The Straits Times, 25 December 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS fk;ht pages
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  • Article
    CHINESE REDS CROSS 38th IN FORCE
    413 1 CHINESE REDS CROSS 38th IN FORCE U.N. Expects Large-Scale Offensive TOKYO, Sunday. fOMMUNIST forces have driven almost five miles south of the 38th Parallel, north-east of Seoul, the U.S. Bth Army announced yesterday. At the same time, a release by Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters said a prisoner captured 1)V the Army
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    48 1 MAI OR J. STI'ART WHITE Kin :'s Own Scottish Bori examines a new silent rifle now in use in the Mala- in jungle. Major White is a ter or an Army Re->-arrh Unit which has brert •yenttag in Malaya for the pj*t five months. (See story page I)
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    US GIVES MALAYA FUNDSFORROADS
    154 1 WASHINGTON, Sunday. MALAYA will get US$4lO,OOO from the United States. to build new roads to enable the authorities to take more effective security measures against internal disorder and Communist infiltration. The project Is part of a l>:iti-range road development pr mamme in Malaya which w 11
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    DEFENCE TALKS
    45 1 BONN, Sun.— The United States High Commissioner, Mr. John J. McCloy, yesterday discussed the Brussels' decisions on the German contribution to the defence of the West with the West German Government opposition leader. Dr. Kurt Schumacher, and Herr Erich Odenhauer. his deputy. Reuter.
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    CHIANG KAI-SHEK
    23 1 TAIPEH. Sun.— Nationalist China's President. Chiang Kai-shek, will personally officiate at the opening of the Armed Forces Athletic meeting: tomorrow. Reuter.
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    TRADE HOPES
    29 1 LONDON. Sun— Mr. Arthur B itumilcy. Secretary for Overseas Trade, expressed the li >[>'' that a new trade agreement between Pakistan and Britain would soon be signed. R"llt(T.
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    17 Saved In Mountain Plane Crash
    113 1 NEW YORK, Sun. SEVENTEEN out of 18 people on board a Canadian Pacific Airlines Dakota which crashed high up In the Rocky Mountains on Friday were found safe yesterday, New York radio reported. The pilot died in the crash and his co-pilot was severely
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    TRUMAN'S TRIBUTE TO GEN. WALKER
    237 1 TOKYO. Sun. T»HE body of Lfcut.L General Walton H. Walker, Commander of the United States Eighth Army, returned to Japan this morning honoured by Gen. Mac Arthur and scores of senior officers standing at the salute at Tokyo airport. General Walker was killed when his
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    35 SNATCHED' TO SAFETY
    62 1 HELICOPTERS snatched 35 American and South Korean prisoners-of war to safety behind enemy lines. Major-Gen. Earle Partidge, Commander of the Fifth Air Force, Announced yesterday. He said an observation plane spotted a sign in the snow between Chorwon and Sariwon calling for help. Each helicopter made
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    4 Masked Men Rob Woman Of $4,900
    222 1 CXDUR masked young Chinese early yesterday morning held up a middle-aged woman, Madam Kun Ah Wai, in a shophouse in Cashin Street, Singapore at the point of a pistol and took away jewellery, clothes, cash and leather poods worth $9,785. I Th» leather
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    H.K. CAN IMPORT U.S. GOODS
    162 1 H.K. CAN IMPORT U.S. GOODS HONG KONQ. Sun. rr\HE U.S. Consulate-General JL^in Hong Kong announced that Washington had granted permission for "some nonstrategic" imports to be unloaded in Hong Kong. What items will be classified as non-strategic was not announced. Still in doubt, however, and of particular interest in Hong
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    SHIPPING CHIEF HELD
    72 1 NEW YORK, Sun. Mr. Roman Kytylowski, 55, President of the Polish-owned Gydnia America Shipping Line, was taken Into custody by immigration agents when he arrived by air. Authorities gave no explanation. Gydnla-America is the company operating the liner Batory the ship Communist leader Gerhart Elsler used to
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    JAPS HOLD 17
    23 1 TOKYO, Sun. Japanese authorities today arrested 17 Koreans who were believed to have been attempting to enter Japan illegally. .Reuter.
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    K.L. SANTA CAME BY PLANE
    126 1 FATHER Christmas arflved by air in Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening to entertain about 100 children members of the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club at their ChrUtmu party. Children jumped for joy and shouted as the plane, roared over and landed at the club. A gaily decorated
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    BRITONS AT BRUSSELS
    32 1 BRITAIN'S Foregn Minister, Mr. Ernest Bevin and Defence Minister Mr. Emanuel Shinwell (left) at the opening of the Atlantic Pact Foreign and Defence Ministers meeting at Brussels. A.P. picture.
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    RED SUBS NOT FRIENDLY
    51 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Sun.— Many of the "mystery" submarines sighted off the Pacific coast last summer were Russian, and their reasons for being in these waters were not friendly. Vice-Admiral Charies A. Lockwood said on Friday. He added the Russian submarines were ient to survey the coastline.—
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    2 Dead, 9 Hurt In Bomb Outrage
    304 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A HAND grenade, thrown from the window of a building opposite the Rex Cinema in Teluk Anson. Perak, at a jungle squad on patrol duty last night killed two Chinese, wounded six other Chinese and three
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    Nepal Governor Surrenders
    54 1 PATNA, North-East India, Sun. Colonel Uttam Sikaam Rana, Governor of Siratnagar. the largest Industrial centre In Nepal, surrendered last night to Nepali Congress insurgents after holding out .for 14 days, reliable source! said today. Siratnagar lies 150 miles south-east of Katmandu, capital of the mountain -locked Hindu
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    Indies Order New
    43 1 Palm Oil Plant AMSTERDAM, Sun—Elec-trically-powered palm oil equipment has been ordered by the Indonesian Government from Dutch machine factories at Hengelo. The machinery Is for the Indonesian Government -owned palm oil factory on the east coast of Sumatra "Majang."— Reuter.
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    NEW ENVOY
    25 1 TAIPEH, Sun Gen Let Bum Suk. new Republic of Korea Ambassador to Nationalist China, wfll present his credentials to Chiang Kaishek tomorrow.— Reuter,
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    DEALERS' BID TO BEAT NEW EXPORT DUTY
    256 1 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. WITH barely a week left before the new rubber export duty comes into force, North Malaya pruducers and dealers are putting all avai'jble storks on the market in a feverish bid to beat the deadline. All rubber
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    CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
    16 1 The Straits Times wishes its readers a Happy Xmas and a prosperous New Year.
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    CZECH RUBBER BUYING
    83 1 COLOMBO. Sun—Czechoslovak buyers have asked leading rubber shippers lm Ceylon to send rubber to th» Polish port of Gdynia. The report has given ris« to considerable speculation in Colombo as it was thought likely the rubber would ultimately be transhipped to Russia. The export of rubber from
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    Truman Holds Out Hope Of 'A World Safe To Live In'
    382 2 Truman Holds Out Hope Of 'A World Safe To Live In' PRESIDENT Truman, home in Independence, Missouri, for Christmas, holds ont hope of a world "safe for you and me and everybody else to live in." He 'said the American people are "In excellent shape" to meet the challenge of
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    THE MILKMAN CAN EXPLAIN IT ALL
    108 2 FORT PIERCE, Florida, Sun. MILKMAN Jack Killmertin with his face somewhat red, pleaded with Us customers over the radio yesterday that his intentions had been good. He bought 300 Christmas greetings cards to leave with his customers when he delivered the milk, h« said.
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    P.I. SHIP SINKS OFF HONGKONG
    164 2 HONG KONG, Sun. •THE Philippines freighter Clavecilla sank off Hong Kong on Thursday night with a probable loss of four lives. Still missing and believed drowned are three Chinese seamen and Chief Officer Boils. Thirty-six survivors, including the captain-owner E. P. Clavecilla were brought to
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    N.Z. SHIELD FOR INDIAN CRUISER
    76 2 LONDON, Sun.— A wooden shield, bearing an Inscription from the people of New Zealand, will soon be sent to India for presentation to the Indian cruiser Delhi, formerly the Achilles, the New Zealand Government announced yesterday. The inscription reads: "The people of New Zealand record
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    NEW GUINEA: NEW PROPOSALBYROEM
    65 2 THE HAGUE, Sun. The resumed Dutch-Indonesian talks on the future status of Western New Guinea were adjourned until Tuesday after the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Dr. Mohammed Roem, had proposed a solution which the Dutch will consider. Delegates reconvened for an hour and a half yesterday after
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    RED THREAT TO DALAI LAMA
    58 2 WASHINGTON, Sun. Chinese Communist troops now invading Tibet are posing a threat to the escape of the Dalai Lama, according to a report recefred by the Nat'onal Geographic Society in Washington. The report added that the Dalai's mother, sister, older brother and many Tibetan official
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    MOBILISATION CHIEF
    36 2 MR. CHARLES Wilson, 64, President of the General Electric Company, who has been appointed to guide the new Central Defence Mobilisation Agency. He was in a similar post during World War lI.— AJP. picture.
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    CZECHS ENLIST GIRLS
    71 2 PRAGUE, Sun. THE Czechoslovak Army and Air Force* Will start recruiting girls of between 17 and 22 in the New Year, the Czechoslovak news agency report*. The girls will serve in antiaircraft and on admlnistra- tive unite; They must.be unmarried and physically fit. Selected women inon-com-missioned officers
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    To Speak To U.S.
    32 2 NINE-YEAR-OLD Marjorie Lucy of Twickenham, England, who has been chosen by the 8.8.C. as a typical English Schoolgirl for a Christmas Eve broadcast to America. Pacel Popper picture.
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    EGYPTIAN PEACE APPEAL
    103 2 EGYPTIAN PEACE APPEAL CAIRO, Sun. r PHE Egyptian Prime Minister, Mustapha El Nahas. said yesterday "The world is again tormented by the spectre of war. Let us hope world leaders will save humanity from further horrors." He was broadcasting greetings to Muslims throughout the world on the occasion of the
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      Cable Flashes Ten Burnt To Death In Texas Fire
      388 2 Cable Flashes Ten Burnt To Death In Texas Fire THEN bedridden patients, three of them blind, were burned to death at the Walker Convalescent Home, Amarillo, Texas. Thirty-seven patients were saved The flames swept from the.big barracks along a covered passageway to another dormitory. But patients there had time to
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      442 2 NOTICES NOTICE Estate* of:— 1. Kdmund Arthur Burton, deceased. S. William Stoddart Edington, deceased. 3. Mrs. Annie Kerr. deceased. 4. M. Maideen Abdul Kader, deceased and 5. Frederick Thomas Read. NOTICE Is hereby given that creditors and other persons having claims against the estates of any of the above deceased
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    UN MAY MAKE ANOTHER APPEAL TO RED CHINA
    355 3 UN MAY MAKE ANOTHER APPEAL TO RED CHINA LAKE SUCCESS, Sunday. QNE of the three-man United Nations cease-fire committee was reported to be considering the possibility of another appeal to Peking to stop the fighting in Korea. Communist China's formal rejection of the United Nations cease-fire efforts was received yesterday.
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    CHINA REDS PLAN MASS MURDER'
    127 3 TOKYO, Sun. rpHE Chinese Communists have a secret plan to destroy one hundred million Chinese, or one out of every four, so that it will be easier for them to control China. This is the keynote of anti-morale leaflets now being dropped by American planes
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    'Spies' In Red Mines
    85 3 BERLIN, Sun. RED leaders said yesterday that anti-Communist spies, supplied with arms by the United States had penetrated into Eastern Germany, including even the Soviet-run uranium mines. The official Russian organ Taglische Rundshau said that underground groups are active in the Soviet zone and that other
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    CHINESE ENVOYS LEAVE PRAGUE
    51 3 PRAGUE, Sun.— The Chinese Communist delegation to the United Nations, led by Gen. Wu Hsiu-chuan. left Prague yesterday for Moscow by air. The delegation was seen off at the airport by the Deputy Prime Minister. Mr. Zdenek Fierlinger and hVh Chinese Embassy and Czech government officials.
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    50,000 POUR INTO PUSAN DAILY
    197 3 PUSAN, Sunday. A BOUT 50,000 civilians, fleeing; from the Reds, are pouring daily into Pusan, by boat, train, truck or on foot. More than 120,000 have already arrived and it is expected that 1,000,000 will crowd into this south-eastern port. 1 South Korean officials are
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    2nd FRENCH ATOMIC PILE
    102 3 BOMBAY. Sun. France's second atomic pile now being built at Saclay will be the biggest in the world, except for the pile* at Chalk River in Canada and Brookhaven in the United States, the French Commissioner for Atomic Energy. M. Francois Perrin. said in Bombay yesterday.
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    CINDERELLA IN THE SNOW
    26 3 SALLY Ann Howes, as Cinderella has real snow for the se'*.int of a television Him pantomime In Hat field, England. A.P. picture.
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    Ike To Ask Bigger German Units
    219 3 PARIS, Sunday. AMERICAN authorities in Paris believe that largescale German military units will be demanded by General Eisenhower, when he takes command of the Europe Defence Force, and that the French will approve their establishment The French have given little Indication that they would
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    U.S. LIVING COSTS SOAR
    60 3 WASHINGTON, Sun— The cost of living in the United States rose between Oct. 15 to a record level and officials predicted it would go higher. On Nov. 15 the cost of living had risen to 175.8 per cent of the 1935 to 39 average, a Jump
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    Berlin No Longer In Danger'
    83 3 BERLIN. Sunday. ]yf AJ.-GEN. G. Bourne, British Commandant in Berlin. said yesterday that the danger of Berlin becoming the flashpoint *l World War Three had now completely disappeared. Reviewing; Berlin's political and economic development in 1950. Gen. Bourne said he was confident West Berlin would
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    WORLD CHAIN OF U.S. AIR BASES URGED
    227 3 WORLD CHAIN OF U.S. AIR BASES URGED WASHINGTON, Sunday. rpHE Senate Republican leader, i>lr Kenneth A Wherry, said today that the United States should build a globe-circling chain of air bases to fight off Russia, rather than create big armies to meet the Communist hordes. Supporting former President Hoover's 'American
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    Tilots-Not Planes-Win The Air War'
    117 3 EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sun. A TOP Navy official said that the American Air Force is winning the air war in Korea -because of better pilots, not because of belter planes. Vice-Admiral John Cassidy, vice-chief of Naval Operations for Air, made this statement while inspecting an
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    BRITISH RAIL CHIEF RESIGNS
    54 3 LONDON. Sun.— Sir Bustace Missenden who rose from a 2s. 6d. a week ticket clerk to become the £7,000 a year chief of Britain's nationalised railways, has resigned. It was announced last night Sir Eustace, who is 64, organised rail traffic for tin Dunkirk evacuation and
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    FRIENDS AGAIN
    37 3 BELGRADE. Sun. Tn« Belgrade radio last night greeted the signing of t:^# 1 1 a 1 o- Yugoslav reparatl j agreement in Rome as "marking an important event In the improvement of relations with Italy."
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      113 3 "I must get this to the work- com* and Me the King. He m i-..i ..i* u. wanU to 'bear what hat hapslioo at once.' Lit-Tnl said. He .called a guard and told him to once mure. All and JluUJsh take the exhausted children to found i themselves in the
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon.. Dec. 20. 1900. Time Of Good Will
    620 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon.. Dec. 20. 1900. Time Of Good Will "I have often thought", said Sir Roger de Coverley, ''it happens very well that Christmas should fall out in the middle of winter." It is. a thought which cuts little ice, as they say, in a clime where
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    THE PRACTICE OF LAW IN SINGAPORE
    405 4 AMY attention has been drawn to a paragraph in the Straits Times of Dec. 22 wherein you quote Suara MerdeKa a magazine produced by Malayan students in Britain. The paragraph urges the establishment of a Faculty of Law at the University of Malaya and
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    'UNQUALIFIED' TEACHERS
    156 4 THE majority of teachers in Singapore will suddenly become "unqualified" If the Government Select Committee's recommendations are accepted by the Government. Government has for the past 50 years been training Normal teachers. As a parent, I am shocked to think that it is only now that Government has
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    32 4 JOHN MANFRED ARNOLD a»<od 27 years <ex Major 1/10 Ourkha Rifle?) Assistant Manager. Kalumpaiig Division, Tanjong Walim Estate*. Tanjong Malltn. killed by Communists while carrying out his duties on 19tn Dec..
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    61 4 MRS. D. -B. MURRAY thanks a)i Inpnds for their kind messages of sympathy and the lovely flowers. She hopes to write them personally in due course. Sri Cadlng Estate. Batu Pahat. MR. APPAKUDI thanks tht P lice Officials, friends, and rein ives who attended the funeral t.r Mi ?on
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    Kandang Kerbau Market
    365 4 Kan dang Kerbau Market "prVTTAS", writing on the Kandang Kerbau Municipal market last Thursday, referred to a subject very much in my mind. It was one of the items I had intended to take up if I had been elected a Commissioner for the Rochore Ward. Having lost in the
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    TRAVELLING IN BORNEO
    297 4 I WISH to bring to your notice the peculiar immigration regulations that are enforced for persons travelltag between the Colony of Sarawak and the State of Brunei These two are British territories, the former a Crown Colony and the latter a Protectorate. Thus their relationship to each
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    NAZARETH OF OLD
    438 4 NAZARETH. rtRISTMAS begins in Nazareth. It was here, in this lovely little Galilean mountain town, surrounded by terraces and gardens, dotted with palm and olive trees, that the Angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary, saying: Fear not, Mary; For thou hast found favour with God; And,
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      Protection Of The Informer
      368 4 TIHIB evening, for the second time in a few months, I have heard shots which have ended the life of a police informer. I reflect that the oandits have scored an Important success, and that the local security situation has been worsened as a result of
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      VOLUNTEER AND REGULAR POLICE
      239 4 VOLUNTEER AND REGULAR POLICE TT was gratifying to the Volunteers to read the compliments paid to them in your leading article of Dec. 23. As one of the first to join, when the scheme started in October 1946, I should like to stress how much the success is due to
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      OUR KANGAROOS
      52 4 Y©UR Ipoh correspondent states that the Perak Girl Guide who visited Australia brought back two kangaroos, the only two living In Malaya. There Is one In the Johore Bahru Zoo. At least a young kangaroo was there when I visited the zoo about a year back. T.K.T. 1
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    Bali in the shadow of fear
    328 4 JAKARTA. rpERROR today stalks exotic Bali, island of beauty, fabulous legends and centuries- old culture. The simple BaJinese live under the shadow of fear. Their gay music and dancefUled nights are quietened. Many or them have not slept in their villages lor months, preferring
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    UNIONS BACKGOVT SHOPS PLAN
    409 5 'Will Halt Rise In Present Cost-Of-Living From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. FEDERATION trade unions, alarmed at the rapid rise in prices of essential commodities, today welcomed the setting-up of Government shops as one of the most effective remedies to the rapidly increasing cost-of-living. The
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    25 5 MR. MENZIES, Australian Prime Minister, wears a big Christmas smle at Tenrah air station. Singapore, for his visit to Australian airmen yesterday. Straits Tmes picture.
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    AUSSIE AIRMEN GREET MENZIES
    141 5 HIADKUDS of Ausiralian and British airmen gave a bi welcome to Mr. R. G. Menxies. Australian Prime Minister, when he visited them yesterday at Trngah airfield Mr. Menzies spent nearly »n hour vith officers and Bien of the Royal Australian Air Force Squadron. He «is lucompanied
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    FLAG PRESENTED
    33 5 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON. Sun.—A Federation Flag has been presented to the Scout Hal) by Mr. R. J. Morton, vice-pre-sident of the Lower Perak District Boy Scouts Assocla tion.
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    WORK ON NEW FIRE H.Q. SOON
    155 5 WORK ON NEW FIRE H.Q. SOON WORK on the new $1,000,000 headquarters for the Singapore Fire Brigade at Alexandra Road is expected to start early next year, the Municipal Architect and Building Surveyor, Mr. D C. Rae, stated yesterday. Mr. Rae said the evacuation of squatters from the site is
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    Good Health In Malaya
    119 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun. T^ESPITE the serious shortage of doctors and nurses, there had been no deterioration In the standard of health and sanitation In Malaya, said the Federation VJD Specialist, Dr. V. K. Tamby Filial, at a farewell dinner last night in honour
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    CASE WITHDRAWN
    45 5 From O«r Own Correspondent KAJANG, Sun.— The prosecution withdrew the charge against B. P. Everett, an Ipoh motorist, at the Kajang Circuit Magistrate's Court before Mr. A. P. Jack. Everett was alleged to have driven his car inconsiderately at Semenyih Road. 17 mile*
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    Cathedral Matins
    31 5 In order to fit in with the arrangements of Radio Malaya, Matins at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Christmas Day will be at 11 a.m. and not at 10.30 a.m.
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    HOLIDAY SHIP ARRIVES
    65 5 The motorship Gorgon arrived in Singapore from Fremar.tle yesterday with 97 children aboard who are here to spend the Christmas holidays with their parents. Like the Charon which arrived a fortnight ago, she was entirely a "school ship" Many of the children left yesterday morning by air
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    B.O. R. ACQUITTED
    37 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Sun. William Patrick White a British soldier, who was charged with house breaking was acquittea by Inche Anuar. thp Kuala Lumpur Second Magistrate when the charee was withdrawn
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    NO PERMIT
    31 5 From Out Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON. Sunday.— Because he possessed a pisau belati (knife) without a permit. Naseh bin Kilan, was find $20 in the Teluk Anson Magistrate's Court.
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    SCOUT RALLY AT SEREMBAN
    80 5 From Our Staff Correspondent Seremban, sun.— Two hun dred Scouts. Cubs, and Ro vers attended a rally of the Seremban District Boy Scouts Association yesterday in hon our of Mr. J. F. Dahl. Boy Scout Travelling Commissioner from Imperial headquarters, London, now visiting Seremban. Demonstrations were
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    Savings Up In Boom But Not Enough
    155 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. TTHE boom in rubber and tin has sent up savings in the Federation. More. Victory Savings Certificates were sold from August to November than in the preceding eight months From January to August, certificates worth $27,124,
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    2,000 TROOPS FOR SAIGON
    44 5 More than 2,000 French Morroccan troops passed through Singapore yesterday on board the 11,000-ton vessel, Argentina, on their way to Saigon. The Argentina sailed tourists up the Norwegian fjords 37 years ago, but Is still capable of steady 17 knots.
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    SEGAMAT SOCIAL
    27 5 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Sun.— The Segamat International Club will hold a social on New Year eve. There will be dancing and side shows.
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    MUSLIMS PLANS.E. ASIA MISSIONS
    168 5 NATIONALISM and lack of organised missionary activity had retarded Muslim progress throughout the world, said Maulana Abdul Aleem SiddlQuL. the Muslim Divine, at the first South East Asia MusltaJ Missionary Conference. In. Singapore yesterday. He emphasised the need for all democratic government* to respect Islamic l»w
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    JUNGLE RADIO
    32 5 LT.-COL SHIRLEY. Royal Corps o* Signals, and Major J. Stnart White examining lighter power units for Jungle wireless sets. They are members of the Army Research Unit now in Malaya.
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    Xmas Crowds Fill All Churches
    295 5 CHRISTMAS celebrations in the Federation and Singapore started in a big way yesterday with crowds of worshippers attending Sunday service in the various churches and an even bigger army of pleasure-seekers packing hotels, clubs, cabarets and cinemas Catholics in their thousands attended Midnight Mass in
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    COLONY NOW HAS 135 UNIONS
    95 5 T<HE newly-formed Stngax pore Rubber Milling and Manufacturing Workers' Union has been registered to become the 135 th trade union in the Colony.. The total membership of the 135 unions is now 55.345—53.648 men and 1.697 women. There are 93 workers' unions with a total
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    New Scheme Is Ready
    141 5 T»HE Singapore Army *em-ployer-employee joint subcommittee, appointed in October this year to recommend a new -scheme of service for the Army's 1,000 storekeepers, has completed its work. The joint sub-committee has investigated the work and conditions of service of storekeepers in the R.A.F., the Naval Base
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    Synthetic Output Up
    136 5 WASHINGTON, Sun. DEFENCE contract* In the synthetic rubber Industry caused a sharp Increase in U.S employment and production between August and October this year. The Bureau of Employment Security of the Department of Labour reported that employment In synthetic rubber plants jumped 17 per cent during that
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    RUSH TO APPLY
    28 5 SEQAMAT. Sun.— There has been a big rush, within the last fortnight at Segamat. to apply for Federal citizenship. Most of the applicants sire Chtoew.
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    SILENT RIFLE, LIGHT RADIO KIT TESTED
    369 5 SILENT RIFLE, LIGHT RADIO KIT TESTED Research Team In Jungle Straits Times Staff Reporter IMPROVEMENTS suggested by an Army Scientific 1 Research team including the use of a silent rifle and lighter wireless equipment have aheady been put into effect in the anti-bandit campaign in Malaya. Lt.-Col. J. R. Shirley,
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    HURT TO 2 GIRLS ALLEGED
    150 5 HURT TO 2 GIRLS ALLEGED From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. gELAMAN bin Haji Salam, charged with causing hurt to two girls, was alleged to have slapped them when he visited the Malay Girls' School, at Bagan, Batu Pahafc district. Another sirl, who got frightened and tried to run
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    JOHORE REGENT TO GIVE LUNCH
    50 5 Sunday Times S'nff Corre-oondfnt JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. The Resent of Johore :md Tungku Tun Anrnah are giving a lunch tomorrow to State and Executive Councillors and heads of department?, at the Istana Stulang Laut. Other guests will include well-knov.n residents of Johore Bahru and Singapore.
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      Wearnes' Profit
      131 6 VyEARNE BROTHERS present T the record of another year's excellent trading to Sept. 30, 1950. Net profit after taxation and depreciation, $1,811,286 (45.2 per cent.), Is equivalent to at least $2,267,856 (56.6 per cent) before tax. The recommendation of a final dividend and 'wnus of 25 per cent
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      N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
      134 6 NEW YORK. Sun. ON THE New York stock market initial irregularity at the week-end was succeeded by a mild predominance of gains, mostly of fractions to one dollar, as buyers again became interested In stocks favourably situated for the rearmament programme. In moderate activity, pre-holiday covering and
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      CANADIAN DOLLAR
      34 6 rpHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced at the week-end that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying, T.T. 34 7*. Airmail (0.D.) 35, (90 flays) S5 1 Selling T.T./O.D. ready 34-.
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      NARBOROUGH DIV.
      25 6 T^ARBOROUOH F.MJ3. Rubber Estates directors have declared an Interim dividend of five per cent. In respect of the year to June 30. 1951.
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      SHARE MARKET DEALINGS AT A LOW EBB
      213 6 From A Market Correspondent nnHE approach of Christmas and the protracted political tension kept business at a low ebb on the Singapore share market last week. Local operators were cautious and transactions meagre; prices in the Industrial and Rubber sections were largely unchanged,
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      PAJAM
      90 6 DAJAM made a profit of $409,63* (31.4 per cent) for the year to Sept. 30, 1950, and a final dividend of 15 per cent is proposed, making 20 per cent for the year, against 2H per cent In the previous accounting period. Net liquid assets work out at $621,454,
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      Business Done
      206 6 BUSINESS done In the local share market last week included Industrials. Fraser 8t Neave OrdS. »2.97 to $2.90 to .2.92^. Gammon $2.15. Wm. Hammer $36 to $?5.76. Hongkong Bank (Col.) $•50 to $635. Robinson Ord. $2.30, Straits Steamship $15, Singapore Traction Pref. 20s 6d. Straits Traders $13.75. Wearne
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      MALAKA PINDA
      159 6 From a Market Correspondent jyf ALAKA Pinda Rubber Estates' P roflt for the year to Aug. 31 1850. was »217.M2 (48.4 per cent.) and a final dividend of 10 per cent is recommended, making 15 per cent, for the year, against three percent, previously. Net liquid asset*. $182,680
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      Malayan Rubber Output And Exports
      266 6 From O«r Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, ftin. AMERICA bought about one thousand tons of rubber less from the Federation in November than In October, resulting In a drop of 1.246 tons In total exports from the Federation last month. America's November purchases amounted to 15,049
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    PLAYTIME, TEMPEST & JEANNETTE
    501 7  - PLAYTIME, TEMPEST JEANNETTE EPSOM JEEP By 3 Sound Each Way Wagers PENANG, Sunday. DLATTIME, Tempest and Jeannette are three sound each -way wagers at Penang on Tuesday, second day of the Penang Turf Club Xmas-New Year Meeting. Playtime, a nicely-actioned three-year-old bay by Mr. Jinks is a likeable sort and
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    Ex-Champ, Ill, Tells Joe To Quit
    173 7 Ex-Champ, Ill, Tells Joe To Quit NEW YORK, Sun. FNAMA Al Brown, former world bantamweight champion and one of the world's most popular fighters, is lying desperately 111 in Belle Vue Hospital here. .Dan Parker, Sports Editot of the Daily Mirror, said yesterday that Brown was paralysed on the right
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    THE GOING
    19 7 PENANG, Sun. THE weather continues to be fine and the going on Tuesday should again be fast.
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    CLASS 1 SPRINT A PROBLEM
    176 7 CLASS 1 SPRINT A PROBLEM 'pHE TWO Class 1 sprints present Quite a- problem. Trainer Charles Parker has three engaged In the Div. 2 race PKNDSAGON. SIR TRISTRAM and KING ARTHUR. PENDRAGON makes strong appeal on his promising effort at Bukit Tknah last month. Smartly into his stride, he led
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    Straits Times Selections
    153 7 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Cl. 1. D. 2 PENDRAOON llaydee Tantalus SIR TRISTRAM Pendracen BiamhaU Flyer TUDOR PRIDE Sir Tristram P»«drapi Fan. Cl.l, D.3 HECTOR Texas Double Aries HECTOR Doable Aries Gold MedsiUsi HECTOR Gold Medallist Danrer Fnrs. (1.3. D.I PLAYTIME Lixntning Free Frenchman PLAYTIME R-iheen
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    Today's Race Card
    978 7 FOLLOWING is the Race Card, subject to scratching which will be known at 11 o'clock, for tomorrow, second day of the Penan*- Xmas-New Year meeting. Class 1, Div. 2—62 6 Furs. 020 Bramhall Flyer Charles 9.00 "Mr. Robert Noel" Hobbs 023 Tudar Pride Mawl 8.13 Mr. A
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    Sikhs Draw At Hockey
    115 7 IPOH, Sun. YOUNG Men's Sikh Association. of Selangor, shared honours with Klnta SUhs, each side scoring a goat In a fast and well contested hockey match on the padang this morning. Both sides' defences showed up well, but the Klnta attack missed several scoring chances. The
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    TEOH SENG KHOON BEATS PIRUZ IN
    457 8 3 SETS Law Too Good For Jin Eong By Our Badminton Correspondent PENANG, Sunday. MALAYAN THOMAS CUP player and Perak singles iTI champion, Teoh Seng Khoon came back strongly in the second and rubber sets, after being outplayed in the first to beat Selangor's
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    pa: women , TOO GOOD ] FOR PENANG
    132 8 pa: women TOO GOOD FOR PENANG KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. MONOPOLISING play throughout, Perak women beat Penan* women by three goals to nil in a tnter-Sr.ate Chines-? Quadrangular Tournament fixture played on Pudv Road ground today. Perak pinned play in Penang territory and their goalkeepers was never at any time called
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    PNG. WIN TENNIS
    45 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Penang beat Selangor, Perak and Negri Sembilan in the first InterChinese Recreation Clubs' Quadrangular Tennis Tournament concluded here this evening on the %clangor Chinese Recreation Club courts and thus won the challenge cup donated by Mr. Yeap Hock Hoe.
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    ENG KIM SCORES 2
    30 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. TWO goals by Chua Eng Kirn enabled S°langor Chinese to beat Negri Sembilan Chinese 3-0 in the q uadrangular. hockey tournament this evening.
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    Was Brown Wise To Change Order?
    828 8 IjV this exclusive cable to the Straits Times, former Australian Test allrounder JACK FINGLETON makes his observations on Saturday's play at Melbourne in the second Test match between England and Australia. MELBOURNE, Sunday. THE pitch yesterday had changed colour from the olive green of
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    HUTTON WAS UNFORTUNATE
    85 8 MELBOURNE, Sun— Tom Goodman, Sydney Sunday Herald cricket correspondent referred today to the doubt surrounding Len Hi.it ton's dismissal In the second Test yesterday. "It is distasteful to have to refer to umpiring incidents," he wrote, "but from the best evidence available from men on the scene
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    PENANG WIN POLO MEET
    75 8 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Son. DENANG won the Burma1 Malaya Challenge Cup in the annual Christmas Polo Tournament against Selangor which ended today. Selangor, who put up a grand tussle in the two-day match, were runners-op. Penang Blnea took third place. At the end of
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    Pg. Woman Causes Ist Big Upset
    234 8 Pg. Woman Causes Ist Big Upset From Our Stair Correspondent PENANG, Sun. AN unranked Junior woman player. Tan Oaik Bee, of Penang. created the first major upset In the Triangular Badminton Tournament between Selangor, Perak and Penang today, when she convincingly defeated Perak's No. 2 woman player, Louisa Lean, in
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    Negri Down PenangChinese 2-0
    203 8 Negri Down Penang Chinese 2-0 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. NEGRI Sembilan. whose forwards carried out swift, powerful attack* on the Penang goal, won their inter-State Chinese Quad* rangular Tournament fixture by two goals to nil on Pudu Road ground, this morning. Negri'g attack* were constructively carried out,
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    SPURS WIN KEY GAME v ARSENAL
    453 8 LONDON, Sunday. qX)TTENHAM Hotspurs' speedy and thrustful A attack triumphed over Arsenal's, stubborn defence yesterday to win this key match of the English Soccer season to date by the only goal of the match. With League leaders Mid- dlesbrough held to a 1-1 draw
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    ASTIVEL BROKE 15-YEAR RECORD
    448 8 By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Sunday. 4 FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Malayan Turf record was shattered when Astivel blazed down a lightningfast track at Penang on Saturday to win the mile and 110-yard Xmas Cup in 1 mm. 45 1/5 sec., a full second better than the previous record, set
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    CIVILIANS IN RUGBY FINAL
    65 8 An excitinjr incident in Saturday's H.M.S. Malaya Rugby match on tha S C C Parian* between Singapore Civilians and Combined Services which was won by Singapore by 13 points to six. Pigou. Singapore's scrumhalf, just manages to get in a quick kick to touch befor» he
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    WOMEN DRAW
    60 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun— Perak Chinese women held Selan<«* Chinese Recreation Club worn -n to a scoreles* draw at hockey a their Quadrangular Tournament match today. No goals were scored in th» match between Penans? and Neurl Sembilan women. Negri pressed througho t but Wfre unab'e to capi a!is-
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    LONE GOAL WIN
    31 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. nENANO beat Perak by a .siui<l* goal scored in the seond half by Hul Ouan. in the Chines* Quadrangular hockey tournament played here tills evening.
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