The Straits Times, 3 October 1956

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    17 1 AVERAGE f^^ |iTTTrra-»^LAJ,B EXCEEDS Tl.Mt The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1956 15 CENTS
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    POLICE HOLD PAP MAN
    740 1 Swift follow-up to arrest of banned student union president Not aimed at party, says Lint ILJCE yesterday arrested a member of the Singapore People's Action Party's central nmittee under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance. was Chia Kk Tian, 22, the first member c PAP executive
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    THE TWO UNDER DETENTION
    20 1 THE TWO UNDER DETENTION CHIA EX TlAn o?! exautii'e of the PAP. .SOQ.Y LOH BOON ■'nan of banned students' union
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    Lock icon Honeymoon for jailed man
    24 1 YCRK, Tues— James P lla, 24. of Waukegan, sentenced to two-to-u»il for burliven permission to set married a nine-day honeyA.P
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    Lock icon The man who gave death the slip
    101 1 1 SECONDS SAVED HIM -AND HIS WIFE WAS WAITING THE FACE of a man who has just escaped an air disaster Squadron Leader D. R. Howard, pilot of the crashed Vulcan jet bomber, witn his wife at London Airport. Howard and the chief
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    Lock icon Back after the bank talks
    53 1 LONDON, Tues. Mr Harold Macmillan. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr Peter Thorneycroft, president of the Board of Trade, returned here this morning by air from Washington where they attended meetings of the International Bank and Monetary Fund. Both declined to comment on the
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    CITIZENS: 'CARR V ON, Mr. LIM'
    557 1 CITIZENS: 'CARRY ON, Mr. LIM' 50 call on the Chief Minister to speak for 150,000 workers and towkays Government's clean-up campaign is endorsed: 'Don't be afraid 9 call REPRESENTATIVES of more than 150,000 Singapore workers and Chinese traders yesterday told the Chief Minister that they endorsed his current "clean-up" campaign
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    Hopes rise for gas settlement
    81 1 Hopes rise for gas settlement JJOPES for an early settlement of the five-week-old Singapore City Council gas strike brightened yesterday. This followed a meeting at the Labour Ministry between the council's finance and general purposes committee and leaders of the Gas Department Workers' Union, representing the strikers. After the meeting
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    Lock icon 140 m.p.h. model sets record
    39 1 FLORENCE, Tues. Mr. Raymond Gibbs, 22-year-old British aeromodelling enthusiast established a new world's model aircraft speed record here yesterday. His aircraft, powered by a small petrol motor, reached a speed of 140 m.p.h.— Reuter.
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    CHINESE BUS WORKERS TO STRIKE FOR 10 MINUTES TODAY
    69 1 CHINESE BUS WORKERS TO STRIKE FOR 10 MINUTES TODAY THE Singapore Bus Workers' Union decided last night to call out its 1,600 members on a 10--minute strike today in protest against the recent arrests in the Government's anti subversion campaign. The strike will start at It a.m. when the Legislative
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    No romance, says Kedah prince
    150 1 'JUST FRIENDS' WITH ENGLISH GIRL ALOR STAR, Tuesday. HPENGKU Ibrahim bin Tengku Izham, a member A of the Kedah royal family and nephew of the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today denied a report from London that he planned to marry an 18-year-old English girl,
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    Typist gets $6,500
    76 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Wong Phin, 34, chief clerk of (he accounts department of the Central Electricity Board here, was ordered today by the Selangor High Court to pay $6,500 damages to a Singapore typist, Miss Tham Poh Chin 28, for breach of promise. Mr. Justice Abdul Hamid
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    40 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. The Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles, said at a press conference today that a united Europe could and should become the third great world power, after the United States and the Soviet Union. Reuter.
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    Flooded ship limps into Singapore
    170 1 TH E 4,953-ton Swedish freighter Halland limped into Singapore's outer roads yesterday morning with two of its five holds flooded. The Halland, carrying 6.000 tons of generaJ cargo, mainly copra, from the Philippines to Karlshamn in Sweden, was reported to have .struck a submerged object
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    Lock icon Bevan gets top job
    73 1 He's in with three million votes BLACKPOOL, Tues. Mr. Aneurin Bevan, the left-wing leader of the British Labour party, was today elected to the key post of party treasurer. Mr. Bevan defeated his closest rival, Mr. George Brown, a former minister, by 3.029,000 votes to 2,755.000
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    Robbers abduct man for $10,000
    107 1 Robbers abduct man for $10,000 CMDUR men, armed with r pistols and daggers, abducted a Singapore salesman at about 10 a.m. yesterday and robbed him of $10,000. They stopped Yeo Boon Gek, 30, as he was cycling along River Valley Road and forced him into their car. When Yeo struggled
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    STOP PRESS
    39 1 BRITISH llU'Killll.K AGROIXn IN SI EZ PORT S\ll> Tins The British trrighte] ii.iklmk vkmi asroun in Hie Sue/ (anal about 30 miles south of Port Said today cttl.i > pass.iuc 4>r Mathbound ships tlimii^h 1 hi- water way.
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    61 1 PORT LOUIS (Mauritius i. Tues. Princess Margaret, waving gaily to the cheering crowds, sailed from here lasc night in the Royal yacht Britannia for the island of Zanzibar. An estimated 120,000 people thronged the harbour area, yelling and whistlin,;. and cheers rose also from flotillas of small
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    22 1 LONDON, Tues— The sterling area's gold and dollar reserves rose by US$52 million during September, the Treasury announced today. Reuter.
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    Disaster at London Airport
    85 2 DEATH STRIKES IN A CLOUD OF FIRE AND SMOKE j THIS REUTER radio picture records the scene as the Vulcan jet atom-bomber i crashed and burst into flame on Monday after a record-breaking flight. The pilot and co-pilot escaped by using their ejector seats, but .the
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    Lock icon SECRET ANTI-RED PLAN? 'NO'
    136 2 Siam's police boss leaves to meet Tengku BANGKOK, Tues. SIAM'S Director-General of Police, General Phao Sriyanond. left Bangkok last night by special train to meet Tengku Abdul Rahman in the border town of Betong on Thursday. Before leaving Gen. Phao (right) denied that "secret plans' concerning
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    JUST THREE LITTLE HAIRS: IKE'S 'PETS'
    71 2 JUST THREE LITTLE HAIRS: IKE'S 'PETS' WASHINGTON, Tues.— How many hairs in President Eisenhower's head? Before he made a recent telecast Mrs. Eisenhower handed him a comb. And the President said: Mrs. Ike is always worrying about my hair— but really I don't have enough t n worry about. "In
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    3 die in blast
    20 2 MACAO, Tues. —An explosion in a firecracker factory in Taipa island here killed three men today.
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    LEARY IS M.P.
    185 2 Ex-Test hero scores 6,700 t* beat mayor at the polls pORT OP SPAIN, Tues.— Learie Constantine, 54--year-old cricket idol of the West Indies, is now an M.P. He won a seat in Trinidad's general election which ended in Learie's party the leftwing Peoples' National Movement—seizing power. Learie,
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    33 2 MOSCOW, Tues.— The Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Dmitr* Shepilov, left here today for New York where he is to take part in United Nations discussions on the Suez Canal crisis.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon THE CRASH CULPRIT: WAS IT JUST THE STORM?
    301 2 LONDON, Tuesday. A SPOKESMAN for the makers of the Vulran A the Hawker-Siddeley group and A. V. Roe, said yesterday the tragedy at London torpor! yesterday had all the appearances of a landin? accident in very bad weather. There were "no indications
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    Uncle of kidnap baby sues for $6m.
    114 2 Uncle of kidnap baby sues for $6m. NEW YORK, Tues. uncle of Peter Weinberger the month-old baby who was kidnapped and killed in July, yesterday sued police for $6,000,000. He claims that they accused him of the crime at, third degree methods to try to make him confess. Angelo Lamarca.
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    Lock icon Bolshoi ballet arrives
    45 2 LONDON, Tues.— The 170--strong Bolshoi Theatre ballr. company, six hours late and very tired, arrived in London last, night and made an immediate pilgrimage to the Royal Opera House, Cove -.it Garden, where they are due to open on Wednesday night. Reuter
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    Lock icon No rationing
    25 2 CANBERRA, Tues. Thr Federal Government had i intention of introducing p< trol rationing, the MinisU for Trade, Mr. J. McE<.> said today. Reuter.
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      180 2 Shell in Malaya So. 6of a SrriuWuchereria Malayi > ''•!:••>,, i« the name of a parasite which causes a crippling disease ,^Sp§Blß gj^jfeffiy jjft^ called Filariasis more commonly referred to as Elephantiasis. N SHr J^^ j^L The main carrier of the parasite is the Mansonia mosquito which I\ 111 I
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    Lock icon 'Let Nasser cool down'
    297 3 Labour slams Covt. tor 'lamentable handling' at Suez GAITSKELL CALLS FOR COMPROMISE AS LLOYD LEAVES FOR U.N. LONDON, Tuesday. »rHK leader of the Labour Party, Mr. Hugh riaitskell, said in Blackpool yesterday that he had not much doubt that Colonel Nasser of L r\ pt would
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    101 3 Bevanite woman tops poll BLACKPOOL, Tues. FOR the first time a woman— Mrs. Barbara -topped the poll in ns by the political i constituency parto the Labour Party ;il executive committee. I i;tiral wins elects of thr 28 members executive. elected were: Ifitle (952,000 votosi A- Greenwood .899,000'; Mr. Harold
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    Ike challenged
    33 3 NEW YORK, Tues. The I ratic candidate At. Stevenson challenged pm ident Eisenhower today to Me leadership" in a Move to Dan hydrogen bomb tests. He suggested that will agree. A.p.
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    Fruits of conquest...
    59 3 VAIPEH. Tues. The Government of Nationalist l has decided to give 11 soldiers titles to plots md on the Chinese mainland. ;in take possession after they reconquer the I mainland from the Communists, an announcement saia today. President Chiang Kai-shek said the plan was aimed at rewarding
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      Lock icon THEY'LL LIVE ON THE CHARON
      52 3 THEY'LL LIVE ON THE CHARON PERTH, Tues. The Charon's passengers will live aboard the vessel at Fremantle until the Gorgon sails for Singapore on Oct. 10. The Charon had to put back to Fremantle for repairs after striking a reef near Geraldton. The Gorgon is due in Fremantle from Singapore
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      31 3 WASHINGTON: Iceland's acting Foreign Minister, Mr. Emil Jons-son, met Mr. Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, to prepare the way for negotiations on the future of the key Nato base of Keflavik.—Reuter.
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      25 3 KARACHI: Mr. Hussein Suhrawardy Pakistan's Prime Minister, is expected to pay an official visit to China "sometime after Oct. 16," an official source said. —Reuter.
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      29 3 BUENOS AIRES: Argentine authorities announced that political asylum has been granted to 47 Bolivian political prisoners who seized an airliner in flight and fled to this country last Thursday.—A.P.
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      17 3 TOKYO: The Vice-Presl-dent of India, Dr. Radhakrishnan. began his tour of Japan as a State guest. —Reuter.
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      15 3 PANAMA: Mr. Ernesto de la Guardia took the oath of office as President of Panama.—A.P
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      26 3 GENEVA: Experts from 39 countries on the production of B.C.G. the anti-tubercular vaccine started a five-day meeting under the auspices of the International Union against Tuberculosis.—Reuter.
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      27 3 CHICAGO: Dr. John Hagen. director of the U.S. satellite programme, said that testing of parts for the first space satellite would begin "in a few weeks." —Reutei.
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      21 3 KINGSTON (Jamaica): A heavy earthquake shook Kingston for 45 seconds Just after noon yesterday. There was no serious damage or casualties.—A.P.
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      14 3 CAIRO: President Nasser had separate meetings with the Soviet. Czech and Indian ambassadors. Reuter.
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    Lock icon The Poznan prisoners
    37 3 NINE of the Polish workers charged after the Poinan riots last June are now on trial. Here they are seen in the courtroom, flanked by police. Altogether 150 people will face trial. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon POZNAN TRIALS: JAIL PROTEST
    160 3 Polish prisoners demonstrate POZNAN, Tuesday yOUNG prisoners broke out from their cells in a 1 jail 58 miles from here and demonstrated against the Poznan riot trials. Reports said the prisoners rushed through the streets shouting: "Freedom for our brothers from the Poznan Details on the
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    Lock icon Troopers again for the East
    43 3 LONDON, Tues.— The normal transport of British troops to the Far East, interrupted by the Suez emergency, is to be resumed. At least one troopship is expected to be released in th e near future for this service.—Reuter
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    Lock icon New chief for Rolls Royce
    36 3 LONDON, Tues. Rolls Royce Limited announced the appointment last night of Lord Kindersley, its deputy-chairman, to the chairmanship, succeed in g Lord Hives. Lord Hives, 70. will retire next January. U.P
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    Lock icon Drive against vandals
    46 3 MELBOURNE. Tues. Police have declared war on vandals who In the last week have maliciously damaged a number of churches and schools Victoria's Commissioner of Police, Maj.-Gen. S. H. Porter, spoke last night of "drastic action" to curb the rash of vandalism. Reuter.
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    25 3 C ANBERRA, Tues— An Australian Government trade representative will visit Formosa this month for general talks with the Government of Nationalist China. —Reuter.
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    24 3 MELBOURNE, Tues—Australian wine sales to Britain will top a million gallons this year. This is the highest for seven years— Reuter.
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    Lock icon IKE'S PROMISE: GOOD JOBS FOR ALL
    143 3 LEXINGTON, (Kentucky), Tuesday. DRESIDENT Eisenhower told Americans last night 1 that they could look forward to 70 million jobs "at good wages" if they re-elected him and rejected the Democratics' "zigzag, directionless road of trial and error." Mr. Elsenhower attacked the Democratic controlled Congress
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    20 3 MADRID, Tues. Aurora Bautista. leading Spanish film actress, was seriously injured in a car accident yesterday.— A.P.
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    A surprise move in wool strike
    87 3 A surprise move in wool strike CANBERRA, Tues. NEWS that storemen and packers in Queensland had decided today to support shearers in sustaining the shearers' strike caused surprise here because a Labour Department survey had indicated that the men would not swing behind the shearers. For this reason, a collapse
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    242 3 LONDON STOCKS LONDON, Tues. Closlne middle prices of selected stock not Including stamp duty were; Consols £52 +M. Funding 4% £84 15/16 War 3<n% 70 13/16 +5/16 BANKS Mercantile (£5) £4'i Eastern (£5) £7Vi Chartered (£1) 33/T- Hongkong ($125) £90 Vj INSURANCE Com. Un. (ute.) 86/4 4 —2/6 Royal 83/7'.
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    RUBBER
    31 3 LONDON, Tues.— Spot 27 Kd. Nov. 27'xd., Dec. 27>,d. Jan.Mar. 26 7 »d., April-June 2& 1 i6., July Sept. 26' B d. Oct. c.1.1. 26\d., Nov. c.l.t. 26-Hd. Tone Steady.
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    TIN
    22 3 LONDON, Tues. Cash Buyers £774; sellers £776; Forward Buyers £761; sellers £762; Settlement £775. Turnover, a.m. 80 totw p.m. 55 ion*.
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    GIANT OLYMPIC 'INVASION'
    289 4 World sports stars converge on Colony -on way to Melbourne 400 Soviet athletes top list of visitors HUNDREDS of the world's best athletes will soon begin converging on Singapore, on their way to the Olympic Games in Melbourne. Russia's Olympic contingent, more than 400 strong, Is among
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    FILIPINO SOPRANO FLIES IN FOR CONCERT
    49 4 CHARMING Filipino soprano. Miss Dalisay Aldaba. who flew into Singapore by KLM yesterday for a short season at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Miss Aldaba. who has been touring Europe, will appear in a Singapore Chamber Ensemble concert on Sunday night. Straits Times picture
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    TEACHERS: MINISTRY UNDEMOCRATIC
    171 4 A JOINT meeting of the Singapore Chinese School teachers and management committees associations yesterday accused the Ministry of Education of "undemocratic" action. Addressing the meeting, Mr. Lim Soo Guan, chairman of the management committee of the Chung Cheng High School, said that the new education Bill was
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    Motor rally is postponed
    44 4 The 1956 Malayan Moto\ Rally sponsored by the Shell Companies of Singapore and the Federation and organised by the Singapore Motor Club has been postponed until after Christmas. It was originally Intended to hold it on Nov. 1 and 2.
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    Dental officer on course
    40 4 Dental officer on course A Singapore dental officer. Mr. Wong; Moo Qui, left for Scotland by Qantas yesterday for a year's course In preventive dentistry and administration. Mr. Wong is the first man the Government has sent on this course.
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    No insurance on 'dead' licences
    253 4 COURT TOLD OF FIRM'S RULE representative of a leading Colony insurance firm told a traffic court yesterday that his firm was no longer holding itself responsible for policy holders who drove on expired driving licences. He was giving evidence in a case in which Police
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    / FOLLOW GANDHI WAY—LEE
    162 4 I FOLLOW GANDHI WAY— LEE PAP boss urges passive non-cooperation T^HF People's Action Party leader, Mr Xee Kuan Yew, yesterday said "nonviolent non-co-operation" was the weapon with which to fight for Malaya's independence. He was speaking at a meeting in Singapore to commemorate Mihatmi Gandhi's olrthday. He said Malaya was
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    Coconut station
    22 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. The Johore Government Is establishing a coconut research station at Bunftel Balang at a cost of $22,000.
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    Murder bid trial date set
    93 4 Murder bid trial date set THE trial of Mrs. Annie Danker, on a charge of attempted murder of her husband, Cyril Ignatius Danker, a clerk, at their house in Telok Ayer Street on April 19 last, will be heard on Oct. 10. When the case was mentioned before the Chief
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    School essay contest
    39 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A total of 21 schools in Kuala Lumpur have entered for the cleanliness campaign essay competition organised by a committee of the Municipal Council. Fountain pens and books will be given as prizes
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    The mail gets priority
    77 4 The priority Job when the Willem Ruys reached Singapore yesterday was sorting the 3.080 bags of mail, delayed a week by her diversion round the Cape of Good Hope. Postal workers and 34 Singapore Harbour Board labour- ers boarded the liner as soon as she came
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    200,000 more will be moved from the slums
    198 4 TOWNS FOR THE WORKERS SINGAPORE is to have three more satellite town! soon _at Woodlands, Bulim and Yio Chu Kane. More than 40,000 houses will be built in the three areas for about 200,000 people. Mr. J. E. Pepper, permanent secretary to
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    'TEMIAR' WINS 3 TOP AWARDS
    92 4 'TEMIAR' WINS 3 TOP AWARDS KUALA LUMPUR. Tu^. The Malayan Film Unit "most ambitious production" "Timeless Temiai has carried away thr c top-ranking awards in last three months. The film is in Eastmancolour and deals with the 1:: of a Malayan aborigln* tribe, the Temiars. Its latest award was las',
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    Engine gift to varsity
    47 4 The British Motor Corporation is giving an Austin motor-engine to the engineering department of the University of Malaya. It will be used for demonstration in the mechanical section, Mr. w. R. Williams, local representative of the I company told the Straits Times yesterday.
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    Man hit by tree dies
    62 4 IPOH, Tues.— A woodcutter. Lee San, 56, injured by a falling tree yesterday afternoon, died at the Ipoh hospital a few minutes after admission. Lee was with a party of other woodcutters, working In a jungle clearing in the Trolak area, 76 miles south of
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    Merdeka Bridge death bid
    49 4 A 35-year-old women, Chan Ah Kiu, pleaded guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to a charge of attempted suicide by Jumping from the Mer- deka Bridge into the Kallanp River on Sept. 29. Chan was allowed a personal bond of $50, pending a probation report.
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    Bock 'n roll—it's I No. 1 on ag parade
    361 5 Bock 'n roll it's No. 1 on rag parade DUMMIES FOR GREEN-TIE 'MARILYNS' QN THE TOP of the University of Malaya's ragging list this year is a demand that freshmen demonstrate the "rock-'n-roll." The ragging season, which lasts all this month, 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. exceptcd, is just beginning.
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    TWO FACE $6,000 CHEATING CHARGES
    110 5 TWO FACE $6,000 CHEATING CHARGES T HE director of the Thrifty C al Service. Robert Mrng Cho and his r. James Voon Kyam charged in a r( court yesterday six counts of cheating trance firm of $6,000. alleged to have I f. A. Allchurch, nt of the Sphere In- Co.
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    Training over
    31 5 PORT DICKSON. Tues.— A passing out ceremony for 240 Malay Regiment recruits who have completed six months basic training will be held at the regiment's depot here on Saturday.
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    Orchids from Colony for Princess
    95 5 i BOCQUR of rare Sin- 1 1 pore orchids will be r.t to Princess Margaret n she visits Tanganyika. Thfv will be a gift from Veronica's Florists. the rfrtor of the Botanic dens, Qantas Airways, B.OJLC, Air India and 1 i -i African Airways. To
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    JUDGE KATCHEN
    109 5 He will say who wins Colony open piano competition rE famous pianist Julius Katchen is to judge the srssion of the open irte competition run he Singapore Musical not be so easy to win c as the society intcr.ds to increase the severity •1 the open competition. The
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    Mandi Safar sports
    43 5 BUTTERWORTH. Tues. About 500 people are expected to take part in land and sea sports organised by the Kubang Boyah Permuda at Yeok Keow Road here tomorrow to celebrate "Mandi Safar" (bathing festival). The sports will start at 10 a.m.
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    Cocktail party
    21 5 SEGAMAT, Tues. Officers of the South Wales Borderers will entertain local community leaders to a cocktail party on Thursday.
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    POSER IN COUNCIL: EXACTLY miT IS A STRIPTEASE?
    201 5 POSER IN COUNCIL: EXACTLY WHAT IS A STRIPTEASE? rrHE STATE Secretary, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Musa, asked the Johore State Council yesterday: "What is a striptease show?" Until it had been properly defined, he said, it was impossible for him to tell the council whether the Government was aware that
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    The art of dancing is her life
    87 5 The art of dancing is her life DUTCH-BORN Indian dancer Saba is in Singapore on her way from Indonesia to Europe, where she will perform in Spain, France and Holland. Saba, who has been dancing with great success in Indonesia for six years, studied Hindu dances as a child in
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    Magistrate vows 'I'll be back—as a lawyer'
    246 5 Magistrate vows 'I'll be back— as a lawyer' SINGAPORE magistrate Mr. John DevereuxColebourn says farewell today after 11 years in Malaya. Farewell Not goodbye. For Mr. Devereux-Colebourn leaving at the end of his Government contract is already making plans to return. He told the Straits Times yesterday: "I have enrolled
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    Police ambush 2 youths
    44 5 Police last night waited in ambush at a house in Sims Avenue. Singapore, and detained two youths, who were armed with daggers. They are being held on a charge of attempted robbery and are expected to appear in court today.
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      192 5 POLICE BAND: Public concert. Esplanade Gardens, 6 p.m. to 7 pjn. ROTARY CLUB: Luncheon meeting— talk on "Apprenticeship schemes in Singapore" by the Industrial Training Officer, Mr. P.O Tyson Cathay Hotel. 1 p.m. APEX CLUB: Dinner meetingtalk by the Public Relations Officer. Mr. G.G. Thomson— Adelphl Hotel. 8 p.m. RAFFLES
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      138 5 ing at 341, Clemenceau Avenue. 8.30 p.m. CLOTHING SHOP at St. An. i drew's Cathedral, C.W.A. Room. South Side, 3 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. PEACE COVE: Go -pel meeting —message by Mr. Tarn Tuan Van —393. Joo Chtet Road, 8 p.m V.M.C.A. (Orchard Roadi Chess Club, bodybuilding, gymnastics, welghtlifting 5.30
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    27 6 20 Wartlt $10 (minimum). HOPE-FALKNER: On 27th f*pt«nber 1953 m Portugal. Edith Florence, widow of the late Lieut.Col. Percy Hope-Palkner, and n.other of Bobby and Dorothy.
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    85 6 20 Words $10 (minimum). THE FAMILY OP the late Mr. Chia Joo Fooic thank all relatives I t>nd friends for their kind expressions of sympathy In various ways, recent bereavement. MR. ANT) MRS. PATRICK LIM t ..fir Friends and Relatives for their Good Wishes. Help, and their Valuable Presents
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    316 6 !<> H,,rrf» $1(1 (minimum). SALE STARTED ON Monday at Mulchands. Dresses and Gowns. Prices SI LOVELY DRESSES at Low I y, 11, Battery Road. Oenulne Hall -Price Sale. FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day toi the "Malay Mall" If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. DO YOU 10NG for
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    JDte ®imes Singapore, Wed. Oct. 3, 1956. People And Assembly
    669 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Oct. 3, 1956. People And Assembly Today's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Assembly must surely rank as one of the most remarkable in the legislature's remarkable history. Barely a month ago the House gave the Government a vote of confidence after the Chief Minister had
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    349 6 Chin Peng and his minions might perhaps pay some attention to the proceedings of the recent Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and particularly to the pronouncements made by Li Wei-han. Mr. Li is a comrade whose words must be treated with reverence by
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    Still Life !
    169 6 Still Life Forty-seven shroffs employed by the Board of Currency Commissioners in Singapore have started a "go slow" protest because they want to be put on the same salary scale as Government clerks. Normally the men take 45 minutes to count a certain number notes and coins; the same job
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    1042 6  -  HENRY BKA\»O\ hj The election campaigns which an catching the headlines an those of Mr. Stevenson, the D%mocratic Presidential candidate and Mr. Nixon, the Republicans' choice tor Vice-President frr the second time. Stevenson's election tactics hare undergone a radical change. His speeches are no longer polished literary essays.
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      200 6 OBVIOUSLY Mr. Boesta1/ man does not know what he is talking about and what he is doing when he talks of forming a united front against the Alliance. He should have known that the majority of the people of Malaya are. at this moment, solidly
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      Freedom from •study groups*
      86 6 Freedom from 'study groups' "FREEDOM Of thought, ■T freedom from fear and the protection of the rights of the individual are &H badly needed in Singapore today. The right to develop art for art's sake, music for music's sake and literature for literature's sake must be constantly pressed for by
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      Brides from abroad
      121 6 rE editorial 'Of Scent and Spices' published in the Sunday Times of September 23, appears to be provocative but it overlooked a number of points. Being an Indian bachelor myself, I would like to say in defence of Indian bachelors that they were born in India and
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      Loral tfirls too modern
      268 6 Local girls too modern mHE points raised in the 1 Sunday Times editorial. "Of Scent and Spices" are worth considering. Indian bachelors prefer to marry girls from India, because, in addition to being good cooks, they also possess charm, intelligence, grace and beauty. Although these are the qualities a good
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      60 6 IAM a resident of Delta Estate and I am sorry to say the estate is still without a post office. The nearest post office is at Llm Lek Street, close to Tiong Bahru area. But this was built only for the convenience of the Tiong Bahru residents.
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      Look into this file
      116 6 FOH is expanding rapidly. Its growing population urgently needs a few thousand more houses. There are, of course, many 'Gardens' in course of construction, but they far from satisfy the present needs. Of the many building schemes, some are held back, some have not been started,
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      THE I \ AI'PHO \4 II Mil I S
      131 6 THE UNAPPROACHABLES I HAD occasion once again to visit the Registrar of Vehicles' Deoartment recently specifically to see the Registrar. Upon being informed he was out I requested to see the Deputy Registrar of Vehicles. I was thereon passed to another individual who by the virtue of his position could
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      442 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 10 Wordt $10 (minimum). ANOUS: On tod at Kuala Lumpur, to Anne, a daughter, busan Patricia. Both well. J0 Wordt 110 (minimum). MOORE-TOVEY: The engagement 1j announced between Patrick Moore of Ilfracombe, Devon, and Singapore, and Mary Hollneld Tovey of Caversham. Reading Berkshire. LOST »V»,,rdssj (Miit.)— Bom SO
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    724 7 I AM SATISFIED HE WENT THROUGH ENGAGEMENT CEREMONY WITH TYPIST -JUDGE COURT REJECTS CLAIM THAT HE MERELY TOOK GIRL AS HIS MISTRESS Swore with burnt joss sticks KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday MR. JI'STICE ABDUL HAMID ruled in the High Court here today 1 that a
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    MIC Youth wants war on toddy drinking –
    93 7 MIC Youth wants war on toddy drinking KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Youth Section of the Kuala Lumpur Town Branch of the Malayan Indian Congress is to ask MIC headquarters to launch a country wide publicity campaign against drinking. lj rtpridpd at an executive committee meeting of the youth section last
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    7 JAPANESE MINERS FOR KELANTAN
    64 7 7 JAPANESE MINERS FOR KELANTAN A Japanese mining engineer Mr. H. Mori and six technicians passed through Singapore yesterday on their way to Kota Bharu. Mr. Mori said they had been sent from Tokyo to help operate the Temangan Iron Mines in Kelantan. The mines were Japanese owned before the
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    JEANETTE IS A 'DOCTOR' TO PIANOS
    99 7 JEANETTE IS A 'DOCTOR' TO PIANOS MISS JEANETTE S. C. WONG, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wong Shian Vein of Singapore, who returned by the Willem Ruys yesterday after completing a piano technology course at the Northern Polytechnic, London. Miss Wnn t did the two year course in 15
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    New police chief
    53 7 IPOH, Tues. Perak will get a new chief police officer next week when Mr. Forbes Wallace, back from long leave, takes over the Job. He will succeed Mr. A. J. W. Slater who goes to the Federal Police Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur until next February when he
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    Dog-shooter hit wrong target
    39 7 A City Council dog-shooter, Mohamed Ghouse. was fined $50 in a Singapore court yesterday for causing hurt to Soh Leng Noi on the morning of May 21 while shooting a dog in Upper Serangoon Road.
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    It's Mandi Safar today —Muslims will wash their bad luck away
    156 7 It's Mandi Safar today Muslims will wash their bad luck away MALAYS will crowd the Colony's beaches today to wash away "bad luck* in a traditional Mandi Safar dip. Safar, the second month of the Muslim calendar, is believed by Malays to be the darkest and most ac-cident-prone period of
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    Bandits for 39 days —then surrender
    110 7 Bandits for 39 days then surrender ...AND THEIR GUNS CAME TOO JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. TWO terrorists have surrendered with their arms and ammunition in the Pengarang area of Johore— 39 days after going underground. They gave themselves up on Sept. 23 but the news was withheld until today for security
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    COUNCILLORS NOW ON FREE LIST
    55 7 COUNCILLORS NOW ON FREE LIST Johore State Councillors will now enjoy the privileges and facilities accorded to Federal Legislative Councillors. Among these, they will get: 1. A free telephone: 2. A free railway pass: 3. Free hospital facilities for themselves and their families; 4. A councillor's Identity card to pass
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    President of the SCLA
    41 7 President of the Singapore Chinese Ladies' Association is Mrs. Tan Chin Tuan. Other officials are: vice-presidents. Mrs. Loke Wan Tho and Mrs. Wee Eng Lock: hon. secretary. Mrs. Lily P.L. Chan: and hon. treasurer, Mrs. Elizabeth Chan.
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    Malay language class
    48 7 TAIPING, Tues. A new Malay language class will be started by the Taiping branch of the Perak Adult Education Association tomorrow at the King Edward VII School. The class Is intended mainly for office workers, and will be held twice weekly, on Wednesdays and Fridays.
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    Photographs on show
    53 7 Selected photographs by the world's leading photographers are now on exhibition at Raffles Museum, Singapore, from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays, and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sundays, until the end of this month. The photographs are on loan from the Loke
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    Art society
    21 7 The Singapore Art Society will hold Its annual meeting at the British Council, Stamford Road, at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    1,000 guests will attend wedding of Johore prince
    152 7 1,000 guests will attend wedding of Johore prince SEREMBAN, Tues.— A buffet party for 1,000 guests and a dance at the Istana Besar after the "bersandinn" ceremony will be the highlights of the marriage of Tengku Shahariah. second daughter of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negrl Sembllan to Tengku Abdul
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    Blood bank disinterest
    52 7 SEREMBAN, Tues.— A meeting convened by the Negri Sembllan Red Cross Society to consider ways of improving the blood bank at the Seremban General Hospital yesterday evening met with poor response. Only 15 people attended although more than 70 invitations had been Issued to various associations to
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    SURPRISE IN STORE FOR PAP BOSSES
    174 7 SURPRISE IN STORE FOR PAP BOSSES Today's Assembly A SURPRISE move la r% expected in the Singapore Legislative Assembly today against a P.A.P. resolution censuring the Government for the recent arrests on banishment and detention orders. The move is designed to turn the tables on the p.AJ>. The Government will
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    64,000 attend farm show
    40 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. More than 64,000 people have attended th e four-day Malalyan Agri-Horticultural Asso- ciation's exhibition which ended here tonight. It was an all time record crowd, a spokesman of the MAHA organising committee said.
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    London show of Colony photos
    87 8 Twenty-six prints by 13 members of the Photographic Society of Singapore are now on exhibition at the London Salon of Photography, which ends on Saturday. The Singapore exhibitors are Yip Cheong Fun (3 prints), Tham Yew Fun (3) Ang Ang. Chua Soo Bin. Foo Chee
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    Punched man charge
    50 8 L. Reno pleaded not guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to assaulting Dr. William Wee Soo Cheng. He was alleged to have punched Dr. Wee in the face In the office of a medical officer in the General Hospital on Oct. 1. Bail of $200 was offered.
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    The Duke delays Colony pesta
    44 8 The Singapore UMNO has postponed its "Pesta" festival because of the coming visit of the Duke of Edinburgh. The pesta, scheduled for Nov. 1 to 3, will now be held on the nights of Nov. 16, 17 and 18.
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    Bank official
    28 8 Mr. G. Sato, a Bank of Tokyo official, has arrived in Singapore to join the bank's new branch here, which !s to begin business in January.
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    'MARY NG SAID I'D BE FINED $3,000—1 WAS'
    642 8 'MARY NG SAID I'D BE FINED $3,000—I WAS' Witness 'I couldn't pay inducement money 1 claims: uor SUAI LI AX, a coffee shop proprietor, alleged in a Singapore court yesteraay that a woman, Mary Ng, had warned him on the eve of his trial on an opium charge that he
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    STEPS TO THE SEA —FROM THE APEX
    102 8 STEPS TO THE SEA FROM THE APEX THE Singapore Apex Club will soon undertake its first "hand-blistering" job to build steps up a cliff off Lim Chu Kang Road for a Social Welfare Department week-end camp. The club its motto is i I "Service" will design the steps, supply materials
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    Musicians back
    27 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The second group of musicians of the Federation's Police Band arrived back today by BOAC after completing their five-month tour of Britain.
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    Wesley Church bazaar
    50 8 The Women's Society of Christian Service, Wesley Church, Singapore, will hold its annual bazaar in the church hall, 4, Fort Canning Road, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday. Mrs. Raymond L Archer, wife of the retired Methodist bishop for South-East Asia, will open the bazaar.
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    'V' collection
    16 8 'Y' collection The Singapore Young Women's Christian Association collected $4,846 during its flag day last month.
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      459 8 I SHA\TbROTHERS ORGANISATION ATTRACTS^ "DEEP BLUE" SEA" n 8 "lN K A BHAWS PRODUCTION f f > niTpT^s^Tro^ o r r o v i/OffN WAYNE j n jffii j^ I THE SEARCHERS" ZSTfJ I JEFFREY HUNTER VERA MILES ifJFmk TODAY DC V fc^gk nA M I 1 TOMORROW ONLY nt
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      540 8 Regional SINGAPORE (Short wave 62m. Medium wave 476 m.) A.M. 7.15 Time Signal And Opening Annct.; 7.16 Morning Serenade; 7.30 News; 7.35 A Date With Music; 8.00 News Headlines; 8.02—8.30 A Date With Music; P.M. 5.00 Music From Broadway: 5.15 Memo Prom The United Nations: 5.30 6.00 Tea Dance; 6.55
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    Lock icon |Woman who ran baby farm! 1 was vicious hat-pin killer 1
    1752 9 Woman who ran baby farm! was vicious hat-pin killer THE < oi 1 1\ nun BOOMERANG Told to hang baby killer* hangman cut own throat gENSATION swept Melbourne in Australia, one January day in 1894, when it became known that the public hangman, Thomas Jones, had cut his own throat
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      227 9 lm-^y -jb^ I here's nothing to equal Viyella Jyf^ff^ IF lT SH RISKS WE REPLACE j j Vjvella Is th* fabric lor >(^<%* growing families always soft and light, H positively thrives on washing. (note the famous guarantee) I day and M mlto madr by the makrrt of f tytlla
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      234 9 Jf<>.v Morgan. 3M.D. Li la wins I I fuiHK iov g£ ne.. ees^ONSWLe *o*^\} i/ I H A afl Hat aiafl Kfl PSACTiCAL MAN Vl> BES6 S.JND.' PCETCND \'Oj WK II affl 7 sjP"ost vs. BfeiiEe \Qv werec>»*tm6 jvh> aho y lila/ I [Ifl x ~C ~a^ roi oe-e lila
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    TELOK ANSON PRICE UP 40 PER CENT ON ESTATE SALE REPORT
    407 10 TELOK ANSON PRICE UP 40 PER CENT ON ESTATE SALE REPORT By Our Market Correspondent M ANY Malayan rubber counters are continuing to become highly speculative real estate propositions and this was instanced again yesterday when one rubber counter rose by nearly 40 per cent in value on the Singapore
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    RUBBER PRICES
    134 10 October first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 91 Vi cents per lb., up a quarter of a cent on Monday's closing price. The closing tone was stetady, quiet. Closinr prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: OFFICIAL No. I R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 91
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    371 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "On an unconfirmed report Telok Anson rose sharply to $2.50 wiih further buyers at the close. Both Industrials and tins were irregular within narrow limits and rubbers were quiet." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday:- Con. Tin Smelt
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    82 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rate* to $100):Canada: buying airmail: T.T. 31 13/16. O.D 31 15/16. 90 d/st 32 1/4 credit bills. 32 5/16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 31 1/2. On the free
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    77 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: steady; Oct. t26>; buyers. $264 sellers Coronut oil: steady; bulk $404 sellers, drum $43H sellers. Pepper: steady; about 50 to 70 tons of business reported done on both varieties: Muntok white $119 Sarawak $118 (both up $1).
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    OFFICIAL PRICED
    27 10 SINGAPORE, Ocl RUBBER: fIH p«r lb. (up m quart* r Qf a cent). TIN: $384 per piful (down $5). COPRA: 526.2.1 picul (up 121 rentsi
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    116 10 MELBOURNE INVESTMENTS trading *i A derately active, overs were not large Exchange today. Pr:.-, were narrow with leadei minings silver leads tender! j but others were nurj Search were slightly easiel Woodside Oil firmer but ovpV trading not heavy. Loans 1 stronger and active. Loans 3'k% 195K-.V} £94
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    TAKUAPA VALLEY
    11 10 Takuapa Valley won 444 of tin ore in September
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      1106 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens for appointments as Temporary Hospital Assistants for the Yaws Campaign, Kelantan/Trengganu In the salary scale of $209x14-307/324x14-450 plu.s COLA at current rates. Applications must be Trained Hospital Assistants and possess a good knowledge of Colloquial Malay. Application on form Gen: 147 obtainable
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      741 10 NOTICES THE MENTAKAB RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED In Singapore) The Special Resolution for the reduction of Capital was duly passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Members held on 12th May 1956. Notice is hereby given that the Transfer Books and Registers of the Company will be closed from Bth October
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      847 10 TENDERS TENDERS FOR SCRAP MATERIALS Malayan Collieries Ltd., Batu Arang, invite tenders for the purchase of scrap metals over the period Ist October to 31st December, 1956. Prospective buyers are requested to quote for the materials where lying but the Company would be prepared to provide labour for loading at
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      556 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailing San Arriving Vancouver Francisco Spore P. Swet. Penang F Kristin Bakke 6^ 7 Oct 8 Oet 9 Oct 20 C Anna Bakke 19/23 Oct 24 Oct 26 Oct 4 No. Elisabeth Bakke 9 Oct 23 Oct 23/25 Nov 26
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      1242 11 r.i »4os MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. x.ii 1411 MM M S.ngop..rel 111 line,) W THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE T 1 other port! to loan and divcnorge cargo uIINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON 4 CONTINENTAL PORTS ..T.n>i Of VESSELS WHICH HAVE LIFT MALAYA HOMEWARDS t PERSEUS dut Port Said 2.10 VnOR
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      1038 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR PAR lAST Penang s>. S'hom Spore "ffLANDIA" O<t IT/ 20/ O* "ASIA" li/2 Oct 21 "/24 Oct AJIA 27 Oct/ 1 Nev HOMEWARDS SAILINGS FOR CIMfIA ANTWERP. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG COPENHAGEN, GOTHINBURC, OSLO. S'poro P. S'hom Ponang juTtANoiA F., Hindis:. rANAMA A* C.H.
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      1009 11 buudU THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD "mV 1 a SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) I LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore f. Sham Penang BENREOCH for London, Rotterdam 6. 33/34 Sails S Oct Direct arrives London 27 Oct BENCRUACHAN for Liverpool, Rotterdam, Antwerp 24 Oct/1 Nev 21/23
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      593 12 WHEN the warning bell sounded the escape party had reached the palace and were pounding down the road which led to the canal. It was at this point they heard footsteps in front of them and Joe knocked into someone in the darkness.
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      POST OFF THOSE ENTRIES
      310 12 POST OFF THOSE ENTRIES E Dear Boys and Girls, 5 Here are the six winners of our word puzzle com5 petition. Mavis Yeo, S 5 Hertford Road. Singa- pore 8, Stephen Chia. 12 E Crichton Close. Serangoon Garden Estate, Singapore. S Lim Ah Seng. 34 Maude 5 Road, Singapore 8,
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      AN IMPORTANT STAMP YEAR
      316 12 able as early as possible next year. Dr. Hill will shortly invite committees representing cultural interests in Scotland. Wales, N Ireland, and the Channel Isles to advise on designs which will b e eventually submitted to the Queen for her approval. This certainly marks an Important
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      It's a tight fit
      36 12 This old tin can makes a snug hiding place for Smithy, a Bosman's Potto at the London Zoo. Inside it he feels safe, but he can still peep out at the world.
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      Animals DO talk to each other
      193 12 A N animal question comes from Ah Chong, of Muar. who wants to know if animals talk to each other. In a way they do. I have told you how the bee describes to her workmates where honey can be found, by means of
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    TAFFIES ARE FIJIANS' SUCCESSORS
    485 13 TAFFIES ARE FIJIANS' SUCCESSORS Johore should keep title JOHORE, champions in J the past three rugby seasons in the H.M.S. Malaya inter state competition, have every chance this season of holding on to the title. The departure of the mighty Fijians, who undoubtedly won for Johore their rugger eminence, is
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    'DOC PIRIE OFFERS A CURE FOR JOHN LANDY
    187 13 'DOC' PIRIE OFFERS A CURE FOR JOHN LANDY MELBOURNE. Tues. —Britain's top gold medal prospect in track events, Gordon Pirie. arrived yesterday for the Nov. 22 Dec. 8 Olympic Games and immediately offered a cure for the sore achilles tendons tormenting John Landy. Landy. holder of the world record of
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      Pennefather saves the day for Police
      114 14 Last-minute goal earns a draw A last-minute goal by Percy Pennefather. saved Police from defeat in their Singapore Hockey Association first division league match against Singapore Cricket Club on the padang yesterday. The game ended in a 4-4 draw. Police were leading 3-0 at
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      BACK WITH NEW PLAN FOR SOCCER
      99 14 BACK WITH NEW PLAN FOR SOCCER JOHN THEN, former Singapore soccer captain, returned to the Colony from England yesterday in thr liner Willem Ruys. He intends to introduce new system of training for Singapore's future football players. Looking fit and every inch an athlete despite his 45 years, John Then
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      Aussie tourists 'confident'
      54 14 The Australian Rugby League touring team stopped over in Singapore yesterday, on their way to England and Fiance. Mr. C. W. Fahy. one of the two officials of the learn told the Straits Times: "We have with us the best players from Australia and we are confident
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      Practice shoot
      23 14 Singapore Rifle Association will hold a final practice shoot on Sunday for competitors in the 1056 N.R.A. oversea* rifle postal matches.
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      No on-the-spot answer for SASA
      652 14 FINA SECRETARY WILL NOT PASS THROUGH SINGAPORE ON WAY TO GAMES SOSC SHOULD DECIDE ON DAVID'S CASE By THE SPORTS EDITOR IF the Singapore Ama- teur Swimminjj Association expect an on-the-spot answer to their query on schoolboy David Lim from F.I.N.A. secretary B. Satlfors in
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      Singapore recover from 0-2 at half-time to beat MCFA
      771 14 Singapore recover from 0-2 at half-time to beat MCFA THE Malayan Chinese Football Association, playing a trial game against Singapore before they leave for Hong Kong tomorrow, were beaten 3-2 at Jalan Besar last night after being 2-0 in the lead at half time. It was a fortuitous turn of
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      Oldfield and Theo meet after 29 years
      454 14 TpWO old friends met in Singapore yesterday after 29 years and recalled happy memories they shared on the cricket pitch. Bert Oldfield. Australia's former great Test wicketkeeper who is now 64 years old. took one look at Theo Leijssius former Singapore cricketer, and
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      Judoists will meet to form Board
      139 14 Judoists will meet to form Board JUDO enthusiasts In Singapore will hold a meeting this week- end at the Japanese Consulate, Oxley Rise, to draft rules for a proposed Judo Board of Control. Mr. S. Kobayashl. of the Con- I sulate. told the Straits Times yesterday that he expected representatlves
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      PROJECTOR GOES WELL ON WET TRACK
      347 14 PROJECTOR GOES WELL ON WET TRACK From EPSOM JEEP PROJECTOR, with apprentice Khamis up. and Mickey Mouse were matched in a smart gallop on a wet track at Penang this morning. Breaking from the half mile they raced over the last 3f. in 39 1/5. Across the line it was
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      Hobbs on top after Ipoh meet
      175 14 JOCKEYS Sheldon Geyer, Ken Barratt and Kevin Mitchell have left for Australia. Geyer and Barratt are expected to return in time for the Gold Cup meeting at Bukit Timah, but Mitchell has no definite plans to come back to Malaya. Mitchell had a nice
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      Fook Teng's appeal up tomorrow
      138 14 Fook Teng's appeal up tomorrow SINGAPORE Amateur Football Association's Appeals Board could not meet yesterday to decide the case of Loh Fook Teng, who was suspended for six months on Monday for Amicable A.A.'s walkout during their S.A.F.A. Cup semifinal against Marines at Jalan Besar stadium on Sept. 18. This
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      ACS win 1-0
      15 14 Anglo-Chinese School beat Victoria School 1-0 at hockey yesterday. Jasblr Singh scored.
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      LYE CHOON TO RACE AGAIN—ON OCT. 14
      138 14 LYE CHOON TO RACE AGAIN— ON OCT. 14 rE younger of the popular Chan brothers. Lye i Choon, will make a return i to competitive motor racing on Oct. 14. Lye Choon has entered for two events in the Singapore Motor Clubs Gap Hill Climb the last speed meeting of
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      Kesavan told: 'Go all out'
      254 14 Kesavan told: 'Go all out' rpHE Singapore x champion, Kesavar Soon, was timed and 11.1 second trying out the 100 rnrtn at R. I. ground day. The Sin Olympic and s prm Council's qualit. is 10.7 seconds. But Kesavan was into a considerable v i. [coach Raymond Kaufman the Singapore
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      Easy win
      31 14 Singapore Recrea'ion Club br 1 R.A.F. Changi 5-0 in a B.H Div. 2 league match on the par! yesterday J. de Souza I-' Stanley. E. Phillips, and T scored.
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      101 14 RUGGER S.C.C. "A" v Naval Base. padanc R.X.A.S. Sembswanc f R.A.F. Tenf ah. Sembawang R.A.F. Singapore, trial, Tenfah. HOCKEY S.H.A. LEAGUE. DIV. 1: S.R.C. v R.N. Police padanc; I.A. r S.H.B. Police, BaJestier R««d; C.S.C. t (i.H.Q.. Baleitier Road. Div. 3: Punjab N.S. r Wanderers. Friendly: V.M.C.A. v Khalsa, Balestier
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