The Straits Times, 18 December 1952

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    'VERY GOOD' SAYS SIR GERALD
    389 1 9 bandits killed, he is told as he steps out of Comet THE HIGH COMMISSIONER, General Sir Gerald Templer, flew back by Comet last night from Britain and said triumphantly: "This is a tremendous welcome home present." He had just been told by the Straits
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    It's Christine again
    51 1 "MAN -MADE" GLAMOUR GIRL Christine Jorgensen. ex-GI whose sex was chang ed by Danish doctors, is seen above at a Press conference which she rave in a Copenhagen hotel. She told the conference that she bad rejected a contract offer by a Hollywood film company. A P.
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    Peking agrees
    22 1 COLOMBO. Wed.— Peking has agreed to pay 32d. a pound for Ceylon's rubber under the two countries' long-term pact. UP.
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    Unions will fight Red infiltration
    470 1 PLEDGE ANSWERS WARNING FEDERATION and Singapore trade unionists >esr terday pledged that they would fight to their utmost any threat of Communist infiltration. This followed a warning by the deputy Police Commissioner in charge of the Singapore Special Branch, Mr. A. E. G. Blades, who
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    Perak law student dies in Britain
    54 1 LONDON Wed TNCHE Jamaluddin bin Kulod Udi, 32. an administrative officer of the Perak judicial service, was found dead in a Cardiff hotel room on Sunday. Inche Jemaluddin had been in ill health for some time. His death is believed to havp been caused
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    Our Queen, too —Senanayake
    53 1 Our Queen, too Senanayake COLOMBO Wed The Prime Minister. Mr. Dudley Senanayake. said here today that Ceylon recognised Queen Elizabeth II as Queen of Ceylon. "If we are to remain in the Commonwealth we have to recognise the Queen as the Queen of Ceylon." he told a questioner at a
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    56 KILLED
    20 1 MANILA, Wed.— Fifty-six miners were feared dead last night when a tunnel where they were working collapsed —Reuter.
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    2 more shot
    14 1 TAIPEH, Wed— Two more convicted Communist agents were executed here today.UP.
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    The Purcell attack 'is hot chillies' say Malays
    257 1 The Purcell attack 'is hot chillies' say Malays THE Penan g Malay newsx paper Warta Nerara yesterday made a strong attack on Dr. Victor Purcell, honorary adviser to the Malayan Chinese Association and 1947 consultant to the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia. I Warta Negara described Dr. Purcell's criticisms
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    NO DITTO
    26 1 VIENNA. Wttd. President Gottwald of Czechoslovakia said last night his country would never follow Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, who broke with the Russians.— Reuter.
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    TOP AGAIN
    31 1 NEW YORK. Wed. The Duchess of Windsor, for the tenth time, topped the list of best-dressea women in th» world Issued today by the New York Dress Institute. AP
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    Phone call starts new Stone scare
    154 1 LONDON. Wed. JITTERY officials rushed into Westminster Abbey yesterday afternoon, took a quick look and said with relief: "It's still there." "It" was the Coronation Stone sometimes railed the •Stone of D?<tinv or the Stone of Soon which re*U underneath (be throne I on
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    Allies to aid French in Indo-China
    85 1 PARIS, Wed 'THE 14-nation Atlantic Council today promised France material help in her war against the Communist rebels in Indo-China. The Council approved a French resolution tabled after the French Foreign Minister. M. Robert Schuman, yesterday called for allied support. Details of the resolution
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    Nuffield, 75 resigns
    62 1 OXFORD, Wed Lord Nuffleld. Britain's millionaire motor industrialist, today announced his resignation from the directorship of the British Motor Corporation of Morris Motors and of its associated companies. He stated that, although hr is in good health, he is now 75 and that it is "an appropriate
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    40,000 apply
    41 1 LONDON, Wed. About 40.000 former British prisoners of the Japanese and widows of former prisoners have applied for their share of seized Japanese assets in Britain, Mr. Derick Heathcoat Amory. Minister of Pensions, said in the House of Commons.—Reuter
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    Nehru's 'No'
    21 1 NEW DELHI, Wed. Mr. Nehru today rejected Communist demands for Indian recognition of the Vletmlnh Government In Indo-China AP.
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    SUPERFORTS STRIKE
    83 1 Bombs fall through cloud TOKYO. Wednesday. SUPERFORTRESSES flew through 100 m.p.h. winds last night to nit Communist targets with electronically aimed bombs dropped through heavy cloud. Ie Par East Air Force the weather was the opposition to the Superattacks on Aechort and ktong. ht flak and one unldentype
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    Comet does 658 m.p.h.
    55 1 TOKYO, Wed. Comet Jetliner, now in Japan for a series of tests, set up a new record of 658 miles per hour, (ground speed) on its way from Fukuoka, in southern Japan, to Tokyo. The speed was maintained for more than 30 minutes with the aid
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    $50 MIL. PLAN TO GROW FOOD IN SINGAPORE
    177 1 rpHE Singapore Government may embark on a $50,000,000 grow-more-food plan on what is at present swamp land The Government has been asked by the Public Works Committee "to keep in view" a commitment up to this extent for reclaiming about 17 square
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    Tito breaks with Vatican
    15 1 BELGRADE, Wed—Yugoslavia today broke off diplomatic relations with the Vatican.— Reuter.
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    Dressing down
    27 1 CAIRO, Wed. The ceremonial dress worn by the Egyptian diplomatic corps has been abandoned. Now diplomats will appear at state functions In ordinary dreas. A.P.
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    Comet crash— captain blamed
    38 1 Comet crash captain blamed LONDON, Wed. A Government report today blamed the captain of a Comet jet airliner for an accident In which the plane crashed just after taking off from Ciamplno Airport, Rome on Oct. 26— Reuter
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    Raja Uda
    31 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. The Mentri Besar of Selangor, Raja Uda, is expected to take over the post of Malayan Commissioner in London in July next year.
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    BUS TOUR
    17 1 Ninety-nine passengers from the Willem Ruys went on a conducted bus tour of Singapore yesterday.
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    S'pore 5-year plan details
    283 1 S'pore 5-year plan details THE Singapore Governi merit's $112,000,000 five-year building and development plan was officially published this morning. It co-ordinates the capital expenditure of the Education and Medical Plans, aj,d defence and other general projects, the 1953 budgetary provisions for which have already been approved. The Public Works Deportment
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    Arrest at palace
    58 1 LONDON. Wed. A man broke through the elaborate police precautions round Buckingham Palace during I the night and was arrested inside the grounds. The man, a 27-year-old vagrant, was spotted by a watch dog almost as soon as he had dropped over the north wall. The dog
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      240 2 NOTICES i NOTICE THE JERAM KUANTAN RUBBER ESTATE, LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) LOST BHARE CEKTIFICATE S In the notice published on 17.12.52 which advertised the loss of share certificate/ s belonging to the estate of OIAM TONO BOON (deceased), the date of issue of the original certificate s should have
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    $300-m. TO END OIL DISPUTE
    273 3 U.S. loan if Britain and Persia submit to arbitration WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE United States is reported to be willing to advance up to US$100 million (M$300 million) to the Persian Government to meet pressing financial problems and get Persia's oil flowing again. But this would
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    Lattimore indicted by U.S. grand jury
    140 3 Lattimore indicted by U.S. grand jury WASHINGTON, Wed. A FEDERAL frand jury today indicted Far F.ast expert Owen Lattimore on s«*ven counts of perjury. The indictment accused Lattimore of lying before a Senate internal security sub-committee last winter. It was returned before United States District Judge I el ward Curran.
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    Goering's car
    28 3 LONDON Wed. -Goerlng's j biu bullet-proof car was sold i at an auction yesterdny to a nuitor dealer whose hobby is c ilitvting famous cars— A.P.
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    Red protest
    44 3 HONG KONG, Wed.—Peking Radio announced today that General Nam 11, chief Communist delegate to the Korean armistice talks, had lodged a protest with the United Nations Command against the killing of 82 and the wounding of 120 prisoners on Dec. 14. Reuter.
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    SPIED FOR RUSSIA AND U.S. —Jap claims
    127 3 SPIED FOR RUSSIA AND U.S. Jap claims TOKYO, Wed. THE Foreign Office disclosed < on Tuesday that police are working on an international spy case which, the Japanese Press said, involved an official of the Russian mission in Tokyo. Police have made one arrest, but the Foreign Office in Japan
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    Only an hour to wait
    64 3 SYDNEY. Wed— Mr. Justice Toose in the Divorce Court granted a decree to a woman ordered it to be made absolute within an hour instead of the usual six months and said she could re-marry at once instead of waiting another 14 days. The woman
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    Telephone now
    14 3 TEHERAN. Wed.— The Peresian Parliament yesterday nationalised the Iranian General Telephone Company.—AP.
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    JUST ONE WORD
    123 3 and peace, Russia told LONDON. Wednesday LEADERS of 350.000 British trade unionists last night told the Russian Ambassador in London that "a word from the Communist countries" could end hostilities in Korea. The executive council of the Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workmen 1 told Mr.
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    He put his foot in it
    53 3 SYDNEY. Wed. A man who tried on a pair of shoes In a city store here walked out with them without paying. Next day he returned, complained they were both for the right foot, and demanded a new pair. He was arrested and charged
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    Low joins the Guardian
    38 3 MANCHESTER. Wed. Famous cartoonist David Low will join the staff of the Manchester Guardian on Feb. 1. it was announced yesterday. Low ends a three-year contract with the Dally Herald on Jan 31.— A.P.
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    Riots follow the death of a Gandhi disciple
    127 3 MADRAS. Wed. POLITICAL tension tripped Madras yesterday after the death by fasting of a disciple of the late Mohandas K. Gandhi over the refusal of the Indian Government to create a new Southern State on language lines. Police were alerted as Reds
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    She battled the Mau Mau
    63 3 THE DETERMINED-LOOKING woman cleaing her rifle above is Mrs. D. Webb, a widow, who took part in a gun-battle with members of the Mau Mau Society on her farm in Kenya. Thirteen armed members of the anti-white society were captured. Mrs. Webb, who lives alone,
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    FOOD SUPPLY IS 'GROWING WORSE
    154 3 Population exceeds output LITTLE ROCK. Wednesday. THE world food supply picture is not only darker than it was before World War 11, but "gradually worsening" as population gains outrun production increases, a top Agriculture Department official reported today. i Mr. John Haggerty. director of the
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    18 detained
    27 3 CASABLANCA. Wed. About 400 police and troops yesterday raided the Carrieres Centrales area of Casablanca where disturbances occurred last week, and detained 18 Moroccans —Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    277 3 LONDON. Wed DUSINESS on the London Stock Exchange began slowly today. but later a better tone became evident. Some quarters also reported a slight Increase In trading volume. Exception to these conditions were gill edged and oils. Clocioi oricu vi .crfctea •lucii mtn.— LOAMS Con»oli MJ Fundlai 4%
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    LONDON TIN PRICE
    27 3 LONDON. Dec. 17— Cash Buyers £944; Sellers 944 Forward Buyers £941>,>; Sellers £942; Settlement £944 (up £4). Turnover a.m. 90 tons; p.m. 65 tons.
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    U.K. RUBBER
    39 3 LONDON. Dec 17,— apot 25*4 d Jan. 25d. Feb. 24^ d.. March J4 ,d Jan. -Mar. 25d Apr. -June 24>?d.. Dec. c.l.f. 243. d.. j an c .i.t. 24 \d.. Jan-Mar, elf. 24Hd. Mark-! Steady at decline.
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    461 4 The 10-year-old boy who heard a call from heaven IN a Paris suburb 4() years ac«. a It-year-old boy heard what he describes as "a call from heaven." Fifteen years later he was ordained a priest of the Catholic Church. Yesterday in a Singapore church the
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    First swim —drowned
    56 4 First swim drowned Urn Szp Yuan. 16. a schoolboy, drowned In five feet of water when he first attempted to srwlm in the sea. Inspector Clement de Souza told the Singapore Coroner. Mr Giam Chong Hing. at the inquest yesterday. The body was later recovered 25 feet from th c
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    Kiwis will hold dance
    36 4 The Kiwi Members' League, Singapore, will hold a Christmas dance at Raffles Hotel tomorrow night. Tickets are obtainable from committee members of the League. Tickets will also be sold at the ballroom.
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    He'll tell them all about the Gurkhas
    179 4 He'll tell them all about the Gurkhas BBC. rcportci Rene Cutfort is going; to U II the people of Britain ail about Malaya's Gurkiix-.. Mr. Cutfort 43. who has led a life of adventure, is in Malaya writing a radio feature, "Report on Malaya," which will be broadcast on the
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    Socialists discuss party ills
    61 4 Socialists discuss party ills t SINGAPORE Labour Party committee met last night to discuss the difficulties within the party. Concrete proposals, it was agreed, would be sent withi out delay to the new party councillors. Mr. Francis Thomas, who took the chair, told the Straits Times: "We have good hopes
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    Bandit grave found
    48 4 ALOR STAR, Wed. Security forces, chasing the 15 bandits who ambushed two police vehicles near the Malayan-Siamese border last Sunday, found a dead bandit in a hastily-dug grave today. The grave was located two miles from the scene of the ambush hi the Changloon area.
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    THEIR AIM, $500,000 SCHOOL FOR BLIND
    126 4 SINGAPORE Association for the Blind has asked the Colony Government for about five acres of land to build a proposed $500,000 nursery primary and trade school for the blind, Mr G A P Sutherland, the president, told the Straits Time's yesterday. "We will begin
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    Offer for students
    41 4 The New Zealand Government, as part of its contribution to the technical aid programme. Is offering Asian students In Singapore agricultural scholarships and training awards Scholarships are being ottered for degrees in agricultural science, horticulture and dairy technology
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    S'pore has liquor licence for every 1,000 people
    70 4 rpHE 21 new liquor licences granted this week bring Singapore's total to nearly 1,090 about one to every 1.000 peple. Customs Department officer said yesterday that ferent types, including bar licences. Liquor shop licences <far sale of Chinese types of liquor for
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    All who pass Std V tests will get places in the schools
    329 5 All who pass Std V tests will get places in the schools SPORE EDUCATION HEAD ASSURES: THERE will be places in Singapore secondary schools next year for all students from Government feeder (regional) schools who have passed the Standard Five "common" examinations of the Education Department this year, Mr. R.
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    Defence unit to start training
    221 5 rE first batch of men and women recruited for the Singapore Hospital Reserve —an essential Civil Defence unit— will start training next month at the Singapore General Hospital. Dr. W. E. Hutchinson, assistant Director of Medical Services (Civil Defence) told the Straits Times yesterday that
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    They can stay in S'pore
    45 5 There are between 300 and 400 certificates of residence valid for Singapore, Mr. J. L. J. Haxworth, Controller of Immigration, told a Press conference yesterday. He could not say how many holders of these certificates were at present outside Singapore.
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    He will succeed the Dato
    39 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Inche Abdullah bin Hajl Sulieman, District Officer. Pontian, will succeed Dato Seth bin Haji Said, District Officer, Batu Pahat, when the latter leaves for Johore Bahru to become the State Secretary.
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    Christmas play in Taiping
    42 5 TAIPING, Wed— The Chinese Methodist Church are at present rehearsing a Christmas play which they will stage on Dec. 23. It will also be staged at the new village of Pokok Assam and at the Taiping Boys' School.
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    For London
    33 5 The Russian-owned freighter Timiriazev arrived in Singapore yesterday from Dairen on her wav to London with over 6.000 tons of cargo which Includes linseed, soya beans, hemp seeds and cotton seeds.
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    Treason can mean loss of citizenship
    71 5 Treason can mean loss of citizenship A NATURALISED British subject ran have his certificate of naturalisation cancelled for an offence such as treason, Mr. J. L. J.. Haxworth. Singapore's Controller of Immigration, said yesterday "But the case would have to first go before a judge of the High Court, to
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    600 AND MR. YEO TO GET A HEARING
    153 5 600 AND MR. YEO TO GET A HEARING VEO JIN GUAT, form- er Singapore millionaire match factory owner and businessman, and 600 of his creditors appealed in the Civil Court of Appeal yesterday against the Chief Justice's refusal to approve a composition of 15 per cent. Yeo's total liabilities were
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    CUSTOMS DROP
    98 5 November revenue down $3m, KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Federation's customs and excise revenue in November was the lowest monthly collection this year Figures issued today show that the total revenue during the month was $27,756,490. almost $3 million less than in October There was a general drop on
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    New building for Segamat library
    35 5 SEGAMAT. Wed.— Work on a new building for the Segamat public library costing nearly $16,000. is to start soon. The library is at present housed in a Government department building.
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    20 c bribe: $100
    36 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Kolandi was fined $100 in the Police Court today for offering a bribe of 20 ccn f s to a special constable at the new Vlll if P 1.
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    Too much rice
    37 5 MUAR. Wed.— Wong- Kirn, 69, who had a kati of rice in excess of the quantity entered on the ration card at Beladiusr, Tangkak, was fined til nr live day? 1 gaol at Muar.
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      421 5 SINGAPORE 6.30 a.m. Tamil Music: 6 40 News in Tamil: 6.45 Chinese Music; 7 News in Chinese; 7.05 Malay Music; 7.15 News In Malay: 7.20 English Music; 7.30 News in English: 7.35 Tunes from the Shows: 8 Announcer's Choice: 8.30-9 Music from Latin America: l p.m. Ray Martin Orch.: 1.30
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    HIGHER FEES FOR SCHOOLS LAST STRA W'
    260 6 HIGHER FEES FOR SCHOOLS LAST STRA W' Settlement Councillor says PENANG. Wednesday. DEN AN G leaders today criticised the proposed increase of school fees from Standard Five classes onward in all Government and Govern-ment-aided schools in the Federation. "This is the last straw." Mr. N. Ponnudurai, Settlement Councillor and Chairman
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    No increase in Colony school fees
    93 6 No increase in Colony school fees THFRE will be no increase in school fees for Government or Government aided schools iv the Colony next year, Mr. R E Ince, Singapore's Deputy Director of Education, to<d the Straits Times yesterday. "There has been no thought about it and I have not
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    N.S. Adviser gives them first aid
    189 6 N.S. Adviser gives them first aid SEREMBAN. Wed. THE British Adviser. Negrl Sembilan. Mr. M. C. ff Sheppard, yesterday gave first akl to three men and a girl who had fallen In a car into a ravine after a collision near the 15th milestone. Gemas- Tarn pin Road. Mr Sheppard
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    Her 10-day tour of the State
    59 6 IPOH, Wed Ibu Zaln binte Sulaiman. president of the women's section of UMNO, flew into Ipod today to begin a ten -day tour of the State. She will visit various district branches of the Kaum Ibu throughout Perak, accompanied by Che Khadijah binte Abdul
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    CAUGHT ON HIS FIRST VISIT TO OPIUM DEN
    105 6 CAUGHT ON HIS FIRST VISIT TO OPIUM DEN WANG Ah Row, sS- <■■ year-oW employee of the Singapore Traction Company, had his sentence of one months eaol for fre«j»t nUnj an opium dea varied U a SM fine by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Marray-Ayn-sle>. in tbe Court of Appeal
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    QUIET'BEER UP'OPENS NEW NAAFI CLUB
    125 6 AN orderly "beer up" was held in Singapore yesterday when the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. officially opened the new Britannia Club for the services. Beer and "eats" cold turkey and ham, with trimmings were "on the house," but decorum was the order of tbe
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    Woman on theft charge
    44 6 MUAR, Wed.— A 28-year-old woman, Loh York Lan, was charged at Muar with theft of jewellery, valued at $660. at Jalan Bentayan. She was allowed bail of $750 after she had claimed trial. The case was postponed to Jan. 10.
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    Teach them road rules in school, says Mr. L.
    252 6 PENANG Wed. TRAFFIC rules should be made a subject in annual school examinations, Mr. L. P. l.Moii. chairman of the Penan* brand* of the Automobile Association ol Malaya, told Penan? Rotarnns today. "As children grow older they should, in school hours,
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    ALLIANCE UNITY GOOD AUGURY
    231 6 Victory dinner in Johore JOHORE BAHRU. Wednesday. THE UNITY shown by Malays and Chinese at the recent town council elections augured well for the future of Johore, Mr. Wong Yu Choh, a merchant of Johore Bahru said last night. He was speaking at a dinner given
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    3 men rob shopkeeper
    51 6 BUTTER WORTH. Wed.— Three robbers, one armed a pistol, robbed a Chinese sundry shopkeeper last night of $240 and goods worth $130 at Bumbong Lima on the Kedah -Province Wellesley border The men. believed to be Malays, entered the shop Just as it was about to
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    The bicycle problem
    38 6 IPOH, Wed. The Kinta Town Board which discussed the question of bicycle registration at Its meeting today deferred its decision to a later date. The problem is to be taken up at a higher level.
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    Buddhist chiefs broadcast
    37 6 PENANG. Wed.— Mr. Francis Story, founder and president of the Burma Buddhist World Mission, will talk on "Buddhism and the World Today" over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya. Penang. at 6.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    No attendants: $10
    24 6 KUANTAN, Wed— All bin Salleh and (hoy Kan Tong were each fined $5 at Kuantan for driving their lorries without attendants.
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    Xmas mail arrives
    50 6 rTWE liner Willcm Rujrs has brought Christmas mail -1 in 2.461 bag? and parcels for Singapore. Six postal vans lined up alongside the wharf yesterday and as soon as the mail bags were taken off the ship, they were sorted out and carried away to the G.P.O.
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    Selangor Malays angry at 'insults' in encyclopedia
    254 7 REMARKS CALLED 'A SERIOUS CALUMNY' KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. jyjALAYS in Selangor were angry today over the remarks made against Malays generally in the Oxford Junior Encyclopedia. Most of them said they would support any move to ban from this country that vo'ume of
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    30 7 STSAN EXDRICK. three-year-old daughter of an RAF. sergeant, proudly playing the drum she received at the Christmas party held yesterday in the Station Sergeants' Mess. R.A.F. Changi. Straits Times picture
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    It's lack of foresight, says Lee
    150 7 4 CITY Councillor. Mr. Lee Choon Eng, yesterday charged that due to planners' lack of foresight some ground floor flats of the Singapore Improvement Trust had not been provided with iron bars to prevent thefts and robberies. In a letter to the S.I.T. Estates
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    Lorry man dies after crash
    63 7 BUTTERWORTH. Wed A lorry cenductor, Osman )in Amir, died in Bukit Mertajam Hospital last night from ir. juries received when the lorry, belonging to East Asiatic Co.. crashed into a bridge earlier the same day at the 7th mile. Bukit lengah. Osman was thrown on
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    Straying cattle, goats in Taiping
    51 7 TAIPIN'G W>d.-For allowing nil iat tie t> ray in a pr-) v i;bited area at the Town Board labourers' line Ramalingam was fined $15 in Taiping A wooian Pelaniamah. who admitted that her five goats .v rayed into the Ulu Sapetang police station, was fined
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    Youth fined $200
    42 7 MUA R Wed— A youth, Cheng Kang Leon." was fined S2OO or two months' gaol at Muar for moTlng 45 katis of rlr° a thre- bundles of blici without permit in a fed restricted area at By.kit Kangkar. Tangkak
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    On theft charge
    38 7 SECAMA X- Wed.— An woman, Sivapakiam, claimed tiial in the Se- .mat Court to a charge of theft of a gold chain. Bail of •T)0 was allowed and the v.se was adjourned for a ort-ight.
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    Gala dance
    24 7 TAIPING, Wed— The staff of the General Hospital, Taiping, will hold a gala lance at the Hokkien Hoay Kuan oo Dec. 27.
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    Blackout schedule
    123 7 MHIMMKINS liable lo load ,h, J>s ding today are: lI.U BA.T. U..MI, i. si. Malayan Relr'«.to> Trafalgar St.. \...u.. Kd.. I 1 lung llaiiru NA(o StTi-rl fSf'T! Pjrk N »n»»n "*<• Soob Oil inn. 1.l nrluork and Ka.lorj. it..,-, Valley Kd. KHUnrv Kd. Orchard Kd.. VVUI Devonshire Kd.
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    He inspects Home Guards
    55 7 PENANG. Wed. -Five hundred Home Guards of the Penang north-epsf, rural district were inspected by the Resident Commissioner, Mr. R. P. Bingham, at a parade held this evening. The Home Guards, from Bagan Jermal. Tanjong Tokong. Tar.jone Bungah, Batu Ferringhl and Telok Bahang. gathered at the
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    'Rations' officer is dead
    30 7 IPOH. Wed.— Mr. Wong Peng Wah. rationing officer for Kinta. Batang Padang and Sungel Siput, died at his home in Station Road yesterday. He was 63.
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    Penang wedding
    43 7 TAIPING. Wed. Mr. Chong Thean Leng, of Taiping, and son of Mrs Chong Koo. will marry Miss Ow Yeang Suan Cheng at the Shanghai Hotel, Penang. on Sunday at 1 p.m A reception will be held at the same i lace.
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    Retiring soon
    26 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Mr. J. A P. Oswald, principal of Sentul Methodist Boys' School. Kuala Lumpur, is retiring at the end of the month
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY TO KEEP OPEN LONGER
    120 7 OAFFLES LIBRARY will remain open later in the 1V evenings as soon as the building has been rewired and up-to-date lighting installed, Mr M W F. Tweedie, Director of Raffles Museum and Library, I said yesterday. "Under present conditions It would not be possible
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    What the police officer saw
    49 7 KUANTAN, Wed. A police lieutenant peeped through a hole In the wall of a room In Jabor. Trengganu, and saw Teng Sal Wee smoking chandu. Teng was yesterday bound over by the President. Kuantan Sessions Court for one year In the sum of $200
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    1953 holidays in Johore
    91 7 SEGAMAT. Wed. There will be 15 public holidays in Johore State next year They are; Federation Day (Feb. 1). Chinese New Year <Feb 1415), Easter Sunday (April 5). Awal Puasa (May 15), Queen's birthday (June 4). Harl Raya Puasa (June 14/15). Hari Raya Haji (Aug. 21),
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    ALL IS READY FOR GIANT PARTY
    332 7 More than 2,000 to attend ARRANGEMENTS for the Sunday Times Christmas Tree party one of the bigeest to be held in Singapore were being completed yesterday. More than 2.000 poor children will be at the party I i on Saturday. Watching them will be
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    RADIO MALAYA INEFFICIENT UNO VINDICTIVE,' SAYS MR. RAJ
    162 7 RADIO MALAYA INEFFICIENT UNO VINDICTIVE,' SAYS MR. RAJ \|R C. K. Dasaratha IVI Raj, a Colony Legislative Councillor, yesterday accused Radio .Malaya of being inefficient and vindictive. Of the broadcasts of Ibe Singapore Legislative Council proceedings on Tuesday night, in which Radio Malaya announced that the Council had passed without
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    Husband and wife lived on her wages of sin
    153 7 PENANG. Wed. A FORMER tapper, Lee Ah Tai. separated from her husband by the Emergency, said In court today that she was forced to lead an immoral life and to hand her earnings to a 44-year- Lee was testifying at the
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    59 8 MR. AND MRS. JAMES E. HENRY thanks friends and relatives for the best wishes and the wedding presents. THE family of the late Ng Chee Seng of Joo Chiat Road wish to express their heartfelt thanks to members of the Koon Seng Road Presoytarlan Church, Tong Glap Choo Yew,
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Dec. 18, 1952 Debt To The Duchess
    282 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Dec. 18, 1952 Debt To The Duchess London's loyal tribute to the Duchess of Kent, home again after her arduous tour of the East, is echoed nowhere more warmly than in Malaya. The Duchess expressed her admiration lor the courage and determination of the men
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    Up Go School Fees
    488 8 An increase in school fees in the Federation, other than for primary classes, is an unpleasant and unexpected sequel to last month's Federal Council debate on education. The Government has made a good case for itself. This is the first increase in 25 years. The duality
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    Five Year Plan
    327 8 The Colony's five year schedule for the Public Works Department, published this morning, is an intelligent spread of essential work, the P.W.D. being aided in the first three years by the letting of substantial contracts outside the Department. The programme totals I*ll2 million, of which over $25
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    THE MIDDLE EAST IS FULL OF DANGER
    938 8  - THE MIDDLE EAST IS FULL OF DANGER J. L. HAYS By IRAQ is the latest of the nations between the Levant and the Persian Gulf to undergo a major political upheaval since the second world war. Only Saudi Arabia and the sheikhdoms of the Gulf's western shore have still escaped
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    COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT
    278 8 Krom Our Own C«rrcapon4ent LONDON. ANE thing General Tern" pier has done in Britain he has convinced at least the majority of his tough British audiences that hi." form of collective punishment has been Justified, and has done a lot of good in the Federation One British M.P.
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    Delicate task for Dulles: Japan
    684 8 Delicate task for Dulles: Japan FEW Americans yet realise that a principal tenet of the new Eisenhower foreign policy is already in effect. This first major decision is that of Secretary of State-designate Mr John Foster Dulles to bank on Japan as the United States' most reliable ally In the
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    From a Special Correspondent
    224 8 the Japs fight?)— lf the Japanese are to be scared into moving any faster, naturally it will be the Russians who will do it. Besides the traditional hostility between Japan and Russia, Japanese feel for the first time a real danger of attack on their northernmost
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    On the Margin
    409 8 Son aud son-in-law OF all the forms of adoption practised by the Chinese since ancient times and described by Mr. Homer Cheng in the 1952 Annual of the China Soniety a! Singapore, that which strikes us as most interesting is the one referred to as "less common,
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    NEW SCHEME TO PROTECT RUBBER
    346 9 Streamlining of methods urged by magnate A SCHEME for a pan-Malayan association of rubber trade association to support the Malayan Rubber Export Registration Board and protect the Malayan rubber industry was put before Singapore rubber leaders yesterday by Mr. Heah Joo Seang, Penang rubber magnate.
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    ANOTHER CUT PRICE STALL FOR MRS. EU
    275 9 MRS. ROBERT EU, president of the Singapore Consumers' Association, said yesterday that the association will open its second stall on Saturday in an effort to force down prices, despite vegetable stallholders' protests. "I don't see why the other stallholders should protest to the
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    Their first votes cast to music
    185 9 CHANGLOON. Wed. rthe strains of music played by a Malay concert party, Changloon people went to the polls today in Kedah's first-ever elections. Women carrying babies were among the earliest to ballot. Oldest voter was Lee Seong Kor, 78, a shopkeeper. Polling opened at
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    Govt. man's funeral
    66 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The British Adviser. Negri Sembilan. Mr. M C. If Sheppard, was present at Cheras Road cemetery today at the funeral of Mr. Arthur Nunis. office assistant. Income Tax Department. Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Nunis. who was 48, died yesterday He was formerly secretary of the
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    300 children sang for their tea
    109 9 rREE hundred children sang for their tea yesterday, when members of the Sergeants' Mess. R.A.F.. Changi, gave their annual Christmas party. Sgt. Jock Wilson organised the party, helped by Ft/Sgt. i H. Hunter at the piano, and I Ft/Sgt Tonlln as Father Christmas. Twenty
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    Christmas party for old people
    34 9 The chairman and committee of the Old People's Club of the Singapore British Red Cross Society will hold a Christmas Party for old people this afternoon at Raffles Institution.
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    Office to move
    31 9 The office of the Director ol Medical Services. Singapore, moves to its new home in Palmer Road on Saturday. It will operate from its new headquarters on Monday.
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    Spore student in BBC programme
    34 9 A recording of the first movement of Brahms violin concerto, played by Deryuen. Low. 22-year-old Chinese student from Singapore, was a feature of the BBC's "London Calling Asia" pro-
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    2 accused in car case
    58 9 2 accused in car case Osman bin Omar, also known as Otham bin Hashim and Michael Joseph, was charged in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday with criminal breach of trust of a car belonging to Ong Yeu Kam. Another man, Razak bin Abdul Ohani, was charged with abetting Osman.
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    Superfort can't take off
    38 9 Two of three US. Air Force Superfortresses which arrived this week, on a training flight left Changl airfield, Singapore, yesterday for Clark Field. Manila. The third was unable to take off because of unserriceablllty.
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    Sickness not known here
    61 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Some of the patients at the Kinrara Military Hospital, outside Kuala Lumpur, suffered from diseases not found in Malaya at all. Lt. Col. S. MacKenzie, ofneer-in-charge of the hospital, told Rotarlans today. They included Africans and Fijlans. These diseases were mostly of a
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    500 at concert
    26 9 Five hundred people attended the first annual concert staged by the staff of Singapore General Hospital at Oel Ttong Ham Hall last night.
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    Jeremy thinks it's grand
    86 9 HHHREE-YEAR-OLD Jeremy Haigh thinks it is wonderful. Hands on sta<e, he fazes at the dummy who made merry quips thanks to ventriloquist Mr. J It. Charton Jeremy was one of 200 children who attended Robinsons Christmas party, where were free cakes, sweets, icecream and drinks were
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    NEW ENTRY LAW EXPLAINED
    167 9 Residents won't be excluded THE new Immigration Ordinance is not intended to exclude from Malaya people who live there, Mr. J. L. J. Haxworth. Singapore's Controller of Immigration, told a Press conference yesterday. "When this Ordinance comes into force early in the new yeir." he said,
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    THE 'SPEED MERCHANTS' ARE WARNED
    96 9 SINGAPORE padang round t3 about is not a car racing track, the city's traffic police chief, Mr V E. Minns, h imfd last night. He said the traffic plan was going fine, but asked motorists to slow down at the Stamford Road St. Andrew's Road
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    Womanlured to hotel and robbed
    144 9 Womanlured to hotel and robbed A CHINESE woman physician who set out yesteri day to see a patient was lured to a hotel in Lavender Street and robbed of $54 at the point of a dagger. The doctor was walking along Eu Tong Seng Street when a Chinese on a
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    On $35,000 charge
    40 9 Goh Cheng Swee. aged 34. was accused in Singapore Second Police Court yesterday of cheating his cousin. Koh Chua Kirn Tee. of $35,000. The hearing will be continued on Saturday Ooh s bail of $2,000 was extended.
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    371 lottery prizes
    49 9 IPOH. Wed.— The draw for the Malayan Chinese Association lottery will b< held In Ipoh on Sunday There will be 371 prizes Including 249 consolation prizes Prize money will total $1,499,000 The first prize remains at $400,000. Thr lowest will be the consolation prizes of $1,000
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    Bicycle was unlicensed
    24 9 SEGAMAT. Wed— For riding an unlicensed bicycle in a resettlement new village. Koh Song Huat. 44 was fined $5 at Segamat.
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    5,500 RAISED FOR CRASH DEPENDANTS
    131 9 SINGAPORE Motor Club, through racing motorist Freddie Pope, yesterday gave the Police Commissioner, Mr. Nigel Morris, a cheque for $5,521.55, for the widows and dependants of the three Volunteer Special Constables killed at the club's Gap Road hill-climb on May 11. The money was raised
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    Regent's home is fenced in
    46 9 JOHORE BAHRD. Wed.— The Regent of Johore's home, the Istana Stulang. is being fence in, for security reasons A nine-foot wire mesh fence, similar to tne one which encircles King's House. Kuala Lumpur, is being erected at a cost of $13,700.
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    Women say 'ntf to Govt. pay offer
    155 9 Women say 'ntf to Govt. pay offer K. LUMPUR, Wed. jtfORE than 100 women Government employees at a conference today rejected the Government's offer of new salary scales. The conference, the first, ol Its kind, was attended by representatives of the Malayan Railway Accounting Section, the Postal Servi.vs and the
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    S'pore TB Home officials
    113 9 The following have been elected office-bearers of the Singapore T.B. Home Association. President. Mr. C. W. Lyle; vicepresidenl.s. Messrs. Lim Keng Lim, G. H. Kiat. Ng Seng Choy and Yeo Chan Boon; hon. secretary, Mr. Jee Ah Chian; hon. treasurer, Mr. Sye Hal Tong: committee. Mr.
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      84 9 The weather Weather statistics throughout Malaya yesterday were: Minimum temperature: (7.30 p.m. on Dec. 16 to 7.30 a.m. on Dec 17>, Spore (75 de(?» Penang (69); Kota Bahru (69); Kuala Lumpur (68»; lpon (67j; Kuantan (69). Maximum lemp-Ta-ture: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Dec. 17) S'pnre (86); Penang (87);
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      WHAT OF THE AGED?
      87 11 HURRAH! At least one person, Mr. J' stirc Abbott, had a thought for thr aged during th's ('■•risini.iv season. He ordered six half- bottles of brandy confiscated by the court to be sent to the Srremhan Home for the Aged. Many poor (hildren wl!l have their
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      Architects and the cost of building
      115 11 Architects and the cost of building 1 I DOCTORS and lawyers are p mJ charging just about 3 twice their pre-war fees. But architects are charging nine s times their pre-war fees. a This is because architects 3 base their scale of charge^ y on the pre-war costs. The cost
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      SILENCE ON THE L.C.C. EXAMS
      67 11 I FULLY agree with your correspondent Y.C.T. (December 6» that commercial education has been retarded by the authorities' decision to conduct only one L.C.C. examination each year instead of two. To date, no reply to Y.C.T. has been given by the Education Department, and I
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      TO MINIMISE PUBLIC CORRUPTION If
      460 11 IT may be the case that corruption in Government and City Council Departments cannot be totally eradicated. But corruption could be minimised considerably if the following points were enforced in all Departments: All application forma for passports, birth certificates, permits and licences which require time
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      EXPENSIVE THIRST
      132 11 rE practice of de- >> manding payment for SS drinking water at Kan- >> dang Kerbau Hospital << exists to my certain >> knowledge. I recall' my cookboy's ss consternation at forget- >> ting to take a bottle of <> water one day when I >> was transporting
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      Reputation of Malaya's rubber
      232 11 Reputation of Malaya's rubber «fHEN the three U.S. Super- forts flew over Penang today, I thought they'd called for some No. 1 Sheet It's rather amusing now. aftpr so many people from Malaya have recently visited he U.S.A. the U.K and the Continent to inspect their I own rubber there
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      POLICE SERVICE
      167 11 IF I MAY, I should like to congratulate the Fede- ration Commissioner of Police on a step which should have been taken years ago, and I hope it will be successful, though I doubt it— one knows only too well the abusive man on the beat, and the
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      THANKS TO COL. YOUNG
      87 11 I SHOULD like to thank the Federation's Commissioner of Police, Col. A. E. Young, for "Operation Service". This will surely serve as an eye opener to those members of 1 the Police Force who do not know how to move with the public, especially those who
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      When a poor man dies
      97 11 IT is customary to be respectful to the dead. But I would like to draw attention to what happens to the unfortunate poor *vho die in the State Hospital in Kuala Trengganu. Sometimes they are carried out, and through the street, wrapped in gunny or
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    FORMAL AFTERNOONS
    87 12 Drawing and story by Virginia LJERE are two dresses for formal afternoon or cocktail parties. ON THE LEFT: An unadorned dress in a dramatic colour garnet for instance and of heavy grosgrain silk. The plain V neckline is buttoned diagonally to the waist and over the left hip.
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    WHAT THEY'RE DOING
    456 12 mfirtttumf THIRTY bales of velvet dyed the famous "Coronation red 489" manufactured in Krefeld. have just been dispatched to London. Tnev Wnl be used by British dressmakers ior the dresses anri Court trains they are prepar.ng for the Coronation. Hair AMU3EUM of capillary art was opened rerently
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    Sleep for beauty
    402 12 says JANICE PORTER I NEVER get enough sleep", is the constant complaint of the young mother. "It is no use telting me that Napoleon could manage with three hours. I am not Napoleon and in any case he did not have my two youngsters, or this climate
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    New ways with local flowers
    476 12  - New ways with local flowers GARDENIA By FJ3WERS from the florist in any Malay- 1 an town are usually scarce, not to mention expensive at Christmas, so I suggest planning your party decorations this year on a homeproduced basis with ordinary garden flowers. After all, the essence of Chrbtmas entertaining
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      British rubber estates in Indonesia 'ruined'
      478 13 COMPANY REPORTS REVEAL GROWING DIFFICULTIES THE GROWING difficult'es experienced by British rubber estates in Indonesia is strikingly re.eilcd in a batch of rubber company reports which came to hand this week. Recommendations for 'winding up', complaints of damage to crops and property and the
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      Leaders of business in Malaya
      209 13 .MR. H. F. CLEMENTS, Chairman and Managing Director of William Jacks (Malaya). Ltd.. is also deputy Chairman of Gammon (Malaya), Ltd., and Chairman of the Malayan Livestock Co., and William Jacks (Ceylon), Ltd. Educated in the north of England, where he was born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
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      Sharp rise in world tin production
      172 13 MALAYA, producing 5,552 tons, helped to further a sharp rise in world production of tin metal during October to an estimated level of 15,400 tons, the Tin Survey Group reporUd. The Financial Times said that world production figures for October were the highest to
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      MAN WITH THE MOST DIFFICULT JOB IN S'PORE
      47 13 The man with the most difficult job in Singapore is MR. D. H. TUDOR, comptroller of Income Tax. A chartered accountant, Mr. Tudor has been in Malaya 22 years and needs all his experience to collect an unpopular tax.
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      Jurisdiction in S'pore
      44 13 Baron P. Oalffler d'Hestroy. Belgian Charge d'Affaires in Bangkok, has returned to Slam after a week's visit ta Singapore. Thp Baron holds an exequatur a« Belgian ConsulGeneral in Bangkok and as such has Jurisdiction In the Colony of Singapore. He call-
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      A YEAR TO NEGOTIATE
      253 13 I nited Rubber and Coffee Plantations (***** Ltd.. cot back It. estate after ten yean enforced absence in May 1951, but It took a year's negotiations with the Indonesian authorities before moving in was possible and retrogression and expenditure Increased. A total of 1,700 acres have
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      New director
      23 13 Mr Cecil Douglas Miller of Ashtead. Surrey. En^Sind has joined the directorate of the Mercantile Bank of India. Limited n '-onion
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      Film of safety match tests
      26 13 A film demonstrating tests of Swedish safety matches packed in flreboard containers was shown at the Capitol Theatre ballroom on Tues-
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      'Fantastic'
      43 13 Security measures, including fencing. floodlighting, armoured vehicles, cost Malay United Rubber Estates Ltd. .€22,000 during the year ended March 31 last This (says Mr. J. W. A. Calver, the chairman) is fantastic when it is realised that the gross income of the
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      WOMEN HELP IN TRADE PROMOTION
      100 13 WOMEN HELP IN TRADE PROMOTION TWO WOMEN who are closely associated with tradt- promotion efforts in the Colony MISS K\KH}K\ WAINWRIGHT. Assistant I.K. Trade < ommihwaner in Singapore since IM7. She joined the Board of Trade seven year af«, and k one of six women employed in similar positions throughout
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    RUBBER DOWN TO 83 CTS.
    121 14 Heavy selling results in setback of 5 1/4 cts. By Our Market Correspondent VERY HEAVY selling of rubber stocks on the Singapore market yesterday sent the price down by ">: cents and January first grade finished at 83} cents a lb. At one time the
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    Produce Mart
    77 14 I Singapore Produce Exchange (noon prices): Ccpra, buyers $37 3 a pi- ul fob., sellers $39. Coconut oil: $59 sellers. Pepper down $5 for all grades: Muntok (white) $540; Sarawak t C 535: Lampong (black) $435. Lewis md Peat (closing prices): I I H isiness done In copra
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    Key Australian stocks get stronger support
    206 14 From Our Own (orrrspondrnl MELBOURNE. Wed. JJEMAND for first class Invest I menus was appreciably rtrongpr on me Stock Exchange today and most of the leaders were higher. Trading was of normal volume generally, but key Issues had f noticeably more w-pport. I The
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    STORE SHIPPING
    176 14 CHIPS alongside thr- Singapore Har-, I <9 bour Board godo*n». or expirt'-d there 1 at 7 a.m. today arr> Hllciwa Maru Clvindpara. t 5 Alzongum CP: Olenrov B'7__ Benavon 8/» Ra]il» II: Euryaden .3!4: Relau 15 16: Stanburn 18 Amire Lvken. 19 20 Semf-ivlk N Wa'l No S;
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    TIN: $473| A PICUL
    151 14 SINGAPORE, Wed.— The tin price in Singapore today was $473 75 (unchanged). Closing prices yesterday were in cents per Ib. No. 1 R S.S. Spot loose buyers 83. sellers 83*: No. 1 RS 9 fob In bales Jan. buyers 83-/. sellers 83 No. 2 buyers' 78..
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    Kesangs up by 18 cts.
    162 14 SHARE MARKET DULL, EASIER ALL SECTIONS of the Slnga pore Share Market yest«rda: were dull and easier, the only ex ceptlon being Kesangs, whirl appreciated by 18 cents. Price changes announced by thi Malayan Share Brokers' Assocla tlon were: IM'IMKII Bav.rs Boilers F'd D.»Bfnnrv 3.07
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    Atlas Ice Co.
    47 14 The Atlas Ice Co., Ltd.. wltli works In Singapore. Malacca and Kuala Lumpur, made $133.47* i 17.5 per cent* fcr the ye«r ended Sept. 30. 1952. and a dividend ol 10 per cent Is recommended Liquid assets amounted tc $645,836 ($8 47 per share..
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    32 14 HONO KONO. Wed. FVw market currency exchange ol Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the rinse today as follows: VS%] HKs6o4^ cash HK16.074 (T.T.I HK515.70. One tael of golc! HKS279V
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    SELANGOR ALL BLUES CONFIDENT
    343 15 Tackling must be improved KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. gELANGOR All Blues first match in defence of the All Blues rugger cup which they have won for the past two years will be against Singapore on the Kuala Lumpur padang on Saturday. The side has been well chosen.
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    SEDGMAN LOSES SUPPORT AMONG AUSTRALIANS
    313 15 SEDGMAN LOSES SUPPORT AMONG AUSTRALIANS From JACK FINGLETON SYDNEY. Wednesday. OESENTMENT is growing among Australian tennis officials against Wimbledon champion Frank Sedgman who, it is now considered certain, will turn professional as soon as the Davis Cup challenge round is over at the end of this month. Sedgman himself is
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    Davis Cup tie begins today
    130 15 BYDNBY, Wed. ■171 C SEIXAB and Tony Trabert will represent the United States, and Fausto Gardinl and Gianni Cucelli will play for Italy. |in the singles matches of the inter-zone Davis Cup tie beginning |here tomorrow. The pairings for the doubles, to |be played on
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    Cameronians lose
    41 15 SEOAMAT, Wed. Cameronians were beaten 3-2 by Hashim's XI in a friendly hockey match here yesterday. Kok Bee, Ibrahim and Amoh scored for the winners while both the CamI eronians' goals were hit by I centre forward Sgt. Martlndale.
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    Boys lose to Pahangstate
    107 15 RAUB, Wed. DAHANO state hockey team beat Combined Schools 3-0 here. The schoolboys played gamely in an uphill fight against a seasoned team that Included three North players, but It was chiefly the good goalkeeplng of Loh Ah Kian that saved the schools from a heavier
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    Sugar Ray retires— manager
    267 15 Sugar Ray retires manager PARIS, Wed. CUOAR Ray Robinson will not defend his world middleweight boxing title, according to his manager, Oeorge Gain ford in a telephone call from New York yesterday. Gilbert Benaim, matchmaker at the Ptlais Des Sports here, said he received the call from Mr Gainford. M.
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    K. Raja boys to visit K.L.
    109 15 If OTA Raja Malay School XI, winners of the Singapore Malay Schools soccer competition, will meet Kuala Lumpur Combined Malay School boys team at soccer on the Kampong Baliru ground. Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday. The teams will comprise teenaged boys whose height Is below
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    Rest eleven to meet Europeans
    51 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues— The Rest eleven against Europeans In the annual hockey match on Saturday on the padang will be: T Nadarajah: Chua Eng Cheng, M. Shanmuganathan; C. Mahavadnn, M. Shepherdson. Chua Ebg Chye; Llm Heng Sect, S. Devendran, R. Alagendra, Geoff de Sllva, Mohlnder
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    MALAYA-CEYLON ATHLETIC MEET NOW DEFINITE
    93 15 COLOMBO. Wet]. rpHE mnch-dlacvasjed »nd oftpostponed MaUya-Oylon athletic content hms now become a definite flxtare. At a special merlin* of the committee of the Ceylon Athletic Association it was decided, after ronsalUUon with the Malayan authorities, to fix a date in February. A special snb-commitW
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    HOBBS, SPENCER IN PHOTO-FINISH
    211 15 By EPSOM JEEP WHILE Colin Tulloh is streets ahead in the winning jockeys list with only the four-day Penang race meeting to go he has now 84 winners to his credit there Is a keen tussle for top training honours between Neal Hobbs and Jack Spencer.
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    CEYLON INVITED TO SECOND ASIAN SOCCER TOURNEY
    109 15 CEYLON INVITED TO SECOND ASIAN SOCCER TOURNEY COLOMBO. Wed. pEYLON has been invited to J pwttet|Mte in the second Asian quadrangular soccer tournament to be held in Rangoon in the swond week of October. 1953. it was stated her.! today. The other participants are India, Pakistan and Burma. The Invitation
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    Selangor win schools 'quad'
    408 16 LATE MALACCA RALLY FAILED KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A GOAL in the 42nd minute gave Selangor victory and championship honours in the inter-State combined schools hockey quadrangular tournament at the Victoria Institution this evening. Selangor beat the favourites, Malacca, I—o1 0 in a fast and clean game.
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    Lucky Strike leave H.K.
    110 16 HONG KONG. Wed. Singapore's Lucky Strike Badminton Party gave Hong Kong a final treat last night before leaving for Bangkok today. Ong Poh Llm. in an exhibition game, beat Loong Pan Yap 15-8. 18-13. Ong Poh Lim also partnered Francis Rocarlo of Hong Kong to beat
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    SAFA senior clubs all want votes
    169 16 SAFA senior clubs all want votes DEPRESENTATIVES of several senior and junior soccer clubs affiliated to the Singapore Amateur Football Association met yesterday for the second time this month refarding adequate representation on Ibe s.A.K.A. Council. Representatives of senior teams at the meeting were unanimous that each team In the
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    STORE RUGBY RESULTS
    80 16 Results of friendly rugger matches played In Singapore yesterday were: Naval Base beat Nee Soon by nine points (two tries, one penalty) to three points (one penalty) RE ME beat RE by 13 points (two goals, one penalty) to three points (one try) Changi "A" beat R.A.P.
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    GYMKHANA S. C.
    59 16 The Gymkhana Sports Club soccer team against the Cheru Pushpa Samagam in a friendly game at Farrer Park on Saturday will be chosen from: T. Mahendran. C P. Philip. F. Teddy, 81dek. S. Velu, 9. Reghunathan. Leong Wing Sun. P. Carrol. Ibrahim Fattah. 8. Krishnan, Khalid leapt
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    SAINTS WIN BY A LATE TRY
    465 16 A SOLITARY try, scored by wing-three Donald Longpoetih In the dying seconds of the game, gave St. Andrew's School victory over Bukit Mertajam High School at rugger in Singapore yester- day. The better team won this grand display of fighting nonstop rugger but the
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    28 16 TODAY: High 1048 (10.0); Low 0456 (5 1i and 1743 (0.3). TOMORROW: High 0035 (8.8) and 1130 (10 2); Low 0537 (5 0) and 1826 (0.1).
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    Seletar, Changi fight out draw
    56 16 Despite 25 minutes extra time. Royal Air Force stations, Seletar and Changi, yesterday played out their semi-final hockey mutch In the RA.F (Malaya) inter-unlt competition to a scoreless draw. A feature of the match was the splendid goalkeeplng of Ma'arof, of Seletar. The replay of
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    S.B.A. fixtures
    91 16 The Singapore Badminton Association fixtures for Friday, Saturday and Monday are: FRIDAY, DEC. 19 at 7 p.m. Court No. 3 Senior Inter-Club (semi-final): Marigold B.P. "Yellow" v Flower BP. Umpires: Joe Mi.sjon and Ang Ann Beng Referee: Willie Tan. SATI'RDAT. DEC. 20 at 2.30 p.m. Court No. 3
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    WASHED OUT
    29 16 Due to heavy rain, the friendly hockey match between Singapore Recreation Club and Ceylon Sports Club, scheduled to be played yesterday on the padang, was called off.
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    Negri beat University by only goal
    162 16 Negri beat University by only goal SEREMBAN. Wed. A goal scored two minutes from ■^"•tlme gave the Negri Sembilan Hockey Association a one-nil win over the University touring teum here today. The match produced fast and exciting hockey, with University on top most cf the time, but All bin Yatim
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    SHELL AND SIME DARBY IN FINAL
    48 16 Shell Sports Club and Slme. Darby Sports Club will meet In the final of the Commercial Houses competition in the Singapore Badminton Association championships. Last night Shell S.C. beat 1.C.1. Sports Club 5-0 and Slme Darby S.C. beat Borneo Sports Cub 3-2.
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    Johnson out of Test XI
    135 16 ADELAIDE, Wed. AUSTRALIA'S team for the second cricket Test against South Africa, beginning In Melbourne on Dec. 24, show* one change from that which won the first Test. Jim De Courcy, the New South Wales batsman, replaces lan Johnson. Victoria's off-spin bowler, In the following
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    PENANG RACE ENTRIES
    893 16 PENANG. Wed. A TOTAL of 221 entries— 6o for Class One. 79 for Class Two and 82 for Class Four have been received for the Penang Turf, Club's four-day Christmas-New' Year meeting on Dec. 26 and 27, and Jan. 1 and 3. Highlight of the meeting will
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    SCHEDULE OF RACING
    123 16 SCHEDULE of racing at the Penang meeting Is as follows: FIRST DAT: Class 1. Dlvs 1, 1 and 3— F Dlvs. 1 and 2— One mile. Claw >, Dlvs. 1, 2 and 3 S'-F SECOND DAT: Class 2 Dlvs. 1. 2 and 3— 7 F. Class 4.
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    TEAM TO PLAY SELANGOR 'A'
    56 16 rE Combined Schools team to play against Selangor "A" at hockey on the V.I. ground today is: Pachymuttu (Sel.); Hanif Khan (Sel.); Rengasamy (Mai); Arulrajah (Sel.), Douglas Hay (Spore), Keng Hong (N.S.); Chan Onn Leng (Spore), Ong Cheng Watt (Mai.) James Quek (Spore), Tham Kong
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    Holder taken to 3 sets
    168 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rPHE Selangor women's singles champion. Phua Yoke Chin, was almost beaten in a first round match of the Selangor open badminton championships tonight at the S.B.A. Hall by this year's junior champion Llm Ec Llan of Klang. Phua won 11-8. 9-12, 12-9.
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    Mrs. Clements wins
    24 16 Mrs. Clements won the Island Club December L.G.C. competition with a score of 103—30 73. Miss Relll'- (110 36-74) was runnerup
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    RAFFLES LOSE TO K. G. V.
    266 16 RAFFLES LOSE TO K. G. V. FkISPLAYINO all round superiority, especially In the pack King George th« Fifth School, Seremban, trounced Raffles Institution by 28 points (two goals, five tries, and a penalty) to five points (a goal) at Raffles Institution yesterday. The Georgians would have won by a more
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    Rangers win 5-1
    37 16 Town Rangers beat Royal Artillery Military Corps 5-1 in a 'riendly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers for Rangers were Roberts (3). Mann and Cheow Hock. D. Pitts scored for Royal Military Corps.
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