The Straits Times, 18 October 1956

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    BEAT-the-CROOKS PLAN
    284 1 BEAT -the -CROOKS PLAN Singapore recommended as South-East Asian 'Interpol' H.Q. Police of 10 nations to link up MORRIS— 'URGENT NEED' A POKE is to be recommended as the dquarters of a big anti-crime organisation it >et up in South-East Asia. This is one result of a high-level conference olice
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    Singing Redskin for S'pore
    42 1 NEW YORK, Wed. Tom Arrows, an Iroquois Indian, will visit Malaya on a Far East tour starting next month, sponsored by the U.S. State Department. Two Arrows tells American Indian stones and illustrates them with songs and dances.
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    KITCHEN CRISIS -ANOTHER 4 COOKS QUIT
    366 1  -  By DAPHNE MORAN T*HE row over who should A athletes at the Olymp: point yesterday... Another be chief cook for Malayan ie Games reached boiling four walked out. Malaya's "Mrs. Bteton" Che Hasnah binte Ahmad— is still the chief. She flies with her four
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    Lock icon Missing sailor
    66 1 WAS HE KILLED? TACOMA. I Washington) 1 Wed. British officials today investigated the disappearance of a sailor from a London freighter which arrived here yesterday from Pusan in Korea. The agent for the owners of th e Geddington Court said that the skipper radioed •three or four days
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    Lock icon All this for 42 cents
    50 1 LONDON, Tues. A 36--year-old labourer and an 81 -year-old barber each won £75,000 in a football pool today for stakes of only 42 Malayan cents. The labourer is John Gaffey and the barber is George Boyes from the little mining village of Stainforth in Yorkshire.—AP.
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    Lock icon Oil strike ends
    42 1 BEIRUT, Wed. A strike of 2,500 oil workers at the Iraq Petroleum Company's refinery at Tripoli ended last night, but work is not being resumed until tomorrow because today is an official holiday to celebrate the Prophet's Birthday.— Reuter.
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    84 1 MAJOR H. SCHMIDT (extreme right), former Dutch Army intelligence officer, gasps as Indonesian judge Rochjani (left) sentences him to life imprisonment for "conspirinif to overthrow the Indonesian Government." The sentence shocked the Dutch diplomatic mission since the public prosecutor had asked for a
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    PENANG MAN IN DITCHED PLANE
    118 1 PENANG MAN IN DITCHED PLANE MR. HERBERT HO. of Penand, who was one of the passengers in the PanAmerican Airways Stratocraiser which ditched in the Pacific Ocean early yesterday morning because of engine trouble. All 31 people on board were rescued. Mr. Ho. last year's president of the Penane Rotary
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    Suez talks in Geneva?
    71 1 CAIRO. Wed. Wing Commander Aly Sabry, President Nasser's political adviser, said ne re today that Suez Canal talks between Britain, France and Egypt would be resumed in the next week or 10 days, possibly In Geneva. Win* Commander Sabry. Just back from New York, which he
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    Lock icon 2,100 mph then death
    73 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. Captain Milburn G. Apt reached a world record speed of more than 2,100 m.p.h. just before he died in the mysterious crash of the X-2 rocket plane on Sept. 27. Reliable sources disclosed the speed today as the Air Force provided new details of
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    POOF! AND HE WAS GONE
    453 1 Prisoner vanishes under the noses of 2 constables 4 LABOURER, Chan Meng Seng, 27, facing a robA bery charge in the Singapore Fourth Police Court in South Bridge Road, vanished from under the noses of two constables yesterday morning He escaped while being escorted from
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    Lock icon Franco-Israeli talks
    43 1 PARIS, Wed. M. Christian Pineau, French Foreign Minister, received Mr Jacob Tsur. the Israeli Ambassador, for a 20-minute talk this morning an Israeli Embassy official said. They discussed the latest situation on the Arab-Israeli borders and also the Suez problem.— Reuter
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    Royal tour
    29 1 TOKYO, Wed. Japans Crown Prince Akihito will probably visit South -East Asia and Africa on behalf of Emperor Hirohito next year, the newspaper Sankei Jiji said.— AJ>.
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    Union quits Middle Road group
    102 1 Union quits Middle Road group THE 200-strong Nanyang Staff Union has decided to quit the Middle Road group. This decision, taken by the union last night, follows the detention of two Nanyang Siang Pau employees. A spokesman of the company told the Straits Times: "We have decided to form a
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    Thugs batter cyclist
    53 1 Six thugs, armed with daggers, parangs and axes, late last night attacked Yeo Ah Way. 55. as he was cycling home with his con. Mia Heng, 21. in Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore. Yeo received multiple head and body injuries. He was admitted to the General Hospital in
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    Lock icon Red flare-up
    56 1 LISBON, Wed— Dr. Joaqium Trigo de Negreiros, Portuguese Internal Affairs Minister, told a Cabinet meeting last night that there has been a flare-up of the Communist movement in Portugal, and that there had been participation of Communist members in commemorations of the republic's anniversary on Oct. 5 In
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    22 1 HONG KONG. Wed. Women welfare workers today visited families hard hit by the recent Kowloon riots and distributed food.— U.P.
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    NINA: I'LL BE AT GAMES
    162 1 'Honour unblemished 9 after hat theft STOCKHOLM, Wed. Nina Ponomareva, the Russian discus thrower, said aboard the liner Vyacheslav Molotov here last night that she will go to Melbourne to compete in the Olympic Games next month. "The hat affair was a provocation," she said.
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    STOP PRESS
    36 1 BIG OIL I INI) IN CHINA ho.m; kon<; Wed Chinese haw discovered six oil -bearing strata in Tang Iha Mttun!ains on frontiers of Tibet and Tsinghai Province. New China News A«enc.v said tonight Eruter.
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    Lock icon Queen ushers in the A-age
    190 1 CALDER HALL. England, Wed. The Queen today ushered in the atom age for the ordinary people of Britain when she switched current from the world's first full-scale atomic power station here into the national electric grid system. The power plant cost mon than £16,500,000 and
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    Chiang day
    29 2 TAIPEH. Wed. Twentyfour overseas Chinese "birthday" missions are expected to arrive here In the next 10 days for President Chiang Kai-shek's seventieth birthday celebrations on Oct.- 31.
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    OLYMPICS AND RED OPERA DON'T MIX
    115 2 OLYMPICS AND RED OPERA DON'T MIX CANBERRA, Wed. rE Federal Government Is trying to dissuade a Communist Chinese opora company from appearing In Melbourne during the Olympic Games. The company Is now performing in New Zealand and is due to open In Sydney on Nov. 2. and In Melbourne on
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    Lock icon BY AIR TO AFRICA, THEN DUKE SAILS AT NIGHT
    106 2 MOMBASA, V/ed. fTHE Duke of^Edinburr,!! ar--1 rived here yesterJay by air from Entebbe. Uganda. The Governor Of Kenya, Sir Evelyn Baring, his wife, and Service chiefs welcomed him at the airport. He then set off for an hour's drive round Mombasa
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    Lock icon RICE-A GIANT PLAN SHAPES IN AUSTRALIA
    99 2 RICE-A GIANT PLAN SHAPES IN AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE. Wed. RICE fields in Australia's Northern Territory will develop into a (A) £20 million a year export industry, according to Mr. Paul Cullen ,a director of the Australian company which is financing the rice industry development,. Two-thirds of the finance for the venture
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    Lock icon GRIM ORDEAL IN THE SKY
    441 2 San Francisco wIU stage great welcome tor an airliner captain whose skill saved Si lives Mother of twins says, all were 'very nervous inside 9 during the hours of waiting for dawn to break SAN FRANCISCO, Wed. J^ HERO'S welcome is being prepared here today
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    Lock icon 11 return from flooded mine
    199 2 ENTOMBED 19 DAYS WITHOUT FOOD CALCUTTA, Wednesday. ELEVEN miners entombed without food for 19 days in a flooded coal mine at Asansol, West Bengal, said yesterday they escaped drowning by huddling together on a small raised platform. They had plenty of water to drink, but
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    Lock icon Olympic air-lift
    79 2 SYDNEY, Wed. Three Super-Constellation airliners will be diverted to Far East routes to lift nearly 250 Olympic athletes and officials who might overwise be stranded at Manila, a Qantas Empire Airways spokesman said today. He said the aircraft owned by Air France would fly through Saigon to Australfa.
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    Lock icon Train crash toll rises to 39
    42 2 TOKYO. Wed.— The death roll in last Monday's train collision at Rokken Station, Western Japan, rose to 39 today with the discovery of three more bodies by rescue workers. More than 42 persons were injured.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Lightning talks
    41 2 PARIS. Wed. The British Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, Sir Anthony Eden and Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, left here by air for London today after lightning talks with French leaders on the Suez crisis and other Middle East problems.— Reuter.
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    36 2 BONN, Wed. German soldiers will cast their votes for the first time in more than 20 years when communal elections are held in Hesse. Lower Saxony and North Rhine. Westphalia, on Oct. 28. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon SUICIDE NOTE TOLD HIM: MARRY AGAIN
    76 2 SUICIDE NOTE TOLD HIM: MARRY AGAIN NEW YORK, Wed. A Japanese woman jumped to her death from her flat here yesterday after leaving this note to her husband: "After some time, if there is a chance to get married with another woman, don't hesitate. Forget me." The husband, Shigeo Asai,
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    Lock icon Soekarno film
    27 2 London, Tues. A documentary film of President Soekarno's visit to Russia is being shown in Moscow cinemas. Tass the Soviet news agency said today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Princess goes shopping in Tanganyika, but they won't take her money
    45 2 Princess goes shopping in Tanganyika, but they won't take her money PRINCESS MARGARET admires an ebony model of a wart hog during a shopping trip in Dar Es Salaam, Taneanyik. The proprietress of the shop insisted that the Princaccepted it as a gift— A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon ANTARCTICA MOVE
    95 2 India seeks pledge in UN NEW YORK, Tues.— lndia asked the United Nations yesterday to call upon all nations to pledge peaceful use of Antarctica. India has requested that the subject of Antarctica be discussed by the General Assembly on Nov. 12. All nations should agree, a memorandum
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    POISON (enough to kill 700) FROM MALAYA
    276 2 POISON (enough to kill 700) FROM MALAYA TONDON, Wed small R i ass "ZJ containing enough £5 sea-snake venom to i 700 people has be locked securely j n a boratory at St wt^ Hospital here. Not till that was don, Dr. Alistair Reid. a physician at the General Hospital.
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      HITLER IS DEAD-OFFICIAL
      277 2 HITLER IS DEAD -OFFICIAL BONN, Wed. ADOLF HITLER is to A be officially declared dead by a German court later this month, Dr. R. Stephanus of the court in Berchtesgaden, Hitler's last official residence, said today. He told reporters that the court had been taking: evidence from witnesses about Hitler's
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      Lock icon Leaflet raid on Red cities
      36 2 rpAIPEH. Wed.— Chinese Nationalist planes m:ide a 1 raid over several China mainland cities early J* Millions of leaflets were dropped on cities in (ti.h^ Fukien, Kiangsi and Kwangtung province*.— Keuter.
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    Lock icon U.N. to hear Jordan's charges
    204 3 SANCTIONS ARE SOUGHT AGAINST ISRAEL -TOT AGGRESSOR' ftAF PLANES ON ALERT: NASSER PROMISES AID NEW YORK, Wednesday, nited Nations Security Council will meet n Friday to consider Jordan's complaint of I aggression" by Israel. rdan delegate, Mr. Abdul Munim Rifai. seeing the Secretary-General, Mr. Dag
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    Lock icon THE DRESS IS PANTS AND TUNIC
    96 3 THE DRESS IS PANTS AND TUNIC S AIGON, Wed. A hitch developed today when South Vietnam President Ngo Din Diem ordered his cabiI net ministers to wear traditional dress instead of their usual tailored suits for the nations Oct. 26 birthday. Few cabinet ministers own the loose blue tunic and
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    Lock icon Freak death
    39 3 SAN FANCISCO. Wed. A man standing with a two-year-old boy watching a freight train go by at La Puente was killed when a brake shoe flew from a wheel and hit him in the side.— A.P. i
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    Lock icon 15 die in Tunis
    27 3 TUNIS, Wed. Fifteen French soldiers were killed and 17 wounded when the fighting in Algeria spilled over the border into Tunisia yesterday. A.P.
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    CHILD CLUBBED
    128 3 Another Italian school drama run Wed. Brandishing a youth terrorised children here yestha second such at- -..:>■ in a week. -year-old charged D during a school Ik, clubbing one and the others. n ciccompanyina: the said the youth Now i will treat tnose men did at "fr.-azzano. Woe
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    Lock icon CARDBOARD HAT BRIGADE ON PARADE
    23 3 AFRICAN WOMEN in cardboard hats parade with wooden rifles to welcome Princess Margaret at Tabora, Tanganyika. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon Russia encouraged Suez Canal grab —U.N. delegate
    170 3 Russia encouraged Suez Canal grab —U.N. delegate DETROIT, Wednesday. T»HE United States delegate to the United Nations, A Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge, said last night that Russia "undoubtedly encouraged" Colonel Nasser's seizure of the Suez Canal. "In the Middle East we have the clearest possible demonstration of Russia's intention to
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    Lock icon FACES OF SHAME BEHIND A VEIL
    98 3 BAGHDAD. Wed.— Many Muslim women in Baghdad are discarding the veil— and lor a good reason: Increasing numbers of prostitutes are donning the veil also for a good reason: to hide their identity from relatives. If prostitutes are recognised by their brothers or cousins,
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    Lock icon 11 seek asylum
    36 3 VIENNA. Wed. Eleven Hungarians who came here in a tourist group to see the Austro Hungarian football match have refused to return home and asked political asylum. They include four public officials.— A.P.
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    98 3 Protest is rejected by Britain LONDON, Wed. BRITAIN has rejected China's protest against alleged British negligence during last week's rioting in Hong Kong, the Foreign Office announced today. The Chinese Premier, Mr. Chou En-lai delivered the protest to British Charge d'Affaires in Peking, Mr. C. N. O'Neill, last week. Mr.
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    Lock icon By air —the cold way round
    136 3 By air the cold way round STOCKHOLM, Wed. OLYMPIC athletes and a group of international scientists, probably including Russians, will be among the first passengers on test flights between Europe and Asia over the North Pole. Scandinavian Airlines, announcing this yesterday, said the flights are to establish regular air services
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    LONDON STOCKS
    283 3 LONDON, Wed. Closing middle prices of selected stock not including stamp duty were: RUBBER LONDON. Wed— Spot T7Hd.. Nov. 27* d., Dec. 27\»d., Jan-Mar 27', d.. April -June 27d., JulySept. 26<*d., Oct c.l.f. 37Hd., Nov. c.l.f. 27d. Tone: Steady. TIN LONDON, Wed.— Cash Buyers £811, sejlers £813, Forward
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    Lock icon Defiant editors fly to Jakarta
    174 3 Defiant editors fly to Jakarta DOME, Wed.— Two In- donesian newspaper editors said yesterday they will leave by air for home today to fight an Indonesian Army regulation which, they say, is restricting freedom of the Press. The two, who Ignored previous demands by the Indonesian Army that they return
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    Lock icon Gypsy romance ends in war
    72 3 ATHENS, Wed. Two people were killed and 20 Injured yesterday in a gypsy war over a beautiful young gin whose father refused to allow her to marry. The girl's fiance. Costas, had already paid the customary wedding advance to the girl's family. A battle with
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    Lock icon Final phase of sea exercises
    41 3 HONG KONG, Wed. The Australian fleet consisting of the carriers. Melbourne and Sydney and the frigate. Quadrant left here today to take part In the third phase of SEATO exercise "Albatross" before returning to Sydney.— Reuter.
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    32 3 TOKYO. Wed.— A Burmese Defence Ministry delegation, the first of its kind to visit Japan, arrived tonight to look over Japanese industries and possibly buy equipment for the ministry. U.P.
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    CHANGE VOTING LAW -UMNO
    194 4 rpHE Singapore branch x of UMNO wants a 10--year residential qualification for "foreignborn" voters in next April"s city district council elections. For people born in Singapore, the Federation and the three British territories in Borneo, it wants the residential qualification to be shortened from five years
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    Teachers stage a concert
    57 4 Teachers stage a concert The Singapore Music Teachers' Society will present selected candidates from the current Associated Board Examinations at a special concert on Friday. Candidates have been selected by the examiner, Mr. Graham Carritt. The concert, which will be held at the Methodist Girls' School Hall, Mount Sophia, will
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    400 Suez grab 'prisoners' leave for home
    195 4 400 Suez grab 'prisoners' leave for home THE BIG TROOP HAUL IS ON rFHE first "prisoners of Sue*" are on their way home. For two months hundreds of British Servicemen and their families have been stranded in Singapore because there were no troopships to take them home. All available ships
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    He runs wild with a scythe
    116 4 HOUSEWIFE SLASHED A LOR STAR, Wed. A youth, armed with a scythe, ran amok at Kampong Kolam, near here, today. FIRST, he entered a house and threatened a mother of six children. The lonian, carrying her two-weeks-old baby, fled with her other children. A
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    UNITED FRONT POLLS CHALLENGE
    196 4 Party Negara and the Islamic Association may join forces PENANG, Wednesday. A MERGER between Party Negara and the PanMalayan Islamic Association may take place soon to challenge the Alliance at the next Federal I elections. At least two top-ranking leaders of both parties in Penang and
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    24 years in the East, he's retiring
    84 4 MR. J. E. LONGFIELD, who was for 24 years a Government official in Borneo, including three years as Resident of Labuan, has left for England on retirement. Mr. Longfleld joined the Chartered Company of North Borneo as a cadet in 1932 and, after
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    Anchor and chain stolen
    48 4 Singapore Marine Police are investigating the theft of a new 360-foot chain and anchor from a ship at the United Engineers' ship-build-ing yard in Tan.iong Rhu. The chain and anchor, worth about $1,200, were missed by workers when they reported for work yesterday morning.
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    Double offence
    38 4 KLUANO. Wed. Wong Kiong Chang, 62, was sentenced to six months' jail at the Sessions Court here on two charges of possessing 20 packets of prepared opium and offering $30 as a bribe to a constable.
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    New headmaster
    18 4 KLUANG. Wed. Mr. E. A. C. Balshaw has become headmaster of the Government English School here.
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    Back-to-the-land engineers
    61 4 Singapore shipping circles are alarmed by the number of marine engineers who are quitting the sea to take jobs ashore, the secretary of the Association of Engineers. Mr. D. I. Greer. told the Straits Times yesterday. There were full facilities for training chartered marine engineers, said Mr. Greer,
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    Wayang to aid St. John's
    50 4 "The Eternal Beauty," a Cantonese wayang, will be presented by the Lone Valve Musical and Dramatic Association at the Broadway Hall in the New World Park Singapore, at 7.30 p.m on Saturday. The show is in aid of the St. John Ambulance Brigade building funds.
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    Film Society
    35 4 "The Imposter," a Japanese film with English adaptation, will be shown by th e Singapore Film Society at the British Council Hall in Stamford Road at 6!30 p.m and 9 p.m. on Sunday.
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    INCREASE IN FLAG DAY APPEALS
    76 4 INCREASE IN FLAG DAY APPEALS rpHE number of 9ag days and fun fairs held in Singapore is increasing rapidly. A list of charitable appeals for the second half of 1956, issued by the Social Welfare Department, shows that last month was the busiest ever with 11 flag days and fairs.
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    Rajula brings 515 passengers
    49 4 The British India ship Rajula arrived in Singapore yesterday from Calcutta with 515 Indian passengers returning to the Colony. Four hundred arid thirty of them who travelled as deck passengers were quarantined on St. John's Island as soon as the vessel anchored In the Roads.
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    GO-SLOW TACTICS HIT GODOWNS
    129 4 Rubber packing firms close SEVERAL Singapore 0 rubber packers are considering closing because of "go-slow tactics" by some of their workers. Two large godowns have already shut down, dismlssing about 300 men. An official of the Singapore Rubber Packers' Association, said yesterday that more firms were
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    BORDER RED (PALE AND THIN) GIVES HIMSELF UP
    102 5 BORDER RED (PALE AND THIN) GIVES HIMSELF UP ALOR STAR, Wed. A COMMUNIST terrorist operating on the Malayan-Siamese border surrendered to the Siamese authorities at Sadao police station after trekking 24 days through 40 miles of thick Jungle. Tin Cheun brought out with him a submachine gun and 85 rounds
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    4 to debate Singapore of future
    90 5 A SSEMBLYMEN. Mr. Lee A Kuan Yew, Mr. Urn Cher Kheng and Mr. Richard C. H Lim and the Straits Times political commentator. Mr. Vernon Bartlett. will give their views on "The Singapore We Want" at a putolic forum at 8 p.m. tomorrow. The
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    Chinese ethics
    30 5 The Newman Society of Singapore has arranged for a public lecture on "Chinese ethics" by Dr. K C Ho at Kingsmead Hall in Victoria Park on Oct. 25.
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    'Chopper' wife—'Why I struck'
    400 5 'Chopper' wife 'Why I struck' KNIFE? DIDN'T KNOW I HAD ONE IN MY HAND* 'MY HUSBAND SAID HE DID NOT WANT ME ANY MORE' MRS. ANNIE DANKER, who is accused of trying to murder her husband, yesterday gave the Singapore Assize Court a detailed account of how she came to
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    More pay? 6,000 workers will know today
    114 5 MORE THAN 6.000 Singapore Government employees in Division Four will be told today whether they are to get more pay. The Director of Personnel, Mr J. D. Higham, said yesterday that their representatives will meet the Government this morning to discuss their claim.
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    HINDI TALK FOR TAMILS
    98 5 A member of the Indian Parliament, Mr. Raj Bho] visiting Singapore, yesterday declined to address a large Tamil meeting in any language but Hindi because he said it was the national language of India. The result was that he was understood by only one man —the
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    CIRCLING WORLD ON MOTOR CYCLE
    72 5 CIRCLING WORLD ON MOTOR CYCLE j PENANG. Wed. A GERMAN free-lance Journalist, Mr. Horst Hentschel, SI, arrived here today o n a twostroke motor cycle on his way round the world. Mr. Hentschel Intends to write a book on his travels. He hopes to complete his Journey in 1958. A
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    Sir Robert on civic sense
    44 5 Community spirit and civic consciousness are essential in a country approaching selfgovernment, the Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, said yesterday. Sir Robert wag opening the $150,000 Buona Vista Park community centre and infant welfare clinic in Pasir Panjang.
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    He took 3 pigs for a ride—but plea fails
    154 5 He took 3 pigs for a ride— but plea fails TPOH, Wed.— For carryA Ing three pigs as "passengers" in his car without a haulage permit and third party insurance, a man's driving licence was suspended for a year. Yesterday m the High Court here, the man. Tarn Saik Lum,
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    Flying plumber Norman found red tape his iggest headache
    167 5 Flying plumber Norman found red tape his iggest headache RED tape was the main problem that plagued an Autralian plumber, Mr. Norman Walte, 44, during an 11. 000 -mile solo flight in his Cessna two-seater monoplane from South Africa to Singapore. Standing beside his plane in the Singapore Flying Club's
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    Two Reds die in raid on camp
    141 6 Two Reds die in raid on camp KULIM, Wed. A TERRORIST leader's mistress and a bandit cook were killed yesterday In running battle with a Malay Regiment patrol In south Kedah. The patrol contacted three terrorists In secondary jungle in the Ayer Puteh -Junjong area at about 4.30 p.m. A
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    Thirsty job at night
    53 6 BETONG, Wed. Assistant nurses and hospital assistants say It's thirsty work In the wards at night. They want the Government to provide free refreshments for those on night duty. This is one of five demands which the Pahans: Medical and Health Workers* Union will submit to
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    YMCA barbecue
    29 6 The V.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. will hold a Joint barbecue and scrabble competition at the V.M.C.A. tennis pavilion in Bras Basah Road, Singapore, at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Lim to open conference
    41 6 The Chief Minister, Mr. Llm Yew Hock, will open the World Religions Day conference at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 5.90 p.m. tomorrow. The chairman will be Mr. R. K Tandon, Indian Commissioner In Singapore and Malaya.
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    CALL-GIRL MURDER: ITS DEATH for TWO
    431 6 CALL-GIRL MURDER: ITS DEATH for TWO 'Facts point iwestotlMy to a prearranged plan* She put on all her jewellery when told that a European at King's House wanted her KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE CHIEF JUSTICE, Sir Charles Mathew, today sentenced two young Malays to death for murdering a call-girl, Puteh
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    From China
    26 6 The Talpoohong, latest addition to ships running between China ports and Singapore, arrived In the Colony yesterday from Swatow with 430 passengers on board.
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    POOR BOY WHO MADE GOOD
    308 6 —Thanks to the Rotary loan fund A YOUNG doctor at the University of Malaya yesterday expressed his gratitude to Singapore Rotarians for making it possible for him to continue his studies when he was down and out. He is 26-year-old Dr. Sheng Nam Chin, an
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    'It's too c-c-o-l-d to stay at home'
    114 6 'It's too c-c-o-l-d to stay at home' MISS SYLVIA GRAEVENITZ, a Montreal office girl, who passed through Singapore on the way to Sydney by Qantas yesterday. Travelling alone. Miss Sylvia her "real home" is in West Germany— is on a holiday trip round the world. "1 have always wanted vo
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    Police help bookie save $2,000
    109 6 TELTJK ANSON. Wed. POLICE helped a book--1 maker save about $2,000 when they arrested a lottery agent, a Teluk Anson court was told today. The agent, Teh Kok Hock, an ice-cream seller, had two lists of bets placed by punters on Oct. 13 the last
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    Revolver case: Man held
    39 6 Chew Hal Yong was charged In a Singapore court yesterday with unlawfully possessing a .38 Smith and Wesson revolver at Henderson Road on Tuesday. No plea was recorded and Chew was remanded till Oct. 24.
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    Off to Sweden
    39 6 Mr. Scow Peng Choon, chief clerk of the passage department of the East Asiatic Co., agents for Scandinavian Air Services, will leave thLs week for Stockholm to attend a sales course at the S.A.S. head office.
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    Apex Club men flying in from Australia
    105 6 Apex Club men flying in from Australia rpwENTY members of tht X Apex Club of Western Australia will fly to Singapore with their wives soon to present the Colony's first Apex Club with its charter. Mr. Stephen Rajaratnam, secretary of the Singapore dab, said this yesterday on his return from
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    Royal wedding
    48 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. A large party from Johore will accompany Tengku Abdul Rahman, son of the Regent of Johore. to Sri Menanti next week for his marriage with Tengku Shariah, second daughter of the Yang di-Per-tuan Besar of Negrl Sembilan. The ceremonies begin on Oct. 25.
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    $60,000 hall for Segamat
    53 7 SEGAMAT, Wed. The Mentri Besar of Johore, Dato Wan Idris, laid the foundation stone of the $60,000 Sultan Ibrahim Diamond Jubilee Hall here on Monday. The hall is to be built on a site next to the Segamat Rest House. A children's park will be built
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    Any comments on polls Bill?
    37 7 Comments on the Singapore Local Government Elections Bill are Invited from the public. Representations should be made in writing to the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Assembly House. Empress Place, Singapore 6.
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    Annual dinner
    33 7 Graduates of Scottish universities will hold their annual dinner at Adelphi Hotel, Singapore, on Tuesday. The Governor, Sir Robert Black, and the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Whyatt, will be guest speakers.
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    THE TOP JOBS MEN GET A DATE
    98 7 THE TOP JOBS MEN GET A DATE KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. v —The Federation s Public Service Commission, which comes into existence on July 1 next year, is to be composed of a chairman, a deputy chairman and between four and eight members. This proposed set-up is now being considered by
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    Robbed man of $900—charge
    45 7 Robbed man of $900— charge Chua Noi Seng was accused in a Singapore court yesterday of robbing Choo Ah Mvi of cash and valuables worth $900 on Aug. 29 at Crawford Street. He is alleged to have carried a revolver. No plea was I recorded.
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    Teachers' Day
    26 7 More than 600 Singapore Chines? schoolteachers are expected to celebrate Teachers Day anniversary of the birth of Confucius at the Happy World on Sunday.
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    YIPs PROMISED THE BEST
    173 7 Entertainment bill goes up KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. y I. P.s visiting the Federation next year will be grven "red carpet treatment" in the best international style. I This year the Government 1 vote only $5,000 for "hospi- talitv to overseas visitors." The sum is to be
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    Red raid on estate — worker wounded
    85 7 Red raid on estate worker wounded K LUANG, Wed.— Terrorists last night stole a rifle and wounded a labourer in a raid on Bukit Paloh Estate near here. The swoop began as two terrorists held up a special constable and took his rifle. Simultaneously a bandit gang entered the labour
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    Tengku back after 10 years in Britain
    48 7 Tengku back after 10 years in Britain TENGKU SULAIMAN, son of the late Tengkn Abu Bakar. and grandson of the Sultan of Johore, who flew into Singapore from London by Qantas yesterday after 10 yean in Britain. He was accompanied by his mother, Engkn Fatimah. Straits Times plctudre.
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    MATCH-MAKER FAILED -SHE KILLED HERSELF
    126 7 MATCH-MAKER FAILED -SHE KILLED HERSELF A DETECTIVE corporal, Chan Jui Huan, told a Singapore coroner's court yesterday that he believed i his mother killed herself because she had failed to arrange a marriage for her grandson. He said that his mother, Quek Jiak Cheng. 71, had complained to him a
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    Library's hours of opening
    59 7 The Alliance Francaise's new premises and library in Singapore on the top floor of No 20, Laldlaw Building, will be open between 11 m and 7 p m on weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sundays and public holidays. On Saturday a film,
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    Church guests
    39 7 Four hundred students from the University of Malaya Nanyang University. Teachers, Training College, Trinity College and the Nurses' Training Hostel in Singapore will be guests of Wesley Church at a fellowship evening in the church premises tomorrow.
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    Union branch
    37 7 SITIAWAN, Wed. A Dindings, Central and North Perak branch of the All-Ma-layan Estates Staff Union has been formed. The officials are: Chairman. Mr. P. Subramaniam; vice-chairman. Mr. K. C. Thomas; secretaryltreasuner, Mr. M. C. Silva.
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    STUC meeting
    31 7 The representative council of the Singapore Trades Union Congress will meet on Monday to make final arrangements for the special delegates' conference due to be held on Nov. 4.
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    Road flooded
    24 7 KUALA PILAH, Wed. Floods two-feet deep were reported at the B^4 milestone, Mahsan-Glendale road, near here, this evening. The water was rising.
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    Lim: No pledge to 'rebel' students
    272 7 rpEN former members of the dissolved Singapore Chinese Middle School Students Union did not keep an appointment with the Chief Minister yesterday afternoon because Mr. Lim Yew Hock refused to guarantee them immunity from arrest. This was the condition which the students sought through
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    'School rebels cold and hungry? Then make them quit and go home'
    379 7 MINISTER HITS AT PARENT RODY XHE Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, yesterday attacked a parents' association which is backing the rebel Chinese middle school pupils. He also said that he believed some parents were being "unwittingly
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    MacG due on Saturday
    52 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation's High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacOllllvray. Is due to arrive In Singapore by air from Britain on Saturday. He has been absent two months, part of which he spent holidaying in East Africa with Lady MacGillivray. He will fly to Kuala Lumpur
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    Arriving from Britain
    100 7 The following passengers from Britain are expected to disembark from the P. and O. liner Carthage when she calls at Penang on Saturday. Mrs. R. G. Acton and daughter. Miss M Anseil. Mrs. M. R. Bayford, Dr. P. Bhantaragool. Mr. and Mrs. 8. A Elks and two
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    Charon in port for repairs
    46 7 The Blue Funnel ship Charon which struck an unknown object while on her way from Geraldton to Singapore last month arrived in the Colony yesterday. She is to go into dry dock for repairs today, her agents told the Straits Times.
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    FIVE YEARS—STILL WITH 'L' PLATES
    112 7 FIVE YEARS— STILL WITH 'L' PLATES TELUK ANSON, Wednesday. A TEACHER, M. Vengadeson, told a Teluk Anson court that he had had a provisional (learner's) driving licence since 1951 but had never taken a test "because my motor cycle is heavy and I need time I to master it." He
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    Rape case
    34 7 Lee Fong Chet, 36, was committed for trial by a Singapore court yesterday on a charge of raping a 13-year-old maidservant, between August last and July at Transit Road. Ball was refused.
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    School dinner
    25 7 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Wed The Bukit Mertajam High School Old Boys Association will hold their annual dinner on Oct. 27 jn the school hall.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    127 8 20 Word, tit (minimum). REOOIE AND JANE BANDO--BHAM thank relatives and friends for their good wishes and valuable gifts on the occasion of their marriage. TAN CHIAP KIM, Chlap Hung, Chlap Howe, Mrs. Low Kee Choc, Kee Ngiap, Quek Leng Hong, Llm Kuan Slan, Lim San Teck, Chua Keng
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    DEATHS
    65 8 J* Word, HO (minimum). MR. A.X.P. MENON, Suffolk Estate, Sltlawan, passed away Monday. Deeply mourned by family, relative*, friends. Grateful for wreaths, messages, etc. MADAM ANNA KOH SOO HIANG. wife of the late Mr. Ghln Ah Bee (Bee Koo) passed away peacefully on 16.10.56. at her son-in-law s house
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    301 8 ."> Words tiv (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the "Malay Mall" If you want to win that $5,000 word pusxle. TAKE THE CUT out Of Cuticle with "Cutlpen' 1 It gives trimmer and neater nails. Sole Agents Robinson's. JUST UNPACKED Maternity i J-plece for day or evening wear.
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    Singapore, Thurs. Oct. 18,1956. Waiting for Egypt
    544 8 Singapore, Thurs. Oct. 18, 1956. Waiting for Egypt Direct talks on Suez between Britain^ France and Egypt may begin within a week's time, probably in Geneva. It is hard to say whether the discussion in the U.N. Security Council has advanced the possibility of agreement or not. The Russian veto
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    Malay Grievance
    308 8 It seems to have been British policy to make Malays either Government servants or padi planters, says the Federation's Minister for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman. This was his explanation why Malays have not entered the fields of commerce and industry. It is an
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    Jungle News
    307 8 Only between three and four hundred aborigines are now under Communist domination in the jungle. Three years ago, points out Mr. EL O. D. Noone, some six thousand aborigines were supplying food to the terrorists and acting as their intelligence agents. Other estimates of the part which the
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    THE SELF-ANALYSIS OF A RED CAPITALIST
    1976 8  - THE SELF-ANALYSIS OF A RED CAPITALIST Allingtan Kennard the spotlight is turned on the capitalists wj TODAY nave survived the Chinese revolution by ALL China's 18 million industrial workers are harnessed to the "labour emulation camE paign" and the drive for higher production. At factory meetings, held only after the
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      80 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. JO Words H* (minimum). MASON: On October 18th at Kuala Lumpur, to Joyce and Horace, a son. Michael Fielding. JACKSON GROSE: To Barbara wife of Jacko, a Son, at Matilda Hospital, Hong Kong, on 8. 10. '56. Both very well. MURRAY: To Dorothy and Ron, a son Roland
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    ACTON IS OUT OF MALACCA POLLS
    168 9 MALACCA. Wed.— Mr. A. W. B. Acton (Alliance, Fort Ward) will n ot seek re-election in coming Municipal polls. Mr Acton Is one of three councillors. The •wo are Inche Abu bin Haji Abdul Razak cc, Tranquerah Ward) and Mr. J. L. De Cruz
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    Pugh to visit the Gurkhas
    46 9 Maj -Gen. L. H. O. Pugh. of Staff at FARELF headquarters, who was this y»ar appointed Colonel of the 2nd Gurkhas will leave Singapore today to visit Gurkha establishments In India and U return to Singapore It the middle of next
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    Boy's brainwave started it all
    899 9 PENANG MAN GIVES EXPERT EVIDENCE ON J-D AND 4-D LOTTERIES COURT TOLD HOW THE POLICE TOOK DOWN 45 NUMBERS DURING RAW Four telephones were found in the house A CHINESE AFFAIRS OFFICER from Penang yesterday gave expert evidence in a Singapore court on the various
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    Too few cooks, but they aren't worried
    62 9 ♦I^SJS S2?5 S tb d £l« P«P»ring the spices which they will take to e lj I Sf itc .h n in Melbourne. They are: Inche Nor Hashim bin Haji Jaffar, Che Fatlmah binte Suleiman, Che Malmunah binte HJ. A. Latiff, Che Hasnah
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    Comet will fly in
    88 9 The first of the RAF. Comets, which joined the Transport Command earlier this year, will arrive In Singapore on Oct. 23 on its longest proving flight, Far East Air Force headquarters in Singapore announced yesterday. The Comet, commanded by Wing Commander B.D. Rollick, will carry a
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    Piano recitals
    28 9 The Singapore Musical Society has arranged for the famous pianist, Claudio Arrau, to give two recitals at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Nov. 10 and 18.
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    Re – enrolled pupils tell of threats
    266 9 Re enrolled pupils tell of threats 'REBELS ARE ACCOSTING US' DUPILS of the Chung Cheng High School and 1 Chinese High School in Singapore who are attending the Government's "emergency" classes are worried because they are being threatened by ringleaders of the students still camping in the schools. A number
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    Delightful and informal
    213 9 Delightful and informal rE evening of music presented by the Singapore Musical Society at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night was as delightful as it was informal Susheela Dcvi, violin, proved that she is a first class musician. Her flashing Interpretation of the Mozart Krelsler Rondo In A Major was
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    Picnic for Old Victorians
    28 9 The Old Victorians' Association, Singapore, will hold a picnic at the bungalow of Mr. A. Shalk Ahamad in Tenah Merah Besar on Nov. 4.
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    Another chance to win $250
    59 9 The closing date for the Government competition for. the best designed label to boost the sale of Singaporemade goods has been extended to Oct. 27, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced yesterday. The competition carries a first prize of $250. Entries should be sent
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    35 YEARS HERE —NOW HE IS BACK
    75 9 35 YEARS HERE NOW HE IS BACK MR. ANDREW GILMOUR Singapore's former Director of Commerce and Industry, flew in from Britain by BOAC yesterday. Mr. Gilmour, who retired in 1953 after being in the Malayan Civil Service for 35 years, will become secretary of the newly-form-ed British-European Association. At the
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    SILENT DEATH TO RED CAPTORS
    209 9 SILENT DEATH TO RED CAPTORS ITU ALA LUMPUR, Wed v —Two Johore Malay; who were forced to enter the Jungle at gunpoint later exacted a terrible revenge on their terrorist captors. Mohamed Isa bin Ahmad and Ami bin Doyer pretended to be cowed, but one day they leapt on three
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    'Just for fun' in Malaya
    50 9 "Just for Fun", a combined services entertainment party, will arrive in Singapore today for a tout of Malaya from Monday to Nov. 15. The show will later tour Hong Kong and Korea before returning to Singapore or Dec. 4 on its way back t' Britain
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    $100,000 VOTE SOUGHT
    69 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federal Legislative Council will next month be asked to approve a vote of $100,000 to pay for the creation of eight new posts in the National Association of Women's Institutes. The posts will be filled by local women who will be trained here
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    Poisoned
    22 9 A Singapore businessman Mr. Poon Jiak Choon, of Emerald Hill Road, was admitted to the General Hospital yesterday sufferimfrom suspected poisoning.
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    Dictated by pure altruism
    426 10 Dictated by pure altruism I AM astounded by Mr. Vernon Bartlett's statement in his article published by you on October 1 that "Their (the British) encouragement of independence in so many countries has been .dictated by self-interest, in that it enables them to retain an influence in the newly-independent countries."
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    Sports Centre ceremony
    53 10 AS we all know it was Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald who started the idea of the Singapore Youths Sports Centre. I and many others wonder why then Mr. MacDonald was not invited to declare the centre open on the opening ceremony, instead of our Chief Minister? K.
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    Lock icon Malayanisation and the university
    543 10 AS I was for six years a representative of the Guild of Graduates on the Council of the University of Malaya it is proper that I should Inform the Graduates and the public that on June 1. 1955. I addressed the University Council as follows: "Higher
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    THEY ARE TOO OLD AFTER 55
    161 10 THEY ARE TOO OLD AFTER 55 T would like clarification on x Government policy regarding the re-employment of its pensioners. As I understand It, Government officers are pensioned off (1) when medically certified unfit to continue service or (ii) upon reaching the maximum age of 55 when an officer's efficiency
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    MARXISM AND CHAOS
    181 10 YOUR editorial of October 12, ended with these words: "The immediate issue is whether there shall be government or anarchy." No sane person prays for anarchy. If Singapore ever came under a Red ideology, there would be complete chaos. The Soviet Union remains, after 36 years, a
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    Must they be expelled?
    37 10 I READ with extreme disgust of the expulsion of 142 Chinese School students from their schools. I quite appreciate that many have got themselves mixed up with politics which prejudice security. But can't
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    Tan Lark Sye and students
    87 10 IWAS interested to read in the Straits Times Mr. Tan Lark Sye's accusation that the Government was forcing the Chinese school students into a "state of misery." This is a strange observation to come from Mr. Tan since the majority of Chinese students, including my
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      110 10 Straits Times Crossword 7 z N _z n Zhh z z l^l"! Z H_ i_B_Jlillil_ll 1 18 i 9 ii 2o PJZlIfi Z Z lilZi 26 1!|~ ACROSS 14. OranU quarter In an odd way 7. One In stonework: he pre- (7). pares the way (7). 18. my life with
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      187 10 33. One might make light of this Bcota town (4). 34. Cane broken on writer for punishment (7). 26. DlKtaes*— enough to make me go green (7). 27. Include the mere first principles (7). DOWN 1. Flower for a lowland lass? (4. 2. 3, 6). 2. It's vegetable— sounds like
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    1607 11  - I HOPE ALL WILL BE WELL PETER TOWNSEND. By wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmx I "OF ALL THE VISAS 1 HAVE APPLIED FOR, THAT FOR CHINA IS PERHAPS THE ONE I MOST COVET. THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN LONDON SAID THAT MY APPLICATION WOULD BE REFERRED TO PEKING. I HAVE HEARD NO MORE SINCE." {him
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    RUBBER CLOSES AT 93 CENTS AGAIN AFTER ONE MONTH
    966 12 RUBBER CLOSES AT 93 CENTS AGAIN AFTER ONE MONTH By Our Market Correspondent IX)R the first time for a month the price of rubr her in Singapore topped the 93 cents level at the close yesterday when the market re-opened after the holiday. The tone was very steady with the
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    RUBBER PRICES
    152 12 November first trade rubber I fcvyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 93% cents per It>; up seven-eighths of a cent on Monday's closing price. The closlnr tone waa steady. Cloelng- prices In cents per Id. yesterday were:— OFFICIAL: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 93 1 i.
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    EXCHANGE RATE
    36 12 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 6.15K for cash and 6.18 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.91 and one tael of gold at 267%.
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    OFFICIAL Pun
    10 12 SINGAPORE *~J> '«P $3.25, COPRA: S2fiv Pfcal (unchanSj*
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    AUSTRALIA, STOCKS
    84 12 AUSTRALIA, STOCKS x demand for le^ll" Stock Exchange her* tions were mostly B covered n!! m there were In wide trading again very active whi'e" firm. Loans 3'sO, 1956-59 N Loans 3V. I Con. Zinc Bank of N.S.W. '"hi Mount Lyeli N. Broken Hill "iJ'. Hill 50 Mount Morgan Peko
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    PRODUCE PRICE
    64 12 Singapore Chine*,. p, M chance: noon prices yesterday vere:Copra: quietly MskV $26 l; 4 buyers. 526 v 2 Coconut oil: qu:> $40 1 4 sellers, $43 1 1 Pepper: steady; aboi tons of business reported both varlttte-. $110, Sarawak $11 wale black $78 call up fc Singapore Copra
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      280 12 NOTICE THE PENANG TURF CLUB NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Oeneral Meeting of the Members of the Penang Turf Club will be held at the Turf Club's Office, Chartered Bank Chambers, Union Street, Penang on Friday, 2nd November. 1956 at 5.00 p.m. BUSINESS 1. To confirm the Minutes
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      371 12 NOTICES NOTICE tOW SENO POH la no longer In our employ as from 15th October, 1956, and has no authority to transact business or collect monies on our behalf SIME, DARBY AND CO., LTD Seremban. CHANGE OF ADDRESS Please address all future correspondence to our new address at Messrs. KIM
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      825 12 NOTICES IN THE BCPBCMB COtIST OF THE^FEDWATION OF. MALAYA IN THE HIGH COUBT AT FBNANO COMPANIES WINDING OTNi.t OF lffM In the Matter of the Companies Ordinance 1946 And In the Matter of TONG LEE HIN LIMITED NOTICE Is henby that a petition for the wlndlruj-up of ths above-named company
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    AT CATHEDRAL
    107 14 Australian bride and groom, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Evans, pictured after their wedding this week at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore. The bride, who wore pale turquoise silk, was formerly Joyce Macatee. of Adelaide. The bridegroom, who was formerly a member of the Stratford Shakespearian company, will play the
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    Fill up the oven
    277 14 TOPICS FOR WOMEN... BY SUSAN BARRIE Even homely scones or rolls are interesting, and different if you spice them with delicious seeds or savoury ingredients. Here are some recipes which are ideal for tea or supper, and whether you keep a cook or not, these are
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    Your home can be a give-away
    288 14 Your home can be a give-away THE four-year-old son of one of my friends once remarked when I was staying in their home: "I like our house, don't you? It's not too prim and it's not too shaggy." Quaint as his expression was, it was also surprisingly descriptive. The house
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    Girls' club celebrates
    128 14 AROUND-THE-cLOCK fashions were on parade this week at a colourful mannequin parade at the Singapore Hotel, when the Malay Farm Girls' Club celebrated its first birthday The club, formed to give a helping hand to our local kampong girls, already has a fine record of service, and
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    33 14 Pretty model Fatfmah wears a striking cotton skirt with a border printed in navy blue and white, and a continental white nylon blouse. The parade was arranged by the Malay Farm Girls' Club.
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    Fabric makes news
    123 14 Fabric makes news WOMEN'S evening shoes, handbags, jewel boxes and belts may soon be made of the same material as door handles and car fittings. The material, result of long experiment*, by British scientists, is a PlasUccoated metallised fabric which is unusually durable. Known as "splendex, it has an attractive,
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    HANDY IN A HOUSE
    150 14 WHY not try these quick tricks to better housekeeping? They can improve any woman's home-making routine. A damp cloth under a bowl will keep it from sliding around on a smooth work surface while you arc mixing ingredients. A cotton-tipped swab stick is a handy gadget
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    ROCK 'N ROLL FASHIONS
    43 14 SEEN in a Singapore nightspot, a woman wearing a cheongsam with four 15-inch slits. Another woman, in Western dress, wore a tight skirt with one slit, which got longer and longer as she rocked and rolled through the evening.
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    Twenty-six listed as All-Blues 'possibles' to play Siam
    335 15 IPOH, Wednesday. A TENTATIVE list of 26 players is being circulated IX among Asian Rugby Unions in Malaya for selection of the Malayan Asian XV to meet Siam in Penang on Nov. 21. Other players may also be considered before final selection
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    BRITISH HOPE FOR HURDLES
    25 15 808 SHAW who will be competing for Britain in the 400 metres hurdles at the Olympic Games in Melbourne next month.
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    VOLLEYBALL AT ASIAN GAMES
    187 15 Malaya asked to apply KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. 170LLEYBALL has now been included as one of the events for the Asian Games at Tokyo in May 1958. The Volleyball Association of Japan have written to the Federation of Malaya Olympic Sports Council asking if Malaya wish to
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    Motor cycle time trial on Oct. 27
    183 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Malayan Motor Sports Club's Motor cycle Trials, scheduled to be held on Nov. 18, have now been brought forward and will be combined with the Army Motor Cycle Trials to be held here on Oct. 27 and 28. The
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    Lock icon Valdes to fight Richardson
    49 15 LONDON, Wed. Nino Valdes, of Cuba, will be the next opponent for Dick Richardson, the British heavyweight. Promoter Jack Solomons announced that the fight will take place at Harringay Arena, here on Dec. 4. Richardson recently beat former world champion Ezzard Charles on a disqualification.—Reuter.
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    Swaps is 'seriously ill'
    155 15 CAMDEN, New Jersey, Wed. SWAPS, one of the world's greatest racehorses and winner of the 1955 Kentucky Derby, was reported to have been taken seriously HI last night. Swaps, by the British-bred Khaled and owned by Mr. Rex Ellsworth and Mr. John Oalbreath. has aggravated the
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    Lock icon Park Stokes to Pipe of Peace
    86 15 NEWMARKET, teuffollcr^ed. Mr. Stavros Ninrrho*' colt Pipe of Peace won th e £4,100 Middle Park Stakes for two- yes*- olds nur over t>f here yesterday. He beat the Prench gelt, Wayne 11. owned by American Mr. Ralph B. Strassburger. by a neck in a
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    MCFA score first but fade in second half
    293 16 By A Special Correspondent HONG KONG, Wed. THE TOURING Malayan Chinese soccer team completed their three-match tour when they were beaten 4-2 by All-Hone: Kong in a return fixture here today. The Malayans, who leave by air tomorrow, wer c beaten 5-3
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    Lock icon 9-WKT WIN FOR PAKISTAN
    54 16 KARACHI, Wed. DAKISTAN beat Australia by nine wickets in the first ever Test match between the countries here today. Pakistan hit off the six runs needed tor victory after ten minutes' play on the final day today. Final scores: Australia 80 and 187, Pakistan 199 and
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    NOW IT'S UP TO YOU, SAYS HAY
    293 16 The suspense Is over for the hockey team -no more taunts, threats And he lays down a sensible 3 -week schedule By NORMAN SIEBEL, Sports Editor, who will cover the Olympic Games. gINCE BEING selected to represent Singapore in the Olympic Games at
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    OLYMPIC FRONT
    417 16 Saturday and on Oct. 30. Nov. 1. Nov. 3. Nov. 5 and finally on Nov. 12 and one representative match on Nov. B—the8 the annual Poppy Day Fund match between Singapore Civilians and Combined Services. On other days the players not engaged in league games will walk five
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    SPOTTING THE WINNERS
    327 16 SPOTTING THE WINNERS By EPSOM JEEP My tea to follow at the Singapore Turf Club Gold Cap Meeting are: JOLLY SAILOR: Far the Gold Cup. Winner of four races In six starts this season »nd undoubtedly the best middle-distance hone In training. He carried 9.13 to victory in the Williamson
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    Shangrila may be pick of old brigade for Gold Cup race
    306 16 By EPSOM JEEP OH ANGRILA is right back at his best and may well be the pick of the "old brigade" for the rich Bukit Timah "claseir"— the $35,000 Singapore Gold Cup over 1| miles. This Pappageno II gelding
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    SPECULATION GOES UP TO CLASS 3
    167 16 SPECULATION GOES UP TO CLASS 3 owned by Kongsl J Tlga and trained by Rinus van Breukelen, has been promoted to Class 3 following his two wins in Class 4 In the recent Penang meeting. Shaw Stable's Park II has also been sent up, to Class 4 from Class 5.
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    Poh Lim in good start for title
    262 16 Poh Lim in good start for title ONG POH LIM. defending champion in the singles of the Singapore Badminton Association's national championships, cleared his first hurdle when he eliminated Ng Kirn Hock 15-5. 15-6 at the S.B.A. Hall last night. Henry Lim and Urn Hee Patt will meet Louts Ng
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    Head gets two tries off GHQ
    76 16 Royal Air Force Tengah beat GHQ. Farelf by 16 points (two goals and two tries) to nil in a rugger match at Tanglln yesterday. F/Lt Head, who will captain the Combined RAF. team against Army next Wednesday, scored two tries, Both were converted by
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    Lock icon Prelone takes Cesarewitch
    50 16 NEWMARKET, Wed.— Prelone won the Cesarewitch Stakes over two and a Quarter miles here today. Kribi was second and Gads Hill third. Nineteen ran. Starting prices were- 20 to one Prelone, 100 to 6 Kribl. 20 to 1 Gads Hill. Papllllo was 11 to two favourite. Reuter.
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    ARSENAL HELD
    28 16 LONDON. Wed.— Arsenai and the Rumanian Army team. Red Star, drew 1-1 in a soccer match here tonight. Both goals were scored in the second half.
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    Kiwis rally in second half
    77 16 Trailing 3-8 at half-time. 14th Squadron R.N.Z.A.P. rallied to beat Royal Military Police by 30 points to eight in a rugger match at Tengah* yesterday. Police took the lead with two tries through Simpson and Bond who converted one of them. Campbell scored R.N.Z.A.P. 's
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    College lose
    23 16 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Queen's Royal Regiment beat Johore English College by 19 points to 10 in a rugger match here today.
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    CHANGI BEATEN
    20 16 RAP. Seletar "A" beat R.AJ". Changl by 21 points to 13 in a rugger match at Changl yesterday.
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    STRAIGHT CINDER TRACK WILL COST ABOUT $35,000
    375 16 STRAIGHT CINDER TRACK WILL COST ABOUT $35,000 der 30 years of age, and $10 to those over 30 years old). I rpHE nine-lane, 150A yard straight cinder track to be laid down at the Singapore Youth Sport Centre will cost around $35,000, Mr. Hugh Savage, superintendent of the Centre, told
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    Lazim's late goal saves H.K. Bank
    226 16 tjongkong BANK were lucky to earn a replay In their Business Houses senior Knockout semifinal fixture when they held Pulo Bukom 2-2 at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. The bankers, playing below their normal form, were down 2-1 at the 50th minute and, on the
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    SINGAPORE All BLUES IMPRESS IN FIRST GAME
    260 16 SINGAPORE All BLUES IMPRESS IN FIRST GAME SINGAPORE All Blues put up a good rugby h In coin; down by a narrow five points (en three (try) margin to Singapore Cricket n i on the padang yesterday. They were fully fit and they could very wen won that was the
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    2 MALAYS ARE FIRST ARRIVALS
    85 16 2 MALAYS ARE FIRST ARRIVALS From On 0, Correspond,.,,. MELBOl RNE TWO Malayan piKeon shooters i, Foh Shin ami Ml Kiat. last n O f became th c first Vlr sportsmen to enW2 bo ne s 4 Ol>mpi c Yin The two mark^.. accompanied hv secretary O f th e
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    6-2 hockey win for varsity
    57 16 University of Malaya R.A.F. Seletar 6-2 in a S---Hockey Association first league game at Bukit XI terday. Varsity, who led 3-o a 1 time, scored through Soc^ (S), Samad (2) and SabcfT" Feim and Perelra noMli Seletar. R.A.P. Seletar beat Rjp Changi 6-0 In a
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      61 16 HOCKEY S.H.A. leacue, Div. 1: CSC v RAF Changi, Bales tier Road; SRC v BHB Police, padang; Div. 2: TTC t REME, TTC ground; Div. 3: Police t RASC, Police ground Medicate v Wanderers, Medical ground. RUGGER University v The Blacks, Bukit Timab. BASKETBALL Boys' Town v Gan Ens; Seng
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