The Straits Times, 14 October 1954

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    15 1 The Straits Times. tkowP Nat*** 1 Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1954 15 CENTS
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    ITUDENTS LOSE APPEAL All gaoled for three months
    1310 1 ITUDENTS LOSE APPEAL All gaoled for three months Ifi REFUSE TO SIGN BONDS: y\VY COUNCIL NOW'—PRITT school students went to gaol f or three months in after losing their appeal against conviction officer. They all refused an opportunity to sign which would have allowed them to go free, lusticc Knight,
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    'I COULDN'T LET IT PASS...'
    69 1 'I COULDN'T LET IT PASS... MX AM HUN HUV the British Foreign Secretary, smiles as Sir Winston Churchill whispers a Joke on the platform at the Congress of the British Conservative Party at Blackpool. A moment after this picture was taken Mr. Eden introduced Sir Winston with the words: "Throughout
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    BABY DIES IN ATTAP FIRE
    329 1 Wayang crowd and lone auxiliary beat brigade to the rescue TWO people were killed and about 50 others were rendered homeless in a flre which broke out in Bukit Ho Swee, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. Hundreds of people who were enjoying a Chinese wayang about 80
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    $100,000 DOPE FIND IN COLONY SHIP
    41 1 $100,000 DOPE FIND IN COLONY SHIP About $100,000 worth of opium was seized by men from the Customs Preventive Branch, Singapore, on board the San F.rnesto which arrived yesterday. The opium about 100 pounds was found hidden in the engine room.
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    Rubber up again
    21 1 Rubber vesterrlav reached its highest price since February >1 last year, closing at 77 3 < ;rnts a lb.
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    Floods at the crossroad
    33 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Bukit Tengah crossroad between the 6.87 and 7 milestone was flooded this morning. The Executive Engineer of Butterworth said that the seven-inch deep flood was subsiding
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    Annual is out next month
    167 1 Annual is out next month T*HE Straits Times Annual for 1955 will be published early next month Here again is another fine edition of what is recognised as South-East Asia's leading publication The region's best photographers and writers combine to present the changing Malaysian sct.ne in picture and story. Strongly
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    THE TWO CHUMS
    250 1 Dr Lin and Sir Sydney agree: It's more than co-existence it's going to be CO-OPERATION N ANYANG UNIVERSITY and the University of Malaya are going to get along fine. Any doubt about that was cleared up yesterday when Dr. Lin Yutang paid his first call on Sir
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    Kidnapped tapper's body found
    93 1 Kidnapped tapper's body found KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The body of Koh Boh EnR, 26, one of the two Chinese rubber tappers abducted by terrorists near Sungei Pelek in Selar.Ror on Sept. 29, was found yesterday near the village. He is thoußht to have been murdered. A post mortem held in
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    R.A.F. mercy dash for polio man
    111 1 R.A.F. mercy dash for polio man AN R.A.F. Hastings aircraft left Changi early yesterday for England with a seriously ill Army officer. Second-Lieut. Paul Bates. 20. attached to the 2nd Kins"* African Rifles. Second-Lieut. Bates, stricken by polio two months ago, was flown from Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. He spent
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    Paris hunts grenade men
    61 1 PARIS. Wed. Police forces raided the homes of militant anti-Communists in the Paris area today searching for people responsible for recent attacks on Communist Party offices. On Monday night a grenade was thrown into a Communist Party branch meeting near thr Oar De Lest railway terminus
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    American envoy meets Chiang
    42 1 TAIPEH, Wed— The American Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Walter Robertson, today met the Chinese Nationalist leader, Chianu Kai-shek on what was officially described as matters of mutual Interest Neither American nor Chinese sources would Rive particulars. Reuter.
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    Atoms get at the fish again
    57 1 YOKOHAMA. Wed. Authorities here said they planned to throw away as radioactive five tons of a 50-ton catch of tuna brought In from an area 600 miles south-west of Midway Island. It was the first time that fish from this part of the Pacific
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    BOAC to buy American airliners
    161 1 1 WASHINGTON. Wed The 2 British Overseas Airways CorJ poration. has decided to buy a •4 fleet of DC-7 passenger planes i from the Douglas Aircraft f Company. American Aviation i Daily reported today. S I The publication said the S agreement between BOAC and
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    He'll meet Queen
    33 1 LONDON. Wed. Premier Yoshlda of Japan will be received by the Queen and have dinner with Sir Winston Churchill during his visit to Britain, which starts on Oct 21— A.P.
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    Tree hurts girl
    30 1 A 16-year-old girl. Lee Yok Teh. received head injuries when a coconut tree fell 011 her In Poh Huat Road Singapore yesterday. She was admitted to hospital.
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    RUSSIA'S 760 m.p.h. BOMBERS
    128 1 PHILADELPHIA. Wed. MR. CHARLES S. THOMAS. United States Secretary of the Navy, said today the Soviet Union now has atom bombers able to fly faster than the speed of sound. He did not elaborate. All he said in a speech prepared for delivery at a meeting
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    End of an ace
    40 1 LANCASTER, Wed. Chief test pilot George Welch of North American Aviation Inc., who shot down four Japanese planes during the attack on Pearl Harbour, was killed yesterday when his FlOO Super Sabre exploded in flight— A.P.
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    Gun duel as Reds mass to invade
    185 1 Gun duel as Reds mass to invade TAIPEH, Wed. ARTILLERY duels thundered at both ends of Nationalist China's 300-mile island defence line today amid new reports of Communist Chinese buildups at Shanghai and the Chushan islands. The Ministry of National Defence said Communist guns dropped barrages on three .small islands
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    STOP PRESS
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    Six die in crash
    31 1 ELST. Holland. Wed. 8b people were killed today and six seriously injured in a headon collision between two passenger trains here, five miles south of Arnhem Reuter
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    Her heart is set on staying in America
    267 2 SACKED FROM NIGHT CLUB CHORUS LINE, MARJORIE TURNS TO CHEESECAKE' JOB ARJORIE WEE, Singal" pore's representative in the recent Miss Universe contest can't find a night club job in Hollywood, so she's going to modol "cheesecake" instead. "Its just about the only
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    Discussion on school policy
    42 2 Professor F Mason Professor of Education in the unlversiU of Malaya, will lead mnight s 8.30 p.m public discussion ol the East-Wist Society on "The proposed Changes in the Federation Education Policy at the British Council Stamford Road.
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    Nurse division for Kuantan
    50 2 KUANTAN. Wed— A Nursing division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade is to be formed here with 20 Chinese girls as soon as they pass their Home nursing. The girls, from the Chinese School, have passed in first aid. At present there are four boy's divisions.
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    2,500 years on
    26 2 Sir John Knteiawala. Prime Minister of Ceylon, yesterday Inaugurated celebrations in Colombo, marking the 2.500 th anniversary of the death of Gautama Buddha.
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    Firms give all employees insurance against TB
    139 2 THIE aerated water firm of Fraaer and Noive and their subsidiaries in Singapore intend to Insure their 1,400 employees against tuberculosis. The cost will be (25.000 a year, Miss D. Agnew, secretary of the Royal Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association, said yesterday. Response to the
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    FATHER OF SEVEN KILLED
    82 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.- A Kuala Lumpur restaurant owner. Mr. Chan Pool Cheok. 47. was fatally Injured today when his motor-cycle was Involved in a collision with a lorry at the Junction of Peel and Cheras roads. A woman pillion rider. Lee Sow Chan. 30. was slightly
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    RED STRIPES TO STAY
    50 2 Singapore hospital srrvantu who have protested aialn'it red stripes on their uniform trousers, will have to put up wit hthem. An official said the unl- forms committee had con!'d""!. the protest and It was M* n The hm>piui servants said the red stripes were "undlEnifled." unaigm
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    BANDITS EVADE PATROL
    104 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed AN area security unit yesterday contacted seven terrorists near Dominion Estate in the Kajang district of Selangor The bandits among whom was a woman, fled. The area security unit patrol followed up for a mile before losing the tracks. A security force patrol found
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    Voters' register opens Oct. 18
    50 2 KUANTAN, Wed. Registration of voters for state and federal elections will start on Oct. 18. The same register will be used, and the letter "F" will be marked against the names of those eligible for federal elections "S" for state elections and •FS" for both.
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    Murder charge:'I was drunk' reply
    48 2 Murder charge: 'I was drunk' reply JOHORE B^HRU. Wed Nadason. charged in the Supreme Court today with murder on Aug 2 at Sungel Kahang Estate, said: "I was drunk at the time. I do not know what I did Mr Justice Storr adjourned the case until Nov. 2.
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    MIC PARLEYS FOR POLLS
    45 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— Th Malayan Indian Congress Will begin talks with the Par' Negara osj Sunday on i plan to contest thp State ar.ri Federal elections Jointly. The M I.C. has so far nrcotiated only with the UMNO I la c
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    NO HI SPIRIT IF STR GOES
    90 2 NO HI SPIRIT IF STR GOES y ally in I Loik! I tinui Whi I bo in i stnk' I man and Co i I I But vi I to othi I should I traditu I dors spn I is glr> I I i 1 will be I for Tobao
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    Envoys kis Queen's h
    13 2 LOV I J J their Thej I son wl.
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    THE DOCK STRIKE ROWS IN RITAIN
    22 3 THE DOCK STRIKE ROWS IN RITAIN I I and dkout H sur H ampK BK ■IK IK IB ■IE H :^Himi” grievance
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    Silled by 'Hazel"
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    clung till death
    51 3 -.ROLD I.cjB jj^B?""* »as due to come H 5 r*^J>°. The family was founded in the ninth century and has had i at at Staunton Harold since 1923. Lord Ferrers was tne twelfth Earl. His heir is Viscount i Tarn worth, who was born in i 1929.—
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    The 'Grand Old Man' stands by proudly \
    96 3 The 'Grand Old Man' stands by proudly ..EDEN IS CHEERLEADER AT TORY CONFERENCE vwwwvuvwwj Mi; WIIIONY KI>EN, Forcißii Secretary and chairman of the National I'nion of ConNrrvativr Associations, leads the cheering of H.OOO Tory delegates to the party's annual conference at Black- j pool after Sir Winston hurchills major speech.
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    SIR WINSTON HAS A BUSY DAY.,..
    275 3 Cabinet changes 9 talk revives LONDON. Wednesday. pi IE Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, set off wed reports of impending changes in his abinet by one of his busiest days of meetings and ntcrviews for several months. Some major changes in the cabinet have
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    Mad axeman has now murdered 12
    127 3 Mad axeman has now murdered 12 JOHANNESBURG. Wed i)OLICE headed into the 1 i angles of Natal today m of a mad axeman who .lllrd at least 12 persons I nast year. killer «aa believed to be, >lucated African native. was protected by a native id of witch-doctor magic. victmi.s
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    He stole fi.A.F.plane & flew to Belgium
    151 3 He stole fi.A.F.plane flew to Belgium dinnv (Belgium), Wed. POLICE here said last in.: lit they were holding for questioning a man named lan Thompson Dickson. 25, of Morley (Norfolk) who had landed a Royal Air Force training plane on a road at Falles, near Chimay. earlier in the day.
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    Civilisation 'safe from A-bomb
    46 3 LONDON. Wed— Mr Clement Davics. Liberal leader in the British* House of Commons told student meeting here last night: "I believe that war is going to be avoided I do net think that the atom bomb *s going to destroy civilisation." —Reuter.
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    WOMAN ROUTS SIX MEN
    237 3 WOMAN ROUTS SIX MEN With help of her angry horse NAIROBI. Wed AN unarmed Scotswoman surprised six Africans hiding in coffee bushes while riding on a farm near here and used her "bad tempered" horse to force therr leader back to the farmhouse. Mrs Rena Winter ordered African houseboys at
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    500m.p.h. PILOTS TO BALE OUT AT 50 ft.
    172 3 Tests succeed in Britain LONDON, Wednesday. DILOTS flying at more than 500 miles an hour can now "bale out" safely at only 50 feet above the around and may soon be able to escape from aircraft flying as low as 25 feet,
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    Union enemy dies
    38 3 DUNDEE. Wed. Mr. David Cou p a r Thomson. Scottish newspaper owner s who waged a life-long battle against trade unionism, died at his home here last night af.er several weeks' illness, aged 93. Reuter.
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    Key witness mystery in spy case
    95 3 Key witness mystery in spy case PARIS, Wed. CHIEF Inspector Jean Dides. former head of the antiCommunist section of the Paris police, was charged yesterday with harbouring a malefactor and complicity in use of a false passport. He was granted provisional liberty. The charges related to Alfred Delarue, a key
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    Back to the sea
    42 3 LONDON Wed— The world lost 223 ships last year, of which 45 foundered and 15 were classed as missing. This was disclosed yesterday in Lloyds shipping summary for the year of merchant ships lost or broken up.— Reuter.
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    100,000 took the road to freedom
    49 3 NEW YORK. Wed. The United States delegate to the I United Nations disclosed last nißht that nearly 100.000 people have fled to the West from behind the Iron Curtain in the first six months of 1954 Including 989 from the Soviet Union.— UP.
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    A HOUSE DIVIDED
    85 3 TRIESTE, Wed. Farmer i Luca Eller stood by disconso- lately yesterday while an Allied Commission cut hLs house in two. They put the kitchen in Italy and the rest i of tv ie house, along with the vineyard and ox stall, in Yugo- slavla. The Commission painted
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    LONDON STOCKS
    439 3 LONDON. Wed. TUIE disturbing labour situation I has left Its mark on the London Stock Exchange values today. i Operators have born displaying rather more caution and there has been some proflt-taklnj; going on in places OUt-edged securities, however, had quite a Rood day and small gains were
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    LONDON FIN
    24 3 LONDON. Oct. 13— Cash Buyers HTU; Sellers £735: Forward Buyers €734: Sellers 8755: Settlement t735. Turnover a.m. 55 tons; p.m. 15 tons
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    LONDON RUBBER
    41 3 LONDON, Oct. 13— Spot 23 id. Nov. 23',d. Dec. 23 \d.. Jan -Mar, 23d.. Apr-June 23d., July-Sept 22". d.. Ort -Dec. 22 ,d.. Oct. c.l.f 22". d.. No\. ci.f. 22\d.. Dec. c.l.f. 22 7 »d. Tone: Quitt after firm.
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    RITUAL RAID: 31 HEN
    376 4 Ceremony by moonlight was triad society initiation, police claim IN a moonlit clearing off Cornwall Gardens, Singapore, 31 Chinese were captured by a big party of police on Tuesday night. They are being held on suspicion of having participated in a triad society initiation ceremony. The
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    BRIGHTER WINDOWS -BYORDER
    138 4 BRIGHTER WINDOWS -BY ORDER KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. DROMPT action will be taken to put more colour in the display windows at Malaya House in London. Inche Yacob bin Abdul Latif. the Federation's Director of Information, told the Straits Times today. He was commenting >n criticisms by a reader who wrote
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    Strike up the band
    51 4 PENANG. Wed Penanc UMNO's new youth band will entertain delegates attending the party's youth assembly in Penang on Friday. The band, led by Ahmad Nawab. will also play for UMNO delegates on Sunday. On Saturday, Penang UMNO Women's League will stage a sandiwara play for women
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    Ceylonese envoy on holiday
    40 4 Ceylon's retiring Ambassador to Burma. Sir Velupillai Coomaraswamy and Lady Coomaraswamy arrived in Singapore yesterday in the 8.1. ship Sndhana. Sir Velupillai Is doing the round-trip to Japan for a holiday before he returns to Ceylon.
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    Saturday parade
    38 4 PENANG. Wed— Miss I. M Checkley the Federal Organiser of St. John AmbulanceBrigade will Inspect member^ of the Penang brigade and nursing units at the Civil Defence Headquarters in MacMUttx Road at 5 p.m on Saturday
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    $25,000 SWEEP SLIPS IN CAR, COURT TOLD
    145 4 Two men, two women charged TWO WOMEN. Katijah binte Mohamed Said and Lim Ah Loy. and two men, Salleh bin Abdul Rahman and Yeo Teek Chye, were found with five chap-ji-ker schedules, worth $25,108, in a car on Tuesday night, it was alleged
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    Land for Malays only in Kluang
    43 4 SEGAMAT, Wed.— An area of 19.000 acres in the Kluanjj district has been declared the Kahanu Malay Reservation. Another area of 250 acres, also in Kluanß -district, ha.s been gazetted a s the Jalan Mersinc Malay Reservation.
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    No hunting here
    33 4 SEGAMAT. Wed The islands of Pulau Lima Besar, Lima Kechil, Tokonu Sanßoe and Tokone Raket in Mersing district have been declared a sanctuary for the protection of animals and birds.
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    Council meeting
    18 4 KLUANG, Wed Thn Monthly Town Council meeting will be held at 'he International Club on Sunday.
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    $50—TO KEEP FIVE CHILDREN
    81 4 $50— TO KEEP FIVE CHILDREN WHEN a Singapore magistrate asked Puteh bintr Ismail yesterday how much she needed a month to mainlain her nvr children, she replied "Only $50 $1(1 for each child But Abdullah Sanl, respond- em in the maintenance told the m;iKistiM'r Vr R W H IVuirs that
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    Driving ban and fine on Vet. chief
    130 4 Driving ban and fine on Vet. chief THE head of Singapore's Veterinary Department, Ronald Alan Wright, was flned $150 and banned from driving for a year when he pleaded RUilty in the First Traffic Police Court yesterday to allowing his daughter to drive his car without lnsur- ance. Wright said
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    Man who tailored for sultan dies in Singapore
    95 4 A MAN who H.ithrd thou sands of Malayans and at one time the Oar <•* Kussia died rarl\ ycfltei day in his Nassirn Road home in Sinsaporc Mr. W. Philip Simpson. "1 tinoldest Kuropean BMStCt tailor in Malaya, made < lot lies
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    SIR DONALD PLEASES 'TEA WITH THAT HANDWRITING
    27 4 THE HIGH COMMISSIONER. si r ■>„„ signs the autograph book of a Mud. the Federation's first Teachi* r>" Trainint Rahru. KeUntan
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    One-day gaol but he tried esc
    43 4 One-day gaol but he tried esc NOW HE GETS 2-MONTH SB TWO men were sentenced I in the Seventh Police Cow to escape from custody. I 1 tha; I i /I man. -A ■.rr.riil r 1 :.< vj Bar broke J I I I
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    Mercy trip man improving
    105 4 Mercy trip man improving rE Rev. Dr. John G Bn mer. 49. who was flown from Indonesian Borneo to Singapore by the RAF on Tuesday night. is now recovering in the General Hospital Hospital reports stated tha f he is now off the danger ill list, folowing treatment. He is
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    Transfer for officer
    37 4 IPOH. Wed. Mr. J. G Pollard, Inspector of Marh.Perak, gpes on transfer I month to Johore. He will be succeeded in Ipoh by Mr. G L Rowell, acting Senior Inspector of Machinery. Kuala Lumpur.
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    May v. Hannah
    49 4 Miss May Yeo, one of two runners-up for the best vocalist in Geylane Straits chinrM 1 MYF Talentime contest, will compete with Miss Harm»! in the Singapore District MYF Taientime contr.st .it th i Straits Chinese Meth' Church hall, in Kamponu Kapor Road on Oct. 23.
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    Drive for voters
    41 4 MALACCA. Wed. About 300 home guards, penghulus government officers and four mobile units will visit every kampong, village and town when registration for the Federal and Settlement Council election.'opens on Monday. Registrati n. will end on Nov. 18.
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    Gunman led $137,000 raid on shop, court is told
    494 5 MOUSTACHE OR NO MOUSTACHE, THAT IS THE QUESTION ROBBERS SHOUTED: MONEY OR LIFE' MAN with a moustache, who wore sun glasses, was charged in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday with the robbery of cash and watches to the value of $137,000
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    FIRE HERO CONSOLES BOY WHO LOST HIS HOME
    58 5 AUXILIARY fireman Ow Peng Kon (left) rescued a halfblind old woman and a child from the fire at Rukit Ho Swee, Singapore, yesterday, in which two people died. In the Straits Times picture above Mr. Ow consoles 12-year-old schoolboy Koh Wah Seng
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    What would this F R A mean to you?
    152 5 What would this F R A mean to you? BUKIT MERTAJAM. Wed. engineer, C. J. Wilson, said in court here today that he did not know that three letters on a board "FRA" stood for "food restricted area." "As a university graduate 1 could not understand these letters, so what
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    $75,000 for studies
    56 5 IPOH Wed— The Perak State Council today approved the recommendations of its Finance Committee for supplementary provisions totalling $75,000 for state scholarship funds. Of this. $55,000 Is tor the Perak Malays Higher Studies Scholarship Fund under which !6 students are studying abroad. The remaining $20,000 Is for
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    LAST NIGHT'S FIRST NIGHTS JUST RIGHT FOR YOUR SPARE TIME BETTER THAN ALL THOSE FRENCH ONES
    187 5 LAST NIGHT'S FIRST NIGHTS JUST RIGHT FOR YOUR SPARE TIME BETTER THAN ALL THOSE FRENCH ONES fTING ARTHUR and his Knights of the Round I Table are always a good bet for romantic deeds. Alan Ladd in The Black Knight, which opened at the Capitol last night, takes every advantage
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    THIS IS THE SORT OF MUSIC SPORE LIKES
    215 5 Rare experience at Victoria Hall THE Goh Soon Tioe String Orchestra at the Victoria Hall last night provided an experience all ton rare in Singapore a concert devoted largely to early Haydn and Mozart works for small orchestra. Not only was the
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    Clerk cleared
    26 5 A clerk of the Malayan Refrigerating; Company. V. Thangavellu. was acquitted In Singapore yesterday of criminal breach of trust of property valued at $570.
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    THIS IS TRULY A 'DREAM' TEMPEST
    226 5 THIS IS TRULY A 'DREAM' TEMPEST SEVERAL hundred Singapore schoolchildren went to Mallaig last night to see the Singapore Arts Theatre production of "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare. They, and I. enjoyed it enormously. Set on a platform sta?e against a superb natural background. The Tempest" is indeed "such stuff
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    Three injured in taxi crash
    37 5 Two men and a woman were slightly injured when a taxi overturned after being in col- lision with another car at the [junction of Albert and Bencoolen Streets. Singapore, late last night.
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    Police find triad swords
    54 5 PENANG. Wed.—Police to- i day recovered two Chinese' swords used at triad society initiations. They sped to Chulia Lane following a tip-off and found' the weapons concealed amon» some piping beside a drain, There was no arrest, A police spokesman said the sworris appeared to have
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    BAD VILLAGE WONT NEED POLICE NOW
    82 5 IPOH, Wed. HOME GIARDS will take over from the police and assume responsibility for the defence of Ringlet, a village at the 30th mile, Cameron Highlands, next Saturday. The village formerly had a bad reputation for terrorism, and has a population of about 400,
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    Motor-cycle burnt
    22 5 IPOH. Wed. A motor-cycle parked on the five-foot-way in Belfield Street caught fire at lunch time today and was destroyed.
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      397 5 (IARRICK: "Laila" "Hindu- 145. 4.15. 6 45. 9.30. stani i with English sub-titles- PAVILION: Indiscretion ot 5 630 9.15 an American Wife -1.45. 4. 6.30, ii.HAMBRA: Domcnica-11. 9.30. 130 4 645 9 30. QUEEN'S. "Perjodohan" CAPITOL: The Black Knight (Malay^-3. 630. 9.15 11 145 4 630 9 30. REX: The
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    All groups will join in next week's final fling
    515 6 All groups will join in next week 's final fling SINGAPORE'S amateur actors will have their final fling at the Victoria Memorial Theatre next week— and they are going to make the most of it. The three comedy playlets being put on by the Island Players before the theatre closes
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    Meet Maggie, the star who is different
    487 6 Meet Maggie, the star who is different By 808 THOMAS 'IMII iiii ii| i, thinks of mo>t E X actresses as rather S brassy extroverts. Herp is one who is shy .Maggie E McNamara. Althouch she Is admittedly shy. she has stood up to her studio in a manner E
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    9 6 Latest portrait/ of lovely swimming film star, Ksther Williams.
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    AUDREY BEAT THE JUNGLE
    417 6  - - SYLVIA LAMONOE because her mother went too! By yyHfclN a totally unknown girl of IS goes to Hollywood for three years, stars with top names like Bob Hope and Alan Ladd, then comes back to her family in England, you'd expect her to Ik? different, wouldn't
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    Parks to increase 14 times a11 over the city
    73 7 Parks to increase 14 times a11 over the city 20-YEAR SCHEME TO COST $16,800,000 UNDER MASTER PLAN 101 MORE PUBLIC OMMING POOLS I „*****; connected with the Master Plan apore h«s recommended that public vine fields in the city should be inSv 14 times to 1,600 acres, nmlttee has accepted
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    PLENTY Of POSTAL ORDERS NOW
    80 7 PLENTY Of POSTAL ORDERS NOW SIMiAPORK people need not worry any more a hoiit the shortage of Malayan Postal Orders. IHej can now buy them at any Post Office. The Director of Posts, Mr. M. L Durrani, said yesterday that large stocks in various denominations have just been received from
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    Youth to see WAY film
    43 7 •Youth in Action", a Malaan Film Unit feature about WAY general assembly in re, will be shown at a leeting of the Singapore outh Council at 8 p.m on :n the Youth Council I all in Orchard Roaci.
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    For students
    29 7 Btdok Methodist Youth Felilp will hold a "Children's programme for Sunday i] students M.Y.F. mem'and others at the church id, Bedok Road. Sin^a•it 430 p.m. on Saturday
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    Talk on beauty
    39 7 Mitt Shirley Nock, a beaut y specialist, will give a talk oh -kin care and make-up at the Girls' Sports Club, Singapore tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. Members and friends who are interested are invited to attend.
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    PROUD TO BE A PALEFACE
    198 7 PROUD TO BE A PALEFACE Bishop Love hears Rotarian say he's KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Federation's Deputy x Chief Inspector of Mines, Mr. Lan Paterscn who described himself as a "Paleface"— today deplored the "tendency in certain quarters to underestimate the value of the very considerable and i unselfish contributions
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    Trooper brings 200 soldiers
    38 7 The 16.000-ton troopship Empire Clyde arrived in Singapore yesterday from Britain with 20( troops and 108 service families for the Colony. In transit to Hong Kong are 500 other troops and 145 service families.
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    When good will 'provokes conflict'
    101 7 fincil- i the world than out-and-out hostility." Mr. Yap .said he agreed with thr view and warned that good will could be interfering and provocative of conflict. Ho saia: "Often in the name of good will we have interfered in the affairs of others and
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    THE NEW AUSTIN, WITH PLENTY OF IDEAS, IS NOW HERE
    122 7 A bigger, faster and more powerful Austin saloon, the A5O Cambridge, has arrived in Singapore and will be on display from today. It is packed with new ideas. This car has a fashionable radiator grille, sports lines and i Continental
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    The friendly foes get together
    305 7 AND A PAY ROW IS HARDLY A ROW M., PENANG. Wednesday. ALAYAS first industrial court, which heard the dispute between the Eastern Smelting Company and its workers' union over claims for higher wages and a housing allowance 'finished its sittinß today in "a very friendly
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    4 bridges make a 'tortoise'
    76 7 IPOH Wed. Work on a Government road flanking the banks of the Perak River to link st wral Malay kampongs was progressing like a tortoise" said Inche Meor Ahmad bin Yu.sof in the State Council today Tht State Engineer. Mr A Inglis. said for this
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    ARMY 'RIGHT ON 39-HOUR WEEK'
    266 7 ARMY 'RIGHT ON 39-HOUR WEEK' THE ARMY vas within its rights in increasing the working hours of civilian employees in Kuala Lumpur from 36; to 39 hours a week, a G.H.Q. spoKesman in Singapore told the Straits Times yesterday. He was commenting on a protest from the War Department Civilian
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    Stars for concert
    64 7 Malay film stars *ill take part in the "Maiam Pusha Ragam concert in tid of the building fund of Singapore Petrol Dealers Employee's Union The concert ander the patronage of Mr O A Knight, president of the International Federation of Petroleum Workers. US A and Janada will
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      452 7 The forgery that saved lives* IN Um norin.il course of events. we nhould have In-en horrified t.. learn that the Holex trade mark liad been forced on inferior wrist -watehcs, whi< -h weir then sold for f.ihulous sums. Hut, in this case, we were flattered' BtCMMt l>\ niiiniittinu this fraud,
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      230 7 RADIO MALAYA CProirammrs ihu. markrd ran be received by lisUnrrs in Malacca. "200 Ko!., 41m.). AM. *8 57 English Scnools Broad, casts '11.10 English Schools Broad- < asu«. iI.OO p.m. to X no p.m. short wave Mm., l ''in. M li.im wa\r 476 m. 313 m.. 366n. and 297 m.
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    DEATHS
    41 8 »tl rf nrrj s S fft fttlfttmttm IMPSON W PHILIP, beloved of Angela, suddenly at 41 Ho.id on 13.10.54. RKCFIVED of the nc. nil of Mr. K. Thambymuthu of c J v, or, on 9 in -54 mr nn Leave.
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    36 8 MRS LOW KIM YOON. Mr Low -in Mm and family thank all firms, j lends and relatives, who sent •■cU ..-a:- and letters of c, p. iid aight visits and atthe funer,.l of Mip > Kirn
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    126 8 in ».,»<;, $ld i minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every Daj :1 il you want to win O(io word puz/le. COCKTAIL 'I !ME -Why Dry FlyV Hecause It! Flndlaters anr. thus ihe Finest Sherry obtainable. Sole OMERS BE ADVISED:fl.nr ;it the New Tavern will be closed from Oct. I'M ring to
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Oct. 14, 1954., Sino-Russian Bargain
    845 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Oct. 14, 1954., Sino-Russian Bargain There was much sound, and i a little fury, in the joint com- i munique published in Moscow 1 and Peking summarising the i discussions which the Khrush-,i rhev mission has had in I he Chinese capital. The Miens' h
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    War on Opium
    499 8 The first reading of a new Dangerous Drugs Ordinance in the Legislative Council takes a stage further Singapore's plan to attack the opium evil by setting up a treatment centre. From the Bill and an explanation given by the Commissioner of Prisons it is! now possible to
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    NEHRU flirts with Moscow but hates the Reds at home
    1078 8  - NEHRU flirts with Moscow but hates the Reds at home W.G. DILDINE I OtMII VIST MEISAC E TO IXIMA HE! EDES AS THE PEOPLE S SI\\ir\lll»S OF I IVI\4. HIM BY IF INDIA went Communist tomorrow, something like half the world's population would be under Red dominion. It may be
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      Politics ban in civil service a blow to party efficiency
      171 8 Politics ban in civil service a blow to party efficiency A PPARENTLY the Ad- ministration now considers that the necessary material to handle the country's politics has been trained and has therefore banned its senior officers from active participation in Federation politics. The Government is illadvised. All the political parties,
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      UNHAPPY IN HER MARRIAGE
      98 8 UNHAPPY IN HER MARRIAGE BECAUSE my father followed Chinrsr tradition. I was married to a son of his old lady friend. Now my father Is dead anc= I have two children. From the first my marriage has been unhappy. I bear it because or my father. I do not spend
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      LADY MEMBERS' VOTES
      75 8 have read of the change of name of the Singapore Filipino Association and the unanimous approval by the general body of the revised constitution. I believe that at this meeting quite a number of women voted. If this is true. I wonder how the changes can be
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      LABOUR FRONT
      171 8 ACCORDING to reports, the Labour Front, was a Joint ad hoc committee of Labour and Socialist parties set up to run their election campaign only. I wonder on what authori- ty this ad hoc committee has nominated as candidates those who do not belong to either party. Further
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      NEW CENTRE
      90 8 THE Interim Committee of the Rochore Community Centre has not 00Bcernrd Itself with the estimates for building the centrr nor has it decided yet to I conduct a drive for fund.s. The Interim Committee has bern meeting to draft the constitution for the centre. It will be put
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    On the Margine
    56 8 On the Margine Strain of I Ollvi I I I I I 1 f|l|r Bnti.. I j I I a prei I I I I I I I I This iron J Iv I I I M :e B nc ir ai i i i i 1 I i i
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      11 8 T i MRCHANT TAILORS tl. 111 I.IA STREET, SI.NfiAPOKK-1 PHONE: H535
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    More welfare—yes: But higher taxes—NO, NO, NO
    122 9 More welfare— yes: But higher taxes— NO, NO, NO HAD TO SAY TO THE GOVERNOR'S 'PAY MORE' SHOCK THREE WAYS TO BE IN MONEY EXPAND Singapore's social services lJ by all means, but don't increase direct taxation to foot the bill. This was the reaction yesterday in the Colony's professional
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    WIDOW GETS 20.000 DAMAGES
    15 9 K ■in i H.'u a month ■r EL 1 H Hit
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    Film fans get together
    4 9 Film fans get together
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    SPEND LESS AND DON'T SCARE TRADE
    118 9 SPEND LESS AND DON'T SCARE TRADE THE RUBBER BOSS (jH)RMBB chairman of the Singapore Chamber of onuMfM Rubber Association, Mr. E. G. Holiday rapped the Government's postu.ir tendency to overspend, especially in the administ r a t i v e departments. "There is no necessity to hike taxation because of
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    Camera boy acquitted
    73 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. D. Chandrasecarnm 17, of was today acquitted by v Ismail, the Kuala LumPirst Magistrate, on a of itwillnn a camera Sl2O from Mr. W. A. Wild, an Inspector of Machi- Kuala Lumpur. on April 15. Chandrasegaram had through hla counsel retracted an earlier plea
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    Disposed of goats
    54 9 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Wed.— V. RamakrLshnan. aged 20, of Klang Road, was nound over today for a year in $250 for assisting in the disposal of two stolen goats. Ramakrishnan pleaded guhty to selling the goats for $64 to a butcher. His father told the court that he
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    MR. PUBLIC WILL JIB AT THIS MOVE
    65 9 MR. PUBLIC WILL JIB AT THIS MOVE The insurance man A NY extra direct taxation will be opposed by the public, said Mr. Eric Wee. insurance executiye. )ne way tc get more money is to develop local industries. dr. Wee said: With the present annual surplus there is no 1
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    PLEASE DON'T ADD TO OUR WORRIES
    50 9 PLEASE DON'T ADD TO OUR WORRIES THE SALESMAN \/f R. FRANCIS LEE CHENG ENCi, a salesman echoed the opinion of the "man-in-the-street. 'We have heada ches enough paying income tax at present levels.' he said. A further rise in taxes will result in a higher cost of living. MR LEE
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    TRIM THOSE WAGES AND SAVE, SAVE
    62 9 THE MERCHANT I||R. (WAX HUGH, a Singa1 pore Sikh merchant, said the present taxation "was high enough Money for further projects should be found by rigid economy stressed by the Financial Secretary. Sir. C. Taylor in his council speech. "Spending 592 million for wages
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    THE POINT IS: CAN THE PEOPLE PAY
    82 9 THE POINT IS: CAN THE PEOPLE PAY i THE FACTORY BOSS i r*AN the public pay more \J taxes? This query was P°sed by Mr. Ong Eng Lian. a Singapore shoe manufacturer ar >d a 1955 Legislative Assembly Labour candidate. Mr. On« said: "The Governor's warning should be taken seriously.
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    THE TRADER: Nothing for free
    42 9 •'V T OU cannot get something for nothing." said Mr. J. M. 1 Jumabhoy. a Singapore Indian businessman. "But the Government must consider very carefully how It procures funds. "It must not kill trade In the process."
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    THE LAWYER: First things first
    33 9 LAW YUK Mr David Marshall said: "First things first. The emphasis must be nn social services Singapore's most important need today." And, he added, more money is necessary.
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    Mr. KIAT (THE NO PARTY MAN) STANDS AGAIN
    132 9 Mr. KIAT (THE NO PARTY MAN) STANDS AGAIN \f R. G. H. KIAT, a prominent Singapore businessman. A will contest Geylang as an independent candidate at the next Legislative Council election Mr. Kiat obtained the highest number or votes when he stood as an independent candidate in the Municipal election
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    Address for Adviser
    72 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— The rctirin,, British Adviser of Pahang, Mr. J. A. Harvey, has been presented with a royal Mtdl«« mounted on a silver frame. The presentation was made by the Sultan at a buffet and dance Dartv Riven to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey at Istana Pekan.
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    Men from Peking parry the Press
    297 9 Men from Peking parry the Press IMMACULATE in a crisp new uniform, Red China's Ambassador to India, General Yuan Chung-hsien, arrived at Kallang airport yesterday and proved himself a man of very few words. The ageing general was accompanied by suave, wellbuilt Mr Bi Sok Wang. First Secretary at Chinas
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    Shot himself in error
    71 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. HQ. Malaya Command has announced the following casualties: Private Juvenallsj Denazlo. 2nd Battalion. King's African Rifles, died of an accldental- ly self-inflicted gunshot wound while on operations in Pahang on Oct. 10. I Second-Lieut. Umu. Ist Battalion. Fiji Infantry Regiment, wounded in the
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    SULTAN'S RETINUE HAD TO PAY THE CUSTOMS MEN
    144 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed-Mem-bers of the Sultan Of Kelan- I tan'& retinue, travelling by train from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur last night, were asked by Customs officers at Johore Bahru if they had anything to declare. Clearly .surprised, they were reluctant at first
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    Four to be trained for big estate jobs
    145 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Four vounir men from Kuala youn *™c" *T Lumpur and Negri Sembllan have been picked from 188 for trainlne as applicants for training as future estate managers under a pilot scheme started by two European companies. The successful applicant*
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    Penang ahoy!
    34 9 PENANG, Wed H.M.S.! Dampior, Commander J. C. Orattan, will arrive here this Sat urday to carry out surveys In Penang and the surrounding waten. It will stay here until] I Dec 1.
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    Rubber men told: Replant or die
    42 9 SEGAMAT, Wed.--A warning that they must replant old rubber or die is contained in a po.-tcr circulated among .smallholder* by the Replanting Board. Applications for replanting grants for next year can be made from Nov. 1.
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    BATTLE TO PUT CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS WILL LAST SIX YEARS
    524 9 BATTLE TO PUT CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS WILL LAST SIX YEARS SINGAPORE'S education report for 1953, published yesterday, indicated the number of children in the Colony of primary school age will increase by 106 000 during the next six years. The years 1954 to 1959 (and probably a year or two
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    Pick a disc and help these needy
    111 9 Pick a disc and help these needy KUALA LUMPUR Wed RADIO MALAYA'S Christmas "Dollars for Discs' P r "Bramme. which netted $10,000 for the Lad* Templer TB Hospital Fund .n 1953. will be held this year in aid of P°. mes Jor the needy by the L ttle Sisters of
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    221 to receive degrees
    86 9 Degrees will be conferred on 221 graduates at t»ie fifth University of Malaya Convocation o n Saturday The 165 men and 56 women will represent the largest group ever to have passed out of the university in one year. Three honorary degrees atll also be conferred
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    WHY, THE WEATHER, OF COURSE
    170 9 Away 13 years, and no change in 'THIRTEEN years ago, A when Dr. R. B. Bawi s. former Professor of Medicine at King George VII College of Medicine, left Singapore, it rained Yesterday, he returned for the first time by Qantas-BOAC Constellation and it rained
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    Pageant: 3 shows
    35 9 Singapore Catholics will three performances of the Marian pageant. "All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed." at the Convent of the Holy Infant Je.sus. Victoria street, at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday.
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    Firemen to get more pay
    74 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Firemen in the Federation are to get more pay. better housing and conditions of service The general secretary of the Federation's Fire Fighting Services Union Inche Mohamed Tamiz bin Haji Hassan told the Straits Times todft) that the representatives of th< union
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      90 9 *tUTS <*- V lf ,rtffs /m 0 4 M y*^ <-ok IF i MPORTANT NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS FEDERATION OF MALAYA. <'m|ilnven> h»»« i:,|.loyee» accidentally I .i' ration Workmen's ComFrto font on Ist April. 1953 of employee including o(Fc» f MfMM art M cm plovers may h« "f .t Workman's Compensa-
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      56 9 MW^ Tpenz stationary DIESEL ENGINES SERIES RHS 518 POWERFUL AND DEPENDABLE FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS WRITE TO:LINDETEVES («*uy«, LTD J KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG SINGAPORE Get Rid of Germs! FOR ONLY y*~ 65 CTS. TO 51.50 /j t U A MONTH < 9. H. SERVICE APPROVED BY O. T. E C.
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      148 9 The Weather MINIMI MTKMPKRATI RE: (7.30 p.m. on Oct. 12 to 7.30 a.m. on Oct. 13 1 Singapore 72 degree*. Penang "4, Kot» Bahru 74. Kuala Lumpur 73, Ipoh 73. Kuantan 71. MAXIMI M I I Mil \II XX (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Oct. 13 1 Singapore 85.
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      95 10 MALAYA CAN WELL BE PROUD H OF THESE PRODUCTS! **!> BEER ||M I HUWAN VftWEftlES C!| ANCHOR beer Jil #fnk lIONSTniIT ifej^ ML «iM LIU II U I UU I /I ct^Jfe 4^^ v S i R Brewed and bottled by Ar h 'Pe'ago Brewery Co. (1941) Ltd. Q\r B^
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FETURES
    1770 11 He made Australia into a nation ONE June afternoon in 1849, a crowd of 2000 angry Sydney citizens gathered round an oak tree in Bridge Street to listen to the fiery i young man whose mop of brown hair fell in untidy locks over the collar
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      186 11 Sherlock Holmes The knell of doom! CLOSE TUAT\( WUV DOES A"V IT MAZES WM FEEL D>D \OU V I WE4C I V\iNi£7OvV,MV AI4NJ W'ITM 6A*E. WE MUST ALkbUT UE.AQ. WOTWIKJo I CAN'T GOHO]/ C-E.A2! TME SOUMO 0? \OUZ UNICLE'6 MECE. MS. JELUBV, AMD THAT? IT fkJT TH4T U I CASTES.
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      UNEXPECTED DEMAND HOUR SHOOTS UP RUBBER PRICE
      437 12 UNEXPECTED DEMAND HOUR SHOOTS UP RUBBER PRICE UNEXPECTED trade support during tho last hour of trading in Singapore yesterday nddcfl three-quarters of a cent to the price of October first grade buyers f.0.b., which closed at 77 :'> I cents a lb. This was the highest closing price since February
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      BROKERS' REPORT
      277 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Ao •ocmion reported On Iht lccul fhare market industrials and iis were quietly steady. "There was ancertaintv ,r. he rubber section as the result of the fluctuating commodity price. "The overall turnover was anain -mal' Members repor'ed the to. lowing business done yesterday— Ataondra
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      67 12 Unfavourable trend in trarii: fits in some Eastern mark." continued, states the anmw! of Anglo Thai Corporation results for the year ended Man were accentuated by km from depreciation in tr:ms i I ling of the Siamese tlcal. The group trading profit wnthe £422 427 from £529.069 a: net
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      EXCHANGE RATES
      33 12 1 On the free exchansje ma:.Hong Kong yesterday Uu dollar was quoted a) ssn foi and 5 90 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.C1 one tael of gold at 256.
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      179 12 I\flß. P. J. Burgess, chalrn, IT£ Klnta Kellas Tin Dredgine Co., takes a hopeful view of the of the tin industry. He considers that minimum thkdmMi vt tie Ing has now been reached in tinplating and that further Increase In the world use of tin-plate will
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      RUBBER PRICES
      138 12 October first grade rubber b f.o.b. closed in Singapore offl yesterday at 77 cents alb cents above Tuesdays < 10. mi; and the tone was firm. There was a fair turnover on alter., nate waves of trade support and sell. ing Closing prices yesterday .n per lb. were:
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      TIN OUTPUTS
      55 12 Chendcrlang Tin 911: Q Consolidated 2 615; He; (Dredge under-construction 1 1.355; Kinta Tin 1.509; Kfflii 2.620; Malayslam 584; Pen 2.299; Petaling Tin 6.565 picul* Pusing Rubber 1:: R.imbutan 1.055: Tanjong Tin 3.33 Tekka. 547: Telok grain Tekka-Taiping 975; and Kellas 1.239 piculs. Narboiough iF.MS R v ?06.937
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      486 12 NOTICES NOTICE I Annie Soh have left from my husband Wee Cheng Lock of 39A. Irinhrling Road on 24.9.54 and is no longer under his care and protection. ANNIE SOH. ~distr7ct~ court sale Writ or Seizure and Sale No. 298 of 1954 In the cause of Vadivelu, son of Ganapathi
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      402 12 NOTICES REMINDER VALUABLE PROPERTIES TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION At Our Saleroom No*. 14 16 Robinson Rd., Singapore, TODAY AT 2.30 P.M. No. 257-2 JALAN BESAR < H-sharw No. 65 LLOYD RD. (.VACANT POSSESSION) No. 44 MALABAR ST. No. 45 MALABAR ST. Nos. 26 28 LORONO 16 OEYLANG. LAND
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      418 12 TENDERS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL TENDER NOTICE TENDERS which should be enclosed in a sealed envelope endorsed 'BITUMEN" will be received by the undersigned up to 3.00 p.m. on 15th November 1954 for the Supply of Bitumen for the year 1955. Specification and all particulars may be obtained from the
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      943 12 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS WATER DEPARTMENT: Occupation and Servicing during 1955 of (a> Kedal at Tebrau. Deposit $50. Close NOON 26.10.54 and (b) Kedal and Coffee Shop at Ounong Pulai and Pontian. Deposit *50. Close NOON 26.10.54. Forms I from Tender Room No. 235, Second Floor, City Hall^
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    DO pets steal too much love? BUT THEY TEACH KINDNESS, TOO
    564 14 DO pets steal too much love? BUT THEY TEACH KINDNESS, TOO says ELIZABETH PAKENHA M TWO recent events have turned the spotlight on animals— the fate of Britain's wild rabbits, and the case of Smokey, the no-longer-stray dog. Now the controversy expands. Mrs. Mary Macarthur, of Paisley, in a letter
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    Living happily with (OF ALL PEOPLE) mum-in-law
    348 14  - Living happily with (OF ALL PEOPLE) mum-in-law ***** .isnioi 1 B> SHE is wonderful or terrible. She is the mainstay of the family or the millstone round its neck. She is the embodiment of the old music-hall joke or the answer to every youngmarried's prayer. She is the mother-in-law. After
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    THE CRYSTAL COIFFURE
    44 14 A MERE BAND across thr front of the head with wilhmy fronds of crystal embroidery on either side. .called "Crystal Coiffure" was shown in Ixindon recently as part of the new styles by Madame Vernier, milliner to the Duchess of Kent.
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    TRY THAT FRESH FRUIT LOOK
    327 14 says Maxine Rakich HID you know that fresh fruit and vegetables can do wonders for your skin? All the homely items in your kitchen are potential beautv ades. For instance. Fresh milk makes an excellent cleanser and skin softener; it is also very good foj
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      102 14 Modest At those 'certain times' it's reassuring to V Softer, safer, *xfra-absorbcn' invisible under the slimmest skirt- <G they're so comfortable. Made a|^ofi by Johnson and Johnson, BL Modess are economical t ■Lvm^r-— ff^W SuAe SM fioxa a LUSTROUS JHlfc obtained by using a (hat contains MtS Mulnfied CocoanoT O'l
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      415 14 30. Anger a method of painting? Straits Times Crossword 32. Recalls marbles (5). "T" ~~o 4 5 5 7 DOWN $SS§ SSSS 1. It's burglary now. not hous*- '-r— VxWj 1 J Utttt i"V^J breaking <2. 5>. i^HliiP Hi H HI 2. Bare-faced! i«). >^ ||g mi— 3. Soap for
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    B.A.OFFIALS ART SAVING LAYER'S LEAVE OR KL PENANG
    521 15 B.A.OFFIALS ART SAVING LAYER'S LEAVE OR KL PENANG I, peng Soo"'« eturn »cvlvei Singapore hopes second victory in Foong Seong Cup series Mr-" Badminton irtor v^H won Xl I KB w ft Htir> 1 1 v*! and after that, next month. they will have to meet y< langor. the northern
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    COLONY-NEGRI MATCH INS ON SATURDAY
    21 15 COLONY-NEGRI MATCH INS ON SATURDAY yi Th m. on Sunday. Admission «1 and 50 cent«. We Km Wee will be referee.
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    RNB HEAT REME
    28 15 Naval Base beat RE ME 13 points (three Ties and a to nil in their russer enftl Aver Rajah Rond fsierdav. L: Col. Charltou relrreed.
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    My jump record will go soon, says Owens
    354 15 My jump record will go soon, says Owens NEW YORK Wed. lESSE OWENS, holder, J of the oldest of the world track and field records, predicted today that his 19-year-old broad jump mark will i be broken before long. "Record-breaking ccmes In cycles," the former Olympic Mar declared in an
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    PKREZ ON HIS WAY
    50 15 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed— PaMMml Perez, the Arcentine flyweicht boxlnc rhamplon \»hn mrrts Japan's Yoshlo shir.il. the world champion. !n i title bout lr. Tokyo on Oct. 26. arrived here by air veMerday from Buenos Aires. He said he u-ould leave by plane for Tokyo today.— R«ut«r.
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    COLONY SURVEYS TEAM FOR FINAL
    246 15 Singapore Survey Department's badminton learn ior the Malayan Suney Department's Southern Zone tiniil. to be played at Singapore badminton Hall on Saturday and Sunday will be selected from: Cheonc H'K-k siew, J. A. Phillip. Mohd. Thani Awi, Llm Chin Mam. Lim Cheng SionE. Tan Tack
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    Mexican crowd annoy the temperamental Larsen —and local boy wins
    273 15 Mexican crowd annoy the temperamental Larsen —and local boy wins MEXICO CITY, Wed. ART LARSEN, the temperamental former American national champion, got into a heated argument with officials yesterday before losing to Mexico's Mario Llamas in the semi-finals of the PanAmerican tennis championship here. Just as it happened in Australia
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    Misson scores three of five in OTEC win over Chartered Bank
    183 15 ORIENTAL TELEPHONE and Electric Company went a step nearer their third titlr when they defeated their closest rivals, Chartered Bank, by 5-0 In a quarter-final of the Singapore Business Houses F.A. senior knockout cun comoetition at River Valley Road
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    Singapore may see Arsenal
    157 15 Singapore may see Arsenal IF Arsenal F.C. make a tour of the Far East after the close of the English soccer season in May next year, their tour will be sponsored by the Asian Football Confederation and the Singapore AFA will be included in Arsenal's programme." a SAFA official told
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    MERCANTILE THREW AWAY EARLY LEAD
    284 15 \IERCANTILE BANK, after scoring a goal in the M* third minute, threw away their lead by Riving a penalty away in the 15th minute which enabled Malaya Publishing House to make a 1-1 draw of their Business Houses senior knockout semi-final at Jalan Besar stadium
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    BADMINTON AT CHINESE YMCA
    98 15 I SinRapore Chinese Y.M.C A has formed h badmttitnn club with the followine h^ officials Chairman: N. T. S. Chopra; Vicechairman: Allen Chua Chong Kheorur Hon. Secretary: Johnny Lee; Hon. Treasurer: Peter O. P. Chew; Captain: Mah Ouan Vlt. Practices are belne held at 107 Selegle
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    Dunlop S.C. elect new officials
    70 15 Dunlop Snorts Club officials elected at the second annual general meeting held on Monday areP.i 'ron: Mr R. Johnson; President: Mr J E. Cogswell; Vice-Pre-lideota: Mr. F. F. Sullivan and Mr. Teo Kirn Heng. Hon Secretary: Mr. Fu Wa Chu; Hon Treasurer: Mr. L. E.
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    FULL U.S. DAVIS CUP SQUAD
    131 15 NEW YORK Wed O«rald Mom o( California, and Mike Oreen. o( Florida, leading American Junior B layers were today added to the nlted States Davis Cup team to go to Aiwtralla next month Mobs Is the United Statej Junior champion and Oreen. national boys' champion
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    Thai rugger visitors
    114 16 T^HE THAI Combined Services rug--1 ger party of five officers and 20 players will arrive at Changi airfield tt about 4 p.m. this evening The vL-itors will play two games ciuring their three day stay here meeting Singapore Civilians on the 1 .-dang tomorrow and Combined Services
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    Somdet wins in 3 rounds
    103 16 BANGKOK. Wed Somdet Yontraklt, x Orient welterweight champion, scored a third round technical knockout victory over Frenchman Emmanuel Clavel in their non-title ten-round match here last night The Orient champion had an early setback when Clavel sent him sprawling to the canvas in the first
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    JOHORE BEAT NEE SOON XV
    85 16 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— After a well-contested game. South Johore R.P.C. beat Nee Soon by 12 points (four tries) to 11 (a goal and two trie*; here today. A feature of the match was that all the polnu of the Oarrlson were scored by a father
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    Singapore ABA bid for S-E As tourney next year
    404 16  -  CEYLON TRIP MAY NOT MATERIALISE RALPH MODDER By THE Singapore Amateur Boxing Association 1 plans to hold the first South-east Asia championships in Singapore next year. The Singapore ABA will have its annual meeting towards the end of this month, when
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    Smart trial by Regal Wonder
    158 16 Smart trial by Regal Wonder By EPSOM JEEP PENANG. Wed. REGAL WONDER, with a riding boy astridr. went attractively in a sprint up the straight here this morning. She clocked 27 2 5 for 2f This Newton Wonder mare displayed a bright turn of speed in her first Malayan race
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    WINNING TRIES WERE SCHEMED BY WATSON
    420 16 DAD LICK dogged Singapore Cricket Club "A' for the best part of their rugger match against the Royal Australian Air Force on the padang yesterday, and it was not until 'the last 12 minutes that their threequarters managed to score three tries for a
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    Canterbury Bell is up a class: Hioniti deleted
    175 16 UOINITI. winner of the Peralt Derby last year, is among horses deleted In the latest list of amendmenu to the Strait* Racing Assocla- I tlon classification list*. Other deletions are: Clasi Two: Many Thanks, Owllvm; Class Thrre: Land seer. May Buk. Chu
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    51 16 LONDON. Wed —Harlequins shattered Cardiff's unbeaten record when the clubs .net In London's first floodlight Rugby Union match at the White City Stadium last night Harlequins, trailing 0-8 at halftime, won an exciting (fame by eight points to six. scoring a converted tr\ In the last
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