The Straits Times, 1 November 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1951. PRIQE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    SUPREMO TO TAKE COMMAND
    322 1 Full potvers forecast for Lockhart SWEEPING CHANGES IN BANDIT WAR KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. changes in the conduct of the Emergency are to be announced shortly, the Straits Times understands. The most important involves the functions of the Director of Operations. It is understood that he is
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    Tribal welcome for Princess
    30 1 THREE INDIAN 1 GIKLS perform a tribal dance before PrkieMa Elliabeth and th* Duke of Edinburgh during festivities iVltfinW Olid Park. Victoria. British ConfßiKia^A IP. phftff.
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    Harriman may fix talks
    76 1 Harriman may fix talks WASHINGTON, Wed. MR. Avereli Harriman, hew United States Mutual Security Director, may next week dtocuss with Mr. Anthony Eden. Britain's new Foreign Secretary, proposals for a meeting between President Truman and Mr Winston Churchill It was reported here yesterday H P is also expected to disci^
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    France to seek more U.S. aid
    101 1 France to seek more U.S. aid NEW YORK, Wed. THE French Vice-Premier 1 and Minister of Defence, M. Georges BldauJt, said yesterday France cannot assume full responsibility for the defence of Indo-China as well as Franc* itself. He said France had to seek United Btatea aid. and he would go
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    3-NATIONMEETING
    30 1 TOKYO, Wed.— Delegates from the United States, Canada and Japan art to meet here on November 5 to negotiate a North Pacific Fisheries Agreement, it was announced today. Reuter.
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    MEAT MAY BE DEARER
    163 1 fHE price of imported meat A in Malaya it expected to rise 20 cents a pound before the end of January. The price of supplies has already gone up 3d a pound in Australia, but traders hers ar« trying to ke#p the price down as long
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    New arms for Australia
    68 1 CANBERRA. Wed. AUSTRALIA proposes to rtequip her Navy, Army, and Air Force in accordance with the Anglo- American scheme for standardisation of arms. authoritative sources said here today. This will mean new ftghtrrs, bombers and trainers for the Royal Australian Air Force, a new rifle (the
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    Sea fares increased
    48 1 BOMBAY, Wed. The P O Shipping Company today announced an 11 to 18 per cent Increase in passenger fares between India and Britain, because of higher operating costs. The Increases become effective tomorrow. The fares between Britain and Australia are also to be raised.— Reuter
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    Suez police boss thrown wit
    230 1 CAIRO, Wednesday. ORITISH troops ejected an Egyptian deputy police chief from the Sues Canal Zone and threatened to kill him If he came back, It was reported here. Inspector Sayyed Lyutfl el i Bholy was driven by British Military Police to 30 miles north of
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    Fishing expert
    44 1 arriving EDINBURGH, Wed r-Cap-taln William Liston, 38, an Edinburgh fishing skipper, will fly to Malaya at the beginning of November on an eight- week official visit to advLst the Malayan Government on the beat method* of improving the country's fishing industry. Reuter.
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    Arson, riots planned for Persia
    95 1 Arson, riots planned for Persia TEHERAN. Wed. OEC RET Communist plans to paralyse Persia by sabotage dynamite, fire and riots— were among Communist documents seised by the police last week, according to the usually reliable newspaper Keyhan. The paper said the plans called for dynamiting factories, bridges and railways, setting
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    WROtfG TARGET
    30 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A mortar bomb fell short of Ha target in the Tanjong Mallrn area of Selangor today and killed one Chinese civilian and wounded five others
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    No cheers for Dr Mossadeq
    51 1 TEHERAN. Wed.— The Persian Premier, Dr. Mossadeq. to day cabled to his Government from Washington that he wanted no triumphal arches to welcome him back to Teheran. He did not want th# people to Interrupt their dally routine to cheer and greet him. he said—
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    Germans will soon be partners
    92 1 BONN. Wed. JUS Allies and West Oer--1 man* have drafted a treaty giving West Germany 1 artnershlp In the European defence front, aa Anted official saJd last night. The treaty will also provide for the end of th« Allied High Commission and occupation statute. The
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    BLAZE AT OIL STORE
    43 1 Two Army fire engines put out a fire on top of an oil tank at the Royal Navy oil tank store at Ayer Rajah Road, Singapore, last night. Wood and paint were burned but there was no serious damage.
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    REDS CLIMB DOWN AND RAISE HOPES
    159 1 PANMUNJOM, Wednesday. A SUDDEN Communist concession today raised the highest hopes of a Korea ceaseflr e since the talks started— and brought their proposed "line" within two to three miles of the Allies' offer. The climb down on the position of a neutral buffer
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    MA WAI 'COULD NOT BE DEFENDED9
    428 1 MA WAI 'COULD NOT BE DEFENDED 9 TPOE Mawai settlement in Johore was abandoned x because it could not be defended against bandits and only after its 1,200 residents had told the Johore Government that they did not wish to be put behind wire in the area, said a Johore
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    U.S. bombs hit Allied prisoners
    157 1 HONQ KONG. Wed. EIGHT American* and Brltonj were among 21 persons killed or wounded, when a United States aircraft bombed a prlsoner-of-wai camp in North Korea on the night of Oct. 13, the New China News Agency claimed here today. One American prisoner. L.t Robert
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    Premier names another nine
    158 1 Premier names another nine LONDON, Wed. liflß. Churchill anlTl nounced another batch of new Ministers today, naming his son-in-law, Mr. Duncan Sandys, as Minister of Supply. Other posts announced: Secretary of State for War Brijf. Anthony H»nry Head; First Lord of the Admiralty Mr. James Purdon L*wes Thomas; Secretary of
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    SACKED MAN HURLS BOMB
    50 1 MILAN. Wed. -A sacked from a Milan firm, hurled a bomb into lie ofi\i« of the director, killing h* director his secretary and himself last night The worker charged into the director's office after flßhtinu his wav oast several clerks. Three cletks were Kravehr injured —Reuter.
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    NORWAY RKPLIRS
    24 1 OSLO. Wed. Norway st night rejected Russian allegations that she had broken the demilitarisation clause of the Sjlitzbersen Treaty of 1920— Reutcr
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      369 2 See and appreciate Alec GUINNESS I in 1 "THE LAVENDER HILL MOB" j I at I I The Pavilion Theatre I Drink and appreciate ■,■■!■■■■■>» MiMiMalsHH's^JP Today 2-4.15 6.30-9.30 p.m. 4P fTfIVIMTT Sl UNITED KINGDOM. CANADA And THE SINGAPORE U Ulll 1 1 Ij C/ U PEEBB ACCLAIMED IT! Now,
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    Members of Churchill's Government
    86 3 GAIT. H F. C Crookshank, Minister of Health. He is also the new leader of the Tory party in th* House of Commons. Aged 58 and a bachelor, C«pt. Crookshank was educated at Eton and Oxford. H* won his first seat In 1924. SEVEN of the
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    India to try again for peace
    213 3 PARIS. Thur*. INDIA was reliably reported •■i-day to be preparing to take the initiative in the G?neral Assembly to end tli' Korean war and seat Communist China in the d Nations. The report was strengthened by the disclosure that Mr. Nehru has named Sardar
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    'Down with Mao' on sidewalk
    52 3 HONG KONG. Wed —AntiCommunist slogans mysteriously appeared this morning In one of the busiest streets of Hong Kong, attracting a large crowd of people going to their offices. Painted in white on a sidewalk,' the slogans read: "Down with Mao Tse-tung" and 'Take back the
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    JAPS WILLING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE REDS
    65 3 TOKYO. Wed. P«IME Minister Yoshida -aid yesterday that Japan had no objections to tho establishment of peaceful relations with the Communists if it was also their wssfc. He affirmed that his government was willing to negotiate with the Commu-ni-ts. Yoshida made this *ta
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    TUC gives pledge to the Tories
    138 3 LONDON, Wednesday. rIE Trades Union Congress today stated it would work amicably with the new Conservative Government to "find practical solutions to social and economic problems."] It would work to this end, as loyally under the Conservatives, as under any other government. The T.U.C.
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    2 'STRONG MEN' GET THE TOUGHEST JOBS
    365 3 2 'STRONG MEN GET THE TOUGHEST JOBS LONDON, Wednesday. ]y|R. CHURCHILL completed his Cabinet yesterday, choosing two "strong: men" to solve the pressing domestic problems of housing and a threatened winter fuel crisis. At the same time Mr. Eden, the Foreign Secretary, asked to be relieved of his subsidiary job
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    CASEY IN CAIRO
    35 3 CAIRO, Wed.— The Australian External Affairs Minister Mr. Richard Casey, arrived at Cairo yesterday afternoon for a two-day visit on hU way to the United Nations General Assembly meetIng in Paris.— Reuter.
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    A-BOMBS WANTED
    36 3 BELGRADE, Wed.— Central Depcerlc, Yugoslav Deputy Chief of Star, said yesterday that Yugoslavia would like to have some U.S. atomic bombs and possibly other atomic weapons to bolster her defences against the Soviet Union.
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    REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
    161 3 Traffic deaths on American roads sino* fh* advent of the motor car art expected to reach tht million mark In December. Peking* has sent 20,000 more troops to Lhasa, Tibet. THE RUSSIANS have agreed to free 23 political prisoners pardoned by the Austrian
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    Undertaker wouldn't oblige
    68 3 ATHENS, Tennessee, Wed. POLICE yesterday said that Charles Walter Ledford took strychnine, walked to aa undertaker's home and knocked on the door as the poison beran to take effect. The undertaker sent him to hospiUl, whar* h« r*ttrM. Blamlnf U ymrt of family trouble for hla attempted
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    ARCHBISHOP WHO CHARGED £30 FOR DIVORCES
    94 3 ARCHBISHOP Sawa, head of a spiritual court at Grodno, Poland, before the w«r, granted divorces to Poles in London for £28 to AM. Now parliamentary action is needed in Britain to straighten oat a legal tangle involving hundreds of people. Sinoe the war the
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    Taft favours big three talks
    46 3 KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE Wed.— Senator Taft sal(* yesterday In a Presidential nomination campaign speech that as President he would favour a "big three" meeting with Marshal Stalin and Mr. Churchill If there was some chance that the conference would produce peace.— A.P.
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    MINERS STRIKE
    29 3 ivjjvxu, wea. uni nundred and fifty thousands Japanese union coal mlnwß went on a 46-hour strike at the change of shift* today asking for more pay.— U.p.
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    COMPLETED
    21 3 JAKARTA Wed. Mayor Sjanuurldzal said yesterday that preparations for hol&Lnn general elections In th» IndonealtJi capital wtre now completed. Reuter.
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    'OUT WITH BOYS' WAS FRANK'S SWANSONG
    113 3 So wife gets a divorce SANTO MONICA, California, Wednesday. V'ANCY Sinatra won a divoro« yesterday from her 11 crooning husband, Frank, after she had testified that he explained his prolonged absences from home with the excuse: "I wai out with the boys." She was
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    Vyshinsky sees French envoy
    33 3 MOSCOW, Wed.— The MCr viet forei^pi Minister jUL Andrei vyshin#tor, fljeivJKl Yvja C^talgntau^H&. The mtefWew lajttT batf an hour In the court* 67 which general questions were discussed.— Reuter.
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    PERONTS DEPUTY
    21 3 BUENOS AIRBS, W«d. Alberto Tesalre, Preaident of th* S«nat* was sworn In toOAr uth« actUut jroddent COURT IS TOID:
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    Colonel traded arms for love
    364 3 Colonel traded arms for love LONDON, Wed. A MILITARY court wa» told yesterday how two women— o n an Egyptian and the other a Jewess fought a love battle to entice munitions from British officers during the 1948 Palestinian war. The Jewess won, and a Britten Army Major, accused of
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    GURNEY GANG TO ESCAPE
    414 4 'Bandits very clever/ says officer KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. MAJOR D. F. NEILL, a company commander of the 2/2 Gurkha Rifles, who led troops into the jangle in the hunt for the bandit killers of Sir Henry Gurney, today said: "Had the weather been better we might
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    IT'S NOT TRUE, SAYS TAN
    146 4 IT'S NOT TRUE, SAYS TAN REPORTS published In Singapore yesterday that the Progressive Party intends to revive the proposed Immigration Bill are unfounded and unauthorised, said the Party's president. Mr. C. C Tan. "All that has happened," he added, "is that the secretary of the Party hat received a letter
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    300 sang San Min Chu I
    67 4 MORE than 300 Singapore Chinese, representing 250 trades and associations in the Colony, celebrated Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's sixty-fifth birthday by singing the San Min Chu I— the Three Principles—at a ceremony in the United Chinese Library, Singapore, yesterday. They also sent a cable of
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    Accused of camera theft
    71 4 A camera worth $280. belonging to Mr James Henry Funnel, was stolen at Telok Kurau English school on Monday, it was said in the Singapore Fourth Police Court on Tuesday. Fareed bin Omar, and two other Malays, Abdul Rahim bin Hitam and Rahmad bin Abdullah, were
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    Postal agency for Pasir Panjang
    63 4 A postal agency will be opened today at No. 106 Pasir Panjang Road. A plea was made In the Singapore Legislative Council recently by Mr H. J. c. Kulasingha, for a post office at Paair Panjang The agency is housed in the premises of Mr.
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    WELFARE GIFT FOR ORPHANS
    52 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— A cheque for $300 has been sent by the Johore Bahru District Welfare Committee to Rev. Noel Goh, Pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Johore Bahru, for the purchase of cloth for garments for the 30 children in the Catholic Orphanage,
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    2 YEARS LATER
    30 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.Abdul Hamid and Omar Katha were each fined $70 In the Police Court today for caui!<e hurt to Immam Mohamed Ismail on Oct. 2, 1949.
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    RADIO MALAYA FADES OUT OF CATHAY
    186 4 RADIO Malaya has almost completed its move from the Cathay Building to its new home in Thomson Road, and the strains of "God Save the King" on Sunday night will be the last thing to be broadcast from the Cathay studios. On Mondav, the
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    ROAD SAFETY EXHIBITION
    54 4 The mobile road safety exhibition, organised by the Junior Safety Birst Council, will be held at the Fairfleld Girls' School, Singapore, from Nov. 5 to 9The exhibition will move to Monk's Hill School from Nov. 12 to 16 and will then go to Seraneoon English School from
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    SCHOOL SHOW
    41 4 An art and handicraft exhibition will be held at the Fairfleld Girls* School. Neil Road, Singapore, today from 9.30 am. to 6 pjn. It will be opened by Mrs. A. W. Frisby, the wife of tf>e Director of Education.
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    Four charged with robbery
    96 4 Moh 800 Khan was robbed at Palm Orove Avenue of $20 by four Chinese who were armed with knives on Oct. 25. it wa s alleged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court on Tuesday. In the dock, tentatively charged with robbing Moh. were Low Tlan Boon,
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    SCHOOLBOYS SEE LUXURY SHIP
    128 4 |OHORE schoolboys yesterday mingled with Singapore sightseers aboard the new £2,500,000 Italian liner, Roma, paying her first visit to the Colony. They walked around its aircondltioned decks, viewing the samples of Italian art and surrealist pictures decorating the ship. The Roma is different. She has small
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    Australian study gifts for S'pore
    182 4 T*HE Australian Government is offering four 1 scholarships and fellowships to Singapore students to study in Australia in 1952 under the British Commonwealth technical co-operation scheme for Asia. Cost of fares to and from Australia will be met by the Australian government who will arrange
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    Now Colony will get new piano
    137 4 Now Colony will get new piano CINGAPORE Victoria Memorial Hall will ret a new SlT.Owt concert piano At its meeting yesterday V,\ City Council passed a supplemental budget for the piano to be bought this year. This, and other Improvements, which were left out of the 1951 budget, have been
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    Jungle Scouts find Santa
    126 4 Jungle Scouts find Santa A SINGAPORE senior chemist f4P play Santa Claus to 92 Rhodesian Jungle Scouts trying to borrow a tape recording machine for a few hours to send Christmas messages to their families. Mr. F. C. B Marshall, wellknown "Radio Scientist" of Radio Malaya. yesterday offered to lend
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    KEW GARDENS QUARANTINE
    47 4 A quarantine centre to assist the exchange of hiehyielding. disease-free strains of coct>a and rubber plants among growers throughout the world, has been established at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, London. The centre will exchange highyielding rubber plants mainly between Malays and America.
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    Fonner editor detained
    46 4 An editor of the now defunct Sin Seng Weekly Review haa been detained bj Singapore Special Branch. He had been detained under the Emergency Regulations formerly and was "released on a suspension order. "This order has been cancelled," gald a police officer yesterday
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      105 4 East-West Society: "The sland of Cloves," talk by Mr. J We»tacott, British Council HMI. 8.30 p.m. YMCA: Magazine sub-committee meeting 5.15 p.m.: gymnastics class, 5.30 p.m.; French class, 5.30 p.m..; entries close for FARELF cup billiards, draw for ties. 8 p.m.; choir practice, 8 15 p.m. YWCA: Sewing classes by
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    Experts— not 'so-called'
    114 5 Experts— not 'so-called Ttfß. A. P. Rajah (ProgressiveSouth) crltloUed Mr. Yap Phsng Osck (Nominated) (or his reference to the City's health officers as "so-called experts". "I take a poor view of this statement. Our officer* are either experts or not— they are not socalled. If they are so-called It U
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    Committee hasn't met
    69 5 MRS. Robert Bu (ProgressiveWest) and Mr. J. M Jum»bboy (Independent— City) wanted to know about flood alleviation. Mrs. Ua was told tfiere was provision in the budget for anti-flood, measures. Mr. Jumabhoj asked when the joint committee of Gk>venun*ot and City Counoll on flooding was going to
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    LAZY MEN, HE SAYS
    66 5 Mr. C. F. Smith (Nominated) complained of City Council labourers slacking in their work. He said that recently a gahg of 12 to 14 Council labourers arrived at his house at 7.30 a.m. Except for one or two, who were slashing lallang, none of the others
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    STUDENT BODY ELECTIONS
    36 5 Fortynine candidates have been nominated to stand for election to the 29-seat Students' Council of the University of Malaya's Students Union from the eight constituencies. Polling has been fixed for Friday, not. 9.
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    WELD NATION, SAYS ESS
    306 5 Got away Then talk of home rule BUT NO POWER FOR 'RUNAWAYS' jy|R C. F. J. Ess, Progressive Party leader, told Singapore City Council yesterday: "It is nonsense to talk of self-government in Malaya until the people of the country are welded together as one nation.
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    I SCHOOL CADETS AT EXERCISE
    79 5 I SCHOOL CADETS AT EXERCISE ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL Cadets at a map reading exercise at their annual inspection in Singapore yesterday. Brigadier E. J. Mongomery of the G.H.Q. Singapore Base District (centre, standing) Brother Alban (in white). Director of the School; and Capt. T. D. Camel, officer commanding the Cadet
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    SEWERAGE GETS TOP PRIORITY
    204 5 SEWERAGE GETS TOP PRIORITY 810 housing estates and area* where largo sections of the population llv« have received priority in the sewerage programmes to be carried out by the Singapore City Council next year. In 1U 1992 Budget, passed on Tuesday, the Council voted nearly half the $4,600,000 allotted to
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    Children canvass for votes
    110 5 AIR M. P. D. Nair (Labour, South) told the Council ifl that schoolchildren were being influenced by some teachers to canvass for votes lor the Decemthat active aaaa L^J? rL*SSa£ politic* was banned in school* ™ZZt?* n J& *™XJ but that the pupils of senior classes
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    BIG LOSS OF REVENUE
    111 5 Mr. D. Robertson (Progressive— South) said the City Council was losing thousands of dollars because of the Control of Rent Ordinance. He said that a few days ago a house in Holland Road which was being let for about $200 a month was sold for $260,000.
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    'Disgrace' to city says McNeice
    260 5 rpHE esplanade in front of the Padang had become A a public disgrace, but ample testimony had been afforded by people that they like to have food there, the President of the City Council, Mr. T. P. F. Me- Neice, said yesterday. Mr. McNeice was
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    MANYAM WINS
    78 5 A committee decision on the qualifications for financial and office assistant In the Registrar of Vehicles Department, was referred back at yesterday's ordinary meetIng of Singapore City Councillors Mr. S. S. Manyam (Progressive —North Ward) had objected to the condition that applicants should have passed the final examination
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    Advice for workers by Mr. Lim
    129 5 Advice for workers by Mr. Lim M R Llm Yew Hock, president of the Singapore Labour Party who is visiting the United States, said in a recorded broadcast over Radio Malaya last night that workers throughout the world should forge a bond of friendship. Such a bond. Mr. Llm said,
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    Tribute to Gurney
    62 5 Singapore City Councillors, at their meeting yesterday, stood to attention for a minute In silent tribute to the late Sir Henry Gurney. The President, Mr. T. P. P McNeice. read a message of appreciation from Lady Gurney, for the wreath sent by the Councillors to Sir Henry's
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    BODY FOUND
    25 5 KUANTAN, Wed. The body of a male Chinese, who was missing since Saturday, was recovered from the sea off the Kuan tan River.
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    49 NEW POWER STATION JOBS GOING IN THE CITY
    328 5 SINGAPORE City Councillors decided yesterday to 3 advertise locally and in Britain 49 new posts connected with the $90,000,000 Pasir Pan Jang Power Station. Salaries are from $1,650 to $525 a month. The Establishments Committee was authorised to appoint overseas candidates
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    New procedure didn't save time
    70 5 1 NEW procedure was adopted by the Singapore City n Council yesterday in dealing with decisions of Its standing committees. Decisions were grouped together under their respective commit t sea and moved for adoption by the vice-chair-man of each committee. This was expected to be
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    She Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Nov. 1, 1951. The City Budget
    803 6 She Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Nov. 1, 1951. The City Budget If further proof was required that the change of name from Municipal Commission to City Council during the year 1951 corresponded to a real rise of status and responsibilities, by comparison with the standards of the past, it is
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    DEATH
    13 6 SUDDENLY at his home, Oct. 31«t, 5. Meyer Mansions. John Herbert Wright.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    108 6 MR MRS. M. N. NAMBIAR of Buk-.t Funding Estate, Bentong, Pahang. thank their relatives, friends, and sympathisers for thelr klnd attendance, wreaths and messages of condolence at the funeral of their beloved daughter and also for the assistance rendered during the bereavement. THE WIDOW of the late Mrs. JP.
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    IN MEMOSIAM
    28 6 IN EVER-LOVING memory of the late Mr. Boh Ylew Jin, who departed on 1.11 80 by his loving wife. 2 sons, daughter, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, and grandchildren.
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    Enough In The Stockpile?
    352 6 Because the Truman administration presently must make up its mind again on rubber policy, and the future of the synthetic industry, we must expect alarums and discursion9from the interested parties. That is the explanation of Mr. Humphreys' address to American independent tyre dealers. Mr. Humphreys is
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      Armed guards asleep
      252 6 MAY I Join the general protest at the treatment of the two engineers who were each fined $250 for removing the rifle and disturbing trie slumbers of, a specim constable on guard duty at the Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Company dam? To the bandits and terrorists this
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      General election resultsfor Britain and Malaya
      534 6 'TRADE unionists are said to be disappointed with the return to power of the Conservatives. I am glad they won. If Churchill had been given a chance to direct the destinies of the British Commonwealth immediately after winning the last war, Malaya would not
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      HE WHO PAYS THE PIPER
      189 6 UR Soliano has stated that M the ability of Singapore's unemployed musicians should be Judged by a musical authority. It would be more correct to say that their competence, and also that of the employed bandsmen. Is surely better iudged by an employer of bandsmen
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      CULTURAL AFFAIR
      39 6 CURELY all this bother about bringing an American dance band into Singapore would be avoided by MUng the United States Information Service to sponsor It Then It would be "culture" and nobody would cavil. HAPTT rOX. •ingayer*.
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      AUSTRALIA OUT OF THE STERLING BLOC
      797 6 DONALD McCORMICK surveys the gloomy economic implications of LONDON. OCTOBER has been a month of bad news for Britain. There has been retreat from Abadan, then the calculated gesture of defiance by Egypt in abrogating the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty and naming Farouk King of the
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      GOODWILL INHERITED
      237 6 MR. WINSTON Churchill's more to create a Ministry of Asian Affairs should give us people in the Colonies hope that the Conservatives Intend to revise their former attitude to Britain's dependencies in Africa and Asia. Whatever may be said about Labour's foreign and domestic policies (and there were
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    437 6 0n the Margin The Water Lizard T have been dipping into quaint old book called "The Tropical World" by a Dr. liar twig, published In London In 1873, and in it there is an extraordinary story of Man versus Biawak. The author does not use the modem name monitor lizard
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      216 6 Phosphorus Phosphorus is an element essential to life, whether animal or vegetable. Though it occurs abundantly in the form of natural phosphates, these can be absorbed by plants only with difficulty. They must first be converted into soluble fertilizers such as superphosphate, which are then absorbed easily. This conversion is
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    'MONEY MAY NOT GET US FOOD' WARNING
    355 7 COLONY MUST TURN TO OWN SOIL Prices likely to go up, says officer MR. R. A. Wright, Singapore Food Officer, agrees with Dr. William Clyde, Rice Adviser to the Foreign Office, that Singapore must pay more attention to food production. A time will
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    SINGAPORE IS OUT OF DATE, SAYS ADVISER
    219 7 OINGAPORE govern f nt pethods and procedure *3 are many yean Mrt of date, said Sir. R A. Withers, a member «f Urwkk, Orr and Partners, business consultants, yesterday. "But this," Mr. Withers added "Is true of many other governments all over the
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    Plane inner tube will save girl
    162 7 MALAYAN Airways engineers yesterday searched their stores for a section of landing wheel inner tabe, which is urgently wanted to help a girl in an iron lung in Malacca. The girl, who is suffering from infantile paralysis, is using- an old, Nuffleldtype iron lung,
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    Cart thief gaoled
    53 7 Found guilty of theft of a push cart valued at $30 belonging to Ng Chia on Oct 22. Pun* Chow Sonß was yesterday gaoled for one month in Singapore. It tvas stated Pung pushed •way the cart from the flveloot way or a house In Johore Road
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    SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TWO GIRLS
    35 7 Two Singapore schoolgirls. Patricia Yeo. of St. Margaret's School, and Yeo Siew Uan. of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. Katong, have been awarded Citv Club Scholarships for next year
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    Freed on death, hurt charges
    102 7 SUJA Singh, charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and H&zura Singh and Dalip Singh, charged with causing grievous hurt, were acquitted in the Singapore Assizes yesterday. The Jury returned an unanimous verdict of not guilty In each case. It was alleged by the
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    844 released from ship
    56 7 ALL but one of th. 845 deck passengers in the Heinrich Jessen, which arrived from Swatow last Tuesday, have been released by Singapore Special Branch. The passengers were detained when pro-Communist posters and slogans were found in their quarters. The man still detained is from the
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    FORCES FOIL MINE ATTACK
    48 7 ALOR STAR. Wed —Four gangs of bandits, seeking to encircle Hltam Mine in Kroh. upper Perak. withdrew after a 4i-hour exchange of fire th s morning without causing any damage or casualty. Their attack failed hi thv face of prompt action by security forces.
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    UMNO picks candidates
    116 7 PENANG. Wed. pENANG UMNO today named five candidates to contest the three wards In George Town's first post-war Municipal elections next month The third party In Penang to announce candidates within a week, UMNO, will be putting up a housewife for the Kelawel Ward. She Is Ch
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    K.L. typhoid subsides
    77 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE typhoid epidemic which swept Kuala Lumpur in September has all but disappeared, the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Commissioners were told today. The President. Mr. E C. O. Barrett, said that there were 62 typhoid cases in the first three weeks of September. In the
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    Impersonated charge
    43 7 Lim Choon Huat, 30, of Park Road, claimed trial In Singapore yesterday to Impersonating a police sergeant at the Junction of Larenler Street and Tronob Road on Oct. t. The case was postponed to Wednesday. Lim was offered a $500 ban.
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    Convicted, he appeals
    51 7 An employee of the Singapore Glass Factory, Quek Cheow Tang. was found guilty In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday of the theft of four battles valued at 40 cents. Quek was sentenced to one month's Imprisonment. He leave notice Of appeal, and ball of $500 was
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    'Operation All-out' starts
    175 7 'Operation All-out' starts APERATTON Ail-Out— third vT membership campaign of the Singapore Chinese Y.M.C.A.— starts today as 25 teams go Into action in a drive for 2,500 new members. Members of the team* are picked men. well-versed with the alms and objects ol the Chinese yji.CA.. and have participated In
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    CAR OVERTURNED AFTER ACCIDENT
    51 7 JOHORE BAHRU. WedOng Chuan Cneong told the Johore Banru magistrate todav (hat he did not know it was an offence when his e*r owurned after it had eolUced agalrut a curbston*. On* was fined $100 for negllfent drtvtac on Ulu Tlram Estate road and hU licence
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    ALLOWED BAIL
    28 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Llm Chwee Goo who was found in possession of 61S left packets of chandu. was allowed $500 ball in the Police Court todav
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    APPEAL MADE THEM SORRY...
    95 7 ...And Victoria is happy again ltfß. JOHN Gibb, of King Albert Park, Singapore was asaased whea he saw three Emropeaas la a car stop at his front gate, pick op his daughter's pap and driv,. off with H. When the aaaay was not retaraed Be P»t
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    Five Perak major chiefs installed
    169 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Wednesday. T«UAN Haji Mohamed Eusoff bin Monamed Yusofl, Rotary Governor of 46th district and Malaya's representative on several occasions to BCAFE conferences in various parts of the world, was today installed one of the major chiefs of Perak. He and the four other
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    Kusu mischief costs him $95
    77 7 sjOH Yam San was fined $29 by the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, Mr. Peter Clague. yesterday lor causing mischief at Kusu Island on Oct. 21. He was further fined 126 for abusing a police constable. The prosecution said that Soh threw coral ornaments belonging to
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    She is taboo in Malayan jungles
    109 7 She is taboo in Malayan jungles KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. VfOTHERS-IN-LAW are ivl taboo among the aborlitlnes in Malaya They are to be avoided. s o man. Major P D R Williams-Hunt, Adviser on Aborigines, said. might speak or Ut or eat with h's mother-in-law Origin of fear Major Williams-Hunt, addressing
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    Singapore man fined $15,000
    62 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Wee Lee See. of Thomson Road. Singapore, was fined $15,000 In the Police Court for being concerned in smuggling tobacco at Kampong Sungei Buntu. Pomian Mr. E. J. Selby. of the Customs Department, who prosecuted, said Lee was engaged by a gang to
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    TWO PASS LONDON BAR FINAL
    45 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Inche All bin Hassan, former magistrate. Johore Bahru was one of the successful candidates In the Michaelmas Bar final. London. Another successful Johore man was Mr J. B. Jayaratnam, son of Mr. and Mrs. V L. Joshua
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    Mawai 4could not be defended'
    746 7 Mawai 4 could not be defended' ■fr From P*f On* Um settlement would have to be abandoned. "The position was explained to Um settlers. Kach *e« 1 asked to state whether he wished to leave the area or remain In a closed settlement. "It was expected that Um majority would
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    HAD NO CARD
    23 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Loke Llan Soon, a fisherman, was fined $25 at Pengerang for (ailing to produce his identity card.
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    NEW AMERICAN CONSUL-GENERAL
    60 7 MR.r.F.BALIWIN.ihrn.tt UA Consul- General to Sin rapera. wfe* arrives in the FretMeat Monroe on Dec. 14. He will bold the personal rank of Minister- «i distinction given him by President Truman. Mr. John Goodyear, who has been acting VS. Consul General, will resume duties M executive officer
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    YWCA TO BUILD CENTRE
    135 7 YWCA TO BUILD CENTRE A NEW Y.W.C A -"Women's Centra, costing $150,000 is to be built soon at the corner of Wayang Street and Canal Road, Mrs. Shufor, Khoo, Secretary of tho Chines e-speakiite section, said yesterday. A committee consisting if Mrs. T. P. F. McNelce. Ms Tan Chin Tuan,
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    3 causes for war —she says
    136 8 3 causes for war —she says MRS. Sbirin Fozdar, committee member of the United Nations Association, speaking yesterday at the Vic* toria Memorial Hall. Singapore, on "Peace and the United Nations" asked 120 Standard IV boys of Gan Eng Seng School to recall all the fights they had been In.
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    ICFTU scheme for education
    79 8 The interim committee of the Regional Activities Fund of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, meeting in London, has approved a provisional budget for trade union education schemes. The schemes will embrace Asia, Africa and the Middle East. In Asia a headquarters will be set
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    Evaded duty, fined $125
    59 8 Goh Eng Seng, 28, was fined $125 in Singapore yesterday for evading duty on one quart bottle of whisky, one quart bottle of vermouth and two pint bottles of brandy. It was stated that on Sept. 17 a party of revenue officers saw Goh coming ashore
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    Students plan a movement
    57 8 Christian students of the Teachers' Training College in Singapore are meeting at the Y.M.C.A. on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. to dLscuss the formation of a student Christian movement. Mr. Michael Campbell, principal of the college, will attend. One of the speakers will be Mr. Peter Lim,
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    16 months for man
    74 8 tio.ii -MONTH old H wa Seng, son of a Singapore seaman, Mr. Onr Eng Kim, of Clyde Terrace, doesn't mind being regularly weighed by Mrs. All, a Field Investigator of the Singapore Nutrition Unit. At his weighing yesterday, he tipped the scales at 20 lbs VA
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    Five ways to aid family planners
    224 8 JOIN US, URGES PROFESSOR DROFESSOR T. H. Silcock, of University of Malaya, urged Singapore Rotarians yesterday to join the Family Planning Association and suggested ways they could help. "First," he said, "by giving time and effort to developing and adapting the Idea of family
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    DISTURBANCE: $10
    32 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— For playing hi* car radio near the Magistrate's Court yesterday and causing a disturbance, Cheng Ah Kim of Singapore, wu fined $10 in the police court today.
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    DROWNED AT CONEY ISLAND
    81 8 The Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday returned a finding of death by misadventure at the inquest on Tan Kok Tong, a 17-year-old student, who was drowned on Sept. 30. Tan was one of trie 63 t>oy» from the Yok Eng School who went to Coney
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    No breach of law —claims counsel
    444 8 No breach of law claims counsel A SUM of U.S. $10,006 which Edward Kuhn, was alleged to have aold to Shriro (China) Ltd., Singapore, in contravention of the Finance Regulations was not his money, said Mr. Kenneth A. Seth in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. Seth made this submission
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    who fled 1000 miles
    734 8 who fled 1000 miles KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A BRITISH soldier who deserted his unit near Kuala Lumpur and hitch-hiked across more than 1,000 miles of Jungle to Burma was sentenced to 16 months' gaol at a district court martial at Wardleburn Camp, Kuala Lumpur, today. The soldier, Private Eric William
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    LORRY DRIVER FINED $75
    36 8 MUAR. Wed.— Cheng Yong. who drove a lorry negligently at th« 4| inj Muar-Sungei Matl road, was fined $79 at Muar. He knocked down an 18--year-old pedestrian. Teo Chong Haw, who died.
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      156 8 Today's Radio Singapore 10-10 10 am. News from K.L.; 10 45-12 Schools; 1 p.m. Light Music; 1.30 News; 1.45 Dance Music- 2-2.50 Schools; 6.15 "Calling All Hospitals"; 6.55 Announcement*; 7 News; 7.10 Radio Scientist- 7.20 Interlude; 7.30 Augmented Radio Orch.; 8 "Ouess what": 8.30 "Discussing the Discs" i Bill Webb-Jones)
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    Laurette Trails The Dope-Pedlar
    546 9 Laurette Trails The Dope -Pedlar From FKEDEKICK COOK NEW YORK. LAUREITE was a model once— sl,ooo evening gowns, $250 hats, her face smiling out of fashion magazines, well known to millions. Ni she wears down-to-eariii everyday clothes. A loaded revolver Is tucked in her pocket. And when they photograph her—
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    Dutch Style
    20 9 This attractive green corduroy cap, shown in London, has intriguing winged sides which give it a Dutch effect.
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    DRESS OF THE WEEK
    108 9 This week lt»a dutches show two Variations of tha "Long Una," a styla. which should prova popular, craated by Christian Dior In his latast fashion show. Tha "Long Lina" Is good naws for small woman. Absence of balti or fuss around tha waist craatas an Illusion
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    Paris Designers Put On A Wool Show
    388 9  -  TTCE top couturiers of Paris used wool to show off their latest creations in a big fashion show presented by the International Wool Secretariat In London. The collection, valued at about $75,000, consisted of models from every leading French designer, Including such notables
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    ANXIOUS BIRDS
    71 9 Lnrutmas is stw< out** a »«y oir, wi jor these apprehensive looking birds on a Norfolk farm it is obviously Jar too close already. They seem to realise that their present comfort and luxury as they are fattened presages an unhappy fate. Meanwhile the farmer's lad shifts them
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    Malaya Is Bad For Complexions
    484 9 Malaya Is Bad For Complexions ByMAGDADUNIN MOST European women come to Malaya with good complexions. After a while the climate, the richer, more spiced food, and a changed mode of living aggravate the skin faults, which in colder climates passed almost unnoticed. This revealing ol imperfections is perhaps most notlcable
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    THEMEDITERRANEAN UNDER REVIEW
    2219 10  - THEMEDITERRANEAN UNDER REVIEW War Memoirs: Closing The Ring'— l6 Mr. Churchill nere rr»ura«« bin account of tb* flrtt tearion of th« Teheran conference wftti Stalin *a4 Mr. Roosevelt. IT had long b*4n agreed, I said, with the United States that we should invade North or North -West France across the
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    LONDON STOCKS
    321 11 LONDON, Wed. T*HK downtrend in markets wu continued today. Further heavy losses occurred in Britten Government funds which closed weak. Falls of up to three-quarters were registered. Oils, rubbers and tins were dull. Coppers appeared to be particularly affected by cash sales and were sharply lower. Gold shares
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    TIN: $475 A PICUL
    37 11 SINGAPORE, Wed., Oct. 31. 9475 (down 95.) London: €990 a ton LONDON. Wed. Cash Buyers £990: Sellers £995; Forward Bayers £975; Sellers £9974; Settlement £9921 (down £121). Turnovers: a.m. 65 p.m. 75 tons.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    188 11 J^ARGE quanUties of loose pepper changed hands in the Singapore produce market yesterday. Nearly 80 plculs of a poorer grade of Muntok white was sold at »805 a picul, and 37 plculs of Lampeng black changed hands at the f.o.b. price of $627 a picul. In a
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    Melbourne share market
    169 11 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE W«d CHARES were easier on the Melbourne Exchange today, although mo6t move* were narrow. A number of market leaden eas«d back from their recent gains. The Mining market wu extremely active, with Tin companies still attracting investors Bonds were quietly firm, some
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    RUBBER MARKET
    222 11 Sellers reserved again; prices up From A Market Correspondent CELLING pressure from the Federation eased to a mere trickle In the Singapore rubber market yesterday. With sellers reserved, prices steadied "throughout the day. Moderate trade demands were reported at levels ranging from $1.51 to $1 53 a lb.
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    Malayan shares
    135 11 Slipping down after London \yiTH the easier trend or] the London market, the Malayan share market yesterday was quiet in all sections, and prices were inclined to slip. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: I.VDIBTB.IALS Bar«r> S*Ucri auunout 2 SO 2 84 Heory W»ugh 277
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    37 11 HONO KONG, Wed. rats market currency exchange t for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today at the close as follows: US$l. HK16.791/4 (cash), HK$6.B3V 4 (T.T.); £1 HK515.65; one tahll of gold HK$326.— U P.
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    32 11 HTHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying T.T. 34'4. Airmail (O. D.) 34H, (90 days) 34%; SellIng T.T OD ready 34%.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    180 11 gHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 p.m. yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsuan, Doll us Hal Hing. Troodos, Castleville. Anchlses. North Star, Chang Hwa, E. Windrush, American Mail, Burnslde. Merak, Prosper, Plducla. Inner Roads: Katong. KelanUn. Kah Poh. Mallm, Sllsen.
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    Fraser & Neave win title for third year
    370 12 Fraser Neave win title for third year SHELL BEATEN 3-0 IN FINAL Fraser Neave S; Shell S.C t. URASER and Neavt Sports Club won the Singapore 1 Business Houses F.A. Cap for the third year running when they defeated Shell Sports Club three-nil in the final at Jalan Besar Stadium
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    SPORTTING THE WINNERS
    315 12 MY ten Dest-horses to follow at the Selangor Turf Club November meeting are:Bllldaw: A brilUanUy speedy three-year-old with a very consistent record. Made Neroiia and others look Ilka second-raters at B. Tlmah In September and ran a good fifth to Byron in the Liberation Cup. Working splendidly.
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    ANOTHER EASY WIN FOR MCFA
    78 12 MANILA. Wed. TTHK .Malayan Chtatea* Combined 1 XI tbla .Tenlnt dominated play threat-heat their eacwanter witta an all-Chinese seUeUea ef the Mm nIU Football LeagM at tht Rixal Memorial SUdium beattaf the local Umm by eifbt foalt) to two. Awant Baku-,, the visitor*' rentreforward toored
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    POLICE LOSE TO R.A.S.C.
    110 12 pOYAL Army Service Corps dominateed play In the second half to pile up 11 points and ran out easy winners by 14 points (.three tries, a goal, a penalty goal) to nil In their rugby match against Singapore Police at Thomsonn Road ground yesterday. Midway In
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    Hudson best in GHQ win
    160 12 GOOD opportunism by Hudson, O.H.Q. centre forward, wm a feature of yesterday's hockey friendly on the SRC. ground when O.h.q. (Tanglln) beat the Recs 3-1. Well served by wingers Taylor and Sandy, Hudson scored two of the goals through his speed and keen anticipation. Recs
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    S.A.F.A. NEEDS AI COACH PANEL
    669 12 S.A.F.A. NEEDS A I COACH PANEL WALKING with a group of soccer fans yester- day about my contention that young Hoon Leong, centre half of Chinese Athletic, was the most improved player in Singapore soccer this year, the question of coaching cropped up. Wm Hoon Leone's fin* form throughout the
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    W.lndies just fail to win
    159 12 TOWNSVILLE (Queensland) Wed. rrHK West Indies just failed to force victory against the Queensland Country XI here today. When the two-day match ended In a draw the Country XI were 205 runs behind and had only two wickets In hand. The West Indies declared their
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    K.L. 7f should suit Scotch Express
    265 12 By EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. SCOTCH EXPRESS has a first-rate chance of making amends for his recent defeat in the Gold Vase by taking the 7-f. handicap for Class 1, Div. \j at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, opening day of the Selangor Turf
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    Navy XV beat Seletar 17-11
    199 12 <TAVAL Base XV defeated R.A.F. Seletar by 17 points (three tries, dropped goal, goal) to 11 (two penalties, a goal) at Seletar yesterday. Soon after the kickoff, Seletar were pinned back and sailors scored a first-minute try through Woodney who touched down near the posts.
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    TENGAH ROUT FARELF XV
    141 12 R.A.F. Tengah XV completely outplayed G.H.Q. Farelf by 19 points (two goals, three tries) to nil at Tengah yesterday. Trngah op«Ded the Kurlaf early after > good run down the wing by Chandler. who brought the bal round near the potti. The conversion failed ($-9) RAF.
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    R.E.XV WIN 17-0
    40 12 Royal Engineers defeated Royal Signals In a rugger game at Tanglin yesterday by 11 potnU (one goal, four trie*) to nil. Scorers for Sappers were Phillips (two tries and a conversion). Quiltrough (two tries) and Skillington (try).
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    Third defeat for S.H.B.
    121 12 gINQAPORE Harbour Board suffered their third defeat of the season when they went down to Nee Soon Garrison by eight points (goal, a penalty) to three points (a penalty) In a Rugby match played at Keppel Harbour grodnd yesterday. After a scoreless first half Net Soon
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    KAMIS BEATS ANG
    30 12 H. Kami* beat K. H. Ang 6-4, 6-3 in the men's open singles, the only tie played yesterday in the Y.M.C.A. tennis tournament at Bras Basah Road.
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    St. Andrew's swamp V.S. at rugger
    237 12 £jT. Andrew's, unbeaten by any school in rugger so far, showed their real prowess yesterday when they trounced Victoria School by 29 points (four goals and three penalty goals) to nil at Woodsvllle. St. Andrew's had it all their own way right from the
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    AGGRESSIVE DAVE STOPS BRIMM
    315 12 BUFFALO, Wednesday. DAVE SANDS, Australia's holder of the British Empire middleweight championship, gained i technical knockout victory over Henry Brimm (US) In the tenth and final round of their fight here last night. The referee intervened to stop the fight after Brimm. had taken a count
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    13 named for England team
    74 12 NEW DELHI. Wed —The England learn for the first Test match against India, atartlng here on Friday, wll be (elected from the following IS plaveri. Nigti Howard (Lane.) captain. Donald Carr iDcrbyihlre). Alan Watkins (Qlamorgan). Jack ItoberUOn iMlddleMXi. Prank Lowaon (York«hirei. Tom Qraveiitv lOlouMt). Dertk
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    Wong, Ooi beat Chan and Piruz
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    SCC beaten 2 minutes from time
    296 12 JJARELY two minutes from time, Singapore Crloket Club "A* war* leading by eight point* six In their rugger match on thi padang yesterday agalrut Naval C-ln-C Staff and looked ceruS winner*. Then Navy'. Oewln broka through for a laat-mlnute ML Hllaon converted and the
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    FLEETING MOMENT WINS THE C SHIRE
    45 12 NEWMARKET, Wed. PEETING Moment won the Cambridgeshire Handicap here today. Denizen was second and Brunetto third. 45 ran. Betting: 28-1 Fleeting Moment, 20-1 Deniien, M-l Brunetto. Won by half a length with a length between second and third. Reuter.
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