The Straits Times, 1 November 1958

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    19 1 WIHAC.i: n\IIY fEBTIFIED SALE EXfEEDK 80,000 lib***,] He*** The Straits Times. Estd 1845. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1958 15 CENTS
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    'ALL RESIGN' SHOCK by MAYOR
    2102 1 Sensation at City Council meeting...'Down with dictators' cry, and Liberal-Socialist Vasagar occupies the chair for 25 minutes Out go PAP and the Opposition takes over SINGAPORE, Friday THE Opposition today took over control of the Singapore City Council meeting and elected a irman in place
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    Ong says he will ask Govt. to order new election
    345 1 QIXGAPORE, Fri.— The Mayor. Mr. Ong Eng Ouan. said at a Press conference today that he would introduce a motion at the next council meeting, on Nov. 17. asking all Councillors to u-Mign or failing that asking the Government to
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    Mr. V TAKES OVER THE CHAIR
    14 1 Mr. V TAKES OVER THE CHAIR Close-up of Mr. Vasagar speaking on his motion.
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    POLIO: 6 new cases
    43 1 SINGAPORE, Fri. Six more polio coses were admitted to Middleton Hospital today, two of whom were non-paralytic, bringing this month's total to 168. All were Asian children between the ages ot eight months and eight years. See P. 15.
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    Strike by 58 crane drivers halves port business
    257 1 KLANG. Fri. Cargo handling at Port Swettenham has been cut by almost 50 per cent since 58 crane drivers went on strike at noon yesterday. Ships due to call during the week-end may be diverted to Singapore or other Dorts. The men
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    PRASAD COMING
    35 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, will pay a three-day state visit to Malaya from Dec. 6 at the invitation of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, it was announced today.
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    EMPTY CHAIRS BUT MEETING GOES ON
    26 1 Till PAP chairs stand empty as Mr. Vasagar addresses the councillors who remained behind after the merlins. Straits Times picture.
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    Lock icon SOEKARNO GRABS DUTCH FIRMS
    101 1 JAKARTA. Fri.—Pre- sident Soekarno today decided to nationalise all Dutch business enterprises in Indonesia. The cabinet approved a Nationalisation Bill this morning, and a communique said Parliament was expected to pass it before the end of the year. The Government took over all Dutch concerns within
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    Lock icon Trade envoys
    23 1 JAKARTA. Fri.— The Indonesian Government has decided to send trade commissioners to Singapore. Penang. Hong Kong, Beirut and New York.— Reuter.
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    MCA may vote for merger
    239 1 MCA may vote for merger KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. MERGER between the Federation and Singapore is likely to become 1 one of the "objects" in the new constitution of the Malayan Chinese Association. This announcement was made by the association's chairman of the legal subcommittee, Mr. Ng Ek Teong, at a
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    Lock icon Aid for Lebanon
    28 1 WASHINGTON. Fri. The United States is to make a special contribution of economic aid towards the reconstruction of Lebanon after the recent civil war. Reuter.
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    $420 m. drop in trade figures
    66 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Government today indicated the full extent of the effects of trade recession and tin restrictions on Malaya during the first nine months of this year. The latest figures issued by the Statistics Department shows a drop of $419.9 million in
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    Jets in Malaya to have missiles
    151 1 DENANG, Fri. The RAAF Avon-Sabre jet fighters based at Butterworth will be equipped with the "Sidewinder" air to air guided missiles. This was disclosed by Air Vice Marshal CD. Candy, Air Officer Commanding Home Command RAAF, when he arrived at RAAF Butterworth from Australia
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    STOP PRESS
    32 1 RIOTS* IN ADEN ADEN, fri-— Pol gunfire .md t< il;.\ to bait rial count! i :>r r t>f dv i inrj .moth<T JO w i to luNr bcru I' l
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    Lock icon Now Cyprus gunmen shoot boy in the back
    155 2 Now Cyprus gunmen shoot boy in the back VTICOSIA. Fri. A 17--41 year-old British youth. Brian Preece. son of a soldier in Cyprus, was shot from behind while walking lo work near Famamista today and died of head and chest wounds. Aii army patrol found him by the roadside near
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    Lock icon Frisco quakes
    23 2 SAN FRANCISCO. Fri. An earthquake of moderate Intensity .shook thi> city last night but there were no reports ot damage. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Teddy boys form body to aid police
    107 2 LONDON, Fri. Teddy boys teenagers often associated with violence and juvenile delinquency last night met in Birmingham to inaugurate their own national association to help police fight hooliganism. Thirty youths in stove-piped trousers were told that the association intends to give legal aid
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    Lock icon VICAR 'HATES' BIRDS
    104 2 LONDON. Fri.— The Church of England Rector of Birmingham. Canon Bryan Green, yesterday warned I people who feed birds in Birmingham parish church yard he may take action against them under new anti-litter laws. In his parish magazine, Canon Green writes: "Every time I see the filthy
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    Lock icon Jakarta visit
    24 2 JAKARTA. Fri. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor. U.S. Army I chief of staff, arrived here j 1 today for a short visit. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Gen. Ayub: Why I sacked Gen. Mirza
    229 2 ■PEOPLE WANTED HIM TO QUIT-HE WAS TOO CLOSELY LINKED WITH POLITICIANS' KARACHI. Friday. PEN. Mohamcd Ayub Khan yesterday said he displaced (Jen. Iskander Mirza as president of Pakistan because Mir/a was "too closely associated with the politicians responsible for bringing the country to
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    Lock icon A barter pact
    22 2 RIO DE JANEIRO. Fri. Brazil and Russia yesterday concluded an agreement to barter Brazilian cocoa for Soviet oil. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon U.S. soldiers warned: Shun this Jap film
    123 2 U.S. soldiers warned: Shun this Jap film THDKYO. Fri.— United States military authorities in Japan today warned American servicemen stationed here not to appear in a Japanese film, tentatively titled "'The Greater Asia War. The company producing the film recently advertised for a number of foreigners to portray high-ranking allied
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    Lock icon Chiang is 72
    16 2 TAIPEH. Fri.— Formosa today celebrated the 72nd birthday of President Chiang Kaishek. Reuter.
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    STILL IN DANGER
    163 2 Selwyn Lloyd says Jordan faces threat of indirect aggression ONDON, Fri. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, said yesterday that there was still the danger of indirect aggression in Jordan although the atmosphere appeared much calmer. Speaking In the debate on the Queen's speech, he denied that
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    Lock icon Former MCS man to cross the Pacific in yacht
    73 2 Former MCS man to cross the Pacific in yacht HONG KONG. Fri.— A Briton. Mr. Brian Platt. 28, who plans to cross the Pacific in a 27-foot yacht, said here yesterday that he expected to reach the west coast of the imt.il States next March or April. He has already
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    Lock icon GUNMAN WALKS INTO CYPRUS HOSPITAL WARD AND SHOOTS PATIENT DEAD
    121 2 GUNMAN WALKS INTO CYPRUS HOSPITAL WARD AND SHOOTS PATIENT DEAD kJICOSIA, Fri. A gunman walked into the General Hospital here lost night and shot dead a Greek Cypriot patient. The victim, Andreas loannides, 27, was killed as he lay in bed with bullet wounds received in an ambush last Sun-
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    'WE STAY NEUTRAL': BURMA GENERAL
    134 2 'WE STAY NEUTRAL': BURMA GENERAL RANGOON G Ne Win. ister of Burma. ,jd tO day that his G ment would make >n j change in foi licy. He was addr< jment fjr the dr I Premier since from U Nu two d The General would continue i strict neutrality. The
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    Lock icon MARGARET AND MINER GO OLD TIME
    53 3 i IRING her Imlloon-skirtrd polka-dot dn> ss. Princess Margaret dances tin- Portland i inejr, a folk <lanco. with a Durham miner. :!3-year-old Jackie ToadufT. a champion clormrr. The Princess was attending a ball given by the English Folk Dance anil Song Society in London
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    Lock icon Differing views at A-ban talks but East and West eager to agree
    589 3 Differing views at A-ban talks but East and West eager to agree GENEVA, Friday. 'pHE United States and Russia today put forward widely differing proposals for the basis of any international agreement for the suspension of nuclear tests. The chid" Soviet delegate, Mr. Semen Tsarapkin, told the opening session of
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    Bevan pledge on China
    126 3 LABOUR WILL URGE ADMISSION TO U.N. LONDON. Fri. Mr. I Aneurin Bovun said last night that a Labour Government would insist on using all its influence in the United Nations to end Communist China's isola- tion and bring her intoj the U.N. Labour would do this
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    U.S. CLOSES TESTS WITH A-BOMB EARTHQUAKE
    97 3 U.S. CLOSES TESTS WITH A-BOMB EARTHQUAKE NEW YORK. Fri. The United States ended its testing of nuclear devices at the Atomic Test Site, Nevada, under a self, imposed ban at midnight without setting off the final shot of the current series. A gigantic "Hiroshima, sized" underground nuclear blast exploded earlier
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    Lock icon 'SYMPATHY' FOR PASTERNAK
    227 3 W^l^mf^u^S.* 1 LONDON. Fri. THE Swedish Academy held a 90-minute debate in Stockholm yesterday on the refusal by Soviet writer. Boris Pasternak, of his Nobel Prize for literature and decided to send him a telegram of "sympathy and respect" expressins "profound regret" at his decision. Meanwhile Pasternak,
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    Lock icon BOMBS KILL 9, HURT 26
    44 3 DX \N. Two time bombs hidden In a bus exploded in Tiaret near here, killing nine people three Europeans and six Muslims and injuring 26 others. It was the worst act of terrorism In war-torn AJgeria this year. —U.P.I.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    376 3 ONDON. Fri— London stock markets finished the week on firm note with profit-taking usually well absorbed. Sentiment was assisted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer's encouraging speech at the annual conference of the Institute of Directors yesterday. Buying was selective but a good demand for industrial equities brought
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    COUNCILLORS: WE ARE NOT QUITTING, WILL NOT SHIRK DUTY TO VOTERS
    260 5 COUNCILLORS: WE ARE NOT QUITTING, WILL NOT SHIRK DUTY TO VOTERS SINGAPORE, Fri.— The Liberal Socialist leader in the city council Mr. Lim Choo Sye. commenting on the Mayor's -l ion that aii the \2 councillors should sign today said: "The Mayor has no right to the suggestion Peoples Action
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    That meeting-was it constitutional?
    367 5 That meeting -was it constitutional? SINGAPORE, Fri. Did the non-P.A.P. City Councillors have a legal right to continue the meeting after the Mayor had declared it adjourned? Last night these coun. cillors maintained that the Mayor had improperly called for an adjournment. He just announced the adjournment and left the
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      538 5 THK NEW SCENESHIFTERS YMC'A (Orchard Roadi: Senior presents Gilbert and Sullivan's Cambridge Malay cI«M 2.30 p.m. •The Yeoman of the Guard" at and 3.4 b p.m.. Singapore Chess Cultural Centre, Canning Rise. C'Hib 3 p.m.. bodybuilding, weißht--8.45 p.m. lifting 4 p.m., judo 5.30 p.m., SINGAPORE PI BLIC SER- film show
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    Discrimination? It's equal treatment for all
    360 6 Discrimination? It's equal treatment for all FEDERATION TRADE CHIEF ON TARIFF HOW KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Federation's Controller of Trade Division, Raja Mohar bin Raja Badiozaman, today denied an allegation by the Workers' Party in Singapore that the Federation had discriminated against products from the Colony. Raja Mohar said that
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    CHAMBER TO SEEK REMOVAL OF BAN ON TEXTILES
    318 6 CHAMBER TO SEEK REMOVAL OF BAN ON TEXTILES CINGAPORE, Fri— The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce is to ask the Government to lift the ban on importing Chinese textiles. The ban was imposed recently to stop alleged dumping of cheap Chinese textiles on the Singapore market. Yesterday the chamber received
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    Man with 2 wives made false declaration
    141 6 SINGAPORE, Fn. A man with a wife and three children living in Singapore went to China in 1956 and was married there a second time. On his return last year, he made arrangements for his China-born wife to come to Singapore. He made
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    OIL FIRM TELLS UNION: YOU'RE BREAKING PACT
    225 6 OIL FIRM TELLS UNION: YOU'RE BREAKING PACT SINGAPORE, Friday AN OIL company, Caltex (Asia) Ltd minded its workers that their union h not to make further demands during the wage agreements with the firm. The agreements one for manual workers and the other for clerical staff were concluded with the
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    Earlier train
    25 6 KUALA LUMPUR, The Malayan l nounced today that a.m. passenger trail Gemas to Ipoh will minutes earlier from Genui to Tebong from Monday
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    INDIAN EXPERT JOINS THE SATA
    155 7 INDIAN EXPERT JOINS THE SATA SINGAPORE. Fri.— An indian tuberculosis rt from Britain has ined the Singapore \:iti-Tuberculosis Assoon as chest physiHe is Dr. B. P. Mozoomdar. f >cl 31. who was formerly House Officer at 1 Sanatorium, near .mpton, and assistant n officer at Merthyr Tydfil Glamorgan, Wales. Dr.
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    Special stamps on Dec. 10
    84 7 SINGAPORE. PrL— The tenth anniversary of the Universal Declaration ot the I Rights ol Man on Dec. 10 will be commemorated by a special issue ol postage stamps, the PostmasterGeneral ol Malaya announced today. The Federation is issuing stamps to commemorate this anniversary for the
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    Workers' Party on its fear about the Federation
    693 7 SINGAPORE, Friday. [TKARS that the Federation would use the new Singapore constitution to control the island "almost as rigidly as a colony," were expressed in a 27--point election platform drawn up by the Workers' Party here. The party alleged that the British
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    REBEL OFFICERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN HELD, SAYS PIRNGADIE
    124 7 REBEL OFFICERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN HELD, SAYS PIRNGADIE SINGAPORE, Fri. Lieut.-Col. Rudy Pirngadie. the Indonesian Army spokesman, said here today thut i the flve mystery rebel officers who landed in Malacca should have been treated as cril minals. "They committed, a crime because they had no passports or visas to
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    Roof lurkers get $1,000 goods
    54 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. Go-ods worth over $1,000 were found today to have been stolen from a general merchants' firm in Change Alley. Police believe it was broken into by the two men who had been "seen lurking on the root of John Little (Mi Co. in
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    CITY COUNCIL WAR ON GRAFT, INEFFICIENCY
    123 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The public complaints and inquiry bureau of the Singapore City Council will create a separate mobile section which will visit all 32 wards of me city to register complaints from the public. This was announced by the Mayor, Mr. One; Eng Guan.
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    Inspector is fined for hurting taxi man
    207 7 Inspector is fined for hurting taxi man SINGAPORE. Friday. FiETECTIVE INSPECTOR Leo Fernando, of Tanjong Pagar police station, was today fined $250, or one month's jail, for causing hurt to Leong Peng Keen, 29, a taxi driver. Leone:, the complainant, said the inspector assaulted him in the Beach Road police
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    Council rejects ruling by Mayor
    77 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. City councillors may in future appeal to the Mayor. Mr. Ong; Eng Guan. if they consider their speeches had been wrongly interpreted during a council meeting. By 17 votes to 12 they passed a motion at today's meeting that the Mayor's ruling that
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    Going ahead on strike plans
    57 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Federation of Oil Workers' Union is still carrying on strike preparations in spite ol recognition of the Shell Company as negotiating body for the Petroleum Workers' Union. A statement issued by the Federation tonight said that the management had not acceded to
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    DEATHS
    36 8 WorHa SIU (Minimum). MR. N. ARUMUGAM, Office faOJ liio Ministry ot Educa- turn passed away on 28-10-1958. T S.M. PERUMAL Nadar father c M.P. Gopalrajah of Municipal!- Malacca passed away pe.icelully in India on 30.10.58.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    247 8 20 Word* SIU Minimum illK COCKPITS Java Rijsttafel U served every Saturday and Sunda] lunch time. TOOes WHO KNOW choose i tiieu wines lrom the large selec- turn a\aiiable at Cold Storage, Orhard Road. SCRIPTO SATELLITE ball pens are now available at ail leading stores. Ail; to >cc one
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    RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT.
    52 8 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEME NT. 211 H'.,,d, $7.50 (Mln.) PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH in •Singapore. Orchard Road. Sunday Services 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. All welcome. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SO- CIETY, Singapore. 8. Orange 1 drove Road. Singapore-10 (off-, Orchard Road^ Sunday Services and Sunday School 10.30 a.m. I Testimony Meetings Ist and 3rd Wednesdays.
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    The Straits Times S'pore, Sat. Nov. 1, 1958. Crisis In The Council
    603 8 The Straits Times S'pore, Sat. Nov. 1, 1958. Crisis In The Council For the lively conduct of public affairs Singapore City Council long ago set an unusual standard. But even for the City Council, yesterday was quite a field I day. It was the turn of i the Mayor and
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    Out Of The Bag
    323 8 A fairly big cat at last has come out of the Karachi bag. General Ayub has now admitted that General Iskander Mirza was removed because top army officers wanted "to make a fresh start and break with the past." The President had been too closely identified
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    Aid For Nanyang
    247 8 The Singapore Government's grant of $850,000 to Nanyang, while falling short of earlier expectations, will be sufficient to see the young university through its immediate difficulties. The deficits for this year and the next will be covered. Even more welcome is the decision that nearly half the
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    161 8 FIFTY YEARS AGO (From the Siraiu Tim, Oct. 29, isoj =lhr Municipal i sioners have decided t auay uith the d I deposit «y«fc January 1 beeaua been fount! to in,on,,'" eiue poorer household?,'" =l)«-posits arc to h.' under the ne« bfint offset against ul? consumed so thai first half
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    As I was saying...
    1249 8  -  CYXICUS i»y THE threatened strike next week of the employees of Singapore's three oil companies may prove to be the first of a series of labour disputes in which some new and militant trade union leaders will be flexing their muscles. If this is to be
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    SATURDAY STUDY
    8 8 CHANGE ALLEY PiiuLu by Terence Khou.
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    Mr. S HAS WORDS of PRAISE FOR THE EXPATS
    140 9 Mr. S HAS WORDS of PRAISE FOR THE EXPATS Fri.— The leader the People's Prodve Party, Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam, last night paid a trito expatriate ofin Malaya. at the Ipoh town meeting, which Senior Executive -'•'•> ineer, Kinta. Mr. T. as attending for time before rerement. Mr. Seenivasaald: ith
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    MASKED THUGS ROB NUNS AND TEMPLE DEVOTEES
    83 9 sNGAPORE. Fri. Mask•i is today raided a m Mergui Road here away with more than n cash and valuables vt nuns and lour de- Aimed with daggers, four lipped into the temple an opening in the i roof, threatened the nine women and
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    Mayor Ong censured by 15-13 vote
    982 9 Mr. TANG: 'MY MAIN PURPOSE IS TO MAINTAIN DIGNITY OF THE HOUSE 9 COUNCILLOR TAKES OUT WREATH AND DROPS IT ON FLOOR IN CHAMBER TO SINGAPORE, Friday. THE CITY COUNCIL today censured the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Cuan, for commenting factually on a motion
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    'WE CELEBRATE THE DEATH OF INSANITY'
    24 9 'WE CELEBRATE THE DEATH OF INSANITY' MRS. FELICE LEON-SOH throws down her wreath, saying: "Today we celebrate the death of insanity." Straits Times picture.
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    'I want to go home' Russian finds a Red 'godfather'
    215 9 'I want to go home' Russian finds a Red 'godfather' SINGAPORE, Fri.— 0 Captain Dimitri Leonov, skipper of the Russian freighter Nicolay Pigorov, today played "godfather" to another Russian seaman who iell overboard from another Russian freighter, Kuibishevges, on Wednesday. Soon after he was picked up by a sampan operator
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    Magnate is cleared
    57 9 KUALA LUMPUh Fri. A Kuala Lumpur rubber magnate. Tee Teh, was acquitted by the Sessions Court here today of three charges of selling rubber without making the necessary daily entries in his account books. Tee, owner of Chop Bee Sing, Klyne Street, is president of the Rubber
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    'lolanthe' at Naval Base
    47 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Naval Base Singers will present Gilbert and Sullivan's •lolanthe" at the Dockyard Theatre. Naval Base, on Nov. 13. 14 and 15 at 8.30 p.m. Tickets at $3 and $2, may be booked by telephone at 5048, extension 355 or 348.
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    Piano concert postponed
    39 9 SINGAPORE. Fri —Talented Johore Bahru pianist Miss Seah Khung Img has postponed a concert arranged for the Singapore Cultural Centre on Sunday. She will now give a recital in the Victoria Memorial Hall on Dec. 10.
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    Canada says: 'Make cash welcome'
    379 9 Canada says: 'Make cash welcome SINGAPORE, Fri.— The i Canadian Finance Minister, Mr. Donald Fleming, ending his three-day trip to Singa- pore and the Federation, said he was optimistic: that action would soon I be taken to lift res-| trictions on imports from hard currency countries. In a Press conference
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    Two more cars are stolen
    53 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. Two more cars were stolen today —from Chin Chew Street and Boon Tiong Road. The first car was later located in Sen? Poh Road. Later tonight, police found a car abandoned at Changi beach. It had been stolen j from the Joo Chiat
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    STORMS FORECAST oft MCA CONSTITUTION
    336 10 And a 'shoek 9 resolution down for debate tomorrow If U ALA LUMPUR,! Fri. A stormy debate is expected to; develop during Sunday's Malayan Chinese Association's meeting j on its constitution. A "shock" resolution has also been tabled f or j debate by the chairman
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    CHAMBER TO FIGHT BAN ON BOOKS
    251 10 SINGAPORE. Fri.— The Singapore Chinese Chamber •of Commerce is to ask the Government to reconsider its ban on the salt of books and gramophone records from China which had previously passed through censorship This was decided today at the chamber monthly committee meeting, when
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    Extension for registration
    48 10 TAIPING. Fri. The registration period lor the general elections has been extended from today to Nov. 11 to enable those who have moved away from the constituency In which they were previously registered, to apply for a transfer of their registration to their new constituency.
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    Teachers' craft
    26 10 PENANG. Fri.— The Chief Education Officer. Mr.J.M.B Hughes, today declared opezi a teachers' craft exhibition in the Westlands School. The exhibition will continue tomorrow.
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    4,000 MAKE CLAIMS OVER THE ASSEMBLY ROLLS
    76 10 SINGAPORE. Fri. Four thousand claims and 35 objections had been lodged at the close of the two weeks provided for checking of the Legislative Assembly Electoral rolls, the Commissioner of Elections. Mr. M. Ponnudiiray. said today. About 35.500 people checked the registers containing
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    She wants Mummy, but she is dying in Sydney
    246 10  -  R. CHANDRAN By SINGAPORE, Fri There is a heartbreaking reason why golden haired. 20--month old Sheila Deyhle was given all those toys to play with at the airport today. The spectacle.-,, handbag, hairbrush, and the mirror were given to Sheila to
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    New president
    31 10 The newly-elected president of the Students Council of the University of Malaya is Mr. Donald Watt, with Mr. S. Kumarapathv as vicepresident and Mr. Eric Yeo.v as general secretary.
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    Pahang war of inheritance upset Colony tin trade
    1291 11 THREE SULTANS ON WAR PATH iIST over a hundred years ago, in October 1857, the aged Bend;, J hara of Pahang departed this life, full of honour and mourned by his followers as a good and trusted ruler. Originally part of the
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    LAST MONTH'S AVERAGE RUBBER, TIN PRICES BETTER
    464 12 LAST MONTH'S AVERAGE RUBBER, TIN PRICES BETTER By Our Market Correspondent THE average prices for Malayan rubber and tin advanced sharply last month, rubber being better by 5} cents and tin by $8 pei picul. The average noon f.o.b. price for rubber was 87.92 cents compared with 82.40 cents in
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    26 12 SINGAPORE. Oct. 31 RUBBER: 'Ml cents per lb. (down fiveeighths of a cent). TIN: $379 per picul tup $3.75) Estimated unofficial offering 120 tons.
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    AVERAGE PRICES
    16 12 September average prices Oct. 1958 Sept. 1938 Rubber: 87.92 82.40 cts. Tin: 5371.25 5363.26...
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    411 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: "All sections on the local share market were quietly steady and the turnovf was thin." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday; Fraser Neave ords $1.63 (OL), $1.58 and $1.57; Gammon $1.57 '/a iOL), $1.65 and $1.67; W. Hammer
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    RUBBER PRICES
    154 12 November first grade rubber buyers i.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 90 s cer.ts per lb. five-eighths of a cent down on Thursday's closing price. Closing tone: Slightly steadier after easier. Closing prices in cents per Ib yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.SJS. Spot f.o.b. buyers 89 sellers
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    89 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: steady; UK/Continent October /November $37?-j buyers, $38 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet with steady undertone; bulk $57 sellers, drum $60 sellers. Pepper: steady; about 100 tons of pepper were reported done yesterday, Muntok white $123. Sarawak $122 (up
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    STOCK INDICES
    19 12 Malayan Share Market: Oct. 31 Oct. 30 Industrials: 89.59 89.53 Tins: 86.51 86.37 lan. 1 1958 100
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    137 12 MELBOURNE, FrL, INVESTMENT shares showed an overall firm tone on the Stock Exchange here today Herald dropped Bd. and was the main exception. Oil Search rose Is. 7d. to show the lead in a firmer and more active mining section. Commonwealth bonds maintained a steady tone Loans 3'hU
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    EXCHANGE RATE.
    53 12 The Malayan Excha* '1 AMotiMion mad. h S changes In its rat, yesterday: •J3 5/16; buying t t O.D. 52 11/xe fhe followlna rat.. sewn* i. T trench Francs Francs MM 3 i On the free ex, lun,., Hong Kong dollar was quoted cash, ud 5.79 Sterlins m
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    Rubber off-take drops
    282 12 Rubber off-take drop s t'ONDITIONS on the rubber i market this week have been very similar to those obtaining during the previous period, report Holiday, Cutler. Bath Co. Ltd.. In their current market survey. Traders have adopted a rather cautious attitude and off-take appears to have declined considerably adds the
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    169 12 Ships lying alongside the Singspore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Chusan 1,2 Awata Maru 45, Nicolay Plgorov 6. BenrLnnes 6,7, Glenorchy 89 Aeneas 10|ll. Mahathevi 13iX4 Nieuw Holland 1516, Theban 18* Nagoya Maru 19 20, Resang n' Wall 4, Sambas 21,22, Kimanis 23 Perils 24, Minneshima
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      837 12 NOTICES NOTICE Please note that Mr. Yeo Khee Huat. formerly a booking clerk in our Airways Department, terminated his employment with us on the Ist October, 1958. and has no authority to commit us In any way SI ME DARBY (SINGAPORE) LTD. NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that I. Kwok
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      607 12 NOTICES NOTICE Please note that Mr. B. S. Arnold, formerly of our Engineering Department, terminated his employment with us on the 31st October, 1958, and that he has from that date no authority to transact business In our name, collect money or commit us in any way. THE EAST ASIATIC
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      105 12 SHIPPING NOTICES M.S. "BONNEVILLE" FROM CANADA. U.S.A. AND HONG KONG The above vessel Is scheduled to arrive In Singapore on 2nd November 1958 and will discharge cargo alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves. The General Survey will be held on 11th and 13th November 1958. No o.her survey will be
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    REDUCE RUSH FOR SABIN
    150 14 REDUCE RUSH FOR SABIN I WAS very relieved to read In the Straits Times that more Sabln vaccine arrived on Thursday. However, it would appear that the Health Ministry is not making any preparations to cope with the rush during the actual distribution of the vaccim to the public. One
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    LATE AND ERRONEOUS CITY BILL
    106 14 LATE AND ERRONEOUS CITY BILL I WAS dismayed and amused to read the City Council's announcement that its mechanised accounts section Is to be reorganised to speed up the billing of water, gas. electricity and other service charges. Before the Council adopted the present mechanised accounting system. I used to
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    VARSITY UNION SPLIT: A SURE SAFEGUARD FOR AUTONOMY
    362 14 AT the University of Malaya Foundation Day rally, the president of the University of Malaya Students' Union deplored the decision of the Federation Government to split the union into two. He accuaed the government of infringing the autonomy of the university community,
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    UNIQUE REFERENCE WORK
    139 14 UNIQUE REFERENCE WORK THE '.sth Anir.versary of Messrs. Fraser and Neave calls to mind that they were the original publishers for many year.-^ of the Singapore and Sttaits Directory better known as the Buku Merah. now published by the Straits Times Press. Reference works of this nature sometimes suffer from
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    FOUR R's FOR YOUR GOOD
    99 14 FOUR R's FOR YOUR GOOD IF the following four points were made into law by the Singapore Government, social and economic conditions in Singapore would be much improved <1) In future, public assistance through the Social Welfare Department should be given only to Singapore citizens. (2) Unemployed persons and destitutes
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    This road is inadequate for heavy traffic
    373 14 ACORRE BPONDENT complains that cars go as fast as 40 and 50 m.p.h. on Thomson Road from the junction with Yio Chu Kang Road northwards. Greater speeds can often be safely undertaken on this road, but with more and more manufacturers making cars
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    Muslim Chinese only
    88 14 OBJECTIONS have been raised by political parties on the proposed admission of Muslim Chinese from Hong Kong into Malaya. Why it worries them I do not know. It is not the Intention of Tengku Abdul Rahman to invite all the Muslim Chinese to come here. It is
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    RIGHT MEN TO CENSOR
    78 14 RIGHT MEN TO CENSOR SINGAPORES Chief Secretary, during the course of explaining the banning of certain publications said that the Singapore Police Force would "ensure that cinemas, and other theatrical performances do not contain material of a suggestive or pornographic nature." Since when have our police force been deemed capable
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    TREASURE HOUSE
    91 14 TREASURE HOUSE I AM glad to see in your columns that Dr. Hans Hass enjoyed his visit to Raffles Lighthouse. It is vi well-known. collectingground for zoologists, and the University of Malaya has a small laboratory there. Moreover, the general public of Singapore has been able, for the past three
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    Operating expenses for provident fund
    78 14 UNDER the recent amendment of the Employees' Provident Fund Ordinance "employers who have established approved provident funds will be required to make a payment to the Board for the Board's expenses of administration of these funds based on membership." The Board, not satisfied with the
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    poet warns Singapore Govt. of repercussions
    434 15 Mr. C (TOLD TO GO BY SUNDAY) SAYS: THIS IS AN INSULT TO ME, A GENIUS, AND INDIA' L\ MOKE, Fri.— dranath CliatIhyaya, reel Indian cdvand poet, warned the pore fiovernol "serious rcussions from highest level throwing me jid( red a sensk by '.he
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    FIRMS URGED: BE PUBLIC COMPANIES
    131 15 FIRMS URGED: BE PUBLIC COMPANIES SINGAPORE, Fri. The chairman of Fraser and Neave. Mr. Tan Chin Tuan. last night expressed the hope that more and more private companies would convert themselves into public companies to 'keep in step with the socialistic age." He said: "This will give a chance to
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    21 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. No casualties to the security forces or to the terrorists were reported in the Federation today.
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    Two boys cleared of extortion bid
    348 15 i SINGAPORE judge. Mr. J. F Me William, today m referred to the "lamentable state of affair* among schoolboys in Singapore" during the trial ol two boys accused of attempting to extort money irom another schoolboy on June 16 in the playground of St.
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    Talks on 14 demands
    54 15 SINGAPORE. Fri Representatives of the Singapore Shipwright Contractor*' Association and the Singapore Ship Cleaning Workers Union will meet on Monday to discuss the men's demand.for more pay and improved working conditions. The meeting follows the union's 14-day strike notice served on the association on Thursday in
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    Accused of murder
    54 15 SINGAPORE. Fri. Tang Gin Hoon. a barber, who Wiis originally accusfd of the attempted murder of Koh Boon Moh. a school teacher, had his charge amended today to one of murder. Koh. police said, had died since Tane: was first brought up in court on Wednesday. Koh
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    6 films banned
    31 15 SINGAPORE. Fri.— A total of 1.724 films was passed and Bis banned through censorship last year, reveals the 1957 annual report of the Board of Film Censors (Malaya).
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    VACCINE FOR HEALTH STAFF
    202 15 VACCINE FOR HEALTH STAFF OINGAPORE, Fri.— The polio immunisation team worked hard today to immunise the entire staff of the City Council Health Department and their families. Other groups such as nurses and police are also to be immunised. A number of bookings were made today for the team's mobile
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    Laker pegs them down, earns a tribute from even Grimmett
    712 16 Laker pegs them down, earns a tribute from even Grimmett JIM LAKER had outstanding success today on what is considered the most unsympathetic spinning pitch in Australia. Laker pinned the South Australian batsmen to their crease, his 17.3 overs of eight balls apiece costing only 31 runs and he took
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    ANOTHER TROPHY FOR CHAMPION HORSE
    58 16 MRS. E. LAIULAW THOMPSON, wife iif the Chairman of the SitiKapon* Turf Club, presents the "Horsi- of 1!».")7" trophy to .Mr. K. J. Tan. owner of Three Kincs. at the annual Racehorse Owners Association dinner on Thursday night. In the t-entre is Mr. \V. MaoGrenor
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    Anniversary
    28 16 LONDON: The Rugby Football Union will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Twickenham ground with a match between Combined EnglandWales and Scotland- Ireland on Oct. 17. 1959.
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    Jollilads 7-1
    33 16 SINGAPORE, Fri. Jollilads beat Geylant; United 7-1 in a friendly soccer match at Geylang yesterday. Nadara.iah <2>. Matnoor <2>, Ghani. Katoon and Salahudin scored for Jollilads, and Ha mid for Geylang.
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    Muar team lose
    22 16 SINGAPORE, Fri. Katong Boys Club beat Permuda Jaya, of Muaj. 4-1 in a friendly badminton match at S.Y.S.C. today.
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    28 16 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri Mersing Wanderers beat Johore Bahru District 2-0 i/i a friendly hockey maich on the Trade School ground here today. Pererra and Hamdan scored
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    166 16 Mil 1H AUSTRALIA Ist Inns 1 l-awll b 1 1 uenian 19 Stevens b Laker 38 Harris c Bailey b Laker 27 Lill c Swetntan I, Tyson 34 i Pinch c (iraveney b Laker 1 i Dansie run out 19 Martin b Tyson 0 Jarman r Gravrney b Laker
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    125 16 JYfIEI.BOURNE. Fri. TlurtyI lour horses four more than the startin- stalls can take remained in the Melbourne Cud when acceptances were declare .1 yesterday. Final acceptances for the twomile race on Tuesday are: Monte Carlo 9.06. Prince Dariua 9.06. Caranna 9.03. Pushover B.l'. Ycman 8.11. Ba> stone
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    256 16 TOII.W Xl (i«.KK: Poppy Day mauh: Civilians v Royal Navy, padana: iMh johore v R.E.M.E.. Johore Bahru; 61 Signals Unit H.A.F. v South Johore "B", Sembawang; Johore Bahru United v 3 8.0.D., J.B. English College ground: Adm Sig.\ Regiment v R.A.S.C.. Aver Rajah Road; R.A.F. Tengah
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    My Gold Cup choice is COUAG
    708 18 says EPSOM JEEP VEWLANDS STA--11 BLE'S Couag is my selection to win the premier event of the Malayan turf the $35,000 Singapore Gold Cup race over 1]- miles at Bukit Timah today. On the handicapping, this staying nve-year-old by Cagire II is one of
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    GOLD CUP FIELD
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    Only rain can stop Amusement Park
    535 18 Race One RUBBER PLANTER II came in for solid support over 6f. last week. She ran up to expectations but was outsmarted by Happy Life. She has only to step up on that form to beat a very moderate field. Ca&h Cheque has not
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    Today's Best Bets
    651 18 Going Good EPSOM JEEP'S best bets for to- day are Amusement Park (Race 5), Tobasco (Race 7) and Automation (Race 8). CALL BOY'S double is: Woodcote Lion (Race 3) and Peaceful King (Race 8). I RACE 4- 1.45 (Class l, Dlv. 2)— l' 4 Miles 1 *****
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