The Straits Times, 18 November 1955

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    11 1 The Straits Times 1845 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1955 15 CENTS
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  • Article, Illustration
    CHIN PENG'S ANSWER
    647 1 *WE WANT TO NEGOTIATE PEACE 5 I iyan Communist Party boss rejects the amnesty 'Entirely unacceptable 9 Iferms are on way to Rahman From KHOO SIAN HOCK KLIAN INTAN, Thursday C>ENG, Malayan Communist Party boss, wants to negotiate "peace" with the Federation's Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman.
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    1,000 WATCH ENVOY POST LETTER TO TENGKU
    13 1 CHEN TIAN a close up view
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    The courteous propaganda chief talks to press
    812 1  -  KHOO SIAN HOCK i— By I KLIAN INTAN, Thurs. rjNE THOUSAND peo- pie watched today as Chen Tian, propaganda chief of the Malayan Communist Party and envoy of C'.iin Peng, the party boss, i osted a letter to the ',iicf Minister of the
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    Bid to kill Premier
    33 1 TEHERAN. Thurs. A fanatic shot and slightly wounded the Premier. Hussein Ala, in the Sh.ih Mosomi in the centre of Trheran today. A youth has been detained. —A. P.
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    33 1 DULLES s.v v I I PLANE TROUBLE HAMILTON. Kenmida. Than. Plane carrylmi S, Secr<-tar\ n{ State i>uiics from Geneva had i Bgfae trouble iimt \ttantte today hut arri\<d hen safely. Renter,
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    Body on beach mystery Man seen with a suitcase
    136 1 Body on beach mystery Man seen with a suitcase AN unidentified Chi- nese boy. aged about ;lve, with bruises all ovor his body, was found dead on the beach off Bedok Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. The body was wrapped In a length of cloth. It was tound lying against a
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    Lock icon 'Amnesty won't end the war'
    40 2 Amnesty won't end the war' CHIN PENG RULES OUT SURRENDER, TALKS OF 'REASONABLE SETTLEMENT' THE COMMUNIST ENVOYS, Chen Tian and Lee Clitn Hee, emerge from the jungle. Lee. the guide, leads the way. Straits Times picture by Ng Weng Chee.
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    GALE HAVOC: MINISTER ON TOUR
    318 2 'Damaged houses look badly-built' THE MINISTER for Local Government. Lands and Housing. Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat. will call for a report on the fitness for occupation of the artisan quarters in Hock San Estate in the Alexandra area. Six houses in this estate
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    New white areas in two states
    138 2 New white areas in two states KOTA BAHRU. Thurs. Immediately after a white area in Kelantan was declared today a procession led by a Federal Councillor, Incht Khalid bin Osman. went to kam pongs in Machang arc; pulled down notices restricting food movement. The 60,000 people freed from Emergency restrictions
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    Lock icon Vienna talks
    29 2 VIENNA, Thurs.— The West j German Foreign Minister, i Herr Heinrich von Bretano, arrived here yesterday for talks with Austrian officials on re-establishment of diplomatic relations.— U.P.
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    Lock icon Pakistan plan
    28 2 KARACHI. Thurs. Pakistan may seek more mllitaiY aid at next week's conference of the Bagdad security pact nations, a Pakistan Foreign office spokesman said yesterday. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Belgrade opera
    23 2 BELGRADE, Thurs. President Tito and other Yijroslav leaders last night at 1 ended the first Communist Chinese opera in Yugoslavia. A.P.
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    'Let us ALL meet Chin Peng'
    59 2 T'lIF leader of the People s Action Party, Mr. Lee Kiirn Yew, wants representatives of all political parties in the Singapore Legislative Assembly to be allowed to meet Malayan Communist Party leaders in the projected "peace" talks. He will move a resolution to this
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    Lock icon Death penalty appeal
    53 2 NAIROBI, Thurs.— Fusilier Leo Hoyle. 25, of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, sentenced to death here on Nov. 9 for the murder of an African woman, has given notice of appeal, his lawyer said yesterday. Hoyle. of Dublin, pleaded insanity. The trial Jury made a strong recommendation for
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    THE MOON AT $1 AN ACRE
    56 2 NEW YORK, Thurs. A claim on the moon was filed in the City Clerk's office here yesterday by a corporation offering plots there at $1 an acre. Transportation is not offered. Mr. Robert H former chairman Hayden Ram tar) 1 York city, filed thi
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    Ship fights fire
    21 2 NEW YORK Italian collier has put out 1 I is fichtin;; trying to rea I land.— A. P.
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    Soldier stole
    46 2 1 TOOK FANCY ty WATCHES 1 JOHOre BAHRTi Thurs.-A sold articles fron searched anti-bandit the Se.ssid; Kluang was day. Private G. I! Yorks Reg guilty to thri stralinK two set of dentures. Beer told was stupid." He was remanded in cmstody pea n sentence.
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    Lock icon IT'S STILL DEADLOCK AFTER THREE WEEKS
    553 3 Macmillan; Russia tears our CionH.htp more than our enmity' NO PROGRESS, BUT BIG FOUR TALKS END WITH SMILES AND HANDSHAKES MVA. Thurs. jffE Big Four T'oUn minister.' e nded 2 right after EL Veeks of unrful effort to v problems of security, n unity
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    Lock icon TANKS AND PILLBOXES WILL FLY IN 1970 WAR GAMES
    86 3 TANKS AND PILLBOXES WILL FLY IN 1970 WAR GAMES JTASHINGTON, Thurs. nd flying pillenyistoned ir tactics uithin .'.ion. Rsberl B. Rigg. \rmnr magazine, lioni of the -.■ter CO. flM'-^ id cf Britain's d for army use I 1970: 1. Virtually eliminate the military use of roads. 2. Make land mines,
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    Lock icon Makins asks for fair deal
    89 3 EWOY'S PLEA TO AMERICA DANVILLE, Virginia, Thursday. rltteh Ambassador. Sir Roger Makins. 1 asked that British goods be given a I in the American market. also ttta a re- protec- discriminatory he said. and Lady Makins a tobacco auction- toured tobacco plants. and :'o American
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    Lock icon Sexy? Yes, but those hips!
    262 3 ROMAN BEAUTY SHOULD BE AT LEAST GIRDLE-DEEP, SAYS AN AMERICAN FASHION EXPERT NEW YORK, Thurs. 4N AMERICAN girdle and brassiere specialist, after studying the women of six European countries, said yesterday that Roman women have the "sexiest figures in the world" but they should wear
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    Lock icon Boy brought back from 'dead'
    124 3 Boy brought back from 'dead' NEW YORK. Thurs. DAUL A. ABLONDI, 16, is •1 alive after being clinically dead for 34 minutes all because 16 "indispenubie" people were at Union Hospital in Framingham. Massachusetts, to brine him back to life. The youth, gravely injured on Monday in an explosion of
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    Lock icon A LET-DOWN IN NATO SET-UP
    143 3 General warns of Red sweetness COLORADO SPRINGS. Thursday pEN. J. LAWTON COLLINS said NATO was "the greatest deterrent" to Communism and he believed "we have convinced the Russians they could not quickly overrun" Western Europe. But, he told the Associated Press Managing Editors' Association, the
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    Girl dies for Mother Lanka
    170 3 Girl dies for Mother Lanka COLOMBO. Thurs. A Sinhalese girl hanged herself because Ceylon has become a rambling ii''n and Mother Lanka was degenerating and iin could not tolerate it, a coroner's court here was told today Kusmawathie CharIntte Perera, 11, supported prohibition in a school debate. Her team lost
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    Lock icon Egypt warns US
    31 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Egypt today warned the United States she "may be compelled to make more arms deals" if the United States agreed to provide Israel with arms. Renter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    283 3 LONDON. Thurs. DISAPPOINTMENT over Geneva and labour uncertainties at home have held business In check today In the stock markets, but sellers continued to hold off and with small investment buyinc goIng on the recent firm undertone was maintained. Gains predominated in Industrials but business was selective and
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    TIN
    22 3 LOITOON Nov. 17—Cash Buyers £792; Sellers £793: Forward Buyers £770; Sellers £771; Settlement £794. Turnover a.m. 60 tons, p.m. 130 tons.
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    RUBBER
    25 3 LONDON. Nov. 17.—Spot 36\d.. Dec 37d.. Jan-Mar. 36\4d.. Apr..lune 341-4d.. July-Sept. 32'Sd.. Nov 0.1.f. 36' id. Dec. c.l.f. 36d., Jan. c.l.f. 35'jd. Tone: Erratic.
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    Lock icon Winston's nephew and wife are fined
    197 3 LONDON, Thuis. JOHN Spencer Chur- chill, nephew of Sir Winston Churchill, and brother-in-law of Sir Anthony Eden, and his wife, Kitty, were each fined five shillings sterling today on charges of being drunk and disorderly. Churchill, a 50-year-old artist living in West London. was
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    Advertising may be rationed
    63 3 NEW YORK. Thurs. Sorr>" newspapers In the Un.»ed States are considering rationing advertising space due to the short sup- ply of newsprint, the Wali Street Journal said today. Other newspapers. the Journal's survey disclosed, I are planning Increases in advertising rates to offset higher prices for
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    Lock icon Rubber: An assurance
    51 3 Rubber: An assurance I NEW YORK, Thurs. Mr. I Arthur Fleming. Director of Defence Mobilisation, told a meeting of the Rubber Manufacturers' Association today that the U.S. Government had no intention of withdrawing strategic materials such as rubber from the stockpile for the purpose of -solving problems of civilian economy."
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    Lock icon 'Alice' banned
    25 3 CAPETOWN, Thury— The South African Broadcasting Corporation announced today it was banning Noel Coward's latest song "Alice" because it was "faintly indecent." U.P.
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    Lock icon Squatter fire
    30 3 HONG KONG, Thurs.— One woman was killed and more I than 1,000 persons were left homeless when fire swept I through a squatters' villagf here last night. U.P.
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    Two killed in mine accident
    70 4 BATU GAJAH, Thurs. r'O labourers of Kinta Kellas Tin Ltd were killed and two others were injured today when a dredge fly-wheel fell on them. Tlie dead were Pheng See Tai and Yong Onn. Loke Siew Fatt and Pandak Dall are in hospital. The men
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    Exhibition of paintings
    56 4 IPOH. Thurs— An exhibition highlighting the history of American painting from 1674 to the present day was opened this afternoon at the Yuk Choy School in Kuala Kangsar Road. The exhibition will remain open from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow and from 11.30 a.m. to 5
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    SANTA AT SEA FOR THEM
    79 4 More than 100 Malayan children now attending schools in Australia win miss Christmas with their parents this year. Instead, they will have to I celebrate Christmas Day at I sea. They are returning from Australia in the Blue Funnel liner Charon, which is not due
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    Old Xaverians
    22 4 PENANG, Thurs. Old Xaverians will hold their annual re-union dinner at their association in MacAlister road on Sunday, Dec. 4.
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    Buckeridge tells police: Do your duty
    223 4 THE PROBLEM: WHO FIGHTS THE 'PIRATE' TAXIS? THIS WAR IS TOO BIG FOR MY SMALL ARMY, SAYS THE REGISTRAR THE SINGAPORE Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. B. C. J. Buckeridge, yesterday repeated that it was the duty of the police to take action against "pirate"
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    Air Minister (he's a VC) here on tour
    75 4 Air Minister (he's a VC) here on tour LOKD I)E L'ISI.K and Dudley, V.C. (above) British Secretary ot Mate for Air, arrived at li.mi.-i yesterday in an RAF. Hastings from Australia to tour R.A.F. units in Singapore. .Malaya and Hong Kong. He was accompanied T ady De L'lsle and Dudley.
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    Motor men sign wage pacts
    41 4 The Motor Workshop Employees' Union yesterday signed wage pacts with the Champion Motors. Borneo Motors and Orchard Motors for its members employed there. The pacts wil! Give pay increases and better working conditions to union men.
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    PICKETS IN COURT —25 PAY FINES
    210 4 PICKETS IN COURT —25 PAY FINES 1 rpwENTY-FIVE out of A 49 strikers convicted in Singapore yesterday of an offence under the Trade Disputes Ordinance preferred paying a fine to going to jail. The strikers, employees of United Engineers Limited, were charged with having obstructed the approach to the United
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    Boy falls from durian tree
    38 4 KLANG. Thurs. A ten-year-old boy. Eusoff bin Haji Ahmad, fell 20 feet from a i durian tree yesterday. He was taken to hospital for treatment lor a fractured 1 wrist, shock and bruises
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    $50 TO QUASH TWO SUMMONSES
    310 4 Inspector took bribe, court told PRINTER and store owner told a Singapore court yesterday, that two City Council cleansing inspectors approached him for $50 to quash two summonses pending aguinst him. Leong Khok Song wasi giving evidence in the Second Criminal District Court against S.
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    Car on fire threatens 10 homes
    74 4 BATU GAJAH, Wed. AN armoured car caught fire near some civilian houses here last night. It took firemen half an hour to fight the blaze, which scorched the walls of a house. There were 10 families living in wooden houses nearby. The armoured car,
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    Boys club holds social dance
    45 4 The Paslr Panjang Boys' Club, Singapore, will hold a dance and social at the West Point Garden from 9 pjn. tomorrow. The Governor, Sir Robert Black, and the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, will be the patrons of the function.
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    Gift to Sultan
    39 4 I PENANG, Thurs. The <■ Penang Almashoor Islamic School is presenting a copy, of the Holy Koran to the Sul- I tan of Brunei as a gesture I of appreciation of the Ruler's gifts to the school
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    Dock shelters
    22 4 PORT SWETTENHAM, Thurs. Shelters are to be built on the dockside here to protect ships' passengers from sun and rain.
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    BROTHERS AND SISTERS WED
    95 4 TELUK ANSON, Thurs— A double wedding took place here yesterday when a brother and sister of a local family were married to a brother and sister of a Penang family. Che Moliamed Basir, an audit assistant at Kuala Lumpur and son of Che Fakir Mohamed. chief
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    Bata talks off again
    31 5 The Bata company management met leaders of its 247 striking employees for five hours at the Labour Department yesterday without result. Talks were adjourned till next week.
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    Six-day visit
    38 5 Dr. I. Soper. a world authority on malaria and Regional Director of the World i'ealth Organsation in North .md South America, arrived In Singapore by air yesterday with his wife for a six-day tour of Malaya.
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    UNIONS CHALLENGE BOSSES: TELL US YOUR COSTS
    359 5 'Industry can 't support $8-a-day wage?— Then bring out your production figures to PROVE it' KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. UNION leaders today challenged employers to lift the veil of secrecy on production costs. This was their reaction to employers' claims that industry could not
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    Govt. clerks' strike starts on Dec. 3
    105 5 A LOR STAR, Thurs.— Kedah Government clerks today served notice that they would strike from 8.30 a.m. on Dec. 3. Inrhe Mohamed Noor. president of the clerks' union, handed the ultimatum this morning to the State Secretary, Tuan Syed Hassan Shahabudin. The clerks
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    HELP OFFER TO PATIENCE
    173 5 Girl is sole survivor of crash yHE Royal Air Force Station at Changi has rex ceived offers from well-wishers seeking to help Patience Hayes, 12, the only survivor of a family of four who were in a motor accident on the Johore Bahru-Ayer Hitam Road on
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    'Photographic first' for Colony man
    74 5 'Photographic first' for Colony man SIR. CHO-IAMi WONG, a Singapore photographer, has become the first person in Malaya to be made an Associate of the Institute of British Photographers. The A.1.8.P.. the second honour which Mr. Wong has won this year, is the recognised international standard of qualiflcation for professional
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    Discussion
    34 5 The Straits Chinese Methodist Adult Circle will hold a discussion on "Our Responsibilities to the Methodist Church" in Kampong Kapor, Singapore, at 3.30 p.m. tomorrow. The leader will be Mr. Ec Soon Howe
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    Car burnt
    30 5 Arsonists last night destroyed a car in a locked garage in Holt Road, off River Valley Road. Singapore, bringing the number of cars burnt since June to 43.
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    Bus strike may be fatal for 500
    222 5 Bus strike may be fatal for 500 CVDR a group of people r in Singapore the disruption of the city's transport s y s t c m is more than inconvenient. To them ii could mean tragedy. They are 500 tuberculosis sufferers who must attend the SATA clinic once a
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    Photographs of the Philippines
    63 5 Focus on the Philippines." an exhibition of 600 photographs by Derrick Knight, will be on display to the public at the British Council art gallery in Starrford Road. Singapore, from tomorrow till next Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. daily. The open'ng at 5 p.m.
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    Bank opening
    34 5 The Treasurer-General of Indonesia, Dr. Suggarto, and a party of b-.nkers arrived in Sini'npore rrom Jakarta yesterday to attend the opening of the first overseas branch of the Bank of Indonesia tomorrow.
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    ELEPHANT HERDS TRAMPLE CROPS
    141 5 Scared villagers plead: Destroy them KOTA BHARU, Thursday VILLAGERS in Ulu Kelantan have asked for T Government help to scare away herds of elephants which have been destroying crops and vegetables One elephant has been killed by forest rangers In Bertam, but herds continue to roam
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      358 5 OARRICK: Pyara Dushman PAVILION: The Prisoner— l.4s. (Hindi)— 3.ls 6.30. 9.15: Tel. 4. 6.30, 9.30; Tel. 6903. ***** ALHAMBRA: Sins of Pompeii— KING'S: La Tour De Nesle— 11 1.30. 4, 6.45, 9.30; Tel. 6909. 1 15 3.30 7, 9.30; Tel *****. ROXY: Bad Day at Black Rock CATHAY: Gulseppe Verdi—
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      Australian troops are welcome
      322 6 Australian troops are welcome rE resolution of the Singapore branch of the United Malay Nationalist Organisation, to bar the entry of Australian troops into Malaya must come a-s a surprise to responsible leaders in the Federation. Federal leaders have ample reason to ask Singapore not to aggravate at this juncture.
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      Moderation Humbug
      100 6 Moderation Humbug nnHE political somersault I of Mr. A. R. Lazarous is most revealing. We, in the Federation have boen anxiously looking forward to the Silica pore Labour Front Government for s lead. But the strength of the Singapore Government is being undermined. However, Mr. Lp.zarous can rest assured that
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      Forty-five years' clean bill
      113 6 I FIRST drove a motorcar in 1910. a 1905 model, and have been driving cars ever since; In Malaya, Canada, the U.S.A., South Africa, (Natal and Cape Province.) and the United Kingdom and never have I harmed anyone or his vehicle or myself and mv own
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      Thanks for help in accident
      52 6 rpHROUOH the medium of your column I should like to extend my sincere thanks to the four Chinese gentlemen who came to my assistance when I was involved in a minor accident, at the junction of Amber Road and East Coast Road last week. P.
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      Have we a moral yardstick?
      168 6 I NOTICE that even Radio Malaya has brought in Rose Chan as a subject for discussion. Surely the strip-tease must sooner or later come to Malaya. It merely follows a natural sequence of events We have had the hulahula then the bikini, then belly-dancing. So
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      Appalling revelation
      122 6 THE Singapore Police evidently think It ls possible that there are some persons in possession of information which might leai to the detection of a orutal murderer of a child, who would not come forward voluntarily, let alone eagerly, and give such information, unless offered a reward for
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      Parking rule violated
      91 6 »/EBRA crossings and La "driving bays' In some of tin 1 busy roads of Singapore have considerably contributed to safe driving. But. one notes that there are drivers who. probably unknowingly, fail to observe certain rules. I refer in particular to the zebra crossing in Outram Road.
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      Mr. Yap and his grand alliance
      75 6 MF.. Yap Pheng Geek jumped on the wagon when the subject of voting for aliens was raised. He jumped on the wagon again when multilingualism was mentioned. He is at it again advocating a grand alliance of all parties as soon as he heard
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      WHY NOT TOBACCO?
      126 6 I READ with bewilderment Mr. R. .1. Farrer's statement, "is it not anxiomatic that every owner of a car must be liable for income tax?" I own a small car which I send for servicing only twice a year and use to do repair work myself. A
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      KEEP IT SHORT
      75 6 I ETTERS for the Man-in-the-Street should be as short and concise as possible Every day many more letters than can be published are received and the pithy letter receives preference in order to give as many people as possible an od portunity to express their opinion Letters
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      Women's role in Malaya
      107 6 Tl/fALAYAM wi nof to US Malaya cai complete peac dom unless th, Malaya take active part in social and econom There are only or so of Malayan who are saci time for the welfare of tht poor and needy. Some ar° well versed in while some
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      AN EXPERT OPINION ON THE TRAINING OF ARCHITECTS
      683 6 IN v.ew of the controversy that is going on in your paper concerning the status of the architecture degree from the university of Hong Kong, perhaps I might crave your kindness in making a fairly long quotation from the report of one
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      Light to avoid accidents
      60 6 IT is gratifying to see that Elgin and Sir Arthur's bridges have been colourwashed yellow with trim red lines. We hope to see alsc ue long-promised historical plaque affixed to Elgin bridge, and Sir Arthur's bridge re-lighted as befor* the war. Nasty accidents have occurred on
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    TRADE TALKS TO END DISTRUST
    336 7 TRADE TALKS TO END DISTRUST A SIX-MAN Indones- ian fact-finding mission, which is now in Singapore for a week's discussion on problems connected with trade between the Colony and Jakarta, yesterday attended a meeting at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The deputy chairman of the mission. Dr. de Villeneauve,
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    Man collapses in court
    46 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Second Magistrate's Court here had to adjourn for 10 minutes today when a man in the public gallery collapsed. He was Mr. M. Pitchay, 40. a bookstore proprietor who was waiting to give evidence in a civil case.
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    Fish stopped biting —so a $50,000 cinema has to dose
    145 7 Fish stopped biting —so a $50,000 cinema has to dose PORT SWETTENHAM. Thurs. The only cinema on the little island of Ketam. off the Selangor coast, has had to close because of a shortage of fish. The islanders depend on fish for a living but catches in the past few
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    Mother of five is drowned
    38 7 YONG PENG. Thurs. Ho Kin Ong, 28. a mother of five drowned after she fell intoj the Yang Peng River from; a bridge about 100 yards from I the police post here yesterday.
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    5-DAY TRIAL—THEN IT'S 'NO CASE'
    136 7 5-DAY TRIAL— THEN IT'S 'NO CASE' KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. FORMER bus company clerk Robert Lou Kon Sang. 28, was acquitted today on three charges of using forged documents. The case was a retrial, ordered by the High Court when the Deputy Public Prosecutor appealed against Lou's acquittal in the lower
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    Thieves rifle shop
    42 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Thieves last night broke into a grocery shop in Treacher Road here and stole tins of biscuits, milk and soup. They also rifled a drawer in the shop and escaped with more than $100 In cash.
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    Dato is patron
    41 7 MALACCA, Thurs. Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, president of the Malayan Chinese Association, has become a patron of the small attap-shed Phor Tiong Kiong Temple because it had "played a great part in his recovery from his recent illness."
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    Will Malayanisation cost too much?
    385 7 THE LOCAL MEN HAVE A NEW WORRY gINGAPORE local senior Government officers fear that the whole Malayanisation scheme will be scrapped because of the high cost. Mr. L. C. Goh, representing the Singapore Senior Officers' Association, told the Malayanisation Commission yesterday: "We earnestly place be-
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    S.T.C MEN MAY COMPROMISE
    210 7 Way open to end bus stoppage T*HE Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union yesterday hinted it might compromise on its demand that any new wage agreement should take effect from July 14 this year. The union was completely I in the dark about the nature of the
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    77 8 li M* |M (minimum). MR .V N.RS. ELMO M. D 1 SII.VA thank a.l Relatives and for i heir good Wishes and on the Occasion of I .:n..ce on 14.11.55. AND MRS. GOPALA I \AN thank all Relatives and niMldi who responded and I D the Occasion of Inserted
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. NOv. 18, 1955. The Gulf Is Widened
    617 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. NOv. 18, 1955. The Gulf Is Widened The gulf between Russia and the West has been widened by the Geneva failure. It would be foolish, even if it were possible, to ronceal by felicitous phrase the fact that this meeting of Foreign Ministers has wiped
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    Indonesian 'Plot'
    334 8 It is not unusual for President Soekarno to discover and announce conspiracies to overthrow the Indonesian Republic. When Dr. Ali Sastroamidjojo was in power he charged that certain unnamed political leaders were scheming to sell out to foreign interests. Indonesia's President has now returned to this theme, and
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    Rubber Assurance
    165 8 Washington has always been under an obligation not to dispose of its rubber stockpile to the serious disadvantage of the producer. Rumour nevertheless sometimes credits the G.S.A. with bad intentions, and leading rubber manufacturers knowing what must happen to the price sometimes campaign for a bulk release. It
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    Mao's claim on Macao may mean new design on Bong Kong
    803 8  - Mao's claim on Macao may mean new design on Bong Kong WALTER BRICCS By A RECENT Chinese Communist propaganda splurge has brought to world attention this six square miles of Portuguese colony, a peninsula and a couple of islands, with its some 200,000 population, along Chinas subtropical southern coast. China
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    Drivers want more taxis, owners don't
    1275 8 Drivers want more taxis, owners don't S.RAJA RATNAM LOOKS AT SINGAPORE'S HACKNEY CARRIAGES AMONG the 9.600 registered vehicles which carry passengers and goods commercially in Singapore are 1.610 hackney carriages or taxis. A suggestion that this number should be increased by 340 has aroused so much argument and passion that
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      232 8 TVD the multifarious duties A o( a teacher in Singapore, there has been of late an addition the lorry escort. I well realise the circumstances, and I am not concerned whether the time of a police constable is more important and expensive to the Government than
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      104 8 THREE STEPS TO PERSONAL PEACE ■jyTOST of us don't realize how hard we are driving ourselves, says Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. We risk destroying our bodies, our minds and our souls. In the October Reader's Digest mow on Sale) he Instances famous men who have found the secret of personal
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    GANG WAR! 300 in all-night battles in Colony streets
    445 9 KNIVES AND BOTTLES USED— NINE PEOPLE INCLUDING 4 BYSTANDERS, INJURED xINK wor f in 4 r ,f,f fi seriously, in seven running street involving about .500 secret society gangsters in Singapore last g^ art€d at 5 Pm and All police officers
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    'FAST TO DEATH' MAN CALLS IT OFF
    100 9 'FAST TO DEATH' MAN CALLS IT OFF o i;| >\W I II MUM. Thurs. THI Malayu Railway »hii started a trike bMMM ho u.i^ nrt promoted has eillfd a off. lv» fast on Tuexli.' md stopped 100. Km i i r ,i talk with 1 iimpur friend. i s Mibra-
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    Tea party
    16 9 :i Kera.a a tea k.p editor of the In- ;v r MathruLittie's Cafe on
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    17 9 OMPUR, Thurs.— n monj i ihr I rch at Bukit Binwill be held on .\.m.
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    DEATH
    39 9 Chong Thye. aged away peacefully at -11-68 leaving behind > Pee, Neo, Eng Neo. een Neo. two sons-ln- ;ind Wong I I s .fi .1 grand:.iiulchlldren and dehUdren to mourn ege leaves 60. Kam- noon on 19-11-55 "hangl crematorium.
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    Out for a day: In for 18 months
    93 9 AN ex-storekeeper, Tan See Shong. finished serving a jail term for cheating yesterday and began a fresh 18-month term for stealing. Tan pleaded guilty to theft of 76 steel bars, worth $2,250, belonging to Po Sang Lan, in Bukit Timah Road. on
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    'Outrage' charge
    44 9 Wu Choons: Yin pleaded not guilty In a Singapore court yesterday to a charge of using criminal force on Leong Sow Ying, with intent to outrage her modesty, at the Kamoong San Teng Chinese cemetery on Oct. 5. He was allowed bail.
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    Co-op profit
    27 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs The Kluang Co-operative Society Ltd.. in its third year of business, made a gross profit of $18,140. The societv has 707 members
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    MIDDLE ROAD LOSES FIGHT
    192 9 Outnumbered by telephone men in rival union Tlfß. LORE WAN THO, chairman of the Singapore Telephone Board, said last nuht that the Board had no option but to accede to the demand of the S.T.B. Employees' Union for negotiations with the union on wage claim. He
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    Judge: Clear case of contempt
    450 9 EDITOR AND PAPER FINED $4,000 fHE editor of a Chinese newspaper was fined $1,000 in the Singapore High Court yesterday for what Mr. Justice Taylor said was a clear case of contempt. He was Wong Sze. the ;ditor of the Sin Chew Jit Pau, which
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    Girl puts intruder to flight
    74 9 Girl puts intruder to flight KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. 4N 18-year-old English girl was cut on the face by glass splinters at 2.30 this mcrnlng when an Intruder Jumped through a closed window In her house in Ipoh Road. Miss Maureen Wells, daughter of a Serviceman, was asleep in her bedroom
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    Sailors are discharged
    67 9 Fourteen sailors, members of the Indo-Pakistani-Malay Seamen's Union, who were accused of criminal trespass by boarding the M. V. Giang Bee with intent to annoy Captain John Overton on Oct. 11, were discharged in a Singapore court yesterday, when the captain, who Is the main prosecution witness,
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    Pulled gun on man who took his girl
    106 9 /CHARLES ALFRED DA- VIES, pleading guilty to a chsrge of criminal intimidation, admitted in the Singapore Eighth Magistrate's Court yesterday that he held a gun at Low Lee Soon and threatened to shoot him. Davies said he did this early yesterday morning
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    Be ready for social revolt
    281 9 Be ready for social revolt ENGLISH-SPEAKING GROUP WARNED T<HE SECRETARY of the Peoples' Action Party, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, yesterday called upofl English-educat-ed Malayans to "wake up" and prepare themselves for the day when the country will be faced with an economic and social revolution. "Among the four major language
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    ANTI-REDS WARN SHOPKEEPERS
    127 9 Youths try to kill trade with China KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday A SINGAPORE Chinese newspaper has reported •that the Anti-Communist Youth League has warned shopkeepers in Kuala Lumpur not to sell goods imported from Communist China. But the police have received I no complaints. A Selangor Chinese Chamber
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    Doctor down with stroke
    59 9 IPOH, Thurs. Dr. V. K Thambypillal, who retired than the Federation Medical Services as a specialist in 1951. suffered a stroke on Tuesday and Is reported in a serious condition. Dr. Thambypillai, who was in Penang for many years is well-known in sports circles. Since his
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    Boy gets 5 years
    56 9 While searching for narcotic offenders, a Singapore police officer found a Chinese High School student with Communist documents, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Quek Seng Wah. 17, was sentenced to five years' jail for having 21 terrorist documents in his room in a house off
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    MISSING GIRL SENDS LETTER TO POLICE
    182 9 7am in Johore Bahru 9 Father feared she had been abducted POURTEEN YEAR OLD Easwari, who disappeared from her home in Anson Road on Oct. 13, has written a letter to the Singapore police to say she Is in Johore Bahru. Her father, Mr.
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    EARLIER HOLIDAYS FOR SCHOOLS
    239 9 Government solves a bus strike headache THE Singapore Government has decided to advance the Christmas holidays for all Government English schools by a week, because of the transport situation. The decision to advance the school holidays was announced by the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee
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    PLANTER STILL VERY ILL
    73 9 PLANTER STILL VERY ILL KLUANG, Thurs. MR. R. D. W. King, the 29-year-old planter who was badly wounded in a terrorist ambush yesterday on Bukit Benut Estate, 10 miles from Kluang, is still on the 'seriously 111" list, a spokesman at the British Military Hospital here said tonight. The second
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    Boost for bank clerks
    131 9 COLONY STYLE PAY RISE KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation's 2,500 bank clerks will now receive the same pay as their colleagues in Singapore. This follows negotiations between the employers and the banking section of the Federation of Clerical and Administrative Stall Unions. The clerks' basic pay
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    FACTORY STRIKE THREAT
    67 9 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs.— A strike ballot is to be taken by workers at the Fung Keong rubber factory in Klang following unsuccessful attempts to get the management to discuss their claims. The secretary of the National Union of Factory md General Workers, Mr. V. David, said today:
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    Porcelain on exhibition
    37 9 An exhibition of 150 pieces of Chinese porcelain is now open to the public at Raiflos Museum between 9 a.m. and 5.30 D.ni. on weekdays. The exhibition is being presented by the China Society.
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      43 9 High tides TODAY: Singapore 1.09 a.m. (8 tt 4 Ins.) 12.19 p.m. (9 (t. 5 Ins.); Port Dickson 8.20 a.m. (8 ft. fl ins.) 8.30 pjn <8 ft. 2 Ins.) Penang 2.03 a.m (7 ft 5 Ins.) 2.37 p.m. {6 ft. 5 lns>
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    Traders welcome return of Japanese
    384 10 £JOLONY businessmen have generally welcomed the revelation of plans by the Singa pore and Federation Governments to allow tht establishment of Japanese businesses in Malaya It was reported last week that the two Governments have decided after ten years to relax the postwar ban on
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    Salesman rewarded
    229 10 DEALERS in Haig whisky were entertained to a dinner last week on the occasion of the visit ta Singapore of Mr. D. J. Wilkinson a director of the company. Mr. Wilkinson, on the left, above, is seen making a presentation to Mr. Sim Ah Bee chief salesman for
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    38 MIL. WORD EDITION IS READY
    226 10 38 MIL. WORD EDITION IS READY PREPARATIONS are now in hand for the arrival in the Colony of the first copies of the 1955 1956 Encyclopaej dia Britannica which has been revised after ten years. The Encyclopaedia, established 188 years ago. is printed and published in London and the present
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    Indonesian bank to open doors here tomorrow
    151 10 rE first evidence of mutual co-operation and healthy trade relations between Singapore and Indonesia will be seen in the Colony tomorrow when the first overseas branch of Bank Negara Indonesia is opened > The opening of the branch premises at 253. South Bridge
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    HORLICKS MEN PAY VISIT
    227 10 Organisation changes T»HE grandson of the x founder of one of Britain's most famous companies Horlicks paid a visit to the Colony during the week. He was Mr. J. J. M. Horlicks, overseas manager of Horlicks Ltd., whose grandfather, Sir James Horlicks, was the founder of
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    NEW PROCESS
    33 10 James Warren and Co. Ltd., Singapore, will stage a film show to Introduce a new welding process for dealers at the Chinese Engineering Association in Hamilton Road at 8 p.m. tonight.
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    1237 11 4SHnEmiiH^mm&MMsW* gOUT mid-1882, a tall humourless young man of I wafted into the offices of a coal firm in Australia, and seated himself in the general air. He was not new to the place. He had i boy of 14,
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      115 11 Hex Morgan. 3i.D. Mr. Young treed Dick Tracy A parrot —i i 1 1 aii Mtid I ill WWX&W urroars— Tuc*x fqesh must have "1 r-rRACv to city- wave the st -<^<^ !^^>i^ a 1 EASV. CEOQGE- /\J MEN V BEENIMTUE AWn-CRUELTY SOCIETV SENC NPkl UO*E^-/~i?°&., TSM RARROT'VNEW WOKEV»^\ J
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    355 12 The Malayan Share Broken' Association reported: "All sections of the local share market showed a very cheerful appearance with general price lmDrovements and a good volume of business passing." Singapore and Federation broker* reported the following business done yesterday: Fraser and Neave ords $1.72'-^; Gammon $2.55; W Hammer
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    155 12 Singapore Chinese Prodnre Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: November $26 buyers. $27', sellers; December $2? buyers. $27\ sellers. Coconut oil: quietly steady; bulk $40 sellers: drum $42\ sellers. Pepper: quiet with no business reported: Muntok white $136. Sarawak $135 i both down $1». special
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    80 12 The Malayan t:\rhangr Banks Association made the following changes In Its rates to merchants yest^day (quotations to »100):— Selling air mail: TT or O.D rrady: Swiss Francs 142 3/4: Holland Guilders 124: Deutache Marks 136 7/8; Swedish Kroner 169: Italian I.irr *****. On the free exchange market in
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    TIN PRICE REACHES HIGHEST LEVEL IN SIXTEEN MONTHS
    331 12 TIN PRICE REACHES HIGHEST LEVEL IN SIXTEEN MONTHS By Our Market Correspondent A RISE of $4.12} per picul took the tin price up A to $380.37} in Singapore yesterday, the highest price since mid-July last year. Yesterday's price was $3.87 more than the highest price for the current year registered
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    44 12 THE Fedtrations Financial Secretary has fixed the following prices for calculating customs duties for the week starting November 17. RUBBER: $1,171 per lb. COPRA: $428 a ton COCONUT OIL $688 a ton. PALM OIL: $676.75 per ton. PALM KERNELS: $3»>2.25 a ton.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    144 12 December first grade robber buyers f.o.b. closed tn Singapore yesterday at 125', cents Dei !b. 2\ cents below Wednesday's closing price. The closing tone was uncertain. Closing prices in cents per tb. I were: No. 1 RS S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 128' m. sellers 129; No. 1 R.S.S.
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    SHIPPING
    96 12 Mui* lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Braunschweig 1 2. Drente 4.8. Havildar C.P., I Awata Maru 67, Sunda 89, Bencruachan 11, Idomeneus 13 14. Demedocus 15 16. Madoera 18. Ur.iarla 19 20. Senggarang N. Wall 3. Resang N. Wall 5. Hong Tat N.
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    16 12 SINGAPORE vr.v RUBBEK Sl.r^ Ib. (down U COPRA: I P'cul (up 25 crnt V, >■■
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    86 12 tOLBOUR] I Investments tradli I rately active I held steady on I today. In mm I light but pn I Loans were fin: I Loans 3';'; ISM-41 Loans 3,; 1955.5, 1 Con. Zinc Bank of N.S W Mount Lyll '-'^1 N. Broken Hill Hill 50 M, Mount Morgan
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      759 12 NOTICES TENDER FOR UNSERVICEABLE CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE POLICE VEHICLES tender Thirteen Police Vehicles are supply and delivery to the FIRE offered For Sale to the Public by BRIGADE of Uncooked Rations 1 Tender. Full details may be ob- for quarterly and half-yearly tamed from contingent Transport periods commencing Ist
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      710 12 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD Si LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES To be held at Our Saleroom N<*. 14 A 16 Robinson Road, Singapore On THURSDAY, 21TH NOV., 1955, AT 2.30 P.M. No. 72 BUFFALO RD. 999 yrs'lease. Area 1,008 sq.ft. VACANT POSSESSION. (Messrs. Braddell Bros.. Solicitors) N0. 94 TANJONO PAGAR RD.
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      330 12 KUCHING MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Tenders are Invited from Electrical Contractors for the electrical Installation and lichtnlng protective system to the proposed firestatlon and flats. Specifications. Drawings and Forms of Tender and all other particulars can be obtained on application to the Architects, Messrs. Swan Si Maclaren. Oversea Chinese Bank Building. Kuchlng.
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    SINGAPORE FORWARDS FIND FORM IN FINAL TRIAL
    405 14 Coutts and Nugent strike devastating combination SINGAPORE hockey selectors must have heaved a sigh of relief at yesterday's final trial, after which they had to select the Colony team to meet the Federation at Kuala Lumpur next weekend. They saw some of the
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    The victim who wasn't —boxer had them foxed
    411 14 <UALA LUMPUR. Thurs. !\JEMBERS of the Sel^'Mansor Boxing Board of Control were faced with a mystery today. They were trying to establish the identity of the boxer who was knocked out by Don Razali in a contest at Bukit Bintang Park here
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    167 14 Campbell sets new world water mark at 216.2mph r.m 1 Dl K CUV. Thurs. DONALD C A M P 8K1.1.. of Britain, broke his own worid speedboat record yestrrday whon he drove his ji t -piini ii Bluebird at UtJ miles an hour over the waters o[ Lake Mead. The
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    POH LIM IN THIRD FINAL
    119 14 I nXG Poh Lim ent-red his third :inal in the Singapore Bad- minion Association's national I championships when he and his Thomas Cup mate and co-holder of the title. Ismail Marjan. beat Tan Chin Jin and Tan Guau Hong I 15-2, 15-6 ln the men's
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    SPORTS DIARY
    51 14 i;« on I'NIVKRSITI North v Smith, Aukit 1 im.ili. lIOIKKY S.H.A. I ii, niv. 1: S.C.C. v Irr>in AswM-latlon. 1. A.; Friendly: i... 1., nls hockey XI J.B. v S.K.C.. ■■Cl I t'itT Wanderers v 5.H.8.. 1 .ii ■rr I'ark. SWIMMING Primary School (Finals), Chinese Swimming Club, 2.30
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    One goal gives Chinese first league victory
    249 14 OINOAPORE Chinese Recreation Club gained full points lor the first time after completing nearly all their fixtures ln the First Division of the Singapore Hockey Association League when they beat Royal Naval Police 1-0 at Hong Lim Green yesterday. The game was not
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    Lock icon WEST ZONE JUST MAKE IT
    141 14 POONA, Thurs. A century by i Test batsman Vinoo Mankad. who also shard ln century stand." with M L. Apte and N. J. Contractor, I helped West Zone to a surprise j victory by six wickets over the muring New Zealanders here I today. Set
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    STORE TEAM v FEDERATION
    63 14 SINGAPORE Hockey Association selector* last night picked the following; team to meet the Federation at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Nov. 26: E. N. Pillai; Ajit Singh, Sgt. Gellard; P. M. Prnnefather, S. Vcilupillai u.ipt V. Devadas; J. Martens. Vijayratnam, JO Nugent, B. M. Coutts, M. G.
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    JOHORE PLANS FOR FORMING STATE ALL BLUES TEAM
    311 14 JOHORE PLANS FOR FORMING STATE ALL BLUES TEAM JOHORE have taken the first step towards joining the Malayan All Hlues inter-State rugby tournament. They hope to compete next season. Although Johore have never before had a representative Asian XV, officials of the recently formed Johore Bahru Asian rugby committee feel
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    15 NAMED FOR FED TOUR
    95 14 Singapore's hockey team wffl play two further matches ln the Federation affr meeting the Federation XI at Kuala Lumpur on Nov ?6. On Nov. 27 they will play Peraic at Ipoh. and travel to Seremban the following day to meet N"grl- i Sembilan Officials last
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    CLOBBERS IN SEMI-FINALS
    91 14 i Royal Air Force Chang! Clobj bers bea; University ty one soa! and '.wo penally corners to one toal at the G.S.C. yesterday to enter the semi-finaU of the Singapore women's seven a side hockey tournament. University led in the first half by a goal scored by
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    BOD BEAT RAF
    33 14 BCD. "A" beat R.A.F Seletar j 1-0 in a SHA EMv. 2 match at Seletar yesterday. Joe Carvalho scored the only goal from a short corner In the first half.
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    2-0 FOR REME
    17 14 RE. ME. best BOD. 'B" 2-0 in their S.H.A. D v. 2 tie yesterday.
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    CAMBRIDGE U IN BIG WIN
    55 14 LONDON. Thurs. The NewZealand rugby league tourists beat Castleford by 31-7 yesterday. Leeds beat Batley 22-10 ln a league gam». Cambridge University outplayed Oloucester in their rugby union match, winning by 37-3. Guy's Hospital beat Wasps 9-6 and Devon b?at Royal Navy 17-5 ln two
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    Paterson to ride at Bukit Timah, then returns
    245 16 Paterson to ride at Bukit Timah, then returns JOTTINGS By EPSOM JEEP WITH the arrival of Eddie Larkin and Jimmy Lindley. there are more English jockeys riding on the Malayan Turf at the moment than any time before. The other English jockeys are Phil Povall, Davy Jones and Ryan Parnell.
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    HIGH NOON READY, GETS RIGHT TRIP
    417 16 T*HE classy High Noon, a X four-year-old by Derby winner Mid-day Sun (sire of New Zealand champion Rising Fast), is coming to hand splendidly and should be ready to win soon. He gets his right distance this meeting. He was useful at around a
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    417 16 EPSOM JEEP'S ROUND-UP OF YESTERDAY'S FINAL GALLOPS AT BUKIT TIMAH ON HEAVY TRACK HE MAY REPEAT GOLD CUP SUCCESS DEARER BOND, who broke the monopoly of Cup races on the Malayan Turf by English and Irishbred horses when he triumphed in the Singapore Gold
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    Winning 3-f gallop by Shoeshine Boy
    748 16 RECENTLY PRO MOTED Shoeshine Boy, with Kitson Leonp astride, shaped like a winner in his windiniup gallop on :i yielding track at Bukit Timah j yesterday morninu. Keeping close to the outer rails all the way, this racy three-year-old by The Cob- bier covered
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    Amateur boxing: The Filipinos are badly out of step
    535 16 T»HE Filipinos rank 1 amon? the most enlightened people in South East Asia. In sport especially they are progressive and t r v ly international. They are the ones who least worry about colour and boundaries. So it comes as a
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    WE WILL BE REMEMBERED — SHEPPARD
    187 16 WE WILL BE REMEMBERED SHEPPARD HONG KONG, Thurs. '■yyE have our quota of spin bowlers and are not worried if present weather continues. We are a wellbalanced side and I am sure we will leave some memories behind." said H. F. Sheppard, the Malayan captain, after J his arrival at
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    WANTED: NEW PARTNER FOR POft LIM ON U.K. TRIP Tan Jin Eona is the answer
    815 16 WANTED: NEW PARTNER FOR POft LIM ON U.K. TRIP Tan Jin Eona is the answer By THE SPORTS EDITOR JUST five months after the second successful defence of the Thomas Cup, Malayan badminton is again taking to the highway of international activities, and doing it on a bigger scale than
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    HK captain played under Percy Chapman
    300 16 HK captain played under Percy Chapman HIIIN the Malayan cricket team play in Hmijj Kong during the next fortnight, they will meet a man who has a cricketing background of note. He is T.A. (Alec) Pearce, who captained lion; Kong; in a number of inter-port games before and after the
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