The Straits Times, 10 December 1955

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1955 15 CENTS
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    MALAYA-MADE KILLER
    758 1 MOST OF THOSE 'DEATH' CRACKERS ARE LOCAL PRODUCTS ome surrendered but police believe shopkeepers are still hiding large stocks 350^000 seized in Federation Big hunt on for importers KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. b (it Malaya s "midget atom bombs"— death in the shape bio— is still most serious, and
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    Tin up, up, up...
    19 1 another r in the tin price in terday. The I 5409 25 per $6.25 on
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    'Little atom bombs' more deadly than TNT, says an expert
    124 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A i spokesman of the Federation Chemistry Department toaifbt said the "little atom bomb" crackers were mure dangerous than TNT. Be >aicl T.N.T. could be h.indlrd hut each cracker I was a detonator in itself. He named
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    Those are made in Japan the label says so
    51 1 THIS IS ONK of the two brands of sand crackers seized Mi the Federation. Kach box contains 300 of "Cracker Ball" pellets and is marked "Made In Japan. The other brand is the I it and Fiddle (makers unknown). Straits Times
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    Starved bandit surrenders
    169 1 HE IS THE SECOND IN 24 HOURS RENGAM. Friday. A NOTHER starving terrorist surrendered near hen A today— the second to give up under the amnesty terms in the last 24 hours. He is Tan Chew Geu. 29. j He cave himself up to a tapper at
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    Top MCA men kept in sun?
    328 1 Top MCA men kept in sun? UNTRUE, SAY POLICE IN BLACKEST AREA IOHORE BAHRU, Fri. J —The Johore police today denied complaints that they had ill-treated nine M.C.A. officials during a recent crackdown on Tangkak ♦own. near Muar. The officials, two o£ whom are members of the Tangkak Town Council,
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    Black's cable
    34 1 The Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, yesterday sent a congratulatory telegram to Mr. H. N. Ridley, "the father of the Malayan rubber industry" who celebrates his centenary today in Kew, England.
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    Lock icon All in 24 hours
    29 1 ALGIERS, Fri. During ty ~>ast 24 hours French i security forces killed three terrorists and captured two others. They also arrested 20 i suspects. UP.
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    Geoff Raymond
    95 1 Geoff Raymond BANKRUPTCY PETITION IS POSTPONED A BANKRUPTCY petition riled by Geoffrey S. Raymond, a former Radio Malaya broadcaster, which was listed for hearing in the Singapore High Court yesterday, was adjourned with a view to settlement. The adjournment was granted by Mr. Justice Taylor on the application of Mr.
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    Lock icon Comet III in Perth
    54 1 PERTH, Fri.— Britain's Prototype Comet 111 jetliner, which set up a London-Syd-ney commercial flight record last week-end, arrived here today at the end of a 1.850--mile non-stop flight from Melbourne. After a brief stay, the Comet will leave to return east to Sydney on a 2,060-mile
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    Hornets sting boy, 14
    30 1 A 14-year-old boy. Long Hian Say, was attacked by hornets in Lorong 3, Geylang Road. Singapore, yesterday. Long, who was badly stung, was admitted to hospital.
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    Lock icon Bullets kill another Capone colleague
    183 1 1 CHICAGO. Fri— Assassins' bullets killed another associj ate of the old Capone crime syndicate last night. Alex Louis Greenberg, 64, a wealthy brewer and reputed mob financier adviser, was the victim of the third Rangi style killing of syndicate as-set-late in 17 months. Mrs.
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    Hot voting
    24 1 MELBOURNE. Fri. Heatwave conditions with temperatures approaching 100 degrees in many areas were predicted today or. tho eve of Australian Federal elections.
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    In Srinagar
    22 1 SRINAGAR, Kashmir, Fri. —The Soviet Premier. Mr. Bulganin and the Communist Party Secretary, Mr. Khrushchev, arrived here today.— U. P.
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    Lock icon Ran may go
    24 1 HONOLULU, Fri.— The U.S. Department of Justice is expected soon to remove Shinto temples from i^s list of subversive organisations. A.P.
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    Lock icon Operation on the Pasha
    44 1 MARRAKESH. Fri— Thauii El Glaoui. the Pasha of Marrakesh, was reported in a i satisfactory condition yesterday after a major operation. The 78-year-old leader of southern Morocco's Berber i tribesmen underwent surgery on Wednesday. His ailment was not disclosed A.P
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    TALK, TALK, TALK
    114 1 Council ends marathon meeting after 9 days, 340 speeches KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Federal Legislative Council ended a nine-day marathon meeting at 4 p.m. today. It agreed to the expenditure of $793 million next year. In the 41 days of discus- sion.s on next year's estl- mates,
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    HOPE TO END BUS STRIKE FADES
    400 1 HOPE TO END BUS STRIKE FADES Wages, fares stumbling blocks HOPES for an early resumption of bus services in Singapore faded out last night. Talks between the Singapore Traction Company and its employees' union broke off yesterday after a vain bid to end Thursday's deadlock. And Chinese bus owners announced
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    Lock icon Boat fired on
    33 1 ATHENS, Fri. Press reports said today that a Turkish patrol vessel had opened machine gun fire on a Greek fishing boat within Greek territorial waters off the Dodecanese islands. A.P.
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    Lock icon Gieseking's sorrow yet to come
    79 1 Gieseking's sorrow yet to come STUTTGART, «n DOCTORS attending injured German pianist Walter Gieseking said today fiat he still has not been told of his wife's death in a bus crash near here last Friday night. Gieseking. 60. seriously hurt in the cra.sh, was reported to be improving in hospital
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    Reds fire at estate houses
    56 1 I KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Terrorists fired at the bungalows of the manager and assistant manager of Bukit Badak Estate in the Rengam area last night. The Special Constables on j guard duty fired back. Then a bugle sounded and the terrorists withdrew. Communist leaflets were
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    Padi: A $14 floor price
    149 1 Padi: A $14 floor price ITUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —The Alliance Government today restored the guaranteed minimum price of padi and also raised it from Sl2 a picul, the price in September when it lapsed, to $14 a picul. This was announced today on the eve of the harvesting sejison, in
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    33 1 TERRORISTS KIM. ■BRIM SOIDIKR NICOSIA. Fri—Terr. Ma killed a British soldii-i and injured a BritMi A.my Chaplain, his wife a:i'l (ivc-yrar-old toaghIn- in fresh outburst of violence in Cyprus hidav. —Keuter.
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    Lock icon Then the REAL shock...
    40 1 TOKYO. Thursday.— At 1.05 a.m. yesterday KtentUU touched off two tons of buried TNT In an elaborate artitincial earthquake experiment. Just ."5 seconds later test instruments were Jarred into hopeless confusion ay a real earthquake. AP.
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    Merdeka date—Negara backs Rahman
    235 2 Merdeka date Negara backs Rahman DATO THURAISINGHAM PRAYS FOR THE ALLIANCE LEADER CHEERS GREET LEADER'S COUNCIL PLEDGE KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. pARTY NEGARA is solidly behind the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, in his firm determination to get a target date for independence for Malaya, the Federal Legislative Council was told
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    Lock icon Winston's silent tribute
    117 2 Winston's silent tribute LONDON Frt. STR WINSTON Churchill made one of his now infrequent visits to the Hou.se of Commons yesterday to hear tributes to Mr. Nt Attlee. his old :d wartime colleague, who ha.s resigned from the Labour Party leadership and the Commons. Looking very well Sir Winston was
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    Lock icon Ceylon blocks Red piper being paid
    190 2 COLOMBO. Fri. 'THE Ceylon Government has cut Moscow's supply lines financing Communist front groups here. Premier Sir John Kotelawala hinted last Tuesday that the •■starving-out" technique would be tried. He told parliament that he had given some simple advice on how to fight Communism
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    Lock icon THE VOLUNTEER FIRE-FIGHTER FIND HIMSELF IN JAIL
    233 2 THE VOLUNTEER FIRE-FIGHTER FIND HIMSELF IN JAIL LONDON, Fri. A homeless youth who tried to put out a fire in the Admiralty early yesterday finished up in a police eell suspected of having started the blaze. H, is Robert Jones, 21, who left Weston-Super-Mare 140 miles at ay two days
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    Lock icon THE CASE MARSHALL HAS TO PROVE IN LONDON
    531 2 The Times: 'An important and difficult mission' LONDON, Fri. HHE arrival in London L today of Singapore's Chief Minister. Mr David Marshall, to discuss the the Colony's progress towards self govern ment, was seen as the beginning of an important and difficult
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    Lock icon Let's you and I withdnw Bevan
    299 2 Let's you and I withdnw Bevan GAITSKELL SAYS 'NO' THE WAR'S ON LONDON, Fri. Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, who is tipped as new leader of the British Labour Party, last night repulsed a move to make him withdraw his candidature. The move, supported by his arch-rival, Mi. Aneurin Bevan, rebel leader
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    AUSSIES IN MALAYA VOTE BY POST
    160 2 3.000 will follow today's election AUSTRALIANS in Ma- laya have cast a re- j cord number of postal votes for the elections in Australia today. About 3,000 ballot papers have been issued to soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians. Soldiers in Penang, who ha\e received
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    Lock icon 'BROWNED OFF' LETTER TO MUM IS SUSPECT
    105 2 MELBOURNE, Fri.— Sir Eric Harrison, the Army and Navy Minister, today described as ■politically Inspired" a letter quoted by Dr. Evatt yesterday which said that Australian troops in Malaya want the Labour Party to win so that they can return home. In the
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      Tragedy hits, ship after fancy dress ball
      241 2 CAPETOWN: The Dutch liner Bloemfontein reported a woman passenger missing at sea when it arrived here. Ship officers refused to give details. But passengers said Mrs. A. G. Bell, 61, of Natal, was believed to have fallen overboard during the night of Dec.
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      Lock icon BBC faces prosecution
      66 2 LONDON: The BBC may be prntrriitrd for CMtCBM court for taking a television picture of Mrs M,,L Comer and her husband Jack Comer leaving the Old r after she had been fined t5O in thr "Comei Cue* 1 Under English law is it an offence to take
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    Lock icon SHAM CONCERN for COLONIAL PEOPLES
    309 3 la picks South-East Asia as target of her imperialist guile dies says Reds neglect [heir own folk CHICAGO, Friday. 1 SUtea Secretary of State, Mr. John Dulles, yesterday accused the Soviet ecting the needs of the Russian hili' professing concern for the welfare v horn
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    JOE LOUIS TO MARRY FOR THIRD TIME
    71 3 FORMER world heavyweight boxing champion |oe Louu is shown here with his fiancee. 42-year-old New York cosmetics manufacturer and beauty parlour operator Miss Rose Morgan, after they announced their engagement at Buffalo. New York State, on Dec. 4. They plan to marry in
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    A-bombers to be based in vorus
    80 3 A-bombers to be based in vorus NDON, I ri to -'lift ■.Irntogic ton t to I. Isle an d \l, MllMNi aiinounreporten »n .1 Hying \ir Him> Middle 'l \p■iin^h im■umtogy the minta--1 did at t disi pc dt i.ombi be based Keen liuildna as her Middle K;i>t leaptU the
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    Bombay arrests
    11 3 Bombay arrests I .ice arAnu rlcan desi rday near :ii Bom-
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    Lock icon SECRET JET CRASHES
    49 3 Wight). cret Javelin :;nt'Q as the Bn;itom bomb- h flight. The pilot baled out and was pickfd up by RAF helicopter. rhe all-weather delta-wing-ed Javelin is rt ported to be capable of flyini? at 50.000 icet at speeds of up to 700 miles an hour.— Reuter
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    Lock icon NO JOKE U.S. AIR FORCE
    123 3 NO JOKE U.S. AIR FORCE LONDON, Fri. AN American airman who allegedly told an EngUab farmer "you are expendable." will be punished, the U.S. Third Air Force announced yesterday. The airman's remark was mentioned by Lord Wise in a debate in the House of Lorc'.< yesterday. Maj. Gen. Roscoe C.
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    Lock icon Russian steel boss in India
    61 3 NEW DELHI, Fri. The Soviet Minister for Iron and Steel. Mr. V. B. Khlebnicov. arrived here yesterday by air from Moscow with 13 Russian ■tee] expert*. Mr. Khlebnicov brought with him a detailed project report of the Bhillai steel project which the Government of India
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    Lock icon Monk held during dawn swoop
    92 3 NICOSIA. Fri. BRITISH TROOPS swooped at dawn yesterday on 26 monasteries and religious shrines throughout Cyprus. It was the biugest operation against "I'nion with Greet*'' terrorists since the island colony's troubles bi-san last April. Eight penple were arrested during the operation and several were still
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    Lock icon Move for police probe is rejected
    149 3 Move for police probe is rejected LONDON, Fri. A LABOUR M.P., Mr. A Arthur Lewis, failed last night to induce the Government to hold a public inquiry "to allay suspicions" about the integrity of the London police. Mr. Lewis said there was public concern over allegations of bribery and corruption
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    Friends for peace
    36 3 JAIPUR. Fri.— The Soviet Prime Minister. Marshal Bulganin. sa.d here yesterday that friendship between Unpeoples of India and the Soviet Union was a "victory for those who desire peace in the world." ReuUr.
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    The big American failure
    302 3 'BLUNDERS IN COLONIALISM' IT'S TIME FOR A NEW START, PAPERS TELL IKE NEW YORK, Fri. /\NE of the greatest failures of American postwar diplomacy is in the field of colonialism, the Scripps Howard newspapers said today. The New York World Telegram and Sun carried a ban-ner-spread
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    WOMAN SCORNED
    99 3 And. in her fury, she put poison in husband's food, acid in his ears HAMBURG, Fri. Mrs Gerda Trimm, 22. was sentenced to six years in jail yesterday for ill-treating her husband and trying to poison him because of unfounded jealousy." She was convicted of: 1. Dropping hydrochloric
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    Lock icon CHOICE FOR CHINESE IN U.S.
    92 3 WASHINGTON. Fr i Notices that all Chinese nationals In the United States are free to go to Red China if they wish will soon be posted in 40,000 U.S. post offices, it was learned today. The move is designed to persuade Communist China to free
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    LONDON STOCKS
    380 3 LONDON, Fri. j rpHE stock markets ended ihe week on a \ery firm note and i there was a marked expansion in I activity. Sentiment was dominated by good new.s from industry and impressive company reports. I Dollar stocks were marked up but gllto remained neglected though recent
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    19 SCOUTS OFF TO JAMBOREE TODAY
    201 4 19 SCOUTS OFF TO JAMBOREE TODAY IF it were not for their 1 parents, two Boy Scouts from North Borneo, who leave Singapore today for the Pan-Paciflc Jamboree in Australia, would not be making the trip. The two boys, Ashkar Hasbollah, 19 and K.S. Maan, 20. told the Straits Times
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    'Separate radios' proposal finds no friends at all
    395 4 MANY HAIL SCHEME FOR PUBLIC CORPORATION, BUT KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The suggestion that the Federation and Singapore should have separate broadcasting authorities was not generally supported by people interviewed by the Straits Times today. They felt that the broadcasting needs of the
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    FOWL'S HEAD SETTLES "CLAIM
    121 4 PENANG, Fri. An I oath taken in front of an i old angsana tree in the i Sessions Court compound today settled a $2,000 I claim by a retired plant- er, Kee Ban Chua. against a merchant, Yeap Boon Kee. Kee. through his coun- sel, told
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    Sultan's A.D.C.
    33 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Frl. Captain Wan Rahlm bin Wan Ngah, former ADC and private secretary to the Tengku Mahkota, has been appointed ADC and assistant private secretary to the Sultan of Johore.
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    Cocos transfer
    27 4 The Cocos-Keeling Islands were transferred to Australia on Nov. 23 and simultaneously they ceased to be part of Singapore, according to an oflicial' statement yesterday.
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    An officer says: I'm sorry
    327 4 An officer says: I'm sorry BUSINESSMAN WAS PUT IN LOCK-UP ITU ALA LUMPUR. Fri. A businessman's $25,000 damages suit against a police officer for illegal arrest, detention and defamation of character was settled in the High Court here today when the officer gave a written apology. The officer, Mr. F.
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    JUST A LITTLE LEAK—BUT A WORKER DIED
    208 4 JUST A LITTLE LEAK— BUT A WORKER DIED A CITY COUNCIL engineer said yesterday that one of the numerous little leaks found on j many of Singapore water mains was probably the reason why an 18-foot trench at an excavation site off Geylang Road collapsed recently. Mr. E. B. Carlos.
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    RIDA: It's not true...
    97 5 RIDA: It's not true flu I liars' charge is answered LUMPUR, Fri. K Tin chairman of 1 and Industrial lent Authority, al Abidin bin today refuted in that his is worse i ttlar moneyimmenttng on a ide yesterday in lslative CounAbdul Ghaffar Malacca Luar). •Our policy' Inal said: "Can a
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    INQUIRY INTO STRIKE ORDERED
    75 5 INQUIRY INTO STRIKE ORDERED KI\ALA LI MPIR, Fri._ The High Commissioner. Sir Donald Macdillivray, has derided to set ud a court of inquiry into the dispute between the Fung Krone rubber factory in Klang and its 1,000 workers who have been am strike for nearly two weeks. Mr. Justice Good
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    Its all done by radio
    43 5 ire Aeromodell- j I2th annual Seletar tomor- I id( an event for I i models. I The society's president, Mr. T H. Allen, said yesterday that radio-controlled models will be used in this competition for the first time.
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    Rail extension probe on
    49 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A Government committee studying future development projects is investigating the possibility of extending the east coast railway line from Tembeling to Kuala Trengganu. The Minister for Transport. Col. H. S. Lee, said this at today's budget meeting of the Federal Legislative Council.
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    3-day festival
    28 5 The Pan-Malayan Students Federation will hold a cultural festival from Dec. 20 to 22 at the Chen Wu Stadium in Kuala Lumpur at 7 30 p.m.
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    After seven years in jungle—bandit pines for his mother
    330 5 After seven years in jungle—bandit pines for his mother FH& SURRENDER IN PERAK UNDER AMNESTY •RIST the only son of a widow surrendered to the police in «di 4 Kan £*ar yesterday after seven years in the jungles and said: Please find my mother." Chan Kow, who went underground in
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    Capt. Archie returns to his old love
    107 5 Capt. Archie returns to his old love CAPTAIN ARCHIE SlMENSTAD (above), a man who has watched hundreds of American President Line ships call in Singapore, yesterday stood on the bridge of his own ship, the President Arthur, and brought her into Colony aters. Capt. Simenstad was the company's Port Captain
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    Parents' Day
    31 5 Umar Pulavar Tamil School, Maxwell Road. Singapore, will hold its Parents' Day on Dec. 17. There will be songs and dances at 3 p.m when prizes win be distributed.
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    THERE THEY STOOD WAITING...
    124 5 But the officers did get a shock PENANG, Friday. rjFFICERS in the Mercantile Bank had a shock v yesterday when they saw 60 members of the staff outside the bank instead of at their desks. They thought there had been a strike. But when the esplanade
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    Aid for widow
    38 5 The staff and members of the Singapore Hire Car Association have raised a total of $171 for the family of a taxi driver, Lua Ker. who was murdered in Wing Loon? Road on Dec. 1.
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    'No' to council
    23 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— The State Government has rejected a request by Johore Bahru Town Council for a fully elected council.
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    UNION vs UNION ROW GOES ON
    210 5 UNION vs UNION ROW GOES ON A NEW hitch arose yes- terday between the fiOO strong Singapore Telephone Board Employees' Union and the 327 striking members of the Factory and Shop Workers' Union in Middle Road, during efforts to settle their union rivalry dispute. The S.T.B.E.U. at a meeting yesterday
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    Holiday for 11 dealers
    68 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Shell Company is giving 11 of its dealers in central Malaya a two-day holiday in Singapore next week. i The party will fly there on Wednesday to visit Shell ln- stallations in the Colony and Pulau Bukom and to discuss I common
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    NOW EVERYBODY'S HAPPY...
    64 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Theatre Cluo here has. given $400 each to the Lady Templer T. B. Hospital, the Poppy Day Fund arid the St. John Ambulance Association. The money is from collections from the play "As Long As They're Happy." The performance at the Klang Club
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      80 5 AVIATION SERVICE congratulates Qantas Empire Airways and British Overseas Airways Corporation on the 2 1st Anniversary ot their Kangaroo Service Congratulations to Qantas Empire Airways and British Overseas Airways Corporation on the 21st Anniversary of their partnership on the Sydney to London Air service from The Hong Kong and Shanghai
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      365 5 GARRICK: Khalber (Hindi) G.30, 9.30: morning show 3.15 6.30. 9.15; Tel. *****. t Untamed Women. 9 a.m.; midnight KINO'S: Her Yearly Visit. Too The Jungle Hook, Tel. ***** Young for Love (both Cantonese) PAVILION": Background 1.45, 1.15 5.30, 9; morning show |4 6.30. 9.30: morning show Lawless Brigade, 10 a.m.
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    Low pay in leper school
    180 6 Low pay in leper school i F"M T yjp /A y tf W/ fm/M ad "i" mi t w fX "••'W -^-^r^ r AVERS School. the only school in the Federation for leorous children, is staffed by the inmates of the Sungei Buloh Leper Settlement and has an enrolment of
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    CRY OF HALF THE WORLD
    89 6 TWICE recently after election results. Alliance supporters have streamed past the homes of the Army families screaming 'Merdeka Mendeka.' I would like to point out that we are not in this country from choice, and many have paid with their lives for th e privilege.
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    WHY ENGLISH SHOULD BE MALAYA'S TONGUE
    149 6 pampering a section of the people to the detriment of the nation as a whole The Indians, soon after gaining independence, set a target date for replacing English with Hindi in the administrative services. The deadline was reached recently and. with all her resourcefulness,
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    MUSICAL TALENT
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    Singapore is accused of plan to delay vital needs of port
    298 7 Singapore is accused of plan to delay vital needs of port JEALOUSY CHARGE BY SWETTENHAM ITUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —An accusation that Singapore interests wish to delay expansion of harbour and unloading facilities at Port Swettenham was made in the Federal Legislative Council today. The Council heard Mr. S. O. K.
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    Kicks? But a wife shouldn't really mind
    196 7 Kicks? But a wife shouldn't really mind COURT TOLD pENA N G, Fri.— A labourer. V. Thambiah, admitted in the Penang Assize Court today he was in the habit of kicking his wife. "but she shouldn't take this too seriously." he added. Thiimbiah accused of attacking a cook, M. Joseph,
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    On the line
    19 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Kuala Lumpur will have 3,600 more telephone lines in the next few months.
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    Ban on noise near courts
    57 7 Singapore police yesterday banned processions or assemblies in the vicinity of the City Court in Middle Road arid the Civil District Courts in Empress Place. Except for funeral processions, for which a permit has to be obtained, no crowds or assemblies will be allowed until
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    PARTNERS IN THE AIR FOR 21 YEARS
    188 7 Qantas-B. O.A C. celebra tion THE QANTAS-8.0.A.C. partnership. which celebrates its 21st anniversary this year, yesterday marked the occasion with a party in Singapore. Mr. C. O. Turner, Chief Executive of Qantas Empire Airways, flew 3.000 miles to attend the party. For him
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    'BUS TAX IS FAR TOO HIGH'
    211 7 A busman's plea to the Legislative Council: KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. on bus companies in the Federation is A far too high, Mr. Lim Kee Siong (Seremban), president of the Pan-Malayan Road Transport Operators' Association, told the Federal Legislative Council today. "It is most unfair.''
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    New ADO for Johore Bahru
    35 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Inche Mansor bin Sahol has been appointed acting Assistant District Officer here. He succeeds Inche Aziz bin Ismail who has been transferred to the Malayan Civil Service.
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    Hotel man fined $2,100
    60 7 For not registering six couples in their rooms, Ong Siew Chin, manager of the Ban w«h Hotel, was fined $2.10u oy a Singapore court yesterday under the Registration of Aliens Ordinance. "The Ban Wah Hotel has a most unsavoury reputation,' said the magistrate, Mr. J.M. Devereux-Colebourn,
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    DATO ONN TO BE NEGARA LEADER
    157 7 DATO ONN TO BE NEGARA LEADER ITUALA LUMPUR, Fri] Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar is to give up his post as secretarygeneral of Party Negara to become president of the party. He is the only nominee for the presidency in the elec- tions to be held at the annual meeting
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    TWO MAKE FOUR REDS FLEE
    54 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Two special constables made four armed uniformed terrorists flee in the Kelang Patah area of johore today. The constables were stopping people from going into an operational area on Sing Hcng Estate when a shot was fired. They fired back and saw
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    47 8 ■"ids fio (minimum) MR B n DAS and Children and Friends the Fvr.rral of Mrs. 1.-t mcc. sent [I .n-.s of Con- < FAMILY of the late Mr D Omrta da BUra, thank all md Stalls oi U*ry H A.F.. Changl. 0 dolences. floral trilin their recent
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    25 8 '/> HI r minimum I ANYONE KNOWING the I Captain Ole KrisI I'!i' se communicate Box S I 8 Amerl- 1 •kong Papers plaaaa
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    The Straits Straits Singapore, Sat. Dec. 10, 1955. Passing The Budget
    545 8 The Straits Straits Singapore, Sat. Dec. 10, 1955. Passing The Budget The budget debate in the Federal Legislative Assembly ended yesterday with the last of 340 speeches, excluding Ministerial replies. Never has the Federation's budget received so detailed an examination in public. It had been expected that debate ivould be
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    Houses And Hutches
    398 8 Houses And Hutches When the City Council debated the lowering of the minimum ceiling height from ten feet to eight, Mrs. Robert Eu had caustic things to say about "rabbit hutches." The S.I.T. decision to reduce the room size in one low-cost housing programme has now provoked similarly unflattering comment.
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    Case For Inquiry
    211 8 Dr. Abdul Majid bin Ismail is an unlucky man. Sent to Britain on a Queen's Scholarship, he took the degree of F.R.C.S. (Edinburgh) and then applied to the Federation Government for a year's extension to study orthopaedics. His application was refused, but this decision was reversed after
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    As I was saying.
    1178 8 A LTHOUGH the Feder- ation Government enjoys the support of 98 per cent of the elected members of the Legislative Council, this happy dominance did not shelter the Alliance from exhaustive debate on the budset. In the end the critics had to be rationed to ten
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    Monkeys and the juke box
    765 8 \\Y FAVOURITE reiTl sort in Singapore has Just acquired a juke box. That, I suppose, is its own affair and only indirectly mine. None the loss, I feel extremely irritated. It was one of the few restaurants in the whole Island of Singapore that retained
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    124 8 From th e Straits Times of Dec. 16, 1905: SUBSCRIBERS to and advertisers In the Straits Times Annual will doubtless sympathise with this paper, when they learn that a cable dispatch from Home two days ago announced that the total Issue of the Straits Times Annual, which
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      262 8 JT L K^.^ if 1 rocortl W'SS^y /V record ntuhfs a ntvmnrablo flift \> lIA I" r.m1.l l..tt.r preserve the MMT) Xwmm gift than a fatourilr pirn- of mu»ir? For on'iir fru-ndft hax- gitrn honk* at \nm-. knotting lhai of the book houl.l Mir th.- mnnon of the ■Mllf. radiogram
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    guy on credit, sell for cash, then become hookies
    221 9 guy on credit, sell for cash, then become hookies THIS PLAN LANDED TWO TOWKAYS IN JAIL lii capital to n Singapore ,-nsl— then m a bookmaking business was easy for hvo part linn .lust gel goods on credit and sell them for nope for the best. The best didn't happen.
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    Cooler customs
    22 9 IPOH, Fri. The State Council yesterday voted 56.000 to air-condition the office of the President of Religious and Malay Customs.
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    A RIDLEY FILM IN MALAYAN CINEMAS
    100 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A special film taken In England of Mr. H. N. Ridley, •father" of the Malayan rubber industry, will be shown in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore cinemas tomorrow, his 100 th. birthday. It was shot for the Malayan Film Unit by Movietone.
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    So sorry, Mr. Moto tells a reporter
    95 9 So sorry, Mr. Moto tells a reporter \\i :sk boxer, -mi Yamamoto, .ulc a public SiiiKiipore m. .lames umriii!; him ii He paid ipensjUtai. li.id been under supervision for I ks with hruis- bead and fai-e, hit ten ri*ht mi ;i bitten and left linger. appeared the Singapore Police MaffU--1:
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    RETIREMENT RIDDLE: BIG PROTEST
    185 9 RETIREMENT RIDDLE: BIG PROTEST Iyt ORE THAN 12,000 junior Singapore Government i.Ti servants will today protest to the Chief Secretary against a sudden ruling compelling them to retire at the age of 55— five years earlier than the agreed time limit. They are angry because they maintain they were not
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    Eyes only for his bride...
    40 9 MR. L. HOLLIDAY and Miss Deirdre Anne- Snoxhill after their wedding at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, yesterday. The. bridegroom, who is with the Department of Civil Aviation, is a well known sportsman— Straits Times picture.
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    Offer to pay $46,000 debt agreed
    106 9 Offer to pay $46,000 debt agreed AN offer by W. R. Manning, formerly trading as William R. Manning Company, to pay off his debt of $46,000 by monthly instalments of $500 was approved oy Mr. Justice Taylor in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. A. W. Ghows. Assistant Official Assignee,
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    A 'secret mile' starts a row
    261 9 A 'secret mile' starts a row RALLY DRIVERS HIT AT SURVEY DEPT. T*HE Singapore Survey Department was attacked yesterday for permitting itself "to be sworn to secrecy by a private club." This was the culmination of a row over "the secret mile" in the forthcoming Shell Malayan Mutor Rally organised
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    Scott returns from Bangkok
    26 9 The Commissioner-General, Sir Robert Scott, returned to Singapore from Bangkok by X.L.M. yesterday. He has been attending the monthly conference of S.E.A.TO.
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    Nudes on knives brought $40 fine
    173 9 A SINGAPORE magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Cole-bourn, yesterday held that penknives decorated with the picture of a nude were obscene and convicted a man who had been caught selling them. Shrl Asgar All was fined $40. The question of whether the ob.iects were obscene
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    The ratepayers are so angry over the strikers' bonus
    263 9 The ratepayers are so angry over the strikers' bonus COUNCIL MAY GO TO COURT ON 'GOODWILL* $25 rilK Singapore Ratepayers' Association is considering taking the City Council to court. It thinks the council had no right to give its workers a strike bonus. The association is not satisfied that the
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    500 clerks call off strike
    229 9 GOVT. AGREES TO PAY MORE KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. ATHREATEND strike by more than 500 Kedah Government clerks, which was due to start tomorrow, has been called off. In the Federal Legislative Council today, the acting Chief Secretary, Mr. David Gray, announced that the Government had
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    'Miss Kluang' to be crowned
    53 9 KLUANG, Fri. A Joint committee under the chairmanship of Mrs J. Irvine, wife of the CO., British Military Hospital, Kluang, will hold a Miss Kluang beauty contest in aid of the Soldier.s', Sailors' and Airmen's Families' Association. Finals will be held on Dec. 20 at
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    All-races show
    24 9 BUTTERWORTH, Fri. An all-community concert in aid o! the Poppy Day Fund will be held in St. Mark's School here tomorrow. Mark's
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    65 9 MR. HENO MUI CHENG. 57, passed away at 9.10 p.m.. Friday night at 26. Carlisle Road leaving behind a wife, three sons, three datishters. three daughters-in-law, one son-in-law and 10 grandchildren. 'Cortege leaves for Bidadari Cemetery at 3 p.m. on Sunday. REV. T R. TEVAPRASAD. pastor. Lutheran Church. Brickfields,
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      60 9 High tides TODAY: Singapore: 7.30 a.m. 8.4 ft; 8.35 p.m. 7.9 ft. Port Dickson: 3.34 a.m. 8 ft 4.06 p.m. 6.5 ft. PenaiiR: 10.20 a.m. 5.7 ft; 10.37 p.m. 7 ft. TOMORROW: Singapore: 8.27 a.m. 8.7 ft; 9.25 p.m. 8.2 ft Port Dickson: 4.30 a.m. 8.3 ft. 4.52 p.m. 6.8
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    Pioneer of rubber is 100 today
    1424 10 there is any man whom Malaya should thank with Stamford Raffles and Francis Light for her prosperity today, that man is Henry Nicholas Ridley TODAY a botanist whose name will be immortal celebrates his hundredth birthday. His name i» Henry Nicholas Ridley, and for
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      313 10 HOUSES Construction of a further group of 40 LOW COST HOUSES has started at Opera Estate (DAFNE AIDA STREETS) 2 bedrooms Living room Tiled kitchen separate bathroom W.C. Utility room MODERN SANITATION Prices from $9,760 to $10,210 Bookings taken NOW. EASY TERMS ARRANGED CREDIT FOXCIER D'EXTREME-ORIENT Meyer Chambers (3rd floor)
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      158 10 "Hlni il tin worlds mosl desireg WltChtl The ROAMER w,,. Switzerland's pr« ducts. In a factor, in 1888 o»er 1200 craftsmen pro^ ble every part that the ROAMtR I, 100% waterproof jJI(^ Shock resistant k*Om»Qft* t ic oCvk. Obtainable from all lli«h (lass U throughout Singapore, Federation of Mala] R,,r
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    Raffles Place is result of Raffles-Farquhar row
    964 11 Raffles Place is result of Raffles- Far quhar row U:5;:;! i i i:i i:> i ft^iisoi :.i ft ft! M ffsS i;: js^-s :ij j ta:s»<miimmiimiim n 1T was most unfortunate that a slave market should have been held in Singapore River in October 1822. If the slave trader had
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    Went aboard frying :
    229 11 Went aboard frying The common people of Singapore sensed that some injustice had been done and they showed their affection lor the kindhearted. cheerful '"'-"ier who had lived amount them for so long, with his Malay wife and numerous children. Munshi Abdullah, the voluble gossip whose memoirs contain so many
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    Sacrificed prestige far caM efficiency
    236 11 Sacrificed prestige far caM efficiency tion which caused trouble when Raffles arrived in Singapore in October 1822. He found that Farquhar had allowed certain individuals to build godowns on what Raffles had intended to be Government land. There is no doubt that Raffles had given Farquhar instructions which were extremely
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      100 11 £0& 1 pOUNTAIH f Pen ts nood o» fne in S7i* T uwEX FOUNTAIN Pea inEST VALUE i Prices Cr Penang 52.00 j 52.10 < all leading j Stationers. Trading Co. Ltd. r 574 Pcr.onq r« Singapore c I RWEY St 1 Mill- D Sarawak, t Borneo. IKADKKS J MO.
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      143 11 Kshav a difference MACKESONS stahtnakes MACKESONS MILK STOUT is a smooth non-bitter drink containing the nutrition' ±1*" ■£1 properties of dairy milk. It is recommended by doctors for its fortifying I I qualities, particularly when the weather I s^B~ELr-1l a,™ mi L.. K s JOHN LITTLE (M) LTD. BOMBAY LIFE
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      59 11 Rox Morgan. )i.D. Jack is ihanktni .JKP' 1 F'sv V.AY WE TFINE--n.ANKS W BEFORE I WENT OFP wT^^B [/WHEN ARE YOU BEING) \m&jmWm. Vv i J UWW-EK TV™ WORK -4 IS THAT WM A T VOJjM WSCHAeSED «W V,E I POTENT THE THOMPSON -rf^VOU dP BEFORE; J jj^WANTEP TO OSP
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    TIN PRICE REACHES NEW HIGH LEVEL ON BIG SCRAMBLE
    545 12 By Our Market Correspondent TIN continued to occupy the limelight on the Singapore markets yesterday and a further spurt of $6.25 took it to $409.25 a picul, the highest price since April 7, 1953. Demand on the local market continues as
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    Puzzling week in rubber
    395 12 THIS has been a week of active trading on the Singapore Rubber Market and one which has had many operators puzzled, report H. C. B. Co. Ltd in their current review. The period opened on a quiet note but with no bearish features in sicht. But
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    RUBBER PRICES
    156 12 Drcrmhrr first rradr rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday .it $1 30 per ">. down l r cents on Thursday's closing price. The doting tone was easier There was a moderate turnover, with No. 1 sheet neglected and interest concentrated in lower grades Closing prices In rent,
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    SHIPPING
    78 12 Shi its Kins alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or rxpected today are: Harunasan Maru 1 2. Burma 4,5. Katong C P Idomeneus 67. Adrastu* 89. Charon 11. Deucalion 13.14. Patroclus 15 16 Karimata 18 Loksang 19 20 Lawu N. Wall ln.Darvel 21. Perak 23. Hong Tat 24. Arnold
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    BRIDGE CLOSURE NOTICE
    42 12 Bridge No. 14 4, crossing railway, at 13'j Mile Seremban Labu Road will be closed to all traffic from 3 p.m. Wednesday December 14th to 6 a.m. Friday Decemb?r 16th, 1955 to enable replacement of bridge to be executed.
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    P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE
    62 12 TENDERS from Class E and above registered P.W.D. Contractors will be received by the State Engineer. Johore. up to Noon 14th December, 1955. for: CONVERSION OF GOVERNMENT RICE GODOWNS BUILDINGS P.W.D. No. 1230 P.W.D. No. 1231A1 INTO WORKSHOP AND 3ARRACKS FOR THE MARINE POLICE. TAMPOI JOHORE BAHRU.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    447 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reporled: ■Tins were very strong on the Irioal sh;,re market but there was seme 1 evidence of proflt-takii 1? at the close. Rubbers continued to be supported and industrials were very steuriy mii...i|iiiii- and I nli'i .ilinii brokers reported the following business done
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    36 12 On the free excnnn:e market In Hong Konr jmterday, thi> I'.s. dollar was quoted at 5.82 tur cash and 5.87', f>r T.T. Sterling way quoted at' 15.25 and onr Uel of gold at 254.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    114 12 Singapore Chinese Produce K\change: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; December $27 18 buyers. $27 1 2 sellers; January $27 5 8 buyers. $28 sellers. Coconut oil: steady; bulk $40 3 4 sellers drum $43 1 4 sellers. Pepper: steady with fair business passing Muntok white
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    9 12 SINGAFORK RUBBER iin m (up |6 conu
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    67 12 Investnm active on day and pi firmer to:.. wa s dull wit] Ampol closed were stearly Loans 3. Loans 3 Con. Zm Bank o; nsw" Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill'"" Hill 50 Mount Morgan Peko Western I Ampol Exploration O:i Searcli Aust. Cot, A.P.M. mew; Bradford B. Hill
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      641 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS j APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED for two posts of Chinese Co-oper-r.!:vf> Oftirri-s on contract on the -r:ile or $280x15-310 plus the usual C.O.L.A. Applicants Bliould preferably possess a Senior Cambridge Certificate and should be above Ihe r.ge of 25 years. They should be able to speak at ra Chinese
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      643 12 NOTICE AUCTION SALE OF M I Mil I SINGAPORE PROPERTIES To be held at our sale-room No. 10 Chulta Street, On WEDNESDAY, 14TH DEC, 1953, AT J. 30 P.M. Lot I— No. BK, Sixth Avenue, off Bukit Timnh Road (opposite Singapore Race Course), area 10.476 sq.ft., freehold. VACANT POSSESSION. (Messrs.
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      303 12 NOTICE TO LET FROM MAY IST. 1956 FULLY FURNISHED COTTAGE In Somerset In beautiful secluded position but only two miles from town, containing: Three bedrooms sleep six. Large lounge and dining room. Spacious kltcJien -.vlth raeburn electric stoves. Bathroom, lavatory downstairs cloaks, Oarage. Constant hot water, elec'ric polisher hoover. Radio,
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      707 12 NOTICES THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS LTD. (Incorporated In the Colony of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on the 28th December 1955 the Directors will recommend for approval payment of a Final Dividend of 20 i less 30
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      135 12 P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class "C and above registered P.W.D. Contractors will be received by the State Engineer, Johore. up to noon of the 20th Dwember. 1955 for: SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT OF METAL FROM BANANG QUARRY, BATU PAHAT DURING 1956. Full particulars may be obtained 1 from the Senior
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      580 12 KNUTSLN LINE orient servicT""^ fROM CANADA/US. PACIFIC PORTS Sail.o, Arrivint San Francisco Singapore P. Swef Pcnano i Cjcrtrud Bakke Cdn. 36 1 1 Dec Anna Bakke 8 Dee 7 |an 9 |,n 10 1,. Ogeka Bakke 10 lan 9 Feb II Feb Elisabeth Bakke 4 Feb 5 Mar 7 Mar
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      992 13 rel 3405 MANSFIELD <fc CO., LTD. T.i, 14 n j (incorporated In Singapore! n__, THE BLUE FUNNEL JUNE T^ i cr ooL. stbS^S&S. r«SSWSSS 3& ..SSm Ji/^r Die 11 De« 10/11 toe 12 G 15/16 toe U o^ IVM 0,, |7/1 6.13/14 toe 17 Dec 18/20 Dee 10 Dec 18
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      1115 13 EASa ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port Said, Genoa, Ant-.rp, Rotterdom, Hamburg, Copenhagen Gothenburg ft Oslo "FALSTRIA" 2«/26 Dec 27/27 Dec 21/29 to* "MIONIA" 31 Doc/ 1 Jon "KAMBODIA" 21/23 Jon 24/24 Jan 23/24 Jon Collt London (Patungers only) Gdynia Colls London (Pauengert only; > > Call, Gdynia.
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      976 13 uulTu 1 ns *HE BEN LiNE STEAMERS LTD. 1 SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kngdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS S'pora P. Sham Penong BENCLEUCH for Liverpool, Rotterdom, Antwerp 13/lt toe 19/20 toe 21/22 D.c *BENREOCH tor London, Rotterdom V Direct arrives Lodon 27 Jan BENCRUACHAN for
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    STRENGTHENED NA VY TAKE RAF BY SURPRISE =
    394 14 STRENGTHENED NA VY TAKE RAF BY SURPRISE Pakistanis star turn as Spore hockey quad starts DOYAL NAVY, for years the wooden spoonists in the Singapore Hockey Association's annual quadrangular, are making a strong bid for the title this year. They began the "quad" yesterday by surprising everyone with a spectacular
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    Jee shines though Army beaten 5-1
    307 14 CINGAPORE Civilians had to break the back of a stubborn Army defence before they gained a clear 5-1 victory in the second fixture of the S.H.A. quadrangular on the padang yesterday. For the first 20 minutes Civilians could not get within striking distance of
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    Seletar boys in 2-1 victory
    55 14 Seletar "A" scored a 2-1 victory over Changl "A" in the Service* iir.er-schooi football league Batch Seletar yesterday. T. D:.ikt- anJ I. Arnold scored for Seie.u ami s Brown tor Changl. In a "B" match Changl beat 2-1. Riiosell Lee got both goali fcr Chansi
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    BUSY TIME AHEAD FOR COLONY LIFTERS
    211 14 weightlifters have a heavy programme from now until their participation in the Olympic Games in Mcl- bourne next .war. The senior oh;impio:iships will be held at the New World Park tonight and tomorrow, together with the senior Mr. Singapore" contest. The Hrst three-n«tlon neichtHftlng
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    SPORT DIARY
    124 14 11. M.5. MALAY A: Singapore Combimd Services, padang; Interi'ollce: Magapan v r—inllwi Thomson Ki.ad; rnendh: r KM I v The Blocks, A>rr Kajah Koud; BA» Selcl.ii v ill tlhiu-.. Victoria Schoo, RAt Mieiar "B" v R.U i haniii -u Mater. HOCK.. I SING.AJ'OKt 11. A. •■iiuad": Army v
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    THIRD PLACE FOR COLONY
    85 14 Hong Kong gained third place In the South-East Asia basketball championships for the Nanyang Cup when they beat Bangkok 64 61 at the Happy World last night In another fixture Haaciyai beat Vietnam 76-71 to win the tourney among ellmina:ed teams. Singapore finished third in the
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    Core; Club too good Unive
    67 14 Core; Club too good Unive pORON v Clv their Ungku I a fln( Roals. to thn torj ovi Malaj a ycst( The Vai W;is .sinWild p;i Parry ai cd kne not car. Coron third m I season, and tin ;.ood co: Coroi.. verted! I varatnam ed id v Soevar,: i
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      301 14 Straits Times Crossword in i* i i 5 1 1° i p i m TT i» ill H 2O 2I i_ I I ifeul I I pZK_i_»Zlß_i_l ACROSS 6. A hatchet orenk 20 on a bin. 1. Deul and saint, shortly to (8). share in the proof (13). 7. Man
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      428 15 SHOPS TO LET I JO WmrdtU (Mln.)-Box SI tl: txlrm. TO LET: Shop Premises (a) 41 Upper Pickering Street- minimum rental $400 p.m. ,bi Nos 82 and 84 Dawson Road, Queenstown minimum rentals $120 pjn Particulars from Estates Depart- ment Singapore Improvement I Trust. Upper Pickering Street. I Closing date
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      462 15 TUITION tl Word, is (Min.)— Box SI tt: txtrm. SAFE AND CORRECT Tuition to pass your driving licence Courses from $60/- success assured. Phone *****. The Malayan i School Of Motoring. 1 STENOGRAPHY! BEOINNERS RAPID three months course/speed 160-140) dictated by well-known 1 persons starting 12th daily any time. Rajas
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      436 15 W IHTKD to Wordt tS (Min.)— Box SI ci: mxlrm. I PRAM WANTED, must be nonfolding Type. Silver Cross. Dunkeley etc., in good condition, state Price. Box A 7338. ST. HOUSES LAND FOR SALE 10 Woi-d, $S (Min.)— Box St ct: txlrm. < HOLLAND ROAD AREA Approx 15.000 sq.ft. 70c.
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      995 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE 2t Words (Min.)— Box St et: txtrm. 1952 MINOR. 1950 Citroen Prefect Skoda. View 4 Penang I Lane off Orchard Rd. I 1955 VOLKSWAGEN PICKUP. i 1953 Minor. Velox, Plat Marvellette 5 Wagon. Maydo.ver. 1952 Fordson Van 1951 Oxford. A4O. Prefect I Consul, 1950 Renault Junior, 1947
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      792 15 MISCELLANEOUS 2( Word, IS (Mim.)— Box SI el: txlrm. LURON Fishing Line More bites more cutches Rotproof longlaitlng All weight* of line, 1.000 metre bulk or handy colls. A 8 A REAL Incentive to a I Beautiful and Useful Purchase and I during December 1955 only 1 Favre-Leuba Watch Co.
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    STRAITS TIMES SELECTIONS
    156 16 1i 1 2 15 lUcp 2.45 Race 3 3.15 Race 4 3.45 Race 5 4 20 K.i. i- S 4 j.i EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTF.R TIDE O'GOLD TIDE OGOLD TRF.S BIFN Velocity Maori Chief Tide O Gold Tres Blen Tres Bien Maori Chief BABY CHRIS FAYS
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    BROWN EYES BEST ON SECOND RUN
    685 16 DROWN EYES has struck a bright pateh she has won three of her last four starts and In spite of a 91b. penalty for her smart win on Wednesday she must have a great chance for her fourth success in Race Four today. And
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    Scots Grey set for a double
    542 16 Scots Grey set for a double GREY looks set for a double. This useful prey keeps his form remarkably well and is always a strong possibility in a stamina test La.~-t week lie gave one of his be>t displays in the CtaM 4. Div 2 B '->f race when he
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    Lock icon 3 MALAYANS ARE BEATEN
    77 16 EPSOM (Surrey), Fri. EPSOM (Suirey). Fri.— Three Malayan players were eliminated last night in the men's singles quarter-finals of the London open badminton championship*. Results of the quarter finals were: H. T. Plndlay (Br.) beat R. Llm iM»laya» 15-0. 15-4; D. Brown Lee (S. Africa! beat
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    Trophy race is right distance for The Camel
    291 16 JEEP'S STAR THREE THE CAMEL A HOLIDAY FLIGHT PINNER BEWARE EPSOM-WINNER NICK By EPSOM JEEP THE CAMEL goes over his favourite dist- i ance and, with a handy weight of 8.4, this genuine stayer can be backed with confidence I in the
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    SCHOOLS TEAM TO MEET CEYLONESE
    38 16 The Combined Schools hockey team will meet Ceylon Sports Club at Balestier Road at 5.15 p.m. today. All those selected for the Federation tour must be at the "round by 4 30 p.m
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    TODAY'S RACE CARD
    1161 16 Race 1—2.15: Class 4, Div. 4—6 Furs. 1 673 Tres Birn 4y Mr. Mrs. S. K Foo Mortimer 9.00 R. Breukelen 2 107 Rice King II 3y Wahab 8.13 S. W. Kirn Yong 3 628 Maori Chief 4v Hudson 8.13 May Stable Bagby 4 837 Stream Song
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    KL Techs will get only one rugger game on HK visit
    143 16 From A Special Correspondent HONG KONG. Fri. f\ NL V one merger v/ game has been arranged tor the visiting Technical College ttam due here from Knala Lumpur next Monday. This will be a match asainst an R.A.F. side
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    FED AND COLONy POLICE GAMES BEGIN TODAY
    316 16 THE rugger, boxing, badminton and hockey tean-s of the Federation Police will arrive in the Colony this morning for their annual games against Singapore Police over the weekend. A rugger :Tisitch at the Police Training School ground at 5 pm. today will Vain
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    Lock icon COLONY MEN TAKE ALL FIVE TIES
    45 16 CAI THE BINGAI tenin- 1, defeated Indi match*-* t.i fir*t of .< s, 1 tares ben Results SINGLES (hew beat W-19 11; Hoc hr.it 21-14. 21-l!l Oeat (ham 81-15; Ben Thackersc DOIT.I S and Beni Ckmndarana hersej 81-6, 1 Reuter.
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    EXTRA RACE FOR K.L. MEET
    107 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Prl. I INHERE will be two races in the Deletion Derby at the Selangor Turf Clubs amateur race meetn.g on Dec 17 Nineteen entrie, were received The handicapper ,:as divided them into tw o races oi.e Di'tsion One j and the other Division
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