The Straits Times, 24 December 1954
1954-12-24
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Title Section13 1954-12-24 1 The Straits Times Mala** »std. 1845 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1954 15 CENTS13 words
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Article448 1954-12-24 1 )$200,000 damage: Quarter of village razed F 'Mi a.m. DASH TO SAFETY AS FISHERMEN GIVE ALARM PENANG, Thursday. it Kuala Muda early today wiped out a' s quarter of the village, left 500 people homeless pd caused damage estimated at $200,000. amilics whose houses were burned448 words
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Article, Illustration30 1954-12-24 1 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER p;»ts a3l Ib. turkey sent to him at the White House. Washington, by a poultr> raiser from Kansas. A.P. picture.AP - 30 words
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Article222 1954-12-24 1 FOR CHINA— NO RED CARPET An Indonesian view on Asian talks: JAKARTA. Thursday. THE Chinese Republic should not be invited to the Afro-Asian conference, which will be held in In- I doncsia in March or April, the former Indonesian For- 1 eign Minister, Dr Mohammad Roem. said here today. Dr.Reuter - 222 words
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366 1954-12-24 1 'SPECIAL' AID for FARMERS AT BEDOK But they'll get no compensation for latest flood damage FARMKRS in the Bedok resettlement area whose vegetable crops and poultry were destroyed by the recent floods, will not get any compensation from the Government. But they were assured that the Government would assist them366 words
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Article77 1954-12-24 1 H-BOMBS THEN THE END Ife must act to save human race 0r...' DON. Thurs. RUSSELL ell), the Id philosopher. suggested by countries a way I ospect of death" In an from the 8.8.C. rities are un- hat a .on bombs i.s put an end mbs are u.sed for a rityReuter - 77 words
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Article33 1954-12-24 1 PARIS. Thurs. Tnr United authorities In Saicon have strongly warned American personnel noi to leave the city following the deaths of two French officers who were stabbed outside the city. Renter.Reuter - 33 words
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Article80 1954-12-24 1 t'mlballer suspended for 1,000 years PAIN, (Trinididi. Hiurv- in athletes bt—■■--1 istons ihoald eeo- of Selvvvn B»#- vh,, w havp to live Jiilhfr I.OIXi years to play S"u!hrm Amateur mm i.ition b >s im- posed a l.OOfl-vear suspension bettered to be the lonccst ever in football80 words
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492 1954-12-24 1 Singapore flood fund closes on Xmas Day THE Singapore Flood 1 Relief Fund, which I yesterday topped the quarter million dollar mark, is to close on Christmas Day. The Fund's committee. however, appealed to the Singapore public to continue to send donations to the Federation Flood Relief Fund, which will492 words
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Article42 1954-12-24 1 TOKYO. Thurs. The Japanse Prime Minister, Mr. Ichiro littoyama. said today his .vernment intended to protrade and intercourse R igsla and China if 'It beneficial to Japan and does t violate Japan's obligamt to the free nations." 'cuter.42 words
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Article91 1954-12-24 1 'Mrs. Mop' cleans up extra £255 GLAMORGAN. Wales. Thurs. MRS. Elizabeth Frayling. 47-year-old school cleaner, received here yesterday a eheciue for £255 from the Glamorgan Education Committee because she has been scrubbinc and cleaning about 4.000 square feet of floor space more than she has been palci for during theReuter - 91 words
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Article58 1954-12-24 1 LONDON. Thurs.—Diplomatic observers said Britain would expel Ivan Barabanov. second secretary of the Soviet Embassy, for his part in the case of the "cut rate" British tpf. Barabanov was reported to have hired John Clarence, the 27-year-old Communist clerk who was sentenced yesterday to five years58 words
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Article38 1954-12-24 1 BONN. Thurs. M. Andre Francois Poncet. the French High Commissioner, has announced here Christmas clemency for 29 Germans convicted by French occupation courts Eleven were released. The sentences were reduced for the rest. Reuter.Reuter - 38 words
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Article26 1954-12-24 1 LONDON. Thurs \!rv Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, newlyappointed Indian High Commissioner in Britain, called on i the Foreign Secretary. Sir Anthony Eden, today. UPUP - 26 words
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Article40 1954-12-24 1 RANGOON. Thurs. The Burmese Prime Minister. U Nu. said here today that the Chinese Prime Minister. Mr. Chuo En-lai. had agreed to receive an unofficial American study mission in China "to pave tne way for Slno-Amerl-can friendship." Reuter.Reuter - 40 words
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Article35 1954-12-24 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. -The! United States Court of Appeals today upheld by two to one the validity of the 1950 Internal Security Act requiring the Communist Party here to register as Soviet-dominated Renter.Reuter - 35 words
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180 1954-12-24 1 <IMPANG RENGAM. Thurs -The killers of Mr. R. D. Wilkinson, manager of the •iuth Malaya Pineapple Growls Estate, have disappeared wiftly as they attacked on .Vednesday morning. An Intensive hunt yesterday md today by combined millary and police forces has ul<-d to find any180 words
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Article122 1954-12-24 1 Girl shocks the Salvation Army WASHINGTON. Thursday. T»HE SALVATION ARMY angrily protested last x night as "unauthorised" the offer of a shapely 18-year-old film starlet to co on a date with anyone who would give US$5OO (MS 1,500) to the organisation, her pet rharity Brig. Gen. WilliamAP - 122 words
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Article25 1954-12-24 1 ROME, Thurs- The Italian .Chamber of Deputies today re-. jected a Communist attempt to throw out the Paris agreements on Western defence. Reuter.Reuter - 25 words
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Article30 1954-12-24 1 NEW DELHI Thurs Pre- mier Nehru and President Tl- jto of Yugoslavia today dei clared jointly that peaceful I co-existence is "Imperative" to I the survival of civilisation.30 words
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Article44 1954-12-24 1 ALGIERS Thurs. Two French soldiers were killed < and another seriously injured jin a clash between security forces and terrorists near Dellys, northern Algeria, last night Five rebels were killed. i among them an outlaw called Guelmi wanted for murder.— 1 Reuter.Reuter - 44 words
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Article41 1954-12-24 1 CAIRO. Thurs. The Egypti ian Peoples Tribunal today .sentenced 40 more members of the Moslem Brotherhood to prison terms, Including five i sentences of hard labour for life, for their part in conspiring to overthrow the Government- Reuter.Reuter - 41 words
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Article24 1954-12-24 1 TOKYO. Thurs Thr US. 24th Division has brrn alrrtrd to go to Smith Knr<'a to replace the U.S. Ist Marine Division.—A.P.AP - 24 words
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83 1954-12-24 1 Plane crash: 20 of 28 aboard safe PITTSBURGH. Thurs. AT least 20 of 28 proplr aboard a Dakota which plunged into the .Monongaheia River southeast of Pittsburgh last night were reported safe here today. There were 'J3 soldiers and a crew of five in the plane. The plane stayed afloatReuter - 83 words
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Article172 1954-12-24 1 Holland ready for new disaster THE HAGUE. Thurs. OOLLAND today ordered all army and navy men not on leave to stand by to lisht a possible flood disaster like that of February. 1953. Some flooding has already been reported in the country and 96 families in have been ordered toReuter - 172 words
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Article47 1954-12-24 1 Hi WARM in BRITAIN LONDON linn nu k i" h- in in -i" d <n *oh an i to prevent p petition in ii nun. than i l«i .t lim i lo.mi mi iii ii ilnn.; ulioli 1 r.i i i i -X* u'l i47 words
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Advertisement44 1954-12-24 1 iVithing all our CUSTOMERS and FRIENDS lf tr ry X'mas Prosperous New Year, 7955. I(. DE SILYA BROS., |cwel I c r j RAFFLES PLACE. SINCAPORE-1. Phone: 831)5. W Misters f wish all their many friends and customers 444 4444 A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS44 words
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Advertisement117 1954-12-24 1 HAVE YOU TUIED OU» MEW LARGE #1 Album Prints f) I YOUR SNAPSHOTS DELIVERED IN 5 A HANDSOME INDIVIDUAL ALBUM 1J COST ONLY 20 CENTS PER PRINT jT ON POPULAR ROLL FILM SIZES ft V' Kodak Mala/a Limited 1L 8 130. ROBINSON R0»0 f^J^J) P O BOX 687 SINGAPORE K117 words
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Article356 1954-12-24 2 'End the bandit war in Malay a' 4 LET THEM LAY DOWN ARMS WITHOUT FACING DEATH' FENNER BROCKWA V URGES A THREE-POINT PLAN AND A PARLIAMENT DELEGATION LONDON, Thursday. Y|R. FENNER BROCKWAY, a Labour Member of Parliament, appealed in the House of Com* mons last niyht. for an elfort toReuter - 356 words
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224 1954-12-24 2 The Lords will debate Young's resignation LONDON, Wed. TIIK Government has agreed to hold a debate in (he House of Lords, after the Christmas recess, on the dispute between Colonel Arthur Young and thr K^nya Government on the status of the Colony"s police. Colonel Young, it. and the first BritishReuter - 224 words
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Article54 1954-12-24 2 TANKER LAID UP FOR SCRAP HEAP The 2.400-ton Shell company tank.r A'.degonda has been laid up because then are faster and more modern tankers In operation M (iern shipping di mands it. and in keeping with the policy of the company, the 23 year old ranker faces the strap I54 words
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Article44 1954-12-24 2 BELFAST. Thurs. Police seized guns, grenades and ammunition in a raid on a house here yesterday An official statement said iche comprised two revol- r- a Browning auto:: two Mills hand-grenades and 350 nuinds of ammunition Investigations are continuing Reiiter44 words
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Article134 1954-12-24 2 KARACHI. Thursday "lIR. D. N. PRITT. Q.C.. told a court here today that 4TI the Queen had no power to interfere with a nonunion Government. So. he said it wa.s wrong to claim that Pakistan's Gover-nor-General. Mr Ghulam Mohammed, was able to dissolve the country's ConstituentReuter - 134 words
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Article32 1954-12-24 2 LONDON, Thurs. Traders forecast today that the price of coffee In British shops would rise by between sixpence and I one shilling per lb. early in the new year. Reuter.Reuter - 32 words
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Article36 1954-12-24 2 LONDON. Thurs. British European Airways announced last night that it had reinstated 264 of the 315 en- gineers sacked last Friday for leaving work, against orders, to attend a union protest meeting. Router.Reuter - 36 words
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66 1954-12-24 2 LONDON. Thurs THE 8.8C.s 9 p.m. news broadcast, by which many Britons set their watches. began at 9.06 p.m. yesterday The almost unheard ol delay wu.s caused by the previous programme running over time The 8.8.C. usually fades out any programme thatAP - 66 words
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Article25 1954-12-24 2 CASABLANCA Thurs. A terrorist bomb exploded in the centre of the European quarter yesterday, killing a nurse and injuring six other persons. A.PAP - 25 words
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120 1954-12-24 2 COLCHESTER. England. Thurs. Mrs. Gwendoline Waller. 44. was committed for trial today on a charge of attempting to murder her husband hv buttering his toast with rat poison because she suspected him of going out with another woman. Mr. J. M. Evelyn, prosecuting, said120 words
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Article, Illustration54 1954-12-24 2 A Shanghai-trained singer comes to S'pore for 6 months A M singer for Singapore. Miss Bella Ling, a Hone Kong night-club star, will make her first appearance at the Ocean Park Hotel tonight. A graduate of the Shanghai Music Conservatoire. .Mis* I iik will sing in the Colony for six54 words
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Article46 1954-12-24 2 THE HAGUE. Thurs The Oaten destroyer escort Van Zijll. serving with the United Nations naval forces in Korea. ls to be withdrawn The Van Zijll is due to leave Japan for home on Jan 24. and »ill not be replaced.— ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article62 1954-12-24 2 Low Shong Khay who VM adjudicated a bankrupt in September 1950. with Habiliti- •> amounting to $389,518. and v.:i irrt'-tcd on Wednesday, on w.irran- l.vued in November 19.YJ wa> n l'-aN.'d in the Singipor.- High Court yesterday on two bonds of $10,000 Mgn.-ci by two iriend.-. Mr62 words
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79 1954-12-24 2 Adelphi Hotel strike is over: Emergency cooks were a big success aciilwg were restored at the Adelphi Hotel Singapore, by lunch tinn xi-sterday. Ihc l."> 0 waiters, room l»n\looks, jagas and labourn^ who went on strike at mid ight on H>dnrsda> mttt >ark hv 10 a.m. riit> returned uhen |he79 words
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Article30 1954-12-24 2 Communist chiefs use 'slander and forgery 9 to kick out memben MO.-. rpHE central committee ol thi 1 Party complained todaj were subjected to "suspicion tru. h30 words
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Article36 1954-12-24 2 RANGOON. Thurs. T!. Burmese Premier. U Nu. will leave lor Jakarta on Su attend the Colombo Powers conference at Bogoi The Indian Premier Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, will fly to Indo: the same time. UP.UP - 36 words
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Article18 1954-12-24 2 Pope: Fair night' VATICAN. CITY. Than. The Pope spent a fairly n nicht. it was ai..iounced today Reuter.Reuter - 18 words
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Advertisement217 1954-12-24 2 VIM A NAME TO TRUST, Jn/tw FOR SMOOTHER, UUMj FASTER CUMiIUa You know that you en rely on SSfSff^^l^^r Vim, and that's a blessing if you are Fffij^^SiiiimtoWf i Unking tor bright, gleaming sur- l|lH^lf faces. A cleaner that scratches soon j H ruins the look of a home. Vim217 words
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Advertisement125 1954-12-24 2 DOCtOrS Prove pure. m«i PALMOLIVE jMk Soap can bring v^ you a lovelier skin in 14 days! K^^J f I Wash your face with V I Palmolive Soap LV jj --^1% s Massage Its beauty lather on to V^B r your face for I rr.'nute. BL J Rime. V Do125 words
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190 1954-12-24 3 VMIONWIDE STRIKE THIIKat LONDON, Thursday B|t; British ItOvernnuMit acted today to head off r threatened nationwide railway strike as rail- inu .,i s loaders laid plans for the stoppage due midnight on January <). -nekton, Labour Minister, called the 'll" 400,000-strong190 words
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Article12 1954-12-24 3 Irhurs The retained their v-rlection heir, in ed today.12 words
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200 1954-12-24 3 'Happy Christmas!' shouts the crowd LONDON. Than. 1/1 >J IVE rrouds shouted H:ippy Christmas uhc-i they s.iu the Wu.cn md the Diiki- of Edinburtli with their children. Prince Char lei and Princess Annr, leave here by train >esterda> ti> spend Christmas at the Royal lodue. Sandrincham, in Norfolk. The Urn-en200 words
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Article18 1954-12-24 3 TOKYO. Thurs. Crown Prince Akihito. heir to the Jathrone, celebrated his 21st birthriav today. UPUP - 18 words
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Article35 1954-12-24 3 Thurs. Scots- flnj in the bigspendlng spree history, vinga bank has In the pa.st fortnight paid out almost .€1.500.000 v alltime record and the shops report their busiest Christmas in memory. Reuter.Reuter - 35 words
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Article, Illustration61 1954-12-24 3 A BIG PUFF.... OUT GO THE CANDLES va Mrs. Smith will he 101 on Christmas Day m>w| MBS SISIF SMITH, of Chi Mfo. who claims she is a former slave and who will l>c 101 tomorrow, puffs hard to blow out the candles on hi-r birthday cake at an jAP - 61 words
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Article221 1954-12-24 3 He was told: Plead guilty, be fined LONDON, Thursday. INSPECTOR George Horsfall. 23-year-old Kenya Po- j 1 .ice officer, claimed in court here yesterday that he broke bail while on a perjury charge in Kenya and came to Britain to obtain justice and air hisReuter - 221 words
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72 1954-12-24 3 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad. Thurs. A STATE of emergency ha." been proclaimed in th< capital of Trinidad to combai the threat of I Christtnai blackout from strikine Electricity Board workers, who declared: 'No back pay, nc Uftbti Si.- Hubert Ranee, Governo or Trinidad,Reuter - 72 words
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Article77 1954-12-24 3 NEW DELHI, Thurs. The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, told the Congress Parliamentary Party last night that the establishment of socialism in India proposed by the government and overwhelmingly supported in the Lower House yesterday would be madmu process. Only a socialist society could avoid unemployment andReuter - 77 words
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Article48 1954-12-24 3 NAIROBI, Thurs.- An appll- cation for bail for the former 1 Police Reserve District Com- mandaut. Derek Seaiie who Is appealing against his sentence of four years' hard labour for perjury during the trial of a Kikuyu tribesman, was refused here today. Reuter.Reuter - 48 words
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Article31 1954-12-24 3 BUENOS AIRES. Thurs. —I Pri'sidcnt Pcron yrstorday slpn-•■-1 a bill legalising divorce fur the first time In Argentina. Thi bill also permits dlvorei-d n rsons to remarry. UP.UP - 31 words
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Article63 1954-12-24 3 JERUSALEM. Thurs. Jordan and Israel have put aside their quarrel for the time beta| so that pilgrims from all over the world can cross the Holy Land's troubled border line to worship at Bethlehem I on Christmas Day. But Jordan has a blacklist of namesReuter - 63 words
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Article328 1954-12-24 3 LONDON, Thurs. STOCK market conditions have been quite satisfactory in view of the sharp slide yesterday. Business has been restricted by seasonal 1 Influences but sellers have kept off and, with cheaper buyers appearing, prices made a Rood showing. Rubbers reflected the fresh ad- vance In the commodity.328 words
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Article25 1954-12-24 3 LONDON. Dec. II Tw*L Buyers V;« 89; Sellers CK9O; Forward Buyers CtiSO; S«-l-lers VIiSfM; Srttlrment C«i!>»; Turnover a.m. t>o tons p.m. 70 tons.25 words
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Article38 1954-12-24 3 LONDON Dec 23 Spot 27d Feb 27d.. MM M <i April-June t :'6'd July-Sopt. 2fi,d. Oct.-Dec. 1 ."(> d. J.ui. c.i.f. 26',d. Fit), c.i.f. C M 7 16d March c i f. M\(L Tone: i I Firm38 words
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Advertisement106 1954-12-24 3 GREETINGS^ tit/* r i(y TIES s(x:ks fi s ,3 HANDKERCHIEFS LIGHTERS JP BELTS i POUCHES SSt/ t SLIPPERS AMI TRAYS Jjft PYJAMAS SHOE HORNS 4K DRESSING GOWNS V^ ELECTRIC RAZORS SHIRTS SHAVING BRUSHES rfr^&) hair brushes. brief cases. /V^J^w LINKS. TIE (LIPS >(K?V»^&v i SKIS. C.ICiARS W^V^Ln^ IMMIIS &y^6iis "I.I.OVKKS106 words
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Advertisement195 1954-12-24 3 JUST THE SPIRIT FOR THE *"i FESTIVE <- n t Ait B sHsIK^H SEASON L I CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY JB^ mr^^^K~ Shopping Arrangement* Chrisfmv. Day Branches cloicd n-, Hbsbbbß IV dHIv 11l Boim? Day ■T^s^_^s_ -It (27thi y T r C Snßaporr. XL Ipoh I lEACHERS |i^ I /jStv m Pcn.inß195 words
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331 1954-12-24 4 JOHORE ARTS GRADUATE CELEBRATED RED REVOLUTION 4 JOHORE student who has been deprived of his scholarship because of visits to Russia and China ll not the only Malayan who has recently been touring behind the Iron Curtain." The second one Ls Abdul Majid.331 words
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147 1954-12-24 4 He cheated 'because he was charmed' HO FOOD SENG told a Singapore court yesterday that he said the word 'pass' to a Traction Company minspector because he was hypnotised by an Indian pri A former Volunteer Special Constable. Ho was lined SI OO (or Cheating the Singapore Traction Company of147 words
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Article37 1954-12-24 4 IPOH. Thurs. Papan. a 1 minine village eight miles from Ipoh. was screened at dawn today by a combined force of police and Kinta Valley Home Guards. Though many were questioned none was detained.37 words
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Article228 1954-12-24 4 More spending this Christmas SINGAPORE shops expect the Christmas spending fever to reach its peak between 4.30 and 6.30 p.m. today. So lar the biggest shopping, day was last Saturday. Judging by the quantity of toys still unsold in the bit: department stores yesterday, the228 words
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Article123 1954-12-24 4 Raj backs extra languages IF multi-lingualism w»s practicable in the Singapore courts, why not in the council*? The Legislative Councillor. Mr. C. R. Da■aratha Raj asked yesterday. ll*- ui!l till f a motion in the next legislative Council nioetinn to contradict the Rcndel ■■iivtiiutinii.il Commivsiui. uhich had >aid mul-ti-lincii.iliMii was123 words
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Article72 1954-12-24 4 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Thun Wong Honn Chung. 27. a bus driver, was sentenced to nin» months" ia:l by the president of the Sessions Court. Mr ICC Rigby. for causing the death of a cyclist Cheong Thin, by a negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide He72 words
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Article23 1954-12-24 4 The Delta QutgCl n will hold its annual iporta day for children >>n Monday at Mekong Walk Padang. Delta Estate. Singapore.23 words
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Article24 1954-12-24 4 Mrs Thio Chan Bee will open the new BaJeatler Community Centre premises at 36-U. Whajnpoa Square, at 4 30 pm. on Sunday24 words
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Article22 1954-12-24 4 RAWANG Thurs About 170 inmates of the Serendah Boys' Homo were given a Christmas party yesterday. Father Christmas distributed gifts.22 words
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Article24 1954-12-24 4 Alexandra Youth Club. Singapore, v. ill hold a committee meeting at 16, Prince Philip Avenue, at 4 p m on Monday.24 words
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Article24 1954-12-24 4 Sunday will be a public visiting day at the British Red Cross Crippled Children's Home at Tan ah Merah Besar Chaniu. Singapore24 words
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149 1954-12-24 4 PENANG. Thursday. •THE court of inquiry get up by tho Hiirh Commisx sioner to hear the Penany; Harbour Board dispute will sit In the High Court here on Jan. 4. The inquiry, under the chairmanship of Mr. Justice Thorn- son, may last149 words
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Article45 1954-12-24 4 The Overseas Pakistan League of Slnpapore will hold a public meeting on Christ maDay to celebrate the birthday Of the late Mr. Jinnah. founder of Pakistan. The meeting will be at the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society in Lorone 12, Oeylang45 words
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Article71 1954-12-24 4 Chinese Physicians and Medicine Dealers Associations of Singapore and the Federation have appealed to the F( d i ration Government to rescind its import duty on Chinese medicine. Import duty on Chinese herbs v 29 pt-r cent, enforced on Sept 21. The associations Mid that71 words
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217 1954-12-24 4 BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. I J I Sessions Court President. Mr. J G Adams, today suggested that Government departments should reinstatr any staff member with a previous good re cord after a court con viction He fined Customs Miner Ismail All $500 for accepting217 words
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Article86 1954-12-24 4 Cabaret girl reports $70 snatch CABARET girl Julia binte wind. wa> robbed of $70 in a taxi by a man on her way home from the N< w Cabaret Singapore the were told yesterday. Julia said that as the taxi Beared Thomson and Moul- I nuin Roads, a passenger twisted86 words
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Article46 1954-12-24 4 TELUK ANSON. Thurs Police are appealing to public to have all their windows and doors locked befcre leaving their h' Those wlic go away for Christmas and NVw Years holidays should inform police so thai watch can be kept on their h46 words
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Article41 1954-12-24 4 The Jubilee Church. Singapore, will cclebrat. its 50th anniversary with a seven-day thankaghrlnc programme beRinning tomorrow. A fellowship gathering, a thar.ks ivinu service, a sacred convert and relieiou.s meetings are among some of the items on the programme.41 words
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Article43 1954-12-24 4 PENANG. Thurs. More Christm;.s malls from Britain and the Jnited States are due in Penang this Sunday in the and the Si striijk. Deapatchea for Colombo, Britain and Bombay < parcels onlyi will close at 5 p.m on Friday.43 words
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Article22 1954-12-24 4 TELUK ANSON. Thurs. Thieves broke into shop in Javanese Road here yesterday and stiil, caih and Jewellery worth H. 366.22 words
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135 1954-12-24 4 RADIO Malaya will present a special Pan-Malayan dol-•ar-for-dlsc programme on Dec 30 from 830 p.m to 1 m. In i< i "f Hie Little Kistera ol the Poor. Fifty per cent of the money raised will so to a building fund in Penang. while tiie135 words
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Advertisement191 1954-12-24 4 V" FATHER SAYS VS HALEX \y^ 1. He says any Halex Toothbrush it x^Z^hi good. His favourite is this famous Halex Smoker's Brush, which snon puts a itop to stains of \v^ lcotine MOTHER SAYS A\ A^|'KK HALEX 4#!)J S. V mm Ik-n- is the H;»lex Comb- if inp Bru^h.191 words
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Advertisement159 1954-12-24 4 Arrange your booki^i now f or kln 9J I CHRISTMAS NEW YEfio I H| festivities I CHRISTMAS EVE: P( I exfension JooT" CHRISTMAS NIGHT: in,. extension f 0 2 00,, BOXING DAY: I extension t 0 jOo NEW YEARS EVE: exfension l 0 2.00 o m NEW YEAR'S NIGHT: exfens/on159 words
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Article69 1954-12-24 5 Lack of money holds up the co-op I MPUR, Thurs. Ing Co-opera-pment, Mr. t. said today ho tinted because s noi enough li lop the tive movement dly In this mmedlate Rcera oi atly then mov< nent exbui ibli Disappointing li] Lment that I more cc the Emergency Is the69 words
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Article29 1954-12-24 5 MPUR, Thui 1 h j 1 Road here thus Kong, 79. a >1 Lornie Read. n 36, a shop lelonged to the jt Re-29 words
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205 1954-12-24 5 City deal is muffed the cost 313,000 pITI COUNCIL re,| tapr v/ delayed a tender by scviii weeks and muffrd •i i which saiga! bare s.ivi (l the ratepayer thens.uuis i dollan. A London linn sent in the lowest offer on Bsbeslus i .in, in pipes lor the water department.205 words
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Article69 1954-12-24 5 Dealers unite for protection PENANG, Thursday. a rice dealers last night formed an asi to protect thrir Interests following the I ring to cornet' the Burma-Malaya rice ible to from Burma be- dealers have is the Id one ng had from 111 tributlon :n (ted 10.00069 words
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57 1954-12-24 5 BID TO SAVE $34: MAN FINED $3,500 JOHORE BAHRU. Thur.s. i goldsmith's f I ru two I i .showed the Customs He w d and some gold art fo ;nd in his Today In 1 Lav was fined $3,500 and the gold articles which included so rings ni 20 bangl57 words
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Article14 1954-12-24 5 Dog balked intruder \HRU. Thi.: A midnight woke a house, w*ho who had broken14 words
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423 1954-12-24 5 Merchant sent $74,298 out of sterling area I- Documents checked after information received SINGAPORE MERCHANT, Tco Siew Jin, was fined a total of SI IS,:>97.!M> yesterday after pleading guilty to three charges under the Singapore Exchange Control Ordinance. O n the first charge which involved423 words
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Article, Illustration101 1954-12-24 5 Allan and his 'Moon Goddess' sail home to England !o of th»- Kovul \rniv Pay »rps in Singapore, sailed ■MM to lus land yesterday in the Corfu with hi> wife. Ho I .ii Sheum (Beautiful (ioddess of the Moon). Allan and his "edddess" met a| a hirthd.u parts in Mutig101 words
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Article54 1954-12-24 5 SUNGEI. PATANI Thurs. Tan Senc Huat. 18. who threw acid at Chan Son Poh. 17. said i r t h t* today that it was an accident. "I nid not know it was acid." he told the maeistrate. nee was deferred until Jan. 29 for54 words
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Article21 1954-12-24 5 The Chime Lin? Hieh School. Penane. will pive a concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, on Wednesday night.21 words
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Article62 1954-12-24 5 MAYOR TO BE CHOSEN NEXT WEEK The Singapore City Council next week will elect a councillor to attend the lirst Asian mayors' conference to be held In Calcutta next month. The Council is expected to vote about $3,000 as expenses for the member attending. The conference is organ by tlie62 words
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Article21 1954-12-24 5 The Government Servants' Welfare Organisation iHaiu Road quarters i, Singapore, will hold it.s Christmas social and dinner on Monday.21 words
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Article21 1954-12-24 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A police patrol found six t<-r--unps In the Alor Star area of K (i clah yesterday.21 words
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117 1954-12-24 5 HE WAS AN AMBUSH 'SPECIALIST' IPOH. Thursday. /^HONG AH WEI. 29. once one of the most feared terrorists operating in North Perak, has been hanged in the Talping i.ul. He was wounded and captured by security forces in a skirmish in the Klian Intan117 words
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166 1954-12-24 5 The city's roads: 'Colossal' damage I"|AMAGE to the roads in the Singapore city i area resulting from this month's heavy rain has been colossal, Mr. G. Ed- i mond, the City Engineer. told the Straits Times yesterday. Hp could not estimate the cost of repair but said: "We havp had166 words
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Article51 1954-12-24 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. 1 Two charces of gross indecency nn.-.inst the Federation's Principal Probation Officer. Col L. F. Morllng, were today Withdrawn by the prosecution in the Orastnns Court here. Morlins; was acquitted. These charge* were preferring Morlins after preliminary inquiry in November nnii were then postponed51 words
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Article48 1954-12-24 5 Mr. S. Dutt. Commonwealth tarv to the Government Of India, will arrive in Sinßa- port on Dee 31 from Jakarta j attending the Asian Premiers' conference. Be will vi>it Penane and Kur.la Lumpur and leave for Calcutta on Jan. 4 from Sinsapore48 words
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Article38 1954-12-24 5 PENANG. Thurs. The PenPttblte Works Drpartment will replace the Bailey bridges at Juru and Permatanß Tlnggl on the Province mainland by reinforced concrete bridges In 1955. The new bridges will take double lane traffic.38 words
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Article39 1954-12-24 5 RAWANG. Thurs. Miss M. Keating. Selanßor Red Crass field officer, leaves for England on Tuesday. She came to Malaya in September last year. Rawang Red Croat workers gave her a f,irewell tea party yesterday.39 words
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Article21 1954-12-24 5 SITIAWAN. Thurs. Carol parties from the Wesley Church and the Methodist' Tamil Church will visit homr-i mi Christmas Eve.21 words
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Article71 1954-12-24 5 'OUR FIGHT AGAINST TB' SHOW Five big Singapore organisations will eo-operute in preamtiai to the Fourth Commonwealth Health and Tuberculosis Conference in London next June an exhibit Illustrating the Colony s fljjht against T B. The tivr art: The Govern ment Medical Department SATA. the University of Mal.ivu. Social Welfare71 words
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Advertisement259 1954-12-24 5 STANDARD 8 J%gffi^ 0e Luxe model To meet the demand for an Eight with greater comfort and refinement a "de luxe" model is now available. This incorporates wind-up windows and fully pivoting glass ventilators to all doors; wheel hub cover plates, twin screen wipers, twin sun visors SC^CMI*" and press259 words
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Miscellaneous238 1954-12-24 5 inifA mjT Al* AVA :llls OlPbratlon In Malarra; 1 MAIiAIA '11.J0 Ciii:-tm;is Ball In Singapore; L ,i, '13 To All OUI [♦fiipi—Ml th« -arked a o Carob Fn.m The he rpfived by listi'twis in M.ila<<a. firoui.ib- Of The Prpsbyterlan Hhart TraTt Mi Msm. Mrdium Ctnirrh In Singapore; *12 15" Close238 words
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Obituary22 1954-12-24 6 2$ Wvr-I, -in < minimum). THOMSON. KOBERT. Superintendent Prai Power Station, sudden:3rd December. 1954. Crema- Batu Gantong. Crematorium vember, at 5 p.m.22 words
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Obituary28 1954-12-24 6 ;n Hord. fie (minimum) MRS ANTONIO and Family relaUvM and fnends who ths. cables and letters and attendance at the prayers enl of the late Mr. Antonio.28 words
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Article28 1954-12-24 6 (If I minimum). MARIE nresMiiakmc i H.ippv Ne". MRS \N CHIN Very Prospcrov. UNO OUR CLUK li ;ind A Prospereus n Ann. Shell k 145-34 Holland Road,28 words
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621 1954-12-24 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Dec. 24. 1954. As the Floods Recede It will be a poor Christmas tens of thousands of Malayans, In Singapore and the Federation, who arc the victims of monsoon floods. he rivers have now carried must c water to the sea, but many who lost621 words
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Article469 1954-12-24 6 The Trust And Its Tenants Since the qualifications set for applicants for S.I.T. aecom- I modation are arbitrary, they are bound to be open to objection. But if they must be altered at j least it should be for the better. The changes which the Trust has just announced appear469 words
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Article149 1954-12-24 6 Malacca's Financial Ofiieei had some unpalatable news for taxpayers at the Settlement Council's budget meeting In 1955 pay and allowances will go up by $300,000, reflecting a continuing trend in ndministrative costs to which Mr. A. H. Robson had drawn attention last year. One effect is that J149 words
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Article, Illustration670 1954-12-24 6 SIMON MAYNARD - EISENHOWER THE PILOT IS AT LAST IN CONTROL SIMON MAYNARD B» LX)R the first time since he became President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower has emerged at last as a statesman who really has both hands on the wheel of state. It may seem odd to some that670 words
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277 1954-12-24 6 Perak Progressives reply to Mr. Tan Peng Siew I FEEL compelled to write this letter in view of the 1 publication of two letters by Mr. Tan Pens? Siew. The Perak Progressive Party places no restrictions on Its members expressing their views frankly and honestly m good faith if they277 words
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Letter140 1954-12-24 6 I AND many of my friends have suffered at the hands of the testers for minor mistakes which could not possibly be the cause of an accident or death to anyone. Yet we were told quite rudely that we were not fit to drive. Borne of140 words
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Letter165 1954-12-24 6 rE divorce rate among the Muslim community is alarming and a great disgrace to the generation. There is no security for wives even after marriage. Wives live under the intolerable strain caused by fear of divorce. A divorced woman lives in penury and is lorced to165 words
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Letter162 1954-12-24 6 IN a country like Malaya where so many races complicate her political relations the only solution to the problem, I think, lies in inter-racial marriages If this Ls encouraged a true Malayan nation will certainly develop. American history show.s u.s clearly that mixed marriages car be162 words
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118 1954-12-24 6 BOATS TOO SMALL FOR FLOOD RESCUE WITH regard to Anti- Lawalc's criticism directed against the O 8.C.5.. I would like to present the following facts Practically all th c boats of the club are of type which Is not suitable for the large seals rescue operations. as required during the118 words
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Letter64 1954-12-24 6 DOUBT arises whtther the teachers or management were to answer circular! recently sent direct to the teachers by the Ir.dian school authorities. Rtcently a circular reached the teachers on the 4th on a holiday to hold an examination, answer papers I posted on the 6th. Some school.-, are 10-1564 words
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Letter30 1954-12-24 6 THE "jaga kreta" racket is brck. You find thaw boys in large number in Albert Street. Beach Road. KatOOf Park. Bedok and other places. T K. L. Singapore.30 words
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Letter90 1954-12-24 6 WHILE awaiting the maior plans which may cost millions of dollars for alleviating future floods in Singapore may the following bi 1 considered: A scheme to run the head waters coming through the canal from Tanglin railway halt side before the canal crosses Tanglin Road,90 words
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Article21 1954-12-24 6 On the margin Straight left M 1 I 1 i Magpie insti I V I M I'rt'lty probl CJH I i21 words
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Advertisement478 1954-12-24 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. ■minimum) PINOWD I ro Mildred Adela ht*r, on Dn ■r-pitill, fltBgft* To Lor:. ■ii and Km. a d.night/-: ii^pital, Cheshire, on Hov, 27. n,,rrfs .<;« f minimum). the ENGAGEMENT is announced mber iom between Sally n Slew I *onu Mel 1 Ing. riauRh and thp 25.12.54. PERSONA1 2ft478 words
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Advertisement75 1954-12-24 6 First Step To wa rds Faith "It's no good." said the unhappy, bitter man, "I can't believe In God." "Try an experiment." said the minister, "act aa if you do." Unorthodox perhaps. but this approach has helped many doubters take the first step toward belief, find happiness they thought they'd75 words
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Advertisement36 1954-12-24 6 TTsT The most heavenly drink on earth Topped v/ith sprigs of Mi Onutge nuumbcr ri tin kmd "f 'i fo,XCt to «M your Icwtnuulc ar..i is irtillv ami. A ~> PIMM'S Mol cup SOLE AGENTS: CALDBECK MACCRECC36 words
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Article250 1954-12-24 7 COURT ORDERS TEST CASE AFTER HEARING ALLEGATION 'ALLOWED HOMES TO BE OCCUPIED WITHOUT CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS 9 JHE Sennett Realty Company was charged in the nprmWr aP r u H Court yerterdav with m.J "J.J 110 house to »>e occupied withbeen riS?i a Z* and before250 words
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138 1954-12-24 7 The RAF booms out carols in the sky hl \i LUMPUR, Thurs. riEOPI npre -trrcts to listen n d children rushed m th'-ir bedroom windows iv the sound drifted down us.md feet above the crew of a \oicp" aircraft led •<> Rive a Merry Christ >ra the K..VK. <\\ n.138 words
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Article37 1954-12-24 7 AIPUR. Thurs. f the Duke ight Infantry, atS] eclal Air Ser\V>und'>d when terrorists ambushed a patrol in the Tasek Bera area of Pahang on Tuesday. He is awaiting evacuation. the army said today.37 words
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Article51 1954-12-24 7 PENANG. Thurs.--A woman. I Mariamuthu. was stabbed this afternoon, while she was walk- in? along Carnarvon Street in I front of the Li Teik School. Mariamuthu. who got several stab wounds on her body and hands, died on admission to the General Hospital. Police have detained a51 words
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Article58 1954-12-24 7 More than 1.500 people will join the Singapore Christian Youth Council's mass carol rally at the Presbyterian Church ground. Orchard Road, I tonight. Carols in Chinese will be from 10.30 p.m. to 11.15 p.m. and in English from 11.30 p.m. to 12.15 a.m. Radio Malaya58 words
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Article38 1954-12-24 7 The Singapore Labour Front will hold a rally in the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday at 4 p.m. Speeches will be about a socialist society for Singapore and what the Front proposes to do.38 words
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Article43 1954-12-24 7 The Minister of Transport I and Civil Aviation. Mr. J. A. Boyd- Carpenter, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies Mr. A. T. Lennox Boyd. yesterday sent seasonal prectings from London to members of i the Merchant Navy serving overseas43 words
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Article27 1954-12-24 7 The Jubilee Church Songsters, Singapore, will hold a .sacred music concert in the church at 212. Outram Road, I at 8 p.m on Sunday. I27 words
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84 1954-12-24 7 PARKING LIGHTS— NEW RULING EXPECTED ONE of the most difficult I traffic proMems in Singapore the use of parking lights on vehicle^ is being examined '> v the t'ommissioner of Police, the S. raits Times was told yesterday. By law all vehicles left on pub- lic thoroughfares must have parking84 words
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Article, Illustration49 1954-12-24 7 SENIOR Inspector Tom Wylie ol the Singapore Ilarhour Board Police left Singapore yesterday the P and O liner Corfu for nine months' leave in Britain. He is shoun with his wife and Abdul llamid hi. adopted son.— Straits Times picture.49 words
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Article286 1954-12-24 7 LATE FOR BUSINESS— AND NO LUNCH KIAI.A I.IMPIR, Thursday. T'HK sudden strike by busmen of the (ieneral Trans- port Company which started at dawn today seriously disrupted this town's bus services. Other companies provided I skeleton services on the G.T.C. I routes but many office286 words
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Article100 1954-12-24 7 Follow the stars and win a prize A WALTZ runtest will b. tM Id at the Girls 1 Sports Clubs Rail carnival ball at the SinI gapore Badminton Hall on New Year's Eve. The contest is being spon•ored by Twentieth-Century Fox Films. Competitors will dance to the -trains of the100 words
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Article27 1954-12-24 7 Mr. N. N. Leicester has been elect* d president of the Sin- gapore Family Benefit Society in place of the late Dato C. J. Paglar27 words
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Article51 1954-12-24 7 IPOH. Thurs. Inche Wan Baharuddin. liaison officer of the Malayan students' unit in London, will be at the Perak State Secretariat here from Dec. 28 to 30 and at the district office. Taiping. on Dec. 21 to meet parents of >tudents now in Britain and prospective51 words
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Article, Illustration39 1954-12-24 7 IWt IKK LAI HIM;. Jeaere (iovrrnmrnl doctor, and New Zealand Ixi. n Miss Ittrh.ir.t Youny Save. of lluiu Koni;. wfea were m til led at the Wisle> Met'iodivt hurch. Sinuauore, yesterday.— Straits Times pic tun39 words
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179 1954-12-24 7 Students' stay-in strike on 7th day STUDENTS of Yock Eng »3 High School. Singapore, who are protesting against the ri'-engagement of the principal. Mr. Chew Yuen Kwang. by the management committee, continued to barricade themselves In the school for the seventh day y< sterday. Mr. Foo Chee Fong. chairman of179 words
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Article64 1954-12-24 7 Short cut costs him $184 SHORT cut home alter visiting the New World Park. Singapore, on Wednei day night cost Kam Kirn Seng $134. H. left the park by a side exit to walk across Pctain Road ran goon Road. Two masked man pounci-d <>n him as he reach a64 words
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Article55 1954-12-24 7 MALACCA. Thurs Two hundred children, who could not M admission to Government and aided English schools, have now enrolled for primary private classes to be run by Malacca English Education Committee. Mr. s Shunmugam, committee chairman, said sanction lor use ot Government and aided schools classrooms in55 words
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Article30 1954-12-24 7 Mr. J .Coelho. First Secretary 'Commercial! of the Indian Commissioner in Malaya, will leave Singapore with his family for India on home leave and transfer on Jan. 930 words
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Article25 1954-12-24 7 The Singapore City Council Water Department Labour Union will hold its eighth annual meeting at 76. R;ic<Course Road, at 9 a.m. DM Sunday.25 words
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196 1954-12-24 7 JACKIE Howard, 9, a Cub of Troop 78, Singapore, yesttrdav collected more money for the Singapore Flood Re- I:, i Fund. He had collected $103 from reMdetits in Braddell Heights t, on Wednesday Jackie yesterday called on a I friend, Oscar van Gorselen, 12.196 words
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125 1954-12-24 7 We fear an epidemic if you don't act, 1,500 workers tell health men CIALA Ulini, Thurs. More than 1,500 fiovernment workers living in the nrkrane Road quarters here are to send a petition to the Municipal health authorities protesting against what they call insinitary living conditions in their area. Signatures125 words
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Article, Illustration144 1954-12-24 7 America tells Mr. Koh of Singapore: You can't stay here A 27-YEAR-OLD Malayan student with honours in civil engirt" ring from the University of Detroit returned to Singapoi night after he had been refused permission to re- main m Ami ru-a. Mr Michael Koh Cbt rornu r Chin High School144 words
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104 1954-12-24 7 IF YOU MUST FIGHT, GO FIND A QUIET SPOT -MAGISTRATE AitfliTMß matistrate yesterday told two youths. Koh Poh Taun and Sng Ali Leng: "If you must tmlu Co to t place where thy public cannot watch "■<•" and have it out proiwrly." The yiuths were charged with lighting at Lorong104 words
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Article39 1954-12-24 7 KUALA TRENGGANU Thurs.— The Sultan of Tnnuganu officially opened th budget meeting of the Trengganu Council of State this morning. He was received by a police guard Ol honour. The Sultan I 'd the council39 words
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Article33 1954-12-24 7 The Singapore Art will hold eight exhibit! tear, Tho Bnt will nhibition of works <ji of the Faculty of An 1 Hong Kong, from D< Jan 11 at the British Hali.33 words
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Advertisement131 1954-12-24 7 WORRY ANXIETY GRIEF OVERWORK EXCITEMENT SLEEPLESSNESS call for RELAXA-TABS They Relax Your Nerves You'll find a source of absolute relaxation and soothing calm by taking RELAXA-TABS— they bring restfulness and tranquility to sufferers from nerves calming during the day and promoting peaceful natural slumber at night Whether you suffer from131 words
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Advertisement48 1954-12-24 7 all tlu: PLUMBING f xcork in my kitchen is by WATTS BAKER LTD. t SANITARY ENCINEERS b PLUMBERS V 304-N ORCHARD RD TEL. *****. ?> SINGAPORE AIRPORT I HOTEL LTD. Jtt^S^nhw P'oinlly Pit' fheir New d^Hf <*^£ EntcrtainiT I*. CASELTCN K few ff ;>t Mi l\)V Your Reservations... Phone *****48 words
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Miscellaneous35 1954-12-24 7 High tides f a.m. 1 9ft. n '8:; 4in. > Port Bft. sin i 6. 10 p.m. vnanu 12.29 p.m. 1 t RROW Singapore 1u.24 Port Dickson 6.36 6.47 p.m. (7ft 12 24 a.m. (7ft. 3in.)35 words
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Miscellaneous88 1954-12-24 7 The weather MIMMI'M TEMPERATIRE ,7 30 p.m on Dec. 22 to 7.30 a.m. on Dec -3 1 Singapore 74 degrees, Penanß 7j. Kota Bahru 73, Kuala Lumpur 73. Ipoh 72. Kuantan 72. MAXIMI M TEMPERATURE (7 30 a.m. to 7.30 pm. on Dec 23 > Singapore 87. Penang 88, Kota88 words
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Advertisement118 1954-12-24 8 I j4^ 1 CRAWFORD'S K F s yl "ii-» lir L3H|WESPj l|lßoßirrsoi» l C?^ w^- r b^J^J^ci v vc^ II I <v£r r MirTraM Jy' jfe d fhfi v BHMhbH v Aßoma -> -^V p^ r w www m^ HHHRJHMP^/ 1f fl liiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiuniiuuuiiiiiiiiiuiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM D ost 10 T Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I fVw118 words
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Article, Illustration1411 1954-12-24 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Loyola, soldier turned monk, founded Jesuit Order I V; m *l ,yi" yit HE year 1491 found Europe in a ferment of thought, inquiry and discovery. The Turks had taken Constantinople and ended the last relic of the (Eastern) Roman Empire and a flood of refugee1,411 words
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Advertisement132 1954-12-24 9 FIERCE jung la r e 5 o f t c ne d Sun Classes >ith Ray-Ran iuo |fla.'.s<>s: that I irt! No It'i a I alloy rlopod a] Co. n aMmum glare MM. Ray-Bans! .v I.OMI [Gl ARE GLASSES "M.V THROUOh tl i,r IS Iracrsnt mdar FOR SENSITIVE SKINS S132 words
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Advertisement233 1954-12-24 9 2l *W* Hi/dro-mat/ic i SCHICK INJECTOR 7 RAZOR Per Set Sole Hflcnte: h Overseas Grafters Xft. THE NEW m a r r 15^ FORWARD COHTROL TRACTOR UNIT 7 ft. wheelbase \jß. TAKES ANY 6-8 or 10 TON SEMI TRAILER Automatic coupling tt*' rcduu-. hitih- STRA V C RAat" AME ing233 words
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Miscellaneous167 1954-12-24 9 Shvrlwh Hointvs Svvrvi p<issiifi<» j^fljß^J^^^^S SC^\?' C c g TUE LE6EO OF TME BASPiPER^N TmE CCOwOS FOLLOWED U V "-^r.i-i w^BttMJrSmK^. HZP ?ES CONCE2\S ~-E SEC2E~ PASS- I TmE S";EE'S 4BOVE BY TWE 6CLA.3' k Wj jB AGE BUILT ~CZ VAEY STUAKT ICFhS f^ C_ \Q. HALFWAY TW2OU6M mm connect167 words
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488 1954-12-24 10 RUBBER GOES UP TO 91 CENTS AND TIN RECOVERS $7.50 UKAVY speculative buying in Singapore yesterday afternoon pushed the price of rubber up to 91 cents a pound for January first grade and the closing price for this position was !M| lf> cents a pound. This was 2 5 '16488 words
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Article264 1954-12-24 10 l'iie Ualajran tfi-.are Brokers' As■ll reported: On the share rt»l witii one or e\i» uida-tri.iLs were kltfbUj easier. In IjraapatUur with the metal prtca ttui recovered most of Wednt losses •"achea a new high le.el for the year with unsatisfied buiers at the .Vf::.br: a reported the following264 words
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Article119 1954-12-24 10 Singapore hlnnr Produ. F\rhangr: noon prices per picul yej-tpi in were: Copra nulet December buyer;:. «30 sellers: January $31 buyers. $31 seller* Cooonti' oil quiet. unchanged; $49.. sellerv Pepper: quiet. M busines-s m black variety down »1; Muntok white $205, Sarawak $204, Lamponc black $132. H. B. Ltd.119 words
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Article89 1954-12-24 10 Ships lytng alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or r\pe<-ted today are: Tjipanas 12. *.sphallon 4S. Warla CP. Siary 7 airnaiinpy 89. Toreador 11 Ceylon 13 I M rsk 15 16. Chupra 18. Ooruon 19 30. Stla N. Wall 6 Panckor N Wnll B and 7 Rnk.tn N IVull89 words
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Article21 1954-12-24 10 SINGAPORE. l)r« 2.{ TIN: 5344J81 per pieui (up 5;.,-)0). RII'.BER: 'tOt hi ,rnls a lb. (up I I crnts..21 words
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Article124 1954-12-24 10 MELBOURNE. Thurs. Today <la>ed the biiMr the history of -he Stock I civ note. Investnu-i him and todays trading Minnißs were quiet. LoMM :t 1956-59 Loans 3' 4 1960-.')H £9fi Bank of N.S.W. mxpj Cot.. Z n 52 Mount Lyell l>o 2 N. Broken Hill 86 3 buyer124 words
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Article146 1954-12-24 10 January firs' grade rub fob. closed in Singapore at 90 9 16 cents a lb., 2 5 15 <en': abn- p Wednesday's The rlnsinn tone waafter a great deal of fluctu a fair turnover Closii..- -day in centi per lb. were— No. 1 R? S Spc loose buyers146 words
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Article28 1954-12-24 10 Of yesterday the I lar was quoted at 5.91 >4 for cash and l.n\ fa Sterling wu quoted at 15.68 and one tael of sold a:28 words
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Advertisement205 1954-12-24 10 Venhculk* P BISCUITS An enticing assortment "^<2^iJ[^Ul^rjr arimcn of the fine »rt of CO BE HAO AT ALL LEADING STORES /g^y;^^ Qompaniom f lj S ]^*V- Hete is something new Jj? f 4s# for «ll your party drink*. PjjjKfc. Jr^Ws E 6hl varielJCS: Cheese If lomato-. celery-. curry% s V^^t'205 words
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Advertisement536 1954-12-24 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS M.I.ANTAN GOVERNMENT APPLICANTS are Invited from Federal Citizens for appointment as stenographer. State Secretariat, Kota Bharu on the Salary Scale: Timescale: $192 x 12 276/Eff. Bar/280 x 12 336. Special Grade: $360 x 18 432. In addition COLA and other Allowances as determined from time o time will536 words
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Advertisement839 1954-12-24 10 NOTICES THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION All members of the above Association in the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business on Saturday 25th and Monday 27th December, 1954, being Christmas Holidays. GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE Vt IMC REHABILITATION LOAN 1!>B2 70) i Nctlce is hereby glvm839 words
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Advertisement769 1954-12-24 10 TENDERS P.W.D. AMENDED TENDER NOTICE TENDERS for the supply of Cold Bitumen Emulsion to Third Division, Slbu, Sarawak, will close on sth January. 1955. and not on 29th DerembV. 1954, as previously advertised. P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received by the State Engineer. Johore. up to noon 1 of769 words
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Advertisement267 1954-12-24 10 5H,,,,, tli LOUIS RENAU CHAMPAGNE CALDBEaMACCRECO^ RHEUMATISM? Not me Rheu; t and v KNUTSEN LINE Fast and Regular Service fROM CANADA US PACIFIC PORTS iO OATS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Singapore P Swcff Pt«M| C|cr»rud Bakke EUabcrn Bakke 4 Dec 3 hn 5 Mn Ogcka Bakke 29 Dec 30 |»n267 words
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Advertisement1080 1954-12-24 11 r 4 05 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tt* »,i. THE BLUE FUNNBL °MKB V -iK.OOL GLASCOW. rONDON.'r^NT.NENT^rPOR?? Singapore Due Soil. p. Shorri pen<jno Dec 23/24 Dec 24/28 Dec 29/30 Dec 28 Jon 4 Jon 8 Jon 4 Jon 4 Jon 7/ 8 Jon 9/10 Jon 6 Jon 11 j O1,080 words
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Advertisement1151 1954-12-24 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port Sold. Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdom, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg ft Olio Spore P Shorn Penong S I ANOIA •/•ian 10/'O ian 11/11 Jan 20 JoB 21/22 Jon Calls London pai'tno.rl only Colls Beyrouth, Gdynia. SAILINGS FROM SCANtJINA VI A/U K /CONTINENT Spore P.1,151 words
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Advertisement1038 1954-12-24 11 BuamNr.THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD." 1 9 SINGAPORE (Irworporoted m the United Kingdom! 3 LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Penong P. S'hom Spore BenvorHch for Avonmouth, London, Rotterdom, Antwerp In Part 31 Dec/ 2 Jan 3/ 4 Jan Benvenue for Liverpool, Glasgow, Rotterdam. Homburg 2/ 7 Jan Jan1,038 words
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Advertisement1127 1954-12-24 11 McALISTER 6c CO.. LTD. TEL No ***** ELLBRMAM tV BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO HAMBURG ft HULL I PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER on-l fo, IJ',A. North AMaWK *'«**<"<> «'9O for Central t South and Conoda via Coloribo Americo CITY OF BEDFORD SI'NNYVILLf Spore P S1,127 words
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Article, Illustration318 1954-12-24 12 A NORWECJIAN financier and economist put forward in Singapore this week a scheme which would attract an enormous amount of foreign capital into planting industries in the East. The economist, Mr. Rolf Stenersen. the managing director of Stenco. an Oslo finance and stockbroking318 words
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Article197 1954-12-24 12 Penang fair opened last night THERE was no Sign of any traci' at Penang'i annual Chnstmas-Ncw Year •rid fair which opened at thr New World Park last ni^ht. and wCI last for 11 dayMr A s Khoo. the park j manager, said approximated $50,000 had been spent on prring the197 words
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Article246 1954-12-24 12 Move by Colony importers SINGAPORE importers of Bah cattle are negotiating with thrir Indonesian suppliers for a price reduction to enable them to reduce their present price for beef which since mid-November has been $1.80 per kati (wholesale). 30 centa above the previous price.246 words
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164 1954-12-24 12 INDONESIANS STEAL COFFEE CROPS FROM JAVA ESTATE BADEK Rubber Kstatc Ltd. are finding the workinu of their Java estates, which suffered damage during and since the Japanrv occupation increasingly difficult. Mr. T. B. Barlinv, the company's chairman, in his annual statement to shareholders in London. said that infiltration by squatters164 words
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144 1954-12-24 12 U.K. record steel output announced Til I OITPIT rate of Brii.iin> steel industry for November reached the record (ieure of 19.606.000 tons compared with I«U7 2.000 tons for Ihf previous month and 18.878.000 tons for November a year ago. figures issued by the Iron and Steel Board show that the144 words
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Article229 1954-12-24 12 1 A TRIAL shipment of over| two tons of first grade i rubber sheet and crepe packed ,in special kraft paper bags, left Singapore for the first time, on board tho Glenroy for Hamburg on Tuesday They were snipped by Wing Lee Hong i Singapore229 words
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193 1954-12-24 12 THE Australian Government Trade Commissioner for Malaya, Mr. peorno s Anderson, is resigning from the Australian Government service to return to business, ;t nd will leave Singapore oy sea on Thursday for Australia via Borneo and Indonesia. Mr. Anderson has served for four years193 words
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Article, Illustration241 1954-12-24 12 STAFF TO GET A SHARE IN COMPANY A WELL-KNOWN Singapore b'isvman. Mr. T. V. Mitchell, has formed a Be* cc*pany and given a 31 pel cent interest to thrn employees, who hav< been with him for over 20 years. The new company called T V Mitchell (Far East> A.Co Ltd.,241 words
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Article31 1954-12-24 12 KLM HHiw will acain be curtailed on account of thr Christmas and New Year holidays. A number of international fliehts will be cancelled or transferred to other dates.31 words
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Advertisement254 1954-12-24 12 BARKATH STORES Leading Frovisioner 27, Tanglin Rd.. Spore and Penang. Wish all their Customers and Dealers A VERY MERRY CHRIST to AS AND A HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Sole Distributors a ELK E S MALAYA'S MOST POPULAR RICH FRUIT RICH CHERRY CAKES AND HACK S COUGH^ _SWEETS gr wgffKiw ass*254 words
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Advertisement129 1954-12-24 12 Give lasting pleasure -g^e Gillette For the men on v. th.sg.ft season put cW n l: Gillette Supers, I It is smooth, easy, v r For years of 1.,-.. this Gillette H $3value for $2.50 Quick-action one-piece sv^^^ Razor. Quick-feed Dispenser f|k with six Blue Gillette Blades sharpest in the129 words
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Article59 1954-12-24 13 PENANG Thurs. Mr. Robert Thomson, superintendent of Prai Power Station, died suddenly while at work today He will be cremated at the Batu Gantonß United Hokkien Cemetiies' Crematorium tomorrow at 5 p.m. Mr Thomson had been with the Pi nans Municipality since 1929. He leave*59 words
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Article30 1954-12-24 13 The following have pMaed the preliminary examination for the diploma in public health: Messrs. S Appudurai R.S Corbitt. Lai Kuen Yee W.J.O.M. Van DJlk and Mrs. C.S. Übalriu.30 words
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Article32 1954-12-24 13 The Telok Aver McthodLsl Youth Fellowship. Singapore. will hold its annual Christmas treat for children of the St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital an i the Salvation Army Children's Home on Monday.32 words
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Article69 1954-12-24 13 SKREMBAN. Thurs.-A Bntlsh otlirer was killed and a BCldier Mid an Iban tracker igbtlv wounded when a bomb accidently rxnloded in the Bahau district o[ Negri Sembilan yesterday. The dead officer was Captain R Tnmne of the 2 10 Gurkhas The wounded were Corporal B Fisher,69 words
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1380 1954-12-24 13 GIFTS to the Singapore Flood Relief Fund received yesterday RetlifTuslon iDollars-ior-Dlsr appeal 1 $3,050. all staff. NAAFI. Slntapon $806 15. staff of Singapore Improvement Trust $804.75. anony- I mous donor through Social Welfare $500. third and final instalments of CoUectlODß (il Singapore Cold1,380 words
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491 1954-12-24 13 Ih I. ill. twin; donations to the Federation Flood Relief tund were rerrivrd by thr Straits Times. Office in Singapore: FROM SI\«.\POHF.: Mr. Ahmad Hussain $2 50. FROM JOHORE: St Christophers Church. Johore Bahru $29 05. llr. W F ShetUlen. Kulai491 words
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Advertisement120 1954-12-24 13 The exhilarating pink wine w ,th the exciting champagne sparkle I ■in Mediterranean grapea pink colour and sparkle come from No wonder n is sodelioiow- the ting of all naturally sparkling -I" at ban aad Ikemed iKOi I. a N w i n i- LIMITID SHRIRO (CHINA) LTD.. Wishing All120 words
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Advertisement114 1954-12-24 13 A ***i« 1 TO Consult" >lalay»n Airwa>s Ltd. Ocran Buildinc. Sincaporr. Tel: :!7t.t.l The Borneo Co. Ltd.. I?. N. Iwto Sarawak ■MMHHMIMHMinMHMMIH CS-62 C >B V* Wishing All our Patrons Friends <m I I */i in v ii ml ti I Ik V- ll ii pp if A l*nis§H'rinis t'#»#fr114 words
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Miscellaneous322 1954-12-24 13 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 7 They go higher m Amerii i (t) 1. Steps round a public house tor 8 The word to draw attention the boats (B>. <si. 6. With less it would be dumb (•>. 13. Supplementary <1 0 9. Affix asterisk (4). 15. Not the place (or322 words
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Miscellaneous315 1954-12-24 13 Address C 5 1 I 1 1 1 Ir|o|w|nl fill in L A Tsl M|SS|NG 4 M L O"C"K"J£M \lul I ZE N kT|Y|l clues mJr word puzzle ccci; 1. Hi id-wnAmmt. j0 worn by J 4. Likely to cont.nn somcfhinf kin; or luccn.^r nf pcrson.il value 2 I. some315 words
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Article417 1954-12-24 14 EPSOM JEEP'S PENANG ROUNDUP PHRYSANTHEMUII showed plenty of galloping zest in his winding-up gallop on the training track at Penang yesterday morning. With Mulley astride, this Nimhus three-year-old went over 3f. in 38 1 5 with plenty in hand. < Chrysanthemum has come on the right417 words
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217 1954-12-24 14 From JACK KINGI.KTON SYDNEY. Thurs. rpYSON'S howling in the se--1 cond Test has completely reversed the situation in the i current England- Australia cricket series, lluttcin's problems are disappearing but he has K"t to work out how to fit Bedser in the Melbourne Dwl217 words
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Article41 1954-12-24 14 TWENTY YEAR OLD English foefc v PhUtp Povull is arriv. in Singaporr today to fulfil? s year's contract with Ipoh train* r S K Tjoa. He hope mount on Christmas Day at the Penan-.: T:r: dub M41 words
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Article20 1954-12-24 14 kvala LUMPUR, rhura. Chong i Wah G;r\< Schixil Singapore, *cored t!-.eir >econ.beat Selanccr Chinese Athletic Federation la«t night.20 words
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719 1954-12-24 14 DETERMINATION may have a crack at the P. and O. Cup over 6f. on the second day and. lO spite of a punishing burden of 9.10. he is by no means without a chance This robust Channel Swell griding ha.s719 words
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Article63 1954-12-24 14 The Keppel Club Open Archery Shoot held on Sunday last resulted Women's event: 1 Mrs E Riche.i B A C.i 262; 2. Mrs. A C. Foad ■K C. i 251. Men: t. J. OB Canavan (X.C > 286: 2. K Graham iKC.) 235. Hrcinner*: 1. A. Goodbrand63 words
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Article25 1954-12-24 14 SYDNEY Ihuis Reg. Slmpiie M.C.C. bat.sman who was] .idmitted to hospital yesterday. was fnund to have influenza but fliriallv reported much better Renter.Reuter - 25 words
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Article76 1954-12-24 14 DA VIDSON NOT IN TEST 12 SYDNEY. Thurs. KKITH MM UK and lan Johnson return to Australia's tram for the Third Tost he«?"iniriK In Melbourne next Friday. The ii-.nn is: lan Johnson (capt.), Arthur Morris (\ire.ml > Krith .Miller. P*v*U :ienaud. Archer. l.inrlw.ill I.anglev. Johnston. Burlcr. Hole and Harvry. TheReuter - 76 words
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340 1954-12-24 14 JACK FINGLETON - Tyson was turned down by Lancashire JACK FINGLETON By SYDNEY. Thurs. T\ I D LANCASHIRE, throimh their old coach Harry Makepeaer. let England's greatest fMt bowler since Harold Larwood slip through their hands? It has been stated here that Makepeace, because Tyson "dipped at the knees" in his bowling action,340 words
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234 1954-12-24 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday ITNIVERSITY of Ceylon, with 14 men for threequarters of the game, beat University of Malaya by six points (a try and penalty) to nil in the nrst match of their triangular rugger tournament on the padang ioaay. The other team in234 words
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Article, Illustration349 1954-12-24 14 REX ALSTON - REX ALSTON What a wmdemi i( <m Ch.t.wav y By LO\do\ T"HK problem of selectin- m s( A occasion of the past year is which, unlike any other 1 km," "T^ exciting. s jWhat vu the biggest year? Which sport has d< n Britain's349 words
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Advertisement1141 1954-12-24 14 REACH 72,000 FAMILIES- WITH A CLASSIFIED AD. 1 iOF INTEREST TO ADVERTISERS j IN KUALA LUMPUR, IPON PENANG The letes! Ha»ei for handing j t m Cl.-mificd Advcrtuc«ncnM »o J our branch officci af Ku.ila I I Lumpur. Ipoh and Penan* for I publicafion in fh<. following tuc of fhe1,141 words
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Advertisement484 1954-12-24 14 JEEP'S SIX Golden Lotus Chrysanthemum Allegiance Glittering Shamrock Slipper Pulot Puteh CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE Horrfj JJ Mill Box St ct: txtrm. T. SLOW BOAT with 1 h.p Outboard Motor, 1200 or nearest. Phone 5."i071 or Box A::e9. B r. SEWING MACHINES trOU $100 upwards, .i.so undertaken to repair any484 words
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Advertisement67 1954-12-24 14 Discovery of *s DOM ff;V \>Al Bencdictim D Monk- formul.i certain herb* L health ar.J It i 5 tod.'> tJK »O. thqueur Benedictine DUM ■sok- a,,,,,, THE E»STER» AGENCIES [^l i" your n iIKK ■.'35-A. Riy, il Loam Book -kwpin*. U< <" your spare lime X ym |W F.E.C I67 words
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