The Straits Times, 22 November 1952

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    22 1 The Straits Times MALA YA 'S MA TIONAL SE WSPAPER IXTABLUIISD 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CEMS
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    FREE SCHOOLS FOR 6 TO 12's
    322 1 Council gives 'go ahead' signal to education report KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THK LEGISLATION to put the Federation's free primary education and national schools plan into effect was parsed today by the Federal Legislative Council. Councillors unanimously passed the Education Bill which they htd hailed
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    BUSINESS FIRMS TO FOOT THE BILL
    89 1 BUSINESS FIRMS TO FOOT THE BILL n F deral Legislative < ouncil last night voted 4."»-'JU for the Business Registration Bill, aimed at collet-ting money from business Frrns to finanrr the national schools plan Tiip vote was taken at 11.30 alter an all ni^ht debate. The Council rose at mWnieht.
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    They expect Ike
    28 1 PUS AN, Frl A news blackout and special security precautions today suggested that Mr. Eisenhower's arrival in Pusan on his Korean visit is Imminent.— Reuter-AAP
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    Red hideout raided
    44 1 RANGOON, Fri. Police last night raided a rebel hideout in the heart of Rangoon and arrested six Communist rebel assents and captured documents and maps. Nearly 100 Communists were killed in clashes with local peace guerillas" in the Bassein district.— Reuter.
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    Officer battered dead in village
    166 1 72-HOUR CURFEW ORDERED A EUROPEAN resettlement officer was battered to death in the remote new village of Sungei Rengit in the Penggerang area of Johore on Thursday. A Chinese suspected to have taken part in th e murder has been arrested The name of the
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    PAY PLAN 'NO' FROM CLERKS
    112 1 PAY PLAN 'NO' FROM CLERKS AFTER a six-hour meeting! last night. Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union decided to reject the proposes salary revision for General Clerical Service members The meeting maintained that thp Droposed revision was inadequate because of Increased cost of living The meeting voted confidence in
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    Gift for husband who was once, called Elizabeth
    85 1 |\R Ewan Forbes Setnpill. KtV.wss^fiill^ labeth to Ewan and a few week* later married his housekeeper, Miss Isobella Mitchell, received wedding presents from more than 7N patients and friends. Here he and his wife are pictured receiving a gift from Mr. W.
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    Flood rescue by troops
    48 1 ROME, Frl. Troops and firemen with amphibious craft today rescued dozens of people from houses isolated by floods In Northern Italy. Swirling waters from the rain-swollen Panaro River cut the main rail line from Rome to the Breruier pass, on the Austrian border.— Keuterv
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    About sterling
    29 1 TOI#YO. Fri.— The Ministry of Trade and Industry said today the Japanese Government had decided to approach Britain to arrange talks about the sterling payments agreement. Reuter.
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    Dulles chosen
    42 1  -  Ike by MR John Foster Dulles, architect of the Japanese peace treaty, has been chosen by Mr Eisenhower to be Secretary of State. He Is the first Republican to hold the Job for more than 29 years. [SEE PAGE 3]
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    Immigrants battle with police
    175 1 MELBOURNE, Fri. BRITISH women immigrants sang "There'll Always Be An England* and men fought with police at a hostel here today as Australian peace officers moved in to evict occupants who had not paid charges due to the management. Children, women and men immigrants formed a
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    Road accident kills boy, 5
    35 1 Omar Lebby bin Blr Mohamed. a five-year-old boy. died yesterday afternoon after being knocked down by a car near Alexandra and Henderson Roads, Singapore He died before the ambulance arrived
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    To better land
    28 1 BERLIN, Fri— About 2,100 farmers of Communist East Germany fled to West Berlin during October— the highest figures in any month since the war— Reuter.
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    ALLIES ROUT 4 RED ARMOURED 'MONSTERS
    119 1 SEOUL. Friday. ITNITED Nations rockets and artillery chased four *J Chinese "mechanical monsters" on" the battlefield today in hurling back a new series of Red attacks on Sniper Ridge. The Reds called In four armoured tank-like vehicles |>ray South Korean des on the vital
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    Emphasis is on 'Indian'
    55 1 CALCUTTA. Fri. Mr. Yeshwant N. Sukhthankar, secretary to India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry, said here yesterday that new machinery would be set up in foreign countries to increase the sale of Indian tea. In future, the emphasis would be not merely on "tea" but on
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    CHIEFS TOLD: 'GET TOUGH OR GET OUT
    317 1 CHIEFS TOLD: 'GET TOUGH OR GET OUT KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. A DOZEN nervous leaders from tie new villages of Titi in Negri Sembilan and Jelapang in Perak stood before the High Commissioner, General Sii Gerald Templer. in King's Hojse. Kua a Lumpur, this afternoon and were told plainly to evert
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    2 bandits killed, 3 wounded
    69 1 2 bandits killed, 3 wounded KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A POLICE jungle squad operating on Russel Estate, in the Kluang area of Johore. yesterday killed two terrorists. A special constable was killed A patrol of the Ist Cameroniarus wounded two terrorists in the Gemas area of Negri Sembilan. Anjt h e
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    Far East post
    35 1 TOKYO. Fri Rear Admiral S. Washington, former Atomic Energy Division Chief of Naval Operations, has been appointed Officer Commanding the Far East Naval Amphibious Forces, it was announced in Washington today. Reuter-AAP.
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    He killed his wife, in-law
    65 1 MANILA, Frl. A former Filipino member of the UJ3. Air Force In Manila beheaded bis wife, his mother-in-law and a woman neighbour —because he suspected his wife of Infidelity. Vidal Sale, 34, a gold miner, told police he killed his victims after finding a note
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    Visit to India LONDON. Frl. — Lady
    33 1 Visit to India LONDON. Frl. Lady y Crlpps, widow of Sir Stafford Cripps. left London In a Comet Jet airliner for New Delhi today on a private visit to India and Pakistan, Reuter.
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    S'pore yacht held in Java
    201 1 S'pore yacht held in Java A YACHT In which a A former Malayan Airways pilot and a 16-year-old Singapore schoolboy were sailing to Australia has been confiscated by Indonesian port authorities at Sourabaya. The 27-loot "Sri Maiauui" was towed away from its moorings at the Sourabaya Yacht Club and impounded
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    LATEST
    31 1 Chinese Communist authorities issued orders requisitioning properties belonging to British companies in Shanghai, Moscow radio reported This is in addition to requisitioning of Britishowned Shanghai Gas Company announced earlier. Reuter.
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    Farouk the fan
    26 1 ROME, Fri —Ex-King Farouk has reserved a box Tor himself and Ex-Queen Narrimau for the entire winter season of the Rome opera. U.P.
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      240 2 TENDERS will be rewlved at t>io Office of the DIRECTOR OP PUBLIC WORKS DEPT., SINGAPORE, up to noon of sth December. 1952. for the purchase of Fnur Dodge 3 Ton Tracks. Two Chevreto 3 Ton Trucks. Two C':'\rolet 15 Cwt. Trucks, One Armstrong Siddeley Saloon Car. One Austin 12 Saloon
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      573 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT APPLICATIONS are Invited for appointment to the post of Probationary Health and Sanitary Insnectors on the following scale:— STATE OF KELANTAN Probationers: $102 x 6 144 Examination (Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute) Timcscale (Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute): $180 x 12 240 Examination Bar (Departmental Examination or such
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      610 2 TENDERS TENDER NOTICE TENDERS are Invited by the i Commissioner of Police, Pedera- Don of Malaya, for the supply of I Police Special Forma during the year 1952. Full particulars may be obtalned on applications to the Office of the Force Quartermaster. Police Headquarters, Bluff Road. Kuala Lumpur. Tenders will
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      396 2 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OP STRAITS INDUSTRIALS, LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) and IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCES 1940 to 1946 At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above-named Company duly convened and held at the Registered Office. Ocean Building. Collyer Quay. Singapore on the 2Gth November. 1952, the
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      296 2 NOTICES SUNGEI KUROH, LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) Notice is hereby given that a first Interim dividend of 40 per cent less tax at 30 per cent, in respect of the year ending 31st May. 1953. has been declared payable to all members appearing in the company's share
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      112 2 21 It's the improved CHASE AND SANBORN There's no mistaking the new Chase and Sanborn. That rich, mellow flavour, t.iat full-bodied aroma, tell you that here is the ultimate perfection in coffee. CL'M id Chase and Sanborn is vacuum-packed, P^i^J"^ so it is always wonderfully fissh. Ask at your grocer's
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    EISENHOWER MAKES DULLES STATE SECRETARY
    197 3 CRITIC OF RUSSIANS NEW YORK, Friday. 'THE PRESIDENT-ELECT Mr. Eisenhower, announced yesterday that he had chosen Mr. John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State, Mr. Charles E. Wflson, president of General Motors, as Secretary of Defence, and Mr. Douglas McKay, Governor of Oregon, as .Secretary
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    74 3 BOUQUETS, a trophy and three very beautiful girls. Winner of the Miss World contest held in London was 28-year-old May Louise Flodin, of Sweden (centre). On May's right is Sylvia M uller (Switzerland.) the second, and on her left is Vera Marks (Germany) who was third. May's measurements are: bust,
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    Eden move welcomed by U.S.
    157 3 Eden move welcomed by U.S. NEW YORK. Fri AMERICAN diplomatic sources tonight welcomed the British Foreign j Secretary, Mr. Anthony Edon's endorsement of Indte'a Korean compromise 1 plan with amendments to; ilfuuard the fate of pii- 1 ..or.ers of war. Mr Eden suggested a change in the Indian proposal .■>
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    Police hunt kidnappers
    59 3 MANILA, Fri— Police in Mibu city in the province of Cebu were on the trail of a gang of kidnappers who have been allegedly preying on school children and selling thpm to Moro slavers in Mindanao Island. About 100 children around the age of 14 have been
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    U.S. firms say: Trade with Reds
    135 3 NEW YORK, Fri. MERICAS biggest associa- tion of business firms engaged in foreign commerce came out yesterday for limited trade with the Soviet bloc and restoration of the gold standard. These two recommendations were 'included In a "final declaration" adopted unanimously by members of
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    42 police sacked
    43 3 MANILA, Frl. Acting Mayor Bartolome Gatmaitan has ordered the immediate dismissal of 42 Manila policemen as "undesirable elements." The dismissed officers were found guilty of criminal and administrative charges ranging from cheating in police examinations to extortion snd immorality.— U.P.
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    Stormy win
    31 3 I LONDON, Fri. First it ran cd. then it sleeted and finally it snowed at ihe Doneasler race course yesterday Ihe winner of the first race w.i- Srormbound. A.P.
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    Narrow shave
    28 3 LONDON, Fri. Two American airmen baled oui of their jet trainer plane today seconds before it exploded and plunged into the sea off Margate. Kent Reiiter
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    Naval visit
    26 3 BANGKOK. Fri. Admiral Sir Guy Russell, Comman-rer-ln-Chief, British Far East Station, arrived here today aboard the frigate Alert for a two-day official visit— Reuter-AAP.
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    Time bomb
    19 3 TUNIS, Fri.— A Frenchman was seriously wounded when a terrorist bomb exploded In a Tunis Street A.P.
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    Let her wed at 15, says Dr. Stopes
    161 3 LONDON. Fri MARIE STOPES, 70, Britain's leading woman expert on sex education and birth control, urged today that girls of 15 years should be allowed to marry. At present the minimum legal marriage age is 16. but parents must agree if their
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    Pioneer, 60, weds
    21 3 LONDON, Fri— Sir Robert Watson-Watt, 60. British radar pioneer, married Mrs Jean Drew Smith, 50. here today.— Reuter.
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    QUEEN' DEFENDS HER STORMY LOVE LIFE
    191 3 YOKOHAMA. Friday. 4 HUSKY little Okinawan woman, marooned for five years on an island with 36 castaway Japanese men. reached Japan today to protest about "unscrupulous and distorted" stories of her stormy love life. I Some Japanese newspapers and magazines had reported as many
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    28 3 PICTTJBW fi'TrfT uniform at the War cc in London is General Sir John Harding, new chief of the Imperial General Staff. Sir John was a former C-in-C FARELF.
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    U.N. VOTES FOR MALAN PROBE
    221 3 Inquiry into race laws NEW YORK. Friday. rIE United Nations Political Committee overrode South African opposition yesterday and voted to set up a commission to investigate South Africa's racial segregation laws. The vote was 35 to 2 with 22 abstaining. Peru joined South Africa in
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    The germs lie
    42 3 TOKYO, Frl. The New Zealand Defence Minister Mr. T. L Mac Donald. leader of a New Zealwd Parliamentary delegation which toured Korea, said today that the delegation was "quite satisfied" there was no foundation for Communist germ warfare charges.—Reuter.
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    Sudan talks
    18 3 CAIRO. Frl.—Anglo-Egyp-tian talks on the Sudan are "maklnß satisfactory progress," a joint communique said taday— U.P.
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    NORTON LOSES 3 TOP MEN
    83 3 BIRMINGHAM. Friday. rpHREE of Britain's star motorcycle riders have left -I- the Norton Motor Company's team, two of them to ride for an Italian firm. They are Geoff Duke, three times world champion. Reg. Arms.ronf who won Britain's Senior Tourist Trophy race last year and
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    LONDON STOCKS
    358 3 Sharp fall in business LONDON. Frl. MARKETS started off with an ITI extension of yesterday's late firmness but week-end profit taking made Inroads here and there as the session progressed. Activity was on a reduced scale until toward the close when tiie tempo of dealings increased slightly and
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    LONDON TIN PRICE
    27 3 LONDON Nov 21. Cash Buyers £9«3: Sellers €966; Forward Buyers £944; Sellers £945; Settlement £963 (down £6). Turnover a.m. 60 tons; p.m. 5 tons.
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    U.K. RUBBER
    31 3 LONDON Nov 21 Spot 24, d. Dec. 24\d, Jan-Mar. 24', d Apr-June 24>,d... July-Sept. 24d.. Nov. c.l.f. 24\d.. Dec ci.f 24 \d Jan cl.f. 24< 3 d. Market: Steady.
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      220 3 t CHRISTMAS isn't CHRISTMAS without lots and lots of Parkinson Sweets Children aren't the only ones who love the taste of all those wonderful old favourites like TREACLE HUMBUCS. SUGAR TWISTS COLDEN BARLEY SUGAR TWISTS MIXED FRUIT DROPS. BUTTERSCOTCH. OLDFASHIONED BUTTERDROPS HUMBUCS. Order lots of them for Xmas stockings and
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    Let's win over Reds with the truth, says Templer
    362 4 INFORMATION SERVICES RQ OPENED KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. CAMPAIGN is to be waged to win over Communists, who can work as ardently for the good of Malaya as they are now working against the country, the High Commissioner. Gen. Sir Gerald Templer,
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    52 4 MR. SKAH K.EE THONG, eldest son «f Mr. Seah Peng Kianf, rompradure of the Eastern Bank, Singapore, photographed after his wedding t> Miss Anne Eng, second daughter of Mr and Mrs. Eng Chwee Seng. About 3M guests, including many Chinese bankers, attended the wedding dinner at Keng Lee Road. Straits
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    Plan to have show in fair opposed
    139 4 Plan to have show in fair opposed THERE was a itrong protest in the Singapore City Council yesterday against a proposal to allow a trade fair in Changi to be used for a Malay variety show in aid of a fund for building a Malay women's convent, a school and
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    Rifle club
    26 4 BUTTERWORTH, Fri. A rifle association* has been formed in Bukit Mertajam. Mr. F. H. Jones, headmaster of the Bukit Mertajam High School, is president.
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    UNION MAY SEEK U.K. LEGAL ADVICE
    138 4 I«HE SINGAPORE Senior Officers' Association may seek the help of a constitutional lawyer in Britain to find out whether civil servants are barred rom presenting their common case to Members of Parliament. Thp Association will take a lecislon on the matter at its next
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    FOR CROWNING, 4,000 'THROW OPEN' HOMES
    59 4 FOUR thousand Londoners have responded to an invitation by tbe Coronation Committee to offer hospitality in their homes to overseas visitors to tbe "oronation. Lowest price asked far hed and breakfast is $6.59 a nirht Highest is $55 a night The ivrrapp is about
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    Labour Office
    41 4 KUANTAN. Fri. Mr J. C. Griffiths. Commissioner for Labour. Kelantan. Trengganu. and Pahang, is going on transfer next week to the Establishment Branch in Singapore. He will be succeeded by Mr. T. E. Mitchell. Assistant Commissioner for Labour, Kelantan.
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    Found stabbed
    28 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A Klang Town Board labourer, V. Perumal, was found stabbed in the town board labourers' lines yesterday morning. A man has been detained
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    Govt. warns on private lotteries
    151 4 Govt. warns on private lotteries HEAVY penalties will be imposed on anyone who breaks the Private Lotteries Ordinance, 1952, said the Singapore Commissioner of Estate Duties, Mr. W. O. Alcock. yesterday. The Ordinance came into force on Oct. 28 to control and levy tax on private lotteries. Mr. Alcock said
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    Bankrupt discharged
    70 4 E. A. Abdul Rahman, a businessman, who had been made a bankrupt with liabilities of $2,045. was granted a discharge by the Chief Justice. Sir Charles MurrayAynsley. in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. Derm's D'Cotta. Assistant Official Assignee, told the Chief Justice that the debtor had paid
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    PEOPLE OF MY STAT HAVE THE SPIRIT, SAYS POLICE CHIEF
    155 4 PEOPLE OF MY STAT HAVE THE SPIRIT, SAYS POLICE CHIEF SEREMBAN, In MR. 11. J. BARNARD, Chief PoUce Officer, Negri Sembilan, today denied that the people of this State did not possess the fighting spirit which had been demonstrated in some parts of Malaya. "I do not believe this and
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    RAIL STAFF PAIL $20m. MORE NOW
    106 4 Fuel costs up $om. on 1939 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THERE were approximately the same number people working on Malayan Railways now as 1939 but salaries had increased by $20 million year. This was stated in the Federal Legislative Council today by the Member for
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    16 rounds o ammunitior charge fails
    82 4 16 rounds o ammunitior charge f ails ATRISHA rider, Ong Ch Kirn. accused at Sing pore Assizes of unlawful pc session of 16 rounds of amm nition. was acquitted ye.ste day. The jury returned 5-2 verdict of not guilty The prosecution alleg that while Ong was tryinß pass on a
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    He cheated the Govt.
    90 4 KUALA LIPIS, Fri. A Medical Department peon, Awang Teh bin Chik, 22, was sentenced to six months' gaol by the President of the Sessions Court. Mr. E. M. Small- wood, for cheating the Government of Pahang. I Awang, It was alleged. I claimed payment of $43
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    60 join institut
    30 4 IPOH, FrJ— Sixty Mali women joined the Kuala Pa branch of the Women's Ii stitute, Ipoh, at a meeting the Malay school at Ku Part on Thursday.
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    Woman lawyen
    23 4 PENANG Fri. Penanp third woman lawyer. Miss Li Wee Gek, was today admitU to court chambers by M Justice Spenser-Wilkinson rtrWWV
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      508 4 TODAY I ..t* iMJiallona! Km *how 730 D.m i leachert' Rest Hnuie 2' a Mr. it CHRISTIAN' YOUTH COt.NCli.. If.iV.C.A.: Chinese-speaking Oir^' Ruad Kaloiw c'osiiik >t !ODm i Study Camp at Chinese Y.MCA (Xuo meeting i D.m. Eutfi.->h-apeaking CII'Y «..iMi»ai^.n Mr N (j Nu i Teachers' Rest House. 23-B Mevrr
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    Ship with a new name
    73 5 Ship with a new name The freighter Eurymedon, well-known -n Singapore for a number of years came alongside Singapore Harbour Board whayvea jrei nur.us her familiar Blue Funnel cnbrr and h- :iarr.e. Her new name. Glpnlcgan, was paftiied fore and aft and her funnel had the red of Glen Line
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    Tea party for U.S. economist
    63 5 SEREM B A N, Fri— The Negri Sembilan division of the Malayan Trade Union Coincil will hold a tea party tomorrow in honour of the visit, to Seremban of Dr Thomas E. Posey. economic Co-Operation Administration adviser to the Technical Mission in Burma. Dr. Posey
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    FOOD: 5,000 TONS MORE A YEAR
    266 5 1,000 acres to be opened to 500 Colony farmers THE Colony's present annual food production x of 15,000 tons will be increased by 5,000 tons when 1,000 acres of land in the Bedok valley are allocated on a 30-year lease to about 500 farmers
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    51 5 MR. SPYROS P. SKOURAS, president of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation (right) and Mrs. Skouras (second left), who reached Singapore by QantasBOAC from Sydney yesterday. They are shown with Mr. and Mrs. Loke Wan Tho. Mr. Skouras, one of America's highest salaried men, is touring the Far East.— Straits Times
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    News of more 'natural' use unfounded
    170 5 News of more 'natural' use unfounded T<HE REPORTED decision of -I American rubber manufacturers to use more natural rubber In tyres and other products and less Americanmade synthetic rubber. Is unfounded, says Mr. W. J. Sears, vice-president of the American Rubber Manufacturers Association. In a letter to the Straits Times.
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    $2,000 haul from two burglaries
    63 5 BURGLARS broke Into two Singapore homes on Thursday and stole property worth $2,000. From the house of an Indian labourer in Nelson Road, three persons were seen running away. Cash, jewellery and clothing worth $1,600 was taken. In a shop In East Coast Road, $200
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    He hurt boy, 10 fined $60
    43 5 MUAR. Fri.— Othman bin Sarkam. 31. was fin^d $50 for causing hurt to a 10-year-old boy by firing a shotgun negligently at Parit Pechah on June 9. He was also ordered to pay $25 to the boy
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    Office bearers
    87 5 Hie following have been elected >:,. bcarens of the United Con.c.ate Funeral Association: ..tioii. Mr. C'neong Koon Hon?; ktanl Di. Chia Keng Hoe; v-ii,esidenus, Mr. Tay Geok Mr. lay Cliim bong. Mr. :r. Teck Whye; secretary, Mr. Kirn Chwee: assi. secretary, tx, Poh Twnt; Siew; treasurer, Wee Cliee
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    THEY WENT WITH REDS 4 YEARS
    77 5 r'O women rubber tappers Slew Kwee Thai and Nr Sam Ying who received a fivedav lecture on Communism from terrorists in the Jungle early this year were today sentenced to four years rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Mathew. Thief Justicp of the Federation. Sjen
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    Debts total $5,680
    71 5 A Singapore City Council employee. A. N. S. Manlam was declared a bankrupt in the Singapore High Court yesterday. His liabilities amount to $5,680. Mr Denis D'Cotta. the Assistant Official Assignee, told the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. that Maniam had a monthly salary of $521 and
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    'Old Boys' meet
    26 5 MUAR, Fri. A meeting will be held at the G.E.S. Hall on Jan 1 to revive the Muar G E.S. Old Boys' Association.
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    Blaskout schedule
    496 5 Iff H— i IUUe load shea KAV ..I <iv... I mon r.i.i iliiil- Hum* l:h.-.,.i lluiue I ..rd lUn Srn K ...re Me.h P.IV.D. Qaarn. Nanyant I vi.i. liuin- Bukil Panjane Nb- ial Carbon Primes, Llualelh Uilr Dairy I arm Ilu Pandan, lurone I. I ..n.l I Bukil
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    THEY WILL SEE HOW SINGAPORE IS FED
    136 5 Department plans a survey rpHE Agricultural Department is preparing a survey A to improve the Colony's marketing organisation stuffs. Singapore's Agricultural Officer, Mr. J W. Ewart tola a press conference yesterday that the preliminary work include a check on the flow of foodstuffs
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    Asian naval officers
    83 5 Ten Asian ratings in the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve have been appointed probationary acting sub-lieutenants, it Tvas announced yesterday. They will be on probation for nln e months after which their commissions will be confirmed on passing an examination. Eight of the 10 men were gazetted
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    Jumble sale
    38 5 IPOH. Fri. The Women's Fellowship of St. Johns Church is organising a jumble sale starting 9 a.m. next Friday at the Department of Information. Brewster Road. Proceeds are for the St. John's Church Hall Building Fund.
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    Why I saved the gun: boy hero
    245 5 Why I saved the gun: boy hero SEGAMAT, Fri. OMAR bin Kamal, the 16-year-old hero of yesterday's ambush at KamponK Jabi, told the Straits Times today how he risked his life to stop the bandits from getting the gun of his father whom they killed. He said: "I did not
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    Cyclists fined
    23 5 MUAR. Fri.— Eleven cycllst3 who were found using bicycles without a licence at Jalan Abdullah were each fined $3 at Muar
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    $25,000 for gunman
    76 5 SINGAPORE police are offering a reward of $25,000 for information leading to the arrest of the Communist terrorist who shot a Singapore Traction Company driver, Abdul bin Mohamed. in Havelock Road on Wednesday night. 1 The reward offer is valid for three months. Details will be announced
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    69 6 STAGK CLUB PRESENTS "Love In UUeneaa"— H 26. 28 November and The .shop at Sly Corner" 2S. 27, 29th Victoria Theatre 9 p.m. Bookings at Robinsons. ATTRACTIVE new- selections of maternity frocks now available. .ioring speciality. Duncan's. 11. D" Almeida St. (OfT R.imY* r BOOKINGS now open at RqMmoM
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Nov. 22, 1952. Secretary OF State
    603 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Nov. 22, 1952. Secretary OF State Mr. Eisenhower's continued silence on American foreign policy adds a hazard to the United Nations' attempt to get to grips with the Korean problem. The appointment, announced yesterday, of Mr. John Foster Dulles as Secretary' of State, unfortunately helps
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    Malaria Control
    426 6 A sympathetic editorial on the work of the Institute for Medical Research in the control of malaria seems to have sent temperatures soaring in Kuala Lumpur. On another page is printed an intemperate letter which the Senior Information Officer (Press) of the Federation Government's Information Services was directed
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    Fifty Years Ago
    113 6 From the Straits Times of Nov. 22, 1902. chief need of the Fe- derated Malay States Is labour, and it Ls disappointing to be obliged to state that the efforts made by the Government and by private employers have so far failed to Increase the supply to
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    7 6 A. P. Photograph TRIBAL FINERY. IN INDO-CHINA
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    As I was Saying
    1064 6  -  ICYNICUSI -by— T*HE admirable budget debate in the Federal Legislative Council set Singapore something of an example. The Colony's $210 million budget slipped through without a word from the Unofflcials, other than on family allowances. Otherwise the remarkable feature of the Singapore debate was that eight
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    A MALAYSIAN NOOTBOOK
    668 6 A MALAYSIAN NOOTBOOK THOSE who saw the film. "Ivanhoe" may have pondered* for a moment on the lasting imprint ol the Crusades and the codes ol chivaky on subsequent French ana English life. Few may know that there are descendants of the Crusaders living on the fringes of Asia, still
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    COUNCIL VOTES 45-20 FOR BILL TO PAY FOR EDUCATION
    476 7 Heavy attack by unofficials KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Federal Legislative Council tonight passed a Hill which will pay for the country's new education scheme to provide national schools. The Bill imposes an annual licence fee on all businesses which will be
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    208-centman is still unidentified
    102 7 208-centman is still unidentified WHEN a man was knocked down and killed 208 onecent coins were picked up from the roadside, the Coroner. Mr. Choor Singh, was told at an inquest yesterday The man. still unidentified, was ki; r ed when he dashed in front of a car in North
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    Gaekwar visits S'pore stores
    23 7 The Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda. accompnied by his ADC Colonel Singh, visited Singapore's de- I partmrnt stores yesterday morning.
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    Tiger thinks it's time for a drink
    203 7 TIME FOR A— glass of water. People in the Savoy .Bar, Colly er Quay, Singapore, wondered if they'd had too m.un when they saw the barman really the managing director. Mr. Tan Boon Kilt serving this customer with a glass of water at
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    THIS ONE THOUGHT IT WAS TIME FOR A CHANGE
    175 7 THIS ONE THOUGHT IT WAS TIME FOR A CHANGE DfWO stuffed tiger cubs have been together in a glass case in Raffles Museum. Singapore, for 20 years. Now one of them is missing. A caretaker at the museum. Mydin bin Abdul Manap, wa.> dusting the case on Thursday morning when
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    Petrol thief gets 3 months' gaol
    47 7 A City Council worker, Ismail bin Baharudin, was sent to gaol for three months yesterday by Mr. E. H. D'Netto. Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, for stealing three gallons of petrol belonging to the council at the 11 4 mile, Woodlands Road
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    Debtor not allowed to land
    177 7 PENANG, Fri. A FORMER Johore resident. Dr. Lee Peck, who arrived by the Chusan last m.;ht on his way to Hong Kong, was not allowed to land in Penang today. "It's fantastic," he told a i Straits Times reporter. Dr. Lee (27), who was born
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    3 troopships due today
    43 7 The 30.000 ton French troopship Pasteur with more than 3.000 troops bound for Indo-China Is pxpected today from Marseilles Two other French troop- ■him tlie Oregon and the Skaugum. with 1.000 troops returning to Marseilles are also due today.
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    Civil defence
    33 7 The Singapore CiviC De- i fence Commissioner Col L T. Firbank. will present pass I certificates to successful students of the Civil Defence School. Kolam Ayer at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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    Cheating charge retrial
    135 7 Ij J. Walsh, a 31 -year-old 11. former commercial assistant, was yesterday brought before a Singapore magistrate for a retrial on a charge of cheating D. J. Olliver of $6,250 in the sale of an air compressor. Walsh pleaded not guilty before the Second Police Magistrate, Mr.
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    Frame-up alleged
    73 7 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Fri.— Lee Seng Cheong. 19. claimed trial in Bukit Mertajam today on a charge of fabricating false evidence. Lee Is alleged to have buried a cigarette tin containing nine rounds of ammunition in the ground immediately below the bedboard of Tan Ah Cheng. "intending that this
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    Transferred
    31 7 KUANTAN. IT 1 -Mr. W F. Grieve, of Kuala Lumpur, has taken over duties as District Officer. Kuantan. from Mr D. F. Thompson, who has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur.
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    Not him
    30 7 Mr. Scow Cheng Swee, of 331 Frankel Estate, Siglap, writes that he is not the person concerned in proceedings In the bankruptcy court in Singapore on Nov. 14.
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    Man with 6 names
    53 7 Man with 6 names fFEO Jung Boey. a man with five aliases, was tentatively charged in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday with kidnapping. Teo. said the charge, went with five others to a house in Canal Road on Nov. 6 and abducted Lim Boon Chua. He was remanded in
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    Ex-soldiers' ball
    21 7 The Royal Engineers' Old Comrades Association held a ball at Raffles Hotel on Thursday. Malayan jockeys gave cabaret turns.
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    DAILY-RATED UNIONS LINK-UP MOVE
    120 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. i MOVE is bring made for the formation Oi a Federation of Government daily-rated workers' unions in Malaya. At the annual conference of 1U delegates ;it Kuala Lum:mr. the Malayan Railway Dailv-Ra.rd Locomotive Englnemen'i Union signified its upport for the creation of the
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    The tank is now 35 years old
    48 7 Members of the Royal Tank Regiment at a dinner at the Adelphi Hotel last night commemorated "Cambrai t Day"— the 35th anniversary ol the first appearance of a tank In warfare, at the Battle of Cambrai. Lt.-Col. J R Holden presided.
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    He stole, then tried to bribe
    73 7 Chua Kor Pau. a labourer. of Havelock Road, was sent to a month's gaol yesterday by the Singapore Third Police Magistrate. 'Mr H. B Livingstone, for fraudulent possession of, three pieces of crepcj rubber. He was also sentenced to I no month's imprisonment for
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    Free schools for the 6 to 12's
    324 7 it From Page One going age on his property should provide a school for them. Estates and mines came within this category. Most of the estate and mine schools, however, had 1 been conceived at a low level and conducted a. an even
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    Open verdict on dead man
    52 7 An opei. verdict was re- turned yesterday at the inquest of Bishen Singh by the Assistant Coroner. Mr Giam Chong Hing. Singh's body was found floating in Kranji River on Sept. 23 by a fisherman. The dead man was a heavy .drinker, his brother told
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    Youth drama
    24 7 Youths of the Singapore Methodist Tamil church will stage a drama, The Dreamer, on Dec. 27 at the AngloChinese School. Barker Road.
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    The pay goes up for City men
    394 7 The pay goes up for City men T»HE Sinp;;. pore City Council yesterday unanimously adopted the Select Committee's re- commendations for In--1 creased basic pay and expatriation allowances i for council employees. An attempt by Mr Yap Pheng Deck (nominated) to have the new expatriation rates referred back for further
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    Prompt action by colleagues
    66 7 A call to the fire brigade brought fire engines to the Straits Times office, Singapore, in four minutes l;fl>t night to deal with fumes in the process department catued by acid from a broken i.a\ A worker in the department. Ah Choy, was burnt in the
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      88 7 The weather Weather statistics throughout Malaya were: .Minimum temperatures Nov. 20 from 730 p.m. to Nov. 21 7.30 a.m.: Spore '75 deg. i; Penang (72»; Kota Bahru (72>; Kuala Lumpur (72); Ipoh 1 71); Kuantan (71). Maximum temperatures (Nov. 21 from 7.30 am to 7.30 p.m.i: Spore 1 90 deg.i;
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    He tells how they sleep at the prison
    189 8 He tells how they sleep at the prison \LL persons at the prison A hospital in the Pearl's Hill Prison, Singapore, sleep on beds and mattresses, except where on medical advice they Meep. on bedboaids and blankets, the ac i 4 Commissioner of fri. s, Mr. A. W. Clow, tola
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    ADVANCE PUZZLES MARKETS
    253 8 ADVANCE PUZZLES MARKETS Rubber price THE SHARP advance in rubber prices this weok appeara to be somewhat a pu?zle to all marked There is no evidence of "^really increased consumption, or any of a heavily fall- ing production, says Lewis i and Peat's weekly report. The usual autumn demand did
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    MARKET REFORM MOVE
    347 8 Tons of food going to waste, Council is told MIDDLEMEN selling vegetables in Singapore make a monthly profit of nearly $1,000,000, Progressive Party City Councillor for South Ward, Mr. Duncan Robertson, said at a Council meeting yesterday. He was speaking on a motion he introduced, asking the
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    66 8 AH, HAGGIS," must have been the thought In the mind of Singapore's Chieftain of the Scots, Mr. George Edmond. as he used his dirk after the ceremonial entry of Scotland s national dish at last nights annual dinner of Singapore St. Andrew's Society held at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Beside
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    Big drive to get a $75,000 Red
    165 8 MALACCA TERROR BOSS KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. AN intensive campaign has been launched for information on Malacca's terrorist boss. Tan Boon Tien, who took over as the Communist State committee member for the Settlement after the killing of Chung Kit Meng in September. Posters
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    This may be biggest mass wedding yet
    82 8 A MASS-WEDDING to be held at the Khek Community Guild in Peck Seah Street, Singapore, on Dec. 28. promises to be the biggest ever in Malaya. Fifty .six couples have registered for the muss weddins so far. and there are still 20 days
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    Pieceofsoap gaoled him
    61 8 Piece of soap gaoled him Wor.g Chong. a wharf labourer, was yesterday sentenced in Singapore Third Police Court to one months gaol for stealing a piece of sjap in a tin from the ss. Trolius. Police said he stole the soap from a broken case Wor.g alleged that he was
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    Next Assizes
    21 8 The next session oi the Singapore Assize s will be held at the Supreme Court on Monday. Dec. 1.
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    Salesman on 3 cheating charges
    67 8 Richard Heng, a salesman, |of Cairnhlll Road, yesterday before the Singapore Relief Magistrate. Mr. J. B. Jeyaretnam. fa;ed three charges of cheating Tan Eng Hock, a woman, in June He was alleged to have cheated Tan of a total of $114 in a canteen at
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    Home Guards
    34 8 KOTA TINGGI Fri. The third batch of Home Guards in training at Telok Senyat held a passing out parade yesterday. The District Officer and the Assistant State Home Guard Officer were present.
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    Busman on 10-ct. fare charge
    142 8 A FORMER Singapore Traction Company conductor. iSubnimaniam Govindarajqo. ,va>- alleged ti> h»ve collected i used ticket !r an alighting passenger anj to have ?lven H to another passenger who paid him 10 cents for her t;m\ He was charged before Second Criminal District Judge. Mr
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    COLONY SCOTSMEN'S PRAYER ANSWERED
    180 8 THE answer to a S?otsman's prayer haggis-- came around again last night in quantity at the Victoria Memorial Hall when Singapore St. Andrew's Society celebrated the annual festival to the patron saint of Scotland. More than 600 peopte includ.ng the Governor. Mr. J. F. Nicoll. cheered
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    T.B. kills 17 in week
    69 8 Seventeen people died of tuberculosis In Singapore in the week ending Nov 15 four more than in the week before, a City Health Office statement says. The number of cases reported in the week increased to 62 from 17 the previous week. Twenty- four people
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    Extortion attempt case postponed
    47 8 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Fri.— Tet Ten, 26. was charged :it Bukit Mertajam today witn attempted extortion by put' ing his uncle. Wong Pow On. in fear of bodily injury. Tet Ten was granted $1,000 bail and the cas c was postponed to Dei. 5.
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    Immunisation may be by law
    65 8 Immunisation against diphtheria may be made compulsory In Singapore if the response to the appeal for voluntary immunisation remains unsatisfactry, says the City Health Officer. Dr. N. A. Canton, in his annual report tabled in the City Council yesterday. Cases reported last year totalled 477,
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    Two remanded
    30 8 Two rren. Sudarjn bin Sura and Sarip bin Darib. were remanded until Monday In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday on a charge of '"ouse-breaking in Tiong Bahru.
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      194 9 QUESTION OF LIVING WAGE NONI Wrights profile of Margaret Sanger in your Issue of Nov. 20 is headed lirlh Control: New idea at t:ic right mpnient." Actually i I do not think it Is a new idea. The Greeks were aware of it and it is as oid as Onan.
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      COPPER CENTS
      80 9 TENDERED five cento in round cappers to a bus conductor for n y tare; he refused to accept the coins. H. r wanted a five-cent note or a single coin. I afkeci "nlm why, and he said thr»t U was on instructions from the G.T.C. What authority has
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      THE TEACHER'S DUTY
      186 9 WITH due respect to the president of the Singapore Graduate Teacnc.s Union. I submit that all teachers, if they are registered voters, will be failing in their duty if they abstain from voting, even if it means voting for the lesser of two or more evils. School
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      Living costs: Singapore versus Hong Kong
      467 9 INVIDIOUS comparisons between one place and another are never welcome. I know, but I am puzzled at, and would sincerely appreciate an intelligent explanation of, the great difference in the cost of living between Singapore and Honi Kon.?. Mv household consists of two adults
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      History of Yong Peng Estate
      179 9 History of Yong Peng Estate IREFEK to your feature articles "The Black Spot of Malaya." In the first article reference is made to Yong Peng Estate with its associates Yong Peng River and Union Estates." The latter two estates are nor associated with Yong Peng Estate. They are within our
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      OPERATION OF DETENTION
      111 9 THZ statement of the Governor of Singapore regarding a certain case of detention must go far to relieve public anxiety as regards that case. Particularly so if it is remembered that a person is detained, not in punishment for what he has done (the or<inary law provides
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      BY THE STADIUM
      46 9 TWE Singapore Badminton S'adium has been, and will be this week-end, the venue of international sporting events. What the public would like to know is when the appropriate authority will repair the numerous potholes along Guillemard Road, near the Stadium. SPORTS FAN. Singapore.
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      SINGAPORE TAXI-MEN ARE JUDGED BEST
      284 9 liiAVE just returned to the Pedera> ion after three .•ays in Singapore. Jn my first day there I wrote nine letters. On my second day I took myself on a shopping expedition in a taxi and I put the letters on the seat. I did
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      THE MALARIA PICTURE IN MALA YA
      575 9 IAM DIRECTED to refer to ♦^o ieidin.g arti:le in the Str" 's Thnes last Saturday >• subject of malaria. Th. rticle gave a distorted pic.ure of what is going on d;e Drnbably to a misreading of the figures and a misunderstanding of what t.iey
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      Life iii tiie Electricity Dept.
      407 9 Life iii tiie Electricity Dept. I QUOTE from your leading article of Nov. 14: "And there is a further serious defect. In many instam-es the salaries paid are below tho^e paid in other industries for wuik of equal responsibilities. This has been a particular handicap to the Electrici y Department,
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      91 9 Straits Times Crossword F^ ii 23 ACROSS M Disceinn.eu;. In a sense 111 9. Foygy si.iri to a meal (3, 4i 18. There's more money In these 10. No crime breaker (7). hills (5). 11. Heart of Midlothian (9). 22. Hours, ours (7, 4). 12 It takea two to make
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      188 9 27. Mlner/s vessel (7). 28. Some finish nimble (7). DOWN 1. Higher by the slice? What a blow! 1. For example, getting outside a tin (6). < Race result, after a toss-up (3. 3. 1, 4). 4 Pouch for 6 (7). >. Topmost of heights (7). Goes with a lot.
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    INDUSTRIALS QUIET, TINS EASIER
    767 10 Small inquiries for rubber shares ■THERE wore small inquiries tor rubbers In the Malayan share Maiket yestefVay. Indu*'rWK a r<-e quiet and barely steady, untie tins eased slightly. Quotations announced by the ;1:i1:i\ ir. Share Brokers' Assoclaion yesterday were: IM'I I I VI Barm SaHrr» «|PI
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    Rubber: No change
    157 10 Sellers reserved: Close steady IMITH sellers tending to be reserved, the Singapore Rubber Market closed on a steady note with the price for Dec first grade unchanged at 85J cents a lb. The market reacted slightly to inactivity In London and opened at lower levrls. with a
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    TIN: $474 A PICUL
    19 10 SINGAPORE. Fri. The price of tin today was $474.75 a picul (down 37>/ 2 cents).
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    94 10 CINOAPORE Produce Exchange reported a firm market in copra yesterday, with buyers at $34 fob and sellers at $34 V O. conut 0.l was lower by 50 cents .'■l't.-s quo Ing $53'?. Pepper remained unchanged In a quiet, steady market Muntok (white) $545 a p!:ul buyers; Sara-, ■yak
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    SHIPPING
    110 10 SHIPS nlongside the Binf»pore Harbour Bo»rd godowns or expected there M I todiv BB>:Stee. N«vitator \'i: Li"'»« rilstid«ne «S O.en oitan 11 sincapore Aaitwkerk Javfne'e Prince II 14. Tablan 15/ 1« sigMt 18: Olbije, Lvke» 1»'-'O: F-iki.-n Ha. Fe. 27/28; Ra-an. N Wi! No 5: Leovi f M-30 Corneous
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    31 10 NFW YORK. Frl. Na. 1 R.S.S. Drrfmlif! contract (In HA BtfJBB per Ib) tVrilPNdlt'i Thursday"* r'o^'nr dcHin- ;<» iO Iffl^d M» M 4 3D 10 traded Tone- Q-»rt hut tteadr.
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    39 10 HONG KONG. Pri Free ~-"kpt currency exchange of Hong Kone dollars whs quoted at 'lie close tod a- ps follows: USSI j HK«fn«;-. rs 1 HKS6.OBH- (TT I f HK<l5 52 One tael of gold I HKJSBO
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    35 11 THE WORLD CHAMPION ta ble tennis player, Japan's Hiroji Satoh, and team-mate Muss Yoshiko Tanaka, seen at practice at the Singapore Badminton stadium yesterday. The Asian championships begin in the stadium today Straits Times picture.
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    Penang move won't stop Selangor
    296 11 Penang move won't stop Selangor KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. JN AN ATTEMPT to stop Selangor's quest for the H.M.B. Malaya rugger championship this season. Penan* have recalled veteran Maurice Pestana lor the vital game aeainst Selangor on the Western Road ground, Penang, tomorrow. Pestana is one of the most plucky and
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    S'pore pack experiment will be tested today
    381 11 S'pore pack experiment will be tested today SECOND ROW By rpODAY four second games in the H.M.S. Malaya A rugger competition will be played. In the southern section, Singapore' Civilians entertain Negri-Malacca on the padang, and Johore are at home to Combined Services of Singapore, while in the north Penang
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    MATTHEWS IN UK
    38 11 SOUTHAMPTON. Pri. Harry (Kloi Matthews, the boxing pride of Seattle, Washington, arrived here yesterday, appearing all set to meet British heavyweight champion Johnny Williams. The flght Is at Harrlngay arena on Dec. 10. —A. P.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    33 11 TODAY High 0204 hrs (8 3 ft) and 1304 Low 070' i (4 9. and 2000 «0"l ruMOKKOVY: Huh 0257 (8 ftl and 1350 19 3) Low 0753 (5.1) and. 2055
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    WEEKEND SPORT TODAY
    106 11 WEEKEND SPORT TODAY RIGGER HMS MALAYA COMPETITION: Singapore v Ne»rl an Padang Iref. Maj. Ductan) Johore v Services at J. Hal.ru (Maj. Howard). FBIENDLY: RAF Self tar v GHQ at Seletar (Mr. Lloyd). R. Signals A v RAF Cbangi A at Tanglin Iffc Brown); R. Engineers v Nee Soon at
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    UNIVERSITY LET GO MANY CHANCES
    221 11 I'niversity 3; Teachers 2. TJNIVERSITY of Malaya edged Teachers' Training College by the odd goal in five In their annual hockey match, played at the Ceylon Sports Club ground yesterday. The game was fast and keenly contested but University, the superior combination, squandered many opportunities
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    SRC WIN 3-0
    50 11 A fast and Interesting hockey I friendly on the padang yesterday ended in SRC. beating Latiff Wanderers by 3-0. Coutts and Clarke scored for the Recs In the first half. In the second half Coutts again .-cored when he deflected a pass from Hay into the net.
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    STAR SOCCERITES
    39 11 Star Soccerites Sports Club will hold their third anniversary and celebrate their winning of the Singapore Amateur Football Ac«oclatlon Junior Cup at 7.30 p.m. today when they will hold a dinner at 73. Lorong K. Telok Kurau.
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    SCC on top in second half
    241 11 S.C.C. "8"..t; P.W.D.. 0. AFTER being on the defensive for the greater portion of a scoreless first half, Singapore Cricket Club "B", scored two goals without reply to gain a deserving vletory over a disjointed PwbHc Works Department XI In a .vcvaupy yet spirited
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    Nine countries enter 67 players
    354 11 ASIAN TABLE TENNIS STARTS TODAY THE FIRST ASIAN table tennis championships 1 will begin at the Singapore Badminton Stadium today and for the next seven days 67 men and women players from nine countries will compete for the two team events the Baroda Cup competition
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    Fighting 169 by Loxton v. N.S.W.
    140 11 MELBOURNE, Frl. A fighting Innings of 169 by Sam Loxton air* a sound 55 by Colin McDonald helped to save Victoria from complete collapse against New South Wales, the champions, on the opening day of their Sheffield Shield match here. New South Wales won
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    10-1 MARGIN
    40 11 In a friendly game of socceplayed at Farrer Park yesterday Star Soccerites beat Singapo Harbour Board Police 10-1. Sco: ers for Star Soccerites m Morrisey (3). Kirn Beng <2> II Merc <l. Samar <2V and M l SHB
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    Jottings by Epsom Jeep BIG-RACE MONOPOLY MAY END
    263 12 Jottings by Epsom Jeep BIG-RACE MONOPOLY MAY END NOT SINCE King Midas triumphed in the Governor's Cup in 1948 has an Australian -bred horse won a classic at Bukit Timah. Will The Bosun, a five-year-old Australian gelding by Beau Son out of Hippolyta, break the monopoly of big races at
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    KUMAR WILL NOT PLAY FOR INDIA
    69 12 CALCUTTA, Fri. India will be without their champion. Naresh Kumar, when they meet I'alv in the Davis Cup inter-zone tlnai in Brisbane next month. Kumar is unable to travel to Australia because of his business commitments. His place In the team will be taken
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    It's COLONEL DALY still for St. Leger
    304 12  - It's COLONEL DALY still for St. Leger EPSOM JEEP By BUT THE BOSUN IS HOTTEST TIP lIOTTEST "P tor tne st Le e r over If miles at Bukit Timah today, concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club November Meeting, is THE BOSUN who will be ridden by big-race specialist
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    1298 12 Race 1—2.00: Class 1, Div. 2—9 F. and 36 Yds. 1 855 Tara Street lan 9.uu ilir Wo,^ v. sflStu i_..»u» _.wls 2 922 Gallant Reo Percival 8.12 Mr. Mrs. H. S. Yeo Breuicelcn 3 255 Rebuke Pry 8.09 Mr. Si Mrs. H. S Yeo Breukelen 4
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    S.T. SELECTIONS
    182 12 epsoa: jeep CALL BOY POINTER TARA STREET Gallant In ONDINE Black Velvet Ambassador RACE 1 2.M GALLANT REO Adonis TARA STREET Adonis RACE 2 2.25 ONDINE Earthquake Fifty Grand ONDINE Earthquake Black Velvet RACE 3 2.50 STAGE SHOW King Crow Mnnlee MADLES Stage Show Abbotsford STAGE SHOW AbboUrord
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    At B. Timah Today
    38 12 At B. Timah Today 'PHK going at Bukit Timah today should be very rood. The track was fast yesterday after two days of bright sunshine. TODAY'S BEST BET: Indelible in the 5.35. BEST LONGSIIOT: Thaumaturcy in the 6.15.
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    RIGOLETTO WAS NEVER BETTER
    895 12 THE TIP and RIGOLETTO two useful stayers from the van Breukelen Stable appear to dominate the Singapore Plate over 13 miles (Race Five) at Bukit Timah today. Rtecletto looks the better bet He Ls in the right part of the handicap an<i there Is no argument
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    Veterans* title to Dr. De Souza
    29 12 Dr. O. F. de Souza beat V. C. Westerhout 6-3, 6-4, in the veteran's singles handicap final in the SJI.C. tennis tournament yesterday.
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    Champions beaten
    203 12 SYDNEY, Fri. THHE women's singles tennis championship of New Scuth Wales became ail-American today. Maureen Connolly and Julie Sampson, had easy wins in the semi-finals. Maureen beat second-seeded Aus' ralian Beryl Penrose 6-4, 6-4. Julie beat first-seeded Australian Mary Hawtcn 6-2. 6-2. Local boy Geoffrey Pryor beat British
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    Confident vote for Zanzibar
    275 12 yANZIBAR has regained his Singapore Summer Cup form and I give him a confident vote against Decanter Co. in the Class 1, Div. 1 6-f. sprint (Race Four) at Bukit Timuh toda.y. Zanzibar's second from a bad draw and a slow beginning on Wednesday was the
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      124 12 rECOHs V^ —^GENEVA WATCHES MEA.XS BEAUTY, VALUE, ACCURACY Agents;- E. IN ASSIM& SONS 381 North Bri.l^ H HAPPY WORLD STADIUM TONIGHT AT 9 P.M. THE FICHT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR BOTH UNBEATEN IN SINGAPORE Mfk RED SCORPION <1 BERT ASSIRATI Double Main Event th. GREAT HERCULES .fC (Assirati Said "Gave
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