The Straits Times, 23 December 1953

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    13 1 The Straits Times AtatoH** Established 1845 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1953. 15 CENTS
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    RED 'YES' TO ATOM TALKS
    537 1 Soviet agrees to discuss Eisenhower plan HOPEFUL, SAYS DULLES LONDON, Tuesday. JJISSLX agreed last nijjht to take part in "private or diplomatic talks" proposed b) President Eisenhower to discuss "an acceptable solution" to the atomic anr.aments race. Hul Moscow qualified its acceptance by declaring thai
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    Double on Friday
    78 1 Double on Friday TWO WORD PUZZLES in this week's $5,000 must-be-won competition will be published in Friday's Straits Times. This is because the Straits Times will not be published on Saturday, December 26. It will enable readers to use their Christmas leisure happily and usefully in completing their set of
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    PLEDGE TO RUSSIA IS READY
    87 1 PLEDGE TO RUSSIA IS READY PARIS. Turs. THK. United States. Britain and Kramv aern-d today on thr security c" Uranteet they plan to "PTer Russia at thr proposed Berlin Bi? Four lalks. Diplomatic exports of the Ihree Western nation! finished preparing the ,»s--suiancrs the West will offer to Russia as
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    Gurkhas kill another two terrorists
    93 1 Gurkhas kill another two terrorists From WILLIAM l-TSh BEOAMAT. I THE P. fith Gurkha Rtfl--dav killed two more ler- rortftta less than a week nfter resuming operations in this area. At 23n this afternoon w Gurkhas, led by a British officer nnd accompanied r Chinese rieterfive and curio, took up
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    Price of a drink
    31 1 CHICAGO, Tue Ch LBaltrunas, SO, was gaoled lnr a year yesterday after his 7-vear-old daughter testified he n^ri forced her to drink a tumbler-full r>l wine. \.v
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    TOWPATH MURDERER DIES
    85 1 IO NHO Tues. \lfrcl J Charles Whiteway, EZ-jrear-old "low path killer" uh«> raped and utaWted I* iieaiii two teenage girK was h.Migcd a I andsunrth Prison here today. Whitet i M ;is found ii 1 14 a! the old Bailey, Londm'i famous criminal conrl. on Vivrmher 2
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    Violet, back from Hollywood, gets a screen test today
    259 1 VU'EEK ago Malaya's first beauty queen to make a trip tn Hollywood was mixing with top-ranking stars in Hollywood. Tomorrow, if her boss needs her help, shell be hnrk at her old job as a salesgirl in Robinson's, Kuala Lumpur. When
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    Mossadeq is gaoled 3 years
    165 1 Mossadeq is gaoled 3 years I DON'T WANT PARDON 1 TEHERAN. Tups. UR. Mohammed Mossadeq. deposed Persian Prime Minister. whs today sentenced to three years solitary confinement for treason. Dr Mossadeq was accused of defying the Shah's order to resign and of trying to overthrow the Persian regime by dissolving
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    TREE HITS HUT, KILLS BOY
    50 1 TREE HITS HUT, KILLS BOY PENANG. Tues A FALLING coconut tree killed a 13-year-old schoolboy Kang Hock Hin. and injured a woman in West Jelutong yesterday The tree fell on an attap •muse, pinning Kang underneath. The woman, who was washine clothes a few fppt away was not seriously injured
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    Boy killed in road crash
    53 1 A 16-year-old Singapore schoolboy. Lee Soon Hock, wa, fatally Injured in an accident at Lornie Road, near the junction of Macßitchie Reservoir yesterday Lee who died in the General Hospital shortly after admittance, was one of five passen-per-s in a lorry which was in collision
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    Broke back in plane crash
    45 1 HONG KONG. Tues. An American navy twin-enßined Plane crashed and burned on landine at Hong Konc airport today but the 14 pa.ssencers and crew .struggled free One of the crew and two passengers, all navy enlisted men, were injured —UP
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    POLICEMAN DIVES TO SAVE GIRL, 13
    165 1 Monsoon drain drama 4 50-YARD dash by K. Dharmaragh of Singapore Harbour Board Policv saved the life of 13-year-old Rajah bintr Ahmad as she was being swept out to soa after falling into a monsoon drain yesterday afternoon. Dharmarath tol d lnr straits i
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    That bridge on the moon
    146 1 LONDON. Tues. A N amateur British astronomer, reported last night that he has seen a huge natural bridge on the moon. He said the giant arch had first been observed by the l.v, John O'Neill, who. until his death last summer was scirnce editor of
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    Voting deadlock
    32 1 VERSAILLES. Tur.v The Congress of Versailles today put ofT until tomorrow the eleventh ballot in the presi- d«-ntial election to allow th<divided parties more time i break the present deadlock.
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    Cairo visit
    23 1 CAIRO. Tups Mr R H. S. CrOMnum, British Labour M.P. at rived here today for a week* I I rtl Renter.
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    Ship blows up
    30 1 BARI. Tues— Three Italian sailors were killed and five gravely injured when the 286--ton trading steamer Franc.esea registered in Trieste, blew up in a Yugoslav port. Reuter.
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    Women jurors
    26 1 NEW DELHI. Tues— lndian women would be allowed for thp first time to sit on juries under a government bill published here today. A.P.
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    33 released
    18 1 BONN. Tues The United States authorities in German v have released 33 German war criminals. Renter.
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    Sack notice for 150
    40 1 One hundred and fifty labourers of the Singapore City Councils water department havp been given dismissal notices Their union, the City Council Water Department Labour Union, has asker. the water engineer to withdraw the dismissal notices.
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    Janet: Judgment on Monday
    36 1 GEORGETOWN. Tuesday Judgment was reserved yesterday until Monday in the case in which Mrs Janet Jagan, secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party, and nine others are charged with holding an illegal meeting.
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    HERE'S A MAN OF MONEY
    241 1  -  ENG AH PATT By It's easy—just buy right sweep ticket NO FANCY XMAS ON $175,000 WIN Another 'first' for 'Lucky Klyne' A LTHOUGH he has won a $175,000 prize. Mr. H. E. Klyne. 53-year-old chief steward of Singapore General Hospital, said yesterday: "No extravagant Christmas
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    Pope's broadcast
    23 1 VATICAN CITY. Tuea.— The Pope will go to broadcast his 15th consecutive Chrtstmai message to the world ou Thursday A P.
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    New border force
    55 1 LUCKNOW Tues -The Slat, Government of Uttar Pradesh. North India, is building up a special police force to maintain security along its 150--milr stretch of the IndoTibetan border. All costs of the new force about 4; 100.000 lor the financial year endine March 3l will be borne
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    Miners strike
    22 1 LONDON. Turs. About 10.000 minors at the Abertillcrv Colliery in Wales .struck today in protest againM work ing conditions. Renter.
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    Rubber from wine now
    258 1 Rubber from wine now New synthetic treatment I rom HALL ROMNFA' LONDON. -Turs. Vnew synthetic competitor to Malayan rubber is being discussed in Europe. At Mail, In Westphalia, Prote>.<sor Baumann, Director di the Huela Chemical works, co iflrmed plans to use French red wine to manufacture German synthetic nnhcr The
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    Other rubber news...
    99 1 Other rubber news... WASHINGTON. Tues The Bureau, an organisation o! Malayan rubI ber produi iriay called on the United States to raise the |)ii(p of synthetic rubber to help strengthen the market, for natural rubber and thereby "permitting a healthy Southeast Asian economy. I The Bureau also forecast mr 10.")4
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    STOP PRESS
    22 1 MAU 'GEIfEKAl/ DLUD NAIROBI i unya home ciwdj M.m M&a "< Jaro, num;. M.ir hal 1>< war coancll >- d.»;ij anno. Rrnter.
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    Melanie the countess says: I'm the mystery woman with the big claim
    323 2 'GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF ADRIAN KOEK' From Our Own Correspondent JAKARTA, Tues. THE woman in 1 Jakarta rho hopes to claim a la. ge area of Malacca when Malaya becomes independent is no longer a mystery. Yesterday she announced her
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    Appeal court confirms sentence on ASP
    174 2 GAOL FOR SIX MONTHS KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. AN Assistant Superintendent of Police. E. T. Styles, who appealed apinst a six-month goal sentence, had his plea dismissed in the Appeal Court here today. Styles, secretary and treasurer of the Federation Police Officers' Mess, was senten:ed
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    GOVT. HOUSE SAYS IT WITH LIGHTS
    50 2 THIS CHRISTMAS tree s jxiHy illuminated Ml S erected outside the Gov- cmment House gate in Orchard Road. Singapore, E /ast night. Hundreds of E motorists and pedestrians 5 if/iv passed by Government House had their first s glimpse of Christmas. Straits Times picture.
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    Ray treatment for sausages
    66 2 LONDON. Tues.— Meat an.-; sausages can be kept for 10 days in two Leningrad sh(n» which are using bacteria killing rays from special ultra violet lamps instead ol r»--j frigerators. according to the I Soviet news agency. Tass Mrat subjected to the ray* for six to
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    They fly home
    21 2 MANILA. Tues.— A Siamese mission left for home today aiter a one-week tour of PhilipDines schools.— A. P.
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    TURKEY FOR FOUR AFTERALL
    140 2 IT LOOKS as if four men are I going to have a festive Christmas after all with turkey they were accused of stealing. When a Singapore magistrate acquitted them yesterday of stealing two turkeys, a slice of beef and some bacon trom the Master of the
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    Not a white Christmas
    60 2 LONDON. Tues— A Meteorological Office spokesman in London today said there was still no sien of a white Christmas for Britain this year. The official forecast for the period up to and including Christmas Eve is that the weather will be mostly mild. There may be
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    Settling up
    43 2 LONDON. Tues— Nearly all the gold and dollar reserves accumulated by Britain during the present half year, including any earned from Russia, will be paid out as debt repayments to the United States and Canadian Governments on New Years Eve.— Reuter.
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    Embassy plan
    31 2 TOKYO. Tues— The Foreign Office today said it would raise its legation in Cairo to an embassy and establish 10 new legations and 13 new consulates next year.— UP.
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    New president
    18 2 BERNE. Tues— Mr. Rodoiphe Rubattel today was elected president of the Swiss Confederation for 1954— Router.
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    Back to Formosa
    30 2 TAIPEH. Tuo.s. Three hich Nationalist Air Force ofTlrors who had spent a month touring bases in the United State* returned here «n an American plane today. Reuter
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    DISPLACED STRIKERS MOVE TO KAMPONGS
    91 2 THE 71 strikers and their families, who on Monday were ordered to quit their quarters at the Straits Trading Company's tin smelling works on PuNu Iti mi yesterday cather<-d outside the office of the mm. i| Workers Union 1 in Middle Road I They werr
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    Border plan
    35 2 BONN. Tiies.— The three Western powers yesterday proposed to the Soviet occupation authorities the re-opening cf >ome Border crossing points oetween East and West Germany, usually well-informed sources here reported last right. Reuter
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    Permit decision
    38 2 TAIPEH rues.— The Chinese Nationalist Government has decided to allow holders ot exit or entry permits to Formosa to apply for renewal within one month of expiration of th*"ir visas, provided they have adeo.i:atc reasons Reuter
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    'GIVE THESE YOUTHS LONG GAOL TERMS'
    132 2 Teenager* worry the police yEEN-AGE boys are greatly troubling Singapore police by committing "all sorts of crime" and should be sent to long terms of imprisonment. Mr. Song Kok Hoo. D.S.P.. said in the First Criminal District Court yesterday. He made this comment when
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    ELEPHANTS ARE THE BIG WORRY
    44 2 ELEPHANTS ARE THE BIG WORRY PKNAN(.. Tues. THE villagers of Kampon^ Aver Lanas in Kelani.m want to declare war on elephants which roan. their village at night. They have petitioned the Mentri Besar. asking: for Government action to stop the elephants damaging their crops.
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    TRYGVE LIE ATTACKS REDS FOR SNAGS IN THE U.N.
    212 3 TRYGVE LIE ATTACKS REDS FOR SNAGS IN THE U.N. OSLO, Tuesday. THK former l\N. Secretary-CJeneral, Mr. Tryjjve Lie, yesterday attacked the Kremlin for failure lo co-operate in the I'nited Nations and praised President Eisenhower as a strong defender of U.N. principles. "/f? Secretary-General," ho said, "I never enrniint.errd a single,
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    Prince meets circus girl
    42 3 Prince meet s circu s girl PRINTK AXKI. of Denmark meets Joan Foulds. of Liverpool, a member of a rough-riding art, when circus performers were presented to him at a luncheon to open the Bertram .Mills cirrus at Olympia, London. Renter picture.
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    On special diet—they get scurvy
    153 3 On special diet— they get scurvy LONDON. Tues. NHN'KTKKN men volunteers, some of them ronsrirntious oh.jertors and one woman aued 11. lived for months without Vitamin C to m i <- hou much of i( is really essrntial lo health, it mi revealed today. .Some of the human C.iinra pics,
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    177 detained no trial
    46 3 NEW DELHI. Tues.- India ;.< holding 177 people. mn-*--|y communists, without trial, the Home Minister. Mr K. N. Katju. told Parliament yesterday. Kr was defending a motion ;he preventive Detention of 1950 should run its term until the end of next U A.P.
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    Top month for British exports
    147 3 Top month for British exports LONDON. Tues. THE DAILY rate of British exports in November was i the highest on record. Total for the month was £239.9 million. For the period j July to November exports "averaged £220.4 million, or 9 per cent more than In the same period of
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    2 countries blamed
    59 3 JERUSALEM. Tuos. Tlio Israel-Jordan mixt-d armistice rnmrri.ssion yesterday con- Mired both countries for "brutal and barbaric killings A molatlon said the "brutal killing of two Israeli soldiers and tho lootlßf of their arms and pquipmont by armed Jordanian non-rogulars on D.»- 1 cembrr 14 near Boir Govrin
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    Envoy named
    21 3 JAKARTA. Tues D: R fir.ebandrio. Ambassador to Britain ha* ben nominated 8s the first Indonesian Ambassador to Mom-ow. A.P.
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    Time ripe for more pay, says Stassen
    208 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday AIR. HAROLD STASSEN. chief of the United States aT Foreign Operations Administration, yesterday said that the time had arrived for a rise in wages for all workers in the non-Communist world. He told a Pre.ss conference teat a wage increase was
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    Russia has 5 new deputy premiers
    102 3 Russia has 5 new deputy premiers LONDON, Tiic.--. MOSCOW RADIO la.s nicht announced the appointment of five new deputy i I premiers. They are: Mr. M. Z. Zaburov, j chairman of the State Planning Commission. i Mr. M. G. Pervukhin. Minister of Electric Power Stations and Electrical Industry. Mr. I.
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    Aggression danger is over—Tito
    134 3 Aggression danger is over Tito BELGRADE. Tuesday. PRESIDENT TITO yesterday said that Yugoslavia had pulled her troops back from the Trieste border because danger of aggression had ceased. President Tito made the statement after an announcement that Yugoslav and Ita'.ian reinforcements facing each other at the frontiers since October had
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    Troops will stay on
    64 3 WASHINGTON. Tues.— Senior Defence Department officials today said that military divisions would not be withdrawn from Japan while present tension lasted In the Far East. They were commenting on if ports here that headquaiters was planning to withdraw two of its army divisions, one from Japan
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    72 Mau Mau killed
    38 3 I NAIROBL Tues. -Mau Mau suffered 122 casualties last week 72 killed and 50 cap i tured, it was officially reported yesterday. The security forces had I three Africans killed and four wounded. A.P.
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    French offer
    38 3 LUXEMBOURG, Tues— M. Jean Monnet, French preslurnt of the European Coal, and Steel Pool Authority, .said here last night that he would offer Britain closer association in the very near future with the six-nation pool. Reutar.
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    New fish claim
    35 3 LONDON, Tues.— The Rus.siuns yesterday claimed to have found a new type of fish, which was .sraleles.s and jcilylike. with a round pinkish white head. It was nearly 10 inches long. Reuter.
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    Passport threat
    31 3 OLSO, Tue.s. Norway may have to Issue a new type of passport a.s a result of a spate Of forgeries, the Norweßlan Journal of Commerce and Shipping said.— Reuter.
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    BRITAIN TOLD TO CUT PRICES
    132 3 LONDON, Tiies. A NINE-MAN trade mission returned from the Middle I East yesterday and warned Rr it ish manufacturer!: "Got j our prices down." Sir Edward Bmthall. leader of the group, said: "The Midrilr East is mainly a price market. Quality alone will not sell.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    262 3 LONDON. Tuefc PUBLICATION of full November r trade figures and the acceptance by the Soviet Union of President Elsenhower's offer, helped to make far Improved conditions throughout the Stock Market today Far Eastern stocks were steady t/> firm with small enquiries stvtnn teas an irregularly higher appearance. Closing
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    LONDON TIN
    28 3 LONDON. Dec 12. Cash Buyers £645; Sellers Cfi.V>; Forward Buyers £fi27' 2 Sellers £630; Settlement t64?' 2 (down £7..). Turnover a.m. 35 tons; p.m. 65 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    36 3 LONDON. TVr 22 9po "'.(1.. l>b 17' id Mar 17', d. Apr -June 17*.d., July-Sept 17'-d. On.-Der 17' 2 d. Jan. r.i.f. 17d Feb. tit. 17 1 'fid. Mar. ct f. 17\d Tons: Steady
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    Strike hits thousands
    60 3 PARIS. Tues— lnternational air companies yesterday struggled to re-route thousands of air passengers held up here for the third day running by Frances aerodrome ground staff strike. Hundreds of passengers travelled to Holland and Switzerland by train instead of aircraft. Others left France by train and bus
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    The villagers night ot nights
    313 4  -  PETER KAYE br rpHERE Just wasn't a A seat to be had the night the village held its show. And when little 17-year-old Chiew Chioy nnished singing her Mandarin song well if there had been any raft ers they would have all come tumbling down.
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    MacDONALD WINS-THE CUMMERBUND IS COMING INTO STYLE AGAIN
    278 5 MacDONALD WINS- THE CUMMERBUND IS COMING INTO STYLE AGAIN THAT six inch strip of silk for gentlemen's irouser tops is in the news again. The Tailor and Cuttrr, supreme arbiter of British men's fashions, admits in Ita latest issue that tlv* cummerbund is coming into style. So, 18 months after
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    LANDING STOPPED BY MIST
    113 5 Plane diverted KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A MALAYAN AIRWAYS plane carrying copies of the Straits Times for Federation readers was prevented frorr, landing here this morning by hravy mist which blanketed the aerodrome for an hour and a quarter. After circling for half an hour the plane
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    Recruits for police
    59 5 PENANG. Tue.s. Chinese youths wishing to join the «>!ice force are asked to report ;,t the Penang; contingent police headquarters, Penan? Road, at 9 a.m. on Monday. Jan 4. Minimum education require- ment is Chinese lower Primary 1 Four. Applicants must be at least 5" 2" tall,
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    TRADE TO BE CONSULTED
    72 5 IPOH, Tu<*. rriHE Federation Government has promised that the mining industry will be constilted before Malaya committed to taking part in any j international agreement. The draft will require care- 1 ful consideration before any definite opinion can be expressed. Mr. J T. Chappel, chairman of
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    Council speech leads to expulsion from the MCA
    333 5 Council speech leads to expulsion from the MCA THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE THINGS MR. CHIN SAID IPOH, Tuesday. THE Perak branch of the Malayan Chinese Association has expelled Mr. Chin Swee Onn, one of its former vice-presidents, the branch announced today. Mr Chin, a member of the Perak Executive and
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    Malayans in Xmas broadcast
    105 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. SELECTED Malayan students in Britain will send to their parents, relatives and friends at home in a BBC feature from London on Christmas Day. At 6.10 p.m. listeners to the X.1.. station of Radio Malaya will be able to hear them being Interviewed
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    He locked girl in washroom
    93 5 He locked girl in washroom ALOR STAR. Tue.s. PR locking a Chinese gi:i in a washroom, Seenavajsan, a sweeper, was fined $75, or one month"s taol today. Mr. Justice Hill found Seenavasan guilty after the DPP. Mr. F. G. Cooke, had appealed against his acquittal in the Sungei Patani Magistrate's
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    Killed cousin with parang, 7 years' gaol
    82 5 ALOR STAR, Tues. ABDUL HAMID bin Salleh was today sent to seven years' gaol for attacking and killing his cousin. Jusoh bin Bakar. with a parang on June 19. Abdul's defence was an alibi. He s»)d he was at home looking after his
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    HIGH PORT CHARGES DRIVING TRADE A WAY
    170 5 Penang bosses tell workers PENANG. Tuesday. "THE Penang Employers' Association has told waterA front workers that because of high handling charges, the island is losing its trade to Singapore. At a meeting with the workers' union yesterday, they said there was a definite
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    Johore got $13.8 mil. for defence
    61 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. TWE Johore State War ComA mittee received from the Secretary for Defence. Federation of Malaya, this year $13 801.574 and up to the end of October had spent $10,403,248. Of this $4,846,009 was sprnt on resettlement, and regrouping. Estates and mines
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    $700 theft
    40 5 PENANG. Tues. Liquor, jewellery and a camera to the total value of $700 were stolen by burglars who broke into the house of Mr. P. A. Reed in Scotland Road last night. The loss was discovered this morning.
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    Christmas gifts for lepers
    40 5 PENANG. Tues. Catholic Actionists from the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows visited Pulau Jerejak this week with Christmas gifts for Catholic lepers. They were greeted at the jetty by the Lepers' Band. Refreshments were served.
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    Negligent: $50
    24 5 Cheow Choon Sin. seaman was fined $50 in Singapore yesterday for negligent driving resulting In collision with another car at Geylang Road
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    17 out of 73 turned up
    77 5 BATU PAHAT. Tues. /ANLY 17 people of 73 listed here turned up at the General Hospital yesterday to recrive certificates for giving blood. Thr Administrative Officer, Batu Pahat. Mr. C. R. Dauby. presented awards to: Ahmad Abu (medal and certificate > M. Lucas, Hassan
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    Sir George is willing to listen to Govt. workers' representatives
    251 6 SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL, SATS HEAD OF RENDEL COMMISSION BUT- T'HK Rendel Commission, reviewing Singapore's constitution, is willing to listen to oral evidence by representatives of Government employees in a public session on December 30. Sir George Rendel, head of the Commission,
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    MAGICIAN AT A CHRISTMAS PARTY
    53 6 A CHILDREN'S Christmas party was held at the Outpatients' Department of the General Hospital. Singapore yesterday afternoon. Thp programme included a show of magic by Mr. Jimmy (him. a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, seen here performing to an audience of interested youngsters.
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    SCBA SEEK BIGGER SAY IN GOVT.
    197 6 SCBA SEEK BIGGER SAY IN GOVT. STRAITS CHINKSK should be represented on Singapore's Legislative and City Councils, the Straits Chinese British Association urges in a memorandum to the Rendel Commission. The S.C.B.A. suggests that Chinese British subjects should be allowed to elect I their representatives through the Association. The Association
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    What to pay for Xmas vegetables
    150 6 I J'HE Singapore Consumers' i association last night issued a list of fair prices for vegetables and foodstuffs at Its stalls <n Orchard Road market during the Christmas holidays. The prices are CAMERON HIGHLANDS: carrots (per lb.i 40 cent*; lettuce 75; turnips 20; green
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    Public Health exam passes
    46 6 Three doctors who sat for the preliminary course for the Diploma in Public Health at the University of Malaya have passed. They are Dr. Ling Din:: Seng of Singapore. Dr. Haji Mohamed bin Ismail of Klang and Dr. S. Narayanan of Raub.
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    17 fined for blocking path
    37 6 seventeen people were nned $50 each In Singapore yesterday for obstructing five-foot ways. Most of them were hawker* and shop-keepers They had placed bicycles, tables and other things on the five-foot ways.
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    SULTAN GETS $66,500 FENCE
    44 6 JOIIORK BAIIRI. Tups.— At the request of the Sultan of Jnlmrr. the Johore Council of State today approved spending $6(>.">00. It will be used to erect a seven-foot barbed wire fence to surround the compound of the lstana Bukit Serene.
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    Australian-trained nurses at reunion
    180 6 COLONEL GIVES THEM DINNER (XF the 10 Singapore and nurses who have won A.I.F. training scholarships to Australia in the past six years, four are still in Australia, one died earlier this year and three of the five now back were rounded up last night for
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    Malay arrested
    47 6 Singapore police last night arrested a Malay after complaints had been made that a man had been impersonating an Income Tax official. The arrest was made on information trom a shopkeeper in Tanjong Pagar Road after the Malay had visited the shop the previous day.
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    GIVE ELECTED MEN POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY
    247 6 Otherwise disaster, he says .MMHuu iuiiki ruesaay. T»HE STATE LEGAL ADVISER, Mr. D. M. K. Grant. warned the Johore State Council today that the way to disaster would be to give elected representatives on the Council power but no responsibility. He successfully moved the
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    Former SHB policeman' dies in Kenya
    113 6 Former SHB policeman' dies in Kenya DETECTIVE INSPECTOR Colin James Bryan, of the North Rhodcsian Police Force, a former member of Singapore Harbour Board Police, has been killed In a motor'accident in Kenya. Details of the accident are not yet known but his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Bryan
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    Christmas gifts
    15 6 Bale.stirr Community Centre Singapore, will distribute Christmas uift& to members on Friday night.
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    FAKE SURGEON FOOLED ALL THE MEDICAL MEN HE MET
    454 7 FAKE SURGEON FOOLED ALL THE MEDICAL MEN HE MET His masquerade takes its place in history gINKAPORE doctors yesterday described the strange story of self-styled "brain-surgeon" Dr. Kuong R. Li, alias K. R. Li, as among the most astounding masquerades in medical history. A Singapore professor who was in Britain
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    DOG BITE MAKES IT A QUIET HOLIDAY for PAT
    160 7 DOG BITE MAKES IT A QUIET HOLIDAY for PAT IT is going to be a quiet Christmas for r»-year-olcl Pat Wheatley who has just come home on annual holi- I day from her school in Peri h. Pat the daughter of Mr. and Mrs ft. fi. Wheatley of Lloyd Road
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    Film men to discuss star exchanges
    112 7 Film men to discuss star exchanges rpWO INDONESIAN film pro- ducers flew into Singapore from Jakarta yesterday to work out a big "stars- exchange" system with Malayan studio heads. They were Mr. Jamaluddin Malik of Peseri Film Studio, and Mr. Ysmar Ismail of ivrfmi Film Studio. I'nder the scheme, Malayan
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    BORDER PATROL RETURNS
    128 7 BORDER PATROL RETURNS ALOR STAR, Tues. AFTER a four-day wait. Malayan police and military reinforcements, who were rushed up to the Siam border last week-end for an expected showdown with bandits, returned here last night without contacting the terrorists. A police official said today that the bandits had probably Bed
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    Sliding panel led to tobacco haul
    196 7 THE house that old Phua Chwee Peow built in Florence Road had a slide door that opened into a room which on Sept. 8. contained 500 lb. of dutiable South Indian tobacco. Customs men told a Singapore court yesterday. Phua was found guilty of
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    SPEED-UP !N PENSION PAYMENTS
    108 7 OIMiAPOKK Treasury yesttrriay began a new system to speed up payment to Government pensioners, I'nder the plan, each pensioner is given a number which is exchanged I fur a chit on presentation to the clerk at the counter. The pensioner then signs the chit and receives
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    Malayans offered U.S. summer study
    175 7 TyjALAYAN graduates in science or engineering me invited to spend three months at Cambridge. Massachusetts, lln the United States, on a Massaenusetts Institute of Technology Foreign Student Summer Project Candidates must have a ctrurrr in .some phase of sciertco nr rncine-rinc from a reI cognised
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    Last rites ' for 'grand old man' of Klang
    210 8 Last rites for 'grand old man' of Klang KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. ABOUT 100 peopleMalay, European, Chinese and Indian attended the funeral today of the late Dato F. W Douglas, "the grand old man of Klang." The funeral took place tj. Batu Belah according tc Muslim rites. It was the Dato's
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    3 Johore jobs abolished
    44 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues The Johore Council of State today aereed to abolish the jobs of supervisor. Istana gardens, welfare officer, PWD and officer in charge of to*n boards. Johore. The post of president, town council. Johore Bahru. has been created.
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    'HEALTH WEEK' IN APRIL
    94 8 KI'ALA LUMPUR, Tues. TIEALTH WEEK' will be observed in the Federation from April 3 to 10 next year, j A Health Week Federal Com- I mittee. under the >lember for Health, Or. Lee Tiang Kent, is arranging to hold it in connection with World i Health
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    Seasonal mail due this week
    56 8 PENANG. Tues— Two snips carrying the last Christmas mail's from Britain are due »n I Penang this week. i The Benmacdhui is expected tomorrow and the Astyana on Boxing Day. For the New year season two other ships ar? due —the Corfu on Jan. 4
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    FELLOW VILLAGERS BORE HIS COFFIN
    58 8 FELLOW VILLAUKBS were t lie pall hearers at the fune ml uf l»ato F. W. Douglas, the "grand old man" of Klang. who died on Monday at his home at Kapar, 10 miles from Klang. The Dato was buried yesterday at the Hatu Belah Muslim
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    $48 mil. 'standstill State budget is approved
    219 8 $48 mil. 'standstill State budget is approved JOHORE 'CUTS COAT TO ITS CLOTH' JOHORE BAHKI Tuesday. JOHORE State Council today passed its draft estimates for next year, which provide for an expenditure of $48,318,204. Because of the present slackness in trade, no provision has been made for any large scale
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    COUNCILS TOO POOR' TO RUN THEMSELVES
    133 8 COUNCILS TOO POOR' TO RUN THEMSELVES JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. rpoWN councils in Johore will A become self-governing when they are ready for it. This reply was given at today's meeting of the State Council to Inche Sardon bin Jubir, who had asked when all town councils would be given automomous
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    Gurkha hand at Lake Gardens
    42 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Regimental Band of the 2nd Gurkhas will play at the Lake Gardens here from 5 om. to 6.30 p.m. on Sunday. The Department of Information will give a film sho*v at 7.30 p.m.
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    Portuguese settlement to hold 'talent' show
    100 8 MALACCA, Tues. fPHE people of the Portuguese 1 settlement will hold a talentinie show at its school hall on Saturday night. Horace Sta Maria, leader of the Trez Amigos. Malayan vocal trio, will be compere. Mrs J L. DCruz. wife of the Laoour Municipal
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      252 8 Sis-iiiis Times Crossnord -H n n^ R H n ACROSS 9. D.irluiL' family, his i6>. 1. Eg. Burke and H H re .8, 2. 5«. 13 the bishop shouki no. 8. Natural «ill.s mean money (7) '"JJ* Wllle r I s s> 8. Explosive t»lk .7.. Add J*** 12 s
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    50,000 must stay in 13 hours daily
    87 9 50,000 must stay in 13 hours daily IPOH, Tues. ADDITION to other rigorous measures, a 13-hour curfew will he imposed as from tomorrow in the Sungei Siput (North). Tanjong Rambutan and Chemor areas. More than 50.000 people will be affected. The curfew will be from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m.
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    These jobs are a matter of tradition
    124 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Tups. IT HAS been the tradition that only Johore-bnrn Malays are taken into the Johore Civil Service. Pito Seth, State Secretary, stated in the Johore Council of State today. He vas replying to Mr Yap Kun Hock, who had a.-k.'d if
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    IF POLICE SHOUT-THEN PUBLIC CAN SHOUT BACK
    300 9 'They are not God Almighty 9 MAGISTRATE told a Singapore court yesterday that if police officers can shout at members of the public then they should not make so much fuss when the public shouts back. Mr. A. Wahab Ghows, the magistrate, said
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    Offered $10,000 to avoid gaol: fined $3,ooo—time to pay
    154 9 Offered $10,000 to avoid gaol: fined $3,ooo— time to pay r T SAY ENG, a Singapore Harbour Board stevedore, who pleaded guilty in Singapore yesterday to having 41b. of raw opium at a dock gate on December 5, told the magistrate that he was prepared to pay the maximum fine
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    Special pooja
    44 9 The birthday of Sri Sara.laniani Dcvi the spirivua! c^n.■■ort of Sri Rarr.ak'-ishna Paramahamsa. whirl 1 Is or, Sunday next, will be observed with a special pooja at the Siimaporp Ramaknshnn Mission temple at 179. Bartley Road, between 10 a.m. and 12 noon
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    Xmas dinner
    38 9 Telok Aver Methodist Yo'ith Fellowship, Singapore, will hold its Christmas dinner in the church hall at 235. Trlok Ayer Street, at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow. The members will «o on a house-to-house carolling round after the dinner.
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    118 children returning
    54 9 The last batch of children coming home from Australian schools for Christmas are expected today in Singapore in the Blue Funnel ship Gorgon. The ship will bring 118 children. Two Malayan Airways planes will fly 29 children to Kuala Lumpur and 11 children to Ipoh and Penang
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    SAILORS' CHRISTMAS PARTY
    50 9 TWO BEARDED Alilr Srameii from tin- VI V. Antiltx hus. T. Connolly and I Ashton. enjoy themselves it the Mn ilimi Navy's Christmas dinner at Cornell House, Singapore yrsterdav. Among the *>00 guests was Admiral Sir Charles Lambe. Commander- in-Chief. Far East Naval Forces. Straits Times picture.
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    TEACHERS AGREE ON WELFARE ACTION
    146 9 Two-year dispute ended IPOH. Tuesday. AT A ROUND table conference in Ipoh today, the Malayan Teachers' Union and the Malayan Graduate Teachers' Union agreed on representations to the Government about their welfare. The MGTU broke away from the MTU in 1951. Amonn the items discussed
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    Trade fair in Penang
    47 9 PENANG, Tues. -A panel of journalists will judge 27 .stalls at the annual Penang trade fair to be held at New World Park during the ChristmasNew Year holidays. The fair opens on Christmas Eve. Judging will be at 8 o'clock on Christmas night.
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    Still no limit on questions
    62 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues The report of the Select Committee on the existing Standing Rules and Order.s of the Johore Council of State was withdrawn at todays meeting of the Council after several members had spoken against it. The report recommended that no more than six
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    Travel books
    45 9 Four travel books on the Fa.st and South-East Asia MM displayed in London now. They are "Sacnu Oasis" by Irene Vonnohr Vincent. "Tigerland and the South Sea" by Oile Strandberg. "Hidden Burma 1 by Maurice Collis, and 'Hidden Land" by Ursula Graham Bower.
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    Prisoner escapes on hospital visit
    141 9 CAUGHT AFTER STREET CHASE A YOUNG Singapore remand prisoner tried to oscapp yesterday while at the General Hospital Dental Clinic where he had been taken for treatment. He was taken to the clinir from the Central Police lockup by a constable. At the clinic he
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    BEST RECRUIT GETS A CUP
    35 9 MOON KIM Y AM IK. of the Malacca High School adet Corps, who won the Best Recruit Cup at the tenday cadet camp at the Malay Regiment depot. Port Dickson.
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    ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED
    74 9 ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED PENANG. Tues. PENANG police have received advice that a man for whom they have been looking j has been arrested in Singapore. The man. Lim Chee Tong, 24, a tailor, was alleged to have escaped while being held lor interrogation on November 3 Together with four other
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    Boy killed in road crash
    50 9 IPOH. Tiies.— Lam Foo Wing. 16. wa.s killed this morning in a road crash near Ipoh. Lam. who worked in a furniture .shop in Men«lembu, was cycling towards the town when he was involved in a collision with a lorry travelling in the >ame direction.
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      307 9 JJtl CATHAY ORGANISAVION ATTRACTIONS LAST mV^ 2A LJ\ 4 4 f SAVAGE THRILLS IN THE LAND OF NO ESCAPE] n YOU CAN HEAT A I)R L'M! K BUT FOR A SUPER X'MAS OPENS WPJ\ HEAT '^TOMORROW! M&± M-G-MS fi ft 4i Mf?^S^M^^MM^^r? *J Chariss'e Oscar levant Nanette Fabray Jack Buchanan
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      230 9 THE SINGAPORE DIARY Kolarv Clnh Wwiiiv liimlw.m 1.5.1.5.: Vrve lilm show -Clin.-t- builduiK 5 \> m Chi Lstnias concert m "int C«ZI Blufßnnm nm >* I" X"™"->.K "™"->. '">« Flintier. Vou-e VU-torU M—nrtli Hall. 8 pm. Mr "i/4lo«Mons <m Chinese Of The Choir alr-cndltioned St. Andrr« s .thedr.l: CTothlng Arl
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    DEATHS
    70 10 2li Pa** tin (minimum) PE SILVA. At 53 Weld Road. K'Mla Lumpur on 22 12.53. Chris- j Man De Sllva. aped 8(V Funeral at t Cheras Road Kuala Lumpur at 9.30 am on *****3. CHlNG—Madam Chtng Gcok Imm. beloved wife of the kite Beng fc-ilk Lwi. aeed 4R yean
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    59 10 211 Wort, HO (minimum) MR. AND MRS. LIM FUNG YAM think al! fritndx and relatives lor their amlstaaea cood wtabes, cifts and .iitpndance on their recent Diarn.ir'MR. A- MRS TAN HOCK SIEW thank all relatives and tripnds for their kind attendance, cood wishes and valuable pwesnai on the occasion
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    IN MEMORIAM
    21 10 ;ii »orrf» J/» (minimum I IN loving Manor? of Mary Ns-ncy Chia Yew RW passed awa> 23rd Dee. 1948.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    258 10 J« Words $ll> (minimum) BEAUTIFUL Collection of Cock- j tsJl and Eveninr Gowns, rnsonably priced at Mulchands 82-1 Bras BflMh Road. ALL THE THINGS YOr ARE" are vivldlv expressed in a West lake portrait 3M. Tanjong Kat.mc -ncapore. 15 TOWN <fc Country announces arrival of lonc-awaMPd hoop and drop
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      Government Rice
      887 10 Any discussion of the rice trade obviously must start with the assumption that the Malayan Governments do not want it returned to private hands. Their case is that the trade has been handled on the whole very well on the basis of government to government contracts, throughout a
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      Russia's Atom Answer
      415 10 The Russian reply to President Eisenhower's proposals for an international atomic energy pool is encouraging without being exactly flush with promise. The Russians have made several reservations. In particular they point out that whj]r> international agreement on this question rould be an important step towards the removal
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    YES, it was a hard way to those STARS...
    1138 10  - YES, it was a hard way to those STARS... HUGH DUNDAS, D.S.0., D.F.C. A STORY THAT INSPIRES By Group Capt. IT seems so long ago now. In March of 1935 Sir John Simon and Mr. Anthony Eden went to Berlin and visited Hitler. The Fuehrer told them that the German
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      But all the school places were filled
      183 10 PLEASE allow me to air certain discrepanciPs in the pnrolmpnt of students for primary classes next ypar. I submitted my application for enrolment in September 1953. for my daughter, and received a note from the school informing me that her name had been
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      GOOD WORK OF RIDA
      175 10 MALAY Whip of Kota Bharu has voiced his very sound opinions regarding the Improvement of RIDA, which h, supposed to be the answer to the prayers of the poor rural Malay in particular My friend Malay Whip is very much concerned over the hugp sums spent
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      Too risky
      126 10 SHOP- keepers and hawkers ■ft fined for obstructing five- footways (footpaths) but why are bicycles allowed freely to obstruct these .so that pedestrians are forced on to the roadways at the risk of being knocked down by vehicles. Take a walk along the fivetoot ways on the west
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    London log
    603 10 4 LTHOUGH Mr. Oliver i\ Lyttelton dealt effectively with Opposition critics during the Commons debate on the i deposition of the Kabaka of j Buganda and on the .suspension of the constitution of i British Guiana, he has been s:\en littlp opportunity to relax. Boarding the arrnplarv to
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      Full-time job
      279 10 WEIGHING the various sunmLssion.s and memoranda that are now before the Rendri Commission on a constitution for Singapore I cannot help thinking of my old frienri. I .suppress nLs name though ■ome readers may guess who be la, a professor at Oxford who found full time employment between
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      Escorts
      99 10 J>UT not your trust in princes or princesses or tales of their latest male p.srort All the .same Mark Bonham Carter the rnqaeing grand.snn of Britain'.s last Libf ral nrime ministor is. I can vourji (or it n lively and entertaining a companion as anyone could find in England.
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      What to say
      100 10 READING reports that Ben.i may be dead. I feel torn between two comments mad" on like occasions. Should I .say. with the American journalist who. learning of the death of Calvin Coolidge. the silent and non-committal president, said. How do they know"? Or would it be more
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    No pledge yet by rubber workers or chiefs to stand by decision on wages
    288 11 THE BIG QUESTION REMAINS: WILL ARBITRATION AWARDS BE ACCEPTED? KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. V'I'MBKR ONE question arising: out of last night's decision by Malaya's ruhher estate workers and their employers to submit their wage dispute to arbitration
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    ICE CREAM? WELL, I DON'T MIND IF I DO
    39 11 MX-YJ:AR-OLI) t'oreen .Mtrsh helps her young sister, Allen, to an ice cream treat at the Eurasian Recreation < l uh Christmas tree party at Brickfields Road. Kuala Lumpur. Straits Times picture.
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    Family has a Christmas after all
    163 11 Family has a Christmas after all KUALA I.IMPIR, Turs. A45-vi;.\R-oi.i) Baraslaa woman, who said that ChrMmas maile no difTt'rence to hrr family this \<-;ir, had a surprise today when a Sliaits Times reporter handed her :i Christmas gift of S(io from well-wishers :nl over the country. She sair 1 "Please
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    Struck off
    30 11 Yook Wnon School at Kaniponp Wayanc Satu In the Bukit Timah area nf Sincapore. hns been Struck ofT the Pecister of Schools because it has ceased to exist.
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    52,000 more acres of padi this season
    137 11 KUALA LUMPUR Tues. THE FEDERATION is expect I'd to have under cultivation a little over 52.000 acrr s more of wet and dry padi in the 1953-54 season than last scasor A total of 829.350 acres were planted last season against 381.370 acres
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    Govt. women get new leave terms
    98 11 Govt. women get new leave terms MARRIED women in Singapore Government service 'a:e among contract officer who will get more annual leave under a nrw ruling. Those who formerly got 21 days annual Iravr "will now get 33. unless leave terms In their contracts arc more fav- ourable. The nrw
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    Dentists to protest
    55 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Central Malaya Chinese Dentists Association has decided to protest against the ban on non-graduate dentists Using penicillin. The decision was taken at j a meeting of the association in Kuala Lumpur last nisht. i .I'fiiioers said the ban would obstruct their work and
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    Criminal Procedure Act is 'monstrous'
    204 11 CONTRARY TO JUSTICE— PARTY KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. THE CRIMINAL Procedures Amendment Bill Is being attacked by a certain political organisation as a "monstrous piece of legislation." This orcanLsation is one of the convenors of a public meeting to be called early next vrar to protest
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    MCA plans to tighten its rules
    91 11 MCA plans to tighten its rules KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. REVISED constitution and rules of the Malayan Chinese Association will be considered at the annual meeting of the central general committee in Singapore on Sunday. "We're tightening up the organisation by bringing the raws no to date as they were hurriedly
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    The weather 93 DEG IN IPOH
    167 11 The weather 93 DEG IN IPOH Minimnm temperature .7 30 pm Dae. 21 to 7.30 a.m. on Dec 22 Btngapon TS degrees. Pen;mg 73 Koi, Bah pi 73. Kiml.i Lumpur 73. Ipo.'i 73. Kii.iir.in 70. Ma\inum Irmprraturr 1 7.30 a.m. o 7.30 p.m. mi D*C 22c Singapan tO. Pen. hi:
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    Man fled at her scream
    57 11 A 28-year-old mother of two, livinß in Beach Road. Singa- 1 pore, told the police yesterday that a man broke into her room at 330 a.m. and tried to molest her. Her husband, a seaman, was away. She woke to find the man holding her
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    Gurkha band
    23 11 The Band of the 2nd Gurkhas will play at Katong Park from 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. on New Year's Day.
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    Driver fined
    25 11 One Kah Whatt. a taxidriver, was fined $50 in Sir.sapore yesterday for conveying passengers with his meter flag ir, the for hire" position
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    London as Hq. proposed
    85 11 f ONDON. instead of Singapore, tia> now been propowd as T hi' \Y' Pacific recio n headquarters of the internntinnal Planned Parenthfiifi Federation, Lonrton will be the he.ulnuartrr.s until June if the other member countries nf the West Pacific reuion agree, .said Mrs. Renee You. orcani.sinc
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    Trade drops byS4l.smii. in one month
    86 11 Trade drops byS4l.smii. in one month KUALA LIMPUR, Tues. MALAYA'S external trade in November showed a drop of 541.500.000 compared with October. The total value was 5,M.{.:>00.000 against $254,--bOO.OOO in October. Imports were 5102.800.000 compared with $124,*****0 the previous month. Of this. Singapore's share was 5.58.600.000 against 847,500,--000 in October.
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    22 MORE SOCIETIES STRUCK OFF LIST
    164 11 Failed to change benefit rule KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. TWENTY-TWO more death benefit societies in the Federation have been removed from the register for not complying with a law requiring them to amend the rules on payments of benefits Their names wore listed in the
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    Woman loses $150 watch
    31 11 A European woman lost a wristwatch between Leornie Hill and Orchard Road Singapore, yesterday. The watch, worth $150 i s oi stainless steel and .square |n shape
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    Army children cannot find room
    86 11 ALOR STAR. Tups THF KEDAH Government today said it had not horn possible to admit children ol nffierni and mm of thr Fifth I Battalion, Malay Regiment, to I Malay schools in thr arra. bf>causr thry vrrrr all full up Thr Suprimtrndrnt of Education, howrvrr,
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    Troops for Britain
    52 11 The Ist Battalion Royal Tank Rr^imrnt were civen a hip welcome to Singapore by the band of the 2/10 Princess Marys Own Gurkha Rifles band when the troopship Empire Orwell arrived yesterday The men. given a few hours' shore leave, are on their way back to Britain
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    A CHASE IN THE NIGHT— AN ARREST
    72 11 A SERGEANT in the Royal Signals in Pasir Panjanp, Road, Singapore woke up at 4.45 am. yesterriav and saw a tare peering at him from the v indow. He pot up and the face disappeared. Then he saw a man ninnins away. Thr
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    THE RENT BOARD AT WORK NOW
    142 11 Properly constituted THE Singapore Rent Con- ciliation Board is properly constituted a Government spokesman said last night. The appointment of a panel to carry out the boards work •ill be gazetted soon. The spokesman was referring to the action of the recently appointed President
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    'Mixed' rice at 32 cents kati
    73 11 "Mixed" whole grain and broken rice, to be issued In Smgapore on the ration for the first time at the end of this month, will be sod at 32 cents a kati. two cents below the ration price. An official statement says that the
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    3 months' gaol for woman
    52 11 Chew Siew Hi v as .sentenced In Singapore yesterday to thr^ months' gaol for pos.ses.sion of j dutiable liquor. Customs Officers found a 12--gallon distiller*/ and half a gallon of dutiable liquor in a paten of lallang near her I house In West coast Road
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    Ration dealer loses licence
    46 11 V. M. Kader of Havelock Road, a Government retailer was fined in Singapore yesterday a total $275 for improperly disposing of 159> 2 katis of rice and sugar and altering ration cards. His licence, the court wa.s told, wa.s cancelled last month
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    500 acres set aside for South Indians
    89 11 500 acres set aside for South Indians KUALA Lt'MPUR. Tues. MORE than 500 MM of land have been set aside for South Indians in Tanjong Karang, Selangor, Mr. I. R. Price. Deputy Commissioner for Labour, told the Straits Times today. in all. 148 lots of three to four acres each
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    MASTER WHO PUT SHIP ON REEF IS SUSPENDED
    289 11 MASTER WHO PUT SHIP ON REEF IS SUSPENDED He was 'not incompetent' court A MARINE COIRT, which inquired into thr circumstances leading to the stranding <»f the 7,250-ton British freighter, the Laurcntian Valley, in the Western Roads of the Singapore harbour at 7 p.m. on Nov. 14, yesterday suspended the
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    Children's party lucky numbers
    61 11 The following lucky numbers were drawn at the Children, party held at the Redemptorist Fathers' Ground, Thomson Road, Singapore on Sunday. Radiogram *****. Christmas Hampers *****. *****. *****, *****. *****, *****. Consolation prizes *****. *****. *****. *****, *****, *****. *****. *****. ***** and *****. Holders of
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    Broken rice no problem in Federation
    152 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. rpHKRF is no question of 'N' A Federation banning th niixirt of broken rice, a.s Sinore has done, aa the Govii nt has no difficulty In ide broken rice at 21 cents kati. M| .T. M Gullick, controller of the Trade
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    No deputies for Members, Govt. says
    74 11 No deputies for Members, Govt. says KOTA RAHRI'. Tue». Rt'.MOl'KS that the Government is again considering appointing deputy cabinet members were denied by a Federation Government spokesman today. "The idea died nine month"; ago," he said. "If such a s( -lii-me was to he implemented the deputy would have to
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      164 11 lti to W i \l If IMPORTANT NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS IN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA Hi'h#rtn. rnnip,r,4tivplv few f»trg nn»n of »tnploy»r> hivf V+rn Upallv lubU to pay rnmp*nsation to #mploy»»j arridrntally iniurH whil» working Th» new Fwtoration Workmen's Comfvn''.it!nn Ordinanro «hlch mm* mtn force on Ist April. 1953 applies
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      72 11 Wv J I\ II M in delightful \u\u r y nylon. white, peach, LINGERIE blue, and seductive black. BE YOUR From $1795 CHOICE FOR CHRISTMAS THE STORE WITH A $s»*- TO OFFER A 9& SKO SEfc !»JK !»2j? P^# S2K P& isEAVIEW HOTEL 5 CHRISTMAS EVE NEW YEARS EVE 0
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      'PUT JURY SYSTEM ON TRIAL AGAIN'
      296 12 COON after the Lee Meng case, considerable interest was aroused over the assessors system The conclusion arrived at by thousands of people in the Federation was that this system should be abolished and the trial by Jury system introduced. The Straits Times bad ral
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      The cheerful hospital
      182 12 \|AY I thank all personnel |WI attached to ward 23 of Kuala Lumpur General Hospital into which I was admitted for an appendicitis operation. During my nine days' stay in the hospital my observations were: <1) That the patients werwell cared for by the operating surgeon and
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      But should military police deal with civilian affairs?
      229 12 But should military police deal with civilian affairs? IN A CASE of negligent discharging oi a fire-nrm it appears from a report In the Straits Tim- al military and not civil police marie preliminary enquiries and confiscated the weapon in question. Nobody could other than a^r<'o with prompt action hy
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      MORE LIGHT WANTED
      113 12 OPERATION Service Day was hold at Kuala Klawanp. The British Adviser paid a visit to witness the occasion. Not less than 3.000 people came to see exhibits put up by various departments in Negri Sembilan. Bus service was available to th> people to and from, tho kumpongs
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      NO 'BODYLINE AT BONDI
      66 12 YOUR story "No bare chests at Bondl" concerning the Queen's forthcoming visit to Sydney's Bondi Beach inspires the following doggerel; << Sing a song of Sydney >> Bondi's spoiled the fun Of four and twenty life guards v> Lyino in the sun. Tanned and hairy torsos
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      After the election
      191 12 I WAS shocked to read your leader entitled 'After the Election." I cannot understand the conclusion that the Alliance has forceful and concrete objectives. I agree that they are forceful but I certainly would like you to mention one concrete objective which it has. The Alliance itself
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      BUSKS NEEDED
      77 12 ALMOST all the routes -i r\ Johore Bahru have bus services to serve the residents in various kampongs. It It a pity however to nole that Jalan Storey had been denied equal privilege. The residents there would be grateful if the bus company could extend its service to
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      It worries Hindustani listeners
      68 12 HINDUSTANI listeners to| the Indian >eotio n "f Radio! i Malaya are worried, because i the time scheduled for Hin- dustani programmes is be- coming less and less. Of the nearly four-and-a- j half hours givpn to the Indian i section of Radio Malaya only 30
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      Here is something really new in voting
      299 12 Here is something really new in voting MUCH has been said ifl about the apathy of voters who do not ro to the polls: but maybe they have a very good reason. Suppose not one of the candidates offering themselves for election appears, in the opinion of the voter, to
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      JUBILATION
      94 12 THE announcement that General Tempter may continue as Hich Commissioner although his t no-year appointment cncls next month icill be recrn-cd by the Malayan people with relief and jubilation. Those irho belong to the creed of the Malayan nmgle will want the beloved general t n go away but
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      This racket age...
      55 12 AT the rate landlords are increasing rents, it seems to me as if the Rent Board no longer exKtv. The sky seems to be the limit for the increase. Wha' is 'lAtipening? Are '.he rrnl' I'.iricrsoinc a rocket test ami the Rent Board lying low for fear
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      THE POLYGAMY BATTLE
      207 12 Noble quality FIE proposal to put a stop to polygamy in Singapore is the boldest mischief that has ever been Riven currency. It attempts to settle a point, involving thr welfare of both sexes from the woman's standpoint alone. To the woman who demands the absolute attention
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      Irksome for travellers
      236 12 ITTITH the introduction of more train KfVlOM, our would naturally have expected bettor facilities, but for the Malim Nawar inhabitants, numbering well over 3,000, the opposite has been the result, due to the non-stoppage of the day-mail train* .since the inauBiiration of added services. Here are some
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      PROBLEM OVER FINDING OUT A PERSON'S AGE
      246 12 I FIND the authorities in thk state have instituted a new procedure in certifying age I where original birth certificates i or their copies cannot, for various reasons, be obtained. This requires the usual statutory declaration made by the person I concerned to
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      WHY GROUSE?
      86 12 VALENTINO Yap has point- I ed out that certain non! Christians prefer to be Known i by "fanciful Western names May I ask what exactly la fanciful about Western names such as James. William. John or George. Why the jrousr about m.n-Christians having English names added to their
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      34 12 P— Wlllftl »re rrqamtrrt to KMtr tb<-ir MIM rlrarh on one vidr of «»ch *he»t only, and Ml on I in douhlr sparinK if l>pcwrittrn. Thr shorter letter* air. the mnir may he published
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    Flaming crash of RlOl ended Britain's hopes of an airship fleet
    1702 13 Flaming crash of RlOl ended Britain's hopes of an airship fleet bigger and better airship? and their immediate use for developing air-routes. Construction of the RlOl and RlOO were direct results of what became known a> the "Burney Plan' 1 Years ot political manoeuvring and argument concerning the worthwhileness O
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      147 13 .Wishing You a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year THE DOMINION INSURANCE Co. Ltd. ilnrorporHterl In llu UnllPri Ktncdorru Heart Ofß<e: London Ru nprrrttirut (Ma noency for Singapore, m Mnla'vn. Pntish North Rnmro. nnrl Sarawak, hasfirrti transfrrrcri Irmn AM. Java Sumatra Hrndrhnaat schajrpv. to: BORNEO SUMATRA TRADING CO. (M)
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      268 13 The following Refrigerators are offered to you a I prices unobtainable elsewhere! C«# thorn from S~~ f our I MTmI GRAND W i .SAVING |LL.L,:,:,JK ?SALE iV^MRV^W^V MX f fv^Pßj sa/e Definittly wljy* 4^*^^^. ending on Sat. FREE:- 1 ELECTRIC! TABLE LAMP FOR J THE PURCHASE OF 1 REFRI6ERATOR. Westinghouse
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      110 13 r" v q*. jTT/vV) "i i*pr>/ 9>^^Br^rH r^LV J J^d/J "VK "Mirij v i -vii^ I Apiji it\Q Rl/T IT i^ /X* Jm^9t^y^^^^^ \^SrW^ JL- 'JK%^^^ NO UNCcKTAIN I v^_«^j I nA^rioi c* ru at uc I I rSTTrk 1 iH^^S '^^h t^KOr *r\A.HNcK 07 IHE OUT j/j vT~ N
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      FORGOTTEN CITY
      787 14 The Scour- find i forgotten city in the jungle, ruled by a mad scientist who plans tp destroy Hie world. They manage to get the inhabitants on their side, but the scientist escapes and locks himself in his laboratory. Now read on. AN immense crowd had gathered in
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      A Happy Christmas to you all
      310 14 A Happy Christmas to you all De^r Pnys and Gi-ls, First of all I would like t< thank those very many bfty! and girls who >vivp sent mr Christmas cards and letter* with their good w.shes As usual there were many entries for the crossword con-, trst and here are
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      Talking of stamps
      328 14 IT is a curious thing but I don't think any country with one exception has ever issued stamp for Christmas. The exception Is Canada, irhn issued a stamp in 1893 It Mi believe, a two cent stavtp and it had the inscription on it "Christmas 1898 This
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      Which would you choose?
      50 14 pATCH your friends with this. Ask them qi'Akly which they would prefer in five dollar notes: half a dozen dozen, or six dozen dozen. The WOrmtV of course is six dozen dozen because six dozen dozen is 864 and half a dozen dozen is only 72.
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      ANOTHER GAME !
      115 14 ANOTHER GAME PilS is a game which will provide lots of fun and would also be suit- able for a grown up party. First you must take five old newspapers and see that they are complete. Then mix the pages up, some upside down, no two numbers following const'cutlively and
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      A LATE GIFT
      164 14 OAVE you made your pocket money stretch to cover all the Christmas presents you want to buy? I rortainly nrvor could and for that matter. I can't always do it now. Howovor let mr tell you how to make a last minute present quickly and very cheaply.
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      162 14 '> if, IP B jjgjg^^^j Feeling tropical That's the^^% time to wear Viyella shirt*, pyjamas, stockings whciir\ or cool comfort really counts. day and I! night wear Viyella IF IT SHRINKS WE REPLACE *Ch4tita v aho medt b\ ihi makm pf I i\r//a' *n4 ha* iht Him gunrantts Only a
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      21 14 pLEASE enrol me as a member of the Children's Corner Wise Owls and tend me badge NAME APPRFSS HATE OF PIKTH
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      333 14 {hmta jouv~Yns,*t j« pkouo qf~\ V w«*7 s ?nf ?ec*er of V- GROUP Of Out Mm,* Mi»y pk;£3 Tl e -gf/\; /Wj^J run t#tN ai l ITH c IVI7 f <4 y i-* vOtJm \so »eiii.i hv HO'Kty r e/tn aw joe ao\ A\ M I tup Air 'yj_XrpQK w
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    For your party
    122 15 '"THIS is an old game but x it is a great favourite with all children and will give them a chance to cool oft* after rushing around playing the more strenuous games. All the players must sit around in a circle and ar? given the nanvs of
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    WISE OWL KNOWS THE ANSWER
    217 15 WISE OWL KNOWS THE ANSWER HAVE A NUT", invited Uncle Ollie, handing a plate to Ah Chan. "Why do people always eat nuts at Christmas parties?" asked Ah Chan with his mouth full "Dor.'t know," grunted the Wise Owl. "But that reminds me of a very sad story about a
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    A SURPRISE FOR SANTA CLAUS
    1303 15 CHILDRENS CHRISTMAS PAGE AS the clock struck A midnight the nursery toys awoke, for it was the hour when they come to life and frave their own playtime. Golly sat up in his little bed with a yawn and staggered sleepily out to the verandah
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    TO HANG ON A TREE
    158 15 SAW a most delightful 1 gift the other day. It is one that you can make quite easily and is Just the thing to hang upon the Christmas tree. It was a small handkerchief that had been made into an umbrella. You roll a piece
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    Can you show him the way?
    52 15 Can you show him the way? LITTLE Johnny Lim is very worried. He knows that there is a present for him on that tree but he doesn't know which road to take. However he finally reached the tree and is very pleased with his present. Can you see the path
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      219 15 Shower yourself with fragrance use Pond's Talcum Powder Its silky f dB K-^^ softness; '"'♦*^s^^^^Kj?^[^3Hß Its delicate Iv^^^^^^^^lf fl That cool fresh I K| v^^ JL^JJi feeling that El M<9V "#CT j| lasts all day. Wm wr xß^ Buy m tin ol F*n<ft I P^w\ JSBI today you'll ''**^B^^^ Urn
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      100 15 Take home g^ppl the ICE CREAM that makes a party! So pure So g00d So wholesome for everyone including the tiniest tots C^ v Taste "Majrnolia" at "Mar.no.ia 1 ice any one of our popular milk bars and take a Hcious flavour* pack home for the 'conv^i^nt" family to try!
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    INDUSTRIALS QUIET AND TINS EASE
    539 16 Around fh«> m a i krls RUBBER RISES, TIN FALLS THE Singapore share market yesterday, thoug steady and quiet, had rather a better day than c Monday. The volume of business done shower],! small improvement in the case of tins and industria and two small
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    TIN PRICE
    18 16 The price of *tin ml Singapore yesterday unsH declared at $.115 a plcul.H down 75 cents.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    185 16 Blngapore tubbor nicirk 1 clay ignored easier tn denclet on the London ai New York markets and Jat u;:iy Hist grade clased at 57 cents a pound, three-eighths 1 a cent above Monday's close There was moderate trac support during the day, hi licved ci'ie to short-coverii before
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    Australian stocks
    148 16 MELBOURNE. T Closing prices cf selected .stor today compared w.th Monday w^ loan 3\', IPS 6 U „S4 6 3d Loan 3' L ISSfi sfl £9.s )fi :!d Australian Paper ig 7d .id AUst. OOMOI Ind. 4fi 3d -3d Uanl; of NSW. C 37 7 M 3ank«>f N.S.W.
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    Produce prices
    67 16 Singapore Chinese Prmlurr Ft rhange: Noon prices per nlru were Copra: quiet; January $39. buyers. $39', sellers; February f3fl buyers. $39 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; *fi2' sellers Pepper; quiet; Munlok white $.t:in Sarawak *325. Ijimpone blaclc $29S l^wls and Teat: Closing price: pre Cnpra January m buyers. QfS
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    WALL STREET
    92 16 NEW YORK. Tues -pHE Stork Market yestrrday «c I fe.iturrd by the renewed strength of aircraft.* The balMirc of the list was mostly frnctjonnlly hicher. Arthitv was at a fairly eood pace Initially but subsequpnilv tapered-ofT. The markrt continued to hark ■way In late riealincs. closing bar--lv steady
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    Exchange rates
    70 16 I^HE Malayan Exchange Banks As.s.-viatlnn m..dr the followinc changes in It.s rates to Merchant* yesterday \KW YORK: selling. TT or O.D. ready 32 11 16 PHILIPPINES PESOS: yelling T.T. or O.D. rea<iv. 65^ On the free exehance markrt in Hone K(Mi« yesterday the US dollar was quoted at
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    Singapore shipping
    133 16 T Hf; following shin* are In Slnsa pore harbour today OITKR ROADS i-egundi. Stanvac Ogan. Etiki Maru Pahud, Celebes. Banjoewancl S anvac Benakat Slanva* Maru Atlantic i^ueen. Kalianget, Llmbure INNKR ROADS Wg. Asahan. Larantuka, SnHal Malim. Hanthale. Pangkor. Bentonc Kah Poh. Bruits. Salone. K*h Kneni; Knmuning. Tongkol P
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      409 16 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS WORKSHOP FOREMAN required by Central Electricity Board at Bung Far Kuala Lumpur. Salary according to qualifications and experience In the scale $530 to $730. Inclusive of allowances. Applicants nm.-r have had exprrlence of Oeneral Workshop practice Including repairs to motor transport, flttinc and machining, fabrication, welding, smithing and
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      924 16 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VACANCIES. Applications are Invited for appointment as Clerics in the Traffic Department of the Malayan Railway under the Railway General Clerical Service Scheme, the salary scale for which Is: Probationer: $102 x $6 $11* Time Scale: $132 x $8 $156 Bar A $168 x $12 $264 Bar B
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      828 16 NOTICES THE SUNGEI BESI MINES, LIMITED DIVIDEND The Directors have declared an Interim dividend of 4 4/sd. per share le«s income tax at 9s. In the I. This dividend Is In respect of the company's financial year ending on 31st March. 1954 and Is payable In London on 14th January,
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      767 16 TENDERS THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION The members of the above As sociation In the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business as from 1.00 p.m. on Wednesday. 30th December. 1033 until Saturday. 2nd January. 1954. Thursday 3\rt i December. 1953 and Friday. Ist January. 1954. are Gazetted Bank
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      80 16 THE EASTERN SHIPPING CORPORATION LIMITED Loading for MMghMI an<! Japanese Pmt.s Prnanr Sine a pore m v. "STATE OF ANDHRA" 24 JR 2fl .11 Member? Malaya China Japan Conference. For Freight particulars please apply to: R. JUMABHOY A- SONS ..IMITFTV THONF 2].",!T> C K. JOSHI. M, GREFN I! MI rFNANC.
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      1466 17 jfcEJjj MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. $£3 Fassagt -nfil In Singapore) All ether D Bf BLUE FUNNEL LINE Ot )tl SAiL*NGS O t0 IO LIVIRPOOL, GLASGOW. LONDON 4 CONTINENTAL PORTS Dur Soils P. S'hom Penong r-irc*ioi I .1 I i^rrpool K Havn Dec. 22/23 fcntilochus tor I iverpool Oaagovj G 33/34
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      1041 17 Bs^f^ytsß^^^^BsT^PaJ *I^^^^^^^^^^^TE^^^^^^^^^r^K^*^^^S^Kmr^^^^A^^^m^^l^^^t^K^rk^M'< EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/U K /CONTINENT Spore P. S'hom Penong "Lelendie" for Bongkok 5/5 Jon. Jove for Kohsichong. Soigon, Hongkong, Monilo, Kobe 4 Yokohomo 8 Jen. 5/ 5 Jen. "Panama" for Kohsiehong, H'kong 10/11 Jan. "Kina" for Diokorfo, Koh»ichong, Soigon, Hongkong, Manilo, Kobe Yokohomo 14/18 Jan.
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    Cocoa experts see BritisK S.E. Asian territories as big producers
    324 18 Cocoa experts see BritisK S.E. Asian territories as big producers EXPERTS estimate thai Malaya could produce 1()().(M)O ions of cocoa annually. Production potential in North Borneo is estimated ;it 25,000 lons ;m<l Sarawak at KMMM lons. These estimates are given in a review of the cocoa industry by Cadbury Brothers
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    THE BUSINESS WORLD
    438 18 A HAPPY CHRISTMAS Two Singapore business firms recently commented on uncertain commodity prices and the immediate outlook. "The approaching end of the year and festive season already appears to be casting its shadow over the market...." commented one organisation The other report, on the share market: "The
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      U.K. firm beats U.S. bids for army contract
      63 18 U.K. firm beats U.S. bids for army contract THE English Electric Expnr and Trading Co. with a bid of about U*****,000 below United States ftrmsha.s been awarded a United States Army contract for two generators to cost US$3.6 million The contract calls for furnishing an<i installins the generators on a
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      'SUPER-CONNIES' TO SINGAPORE EARLY IN 1954
      169 18 TWO international airlinrs hopp to opcratr 110-pas-senger Super-Constrllation aircraft through Singapore about April next year. Qanta.s Empire Airways plan to use the Super-Constellation on its Kangaroo Service from London to Sydney through Singapore K.LM. (Royal Dutch Airlines i hope to use the new, large
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    New chairman for United Engineers
    118 18 New chairman for United Engineers A DIRECTOR of United Engineers Ltd., Mr. G. K. Wright, has been appointed chairman of the company in succession to the late Mr. F G. Ritchie. Mr. Wrieh<. who will arrive In Malaya In February, has been associated with United Engineers since the early *****.
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    Fish food' shipped to Indonesia
    75 18 AN American company nas developed a process for producing low-cost, hich-pn-tein, easily preserved food lrom fish. The new flour-like substance, according to its maker the Vio Bin Corporation, of Monticello. Illinois, may help food-deficient nations solve their vital nutrition problems. Mi Ezra Levin, president of
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    TIN CONTROL WOULD HIT LODE MINES
    140 18 RESTRICTION nf tin output would penalise a lode mine more than alluvial mines. This is the opinion of Mr. D. T. Lewis, chairman of the Pahang Consolidated Co.. who pointed out at the annual meeting in London that the company operated a lode mine.
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    Ship designed by Colony firm
    65 18 The Soon Bee. flagship of the Soon Bee Steamship Co. Ltd., now on her way to the Colon* from Holland was desiened by Ritchie and Bisset, consulting engineers, of Singapore. The vessel is a 100 -ton nett motor vessel with 475 tons carrying capacity. She
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    STEEL OUTPUT IN BRITAIN AT NEW HIGH
    51 18 STEEL OUTPUT IN BRITAIN AT NEW HIGH BRITAIN'S steel industry had the highest-ever annual rate of output in November with production at 18.8 million tons. The annual rate in the first 11 months of this year was lT.ti million tons compared |with 16 million for the corresponding period of last
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    Australian tin producers want duty on tin imports
    98 18 THE Australian Tin producers' Association ha.s appMcd to the commonwealth Tariff Board for duty on importer tin, according to reports from Melbourne. The duty is claimed by Mr. G. H Watson, chairman of Tableland Tin Dredging, as the only way to obtain
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    Canadian flour Quiz in Colony
    90 18 THREE Canadian Government officials will visit Singapore next month to discuss uses, qualities, prices and marketing arrangements for Canadian Hour. They are: Mr. W. Riddel, Commissioner of the Canadian Wheat Board; Mr. J. A. Anderson. Chief Chemist of the Board of Grain Commissioners, and Mr.
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    Rubber Bureau expects one-fifth cut in synthetic
    217 18 THE Malayan Natural Rubber Bureau In Washington has forecast a 20 per cent, drop in world synthetic rubber output in 1954 and natural rubber production about the same as this year. I The bureau rxprcts world total production of rubber next year will
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    New post created for former Colony businessman
    137 18 New post created for former Colony businessman STATIONED in Singapore for nearly eight years a: the director in South-east Asia for the Isthmiar Steamship Co.. Mr. Edward S. OKeefe has now hrn promoted the company's general solicitation manager Mr. O'Keefe was appointed to Singapore soon after the end of the
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    New Zealand tourists well on top
    211 19 New Zealand tourists well on top BENONI i Transvaal Tue.<NORTH EASTERN TRANSVAAL were fighting for a draw at the end of the second day's play in their return match against the New Zealand touring side yesterday and with eight second innings wicket to fall were still 20 runs short of
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    Hungarians get 'reward' for Wembley
    273 19 LONDON Tues. HEN the Hungarian league soccer ptoßrarr.me finishes this weekend the Flayers who are beinc rollerted together for the World Cup competition In Switzerland next June are belnn given a month's "trainii.g-hoUdav" in Ecvpt early in the New Year It 1« partly a reward
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    RSGC December competition
    48 19 The December mixed foursomes istroke; competition of the Royal Singapore Golf Club was won oy Mr Si Mrs. J Martcham 1 44-8% 35i,>. Other cards returned were: Mrs. Harrison and H. D. Browne <45-B'_ -36' 2 >. Mrs. Mathewson and R Renton < 46-B'* 37 7 4
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    Blue Ribbon in rousing 3f. gallop at Penang
    533 19 Blue Ribbon in rousing 3f. gallop at Penang By EPSOM JEEP glAE RIBBON, a nicely-actioned five-year-old by Helios, created a favourable impression when he outpaced the useful Short Hairs (Lansdown) in a rousing 3F. trial in 37 sec. on the training track at Penang yesterday morning. With Farad astride. Blue
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    52 19 PENANG CRC women's team (or the inter-CRC hockey quadrangular at Penang during the Christmas Holidays. BACK ROW: Lim Cheng Im. Mrs. Claire Chrah. MIDDLE ROW: Lee Chin Wei. Lim Beng Scan, Mrs. Betty Meah. FRONT ROW: Ooi Poh Cheng, Margaret Yap, Ooi Saw Kirn. Emily Lee and Doreen Lee. Straits
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    Wrexham win replay
    35 19 LONDON. Tue-s—Wrexham beat Brlchton 3-1 veMerday in the second replay of their PA! Cup i,econrl round tie. Wrexham will be at home to Scunthrope In the third round on Jan. 9. —Reuter.
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    Wolves made F.A. Cup favourites
    255 19 LONDON. Tuesday. WTOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS were established favourites at a cal'-over on the F.A. Cup at the Victoria Club yesterday. This was the first call-over of the season on thr rup at a venue where such betting takes place regularly on major horse races. Though auoted
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    CL. 5 HORSES SHOW EXCELLENT FORM
    427 19 AS another HIM comes tn a rinse, various stables wil! soon be starting to weed ou» the "has-beens" to make room for fresh blood and for several Class 5 horses it will be a battle for survival at the forthcoming; Christmas-New Yea r Meeting
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    December medal to Lim Bo Yam
    79 19 The December monthly medal iStablefnrdi competitions of the Inland Club were won by Llm Bo Yam i A dlvl«ioni 38 't. B. M. J. Murphy <B divisloni 3R. ;<nd WCnwtr Oram <C division i 42. Ball Sweep winners were: E. V Smith i A
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    CRUCIAL PERIOD AHEAD FOR SOCCER IN SINGAPORE
    406 20 By SENTINEL WOW that the S.A.F.A. Council has entrenched itself, substantially unchanged in personnel for another year, it should lose no time in buckling down to the tasks that lie ahead in 1954. For next year may well Ik ;i crucial one in
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    38 20 OOK IJIN SAKBAN. the S.C Koalkeeper. turns a shot by ilfrrtl Ponniah (ri^ht) round the posts during yesterday's id. me game when Tcylon S.C. were beaten fi 1. In the centre is full hack Moolenhurg. Straits Times picture.
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    Honours to MCCindraw
    169 20 HAMILTON. 'Bermuda > lues 1 RESPITE Mifferinß two minor 1 l.pses. the M.C.C. 'ook the honour.s of their match an unofficial test against the strcneth of 'he upland when they drew with Bermuda here yesterday. M C C. first innings 148. Bermuda first innings 133. M.C.C. second
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    61 20 ■A Bcncn.achan beat |j Ben- i rtanai 3-1 ,n i friendly wotxm match ■I Farrer Park yeterriav Scorers Tor Bencruac han %tn Melville 1 2 > I and OManacan. Bennnr.es con I CUM off t defensive error. In another matfh. Noresins beat R(d River XI 3-2 Noresins .stored
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    U.S. STARS MAY PLAY IN IPOH
    80 20 IPOH. Tues— The American tennis stars. Tony Trabert and Bill Talbert. who are due to arrive Singapore on Feb. 4 or 5. may play in Ipoh if plans materialise. The Americans are expected to give exhibitions in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, and every effort
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    WEIGHTLIFTERS AIM AT MANILA
    360 20 SINGAPORE'S champion i woißhtliftprs. who arr rirtPimincd to find a place in the Colony contingent that will takr part in the second Asian Games, to be held at Manila in May next year, will resume i their serious training in about j thrre weeks time. .said
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    Ong retains title in 15-min final
    303 20 fVNG POH MM took 15 minutes to retain his Singapore Badminton Association men's singles title last night. In that time he beat junior champion Omar bin Ibrahim 15-2. 15-3 at the Badminton Hall. Later in the night Poh Lim, was on the court for
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    Jeffrey leads S.C.C. rout of Ceylonese
    367 20 OINGAPORE Cricket Club, who finished las* in the SHA senior Iticue. scored a brilliant 6 l victor- over Ceylon Sports Club in a friendly fixture on the parianc yesterday. S C.C 's success stemmed lareelv from their much improved forward line, with their new
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    Victoria win by 254 runs
    147 20 MELBOURNE. Tueß. VICTORIA beat Queensland by 254 T runs In their Sheffield Shield match here today. Final score* I were: Victoria: 377 and 227 for six wickets dccl. Queensland 229 and 129. Queensland, who began the final day's play needing to score 36S run* 'for
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    Hartwig may partner Hoad
    216 20 MELBOURNE Tues. 'pHE Davts Cup challenge nmnd I next week may depend on the results In the doub'es vet n'l'her Australia nor the United States is sure of its combination. Alarmed over Ken RosewaH'* timid service, the Australians have bracketed Rex Hartwig and Lewis Hoad in
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    We're independent,' say Wong & Co
    351 20 We're independent, say Wong Co HIGH HOPES' OF U.S. TOUR [MALAYAN badminton players, tVnnjj Pong: Soon, Abdullah Piruz, Lim Koon Yam ;;nd Cheonjj Hork Lenjf returned to Singapore by air yesterday from Bangkok. The four players, as members of the unaftlliated" Mayflower B.P. of Singapore, had visited Taipeh (Formosa). Hong
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    TREBLE TOTE AT K.L. MEET
    222 20 KUALA LUMPUR. Tucs. THE Selangor Turf Cluh A will introduce thr treble toto which has proved success at Ipoh and Penanß at it" Gold Cup moetiiiK here on Jan. 30. Fob. 4 and 6. It i.s being intmriurr-d m response <o requarta by mrmbcr.s. Ticket!
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    Aussie champion retires at 25
    94 20 MELBOURNE. Tues Austra lla's middleweight champion Al Rourke today announced his retirement from boxing, according to the Melbourne Herald. "There does not appear to he mv regular work in the fight came for me." Bourke tolri the Herald, i which added that Bourke interned »o
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    Native Dancer for England
    95 20 MIAMI. (Florida*. Tues Native Dancer, champion American colt. Is to be Mupped to England for racing by nex: June, his owner Mr. Alfred O. Vanderbilt said on a v isit here. Mr Vanderbilt said he thought. it would be good for International racing for the colt
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      823 20 TUITION in Wnrdt Si limit t- Hot S* rl*. tMlra. LEARN Simplified Dressmaking and Pattern Drafting from Connie's Dressmaking Bchool. New morning, afternoon and evening classes commences 4th January 1954. 132 Cambridge Road. Singapore. i ENROL for Jan: Book-keeping. r.,-,vit. Shorthand, English (all stds). Correspondence. Latin at Chinese YMcA -the
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      552 20 CLASSIFIED ADS.| VEHICLES FOX SALE V> Hf..rf.« Si (Mi*.)— Box i» rli txtru 1 WIILVS Station Wm 1348 in •lunnmc order Apply Chief Engineer. Sincapore Traction Co.. Ltd. .Phone 5011. TRADE in 1951 A4O Sincer SM' 1950 A7O. 1948 Renault Junior 1947. V 8: Standard 8 hp. :!40 Lavender Street
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