The Singapore Free Press, 29 September 1954

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    Masthead
    20 1 The Singapore Free Press I a ruest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. So. *****. Singapore, Wed.. Sept. 29, 1954. Price ISCte.
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    All Punjab is now 'calamity area'
    186 1 ITHE whole of Pakistan's Punjab Province has been declared a "calamity area" m floocis which have driven more than 300.000 people from their honies. Two of the province's four rivers, the Chenab, and the Ravi, overflowed their banks yesterday at several places, turning five
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    Lyttelton is fined
    37 1 VISCOUNT CHANDOS, formic rly Mr. Oliver Lyttelton •ihd until recently the Secret--01 State for the Colonies, (m, (i B 8 at Winchester. npshire, ve.sterdav for driv- car without due care. driving licence was endorsed.
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    $200 tontine robbery
    81 1 SAYS TRISHA-MAN A Singapore trisha rider, Baey Hup Soon, who described himself as a tontine head, said yesterday that he had been robbed of $200 tontine money. Baey said he put $200 m the boot of the trisha, and $124 m his pocket after collecting the money
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    RUBBER PRICE
    31 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning o n an uncertain tone with first grade, October shipment at 70 cents a pound sevensixteenth of B rent above yesterday's close.
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    Australia is ready 'to check Red tide'
    191 1 AUSTRALIA'S defence policy is to cooperate m repelling Communist aggression and maintaining the gap between Australia and "the present highwater mark of the southward flow of Communism," the Minister of Defence, Sir Philip Mcßride said m Canberra yesterday. Hfe te-W the' House of
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    Bombers doubled
    19 1 A second "Matador" squad- Will arrive In Germany to■'V to double the number of r ml- U.P.
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    It's that actress again
    62 1 It's that actress again V( TRESS Simona Silva, who attracted worldwide attention when she hared her breast at a European film festival, is being sought by Columbia Piclures for a film it was announced m Hollywood yesterday. Producer Al Petker said Columbia's Jerry Wald, was testing Miss Silva for (he
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    Postman loses his gems
    43 1 Singapore police are investigating a report by a Colony postman, that cloth and jewellery worth $2,160 had been stolen from his home m Geylan- Serai. Missing were four rings, seven gold bangles, a diamond ring and two gold necklaces.
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    2 FLY TO FREEDOM IN STOLEN PLANE
    120 1 2 FLY TO FREEDOM IN STOLEN PLANE TWO YOUNG Yugoslav airmen flew to Austria m a stolen plane yesterday to seek political asylum because they said the Yugoslav government refused to leu them emigrate to Australia. They said they worked as technicians at Maribor Yugoslavia, close to the Austrian frontier.
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    CHINAS FIRST
    23 1 China has built her first plane, "the beginning of a Chinese aircraft industry", the New China news agency announced yesterday. Reuter.
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    Duchess is back
    26 1 The Duchess of Kent and her daughter, Princess Alexandra, returned to London yesterday from their visit to Canada and the United States.— A.P.
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    Maiden voyage
    22 1 The newest P. and O. liner, the 29,600-ton Iberia .sailed from the Thames yesterday on her maiden voyage to Australia
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    INSULT TO CALCUTTA CHECK
    78 1 I^RIME Minister Nehru told the Indian Parliament yesterday that his government was losing into a report that a new British film gives a wrong impression of Calcutta. Nehru said he had a report that a "comic missionary character" m the film. "The Purple Plain", had referred
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    SIAM CONCERN AT RED PERIL
    211 1 Big infiltration plans gIAM warned the United Nations General Assembly m New York yesterday that a large-scale infiltration of the country was being prepared from Red China. Prince Wan Waithayakon, head of the Siamese delegation told the 60-nation Assembly: "My government has reason to believe
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    7th Fleet returns to Manila
    118 1 7th Fleet returns to Manila A DISPATCH from the U.S. Seventh Fleet received m San Diego, (California), naval base yesterday said that snips of the Fleet early this month moved into position to resist possible Chinese Communist invasion of Formosa, but have since returned to Manila. Planes from the U.
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    New members
    19 1 The International Monetary Fund yesterday voted to admit Afghanistan and the Republic of Korea to membership. U.P.
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    A GERMAN ARMY UNDER NATO IS BONN PLEDGE
    397 2 A GERMAN ARMY UNDER NATO IS BONN PLEDGE /CHANCELLOR DR. ADENAUER declared at the y morning session Of the nine-power London conference yesterday, that West Germany would undertake to put all her military forces under the Atlantic Pact's Supreme European Command He said the Federal Republic was willing to give
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    He's now adopted father to 1,000
    111 2 He's now adopted father to 1,000 fHE new Commissioner for Malaya m Britain, Inche Othman bin Mohamed, said m London last night that his principal task will i>e the welfare of the students. "There are more than 1,000 Malayan students scattered all over the country and also m Ireland", he
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    Miss Vanderbilt to act in TV
    84 2 GLORIA Vanderbilt will make her television debut on October 18 the National Broadcasting Company of New York announced yesterday. Gloria, the wife of Leopold Stowkowski, the symphony orchestra conductor, made her acting debut last summer. The 90-minute colour telecast will star Ginger Rogers, who
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    BABY GIRL HAS TWO HEADS
    78 2 A two -headed baby «irl was born at (idtde da Praia. (Cape Verde Island) on September (i. and is still "doing well." The baby has two hearts. two necks, and two spinal columns joined half way down. The rest of the body ippoars normal. Kadi
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    BANK CASHIER SCARES OFF ROBBER
    69 2 BANK CASHIER SCARES OFF ROBBER J± BANK robber m Zmullica Hill New Jersey, fled without any loot yesterday when the cashier warned him: "You'd better get out of here before you get hurt." The cashier at the Farms National Bank, 52 year-old Arthur E. Duffield, then dived under a counter
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    POTATO JOB WAS HIGH TREASON-TO THE REDS
    123 2 POTATO JOB WAS HIGH TREASON -TO THE REDS /CZECHOSLOVAKIA has sentenced a botanist to 20 Kj years' imprisonment for high treason and sabotage, including breeding and distributing potato bugs. I The conviction of Cestmlr Novacek, a member of the National Committee for the district of Horazdovice, was reported m a
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    Commonwealth to get loans: Butler
    173 2 MR. R. A. BUTLER, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, said m Washington yesterday the United Kingdom was so constructing its economic policy that it could continue to invest substantially overseas, particularly m the Commonwealth. Mr. Butler was outlining a statement prepared for a discussion on
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    'Neutralist' nations should be in SEATO
    107 2 'Neutralist' nations should be in SEATO JOSE P. ROMERO, former Philippines Ambassador to Great Britain, said m Washington on Monday that Japan. South Korea, and Nationalist China should be asked to join the South East Asia Treaty Organisation. Mr. Romero, said he believed some of the "neutralist" nations of South
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    The PBI will always be there
    156 2 CIIIEF lesson of the NATO exercise 'Battle Royal" was that "the new atomic weapons do not eliminate the need for good armies (the PBI) and good air forces," General Sir Kit-hard Gale, Northern Army Group Commander said yesterday Sennelager. West Germany. Nine atomic weapons
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    NEW SEX LAWS TO CURB YOUTH IN N. ZEALAND
    120 3 NEW SEX LAWS TO CURB YOUTH IN N. ZEALAND Check on crime, horror tales TiHREE bills designed to curb sexual laxity among A juveniles m New Zealand were given a second reading before the House of Representatives at Wellington last night. This means the sweeping new measures are virtually law.
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    PERTH'OUT' FOR BOAC AIRLINERS
    116 3 PERTH 'OUT' FOR BOAC AIRLINERS AUSTRALIA'S Minister of A civil Aviation Mr. Athol a Vv said yesterday there would be "complications" if British Overseas Airways CorDoration airliners entered ;tralia through Perth Instead Of Darwin. Replying to a question m the H »use of Representatives m Canberra, the Minister said BOAC
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    The Queen honours Windrush
    100 3 The Queen honours Windrush FOUR members of the crew of the troopship Empire Windrush which burned and sank m the Mediterranean off Algiers last March have been honoured by the Queen. Chief Officer Stephen G. Robinson, duty officer, when the fire broke out becomes a Member of the British Empire
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    Israeli ship seized in Suez Canal
    229 3 an ISRAELI cargo ship, the 500-ton Bat Galim, A yesterday tried to force its way through the Suez Canal m defiance of the Egyptians but was seized at the point where the Canal meets the Red Sea. Observers m Jerusalem regarded this first Israeli
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    Blow-up death count is 29
    69 3 pHE official death toll of last Thursday's Jet fuel tank non near Bitburg. Gemn mv i now 29 instead of :*2 ,r viouslv believed Officials said they had no feporta of people mis.sin». j bo(Ii v s seen from 8 Army helicopter and re- I
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    Classrooms
    27 3 O FDOOR clajwroomi on designed for education by flimj to weae of the Phiiip- and other Asian and n American countries previewed m Washington y ateraay,
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    Honour for Primate
    33 3 Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Mr. Alan Paton, South African author of Cry, the Beloved Country," yesterday had honorary doctorates conferred on them by Yale University. Reuter
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    Visit to Canada
    20 3 Viscount Swinton, Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, will leave London tomorrow on a three-week visit to Canada. Reuter.
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    on wheels
    38 3 The first of 24 van-type classrooms to be .shipped tl the Philippine.^ WM unveiled Additional units are scheduled for delivery to Pakistan Thailand, Indo-cnina, Iran and Chile. Some are already are to .service m Iraq A.P.
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    SHIP REPAIR WORK AT STANDSTILL
    124 3 SHIP REPAIR WORK AT STANDSTILL LEADERS of 3,000 workers yesterday brought ship repair work m the London area to a standstill by joining a strike m which 5.000 men already are involved. The union chiefs, representing members of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions took this decision yesterday The
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    THEIR ABSENCE MAKES PENALTY GROW MORE
    104 3 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER yesterday substantially increased the punishment for members of the U.S. armed forces absent without leave. Most penalties were doubled by executive order, and circumstances for granting dishonourable discharges were widened. Asked whether the tougher policy toward service personnel was caused by an
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    Rail smash death toll now 73
    81 3 Rail smash death toll now 73 HPHE known death toll m India's worst railroad disaster reached 73 yesterday as rescue workers continued to pull bodies from the flooded river 50 miles from Hyderabad, where the smash occurred Unofficial estimates of the dead, however, put the figure at more than 100.
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNLSDAY, Sept. 29. 1954 Opinion The colony police
    361 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNLS DAY, Sept. 29. 1954 Opinion The colony police Citizens who may have feared that the crime situation m Singapore has been getting out of hand can take heart from the latest statement by the Police Chief. Fresh from a well-earned holiIday overseas, during which he
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    These died in bed
    42 4 Died naturally. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov- Lenin losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili-Stalin Yakov Mikhailovich Nakhamkes-Sverdluv Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin Valerian Vladimirovich Kuybyshev Mrigory Konstantinovieh Ord/onikidz c Andrey Aleksandrovich Zhdanov Dropped from full membership Audrey Andreyevich Andreyev Aleksey Nikolayevich Kosyghin Nikolay Mikhailovich Shvernik
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    Iney Can never Rest
    734 4 Alive or dead a Russian leader is likely to be 'eliminated', says KM. SMOGORZEWSK WHEN Stalin died the Kremlin announced that a Pantheon would be built m Moscow as "a memorial to the eternal glory of the great men of the Soviet fatherland." Prizes were offered
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      46 4 Finer Rings at j SENA *S I I The selection of rings always to be seen at Sena s expresses the high degree of skill and artistry employed < m the creation of all their H. SENA limitid c HICH CLASS JEWELLERS I Singapore, Penang, Bangkok. C
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    ACCIDENT AT SCHOOL DANGER SPOT
    214 5 Police to consider call for Zebra A 10-YEAR-OLD pupil of the Chinese Industrial and Commercial Continuation School at Outram Road was knocked down by a vehicle last Monday and taken j unconscious to hospital. The accident occurred at the same spot where the school authorities
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    Party off
    37 5 i( TAIPiNG, Wed As rnya Srivisar. Rotary Governor I district. 46, has returned to on urgent business. j™ tea party arranged by the JPing Rotary Club In his ";"r oj Thursday has been 1 u^tponed.
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    1,500 sit far 150 places in police
    107 5 SOME of the 1.500 boys who have applied to fill 150 vacancies m the constabulary of the Singapore Police Force, take their entrance exam at the Police Training School. Although the minimum qualification is a pass m the Seventh Standard of an English
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    School debate
    28 5 TAIPING. Wed. Middle school students of the Hua Lian High School will hold a debate m English on Saturday on whether "health is better than wealth."
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    plan to so ahead
    124 5 THE City Council will go ahead with its plan to tlouridate Singapore's water supply despite Governments refusal to pay $100,000 a year towards the expense. The Council's finance and general purposes committee has agreed that the scheme be introduced as a preventive health measure. Earlier it
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    Indians see a 'White Elephant'
    117 5 KLANG, Wed. rE Land Settlement Board is a "White Elephant" as far as the Indian workers m the Banting district are concerned, said Mr. Daniel Jayaratnam. president of the Banting branch of the Malayan Indian Congress. He told the Free Press yesterday that 60 acres
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    Keep those buds here, she urges
    90 5 KUANTAN, Wed. 'HE Mahimon Harun will ask I the Pahang state Council ting tomorrow why budded •ber from Pahang estates I? ing sent to Africa when Iholdera m the state need > tadly. Che Mahimon says budded r is needed for opening i a
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    SATA carnival
    20 5 SAT A carnival Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association will hold a carnival at the Great World from 4 p.m to midnight tomorrow
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    VILLAGER HAD RICE HOARD
    88 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Security forces searched Kota Kechil new village m the Kota I'inggi area on Sept. 16 after an mbush when two terrorists, atemptlng to collect supplies, vere shot dead at the perimeter gate. In one house they found that the owner. Wong Kong Nam,
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    The charge: Unfairness to Klang
    138 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rftHE committee of the Selangor Youth Council wil hear a complaint at Its nexl meeting about the way it organised the reception for World Assembly of Youth delegates. Inche Wan Mahmud, chairman of the Klang District Youth Council, said at a recent
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    Well done 2/7, says Bourne
    49 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Director of Operations Lieut.den. Sir Geoffrey Bourne today lent a message Of congratulation to the 2/7 Gurkha Rifles A'ho killed three terrorists In 3elangor. "Well done. 2/7. once again. 100 per cent shooting is what is wanted." says the message.
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    CHURCH JUMBLE SALE TO AID FAMILY PLANNING
    80 5 A gala jumble sale will be held on Friday at the Presbyterian Church m Orchard Road from 10 a.m. to noon, m aid of the Family Planning Association. The organisers said today there would be a large selection of cheong sams, sarins, summer
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    596 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR LJORN today, you have an exceptionally strong uil! Positive m what you want and i aggressive m getting it, you E will let no one stand m your r way. Just make sure that what s you are lighting for is well worth the battle. Save your
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    It's up to the pilot
    83 6 America's newest Jet flght-er-bombers can stay UP as long as the pilot can stay awake, according to Mr. Munfiy I. Peale, president ol R« public a lation Corp. wh< re swept-whig F-84F Thunderstreaks are being mass-produc-ed for delivery to the us. and Allied Air Forces.
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      242 6 r^rj^ ]B B> BM vJ B I If m. TM BS V» ssfts VJ B VI 81 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I^SmKSCSKI^mWSt^L^a rmio TO PlAy HFftO ACCOMPL»9Hf 0 I yOUR VW. S ARI ;^^BbtTt r U^ J WITH All BARI Sk BLINDFO^DiNC fN( 'J v* j; krOGfcT
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    ONE-TEST-FOR-ALL SCHOOLS PROTEST
    253 7 CHRISTIAN MISSION IN STORE STAND FIRM rpHE Federation Govern--1 ment could not fairly i jcpect Christian mission schools to accept standardized tests, an educationalist said m Singapore yest( rday. To take away their independence m the matter of examinations, he pointed out. take away their right to
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    Dagger man gaoled
    54 7 ENANG, Wed.— For possessing a dagger m Chulia street. 1 Wah Choon, 23, was -d to one month's gaol yesterday. Chin .said h e bought the dagger recently to cut fruits. rnree detectives on their round at Chulia Street on Sept. > joand tne dagger m Chin's
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    Lady Loewen to open fair
    46 7 ri h C General Sir tarhs Lo-wen, will open the Andrew's Fun Fair on a n d i ay f& tne Cathedral t rounds The fair, m aid of 1 Cathedral fund, will be ,rl irom 2.30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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    NEW RESERVOIR BILL AWAITS COUNCIL O.K.
    97 7 j^NGAPORE city Council's proposed service reservoir W be built at Jalan Eunog next y°ar will cost about $1,300,000 tt win store five million galtom of water. Two council committee have agreed to the estimated costs, and the full council on Thursday will be asked
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    JUDITH WAS JUST TOO YOUNG
    137 7 MISS JUDITH SHABABOO, Singapore student teacher, under-going a test at the Blood Transfusion Centre at the General Hofepital, yesterday. Miss Shababoo passed the test but was told she was under-age and had to be rejected. She is 17 years old— one year below the minimum
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    229 normal-class teachers graduate next week
    186 7 NEXT WEEK 229 teachers will receive their normal class certificates on the commemoration day of the Singapore Teachers' Training College, at the Methodist Girls' School, Mount Sophia. This will bring the total of the college normal-trained to 832, representing a yearly rate of some
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    Annual meeting
    24 7 MALACCA, Wed.— The Straits Chinese British Association will hold its anual meeting at the association's premises at 3 p.m on Oct. 9.
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    Muslim court
    21 7 BATU GAJAH, Wed. A new court and quarters for the Kathi is being built near the Malay Mosque here.
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    Fees for poultry cages to be varied
    159 7 Fees for poultry cages to be varied SINGAPORE City councillors are expected to approve tomorrow reduction of poultry cage licence fees m some of the smaller markets, and increase of the fees m some others. If the Council gives its approval the fee for hire of units of six cages
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    Youth for observation
    53 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Lee Mun, alias Ah Hoy, alias I Meng Kai, accused at Kuala Lumpur yesterday of robbing Wong Kam Thin of cash and valuables, worth 5250, on July 19 m Circular Road, was sent to the hospital for observation, Lee Mun is 17. The case
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    NEVER A DULL MOMENT City Day celebration
    232 8 NEVER A DULL MOMENT City Day celebration at I natures DV NEVER a dull moment aptly described the variety show staged on the steps of the City Council building m celebration of the third anniversary of City Day. The programme consisted of 18 items, nicely balanced, with familial singers, dancers
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    BRITONS the most musical
    315 10 BRITONS the most musical V r O people m the world are as ap- preciative of the esta- blished works and the new works of music as the British. This is the opinion of j the man who, above all z others, should know: Sir z Malcolm Sargent. Recently 2
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    He collects old dolls
    104 10 ONE of the oddest collections anywhere today is at the home of Henri Heraut. a Persian painter m Paris. Heraut lives behind the Gare Montparnasse m a studio full of fascinating Junk where nailed to tho walls, are scores of broken dolls. He has been picking
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    Revolt in Russia
    565 10 A German journalist reports on a clash between secret oolice and miner-prisoners THE forced iaoour camp of the "town" of Vorkuta, consists almost entirely of what are known as "regiments" of political prisoners. In Vorkuta there are also ordinary concentration camps into which are thrust common felons
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    BY THE WAY
    465 10 A BRASS BAND had to retire from a competition the other day, when it was discovered that it had been rehearsing the wrong test-piece for three months. There was once a man who took lessons in conjuring, in order to be able to amuse people. One day
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    FROM 'METRO' TO MUSEUM
    66 10 The old Paris Metro is a last turning into i museum. Passengers at tin Opera station now spend tin time between trains gazing a a series of show cases contain ing some of the treasures fron a dozen French museums. Specimens of rare orienta porcelain are
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      52 10 ARTIE'S HEADLINE And then you're xouig to have a spot of trouble with a rival union I off efvif #fOfff> Your SMALL ADS. io Singapore 2800 Iti. 108 wmMtk W&iM k. 19 BP^^^^^^P i :^m\^&:-^y^:i:^m\ WKm^ T&& '^?TOs&jtf^H WM$&-X&ml&s>&ml r mmmw^t ¥w\ BfPtl^ll 4&^^^^^^^H^^^^^^^Bli This is a STRAITS TIMES Classified
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    Indonesia: a grave mistake'
    310 11 MacARTHUR WANTED TO TAKE OVER pENERAL Douglas U Mac Arthur considers it one of the "grave mistakes'* of World War II that his fortes were not permitted to recapture all of the Netherlands East Indies from the Japanese. ins disclosure w a S maif c by
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    One man's PET is another man's PARASITE
    807 11  - One man's PET is another man's PARASITE DONALD McCORMICK By 4 SINGLE, almost un pronounceable wore is causing a deal o argument m Britain to day. Myxomatosis— that i, the name. It i s makini some good oeople ho under the collar. Other: claim it is the mos beneficial disease
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    Myxomatosis, rabbit scourge
    74 11 M. Moulinard of Beaune les mines, France is vaccinating E 100 rabbits a day against 8 myxomatosis which is killing off every rabbit m France. E His wife helps. It is not E known yet whether the treat- 8 ment is effective. Left: The E rabbit as
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      128 11 DO YOU KNOW? 1 What and where is Way land s Smithy? 2, m which of Shakespeare's plays do wo h< ar ol :>. what is meant by the musical direction "Pizzicato" 9 Who said: "George, be a kin-!"' V What pet animal do you recognis* 111 ;j cavy? ii'
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    TV poses new problems in etiquette
    983 12  - TV poses n e w problems in etiquette KAY MURRAY How would you deal with an unexpected guest who arrives just as the family is settling down to Its favourite programme h VOW that television has become a national habit it's providing the hostess with a new set ot etiquette
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    Bridge Hand
    434 12 Both vulnerable North-South 4 0 on score East dealer NORTH 4% J 7 V Q 10 2 0 A 9 7 fi *s3 2 r WEST RAST Q 10 4 2 A X <? J 4 V X 9 8 7 3 0 JlO 5 4 OKQ2 Q
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    AUTUMN BERET
    32 12 photo. "White Domino,' a forward beret with contrasting black feathers, was shown in the preview of autumn styles of the Millinery Distributors' Association at the Mayfair Hotel. London.- Re uter
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    No more headless corpses in the sewers
    418 13  -  GEORGE McARTHUR hy •jSiK MILES of dark and twisting underground passageways that make up the sewers of Is provide an unequalled setting for black and anti-social crimes ii v headless corpses no longer clog the drains and a ny phantoms" down there must
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    GOOSE GIRL
    37 13 picture. Novel version of the goose that laid the golden eggs makes this 1954 wicker handbag for mm star Adnenne Corn. Real goose feathers form the tail but the eggs are wooden not srolden. Reuter
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    Treasure hunters
    175 13 j «Kn (lirv will soon be having on treasure hunts throughivith iii r eV i en S('as• Br '»n- and Peter. 10. must carry on |h v lessons from their mother, Mrs. L, Kawcleti. as nun <hecks over equipment with the diver of the k,. ,V F OUlman,
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    Is the human race too quickly?
    362 13  -  WARREN BENNETT by I HUMAN race is A growing faster than ever before. Maybe too fast, scientists say, for its own good. Population is increasing at the unprecedented rate of j 25.000.000 a year, which would double the world's present population of 2.500,000.000 m
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    growing
    84 13 key, French North Africa, Greece, Italy and West, Germany. The rate of natural increase (births over deaths per 1,000 population) shows how any given country i s increasing irrespective of immigration or emigration. A recent U.N. report, "The determinants and consequences of population trends," declares that the greatest population
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    Buying soccer men is costly
    466 14  -  ARCHIE QUICK By WHAT a gamble buying a footballer is! Readini F(\ arc not a rich club, but they invested I goodly sum m obtaining Bobby Campbell, the Scotti.si International, from Chelsea. That was just a montl ago. Before he could play a game for
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    -AND THEY CALL THEM JUNIORS!
    332 14 -AND THEY CALL THEM JUNIORS! hundred and one years. That is the age total of a team of "juniors." The men are bowlers, members, of the Ward End Social Club m the Warwickshire and Worcestershire Association. Eldest of the seven of them is 79. and the "baby'" is 68. Average
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    YUGOSLAVIA BEAT WALES
    46 14 Though tackled by Welsh left back Sherwood. Yugoslavia's inside-right Zocic (on ground extreme left) gets away a shot that has goalkeeper Kelsey worried m the international match at Cardiff. Running m at left is Bowen, left half for Wales. The Yugoslavs won 3-1.
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    KILLED IN CYCLE RACE
    46 14 POLAND Jacquest, a 23-year-old Swiss rider who was injured In he tour of Europe cycling race, died /ester day. Jacquet received concussion, jtoken ribs and internal injuries m i collision with a car just before the Mid of the sixth stage.- Reuter.
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    11-0 WIN FOR NEW RUGGER TEAM
    48 14 Attacking for most Of the game. Kuala Lumpur Garrison Wanderers. i newly formed rugger xv. registered their first win when beating Royal Army Service Corps by n points (goal, dopgoal and try i to nil on HQ Malaya ground, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday.
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    GAP HILL CLIMB OCTOBER 24
    207 14 GAP HILL CLIMB OCTOBER 24 rpHE Singapore Motoi i club is holding a Hill Climb over the Gap roaii on October lA. It start* at 9 a.m. Bntriej must be m the handfi «>l the Secretary of tin Meeting not later than Octobei 9 Late Entries will be accepted up
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    TEST FOR BRITISH BOXERS
    152 14  - TEST FOR BRITISH BOXERS GEORGE WHITING By LONDON cruiser-weight Ron Barton and Lancashire middle-weight Pat McAteer, two of the brightest of Britain's young professional boxing hopes, are to be tested by French opponents at Harringay on October 19. Barton, unbeaten m 10 contests and a recent points winner over Brian
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    RING RATINGS
    187 14 THE STEADY rorward march of boxers from outside the Unite.l States, and the decline of American fighters, is reflected today m the latest ratings which show half of the 80 contenders are non-Americans according to the latest Ring magazine ratings. The latest rankings: Heavyweight (Champion Rocky Marciano, Brockton,
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    Scrum-halves must be more careful
    244 14 By A Special Correspondent REPRESENTATIVES of the Home Countries and referees on the international panel met a few days ago to discuss the amendments to the Rugby Laws and arrive at a uniform interpretation. The need for such a conference way vital. From conversations I
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    REX LAYNE WINS IN 5
    155 14 ITEAVYWEIGHT Rex Layne last night climbed another notch on the comeback ladder with a fifth round knockout over German Hans Freiderich at Salt Lake City. Utah. Layne, who weighed m at 206 rb. finished oft" his unpolished opponent m 1:58 of the fifth. Freiderich. at
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    RECS A' BEAT RAF CHANGI
    47 14 Singapore Recreation Club A' beat RAF Cbangi 2-0 m a Div. 5 league hockey fixture on the padang yesterday. Recs. who have now won botJ] their games m Div. 2. scored a goal m each half, through Me:\v Rozario and Peter Blazty.
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    REF. STOPS BOUT
    108 14 Spaniard Augu.stin Argote, 144\ stopped Darby Brown, 147 lb. ir c fourth round of a 12-round bout Sydney Stadium last night. Brown was knocked down thief nes m the second round. The releree stopped the fight m c fourth round to save Brown from it her punishment.
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    SOC ATTACK OFF TARGET
    160 15 GHQ 2; SCC 1. r j r Singapore Cricket Club 1 forwards were off target on the pa dang yesterday. GHQ were deserving winners of this! SHA Div 1 League hockey match. In a steady drizzle, GHQi held the initiative throughout' and would have won by
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    SCOTS WIN 5-1
    27 15 ILM ARNOC K. the Scottish L^gue soccer team, defeated »»arta* of Prague (Czechoslovakia) flnnrfb„u, fl i iendl y match played by floodlights IftJrt rUcrht
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    M. RUGBY UNION
    15 15 lfl r£ T !(,^hire 11 BritLsh Police Ives 3 Bath 5. Reuter
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    CHARITY MATCH
    45 15 picture. gjj > <<>ng, Sclangor Chinese Recreation Club invitation "i captain, receiving a cup from the Sultan of Selangor i vi c Princes Road Stadium on Sunday evening. S.C.R.C. a Tamilian Physical Culture Association invitation team m a Red Cross Charity match. Free Press
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    ARMY WILL BE STRONG
    397 15 2nd rugby trial m Mm m» reveals stars By A Special Correspondent probables 30; Possibles 0. (three goals and five tries to nil) i\ THE second Army rugby trial of the season, played I it the K.A.S.C. ground, Ayer Rajah Road, on Monday, the Army showed
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    THE LIKELY ARMY XV
    79 15 r fUE Army's first fixture is against the Royal Air Force on October 4. Judging by Monday's trial the likely Army team is: Maj Fairman (R. Sigs); Lieut Attoe (RA), 2 Lieut Stratford (RE), Cpl Colquitt (REME), S/Sgt Lillington (REME); Sgmn Wood (R. Sigs), Cpl Payne
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    ALL BLUES MATERIAL ON DISPLAY
    456 15 ALL BLUES MATERIAL ON DISPLAY Saints 29 (four goals, three tries); Young Malayans 0 DEFYING the wet conditions the Saint Andrew's Old Boys' Association XV made good use of a speedy threequarter line m beating the Young Malayans yesterday at Woodsville. Their opponents were besieged m their own half throughout
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    INDONESIANS GIVE AWAY 2-GOAL LEAD
    223 15 INDONESIANS GIVE AWAY 2-GOAL LEAD Europeans 3 Indonesians 2 INDONESIANS were leading 2-0 after the first foui minutes. Then they foiled then own Community Leagui chances by giving away tw< unnecessary penalties Weather conditions were ba< and spectators just abou equalled the players m num I ber. But they didn't
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    Marathon winner
    58 15 picture. Private J. H. Mizzi of the Royal Army Pay Corps proudly poses with his trophies. He won the Kuala Lumpur to Klang Marathon, organised by the Mercury Athletic Club, m the new record time of 3 hours, 9 minutes and 12 seconds. The old record held by
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    NEW GOLD VASE HORSES OUT FOR TESTS
    336 16 NEW GOLD VASE HORSES OUT FOR TESTS Barakat timed over 3 f 1 rye Press Course Correspondent JJEW horses entered lor the Perak Turi Club's (Jold Vase meeting were out lor barrier tests on the Ipoh racecourse this morning. Celerity (Donnelly), Lieveling (Tait), Asmara (Leong), Stream Song (Mawi) and Flying
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    Boon Leong will meet The Wizard
    350 16 Boon Leong will meet The Wizard established m a comfortabl< hotel. The two Malayans havt their first soccer date fixed foi next Monday when they star* i a four weeks coaching cours* at the London County Counei i College of Physical Education The course, run by the English Football Association,
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    76 16 pictnre. Chia Boon Leong and E. C. Dutton, Malaya's two most popular footballers were yesterday entertained to a farewell luncheon by Fraser and Neave <£• Coca Cola Ltd organisers of the 'Most Popular Footballer competition. They left Singapore by BOAC this morning. Picture shows 'From left to right): Mr. M.
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    Cohen praises Asian sport
    58 16 ROBERT Cohen of France, tin new world bantamweight cham pion, said m Calcutta yesterday thai sport In the East was of a far'.supeiior standard than the West gen--01 ally supposed. Cohen, fresh from winning the world title— he beat, Chamroern SongKitrat of Thailand recently— was passing
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