The Straits Times, 26 November 1953

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    15 1 The Straits Times filiated tie***** i Established 1845 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2fi, 1953 15 CENTS
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    THE $51 m. HELPING HAND
    525 1 THE $5 1 m. HELPING HAND And London may send more, says Templer MALA LIMPIR, Wednesday. THK Federal Legislative Council applauded today when the Hijrh Commissioner, (ien. Sir Herald Templer, announced Britain's ffift of $51,428,600 to help fiffht Communist terrorism in Malaya. Her Majesty's Government has also indicated, he added,
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    GURKHAS GO TO BATTLE
    61 1 Men of the 1 10 durkha Kit lev scramble out of their motor boat on the Jelai River in Pahanj. They were on their way to fight terrorists believed to be hiding in Pahang's jungle-covered mountains. The entire battalion and Its equipment was brought from the
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    Company tax will not be increased
    325 1 Company tax will not be increased KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. THE Federation Government does not intend, now or in the immediate future to increase company income tax. the Finance Secretary, Mr. E. Himsworth. told the Federal Legislative Council today. "Heavy taxation in an underdeveloped country tends to frighten off investment capital
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    Expelled
    29 1 ALEXANDRIA. Wed Mr jTom Clarke, former editor ot '< the Egyptian Mail, has been' expelled from Egypt fo r "security reasons." H^ was to leave by ship today. Renter
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    13 DIE IN BORNEO DYAKRAID
    113 1 13 DIE IN BORNEO DYAKRAID Town held 2 hours JAKARTA. Wed rREE Dyaks carrying guns, spears, and native words attacked Buntok, a small town in Barito Regency. South Borneo, on Sunday morning, according to a report received here. The raiders killed six out of the 20 policemen stationed in the
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    Rebels defeated
    32 1 RANGOON. Wed. Burmese government force s hav r reoccupied Mawehi. about 150 miles north-east of Rangoon, wh^re the British -owned wolfram mines have been in in■urgent hands since 1949 Renter.
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    FLYING SAUCERS ARE 'ALL BALLOONEY'
    119 1 LONDON Wed. r|V> describe the recent London 1 flying saucer story as "all hallooney ni very nearly correct. Mr Nigel Birch, S« rf>talV; r Dcfcnc told the House of Commons toiL a hnn x, v He nad been asked what rePOrts Jhl^ p Paj:tment had
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    McCarthy slaps back with a NEW LABEL-'TRUMANISM'
    248 1 McCarthy slaps back with a NEW LABEL- 'TRUMANISM' NEW YORK. Wed. SENATOR Joseph R. McCarthy charged tonight that former President Harry S. Truman is I "defeated and discredited" politician who has put his party above the interest of the country regardless of how much this damages the country. The Communist-hunting
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    ROYAL PILOT HAS HIS £9,000 BACK
    247 1 Gifts replace stolen articles LONDON. Wednesday. fAPTAIN Anthony Loraine. whose £9.000 life savings were stolen while he was piloting the Queen's Stratocruiser across the Atlantic on Monday night, has had the money replaced— in two gifts. His wile received a cneque i lor £6.000
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    Wanted men killed
    26 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed -A police party killed two terrorists in the Pengranc *rea of Johore yesterday B>th men were on the wanted list.
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    He murdered 15 women
    34 1 YAMAGATA. Japan Wed Genzo Kurita. aged 27. a hawker, sentenced to death fnr strangling two women told the police that he had killed 15 in the past seven years.— A.P.
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    Ipoh woman missing in Singapore
    89 1 AN lp<-h woman Son Pol Poh and her two-y< ,ir-<lri daughter were reported missing in Singapore yesterday The report was made by a relative of Son The relative said that both mother and child were last seen tn Singapore on Nov 21. A Singapore woman.
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    FOUR HURT AS ROCKET HITS HOUSE
    66 1 PKNANG WED. POLICE evacuated the vilr lasers of Sungei Puyu today after a rocket had landed on a shophouse. The rocket wa> accidentally discharged from a Hornet which was being prepared at the RAF has.- at Butterworth for a jungle operation. Two members of
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    Three die in arms explosion
    103 1 Three die in arms explosion RENFREW. Wed. rREE men were killed and four injured in an exploI sion in an underground nitroglycerine laboratory at the I Royal Ordnance Factory at Bishoptovn, Renfrewshire. early today. Others were fear- ed .still trapped in the drbris. The tour who escaped with injuries had
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    Guns found in river
    68 1 ALOR STAR. Wed. MEMBERS of a police patrol operating in the Bonqsu Forest Reserve in South Kedah (lived in the bed of a river and recovered eight shotguns yesterday Security forces found three bandit camps capable of holding 30 terrorists and a restine place with accommodation
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    Shot meant for dog hit him
    44 1 A merchant. Chellapan Piilai, 25. of Nee Soon. Singapore was admitted to the General Hospital yesterday with a shot wound in the nerlc He was hit by a stray pollrt from a cartridge flred by a d"R shnotrr.
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    West urges Austrian treaty
    118 1 West urges Austrian treaty LONDON. Wed. THE three Western Allies have railed on Russia to join them in new negotiations to restore the independence of Austria either a four power conference K through diplomatic channels. In a similar note tn thr Kremlin, Britain, the United States and France offered to
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    STOP PRESS
    33 1 BKi TO MM ORI> <(( 1 II (II LONDON TV J— Record in^ «,f Christni.is d.i Ist will he H«w n lev in ail, precaution ■gala t raUc radio haul tot: >iir
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    As Mr. Dulles sees it...
    51 1 As Mr. Dulles sees it WASHINGTON. Wed. Thr I United States Secretary of State. Mr. John Foster Dui'es, described the economic siri pact recently signed by Communist China and North Korea as a f jrther step in the joint partition of North Korea between the Soviet Union and Connmunist China—
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    QUEEN LANDS IN JAMAICA
    73 1 MONTEGO BAY (Jamaica >. Wed. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh reached Jamaica from Bermuda today I on their 50.000-mile Common- wealth tour The Queen, .smilinft and beautiful, in a light blue rirrs.- and thr DiUr in white naval uniform, strppod out of their StratocruLser
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    NOW THEY CAN GET LOANS TO BUY OWN HOMES
    223 2 NOW THEY CAN GET LOANS TO BUY OWN HOMES KUALA LUMPI7R, Wednesday. THE FEDERAL and Colonial Building Society will lend money to recommended Government officers to build their own homes. This is disclosed in a financial report to the Federal Legislative Council today. In most cases, loans will oe j
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    Only an hour inS'pore,he is robbed
    96 2 Only an hour inS'pore,he is robbed WITHIN an hour of arriving in Singapore on Tuesday night. Yusof bin Din of Butterworth was robbed by three Malays of his baggage nnd $15 Ynsof arrived by the night train. He took a bus from the Railway Station to Geylang Serai. He could
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    Back to Peking
    17 2 TOKYO. Wed North Korea's delegation left Peking today for hosne, Peking Radi.i rrpnrtrri. A.P
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    Templer: We need a realistic plan for a self-governing Malayan nation
    1787 2 THE HATRED MONGERS WILL HAVE TO ANSWER TO FUTURE GENERATIONS' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. "THE challenge which 1 the future of the Federation holds" was the theme of a great part of the year-end speech of the High Commissioner, General
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    TUC WANTS 3 SEATS ON THE COUNCIL
    133 2 Same privilege as chambers sought THE Singapore Trade Union Congress wants similar representation as the chambers of commerce on the Legislative Council. In a memorandum to *he Rendrl Constitutional Commission yesterday, the T.U.C. asked that it should be given three seats on the
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    Missing boy found dead in lake
    78 2 Missing boy found dead in lake KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. rpHE BODY of a 22-year-old A youth, who has been miss- ing from his home at 101. Sultan Street, here, since Monday, was found floating in the Dip lake at Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens today. The youth. Lee Chee Teck, iis
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    Gen. Templer commends police hero
    114 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. POLICE LIEUT. W. E. G. Evans of Klung, Johorr. who led a party of nine in ambusing and killing three terrorists, has been awarded a letter of fomrr«ndation for Merit by the Huh Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer. The party comprised two
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    NEPHEW WORKED FOR NO PAY
    289 2 SYDNEY. Wed A DISCLOSURE that Asian businessmen able to prove import* worth £500 can nominate a Chinese immigrant for each such amount emerges from the suit here against Chia i 'Chien Tane. A trade union has alleged that local Chinese rmployers are "exploiting" compatriots from
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      164 2 Light weight ELECTRIC IRON O 5850 •4-lb Light-weight T"hc-Ti^;,tdt'c tlectric Iron with Primrose enamelled »hoe and light alloy seta Singapore Price $22 Federation Price 324 *OVI OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD OF ENGLAND SINGAPORE KUAi.A LUMPUR PENANG MALACCA jtftfb if 4 f ,^mm Gargle with USTERINE ANTISEPTIC as soon
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    14 DIE AS ARMS FACTORY EXPLODES: 230 HURT
    164 3 14 DIE AS ARMS FACTORY EXPLODES: 230 HURT LISBON, Wednesday. AT least 1 1 people are believed to have been killed in an explosion in a Lisbon munitions factory yesterday. Mtirr than 230 people are reported to have been Injured. Crowds watcher! as ambulances flashed by to hospitals. One ambulance
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    Torch songs and arias now
    64 3 THK WOMAN who DOESN'T want to sing in opera, Helen Traubel, one of the world's best Wagnerian sopranos, has left New York' Metropolitan Opera to sing in American nightclubs. Helen mixes arias and torch songs, and has been well received. Here she is seen tlownine
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    CEYLON VALUES EMPIRE
    138 3 COLOMBO, \\.-n (IBTLOtrS Prime Minister, Sir t John Kotelawala, yesterday said that Ceylon valued membership of the Couiinonwenlth and would extend a heart y welcome to the head of the Commonwealth "The Queen of CYyion" when she arrived next April He was making a government policy statement
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    Homes searched
    43 3 DUBSSELDORF. Wed —Police here yesterday searched ihe homes of several Commu n:st Party members, including that of Josef Angenfort, i <!•• puty (if the North Rhine \WM phalmn State Parliament, wh) has been under an < jtevcral months on suspicion of treason.— Renter.
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    Way to win friends...
    56 3 NEW YORK. Wed Oniy m Russia can win American friendship is to "give up seek ing th* violent overthrow ol the United States This was said yesterday by the duet U.S delegate. Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge, who told the UN Political Committee 'hat the Soviet Union
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    New minister
    20 3 BELGRADE, Wed.— Japan > first minister to Yugoslavia. Mr Hirose Sadao. yesterday piesented his credentials to President Tito.— Reuter.
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    EXPERTS OPPOSE PLUG T. V.
    120 3 EXPERTS OPPOSE PLUG T. V. LONDON, Wed. BRITISH television technicians last night declared themselves "unalterably opj posed" to commercial televi- sioi because of the threat of filmed entertainment dumpi ing from the United States. ■Tie vastness of American television makes clear that there is a tremendous amount of material available
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    Visit to camp
    29 3 MOSCOW. Wed Members of a Japanese Red Cross delegation yesterday said that 'ney visited a Soviet prisoner of var camp and talked witn 27 Japanese generals.
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    Canada leads
    19 3 GENEVA. Wed. Canada ha<= tak-^n the lead thus year among countries which have received '■.ltcrnationaliy assisted migrants—Reuter.
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    7-year sea voyage
    57 3 DR. BOIIDAN MEDUSA CYVILONG, a former professor of physics, and his wife, Marie, have left Britain on a sevenyear cruise. They will spend three years in the Pacific,, two in the Indian Ocean and two in the Atlantic. Dr. uilonc seen here with his wife, has made
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    Tories revolt on Service pensions
    208 3 CHURCHILL TOLD: 'OUTRAGEOUS' LONDON, Wednesday. A NUMBER of Conservative M.P.'s staged a minor revolt against the Government in the House of i Commons yesterday. It was over a decision announced by the Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill that the Government could not raise the pensions
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    DON'T STOP SMOKINGMr. BUTLER
    62 3 DON'T STOP SMOKINGMr. BUTLER MANCHESTER, Tues. rE Chancellor of the Exchequer, .Mr. Richard A. Butler, yesterday said that Britons were spending a stagKering amount on tobacco, sweets and other non-essentials. But he added: "For goodness sake, don't stop smoking.' "I am now setting well over £600,000.000 annually in taxation out
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    Nazi ban sought
    47 3 BONN, Wed. The West German Government yesterday said that it would asK Parliament for authority to outlaw articles. films, radio and television programmes which glorify Nazism. The nine West German states have just banned a film on Hitler "Until Five Minutes After Twelve."— A.P.
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    Plea for funds
    28 3 PARIS. Wed— The Premier M Lante!. yesterday broadcast an appeal for funds for the two Celphalonian Island villages, destroyed by the recent Greek earthquakes. UP
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    Government men want more pay
    122 3 LONDON, Wed SENIOR British civil servants yesterday asked for pay increases more than three times as big as the largcstt rise sought by any of the four million skilled and manual British workers who have recently made pay claims. An increase of 50 per cent,
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    Attacks on increase
    42 3 LONDON, Wed Britain has complained to Egypt that the number of anti-British incidents in the Suez Canal is mounting, the Foreign Office said yesterday. A spokesman said that there were 44 Incidents in the two weeks ending November 21.A.P.
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    Irish prepare
    16 3 DUBLIN. Wed. The Irish Army is being trained in atomic warfare precaution measure*. —A.P.
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    KIDNAP-KILLER SAYS: I'M SORRY
    142 3 KANSAS CITY. Wed. MRS. Bonnie Brown Hrady. aired 41. ono of the condemned kidnap-killcrs cl six-year-old Bobby Greenlca.se. boßcrd his parents for forgiveness yesterday and blamed the crime on her alcoholism and hrr lover's lu&t lor money. Mrs Heady and Carl Austn i Hall, aged 34.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    295 3 LONDON, Wed CTOCK Exchange values showed very little mange today In very quiet trading. The opening xaw a continuation of yesterday's lat« improvement but prices tended to react slightly on 'ark of support later In the day. Par Easterns were generally stesdy without any significant, change rea« were
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON. Nov. 25. Cash Buyers €655; Sellers £657' Forward Buyers £640; Sellers £642 1-.; Settlement £665 (unchanged). Turnover a.m. 40 tons; p.m. 10 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    39 3 LONDON Nov 2.V— Spot 17', d Jan. 17% d.. Feb 17',d.. Mar. 17>,d Jan-Mar. 17' 2 d.. Apr. -June lT^d. July-Sept. 17^d.. Deo. r l.f 17',d. Jari. c.lf 17' 4 d. Feb. c.l.f. 17Sd Tone: Quietly steady
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    Record exports
    35 3 NEW YORK Wed— Britain s dollar exports for 1953 *r* running at the record rate of $1,320,000,000. Sir Norman Kipping, director general of the Federation of British Industries, said here yesterday— I Reuter.
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      14 3 (cmsbctfg 0/{oo^ COTTONS tor EVENING COCKTAILS THEY ARE ELEGANT, WASSIAMULI/S LADIES' DEPT. HIGH ST.
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    Sanderson in Australia
    52 4 AIR MARSHAL Sir Clifford S anderson, C-in-C Far Cast Alt Force, inspects the Royal Au stralian Air Force guard of honour at Laverton 20 miles from Melbourne. He visited the Woomera rocket range before going on to New Zealand. The Air Marshal is dv c back in
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    DON'T BLAME US FOR THOSE 250,000 LETTERS, SAYS MR. GAMMON
    309 4 Army chief includes civil authorities in mail delay but THE Director of Posts, Mr. A. S. Gammon, yesterday emphatically rejected a British Government statement that Singapore civil authorities were partly responsible for the serious delay in the Colony of a
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    All specials have clean record
    134 4 All specials have clean record NOBODY with a criminal record would be accepted in the Special Constabulary, the Commandant of the Constabulary Mr J. P. Tham. told the Straits Times yesterday. He was relerring to a report that a sprcial constable, who came up for sentence for a cheating offence
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    $300 wristwatch stolen
    41 4 A wrLstwatch valued at $300 was stolen from a house in East Coast Road. Singapore, at 5 a.m. yesterday. A maid servant saw the thief standing on the verandah but he escaped before she could wake her employer
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    McNEICE ANSWERS UNIONS
    243 4 McNEICE ANSWERS UNIONS »TTHE Singapore City Council I L Labour Unions Federation was "Inaccurate and unjust" in referring to the Council authorities as "unyielding." the City president. Mr. T. P. F. j McNeice, told the federation I yesterday. Mr. McNeice was replying to the federation's letter in which the Council
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    Gen. Loewen visits Ipoh
    96 4 IPOH, Wed. Li?ut.-Gen. Sir Charles Loewen. C-in-C Far East Land Forces, visited Ipoh this morning. He met the British Adviser. Mr I. W. Blelloch, the Chief Police Officer. Mr. J. N D. Harrison and other members of the State War Executive Committee at the operations room.
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    THEY ALL GO TO SEA WITH BICYCLES
    171 4 100 per cent profit in Red China ABOUT 1.500 people a month sail from Singapoie to Red China and nearly every one takes alone a bicycle. Why? The price Of a British bicycle in Red China is <iouble the cost in Singapore Authorities
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    Riddle of the locked room still baffles him
    157 4 Riddle of the locked room still baffles him MORE of the mystery surrounding the early days of the CocosKeeling Islands has been swept away. Four years ago Dr. C. A. Gibson-Hill set out to write a detailed history of the islands. Gradually the task became one of editing documents relating
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    Ignored police notice: Fined
    77 4 Ong Chan Tlong Eng. a washerwoman as well as a taxi owner, was fined $150 for failing to furnish particulars of the driver of her tax-i on the night of Feb. 22, this year Ong, claiming trial to the charge, said that she handed the police
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    Expatriates want three salary levels
    131 4 COUNTER proposals for salary ceilings for single, married and married officers with children are expected to be put forward by representatives of expatriate officers at the resumed Ritcon pay talks between the Sincapore Government and the Council of Action, representing Government officers, next week. The
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    COMMUNIST MURDER GANG STRIKES AGAIN IN JOHORE
    156 4 COMMUNIST MURDER GANG STRIKES AGAIN IN JOHORE PLANTERS In South Johore believe that a Communist killer gang Is in action again in their area They got further proof of their suspicions yesterday when terrorists laid a landmine on the Consolidated Eastern Estate at Rengam. and killed an assistant. Mr. R.
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    LABOURER GOES ON HONEYMOON
    291 4 —In India, thanks to Mr. Mistri MANYAM the labourer will leave next month for India on a honeymoon trip bequeathed to him by his late employer. Navroji Rustamji Mistri. the Singapore aerated water millionaire, of whom the whole town is saying: "He left a very nice
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    $3,000 lamps
    31 4 I KUALA LUMPUR Wed. Thf Finance committee of the Federal Legislative Council has passed a supplementary vote of $3,000 for shadowless lamps fo r operation theatres in Kedah hospitals.
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    EMERGENCY 'LIKE A MILLSTONE'
    921 5 The main plank of the Government's present and future financial policy, he said, was "to get rid of this deficit and to bring the budget back into balance." But there had to be a marked change in three conditions first: These conditions were the high rigid
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    Stage show
    19 5 TAIPINO Wed. -The Hong Kong Revue will appear at the Lido from Dec 1 to Dec. 4.
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    This is the time for realism, says Financial Secretary
    191 5 DEFICIT IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A SENSE of realism from the legislators and a sense of understanding from the people was called for by the Financial Secretary, Mr. E. Himsworth, in his budget speech before the Federal Legislative
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    THOSE 'PERSONALITY' GIRLS ARE WANTED FOR POLICE WORK
    162 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE advertisement inserted in a London newspaper recently on behalf of the Federation Government for women confidential secretaries "with personality and sociability" is to fill eight such jobs in the police force. This was stated in the Federal Legislative
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    Girl saw men assault her mother j
    105 5 Girl saw men assault her mother j (iHUA POH TFE. a 15-year-j old girl, told a Singapore court yesterday how two mi") punched and slapped her :>n the fact and then assaulted her aged mother Ng F.ng Lai. a squatter, was convicted on two charges 3f causing hurt to Chua
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    $353 for blind
    21 5 RAUB. Wed.-^Staff of the Medical an<i Health Department Pahang. donated $353 to the Malayan Association for the Blind.
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    JOHORE PLANS 11 NEW SUB-DISTRICTS
    99 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed rpHE Johore Government has 1 decided to set up 11 subdlstrlcts to achieve closer administration as required by Emergency policy. The Finance Committee •of the Federal Legislative Council has approve^ a supplementary vMr Of $925,000 for building the sub-district headquarters. i Johore\s
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    Blood donors
    30 5 The Singapore Blood Transfusion centre at the General Hospital will be open from 9,30 a.m. to 12 noon on Sunday for donors who are not free on weekdays
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    35 days to go—1,550 taxis need meters
    132 5 35 days to go— 1,550 taxis need meters WITH 35 days to go. only 100 of Singapore's 1.650 taxis have been fitted with meters Will the other 1,550 drivers beat the ban on taxis plying for hire after January 1 without meters? "YES. say the taxi drivers. "We shall all
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    Boys contribute
    41 5 KOTA BAHRU. Wed.—Masters and boys of Ismail English School. Kota Bahru, sent $162.32 toward the funeral expenses of Mohd Salleh bin Mohamad, a Standard VI boy. who was drowned last Tuesday on a sc>- x>i excursion at Kuala Besar.
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    NIGHT AND DAY HIS FOUR GUARDS WATCH-THE LEPER-MURDERER
    185 5 KUALA I.UMPUR, Wed. FiOUR guards are keeping a night and day watch over a 37-year-old Indian inmate of the Sangei Buloh leper settlement in Selangor. Today the Federal Legislative Council vested the guards with the powers and authority of prison warders and
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    Provident fund for services workers
    193 5 THE three services in Singapore are to bring thoir 30.000 civilian employees within the Central Provident Fund Bill. The Straits Times understands that Nnvy, Army and Air Force heads h;iv e already made provisional recommendations to their ministries in London and are now working On
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    Templer names 15 to study higher posts for Malayans
    283 6 ALL SERVICES TO BE MALAYANISED KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE High Commissioner has appointed a committee of 15 to consider the Malayanisation of all services, the acting Chief Secretary, Mr. David Gray, said in the Federal Legislative Council today in reply to
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    LEADING SEAMAN SAYS GOODBYE TO ADMIRAL
    175 6 r'O shipmates who joined the Royal Navy nearly 40 years ago Rear-Admiral F. Pugsley, former Flag Officer Malayan Area, and Rear-Admiral E. G. A. Clifford, retired Commander of the British Commonwealth Naval Forces in Korea. met again aboard the Canton yesterday. Rear- Admiral Pugsley
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    WIRING NOW COSTS DOUBLE
    196 6 WIRING NOW COSTS DOUBLE SINGAPORE City councillors were told yesterday that 24 hours after householders had been told to use contractors to instal electrical appliances some contractors had doubled j their charges Previously, such work was done by the City Council. j Under the new arrangement, (nearly 1,500 consumers have
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    $2,000 gift
    19 6 SEREMBAN. Wed. The Sererrban Rotary Club today presented a $2,000 physiotherapy set to the General Hospital here.
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    GOVT. WILL CONTINUE ITS RICE POLICY
    243 6 Buying still needed— experts REPLYING to Mr. Koh A Sin Cheung Ling in the Legislative Council, Mr V E Davies, Secretary of the Federation Treasury, explained the Federation Government's rice policy which will be unchanged. He said experts had advised that new purchases were
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    School head on her way
    57 6 Miss Catherine Stallworthy. Head of the first Approved School for Girls in Malaya, is now on her way here on board the Falstria. which left Britain la.st week. 1 She will spend three months in the Federation training Malayan staffs in running the new school
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    Charged with maiming cow
    41 6 TELUK ANSON, Wed Muntok bin Langgan, 30. claimed trial to committing mischief by maiming a cow valued at $600 at Sungei Kuan on Nqv. 7 His $500 bail was extended and the case postponed to Dec. 11.
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    V.M.C.A. talks
    33 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Mr. V. Rajaratnam. general secretary of the Kuala Lumpur YMCA leaves by plane next week for the Philippines to attend the third Asian leaders conference of the YMCA
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    MIDWIVES FOR THE POOR
    153 6 Malay welfare expansion plan THE one-woman "pay-as-you-can" midwifery service for poor mothers run by the Singapore Malay Women's Welfare Association is to be expanded next month, when two more mid wives are recruited, the president, Che Zahara binte Noor Mohamed. said yesterday. The association's trained midwife
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    Colony had shocks for Auzurie
    208 6 Colony had shocks for Auzurie i L'ZURIE the Pavlova V ot India and Pakistan has had several shock* since arriving in Singapore on Monday. Shock No 1: She thought Singapore was another London or Paris with no difficulty getting a "♦"•re large enough for h oallet team. "A special stage.
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    PRISON TERM FOR OPIUM MAN STANDS
    126 6 PRISON TERM FOR OPIUM MAN STANDS Chain Hai Chew, who appealed against a Singapore lower court conviction and sentence of six weeks' imprisonment for possession of opium smoking utensils, had his conviction and sentence confirmed in the High Court yesterday. Chain, who appeared in person, told the Acting Chiot Justice.
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    Scottish dance display in Singapore
    44 6 PI'PII.S of St Joseph s Onvcnl. Singapore, gave a display of Scottish dancing at the Catholic Young Men's Association yestcrtlav to mark the award of 11 diplomas and certificates by the Catholic Social Guild of Oxford.— Straits Times picture.
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    SER VICE CHIEFS TO CONFER ON AGE GROUPS AND STARTING DATE
    237 7 SER VICE CHIEFS TO CONFER ON AGE GROUPS AND STARTING DATE Public opinion on Singapore call up bill awaited THE age group, and the date of the call up for national service in Singapore's military and civil defence forces, will be announced in the next few weeks. The Government is
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    SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
    44 7 MX. I) MAUI.MI Till. a hospital asxislanl ai the Singapore (ieneral Hospital, who ifft yesterday for a ihn-.--M-.ir rniirvf at Maudsley Hospital. London, on a scholarship. Another hospital assistant. Iru In- Wan Ismail, also went on a similar scholarship. Straits Times picture.
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    REMOVED NEXT DOOR FENCE
    222 7 REMOVED NEXT DOOR FENCE Dispute on land BECAUSE he believed his neighbour had extended the boundary of his land, chia, Liang Khai removed ihr fon- crctf posti which bordered it. a Singapore court was toiri yesterday. t Chia was> charged with cattttaf mischief by taking juwn the posts belonging to
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    GOVT. BID TO MAKE TOWNS INDEPENDENT
    70 7 KI'ALA IX'MPI'R. Wed. THE Federation Government is considering empowering town councils to retain their revenues, the Federal Legislative Council was told today. An experiment may be carried out early next year with two or three selected town councils, Dato Nik Kamil. Member for Local
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    Breach of trust not proved
    201 7 Breach of trust not proved IN acquitting Dhaneshwar Tiwari, a peon, on a charge of criminal breach of trust of SBOO entrusted to him by Ram Anooj Pandey on April 28, the Fifth Police" Magistrate, Mr. D. H. Chapman, told a prosecuting counsel that he had failed to prove that
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    Draw postponed
    32 7 The draw for the Singapore St John Ambulance Association and Brigade lottery, scheduled for today, will now take place on January 29. Tickets wui be on sale till Jan. 22.
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    No exhibits, so he's free
    76 7 Yong Ah Ban. who appealed against a lower court conviction and sentence of two months' imprisonment for smoking prepared opium walked out of the Singapore High Court yesterday a fre* man when his appeal was allowed. Mr. G. S. Hill. Deputy Public Prosecutor, informed th»»
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    Directors fete visitors
    51 7 Directors of Kee Huat Radio Company of Singapore last night gave a dinner party n honour of Mr Hector V Slade deputy managing director Of Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing Co. of England and Mrs Slade. Mr and Mrs Slade who arrived on Tuesday, will leave tomorrow for
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    Cigarette theft
    35 7 A thief broke into a coffpp shop In River Valley Road. Singapore, yesterday morning whilp two shop assistants slept M the five -foot- way. He took $154 worth ot cigarettes and $70 cash.
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    FISHING BOATS GET ENGINE TROUBLE
    117 7 A BOlT 20y Singapore fishermen who made money in 1951 and fitted their boats with motors are in trouble now. The motors hav c started going wrong and they do not know ho w to repair them To .show them how to maintain their motors
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    Staff donates to 5 charities
    71 7 The Straits Times yesterday received a letter containing $230 which was collected by the staff of the Sinnaporr Food Control Supplies Department as their Christmas gift to charitable institutions' In the Colony At their request the mom y will be evenly divided and forwarded to
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    A reminder
    23 7 The public is reminded that Greetings Lr'»» r Telegrams for despatch oveisea.s should br handed in not later than December 21.
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    Home after 14 years
    57 7 Home after 14 years Till AMI KM President Lines ship President Polk brought Singapore-born Mis* \inir I r.mki I to the Colon y yesterday. Miss Krunkel, who was educated at KarTl«-« (■iris School, said she was thrilled to in- back after II yenrs. She will stay for two months before
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    2 men were on his roof
    67 7 A European living in Dunearn Park. Singapore, woke at 3.15 a.m. yesterday and found two men standing on the roof of his house i Both thp men escaped in a car. The man checked hl.s befcaflnfji and round $iM). a lighter valued at $100
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    East Ward campaign
    63 7 Dr. S. H. Aljunied. who ti contesting the East Ward m the December City Council election.v as a PrOgrefVtVC candidate, will hold two meetings. A meeting at Geyiang English School tomorrow at 5.J0 I p m. will be presided over by Mr. Chan Kum Chee (Prog-Easii Another
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    YOUR JOB COMES BEFORE POLITICS, GOVT. MEN TOLD
    150 7 KUALA LLMPI'K, Wednesday. GOVERNMENT otlicers who are members of political organisations are not allowed to impair the discipline of the public services by imputing improper or discreditable motives or actions to the Government or its officers. This was stated by the ac*:ne
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    City Council finds land too costly
    84 7 rpHE City Council will soon 1- decide whether it snculd develop the two pieces of Crown Land at Shenton Way. The City Council, Ahich offered to take up the land for a show-room to the Elect: icity Department, abandoned the idea later because of
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    JohoreLama in colour
    61 7 A colour film on the Johore Lama expedition will be shown a', the British Council Hall. Stamford Road. Singapore, at 8.30 p.m on Friday. Mr. P Wheatu-y. lecturer In historical geography at thf University Of Malaya, will apeak on the expedition. The taik is being sponsored by
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    Mr. C. J. d'Cotta coming: back
    41 7 Mr. C. J. dCotta. a formrr a.s.si.stant Registrar of Vehicles, Singapore, who has been livina iin Australia since his retirement three years ago. will return by thp Nieiiw Holland on Sunday accompanied by Mra. d'Cotta.
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    DEATH
    30 8 211 Wnriln J7» (minimum) MESSAGE have been received in- forming the death of Mr. T. John on 9.11.53 at Cherainkll, Travancore ifathri Of .1. James. Francis Estate Raton- M.ilaka
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    73 8 211 Hurrft Sit (minimum) C. MUTTUTAMBY and children, Ipoh. thank all who sent message* of condolence, wreaths and assisted pt funeral of Mrs. Muttutambv. DR A- MRS CHAN SWAN TONG thank all friends and relatives for their kind wishes and valuable gifts on the occasion oi their wedding. MR.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    128 8 29 H inHs 5 W mintrttnm REFRIGEKATION or Air Condi- tlonlng troubles' 1 Ring Bill Manning about It. At *****. WESTLAKE is using Electrons Plash lights that do not emit heal for your comfort. 303. j Tanjong Katoiii; Road. Spore. 15. JUST LNPACKED! Honan Real Ptlk Shantung. 12 pleasing
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    The Straits Times Singapore-, Thurs., Nov. 26, 1953 The Price of Emergency
    269 8 The Straits Times Singapore-, Thurs., Nov. 26, 1953 The Price of Emergency It was with a sense of thankfulness, but not of satisfaction, that steady and substantial progress towards the objects for which the Government and the people have been working could he reported, said the High Commissioner in his
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    Some controls still are necessary
    380 8 Some controls still are necessary Collective punishment of anykind is a fearful and unpleasant penalty. In Malaya it has been used sparingly, but it served a purpose and undoubtedly it was In its day a necessary power. Unfortunately there will still be districts which must continue to suffer the inconvenience
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    Many money calls yet to come
    295 8 Many money calls yet to come It will be snmr time before I the Federation can .see its way to a balanced budget, said General Templer. That is a fairly safe prophecy for, large as the ordinary expenditure is, the new estimates have been pruned of all items that can
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    Election cry is deceptively simple
    288 8 Election cry is deceptively simple What of the political future? In speaking once again of th» i task of creating a united Mal- ayan nation, General Templer deplored those voices which, crying for independence, attempt to raise hatred against the protecting power. There are not many of them, but their
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    Now tell us the shape of Malaya to come...
    1101 8  -  MILLER f By WHEN the noted "Yellow Book" detailing the Federation's six-year development plan was published in 1950, the late Sir Henry Gurney, then High Commissioner, said it was essential that a country becoming a nation must have a policy and
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    STRANGE POSITION OF RIDA
    914 8 ¥T is a strange fact that 1 the Rural and Industrial Development Authority, a department created in 1951 by the inspiration of the old Communities Liaison Committee, is still working to no blueprint yet it has become an indispensable feature of rural development. It has operated
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      "The whole set-up needs re-organising'
      318 8 ALL are agreed on the power for good that is vested in the conception of RIDA. But few. Indeed, I think, will subscribe to its present methods and working. In the cour.se of conversation with many people I am led to believe that re-organisa-tion of
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    On the Margin
    509 8 On the Margin Double deckers 11/OULD double decker DOOM Ml really improve Singapore's paitomfnr transport .service There li much to be said both ways. Naturally it would easthe .strain of the city worker going to and from his job. but ;t wuiiid take a large fleet ol buaea to make
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      195 8 C AN-OPENLRS '•^^aWP^TZ^BA #^B I A light engineering firm ii. the north o\' England had dimYultv in obtaining the type of steel they required for the manufacture >f can-opener blades. An alternative grade of steel was tried which it was hoped would prove suitable if heat-treated, but the results were
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    Britain's $52 mil, gift staved off disaster
    330 9 A WORD OF THANKS FOR BRUNEI AND SINGAPORE, TOO KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. WITHOUT the $52 million gift from Britain the Federation would have found itself in the unenviable position of fighting Communism in i the jungle and on the idealogical front with; depleted
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    Musical lure for voters in Malacca
    76 9 Musical lure for voters in Malacca MALACCA. Wed THE manifesto, propaganda an^i campaign sub-com-mittees of the U.M.N.O.M.C.A. Alliance in Malacca last nighl completed pans for the M might licht with the Labour candidate in the Butolt China Ward in the Municipal Council elections on Dec. 5 Thp Alliance will concentrate
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    NEW LA W BRINGS $5 MILLION
    64 9 Xl ALA I.r.MPI R, Wednesday. Total amount enllrrted under the new Business Registration Ordinance up to the end of October was 55.075,064, the Federal Legislative Council was told today. The money v ill he paid to the Y. d v <■ a t i
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    Debate on Budget may go on till night
    327 9 Debate on Budget may go on till night KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. 'TOMORROWS debate A on the Federal Bud- get and the High ComI missioner's address is likely to continue into the night. This was Indicated today by the Speaker. Dato Mahmud bin Mat. when he ad- journed the Federal Legis-
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    Flag: ceremony
    34 9 KLANG. Wed. Four batralions of Home Ouard.s in the Kuala Lumpur Langat district will receive their Battalion Flags' from the Sultan of Selangor on Friday at the Telok Datoh padang in Baiting.
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    MAN WHO WENT HOME TO FATHER MUST PAY WIFE
    204 9 MRS Dolly r.oel. who yesterday was awarded 5350 a month maintenance for herself and three children from her husband. Goei SianfT Thiam. son of a Singapore millionaire, said the would have to Rive cooking lessons to make ends meet She told
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    Govt. buys aborigine i collections
    163 9 -AND THE PRICE WILL BE $5,000 KUALA LUMPUR Wed THE Federation Government is purchasing the library archaeological collections, and technical equipment of the late > Mr. P D. R Williams-Hunt, acting Director of Museums and Adviser on Aborigines, who died in June after an accident.
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    London may help find ; a port boss
    71 9 London may help find a port boss KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. rE Secretary of Stat> tor i the Colonies has been I asked to help in recruiting a I chairman-designate for the proposed Penang port commission. Tills was stated by Mr J I O. Sanders, acting Member for Railways and ports
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    Templer speech packs gallery
    52 9 KUALA LUMPUR Wed Lady Templer and Miss Jane Templer were among the people who packed the public gallery to listen to the Hish Commissioner. General Officer CommandIn?, Malaya. General Sir Hugh Stockwell. and Lady Stockwell. Mrs. Elizabeth Choy Singapore Legislative Councillor, and local consular representatives were
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    Government costs must be kept within bounds of revenue, he says
    346 9 Government costs must be kept within bounds of revenue, he says KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. MR. H. H. FACER in the; Legislative Council today questioned the soundness of the Government's present financial policy to stabilise the j country's economy. Malaya, he said, was marching in a very orderly but quickened tempo
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    TIME NOT YET RIPE FOR JURY TRIALS IN FEDERATION
    751 9 Committee urges changes in assessor system, but says... KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A SELECT committee which considered the Criminal Procedure Codes (Amendment) Bill. 1953, decided "the tim P is not now opportune' 1 to introduce the jury system for criminal trials in
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    Parang attack is alleged
    41 9 KUALA LUMPUR Wed Yousuf bin Sallm. 41. of |erdang Federal Experimental Station, today claimed trial to voluntarily causing hurt to Chinnayah with a parang. He was allowed $250 bail and the case was postponed to Dec 14
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    'Beaver' l service to south ending
    200 9 'Beaver' l service to south ending KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. it»HE rrsular Beaver flights of the Federation Air Service to points South of Kuala I Lumpur will erase after Dec. 7. said Mr. Max Oxford. Director of Civil Aviation, Federation today. Addressing local Rotarians h P also outlined details Of the
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    Passes needed on polling day
    49 9 Passes from the Supervisor nf Elections will'be required for admission to the Victoria Theatre on flip evrnine of polling day December 5 A few passes arp available free for members ol thp public on application In writing; to the Supervisor of Elections Mansnor Street.
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    New school for girls
    60 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. An approvpfi school for girls is to be built 41 Batu Ga.|ah. Perak near the Women's Central Prison The school will take the 2 iru committed ov th»> courts t> the Henry Gurney School foi Education and Training. The staff for thp school
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      211 9 MBM Band: King George V Park 3.30 p.r. to 6.30 pm. Trarhrrs Training Callrgr: "Itie Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan at Vl'toria nieatre 9.30 pm. Booking* ■I Rob.r«on'.v Vmri i. ,n Thank»givini Day Church ?ervlee« at Wesley Church Fort Canning Road. 5.30 pm .iddrc** ov the American Coiuul General. M:
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    'DON'T ENACT TAX BILL SEARCH-SEIZE CLAUSE'
    405 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. •'PHE Selrrt Committrr appointed to consider amendments to the Income Tax Ordinance has decided in favour of nearly all the now provisions. Its reports on the Bill. which alms at stopping tax evasion, was tabled at the Federal Legislative Council today.
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    Controls on prices to stay
    146 10 Controls on prices to stay KUALA LUMPUR. Wod PRICE control of rs.s<>nij;i! rnmmoditirs. induri;nc ri'-r and sugar, la to rrmain nr th< time being. Mr. V. E Davirs Secretary of thr Tteasury. said 1n the Federal Leglslatlvi Council tod;iy Hr was replying to Mr. Yea? Choong Kong, wlm h;iri asked
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    54 acres for Govt. quarters
    44 10 KUALA LUMPUR. VVrd. The Penang Government is negotiating to buy about 54 acres of private land for Government quarters Tne Finance Commit ice of th P Federal Legislative Council has passed 3 >..iplementary vote of $221,800 for the purpose.
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    GREAT STRIDES MADE BY CO-OP
    261 10 17 shops to 255 in three years THE MALAYAN Co-operative Consumers Movement has made solid progress in the past three years and has rome to stay as a permanent feature of the commercial organisation of this country from only 17 retail shops in, 1050 the
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    WHOLESALE CO-OP TO STAY ON
    153 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A PROPOSAL to establish a central statutory organisation to rrplace the Malayan Co-operatn P Wholesale Sorirty and carry out a fair and honesi distribution of staple necessities and .stabilise the cost of living has been rejected by thp Federal Tteasury. The action
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    Scheme to develop Federal resources
    178 10 Scheme to develop Federal resources Xl ALA LI'MPUR. Wed. THR Federation is planning a large scale inventory of the country's land, water and other resources for a rorr.hineri development scheme, the Federal legislative Council was told today. Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, Member for Lands, Mines and Communications, said
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    $2,350 for furniture
    50 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wrd.Thr new office of the Member for Local Government Housinc and Town Planning will cost $78 642 in salaries and allowances. The Member has a staff ot five Office furniture for Mr. H S Lor. the new Member for Railways and Ports, will cost $2,350.
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    CASH, STORES LOSSES GO ON
    382 10 'With monotonous regularity in Govt. departmen ts A udit KUALA U'MPITR. Wednesday. j OSSES of cash and stores In Federation Govern- lament departments "continue to occur with j monotonous regularity," says the Director of Audit, i Malaya, in a report for last year put before
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    Volunteers told: 'Check insurance'
    130 10 Volunteers told: 'Check insurance' KUALA LUMPUR. Wed ALL MEMBERS of volunteer services in the Federation are to be told of the attitude which insurance com- panic* misjln tak< over policies taken out before they joined these services. This follows the case of an Honorary inspector of Auxiliary Police who was
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    Cocoa garden in Kedah
    43 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Finance Committee of the Federal Legislative Council has passed a supplementary vote for $12,585 fnr creating cocoa seed gardens in Kedah. A vote for $3.9% fo r a similar jjardprs in Per.is was also approved
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    New poisons regulations
    50 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Nrw reaulations called the Poisons iDanserous InsecMcides> Regulations. 1953. prohibiting the import of certain poisons. exceDt under a licence ■:inted by the Director of Medical Services, were laid before the Federal Legislative Council today. Twenty-two types of poison.s are listed under the new regulations.
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    PLAN FOR FEDERAL COUNCIL DIVISIONS
    207 10 Proposal to prevent delays KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. rIE Federal Legislative Councils committee on standing rules and orders today recommended that the Council follow the House of Commons in having a provision guarding against unnecessary divisions. It? recommendation was in a report submitted to the Council
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    00,000 more attend Fed. schools
    118 10 00,000 more attend Fed. schools KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Ei.rolment for schools in the Federation show^ an increa-i i.oin 722.036 pupils in Aug. i? 52 to 781.335 in Sept. thil year, says the report for the third quarter of 1953 which was laid before the Federal LesUlative Council today. Enrolment in
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      129 10 Nescafe" IN THE JUNGLE Day in. day out unceasingly watchful a patrol of the Security Forces penetrates deep into the heart of the Malayan Jungle. Through treacherous swamps, over rivers and mountains sweating and fatigued the men remorselessly trudge their stealthy way towards their goal. Strange noises, false alarms and.
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      289 10 SINGAPORE P— C-WU.-M-; vi cMttas* Corner: 6.45 SJrtl llui n.mi -Kte 7. 1S Morning Star, 7.30 News 735 Me KHt* 1 ~> Htm; 7.15 Volte* m Melody Mixture; 8 London Studio H;irni <>" v 730 Radio Malaya Btrlna Melodies; 830 Malny Housewiv", 1 Ensemble: 745 M:i| H ynn M;ic.(/in. Corner;
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    King trembled for his throne when duchess was foully slain
    2179 11 a CC ATI IDC TIUIE «fnr.r« of Adventure. \rU I Mraits l imes re a i uke j.^r.p.y, i:* P ,0r,.<i0.. A hearse followed by a single carriage with drawn blinds clattered through the narrow streets of Paris towards the
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      412 11 TIME AHAniA\ SIUIIIS Hum at last thrown off the I rame upon a straitfr srrnr. A sailors wrrc glad rnough to iiiiiili-r.thlr burdrn at the notori- party of uilor* wrrr hurling einplnr mr to hrlp thrm rarry ou* Old Man of thr Sra. I, the -tours Into a (rove of
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      TURNOVER DECLINES BUT PRICES STEADY
      502 12 TIN RISES, RUBBER QUIET THE Singapore share market had rather a quieter day yesterday when there was less inclination to deal and in consequence a contraction in thr amount of business written. The market in tins and Industrial! opened steady, possibly a little bettor than
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      TIN PRICE
      19 12 The prire of tin in Sine* pore yesterday was declared at HSUVI rents a pirul. up nni.
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      RUBBER PRICES
      165 12 December first grade closed on the Singapore rubber market yesterday at 53' cents a pound, unchanged on Tuesday's close. The closing tone was steady quiet. During the day business wu done in December first grade up to 59S cents. There was a slight PMlnv r»l profit-takinc Offerina.s were
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      Singapore shipping
      153 12 SHIP 9 lylnc aloncslde the Sin:>pore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are I Saxonulen 1-2 Sunda 4-5. Katonc CP.. President Polk 8-7. Wonosnn 8-9. Flyinn Arrow II Benmhor 13--14. Tabinta 15-16. Hulda MaersK 18. Bcußainvllle 19-20 Rawanß N. Wall. Beetong 21-22. Tudor 23-24. Ettrickbank 25-26 Cingalese Prince
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      Australian I stocks
      175 12 MELBOURNE. Wed VORTH Broken Hill «nd Broken i^ Hill South shares Improved "n (he Stock Exchange today !>.<• steadier tone (or metal prire* wax the flrmlriK influence. Orneral Investments (ontlnued 10 transfer in small lots a' prices rinse to yrsterduy's rates. Wool maintained strong tone :>t S\<iney
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      WALL STREET
      118 12 NEW YORK. W«t. •I-IIF. ilil MallMl vrsind:i\ «M inclinrfl to cltlft m modest inri [ratinrlr<.s dr^linc. PrlC* chances el'hrr v.n\ Wftt m:ilnlv frirtionri! with lossrs slightly |irrriomlnatiiiß in industrials and rails. Utiht'rs. however. lIWNltd slijhtlv p.Ttlv on in-eMmem dpmand. lnlliienred by attra'T'\icld."-. rsper'allv in Plrrtric uMlitKs. anri encoutaciii':
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      Produce prices
      74 12 Sincapnrr Chinr*«- Produce change: Noon prices per pieul werr^ i Copra: steady: Decembrr M» .myers. $3R sellers; January $38 imyrrs. $38'- sellers. Coconut oil: steady. *fil seller*. Pepper: steady; unehansed: Munfolc white *34(1 Sarawak S.I3S. I«m--pong blark Jinn I^wis and Put: Closing prices were: Copra: W| steady: Nnvrmur
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      Exchange rates
      38 12 On the free exchange mnrket In Hone Konz f*MltT6*J 'he B. dollar was quoted nt ft. Mm for rash md b 9425 for T.T. Sterling WU qunf-i It U.M and one tael of Rold ll 252.375
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      Tin stocks rise
      57 12 Stocks of tin .n Malaya v the end of Octobe. were .VWn tons compared with MH W the end of September October production has no* been confirmed at 4.875 ton compared with 4.669 tons n» September. maKing 'he •»*>.-> months' output 46.287 tons compared with 47.00 ft
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      U.S. natural rubber policy may be changed
      393 12 LONDON. Wed. specific purpose of the 1 forthcoming meeting of the Rubber Industry Advisory Com- mittee of the General Services I Administration, buyer of natural rubber for the U.S. stockpile, is to consider .stockpile rotation policy but the Washington Correspondent of the Financial
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      233 12 we present to you the world-famous Czechoslovak handkerchiefs of first-class quality under new trade marks and in a new, elegant packing. Gentlemen's sorts: Camel, Rokoko and Mushroom Ladies 1 sorts: Amour, Rokoko, Carmen, Butterfly and Mushroom Children's hankies: Baby Exclusive design fast colours unusual durability. Advantageous prices and delivery term*
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      681 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for the post of a shroff in the Currency Office, Singapore, in the salary scale $90 8A 150 B 162 6A 180 12A -216 B 12A 240 p.m. plus current allowances. Applicants should have a good knowledge of English and be accurate and quick at
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      500 12 NOTICES NOTICE Federation of Malaya $T,riOn,OflO— s' r Loan inf.? 1!»72 Nolire Is hrrrbv given thnt, 'ho Register of the above mentioned loan will be clnsod from Ist December to 151 h neromwr, 1!»S3 iboth finy.": inclusive) for preparation of Interest Warrants. J.H. NEWBIGGINO Rr^lstrnr. Public Drbt Offlr*. pvrirratlon of
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      422 12 TENDERS I MUNICIPALITY OF KUALA LUMPUR TKXOER NOTICE 1 Terriers will close at 3.00 p m on :«Oth November 1953 at the offlre Inf the Municipal Secretary. Kuau Lumpur for the Dismantling and Purchasing of Salvaged Materials from Incinerator Building at Cheras Road. Kuala Lumpur. Plans and Specifications may oe
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      1570 13 fT., 2412 tfANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. MM Possoa. (Incuiprtroten in bingopore) A| otntr BLUE fUNNEL LINE 0# P t Carriers' aptien to proceed via other ports to load and dischorge corgo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW, LONDON 4 CONTINENTAL PORTS Due Soils P S'hom Penang Atreus for Liverpool Glasgow Nev. 24/28
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      2079 13 v 1 1 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/U K./CONTINENT Spore P. S'hom Penono "Monchurto" tor Bangkok, Saloon. Hongkong, Monila, Kob*, Yokohomo 1/ 1 Dec. 2/ 1 Dec. V 1 "Fohtrie" for Bongkok 9/10 Dec. S Dee. 7/ 7 Dec. "Lalondla" for Bangkok 29/29 Dec. "Peneme" for Bangkok, Hongkong 1/
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    LADIES SPAIN
    752 14 LADIES SPAIN AT a display by Spain's leading couturiers at the Palace Hotel, Madrid, one outstanding fashion fact emerged. Spanish dress-makers are realists. In Spain no great gulf of inches divides reedslender mannequins from the wider-hipped, fullerfigured women who will buy and wear the clothes. The workmanship is beautiful, the
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    TALKING SHOP
    220 14  -  URUM»i httitlZi THIS week's shop talk has men in mind most women love shopping, and need little or no Inspiration The guide below is printed in the vain hope that women this Christmas will NOT receive that bottle of perfume 1 the only kind men know about) nor
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    THIS WEEK'S THIS WEEK'S BARGAINS
    120 14 THIS WEEK'S THIS WEEK'S BARGAINS Washing dresses are getting less expensive in Singapore and here are two attractive morning dresses from America that reflect the new trend. ABOVE: Green leaves and black twigs printed on a white ground forms the pattern on this dress. It is piped with black and
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      166 14 Delicious a^aW Yes! talented Hfinz chefs tAe as much care J f as the finest home cooks to coax out the full, sat- isfying fljvorof this succulent dish! Rich.juicy Heinz Baked Means give you mure cnjo\mcnt every time. <^ Sit down to a piping hot plate of Hun/. Baked Beans
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      388 14 Sirails Time* (ro^^woril 29. Re«c/"m<va m complete »«r 1 I? [i tss^4 1 p fe m i»o«\ Sss! 1 A errat alteration in some Mm SSSS 58^ SSS 35*5 558 storac* vessel <!»>. R Ssi HI Ssl Sill §i§ 2 Wln slpd bu n °t ln an honest gS£ §g|
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    FAIRY TALE, TALISMAN DEAD-HEAT IN TOP SPRINT
    2901 15  -  EPSOM JEEP By Malekzadeh and Tarzan pay best dividends CT AGING a thrilling neck and neck tussle in the last half furlong, Fairy Tale (Franklin) and Talisman (Bougoure) ran a deadheat in the Class 1, Div. 1 6f. race at Bukit Timah yesterday,
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    BIG SWEEP
    55 15 TOTAL POOL: $359,773. Ist. No. *****4 $161,896 2nd. No. *****4 S 80,948 3rd. No. *****8 S 44,971 STARTERS: ($3,747 each): Nos. *****3, *****2. *****9, *****8. *****5, *****6. *****1. *****2. *****1. *****7. *****5. *****9. CONSOLATION: ($2,698 each) Nos. *****1. *****6. *****7, *****5. *****1. *****8. *****1. *****9. *****4, *****3. DOUBLE
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    Banbridge gets trial at K.L.
    95 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Main object In today's state hockey practice was for the selectors to see whether Barney Banbridge, former Cambridge "blue" and Singapore player, would solve their Inside left problem. Barney's grand display today has satisfied the selectors and ne will most probably be
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    Hungarians make history at Wembley
    413 16 ENGLAND ARE BEATEN 6-3 By VERNON MORGAN WEMBLEY STADIUM, Wednesday. UUNGARY, the Olympic champions, routed England hy six goals to three here today and so accomplished a feat that no other continental side has ever done in heating England at home. The Hungarians, who led
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    Changi had little defence against SCC
    295 16 S.{ "A" 21; Changi 0. j fTOR the share that RAF. F changi had of the ball in i yesterday's padang rugger, they i did not deserve to go down by such a margin as three coals, a try and a penalty; but an
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    PICTURE TIP WINS AGAIN
    61 16 rE Straits Times picture tip yesterday was ADELAIDE STAR who won Race Three to pay $17 for. a win and $8 for a place. Adelaide Star was also given hy Epsom Jeep as the nest bet of the day. The Straits Times picture tip and hrst
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    Colony make one change for 'quad'
    172 16 •■pHE Sinsytpore t«>arn lor the J southern quadrangular hockey meet leaves for Beremban tonipht with one chance. S. Kulaftingam. the Ceylon S.C I inside left. In unable to travel and his place la being taken by Yeoman Mohamed Noor. of the Royal Malayan Navy.
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    Mankad says he needs rest
    113 16 JAIPUR. Wei yiNOO MANKAD. India s all- rounder, is to withdraw from the second Test r.paiist the Commonwealth cricket, team staning in Bombay on Dec. 3 It is understood that Mankad will be rvriting to the Indian Board of CricVet Control expresslne his inability to
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    SHIP'S CREW NET 5
    40 16 H.M 9. Bu-mingham beat Selctar Football Club by 5-2 ir. i soccer friendly played at Naval Base yes-t'-rd:-?. Scorers for the winners were Price (3 Fletrher and Hunter. All Ha«an scored both coals for Seletar F.C
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    RUGBY UNION
    43 16 LONDON Wed Rtigbv Union remits of today's matches' New Zealand toor: Glasgow ar.d Eriinbuigh 3, New Zealanders 23: County championship Kent 8. Hampshire 3: Surrey 3 Eastern counties 5. Club match: Cambridge Unlv 12 M R. Steel Bodgers team 11. Renter
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    Mankad alone defied Loader and Berry
    216 16 JAIPUR. Wed 'THE Commonwealth touring <nckettr> finished the second day's play In their match with the Jaipur Cricket Avsoriation here today with a lead of 78 runs with all their second innings wirket.s intact. Jaipur, replying to the Commonwealth's firs' Innings of 196. weir
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    ENTRIES FOR IPOH MEETING
    765 16 4N ENTRY of 17S horses— 7R In Class Three and 37 in Class Pour has he?n received for the j three-day meetinc of the Persik I Turf Club to be held on Dec. 5. 9 and 12. There will be eicht races on each day. Following
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    A furlong from home-& the big race duel is on
    79 16 A furlong from home the big race duel is on THE DUEL between Fairy Tale 'No. 8, C. Franklin) and Talisman (on rails, Q, Bougoure) begins a furlong from home in the main race (six furlongs) at Bukit Timah yesterday. Making a bid are (above) Box Office (No. 9, H.
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    At the post—a dead-heat
    5 16 At the post— a dead-heat
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    We are confident Medan manager
    176 16 "PHK Medan District soccer team, consisting of 17 players and four olTicials, flew into Singapore yesterday to play four matches against local teams. Team manager Tengku Djohan told the Straits Times, that he was confident that the Indonesians would have a successful tour. I "Our
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    R.I. JUNIORS WIN
    43 16 Ratfle.s Institution Juniors beat Victoila School 2nd XI by 3-2 at hockey on the R.I. ground yesterday Scorers for Raflle^ Institution were K'llip Sinph i ?< and George Sandosham. Victoria scored through Charlie Chan and Singh Mr. T. K Kii.inh refereed.
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    BEAT RECS 3-0
    22 16 Singapore Medical Services Union bctt Singapore Recreation Club by 3-n in a hockey friendly on the S.R.C. paaang jesterday.
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    BLAZER CRESTS FOR ATHLETES
    52 16 The Smcapore Amateur A'hle'ic Association has received SO sfeuv emti f'>r athletes who have rc■>iesenred the Colony at the M j A A. A. championships or overseas Thesi' crests have be^i, spnt out from India. They ran be bo'isht fiom Mr. J S. de Souza at
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    S.B.H.F.A. MAY RUN RESERVE LEAGUE
    357 16 S.B.H.F.A. MAY RUN RESERVE LEAGUE THE SINGAPORE Business Houses FA., at ttfl annual crnoral meeting on Dec. 14. will diSCUSfI :i proposal to run a Reserve League next season. Thr objert is to give more opportunities for playing soccer to younper. inexperienced players if thr Reserve Loacik- la n success,
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    FRANCE WIN
    31 16 PARIS Wed. Prance be..hy 1-0 here today after a Koreli first hali i:i their return World Cup soccer rrntch nnri qualified for Hip final rounds at Switzerland next Renter.
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      264 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. VEHICLES FOR SALE ;t> Horrf. tS IMin.)— Box SO r»« rxtra. 1951 TRIUMPH Ma>-flower 1952 j Citroen. Tiptop condition. Owner: driven. Phone *****. MORRIS Oxford regd: '50 In ex cellent condition. Battery and tyres nrw. $3,500 0.n.0. Ring *****, M, N- wton Road. L<\TE 1948 MOTC in perfect
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      268 16 RACE RESULTS— P. 15 FOR SALE »n H,,rrf« «> I Win.)— Box SO rl*. rxlrm. RUDGE Ladies bicycle perfect condition $60. Also 50 popular dance records 11. and $0 50 each Te'.e. ***** 66 Cuppagc Road. BOAT 18 ft. canvas covered newly painted HP Evinrude encine Ail excellent order. Available
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