The Straits Times, 11 December 1952

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    STORE'S $Bm. GIFT TO BRITAIN
    386 1 Council to consider big defence contribution THE Singapore Legislative Council will be asked at Tuesday's meeting to approve a defence contribution to the Imperial Government of $X,500,000 (£1,000,000). A motion to this efled will be introduced by the Rnaticial Secretory, Mr. W. Taylor. This is
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    TEMPLER IS GIVEN THE CREDIT
    109 1 TEMPLER IS GIVEN THE CREDIT NEW YORK. Wed. IN IV l!:r c luccal hittles/oaniLi of nma.. only in Mai»yi was the situation imvr'jrinß, Time ma»rinc said in its lasue puhlis'.icd today. Tli" niasaziv fem'.nirs a rolonr-pletare of Wk Gerald Temoler Hifh Commissioner in (Mr Federation, m its cover .jriii gives
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    Templer leaves next week
    28 1 LONDON. Wed c Eir G:. 1 r b«« booked a i^-turn air ;).issai;p to M lj;a Icr i.t.\t Monday, trc (o.oi.iai Office announced today.
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    Legacies for two loyal house servants
    228 1 Legacies for two loyal house servants PLASTER'S GRATITUDE MI'AR. Wednesday. T'Vt'O house servants who were a dav-and-ni*nt bodyguard for a Johore planter are today workinz out what they can best do with the legacies he left them for their loya tj The two men Inch*? Mohamed bin Abdul Ham id
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    Troops are flown to riot city
    80 1 CASABLANCA, Wed. rpoUR hundred Foreign Lej gionnaires were yesterday flown into Casablanca, where police held 500 people suspected of taking part In Monday's riot*. The dude-to-dawn corfew was lifted but tanks and armoured ears continued to I patrol ctreetc *Ull strewn with wreckage from
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    OH: 'No risk'
    30 1 TEHERAN, Wed— Dr. Hu»fiein Fatemi, the Persian Foreign Minister, said today: 'There is no legal rlric involved by anyone buying Persian oil after The Hague judgment-— Renter
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    New president
    24 1 JERUSALEM. Wed.— teae!* second President. Yitzhak Ben Zrie. vas inaugurated before Parliament here today to the shrill «ound of ranis' Lorns— Seuter.
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    Lie thanked
    37 1 LONDON. Wed.— Veterans of two world wars from many parts of tbe vorM today awarded Mr Trygve Lie. retiring Secretary-General of ttie United Nation*, a scroll of honour fo r h*s work for psace. Rffrtgr
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    Chaplin's Adolf
    37 1 BERLIN, Wed— A dnema director in Berlin ha? asked Charlie Chaplin to come to Berrm lor the first German shaming of his film "The Greet Dictator." a satire on Hitler and the Nazi regime Reuter.
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    Siamese plane is found
    39 1 BANGKOK. Wed— A training plane which the air farce reported to have been stolen, has landed in Indo-China. The Government is negotiating for trie return of the plane and tbe extradition of the pilots— U?.
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    Ex-man Christine to be film star
    106 1 •Ol LYWOGD. Wed. EVLM prodwer JM Ros?n 1 said last nii-M he had mtwei Christine .forums n. the girl who underwent a •ex a«nmin fr»«i ium ta woman in Copenhagen, for motion pictures. M*. Bosea said Christine 26. will star in a nrw vrrotaa
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    COUNCILLOR REFUSES TO GO TO RECEPTION
    109 1 Waste of public money, he says ]t|P S. S. Manyam, Independent City Councillor iTI for the North Ward, has refused to attend a City Hall reception oa Dec. 20 in honour of the new City Councillors. The reception Is being given by the City
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    Woman killed
    22 1 Ng Ah Sooi, a 60-year-okd woman, was killed yesterday in an accident at the 6th milestone. Upper Serangoan Road, Singapore.
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    Holidays start
    18 1 Sixty-three -thousand Singapore schoolchildren from Government and aided English schools start a month's hoßday from tomorrow.
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    Red millions
    14 1 HOMG KONG. Wed popqUation is now IMJMSVKt according to Communist statistics Router.
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    WHEN A LIZARD RAN OVER MY SHOE I WISHED I HAD PRAYED...
    584 1  - WHEN A LIZARD RAN OVER MY SHOE I WISHED I HAD PRAYED... FRANCIS WONG Down in the mystery tunnel By rpHE workmen looked at me and told me I was smoking my last eisarette. They said for the lentil tinu;: "Don't go into that hole. There .no evil spirits and
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    Rubber up to 983/4 cents lb.
    74 1 Rubber up to 983/4 cents lb. By Our Market Correspondent rfVIE rubber prfee in Singa--I- pore yesterday reached 98*4 cent* a Ib- at oae stage during market hours, but closed at 97 7 S cents. This was 2 3 8 cents above Tuesday's closing price. The price was equivalent I*
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    Red wounds detective
    61 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed A terrorist shot and serious'y wounded a detective nrporal as he was searching a house in the Suiitei Siput nr;th area of Perak. The detective wu lit with three bullets. A man and a woman were wounded. A police sentry fired as the bandit
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    Big broadcast
    32 1 LONDON Wed —The Coronation of the Qr.pen in June will be broadcast lo the w^rld in 42 languages by 250 vi.dio and televi.'ion commer.tai is and, the BBC announced 10--day.
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    Crash kills teacher: 6 pupils hurt
    65 1 Crash kills teacher: 6 pupils hurt PARIT BUNTAR. Wed. MR. N. Narayanasamy, school teacter of Denvistown Esute, Parit Buniar. was killed this morning when the car in which he was travelling overt uroej near a road block at the 11th mile of the Talplng Koad Six pupils whh him were
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    Poison arrow fired at police
    145 1 Poison arrow fired at police NAIROBI, Wed. i POISONED arrow was fired at an African policeman during a combined police and military swoop on Mau Mau suspects 50 miles north of Nairobi. it was officially reported here today. This is the first time that Kikuyu tribesmen have been reported using
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    6 killed in ship crash
    35 1 ROTTERDAM. Wed.— The 20.000-ton Holland-America passenger liner Maasdnm crashed into a 268-ton German motor tanker near Rotterdam early today. Six German seamen were pr killed when their apt] craft capsized.
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    Train hits a truck: 7 hurt
    38 1 HONG KONG, Wed— Seven British national service men of the Ist Battalion, Dorset Re:.iir.ent. were hurt today 1:1 a fevel crossing accident in Hong Kerb's New Terr toriea on the China mainland
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      370 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited I from Malays for appointment as probationary -ofßcers-ln-training in the Malay Regiment and from Federal citizens or British subjects of all races for similar j appointments in the Federation I Ke<:iment and the Federation Armoured Corps. Candidates must I hold the Cambridge School Certir ftcate.
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      677 2 NOTICES NOTICE •The Annual Oeneral Meeting of St. Patrick's Society, Singapore. will be held in the Roman Room, Adelphl Hotel on Monday, 15tli December 1952 at 6.30 pjr>. All Irishmen and Irishwomen are as!;ed to attend, whether or not they are yet members of the Society." MUNICIPALITY OF KUALA LUMPUR
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      469 2 TENDERS P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class 'B and above registered Contractors will be received by the State Engineer. Pahang. Kuala Lipls. Un to 3 p.m. on 2nd January. 1953. for the con&tructlon of two Class "C" Senior Officers' Quarters at Kuantan. Full particulars .are obtainable from the
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      310 2 TENDEftS P. W. D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERB from Class "C" and above registered Contractors will be received by the State Engineer. P.W.D.. Perak. up to 3 p.m. on the 23rd December. 1952. for the Transport of Stone. Laterlte Earth. Quarry Waste and Sand in Krlan District during 1953 P. W.
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    IKE WANTS TO MEET MacARTHUR ON KOREAN PLAN
    267 3 Cable says: Your interest gratifying' ABOARD US CRUISER HELENA, Wednesday. pRESIDENT-elect Eisenhower yesterday told Gen. M:: i- Arthur, former United States Far East Supreme Commander, that he wanted to meet him to hear his views on the Korea war problem. Mr. Eisenhower,
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    22 3 TWO members of the BBC staff rehearse a Christmas pantomime. Demon King McDonald Hobley glares at Principal Boy Patience Sheffield. Reuter picture.
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    OBSCENE BOOK, SAY JAPS
    141 3 OBSCENE BOOK, SAY JAPS TOKYO, Wed. rpOKYO High Court today ruled that D. 11. Lawrence's novel "Lady Chatter ley's Lovrr" was obscene and upheld a 250.060 yen C2SA) fine imposed on the publisher by a lower court. In the lower court, the judge had dismissed the prosecution's claim that the
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    They say no
    36 3 THE HAGUE, Wed.— The Duteb Government yesterday fotned Britain in refusing to ■Uow its oil companies' re- cords to be submitted to a United States tirand Jury investigating an alleged international oil cartel-Reu-ter.
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    They got best news pictures
    107 3 They got best news pictures LONDON. Wed. rriHREE UNITED PRESS phoI tographers last nifjht received thr first thrp- British professional awards for the best news pictures of 1952. The first place in the En cyclopaedia Britannica's annual contest wvnt to Charles James Daw^on for his pnoto- eraph of the "Radiant"
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    Plot alleged
    14 3 LISBON, Wed— Eight men were accused yesterday of planning a revolt.— Reuter
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    6 seamen accused
    56 3 HONG KONG Wed— Six Chinese members of the crew of the Panamanian freighter Nidav yesterday were charged with conspiracy to commit piracy. They were arrested after officers of the Nidav found 1 oistols and ammunition in heir possession on a voyage o Japan. The Nidav put 'bout
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    Cheaper rice
    30 3 COLOMBO, Wed— China *as willing to reduce the price of rice and Increase shipments to Ceylon Government official said. A trade agreement was being concluded with China. Reuter.
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    E. Germany 'scrapes barrel for food'
    112 3 T MW BERLIN. Wednesday. HE East German Premier. Mr. Otto Grotewoh! yesterday announced crisis measures to fight I^^ orta?es East German y. he said, must scrape the bottom of the barrel to tide itself over "difficulties which must last some weeks State investigators would
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    REDS CAN JOIN BRITISH ARMY
    73 3 LONDON, Wed. TWE War Secretary. Mr. Antony Head, yesterday told the House of Commons be would not take steps to exclude members of the Communist Party from the British Army. A week ago. 18-year-old Tony Dfwick. a Regular soldier and member of the Young Communists'
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    Russian arrives
    26 3 TOKYO. Wed— The new Soviet Ambassador to Pekinß Mr Alexander Panyushkhi arrived in Pekinsr yesterday by air from Moscow. Peking Radio said today— Reuter.
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    Happy Christmas from Vyshinsky
    164 3 NEW YORK. Wednesday. \|K VYSHINSKV. Soviet Foreign Minister, yeslTl terday sailed for home from the United Nations General Assembly after wishing a happy Christmas and New Tear to "all the people fighting for peace." He made the comment before newsreel and television cameras as he left
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    Peer takes back dog remark
    141 3 Peer takes back dog remark LONDON, Wed. LORD STANSOATE. a Labour peer, yesterday withdrew remarks he made in a recent House of Lords debate concerning the use of does in Kenya. He said that during che-j debate he had said: 'What i sor: of dogs do you have for pursuing
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    700 strike for Xmas loan
    51 3 COLOMBO, Wed— Nearly 700 dock workers struck at Colombo yesterday in support of a demand for a Christmas loan of 50 rupees i £3. 155) instead of 25 rupees as in previous years. But employers drew on other labour and the strikers returned to work.—
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    Recordings played at 'war' trial
    182 3 NEW YORK. Wed. RECORDINGS of two Japanese war-time broadcasts, In which John David Ptovoo took part were played yesterday at his treason trial. Provoo, a former American Army sergeant, is charged with giving aid and comfort to the enemy, including advice and participation in propaganda
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    Muslim talks
    28 3 KARACHI. Wed— The se rond annuai session of thr Muslim people's conference will be held at Istanbul. Tur•fpy. from May 24 to May 29 1953— A.P
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    Fog kills 160
    32 3 LONDON, Wed— Four days of fog are blamed for the deaths of at least 160 elderly people in London. Almost all had chest ailments or heart disease— A P.
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    SUICIDES AFTER BIG PURGE
    155 3 BELGRADE, Wed. rpHE official Yugoslav news 1 agency Tan jug yesterday said that mass arrests of Jrws were takinK place In Czechoslovakia and there had hcen wveral Jewish suicides. Thp agieney. quoting lnformpd quarters In Belgrade, said Dr. Erik Cohen, president oi.tnc Jewjsh conuuuuity In Prague,
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    LONDON STOCKS
    300 3 LONDON. Wed. cTOCK market trading wat siow to develop today with the current three-week account having an adver.se effect on sentiment. Throughout the period most sections were irregular. Most activity occurred In foreign bonds. Giltetiged Issues were firm most of the time but late dealings saw a slight
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    LONDON TIN PRICE
    26 3 LONDON. Dec. Cash Buyers C 949; Sellers t94»'-..; Forward Buyers €944; Sellers £944',.; Settlement £950 (unchanged). Turnover a.m. 20 tons; p.m. 25 lens.
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    U.K RUBBER
    36 3 LONDON. Dec. 10.— Spot 28'^d Jan. 28d. Peb. 27* d.. March 27 'jd. Jan-Mar. 27*, d.. Apr-June 27d. Dec. c.if. 28d.. Jan. c.l.f. 27 1 ,d.. Jan-Mar, ci.f. 27' id. Market: Easier after firm.
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    Mental tests
    33 3 WASHINGTON. Wed —The U.S. Air Force yesterday said that Sgt. Giuseppe Cascio was under mental observation in Tokyo after allegation that he tried to sell secret information to the enemy.— A.P.
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    THESE DOGS ARE KEEPING BANDITS ON RUN
    747 4 THESE DOGS ARE KEEPING BANDITS ON RUN By a Straits Times Correspondent rnHERE is no better soldier in the army in Malaya than the dog. The army has found that the dog is the answer to many problems. He can fight, he can keep tireless guard, he can patrol and—
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    NO MA YOR TILL ALL NOMINA TED SEATS GO
    394 5 Say City Councillors A LTHOUGH Singapore City Councillors were divided over the appointment of a Mayoi, they were generally agreed that a Mayor should only come after the nominated seats on the Council had been abolished. They were commenting on a
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    'GIVE UP' CALL TO BANDITS
    141 5 PENANG, Wed SEVERAL hundred leaflets distributed throughout Penang Island today call on bandits of the 10th district of the Malayan ComnuinLst Party to "get out before it is too late." •Jlow long more can you stand such casualties?" tlv leaflets ask. quoting Qguree to show
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    UMNO youths to meet
    59 5 PENANG Wed— UMNO youths from Bayan Lepas ard neighbouring villages ill hold a parade at their r.ivm Lepas headquarters on Dec. 28 to welcome delentca attending the Penang UMNO Youth League's halfft ':'.v meeting. All district branches in the Settlement will be represented Delegates will be
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    His stroll took him to gaol
    80 5 WHEN Mr. Koh Lian Wah. A.S.P called on an Emergency detainee at his home in Tiong Bahru. at about midnight on Monday he i found that the detainee was oat enjoying a stroll. :t was said in a Singapore court yesterday. Sentenced to four
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    It's Williams, Council told
    70 5 VIR T N Stevens, Secretary of tlie Singapore City Coun--I*l cil. was officially informed yesterday that Mr. Philip WUliams has been appointed Labour Party leader in the Council. The letter to Mr Stevens also said that Mr M. P. D. Nair was no longer a member
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    Police buildings cost $5 m.
    31 5 IPOH. Wed.— New police b'.:il dings in the State cost $> mikion this year the Buitaa of Perak said in hi* message to the State Council tod.iy
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    AIRPORT FAREWELL
    34 5 COLONEL W. E. FAIRBAIRN the man who built the Singapore Polic« Riot Squad (riffht) is seen off by Mr. A R Anderson, Assistant Commissioner, at the airport last night. Straits Times picture.
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    CHRISTMAS FETE FOR 300 CHILDREN
    280 5 At Chinese Swimming Club T*HE FIRST of the Christmas parties sponsored A by the Sunday Times Christmas Tree Fjnd will be held on Saturday, when 30) of Singapore's under-privileged children will b? entertained by the Chinese Swimming Club in Amber Road. The club has arranged
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    Pretended to be Red, says charge
    79 5 PENANG. Wed. LIM ENG. 29, was today charged before the first Magistrate. Mr. D. C. I. Wernham. with attempted extortion He was alleged to have represented himself as a nember of the Malayan Communist Part* and to have threatened to put Loo Eng Bee
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    Area curfew
    34 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The 6 pan. 6 a.m. house curfew* imposed on the new village of Balu Lima Duneun, Trengga-nu. has been changed to an area curfew, the Federation Government announced tonight.
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    Anti-riot squad 'best in the world'
    213 5 Anti-riot squad 'best in the world' (X)LONEL W. E. Fairbairn, who built the 173-man Singapore Police Riot Squad, has described it as "second to none in the world." Col. Falrbairn left the Colony by Qantas-BOAC last night after a year here training the unit He said at the airport: "There
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    Timber men resume their talks
    118 5 Timber men resume their talks DELEGATES to the F.A.O sponsored. Forestry Commission for Asia and the Far East yesterday resumed their talks at the Victoria Memorial Hall This followed their return to Singapore from Kuala Lumpur, where they visited sawmills and timber establishments. The expanded technical assistance programme. F.A.O. fellowships,
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    Man killed in fight
    67 5 BUTTERWORTH. Wed Neliappen and Retnaveiu were today acquitted on a charge of causing grievous hurt to Manikam at Pokok Sena on April 29 According to the prosecution. Manikam conspired with three others to waylay the two men. A fight develop' C and Manikam was killed. The
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    Negri to form labour party
    58 5 SEREMBAN. We.l. Arrangements are being made to form a labour party in Negri Sembilan, a spokesman of the NjS. divisional committee of th r M ilayan Trade Union Council, told the Straits Times today The party, he said, contest the Sereniban Town Council elections to
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    School plans approved
    52 5 KUALA LUMPUR. WedBu.lding plans for St Uabriel's School, in Kuala Lumpur, have been approved by the Municipality Tenders have been caKed and will close at the end of this month, says the Rev T E. Carrie principal of the school In the December tssutof the Selangor parish
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    Chinese girls tight to marry men they love
    123 5 (CHINESE Sills In Singaj pore, betrothed in their infancy or early girlhood without their knowledee or consent are now fishtinjt for the rif bt to choose and marry the man they love. The Social Welfare authorities ittt'irttr received several complaints from eiri
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    GOVT. TACKLES PROBLEM OF 'JOBLESS'
    232 6 Unemploymen t at present only localised KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE FEDERATION GOVERNMENT is now considering plans to deal with possible unemployment in this country. So far, however, unemployment has been localised and not widespread. If the present upward trend of the rubber price continues at
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    5,000 to have Rotarians as their Santa Claus
    133 6 5,000 to have Rotarians as their Santa Claus SINGAPORE Rotarians will art as Santa flaus to 5.04)0 boys and Klrls during their annual Christmas treat for poor children, at the New World tomorrow. The treat includes a grift for each child, free shows. Joyrides, drinks. ice-cream, cukes sweets and fruit.
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    Stage show to help fund
    77 6 The Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship will present a variety concert In the church hall at Kampong Kapor, Singapore, tomorrow tiieht. The programme includes a Chinese orcnestra item by the Chenh Hua Amateur Musical Association, a play. "The Last Laugh." directed by Mr. Goh Chin
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    Lady T's visit
    17 6 PENANG. Wed. Lady Trmpicr. wife of the High Commissioner, visited the P*nang General Hospital.
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    53 6 FORTY TONS of wire and metal under this giant cowling (above) are now spinning round at 3,000 revolutions a minute to supply Singapore with power. The first 25.000-kilowatt turbo-alternator at the new Pasir ran jane power station is already in operation while construction work goes on all around it (top).
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    $3 will keep blind child a day
    164 6 PENANG. Wed VIALAYA'S oldest instituA tion for blind children. the St. Nicholas Home, has launched a Christmas appeal for $30,000 for the "day-to-day maintenance" of its Inmates in 195:* In a circular appeal to ndlvlduals. (Iras and associations Mr. H B. van Praagh.
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    S'pore still in market for candles
    89 6 rE demand for candles' and oil lamps in Slngai pore is still steady despite news that the Paslr Panjang power station is operating on a commercial basis local dealers said yesterday. The demano was heaviest six months ago, the dealers said. Since then, orders
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    Juvenile welfare is their job
    63 6 KOTA TINOGI. Wed. A Juvenile Welfare committee has been forroed in the district of Kota Tlnggi. The following have been appointed members for this committee: Mrs. M H. Edn-.ett Inche Mohd. Said bin Haji Saiam Mr T. A D. Menon. Mr Lee Chak Fook. Che
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    TWO FINES AGAINST TRADER SET ASIDE
    155 6 HARDIAL SINGH, a Singapore merchant, who appealed in the High Court yesterday against three district court fines, totalling, $2,100, on charges under the Merchandise Marks Ordinance, had two of the fines, amounting to $1,400, set aside. The cnlef Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley confirmed the
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    These films are free
    254 6 Ten new 16mm films have arrived for the British Council In Singapore. They are: Instruments of the Orchestra. Young Farmers. The Three As. How Children Learn By Experience. Children Growing Ud With Other People. Learning To Read The Beacon Way. Children's Charter. District Nurse. Children On
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    Leper is guilty of camp murder
    6 6 Leper is guilty of camp murder
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    More classes for adults
    45 6 KUALA LUMPUR. WedKelantan's Adult Education Association plans to open 98 more classes In the State with a totaf enrolment of 2.553. including 189 women. There are already 130 adult education classes in Kt. attended by 3 715 people, including 63 women.
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    Repairs to lift
    37 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed The lift to the tower of the Government Offices, Johore Bahru. is being repaired for $36,000. When the work is completed, another floor of the building will be used is offices.
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    Jealousy murder
    50 6 ALOR STAR, Wed. APADI-PLANTER. Hussain bin Daharai, was today sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Hill for the murder of another planter. Ham/.ih bin Hussain Hamzah was shot dead whil« on his way to fetch hi* wife home. The motive for the slaying was stated to be jealousy.
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    PLANTER, IN RED AMBUSH, HITS BACK, ESCAPES
    320 7 Six bandits killed in battles KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. npflK assistant manager of Penkalan Bukit Estate in the Pagoh area of Johore, Mr. I'yrne. escaped unhurt from a fierce ambush by terrorists on the estate yesterday. In battles elsewhere in the Federation, six terrorists
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    44 7 MR. T F HWANG, a member of the Straits Times editorial staff, and bis bride, Miss Bertha Y. T. Khoe, after their weddinj at the Befistry of Marriages, Singapore, yesterday. The couplt- will leave this morning for their honeymoon in Penang. Straits Times picture.
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    Attempted robbery charge
    73 7 1 YOUTH with a knife de- manded a watch and ring from a taxi-driver who. however, picked up an iron bar so the youth fled, it was alleged in a Singapore court yesterday Poh Seng Huat. 17. accused of attempted armed robbery was committed for trial at
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    Defence workers to hold dance
    63 7 PENANG, Wed— The Penang Civil Defence Social Club will be holding a dance and social on Saturday at the Westlands School hall. On the same night, the Penang Fighter Squadron o/ the Malayan auxiliary Air Force will hold its Christmas dance at the E. and
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    Doctors given four seats
    63 7 P E N A N G. Wed —Four official seats along the Coronation route h~.v« been allotted to the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association. Members resident in the Federation who are not Gov- emment officers may apply for these seats to the Hon. i
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    T. Anson to get new playground
    43 7 TELUK ANSON. Wed. Work has started on changing Clayton Padang, now used as a golf course, into a first-class recreation ground for Teluk Anson residents. When completed, the recreation ground will have a pavilion in the centre.
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    Generator control in rural areas
    111 7 Generator control in rural areas OPERATORS of generating plants in the rural areas of Singapore must be licensed and employ only competent men to take charge of these plants when new regulations are approved by the Governor 1 in Council. Offenders nn be fined up to ftJTOO. if a Bin.
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    DETECTIVE IS REMANDED
    32 7 KUANTAN, Wed. Tay Soon Hock, 21, a detective, was charged in the Kuan tan court with extortion of $100 from Say Hor Kee at a hotel He was remanded.
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    SPORE TO ABOLISH SINGLE FILM CENSOR
    137 7 f THE main recommendations of the report of the Committee on Film Censorship published last year, have been incorporated in the new Cinematograph Films Bill which comes up for first reading at next Tuesdays meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. The n>w Bill, which
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    He will see men for Army
    68 7 The chief recruiting officer, Major S. A. Watt, wili be visiting Batu Pah.it. Mua; and Malacca to interview recruits for the British Army on the following days: Batu Pahat police station, from 930 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 16. Muar police station, from 030
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    Tried to snatch gun from police
    272 7 Tried to snatch gun from police —COURT TOLD DEVOLVER in hand, a detective ordered a man to climb down from the roof of a Tiong Bahru house, at 2 a.m.. on Nov. 20. The man came down but o n reaching the ground ho rushed at th e detective, tryinn
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    Part curfew lifted
    50 7 PENANG Wed— The OCPD 1 Country District, announced today that curfew restriction Mi all land to the seaward side of North Coast Road I had been lifted. The currew between 7 pm and 7 a.m. dally still covers areas on the landward side of North Coast Road
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    92 8 MR A MRS. T. F. HWANG thank the Editorial Staff of the Straits Times Group. Ngee Ann K o n g s 1 Organisations. The 8.0.C1.E.A. and all relatives and friends for their valuable presents cm the occasion of their marriage 1n Singapore on 10 12.52. MR. MRS. CHUA
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    57 8 CHURCH Clothing Shop closed Dec. 24th- 26th Not accepting ladies dresses until further notice X'MAS SALE AT MULCHANDS. j 82-1 Bras Basah Rd.. Singapore. Gowns for All Occasions. Drastic j Reduction. EVERYONE'S talking about Tlie Cocktail Party. At the Vie- torla Tlieatre 18th— 20th Decemkaf at 9 p.m. Bookings
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Dec. 11, 1952.
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      Ike And The McA. Plan
      720 8 General Douglas Mai-Arthur has a plan for a clear and definite solution of the Korean conflict. It would not involve "unduly heavy" Allied casualties. Mr. Eisenhower, Presi-dent-elect of the United States, now on his way home from a three day tour of the Korean battlefields,
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      The Unseoret Ballot
      455 8 It is generally understood that the ballot in Singapore is sreret. And that is always the official claim. "Special < precautions are being taken to ensure the secrecy of the j hallot for the City Council elections," said the Acting Supervisor of Elections, in a broadcast two
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    PORTENTS IN THE RICE SITUATION
    806 8 PORTENTS IN THE RICE SITUATION By a Special Correspondent LONDON. /WER the past year, while most commodity prices were showing substantial falls, the world price of rice rose from approximately £55 a ton to a recent peak of £82. This Is a free-on-board price for an ordinary Burma quality and
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    THE WIDER THREAT TO
    612 8  -  SCRUTATOR By IT has been usual to represent the Mau Mau movement in Kenya as purely indigenous and standing in no direct relation to seditious movements elsewherf. Yet the parallels between its conduct and that of the Chinese Communists in Malaya are very striking. In both
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    Japan forgets Mac Arthur
    745 8  -  RICHARD HUGHES By I HAVE lust made a week's reconnaissance of the inns, villages, farms and temples of the nwllow countryside between Tokyo and Kyoto, vainly seeking vestiges of the late lamented Occupation. I can only report that, dying out in Tokyo, it appears to be
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    On the Margin
    410 8 Last wordfc WE mignt as well be, hung for a sheep as for a lamb. Today we conclude (w« hope) the present aeries on the mysteries of language, pegging what follows on a few remarks of Mr. M. Baker of Ipoh which were not quoted yesterday. "In
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      733 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. MASON: To Kirn, wife of J. L. Mason, a son, Simon John, on Ijt 10 at Bungsar. WHYTE: At. Teluk Anson on 01 h Dec. to Elaine, wife of J.G.A. Whvte, Bagan Datoh Estate, twin boys. PTEWART CAMPBELL: The engagement Is announced between John Stewart, K. Bharu Estate,
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      10 8 Letters to the editor will be found in Page II
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      222 8 Aluminium Adorned with rubies and sapphires from th« MogcMc mine* of Burma this Shan woman prepares her food. These jaffjeh ;<nd the common clay of her ornate bowl are but a few of the many minerals containing aluminium. Though first isolated in 1826, it was not until 1886 that its
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    GAS STRIKE THREATENS THAT PUDDING
    202 9 Stokers may stop work any day next week SINGAPORE housewives planning to bake their own Christmas cakes and puddings may have to hurry their baking. Their gas stoves may be "blacked-out" any day after Sunday. Reason: the 24 stokers employed at the Kallang Gas Works
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    Careless to write 'Xmas' he says
    122 9 Careless to write 'Xmas' he says KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A PLEA to people to stop writing "Xmas" instead of "Christmas" has been made by the Rev T. E. I Currie. priest-in-charge of St Gabriers Church. Kuala i Lumpur. Writing in the JSelangor parish magazine. the Rev. Currie says that use
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    Temporary chairman
    52 9 Sir Han Hoe Lim, a member of the Public Services Commission, Singapore, has been appointed its temporary chairman during the absence on leave in Britain of Mr A. W. Frisby. Mr. E. H. Wilson. Director of Schools Broadcasts. Department of Broadcasting, has been appointed a temporary member of
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    Clerk charged with cheating
    53 9 Koh Yong Sung, 24. a clerk in the Registrar of Vehicles office, was charged yesterday in a Singapore court with cheating. Koh was said to have cheated Tan Pia Teng. a businessman, of a cheque worth $1,800 at Tans office in Raffles Quay on July 21.
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    Traders dine
    33 9 Mr. Low Tang Chang, a Singapore businessman, gave a dinner to members of the Belgian trade mission nowvisiting the Colony at the Chooi Hua Lim Club, Keng Lee Road, last night.
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    Coming home for Christmas
    112 9 PICTURE of the first tew oj the 21 children who left by air for Kuala Lumpur coming off the Imer Charon yesterday A s soon a s the children were off the ship they were taken to Kallang airport by Malayan Airways bus. TWO CONTRASTING expressions
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    The school leave ship arrives in Singapore
    165 9 MISS E. M. Williams. Stewardess in the Blue Funnel ship Charon said of 119 Malayan children who arrived in Singapore from Australia yesterday: "They are the finest batch of children I have ever had to look after." Miss Williams ought to know. She
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    Engineer in a hurry is fined $100
    104 9 SEREMBAN. Wed HORACE Walter Langlols, an engineer for Henry Waugh and Co.. Ltd.. Kuala Lumpur, was fined $100 by the Seremban Magistrate. Inche Abu Johan today. He pleaded guilty to charges Of faiting to produce h: s identity card when demanded by a
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    Free ride plan fails
    70 9 One man was yesterday sentenced to two months' gaol and another fined $40 in a Singapore police court for cheating the Singapore Traction Company of 10 cents and 15 cents by saying •pass" when asked for their fares. They were Cheng Jue Ek. a former conductor
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    50 want to be nurses
    38 9 Miss J. Rintoul. principal matron of Singapore, has received 50 applications from girls keen to train as nurses after a week's campaigning. This is in addition to 12 who have already been chosen.
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    New labour chief
    18 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed Mr. S. W. C. Dunlop is now the Commissioner for Labour, Johore.
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    Old acquaintances meet
    100 9 v >K DAVIb LOW the lam- ous British cartoonist, chatting yesterday at Iltikit Serene with the Commissiont r-General Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. Mr Low and Mr. MacDotvild n iii-ui-d an old acquaintance at an informal luncheon party attended by Mrs. Low, the Governmtnt of India representative, Mr.
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    Bad weather holds up fishermen
    71 9 Bad weather holds up fishermen BAD weather In the China Sea is stopping Singapore fishermen from reaching their fishing grounds and catches are likely to drop, a spokesman of the Singapore Fisheries Department said yesterday Some fishing vessels hav<been unable to leave Singapore during the last few days, and if
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    Penang co-op meeting
    40 9 PENANG, Wed.— The Penang Government Servants' Co-operative Thrift und Loan Society will hold its halfyearly general meeting at the Survey Office on Wednesday at 4.49 p.m. Draft estimates tf income and expenditure for 1953 will be presented.
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    First kampong branch
    42 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed The first kampong branch of the Women's Institute in Johore has been opened in Tarom. Tungku Mariam, wife of Inche Markom bin Haji Mohd. Said, Superintendent of the Government Printing Office, is chairman of the branch.
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    Car hits tree
    27 9 A car ran into a tree near the Malay cemetery in Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore, yesterday. Two Indians and a girl wire slightly injured.
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    He has faith in his deputies
    120 9 MR. E J Da vies, Singapore's Attorney-General, yesterday, refused to comment on allegations made in a letter by "A Lawyer." in the Straits Times regarding the work of his department. Mr. Davies said he did not propose to reply to anonymous allegations in the
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    GAVE $500 TO GET FLAT, HE SAYS
    314 9 Acid victim 's evidence jt|R. Lie w Kai Kwen, an insurance agent, victim iT of an acid attack in October last, told Mr. Justice Brown at the S n?apore Assizes yesterday that he gave $500 to L->h Boon Pi ih. an employee of
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    Public session in graft probe
    97 9 Public session in graft probe T*HE Federations Intp- grity Commission, under Mr. Justice Taylor, holds its first public session today to hear views and possibly answer questions on alleged corruption in Government departments The session opens at i1).30 a.m in the Municipal Council Chamber. Kuala Lumpur Representatives of at least
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    Perak will build bridge if...
    59 9 IPOH. Wed If ftuMh in available from the Federal Government, a bridge win be built early next year across the Perak River at Pant This was the Perak Governments written answer to a State Councillor, Mr. V. D. Kuppusamy. who had ask.-d tor the bridge
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    Anothers22o,ooo for roads
    39 9 JOHORE BAHRU Wed A fourth instalirit t r>v «2*>o 000 has teen made by the Government for t. c .t->,r--facinp of State rt.aci^. This amount is mainly to meet the rise in the cost of bitumen.
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    Menon for H.K.
    36 9 The Representative of the Government of Indin in Malaya. Mr. M Oopala Menon. is leaving for Hong Kong today in the Canton. He fa expected to return to Singapore o n Dec. 24.
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      87 9 The weather WE A T H E R statistics throughout Malaya yesterday were: Minimum temperature: <7.30 p.m. on Dec. 9 to 7.30 a.m. Dec. 10). Spore (74 deg); Penang (73); Kota Bahru (72): Kuala Lumpur (71); Ipoh (71); Kuantan (71). Maximum temperature: (7.30 am to 7.30 p.m. on Dec. 10)
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    VARSITY POLITICS APPROVED
    233 10 Student leader appeals: 'Don't abuse privilege 9 THE University of Malaya authorities have decided to allow students to form political tlubs within the university. Mr. Wang Gung Wu, president ot the Students' Union, yesterday described this as "a sensible step in the right direction." He said: "Now
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    Officers are ready for floods
    106 10 Officers are ready for floods KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. IITLLFARE and district oillcers in Keiantan and Trenuanu have been alerted to tackle possible floods in tlu-ir areas. Monaoon rains have already .started in the.se States a:ul floods are expected at the end of fche month or early "pxt month. District ctticrrs
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    Stabbed woman
    43 10 KUANTAN. Wed. Yaso! bin Said, a fisherman. wa.s fined $50 or three weeks' gaol for causing grievous hurt to Lizah. a aesmstress at Tanjong Lumpur Lizah said tL.it Yu-oi tripped her and then .-■^•bbi*ri her with a knife on the heiid.
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    Chief Justice to marry
    63 10 SIR diaries Murray- Aynsle.v, the Chief Justice of > iiiuapore, ts to marry Dr. (.Mrs.) A. E. Goklbergt'urth at St. Andrew's Vathedral on Dee. 20. Before comin? to Mnl.iva in 1939 as a Puisne .fudge. Sir Charles served in Grenada. British Honduras and Tonga. Following their
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    13 10 Six of the women Home Guards take expert aim at targets during training.
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    Eight women join the Home Guard
    81 10 Eight women join the Home Guard KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. EIGHT Malay women are members of the kantpong Kuala Kechau Home Guard, Pahans. While this unit one of 300 in the State was training, the eight women became so interested that they asked to be given rffle practice. They became rifle
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    New stamps' sale
    32 10 The first British postage stamps of the new reign are now on sale at Army post offices in Singapore and the Federation. They are of 2W. and 6d. denominations
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    NO DUMPING OF JAP FISH IN MALAYA
    97 10 TOO LONG A HAUL TO MARKET JAPAN has exported only small quantities of dried fish to Malaya, Singapore fish dealers told the Straits Times yesterday I They were commenting on the dumping of Japanese fish in the Hong Kong markets, where prices have
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    S.R.B. meeting
    26 10 The next meeting of the Singapore Rural Board will be held on Dec. 18. in the conference room. Colonial Secretary's Office, at 10 am
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    Rape alleged
    24 10 KUANTAN. Wed K. Aruchunan. 18. was committed to stand trial in the High Court on a charge of raping a 10--year-old girl.
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    SANTA WILL TOSS GIFTS FROM SKY
    62 10 SANTA Claus will literally drop in" on a children's party at Chanel nexc Wednesday with a helicopter. Th« party— for .00 kiddies will be held in the R.A.F. Sergeants' Mess The organisers have arranged for onp of the "whirlybird'* pilots to hover over a
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    Parents' day
    18 10 The Indian Association Tamil School, Butterworth, held its annual parents' day and concert last Tuesday I
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    Jungle bombing delights McMahon
    193 10 AUSTRALIA'S Navy and Air Minister, Mr. William McMahon, sat in the second pilot's seat of an KAAr Lincoln bomber today while' the crew dropped five lonof bombs on a suspected bandit hideout near Kluang, in Johore. Mr. McMahon. who arrived in Singapore on Tuesday night, is
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    EXTRA STUDY 'DISTRESSED' HEADMISTRESS
    264 10 EXTRA STUDY 'DISTRESSED' HEADMISTRESS PENANG. Wednesday. THE headmistress of the Wellcsley Primary School, Miss J. Coupland, said at the school's prizegiving to .lay that she was "very distressed" to find that many parents paid for private tuition for t' eir children. 'We don't Rive a child homework at this stage
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    FOR CAMBRIDGE
    50 10 THE REV. BHO. W. DAMIAN, of Penang, who sails by the Chasan tomorrow for Cambridge University' under the Christian Brothers plan to enable promising Asians to study* overseas. He is the fifth Brother to be given scholarship. He has been teaching at St. Xavier's Institution for five years.
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    Lady T's magazine flourishes
    138 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. HIBORAN Kanak Kanak. Lady Tempter's fortnightly children's newspaper published in Kuala Lumpur, has become increasingly popular with school-children throughout the country. Printed in romanised Malay, the six-page tabloid, which Includes two pages of coloured cartoon strips, has increased its circulation from 10.000 copies
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    200 at concert
    29 10 KLANG. Wed— More than 200 people attended the Methodist Girls' School concert in aid of its building fund at the Anglo-Chinese School hall. Klang, last night.
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      426 11 The general strike called by the now defunct General Labour Union in the early days of the 8.M.A., and aimed at paralysing the life of this country for a political reason, is still fresh In our minds There la no ground for believing that
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      EXAMPLE OF DRAKE
      94 11 ALL are aware that there is a state of Emergency in existence, but to Mr. Tich Martin and those who think with him I would say, with Sir Frarris Drake when an earlier emergency arose, "There is time to finish the game and thrash the Spaniards too."
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      A MOTHERS VIEW OF A BRIDGE
      93 11 A MOTHERS VIEW OF A BRIDGE pOMMENTS made on the |v> proposed overhead footi bridge at Collyer Quay by Mr. iP. J Darnell (Dec. 6i and F.W.C (Dec. 10 1 will be fully supported by mothers In SlnI gapore. The thought of climblni? and descending two sets of steep stairways
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      PRACTICAL DREDGING
      217 11 I AM authorised by my Council to reply to "Practical's" letter relating to Dredge Masters' examinations which appeared in your I issue of Sept. 18. (We received this letter yesterday. Ed. S.T.J It is regretted that "Prac- I tical" did not seek the advice of the Malayan Mining
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      Chinese request for citizenship
      329 11 T<HE request of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce for equality with others in respect of status and rights of citizenship with a vie w to enjoying the franchise, is a very reasonable one When we are on the thres- hold of getting responsible— if not
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      AN EXCLUSIVE BONUS
      122 11 IN your issue of Dec. 4 "Daw" draws an inference of racial discrimination in the "little Christmas bonus" for ex-P.o.W^. Form 5.***** (MP Misc DJAt sent to me by the National Federation of Far Eastern P.o.W. Clubs and Associations, of which I am a member, clearly states:
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      90 11 ANENT the letter headed "Frozen Jap Assets" published by you on Dec. 4, "Daw" will no doubt be interested to remember that not only Malayan P.oW^ and internees are Ignored but also British ones as well —if they are resident in this country, or otherwise outside the U.K. The £15
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      KEEP THESE BUSES OUT!
      97 11 yOUR issue of Dec. 9 tells of new luxury buses which are going to b e run from Shcnton Way through Raffles Place to Battery Road and out past the > .<iir.il Post Office. Sarely there is sufficient contresti+n in Raftles Place already with the commercial
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      Second counsel's opinion
      157 11 Second counsel's opinion > k LAWYER'S" letter I A published in your issur of Dec. 9 casts reflections upon the personnel of the Attorney General's Office which I I feel are unjustified. From my experience I firmly believe that that department is very much understaffed as retards both qualified officers
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    274 12 [\ON'T be alarmed. These sketches do not represent the new look for 1953. They are fancy dress. First a warning-don't go in for elaborate costumes. A few years ago in Singapore, a lady spent many dollars on a sumptuous 18th century gown, an exact copy of
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    DELICATE ART OF PARIS
    444 12  -  ADELAIDE KERR Snoring is good for you By Two British doctors who have recently made a study of the subject have discovered that snoring helps to refresh the blood when it- <,\ygen content falls too low. They also found that when the oxygen content drops lllimiliowrtf
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      RECIPROCAL Cairo
      79 12 RECIPROCAL Ca iro THE President of the Egyptian womens party "Ben el Nil" (The Daughters of the Nile). Mrs. Doria Chafik. has Just announced that Egyptian males can register as members of the Party. This, she stated, is a question of reciprocity towards other Egyptian parties, tha Wafdists and Nationalists,
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      EDUCATIONAL Saigon
      72 12 EDUCATIONAL Saigon .SEVERAL prominent Vietnamese women who met recently In Saigon have decided to form a national assnciation of Vietnamese women The aim of this association is to Improve the standard of living of the Vietnamese woman from Hvery point of view, more particularly by the creation of popular libraries
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      GASTRONOMICAL Dijon
      89 12 GASTRONOMICAL Dijon States General' of French Gastronomy, held their third national session in Dijon under the pn»sidence of Mr. Gaston Gerard, a former minister and deputy-mayor of Dijon In t:ie course of three working days, the congressman studied the variou I questions on the agenda: cold and gastronomy, pai and
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      ASTRONOMICAL New York
      63 12 ASTRONOMICAL New York THERE exists in 1 America an organisation called the "National Fried Potato Institute", which, like most establishments of its kind, spends a good deal of its time compiling curious statistics. We learn, for example, that In the United States the average yearly consumption of chip potatoes is
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      285 12 Straits Times Crossword —SZEZIBSZMZBZH ZB_p_HZ»ZfcZBtZB~ ACROSS the manicurist's (4.2,4 5) 1. By \he way. he's a pig (7 7. Laconic quality (9i o. N:ii Diogene«s kind (4-3 1 8. Upbringing Is his tab (7) 8 Cut jn opposite directions 12 He thought of The Thinker as demonstrated <s>. (5) 10
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    TASTE YOUR WAY TO HAPPINESS
    1120 13 TASTE YOUR WAY TO HAPPINESS CHARLES REBER no you know how to eat? Probably not, as no-one seems to have made any progress in this vital art since the 18th century. And even that gastronomic age was severely criticised by the great gourmet Brillat-Savarin. W e eat and drink too
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    He shook Ike's hand
    700 13 He shook Ike's hand S. SIVIDAS of the Straits Twies editorial staff now on I a scholarship in the U.SJI. i here describes his meeting vyith the new President. rjENERAL Elsenhower VJ was in Singapore 15 years ago. He tod me this in his campaign train as the Ike Special
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    RUBBER PRICE REACHES 98} CENTS IN ACTIVE MARKET
    77 14 RUBBER PRICE REACHES 98} CENTS IN ACTIVE MARKET 'THE PRICE of rubber rose In Singapore yesterday again and December first grade closed at 973 cents a lb. 2J cents above the closing price on Tuesday. The market opened around the 97 J cents level and went as high as 983
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    BIG DROP IN RUBBER AND TIN IMPORTS
    85 14 |MPORTS of tin eaacentrates into Malaya duritit the first 11 months of this year were 7.223 tons as against 9,934 tons for tbe corresponding period last year. This was a decrease of 2,711 tons. Even more strikini is the decrease of nearly 301,090
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    86 14 CINGArOEE Chlneae Produre Exchange. Noon pricfs: Copra was steady at 534 per picul t.o b. buyers and sellers (35. Coconut oil was up by 50 cents a plc.il to $54. While pepper was steady with small transactions reported: Muntok white remained unchanged at $Sso a picul sellers and
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    New York rubber
    31 14 NEW YOBK. We*.— (testae prices far Na. 1 B.S.S. contract. December, in U.S. reals a it.. Monday Tuesday 31.7* bid 33.3* bid 31.15 aakedj 33.38 aafced Taa«: Firm.
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    Estate output
    33 14 Kempas Ltd. produced 363.700 lbs. of rubber In October and 405.500 lbs. in November. Radella Rubber Estate Ltd.. showed an output of 16.000 lbs. in October and 17.000 lbs. In November.
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    Ore output
    30 14 Talam Mines Ltd.. ou'.put fur Ncvember was 315.57 piculs. Output by HiUm Tin Ltd., totalled 61 piculs. The Renong Tin Dredging Company's cutput last raocth was 463 piculs.
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    TIN: $4741
    103 14 SINGAPORE. Wed— The tin price fai Singapore today was $4741 (up Continued U.S. buying, because of the present synthetic shortage being unable to meet current demand, is still having a major effect on the price. Singapore Chamber of Cornmere Rubber Association noon prices yesterday (Dec. 10.) were in
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    STORE SHIPPING INFORMATION
    161 14 CHIPS alongside the Singaporp Harbour Board wharves and expee'ed at 7 o'clock this momln? are: Wharves: Ulysses 1-2, As'urias 4-5. Kampar CJ 3 steel Architect 6-7. Chupra 8-9. Hokkal Meru 11. Glenearn 13-14. Bcnreocb 15-16. Benvef 18. Buaya 19-20. Hong Tat N. Wall No. 3. Kota Afreorm
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    SHARES WERE STEADY
    141 14 SHARES WERE STEADY TTHE Singapore share market was quietly steady in all section yesterday. Price changes announced by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association were:— INDISTRML Bayer* >rll»r. Cob T! n Smell Ords 20/S 21/J Fed Disor-nsarv 2 .00 253 M Breverie!. 4.33 4.45 M. ColU 1.35 145 Robinson A Co.
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    WALL STREET
    47 14 NEW YORK Wed.— The Industrial average broke lrto new high grrund yesterday Joining other compoaent sections of the bull market In setting the new 23-year peak. Thr- rrarket was helped by further go^d business news, continued confidence In the outlook, excellent leadership and expanded volume.
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    52 14 MELBOURNE. Tues. ■pESULTS of the big Ft flan mines Krnpercr and toloma varied to the year Just Loloma FIJI Gold Mines (N. L.) had a modetf profit rise to »189.092. but Its pssoclate. Emperor Gold Mmlne. Co.. Ltd had I Downturn from 515*.6« l to uwier »1- million
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    Nee Soon bow to fine RAF rally
    428 15  -  SECOND ROW LIVELY PLAY BY CHANGI PACK By ROYAL AIR FORCE (Changi), playing with 14 men, beat Nee Soon Garrison at Nee Soon yesterday by 24 points (three goals, two tries and a penalty goal) to 13 points (two goals and a try).
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    RNAS beat Seletar 6-0
    97 15 J ACK of a cood place kicker contributed to the defeat o' R.A.F. i Seletar t by six points (tWB triesi lo nil at the hinds of R.N.A.S. iSemba'^ansi in a rugby match at Seletar yesterday. The ma'ch. which was a ha-a-fought affair, saw the Semba\vang
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    R.A.F. HOCKEY
    45 15 Depot Changi beat 92 Squacron R.A.F. Rigiment 3-2 in the R.A.F. Regiment Inter-squadron hockey league at Seletar yesterday. Scorers for Depot were W O Durrant (2) and Sgt. Wan Chik. Burns and Yusoff scored for 92 Squadron. FSgt. OBrien and FSgt. Hurst umpired.
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    REST OF THE SPORT
    389 15 Tlie E ropean XI to meet the Res' iii the annual hockry match to be played on the Siiiftiport Cricket Club padang tomortmm ill 5.15 p.m. will be: PO Jupe (R.N.i; Maj J. Sintletnn lArmyi. J Kuiner 'SCO: PIL Wood iRAFi. Cmpt. Frank Reynolds iSCCi. A.
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    BLUES FULL VALUE FOR 18-3 VICTORY
    427 15 All Blues 18; R.A.F. Changi 3. SINGAPORE All Blues were good value for their victory by 18 points (three goals, penalty goal) to three (a try) over Royal Air Force Changi '"A" team in a game of rugger played at Thomson Road yesterday. Speed
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    Selangor Club beat S.A.S. Regt
    79 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. OETTER scrummaging both in v the loose and In the tight enabled Selangor Club to gain a convincing victory by 17 points 'goal, penalty, three tries > to three (try», in their third rugger ciash this season against Special Air Service Regiment,
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    First round win
    28 15 Police yesterday eliminated REME from the Singapore Hockey Association's Senior Divl.-ic.ti knockout competition. Police won this first round match a' Aver Raja Road by 3-.
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    DARROCH SCORES 2 TRIES
    360 15 SINGAPORE Cricket Club "A" beat C-in-C Staff Kranji by 15 paints (three tries, two penalties) to three (one try) in a friendly game of rugger on the padang yesterday. It was a scrappy game, the only redeeming feature being the keenness shown by both teams and
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    21 15 Ford EC. will hold a social and dance at Raffles Hotel tomorrow from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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      49 15 HOCKtY: SHA junior k.n. competition: T.T.C. t Shell S.C. Indian Association irround; svor.en's hockey: Girls Sports Club v SCC. at S.R.C. (round. BADMINTON: SB. A Commercial Houses Tournament. S.B A. H.ill 7 p.m. SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: High 0540 <7 6i and 1750 (7.1): Low 1146 (4.C) and 2340 (4.2).
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    PALIO PAYS $194 AT IPOH
    2995 16  -  EPSOM JEEP Tahiti is declared winner after judge studies two photos By TAHITI, with Ray Reader astride, was a sensational winner in one of the finest finishes seen this season in the 5.30 a 6-f. handicap for Class 4, Div. 1 horses at Ipoh yest:rday,
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    43 16 TOTAL POOL: $31«.83a. FiKST: *****1 (^94^4»> SKCON'D: 40ib«3 (*47,174j Tiilßl): *****6 <5«.587) ST.-iKTERS: (^3.931 each) N.-v 177G63; 1037^8; 3uJl2u; 35U535; 2183'ij; 3803 i0. GQHBQLATIOH ITIUXB8: (SJ.OM each) Nos: CM. 4; 4J4JJ3; 1175x3; fciaojls; *****7; 4382</»; o->y»*o; I 3. 18* Vox; 5368«.3.
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    MEL BROWN DUE NEXT MONDAY
    185 16 "VI Ki. BROWN, the American negro light-heavy weight, who will fight Fijian Ught-heavy-v/eight champion, Isimell Radrodro. at the Happy World arena on Dec. 26. will arrive In Slngaprre by Kfe from London on Monday. Promoter Nene received a cable from Brown's manager, Harry Sheppard. yesterday
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    CUP REPLAYS
    41 16 LONDON. Wed. ■p A. Cup second round replays today resulted: Chesterfield 2. Shrewsbury T. 4; Ip '.Ah T. 5. Bradford C. 1; Millv.ali 4. Barrow 1; Watford 1. W.Uthanistow A. 2 (after extM timt); Finchley 3. Crystal Palace 1
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    101 16 \I sritM.lA— lST INNS. JIM t. AtKM'A— ISI. INN-- .'!l AISTKALJA— -JND. INN> sot ih \raic.A— sni) inn MrGlcw C !J:,,U ill WasU ,t F— atl 1 b I. Johnson nifji Ik* Lin.|>..;l I u.n.lun r l.anjliv b John .lon Mcl.e.n k Uniiwall f'tat-rthjin b Johnston Watklni hit »kt
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    119 16 PENANG, Wed. t COMBINED Chilians" XV to play Combined Services in (he annual rugger game at Penang on Dec. 20, was announced here today. The venue of the match is Western Road ground. The team comprises six players from Selai>gor, five from Singapore, two from Penang and
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    AUSTRALIA WIN-IN SILENCE
    219 16  - AUSTRALIA WIN- IN SILENCE JACK FINGLETi From BRISBANE Wi A STORM of silence grt the Australians toda they left the field i winning the first match against South A here. But spectators cheered \v whenever the South 1 cans made runs and t was general gloom v. the final South
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      224 16 CLASSIFIED ADS MISCELLANEOUS AMERICAN Gowns Just arrived for all occasions from *29 Alta's Gown Shop. Adelphl Hotel Grill Entrance. "XMAS SALE" Adrian's Cane Furniture Co., Office will be open from 8.30 ajn to 5.30 pjn. except Sundays until 24th Dec. AMERICAN NY lON Pleated Skirts lft all Uses and colours
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