The Straits Times, 17 December 1953

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    13 1 The Straits Times Mai**** Established 1845 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1953. 15 CENTS
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    RHEE CHANGES HIS MIND
    241 1 No action until 90 days AFTER talks begin NEUTRALS THREATEN TO FREE ALL PoWs NKOII.. Wed PRESIDENT Synßnuin Rhec today m;tdc a complete switch on his pic\ ions stand, repeated onl> yesterday by liis Foreign Minister, Mr. Pyun Yung Tai. Thr South Konan leader alleviated fears
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    CEREMONY AT THE BIRTH OF A REGIMENT
    58 1 GENERAL SIX Hiuh stockwi-11. (.(>< .Malaya inspecting the inaiicural parade of the I*l Battalion Thr Federation Rruiment on the Ksplanadr at Taiping yesterday. Behind him are Brie. Benaro. the Director of Federation Military Forces, and MajM n. G. Ryan (right). Ind-in-Cnmmand of the
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    They want to escape
    62 1 PANMUNJOM. Wed. A Nortn Korean who scaled a barbed wire fence to freedom said today three oi four of the 2 4 Americana in Communist hands wanted to escape but wen afraid of being stabbed bj other I'niteii States soldiei prison) "They arc afraid they will
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    ACCUSED of MURDER IN CHURCH
    120 1 ACCUSED of MURDER IN CHURCH Hidden cash found HONG KONG. Wed. P)LICE told the Hon;; Kong Central Court today that they found a considerable sum ii. Australian, American. Porand other bank notct hidden behind a bwHtraiif In a bedroom of All Souls Catholic Church, where on September 7 covered the
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    A 'Queen' late
    30 1 NEW YORK, Wed. The Brih>!i liner Queen Elisabeth, delayed by a strike at Southampton and a storm In the Atlantic, arrived 30 hours late yesterday. A P
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    Partnership party wins
    60 1 INS. RHODESIA SALISBURY. Rhodesia Weri Sir Godfrey HuggllW Federal Party, pledged to introduce a "racial partnership" policy, won an overall majority in Central Africa's first federal elections. The Confederate Party, which advocated racial segregation. suffered total defeat, even in Northern Rhodesia's "copper belt" where mine-workers of Afrikaner
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    All to spite his brother's face
    31 1 BOLZANO. Wed. Fifty-year-old Giuseppe Prantner was sentenced yesterday to two two years- and 20 day.s in caol for biting off his brothers BOW. A P.
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    Strain of jungle war led to drugs
    213 1 DOCTOR SENT TO MALAYA, THEN— From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Wednesday. PIIE strain of service in Malaya was blamed for the drug addirtion of Dr. Hubert Davison, 28, who >leaded guilty in a Northumberland magistrate's court 0 stealing drug tablets from a hospital
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    SECOND FIRE ATSCHOOL
    92 1 SECOND FIRE AT SCHOOL FIRE broke out at Kian Nam I School in Kampon* San Teng off Thomson Roart, gtn-| gapore. yesterday fo r the second time in three month*. A police spokesman said that the fire is beins investigated ,by both the police and the t fire biigade. Yesterday's
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    $70,000 fire at godown
    51 1 About $70,000 worth of fibre ropes wrrr destroyed by fin in a godown in Kampong Java Road. Singapore, yesterday afternoon. The ropes, plus steel bars and axes kept in the codow.i. belonged to .100 Guan Ltd. of Philip Street. The codown belonged to the Kian Ba
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    Attap hut is destroyed
    37 1 An attap hut at Patani Road, off Anson Road, caught fire la.st night Part of the roof, some clothine and furniture w.i.s destroyed. The firr is believed to have started in the kitchen.
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    Fastest man
    32 1 WASHINGTON Wed. Major Charles E. Yeager flew at 1.625 m.p.h two and-a-half time., the speed or sound in the U.S. Air Force's XLA rocket plane, it was reported today.— U.P.
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    Breadless day
    26 1 PARIS. Wed Bakers In I Paris and many other French cities closed shop for 24 hours today to protest against price controls. A. P.
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    VIOLET MEETS DICK POWELL-'Nicest man'
    127 1 HOLLYWOOD. Wed. VIOLET SLEIGH, Miss Malaya, met Dick Powell yesterday and promptly decided that he was th ■> "nicest man I've met in Hollywood." The Kuala Lumpur beauty contest winner met Dick Powell when she visited RKO studios for lunch. The two had a lencthy
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    Churchill checks on rail strike moves
    135 1 LONDON Wed £<IR Winston Churchill reO ceived a special report lrom two of his senior Ministers today on the progress of talks to avert Britain's threatened Christmas rail strike Sir Walter Monckton. Minis- i ter of Labour, and Mr. Alan I.ennox-Boyd. Minister of| Transport,
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    Monty (lam NOTretiring) denies Tempter will take over
    358 1 PAKIS. Wednesday. (MM I) Marshal Viscount Montgomery today emphatically denied that he had declined to retire as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe in favour of General Sir Gerald Tcmpler. The Field Marshal read a newspaper report to that effect "with amazement'",
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    HIS 42-CENT TRY WINS HIM $653,726
    81 1 HIS 42-CENT TRY WINS HIM $653,726 ('O.VTBRIDGk Scotland. Wed. I|K. JOHN Hamilton 31. has won C7ti.')o!> MSti.Y'i.T'ilii here in one of the hie national football pools. Mr. Hamilton, who earns jft; 10 (MSSS a week) won t "5.000 < M5i;.;:..".00| for six pence (M2l cts.) for forecasting correctly eight drawn
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    DIRECTOR HERE FOR LEWIS AND PEAT TALKS
    111 1 "1 IK. T. L. HOBAMN, a dire, t-•i-'l or of Kay Finance Company. London, arrived in Singapore yesterday by BO AC Constellation to have talks with the directors of Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. The three Singapore directors. Mr. I <;. Holiday. Mr
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    'Secret pact' says Peking
    33 1 TOKYO. Wed. Radio Pei- king charged tonnht that the United States. Britain and Siam have reached "a secret ameement" to train and equip Nationalist Chinese troops in Burma. A.P.
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    Peer cleared on one charge
    43 1 WINCHESTER. Wed. Lord Montagu was today found not i guilty of committing a Kfrinu.s i offence against a boy scout The jury dtsanrced on the second charge of indecent assault. Ho w.il be retried on this charge. Reuter.
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    Jets collide in flight
    61 1 DUXFORD. England. Wed. Four Royal Air F'>re r > Meteor jet fighters, on B dose formation traininu 1 1 i v 1 1 1 collided in thick f<>n near here today. One pilot crash-landed his plan,, in a held and was rushed unconscious to hospital An
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    Nguyen 'ready to quit'
    170 1 Split over peace feelers SAIGON. Wrri. PREMIER Nmiyen Van nun today rircidpd to 'Sign and loavr Vietnam ithoul ;i Oorernment. Acuycn planned to announce s walkout after a Cabinet nretiiiK tonieht, authoritative sources .said. H- was expected to fly to Dalat immediately after to hand his
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    STOP PRESS NGUYEN WILL DECIDE TODAY
    38 1 STOP PRESS NGUYEN WILL DECIDE TODAY SAIGON, Wed.— \i. i. mi Premier BgafWi urn will fly to Dalat t f.,r further talks mUk talpmi Bao Dai before dmum? if cabinet v. iii M tiSB. Reuter. %§m uil S.)*
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    Top Russian General dies
    49 1 M< >s<n\\. \\Td The death of Lt.-Gen Mikhail Invanovick Dritvin. former ripputv Sovk t Military commander in Germany was announced today hy the Red Star, the Soviet army newspaper Gen Dratvin was 56 He wa.s awarded the Order of Lenin for* tali war services. Renter.
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    The illusion is now destroyed
    74 2 The illusion is now destroyed RESEARCH into listeners' tastes and habits destroyed the illusion that Saturday night broadcasts in the English programmes had a small audience, according to the report of the Malayan Broart■WMag Department for the six years ending 1952. The report, published yesterday, added that it was at
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    Colonel is cleared
    53 2 BAD OEYNHAUSEN, West Germany, Wed. Lieut-Col. D. Doscrcli. of the Royal Wiltshire Regiment, who was suspended on December 2 pending tho investigation of allegations against him by a German civilian, has now returned to duty. British Army authorities said I the charge against him had been dismissed
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    The love-scene hooligans
    55 2 ALOr STAR. Wed. Police sho u id take action against cine-ma-goers who ieer or misbehave during the screening of love scenes. Inche Khi r Johari 'UMNO-MCAi urged at today's Alor Star Town Council mertinc "The hooliganism which breaks out during a sho w :s a 1 di.-crace
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    Flies to London
    36 2 NEW YORK. Wed —Mr Da* Hammarskioeld. UN. SecretaryGeneral, left for London last night to address the British United Nations Association tomorrow in the Albert Hall He returns to New York on Saturday. A.P.
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    S.E. Asia warned: Grow more or face famine
    279 2 ISO MILLION MORE MOUTHS TO FEED IN 17 YEARS TREASURY SURVEY LONDON, Wednesday. jUOST of the countries of the £2,000,000,000 six-year Colombo Plan for the economic development of South and South-east Asia are faced with a threat of famine unless the output
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    KIDDIES' FAIRY PRINCESS
    84 2 I Charity show at Sadler's Wells WHO'S FRIGHTENED by policemen? Not thrse London i kiddies who have almost forgotten their existence as 1 they battle for a glimpse of their favourite 'fairy prin- cess' Princess Margaret I The Queen's sister is uearir.Q a frilly evening dress ami
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    HE LOST TRUNK AS HE SLEPT
    150 2 It was under bed 4 N INDIAN lost a trunk conA taining two rings, four rolls of textiles, six sarongs and six shirts, total value $595. on Tuesday night. The trunk was stolen from under his bed while he slept. He shares a house
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    Trieste talks
    31 2 PARIS. Wed.— Signor Giuseppe pella. thp Italian Prime Minister, last night had a half-hour talk with Mr. Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Secretary, mainly on the Trieste problem.— Reuter
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    450 go home
    27 2 HONG KONG. Wed— More than 450 Chinese, ill going to China, arrived hrr>> from Singapore yesterday and were escorted to the border today.— A.P.
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    He helped spy
    36 2 SEOUL. Wed— Van? Woo Gung. an influential member of the South Korean National Assembly, was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment hf re yesterday on a charge of knowinclv protecting a Communist spy A.P.
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    NOW HE'S REALLY A LONE RANGER
    176 2 But relief is on the way PORT MORESBY. (New Guinea). Wednesday. ALONE patrol officer W. J. Brand, surrounded and menaced by hostile savage tribesmen in the southern highlands of Papua. New Guinea, has been ordered to stay at his post until reinforcements arrive. Relief
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    Control ends
    32 2 BELGRADE. Wed. Five years of Soviet control over the Danube Commission ended today when the commission mr; at Oalatz Rumania, and elected a Yugoslav as secretary. Belgrade Radio reported. Reuter.
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    Open palace, says M.P.
    69 2 LONDON. Wed —Mr. Marcus Lipton, a Socialist, suggested in the House of Commons yesterday that suitable parts of Buckingham Palace might be opened to the public, particularly during the next few months while the Queen was abroad. Sir Davis Eccles, Minister of Works, said the opening
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    Train ban sought
    62 2 LONDON. Wed. -The Medical World today proposed that all coal burning trains should be barred from within 15 miles of central London. It also suggested that the 13 gas works and 16 major power stations in the London area should be obliged to "wash" all smoke free
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    4,632 BANDITS KILLED
    58 2 KI'ALA LI'MPIR Wed.— A total I of 4,632 Communist terrorists had been killed up to the end of last month, according to Emergency statistics released today. A total of 2,207 had been wounded, while 1.251 surrendered, 247 suspects were wounded and raptured, and 810 suspects captured. Civilian
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    FIRST INQUIRY UNDER NEW LAW
    151 2 FIRST INQUIRY UNDER NEW LA W Nanyang Airways application THE Air Transport Licensing Authority will hold a public Inquiry next month into an application by Nanyang Airways Ltd. to run a tourist-class service to the Federation. North Borneo and Sarawak. The inquiry will be held at 10 am on January
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    'You,.too, would have lent Reds aid'
    308 2 'You,. too, would have lent Reds aid' THE Chinese squatterfarmers of Malaya found a forceful apologisf in Dr. Elizabeth Comber* (author of 'A Many Splendourod Thing') when she addressed the Chinese Ladies' Association yesterday on new villages. She said the 500.000 squatters were in many ways not to blame for
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    CHURCHILL FACES REVOLT
    241 3 36 Tory MPs want Suez talks to end LONDON, Wednesday. fJONSERVATIVK dissatisfaction over the Suez (anal base negotiations last night burst into the most serious revolt Sir Winston Churchill has faced since he came to power two years ago.. Thirty-six Conservatives, critical of the Govern ment's handlmu
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    She needn't pay homage to the Tooth
    131 3 COLOMBO. Wed. MR. C. B. Nugawala, chief lay custodian oi the Temple of thr Tooth at Kanoy, said today thai he and other trustees could not obji i Qiifon did not pay homage to thr Tooth (reputed to haw belonged lo Buddha when
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    F.B.I. will act
    25 3 WASHINGTON \Y Rident Eisenhower has assigned to thr F. 8.1 the Investigation of all violations of the US. Atomic Energy Act Renter.
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    Flying home
    19 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Wfd, Thr Philinp;n< Defence Minister. Mr. Oscar I :t by, nir yesterday lor home. \.r.
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    Oil found
    28 3 AMMAN. Wed. Anwar c' Khatis. Minister of Economics. Development and Recon.stru--tlon. yesterday said that oil traces havp been found at two places in Jordan. A. P.
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    Winston talks of his one last task
    235 3 MUNICH, Wed. A GERMAN newspaper here today published I an account of a conver- 1 sation between Sir Winston Churchill and its correspondent, Wolf- 1 gang von Tirpitz. at the Prime Minister's country home. Chartwcll in Kent. The correspondent, son of Admiral Allied
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    Gaol term suspended
    56 3 LONDON. Wed.— The War Office today announced the suspension of the .seven-year < i prison sentence 1 imposed on Signalman Harry Richard Page, aped 22. for the murder of an Ecyptian in the Canal zone last December. Page was convicted by a court-martial. His drath sentence was
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    Exchange plan
    28 3 CANBERRA. Wed.— The Air Minister. Mr. Will:am McMahon. yesterday announced the establishment of an Air Force officer exchance pronramme between Australia and the United States.— A.P.
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    Homes on show
    28 3 tokyo. Wed— Japanese homes will bp exhibited at the international low-price housing I fair in New Delhi between January 20 and March 5.— U P
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    Jeanne ready for Xmas
    58 3 HOLLYWOOD star Jeanne (rum seen in London with some of the Christmas toys she has liought for her four children before returning to America. Jeanne is holding a mechanical singing bird in a cage, a one-inch scale model of the Coronation coach and a doll that
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    Labour MPs. want a new policy
    250 3 'WAY OUT OF COLD WAR' LONDON. Wednesday. THIRTY LABOt'R M.P.s yesterday advocated that Britain should change her entire policy as a way •<ut of the cold war between "the two giants" Russia and America. Led by Left wingers S:r Richard Acland. Mr. Fcnn»*r Brockway
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    ACCUSED OF TWO MURDERS
    44 3 Ml IKM II DKRZ. who has been accused in Germany of n uirdrring his father and his fathers fiancee by gassing them two days before their wedding. Orrz has behaved in a very self-assured manner at the trial. Popper picture.
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    LEVY ON TRADE WITH CHINA TURNED DOWN
    154 3 LONDON. Wednesday. THE British Government yesterday rejected a suggestion that a small levy should be put on all future Anglo-Chinese trad^ to recoup losses of Bri- tish capital in China. Mr Cyril Osborne, a Conservative who made the proposal in the House of
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    Britain's films on top
    122 3 Britain 's films on top LONDON, Wed. ORITISH films drew the big- Rest audiences to British cinemas during Coronation year. Top of the list of box office successes was "A Queen is Crowned," British producer) colour record of th P Coronation. Second and the only American film to come in
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    SANTA CLAUS IS SENT TO GAOL
    58 3 AARHI S, Denmark. Wed. SANTA (la vs was in gaol today for burglary. Some days aco the police surprised two burglars. l)ne got away. Last night they arrested I Santa flaus who was celling dolls in the market square. I'nder the cotton beard and
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    His now job
    31 3 KAN FRANCISCO. Wort. Mr. Shunirhi Kase. Japanese Ambassador to Mexico, flow to Tokyo, yesterday on hi.s way to his new assignment as Ambassador to West Germany. A. P.
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    Atom plan plea
    32 3 ROCHESTER, Minnesota, Wed. -Dr. Charles W. Mayo, governor of Mayo Clinic, last night appealed to the world's medical and scientific groups to back President Eisenhower? atom pool plan. UP.
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    New Red Envoy
    25 3 LONDON. Wed. Mr. Pavel F. Yudin. newly-appointed Soviet Ambassador to China, preaeni ed his credentials yesterday to Mao Tse-tung Tass reported. Reuter.
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    No doctors
    24 3 VIENNA. Wed Scores of patients are without doctors la a hospital iust opened in Warsaw, Poland, a newspaper from there complained. AP.
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    4 THREATENED CHAMP—POLICE
    145 3 4 THREATENED CHAMP— POLICE HAVANA. Wed. pUBAN police last night ar- rested four men charged with attempting to extort money from Kid Gavilan, world wrltri weight boxiir; j champion The police said all [our were I arrested in a passageway of the Radio Centre Theatre where Gavilan made his debut
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    LONDON STOCKS
    294 3 LONDON. Wed. DUBINEHS on the London Stock Exrhnrißp wax RRaln restrained today wnile det.lerx awaited the outcome of further talks on the rail wnfte.s dispute. Far Eastern Issues were quiet. Teiis wert selectively firmer and there was some demand for bankInn Issues. Oils showed some lmprovemeni. but .shipping
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    LONDON TIN
    29 3 LONDON. Dec 16. Cash Buyers t;652'0; Sellers tfi.Vi; Forward Buyers t 631 Sellers C 632; Settlement C6.»5 (down C 5). Turnover a.m. 20 tons; p.m. fiO tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    42 3 LONDON. D(<\ lfi Spot IT.d Jan. 17',d.. Feb. 17' ..d.. Mar. 17', d Jan -Mar. I" 1 id.. Apr-June 17 ~»d July-Sept 1 7 d Dec r-.i f. 17', d. Jan. cit 17'vd Peb 17'» d Tone Quiet br; steady
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    "Aborigines not helping Reds'
    52 3 From HAH. ROMXF.Y LONDON. Wed. The Secretary of State for the Colonies Mr Oliver Lyttelton. said in the House of Commons today that there was no evidence to show that Bborlginefl in Malaya were being won ovr by the Communist terr and used on the production
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    YES, IT WAS A GOOD CHRISTMAS PARTY
    72 4 And there'll be a lot more like it in Singapore CAKES, ice-cream, "pop" and biscuits. What a time it was for 140 children at Siglap's Children's Centre Christmas Party. There were also presents for all, a luy hnvtmas tree and a concert put
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    These 'sacked' boys have had their chance, says the Mentri Besar
    354 4 These 'sacked' boys have had their chance, says the Mentri Besar KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THK .507 HOYS in the continuation classes in the Batu Road, and Pasar Road English School-, K.L., had to leave because they had failed in the qualifying examinations for admission into the Victoria Institution and the
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    NO DOUBT ABOUT HIS GUILT
    149 4 NO DOUBT ABOUT HIS GUILT 3 sent to gaol SENTENCING three men to uaoi ternu for attempted robbery, Mr. Justice KniKht told them at the Singapore A.5.517.0 Court yesterday thai he had seldom come across a caM in which the mult was so surely proved The three men were Lee
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    Suicide bid charge
    31 4 lOHORE BAHRU. \\>d. igtttrate today went to the General Hospital, wher Loonp Soon, of Ulu Chnh new wa.s form. wth aUcrrpting to comnill Mj:cidr by cutting his tonsun
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    LET'S DESTROY THIS BARRIER, HE SAYS
    138 4 Old custom is criticised KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. THE custom forbidding Malays to marry people out--1 side their class has caused many Malay youths to marry Chinese girls, said a Malay youth leader in Johore Bahru He was commenting on a recent statement by the
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    Course ends
    16 4 TAIPING. Wed A ttftU course for ketuas of Larut and Matans district ended today.
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    Children home today
    101 4 BACK FROM AUSTRALIA* SCHOOLS THE Blue Funnel passenger- I freighter Charon, with the first batch of 108 Malayan children who are rctu.. home for Christmas holidays from Australian school expected to berth at 10 a m. today. Two Malayan Airways <■>'. lies have been booked to fly
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    'Five – foot way not for business'
    194 4 'Five foot way not for business' /CONVICTING 28 shopkeepers! v> and hawkers for obstructing the five-foot way yesterday, the Singapore City Police magistrate. Mr. J. M. Deve-reux-Colebourn said that in view of what the Chief of the I Traffic Police. Mr W. R. M I Haxworth had said on Monday,
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    Cruel to fowls, cook fined $50
    52 4 P. K. Naidu, a cook in a Singapore police canteen i \as fined $50 in the City Pbilee Court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to ten fowls near Beach Road market. Naidu had tied the fowls by the legs in
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    Joint party
    35 4 Singapore Y.W.C.A.'s Square Dance Club. Little Women's Club. Katong Club and Youn^ Adults Club will hold a joint Christmas party in the association hall at Raffles Quay a: 8 p.m. on December 22
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    Taxi driver gets 8 years for stabbing
    113 4 LAU Tian Poh. a taxi driver accused of the murder of his mistress, Tan Siok Huat. waa found guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and sentenced to eight years' gaol at thr Singapore Assize Court yesterday. The incident took place 1°
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    Waitresses told how to behave
    81 4 ALOR STAR. Wed. DOLICE have given lectures to I waitresses in the town's coffee shops on how they should behave with customers This was .stated by the OSPC. Alor Star. Inche Abdullah bin Hanapiah. at today's meeting of the Town Council, in reply to a
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    A protest meeting
    76 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A parents' association, with branches In outstation towns, is to be formed at tomorrow's mass protest meeting at th»> Kuala Lumpur Town Hall, sponsors of the meeting told the Straits Times today. This body will look after the welfare of school-going children, they added.
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    Xmas concert
    33 4 Singapore V M.C.A *rtll stage a Christmas concert In its hall at Orchard Road at 8 pm. on Tuesday in aid of its Christmas Treats Fund '(>r hospi'als and poor people.
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    District Officer
    30 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Inche Rahman Musa, an Under-Secretary of the Johore Government, has been appointed District Officer, Muar. re- placing Dato Mahmud bin IMohd. Shah, who has retired.
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    TWO ACCUSED OF BEATING UP STREET GIRLS
    189 4 TWO ACCUSED OF BEATING UP STREET GIRLS 'Demanded protection money 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. TWO prostitutes from Singapore were said in court nere today to have been assaulted by two men because they would not give protection money. Tan Sin Bee. 22. and Lim Chong Hoo, 21. pleaded not guilty
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    Rubber duty down by $500,000.
    90 4 Rubber duty down by $500,000 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed 'J'HE amount collected by the Federation Government in rubber export duty in November i52.800.000i was the lowest for any one month this year It was down by about half a million compared with October's figure, and was $4,700,000 less than In January,
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    SINGAPORE VEGETABLE PRICES
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    Teach Asians more 'know how, he urges
    144 4 From a Special oi respondent SYDNEY. Wed A SPOKESMAN for overseas students emphasised here yesterday that the education and training of Asian students is one of the most Important aspects of the Colombo Plan. He criticised, however, the lack of managerial trainine civer,
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    Colombo Plan aid: Britain gives most
    239 5 Colombo Plan aid: Britain gives most K. LUMPUR, Wed. F[E TOTAL expenditure of the Federa- tion, Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo under, I the Colombo Plan wasi estimated at nearly! $230,000,000 in 1951. $179,000,000 in 1952. and 1 $282,000,000 in 1953. said! the annual report of the 1 Consultative Committee
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    Unconscious man dies
    63 5 Thoo Nghee. 56. a labourer from Johore. who was yesterday found unconscious un the five- foot-way in Beach Road, died a few hours later in the Singapore General Hospital. Thoo's last known address wa.s Kong Kong. Masai. Johore. Police are anxious to trace hi.s relatives or friends
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    EXPATRIATES DEMAND: 'HANDS OFF OUR PAY'
    271 5 MR. R. ELLIS, chairman of the European Civil Servants Association of Malaya, said yesterday that they would resist any attempt to "monkey" with expatriate officers' pay. He .said it was never the intention of Sir Edward Rit.son that Government officers should suffer pay reductions
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    Neat tricks by a neat showman
    153 5 BACKING neat tricks with neat showmanship, the Great Sorcar treated a full" house a. the Capitol The Singapore, to first clas.s magic show last ni'^ht. With ea-y motions of the hand he produced out of thin air ii( arly everything except a Christmas turkey
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    Two parties for Johore children
    98 5 Two parties for Johore children JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. TWO CHRISTMAS parties tor children arc being heid here this week. The first, at the Johore Civil Service Association tomorrow has been organised by the Smith Johore branch ■f the Eurasian Association. it will begin at n.:w p.n\ and will be followed
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    Town councils for Kelantan
    38 5 KOTA BAHRU. Wed.— The Kelantan Government has decided that the town boards of Pasir Mas, Macnanc. Bachon and Tumpat will become town councils next year. Elections will be held in either March or April.
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    TRADER'S 25-FT. FALL
    85 5 after sending wife to parly A Singapore businessman, Sio Tian Soo. 37. fell 25 feet from his room on the second floor, of a buildinK in Club Street. I yr.sterday. Sio who runs a larue provLsion sbOD in Cecil Street, was admitted to hospital with in- 1
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    Bribe bid cost him $1,000
    38 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Sim Pan, a dohby, was fined. $1,000, or nine months' uaol. in Kluanß yrstrrday for offering a bribe of $50 to Inspector Johary to jjet a police contract for laund'-rins.
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    You live in cloud-land, Byrne tells European Govt. servants
    486 5 You live in cloud-land, Byrne tells European Govt. servants THK European Civil Servants' Association of Malaya are living in a "cloud-cuckoo" land of their own invention, said Mr. K. M. Byrne yesterday. He wa.s commentinK. on behalf of the Council of Action (representing Government Asian employees), on the views of
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    MONKEYS WITH A TASTE FOR PADI INVAOE ISLAND FARMS
    126 5 MONKEYS WITH A TASTE FOR PADI INVAOE ISLAND FARMS KUALA 1.1 MPI R. \V«d. MALAY farmrrs on Pul. in Langkuui. M miles off thp west coast of Perils, have declared war on moiiKcts un 11 ivc invaded" their padi fields. Scores »f acres of near- 1 in- padi un this
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    Klang handicraft exhibition
    43 5 KLANG. Wed— Mr. M. C S. Sheppard. British Ad\ Negn Sembilan restrain rislted Klang to see the handlcralt and needlework exhibition at the social terrtee centre. The exhibition was opened by Mrs J. Harrer w.;e of tnc District Officer. Klang.
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    Experts still disagree with Dr. Garlick
    230 5 TEN international experts on tuberculosis still do not agree with Dr. G. H. Garlick. medical director of the Singapore Ant i -Tuberculosis Association on the question of "freeze'-dried" BCG. vaccine Four years ago. Dr. Garlick made a lone in the Colony against overseas medic.il
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    DEATHS
    27 6 ?ti l» nt't •10 tn i ni ttiii m WAI HI John Robert I h, Invorl hUS- .Pnl!'. I on ifUi neral -it j i December
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      The Control Of Tin
      688 6 In the absence of statements to the contrary, it is to be assumed that the draft agreement on the control of tin is vatisfactory to the Federation Government and the majority of Malayan tin producers. There have been some differences of opinion among the miners, but
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      They Also May Serve
      371 6 They Also May Serve The principle of national service has been accepted in i Singapore long enough now for the passage of the National Service Bill and the Military Forces Bill to have caused comparatively little stir. But these two Bills are a landmark of some eminence in the Col-
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      Korean Crisis Eases
      272 6 Prrsidrnt Syncmnn Rhor's agrremont to give the Korean political confpicnco ninrty d;ivs to unify the country', no matter when the conference hecinv. takei HNBC of the crisis out of the Korean situation. Mr. Dean is now on his \v;iv back to Washington, and he had left behind
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    The 'spy rings' fight is getting hotter...
    814 6  - The 'spy rings' fight is getting hotter... O.H. Brandon ...AND PRESIDENT EISENHOWER TRIES TO STAY ABOVE IT By This i.s ex-President Hoover... r-lESE arc momentous days in Washington. What their consequence will mean for the future development of the United States no one can yet tell. The Issue which keeps
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      MR. RAMANI AND RIGHTS OF NON-MALAYS
      767 6 IN his articlr on the it BiglUttlOO of thr Indian councillors, Mr. Ramani wrote of the necessity of replying to "the one major criticism"— that of communalism. He too easily shakes off other considerable criticisms, by no means all of them levelled by irresponsible
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      Sir Cheng-lock's 'bolt from the blue'
      439 6 Sir Cheng-lock's 'bolt from the blue' AS one who has been following Sir Cheng-lock Tan's political career during the post-war years I was. to put it lightly, amazed a< the disclosures contained in your editorial "Sir Cheng-lock and Singapore." Ever since the B.M.A. days. Sir Cheng-lock has been advocating an
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    On the Margin
    442 6 McCnrthyism LAST NIGHT, a fnrnd m passage from thp United States expressed a novel point of view about what we have come to call McCarthyism. He said that McCarthy would command a good deal less attention m his own country if he were less vilified outside it.
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    Tempter's message tells parade—this is a step in history of your country
    409 7 Tempter's message tells parade— this is a step in history of your country THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFENCE OF MALAYA TAIPING, Wednesday. J^|IIJTARY history was made here today when at a colourful passing-out parade the Ist Kattalion of the Federation Regiment which will one day be entirely responsi ble
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    'CALLING ASIA' —BY ASIANS
    62 7 IN "CALLING ASIA", i mem feature over Radio Australia every Wednesday, Asian students at the Gordon Institute of Technology in (ieelong, Victoria, arc describing Iheir experiences. Ho Pa k Toe, of Singapore, who has been at ihr Institute for two years and is now planning lo
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    Some will soon be in action
    184 7 Malay Rri>ment and of the British Army ami alongside the Malayan Police. Hundredss throimed the slopes around the esplanade long before the time set for the parade. A feature of the ceremony was the Federation Regimental march, composed by Capt. Edcar Lenthall. Director of
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    Police ASP marries
    66 7 Mr. William J. A. Hcndpr.'on, ASP.. Officer-in-rharae Rural West Division, Singapore Police Force, was married to Miss Eileen Beryl Booth at the St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday afternoon. The Rev J. J. E. Sampson officiated. The bride, who came out from England recently, was Kiven away by the
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    2 HURT IN COFFEE SHOP BRAWL
    135 7 A CHINESE and an Indian were stabbed dunnp .1 brawl in a coffee shop in Enggor Street, near thr junction of Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore, yesterday evening. I Tham Kum Chew was injured ir. the head while Hassanah Marican's nand was injured. The brawl
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    He loved them ail-but not their food
    150 7 He loved them ail-but not their food DR. KLIZABKTII Comber (authoress Han Suyin i yesterda> told thp Chinese Ladies' Association about a much loved resettlement olYicrr at Ayer HitanVs new villace. "He used t<i walk around with a pipr in his mouth and his hands in his poi-krt. and everyone
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    Inspector is cremated
    45 7 Senior Singapore Police officers and men from the ranks attended the cremation of the late Chief Inspector R. Sivarajah at the Hindu Crematorium. Bidadari, yesterday afternoon. Chief Inspector Sivarajah died <>n Tuesday morning at the General Hospital. Singapore, after a brief illness.
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    FOR YEARS HE HAD A SILENT 'GRUDGE'
    150 7 Then he settled it evidence f OPALAN, son of Sanku. had vl a grudge against Govin- dan Narayanan in Indui many years ago. Both came to Singapore and met on a few occasions dur- ing the last three years. Rut they never spoke
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    21-diamond earring lost
    65 7 21 -diamond earring lost Aeuropfxn woman lost an I rarrinc. worth $450, hr- i twi-rn Orange Road and the Prince's Restaurant In Orchard P'lHd. Singapore on Tuesday nicht. Thp rarring was i platinum. ffiiriricri with 2i diamonds Anyone who Andg th< rum which Is f<>r pierced i 1 asked tn
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    YO, HO, HO-AND A BALLOON OR TWQ...
    61 7 BALLOON'S, more balloons, and SI'CU friendly pirates. so thinks .lane Sunnell. I), one of the children wwoh o went to hristmas gala party civrn hy the aflsMtS and men of II M.S. Terror at the Naval Ba v. Sincaporr. yesterday. The •pirat*"' on
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    MUSLIM LEADER IN S'PORE
    65 7 Ml! M. MOIIVMI l> ISMAIL SAIIII). president of the AllIndia .Muslim League and a member of the Indian Parliament (right) chats with Mr. M. J. Namazie. president of thr .Malaya Muslim League, at Kalians; airport when he arrived yestercl.iy. Durum his fortnight's stay in the Colony.
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    Driver taken to court after inquest
    131 7 Driver taken to court after inquest THE Singapore Coroner, Mr. R. B. I. Pa<rs. yesterday ordered the arrest of C. R i CiiM'lton. a naval officer, and recommended that he be charged with causing death by a negligent act. Tlii.s followed an inquest on Sim Hay. 46, a builder whe
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    Photography expert to visit Colony
    232 7 MR. FRANCIS Wu, one -f the world's leading photographers who has lectured and I taught his craft to enthusiastic cameramen in rr\anv parts of the world, especially in th. 1 Far East, will judge the fifth annual exhibition of photoi graphs of the Singapore Art
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    DOCTOR REBUKED BY JUDGE
    177 7 Late in court WHEN the court estimates a time in which it is able to take the evidence of a doctor subpoenaed as a witness, it is making a concession to the doctor and expects him to be in time, said Mr. Tan Ah Tan a
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    Christmas service
    52 7 Tile Rev Chew Hock Hin .i.ist or of the Paya Lcbar Methodist Church, will giv c the message on "God's Initiative of Love" at this Sunday's Christmas service of the SineaDore Telok Aver Methodist Youth Fellowship Thn service will be held in the Telok Ayer Methodist Church at
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    THE HERO WHO LOST HIS TEMPER SAYS SORRY TO BOARD
    175 7 THE HERO WHO LOST HIS TEMPER SAYS SORRY TO BOARD TEO Ec Lim a man who risked his life to help the Allies during the occupation of Singapore and was awarded the King's Medal for Courage tore up a picture and smashed a box before the Board of Licensing Justices
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    So now it's only half a strike
    129 7 200 SMELTERS REPORT FOR WORK yHE 200 labourers who went on strike at the Straits Trading Company's tin smelting works on Pulau Brani yesterday may lose their jobs. The company's top official.discussed this question yester- day. Some strikers have worked for the company
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    Manager is fined $100
    61 7 Peter Wong, manager ol Uni-Service Agency Clemenceau Avenue, was fined $100 in Singapore yesterday for failing to furnish particular.--of a driver to the police. The police had wanted the particulars of the person who drove an agency car along Kirk Terrace on the night ot Marrh
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    Year's last dance
    18 7 TAIPING. Wed.— The Chinrse Recreation Club will hold a rir.nee to u.^her in the NewYear.
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    He swerved to right, and then...
    59 7 He swerved to right, and then... fiYCLING to school in Bartley ROad, Sineapnre Naralndas Beiiam. 14. was knocked down by I lurry and killed instantly. Singapore Coroner Mr. R B. I. Pates, wa, told yesterday. Mr. Pates recorded a misadventure verdict. A schoolmate s ;»id he saw Naralndas -ud<ienlv .swervp
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    Dud cheque: year's gaol
    37 7 Snc Tian Chye was sentenced to one year's Raol at Singapore Asslses yesterday for passing n forced rheque. Sn« admitted buying electric razors for 5550 and sivinc useless cheque for $300 last April.
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    BIRTH,
    17 7 FAIRORIFVE To Pin and .lark a brother for Lindsay. At XX Hnspitnl Singapore 16.12.53. Both well.
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    27 7 MRS R. SIVARAJAH wi^hr-, t" thank all frirnri; nnrt rolatnr* fnr thrir kind MKIsUBCt ;>nrt rxprf.Mr.ns of Rvmpmthy on the death ol hw husband, Chirf Inspector
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      164 7 The weather 91 deg. in Spore MINIM 1)1 TEMPER ATTRE (730 «.m. or. Use 15 to 7.30 am. on Dec 16): Btngapen 74 degrees. Prmin^ 7.t. Kola Pahru 75. Kuala Lumpur 74 I]v>ii 74. Kuantan 71. M WIMIM TKMPKV \Tt RE (7 30 1 i m in 730 p.m on
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    COURT OF APPEAL REJECTS PILOT'S CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
    412 8 He wag injured when ship gangway collapsed THE Singapore Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed the claim for damages brought by Capt. W. A. Balch, a licensed pilot, against the N.Y.K. for injuries suffered while boarding the I company's ship, Mantetsu Mam. The
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    I THEY NEED A NEW HOME
    44 8 POVFKTY and squalor is Ihi lot <>l Uom; Yont; Kcu and her four children. Wong has tuberculosis and S.\T\ workers believe she must be given new accommodation if she is to make a quick recovery. Straits Times picture.
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    New cargo line planned via Spore
    86 8 New cargo line planned via Spore VAMASHITA Lines. Japan. I A might shortly start a new cargo service from Japan, via Singapore, to South Africa and 1 South America. Mr. R. Tada. head of the company's research deoartment, arrived at Singapore I yesterday to examine prospects i for such a
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    Passing-out for new gunners
    63 8 Passing-out for new gunners Thirty-four airmen gunners of No. 10 course. RAF. Regiment (Malaya' Depot, who have completed their training, will take part in a ceremonial passinc-out parade at Changi. Sinsapore. tomorrow morning. The Air Officer Commanding Singapore. Air Commodore W. M. L Mac Donald. will take the salute and
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    Children's party
    24 8 Singapore Civil Defence Association will hold a children'Christmas party at the Civil Defence clubhouse. Kolam Ayer Lane at 2.30 pm. on Saturday.
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    For Malaya
    22 8 The Ist Battalion the Royal Hampshire Regiment will sail I from Southampton for Malaya I on Friday in the Dunera
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    Ng and family live in poverty, squalor
    168 8 NOW HE HIS WIFE HA YE TB A CASUAL observer might well believe that life hareached its lowest ebb for Ng Teck Lang and hh family, who live in poverty and squalor. Their home is a cubicle, six feet by eight feet, in
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    So it's back to work if they wish
    92 8 So it's back to work if they wish riONCRETE Industries (Malv^ aya> Ltd.. Sinsapore. who 4ave a month's pay and notice to 100 workers two months ago. have now re-opened theufactory at Katon:^. Mr. Lan Ferjuson. a director, siid today: "At the time we closed the factory we had a
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    NOW THE S.T.C. MUST FALL INTO LINE
    190 8 Traffic laws are being altered THE Registrar of Vehicles. Mr. B.C.J. Buckeridge, is drafting amendments to the Singapore Traction Ordinance which will bring the Singapore Traction Company into line with the Colony's other bus companies. The amendments will require' S.T.C. buses and conductors
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    $3,000 bail in smuggle charge
    47 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed— Sam Kai was allowed bnil of $3,000 by the police court pending trial on a charge of trying to smuggle 16 wrist watches from Singapore into 1 the Federation. He was arrested aboard the mail train at Johore Bahru.
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    Troopship bound for Britain
    42 8 The 27.000-ton troopship Georgic, on the way back to Britain from Hong Kong with nearly 400 troops, is expected in Singapore today. The troopship will embark .'crvice personnel and families I! before she leave the Colony for home
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    Film show
    27 8 The British Council will screen documentary films from Commonweal* h countries in its 1 hall at Stamford Road, Singapore, at 8 30 p.m. on Monday.
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    Police band
    21 8 Singapore Police Band will play at Kinc Georcr V Park from S 30 pm. to 6.30 p.m. O.i Monday.
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    DUTCH-BUILT FREIGHTER FOR STORE
    72 8 The 372-ton freighter Soon Bee. flagship of the Soon Bee Steamship Company, Ltd.. is now on her way to the Colony to be delivered to her owners from Holland where she was built. Costing over $1,000,000 the Soon Bee was designed by the local firm of
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    Singapore wedding
    23 8 MR. I DORAY and Miss K.imal.i Srlvara.joo after their wedding in Singapore. Mrs. Dorav is on the staff of Radio Malaya.
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    MALAYAN FILM STARS MAY SOON COMPETE WITH MARILYN AND RITA
    236 8 \IALAYAN film producers intend to turn out pictures suitable for the world market, the Straits Times was told yesterday. The Cathay Organisation and Shaw Brothers have plans to produce Englishspeaking pictures here which will measure ud to international standards. Mr.
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    The Wright brothers, pioneers of the air, first flew 50 years ago today F E A T U R E
    1813 9 The Wright brothers, pioneers of the air, first flew 50 years ago today F E A T U R E IT is 50 years ago to the day since the first heavier than air machine made its pioneer flight on Kittyhawk Field in North Carolina with one of its inventors
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      408 9 nn: am abm an turns Alxlull.iti misMM I" |m miner for Aldr riding fur tlirre days. Hrdrr As slir uus in raj*, Brdsir thouglil It i ili i.l In i<lli- nrklrh iimiHj lillrtl univt-d at a city whrrr an old Iliis must br impossiblr. However, I In- mi if "Vnn
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    PRICES STEADIER: TURNOVER SMALL
    404 10 Vioimml lim- iii.uk* Is TIN UP, RUBBER STEADY THE Singapore Share market had rather a better day yesterday although the volume of turnover was again vory small. Prices lor tins and industrials wrrr fractionally higher but business was difficult, to transact as buyers were reluctant to
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    RUBBER PRICES
    175 10 The Singapore rubber market opened ye..terriay at :tly higher levels after some trade inquiry. In the afternoon the prire sagged by about half cent but I was again .some trade support at the Inner levels The close was barely .steady and the price for January firs! prade was
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    Produce prices
    73 10 Sinc:ip«rr < hinesc Prndurc I chance: Noon price., per pic nl MN Copra (|uin December *:w. buyers. S3!)' sellers. .liniiiirv $3!»'i buyers. |M< tellers. Coconut oil quiet *«3. sellet.s Pepper quiet Muntok White *3:n Sarawak 1338. Lampona btack 1299 Lewis and Peat: Closlnu prtcat Ml Coprn: Rtendy; December
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    Exchange rates
    66 10 'Hie Malayan Exchange B:tn> A BMW tallim m.ide the follo'vinj ehaagM m us ratM n> Merchant! yeaterday t \l)\ pllini: T.T D II 5 r. n t>n the iroi- tsrluuM market ii Hoii- Konj \psfirlav the U.B cf»il l.t «,is qrnlor) :it I.SISTB fflf < .i' l n<
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    TIN PRICE
    18 10 The prire of tin in Singapore yesterday was declared ;>t sxm.jO a pirul, up 51. 87.
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    165 10 MXI. BOURNE. Wed AMPOL I'd i oleum shares *rre nrttve ;m<l higher on the Stock Exchange today on the announcement thai deeper oillllnß was now m pin i, s f,| Kxmnuth Oulf. i Id in" pM'is of selected Morfcn today compared wtth Tuesday i i i. -.i<> £!>4
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    WALL STREET
    113 10 NEW YORK. W«i rpHI Stock M.Tket ves'erday con- Iniied :he it fart f downtrend '."lump of tra-'tng .slackmro after a slich* Increase at the open n? I os^es were mostly contr ictions. In the afternoon the market Mlherrt to recent pattern by de.•i!iiev. hai nntl then ho\erii'iri Hie
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    Tin control opposed
    168 10 LONDON. Werl OPPOSITION to an international tin srheme is expressed by Mr. J. H. Ric'i f ■hairman of Tronoh Mn and Southern Tronoh Mines, i n the ground that control "would be bound to act as a deterreni to development." In his address to be given ai
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    144 10 I ir- alcmu'side the* Singaaare RsrSNtor Board wharves nr expect rrl loci;i\ if- I, I evernbank 4 V P Burma fi 7. Benat toy ft n. Kunishima Mam 11. n- II 14. City of Swansea 15 I*, Am -hise.. IR. Star Alcyone 1» -"> R'W.uic N W:ill fi.
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    499 12 Return to enchanting SCHOOLGIRL dancer Ni Gusti Raka is back on the enchanting isle of Bali from the wonderful world of America and Europe. Jut;t a year ago this shy, 13-ye; r-old girl was the star of a Broadway hit the Balinese Dancers. Now she is back in the
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    MATTLI sees it through
    126 12 With a few bold sweeps of his pencil, London dress designer, Mattli, sketched these silhouettes. Sketch No. 3 shows the sheath line with side drape for the slim hipped woman and sketch No. 2 demonstrates the rounded look with Hare for the woman whose silhouette sketch
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    ROSALIND RUSSELL
    653 12 ROSALIND RUSSELL A clown in fj tnnlii>s v vinni>bavk pOSALIND Russell, who never went away, has staged a comeback. It has been a very private affair, her struggle— and conducted almost entirely inside her beautiful brunette head. The crucial battle was won when she toured America two years ago witli
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      208 12 for discovering i HEINZ fcr^^J If was a great day when fl k mother discovered Heirz L-"rr**> s^ Cream of Tomato Soup! Her T^S'rAA family and dinner guests PyV vyOV 1 were thrilled with its rich, s~^Z^^Js > creamy flavor and mother A^H^N/y got compliments galoro. Now she makes a
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      372 12 Si rails Times Crossword ISTAyA,,,,. 28. Meanwhile, bury 'lm ("J I |2 I [3 I 4 j b Tft I 7 |H 8 29. The cold, high sea (7). 30. Government joiners (.7, 6) HH HI HI HI HI HHI iH^ 2 Sustain, or go under <7K WM I^^ p^
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    BILLY BAGBY IS JOCKEY OF THE YEAR
    310 13 BILLY B AGBY IS JOCKEY OF THE YEAR Spencer top trainer By EPSOM JEEP IPOH. Wednesday. BILLY BAGBY is assured of the jockey premiership of the 1953 season on the Malayan Turf. With one more meeting to *o this 16-year-old rider is well ahead in the jockeys' list with 44
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    Services pick six Fijians
    141 13 By Our Rugby Reporter THE Combined Services side to meet Combined Civilians at Ipoh on Satturday looks like the strongest Services fifteen to take the field in Malaya aince the war. There are no surprises in the team, announced yesterday which includes six Fijians. Rokoua. the
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    SULTAN WILL SEE RUGBY
    95 13 IPOH. Wed. The Sultan of Perak will attend Saturdays blc rupger match here when AllMalaynr. Services meet Civilians on the padanc. The Perak Rugby Union, who are in charge of the arrangements, hope to make improvements in the seating arcommodation. All seats on the Ipoh Club
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    New Zealand team v.Wales
    161 13 LONDON, Wed. T*HE All Blades team for the A first international match of their tour against Wales at Cardiff on Saturday includes six players who have not previously played in international rugby. The team, announced last nisht. is: R W.H Scott; R A. Jarden, J. Tanner,
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    GRIMSBY WIN CUP REPLAY
    42 13 LONDON. Wed. Orlmsby Town beat Witton Albion by six goals to one in their FA. Cup second round replay yesterday. Orimsby are now at home to Fulham in the third I round on Jan. 9. Reuter SAM TOURNEY
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    Perak decline offer
    148 13 Perak decline offer IPOH. Wed. BECAUSE there is lack of playing facilities and accommodation, the Perak Badminton Association has declined the offer by the BAM to stage the 1954 Malayan championships in Ipoh. The committee of the P.8.A., who met yesterday, felt that both the badminton hall in Patrick Street,
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    MRS LIM WINS GOLF TOURNEY
    50 13 The "A" division of the L.O.U competition ;it the Isltnd Clu'o was won kv Mrs. Rosn Lim '93 19 74' with Mrs. A. Murrhison (90 15 ~b< the runner-up. T'no "B" division winner was Mr*. Frenken (99— 29 70' with Mrs. Lindeboom H06 33-73) «econd.
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    BIG ENTRY AT PENANG CHRISTMAS MEETING
    874 13 BIG ENTR Y AT PENANG CHRISTMAS MEETING PENANG. Wed. TOTAL of 195 horses—66 in Cl. 1. 58 in Cl 2 and 71 In Cl. s—has been entered for ;he Penang Turf Club's four-day Chn.Mmas-Ncw Year meeting tc i be held on Dec. 25 and 26 and Jan. 1 and 2.
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    World fight in Siam
    138 13 World fight in Siam SYDNEY, Wed. JIMMY CARRUTHERS. Australian world bantamweight champion, has agreed to a title fight in Bangkok, two non-title bouts in Japan, and a non-title contest in Manila next year. Announcing this tonight, his manager, Dr. J. McOlrr. said that Siamese promoter Chevit Charllakavanij would arrive in
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    Teik Hock & HooChyeout
    117 13 Teik Hock HooChyeout PENANG, Wed. PENANG will be without their stars. Ooi Teik Hock and Lee Hoo Chye, when they travel to Kuala Lumpur this Christmas for the triangular inter-state tournament for the Leong Sin Nam and Raja Permaisuri cups. Both players are unable to obtain leave. Penang Badminton Association
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    KEPPEL CLUB RESULTS
    52 13 Results of golf competitions played at Keppel Club during November were Monthly spoon stroke U8 holes* winner Mrs. Sellar (96-36-60); runner-up. Mrs '/ilklnson 99-36-63). L. O. U winner, Mrs Kean 1 91-21 70) runner-up. Mrs. Loboan (94-22-721. Trimmer Cup: vinner, Mrs. Murchlson 2 and 1. runner-up, Mrs.
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    Iverson to join C'wealth team
    77 13 MELBOURNE. Wed —Jack Iverson. the Australian spin bowler. Is due to leave here on Dec. 26 to Join the Commonwealth touring cricket, team lr. India. Iverson is expected to play In the third test against India beginning at Calcutta on Dec. 31. The Australian was
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    CHEWBEEPLA YS BEST TENNIS OF HIS CAREER
    650 14  - CHEW BEE PLA YS BEST TENNIS OF HIS CAREER THE SPORTS EDITOR \U MALAYA'S top-ranking player Ong Chew l\vv played the best tennis of his career in the exhibition games played on the parquet floor court at the Singapore Badminton Hall last night. 3-1 VICTORY In a friendly hockey match
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    Sikhs go down
    59 14 Results of friendly soccer matches played f. Parrcr Park yesterday wvxv Younc 9occerltes beat Yount: Men's Sikh Association fi-d Scorers were Doiiah (1), Banw (2>. Menu Whatt and Mahmot'd Sincanore Maln\alee A A beat Brondca-stlntj Dept. 3-0 Scorers Oaviri Yohanan and Thomas. Cold Storaye SC beat Farrer
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    SHB PLUCKY, BUT TENGAH WIN
    321 14 LOSING Enrierby. i centre three. within ten mini'te.s witn a dislocated shoulder, Slncapore Harbour Board yesterday put up a plucky n«ht against ft.A.F. (Tengani and lost by nine |>olnts itwo tries-, penalty) to 12 points (three tries, penalty). The two sides were evenly matched in
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    Joseph Lim scores 4
    33 14 Star Youngsters beat Pemuda 6-1 in ;i [riendly soccer match nt 1 Park scorers (or the winners were .Joseph Urn (4i. SharifT and Boh M.v Hassan scored for Pemuda
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    Police gain 32-3 win
    107 14 OASC bent RNAS Sembawailfi by nine pttotl three tries i to nil; tn a ruscer fixture at Aver Rajah Road yesterday Lawson. O'Brien and Bocc scored unconverted tries for RASC In another fixture. RAF s»letar beat RAAF Teneah by nine points i two tries and I
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    2-MAN TEAMS FOR U.S., BELGIUM
    161 14 BRISBANE. Wed. THE United States and Belgium will rely on two-man teams ior the inter-zone Davis Cup final whlrh starts here tomorrow. The draw, made today, broueht Tony Trabert and Philippe Waalier together in the first sincles. with Vie seixas and .lackle Brichant meet inn
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    Negri take honours of first day with 5-1 win
    670 14  - Negri take honours of first day with 5-1 win RALPH MODDER SCHOOLS QUADRANGULAR HOCKEY By J^K(JRI SEMBILAN, who finished last in the southern schools quadrangular hockey tournament at Kuala Lumpur last year, jjave a brilliant all-round display to whip Singapore, this year's favourites, by s—l5 1 yesterday, first day of
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    S'GOR LUCKY TO BEAT MALACCA
    353 14 SELANGOB, the defending; champions, were lurky to have beaten Malacca, who were placed second last year, in the opening game of the tournament. The result was l v. out it could easily have been a Malacca victory had their for- j wards not squandered at
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    98 14 IPOH. W'cl HAVING tin- better of th^ exchanges throughout. St. Andrew's <Slnimp"r<'> compo.scd of four old boys aryl eleven present pupil.s beat Kinta Asians by six points (penalty and tryi to nil on the padang here today. Klnta Asians save a laggld (U»lay and spoiled
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    Recs enter k.o. second round
    244 14 Recs enter k.o. second round T EAGUE mnners-iip Slncapore J RpireaMon Club Rerls became the M\th team to filter the second ■ound ol ihe SHA senior knockout tourney when they defeated IiHQ PAREi-K 3-0 m the pa>: day. Rec.s now join Chinese. RAF Indians RAF Chanel and Ui'ivcr.-i'v B in
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      352 14 CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE !0 Horrfs H Mm.)—B«x SO rl: txlrm. AI PATIAN Do: ***** and tvo ;>uppie.«. all reiistere<: MKA Class 1 I Mr. Wong view 20 Cable Road. COCKTAIL Bar complete with flc^t barMnols and footrail and arnef .irtachmenf. $65. 9*. isophiii Ro?d. EIGHT Tons Hich Tensile Steel
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      32 14 M^sgUsMHliJ 1 HOCKKV Southern Sehnnls i|ii,icli.<n:n!.n meet: 4 p.m. Singapore v Selanjor; 5 p.m. Nenri Semhilan v Malacca, ictnria School. TENNIS F.xhibitinn matches hv visiting Dims (up player*. SR\ Hall, X p.m.
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