The Straits Times, 24 November 1955

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    31 1 AVEItAC E p A I L V C E BTT FIED S A LJE EXXL E E P-&-> 0! The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1955 15 CENTS
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    UNION GETS WARNING
    297 1 MINISTER: 'I TAKE AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS VIEW But bus workers' leader denies that he implied any threat to internal security •77ut< was a riot the last time... Lim to tell the Govt.— 'Action' rrllF. Minister for Labour, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, yesterday told the Singapore Bus Workers'
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    Poison in drinking water
    118 1 Poison in drinking water Bid to murder us mother PRETTY WOMAN ■f» and her four children were found poisoned in their house at the 5i milestone. Chanel Road, Singapore, last night. The mother, Hoon Kirn Wah, 29, was admitted to the General Hospital. Her children, whose ages range lrom six
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    TV in two years?
    76 1 TV in two years? SINGAPORE may have a >] television station m r^pcrat "?n within two years. Three multi-million dollar ns have applied for licences to operate commercial television st.-v under conditions laid dcn\the Singapore Government S o^e organisations are Shavi Ltd., Red.f- < i iSmgaporei Ltd and S the
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    Madame Sun to tour India
    33 1 raw DELHI. Wed Madame Sun Vat-sen will tour India for three week.? in December as the personal uuest of Premier Mr. Nehru, it was announced here today.—A. P.
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    Lock icon 29 arrested
    23 1 MEDAN, Wed—lndonesian military police have arrested •>9 people in mass raids against Muslim terrorists in \o:th Sumatra, it was disclosed today.—U.P.
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    A GHOST BRINGS TERROR TO A JUNGLE FORT
    443 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. BIG, black truculent ghost is bringing police area security units manning Fort Gambicr deep In south Pahang to the verge of hysteria. Fir>t ni'ws of the spirit. which always appears when the moon is waning, was brought out of
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    LOST:BEER WORTH $150,000
    79 1 ABOUT $150,000 worth of beer has been reported missing from the godown of Messrs East Asiatic Company in Robertson Quay. Singapore. This was discovered during a check of the stock on Tuesday afternoon. Altogether 10.000 cartons of Deer were stolen. Police are anxious to contact an employee
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    Lock icon Egypt 'bent on war'
    34 1 JERUSALEM, Wed. An Israeli Foreigm Ministry spokesman tonight accused Egypt of being "bent on aggression" after four Egyptian attacks against Israeli troops and civilians in the last 36 hours. Reuter.
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    NATO meeting
    31 1 PARIS. Wed.— Tin- Foreign. Defence and Finance Ministers of the 15 Atlantic Pact countries will meet here for a session of fhe NATO Council between Tec. 15 and 17
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    14 1 TOKYO, Wed— Tokyo had a population or 8.033,521 on Oct. I.— UP.
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    THE EGG and MR. MARSHALL and MR. LEE
    227 1 Such a fuss till Mr. Speaker called: Order, order... THE Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, told members of the Legislative Assembly yesterday that It took a few days for a hen to lay an egg and "several" months for a woman
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    Lock icon Your call, please
    44 1 COLOMBO. Wed.— Indonesia has urged Ceylon to summon a conference of the five Colombo powers before the end of the year to decide the agenda for the next AfroAsian conference, planned for next year, it was authoritatively learned here today. Reuter.
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    'Parties? What a bore for me'
    745 1 'Parties? What a bore for me' ALLOWANCES A DEBATE: SALARIES— OH, NO Mr. M on PERKS THAT AREN'T PERKS T«HE Chief Minister. 1 Mr. David Marshall, confided to the Legislative Assembly yesterday that he finds most official parties in Singapore, including the ones he gives himself, a "dreadful bore." He
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    RULES CATCH ASSEMBLY NAPPING
    196 1 RULES CATCH ASSEMBLY NAPPING Amendments were out of order but they didn't know it AN UNEXPECTED hitch developed in the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday when it was discovered that a number of Opposition amendments to the Budget Esti mates were debarred under the Constitution. The sitting had to be suspended
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    A MONK clears his name
    58 1 A MONK clears his name The court convicted the principals of the paper fur saying, among other thiiiKs. that the monk "went on clandestine jaunts upcountry with a female assistant". Straits Times picture (See Pat;e 0). CRA'AM Il<> CHANG. ■Jityear old Buddhist monk, who successfully sued Chinese "mosquito"' newspaper. Feng
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    BANDIT TEA RAID FOILED
    75 1 IPOH, Wed. Troops and police rushed to Shum Yip Leong's tea estate in the Cameron Highlands and foiled a terrorist raid there early yesterday. They arrived alter a police post near the estate reported seeing beams from torches. It is estimated that 40 terrorists were or.
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      118 1 WEST ERD ALL PROOF "SOMRPRtMA' Js\ IPH.deSILV^U^ SINGAPORE IPOH KUILA LUMPM STOP PRESS 1:1 M SEIZE BRITISH MOUNTAINEERS I.OMHIX. Wed— Two Brit nli niouiil. lini'i-rs and Ni palcsc Sherpa luvr been seized bj Chinese (omiminiM tionps in mt explored part cif lliin.il.i >.'s. it v.is ilim ln-.eil here today. Britain
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    Magicians... rabbits... snakes... ladders... ayes and noes
    347 2 Magicians rabbits snakes ladders ayes and noes «~^JUST ON A MATTER OF PAY -Mr. HIGHAM ANNOUNCES AND Mr. LEE DENOUNCES T"HE acting Chief Secretary, Mr. J. D. Hicham, referred to the People's Action Party leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, in the Singapore Legislative :nbly yesterday as "the magician from Tanjons
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    'Sir,' began Mr. Lim—guillotine fell
    215 2 'Sir, began Mr. Lim— guillotine fell 'AIR. SPEAKER. SIR" bei"l gan Mr. Lim Choor. Mong (Prog. Serangooni, in the customary way. before he started to address the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday. But there his speech ended. Before he could go on, the Speaker, Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers, interrupted, saying:
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    The big debate that wasn't
    803 2 From Page One forward by Mr. William Tan and Mr. Lee Kuan were out of order when thi' Assembly was told after the lunch recess that the Governor had refused his permission. When the announcement of the Governor's decision was made. Mr. Lee shouted ed:
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    COURTESY CALL
    209 2 Mr. Lim tells the Budget session: Tm getting tired of this abuse' V PLEA for more courtesy in the Legislative Assembly was made yesterday by Mr. Lim Koon Teck (Prog.— Paya Lebar). "I am getting tired of abuse and interrjprtions in the House." Mr. Lim said during the
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    COPY THE REDS, LEE TELLS PROPAGANDA EXPERTS
    115 2 THE PAP leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. yesterday urged officers of Singapore's Public Relations Department to copy the propaganda methods of the Malayan Communist Party. Mr. Lee was romrm-nting on the budget estimates of the department in the Legislative Assembly. He said: "I
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    HOTEL ROOMS MAKE EXPATS UNHAPPY
    136 2 HOTEL ROOMS MAKE EXPATS UNHAPPY More homes available next uc I EXPATRIATE officers do not like ha hotels in Singapore, the Acting C Mr. J. D. Hipham, said in the Legislate yesterday. < He was answering Mr. John Ede (Prog -Tanglim who had moved an amendment for reduction of the
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    Humour at work
    67 2 Humour at work KUALA 1.1 Mn ITNCONSci, v sur in 'i, ■np MTU report,, l eration Labour b,. D incut. Oae emplinir ,i, towut, fnr "s lorry attendant ny said it v n.„ as of tho httert k Pa rt lorry, An Indian «h 0 N ceived a beathu hi
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    MUM-TO-BE—NO LADDERS
    42 2 MUM-TO-BE— NO LADDERS KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Expectant r .ers will not in future .sked to do ladder tapp' i on rubber estates. After correspondence with the Federation Labour De- partmrr.t Planting Indu ers' Aasociatii recommend. i'; managers. Women i must toll t».
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    Cheers for Soviet bosses
    78 3 Cheers for Soviet bosses HAY. Wed. Nikolai BuiMr. Niichev, the lia, ar- today [ay visit. > and cretary fter visit- Delhi. the airlunderous leaders jway to reeted by Bulganln hchev mii Navy White doves and instru- white i>i peace I and flutchildren and threw n -Soviet M::-.:.-!er of Morarji brief
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    S.O.S. from a British ship
    16 3 J'.Ved. The 6.771-ton r uUoed tot from a 00 miles off
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    Home again
    14 3 Wed. The L;i Pn-nsa. newspaper sldent Peron. sterday n turn) Kill early
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    Nutting in U.S.
    19 3 Wed.— Mr. Minister of n Affairs, arday by air to resume the Brlttoh dethe United r.
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    Lock icon ROYAL VISIT TO NIGERIA
    46 3 Tin Queen if Edinburgh on Jan. 27 dying vi.sit Buckingham last night. The Palace said that the Royal couple would return to London on Feb. 17. A spokesman for 8.0.A.C. said later that the flights would be made in an Argonaut airliner.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Plane crash on carrier kills six
    103 3 Plane crash on carrier kills six WASHINGTON. Wed. SIX men were killed and another seriously injured when a lighter plane red out of control down the dock of the aircraft carrier Ticondcroga last night, the U.S Navy announced today. The accident occurred in the Mediterranean where the Ticondcroga la operating
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    Lock icon Two generals arrested
    31 3 BUENOS AIRES. Wed Two Argentine Army generals who held top positions during the Peron regime were arrested yesterday. They arc Gen. Humberto Molina and Gen. Franklin Lucero. AP
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    Lock icon Elders order arms drive
    290 3 •\tw jjulhi, wed. iFGHANISTAN'S Loi rV Jirga a grand council of elders has ordered the kingdom's defences to be strengthened because of alleged "harmful designs' by Pakistan. The Loi Jirga. which meets only in times of national emergency, has alroadv authorised the Government to •"liberate" a
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    Lock icon Greeks blow up Cyprus bridge
    210 3 BOMBS FLUNG AT BRITISH HOMES NICOSIA, Wednesday. pREEK Cypriots today blew up a bridge on a main road out of Cyprus and lobbed bombs at the homes of three British officers during renewed disturbances throughout the island. Ten prominent Greek Cypriots were detained at dawn
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    Dynamite in the girls' dormitory
    77 3 AMES (Iowa) Wed. DISCOVERY of a powerful dynamite oomb in a girls' dormitory at lowa State College was disclosed yesterday by Ames police. The dormitory houses 136 girls Police said a watchman discovered the device in a first floor hallway of the rear wina of
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    Lock icon BEWARE RED FIFTH COLUMN, SA YS PEER Skipper of 'ghost ship' Joyita is sued for divorce for desertion
    424 3 BEWARE RED FIFTH COLUMN, SA YS PEER Skipper of 'ghost ship' Joyita is sued for divorce for desertion he crimes o£ Donald Mac Lean: High links and low brawls 'Men with no standards of honour 9 nniTwv i LONDON, Wednesday. JJKIIAIN has a dedicated Communist fifth column with no standards
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    Lock icon STATE OF SIEGE IN BRAZIL
    351 3 RIO DE JANEIRO, Wed. PROVISIONAL Presi--1 dent Ramos last night asked Congress to declare a state of siege modified martial law throughout. Brazil. In a message delivered to Coneress as the nation weathered its second grave political crisis in two days. President Ramos asked that
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    Lock icon Ceylon visit
    18 3 COLOMBO. Wed— Sixteen Indonesians arrived yesterday on a two-week study tour of Ceylon's community development. UP.
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      23 3 LONDON, Nov. 23— Cash Buyers £782- Sellers Hf3; Forward Buyers £76(1; Sellers £766-; Settlement £787 Turnover a.m. 45 tons, p.m. 175 tons.
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      RUBBER
      29 3 LONDON. Nov. 23.— Spot 37', d., Jnn.-Mar. 3fi T vd Apr.-June 34 s d.. July-Sept. 32\d.. Dec. c.i.f. 36 :1 ,d., Jan. c.i.f. 36Vid. Tone: Quiet after firm.
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    U.S. cuts down forces
    45 3 U.S. cuts down forces WASHINGTON, Wed.— The United States Army has deeded to reduce the strength 3f its First Cavalry Division ,n Japan by one third in the lear luture. This will leave the army yith less than three full divisions in the Far East—Reu;er
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      471 3 THE CHARTWELL EDITION OF WINSTON CHURCHILL'S WAR MEMOIRS THE SECOND WORLD WAR I Accloimed by the world as the moit searching, revealing, s rcipon-.ible on'] intimota historcol document ever placed befor*. r the public. *c hove in th«e wonderful volun,-. 5 the full vtory of tru, wrr, *ntt^n by th<-
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    MALAYA LACKS SOCIAL SECURITY
    334 4 MALAYA LACKS SOCIAL SECURITY RECENTLY I read the story of Mat bin Mat Saman. a blind beggar, and Leong Ah See, who had lost her home through fire. These are sad stories which must make one think that in Malaya we are still far off from any form of social
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    Why blame them?
    139 4 TV) lift the immigration J. restrictions and admit Indian or Ceylonese drivers and conductors, as suggested by "Strike-Hit," is the list thing Government should do. These immigrants would make matters worse rather than improve them. For instance, howwould the strikers react to them? Since "Strike-Hit" seems to
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    Student-teacher 'between devil and deep blue sea'
    582 4 rpHE Intolerable conditions A under which the stu-dent-teachers have to work in Malaya need amelioration, if the pupils studying under them are not to turn out as disgruntled, indifferent, characterless citizens, hostile to society and its established law and order. Apart from the
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    GANG WAR 'BLOT*
    742 4 GANG wars are becoming a serious blot on Singapore. On Thursday night secret society men fought running battles n Singapore streets, and seven persons including a student, were injured. The police had oeen warned, yet no arrests have been made. The police are powerless? Some explanation is
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    KEEP IT SHORT
    73 4 J^ETTERS for the Man-in-the-Street should be as shott and concise as possible Every day many more letters than can be published are received and" the pithy letter receives preference in order to give as many people as possible an opportunity to express iheir opinion. Letters may be
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      19 4 Problems of the young teacher *fVhy I use pirates* *Siiiy m councii remarks Heiiabitity of the ratiio The strike
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    DATO ONN FINED NO TAX RETURNS
    53 5 DATO ONN FINED NO TAX RETURNS -CHORE HAHRU. Wed. J rjato Sir Onn bin NefaUed to income 1954 and; ned $450 by hen in the C ;rr today. not In court. Incbe Omar Dato Onn had Ing the Tax nlsh the within Dato Onn isy with the he reParty President,
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    Talent quest in Taiping
    26 5 Wed. The i Lub of ;.:h>ntime Dec. 10 at 8 Ij Treachei 'in Upper be in before are being ib, In Assam
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    Woman to counsel: Behave yourself! His reply: Oh, shut up!
    590 5 ISTRATE SENDS CASE TO ANOTHER COURT IPOH, Wed. A GREEK woman, Mrs. Tony Beck, giving evidence in a civil suit in the Ipoh Magistrate's Court today, told counsel for the defendant to behave himself and respect her because she was
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    THAT EXTRA BITE PROVES FATAL
    140 5 Tiger returns to meal and is shot RAl'B, Wed. A party of hunters have shot dead a "ft 4in. long tiger on the Raub-Cheroh Road, seven miles from here. Indians hunting fur wild pigs with dogs and spears came across the carcass of a freshly-killed
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    Visit to hospital
    25 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Minister for Agriculture. Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak. will visit the Lady Templer T.B. Hospital here on Friday.
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    Rush order for Bedok dam
    246 5 RED TAPE CUT TO BEAT FLOODS IN four months, the flood waters which periodically swamp the Bedok Resettlement area and the land on either side of the 9th mile. Chansi Road, will have been tamed. i The Public Worts Depart- ment yesterday started building a
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    Highest bidder gets rubber: Sir John
    76 5 Highest bidder gets rubber: Sir John FE PRIME MINISTER of Ceylon. Sir John Kotelawala, (above i said in Singapore yesterday that, as a free country, Ceylon was free to sell her rubber to the highest bidder. Sir John, who is on his way back to Colombo after spending a month
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    New committee
    16 5 TAIPING. Wed —The Larut and Matang District Welfare Committee have formed an employment sub-committee.
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    THE EXAM WAS TOO EASY
    65 5 KLANG. Wed. Thirtyfive Form IV students of the Methodist Girls School here J yesterday were given another ÜBt in English Literature. Their first examination was two weeks ago but it was reported that they were told it would not be counted. I'he questions set had
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    $5,000? Mr. HART GIVES HIS REASONS
    152 5 $5,000? Mr. HART GIVES HIS REASONS SINGAPORE'S Financial Secretary, Mr T. M. Hart, yesterday rebuked Mr. Lee Choon Ene;. a Labour Front Assemblyman, who recently crossed over to the Opposition. During the Legislative Assembly's budget deliberations, Mr. Lee questioned the allotment of $5,000 to the treasury for entertainment. He wanted
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    Now a medal for him
    73 5 Mr. Lav Liat Cheow of Singapore, who graduated with first class honours in chemistry last month, has been awarded the Royal Institute of Chemistry's Memorial Medal for this year. This medal is donated by the Malaya section of the R.I.C. in memory of five members
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    Prize Day at girls' school
    43 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Raja Muda of Selangor ■il] present the annual prizes at the High Street School here on Dec 1 at 6 p.m. Later, there will be an exhibition of work done by students this year.
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    The job of a slick thief who knew the ropes, say police
    413 6 The job of a slick thief who knew the ropes, say police MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MAILBAG pOLICE and the postal authorities are baffled over the disappearance of the registered mailbag from the Serangoon Road sub post office on Tuesday afternoon. The bag, which contained $1,400 and 15 registered covers,
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    MARSHALL SAYS: 'I PROMISE'
    299 6 All he can to end bus strike T»HE CHIEF MINISTER of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday promised to do everything possible to settle the Singapore Traction Company strike and also clarified a point of law about the acquisition of the company He said failure of the
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    BACK FROM HEALTH TRIP
    75 6 BACK FROM HEALTH TRIP MX TO.NY LHOK. Singa pore manager of the United Artists Film Corporation who left the Colony for lung treatment in the United States nine months ago, returned yesterday completely cured. HU re- turn coincided with last night's charity perform- i ances at three Colony cinemas, arranged
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    Dead—Malayan educationist
    52 6 Dead Malayan educationist I LONDON, Wed—The death has occurred in England of Mr. C. W. Bloomfield. formerly of the Malayan Educational Service. Mr. Bloomfield, who was 63, went to Malaya in 1925. and was in turn headmaster of the Government English School, Alor Star; Maxwell School. Kuala Lumpur; and Klang
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    Today's session
    27 6 The next public session of the Malayanisation Commission will be held at 5 p.m. today at the Conference Room, Public Relations Office, Empress Place, Singapore.
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    TICKET TO CHINA
    161 6 Police can't stop minors going to land of the Reds ITNLESS a report is received "indicating something amiss," police can not prevent under-age children going to China, a Singapore Police spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday. He was commenting on the case of an 11-year-old boy. Aw
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    115 leave Colony
    21 6 A total of 115 Chinese, mostly old people, left Singapore for Swatow in the Tal- I pooan yesterday.
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    2 BRITISH SOLDIERS SENT TO PRISON
    234 6 2 BRITISH SOLDIERS SENT TO PRISON TWO British soldiers. Cpl. William Bothwel! and Cpl. Thomas Taylor, of the R.A.S.C., were sent to jail yesterday for robbing a Singapore taxi driver. Bothwell was sentenced by Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah in the Assize Court to five years and Taylor to three
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    The search still on
    57 6 The search is still on for Tan Chong Wan. 28. a remand prisoner at Outram Jail. Singapore, who escaped from Tan Tock Seng Haspitn] on Tuesday. He gave his guard the slip while waiting for an X-ray examination, and disappeared. Tan was held on remand on
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    Wounded bandit dies
    45 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —The terrorist wounded by a patrol of the 22 Speci:ii Air Service Regiment in the Triang area of South I'ahang on Monday has died. Another terron.st Wttb him was killed on the spot. The patrol recovered shotgun and ammunition
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    Art exhibition
    29 6 PENANG, Wed—Mr. Tay i Hooi Keat, Superintendent of Art in the Penang Education Department, will hold an exhibition of his works at the Penang Library, starting tomorrow.
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    SCOUTS' TRIP HITS A SNAG
    200 6 Colony may have to miss Jamboree IT IS unlikely that Sin- gapore will be represented at. the PanPacific Jamboree for Scouts in Victoria, Australia, next month. Thr Scouts from three Singapore groups, who have raised the passage money to Australia now find themselves unable to
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    NEW MOVE to AID MALAYA
    75 6 From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Wed. A new corporation designed to finance development schemes in Malaya and other underdeveloped countries in SouthEaot Asia came formally into existence today when directors of the C.8.1. Development Corporation, a subsidiary of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
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    TV tender—3 big names in the race
    773 7 TV tender 3 big names in the race APPLICATIONS FROM CATHAY, SHAWS AND REDIFFUSION fHREE of the biggest entertainment organisations in Malaya are competing with each other to operate Singapore's first commercial television station. They are the Cathay Organisation under Colony millionaire Mr. Loke Wan Tho, Rediffusion (Singapore) Limited, and
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    The $100,000 ransom
    309 7 KIDNAPPERS CUT IT TO $1,000, COURT TOLD LIM KYE CHAT, a businessman, told a Singapore court yesterday that three men kidnapped him and told him he would be killed if he did not pay a ransom of SlOO.OOO. Heng Ah Scong. K. Rajoo and a Chinese-speaking TaI
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    $10 RISE? PHONE MEN SAY NO
    76 7 $10 RISE? PHONE MEN SAY NO THE Singapore Telephone Board Employees' Union yesterday rejected the managements offer of a $10 pay rise for all workers The union's secretary. Mr. I Peter Scow told the Straits Times this after last night's meeting. ■We insist on a $15 increment, and this point
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    New citizens
    42 7 1 PENANG. Wed— Hutchings [School and Northazn Road I Girls' School here will hold their annual prize distribu- tion on Dec 1. The Northam Road Girls' School will hold an exhibition 1 and sale of work by students on Friday.
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    MAN FALLS FROM BRIDGE
    59 7 rro policemen on bicycle rounds reached Kallang Bridge\ Singapore, just in time to see a man running along beside the parapet of the bridge about 11 p.m. on Tuesday. They chased him and he fell into tne water about 20 feet below. Both constables dived after
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    ARMS FOR KEA FARM GUARDS
    117 7 to replace those Reds took TPOH. Wed.— The 58 Home Guards of Kea Farm New Village, Cameron Highlands, will be given arms to replace those taken away by 100 terrorists on Sunday morning. The Perak State Home Guard Officer, Brigadier I. C. A. Lauder, said
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    TUC sends warning notice to Bata
    149 7 WITHDRAW COUNTER-DEMAND' THE Singapore Trade Union Congress will today send a 48-hour notice to the Bata Shoe Company to withdraw its counter-demand on 247 striking employees. The counter-demand Ii that the company's six foremen must not remain members of the Bata Employees' Union which
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    Charity show
    35 7 TAIPING. Wed— The Lido Cinema will give the proceeds of its Sunday morning matinee to the All Saints School extension fund. The 1 film to be screened is "Man Un the Iron Mask."
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    DEATH
    44 8 I |N < minimum). KHOO: Kirn Guan of Imperial r Industries iMi Ltd.. ai:ed .i-\ pa any peacefully at Idence No. 787. Moumbatten Road, on 23 .11.55. Leaving behind his beloved wife, one son and ::ers. Funeral on 27. 11 55. I> ei)ly regretted.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    60 8 N Mm,/. $1$ I minimum). MR CHARLIE FERNANDEZ, Brother of the Late Mr. Leon fz thanks all Friends and bo attended the 1 Wrwttu Messages olence and Kind Help. MRS. V. K THAMBYPILLAI ok all relatives and 1 for their mes.siij.-es of condolence and wreaths. »nd for their Mane*
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    The Straits Times S'pore, Thurs. Nov. 24, 1955. Unresolved Problem
    1154 8 The Straits Times S'pore, Thurs. Nov. 24, 1955. Unresolved Problem Nothing, not even the un- happy struggle among its i leaders in Selangor, has been so embarrassing to the MCA as the continuous clamour by Chinese organisations that citizenship should be the automatic right of all born in the Federation.
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    A letter to Moscow may decide the voters of Australia
    937 8 A letter to Moscow may decide the voters of Australia j No hope for Dr. Evatt but will Mr. Menzies have a free hand? 1 asks MASSEY STANLEY OATTLE is joined in v the campaign for the snap Federal poll on December 10. "Recall the troops from Malaya," demanded by
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      Remarriage and the Church's attitude
      279 8 BISHOP BAINES makes the claim that since the Reformation the Anglican Church has forbidden any marriage after divorce. Doubtless this is what the Bishop would like to believe, but history records differently. The Protestant historian, Dr. James Gairdner, adnut,s that the Church of Enpland w;us
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      High price of local fruit
      225 8 TUAN DJEK express's astonishment at cachou nuts being sold, here In Malaya, in cigarette siz? tins ai $1.50 each. He seems to recognise these nuts as Imported ones, although Malaya grows cachou nuts. Since the Liberation. I have been puzzled at the demand for imported
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      THE KIND OF HELP WE NEED
      239 8 MR. M. HASSAN, in his letter about Australian troops, said that our Ministers would not be as free and safe as they are now if there had been no British troops in Malaya. He is quite right, but he does not seem grateful to
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      BOREDOM ON A SATURDAY
      154 8 riTHERE can be few wircx loss programmes quite so boring as the endless racing commentaries that listeners to Radio Malaya have to sutler on Saturday afternoons. In the United Kingdom, where public interest In racing i s probably greater than in Malaya, only the more important
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      MALAYA'S NEED OF THE DAY
      145 8 BEFORE we demand complete independence, we must have a complete and up-to-date organisation to Improve the conditions of labour, give full chances to the local people for higher posts, consider the internal and external defences of the country and pay full attention to the commerce
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      765 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. It Wordt $10 (minimum). HATCHARD: At Wootton Baatett. Wiltshire, on the 21st November, 1955. to Diana (nee McMullini, the wife of K. E W Baton, brother for John. 20 Word, $10 (minimum). MR. M. S MIRANDA (Bar-At-I to Miss Bridget D'Crui at Jubilee Town Hall. Irum, i India)
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    TROUBLE? YES!
    101 9 wlnr. <0, had a nagging wife, oiced SO'OO A\H-OLD sailor i and the Outer Roads eapt overboard .-uicirie, rt was told I guilty to to commit n the night of remanded morning E Walker said. by the sam- I man. Ho saic: that he tried to end his
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    The romantic lies about a monk
    411 9 ARTICLE TELLS OF CLANDESTINE JAUNTS UP-COUNTRY WITH 'FEMALE TEMPLE ASSISTANT' •IN A MOSQUITO PAPER COURT CLEARS HIM: 3 SILENT MEN ARE CONVICTED A <0-\ EAR-OLD Buddhist monk, who a mosquito newspaper said went on clandestine jaunts up-country with a female assistant, had nis jjood
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    Parts arrive for disabled ship
    51 9 New engine parts for the disabled Panamanian freighter Valles arrived in Singapore from Japan yesterday. For 26 days engineers have been repairing the en- i glne of the 35-year-old ship, which developed engine i trouble after she arrived at Singapore from Japan on i Oct.
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    Two clinics
    40 9 Two clinics costing $167.--000 have been built by the Singapore City Council for its labourers. The clinics are In Lorong Larat alongside the Rochore Canaii and Henderson Road. They stand In the vicinity of City Council labourers' quarters.
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    Presentation
    31 9 The Resident Commissioner of Penang, Mr. R. P. Binpham. will present rooebea and first aid certificates to members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade at Prai. Province Wellesley, on Saturday.
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    The girls go back to the tote
    114 9 The girls go back to the tote 'THE 49 women who replaced A more than 60 regular totalisator operators on the I first clay of the Singapore Turf Club's November meeting on Saturday were behind the counters again yesterday. The 60 tcalisator operators clerks, typists, students and cashiers did not
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    Art exhibition
    33 9 KUALA TRENGGANU. Wed. The Raja Muda, Trengganu. Tengku Mahmud. today oDt-ned a combined school art exhibition, organised by the Chief Education Officer. Mr. J. A. Park, at the Government Club here.
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    THIS QUEEN'S SCHOLAR TOLD TO STAY
    238 9 THIS QUEEN'S SCHOLAR TOLD TO STAY Rahman aids doctor in Britain KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rpHE six-man committee on MalayanisaUon headed 1 by the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has successfully intervened in the case of Dr. Abdul Majid bin Haji Ismail, the Selangor officer who was refused permission to stay
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    VIRILE? 1 TRAINED MY BODY
    11 9 CHA'AN HO CHANG "1 keep fit"
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    Women who fought for dead man's estate make it up
    147 9 Women who fought for dead man 's estate make it up IT I' ALA LI MPI R, Wed. l A settlement was announced in the High Court here today in the case in which Madam Ong Ah Kirn applied for revocation of the letters of administration given to Madam Lee
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    WE'LL WIPE OUT SMUGGLING
    264 9 Colony's pledge to Indonesia THE Singapore Government has promised to take measures to stamp out smuggling between the Colony and Indonesia. This was stated yesterday by Dr. de Villeneauve. Deputy Chairman of the six-man Indonesian fact-finding mission which finished its oneweek visit to Singapore and Malaya
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    Tea workers now get new wages
    92 9 Tea workers now get new wages KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The District Planters' Association. Cameron Highlands, has increased wages for workers on tea estates in the Highlands, the Federation Labour Department reported today. Pickers now get 7 3 4 centshalf a cent more for each lb. Labourers get 40 cents more
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    Rubber main under sea
    56 9 The laying of an experimental new rubber water main across Keppel Harbour to supply water to Pulau Brani will begin at 9 a.m. toa The Minister for Communications and Works, Mr. Francis Thomas, will be present at the site at the Coal Wharf, behind St. James
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    Reds cut wires
    24 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Terrorists yesterday cut four spans of telephone wires on Bukil Siput Estate in the Scgamat district of Johore.
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    Bonniest babies may not be best
    247 9 Bonniest babies may not be best LITTLE LIM WAS JUST A BIT TOO CHUBBY j T<HE bonniest baby may not always be the best, Singapore baby show Judges said yesterday. That is why Lim Guan Meng, (below i seven months, a picture of chubbiness, 1 cheerfulness and health, did not
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    New citizens
    32 9 KAJANG. Wed. One hundred and eighty six people were yesterday handed iheir state nationality certificates at the Broadrick Club here by the acting. District Officer Raja Khalid bin Raja Harun.
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    TALK, TALK —IT'S ALL ABOUT TAXIS
    133 9 TALK, TALK IT'S ALL ABOUT TAXIS SEVERAL Singapore City Councillors, who hold divergent views on the Colony's taxi problem and its solution, attended a special meeting of the Council's vehicles and traffic committee last night. They included Messrs. Yap Pheng Geek. S.H.D. Elias, A. P. Rajah and T. A. Simon.
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    Stage show to aid Poppy Day
    51 9 PENANG. Wed— The Penang Chinese Chin Woo Athletic Association will stage a show in aid of the Poppy Day Fund at New World Park at 8 p.m. on Monday. There will be a display of Chinese self-defence, a harmonica band performance and a magic
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    Boy struck down by hit-run car
    79 9 Boy struck down by hit-run car Five-year-old Rama Chandran, believed to be the victim of a hit-and-run car driver, is lying critically ill in hospital. The boy was found along the Sembawang Road, near the Nee Soon Police Station, Singapore,, at 10 a.m. yesterday. He had come out on to
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    ROUND TABLE TALKS
    80 9 The Singapore branch of I the United Malays National Organisation yesterday sent out invitations to al) political bodies In the Colony for a round table conferet.ee "to discuss the question of inde- I pendence for Singapore." Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haii Jumat, Minister for Local Government, Lands
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    Your own ivory tower
    481 10 Your own ivory tower LEAVE THAT KITCHEN -DREAM AWHILE IN A WOMAN'S work is never done and even in these modern days of labour-saving devices and electrical contraptions advertised as taking "the backache out of work," a housewife leads a mast harassed existence. First the elder children have to be
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    Our 'tabek' cats charm the children
    551 10 T<HE fat and merry x Chinese durian seller sat under the covered way roaring with laughter. I had gone into town to take back my bifocals which were not a success, too much focal and too little bi. Result a horrid blur when I
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    THE CHILDREN
    321 10 yOUNG children who do a lot of moving around when they play by themselves are probably reflecting unconscious rejection by their mothers, says an American psychiatrist. They are likely to be physically aggressive in later life, with a tendency to be independent of others in coping with their
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    RED DRAGON
    40 10 THERE S nothing about this dragon, a new creation from Florentine designer Mine. Gruenjeld, worn by Audrey Lambert during a showing in London. Skirt, top and bolero are in umbrian handicoven natural flax. The design is in red.
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    Woman and the home
    169 10 W oman and the home A MAN'S greatest pride is to possess a home but it is the privilege of a woman to make it a home. If you share his dream of home let him feel it. If you have a career-girl room of your own, make it look
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    DEGENERATION
    159 10 EVERY generation has its own memories of Christmas. Always happy ones, for however poor your circumstances the Christmas spirit of generosity is uplifting. As one of a generation now passing I regret that the children of the future will never see Christmas as it should be. For the last
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    TO THE EDITOR Forced into degradation
    249 10 TO THE EDITOR Forced into degradation I CANNOT agree entirely with the opinion of Mr. F. J. Kicke regarding the causes of prostitution in Malaya. The Pertubohan Bu m i Putera possesses sufficient data, the result of exhaustive surveys, to prove that In so far as Malay prostitutes are concerned,
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      349 10 What more can you do WHAT ARE GROWING CHILDREN'S NEEDS? Good fi and plenty of sleep. But that's not all. If On and keep well, you should jrive them somcthir Ribeua. For Ribena— tK natural way ta take Vha strong bones and teeth. Stoutly fights illness Provides abundant energy. And
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    Sala, prince and pioneer of journalists, died forgotten
    1452 11 iijn^m^^ ONE hundred and thirty years ago today, in the year that Coleman built his house in Singapore, there born in a century-old thoroughfare called, as old places often are in England, New Street, a child who was baptised George Augustus Sala.
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    WAS us an eccentric and a Bhoemian by choice
    170 11 "Household Words" was well aware of the identity of Geo'.ge Augustus Sala. No ono was disappointed. The story of his experiences in posting houses, of Petersburg's Nfvsky Prospekt. the lakes around the Neva, the jingling three-horse troikas and the great emptiness
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      154 11 When MELWANI announces its BARGAINS il i* (!< finitely iri»ing lo ROCK AND SHOCK THE ENTIRE TEXTILE WORLD. TEXTILES red at jVit i beyond your Imagination and Far-Far Below Factory Cost REMEMBER! It i-« going to be a real "DUB DUB" clearance w herein Traders Hill be BAFFLED all at
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      347 11 Look! ft* the silver B. rinse.. dry! Never before such quick, safe silver cleaning! Dip your silver In SILVER DlP— it wishes tarnish away In seconds, doesn't h-irm No brushing or rubbing, no fuss or most. Large, Intricate pieces are instantly cleaned with SILVER DlPped cottonwool—and SILVER DIP prevents tarnish
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      75 11 ttvx 3 Morgan. M.D. H*st employee pf**^ -Cno, 1 kw jAcITi- r.?;"; -t had a Vm»t >cv wont pesvit 10 thnic,for a.yoment, ip E\ee let/ r*j I WHEN VOJ SAV-r««T£I.L'S) a GOOD EVPtOVeE IVOaDEPFUL FITuSE /rHI/V\ TO RETuRM VjfTjtj ThAT M MI C ST£P INTCI THIS £S^ MPick Tracy Kids
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    HAY FLAYS CONTROL OF TIN PACT: 'OBJECTIONABLE'
    714 12 HAY FLAYS CONTROL OF TIN PACT: 'OBJECTIONABLE' By Our Market Correspondent THE directors of The Renong Tin Dredging Co. Ltd., consider the proposed International Tin Control Scheme is unnecessary and objectionable, says the chairman, Sir John Hay, in a report to be presented to shareholders at a meeting early next
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    184 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; November $26 5,8 buyers $27 1/8 sellers- December $27 3,8 buyer.,, $27 3 4 seller;,. Coconut oil: steady quiet; bulk »40 1,2 sellers; drum $43 sellers Pepprr: quiet with no business reported; Muntok white $134, Sarawak
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    37 12 On the free exchange market n Honj Konf yesterday, the U.S. loilar was quoted at 5.82*4 lor :ash and 5.87 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15 31 »nd one Ud of gold at tU%
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    RUBBER PRICES
    164 12 December first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at SI 2(i per lb. up 2 cents on Tuesday's closing price. The closing; tone was steady. A small turnover was report?a with some upcountry buying and good demand for lower grades The spot premium was around seven
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    OFFICIAL
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    48 12 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS In im< stocks trading Exchange maiket Con. Zinc B.mk NSw"" Mount Lyell N. Broke: Hill 50 Peko Western uti Ampol Ex] Oil 8«l Aust. O A.P.M. Bradford B. Hill Pro" CourtauW Dunlop Elec. Zinc Pelt Textiles G. J. Coles Herald Timf«; 1.C.1. (Au.st.. Swan Breweries Woolwort.i
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    SHIPPING
    27 12 Ships Mm pon- Barboni I expected todai Radnorsh: C.P.. Men: Oakwood bodia 15 II Wall 7 Subadar 3 26, Barani in Amerskerk 38 40 41. Mentor
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      379 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA APPLICATIONS are Invited for appointment to a Lectureship In Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Candidates must possess a higher qualification In Obstetrics and Gynaecology and are expected to have suitable teaching and research experience. The appointee would necessarily be required to undertake hospital duties In the Kandang
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      838 12 NOTICES CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD INTERRUPTION OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY The electricity supply to the following areas will be Interrupted between 8.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday 27th November 1955. Junction of Jalan Seputeh and Klang Road up to 6th mile, Petallng Jaya, Roads Jalan Jugra, Jalan Penghulu Mat. The Interruption
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      543 12 TENDERS JOHORE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT TENDERS are Invited for the supply Of MEDIUM GRADE j SIAMESE RICE TO hospitals in Johore. The term of the contract is for 3 months beginning Ist January. 1 1956. Each tender must be accompanied with sample and a Treasury Receipt Of $100 for each District
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    129 entries for annual Malayan Motor Rally
    332 14 1 29 entries for annual Malayan Motor Rally T»HE Shell Malayan Motor Rally has attracted 129 entrants, an all-time record in PanMalayan motor sport. A total of 121 entries were received by 5 p.m. on Friday November 18. the official closing time. A further eight entries received later were automatically
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    52 14 I Diversity v Police, liumison Koacl. HOCKEY S.H.A. I.racue Ulv. li Wan-rti-irrs v I! \l C'hangl. lunti. I.A. v R.N. Polirr. Balrstler Road: niv. BOD "A" v Inivrrsilv, BOO; Mr. 3: P. T. v M.A.A.F.. MWI ATHLKTK'S Bob MalhUs coaching sessions, i: i in- mill 10 a.m. and
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    51 14 I The rugger match between R E M E and RE. ended la a 6-6 draw at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday ling 6-0 at half-time. RE scored t«o trie by Willintton and Orr. But REM.E. equalised throuch Birch i try i and Gattlm i penalty
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    268 14 MELBOURNE. Wed PRIME Minister Robert D. Menzies, president of the 1P56 Olympic Games, and W S Kent Hughes, chairman j of the Olympic Organising Committee, issued confident i statement* todny as Melbourne entered the final year of preparatons. The 1P56 Games open
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    66 14 LONDON. Wpd— Results of Football Association Cup first .round reph.ys today were: I Aldershot 1 Yeovil Town 1 texri i iine Crewe Alexandra 2 Barrow 3 lextra umei; Derby County 5 Crook Town 1; Southampton 2 Cnstal Palace 0. Revised second round ties on Dec. 10 arc:
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    RAJAJI HELD BY LATE GOAL
    23 14 Rajaji Sports Club drew 1-1 with Springdale Sports Club ln a friendly soccer match at Farrer (Nrk >esterday.
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    VARSITY SCORE 4 OFF SELETAR
    31 14 University of Malaya boat HAF Seletar 4-0 ln their SHA Div. 1 lencue match yesterday at the University ground. Sockalln^.im and Samad each scored two goals.
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    24 14 WREXHAM. Wed— AusTla be;.t Wales by 2-1 in an intermit ion: i football match here today. They led 2-1 at half-time. Reutcr
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    195 14 MELBOURNE, Wed. THE Indian High Commissioner to Australia berated the Australian Lawn Tennis Association today for selecting a team of third string players to tour India next month. General K.M. Cariappa i said he was most disappointed that the L.T.A.A. had chosen Roy Emerson.
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    82 14 Thp 'A" division November medal competition was won by D. W. McMullan (one down) at the Royal Island Club. The "B" medal went to J. A. Robertson (three up) and the "C" medal to K. Dandekar (three I down). The "A" and "B" bell sweeps went
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    543 14 Passing with greasy ball was no handicap By SECOND ROW THHE Fijians scored 1 another runaway victory at Seletar yesterday when they beat Far East Air Force* XV by 47 points (foui goals and nine tries) to three (try). It was one of those days when
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    92 14 OLXMPK pi vi Bob beaten yesterda) i (apore— l» th 'ft the Xii stitution ground in such a ■tate thai the di.i not evei eoachii He was due to I jnnipini events, but ru postpone the i until totiaj ruin i p.m. to ti p m
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    272 14 SINGAPORE All Blues, who meet BelangOl All Blues in ten days time, went down to S.C.C. "A" by 13 points (two goals, and a try) to three (penalty) in a rugger match on the padane; yesterday. All Blues, up against a heavier team, played
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    135 14 HYDERABAD. Wed— New Zealand failed by 23 run.s to save the follow-on against India in spite of a century by John Guy fourth day of the first cricket Te&t here today. Replying to India's big first inning tot.il of 498 for four. New Zealand were all out
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    167 14 rjRAW and .^.lriiig times for tJ the Scotland >■ The Res! match at the Royal Singapore' Golf Cub on Sunday are: FIRST NINE: 8:5 a.m. R Craik anl L Needham v D. I Stirk at.d J F. Pearcy 8.20 am J H. Phillips and J. Crichton
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    239 16  - Shamrock Slipper pays $191 in upset EPSOM JEEP By SHAMROCK SLIPPER With Jackie Jones astride foiled Walla Wallas gallant bid to make it flve-in-a-row in a .spectacular upset in the 6f. Doncaster Stakes for Class 1. Div. 1 sprinters at Bukit Timah yesterday, second day of the Singapore Turf Club
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    119 16 I LAUSANNE, Switzerland. Wed I The International Olympic Com- mlttee today urged all countries entering for the 1956 Olympic Games to ensvre that competitors are true amateurs. A circular Issued to all national Olympic committees from 1.0.C. headquarters here states: "Na- tional Olympic committees are asked to
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    2318 16 i t -i,., i Race One CLASS 3, IIIV. 4 6 FIRS. Mr. Wong Ah York's (3> WEST POINT 8.11 (544 226) lai km 1 (7) Golden lioll.ir 8.12 (713— 30:: i Oeyer 2 (6) Magic Note 8.11 (618 230) Ransome 3 t8) <'|i. ii. i'
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    66 16 BERLIN, Wed.— Horst Fritsche beat the official world record for the 100 metre s breaststroke a' Rostok. according to the East German news neency A.D.N. Fritsche clocked lmin. 9 2sec, six-tenths of a second better than the official record set by Marek Petrusewicz (.Poland.) last year.
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    147 16 LONDON. Wed T^HE Duke of Edinburgh said last A night the coming Olympic games had special Importance because they were being held in Australia, bitter rival of Britain in cricket. "It is not just a matter of sending a team to the Olympic
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    249 16 PENANG. Wed. THE Commtisloncr-General's Cup over I miles will be the main event at the Penang Turf Club's four-day Christmas-New Year meeting on Dec. 24, 26 and 31 and Jan 2. Thc> Commissioner-General's Cup for Class 1. Dlv. 1 will carry stakes of'
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    591 16 KIRKHAM TAKES 7-29 IN GREAT MALAYAN WIN HONG KONG, Wed. WITH another specta- oular second innings rally the Malayan cricket team beat Hour Kong Services here today by 103 runs in the second match of their tour. The hero was left handod bowler John Kirkham. who claimed seven Hone Kong
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