The Straits Times, 8 December 1954

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    12 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1954. 15 CENTS
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    MOK KILLS 2, INJURES 11
    302 1 MOK KILLS 2, INJURES 1 1 0-min. rampage with pole nd chisel ho r;m amok in crowded Singa(stcrday morning killed two S| injured 1 1 before police captured him. men, women and a child lisel. It was more than half an liptured. k In a wide area covering in. Sumbawa
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    YOSHIDA QUITS
    261 1 And a man purged by the Allies leads the rest in the bid for premiership TOKYO, Tues. rHE Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Shigeru Yoshida, today resigned with his Cabinet after leading Japan for nearly seven troubled postwar years. He submitted the resignation just before the Diet Lower House
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    COCONUTS FOR YUICHI
    201 1 COCONUTS FOR YUICHI Ordered out but he gets a 'bon voyage MANY Singapore businessmen wcrr on hand yesterday to hid "bon voyage" to Yuichi Ishijima. former Japanese Intelligence officer who MM ordered to leave the ("olnn>. Six huge Mauritus pineapples and four creen coconuts were among prrM-nts which business associates
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    DOCKERS AGREE TO STRIKE
    97 1 DOCKERS AGREE TO STRIKE PENANG. Tues. PENANG docKers will go on at 2 am. on Dec. 23 if the Harbour Board manage:it them their three requests within 14 A total of 1.247 dock OJ Pfi per cent of the Penan? Harbour Board Stall ■:on. tonicht voted for Ice action. Eight
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    Tug lost with 11 aboard
    52 1 ST. PETERSBURG. Florida. Tin's. The coastguard reported today that the tug Bertha R. with 11 men aboard was presumed sunk In a .storm in the Gulf of Mexico about 70 miles south-west of Panama City A coastguard plane sighted a life raft but no-one was
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    SUBMARINE BOMB: MAN IS ARRESTED
    67 1 SUBMARINE BOMB: MAN IS ARRESTED LONDON. Tues.— An arrest has been made in connection with last month's Incident on board the submarine Artemis win two fireworks were found in the engines, the Admiralty announced. No details were given. The Artemis was on her way to an exercise in the Clyde
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    Canadians to leave Korea
    44 1 OTTAWA. Tues. All.Cai nadian servicemen will probably be brought home from Korea early in 1955. a Defence Department spokesman said t >d a v About two-thirds of the units Ot the 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade have already lnft Korea. -U.R
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    RECORD PRICE FOR FILLY
    49 1 J7.800. the Newmarket bloodstock sales. Previous best price for a brood mare \va.s the C 37.485 received for the Aga Khan's Masaka at Lexington. Kentucky. November. Festoon, by Air Trial out of tsoon, won the 1.000 Guineas and th- Ascot Coronation Stakes this year. -AJ>.
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    A diamond is buried with girl he loves
    253 1 MILLIONAIRE'S SON SLIPS A RING ON SIEW LAY'S FINGER AND WEEPS... A HEARTBROKEN Singapore millionaire's son yesterday slipped a diamond engagement ring on the finger of a lovely girl, and then wept bitterly as he saw her for the last time. The
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    Miners come back up
    50 1 AGRIGENTO. Sicily. Tues. Two hundred and ten Sicilian sulphur miners today returned to the surface after 135 days of sit-down strike at the bottom of the Ciavalota Mine The strikers refused to quit The 1.000-foot deep shaft after a management threat to dismiss some men. --Reuter.
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    Leaflet raid
    39 1 TAIPEH. Tues. The Chinese Nationalist air force dropped 250.000 leaflets over south China on Monday. Nationalist and Communist artillery kept up sporadic duelling at Quemoy Island and the Tachen Island group, it was 1 reported today. U.P.
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    That's too SECRET for TV, says Sir Winston
    141 1 LONDON. Tues. -Sir Winston Churchill today asked the British Broadcasting Corporation to cancel a proposed televised discussion between senior naval and air commanders for security reasons. The BBC had announced earlier that the programme, arranged for Dec. 17. was being cancelled bt
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    'SAUCER' WAS A GASBAG
    60 1 VIENNA. Tues. Motor-cycle police raced to one of Vienna's busiest intersections last night when telephone callers report- ed that a flying saucer had landed. I Examination showed that the object, nearly ten feet high. was a plastic ballon filled with anti Communist leaflets i launched by
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    THAT CABLE
    191 1 —Churchill still can 7 find it LONDON, Tues. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL told the House of Commons today that his search for the telegram he thought he had 1 sent to Field Marshal Montgomery in 1945, ordering him to i stack German arms, nad still been unsuccessful. "Every effort
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    PAGLAR
    61 1 —'very ill' Dato C J Paglar. Singa- pore Legislative Councillor, is 1 very ill In the General Hospital He was admitted to the hos- pital three days ago. Dr R. Calderwood. the I Chief Medical Officer, -said last night Dr Paglar was suffering from severe strain. 4s a result
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    Gift of medicine
    36 1 PRINCETON. (New Jersey) Tu^s— Dr. Albert Schweitzer. famous medical missionary In i French Equatorial Africa, was i given medicine worth US$5OO yesterday by the Student Council of the Hun Preparatory School here.— A.P
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    Mrs. Butler ill
    35 1 LONDON. Tues. Mrs. R. A., Butler, wife of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, w^io has been seriously ill for some time, was stated today to be in a critical 1 condition. Reuter.
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    No ferries, no travel as floods hit two states
    141 1 KUALA I.I'MPIR. Tues— The flood l«-vel on thr cast «o;ist rose again today M «JM noOMOM ruin IttlMi Kchintan and TrcnuKanu. 11 has rained almost every iftj ll Jn«e the arrival of the first big storm in late November. "This year's
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    They want Singapore HQ for SEATO
    273 1 AUSTRALIANS VOICE THEIR FEARS From MASSEY STANLEY SYDNEY. Tuesday. AN Australian demand that a permanent regional headquarters and planning organisation for SEATO should be set up in Singapore has been made at the current four-day conference in Melbourne of British, American, French. Australian and
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    Free travel in Korea urged
    39 1 SEOUL. Tues.— The United Nations Command said today it has called a meeting on Wednesday of the military armistice commission to discuss a Communist proposal for free travel between North and South Korea.— UP.
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    Envoy dies
    33 1 ROME. Tues —Mr. Chou Yin, Counsellor of the Chinese Nationalist Legation to the Holy See for the past five years, difd here today after a heart attack. He was 65— Reuter.
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    In the red
    26 1 NEW YORK, Tues Two Long Island homes owned by the Soviet delegation to the United Nations were sold for unpaid taxes yesterday. A.P.
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    U.N.will debate 'spies' case
    218 1 U.N.will debate 'spies' case NEW YORK, Tues. THE Jnited Nations steering committee voted last night to put on the General Assembly's agenda the case of 11 American airmen sentenced by China as "spies." Trip voting was 10 to 2. Russia and Czechoslovakia voted against the U.S. demand for an assembly
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    STOP PRESS
    45 1 i trippihi n \m mv IBM HUM. ROM. lii< >h\v i"< "<< !i'!i hrr« tonisht «i<l they lud pickrd ap 808 frniii h\l -underlain! uith n, mr trouble wr.t of in^ipore. RAF »iilh(iritir s in Sincaj»nr» Ihrv hid no nrw> of planr in frmihlr.
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    Tijah cries for joy at Brian's promise
    139 2 Tijah cries for joy at Brian's promise Xl \l lIMI'IK. Tues. TIJAH binte Talib. the fvincee of Private Brian Sharpe. wept with joy today when told that Brian, who arrived in England on Monday, had promised to come hack to Malaya to marry her. "This is the best news I
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    Troops move out
    36 2 CAIRO Turs. Three battalions of British troops will lea\> port Said this week in the biKRPst movement at troops since the Anglo-Egyp-tian agreement to evacuate the Suez Canal zone was ratified. A. P.
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    'Boy Scout did it for badge
    369 2 PROSECUTOR TELLS COURT AT MURDER TRIAL A KNOCK ON THE DOOR, THEN MYSTERY VISITOR STABBED WOMAN TO DEATH WINCHESTER, Tuesday. A PALE-FACED YOUTH in a neat blue suit stood in the dock here yesterday and heard allegations that he killed an elderly woman because
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    SPLIT OVER IKE'S AID ASIA' PLAN
    272 2 Humphrey leads nppimt'um WASHINGTON. Tuesday. A MAJOR split has developed within the United States government over President Eisenhower's plan to win the "cold war In Asia. Officials ar»> making no sei cr^t of differences between cabinet ministtr> who want lets foreign aid and a
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    THE HIGH COST OF PATRIOTISM
    93 2 THE HIGH COST OF PATRIOTISM NEW YORK. rues. (hmr!es| E. Wilson says the job of being President Eisenhower's Defence Secretary has cost him nearly a million dollars (about 1 360.000 1. The law s.i\s .thiiirt member* may not hold shares in companies uhich have Government contracts. As head of General
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    The Pope is gathering strength—his food may be increased
    149 2 The Pope is gathering strength— his food may be increased VATICAN CITY. Tues. THIF POPE suffering from JL a serious stomach illnesstoday in in the second stage of new medical treatment prescribed by doctors at the end of last week. After four days 1 treatment, dorturs hrlirvr the time has
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    The Swiss-born 'Madame Butter
    29 2 THIS IS LIZA PF.U A- new Swiss-born stir of the New York M^tropolii tn oppra. She was discovered hv Mr. Bing the Brtish director tif
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    NASSER PLOT MEN HANGED
    153 2 NASSER PLOT MEN HANGED CAIRO. Tues SIX members of the Moslem Brotherhood were hanprri here today for plottine acain.^t the Egyptian Government. Fir^t to uo to the scaffold was a Cairo tinsmith Mahmoud Abe.el Latif. who fired at Frur.e Minister Nasser, In Alexandria lnst October Before he died he cried
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    They want to be Dutch
    58 2 SURINAM (Du'rh \\>sr \w- die> Tues. Thousands of i immigra.it* from Indonesia thronsed reßi.strars offlrrs throughout Surinam yesterday to apply for Dutch nationality This was a result of a recent law Introducing free naturalisation. Most of the immigrants from Indonesia here arp expected to take
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    LANDLORD GAVE HER NOT & SPINSTER DROWNSHERS
    76 2 LANDLORD GA VE HER NOT SPINSTER DROWNSHERS PRESTON. La: 68-yr u-olri spinster drowned herself in a here after being civen n to quit her room if savins: she thought It "to see if Jesus will And a room in his ma:-. Sir* a tided- "You will find in the rannl
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    Die life peter plotter posed
    19 3 vn n\ London criiion. Iff 5 vie burthe •obcr, owned r on society' and
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    Formented Stromboli erupts into sea
    95 3 Formented Stromboli erupts into sea Mni s rue* M volcano of Stromsterdajr i of red- hot Hits \.i lej of tire ert\ ict nun with m used to .int mounueiiate their do« n the slope on the north-west of the island and sizzled into the sea. Ihe last hie eruption
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    Father's prize
    30 3 BUENOS AIRES, Tues As a prize for having 26 children, farmer Guillermo Soto. has been given 384 acre* of land on the orders of President Peron.— A P
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    Tories win vote
    35 3 I.'.VDON. Tues. The Conservative Government last night defeated by 300 votes to 2GI a Labour censure motion alleging a lack of urgency in dealing with the menace of the hvdrocen bomb Renter.
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    AMERICA'S NO to MONTY'S PLEA on CARRIERS
    315 3 ron't stop the warshin bulldlne nmoMmme 'Only mobile bases have best chance of survival' THF IT.U a a WASHINGTON, Tuesday. T Vil I. M CS ha t nsi <'orcd Field Marshal im mint Mont K «men s advice to stop buildinx "re <r
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    AFRICAN RACE WAR WARNING
    155 3 AFRICAN RACE WAR WARNING NEW YORK, Tues. INDIA warned the United Nations in New York yesterday that faiaire to halt race antagonisms in Africa and recognise ihe rights of Africans would lead to fearful race conflict. The Indian delegate. Mr. Purshottam Trikumdas. speaking in the debate on South Africa's racial
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    Huddle over ship grab
    88 3 LONDON. Tues. Lloyds' underwriters, who insured the fhiattit whalers seized by Peru. met nero today to decide whether to meet the Lima Government's deadline midnight 0 M T tonight— for payment of 1 fl. 07(1.000 fine or ri.sk confiscation of the ships. A Peruvian court imposed
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    A SILENT YEAR FOR RONALD
    304 3 He refused to go on strike CHESTERFIELD (Derbyshire), Tuesday. FOR crane driver Ronald Hewitt, ignored and cold--1 shouldered by his workmates, 1954 has been a year of silence. And it looks as if it is going to stay that way. He was "sent to Coventry"—
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    Kotelawala sees Ike on Asia aid
    128 3 Kotelawala sees Ike on Asia aid WASHINGTON. TDM. SIR John Kotelawala, Prime Minister of Ceylon, arrived here by air yesterday from 1 Ottawa for talks with President Eisenhower. Within an Hour of beine met a; the airport by Mr. Richard Nixon, the vice-president, Sir John was conferring with the President
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    JOY NICHOLS AS DICK WHITTINGTON
    108 3 JOY NIC HOLS, the Australian actress who made a reputa- I tion in the 8.8.C. serial "Take It From Here," makes her pantomime debut this lirislmas in the title role of •Dick Whittington at the Palace Theatre, .Manchester. Here she is on Highgate Hill. I
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    Truce men now on the spot
    48 3 SAIGON. Tues— The International Truce Control Commission for Vietnam today installed a sub-commission in Saigon with powers to settle political problems on the spot. Hitherto all political problems in South Vietnam had to be referred to the main commission in Hanoi.— Reuter.
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    'King' of a tax-free paradise isle dies
    289 3 LONLON, Tues. LUNDY Island, the only taxlire territory in Britain, was in mourning today tor its "KinK". 69 year old Martin C'oks Harman. who died last night in Surrey hospital. Harman. who started his career as a pound-a-week clerk and rose to become
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    LONDON STOCKS
    361 3 LONDON. Tue». pONDITIONS were rathi r drab In the London stock markets today. There was little to assist sentiment while there was a tendency to 11 nit commitments In vtew ol the approach of the end of the year. Oilts moved erratically. Industrials licked a decided trend and
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    LONDON TIN
    31 3 LONDON. Dec 7 Cash Buyers V 1716; Sellers t7l6<: I'orward Buyers V: 714: Sellers V: 7 1 4 1. Settlement C7IK: Turnover a.m. 3."> tons p ,m. l.~> tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    43 3 LONDON. Drc 7 Spot 24.d ,lan. 24'« d, Feb. 24d Mar. 23 r .d., J;m -Mar. 24d April-June 23 \d July-sept. 23.d. Oct -Dec. 21 -d Dec. cif 23\d. Jan c it. 23\d. Feb. C.i f 23 ,d.. Tone: Slightly steadier.
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    Bohlen goes back
    23 3 WASHINGTON rues.— The State Department Announced that Ambassador Charles E Bohlen will fly back to his Mo.scow post tomorrow. AP
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    That phooey' test will have surprise twist
    262 4 MANY WILL PASS OR FAIL BY IT PENANG, Tuc«. T>KX.\XG parents are angry because children who did not get a good pass in their secondary school entrance examination are to be judged by their results in the "phoney"' test the Intelligence test which
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    THEY WERE MARRIED IN SINGAPORE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    35 4 >IK. sTKPHKX (i. I-"O\. .i CMUtsi representative and his bride, formerly .Miss Xudrex Kli/.jheth (iibbs. leave th«Presbyterian uirch. Orchard Koad. Sincapnre. after their wedding yesterday.— Straits Times picture.
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    THE PARTY REBEL
    171 4 He gels seven days to say Tm sorry' SINGAPORE Progressive Party City Councillors have sent an ultimatum to one of their colleagues to apologise or be disciplined for thrice voting against the Party at the hut Council meeting on Tuesday. He la Mr. Sim Beng Senu ißochore
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    RIDA grant
    13 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Johore \\;.s allocated $237,000 thi> year by RIDA
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    The very cautious civil servant dodges a $8,500,000 question
    210 4 The very cautious civil servant dodges a $8,500,000 question THI Vice Chancellor of the University of Malaya, Sir Sydney Came. yesterday described Sir John Martin, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, as a "very cautious civil servant." And that was what Sir John turned out to be when questioned
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    CONTROL ON RICE IMPORTS LIFTED
    174 4 But some must come from stock ALL restrictions on the importation of rice will bo lifted today, the Singapore Government announced last nißht. Merchants may now import rice of any grade provided they buy a specified quantity from the strategic stockpile which the Government will
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    The dogs' day
    23 4 Rescued strays \\i'.'. appear! m Raffles Place this morning to help sell Hags for the Singapore Canine Welfare A>- sedation.
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    Burglar takes ASP's pistol
    71 4 Burglar takes ASP's pistol PKNAMI. Tues. Am KM \K broke into a police officer's house in Burma h Koad yesterday and -(•■I.- his Browning autnma tic and HI rounds of ammunition. The thief also took \"<P Cur c hit in Singh's u;'tch, S-0 and a forged 510 note. The pistol
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    Gospel campaign ending
    49 4 IPOH. Tue.s A gospel campaign which i> being conducted by Mr. W Me Vcy of Kuala I.iimpur at the Elini I Hal] here every evening will end with an address on Sunday 6 p.m. A Bible school for young people is being conducted from 1 pm.
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    Mails in and mails out
    35 4 PENANG. Tups— The Antilochus and Dljrawa are expected to arrive on Dec. 13 and 22 with malla from Britain. Ifalla lor Britain. Colombo. Ifadra iakutta will close on Dec 17.
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    Annual message
    47 4 IPOH. Tue.s —The annual message by the Sultan of Perak to the State Council dealing with the progress and I development of the State during thi> year, will be read at the budget meetinfc ot the i Council on Thursday at the Perak Library Hall.
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    QUEEN'S dollars
    165 4 are out tomorrow A MILLION new cur- rency notes bearing a portrait of the Queen will be available tomorrow in banks in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang. Kuchine; and Jesselton. The head and shoulders portrait of the Queen shows her wearing a tiara and diamond necklace. The "Queen's dollars
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    He drained pond—and found a skeleton
    170 4 He drained pond— and found a skeleton MAY HAVE BEEN VICTIM OF JAPS 13EMAINS of a Serviceman, believed to be a victim ot the Japanese more than 12 years aijo, have been found buried in mud in a pond near the 9\ milestone, Jurong Road. Singapore. His name and nationality
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    NEW JOB FOR PROPAGANDA WAR EXPERT
    86 4 Mr. Hugh Carteton Qreene, tormiT head of the Kmergency Information Service, in Malay.i. bM been appointed Controlier ol Oreneai Senrlcei of the British Broadcasting Coriw>ration. Mr. Orcenc a brother ot novelist Graham Greene, came to Malaya on loan lrom the BBC. in September. 1950
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    Cameramen to exhibit
    64 4 IPOH. Tues. The Camera Club section Of the Perak Film Society will hold a four-day exhibition of photographs at the Perak Library. Ipoh. start ing on Fr: Mere than M pictures, include portraits. land.scapes and scenery, will be shown. The exhibition is open to the public daily
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    Singapore man dies in Paris
    45 4 II Qeorgea Richard, a director of Messrs Kinloch and Co. Ltd.. who retired to France in 1950 died in Paris last week. If. Richard, who was a wellknown member of the French community in Singapore, leaves a widow and daughter
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    'I was addict for 40 years'
    42 4 Lep Chi.it. a barber, told a Singapore court yesterday he been -mokinii opium for the past 4n yean. He pleaded guilty to having two pellets of prepared opium j on Dec. 6 and was fined $10.
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    HE KEPT EMPLOYEES' MONEY—FINED $750
    144 4 HE KEPT EMPLOYEES' MONEY— FINED $750 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Tan Chong, manager ot Wing Hong Sawmill. Jalan Scudai. was fined $750 in the Maeistrate's Court here today for failing tn contribute to the Employees Provident Fund from May to September this y>ar Mr. Low Yew Hoy, for the Labour Department,
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    Teacher weds
    23 4 Inspector M. Rubramaniain of the Special Branch .>! the Kuala Kubu Police m. Mis.; Rasamalar Stnnadural school teacher, m Singapore on Monday
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    HIN PENG MOVES HQ
    269 5 Security forces made it too hot for him p Tuesday* I|M1 |Ml 1 J: ir( I v-(ionrral feuyan Communist Amoved his hemdtrai Malaya v with siam. Branch spnkes- i\ denied a „,1 In- \\.i> 'i Vietnam i a unman the Secj had liis headtrite camp ,i
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    IT BULL INGERS AIL IN
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    Go on rice eft charge
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    teacher Girls' er to wed
    7 5 teacher Girls' er to wed N'oorin, Girls
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    EAP PAIR OF SLIPPERS COST HIM $1,500
    52 5 EAP PAIR OF SLIPPERS COST HIM $1,500 Chap-ji-ki staking slips renting 5207 were found in the hollow soles when Lim was questioned at the junction 01 Ophir <;:-<i Rochore Canal Roads early yeMC-rday morninK. The magistrate. Ifr. J M. Devereux-Colebourn. -said be hoped the slippers would be exhibited m the
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    Defeated candidate puts blame on Alliance leaders, resigns from his job
    210 5 LACK OF PLANNING, TOO FEW EXPERIENCED HELPERS' SEREMBAN, Tuesday pill, acting secretary of the Seremban division of I MNO, Dato Raja Mohamed Haniffa, who was defeated when he stood for re-election to Seremban Town Council, has resigned as secretary
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    New councillors get to work
    66 5 PENANG. Tues— The new Municipal Council will meet on Thursday to appoint various committees for next year Acceptance of office by the three Alliance councillors elected last Saturday-Mr. G H. Goh (Kelawei). Mr. S. II Mohd. Idris Tanjong) and Mr Abdullah ArifT (Jelutong) will be
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    Drowns in well
    18 5 A woman. Tay Sye Keow. was drowned in a well in Upper Serangoon. Singapore, yesterday.
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    ATTAP HUTS RATES WON'T GO UP
    61 5 ATTAP HUTS RATES WON'T GO UP The Singapore City Council will not increase the as ment lor attap huts next year. Icea .served on about 200 attap hut owners, increasing the ai tea o» their properties by about SlOO each, have been withdrawn. It \ya.s decided not to press the
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    Guard fined for absence
    55 5 RAUB. Tues. A Home Guard. Liew K ->nj: Wah. 19. who 1 pleaded guilty yesterday to I absenting himself from duty at Sempalit new village on Dec. 5. warn lined $40, or two weeks' jail. Li"\v sad he went to Bukit Koman to hand over a
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    Red dump found
    26 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A police field force patrol tounri a dump containing six rifles and a grenade in the; Ipoh area on Saturday.
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    Girl rescued from sea
    51 5 PENANG, Tuos. A large crowd at Gurney Drive last night saw a girl being rescueci from the sea. Chan Ai Peng. 17. was struggling in the water at about 0 p.m. when Ong Seng Yong of Kelawei Road saw her. He jumped in and brought her
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    New village gets school
    39 5 RAUB. Tucs. The District Officer Raub. Inche Anjang Saith bin Haji Abas, opened a $47,000 Chinese school in Sunpei Ruan new village on Sunday. Ti* 2,300 villagers contributed 54.0C0 towards the cost of the school.
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    THEIR PROBLEM: HOW TO TEACH CHINESE TO ILLITERATES
    118 5 THEIR PROBLEM: HOW TO TEACH CHINESE TO ILLITERATES K. LI'MPIR, Tues. 'Till Federation's Adult 1 Education Association is studying methods of teaching Chinese to illiterates. The secretary of the Association. Inche Ali bin Abdullah, said today: "We are trying; to find a method similar to the I.aubarh system." The association's
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    Peggy of the Folies is flying home
    89 5 Peggy of the Folies is flying home PEGGY PHILLIPS, 25-year-old principal dancer of the Folies Bergere show now touring Australia, arrived in Singapore yesterday in a QantasBOAt" airliner from Sydney. She is taking a holiday from the show to fly to Kent where she will join her mother for Christmas
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    Two sent to hospital
    58 5 Two Singapore City Counci labourers were taken to hospi tal with burns received fron an underground electric cabli while they were digging nea the Joo Chiat Place electricitj sub-station -rsterday. The injured were Rerma yam. aged 24 and Arumugam 33 They were burned on th< bands,
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    Film show for R.S.P.C.A.
    40 5 Film show for R.S.P.C.A. "The Green Scarf", a British film based on the novel by Guy des Curs. w;is shown at the Pavilion last night in aid of the Singapore branch of the R.S.P.C.A. The Governor. Sir John Nicoll. attended.
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    Methodist youth to meet
    43 5 TAIPING. Tues. Two Methodist Youth Fellowship institutes will be held next year. The North Malaya Institute is to be held in Penang from April 20 to 24, and the South Malaya Institute at Malacca from' April 22 to 26.
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    10-CENT BUN COSTS HIM $50
    51 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues For attempting to take a 10--cent bun out ol the restricted area of Masai without a permit. Chan Hong was fined $50 hero today. Chan said that as he was late for the bus he ran with the bun. which was his
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    DEATH
    28 6 H H.urf* HO (minimum). HOWARD, S. (Sammy i suddenly In retirement on December sth at 1565 Gordon Avenue. West Vancouver B.C. late of John. I. ThornyCo., Ltd.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    55 6 d^ fill minimum). MRS GILBERT NI'NIS and thank Friends and Relative.-. who atter.ded the Funeral of the T. Gilbert Nunis and for their >, condolences and offering IHE FAMILY of the late Mr. Seng Yew Cheow of M-A Road. Singapore thank M and friends for their es o.' condolence,
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    165 6 SALE Til. l. SATURDAY at Mult-hand*. Your Party Dresses at Reduced Prices FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In U you w\nt to win Ihat $5,000 word puzzle. MEET SAMMY THE SNOWMAN sur con.. r, before he you at Singapore Cold Storage, Orchard R MR K W. BKIL. Dip. Opt., ■vs.t.c.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Dec. 8, 1954. Singapore's Water
    646 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Dec. 8, 1954. Singapore's Water Singapore City Council has such an unenviable record of shortsightedness in the conduct of its public util.iies that it is understandably anxious not to add to it. Hence the proposal to revive the Johore River project as a source of
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    Japan's Premier Resigns
    362 6 Japan's Prime Minister has extricated himself in the past from so many apparently baffling dilemmas that escape from the final crisis of resignation was not regarded as impossible. In giving up leadership of the Liberal Party, but retaining political office, Mr. Yoshida gave notice that he would
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    The Polls Rolls
    291 6 Singapore's new electoral registers, which have been open for public inspection, close today. Tomorrow will be too iate for claims and corrections to be considered. Nearly 14.000 j people have visited the 25 1 registration centres, and another 5,000 have checked the rolls at the Chinese Chamber
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    DON'T FORGET, THEY'RE VOTERS
    240 6 YOUR editorial comment on Mr. Yap Pheng Geek's letter to you seems to indicate that you advocate that the future self-govern-ment of Singapore should continue to disregard the existence of the non-English speaking citizens. leaving them to be taken care of by the vernacular press for
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      The three reasons
      93 6 The three reasons UP to date only three reasons have been given for rejecting the plea for the removal Of the language b.in in our councils. The Rendel Commission cit.s practical difficulties' without stating from whose point of view, the governing or the governed. The Straits Times cites "babelism." which
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      Match could have been decided
      240 6 AS a spectator at the Taiping district hockey match between the C.R.C Taiping and the Krian Rovers. I can only voice my extreme disgust at the match being abandoned ten minutes after resumption of play, with the C.R.C leading 3 goals to 1. A win
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      Strike is not defiance of authority, say students
      522 6 IN the course of the past two weeks an unpleasant situation has arisen between the authorities and students of the University of Malaya. This situation has developed largely because of misunderstanding which was \ggravated by strong undercurrents of emotion. The University Board
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      BOOKLETS POPULAR, BUT NOT THE PRICE
      226 6 BOOKLETS POPULAR, BUT NOT THE PRICE DONALD MOORE'S sprightly and stimulating booklets, "Background to Malay.i." are quite a ooon to the man-m-the-street who is often unaware of the vital Issues which afTn-t thLs country. Their well-tailored content.s are limited to general concepts, facto and suggestions which the layman can digest.
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      KIM SENG BRIDGE
      232 6 ITIM Seng Bridge in Singapore ts being reconstructed It was dedicated to the public in 1862 < rebuilt in 1889 90 1 by Mr Tan Kirn Seng, who not only neneflted Singapore in thLs manner but also Malacca, where he was born in 1805 and died in
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      POPPY DAY APPEAL
      133 6 THE Singapore Popj Appeal for the Earl Fund has this yea: $95,306.53. This sum w handed to the Ex-S» r\ Association of Stngaport to be adrr. mistered for ,he be neflt of 'hose ex-* r men and their depend.: who are in need of help. The chairman
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      A Malayan 'alien who was embarrassed
      216 6 fHANK you very much for your leader on British pas-sports. It reminds me of my own experience while in the UK. I wonder how many Malayans realise that that the word "protected" in their passports actually places them on the same footing as foreigners
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    FEDERATION CROOKS MAY FIND ANOTHER HAPPY HUNTING GROUND VERY SOON
    106 6 r seems rather dangerous for the Road Transport Department to announce that their officials will be empowered to stop all motor vehicles for the purpose of checking v? on insurance coverage. Advantage will undoubtedly be taken by racketeers to cash
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    our names were mutilated'
    43 7 www FATHERS WHEN REGISTER WAS COMPILED Ifj CESSUS AND GET ol\l t ROLL RIGHT, O\S COUNCILLORS <lik! i rounciUon have called for the population before a ill is compiled. lea in the new electoral itlsfactory is the present -nation.
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    'This is Radio Baa, the voice of Kajang'
    93 7 KUALA LIMPIR. Tues. TH K Federations l)epartmenl of III— i idling is planning a noat farm on its 16-acre property in Kajani; 15 miles south of hero. The idea is to keep down the expenses of maintaining the transmitting .tation and the
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    SEVEN MEN ARE ACCUSED OF RIOTING
    64 7 SEVEN MEN ARE ACCUSED OF RIOTING Seven men. three of them 10 bandages, were charged in rciav with rtotThey were alleged to have rioted to cause hurt to members of the 'Sin Gi Leng Soif Group 24 while armed with knives, hammers, chi>els and aerated water bottles, at Khearn Hock
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    Police say 'No' to women wrestlers
    280 7 Police say 'No' to women wrestlers THE Singapore police x yesterday barred six of the world's top women wrestlers from appearing in a Colony ring. The six women, headed by world champion Mildred Bur- I ke, are now in Macao nn a tour of the Far East. Three are from
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    The Colombo nations to meet here
    163 7 THE nfth annual meeting of the 17 member nations of I the Colombo Plan will be held i in Singapore next autumn, the Colony Deputy Financial Sec- retary. \!r. V. E. Davies. said yesterday. Mr. Davies said: "Although final details have not been worked
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    FROM TODAY ITS ONEWAY TRAFFIC ROUND THE MEMORIAL HALL
    164 7 Til E one -way Singapore j traffic scheme around Victoria Memorial Hall. pi.tnm-tl to provide better I pedestrian and vehicle i control in the Empress Place roundabout area, becins today. All traffic will enter Empress Place by the road at the
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    Carol rally
    27 7 The Singapore V.M.C.A. will I hold a buffet dinner and c troJ rally at the association ha!l. Orchard Road, at 7.30 p.m. on Christmas Eve
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    Lan for charge
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    New staff plan
    24 7 proposals for the appointment and promotion of ipore Government officers ■entices will be ssed at tomorrow's nieeting of the Whitley Council.
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    RUSE LAID WAY FOR SHOP THEFT
    163 7 Grannie, children were sent out 4 WORKER prepared the way for stealing from a furniture shop by clearning his employer's relatives, an elderly woman and her two grandsons, from the premises. Koon Kirn Koor. given board and lodgine in the shop, told them in
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    Chettiars urged: Stop lending
    51 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The visiting millionaire industrialist, Mr. A. M. M. Murupappa Chettiar, today called 'on the Chettiars in Malaya to j change their traditional attitude towards life. "Chettiars should change with the times and take up other lines of business Instead of money lending," he
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    Tax offence alleged
    63 7 Justus Louis Marr, of Rochalle Drive, claimed trial in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday to a charge of failing to submit his income tax returns for this year. A warrant for his arrest had to be issued when he failed to appear In court on Nov.
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    CONCERT, DANCE TO AID GIRLS' CLUB
    181 7 A BIG talentime concert in tne Happy worm siaaium on Jan. 15 and a dance at Raffles Hotel on Jan. 28 will raise funds to build a clubhouse for the Siglap Girls' Club. The girls' club, previously in the Siglap Social Welfare Centre, now
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    Mother is acquitted
    67 7 I The foster mother of a 10--year-old girl, was yesi>rday ac- quitted of a charge that she i ill-treated the girl. Lav Ah, Kok, on Sept. 20. The girl is now in h. Social I Welfare home. The woman, Ng Nia Kla was not called upon for
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    Detective tells of guns under pillow
    217 7 POLICE, making a raid under the Emergency Regulations j found two automatic pistols (and seven rounds of live am--1 munition under two pillows on a bed, the Singapore Fourth Police Court was told yesterday. A youth, Sng Hock Leng, allegeu tn have been lying
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    Free film show
    31 7 Telok Ayer Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore, will hole lirev show of Christ mas film.-, ••The Nativity" and 'A 8a it 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Dec l*
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    Labourer killed
    23 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Two terrorists slashed a labourer Ra)a Kasslm. to death in the Segamat area of North I Johore yesterday.
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    Delayed mail in today
    86 7 The P and O. liner. Corfu, will arrive in Singapore this morning with a record load oi mail for the Colony. She will bring 19.400 parcels in 2.641 bags and 1.200 bags of letters— including parcels delayed by the recent London dock strike. Postal authorities hope
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    'COULDN'T CARE LESS PARENTS AND 4 BOYS LANDED IN COURT
    461 7 'COULDN'T CARE LESS PARENTS AND 4 BOYS LANDED IN COURT FOI T R young shoeshine boys convicted last week of breaking into a shop and stealing goods worth $20 had all been neglected by their parents, a Probation officer told a Singapore court yesterday. One of the boys was sold
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    Provident fund is forfeited
    150 7 Provident fund is forfeited U7HBN Low Cheng Siah. a "t former chief clerk and cashier of the Federal Dispensary, pleaded guilty in Sinpore last week to misappropriating $6,245, he said he would be able to make part restitution as he had about $4,000 in the company's provident fund. Yesterday when
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    Wesley party
    30 7 More than 200 boys and girls attended the Singapore WesI lev Bntsda-f School junior department's Christmas party an'i film .show in the We .< y Hall. Fort Canning Road.
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    Diamond sale was legal, man acquitted
    224 7 AFORM3R Singapore pawnshop manger, Wong Tong Hin, v.v& acquitted yesterday in the Second Criminal District Court on three charges of criminal breach of trust of diamonds worth $10,452. The judge, Mr. T. Kulasekaram. held that the charges against Wong could not stand as the
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    Mr. H.N. Ridley
    28 7 Mr Henry Nicholas Ridley. first Due" tor of the Solanic Gardens. Straits Settlement 1 1888-]:- ill celebrate h birthday on Friday, 7. Currid, Kew Village.
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    MAN CLEARED OF RAPE
    85 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tu<- A man. for whom a warrant of arrest was Issued last week when he did not attend court to answer a charge of rap<\ tod ly wulki-d out of court a tree man CfcM Ah Kow. 30. at Ampang i.<w viUacc was Kivu-.j
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      145 7 The weather MINIMI M TEMPER ATIRK p.m on Dec. t> to 7.30 a.m. on Dc< 7) Singapore 74 degrees. Prnang 76. Kola Bnhru "3. Kuala Lumpur 72. Ipoh "3. Kuant;in 7".» MAX I Ml M TEMPERATrRE am to 730 p.m. on Dec. 7t: Singa- pore 89 Penang 85 Kota Bahru
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    POLICE TRAP A PETROL THIEF
    153 8 POLICE TRAP A PETROL THIEF lOHORE BAHRU, Tues. rpHREE police constables were accused in the Sessions Court here today of stealing petrol from a police van. Two of them were later discharged, but the third man, Darus. pleaded guilty, and was jailed for three months and fined $300. in default
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    $3 extortion bid alleged
    58 8 Ng Chin Cheong was charged yesterday in the Singapore Fifth Police Court with attempted extortion of $3 from Lim Ah Seo at an open air .inema at Bukit Timah on Dec 3. It was alleged that he thiratrned to destroy her property. No plea was recorded,
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    Drowned in canal
    33 8 TELUK ANSON. Tues. A farmer. Lai Mun. 43. was drowned when he fell into an irrigation canal in Chui Chak new village. about 20 miles from here at the weekend.
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    OLD MILK?-IT'S NOT TRUE
    78 8 British and Dutch milk Importers in Singapore yesterday discounted an overseas report that old condensed milk was beine sold in the Colony. It had been rcnorteri from the Hague that Holland was complainine because two-year- old Dutch milk, guaranteed for only six month.-, was beinc sold
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    Beware of those bikes, they warn
    241 8 DANGEROUS FOR PLANTERS-ASSOCIATION KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. rrHE United Planting Association of Malaya has issued a directive to rubber agency houses, stressing the danger of allowing or compelling assistant managers to travel on motor cycles or bicycles. This followed a meeting between the UPAM and
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    $387,000-ALL IN A DAY'S WORK
    149 8 $387,000 -ALL IN A DAY'S WORK Donations for Nanyang University KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. r)R. Lin Yutang, the Chancellor, and two sponsors of 17 Nanyang University— Mr. Tan Lark Sye. Singapore millionaire, and Mr. Lien Ying Chow, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce— raised $387,000 for the university when
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    RAF band to broadcast
    45 8 The Royal Air Force Far East Dance Band will broadcast in Radio Malaya's •Three Programmes For Christmastime" from the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, at 5.45 p.m. on Friday. A Fijian choir and local variety players will also appear in the programme.
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    Calendar gifts hit by tax
    34 8 PENANG. Tuts Many firms in Penang will not send free 1955 calendars to their mainland customers this year. "We cannot afford to pay the duty." one Chinese shopkeeper said
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    Rhodesians enter war
    47 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tue.s. The Ist North Rhodesia Repiment. which took over from the 2nd King's African Rifles last week, has Rone into action against terrorist* m Pahang. On Saturday they twice shot at a fleeing bandit in the Kuala Lipis area, but he escaped.
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    Soon public authorities can be sued
    83 8 Soon public authorities can be sued PUBLIC authorities in Singapore will soon loose their privileged position in litigation. The Public Authorities Protection (Repeal) Bill makes it possible for action to be taken against these authorities. The Attorney -General, Mr. E. J. Davit, said the Bill meant the authorities would be
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    Tappers get a rise
    70 8 ALOR STAR. Tues. Asian rubber estates in Kedah have raised wages for their workers pfter the improvement in rubbe- prices, Mr. Chung Shin Che, acting Deputy Commissioner for Labour. Kedah and Perlis. said today. Piece-rated tappers received a rise of from tl ree to five cents
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    Purse theft in gardens
    36 8 PENANG. Tues. At thr Botanic Gardens yesterday, a schoolboy lost a purse contain- j ing $5 and his identity card. He went for a swim and lost the property from his tro
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    NEW INDIAN MARRIAGE LAW IS UNKNOWN IN SINGAPORE
    128 8 Government f India men in Singapore yesterday could throw no light on the Indian Special Marriage Act 1954 which comes into f&rce from Jan. 1. A press statement from the India House Public Relations Department in London yesterday said that the new
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      285 8 Straits Times Crossword T" T~ T~ km T~ i« 7 T~ iH 9 1 ACMOSS 7. Beheiiri them for their game 1. Thrown to the winds? fl>, companions <7>. 4 A letter for London i7i 10 Trouble ln the *»V»Oo_| (7). 4. A letter lor London (7>. n In |he
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Iron Prussian braved bullets and Hitler took cover
    1588 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Iron Prussian braved bullets and Hitler took cover "Ruj^ ON the grey, ir.isty morning of November 9, 1923, 3000 Nazi fanatics marched on Munich in the notorious Beer Hall Putsch. At the head of the column strutted portly Herman Goering, Alfred Rosenberg and Adolf Hitler. Reside
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      106 9 Skmrlmmk Holntvs Mvvt thy professor TMAT I DON'T' 6AVE ME A MEVEB MIND ME6 Wr s^ FgIGMT 6TANPiNe TMERE MUP6ON*6 ZOO- f WO?E.6SCe. M vni DON'T CABE X- /SBy OK THE DOOB.STEP- EVES LOGICAL Ot^Ci P- I MOCIABTV jg cSocZv£*OZ* r" f9l SL4ZIN6 LIKE A TI6EK! TiONS MOUMEF K M
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    INDUSTRIALS ARE STRONG FEATURE OF LOCAL MARKET
    455 10 INDUSTRIALS ARE STRONG FEATURE OF LOCAL MARKET TURNOVER was still restricted on the Singapore Share Market yesterday but a feature was th<> fresh strength of the industrial section. Although there were only five changes of quota tions in Industrial counters, all were to hleher Ipvou W.illam Jacks which hup shown
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    BROKERS REPORT
    225 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' As.-o-I ciation reported: On the local share market industrials were firm whiis 1 tins were quiei and irregular. Turnover was limited." Members reported the following business done yesterday— Fr^ei and Neave ords 11.97'jj; Gammor $3.55 .ready; 13.60 (delayed' \V Hammer $3.15; Henry Waugh «1
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    SHIPPING
    125 10 Ships Kirn alongMdr thr Sincapore Harbour Board ikina or t\pected today are: Cnrfu I I Burma 4 5 Bennnnes C P Bfnmacdhui 67. Calchas 89. Limburg 11, Benvenue 13 14. ttnmm Soudan 18. Brua., N Wall 3 and 4. Islander 21 22, General Van Geen 23 24. Giang Bee
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      301 10 j {^■fl* will always be a hit m««df with*them." Your good taste will tell you ffl here's the perfect gift for Christmas. Fa A The whit* ARROW Shirt strikes just the right note, for it's the perfect complement to good 1 grooming. This shirt, with non-wilt collar in I any
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      975 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA Applications are Invited for the following appointments: (a) Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Dentistry. Candidates must possess a dental qualification and have had experience in the training of dental student* Including clinical instruction in their particular field of appointment. (b) Lecturer in Chinese Language and
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      756 10 NOTICES PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT KLANG COAST WATER SUPTLY The water supply to PORT SWETTENHAM and the area between SIMPANO LIMA. KLANO land PORT SWETTENHAM. will be turned oH between the hours of 9 ipm. on Thursday 9th December and 6 a.m. on Friday 10th December. 1954 K. WILBON SEN EXECUTIVE
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      537 10 A RARE OPPORTUNITY AN OUTSTANDING^ PROPERTY 17 it 19 BATTERY ROAD will be offered for sale by PUBLIC AUCTION on T'ESDAY. 14th DECEMBER, 1954 at the Sale-Rooms of NASSIM CO.. LIMITED, Nos. 4 4-1. (Oliver Quay at 2. 30 pm. THESE are ideal Shop and Offlce Premises In the heart
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      162 10 KNUTSEN LINE Fatt and Regular fcNJN I FROM CANADA US PACIFIC mjjjzJ^" M Sailint. Arri»in« San Francisco Singapore P Gi«rtrud Bakke 10 0« Elisabeth Bakke 4 Dec 3 |an 5 Ogeka Bakke 1 8 Dec 17 |an 19 l»" A kk, B\m 7 Feb 9** Acceptint cart,o and p»M"<«" for
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      741 11 AFIELD CO., LTD. Y«fc x xi»4 i» IaN 5 in ii B f) r Ht ISS LIN. >:s to lr>od ond dmhorgp caroo LONDON. I CONTINENTAL PORTS Sail! P. Shorn Penong D«t 7/ Dec 9 0 8 9 D« D«c 9 D.c 12/13 Dee 13 Dec 14/U D«c 17/1» Dee
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      1104 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA Ad n PP rt S Antwerp, Retterdem, H.mburg, vcpenhogen, Gothenburg It Oslo Spore P. Shorn Penong •se A la A n C Sa !A "^."fi 1M "ASIA" A' 7 Jo J«" 9 Jen "INDIA" it/, 1 4 1 1»/1* J«" U/17 Jen I//1T Jon
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      1056 11 bu.'l O dlng THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. m 2J N ,?i SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) 5 LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. S'hom Penong Benrinnes for Havre, London, Rotterdom, Homburg, Hull Cdn 6A Benmacdhui for London, Rotterdom, Antwerp G4n e/7 9/10 Dec 11/11 Dec
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      1096 11 McALISTER «c CO., LTD. TIL. No. ***** "Trmi"- tk BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON. HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO. HAMBURG I HULL POPTLAND. SEATTLE t VANCOUVER I Accepting cargo for Crntnl It South ond for US A., North Atlontic Ports Americo and Canadc via Colombo CITY OF CHICAGO BOUGAINVILLE Spore
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    The Mystery of A Boat That Vanished
    838 12 The Mystery of A Boat That Vanished TUBBY AND HIS FRIENDS ARE BACK IN ANOTHER EXCITING ADVENTURE ■pOME on Tubby, don't sit there chewing chocolate. What about giving Ul a hand with those oars?" cried Boey glaring at his fat chum Tubby Carstairs. "Well I like that." said Tubby hotly.
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    TALKING OF STAMPS FROM JAPAN
    309 12 > T EARLY one hundred ye.ir.ago. Shoyo Tsubouchi was born, ho was the youngest son of an official in the Magistrates Office of the Owari Clan at Ota. In those days, the Tokyo Imperial University was known as the Kaisei Gakko. and young Shoyo sraduated
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    M-I-A-O-W
    16 12 Remember WttT I'm the rut who plays the fiddle Iff favourite tune's Three Blind Mice.'"
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    MY DESK WAS FULL OF YOUR ENTRIES
    301 12 All Chan always carries a pure <>t LUX. in his pocket Golly gave a SQUEA. of dismay ;is Teddy rushed upon him. Uncle OUie FL.PPED his wings. Tubby likrs to see ;i large .ISH on Ihe table. Kzani Elephant Ikis ;i big T.SK.
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    86 12 Q. WHAT Ls it which we all can eat and often drink, though it la sometimes a woman, and often a man? A. We eat toast, ai.d c.nnk a toast, and the toast of the eveninu is a person Q What is the longest word in the
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      310 12 I=^=l On cf worlll mott itlini *~jf Th« ROAMER watch is one of Switzerland's precision products. In a factory established in 1888 over 1200 highly skilled craftsmen produce and assemble every part that goes into the ROAMER movement Shock resistant |Kv^|k f -t -yJS&^sP Antimagnetic JEiji£MF^^ J^^*m SWISS MADE WHHI
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      25 12 DLEASE enrol me as a member of the Children's Corner Wise Owls and send me a badge NAME j ADDRESS :rrr....-TTTTTrr DATE OF BIRTH mi
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      112 12 «M «U» LUHCH I.' <ff*\' II n/ f* t -^B^blb^B' lf^ r Br \Pt£Ace we m$ \i\"" j_ r.~ /^Bjl Xthat gp.icn t.i jy V v^Hp l~ f~~ .f[ B\y 4 4 l Bbf^ U 1 knows tcvw: -BBJ f I S€s YOU GlfiLS ARE rfi± /^BBb I MILO'NOth v?
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    antesque is best bet today at Ipoh
    552 13 Dantesque True Bell Rubber Packer today's card .<t rfT 1 1(i iv of the m iiit" *<->r-old h.ickPd in ,l hut hf was a nd l>ancr urh.ms,.f. ,ii%pl.o shower! in mj Pcnam in 1 urn onlideat N for his 1 hi> only wm
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    TODAY'S RACE CARD
    1296 13 A CCEPTORS and probable jockeys for today's races A at Ipoh, second day of the Perak Turf Club meeting, are given below. The Treble Tote will be held on Races Four, Six and Seven. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Eight. Milky Way, Hula Hula,
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    ack Star Sapphire each way
    539 13 PICTURE TIP and Race Three rpHFRE la no form to go hy On their track work Kumar look* the pick. Like most of !ie Closeburn stock, he has a ■n of speed and if he uth the field lip was lefl m uidinc in his
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    106 13 t ILL BOY POIKTEB M \H\ R \\l I H.irra<uda M'inston tBINGTON Star Sapphirr < ardinal Puff •i \s MM)! E v ii torinu* 1HMESQIE Tar/an Hanrf Hall II .mi moon Pinncrhin Kl M \i; Pinoorhio Half M.-on XV I 1.1 FR >!iv|i l;idl Mr»)c I! MISTY
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      328 13 Now with the date on the dial w -the invincible Tudor! TH ncu Tudot Prince O\sterdatc«i ?4 and making it proof against all shock and vibn- 'I. md the smaller Princess OyMerdate lion formerly the arch-enemy of the self. c laic<t addition to the indinp watch. And in addition they
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      455 13 BUY YOUR X MAS GIFTS FROM OUR SALE NOW ON Handbags. Beauty Cases. Silver Dressing Sets, Travelling Dressing Sets. Crystal EP.N.S. Ware. Canteen of Cutlery, Etc.. Etc. ALL GOING AT VERY LOW PRICES Thc NOVELTYsTORE 88, North Bridge Road. Phone: ***** RTr^ 1 £@&@£J o* GflHl*)? TRY f in do
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      32 13 TODAY'S GOING 'I hi- going rrm.jinrd hrav\ up to last nminc It will at best be soft at the races this afternoon Radio Malaya will not broadcast commentaries on the races today.
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    M.R. U. pick Civilian XV
    76 14 KUALA LIMIT' THE Malayan R terd iy named Civilian* "earn to moc; in theil match at the H Q Mala; here on Dec 18 TIM U P Edincon i loh iSel.i. K. Welding (P| i Spore A. Pro< tor iBel Phillips iSpors. J 8, P.
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    441 14 What is the worth o f medical ticket PIRUZ SUSPENSION POSES THE Q UEs By Our Badminton Reporter THE six-month suspension which the Selangor Badminton Association has imposed on Abdullah Piruz, the State champion, means the end of this younif player's chances to represent Malaya in the defence of the
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    NEW ZEALANDER BAGS 6 WICKETS WITH 6 BALLS
    96 14 NEW ZEALANDER BAGS 6 WICKETS WITH 6 BALLS P WELLINGTON Tue. .MNDAL,«Palmersto n North senior cricketer, is believed to nave made histor> h mit six wickets with con secutive balls. Jocal cricketers claim that this perform;iii(, r presents fou r ■attrieki counting the first, second and third wickets a first
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    SERVICES VS S.H.A. TODAY
    101 14 The Singapore Combined Services hockey team who will play tuo matches In Penang next weekend. will meet a Singapore H A Selection at the S.C.C padang at 5.15 p.m. today The teams are SERVICES: Slit B:ith (HAF'; Sgt Oellard .RAF'. Fit /It Walker i RAF. Lt.
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    McKERRON CUP TO J. EUNOS
    142 14 McKERRON CUP TO J. EUNOS JMJIU EUNOS Boys Club won the Inter-Boys Club< badminton championship for the McKerron Cup at tho Bariminton Hall on Monday Qlght when they beat Katong by three games to two in the final. Seven clubs took part Siglap. Jalan Eunos. Prince Edward i holders i.
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    ISLAND CLUB WIN
    24 14 Rmal Island Club be-u P Bapore Golf Club by R l T', in their match' pis vert Island Club on Sund.->\
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    23 14 T I (WMBRIIM LONDON -H brat I m.iic h al T»xii'i\lui^H full h*k P M H prnalti -id, i' H
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    NEW DRAW FOR 4 ASIAN T.T. EVENTS
    328 14 TWO late entries from the Federation of Malaya foi the women's events In the Third Asian table tennis champtonsnips nave been ac cepted by the Organisine Committee of the S T.T.A. As a rrsuit. a new draw for four events the women's team
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    Weights for 3 Races
    175 14 F». ,£T? H Tur> <Uv Carnival 80S Harrlngav ».»7 OLI.OWINd are One Three One 8.05 Yutol H 904 Ihe rights for Observation fe.o4 Eastern Pearl 90° three of the eight Gondollno 8.04 Straits Code fl 01 race, for Saturday. Cl. Dlv. J— s<_ Show show last
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    PATES, JAMES TO STADIUM TALKS
    169 14 A MEETING of representatives of five Colony s ri organisations yesterday appointed Mr. R. B I Pates (S.A.F.A.) and Mr. Frank James IS.AA meet the Singapore Sports Stadium Board for I on a proposed new stadium lor the Qolony. Last night's meeting MM held in
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    CEYLON BOXING IS-POSTPONED
    30 14 CEYLON BOXING IS -POSTPONED The Ceylon amateur b. Xl pa to which two Cpl Gregory anci «eie lii.'cc 1 bava beer: until January II was orieinalh inten.lr. the ch..mpton.shia<= toward
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    4 14 Foal for 19 Guine
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      732 14 \< OM.MODATION WANTED ID Word, tS (Min.)-Box iO clt. rxtrm. WANTED TO RENT, Accommodation in Katong District for Young Service couple. No Children. Rent Reasonable. Box AlOl7. S.T. PURCHASE with Vacant P sion or Rent with compfnsntlon 2 or 3 Bedroom Bungalow Flat near town Apply P.O. Box No. 1371,
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      846 14 HOUSES LAND FOR SALE 10 »..<•_» $S (Mim.)— Box St clt. txtrm. SALE OR LEASE FURNISHED Two storey House, TangUn Division, I High Elevation Unique Situation. Immediate Occupation. 5> Bed -Bathrooms. Modern Sanitation. Telephone etc. Apply Box A 1029. S.T. SEE THIS BARGAIN! Built 3 years ago. this modern de
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      979 14 _OK SALE It Wordt IS (Mim.)— Box St tit. txtrm. HOT POINT Refrigerator In per feet condition. 8.5 cubic feet. Best offer above $850 secures. Phone *****. BELL AND HOWELL TwoTwenty Cine Camera and Two-Twenty-one Projector Both 8 mm.. as new. Price $700. Box AlOO9. S.T. ANTIQUES ti CURIOS Jade,
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