The Straits Times, 16 November 1955

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1955 15 CENTS
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    NO BUSES, SAY OWNERS
    211 1 Indefinite lock-out till workers agree to bosses' demands An answer to 'strike as we like' \i'<>KKS Chinese bus owners hit back at s\ hen-we-like employes early I lew hours after the men had mod back to work by their union by jnnoiin ng that they would
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    Your MM is out today
    128 1 |^IANYl ANY undergraduates o. the University of Malaya are snooty, have an exaggerated idea of their own importance, indulge in mutual admiration and take themselves far too seriously. And it isn't altogether their fault. Ronald Baxter says this in an article on the future of
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    Lock icon Plot in INdonesia: Prove it, say Soekarno critics
    164 1 P lot in INdonesia: Prove it, say Soekarno critics JAKARTA, Tuesday. ■NEWSPAPERS here today demanded that President A Soekarno should produce evidence of his claim that he had discovered a secret plot to overthrow I the Republic of Indonesia And it became apparent that President Soekarno (fid not consult the
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    Lock icon Fewer recruits
    35 1 LONDON. Tues. A total of 50.960 men were recruited into the British Armed Ser- vices during the first nine months of this year 8.075 fewer than during the same: period last year. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Air strike
    34 1 PARIS. Tues.— Air traffic in Finnce and throughout the French Union was seriously disrupted today when two unions of airport employees joined a six-day-old walk-out by radar and control tower men.— U.P.
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    SIR, I AM FASTING TO DEATH
    138 1 SIR, I AM FASTING TO DEATH KLANG. Tues. A MALAYAN RAILWAY clerk, Mr. C. M. Subramaniam. 47. today started his "to the death" hunger strike because he has not been made a chief clerk. Mr. Subramaniam is fasting in his office. He asked for leave to go on hi b
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    Zulu ricksha men strike
    43 1 DURBAN, Tues. Six hun. dred Zulu ricksha pullers took off their leopard skins, monkey tails. lion.« teeth and ostrich plumes, and went on strike today in protest against having to ray an extra three shillings rent tor the vehicles.
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    Rice proposal
    25 1 BANGKOK. Tues The Siamese Government is considering a proposal to lift the ban on export of rice over the southern border into Malaya.
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    Girl, 10, refused to wed man, 35
    342 1 COURT IS TOLD HOW A REJECTED SUITOR USED A PARANG TO SLASH GIRL WHO SPURNED HIM A 10-YEAR-OLD girl was slashed on the head with a parang by a 35-year-old man when she rejected his proposals of marriage, a Singapore court was told
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    12 gangsters beat up two youths
    192 1 rpWELVE secret society X gangsters assaulted tr.o Chinese youths in a village at the 10th milestone, Bukit Panjang Road, Singapore, late last night because the thugs "didn't like their looks." The youths. Soo Sock Lim. 17. and Neo Tian Huat, 21, were hit on
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    $8 WORKER
    143 1 Minimum wage battle unions sound the call to arms KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. rrHE Malayan Trade Union Council has fixed $8 as the minimum wage of daily-rated workers in the Federation. Early next month it will demand this minimum wage for the 500.000 daily-rated workers it represents. Mr. P.P.
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    AMNESTY Tengku to set time limit
    304 1 AMNESTY Tengku to set time limit 7 CAN'T WAIT INDEFINITELY' By HARRY MILLER KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. fHE Federation Chief Minister, Ten^ku Abdul Rahman, warned the terrorists tonight that he intends to limit the period of the amnesty which was declared on Sept. 9. He s.*id in a broadcast that because
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    Was this a top Red parley?
    155 1 POLICE STUMBLE ON BIG MEETING IPOH. Tuesday. DOLICE special squads last week stumbled on what is believed to have been a high-level meetirm of Communists in deep jungle north of the Cameron Highlands, it was disclosed today. The ferocity of the counter- attacks and
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    Lock icon P51s grounded
    36 1 MANILA. Tues— All Philippine Air Force P5l Mustang fighters were grounded today as a result of a series of crashes that have taken the lives of five pilots and two civilians this year.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Premier again
    23 1 KHARTOUM. Tues. Ismail El Azhari. whose Government was overthrown last week, was re-elected Sudanese Prime Minister by Parliament here today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon BIG FOUR' DEADLOCK
    51 1 GENEVA. Tues. The Big Four Foreign Ministers session on East-West contacts this morning ended ir. deadlock, conference sources reported. A British spokesman an- nounced that the four Fore Ign Ministers ended their on item three "f thi- agendu. promotion of Bast-West contacts, without any agreement beinj; reached.
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    Colony alliance: Parties merge
    144 1 Colony alliance: Parties merge "THE Sing-ipore Pro--1 r ressive Party and the Democratic Party have decided to merge. Spokesmen of both parties, who confirmed this last night, said that the merger would give Singapore "a powerful party whose object is to help impuve the lot of the workers." No name
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    Lock icon Churchill home
    24 1 LONDON, Tues.— Sir Winston Churchill arrived at London airport yesterday evening alt(-r spending a short holiday in the south of France. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Stabbed his pal
    31 2 BRESCIA (Italy). Tues. Angelo Paionl. 39. once prii luffeur to Mussolini. was sentenced here today to :ii prison for fatally stabbing a friend in a cafe brawl.— A.P.
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    Lock icon I BOMBED PLANE TO KILL MOTHER
    282 2 Son plotted to collect insurance money —so 44 people died WRITTEN ADMISSION' But he didn't know that $112,500 policy was invalid DENVER, Colorado, Tuesday. TN dispassionate tones, John (Jilbert (Jack) Graham told last night how he fixed a dynamite time bomb to explode aboard
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    Lock icon DEATH AGAIN
    114 2 Red not too old TEHERAN. Tues— An Army court yesterday reimposed the death penalty on Dr. Mortebe Yazdi -the man who said he was too old to die. V.izdi. lounder and leader of Persia's Tudeh (Communist) Party and one of the country's best known surgeons, was sentenced to
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    Lock icon Asia's millions
    37 2 NEW YORK, Tues. The population of Asia, excluding the far north, will have InTensed by 1980 to between '..816 million and 2.227 million from its present 1,320 million, according to a United Nations estimate. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Happy in exile
    38 2 BONN. Tues— West Germany today answered a Soquest that some 37.000 1 Russians be allowed to return home by pointing out that one nf them had ex- asked not to be sent U) Russia.— U.P.
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    Boy killed
    28 2 A 16-year-old student Ong Eng Hock of Telok Ayer Street. Singapore. died yesterday after ne was knocked down by a lorry in iront of his house.
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    It began when Ruby upset the head
    183 2 It began when Ruby upset the head BRITISH NOVELIST DIES AT 72 ONDON, Tues,— The novelist Ruby M. Ayres died in a nursing home at Weybridge last night. She was 72. Miss Ayres wrote more than 160 romantic novels. Sales of her books exceed ten million copies. Her peak earnings
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    Lock icon Bernard Wicksteed —from sheep To Fleet Street
    70 2 Bernard Wicksteed from sheep To Fleet Street T ONDON, Tues —Mr. BerL nard Wicksteed 50. a Fleet Street columnist wellknown in Hong Kong and the Far East, died In hospital here yesterday. Wicksteed was born In London, tried and returned to Britain to enter journalism. He joined the uauy Express
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    Lock icon Bulganin's cold
    25 2 MOSCOW. Tues. Marshal Bulsanin. the Soviet Prime M nlster, has a cold and was unable to meet a Norwegian delegation here today. Router.
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    PRINCE CHARLES IS SEVEN NOW
    93 2 PRINCE CHARLES IS SEVEN NOW PRINCE CmARIES. shown in this AP picture wearing the Balmoral tartan, celebrated hs seventh birthday on Monday at Windsor Castle. He spent the day opening gifts and reading messages from all over the world. Among the presents was a space-suit for which he had asked
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    Lock icon Jail for Nazi hangman
    43 2 WEIDKN. Germany, Tues ■rhr WO" time executioner of Flossenburg concentration namp was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison lor hanging or shooting to death 20 Inmates. SS Corporal Adolf Nies, 50, testified he was carrying out orders. A.P
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    Robert Sherwood (4 Pulitzer prizes) dies, 59
    40 2 Robert Sherwood (4 Pulitzer prizes) dies, 59 NEW YORK, Tues. Robert Sherwood. 59, the American playwright, died yesterday. Sherwood, winner of four Pulitzer Prizes, had been in hospital since early on Saturday, when he was admitted after a heart attack.
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    Lock icon 'I WAS ONCE A GIRL,' CONFESSES HUSBAND
    82 2 'I WAS ONCE A GIRL,' CONFESSES HUSBAND NEW YORK, Tues. Willy De Bruijn, 40, a Belgian truck driver who said he underwent an operation in Paris in 1937 to alter his sex a i rived here yesterday with his wife, Clementine. De Bruijn said he first became aware of his
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    Atom pact
    22 2 WASHINGTON, Tues. Japan and the United States yesterday signed a pact tor 00-operatlon In the peaceful application of atomic energy.
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    Lock icon Parents quarrel —son shot
    50 2 Parents quarrel son shot NEWARK. Tues— Mr. and Mrs. Richard Talmadge were arguing over domestic matters. Mrs. Talmadge got a pistol from her bedroom, lunged at her husband and tripped over the bed. The pistol went off and struck their three-year-old son in the stomach. His condition is serious. A.P
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    Lock icon SIAM APOLOGISES FOR A SLAP
    112 2 BANGKOK. Tuesday. AN incident at a rugby match here last Saturday during which the British Charge d'Affaires, Mr. G. C. Whitteridge, was hit by a Siamese schoolteacher, is not being taken up by the British authorities. I, No charges have been preferred against the school-
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    Lock icon The Welles way
    86 2 a daughter to each wife NEW YORK. Tiie* Actor-producer Urson Welles became the father of a third daughter yesterday when his wife, Italian actress Paoula Mori, gave birth here. Welles. 40. and Miss Mori. 24. the former Countess De Girfalco. were married in London. Welles was first
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    DEAD TO THE WORLD...
    71 2 LONDON, Tues. Everyone got off the 664 bus at Paddlngton Green terminus yesterday— everyone except a man on the top deck. A conductor shook him and saw him slump sideways in his seat. An ambulance was called. The passenger was taken to hospital. Then as attendants
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    Lock icon Guards didn't know him
    76 2 BUENOS AIRES. Tues. Provisional President Pedro Aramburu had trouble getting to his own oath-taking ceremony yesterday because the guards could not identify him. The newspaper Clarion said yesterday that Mr. Aramburu was first turned away at the m?in entrance to the heavily guarded Government House. He
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    Another protest by S. Africa
    214 2 U.S. HEARING 'AN AFFRONT' NEW YORK, Tuesday. rHE South African Government has decided to close down the New York offices of its permanent mission to the United Nations for the remainder of the present General Assembly session. This move was made in protest against the
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    SEX CRIMES IN BURMA ALARM THE NATION
    123 2 SEX CRIMES IN BURMA ALARM THE NATION Campaign to redeem youth RANGOON SOCIAL workers are much conn: the Home Minister, Bo Khin M described as 'a mounting wave of The Hi d. merit, mad. leading editors, controversy in dence columns papers on r causes nf i country. Some Lettei the
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    Lock icon Pilot lost clothes, ring and watch in first supersonic bale-out
    136 3 ills;, lues. pilot 0 mi l" hale IC it supernd IWc— ye» ..,1 Ills llotll--1 Ma liii^i-r lu.iiih were ma In' ».is r.i dan. G( OTft Sniilh. tell pilot who i MiTwr-Sabre i m February el .il'«\ c the I
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    Lock icon MARITAL MIX
    95 3 Chinese seaman asks court to say it f s legal WASHINGTON, Tuesday. i ::XESE seaman yesterday asked the Supreme to reverse decisions by Virginia courts id a state law banning his marriage to man. Bay m J to Mrs. Ruby Portsmouth, itfal later she I ilment on the
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    Lock icon Anglo-French colonial talks
    62 3 I PARIS, Tv.es. Mr. Alan lonnox Boyri. The British I Colonial Secretary, called on his French counterpart. M. Pierre Henri Teitcen. to disi cuss matters of common interest in the colonial field. Mr. Lennox Boyd returned to London last night. This is the 'atest In a regular
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    Lock icon publish and be damned—a Macmillan plea
    339 3 publish and be damned— a Macmillan plea [E DAY THE RUSSIAN BIG BROTHER CENSORED BULGANIN THOSE JAMMING STATIONS..' ■i m 11 irMii i »xt ULNEVA, Tuesday. C MILLAN yesterday attacked Soviet censorship que against the West and said it had prevented the Soviet g a statement by their own Prime
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    Lock icon Out of hospital—and Ike is in gay mood
    86 3 Out of hospital and Ike is in gay mood PRESIDENT im- 1 1 h.iu cr smiles as he arrives by car at Lowry Airfield. Denver, Colorado, to fly to Washington. The President had been in hospital in Denver since his heart attack seven weeks ago. tie expected to move to
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    HOBBIES COST HIM FAMILY
    75 3 SANTA MONICA, Tues— The wife of singer Mcl Tonne won a divorce yesterday on tnony that he had so many hobbies that he ignored his family. Mrs Florence Anne Tonne. 29. former model and actress, told the court that Toime. also 29. was home only infrequently
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    Lock icon Schoolboys attack police chief
    170 3 TROOPS QUELL RIOTS IN CYPRUS NICOSIA. Tuesday. SCHOOLBOYS attacked Col. Chamberlain, son of a former British Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain, during riots in Nicosia yesterday. Police rescued Col. Chamberlain. Commandant of Auxiliary Police, after he had been surrounded and assaulted by the young demonstrators, who
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    Lock icon Station set up in Antarctic
    61 3 MELBOURNE, Tues—Australia's first inland depot in Antarctic ha s been set up 100 miles from Mawson in Australian Antarctic territory. The Australian Antarctic division said seven men made the 200-mile round trip in eight days but were slowed down by blizzards and crevasses. They planned
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    Majlis member poisoned
    39 3 TEHERAN, Tues.— Mostafa Kashanl, 31. son of the famed religious leader Mullah Kashani, died today of poisoning. Police suspected that Kashanl was poisoned by "certain undesirables". Kshani was a member of the Majlis (Parliament).— U .P.
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    Border shots
    28 3 JERUSALEM, Tues. An Israeli military spokesman said yesterday Egyptian outposts In the Gaza strip flred at an Israeli advance post in the Kissufim area. A P.
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    25 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. Vice-Admiral Kaou Nagasawa, head of Japan's maritime defence force, arrived here yesterday for talks with officials of thp Defence Department Router
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    LONDON STOCKS
    291 3 LONDON. Tues. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £57'i Funding 4 r i £90 :t War 3^ r o £76 9/16 +7/16 BANKS Mercantile (£12%) £*H Eastern ($5) £8% Chartered i£l) 41 '9 Hongkong ($125) £97 V4 INSURANCE Com. Un. (Utsj
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    Lock icon RUSSIANS GET AN ARMS WARNING
    219 3 RUSSIANS GET AN ARMS WARNING GENEVA, Tues. *THE United States 1 Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, yesterday warned Russia against exporting its surplus arms to other countries "to meet its large import needs and serve its other aims." In an implied reference to the Communist arms deal with
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    Lock icon Two Japanese parties merge
    45 3 TOKYO, Tues. Japan's two conservative parties merged today into the Libe-r-il-bemocratic Party, with an absolute majority in the Diet (parliament). It has 300 of the 467 seats in the powerful Lower House of the Diet. The Socialists hold 154 seats. A.P.
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    Lock icon Actress to pay
    33 3 LOS ANGELES, Tues. A U. 5.550,700. 550,700 law suit brought against film actress Lynee Baggett for the auto accident death of a nine-year-old boy has been settled for USSI2.SOO.— A.P
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    Lock icon Sub threat
    39 3 TOKYO. Tues.— The commander of U.S naval forces in the Far East. Vice-Admiral William Callaghan. said today the 90 Russian submarines now stationed at Siberian bases could blockade Japan effectively in the event of a war.— A.P.
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    22 3 TEL AVIV. Tues.— Israel was using planes and land forces today to battle locust swarms from the Sinai desert.—A.P.
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    'I TOOK BRIBES' OFFICER QUITS HIS JOB
    150 4 Customs Dept. may still take action against him DETER LIM, a re--1 venue officer who said in court recently that he used to make $1,000 a month by accepting bribes, has resigned from the Singapore Customs Department. His resignation has been accepted. A
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    THE BARE FACTS ON ROSE-BY A WOMAN
    231 4 THE BARE FACTS ON ROSE -BY A WOMAN KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A LAWYER, Miss P. G. Lim, told Radio Malaya listeners tonight that Rose Chan should be left alone. She was speaking in the new feature, "Comment Is Free," produced by Mr. Stewart Wavell. Miss Lim said she disagreed with
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    'Our problems' by Mr. Lee
    56 4 People's Action Party Assemblyman Mr. Lee Kuan Yew will address University of Malaya students and members of the public on "Some iroblems facing Malaya" at Oei Tiong Ham Hall at 8 p.m. tomorrow. The meeting is being sponsored by the University of Malaya Democratic Club,
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    The lights went out....
    47 4 The lights went out.... Air-conditioners and fans stopped and lights went out for half an hour yesterday morning in part of Singapore city when a transformer at George Street sub-station broke down. The areas affected were Robinson Road. Cecil Street, Battery Road and part of Raffles Place.
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    Corporal stole a motor-bike
    58 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Corporal Christopher Alcock. REME, Kluang Garrison, who stole a motor cycle at 2 a.m. on Oct. 18 was sentenced in the Sessions Court, Kluang, to a day's jail ana fined $3CO. or a further three months' jail. He was also ordered to pay
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    MAN IS ACCUSED OF PARANG MURDER
    157 4 He spent four years in mental hospital JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. A MAN was committed for trial today on a charge of murdering another man with a parang four years ago. Muthusamy, who appeared in the Magistrate's Court, has been under observation in a mental
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    Boustead union officials
    50 4 Officials of the Boustead branch, Singapore Business Houses Employees Union, are: Chairman, Mr. Kee Yew Chye: secretary, Mr. R. S. Maniam: treasurer, Mr. Teo Chens; Kan 2; auditor, Mr. Richard Ang; Committee, Miss Sybil da Sllva, Messrs. Ho Kay Whatt, Roy de Cruz and Chua Tiong Wah.
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    Inche Tajudin
    38 4 IPOH, Tues. The name of the Alliance candidate who was returned In the Kinta North constituency in the Perak state elections on Saturday is Inche Tajudin bin All and not Inche Tajuddin bin Mohamed as reported.
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    WEEK MORE FOR MISS 5p.c.
    77 4 Registration of cooks, amahs, syces and kcbun.s under the Singapore Provident Fund scheme will be accepted for another week although the deadline previously annou iced was Nov. 14. Mr H. S. Robinson, general manager of the Provident Fund Board, told the Straits Times that completed
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    Big support for strike action
    139 4 GOVT. CLERKS TAKE SECRET BALLO7 ALOR STAR, Tuesday. MORE than 90 per cent of the members of the Kedah Government Clerical Union have voted in favour of a strike. In a secret ballot last night 466 Government clerks out of a total of 514 decided
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    He escaped from Chanyi Jail
    103 4 He escaped from Chanyi Jail MAT NOOK m.n ol Mural Baksh, 27. a prisoner at Changi Jail, escaped vrsterday morning. He dodßed his escort while waiting at the Tan Hork Seng Hospital tor a chest X-ray, mingled in thf crowd it the waiting room and disappeared at about 9.30 a.m.
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    Knife attack on woman alleged
    37 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. S. Arumugam, 31 of Sentul. was allowed bail today after being charged with causing grievous hurt to a womar., G. Letchimi. by stat-bine her at Gurm Road on Saturday
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    Manager is accused
    66 4 PENANO, Tues. Wong Heng Seong, manager of Tarzan Co., Penang, was allowed $5,000 bail in the Sessions Court today after he pleaded not guilty to a charge ol being concerned in an attempt to evade customs duty of $1,440 on Hawaiian shirts. He was alternatively char;_;pd with
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    Boy crushed by steam roller
    95 4 Boy crushed by steam roller PENANG, Tues. A BOY aged 12 was crushed to death by a steam roller at Teluk Kumbar on Oct. 22, the Penang Coroners court was told today. Testifying at an Inquiry on his friend, Ahmad bin Mat Harun, a schoolboy, Zakaria bin Mat Saman, 14.
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    A common loyalty —to the Queen
    236 4 A common loyalty —to the Queen (CHINESE In should i, neither to Mr. d Marshall nor to Tuickn Abdul Rahm;,: to Mao Tse-tun? nO r to Chou En-lai. but oniv to the Q'.'een. This is the conviction of Mr. T. W. On«, pn e nt of the Straits Chli Association
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    Star-studded treat for music lovers
    111 4 /CLASSICAL music lovers V were assured of a starstudded concert season next year. Mr. Gordon Van Hien. conductor of the Singapore Musical Society, told the Straits Tunes yesterday. Mr. Van Hien, who returned to Singapore yesterday in the liner Oranje after six months' leave abroad,
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    Rahman: I wasn't slighted
    107 5 THAT MENTAKAB IMCIDEMT- ft i» DEAR DOE S NO GOOD AT AIX iS I)I'MNOT p l SALUTE, OHOW v LUMPUR, K Iho .Men- irideat is was the j controChief Min•\bdul it an end le today ;d: l 'Mod. over the rj resoluagalnat i viundup several iali
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    CABINET WELCOME FOR TENGKU'S PARTY
    95 5 MOST OF THE FEDERATION CABINET were at the Kuala Lumpur railway station yesterday morning to welcome home the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, and the party who toured Indonesia with him last week. Picture shows (left to right): Tengku Abdul Rahman, the TCinister for Health.
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    2 policemen accused
    64 5 Robbery bid alleged KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Two policemen pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court .^ere today to attempting to rob a restaurant keeper at Batu Road on Sunday. Corporal Jagit Singh, 37. and P. C. Kundan Singh. 28. both of High Street police station, were alleged
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    NOW IT'S 'TA-TA' TO $50...
    76 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— A bus driver waved his hand and said "ta-ta" when a policeman ordered him to stop for having gone against a traffic light, a magistrate's court was told here today. The policeman, Jaiz bin Rashid. said the light had shown red but
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    Ship cleared in record time
    38 5 Singapore Immigration officers yesterday set a post-war record clearance time of 75 minutes when they checked about 600 landing and transit passengers of the Oranje when the 20.000-ton liner arrived in the Colony.
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    700 S.H.B. WORKERS TO STRIKE TODAY
    119 5 700 S.H.B. WORKERS TO STRIKE TODAY CEVEN HUNDRED workers employed by 34 contractors to the Singapore Harbour Board will go on strike today in a dispute with their employers over bonus payment. The workers, comprising Indians. Chinese and a few Malays, belong to the Singapore General Employees' Union, led by
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    How do YOU rate as a MATE?
    332 5 BIT BY BIT A COCKTAIL OF ALL THINGS A WOMAN DESIRES IN A MAN FOUR WOMEN ON THE MERE MALE: WHAT HE MUST AND MUST NOT BE FOUR Singapore wo--1 men yesterday gave their views on the perfect men. They did so when
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    No take-over? A blunder say the S.T.C. men
    118 5 iTHE Singapore Traction Company Employees' I Union yesterday accused the Government of doing a disservice to the Singapore pubUe by allowing the Traction Company to continue operation. The union said it was surprised at the Government's refusal to sanction the City Council's
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    A ranger now
    30 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Inche Semat bin Repa. of Kluang, has been promoted from Forester to Forest Ranger. He has been in the Forest Department for 20 years.
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      278 5 GARRICK: Pyara Dushman PAVILION: The Prisoner— 1.45. (Hindi)— 3.15, 6.30, 9.15; Tel. 4, 6.30, 9.30; Tel. 6903. 44 K 7 8 Nf«s- Niirht p™nl»— l is ALHAMBRA: It's a Biff CounK1NO Nlgnt People l.la, n A a in. t»i 3.30, 7, 9 30; Tel. ***** !£na f CATHAY: The Scarlet
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    27 6 20 Worts $10 (minimum). HARI.OW: Ma:y ,Mollie> Agnes. (me Hassey). on 12-11-55, aged left broken-hearted Busbaad and Son, who thank Plonl Tributes and Attendance at Funeral.
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    109 6 2* »'»rrf. fin (minimum). FAMILY oi late Yeo Joo Ft t Meir thanks to l Relative! for their Night nd Attending eral. MR A MRS. N. THANKAPPA KURUP thank all friends and who att»nded their wedding and sent congratulatory mes.ible presents. MR. A MRS. T. C. D'CRUZ thank all
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    27 6 10 |H minimum) SINCERE APOLOGIES. Will in who crossed Lady In BHie with Lady and Children at Monday 14th n Co; tact Box A 6907, S.T.
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    309 6 M Words f/« (minimum;. FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Ifataty Mair if you want that 5.5.000 word puzzle A VERY GREAT welcome awaits <• naming Sandemans Ports Bbarrica. WHEN YOU'VE PISH to fry Ur-wtck bjrl Remember Airwick kliis unpleasant Indoor odours Atk your dealer. NEWLY ARRIVED COCKTAIL Evenine
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Nov. 16, 1955. Behind The Bus Strike
    778 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Nov. 16, 1955. Behind The Bus Strike It is a little late in the day for the bus companies to be asking the Government to declare public transport an essential industry. But noone who travels normally by bus looks uoon this means of getting to
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    Changes In Sarawak
    437 6 Changes In Sarawak Letters from Mr. Anthony Brooke have drawn attention to a constitutional change in Sarawak of which Malaya has heard very little. Mr Brooke has written of one aspect of it, the repeal of Section 17 and the vesting of ultimate legislative power in. the Governor. If this
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      165 6 TWERE is a mixed recep- tion to the Idea of a National Government for Singapore so that I feel I must state now the four essentials for the success of such a government: There must be a genuine recognition by all political leaders that
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      Do not insult parting guest
      252 6 IT grieves me very deeply to read some of the letters published by mv compatriots. The great cry now is to get rid of the British as soon as possible, even if it means bringing in Germans, Russians, Japanese. French, anyone as !ong as they
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    The Anglican Church's attitude towards Marriage and Divorce
    1980 6 The Anglican Church's attitude towards Marriage and Divorce Marriage is much more than a legal «oii<ra«<. It mean* a lifelong union, says the Ri. Rev. lI.W. Raines, Hishop of Singapore, explaining .11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 1 1 M 1
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    One $20,000 ticket—two claimants
    290 7 One $20,000 ticket— two claimants MJ.C. LOTTERY FIRST PRIZE PUZZLE GOES TO THE HIGH COURT THE MAN WHO HAD 400 CHANCES FOR SALE SAYS: MONEY IS MINE KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. -.jp Malayan Indian Congress was sued for I $20,59S by a Port Swettenham shopkeeper, ii Kand;i-iniy, in the High Court
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    The mistake of kindhearted Kano
    260 7 The mistake of kindhearted Kano HE ASKED FOR AH IDENTITY CARD T*HE mistake of ap- plying for an identity card cost Isamu Kano his dearest wish the chance to spend the rest of his days in Sarawak. Kano, 39, must return to his homeland, Japan. He Is in Singapore awaiting
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    Transferred
    18 7 TAIPING. Tues.— Dr. Ariffin bin Marzuki of the General Hospital here has left. on transfer to Trengganu.
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    Man cleared on chandu charge
    57 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Low Choo a member of the Local Council at Pekan Na- nas. was acquitted in the Sessions Court at Pontian on a charge of being the owner of premises used for the consumption of chandu. The court ordered the confiscation of the
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    ANCHORS AWEIGH ON BIG NAVAL AIRLIFT
    92 7 THE ni'u crew oi the cruiser H.M.S. Newcastle steps ashore from a chartered civil Hermes plane. They are part of the 700 officers and men of H.M.S. Newcastle to be airlifted from Britain to Singapore. A spokesman said yesterday that although naval crew are
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    'Pirate' bag: One every day
    192 7 THEY ARE HEAVILY FINED aiNGAFORES Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. B. C. J. Buekeridge. yesterday said his department was "active" on the problem of "pirate" taxis and seized at least one "pirate" a day. There are about 5.000 •pirate" taxis in the Colony. > Mr. Buckeridge.
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    4 acquitted on song charge
    100 7 4 acquitted on song charge FUR of six prisoners accused of "having control" of a song entitled "Follow up with the liberation army" on Aug. 16 in Changl Jail were acquitted without their defence being called when their cases came up for a third hearing in Singapore yesterday. They were
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    SHOW A LEG THERE!
    229 7 SHOW A LEG THERE! 12 girls hid scrap round thighs KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. TWELVE women rub--1 ber tappers, of Scdgeley Estate near here, b >rst into tears in the missions Court today alter they were each sentenced to six months' jail by the president, Raja Azlan Shah, for unlawful possession
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    Liquor thieves up the hatch
    42 7 Ninteen cases of liquor worth $2,640 were stolen from the Embassy Hotel in Meyer Road, Singapore, on Monday evening. The thieves cut open a hole in the wire meshings of a ventilator to get at the liquor.
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    Porcelain show
    36 7 An exhibition of Chinese porcelain is being held at Raffles Museum, Singapore, from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 1 pjn. on Sundays until the end of next month.
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    MALAYAN TO GET HIGH RAILWAY JOB
    89 7 MALAYAN TO GET HIGH RAILWAY JOB KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The deputy general manager of the Malayan Railway, Mr. D D. Bartlett, today said that a Malayan would hold the post of welfare officer of the railway from May next year. The post is now held by Mr. j w Shepley.
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    Anklet stolen allegation
    33 7 Lav Lee Lam pleaded not guilty in Singapore yesterday to stealing a gold anklet worth $10 belonging to Tan Wee Liang in Albert Street on Nov. 14. Ball was allowed.
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    High tides
    60 7 TODAY: Slncapore 12.03 a.m. (Bft. 81ns.> 11.19 p.m. (9ft. Bins.); Port Dirkson 7.20 a.m. <9ft. 31r«O 7.32 pan. <Bft. 2ins.>; Pennng 1.10 a.m. (7ft. Bins.> 1.40 p.m. f6ft. 61ns.) TOMORROW: Singapore 12.36 a.m. <Bft. 7ins,l 11.48 p.m. (9ft. Bins); Port Dickson 7.30 a.m. (Bft. 91ns.) 8 p.m. (Bft.
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    Petition alleges that doctor called woman 'buffalo'
    151 7 MALACCA, Tues— The Settlement Government is investigating an allegation that a doctor in the General Hospital here called a Malay woman teacher a "buffalo" when she was a patient in the hospital. The allegation was contained in a petition by the Malacca Teachers'
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    TAXI DRIVERS WARNED: DON'T STRIKE
    350 7 From Page One withdraw its five demands on all the 11 Chinese bus companies provided that the Tay Koh Vat Bus Company and the union reached an agreement within 24 hours. The union had accused the company of recruiting new men and refusing to allow
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    Rubber theft
    27 7 Thieves broke into a storehouse m the Khatib Estate, off Bah Soon Pah Road. Singapore, on Monday and stole 369 sheet* of rubber worth $720.
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    ALUMNI TAKE THEIR FIGHT TO THE TOP
    191 7 Memos to Marshall, Rahman IPOH, Tuesday. T<HE Pan-Maiayan Hong Kong University Alumni x Association is to submit a memorandum to the Federation and Singapore Chief Ministers asking for the recognition of the university's degree in architecture. An official of the association said today:
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    Phone men's plea to TUC chief
    115 7 Phone men's plea to TUC chief rE 600-strong Singapore Telephone Board Employees' Union last night asked the Trade Union Congress president, Mr. S. Jaganathati. to find a solution in their wage claim dispute with \he management. Mr. Jaganathan is planning to have the union and the Singapore Factory and Shop
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    Deepavali theft: $450 haul
    29 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Burglars stole $450 !n cash and Jewellery from two houses In Brickfields yesterday afternoon. The occupants were away celebrating Deepavali with friends
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    THIS UNION IS FLOURISHING
    56 7 The Singapore 3uslnpss Houses Employees' "Jnion yesterday reported that its membership has passed the 4.500 mark within less than a month of its formation The union, affiliated to the Trade Union Congress, draws its members from 24 firms. Among the latest members are employees of Roneo
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    Missing beer
    44 7 PENANG, Tues. Police are investigating the disappearance of three "Irums of beer from the N.A.A.F.I. canten at Minden Barracks, Glugor. during the weekend. The beer was last seen In the compound behind the canteen. One drum, valued at $100, was later recovered.
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    POVERTY PROBE—BIG WELCOME
    269 8 POVERTY PROBE— BIG WELCOME Lee tells Marshall: For Cod's sake do something Politicians, union chiefs, traders back plan POLITICAL parties, trade unionists and chambers of commerce yesterday welcomed the Singapore Government's proposed "poverty p ro be" a commission to survey living conditions in the Colony. The Chief Minister, Mr. David
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    Cable and Wireless official marries in Singapore
    40 8 MR. T. C. O'CRUZ, of the Singapore Cable and Wireless Company, and Miss Phyllis Vass. of Shell Company, who were married this week at the Church of the Hol y Family at Katong.
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    $5 for beer —if you don't mind...
    120 8 $5 for beer —if you don't mind... rriHERE is no law to stop A unscrupulous traders charging as much as $5 for a bottle of beer in Singapore If people are willing to pay. This was admitted yesterday by a spokesman for the Supplies Division of the Department of Commerce
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    'Hurt' charge
    39 8 Koh Tek Tan pleaded not guilty In the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday to causing hurt to Tan Chin Chye with a lighted paper, in Seng Poh Road, on the night of Nov H Bail '.vas allowed.
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    Special privileges for Assembly
    285 8 —AFTER A SEVEN-MONTH DELA V THE Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday acquired special powers, privileges and immunities as a legislature. The Assemoly had existed nearly seven months since the first meeting in April— without these special powers. The Legislative Assembly (Powers and Privileges > Ordinance was passed
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    No. 1 SURVEYOR RETIRES
    124 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federation's SurveyorGeneral. Mr. C. Noble, is leaving here for Britain on retirement on Friday after 30 years' service. Mr. Noble. 53. joined the Survey Department in 1925 am. 1 has served all over the i country. He was promoted Deputy Surveyor-General in
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      467 8 Hou.<*. 1U.HO Take It From Here: 10.30—11.00 Dance Music <IADIO MALAYA gp^_M I't mr.immr thus marked can be I j^lV^ -"^^Li^A received by listeners in Malacca. BKaP^8SytS£B^P«£"jB6SETl Short wave 49 62m. Medium CIU g-t nnoc wave 476m.. 343. 366m. and &1NGAFOKE 2sim. (Short wave 62m. Medium wav* A.M. «8.57 and
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    Sweden's warrior king vanished in the field
    1600 9 r«aM g TERESA'S BLONDE CHARMS i*i*iv*><i his country in Europo 9 s forefront ONE NOVEMBER day in 1632 a thick fog had mercifully veiled the stricken battlefield at Lutzen, Germany. Through the damp mist the shadowy troopers >f the Finnish cavalry in the
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      146 9 Slop Those Horrid Lies )i,ur.<s» Plad ,t ihf forn*r« r,u«d by .kin Hi i, r«u»cd by make enoa|h ..,,<roU ind men. •Iu> I iquitl Vtti ihm Irw eilri Kfd into your »kin d 4a) lew more Sjm- Thi.k«p« •upplicd with in :rrol. and ertert. MMMN-fMM» f l>voun(tfrlook. :,i. i><iiiiJ today.
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      253 9 FEDERAL AND COLONIAL BUILDING SOCIETY LTD. THE FUTURE OF MALAYA will bo directed from the HOMES of the PEOPLE Since Incorporation the Federal and Colonial Building Society Ltd. has assisted over 4500 families to purchase the homes of their choice SINGAPORE Mac Donald House KUALA LUMPUR No 19 Old Market
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      97 9 #f#\v biorgan. M.U. Shot fired Dick Tracy B\hh: caught W^KP Oil f *S&fjf/ f W OKAS- I'VE GOT ONE. ft IP' /COME IN FAST, )\tkki >| I W//TWfTREf THAT'S YfJ. ™s|^? K^fc^|L %*g70?& O*Hura First Lantan nut the 6 AS- EGG Wi-'ST WAIT THE STELLAj HSH^ 1 V!S2^^^^T Am**/ I
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    RUBBER PRICE RISES FIVE CENTS WHEN MARKET RE-OPENS
    617 10 By Our Market Correspondent WHEN the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday re-opened after the Deepavali holiday the price went up wel! over five cents. This was due to better overnight London and New York which improved on the lack of offerings from Singapore
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    109 10 Singapore Chinese Produre Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; November $26 5,8 buyers, $27 1 8 sellers; December $27 3 8 buyers, $27 4 4 sellers. Coconut oil: t ilk $40 sellers: drum $42' m sellers. »*epper: quiet with no business reported; Muntok white S138
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    RUBBER PRICES
    148 10 Singapore Chamber of Comment- Rubber Association noon prices yeste;day (Tuesday November 15 > In cents per lb. wire: Market: SUady quiet December first crude rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at $1.25' i per ib.. t% cents above Saturday's closing price for the December position. The closing
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    158 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (quotations to $100): New York: buying airmail; T.T. 32 ***** O.D. 33 1 16, 94 days 33 1 4 credit bills, 33 5 16 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail; T.T. 32 15 16,
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    RUBBER CROPS
    41 10 The following rubber crops for October are announced: Alor Gajah *>6,000 lb.. A> -r Panas 79.000 lb.. Glrnraly 1,000 tb.. Kluang 66.500 tb., IT. jam 102.5f>0 lb Talisman 30.100 lb.. Trluk Anson 50.686 lb, and I'lu Benul 37.000 lb.
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      498 10 NOTICES TENDERS FOR ANTIBIOTICS ETC. MMIX (I. DEPARTMENT, FEDERATION OF MALAYA Tenders rre invited 'or the supply of the following goods to the Government Medlcr.l Stores. KuaU Lumpur and Penang^— Qu&nuty 1 Crretalline Penicillin O B.P. 1.0 mega unit 100,000 vlala 2 I >ihy<lrostreptomycln Sulphate B.P. 1.0 gm. ..200,000 3
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      287 10 NOTICES TAIPING TIN CONSOLIDATED LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) Notice la hereby Riven that the Directors of this Company have declared an Interim dividend No. 29 of 15 cents per share, less Malayan Income Tax 30'; In respect of the year ending 31st December 1955. Such dividend will
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      825 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens for appointment as probationer teachers In Oovemment English Schools In Negrl Sembllan In January, 1956. 2. Applicants must have attained their 17th but not their 23rd birthday and should have obtained a School Certificate with Credits In English Language and two other
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      816 10 NOTICES THE TOWN COUNCIL OF TELUK ANSON (Procedure lor Elections) Regulations. 1954, (Regulation 18) NOTICE OF ELECTION The Town Council of Teluk Anson Election of Councillors for the Changkat Jong, Denlson Road, and Paslr Bedamar Electoral Wards of the Town Council. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: 1. An Election of
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      591 10 0 -FICIAL PRIC ES RffISET" It>. (up 4\ renu, TIN: $374.50 ncr m (up 62', cent,, Plc *l COPRA picul (unchanse.i AUSTRALIAN STOCKS Investments although t.racin. Stock behao were sllahtlv fin market. Loans «< Loans IV Loans 3%' 19 j Con. Zinc. i Bank of N B.V Mount Lyeli N.
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      994 11 •uKDiNc THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD."^,"," SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS S'pora P. S'hom Penong BENVORLICH for Liverpool, Rotterdam. Hull G. 4/7 22/22 Nay 21/24 Nov BENNEVIS for Avonmouth, London, Newcastle 19/22 Nev BENATTOW for London, Rotterdom, Hamburg 11/20 Nay 21/22
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      1238 11 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. TEL: No.: ***** ELLERMAN efc BUCKNALL LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG ond for U.S.A., North Atlantic Ports Jryj Canoda and via Colombo CITY Of KARACHI F S'" 01 Penong 14/22 Hoy 21/2S Nev 24/2S Nov CITY OF BROOKLYN S'pcri P. S'ho.n Penang 12/11 Dm 19/20 Dec 21/21
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    Greenshirt's career of crime is halted
    906 12 Greenshirt 's career of crime is halted rpHE boys' hearts sank as they looked at Greenshirt. He was furious and his hands were shaking so much that they were afraid he would pull the trigger by accident. "You can stay here and rot for all I care," he repeated. "Once
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    MAORI MAIL CARRIER ON NEW STAMP
    274 12 CECIL TAN has written to say that he has had a lettor from a penpal in Scotland a girl who wants to find a pen-friend in Malaya for one of her girl friends. If you would like to correspond with someone in Scotland, and
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    THE COLD PLANET
    239 12 TO continue with our reply to I S. K. Samy about the planets: The next planet is Saturn, again a lovely object in the night sky. It also has rings surrounding it. Two bright ones and a dark one in the middle through which the planet Itself
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    Lock icon Dynamos win with goal in last 4 mins
    238 13 Dynamos win with goal in last 4 mins SUNDERLAND FIGHT BUT... SUNDERLAND, Tuesday. MOSCOW DYNAMO, the Soviet league soccer champions, last night beat Sunderland, present leaders of the First Division of the English football league, by 1-0, the goal coming four minutes from the end. It was a well-deserved success
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    SPORTS DIARY
    85 13 kI'UGER S.( .C. "A" v n.A.».C, KASC; Puliee v RAF Tengah, P.T.S.; RNAS Sembawang v RAF Seletar. Seletar; RAAF v RAF Cbangi. Tengah; 14 Sqdn RN'ZAF t Royal Engineers, Tengah; S.C.C. "A" v RAF Seletar 2nd padang; RAF Changi v Schools (S'pore 'Johore). i li..:i i. GHQ FARELF
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    Prisoners in boxing meet
    140 13 A 13-BOUT boxing programme j -^wlll be held for the inmates ol Changi Prison on Saturday at 7 p.m. ..is friendly tourney U being arranged lor me lirst time by Mr. E V smith, Changi Prison Superintendent, and Mr. J. Diamond It the Singapore Harbour Board.
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    RAF teams win sevens games
    80 13 RAF teams win sevens games sevens games In the Singapore Women's Hockey Association seven-a-slde Hockey at UM Girls Sports Club yesterday. RAF Changi Clobbers aea: Hastings GirLs Sports Club 2-0 in the second round. Scorers for R.A.F. Changi were Deakin and HoUson. The Clobber 0 next play the winners of
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    CHINESE WIN
    36 13 After a scoreless first-half, Sineapore Chinese Recreation Club improved to beat Singapore Cricket Club 3-0 in a friendly hockey match on the padang yesterday. SCRC scorers were Boon Leong. Boon Wai and Cecil Wong.
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    SHB POLICE NET 6 VERSUS RMN
    63 13 Singapore Harbour Board Police bat Royal Malayan Navy 6-0 In their S.H.A. Div. 2 league tie at Fairer Park yesterday. Scorers were Santok Singh (4) and Albert Ng |2>. RtME beat University "B" 3-1 In another Div. 2 game at Ayer Rajah Road. Barclay.
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    Lock icon WALES MAKE ONE CHANGE v AUSTRIA
    220 13 CARDIFF. Tues. nave made only one change in their team, compared with the side which beat England and lost to Scotland. In readiness for their game against Austria at Wrexham on Nov. 23. Noel Kinsey i Birmingham City> l s dropped from the inside
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    DISTINE, LANGTON LADY IN TOP FORM
    559 14 DISTINE, a smart-looking three- I year-old with an exceptional turn of speed, may weli develop into a iop-tlight sprinter. This up-and coming .\oungster' is improving with eacli race and In his last appearance, at Kuala Lumpur a fortnight ago. he put up a delightful
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    JOSKER II IN GOOD ST. LEGER WORKOUT
    146 14 JOSKER II IN GOOD ST. LEGER WORKOUT yABAGLIONE began his preparation for the Singapore St. Leger in earnest yesterday morning. Ridden by Mawi, this four-year-old went twice round, covering the last mile at a steady pace. He clocked 5S 1.5 for the last If and 43 for 3f. CYPRESS POINT
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    Curtis joins Johore stars
    560 14 SATURDAY'S RUGGER HAS INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR SIX BANGKOK TOUR MEN AND EX-RICHMOND THREE IN STRONG SINGAPORE TEAM dliV fans can anticipate one of the greatest HMS Malaya matches ever when Singapore Civilians meet the champions, Johore. on the Singapore padang on Saturday. The forces lined up in
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    Chinese Proverb on short list for Bukit Timah
    709 14 Chinese Proverb on short list for Bukit Timah [EPSOM JEEPS TRACK ROUND-uH (CHINESE PROVERB, v White Heather I and Senang Hati (late I Band Call), a trio of good looking newcomers, showed definite promise in their gallops on the training track at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. Chinese Proverb, with Abdul
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    S'pore v Aryans return tonight
    104 14 1 OINGAPORE will meet Aryan Ic> Gymkhana, the Indian soccer I tourists. In a return game at Jalan Besar Stadium tonight, kick-off at eight o'clock. j Singapore were beaten 2-1 in the I first game and are the only team to have lost to the
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    47 14 POONA. Tues.— At the close of the first days play In the threeday game here between West Zone and the touring New Zealand cricketers today. West Zone had scored 100 for the loss of four wickets In reply to the New Zealanders' 162— Reuter.
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    6 PERAK MEN IN MHF XI
    253 14 6 PERAK MEN IN MHF XI KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. OIK Perak players are included in the Federation hockey side which will meet Singapore in the first international match of the season to be played at Malaya Command Sta- dium on Nov. 26. Perak's Phillip Sansey will captain t K side
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    JAP VIEW OF KING KONG
    99 14 TOKYO. Tues. Japanese critic Musei Tokugawa today described giant profeslonal wrestler King Koiik as a ".second-rate actor." An stimated crowd of 18.000 mm Dag Kong. Pakistani chain- pion Syed Satf Shah. South-East I i Asian title holder Tiger Joginder I and Indian champion Dara Singh
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    Naidole try was tour's big thrill for Meikle
    226 14 JIMMY MEIKLE. who captained the Malayan Rugby Unions' team on their Bangkok tour when the Malayans -.von their three games, had his biggest thri'.l in the last match. It was n a threequarter mo 'emenl which started in the Malayan 25 and
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    Three SBA teams for Fed visits
    112 14 TPiIREE Singapore Junior bad- mlnton teams will play In the Federation next month. One team will play In Malacca on Dec. 18. The manager wi'l b? Teoli Penc Hooi. Another team, with Ane Ann Beng as manager, will travel to Kuala Lumpur by train
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    POH LIM CAPTAIN
    40 14 Ong Poh Lim was named c:\ptain iast night of Singapore's Foong Seong Cup badminton team. Singapore the holders, will meet the winners of Penang v Johore at the Badminton Stadium. Tne date has not yet been fixed.
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    Boys' Town take cup final 6-0
    184 14 DOYS' TOWN regained the Ang 1 Soon Hoe cup when they beat Griffiths School 6-0 In the InterPrlmary Schools soccer final at Rangoon Road School ground yesterday. Boys' Town attacked from the start bu' poor passing and Inaccurate timing let them down. Their tactics
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    POH LIM IN FINAL AFTER HARD DUEL
    279 14 SINGAPORE badminton cham- pion Ong Poh Llm entered the final of this year's Singapore national championships when he beat junior champion Robert Llm 9-15. 18-13. 15-10 at the Badminton Stadium last night. But it was only after rallying from the verge of defeat
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    DUNN RETURN TO HOCKEY AFTER ILLNESS
    240 14 DUNN RETURN TO HOCKEY AFTER ILLNESS T>A('K on the sports field D again after a twomonth illness is Squadron Leader lan Dunn, the Singapore cricket f and hockey player. Dunn, who has been convalescing after an operation In August, has already played in two minor hockey I fixtures for RAP
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    Isaac scores his first KO
    141 14 QERRY Isaac, the Singapore lightweight now in the Royal MaJayan Navy, seems to have developed a punch i since sailing on the British cruiser HMS Newfoundland two months ago. In winning the Far East Fleet title in Hong Kong recently he scored his flrn knockout
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