The Straits Times, 11 November 1954

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    14 1 The Straits Times 72.000 Estd 1845 INCiAPORE, THIRSDAY. NOVEMBER 11. 1954. if 15 CENTS
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    TRIKE THREAT BY 10,000
    27 1 Ival Base dismite I ings lace lown men l t t last rud a .inn ll! tll( :;r(i I"' 1 nKd earlier not
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    RRINCESS MARGARET REMEMBERS THE WAR DEAD AND SHEDS TEARS
    44 1 ri(lN< is> MARGARET, dr. >M-d in Mack, wipes awa> a tear i^ vhr watches from ;i h:ili«mv in Whitehall thr ceremony 41 thr rnotaph remejnberinc the dead of the two world ii v \.P. picture.
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    The Labour Party expels its 'Front' man
    292 1 The Labour Party expels its 'Front' man T'HE general council of the Singapore Labour Party yesterday expelled Mr. V. J. Mendis, one of its two representatives on the Laoour Front executive committee. The general council did not make any deck-ion in the case of the other representative. Mr C. H.
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    REDS LAND, PASS OUT CIGARETTES
    61 1 REDS LAND, PASS OUT CIGARETTES lA. Wed. Chinese mists landed from an :!ied auxiliary sailing tho vicinity of Cape at the southernmost of Palawan on Balabac lath d cigarettes to the the Philippines News reported today. Chinese Reds were beto be the crew of an of about 150 I lurking
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    ALLIANCE PLANS S-E ASIA UNION
    262 1 Visit to Siam icill be first move KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. DATO Sir Chene-lock Tan. President of the Malayan Chinese Association, and Teneku Abdul Rahman. President of the United Malays National Organisation, plan to visit Siam in the near future to make contacts which they hope
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    Trade party on way to Peking
    39 1 I >N, Wed— A party of h businessmen left it today for Hong n their way to china talks in Peking. of the delegation Is O. Pullcn. General r of the Chartered Rruter
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    Soekarno tries to save Govt.
    77 1 Soekarno tries to save Govt. JAKARTA. Wed. PRESIDENT Soekarno today threw the full weight of his prestige behind Prime Minister All Sastroamidjojo Cabinet. Speakniß in Palembang, he charged that some persons who are trying to topple Sastroamidjojo* Government had "sold out" to foreigners. Thp President emphasised, however, that not all
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    Fourth son for Brunei Ruler
    48 1 BRUNEI TOWN. Wed—A son —their fourth—nas been born to thp Sultan and Raja Uteri of Brunei at ihe Istana here The ruler's family ilso con- j .slsLs of two daughters. Royal ■alutej of guns were fired in the capital to celebrate the birth—Reuter.
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    25 Mau Mau die in battle
    44 1 NAIROBI, W«d At least 25 Mau Mau terrorists were killed and others were believed U< have been washed away dead downstream in the bigsrst running battle for months with security forces yesterday in Kenya's Thika district. Reu-j ter.
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    M. France wins
    31 1 PARIS, Wed. M. Pierre Mendes Franco, the Prime Minister, last night won a vote of confidence in the National Assembly alter a debate on the postal budget. Reuter.
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    New Sind PM sworn in
    47 1 KARACHI. Wed. Mr. Mohammed Anyub Khuhro was sworn in today a« Chip' Minister or Sind by the Provincial Governor. Knan Ittmuar Hussaln. He took office 24 hours after the Governor had dismised his precedecessor, Abdul Sattar Pirz.'da, for alleged mal administration. Reuter.
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    Col. Young in UK
    28 1 NAIROBI. Wed. Col. Arthur Young, Kenya's Police Commissioner, left by air for London ye.sterday for consultations with the Home Office and Colonial Office. Reuter.
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    PRO-FRENCH ARABS ATTACK BANDITS
    123 1 ALGIERS. Wednesday. CJCREAMING pro-French Arabs attacked 30 suspected terrorists being led to gaol in a village east of here today and stabbed one of them to death. I The Arabs, in an outburst against the uprising that has disturbed the calm of thta Ftench possession. broke
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    Now Japs accuse...
    53 1 Now Japs accuse... TOKYO, Wed. The Japanese Government charged today that the Russian Mlgs which shot down an American B-29 invaded Japanese territory. A Foreign Office spokesman called the attack a "matter for great concern" to Japan and requested that Moscow take "necessary measures to prevent a recurrence of this
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    Fatemi dies before firing squad
    93 1 Fatemi dies before firing squad i|K 111 SSKIN KATEMI lor--1" mrr Persian Koreiun Minister, uas executed by an miM firing squad yesterday for treason aeain>it the Shah. I itiini 37. played a prominent part in the nationalisation of the Anglo Iranian Company's holdings three years ago. He was sentenced to
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    Typhoon toll is up to eight
    47 1 MANILA. Wed. Reports from outlying provinces today carried the toll of Monday nlght'a typhoon to at least eight dead and 34 missing. Much of northern Luzon still was Isolated and the toll was expected to rise as communications are restored AP.
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    Private called his CO. a monkey, pig and bull
    233 1 RHYL. Wales. Wed. PRIVATK Norman (ioodsall will spend an extra two months in the armv-m the guardhouse— for calhnf his commanding officer "ugly as a monkey, ignorant as a nig" and "bellowing as a bull" in an unsigned letter, (ioodsall was
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    BONES TELL TALE OF A 'COMRADE' WHO ARGUED
    305 1 BONES TELL TALE OF A 'COMRADE' WHO ARGUED Man held in Operation Eagle led the police to the skeleton buried in the Tampines swamp r PHE skeleton dug up in the swamp off 1 Tampines on Tuesday belonged to a member of the Malayan Communist Party, who was purged on
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    IT ISN'T CLEAR-CUT SAYS IKE
    124 1 IT ISN'T CLEAR-CUT SAYS IKE The plane shooting WASHINGTON, Wed. PRESIDENT Eisenhower said today that the position regardirm the shooting down of a United States plane near Hokkaido was not clearcut. Discussing the Incident at his Press conference today. Gen. Elsenhower refused '<> make any outright condemna tion of the
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    Two hurt in car
    24 1 Two people were injured In a car which ran into a telephone post in Siglap Road. Singapore, late last night.
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    Top job for the invasion General
    160 1 Top job for the invasion General LONDON, Wed. ("'HINA today announced J that Gen. Su Yu. a pioneer voice in the cry to "liberate Formosa." has been appointed Chief of General Staff of the Chinese Army in a high level military shake-up. Gen. Su Yu was formerly Deputy Chief of
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    STOP PRESS
    19 1 SO I > ORDERS \\>rl t d.i i I i haiick» on i I' Ui H I. Hl'.T
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    Ike's plea
    30 1 WASHINGTON. Wed—President Eisenhower today asked th- Senate to ratify the SouthAsia collective security pact as "an important link" in the free world's defence against any Communist apsion. Reuter.
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    FED UP TO THE TEETH
    43 1 MILWAUKEE. Wed Beverly Shaw, aged 21 and married six months, won a divorce on the ground that her husband, also 21, was too at tentive. "Why." Beverly told thjudge, "John even Insisted on watrhins me brush my teeth
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    The big aquarium secret
    233 2 EXPERTS TALKED FOR THREE HOURS: ABOUT WHAT? THEY JUST WON'T SAY gINGAPORK'S new Van Kleef Aquarium today hides a secret: Why is it strictly forbidden to the public? Its 30 glass tanks, which were reported only last month to be "well stocked," are almost empty. The
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    WE FIGHT TYRANNY: GARBETT
    97 2 LONDON, Wed. THE Church of England has decided to get lough over the way South Africa s rulers are treating the Africans. The Archbishop of York. Dr. C>ril Garbett. came out fit hting yesterday with a sp -ech in which he described th South African Governm
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    A TWO-WIFE KING BREAKS THE RULES
    80 2 A TWO-WIFE KING BREAKS THE RULES NLW YORK. Wed. What can you do when a king b: iles? lg Tribhuvana of Nepal plans a state visit to the U.S. with his two wives. Section 2\2 of tl.e McCarran Act orders the exclusion of "aliens who practise polygamy. The worried Immigration
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    Dulles on pact with Chiang
    42 2 WASHINGTON. Wed The U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. John Foster Dulles, said yester- j Jay that there were at th n -noment no insuperable obsta:les to a mutual assistance sact between the United States md Nationalist China.
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    A FALSE IDEA COSTS £10
    177 2 A FALSE IDEA COSTS £10 Customs fraud bid LONDON. Wed. A STUDENT, Kenneth Po Chung Yee, aged 20. who came to Britain from Hone Kong to study for a degree .n electrical engineering, was fined £10 yesterday for attempting to avoid Customs I duties on a camera and a watch
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    DESPERADO RECAPTURED
    59 2 LONDON. Wed. Harper i George Woodward, 27-year-old desperado who broke out of, Dartn.oor. was recaptured last nicht about five miles away after 24 hours of freedom. Woodward, serving a 14-year sentence for armed robber\ and assault, vanished into the bleak fog which isolates the gaol after slipping away
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    Rau's estate
    26 2 LONDON. Wed. Sir Benrgal Rau. the Indian diplomat and jurist who died a year aca left an estate in England valued at £1.045.— UP.
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    Happy in poverty—rich, the
    82 2 Happy in poverty —rich, the HOLLYWOOD. Wed.— Edmund Purdom and his wife Tlta separated yesterday. She blamed the rift on the actors sudden rise to fame. We had four years it poverty and misery and we clun.' togethei like babes in the woods." the former oallet j dancer said. "But
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    THE NO-LEER GIRL WATCHERS KEEP TABS ON PUB-THRUSHERS
    94 2 NKW YORK W,,| THE Society „f (lir| Watchers has started operations on Fifth Aven ue. Specimens already eteri. fled —at Fifty Second Street <ni Kht clubs and bars); a I. itc-Risinc p,,|, Ihrusher. At Forty-Second Street (the public lihr»r\ a Horn rimmed
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    Joe meets Queen
    26 2 WASHINGTON. A tor Joseph McCarthy for his anti-Comn paten ing, was prf.v.Queen Elizabeth tn Mother at a Briton reception here last Tight Reutrr.
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    Colonel UP and Mr. DOWN ... by Walter
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    Historian looks at World War III: Britain is just a U.S. aircraft carrier
    250 2 WASHINGTON. Wed. BRITISH historian Arnold Toynbee told the National Press Club yesterday that Britain in a third world war would be "merely m I'nited States aircraft carrier." "We would he one of the first targets as Russia
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    CORINNE'S MIX-UP
    164 2 Divorced but she can't re-marru ROME Wed. I WANT to get married 1 by Christmas." screen star Corinne Calvet said today. "So do I." chimed in her fiance. urtor JefT Stone. But a legal mix-up has kept the wedding bells from ringing. 1 Mi.*. Calvet and Stone had
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    Can-can G-strings too brief, say girls
    211 2 LONDON. Wed. pAN-CAN Rirls went into the witness box here yesterday and told a Judge that costumes supplied for a show called "Paris By Night" were "much too brief" and that they refused to wear them. Miss Betty Colvyn. 22. alleged that the G-strlngs
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    HE OFFERED GIRL LOVE DEATH-BES AN OPEN GR
    48 2 HE OFFERED GIRL LOVE DEATH-BES AN OPEN GR < HKi.Msiorn, A lt-TBAB-OLD r O uti A attempting to S r: in a lonely irood besid, court here that he »a, J n f The youth, Rob n pleaded not guilty a n Spain with mti bodily harm and Play
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    Queen Everest climber
    89 3 tied Sir Edmund Hil- inqueror, to her after ho had been d had Him carried mountain. banded insignia to 230 «nen and rom the Services and ni civilian life. honoured mi iuded Mr. ussell, chief de.sis*- ner of the Bristol Aeroplane I Company, makers of the new
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    JAPANESE BALLET IN LONDON
    44 3 GlanloUr girls from th th. Mikado -and they dat.ee in kimonoes. too S l^'lnPrlnrL' Thn > a GIK f IS "liT!^* of ihe >*W" Ballet Company, rehear-.— snu In I nru-es Theatre for a short season in London.— Reuter pi.ture B
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    His leg was security for rent
    83 3 T\l NTOX. (Somerset), Wed. 0 EGGED Howard Challenger, accused here yesterdaj of breaking- into his former hwulluch's house, claimed he went back to look for his spare artificial let, left tln-re as security for rent arrears. The prosecution claimed thai if an owner takes
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    THE DUKE: I DIDN'T TALK TO THIS SPY
    242 3 LONDON. Wednesday. r FHE Duke of Windsor officially denied yesterday L that he had ever discussed Allied war plans early in World War II with a Nazi diplomat in Holland. Hi was referring to references made in letters written to the German
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    A-ban petition
    42 3 A -ban petition MOSCOW. Wed.— The Coventry delegation to Stalingrad and the Kovernim: body of the Sta!in»rad City Soviet yester- Limed a joint petition to the United Nations "for a ban on the production and utilisation of atomic and hydrogen weapons." Reute;
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    Sees the Queen
    28 3 LONDON. Wed.— Syed Ismail El Azhari. Prime Minister of I the Sudan, accompanied by Sir Anthony Eden, was received by Queen Elizabeth yesterday. U. P
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    BOOK BY TEST PILOT BREACH OF SECURITY
    157 3 LONDON. Wednesday. A RECENT book by one of Britain's leading test pilots. Lt.-Cdr. "Mike" Lithgow. contained information about British military aircraft in breach of security regulations, Mr. Selwyn Lloyd. Minister of Supply, said in the House of Commons yesterday. The book had not
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    I wish I had been a plumber— Dr. Einstein
    136 3 I wish I had been a plumber— Dr. Einstein NEW YORK, Wed THE world famous physicist. Dr. Albert Einstein, said yesterday that if he had his life over again, he would j not try to become a scientist, a scholar or a teacher. Dr Einstein, aced 75, said: "I would
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    P.O. robbery haul in river
    81 3 BEDFORD, (England), Wed. Post Office authorities have identified £15.800 in postal orders and savings certifteates fished from the River Ouse. near here, on Sunday as part of a £32.000 London post office robbery haul. A bae containing the loot, was recovered from a mill pool.
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    Dock strike threat ends
    66 3 LONDON, Wed. London dockland's tally clerks—cargo 1 checkers who threatened a new .stoppage in the docks last niijht, came to terms with their union. The strike threat over the employment of 11 new clerks *ai <«imdoned at a mass n.°pt.n The meeting accepted re.ton'mendations from union
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    NO MARSHALL AID FOR ASIA
    120 3 WASHINGTON w>d Mr.' John Foster Dulles, the United Sat- Secretary of State. Mid yesterday he was not convincid' that a Marshall Plan type proßramme of economic aid would be practical for SmithEast Asa Mr. Dulles made this statement When asked at a prMI conference U>
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    LONDON STOCKS
    382 3 LONDON. Wed. T<HE London .stock markets again had a tired look about them today and In the absence of support industrial equities tended to drift lower. Road .shares, textiles and engineering* all recorded a spate 01 .sizeable falls and Fords lost ground in an easier motor section. Among
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    LONDON TIN
    27 3 LONDON. Nov. 10. (ash Buyers V 715; Sellers Forward Buyers l! 713; Sellers t713'2: Settlement C 716' 2 Turnover a.m. 225 Ions; p.m. 75 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    35 3 LONDON. Nov. 10.— Spot 264(1 Dec. 25d.. Jan-Mar. 24 \d. AprilJune 24' 4 d July-Sept 24d Ort Dec. 23\ti. Nov c.l.f. 24 7'l6d. Dec. c.i.f. 24\d. Jan. c l.f 24'» d.. rone: Firm.
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    Photos by Malayans in world's top exhibition
    116 4 EKiHT pictures by Malayan photographers have been accepted for the annual pictorial exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society in London. This is the largest number ever accepted from Malaya. One photographer, Mr. Van Fook Leun, of Singapore, has had 'hree of his pictures
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    Immigration ban on Jap boxer raises a storm on all sides
    614 4 'FHE Singapore (iovernment was attacked from all sides yesterday for refusing to allow a Japanese boxer, Mitsuo Yamamoto, to fight in Singapore. Legislative and City Councillors, and members of the public expressed surprise at the ban. The 20-year-old Jap
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    $40,000 haul
    27 4 About $40.00(i worth of opium was M-izrd by a Singapore Customs officer on board the Mvi Hock on Tuesday night. The .ship is from Bangkok.
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    Trader accused of 3 bankruptcy offences
    247 4 CHEQUES DISHONOURED, COURT TOLD I ESS THAN four months before the presentation of a bankruptcy order against him. Ng Ah Pee alias Ng Teng Hong, had obtained three marine diesei engines, worth about $8,000, on credit. The Singapore First Criminal District Court was told
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    Licensing board
    31 4 SEGAMAT. Wed.— The Segamat Licensing Board .11] sit on Dec. 12. Applicat:ons for Icroe. renewal or transfer of licences should reach the chairman of the board by Soy 21.
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    MINISTERS TO TALK IN $182,000 ROOM
    113 4 THE Singapore Government Is spending $182,000 to reconstruct part of Government House as a conference room for the new Council of Ministers. The room is on the first floor and is known as the supper room though it has not been used as such
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    'Help people in city too'
    41 4 Mr. Thio Chan Bee will make a plea in the Singapore 1 Legislative Council next Tues- day for travelling dispensaries I to help peonle in out-of-the-•a. v city areas. At present they visit only rural areas.
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    Public vaccinator
    17 4 SEGAMAT, Wed-Mlss F O ™h7. has appointed public vacrinator for the village of Kelapa Sawlt
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    A new wedding fashion
    109 4 PENANG, Wed. Girls from the Po Leung Kuk Home here j prefer a Registry wedding to the usual ceremony at the Chinese Secretariat. A spokesman of the Home told the Straits Times today the girls now insist on a wedding dress, even though it had to
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    Six years in the thick of Malaya's fight
    57 4 MEN OF THE 2/7 Gurkha Battalion march to the canteen at Nepal Park »>. to get their first morning meals after an overnight train journey from Kuala I,'-, They have served in the Federation since the Emergency started in 1948 and t
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    BUSY GURKHAS
    213 4 After six years of bandit-hunting i n Federation, the 'first kill' battalion gets ready for a voyage to Hong Kong VIEN of the 2/7 BattaiTl lion, Gurkha Rifles, who are to bp trans \vnu are to De iransferred to Hong Kon« at the end Of this month, face
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    Lone man beaten by gang of 211
    31 4 Tan Ton? Hit. beaten up last night by of ;.bout 20 in Alex i Singapore. Tan. who suffered n arm injuries, was acir..: hospital.
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    BEWARE THIS 'JINX O
    23 4 PENANG. Wed. Tl:< Chief, Mr. H. \Y ■.yarned motorist- nrar the "jinx Bridge Street and I Road where m
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    girl who was burned death by an amok
    33 5 girl who was burned death by an amok I honse it the Tanah nesi limpie. Kukit i m riie Imshm was believed to have been -<\ on In i>\ an amok. Chungking Muriio picture.
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    Transfer of 93 girls is 'fantastic' increase in S'pore
    178 5 Transfer of 93 girls is 'fantastic' increase in S'pore BAFFLING PROBLEM^CONFRQNTS THE SOCIAL Iho^isure 18 f ant*»glc: this year the number averaged about "We can't nnd any reason for the .steep increase." Mr. Cromwell added. Asked if he thought somo parents mi«ht be selling the children, he said the department
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    TOP-SECRET REPORT FOR LABOUR TALK IPOH. Malay State,
    72 5 TOP-SECRET REPORT FOR LABOUR TALK IPOH. Malay State, IPOH. Wed.— Top-serret renf negotiations b) branches of thr PanMul.iyan Labour Party with local political groups possibilities of prei national front in imini elections will be led at the executive i ill (hi- party in I iimpur on Saturtlav Parties in the
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    ROTARY WILL GIVE LOANS TO VARSITY UNDERGRADS
    115 5 T*Hr: Sincapore Kotary Club has s »'t up a students' loan fund to help I niversity undergraduate who run short of money in the middle of their studies. The loans are repayable after the students graduate and lind jobs. Dr. A. W. S.
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    WHO QUIT CHALLENGED
    32 5 WHO QUIT CHALLENGED proposes to join. together with an- Ulor, Mr. Goh Chin ned from the Lanomination day did not want to ted to." undrr.stood that Mr. i join the A iiance.
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    SAVES MAN HO K CAR
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    Johore nurses to run a dance
    54 5 JOHORE BAHRU Wed Johore nurses are organising a dance to be held on Nov 25 at the Johore Civil Service Club in aid of the Building Fund of the Nurses Rest Home at Port Dickson. Dancing is from 8.30 p.m to one am Tickets
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    Sleeper fell off wall, drowned
    41 5 PENANG, Wed. Lee Ens Chuan. 63, was sleeping at midnight on the sr;i wall at the Esplanade. He fell into the sea and m drowned, the Penans Coroners Court was told today Verdict: Death by misadventure.
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    THE CHIEF SCOUT RIDES ELEPHANT
    148 5 KANGAH Wfld. LORD ROWALLAN, the Chief Scout of the Commonwraith and Empire, had his first elephant ride in Malaya before leaving Kangar. Pcrli*. yesterday. •It was one of the most thrilling exp< riences of my life." he said afterwards. He shared a howdah with the
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    $800 fines in chandu case
    41 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Pans Hai WM lined a total of SBOO in the Sessions Court. Mersing:, for being in possession of chandu and chandu Mnokinp utensils. In default of paynun* I serve seven months in gaol
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    That $730 isn't too much, says Govt.
    309 5 That $730 isn't too much, says Govt. THE Singapore GovernA ment docs not think it is over-generous in offering up to $730 a month for confidential stenographers between 20 and 28 years of age. Commercial inms have exprco.sed surprise at the salaries compared with the qualifications demanded for the jobs.
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    Talk on Chinese laws, customs
    55 5 Mr R C. H. Lim will cive a talk on 'Some ancient Chinese laws and customs affecting the lives of the Chinese j n Malaya" on Friday. The talk, sponsored by the Singapore branch of the Malayan Historical Society, will be at the British Council.
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    47 6 7* Wmrtk tit (mi-imiimt. MARSH GEORGE WILLIAM 1 away peacefully at General yesterday after a long ill The funeral cortege will leave 32 SI ill Road at 7.30 am. today for fCatong (";ir liolir Church and 8 in Bidariaii cemetery for enl Dpcoantry papers please copy.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    35 6 711 H<,rrfv fin tmimmum). MRS ENID PEREIRA wishes to her heartfelt thanks to all >nrt Friends who attend- ie funeral of her husband Mr. Paella and nil who sent tit and letters of condolence.
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    193 6 It Ward* $11) (minimum). FOI.LOW PEDANT Every D ly In the Malay Mail' if you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle ELBH MARY LTD. 2nd Floor. IS, Battery Road. New Collection of ;1 and Evening Gowns, i 1-i'OPs popping m every child* mouth. Lovely Fruit Flavoured Sweets on
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Nov. 11, 1954. Down On The Farm
    792 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Nov. 11, 1954. Down On The Farm Some old thoughts on farmins Ret their annual airing in the report of the Department of Agriculture. The Department certainly perseveres, and one day it r iv even raise a crop of common sense. The particular plaint this
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    $730 Typists
    284 6 $730 Typists Stenographers on Government salaries of up to $730 a month will claim the Singapore taxpayer's close and critical! attention. For they come' under the heading of annually recurrent costs, on which Financial Secretaries preach their November sermons. Next year Singapore will spend $92 million on wages, allowances and
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    Australian Strike
    205 6 Memories of the British general strike of 1926 are evoked by the Australian Government's decision to meet j the challenge of the Council i of Trade Unions. The Council j is backing the striking dockers, i and presumably will consider extending strike action if the 1 Government carries
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    Irradiation may take place of chemicals in factories
    1262 6 Irradiation may take place of chemicals in factories ATOMIC ENERGY FOR PEACE: THE SVA O .MI OF TWO ARTICI j s RY 11. M. FIiVMSTO.V OF HARWELL RESEARCH BSTAMJSHMEXi T<HE products of flsA sion of uranium and plutonium are in i general radioactive, emitting either high energy electrons (beta particles)
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      255 6 Will interpreters be needed in new assembly? WITH REGARD to the qualification of candidates for the Legislative Assembly elections next year, it would interest me to know whether the sponsors of the non-English speaking candidates have found any method or means whereby these gentlemen can follow the proceedings of the
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      Speeches may cause a split
      101 6 Speeches may cause a split rE 100 per cent success of the Alliance in the Trengganu elections was with the aid of the Party Negara bosses and candidates. Had the Party Nrgara not made any antl-Chinrsr speeches the results of the Bandar constituency and the Kuala Trengganu Tengah would have
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      HEALTH MENACE
      111 6 A LTHOUGH there is a law forbidding spitting, people continue this practice not only in public places but also inside eating shops and STC buses. Also. a lane off Buffalo Road, as you enter It from Serangoon Road, Ls being used as a public latrine. Another unhealthy practice
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      113 6 GIVE US COURSES IN MALAY rpHE Rubber Research InX stitute Ls giving a course in rubber stowing for the Chinese school students in Batu Pahat. This, I believe is the first time that .such a course has been offered in this town and I mv that it is much appreciated.
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      77 6 IN reply to the police spokesman who said an inspector was not being overbearing and that the pohre cannot abet a person in the continuance of an offence. I should like to point out that as long as headlights do not dazzle other road ttHfl it is no
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    Cargoes or none, the children will be home before Christmas
    433 7 Cargoes or none, the children will be home before Christmas AUSTRALIAN STRIKE MAY HOLD UP OUR IMPORTS, BUT- LI UHNG Singapore importers yesterdaj conferred with the Acting Director of Commerce and Industry Mr I I? leg*, on the Australian dock -Hike. nationwide strike, which has upport from the ver, powerful
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    GREAT DANE HAS LITTER OF 19 PIPS
    42 7 POH, Wed— A 20-nionth-olri Great Dane, Rita, gave birth to i litirr of 19 pups yesterday. Her owner is Mr. Tnh Chm Teik. ive <>f the pups, two male and three female, have since died.
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    PERTH instead of DARWIN
    157 7 PERTH instead of DARWIN 8.0.A.C. KNOCKS ON NEW DOOR FOR AUSTRALIA-BOUND AIRLINERS first stop plan THE Australian Gov- ernment is considering a suggestion by British Overseas Airways Corporation that airliners shoufd enter Australia through Perth. The new route proposed by BOAC Singapore Jakarta Perth Melbourne Sydney would kill Darwin as
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    FUNERAL OF MAJOR THIS MORNING
    81 7 FUNERAL OF MAJOR THIS MORNING JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. The funeral of Major B. Stento Davies, RA, of FARELF Trainine Centre, Kota Tinggi, will take place in Singapore tomorrow at 10 a.m. Major Davies, who was 48. |Olned the army in 1940 and had been in Malaya for two ye ra
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    Stage club gift to leprosy relief
    50 7 The Children's Sub-Commit-tee of the Singapore Leprosy Relief Association announced yesterday that it has received a gift of $875 from the Singapore Stage Club. This came from the club's production of Noel Coward's I "Relative Values" at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Oct. 4.
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    Woman's maintenance
    94 7 RAUB. Wed The Federation Chief Ju-stlce, Sir Cha.Ks Mat hew, today dismissed an application by a woman Chang ri-iov Hin for maintenance fmm Chiam Tuck Soon, a shopkeeper whom UK claimed "^^"tS'her thee was no evidence that she had been legally married to Chiam. "I have sympathy for
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    Scout building
    23 7 KOTA BHARU. Wed. The Commonwealth Chief Scout I Lord Rowallan. today declared open the new $13,700 Kelantan State Scout Council buildlnc.
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    PROUD PARENTS OF A YOUNG ENGLAND FAST BOWLER
    15 7 PROUD PARENTS OF A YOUNG ENGLAND FAST BOWLER MR AND MRS. LOADER IN SINGAPORE YESTERDAY.
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    Their hope: A Test cap for son Peter
    179 7 Their hope: A Test cap for son Peter T'HOISANDS cricket 1 enthusiasts in Malaya will be following the present M.C.C tour of Australia closely, but none more so than Mr. and Mrs. Q. J Loader of Singapore. The Loaders have a personal interest in the tour because their son. Peter.
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    S.I.A. dance
    23 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed -The women's section of the Selangor Indian Association will hold a dance at the Hotel Majestic on Saturday.
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    COURT ORDER TO MCA LEADER
    326 7 60 days to submit accounts RAUB. Wednesday. rpHE chairman of the Pahang Branch or the Malayan A Chinese Association. Mr. Ong Seong Tek. was today ordered by the Federation Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew, to submit his branch accounts from 1949 to 1952 to the
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    Dr. Lin to talk on clothes
    49 7 Dr Lin Yutang. the Chancellor of the Nanyang University, will talk about "Dre.sses in civilisation" at a social meeting of the Chinese Ladies Association. Singapore, on Tuesday. The meeting will be held at the Singapore Chinese Girls' School, Cairnhill Road, at 4.30 p.m.
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    $5,000 gift
    19 7 JOHORE BAHRU Wed The Social Welfare Lotteries Board has given $5,000 to the Johore Anti-TB rehabilitation workshop.
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    Registrar due
    36 7 Mr. Maurice Brown, former Assistant Registrar of the Australian National University, who has been appointed Registrar of the University of Malaya.; will arrive in Singapore om Dec. 27 with his wife and two children.
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    CHE KHATIJAH WILL GET A REPRIMAND
    152 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. TENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN, the president of the United Malays National Organisation, is to reprimand Che Khatijah Sidek, chairman of the UMNO Kaum Ibu (women's section). I "There is Insufficient ground to justify expelling her from the organisation," the Tengku told the
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    Accused of trespass
    40 7 Lee Chai Kong was charged In the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday with trespassing into a house in Weld Road on Monday afternoon and damaging property worth $600. Lee pleaded not guilty and was offered $500 bail.
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    No licence: $50
    22 7 SEGAMAT, Wed.—Tan Oon. 51, and Mohamed Ibrahim, 27. were each fined $50 .yesterday for selling liquor without a licence.
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    claim fails
    50 7 Mr. Ng Kok Thoy, counsel for Chiam, said that his client was not prepared to pay monthly maintenance, but he would pay a lump sum voluntarily. When asked by the court if she agreed to accept this offer, I made no reply. Sir Charles then di.smi.sscd the appeal.
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    YOUTH: I BROKE INTO ARMOURY
    128 7 YOUTH: I BROKE INTO ARMOURY MALACCA. Wed. QUEK MENG TECK. 18. was charged in the Sessions Court today with illegally having four automatic Brownhip and one Enfleld revolver at about 11 p.m. on Nov. 5, at Banda Kaba Road. No pica was recorded and the case postponed to Nov. 17.
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    Nanyang wins over doubters
    229 7 MR. GOODE GIVES GOVT'S BLESSING VANYANG University has now won over all those who had misgivings at the start. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Ooode, visited the University site ln Jurong yesterday to bestow the final blessine of the Singapore Government Asked whether his
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    135 7 OH: Mrs. Oh Ghee Choo nee Chong Kirn Llan. 73, on 10.11.54, at 10.55 p.m. at "Cha-Ls" 62, St. Patrick's Road, Slnya| ore. leaving her sorrowing husband, two sons Dr. Oh Thiam Hock and Mr. Oh llu.im Tee. 7 daughters Mrs. L. Oorh.ff. Mrs. Tan Koon Cruan, Mis. Wee
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      66 7 IBS HOT ARGUMENT ri was told yesterday. mi bin Mohamed All I aded guilty to causing the coffee-shop man, ne, was fined $5C :iol. 0 r"« NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS FEDERATION OF MALAYA w nf i-mplnven' hVM accidental)} Com\;'nl. IMI id r.g office Mtion at* may b* >mpen*a> RCIAL UNION" >lrnu
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      151 7 The weather M I N I M I' M TEMPERATI RE: (7.30 p.m. on Nov. 8 to 7.30 a.m. on Nov iOi Singapore 75 degrees, Penanu 72, Kota Bahru 72. Kuala Lumpur 73. IpotJ 73. Kuantan 73. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 am. to 7.30 p.m. on Nov. lOi Blngi l>'ip 80
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    Reds try again to turn heat on unions
    263 8 'pHE police and unionists in Singapore believe that the Communists will make a stronger bid in the coming year to create labour unrest. They say greater vigilance will be needed to prevent large-scale Red infiltration of trade unions. There are indications that
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    WELCOME DINNED ON HIS RETURN TO PUBLIC LIFE
    114 8 WELCOME DINNED ON HIS RETURN TO PUBLIC LIFE IPOH. Wed.—Mr. Lav Pak Khuan. the Perak Chinese leader, who returned to public life last night was entertained to dinner by representatives of Chinese guilds and associations. Owing to ill health. Mr. Lav had recently resign ed from numerous publir bodies. Among
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    TAKE PITY ON ME— MOTHER
    126 8 LAW FONG POU. a WMOV with four children, wept In the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday and said she would not be satisfied if the 1 man who "killed' her son was not sent to prison. She asked the court to take pity on her as
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    Man accused of false pose
    58 8 Stephen Lee. 33. was charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with pretending to be a labour Inspector by demanding to see the licence of a shop belonging to Goh Leng Phuanc at Geylang Road on Nov. 9. His case will be heard on
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    LUCKY CITY FOR DICK AND LEW
    221 8 Canadian couple put them up SINGAPORE is a lucky city for round-the-world hitch-hiker Dick Blank. 6ft. sin. Texan, and his 6ft. pal Lew Beall. Not only have they found a cosy home to live in but. although still 5,000 miles away from the South
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    Card No. 5 for tapper costs him $15
    94 8 Card No. 5 for tapper costs him $15 FIUM YEW KAY 22-year-old rubber tapper, was given his fifth replacement yesterday sin^e he took out an identity card in November. 1948. Last month Tan pleaded guilty In the Singapore Third Criminal District Court to possessine a defaced identity cara. It was
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    He broke into home charge
    59 8 Abu bin Haji Hussian a young Malay was yesterday committed to stand trial at th next Singapore Assizes on a charge of house-br<Mkin<i. He was alleged to have broken into the home of Mahal bin Awang at Kamo^niz Ameer on Oct 2 and stolen a
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    VOTERS SLOW TO REGISTER
    81 8 IPOH. Wed. With Just a week left for the Federal electoral rolls to close, only 6.417 of an estimated 25.000 eligible for registration in the Ipoh and Menglembu constituency have registered as voters. Mr. A. M. Mac Donald, State Elections Officer, told a press conference today:
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    Calligraphy exhibition
    54 8 An exhibition of Chinese cal- ligraphy will be held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Singapore, from tomorrow until Sunday. The exhibition, which Is open to the public, is by pupils of the Chung Cheng Chinese High School. Mr. Lvi Pai Hu Inspector of Chinese Schools, will open
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    Society meeting
    31 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Sasana Abhiwurdhi Wardhana Society of Kuala Lumpur will hold a general meeting at the Buddhist Temple Temple Road. on Sunday. Nov 21 at 4 p.m.
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    Federalists meet
    22 8 The World Federalist Association (Singapore Dranch) will meet in the Youth Council Hall, Orchard Road, Singapore, at 8 p.m. today.
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    HE GETS A 'PLUS' GAOL SENTENCE
    135 8 HE GETS A 'PLUS' GAOL SENTENCE SNG YEW CHYE, who pleaded guilty to stealing a wallet, was given a "maximum plus" sentence of five years' imprisonment in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. Sng had a series of previous convictions for theft. Mr Justice Brown told him the law provided an
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    Salesman dies
    35 8 The Singapore Coroner. Mr K. J. Alexander, yesterday returned a verdict of misadventure on the death of a salesman. Ng Boon Chin, 28. Ns was thrown off his motor cycle on Aus. 30.
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    Driver fined
    32 8 SEGAMAT. Wed. Appu krLshnan, 23, was fined $25 for allowing two people to iit beside him in his car. On another charge of operating a pirate taxi' he was acquitted.
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    Speeding fine
    32 8 Wee Aik Bee was fined $50 or 10 days' gaol in Singapore vosterdav for drivinc a car at 60-65 m.p.h. along East Coast Road at 1 a.m. on Aucu.-t 23
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    There were still 9 too many in bus
    228 8 KUALA I.LMPI'R. Wed. —I "There is type of police man who throws his weight around and when someone dares stand against him he makes things awful for the poor man." said Mr. P. Hall, a Kuala l.umpur lawyer, in Ike First magistrates
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    NO DAY-OFF AGREEMENT
    98 8 IPOH. Wed. -Talks on a :lav off a week being granted to all mining employees without in any way affecting their Income ended without agreement beinK reached today. The dtICVMIMi UtlW— U repirscritativr-. of the Malav.tn Mining Employers' Association and the Malayan Mining Em- ployers 4 Union
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Jacques David, master of art
    1666 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Jacques David, master of art ATE in 1815, the Duke of Wellington, the laurels of Waterloo of Brussels. He was admitted by QUarter uuuiiuea Dy an aged stooping man who eyed him cold malevoence. With politeness unusua ,o the Iron Du 7 Uel,n S «n askea
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      222 9 'Viyella' takes good care of babies •Viyplla' is perfect I— Jjt^ for babies. It is soft »nd light f tod washe* wondeifully. 'Viyelk' lasts. Nurse* and clinica prefer •Viyella' every time for health, for long lasting economy. day and LrSEH j^nSßlnight wear Viyella IF IT SHRINKS WE REPLACE 'Clydclla' I*
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      176 9 Sherivvk Hoitnvs The Ovril's VauMran r Tfi VJUAT XI PVPgV PIPATg AVNHir^Tg y THggg 16 ONE, WE CAME TO INV£$T|- X x Ni PUQPJ6E. ALONO THIS COAST HAD A I -WC.HOLME6.BuT GATE A MURDER, UOLHES, J I OO YOU THINIC YOU l^ MB. UOIME* CAVE IN WHICH TO HIDE THE
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    TIN PRICE FALLS To LOWEST LEVEL FOR EIGHT MONTHS
    643 10 TIN PRICE FALLS To LOWEST LEVEL FOR EIGHT MONTHS THE tin price in Singapore jrctterdi} had biggest drop on a single day for mon falling by |5 per picul to $350. In the past two days the price has no by $7.50 a picul. Yesterday's fall in the Singapore price
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    FEDERATION MILITARY FORCES TENDER NOTICE
    150 10 FEDERATION MILITARY FORCES TENDER NOTICE 1. TENDERS are Invited for :he purchase of tne following services ble items Sovacide 540 fall* Timber Kluld (Rentokil A) 200 Tilmber Fluid (Rentokil B) 1577 Candles 872 lbs Barium Carbonate 14 Itxs ln>eci Repellant Containers (Insect repelian. is not heldi ***** nos 2 TENDERS
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    88 10 Singapore CMMM I'rodii.r I change: mmi; day: Copra: itMd ers, $30-.. >eilt buyers, $31 nOrn C unchanged, quiet; $4 per: qu.et »m ported, white pepper do\> tiirtok while |211 $215, I.;;mpon. H B. I. ld. ilovir.. oil: $41 selle.w H. B. Ltd npt.« pn. < ber; 11 a.m.
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      374 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS MALACCA SETTLEMENT HOME GUARD VACANCY for a District Home Guard Officer will occur in January, INI Baton r U sin wlth CO I. A. Monthly terms ol Engagement. Minimum QuallfirnMons- a; School Ccrtiflc:up with CREDIT in English Language, and Pass in Oral English. bi Age— 30-45 yr.ns ci
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      291 10 notices; ipoh tin dredging limited (Incorporated In England.) Telegraphic advice has been received from London of the recommendation of a dividend for the year ended 31st March 1954, of 2/6 per Stock Unit, less Income Tax at the rate of 9 in the payable on 23rd December 1954 to stockholders
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      282 10 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that Wong Kok Hal alias Ong Hock Hal Is no longer In our employ a.s from the 9th November 1954 and that he ha.* no authority whatsoever to collect any money or monies or transact any business on our behalf. OUAN SENG KEE Guan
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      1016 10 NOTICES SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL WATER DEPARTMENT Notice To Consumers MAJOR operations to be carried out on the Dunearn Road water main between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Monday, lSth November 1954, will result in reduced pressure or cut off of supply In the following areas:Buklt Timah Road 6 m.s.
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      658 10 TENDERS TENDER FOR THE REMOVAL OF NICHTSOIL 1955 TENDERS will Be received by the Commissioner of Police. Singapore up to 12 noon. 30th November. 1954, for the removal of ntahtsoll. etc.. twice daily from Police buildings for the period Ist January. 1955 to Jisi December. 1955. Further details may be
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      283 10 TENDER NOTICE SEPARATE 'enaer a.c Invited for the supply of rations to pnsoneis and fuel to the under-mertioned prisons for a period of six months commencing from lit. January. 1955:Taiping Prison Kuala Lumpur Prison Penang Priori Johore Bahru Prison Alnr Star P/ivin Seremban Prison Malacca PrLson Sungel Patanl Prison Miiitr
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      107 10 KNUTSEN H"1 F«f and R«« FBOM fANAPA US PACI^. Ssn Francisco Cjerrrud Bakke 7 No. Elisabeth Bakke 4 Ore Anna Bakke 1 h" Ogeka Bakke 3 Fcb Accepting c Mgl <«4 f** l* FROM WESTtRN AIVH Sailing Fi—■■*■ Sinn" O<eka Bakke 26 No. Cjcrrmd Bakke 21 Dec Elisabeth Bakke 28
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      1069 11 ■Elding THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. T L 7 7« SINGAPORE (Incorporoted ir, the United Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. and CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P Shorn Penong •enledl for Liverpool, Dublin, Antwerp, Homborg "ort Benlowers <or Hovre, London, Rotterdom, Hull ln Port 'HSJUZftZSS*' 27/28 15/14 Nov 17/18 Nov tm^X££T2£2fr>*
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    When the SMILES turn to leers and LAUGHTER is besotted
    342 12 When the SMILES turn to leers and LAUGHTER is besotted- 'pills honor business...There*i mighty indignation, mighty confusion, too, over the new menace in our midst. Only relative new so far, have read true "horror comics." They «'iie not sold on station bookstalls. Reputable newsagents reject them. Vet still they flood
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    The name's Grenadier
    48 12 MADAME VERMER, milliner to the Duchess of Kent, staged an autumn winter collection of hats in London recently. Picture shows Grenadier.- a red and black model showing the fashionable colour contra*! in millinery as well as the Bow line. A "Guardsnum" badge decorates the front.
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    AND NOW FOR A CHANGE...
    82 12 H HERE'S the n<w look around the hotue. Put away the trailing hOUMgowna ol satin and lac<> and Dinon and nylon and Hart on a two part plan. A chic "shortie" coat in brilliant cotton Huht and easy to wemi and w;'sli m the brilliant
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    begins to rule a child's mind
    440 12  -  ELIZABETH PAKENHAM By rass" 'self described! in its rigid cage of words and definitions. As well try to put poison gas in prison. With the angels YOU rememDer the wellknown defence of certain films, accused of being unsuitable for children? Their delenders point out
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    A happy look—that's the lovely secret...
    404 12 A happy look— that's the lovely secret... 7iv Sandra Love 1 1 pROM a British bathing r beauty (retired) arrives an answer to the query: "What makes a beauty queen?" "Is it glamour, is it a smile, is it the figures on a tape-measure?" Well, according; to SS-year-old Ailrcn Chase.
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      249 12 28. This for aX is lin.il 4>. otraits Times Crossword s may thu 32 Meanings and commoditie I I |2 |3 I 4 I K I 6 7 8 3i i i 7 K I IMIHN IUI fe^ The ii 1 in t(i I' 1' 1'"' a I n^ll if,
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    Trainer Daniels scores treble
    120 13  -  EPSOM JEEP SIX MAIDEN WIMMEns AT KUALA LUMPUR By WYI RIDES HIS FIRST WINNER ON AJ1T went haywire on 1 heavy track at Lumpur yesterday, Of the Selan- ciub November :id SIX OUt <)1 ..■(•s went to winners. It is a record in icing. with Harry
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    BUXTON KEEPS BRITISH TITLE
    73 13 LONDON Wed aon Buxton. British If- lit hr:ivywrlirlH rliamplon. retained hta titta vi., n h knocked out frlliw Ijindoner Albert Un h in i the richth round here la«t night A succession of tremendous pun- :ih landed Hush on Finch's |«W, put him down for three
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    ALL THE RESULTS, DIVIDENDS and CASH SWEEPS
    1881 13 Race One JLASS 5, DIV. 3-s'. KRS. Tan chm Tuan and Peggy wee s (2j aTLLEOIANCI 8 5 *8» H) Mctloud 1 '3j Skvridrr 8.6 (1 53-1 02 Sawyer 2 (i) Brown Boolv 8.10 »430 119; Jones 3 (8) Hollywood star 8.4 <
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    ENGLISH F.A. CUP FIRST ROUND DRAW
    303 13 ENGLISH F.A. CUP FIRST ROUND DRA W LONDON W«1 THE draw for IM first round proper of the Football A»»o- clat lon Cup tmM J**"gl This is the round In v.hlrh me non-loagne and amateur tlabs. w!in h»"o survlv.d qualifvlnc round., are Joined by the third division fenms of the
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    Aussies Test problems
    227 13 MELBOURNE. Wed. ALTHOUOH the Australian trial match here with the M C.C. opposing an Australian XI »as confined to two days— rain caused the abandonment yenterdav the Englishmen saw enough to reilLse that, like I.en Hutton and the England selertors. the Australians have their problems. Sir Donald
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      20 13 PICTURE TIP The Straits Times picture tip for yesterday's race* was (ANTON »ho withdrawn on the course in Race 4.
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    Arsenal foil Spartak's 'at least 5-0' mission
    398 14 GUNNERS UNLUCKY TO MISS EQUALISER LONDON, Wednesday. gPARTAK, the Russian football team who are rated to be a better side than Moscow Dynamos (5-0 conquerors of Arsenal at Moscow last month), were made to fight desperately hard to beat Arsenal 2-1 before a
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    10-5 victory for Base XV
    180 14 i A TRY by centre Butterworth In the closing seconds of their game against a Singapore Cricket Club 'A" 1 XV on the padanp yesterday enabled Naval Base team to win by 10 points (two goals i to five ta goal). Fielding several Combined Services
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    001 MAY NOT PLAY IN CUP SINGLES
    233 14 001 MAY NOT PLAY IN CUP SINGLES PENANG, Wed DENANG State players, defending the Foong 3eong Cup next month, will have to put in morr practice if the Settlement is to retain its supremacy in Malayan badminton. Penane's dpfeat by Perak In last weekend's inter-state friendly In aid of the
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    TENGAH SCORE 3
    36 14 RAF. Tengah beat Singapore Harbour Board Recreation Club 3 o in a I)i\ 3A hotkey league match played on the V.MC A ground yesterray' The scorers were N. Baker. R. Baker and Turnbull.
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    Ken Davidson and the girls due in Colony on Tuesday
    160 14 HPHE leading American 1 and English women badminton players, Judy Devlin, Margaret Varner, Iris Cooley and June White, and American Coach Ken Davidson will arrive in Singapore on Tuesday, and not on Sunday as previously scheduled. On their way to
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    S.H.A. DANCE
    40 14 The Singapore Hockey Association will hold 111 iinnual dance a' Raffles Hotel tomoircw night, from nine to 2 a.m. Table resenations ma> be booked through Mr. G K Gos.iin (Tel ***** i and Mr Cecil Wong (Tel *****).
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    Jesudason gets 2 goals in Varsity win at Changi
    182 14 UNIVERSITY „i Malaya scored their second victory this season with a -well deserved 3-0 win over RA F Changl in a Div. I league hockey match at Changi fester day. With their f t.-t and constructive hockey Uni\er.s;:y were easily the
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    198 ENTRIES FOR STORE RACES; 13 FOR ST. LEGER
    889 14 THIRTEEN Class One horses have been entered for the Singapore St. Leger over I 3 miles at Bukit Timah on Nov. 27, last day of the Singapore Turf Club November Meeting. The first twe ciay*, of the meeting are on Nov.
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    SCHEDULE OF RACING
    95 14 There will be eight races on thefir.-t i and third day^ and seven races on the second day. The schedule o! raring U: F»r»t Daj: claw One Dtvs. 1 and 2— lM. Class 3, Dl\> 1 2. 3 imd 4 «f.; Dlvs. i anri J i\! Srrand
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    Gregory vs. Woods fight night's best
    147 14 THE Cornbin. Poppy Day :> held at thn Bad] last night Raw crowd many thrill; Of 14 fight... the be that in which Cpl ter-Serytces mlddlev i won narrowly <•,<•; vioe> lightweight Wood.* way the rr fighter but Grej>ory boxer and ha night .s
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    ANOTHER WIN
    22 14 Singapore Harbour Istrengthened their lean In 3A hockey league when 2 n win over Roy;il Arm; at Keppel Road ye--.
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    'Y' BILLIARDS BEGINS
    45 14 There are record entrii year's V.M.C A Feu: I Tournament which !>• The holder of th. Challenge Cup is 1 who will be defend:!!. I The ties ar?: Today at 6.1.*> p.m.: i vs Goh Kee Seali. I K Da. id Tan. I
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    CHANGI DROP PASSES, YET G POINTS OF ALL
    43 14 SINGAPORE All Blues 3 Thomson Road v M r l;iv %j away with no bigger three tries and two m lM i at the hands of h i Theairm,; I their threequar r I, 'II
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      442 14 CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE :n H7.nl. W fKiit.)-»M iffl cts. ,rtrm. FOR SALE Challen Baby Grand Piano, as new. perfect condition Tel ***** PEDIGREED Female Wlrehalred Terriers 2 months old. Ring ***** after 10 a.m. SCANDALLI the world's finest and fully TropicalLsed Piano Accordions, at Foorman's Music Studios. Sole Agent*.
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