The Straits Times, 18 October 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS- SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1951. TWELVE PAGES
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    AIRLIFT TO SUEZ ZONE STARTS
    180 1 British take over riot area UNDER CONTROL NOW, SA YS THE ARMY FIFTEEN Hastings transport aircraft with troops for Fayid, m the Suez Canal zone, flew from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus yesterday. More than 3,500 paratroops are to be flown m and the airlift
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    TROUBLE SPOT
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    RIDGWAY REJECTS RED PLAN
    101 1 RIDGWAY REJECTS RED PLAN TOKYO. Wed. ALLILD and CommunLst liaison officers met m the Panmunjon tent today, the seventh effort to resume full-scale Korean armistice negotiations. Meanwhile, Gen. Ridgway, thr United Nations commantly rejected Red proposals for an expanded neune around Panmunjon and reserved the right to s.n.l United Nations
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    We won't let them knock us out, says General
    221 1 CANAL TROOPS TOLD: BE READY im Tr CAIRO, Wednesday. T. Gen Sir George Erskine, General Officer Commanding British troops m Egypt, last night asked his men m the Suez Canal zone to "be ready to protect yourselves and go to the
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    Russia will use veto
    57 1 FLUSHING MEADOW. Wed. DUSSIA will veto any Secu--11 rity Council resolution on the Persian oil dispute. Soviet delegate. Mr. Semyon Tharapkin. said. Both British resolutions, whether amended or not, were fundamentally the same and represented an attempt to intervene m Persia's internal affairs and brine pressure
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    Atip—and Reds lose food dumps
    99 1 A tip and Reds lose food dumps KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TWO large bandit food dumps were found m the Jasin area of Malacca yesterday after information had been given to the police. In the same area one bandit was killed and a suspect wounded and captured. Early this morning bandits
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    Britain makes a giant plane
    68 1 LONDON, Wed. Britain yesterday revealed details of a giant new military plane that i 8 capable of carrying a loaded bus It is the GAL-60 a military freight plane, second In glze. among British planes to the huge Bristol Brabazon, the worlds longest land plane
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    U.S. NOT AN IDEAL DEWEY
    133 1 NEW YORK, Wed. NEW York Governor, Thomas Dewey, said last night that the United States ought to stop trying to make the rest of the world into an image of the U.S. because Its own government was not beyond criticism. "American propaganda agencies which picture
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    Russians as hosts
    108 1 THE Russian delegates to the E.C.A.F.E. conference wart hosts last night at the sea View Hotel to the heads of the conference delegations and senior Singapore Government officials and .he Press. Among the delicacies at a buffet supper were caviare and vodka flown from Moscow. In an
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    U.S. DOCKERS END STRIKE
    36 1 NEW YORK. Wed—Striking dockers returned to work at the Brooklyn Army base today and resumed loading food and war material for Korea. Five ships had been tied up for two days.— UP.
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    HUKS FREE 18
    31 1 MANILA. Wed. Eighteen registration supervisors, kid. napped by Huks 10 days ago, were released early this morning after having been to'/ to "keep away from the elections." A.P.
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    EXTENDED
    16 1 The Emergency has been extended In Singapore for a further three months from Oct. 22.
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    NAZIMUDDIN NEW PREMIER OF PAKISTAN
    296 1 KARACHI, Wednesday. T»HE Governor-General of Pakistan, Khwaja Nazimuddin, today became Prime Minister m place of Mr. Liaquat All Khan, who was assassinated yesterday. He will also become the Defence Minister. Mr. Liaquat was buried with full military honours next to the grave of Mr. Jinnah,
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    ASSASSIN TORN TO PIECES
    189 1 ASSASSIN TORN TO PIECES RAWALPINDI. Wed. POLICE investigating the i assassination of Liaquat All Khan said today they were holding "about three men' In Rawalpindi central gaol. They withheld all other information An eye-witness said that immediately alter firing two shots at Liaquat All Khan, the assassin wa s shot,
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    FIRE DESTROYS AMPHITHEATRE
    36 1 NEW DELHI. Wed.— Built to hold 50,000 people attending a session of the ruling Congress Party, an artistical-ly-decorated amphitheatre here was today turned to ashes. Mr. Nehru said it was not sabotage. A.P.
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    THEY WILL STUDY U.K. ELECTION
    33 1 TOKYO. Wed.— Five Japanese Diet members left here this morning for Britain to study the election system. The party is led by Mr. Mikio Mizuta. Liberal representative.— Reutw.
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    JET CRASHES
    36 1 HONG KONG, Wed. A R.A.A.F. Vampire Jet fighter crashed today when it was coming In to land on Kaltak airfield from a practice flight. The plane was damaged and the pilot was Injured.— UP.
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    VAIN SEARCH
    51 1 NEW YORK. Wed— A distress call and a report of light seen m the Atlantic Ocean sent rescue planes rushing to the area 190 miles southeast of Nova Scotia yesterday, but a thorough search failed to reveal any trace of 11 men who disappeared aboard an Air Force
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    Norway's answer
    32 1 OSLO, Wed.— Mr. Halyard Lange, Norwegian Foreign Minister, said yesterday that Norway must reject the Soviet note which charged Norway v ith taking anti-Russian measures under Atlantic Pact arrangements.— Reuter.
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    RUSSIAN SCHOOL FOR RAF
    44 1 LONDON. Wednesday. HPHE Royal Air Force has opened a Russian-language X school for selected National Service airmen who Want to becom« interpreters. The airmen will spend ft y|ar of their \S months at the school at Bodmln In Cornwall.— Reiner.
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    NEGOTIATIONS
    29 1 WASHINGTON, Wed.— The United State* and Yugoslavia are said to be negotiating an agreement to permit an American military advisory group to be stationed m Yugoslavia- A. P.
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    ROMULO ON TOUR
    34 1 MANILA. Wed. Foreign Secretary Carlos P. Romulo started a tour of the Central .Philippines today to popularise the Japanese peace treaty and th« mutual defence pact with the United States.— A.P.
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    Live shell was cut from his shoulder
    109 1 TOKYO, Wednesday. r|EFT surgical fingers saved the left arm and pro- bably the life of an American soldier when an unexploded 20-mm shell lodged m his shoulder. The armour-piercing shell Kated his left shoulder ght into the fleshy part upper arm. It did
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    MUTINY ENDS —FOR FOOD
    54 1 NEW YORK, Wed— A 24--hour mutiny by 1,300 personers at West Virginia State prison ended today as they returned to their calls voluntarily on the promise of being fed. Prison officials said probably not more than 12 of the 1.300 mutineers engineered the uprising and most
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    Bandit gun range found in jungle
    81 1 Bandit gun range found in jungle ALOR STAR, Wed. A POLICE patrol found a bandit rifle range m the jungle off Gua Chempadak m the Gurun District yesterday. Some hidden medical supplies and cooking utensils were found nearby. A Chinese woman living m the area was held for questioning. Two
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    12 die in gale crash
    58 1 CATANIA, Sicily, Wed. A GALE, that lashed the Mediterranean from Sicily to Gibraltar, smashed a five storey building hete today, killing at least 12 people. Firemen dug In the ruins for 10 more bodies feared buried At least two other deaths were reported In Catania
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    Big hunt enters its final phase
    178 1 Big hunt enters its final phase RAUB, Wed. T»HE final phase of the operations against the bandits who killed Sir Henry Gurney is about to start. There has been heavy running, shelling, bombing and patrolling for the past ten days. Raub is the centre of the most intensive operations of
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    LATE NEWS
    97 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. THE United States Secretary of State. Mr. I>» m Acheson, today en lied on Egypt to reconside r carefully her rejection of the .'Middle East command proposals. M. Acheson was peakin at bis weekly press conference. The I'm ted States supported the stand of tli British
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    LIAQUATS MURDER SHOCKS WORLD
    425 2 Nehru: I am exceedingly grieved LONDON. We* STATESMEN timgiiil the world jftnaaj aspressed profound shock and sorrow at the assasstnition mt the PakfasM Prime Stsaiascr, Mr. Hi pat Aft Khm. They srxiaed him fat his wise leadership at the faar-Tcar-eid Bsaslin state and his work for
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    A dastardly crime, says the King
    267 2 LONDON, Wednesday. r TKE King has sent the following telegram to the Gorernor General of Pakistan: "I have heard with great sorrow the news of the dastardly crime which has resulted In the death of Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan. "Plea*- convey the deep sympathy
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    PONY KILLED
    42 2 HONG KONG, Wed A three-year-old Australian racing pony, brought here from Australia by the Hong Kong Jockey dub, broke loose from her handlers at the wharf yesterday and charged into a moving bos. The pony was killed instantly.— A J».
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      158 2 TODAY'S RADIO SINGAPORE 10-10.10 a.m. News from K.L.: 1*46-11 Scnoob; 1 pjn. Light Music; 1.30 New; 1 45 Dance Music; 2-2 50 Schools; 8.15 "Canin? All Hospttals"; 6.58 Announcements; 7 Hews; 7.13 Radio SrienUßt; 7.30 Interlude; 130 Aug ■KDted Radio Orch.; t "Ouess Wh«f*: 8 30 "Discussing the Dhcs" 'BUI
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    Mossadeq threatens to go home— 'time is short'
    348 3 BRITAIN ACCUSED OF SUITING ON PRESSURE 9 UNITED NATIONS, Wednesday. T)R. Mohammed Mossadeq, the Persian Prime Minister, accused Britain yesterday of using the Security Council's consideration of the AngloIr4ni.ul oil dispute as a form of pressure on Persia and threatened to "go
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    Both refuse to withdraw
    75 3 NEW YORK, Wed. J)R. Frank Graham, United Nations representative In the Kashmir dispute, &aid yesterday he had been unable to get India and Pakistan to agree to withdrawal of their troops from Kashmir. The possibility of arriving at a basis for agreement between the two countries
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    All can kick us, says Churchill
    314 3 LONDON, Wednesday. ORITAINS wartime leader, Mr. Churchill, said last night that British prestige abroad had sunk so low that even the weakest nations can "spare a kick or a taunt" for Britain. i Speaking at Newcastle, he said: "I cannot recall any period m
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    ROYAL GUESTS
    39 3 LONDON, Wed. The Queen and Princess Margaret have accepted invitations to the wedding at St. Margaret's, Westminster, on Friday of Miss Susan Hornby and the Marquess of Blandford son of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough.— Reuter.
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    PERSIA'S 'NO'-IN ADVANCE
    132 3 PERSIA'S 'NO'-IN ADVANCE UNITED NATIONS. Wed. A PERSIAN spokesman reel m advance probring drafted by the Indian and Yugoslav de>s to the United Nafor a compromise solution regarding UN action m the Anglo-Iranian oil dispute. few hours before the Security Council was due to continue the debate on the pute,
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    Raiders fire factories
    59 3 HONG KONG, Wed. JTIRES alleged to have been staried by arsonists wiped out three factories at Kukong, m Kwangtung Prov; cMUtna a loss of about HK52,000.000. the Siimtao Jih Pao reported. Quoting a dispatch from K''kon;j. ihe piper said Wltrlaimed that AO armed men raided the town's
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    SIAMESE BACK
    27 3 BANGKOK. Wed. Nine hundred Siamese troops returnod yesterday from service In Korea. They were the first contingent sent to Korea and are back on rotation
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    Smugglers to die
    30 3 HONG KONG, Wed— Two Chinese, one a policeman, have been sentenced to death by thp Supreme Poeple's Court m Shanghai for manufacturing and smuggling poison drues. Reuter.
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    More work in China mills
    78 3 HONG KONG, Wed. THE arrival of large supplies of raw cotton from Russia and bumper crops throughout China have enabled cotton mills In Shanghai to increase the number of working shifts from 10 to 12, according to a Shanghai newspaper. These increased shifts, the paper
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    Wild West welcome for Princess
    143 3 Wild West welcome for Princess WINNIPEG, Wed. DRINCESS Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh got such a Wild West welcome yesterday that by midafternoon, their tight programme was an hour behind schedule. Crowds that lined the city's streets three times swept aside the human chains of police and surged across
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    GANDHI FILM
    37 3 HOLLYWOOD Wed.— The life of Mahatma Gandhi will be filmed In India next year. Producer Gabriel Pascal said that Devadas Gandhi, son oi the late Indian leader, will help to prepare the screen play— AP.
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    3 GIRLS TAKE A CAR TRIP
    65 3 3 GIRLS TAKE A CAR TRIP Three tired young women, who are glad to relax for a while m Singapore, after taking turn at driving a car from London to Ceylon, on their way to New Zealand. Seated is Canadian Mrs. Eunice Rexinger, who has an injured leg. On left
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    Senators call for a tougher bribe law
    135 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. A UNITED States Senate sub-committee said A today that some administrative officials and Congress members have failed to comply with "decent standards of conduct" m running their offices and m political campaigns. In calling for tougher bribery laws and a strict
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    Well done, says C-in-C
    74 3 TOKYO. Wed. THE C-in-C Far East Station, 1 Vlce-Admlral Sir Guy Russell, has congratulated the Australian light fleet carrier Sydney on her record of 89 sorties In one day during her first operational period m Korean waters. In his signal, the C-in-c said: "Your air effort
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    448 killed by typhoon
    60 3 TOKYO, Wed. THE typhoon which roared 1 across Japan on Sunday, killed 448 people and injured 1,755. Still missing are 371. Latest police reports say 144,000 cultivated acres were flooded and 12,644 houses destroyed. Another 86,000 houses were damaged. Damage to Japan's coastal traffic amounted to
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    He finds 110-year-old music
    121 3 LONDON, Wed. J^ "BONG Without Words" by Mendelssohn has just been published for the first time— HO years after it was written. The song was discovered by Mr. Jack Wemer, research worker m the Bodleian Library. Oxford. It was written, In the spring of 1841, In
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    MANY LEADERS HAVE FALLEN TO THE KILLER
    351 3 LONDON, Wednesday. ASSASSINATIONS have claimed political leaders m Malaya, Burma, India and countries of the Middle East since the war. Only eight days ago the High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya, Sir Henry Ourney, was murdered by bandits In a Jungle ambush
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    Biggest air fight costs Reds 13 jets
    188 3 TOKYO, Wed. AMERICAN Sabrt jets yesterday shot down eight Russian-type MIO fighters and damaged five others In the biggest air jet battle of the Korean war. The battle was between 33 Sabre jets and more than 100 MIGs. One American Jet was damaged
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    ROYAL VISIT
    27 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands discussed with President Truman yesterday plans for Queen Juliana's state visit to the United States m April.— A.P.
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    ALL FREED
    27 3 NEW YORK, Wed. Russia told the United Nations yesterday she has sent home all German, and Japanese prisoners not prosecuted for war crimes. A. P.
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    COMING EAST
    25 3 PARIS, Wed.— General Jean de Lattre de Tasslgny, French Commander-in-Chief m the Far East, left yesterday to rejoin his forces m Indo-Chlna A.P.
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    Fishing company granted loan
    193 4 Fishing company granted loan THE Singapore Fisheries Loan Board has approved an application: by a fishing company for a loan to develop offshore flshine m the Colony, said the Deputy Director of Fisheries, Mr. T W. Burdon, yesterday. Mr. Burdon said that m alii 14 applications were received b.v the
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    SILENT HOMAGE
    19 4 \Wd.— The Kinta mrd today observed a I 'a ilenoe m memory of c Sr Hcnrv Ourney,
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    Appointments in Pahang
    38 4 KUALA LIPIS, Wed.— lnche Mohamed Ariffln bin Hajl Mohamed Sulaiman, Malay Administrative Service, has been appointed Asst. District Officer, Kuantan. Inche Othraan bin Abdul Karim, Malaya Administrative Service, has been appointed Asst. District Officer, Temerloh.
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    S'pore mourns Liaquat: Loss to freedom's cause-Gimson
    443 4 MUSLIMS and the Pakistani community m Singapore yesterday took part m mass meetings and religious services m memory of the late Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan. There were many messages of condolence cabled from Singapore to Begum Liaquat Ali Khan and to Pakistan's new
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    Frisby to open art exhibition
    97 4 Frisby to open art exhibition MORE than 300 items, including water-colours, oils, scroll-paintings, drawings, needle-work and embroidery, will be shown at the Singapore Art Society's annual exhibition, of works by local art teachers and students, which will be opened at the British Council Hall tomorrow at 5 p.m. by Mr.
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    THEY'LL FILM THE RECORDS
    152 4 r certain "film-tests" now being carried out prove satisfactory, the Singapore Government's Micro-fllm Unit, will start photographing government records soon. More than 1.000.000 documents have to be filmed. Among them are some Land Office deeds dating back to 1826. Photographic records are required for the archives
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    Malacca MCA collects $8,809
    100 4 Malacca MCA collects $8,809 A TOTAL of $8,809 was obtained by the Malacca braoch of the Malayan Chinese Association from lotteries organised by th e association during the period Mar. 11. 1949. to June 30. 1951. the branch report states. The report adds the lotteries have "so far been the
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    'NOT ENOUGH RICE IN S.E.A'
    94 4 South-East Asia does not grown enough rice for her people. Dr. Ilhami Masar, regional economist for the Food and Agricultural Organisation In the Far Bast, told 209 people m a lecture at the University of Malaya last night. Dr. Masar said there would be enough
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    Federation mourns 'great man'
    134 4 Federation mourns 'great man' THE Government of the Fed- eration of Malaya sent a message of sympathy yesterday to the Governor-General of Pakistan on the murder of Mr. liaquat All Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The message said: "We are horrified to learn of the unprovoked attack made upon
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    Gaol term quashed on appeal
    190 4 Gaol term quashed on appeal ANG SEAH THOR, who had been sentenced In the lower courts to two months' imprisonment for fraudulent possession of 3tt pic vis of beans, valued at $80. successfcilly appealed m the High Court yesterday against the conviction. The beans were found m a samtxan and
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    Selangor Poppy Day wreaths
    50 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The organiser of the Selangor Poppy Day Fund. Mrs. Robinson, said today that clubs, associations and Individuals who want to have wreaths made should inform her at 3, Bellamy Road, (telephone 5427) before Nov. 1. Donations should be sent to the same address.
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    Statement to police questioned
    194 4 Statement to police questioned A CHINESE woman, mother of three, m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday denied having made a statement to an investigaiine police officer. Mr. V. N. Retnasingam. of the C.1.D.. about an abortion alleged to hawbeen performed on her by a woman. Tang Wai Lan. The
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    Sultan's trip to U.K. off
    80 4 'THE Sultan of Johore, Major-General Sir Ibrahim, has cancelled the passages he booked for himself, the Sultana and the infant Princess Mariam back to Britain aboard the Dutch liner Willem Ruys. A de luxe cabin, which the shipping line had asked a Singapore business man
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    Theft in house is alleged
    49 4 MUAR. Wed. Ambok Takok bin Babak pleaded not guilty to house-breaking ana theft by night. He was alleged to have entered the house of Hussein bin Abd Rahman at Sungei Pulal. Bail of $500 was allowed and the case was postponed to Oct. 28.
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    Change in barter system 'unlikely'
    202 4 PENANG, Wednesday. DENANG traders today discounted a report that the Indonesian Government might enforce a 50-50 barter system m place of the present 70-30 basis. "If the 50-50 system Is introduced, it would girs rise to problems which do not exist at present," one' leading
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    M.B. cycled 3 miles to open school
    92 4 M.B. cycled 3 miles to open school JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. TYATO Syed Abdul Kadir bin Muhammad, acting Mentri Besar, Johore., yesterday cycled three miles to open a new kampong Malay school at Parit Jonet, a muklm m the Pontian district. The kampong people themselves bought the land on which the
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    PROMOTION FOR 2
    37 4 The Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson. has approved the promotion of Messrs. Woon Wan Siang and Carl F. De Souza, both of the Social Welfare Service Part I, to Part II of the higher service.
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    Governor to attend Cenotaph service
    211 4 T»HERE will be a ceremony at the Cenotaph at 7.30 a.m. on Nov. 11 at which the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, will lay a wreath. The President of the ExServices Association and Service chiefs will lay wreaths. Those wishing to lay wreaths at this ceremony
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    EXHIBITION WILL MARK U.N. DAY
    77 4 A United Nations Day exhibition will open at 4.36 p.m. on Oct. 24, at the Victoria Memorial Hall. It has been organised by the Public Relations Office m conjunction with the United States Information Service, Singapore, the British Regional Information Officer and the newly-formed United
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    HIT-AND-RUN DRIVERS FEWER
    100 4 FIE Singapore Traffic Police think that motorists are becoming more conscious now of the need to report all accidents. Tpttf deduce thU from the fact that minor accidents, formerly suppressed by the public, were reported In unprecedented numbers last month. Nine hundred and fl/ty-one accidents, not Involving
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    POLICE GET AN OVERHAUL
    298 5 More men put on street duty Colony 'split 9 SINGAPORE police will soon have a complete overhaul. All branches will be affected. Under the new set-up, the Colony will be divided into two areas with an assistant commissioner responsible both for crime detection and routine uniform
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    HAWKERS MUST QUIT SEA FRONT
    232 5 HAWKERS MUST QUIT SEA FRONT UAWKERS are to be 11 cleared from the Esplanade before the City Council starts its $600,000 scheme to develop it into a waterfront promenade and park, said Mr. W. I. Watson. City Council Architect and Surveyor, yesterday. Two revised schemes had been submitted to Government
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    Toy dealer had no licence
    53 5 JOHORE BAHRU Wed. C!) w Lok. of Ipoh. who was fp inu soling toys m Kula! without a ilcence. was fined $10 In the Police Court today. He told the Court that rie was unable to get a licence from Government "Then you cannot sell,"
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    S.P.F. HOPE TO 'CATCH MORE MEN
    160 5 ¥N the revised police pay code designed to attract more men into Joining the Singapore Police Force, special allowances will be paid for educational qualifications, an ability to speak the local dialects, drive a car. operate a radio or teleprinter and other requisites. Increases
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    Verdict soon in Davies case
    73 5 The trial of six Malays m the Singapore Assize Court for the murder of Warrant Officer John William Davies. of the R.A.F.. is expected to end today. The six men are: Thamby bin Osman. Habee Kassim bin S. A. Kader. Thamby bin Sidek Dawood bin
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    Girl, 9, robbed, court is told
    94 5 Tan Sei Wan was committed yesterday by Mr. H. B. Livingstone, the Third Police Magistrate, to stand trial at the next Assizes on a charge of robbing a nine-year-old girl, Tan Cha 800, of her earrings, worth $20, and causing hurt to her. It
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    Gaoled twice for the same theft
    339 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. 4 W Ah Tai, a tongkang owner, was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment yesterday m the Kota Tinggl Folice Court, to be followed by one year's police supervision, for the theft of five tons of submarine cable at Pengerang. This was
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    Children's party prize winners
    119 5 Prize winners at the children's party at St. Joseph's Institution ground m aid of the Singapore Poppy Day Fund last Saturday are: Treasure Island: Ist prize MLsa Elsie Chew, 344. Telok Kurau and Master John Pousti«, 42. Emerald Hill; 2nd prire Miss Shelley Warner. 61. Cathay
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    MUSLIMS CLOSE
    29 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Indian Muslim places of business m the town were closed today as a mark of respect to Liaquat All Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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    Blackout areas
    125 5 Blackout areas ELECTRICITY may be cut ell m the followinf are as today: DAT Pasir Panjang, Reformatory Rd., Oxygen Factory, CresMnlte. St. James, Miri Rd.. Silat Rd., Bukit Pasoh, 8.A.T., Trafalgar St.. Prince Edward Rd., Saro St., Peoples Park, Nanaon Rd., Lam Soon Oil Mills, Guan Hin, I.E. Network, River
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    Nursery for 5O opened
    186 5 THE Salvation Army's new Lee Kuo Chuan Nursery Home for children up to five years of age was opened yesterday In the grounds of the Lee Latex Factory m Woodlands Road. It was built and furnished by Mr. Lee Kong Chlan who has named It after
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    Schools to be enlarged
    133 5 SIX additional classrooms m two of the older English school* m Singapore— the Radin Mas School m upper Serangoon and the Serangoon EngQish School— are now being built, Mr. R. M Young, the Deputy Director of Education, said yesterday A hall is also beine' built at
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    PONGGOL POINT TO GET JETTY
    49 5 Work on a jetty at Ponggoi Point has started and is expected to be completed by January, a spokesman of the Rural Board said yesterday. The Board had approved $20,000 for It but the cost Is expected to exceed this figure, the spokesman added.
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    Kinta woman makes history
    69 5 IPOH. Wed. WHEN Mr. J. M. Brander, chairman of Kinta Town Board, opened the monthly meeting today he Mid it was an "historic occasion" because they were to welcome their first woman member Mrs. Chin Swee Onn. Another Unofficial member, Inche Mahmud bin Sheik Abdul Majid.
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    'ECAFE Night'at Trade Fair
    114 5 'ECAFE Night' at Trade Fair DELEGATES to the ECAFE Conference on Trade Promotion m Singapore spent two hours admiring the Exhibition of Hong Kong Chinese Manufacturers' Products .'ECAFE Night* last night at th« Happy World Stadium. liocal trade buyers, senior Government officials, business executives and City Councillors were among the
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    SPORE AGENT APPOINTED
    84 5 A Portuguese shipping company, the Companhia Nacional de Navegaca of Lisbon, has appointed the Barretto Shipping and Trading Co., as its Singapore agent. One of the company's newest luxury passenger liners, tne NtV. Timor is expected m Singapore on Friday. The trip is m the nature of
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    More medical buildings to go up
    212 5 More medical buildings to go up rpHE Governor. Sir Franklin Olmson, will lav the foundation stone of the new Nurses' Hostel, and the Outpatients Department at the Singapore General Hospital next month. These, and other building project* under the second phase o! the ten-year medical plan, are expected to cost
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    MEETING TO PLAN NEXT MOVE
    55 5 The Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association will hold an emergency meeting at 5.30 p.m today at the association's premises m Cantonment Road. The meeting will discuss trie course of action to be taken as a result of the Harbour Board's decision nol to grant cost-of-livlng
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    $100,000 face lift for 'Welfare Office'
    126 5 $100,000 face lift for 'Welfare Off ice' SINGAPORE'S Social Welfare Department building the old Supreme Court will soon undergo a "face lift" if a $100,000 allocation provided for m the Colony's budget is approved by the Budget Committee of the Legislative Council. Alterations will include the re-designing or total removal
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      143 5 East-West Society: East- west quiz at the V.M.C.A., 8.30* p.m. V.M.C.A.: Adult Education Council meeting, 5.30 p.m.; French class, 5.30 p.m.; commercial daises. 5.30 p.m.; gymnastics class, 6 p.m.; "Khalik Cup" table tennis tournament, 7 pjn.; "Week of Prayer" choir practice, 8.15 p.m EastWest Quiz, 8.30 p.m. Y.W.C.A.: Sewing classes
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Oct. 18, 1951
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      A Mayor And Corporation
      652 6 Last Sunday Mr. R. J. Farrer recalled the time, after World War I, when there were only eleven Municipal Commissioners m Singapore, including the President Next Sunday he will relate how both the number and powers of the Commissioners were increased. The Straits Settlements Government, having
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      Murder Of A Statesman
      427 6 Many crimes have been laid at the door of the Khaksars, but none more ominous than the murder of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan. The Khaksars, a semi-military Muslim organisation, have played m Pakistan much the same role as the Hindu Mahasabha
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    Victory planning goes on
    1735 6  - Victory planning goes on WINSTON S. CHURCHILL War Memoirs: Closing the Ring— s By Act— pmmiti fey Mrv Chmn^tß a atf M* y*mmgtaA tfaactoer Mary, Mr. CtiMMI Mt tk* Clr*« to th*Q«eai Hary*a A««. S, IMS, to «IM the QMkw iiawi Ik* pfcifcjil MhjMte l«r iMMiM WOT* tfe* czttiac MiMmniii
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      Jap pencils, etc.
      329 6 THE Japanese Peace Treaty, pending ratification, is A now an established fact. In the not very distant future Japanese nationals, men and women, will keep on landing m Singapore and Malaya, and though every attempt will be made to admit immigrants who were not here before or
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      Mr. Ooi Eng Aun
      135 6 honour should be paid to the name and memory Of Mr. Ooi Enf Aun, who paid the penalty for taking an activt part In restoring to Pusing Its fair name from that of the wont Tillage m Perak. But cry shame not only upon his cowardly
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      N.S. PLANTER OPINION
      174 6 I REFER to the letter from "Front Line Planter" of Negri Sembilan. headed News of the Emergency (Straits Times. Oct. 8.). At a general meeting of th t Negri Sembilan Branch of the Incorporated Society ol Planters held last Friday, a resolution was unanimously passed deprecating the
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      OFFICIAL 'HEDGE'
      48 6 CRIES of exasperation ar the frustration caused by those who are set In author. ty over us appear from time to time m your columns May 1 suggest that the collective term "a hedge of Government officials" would not be inappropriate 1 JOHN BPF. Singapore. 1
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    On the Margin
    468 6 On the Margin Uahau Dtwten IFE Is full of turpr.M s, and the latest one. so far as I am concerned, Is the discovery that dowsing has been practised In Malay a A Kuala Lumpur reader wrltts as follows: Your note "A Dowser's t«U recalled memories of the Bahi.u camp
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      195 6 Zinc The element zinc occurs m zinc blende a natural I I zinc sulphide and m certain ores of lead and silwr bluish-white metal, zinc was originally produced only m t tuna and Sumatra, and substantial quantities were once mined m Britain, but most of the world's supply now comes
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    FEDERAL WAR COUNCIL EXPANDED
    660 7 Plans to stnash bandits decided C.G. PRESIDES AT CRISIS MEETING KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. j^|ALAYAN leaders today met m Kuala Lumpur and drew up plans for a smashing attack on Malayan Communism. It was concrete proof that the brutal assassination of Sir Henry Gurney had produced a
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    607,791 tons handled
    52 7 A total of 607,791 tons of cargo was discharged and loaded at the roads and Singapore Harbour Board wharves last month. The total discharged and loaded at the wharves was 344,746 tons. Singapore handled 5,545,068 tons of cargo inwards and out during the first nine months of
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    HE SAT AND READ AND WAS BANNED
    230 7 SCIENTIST APPEALS TO BLYTHE DOBERT Noel Els tone, aged 26, Melbourne Univer- sity lecturer, who has been refused permission lo land In Singapore from the liner Charon, has appealed to the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe. He has written "I cannot defend
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    Work-to-rule call may hit S'pore
    98 7 A SINGAPORE railway official said last night that it was too early to say how railway traffic m the Colony would be affected by the decision of the Malayan Railway Traffic Operatln e Union to extend their "work-to-rule'' policy to the whole of Malaya beginning
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    TAPPERS DRIVEN AWAY BY BANDITS
    184 7 TAPPERS DRIVEN AWAY BY BANDITS KUALA LUMPUR. Wed RUBBER tappers In Broga. Negri Sembilan. have been severely intimidated by bandits recently and labour difficulties have arisen, Mr. G C Bailey, chairman of Bro^a Rubber Estates, told members at their annual general meeting yesterday. ii. recent months, all Chinese tappers had
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    BARBER OFFERED BRIBE, GAOLED
    61 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wfd Fi" a npt'.nß to bribe Mr. Cadet/ASP and OCPD Pcn^crang Chien Soo Ciian a bar'oer. was ■enteneed to two months' imprisonmir.t and fined S3OO. m default a further three months' Imprisonment m the Kota Timsri Police C *urt yesterday Chien offered Mr Wrinch
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    DEATH
    19 7 FVANS. JOSEPH Pn^cd away ■uddenlv on 17.10.51. Funeral to tike \i c today ;it 5 p.m. Bidai;..n C
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    Gimson is 'C-in-C' of Chinese Y's drive
    180 7 Gimson is 'C-in-C' of Chinese Y's drive SIR Franklin Gimson, Gov ernor of Singapore, has accepted an Invitation from the Singapore Chinese V.M.C.A. to be the "Patron and Commander-in-Chief" of its third membership campaign, with Mr. Thlo Chan Bee. Legislative Councillor, as "Chief of Staff." Accepting the invitation made by
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    PUBLIC HOLIDAY
    22 7 JOHORE BAHRU Wed The Causeway Customs Office will be closed on Oct. 29, Deepavalt day, a public holiday m Johore.
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    Talk on 'rebirth'
    26 7 The Yen Narada Thera will give a talk on "Rebirth" at the Mahabodhi School hall, Lorong 34, Oeylang, on Sunday at 3 p.m.
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    TOURING THE FAR EAST
    68 7 MISS JOAN WHITTINGTON I>irector of the Overseas Division of the British Red Cross Society, who antred m Singapore yesterday by QanUs-BOAC from London on a two month tow of Far Eastern branches. Miss Whittington will spend five days m the Colony before going to the Federation,
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    3 more Beavers due soon
    72 7 THREE more Beaver aircraft for the Federation* air service to link up small towns, are now on ihtit wav "o Singapore from Canada. They are expected here at the end of the month. Two Beavers already In the Colony, will be ready for use In
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    CLERK ALLOWED $1,000 BAIL
    68 7 Yaacob bin Ishak. a 26 year-old clerk of the General Post Office. Singapore, was sentenced m the Third Dt*trlct Court yesterday to eight months' imprisonment for the theft of a letter. The letter was addressed to Drs. Bain and Smith, and contained a $5 note and
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    Singapore mourns Liaquat
    71 7 KMK rMftI&A'AM National Sag, ten, at luui-mast m front of a Singapore shop as a mark of respect to Mr. LJaqoat Ali Khan, Pakistan Premier, who was assassinated on Tuesday. Bight: Mr. M. J. Namazie. president of Singapore MnsKm League, (third from left) reading the draft cable
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    $7 m FALL IN FED. REVENUE
    108 7 $7 m FALL IN FED. REVENUE KUALA LUMPUR, Wed THE Federation suffered Its biggest drop this year m customs revenue, m September when a decrease of more than $7 million was recorded froai the August figures. The total customs revenue m September was $42,754,193 compared with $49,960,549 m August. The
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    Movement of Fed. tin
    140 7 MOVEMENTS of tin-ln-concentrates from the mainland of the Federation of Malaya (by States and settlements) to Singapore and Penang daring September this year amounted to 4,770 tons, states the Registrar of Malayan Statistics. Mr. R D*w. Compared to the previous month, this figure shoved a drop
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    Move to form K.L. branch of IMP
    153 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. AN informal meeting of all supporters of the Inde- pendence of Malaya Party m and around Kuala Lumpur will be held next week as a preparatory step to the inaugural general meeting of the Kuala Lumpur, branch of the Party
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    Just like in prison camps, he says
    94 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. MALAYAN squatters m lvl resettlement areas felt the same way as soldiers m prisoner-of-war camps, Mr. R. M. C. Codner, who used the "wooden horse" to escape from a German camp, told Kuala Lumpur Rotarians today. "I have talked to
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    COLLEGE FOR POLICE STARTS NEXT YEAR
    294 7 COLLEGE FOR POLICE STARTS NEXT YEAR KUALA LI'MPUR, Wednesday. T»HE 83,000,000 police training college In Kual* L Kubo Bahru will start "m a modified form** b«« fore the end of next year, Mr. S. G. Taylor, the Commandant, said In Kuala Lumpur today. The college should be complete towards che
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    BANDITS KILL S.C.
    25 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed A Malay special constable was ambushed and killed by bandits m the Ulu Choh waterworks area on Tuesday night.
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    'Let library be Gurney's memorial'
    235 7 'Let library be Gurney's memorial' KUALA LJMPUR Wed. A CULTURAL organisation m Kuala Lumpur is putting forward a suggestion to the organisers of the Independence o; Malaya Party that the Sir Henry Gurnty Fund should be spent on a Federation central library and a travelling book box scheme. Recommendations that
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    Singapore Trust wants to borrow $20 million
    138 8 CHEAPER RENT HOMES PLANNED SINGAPORE Improvement Trust is to build cheaper houses next year and let them at rents within the means of the lower income groups. The Trust chairman, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, yesterday said that the Singapore Government had been
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    FED. TO GET MORE ARMOUR VEHICLES
    271 8 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. SEVERAL hundred armoured vehicles will be despatched to Malaya with the greatest speed, a Colonial Office spokesman said, yesterday. He was answering a complaint contained m a letter m a Sunday newspaper from a Malayan police officer who.
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    4 cleared on appeal
    131 8 POUR men, Lim Soo Lim, Ho Siong Sim, Chua Boon Hua and Lim Soo Kiam. who had been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment each m the District Court on a charge of theft of four bales of rubber from a lighter m the Telok Ayer Basin
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    Two accused of holding gold
    93 8 Two buy —:ne*i Tong Moh Tian and Lee Son Moh were committed, after a preliminary inquiry m the Singapore First Police Court yesterday for trial at the next Assizes on a joint charge of failing to offer 486 2/3 ounces of gold for sale to
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    Graduate guild wants more say
    234 8 THE Guild of Graduates of the University of 1 Malaya have asked for increased graduate representation on the Council of the University, states the current number of the Grad, magazine of the Stamford Club, Singapore. It lias at present two members on the Council, and
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    The Sultanah will be there
    44 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed The Sultanah of Johore will attend the annual rally of the Johore Bahru Girl Guides at 5 p.m. tomorrow on the Bukit Zaherah School padang. The Sultanah is the Patrone*s of the Johore Girl Guide Assx-iation.
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    P.C. found drowned
    65 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— DOLICE Constable Mohamed of Masai Police Station, was found drowned m a stream this morning. His body was dicovered by a woman who went to the stream for a bath. The stream was only two feet deep at the place. The constable was recently
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    Stole $612 from woman
    75 8 PENANG. Wed. rO Youths, Tang Yoke Lum and Ooi Chooi, Seong, who ransacked a woman's house on the pretext of searching it for opium pleaded guilty today to two charges of housebreaking and theft of $612 The Sessions Court President. Mr. B. G. Smith, deferred sentence
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    WITHDRAWN
    35 8 MUAR. Wed —The prosecution withdrew its case against 67-year-old Teo Choon. alias Teo Herg Geok. charged with cheating Teo Poon by transferring a piece of land Into his own name. He mt i discharged.
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    MR. E. STUART
    28 8 KUALA LIPIS. Wed.— Mr. E Stuart Inspector of Mines. Federation, has been appointed Senior Inspector of Mines, Pahann. m succession to Mr. E. B Thomas.
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    Member plan for S'pore criticised
    98 8 THE inclusion of Nominated Members and representatives of the three Chambers of Commerce m the proposed Member System of Government, could be against the principles of democracy, Mr. John Laycock, (Prog. Katong), said yesterday. He said he was opposed to any Member System which would
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    NO INCREASE IN TRANSFER FEE
    48 8 The transfer fee tor hackney carriages will not be Increased next year City Councillors proposed increasnig it from $1 to $3. but since this will only produce an estimated additional $400 per annum. Councillors decided that it was not worthwhile amending the ordinance.
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    'STORE MUST PROTECT ITS PROSPERITY'
    243 8 SINGAPORE must take immediate steps to safeguard and maintain its present prosperity, says Dr. P. S. Lokanathan, executive secretary of ECAFE, m his talk on "ECAFE and Technical Assistance" to Singapore Rotarians yesterday. Dr. Lokanathan suggested two ways. Use the extra resources at Singapore's command
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    Vice-consul marries princess
    86 8 ]LfR. Arthur Janzen, Vice- Consul at the Netherlands Consulate-General In Singapore, yesterday afternoon at the Singapore Registry Office, married Princess Puckpring Pramoj. The Princess, who is known as "Puck", formerly worked for the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service In Singapore, and, previous to that, with the British
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    S'pore USIS man made consul
    77 8 Mr. Robert J. Boylan, an Associate Director of USIS In charge of the Singapore office, has been appointed an American Consul by President Truman. Before joining the Department of State last April, Mr. Boylan was a member of the staff of Mr. Sam Rayburn, Speaker
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    TWO ACCUSED OF THEFT
    56 8 MUAR. Wed.-Kaiideen and Fakir Mohamed were charged at Muar with theft of 126 katis of rice belonging to the Malayan Stevedoring and Transportation Ltd.. of which they were employees. Kalideen pleaded guilty while the second accused claimed trial. Bail of $500 each was allowed and the
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    GURNEY TRIBUTE
    29 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Pahang State Councillors paid tribute to Sir Henry Ournev at the State Council meeting today and pledged their determination to wipe out the bandits
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    LOOKING AT HATS
    212 9 ■Ms bonnet has a turn back brim and is reminiscent of the cloche which has been popular for some time. It is of pastel pink ft is trimmed w th an Arum liX» and a brov veil WITH MAR\ BAXTER THE latest millinery fep-a*, or hat show
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    HOW TO DEAL WITH BLACKHEADS
    377 9  -  MACDA DUNIN By "LIOW can I cure n blackheads? My skin is fair and I dare not use a preparation which might spoil m 7 complexion writes one of my correspondents. t In a healthy skin all the pores are active. Blackheads L stop up
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    DRESS OF THE WEEK
    92 9 DRESS OF THE WEEK i IA/HH the Chmtmas season fast approachI ing, the parties and the fun. pvery smart girl wants some- thing special for her new ovening dress The gown sketc ed here is just that. E It n a confection of topaz I 'affetta and black chiffon I
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    Out Of This World
    210 9 "ITS out of this world" she said, eating rapturously. I looked at her and thought perhaps she wa/' m the same category. Slender, tanned, m a beautifully cut gown made out of what I would have said was curtain material had I seen it m the
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      198 9 33. Bracb ship (ana(.) (It). Straits Times Crossword w££ f we ma y P i n to Naui (SI. Smelling unpleaaantly <•). "^1 F'H HI 5~ Thlf nnit ta a therm (41 I 3 Mean attempt by a friend I iq 1 W^^* wocse (10). L h«w Alternatively, fi an
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    LONDON STOCKS
    284 10 I-ONDON. Vi*L CHAKINQ o£t an Initial inted ot depression the LondfJft Stock marktus mad« stc«dy progress today to dot* on a arm note. Although olom attention was being paid to events In th« Mlddl# fiast, approach of the general »leotlon day at horn* and the market hope of
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    H.K. EXCHANGE RATES
    35 10 HONO KONG, Wed. FREK market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today at the close as follows: US$l HK$6.B6 (cash), HK16.90K (T.T.); £1 HK116.70; one tahll of gold HK$333 TJP.
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    Melbourne share market
    144 10 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Wed. gHARE prices moved against holders again on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today. Many investors' paper profits were cut sharply as sellers nervously quit their holdings. International uncertainties were highlighted by the Egyptian rlotin;. with a general atmosphere of caution and uncertainty
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    RUBBER MARKET
    242 10 Prices rise with a largQ turnover From A Market Correspondent AFTER a very steady opening, m sympathy with tht rise la London and the worsening Egyptian situation, the Singapore rubber market eased on profit-taking yesterday. It steadied again at the lower levels m the late afternoon. At ttat
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    TIN: $480⅛ A PICUL
    11 10 SINGAPORE. Wed.. Oct. IT $480.12* (op f1k.75.)
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    London: £1,020 a ton
    27 10 LONDON, Wed. Cash Buyers. 1.020, Sellers JU.OSOi Forward Buyers £M7H, Seller* A»7t| Settlement 81,027 V* (np &t*H). Turnover: sum. lfO p.m. 25 tons.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    141 10 r copra section of th* Singapore produoe market was steady yesterday with buyers opening at $41 a ploul. After business bad been done at $48H, buyers raited their bids and further business passed at $46. The market doted with buyers at $48 X and sellers at $46
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    Malayan shares
    136 10 Good interest m Rubbers THE Malayan share market wai quiet m all sections yesterday with Industrials steady. Tins inclined to ease, and good buying interest' In Rubber shares. Price chang m announced by tfci Malayan Sharebrokers 1 AssoolaUOß ware: INDCITBI4J4 p.ugj. w "ttr nutt M N»»v» Ord» 4.10
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    TIN COMPANY DIVIDENDS
    85 10 IPOH, Wad. PETALINQ TIN directors today declared a fourth quarterly Interim dividend of 30 per cent In respect of the yeai to Oct. 11, 1961, less tax at 30 per cent, payable on Nov. 17, 1951, to shareholders registered on Oot. 27. T<KLOK KRUIN TIN directors have
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    190 10 CHIPS In tha Slngapora Road ana alongside tba Slngapor* Harbour Board godowni at 4 p m yesterday were: OnUv Road*: Hal Htuan. B Greco: Chong Ta, ShlUong, Madoera: Kalmana: Burnslda; Alcldei. Van ben Boscn. La colorada: Sllvermapto: Okhla; Ornm; Troodot. Baud. Foo: To; Mul Hock, Tan Siong Hong.
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    BOAT RACE DATE
    22 11 LONDON, Wed. Next year's boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities will be rowed on Saturday. Mar. 2» Reuter.
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    'Split in sport' threat is 'wild and stupid'
    639 11 'Split in sport' threat is 'wild and stupid' SINGAPORE SPORTSMEN SPEAK OUT THE present deadlock over the formation of a Pan-Malayan Olympic Sports Council is not insurmountable, said Singapore upttg officials when interviewed by the Straits Times yesterday. It is their belief that things are not so bad as was
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    RASC HIT TOP RUGGER FORM
    91 11 V>LAYING m top form. Royal Army Service Corps did extremely wen ts beat RAP (Sektar) by nine points (one try. two penalty goals) to six points (a try and a penalty goal) In a friendly rugger match played at Seletar yesterday. The game was played
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    S.C.R.C. HOCKEY
    69 11 The Singapore Chinese Recreation Club team to meet R.A.F. (Changl) m a senior hockey league game at Hong Lim Green on Saturday is a« follows: Patrick Yee: Dr. Ong Swee Law. Chua Bng Cheng; Au Tat Chu, Goh Chin Chye, Cheong Thiam Slew; Swee Llm SWang. Chal Hon
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    Bakar nets 4 for M.C.F.A. tourists
    390 11 M.OF.A. 6; Singapore 2. MALAYAN Chinese touring team celebrated their eve of departure with a six- two victory over AMSbijjapore at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday The team leave this morn- Ing for Hong Kong for their Ho Ho Cup match and a series of
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    VARSTTY BEATEN
    40 11 In a friendly hockey match played at Sepoy Lines yesterday. Singapore Medical Services Union beat University oi BCalay& second XI by two goals to one. Dr Labrooy seared both goals for M«ilcala whU* JagathMsan scored for the Tarstty.
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    DON COCKELL WINS BY K.O: 'UNKNOWN' BEATS THOMAS
    171 11 DON COCKELL WINS BY K.O: 'UNKNOWN' BEATS THOMAS D LONDON. Wed. ON Cockdl retained his British light heavyweight title by knocking out Albert Finch, former middleweight champion, m the seventh round at Harrmgay Arena last night Clearly superior from the opening boll, Cockeil punished the Ho under ing Finch severely,
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    S. Johore team v.RAF (Tengah)
    64 11 JOHORE BAHRL*. Wed. OOUTU JOHORH RFC will meet RAF (Tengaa) on Saturday at Johore Bahru. kick off 5 .15 p m South Johcre team will be: Belton; Wa'^h, Clayton, Martindale: Thornton; Aitken; Law; Walton; Futt<m. Mins. Brennan. Lee; Young; Stewart and Corbett. Martindale is suffering
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    SHB listless, lose to REME
    101 11 |")VER-eonndence and a listless v display of rugby by the Harbour Board contributed to their downfall at Keppel Harbour yesterda; when they were beaten by five points la goal) to three la penalty) by R.E.M.E. R.E.M.E. fully deserved their win. hounding the ball like a
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    Dockyard, RNAS tie
    25 11 Dockyard, RN AS tie In a friendly ***** mabfh played it EMS. Terror yesterday. Naval Dockyard and Royal Naval Air Station (Sembawang) stand ate petatta
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    YMCA Seletar in thrilling draw
    312 11 YE3TEHDAys Second Division S H A League match between RAF (SeieUr i and YMCA at Ow latter's groond m Balestler Road ended In a 3-3 draw. The game wa« placed at a stalling pace and the result was a fafr indication of the rua of
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    Recs too good for schools at hockey
    199 11 Recs too good for schools at hockey SINGAPORE Recreation Club "A" showed complete superiority m defeating Combined Schools 4-2 m a friendly hockey fixture on the Padang yesterday. The schoolboys put up a determined fight m the opening stages but could not keep it up. Douglas Hay and Chin Yoon
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    ENTRIES FLOOD IN FOR GAP CLIMB
    259 11 By Our Motoring Reporter WHKX entries for the Singapore Motor Club's annual Hill Climb Championship to be held at the Gap on Sunday, Oct. 28, closed officially on Monday, the organisers had received barely 3t entries. Bat m the past 48 hoars entries have
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    Kind Regardspays $101 in top sprint race
    1620 12 FANCIED HONOURBRIGHT WINS IN A CANTER From EPSOM JEEP, rnnAiNu, Wednesday. KIND REGARDS, ridden by Athol Mulley paid $101 on the win tote to tak< the main sprint event for Class 3, Div. 1 horses at Batu Gantong racecourse here today, second day
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    Big Sweep
    40 12 TOTAL POOL: 5403.1&0. FIRST: *****9 $96,744 SECOND: *****3 $48,372 THIRD: ****** $24,186 STARTERS ($6,910 each) Nos: *****1; *****9; *****2; *****9; *****9; *****5; *****3. CONSOLATION PRIZES ($2,418 each) Nos: *****4; *****8; *****7; *****0; *****6; *****4; *****5; *****0; *****7; *****9.
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    S'pore Services lose in H.K.
    68 12 HONO KONO, Wed. THE Singapore Combined Services lost by 32 rune to the Hong Hong Combined Services In a two-day cricket match which vai concluded yesterday. Final scores were: Hongkong 116 and 144, Singapore 117 and 90. Singapore made no attempt to bat out time,
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    DURAND CUP
    35 12 CALCUTTA, Wed. East Bengal Club of Calcutta entered the semi-finals of the Durand Cup football tournament m Delhi by beating the Kallghat Club of Calcutta In the quarterfinals by four goals to one.
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    WILLIAMS-AFTER HEIN TEN HOFF
    305 12 WILLIAMS- AFTER HEIN TEN HOFF LONDON, Wed. BRITISH boxing writers, hopping mad over the Dortmund draw decision between Johnny Williams and Germany's Helns Neuhaus, are tipping the Welshman to take Hem Ten HofT's European heavyweight title. Sunday's fight started a sizzling blast of cables from the British writers at the
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    HELSINGBORG VISIT VETOED BY S.F.A.
    635 12 THE Helsingborg Football Club will not come to Malaya during their tour of 1 the Far East next month. The Swedish F.A. has refused permission for the team to play either m Singapore or the Federation, mainly, I gather, because they take the view that
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    No contender for Robinson's title
    449 12 N.B.A. ISSUES RANKINGS: WASHINGTON, Wednesday. DRITISH and continental boxers figure as logical D contenders for world titles m five of the eight divisions, according to the newest rankings of the National Boxing Association of the United States. They are missing from the lists only m
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    Cesarewitch: thrill to end
    183 12 NEWMARKET ,Wed. MR. C. P. Croft's Thre* Cheers, a three-year-old ridden by K. (Manny) Mercer, today won the Cesarewitch handicap over two and a quarter miles at Newmarket, beating, m a thrilling finish. Mr. P. O. Thompsons Vidi Vlcl by a head with Mr Basil Samuel's
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    Sappers outplay G.H.Q. 26-nil
    60 12 Royal Engineers outplayed GHQ iTanglin) In a rugby match at Gillman Barracks yesterday, win. ning by 26 points (four tries, a goal and three penalty goals) to nil. The Sappers were a wellbalanced and much fitter side. The GHQ forwards tried hard to hold the R.E.
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    7 races only on Saturday
    43 12 THE Penan? Tun lut> committee have decided there will be only seven races again on Saturday Scratching* for all enticements m the Class sprints have been heavy enough to reduce the second run from six to five divisions.
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