Singapore Standard, 19 October 1954

Microfilm: NL4526
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    19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD WEREWRW zfc m sl Vol. V. No. 108. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 15 CENTS.
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    $100-A-DAY (Quick-Quiz) CONTEST RESULT
    87 1 $100-A-DAY (Quick-Quiz) CONTEST RESULT S. Ahmad of the Office, Johore inner of the Quick-quiz Con--78. >100 will be jn. were Gypsy world's foreI of the strlp- assistant. Miss a show girl. are: IRLO SPORT \1 1 KP KOOI WATt II a connection Mils advertlse•nments: This the itch watermakes an Ideal
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    MacD Sees Boyd Today
    30 1 LON 18. <Reuter) m Mac Donald. Gen m flh back to Tl has m aph the Colonial Alan Lennox nts at a tea 5 -'i Hali.
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    R.K. Tandon Takes Over
    23 1 n Tandon, 8 'cretary remission m appointed :n M.i- unced m Mr M. Gopala 7 now India's m Nairobi.
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    BODY IN SEA
    18 1 ORE Police early B recovered the n;dentlfi"d male was fourd float--1 a off the Espla-
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    Stop Press
    19 1 LONDON, Oct. 18 (Rev- Delegates repre■'n 'ng London's 21.000 inking busmen today reCommoncied return to work Wednesday.
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    Ration Cards To Go After Nov. 13
    162 1 THE Singapore Government yesterday announced that nee rationing will be completely abolished as from Nov. 13. hT. 16 v. ann ouncement said that the official rationing orders will be cancelled a£d ration cards will not ho needed after that da™ Government which has
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    Strike Spreads To Liverpool & Birkenhead
    179 1 Strike Spreads To Liverpool Birkenhead LONDON. Oct. 18— More than 10,000 dockers m the twin north western port of Liverpool and Birkenhead stopped work today m sympathy with striking London dockworkers. Liverpool's five miles of docks were at a near standstill, with the majority of the port's 183 vessels deserted
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    Queen Ot Strippers Judges Standard Contest
    51 1 Queen Ot Strippers Judges Standard Contest GYPSY ROSE LEE (left) and showgirl Joan Johns look over the entries for the Standard Quick-Quiz contest which they judged yesterday. Between them is Eric, son of the famous American strip teaser, who m privcte life is Mrs. R. de Biego. S tandorc'-ir.ho to.
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    Airways Staff Aids Fund
    65 1 Airways Staff Aids Fund WITH another $74.77 received yesterday, The Standard Christmas Toy Fund now stands at 51. 8*38.89. Biggest donation came from the Local Employees Union and Staff of Qantas Airways, Singapore, who sent m 544.77. The Standard gratefully acknowledges the following donations: Previously acknowledged $1,764.12 Local Employees Union
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    Mao's Fleet At Chusan
    51 1 TAIPEI. Oct. 18 'AFP) Chinese Nationalist military intelligence sources disc 1 here today that a formidable Communist fleet was now massed at Chusan. 90 miles north of Tachen. apparently for invasion purposes. They claimed that the fleet was compos :d of both Chinese and Russian naval
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    MADAME CHIANG
    18 1 MADAME Chiang Kaishek left San Francisco yesterday by air to rejoin her husband m Formosa. UP
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    Daring 'Commando' Raid Ends Up In 8 Arrests
    133 1 OMAGH, N. Ireland, Oct. 18 (Reuter) A daring 'Commando" raid was carried out before dawn this morning on a British Army barracks near here by 26 men with blackened faces, armed with submachine guns, revolvers and kni% Five soldiers of th^ Royal
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    Terrorists Murder 4 Specials
    313 1 Terrorists Murder 4 Specials v^^^^M«_______MHW___________ n B vv Outlying Police Post Is O verrun AND ESCAPE WITH 11 GUNS PONTIAN Mon.-Four Special Constables were killed and seven others wounded when Communist terrorists attacked an outlying police post at Chuan Seng Estate m the Pontian area of Johore, early this morning
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    Nehru Gets A Big Hand In Hankow
    93 1 HONGKONG. Oct. 18, (Reuter)—Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, arrived at Hankow from Canton late this afternoon for an overnight stop on his way to Peking, the Chinese Radio reported tonight. The Chinese language broadcast monitored here said 10.000 people welcomed Mr.
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    Chaplin Aids Old People
    59 1 LONDON. Oct. 18 <AFP> Charlie Chaplin today contributed a cheque for £2,000 to the Mayor of Lambeth m London for aid to the needy old people m the Borough where he was born. The money originally came from Chaplin's "peace prize awarded to him by the
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    Planes Hit In Midair
    32 1 TAIPEI, Oct. 18 (Reuter) Two Chinese Nationalist Air Force fighter aircraft crashed after colliding m midair over Chiayi m Central Formosa today, a civil airlines source reported here.
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    NASSER SPEAKS
    177 1 Tr.rfimony Of vfre Revolution WHAT kind of man is JJ Egypt's ruler with whom Britain has just concluded _L__ lew1 ew Suez agreement? nnat is his outlook on his own country and the world outside? How does his mind work and how were the ideas formed which impelled
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    TWO FAMOUS AUTHORS JOIN NANYANG STAFF
    207 1 Dr.Hsiung And Han Suyin TWO famed authors, a man and a woman, have joined the staff of Singapore's Nanyang University. They are Br. 11. I. Hsiung author of the play y Precious Stream." wrio flew into Colony yesterday from London to take the post
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    MadamePandit
    19 1 Madame Pandit MADAME Vljaya Lakshiml Pandit was received m audience yesterday afternoon by Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako. UP
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    $300,000 GOES TO PORK SELLER
    243 1 $300,000 GOES TO PORK SELLER MALACCA, Mon The $300,000 first prize of the 24th Social Welfare Lottery went to a humble pork-seller m Kulai. But it was business as usual for him today after he was told of the windfall "I will carry on the business. I have no immediate
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    NEW LAWYER
    28 1 MR. Charlie Foo Chee Tung was admitted to the Singapore Bar by Mr. Justice Whitton m the High Court yesterday. Mr. David Marshall supported the petition
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    Election Riots Kill 23
    76 1 Election Riots Kill 23 DAMASCUS. Oct. 18 (Reuten Twenty-three people were killed and 300 wounded m election day riots m Jordan on Saturday, according tj reports reaching here from Amman today. The reports said over 100 people were arrested. Most of them were young men accused of instigating the demonstrations.
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    HEAD PLEDGES AID AFTER INDEPENDENCE
    414 2 Points A Warning Finger At Red Threat In North KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Britain is determined to protect Malaya from internal or external Communist aggression now and m the future. War Minister hAr. Antony Head declared here tonight. -i Calling Malayans to face the "vital challenge
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    OPERATION 'KEY' IS LAUNCHED
    146 2 OPERATION 'KEY' IS LAUNCHED SEREMBAN. Mon.— Operation "Key." an all-out effort to stop foodstuffs from going to the bandits, was launched here this morning. A cordon consisting of police. military and members of the public will work together to prevent any leakage. Early today Auster planes flying over the town
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    MEMORIAL
    40 2 SAX FRANCISCO. Oct. 18, (UP)— The San Francisco chapter of the Tsung Tsin Association held memorial services today for Aw Boon Haw, internationally known Chinese millionaire and philanthropist who died on Sept. 4 m Honolulu. An estimated 100 members
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    Admitted To Penang Bar
    94 2 PEXAXG. Mon. A former pupil of the Penang Free School who went to Melbourne University to study Art la 1949. then went to England to take up law m 1951, was ad- mitted to the Penang Bar, on the application of Mr. Ong Huck Lim m
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    Contractor Acquitted
    39 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Thirty-five-year-old Thiam Kirn Siong. an army contractor acquitted and discharged to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions court today when the prosecution withdrew two charge cheating the Malay Regiment of $742 m overcharging for boot repairs.
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    SERVICES FOR AW
    97 2 of the local unit of the wo; organization heard the hour-long rites which included an enumeration of Aw Boon Haw's 72 fabulous years as the «jj_/j *y B m King of the OneTCJf > isher and donor of"ff^^ lion.; to the betterment od his people. The San
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    Joy Of Fulfilment
    23 2 photo. JOY of fulfilment of a vow. lights the face of this devotee as he saunters across Jive embers Standard
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    64 Devotees Walk On Live Embers
    248 2 64 Devotees Walk On Live Embers UNDER a broiling sun and m an atmosphere made heacy by more than 5.000 people, burning coal and the smell of incense. 64 Hindu devotees walked on live embers yesterday at the Mariamman Temple. South Bridge Road, Singapore. Some stolidly, some stoically and some
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    10-DAY FAIR
    41 2 P___NANG. Mon —The Chong Teik Chin* Ba.ik ail, which was recent Ly completed, will hold a ten-day-fun fair from Oct 26 m aid of its building fund. Mr. Oh Soon Eng of Bayan Lepas will declare the fair open
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    Floods Claim Another Two Lives
    115 2 IPOH. Mon— Flood waters i here claimed another two bringing the number of drowning tragedies to four during 48 hour s beginning on :rday. Two Indian schoolboys have already been reported drowned m the" Sungei Pari River here, on Saturday afternoon. Yesterday, a 19-year-old cob-
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    Wives Cautious About Free Rice
    174 2 Wives Cautious About Free Rice SINGAPORE house cautiously enthusiastic about the Government anannouncement yesterday that rice rationing will be completely abolished from Nov. 13 and that rice card.will not be needed after that date. Here are some of their viMi v Tan Chin Tuun, who had t returned from Eng-
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    He Escaped From Police
    58 2 PENANG, Mon.— A middleaged man Ng Shu Kwang, who pleaded guilty to escaping from Police custody at the Magistrate's Court on Jan. 14, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment by Group Capt G V.. Howard today. After, th e Court was told that Ng was serving
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    Dato Onn Takes Over Negara Post
    214 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Dato Sir Onn bin la'if Federal Member for Home Affairs. \yttultl Secretary-General of the Partx Negara heading its S important divisions" of organization, el oe JJ administration, finance and public-it This follows the Federation Government's recent ban on Tigher grades of
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    Tiger Attacks Youth
    49 2 TKLUK AaVSON. Mon.— An s o Raja Gopal by a tiger last week Somu, together with I check a wild boa* night. Somu did not fcaow V and as he approached, fh. and mauled his arm. His hurt. Somu was sent to the Tt ''t. __._M__.
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    Red Cross Inspection
    98 2 Red Cross Inspection MISS GUNN CHIT HWA (right) a cadet of the British Red Cross of the Selangor detachment receives the certificate o advanced nursing and child welfare from Mrs M. J. Ho-an (left). the director of the British Red Cross Society, Selangor branch, during the annual inspection held a
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    68 2 COMMODITY PRICES i i.o > i I riK pel portsdlen No 1 R s E__M No. I R.S.S Oct tjn No No. 3 Tour Dill .1 nri sightly i<*r TIN The pn trrdav per plciiL lp LONIM>\ i;i KRUi No. l R.S rat Housmj. Ten .Mond.i v first s< alters
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    MARINE PARADE TO COST MORE
    68 3 T Mali no Parade dcis to >re City 000 more than illy bud>ject. bji Is b> according ;1 -ommittee "heavy the scheme. this extra s propose ivernment towards a to their n. n the ed to cost )vcrnment noor has rtra cost due to the
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    NoEvidence: Discharged
    31 3 tck Chuati •harged it cornwere acin the ourt isecution against im, DPP, witnes n .t be proToh Bee I, charged was also {ed when i not to __g ii
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    Customs To Get More Officers
    224 3 Emphasis On Quality THi re Customs Department will increase its junior r staff by nearly 300 per cent during the next three years to step up the efficiency of the iment. the Comptroller of Customs. Mr. R. S. i. told The Standard yesterday. _1 Dre
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    CLERK FACES TRUST CHARGE
    163 3  -  CONRAD SMITH By iAI. an n Simons yesterday .>> SingaI Court to d breach is worth belonging to his that he .(•nee on nd Oct. 2 at Magais offered bail m two sureties. postponed n to Oct. 26. U YOTTvr*" R A C P° rt uuiso.
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    CINEMA TAXES HIT NEW HIGH
    258 3 Govt. Collects $3.5 Mil. In First 9 Months ENTERTAINMENT duty from cinemas m Singapore during the nine months of this yea'/ $3.5 million hit the highest peak m the iS $t d yeors the Comptroller of Customs, Mr. R. S. Tufnell, told the press yesterday.
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    The Blow Was Hard To Take
    44 3 photo. SOME of the 28 men who thought they hod won one of the two fourth prizes m the Social Welfare lottery. A Federation Government announcement that there had been an error has thrown them into confusion. Standard
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    OneDigitMadeAs$25,000 Difference To 28 Men
    330 3 TWENTY EIGHT foundry workers employed m the United Engineers plant at Kampong Bahru, Singapore, were bitterly disappointed yesterday when they discovered that one of their 28 Social Welfare lottery tickets had not, as they had at first thought, won the fourth prize of $25,000. On
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    TRAVEL LIGHT AND LIVE OFF THE LAND
    379 3 TRAVEL LIGHT AND LIVE OFF THE LAND Tip To Hitch Hikers From On c Who Knows on a smile when the need arose and remaining dumb when it was the obvious thing to do. A serious student .of philosophy, Hire learned that the subject was not the prerogative of Bertrand
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    They Want 28 Months Back Pay
    108 3 They Want 28 Months Back Pay THE staff side of the Whitley Council official negotiating machinery for Singapore Government em» ployees will meet today to discuss the claim of stenographers and temporary clerks for salary revision and implementation of the Yong Pung How award. Mr. S. Rajagopal, secretary of the
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    Kalam Ayer Homes For Labourers
    67 3 Kalam Ayer Homes For Labourers A SCHEME to build four blocks" of tour-storey labourers' quarters has been drawn up by the City Architect, Mr. W. Irving Watson. These buildings, which will be at Kolam Ayer. will provide a total of 160 rooms. They will cost the City Council about $400,000.
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    Govt. To Help City With $4 Million
    164 3 AN INTEREST FREE LOAN THE Singapore Government is prepared to lend the City Council $4-million, free of interest, to assist the Council m completing some of its major development schemes. About half of this loan will be spent on building the new Esplanade
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    CHEATING ALLEGED
    53 3 JUGAL KISHORE, claimed trial m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday with cheating Amir Mohamed Khan by dishonestly inducing him to deliver a cheque for $3,250. at about 10 a.m. on Oct. 14. a He was allowed bail of $5,000 m. two sureties and the case was postponed
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    Photography Exhibition
    62 3 A PAN-MALAYAN InterSchool Exhibition of Photography sponsored by the Gan Eng Seng School Camera Club, Singapore, will be held m December. The exhibition will be held at the Gan Eng Seng School at Anson Road, and is open to all Chinese and English schools m Singapore and the
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    TWO SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS AT PRESS BALL
    107 3 TWO SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS AT PRESS BALL SEVERAL well-known Singapore citizens are among the patrons to this year's Press Ball which is to be held at the Sea View Hotel on Oct. 30. Organized by working journalists, the Ball has become one of the biggest social events of the year. Chief
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    Stole Cycle Under Bond
    61 3 QUEK Liang Sen was bound over m the sum of $250, m two sureties, by the Singapore Fifth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates yesterday, to be of good behaviour for one year. Quek was found guilty of stealing a bicycle, worth $154. belonging
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      35 3 XMAS BAZAAR ON OCT. 22 A CHRISTMAS bazaar, organized by the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital Linen Guild, will be held at the St. Andrew's Church Memorial Hall o n Friday Oct. 22, at 10 a.m.
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    BIG ELECTION MACHINE STARTS ROLLING
    289 4 Kuala Lumpur Off To A Slow Start KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Two enthusiastic Sel_?;gor Government officers sat up until midnight to become the first Federal electors m the State today. But they will not be the first voters m the country, as the mammoth registration campaign
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    Jail Term For Police Supervisee
    118 4 A POLICE supervisee. Hamid bin Hashim, who failed to report at Joo Chiat Police Station on his appointed day. was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by the Singapore Fourth Police Court Magistrate. Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday. Hamid. tne court was told, had to serve
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    FOUND HANGING
    25 4 RAMASAMY Thaver. 27 was found hanging from a cherry tree m the vacant land behind Britannia Club m Beach Road, Singapore, yesterday morning
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    Malayans Can't Speak Freely
    295 4 Varsity Debaters Agree THREE University of Malaya undergraduates argued freely and eloquently last night to convince three debate judges that Freedom of expression does not exist m Malaya' was a plausible contention. Mr. Nadeswaram. for the proposer of the motion, said that "fear of reprisal eluded
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    5,000-yr-old Skeletons Are Found
    139 4 5,000-yr-old Skeletons Are Found MIRI, Northern Sarawak Oct. 18, <Reuter>— The earliest human remains yet discovered m British Borneo have been lound m the N^ah caves. Sarawak, by an archaeological expedition headed by Mr. Tom Harrison. Curator of Sarawak Museum and Mr. Michael Tweedie Director of Raffles Museum Singapore. Two
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    VISITS PARENTS
    65 4 MRS. AW CHENG C H V E. wife of the General Manager of Eng Aim Tong (second from right) who arrived by plane m Penang from Singapore last week to visit her parents. On her right are Mr. and Mrs. Foo Yee Fong, who were at the airport
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    A Countess In S'pore
    18 4 THE Countess and her cousin who are seeing the world on a jyiotor scooter.
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    Germans Want Malayan Noises
    201 4 2 On Scooter Get "hem TWO German globe-trotters, 25-year-old H. Diether Ebeler, and his cousin, Countess Dagmar Brenstorff, will bring to Germany, at the end of their world tour, the music and noises of Malaya. Both are radio broadcasters and. with their tape recordI ing machine,
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    HOTEL THEFT
    33 4 A EUROPEAN lost $200 m a m Coleman Street. Singapore, on Saturday night, j He had left the money m a j leather bag m the room before he went out
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    TRIED TO BRIBE
    24 4 KWAN Mm, 25. who admitted bribing a policeman to secure his release, was fined m the Sessions Court. Kuala Lumpur yesterday
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    Barber By Day, Thief By Night
    113 4 Barber By Day, Thief By Night KOH Ah Sing, a barber, was ed for eight months by the J Singapore First Criminal District Court yesterday tor breaking Tnto a house m Jatan Besar and g jewellery and money worth Gan Siew Hong, a housewife, told the court that she and
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    C.G's Man Is Fined
    88 4 WING COMMANDER H H k-Phind, attached to the Commissioner-General offi.-e Singapore, was fined $15 the Second Traffic Court yesterday, when he pleaded gui to driving his car a ca manner. Tne prosecution said OakPhind. while driving a ng Thomson Road, followed f line of vehicles headed
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    Perak River Overflows
    57 4 KUALA KANGSAR. Mon Heavy rain for the oast Perfk haS c^d P the cmam R are C as. l A L£ uala Kan Ssar. about c ff i e and sundry stalls situated on the low lying areas near the river bank ground snifted to higher The
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    CREW OF THE 'MYSTERY' SHIP MOVE FREELY – BUT SECRETLY
    236 5  - CREW OF THE 'MYSTERY' SHIP MOVE FREELY BUT SECRETLY BERNARD WILLIAMS By tn Tl4t Standard Shipping Reporter pore's Outer Road/ f,ffh nn v ersary at anchor m SingaP^ej^wurerjcoads— cont.nue to remain shrouded m secrecy. a his, m spite of the fact that evidence was recently recorded m an American court
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    Governor Is Interested In New Ward
    112 5 Governor Is Interested In New Ward SIR John Nicoll. Governor Singapore, yesterday spent nearly two hours on an insDection tour of the children's ward, oi the General Hospital the new theatre block and the ion to the dental all of which are now under construction. Sir John was conducted d
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    Big Windfall For 400 Fire Victims
    122 5 Big Windfall For 400 Fire Victims FOUR hundred Singapore who were victims ot i lire m Kampong Bugis three years ago will at last the benefit of public pathy. The Singapore Joint Relief 0r.;.: i which collected fund [p the victims and built 96 houses, over a year at a
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    Race Ticket Stolen
    84 5 PEN.WG. Mon.— One Cash Sweep ticket, with a winning price ol $417 was stolen at the Penang Turf Club during che opening day of the Autumn Meeting. The Police are suspecting a certain Chinese but so far no arrest has been made. A report has also reached
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    HK EXCHANGE
    38 5 HONGKONG, Oct. 18. Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15.75 to £1 sterling; $5.***** to US$l; $1,818 to Malayan $1; $0 162 to one Indonesian Rupiah. Gold $254.5 to a tael.
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    New Customs Bill Planned
    77 5 SPORE Government luce a Dew Bill the ginning of next year to simplify th ->ting ordinances relating to Customs. Mr R.S. Tufnell. Comptroller of Customs sain yesterday. The bill will make simple the procedure for paying Customs duties and bring up-to-date legislations dating back to 19
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    'Fence' Goes To Jail For 3 Years
    178 5 STRESSING that the offence of receiving stolen property was serious m itself, Mr. Justice Taylor said m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday, that if there were not so many receivers, there would be fewer robbers and thieves. He said this when he sentenced
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    Prayers & Exhibition On UN Day
    124 5 Prayers Exhibition On UN Day SINGAPORE will observe United Nations Day, which falls on Sunday. Oct. 24. with special prayer services conducted by various religious organizatio:. A United Nations Day exhibition will be held at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road, on Oct. 22. commencing from 5.15 p.m It will
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    JAILED FOR TEN MONTHS
    36 5 HOO HOE HONG was) jailed for ten months by the i Singapore Second Criminal District Court yesterday for attempting to extort $5 from a bar boy. m BL-.'olen Street on Aug. 31.
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    IN-LAWS HAD A PUBLIC TIFF
    46 5 IPOH, Mon. A twenty-year-old woman, Hee Ah Thye, and her mother-in-lrw Chong Kuan Yin, 60, both residing m the same house m the regrouping area m Menglembu. were today fined $5 each by magistrate Che Abdullah Ghazalli for fighting m public.
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    THIEVES JAILED
    49 5 WONG POH LOY, 25. and Ong Ah Huat. 23, were sentenced to 17 months' and four months* rigorous imprisonment, respectively, m the Singapore Third Criminal District Court yesterday for stealing a Parker pencil, worth $25, from a bus passenger on the night of Sept. 6 this year
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    Dr. Who 'Treated Pope' Has Pills To 'Cure Cancer'
    284 5 Dr. Who 'Treated Pope' Has Pills To 'Cure Cancer' Standard Staff Reporter WHAT is the cure for cancer? Little white piUs which contain "sunradiated phosphorous," claims the founder and President of the International Pure Medical Research. Dr. E. Henty Smalpage. who arrived m Singapore yesterday puffing a cork tipped cigarette.
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    Want Hours Of Work Cut
    69 5 SOME 12,000 civilian employees of the Army m Singapore want a 37-hour week. Mr. S. T. V Lingam, president of the Army Civil Service Union, told The Standard yesterday the claim will be submitted to the Joint Consultative Committee for action. He said at present,
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    Sailor Was Killed By Ship's Engine
    235 5 h,_i ™f* M £N Park Joon ff Ryang, 20, a South Korean had his head smashed by a feeder pump shaft on board the South Korean vessel, Nam Hae, last Sunday the Singapore Coroner's Court wa s told yesterday The Nam Hae arrived m
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      186 5 OFFICIAL SOLUTION OF SQUAREWORD D 33 The Adjudication Committee met on October 16th to discuss the clues of, Squareword D-33. They were agreed that the most apt answers to the dues were as shown m the square below, which thus is the Official Solution. >[R _L__J_?j i___J_ll T I w'pl
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      Secret Societies
      517 6 I AST week Singapore Police arrested several Ang Bin Hoay members after tn initiation ceremony. Sunday evening the District Officer of Province Wellesley South. Mr. Yeap Kee Aik. m a broadcast over Radio Malaya, said that for five years two Communist terrorists lived m the midst of 7.000
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      Jungle Search
      244 6 r f*RUTH is often stranger than fiction. A spiritualist m London has boon instrumental m triggering off a search for two missing officers, whose fate remains unknown since their plane did not return to base from a reconnaissance flight m January this year. Somewhere m the heart of
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    The Seeds Of Revolt
    778 6 The Egyptian Struggle 1 JT is difficult to d.scuss the philosophy of the revo.ut.on of July 23 E^tlon 1 gotion of scholors into its roots ond ong.ns, striking to the depths of th e^oryo r me gyp p The notional struggle of any people generation after
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    Free Officers Plan 'Rescue'
    135 6 Free Officers Plan 'Rescue' IN my view, the real cause 1 is farther to seek and more profound. Had the Army officers attempted the revolt on their own account because they had been thrust into danger m Palestine or because defective weapons made them desperate, or because of the attack
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    We, the PEOPLE
    204 6 We, the PEOPLE QUESTION OF LOVE Sir. I would like to refer to your paper of Oct. 15, under the heading "Brian must embrace Islam to wed Tijah," therein Inche Wanjoor, Secretary of the Muslim Missionary Society, stated that according to Muslim law, a Muslim could not marry a nonMuslim.
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    'Turning Against Tyranny'
    254 6 T>UT the seeds of the JJ revolution a re within me long belore Palestine, even before the epi of February 4. 19;: action, a stab, that drove pirit into many of us. demonstrating the fact that honour required to prepare to defend it. A Ih c day
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    Maintaining Status Quo
    195 6 JTCSAN MELAYU describes Tengku Abdul Rahman Putera'l speech at the UMNO General Assembly m Penang m which he outlined the policy to be followed by UMNO (should it assume power after the coming elections) as a speech which should have been directed at a Town Council election
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    Prime Minister of Egypt, in the first of three articles
    125 6  -  Gamal Abdul Nasser By Lieut-Col. the people nightmares, it is therefore up to us to turn against Tyranny and ter his dreams of glory And we felt to the depths of our beings that this duty >ur duty, and thai
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    Serried Ranks That Never Came
    243 6 .'.WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW* ICAX testify that we passed through crises since July 23 m which I accused myself and my comrades and the rest of the Army stupidity and madr doing what we had done on that day Before July 23. I had Imagined that the whole
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    Review of Views
    396 6 Review of Views Drawback With Strings N ANYANG SIANG PAU cxamim itus of Chinese education m this country. It starts with an analysis of the speech made by Sir John Nicoll m the Singapore Legislative Council. Sir John declared: "We must have equality m our education system." The daily hails
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    Engulfed With Complaints
    281 6 r.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\.w\\\\\\\\\". L'VERY man we question--1 2 ed had nothing to recommend except to kill we listened to i but an attack on >ome other idea. If a along with everything -ird. w^-'d have k all the people and down every idea: and there would have been nothing
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    Two Revolutions In One
    278 6 T\\V\.\\\\VVVV\\\\\\.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\I CONFESS that this whole situation produced m me a distressing personal crtsi But the events which followed and reflection upon these events and the distillation Of their real meaning the burden of the crisis within myself and set me to seeking the reasons giving rise
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    Harvest Of Hat red And Evil
    173 6 TT'E are caught betv.f»n the millstones of the two revolutions we art fated now to be through One revolution makes it obligatory for us to unite and love one another and fight .side by Side to the death: the other forces dissension upon us
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    We Have Right To Invade The Mainland—Yeh
    233 7 We Have Right To Invade The Mainland— Yeh W YORK, Oct 18, (UP) The Chinese Na have a right to invade the Communistic Chinese mainland any time they please, regardwhat any other country advises, the Nationalist Minister said yesterday. orge X C. Yeh said the mainland, although Communist occupation, still
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    THEY VOTE TO MERGE WiTH INDIA
    64 7 innch 18, 'Reuten— A nflng inhabitants of ttl< tnentfl m India ded hy 170 votes to wvour ol merging: into the of the Pondicherry. Vanaon— Nov. 1. Ac- Press Trust of ill then end India ninlstra- embly French ntative Council .al coun- _< ttlenv
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    Threat To RI Cabinet
    37 7 LI I :n Inby Dr. Pi ViceIlis to A .alitiOfi Gov- re Oct. follows m of the governincial and econornment i 15 months by Dr. Ali j n rmer In- j \mbassador m
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    Killer Nurse Was Insane
    25 7 18. —A m i out the "evil man was at her Connor. c judge f at riminal Her Ma- I] nvn."
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    More 'Hazel' Dead Found
    42 7 ORO.NTO. Oct. 18 <RevBodies of 56 vi aims hurricane Hazel worst h rm »tori ►und m mattered nouses or thrown up on river an 100 iving the the tropical left a wide path lh and destruction m United
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    86 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Oct. 18— The following ore the closing of rubber and tin on the London Morker. LONDON RUBBIR < pot 24 d. LONDON TIN Jj>o» Liverpool 24 _d. D_?,L er 12 6 Spot £7 32 10s. buyers, J 0 7__ 22 d £733
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    Montesi Girl Was Not Assaulted
    119 7 ■r^. t»„ imlilU of j >n the beach of V" n <a months ago 21 been ■in* i n *.<■. i ,an PoMUeal *«M c,rcl f«»r the drowning, doctors conducting a post-mortem conclud ed today. Doctors also confirmed that she was virgo intacta. VVnma. police
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    Italian-Jap Talks Start OnNewPact
    39 7 Italian-Jap Talks Start OnNewPact R( 18. (AP) da of rid Pre Italy agi i trade s "ip: two anno official communiqui i at the end of an hot conice between the Japanese Italian leaden lama, overlooking the Indian cap;
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    LORD READING TO TAKE OVER
    64 7 LONDON, Oct. 18 (Renter' The Marquess of Reading. Minister of State at the Foreign Office, will lead the British delegation to the current United Nations 9th General Assembly m place of Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, newly-appoint-ed Minister of Supply. Mr. Lloyd, who until today's Cabinet reshuffles
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    'Date Girls' Rounded Up
    55 7 KAISERLAUTER Germany. Oct. 18 (AP).—Germanlaunched vice raids here, hub of big U.S. military defence complex, have netted 30 "date girls' m the last few days. District police chief Martin Kumpa, personally leading the clean-up drive, said four s mall hotels and boarding houses where soldiers could
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    MORSE NAMED TRAVEL BOSS
    45 7 LONDON. Oct. 18, (Router) -The Board of Trade today announced the appointment of Sir Arthur Morse, former chairman and chief manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, as the new chairman of the Board of British Travel and Holidays Association.
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      A Struggle For A Child In The Midst Of London
      481 7 A Struggle For A Child In The Midst Of London IN I HIS street scene, grief-stricken foster parents of Baby Lesley, are seen mi n the background above as tbe child v restored to her real mother. And below Lesley's real mother is carried ofT, fainting, after an earlier street
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      Red Defeat In Austrian Polls
      160 7 VIENNA, Oct. 18, (AP)— Communist and extreme rij;ht-wing candidates m Russian -occupied areas of Austria suffered a crushing defeat yesterday m elections m which voters cast their ballots freely. The Red's defeat was m sharp contrast to the rigged elections m the Soviet zone of
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      An Arrow Is Raised For A 'War'
      105 7 An Arrow Is Raised For A 'War' UROBI, Oct. 18. (f.euter) Three thousand Wakamba tribesmen roared approval here yesterday when a tribal elder raised an arrow mi n a symbolic declaration of war against Man Mau terrorism. The arrow will be presented to Sir Evelyn Baring, Governor of Kenya. The
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      Fox Magnate Recovering
      41 7 HOLLYWOOD. Oct 18, AP>— President Charles P. Skouras of Fox West Coast Theatres is m an oxygen tent at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, rallying from a severe heart attack. Physicians described his condition as better but still serious.
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      'FLYING HUTS'
      35 7 MOSCOW Radio announced yesterday a single engined plane has left Moscow on a flight to the North Pole carrying pre-fabrieated huts for the Russian explorers drifting around the Arctic on ice floes. —UP.
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      Conferences In The Nude Are Overruled
      136 7 MANCHESTER Oct. 18. (AP) British nudists meeting m annual conference—and with all their clothes on— yesterday defeated a resolution to hold future conferences m the nude. John Wilson, vice-presi-dent, said that while he agreed with the thought, he believed members might find it impossible
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    NEW BLOOD FOR THE TORY GOVT.
    341 7 A Big Cabinet Reshuffle LONDON, Oct. 18, (Reuter) Sir Winston Churchill carried out his biggest government reshuffle today bringing three new men into his Cabinet and giving Mr. Harold MacMillan the key post of Defence Minister. > The ministerial switch involving 24 names followed
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    ELECTIONS SOON, SAYS MR. ATTLEE
    139 7 LONDON. Oct. 18. (UP).— Fo r m c r Prime Minister Clement Attlee, head of Britain* Labour Party, said yesterday that a gcmeral election may be called "before very long." Attlee charged that the Conservatives had not kept •'lavish promises" made In 1951. "Although they
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    'Russians Do Not Like War'
    161 7 'Russians Do Not Like War' LONDON. Oct. 18. 'Renter) The British Parliamentary delegation whirl, spent if> days touring Soviet Russia arri here by air yesterday from Stockholm. Lord Coleraine. leader of the party of 16 said all the t nee that had been seen during their tour seemed to indicate
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    Jaunts Abroad Are Curtailed
    36 7 COLOMBO. Oct 18, (UP)— Ministerial jaunts abroad be curtailed m the future and Ceylon will be represented at no more than 10 conferences abroad this financial year, it was announced officially yesterday.
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    Enough Talk To Fill 50 Mil. Pages
    262 7 NEW YORK. Oct. 18. <AP>.— Although there are enough words uttered at the United Nations each year to fill 50.000.000 pages on both sides the number turned out annually by mimeograph or photo offset there is still a back log of 50.000 pages
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    Here Is The New Line-Up
    178 7 LONDON. Oct IS, (Reuter). The new British Cabinet as reshuffled by Sir Winston Churchill is: The Prime Minister and Fir.st Lord of the Treasury: Sir Winston Churchill, aged 79. Foreign Secretary: Mr. Anthony Eden, aged 57. Lord President of the Council: The Marquess of Salisbury,
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    ''KOREANS DON'T KNOW ECONOMICS'
    157 8 SEOUL, Oct. 18, <AP)— An American diplomat today called "downright dangerous" the economic thinking of President Syngman Rhee as a showdown neared with South Korea over U*****,000,000 m U.S. aid. The official told newsmen "not one top official m the South Korean Government has a high
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    U.K. Is Able To Maintain Cotton Export
    52 9 (Yorkshire), Britain tin an d c i mond f the confert that British sPertain of exiture d of ci old role of I "m the be a oi nel mea bitotal volume mtioue ,r by year as o intrie i I lo ma
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    HE WELL GAUGE THE LOCAL TASTE
    473 9  - HE WELL GAUGE THE LOCAL TASTE MICHAEL GOH By COTTON, the "Cinderella" of the textile industry, has finally come into its own To Mr. Arnold Mettler. President of Mettler I Co. Ltd.. St Gall. Switzerland, there is almost nothing that cannot be done with cotton. While m Singapore, he will
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    US Merchant Fleet Keeps On Shrinking
    131 9 WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, (AP).— The shrinking U.S. merchant fleet has fallen below 1 5,000. Olio deadweight tons, lowt m -i years, the American Merrn.int Marine Institute reported Sunday. Seventeen liberty-type cargo els and three tankers were removed from the U.S. -flag fleet last month
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    BANK RATES
    90 9 MALAYAN Exchange Banks Association buying rates to merchants yesterday were: New York *13 16 iTX). 32 15/16 (0.D.), 33 1 16 credit bills and 32& trade bills (90 d st): Canada IU (T.T.), (0.D.), 321 credit bills and W 5 10 trade bills. Selling rates (T.T. 0.D.): New
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    A Bright Future For These Towns
    241 9 Finanw And lontntvrrv KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Major improvements to the power supply m eight Malayan towns are to be effected shortly by the Central Electricity Board under a SB3 million five-year plan just under way, The Standard learnt today. The "streamlin of distribution systems
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    Traders May Prefer To Buy Sugar From HK, Taiwan And U.K.
    188 9 Traders May Prefer To Buy Sugar From HK, Taiwan And U.K. KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Federation merchants may prefer to import sugar from Hongkong, Taiwan and the United Kingdom rather than irom Poland and East Germany where, it is reported, the price is cheaper. It Js learnt that several merchants m
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    SECOND-HAND CARS MAY GET BOOST
    258 9 —R.I. Prices Skyrocket Standard Special Correspondent SECOND-HAND motorcars m Singapore may get a "boost" m prices as a result of what has been described as "fantastic prices" paid 1 for vehicles m Indonesia. Traders m second-hand cars here are expected to take advantage of near-panic
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    RUBBER SLIPS TO 76 11/16 Cts
    149 9 RUBBER prices m Singapore continued to decline yesterday, first grade cubber for November shipment closing at 76-11/16 cents per lb., a drop of 13/16 cent on Saturday. The market wa s dull and slightly easier at the close. Largely responsible for the drop was
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    SAS Fleet To Expand
    86 9 STOCKHOLM, Oct. 18: (Reuter) The Scandinavian Airlines have decided to order eight DC-7 "Seven Seas" long distance passenger planes from the Douglas Aircraft Company factories m California, the Airlines board said here. Approval will have to be given by Swedish authorities the purchase valued at 96.000,000
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    Oil Activities Increasing
    48 9 WASHINGTON, Oct. .18. (AP). Oil activities are inising rapidly m Alaska. A report on progress there was given last week by Ralph Browne of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. Browne said petroleum ploration is part of a 'terrific economic expansion underway mi n the territory.
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    Import Licences Will Be Valid For 6 Months
    64 9 SINGAPORE importers of goods from hard currency areas will now only be able to get licences valid for six months with an automatic extension for another six months, if required. Mr. G. Sheridan-Lea, Controller and Registrar of Imports and Exports, explained this
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    PRODUCE
    367 9 MOST sections of the Singapore produce market opened the week on a quiet note with .-mall business reported. Some activity was reported In copra which remained at about unchanged quotations from the weekend prices. Coconut oil was a dull market, sellers at Penang indicating $531 per picul. Pepper was
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    Rubber Employs 1,000,000 Men
    79 9 SOME 300.000 peo; aged m producing rul m the estate group m Malaya. iding to the Natural Rubber News. These together with the 393,009 smallholders add ud to _:ri!y 700,000 people dire loyed m the production i I natural rubber. It is safe to say that
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    HONGKONG BANKS RISE ON BONUS ISSUE HOPES
    593 9 IT9PES of a bonus issue resulted m keen investment buying interest m London oi Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation shares which tecorded a spectacular rise to 5960 buyers and $971 sellers, a rise of $40 since the last business done. i ayan industrials and
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    Holiday Round-trip Fares Will Be Cheaper
    175 9 KIP. M\l I IVES of the worJd's major airlines agreed at the International Air Transport Association's traffic conference m Venice on Sunday to new class of round-trip excursion fares m the Far I This will run about 12 5 per cent below tourist levels
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    Firm's Malayan Appointment
    49 9 Firm' s Malayan Appointment MR. BRIAN M SAVORY from the headquarters sales staff ol Taylor W >odrow Building I Ltd.. London, is due m Kuala Lumpur by air today. He lUtt be n appointed tentative for British territories m the M His h« will be at th< offic. English
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      77 9 Ships In Harbour OI UK RO.\l»S Benak. Cuturier. i Cal. P. B menus. K< '„ru, A 1 Elsie j r. a m par. Maru. \ni n aik. Bawean, SilINNIR ROMt^ Huat. M< lan. 5 Sin Hong Ho, oi j». R. wang, NanSoon, I- H 0 w B \K\ I B
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    TRAVEL RIGHT TRAVEL LIGHT
    756 10  -  LORNA GRIFFITHS By Photo) PLOTHES wear out. You will wear out too, if you carry too many of them. No matter how beautiful she is; never mind if she looks as frail as a newly fledged sparrow, there comes a time m every woman's life when
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    HANDS TELL ALL ABOUT YOU
    376 10  -  HELEN HUGH By VV'IIEN a man looks at your hands, even if he is a new acquaintance, he learns more about you than you might think .he doesn't have to be fortune-teller to "read" your health, your occupation, and even your character. A* > Ridged
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    Look At Eves Leaves
    185 10  -  Jane Dexter Says pVE started it. She was J i the first female to wear leaves for adornment but her leaves were never like the ones m the picture. All the leafy jewellery the girl wears here has been GILDED so that it will stay bright
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    LOOKING FOR HIS CINDERELLA
    692 10  - LOOKING FOR HIS CINDERELLA Hal Boyle pOULD there really be anything wrong with girls? Whenever such doubts assailed me m the past, I have firmly repressed them, feeling they must reflect a personal defect m my character that makes me unable to appreciate feminine perfection. After all, if a girl
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    DO YOUR FEET HURT
    297 10  -  Josephine Lowman i B > TJOVV often have you seen a woman ng along a_ though p were painful? She does not hay« a g r takes little n 'Of- is over ?ht and Is throw her weight forward her instep bulges over the top of
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    Mending Pockets
    85 10 WHEN a P«*2__!y! away at the JO^J, tween bottom of P<* bindin* and trouserspair it QU««' k, v v I RMt t rh firmly Work a bar t^ make ■"«*L ll 7*f ches over the* bin dedge of th, P<> tfrU i in* and trouse nu (ljf Take
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      131 10 CLEANERS MAycOME CLEANERS MM GO ...hut you can still foot §111 M FOR SMOOTHER FASTER CLEANING] Vim pretends to do nothing more than clean everything m your home, safely, fast and gleaming-bright. Vim has been doing this honest job of work m Malaya for years. And Vim will go on
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      296 10 1 Tiui.ws oiATioN: nmnHmwrnin J In twice UKainst W& Tt dT fIJV« tiu- Mine stone i> i>ro- verbi.il divrrace Ctcero. _-_P f i "jF "-J' '^v^ II I <■>!) AY 11)11 KVKHV- I* I "Hl 1 fj I > i^ B i ONI.: Moke this a routine d i m
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    Recs Are Leaders In Two SHA Leagues
    242 11 Recs Are Leaders In Two SHA Leagues 'ion j and a j re sittbc top of the j League with 11 enior Recs are on oi division, the g tavc taken C D. ckyards, as ,1 division. I head of the the SHA Div. 3A, ,re the SHB Po>; nfortable
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    MEULEMAN & CARMODY DEFY THE MCC BOWLERS
    378 11 MEULEMAN CARMODY DEFY THE MCC BOWLERS PKRTH. Oct. IS. (Reuter) Western Australia led M. I by three runs with only two •nd innings wickets to fall at the close of the third day's pla> m their match here today. ores were Western All tralia 10.1 and 2H for eijfht— Ml.(.
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    Hutton Is Down
    49 11 picture. BUNBURY Western Australia: A notorious "bumper" causes LEN HVTTON to drop to the o round to avoid the fast boicled ball here during the MCC's match against a West Australian Country XL BILL.EDRICH laughs at the other end. Hutton batted impressively to get 59. UP
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    SCC Beat GHQ
    30 11 SINGAPORE Cricket Club B beat GHQ 'A' XV at Rugov on the padang yesterday. SCCs Harford and Holland scored a try each, and Murray replied for GHQ.
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    POOR ROBERT DREW A 'DATE' WITH WONG
    495 11  - POOR ROBERT DREW A 'DATE' WITH WONG COURTCRAFT By IT'S Mayflower night tomorrow on court number three at the Singapore Badminton Stadium. Wong ('The Master') Peng; Soon leads six of his part .vitiates m the opening of the Colony's open championships and all seems right for the premier party except
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    MALAYAN CHINESE WON PRAISE FOR SPORTSMANSHIP
    333 11 MALAYAN CHINESE WON PRAISE FOR SPORTSMANSHIP .MALAYAN Chinese Football Association Soccer team who went on a tour to lions Kong, Macao and Saigon, returned to the Colony yesterday m a Cathay Pacific Airways plane. They came back without the Ho Ho Cup which they lost to Hong Kong by four
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    SELETAR WIN 'BALL THROW'
    70 11 R.A.F. Seletar won SAi ball throwing competition with an aggregate total distance of 248 ft. IOUn. They will be awarded the trophy donated by Mr. MacGregor Watt, which has been won by Rovers Sports Club for the past two years. Rovers, who totalled 242 ft. lljin,
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    Changi WRAFs Beat The SCC
    40 11 WOMEN'S Royal Air Force, Changi, beat the Singapore Cricket Club Women I—o m a friendly ho* match on the SCC rday. Mod son (WRAF) scored the decider m the Mh minute of the second half.
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    Cold Water From The SABA Chief
    130 11 Cold Water From The SABA Chief THE Hongkong Amateur Boxing Asso advising the Singapore ABA of Its interest m the reported South-east Asia boxinmeet, and expressing a d» sire to participate, may be disappointed. Mr. Aw Cheng Chye. the Singapore ABA president, said yesterday that the possibility of such r>
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    BOYCOTT! YES, BUT FOR WHAT
    648 12  -  JEFFERY JAMES FMHU's Policy Will Not Help Malayan Progress By NO water, please. Let's take it down straight. The big hockey boycott is on. Just outside the Johore state line, the bigwigs of Malayan hockey have revised the geography book— for their benefit. So many
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    FORMOSA & THAILAND WIN EASILY
    146 12 FORMOSA THAILAND WIN EASILY I II I. DING a China Olympic player tad two Asian Games Stars, the Formosa basketball team found no difficulty m disposing the Thailand cagers Wita a score of 74-41 on the ■>nd night of the South-east Asia hasketbali championships whirl, tc-ok pt.ice at the Happy
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    Dewin Disposes Of Auld Reekie
    283 12 Track Work PENANG, Mon. Dewin, who did an attractive run last week with Caique as companion, was one of the best workers at this morning's workouts of candidates Wednesday's races. Striding out beautifully on a .soft track, Dewin disposed of Auld Reekie (Manning) c end
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    How They Finished Marines Use Wrong Tactics: Whipped Out
    514 12 How They Finished Marines Use Wrong Tactics: Whipped Out Standard's photoform below show the Unishes of the eight at Penang on that day Pictures by Scoops Photo Service. ROVERS S.C.— 4 MARINES DEPT. S.C.— l Ivan Vass 3, Tommy Misson 1, Omar Awang 1. Referee:— S/Sgt. W. Beavan. MARINE Dept.
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    TEO & PONNIAH WIN BILLIARDS
    81 12 TEO PONNIAH WIN BILLIARDS RESULTS of the Aston Athletic Club's open invitation billiards championship of Singapore which started yesterday at the club premises m Jalan B r were: Teo Siew Su n (Aston A.C.) beat Koh Cheng Moh (A.A.A.) by .-.00 to 224; Wilfred Ponniah (C.S.C.) beat Lim Eng Guan
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    RECS TAKE A DEFEAT
    42 12 JOHORE Customs did well to beat a strong Singapore Recreation Club XI 3-2 m a friendly hockey match played yesterday on the SRC padang. Jaffaar, Bailward and Lingam scored for Customs. Rozario and Carnegie scored for the Recs.
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