The Straits Times, 2 November 1954

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    12 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, TIESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1954 15 CENTS
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    12 1 V- Bigger operations committee gets down to business for the first time
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    OCKERS STRIKE AGAIN
    220 1 00 in new ow over n drivers IS ANGRY MOOD LONDON, Monday. dockers who returned to taking part in Britain's dock strike went on strike ujj when Hie dockers vans driven by men i hi cards gain included men depots where thouan .voting to be fountains o£
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    COMET ills can be cured
    58 1 COMET ills can be cured I ONDON, Mon. An expert told an Inquiry court. th ti defects in the «'.in be cured. nold Hill Director of i] Aircraft Establilhi arnborough, was nether ho was pessimls- the Comet piled: "I do not takp a tic view. I am ure ■y can
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    New men join the drive to end the Emergency
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    FIRST RED BOMBS ON TACHEN
    148 1 FIRST RED BOMBS ON TACHEN One plane shot down TAIPEH. Mon. THE Chinese Nationalist De- j fence Ministry said Communist planes today bombed the Nationalist-held Tachen Is ;mds. about 200" miles norti. of here, tor the: first time. The Ministry claimed one raiding plane was shot down. The announcement did
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    Pony is found in tree top
    48 1 LONDON. Mon —lt took 15 men to get a pony down from a tree in Mcvagissey. England. The pony slipped and fell into the top branches of the tree while grazing at the edge imaU cliff. The animal was not injured. -A.P.
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    115 mph Pamela is threatening
    208 1 MANILA, Mon. Typhoon "Pamela" turned slowly toward the northern Philippines and .southern Formosa today with winds up to 115 miles an hour, the Manila Weather Bureau reported. THt lirsi mrctinu or the expandrd Director of Operation^ Committee, now augmrnlrd hy five political and community leaders,
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    His age is 155
    19 1 HONG KONG. Mon Communist China claimed today there is a 155-year-old Chinese j livin*. U.P.
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    STORM LASHES TWO JOHORE VILLAGES
    112 1 KLUANG. Monday. A FIERCE rainstorm wrecked a market a Malay school, two dwelling houses, seven attap huts, and uprooted many trees as it cut a two-mile swathe from Simpang Rengam New Village to Kampong Ulu Benut Sawa yesterday evening. Damage to property was estimated at
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    Aid for Chinese seamen
    47 1 Aid for Chinese seamen LONDON. Mon. Mr. Peter Kao, 32, a physical training instructor, coim-s to London next Monday from Hour Kong to join the staft* of the Church of England's "Flying Angel" mission in the port of London to help Chinese-speaking seamen far from home. Reuter.
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    REDS GET TOUGH WITH CIVILIANS
    339 1 fnJ from the jungle comes this report They murdered 12 in October KUALA LUMPUR. Monday WHILE October was marked by some bie scale terrorist raids and brutal acts of savagery— mostly in Johore and Negri Sembilan— provisional Emergency statistics for the month appeared to be
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    TOP THREE TO DISCUSS S-E ASIA DEFENCE
    208 1 TOP THREE TO DISCUSS S-E ASIA DEFENCE IJRiTISH r-ai nast Naval, Army and Air Com-manders-in-Chief will be visiting Australia in the next few months tor a series of defence talks. The talks will have an indirect bearing on the SEATO aact Admiral Sir Charles Lam be. C-in-C Far East Station,
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    Sir John flies in—and out
    38 1 Sir John flies in and out Sir John Martin, UnceiSecretary of State at the Colonial Office, flew into Singapore yesterday, afwr a twoweek tour of North Borneo. Brunei and Sarawak He left 10 minutes later for Kuala Lumpur.
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    Mr. Dawson for the polls
    39 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Mr. T. R. P. Dawson. president of the Non-Pensionable Officers 1 Association. Federation of Malaya, will stand as an independent candidate for Bungsar Ward in the coming Kuala Lumpur municipal elections.
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    [ndia-Malayaship
    31 1 MADRAS. Mon. India's modi m ocean liner State of Madras was launched here today for the India-Malaya service by Mr C. H. Bhabha chairman of the Eastern Shipping Corporation.- Router.
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    Pondicherry handed over to India
    103 1 Pondicherry handed over to India PONDICHF.RRY Mon IN a spectacular ceremony here today Pondichorry. ancient capital of French India was handed over to the Indian Government Artillery salutes boomed across the Bay of Bengal a^ the French flag was lowered to be replaced by the Indian flag Simple ceremony At
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    Boy prevents fall from S.I.T. flats
    177 1 A 16-YEAR-OLD Chinese schoolboy struggled with a blind-folded man who was abOOl to fall from the top of the nine-storey Singapore Improvement Trust flats at Upper Pickering street last night. The boy. Nti Noon Teong. of Tuan Mong School, managed to grab the man's
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    Quiz scares Peking men
    49 1 TOKYO, Mon- The Chinese Communist Red Cross delega tion now visiting Japan held a •press conference" here ye.sti id. iy. It lasted three minutes It broke up when a re,>re.sen tative of the Japan Teachers Union asked if there Is freedom of education in China.
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    Second attempt flight kills 42
    171 1 Second attempt flight kills 42 NEW YORK. Mon. UORTY TWO people, turned back from an attempted transatlantic flight yesterday, wore overdue and presumed lost today morning on their second attempt aboard a US Navy Super-Constellation. The rr.isMnsr Included 32 Navy personnel, eight civilians, most of whom were Navy wives and
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    STOP PRESS
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    SOMEBODY SAW DOUBLE
    87 1 HONG KONG. Mon.-Fashlor sources denied today the existence of a Chinese stylo dress with slits up both bMm and in front and back. Commenting on a gown displayed here last week, they said the slits were an illusion. Actually the slits in front and back were caused
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    Overstayed
    34 2 MANILA. Mon Vice-Pre-sident Carlos P Garcia said today the Philippines expects to open negotiations soon with the Chinese Nationalists on thn problem of 3.000 Chinese who have overstayed their temporary visitors' permits.— A.P.
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    Hong Kong would rather 'die' says Governor
    376 2 Hong Kong would rather 'die' says Governor IF THE REDS CONQUER THE COLONY... LOS ANGELES, Monday. A SUCCESSFUL attack on Hong Kong by Chinese Communists would only give them a "dead city" because the Colony was prepared to destroy tself in the fate of an occupation, said the Governor, Sir
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    GONDOLIER GOES BY AIR ON THIS TRIP
    156 2 GONDOLIER GOES BY AIR ON THIS TRIP A LONDON bus driver, a gondolier from Venice and a Paris taxi driver are flying on a free trip to Sydney where they will spend i week. But they will miss Singapore. John Adams, the London bus driver. Pietro Vettemutti. the Venetian gondolier,
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    Pipe-puffing ladies told: Formenonly
    103 2 Pipe-puffing ladies told: Formenonly MONTREAL. Mon. A BAN on women In the world pipe smoking championships remained in effect today. Mcl Green, chairman of the Maple Leaf Pipe Smokers Club, which stages the event eat b year, said the club had rejected a motion to admit women contestants. "I introduced
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    IT'S LARGEAS-LIFE TV NOW
    58 2 GENEVA, Mon. A BwlM firm claims to have produced a television set which magnifies the image and projects it on a screen hung on the wall. The set has a magnifying device like a cinema projector and no screen of Its own. Its makers claim It
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    No peace talks, says Hussein
    54 2 AMMAN, Mon.— Jordan's 19--year-old Kinp Hussein today rejected peace talks with Israel when he evened the first or-] dinary session of the new Parliament here. Special security measures i wf it in force as the kinß's procession drove from th* palace to Parliament through streets
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    This love will last, vows Brando
    239 2 This love will last, vows Brando ROME. Mon. MARLON BRANDO, stage and film star, reached here today vowing eternal love for Josiane MarianiBerenger and pleading with the world "not to wreck" his romance with the French fisherman's daughter. His 19-year-old fiancee was In Paris enroute to New York to wait
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    ENTER—MR. PILTDOWN, A RED CA VEMAN
    65 2 ENTER— MR. PILTDOWN, A RED CA VEMAN MOSCOW Mon— A Russian expedition ha.s discovered settlements of Early Man stone implements and the heads of spears and lances in the Prlmorye territory in the Soviet Far East. Tass reported yesterday Another expedition ha* found traces of metal production. Including gold and
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    Surrender—on his own terms
    45 2 Surrender on his own terms MANILA. Mon. Kamlon. the elusive Morn bandit chief again has offered to surrender to the Government on his own terms— lt was reported today. President Ramon Ma^saysay has announced he will accept Kamlon's surrender. but it mu^t be unconditional— A.P.
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    Smash kills 7
    44 2 NEW YORK. Mon- Seven men were killed when a cattle truck with 85 Mexican mlgran, workers struck a low culveri and overturned live milc> north-west of Del Rio. Texas, on Sunday Sbctv of the men were injured three of them cri-tically.-A.P/
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    Crash in air
    53 2 MILWAUKEE. W 1 scous 1 n, i Mon. A pilot and a student pilot were killed when their llEh. plane crashed to the ground after colliding in midair with another light plane over suburban Wauwatcsa yesterday. Occupants of the other plane were uninjured and it 1 landed
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    'Peace' at last
    26 2 RANGOON. Mon. -Complete agreement has now been reached between Burma and Japan on a peace treaty. It will be signed on Friday aftfrnoon.—Reuter.
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    $ cash calls —in private
    106 2 cash calls —in private NEW YORK. Mon.— The New k'ork Times said to-day that lorrlgn governments wanting United States dollars are back n the private financial market lere after a long absence. It said Australia and Deljlum plan to offer two l.ssu<s )f Government dollar bonds otalling U. 5.555,000,000. 555,000,000
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    Malaya will be there
    38 2 MANILA. Mon.— A delegation from the Hong Kong Christian Council arrived here last night to attend the East Asia Christian Family Life seminar in Manila. Nov. 2-16. A delegation from Malaya also expected. A.P.
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    Sir Winston wants to visit Japan
    119 2 TOKYO. Mon. A Japanese newspaper today published a report from a correspondent acrompanyine Premier Shlgeru Yoshlda which quoted the Premier «.s sayinc Sir Winston Churchill wished to visit Japan. The story, appearing in the Tokyo Shimbtm. carried the dateline the Queen Mary. In which
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    Bit to be chewed and digested
    59 2 TOKYO. Mon University students in Tokyo add this tit -bit to the growing folklore of omnivorous undergraduate* They eat cigarettes. One student thrives on 3U burning cigarettes a day. The real taste of tobacco can be appreciated only by the stomach, he asserts. "Smoking
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    GINA meets the QUEEN.
    84 2 Italian Him Fvmiiral lI WA O|J fi v in Q ITALY'S most beautiful film stars were presented to the Queen when she attended the Royal gala performance at the Tivol. Theatre of "Neapolitan Fantasy" which opened the Italian Film Festival Week in London Picture on the
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    IKE FIRES HIS LAST BIG GUNS
    201 2 Poll pundits are a bit shaku now WASHINGTON Monday. THE UNITED STATES votes in a Congressional election tomorrow after a last-minute drive by President Eisenhower, to shake the 98 million electorate out of its apathy. Mr Elsenhower has lust completed a 1.500 miles tour
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    The mix-up mothers agree to a baby swop
    188 2 The mix-up mothers agree to a baby swop IOMMiN Mnn TWO London motherwho got each other'" hah> hoy because of a mix-up in hospital havr agreed to swap bark for i trial period of 24 hoars Afterwards the mo Ihers. Mrs. Vera Bower> 22. aod Mrs. Sheila Read 24. will
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    Dr. Adenauer flies home
    69 2 NEW YORK. Mon— Dr. Kon rad Adenauer. Chancellor of Vest Germany, left for home m an U S Air Force Constellation today He left soon after recelvinp an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree at Columbia University 200 th anniversary celebration The Chancellor said he was "very
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    Duties cut a fortune to a fifth
    84 2 Duties cut a fortune to a fifth BI'XTON l»erny«hire. Mon THr. Duke ol Devonshire b It sell 3.100 acres around this North Midland mm Ui help pay death duties an kb father's estate. His father died four yean leaving estate valued ti t: MIOO Him After a court action death
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    He's 'confident' of U.S. aid
    55 2 COLOMBO. Mon— Mr V. I H Jayawardene M nance said today h< fldent the Umt'd 31 barnr m aid to Ceyl »n eventually be lifted Mr Jayawaro>n»last night from conferenc the Internationß. Moi Fund and the World B:i' Washington and of the C< 1 Plan
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    An emperor to all
    59 2 LONDON. Mon From Savllle Row a street traditionally associated with smart tailorIng— came thij story. Durine his recent visit to London. Emoeror Halle Selassie. Oi Ethiopia, sent HI a certain tailor T wanted a suit made The tailor took the i but *aid he was PUB
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    40 carried off
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    LIFE BEGINS FOR A WAIF
    79 3 ak diet to meet her new parentt-and makes hiilory t >»\l V VKAK Oil) Tak Oi Mn beaiis happily as she is greeted by her new parent*. Dr. and Mrs. LawSkinner or lan-ma. Washington on her arrival in the I nited States re- e-'ntly. The
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    STOPPING BIRTH—BY PEA OIL
    87 3 STOPPING BIRTH— BY PEA OIL lt*B an Indian plant BOSTON. Mon. V'.'ARD research worker ■night announced thr of a "birth control" i from an Indian field J Gamble, a rd medical school laid h*» colwit h the Calcutta which .-imultan'ndings there in International Medical Ab- R' v.Once a month i
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    Tram kills 17
    30 3 "ADE. Mon. Seventeen ere killed and 35 maa tramway accident ;n the Croatian capio. an official an- .stated. A tram car of control and left the Rputer
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    AT BE WIFE 4'
    99 3 W get* six months 9 gaol Muslim dignitary who niarri••d tln-m »crt- fined. I m<" eirl wrote a letter to Pal- < mhang newspapers. When the letter was pulilisht-d the «innen went to her defence. M->r.- than 1.000 women of the lii\c petitioned the < entraJ
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    PINEAPPLE MEN IN GERMANY
    211 3 Quiz by Malayan delegates LONDON. Monday. 4 MALAYAN delegation flew to Hamburg today to find out why Western Germany imports only the lowest grade of their pineapples. Mr. C. E. Courtenay. adviser to the Malayan pineapple industry, said The Germans used to take our highest grade.
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    Calmly-does-it Roger, 8, tells how death passed him by
    223 3 Calmly-does-it Roger, 8, tells how death passed him by Ml I BOURNE. Mon. A LITTLE boy "went for ride" with his technician father in a new airliner yesterday and lived through a flaminc trash in which three men died. The no>. Roger Clifford. 8. t»jl] nlml> told the prr-s how
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    Red bosses 'lie around all day'
    76 3 PEGU. Burma. Mon.—Communist rebels have been re- turning to their villages or surrendering to Government in Lower Burma b*-r th> v are "fed up with the class, nrstem" imposed by their l<ad- the jungle, officials reported. Some rebels complained that Communist bOMM "lie around
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    Palace move
    25 3 AMMAN. Mon. Kine Huss< in is considering movinc his r,U.( ial residence from Amman to Jerusalem, the Arab newspaper Ad-Difaa reported yesterday—A P.
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    Baby born to a dog, says newspaper
    171 3 Baby born to a dog, says newspaper BANGKOK. Mon. THE Siamese newspaper San--1 sayree today splashed a report that on Friday, In Siam's former capital of Ayudha. a dog gave birth to I a baby. The baby was the "size of an arm of a two-year-old child" the newspaper said.
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    Veterans return
    26 3 TOKYO. Mon -Part of the 24th Division the first American fighting unit to enter the Korean war. will return to Japan from Korea. UP.
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    JET PLANE SEARCH: KEEP AT IT' ORDER
    116 3 BRISTOL. Mon. PIE search for the newest secret delta-wing Glostei Javelin jet fighter, which crashed in the Bristol Channel 10 days ago, was intensified today by Royal Navy ships and divers. The Navy have been told: -Keep on searching until the pline is
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    BRITISH FILM WINS AWARD
    74 3 BRURSELJS. Mon.— A British ami a New Zealand film tic<: for first place a* "the be.st tourist film of the year in an international competition which ended here yesterday. Fifty-thrre films from 22 nations were entered In the competition, organised annually by the Belgian Tourist Office.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    346 3 LONDON. Men ALTHOUGH in place* cloning i-'* pnee* »rre below the beat, stock-market* as a whole flnlxhed on a very satisfactory note and report* that a new dock strike had started had no marked effect. OUu steadily advanced to rlote at toe top while in foreigners Japanese bonds
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    LONDON TIN
    24 3 LONDON. Nov. I—Cash Buyers C 729: Sellers €7M: Forward Buyers O2gi: Sellers t7*»: Settlement C7i»» Turnover a.m. 56 tons: p.m. 10 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    38 3 LONDON Nov 1. Spot 24' id.. Dec 23'1-d. Jan-Mar. 23'« d, Apr.June 23d.. July-Sept. 22 ,d. OctDec 22', Vov cl.t. 22 15/16 d Dec. c l.f. 22 15/16 d.. Jan. C.i t. 22,., Tone: Very steady.
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    Drunk tried to hang himself
    39 4 BUTTERWORTH, Mon. A labourer, Veerapan, charged with attempting to commit .suicide by hanging, told court here today that he was drunk after drinking four pints of toddy. He was bound over for six! months.
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    Suicide flats become a lovers' lane also
    364 4 COUPLES CLIMB STAIRCASES EVERY NIGHT COMPLAINTS that the roof of the Upper Pickering Street "suicide flats" is being used by couples for love-making will be investigated by Singapore Improvement Trust. Flat-dwellers say that couples climb the spiral staircases every night and stay there
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    You are too lazy, Mrs. Chua tells housewives
    235 4 M._ PENANG, Mon. ALAYAN housewives should now form their own league. Mrs. Cnua Boon Teck, Federation consumers' representative on the Central Advisory Committee for Trade and Supplies, urj;ed here today. Mrs. Chua, who recently returned from a year's tour of the United
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    Girl saved by sailor
    47 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon— An eight-year-old Chinese girl, who fell into the sea yesterday near Tanjong Petrie on the east side of the Causeway, was saved by a British naval rating. The girl was taken to hospital where she is making a good recovery.
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    From Malaya
    23 4 BRUNEI, Mon— Dr. E. C. Vardv formerly ol the Malayan Medical Service, had been appointed State Medical and Health Officer here.
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    THE WOMEN SUPPORT CHE KHATIJAH
    190 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Munday. •THE Kaum Ibu, (women's section) of UMNO. Johore 1 Bahru, at a meeting yesterday disagreed with the proposal by UMNO. Johore Bahru, asking the executive council to expel Che Khatijah binte Sidek chairman of UMNO, women's section. The meeting decided HutChe KhatlJah
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    Sir Clifford is leaving
    48 4 Air Marshal Sir Clifford Sanderson, Commander In Chief Far East Air Force since May 1948. and Lady Sanderson will leave Singapore in the Chusan for Britain on Nov 11. The Air Marshal's successor, Mr Marshal Francis J. Fressanges. arrives at RAF. Chan?i on Saturday.
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    Cigarettes and brandy stolen
    30 4 Six bottles Of brandy and several cartons of cigarettes worth a total of $205 were stolen from a shop in Albert Street. Singapore, on Sunday afternoon.
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    Lord Rowallan honours 11 scout chiefs at rally
    253 4 Lord Rowallan honours 11 scout chiefs at rally A RALLY by 3,500 Singapore scouts and juos greeted Loru Rowallan, Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth, at the St. Andrew's School ground yesterday. The rally was the Dlggest post-war scout event in Singapore. Lord Rowallan told the scouts and cubs he
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    Sale of wreaths
    38 4 Intending purchasers of Poppy Day wreaths for the Cenotaph ceremony on Re- membrance Day <Nov. 7) In I Singapore are asked to contact Mrs. Johnny Llm. 132. Pasir i Panjansr Road, telephone Ho i *****.
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    Holiday house burgled
    48 4 A Chinese woman on holiday in a bungalow in Padanp Terbakar, off Chaniii. Singapore, told the police yesterday that she had lost a wall clock, a table clock and three lumps of a total value of $150. The bungalow mtm broken into on Sunday morning.
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    'That trisha—let me try it again'
    44 4 'That trisha let me try it again' LORD ROWALLAN takes a ride on a trisha at the rally. Accompanying him are s< dressed in various national costumes. It was his second ride on a trisha his first during his 1948 visit. Straits Times picture.
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    A FIFTH JUDGE JOINS IN
    133 4 A FIFTH JUDGE JOINS IN ARRANGEMENTS have been A completed for a fifth Singapore High Court Judge to start work tomorrow in the Supreme Court building. The Registrar. Mr. Tan Thoon Lip. yesterday explained to the Straits Times that this was necessary in view of the increasing volume of work.
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    Blind scouts get badges
    62 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Thirty-two blind boys 15 scouts and 17 cubs of the Princess Elizabeth School for the Blind at Jalan Waterworks. Johore Bahru, received their badges at an investiture yesterday. The blind scouts and cubs will be among those Lord Rowallan. Chief Scout of the
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    We do not follow Govt., says Council
    176 4 We do not follow Govt., says Council THE Singapore 1 Council does no: cept the principle that' it should folk. Government ir. respect as regard. and conditions > vice, the Council sub-committee ha representatives: of monthly paid employees. This was in reply to a rby the Local Senio: Association and
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    Next stop Labis
    14 4 JOHORE BAHRT M D. Mole, OCPD. Mersii been transferred to OCPD.
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    They want a share of the top jobs
    183 4 BUTTER WORTH. Mon OF 29 Division I posts In the Federation's Department of Social Welfare, not one Is held by a Malayan, a spokesman of the Union of Social Workers said here today. This position, he stated, was all the more surprising
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    FREE PEOPLE URGE! TO THANK WINSTON
    118 4 MR. TAN CHIN TUAN, prime mover of Sin iTA Churchill Birthday Fund, said last nlghl fund would be a public gesture of appreciate man who led the free nations to victory world war. The Deputy V: < Singapore I said: "Mr. Churchill man himself,
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    Claims trial on cheating charge
    60 4 Peter Teo was charged in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesU-rd:iy with cheating I C. G. Elllsun. ol Malayan Watch Co.. of 522 watches, valued at more than $18,000 at Church Street on the afternoon of Aug. 13. this year. He claimed trial and was
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    Tandon due soon
    19 4 Mr. R K Thp eminent ol Ind will arrive in Sinn hla family In U»e Mmnl.iv
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      283 4 $2,000.00 in Prizes MUST-BE-WON Amateur Artist** Enter New! Compere in "The 1954 All-M.layi Tilantime Compttitiin" To be held on 15th. -17th. -20th. November 's 4 at the S.B.A. Hill, Guiilemard Road, Spore. Apply in writing wiHi photograph to: The Organisers, 268. Beach Road, Singapore-7. (Closing date 7fh Nov. '54) Sponsored
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      2066 5 WuNIONOFfHEMALL T wlW L r has done so much f airport chaps thought his death cr^ the workers moth would not fly court told ~~,#o JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. In lift SttUS (ICLVISer I TWO men told the Assize llUy ll Court here today how i I Ml'l'R. Monday. they heard
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      230 5 ■B^^ .--^iflfll HB^^wPJ B^7 BBK 'i* fc j ■JB^ pHP^ -JtUt t&M Mi^r^ >^H uuiBBlllt" B'^^Ml Cl« 4» T.. l.y H« J^^^H 4»M bouul b. Muom Jott Oick»on 'W fSj=7 Khoo Tenj Cheok UCIOGEI/ H^^^^g^ 7 FOR THE WORLDS BABIFS |M ll.rf's an invitation well »(irtli MMBltag. A h«PP.T r^^lii
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    DETH
    43 6 DE TH M "'.rrf« tin (minimum). MURRAY: Suddenly on 15th October. 1954 at his Home in" Victoria Street. Lower Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia; H.irold I.r.slie Murray, loved husband of Geonile and loved Father of Groivr. Hdta. (Mrs. P. Culleni and Jim cdec I,
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    64 6 N H,,rrf» J/f (minimum). THE I MOLT of the Late Mr. >vk Yong Gratefully Thank h!I friend) and Relatives who sent ,v Scrolls, Loaned Cars and (i or Renrlrred Assistance at 1 on 38- 10-54. THE FAMILY of Late Mrs. Ylm wishes to Thank all :id Friends for their
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    ANOUNCEMAENTS
    205 6 N H,,,t, no (minimum). FOLIXDW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mall' if you want U> win that $5,000 word puKle. Wl HAVE PLEASURE to Annr'i'icp thai Lonta'l Beauty S.iloon Air- conditioned Is now opened nt 31 Tangltn Road Plione *****. COCKTAIL PARMESTICK8 rieliphtful cheese appetizers by Bomary's makers
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tuos. Nov. 2, 1954. The Elections Bill
    677 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tuos. Nov. 2, 1954. The Elections Bill I toral roll will mean, on election day, a reasonably larger poll. The present register represents 1 about one-fifth or one-sixth of the potential electorate, and j for certain that is an unsatis- f factory basis for the first
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    Trade Mission
    283 6 Malaya welcomes today a 33-man trade mission from Australia, a near-neighbour in this era of swift travel and a good friend. Australian' trade with South-East Asia, particularly with Singapore and' the Federation, has grown tremendously since the war. Australia now ranks next to the United States and thej
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    Penang Surplus
    298 6 Penang Municipality's revised budget for 1954 shows a surplus of 51, 464.000. half a million above the original estimate. With another estimated surplus in thr 1955 budget, the Munici- i pality sees a glittering picture. The gilt, however, is thin. The general departments cannot pay their way. and
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    No food check on THESE jungle paths
    1046 6 No food check on THESE jungle paths I CONSIDER that an answer is demanded by the letter of Mr. R, D. E. Langford-Rac. exec utive secretary, Negri Sembilan State War Executive Committee, on "Operation Key." There was nothing personal implied in my letter of Oct. 26, as I have never
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      Council rights on assessment
      352 6 Council rights on assessment 4T a meeting of the Ipoh and Menglembu Town Council on Oct. 28. Mr. D. R Seenhasagam introduced a motion relating to assessment. This motion, which mean.s that property owners will only have to pay the same assessment for 1955 as they paid for 1954, was
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      SUSPICION IS SURPRISING
      200 6 that Government has set aside $12,000,000 to 11 help the Chinese schools, the attitude of certain sections of the Chinese public in considering this grant with suspicion, is difficult to understand So much has been said on behalf of Chinese education in Singapore and the lack of
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      NO WISH TO EVADE PAYMENT
      114 6 I AM misread. I do not wish to evade payment for small household jobs like nxlnß the electric light switches. But I would like to get the jobs done because faulty switches are dangerous. After that, tf a bill comrs. or if cash is demanded.
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      CONDUCTORS ARE RUDE
      93 6 fFHE management of cer--1 tain bus companies other than the S.T.C. must look into the behaviour of their conductors. Travelling in one of these buses I was rudely shouted at for supposedly blocking the way and the Irate conductor went so far as to ask me if
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      HOUSES TO GO
      96 6 IT Is fantastic that the Kuala Selangor Town Board has thought It expedient to construct a traffic circle at the junction of Ferry Road and Station Street To clear space eight shop- owners have been served with a months notice to demolish their premises. These shophouses were
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    FREE CHOICE IN POLITICS
    301 6 FREE CHOICE IN POLITICS ]UR. THIO CHAN ITA i.s quit.- 1 1 asking for unit.,. in working con.. if aided-schoo; are to be debam f j taking part in p But the charge spokesman of th. ernment Servici (Whitley) Courv the Singapore ment is favourin Progressive Partj irrational us founded.
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      108 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. i i I 1 i 1 < i 1 j < 1 i 20 It ofum $10 i ftttm mtitti FERRAO to Mary imd Philip, a -on. BUM Llywellyn. at the 8lngaporc NursniK Home, on 1-11-54. Mother and child well. HANCOCK To Audrey (Nee Peterson i and Jack,
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    Horror and murder for the kids
    131 7 THERE WAS A CORPSE WHO CAME BACK TO HIS GIRL FRIEND... t jC> BOOKS CAN B E BOUGHT MY IN COLONY mjes dealing with murder and other inl( are freely available in Singatype is being sought in .ni cities recently there similar action. niles
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    Bee-keeper Mr. Choy takes over at South Winds
    230 7 Bee-keeper Mr. Choy takes over at South Winds KIS HOBBIES WILL AID T.B. VICTIMS 4 MAN whose hobbies are bee-keeping and farming will soon be doing both on an expanding seale nd at the same time helping some of the Colony's überculosis sufferers to build a new life. He Ls
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    FORCES SEIZE ONE TON OF SURPLUS RICE
    73 7 FORCES SEIZE ONE TON OF SURPLUS RICE SECURITY forces yesterday d about onetonofsurrlce in a raid at a numo.r of villages in soutn-west Johore. a Johore Govern- mont spokesman announced la»t night. No arrest was made. The spokesman said a house curfew was imposed from 5. H0 a.m. and lifted
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    'SCRAP ENGLISH BARRIER'
    201 7 'SCRAP ENGLISH BARRIER' Chamber's appeal to Sir John A CALL to scrap the n English language qualification for members of the Legislative Assembly and the City and Island Council has been made by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. In a letter yesterday to the Governor. Sir John Nlcoll. the
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    Mission here today
    63 7 An Australian trade mission of 26 business men. representing a wide cross-section of th* country's commercial and governmental Interests. wIU arrive In Singapore today f< >r a tour of Malaya The mission. the largest which has sent overseas since the war. will be led by Mr. W.
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    Champion of poor Indians is dead
    177 7 K. LUMPUR. Mon. MR. PADI A. KRISH NAN. champion of poor Indians in this country, died suddenly in hospital this morning He was about 55. Mr. Krishnan, an outspoken critic of com m u nalism and particularly comtnunalism among his own community lived among
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    They all agree – all must vote
    394 7 They all agree all must vote CHRISTIAN leaders in Singapore yesterday agreed with the Archbishop ot Malacca that it was the duty of every citizen to vote at elections and take an active interest in public affairs. The Archbishop. Mgr. M. Olcomendy, in a pastoral letter to all Catholics in
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    Red Cross gifts
    31 7 Gifts totalling $2,790 have been received by the Singapore branch of the British Red Cross Society for the week ended Oct. 30 In response to its annual appeal.
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    Rotary talk
    42 7 Dr R J Grove-White. Medical Superintendent of the Tan Took S»ng Hospital and Trafalgar Home, will spoak on tho omployment of tubercular patients at tomorrows luncheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Capitol Blue Room at 1 p.m.
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    Meet the much maligned sea snake: He didn't do It
    297 7 PENANG VILLAIN WAS JELLYFISH 'But don't trifle with either 9 THE SEA CREATURE, of whose bite two people died in Penan* last week, was not a sea snake but the jellyfish called the "Portuguese Man-of-War." This is the view of
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    Two more progressives are named
    67 7 Two more progressives are named MR LEONG HOI SENG and Mr. Lim Wee Toh will contest the Singapore City and Island Council elections next year on a Progressive Party ticket. They will stand for the Bukit Tlmah and Buklt Panjang divisions respectively. In all the Progressives have nominated 11 candidates.
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    Union of 200
    17 7 MALACCA, Mon- Two hundred shoe factory workers in Malacca will soon form a union
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    Naval base pay talks soon
    81 7 Naval base pay talks soon ROYAL Navy and Singapore Naval Base Labour Union representatives will meet soon to settle 13 claims for better working conditions made by the union. A navy spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday that papers for the negotiations i were now being prepared and might be
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    Don't you dare sack these men—union
    212 7 Don't you dare sack these men union THE Singapore Government Workers' Union has asked the Customs Department to allow the union to see the service records of four revenue officers who are faced with dismissal for "general inefficiency." The union wants to consult the records to prepare a detence for
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    Dead—but hospital 'didn't know' he had left ward
    260 7 Dead— but hospital 'didn't know' he had left ward THE disappearance of patient from the Singapore General Hospital was not discovered until after he had Jumped into the sea. a Coroners Inquiry was told ycster-lay. Probationary Inspector Sidek bin Ismail said he received a report that Murxid bin Redhl. 54.
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    MUSLIM LEADERS OPPOSED BRIAN-TIJAH MARRIAGE
    245 7 MUSLIM LEADERS OPPOSED BRIAN-TIJAH MARRIAGE I e.AUL>u Muslims in Singapore opposed the marriage planned between an army cook, Pte. Brian Sharpe, and his Malay sweetheart, Tijah binte Taleb an army spokesman said yesterday. They had expressed "entire agreement- when told on Saturday that Pte. Sharpe had been sent back to
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    The students elect new committee
    115 7 rIE University of Malaya Students' Union last ni^ht elected an 11-man interim committee to replace the .students' council which resigned en bloc following a 'no coniidence" vote passed on June 4. The committee, headed by Mr. W. R. Rasanayagam, will function intil the seventh council
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    Negro bishop's last address
    55 7 Bishop Edgar A. Love, Mpthodidt Negro leader from Baltimore, USA., will apeak at the last public meeting of hU Malayan tour in Singapore on Thursday. The meeting, arranged by the Southern District (Chines* Annual Conference) of the Methodist Church, will be at the Foochow Church, Raca
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    SO DAD PLEASE NOTE
    90 7 Mr. Wan Baharuddin, Stu- I dents' Liaison Officer at Malaya House, England, Is due to! arrive in Singapore on the Willem Ruys on Thursday. i Mr Baharuddin. who knows hundreds of Malayans studying in the United Kingdom, wishes to meet as many parent^ a« possible during
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      59 7 c Hoarseness Jgft (in g Coughs 1-^jJOTTLEri throat I P*• H Elf E'*ooDk,:^?» Woods PEPPERMINT CURE •^'•twice to ooM perms i "hen supplemen--1 bj thii correct internal L-« \I«O nvornmendrd w «nd id the stomarh. THE FANfILY REMEDY ir,-,. froa habit L 8 drugs. UWAYB KEEP A BOTTLE IN THE
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      43 7 ANNOUNCE 30 DAY EXCURSION RATE ROUND TRIP SINGAPORE BANGKOK $336 PHONE ***** PASSAGE ENQUIRIES SIME DARBY 5, MALACCA STREET. SINGAPORE. Enjoy their sun filled goodn ess /^^shi2^j^\ Sain Dlntrihutor* IUSCW WAU6H W5: W Brioche* m Mrf.r*. Sinw.w B. N. U~* Th ;1 4
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      151 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATIRE: (7 30 pm on Oct 31 to 7.30 a.m. on Nov. 1) Singapore 75 degrees. Penang 74. KoU Bahru 75. Kuala Lumpur 73, Ipoh 74, Kuantan 71. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: 1 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Nov. 1 Slnunpore 89 degrees Penang 83, Kota Bahru not
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    WHAT A LIFE
    1121 8 MONDAI ••pvo you mind lookinc alter MJ my peti for a week or two? askl Hi nry today. "Not a bit jus long as Kirn approves," we tell him. "What are they? "Well, there's Jonathan, the dachsund, and Timmy, he'; a cat and the two budgerigars, and
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    New fashions for teenagers are here!
    152 8 TOP LEFT: Sot too young and not too old. This is the j perfect party drest, for a teenager. The dress is of pearly nylon silk embroidered m royal blue. CENTRE: A smart, neat outfit uith definite style points is the best possible way
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    IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF POISE!
    216 8 OXK *hould enjoy every moment of life vet so feu of us really do! There are so many possibilities in rach day one never kuows what delightful surprise may h< lurking around the next corner. But it is a s.id fart that many women
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    SO EASY WITH SOAP
    91 8 YOUR pearl.s either real or cultured should be denned OBCC every month. Using a soft brush, carefully work warm .soap .sud. s around tht pearls into the cord. Rinse thoroughly with clean water and then rub dry in a soft clean towel. IF YOU sew your
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      163 8 KUAN YIN GODDESS OF MERCY •pO women of Bu.i.ih.st farlll, Kuan Yin is ih. C«4^M of Mtrcy vc ,>K.scuro<i her pnviic onftin. but it is said that her nwnc v.- is first montionod by Sakyamuni. creauu of Buddhism, in ail danitft his life-span. 477—557 B.C. On«> story claims that Kn.in
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      124 8 'm\r rL. HI P aa m IV, '.1 I H IML £a^ k£ "hy Q» v. i H twii CB ca clcin in L. D. SEYMOUR > B S3. Mcdciros Bu.ld.nz s "W* Sub-Distributors— I lOSEPH TRAVERS SONS CH'NC ENC |00 &CO >■ 50 Hi „*>*""" I ia L MM
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      357 8 28 Sharp, pointed look 1 7 >. Straits Times Crossword 30. Whines, but pays out i 4». I I 2 I P&l3 b 1 la 31. She dwelk on Tweed. I think I_—_ 32 A schoolboy period Mt. H| 1 Saint of some station i 7 1 •I '2 2.
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  • STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
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      Religious maniac slew U.S. President
      1738 9 Religious maniac slew U.S. President T 9. oa.m. on the morning of July 2, 1881, burly James A. Garfield, President o the United States, arrived at the Washington railway to leave for a country vacation. As the President walked briskly through the jw.it.ng room towards the platform, a thin, bearded
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      65 9 some I lof l on take you up to 10% farther^ id fw IMPION K PLUGS i HUDWG PICIFTY LTD Lips' I MAGNESIA >:m •"I'lPJtnn i, usu.illy «id indncition. in ""ei acl en Bui MMk of B »orc II relicvH you more c( So use Phillip,' 1 »he bet lIDNEY
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      182 9 K IUMPUR 2929 SINGAPO«K 2412 PENANG ***** 4^*^\ Pa/v Amfr/ca/v r k World Airways I IV ROAD V 9\ Wt FRANCISCO TO TRAVEL^ ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD present's For Your Entertainment < iNiqhtly except Sundays oud Mondays) RITA ELLEN "The Cirl with the Golden Voice" and THE ROVITAS" SENSATIONAL. BREATH-TAKINC
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      190 9 Shvrtwk EMolm*>s lIWp bi>iny tntrnfd! P^J^^^—^^^^^^o^ A* YOU SEE XaND TU\s f^ND TMIS IS WHECE V I OtON'T hE^C IT ,v\' \jjfe JZ>**-' <^ AIC MOLAIE6. \l6 THE U YOU AND /MISS E/VMLV HOLMES I'/M4 BiT r y MOL^E&. I 6USPECT )GO 1O TMI6 16 TW£ ONLY KEY STOOD AT
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    INDUSTRIALS FRESH GAIN ON SHARE MARS
    344 10 INDUSTRIALS FRESH GAIN ON SHARE MARS COMMERCIAL NEWS 'fHKmain feature on the Si yesterday wa> ajjai,, lhf '";>». J which continued to gain Tenders for the Kalians Bridge cl< Fj* and United Enginei i h r V a e m ROod chan Gammons were <•■ ,$3.52J and United ordinaries at
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    89 10 Singapore hinrM- Produer l\ chance noon prices p.-: day were:Copra: quiet; Novemb*buyers. S3l sellers; December 131 buyers. $31'; sellers. Coca quiet; $51 sellers. Pepper q business reported: M $210. Sarawak $LMi7 black $150. H.CB. Ltd. closing pi n<■ nui oil; $51 sellers H.C'.B. l.ld. copra prfc bei n
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      3793 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS NOTICES COMPANY MEETING NOTICES NOTICES ""TZZST" ""-SST" TIN CORPORATION JSS^SL I KinU Branch) NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN to transact businesn on our behalf. APPLICATIONS nrr Invited for A OENERAL MEETINO will be ruJlDinv.o ml aji— that the 40tn Tdlnar > r Annual the SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT vacanrirs in the
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      123 10 KNUTSE9 F»sf md Rc;i FROM CANADA U S PAD Sailing Arnvif Sin rimllll S.ntipor Sceka Bakke 3 Oct 3 No. Sjcrtmd Bakke 7 Nov Elisabeth Bakkc 4 Dec 3 Knn» Bakkc 1 |an 31 h" Accepting cargo jnd PPr FROM WESTERN AL^ Sailing Af—^ Frcmantlc Smj.iporf \nn* Bakke 30 Oct
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      864 11 LANS* 11 s.ngoporg) (12 line. 8..^ LINE Jrav., •v ia lood find discharge corgo I.ONDON. ft CONTINENTAL PORfS ivll'"*' 1 1 P. Shorn Penong c ,3/34 Nov S Nev 4 Nay 7/ 0 r 2 No. Nev 7/ Nar 9 Ho¥ 3 Nov 4 Nov 7 Nay 10/11 9 Nev
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      1825 11 P'PPP^i W t 9F t WtF l 9^Ft t f^tM W^SFIffWSt ■AST ASIATIC LINES wf^XU THE BEN UNI STEAMERS LTD. SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDIHAVIA SINGAPORE (Incorporoted m the Unitatl Kingdom) 5 LINES 00 fiSA Hamaarß. Gdynia, SAILINGS TO U.K. and CONTINENTA. PORTS Cpenhogen. G^nkar, ft O^a Spor p Sham PsfVjng t
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      1224 11 McALISTER tSc CO., LTD. TEL: No. 781*1 ELLERMAN «V BUCKNALL KLAVENEBB LINE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM. LOS ANGEUS. SAH FRANCISCO, HAMBURG ft HULL PORTLAND, SIATTLE ft VANCOUVER ond for USA. NOflh Atlantic Portl Accepting cargo for Central ft South and Canada .in Colomta Americe CITY OF LIVERPOOL CASTLEVILLI Spore P Shorn
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    Pineapple packers seek aid in export drive LABELS MUST SHOW GRADE
    430 12 Pineapple packers seek aid in export drive LABELS MUST SHOW GRADE PREPARATORY to an intensive sales drive by the rehabilitated pineapple industry of Malaya, the Central Board of Pineapple Packers, proposes to ask Government for legislation which would standardise pineapple packing. Mr. Yap Peng Geek, chairman of the board, said
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    Australia plans factories in Colony
    260 12 Australia plans factories in Colony I^OUR Australian conr cerns are actively interested in starting factories in Singapore with the assistance of local capital. Two of the concerns one connected with building supplies and the other with foodstuffs have advanced plans and the next stage will be the acquiring of factory
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    Indonesians will buy from Malaya
    207 12 Indonesians will buy from Malaya Mr. D. T. Assomull WHEN conditions in Indonesia return to normal and the economic position there stabilises she will return to Singapore for her goods said Mr. D. T. Assomull, former chairman of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Assomull was commenting on the
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    Photographs in colour here to stay
    218 12 Photographs in colour here to stay "YOUNG men and women in Singapore have become extremely conscious of colour photography recently," said Mr. George Lew Kian Fong, one of the partners of Life Laboratories, Singapore, which was founded 10 months ago. One reason for the increased Interest was that films had
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    6d. a share return after estate sale
    206 12 MALAY United Rubber Estates Ltd. have sold their Malim Nawar Estate. The estate was extensively damaged during the Japanese occupation and ha.s been a drae on the company's earnine capacity, it be- i 1 ins impracticable to consider a I replanting programme since
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    AIR CONDITION IS NECESS SAY MALAY
    180 12 AIR CONDITION IS NECESS SAY MALAY T HI L not blp local 1 of years was comment* International Corp for the Far East o Mr. Albrecht v said since that tin i conditioning was This was exactly wh been discovered in refrigeration aon I he .said. Mr. Albrecht haa Singapore
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    U.S. uses mown rubber in factor
    106 12 ■pACTORY demand fa rubber continues in the United States the past few weeks, lai response to this demand, spot quotations for crude rubber on the New York market have exceeded 27.5 U.S. cents a lb the highest level of tl. to date. U.S. imports
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      322 12 f V J^UauALmJ oil c l e*" er adds years to an engine's life M»!n Stockists: Ong Ban Hong Leong. Ltd.. 3 Jalan Besar. Singapore. Boon Lien Ltd. 43 Rochore Canal Road Singapore W. T. Kiat Company. 85 Cross Street. Kuala Lumpur DISTRIBUTED BY: BORNEO MOTORS LTD. Use tlw MERLE
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      76 12 PICTURES ARTICLES FICTION Features in this issue include: a picture itonr on riit Federation's Jk>sjf i MIXED MARRIAfPC Jlt"^ i BEHIND THE SCENES AT FOLIES BERCERE /\tl a£»w*wr^*i*~z^*% *_^'*****»*fcr^ i **«***2&iw^ s I Wg* t'Ct'^o m L U n I Lv BK^^#Ty^^Wßß| c] 5 000 Xr m o»s5.ooo-rf m UHII^MT.
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    its policy of isolation may On lead revolt
    303 13 n i f r FED. HOCKEY UNION HAS SCORED A SUCCESS not to refer to ent body but the '.rood ma that prompted are not tolerated, der.vtood, in the H U. they were, Johore cord told where it went the J HA.
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    if scores a late winner
    172 13 s with only the (Oftl- to brat. ldlan defence neld on for three quarters of tame but cracked up in liv few minutes. Vias a prand game. Indians themsrlvrs could not make use of their chances he circle. There was> no score In the fl
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    NEELA SCORES 3 IN CIVILIAN WIN
    418 13 SINGAPORE Civilians retained the l.ad> Mellersh Cup when they scored a 4-1 victory over Combined Services In the annual women's hockey match In aid »f the Poppy Day Fund, played on the padang yesterYe.sterday'.s victory was Civilians* fifth successive win of the series. Services
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    ONLY TWO OF 44 STICKS PASS TEST
    100 13 KUALA IA MPIR. Mon. FORTY FOIR hockey sticks were tested after two league games here today but only two of them were of the regulation M7.c laid down by Rulp of the International Hockey Federation. On the Police l>epot and Victoria Institution grounds,
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    S.H.A. will pick 30 for training
    225 13 S.H.A. will pick 30 for training SIMiArORKS hockey selectors will meet after today's Poppy Day match lo pick :<0 players to co into special training in preparation for their match against the Federation and against Pakistan. This squad of pl;i\crs will go through the same physical and coaching exercises carried
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    WANDERERS ARE NOW SECOND IN DIV ONE
    457 13 rE two Singapore Recreation Club teams maintain their lead in the first a.nd second divisions of the Singapore Hockey Association's league competition after last weeks games. Most positions remained unchanged during the week except where Police lost their second place in the first
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    S'GOR RACE SCHEDULE
    136 13 KUALA I.UMPUR. Mon. THE nchMule of racing for the Selangnr Turf Club November Meeting are given below. There will be eight race* on -.he flrat and third rlnvs and seven races on tin second day. Starting tlmm are 2.30 p.m. on the firm and third day». and
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    INDONESIA WILL SEND HOCKEY XI TO COLONY
    221 13 INDONESIA'S national hookey team has accepted a Singapore Hockey Association invitation to play a series of matches in the Colony. The secretary of the Indonesia Hockey Association has replied to that arrangements will be made to fly a team of 16 players and
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    POPPY DAY HOCKEY Xls
    130 13 Today's Poppy Day hock»y match between Civilian* and Ber ice* on the 3.C.C. padang is the fifth match of the series The first one In ;950 wa* drawn Civilian* have won the other three in a row winning last year by 4— fl. The tea msi
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    REDS INVITED TO OLYMPICS
    47 13 MELBOURNE Mon —Russia and Communist China were among 83 countries to which Invitations to the 19.SR Olympic Oames in Melbourne were posted today. Invitations were sent to both Communist China and Nationalist Formosa. Both countries are members of the International Olympic Federation. Reuter.
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    Australians lose again in world rugby series
    153 13 LYONS. Mon Britain beat Aus1 1. ilia In- 28 points to 13 In the world rugby leaKue cup competition series yesterday. They scored fl v e goals and six tiles to two Koal.< and three tries by t lie Australians. Britain led 12-5
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    M.C.C. collapse though Hutton gets 98 BUT WICKET IS WEARING
    396 14 M.C.C. collapse though Hutton gets 98 BUT WICKET IS WEARING SOUTH AUSTRALIA NEED 174 RUNS TO WIN ADELAIDE, Monday. ANOTHER inept batting display, so characteristic of England tour A teams since the war, may well lead to defeat for the M.C.C. her c tomorrow when South Australia need to score
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    U.S. golfer rows after his match
    155 14 PERTH, Mon. TOMMY BOLT, the U.S. golfer, caused a sensation in the Australian and United States match at Lake Karrinyup here yesterday when he threatened to walk off the course four times. Twice, on missing a putt, he hit the ball away from the
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    RUSSIANS TO JOIN IN AAA TALKS
    223 14 LONDON. Mon TWO of Russia's top athletic coaches have been invited to attend this year's annual conference of British coaches to be held by the Amateur Athletic Association from Dec. 6 to 10. Mr. G^off Dyson, chief national coach of the A.A.A., said ve.sterdav
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    SCOREBOARD
    213 14 M.C.C. Ist innlnns— 246 SOUTH AUSTRALIA Ist IVXS. F Favell c Hutton b Tyson D. Harris b Tyson G. Hole c Simpson b Loadei C. Pinch b Mct'onnon P. Ridings c Andrew b Loader 19 N. Dansie c Hutton b Tyaon 11 G. Langley not out R. Roxbjr Ibw
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    RMP lose 3 men and the match
    253 14 IN A 10-MINUTE spell of mishaps on the Padans; yesterday. 200 Provost Company lost threp men in a rugby match against Singapore Cricket Club "B". They also lost the same by 16 Domts i two goals a try and a penalty) to nil
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    Kim Song beats Penang champion
    90 14 The holder. Tan Kirn Song, beat the Penang champion. 00l Ec Ycang (St Xavlers Association!, by 300-269 In a quarter-final of the Aston Sports Club open kßVttattoß billiards tournament la.st niuht. In an earlier match Chin Chi Neu (Aston i beat Chua Yarn Bak (CAA>
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    S.A.B.A. AGREES TO RUN S-E ASIA MEET
    253 14 1 i i/j ///j/l /innP/IIVI/ /c IfVf I toft 7>'/ fllK/ll ll [JfJ I 1 II I IS (111 (ill' <l IT WAS agreed in principle at last nights annual I 1 meeting of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association. to hold the South-east
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    COLONY AND JOHORE XV's
    65 14 The 'following player* have been picked to play for Singapore CM- I Hans and Johore In their H.M.S. I Malaya rugger match at Johore Bah.ru on Saturday: Singapore: Holland; Roper, Plgou, Henney, Taylor. Baxendale, Dowling; Armitase, Kennedy. Eroon, Holliday. Dale. Scott, Baird. Scharengulvel. Johore: Samuels; Spark.
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    WORLD 100-METRE RECORD EQUALLED
    41 14 YOKOHAMA. Mon -Heinz Futterer today equalled the world 100 metres record of 10 2 seconds at the West German-Japan athhtlcs meeting here. Futterer first equalled the record on Oct 17 at a meet In Osaka, Westtrn Japan.
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    H.K. WIN 11-1
    46 14 HONG KONG Mon— A Hong Kong soccer team beat the Thailand Welo Yuo Chinese team 11—1 today. Hong Kong's total included one goal by visiting player Hon Poon Man. who deflected the ball Into his own ;oal during the first half.— A. P.
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    Espinosa keeps Orient title
    61 14 MANILA. Mon— The Orient bantamweight champion. Leo Esplnosa. defended his title in 12-round decision ovtr Japans Tarn to Sasaki .ast night. Orient flyweight champion. Tanny Campo knocked on' Iliailand- Vituhai Kunol In thf 11th of a 12-round bout and Philippine welterweight champion. Star Gony. knocked out
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    ALL BLUES TEAM TO MEET S.C.C.
    50 14 The All-Blues team to play the Singapore Cricket Club A XV on the Padang tomorrow will be Yap Boon Keng: LongiK>etth. Chong Yew. Cheng Peng. Wells: Luk Juan Ec Bin; Andrew Chew. Win Adcock. Ricketts Hoon Seng. Scharengulvel, Tan Teck Kit-, and Tong Bee.
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    Austrians upset by late goal
    215 14 STOCKHOLM. Mon. SWEDEN beat Austria 2-1 In an International soccer match here yesterday after leading 1-0 at halflln.e. Sweden attacked strongly from the start and went ahead after four minutes through centre forward Kaiiin Bandell. who hooked a pass (torn inside left John Enk-sson into
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    Krishnan is rated No, 1 for India
    65 14 Krishnan is rated No, 1 for India bon: oamanathan ki 1V ncr of the Win title last year i India s No, 1 In announcing Krishnaswamy. or the All In MTclation. said Krl n been ranked only player who h in both nation. il championships as requ ranking rules of
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    AIRMEN SHO PAST EURASH
    87 14 TiHE Royal All I 1 tories in th< trounced a ten-ma stadium yesterday. Eurasians played ot seven mlnui were icept busy <ifrom the kick-oil The airmen took a] lead when In ng centre by Ibrahim Ini In the third minute. R.A.F. made it 2-0 rahlm pounced
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