The Straits Times, 9 November 1955

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    14 1 The Straits Times. fiat*"* 1 Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1955 15 CENTS
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    BIG SURRENDER RIDDLE
    117 1 BANDIT V.I.P. GIVES UP AND SETS TOP-LEVEL PROBLEM committed outrages AFTER amnesty declaration, say police-Does be get clemency? Poser for the A ttorney General KLUANG, TiK»Mla>. iRIST VXP. pv« himself up in this rved district of .lohoro today ted the police with an awkward praist—a tv-year-old branch
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    Indonesia plans trade boost
    6 1 Indonesia plans trade boost the trade
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    BANDITS RAID ESTATE
    70 1 BANDITS RAID ESTATE A TERRORIST ttacked a low occupied b> Mr 3!< ar. assistant or. station bandit bullet U j ocr leapt out of bed and rushed U bis radu help. irlier ;i about i ing up to the perimeter fenci i ike three other bles in the bur. past
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    Lock icon After 6 years...
    21 1 After 6 years SANTA MONICA Tv» ,s Actor Victor heduled a ludge for a divorce today, ending a six-ye.. xtremc AP
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    The importance of just being Chinese..
    229 1 The importance of just being Chinese.. LANGUAGE oAKttILRS MUST GO, URGES LEADER OF THE QUEEN'S MEN THI importance of uniting all hine.se m MaoUMrs wlnthrr the] sp»uk l.nc lisli. Mala; »r Chinestressed >estertia> b> the I■ suiint ol the Strait.s .1.-iesp British IsMcll tion. Mr 1. \v On; at thr
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    Six-love for Barbara
    43 1 Six-love for Barbara PARIS. IIN Hi Barbara Hut ton today married her sixth husband, tonni.Gottfried von Cramm. ai-curi'd d:v rcc lrom h»r ,nd playb Her ~-i«r 4 n w lnClurl- Count Ha Prince 1? >r Tr iub« Rub nun, m all dilTtrt-nt r.a-
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    Lock icon Drive on rebels
    38 1 JAKARTA Tut'a.— CidoneMiin Army, Navy and Air have launched anbig offensive" in the aimed at cw itroylm the heart vl a force of the d Muslim Dun] Utaaa terrori »ted at 30,000 to 50.UO0— A.P
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    ITS ALL STRIKE TALK BY THE PHONE MEN
    288 1 IT'S ALL STRIKE TALK BY THE PHONE MEN Rival unions problem for Board \BOUT 300 field workers of the Singapore Itte- phone Board went on strike yesterday in protect Lbe Board < alleged refusal to recognise their union. The strike did not affect the telephone I was maintained a* usual.
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    Lock icon Balloon destroys house—report
    51 1 Balloon destroys house report LONDON Tv« s Ciechos] ■•>. vakia said today a "Fr-' rnp»" ballix)!! 0 Uk Iran Curtain by th» We«l txpl<«d«'d on Sunday with a h>r\ Had that injured eight and demolished a DOMC. (il th» victims MM burn 1 about the face and hands. Prague radio
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    Tree kills girl
    27 1 I ■>m:in. Quek Wee Kimic 21 was killed at College Road. Singapore, ye.sterdav when a tree trunk which v.a& being felled crashed on ht-r
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    HIGHER TAXES
    154 1 Will they, won't they?— You'll know the verdict today SINGAPORE Will knov today whether U«--•m be increMed to bridge the estimated 522 million deficit In the 1956 Duduet. Thp Government's bolster revenue j Mr T V. Mr. Hart will i. important announc< hen he moves thf adaption Appropriatiot.
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    ON STRIKE UNLESS...
    78 1 Dockyard walkout it talks fail Unlay Till 10 .000- kt rone Singapon Naval Base I.a hour I nioii decided lavt nithl to to on strike at midnight tonic ht u'll.s". last minute ulk-> »iih thr Dockyard authnritic* thi» mornint are sut H-s>ful The talks wil< berin at
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    Lock icon 9 killed in plane crash
    46 1 SEOUL. Tue.v A South Korean Air Force Mu.^tane hchtcr plane crashed Into a crowded school hou>< killing eicht children and the pnot Thirty other children were injured The plane destroyed four classroom*, where mort 1M >tudents were attending morning classes. UP
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    Lock icon 107 not out
    37 1 HAYWARDS HEATH. En* Tues —Mrs Eliza Luckett wi'-l bt 107 inn old tomorrow. Asked by friends what ,sht vould like mast for a birth- .sent, Mrs Luckett n plied: A bottle of whisky."— A.P
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    Dog bite on border
    65 1 starts a scare KOTA BAHRU. Tues A 10-year-old boy was taken t.i huvpital today for observation after being bitten by ,t dog in Lemal on the Kilantan-Siam border Ac boy was puying with the dog when II suddenly turned on him. There has been a H
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    CHAMPION BEER DRINKER
    78 1 TORONTO. Tues. Tony Bnmhden, 22, an undergraduate, won the Canadian university beer drlnkin-' championship here by drinkinu 68 jfimmm «f bMff more than two and a half gallons. He broke a record .set up only i a few days earlier by Carl Ramjlt, a student from Trimdurt.
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    A call-up halt likely in 1956
    306 1 A call-up halt likely in 1956 NATIONAL SERVICEMEN MAY GET REPRIEVE' yHE Singapore Govto slash defence expenditure from $29 million in 1955 to $12 million in 1956 will aflect the National Service KbMM for Colony youths which was introduced year U 1.- hkely that next rear's call-up of National .men
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    Stars' ranches in danger
    56 1 VEVTVRA. California Ties A wind-dnven hush and timber ftre was raoine toward the Pacific coast near Print Mul'u early toci.. burning atxnit 1000 acres and endangering 2(Ki h:)mes and rmnchei U cludine thone of Alan I. add Bt« Arden and Oeome Brent Point Miu'.i: l- in
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    Lock icon Hack at work
    24 1 Back at work GENEVA. Tuesday The Biir Tour Foreipn Minister.resumed their meetinisg here This Is expected to be the rteelßive week o! their conference.—Reuter
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    25 1 NEW MLB Tu' s India has aurcfd la the request Brli to nerve on the comtnfi3on to supervise a pleb» the Sudan Reuter
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    Lock icon Expert advice
    31 1 LONDON. Tues -Mr Harold Macmillan. British ForSecretary. took nil Middle East expert. Mr Evelyn Shurkburch. «;th h::" •a her he returned to Gene\. to continue tht power talks Reuter.
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    PETER WALKS OUT OF A PAGE IN THE PRINCESS'S LIFE
    59 1 PETER WALKS OUT OF A PAGE IN THE PRINCESS'S LIFE Tuwnnrnd <richl' «alk<> t' the arrnpUn. at I i-rrj field Airport. Kent, brforr tl > i ti tn Brusarl* to resumr Hi post t« \ir %tta. h. .1 m BntSh Embassy. In Brussels on Mnnd*> hr issued a statement whiih
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    STOP PRESS
    20 1 m i i us NDOM Bn- ited I .tion I. Briiii i': ime Minister Eden announced iimions tndar.—
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    Lock icon The Red stars shine
    253 2 The Red stars shine THEIR FIRST TIME AT A ROYAL SHOW LONDON, Tues. THE Communist world was represented for the first time at the Royal Variety Performance last night at the Victoria Palace This annual charity show for the Variety Artists Benevolent Fund was attended by the Royal family in
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    IT'S a SUPER COOK'S TOUR for RAHMAN and TEAM
    417 2 Hospitable Indonesians keep goodwill mission on the move 14 hours a day From LEE SIEW YEE JAKARTA, Tins. AFTKU ;i pound of courtesy calls in the morning, Tengku Abdul Rahman and other members of his mission to day met members of
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    Lock icon WONDER SHIRT
    139 2 No irtming needed and it may save hard-hit textile industry LONDON. Tues. Mr Philip Bell. Conservative M.P for Bolton. in the heart of Lancashire's cotton industry, last night announced the introduction of a new typt poplin shirt which dries itself and needs m ironing. Mr Bell told a
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    SUCH A PETTY DEBT—
    83 2 SUCH A PETTY DEBT OSLY S3OO,OOO MM YORK lues— ln Palm Beach. I Inrul.i winter pl.i> ground of the run. millionaire Peter Widener j is suing millionaire Horace I Ooduc jiui. for I SSlOti.OOd $300.1100 lti.it- owes thr mone> for an estate there, say* H'idener. [tut in Palm Beach ihr%
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    Philippines polls — 30 slain
    94 2 Philippines polls 30 slain MANILA TOM. THE first election day killing was reported today fItMH a Fanua.-.:.a:i town. This brought to 30 the number oJ peop.e slain due to political quarrels since the election campaign started several weeks ago. people were reported clay The Constabulary headquarters at Camp Crame said
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    His seventh conviction
    46 2 KUALA LUMPUR Tues —A rran now serving nine months' jail »v today sentenced to another four months here for havins 25 yards of cloth, believed to have been fraudulently obtained. in P'.idu Road on Oct. 6. Chenc Kew. 45, had six previous convictions.
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    U.S. income up
    29 2 WASHINGTON. Tues -The an nine of all Amrricans hit an annual rate of US$3O7 500.000.000 in September a new record nearly US$2O.PiiP 000.000 hiKh.r than 19M
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    Colony plans birthday honour
    244 2 Colony plans birthday honour RUBBER* RIDLEY CENTENARY THE Singapore Botanic Gardens will be floodlit on Dec. 10, to mark the 100 th birthday anniversary of Mr. Henry N. Ridley, "father" of Malaya's rubber industry. The celebrations will aLso include an exhibition nf Ridleyana" plants named by and after Mr Ridley
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    No place like home — the Rotarians are hunting for one
    255 2 No place like home the Rotarians are hunting for one T'H'F Sinxapore Rotar> Club uhiisr membmt include hotel and restaurant managers, i> now without a 'home" for its weekly luncheon meetinjts. The l.i i. -i Rotary bulletin says: "Hotels and restaurants are not fighting for the honour of providing our
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    Lock icon IKE LEAVES ON FRIDAY
    92 2 DENVER, Tues. President EiMnhower will leave the army hospital here on Friday to fly back to Washington But his doctors said today that It might b«--1..t, in January or toll) ..iry before he could decide whether to seek recifct ion Dr. Puul Dudley Whltr, not- cd
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    Lock icon IT'S HOME LEAVE FOR TOP MEN EVERY YEAR
    217 2 KUALA LUMPi. CENIOR EUROPEAN officers in the Fed< eminent have been told they can noleave fo- six WeekJ every year In the past they hay, at the end of a three-year The M loavf system will be optional, the Federation deputy Establishment
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    Winston: A day off holiday
    20 2 Winston: A day off holiday SIR WIN fly ba hi.-, Rh Sir a villa hrrt' He latest h Engi: I
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    NEWSPRINT
    8 2 I p goes the price Brwat>T I
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    Lock icon 'DON'T BE HARSH ON EX-PoW; HE ASKS
    83 3 'DON'T BE HARSH ON EX-PoW; HE ASKS I ON DON. Tues. FORMER prisoner of sterday for j for another Eg? prisoner who f0 H worked on the Mrious Burma Road. n »n «'ho Pleaded WM rmetn streat. tx-M-'- 1 ir officer to en and bmb ling Harvey i pi. aded
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    Pasha bows to Sultan
    26 3 P^K Pasha El ikesh prothe feet of I Ben Yous- a rivalry j into ii request, the V«'ussef n Instated M( n
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    Six newspapers fined
    28 3 HONG KONG. Tues. Six I -:uage i I >urt. I printed I about the laying of nmunlst labour the court th the due course P.
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    Lock icon ACTOR SUES JANE RUSSELL
    85 3 HOLLYWOOD. Tues. Bri- Leo Germ I L 5535.000 ($105,000) in a suit filed :>"::'. the Ing unit headed R well and B b Waterfleld. r;i ration agreed last July to pay him U553.500 a week, to work in a film being made in Mexico. When he
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    Lock icon MPs to probe spy risks —Eden
    608 3 MPs to probe spy risks Eden B AMD M DEBATE; IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN, SAYS MINISTER WAS DON MACLEAN TIPPED OFF? —MACMILLAN CONFESSES HE IS BAFFLED LONDON, Tues. CIR ANTHONY EDEN. Britain's Prime Minister, last nijfht offered to set up a small parliamentary body to consider whether any special precautions
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    Lock icon NO COLOUR BAR FROM NOW,' COURT RULES
    47 3 WASHINGTON. Tu«B The V S Supreme Court, yesterday ruled against racial segregation in public parks, play grounds and t~olf courses The court unanimously upheld a lower court decision \»iu,h said the doctrine of 'separate hut equal" facilities was finished— Reuter
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    PHILBY CHALLENGES LIPTON
    162 3 Call me Third Man outside Commons LONDON, Tues —HA R. Philby today dared a Member of Parliament to step outside the privileged House of Commons and repeat his charge that Philby was the "third man" in the Burgess-Marlean spy case. Philby. former first secretary in the British
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    Lock icon It is better to be dull than crooked, Press Lords told
    252 3 CANBERRA. Tues. THE Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Robert Menzies, told Commonwealth newspaper proprietors and editors here last night that nowhere outside the covenant of democracy was there a free Press. Mr. Menzies and his wife were giving a
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    THE 2 BISHOPS
    184 3 Thcu were so baffled by those spots before their eyes WASHINGTON. Tues. T»HIS is the story of two bishops with spots before their eyes. It seems the Rt Roy Angus Dun. Episcopal Bishop of Washington, noticed his vision was blurring a bit on his return from the
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    LONDON STOCKS
    350 3 LONDON Tue* IT has been a day of g-nerally dull conditions on the London stock markets. Sentiment has been j dominated by the prospect of a tiKhtening of the credit squeeze while the appearance of a new I Rhodesia and Nva*aland loan on terms at over the five
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    Lock icon FASHION ATOP THE PEAK
    106 3 FASHION ATOP THE PEAK KATMANDU Tues rE 24.299 -foot "Peak of the Elephant Ood" in the Oanesh Hlmal ranee In Eii.stt-rn Nepal has been conquered by four climbers —including a Frenchwoman—from the FrancoSwiss Himalayan expedition, according to reports reaching here Mmc Claude Kogan. 39--year-old French dress designer, reached the peak
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    Lock icon Mine toll grows
    34 3 SAPPORO. Tues. Nine more bodies w. re recovered today at the Mojiri mine, bringing to 57 the known death toll in last week's underground exclusion. Three miners are still missing. A.P.
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    SLIGHTED? NO DISCOURTESY INTENDED
    204 4 SLIGHTED? NO DISCOURTESY INTENDED European guests and Tengku KI'ALA LIMPI'K. Tuesday. 11l AIKM AKTKKS Malaya ommand has completed an inquiry into the allegation that the Chief Minister, Tenuku Abdul Kahman, was slighted" at UIC prrsriit.itinn of colours to the fith Bn.. the M.ilay Regiment, at Mentakah, rahang, on Oct. 27.
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    Government plans 1957 census
    66 4 Government plans 1957 census MALAYA is to have its second post-war census in 19 r >7. say.s a joint Sinre and Federation government .statement Issued yesterday. br supervised by Mr T i smith of the Malayan Civil Service at Kuala Lumpur. The last Pan-Malayan census Wll in September. 1947. with
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    OLD VICTORIANS TO MEET
    66 4 Old student* of Victoria Institution in Kiula Lumpur, who are now in Singapore want to form an old boys' association here. A tea party will be held at Union House. University of Malaya, at 5.15 pm. on Nov 16 to discuss the formation of the association
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    $7 million drop in revenue
    107 4 $7 million drop in revenue BECAUSE RUBBER PRICE FELL KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. CUSTOMS revenue In the Federation last month totalled $43,776--995. a drop of $7,568,242 below the September figure. The drop waa almost entirely due to the fall-off In the export duty collected from rubber. Last month's rubber export duty
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    Promoted
    32 4 TAIPINO. Tes Inche Moktar bin Talb. a technical assistant of the Central Electricity Board. Talping. has tx i n transferred to Merslng where he will be ofneer-in-charge of the branch there.
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    He gambled aeay his right to sit on the throne
    746 4  - He gambled away his right to sit on the throne HARRY MILLER 1 1 8 m¥m% *Jm% cUI N By KUALA LUMPUR Tucs. -EVERYTHING is loiKolten, the p:ist is dend." So the Malays were saying In Selangor today as the news wont around that the Tenpku Klana Jaya Petra, 64
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    British Institute to blame: Hong Kong
    295 4 ROW OVER ARCHITECTURE DEGREES THE Royal Institute of British Architects in England is to blame for the current uproar over non-recognition of architectural degrees conferred by HOBg Kong University. •It Is not our academic standard that hr.s produced] tlu- present impasse, but lndecLsion in
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    13 mins, 5 engines on road
    91 4 13 mins, 5 engines on road WITHIN 13 minutes last night, eight fire engines five from the Slngaport City Council Fire Bngadr and three from the Army Fire Service sped through the Colony streets in answer to alarm calls. The Army fire engines dealt with more than two acres of
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    Rugby star in court
    54 4 IPOH. Tues Peraks State rugby fullback. David L Lorctto, appeared in the Ipoh SessJdhs Court today on a traffic charge. Loretto. 23 pleaded not guilty to a summons charge of driving his car negligently at Tambun Road on the night of Sept. 8. The case was
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    Girl falls 25 ft.
    31 4 A six-year-old girl, Tan Wang Lang, was critically injured last night when she fell 25 feet from the first floor of her house in Fisher Btreet, Singapore.
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    THEY PLAN MEETING OF ALL COLONIES
    130 4 T^HE executive committee A of the Singapore Labour Front, at a meeting today, will discuss plans for a round-table conference of leaders of British colonies and dependent territories The Minister for Labour ;nd Welfare. Mr. Llm Yew Hock, who is President of the Front,
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    $250,000 FOR RAHMAN'S NEW HOME
    67 4 KI'ALA LIMPIR. Toes A nn of SzM.MO has been allocated in the estimates to build an official rmidencc for the Chief Minister. Trnrtu Abdul Rahman. The house will probably be built in Yenning Road. Ku ill l.umpur Tenrku Abdul Rahman now lives in a house
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    $12,230 raised
    22 4 SITIAWAN. Tues— A total of $12,230 was raised in aid of the Dindlngs Welfare Fund during the recent Welfare Week.
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    PROTEST —BUT 4 MEN ARE FREED
    140 4 PROTEST BUT 4 MEN ARE FREED THE Singapore Hfth 1 Magistrate. Mr. R. B. I. Pates, yesterday declined to call for the submission of the Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. S. E. Teh. and acquitted four men accused of intimidation. The case was one where four strikers were charged with Intimidating
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    Rebels hit 'biggest union'
    130 5 titaLOUSY ENTERS RANKS OF ALL-IN ORGANISATION SO 50 WALK OUT lj/oS f FOOLISH THING im TO HAPPEN,' si yS VICE-PRESIDENT IPOH, Tuesday. ■fORE THAN 50 members of the newlyaunched National Union of Miscellaneous FmDlovees, which aims to be the bluest and powerful in Malaya, have resigned
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    MINISTER SEES FOR HIMSELF AT TAI SENG VILLAGE
    56 5 1 111 Minister tor (omn>uniulin:i> and Work- Mr rram-Ls Thomas (centre), examine* a culvert during a tour of Tai Sent village yesterday. With him are his Permanint Secretary Mr. L H. K. Davis (left), and Mr Chan Chiaw Thor. serretarr of the
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    Black to open Asia building
    22 5 7.jbert the new v 18- .ayson on Dec. 10. the tallest taken five at a cost of
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    Return to Christmas Island
    70 5 Return to Christmas Island above i. District Officer of (liristnuis Island, who arrived in Sinsaporr with hb wife yt-.st»-rd.i> in thr Corfu after a six-month holiday in Britain. Mr MarLaren Reid was <>ntrolier Customs in Singapore in INI and 1M52 before he left for Christmas Island. Mr. and Mrs Reid
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    Ambush victim named
    49 5 KVALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Malay soldier killed in a clash with two terrorists in the Kaiane area on Saturday was Private Mohamed Sabu bin Mohamed Yussof of the Tth Bat Malay Regiment. HQ. Malaya Command announced today. Mohamed's patrol had ambushed the terrorists in a 'ollow-up.
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    GALE VICTIMS: AID PROBE
    45 5 STAR, Tues.— The v.< Ifare DeI t-stipating :arr.i!iei Junjong a gale last A girl. Chew Saik Moey. 12. WM killed and six others acre injured. About 175 homeless villagers, mostly smallholders, padi planters and tappers. are living with friends and relatives.
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    MAKE STC BOSSES NEGOTIATE, UNIONS SAY
    321 5 MAKE STC BOSSES NEGOTIATE, UNIONS SAY Govt. pressure can end dispute* THE Singapore Trade Unions Working Committee yesterday urged the Minister for Communications and Works "to make use of his good offices to bring about a settlement of the Singapore Traction Company dispute." In a statement, the secretary of the
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    BARRED MAN WENT TO THE CLUB
    120 5 It costs him $5 for trespassing PENANG. Tuesday. A SHIP'S engineer was barred from the Penang Mariners' Club because he had caused trouble, the First Magistrate's Court was told today. But I only wanted to see the committee to ask for an explanation," G
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    Tax fines
    31 5 IPOH, Tues Wonp Kam Wah was fined $50 and Teh Say Bee was fined $100 when I they pleaded puilty here toI day to not making Income tax returns
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    How to beat the flood menace
    282 5 PWD MEN TO ADVISE FAKMERS ENGINEERS in the Singapore Public Works Depart- ment will advise farmers in Tai Sene villaee this week how they can beat the floods in their area. This decision was taken yesterday when the Minister for Communications and Work* Mr.
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    The critics who are on safe ground
    108 5 SINGAPORE Government officer* who publicly criticise their own departments are on safe ground if they speak before the Malayanisation Commission At the Commission's meeting on Monday the acting Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Education. Mr V Ambiavagar. alleged that the department had
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    NO WELCOME FOR HIM
    65 5 PENANO. Tues. A fisherman explained in the sessions Court today that he entered a house at Telok Bal ang on the night of Nov. 5 because it was raising and he felt cold. "I thought the Inmates would be glad to receive me," Maniam Slnttaram, 18.
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      296 5 BRITISH-BUILT CRAWLER TRACTORS LOGGING EQUIPMENT LOCOMOTIVES Ulltllllii >8W mllnntfl I m^~ *> y chP^ I* Fowler Challenge* 4 ISO BMP «.th Blaw Knos cable jn(k doscr workinc in I Kuala Lwnpur rnumrTC A Jull T n oi crawlers bu.lt In England by John Fo t it Co i Leeds i
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      182 5 ROTABV (LIB: Luncheon Council hall. SUmlord Road. 630 meeting 530 pjn.: Evening Choir meeting md talk on 'Th* Seventh pjn to 7.30 pjn rehearsal 6 p.m Oulld meeting 8 Fleet In Peace Time" by Cmdr. I INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S p.m at 4. Port Cannlnjr Road Thomas H. Suddath at Cathay (LITl:
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    DEATH
    77 6 N H..rrf, fit tmimmum). YEO KIAT SENG, aged 53. of Bhell Company, died peacefully I .short illness at 10 a.m. He leaves behind bclo\<\: wife Madi.m Lim Poh Neo. Veo Peck Tlew and Yeo Peck Chye, one daughter. Irene > M adopted son. three j adopted daughters, one son-ln-
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    120 6 20 Hurts gM i minimum). THF FAMII V .if (he late MasI UStiat KobrotD th.mk all I lend* for their Expression.', of Sympathy, Wreaths. I v MRS JOHN EDWIN and friends who attended their Wedding on 6.11.55, Rendered Service and sent Mf.v. THE WIDOW and Children of the late
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    348 6 SALE NOW ON at Mulchand* All Dressy at Drastically Reduced 1 fOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mall 1 if you want to win that $5,000 word puale COCKTAIL A. EVENING Gowns arrived for the Christmas .v Country Meyer <■ bers, R.tffles Place I UM MOST Talked-about house-
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    The straits Times Singapore. Wed. Nov. 9, 1955. Feelers From China
    768 6 The straits Times Singapore. Wed. Nov. 9, 1955. Feelers From China The impression that Communist China would like the Geneva conference of Foreign Ministers to be followed by a conference on Fai Eastern problems is strengthened considerably by Mr. Chou En-lai's speech at the Russian reception in Peking in celebration
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    Arbitration And Strikes
    387 6 Singapore's Minister for Communications, Mr. Franci* Thomas, may or may not be correct in his surmiv; tn.it P A.P trade union leaders would support compMlv.r arbitration in trade union disputes. But if Mr. Thomas is convinced that they are anxious to establish compulsory arbitration then the Labour
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    China Peng has not the right to negotiate for terms
    661 6 Chin Peng has not the right to negotiate for terms I THE Tengku and Chin Peng remind one of two over-polite r Latins, each refusI ins to pass first E through the door- way. The former wants the amnesty E to succeed before he E goes to London early E
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      ROAD UP?
      104 6 SOME years afo I remarked on the uncr.inim.ili4 .il P W.D. »itn "Go slow" and It win explained to m* that In Malaya there arp many illiterate people, »o all signs moat b» made as simple as possible regardless of grammar. This seemed a reasonably explanation. I have
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      Mr. Sambanthan is right
      256 6 IT is heartening to not« Mr Sambanthan's rei fusal to go to London for the forthcoming talks. He says that it Is not necessary for an Indian to go along with the other Alliance members This Is correct if we consider it j carefully. The government
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      BACK TO THE TROLLEY-BUS?
      173 6 T'HEPE are several ways in which the Traction Company could find additional revenue with which to meet wage claims Advertising requires a very small capital output, with big returns. Thus Internal advertising panels should see a considerable Increase in finance After the war and occupation, from
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      Shortcomings of the amnesty offer
      514 6 THE Impression now Is that the amnesty offer lacked foresight Hence the present threat of an impasse By its very vagueness it left room for M.CP. delaying tactics. The Government should have "proclaimed" and not merely -declared" the amnesty Orders and directions to the minutest
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      The Friends ask for support
      407 6 rS Governor of Singapore. Sir Robert Black, recently became a new patron of The Friends of Singapore, and at a dinner of welcome ln his honour held at Raffles Hotel, last week, our President. Mr. T. W. Ong. publicly announced two Immediate schemes in which
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      There will be justice
      106 6 There will be justice TWE "Plantrr posed several pert gas***** As a n y can statf refutation that 1 can rely on justice and have np\ discriminathem, th- capital mvi Malaya OVM i planters for stand aca:: as producertial dollarmodity The sac::; recorded Honour highest per casualties class of v
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      284 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. N H.itrf. sin (minimum). M Ilin{hXlßD: On Bth November, at Singapore, to Alice and Mldue] Rutherford, a non. 10 Word, |N (minimum). I HO: Between Hulbert v '>f the late Mr. John L*e :ind M idam Teo O«k Kee, and ':'<•< k 1 1. ina i daughter of
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      20 6 MALAYAN RAILWAY Travel in Safety and Comfort ALL FIRST AND SECOND CLASS BEDS ARE NOW FITTED WITH FOAM LATEX MATTRESSES
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      80 6 The Bride's Iron LIGHTWEIGHT EFFICIENCY BEAUTY 2 nd LONG LIFE. MODEL >^^ 4-lb. Lifht-weight l^^^*s^s^ mosUtic Electric- Iron I (*<£j^^^^^'_^n I'rimroßf" enamelled ->li I n< I'ffht alloy sole Fitted with i s s^^*ir ln rl<>m< nt c r<uit K Voi J ICO'", safety. Advertisement of THI CINCRAL ILICTRIC CO MALAYA
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    The best drivers? Old 'uns every time, says racer (42)
    133 7 The best drivers? Old 'uns every time, says racer (42) AGE IS NO BAR LOOK AT FANGIO AND THE SPORTY FORTIES' i\V THE INSURANCE MEN AGREE WITH HIM v E3 aired between 19 and 21 are I Lqt best drivers, says Singapore racing nd parage owner Mr. Freddie Pope. >mmenting
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    Engine and cargo stolen from boat
    112 7 Engine and cargo stolen from boat PORT SWETTENHAM. Tues. 'THE cargo and engine of a i- sunken tongkang were stolen yesterday before it could be brought into port. The tongkanjt was on ita way here from Sumatra when ;t sprang a leak and sank, 30 rriles from Port Swettenham on
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    300 new troops sail in
    39 7 Three hundred troops and 76 service families from Britain arrived in Singapore yesterday in the 18.000-ton j troopship EmDire Orwell. In transit to Kure, Japan. In the trooper were 900 troops and 139 families
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    DID YOU SEE THIS RIDER?
    54 7 iook- ;nd run motor j down a at the Road r Road K m Keat Road was admitted to the General Hospital with serious head injuries The police are appealing to about 20 people who saw the accident They are anxious to trace the registration
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    SHIPS OF (HIC) DREAMS STRANDED
    260 7 SHIPS OF (HIC) DREAMS STRANDED But local samsu men rite to the occasion pEWER ships are arriving in Singapore from troubled IndoChina and that means less smuggled, dutyfree liquor for the Colony's tipplers But the illicit stills of local samsu brewers are rising to the demand, reports the Customs Department.
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    Gems theft
    34 7 While a Malay woman was washing clothes at a well, a thief broke into her house about 400 yards away in Whitley Road, Singapore, on Monday and stole $323 worth of Jewellery-
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    After 'going to the dogs' on world tour, Colony man plans greyhound racing here
    85 7 After 'going to the dogs' on world tour, Colony man plans greyhound racing here \f R. JACK ROOKLYN rf A turned to Singapore yesterday by Qantas after a world tour during which be studied thr organisation of erf > hound raring Mr Rooklvn a Colon? promoter interested in entertainment and
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    MALAYA IN 'QUEEN' LINERS
    161 7 The rich to see country on films KUALA LUMPUR. Tue* "Malayan Holiday." a combina t i o n travelogue of three Malayan Film I nit films in the "Know Your Malaya" series, has been booked for showing in thr Quern Elizabeth. Qurrn Mary and other liners
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    Going up-$1,000,000 worth of homes
    146 7 r[E Singapore Government Officers" Co-operative Housing Society is spending about $1,000,000 to build 70 houses for sale to Government employees. Mr. N. Kularajah. the secretary, told the Straits Times yesterday. i They are gorng up at the Junction of Paya Lebar and Bartley Roads and
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    Charity show
    30 7 SITIAWAN, Tues. A film show in aid of the Poppy Day fund will be held In front of Home Guard headquarters. Bruas. at 7.30 U. m on Friday.
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    DATO TAN IS ELECTED A THIRD TIME
    67 7 DATO TAN IS ELECTED A THIRD TIME Dato S;r Cheng Look-tar, was yesterday elected president of the Singapore branch I the Malayan Chinese Association for the third year in succession. The new committee, which met yesterday, also elected Mr. Wong Foo Nam. a Legislative Assemblyman, as deputy president. The four
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    Meet the people
    20 7 Singapore Assemblyman. Mr M.P.D Nair. will meet the people in the Seletar constituency on Thursday and Sunday
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    SIX MEN ARE ACCUSED OF COLONY MURDER
    103 7 SIX men were charged in Singapore yesterday with having murdered Panneer Sal van at the 1K 2 milestone. Bukit Timah. early yesterday The men. P. Tan-zarajoo, K. P Appavoo, V. P. Uthlrapathy, V. Ganesan. M. Krishnan and C Masan, were alternatively charged with
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    340 TAXIS IN THIS TRAFFIC JAM
    268 7 Special meeting called to 'clear the road 9 rpHE Singapore City Council s 1 vehicles and traffic committee will hold a special meeting on Nov. 23 to thrash out the taxi problem ln the Colony, Mr. V K. Nalr, vicechairman of the committee, told
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    The sea failed, the rope did it
    209 7 4 52-YEAR-OLD man £X who failed in his first attempt to end his life by drowning was found hanged in prison, the Singapore Coroners Court was told yesterday. At the inquest on Chonu Kwai. who died in his cell at the Outram Road
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    COLONY MAGNATE DIES
    108 7 COLONY MAGNATE DIES A SINGAPORE millionaire and industrialist who began his working life as a teacher In the Yit Sin Schccl. Bukit Mertajam. aied yesterday of a heart attack at hLs Jurong home He wai, Mr. Ng Keng Soon. of the Lam Soon Canneries, and senior partner in two local
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    Wage claim by seamen
    45 7 The 2,000-strong Singapore i Malay Seamen's Union has decided to submit wage claims to the Singapore Marlti-ne Employers' Federation on oehalf of members employe! in small craft. The union wants a minimum basic wage, overtime pay, annual leave and retrenchment compensation.
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    Widow gets day to find $15
    73 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Munah blnte Talb. charged |in the Magistrate's Court to* idav with falllm to register and get an identity card for h r son. said that she was a poor widow having to work from morning to night to support her six
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    Her midnight surprise
    46 7 A woman living in Kirn Sen? Road. Singapore, woke up at 12.30 a.m. yesterday to find a man standing in the lull of the house. She woke up her husband and made a search for the Intruder, but he fled Nothing was stolen.
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    LAUNDRY HANDS STOP STRIKE: MORE CASH
    192 7 And 67 sawmill men to go back 'THE 14-day strike by 40 laundry workers at th« 1 Singapore (General Hospital was called off yesterday afternoon. The striKers members of the Singapore Commerrial and Industrial Workers' Union^returned to woik immediately. An agreement was reached between
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    Calling London graduates
    51 7 A dinner to mark the Unia*rsity of London's foundation day will be held at the Sea Viem 1 Hotel on November 26 Graduates who would like to attend should contact Mr Cheong Hock Hai at 3. Leicester Road. Singapore 13 or Mr D E Ctulliah. 9 Leicester
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    Science course for teachers
    48 7 The University of Malaya* Education Department »ill nold a biology course, intended primarily tor science t«acheri. from Dec 5 to 8. The course will include lectures by Professor R D purchon, Profesaor R MorreU and Mr. Loke Wan Tho. and field and laboratory work
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    Patience is alone in the world
    107 7 Patience is alone in the world JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. PATIENCE HAYES. 12 is lying dangerously ill in neral Hospital here and she doesn't know that hf mother, father and on'y orother are dead. Her father. Spt G Hayes. 43 of R.A.F.. Changi, and brother. Michael, ere killed instantly when the
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    $66 mil. for Customs
    42 7 Singapore Costonis revrn ;c :y to October this year totalled $66.470.000 an increase of $3,122,000 a amount for the same period last year It came mainly from tobacco i $27,641.000 1 liquor '$*****.000), petrol '$14,796,--000) and entertainments ($4,450,000).
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    High tides
    64 7 Tnn\t stniraporr 6SI am i Ml p.m (7f: Port Dirk.son 1.54 am (7H. Jins.i 252 p ir. 1 6(1 3ir.s I Penane •56 a m i sft Jii.s i 10 p.m. ibft TOMORROW: Stn(r«por« 4! am "7ft. SHn* > 80S p.m ißft lir. Port Dick-son 3 10 a.m.
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      60 7 FRY'S —^i/rtrb' I**lo 37 ÜBUTED BY SIME DARBY 4 MORE DAYS! Your last opportunity to Sa*c at our t "«ll »MIVE«S»RV SALE"! KRIPALSONB" Pi, or ""I??* Floor-, open tipto 8 n.m > M Comprehensive and illu«trat«d Travel ay!V X L, ne ln Out of Singapore Malaya" v »«able at $2.50
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      123 7 Are you? the "Let's-Have-A-Parur type The LETS- <J( -^V^y type closely <c I related to the X^^fferfi moneys-no- \~-^7il /J\ obiect" type usually in yy^ the limelight f "\i I\\ wvhen order f ing and in II |A|^ the background V 1 when the bill \V^^ arrives v They never
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    NO ACTION IF YOU OWE LESS THAN $500
    215 8 NO ACTION IF YOU OWE LESS THAN $500 /CREDITORS in future will not be able to begin bankruptcy proceedings in Singapore for debts below $500. At present $100 is the minimum amount on which a bankruptcy action may be st;iltid. A bill to make this and other changes, by amending
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    Three face gem charge
    66 8 Two boys and a man pleaded not guilty in Singapore yesterday to charges in Miinection with the theft of jewellery worth $600, two i ;<t watches and a pen be- i iongbaj to D. S. Matahal in Cumberland Lane on the alfht of Oct. 22. The
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    ONE-LEGGED MAN KILLED
    54 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues one-legged beggar. Abu Bskar, aged about 35, was '.itally injured in an accident at Batu Road here last night He was walking along the i oad about 9 30 p.m. when he 'vas knocked down by a motor cycle He died soon after admission
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    Unions want public body to take over ALL buses
    405 8 BUSMEN S MEMO TO TRANSPORT COMMISSION 'Anomaly' Corruption Bonaventure tyfORE than 4,()<M> bus workers in Singapore wnnt the (Joveriiinenl to unify ownership of the Mi transport companies under a public authority. They have put this view to the Transport Commission set
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    WE WANT MORE OF MUIR'
    287 8 Parents' plea may go to Ministers PENANG. Tues. VfR. J. N. DAVIES. i 1 Penang's Chief Education Officer, will be a very embarrassed man when he returns from overseas leave in January. So will Mr O. D Muir. who is taking his place while he
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    POLICEMAN TRICKED HIS OWN PAL
    154 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues After ofTerinß to redeem a fellow constables watch from a pawn shop, a policeman repawned it instead. In the Sessions Court here j yesterday. Constable Oan Kirn Leon*, of No. 4 Field Police Force, was sentenced to eight months' jail. Oan pleaded
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    Amplifier theft charge
    33 8 Koh Eu Bok was charged in Singapore yesterday with stealing an amplifier in Rangoon Road on the morning of Oct 24. He pleaded not guilty and wa s allowed bail.
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    Speaking contest
    26 8 The Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold its annual speaking contest in the church nail. 4. Fort Canning Road. Singapore, at 7.45 p.m on Friday.
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      435 8 mUv The bctr waterproof ■V watch in it« clanflat, attractive and reliable OBTAINABLE FROM ALL WATCH DEALERS IN SINGAPORE. FEDERATION OF MALArA AND BRITISH NORTH BORNEO Asthma Mucus Loosened First Day I'on't let couehlnir, sneezing, choking attacks of bronchitis or ruin your sleep and energy ciay or merit without trying
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      205 8 %r Cheese TIGER BRAND MEANS GENUINE SWISS CHEESE GRUYERE LOAF HAM AND CHEESE SPREAD PROCESSED GRUYERE in 6 ozs. cartons Sole Agents: INDIGESTION PAIN? STOP IT NOW! This li th* fastest way to set relief from uuiigesuoD pain. Mtdeaa Brand Stomach Powder mas fasti Nagging pain it quickly toothed away.
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      431 8 Ptotn Her* 10 30 1100 Dance RADIO MALAYA t^t^t^t^t^t^t^tCPracramraes thus s»arke4 ram > II Ur rM-mt-d In IMmir, in MaUrra Short ware I* and *>.'m M^ium |HBbI MM r.tm. JU.. Him and Mt» BtwrADADV AM *t57 and 11 OS En»ll>h »IWUAsrWsmss SchooM Broadcasts: P.M. 1.00 <Sh«wt w«t. «ts». Ur4tmm wr*
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    He built new Arabia on shambles of the old
    1918 9 He won his way by sword and suffering OUT of Arabia thirteen hundred years ago came a faith, a prophet and a lqueror. The Faith was Islam, Mahommed was its Prophet, Omar was the conqueror, whose armies swept westward to central
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      184 9 HEW that tingle tells you jf'j good for teeth and gums tvr -=00$) eg OWIX I W z\ jwxs 5 17 JWLS OBITS LADIES. El ROLL£D(iOLD, J. TOP. I *rom AJI <§i Wend.' *aye INDIGESTION Baß- or hi.A what a AV.t* Anttod from pain Utting taad Powder quicldy Majdl md
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      254 9 'yours for life' Yeor offer year o Remington Rorid Typewriter will continue to give you everything you could ask for speed, occurocy. ease of operation and economy. Consider, too, these convenient Remington features finger-fitted keys... extra long writing line .and a special release that frees jommed keys quickly, easily c»*»»#i»c«
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      91 9 Rex Morgan. M.D. Police* tir^l at Dick Tracy \aodte is ihv name ■■HHsHHsHsi I T iVt IN TME COSMETICS T RuGWEAD WAS TUE BLACK "1 f UERE ARE HIS PERSONAL r^""?^^'^ri=rr7!7Dr^ I BUSINESS. "LORD NOOLES SWEEP OF OUR PAMILV. I EFFECTS. MR. MCCX£-**S rJIP^Zr,-<z lunnrifi NOODLE NOURISHMENT- iSONE CAME TO
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    RUBBER PRICE AGAIN SEE-SAWS ON U.S. STOCKPILE 'POLICY'
    490 10 RUBBER PRICE AGAIN SEE-SAWS ON U.S. STOCKPILE 'POLICY' By Our Market Correspondent THE rubber price in Singapore yesterday continued to see-saw and at the close was three and one-eighths cents down on Monday, November first grade closing at $1.13 per pound. The local price opened easier at $1.12 on the
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    RUBBER CROPS
    36 10 The following Or»'>ber rubher crop* Air DOtoMßi: Allrnb» 34 000 'h Ftrnto 61 000 !b Jrram KaanUn 73 000 !h Kan4a«i( 44 000 rh MrnUkab SO 000 Ib and Saiuei Raran 125 000 th
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    Lock icon OFFICIAL PRICES
    29 10 SINGAPORE. Not. 8. RUBBER: $1.13 per Ib. (down 3'h rents). TIN: $372.25 per pirul (down 37' 2 rents). COPRA: $27.37.- per pit 111 (UP 12' J Milts
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    266 10 The Malayan Sharp Brokers' As-MM-iaUon. Singapore Section. reported: On the local share market. Industrials and rubber* were very steady with fair business passing. Tins were inclined to ease in a few Instances. Singapore Brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Praaer aivi Neave ords. 11.69; Oammon $2 55.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    146 10 MELBOURNE. Tues. In investment* greater support for selected storks with trading I generally w>dely spread and prices I steadier on the Stork Exchange I today In minings trading was again quiet with prices easier Loan* were moderately active and steady Uuu > ltoo-M 195 17 32 Loans J
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    RUBBER PRICES
    143 10 Nuvrmlier tirtl grade rabber buyers lob. rloaed in dintiapure >eaterdav at 11. 13 per Ib.. down J l cents on Monday's dostm pnee Thr rlo<Ung tone *it steady in the close.' < i«mh« prkecm in cents per Ib. were No 1 R. 8.8 Bpot fob Noon, sellers 113
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    99 10 Mngaporr 1 hlneae I'ieJurr I rhange. noon prices per plcul ye*terdav were Copra: quietly steads: November $2« buyer*. $27 ■>» sellers. December »2T 3 buyer i, 127 .sellers Coronal ail: quiet; bulk $40<« fliers, drum 143 sellers. Pepper: .steady but no business rel»rted Mualok «tute $140, Sarawak (139
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    SHIPPING
    78 10 «*hips Ivltu alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or exprrtea today are: Mekong 1 'J. Resurgent 45. Llpis C.P.. Anchlse* 6 7 Rljek* 89. Ataml Maru 11. Tahlnu 13 14. Blltar 15 18. Shillong 18. Rovbank 1910. Tung Song N Wall 6. Sumpltan N WhII 8. Sad.to 23. Star
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    37 10 On the free exchange market In Heng Kong yesterday the IS. dollar BJM fMMt 1 hi SJOS for cash and 587 to' l 1 Sterling was quoted at 15.47 aikd on* lad gold at 254*.
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      1371 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for post* of Transport Overseen In the Central Electricity Board, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh. Candidates must produce evidence of recognised motor mechanic apprenticeship nd to have had experience in charge of a Workshop. Salary according to age and experience. Applications in writing to the Personnel
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      826 10 NOTICES NOTICE Notlc* It hereby given that the Deed or Power of Attorney dated the 14th day of June 1951 (Registared No. 610 of 1851) made by Ameena Blnte Ana Mohamed Ibrahim also known as Patlma Bee and as Amlna Bee also sprit as Ameena Be of No. 33 Telok
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      167 10 SHIPPING NOTICES T.S.S "STATE OF MADRAS" VOYAtit IS IHM IMKi.I li ALONGSIDE GODOWN 21 Z* AKRIVED J7-10-J5. CMtstgnm (4 damaged cargo ex th* above vessel are herein ni-nflec that a Oeneral Survey ill be hrld at Godorvn 23 24 at 9 a.m. on November 11. 1953. No further survey wtll
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      602 10 if <fc 7 "o Be y Sha^e (I YaW Shake An Earthy! 'if II 9 DARING DAN( KiI j| JH 2nd BIG WEEK! KNUTSEN LINE fi: and Regular Service FROM CANADA/US. PACIFIC PORTS— 31 Day Sailing Arriving San Francisco Singapore P. Swet Ppn>.-, r Elisabeth Bakke Ciertrud Bakke 5 Nov.
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      976 11 MANSFIELD «fc CO., LTD. t*>i s 1412, r»l Oi .ted m Slngapor*) (12 Una*, THE BLUE FUNNEL LDfE T^ "JZn rd v«J mm port* to lood oryj d.«-harg* coron GLASGOW, LONDON 4 CONTINENTAL PORTS £illM« l VI Singopor. Du# Soil. P. Shorn Penono Nay B/ 0 S. J* Nov 0
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      1186 11 EAST ASIATIC LDfE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA ar Aden. Part Said. Genaa. Antwara, Rattardam, Maaibara, Capanhaaan GaThenb.org 4 Otle 2 32SBSC 14/20^ Ji'm^Savi mVonla* 'i^'t. U "*J~ r*Hi .'•'l.*"* 1 J*****- L <MI I^PMrmjar. on., Gdynia S" h U <Pa«*eiMjar» only Si.m,t, occommodotmn n avallaMa far Ear... SAILINGS FROM SCANOINAVIA/U K
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    305 12 HUMMING TOP OF THE HE AVENS VY r OU will remember last week. S K. Samy asked me to tell you .something about the planets and we got as far as Mercury. Venus and Mans 1 told you there were nine planets in the solar m, but besides these there
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    793 12 Will they find the chest of treasure The four scouts are in a holldau bungaloic. There are ruins in the garden where a man in a green shirt is seen, behaving iuspidously. Patrick fltid* a plan showing a secret chamber below an underground slielter and wishes to explore it. Ah
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    151 13 KUAI 'THOUGH contributions steadily, about $2.0C0 Malayan Crickrt Associit. j team leaves for Hong Xc time. So far, the fund stands at $6,500. This does not include I collection* from Singapore and Perak which have not vet b<-rn received here. No changes have been
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    59 14 All-Whites to mcc- University jof Malaya In a inendl\ rugger match at Bukit limah foday will be chosen from. Will Kok. Teow loh Pli:a Singh Chin Hun Siva Kirn Uk* C.ipt i G.ines.m |m Seng. Teng Kee. Rahman Ch.niie Chan, i Maheso. Yew W..h Al.sm;otl Omar Dougla*. G
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    272 14 T*HE Indonesian natlon.il water- I polo team .suffered thrlr third defeat In Bltujninort when they were i c league chußptona, ;iin«apore Swimming Club, after a vtr* close fight, the keenest game of the serif.-, yester- I |m The vLsltois v usu.il took some time to
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    106 14 ll NANG, Turs. Jl «>\w vs. famed American athlete and roach, has given his hlrssines to a new athletic club named after him. "I am proud of the honour of being invited to become patron of this new dub." he announced at his final machine
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    52 14 Ary»n Ovmkhina f.o<rer tourists will pla match against c at Jalan Besar stadium »ill be 5 15 p.m Pro<e. itch mil' go to (he Singapore Youth Centre Fund mi »U1 be selected from i I Skinner I J Grh B < K Boon t<f" Tan. Boon
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    73 14 STRIKE NOW BY SOCCER REFS quai. ha.s bro Bahi, i comj;. til still. I Riven po] i mate: Thi' 1 .strike noti tion >'.- which timid;. hosti'.r Thi.< OUt Sunday Costa Whrn lead 2-1 mi Igamr i scorer rushfri sault the LatifT i and V.--C,, A srxikif»?ws s;u,i sort of
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    11 14 SECOND HALF GOALS WIN RAF Sell Setelar r i the secor.
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