The Straits Times, 21 December 1955

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    20 1 *vr.n,tcr 1a v rK-x.r.,,. «^V» J iW.rfun 75.060 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1955 15 CENTS
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    6 TOP REDS ARRESTED
    517 1  -  NELSON RUTHERFURD t Help.the.terroriste < ringleaders held in dawn swoop by Special Branch By Bandit 'bank and larder' raided \big hunt for cash JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. j HE SIX LEADING subscription collectors m d executives of the bip Communist organisation in Kelapa Sawit new village, 28
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    'MERDEKA' DATE UP TO RULERS TODAY
    212 1 'MERDEKA' DATE UP TO RULERS TODAY If U ALA LUMPUR, 1V Tues. The con ference of Malay Rulers, which meets here tomorrow and on Thursday, is expected to decide on a target date lor independence for the Federation. The UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance is understood to have Insisted that agreement be reached
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    Men of sail....
    36 1 LONDON. Tiies. The 963-ton Cutty Sark. the last of the China tea clippers, now In dry-dock f.t Greenwich, on the rl*er Thames, may be used to train British sea cadets and sea scouts
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    Floods off
    30 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Reports from the east coast today said the flood waters there had subsided. The Kuantan Pekan road In Pahang is now open to all traffic.
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    S.T.C. strike: Vital talks today
    140 1 BUSES MAY BE RUNNING AGAIN ■pHE Singapore Traction Company will meet representatives or ill striking employees at the Labour Department this morn- ing to discuss the possibih'ty of putting the buses on the road, pending the findings of the court of inquiry which the Government
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    Mr. SONG TO LEAD HUNT for PHONE WRECKERS
    154 1 Mr. SONG TO LEAD HUNT for PHONE WRECKERS THE Commissioner of Police yesterday assigned a senior officer to full-time duty in a bid to combat sabotage of Singapore Telephone Board pro- perty. The officer is Acting Superintendent of Police Song Kok Hoo. the senior locallyrecruited officer. This move was made
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    Lock icon Now where are my 3 lost kids?
    111 1 Now where are my 3 lost kids? CLEVELAND. Ohio. Tues. A LABOURER, four times married, claimed in court here that he could not support the two children of 1 his current marriage because he had 22 others to j look after. IHe told the judge: "I have nine in Portugal,
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    Lock icon Snowstorms
    20 1 LONDON, Tues. Fierce snowstorms swept Scotland and the north of England today, causing transport j i hold-ups.— Reuter. I
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    Mr. MARSHALL PICKS A PARTY BOSS
    548 1 I ■■< LESLIE HOFFMAN LONDON. Tues. Looking tired but happy. Sinpapore's Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, and his two colleagues. Mr. Lim Yew Hock and Inche Abdul Hamid bin Hajl Jumat. left London this morning for home. But Mr. Marshall was not too tired
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    A MERRY CHRISTMAS with father AND THEN GOODBYE
    552 1 A MERRY CHRISTMAS with father AND THEN GOODBYE MOTHER WINS COURT BATTLE FOR CUSTODY OF THREE CHILDREN IPOH, Tuesday. THE Beck children— Diana, 13, Gabriel, eight, and Aundry, five, will spend Christmas with their father before they leave for Australia with their mother and stepfather. Mr. Justice Thomson today cjave
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    Lock icon Army doctor's £11,000
    35 1 LONDON. Tues. LJeutCol. James Durno Cruickshank. head of tIM Far East Pathological Laboratory at < Singapore, who was drowned 1 accidentally last October. i left estate in Britain valued ]at £11,439.— Reuter. 1
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    Lock icon Philippine fillip
    17 1 TAIPEH. Tues. The Philippine legation in Taipeh was formally raised to embassy status today— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Xmas shoppers die in bus
    47 1 JOHANNESBURG, Tues. Twenty-one Africans were burned to death and five injured when a bus overturned and caught flre near East London yesterday. They were going back to their villas^ after doing their Christmas shopping. Reuter. MR. BECK after Christmas a sad goodbye.
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    Birth in a bus
    24 1 HONG KONG. Tues. A 27-year-old Chinese woman gave birth to a girl in a bus here yesterday while travelling home.
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    Lock icon SIR KEITH SMITH DIES
    63 1 SYDNEY. Tues. Sir' Keith Smith who. with his brother, made the first Eng- 1 1 land to Australia flight in 1919. died here last night alter a long Illness. Hu would hav e been 65 today. Sir Keith Smith and his brother, the late Sir Ross
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    50 mph gale lashes Colony
    569 1 50 mph gale lashes Colony A5O-MILE-PER-HOUR gale ripped through the western half of Singapore for an hour yesterday, tearing a fleet of heavy tongkangs loose from their moorings at Boat Quay. The rain that followed in Its wake flooded the west coast and Bukit Timah arra. Many parts of the
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    35 1 i B. sinn million \ID FOR ASIA WASHINGTON. Turs r> of State Dulles .v.id today he would ask ■c-ss next year for ■Mitional D8HM miltiou to continue plans for economic development Asia. Renter.
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    This was a main road yesterday
    66 2 CAR TRAPPED IN FLOODS IS ROPED TO TREE FOR SAFETY THIS CAR (above left) was one of several trapped in Orchard Road in yesterday's thunderstorm. The owner watches gloomily after piling the seat cushions on the bonnet. A few minutes later he had the
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    BONUS CLAIM—TRUST MEN SET A DEADLINE
    151 2 BONUS CLAIM— TRUST MEN SET A DEADLINE THE Singapore Improvement Trust Labour I'nion, whose members want the trust to pay them a $25 bonus each, has warned the authorities that action would be tnti— if thoir claim is not settled by Jan. 4. The union said the claim was based
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    Lock icon CABLE-F-L-A-S-H-E-S
    341 2 CABLE -F-L-A-S-H-E-S Wife-slaying: Unfaithfulne^ no excuse Lord Goddard LONDON T^HE Lord Chief Justice declared today that 1 about time that husbands learned a unfaithfulness was not grounds to k "The way to get rid of a wife is to get a divorce." he said in sentencing Adam Nuttall. 42. to
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    POLICE SEEK A GOLD CRADLE WORTH $l50,000
    51 2 POLICE SEEK A GOLD CRADLE WORTH $l50 000 -Police today" j hunting f(,r an mental co, (t I was stolen from year-old pa|a, heswha. UmO^tZ, j The cra.ilc uit st,r, j j by a (Map daeoit. mh» mi I gain entrance the palace on r night after woundini I the
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    HUSTLER HARDING HURRIES
    220 3 Ucopter flip to troubled village-to meet a most reluctant mayor My aim: 1. Beat terror gangs and 2. Peace with honour for all' NICOSIA, Tuesday. ruin MARSHAL Sir John Harding, the f Gorenor of Cyprus, yesterday went by helicopter to the port of Kyrenia, on the North
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    Bomb flung at stage, two killed
    102 3 Bomb flung at stage, two killed SAIGON, Tues. TWO men were killed and 33 others Injured last night by a Donva tossed on to the stage of Saigon's leading theatre. A play about the re-unifica-tion of divided Vietnam was being performed. One of Vietnam's most famous actors, Duy Lan. who
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    PIONEER FLIGHT BEGINS
    60 3 Off to Antarctica WELLINGTON, Tues. -The first planes ever to fly to Antarctica from an outside land mass took off oefore dawn today. They were two United States Neptune aircraft, the first of eight planes to start the flight. Their destination Is McMurdo Sound In Antarctica, where
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    Lock icon Eight ships
    97 3 All along the flight route eight ships of the U.S. Antarctic expedition are stationed at intervals to guide the aircraft by radio. The flight was started at dawn to allow extra flying time in daylight in case any of the planes has to turn back. There will be
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    Lock icon Flying holiday
    23 3 BONN, Tues. The West German Chancellor. Dr. Konrad Adenauer, will fly to the Canary Islands for a holiday in February A.P
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    Lock icon Pope's broadcast
    16 3 N CITY Tues. i will broadcast a to the world on Eve.— U.P. I
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    Lock icon Hand and foot
    45 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Tues. —Birth certificates issued in California after Jan. 1 will carry the infant's footprint and the mother's fingerprints under a new law to avoid confusion over the parentage of new-born infants and to plug a loophole in adoption laws. Reuter
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    Lock icon JOLT FOR A BEARDED LADY
    190 3 She is really a he, say two doctors MONTREAL, Tues. A MAN who lived for 25 years as a girl and who was married to a carpenter 18 months ago was admitted to hospital ye.«terday for an operation that will pive him the chance to
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    Lock icon Chief Minister meets i Sir Gerald Templer 1
    88 3 Chief Minister meets i Sir Gerald Templer 1 SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, shakes hands with General Sir Gerald Templer, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Mr. Marshall met the former High Commissioner for the Federation at Whitehall. London, on Monday. Later, after a meeting with Malayan students, the
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    Lock icon Wheat for Egypt
    27 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. The United States has authorised Egypt to buy U.S. $5,500,000 worth of American wheat and pay for it with local currency. U.P.
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    Lock icon H.K. LAWS APPLY IN LANTAU
    94 3 H.K. LAWS APPLY IN LANTAU HONG KONG, Tues. A BRITISH court here rejected today a lawyer's plea that Lantau island, part of Hong Kong colony held on a 99-year lease by Britain since 1898, was outside British jurisdiction so far as law and order were concerned. The lease was contracted
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    Lock icon Four killed in blast
    55 3 POO N A. Wed Four workers were killed and two scalded when an oil tank exploded in the control room of the Poona Electric Power Supply Company yesterday. An employee who rushed to switch off the main current despite burns on his face averted a major
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    Lock icon Chou looks to the West
    71 3 HONG KONG. Tues. —Red China's Prime Minister, Mr. Chou En-lal. has expressed a wish to visit the American continent some time next year, Mr. Mauricio Nayberg. Uruguayan Consul in Hong Kong, said here today. Mr. Naybera. who returned to Hong Kong yesterday from a two-week
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    Lock icon FIVE KILLED IN AMBUSH
    44 3 ALGIERS. Tues. Five French soldiers were killed by Algerian rebels who ambushed two army trucks near. Bone, north-east Algeria last I night. Other soldiers drove off 'the rebels, whose casualties j were unknown. Both trucks I were burned out.— Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    352 3 LONDON. Tues. QUIET and generally dull conditions continued to prevail In stuck markets here today. Business contracted further and, In the absence of support and Interest, prices mostly closed easier where C Gilts remained out of favour with falls extending to one quarter and the recently Issued corporation
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    Lock icon The Royal samba warmed up party
    269 3 The Royal samba warmed up party LONDON, Tues. Another Buckingham Palace Christmas party ended early today leaving butlers, footmen and pages with gay memories of dancing with the Queen, her mother and sister. Last night, following a now well-established tradition, the Royal Family visited the cream and gold State Ballroom,
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    Lock icon 258 die in Indian frontier clash
    57 3 NEW DELHI, Tues. A total of 258 people were killed and 68 wounded while Indian troops were restoring order recently In the Naga tribal area on the North-East frontier, the Indian Parliament was told today. The disorders arose from the c'.emand by tribesmen for
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    Khaw Kongsi IT WILL BE BEST XMAS SINCE THE BOOM YEARS
    166 4 Khaw Kongsi IT WILL BE BEST XMAS SINCE THE BOOM YEARS Hotels Stilly booked, goods selling fast KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Cameron Highlands will be as popular as ever with holidaymakers this Christmas despite the big terrorist raid on Kea Farm new village last month. The hotels and private houses at
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    More money
    170 4 A Port Dickson hotel proprietor told the Straits Times today: "We usually have quite a rush at Christmas, but this year the place will be really crowded. "People have more money because of the new rubber boom," he said. Holidaymakers will also crowd the big towns Bookings are
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    LEGAL TRUMP FOR CLUB ISSUES
    149 4 SINGAPORE city councillors who belong to local] clubs have been told that in future they must not vote when matters concerning their clubs come be- fore the Council. The Council has been '/given this legal advice following a recent debate when councillors who were members
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    Malayans rebel at college
    201 4 Malayans rebel at college SILLY PUNISHMENT' LED TO BOYCOTT KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malayan students at the Teachers' Training College in Brinsford Lodge, near Wolverhamptor boycotted breakiast one morning last week. A letter from a student to his father in Kuala Lumpur says that this was because of a "childish and
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    The inspector...
    41 4 The Commissioner-Gen-eral, Sir Robert Scott, will be the inspecting officer at the annual review and display by boys and officers of the First Singapore Company. Boys' Brigade, at th- AngloChinese School, Barker Road, at 6.30 p m. on Friday^
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    Accused of stealing
    63 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Fong Tee Wan, 21, was arrested here last night for an alleged theft in Penang. Fong appeared before the Second Magistrate's Court here today on a charge of stealing six electric fans, an electric kettle and o lamp worth $377 altogether, in Hutton Lane,
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    DESTINATION— SINGAPORE
    46 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Six Malay school teachers are cycling a 530-mile Journey from Sitiawan to Singapore. They arrived in Kuala Lum- pur last evening and stayed In the Princes Road Malay School. They leave tomorrow for Singapore and expect to arrive there on Monday.
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    BUS OWNERS TAKE ON TUC CHALLENGE
    312 4 THE Singapore Chinese Bus Owners' Association yesterday hit out at Mr. S. Jaganathan, president of the Trades Union Congress, for his "malicious attack on the hor .-sty of the association." It accepted a challenge oy Mr. Jaganathan to produce facts and figures to show
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    $600 and apology
    68 4 The publisher, the editor and the printer of a Chinese "mosquito" newspaper, Feng Pao. agreed in a Singapore court yesterday to pay Lim Hong Teck $600 compensation and to publish an apology in today's Nanyang Slang Pao for an article printed on July 26 that defamed Lim's
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    Choral party
    33 4 The Catholic Students' Guild in Singapore is organising a choral party to visit Mandalay Road Hospital. Tan Tock Seng hospital, the British Military Hospital and some private homos on Dec. 26.
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    2 women laugh at Kathi
    132 4 2 women laugh at Kathi THEY SAY: III; SENTIMENTAL TWOSinK;.;,, x women terday criti Chief Kath. women should presented o A JUS sociatlon) said th bin Said Sail, "short sighted" Che Hamidah Hassan <•» retary, U.M.N.O section) said th, behaving "Just tally as women." Divorce They both li arguments by
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    3 men fined
    17 4 Mohammed bin M Amir bin Jasul: ai bin Johari wen in Singapore disorderly behaviour
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    Inefficiency.
    82 4 JOHORE RAHRI'. Tues. District and Land offices in Johore are not beini run efficiently. The Standing Committee of the State Council on Finance has told the Government that in spite of "ex- traordinary staffing" in certain offices there has been no increase in efficiency. [It hints that Staffs doing
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    Customs win opium war
    301 5 COLONY DOPE SEIZURES UP A MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR iBOUT $2,500,000 worth of opium is sc i/rd by the Sin 1 i^loins in the n is) 1 1 months $1,000,000 more than ount seized in th c corresponding months last year. Customs spokesman, (closed this yesattrlbuted
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    Outdoor carol service
    40 5 The Singapore Christian OouncU win hold a nag carol rally in the ..erian English Church, Orchard Road, on tmaa Eve at 11.30 p.m. I Malaya will broadcast j rola from 11.45 p.m. to I 12.15 a.m. j
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    HE MADE LOVE TO GIRL OF 14
    165 5 couldn't afford dowry' bound over KM BIN AMIR, a 23-year-old Malay attendant University of Malaya, who pleaded guilty an;p of being intimate with a 14-year-old girl Geok Ens:, was yesterday bound over to be of id behaviour for two years by the Singapore
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    Red Cross lottery
    68 5 Results of the Singapore Red Cross Society lottery drawn yesterday are: 1. No. ***** ($6,348), 2 No ***** ($3,174 i, 3 No ***** ($1,587). Consolation prizes ($5O each i Nos. ***** *****, *****, *****. *****^ *****. *****, *****, *****, *****, *****. *****, *****, *****. *****, *****. *****,
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    Welfare aid
    26 5 MUAR, Tues.— The District Welfare Committee, Muar and Tangkak, will give $150 towards Christmas parties for children and T.B. patients Muar and Tangkak hospitals.
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    Red (17) had 'revolt' call papers
    161 5 "f ET us use the arrow of Marxism and aim our shot at the objective— the Malayan revolution." This was an excerpt from I one of the seven Communist documents read in a Singa- pore court yesterday at the trial of Chua Ah Hong,
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    Reward for murder 10 months ago
    92 5 Reward for murder 10 months ago A REWARD of 52,000 was announced by the Singapore police last night in connection with a murder committed 10 months ago. The victim was a 49-year-old amah, Sheo Ting. She was found drowned in a bath tub at a house in Winchester Road, Singapore
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    Tamils to stage baby show
    48 5 A baby show .will be a feature of the Singapore Tamil Festival to be held in the first fortnight of January. Entry forms can be obtained from the Baby Show Committee, Tamil Murusu Office, 71 Selegie Road, Singapore T,|, before Jan. 7. I
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    SENTRY WAS ASLEEP IN ARMCHAIR
    252 5 SENTRY WAS ASLEEP IN ARMCHAIR A YOUNG British soldier missing from his post while on sentry duty, was discovered asleep in an armchair with his rifle between his legs, a Singapore court martial was told yesterday. Driver Robert Atmore, 21 of the R.A.S.C. pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving
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    FOR MARKET NOW READ SCHOOL
    39 5 FOR MARKET NOW READ SCHOOL JOHORE BAHRU, Tues The Government has decided to convert into schools three markets at Long Chik. Tarom and Tebrau. Built earlier this year for $300,000, the markets have been closed for lack of patronage.
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    High tides
    83 5 TODAY: Singapore 3.04 a.m. (8 ft. 4 ln.» 2.40 p.m. t8 ft 6 In.): Port Dickson 10.02 a.m. (7 ft 5 In.) 10.36 p.m. (8 ft.); Penang 3.42 a.m. (6 ft. 9 in.) 4,40 p.m. (.6 ft. 3 In TOMORROW: Singapore 3.43 a.m. <8 ft. 3 In.) 3.33
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    Lane closed
    20 5 Haji lane, Singapore, will be closed to through traffic for about three weeks from tomorrow for repair work.
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    WHAT'S ON AT YOUR CINEMAS
    135 5 GARRICK: Halla Gulla (Hindi) 3.15. 6.30. 9.15; Tel. *****. KING'S The Egyptian (CinemaScope! 1.15, 3.30, 7, 9.30; Tel. *****. CATHAY: To Catch a Thief— 11. 1.45, 4.15, 645, 9.30: Tel. *****. ODEON: You're Never Too Young 1.45, 4.15, 6.45. 9.30; Tel. *****. CAPITOL: The Lady
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    193 5 j ROTARY CLUB: Weekly lun- cheon Christmas message by Bishop Raymond L. Archer RafHes Hotel, 1 p.m. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRII GADE: Annual ball under patron I ace of the Governor, sir Robert Black, at Raffles Hotel 8.30 pjn. to 1 a.m. INDIAN FINE NIC I SOCIETY: Indian
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      'Infiltration' which benefits Malaya
      379 6 'Inf iltration' which benefits Malaya THE following is in reply to the complaint of "infiltration" made by "Malayan" against certain Indian graduates. His complaint is that the Federation Government recruited Indian graduates on the ground that there are not enough local graduates to meet demands but "It failed to reveal
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      TRIBUTE TO 'A FINE SET OF MEN'
      340 6 TRIBUTE TO 'A FINE SET OF MEN' T\HE accusations against some ex-hospltal assistants and doctors in the letter by "First Things First" should not co unanswered. They are a serious reflection on the integrity of the medical profession in general and on some doctors in particular. If they are true,
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      EFFECT OF FRUSTRATION
      261 6 UNDER the heading "Razak's Free Schools' Plan" it was reported that there was no curtailment of classes in secondary schools. As a parent, I would like to point out that boys of the V.I. and Maxwell School who have obtained more than 45 per cent, in the
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      MAX OF WISDOM
      148 6 WORLDLY wisdom is more important than legal qualification for a Judicial post,' said Mr. Devereux Colebourne to the Malayamsation Commision. His .statement is sound. As far .w magistracy is concerned Mr. DevereuxColebourne is a man of wisdom, kind-hearted and humane. Mr. Devereux-Colebourne Is like our Alliance Chief
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      A magistrate's qualifications
      108 6 AN unqualified magistrate In the Colony is reported in your paper to have told the Malaya nisatlon Committee that one of his qualifications for the Magistracy was that he had been a Justice of the Peace in England. It is a pity that the following extract (dealing
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      Proud of the Sultan
      91 6 I CONGRATULATE the Sultan of Johore on his fearless speech and I am proud to be one of his subjects. I have been In every Malay State but I have not seen a State like Johore, which has done so much for the good of its
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      Half a minute, please
      126 6 CAN the Director of Broadcasting explain why Radio Malaya appears unable, to accede to a request advanced in Radio Weekly's columns to announce the day's market price ol tin and rubber both before and after its 1.30 p.m., 7.00 p.m. and 9.30 news, instead of only
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      Why lick the stamp?
      66 6 YOUR staff reporter asks the postal authorities to have more pots of glue for affixing stamps to letters. What a waste of money. Why not take the simple advice of Mr. Justice Taylor given some time ago (I hope I remember correctly) namely to lick the
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    Boy claims he heard murder admission
    550 7 Boy claims he heard murder admission MY FOSTER-FATHER CONFESSED TO IMAM, HE SAYS 'Bricks tied to body in river 9 was that of his missing brother. Later he took the police to the spot where the body was recovered. He identified it as that of Tan Boon. The court was
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    SINGER NELLIE FLIES IN WITH 20 MEN
    54 7 CAESAR VELASCO and his Latin American Band arrived in Singapore by 8.0.A.C. yesterday. Miss Nellie Martin (above) is the only girl in the 20-man purty. She is a singer. The band will take part in the "Dancing Waters Revue" which opens at the
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    BUS UNION REPLIES TO ITS CRITICS
    283 7 'That one-sided view* 'PHE Singapore Trac- tion Company Employees' Union yesterday said it was regrettable that the Labour Front should have much to say about the errors of busmen, "but nothing whatever about the errors of the bus owners." The union was commentI ing
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    P.A.P. to bosses: Be fair to your workers
    139 7 P .A.P. to bosses: Be fair to your workers fPHE People's Action Party I V A last night urged all Sin- j 5 gapore employers to show "a spirit of reasonableness and 1 fair play" in the actual im- i plementation of the Colony's new Labour Ordinance. 2 It warned
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    Xmas social
    28 7 The Telok Ayer Methodist youth Fellowship will hold its Christmas social In the church hall at 235, Telok Ayer Street, Singapore, at 7.30 p.m on Friday.
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    NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL
    54 7 KOTA BHARU, Tues. A new $100,000 terminal building, which replaces an eight- I year-old makeshift structure, was opened at Kota Bharu airport today. With improvements to the runways, the airport can now receive aircraft with a load capacity nearly twice that of Malayan Airways Dakotas which regularly
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      206 7 UP 1 1 This is Santa Claus fffc That's right Tell me, It tftis MAGNOLIA PLUM PUDDING CE CREAM" everybody is raving about? Every Christmas I get a wonderful welcome from people this Christmas, •hey don t even take notice of me Why? Because they are too busy eating this
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      516 7 HAPPY WORLD STADIUM From Dec. 23rd, 1955 at Bp. m. nightly m^^ M o*e than W 3,000,000 SPECTATORS H HAVE LREADY BEEN THRILLED BY ■L THir- VONDROUS SPECTACLE! Mt B^DANCING>| V WATERS I R Waters Thai Actually Dance l AMAZING EUROPEAN SENSATION B PLUS! Cet» Valesco and his Latin. American
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    93 8 Horrf. $1* (minimum). PR. MRS THUNO LIONQ thank all Relative* for at tending their i and for the many It Presents. !I!E FAMILY of the late Ko h Uv.ink all relatives and who paid night visits, d his funeral, sent scrolls, telegrams of coii- a:.d lent cars and lorries.
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    Singapore, Wed. Dec. 21, 1955. Waiting For Chin Peng
    771 8 Singapore, Wed. Dec. 21, 1955. Waiting For Chin Peng The prospects of successful amnesty talks with the terrorleaders are growing no brighter. The Federation's Chief Minister is stil! waiting for Chin Peng's reply to his proposal which set a place a day and an hour. The Malayan Communist Party's headquarters
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    Ministers In Council
    385 8 Ministers In Council Can one man do the work of three and do it well? This question arose in Singapore four years ago when five Municipal Commissioners (who had private work as well) contested the Legislative Council elections. It has been revived by a demand that the Labour Front Coali-
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    Aid to Asia: Soviet words and Western actions
    778 8 YouV ou remember how E x M. Aristide Briand lost the premierE ship of France be- cause the press photo graphers caught him trying to play golf with Mr. E Lloyd George at San R e m o, and the E French
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    BRITISH SYNTHETIC RUBBER MAY DOUBLE TYRE LIFE
    1568 8 i Hut the th'iittnnl for natural i r-'U continue for many years, says a Special Vorrespontlent DECENT an- nouncements of the formation by Dunlop, Miche 1 i n, Goodyear and Firestone of the International Synthetic Rubber Company to manufacture general purpose synthetic rubber
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    Crackers: Taiping police take over
    102 9 /tgUA TIONG GEE, of I Simpang, Taiping, charged in Sinon Monday with luring sand rs, is wanted by dping police in m with an exthere earlier onth. ..s .stated in the iglstrate's Court by Inspector Zainal Johaii. who ari warrant and an take Chua to
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    Bandit flees
    32 9 U A LUMPUR, Tues. roe patrol fired trlst in the Kluunc Johore yesterday thick blukar and ther patrol in the same not at by a terrorWhen they fired cang fled.
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    UNION WAGE CLAIMS WERE 'FANTASTIC
    573 9 Fung Keong inquiry: Court told why demands weren't met KUALA LUMPUR lues. The court of inquiry investigating the dispute at the Fung Keong rubber factory a< Klang was told today that the wage demands made by the employees' union were fantastic." "The National Union of
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    DRUMS WILL ROLL FOR Mr. M
    320 9 THOUSANDS of people x from various Singapore communities will give the Chief Minister and members of his "self-government" mission a tremendous "happy landing" welcome when they return to the Colony on Friday. Drums will roll and dragons will disgorge "welcome home' 1 banners as
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    Xmas concert
    30 9 The Fairfield Methodist Church at Nell Road. Singapore, will hold a Christmas concert featuring a three-act play "Glory to Bethlehem" by Frank Cumbers at 1 p.m. on Friday.
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    GOVT. JOB FOR DATO ONN? NONSENSE — TENGKU
    104 9 GOVT. JOB FOR DATO ONN? NONSENSE TENGKU KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. HPHE Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today denied reports that he had offered the president of Party Negara, Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar. a high Government post abroad. The reports which appeared in a number of vernacular newspapers, said
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    Silly, say the men with millions
    273 9 Silly, say the men with millions 'BOSS MALAYS? THAT IS NOT TRUE' T^HE majority of Sin--1 gapore's Chinese millionaires yesterday denied the Labour Front's allegations that they were lacking in friendship and sincerity to the Malays. Mr. Tan LarK Sye. chief sponsor of the Nanyang University, summed it up for
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    Thugs rob store
    33 9 Two Chines?, one armed with a pistol, broke into a shop in Changi Road on Monday night and robbed the owner. Wong Ah Chin, of $1,170 in cash and provisions.
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    MALAYANISATION: CLASH IS EXPECTED
    304 9 Expats and local men of key branch to appear tomorrow LIVELY exchanges are expected between Singapore expatriate and local senior officers tomorrow when the Malayanisatton Commission hears evidence about the Administrative Service— the Key branch of the civil service. It Is the service that advises Ministers
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    An urge, a kiss and a scream—it adds up to a $200 fine
    161 9 An urge, a kiss and a scream— it adds up to a $200 fine MALACCA, Tues A 70--year-old estate owner, who admitted using criminal force on a 23-year-old mother, said today in the Alor Gajah magistrate's court that he felt a sudden urge and lost his head when he came
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    LOOK OUT FOR THIS POSTMAN
    128 9 he knocks, call the police rrHE Director of Posts, Singapore. Mr. M. L. Durrant, A yesU rday issued a warning to the public to be on the look-out for bogus postmen. H« said that last year a man posing as a postman went round homes
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    Union gets more pay for workers
    81 9 Union gets more pay for workers KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. WORKERS ol the S.E.A. Rubber Factory in Kampar. Perak, are to get more pay from tomorrow. The National Union of Factory and General Workers said today that the union had reached an "amicable settlement" with the management. The union also came
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    Chain snatch
    19 9 A thief snatched a gold chain from a nine-year-old Indian girl in Burmah Road, Singapore, on Monday.
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    $1.50 robbery
    20 9 An 11-year-old Malay girl was robbed of $150 by two youths in Sennett Estate. Singapore, on Monday evening.
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    Illegal entry
    25 9 A 26-year-old labourer, Tan Wan Long, was fined $100. or two weeks' lall. In Slngapnre yesterday for entering Singapore without an entry permit.
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    They're all scared of poor, lonely Percival
    618 10 THE silly chumps," roared All. "What In the world is wrong x with them?" He stared at Tahir Tiger and Mansoor Monkey who were fast disappearing into the distance and rubbed his head in bewilderment "It's me,' explained Percival the Klant sadly, tears
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    UNCLE BILL SEES SNOW
    347 10 HERE is hoping that you will get all the stamps that you want for Christmas even if you don't well, never mind, for there Is one stamp you can get and really has Santa Claus on It— at least, it has the man who gav e
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    Happy Christmas I to my Wise Owls
    214 10 Dear Boys and Girls. A very happy Christmas to all my Wise Owls. I hope you have a lovely holiday and lots of presents. There are six presents awaiting the winners in our Santa contest this week. I want you to count the
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    PRESENT TO MAKE
    152 10 I KNOW that most of wy girl readers are very clever with their fingers and the other day I saw some rolls of pretty coloured felt in a Singapore shop. It occurred to me that you could make some last minute gilts from the felt, such as
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    1374 11 Nazi 'enemy of labour' dared not face trial A THE year 1942— the year of decision for the Western democracies— was drawing to a close, a thy, alert, quick-moving little man stood on a hotel verandah in Algiers. He watched the pattern of tracer shells in
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      183 11 V The best waterproof w.ifch in its clastt l, t attractive and OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS IN SINGAPORE. FEDERATION OF MALAYA AND BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. NEW tytoSSL is fihcjlih<j-fVesh and that tingle tells you its good for teeth and gums Ii'MJON. INOUND nun PAINS AFTER .^2^» EATING? Lj Then Try
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      113 11 Mt<>.\- Morgan. MM. Hurry up Divk Tratff Suiliean show mgm I «aBg^MM *ell wf jijtt pro/ed T somewhere in T okw. ntw.l f let^ T7 NIXIT LUGSr ONE TVIING-TUEVACE I THE ASWES O-" LOOK-LETS [WHAT?/ DROPME VRATS'i feD SULUVI&NIT^ AND SO.^« V IJOT STRAMCERS M TWAT BURNED (TSKE THESE v—Vu
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    RUBBER PRICES
    142 12 December first grade rubber buyers f o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at $1.27\ per ">. up five-eighths of a cent on Monday's closing price. The 1 losing tone was dull. Closing prices In eenU per I*. were- No 1 R.S.B. Spot f.o.b. buyers 126»i. sellers 127»4: No. 1
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    Lock icon U.S.A. RUBBER CONSUMPTION
    68 12 U.S. A. RUBBER CONSUMPTION NEW YORK Tues.— United States rubber consumption In 1955 will reach a record 1,500.000 long tons, and the Industry should maintain a high level of activity over the next 12 months, the Rubber Manufacturers Association reportort today. This year's consumption will run 12 per cent above
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    FLOODS CAUSE BIG DROP IN TIN OUTPUT IN MALAYA
    698 12 FLOODS CAUSE BIG DROP IN TIN OUTPUT IN MALAYA By Our Market Correspondent FLOODING of several mines due to prolonged and exceptionally heavy rains, caused a big drop in the Federation's tin production las! month. Statistics released in Kuala Lumpur yesterday show that output of tin concentrates in Novembei was
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    SHIPPING
    106 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Sydney 12. Glenroy 45. Forretbank C.P., Gorgon 67. President Grant 89, Bellerophon 11, Agapenor 13 14, Abbekerk !5 16, Java 18, Hulda Maersk 19 20. Stia N. Wall 4, Sumpitan N. Wall 6, Rawang N. Wall 8,
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    165 12 Singapore Chinese Produ.e Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; December $27' i buyers. $28 sellers; January $27 7 buyers. $28 Vt sellers. Coconut oil: quietly steady: bulk $40 sellers, drum $43 's sellers. Pepper: steady for the white variety and quiet for the black: Muntok
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    40 12 On the free exchange market in Hong Kor*r yesterday, the U.S. dollar wa s quoted at 5.82 H for cash and 5.87 U for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.25 and one tad of gold at 253 -V
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    MORE COAL
    33 12 Coal production in the Federation was higher in November than in October 15,927 tons against 13,662 tons. The output of bauxite wa s also vp 25.002 tons against 20,358 in October
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    RUBBER CROP
    11 12 United Malacca produced 139,490 lbs. of rubber in November.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    17 12 SK£ffi R j (up^nve-ei^C l^ TIN: |4, pirul (iowi >t COPRA; |28 (unchanged, D ""«l
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    68 12 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS There was Invest mei:throughout heavier on today. Silver le active .11 Loans were tU Loans 3 Loans 3', Con. Zliu Bank of N S V, Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill'" Hill 50 Mount Morcan Peko Western v Ampol Expli.r Oil Sear. Aust. Consol 1 A.P.M. (new) Bradford B.
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      361 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS ARCHITECT (One) Required by the State of Brunei, Borneo, for one tour of 3 years, with possibility of extension, at an inclusive salary of »1,500 per month Malayan cur- l Malayan dollar equivalent to 2/4 d. Sterling or 2/Ud. Australian approximately. Successful candidate will be required to Uke
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      144 12 NOTICES NOTICE Will tne wlters of the following kindly contact the Director, C.P.1.8.. at telephone No. 5110? A. IS THIS BHUTE STILL AN INVESTIGATING OFFICER? B. RESIDENTS IN PAYA LEBAR NOTICE FEDERATION OF MALAYA 540.000.00fl 4','r REGISTERED STOCK 1963/1973. NOTICE ls hereby given that the Register of the above mentioned
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      210 12 NOTICES BATU LINTANG RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE 13 HEREBY OIVBN that at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting to be held at the Registered Office, Chartered Bank Chambers, Beech Street, Penang. on Thursday, 29th December 1955, at 2.30 pjn. the Directors will recommend trie payment
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      896 12 NOTICES THE TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE, 1938 (No. 38 of 1938) This advertisement appears by direction of the Registrar of Trade Marks under the provisions of Bectlon 49(7) of the Ordinance. NOTICE Ls hereby given that the following Trade Mark registered lr. the name of Amida S.A., a Company organised under
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      599 12 MALAYAN RAILWAY TENDERS are invited for the purchase of 200 tons (approx.) Scrap Steel Rails at Sentul Works. For tender form, Inspection or any other particulars, apply to the Stores Superintendent, Malayan Railway Sentul, during normal working hours. Tender deposit ol $1,000 is required. Tender should be addressed to the
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      560 12 KNUTSEN LINE -orient service fKOM CANADA/U.S PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailing Arriving tarn Fr»nci«co Singapore H. Swer Hcnjnr Anna Bakke failed 7 |an 9 jan 10 |-n Ogeka Bakke 10 lan 9 Feb II Fcb 12 Fcb 19 FEli.aberf, Bakke 4 Feb 5 Ma. 7 Mar 8 M I Cjcrtrude
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      1017 13 A_W _V J^Ae^ aaT^^BßT^/^^BT'T^^LTJnW^^iajJJt^^aV^Baß Bnnav^^lll^B^^^ft^llJJJJJl^^am^^J^^Bf^Jt^Bjjfl EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS TO CONriNENT/SCANDINAVIA for Aden, Port Sold, Genoo. Antwerp, RaeHraem, Hamburg, Copenhagen Gothenbarg ft Oste Spore P. Shorn Penong MEONIA" 10 Dec/ 1 Jen 'KAMBODIA' 14/14 Jen 17/17 Jaa U/1B Jan Coll. London (Passengers only) Gdynie >■ Celts London (Passengers only). Cells
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      1012 13 bu7l N d?n N gTHE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD" 2 V J7 SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) 1 USES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. S'hom Penang BENCLEUCH for Liverpool, Rotterdom, Antwerp In Pert ■BENREOCH for London. Rotterdam 27 Dee/ I Jan Direct arrives London 27 Jan
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      1210 13 McALISTER CO., LTD. TEL: No.: ***** ELLERMAN *fc BUCKNALL LONDON, HAVRE. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG ond tor US A., North Atlantic '-"orts ond Conodo ond via Colombo CITY OF BROOKLYN Spore P. Sham Penong 20/22 Dec •CITY OF PERTH Spore P. Shcti Penong 12/18 Jen 19/21 Jan 22/24 Jon Colls Hull. CITY
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    MAZOOKA RUNS SF IN 373/5 WIDE OUT
    611 14 Splendid workout by Martin's top pair By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Tues. MAZOOKA and Amusement 11, the Martin Stable's crack sprinters, were matched in a splendid tryout on the training track at Penang this morning. Breaking from the half mile, they made a race
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    Trainer Bagby has another promising apprentice jockey
    370 14 Trainer Bagby has another promising apprentice jockey TRAINER Wa 1 1 y Bajfby, who turned out two outstanding apprentices, in his son Billy Bagby and Alex Baxter, has another promising lad under his wing. He is Chris Dragon, 15--year-old son of the late Mr. I)Uk Dragon, an outstanding amateur rider
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    DRAGON SEED SHOWS GOOD PACE
    131 14 DRAGON SEED SHOWS GOOD PACE r|RAGON SEED, Pizarro (Ransome) and Copra Dealer, a trio of nice-look-ing newcomers in the Allan stable, were engaged In an Interesting workout at Penang this morning. Dragon Seed, who showed galloping abilities, cleared away from his galloping mates in the final furlong to return 39
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      291 14 Straits Times Crossword to i i m~ I j p|| 14 14 j 15 1 I j 16 J 117 23 j 24 »yys y y ACROSS 7. Perhaps his business is bust 8 801 l acid for a devilish con- (8) cootlon (B>. '3- Status of Cain (10). 9.
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      339 15 SITI ATIONS WANTED tt $i (Mi..,— Box it r(.. ,xlro. RECOMMENDED EXPERIEN- CED Indian Estate Conductor Rej Quires Permanent Post After ActOT T. B nlor Fi€ld Conductor Highest Testimonials. Reply Scngat Estate Ipoh. EUROPEAN AGE 30. 10 years Miliua. 7 years Civil Engineering. Speclaliaed Earth Moving 3 J»«T» Oovt. Administrative
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      442 15 ACCOMMODATION VACANT 20 Hord, U < Hiii. i— Sox it rl. txtrm. MARCH AUGUST Furnished Bungalow In p!ea«ant surround- ings, three bedrooms, cook-boy and Amah to be taken over. Box A 7519 S.T. El ROPEAN GUESTHOUSE 87 CaventL-h Road. Homely, Quiet. Double, Single room* full board Phone Mrs Flinter 6866
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      426 15 Wl OMMODATION VACANT It Wtrt, %i CHiK.)—Box it ct: extra. 1 FURNISHED BUNGALOW^ HOUSE. Frig., fan, crockery, linen. garage, quiet, ideal locality, M.S < 2 miles from G P.O. Enquiries i Ring All *****. ACCOMMODATION WANIXD tt Hord, U (Mim Box it €tm. extra ENGLISH FAMILY urgently requires furnished 3-Bedroomed
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      979 15 TUITION 20 Wordi IS (Min.)— Box it eft. txtrm. LEARN TO DRIVE on Lamberts Driving School's Dual-Controlled Car* Courses from $100 Individual Lesson* 110 410 Orchard Road Phone *****. HOKIEN/MANDARIN In Romanised Way pJven by Christian Unlveriity Graduate (China) Long Experience. Good Textbook*. Afternoon/Night. Box A*****.T. STAMFORD COMMERCIAL COLLEGE: Morning
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      958 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE 21 Word, IS (Ml*.)— Box M rl: txlrm. 1951 HILLMAN. Consul. 1950 HUlman, Vanguard. 1949 Vauxnali Wyvero, 1948 Plymouth. Studebaker. Reasonable Price Iksy Terms gjTangea 15 Hamilton Rd. 1952 DECEMBER PLYMOUTH $3,700. Ford Consul $2,900; 951 VaiUfuard $1,800; 1950 Ford Custom $1,000. All European owners. excellent condition.
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      500 15 AbdullV\ NUMBER SEVEN VIRGINIA CIGARETTES iii*' -> fjri ZURKIIJ 1* Leave Singapore on Thursday after !f> *l brcakfatt and arrive in Zurich on ij Friday shortly after luncfi. U\. ADELPHI HOTEL BLDC SINCAPORE. TEL: ***** I YKm I «f\ Vr^k llU*^l i L M. A A 1 L J_Laf WORD
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    Colony soccer's dismal record
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    Another field day for Singapore's swimmers
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    Malaya Cup win was no triumph
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    Lock icon CENTURY BY MANJREKAR SAVES INDIA
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    WASHED OUT
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    Lock icon SPORT DIARY
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    Badminton talent good—SBA chief
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    Colony lose final match
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    Lock icon Boy's hundred saves W. Australia
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