The Straits Times, 29 December 1955

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times. Fstd. 1845 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1955 15 CENTS AW**"* AMP***
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  • 1526 1 Lition of the M.C.P.- no to immediate freedom: NO to forming new political party Breakdown is likely result BALING, Wed. -from HARRY MILLER iPHE COMMIMSTS meeting the Chief Ministers of the Federation and Singapore today have been fighting a losing battle lour hours and ten
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  • 349 1 The first words- 'Long time no see' BALING, Wed. "Long time no see" in Cantonese were the first words that passed from Mr John Davis, the famous Force 136 antiJapanese gueillla leader to his erstwhile colleague. Chin Peng, when they met on the jungle i"nge four miles from KUan Injan
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  • 383 1 RED BOSS IN BLUE SHIRT IS FATTER At the hairpin bend, he gives a cheery wave to waiting crowd BALING, Wednesday. CHIN PENG arrived here today for the big talks looking fatter than was expected from his preEmergency photographs. But he looked pale, and was obviously taken aback by the
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  • 42 1 l -I.HANS 1 SOUVENIRS SEIZED KKisBANK. We*. Cmtoms here today confiscated souvenir garlands and grass skirts from planeload of Fijian troops bound for Malaya. They were held as precaution against plant |MW ->nd may be returned after chemical treatment.— Rcuter.
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  • 17 2 MARSHALL BACKS RAHMAN, TELLS CHIN PENG: VIOLENCE CAN BRING NO GOOD
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  • 74 2 KUALA LUMPUR WV —The High Commissioner, Sir Doi MacGillivra- fully Informed progress of toda\ talks at Baling. He received a number o' telephone rails t rnm the Chief v Tengkn Abdul R man. The Director of 0] tions, Lieut. -Gt n. Geoffrey Bourne,
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  • 266 2 rO BROTHERS looked at each other hard yesterday over two fences of barbed wire and a separation of nearly seven years. One was Abdul Rashid bin Mydin (above), a Communist, the other was his younger brother, Shahrudin bin Mydin, a
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  • 610 2 Hold that tiger— a cry from London TENGKU AND MARSHALL WARNED IF YOU APPEASE HIM YOU MA V BE HIS NEXT VICTIMS LONDON, Wed.—Today's "peace" talks in Malaya evoked a good deal of interest in this morning's British press. The MANCHESTER GUARDIAN commented: "It is a delusion to think that
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  • 108 3 CANADA— LONDON IN (iHRS. 17MINS. LONDON, Wed. —The HI. Britain's prototype jet air iiided here today non-stop flight mtreal in union broke all civil rotor the Atlantic sing. ■>mot maclr thr From Montreal to In six hours it ["he time for the Atlantic «c« oro.s.sirn; Newfoundland
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    • 174 3 NOTTINGHAM, Wednesday. THE Education Committee has decided to spend 1 £132 ($1,100) to replace the window panes of a g 4 idio at the Art College here with frosted glass— to the blushes of six models who pose in the
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    • 141 3 STRANGER IN THE PRAM? NO, IT WAS JUST MOTHER BIRMINGHAM: Mrs. i Mary Clarke. 41, was I i M drunk while out I with her 18-month-old I baby at midnight on Tuesday night that police took the baby oat I of the pram and put her j in it to
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  • 276 3 Riot deaths a blow to Middle Eait defence chain hopes Britain 'blundered' by sending Tempter AMMAN (Jordan), Wednesday. JORDAN will not join the Baghdad Pact. That is the view of Western ohservers here after anti-pact riots in which 12 people were killed and 20
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  • 137 3 808 HOPK couldn't keep his feet on the ground when he met strong girl Joan Rhodes at London airport. Looking on are British rabaret and television star Yana (left) and '^0-year-old Joy Webster, who was an art student before
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  • 57 3 CANBERRA, Wed.— Britain will hold more atom tests in thr Monte Bello islands, thr Minister of Supply. Mr. Howard Beale. said .yesterday. This will be the third series held in Australian territory. The Royal Navy .VOOO-ton tank landinu ship Narvik va s to leave Portsmouth
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  • 41 3 LOS ANGELES. Wed. Mrs. Molly Gomes who lost US$4O In a telephone booth four years ago has received it back with a Christmas preetinßS and a note explaining that It took four years to identify her. Reuter.
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  • 24 3 FRANKFURT. Wed. West German railways are studyinß a plan for a helicopter network to speed up travel between big cities. Reuter.
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  • 17 3 ST. JOHNS. Wed. All Newfoundland children under 16 are to get free medical treatment. Reuter.
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  • 241 3 24 KILLED, ISO HURT tN BRITAIN: SERIES OF ACCIDENTS' REPORTED TO PRIME MINISTER I ONDON. Wed. Police today pushed an investigation into a "deliberate" sabotage attempt against the Government owned railways, plagued by a month-long series of crashes and accidents that have killed 24 people and injured
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  • 140 3 LONDON. Wed. MICHAEL COWDREY, the Kent nnd England cricketer, has such large feet size 1 1 that he can touch both pedals of his car with one foot, the magistrate's court at Sutton, near here, was told today. The
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  • 66 3 LONDON, Wed. Mr. Arthur ("Jock") Tiffin, general secretary of Britain's biggest trade union— the 1,300,--000-strong Transport and General Workers' Union died in hospital here yesterday. He had held the office since June, suc-rcedlng Mr. Arthur Deakln, who collapsed and died last May. Mr. Tiffin. 59.
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  • 349 3 IXSNDON, Wed. THE slock markets made a satisfactory showing on the first day after the holiday, though the volume of business was very small. GUtedß-fi were very steady In Idle conditions. Industrials had certain firm spots with Electrical and Musical Industries outstanding. Leading oils were mostly improved. Rubber
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  • 330 4 EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT MEN HAVE NO WORRIES HIGHAM 'DIDN'T ASK US ABOUT TENSION MEMO TO COMMISSION 9 pXPATRIATE officers in the Singapore Civil Service are confident of getting a fair deal from the Labour Government when the public services are Malayanised. They said yesterday that
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  • 93 4 MISS BERYL WRIGHT, a lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of Hong Kong, who is in Singapore on a vacation. She is concerned with the psychological problems of children, and is one of the two experts running Hong Kong's first child guidance clinic.
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  • 56 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. S. Sivanason, a medical student at the University of Malaya, was injured today when the motor cycle he wa., riding was in collision with a motor car at Jalan Sungei Chat. Slvanason was taken by ambulance to the General Hospital. Sivanason is the son of
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  • 16 4 Officers and men at Seletar R.A.F. station entertained 1.500 children at Christmas parties.
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  • 188 4 LOCAL MEN SAY: NO EUROPEANS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE AT ANY PRICE rE assurance by the Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, that Euro- pean expatriates who bei came Singapore citizens would be welcomed into i the public services brought protests from local officers yesterday. A spokesman
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  • 103 4 FAMED HONG KONG "torch" singer Miss (hone I in (above i. is now making a big hit in Singapore. Her sultry voice is known to millions of Chinese all over the world through her recordings. She not only sings in Chinese, but is also
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  • 237 4 Hints of new Council strike T»HE Singapore City Council Labour Unions Federa--1 tion last night warned that it would not tolerate any further delay by the Labour Ministry in reviewing the Ritson pay scheme for 5,000 of its members. The Federation s general I secretary, Mr.
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  • 25 4 A thief broke into a house in Claymore Road. Singapore, on Tuesday nicht and stole $451 worth of valuables and $51 in cash.
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  • 341 4 ALSO POOLS AND PARKS FOR CITY DWELLERS, URGES RESIGNING COUNCIL ARCHITECT rpHE Singapore of to- morrow needs more skyscrapers, parks and other recreational facilities, the City Architect, Mr. Irving Watson, said yesterday. Mr. Watson, who has resigned his post after eight years with the City Council, will
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  • 42 4 About $700 worth of beer and milk were stolen from a bar in Syed Alwi Road, Singapore, yesterday mornIng. The thieve* cut open a metal door to remove the 24 cases of beer and four cases of milk.
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  • 145 4 Sit-down protest by 40,000 called off: 'Just a lot of hot air' rE threatened sit-down protest at Empress Place by 40.000 residents of Alsasoff Estate over the conversion of the Far Eastern Trade Fair at Geylang Serai into an amusement park did not take place yesterday. An executive member of
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  • 108 4 Fatal head-on collision in Penang PENANG Wed. A pillion rider, Muk Hon Khong, died without regaining consciousness early today after a head-on collision between a motor-cycle and a car in Leith Street at midnight. The driver of the car, Anthony Simon, of the Teluk Anson
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  • 44 4 KAJANG, Wrd. -A suggestion box has bfen put up near the dispensing counter of the local hospital. A Medical Department spokesman said: "We want to find out what the people want so that we can lm >rove facilities for them."
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  • 37 4 Tan Hung Thong was charged in the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court yesterday with causing grievous hurt to Teo !lim Chwee at Omar Road on Dec. 25. No plea was taken and Tan was allowed bail.
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  • 132 4 GIRL THEY COULDN'T FIND IS BACK T HE f Ol year-old I, Easwari, appearance l< pore's Ch. Mr. Da.: writing to th< Secretary to police were find nor endi day morning. She walked Welfare 1,, gave herself up. She was aeeompa woman with who she had lived f, f'Tu sh
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    • 40 4 IS Feeling tropical That's the N^% time to wear Viyella shirts, pyjamas, 'iHL stockings whenever cool comfort Xli really counts. MUIAM IKHMM< 4rO.LT»* day and lUiu^J^sißS) night wear Viyella IF IT SHRINKS WE REPLACE AbdullV\ NUMBFR SEVEN I VIRGINIA CIGARETTES^
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  • 155 5 $2,650 .1015 OFFER BY COUNCIL 'PHE Singapore City A Council has offered a 00-a-month job to ifllcer in the Ministry .■hour, who has been ribed as "very ilar with the workMr. D B. Alcock. the Chlel Personnel Welfare Council him a.s Personnel and Officer and ha-s
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  • 40 5 Will take place in of Nos. 6 and 7 Pulau Bukom, from 7 to 5 p.m. daily until T>? blasting operations will bf restricted to the first 15 of every hour and all .ire advised to keep
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  • 372 5 BUSES AT LAST— THERE WILL BE MORE TOD AY S.T.C. strike: Order goes out for that inquiry court- SINGAPORE Chinesel buses were kick on Hit' roads ;itf;iiii yesterday. But it was a skeleton service provided by five of ten bus companies. Normal service will be resumed today. There was", however,
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  • 109 5 JPOH, Wed The 30--year-old wife of an Indian quarry worker gave birth to triplets at the District Hospital here this evening. Her husband, Veera- samy, was waiting outside the maternity wing when a hospital attendant came out to tell him: "You're
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  • 48 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Mohamed Yunus bin Bador. 31, of Klang Gates. was charged today in the First Magistrate^ Court here with attempting to murder his brother-in-law, Abas bin Bulat, with a hunting knife. No plea was recorded and Yunus was remanded for a week
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  • 70 5 WOMEN DENY DETAINING ACTRESS Two women pleaded not guilty in Singapore yesterday to a charge of having wrongfully confined Sim Bee Lian, a wayang actress, in a taxi on Nov. 21. Koh Kheng Nul. 10. and Cheung Keng Slew, 32, also faced two other charges of trespassing into Sim's house
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  • 59 5 TODAY: Singapore 10 08 a.m. (9ft. 9m.i 11.54 p.m. (9ft.l; Port Dickson 6.30 a.m. (9ft. 9in.i 6.49 p.m. iBft. 9in.i; Penang 12.17 a.m. (Bft. 21n.i 1.04 p.m. (7ft. >. TOMORROW: Singapore 10.58 a.m. 1 10 ft. 3in.i Port Dukson 7.16 am. ilOlt. lin.i 7.34 pm. (9ft. 4m. i;
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  • 272 5 STRATEGIC AND IDEOLOGICAL BALANCE OF POWER HANGS ON RESULT,' SAYS P.R.O. CHIEF THE outcome of the 1 present talks between the Chief Ministers of Federation and Singapore and the Communist leader. Chin Pen?, will play a very important part in the future of Malaya. Singapore's
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  • 146 5 A HIDDEN TRICKLE CAUSED CAVE -IN UNDERGROUND seep-! age over a long period caused a large I crater in the roadway I near the Capi L ol flats in Stamford Road. Singapore, on Tuesday. Mr. L. R. Keelan, the acting deputy City Engineer, revealed yesterday. He explained that the subsidence
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  • 25 5 Singapore's first Ruril Board .sub-office at Bukit Panjang. built at a cost of 371.000. was opened yesterday by the Governor, Sir Robert Black.
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  • 244 5 Robbers strike close to police pOUR youths, three of j them armed with pistols, broke into a house only 50 yards from the Sepoy Lines police station, Singapore, at noon yesterday and robbed a Chinese family of $5,476 worth of jewellery and $270 cash. The robbers spent an hour ransacking
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  • 53 5 Six Burmese sailors were fined a total of $1,060 by the Singapore Seventh Magistral.. Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday for having 52 packet* of dutiable Rangoon cigars on board their ship, the s.s. Chit Nyan Ma, which arrived in Singapore on Monday. Duty on the cigar*
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  • 25 5 80.A.C. Constellation on Far East, South African, and Australian nights will have "slumber seats'- for first class passengers early in the new year.
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  • 23 5 Singapore's Filipino community will observe Rizal Day tomorrow in memory of Dr. Jose Rizal. "father" of the Philippines' struggle for independence.
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  • 26 5 CLAIRE MAY (formerly Scott nee Vanderput). mother of Arthur. Gordon Scott. Ivy Hammond, at General Hospital. Singapore, last night. Funeral at Bldadari 5 p.m. today.
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    • 404 5 10.30—11.00 Music Past and PreRADIO MALAYA •Programme thus marked ran be K&H '^^^J^^^l received by listeners in Malacca I *hort «ai f 49 A Km. Medium H^^|^BH^^^^|^^^| wave 476m.. 343 366m. and 297m. Cftlf ADADF P.M. MOO Lunchttme Concert; aifHlATWIU. •1.30 News; «1.45— 2.00 Ladies Short wive 62m. Only; 6.00
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  • 18 6 JO Wor4i $10 (minimum). A. C. SMITH OBE, J.P., E.D Bungaai Hospital, Tuesday nlgnt after short Illness.
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  • 194 6 20 Word, $10 (minimum). MR AND MRS. Stephen Holmboig are deeply grateful to all sends who attended their Wedding, sent Presents and Congratulations. HA The family of the late Miriam Ha Ah Nga gratefully thank all ihe friends and relatives who attended the funeral on 23rd I"W ember, sent
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  • 32 6 }0 Word, $10 (minimum). HI H MASS for the late Mr. V P. D'Souza, on 30.12.55 2nd Anniversary at 6.30 ajn. St. Church. Victoria Street. and Friends are Requested to Attend.
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  • 187 6 M Word, $10 (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mall' If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. ■MALODOROUS" growled the i profes.-r>r You mean my house ■mells?" Well >es, and suggest you i mell-killer. Yes, Air-Wick." EVENING GOWNS for New Years Eve? We have the
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  • 633 6 The Straits Times Spore, Thurs. Dec. 29, 1955. Unity Without Equality The Alliance does not agree with Mr. Marshall's proposal that the Federation and Singapore should jointly ask for Dominion status. If Singapore feels itself unable to win independence on its own, says Tengku Abdul Rahman, it can join the
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  • 289 6 Aging President Syngman Rhee of South Korea has called on the United States and other allies to join with him in "immediate measures of defence and counter attack" against North Korea. The cause of this outburst was an alleged "act of war" by Communist Chinese vessels which attacked
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  • 250 6 Chinese scholars in Hongkong are afraid that Nanyang University will become a breeding ground for Communism. The report adds that these fear-ridden scholars have "reason also to doubt the true academic nature of the embryo University." They also seem to labour under the impression that all Chinese scholars
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  • 248 6 MAR is tilt STREET MUCH gibberish is uttered, but the effort by the North Malayan UMNO Youth lately crowns the lot. They have resolved to "mourn" for 40 days If the Tengku fails In his Merdeka mission next month. But why mourn the death
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  • 287 6 MR. John Perera has hit the nail squarely on the head In comparing the conditions of work and salaries of teachers and laboratory assistants. It is a strange thing that laboratory technicians have to possess much higher qualifications to enter the service, work longer hours at
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  • 221 6 MR. B. C. Urn has failed to grasp my argument on doctors and former hospital assistants. There is no doubt that hospital assistants are doing a wonderful job in this country. I do not dispute that. But no matter how capable or experienced a hospi'.al assistant may be,
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  • 619 6 ]|*R. Thomas, the Minis"l ter for Communications and Works, does not have to go far in his search for air conscious Singapore boys. He should pay a visit to any RAF. station In Singapore, where he will find about 500 locally-en-listed aircraft technicians In the R.A.F. (Malaya).
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  • 1112 6  -  lAIN LANG A FIRMER HAND IN CHINESE SCIH)O|.> NOW COMBATS COMMUNIST CELLS J?V unnnnnn THE wedding sounde.l like a battle. All big Chinese occasions dem-u fireworks, and this was a very bis and important occa daughter of one of the richest merchants in Kuching
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  • 574 7 CHIN PENG: 'ON THE SPOT' STORY OF HOW HE CAME OUT Men from the jungle get cold comfort— a hard seat in a P£^^^£^£i^^/ to their temporary behind-barbed-wire home j^^J^^i??^^' STRAITS TIMES reporter Khor Thean Hong captures the tensity of the actual moment the Red boss stepped out of the
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  • 127 7 PENANG, Wed. In Penang this afternoon, I Chin Peng's father, Mr. I Ong Seng Peow, a bicycle l dealer, sat alone in his i Gladstone Road shop, the S General Motor and Cycle I Company, looking at picI tures of his son published
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  • 251 7 rE DOMESTIC ASPECTS OF THE BIG TALKS WERE CAREFULLY PLANNED. THE CODE name of the Baling meeting is "Operation Pink Gin" the implications being more political than alcoholic. A series of earlier operations lead'Jg up to Pin* Gin" were given the names of popular
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  • 191 7 Rhodesian patrol kills bandit KUALA LUMPUR, Weo One terrorist ha.. been killed and anothei wounded by a patrol of the Ist. Bn.. Northern Rhodesian Regiment, in the Rengam area of Johore. The wounded terrorist fled, leaving his pack behind The patrol U following up the wounded
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  • 127 7 A GREEN sunblind hung outside the windows of the conference hall, preventing newsmen from seeing what happened inside when the bandits met Tengku Abdui Rahman and his colleagues. Within m fv> :*"<; Press photogr* r~ ..<;re allowed in uo .or five minutes
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  • 737 8 ALL MARKETS DULL IN SINGAPORE AFTER CHRISTMAS By Our Market Correspondent ALL markets in Singapore opened quietly after the Cliristmas holidays yesterday and there was little business to report and practically no features. January first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed at $1.28| per lb., a drop of one and a
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  • 89 8 NEW YORK. Wed— Phillips Chemical Company, wholly owned subsidiary of Philiips Petroleum Company, will further expand the capacities of its synthetic rubber facilities near Borger. Texas, according to the president of both companies. Synthetic rubber capacity will be Increased by 30.000 long tons annually and annual capacity of
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  • 52 8 MANILA: Shipments of copra from the Philippines In November amounted to 70.749 tons compared with 91,397 tons In October, ac i cording to statistics relea-«d here. The November total included 20.114 tons to the US; 37,935 tons to Europe; 12.000 tons to South America and 700 tons to
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  • 36 8 On the free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday, the I.S. dollar was quoted at 581 cash and 5.86 H for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.30 and •ive tael mt gold at 2U*.
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  • 141 8 January flnit grade robber buyer* f.o.b. closed in Sinn purr yesterday at $1.28?; per Ib. down l' /t cents on Friday's closing price. The riming' tone was quiet. ('losing prices in cents per Mi were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 127"i (Norn.), sellers 128', (Norn.); No. 1
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  • 23 8 SINGAPORE 1,1, RIBBrK lb. (down l! ccn ta D r S4OIT, Plcul (down i,. r copkv m V (urn hanged P
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  • 114 8 Ship* lyinjj lltjajajj pore Harbour B*aN enperted lodjv Tarn 4 r>, < lawers li 7. Maei Mas 10 11. Cii! Darditiius Miihiy.u. Prtn n. Wi.ii i, c Resang N. W.il 1 I 8, Houtiiian 23 25. India 29 :<i 31.32. Radnor^ In 36. Billlton ,)8 39 i Morgenen
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    • 255 8 TENDER P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE CONSTRUCTION OF RC BRIDGES IN CENTRAL PAHANG— MARAN ROAD— IST INSTALMENT. The closing date of the above tender has betn extended to 17th January. 1956. IOK V«l R VIslT TO BRITAIN CREEN PARK HOTEL. U, Hall Moon SI. Piccadilly, LONDON W.I. 200 luxury bedrooms, all with
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    • 558 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS H.M. NAVAL BASE, SINGAPORE SITUATION VACANT A vacancy will exist on 2nd January 1956 for a European Female Confidential Shorthand Typi.st In the office of the Civil Establishments Officer Speeds irequired: Shorthand 100 words per minute, typing 40 words per minute. Salary $352.50 per month. I Applications to
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    • 624 8 NOTICES NOTICE "The Private Road between The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank and the Medical Hall leading from Battery- Road to Union Lane will be closed to the Public for 1 day from 6 a.m. on Ist January 1956 to 6 ajn. on the 2nd January, 1956." THE ASIA INSURANCE CO.,
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    • 509 8 PRODUCE PRICES Sinrapure Chinese Produce Exchance: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; December (nominal) $27 3 8 buyers. $27 7 8 sellers; January $27 3.4 buyers. $28 1 8 rellers. Coconut oil: quietly steady bulk $40 1 2 sellers, drum $43 14 sellers. Pepper: steady with overseas buying
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  • 620 10 A MAN WHO MADE MILLIONS BY RIDDING WOMEN OF FAT The adventures of JIM MARTENHOFF (an unexciting 45-38-44) in a slimming salon. LARRY MACK of Miami, is a man who lives off the fat of the land— by removing it from the figures of its inhabitants. The female inhabitants, anyway.
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    40 10 A party frork (left) in Swiss knitwear fabric, with pink and red embroidered roses. Right: A party dress of the samr material, with prt.illnl nrrklinc The garments were in a London display of "Swywrli" fashions. Paul Popper picture.
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  • 561 10 THE five small Malay children sat on the edge of the live-foot way. The eldest of these, a girl of perhaps eleven years of ap,e, was acting mother but I am afraid her discipline was not very severe. They were supposed to bo
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  • 74 10 This piece of nonsense Is rallrd "Party Hat" although it has nothinc to do with thr kind you find in crackers It is made from rich cerise velvet interwoven with strips of black groscrain. Next to thr party hat is thr "Sparr Girl" hair-do, drsignrd for
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    • 455 10 SERRAVALLOS TONIC Slits lip FREE of CHARGE ONE MINIATURE TO one bottle purchased from NOW till 11th February. 1956. SERRAVALLOS TONIC Itlftll SitiSlHttll Lifts iwr I »«'i-i//«ii/i; Coming to I Britain over 200 new self-drive cars REDUCED WINTER RATES FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS C f rt leisure, no rush or tear.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 404 10 Straits Times Crossword "SSAjrar DOWN 3 4 5 6 2. Modify r kind of painting (7>. SSS Iw Lo^> 555; SSSS S^ 3 Tin or brass In the Army (4). S_ JH 8 U show m trun in a ju jitsu 10 n spectacle t7j. H| 5. It offers very
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  • 1157 11 g CENIUSOF I MAURICE m UTRILLO \Jf SEVEN hundred girls and a handful of men toiled at cutting benches and sewing machines in New York's biggest clothing factory at the top of a ten-storey building in Manhattan one March Saturday in
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  • 214 11 Girls trapped by a lOcked door Men rushing to douse the flames found the fire buckets empty. The valve of the only fire-hydrant would not turn. It was rusted solid. Seized by one of the few who did not panic the firehose crumbled apart, rotten. When thousands of hanging blouses
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 158 11 f#r».v Morgan, J#.#i. A© contact T YES P8 MORGAN l\ f k.S YOU KNOW, DOCTOR- OUR T I'VV QUITE CER- "1 fT WOULD SEEM THAT I DID NOT FOBGET any of\ V 8£ SEATED H.EASE_'I BESIDEMT PHYSICIANS ARE HEPE ITAJN I UNDERSTAND] you FOMOT THAT when I ViY RESPONSiB'UTiES TO
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  • 1847 12 A DAY OF RECORD BETTING AT PENANG RACES By EPSOM JEEP RIDING in top form jockey John Hudson scored a treble for the Bagby stable on Heremai, Lycos and Masterpiece at Penang yesterday, second day of the Christmas-New Year Meeting. Hudson was off with
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  • 99 12 MALACCA. Wed. SINGAPORE Foong Seong Cup player M. Sadali won the men's open badminton sinelcs title of Malacca when he brut Wee Say Lock. Malacca's leading player by 15-5. 15-9 last night. I Other finals: Men's doubles: I Chan Tenc Kok ».id Soo
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  • 42 12 STRAITS TIMKS racing correspondent EPSOM JEEP was the most successful tipstrr at Penans yesterday. tipping four winners in a row in seven races. Jeep scored with Ambassador ($4l). Masterpiece (Sll), China Town II (S2B) and Grazie ($18).
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  • 33 12 CALCUTTA Wed— New Zealand had scored 35 for one In reply to India's 132 at the close of the first day in the fourth cricket Test here todav.— Reuter
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  • 49 12 TOTAL POOL $176,530 IST: No. *****2 <552,»59> 2ND: No. *****3 ($23,831) 3RD: No. *****7 ($13,239) Starters ($1,513 each): Nos. *****4, *****9, *****1, *****9 11.ir.05, *****8. *****1. Consolation ($529 each): Nos. *****8, *****5, *****1. *****9. *****5, *****2, *****9 *****1, *****9, *****9. TREBLE TOTE: 11 tickets ($72 each).
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  • 210 12 Club rally to beat Volunteers TRAILING 3-0 at hall time, S.C.C. rallied to beat ComWncd Volunteers by 18 points (three goals, trv> to three (try) In their rugger match on the Singapore padang yesterday. Vol'iiieers, a combination of B.V.C. and M.R.N V.R.. put up a fine performance In a robust
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  • 114 12 CELANGOR Chinese Engineering I=s Association. the Selangor -tate t.ihle tennis champions, were aeaten in the first came of their Singapore visit by Chinese Sports Association last nlcht at the CSA Hall. Results: Georce Chen bt Chan Yoke 21-17. 21-19. 21-12 Lim W* BUm hi Low
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  • 54 12 Nee Soon Garrison beat Royal Australian Air Force In a rugb> friendly at Nee Soon yesterday by 13 points (two goals and a try) to :hrep (penalty*. Tries for the home side were <cored by Robinson Fender and i Davis. Alway converted two. Steve; k'eked
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  • 42 12 The RAF Sdetar Greyhounds jeai Police "A" by six points to :hree in a rugby friendly at the '.T.S. veMerdß.v. Russell and Tob- i iitt scored tries for the Grey- I lounds. Bulat kicked a penalty for I ?olice.
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  • 28 12 AUCKLAND. Wed. Murray the N»» Zealand mtddlellstance champion, ran the mile n 4 mm. 2.2 sec. here today to >etter his own New Zealand record. -Reuier.
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  • 25 12 Winning numbers In the Olrls' Sports Club Christmas hamper Iraw: First I33fi, Second 3056.1 rhlrd 1774, Fourth 533. Fifth 766. i I
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  • 30 12 The team led by S Ldr an<l .Irs. J. Norton beat the team led >y WO Hales and LAC Galloway n the RAF Seletar Christmas olf competition yesterday.
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  • 144 12 CINOArORE Youth boxing championships will be fought in three age groups In future If I an amendment to the present rule > is adopted at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association, to be held In the S.H.C. at 6
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  • 144 12 LONDON. Wed. Result* of vesterday'* U.K. Rugby union club matches were: Aberavon 0 Pontypool 8; Bedford 0 Penarth 14; Bristol 22 O.M. Taylor, Cardiff 17 Watsonlans 9; Gloucester 22 Universities A.U. 0; Leicester 3 Barbarians 12; Northampton 12 Guy* Hospital 0: Newport 9 Newbrldne
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  • 68 12 KARACHI. Wed. -The Karachi Cricket Association and the M.CC, tourists drew their three-day match here today. The Karachi torn had made 182 for four in their seconc innings at the close after beiiiß 275 nm.s behind. M.Cf. de.-laved their second Innings this morning at 156
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  • 74 12 Winners of the Royal Singapore Golf Clubs December 9-holes mixed foursomes (Stablefordi competition were Major and Mrs. H. D. Street (5 10';, 15'j>. Other raids: Mr. H. Fall and Miss M. Ackers (6 > 9.13/32 15.13/321 Mr. and Mrs. C.Q Starker (7.8.3/32 15.3/32 > Brig. H. Thorne-Thorne and
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  • 18 12 HOCKEY S.H.A. Knnrkmil S.C.K.C. "B" v R.E..V.E. "B", Ci.S.(. (round: R.A.K. Srlrtar "B" T 11.A.5.C. SrlrUr.
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  • 443 12 HS3ES32 D T<EH KEW SAN, who i made badminton news by his recent defeat of Rober* Lim, Singapore's Junior champion, in the Sinßapore-Penang Junior matches, has a natural aptitude for games. Besides being a badminton player of obviously first class material. Kew
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  • 393 12 NEWCASTLE REPEAT THEIR MONDAY WIN OVER SUNDERLAND LONDON, Wednesday. ONLY tour of 92 teams in the four English soccer divisions emerged yesterday from their threematch Christmas programme with full points. The four included one team from each division—Newcastle United lOne). Nottingham Forest (Two). Coventry City (Three South > and Workington
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  • 105 12 JOHANNESBURG. Wed. fTjRRIE Cu.i cricket matches v whicn ended yesterday resulted: Western Province beat Eastern Province by 41 runs W Prov. 218 and 226 iT Pitney 65 1; E. Prov 277 (H. Emslip II) and 126 I A Murray 74 Natal be; t rransvaal on first innings.
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