The Straits Times, 29 December 1950

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    20 1 The Straits Times A//IL/« K4 S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 PRICE TEN CENTS. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1»5«. SIXTEEN PAGES
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    JAKARTA ANTI-DUTCH TENSION
    413 1 Strike Follows Talks Failure: Troops Out JAKARTA, Thursday. IAKARTA was a tense city tonight MinantiJ Dutch boycott was threatened and 70,0UU workers struck after news of the deadlock in the Dutch-Indonesian talks, at The Hague, on the future of Western New Guinea. Troops and military police raced
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    16 1 DZCOKATCB for servire in Malaya. Lt. NigH Bagnal of terrorist for a gr made at Kullm.
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    NEHRU PLANS S.E. ASIA COMMAND
    178 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. WHEN Commonwealth Premiers meet in London W next week, the Prime Minister of India Pandit Nehru is expected to present a plan for a SoutnFus\ Asia Command, pivoting on India, and including Pakistan. Burma and Malaya. Thii tx-lief backed
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    CANADIAN ARMY TO QUIT KOREA
    64 1 OTTAWA. Thurs— The bulk of the 345-man army advance party which Canada sent to Korea will sail for home probably within a month. The Canadian Press news agency says the army no I expects all its 10,000 force to go to Korea. It clears the
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    Police From London Fight Reds
    142 1 Police From London Fight Reds From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. TWENTY-EIGHT London 'Bobbies'— men of the MetropcVtan Police Forceare among the 61 new Malayan police officers. with some previous police experience in Britain, who have arrived In the Federation during the last few months. In addition a number
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    PEKING TOES RED LINE AGAIN
    38 1 HONG KONG, Thurs.— The Chinese Communists took another step today to bring their regime in line with the terminological pattern of the iKremlin. Police in China shall henceforth be eall«* "People's Police."— U.P.
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    INDIA-U.S. PACT
    39 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs.— inoia and the United States signed here today a general fourpoint agreement on technical help. India thus became the third nation in Asia and the Near East to participate in the American programme Reuter.
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    RIVER SEARCHED FOR STONE
    159 1 LONDON, Thur». RURAL police 40 miles from London said today that they believed the stolen Coronation Stone has been dumped Into the River Crouch. Foot patrolmen and radio cari prowled five miles of the river bank within hailing distance o( each other. A spokesman at Emtx
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    Man Saved From Sea
    81 1 AN elderly Chinese ed from the sea off Clifford Pier. Singapore, yesterday by two Marine policemen who arrived In a motor sampan by The man was unconscious when rescued. He had no identity card; he is still unidentified and Is in the General Hospital. Cpl. Abdul
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    BRIND AT H.K.
    34 1 HONG KONG. Thurs.—Admiral Sir Patrick Brlnd, Com-mander-in-Chlef of the British Far Eastern Fleet, arrived here yesterday with Lady Brind on a routine two-day visit. Admiral Brtort will to to Tokyo.— UP.
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    'Peking Plotted Korea Invasion'
    180 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. GENERAL Mac Arthur charged in a United Nations I* report last night that the Chinese Communists planned to invade Korea months before United Nations troops crossed the 38th Parallel. Chinese plans tor acuve and aggressive Intervention in Korea were undoubtedly developed early in
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    S.C.B.A. DINNER
    76 1 S.C.B.A. DINNER The Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald the Governor of Singapore. Sir Franklin Gimson and Lady Gtason befnt received by Mr. T W. On, (left) President of the Singapore Chinese British Association yesterdar rvenin? at the Victoria Memorial Hall, where the l^aUon'held its golden Jubilee ball. In the lower
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    171,000 Reds Set For Seoul Attack
    227 1 TOKYO, Thursday. CLEMENTS of General Lin Piao's crack 4th Chinese J& Communist Field Army were reported invading South Korea in force today for an all-out assault on American-defended Seoul Gen Mac Arthur's neadluarters said the entire 4th Held Army of 171.000 men would be
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    UMNO Men In Council
    132 1 rpHE Question of Federal 1 Legislative Councillors who belong to UMNO speaking In the Council chamber according to a definite mandate will it is understood, be discussed by the Executive Committee of UMNO which meets in Koala Lumpur next week. At the moment. UMNO is the
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    GERMAN WEAPONS FOR RED ARMY'
    30 1 BERLIN, Thurs.— The official American newspaper, Neve Zeltung, today claimed that an East German steel works Is manufacturing artillery parts for the Soviet Array. AJ^
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    RED PAMPHLETS
    17 1 A Chinese boy, found in possession of Communist pamphlets, «U arrested in Singapore last night.
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    PALACE GHOST TO BE TELEVISED
    79 1 LONDON. Thurs. THE 8.8.C. is not making any promises, but it hopes to star a ghost on its Jan. 10 television programme. The BBC's TV unit will go to Hampton Court to search for the shade of Lady Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII.
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    French Quit Border Post
    273 1 French Quit Border Post SAIGON, Thurs. FRENCH Union icrees have evacuated Binhlieu. one of their last outposts near the China border. French Army official announced here today. The post is 12 miles north ot the French stronghold of Tienyen, on the Tonkins const. Most of the Blnhlicu garrison succeeded In
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    MANILA ARRESTS
    19 1 MANILA, Thurs.— Military and Manila police intelligence agentf today rounded up 1^ Huk suspects in Manila.— UPg
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    Princes Driven To Exile Says Gaekwar
    260 2 Princes Driven To Exile Says Gaekwar BOMBAY, Thurs. HTHE Maharajah Gaek A war of Baroda charged today that the Indian Government's "mean treatment" had reduced many former rulers of princely states to wandering exiles. He told a meeting of the Council of Rulers that several princes have been "compelled to
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    ALPS AVALANCHE KILLS TWO
    49 2 a v 1_ v SION, Switzerlan d, Thursday. araUncbe swept away and killed two men, 4 000 feet up, In the Valols Alps, It was reported in Sion yesterday. The men were of a party of 12 who had been ylsUIng Alpine c*ttle shelters^- Reuter.
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    AWARD FOR JOLSON
    47 2 AWARD FOR JOLSON THREE-YEAR-OLD Asa Albert Jolson inspecting the Medal of Merit pnned on his jacket by the US Defence Secretary, Mr. George Marshall (left). The adopted son received the posthumous award to Al Jolson who died after an entertainment tour of Korean military posts. A.P. picture.
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      Former Queen Now Displaced Person
      210 2 AN Egyptian Court has ruled that former Queen Glovanna of Bulgaria is "a displaced person". With her two children, 15-year-old ex-King Simeon and 17-year-old Maria Luisa, she went into exile after a Communist-backed revolution overthrew the monarchy. I The court authorised Giovanna to act on
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      347 2 NOTICES MUNICIPALITY OF MALACCA APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT MUNICIPAL ENGINEER 1. The Municipal Commissioner* invite application* for the appointment of Assistant Municipal Engineer. 2. Candidates should be Chartered Civil Engineers and/or hold other similar qualifications. Candidates not holding Sections A A B of the AMICE, examination or equivalent will not be
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    TABLES MAY SOON TURN ON REDS
    370 3 TABLES MAY SOON TURN ON REDS Korea Can Drain Their Resources TOKYO, Thursday. THE tables may soon be turned on the Chinese 1 Communists in Korea, senior officers in Tokyo believe. The war can become a moch bigger drain on the Chinese than on the United Headquarters staff officers emphasise
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    RED CHINA SHIFTS INDUSTRY TO N-W
    295 3 RED CHINA SHIFTS INDUSTRY TO N-W IIONG KONU Thurs. ry iE Chinese CommunA isLs appear to be embarkei on an ambitious ■t to .^riift their tv*. 15 industrial centre from Manchuria to H Nort.'-uest. we would have these nt ages in both war nnc! peace. China's North-west, l ularly Shansi
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    'JAPAN, US MUST STAY TOGETHER'
    329 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. f lEUTENANT-General Robert Eichelberger said yesterday that Japan and the United States must stand [irmly together if there is to ac peace In Asia and security against Communist domination. The former wartlm* commander of the Eighth Army said the United States ha* great
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    HUSBAND 'GAVE REDS FORMULA'
    65 3 NEW YORK, Thurs.— A divorced wife testified yesterday that her husband gave a Russian spy-ring a top secret formula for making explosives. Mrs. Ann Remington was testifying in the perjury trial of her divorced husband, William Remington, a former U.S. Commerce Department economist, who denied before
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    REVOLUTIONARY
    44 3 LONDON. Thurr— A Liverpool architect has planned a revolutionary house in which a single fireplace swings round in the walls, so that it can serve any one of three rooms. The average family's coal bill could be cut by twothirds, he claims. Reuter.
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    CHINA'S NEW BAN
    41 3 HONG KONG, Thurr— Peking Government trade agents in Hong Kong hare retaliated further against the United States export ban by forbidding exports to be loaded on U.S. vessels or routed through American, Japanese, Canadian and Philippines pcrts. Reuter.
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    THEIR LINE IN KOREA
    29 3 HOLDING THE LINE in Korea, a few U.B. Marines lie in thYV«ow with rifle. «t the ready to flfht I rearg-ar* action:— AT. radio picture.
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    U.S. Talks With Red China Urged
    230 3 LAKE SUCCESS. Thursday. ASIAN countries in the United Nations are pressing the United States to negotiate with Communist China for a settlement of all Far Eastern political problems. They are reported to feel such negotiations are the only possible means for a solution to
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    RUBBER FIRM CLOSES
    44 3 HONG KONG, Thurs.— Soaring prices have caused the closing down of another Hong Kong rubber factory. The Union Rubber Manufactory has announced the voluntary winding up of their business forthwith. The Fung Keong Rubber Manufactory suspended business indefinitely last August.— Reuter.
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    FIRST JAP ENVOY GOES TO FRANCE
    32 3 MR. BAGIWARA lOttU, head of a Japanese cultural mission, is the first postwar Japanese envoy in France. The agency will not have diplomatic status. -A-P. picture.
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    REDS HAVE ARMY OF 5,500,000
    99 3 PARIS, Thurs. THE French Government warned that the Communists have an array in Europe of more than 5.:i00.000 men as it succeeded in postponing a vote on the billion dollar rearmament bill for later today. The Premier. M. Rene Pleven, cleared the way for a
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    Empire Plans Defence Unity
    215 3 Empire Plans Defence Unity LONDON, ThUTi. fFHE Commonwealth Prime Ministers will plan co-ordinated defences and a united policy against Communist China at their meeting in London on Jan. 4. Suggestions for ending the state of war with Japan and lor settling the Indo-Paki«-tan dispute over Kashmir will also be discussed.
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    GAOLED BY REDS
    40 3 PRAGUE, Thurs.— A 43-year-old Frenchman, Gervals Garcette, formerly a clerk in the French Embassy in Prague, has been sentenced to 25 years' hard labour for allegedly helping to smuggle samples of Czech uranium ore to France. Reuter.
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    WATERLESS RICE
    23 3 LONDON^ Thurs Moscow radio said yesterday that Soviet experiments have resulted in a new variety of rice which grows without watering.—AP.
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    PERSIA REJECTS OIL OFFER BY BRITAIN
    196 3 LONDON, Thursday. PERSIA, Russia's oil-rich southern neighbour and one of the main gates to the Middle East, yesterday confronted Western diplomats with another puzzle in the East-West struggle. Faced with Russian "olive branch" gestures and Western aid offers, Persia is apparently raising her price.
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    30 HURT IN UK TRAIN SMASH
    51 3 LONDON Thurs— Between 30 and 40 people were injured, three seriously, when a crowded workmen's train and a light engine collided outside Manchester Central station. The first two coadhes of the train were telescoped and both engines and three coaches derailed, blocking all lines.
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    FRIENDLY CHINA 'VITAL TO U.S.'
    148 3 CHICAGO, Thurs, J IV/IR. Henry Wallace, former Vice-President o*. the United States, said yesterday that America desperately needed a friendly China 4 because "Russia and Chinej in complete accord car. even-* tually dominate the world." Mr. Wallace said the United Nations, with both Russia and
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    1949 TIN, RUBBER EARNED US $208 MIL.
    304 4 1949 TIN, RUBBER EARNED US $208 MIL. LONDON. Thurs. OUBBER and tin sold b. lx Malaya to the Unlter States in 1949 brough $126,000,000 and $82,000, 000 respectively, a llttlf less than two-thirds o; the total $329,000,00* spent by the U.S. for purchases from the colonies This Is revealed In
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    PERAK MENTRI'S
    28 4 PERAK MENTRI'S PERAK MENTRI Besar, i»uto **angiuna Bukit Gantanl inspecting the guard of honour formed by the Sunirci Bayor Auxiliary Police in the Selama* district.— Public Relations picture.
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    FRANCE AIMS TO DOUBLE ARMY
    161 4 PARIS. Thursday. THE French Finance Minister, M. Maurice Petsche. defending the Government's special rearmament budget of 355 milliard francs urged France last night to "choose the path of effort and sacrifice" He told the National Assembly that "the other side" might be playing a subtle
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    BRITISH TROOPS TRANSFER SOON
    69 4 LONDON, Thurs. BRITISH troops would be transferred to the Atlantic Pact army immediately General Eisenhower sets up his command, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said today. He said the British forces to be placed at General Eisenhower's disposal would include contingents in Germany, Austr'a and Trieste.
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    AXE CHARGE
    44 4 From Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.Lee Kwai, aged 43, was today charged with voluntarily causing hurt with an axe to a woman. Yong Ah Chin. He claimed trial. The case was postponed to Jan. 7 and bail of Slop was allowed.
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    Germany 'Becoming A Partner Of West'
    192 4 BONN, Thursday. rjHANCELLOR Konrad Adenauer said today that v the relationship between West Germany and the free nations of the West is "on the wav to develop- me into a real partnershi In an end of the year Press statement he again stressed his
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    U.S. OUTLINES SHIPPING BAN
    101 4 THE American Consulate 1 General has been told by the U.S. Department of Commerce that Singapore may continue to import some U.S. goods via Hong Kong, even though Hong Kong has been declared a "'restricted" port under a Department of Commerce order. Sorne commodities may be
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    STEWARD LOST
    31 4 Mr Sutcliffe. a steward in the Carthage, was lost overboard on the liner's run to Singapore from Hong Kong, it wa s learnt when the liner docked in Singapore.
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    Wider definition Of Workman Proposed In New Compensation
    364 4 Wider definition Of Workman Proposed In New Com pen sat ion RELIEF FOR F*ON-MANUAL WORKERS WIDER definition of the term "workman" is proposed in a new Workmen's Compensation Ordinance being: drafted in Singapore. It will cover not only manual but non-manual workers whose monthly earnings do not exceed $400 Under
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    TITO ASKS MORE FOR DEFENCE
    192 4 TITO ASKS MORE FOR DEFENCE BELGRADE, Thurs. MARSHAL Tito's governlTl ment yesterday presented to the Yugoslav Parliament a budget for 1951 demanding record appropriations for defence. The additional spending was necessary, the government said, not only to strengthen the nation's borders against the hostility of its Cominform neighbours, but also
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    Stole Childs Pram
    38 4 For stealing a child's pram belonging to Mr. C. J. Gale Ismail bin Nor Mohamed was bound over in the sum of $150 for one year by Second Singapore Magistrate, Mr S. E. Teh, yesterday.
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    Asks again for divorce
    66 4 SANTA MONICA. CALIFORNIA, Thurs. p/LAf tomboy Betty Hutton. for the second time this year, filed a divorce suit against camera majiujao turer Theodore Briskin. She charged extreme cruelty "wh'ch caused me grievous mental suffering," and asked for custody of their two small daughters. The first suit
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    DANCING SISTERS COMING
    69 4 rrtHREE Indian dancers, Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini— J. known all over India at the Trarancore Sisters will arrive in Singapore on Jan. 8 with a trouoe of 20 and an Indian orchestra to appear in a series of shows at the Happy World. Lalitha (right) and Padmln!
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    STORE PRIVATE SHELTER REOPENED
    194 5 'Just In Case Of Air Raids 9 WHILE the Singapore Government is taking measures for the civil defence of the Colony, Mr. Teo Kirn Eng, a businessman, is cleaning his 11-year-old $13,000 underground reinforced concrete air raid shelter at his home in Tampenis. Mr Teo owns
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    DOCTOR TO STAY
    35 5 DR. W. A. BAI.HKTCHET. Superintendent of the Randan* Kerbau Hospital. Sinapore, who announced his retirement recently. n»s now agreed to stay on as Chief Medical Officer of the hospital.— Straits Times pic-
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    Trishaw Licences May Go Up
    107 5 Trishaw Licences May Go Up I mm Our SUR Correspondent KUALA L.UMPUR. Thurs TRISHAW licences will cost more if an amendment to the Jmriklsha Enactment of j ,l ior p_i n existence 36 years is approved by the Federal I lative Council. The Bill, published today. 6a that with the
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    TRAVEL GRANT FOR UNOFFICIALS?
    67 5 Frum Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. I UNOFFICIAL members of Penang Rural Board will be paid transport allowances if a recommendation to Government is approved. The payment was proposed at a recent meeting the Board by the Chairman, Mr. R. L. Peel, and seconded by the
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    NEW SUPERVISORS APPOINTED
    64 5 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Thurs.— Next year's members of the Batang Padang Rubber Supervision Licensing Board are: The district officer. Batang Padang (Chairman, ex-offlcio), the assistant district officer, Tanjong Mallm, the assistant district officer. Tapah, Mr. A. G. Rodgers, Mr. Wong Choo Choon, Toh Muda
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    HELP FOR 20 MALAY FAMILIES
    117 5 f r.>m Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Thurs. SOON, 20 poor Malay fisher families at Tanjong Kling will no longer have to live in tumbled down huts, with holes in the attap roofs as a result of Mr. -B. Brunton's efforts. Mr. Brunton was told of
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    TWO STOLE TWO TINS MILK
    56 5 Llm Chin Sun and Form Pow Heng pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to a charge of stealing two tins of milk belonging to the Singapore Harbour Board. Llm was fined $28 or one week's imprisonment. Fong. who admitted a previous conviction,
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    HEW CHINA PLAY
    55 5 MEMBERS OF THE Mayfair Musical and Dramatic Association of Singapore were entertained with a play about the new China entitled "Homeland" at their anniversary meeting in Robinson Road recently. In the picture are: Ang Chow (soldier), Yen Chen (old man). Slew Lin (young girl) and Guok Kirn
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    Malay Assn. 'Not Tool Of Sultans'
    172 5 From Our Malay Correspondent THE president of the Peninsular Malay Association, Inche Hashim Gani, speaking at the opening of the Johore Bahru branch this week, refuted charges by certain sections of the Malay community that his association was a "tool of the Sultans." we
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    GIRL FELL INTO STREAM
    47 5 ALOR STAR, Thurs. WHILE crossing a narroi bridge at Telok Wanjal a nine-year-old Malay gin. Alaifi lost her balanoe. fell into the stream and was drowned. Her body was recovered the next day. At the Alor Star inquest today the verdict was: Misadventure.
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    MADAM TAN GIVEN A JOB
    88 5 MADAM Tan Lian Tee. who lost her husband, children and her father in a storehouse nre m Beach Road, Singapore, six weeks ago, has been offered a job as a domestic servant with the Social Welfare Department. Officials of the department had been trying to
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    FINED $250
    28 5 Huang Ah Lim, aged 40. was yesterday fined $250 in the Singapore Fourth Police Court for assisting in the management of a chap Jl kl 'ottery.
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    Rural Board Seeks Rubber Revenue
    132 5 From Oar SUIT Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. rE Penang Rural Board is discussing with the Settlement Government the question of rubber assessment revenue being reverted to the Board. The Chairman of the Board, Mr. R. L. Peel, indicated this at a recent meeting in reply to
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    Chettiar Temple Permits Kavadis For 1951 Thaipusam
    193 5 Chettiar Temple Permits Kavadis For 1951 Thaipusam UINDU devotees may enter the Chettiar Temple n in Tank Road, Singapore, on Thaipusam Day, Jan. 23. 1951, with kavadis skewered to their bodies and tongues pierced with needles as a sign of self -mortification. The temple authorities announced yesterday that although they
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    MONEY MAKERS
    31 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Tenders for Federation of Malaya Government Treasury bills to the amount of $12.910,000 were, accepted by the Accountant General, Federation of Malaya.
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    Singapore Diary
    34 5 CHINESE YMCA, Selegle Road, music class, 2.30 p.m., badminton. 5.30 p.m., students' bask.: ball. 5.30 p m WESLEY MYF. Chnsemas and New Year party and social. Wesley Hall, Port Canning, 7.45 p.m
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    MOVE FOR 'UMNO HOUSE'
    131 5 MOVE F OR 'UMNO HOUSE' SEREMBAN, Thurs. A RESOLUTION to rai» funds for the erection of in "UMNO House" in SereinDan "which will cater foe •very UMNO member in Malaya" will be moved at Sunday's meeting of Seremban Division of the United Malays National Organisation. About 40 delegates representing 13
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    INDIAN CONGRESS
    46 5 Australian deviates to Ilia Indian science congress consisting of Dr. E. G. Bowen, a research physicist, Mr. B. E. Butler, a soil scientist, and professor S. W. Carey, a blolo Igist. arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon by QEABOAC. They will leave for India today.
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    CLAIMS TRIAL
    28 5 Tan Han Peow. claimed tria In Singapore yesterday on i charge of stealing a fountalr pen from Ng Yin Un. at North Bridge Road on Wednesday.
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    BOXING DAY BRIDE IN N.S.
    35 6 LT. JACK GRAcifc of me Federation Police with his bride, IMiss Vilma Jeremiah, »Hrr their wedding: on Boxing Day at the Church «»f the Visitation at Seremhan. I.ido Studio picture.
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    LIGHTER OWNERS SEEK 25p.c. RISE
    109 6 LIGHTER OWNERS SEEK 25 p. c. RISE From Our Staff Correspondent VMMAMfI i PENANG, Thursday. IIKNAM, lighter owners are seeking a 5 per cent Increase in their current rates because of hither living costs and dearer building materials Keoresentations for this inhave been sent to Penung and Province Wellesley Employers
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    CANDIDATE
    26 6 Mr. N. G. Nair. Singapore Insurance executive, is to contest the Legislative Council Hoot ion in Anril in the Rural west Constituency as an independent.
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    MORE GIFTS FOR MRS. PEREIRA
    54 6 Another $41 was received by the Straits Times yesterday for Mrs. May Perelra, widow of Mr. Francis Perelra. 36-year-old Eurasian killed by rioters on Dec, 11. This brings the total contributions so far received to $2,251. Contributors were: $21 from "Six office staff, Redifrusion, Singapore",
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    ON TRESPASS CHARGE
    99 6 A charge of housebreaking with intent to annoy a woman. Mrs. Sheila Margaret Hams, was explained to John Dutton. a 35-year-old Britisher, at the Second Magistrate Court, Singapore, yesterday. Dutton was alleged to have gained entrance, into the married quarters at Fort Canning last Wednesday through a.
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    23 More Schools Planned In Singapore Next Year
    282 6 JHE Singapore Education Department will build next year five regional schools under the Ten- Year Plan and 18 under the five-year supplementary plan. The Singapore Improvement Trust has been approached b y the Education Department regarding the localities in which these schools
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    FIRST CHINESE POLICE PASS OUT TODAY
    100 6 From Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs "pHE first Chinese recruits in the Malayan Police Force to complete their training will be on parade in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow morning for passing out before the Director of Intelligence, Sir William Jenkins. More than 40 of
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    75 6 MISS ELLEN ONG, daughter of Mr. On* Kah Lock, the Singapore business man. pictured with her father at OF* a S^^ rp ort y« sterda y afternoon on her arrival by S. ;?°A. C ro m S y dn «y- M «s OOffn ff is in Singapore for a Sh°/
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    $3 Million For 1951 N.S. Education
    150 6 VTEGRI SEMBILAN will spend almost a million losn^lo'nn? 1 on education next year than in 1950— 53,001,411, compared with $2,044,565. This is the biggest item in the N.S. Estimates for next year when $12,224,924 will be spent on 26 major State services. The second
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    'DETAINED WIFE' CHARGE
    61 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A Tamil. Ramasamy. was accused before the Kuala Lumpur Second Magistrate, Inche Anuar, today of detaining a woman, Kodiamah, whom he knew to be another man's wife, "with Intention that she may have intimacy with someone." Ramasamy claimed trial Bail
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    YOUTH CAMP
    45 6 Sixty teen-aged boys and girla from the Chinese Y.M. C.A. and the Chinese speaking section of the Y.M.CA. went to the Tong Ling School at Marine Parade, Singapore, for a three-day camp. A programme of lectures, games and campfire meetings has been planned.
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    U.N. HOUSING MEN VISIT S.I.T. ESTATE
    248 6 U.N. HOUSING MEN VISIT S.I.T. ESTATE MEMBERS of the United Nations Tropical Housing Commission, now in Singapore on a 14-day tour of housing conditions in Malaya yesterdaj visited the Singapore Improvement Trust housing estate at Tiong Bahru. The Commission, led by Mr Jacob Cranp Assistant Administrator. United States Housing and
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    UNEXPECTED'
    40 6 ■'■>.■;■.■.-£ IF I KNEW you were comfnr Id have baked a cake." is what K. J. Van Lovlveren might have been saying when he popped his head out of the galley of the Oranje on her arrival in Singapore yesterday.
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    Former P.O.W. Thanks Colony
    187 6 Former P.O.W. Thanks Colony A FORMER Hritish prisoner of war in Singapore wnu was sentenced to )Ive years imprisonment at Outram Road goal -by the Japanese during the occupation, yesterday sent a letter in a package of samples to a Singapore nrm thanking the people or the Colony for the
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    Trade Unions Warned Of Cliques
    174 6 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. TRADE Unions in Malaya were warned today to beware of cliques" seeking to gain control of the movement. "While Communists had tried to dominate the movement before the Emergency unions ha v c now to guard themselves against leaders
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    NEW VOLUNTEERS MAY BE CALLED TO SERVE ABROAD
    441 7 NEW VOLUNTEERS MAY BE CALLED TO SERVE ABROAD From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. VOLUNTEERS who join the Federation's V Volunteer Force, about to be reformed, can t>e called-up to serve in any of the neighbouring South-East Asian countries under the Volunteer Force Bill, published today, and to be
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    Grenade Is Thrown At Police Car
    176 7 From Our SUB Correspondent PENANO. Thura. riOR the first time since the P Emergency. Penang banlits burnt a municipal trolley bus Four hours before a hand grenade had been hurled at a passing police radio car. But it missed. Both attacks were in the
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    Loiterer Is Gaoled
    71 7 A 17 -year-old Chinese who A told the magistrate that he climbed a wall to see what he could steal, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. He was Sia Seng Peck, who pleaded grilty to a charge of loiteiing at
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    L.A.C.'s DEATH NATURAL
    66 7 Whi c working on the scaffolding of a cinema at RA.F. Seletar. LAC Michael Owen Bartleman. 21-year-old stage-manaser of the cinema, dropped dead from heart failure. Yesterday the Singapore Assistant Coroner, Mr. E. Ebert, recorded a verdict of death by natural causes. Bartleman's body was tound hanging
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    SMUGGLER IS FINED $1,100
    52 7 Ang Chn e Tiah. 45. was yesterday fined $1,100 In the Singapore Third Police Court or three months' imprisonment for Importing 147 lb. of dutiable Siamese tobacco in a koleh off Quarantine Anchorage. Ang was arrested when a party of revenue officers boarded his koleh on
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    A.S.P. FLIES TO BRITAIN
    47 7 Mr T. H. Allen. Assistant Superintendent of Police leaves Singapore today by air for Britain on leave. He was to have accompan led his wife when the Chusan left 10 days ago. bur. was forced to postpone his leav owing to the riots.
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    SHOPS NOT CLOSED
    28 7 Five Chinese shopkeepers who pleaded guilty In thp Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to falling! to observe the Weekly Holidays Ordinance were fined $20 each
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    CEYLON TAMILS TO MEET
    41 7 The Ceylon Tamils' Association will hold Its Christinas meeting on Saturday at the Association Hall. Handy Road. The P programme will Include musical items and speeches in English and Tamil. Special Gifts will be distributed to children.
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    PLAYED PAI KOW
    37 7 Koh Chiak Kee. Wong Ah Moy, Poon Chee Seng and Lam See Chiang, were each fined $25 In the Second Singapore Police Court yesterday for gaming. They admitted playing "Pai Kow" DX. ROBERT WILLIAMS
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    U.S. NUTRITION EXPERT HERE
    161 7 A DISTINGUISHED American nutrition expert, Dr. Robert Williams, famous as the scientist who Isolated and syntheslsed Vitamin 81. ar-j rived in Singapore on Sunday "to discuss with nutrition and health experts methods of improving the diets of rlc»eatlng countries." Ha laavft* for Indo-Chlua days there and
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    3 AT TOMB
    48 7 3 AT TOMB THE TUNGKU MAHKOTA of Johore with his sons, Tungku Abdul Rahman on the left and Tungku Mahmud right, s>fter payin? their homage at the tomb of Sultan Abu Bakar at Johor* Bahru on the 56th. anniversary of his death on Wedne sday— Straits Times picture
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    Women Can Help To Plan Houses
    342 7 By Our Woman Reporter WOMEN in Malaya have a necessary and important contribution to make on housing problems, declares Lady Pepler, who has been on various English housing committees for 20 years. She is the wife of Sir Georee Pepler, Singapore's town planning consultant.
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    Colombo Plan Appointment
    145 7 Mr E*J Toogood, formerly, 'British labour attache in Buenos Aires, has been appointed to take charge temporarily of the Bureau for Technical Assistance set up in Colombo by the Council for Technicar Co-operation. The Bureau Is one part of the Colombo Plan which is now in actual
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    Rewards For 7 Killers And Red
    222 7 Rewards For 7 Killers And Red rpHE editor ol a Singa- pore Chinese Cotnmunist newspaper and the murderers of seven people in the last five months are among those for whom the Singapore police have issued rewards totalling $9,000. The editor is Peng Shih Chen, of the Nan Chiau Jit
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    EXPORT DUTY PRICES
    71 7 From Our SUS Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The price of rubber for the purpose of assessing Customs export duty was gazetted today as $189 a pound for the period Dec. 28 to Jan. 3. Other prices fixed for Customs duties are: c°pras 72 ,B a ton, coconut
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    Port Swettenham Rubber Rush
    188 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THOUSANDS of tons of rubber are being handled 1 daily at Port Swettenham in a rush to get it away from the country before the new export duty on rubber comes into operation on Jan 1. Men worked day
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    TOOK GOODS FROM CAR
    92 7 Lam Poh Koon. who walked away with a soldier's Christmas shopping on Dec. 20 at Empress Flace. was sentenced to two months' imprisonment by the Second Singapore Police Magistrate, Mr. S. E. Teh. yesterday. Lam pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing two botiles of whisky,
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    TALK ON ISLAM.
    41 7 The president of the FaKis tan Constituent Assembly. Maulvi Tameezud Din Khan. will give an address on Islam after the Friday prayer, which will toe -led ty Mau^anu Shah Abdul Aleem Siddiqui. at the Sultan Mosque. SlnKapore xlay.
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    S.C. ACQUITTED
    41 7 From Our SUIT Corr—ponde*! IPCH. Thu... -oaying that evidence by Voon' Foon Tien and his wife differed the Ipoh Magistrate ..xlay acquitted a special constable corporal, Mohd Dhall bin Din. on a charged of having extorted £1 from Voon.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Dec. 29. 1950. The Straits Chinese
    818 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Dec. 29. 1950. The Straits Chinese The jubilee of the Straits Chinese British Association, celebrated by its members in Singapore last night; has fallen at a time of golden opportunity. There has been greater political advance in the last five years than in the whole
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    Commonwealth
    265 8 In this world of strife it is pleasant to hear the voice of India in tribute to the-Com-monwealth, this rather strange and odd collection of nations which seems to prosper most in adversity." Pandit Nehru was speaking at the State banquet in honour, of Australia's Prime Minister. Mr. Menzies,
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    PLANE RETURNS
    30 8 LONDON, Thurs.— A PanAmerican Airways Constellation air liner bound for the Far East returned to London airport when the pilot found that the undercarriage would not retract.— Reuter.
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    THE RED SHADOW ON THE MIDDLE EAST
    831 8  - THE RED SHADOW ON THE MIDDLE EAST J. M. ROBERTS, By Jr. of Associated Press [{USSIA, silhotiettec against the flame! of war in Asia, is shadow over the Mia die East these days. Observers have lon felt that the U.S.S.R will seek to solidify thi southern flank an secure its
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    DISASTER IN AMBOINA
    524 8 JAKARTA. 'THE town of Amboina was almost entirely wiped out in recent fighting, except for four buildings, including a mosque and a power station, according to Mr. Maurice Muir. an Australian War Graves •official. He was on the island of Amboina when Indonesian forces landed there The
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      1948 and 1950: Are we still unready?
      286 8 w THE recent tragedy of three planters being killed in a day equalled the opening tragedy of June 1948, when Malaya was unready. Is she still uiueauy t In the Jong Landor case we had two planters killed within three miles of Tapah
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      "WISE ADVICE IGNORED"
      220 8 TN a report published in the Straits Times of Dec. 15 you state that. on. hfcf return to England. Air Commodore Harvey, a member of the delegation of British M.P.s which recently visited Singapore and Malaya, expressed the opinion that the British Government did not tackle the
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    War on the tsetse fly
    348 8 War on the tsetse fly LONDON. gRITAIN" will shortly open two ucw scientific heada carters in Africa for the specific purpose of intensifying the medical war against the tsetse fly. The tsetse, carrier of seeping sickness has b. n slaying human be ngs ,l cqftle for many years over nearly
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    'S.C.B.A. CAN BRING RACES TOGETHER'
    493 9 C-G's Tribute At Golden Jubilee Of Association MO organisation is better equipped than the n Straits Chinese British Association to create a true sense of fraternity between the different races in Singapore, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, the Commissioner-General, said yesterday evening at the Victoria Memorial
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    14 9 MISS JILL MacLeod, daughter of Capt. Jack MacLeod, and daughter safely out of port.
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    50 Bandits Flee In Underpants
    206 9 50 Bandits Flee In Underpants tiorn Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. FIFTY bandits are today wandering around the Raub area of Pahang dressed only in their underpants— unless they have been lucky enough to obtain more clothIng. Yesterday, while they were all hating a wash day dhobyina their trousers
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    POLICE RECRUIT NEW-RANK MEN
    222 9 THE Singapore Police Force is to be strengthened by the immediate recruitment of 60 police lieutenants. They will be drawn from members of Singapore Harbour Board Auxiliary police, which disbands on Sunday, and they will be given a sixmonth contract, capable of extension.^ a status to
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    Teachers To Meet Today
    93 9 fHE extraordinary, general x meeting of the Singapore Teachers' Union today is expected to consider the note from the Pan-Malayan Council of Stamford Club asking for a written assurance from the unicn that the Club Is the only body competent to handle the affairs of graduate
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    C.LD. Needs 40 Chinese
    82 9 THE Criminal Investigation Department of the Singapore Police Force has vacancies for 40 Chinese detectives on its establishment Announcing this yesterday, the Assistant Commissioner. CID Mr. D. K. Broadhurst. said that recruits will have every chance of promotion to the rank of special «rade detectives. Response
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    Chambers Plan Co-operation
    114 9 PLANS tor closer relationship between Singapore s three Chambers of Commerce and to facilitate more effective representation in trade and commerce matters will be discussed by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce at its monthly meeting this afternoon. Following the separate representations on the increased Company Profits
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    6 Hurt When Chain Snaps
    179 9 SIX Indian labourers at the Singapore Municipality's St. James' Power Station were seriously injured yesterday afternoon when the chain block hoisting a five-ton steel tank snapped, sending them hurtling to the ground. All six labourers were on top of the tank when the chain block
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    Girl 'Lost Face,' Hit Ex-Fiance,
    186 9 l 19-year-old Chinese girl who attacked her ex-flance in the compound of the Singapore Police Courts on Wednesday, was cautioned and discharged by the Second Magistrate, Singapore, Mr. S. E. Teh, yesterday. She was Llow Kirn Ngo, who was found guilty of behaving in a
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    N.Z. PREMIER ARRIVING
    66 9 The Prime Minister of New ZealanJ. Mr. S. G. Holland, is arriving in Singapore tomorrow by air from Sydney. Mr. Holland, who is on his way to London to attend the conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, will spend the night at Bukit Serene as the guest of
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    GOING AWAY
    33 9 NAZNEEN Jumabhoy (2). daughter of Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, Singapore Municipal Commissioner, sips an orange squash before leaving for a holiday trip to Penang yesterday in the Carthage. Straits Times picture.
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    NATIVITY PLAY 'REFRESHING'
    132 9 A LARGE and appreciative audience was present at the new Singapore Lee Kuo Chuan Auditorium last night to see the first performance of a refreshingly new nativity play. Written by the Rev. Theodore R. DoraLsamy. one of tn« u .«»oriiui nf r.hrifitian Eriu- cation in Malaya, the
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    GOVERNORS
    9 9 'tZXIi IS at" in "he party.-X. Knowl,. *c!u.«.
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    Johore Simplifies Administration
    423 9 IMPORTANT changes in the administrative set-up A of Johore State come into force early next year. They will brin* the Government and people closer «fh*r and simnlifv administration. Among these is the appointment of Chinese Liaison Officers who will be stationed in 21 subdistricts into which the
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    Mails Will Be Delayed
    104 9 From Our Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. CECOND-class mail services w in Malaya will be delayed as a result of the suspension of the night mail services between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Mr. J. Green, the Post-master-General. Malaya, said that he did not think the cancellation
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    VACATION COURT
    35 9 There will be a vacation sitting of the High Court before Mr. Justice Brown on Jan. 4. The Supreme Court Registry opened yesterday after the holidays. It will b» closed New Year's Day.
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    Youths Raid Beauty Shops
    111 9 rWELVE Chinese youths raided two beauty parours in Chinatown, Singapore yesterday afternoon, rwenty-six women— l 2 of hem were having their hair se t were robbed of iderlity :ards. The youths did not brandish weapons but a number of them had their hands in their pockets
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    Housing Plan May Be Shelved
    189 9 Housing Plan May Be Shelved From Our Staff Correspondent LUMPLR, Thurs. KUALA LUNJPUR cooperative nou^lng society's $I,OUO 000 plan to build 76 houses may have to be shelved owing to the recent big increases in the prices of building materials. The society expects a minimum increase of 30 per cent
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    Cars 'Backed' On Runway
    97 9 THE runway at Kallang airport, Singapore, was twice obstructed by cars which 3roke down at its junction with Mountbatten Road during yesterday afternoon s Three airliners descending towards Singapore Island were warned by radio, but they were given the all clear before they were over the
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    HITLER'S GENERAL CALLS FOR A NEW WEHRMACHT
    612 10  -  Charles Wighton Just after the Atlantic defence meeting in Brussels, one of Hitler's No. 1 generals told one of Britain's No. 1 soldiers: Your defence plans to meet any Russian threat will f"*l unless a Cerman army is reben. By DUSSELDORF: ||ITLER'S r
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    NOT EVEN THE GHOST OF A DARK CLOUD
    498 10 From Our Own Correspondent COLOMBO. yyiTH tea, coconut and rubber fetching boom prices, "and nearly twenty million rupees in small change* in the hands of 180,000 Government servants, and many thousands of mercantile employees, and wages of all at a fairly high
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    214 10 WHEN the Rt. Hon. D. 8. Senanayake leaves on Dec. 27 for London to attend the Prime Ministers' conference his duties will be shared by a number of Ministers and no one will be appointed as Deputy Prime Minister because there Is no provision in the Constitution for
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    How Many A-Bombs?
    612 10 HOWARD BLAKESLEE, leading U.S. science writer, tells how much is known officially J£OW many atom bombs does America have is an academic question It would be at least 500 to we went anead on the production scale which was detailed before the United States senate bj scientists
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    Plane Parts In Chapel
    119 10 DART of a chapel In Ban■T bury parish church is made from a shot-down German plane from the western desert. The Vicar of Ban bury.' the Rev R.P.R. Carpenter, when on leave In the Middle Bast during war. bought some Wue and silver brocade material In
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    924 11  - VIVIEN LEIGH How to stay famous MILTON SCHULMAN By DEAUTY has its (Hs- advantages. Not least among them is its ability to «et what it wants with a minimum of effort This is particularly true of the stage, where comely younp women are suddenly catapulted to public favour with neither
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    A REFUGEE FROM THE DECORATORS
    551 11 A REFUGEE FROM THE DECORATORS By j Housewife fTHE contractor v/ho sub-let his contracts to various firms gave a very cheerfui prospect of how long the subcontractors would take to make my house as good as new As far as I was concerned there was nothing much wrong with the
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      157 11 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD tH() uu iry murd «ort for tuoo \jhmJ l»O. 204*^ lAt v»rl»nc« w.lh lh» part willing mtn.Mdo »peak «»> M»um«i tj. t. »> M A k.niKfc**, montly objec- I j gj |4 I 5 LTW Uid m>k s7pprL.cn no ,n -U U U~ 88S5-rsr oo 22 1
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    ALGER HISS
    816 12 TO-DAY it told the full story of the sensational perjury trials which brought evidence of Soviet espionage at the heart of the United States Government. The book Seeds of Treason, by Ralph de Toledano and Victor Lasky is a narrative which Britons will find moving and rerribl* The
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    Now under sentence for perjury—was he a Red spy or was he a scapegoat?
    849 12 Now under sentence for perjury— was he a Red spy or was he a scapegoat? spectacular career by reason of his charm and ability. She Confessed WHITTAKER CHAM- BERS then went back to New York and waited for the polite to come and arrest him, for his story had depended
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    8 12 OCHOOL examinations are the most tf^SKSb.
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    A SEVEN- YEAR OLD MYSTERY IS RESOLVED
    989 12  - A SEVEN- YEAR OLD MYSTERY IS RESOLVED Sydney Rodin By JN a hundred and ten words Mr. Winston Churchill has solved the mystery of a seven -yea fold air crash iiv which 17 people were killed including Leslie Howard, th c film star. The mystery began on iSf, morning of
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      102 12 Children fed on Cow Gate arc Happy because they are Healthy. The stream of life runs vigorously in their veins their bodies are strong and muscular they are vital and active even in the heat. And Smiier," the little King of Health, sa\s to all Mothers "get the best for
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      'ANNIE' IS A LITTLE OVERPO WERING-BUT TREMENDOUS FUN
      678 13 'ANNIE' IS A LITTLE O VERPO WERING-B UT TREMENDOUS FUN BRUCE FRASER talking about FILMS jyjOST people in Singapore^ and probably many miles out to sea for that matter will know by now that Annie Has Got Her Gun and come to town, mowing them down from a 30-foot-high lighted
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      SAMSON, DELILAH & HEDYLAMARR
      246 13 SAMSON, DELILAH HEDYLAMARR T ALWAYS love Holly*wood epics: they are usually so m.ich better comedies than the films labelled "Funny" in the publicity splurge (I still remember the stupendous ache in the ribs I had after "Duel in the Sun"). "Samson and Delilah" was therefore, I thought, right up my
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      SOMETHING FOR MALAY AUDIENCES
      137 13 KUALA LUMPUR, MALAY audiences will flock to the Coliseum Theatre in Kuala Lumpur to see the new Malay film Terang Bulan," which is having its all-Malayan premiere there this week. Produced in the Indonesian studios of Tan and Wong brothers. Terang Bulan is the ambitious imitation
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      178 13 THE STORY OF A MAN WOMEN PUKUE^AND THE KIND OF WOMAN NO MAN CAN ESCAPE! t^"«. 8 H SV..lAIR CONPITIONEpW L BARBARA M --JAMES in M-G-M's TO^P^ P^J If EAST SID I L47 WBSTSJPi %j&L r^l Season From TODAY I ilT.l H- 1.45-4-6.30-9.30 in h/s F/ffS7 and Warner Bros. present
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      179 13 SPECIAL ADVANCE v MIDNIGHTS SATURDAY and SUNDAY THE PICTURE SENSATION j OF 1951 BROUGHT TO YOU IN 1950 v^B j fF v 3 bTt jßt^fe .OCw 'J* a I* BB^^ rrvrtc p v pi 1 1 n O n Cedl%h)eJ(m Color by < tJcchmcoio7 t Starring HEDY LAMARR vItTOR MATURE
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      215 13 7.30 "Forum of the Air"; 8 Talk; (Rossini, Paganlnl); 10.80 Dance 10 am News Urgency News 8.15 <'Cr«y Corner"; 8.S0 Audrey Music; 11 Clo*. from KX.; 10.10 Close; 12 Malay; Thompson, violin, and Dodo B< B B. 8, aS*«L2??yS"r"iiS Mailing. P»ano; 9 "The Virgt- Orch 6.40 "Sons of the Pioneers";
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    LONDON STOCKS
    338 14 LONDON, Thurs. VERY little serious attempt to extend trading was made in the London Stock Exchange today. Lacking a lead from the political or economic field, quiet conditions are expected to continue to the end of account on Tuesday next Nevertheless, firmness was fairly widespread. In the Industrial
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    RUBBER MARKET
    244 14 Sellers Reserved, Price Up Three Cents A Lb. puBBER gained another three cents In the price K%> per lb. in the Singapore market yesterday Business in January first-grade passed at $1.92 a lb. at slightly below Wednesday's level, but the tone steadied later as sellers became reserved. A
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    H.K. EXCHANGE RATES
    68 14 HONO KONG, Thuri. pKEE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted today as follows: US$l HK$6.Ol (cash). HK*6.Ol <T.); £1 HKSIS 50; one tael of gold HKs3os'- UP. r pUE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announces that, as from 11.30 a.m. yesterday, free market currency exchange
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    Shipping In The Roads And Alongside
    86 14 SHIPS in the Singapore Roads and alongside Singapore Harbour Board godowns yesterday rere Outer Roads: Hai Hsuan, Tonjer, inking. Rajput, Empire Mountain, Bunabaai, Sinabarg. Automedon, Malakka. Ibris. Atholl Queen. Inner Roads: Norbay, Tanjong Pinang, Ban Hong Liong, Kalianda. Alongside Godowna: Gorgon (44), Eenreoch (42-3),
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    The Produce Market
    143 14 »'rvu> 4 M*rk«i Vorrespoodeat 'J'HE price of copra In the Singapore produce market yesterday went up by $1 a pic til with a fair amount of business done at (49. The coconut oil section was firm throughout, with business passing at $76 Vi a plcul. Later quotations
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    SEMBILANEST.:8% FINAL DIVIDEND
    64 14 1 1 viii uur sisn vorresponarni KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. (JEMBILAN Estates' director; recommend a final dividend of eight per cent, less tax on the Preference and Ordinary shares, making a total of 12 per cent for the year to July 31. 1950. The dividend if approved will
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    Malayan Shares
    150 14 Inquiry In Rubbers From A Market Correspondent /CONDITIONS were again \j quiet in the Malayan share market yesterday, with few price changes. There was, however, better Inquiry lor Rubber shares. Price changes announced yesterday by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: IMIISTRIM Mnn Sailira B. B. Petrol 36/« Frawr
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    WORLD TIN OUTPUT
    92 14 THE HAGUE, Thurs. latest avanaolt figure* of the International Tin Study Group at The Hague show an Increase of world Tuu«e production of tin In October to 13,600 tons compared with Ii.2;)0 In September. This was a result of an Increase in Malayan and Indonesian production to
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    LORD MILVERTON
    62 14 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Thurs. gX-MALAYAN Lord Mllverton, a former Colonial Governor, has been appointed a director of Kamuning (Perak) Rubber and Tin, of which Sir John Hay Is chairman. Lord Milverton, who is a iirector of the Colonial Development Corporation for the Par Sast, la also
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    33 14 pHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterlay that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying, r.T.) 34 15/16, Airmail (0J3. 15 1/16, (90 days) 35 5/18; Selling r.T..'O.D. ready 34%.
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      359 14 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON. INDIA. ECYPT and MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. I core yham fmnant Davis 25/29 Dec. JO/SI Dee. 1/2 lan Pre*. Buchanan 6/10 |aa. 11/12 |an. 13/14 |m. Pret. Harding IS/20 fan. 21/22 |en. 23/24 |.n Pres Van Buren 29 |an./3 Feb. 4/5 Feb.
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      306 14 SINGAPORE TIN: 8574'/. A PICUL SINGAPORE, Thurs., Deo. 28.— 5574.25 (up $4.75.) £1 172 1 /z a ton in London LONDON, Thurs.. Dec. 2S. Spot £1,179— £1,175; Forward 1 1.100— C 1.105, Settlement £1.170 (down £35). Turn -overs: a.m. 190 p.m. 30 tons. EAST ASIATIC LINE SAIUNCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U.K/CONTINENTI W£&?&?
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    SOSC FIX STANDARDS AND TIMES
    727 15 Spore To Compete In Asian Games THE SINGAPORE Olympic Sports Coon sH and local authorities of the various branches of sports spent three hours last evening at the S.R.C. drafting a list of qualifying times and standards i preparation for Singapore's participation in the first
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    U.K. STOP BOXING RAMP
    212 15 U.K. STOP BOXING RAMP LONDON, Thurs. A BELATED but nevertheless welcome move by the British Boxing Board of Control is about to put a stop to the menace of the "fly-by-night" professional from abroad. For some months certain tough-looking specimens have been working their passages here on cargo boats and
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    Tulley To Give Sid A Hard Battle
    176 15 By Our Boxing Reporter t SID FLETCHER, the Australian welterweight who packed Jimmy Welch away in seven rounds a month ago should have his hands full tonight when he faces fellow Australian, Don Tulley, at the Happy World Stadium— lt's their sixth meeting
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    Britain Needs Men Like Holden
    419 15 Britain Needs Men Like Holden LONDON, Thurs. NOT nearly enough has been made It appears to us of the recent adumbration by Jack Holden the marathon runner, on his attitude in particular and the British attitude in general towards the whole business of sporting endeavoui. It was just one more
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    KID MARCEL TO FIGHT IN U.K.
    59 15 LONDON, Thurs.— Two continental champions will appear in tenround fights at London's Albert Hall on Jan. 23. Promoter Jack Cuppell announced today that Kid Marcel, French middleweight titleholder. has signed to meet Alex Buxton of Watford, Ergland, and Giel der Roode, welterweight champion of
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    U.K. Soccer Programme
    402 15 LONDON, Thurs. DI.LOW are football fixtures to be 1 played in the United Klntdom on Saturday, Monday, (Jan. 1) and Tuesday (Jan. 2) Saturday, Dee. 30 ENUUSH LfcAClt FIRST DIVISION Blackpool v Manchester I Boston Wolves Dark; Stoke rulham Suadrrtand Hudderifteld Ckelsea Liverpool Asian VIHa Mlddieikreugh Burnley
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    FOUR O'CLOCK MAY SKIP C-G. CUP
    338 16  - FOUR O' CLOCK MAY SKIP C-G. CUP EPSOM JEEP By Will Not Risk Present Going PENANG, Thursday. Vto DEFINITE decision has yet been nade to rui 11 Four O'clock II in the Commissioner -General's Cup over a mile and three furlongs on New Year Day. The champion stayer has a
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    Form Goes Haywire In Penang
    200 16 Form Goes Haywire In Penang I rom Our Staff Correspondent PENANO, Thurs. pUNTERS have a reputation of being shrewdest at Penang because the percentage of winning favourites is higher in Penang than at the other three centres, but the past two days' racing of the cut rent meeting has proved
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    S'gor Club Win 3-0
    191 16 I :iim Our Staff < orie>pondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. ATONOPOLISING play lor a greater part of the game. Selangor Club had little difflcu'ty in beating RAOC at hockey by three goals to nil on the padang yesterday. Selangor Ciub went right into the attack from the
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    SOCIAL A.P. OFFICIALS
    114 16 Office-bearers of the Social Athletic P<irty for 1951 are as follows: Patron. Mr. Koh Beng Sum (ieeiected); President. Mr. Ang Klir Cawee: vice-Presidents, Messrs. Heng Song Hoe. Yeo Chwee Song. Teo Kirn Swee, (re-elected), Koh Chye Tu.iu; hon. secretary, Air. Gdli Keng Hlang (re-elected); hoc treasurer, Mr.
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    HOLE IN ONE
    44 16 MALACCA, Thurs.— Mrs. Margaret Thomas hoind her tee shot at the sth < 125 yards) in one on the Malacca Golf Club link recently. She Is the club's first woman member to hive done this. f TTmIV i i ~~T 1 m
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    8 16 HOCKEY: SJLA. XI IMS. Kajpat. rM«r
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    SWAN SONG FOR MANY IN CLASS 5
    316 16 PENANG, Thuisday. YEW YEAR DAY is Cup Day in Penan* with Al interest centering on the CommissionerGeneral's Cup and the New Year Cup foi top class horses. But on Saturday Class 5 horses dominate the card and for many it will be their
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    Darroch Hurt; Out For Month
    111 16 DONALD Darroch, left wingthreequarter for the South last season and one of the top scorers for Singapore Civilians, this year's finalists in the H.M.S. Malaya Rugby Competition, will be out of the game for a month on doctor's orders. He chipped a bone In his
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    67 16 TODAY: 2.09 a.m. (8.5) and 1.17 p.m. (9.6); 7.20 a.m. (4.8) and 8.01 pjn. (14). TOMORROW: 2.41 a.m. (8.4) and 2.01 p.m. (9.3 >; 8.01 a.m. (4.6) and 8.40 p.m. (1.8). LONDON, ThUM.— Ye«terday' Rugby Union results: Bristol 21. Old Merchant Taylors Cardiff 24. Wauonlans 0: Gloucester 8.
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    County XI Would Have Done It
    277 16 LONDON, Thurs. ENGLAND'S batsmen allowed the Importance of the occasion to overawe them In the second Test yesterday. They faced a first-class attack on a hard pitch from which the slow bowlers could make the ball turn and all the bowlers were occasionally able
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    Louis Shows Old Power
    115 16 DETTROIT, Thurs. JOE LOUIS, punching with some of his old-time power, put parring partner McKlnley English out of commission today with a hard upperout. Louis, training for his Jan. 3 fight with Freddie Beshore, brought a right up from the floor which caught English on the
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    Wham. Goes Jack's Right
    88 16 WH£N ex-world champion Primo Camera failed to obey the instructions of the referee —In this event ex-heavy-weight world champion Jack Dempsey m a wrestling: match at Madison Square Garden. New York, the old Manassa Mauler (right), although giving away 11 years and some four stone m
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    S'pore Schools Beat Johore By 5 Pts.
    347 16 SINGAPORE combined schools scored a grand Rugby victory over Johorc Combined Schools in their annual encounter on Johore English College ground, Johore Bahru, yesterday by eight points (a goal, a penalty goal) to three (try). Hero of the Singapore team was fullback Daud,
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    Sanderson Cup Goes To Seletar
    127 16 CELETAR Technical Wing beat Changi Lodge Unit by 18 points to nil to win the Sanderson Cup Rugby final at Seletar yesterday. Seletar were by far the superior team, but Changi put up a gallant display. Seletar's first points came off a penalty scored by
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    RELAX FOR THAT PUTT
    70 16 SAM SNEAD, £12,770 winner in American tournaments fhis year, tells in his book 'How To Hit a Golf Ball' how a change in putting style helped his g* "I have eliminated so-~e* of the wrist movement in favour of a more general movement. My wrists are
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    SAFA Scheme To Improve Soccer
    279 16 IMPROVEMENT of football in Singapore is envi1 saged by the Singapore Amateur Football Association for the next season, as well as improved facilities for the comfort of spectators at Jalan Besar Stadium I This was stated at yesterday's Annual General Meeting of the S.A.F.A. held
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    Only Australia, India In Pacific Zone So Far
    166 16 Only A ustralia, India In Pacific Zone So Far LONDON, Thursday. INDIA and Australia so far are the only badminton playing countries whose challenges have been received for the Pacific zone of the Thomas Cup 1951-1952 competition. The Secretary of the International Badminton Federation, Mr. H. A. E. Scheele. said
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    S'PORE BLUES XV
    54 16 Following wi'.i represent Singapore All Blues against Singapore Harbour Buard Sports Club tomorrow oil the SH.B. ground: Yap Boon Keng: Nai7. Shah. Ab Rahman Han Lolce Juan. B Ross; Boon Oon San. Ho Er Bin: C"iin Joo. W Vaz. Bulat. Cliooi Siasi. RicketU. ScharnlgiK-vp.; Adiix-k. Kali W:iu.
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    SPORTS LETTER What About The Hall?
    154 16 SPORTS LETTER What About The Hall? Dear Sir— lt is most astonshing to learn that Kuala „umpur is going all out to bs he leader in building a badninton hall by next year. Well, what about us Are ye going to have a hall, ;>r lot? Time is drawing very
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