The Straits Times, 15 September 1956

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    19 1 A V F. H a up The Straits Times. Hat*** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1958 15 CENTS
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    LAST SHIPS SAIL THROUGH
    1015 1 ts st a igg_»»ay put Nasser and Go. out of business Quote <m IV the whole the w \J Press have been moat kind to me except, of course, the cartoon of me which sometimes appeared in the dailies which made me out to be fatter
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    War risk rates up
    47 1 LONDON, Frl. fONDON underwriters today more than doubled war risk insurance rates on cargo shipments through the Suez Canal. The War Risks Rates Committee announced that rates covering war and strike, riots and civil commotion had been raised to five shillings per cent
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    UP, UP goes tin
    352 1  -  By GEOFFREY BOLAND Fears over Suez crisis cause buying scramble and raise price to its highest level since April, 1953 WORLD DEALERS, afraid of being cut off from supplies of Malayan tin if the Suez is closed, scrambled for the metal again in Singapore yesterday. Keen
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    No place in the sun for Mao here
    345 1 No place in the sun for Mao here E 'One* the sun has riMn The whit* hill is red; s The Communist Party has saved us, a Chairman Mao led us: H* distributed the E land equally, So that we can eat and dress.' THESE are the words x for
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    Lock icon Typhoon Emma kills 35
    36 1 SEOUL, lri. Forty-two people were killed, 35 missing and 5,000 homes destroyed or damaged when typhoon Emma struck South Korea •on Monday, according to the police. Damage is estimated at U552,800,000 A.P.
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    Man dies in accident
    32 1 A 41-year-oJd Eurasian, Gene Emerson, of Cuff Road, was fatally injured in an accident while at work in a factory in Kallang Pudding, off MacPherson Road, Singapore, yesterday.
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    Outward bound P. and 0. liners re-routed—fare's the same
    211 1 Outward bound P. and 0. liners re-routed fare's the same ALTHOUGH P- and O. liners for Singapore, Penang, Hong Kong and Australia have been re-routed round the Cape of Good Hope because of the Suez crisis, there has been no increase in fares— YET. A spokesman for the Singapore agents,
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    80-ft death fall
    37 1 A 25-year-old hospital attendant, Thlruvengeda Sarangapani, attached to the Blood Transfusion Service, fell about 80 feet to his death off the roof of a three-storey Singapore Improvement Trust building hi Delta Road, yesterday morning.
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    Lock icon Soviet aid (1)
    24 1 JAKARTA, Fri.— Russia will give Indonesia aid amounting to U. *****,000,000 under an agreement which will be signed here tomorrow. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Soviet aid (2)
    26 1 COLOMBO, Fri. The Soviet Union will lend Ceylon 12,000 tons Burmese rice to help rehabilitate Ceylon's food reserves, it was announced here today.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Peking calling
    24 1 HONG KONG, Fri.— Radio Peking tonight announced a new service ta Egypt and Central Africa. The broadcasts will be in English.— Reuter.
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    Cheaper calls
    17 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. Telephone subscribers can now book reduced rate trunk calls from 6 p.m.
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    Lock icon BRITANNIA SHOCK
    158 1 Another delay recurrence of icing troubles f ONDON, Fri. The entry of Britain's giant turbo-prop airliner, the Britannia, into commercial service is to be delayed because of icing troubles, the British Overseas Airways Corporation announced today. This was decided after a conference of top BOAC executives and the
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    The R.A.F. saves 2 soldiers
    180 1 MERCY FLIGHTS TO SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. ROYAL AIR FORCE planes thj& evening made two separate i«ercy flights to Singapore carrying gravely-ill servicemen in urgent need of the specialist treatment that only the British Military Hospital at Alexandra could give, i A soldier of the
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    Lock icon Suicide by boy (11)
    54 1 Suicide by boy (11) COMPTON, Cal. Fri.— An 11 -year-old boy, Frederick Rutherford, hanged himself in the garage behind his home because he was confined to the house and the television set was out of order, police reported. His parents had ordered him not to leave the house because he
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    Acid attack on couple
    107 1 Acid attack on couple lIOE KAR LEE, 22, a mechanic, was injured by an acid thrower early today when he struggled with a man who had tried to rob his wife, Leow Kirn Heow, 21, in Lim Teck 800 Road, Singapore. Hoe was admitted to the General Hospital with burns
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    33 1 BAN A-WEAPONS SAYS BULGANIN LONDON. Fri.—Marshal BnUanin in new letter to President Eisenhower renewed Russia s call for a ban on atomic weapons and reduction of armaments. Moscow Radio said.— Reuter.
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    House gutted: Woman held
    25 1 A house In Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore, was burnt down yesterday. Police said it was arson. A woman has been detained.
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    Lock icon Kevin, 7, the lad who lived in a hen-house
    153 2 Kevin, 7, the lad who lived in a hen-house POLICE FREE BACKWARD BOY DUBLIN, Friday. IRISH POLICE rescued a seven-year-old "hen boy" yesterday from the chicken-house where hie mother had kept him because he is "deformed and slightly backward." .V", Officials of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
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    Lock icon REDS MOVE BIG RUSSIAN-MADE BOMBERS INTO NORTH KOREA
    72 2 SEOUL. Fri. Sooth Korean Army Chief of Staff, General Lee Hynng Kun, said here today the Communists had brought a fk*t of 20 Russian made heavy bombers into North Korea from Manchuria in violation of the armistice agreement. The presence of the
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    Lock icon Israelis wipe out an Arab Legion post 40 JORDANIANS KILLED
    187 2 Israelis wipe out an Arab Legion post 40 JORDANIANS KILLED JERUSALEM, Friday. JORDAN today charged that Israeli forces killed at J least 40 Jordanians last night in an attack on the Oharandel headquarters of the famed Arab Jordan's protest to the United Nations truce organisation said the headquarters of the
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    Lock icon BURGESS IS 'VERY HAPPY' IN MOSCOW
    73 2 BURGESS IS 'VERY HAPPY' IN MOSCOW MOSCOW. Prl. Mr. Tom Drlberg, former British Member of Parliament, disclosed in an Interview today that he had met Guy Burgess, the British diplomat who went to Russia, practically every day" during a three -week visit to Moscow. He said Burgess "seem* very happy."
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    Lock icon China congress: Liv to report
    38 2 PEKING, Fri.— Mr. Liv Shao Chi. generally acknowledged to be second only to Mao TseTung among Chinese Communist leaders, will give a political report when the Party's eighth congress opens here tomorrow. Reuter.
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    Lock icon War games
    32 2 BANGKOK, Fri. Siamese and United Btates armed forces will conduct joint amphibious exercises in Slam late this month, cultiminatlng in landing operations in Siamese Gulf, it was disclosed today— UP.
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    Lock icon JUNE IS MAGIC IN MORE THAN CARD TRICKS
    62 2 JUNE IS MAGIC IN MORE THAN CARD TRICKS JUNE McCOMB. a clever magician, appears like this when she p.actises her profession. But she does more than card tricks. When she and 800 others went to the con- fere c of the lntet ational Brotherhood nf Magicians at Brighton, she Rave
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    Boys aged 13 and 11 take off in plane and fly for an hour
    146 2 Boys aged 13 and 11 take off in plane and fly for an hour NEW YORK. Fri.— Two boys, aged 11 and 13. who had never stepped into a plane before, yesterday took off in an unattended monoplane, flew for an hour and landed perfectly. "I Rave it the gas
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      THE 10m. WHO CONTROL CHINA
      162 2 HONG KONG, Fri. The Chinese Communist Party had 10,*****4 members at the end of June, equal to 1.74 per cent of the country's population. Radio Peking announced last night COLOMBO: Ceylon plans to send a MO-strong delegation to the World Federation of Democratic Youth in
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    Lock icon 'GO SLOW HOLDS UP PAY CHEQUES
    141 2 Aussie postmen work to rule SYDNEY, Friday. MORE than 2,000,000 letters were today held J at Sydney General Post Office as a suck regulations strike by postal workers game ?g and the parcel situation is so bad that roaxu had to be cleared through
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    Delegation splits up
    13 2 east. i Seven members oM^j: gapore delegation of Shanghai.-^"" 1
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    They preferred the nudes
    15 2 yesterday took cheap 1 t 0 00 painting worth more than
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    Eden's pledge: before war
    334 3 LONDON, Fri. m \nlhony Eden's ?r,overnnu.nt last ht won a vote of stu,ice on its 2 fpollo after the £c Minister had 2*d < hat bar t an emergency, J I'nited Nations Hold be consulted kefore iorcc was em--Lai OpposiMlft llSUre tortedb* ,A votes V 1:1
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    MOVE TO INSURE THE OLYMPIC GAMES
    75 3 MOVE TO INSURE THE OLYMPIC GAMES HEI/JOIRXE, Fri pt Olympic Games 1 Orranlsin r Commit- discussing insurN of the games iflinst the event of war. Thf committee's chief wutive officer, Sir Wilton Bridpeford. said the i :om niitt«* was considerm asking Lloyds of jwndon to accept the Btsaid: "There is
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    Suez to U.N.
    312 3 BOYD: WE CANNOT LET CYPRUS GO NOW-SUEZ CRISIS TOO GRAVE LONDON, Frt TOE British Colonial J. Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, said today that the grave Saos crisis made it Impossible to give Cyprus "sell detcrminatfcon" at the present time. Labourites raised the future of Cyprus at
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    'Offer to Cairo still stands'
    650 3 could possibly go. But the British Government must be the judge of the circumstances. The Government, too, must be allowed to judge, in the light of their continuing talks with other governments, what is the best moment at which it might become advisable to have
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    Lock icon Big exodus begins
    235 3 There will be a hell of a mess in a few days, say the pilots DORT SAID, Fri.— 1 Hundreds of Suez Canal Company employees of mscny nations flocked to passport offices here today for exit visas. Many British, French, Dutch and Belgian pilots have already quit
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    Lock icon ISRAEL IS HAPPY ABOUT BRITAIN'S NEW PLAN
    96 3 TEL AVIV, Fri. Israel welcorned the establishment'of the Sues "users' association" as a step tending; to implement international law. Foreign Ministry officials said they expected the new body to ensure freedom of shipping to Israeli vessels as well as to foreign vessels trading
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    Lock icon ...But Russia says 'it puts Egypt right back where she started'
    85 3 LONDON. Fri. Moscow Radio said last night the Western plan for a Sues Canal "users' association runs counter to the United Nations Charter and the Interests of peace and security." The radio said world public opinion was viewing the
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    LONDON STOCKS
    431 3 LONDON, M. STOCK market* ended the week on a better note than appeared passible at one time thanks to the overnight pledge by the Prime Minister on the Sues Canal and the use of force. Business however showed little expansion although a big turnover was reported In the
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    'I LAY BLEEDING-THEY RAN'
    293 5 'I LAY BLEEDING-THEY RAN' aM<Mk mm oalto oe, 33, is accused o f murder attempt DANKER, a typ- j,t told a Singare Vourt yesterday h at the people in his i al fled and left him bin? in a P<>ol of blood after his wife had attacked him with choppcDanger's
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    RUTH THE SOOTHING SINGER
    170 5 RUTH THE SOOTHING SINGER 'Bombs' away— now for nostalgia AFTER a torrid season of South American "bombs" in the Singapore night-club scene, Miss Ruth Dawes, an English sin-ger-pianist, arrives like a cool, refreshing breeze. She will make her debut at a local night club tonight and her songs should be
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    VIOLINIST WEDS POLICE OFFICER
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    HUGGED THE KERB: A MOTHER DIED
    213 5 800 fine, warning for woman driver WOMAN walking in the road about a foot from A the pavement was knocked down by a car and killed, a Singapore court was told yesterday. the magistrate. Mr. Tan Boon Teik. told the woman fcrttj "You are
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    Funfair at St. Paul's
    58 5 St. Paul's Church at Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore, will hold its annual fete and fun-fair today in the church compound. The fete will be opened by Mrs. G. E. N. Oehlers, wife of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, at 2 pjn. The proceeds of the
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    Muslim G.O.M-dies
    47 5 Muslim G.O.M--dies The grand old man of the Muslim community of Singapore, Mr. Syed Gulab Shah bin Qurban Hussain Albahkri has died at his home In St. Francis Road. He was 90. Mr Syed Gulab Shah came to Malaya at the age of 18, from Peshawar. Pakistan.
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    Found hanging
    25 5 TELUK ANSON, Fri. Xl Lip Kah, 32. was found hanging in his house at the 16th milestone, Teluk Anson— Baean Datoh Road yesterday.
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    Association for ex-detainees
    36 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Selangor Malay Ex-detainees Association will be inaugurated on Sept. 30 at the Sultan Suleiman Club here. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, and other ministers are expected to attend.
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    Red papers in false bottom match-box
    293 5 SCHOOLBOY JAILED FOR 3 YEARS A CHINESE High School student, found in possession of Communist documents mimeographed on tissue paper and hidden in a match-box with a false bottom and in two boxes of tooth-picks and a packet of corn-flakes, was jailed for three
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    20 seek to be the 'ideal working girl'
    60 5 20 seek to be the 'ideal working girl' ABOUT 20 Singapore working girls have entered the contest for the "Ideal Working Girl, 1956" to be held next month. Miss Caroline Paige, chairman of the organising committee, said yesterday that so far most of the entrants were Europeans. The contest will
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    THE YOUNG MAN AND THE SEA-BY SIR ROBERT
    175 5 THE Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, said yesterday that the Sea Cadet Corps could be of use to the community "not only in times of peace but also in times ofk. danger and suffering." Sir Robert said this when he opened
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    Film on Suez shown
    45 5 An American documentary film tracing the history of the Suez Canal was shown by Shaw Brothers Ltd. at its preview theatre in Singapore yesterday. The film, which lasts 26 minutes also illustrates the importance of the canal as an international waterway.
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    Cinema opens tomorrow
    36 5 ALOR STAR, Fri.— Kedah's newest cinema, the Cathay, will be declared open by the Sultan on Sunday. The theatre, built for $500,000 at the junction of Jalan Langgar and Umbong Kapal, seats 1,090.
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    3 will train in New Zealand
    58 5 J£*JA LUMPUR, Fri.Tf^omm rs of the Malayan h?v Uni u Cati °ns Depart- month 6 been chosen for S ths Gaining in New K^ under the Colombo I^*!!?* 6 1 14 E RajaratSoMfJ? 01 Y °r* Kee. S-ÜbitLI 1 Lvm Pur, and Kwii i
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    $5000 raised
    22 5 $5 000 raised IMi L 5 5 has %d it b n gapore UMNO to P)«tt i^dquarters. The %qq v cost about
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    MAN WITH A JOB ROBBED A TAXI DRIVER
    125 5 A 22-YEAR-OLD fireman, Chang Cham Hong who with two others, robbed a Malay taxi driver on June IS last in Waterloo Street, was Jailed for five years by Mr. justice Whitton in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. The taxi driver, Achim bin
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    A special service for Sultan's birthday
    148 5 A special service for Sultan's birthday JOHORE BAHRU, Fri— J The people of Johore will again celebrate the Sultan's birthday while their aged ruler Is away in England. Arrangements have been made for a thanksgiving service, on Monday, when the Sultan will be 83. I In the Istana Besar, there
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    Baby girl is found dead
    36 5 KLANG, Fri. A one-year-old baby girl, M. Amarthavally, was found dead with her head in a pail of water at the labour lines on PUmoor Estate, IS miles from here, today.
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    Training caurse
    26 5 The Singapore Youth Council's leadership training course is conducting a session in "Technique in Camping" at the Lim Chun Kand Camp today and tomorrow.
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    Leader course
    34 5 Lady Black, president of the Singapore branch of the British Red Cross Society, will open the Junior Red Cross leadership course in the Gan Eng Seng School hall at 10 a.m. today.
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    OFF TO NEW JOB IN KENYA
    73 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Selangor's Traffic Chief, Mr. Nelson Freeborn, was given a send-off today by more than 100 members of the force, who turned up in full uniform at the Kuala Lumpur airport. Mr. Preeborn, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, left for Nairobi on
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      27 5 s-StfiS Chess Club 3 p.m. BATTLE OF BRITAIN fly-PMt by R.lt. over 011x7.30.*. I^.B^Sdary Road. 8 p.m. STRAITS CHINESE hall, Anson Road, 3 pjn. CrVH. DEFENCE ASBOCIA-
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      30 5 -rinv- silver wedding anniversary TOMOBEOW oart^rf^^SdMrs. Tan Soo puauc CONCERT «r Band of fficubhou-.KoUmAyerLa,* J^S^^n"^^^' yjSoA. Orchard Road, 2 pjn. »t St. Andrew's Cathedral 10.<0 Road, 6JO pjn> |I^3||ig^Tlil^,ipt^<lWii| I^laSssft««^«
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    Two killed, 5 hurt as truck runs wild
    166 7 Two killed, 5 hurt as truck runs wild A VC. f j Two VLmen rubber tapI* yt re killed and r ithrr women seriJL »'i urpd today T.,, w Arm y truck fl lllf road nd n !'h d through d i,i cnua new Jl ins than a mile J
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    Parents meet
    16 7 :'NANG. Fri. Chinese meet at the Hui ion. Magazine rrow to form a relation.
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    MISSION PLANS TO BUILD $*****0 CHINESE SCHOOL
    100 7 r-;: Anglican Mission in I is building a house for the High School in the St. Andrew's \\v>odsville. ly this year, it Is first Chinese secondary i be established by Is appealing to iment for half the cost, and to the public for
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    145 7 PBMOBAUani^^Bo^ THE TASK IS TMCKY RELIGIOUS HEADS TO PLAN CAMPAIGN NEXT MONTH war™" Sg&XtT-* to deClare Ut campaign. 11 J? c ta eca y consulting reu *«>us h «a<ls on the "demoralising" effect of strip snows. Decisions taken at the conference will be sent to the Rulers. Raja None
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    Fake tickets case trial next month
    75 7 Fake tickets case trial next month rpHE case of Chew Kean Hor, a Penang businessman, acused of possessing forged Social and Welfare lottery tickets, will be heard on Oct. 12 In a Singapore court. The trial date was fixed when the case came up for mention yesterday. The lottery tickets,
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    YWCA opening
    24 7 Lady Scott, president of the Singapore Y.W.C.A., will lay the foundation stone of the association's new building in Outram Road on Wednesday.
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    200 pictures on show
    73 7 The vice-chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Ng Quee Lam, opened an art exhibition at the chamber in Hill Street yesterday evening. More than 200 paintings by Mr. Cheong Slew Selk, of Hong Kong, will be exhibited both in the Colony and in the
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    MALAYAHISE HISTORY? ON, NO, NO, SAY TNE CHINESE TEACHERS
    125 7 MALAYAHISE HISTORY? ON, NO, NO, SAY TNE CHINESE TEACHERS SINGAPORE Chinese school O teachers said yesterday that geography and history text books in the rernaenlar schools should not be Malayanised. The Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, bad explained that the object was to teach children to look on
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    Workers refuse to load rubber
    174 7 THEY'RE UNDER DISMISSAL NOTICE A BOUT 120 Singapore godown labourers who have A received dismissal notices expiring today, refused to load 50 tons of rubber yesterday. First they want negotiations with the employing contractor, Mr. Bng Kwee Choon, on a claim for 80 days' severance
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    Dobby will act for Sir Sydney
    78 7 Dobby will act for Sir Sydney PROFESSOR E. O. H. DObby A will be acting viceChancellor of the University of Malaya when Sir Sydney Came leaves next month until the new Vice-chancel-lor, yet to be appointed, takes over, the Registrar. Mr. Maurice Brown, announced in Singapore yesterday. Prof. Dobby is
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    Lake music
    28 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl— The Selangor Chinese Athletic Association's Orchestra will give a public performance at the Lake Gardens on Wednesday from 7.30 p.m. to 9 PJn.
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    Machine display
    26 7 Members of the Singapore district of the International Secretaries Students' Society will we a demonstration of time-saving office equipment at Duncan Roberts' office In
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    INSECT IN CAR LED TO $105 FINES
    163 7 GQUADRON Leader G. A. Sizer of the R.A.F. Changi was fined a total of $105 by a Singapore traffic court yesterday for three traffic offences in Orchard Road last Feb. The first charge of driving dangerously by allowing his car to swerve unsteadily
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    Expert here to advise seamen
    90 7 Expert here to advise seamen A TRADE unionist, who was a seaman for 22 years, will advise Singapore seamen on how to tackle their problems. He Is Mr. j. Soares, director of the Asian office of the International Transport Workers' Federation in Tokyo. He arrived In Singapore two days ago.
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    Woman robbed of $1,000
    40 7 Three men, two of whom were masked and armed with knives, last night entered a house at 10% milestone Changi Road, Singapore, and robbed a woman. An* Ah Hing. 58, of $1,000 in cash and jewellery.
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    Owes $2,000 in taxes
    36 7 Receiving and adjudication orders were made by Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore High Court yesterday against Wong Poh Ming, who owes the Comptroller of Income Tax $2,217 on a Judgment debt.
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    EXHIBIT ORCHIDS FOR TOP 3 LADIES
    247 7 OIK SPRAYS Of the rarest Filipino orchids "waling waling" intended to be (displayed at the Malayan AgriHorticultural Association show will be presented instead to three distinguished Singapore women today. They are Lady Scott, wife of the Commissioner-General for South-East Asia, Lady Black, wife of
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      170 7 RADIO malata Regional BATUBOAT Sept. IB mwma*% a n^n« (•rrnnnmei ttw marked eu be SIMGAPORE uriiil by Www la Maisoca SlMrt w»t* 49 Oh. M««in (Short w»Te (tm. WUthm ware «N», IMa. airf gjg^ pu »i on Proerminme Summary: 715 naa SJgnai and •Wl Smtuittajr D»te; »IJO Mm °£!**9. A^Tj.l6
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    DEATH
    66 8 ZC Hard, $1* (minimum). MRS LOW CHYE ANN (Nee Lee Be Neo) passed away peacefully on 14.9.56 at the age of 67. leaving two sons, Thuan Boon, Thuan 800. two daughters Mrs. Tan Teck Bee. Mrc Lee Ah Kirn and two sons-in-law and 15 Grandchildren to mourn her loas.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    149 8 tO Wordi tlO (minimum). SY ED MOHSEN ALSAGOPF Family thank all frlenda and re- latives who assisted and attended the Funeral of the late Mr. Syed Culab Shah Albahkri. MR. MRS. M. NADARAJAH thank all Friends and Relatives for their Valuable Gifts, Good Wishes, Messages of Congratulation and help
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat, Sept 15,1956. A Nation Divided
    675 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat, Sept 15, 1956. A Nation Divided f By 321 votes against 251 the British Government defeated 'an Opposition motion of censure on its Suez policy. By almost the same margin Sir Anthony Eden won his vote .of confidence. This result, however, was to be expected
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    Hindu Marriage Reform
    346 8 Hindu Marriage Reform The Singapore Government has appointed a committee to go into the question of compulsory registration of Hindu marriages. It is to be hoped that its work will not be subjected to the delay and destructive criticisms that frustrated previous attempts at reform. A Hindu Monogamous Marriages Ordinance
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    Off The Air
    153 8 The proceedings of the Singapore Legislative Assembly, says a reader, should be put on the air. Some time or other, the suggestion was bound to be made, if only by listeners interested in getting more entertainment value out of Radio Malaya. Th«re are some, however, who believe
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    THE DAY BRITAIN SMASHED
    1267 8 mi Urn pern* imtmwity. The h^fc~Z^T __^jn*ry i 9 |o|^ rmmmrkmbi. book wriOmn by an^rXmTZ 7T^^* mrwium im Simgmpor*. Tkm book U rvvfo^Th^T^^ Air Correspondent "fUJR third show bey gan Jurt before four o'clock In the afternoon. We axe flying towards the Thames estuary at 5,000
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    8 8 WATERFRONT Photo by Low Yew Kong
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    Reds welcome tourists
    752 8 TOURIST traffic from x Western Europe to the Soviet Union and other East European countries should really get under way with a swing next year, and British travellers will probably be specially favoured by the new arrangements. For a long time everything has conspired to defeat the
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    85 8 (From the Strata Times of September 14, 1906) PVXRY dictionary and every •E* vocabulary were scanned In Singapore to discover an epithet bad enough for a Governor, who held back from fixing the sterling value of the dollar. Suddenly His Excellency fixed the dollar at 2/4, so
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      701 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. to Wmrdn $U (mtmlmmm). LEWIS: To Dinah and Selwyn a daughter, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital. Singapore. CASHIN: To Camilla nee E'urt, a son, on the 14th September. 1956. at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital. HILLS: On September 12th, at Muar Hospital, Johore, to Dorothy (Nee Knight) and Stuart, a
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      121 8 RECORDINGS BY THE FRENCH NATIONAL RADIO ORCHESTRA ncx.,064 SBCEjTA^sJWi; Minuet; Adagietto; Carillon; Suite Nsw. Pastorale; Intermezzo; Minuet; Farandde. iex IIJ> teift tAnJS "B bohemienne. (Recorded in the Theatre des Champs Elysees). 11CX.11 73 Sympliojy in C major (&"»>: fatrie. Overtyre. Op. 19 (Bizet) (Recorded in the Theatre des Champs Elysees).
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    THAT $***** Monday is the| last day
    74 9 THAT $***** Monday is the last day •/Oil can win r u the $25,000 lackpot in jh c Malayan Monthly's Word s! Puzzle 'Z* if ss y ou hurry! S jl, e contest closes o r Monday TWO ciays from today. Send your coupon, with| postal order, AT s= ONCE.
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    He had too much -$150 fine
    42 9 JOH. Fri. Lam Pong, 64. Ijtlapane New Village, was n $:50 by the Ipoh MagisfU today for having 20 is K rice and seven katis t rooking oil in excess of ifcatty*! rations, j pleaded puilty.
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    A mother gets cold comfort in court
    121 9 j toman. Sim Ah Nla, of 1 Upper Serangoon Road nke down in a Singapore mr: yesterday when she us overcome by the cold I the air-conditioned i had been giving evidence a maintenance suit, Hd) her c-ounsel was ad■xi to take to
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    Author and wife on world tour
    90 9 Author and wife on world tour T™, t^PSLJ** *uthor, J Toy ol1 flew tatofflnnpore from Jakarta by KLM yesterday for a fourday visit. He was accompanied by bis wife. The couple— they have worked as a husband and wife team for 33 years— are on a world tour, sponsored by
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    Sultans: We've reached the limit
    309 9 'MORE RESTRICTIONS WOULD DAMAGE OUR POSITION, PRESTIGE' m§wm this yeaMhe Starite Ti J£ Ulla iJJKPr-a.t.wth.n™. Proposal* Dftto Paiillma 01 **erax; inche ShamBuUt Oantanc; Mentn Be- or Negn Sembllan, and mci ncn Mohamed Sufflan. Act- State Secretary of Paof^^tf 8 a ce l* the role ox
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    Mr. Jumabhoy says it again
    59 9 The Singapore Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. j M- Jumabhoy. last night opened a laboratory extension at the P.AH. Malayan Paint Works Ltd. and repeated his "Buy Singapore products" slogan. He said: "I congratulate this company. I am glad to learn that you hare
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    A lot of money
    30 9 A total of $929,555,408 in notes and $38,338,060 in coins was in circulation in Singapore, the Federation and British Borneo at the beginning of this month.
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    MYF speech contest
    69 9 The Geylang Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship won the Charlie Kang challenge shield in the Singapore District M.Y.F. oratorical contest at Wesley Church hall last night. Results were: Senior Selection—l. Mr. Freddie Chua (Bedok chapter), 2. Mr. Charlie Tan (Geylang Straits), 3. Miss Vaaancha Ramalingam (Tamil). Junior
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    Only woman in the dozen picked
    57 9 SALABIAH HAJI AHMAD, cadet Welfare Officer, Selangor, who has been selected for a two-year course in Social Science at the University of Malaya. Salaaiah is the only woman among the 12 edShe is a sister *f Dr. Mohamed Din bin Haji Ahmad, Deputy Director
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    Pay-drop test for airmen
    35 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.— The Kuala Lumpur Hying Club will hold a pay-drop competition on Sunday from 10.30 a.m. Joy rides for the public will start from 9 a.m. Price: $10 each.
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    MIC TO DISCUSS 'EXPEL DEVASER' CRY
    298 9 Bid to maintain discipline as row with Minister reaches climax KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Sambanthan De**" r row in the Malayan Indian Congress to expected to reach a climax within the next week. On Sunday the 11 Committee of the MJ.C. to expected to
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    'That's just like the Press' says the Tengku
    169 9 THE FEDERATION Chief MlnUter, Tengl t Abdul Rahman, chuckles over the "subtle way" in which the president of the Press Club of Malaya, Mr. T. B. Lee (second from left), "presented his memorandum to the Reid Commission.'' The Tengku, speaking at the
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    Soldier locked up seven M.P.S
    142 9 6-HOUR HUNT—THEN HE GIVES UP pOR six hours yesterday morning, Singapore police 1 and men of the Army Special Investigation Branch scoured Singapore streets for a soldier who had escaped from camp after locking up seven regimental police in a guardroom at Tanglin Barracks. The
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    Death for tapper who killed
    80 9 Death for tapper who killed KUANTAN, Fri. A rubber tapper, Alias bin Awang Long, of Paya Bungar, Kuantan, was sentenced to death by the High Court here today for murdering a fellow tapper, Loke Kwai Nam, 38, at the 28-3/4 mile KuantanOambang Road on April 11. The court was told
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    Gang get $1,000 haul in midnight hold-up
    148 9 A SINGAPORE ironmonger, Chua Cheng Hoe, was waylaid by a gang of four while he was driving home at midnight on Thursday and robbed of about $1,000 in cash and valuables. Obua wu slowing down ati a bend about 7 yards from his
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    Jail for breaker
    70 9 SEREMBAN, FH. Jantan bin Daud. 32, who escaped from the central police station here on Aug. 22 and surrendered at Tampin nine days later, was today sentenced to six months' Jail by the Seremban magistrate, Inche Abdul Wahab bin Maasul. He was In the police lockup when
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    Youths donate blood
    36 9 Fit* 18-year-old boys of Raffles' Institution, Singapore, gave blood at the transfusion centre at the General Hospital yesterday. Accompanying them was Mr. Abdul Karim, their history teacher, who has given blood nine times.
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    Religious talk
    31 9 Mrs. Shirin Fozdar will give a talk on "The oneness of religions" at the Bahai Centre in the French Bank building, 2, D'Almeida Street, Singapore, at 4 p.m. today.
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    HE TRIED SAMSU— LANDED IN a CELL
    177 9 HE TRIED SAMSU— LANDED IN a CELL A SIGNALLER, Walter A W. Davies, 23, of the Royal Signals, had two weaknesses an abnormal appetite for liquor and a violent temper— an officer told a Singapore court martial yesterday. He added that these weaknesses threw the signaller into the hands of
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    DEATH
    55 9 MR. SOH HOCK QUAN, mged 54, pasted away peacefully at 3.30 pin. on Friday, 14th September, 1088. at Lorong 14, Singapore, 14. leaving behind his wife, three sou, a daughter, a son-in-law, two daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren to mourn his loss. The funeral will take place at 2 pjn.
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      70 9 f Is there anything\jsflHßb to relieve this wW Wt I prickly heat? )io s tp fO» ALL skin guards you against *^*m^ vS"' C XU diiease*. M*4M BnruDoo«*oe.im.u»n,Muiß A ADELPHI HOTEL I M Szechuan 'S I /jS\ Restaurant i^ I |s^^M GIVES YOU: |S 1 Sts Chinese Food M| LUNCHEONS
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY FORUM
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      No children after 9.30 p.m.
      217 10 1 SUPPORT the views of Mr. N. V. Samuel (Straits Times 8.9.56). It is true that children cause a lot of inconvenience, but what can be done about it? It's the parents who ought to be blamed for taking children to late shows. May I
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      Malaya since 7th century
      211 10 rram letter which you pub--1 lished from Inche S.MZalnal Abldln Illustrates the reason which prompted me to write my previous letter to you. The names Malaya and "Malay" are the English renderings of Malayu (Melayu) and when I said that the name Malaya can be traced
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      Assembly broadcasts
      96 10 MANY people like to hear what is actually said in the Legislative Assemblies by our elected mem- ben. Unfortunately, It Is not possible or convenient for us all to go to the Assembly House to listen to the speeches. It would be a good Idea for Radio Malaya
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      Ipoh street names
      198 10 Ipoh street names HPHE Chairman, Ipoh and A Menglembu Town Council, has repeated his appeal in the Straits Times for information on Clare and Conway Streets In Ipoh. When his previous letter appeared recently, 1 had wanted to assist with available information on conway Street but thought I had better
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      M.T.C.C. is talking tosh
      261 10 M.T.C.C. is talking tosh rE Working Committee of the Malayan Trade Union Council takes umbrage when the Federation's Chief Minister strongly condemns the attitude of the Trade Unions in connection with the spate of strikes in the Federation To the man-in-the-street, who is thoroughly fed-up with these strikes, the Chief
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      Is stripping a talent?
      104 10 IT IS gratifying to note that the police in Singapore and the Federation are getting tough with the "strip teasers." Mr. H. O. Beverley, the C.IJ3 chief said the police thought the number of strippers was increasing. "It would appear that half the population have taken
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      Polite operators
      136 10 IT IS fashionable these days to decry this or that Government department- The latest example Is that of a Malacca Councillor who claimed that he did not get good service from telephone operators. I am not a telephone operator myself, but I have two phones, one In my
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      368 10 CsMen's 'V/re//«* GoU Host and G-me»o* ■jnvnnnMnnnwfy^ Boys' and Girls' School Stockings 'ViylW Children s and Baby's Socks It IT SBHINKS li^^jjl WK REPLACE <^*>^A LIPSTICK CHOCOLATE FRUIFSTAIIIS m§|9|\ CATSUP TARS OIL, PAINTS »^|j| BLOOO GREAS£ CHEWING-GUM OBTAINABLE F ROM All It AOSS STORES. SWGAPORI .j Energetic in the tropics?
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      176 10 I Oyoy some AfoW! ran^. fa LYONS Id (R»ui If. SMOOTHER SWttTtR jjjl Good reasons for using mtcy-Kynoch ammunition FINEST MATERIALS Best quality brass, shot and other components made in our own factories MACHINE-LOADED Controlled and regulated loading by experienced technicians. EXCELLENT BALLISTICS Power, accuracy and good patterns. IMPERIAL CHEMICAL
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE famine threatened S'porel days after foundation
    965 11 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE famine threatened S'porel days after foundation rBN the sun came up Major William Farquhar, Resident and Commander Forces at Singapore, was pacing up and it jn front of his tent. He was watching men start off across the .towards the earthwork defences that were Z built
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      32 11 Save Safely FULL-CREAM POWDERED MILK XOKOMY 1 QUALITY H.2/S* sb£% 6!!o 9 15 p- 1 V r.? PRIZE ENTRY N ">M FESTIVAL! y*"'***™*^ warn MMMSM imwi y l Superb Film Ss^J^^f .Str»to«phere".
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      116 11 AIRWAYS ANNOUNCE With effect from 1 Ist OCTOBER 1956 I until further notice ALL SERVICES TO AND FROM PENANG DUE TO THE CLOSING OF BAYAN LEPAS AIRFIELD WILL UTILISE BUTTERWORTH AIRFIELD The Telephone Number will be Butterworth 14 This change has necessitated alterations to some schedules, lor full information please
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      50 11 Hex Morgan, M.D. Dutiful husband' Dick Tracy Keyhole serenade m^ m^^^ m^^ m^^^ wrTVOUT HER— I'LL TBJL HER *KlStf T »^~~7y^— ISO 111 LOVESICK MB.POOfIET'CLJP <iOiP I HA^E TO YELL. IT <^csSt&z7 tB^M Wm sou 1 1 On way home Ace O'Uara a THK BOY& J \/^fe\ V\ -^^4 /j^^^ml
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    TIN SHARES EXPERIENCE A BOOM ON LOCAL MARKET
    670 12 TIN SHARES EXPERIENCE A BOOM ON LOCAL MARKET By Our Market Correspondent WITH the tin price at ite highest level since 1953 interest on the Singapore Share Market yesterday switched to tins and it was reported there was a good turnover with thousands of shares changing hands. r Brokers e
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    Russians buy more rubber
    355 12 rs completion of tne liquidation of the September podtlon coincided •with tfce deterioration In the Suez situation and on Wednesday, after opening at the lowest level of the week, prices again started to harden which tendency hai continued, report* the current rubber review of Hettdajr, Cutler,
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    McAlister's turnover SllO mil.
    148 12 McAlister's turnover Sl lO mil. rVBE chairman of McX Alister and Co. Ltd. Mr w .McGregor Watti mZzH th€ ani »ual directors' report for the year ended June 30. that •lthourh trading conditions continued difficult the company's gross turnover was $110,000,000. The accounts issued to shareholders this week show that
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    86 12 Staopere Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:— dm steady: Sept. $26% buyers, $36% sellers. Coconut «il: •toady; bulk $40)4 sellers, drum MS* seller*. Pepper: steady: •bout 60 to 70 tons of business reported done; Muntofc white $124, Sarawak $133 (both up $2), special Sarawak Mack
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    79 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks A— daMea nude the following changes In IU rate* to merchants yesterday:Ctnada: buying airmail: T.T. SI 13/18, O.D. SI 15/16, 00 d|st S3 1/4 credit bills. 32 5/ lft trade bUte. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada: 31 7/16. Ob the free exchange market
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    SHIPPING
    65 12 •Mp« lytac aIMnM. the SinW»fu WirtW Board whirvM •r apwM today are: Straat BaU T|2. BeUerophon 4|5, Hoacb ttjdw CP.. Stftml Maru«l7. T»bUn «|V, Btrmat Malakka 11. Star Aretunu *****, Sudan IS 16. Burnt ICferu 19. Oaarda 19 30, Rawmng N. Wall 2. Mwllmau N. WaU 1 Btlaga 21,
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    AUSTRAIAN STOCKS
    59 12 AU STRAIAN STOCKS !i-*»fi?2»h I Con. Zinc 5 J £«2 V Bmhc of N.sw •••«4», Mount Lyeii 33: 2 1 ;>,', Western '\i^'-' H-, Ampo!. Ex '<'COU Search 15 <; Bradford 23 B. HiUPro." <U Courtauld 45 Dunlop ll'6-J Elec. zinc 3o a Pelt and Te«lie s &M C. J.
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    RUBBER PRICE
    86 12 October first rad( f.o.b. buyer» n, a (Norn); No ist 1 rC" 6 195. sellers 95, S^,' buyers 94\. sellers IR.S.S. Oct. buyers tf, •93' i; No. 3 R.S. S 0t V j9IV sellers 91 s Singapore Chimb* tf merce Rubber AssociauTn prices yesterday i Friday s«, In
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      1051 12 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE The Annual General Meeting of the Singapore Art Soctotarwfll b« Th. Office* of NABSTM ft CO.. W££ffic££a2i£*\ Quay, will be closed Today. served. Make the Best out of our the grandest Saving opportunity ottered you today. Make Your Selection From These Too Good^tt To Miss Bargains Tootals
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      748 12 NOTICES NOTICE The collector of Land Revenue, Cameron Highlands, hereby informs the pubUe that the Auction awe of shoptoU at Tanah R.U ride Pihtng Oeaette Notification Mb. Sit of IMb July, 1966. bu Dtn postponed to a date to be notified lator in the Pahang Section of the government Oasetta.
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      303 12 TENDERS P.WJ). TENDER TENDERS will be received from registered P. W.D.. Contractor* In Class "D and abpv a at the Office of the Senior Superintendent. Stores and Furniture. P.W JD.. KJK.. Singapore up to noon of Mth September. 195« for the following work:— Manufacture and delivery of Teakwood Furniture for
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      391 12 KNUTSEN LINE orient service PROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAYS Sailing San Aawfcj Vancouver Franeitco Sport P. Swtt. Pemm I Illen Bakke 19/22 Sep 23 Sep 24 Ses Kristin Bakkc 3/BOer 9 0etllOt»2 Ann, Bakke 19 Sep 19/23 Oct 24 Oct 26 Oct Accepting Cargo for Fremantle calling Ccraldton FROM
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      866 13 MANSFIELD dcCO^ LTD. T* eat: (Incorporated m Singapore) T? THE BLUE FUNNEL Un ""ST mtc p'ccOTd via other ports ta ktaa mi j_^ i t OT. p*s.r- a telS--y~~" -> -4 hot. »f^ <« M Hot hot 4/7 ir^rS Not 1 hot 9 r^^ H f •-'ivu HOTu/i, AIimVAU fr*o»
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      952 13 diSSiim BEN UNB STEAMERS LTP 1 WNOAPBRE (Incorporotad m tho UWtad Unodosn) 9 UNES SAILWWS TO U JK. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS S por# p. Siwn PwnonQ MsCMMAf ImmbUl idw* I n*i lini •»W*w»l^OT»i9TOT4Tl **2f; swsot vtosjpi l Rottordom. MKldkMbrough ta Pert MMMMOft fof ihnmnni Rotterdam, homburg 22/29 DMt 17/19 Sept
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      1227 13 MeALISTER CO., LTD. TEL-t Nm ***** LONDON, HAVRE. ROTTERDAM, LOB ANGELES. SAN FRANCISCO. HAMBURG SEATTLE, VANCOUVER ft PORTLAND B- MJ*CM-r^? CoMto m^Zt£ mtHt OTT OP POONA ""T^ 1 S'pora P. SIMM Panana Spore P. Sham Panana 14/14 S«pt 17/WMpt fVg"-*^ «*«t OTT Of BATH 9ONNEVILLS 4^o- \ifsr~ iW^^^To- Th, CITYOPRIPON
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    S'pore Gold Cup is richest race
    244 14 S'pore Gold Cup is richest race 'i\ns Singapore Gold Cup— x premier event of the Malayan turf— will carry a record $35,000 in stakes, topping the previous highest of WO.ooo for the Peak Derby. There will be no added money dividend for this race. The Gold Cup for CL 1.
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    Entertainment II for the Deletion Derby
    569 14  - Entertainment II for the Deletion Derby HE WAS A WINNER AT BUKIT TIMAH ••■aw^^Jßßl M M saA ea^s— ssjsjßjp t M By EPSOM JEEP OUITB Civil Lord out of the race, Entertainment II should make a safe each-way bet in the Deletion Derby for deleted racehorses and Dlv. 1 hacks
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    RACE CARD
    445 14 RACE CARD rE card for today's Belangor Turf dub amateur races Is: OACB I—3 pjb.: "Hie Hurlingbam Scurry: Polo Ponlca Scurry— 2f. (catchweighU ISst): 1. Perth: i. Port BUr; 3. Bolter: 4. Rocket; 5. Latiffa; Clare; 7. Corrida; S. Pint Watch; 9. Pour Aces; 10. Flrtte; 11. Panic: 12. Rosebud;
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    NEW TALENT SHOWS UP AT PENANG STATE RUGBY TRIAL
    224 14  - NEW TALENT SHOWS UP AT PENANG STATE RUGBY TRIAL OH KEE TIANG I By PENANG. Frt WITH the wealth of talent revealed In yesterday's first State Trial on Western Road ground, Penang's rugfter selectors are optimistic of the settlement's prospects in the H M.S. Malaya competition this season. Greens beat
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    Perak team for Cup tie
    77 14 IFOH. Thurc— Perak wm meet Perns m a second-round Oe of the Sultans' Odd Cup soccer competition at Kangar on Saturday. Fsrak will meat Kedah in a friendly gam* at Alor Star on Sunday. Perak Malays win be selected from: Hannah. Anl Tusoff (TanJong lfallm).
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    VONG KHEAN IS MAINSTAY
    85 14 IPOH. PH-Perak's newly crowned triple champion. Poo Vong Khean. win be the mainstay of the state In then- Foong Seong Cup Badminton Competition second-round tie against Kedah. at the Sultan Abdul Hamia conege hall, Alor star, on Sept 22 and 23. Perak team wiU be: Singles:
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      Lock icon Graveney, Lock head averages
      304 16 Graveney, Lock head averages LONDON, Fri. FNAL averages for the English cricket season which ended yesterday bear testimony to what must have been the wettest and most miserable summer for j years. Only two batsmen reached 2,000 runs compared with ten last year, and no county player averaged 50. England's
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      YMCA TENNIS TIES TODAY
      66 16 •TODAY'S ties in the V.M.C.A. tennis championships at Bras Basah Road are: 3 p.m.: Handicap doubles: Md. Zen and Tan Kirn Seng (Scr.) v Ong Swee Keng and Tay Yew Wee (-40); Yeo Seng Soon and I. B. Surratta (Scr.) v Scan Keng Loy and Lam
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      Setback for Sheffield U
      102 16 LONDON, Prl. SHEFFIELD UNITED suffer- ed their first defeat In their fight to regain Div. One status when they crashed 4-1 away to Swansea Town yesterday. They, however. Just managed to retain second place behind unbeaten Notts Forest in the Div. Two table by better goal
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      33 16 LONDON. Frl. Results of rugby matches played last night: Rugby union: Cheltenham 6 Civil Service 15; Neath 3 Swansea 3. Rugby League: Lancashire Cup second round: Warrlngton 5 Barrow 2 Reuter.
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      Eng Yoon, Mary and Janet named
      433 16 SOSC APPROVAL IS ALMOST CERTAIN AT OCT. 15 MEETING THE Singapore Amateur Athletic Association has recommended three athletes for selection to Singapore's team to the Olympic Games at Melbourne in November. They are Tan Eng Yoon (hop, step and Jump) and Mary Klass and
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      Davis Cup entry must mean more tennis for our juniors
      514 16 Davis Cup entry must mean more tennis for our juniors By Oar Tennis Reporter MALAYA'S avowed intention to take part in the Davis Cap lawn tennis competition as from next year invites a re-appraisal of the position of the fame In Malaya. rhe recent Malayan tennis championships held in Penang
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      NEW PLAN TO WIN ELUSIVE BLUES CUP
      425 16  - NEW PLAN TO WIN ELUSIVE BLUES CUP By Saul Joshua SINCE they last won the All Blues Cup in 1947 in the Asian interstate rugby competition, Singapore All Blues officials have been trying to find an answer to this problem: "We have more rugby players than any other state in
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      RAF TENGAH XV vs SCC TODAY
      38 16 The Royal Air Force Tengah rugby team to play Singapore Cricket Club on the padang today is: Poole; Headland, James, Francis. Moore; Evans, Henderson; Hovels, Colllne, Matthews, Morgan. Johnston, Williams Bead, Russell.
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      BODCA NET FIVE vs KHALSA
      34 16 BODCA NET FIVE vs KHALSA BODCA. beat Khalsa Association 5-0 in a Singapore Hockey Association Div. 2 league match at St. George's Road yesterday. Gupta (2) and Rasat and WUUc Chin were th« scorer*.
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      MELBOURNE PLANS BEST EVER, SAYS INDIAN LEADER
      344 16 MELBOURNE PLANS BEST EVER, SAYS INDIAN LEADER rpHE deputy inspectorL general of the AllIndia Police Force, Mr. Ashwinl Kumar, who will be deputy leader of India's Olympic team, was in Singapore yesterday discussing hockey prospects with local sports officials. Mr. Kumar, India's most highly-decorated police officer, is on his way
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      Lock icon WIN FOR QUEEN
      49 16 DONCASTER, Prl.— Queen Elisabeth's three-year-old colt Atlas (11-4) easily won the £4.365 Doncaster Cup run over two miles, two furlongs hare today. He oeat the French five-year-old Borghetto (9-4 by six lengths. Four-year-old Rally (10-1) was three lengths further away third of the eight runners. Reuter.
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      R.I. vs OLD BOYS
      26 16 The annual cricket match between present and old boys of Raffles Institution wUI be played at R.I. ground tomorrow at 11 am
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      Blackwood to battle
      101 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. f PHK First Royal Scot* Fusiliers, of Ipoh, will defend the Army (Malaya) Cup when they meet the King's Own Scottish Borderers, of Kluang. ta the final at Malaya Command stadium tomorrow at 8 p.m Both teams will be meeting for the first time.
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      holds key of Scots
      88 16 The deciding factor In tomorrow's final could well be Blackwood, probably the best Services player in the country today. He pat up a great display when playIng for South against North a fortnight ago In the P.A.M. annual classic. The pipes band of the Royal Scots
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      MITCHELL IS AGAIN CHAMPION SHOT
      298 16 TWE capUln of 40 Base Work- shops reme team, WO2 c. MltcheU, won the lndlTiduaJ championship cup for the third successive year at the Singapore District Rifle Meeting at Net Boon yesterday. The G.O.C. Singapore Base District, Major General D.D.C. Tulloch, presented the prises. Results
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      Lock icon AUSTRALIA 328 IN DRAWN GAME
      36 16 GLASGOW, Fri.— The Australian cricketers drew with Scotland in the two day match restricted by rain to first innings here yesterday. The Tourists scored 328 in reply to Scotland's 196. Reuter.
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      DEBUT IN DIV 1 WITE 9-0 START
      54 16 Promoted tSS ne *l 'erday Ij gf& efiftS>», the start^SS gftsPJß *««hort.co2 min "te, mad crn;:e m; tireless worker 5 9BT- I Five minute a-»- 'the alxt!. eoa •nth mnjfcii Xi M S.H.B. Polir, Voon: Ibrahim Carvalho. Bachar, Singh i G-H.Q. Farelf: Johnror
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      TODAY'S DIV.3
      17 16 The Div. 3 hockey atid ween r.af reoga M Police at Tnart postponed until •odav
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