The Straits Times, 21 October 1954

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    14 1 The Straits Times. He^^ X Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER U, 1954. 15 CENTS
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    ALL PARTIES vs REDS
    648 1 ye join the 'war council' leir job— to help lirect the fight ANNOUNCES NEW PLAN KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. who between them represent every political mmunity in the Federation are to help the ns. General Sir Geoffrey Bourne, direct the war ommunist terrorists. oner, Su Donald MacGillivray,
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    Amnesty for Malaya is rejected
    127 1 Amnesty for Malaya is rejected From HALL ROMNKY LONDON. Wed. IN the House of Commons today the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. A. T. Lennox Boyd. rejected the suggestion of the Labour member Mr. H. Fenner Brockway that he should initiate the offer of an amnesty in Malaya.
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    Turkish tour
    20 1 NEW DELHI Wed. A 14--inrmbrr Indian parliamentary mission will make a 20-ciay tour of Turkey next month— A.P.
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    Minister 'I ALWAYS BACK THE GOVERNMENT' says a cryptic farewell
    559 1 Minister 'I ALWAYS BACK THE GOVERNMENT' says a cryptic farewell KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. DATO E.. E. C. THURAISINGHAM said a cryptic farewell today as the Federation Government officially announced his resignation I from the post of Member for Education. "I must go sometime and 1 have chosen this time to
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    6 pigs killed a woman
    55 1 6 pigs killed a woman LONDON. Wed An attack by six pigs was blamed yesterday for the death of Miss Florence Stackhousc, 59, at Brixham. Witnesses at an inquest said the animals set upon her as she was walking through a neighbour's field, breaking both her arms and inflicting deep
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    BOARD STEPS INTO AISAH'S WEDDING ROW
    786 1 BOARD STEPS INTO AISAH'S WEDDING ROW Worried (ather Abdul k she left home against my wishes') says: Please come back to school' I>ECAI SE ot a father's complaint that his schoolgirl daughter has left home against his wishes, the Singapore Muslim Advisory Board has begun an investigation involving the Malay
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    The $1 mil. swindle: A man is detained
    163 1 JVM BANKS CLAIM FRAVD JOINT investigation by the Singapore and Hone Kong police into a $1,000,000 alleged swindle involving nine Singapore banks has resulted in man being detained in Hong Kong, the Straits Times was told yesterday. The man, held in Hong
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    Last day
    87 1 ...JO ENTER THAT 520.000 CONTEST THIS is the last day for entries for The Malayan Monthly's $20,000 Must-Be-Won Word Puzzle Contest "C If you have not already done so, you should get your entry and postal order in AT ONCE. Entries postmarked today. Oct. 21, closing date, and
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    Reds quote Winston
    60 1 LONDON. Wed. Moscow radio yeiterday quoted without comment Sir Winston Churchill's statement that he would be willing to take part In face-to-face peace talks with Soviet Premier Mr Georgl Malenkov. Sir Winston told the House the Commons on Monday he would meet Mr. Malenkov "at some agreed
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    Welcome cries for Sir John
    39 1 While the Governor of Singapore. Sir John Nicoll. toured the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital for one hour yesterday, five babies were born there. Four are Chinese, all boys, and one is an Indian girl.
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    GURKHAS KILL TERRORIST NEAR IPOH
    66 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A patrol of the 1 6 Gurkhas surprised a six-man terrorist gang on a track by the Sungei Raia in the Ipoh district yesterday and killed the leading' bandit. The others dropped their packs, which contained clothing, and fled. The terrorists were
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    Dock strike cargoes now go by air
    252 1 LONDON Wed— Every available charter plane in Britain is being used to fly to the Continent essential cargoes held up by the dock strikes, airline agents said today. \n airlift of food imports from Western Europe began yesterday. I'lanes are handling only a
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    Medals for police
    29 1 The Governor. Sir John Nicoll, will present medals to members of the Singapore Police Force at the Police Training School. Thomson Road, at 6 pra. tomorrow
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    More helicopters
    17 1 Tin- British aircraft carrier Glory arrived in Singapore yesterday with 40 helio.pirrx l»r anti-bandit operations
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    TEMPLER the man in ROOM 254
    133 1 TEMPLER the man in ROOM 254 LONDON. Wed rE Daily Mall today speculated on the mystery job which General Sir Gerald Templer, former High Commissioner for Malaya, has at the War Office. The newspaper said that every day a man of smart military bearing carrying an attache case" walked up
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    4 in hospital after clash
    36 1 Four labourers were sent to the Singapore General Hospital laft night with stab wounds after a clash near a cinema in East Reclamation Road. Tanjong Pagar. Two men have been detained.
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    Seeks asylum
    26 1 VIENNA. Wed. United States occupation officials said yesterday a Russian soldier deserted his unit here on Monday night and asked ior political asylum. A.P.
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    Arise, Sir Anthony
    143 1 Arise, Sir Anthony Now the Queen knights Eden LONDON, Wed. THE Queen today knighted Mr. Anthony Eden, conferring him with the Order of the Garter, England's oldest order of chivalry. The ceremony investing him with the insignia of a Knight Companion was conducted at i Buckingham Palace. It took place
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    Founder dies
    33 2 LONDON. Wed. Mr Alec Nathf.n. New Zealander who founded and was former chairman of the £15.000.000 Glaxo dried milk and pharmaceutical products group, has died in London. He was 82.— Reiver.
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    RHEE TO BE TOLD WHERE HE GETS OFF
    223 2 RHEE TO BE TOLD WHERE HE GETS OFF WASHINGTON, Wed. JTNITED STATES mili- tary and economic aid to South Korea may be reduced unless President Syngman Rhee's government is more cooperative, informed officials said last night. They were hopeful but not optimistic that the talks between President Rhee and General
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    SIT WITH REDS? 7 WEST ENVOYS QUIT A MOSCOW DINNER
    424 2 SIT WITH REDS? 7 WEST ENVOYS QUIT A MOSCOW DINNER Oh, Mr. Ohn! The things you do— There's still such a thing as diplomatic etiquette, you know Burma beano ends in a fiasco MOSCOW, Wed. SEVEN ambassadors walked out of a Moscow diplomatic dinner party because they were asked to
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    VALERIE HOBSON TO WED M.P.
    74 2 LONDON. Wed.— MiSs Valeric Hobyon. 36-year-old stage and screen star, today said that she would marry soon and retire Into private life. Her fiance is Mr. John Profumo. aged 39. Mp for Strat-ford-on-Avon and Parliamen- tary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.
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    HE SAYS IT AGAIN: RICE IS ROTTEN
    154 2 MANILA. Wednesday A I Vi LI i PINO official yesterday reiterated his charee that part of 10.000 tons of rice bought from Pakistan was infested with worms and unfit to eat A shipment is on its way now. i p Mr. Juan O.
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    The girls gave up panties willingly
    180 2 The girls gave up panties willingly NEW ORLEANS. Wed. FIVE HUNDRED male students went pantiecollectinK through the girls' dormitories at Tulane College here last night in an uproarious prank that involved police the fire brigade and a psychology professor. The girls offered little resistance. One of them said many o;
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    Tokyo talks on payments for PoWs
    121 2 Tokyo talks on payments for PoWs LONDON. Wed MR. ANTHONY EDEN, the Foreign Secretary, was asked in the House of Commons last night when former Far Eastern prisoners of war might expect to receive compensation from the Japanese Government through the tnternational committee of the Red Cross. Mr. Reader Harris
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    Postponed
    31 2 NEW YORK. Wed The United Nations has postponed for two weeks further consideration of a Soviet request to put on the apenda charges of U.S. aggression against Communist China— Reuter
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    Helicopter sets new record
    31 2 WASHINGTON, Wed. The US. Army announced yesterday that one of its fliers set an unofficial helicopter altitude record of 24.500 feet in a Sikorsky XH-39 helicopter A.xV
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    To aid Premier
    37 2 LONDON. Wed. Mr. Molrhiro Asakai. director of the Eronomle Affairs bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry will arrive here tomorrow to assist his Prloic Minister, Mr V.^u" YfXshida in talks with British Ministers.— Reuter.
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    Philippines stone wall for enemy—General
    114 2 Philippines stone wall for enemy— General MANILA. Wed. lint Gen. William L. Lee. Commander of the IS 13th Air Force, yesterday warned potential aggressors that they would run against a stone wall if they attacked the Philiopines. In a i> •i h on the tenth anniversary celebration of the landing
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    NO BAT, NO GLOVES, NO PADS
    137 2 NO BAT, NO GLOVES, NO PADS Thief puts Compton on sticky wicket LONDON. Wed. DENIS COMPTON, English Test crirketer. had his stolen car returned to him by London police last night but the cricket gear, which he had been preparing for test matches in Australia, was missing. The car was
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    Princess dies on husband's pyre
    111 2 Princess dies on husband's pyre NEW DELHI. Wed. AN Indian princess burnrd herself on her husband.-., funeral pyre at Jodphur yesterday The 35-year-old Rani ol Bira followed the body ol her husband. Brisariier' JabI bar Singh. Comptroller of th< [Maharaja of Jodphur, Household, to the cremation ground and watched her
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    'No bonus' strike
    33 2 JAKARTA. Wed. More than 2 300 workers on four Dutchowned estates in East Jay.i started a sit-down strike >'•- terday in protest against tii. management's refusal them bonuses for 1953 —A.P
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    HUBBUB OVER A HUG THAT WASN'T A HUG
    171 2 NEW YORK. Wednesday A SPOKESMAN tor Sir Mohammed Zafrulla Khan. the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, yesterday brnnried as "untrue and apparently mischievous" report? that he had embraced the Israeli chief delegate after la recent U.N. speech. i The spokesman explained that the
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    Vera Ellen to wed oil magnate
    45 2 HOLLYWOOD. Wed I star Vera Ellen announced i last night that she md V] Rothschild, an oil magnate will be married soon. Vera Ellen is 28 ana Rothschild 31. He is an execute the United States Drilling Company. A.P.
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    GREEN FLYING SAUCER
    45 2 JAKARTA. Wed —Inhabitant of the small East Java of Bondowoso have 'eportcci seeing a flying saucer of a greenish colour which made > a revolving movement. The Indonesian news agency Antara, reported the object was seen at nine o*clocl NEY M m I
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    GERMAN FRANCE AGREEMENT
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    Nehru inters king in triumph
    13 3 Nehru inters king in triumph W* ij m I IB ■ft ■fet. home
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    LATTIMORE CASE 'SCANDALOUS'
    159 3 Paper denounces U.S. 'vjndetta' LONDON, Wednesday. rilE Manchester Guardian today accused the Eisen--1 hower administration of "scandalous" political h rsecutlon of a Far Eastern expert. Mr. Owen Lattind of trying to enlist Scotland Yard as "a ranch of the Republican campaign organisation." The Guardian attacked what II
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    BRITISH FIRM QUITS RED CHINA
    72 3 BRITISH FIRM QUITS RED CHINA LONDON, Wed. Jardine! Matheson, the Hong Kong j merchants have sold their! assets on :he Chinese mainland, a London representative of the company said. The repre.-entative confirmed reports from Hong Kong of a deal whereby the company's i assets on the Chinese mainland I had
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    20 bandits die
    23 3 TUNIF. Wed —French .security troops killed 20 terrorists yesterday in a clash near Sldi i Yotisef on the Algerian border.
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    named in spy case
    102 3 tea of violating the Espionage Act. He la accused of obtaining government docuwith intent or reason i;eve that his action would the United States or nother power. A urand jurv il considering uges. The Defence Department yesv Issued a statement which that the United States had
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    June 20, 1956—the day Suez will go Egyptian
    528 3 June 20, 1956— the day Suez will go Egyptian PACT SIGNED— 'I'M DELIGHTED' EDEN CABLES NASSER CAIRO, Wed. THE 80,000-strong British garrison in the Son Canal zone will leave Kgvpt by June 20. 1956, under the terms of the new Anglo -Egyptian i^reement signed here esterday. But British troops ate
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    'Cautious optimism' in Kenya
    231 3 GOVT. SEES MAU MAU MORALE WEAKENING NAIROBI. Wed. ITENYAS four-man War Council views the present situation in the Emergency caused by Man Mau terrorists with cautious optimism, it was officially reported last nmht. In the most comprehensive report on the Emergency yesterday, the second anniversary of
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    Castle of an Englishman is a prison
    104 3 LONDON, Wed. ENGLISH tradition says a man's home is his castle but the Earl of Ducie had to go house-hunting today because his castle is a prison So is his mansion. The Home Office took over both as gaols after World War II
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    Dr. Evatt stays
    48 3 CANBERRA. Wed. An attempt to unseat Dr Herbert Evatt from the leadership of Australia's Labour Party was defeated here today. A party caucus rejected the motion, which would have declared the leadership post vacant, by 52 votes to 28 after a four-and-a-half hour meetine Reuter.
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    Samuel Perry dies
    45 3 LONDON. Wed.— Mr damueJ Perry, father of Fred Perry the winner of the Wimbledon lawn tennis singles title in 1934 to '36. died in hospital r>ere last night. Mr. Perry, a former Labour M.P., had been ill for about a month Reuter
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    Village raided
    26 3 SEOUL. Wed —South Korean police yesterday .said tha* seven Communist gueriilas had raided a remote village and killed one civilian and wounded another. A.P.
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    Pact signed
    31 3 NEW DELHI. Wed. China will import 9.000.0001 b. of Indian tobacco and India will buy 90 tons of raw silk from China under an agreement signed here yesterday. Reuter.
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    Jet flies over North Pole
    47 3 LONDON. Wed— A Canberra Aries IV aircraft nas flown over the geopraphical North Pole, the Air Ministry aninounced. It was piloted by Wing Coml mander A. H. Humphrey, senior instructor of the Royal Air Force Flying Co'lege at i Manby, Lincolnshire. Reuter
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    Crank suicide
    35 3 CHESTER-LE-STREET (England). Wed. -A coroner's jury s;iid yesterday that Ernest Hogg. 48, took his life by putting his head out of his car window and cranking the window tightly against his throat. A.P.
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    Ex-judge dies
    26 3 LOS ANGELES. Wed. Mr. Milton J. Helmlck. who presided over the U.S. Court in Shanghai from 1933 to 1949, died yesterday, aged 66. A.P.
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    ITALIAN M.P.s HAVE A NEW FIST BATTLE
    152 3 ROME, Wednesday. RIGHTS in the Italian Chamber of Deputies last night broke up another wild session of parliament a few minutes before members were due to vote on foreign policy. i Deputies turned the chamber! into an arena for a free-for-all, in which
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    'ARMS WILL EASE TENSION'
    83 3 LONDON, Wed. Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, said that the West's new plans to build up a European force including an armed West Germany were "aimed at no other power". He told the House of Com- mons: "On the contrary once the unity of the
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    LONDON STOCK
    396 3 LONDON, Wed. THE new account opened with a great burst of .strength today denplte the continuance of the dock strike. Buyers were out In force and gains were widespread and in many cases substantial. Sentiment continued to be influenced by good company news and a satisfactory general trading
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON. Oct. 20. Cash Buyers t730; Sellers £731; Forward Buyers C 730' 2 Sellers £731; Settlement £730. Turnover a.m. 20 tons; p.m. 30 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    44 3 LONDON. Oct. 20— Spot 25', d Nov. 23 .d.. nee 23',d.. Jan -M.ir 23d.. Apr-June 22 7 ,d., July-Sept 22 id.. Oct. -Dec 22 \d.. O< t elf 22 13'16d.. No\ c.i.f 22 1316 d. Dec. cl.f. 22\ d. Tone: Very firm.
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    'JOB FOR 70' PACT IN MILL STRIKE
    153 4 AGREEMENT has been reached on the two major issues in the Malayan Textile Mills strike now entering its 40th. day. The management has agreed |to re-instate the two workers whose dismissal started the .strike, and to keep 70 employees asecl under 18. The
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    Editor on way to Australia
    51 4 MR ROY tUmBII, director of the Sunday Pictorial and a director and editor of Reveille, arrived in Sinsapore from Britain yesterday with his wife on his wa> to Australia. Mr. Suffern. who is on a business trip, leaves on Saturday for Melbourne. 1 Straits Times
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    CRISIS IN LABOUR FROM
    269 4 Six 'rebel' leaders call meeting to censure 'arbitrary' executive THE Labour Front, formed, in Singapore two months ajjo by the Labour Party and the So- i-ialist Party, is facing a crisis. Members allege that the Front's three-man executive has been i running things in an "arbitrary"
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    TWO FALL IN POLICE TRAP
    172 4 TWO FALL IN POLICE TRAP Man hunt after lock-up escape MALACCA Wed. TWO MALAYS, wrw escaped from the lock-up last Friday, walked into a police ambush at Bukit Jelutong. eight miles from Malacca in the early hours of this morning The two started to run and the police opened fire
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    Crew go as passengers
    49 4 Crew go as passengers tiahteen Indians and ont Chinese fitter were the only pa&sensers who left Sinsapore yesterday in the 6 000-ton Braesice lor Sydney The 19 men "have -uaned on nere as crew on another Burns Philp Line ship the Manpola. which is on the Australia-New Guinea run
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    Five robbers grab $850
    45 4 Five men. one armed with a revolver and the others with Icnives. broke into a house In an estate off 10J milestone Vio Chu Kan:: Road Sinsapore, on Monday nieht and robbed a Chinese of $850 and 51.360 worth of Jewellery
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    Camera missing
    33 4 Mr. D. G Br'idrn. of the tVatcr Drpartnr nt of the City .'nuncil last night reported the nss of a rampra worth $260 rom his car. pardccl r.lotic St "indrrw's Rnad
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    EMPLOYEES CAN CANVASS FOR COUNCIL CANDIDATES
    145 4 EMPLOYEES CAN CANVASS FOR COUNCIL CANDIDATES MALACCA, Wrd MINK IPAI. Council pmpid.vcos tan can vass for voles on behalf of any candidate in thi-ir private capacity, it was ruled at the council meeting today. .Mr. Goh Kay S«m (UMNO -MCA) said Mv nicipal employers who had direct dealing will, the
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    'CUNNING LIT LIAR' IS GAO
    47 4 Woman tapper had RauM JOHORE H\ ITTONG MUI. 20-year-old woi Mr. N. L. Cohen, pn here, called a "cunnin today to two years nr.; I I USC he im in thel 1 not m of funi J prrju<M tatnuSS tl will htf
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    RAJ ENTERS FIGHT VITH SIM, SEAH
    71 4 Singapore Legislative cillor Mr C. R Dasarati, la.vt nicht announced th,r I would contest the Kant Kapor seat in the Lrgi^ Assembly elections ni xt Kampong Kapor ii pal the present Rochorr from which Mr Rai was turned to his seat in th< sislative
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    Job for morse
    32 4 Sir Arthur Morsr. whtired last year as chief mani(jer and chairman ol Hongkonß and Shanghai BankIni Corporation, has born appointed chairman of th< tlati Travel and Holld I elation.
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    The 'wolf' howl Woo-woo! is banned
    145 4 The 'wolf' howl Woo-woo! is banned yHE "Hollywood woo-woo wolf horn" a recent craze among Singapore motorists has been banned by traffic authorities The Traffic Chief. Mr. A. E. Minns, told the Straits Times yesterday the sound of the new horn is startling and dangerous." Motorists using the horn have
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    Air ticket forger gets gaol
    85 4 Air ticket forger gets gaol HO KIM CHOON. a clerk, was gaoled fnr two yrars by Mr. Justice Taylor in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday on three charges of forging a Malayan Airways air passage ticket counterfoil. Ho who pleaded guilty, was alleged to have forged the first counterfoil between
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    Broker gets six years
    52 4 Tan Eiir Beat, a broker, was gaoled for six years by Mr. Justice Taylor in the Singapore Assizr Court yesterday for possession of a pistol and 39 rounds of ammunition. Tan was also fined $6. 00 P. or two gears' Imprisonment. In view of his three
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    Pilgrims return
    30 4 The Arushun. with 265 Malayan "HajLs," due to arrive in Singapore on Saturday, i She will be the fourth pilcnm i ship to return to thr Colony, i
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    Transferred
    41 4 BATU GAJAH. Wed. Inche Mohamed Tamat bin Mohamed Yakob who was attached to the office of the Member for Home Affairs in Kuala Lumpur, has been transferred to the Kinta Land Officp here a s Assistant District Officer (Lands). I
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    Better to work for low pay than steal, youth is told
    114 4 RUN, Wed.— The Penan*' Sessions Court President. Mr. J. G. Adams, today advisrd a youth. Cheah <ivan Chuan. that it would be better to work for S«0 a month than to steal. Cheah. 18. was bound over for five
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    LEFT BRIDE GETS DECREE
    66 4 Mr. Justice Whitton in the I Singapore High Court yestei 1 flay granted a decree nisi to Thamb.iyah Gunabooshanl annullinß her marriace to Nauamuthu Kathiravellu on the giound of non-consummation. The decree is to be made ab- solute In three months Ounaboo.shani stated th.it immediately after
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    MORE TROOPS FOR
    31 4 The 10.331 -t Lancashire arrived In Sincnpore yesterday from B: with 350 troops for Malaya I An Army ipoksMimn that the new arrivals were r^ I Wei I
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      154 4 The weather MINIMI M TEMPERAITRF <T 30 p.m. on Oct 19 to 7.30 a.m. on Oct. 20 1 Singapore 75 degrees. Penanc 75 Kota Bahru 75. Kuala Lumpur 74 Ipoh 74. Kuantan 72. MAXIM I'M TEMPFRATIRE: 7.30 ant. to 7 30 pm. on Oct. 20 Singapore 88. Penanc not received.
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    They're all sorry to see the glamour' Dato go
    79 5 g«/T£ T0 THURAISINGHAM 'HE PUT EDUCATION TO FOREFRONT' IE BACK AFTER A I ?r HE IS URGED I, M LUMPUR, Uodm'yday. fHIRAISINGHABTS resign tion Kduration came as a surprise ni:lt s ts headmaster of. the Kuala 01, said today. "I should
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    COUNCILLOR TAKEN ILL AT PARTY FOR A MAN WITH MILLIONS
    61 5 MR. R. RAMANI (rxtrrme right) a Federal Legislative ourn illor. who was taken ill at a reception in Kuala I.umpur on Tuesday nicht for the visiting millionaire Sir AlaKappa Chettiar. Dato E. E. < Thuraisineham garlands Sir Alaeappa while Mr.
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    He caught up with purse thief
    79 5 He caught up with purse thief 1 SINGAPORE jud«e, Mr. 1 A F A. Chua. yesterday C 'v Council irusprc'- Mr. K. Madhavan, of the Department, for catch- 1 itch-and-run thief. 1:1 Hu;ty. the thief, 1 ifd for one year, to be! by I year's police supervii lon I.im admitted
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    Welfare dance
    34 5 PINO, Wed.— ln aid of and Mating District Fund, a dance will be the Town Hall here on 10 at 9 Dm. The band of i if) Huasan will be in ince.
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    RECRUITING TEAM ON TOUR
    101 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— An Army recruiting team will visit Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 12 and 13 to interview candidate^ for entry into the Army Boys' Trade School. Singapore. The team will be at the Victoria Institution on Nov. 12 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and
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    HAMMER REVENGE
    136 5 She tried to get even for a lost finger KIALA LUMPUR, Wed. A woman told the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate today that she got her revenco against another woman by hittinK her with a hammer becau.se .she lost part of a j finger in an assault some months
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    The TB patients show their wares at a sale
    276 5 The TB patients show their wares at a sale r pHE Director of Medical L Services, Dr. R. h. Bland, yesterday, apled to the women ofi fgapore to help in the i work done by the Hos- pita! Diversion;^ Therapy y Unit. j Dr. Bland was sprakr.ig at I the
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    Prophet's Day
    15 5 TAIPING. Wed. Muslims here will celebrate the Pro--1 phefs birthday on Nov. 8.
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    Gas striker acquitted of intimidation
    165 5 2JOCKALINGAM Kalimuthu 0 was acquitted without his defence being called in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday on a Charge of intimidating a worker at the Kallang Gas Works from working during the strike there in July. Tan Bah Mee. an assistant engine driver, said
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    Tin ore found in food search
    57 5 KUANTAN. Wed. A police party, with two Food Control inspectors, discovered 13 l L katis of tin ore in a house in Kampong Melayu. Gambani;. during a search for excess rice on Sept. 18. Yesterday Lee Chong was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for
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    IGNORANT KEEP OFF F.P.A. CLINICS
    193 5 IGNORANT KEEP OFF F.P.A. CLINICS THOUSANDS of people in Singapore do not seek family planning advice, not because they are opposed to it, but because they are ignorant of it. the Family Planning Association vice chairman. Mrs. Joanna Moore, said yesterday. F.P.A. workers know this because the cry from new
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    He kept his age secret
    71 5 Mr. H. E. Treni rry. manager of Goodwood Park Hotel from 192U to 1931. died suddenly in the General Roapttal. Singapore yesterday. Mr Trenerry. who never told his friends his age. was one of the oldest members nf the Singapore Turf Club and the Singapore
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    She took rice on son's card
    47 5 KUANTAN. Wed An old Chinese woman, who used her son's ration card to buy 119 katts of rationed rice at Ganbang between Sept. 25 last year and March 26. was fined $100 here. Her son was under detention at that time.
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    Thieves get busy
    27 5 IPOH Wed -Fowl thieves on Monday and last nighi stole 24 fowls worth $180. from three houses in Golf Club Brash and Thompson Roads
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    38 6 10 H'nrrfu $111 (minimum). GREGORY: The death occurred on 15th October. 1954. after a short Illness at Glengyle, Perthshire, of Lleutenant>CoioMl Hamish Eain Kel-h Gregory. M.C.. late of 11th Efman (Prinre Albert's Own).| Federation papers please copy.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    38 6 H..,H. $10 /minimum) MR DONALD ORTON and Family Thank all kind Relatives and Friends Who attended the Funeral of 'he late Mrs Georgian;! Petronrlla Orton. and sent Wreaths. Telegrams and Letters of Condolence. Federation ptpm plnn oapf
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    68 6 M H.,rr/, 5/n (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the 'Malay M.iir if yon want to win that $5,000 word pu7710. COCKTAIL HOCK— Dry Fly .Sherry by Findlater's Prelude to a Gorxi Dinner INCREASE YOUR SALES by v Ini lir.-i CKiss Display methods. For full details of Showroom. Showwindow
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Thurs. Oct. 21, 1954. Malaya's Own War
    856 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Thurs. Oct. 21, 1954. Malaya's Own War Any movp which associates Malaya leaders more closely with the Communist war is to bo welcomed. After ali, it is Malaya's war. One of the worst day's work the old Advisory Council did was when it so gladly gave
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    The Dalo Resigns
    410 6 There will be wide regret at the resignation of Dato Thuraisingham, the Federation's first Member for Education, a regret which the Dato's political j opponents will share. \i is on medical advice that Dato Thuraisingham leaves the Gov- ernment, a decision which in- J \olves his resignation
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    End of defence system which once covered all Middle East
    874 6 End of defence system which once covered all Middle East 1111 l I \l\ MIST MOVE 75.000 MEN AXD JiOO.OOO TOXS OF STORES I ROM E«YPT IX THE \EXT 20 MOVHIS THE departure of British troops from the Suez Canal zone will close a period of British influence in Middle
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    NEXT STOP -CYPRUS
    368 6 SIGNATURE of the AngloEgyptian agreement on the Su^'z Canal zone leaves British military chiefs facing 1 two major tasks, which must 1 both be completed by June. 1 1956. They are: 1 To organise the movement of about 75.000 men and half a million tons of equipment
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    On Marg
    68 6 Ha, >1S i j *o r r Sel 4011 vttt A* tpnUOl at Ki»J ll«t r'3lC Deati Mehat! could j 1 and A I <■ of tJ known 1 jewelled followed] B. frtend. J Home O« cna** wi nve or 'erroj dumi JALA Li >on of q H
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      295 6 Rat meat 'acceptable' but don't offer it to visitors see that my colleague and semi-namesake, Tom Harrisson, is raising a hare about whether Muruts eat rats. Although I have not had the pleasure of living with Muruts, I have employed them to collect rats, and so can offer come evidence.
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      VITAMINS IN BREAD —BY LAW
      116 6 IN 1941 the U.S. started fortifying bread with i thiamine, riboflavin, nia- j ein and iron. Many states have since E made it compulsory and E other, are .seeking to en- E act similar legislation, it is lenorted that vitamin S B deficiencies are disap-
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      'PREACH HATRED AND WIN'
      192 6 IT was very gratifying to read that Mr. Heah Joo Seang told the Penan* Party Negara's youth section there would be chaos, confusion and unheaval In Malaya If the British left As Mr. Heah puts It, It seems to be one of the easiest methods of
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    STOLE MECCA AVINGS
    13 7 m a L warning X' Hr'hi food found K B;
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    HAT FEVER WAS DENGUE
    38 7 :on IK 11l with fever. Dr. C. E. Gordon Smith. Virus Research Oficer of the Institute of Medical Research, said they had had a fulltime Job for several months establishing what the disease was.
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    Watch out for these cheques
    41 7 Singapore Police are anxious 'to in touch with anyone holding Mercantile Bank Ipoh Branch cheques numbered A *****1 to A *****5. Holders of these cheques are iskeri to contact Inspector Tan Jee Bah (tclr'ionc *****). I
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    Soon—union cash may be used for election battles
    259 7 FEDERATION MOVE TO LET WORKERS START POLITICAL FUNDS IF THIS BILL GETS A COUNCIL NOD KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. pROPOSALS to allow trade unions start political funds are contained in a bill published by the Federation Government today. The present trade union enactment,
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    Red gunmen open up
    37 7 Red gunmen open up KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. rrortftti with Sten-guns md rifles, last night fired on iurd perimeter patrol Lr Mening in Johore. The guards, who were inside wire, returned the fire. A llow-up is going on.
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    HOUSES UNFIT FOR DEAD
    227 7 HOUSES UNFIT FOR DEAD Front door is too narrow for coffin PENANG. Wed. T*HE president of the A Penang Junior Civil Service Association, Mr. Yeap Cnoonp Kong, suggested today that the Public Works Department should alter the design of transit quarters to permit easy entry of coffins by the front
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    Boy, 9, had bruises all over his body
    175 7 Boy, 9, had bruises all over his body KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A NINE YEAR OLD boy was so severely beaten by his stepmother that he had a swollen face and bruises all over his body, the Scvond Magistrate was told today. Mi?s Chew Lai Chong, a Social Welfare assistant, said
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    'REEFER' RACKET —IS BOOMING—
    175 7 'REEFER' RACKET IS BOOMING MARIJUANA pedlars are doing a hris% business in the backlanes of Singapore's Chinatown mostly with labourers and trisha riders. Th's drug. cheaper than opium, is flooding the market at 50 cents an ounce. It is also more convenient to smoke. There are no dens and the
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    To the Highlands
    30 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Dr. J. D. O'Shaugnessy. Medical Superintendent. General Hospital. Johore Bahru. leaves at t H .e end of the month on transfer to Cameron Highlands.
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    CONSTABLE'S MEMORY TRAPPED MAN
    64 7 CONSTABLE'S MEMORY TRAPPED MAN A Federation constable with a good memory caught Kartar Singh, wanted by Singapore police, ln a spice shop ln Kluang, the Third Criminal District Court was told yesterday. He recognised Karthar as the man, whose photograph appeared in a Singapore police gazette. Karthar, who admitted misappropriating
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    THE BLIND MEET SIR DONALD
    225 7 Anne is an expert typist now KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray. today saw for himself how blind boys and girls were being trained to be shorthand typists, telephone operators, rug-makers, bicycle repairers and. most important of all, how to be independent.
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    NO ANSWER YET ON PLEA TO RULERS
    129 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. T<HE Malay Rulers' conference, which met for three I*- hours here today, has not yot reached a decision on the UMNO-MCA Alliance's second petition that a special independent commission be set up to inquire into Federal constitutional reforms. The rulers
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    Stole dinner jacket
    53 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed S. R. Hamid, 25. of Ipoh, today pleaded guilty in the First Magistrate's Court here to stealing a dinner jacket worth $60 from the Kuala Lumpur Deputy Public Prosecutor. Mr. Brown, at Mountbatten Road yesterday. Sentence was postponed to next Wednesday. Hamid was allowed
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    Flying visit by Tengku
    52 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Tengku Abdul Rahman. th< UMNO President and Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak, an UMNO central executive member, will fly to Trengganu on Saturday to speak in the State elections campaign. The Alliance has already won two seats without a fight. Polling is on
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    OUR ORCHIDS ON THE MAP
    113 7 MRS. GRACIA LEWIS, a keen Singapore amateur horticulturist, returned to Singapore yesterday with a :•>!'! medal from the Ro.val Horticultural Society for her orchids at the Chelsea Flower Show. Rut that is not all. she said. What is mure important is that "l-ondoners are beginning
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    A MALAYAN GIRL TAKES HONOURS
    135 7 A MALA YAN GIRL TAKES HONOURS BMAAMMfI In faculty of beauty mmnvvvm ■yIVACIOUS Jasmine Lee of r Kuala Lumpur. 18-yeai old daughter of Federal I.c Rislative Councillor. Col. 11. S. Lee. has been crowned Miss Sydney DaHcntt) >>i 1954. Jasmine, a Hrst year Arts student, was nominated h> tinChinese Society
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    TIN BILL PLANS CONTROLS
    86 7 TIN BILL PLANS CONTROLS KUALA LUMPUR. Wrri. A BILL FOR the enforcement of the International Tin Acr'fment in Mahiya w;is published today. it provides for the control <>f tin production, export, and the tin stocks which may be held by trie produ R< gulationj will be mario 'under the ordinance
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    Midnight check on tenants
    38 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A man was detained and four others cautioned when tenants registration officers and the police carried out a surprise check on about 50 hoUMi ln Klang Road at midnight last night.
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    VARSITY A MUST NOW FOR THESE RECRUITS
    274 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. rROM now cr recruits 1 for the Federation's Malay Administrative Service— a feeder scheme to the Malayan Civil Service—will be .sent for a pass degree course at the University of Malaya. The M. A. S. recruitment age has accordingly been
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    MacD due Sunday
    31 8 Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. the I Commissioner General for South-East Asia. Is expected to return to Singapore on Sunday by air after his visit to Canada and Britain
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    Hawkers hit at 'strong arm' tactics
    215 8 rPHE Singapore H.v kers Union i- yesterday bitterly attacked the City Council^ Cleansing I Department for exercisins what they termff) 'dictatorial and strong-arm tnrti C s on hawkers 1 who orrupv pitches in China Street. Inspectors from the Department ypsferdav marie three fresh raids
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    Married in 1948-buta bride only four nights
    132 8 BUTTER WORTH. Wed. A 27-YEAR-OLD woman said in court here today sh r had married her husband in China in 1948 but had spent only four nights with him since then as man and wife. l.im Yeo|c Moy said she did not want
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    Rotary bids farewell to Holttum
    108 8 Rotary bids farewell to Holttum SINGAPORE Rotarians paid tribute to one of their oldest members. Professor R. E. Holttum, who proposed a United Nations toast durins their luncheon and film show meeting yesterday. Prof. Holttum. retiring Professor of Botany in the University of Malaya and president of the United Nations
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    Scholarships for three
    53 8 Three Federation students hav e been awarded scholarsnips by the Indian Scholarship Fund Committee for Studies at the University of Malaya. They are Mr. K. Rajagnpa lan of Kuala Pilah. Mr. A. Raman nf Kuala Lumpur and Mr. N. Adiseshan of Kullm All of them will take
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    Liner limps into port
    29 8 The 9,000-ton Glen Line freighter Glengyle limped into Singapore yesterday with a breakdown In her main engine The vessel from Britain was due on Tuesday.
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    Captain punched chief officer, court told
    510 8 BEARING WAS TAKEN, BUT NOT MARKED ON THE CHART QM: 7 TOLD HIM TO STOP THE FIGHT WHEN Captain G. M. Blaikie told Chief Officer T. E. Hart to go to his cabin, Hart refused and Blaikie punched him three or four times. Quartermaster
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    NEW LAW PROTECTS ANIMALS
    207 8 The penalties are doubled KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Federation Government today published details of a new bill which will give greater protection to the country's wild animals. Based on the present wild animal and bird laws, the bill covers a wider field and substantially increases the
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    Australian industry is at your service
    205 8 Australian industry is at your service a USTRALIANS are A launching their biggest ever drive to sell their products in Malaya, the Australian Trade Commissioner. Mr. George S. Anderson, announced in Singapore yesterday "On Nov. 2." he said, "a party of 33 Australian businessmen will arrive in Singapore determined to
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    Deepavali guest
    35 8 Sir Alagappa Chettiar, Indian millionaire philanthropist, will be the guest-of-honour at the Bharathi song gold medal contest and Deepavali celebrations at the Chettiar Temple in Tank Road. Singapore, at 1.30 pm. on Saturday.
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    SHE HIT MAID ON THE EYE
    197 8 There were insects in the lunch [(WAN MEOW ANN of Smith Street. Sineapore. dis1Y missed her amah. Phoon Ah Mvi, on the spot and strucic her with an umbrella when she found cockroaches in the lunch. When Kwan complained about the cockroaches. Phoon turned
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    HIS 'NIL' WAS FALSE, COURT TOLD
    96 8 HIS 'NIL' WAS FALSE, COURT TOLD Richard Danelly claimed trial in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to a charge of makine a false declaration before a commissioner for oaths at the Supreme Court on July 14 It was alleged that Danelly had written "nil" for an entry referring to
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    School plans a photo show
    71 8 I The Gan Eng Seng School's Camera Club will hold its first Pan-Malayan inter-school ex- nibition of photographs in the school hall. Anson Road Singapore from Dec. 15 to 20 Entries are now Invited from student* and they should be sent to the exhibition chairman,
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    The evangelist
    40 8 Mr. G. D. James of the Bethesda Church at Bras Basah Road. Singapore, will conduct I a series of seven public evangelistic meetings at the YMCA hall in Orchard Road at 8 p.m. from next Monday to Nov
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    Postponement
    35 8 The annual 'University Night 1 programme of the Singapore We.slev Church, scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed to Oct. 30 and will be held at the church hall Fort Canning Road, at 730 n.m
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    UNIONS URGE PROBE INTO NOMINATION
    132 8 JOHORK BAHRU. Wed— Many trade unions affiliated to the Johorr branch of the Malayan Trade Union Congress want i hi- Government to itay action on the nomination submitted hy the branch commltter to represent trade unions in the Council of State. These unions have demanded
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    1603 9  -  iiiiiminiu GEORGE EDINGER Nelson's legacy that was ignored By Rased on the book "HORATIO NELSON", f written by himself in collaboration with E.J.C. I I NEEP and published in London, Paris and Neic York in 1932. f nntiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiniinT IT was on the 21st. of October,
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      188 9 SB i -i I CCotC 7CAO W4if. ,TS BOACP "1 IWE FiN-I^lV V,4\-J- P IT rj^^Ju T l A MBPf- —^sj*- 1 T WE "ESPEBANZA" WMICW 10 6ET IN TOUCH W'TU P2iPAV. /MEET 1 ff MINE OXiC, W4VE ELAPSED \l* SAILED FZOfA BRAZIL e>E?ORE 0.06EQ..1 ZECEWED ME. SKIN 6 ■S
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    RUBBER RECOVER FROM LOSSES OF PAST FEW DAY
    195 10 RUBBER RECOVER FROM LOSSES OF PAST FEW DAY COMMERCIAL HEWS hv Cr fHh rubber pnir sla^cl IM ycsterdav and a jum,, n the closing price of Novemh* f.o.b. to 77 5 8 cents alb Yesterday's rise h few days when the appreciation in the pr< The fluctuation wa I I
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    165 10 The Malayan Share Broke: elation reported Opru local share market werr dlslnclii deal either way consequent,-, small turnover in all sec: irregularity in the few n movements." Members reported the foil business done: Don. Tin Smelter ord rrtMl and Neave ords $2 OS Hammei $3 07; Metal i;
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    Singapore Shipping
    76 10 Ships lying alongsidr thr Singapore Harbour Board wharves or e\p<<t.H today are: Sumatra 1 2 V '.latopai c.P.. Bawetj Straw Holland 89, Buim.i Surat 18, Lao 19 20 Wall 6. Sedill N. Wall 8. h Wall iO. Angby N. Wall 4 Brooke 21 22 Mongolia 2J J4 V
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    35 10 On the free exchance narb Hone Konc yes!etd;i\ the U 8 was quoted ;u 3 B76SS toi 5 89 for T.T Sterline mm quoted at IS TO and i ne tael of fold
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    AUST STOO
    38 10 PAN M ac ««va AC /Q I Aj (Stan »iJ ndinaviaI il* L'JMK SAH Wtcknr I tram taH I i P.tfcO All >ttu<| n« icill« MAILS 1 TO i produheH ipoj i 21/3 *ST J am
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      710 10 NOTICES PETALING TIN, LIMITED NOTICE Is hereby given of the declaration of a fourth quarterly Interim dividend of 7 'a'. In respect of the year ending 31st October, 1954, less Income Tax at 30';, payable on 19th November, 1954 to shareholders registered on 29th October, 1954 By Order of the
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      1563 10 NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE ISLAND OF SINGAPORE Originating Summons No. 106 of 1853 In the matter of the Trusts otherwise known as LAM CHIN PHAI and as LAM JOO THIAN In the matter of the Trustees Ordinance and of the Probate St Administration Ordinance.
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      693 10 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders from Class E' Contractors A Bbove will be received at the I office of the State Engineer, P.W.D. Paharw, Kuala Lipls. up to. 9.00 A.M. of the 26th October. 1P54. for the Reconstruction of lest House, Jerantut All particulars may oe obtained from the Executive
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      149 10 abcadi MESSAGERIES MARITI** FTA £ASTBOUND 23 Oct LA MARSEILLAISE to n 2J Oct Nov IIR HAKEIM 5n.gon Monilo, Honrj Konrj. Japon S No» M "otl 11 No> LAOS le o.qon, d Mam'n Hong Kong. Jcpo" 12 No» CHARCEURS REUNIS 21 Oct CDOUARO BiJANLY **>* fr«J P'hom Colorr^Kj, P Morseillc* 21
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    So why not have TWO birthdays?
    733 12 If Ifllf Illllllllf Illllf Illltlllltllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllf Ilillllllllllllltltlllllllllllllllf Illlllllllf Illllltlllllllllllllllllill^^ |j: ELIZABETH PAKENHAM on the children who seek happiness AND why not invent dozens of 'uncles' and 'aunts'? is still in the news. Many readers have come back, like Oliver Twist, asking for more. Here is
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    THE 'H' LINE COMES TO KUALA LUMPUR
    156 12  -  Kitty Miller By THE controversial "H" line caused a sensation in Kuala I iimpiir on Tuesday nii-ht in the display of autumn dress styles presented by John little. The "H"' line on the full cotton day drets. which is a "must" in this
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      205 12 Straits Times Crossword Lp™ZI""i2.IZIESZ [ZHZp II IOZ JZjZL_ S ISuch afflST- ..me on f SflmM% the (arils (7 I). g A S3» |i 65 13 Not still seen In a bustle? <si. 16 Saw a Run' .5. .8 S&TiM. a, a Koddev, 2l 535 S"" h Sr ,2 KB rust
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    PICTURE TIP
    20 13 The Straits Times picture lip for vovtrrrlay's races was PASSING FAIR, who was mi placed in Racp 1.
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    556 HORSES ON SRA REGISTER
    38 13 '"E are now IM horses in I according to the latest Rnring Association's clawiUat, Number of 1 H are: one: llri; Class Two 124; a Three: 131. Class Four: 116 Class Five: «9.
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    CHATAWAY HONOURED
    71 13 CHA TA WAY HONOURED LONDON. Wed —A cigarette < asr >l stone quarried in the Ural prwentad to the distance runner. Chris iv here. Die presentation «j> made at the Bmbusjr during party shen for Enclnnd and Russian athletes who took part in two track and field meets. Chatawny defeated
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    Gilansl7l. Fair Weather SI 32
    145 13  -  EPSOM .lEFP THREE HORSES SCORE MAIDEN VICTORIES AT PENANG DONNELLY LANDS A 3-FIGURE DOUBLE' K RIDING at Lh( top of, his foirfi. Mickey Donnelly landed two three figure dividend winners Gilan ($171) nnd Fair Weather (5132) for the Hobbs Stable at 1 p c n
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    ALL THE RESULTS, DIVIDENDS and CASH SWEEPS |
    1924 13 ALL THE RESULTS, DIVIDENDS and CASH SWEEPS Race One \>s i. div. 3-5^ rvsa. L and L Syndicate's (5; BI'tKNTAIR 8 8 Ml 52. smith 1 (3; Blown K\es 8.3 (l; Half Moon 8.9 2 2( 4 '■>'> Jones 3 <2) Prnducrr 8.7 (147-61) Mitchell 4 (D PROJECTOR 9.0 <!H1
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    BIG SWEEP
    62 13 TOTAL POOL: $220,900. Ist No. *****1 ($66,270) 2nd. No. *****2 ($29,821) 3rd. No *****5 ($16,567) STARTERS, ($1,472 each) Nos: *****9; *****1; *****0; *****9; *****3; *****6; *****4; *****1; *****7. CONSOLATION, (5662 each) Nos: *****4; *****5; *****1; *****5; *****4: *****7; *****8: *****3; *****5; *****5. TREBLE TOTE: There was no winning
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    FATHUL KARIB IN LUCKY 2-1 WIN
    320 13 UEIEOATEn Pathul Karlb were lurky to beat Dockyard S|>oit- I Club 2-i in a S.A.F A. senior cup came played at Jalan Bnir stadium i yesterday. Fathul Karlb. 'dark horses 1 of the tournament, have now entered the J semi-flnals and will meet the
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    DOWER TAKES TULI'S TITLE
    192 13 LONDON. Wed DAI DOWER. 21-year-old Welsh miner, won the Empire flyweight championship when n outpointed Jakt Tull. South African holder, over fifteen rounds la. i night. It waa Dower's first fight for a title ii nd the first time he had boxed 1 fifteen rounds. He
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    Malayans will be easy to teach
    409 14 FAMOUS INDIAN HOCKEY COACH ARRIVES— SAYS: BUT THEY'LL HA YE TO START FROM SCRA TCH FEDERATION hotkey stars will have to learn the game "right from the beginning" when they attend the courses by the Indian coach, Gian Singh, who arrived in Singapore yesterday.
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    ROBERT GIVES WONG A WARM RECEPTION
    328 14 \f ALAYA'S wizard of badminton, Wong Feng Soon. ITI last night played in the Singapore Badminton Association's national championships after v threeyear absence and beat Robert Lim in the opening tie at the Badminton Hall The game was a ftttin?; opening for the championships,
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    Doc Phillips' kicking wins game
    216 14 Doc Phillips' kicking wins game JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. I\R. J. G. PHILLIPS showed MJ once again that he is one of the best place kickers in the country when he helped a depleted South Johore side to beat Royal Welsh Ftuflien by 16 points 'two poals. penalty goal and a
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    ROKOUA AND RAD BEST IN FIJIANS' 35-NIL VICTORY
    340 14 IPOH, Wednesday. IF there were doubts about their strength this season the Fijians dispelled them today when thcv d, lighted a bumper crowd here with their speed and tactics to trounce Perak in the opening match .,r their Federation tour by 35
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    U.S. GIRLS SET OUT FOR STORE
    186 14 U.S. GIRLS SET OUT FOR STORE ALTHOIGH the Badminton Assoaiation of Mal.c not si\cn its final appr<>< to the international ksAnlnton exhibitions to be held in suit i pore ne\t month, two of Ike stars who will uke part hMC already started on thr tiisi |t| of their tour. They
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    MPH knock out Bank
    77 14 TVIALAYA Publishing House iT off one of the b the S B.H.F.A Senici knock petition when they beat Mi Bank I—o In a semi-fir.. < rq River Valley Road yesterd .y M P.H will now meet o.T f the final at Jalan Besar stadium Wednr Inside-left
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    IN JUNIOR FINAL
    35 14 Thornycroft Sports Club the final of the Busines- i Junior knockout cup comp< whe n they beat Alexandra Brick' 2 l at Oeylang stadium. Thornvcroft will now mcv fields in the final.
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    Johore team for 'quad' hockey
    55 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed— The Johore team for the quadrangular hockey tourran-.ent at Seremban on Saturday will be selected from: Tan Chin Lol (Batu Pahat i. Dr Ponniah iKliwngi Mohd Kasnawt. W. Vla.s. Salleh Ibrahim. Teoh Seng Chuan. Stephen Muruge.su Thilligallngam. Abdul Kanm Ding Hone Kee.
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    S'pore cagers thrill 10,000
    133 14 SINGAPORE sufferer; their first i defeat in the Pan Asian bas- ketball tournament before an e.-ti-I mated 10.000 crowd when they went i down to Formosa after great tussle .<• 'hr Happy World Stadium last nic^t. I Singapore's display was one of their best ever and
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    S.R.C. PLAYERS ELIMINATED
    84 14 LOW Hock Kiat of AMon AC beat Dr. C L. Tessensohn of Singapore Recreation Club by 300 points to 154 in the Aston Invitation billiard* tour- nament last night. AnotnerSßC player. Pat Neu- I bronnev. was also beaten last night. He last 300— 160 to Gan Kee
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    Neela nets three
    27 14 Neela Rajnretiii.m scored three of the five goals In the womens' first hockey trial on the padHiig yesterday, when Possibles beat Probßbles 3 2.
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    FIRST VICTORY
    26 14 University of Malaya "B" made an impresMve debut In a SHA Dlv. 2 league when they beat RAF Seletar 3-0 at Buklt Tlmah yesterday.
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    Appleyard fit to play
    151 14 PERTH Wed. UOB APPLEYARD. the York- shire off-spinner who has been out of action with a rib injury, plays his first match in Australia for the M.C.C.. against a combined XI here on Friday. The English tourists will be ?antaincd by Peter May. Len Hutton, who
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    HALL'S DROPPED GOAL BEATS SCC
    308 14 SIGNALS NOMADS handed Singapore Cricket Club "A" their first rugger defeat of the season when they beat them by a dropped goal (three points i, scored by Hall > almost on the whistle for the Interval, on the padanK yesterday. Nomads' success was a reward
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