The Straits Times, 14 November 1951

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 I'WKLVE P\(.KS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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  • 375 1 50,000 demonstrate against Britain BIGGEST EVACUATION LAUNCHED fIFTY THOUSAND Egyptians marched through the main streets of Alexandria yesterday to celebrate "Struggle Day" and demand British withdrawal from the country. Officials, religious leaders, workers and students carried placards reading: "Oppressors, leave our country". The walls of
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  • 30 1 FILM STARS Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner after their wedding m Philadelphia. Franki P had earlier obtained a Reno divorce from his wife, Nancy. A.P. picture.
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  • 371 1  - 4 BADMINTON STARS HIT AT ASSOCIATION SENTINEL By THE CRISIS m Singapore badminton which 1 forecast on Monday is upon as. Yesterday the four star players who were the subject of a "shamateurism" probe by the Singapore Badminton Association revealed their identity m a challenging reply to the Association. They
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  • 192 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A YOUNG assistant manager of Menkibol division, Layang Plantations, m the Kluang area of Johore was killed with his two special constables and two of his labourers yesterday evening. The assistant. Mr. G Pllley. was returning m an armoured Land
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  • 111 1 Reds can call up 12 million LONDON. Tues. rilE Red Army could probably mobilise 300 divisions within two months of war breaking; out, according to a new edition of Brassey's Annual Armed Forces Year Book published here today. With 2,800,000 men now under arms, the Russians could at any moment
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  • 129 1 NEW DELHI.' Tues. MR. Nehru was hurriedly ushered out of a religious meeting here today of 50.000 Sikhs when bearded Sikh extremists menacingly approached the speaker's platform After Mr Nehru finished a 15-mlnute speech marking the birthday of Ouru Manak. a turbaned youth rose near the
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  • 27 1 MOROCCO, Tues —The Sec-retary-General of the Com-munist-led Moroccan Rallwaymen's Union was sentenced yesterday to two years' imprisonment for 'activities capable of disturbing public order. Reuter.
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  • 19 1 KATMANDU. Tues. The Nepali Prime Minister Mohan Shamsher Jung Bahadur, resigned from the cabinet last nluht.— Reuter.
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  • 93 1 Train wreck searched for 'the last 3' EVANSTON, Wyoming. Tues. DESCUE crews searched m freezing weather today for the last of 20 or more victims of yesterday's collision of two passenger trains near here. The crash of the eastbound streamlined City of San Francisco and City of Los Angeles expresses
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  • 34 1 Ah Ley was killed last nlgltt when his motorcycle crashed near Anderson Bridge Singapore. The pillion rider. Chew Sye Pin. was injured The motorcycle was being ridden towards Empress Place
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  • 86 1 AIRCRAFT COULDN'T LAND with 40 aboard CANBERRA. Tues. ACONVAIR aircraft, carrying 40 passengers, including Members of Parliament, plunged into a series of dives over the airport here today to "shake" the undercarriage into position for landing. Some of the passengers became ill from their severe buffeting which lasted 15 -ninutes
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  • 167 1 PARIS, Tuesday. THE United Nations General Assembly today rejected a Russian objection to the inclusion on the agenda of a Nationalist Chinese allegation of Russian violations of the 1945 Sino-Soviet treaty The Soviet delegate, Mr. Jacob Malik, said there was no disagreement between Communist.
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  • 45 1 OTTAWA. Tuei. The Canadian Army Is to adopt the BritUh Centurion tankconsidered one of the finest mobile firing units m the world— a R equipment for an armoured squadron forming part of Canada's 27th Brigade force now movinsr to Europe— Reuter.
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  • 61 1 PANMl NJOM, Tues. The Communists protested today against the use of quotations from Shakespeare to back up United Nations arguments during the ceasefire talks. MaJ-Gen. Henry Hodes quoted from Hamlet: "there is method is his madness." Retorted North Korean MaJ.-Gen. Lee Song Cho. If Shakespeare heard
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  • 84 1 HANDING back the steel industry to private enterprise m Britain will not make much difference, said the Hon Alexander Oeddes. prominent British Industrialist, on his arrival hi Singapore yesterday. Mr Oeddes accompanied by Mrs. Oeddes is making a brief tour of the Colony to study conditions. He
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  • 18 1 A girl aged 16 was stabbed m Bugls Street. 81ngapor< early today and taken to hospital.
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  • 81 1 rVDUR-year-old Michael F Hepburn will think twice before he picks up another snake. He saw a water snake colled round a tree on Pulai Übin and got hold of it. The snake bit him A police launch brought Michael to Singapore and In hospital he was
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  • 57 1 /"IONOTELLATIONS of BOAC \j -QEA on the London to Singapore route have cut out the night stop In Cairo and instead spend a night In Basra. Iraq. This procedure has been operating for several days. The aircraft stay m Cairo tor only an hour. On the
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  • 140 1 LONDON, Tues OIR Vincent Tewson, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress which represents 8.000.000 workers, said today that the British people would not tolerate any disruption of industry for political ends. "The General Council and C 7/ the vrast majority of trade unionists would
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  • 155 1 Tin mission in bandit incident IPOH. Tues. THE American tin mission's night on a tin mine In Malaya was not without a bandit incident. While the members were at dinner on Sunday night m a bungalow on the AncloOriental'i Kuala Kampar Tin Fields mine m Mallm Nawar there was a
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  • 35 1 Stanley Ayadurai. aged 29. wireless operator. St. Michael's Road wireless station, was injured when his car overturned In Buktt Tlmah Road last night. Three others In the car were slightly hurt.
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  • 312 1 K. LUMPUR, Tues. United States tin A mission has asked (or meetings with the rubber industry, and is likely to report on both industries when it returns" to America, the Straits Times was told today. The Member for Economic Affairs, Mr. O. A. Spencer,
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  • 235 3 GOVERNMENT TO CREATE BOARD OF CONTROL LONDON, Tuesday. ]JY 319 votes to 281 the Commons last night approved a Government plan to hand the steel industry back to private enterprise under a board of employers, workers, consumers and the Government. The Labour
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  • 134 3 Bevan not on Front Bench LONDON, Tues. LABOUR Members of Parliament today electee} leader* to represent them on the Opposition Front Bench m Parliament. They left out Mr. Bevan and his followers. TIM front Benchers were elerted by a ballot of all the Parliamentary Party. Mr. Attlee. party leader. Mr.
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  • 48 3 HONG KONG, Tues.— Police should have little trouble finding who attacked 22 year-old shoeshlne boy, Cheung Kwong-pang and tried to strangle him Reporting the incident. Cheune handed the police 4 finger which he bit off the assailant's hand during the struggle. A.P.
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  • 30 3 LONDON, Tues Mr. W.S Morrison has resigned his directorship of AngloOriental and General Inventment Trust and London Tin Corporation on his appointment as Speaker of the House of Commons.
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  • 49 3 LONDON. Tues. NORTH Atlantic Treaty servicemen will need no passports or visas when serving m each others country under an agre?ment reached by the Deputies Council here yesterday. Civilians working for the organisation will no longer need visas though they will still use passports —Reuter
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  • 68 3 Sailing boat crashes into lorry VENICE. ITALY Tueb SAILING boat and a lorry crashed yesterday m Chloggia. a fishing town 30 miles south of Venice. Like Venice. Chioggia was flooded by an unprecedented high tide. Sailing boats had to be used to circulate m the town and one coKided with
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  • 28 3 PARIS. Tues Mr. Anthony Eden. British Foreign Secrettary, received a senior Syrian diplomat here today. The7 were understood to have discussed the Middle East situation.— Reuter.
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  • 172 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE Persian-American oil talks here have virtually x ended without any progress towards a solution of the oil dispute, it is understood m Washington. The Persian Prime Minis- 1 m. bioian k i line minis- I ter has announced that he I
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  • 122 3 PARIS, Tues. THE United Nations General Assembly today rejected an attempt by South Africa to exclude from the agenda the question of the rights of Indians m South Africa The Assembly approved inclusion of the Item on the 1 apenda by 40 votes to
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  • 92 3 THEY FALL ASLEEP TO ORDER i A ROOMEI'L of people I j are put to sleep at a word of roirinand from Mr D*u(lu TreTillian j Watson, a London pay- j I cho-mnalyst and grMip I hypo-therapist, at En I fleld, Middlesex. At an- j I other order, they wake
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  • 194 3 KOREA CENSORS ANTI-'BRITISH' SAY NEWSMEN LONDON, Tuesday. DRITISH military authorities In Korea have been D instructed to Investigate reports by two news organisations of anti-British bias by U.S. Eighth Army censors, the War Office announced yesterday m London. The Daily Telegraph earn ed a long despatch on its front page
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  • 61 3 LONDON, Tues. 'THE British Government has full confidence m General Ridgway's handling of the truce negotiations m Korea, Mr. Anthony Nutting, Foreign Undersecretary, told the House of Commons yesterday. He said the Government was m very close touch urith other nations fighting 'm Korea. Full
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  • 212 3 Join or not join: 7 fail to agree PARIS, Tues. OEVEN Arab States failed to reach agreement here last night on a common policy towards the Western powers' plans for Middle East defence. The Egyptian Foreign Minister. Mohammed Saleh el Din Pasha, said that no decisions were taken. But he
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  • 36 3 MONTEVIDEO, Tues. 'pHE Uruguayan news agency A.N.I. reported yesterday that a Belgian scientist, Paul Charles Kin De Roodenberke, said to have been working on atomic energy m Argentina, had fled to Uruguay.— Neuter.
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  • 25 3 LONDON, Tues.— Mr. David Gammans has resigned from the board of the Rugby Portland Cement Co. on being appointed Assistant Postmaster General.
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    • 127 3 when you fly "Strato" Clipper* 1 MORE LEG ROOM. Pan American's Sleeperettes are spaced further apart give you tuice the usual leg room. You can stretch way out and still not touch the seat m front! 2. MORE RECLINING ROOM. Pan American* Sleeperettes recline 36% more than standard airline seats
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  • 67 4 Filipino consul due today ]yjR. Yusup Abubaker, the newly appointed Consul for Singapore's Filipino community, will arrive by air from Bangkok at Kallang airport this evening. A Mohamedan Filipino lawyer, Mr. Abubakar, was attached to the Consulate m Los Angeles and was later with the Philippine Foreign Office. He will
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  • 299 4 Singapore wants modern works 'not sheds Backing for new light industries, but— SINGAPORE Labour Department is prepared I to help to establish light industries m the Colony, Mr. C. W. Lyle, Acting Commissioner for Labour, said yesterday. "With the rapidly expanding population, Singapore will have to depend a great deal
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  • 87 4 THE Colonial Office is looking for a Chief Inspector of Factories for Singapore now that eight local applicants have failed to qualify for the post since it was advertised on April 7. Mr. C. W. Lyle, Acting Commissioner for Labour, said y sterday that the
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  • 92 4 Noreen Stokes will give a pianoforte recital m the Victoria Memorial Hall on Sunday, Not. 18. at 8.45 pjn. She ha* not been heard m a major recltai In Singapore for some time. MusK lovers will welcome her reappearance m a programme consisting of Bach's Toccata
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  • 66 4 66 families say SIT move is 'unfair' "THE 66 families served with eviction notices by the Singapore Improvement Trust In April this year yesterday appealed to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce for help. Last week they were told to appear m court m connection with the notices. The families descrlbrd
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  • 50 4 A witness. Ooh Choon Sua. was criticised In tb<> Singapore Traffic Court ve«terdav for falling to help a cyclist, injured m a collision with a motor-car last July at. Kampong Bharu Road. Chua Kirn Choon. the driver, was fined $25 for negligent driving. His driving licence was also endorsed
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  • 191 4 'TEACHERS and students of the Raffles Girls' School, Singapore, assembled m the school hall yesterday to honour the memory of Miss Dorothy Maria Buckle, a former headmistress, who died at Bridgwater, Somerset. The school flag was flown at half-mast and the assembly observed a minute's silence.
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  • 333 4 A SINGAPORE lawyer yesterday commented that "only the apathy of the people" might retard the workine of a proposal to give poor people free legal aid. The proposal was made by another lawyer. Mr. David Marshall. He suggested that a panel of lawyers could he:;/ the
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  • 35 4 Dr. Alagappa Chettiar. South Indian millionaire and educationist yesterday urged the Chettiar community of Malaya to make themselves felt m fields other than business. Dr. Alagappa Chettiar leaves Singapore today.
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  • 60 4 SINGAPORE Harbour Board policeman claimed trial m Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to a charge of causing the death of another constable. He was 18-year-old Lee Peng Choo. who was alleged to have killed Tan Kirn Phong by discharging a loaded firearm at the Harbour Board
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  • 173 4 LONDON, Tues. iy|R. Stanley Awbery, Labour, told the House of Commons yesterday that civilian employees of the three Service departments m Singapore and Federation were discontented because of the delays In dealing with wage claims. He asked the War Minister what he proposed to do. Mr.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 143 4 Y.W.C.A. Raffles Quay: World Week of Fellowship and prayer 8 pjn. at the Hostel In Fort Carmine. Speaker: Rev. Tom Blakelv V.M.r.A. Orchard Road: Combined staffs meeting. 11.30 a.m.: Singapore Chess Club. 5 pjn.: Art Club (life-class) 6 p.m Judo and body-building groups, 5.30 pjn.: Week of Prayer and World
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  • 308 5 TOWN SEALED TO FIGHT REIGN; OF TERROR Severe curfew clamped on estates: 6,000. tappers stop KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. FEDERATION Govern- ment has imposed one of the severest curfewt of the Emergency over Bahau district and town m an attempt to get to srips with bandits who have imposed a virtual
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  • 73 5 The correct postage or. a Christmas Card forwarded by surface mall m an unsealed envelope to any place outMdc Malaya is eight cents. Last year there were several instances of cards bearing Incorrect postace. In accordance with international regulations, such mall is not forwarded to its
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  • 164 5 wiAJOR GEN. J. H. N. Poett, Chief of Staff, Far East ri Land Forces, told 172 newly fledged soldiers yesterday that it was their duty to add to the rich traditions of the Array by playing their part m the oresent Emergency. Speaking at the
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  • 220 5 EIGHT petrol cans, four pieces of bamboo and a ground sheet are all that is needed to make an emergency stretcher to take wounded soldiers across rivers and canals. 1 This was demonstrated by five of a group of 33 British soldiers at a
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  • 24 5 Mangalan Muthu was fined $30 In Singapore Traffic Q>urt yesterday for overtaking across double lines at a bend along Paterson HilL Singapore.
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  • 117 5 His 'career of fraud' has ended LEE Wee Loh, alias Boh Ge. aged 23, who admitted five previous convictions within five y«ars was m Singapore Assize Court yesterday gaoled for seven years for robbery Mr. Justice Fletcher Rogers said: It Is now five years since you embarked, at the age
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  • 117 5 MORE men are Joining Bpeclal Constabulary. One hundred and twenty Joined In the. last hree months and with the return of 38 men from the Harbour Board, the Constabulary has now formed a re,erve unit of 150 men. These 150 men will be tiF-.d
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  • 82 5 A DETAILED Government statement on policy and arrangements connect <*<! with civil defence measures m th« Colony is expected to be made at Tuesday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. Questions on the resignation of Brigadier E. L'E. Oavies. Commissioner for Civil Defence, are
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  • 106 5 UNIONS TO MEET MINISTER re Singapore Federation of Services Unions, will meet the Secretary for the Colonies. Mr. Oliver Lytteiton, when he visits Malaya this month, to discuss the claims of more than 30,000 civilian employees. The federation has already met the Commissioner-Gene-ral. Mr. Mac Donald. *-o request him to
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  • 28 5 The Qantas Empire Airways Local Employees Union will hold a dance m aid of its building fund at Raffles Hotel at 8 p.m on Nov. 30.
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  • 37 5 THE WOUNDED man is lying on an improvised stretcher —eight petrol tins, four nieces of bamboo aad a ground sheet and to being ferried across a water obstacle. See below.: Strains Times pictare.
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  • 258 5 OROMPT actfer by Singapore SociaJ Welfare DcfMtrtmeat yesterday saved a destitute 75-year-old widow v Soh Ah Yee, f mm another night of misery, cold and hunger m a former air raid shelter at Ti«ag Rahru. Foar days ago, Soh was living on
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  • 77 5 Thought too late— Bench JOHORfi BAHRU, TuesRashid bin Isahar, a member of a Federal Jungle company stationed at Tampoi. was sentenced to two months imprisonment at Johore Bahru today for being absent from duty from Sept. 17 until arrested on Oct. 24. He said he went back home because his
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  • 32 5 A hotel-keeper, Ec Swee Kiat. of the Ban Ho Hotel. Row ell Road was lined SSO, at Singapore First Police Court yesterday for falling to register particulars of his cnstomers.
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    49 5 HEAR KARL D STRIPP believed to be the first German newspaper man to arrive m Singapore since the war, passed through yesterday on his way to Jakarta. There he will represent 13 papers which support the Social Democrats la H'est Germany, and ('uktgne Radio. Straits Times pictnrr.
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  • 69 5 SINGAPORE'S 26,831 voters for the City Council election on Dec. 1 will cast their vctes m 53 Dolling stations. There will be 10 stations each m the City and East Wards, nine at Rochore Ward and eight m each of the North. South and West Wards. Last
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  • 119 6 WEIR: On October 12th, at a Nursing Home m Jersey, Channel Islands, m his 75th year. Edmund George Harrison Weir. M.D.. CM., M.R.C.8.. L.R C.P., of Prrnlea. Bt. Clement, Jersey, Channel Islands, and late of Malacca. 8.8 TOWKAY NO TEONQ POH the beloved father of Ng Plan Teiig popularly
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  • 217 6 LAM CTENO KWOK and family thiink all friends and relattvM who sent wreaths, scrolls t r,r> condolence-, and attended the tamwl of his beloved father. Mr. .it Chonn. MR. MRb. K£OG CHENG K^T wish to thank all relatives n"H f^tcnris for their valuab.'e and kind presence on nf their
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  • 27 6 N e A EH Loving Memor> ct Mis ..Mmr t c Btiwi J.tckson. JieJ m S;rr.o Ro.id Camp '.4 11 44 Gone •jui not forgotten
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    • 947 6 A Helping Hand We need your help to fight the cttLude of the general public towards the TB sufferer. Many people tend to class him m the same category as lepers have held for centuries. Till a reasonable attitude is adopted, people will be afraid to admit to illhealth and
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    • 236 6 WHILE some parts of "Klyne Street's" letter which appeared m the SJraits Times of Nov. 8 may have to be reexamined, I agree with him that Sir William Jenkln and other valuable senior police officer? must be retained at any cost sir. William is a man oi
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  • 248 6 Defence of trade unions CWER since the (Tories came Into power In Britain, local people of pro-Conservative sentiments have taken the opportunity to throw brick-bats at trade unionists and the trade union movement as a whole. They have accused the trade union movement ol being the root cause of the
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  • 192 6 puZZLED of -Singapore is sceptical of the qualities of the Government troops because 30-odd bandits escaped an intensive jungle search. Perhaps his address, given as Singapore, is the key to his doubt (and ignorance;. To anyone with a working knowledge of jungle country, the killing of
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  • 68 6 IT IS interesting to read In your columns about the 25th anniversary of Ford m Malaya Is it perhaps to make oneself unduly' "difficult" to rteall that, at about the same llstance of time, very strenuous opposition was successfully put up to the establishment of an assembly plant
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  • 202 6 IN- reply to "Coffee-shop Economist" (Nov. 9). I admit there is a shortage of teachers m Malaya. But this does not necessarily mean that the demand can be met by sending students to Klrkby. Is it economical to send only 150 students to a handful of professors
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  • 920 6 HUNDREDS of Europeans and "Asians, military and police personnel and civilians, have fallen to the bullets of Communist bandits, not to mention the very considerable destruction of property, since the Emergency began In June 1948. The bandits climaxed their te/ror campaign with the murder of the
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    • 219 6 rD ask employers to supply working girls with a dowry is adding insult to injury. Since the liberation employers have gone a long way to appease employees, whose requests or rather, demands have increased with incredible speed. Without prejudice to any section -of the
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    • 201 6 WHY ONLY,THE S.T.C. TtHE Press last week reX ported a manifesto issued by the Singapore Labour Party, m which the party urged the City Council to take over the Singapore Traction Company's fleet of trolley buses and omnibuses But why only the S.T.C.? Is it because it is Euro-pean-owned? What
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    • 57 6 OUR blackout schedule Thursday, Nov. 8, blackouts from aawn till approximately 1.15 p.m. and from 6.15 to 9.30 p.m Friday Nov 9, blackouts from 1.15 to 6.10 p.m. and from 6.25 to 7.25 p.m Now could the authorities concerned please explain why we had four
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  • 469 6 Adam's Alt UAVING reached the age at which one speaks of "th* younger generation." I should like to tell a story for their benefit When I first came to Singapore I was given one or two tips on health In this climate by a kindly Tuan Besar
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  • 248 7 'Filling the gap m 10-year plan' DRE-FABRICATED huts are planned to relieve congestion m Singapore hospitals, Dr. W. J. Vickers, Director of Medical Services, said yesterday. Prefab accommodation was badly needed as a temporary measure at Kandang Kerbau Hospital where there was a pressing need
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  • 81 7 yfR. Jim Blaut, newlyappointed assistant lecturer m Geography, who arrived m Singapore yesterday to be the first American to join the staff of the University of Malaya. A former graduate assistant at the Louisianna State University. Mr. Blaut was accompanied by his wife. They were
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  • 26 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A food dumo was found m the Kajang area of Selangor and another m the Jasin area of Malacca yesterday.
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  • 46 7 Ten acres of lalllng at the Bth mile Ylo Chu Kang Road. Singapore went up m flames yesterday. Half an hour later, three more acres behind the Tan Tock Sen}? Hospital caught flre. Both nres were put out by the flre brigade.
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  • 44 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Dr E. D B. Wolfe, who returned from leaver m Britain today will assume duty m Johore Bahru as_acting Principal Medical Officer. Johore. vice Dr. E. C. Vardy, who leaves m a week's time for Northern Rhodesia on transfer.
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  • 7 7 MR. JIM BI.AII
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  • 61 7 "J HOLD a licence Issued In the Federation, where there is no driving: test and as I have driven for more than four months. I considered myself qualified", said Sect Ton* Chor of Pontlan. Johore. m the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday. Sect was fined $10 for
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  • 54 7 Llm Ah Sen;, of Boat Quay, was fined $60 m Singapore Traffic Court yesterday for driving a motor-cycle along Collyer Quay under the influence of liquor to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control. He was also disqualified from driving cars and
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  • 157 7 I OHORE'S population has I J increased by about 25,000 since the previous state census on June 30 last year. The state population Is now around 823,000 against 797--942 m the last census. The Malaysians Malays, Javanese, Indonesians nave the highest birth and death rates each
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  • 91 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. J^ALAYAN Chinese Association leaders are meeting soon to discuss points which the Association will put to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, when he visits the Federation this month. The Secretary of the MCA, Mr. Yon* Shook Lin. told the
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  • 131 7 PENANG CLUB FORMED 4 PKNANG Club has been A formed In Singapore t<> bring together for social, cultural and intellectual discussions people who were born educated or had lived In Penang and who are now resident m the Colony At a formation dinner neld at the Happy World on Monday
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  • 54 7 AFTER he pleaded guilty to speeding along East Coast Road. Leong Kan. of Anson Road, added, "I have only a few dollars m my oocket." The Magistrate. Mr. D H Chapman "How much?" Leong: "Only nine dollars Mr Chapman: "\U right. finc'i nine dollars
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  • 55 7 Lim Chew Khlm. aged 28. was yesterday charged m the Singapore Third District Court with exporting 60 tahiU, of gold without a permit on Monday. Urn was arrested m a motor sampan under Anderson Bridge. He claimed trial and was offered $10,000 bail. The case
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  • 131 7 OECAUSE he was recently posted to "general "duties", Mr. C. G. Widdlson, who was appointed to the radio communications branch of the Federation Police as an A.S.P.. has resigned And he has put the following advertisement m the press: "ASP. tired of inefficiency and unpopular because
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  • 101 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— A civil suit for the r«tSvery of the mlldle part of the ground floor of 37, Jalan Segget, came up m appeal m the High Court. The wit began In 1950 In the Sessions Court when Judgment was Kiven Id favour of the plaintiff,
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  • 82 7 "I became very exciteo when we came to Shenton Way and took over the steerIng wheel as the road was quiet and idea] for driving" said N Kanaijathy, m the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday. Kanapathy a student teacher, who said he came from the
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  • 43 7 Willis Koong. alias Kee Lim, was m Singapore yesterday cleared of a charge of cheating Song Kirn Lian of $300, a watch and gold chain Willis Koong was alleged to have got the money by pro-mr'-np to get Sons a flat.
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  • 113 7 TWO Labour Party candidates for the December City Council election yesterday claimed that frequent blackouts were interfering with theh campaigns. 'In a joint statement yesterday. Mr. V. K. Nair. acting president of the labour party, and Mr. Lee Choonp: Ehg. who are contesting the South and
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  • 98 7 S 'pore wants Unicef aid SINGAPORE may shortly 0 apply to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund for assistance for pitjects It wants to jponsor. The Executive Board of the UNICEP has adopted a US$3O 000.000 budget for 1952. of which $7,500,000 will be for A^a During the 1949
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  • 173 7 Ist Beaver plane is ready THE first of the Federation s Air Service Beavers, complete with Federation flag on its tail, is nearly ready to start serving the circuit that will now be known as the "Beaver towns." But until this and the remaining four planes which have been ordered
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  • 68 7 Farced bin Omar, aged 11, and Abdul Rahlm bin Hilam were yesterday acquitted m the Singapore Fourth Police Court of stealing a camera belonging to Mr. James Henry Funnel on Oct. 29 Mr. P. Claßue, the magistrate, said there was no evidence to support the charge. The
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  • 58 7 Twenty-seven fishmongers were each fined $15 m the Singapore Second District Court yesterday for not displaying price lists In their stalls on Oct. 30. Eighteen were from Maxwell Road market, four from Orchard Road market, two from Orange Road market and one each from
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  • 53 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— The Indians of Johore Bahru are holding a reception on Nov. 22 at the Royal Johore International Club In honour of Mr. M. Oopala Menon. the Representative of the Government of India to mark his first official visit to the state capital. Mrs. Gopa! a Menon
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  • 125 7 ALTHOUGH Singapore's medical service Is as Rood as any outside Britain and the United States, it Is not big enough, said Dr. W J. Vlckers Director of Medical Services, m a radio talk last night Dr. Vickers said his present staff could not meet, the
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  • 306 7 rIE Third Battalion, The Malay Regiment, now stationed In Johore, holds, one of the proudest records of any unit fighting the bandits m the Federation today. The record number of bandits killed m one action is still held by the battalion.
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  • 42 7 Mr. Paul Eliot Green American playright -educator and Pulitzer prize-winner, will lecture on "The New Theatre and the New Age" at 8.15 p.m. on Friday at the Wesley Church Hall m Fort Canning Road. Singapore The lecture i s free.
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  • 163 7 unit tests helmet 4 NEW type of plastio helmet which is one and a half pounds lighter than the standard Army steel helmet, is being tested by the Singapore Police Force for the Riot Unit. The locally manufactured plastic helmet is tough and able to stand a "lot of bash*
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  • 82 7 lhe day alter Mr. J. J. Bisschop. director. Rotterdam Trading Company, ar-lved In, Slam, he received a telegram from his office m Singapore stating that "iis hous* Was burgled. That was nn July 31. Two Malays. Karnate* bin Sastero and Mannoor bin Karto. were yesterday
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  • 62 7 Tho chief officer of a shio. H. W. Burd. was m Singapore yesterday fined $45 for giving false information to the police. Burd. of the Hock Hai. submitted a signed crew list of the ship to Police Lieut. J. W. McCulloch asking for Harbour Board passes
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  • 269 8 Traffic men want Big Two action on the road problem MR. P. F. Kinsey, chairman of Singapore Traffic Advisory Committee, and Mr. Sandy G. Pillay, chairman of the Safety First Committee, yesterday urged joint action by Singapore Government and the City Council to beat the city's traffic and parking problems.
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  • 17 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Oral examinations for the Senior Cambridge are now being held m Johore.
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  • 33 8 The Singapore Coroner. Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday recorded a verdict of "found dead, cause unknown" after an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 58-year-old labourer. Ong Ek Koo.
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  • 76 8 The Establishments Committee of the Singapore City Council will advertise for a Deputy City Engineer m the vacancy caused by the recent resignation of Mr. C. C. Collom. The Committee decided this after calling for applications from engineers at present employed by the City Council. Two engineers.
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  • 170 8 FONC Ah Lin, a 24-year-old woman, of West Hill Road. Singapore, was yesterday committed for trial by Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, Mr. P. Claque, on a charge of attempting to murder her ftve-day-old baby girl, Hoe Gek Sin. She was alleged to have trifd to strangle
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    80 8 TORES nine-sUrey MNks «l flats la Upper Pickering Street an expected to be ready m May next yew, a spokewa of the Singapore Improvement Trust said yesterday. Each block will have 40 three- r— med flats and eight shops. The central block win probably be asccl as the new
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  • 197 8 Resettlement in Perak nearly over IPOH. Tuesday. rpHE biggest job of resettlement In the Federation, that m Perak. is almost finished, and without any priority, Mr. H. Service, the executive secretary to the Perak Executive War Council, told the Straits Times today. Mr. Service, who was seconded for the Job
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  • 236 8 MALACCA, Tues. THE Malayan Chinest Association today refuted charges made against them and the Chinese community by Mr. W. M. McLeod at the meeting of the Malayan Association last week. In a Press statement Mr, Tan Slew Sin. chairman of the MCA. publicity committee, said that the
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  • 158 8 Officials of the Beng Choon Kok Association tor next year have been elected as follow: Patrons Messrs. Chng Boon Huat. Wee Thiam Siew. Tan Kirn Van. Lim KUn Let, Quah Sia Chwee, Cho Chin Yee; President: Mr. Yeo Hock Thye; Vice-Presidents Messrs. Lam Bah Bah. Tan
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  • 34 8 Mr. Tan Hwee Hock, who on Sunday saved a man from drowning at the. Haw Par Swimming Pool. Singapore, was on voluntary duty. He is not a lifeguard employed at the dool.
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  • 136 8 \|R. THIO Chan Bee (Prog. 1W North) is to ask Government whether the families of members of the Passive Defence Services who lost their lives d urine the war hive received increases m their pensions or allowances to cope with the present cost of living. This
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  • 73 8 rB Tang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan, Tuanku Abdul Rahman, with his consort, the Tungku Ampuan Kurshiah, and two grandsons, Tungku Iskandar and Tungku Mizan. returned m the Carthage from Britain yesterday where they have spent six months' holiday. Since their departure from Negri Sembilan on
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    • 201 8 f' i 4// these qualities TIiTRARTF and many more IT are found m ur\t T1 7 A ARYING DUVAL i A /\tTR ACTIVF THE FABRIC OF DISTINCTION l E*J\\* 11 V Hi af f mm* 1 |ih M Latest Arrivals Mow AQTINf" 1 f y .valUble *J 11^ IVJ '■^^^m^m
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    • 74 8 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10—10.10 a-ra. News from K.L.; 10.45—12 Schools; l p-m. Light Music: 1.30 News: 1.45 "LunchTime Prom': 2 2.50 Schools: 6.15 -Science of Life"; «.4O Radio String Knaambte; 6.55 Announcements; 7 News: 7.10 "This Is Communism"; 7.22 Interlude: 7.30 "Radio Rhythm Club" 8 "In Your Mind's Eye"; 115
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  • CHILDREN'S CORNER
    • 571 9 Wanted— An Alice To Act As Hostess Dear Boys and Girls, Do you remember "Alice ir» Wonderland, one of the best books ever written for children? Those of you who have read t+ie book will remember the Mad Hatter's tea party, and the little Dormouse who curled up and went
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    • 186 9 ANSWERS TO YOUR QUERIES rN Peng Chai, says: "I want to ask you why when we burn a sheet of paper at noon under the sun, we cannot see the fire?" BECAUSE the light of the sun is so much greater than the light of burning paper, and the colour
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    • 641 9 T^EDDY Bear, Gollywog A and Rosemary, the beautiful fairy doll, stirred to life as the clock struck midnight. From 12 to one every night the nursery toys become alive and have an hour's playtime. "I've a good Idea for a game," began Golly -y--"You be quiet
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    • 234 9 Clulifirn /*•> •f»Wfc«* fc^iifr if m w cminfnri«tUr mml y H»tfc»r» UU hrttm J mi n nJbi Ml <m»n —4 •'•V V* m mm Viyella V^k yoar Early Inspection ijSjt?' d/ WRL Invited 2 feyi GIAN SINGHS Gian Singh Co Ltd. 30-1, Raffles Place Spore. Phone 5214/5 A Loveliness for
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 321 9 Straits Times Crossword TV'U a.*™ UD m ■Axv-xi »^xx^ nese grasslands (B>. x| x^3 x| 4 Estimate <he value of (8) 1^ Pack J| O U^ S N away> and Icome day. With night we Tn~ I -rj-rn- rrow' 1 (Heywood) (6). x^ xfis 2 National embiems t8). 3. Weep
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  • 2331 10  -  WINSTON CHURCHILL War. Memoirs: Xlosing The jR/ng'— 2B \—By i The Flf!h Aimy In lUly resumed n J»nu»ry IM4. its attac**- on Ihr German "OiuUt Line", with CudM aa IU main feature Ibis offensive masked a flank land nit on Jan. 22 at Amlo, 36
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    • 197 10 wtum th *>aoo Aio.roNDirioNPO 11 m Htmm to b, continued at tb« Ncf Alhambra I OKNS TOMORROW! AMIDST THE DANGERS Or J&F TOMAHAWK AND fi%, FLAMING ARROW. V^ \^9 We jonght for the M love oj a fiery 2m Jm) RB»^ redskin princess 3WF*K S^^* iIA■H mm GABLE ,-f^ I
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    • 478 10 Malay Film "jfllAM|||C|A" H*leasrd l)v Prodactions* ffl HHUJIH Shaw Bras LAST DAY! 11-1. 4^4-6.30-9. 30 FROM TOMORROW! J "Technicolor DORIS DAY GORDON MacRAE Plus! Variety Stage Show with SALO BREMERO if his augmented orchestra PHILIP VAZ Singapore's "Paul Robeson" and BARBARA DEANS m "Dance 'laboo" I ft 'jW.V'Jlllll 'I Lawt
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  • 321 11 LONDON. Tues. BRITISH Government stocks led a further decline In domestic Issues In the London Stock Exchange today. End of account trading remained small and once again there was an absence of buying interest. Palls m giitedßed were up to a Quarter point, and there were sizeable declines
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  • 47 11 RENDERS for Federation of Malaya Government Treasury Bills have been accepted by the Accountant General. Federation of Malaya, to the extent of (19.500,000. Tenders at the rate of threequarters per cent per annum were allotted In- full. The Bills will be issued tomorrow. Nov. IS.
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  • 34 11 HONG KONG, Tues. pREK market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today at the dose as follows: US$l. HKs6.B4>, (cash). HKS6.B7H (T.T.); £1 HK515.62: one tahll of gold HKs333%— UP
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  • 109 11 DOLLAR values of United Btaiea exports to all countries of South-East Asia except Korea an-1 Japan increased during August over the totals recorded m Jjtfy. according to the U.B. Commerre Department. For the same Derlod, 0.8. lm Dorts from countries of the area showed increases with the exceotion
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  • 221 11 Prices still dropping; turnover moderate From A Market Correspondent THE Singapore rubber market opened lower yesterx day, but there was greater resistance than of late against a further decline. Reasonable trade interest was shown at fluctuating levels, and the turnover was moderate, i The market closed on an
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  • 11 11 UN: $469 A PICUL SINGAPORE, Tuee Nor. 13— *****5 (down 1525.)
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  • 26 11 LONDON, Tuei. Cash Buyers £962*. Sellers £965; Forward Buyers £941. Sellers £942; Settlement £965 (down £221). Turnover: a.m. 125. D.m Hi tons.
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  • 160 11 ABOUT 40 p.culs of Mu-.tok pepper cnanged hands In tbe Singapore produce market yesterday at 1730 a ptcul. This section of the market was generally quiet and steady. Sellers quoted Murv tok at $725 a picul, Sarawak at $720 and Lamponc black at $590. Copra was dull
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  • 162 11 Quiet but steady rpHE Malayan share market was again quiet yesterday, but prices remained steady. Interest was centred mainly so Rubber and Tin shares. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDI'SniIALS Bajw* lattrt H'kong B'hal Bank (B-konsng.) MOM IMN M ColU 1.10 330 Spore
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  • 108 11 BIRMINGHAM. Tups. AUSTIN Motor Company directors will seek shareholders' approval for an increase In the companys capital by one half, m 10.000.000 new Ss. Ordinary shares, when the annual meeting is held on Dec 6. If this is approved, the company's capital will, be Increased from £5,000.000
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  • 161 11 gHIPS m the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 p.m ves*erday were: Outer Roads: Hal Hsu an Walbalonu. Kweiyang, La CamDana. Kuban. Troodos. Hydra. Hot Houw An«hun. Kola. Chit Bein. Sambas. Tyndareus. Adinda Merak. Lt P Mark. Lac Tchad Vadir Inner Roads Semenyih.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 1404 11 MANSFIELD dc CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Singapore} BLUB rUMMBL UMB i mbm uption r. proceed via etfcet parts te leae" eae) mscharge cargo. LINCS to LIVERPOOL CLASCOW LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Due Satis P. Sham Per-ang A MS] idi lonoon b HoUarx l Ne». 11/ M 0 lej Havre 6 L'pool
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    • 465 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE .AIUNCS FROM SCANDINAVIA /U X 'CONTINENT I S'poro P Slum Ponang •Malaya- fot Bangkok 6 HKong 26-29 No» 25-25 N»» 21-24 No». Bangkok 2H-28 No» Kma" for Bangkok Hone Kona Manila Kobe 6 Yokohama 19-20 Dec 15-18 Ooe 11-14 Doc for Saißon Banrtok 2). 23 Doc KambooNa"
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    • 1037 11 McALTSTER <Sc CO., LTD. TeWpfcone No. 5906. Bf.I.BBMAW BDCKMAU. KLATBMSM LIMB LONDON. HAVRI, ROTTERDAM LOS ANCELES. SAN FRANCISCO. MAMBURC PORTLAND StATTU VANCOUVER and for J.J.A.. North Atlantic Part* Accepting cargo for Central 6 South and Canada via Colombo. American Port* CITY OF OTTAWA MA BOUGAINVILLE Singapore 21/26 Nov. Spore P.
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  • 712 12 Most thrilling Test for years From JACK FINGLETON (Exclusive to the Straits Times) BRISBANE, Tuesday. AFTER the most thrilling Test match seen m Australia for decades, Australia scrambled home to victory here today against West Indies by three wickets m the first Test. Twenty-year-old Graeme Hole, who
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  • 246 12 JEC eclipse followed a penalty JOHORE English College started their Rugby game against University of Malaya at Bukit Timah yesterday as if they would overrun their opponents. After 15 minutes, however, they began to lose ground and eventually were beaten by 14 points (a goal, two tries and a penalty)
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  • 68 12 SIALKOT. Punlab, Tu»a.— The MCC faced a stern task here yesterday to avoid the first defeat of then* tour on the final day of their match against the Punjab Cricket Association. With four wlckeu left Utey needed 93 runs to make the Punab bat again. Close
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  • 367 12 SCC UPSET RECS, TOP LEAGUE QINOAPORE Cricket Club scored a notable hockey succ.ss yesterday when they beat their old rivals Singapore Recreation Club by three goals to one on the Padang. The victory the firs', within memory S.C.C. have scored over Recs m a first team game also gave S.C.C.
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  • 67 12 The Singapore A. P. A. "A" team to meet the French Air Force (Saigon) XI at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday will be: Narayaaa; Davids leapt.), Sal leh; Kok Tong, Hoon Leong. Is mail Bujang; S. Madon Outline. Ah Hoe, Boon Leong, Rahim Omar. Reserves: Murray. Chang
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  • 101 12 SINGAPORE Aaaatew Fji. ham ■■■Hi the iii—iata for the Gothenburg and All India soccer tourists who are dae to play a series of games hi Singapore. Opponents for Gethertitg are: Dec. I. Singapore "A"; Dee. t. Malaya; Dee. 5. Chines*; Dee. 12.
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  • 167 12 THE first swimming carnival oi 1 the University of Malays Athletic Union will be held at the Haw Par Swimming Pool. Pasir Panjang, on Saturday. The carnival will consist of nine ndividual events for men. five individual events for women, two team events each for women
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  • 85 12 The Singapore Polo Club will hold an Impromptu gymkhana meeting an "at home" to {he BuUt Ttmah Saddle Club— aThomson Road on Sunday morning from 10 o'clock. The organisers have lncludtM la the programme of six events a race far novices and one for children Highlight Of
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  • 141 12 From JACK FINGLETON BRISBANE, Tues. WEST INDIES skipper John Goddard took a new ball today not for the usual reasons a new ball is taken. After 66 overs had been scored off the original ball, Goddard, Stollmeyer and Gomez held a conference m midwicket
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  • 304 12 S.A.F.A. 2; Penang...! 1. CJINGAPOEE gave a great exhibition of football when they beat Penang by two goals to one »n the second game of their Federation tour,, on the Victoria Green here today. A crowd of 6,000 saw Singapore score m the tenth minute and go
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  • 319 12 MOST interesting newcomer entered for the Singapore Turl Club Winter Meeting, In my opinion. Is 7 rB «««i»r (late Wintergreen), a useful three-year-old chestnut gelding by BaUyogan out of Irish Brume (Brumeux). On his two-year-old form Zanzibar was rated by at least one racing authority m England as a
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  • 114 12 Irr a fast and thrilling water polo match played at the Tigers Swimming Club pool yesterday. :he Dutch team of the Shell Co. Palembang beat Tigers S.C. by .11-6. The quickness and skill of the Dutch players drew repeated applause from a small crowd. The outstanding
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  • 788 12  -  EPSOM JEEP Epsom Jeep's Bukit Timah round-up By 'TWERE DOES not seem to be any horse m training at the moment to stop COLONEL DALY winning the Stayers' Cup to be run over 1% miles at Bukit Timah on the last day
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  • 515 12 DISING GLORY (Percival) displayed a brilliant turn of speed to gallop 3f. m 36 dead on a pretty fast track at Bukit Timah yesterday morning This four-year-old by Kingsway is m sparkling' form after a lengthy spell and he has only to reproduce a glimpse of
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    • 808 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. iContinueo trom r'ane 6) SITUATION WANTED EMPLOYERS requiring European Secretary Stenographers should contact Joan Tooke's Agency. John Little's Building Tel *****. Al I (IMMOI)ATION WANTED QUIET INDIAN youngster requires a room for Immediate occupation. Pleue write to Box No A8492. B.T. WANTED small house-flat or large room near
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    • 223 12 CLASSIFIED ADS (Continued from prey. col.) MISCELLANEOUS nkw ARRIVALS! Cotton dresses with a future! They wash and wash! Slses •to SO See cool lady-Ukc lace gloves to lot* Of pretty colours Costume jewellery and "Cora" jewellery too Vanity. 11 Battery Road ZEISB PRISM BINOCULARS Deltrtntem" 8 x SO ttti.. "Dekarezn"
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    • 73 12 The Voluntary Workers at the Children's Social Centres announce the opening of the bi-annual SALE OF WORK and ENTERTAINMENT by the children m the Centres at the British Council Hall Stamford Road on Saturday, 17th, November, 19S1, at 9.30 a.m. under the distinguished patronage of Mrs. W. L. Blythe Space
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 17 12 SINGAPORE TIDE* TODAY: 1046 (9.4), M»7 (».l); 0504 (3.7). 1724 (0.6). TOMORROW: 1112 0529 (41). 175fi (0.4).
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    • 75 12 RUGBY: S.C.C. "A" v Royal Signals at S.C.C; Navy v Army at Naval Base; R.A.S.C. v GHQ Farelf at Nee Soon; REME v RAF Tengah at REME; 223 BOD v Tcnrah "A" at BOD: RAF (C) v R.E. at RE.; RASC "A" v R.N. C-ln-C's XV at N. Base. HOCKEY:
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