The Straits Times, 29 October 1955

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    13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SIX(,.\PQKK. SATI KDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1955 15 CENTS
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    FRONT CRISIS DEEPENS
    410 1 CHIEF MINISTER CHALLENGES KOH WITH NEW DARE i going to call him a coward In pubUc U he does not speak on his resolutions' I Party puzzled over 'silence pledge 9 MYSTERY TO US, THEY SAY Singapore Labour Front developed Mgjggggn wilh icr. Mr. David Marshall, savin*
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    THIS CRISIS IS JUST WONDERFUL, SAYS PAP BOSS
    46 1 THIS CRISIS IS JUST WONDERFUL, SAYS PAP BOSS THE LABOIR I;. made Kuan Tew, $ecretary ot thr People's Action I I and unff'dal leader n tn :hr I. lativc Asicmblr/, a icy i happy tm "Wonderful." he said when asked tn comment ("i M last night.
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    The Duke and the doctor
    108 1 The Duke and the doctor LONDON. Kri A STORY it the Duk Edinburgh wa: told by Mr H U. Willink. M of Magdalene O Camoridige. at a d.nii' r here hi si night Durinß the Rev*] tour in Australia a lottf sir .im ol Dnlvenltj people wt rr being presented
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    Lock icon Motor exports
    43 1 LONDON, Fri— Mr. Harold Wilson, lormcr Labour Pie.M- of the Board of T: today urged the Government to compel the British motor 1 car industry to raise it ports from 40 per cent M 6<i prr cent of its output. Renter.
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    Lock icon Malaya visit
    32 1 LONDON. Fri. -The secretary Of Statr for Air, Lord iDe L'l.sle and Dudley is leaving London today for Jhe Middle Ea-st. Malaya and Australia, it was announced j hero— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Faure wins
    28 1 PARIS. Kri. The French Government led by M. Uffftf FaUN today survived a confidence vote in the National mbly. The voting was i 271 259. Reuter.
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    ADELPHI STRIKE (64 DAYS) IS OVER
    219 1 ADELPHI STRIKE (64 DAYS) IS OVER THE Adelphi Hotel 1 strike ended la.M nu?ht. It had lasted M days. At 7 p.m after a meettne Sinpapore WorkUnion headquaitcrv UM 160 striker* reported lor duty. rriav ;he union also i with the Capitol Hc»taurant. Forty-two •Aorker*. on strike since Sept 3
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    Lock icon Privy Council meets
    29 1 LONDON. Fri The Queen held a Privy Council this morning at Buckingham Pal- c It was described as unit me and of no apactaj significance. "—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Visit over
    31 1 LONDON. Fri President rrivetro Lopes flew off to Libson today, having completed the first Portuguese .slate visit to Britain in the 45 years' lif e of the Republic. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Home in Karachi
    28 1 KARACHI. Fri— The K.ir! Of Home. British Secretary (>i 81 >te for Commonwealth Helattons, arrived in Karachi today on ;i seven-day tour of Pakistan Reuter.
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    Detonators may be 'lost' in files
    101 1 Police nnd j \r m v authorities are still searching for the R 000 detonators which mysteriously disappeared from No. 113 Basr Ammunition |i in Kranji Creek last luesday. Army authorities are Irving to discover if thr deton.itors have been "lout" in their accounting
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    Lock icon Tigress mauls a consul
    48 1 CALCUTTA. Fri. Dr. W Weissel, the Austrian honorary consul in Calcutta, was badly mauled in a strus^lr with I wounded ti«re.s.s who attacked him while he was hunting In the l lobclm la.st week end, accordinc to a delayed report reaching here today. -Renter
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    Lock icon Mountbatten in Washington
    34 1 WASHINGTON Kri. Admiral Earl Mnuntbatten. Britain's First Seu Lord, arrived here yesterday from Ottawa to N-Kln a tow n! si eret Un.t- States bases, let aircratt lactortea and guided missile Renter
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    Singapore girl to wed boxer
    42 1 LONDON. Fri Miss Put rici.i rv Suu/a. 19 daughter of Mr Matthew ite Souza. Sin bojdni ptnooalltj and Senior Aircraftman Ted Williams, SO, win be married at Barmt tomorrow. Toil, an amateur boxer, im Patricia In Singapore.
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    Lock icon THIS DRAGS OUT THE COLD WAR—CHOU
    130 1 THIS DRAGS OUT THE COLD WAR— CHOU U.S. demand for freeing all captives HONCi KONG. Friday THE CHINESE Prime Minister. Mr. Chou En-lai. told a British Quaker mission that the "cold war would be prolonged if the United States maintained its stand that all American prisoners must be released before
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    Lock icon A NEW ARMY BOSS—BUT WHO IS HE?
    174 1 A NEW ARMY BOSS— BUT WHO IS HE? Jakarta riddle starts a guessing game JAKARTA. Fri The Prime Minister. Dr. Burhanuddln Marahap, ended W( ekj ol mi. ciil.ition lail nlghi and appointed new army chief OJ Staff, But lu.s name is belnK kept mit. t A Cabimt ipoke man i
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    5,ooo homeless
    22 1 MANILA Fri Fhrl thousand people lo.st th tl r home.l.i.st innht in a fire that \m a liueiiovista In Mindanao
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    20 BOLD BANDITS MARCH PAST TALKS TOWN
    155 1 20 BOLD BANDITS MARCH PAST TALKS TOWN KLIAN INTAN. Friday. EVERYONE here today wa.s excitedly talking about 20 roving Communist terrorists Wetl near Kamponu Lallang. nine miles away by cart track. Klian Intan. still expect ing return meeting between the Malayan Communist Party envoys and Government representatives, asked: "What are
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    Lock icon 'Must Princess wed a witless wonder?'
    334 1 MIRROR vs. TIMES IN NEW BATTLE ROYAL I ONDON. Fri— The n■- ported romance of Prim-ess Maruaret and Group -Capt. Peter I Townsend has started another newspaper battle. Involved are Britain's big-gest-selling newspaper. the Daily Mirror and the country > most influential Journ.i. The
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    Border battle: Israelis kill 5
    67 1 Border battle: Israelis kill 5 JERUBALEM, Fri PIOHTINQ broke out 1 ii Ih< Israt 1-E< ypt border today when Israeli troops attacked an i post, capturing lo men and claiming nve killed. An I i .^.lid ing a 1 that tne Uii raia last \V< dn< I killed i and
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    Reading's visitor
    29 1 LONDON. Fri Indonesia s ador in London. Dr Su;x>mn. today i\ilh I Reading, MlnlsU r it the Foreu: I• I -uvs the British Mil visit to Indoi.
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    STOP PRESS
    41 1 GENEVA TM Kn BIG S.WC ggggffVJ -oviet ►'orcinn .Mini>lrr .Molotav tablrd rountri propaaal diMir| Joj ur|d s,| >\\ <>| ran srru'iU i! Bl| I »ur m .ting toda.x ..nl.r<tKr officials v.i id proposals wrrr "imitu«ilh unit i ptablc" Ktut.r. (Scr l'<
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    Wrong hone, wrong purse
    11 1 Wrong hone, wrong purse •hi FukiU. 41 snatchii i mv P
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    DEAtt MUM, WROTE DONALD —AND NOW HE'S DEAD
    279 2 Police shoot boy who disguised himself as a Mau M au A 19-year-old British Intelligence officer disauised as a Mau Mau bandit ts shot deed by African policemen who mistake him for a terrorist. This is his story NAIROBI, Friday. |\EAR Mum
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    THE SHOCKING SECRET OF OLD CHARLIE
    398 2 THE SHOCKING SECRET OF OLD CHARLIE LONDON. Fri f \LD CHARLIE nxed a I nine-yard fence across the little front 1 warden of his home Beside it. he put up this notice: 1 I thonk fh« person »ha stole the plontt from m> garden lost night. In future lorn putting
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    500 rebels killed in Indonesia
    47 2 JAKARTA, Prl. Indonesian troops and security forces have killed 506 terrorists of the outlawed Darul Lslam organisation in operations In central Java during the !a-»t 10 months More than 600 rebels were captured. Army casualties were 28 killed and 54 wounded. AJ»
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    Lock icon Wage claims in wake of budget
    198 2 TORIES PLAN TO END HOUSING SUBSID BRITAIN FACES FLOOD OF LABOUR DISPUTES LONDON. Friday THREATS of a new flood of industrial wage claims followed swifth- on the Government emergency financial budget. The executive committee of the coalminers' union announced it would press wage claims
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    'Caretaker' Premier for the Saar
    65 2 'Caretaker' Premier for the Saar HIKK I: presidi Kailu n be named Premier <>i > I new electionto replace llrrr Hoffman s |mi-rrrnrl) rrjime Herr HofTm.in on Sum! I rrs hid \"t' I the i status In- mi;-' Herr WeK I ed a> PreniH'i (ierni.i! refuse i<> i Hen H'
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    Lock icon IKE SEES A FILM
    72 2 ...in hospital DENVER. Fri President Eisenhower e»trrda> saw his first Aim since bis heart attack. The President was wheeled from his hospital room in a wheelchair to a room with a screen on the eighth floor of the Fitzsimmons Annv Hospital, where he is convalescing He
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    Lock icon Till polling day...
    36 2 CANBERRA. Fri. Australia 21st Parliament ended today with party leaders in '.he House of Representative.-* exchanging goodwill before going off to pr. pare for the general ■■lection fixed for Dec. 10— i Reuter
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    Lock icon Fraud at polls'
    28 2 JAKARTA Fr: -The Indonesian Attorney-General. Mr Suprapto. said today he had ordered a general investigation into charges of fraud in last month's general election -UP.
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    PEER CAN'T AFFORD TO SIT IN LORDS
    217 2 Family man icith small car I ORD CALVERLEY Prudential Insurance official who became a peer last month wrun his Soc'.alist ex-mill worker father died, said last night that he cannot afford to take up his seat in the House ot Lords for the
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    Anne, 107, says, Til be around for awhile yet'
    89 2 SALT LAKE CITY. Frl. I ■•mill ii Lorn .Mrs Anne C Milne celebrated hrr birthdaj yesterday. She said it ua« her 107 th and added: I'll be around for awhile >ef According to records of ihr Mormon Church she was born
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    Goa, Macao —Hatta has his say
    30 2 Goa, Macao Hatta has his say DR MOHV that bo*!, v r- Ism Dr Hatt I colonialism M archip. i. try> clal Dr Hatt Nehru's high-lev, be held t problems
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    Anti-apartheid demonstrations
    16 2 PRETORIA governn. i today In against "apart In Id pean wi I -Ren 1
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    ASIA TOLD: CONSIDER RED MV
    145 2 LONDON Frt.-The Minister of State at the Foreign Office. Lord Reading, saul yesterday that Asia would have to consider Russian offers of aid because there was an even greater field for development In the area than that filled by the Colombo Plan Loid Reading returned
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    peace in Europe—the Western plan
    73 3 peace in Europe— the Western plan TO CHECK AGGRESSION— A NOVEL RADAR SYSTEM A SECUUTY PACT A SD SISGLE GERMANY GENEVA, Fri. P I Cferman in sesing frer tiona as ear. p-by-q, the nference ssion I onu into mited Ided to AtkmI to meet it her menaced which .-.;>• pact
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    Lock icon MERAPI THE 'KILLER' ERUPTS
    156 3 MERAPI THE 'KILLER' ERUPTS JAKARTA. Fri. INDONESIA'S •killer" volcano, Merapi. erupted like a Riant flame- thrower last night, showering tons of ash and lava down its slopes. It was erupting nine times an hour. Provincial government authorities said Merapi s behaviour is "very dangerous but not yet critical." They said
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    Lock icon Paper No. 1 topic
    66 3 MELBOURNE Fr: The world newsprint situation, brought to the forefront of the newspaper industry's production problems by recent price increases in Canada. will be discussed at the Commonwealth Press Union Conference here The conference which opens at Sydney tomorrow will also include discussions on Pre.ss freedom
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    Lock icon Ceylon to aid flood victims
    47 3 COLOMBO Fri The Ceylon Government ha* decided to .vend India and Pakistan on* million rupees worth of food and a limited quantity of rice for relief of flood vict;m.v The rice will be diverted from Burma to India and Pakistan ports. A.P.
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    THE RED ROUTE TO DELHI
    32 3 Two !andunced here n n-stop flight Tashkent in southern R d the flight was made to survey a proposed air route link:: Delhi with Moscow.— A P.
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    They hit $637,500 jackpot -in football pool
    46 3 MRS. ELIZABETH READING. 72. embrace* h«r hushand after she had w«» n U7.V000 S63:.:»(MK in a football pool Mr. and Mrs. Readinc of London, had bwi living on old ase pensions totalling C 4 (534) a wrek— AJ* picture.
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    Lock icon WOMEN STONED
    140 3 Day of riots and street battles in terror island NICOSIA. Fri. /^YPRIOT youths stoned British housewives here today as police and troops foueht noting crowds in four main Cyprus towns. Three Cypriot Greeks were injured when troops opened flre at Morphou. The Cypriots were eclebrat- ing the entry
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    Lock icon $2m. voted for Church
    73 3 BUENOS AIRES. Frl The Argentine Government ha> appropriated 10 million pesos t about $2 000.000. for the repair of Catholic churches burned and pillaged by mobs during the June 16 revolt Church sources said the actual damajte is far greater than the amount appropriate, but that
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    Lock icon ISRAEL HONOURS SIR WINSTON
    81 3 HAIFA. Tri— lsrael honoured Sir Winston nun hill today with the lavinit of the foundation stone of Winston Churchill Hall at the Haifa Technical Institute. The British statesman was represented by hi N son. .Mr Randolph Churchill. The Israel Minister of Finance. Mr Levy Eshkol. described
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    LONDON STOCKS
    376 3 LONDON. Fii QUIETER condition* prevailed in the London stock markets today after yesterday's substantial .idvanre Profit-taking made ltaell felt in the Industrial market early on and many of yesterday* gain* were reduced but price* picked up again later The devaluation of the peso brought no outstanding changes in
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    Lock icon Syria warns the West: You'll upset peace if Israel gets arms
    160 3 DAMASCUS. Fri. SYRIA warned the Big Three Western powers yesterday that mr supply of arms to Israel "would disturb the peace in the Middle East" according to an authoritative source here The .source said Syria had also approached Russia.
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    PEKING v DELHI FOR S-E ASIA
    198 3 Senator: World's fate hangs on it INDIANAPOLIS. Friday THE future of Smith -East Asia hinges on the out- come of the "silent and bitter" struggle between India and Communist China, whose "wholly opposed ideologies are competing for the people of that area. Senator Estes
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    Lock icon Asian leads U.S. ship in war games
    145 3 Asian leads U.S. ship in war games JAKARTA Frl. A PAKISTANI admiral will command a United State.-, Navy dt.-'ny- r m joint manoeuvres next week in the ••ten txtwttn Jakarta and; Singapore Ttit USS Rowan is ache- duli-d to arrive in Jakarta harbour on Sunday morning to ioin lour ship*
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    The Pope sees film stars
    52 3 VATICAN CITY. Fri —The Pope received ftlm executives, •tars and workers in spt-cial audience today and urged them to use their "powerful" art for the betterment of mankind. More than 1.500 representatives of the motion picture industry, most of them from Italy, attended the aujdlence
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    PORT MEN WANT TO AIR GROUSE
    112 4 TORT SWETTENHAM, Fri. A DEPUTATION from port clerks here h;^ asked to sec the Minister for Health. Mr Leong Yew Koh, and the Minister for Labour, Mr. V. T. Sambanthan. »o complain of what they call the "bad medical treatment" etiven to their colleag
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    Club fun fair
    14 4 The Chinese Swimmi'i" Club will hoici its annual lun fair tomorrow.
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    9,000 students in union
    36 4 The newly-formr Sincnpore Chinese Middle Students' Union now has a membership ot 9347— drawn from pupils at th Chinese Hi^h School. Chung Cheng and four others. The union will celebrate information tomorrow.
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    How many make a driver drunk? ,
    192 4 How many make a driver drunk? MOTORISTS SOMETIMES FOOL THE DOCTOR IN MEDICAL TESTS A FIGURE SHOULD BE SET, SA YS EXPERT— IT WOULD CUT ACCIDENT RATE A. \V. BURTT, Director of Chemistry, .Malaya, said in a paper published yesterday that a figure for alcohol concentration in the blood should
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    The danger level
    108 4 liquor, but the result of two counteracting powers: intoxication and the ability to pull oneself together." Mr. Burttt said some authorities considered that the only way to punish dangerously drunken drivers was to make it an offence to drive when the concentration of alcohol in their blood
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    'Come up and see our TV
    172 4 ASSEMBLYMEN INVITED i BIG American tele- vision company, anxious to introduce TV inti> Singapore, has invited four Singapore Asst mblymen on a mission of discovery. The Radio Corporation of America, through its field representative in Srmapore Mr Ltonurd S. Skoblin. ha* invited the Aswm^ijmen
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    Restaurant men to meet
    58 4 The Chinese Eating Houses Owners' Association, under an ultimatum to open negotiations with the 400--strong Chinese Eating Shop Workers' Union, will call a general meeting of Its 72 members on Tuesday. The workers want a general wage increase from 10 to 30 per cent, overtime allowances
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    Lieut Adam takes over the L battalion's first colours
    83 4 nil h Battalion the Mil i% Regiment receives its colours from the High Commissioner. Sir Donald MarfWltivraT. at MrnUkab. riM ii. Looking on hit' k ii 9 commandinc oflirrr. I.ieut.-Col V V I 1111: li> r The roloar bearer l» l.irut
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    Art show
    37 4 Tlie Singapore Minister for Education. Mr. Chew Swee I Kee. will open an art exhibi- ti«n by students of the 'Chinese High School at the Chinese Chamber of ComI merce at 4 p.m. on Thursday.
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    Strike up the band —all 250 pieces
    107 4 Strike up the band all 250 pieces TWO hunured and fifty bandsmen drawn from nine military bancl.s and the Singapore Police Band will combine on Monday to give the Colony's biggest masked band performance. The pertormance, for this year's Poppy Day appeal, will be on the padang. It will start
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    $50,000 SHORT—SO MR. KO WHIPS IN $20,000
    91 4 $50,000 SHORT— SO MR. KO WHIPS IN $20,000 HPHE Singapore Chinese X Chamber of Commerce needs $50.1)00 to cover the cost of running the oruanUatlon till Marcii next yr.ir, when th« term of the present executive committee expires, It was announced at yesterday's met ting of the committee Within a
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    COURT told: WIFE LOST HAND IN FAMILY ROW
    150 4 COURT told: WIFE LOST HAND IN FAMILY ROW 12 years after, man chan A WOMAN alleged at a preliminary Iriqnj A today that 12 years ago <lurin v the her husband chopped off her hand aftc The woman. G. Gnasoundni against her husband, G. Dorm; her Rrievous hurl at Tyrone
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    Expats for better rail service
    98 4 Expats for better rail service KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. rE Federation Government may borrow technical experts and instructors from abroad to try to raise the standards of training for railway staff, a Government spokesman said today. It has applied to the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund for $500,000 to provide a
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    Photo exhibition
    38 4 PENANG, Fri— The Chung Ling High School will hold an exhibition tomorrow of the work of its photographic ?ociety Pictures taken by Senior M;ddle 111 students during their tours to Rangoon and India will be included
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    THE TREE TRADERS' UNION
    160 4 Public meeting on hawkers 9 demand 'THE hawkers of Sinsja- pore are demanding :i "hawkers' charter." Frtt- trade" for hawkers in previously restricted areas is the first and most important demand the Sin- capore Hawkers Union will make tonight at a public meeting at the Great
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    A NEW CHANCE FOR CRIPPLES
    176 4 Ipoh plans home for children IPOH. Friday. THE newly formed Perak Welfare Association is to give priority to a home for crippled children the first project of its kind in the Federation The secretary of ihe a**ociation. Mr M 8 Dh<»« toid the Btrait« Times
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    Remembrance Day service
    14 4 ipoh Prl Ipoh i The ed by milii I well "a.-
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    Grenades found
    35 4 IPOH. Fn An assistant kepala on a mine in the Ipoh area yesterday found a jar rwitamtm W Japanese hmndgrenades all of which were unserviceable. They have been turned over to the authorities
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    Ipoh town polls on Dec. 8
    40 4 Ipoh town polls on Dec. 8 IF ELECTION.vacai." and Mi cil will bi Four of been vacate Yin (I che Mohamed A Puteh'. Shan: iSilibn; 1 Mat Haji bu of their on< The Oth< by V bin A Education Nominatioi
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    OOTHER CITY COUNCIL ROW
    168 5 B^oo WORKERS MAY BE CALLED OUT ON STRIKE AGAIN I'nions claim terms of last agreement have been breached Singapore City Council Labour Unions jtion last nijfht accused the ity Counarhing the last strike settlement and it m ighl call a further strike of its 8,000 jf
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    THE RAIN DID IT, SAYS 'THE BULLET'
    212 5 THE RAIN DID IT, SAYS 'THE BULLET' Two tell court: We had to steal TELUK ANSON. Fri. THE kampong people called him Mat Peluri— "Mat the Bullet," that is. And but for a tip-off to the police, he would still have been a free man. Instead "The Bmlet" Mohamed bin
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    Malcolm Clubs man is here
    54 5 Malcolm Clubs man is here MR. J. B. COBENB. general manacer of -Malcolm Clubs. .irnv<>d in Singapore by BOAC >e*trrd.iy to inspert tin- t«o Material ciub> in Singapore. The Maholm ('tubs were founded by I ..idy Tedder in I^3 as an international i him to take rare of RAF families
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    Students party
    13 5 Chut en. Singa•'oo stuilverslty of ichera 1 Trainrtlnity College Night" Friday.
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    Cyclist chased
    34 5 IPOH, Fri Home Guards chased a figure on a bicycle alter it went through a break in the perimeter fence of Pasir Pinjl new village. Just outside Ipoh. yesterday. The cyclist escaped-
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    Thugs stab vendor
    41 5 Six thugs attai-ktd a fowl seller In Narcis Street. Singapore, last night. Ten Kay Leong. 19, knifed in the right arm. ran to the next street to summon an ambulance. Latct he was admitted to the General Hospital.
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    Wanted: A superman
    193 5 HE MUST BE SYMPATHETIC, TACTFUL, PATIENT, FIRM AND ABLE TO RUN A JAIL I re Prisons nt is look- mpathetic a n to be ndent at the tive detennd corrective wine at Mil. id firmness the attributes Division 1 tween 35 and in honours ther fnccialist table
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    Bank talks will continue
    44 5 The Singapore Exchange Banks" Association will meet the Singapore Bank Employers' Union today for continu.'d talks on the union s wage demands. A spokesman for the association told the Straits Times that previous negotiations wore "very friendly and quite promising
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    Nothing in the till —so Ong & Co. pass the hat round
    130 5 Nothing in the till —so Ong Co. pass the hat round KUALA LUMMJR, Prt. Members of the Malayan Chinese Association's KuaLa Lumpur district sub -branch working committee found today that they hadn't a cent to run the organisation with. They passed the hat round and collected $1,790 among themselves The
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    WE ARE JUST POWERLESS, SAY LEADERS
    225 5 Divorce by adwrti&ement ¥\IVORCE by advertisement is worrying Hindu leaders in Singapore but they can do nothing about it, according to Mr. N. Pakirisamy, chairman of the Hindu Advisory Board. Mr. Pakirisamy said yest«rdav the Government should take action to end the practice. He
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    Smokehouse destroyed
    42 5 KUALA KANOSAR. Fri A rubber smokehouse was destroyed in a three-hour blaze two miles north of Kuala Kangsar last night Engines from the Kuala Kangsa. and lalping fire brigade fought the bla^e The rubber belonged to the Lee Rubber company
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    Diggers told: Fight tyranny
    271 5 Diggers told: Fight tyranny PENANG. Fri. THE Commander -In 1 Chief, Far East Land Forces, oen. Sir Charles Loewen, said here today that security forces in Malaya have fcot the Emergency 'more than two-thirds finished." Speaking to the 2nd. Bn Royal Australian Regt., at a pcrade at Minden Barracks he
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    BOY APOLOGISED: NO CASE
    79 5 PENANG. Fn.— When a case was called In court today ln which a schoolboy. Bobby Tan. was summoned on a charge of using abusive language to a schoolgirl. Nancy Yap. 16. the girl's father told the Magistrate, Mr. E. A. Long, that Tan had apologised to
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    43 6 N tin (minimum) MR. CHUA MENG WATI wishes to thank the Muster Offlcers. Engineers and Crew of 1 H "Inlander Christmas Lilund Malay Club. Contract. >r Ana].-' aiid Friend.^ for Kind Wishes Pre- Messages and Dinner or. thr c^ion of his rttlrement.
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    309 6 M H orrf. Ml) i minimum). MULCHANDS SALE STARTS r FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day Malay Mail" If you want |9 ono word puzzle THE COCKPIT BAR i BsCfettM The Ideal rendezvous for a pre-Rijstuti*l l Itl '::ed. A GOOD COMPANION wi.l be yom buy a p.ar of hoen slioes.
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    DEATHS
    84 6 BABU DHARAM Sl\(iH. aged 67. proprli 'or PardeM Khalsa i Daily, K j«la I.urn iw. la.<t night at Bungsar Mosplt.tl. K 1.. Puneral 143 Brlck- ..iil ,ii |J noon MR I IM. age 63. I m 24th OcU>lt lie ls survived by hi» wife, four Ui daughters, two daughters,
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    IN MKMORIAM
    32 6 :il War 4* im, mi mum) IN LOVDfO MEMORY of Angela Illi h who died on Ci 10 54 Oone but not fi Sadly misM'd by her hustead and family.
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    Singapore, F.i. Oct. 29, 1955. Behind The Talks
    717 6 Singapore, F.i. Oct. 29, 1955. Behind The Talks The public interest that is bcinc >ho\vn in the attempt of the Chiof Ministers ot the Federation and Singapore to meet Chin Peng is welcome. It wou (i In- mmv IMHMk| however, if there were a bettor api't tiiation of ihe difficulties
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    311 6 A monthly wage of $20 a month, even wrth free board and lodging, ought to shame the most hard-faced employer. Yet according to the President of the Selangor Shop Assistants Union that is not an unusual salary for shop asMst.mts Mr. T. A. Abdul Kareem makes this allegation
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    Split Front
    184 6 Rarely can a political party, even one so young as the Labour Front, have faced so strange a crisis as that which Mr. C. H. Koh, one of its executives, has precipitated. A resolution which he has offered the party conference calls for the repeal of the Public
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    As I was saying.
    985 6 OUR old friend the "reliable source" has been so busy since the first rumour of coming tax increases that the November budget ls unlikely to spring any surprises. The taxation talks in Kuala Lumpur the other wtek disposed of the proposal for a higher rat? of
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    767 6 I AST WEEK 1 was arrested in Stnuapore. This ls my fifth arrest Once in my undenjraduatp days I was arrested for destroying Municipal property, to wit. one show glass. In Germany. I was arrested descending from a tramcar In Frankfurt on .suspicion of beinu' a Nazi
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    192 6 From the Straits Times of Nov. 2. 1905: mo thr Editor: I see by 1 your report of the last meettni Of the Legislative Council that Mr. Brom-hpad-Matthcws thinks that ;i Government servant who draws $'J5() a month and on that nipportg a wife and two children
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    Merdeka was the call, too
    66 7 THOUSANDS IN SINGAPORE PROPHET'S DAY PROCESSION routes 0 OJGION OGLE nHOITS of "Mer;:;;fh"'o „,lerday hn L-and^ ol -ram from 3 M cc ty roar 12, i .tions MoId then Compromise Abe..;'. ding to equal lier(f the N vy. the r the the i took i
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    Camp riot: Warders acquitted
    425 7 Camp riot: Warders acquitted RESOLUTE ACTION NECESSARY IN GRAVE SITUATION, SAYS THE COURT PRESIDENT IPOH. Fri. T«HE FOUR Ipoh deten--1 tion camp subwarders charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murderwere acquitted today. mad b'.n Abdullah, Basri bin Omar. Ishak Sa at and Ismail bin Che Mat. were accused of
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    Rail crash: Man dies
    36 7 A labourer, Ra^havan Raman 46. was killed yesterday when a Malayan Railway encineennu wacon left the" rails at Woodlands and overturned The driver. V.P. Manlkam. 37. was injured and admitted to hospital.
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    $100,000 REFIT FOR JAP VESSEL
    115 7 San A* in harbour now ready to sail yHE Japanese fishing ship Meegamu Maru, which overturned off Clifford Pier in Aumist, is leaving Singapore on Monday with new equipment costing more than $100,000. Much of the equipment I had to be flowta out irom japan
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    THE MARCH IN THE RAIN-TO SHOW IHEIR LOVE FOR THE PROPHET
    24 7 THE MARCH IN THE RAIN-TO SHOW I HEIR LOVE FOR THE PROPHET RAL VIEW of yesterdays procession in Beach Road —Straits Time. pi« turr
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    Two loaves cost her $500
    69 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri Kee Chow, of Ulu Remls E.t.it» Layang Layang, was fined $500 or lour months Jail by Mr N L. Cohen in the Sessions Court. Kluang. yesterday for having two loaves of bread in a prohibited area without a permit Mr Coher told
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    2,500 NEW HOMES TO BE BUILT IN PENANG
    87 7 PENANG, Frl The Penang Rural Board has approved plans for 2.500 housing units, he chairman, Mr D. P Rees, said today •It is obvious Irom this ;hat there L« continuous development in the rural areas." he told the Straits Times The Board
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    MEETING OF MANY TONGUES
    186 7 MEETING OF MANY TONGUES Labour conference starts today THE Singapore Labour Front advocates of multilingualism will try out the system at its first annual delegates' conference this afternoon. More than 200 delegates from 18 Front branches will debate more than 25 resolutions In English. Chinese 'dialect not specified i Malay
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    Dockers may walk out in Prai
    82 7 PENANG Fr. PRAI wharf workers may stage a walkout if their talks with a i <*\ contractor fall to bring agreement tomorrow Tht :r unlrn met last night acd decided to keep the MTUC and other unions in Penang and Province Welles'ey inJ. rmed
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    'No place here for religion'
    89 7 JOHORE BAHRf Fri There is no place ior religion or politics in the field of trade unionism. Mr Kael Singh, president of the Tampoi Mental Has,oltal Em-ploy-r.-, Union, this evening Mr Kael Singh, who was speaking at hi? union s an- nual meeting, felt the
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    War memorial
    42 7 A war memorial to students and members of the staff of St. Andrew.- School who died during the war will be unveiled by the Prin- dpal. Canon R.K.S. Adam.s. at thp school at Wood.sville Singapore, at 8 a.m. tomorrow. dpal
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    Promotion
    38 7 JOHORE BAHRU Fri Miss E. M Hoover. Health Matron. Johore Bahru. has bern transferred to Kuala Lumpur as Principal Matron. Federation of Malaya. In •accession to Miss E. M Hill who is on leave preparatory to retirement.
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    KILL THAT LIE, PLEADS MADAM CHANG
    161 7 KILL THAT LIE, PLEADS MADAM CHANG TIIK 1.1 I. OF THE VI.AX ha* hrmuht renewed sorrow to Madam Chan* Mi in Ncoh. 37-year-old »id .v of I i v» Vuen Van P'..nc who was murdered by a mnh m thr May rtoU in Singapore Mv husband a rioter killed t»
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    This thief was pain in the neck
    116 7 This thief was pain in the neck PENANG Fr: AN ALERT schoolgirl. Aatchine a dracor. proccsslon on the esplanade, i the .shirt of a snatch thief who had taken her gold chain, a court heir was told today "I saw him handing mv chain to somebody." Tea Ah Ghee. 15
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    SIX MONTHS' JAIL FOR GIRL OF 20
    74 7 SIX MONTHS' JAIL FOR GIRL OF 20 JOHORE BAHRU. Fn I Timah binte Jemadi. 20. was I sentenced by Mr. N. L Cohen li the Sessions Court. Kluang. yesterday to six months' jail I for falling to register and obtain an identity card She told the court that she 1
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    Chinese Chamber accepts claims
    43 7 The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday accepted in principle Die wage claims of its oftice >t:ifl A sub-committe<« i>f four was appointed to consider drawing up a wage schema with annual increments and more benefits for the staff
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    Scots dance
    22 7 The Scottish community in re will hold a St Andrew's Day dance at the Victoria Memorial Hall next Saturday night.
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    Church to open new school
    142 7 Church to open new school IN Anglican Chinese High School (Sheng Kune Wai Chung Shiao) will be started next January at st. Andrew*i >1. Woodsville, with 160 pupili in fou- afternooi) me a school ha> incorporated a bi-lir.Fual high school within it. "It has been our intention to open t.hls
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    RAIL MEN TO VISIT STORE
    81 7 PORT SWETTLNHAM Fri The Malayan Railwa> Operating Union toda\ named nine members to .< to Singapore early n< x; month to study living and workine conditions of Colony workers. The delegation which will be in Singapore for five days comprises Mr. V.T Chlnna- thamby t
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    Guest speaker
    29 7 Dr Chen "ttl be the guest speaker at the Tdok >dist Youth Fellowships devotional meetinc in the church auditor- -3, Telok Ayer Street, .tt 7.30 p.m. U
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    Founder's Day service
    53 8 Four hundred officers and boys of the Singapore Battalion. Boys' Brigade, wi!' take part in a route march to the Paya Lebar Methodist Church tomorrow for the Founder's Day church parade and service The service, to be conducted by the Rev Chew Hock Hin. will be at
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    Red food dump found
    41 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A security force patrol found :i food dump on Sidney Estate, in the Kajang district Of South Selangor. on WedI nesday. It contained tins 01 milk, two tins of coffee ana some stencil paper.
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    Oliver Twist 'specials' want more
    88 8 Oliver Twist 'specials' want more MALACCA. Frl. SPECIAL constables demobilised here after serving five years have complained to the UMNO-MCA-MIC that they do not get enough Dioney to start civil life again. Inche Hasnul bin Haldi, a settlement councillor, told the Straits Times today: "They say that ex-con-stables in Perak,
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    Nurse shortage critical
    217 8 HOSPITAL MAY HAVE TO CLOSE 2 WARDS IT'S ALL OVER THE FEDERATION KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. gECAUSE of a critical shortage of trained nurses, the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital may have to restrict surgery, close two wards and admit only urgent cases. There is a serious shortage of
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    Guard on ship— Cor one man
    84 8 Guard on ship— Cor one man PORT SWETTF.NHAM. Friday. POLICE and ImmuraI tion officers here kept a dose watch on the Blue runml liner Eumarus when she arrived here today from Penanc They are maintaining a strict guard until she leaves tomorrow. I his followed a directive from Penang that
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    Nurses' dance
    28 8 PENANO. Fri. The staff of the Dental Nurses' Training School and dental nurses will hold a dance at the Penang Town Hall on Saturday. Nov. 5.
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    Royal opening
    23 8 KANOAR. Frl. The R«U of Perils will declare open the Derma English School here at 9 a.m. on Sunday. Nov. 6
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    AFTER 30 YEARS
    166 8 Malayan Railway chief accountant retires to Australia KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. AFTER 30 years in Malaya, the Malayan Railway chief accountant. Mr. W. L. Mussett. is retirinp to Australia. his wife's homeland. At 54 and after a lifetime in the accounts branch of the Malayan Railway. Mr Mussett
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    BUS QUIZ GETS AN STC MEMO
    169 8 BUS QUIZ GETS AN STC MEMO T^HE Singapore Trac- tion Company has submitted a memorandum to the Public Transport Commission at the commission's request, Mr. A. A. Ewing, the general manager, told the Straits Times yesterday. Mr. Ewing has just returned from six week's leave in Britain where he met
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    School fair to aid fund
    53 8 IPOH Frl. The Ptrak Superintendent of Chinese Sonools. Mr O Ward, tonight declared open a food and fun fair organised by the Perak Public GirLs Hie'h School. Art and handwork were displayed at the fair, in aid of the school's building fund It will be
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    Boy drowned
    35 8 PORT SWETTENHAM. Fri A nine-year-old boy. Nor Adli. son of Inche Mohamed Wahl Abu. chief clerk of the Religious Affairs Department was drowned while swimming in a 10-ft. deep flood channel here yesterday.
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    [Syers, founder of Selangor | Ipolice, was gored to deathl
    1576 9 [Syers, founder of Selangor Ipolice, was gored to deathl JfflL!ll3 THE coastal steamer, little larger than a launch, edged alongside the jetty and was made fast. Henry Syers attended to getting his baggage off and then went ashore himself. This was Klang in March 1875. Syers until a few days
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      152 9 faV.v )l<u ijan. \S.tP. lUtvior nrdvrvd about iPiri, Tr€ivt§ >>#•/ in r missinu T~! T WE *AS CARPVINC 200 WHOOPS. I **> TsPCBOOvi T SAM* TUXC MOODS THAT jTT^S^^xjt MnroirM X; mOUSANO DOU.ARS ON HIM. M'OE AR' POCXFTS GOTTUC WERE SHOOTINC IT QJT AMEN A J k^lZ^hrS^^ ME MUST MAVE
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    'TOO MUCH POLITICS' CA HARM BUSINESS IN MALAYA
    330 10 A WARNINCI of the effect on Malaya's economy of "too much leftist politics" has been issued by the chairman of Pranjr Besar Rubber Estate Ltd., Mr. R. O. Jenkins, in his annual statement. Mr. Jenkins says: "In the Malayan political field important
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    Dull week on local rubber mart
    354 10 Dull week on local rubber mart VHIS has been a short trading; week in which the Singapore rubber market has lapsed into one of its dull periods, states the current review of Holiday. Cutler. Bath Co.. i Ltd. There has been very little fluctuation in price and with the possibility
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    SHIPPING
    74 10 shljH lying aloncsidr the Singapore Harbaar Board wharves or r\pr, i«-d today are: J»va 1-J. Caltex 4-6. Marudu C P.. Preetes 6-7. Bawean 8-9. Tegelberg 11. Bern racist* 13-14 Pretoria 15-10. CaMleville 18. Bentannoch 19-20 Hone Tat N Wall 4. SerampanK N Wall 5. Uirm N Wall Islander 21-23
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    IDRIS OUTPUT
    17 10 IdrW Hydra ul'r produced 70 tons of tin met.il lor the quarter ended September 30.
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    TIN PRICE
    56 10 THE tin price in Singapore yesterday was quoted $373.75 per pirul, a rise of 37} rents on Thursday. The improvement was flue to tin <iteadincss of price in London, where thr Nigerian tin strike position is still Influencing prices. All other inarkrts were closed yesterday for the official
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    135 10 MELBOURNE Frl Investments were moderately active wltfc Indefinite trend on the Stock Ext hinge today. Mining movements; were narrow and dull Loans were sliphtly higher. Loans 3 1 1956-59 £95 5 32 Looms 1%% 1955-58 £96 7 I*> Con. Zinc 66/6 Bank of NSW. £37 buyer Mount Lyell
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    35 10 On the free exchange market in Hang Kong yetterdav. I I sMlar was quoted ■<•' Ml cash and 584 for T T Sterling wa» quoted at 15.44 and eae tad ef i«M at 263
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    U.S. tin stockpile objective achieved
    87 10 washi:.< THE Offlci Mobil half-year] the stock] for tin minimum been ach the onr; 1956 the contain oi able suffii to n object. meet an defenc "Thr- pn produt" sumpti iii current am Govern!: substantial world markei port. Anticipated "This situ anticipated I ducinu coun'
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      314 10 I^2l JWtS 17 JWLS CENTS 'and LADIES. J FULL STEEL. ROLLED GOLD. AND GOLD TOP. 4 Obtainable from All Watch Deafer s. W jff.tj#r/tt)»iD6£m,s'PO»e v TODAY: .1.15. 6.30 A Ml PM. Muith-liast Asia Mlm Co.'s Starring VYJAYANTIM ALA Tomorrow 11 a.m. (Serial) I)\I(.»ITKR OK DON Q" MAVt IN HoU4n£/^ v^
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      278 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS FROM PERSONS with University or appropriate professional qualifications are invited to nil a number of vacancies In the Singapore Higher Services. There are likely to bo vacancies In; the Accounting Service Pan n the Administrative Service Part II the Audit service ParU I* II the Chemical Service
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      222 10 UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA Admimions Sesaoen 19.M 57 Candidates seeking ndmlssion to the University for First Degree Courses and for the Course leading to the Diploma in Social Studies for the Session commencing October 1956 are reminded that iij>t.lK\ition forms may be obtained from the Registrar, University of Malaya. Singapore 10
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      748 10 COMPANY MEETING PRANG BESAR RUBBER ESTATE, LIMITED ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, Bth November, 1955. CHAIRMAN'S REMARKS. I Sir Eric Macfadyen first saw the embryonic Prang Besar In 1935 and with prescience and courage had it promptly launched on a new career. Since then he has presided over the Company's fortunes and
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      550 10 so than the best of the Prang Beaar new clones It is a stlmulatlnK thought of the probable best half dozen or so R.R.I. clones, all but one are from budparent-s derived from combinations with a Prang Besar clone. Thus, as Sir Eric Macfadyen had hoped some 30 years »go.
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      394 10 KNUTSEN LINE Fast »i»d Regular Service MiOM CANAOA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAYS I Sailing Arriving San Fraacnco Sm<jporr P. Swer Penalty From Eln*b«tfc Bikkt Otr 5 No« 7 Nov Cr~tr««i Bakkc 5 Nov 6 Dec 8 Dec > Am. Bakfct 10 Dae 9 lan 11 \»n 12 |jn Ogckj Bskk*
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    Ihe STRAITS illflEjiS Saturday forum
    305 12 Ihe STRAITS i llflEjiS Saturday forum Insult to the experts IT is noted that Mr. Bioeklehurst has come to Singapore to study problems of introducing unemployment and health services in the Colony. I therefore ask myself wliy it is necessary to recruit still another person through the International Labour Organisation
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    Labour Front set up by misusing powers?
    273 12 a^HE Socialist and Labour Parties arc mainly responsible for •:< atim? the Labour Front. It was created not as a separate political party but as a body oniv to organise election campaigns, establish and control a camfund and to nominate suitable candidates for
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      Hong Kong degrees
      93 12 MR CHEONG HOCK HAI Ls to be congratulated for hl« timely comment «>r. Hong Kong Univi architectural degree. I cannot help wondering why the Hong Kong University, and for that matter, the Hong Kong Government should spend so much time and money to train young architect* for
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      Choice of a venue
      79 12 Choice of a venue PUZZLED' expTVMN surprise that the Overseas Chinese High School ground it n.r I'.ih.u wax selected for demonstrations by Jesse Owen* and tmpUei tiiat it may have been the choice of the Johore A A A Tnis selection was made by the US I s who are
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      Cruelty of youth
      88 12 ITNTIL Sinpapiirt' vnmh k *J educated to behave humanely toward animals we are better without zoological gardens Mr. Ramachandia has for too long confined hi> observation* to Inanimate bndßlets and statuettes he should regale himself at Johore Zoo with the .sipht of wretched rice-fed beasts tortured by
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      Provident Fund withdrawals
      121 12 Provident Fund withdrawals THE letter by Mr. T. Mathews, Secretary, E P.F, mentions that the mechanic would not be able to withdraw lib money even though medically boarded out. if the mechanic was able towitrk as a peon to continue hl.s payments to the FPF. Would Mr Mathews like to
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      Too trivial for UMNO
      86 12 Too trivial for UMNO I AGREE that the resolution moved by Ch^ Italian bmte Samsuri 'Telok Kumbar Kaum Ibu I seeking to ban the strip-teaser Rose Chan from performing in Penang. was IUUMNO. a political party of Malaya, should not intervene in suc'.i matters as a strip-tease show This is
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      Services and mils
      127 12 COULD not agree more 1 with •Civilian Tenant and hope the Government will do .something about the high rent* we have to pay People do not seem to that a service man. VMS he knows his wife is BOBslag Ml here, ha-; only I limited timp in
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      Against public opinion
      107 12 Against public opinion pOLOVEL HS Lee, the V Minister for. Transport, i^ to ding to his job in the Federal Cabinet Is this to be typical of our Malayan democracy? Col Lee was chall?nged to stand for election to the Legislative Council but declined He is a nominated member. If
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    FAVOURITES S'GOR BEAT PENANG 2-1
    290 13 One game in North quad washed out KI'ALA H'MPIK. Frl SELANGOR, favourites to win the North horkey quadrangular from Perak. Penang and Kedah, opened their bid with a 2-1 win over Penang on the rain -soaked Taylor Road ground here today. Perak. their strongest rivals,
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    Rahim Omar stars in Singapore's win
    271 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. displays by Rahim Omar. Singapore's Problem Boy of soccer, and Awanp Bakar in the attack, and a great game by left half Osrnan Johan in defence won Singapore Malays the Sultan's Gold Cup in today's final on the TPCA ground, where
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    TULYAR IS SOLD TO U.S. SYNDICATE
    111 13 TULYAR IS SOLD TO U.S. SYNDICATE DI'BLIN. Fri. TILVAR. t h c 1952 KpMini li.rtiv winner, has been sold by the Irish National Stud to a New York syndicate for £240.000 It was disclosed herr today. An lri*h government ■ourrr said that the National Stud is negotiating for the purchase
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    Chinese get seven goals
    176 13 CINOAPORE Chineiie FA »rored their sixth *uccem.i\f in the SA F A community league hen the> defeated Royal Navy 7-3 In a floodlit maUh at JaUn Besar stadium la-«t nigh Chinese have two more games to play, against RAF on Nov S and Mal.<>s in a
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    Lock icon HO A D GIVES HIS DECISIOS
    64 13 MM Kol KM Fri. JACK KRAMFK. the Ameri<.in professional Irnnis promoter Mho came herr on a special visit t<> pursued.- Lewis llii.nl .mi l Ken Knst v i.l to turn professional, has failed in hi« quest. Kramer today >.ml that Mn ill I: derided
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    Rad kayoes Chalker in 6th round
    351 13 Rad kayoes Chalker in 6th round 18IMEU RADRODRO of Fljt won the unofficial heavy-ut-ight championship of the Orient last night at Slnga,...p s Happy World Stadium when he knocked out Australian Barry Chalker in the sixth round of their arhedulcd 12-rv»und bout. Trie Fijian put Chalker out wi.h i crisp
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    VENUE CHANGED
    32 13 Today's rugger match between RE M E and Singapore Cricket Club will not be oUyed on the pad.mc a* origin. l)v scheduled It will be played at Aver Rajah Road
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    CHOON LIM BREAKS OWN SWIM RECORDS
    379 13 f|NO CHOON LIM. Singapore Asian Oames repre?eiitau\r bettered two of his inter -school championships record-, In the Singapore Combined Schools' flr«.» annual suimmlng championships* held at the Chinese 6«immin; Club iMtHikl He did the 100 m and 200 m freestyle in 61 ssec and
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    Shaky Negri helped by Sheikh Ali hat-trick
    197 13 Shaky Negri helped by Sheikh Ali hat-trick SEREMBAN. Frl. VEGRI SEMBILAN and all Malacca won their opening matches in the M.H.C. southern quadrangular hockey tournament which began here today on the N.S. club padanp. In the opening match Negri beat Johore 5-1 after bad start. The Negri forwards, particularly centre-forward
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    100-m race to Spore rider
    142 13 KUALA LUMPCR. Frt IN an exciting finish In which the first three riders were only a a heel ahead of each other, 19-->e*r-old Singapore Serviceman R. Levers won me gruelling 100-mllea road cycling race orcanl&ed by the 9elangor Cyclists Association this morni n« Levers' time
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      514 13 VKHK I.Ks KOR SALE Word, $i (MiH.)-tmj, it rt«. txtrm. TRAILER 4-wheel English built ballbearing turntable. 6 ton Post Office Box 1521 FORD CUBTOM July 1952 one European Owner 20 000 miles Perfect order and condition $3,500 Box AS6O3 S.T 1949 SINOER SPORT. Deposit $300. Balance $750 by 10 months
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      135 13 Weekend Sport TOn A V Medicals v Arts and krienre, N'PO) line*. •IMS Ma l U^".-peUU^= TOMORROW Cnmbinrd >rrvtrr> Johnir. padaig; Iriendh: PoJire v HIM MV R.N.A.S. SrnH»Hiii|. Krmba- VII l.rafUC. Dlv. 1: lev 100 wang: K Signal* v Naval Ra»r. S.I 1 v 1.110. lUleoller Road. Naval tUsr. All
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    STRAITS TIMES SELECTIONS
    178 14 I I'SOM JKKP \|.l. BOY POINTER K.i.-. 1 RKt Kl\(. II KM I KIM. II KOI \l. FRESCO 2.30. Prarly Pejrly Rlrr Kir,. 1 1 I'innor iiot.il frnr* Mairrllr Rare? MOT. rif'Tt'Rf WI I -II KIN<I MOT. PICTfRE~ 3.00. UiNii km Motion Pirturr II Sk> HUn Brown
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    Chanticleer stands out in weak field
    628 14 /CHANTICLEER is back in form and I thirk ho can be backed with confidence In ;i wry moderate Clasa 2 (Race Five). This long-atrldlni Fulmar gelding showed a slimpso of his last ■eaaon'i form at Bukit Tlmah la.st month when he ran a splendid
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    DACIAN WINS
    45 14 NEWMARKET. Frl. Major Lionel Hoillday's colt Daclan. won i the 6f Dcwhurst Stakes for two-year-olds by a head In a photo finish with the Queen's colt. Atlas, ban .psterdav. Third a further lr;ißth away was Sir Malcolm M' Alpine's colt. Ratification. Ten ran.
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    Going and distance favour Bright Eyes II
    429 14 JEEP'S STAR 3— Chanticleer Ajit Four Charmers t^ROM a bad draw, r Bright Eyes II put up a gallant show to finish a close second with 8.0 to Lime Dust over the Bukit Timah It. early this month. On that display, this useful
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    Promotion unlikely to stop Four Charmers
    526 14 FOUR CHARMERS is 1 very much on the upgrade, and with a handy weight of 8.0 he is worth barking rarhway against Westoth. Shoeshine Boy and Matrix in what appears to be the best betting race in today's card (Race Eight Four Charmer*, a
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    TODAY'S RACE CARD
    1242 14 K.ut- 1 i.30: (lass 4, Div. 3— si Furs. 1 -59 Royal Kreoro 4y fJeyer 9.00 Diamond Stable Martin 2 587 Marrrlle 5y i 813 Mr. Unicorn Donnelly 3 932 (illtlerlnx 5y Vanning 812 Mien DJi Stable Allan 4 661 Rire Kin* II 3> Wahab 8.12 S.
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    Today's going at K. Lumpur
    62 14 THERE was mnrr rain in Kuala Lumpur PMtM day and thr going up to last evening was still heavy. RADIO MALAYA will broadraM commentaries on all races today FORECAST nonl will he held on Races Three. Five and Seven; Treble Tote on Rare* Four. Six
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    Ajit may be too good for Class Four rivals
    262 14 A JI'I wu.s obvtouslv mi of hi* depth In Ck I IN m.rtr no shnwini; in hath runs Ml Ipnh last month Back in CIBH 4 m.l <>\rr his pet distance 7f I Hilnk he will take .-onie mlchlng In 1(<
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    SERVICES PACK WILL TEST FIJIAN-PROPPED JOHORE TODAY
    278 14  - SERVICES PACK WILL TEST FIJIAN-PROPPED JOHORE TODAY lIAKI.KS KKYCK IU first HMS Malaya southern .section match of the rugger ■I take.s place today on thr Singapore padang where Combined Services meet Johore, the hold. With right Fiji in in thr-ir tram Johorr preWnt formidable opposition to Services. who announced their
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    MATTHEWS IS DROPPED
    56 14 Prl CTANLEY MATTHI Bhkckpooi right. h.i.« jrf-n d:r; aYiglai.d team to meet Ireland at Wembley stadium here nesdav. M.iihfM i <wcers greatest -ever playt by Totn Ptaney. »ho from the opi to accomodate South I BUI Perry who one of several ci:. made V lands di.< were
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