The Straits Times, 12 November 1953

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    13 1 The Straits Times New**** Kstablished 1845 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1953. 15 CENTS
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    RENDEL GIVES WARNING
    787 1 'Don't lessen this confidence FIGHT important men of Singapore who will play a leading part in revising the Colony's constitution were yesterday warned against 1 lessening confidence in the country's administration and institutions by any changes which they might recommend. The warning came from Sir Geoge Hcndel.
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    FED.SEEKS $336.5 mil. IN LOANS
    346 1 FED. SEEKS $336.5 mil. IN LOANS MA I. A M MPIR. Wrd. THK. KKDKRATION Govern in. Nt plans to raise ptt.gft.tti in loans up to INI and beyond to finance development projects. A Trrasiir> memorandum says that 1 :.ii ii hi will Inraised next year. SI 1)0.000.000 locally and 5.V1.000.000
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    Real weakness of rubber
    38 1 LONDON. Wed— The Financial Times today wrote that tr.r recent weakness in rubber values may, in the opinion of pome traders, be due to increasing United States production <>f oil-extended general purpose synthetic rubber.
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    Labour call
    27 1 LONDON. Wed Ninv Labniir M P..v today a-skeri the British Oovrrnment tn .seek the relca.se of the Roman Catholic Primate of Poland, Cardinal Wyszynskl Ap.
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    Import duties are cut
    380 1 Import duties are cut KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. rE Federation Government tonight announced cuts in import duties on cameras and photographic appliances, electrical household articles, air conditioning, machines, cosmetics and perfumes. At the same time it raised the preferential import tax on brandy by 75 cents ;i gallon or 121 cents
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    New Sarawak Red Cross
    79 1 KUCHING. Wed. -The Governor, Sir Anthony Abell today opened the first headquarters building of the Sarawak branch of the British Red Cross SoCtety, built entirely through 1 thp efforts of its members and generous co-operation of the I public. The Governor paid a tribute to the
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    Less demand for power
    95 1 From Hall Romney LONDON. Wed. rE decline in tin prices has caused a reduced demand for electric power, according to Mr. Hugh Balfour. chairman of Perak River Hydro Electric Power Company. The peak load during the year ended in July was 59.000 kilowatts but, Mr. Balfour
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    Population
    23 1 NEW YORK, Wed. The world has two and a half billion people, say two scientists. Mr. W. S Woytinsky and hi? wife.-A.P.
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    Britain in for King Ibn Saud
    63 1 PAOS on all Singapore Government buildines will be flown at half-mast today as tribute to King Ibn Sand of Saudi of Arabia who died on Tuesday. Queen Elizabeth has order ed flags to be flown at half mast on all government buildinns from 0800
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    Governess for Prince Charles
    46 1 LONDON. Wed Prince Charles, who v.ill be five on Saturday, now iias a soverness to teach him the three R's. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said she is Miss Catherine Peebles, 31. former governess of Prince Michael, son of the Duchess of Kent.
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    Kuching gun salute again
    122 1 Mi mini,. Wed. A GUN due to be fired for the first time since the war at eight o'clock tonicht will revive an old tradition in Kuchins. The custom began during the reign of th, second Rajah. Sir Charles Brookr. Thr gun was a time signal
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    mourning
    52 1 nounced a seven-day mourning for the King. The Premier and Foreign Minister telegraphed condolences to the new King and Crown Prince. Pakistan went into mourning yesterday. Throughout the country, government buildings half-masted their flags. In Karachi, leading citizens and government officials called on the Saudi Arabian embassy to express
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    Unwelcome visitors
    48 1 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. A NUMBER of unwelcome visitors were found at Bukit Serene, the residence of the Sultan >f Johore recently. They were a hordr of white ants They wei-p found underneath the costly carpets. Both the carpets and the floors were found to be damaged.
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    No talks for Malenkov
    40 1 LONDON. Wed. -Tass, the official Soviet news agency, has denied a foreign press report that Mr G. Malenkov, the Soviet prime Minister, contemplated joining the leaders of the Big Three Western powers in a meeting —Reuter.
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    INVITATION
    23 1 LONDON. Wed.— King Gustav Adolf of Sweden has given Sir Winston Churchill an open invitation to visit Stockholm whenever he can. Reuter.
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    World tin talks
    35 1 GENEVA. Wed. Representatives of the world's major tin producing and consuming countries will meet here next Monday to renew their efforts to conclude an international agreement stabilising the world ti.i market.— A.P.
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    ITALY: WE HAVEN'T CUTTRADE
    118 1 ITALY: WE HAVEN'T CUT TRADE BELGRADE. Wed. rE Italian Legation here today described as "com[pMeJy fantastic" Yugoslav alI legations that Italy had cut 'economic relations with VuFgosfcma The legation said: "The Italian ban on exports concerns solely strategic material and is fully Justified considering the military measures taken by Yugoslavia
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    HUNGER RIOTS AGAIN IN RED GERMANY
    86 1 BERLIN. Wednesday. "THE United States High Commission newspaper 1 "Nueu Zeitunß" today reported new hunger demonstrations in the Soviet zone because of a potato famine. The newspaper said most large East German cities have I not received deliveries oi potatoes for weelcs. Housewives in
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    U.N. OBSERVER FOR KASHMIR
    41 1 MAJOR C. N. MCLEAN, of the Royal Australian Artillery, arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qanfas-BOAC Constellation from Sydney on his way to Kashmir as a United Nations military observer. He leaves for India todayj— Straits Times picture.
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    PLANES, BOATS HUNT FOR MISSING VALETTA
    131 1 RAF. aircraft searched 1.000 square miles of sea and jungle near Singapore yesterday in an attempt to loratr an RAF. Valetta transport plane which was reported missing oil the east coast ol Singapore yesterday morning. The plane was engaged on a routine test flight.
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    FEDERATION GETS GRIM WARNING
    203 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A GRIM warning appeared today that unless policies are reviewed, the Federation Government will face the impossible task of trying to maintain services in excess of what the country can afford. This came in the report ofi the Finance Committee of 11 Legislative
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    China asked for rubber
    74 1 JAKARTA. Wed. Indone- i i sia's announcement that she would discuss ribber sales to Communist China came after the Chinese Communist Am- bassador notified the Indone- sian Government that China I was interested in buying between- 2.000 and 3,000 tons a month, it was stater" omciallr
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    Moscow party
    35 1 Mustjuw. wea Lany Hayter. wife of the British Ambassador, and the wivo.s of three British embassy officials were invited to tra with Mrs. P S. Molotov. wife of thr Soviet Foreign Minister, yesterday
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    World's hope
    33 1 TOKYO. Wed. The UN. Commandrr in thr Far East. Gen. Hull, today said that th-> free world's hope of peace lies In its determination to stand firm against any aggressor. U.P.
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    ACCENT IS ON SAVING
    547 1 ACCENT IS ON SAVING I KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. AN ••economy" budget for next year will be placed before the Federal Legislative Council on Nov. 25. Although it has born pruned to rasp pressure on thr country s finances, the budget rails for an expenditure of $826 millions $20 millions more
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    STOP PRESS
    29 1 JAP OIL EXPERTS FOR PERSIA TOKYO, Wed. Jappanesc oil experts expected to co tn Persia in response to Persian request lot assistance in oil Industry development. A.P.
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    INDONESIA WILL OFFER RUBBER & TIN TO RED CHINA
    241 2 INDONESIA WILL OFFER RUBBER TIN TO RED CHINA HONf, KONG, Wednesday. AN official six-man Indonesian trade mission leaving here for Peking tomprrow will disruss with the Chinese Communist Government "possibilities for stimulating and intensifying economic and commercial relations between the two countries." Dr. R. R. A. Asmaocn, head of the
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    C.G. to talk on S.E. Asia
    85 2 The Commissioner-General, j Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. will give a survey of the political situation in South-East Asia at a luncheon meeting r>\ the Singapore Union of Jnurnallsts at the Adelphl Hotel Coral Room at 12.45 p.m on Mon- i day. Mr. Mac Donalds
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    Strong quake
    27 2 NEW YORK. Wed. -A fairly >tmng earthquake in the 1m- eastern part of Rus.mu WM reported by the Fordham University seismologist last night, i Rputer.
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    Indonesian to star in new film
    124 2 Indonesian to star in new film WHEN Raden Mochtar. the Indonesian film star, flew into Singapore yesterday from Jakarta, he had a pleasant surprise. At Kallang airport, instead of being mobbed by fans, he was introduced to local stars from Shaw Brothers' Film I Unit and Kris Productions. Mochtar. 35.
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    25 to go to Britain
    67 2 Singapore Battalion of the I Boys' Brigade will send a contingent of three officers, four J! staff sergeants and 18 boys to the Centenary Camp to be i held at Eton. England, next August. The camp is one of a series ol events planned to
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    FARM JOB FOR EX-MALAYAN Jd
    106 2 FARM JOB FOR EX-MALAYAN J d Lance-Corporal R. D. Rimell, a wireless operator who has sf rvcci in Malaya, will ~^et a famine job when he finishes hi? five-year term with the Army next year. Cpl. Rin-ell. 24 V has been offered a training job and a temporary home by
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    She lays wreath, keeps a promise
    293 2 AT a simple little ceremony at Kranji Cemetery yesterday, an Australian schoolmistress, Miss Ajrnes MacNamara, laid a wreath of Australian wild flowers on the memorial site. The wreath, which arrived hy air the previous evening, had a card attached to it reading: "To our
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    Veterans' groups combine
    102 2 Veterans' groups combine A Burma Korea and Malaya Veterans Association has be*n] formed In Leeds with 200 members. t The new association, with headquarters at the White Horse Hotel is a combination I of Korean and Malayan vete- I rans and the former Burma Associations of Bradford and Leeds The
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    COUNCIL OFFERS LITERACY AID
    207 2 THE 4,000 students of the Malayan Chinese Association (Singapore branch) education section, who had their literacy classes cut short on November 1 because the association was short of money, now have a fresh hope of continuing their studies Professor Frederic Mason president of the Singapore Council
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    Expert advice for couples
    50 2 Singapore branch of the Malayan Christian Council is nviting young couples to neet Dr. Irma Highbaugh. in expert on home planning md marriage problems, for liscussions. Discussion meetings wUI oe leld in the library of the St Andrew's Cathedral at 8 p.m. •vry Friday beginning tomor-
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    Defence call
    18 2 NEW YORK. Wed— Senator Alexander Wiley last night called for a speedup in continental defences. A.P.
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    The boy from Brooklyn
    60 2 YOKOHAMA, Wed— A BrooKlyn boy became Lord Li or Kamorinokami here today took over Yokohama enamour of Commerce, won an escort of three Japanese plri-jp girls and headed a parade across the city. This was because Private Gilbert M Weinsteln was th° 100.000 Korean veteran to
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    Australia watches Japan's build-up
    180 2 CANBERRA. Wednesday. riERE is a "great deal of understandable sensitiveness in Australia about the undue expansion of the Japanese armed forces," said the External Affairs Minister. Richard Casey, in the House of Representatives today. Mr. Casey was replying to Mr. William Bostork (Libera.) who had questioned
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    Paulus 'Red adviser'
    56 2 BERLIN. Wed.— The Northwest German Radio last night said that former Field Marshal Fredrich Paulus had been made military adviser to the East Zone Communist Government. Paulus, captured by the Russians when his 6th Army surrendered at Stalingrad In 1943 returned to the Soviet Zone two weeks
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    Firing practice
    28 2 Firing practices will take place at. B'.akang Matl, Singapore, from 8 a.m to 4.30 p.m. dally from Nov 23 to 27 and December 1 to 4.
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    Labour tells Commission join Singapore and Federation
    205 2 Labour tells Commission join Singapore and Federation AN hour after the Singapore's constitution revision commission was inaugurated yesterday by its chairman, Sir George Rendel, the trouble-racked Labour Party forwarded a memorandum urging the fusion of Singapore and the Federation under one government. So far the Commission has not received any
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    Question of etiquette, he says
    232 2 CHINESE and Westell on replying] to invitations is different, said the chairman of the Punctuality and Austerity Council, Mr. Homer Chens:, yesterday. Hp was fiimmrnfinc on a reader's letter. protesting about negligence of man? Singapore people in replying to invitations hearing thp letters R.S V.P.
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    Don't dabble in politics, unions told
    75 2 KUALA LUMPUR Wed.^ MALAYAN plantation work' ers unions must not dabblr In politics at this stage n they want to builri a strong, efficient and responsible movement. This was stated today by Mr. T S Bavin, representative in South-East Asia of three international trade
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    Labour MP warns of strike in Ma la iia
    190 2 Labour MP warns of strike in Ma la ii a FROM HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Wed. rE "present unrest m;.y lead to a strike in the near future" if the principle of collective bargaining is not established in Malaya, according to the Labour Member of Parliament, Mr. Stanley Awbery. He will
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    Oil found
    39 2 LAGOS, Wed. Oil has been found in the eastern provinces of Nigeria, officials of the Shell D. Arcy Exploration Company said here yesterday. It is too early to say whe-^ ther there is a substantial oilfield— Reuter.
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    Ceylon is puzzled over 3 things
    176 3 Ceylon is puzzled over 3 things COLOMBO. Wed. CEYLON'S Governor-General, Lord Soulbury. has received a note from Sir John Kotelawala, the Prime Minister, explaining why the Ceylon Government has decided not to use the Union Jack or the British National Anthem in future. Sir Johns note said: "Although Ceylon is
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    Magsaysay keeps lead
    57 3 MANILA. Wed. Lastest unofficial fmurr i in the presidential election. show Mr. Ma^saysay leading in 41 provinces and Mr. Quirino leadtnc in ten— one of them by only a 12-vote majority. With approximately onefourth of the total estimated votes cast reported. Mr. Ma~saysay has already almost one
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    Three fashions from the jungle
    118 3 ANEW range of jungle fashions was shown whrn M-O-M, with three fashion houses, held their "Mogambo" fashion show .it London Zoo. All the clothes were inspired by the jungle and animal settings of the nfi film "Mogambo", which was filmed in Africa and is now
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    £200 bicycle
    36 3 LONDON. Wed— A British firm has made a bicycle plate J with 18 carat gold as a birthday present for the son of Jam'indar Das Nundy. a vealthy Indian merchant. It ra<=t £200— A.P.
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    Call to Congress
    26 3 NEW YORK. Wed. Mr. Herbert Brownell. the Attorney General, yesterday said that he proposed to ask Con-err-s to legalise "wire tapped" evidence. -Reuter
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    TOO BUSY
    29 3 LONDON. Wed— Sir Winston Churchill will be unable to visit Stockholm on December 10 to receive his Nobel Prize for literature because he is too busy. Reuter.
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    EISENHOWER AGAINST TRUMAN SUBPOENA
    137 3 WASHINGTON. Wed Prc\si- j dent Eisenhower said today that he was personally op; to the subopenaing of t> President Truman to answer questions on the Har.y Dexter White ca.se. Questioned at his weekly press conference about Re- 1 publican charges that exPresident Truman had knowingly harboured
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    Ship freed
    36 3 HONG KONG. Wed. The 1.772-ton British freighter Inchulva today radioed that she has been released after overn*pht detention by an uniden- j tified cunboat off Wenchow Bay. 180 miles south of Shanghai.— Reuter. i
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    JSew U.S. envoy
    16 3 WASHINGTON. Wed— Mr. U Alexis Johnson will be the US. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia.—A.P.
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    Rice deal
    15 3 KARACHI. Wed.- Japan la to buy 30.000 tons of Pakistan ricr. U.P I
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    RETIRES
    15 3 LONDON, Wed— Gen Sir Brian Robertson, aged 57 has retired from the Army.— UP.
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    RUSSIA DROPS HER DEMAND ON ARMY CUTS
    211 3 RUSSIA DROPS HER DEMAND ON ARMY CUTS NEW YORK, Wednesday. I>t SSIA last night dropped the demand for a one- third reduction in the armed forces of the yrc.it powers in amendments she submittrd to a 14-power resolution on disarmament now before the I.N. Political Committee Two amendments asked the
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    MALAYA SEEKS NEW AID
    187 3 MALAYA SEEKS NEW AID LONDON, Wed. BRITISH Government officials yesterday discuss <d how be.st to help Malaya I and Kenya territories in financa! difficulty. Both want a loan or outright •rift to bolster up their threatened economies. Together the sims will run into many million pounds. Malaya, in the sixth
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    Britain to send oil mission
    72 3 LONDON. Wed.— Britain will send a trade mission of prominent businessmen to Middle East countries producing oil this month. Mr. D Heathcote. Amory. of the Board of Trade, said the delegation would not visit Persia and Israel Sir Edward Benthall Vtfl lead the businessmen, who
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    All a mistake, says Japan
    41 3 WASHINGTON. Wed.-Kl chisaburo Nomura, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States when Japan attacked Pearl Harbour, yesterday sa."l: "Japan's efforts to dominate China brought war between our two countries, and it wa> ail a mistake. A.P
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    Egg thrown in the Commons
    112 3 Egg thrown in the Commons LONDON. Wed. A CONSERVATIVE M P. Sir Herbert Williams, threw an eui? at the Opposition in the House of Commons last nisht. He later said he did not realise it was a real epg, but thought it was a china one. The egg fell short
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    Queen sees new play
    46 3 LONDON. Wed—The Queen accompanied by Princess Margaret, paid an informal visit tpnisht to London's Lyric Theatre to see T. S. Eliot's new play 'The Confidential Clerks." With a party of six. they sat in the front row of the dress circle— Reuter.
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    Salvage hopes
    34 3 ISTANBUL. Wed.-A spokesman for the Turkish Maritime Bank last night said that hope v. aj» .still held out for salvaging the 9,400-ton Swedish tanker Aida which ran aground on F Monday.— A.P.
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    Inquiry soon
    27 3 REDWOOD CITY. Califorr.ia wed. An inquiry into the crush of a British Commonwealth Pacific airliner that killed 19 people is to be held soon —A.P.
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    Earth tremor
    25 3 BUKAVU. Belgian Congo, Wed.— An earth tremor lasting I several seconds has been felt I here, but no damage Is re--1 ported Reuter.
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    Transport cut
    24 3 KARACHI, Wed— Pakistan.! which takes only 7.000 new cars; lorries and buses annually. plans to reduce imports to save foreign exchange.— A.P
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    Capital quiet
    19 3 LA PAZ. Wed— The Bolivian I capital was quiet yesterday I after the abortive revolt i -A.P.
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    In Japan ,
    18 3 In Japan TOKYO. Wed. M. Daniel Levy. France's new Ambassa- i dor to Japan, has arrived here, 't
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    EARNING HER KEEP
    44 3 KOMI Bristol /."<' clppliant. earns her kn-p most of the year. After giving rides to thousands of children during the summer, she helps the zoo to prepare for winter Here she is helping a keeper to collect seats for storage. Reuter picture.
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    Reds banned
    19 3 HAVANA. Wed— Cuba has banned all orgar Nations which support the act /itles of international Communism. Reuter.
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    German toys
    22 3 NEW YORK. Wed— More than 1.000.000 German toys will be under American Christmas trees this year, according to importers. A.P.
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    NEW BRITISH MOVE ON ATOM
    138 3 LONDON, Wed. BRITAIN will hand over control of atomic energy on January 1 to a new organisation to be run on industrial lines, the Government announced yesterday. An official report named I Lord Salisbury, whe is Lord I President of the Council, as the Cabinet
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    LONDON STOCKS
    302 3 LONDON. Wed. YESTERDAY'S Improvements in the London Stock markets were bettered with the «tart of the new account today and practically all sections showed higher prlcts. There was only moderate actlvlt\ In Par Easterns, however. Small support was itivrn to teas while amonfc oils Burma's moved iup and
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 LONDON. Nov. 11. Cash Buyers t620; Sellers £622' Forward Buyers 610 Sellers £612: Settlement £621 (up £6). Turnover a.m. 20 tons; p.m. 5.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    31 3 LONDON. Nov. n. —Spot lfi\ri Doc. lfiSid.. Jan -Mar. 16". d.. AprJune 17d.. July Sept. ]"'»d, Nov. r'. i. lfi\d Dec. cif 1H .d.. Jan. c.l.f. lfi",d. Tone: Steady.
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    ALARM OVER SCHOOL COSTS
    244 4 New system of rates suggested KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Budget Finance Committee of the Federation urges re-examination of the present education policy in the light of falling revenue. In its report, it suggests the introduction of "a realistic system of education rates" in those areas where
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    Gaol for a year for negligence
    154 4 Gaol for a year for negligence A 27-YEAR-OLD motorist. Lian bin Abbas was yesterday sentenced in a Singapore Traffic Court to one year's imprisonment and disqualified from driving for five years for negligent driving resulting in the death of four people. Abbas pleaded guilty to negligently driving a car which
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    Police transfer
    32 4 MERSING. Wed -Inspector A. S. Nathan. Crime Officer. Mersing. has been transferred to Muar. His place at Mersing has been taken by Inche Tik bin Orrar. Chief Inspector, from Sogamat.
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    SHOULD NOT SHUT, THEY SAY
    161 4 KU/VLA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Limb Fitting Centre here should remain open for another year instead of being closed as a measure of econo-, my, says the Finance Committee, examining the Federation budget for 1954. Its nstimated total cast was $100,000. Half mifrht be recovered from
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    Posted to clinic
    25 4 SITIAWAN. Wed.— M ia A Alma Briksen, who recently returned from America, tiu been poster! to the Methodist Mission Clinic in Sitiawan.
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    Scout course
    23 4 IPOH. Wed. Group Scoutmasters from throughout the Federation will attend a twoday course this week-end in Ipoh at the State headquarters.
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    Wins appeal against opium sen tence
    158 4 Wins appeal against opium sen tence TAN Peng Heng who appealed against a lower court conviction and sentence of 20 months" gaol on a charge of possessing 24 lb. of raw opium, wns cleared of the nffeiire in the Singapore High Court yesterday. i The acting Chief Justice. Mr. 1
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    Seremban Town Council meeting
    52 4 SEREMBAN. Wed. The second meeting of the Seremban Town Council will be heir! tomorrow morning. It will confirm the minutes of the first meeting on Oct. 17 and nominate members to thr various committees. It will also consider the rates for 1954 assessment and increases on
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    Teacher to wed
    57 4 TAIPING, Wed- Miss Chan Kam Yuen, a teacher of Lady Teacher Girls' School, Taiplng. and eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chan Ah Chiew. will be married to Mr. Lee-Tan Khik Seng at the Weslev Church. Taiping, on November 28 at 3 p.m. A reception ".ill be
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    Elocution test
    27 4 TAIPING. Wed The Hua I.ian Hich School will hold its annual elocution contest ir. English at its new btiildins in Temple Street on November 20.
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    Prohibited
    26 4 SEGAMAT. Wed. -As, the result of an order made by the Mcntri Bcsar. the movement of cows from Johore to any other state is prohibited.
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    Chinese holiday
    28 4 IPOH. Wed.— Chinese shops offices and schools In Perak will close tomorrow to commemorate tre birthday anniversary of Dr. Sun Vat-sen. founder of the Chinese Republic.
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    'Crisis' bill now under one head ESTIMATES FOR 1954
    268 4 'Crisis' bill now under one head ESTIMATES FOR 1954 Xl ALA LI'MPUR. Wednesday. AN INTERESTING insight into what forms "Emergency" expenditure is given in the draft estimates for the Federation next year which were published today. A new head of expenditure for everything directly connected with the Emergency appears for
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    TAKING OATH OF NATURALISATION
    75 4 MR. P. C. Peralta. a Singapore Filipino leader, who received his British naturalisation certificate yesterday, shown taking the oath of allegiance in the District Court. Onre railed unofficial Philippines Consul in Singapore, he has lived here since 1936. His two children, a 17--year-old boy and an
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    They'll discuss Padang traffic
    49 4 Singapore City Councils Vehicles and Traffic Committee will today consider wJ^ether the Padang one-way traffic scheme should be made permanent. It will also consider an application from the Singapore Hire Car Association to extend the dat« of fixing taximeters from Jan 31 to June 30.
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    Sun's anniversary
    29 4 Chitie.se schools and newspaper offices in Singapore have a holiday today to celebrate the 91st birthday anniversary of Dr. Sun Vat Sen. father of the Chinese Republic.
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    71 VOICES IN HARMONY
    95 4 YET ANOTHKK new group has been formed in Singapore's music circle the Lee Howe Choral Societ> whose members, according to the organiser, Madame Lee Howe, wellknown music teacher, meet 'to sing: because they find that music is the best expression of beauty, of the harmony of
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    VEGETABLE PRICES IN SINGAPORE
    103 4 Retail prices in cents pet kati of vegetables at three Singapore markets yesterday were: Celery Chye Mm Kans km.;; Lettuce Pen chy Sprir.g Onion* Anglrd loofah Bitter sourd Cucumber Long hearts French beaiii Brinjal green Brinjal purple Chillier green Chillies red Sweet potato Taptoca nrj. ii
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    2 gag, rob watchman
    94 4 IPOH, Wed— After tying up their victim with electric wire flex, two Malays, one said to have been armed with a long parang, last night robbed a watchman of $190 in cash at I disused mine on the outskirts of Ipoh. The Malays who claimed to
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    Islamic culture
    47 4 TAIPING. Wed A lalK sponsored by the Larut and Matang; branch of the Maia van Historical Society will be given by Inche Ismail bin Sutan. a teache' of the Klr<; Edward VI I School on Friday at 7.30. It is entitled "Malays and Islamic Culture
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    Eight Perak men get scouting awards
    192 4 IPOH. Wednesday. EIGHT Perak residents have become the first in the State during the post-war period to receive awards from the imperial headquarters in London of the Boy Scout movement. The awards, for meritorious services over seven years, were announced here today. Two of
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      308 4 SINGAPORE 5 Programmes in Chinese; 6.15 'Children; 6.45 Music; 7 News; 7.15 7.15 Morning Star 730 News- 735 Voices in Harmony; 7.30 Radio Melody Mixture: 8 Bernard Mon- Malaya String Ensemble: 745 Rhin 8.30 Malay Housewives' Malayan Magazine: 8.15 Rawlcz ;>nd Corner; 8.57 Schools; 9.45 Close Landauer: 8.30 Ang Pow
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    Colony gets an assurance of quality Indian textiles
    182 5 rE less scrupulous elements in the Indian textile trade are dying out and Singapore can look forward to goods of high quality and finish. Mr. Morarji J. Vaidya, leader of the industrial delegation now visiting the Colony, assured a meeting of the
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    Married man: First
    430 5 loyalty is to my father (CONTESTING a maintenance suit yesterday, a Singapore merchant, Goei Siang Thiam, 27, said that his fisrt loyalty was to his father and that disobedience would leave him without a legacy. Goei. who said he came from a conservative home and was married,
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    Parkingwill be even harder
    158 5 SINGAPORE motorists will have more parking troubles if the City Council implements its scheme to mark pitches for hawkers. The Police have told the council that it would then be necessary to prohibit parking in the areas marked. A council sub-committee recommended that representatives of the
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    RULING ON RENTS SOUGHT
    303 5 RULING ON RENTS SOUGHT JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. fHE Town Council, con--1 sidering an application to summons a landlord for giving an alleged false rent return, has decided, that no prosecution be I taken. The Council was told that the owner had rented the house for $80 to a man who
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    Fined $160 for false report
    44 5 SEGAMAT. Wed— A 44-year-old milk seller. Arthimulam. was fined $160 or a month in gaol, here for making a false report against a Town Board inspector. He was alleged to have told police that the inspector snatched his purse.
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    A documentary film maker's troubles
    129 5 A documentary film maker's troubles MR Brian Salt, guest producer of the Malayan Film Unit yesterday spoke to Singapore Rotarians on problems of a documentary film producer. He -said one problem was to watch for mistakes which often appeared in finished films. A common mistake was lack of continuity in
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    Council gets 700 cheques a day
    171 5 rIE Singapore City Treasurer's cash section, which banks the City Council's income and pays salaries and wages, received 700 cheques a day last year and prepared monthly pay packets of more than 52. 260,000, says the City Treasurer, Mr. J. R. Hill, in ,i
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    Woof, wool* to rontinue
    41 5 ATEST news which dog La owners will welcome is that the City Council is not to try to control barking dogs. A suggestion that bylaws should be introduced to control barking was rejected by the health committee.
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    COURT'S TIME WASTED
    119 5 COURT'S TIME WASTED H. A. FORRER, the Singapore Third Police Magistrate, yesterday said that the time of his court had been wasted when he dismissed a maintenance suit against Cheng Guan Seng. Sim Ah Huay. Cheng's wife, said that she was not claiming for maintenance but for a separation order.
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    14 fasting at K.L. temple
    38 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— Fourteen Hindus are undergoing a six-day fast, "kantha sasti," at the temple in Scott Road. Kuala Lumpur. Religious ceremonies will be held tomorrow, Friday and Saturday, starting at 5.30 p.m.
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    'Sakuntala' show for charity
    39 5 The Singapore Fine Arts Society will stage the English version of the classical Indian drama. "Sakuntada." at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday in aid of charity. A few tickets will be sold at the counter
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      301 5 THE SINGAPORE DIARY Singapore City tasoriatton: Public Shell Theatrelte: Free film show Am The Resurrection and the Life." i lecture on 'Local Government— RacinK Champs (colour) —at Y.W.C.A.: English class 930 amwhat It does by Mr. Keith Payne. Collyer Quay. 115 p.m. Indian dance 515 p.m.; Week oi Education Officer
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    34 6 211 Mori* $10 (minimum) THK Fanulv of the late Mrs. Gon Kent; Hock thank all relatives and lnends who attended her funeral, sent wreaths, letters of condolence find rendered assistance at her fimnrsl
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    180 6 20 H'orrfx fin (minimum) LLOYD IRIF: UNO Tlir new ■er hook int ofTirr Is now situated nn tiie 3rd Moor MacDor.ild House. Orchard Rd., Singapore. MARJORIF," Ladles hairdresser of 260 Orchard R«ari, lakes pleasure In announcing her return from London. For appointments please Phone 22")H2. ADVICE resarciinp, MorUiage Canrellation,
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      1272 6 Any sense of relief that the Federation has weathered the financial stress of 1953 with reasonable credit is not likely to survive the shock of the 1954 estimates, made public last night. The Federal Government is budgetting for a $222.4 million deficit. This year's deficit is now estimated
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    What Malaya is doing about T.B. problem
    2089 6  -  an officer of the Federation Medical Department By 'TUBERCULOSIS is a killer the world over. In most countries it is Killer No. 1. In Malaya it accounts for more deaths than any other single disease. Every year about 3.000 are known to die
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    503 6 A famous flntf I SUPPOSE that the Urion Jack which was carried oul to the enemy when Sin capon surrendered, and hoisted again on the Fadang when Singapoiv was liberated is one of the most famous flags in the world. After the fall of the city thi Japanese
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      153 6 THE little verse on "expatriates" by L.A.D published in the Straits Times, amused me. The word, as now used, is bad on three counts: (1) It Ls grammatically wrong. "Expatriate" Ls a transitive verb, not a noun. i2> Its original meaning has been distorted, so that what was
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      213 6 Blast and Counterblast The inside of a blast furnace deteriorates with use and every three to five years the refractory material with which it is lined has to be renewed. First, the furnace must be allowed to cool, then the old lining —up to I, (XX) tons of it must
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    federation ends 1953 with $146,088,205 deficit
    488 7 federation ends 1953 with $146,088,205 deficit KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Federation ends this year with an anticipated deficit of $146,088,205 and faces an estimated deficit next year of $222,456,792. Revised revenue for this year totals $566,313,755 and is estimated at $514,612,100 next year. Revised expenditure for this year is $804,755,420
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    Items of revenue
    136 7 Taxation will bring 5456.025.000 in 1954. The main items of this revenue are: 1954 1953 Customs duties S311.815.000 S319.905.000 Income tax SllO.000,000 S155.000.000 Motor la \it ion 520,800.000 SI 6,7 50 000 Telecommunications S19.500.000 S17.7OO.OOO Postal services $10,150,000 S10 350,000 Interest on investments S7.385.500 S9.411.300 Betting and
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    NO RICE SUBSIDY IN 1954
    116 7 KHAI.A H'MPIR. We* rpHKRF. is no government -I subsidy for rice next year. This i* rrvraled in the Finance Committee's report on next year's budget. Thr subsidy for padi fertiliser is mrrrly token because after two years' experiments, benefits from the use of fertiliser should
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    Gunong Sayang officials
    83 7 Offlre bearers of the Gunons Sayang; Association ».Ai San Knng Huay). Singapore. arePatrons- Messrs. Lim Kirn Lee, Tan I^oon Slang and Ar.tlv>ny P. K. Wee; president, Mr Ong Soo Bin; vice-presi-dents, Messrs. T. K. Ten-. Tan H<>nd Kirn and Tan Boon Souk secretary, Mr. Say Ah Bens
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    MURDER CHARGE
    50 7 Lim Tua Tee was in Singapore yesterday tentatively charged with the murder of Ong Mvi Heng alias Ah Eng on Sunday. Ong, it w;ls stated was found dead In Bartley Road, on Monday morning. Lim was remanded in custody until Monday when the case comes up for mention.
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    Farmer fined
    26 7 A farmer. Sec Bock Siew. wa.s finro $150 or three months' paol in Singapore yesterday for dishonestly receiving a stolen battery valued at $25.
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    Shouts of 'flood' woke them
    169 7 Shouts of 'flood' woke them KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. rpHOUSANDS living in the Malay settlement >if Kampong Bahru. Kuala Lumpur, tumbled from the.r beds early this morning as they heard shout* of "flood, flood.". One by one. they passed on the alarm from window to window Soon half of the kampong
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    3-month course in English
    53 7 Study Group Movement of Singapore will conduct a three month-course at Past-School Certificate level on English language from Nov. 25 at the British Council. Fees will be $6, payable in advance. Applications should be addressed to the Orcanising Secretary. Study Group Movement, c/o British Council Stamford
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    Muslim boar
    34 7 IPOH. W«d.— Mr R. E. Morr.s, manager of Kati Estate Kuala Kangsar. has been invited to serve on the Board o; Governors of the Sultan Ab dul Aziz Orphanage. Kuala Kang.sar. I
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    Rotary got first look at Budget
    144 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. KUALA Lumpur Rotarians were the first members of the public to see the 1954 Federation budget. Mr. E. Himsworth, the Financial Secretary, waved it at them today. Mr. Himsworth said one worry in any treasury was to ensure that the country
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    4 chosen by Penang
    47 7 PENANG, Wed— The Penang division of the Malayan Trade linden Council has nominated four people to the two vacant Labour seats on the Federal Legislative Council. The two Labour Councillors who resigned— Mr. P. P. Narayanan and Mr. M. P. Rajagopal—are not included.
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    MALACCA IN COLOUR
    54 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Malayan film goers will see the Malayan Film Unit's first colour production in February next year, Mr T. Hodge, film unit chief, told the Straits Times today. "The fll m is a study of Ma lacca and is now being processed in the United
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    70 Nanyang branches
    74 7 IPOH. Wed— The Nanyang University Appeal Committee in Perak has decided that 70 branches should be set up I throughout the State to facilitate the collection of funds. i The treasurer, Mr. Peh Seng Khoon, reported that among the gifts amounting to about i $4,000 received by
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    'Go back to the land' tappers urged
    94 7 SEOAMAT Wed KAMPONG Malays who left their padi lands during the rubber boom to work on estates should return to their sawahs. Scgamat penghulus decided at a recent meeting. As an Inducement. $300 in prize money will be given away In a 'sawah
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    Sub-tenants may get own powersupply
    92 7 SINGAPORE sub-tenants may in future get their electricity supply direct from the City Council instead of through the principal tenant The Council's public utilities committee on Tuesday agreed in principle that sub-tenants who app»y shoulc oe given a supply It recommended that the Council's legal
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    PROGRAMME AS STATED
    46 7 Mr. Lim Choo Syc who is contesting the North Ward as a Progressive candidate, in his manifesto published yesterday, says: "The Progressive party platform covers a very wide field of necessary endeavour. "I cannot do better than try to carry out its aims."
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    Three officers are awarded the D.F.C.
    140 7 AWARDS for three officers and one sergeant navigator of the Far East Flying Boat wing for services in Korea have been announced in the London Gazette. The UK is headed by the award of thr D.F.C. to S Ldr. J. G. Ormeston. commanding Officer
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    Road flooded
    30 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— .The Batu Gajah v Tanjong Tualang road in Perak was flooded to a depth of 26 inches at the 13th and 15th mile thi> morning
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    Nicoll returns
    21 7 The Governor. Sir John Nicoll. is due back in Singapore this morning after a 15-day visit to Hong Kong.
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    Duty is high-but Govt. revenue remains low
    172 7 Duty is high -but Govt. revenue remains low KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. HIGH duties placed on a number of articles in the Federation Is not bringing the Rowrnment much revenue From the Federal estimates. published today, receipts have fallen over the last, two years (and there is not much optim- Lsm
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    MALAYANS SEE THE WORDSWORTH COUNTRY
    43 7 MALAYAN STUDENTS at Kirkby College, near Liverpool, cross a river at Rydal, in the Wordsworth country of the Lake District, during a sight-seeing visit there recently. They had gone there (luring a break in their studies. Fox Photos.
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    1-WAY PLAN FOR STAMFORD ROAD
    222 7 TWO proposals to make Singapore's Stamford Road a one-way street in a new North-South roundabout will be considered at today's meeting of the City Council's vehicles and traffic committee. The first proposal will involve the removal of part of the trolley bus wires along Bras
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    One bandit killed, 3 wounded
    78 7 One bandit killed, 3 wounded ALOR STAR, Wed. SECURITY forces killed a *3 terrorist and wounded three others, Including a woman, in an operation near Junjong in south Kcdah yesterday. The .orces contacted the terrorists in the Bukit Biniol area. There was a short chase and one bandit was shot
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    Battalion show
    27 7 PENANG, Wed.— The Drums of the Ist Battalion the Manchester Regiment will give a performance in Station Road. Bukit Mertajam. at 5.30 p.m on Friday
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    Remittances
    18 7 Family remittances from Malaya to China during las* month totalled $1,616,473 of which $1,189,815 went from Singapore.
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    GAOL FOR TWO WHO DUMPED A BODY
    192 7 GAOL FOR TWO WHO DUMPED A BODY A MOTHER and daußhtcr. Sinnammal and Papathy. who pleaded guilty at the Singapore Assnes yesterday to a charge of causing the disappearance of evidence of a capital offence in order to screen the offender, were each sent to prison for three years. The
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    107 convoys in bad area
    91 7 IPOH. Wed.— The Military convoyed 6.420 vehicles through the "bad" areas of Chenderiang and Sungei Siput South during the fortnight when traffic on the main NorthSouth road was disrupted bee -se of the road collapse ncrth of Kampar. Armoured cars of "C" Squadron the 12th
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    Do you know car 5F6559
    55 7 Singapore police arc anxiou:. to interview anyone who saw a biscuit coloured Ford Consul Saloon No. SF 6559 between 8 p.m. Nov. 8 and 5.30 am Nov. 9. Anyone who knows the movements of the car is asked to contact Mr. A. T. Rajah. Deputy
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      153 7 THE WEATHER Minimum temperature 7.30 p.m. on Nov. 10 to 7.30 a.m. on Nov. 11): Singapore 77 degrees, Penang 74. Kota Bahru 74. Kuala Lumpur 82. Ipoh 72, Kuantan 73. Maximum temperature •7 30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Nov 11): Singapore 82, Penang 86, Kota Bahru 87, Kuala Lumpur
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    Registrar approves new taxi-meter
    259 8 A LONDON type taxi- meter has been approved by the Registrar of Vehicles as suitable for Singapore taxis, which have to conform to new regulations by Jan. 1. The meter, which is of German manufacture, is exactly the same as those fitted to sixty per cent
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    Permanent jobs for many Govt. clerks
    272 8 MANY of the Singapore Government's 500 temporary clerks are to be absorbed into permanent service Those transferred to the nermanent list will be eligible for pension rights The Government has agreed 1 to begin negotiations with the Administrative and Clerical j Services Union over
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    MALAYANS PASS LAW EXAMS
    359 8 MALAYANS PASS LAW EXAMS MR. Hamzah bin D. A. Samah of Malaya and Mr. S. K. T. l Yong of Sarawak passed the final examination In the general Michaelmas t exami- nations of students of the Ir.ns of Court in London. Mr. i F. T S Scow had a conditional
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    Annual talks
    26 8 SITIAWAN Wed— Malaysia Chinese Annual Conference of the Methodist Church will be held at Kampong Koh Church, Sitiawan, from December- 31 to January 3.
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    92 8 FOl'R LOMBLT CATS are wuitms at the SinKaporc headquarters of the R.S.P.C.A. for somebody to give them a home. During the rabies scare. Miss L. E, Bach, the secretary of the association, had many requests for cats to catch mire as all docs had to he muzzled. The deraind has
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    Eurasians' meeting
    57 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.Thr- annual meeting of the South Johore branch of the Eurasian Association will oe held tomorrow at the premises of the Johore Civil Service Association. From the second half of last year the association has been making monthly grants of $40 and $35 towards the education
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    French troops in Singapore
    49 8 The 8,254-ton M.M. ship Sagittaire arrived in Singapore yesterday from Marseilles with 185 French troops bound for the front line in Indo-China. The vessel stopped in the Colony for a few hours to take on bunkers, water and provisions before she left direct for Saigon.
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    Medals for Mr. Raj
    71 8 When the Singapore Legislative Councillor. Mr. C B Dasaratha Raj. spends two 'months' holiday in India from December 5 he will call on the Indian Government to collect his war medals. Mr. Raj, who served with the British Indian Army during the last war. was told
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    British holiday
    27 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed Mrs. J. N. Crecr. wife of the acting British Adviser. Johore. has sailed for Britain with her two children on a holiday
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    100 APPLY TO BE ENGINEERS
    127 8 ABOUT 100 young men from Singapore and the Federation want to become engineers. They have applied for the Colony City Council's scholarships to study civil and electrical engineering in Australia, under the Colombo Plan. Today a special committee of councillors will interview 30 of the
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    VOTE PRESSURE CHARGE DENIED
    89 8 A senior officer of the Singapore Harbour Board yesterday denied allegations that some Board officers were influencing workers to vote for a particular candidate contesting .ie December City Council elections. The allegations were made by election agents and supporters of one of the two candidates. The
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    OPIUM IN SHIP'S COLD ROOM
    156 8 OPIUM IN SHIP'S COLD ROOM OINGAPORE Customs men •3 yesterday tound 421 b of Siamese opium when they .searched the 3.609-ton freiphter Maung Bama, which reached Singapore from Bangkok on Tuesday afternoon. The opium, worth about $30,000 on the black market, was hidden in the cold room A senior Customs
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    Varsity talk on land holdings
    50 8 Singapore's Chief Surveyor, i Mr. I. C. Booth, will give a public lecture on "recording land-holding£ m Malay*" at the Arts Theatre of the University of Maiaya. Cluny Road, tomorrow. The lecture will open the third of a series organised by the University's Geographical Society.
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    PMU chiefs fined on lottery charges
    141 8 PMU chiefs fined on lottery charges JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. SHEIKH Abdul Rahman bin Abubakar, in the Magistrate's Court today, fined the president, treasurer and sec--1 retary of the Peninsular Malays Union, Johore Bahru. for conducting a lottery without permission. The president, Ahmad bin Abdul Rahim was fined $3,000 or in
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    Theosophical officers
    46 8 Miss Margaret Flinter has been elected president of the Singapore Lodge Theosophical Society for 1553 54. Other officials are: vice-president, Mr. Chan Chim Lim; secretary, Mr. Tan Slow Hee; treasurer, Mr. Kwee Sim Djlang; auditor, Mr. R. M. KrLshnan; librarian, Mr. Khoo Tiang Hye
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    Toddy tapper had no licence
    35 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.Manikam was fined $100 fo<tapping coconut trees for todclv without a licence. He told the Police fourt that he knew of no othpr mean& of earning a livelihood
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      313 8 The TRUE STORY of JOHN HARDIN! GREATEST GUNFIGHTEROF THEM ALL.. the life he led the lives he took! ROCK HUDSON T PLUS! Pathe News: I'OOI BALL Scot la ml vs Wales VICE SQUAD RAID NETS B GIRLS in KILLER HUNT! Sgiiunia/j Mi t in iff tit J?&% SsonV i LAST
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    Brooklyn Bridge finished by Roebling, in bed, a cripple
    1831 9 C*.w.*:j.~ T* a fN AII V C*%-%4>i ika. TRUE it{ > ri^ of History. Adventure. Art. I lITI6S UAILT r©3TUr©: Geography. Science .Exploration. Disaster. May 24, IXB.'{, a man lay propped in bed at a window overlooking Hast River, New York.
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      172 9 Showing the latest in 11 (f^S\^L« \ik Evening and Cocktail J\V Gowns for Christmas Hi DAVID RIYKIS V L<^_ V MALCOLM RROWW K. I T^^Hmmwmr h WSTHERALL and ELMOOR JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. SINGAPORE- 1. •HPHfOTnTnin i ommi \n vnox BRT 400 D GENERAL PURPOSE COMMUNICATION RECEIVER USE IN ALL
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      264 9 THE AH ABM AX NMGHTS So Ahmed »rt off for the Fountain of the I.ion*. i And on the serond horse, she told him to carry And a* he left, Trribanou cave him a ball of Mnn; four side* of lamb's meal. This Ahmed did. As he «i(h certain instructions.
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      TIN SHARES IRREGULAR BUTINDUSTRIALS FIRM
      946 10 TIN RISES. RUBBER FALLS THE Singapore share market yesterday continued quiet but fairly steady. Tin shares were inclined to be irregular, industrials were nrmer and rubber shares were scarcely mentioned. The turnover in all sections was only small and the market was without particular feature.
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      TIN PRICE
      19 10 The prire of tin ii. Singapore yesterday was declared at 5300.12' i a picul, up 37 cents.
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      WALL STREET
      128 10 NEW YORK. Wed I^VENING-UP operations prior to today's holiday dominated trading on the Stock Market yfstrrday and thr llnr of least resi>tance »ns downward. Backing away from recen' r< covery high levels w;is nv.vly limited to fractions. The retreat from the recovery nigh was extended during the afternoon
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      H. and C. raises dividend
      152 10 HARRISONS and Crosfield. whose group trading profit has decreased by £266,699 to £1.279.754. tl to pay a final dividend on Deferred Ordinary of 274 per cent., making 35 per cent for the year ended June 30,' 1953. This contrasts with a final of 22i per
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      OCTOBER TIN-ORE IMPORTS RISE
      99 10 IMPORTS of tin-ore into Mal- aya in October rase sharply to 1.089 tons, compared with 505 tons In September. The estimated metal content of the ore was 801 tons For the ten months of this year imports of ore totalled 7 122 tons, with an estimated
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      Produce prices
      79 10 Singapore Chinese ProductExchange: Noon prices per picul were: Copra: steady; November $37' buyers, $37' 2 sellers; December $37 4 buyers, $37! L sellers. Coconut oil: quiet, down 50 cents; $60-; sellers. Pepper: quiet, no business reported; All varieties down $5, Muntok white $335. Sarawak $330. Lampong black $290
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      British cars for China
      272 10 rLLOWING the United Kingdom Board of Trade announcement that small British passenger ears may now be exported to China under licence, the chairman of the British Motor Corporation, producer of Austin and Morris cars confirmed that a trn talive agreement had boon reached for the siipply
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      Australian stocks
      173 10 UAO,~ MELBOURNE W "1 SHARES transferred within narrow limits „n a firm Stock Exchange market today Bank of New South Wales rights lost part of yesterda\'s good gain and industrials leaders sold at steady levels Gold shares were firmer and oils were quiet. Closing prices of selected storks
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      Exchange rates
      85 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday- INADA: buying. T. T. 32 3 16. air mail. O.D. 32 S lfi 90 days 32 9/16 credit bills. 32 5 8 trade bills: selling T.T. or O.D. Si 7 8 ready. On
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      Singapore shipping
      154 10 CHirs lying alongside the Slnga- iwe Harbour Board wharves or expected today are:Canton 1-2. Orestes 4-5. Seiko Maru C.P.. Peleus 6-7. Benlomond 8-9. Riouw 11. Corrila 13-14. President Van Buren 15-16, Poona 18, Tomotama Marti 19-20. Pertuma N. Wall 6. Maxwell Brander 21-22. Eastern Queen 23-24 Mroola J>>M.
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      664 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF RANGOON WANTED Applications are Invited from perscr.s with high academic and professional qualifications and teaching experience for the post of Lecturer in Anatomy in the Faculty of Medicine. University of Rangoon. The appointment will be on the scale of Kyats 800-50-1200 on a thret year contract
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      254 10 NOTICES BRIDGE ON MAIN NORTH SOUTf# ROAD OVER BERNAM RIVER AT TANJONC* MALIM. Road users are hereby notified that repairs to the above bridge will be carried out over the period 11th to 25th November, 1953. During this period traffic will be restricted to crossings of the bridge at halfhourly
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      829 10 TENDERS rENTIBPS will bp fecflved sf the Oflc* of the Director of Publii I Works. P.W.D., Slncaporo up to noon I of the 4th., December, 1953 for th» following: Miscellaneous supplies for the Ist., half year 1954:— i m Miscellaneous Articles. (b) Lime for Whitewash. fc) Firewood. (d) Bricks. (c)
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    Talking Shop
    255 12 HAVE received a notice A throuflh the post from a shop that offers bargains at "terrible reductions". There never was a place like Singapore. There is an "amazing cheap sale" every day of the week. Talking of sales, I did sec quite a bargain in a Raffles Place
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    MAGPIE FASHIONS
    99 12 Black and white is an ever-popular combination. It it easy to wear and suits nearly everyone. Here are thfee ideas for "magpie" clothes: LEFT. A party dress of taffetta. a strapless black top < cuffed with black and wliite checked taffetta. This n used again on the bouffant
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    How those Russian women do work...
    331 12 ANY Russian women JH would not get a vote at a beauty contest— unless the judges happened to be interested in muscles. Most of Soviet industry and almost all of Soviet agriculture depends on women labourers. In fact, without the women to do the
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    Trimmings are back
    195 12 rIMMINOS are back in favour in Paris. They are discreetly applied and never spoil or break the line of a gown. Their placing ana purpose are designed to emphasise the features and enhance the general picture. Thesp trimmings look simple, but are really very difficult, since they
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    Amusing the sick child can be fun for mother
    412 12 Amusing the sick child can be fun for mother MOST parents are faced, at some time or other, with a hospital stay for their child; sometimes it is only a matter of a few days for teeth or tonsils, sometimes, it is weeks in hospital, lying flat and a slow
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    says JOY RUSSELL
    80 12 says JOY RUSSELL firm base on which to build or arrange. Another popular amusement was scrapbooks. made from brown paper cut into book shape and sewn together, filled with coloured cutouts neatly pasted in. But how glad we were, and how infinitely glad our child was, when at last the
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      470 12 JUST ONE BRUSHING WITH Colgate Chlorophyll Toothpaste DESTROYS BAD BREATH j9jgflr^NtaMMiggggg< Hrrr 111 thr ■Ctivr power of < hl..roph» II MX to destroy bad brcjth! Colgulf Chlororhvll j I jragK^ Tot>ihpa«tc»ci<^iii-*/v.»v.i«r*or<'MV*Ai»ndihr I I BFir*Nfc^ I punivtng action /uin lorhtiun More md morr I j^^^gf people arc changinc u> new Colgate
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      131 12 Straits Times Crossword i HHF I 1 I T* r" I •O I $|s| II S|| 12 R <9 ;S|S| to 2i 7i~ H| 7* 25 28 11""" "H H mm ■"Mrr ACROSS IS. Brie, perhaps or Camembert 1. Is our capital tied up in them? <A>. <5). 16. No
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      208 12 28. Assist U> drink wine? (7). 29. Irony (7). 30. Probably the last thing an army would do (9). 31. Squeeze Into the papers (9). DOWN 1. No veiled falsehoods (9. 4). 2. Nobody can go there (7). 3. Obliteration of an era before thU (4). 4. "Shall I by
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    DYNASTY PAYS $136 FOR HIS FIRST WIN
    1922 13 DYNASTY PAYS $136 FOR HIS FIRST WIN Sawyer, Martin land a double From EPSOM JEEP T)YNASTY, a four-year-old by Derby winner Owen Tudor, scored his maiden win to pay a $136 dividend for a win at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, second day of the Selangor Turf Club November meeting. Taking command
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    Big Sweep results
    59 13 TOTAL POOL: $289,650. FIRST: No. *****6 578.205 SECOND: No. *****0 $39,102 THIRD: No. *****6 $19,551 STARTERS ($2,443 each) Nos: *****1, *****3. *****9, *****2. *****9, *****0, *****4. *****0. CONSOLATION ($1,737 each) Not. *****0, *****8, *****5. ***** U. *****0, *****9, *****2. *****0. *****5, *****9. DOUBLE TOTE Ist Double: Five
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    172 ENTRIES FOR SINGAPORE
    798 13 AN ENTRY of 172 horses— 2 In Class One and 90 in Class Two has been received for the Singapore Turf Club's November meeting on Nov. 21. 25 and 28. Eleven horses have been entered for the Singapore St. Leger 1 1 ,m >. the big
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    SCHEDULE OF RACING
    132 13 rwWERE will be eight races on the first and second days of X the Singapore meeting and nine on the third day The schedule is: FIRST DAY, Nov. 21: Cl. 1. Divs. 1 and 2— lm Cl 2. Divs. 1. 2 and 3—6/.; 0. 2, Divs. 1
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    CEYLONESE BEAT R.A.F. TO TOP TABLE
    446 14 Meet Recs in key game Monday PEYLON Sports Club, playing their last game but »ne in the S.H.A. Division One league on home ground yesterday, won a rough and tumble match against the R.A.F. Seletar by 2-0. The victory takes Ceylonese to the top
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    41 14 FARM, Scotland's goalkeeper, makes a successful headlong dive to tip the ball for a corner in an international soccer match against Wales played at Ham prim Park, Glasgow, on Nov. 5. The game ended in a 3-3 draw.— Topical Press picture.
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    < 111 II BEE AMD Mils. CUV A TOP it. \ Aht.M.S
    117 14 &lt; 111 II BEE AMD Mils. CUV A TOP it. Ah t. M.S IPOH. Wed. SINGAPORE players take the first three places in the tennis ranking* announced today by the standing committee of the Lawn Tenni* Association of Malaya. One Chew Bee takes top place in the men's section and
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    Move to cut Games 'Army'
    115 14 PARIS. Wed. »t&lt;HE total personnel involved in modern Olympic Games had swollen into "an army" and must be reduced. Mr. Erik Von Frenckell. Finnish member oi" the Study Commission of the Intemarimal Olvmpir Committee, stated today. Mr. Frenckell was explaining the reasons for the recommendation*
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    SULTAN'S CUP TO P.C.R.C.
    133 14 IPOH. Wed. DERAK CHINESE R C. today won the Sultans Cup t*nnls competition for the 18th time since it started In 1928. beating V.M.C.A. In the final by a single game. The score was two matches all and the issue was decided on the number of
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    0-0 at Sembawang
    21 14 The rugger match between R.N.A.S. Sombawang and R.A.F. Seletar, played at Scmbawang yesterday, ended in a scoreless draw.
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    S.A.F.A. MAY MAKE OFFER TO PEGASUS
    224 14 CEVEN English amateur lnternationals are expected to make the trip to Hong Kong with Pegasus Football Club, the English amateur cup holders. The ream, composed of past and present Oxford and Cambridge University players, will leave London by air on Dec. 27 and return
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    First defeat for Tigers
    80 14 JAKARTA, Wnd. yIGER Sporting Association, of Singapore, suffered the first defeat of their Indonesian tour yesterday when the top-class "Union Makes Sireneth" tram scored a 2 o victory over he visitors. The first goal -vas scored a few minutes before half time and the second after
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    South Johore RFC
    48 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. South Johore RFC have cancelled their rugby fixture or. Saturday *.s their opponents. 9t. Andrews Old Boys, are unable to raise a team. Tomorrow the Club will meet a Seletar i Flying Boat Wing) fifteen on the Civil Service padang. Johore Bahru.
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    REME BEAT RASC
    24 14 R.E.M.E. beat R.A.S.C. by five points (goal) to three (try) In a rugger match played at Ayer Rajah Road ground yesterday.
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    S.C.C FAVOURED IN TROPHY GAME
    242 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. 1 T^HIS years trophy rugger match between Selangor Club and Singapore, Cricket Club will be played on Saturday in Singapore. Selangor Club have lost most ot 'j last years side which beat S.C C. three-nil. And with the S.C.C. field ing practically
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    BOY RATTLES N.Z. TOURISTS
    101 14 PORT ELIZABETH, Wed. rjfcOFF DAKIN. a 17-year-old Port, Elisabeth schoolboy, gave the New Zealand touring cricket team a shock here yesterday when he claimed four of their second Innings wickets for 28 runv Da kin was playing for Eastern Province, who neld the tourutt to a
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    CORONATION CUP SOCCER RESULTS
    83 14 Results of the Singapore Civil Services Coronation Cup soccer matches played at Farrer Park yesterday: Post and Telecoms 'A' beat Oovernment Printing S.C. "A" 5-0 in a senior game. Carnegie (2). Ismail Talb, Wright and Harlth scored for the winners. In the Junior section. Singapore Police
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    ALL BLACKS WIN
    31 14 OXFORD. The New Zealand All Blacks Rugby Union touring team beat Oxford University by 14 points to five here today. They led eight to five at halftlme. Renter.
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    RECS JUST HOLD OFF VARSITY
    198 14 OINOAPORE Recreation Club v "Blues" scored three goals In the first eight minutes and then spent the rest of their SHA Dlv. 2 league fixture yesterday scrambling to prtvent a University of Malaya "A" victory. The University were unlucky to have been beaten 3-2 for
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    Harbour Board win a forwards game
    382 14 AFTER a fast and lively game which was at times very scrappy, the Singapore Harbour Board yesterday beat R.A.F. Seletar by eight points (a goal and a penalty) to three (a try) at Keppel Harbour. There was very little bet i weon the two
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    BIG NEST EGG' FROM THE TESTS
    92 14 LONDON. Wed. ENGLISH fii&lt;k'-t received a £130,000 "neut e«" yeslerday record profits from this year's Te«t matches between I.inland and Australia. The Austral ans took home iioo.ooo as their share of the tour proetds. England's Cricket Board of Control announced that Cin.iimt would s«&gt;
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    S'GOR BLUES BEAT CLUB XV
    38 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. SIXANGOR ALL BLUES, with a try in each half, lus* managed to beat Selanpor Club at rugger by six points, (two tries i to three (try* on the padang today.
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    NOT PLAYED
    22 14 The rugger match between Polire SA. and G.H Q Farelf. scheduled to be played at Police Depot yesterday. was cancelled.
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    VARSITYXI OUTPACE TEACHERS
    298 14 VARSITYXI OUTPACE TEACHERS UNIVERSITY of Malaya defeated Teachers .Training College by 15 points (four tries. a penalty) to five (a goal) at rugger on the Victoria School ground yesterday. With a superior pack and faster wing three-quarters. University pres-sed from the start and took the lead In the 15th minute
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    Only two tries on the padang
    147 14 OINGAPORE Crirket Club "A" and R.A. Blakang Mat! drew 3-3 In a friendly ruccer match played at S.CC. ground yesterday. Each side ■and a try. The soldiers had much Ihe better of the game in the first hall anrt opened storing in the fifth
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      176 14 Reporters Ihe »nr!d over have spontaneoush acclaimed it ETERNH-MHTie DATO oot The fir si self-winding Calendar watch on a ball-bearing. Eterna offers you a self-winding watch of twofold value— not only does tt tell you the time, second by second, but it records the date, day by day. This new
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      31 14 HOCKEY SHA I,F. AGI K. DIV. 3: Ovlon S.C. 'A 1 v S.M.S.r.. CSC (tround. SAFA JINIOR CI'P (vmi-final) RAF SrlrUr "A 1 v Haikowya S.C. lil. in BeMir. S.ln p.m.
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