The Straits Times, 14 December 1955

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    12 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1955 15 CENTS
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    11 TERRORISTS SHOT DEAD
    760 1 Army, police swoop on hide-out KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. i: PLATOONS of the Ist. Rn., the Royal Hampshire Regiment, shot dead 11 terrorists surprise raid on a camp in the llu Langat oi Selangor yesterday. Ninons Ihc terrorists killed \\;ts Chan Lo, lungor State Committee secretary and
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    END OF A BANDIT BOSS
    32 1 CHAN LO boss of Ihc Reds in Selangor who was one of the 11 killed in the battle. His wife was killed by security forces in 1951.
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    Chan Lo organised Red trade unions, became Selangor boss
    199 1 Chan Lo organised Red trade unions, became Selangor boss KI'ALA LOIPI'R. Tues. Chan Lo had been secretary of the Selangor organisation since 1949, when he took over from "Shorty" Ah Kuk who was decapitated by one of his own men in Johore a year or two ago. He was a
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    'Action is needed in bus row'
    158 1 'Action is needed in bus row' COUNCILLOR: ISSUE KErY LICENCES 4 SINGAPORE City A Councillor, Mr. S. Ja«anathan, yesterday asked the council to temporarily revoke the licences of all the bus companies now holding licences and to issue new licences to restore the transport services of the Colony. He said:
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    Mass rally to protest over wage cut move
    82 1 Mass rally to protest over wage cut move rE Singapore Trade Unions Working Committee, which claims to represent 85.000 workers, will hold a mass meeting at t lie Badminton Hall on Sunday "to protest against any move to reduce wages' 1 in the bus industry. Mr. Jamit Singh, secretary of
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    Rahman to meet Marshall
    46 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues— The Chief Minister. Ten«ku Abdul Rahman, will hive talks with Mr. David Marshall and the Singapore Cabinet before he leaves tor the constitutional talks in London early next month. He is expected to sail for England on Jan. 1.
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    Alliance triumphs in fight to gag Johore Sultan
    1182 1 CENSURED, TOO, IN SPITE OF LEGAL CHIEF'S TREE SPEECH' PLEA THE JOHORE State Council yesterday adopted a resolution censuring the Sultan and calling on him to consult the Mentri Besar before making political speeches in future. It was the first rime in
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    UNEXPECTED EARLY SUCCESS FOR THE MARSHALL MISSION
    269 1  -  LESLIE HOFFMAN From LONDON, Tues.— The Marshall mission has met unexpected early success, although Mr. David Marshall himself experienced a minor setback in his Singapore citizenship plan. After his first meeting with the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Lennox Boyd. last night. Mr. Marshall told
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    TENGKU FIXES THE PLACE AND DATE
    273 1 New meeting on 'peace talks' KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THIN PENG, the Communist leader, will ->robably attend "peace talks" with the Fe« ration's Chief Minister, Tenjjku Abdul Rah i an. and the Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. ivid Marshall, in the last week of December.
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    'Ismail M.D.' is home again
    112 1 'Ismail M.D.' is home again ON THE third class bmsenger list of the WUletn Ruys, which docked in Singapore yesterday, was an entry which read: "Ismail. M.I). (Surgeon). "Ismail M.D." proved to be Dr. Abdul Majid bin Ismail (above), a Queen's Scholar who has been studying in Britain and about
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    Floods hit coast
    260 1 Floods hit coast Roads blocked F/-UALA LUMPUR, 1 Mon.sp° rain sweeping across the east coasi tor the pasi two days has Hooded roads, disrupted lorry services and swollen riv Heavy seas have buffeted ashing boats and coastal villages have been la ram :md spray. Pah ms dm been tr.e hardest
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    STOP PRESS
    36 1 GANGSTER ATI h-* Kiip.il Sincll. l(i. detained in (leneral Hospital after beiiiK attacked h\ secret society gaag in Kamponu Kapor Koad early this morniim KaiiKisasiiiv, 28, attacked in Johore Road and treated as outpatient.
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    Lock icon Japs held
    21 2 JAKARTA. Tiies. A report reached here today from Macassar that nine Japanese had been captured on Morotai I>:.md.— Reuter.
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    Civil servants' protest for Boyd
    277 2 MEMO to COLONIAL SECRETARY; NO TRANSFER of CONTROL to CHIEF MINISTER 'REVIVE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION' PLEA BY THE STAFF COUNCIL THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, is to be told that Singapore civil servants do not want to be put under the control of
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    Lock icon Arms race: British spivs busy
    118 2 LONDON. Tins. DEALERS In surplus British army stores are in 'dcrn equipment to the Middle East, the Foreign bnltted IM» niniu. And a London newspaper claimed today that a loophi>l, in Britain's security net them to help both Israeli and Egyptian armies t refll units
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    Rita (in Paris) sheds singer Haymes in closed-door divorce
    139 2 Rita (in Paris) sheds singer Haymes in closed-door divorce HE WAS CRUEL.' SHE ALLEGES: NOW IT'S FOUR ALL OUT NEW YORK. Tues.— Actress Rita Hayworth was granted a divorce in Reno yesterday from her fourth husband. singer Dick Haymes. The decree was granted behind locked doors with only llamyes' and
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    Road hog fined
    35 2 Lun Seng Koiir, of Park no drove a taxi in Buku Timah Road at 40 to 4:i mihs an hour on July 24. wag fined $20 in a Singapore traffic court yesterday
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    Lock icon COW FREED FROM HARD RIDE
    88 2 COW FREED FROM HARD RIDE CARDIFF, Tups. Railwaymen and firemen worked for two hours near here early today to free a six-year-old 14 cwt. cow which was stuck in a hole in the floor of a cattle truck. A shunter noticed its hind legs dangling above the track but the
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    Trade talks
    20 2 NEW DELHI, Tues. Signor Bernarde Mattarella. Italian Minister of Foreign Trade, arrived here yesterday on a three-day visit.-
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    Lock icon Invest, India warns British traders
    187 2 CALCUTTA, Tues.- India's Commerce and Industry I Minister, Mr. T. T. Krishnamaenad, last night warr.ee British business men In India that if those people with whom India had been associated in the past failed to Induce confidence fci increased foreign investment, India would have to
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    Lock icon We're brothers: Bulganin
    274 2 CONTINUING FRIENDSHIP SWORN AT NEW DELHI BANQUET AND NEHRU IS ALL IN FAVOUR XTEW DELHI, Tues.— A^ The Soviet Premier. Marshal Bulcianin. said at a reception here last night that friendship between India and Russia is a significant factor towards world peace. "We are convinced." he .said,
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    Lock icon MURDERER WINS FIGHT FOR BULGANIN.
    71 2 MURDERER WINS FIGHT FOR BULGANIN. NEW DELHI. Tues. Russia's two leaders watched fascinated yesterday as a lorry deliberately ran over ">n Indian in the \...4ge of Khateaon shouplace for India's community development programme. But the man was n, hurt he was an Indian strongman. The Russian leader" also saw a
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      Lock icon STRIPPERS BEAT POLICE
      48 2 BALTIMORE, Tues. Stnp-tease dancers here won a legal battle yesterday when a judge ruled that they need not be registered, photographed and fingerp -inted by the police. The dancers in East Ba!\. where there is a a tion of night clubs iiiß in strlp-t Renter.
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      Lock icon Freighter SOS
      24 2 HALIFAX. Tues. A Hal:: vage tvs today an Atlantic gale British freight) which radioed tl wallowing helpli Atlantic 350 ml founciland. UP.
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      'Attack' order
      15 2 ATHENS. f I I ordered U> att I kish patrol I 'Greek territorial
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      Lock icon There is no God: A woman humanist says it again
      235 2 MANCHESTER A BRITISH educationalist who n earlier this year by saying on tl, there is no God, said yesterday reli| does not keep men out of jail. it aoes not stop women from leading an immoral life either. Mrs. Margaret
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      U.S. murder trial on T.V. angers a judge
      93 2 U.S. murder trial on T.V. angers a judge WASHINGTON, tw, The i,h.. murder tri;il a Texas, has condemn.-,! Justice W kwn of the Geoi statp Miprrme (Hurt "A murder bnH-flßht." .aid ,h chairman of the h i P f JuiS 1 v "f. K a<ltl<> <> 'hat th r published
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    Lock icon GO-EAST DOKTOR IS BACK IN WEST
    224 3 ERMANYS TOP TRAITOR DECIDES HE HAS HAD ENOUGH OF THE REDS Dr. Otto John now 'under protection BONN, Tuesday. \<) JOHN, former head of the West n Office for the Protection of the on, has returned to West Germany i oinmunist Kast (Germany where
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    Lock icon EIGHT YEARS IN THE DEATH CELL
    98 3 Shackles off as he asks for retrial WARDERS remove the shackles from Caryl Chessman, 34, in San Francisco just before his appearance in court for a new hearing of an habeas corpus action. If the action succeeds. Chessman will get a retrial on a
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    Plane with 8 aboard crashes
    79 3 Plane with 8 aboard crashes TANGIERS Tues. THE U.S. Legation here reported yestciday that a four engine military C-54 transport plane with at least eight men on board had crashed in a remote region of the Riff Mountains. The Legation said the plane was presumed to be on a direct
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    Lock icon Eden says: 'Fantastic'
    235 3 WICKED COLONIALISTS' CHARGE HURLED BACK LONDON. Tucs. 'THE Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, described in the House of Commons as "fantastic" statements made by the Soviet leaders now visiting 1 India. Windlne up a debate on the Middle East, he referred to speeches made by Marshal' Bulganin
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    Lock icon OLD AGE CAN BE THE 'NEUTER' AGE
    139 3 U.S. doctor has theory of a 'third sex' CHICAGO. Tuesday. SCIENTIST said today that many men and women enter a third sex or "neutral gender" in 1 their old age The change can take place In women before they are 50. while other
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    A KISS IN THE DARK
    131 3 A KISS IN THE DARK LONDON. Tues A YOUTH LEADER, Mr. Charles Scatcllffe, yesterday challenged a bachelor minister In Lincoln to tell how he knows whether a passionate kiss Is sinful or not. The Rev. Harold Moxon. 55, asked In his parish magazine last week "how many a youth has
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    Lock icon New U.S. envoy to Bangkok
    37 3 WASHINGTON. Tues.— Mr Max Waldo Bishop was sworn In yesterday as U.S. ambassador to Siam. He succeeds Mr. John E. Peurifoy, who died In a car crash near Bangkok in Aueust.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Ambush: 16 die
    33 3 ALGIERS. Tues.— Sixteen people were believed to have been killed when an Army convoy was ambushed by rebels near Guelma. eastern Algeria according to reports reachine here last nisht. Reuter
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    Lock icon Jap freed
    27 3 TOKYO, Tues. Naoki Ha-hino, chief cabinet secretary in the Tojo government and a war criminal, was released on parole from Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, today— Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    290 3 LONDON, Tues. THERE was little to assist sentiment in the stock markets here today and being the last day of the account there was some profittaklng. Selling was encouraged by several adverse lacum, including the disappointing November trade figures and the deterioration in the international situation, but actual
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    TIN
    22 3 LONDON. Dec. 13. Cash Buyers £838; Sellers £840: Forward Buyers £823; Sellers £825; Settlement £840. Turnover a.m. 35 tons, p.m. 20.
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    RUBBER
    26 3 LONDON. Dec. 13.— Spot 36\d., Jan -Mar. 36',d., Apr. -June 34d.. July-Sept. 31\d., Dec. c.l.f. 36' 4 d., Jan. c.l.f. 36d. Tone: Quiet but steady.
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    Lock icon 371 Reds held after clashes
    203 3 371 Reds held after clashes IJERLIN, Tues. West I D Berlin police last night detained 3^l Communists after a demonstration in the French sector of the city was broken up by baton charges and water hoses. Two policemen were Injured in the clashes with 1.400 Communists who had entered the
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    Lock icon Crooked 'King' Hies on job
    46 3 TOKYO, Tues. Ken Yoshida, 37, called the Japanese "King of Railway Pickpockets, 1 died on the job. Police spotted him at work on the Hiroshima express and he got on the roof to escape. A low overhead bridge killed him. A.P.
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    Lock icon Barbarous'
    29 3 NICOSIA, Tues. Archbishop Makarios, leader of the Cypriot campaign for union with Greece today described a recent search of monasteries by British troops as a ''barbarous action." Reuter.
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    Rebels sought
    32 3 ALGIERS. Tues. French security forces scoured the eastern tip of Algeria today for a band of rebels who butchered 16 soldiers yesterday in their third attack during the past week,
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    'Penal taxes'
    30 3 LONDON, Tucs. "Penal taxation" in Malaya may drive rubber plantation owners to Africa. Sir Eric Miller, chairman of Harrisons. Crosneld Ltd.. told the company's annual meeting here today.
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    Medals for 57
    28 4 The Minister for Health, Mr A. J. Braga. who is also acting Chief Minister, yesterday presented gold and silver medals to 57 Singapore blood donors.
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    Junk? It depends on the individual
    304 4 Junk? It depends on the individual TWEEDIE REPLIES TO MUSEUM ATTACK A VISITOR'S description of many of the Raffles Museum exhibits as "junk" brought an angry retort yesterday from the Museum's director. Mr.M. W. F. Tweedie. "We can't please everybody and as we have 500 visitors a day there must
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    'Keep your briefs on' order to Rose
    163 4 'Keep your briefs on' order to Rose POLICE STUDY STRIP TEASE j SHOWS THEN DECIDE: KUALA LUMPUR, lue^ pOLICE said today that if strip teasers now performing here dc not comply with the "no nudes" restriction imposed last weekend they will be banned. Police laid down this restriction after officers
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    General on tour
    24 4 PENANO. Tues. The Qunrtermaster-General of Australian Forces, MajorGeneral R.G. Pollard, yesterday visited the 2nd Battalion. Royal Australian Regiment, at Minden Barracks.
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    I want to marry girl of 14, he says
    263 4 LOVE of KASIM, 23, and GEOK ENG A 23-YEAR-OLD Malay attendant at the University of Malaya yesterday told the Singapore Seventh Magistrate, Mr. Choor Singh, that he was deeply in love with a 14-year-old Chinese girl and wanted to marry her.
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    Didn't stop: $20
    43 4 Ong Keok Khang, of Weld Road, Singatwre, was fined $20 in the Traffic Court yesterday for failing to stop at a halt sign while driving a taxi <H the junction of Kampong Java and Bukit Timah Roads on Aug. 11.
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    RESCUE AT SEA
    155 4 Freighter is towed 700 miles T*HE Messageries Mari--1 times freighter Nantes brought a disabled ship, the Gerardmcr, into Singapore harbour yesterday after a 700--mile tow. Captain Jean dv Mciac, 47, master of the Nantes, told the Straits Times that he picked up a S.O.S. signal from the
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    UNGKU'S LAUNCH STARTS ROW IN STATE COUNCIL
    291 4 UNGKU'S LAUNCH STARTS ROW IN STATE COUNCIL Why was it sold to a bankrupt? members ask JOHORE JJAHRI, I J'HE sale of a state-owned motor launch, the Regulus, to an m ed bankrupt who was also a nominated member of the Stai. aroused strong criticism of the government at the
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    Driving ban, fine on trainer
    64 4 AJPDH, Tues. RACEHORSS trainer, W. S. Bagby. was today fined $200 in the Sessions Court ror negligent driving Bagby was also disqualified from driving for 12 months. Bagby was stated to have knocked down a 54-year-old fowl teller, Wong Wah. near the Junction of Cowan
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    Learn how to speak well
    47 4 A short course or. "Conversation and Self-expression in Speech will be started in Singapore by Miss Thelma Hale on Friday, Dec 30. The course will be held every Friday from 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. at the British Council Hall. Stamford Road
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    Man accused of attack on girl
    36 4 V. P. Sinathamby was charged in Singapore yesterday with raping a 13-year-old girl in Bencoolen Street on Dec. 10. He pleaded not guilty and was allowed bail till Dec 20.
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    New library
    23 4 IPOH. Tues A lie librar.- will Ipoh on Thursd have more than and is set Dp bj Chinese Public Lib: elation.
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    HE REALLY WAS A 'PIRATE'
    64 4 A ROBBER po.sed as a "pirate" taxi driver and robbed a woman. Halimah blnte Talib, of $200 and two gold rings worth $.50 on Monday evening. The robber picked up Halimah while she was waiting for transport at to return to hi Seletar Road On
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    The Golden Blowpipe dope racket
    269 5 The Golden Blowpipe dope racket POLICE 'MASTER PLAN' FORCES THE SMUGGLERS TO USE CARS NOW KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. police have put into operation a "master plan" to catch the opium smugglers on the east coast who have been using the Golden Blowpipe express to send the drugs to other parts
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    STATE GIVES ANOTHER $200,000
    61 5 STATE GIVES ANOTHER $200,000 I JOHORE BAHRU. Tues I The Johore State Council today recommended another 5200.000 in addition to the $400,000 already voted towards th e Sultan's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in September. The extra $200,000 Is required to meet grants to eight districts for their permanent memorials. The public
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    U.S. Navy to pay visit
    43 5 Two destroyers and a. submarine of the U.S. Seventh Fleet will arrive in Singapore from Manila on Saturday morning for a goodwill visit. The destroyers are the John R Craig and the Parks, and the submarine the Grecnflsh.
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    Colony coach flies to U.S. for latest tips
    68 5 MR. LIM HOCK HAN. a swimming coach at the Victoria Institute, left Singapore for America by Pan American Airways yesterday. Mr. Lim has been awarded a grant to study modern methods of swimming instruction by the Asia Foundation. During his stay in
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    Local engineer's distinction
    52 5 Mr. A. G. S. Pandlan, a Grade One aircraft maintenance engineer with Qantas Empire Airways who was sent to Sydney on a Qantas scholarship, returned to Singapore by air yesterday. Mr. Pandian passed out with distinction and has been fully licensed by the Direc-tor-General of Civil Aviation
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    OF MICE AND MEN...AND FLEAS
    187 5 OF MICE AND MEN...AND FLEAS HELPFUL that's the word for members of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Singapore. Helpful to mice and men... Take the case of the 60 white mice, the pets of a little girl, who found that she had to leave
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    Beauty girl is home
    61 5 Miss Mary Chua. 22, a beauty specialist, returned to Singapore yesterday from Britain with plans to open a beauty salon in Kuala Lumpur, her home town. She completed her studies at Strout Court. Eynsham, and spent her nfth year studying beauty culture In Bond Street. London.
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    Queen's Scouts
    30 5 As Chief Scout of Singapore, the Governor. S 1 r Robert Black, will present Queen's Scout certificates at Sands House, Armenian Street, on Dec. 23 at 6 p.m.
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    The watch repairer's lost ear lobe: A court decides it's worth $50
    173 5 The watch repairer's lost ear lobe: A court decides it's worth $50 PENANG, Tues. The Sessions Court here today valued an ear lobe at S5O. The ear belonged to Wong Chit Pong, a Penang watch repairer. The lobe was bitten off by one of his assistants, Wong Ket Chong, in
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    NEW LIFEBOAT RACE FOR SEA SPORTS
    138 5 A PULLING race for ships' lifeboats will be introduced 'in the annual New Year Sea Sports in Singapore on Jan. 2. The race will be divided into two sections one for lifeboats of ships engaged in local and home trade, and the other for
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    Singapore Diary
    155 5 POLICE BAND: Concert at The Esplani.de 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. ROTARY CLl'B: Luncheon meeting and talk on "Safety on Roads" by Mr. A. E. Shepherd at Cathay Hotel 1 pm. SINGAPORE MILITARY FORCES: Passlng-out parade ol recruits at headquarters. Beach Rrxia 5.15 p.m. TANGLIN SCHOOLS: Concert of
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    IS HE, ISN'T HE? No, you are not my brother Miss L tells Mr. L sadly
    320 6 IS HE, ISN'T HE? No, you are not my brother Miss L tells Mr. L sadly HOPE DIES IN A FEW STRAINED SECONDS TOR a few strained seconds yesterday, a young man and a young fjirl gazed at each other, wondering if they were brother and sister. Then the girl,
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    CHIN PENG HAS POOR TRESS'
    136 6 CHIN PENG HAS POOR TRESS' Peking uninterested rpHE British Charge X d'Ailaires in Peking. Mr. Con O'Neill, said when he arrived in Singapore last night that the Chinese Press was paying little attention to the proposed "peace talks" between Malayan Communist leader Chin Peng and the Federation Chief Minister, Tengku
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    Red Cross draw
    34 6 i The draw for the Red Cross 'lottery will be held at the 1 Singapore branch office in Kadayanallur Street, off MaxI well Road, on Dec. 20 at 5.30 I pm
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    Sultan's son marries his childhood sweetheart
    59 6 RAJA AZLAN SHAH, youngest son of the Sultan of Perak. and his bride, Che Bainun binte Mohamed Ali, photographed in Penang on Sunday at their wedding reception. The Raja, a Kuala Lumpur magistrate, had known his bride, a Kirkby graduate teaching in St. George's
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    EDUCATION AT HIGH SPEED
    201 6 We lead world, says official FOR the size of Singapore, the rate of school 1 building in the Colony and the output of trained teachers for the schools are probably the highest in the world, an Education Department spokesman said yesterday. He said 2.300 pupils would
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    1,108 want to be teachers
    82 6 1,108 want to be teachers 4 RECORD number of applications have been received this year at the Singapore education Ministry for student teachers Mr. R. E. Inrp. Deputy Secretary to the Ministry of Education, said yesterday that 1.108 applications have been received. In all, 989 have been called for interviews.
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    Ridleyana at the Gardens
    54 6 The Royal Air Force Band (Far East i will play at the Singapore Botanic Gardens tomorrow from 9 p.m. to 10 pm. to commemorate the [Ridley Centenary Week. j The Ridleyana exhibition in the gardens' Customs Office will be open to the public tomorrow from 10
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    Back today
    30 6 Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, Singapore's Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry who accompanied the Cl"-!if Minister, Mr. David Marshall, to Ceyion and India, will return ty air today
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    JUST A 'FRIENDLY QUARREL'
    235 6 Dance girl's patron cleared LOH HENG WAH, was yesterday accused in a Singapore court of trespassing into the house of a dance hostess, committing mischief by damaging her property, and stealing her clothes. The magistrate, Mr. A. W. Ghows, acquitted Loh of the trespass and theft
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    NO TODDY, BUT FREE STOUT INSTEAD
    174 6 NO TODDY, BUT FREE STOUT INSTEAD PENANG, Tues. TODDY drinkers here 1 had another dry day today, as the strike by 106 tappers continued. Negotiations between the three toddy contractors and representatives of the Penang branch of the North Malaya Toddy Tappers' Union are deadlocked. The tappers stopped work last
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    Chettiars aid flood victims
    44 6 The Nattukkottai Chettiar community in Singapore has raised 5,000 rupees ($3,300) for victims of the recent cyclone and floods in Tamilnad, South India. The gift has been sent to the Chief Minister of the Madras State Government, Sri Knmraj Nadar
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    New Year dance
    27 6 The Singapore Civil Defence Association will hold a New Year's Eve dance at its clubhouse, Kolam Ayer Lane, from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
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    On with the strike—STC busmen
    204 7 On with the strike— STC busmen [ON WANTS SPORE covt TO TAKE OVER THE COMPANY I 'UNTIL WE ARE OFFERED DECENT WAGES' tr\\\ ngap«« Traction Company Employees' a hose 2,800 members are on strike sterday to tarry on with the strike the company ajjrees to pay us decent ng at
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    Bid to put blame on STC fails
    200 7 BY 10 votes to two. the Singapore City Council yesterday rejected a motion by Mr. Sim Beng Seng to place on record the failure of the Traction Company to provide an i adequate and efficient sir vice. Mr. V. K. Nair vicechairman of
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    TRAP FOR REDS MISFIRES
    110 7 Forces had to give ambush site away to save cyclist IPOH, Tues. A cowherd made security forces waiting for four bandits give away their ambush positions last night. The security forces, who had seen the bandit s in Kampong Timah, near Batu Gajah, took up ambush
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    Hello, son) —for first time
    99 7 Hello, son) for first time Korean Mar veteran Private K. J. Mickey of the Royal Australian Signals was at Paya Lebar airport on Monday night to greet his wife and the three-month-old baby he had never seen. Baby Ni>el was born in a Brisbane nursing home after Ilickey left for
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    Welfare doles
    28 7 The Singapore Social Wei- fare Department gave away $442,331 as public assistance to 13.674 people last month, and $150,529 as tuberculosis allowance to 1.806 people. 4
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    High tides
    78 7 TODAY: Stnpapore 10.25 am. (9 It. 5 ins.i 1155 p.m. (8 ft. 6 in); Port Dickson 6.32 a.m. (8 ft. 8 in.) 6.46 i" ft. 8 in.j Penang 12.20 am i 7 ft. i in.i 1 p.m. «6 ft 1 :n i. TOMORROW: Singapore 10.59 nm (9 ft
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    Brighter Christmas for pensioners
    99 7 UMPTJR, Tues. to oe a brighter this year for ul Government 'Üble last year system oi pennenl was in- m did not get thi ir pension.-, until the end ut the month when the Christmas festivities were all" over. But this year they will receive their
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    Progressives: We will succeed
    349 7 IT'S ALL A QUESTION OF TIME THE Singapore Labour Front can only remain alive, as a party, by continuing to preach a policy of class struggle, with all its attendant evils, the Progressive Party said yesterday. "A responsible party,' catering to the needs of all classes,
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    Taxis wage war on transport company
    108 7 Taxis wage war on transport company KOTA I'.H \KI Tues. A FARES "war" has begun between taxi operators and the North Eastern Transport Company, biggest Malay transport organisation on the East Coast. The taxi owners have combined to lower their rate* to almost the same level as the company's. According
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    Views sought on pawnbrokers
    55 7 The Singapore Government has appointed a committee to study the present system of inviting tenders for pawnbrokers' licences and to made recommendations for changes. Representations in writing from individuals or organisations should be addressed to the Secretary, Committee on Pawnbrokers' Licences c/o Chief Secretary's Office, Empress
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    Quarrel leads to stabbing
    43 7 Shaik Dawood, 28. a Sinsja- i porr shop assistant, was I stabbed in the stomach in a quarrel with a Chinese in i Chulia Street last night. Dawood was admitted to i the General Hospital in a serious condition.
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    TAP DANCE
    141 7 Waltz or tango— it's all the same to ingenious water machine /^AN water be made to dance? Yes, says Dr. Manfred Freise, now in Singapore with a show called "Dancing Waters." A German invention. It shoots water 30 feet into the air to form a majestic fountain or
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    DEATHS
    56 8 Word, $111 I minimum). A. A. PERISHAMY. aged 77. f of Obayris nd A. David Slngho, passed i •relay. 13.12.55. es 30B. Nor■.iv. 14th Decemb*! »t 4 p.m. TBO I'eo, age 52, iiter of the lale Mr. i Cheng Het j residence Oxlord Road, on 13-12-55. i leave for
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    23 8 H Wi4i $1" (minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mr. P '.hank all reand friends for their >::ces, assistance •iid kirn- Bttendano*.
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    302 8 M SKI (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day in the 'Mala; Mail 1 if you want thai $5,000 word puzzle. EXQUISITE COLLECTION OF C k;ail and Evening < al Mule-hands, 82-1 Bras I SWISS EMIED Cottons for 1956. 7, Orchard Road, Amber Mansions. Phone *****. PEGGIF SCHMIDT— Is pleased t
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Wed. Dec. 14, 1955 Bus Company Dilemma
    654 8 The Straits Times. Singapore, Wed. Dec. 14, 1955 Bus Company Dilemma The discovery that the new Labour Code could almost double the wage bill of Singapore's Chinese bus companies is I real spanner in the works of negotiation. No-one appears to have realised what a 44-hour week, paid holidays, sick
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    Party Negara
    308 8 Last August, Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar summed up his opinion of the Alliance programme in this sentence: "They are biting off more than they can chew." Now, a month before the merdeka mission leaves for London, his Party Negara is demanding independence for the Federation by 1957.
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    Guiana Thaw
    222 8 The thaw has begun in British Guiana. The Governor, Sir Patrick Renison has announced a further relaxation of the Emergency Regulations imposed in October 1953. No police permit is required for political gatherings indoor s and police permits for outdoor meetings, the Government announced, will be issued freely.
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    Good ALWAYS triumphs in the Chinese opera
    1001 8  -  LEE SIOW MONG This article introduces the significance of the Chinese theatre to those who will be seeing it for the first time. A performance of Peking opera will be given on Dec. 16 and 17, under the patronage of the Governor, Sir
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      HUMOUR ON THE RADIO
      125 8 HUMOUR ON THE RADIO T CANNOT let Glenn Pat--l terson go unchallenged I was a guest of Radio Malaya at the Town Hall when the telephone recording was made by Zainal Alam. and it was really funny. The audience thoroughly enjoyed it. and It put them In peals of laughter
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      British By purchase
      125 8 ltfß. MARSHALL is reiT* ported to have used the word "irrevocable" in a recent speech. This brings to mind the number of times this same word was used to inquisitive journalists and others during my recent tour of Britain. As I pointed out to them. Singapore was
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      Police death roll
      162 8 Police death roll AM AY I be permitted to IT! s a y a f ew worc j s on behalf of the iwlice lieutenants who were described by a member of the Legislative Council last week as "high-class mandores." I wonder If that member has ever visited the police
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      The 'new imperialism' has designs on Indonesia
      454 8 WE in Malaya must congratulate President Roekarno on his determination to warn his fellowcountrymen that foreign imperialists are plotting to overthrow the Republic of Indonesia. Communist Imperialism clearly has designs on Indonesia. The overthrow will be brought about in three stages, at a
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      LACK OF UNITY IN TEACHERS' UNION
      463 8 THE Singapore Teachers 1 Union, once a body that commanded the respect of the authorities and the confidence of its members, is now being torn by internal strife. The requisition meeting on November 23 was dissolved on tVie grounds of unconstitutional p r oc
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      INADEQUATE HONOUR
      56 8 IS IT not a disgrace that Mr. H. N. Ridley, who made the fortune of Malaya, should have received only a C.MG. for his services? This honour, when I first came to Malayu in 1912. was given, as a matter of course, to even the most incompetent British
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    Indian art on film
    36 9 :ns on Indian art iiay introduced by 1 Sullivan of the Malaya to stuthe Art Lecture were, Cave India; KathaIcal dance: Saga exhibition of s V w Delhi, and India, a colour
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    Fit for Princess
    35 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. The State Council tocay recommended the provision of $3,705 for refitting a bathroom in the Istana Bukit Serene for the use of the Sultan's daughter Prina H 1 Miriam.
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    COUNCIL WANTS SPEAKER
    53 9 hore State Council -terday that a be appointed ■< uncll as soon as .r.tr-d a select comoer the chairmanie Local Adviser, Mr. R. H. Hickling, to consider how the johore Constitution could be amended to provide for this. The committee will also consider what other amendments to
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    Mr. M's message of good cheer
    567 9 HAPPY 14 DAYS. ..OF FRUITFUL TALKS... FRIENDSHIP... AND UNDERSTANDING 'WHERE THE INDONESIANS FAILED, I HAVE SUCCEEDED'— HE REPORTS From LESLIE HOFFMAN LONDON, Tuesday. |M A MESS ACE to the people of Singapore, the C hief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, broadcasting from London, spoke tonight
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    Man-made laws put her in prison
    244 9 Man-made laws put her in prison A WOMAN who claimed she was president of the World Peace League Association, a representative of the Trinity True God for World Peace and chief of the New-New Testament, left a Singapore court yesterday to serve two months in prison. Her offence collecting money
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    Stowaway Naidu is roped to rail
    179 9 NOW HE'S GOING BACK HOME I DECK passengers aboard the State of Madras screamed with superstitious fear when muffled yells and thuds suddenly rose from No. 4 hatch. The hatch covers were ripped off and out crawled 25--year T old stowaway Devaraju Naidu, nearly
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    My son! A mother meets ex-bandit
    181 9 AFTER SEVEN YEARS— A REUNION IPOH. Tues. Tears i welled in the eyes of a I 44-year-old mother as she closely studied the i face of Chan Kow. Sho finally broke into a sob and said: "You asked i for this unnecessary j trouble
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    ASIAN SHOULD BE POLICE CHIEF IN 4 YEARS
    185 9 ASIAN SHOULD BE POLICE CHIEF IN 4 YEARS Officers meet in secret and say: KUALA LUMPUR,' Tues. Asian Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents of Police are to ask the Federation Government to appoint an Asian as Commissioner of Police by 1960. This decision was reached at secret meetings held here during
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    Mr. Too's car skids
    102 9 Mr. Too's car skids MISHAP ON WAY TO MEET REDS IPOH, Tues.— The As--1 sistant Minister for Education, Mr Too Joon Hing, was badly shaken when his car skidded and landed on its side when ho was going to the Xlian Intan meeting with the Communist, envoys today. The accidrnt
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    Cleared
    39 9 IPOH, Tues. J. They Pillay. 5.), a technical assistant in the Central Electricity Board, waa discharged today by a magistrate'! court on a cha -ge of accepting a of $96 from a dentist. Chung Sil: Nin, in July.
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    Police recruits
    22 9 I TAIPING. Tues. Twentythree Chine.se youths presented themselves at the Cantonese Association when the Police recruiting team called here yesterday.
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    Mansoor Monkey and Tahir Tiger get a nasty shock
    224 10 A GIANT HAS CAPTURED MAT MOUSEDEER, AND TAKEN HIM OFF TO HIS HOUSE. HIS FRIENDS FOLLOW BUT THE GIANT SHUTS THEM UP IN A ROOM. MAT CASTS A SPELL TO MAKE THE DOOR TURN TO CHOCOLATE BUT THE SPELL GOES WRONG
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    Most hurt
    403 10 SO am I." trumpeted Ezani. "But people don't keep away from me because of that." "But they know you." said the giant. •'They don't know me. "That's easily settled." Rukiah said. "We know a lot of creatures, so you must just come back with us and meet them
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    Good idea
    246 10 THE giant stared at them in amazement. Five of you." he cried. "Where did you all come from?" "We came to rescue our friend," Ali said hotly. "How dare you kidnap him and carry him off like that?" To their surprise, the giant's face crumpled. He sat down
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    NOVEL SWISS SPORTS STAMP
    317 10 I HAVE received several letters regarding my suggestion about holding a Pan-Malayan Stamp Exhibition and I am delighted to realise that there is so much interest in this subject. Naturally I would like to get busy on working out the details myself, but this will have
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    I HAVE A LETTER FOR SALLY
    530 10 I HAVE A LETTER FOR SALLY J Dcor Boys and Girls, ■I Out of the hundreds of Ji entries for our word puzzle J contest none of you managed J» to get quite the right answers which were: Bo t walk, S string, md»ch, deal, moil. ij Never mind, better
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      13 10 C.C.C. Collect six of these I coupons to join the Children's Corner Club.
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      363 10 Modernise your home with isl:ffi BEX gives you quite the most up-to-date mriaH of all those things that you need to ruri ar'd many other rooms in the house. They p designed to be pleasing on the eye but, above iB to do an important job of work. Look examples
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    Downing Street takes its name from a turncoat
    1391 11 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE WORST PRISON m RIOT Larson whom no parish would take Ten Downing Street, Whitehall, is known everybody interested in world politics. Here is •ial residence of Britain's Prime Minister. It has two hundred years. There is also a
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      265 11 AM 4^V HWiVHH I \b I \V il I! -y— MD R R l 5 x^ Nv>A>vyvAVtwvVT 2/3 Ton 5 Ton Vehicles > NEW CABS \> S3££SSf /V£W AU THROUGH rear window and rear J>. 4 corner iighis on normal These brilliant new 2/3 ton and 5 ton trucks are
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      178 11 Bvx Morgan. 3t.D. Of little use ■■mF/ 7 neourl K this is ot hmsison.' exactly -2 I Wif you wll look at t^e ~^j[i|i| Iwu,uB'G"'-8.- --r Jk YE i J WHAT CO VOJ MEiN BY CHANGING) CULTURE BE?OB T OS THE LAB f FUTURE I WISH YOU 0 HAVE THE
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    RUBBER SHARES ARE AGAIN STRONG ON LOCAL MART
    853 12 RUBBER SHARES ARE AGAIN STRONG ON LOCAL MART By Our Market Correspondent PUBBER shares continued their advance on the Singapore Share Market yesterday and a fairly good volume of business was written. ions went to higher levels c passing from $1.90 to $2 which have not been con- Twelve rubber
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    109 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; December $27 I B buyers. 127 'i sellers: January $27 5/8 o jyers. $28 sellers. Coconut oil: steady. bulk $40 1/2 sellers, drum $43 1/2 spllers. Pepper: quiet with no business reported: Muntok white $136, Sarawak
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    SHIPPING
    113 12 Ships lyint alonßsid. the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Buaya 12. Burma 4.5. Okhla C.P Ictomeneus 67. Akagi Maru 8 9. Hlntshlre 11. Deucalion 13 14. Patr.clus 15,16. Wonogiri 18, Bansei Maru 1920 Auby N. Wall 5. Set.-g.uang 'N. Wall 8, Stia N. Wall 9 Lusem
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      356 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VACANCIES WAR DEPARTMENT Required for Seremban one Surveyor's Assistant iHlrings and Valuation). Scale of pay $344 x 14 456 x 12 480 plus a Temporary Allowance of I Qualification Required: Gnod knowledge of English, both Ornl and Written. Previous experience and technical knowledge of Buildings Construction. Knowledge of
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      552 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for the post if a temix>rary Stenographer in Social Welfare Department Johore. Candidates must be able to write correctly In shorthand from dictation and to transcribe the shorthand copy neatly and accurately. Applications on Form Gen. 147 must arrive Social Welfare Officer, Johore not later
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      505 12 NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF THE roLONY OF SINGAPORE 3<^ 1946 REHABILITATION LOAN (1962-70) Notice is hereby given that the transfer register of thp above Loan will be closed from 31st. December, 1955 to 14th January 1956, both dates Inclusive, for the preparation of Interest Warrant*. By Order The Hongkong and Shanghai
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      806 12 NOTICES SUNGEI TUKANG RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a second Interim Dividend of s'; less 30' r Malayan Income Tax will be paid on 31st December. 1955 to all Shareholders whose names appear on the Company's Register as at the 21st
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      744 12 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS MELBOURNE, Tues. Investments were moderate in turnover and prices moved within narrow limits on the Stock Exchange today. In minings silver and oil were more active and firmer but others dull. Loans were steady to firm. Loans 3'»% 1956-59 £95 19/32 Loans3V; 1955-58 £96 13/16 Con. Zinc 70/Bank
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      580 12 OFFICIAL PRJcJ SKSffi*fe I lb <d« Wn I 'IV PK'lll (Up COPRA: Pirul (un«l I A-.MM I 'In. on Mon-:. $100):Rn m k 32 15 Ifi OI) ?3 l 4 en bills. Canada 33 O.D. 33 credit bill Selling T.T. 01 i, York 33 I Smi^s I i.i,,, 1627 1
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      962 13 >va N Dm N GTHE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD I^ SINGAPORE (Incorponited in the United Kingdom) LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. S'hom Penang SENCLEUCH for Liverpool. RottiVdom, Antwerp In Part 18/19 Dae 20/21 Dee ■BENREOCH for London, Rotterdom 27 Dec/ S Jan Direct arrives Lodon 27
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    'Alien' doctors welcome move to recognise their degrees
    297 14 'Alien' doctors welcome move to recognise their degrees rjOCTOKS who have graduated from French, Ame- rican and Chinese universities, but are unable to practise in Singapore, yesterday welcomed the announcement that the Government was examining the possibility of recognising foreign medical degrees. They said they had endured years of frustration
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    Magistrate: Nothing worse than drunk woman
    137 14 Magistrate: Nothing worse than drunk woman SINGAPORE Magistrate. Mr. J. M. Devereux Colrbourn, -ucl .yesterday a drunken woman was "the most horrible tiling anyone (.an contemplate. 1 lit- was addressing a 34-year-old housewife. C'hee Ah Chan, who was before him for being drunk and incapable on .Monday night. Inspeitor Kamdzan
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    THE S.I.T. TENANTS WHO LIVE IN FEAR
    191 14 THE S.I.T. TENANTS WHO LIVE IN FEAR TENANTS of the Singapore Improvement Trust flats in Tiong Bahru want the Trust to repair faulty staircase lights immediately. They are afraid to walk up the staircases at night. For the past two months more than 10 common staircases leading to second and
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    Two stowaways found
    32 14 Two Malay stowaways have been found in the Blue [Funnel ship Charon, according to a message received in Singapore yesterday. The Charon left Sineapoi-e for Fremantle Australia on Saturday
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    Mr. S. Chelliah dies in Ceylon
    37 14 News was received from Ceylon yesterday of tr.e death of Mr S Chelliah. retired chief cashier of the Malayan Railway. Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Chelliah retired from the service two years aso.
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      316 14 Straits Times Crossword I i ill I Wr I 25 26" 27? I I ACROSS 8. Has food from a device for 9. Pleasing to actor and poker- raising water (.7). player 4. si. 14. Charmed (10). 10. Even when stopped it func- 16. Travelling is the ruin of all
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      417 15 ACCOMMODATION VACANT re Word, $S (Min.)-Box S* ct: extra, j FULLY FURNIBHED three bed- room house w:lh modern saniUi- i 'ion longbaths in Raffle* Park ofl i I Duneiirn Road. Available for nine I montlis fiom Ist February 1956. Bo\ A73UI s.T. i 1 NEW WELL FURNISHED Ho'i'p. Raffles Park
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    554 16 FAVOURITES NEGRI BEATEN IN SCHOOLS HOCKEY MEET THEIR REMAINING RIVALS ARE THE WEAKEST TEAMS SEREMBAX, Tues. AFTER two days in the schools interstate pentangular hockey tournament, Singapore Combined Schools appear to be heading for the championship. Today they neat their strongest rivals, Ncrh Sembilan, who were
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    KL TECHS OPEN TOUR TODAY v RAF XV
    249 16 HONG KONG. Tues. T<HE Kuala Lumpur Technical College sportsmen were guests at a tea party given by the Hong Kong University Students' Union this evening. They were presented to vice-chancellor L. T. Ride and other members of the University stall Absent was
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    SBA FIXTURES vs SELANGOR
    109 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.—Selnsnr Badminton Associat:on's nnior players to meet Singapore In the S n.A. Hall from 8 ).m. on Sunday have been chosen. There will be charge of 50 ents for admission Ihe fixtures arc i Selangor Wavers mentioned first): Bays' shuiM: s.m Sec-ng Kok V
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    MBS beaten 1-0 in final game
    204 16 MBS beaten 1-0 in final game METHODIST BOYS' School of Kuala Lumpur, piayIng their last game in Siim'apo:o. lost 1-0 to Victoria Institution in their hockey fixture at VS ground yesterday. In their previous games, MBS. lost to Anglo-Chinese School but beat both St. j Andrew's and Raffles Institution. Although
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    MIKE CONCENTRATES ON HIS OLYMPICS BID
    734 16 I.N sports parlance there is a phrase: "He's a natural" which means a person is gifted with sports ability at whatever games he takes to. Such a person is SelanKor's Michael Shepherdson, one of the Federation's bestknown sportsmen. To popular •Mike,'' son of a
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    252 16 T*HE Royal Air Pence cricketer, LAC W. G. Woodward, died in Singapore over the weekend after playing in a soccer match at Tengah. The funeral was held at the Ulu Pandan military cemetery yesterday. it is Believed mat hi' died of a ruptured liver.
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    Colony boys in third win
    213 16 PENANG, Tues. CINGAPORE Combined kJ Schools maintained their winning form this afternoon at Tanjong Bungah when they outplayed Penang Combined Schools by 10-3 in their third water polo match Althoueh they have been playing every day since their arrival here last weekend, the visitors today
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    20 16 LONDON, Tues. Rumania beat England by seven matcheo to one In a übletennls international here last night. Router.
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    Aryans beat Indian XI
    115 16 ()VEHHAULINIi „n earh lead. Aryan Gymkhana soccer tourists scored a 3-1 victory over a Negrl Sembilan Indians Invitation XI on the station padang today. The Invitation side were the first to -•■core when, in the tenth minute, oul.side-left Crawford provided !nMde-rii;ht Wai Keen with a fine
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    SUNDERLAND FOR FA CUP
    26 16 LONDON. Tups— Sunderlan-1 were made 9-! favourite* to win the Football Association Cup at last night's cailover at the Victoria i Club.
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    SPORTS DIARY
    58 16 RK.CIFR R.X VS. v hangi Ind XI Srmhawanit; K.A.F. Tengah I R.A.F. Srletar. Tengah: R.A.S.C. v S C. A", pad.in; HOIKFV S.H.A. li-.uti,- Mr. 1: S.R.c r S.C.C.. padang. ■OOCBH Friendly: Indian Recreation Club v Alexandra F.T Farrer Park: Jurong Football XI v Kalraj S.C.. Farrer Park. BOXING
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    336 16 ARGYLL (Class 3 to daso 2). Cynosure, and Welsh King i Class 4 to Class 3) have been promoted in the latest list of reclassinratioas issued by the Straits Racing Association. Am .11 won twice at the Singapore November meeting and Cynosure and Welsn
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    RMN MEET ARMY IN NOVICES BOXING
    216 16 AN 11-bout no- ices boxing tour■r» namint between Royal Malayan Navy and Singapore Base District Malayan Other Ranks will be luki at the R.M.N. Barracks. Woodlands, tonight at 8 p.m The tourney will be refereed by Lt./Cmdr L. F. Jennings iRN> and Major B.
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    HOCKEY VISIT TO JAKARTA IS PLANNED BY SHA
    187 16 HOCKEY VISIT TO JAKARTA IS PLANNED BY SHA I A SHORT visit to Indonesia is the litesl „1,1, to the Singapore Hockey Amoci i for the current season. This venture, the first to be made ciation since the war, is at present h< Indonesian officials, who are gener. I the
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    FIFTH WIN IN A ROW FOR RSYC
    133 16 THE Royal Singapore Yacht Club won the inter-port championship for the fifth sm-ecssive year when, in the linal in Hong Kong on Saturday, they defeated the Koyal Hong Konu Y( by 10 feet in a closelycontested race. The victorious crew, who returned to
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    BOD 'B'BEAT RECS 4-3
    49 16 Two goals in each hall enabled BOD "B" to beat SRC. Blues 4-3 In a SHA Dlv 2 .eague match at Frlindly Hill y'-Mnrri.r. Puff and MCManui sot two corlsench for BOD while J, V.irks i two. ;.hort corners) nnd J. Carnegie replied for SRC
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    115 16 JOHANNESBURG Ties— Two Currle Cup enrket mitcl-.es ended today At Port Elizabeth Transvaal Rained their second win In section A" when they bent Eas'ern Province by 52 runs. Their first victory was also against Eastern Province at Johannesburg. Feature of Transvi u'i innings was an undefeated
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