99 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. The Selangor Chinese Recreation Club and T.P.C.A. Invitation teams for tomorrow's charity soccer came In aid of the Red Croat Funds will be: 8.C.R.C.: Wah Chye iSeli; Sal I hong <Pk>, Cheok Foo (8el); Wai Hone i US i. John Chal iSeli.
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    POINTS VICTORY
    27 13 ROME. Frt. Italian middleweight Franco Festuccl laM night outpointed Jean Corhay of Belgium In a 10-round bout before 10,000 funs In Romellm* Foro Itallco. A.P
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    KOH WINS 4 FIRSTS AT A.C.S. SWIM
    661 13 KOH Scow Chuan won four events ft! the Anglo-Chinese School's -■dimming gala held at the Chinese SC swimming pool yesterday. He look the "A" Division individual j mil with 15 point', He swam brilliantly to win the 100 metres, 200 m. 400 m,
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    CUSTOMS IN THE CIRCLE
    39 13 ABDUL KARIM (left), playing for Customs. is robbed of the ball by a Singapore Recreation Club defender during the friendly fixture on the S.R.C. padang yesterday. Goalkeeper is Rozario. Customs won 4-2. Straits Times picture.
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    Indians too wily for Siam pair in final
    118 13 BOMBAY. Frl. THE Siamese pair, Derlc KhaJadbhye and Pinet Pattapongsa, were beaten by India's top combination Nandu Natekar and Ravindra Dongre, In the men's doubles final of the Cri ket Club of India badminton championships here last night. The Indian «ir won
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    MALAYS OPEN TOURNEY
    85 13 Entries are now open for the Singapore Malays Open Tennis ChamI plonshlps which start on Saturday. Oct 23. The events are Open Singles. Open Doubles. Veteran Singles. Veteran Doubles and Junior Singles. Entrance tt* for each event Is $5 and for Junior Singles Is $3. Entrance must
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    RETAINS TITLE
    31 13 HAMBURG. Frl. Gerhard Hecht of Germany retained his European iicht-neavvweight boxing title here last night when he beat Wim Snoek. the Dutch champion, on points over IS rounds. Reuter.
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    Big fight in a bull ring
    241 13 MEXICO CITY, Tr\ »T»HE North American bantamweight title and a chance at the world 118-pound crown go on the line here tomorrow afternoon In the world's largest bull ring, some 7.500 feet above sea level. Nate Brooks, the once beaten North American tltleholder meets
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      104 13 DEINHARDS !Cince 1794 this one name has stood for the very finest Rhine aftsm^ and Moselle wines. ■HI thi; best U costs so £k "A litil< extra. LItirtAVMIICN HANN* 'HtHTOI WII«J f* A mm SAT. A. APPEALS WEEK 23rd SEPT. to 2nd OCT. THE STORE WITH A V&& TO OFFER
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      375 13 m ».n"i I I SATURDAY j Straits Times! WORD PUZZLE k 'TT" Cut out and pin wirh other coupon. I Potting in.truction> appear below. Name Addrets q i _LjJLJL_LXA HUIN J_J_Ji A c_JL d, MISSIMS i_iUONS S£ jM CR Q bTaTm ewes ie cifjßi B£LOVV #4 t tty- alone nntirn
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    SRA to allow assistant trainers next year
    480 14 SRA to allow assistant trainers next year THE COMMITTEE of the Straits Racing Association have decided to permit trainers to employ assistant trainers, who will be licensed and known as "B" jjrade trainers. This will take effect from Feb 1 next year when the new racing season begins The maximum
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    AUTOMATIC TIMING FOR IPOH RACES
    474 14 Jeeps jottings ALL races at the Ipoh rare-course will now be automatically timed. The huge time clock the only one of its kind on the Malayan turf is set in motion the moment the starter pulls the starting lever. A magic eye throws a beam
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    TURPIN TO FIGHT AGAIN
    71 14 LONDON. Frl. DANDOLPH Turptn, former Bnt- lsh world and European middle- weight champion, will be back In the ling again in November as a light -heavyweight. He has not fought since belnc beaten by Italy., Tlbcrto Mitrl in a European middleweight championship in May this year.
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    MALAYS SOCCER TEAM v. M.C.F.A.
    50 14 The Singapore Malays team to play against the MCFA at Jalan Besar .stadium on Monday. Sept. 27. will be selected from: O. Angullla, Arshad Jaffar, Johnn, Hassan. HajiOarhan Yassan. Osmar Johan, Aman. Harith. Omar Awang. Ibrahim Mansoor. Ahmad YusofT. Sallm. Rahlm Omar, Abdullah I Zalnol.
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    P.B.S. SWIMMING
    24 14 The Presbyterian Boys' School will hold their fourth annual Bwlmmir.g Carnival at the Chinese Club on Monday. Ovt 4 a' 230 p.m.
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    Colony to send 72 to Games
    210 14 HHHE Singapore Olympic and Sport.s x Council has written to the Chlei Executive of the Organising Committee of the Melbourne Olympus that Singapore will be sending i contingent of 72 61 competitor.and 11 officials. At v committee meeting held at the Garden Club yesterday,
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    R.I. TO HOLD RIFLE SHOOT
    76 14 All former cadets of Rafflw tutlon Cadet Corps are Invited to participate in -he intra-past Rifle Shoot to be followed by the annual Past v Present meet for the Golden Jubilee Trophy to be held on Sun-l-lay. Oct. 10 at 1 p.m. at the SVC
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    SEVEN NATIONS FOR BASKETBALL MEET
    188 14 OEVEN countries have already accepted the invitation to take part in the Asian basketball tournament being held in Singapore towards the end of this year. An otrlcial of the Malayan Chinese Sports Federation, tht sponsors of the tournament said yesterday thai arrangements for the meet
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    HEE JONG IS NOT GOING: AND CHEE SENG UNCERTAIN
    226 14 SINGAPORE right-half Poo n r i. mt out of the Malayan Chinese Football team to Hone Kong for their Z fixture for the Ho Ho Cup Oct. has been Ume of depart,,? party an, Sirmap.,. stand by Fook Tenc i othei
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    ARGONAUTS WIN 4-2 v. DYNAMOS
    36 14 Argonauts F.C beat Dynamic Dynamos 4-2 In a frlendlv soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday William Tan <2>. Dexter Bovd and Rahlm Mlnhat scored for Argonauts: Salahudin and Locanathan for Dynamos.
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    SHIELD CRICKET
    59 14 i St. Andrew's OBA team to meet 1 Present Boys In their annual cricket 1 match for the Dr. S H Tan ***** Id at Wooilsvllle at 11 a.m. tomorrow is. A G. Armstrong. S. Fwetra, J. Duclos. S. N. Hope. C. da Sllva, D. Norns. E. Fung
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    YMCA REGAIN TENNIS CUP
    36 14 IPo: ing thr Chinese Rt In the B *n» when Slew \V Leong Kin..: N Cheng Pho: 3—6. I—6: O beat Dr K 6—2: Tuncki. lost <o Chena I S— 7 3—
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    R.A.S.C. TRIALS
    23 14 The Trials will t ik Camp. Clcmc: jang. on Bun Riders frou Army in Sine tho>e f-nm Police, will be nn
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      2138 14 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS (Continued from Pare 6) ACCOMMODATION VACANT it Wordt ti (Mm.)— Box St ett. txtrm. j "LYNDHURST" 39 Newton Road. Double Bed— Sitting Room, Private I.onubath. H «c C etc.. Overhead Pan Full Board. Telephone *****. •ROCHDALE 4, Rochalie Drive. I'inglin area. Double Room with l»rivate Verandah and Bathroom
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      981 14 VEHICLES WANTED :</ Ward, ti (Mlm.)-Box M cl*. txtrm 2 3 TONS LOAD CAPACITY TRAILERS wanted urgently. Apply Joo Chiang Transport Service Limited. Batu Pahat. AUBTIN SOMERSET SALOON, for Immediate delivery. 1952 model or later, small mileage, one owner Particulars to Box AS73B S.T. VEHICLES FOR > >l .r 2t
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      217 14 The Weekend Sport ,^w^ A-r Kimi Hems ground; Rl Ml 'A' IOUAI R.A.F. I li«n;i. Changi: T.T.C. v St. Andrew's School. Woodsvillc; ""f* I..1 ar SOITH JOHORK v R.A.F. SeleLEAGIT. Dl\ 1 t eylon V( v SeleUr: S.I.C. v Royal Welsh Wanderers, < .S.C. ground Fusiliers nadanc DIV. 2: 3
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