The Straits Times, 25 January 1952

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  • 24 1 2 5 JAN 1952 The Straits Times MALA YA 'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1845 SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1952 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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  • 376 1 Threat of Egyptian Army move GUNS RUSHED UP TO GEN ERSKINE'S GARRISON H.Q. ISMAILIA, Thursday. \LL British garrisons in the Suez Canal zone are being alerted against the possibility that the Egyptian Army might support offensive action by "liberation troops," it was understood here today. Gen.
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  • 203 1 Peace (by quitting) plan goes to Britain LONDON Thurs, f£lN<; inn saud of Saudi Jt\ Arabia has proposed that Britain tak*. he T troops out or the Sue? Canal Zone within year and i ork with f.ffvpt in planning a defence system for the <"■ formed sources said l«^( niijht.
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  • 83 1 RED CELL WIPED OUT !£mpH M.°p DE S L^ A Singapore Marin, Police. 1h \h K P K nd liner Canton yesterday an d questioned the cabin boy who looked after the cabin occupied by th e missing passenger. Mr. Yeo Khe« Seng to this picture are
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  • 209 1 rIVIIMV KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A CIVILIAN walked into Seremban police hearing Pit ni ff u ht an <i at dawn today four m,mii St h inclU 2 IIIf the ff^tary of Seremban Communist branch committee, were killed. The civilian told the police that the
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  • 123 1 MR.NICOLL LEA VES HONG KONG HONG KONG. Thurs. jyflß. John Fearns Nicoll Colonial Secretary, who nas been appointed successor to Sir Franklin Gimson as Governor of Singapore wished the colony's businessmen a "speedy return to better days" as he left this afternoon aboard a BOAC aircraft for Britain before taking
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  • 34 1 HONG KONG. Thurs.—Peking has announced that the nation will celebrate Chinese New Year from Jan. 27 to Jan. 30. The four days have been declared a holiday. A P
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  • 16 1 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. Bandits burnt abbisi s In the Jonore Bahru area yesterday
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  • 138 1 AUCKLAND, Thurs. jyjAORI aristocrats consider they are being insulted and Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh belittled because the palace of the Maori king at Ngaruawahia, and the home of the Princess T e Puea. is not included in the Royal tour Princess T
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  • 83 1 A motorcar, worth $8,000, the first prize in a raffle held at the Great World cabaret last night, was won by Mr. Ng Keng Hooi, of Singapore. The occasion was a joint dinner given by three firms —Messrs. Gutwlrth Trading Co., Clipper Trading Co. and Champion Motors.
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  • 186 1 w KHATMANDU. Thurs. DP- X I. Singh, Left-wing leader of an armed revolt yesterday, eluded army troops and fled with 150 of his National Guard rebels into the rugged mountains of north-east Nepal, it was reported today. Government forces said they were in control of the situation
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  • 368 1 From Our Own Or esnondent T___ r LONDON, Thursday. HE London Corporation has agreed to release Colonel A. E. Young, Commissioner of the City of London Police Force, for one year from Feb 15 to become Federation Police Commissioner. The first reference to Col
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  • 57 1 FASCINATING 12-page Chinese New Year Supplement will be issued with today's Singapore Free Press. It will contain many interesting articles describing the colourful customs and traditions surrounding this great festival and explaining their significance and origin. Make sure of getting the Chinese New Year Supplement by buying
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  • 176 1 I LONDON, Thursday. 1 I7CONOMIC measures planned after the Common Finance Ministers' conference will be attacked by the Labour Opposition when they come before the Commons, political circles here hintec yesterday. The former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, expressed disappointment at
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  • 45 1 NUREMBERG, Thurs.—The j Soviet Foreign Minister Mr. Vyshinsky, was presented with a bunch of red carnations by German youths when he passed through here yesterday. Mr. Vyshinsky was on his way back to Russia from the U.N. General Assembly in Paris.—Reuter.
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  • 29 1 MANILA. Thurs. Fighter bombers struck at a major Communist Huk concentration about five miles S' uthwest of the United States Clark Air Force base a* dawn today.—U.P
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  • 79 1 LONDON, Thurs. IT is reported in London that the new post of Controller of the Malayan Home Guard is likely to go to Maj.-Gen. E B de Fonblanque, who is now in Penang as Assistant Commissioner for Civil Defence for Northern Malaya The Secretary of
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    27 1 ADMIRAL LYNDE MCCORMICK. Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, who i s expected to command the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's nmval force... in the Atlantic. Reuter picture.
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  • 47 1 THE 41st Independent Commando Brigade from Korea is expected to arrive in Singapore on Monday on the troopship Empire Orwell. Som e of the men will reinforce No. 3 Commando Brigade in Malaya. The remainder will return to Britain for leave prior to re-assignment
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  • 175 1 KOREA. Thurs. [iTNITED Nations tanks 1 V fired 1.600 rounds on Communist central front positions yesterday as Al- lied infantrymen fought a six-hour battle on the western front. It was the heaviest day of action since the Dec. 14 fight for "Paiks Peak" on the
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  • 98 1 gENIOR Asian officers ln Division I of the Public Services unanimously decided at a meeting last night to f°L m a Singapore Senior Officers' Association A five-man committee was appointed to frame the constitution and a general meeting will be called next month after the constitution has
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    • 305 2 POUCE TENDER NOTICE TENDERS which will close at 12 noon on 31st January. 1952, are invited (or the supply of the following items of Office furniture lor delivery to Police Contingent Stores, Ipoh:— Items Quantity Items Quantity 1 AJmnr;ihs 28 7. Desks, Officer 58 2 Disk- Chief Clerk 5 8.
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    • 629 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens to fill the vacant appointment of Confidential Secretary In the Office of the SurveyorGeneral Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Tho salary scale is $240 AlO 300 p.m. together with <!ost of living and other allowances as authorised. The successful applicant must have had a
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    • 657 2 NOTICES THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION All members of the above Association in the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business on Monday, 28th and Tuesday. 29th January, 1952. being Chines* 1 New Year Holidays. KEMPAS, LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Registers of the
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  • 279 3 Ten killed in fresh 'home rule' riots in Tunisia BEY BACKS MINISTERS* APPEAL TO U.N. TUNIS, Thursday. piVE thousand Arab demonstrators stormed a police station yesterday at a village near Moknine, a Tunisian coastal city. First reports said at least three policemen were killed and two taken as hostages. At
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  • 237 3 REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF SIR MO HA MED I ZAFKULLAH KHAN, Pa- I kistan's Foreign Minis- ter. discussed the current I tension between the I Arab world and the f West with Mr. Eden in 1 London yesterday. Mr. James E. Webb has resigned as UJS. I
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  • 28 3 MANILA, Thurs. President Qulrino yesterday ordered the Philippines armed forces to be ready for a giant offensive to knock out the Huks this year. AFP.
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  • 138 3 SAIGON, Thursday. pOLICE have arrested 30 men— all alleged to be followers of a religious sect that claims "guidance" from Gandhi, George Washngton and Shakespeare —on charges of killim; 20 people and injuring 120 with time bombs. The men will be charged I
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  • 82 3 LAHORE, Thurs. FkEMONSTRATING students marched through the streets of Lahore yesterday calling for Pakistan's withdrawal from the Commonwealth In protest against "British atrocities" In the Suez Canal zone. About 5,000 students weartag black bordered badges inscribed "Egyptian Martyrs' Day" gathered outside the British High Commission building
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  • 116 3 Police hold suspect in train death mystery BERNE, Thurs. SWISS police said yesterday they wer P holding a nan. believed to be a Rumanian, in connection with the mysterious death of Captain Eugene Karpe, former UJS. Military Attache in Bucharest. Karpe fell, or was poshed, from a train in Austria
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  • 56 3 ALL WANT TO BE SALOME ORSON VVELIJEs in Paris for th e ceremony which marked the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Leon Jouhaux, French trades union leader, took the chance to search for a Parisian Salome who will be the heroine of his next film. Here he is
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  • 198 3 DISPUTE OVER CONTROL WASHINGTON, Thursday. T»HE O.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, said yesterday that the United States was doing its best to bring about a reconciliation of the differine views in Europe on formation of a EuroDean army. At his weekly press conference
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  • 22 3 PARIS, Thurs. M. Jean Letourneau, Minister for Associated States, left yesterday for Saigon on a good will and information mission.
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  • 72 3 NEW DELHI Thurs. INDIA'S Finance Minister, 1 Sir C. D. Deshmukh. said he is fly in* to London on February 3 "to find out what we can do to help" in Britain's financial crisis. Discussions in London, he added, would determine whether India could obtain
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  • 34 3 FINCHAM, Norfolk, Thurs. —A four-engined RAF bomber crashed yesterday, killing five of its crew of six. It was circling for a landing when it hit a tree.— AJ>.
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  • 128 3 US deny aid for Chiang in Burma WASHINGTON, Thurs. TVfR. Dean Acheson. U.S ji?lj i?1 Secretary of State, yesterday denied reports ithat the United States was aiding Chinese i Nationalist forces In Burma. He was told at a press conference of reports current in ■Rangoon and London. The Secretary said
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  • 53 3 ABOARD THE QUEEN MARY IN THE ATLANTIC Thurs. MR. CHURCHILL was in good spirits yesterday and his cold was improving. He went to bed early last j night. He intends to take things I quietly for a while, and doctor. Lord Moran, is checking him at
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  • 45 3 ISMAILIA, Thurs. The British yesterday opened a military court of inquiry Into the killing of Sister Anthony, Irish nun from New York, who was shot here last Sunday. The court heard evidence for seven hours and will meet again tomorrow.—Reuter.
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  • 259 4 Their policies differ, says Capt. Hussein KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE UMNO-MCA alliance was "an unequal marriage. The MCA is the man and UMNO the woman", said Captain Hussein bin Onn, at an IMP election meeting held in Sentul Ward Kuala Lumpur, last night. The two parties could
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  • 141 4 »pHE argument that well water was better than tap water was not stressed by towgay growers In the early days when wells in the City limits of Singapore were being closed, states Dr. P. S. Hunter, a former Municipal Health Officer, in a memorandum to the City
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  • 96 4 The Rocrm.e wells used for mowing will have to r-> closed, but growers will be given enough time to make other arranprments to carry on then business. .eripion was reached by the He.iltli Committee ol the City Council at their on Monday. It may be reversed
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  • 85 4 4 N v.lv:sory Council tv help Me Singapore branch of the British Red Cross Society v. ill b e formed shortly. Tn? Governor, Sir Franklin Gimscn, will take the chair z: the Councils first meeting The Council will comprise branch officers and 32 community leaders.
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  • 86 4 Council to discuss H.C. deputy KUALA LUMPUR Thurs rpHE Federal Legislative 1 Council will discuss the appointment of a Deputy High Commissioner on Wednesday, the Straits Times was informed today. The nature of the motion under which the appointment will be discussed was not revealed There was no mention of
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  • 88 4 Fong Ah Lien, who attempted to strangle her fourday old baby was found not guilty of attempted murder at the Singapore Assize Court yesterday on the ground of insanity. The jury found that Fong had committed the -xct with which she was charged but as she was
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  • 168 4 DRICES of Austin cars which left the factory in Britain after January this year, have been increased by about five per cent. The company announced this on Wednesday buts its agents in Malaya, Messrs. Borneo Motors, could not say what the local increase
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  • 97 4 Brigadier A. MacG. Stewart, president of the Singapore Branch Royal Engineers Old Comrades' Association has reported a very successful year to the annual meeting. Membership, he said, had risen from 169 to 366 last year. A number of social functions were held and the Society's finances were
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  • 120 4 TWO POLICEWOMEN look to the lighter side of life while preparing for Chinese New Year. Corporal Pauline Mm. who reached the finals in the Ideal Working Girl Competition last year, and her companion Policewoman No. 5995, are ordering cheongsams in a shop in
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  • 160 4 'THE scuffle at Pulau Samboe on Wednesday morning in which three men were injured, was yesterday said to be due to "some grudge" the Indonesian labourers i had against one of the Shell Company's superI visors. But. officials of the company said, they "cannot
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  • 31 4 Arunasalam Kasamuthu Ipillai, owner of a sundry I goods shop, was fined $500 in i Singapore yesterday for i offering a $10 bribe to Sunny I Tan, a detective.
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  • 23 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— A.S.P. Ahmad bin Haji Hussain, who was at one time OCPD, Johore Bahru, has died in Muar.
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  • 175 5 S.H.B. WILL FALL IN WITH ISLAND PLAN More docks, godowns to be built DLANS for Singapore's docks will be dovetailed with any schemes devised for Singapore by the town planning expert, Sir George Pepler. "Our development scheme will take a number of years to complete, and- its s peed will
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  • 82 5 PARIT BUNTAR. Thurs. The following have been appointed to the Krian Irrigation and Advisory Committee for 1952 The District Officer. Krian (chairman); the Deputy Assistant District Officer, (secretary): the Territorial Chief. District Officer, Nibong Tebal Drainage and Irrigation Engineer, Krian; Agricultural Officer, Penang and Province Wellesley; Junior
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  • 62 5 SEREMBAN, Thurs.— The management of the Metropole Cinema, Seremban, will give I a free show of a Laurel an dj Hardy film, "Way out West," on Saturday at 11 a.m. for 800 children as a Chinese New Year treat. Passes will be supplied by the
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  • 137 5 TpHE Overseas Director ol the British Red Cross, x Miss Wittington, said at a Press conference in London that Red Cross workers ol all races in Malaya were making a valuable contribution to the welfare of civilians and troops. She was commenting or
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  • 36 5 MUAK, Thurs.—A Javanese. Darjo bin Karyono, who taught religious doctrine at Kanipong Panjane Sari. Pagoh, without authority, was fined $90. or 45 days' hard labour, at Muar under the Mohammedan Enactment.
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  • 123 5 SEREMBAN, Thurs. THE first and second ambulance divisions of St. John Ambulance Brigade; Kegri Sembilan, including i police and fire brigade personnel, will take part In a parade on the occasion of the visit to Seremban on Monday by Ltr. Gen. Sir Otto Lund.
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    46 5 ±.6.t. MOiIAMEU AMIN Bl s' HA JI JAMIL of Singapore, talks to Koh Quee Koon, an inmate of the Tampoi Leper Settlement, after presenting a wheel chair, the gift of the Singapore Police Force to Koh. The wheel chair is beside Koh's bed. Straits Times picture.
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  • 178 5 Gift makes him weep— then smile PARALYSED MAN GETS CHAIR IT OH Quee Koon, aged 30, of Tampoi Leper Colony, £V Johore, yesterday cried when he got his Chinese New Year gift a wheel chair. The pnesent came from the Singapore police. Koh mumbled: "Thank you, thank you very much",
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  • 36 5 PENANG. Thurs.—Mr. S. J; Adams, Municipal Treasurer j and Secretary, is spending! j two weefci" leave up Penang Hill. Mr. A. E. Welsh, Deputy Municipal Treasurer and Se- i cretary, is acting for him. j
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  • 90 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. LAU HIM, proprietor of the En£ Leong Tin Can Factory at Ipoh Road. Kuala Lumpur, was today fined $50 for not having a certificate of fitness for his machinery and failing to put up safety guards around moving parts. I Mr. A. Neilson,
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  • 18 5 Mr. E. J. Arrowsmith, from Kelantan. has assumed dtjttes j as Assistant Drainage and; Irrigation Engineer. Krlati.
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  • 44 5 TELUK ANSON. Thurs Charged with breaking the curlew at Labn Kubong in Lower Perak and possessing a defaced identity card, Nur Rashid bin Abdul Rahman pleaded Rullty. Bail of $100 was granted and the case was postponed to Jan. 30 for sentence.
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  • 126 5 APPEAL TO GOVT: 'THIS IS VITAL' KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. T*HE Government Tem- porary Officers' Association has asked the i Federation Government to remove restrictions which prevent employees earning more than $400 I a month from contribut- ing to the provident fund. "This is of vital importance j fo all Government
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  • 52 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Thurs. —A few minutes after alight, ing from a bus, Kok Kew Sa, aged 68. was knocked down by a motor leery at Simpang Ampat. Province Wellesley. yesterday. He died on the spot. Kok, it Is reported, was crossing the road when the
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  • 40 5 SITIAWAN, Thurs— Mr. A. P. PauL teacher at the AngloChinese School, Sitiawan, has been transferred to Sungei Siput as principal of A. C. S. there in place of Mr. M. E. Moreira who has returned to Ipoh.
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  • 36 5 SEREMBAN, Thurs. —Four people were each fined $15 in Seremban Magistrate's Court, today for breaking the curfew at the 9 m.s. Serem-ban-Martin Road. They were Ah Kian, Lee Mooi, Chin Hoi and Pan Soon.
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  • 432 6 Freighter's crew saved as seas pound reef Rescue frigate, Alert, gets back to Singapore U M.S. Alert, the frigate n# that went to the rescue of the British freighter, Taikinshan when it was wrecked on a reef off the Paracel Islands last week steamed into the Singapore Naval Base yesterday.
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  • 63 6 A 22 year old English-, speaking woman hawker Chee Poh Chun, who said she sold fruits to earn a little extra money for the Chinese New Year was cautioned and discharged in Singapore yesterday. She pleaded not guilty to placing a hand-cart of oranges at
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  • 131 6 PENANG, Thursday. jljß. F. W. DALLEY, a British trade union expert, iTJ will come to Malaya early in April to conduct special training courses in Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Malacca. i Sponsored by the Federation Government, these courses have been accepted by
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  • 55 6 Two policemen, Joned bin Johan and Sulaiman bin .Ismail, were each sentenced in Singapore yesterday to a month's imprisonment for sleeping while on armed duty at the Shell Depot. Woodlands, on Dec. 17. Both denied the charge and said they could give no reason why
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  • 158 6 IN the Hilary general examination for students of the Inns of Court, the following Malayan students were successful: Roman Law class 2: E. C Khoo. Class 3: S. V. Chan. Miss C. S. Cheah, K. C. Chew. E. J. D'Souza. K. Y. Khong J. T.
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  • 36 6 Patrick Chua, aged 20, wav yesterday fined $250 or two months' imprisonment in Singapore for criminal breach of trust of a watch valued at $56* belonging to Ng Seng Watt.
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  • 104 6 YWCA, Raffles Quay: Malay classes beginners. 9.15 ajn. and 5.15 p.m., continuation, 10.30 a.m. YMCA, Orchard Road: Judo ana body-building, 5.30 p.m.; movie circle commltee meeting, 5.30 p.m.; H. Tans School of Accountancy, Students' circle social, 7 p.m CHINESE YMCA, Selegie Puad: music 2.30 p.m.; badminton 5 p.m;
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  • 64 6 Four cadets Bf St. Patrick's School. Singapore, were cheered by the whole school yesterday when- they received efficiency certificates from Mr. R. E. Ince. Senior Inspector of schools. They were QMS. C. Ballard. Sgt. Kwek Ah Jens. Sgt. T. Perreau and Cpl. T. Letchamanan. They are
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  • 192 6 Sub-sUtions liable to load shedding to day are: DAY Albert St.. Short St., New Ice Works, Firestone, MacKerzie Rd.. Bt. Timah Pumps, Balestier Rd., Jalan Ampas, 8.M.8.C, Mcßitcbie Braddell Rise, Island Golf Club. Scletar Pumps, Nee Soon, Seletar Wireless, Mental Hospital, Trafalgar Estate, New World, Jutland Rd., Bendemeer
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  • 51 6 The case against Agnes Mary Watkins, charged with housebreaking and stealing clothing and cash worth $71 from a house in Upper Serangoon Road on Dec 8. was withdrawn by the prosecution in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. She was given a discharge not amounting to
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  • 253 6 PRICES of building materials have not gone up nor has there been a shortage after the temporary suspension of distributional controls last month, said Mr. Soon Peng Van, chairman of the Singapore Building Materials and Chambers Suppliers Association, yesterday Mr. Soon was refuting a statement
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  • 67 6 THE secretary of the Pakistani Seamens' Union, Mr. Asabmiah, yesterday described as "mischievous propaganda" a statement by the Indo-Maraya-Pakistani feamens Union that there was no shortage of accommodation for Pakistani seamen in Singapore. Mr. Asabmiah pointed out that four out of the five seamans 1 Unions in
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  • 61 6 There has been very good response to the proposed formation of the Citizens of Singapore Society, the convenor Mr. G. M. K. Sabai, said yesterday. The inaugural meeting will be held in the first week of February. The society is open to all who make Singapore
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  • 178 6 SULTAN URGES: REPLANT KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. rE Sultan of Trengganu. in a birthday broadcast over Radio Malaya last night, said that the future of rub- ber smallholders depended on their replacing their old and i ,overtapped trees. "They never think of replanting their rubber. The Federation Government may agree to
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  • 57 6 Air Commodore H L. Messiter. who recently returned to Britain from tht Far East has been appointed Senior Technical Staff Offl cer Bomber Command. He was in the Far Ea&t An Force as Command Enginee Officer. He was formerly a 1 the Air Ministry as Deput<
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  • 38 6 Mr A. D. StuU-hbury. Singapore Controller of Supplies, and Mr. A W. Nicholson. Federation Controller of Supplies, returned to the i Colony yesterday by CPA I from Bangkok where they attended important rice talks
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  • 261 6 Proper care ot the teeth esrential to good health. If v<>« do not give your teeth reguhu Attention, they become dirty and dtcay sets in. Decayed teeth Mitt poison which frequently OHMS bad health Decay usually starts where toctti loin gums, in spaces betwtva
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  • 303 7 THEY WANT MORE NEWS ON JENKIN, GRAY RESIGNATIONS "WHAT ABOUT POLICE?' QUERY FOR COUNCIL KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. jyjORE details about the circumstances leading to the resignation of the Commisioner of Police, Mr. W. N. Gray, will be sought at the Federal Legislative Council meeting next Wednesday. Inche Abdul Aziz bin
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  • 452 7 Fund now $4. 7 mil A GIFT of $68,587 has been received by the University of Malaya Endowment Fund from the Lower Perak Disttrict Appeal Committee. It was the largest gift received by the Fund between Dec. 31 and Jan. 19 when a total of
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  • 63 7 The passenger-cargo vessel Gorgon arrived in Singapore harbour early yesterday with 16 passengers longing to disembark. The ship had run into very bad weather shortly after leaving the North coast of Australia. When passing through the Lombock Straits most of the passengers "missed their meals,"
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  • 87 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. i QUEK KWONG PENG,,a rice l mill proprietor, of Pahang i Road, Kuala Lumpur, was fined $T5 today for failing \6 report an accident on'which a workman's arm was broken. Quek told inche Harun, Kuala Lumpur Second Magis- I trate, that
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  • 61 7 PENANG, Thurs. •TWO new arrivals from India, V. Mohannan and M. Palaniasamy were fined $150 each today for using altered certificates of identity. The Assistant Controller of Immigration told the court that when the Rajula arrived this morning, the passengers' documents were examined. It was noticed
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  • 95 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— I The following have been appointed to serve on the Segamat Hospital Board for the year: Inche Bidin bin Login, Inche 1 Ibrahln bin Ab. Majid, inche Zalnalabidln bin Ahmad, Inche Yusof bin Ahmad, Mr. Pee Kang Hal, Mr. Kuan Chan Sang, Dr. Gan
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  • 124 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A PLAN to train Malayans for higher posts in the Federation Government service will be tabled at the Federal Legislative Council meeting next Wednesday. The council will also receive the third report of the Organisation and Methods Adviser who
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  • 61 7 T ORK has been started on the first experimental patch of rubberised bitumen roadway in Ceylon. The rubber powder needed for this work was obtained from Malaya. A half-mile length of 40ft. wide roadway has been selected for the experiment. If the experiment prove? a success
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  • 144 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. RUBBER production in December was the highest for six months. Estates produced 29,305 tons and smallholdings 22,900 tons, a total of 52,205 tons. But total production for 1951 was 603,880 tons, almost 90,000 tons less than In 1950,1 and nearly 70,000 tons
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  • 155 7 MCA-UMNO 'trifling' with Sir Cheng-lock KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. MR. Khoo Teik Ec, hon. treasurer of the Malayan Chinese Association Central Committee, speaking at an IMP election meeting last night, warned MCA-UMNO election speakers against "trifling" with the nam c of Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, president of the MCA. He denied
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  • 41 7 William Neo, a 23-year-old Singapore special constable was remanded for a week at Singapore First Police Court, yesterday accused of accepting a $10 bribe for re-ne-wal of a car licence. He was allowed $1,000 ball 1 In two sureties.
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  • 51 7 SEREMBAN, Thurs.— A Chi. nese New Year Eve dance will be held at the Negrl Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club on Saturday night} for members and friends. On the santef ■tevenfhfc, jth« Negri Sembilan Indian A*«o» ciation will hold a dinner to commemorate Indian Republic
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  • 30 7 MUAR, Thur s.—Two Indians, Michael Das and Thomas, were each fined $15 at Muar for breaking the curfew at Pagoh. They were arrested on the main road.
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  • 518 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Jan. 25, 1952 Peace Plan For Egypt Egypt's interest in previous informal approaches by her Arab neighbours for a settlement of Anglo-Egyptian problems suggests there is hope that the Saudi Arabian plan may become the groundwork for agreement. But the new proposals are put in
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  • 549 8 Not until after Parliament meets will the British Government announce the full details of the much publicised tin-steel deal wfth America. Malayan tin producers, who met in Ipoh on Wednesday, presumably are satisfied, however, that the agreement does not sacrifice Malayan interests, or they would have
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  • 36 8 Tomorrow, January 26, Is India's Independence Day and Australia's National Day. The impact, past, present and future, of these two countries on Malaya is suggested here by the official representatives of India and Australia in Malaya.
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  • 1369 8  -  M. Gopala Men on By Representative o) the Government of India in Malaya "INDIA was the first historical civiliser of the Malay Peninsula." So says the historian. In those spacious times the expansion of India by military conquests, commercial invasions, cultural influence and religious missions was felt
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    • 417 8 TN the leading article of your issue of Jan. 9 occur 1 the words "the State Governments trifled with the squatter problem for nearly eighteen months to the exasperation and alarm of Sir Henry Gurney" This general ex parte statement is a serious reflection on
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    • 219 8 TEACHERS POLITICS CORRESPONDENTS have v written to the Straits Times from time to time to say that mission teachers in Aided schools are not governed by General Orders and are therefore in a privileged position, able to loin political organisations, make speeches and write to the Press freely. If these
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  • 1233 8 By T.K. Critchley actingAustra Han Commissioner for Malaya TOMORROW is Austra- lia's National Day the anniversary of the first settlement in Australia in 1788. Before that time there seems to have been no contact whatever between Australia and the Malay Peninsula, but over the last century
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  • 413 8 Monkey lure OPEAKING of monkeys, as •5 we have been on one or two occasions lately, another of Mr. S. Ramachanara'a letters has come in on the subject of where they used to be found on the island o{ Singapore. He fears that few if any monkeys
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    • 797 8 MACLEAN: To ANN. wife of D. W.. at Batu Gajah Hospital. on the 12.1.52, gift of a daußhttr STEWART: At Scremban. on 14th Jan., 1952. to MAISIE. «ife of Bill Stewart, a sonY;.\\\ EuKfne ANNOUNCEMENT THE D:rrctors and Staff of IniTland Limited wish all their Clilne.se business associates a U..PPV
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    • 134 8 |fI #^»OPTICIRN Fellow Institute Ophthalmic Opticians (Eng) Fellow Worshipful Co of Spectacle-Makers (Eng) Freeman of the City of London By Appointment tn H M Forces. South East Asia 6, Raffles Place •Singapore 1 Phone ***** »«<•*>•„• > > j /jj\^ 'c avoid «ht clotl.ng. clog^ng r3i and corros.on caosed by
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  • 134 9 Blackouts Cor the New Year unless... PENANG, Thurs. BLACKOUTS may return to Penang during the Chinese New Year season unless householders practise economy and restraint in their use of electricity. This warning was issued today b\ the Municipal Electricity Supply Department, which stated that load shedding in Mfffcfi areas may
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  • 147 9 House must be closed, Judge rules LIM KONG MENG. a subtenant, who sought In the Singapore High Court yesterday to get a closing order, made by the *hird magistrate, in respect of a house in Balestier Road, cancelled fa'Jed in his attempt. The application was brought before Mr. Justice Rogers
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  • 854 9 Two brothers took a boy from hospital he died Charge them with perjury, says Coroner THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, said yesterday that the General Hospital was in no way to blame for the death of Loh Koon Wee, 15-year-old schoolboy who died four days after he had been
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  • 76 9 PRACTICAL lessons in safety first and road manners have been given to Singapore motorists, taxi-drivers and trisha riders at Collyer Quay during the past few days. Squads of traffic police have been stationed at the Quay's three "zebrar" to see that pedestrians are given safe
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  • 41 9 The price of coconut oil in Singapore has been reduced, the Controller of Supplies announced yesterday A tin of coconut oil now costs $17.50—51 less. The price for a quart bottle Is 65 cents, five cents cheaper.
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  • 142 9 PENANQ. Thurs. pENANG Civil Defence organisation will need 7.000 volunteers, Major-Gen. E. B. de Fonblanque, Assistant Commissioner for the Northern Region, announced today. He said measures would be directed mainly against largescale explosive attacks. Major-Gen, de Fonblancjue said the organisation of civil defence for Penang
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  • 53 9 THESE FOUR CADETS of St. Patrick's School Cadet Cor ps. Singapore, were yesterday presented with efficiency certificates by the Senior Inspector of Schools, Mr. B. fc. Ince They wre from left, Q. M.S. C Ballard, Sgt. Swek A h Jeng, Sgt. T. Perreau and Cpl. T. Letchamanan.
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  • 271 9 INVESTIGATIONS into .the disappearance of Mr. Yeo Khee Seng, a Kuala Lumpur merchant and a pass/nger in the Canton, who was missing when the liner arrived in Singapore from Hong Kong on Tuesday, are continun?. The Marine Police have extended investigations to the islands
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  • 188 9 S'pore, Fed. ready for help Britain SINGAPORE and Federation Governments are awaiting Colonial Office instructions on how the two territories can help Britain in her present financial troubles. Mr. T. Van der Gaast, Singapore's representative to the Commonwealth Finance Ministers' Conference, is expected to bring with him. probably tomorrow, fuller
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  • 176 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. CIX questions to find out if Government is carrying out its policy of promot ng Asians in the Broadcasting Department to jobs held by Europeans, will be asked by Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak at the next meeting of
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  • 110 9 ALL the Royal Singapore Flyini; Club's planes will bp in use on Sunday and Monday for Chinese New Year flights over Singapore. Many women and children are expected to fly in th,. pianos. Joy riding, which began as a minor club activity after the
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  • 32 9 JOHORE BAHRU.* Ihurs Yee Kok Yam. a bar Keeper was fined $40 for failing to show a signboard and $50 for not keeping a Dook showing purchases and sales.
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  • 41 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Ihurs.Chua Lian Ping and Cheng Siat Yeng who were found carrying 10 katis of squids and rive katls of dried f-sh in a car at Scuda* Road, were each fined $50 Wi the Police Court today-
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  • 112 9 CINGAPORE Indians will celebrate Indian Republic Day tomorrow with two mass meetings and prayers in temples. Th e Singapore Regional Indian Congress will hold a meeting at 4.45 p.m. at the Indian Association ground, Balesticr Road. City Councillor Mr. Yap Pheng Geek. Indian Government
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  • 43 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Swee Choo, a lorry driver, of Pontian, who parked his vehicle within 10ft. of a road junction, was fined $15 at Johore Bahru today and $40 for refusing to eive his name and address to a police officer.
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  • 164 9 LAST MINUTE RUSH IS A RECORD CINGAPORE Chinese in their thousands ai, making last minute purchases for the New Year, which will be celebrated from tomorrow until Feb. 10. Shops and stalls yesterday reported record sales. Heaviest buying is in Chinese sundry goods shops, which sell a very wide variety
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  • 47 9 MALAYA exported 4.504 tons of latex last mor.th. according to official statistics released yesterday. Of this 2,441 tons were exported from the Federation. Most of the latex went to the United States -2.J34 tons Britain took 1,247 tons. France 326 tons and Japan 78
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  • 50 9 Mr. G. A. Atkinson, the Colonial Office Liaison Officer on housing and town planning, yesterday visited housing estates of the Singapore City Council. He was taken around by the City Welfare Officer, Mr. J. L. Byrne, on a tour of junior officers' quarters _andjabourers^ lines.
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  • 38 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Abdul Hamid bin Yassim was allowed $250 bail in the Sessions Court today on a charge of theft from a dwelling of a wrist watch valued at $50 belonging to Maimunah binte Abdullah.
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  • 216 9 Federation pageant on radio to mark Day KUALA LI'MPUR, Thurs. J^ FEDERATION Day radio pageant featuring the people of Malaya at work and at play will be broadcast over Radio Malaya at 8 p.m. on Jan. 31. Except for private functions, ihe day will be marked only by the broadcast
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  • 310 10 lv lawyers willing to help poor in Singapore A FREE legal aid system for the poor could be started in Singapore at once Mr. David Marshall, a lawyer, said yesterday. "I know of at least 17 lawyers, and at least that number
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  • 136 10 Holiday camp to public may be open CIX holiday bungalows and a club house at Telok Mata Ikan may shortly be available to the public, if Singapore City Councillors approve a augßestion by their President. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. The holiday resori«bullt at a cost of about $160,000 two
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  • 32 10 IPOH. Thurs.—There were 2,367 road accidents in Perak last year, in which 87 people lost their lives 17 of them children. The number, injured was 675 adults and 138 children.
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  • 14 10 The Commissioner-General, Mr. Macolm Mac Donald, has returned to Singapore from Sarawak.
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  • 78 10 wishing to become British subjects, he said. Since the relaxation of the English language qualification, there has been a greater response from nonEnglish speaking Chinese in the Colony. A few Chinese organisations have volunteered to as- I slst Intending applicants, and the number of applications Is
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  • 151 10 HONG KONG, Thursday. SIR Alexander Grantham, Governor of Hong Kong, paid tribute in the Legislative Council last night to Lt -Gen G. C. Evans, commander of British forces in Hong Kong, and Mr. J. F. Nicoll, Colonial I Secretary. General Evans will be leaving
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  • 45 10 SEGAMAT, Thurs. When charged in the Segamat Circuit Magistrate's court with defacing their identity cards, three women, Tan Teen. 23. Gan Gok Hwl 22. and Pang Kooi Moi. 18, blamed the recent floods for the damage. They were fined $12 each.
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    • 83 10 It will cost ADVERTISING in the English press jointly or in groups Is now permitted for those applying for naturalisation, a Singapore Government spokesman said yesterday. This is being allowed to make It easier for those "^ggygflr* 1 perfect movement with perfect accuracy Accuracy that's \^«v protected by the Oyster
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  • Entertainments Page
    • 321 11 MGM's big programme for 1952 CLIMAXING one of the most successful and profitable years in its history, Meiro-Goldwyn-Mayer is about to embark or. the most ambitious picture-making schedule ever undertaken by any company, according' W Dore Schary, Vice-Presi-dent in charge of production and studio operations. Decision on thi+ prgramine and
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    • Article, Illustration
      25 11 'ORAGONFLY BALLET,' in the prologue to "The Tales of Hoffman", establishes the feeling of fantasy that persists throughout the film. The ballerina is Moira Shearer.
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    • 370 11 TALES' OF HOFFMAN'S THREE LOVES THERE are two ways of bringing an opera into the cinema —you can put a camera up in the auditorium ol an opera house, so to speak, and film what goes on on stage (we've seen this kind at least twice
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    • 147 11 'ALADDIN' IS WORTH SEEING DIRECTOR B. S. Rajan's latest Malay picture, Aladdin, now being screened at the Capitol Theatre, Singapore, has a polish which many Malay pictures produced in the Colony lacked. Though tne theme is based jn the Arabian Night fable," director Rajans has tried to flavour it with
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 199 11 Him, 1.45, 4, 6.30 9.30p» HYIJJJ 4P054 P o52 ne From TODAY I iS^v^^^^nii 1,000,000 ARROWS SCREAM ACROSS THE ■EAVBNfI as 10,000 HOOVES THUNDER tM^ee^^t^ fix JIfIORDEi Wi^-^-'A X of Genghis Khan Q AMBUnfbmD EARRAR i,K)R(,r M V RtM)Y RICHARD ECAN PEGGIE CASTLE AND A CAST OF THOUSANDS GENGHIS KHAN-The
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    • 222 11 LOOK-who-sherelX AT THE at smcim j£r m S4OO AiQ_coNOiTioNPt> iU p From TODAY IM i^y hook WILLIAMS or js^P%L\ CHINESE NEW YEAR! RED SKELTON for 1 17 PAULA ANN KEENAN RAYMOND MILLER WYNN IT'S M-G-M's A l Iflfll HAPPY -GO -YIPPEE m/Effi I^' MUSICAL color by TECHNICOLOR SUPPORTED BY SELECTED
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 296 11 Straits Times Cross vord y j arUCT^u, i o I 1 1 r- 1- l vxv 8. Reveals a few. but not dSgracefuJ condition (13) 1234 56 lany (7) g. Assured (4-9). I 9. Withstand 16). ***** ***** g5555S tSvJs «>. —rr; 9 They are plucked from a < llsn
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  • 627 12  - NEW POWER HOUSE BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE Manning Blackwood n v 4 End of 1952' promise will be fulfilled LIVERY day now, Sin-'-'gapore's new power station at Pasir Panjang begins to take on a more definite shape, and even the scoffers are coming round to the belief that Cttj Electrical
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  • 188 12 SKILL CARE NEEDED like ,ome vast o.gar. one of the boilers ai Pasi Panianß it being steadily set up Each of Hie pipes you can sec In »he picture oki the right hat to be fitted into the frame by hand You caa't do Hie job w.tn spanner; i» takes
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    • 359 12 '"^k Xr isssssstriMJi '^fidw 'M ■DULUX" to y° ur ft *-f» painter under tropical condition! DULOX ka« prmvd 1H wonderful qu»litie» o»er and o»e» again tec rkoia who ar« >*" >y proud of fh.tr homo* (both Imfrtt, f\QW P> 1 1 C d and Mkj d^orathm -partk-bHy DUL U X
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    • 80 12 \BARS, SHAPES, PLATES Black or Galvanized- j> 'PIPES, WIRE, WIRE- >* PRODUCTS WINDOW LftP SECTIONS, BOLTS J6 NUTS. M Agents v for Malaya > i GERONDAL CO. LTD.J J9, Laidlaw BWg.. Spore. I. P%m»> ***** Cafcfes: "Cerondal" "I "■^^^^^^^^^■■'■^"^^S^BSl^Ba^B^Baßj^B^B^ajfJßja^UßjrjP Announcement Our Singapore, Klang Offices Factory will be CLO S E
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  • 1058 13  -  S. M. LEE I By /CHINESE chronology was very confused during the Chou Dynasty (1122(?)— 255 8.C.), and even the feudal states employed different calendars. The determination of the calendar in those days was a royal prerogative with important political implications. Since 104
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  • 752 13  -  K.S. CHIA xx v By CHINESE are by nature superstitious, more so when they bid good-bye to the old year and prepare to greet the new. The present-day housewives have not forgotten what their grandmothers did on past New Year Eves. By habit they, too, will
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    21 13 THE purchase of red paper scrolls bearing good wishes is a-n important part of pre parations for the Chinese New Year.
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  • 192 13  -  Y. K. YAP THE CALENDAR: i!Hiiiiii!:i!:;::i By UiiiHiiiiiiiiiius THE Chinese salendar is one thing that even the illiterate gardeners and squatters must have in their homes. Often it is the only bit of decoration on their drab walls. In most Chinese houses, the calendar
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  • 14 13 Collect six of these coupons to join the Children's Corner Club.
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  • 49 13 A 162-bedroomec! forces' club in GilJlnghair, Kent, paid to be one of the biggest and most modern in the world, had been renamed "Honeymoon Hotel" by Britain's servicemen and women. Since it was opened three-and-a-half years ago, about 200 couples have spent their honeymoons at the club.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • 272 14 LONDON. Thurs. (CONVINCED that forthcoming Government plans to cure Britain's economic crisis will depress the stockmarket, sellers were active in the London Stoc'c Exchange today. Closing middle prices 01 selected stocks, as supplied by special arrangement with The Flnancal Times, were: •As/ina Consols 61i Funding 4% M War
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  • 170 14 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Thurs. Investments bad a weak market on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today. Prices of some issues dipped fairly sharply, the steepest decline being 2s 6d for a £1 share. There were three fails to every rise. Carlton Brewery shares transferred at the
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  • 194 14 RUBBER MARKET Tone lifeless; prices down slightly THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association described yesterday's Singapore rubber market tone as lifeless. Transactions were very restricted. Prices generally eased further. At the quiet close, first- i grade February buyers stood at $1.39 a lb., three-quarters of a cent below Wednesday's
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  • 57 14 AVER HITAM TIN DREDGING A YER Hltam Tin Dredging made j MX £407.804 (226% per cent) i after British profits tax for the I year to June 30,1951, and paid out < 65 per t-ait in dividends. At the 111 1 balancing date net liquid assets 1 worked out at
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  • 32 14 JN one of our editions on Jan 21 Pahang Consolidated^ December output of Un concentrates was, by a printer's error, given as 140 tons. The correct figure Is 240 > tons.
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  • 38 14 SINGAPORE, Thiws., Jan. 24—5485 (up 54.37' 2 London: £999 a ton LONDON. Jan. 24.— Cash Buyers £999, Sellers £1,001; Forward Buyers £995, Sellers £996; Settlement £990 (up £11). Turnover: a.m. 175. p.m. 175 tons.
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  • 138 14 pHE copra section of the SlngaA pore produce market was iteadler although very Idle yesterday. Sellers quoted $36 a picul for January-February shlpnent against bids of 35% Loose jrades dropped a dollar to $33 'or sun-dried and $32 for nixed Pepper was Inactive, but sellers' jrice were
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  • 193 14 CHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns, or expected there by 7 a.m. today, are: 1-2 Devonshire, 4-5 Sloterdijk, Coal Plant Lan Chow, 6-7 President Buchanan, 8-9 Marudu, 11 Cornelius Maersk. 13-14 Olenartney. 15-16 Blltar, 18 Pentakota, 19-20 Maetsuycker. 21-22 Sambas, 23-24 Bengkalis, 25-26 Lalandia, 27-28 Nordstjernan, 29-30
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  • 133 14 Slight firming in Tins THE undertone of the Tin section of the Malayan share market was slightly firmer yesterday with the continued rise in the price of the metal. Industrials were quietly steady. Rubbers were neglected. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: I2tfc February
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  • 62 14 T'URQOAND Youngs Company announce the following December rubber crops. In lb.: Alor Gajah 21,500 Ayer Panas 87,000 Glenealy Plant 80,000 Kluang 55,700 Pajam 128,000 Talisman 31,100 Teluk Anson 64,833 Ulu Benin Consol. 53,200 OTHER rubber crops announced in lb are: Bukit Katll Est (Dec.) 38.450 Quarter to
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    • 1375 14 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. I Incorporated in Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Carrier i option to proceed via other port* to lead and ekcikarga cargo. SAUINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW. LONDON f> CONTINENTAL PORT* Duo Sails P. Sham Penang Mymidon tor Liverpool Glasgow lon. 14/24 lan. 2T/Feh. 1 Tantalut for Havre. Southampton
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    • 449 14 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS To New York and Boston via Ceylon, India. Egypt and Mediterranean Ports. Singapore P Swettenham Penang s.s. "PRESIDENT BUCHANAN" Sails 26 |an. 27/29 |an. 30 |an./1 Feb. $.1. 'SCHUYLER OTIS BLAND' 24 |an/1 Feb Omit 1 "J l t- h •j. "PRES. HARDINC' 4/10Feb 11/12Feb H/15 Feb.
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    • 467 14 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/UK /CONTINENT 1 Spore P. Sham Penang "India" for Bangkok, Hong Kong, 11 mi— Manila. Kobe Yokohanw 3/4 Feb 31 Jan/2 Fob 27/30 lan "Morelia" for Bangkok. Hong Kong, la/ice.i. Kobe Yokohama 18/20 Feb 16/17 Feb. 14/15 Feb "Patagonia" for Bangkok. Hong Kong, Manila 26/27
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    • 1153 14 McALISTER tic CO., LTD. Telephone No 5906 SLLERMAN «k BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON. HAVRE ROTTERDAM O tOJ ANC r LES SAN FRANCISC* «nn t n ii«a 5f .k j d PORTLAND SEATTLE b VANCOUVH for U^.A. North At ant* Ports Acceotin. cargo for Central South ana Lanaaa via Colombo Arr-»n/-»n
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  • 915 15  -  GOOD WIN WILL GIVE W.L VOTE By JACK FINGLETON (Exclusive to the Straits Times) SYDNEY, Thursday. nPHOUGH Australia have won the rubber against the West Indies, the margin in Melbourne's deciding match was so narrow that many in Australia await the outcome of tomorrow's
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    34 15 TWENTY-THREE of the Ru-.bv-lovin^ PUtenj phoiitsiap'' ><=•<■; l».-r ix-fore tlu>> took on R.A.S.t'. at Nee Soon yesterday. They will trike terror into the hearts of whoovr rhooso to oppose them. Beware bandits! Straits Times photo.
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  • 127 15  -  From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. AS a result of the resumption of through rail services between Kuala Lumpur ana Singapore earlier than ?>pected, most of the outstation horses entered for the Selangor Turf Clubs Gold Cup meeting will be here in good time for
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  • 249 15  -  EPSOM JEEP By i^HANTILLY, brilliant winner over 9f. o n Saturday, final day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting, and Cape Horn, close second over a mile at Singapore, have been promoted to Class One. nv^S h n a H e i<^ n inSi
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    40 15 ARSENAL left-back L. Smith does a sliding tackle and succeeds in stopping a Nor wich attacker. Joe Mercer, Arsenal captain, moves into action. Arsenal beat Norwich 5-0 in their Third Round F.A. Cup tie played <m Jan. 12. Pouper photo.
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  • 238 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE annual Combined Services vs. Combined A Civilians match for the 1952-53 season will be played in Penang on Dec. 20, according to the Malayan Rugby Union fixture list issued yesterday. The North versus South fixture will be played on January
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  • 125 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. MR. Khoo Teik Ee, president of the Selangor Badminton Association, raised the question of a possible donation for the association's new hall when he met Col. J. E. Ridley, chairman of Brand and Co.. manufacturers of essence of chicken. In Kuala Lumpur
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  • 111 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. MAHENDRAN, the All Blues full back, is brought back to the Selangor team for the friendly match against Negri Sembilan at Seremban on Saturday. The Selangor side is a weak one I as several players are turning out for North against South at Singapore on
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  • 91 15 LONDON. Thurs. The New Zealand Rugby League touring team lost their last match of their overseas tour yesterday, being beaten by a British Empire side by 26 points (four goals and six tries, to two points (one goal). The match, played on the Chelsea Football
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  • 1054 16  -  Strikes top form to beat Ong Poh Lim SENTINEL MALAYA'S only world cnampion, nong reng Soon, added the Singai?l pore badminton championship to his already glittering array of titles when he beat Ong Poh Lim in straight sets at the Happy World stadium last night.
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  • 42 16 LONDON, Thurs. Yesterday s soccer results were: THIRD DIVISION (Northern) Bradford City 2 Tranmere 0 Lincoln City 4 Chester 1 Gateshead 2 Darlington a SCOTTISH LEAGUE— DIV. "A" Morton v Alrdrieonlans postponed, ground unfit. Stirling Albion 0 St. Mirren 1
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  • 252 16 |X)UR of the 11 bouts In the Singapore Base District's Inter-Unit team boxing championship between the Singapore District Signals Regiment and the No. 1 Singapore Artillery Regiment, held at the Tanglin Gymnasium last night, failed to go the full distance Signals Regiment boxers won six
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  • 30 16 HOCKEY: SCC 'A' v Ceylon S.C., SCC 5 pjn. ANNUAL GENEBAL MEETINGS: Singapore Tnrt Club mt Chamber of Commerce 5.15 p.m.; Singapore Cricket Assn. at S.C.C. 5.15 p.m.
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  • 26 16 TODAY: High 0833 (8.8) and 2308 (8.2); Low 0252 (6.2) and 1603 (1.2). TOMORROW: 0938 (9.4) and 2346 (8.6); 0405 (5.8) and 1653 (0.5).
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  • 453 16 ADELAI [DE, Thursday. Australian Championships MERVYN Rose and Don Candy of Australia entered the final of the men's doubles in the Australian lawn tennis championships here today with a straight sets win over their compatriots Adrian Quist and Geoff Brown. Rose and Candy won 9—7,9
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  • 129 16 »ESULIS 01 Singapore Chess l^ tournament ties: Open championship (Urn Boon ■wenu Cup), second round: O. Una dt Gwe* Kirn Chee, J. C. bi Lee M Seng, Peter Uk-ice) -i. «»8 Seng drew Mah Beng Guan. Lee Chai Seng bt. Peter Tan, Sardar Mohamed bt. Llm Cheng
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  • 94 16 TROPHY FOR INTERNATIONAL BADMINTON DEFORE that start of tbe men's singles final at the Happy World stadium last night Mr. Llm (huan Geok, president or the Singapore Badminton Association, announced that Col. J. E. Ridley, of Brand and Co., had promised to present trophy for an International badminton tournament whWh
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  • 534 16 THERE will be strong opposition, I am told, at this evening's annual meeting of the Singapore j Cricket Association to a proposal that 1952 tour- I nament matches should be played over two days, and that there should be no change in the grad- ing of
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  • 427 16 GREATRUGGER DEBUT BY THE FIJIANS Corp p.i!*k--in which M-ij. t.niisriey. Capt. Witt, Lt. Morgan Wit M. R'bins and Lt. Simon himself had been prominent were no longer the equals that they wero to Fijians in the first half. I Had lt not been for the supertj .defence of Maj. Mitchell
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  • 79 16 JOHANNESBURG. Thurs. \riC TOWEEL agreed last night, after five hours of wrangling, to fight Peter Keenan 'anywhere" If the Scotsman captures Toweel's world bantamweight boxing title in their Johannesburg fight on Saturday. Toweel had insisted on a return bout In Johannesburg, Keenan one In Olasgow. Promoter Jack
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  • 66 16 Fight GardnerTerry Allen told LONDON. Thurs.— The Bri'ish flyweight champion, Terry Al'en. was ordered last night by the British Boxing Board of Control to defend his title on Foo. ll against Teddy Gardner in Newcastle. Allen had asked for the cnampicn.>hip bout to be postponed because he planned to meet
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  • 54 16 The Smgapore Cricket Olui te.un against the Ceylon Sports Club in a friendly hockey marcn to us pl.iyed on the S.C.C. padang loI morrow is: Mathot; Welschen. Grimberg; J. Edt (capt.). J. E. Lloyd,' Fram-is; |B. R. McMullan, Perry. D. W. I McMullan, Ter Haar, Hayes
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  • 46 16 Ceylon Sports Club XI against t R.A.F. Changi in the Singapore Hockey Association's knock-out match to be played at Balestier I Road ground today Is 1 Dheva rajah; Nagiah, PonnamIpalam; Bala. Balasundram, S. D. Williams; Ponnlah, E. Doraisamy. Nadarajah, Kulasingam, Van der (Put.
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