The Straits Times, 29 December 1951

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  • 19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTAHLISHEU IX4$ SINGAPORE. SAITRDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1951 TWKI.VE PACJES }f pkio nrnm cents
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  • 353 1 But they reject American hst\ COMMUNISTS MAKE FIRST GAIN ON TRUCE LINE TOKYO, Friday. *pHK Communists today reiterated that "American prisoners could not stand up to disease and climate" and were, therefore, more likely to die than other prisoners. The Communists gave this reply when they
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  • 132 1 LONDON Fri. 'J'HE longest two-way ferry- 1 Ing flight of jet aircraft j ever undertaken by the R.AJ 1 j will be made between Eni?- 1 land and Singapore startlne on Monday The distance to bp covered Is 17.700 miles. De Havllland Vampire IX* will
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  • 135 1 Soviet atom scientist 'goes to U.S.' LONDON, Frl. THE Daily Express said today that a key Russian atomic scientist who fled to the West six weeks ago may have been taken to Washington. He was identified as Lieu-tenant-Colonel Fedya Astrachov. chief of Russia's atomic project m East Germany. The paper
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  • 131 1 Armed bandits raid a Perak village FOOD, JEWELS TAKEN KUALA LUMFUK, Friday. TEN uniformed and armed bandits raided a villas 1 on the outskirts or Kampar town, m Perak. last night m search of food. They entered a house and at tun point collected jewellery, food and drinks A telephone
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  • 71 1 ALOR STAR Fri MALAY special constable who is alleged to have killed two Chinese and wounded another nn Wednesday h believed to be m hiding m the Weng Jungle Police Intensified their nunt tor him today He Is thoueht to be armed with a rifle. It is
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  • 50 1 VIENNA. Fri.— Four American fliers fined In Budapest after their plane was forced down m Hungary last month were freed and crossed the frontier into Austria.— Reuter. EARTHQUAKE PARIS. Fri. A violent earthquake was recorded at Melilla. near Madrid, today. No damage has been reported. —AFP.
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  • 95 1 THE "eye* and cars" of Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. Secretary of State for the Colonies, left Singapore yesterday for Kota Bahru. And before be took off Mr. Hugh Fraser, whom Mr. Lyttelton left In Malaya to make a closer study of conditions and report to him
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  • 44 1 NEW DELHI, Frl. Britain supplied 30,000 tons of the 86,000 tons of steel bought abroad by India from April to August, official figures disclosed her e today. Belgium supplied 25,000 tons, America 9,000, France 7,000 and Germany 6,000 ton*. A.P.
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  • 31 1 LONDON, Fri— The Volga Don ship canal Unking two of Western Russia's greatest rivers will be opened for shipping next year, Moscow Radio said today —Reuter
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  • 27 1 BANGKOK, Fri.— The Ministry of Commerce has decided there are enough insurance companies In this capital city and announces no new firms will be licensed -Al».
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  • 343 1 -And he was an air official THE Federation liovernment's Beavei monoplane service to small towns was opened officially for business yesterday. But the slx-seater left Slnudixn. without a passenger On »he return Journey trom Kuala Lumpur it carried one paying occupant, a member of the Department oi Civil Aviation. Kuala
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  • 100 1 LONDON, Fri. fHREE London-bound passenger planes were struck by lightning last night as they flew round thick storm clouds over the gale-lashed English Channel. None was damaged and no one was hurt. All along the British and Irish coasts gales of up to 100 miles an
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  • 25 1 BAIGON, Frl. Th e Vietnamese Government has refused an invitation to send a five-man mission on a fiveday tour of Formosa.— A.P.
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  • 108 1 MATE IN BRITISH SHIP HELD PALEMBANG. Indonesia. Fri. THE Indonesian authorities have ordered the first mate of the British freighter Kola (1.538 tons) to remain m port here pending further Investigations Into damage to underwater Installations said to have been done by the ship on Dec. 6. The first mate.
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  • 67 1 NEW YORK .ri "A STREET CAR Named Desire' 1 has been chosen Dy the New York film critics as the best film of 1951. and Vivien Leigh as the best actress for her role m it Runner-up In the final balloting by a close 8-7 vote
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  • 34 1 MANILA, Fri.— One policeman was killed and three were wounded m a clash with Huks 35 mlJes north of Manila, last night. Huk losses are not known. —A. P.
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  • 24 1 BANGKOK. Fri.— A Siamese M.P. has recommended that women be employed m certain types of police service possJbly as traffic police.— A.P.
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  • 21 1 BELGRADE. Frl.— Over 570 people Imprisoned for their activity or. behalf of the Komln forjn were released today.— AJP.
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  • 129 1 They condemn 'super race comics GLASGOW, Fri. CUPERMAN, Captain Marvel and other ifrythlcal heroes of the American "comic" world were attacked today m a report issued by a local committee of the Educational Institute of Scotland. Condemning American comic papers for presenting an "unhealthy and distorted" view of life the
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  • 206 1 'DEFER MacD DECISION New plea to Premier THE Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, has been asked by Malayan leaders to postpone his decision on the future of Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commission er General m South -East Asia, until he receives a memorandum which will be sent by air from Malaya
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  • 189 1 Supremo may be named today From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Fri. fHE announcement of 1 the name of Malaya's new High Commissioner is expected before Mr. Churchill leaves tomorrow to join the Queen Mary for Washington. The tendency her e now is to discredit reports that Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery
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  • 63 1 PNOM k'ENH Cambodia (Indo-Chlna)— A bumper rice harvest In Cambodia— one of the highest producing areas m all Indo-Chlna— is forecast for 1952 Competent sources estimate that the Increased cultivation of rice fields for the 1951-52 season will boost output tn Cambodia to 1.300,000 tons. It was
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  • 14 1 TOKYO. Prl— A civilian economic mission will visit India m March.— A.P
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  • 176 2 WASHINGTON, Friday. COUNTRIES exporting rubber or rubl»er products to Soviet bloc countries will be refuted U.S. aid under the Battle Act, it was announced yesterday. Mr. Averell Harriman, director of the United States Mutual Security Agency, said he would strictly interpret
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  • 167 2 NEW YORK, Frl. THE New York Journal of Commerce said that new major oil discovery possibly one of the most Important m a decade ol fabulous strikes has Just been made In the Middle East." The oil showings were reportedly made after the start m October
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  • 17 2 ANKARA, Fri.— Turkey has told Persia that she will not buy her oil. AP.
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  • 96 2 PITTSBURGH, Fri. THE Congress of Industrial Organisations' United Steelworkers' Union voted yesterday against a strike of its 1,000,000 workers on New Year's Day. The Union's governing wage policy commit Lee said that it had directed members of the Union to continue work
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    • 382 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited for post* of ARCHITECTS, publlo Works Department, Singapore. The salvry scale is $440x30A 710,8 760x30 A l.ioo with current Cost of Living and Local Allowances, The appointments will be on a 3 year agreement m tb* first instanoe after which if service has been satisfactory,
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  • 273 3 ERSKINE WARNING ANSWERED CAIRO, Frl. EGYPTIAN "Liberation Phalanges" informed the Commander of the British Forces m Egypt. General Erskine, today that British camps will be transformed into cemeteries if they are not quickly evacuated. The message, published m lull by the Egyptian newspaper "Al
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  • 21 3 LONDON. Fri.— Sir Benegal Rau. India's retiring permanent representative at the United Nations, has arrived m London from Paris.
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  • 145 3 GOVERNOR OFFERS REWARD MIAMI, Fri. GOVERNOR Fuller Warren of Florida has offered rewards totalling US$3,OOO for information leading to the (onvictlon of those responsible for a recent series of bombings of Negro, Jewish and Roman Catholic homes and other buildings m Dade Country, which includes Miami. The Governor's action was
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  • 140 3 STASSEN MAKES IT THREE PHILADEPHIA, Fri. THE Republican leader, Mr. 1 Harold E.Stassen, has announced he will seek tais party's 1952 nomination for the presidency of the United States Two other prominent Republicans, Senator Robert A. Taft, of Ohio, and Governor Earl of Warren, of California, have already announced that
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  • 62 3 HONG KONG. Fri. I"he Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham. yesterday paid an official visit to the Ninth Hong Kong Products Exhibition which was opened by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. Sir Alexander cut a cake weighing 250 lbs. and standing six
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  • 52 3 TOKYO, Frl An American Skymaster transport crashed and burned at a Japanese airbase yesterday, killing four people and inluring 27, six seriously. An eyewitness said: "The plane went out of control 100 feet above ground and swung crazily into a hangar. It then
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  • 80 3 Money-short Maria had an idea until HE turned up RIO DE JANIFRO. Fri. >fARIA COSTA, a servant girl, short of Christmas money had an idea. She decided to raffle herself. She sold 1.000 tickets at 15 cruzeiros (75 cents U.S.) each. She bought new clothes and Christmas presents witb the
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  • 29 3 KARACHI, Frl.— Employees of the Burmah Shell Oil Company here announced last night they would begin an indefinite strike tomorrow m support of higher wage claims. Reuter.
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  • 160 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Friday. A MERICA is ready to consider the suggestion tha a long-term contract for sale of Indonesian tii to America should contain a provision linking th tin price to the U.S. price level, says the Financia Times Washington correspondent The
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  • 94 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. rback up claims for its .30 calibre rifle against Britain's .280, the US. Army announced yesterday that it v ould demonstrate the American rifle today at the nearby Aberdeen proving ground, Maryland. In an obvious reference to the .280 rifle, the Army
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  • 32 3 JAKARTA. Pri.— A spokesman of the Economic Affair* Ministry today denied that Indonesia had decided to send a delegation to the United States for discussions on a tin purchase agreement
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  • 62 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. ABOUT 20 per cent of America's total industrial output will be channelled Into defence requirements, according to Mr. Marlon B. Folsom, chairman of the Board of the Committee for Economic Development. He told the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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  • 102 3 LONDON. Frl ft PLAN to sell British goods In the United States through a chain of Britishowned retail stores has been rejected by the Bank of England owing to the dollar shortage. This was announced yesterday by Great Universal Stores The plan was announced last
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  • 238 3 WE WILL STAND NO NONSENSE, SA YS NEHRU RAJAHMUNDRY, Friday. INDIA'S Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, said to an election audience m this north Madras town last night: "If the Prime Minister of Pakistan or any other country thinks that anything can be imposed upon India, regarding Kashmir, they are very
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  • 96 3 Burma will carry on the fight RANGOON, Frl. TTHE Burmese Parliament yesterday defeated a resolution moved b y Opposition leader Aung Than urging the Government to reach a settlement with the rebels "m view of Government's failure to restore peace and order m the country." An Opposition group consisting of
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  • 20 3 TAIPEH, Fri. President Chiang Kai-shek watched manoeuvres staged by two Nationalist divisions near here today A J* P
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  • 270 4 SINGAPORE MOVES TO END 'ON- CARRYING RACKET U.S. got the tin, 'spivs 1 got the dollar* SINGAPORE'S Foreign Exchange Control has tightened its rules to prevent Continental racketeers from getting dollars at the sterling area's expense from Malayan tin, rubber and pepper. European buyers have been on-carrying cargoes to America,
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    31 4 SRI DEVDATTA JETLEY, a student of the Indian dancer, Uday Shanker, m a dance pose which he will present at the Singapore Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home Fun Fair on J«n. I*.
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  • 107 4 rpHE Singapore RamakrLshna Mission has a $250,000 plan to build an English school for 800 children at Bartlev Road. He hopes to appeal to Indian and Chinese philanthropists for contributions. "The Mission realised the importance of English education In this country and Is lreen to play its
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  • 94 4 A finding of death by misadventure was recorded at an Inquest on an 18-year-old factory worker. Leow Kok Chong, who died as a result of a fall m a noodles factory at Kirn Chuan Road' on Oct. 10. Leow's father told the Court that he
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  • 43 4 PORT SWETTENHAM, Pri. —Two 21-ton transformers have arrived at Port Swettenham for Connaught Bridge Power Station. The first stage of the new power station, which during the coming year will have to ease the burden on Bungsar Station, is nearing completion
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  • 153 4 pROM the middle of January, there will be cheaper 1 beef m three of the markets under the control of the Singapore City Council. A local firm, the Madju Trading Company, will sell beef at 20 per cent less than the current market price now between
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  • 222 4 Raise this money, says professor PEN AMJ. Fri DROFESSOR T. H Silcock. i University of Malaya, said today that if Malaya could spend 10 per cent, of her national income on education she could face the world with pride. Mr. Silcock, who was addressing the Adult Education Association, said he
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  • 77 4 Mr. S. S. Manyam. a former labour leader and now an independent member on the Singapore City Council, will not form any new political party. He told the Straits Times, last night that there was no need to organise a separate political party for the
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  • 165 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. T'HE Federal Labour Advisory Board has been re- constituted to advise the Member for Industrial and Social Relations, Mr J. Hodgkinson, on all questions affecting labour. Mr. Hodgkinson is now also chairman of the board. Other members will be* GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES: The Commissioner
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  • 78 4 TELUK ANSON. Fri. A MEMBERSHIP drive will soon be launched by a sub-committee of the Teluk Anson branch of the Perak Adult Education Association, to get its English classes going early m January. This was decided at a recent committee meeting held at the Anglo-Chinese School
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  • 35 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— At a meeting of the Council of the Royal Institute of British Architects held earlier this month, the Federation of Malaya Society of Architects was admitted as an Allied Society.
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  • 242 4 Thrift fund to start in July KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. T»HE Federation Labour A Department's biggest venture, the Employees' Provident Fund Ordinance—which with the inclusion of workers' families, will benefit about 3,000,000 people is expected to come into operation on July 1 next year. Mr F. V. Duckworth, the Federation Commissioner
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  • 83 4 Guthrie Company's new offices PUTHRIE and Company will U celebrate their return to Battery Road. Singapore, on Jan. 19 when more than 600 guests will be invited to the opening of their new offices The opening ceremony will be performed by the managing director of the company Sir John Hay.
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  • 200 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. DRINOINO the Gospel to th« squatter resettlements ras the biggest challenge that the Methodist church had ever faced, thu Rev. J. Harry Halnes. told 46 ministers and more than 100 lay leaders m Kuala Lumpur today. Mr. Haines, who la leader of the
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  • 539 5 STRACHEY IS 'SUBLIMELY NAIVE* FOUR leading Malays m Kelantan have addressed a memorandum to the British Government criticising the recent statement by Mr. John Strachey, former War Minister m the Labour Government, that Britain should accord self-government to Malaya "at
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    48 5 THE COMMISSIONER-GEN ERAL, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, buys a flower m aid of a Malay school buildin* fond before viewing the Malay Arts and Crafts Exhibition at Kota Rajah Malay School. Singapore. With him is thp newly nominated City Councillor, Inche Sidek bin Haji Abdul Hamid. Straits Times picture.
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  • 78 5 70 TO SIT FOR 10 AWARDS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. SEVENTY students from English schools m the Federation and Singapore who passed Standard VIII this year will sit for the 10 Sir George Maxwell Memorial Co-operative Scholarships. The examination will be on Jan. 4, starting at 9 a.m., at Penang, Talping,
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  • 61 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. A COMMUNITY hall at Tanjong Pelepas, Johore, costing about $6,000, was opened by the State Secretary, Inche Ibrahim bin Abdul Rahman, on Christmas Day. Malays, Chinese and Indians contributed towards the building, which Is for all the kampong people. The District Officer. Johore Bahru,
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  • 66 5 COLLOWINO the announce- ment that the Singapore City Council will shortly begin work on the re -construction of Rayman Avenue Market, stallholders who use the market have started erecting a temporary building. Shop-keepers said they had sent m plans to build a temporary market outside the present
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  • 69 5 Mil. Andrew Gilmour who was seconded for special duties m the Com-missioner-General's Office tome months ago. is to take over duties as Singapore's Secretary for Economic Affairs on Tuesday. Mr. Gilmour's present appointment is that of Financial Secretary. He built the Economic Affairs branch of
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  • 76 5 FRESH flowers will rain from the sky during a gala fun fair at the Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home m Singapore on Jan. 13. The flowers will be released by planes from the Royal Singapore Flying Club. Among other attractions will be tiger and doll dances, fancy
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  • 167 5 {ji n-STATIONS Itablr to blackouts today are: DAT Serangoon Rd., Sennrtt Estate, Kolam Ayer, McPherson Rd.. Kirn Chuan Rd., Boundary Rd., Florence Rd., Upper Seranjoon. Yio (hu K&ng Rd., Govt. Printing Wks., Woodleifh Park, Braddell Heights. Arthur Rd., Tanjong Katonj, Broadrick Rd., Sea View Hotel. East Coast Rd.,
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  • 140 5 THE establishment of institutes for training cmx ployment officials and a central library with books on manpower were among a number of measures proposed at the recent International Labour Organisation's conference of experts at Bangkok. Explaining this yesterday, Singapore's Commissioner for Labour, Mr. G. W.
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  • 19 5 MUAR, Fri. Qua Soo Chung, who hawked foodstuffs m a prohibited area, was nned $10 at Muar.
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  • 63 5 Ng Kirn Tong, a 19-year-old I girl, yesterday claimed trial m the Singapore Fourth Police Court on a charge of fraudulent possession of 189 tins of biscuits, valued $614.25 I and belonging to Ong Say Yeow. at Serangoon Road on Dec. 22. Ng was offered ball
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  • 211 5 "MONSTROUS", SAYS SILCOCK PENANG, Fri. SUGGESTIONS that the Government was over staffed were described as "monstrously unfair" bv Professor T. H. Silcock, of the University of Rpa, in Penang today. this criticism is rarely nged In public," dethe professor, who ddressing the FederaLdult Education Asso1. a.
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  • 94 5 A BOTTLE of beer was produced as an exhibit m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday when a labourer. K. Pakirasamy, was charged with stealing it on Dec. 27 from the motor vesel, Kina which was berthed at Oodown 4/5 In the Singapore Harbour Board.
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  • 54 5 Yeo Kirn Kane, aged 44, claimed trial In the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on a charge of dishonestly disposing 95 umbrellas valued at $114, believed to be stolen property at Park Road on Dec. 20. Ball of $1,000 was allowed today when the case
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  • 54 5 V. Panchavarnam. a driver attached to the Municipal Transport Centre, was In Singapore yesterday acquitted of driving In a negligent manner m Bras Basah Road on July 28. He said he was taking the bend at Bras Basah Road when he swerved to avoid a pedestrian who was
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  • 23 6 DONALD MURCHIK. at sea, n< ar Semarantr on 27th. TXvtmb^r 1951. Relatives or friends coated Association of Engineers 11 Raffles Quay. Spore.
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  • 28 6 MR MRS D. A. WOODPORD f'.rurirly thank a!l relatives and friends for 'h-ir much appreciated pr-sents and telegrams on the Of thrir ninrrlage on the 26 12.51.
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  • 26 6 THE BEST of good luck to all c'ri friends, both m Malaya and m the United Kingdom Mr. and Mrs. O. T Dii'sek and Dawn
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Dec. 29, 1951.
    • 551 6 If the latest reports from London can be trusted, there is indecision now on the appointment of a "supreme commander for Malaya. While General Sir Brian Robertson's visit to Mr. Churchill has put his name among the starters for the Malayan post, there is also the suggestion
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    • 420 6 Graft among the Reds A sad note is being struck by the Communist Chinese Press, pitched an octave or two lower than anything hfeard by the outside world on the Communist radio. There are charges of corruption against Communist Party officials, some of them quite high m the hierarchy. The
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    • 98 6 (From the Straits Titnrv of Jan. 3-9, 1902.) THE death of Cheang Keng Kwi, Capltan China of Perak, a millionaire, took place at Penan* after an illness lasting only a few days. TANGLIN is, forsooth, sorely afflicted by burglars Just now: and, In view of the seeming
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  • 1077 6  -  Cynicus -by THE report of the tribunal which enquired into the conduct of senior Singapore police officers, criticised by the Leach Report on the riots, is likely to be made public next week. It contradicts many of the findings of the Leach Commission. It agrees m
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    10 6 Photograph by C. A. Gibsun-Hill, THE STATE SECRETARIAT, JOHORE BAHRU
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  • 818 6 JUST before Christmas a visit to one of the big stores revealed lightheaded cltiiens m Orgies of buying. Just after Christmas the scene was forlorn No crowds, no fever of expectancy; only desolation In the toy department. In the corner lay two broken dolls, a red clockwork car minus
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  • 255 7 Recruit stood firing his Brenfrom the hip FOUR REDS KILLED IN DAWN BATTLE KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. ALTHOUGH wounded m the lef ."Sutton Boy" Tan Thean Siew, of No. 4 Police Jungle Company, drove off attack after attack by a strong bandit force during a battle
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  • 142 7 Bly the at Muslim party MX. W. L Blythe. the Colonial Secretary, piitured speaking at a party yesterday m the Victoria Memorial Hall to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Mohamed. An earlier speaker, Mr. Ahmad Ibrahim, called for the introduction of religions education m schools and colleges and for the
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  • 192 7 HOSPITALS IN FACTORIES ADVOCATED 4 FULL-TIME doctor should be on staffs of fac- tories where there were more than 500 workers, said the president of Singapore Labour Party, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, yesterday. This plan would relieve overcrowded hospital and ease the pressure on ambulance services, he 1 said. Singapore
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  • 151 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. THE case of Wong Vat Kirn. who is charged with driving offences m connection with the death of Mr. Derek Green, Assistant Director of the Malayan Film Unit, was Do.stponed here today until Jan. 21. It is alleged that Wong caused
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  • 53 7 MUAR. Fri.— "You might be doing somebody a good* turn but it was an offence." said the Muar Magistrate. Inche Mansoor, when he fined a taxi-driver, JafTar bin Meon. $15 for carrying an extra passenger. JafTar said the man begged for a lift saying
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  • 48 7 SINGAPORE police are trying to find the motive for the murder of Tan Ah Puan whose body was found m the Singapore River on Boxing Day. The body was found with hands tied behind the back legs bound together and three stones tied to it.
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  • 203 7 MORE rubber will be going from Malaya to countries m the Russian bloc when the Danish ship Meoma sails tomorrow. She will carry IL>5 tons of rubber to Copenhagen, from where it will be transhipped to the Polish port of Gdynia This rubber was nrst
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  • 56 7 T>HE cargo vessel Bencleuch, M. expected In Singapore on Tuesday will bring eight shipwrecked people. The Bencleuch left Kure on Christmas Day. Two days later, she signalled the Singapore Ben Line office that seven Japanese men and one woman, from a wrecked vessel had been picked up.
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  • 22 7 MUAR, FrL— Because his dog bit a boy at Sun gel Mati. Tee Yeo was fined $7 at Muar
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  • 42 7 MORE than 1M Chinese with the surname Kee have formed an association m Singapore called the Nanyang Kee Sic Kong Huay. Objects of the association are to assist members m adversity and at marriages and funerals
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  • 63 7 rO women, Leong Wai Sin. aged 43. and Lee Choo. aged W. claimed trial m Singapore yesterday on a charge of managing a brothel m Duxton Road between September and Dec 21. They also claimed trial on a charge of living on the earnings of prostitution. The
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  • 62 7 PENANG, Fri. On the eve of his retirement after 50 years' with the firm, Mr. Seah See Chooi was entertained by Fraser and Neave Ltd. to a tea party at the Piccadilly Hotel today Mr. Seah first joined the company m Singapore m 1901. He came
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  • 15 7 KUANTAN, Fri.— A. Govindasamy, an estate armoured car driver, was acquitted of inconsiderate driving.
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  • 110 7 Mr Snowman has ideas about wood MR. Denis Snowman, a London furniture designer and interior decorator, has arrived m Singapore to design special Malayan furniture for a department store. Mr. Snowman plans to use rattan, teak and other Malayan woods, such as Rengas, Malayan Buev (an ebony wood) and Sepetir
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  • 46 7 KUALA LUMPUR Frlrwo bandits were hanged id Pudu gaol this morning They wer P Perlanan alias ohandaram son of Kuppusarny. and Lzm Slew Wah rney were sentenced to death for carrying a rifle and for DOssessln* a hand grenade and ammunition rp.sty»rtlvf> •y
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  • 29 7 Mr. George Edward Cobb, a former Malayan businessman has died m Edinburgh, Scot-' land. Mr. Cobb owned" a business house m Singapore about 30 years ago.
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  • 113 7 NEW De Havllland Vampire IKs which will soon be on their way to the R.A.F. In Malaya will be "air conditioned." Delivery of the single-seat Jets will start on Monday when the first batch takes off from Britain. They will replace Vampires Vs, which have been
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  • 29 7 KUANTAN. Frl.—For riding abreast with, two other cyclists m front ol the police station. Yap Yoon Loy, a school boy was fined $10 by the Kuantan Magistrate.
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  • 196 7 Aviation petrol up 7 cts. THE price of aviation petrol m Singapore the Federa- ion and Borneo will be mii .Teased by seven cents per gallon from Jan. 1, the Shell Company announced yester'iay. This will be the second lni crease m two months the price went up by 10
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  • 116 7 •WUEN Ching, 24, a fitter, of 1 Banda Street, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment m Singapore yesterday (or his part m robbing a wonwn. Tan Peck Luang of $2,598 worth of jewellery and $517 m cash. An accomplice. Lee Ah Seng, 25 who had fife
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  • 189 7 'Planter's Wife will be shot in Ceylon DECAUSE of weather conditions m Malaya, part of the film, "Planter's Wife," which is to star Claudette Colbert, will be made m Ceylon. Shooting begins there within a fortnight However, typically Malayan scenes like a terrorist attack on a planter's bungalow and Chinese
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  • 57 7 Malaya produced 4.815 tons of tin-in-concentrates last month, bringing the total for the year to ***** tons. The monthly production was 48 tons lower than that m October. Stocks of tin metal and tin-in-concentrates at the end of last month were 6.788 tons. 149. tons
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  • 26 7 TELUK ANSON Fri A two-yeai-old boy. Chai Chan Lan, was found drowned m a well at Kampong Pelawan behind Lan?kap Village m Lower Perak.
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  • 18 7 MUAR Frt.— For us!n* a private car for hire. Teh Teck Choo was fined $50.
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  • 191 7 No reply yet to gunfire protest THE Singapore Governmerit's protest to Indonesia over the action of an Indonesian gunboat which flred upon a Royal Singapore Yacht Club sloop a few weeks ago has produced no result, except a letter I which said 'The matter is receiving attention. Mr. L. E.
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  • 98 7 WHEN a party of detectives raided a house In Lorons* Silat. off Rochore Canal Road, on Dec. 20. two men wi N found preparing chap-Ji-ki lottery slips and schedules. They were arrested. In the Singapore First Police Court yesterday, one of them. Tav Ah Kirn aged 32.
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  • 65 8 TAIPING, Fri.— The Christian Brothers of the St. George's Institution gave an Xmas treat to 500 school children last Thursday. A huge Christmas tree, Illuminated by coloured bulbs and laden with gifts, was the centre of attraction. Santa Claus received a warm welcome and following the
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  • 41 8 Radio Malaya has Just received the exchange programme from the British Army on the Rhine. It will be broadcast locally on Sunday at 3 p.m. The broadcast la specially Intended for British troops In the Far East
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  • 184 8 CHINESE NEW YEAR DISHES WILL BE DEARER /CHINESE New Year delicacies sausages, salted ducks, vegetables and fruits— from China will be dearer this year and there will be less of them, said Singapore Chinese importers yesterday. Orders placed this year were only 60 per cent of the imports last year
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  • 146 8 Malaya 's exports show sharp rise THERE W as a sharp rise m the value of Malaya's exports, including re-exports, during November. Malaya ended last month with a favourable trade balance of $75,947,159, total exports being $462,426,714 and Imports $386,479,555. Exports for the 11 months of this year, were valued
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  • 87 8 KOTA BAHRU. Fri.— N!k Mahmood bin Daud, District Officer, Pasir Mas, has been transferred to Kota Bahru as third Assistant District Officer. Nik Daud was a regular hockey player for Pasir Mas District and also represented the Statp against Trengganu Nik Hassan bin Hajl Wan Ahmad. Second
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  • 87 8 SEREMBAN, Pri y\H R. Ramani, Federu Legislative Councillor and Kuala Lumpur lawyer, will address two meetings tn Seremban on Wednesday. He will speak on "Citizenship and Nationality As It Affects Indians." at a gathering m the premises of the Negri Sembilan Club at 4 p.m. to
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  • 49 8 TELUK ANSDN, Fri.— A dance In aid of the Chung Chen Public Free Night School will be held on Jan. 15. The programme will be followed by song numbers rendered by the Lee Chuen Benevolent Dramatic Association. The 1952 Cabaret Queen wil! be elected.
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  • 206 8 MR. P. J. Darnell, president of Singapore and Johore branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya, said yesterday he was "too disgusted* to comment on a letter to the Straits Times protesting against the Association's dismissal of Its Singapore car sentries. The writer, who signed
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  • 221 8 HOLIDAY SPIRIT IN MARKET AS the Christmas holidays, which included Monday for the rubber market, have occupied most of the week there Is little of market Interest to report, says Lewis and Peat's weekly report issued yesterday. Prices have tended to sag but there has been no particular selling pressure.
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  • 31 8 5 cent profit costs $25 KUANTAN, Fri. Osman bin Mohd. Tahir of Tanjons Lumpur was lined $25 m Kuantan for selling a packet of cigarettes five cents above the control price.
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  • 22 8 The Ceylon Tamils' Association will hold a Christmas New Year social today at the Association's hall m Handy Road, Singapore.
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  • 154 8 PLAN TO EASE LABOUR PROBLEM KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A CABLE asking for two experts to organise labour exchanges m Malaya was sent last night to the office of th,e Secretary of State for the Colonies by Mr F. V. Duckworth, the Federaration Commissioner for Labour. The engagement of the two
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  • 97 8 PENANQ, Prl. TWELVE Siamese Boy Scouts X on a "world brotherhood" tour of the Federation arrived In Penang from Ipoh this morning. They will stay two nights m the Jubilee Camp at Telok Bahang. After a dinner given by the Siamese consul, Nai Prasit Lohanan, this
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  • 50 8 ABOUT 400 Home Guard National Service medals were presented to representatives of 10 kampongs southwest of Johore Bahru. The State Secretary. Inche Ibrahim bin Abdul Rahman, who presented the medals at the village of Tanjong Pelepas. praised the Home Guards for maintaining order m their kampongs.
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  • 34 8 The Singapore art society's life class fixed for Dec. 31 New Year's Eve) In the British Council Hall will not be held. The class will be resumed on Jan. 7.
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  • 43 8 Three of the Singapore High Court halls, which have been without a coat of arms since the re-occupation, now have emblems. The coat of arms have been designed and made by Cay. R. Nolli, the Italian sculptor.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 130 8 Straits Times Crossword I I 12 I IS I U I 15 I 7 n H!' 2 14 i II H li"^~ tt i 8 i 9 m m m 2 2| 15. It provides a loop-hole (6). 16. Wells gave him this name 5)). 17. Or she may be
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    • 157 8 20. Trial of tin (anw?.) (10». 27. "But do not dull thy palm with Of each new-hatch 'd. unpledged comrade" ("Hamlet"! (13). DOWN. 1. Usually the pursuit ot nc optimist (7, 8). 2. "H«sctor, In view ol and of Greeks. Shall make II good" ("Trollus and Cresstda"> (7). 3. Stirs
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  • SATURDAY FORUM
    • 241 9 CONTROL OF LUXURY IN BUILDING I WAS interested to read m your paper some ten days ago a letter dealing with the building of a luxury cinema m Singapore. At the present time, with a large proportion of the people crying out for houses, it does seem ridiculous that such
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    • 331 9 MISSION AND GO VERNMENT SCHOOLS THE iment maeip by Observer m his letter which you published on Dec. 25, if not refuted, will leave a wrong impression m the minds of the general public about condittOßl m Mission schools as compared with those m Government schools. Aided school teachers are
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    • 127 9 SOME time ago someone wrote about the "hygienic food" of Katong Park Instead ol making iise of the privileges of a sheltered building, the vendors take advantage of the large number of visitors on Sundays. Prices soar at such times. A meagre bow! of "laksa" i$ sold
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    • 127 9 INSTEAD oi wasting money lon wholly unnecessary coats of arms m the Supreme Court, the Government of Singapore would do well to spend a few dollars In providing the ordinary decencies and amenities of life for those who have to work In and visit the Police Courtslawyers, police
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    • 125 9 PENANG'S MALAY CHILDREN WITH reference to a protest against tests m Penang as reported m the Straits Times on Dec. 19, I strongly support the prompt action taken by hundreds of Malays to improve the Welfare of Malay children. Malays are still backward m all respects, as compared with other
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    • 207 9 |Lf AY I, through your columns, bring the attention iTi of the Negri Sembilan Government to the deplorable way m which the Town Board tries to hinder the building of houses m Seremban? untu the Town Board appointed a Building Inspector, many houses were put
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    • 94 9 IF the legend told to Mr. Marsh by the Javanese aristocrat ("On the Margin." Straits Times, Dec. 18) is correct, it would be interesting if an> of your readers could say to what people the Malay language originally belonged. It is difficult to believe that a language
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    • 102 9 WITH reference to the re- cent overhaul of the City Council by an efficiency expert, one such expert is also needed for the Singapore Improvement Trust. Most of the 8. 1. T. flats are equipped with hooks for celling fans. Yet an application to instal a fan has
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    • 320 9 PACK-OUT AT THE 'GENERAL' THE Singapore Labour city Councillor for South Ward, Mi. VJC. Nair, wants inquiries to be made into alleged delays In treatment received by the public at the General Hospital, Singapore I am of the opinion that Mr. Nair does not know very much of what goes
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    • 109 9 MANY people are or the opinion that the $500 paid to Legislative councillors' is a very extravagant levy on the public purse. They should not be paid such high remuneration for voluntary service. I belt -v.' that 'Ji:cillors are also paid subsidiary allowances for serving on
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    • 162 9 THE Straits Times reports that the temporary clerks employed by the Federation Government are to be absorbed into the permanent service. According to the Government circular, those who enter the permanent service will get increments for their previous service and that service will be counted for
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    • 113 9 THERE WERE 19 THERE IN your report on "Onn hits out at Labour Party,' 1 you stated at a meeting m Kampong Bahru this evening Malays predominated." This portion of your report is incorrect. There were only 19 people In the audience, oui of whom 15 were Indians; there were
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    • 65 9 SOME or the pillar boxes m Singapore's streets are not of much service to the public If the authorities would kindly move some ot them near the bus stands: I think this would really be useful. At least, we should know where to find
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    • 143 9 THE Singapore traffic authorities should bear m mind that traffic m the East Coast Road area near the Roxy Theatre is heavy both day and night. Added to the incessant flow of vehicles are picturegoers, picnickers, schoolchildren, marketing housewives, pedestrians and, last bat not !east. the
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    • 498 9 THE I.M.P. AN D THE TIES WITH BRITAIN "l/XYNE STREET" m his letter of Dec-. 24, "Two Minorities m Free Malaya of the Future." waa most unreasonable m his reference to the I.M.P. As "a Federal citizen whose interest should t>« m a single, united Malaya, he reveals a parochialism
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    • 410 9 I HAVE reaii with great dismay "Klyne Street's" unwarranted' attack on Dato Onn and other I.M.P. leaders, "Klyne Street" accuses thesf I. M. P. leaders ol being extremists whose objective is personal gain and power for themselves. If he seriously means that leaders
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    • 79 9 JtA a KimvL cptL -tow at it 1 but a lime destined for F. N. Cordials (and it must come from the West Indies!) merits more than a passing glance; its inner secrets are revealed to an expert's eye: flavour, freshness and juiciness Add pure cane sugar, under the most
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    • 73 9 Port of At che Port of London M.f% %tfMf% aY •ye» £500,000,000 worth ct eobaoco Is stored at a cool ever' temperature m large, airy ware- H.M. Customs' •upcrvisum douses. The Port provides I'hia facility available to tul.acoo highly specialised star) who shippers, symbolises the cuia> carry out the many
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  • 317 10 LONDON. Fri. THERE was buoyancy In the stock market today at the end of a short working week. Rising prices m many sections were attributed tv shortcovering ahead of the end of the year and end of trading period. British Government funds advanced by one-eighth to a quarter whilst
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  • 38 10 HONO KONO, Frt FEE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HK56.564 (cash). HKS6 59 J i (T.T.): £1 HKSIS 85: >ne tahll of (told HKBJ23 —UP
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  • 37 10 »rHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that agreed rates of exchanee for the Canadian dollar wereBuying, T.T. 33 9 16, Air Mail (O.D 33 1116. (90 days) 33 1516; Selllnar. T.T.0.D.. ready, 33 U.
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  • 942 10 \f ORE buying interest was again shown m Tins iU on the Kfalayan share market yesterday. Price rises were again recorded. Industrials continued firm on the higher levels. Little attention was paid to the Rubber section. Quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: IMMMKIMBajeri Seller* Praaer
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  • 39 10 TIN:$442 1/ 8 A PICUL SINGAPORE, Fri Dec. 28— 5442.12'/.., (up $3.1Z\,.) London: £897 Vj a ton LONDON. Fri. Cash buyers CB97J, Sellers £9024; Forward Buyers 8971. Sellers £9024; Settlement £905 (down £5). Turnover: a.m. 60 p.m. 50 tons.
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  • 191 10 DRICES In the Singapore rubber market remained practically unchanged yesterday. Business was again very limited with slightly more interest shown m lower grades. The market closed quiet with buyers In flrst*grade, January shipment, at Thursday's closing level of $1 40 a 1b Closing price* yesterday *»i> tn
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  • 72 10 ALL sections of the Singapore produce market were again quiet yesterday. Pepper prices dropped $10 a plcul. sellers quoting Muntok at $765 and Sarawak at $760. Lampong black was maintained at $595 a plcul by sellers. Copra was dull. Sellers quoted January shipment at $39 a picul.
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  • 107 10 CHIPS expected alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 6 a.m. today are: 1/2 Nieuw Holland and Panama, 4/5 Sangola. Coal Plant (west) King Bay. (east) Sanana and Kampar 6/7 Kleldrecht and Agapenor. 8/9 Slnßnpore and Sunnyvllle. 11 Trevose, 13/14 Denbighshire, 15/16 Talabot. 17/18 Mapia, 19/20 Tjlbodas. 21/22
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    • 1439 10 MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Singapore) BLUB FUNNEL LIMB Carner s option to proceed via other ports to load tn<i discharge cargo lAILINCS to LIVERPOOL CLASCOW LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Due iails P iMm Ptn Aeneas I rooi b Cgow Dec. 25/30 Tyndareus tor Marseille* Liverpool C. 38/39 |an T
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    • 357 10 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS to New York «nd Botton »i» Ccvlon India fnrot enr Maditerranean Port* Singapore Swettenruur +*nar>» t.t. -PRO. HARRISON" S/I«|ea 17/18 |an. 19/21 lan. "SCHUYUR OTIS BLAND" 16/21 lan. 22/23 lan. 24/26 Jan. M "PRESIDENT BUCHANAN" 18/24 {an. 25/26 (an. 27/29 |an. To Lot Angelef b Atlantic Port*
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    • 432 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE tAILINCS FROM SCANOINAVIA/U X /CONTINf Ni f'oore Sham *enena ft*i»" for Bangkok H'Kone. Kobe Yokohama 8/» lan Fatsrria" for Saison Bangkok 11/12 |an India" for Bangkok. Hong Kong. Manila Kobe Yokohama JO lan/2 Feb ZT/29 lan li/lt lan Morelij" for Bangkok Hong Kong. Kobe Yokohama 21/2JFeb 19/20
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    • 1041 10 McALISTER dc CO., LTD. Telephone No 5906. ELLERMAN BUCKNAU KLAVKNEBS LINE LONDON. HAVRE ROTTERDAM U ANCfL|s $AN tANCIS^ mamouki, PORTLAND JEATTI« b VANCOUVH and for USA. North Atlantic Port. Accepting cargo for Central Sout* and Canada via Colombo American Ports CITY OF NEWPORT $UN p MY LI PrnM P.rt/11 Dec
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  • 424 11 CALCUTTA. Frt MCC defeated a Bengal XI by an innings and 20 runs here today. Bengal, needing a second mnlngs total of 154 to avoid an Innings defeat, were all out for 134. At one point they had lost seven wickets for 29 runs. MCC
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  • 438 11 TONIGHT'S S.B.A. QUARTER-FINALS PREVIEWED BOTH PLAYERS IN BRILLIANT FORM By Our Badminton Reporter THE quarter-finals of the men's singles badminton championship of Singapore will be decided at the Clerical Union Hall tonight and considerable interest is focussed on the Loong Pan Yap
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  • 36 11 (JONSTELLATION (Spencer) defeating BarnsUple (W. Bagby) by a nose m Race Two at Penan*; on Boxin*; Day. Trent Fall (Charles). No. 8, was third and Tail Light (Crowe), No. 7, close up fourth.
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  • 154 11 T<i expedite the .onclu::ioi. if Uip SBA champiupihlps, some cam« will be played off daring week-days In addition to »he weekend ties. The following .;ames will be played off next "Tuesday and Thursday: Taeaday at 7J5 p.m. Interelub, Bournemouth P.P. v. Mayflower BP. Tournament Otflrlal Wee Gun
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  • 148 11 SEREMBAN, Prl. JpiVE teams representing three SUfUs and two SB«l«mdW» siWpurtlclpnte In the- Malayan Indian Sports Association annual hockey tournament tor the Thlvy Shield which will held at Ipch. beginning tomornr Those taking port are Perak, Selangor, Negrl Sembilan, Penang and Malacca Indians. The tournament will
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  • 346 11 TODAYS BIG RUCBV AT XL KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. QWINQ to several players being unavailable the North-Feder-ation Civilians rugby XV to meet Federation Services on the Kuala Lumpur Padang tomorrow has been reshuffled. Two changes hay been made In the half back com b l: h Moo.
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  • 519 11 From JACK FINGLETON (Exclusive to the Straits Times) ADELAIDE, Friday. IFE has taken on a new outlook for the West Indians. For the past, few days they have been happily larking m the sea at Glenelg and it is obvious that long-delayed success
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  • 193 11 Q.R.C. trounced Khalsa Association 7-1 m a hockey friendly on their home ground yesterday. Khalsa fielded a rather weak side with substitute goalkeeper. They also had to "borrow" an SRC man for their half line. Aerla, who was loaned to Khalsa by Recs. «aye Vs >ide
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  • 90 11 PENANO. Frt. j^FTKR a lapse of 30 years, the Penang Amateur Athletic Association will be holding a cross country race on Feb. 3. The last raca was run la 1522. For next February's revival «vent a five-mile course "will be chartered, starting and ending at the Corner
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    • 179 11 POPULAR MATINEES DAILY 3 SHOWS at U«m, 1.45 A 4pm. Admission Upstairs $1/- Downstairs 75 tts. Last Day "THIEF OF BAGDAD" Technicolor Tomorrow and Monday Bichard Green« "LORN A DOONE" Technicolor 2 SHOWS NIGHTLY at 6.3 i r 9.30 p.m. From Charles Dickens "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" Distributed by Shaw Bros.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 65 11 ktUGBY: R.A.F. Tengah v Signals at Tengah,- R.A.S.C. v Naval Baae at Nee Soon; Naval Baae v 223 8.0.D. at Naval Baae; S.C.C. v Navy at S.C.C; S. Johore RJ.C. v R.X.A.S. (Semb.) at Sembawanc SOCCER: Rovers v I.E.C at Besar. SINGAPORE TIDES TODAT: I«.M a.m. (10.0). 4.45 a.m. (5.4),
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  • 287 12  - BRAMHALL FLYER FOR TOP SPRINT EPSOM JEEP By Was hampered on Christmas Day PENANG, Friday. J^EROLI A, BINOCULAR, and BRAMHALL FLYER, who finished behind Jeunesse m a I fast-run 6f sprint on Christmas Day, appear to dominate the field m the only Class 1 race (Race Four) at Penang tomorrow,
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  • 189 12 SINGAPORE WOMEN UPSET PK. Basketball KUALA LUMPUR. Prl. gINGAPORE women sprang a big surprise m the All-Malayan basketball congress here when they beat Perak women by one point last night, the score being 27-26. Perak were generally expected to win but Singapore snatched victory with a thrilling last quarter rally.
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  • 57 12 LONDON. Fri.— Randy Turpin. British and European :nlddleTveight champion, will meet Alex Buxton of Watford. England, m a 10--round bout at Harringay Arena on Feb. 12. it was announced today This will be Turpio's first fight since losing his world middleweight title In New York last
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  • 179 12 Trent Fall should find winning turn rpRENT FALL put up his best performance ever when he came In a good third to Constellation over seven on Boxing Day. This three-year-old appears to take more interest m racing and I think he will find his winning turn m the Class 5,
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  • 863 12 PENANG, Friday. DEEP FIELDS has nothing much to beat m the Class 5. Div. 3, 6f. event (Kace One) and I make him my best bet on tomorrow's card. This long-striding bay put up his best performance yet when he just failed to ward
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  • 70 12 CALCUTTA, Frl. Fumitero Nakano of Japan beat India's No 2 Dllip Base In the quarter-final of the International Lawn Tennis Championships here yesterday The score was 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 7-3 Sweden's No. 2. Bven Davldsson, eliminated India's No. 1 Sumant Mi ra In the quarter finals
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  • 45 12 LONDON Friday Yesterdays rugby union results were: Cardiff 3 Watsonlans 0 Gloucester 3 Universities U 5 Leicester 13 Barbarians 8 Northampton 14 Birmingham 5 Newport 16 Rosslyn Park 8 Penzance. St. Ives 5 Rugby 11 Penarth 0 Swansea 12 London Welsh 0 Renter.
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  • 61 12 The Australian Davis Cup te am that successfully fought off the American challenge at Sydney. Left to right: Merryn Rose (20), Ken McGregor (20), Frank Sedgman (22), and manager and non- playing captain Harry Hopman (43). This picture was taken at Kalian? Airport when the Australians
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  • 690 12 Sedgman hero in Australia's Davis Cup win SYDNEY, Friday. A USTRALIA retained the Davis Cup today, win- ning the challenge round against the United States by three matches to two after leading twoone yesterday. America levelled the score to two-all thin morning when Schroeder, although seemingly tired after yesterday's doubles,
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