The Straits Times, 14 January 1956

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    31 1 IVEn /I c E to-yw LV iP Ifc TTf ftD sT/TITE' EXC EEBS 75.fr 0 O MOM** tie*** 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1956 15 CENTS
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    TENGKU'S SUCCESS IS SURE
    801 1 c shall give him everything he seeks on a gold plate, says senior Colonial Office man GOVERNMENT HAS •I) TO BACK HIM Details alone remain to be fixed ESLIE HOFFMAN LONDON, Friday, success for Tengku Abdul Rah"Merdeka" mission is assured. shall give you all you are
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    Every year-a new 'king'
    540 1 Every year -a new 'king' THAT'S TENGKU'S PLAN FOR FREE MALAYA— MAJORITY VERDICT IS: 'PRACTICAL AND SUITABLE' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— A proposed "head of state by rotation" constitution for the Federation of Malaya disclosed by the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, when he arrived at London Airport last nightwas welcomed
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    Lock icon MALAYAN STUDENTS GREET THE TENGKU AT LONDON AIRPORT – RADIO PICTURE
    53 1 MALAYAN STUDENTS GREET THE TENGKU AT LONDON AIRPORT RADIO PICTURE THE FEDERATION'S Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, chatting with three Malayan girls who with about 100 other Malayan students had waited for his his arrival at London Airport on Thursday night. The students gave him a great reception. A.P. radio
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    BULLETS OVER THE BERLIN BORDER
    151 1 British protest after the Russians fire BERLIN, Friday. BRITISH occupation authorities protested to the Russians today because East German border police fired about half a dozen shots over the heads of a detachment of British soldiers. A British spokesman said the Russians were trying to
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    48 1 QUITO, Ecuador, Frl. A helicopter has found Curabodles near the River Curaray where five U.S. missionaries have been missing; for five days, a radio report said yesterday. The bodies have not been identified. On Wednesday the first body was found near the missionaries' plane A.P.
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    Malayan judge dies
    45 1 SEREMBAN, Fri.— Mr. Justice Abbott died in the Seremban General Hospital tonight. He was taken ill on New Year's Day and had been in hospital since then. Mr. Justice Abbott was in Seremban five years. He leaves a widow and a son.
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    Lock icon $7-5 mil. claim rejected
    45 1 THE HAGUE. Frl. The supreme Court here today ?..ierted a Swiss company s claim against the Netherland™ for nine million guilders ($7 500.000) as compensation tor a cargo ship sunk by the Japanese in 1942 in the former Dutch East Indies.—Reuter.
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    Four saved after 9 hours in sea
    55 1 Four saved after 9 hours in sea PORT SWETTENHAM, Fri. POUR Malay seamen clung to their capsized boat in the Straits of Malacca for nine hours yesterday. The men nad left Indonesia for Port Swettenham with cargo on Wednesday evening when a storm upset their boat. A police launch patrolling
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    Lock icon Actor robbed of $150,000
    45 1 LOS ANGELES, Frl. Burglars broke into the home of film star Kirk Douglas and escaped with an estimated US $50,000 ($150,000) worth of jewellery and clothing on Wednesday night. Douglas, his wife and their infant child were away from home. U.P.
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    Lock icon Off to Cyprus
    39 1 LONDON, Fri. The War Office announced here today that the Ist. Bn. the Highland Light infantry, is being sent to Cyprus in addition to airborne troops flown to the colony in the past 24 hours.— Reuter.
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    FIREBUG STRIKES AGAIN
    52 1 The Singapore firebug for whose arrest there Is a $10,000 reward struck again early yesterday after a lapse of three weeks. A car and a motor cycle parked near the military quarters at Rowcraft Lines, Ayer Rajah, were found burning at about 2.20 a.m. Both vehicles were
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    YOUNG BRITISH OFFICER SHOT BY BANDITS
    255 1 Two terrorists killed in clash KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A YOUNG British National Service lieutenant was killed and a private wounded when a patrol of the Ist. Bn.. Royal Hampshire Regiment, clashed with terrorists near Kajang yesterday evening. Two terrorists, LJew Ah Kang and Hew
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    35 1 COLOMBO, Fri. Communist China has agreed to participate in celebrations here in May to mark the 2,500 th anniversary of the birth or Buddha, the Ceylon Home Minister Mr. Ratnayake said today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon FOR ROBBERY—DEATH
    48 1 FOR ROBBERY— DEATH TAIPEH, Fri. Three robbers were sentenced to death yesterday, the first time a court has pronounced the maximum sentence under a new criminal code. The three— Hsieh Mu-shl, Lan Mou-sheng and Au Chinchi were convicted of robbing a dealer of 150 ounces of gold.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Newsprint Bill is tabled
    47 1 QUEBEC. Fri. A Bill to place the Quebec newsprint manufacturing industry under control of a fourman board was tabled in the Provincial Legislative Assembly here yesterday. The Bill calls for the control of production, distribution and sale of newsprint to Quebec Province. Reuter.
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    40 1 COLOGNE, Frl. A West German trade delegation, led by Herr Fritz Berg, president of the German Industries League, Ls to make a "goodwill tour" of Asia, including Singapore, in February and March, it was announced here today.— Reuter.
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    Bighunt for 10 missing pistols
    206 1  - Bighunt for 10 missing pistols J. DAVID By AN ISLAND -WIDE search is being made for 10 pistols missing from the armoury of No. 3 Base Ordnance Depot in Alexandra Road Singapore. The pistols are believed to be in the possession of gangsters and the police fear a new spate
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    56 1 DEATH SENTENCE ON VIETNAM GENERAL SAIGON. Frl. Gen. Nguyen Van Yy, who led forces which supported former Head of State Uao Dai in civil fightin in South Vietnam last spring:, aftd four other officers were srntrnred to death fto treason by military tribunal her. today. All were Mci
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    Lock icon Bluecher DEFENDS the West ACCUSES Russia
    186 2 Bluecher DEFENDS the West ACCUSES Russia NEW DELHI. Fri.— West German Vice Chancellor Franz Bluecher yesterday defended the Western Powers and denounced Russia as an obstacle to European security and German reunification. In a speech to the Indian Council of World Affairs here, he said West Germany's "former enemies in
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    Lock icon NOOSE TALK
    100 2 A quarrel then wife watched husband hang himself PARIS. Fri.— "Go right ahead" said Madame Germaine Lefevre yesterday when her husband Julian said he was going to hang himself. Be did. Madame Lefevre calmly watched as he made a noose, slipped it round his neck and kickedd away
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    Lock icon Defence setback for Tengku?
    308 2 THE ECONOMIST: 'DOUBTFUL IF BRITAIN COULD CONCEDE IMMEDIATE CONTROL' REMARKABLE IF HE WERE BOSS OF TROOPS FROM COMMONWEALTH LONDON, Friday. nOUBTS about whether Britain could concede Tengku Abdul Rahman's demand that he should be given full control over "here and now" defence are expressed in an
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    Lock icon NINE YOUNG MEN PICK UP THE REINS OF A NAVAL TRADITION
    166 2 NINE SPECIALLY selected Royal Malayan Navy cadets arrived in London recently on their E way to Dartmouth Naval E College for training. E Picture shows the E cadets outside Malaya E Hall. Back row (from left): E Mohd. Zain,
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    Lock icon Dior's latest —the 'Lily' line
    73 2 NEW YORK, Fri.— Fashion designer Christian Dior revealed yesterday that his Spring plans for American women include wider fhoulders, slimmer skirts and waistlines almost anywhere a woman wishes. The originator of drastic style changes, such as the first "new look and the flat-chested "M-line silhouette",
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    29 2 TOKYO, Fri. Five thousand Tokyo prostitutes yesterday formed the Tokyo Women Employees' Union to fight an expected attempt in the Diet to pass an antiprostitution law.— U.P.
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    Lock icon Delegation from Russia fails
    43 2 MONROVIA, Liberia, Fri.— 'The Soviet delegation to the inauguration of President William Tubman of Liberia flew to Moscow yesterday without establishing diplomatic relations with Liberia. The Russians failed to establish relations because they were without the necessary documents. Reuter.
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    'POET CARVED UP GIRL FRIEND
    267 2 Then tossed pieces into Broadway dustbins— police NEW YORK, Fri.— A part-time poet was said by police here to have helped dissect hi s sweetheart's body after she died during a bungled Christmas Eve abortion. The 50 dismembered parts, it was said, were wrapped In
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    Lock icon Police trace car after 16 years
    44 2 SYDNEY. Fri.— Police yesterday recovered a car that was stolen 16 years ago. They said the 1937 Ford sedan had changed hands 12 times since it was stolen in 1939. Th?y could not find its original owner. U.P.
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    Lock icon Cold kills
    21 2 MEXICO CII lowest tempi I City's history winter's toll ol exposure to 53 t temperature droppe degrees early U.P.
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    Lock icon ARRESTS SOLVE $2 MIL. ROBBERY
    175 2 ARRESTS SOLVE $2 MIL. ROBBERY WASHINGTON- Pr) The Just mentyest cedthatth, $1,000,000 Brinks r O K; at Boston solved with by the F. 8.1. bers of the executed it. The armour. that F. 8.1, agei hunting for two bers. Meanwhile members of tii, are in pri.so" oi and one Is
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    Lock icon SYNTHETIC PLANT FOR GOODRICH?
    45 2 WASHINGTON, Fri. Rubber Disp sion yesterday ed to Congress Institute of V, synthetic ru to Goodrich-c.'.i: of Cleveland. The commis.slo!; Goodrich bid of l»--000.000 ($33 mil the highest oi received. The factory has a capacity of 120.000 to? 1 year. Reuter.
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      11 2 WASHINGTON: Sir Anthony Eden will address Congress on Feb. 2. Reuter.
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      34 2 MOSCOW: The Soviet Foreign Ministry has refused to grant a visa for a return visit to Moscow to Mr. Harrison Salisbury, New York Times correspondent, who was in Moscow for five years until 1954.
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      23 2 NEW YORK: Actress Martha Raye has flown to Las Vegas, Nevada, to divorce dancer Ed Begley. They have been married 18 months. —A.P.
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      14 2 MOSCOW: The Shah of Persia will visit Russia for three weeks in May. Reuter.
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      31 2 BONN: The West German Government would react very sourly if Wing Commander Gamel el Din Salem, Egyptian Deputy Premier, should pay an official visit to East Germany, Foreign Ministry sources said.—Reuter.
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      11 2 BELGIMIM drivers I their hom.s I less they CM had to.—A.P
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      15 2 NFW VOKK 11 Marilyn Monroe tions, Inc. ha "The Sleepn. Terence Ratti company's dent product!
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      15 2 NEW YORK $10.000-a-y-.r firm ca charged with than U. 5.5188.0 employers bj entries over if
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      Bulganin absent again
      42 2 MOSCOW. Fri.— The absence from th« A of Marshal Bu! K anin. the Soviet Primo Minister today as hv failed to fulfil oliici.il tmgtftWtnu second day in succession. gg# a It was assumed that he was 111 or rr«tmu
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      Lock icon PASHA MAKES PEACE AND QUITS
      77 2 RABAT: Si Thami El Glaoui, aged Pasha of Marrakesh and one of the world's richest men, has announced his retirement from public life, having made his peace with his master,'* Sultan Sidl Mohammed ben Youssef. El Glaoui played a leading part in the dethronement of
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    Lock icon freedom of the press is fading
    130 3 freedom of the press is fading 7URICH. Fri.-An or- ation of leading tt-orid editors today re- rte d on methods if? from b le f s to direct mtimida*n by which govern--1 nt m many counties an trying to muzzle the freedom of newsP The report, by the Intera institute,
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    Ship aground
    16 3 COPENHAGEN. Fri. The 1000-ton Turkish ship Silim ound on the east Jutland yesterday.— IP
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    Lock icon FORMER EDITOR OF THE TIMES DIES
    202 3 He foretold both world wars LONDON. Fri. Mr. Wiekham Steed. editor of The Times of London from 1919 to died today at his tome at Wot ton -by Yioodstoek. He was 84. A confidant of princes, i of statesmen and a h«r of public
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    Lock icon MORE A-BOMB BLASTS FOR PACIFIC
    227 3 Dulles; No International control— so U.S. must stay in the lead Then Jap Reds announce 'call it off 'plea rrHF tt o WASHINGTON, Friday. THE United States will stage a new series of atomic tests m the Pacific in spring. They plosion an the 1954
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    54 3 Odette, who defied Nazis, I a London bride _J ODETTE. wartime secret agent who won the George Cross for bravery under Nazi torture, and Geoffrey MacLeod Hallowes, also a former British agent, after their wedding at Caxton Hall, London. They are seen here playing with the Caxton
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    Lock icon 200,000 MILES WITHOUT OVERHAUL FOR INVENTOR'S CAR
    85 3 200,000 MILES WITHOUT OVERHAUL FOR INVENTOR'S CAR LONDON. Fri. A BRITISH scientist claimed today to have invented a "frictionless" car engine that can run 200,000 miles without an overhaul. Millionaire inventor George Bradshaw said that "floating" doubleended pistons betv;een gases in cylinders irade the engine possible. Mr. Bradshaw, 67, was
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    190 3 CYPRUS: TURKS AROUSED First paratroopers are flown in NICOSIA, Fri. Turkish leaders here today told Field Marshal Sir John Harding, Governor of Cyprus, of the "intense feeling" aroused in the Turkish community by the terrorist murder of a Turkish Cypriot police sergeant. British security forces and police stood by to
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    Lock icon Houseboy to die for murder
    53 3 NAKARU, (Kenya), Fri. LAn African houseboy has been sentenced to death here for the murder of Mrs. Helen Milton, 55-year-old Scotswoman found battered to death with her 11-year-old daughter in a bungalow near here last Nov. 2. The houseboy. Dongo Osewe, 28, was granted leave
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    Lock icon TAX MEN AFTER KILLER
    62 3 *W FRANCISCO, Fri.— The Federal Government yesterday sent a final warning V) San Quentin jail that a poner owes U553,433 in back income taxes and infor 1954. The prisoner is Caryl Chessman, death-row author who opens a legal fight on Monday to try to escape the
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    Lock icon Bomb bid on lawyers
    51 3 CORDOBA, Fri. A bomb exploded yesterday in the building housing the law offices of Jose Aguirre Camara and Roberto Barraco Marmol, prominent Conservatives who played an important role in the revolution against Peron. Considerable damage was done, but a family living in the building escaped unharmed.
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    Attack on archbishop
    293 3 LONDON, Fri.— The appo i n.t me n t of Dr Michael Ramsey as Archbishop of York following Dr. Cyril Garbetts death last month has come as a "shock and disappointment" to many who have watched Dr. Ramsey's career closely, the Church of England Newspaper declares today.
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    143 3 1,750,000 British workers demand more LONDON, Fri. BRITISH workers' demands for increased pay to cover recent price rises were intensified yesterday as talks on the claims of 1,750,000 men were held here. The workers are from four key Industries railways, building, road haulage and electrical contracting. They
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    LONDON STOCKS
    365 3 LONDON, Prl. STOCK MARKETS here were mixed today and business was again on a reduced scale. The further advance on Wall Street failed to assist sentiment and economic uncertainties were the dominating sentiment. Giltedgeds opened on a dull note but there was a distinct change for the better
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    CINEMA PLAN MAY BE PASSED
    131 4 CINEMA PLAN MAY BE PASSED rpHE Singapore City x Council notified Councillors yesterday that it will hold a special meeting next Friday to consider restoring its approval for the new cinema under construction at Katong. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, vicechairman of the Council's finance committee, will introduce a motion seeking
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    Stars of 'The First 4OO' are now Second Lieutenants
    108 4 Stars of 'The First 4OO' are now Second Lieutenants CHAN ONN LENG and Eric Ooi, two students who were the stars in the Malayan Film Unit's documentary film "The First 400"— a story of Singapore's National Servicemen are now Second Lieutenants in the Singapore Military Forces. They are among eight
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    SHAWCROSS APPLICATION
    70 4 The application for admission to the Singapore Bar by Sir Hartley Shawcross, Q.C., Attorney-General in Britain's last Labour government, will be heard by the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Whyatt. in the High Court next Friday. Sir Hartley will appear for the three Dutch oil companies in their appeal
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    Widow meets deadline—gets $800
    517 4  - Widow meets deadline gets $800 NAN HALL FIRST SMILE IN 10 WEEKS: 4 I JUST CANT BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE SO GENEROUS' By MONEY POURS IN TO SAVE MADAM CHOW AND CHILDREN FROM EVICTION MONEY from warm-hearted people in Singapore flowed into the Straits Times yesterday for Madam Chow Fook Chuan,
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    Marshall? I've never heard of him
    231 4 Marshall? I've never heard of him BUT FARMER NG WILL MEET HIM TODAY ITNTIL yesterday Ng Kau Kang, 60, had never heard of Mr. David Marshall. Today he will go to see him with a letter of introduction from a Singapore Magistrate. Ng, a Ponggol farmer, gave evidence before Mr.
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    Wedding licence
    30 4 The Rev. Christopher H Bmith, lecturer at Trinity College, Singapore, has been granted a licence to solemnise marriages within the Colony, according to the Government Gazette published yesterday.
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    Film censor
    34 4 Mr. C. McLaren Reid Controller of Customs, Singapore, in 1951 and 1952, has been appointed Assistant Film Censor in place of Mr. R. W. H. Davies, the Singapore Government announced last night.
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    'L' Gurkhas (unarmed) ambushed: 2 wounded
    95 4 'L' Gurkhas (unarmed) ambushed: 2 wounded SEREMBAN, Fri. Four unarmed Gurkhas taking a driving lesson were ambushed by 20 terrorists on the Jelebu road five miles from here this morning. Two dived for cover. The other two were seriously injured. The terrorists then sprinkled fowl feathers over their bullet-ridden Land
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    Mission 'adopts' two Chinese orphans
    177 4 NOW THEY CAN GO TO SCHOOL 'THE Ramakrishna Mission in Singapore "adopted" 1 two Chinese orphans yesterday to help them in their studies. The orphans. Low Kien Seng, 14, and his five-year-old brother, sought the aid of the Public Advisory Bureau last week following the
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    'Girl raped9 report to police
    83 4 'Girl raped 9 report to police A 15- YEAR-OLD Indian girl was sent to hospital for examination yesterday after her father, a mandore at the Singapore Harbour Board, reported that she had been raped. The father said the girl was attacked on Dec. 24 after she was abducted from the
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    THE 5 $100 NOTES A WOMAN DROPPED ON THE FLOOR...
    123 4 A shop assistant In South Bridge Road, Liv Tong Pin, 27, was charged In a Singapore court yesterday with dishonestly misappropriating $500 belonging to a woman customer. Liv picked up and pocketed the money all In $100 bills after the
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    Writing on the wall is a reminder
    97 4 Writing on the wall is a reminder PENANG. Fri. PENANG UMNO. members may soon be writing "Aug. 31, 1957"— the target date for "merdeka" on the walls of their homes. A resolution urging this was adopted at a prayer meeting last night in U.M.N.O. hall. Speakers said it was important
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    Church rally next month
    51 4 The Archdeacon of Singapore, the Rev. Robin Woods, will represent Anglican churches in Malaya at meetings of the World Council of Churches to be held in Sydney from Feb. 1 to Feb. 14. The meetings will consider how the church can assist Christian work in South-east
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    New robbery charges against two men
    174 4 FURTHER charges have been preferred against two of the three men accused in the Fourth Magistrate s Court on Thursday of a series of robberies in Singapore involving thousands of dollars. Teng Tin Kiem and Lee Cheng Choon were charged separately in the same
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    TWO ON PENANG PIRACY CHARGE
    178 4 PEN A.' Q Prt TWO Chines, X of committing pir^ appeared in court today. They manded till j,-,; rt Tan Boon Chv Tan Chean Let 7 r"jointly charged with Lim Meoii Beng other crew men.: o t tongkang contairnne Jt bales of rubber early on
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    Just practice
    25 4 The Singapore P lice ar I the Military Police held 1 1 combined emergency tfl I practice yesterday afternoc I M.C. 91 T
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    Marshall: Go easy, says doctor
    109 5 Marshall: Go easy, says doctor 3SBIOUS i-oncern is felt > future health ore Chief David Marbis doctor to slacken which he is the capacity I man to keep Marshall day and Mr. Mar- adviser said influenza ning of the Minister red a relapse. I asain un,'ffice. Work at Changi request,
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    MINISTER IN BID TO AVERT STRIKE
    44 5 MINISTER IN BID TO AVERT STRIKE for Labour Mr. Lim Yew I leaden of the City Council LaFederation on discuss their •action with a the Ritson pay lispute over rent ration's general Mr. O. S. Rengavmed the Minis--***** members ni<e again un:r.ands were set-
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    $1,950? 'OH, THAT'S TOO HIGH'
    319 5 How much tor Ponough? Not as much as Clerk o£ Commons says Byrne —it would make him highest paid local man in the Govt.' TH ni£ la y .u Of T $1 950 «*ommended for the i,s«rk 5 °i Legislative Assembly was "very nigh indeed,"
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    Stay-away liner: Gloom for passengers
    125 5 Stay-away liner: Gloom for passengers THE outlook is gloomy x for about 50 passengers who may be stranded in Malaya by the cancellation of three sailings of the 17,000--ton French liner La Marseillaise. Alternative bookings on other lines had been found for only "one or two" passengers, a spokesman in
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    Settled out of court
    42 5 The editor, publisher and printer of the Singapore Chinese paper Fene Pao Tan Beng Chong, Yap Inn Poh and Chee Woo Tew were acquitted yesterday on a charge of defaming Lily Thong after a settlement out of court.
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    The replies come in
    65 5 from bosses MR. LIM YONG KOON, president of the Singapore Business Houses Employees Union, which last week submitted wage demands to 25 Colony firms, said yesterday that he had received replies from the majority of employers. The union claims to represent 4,000 clerical workers. Mr. A.
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    WOMEN IN POLITICS PLAN Labour Front to step up activities
    178 5 WOMEN IN POLITICS PLAN Labour Front to step up activities THE Singapore Labour A Front intends to encourage and train women to fight future elections for the Legislative Assembly and City Council. This is one of the objects of a women's committee which the party will form as part of
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    New service
    29 5 Singapore Assemblyman, Mr. Ooh Tong Liang, will open a Shell service station near Newton Circus at the junction of Bukit Timahand Winstedt Roads at 11 aon. today.
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    1,000 there
    22 5 More than 1,000 people saw the "Stars on Parade" talentime and vaudeville show at the Singapore Badminton Hall last night.
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    Progressive Party to dissolve tor big political merger
    139 5 Progressive Party to dissolve tor big political merger rE Singapore Progressive Party will be dissolved at an extraordinary general meeting which the party will hold at the Singapore Badminton Hall on Feb. 5. This will be the finst step in the merging of the Progressives and the Democratic Party into
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    RAT FOR DINNER
    94 5 It was so exciting to a dog that it bit neighbour A WOMAN, Koh Ah Eng, who admitted that her dog bit a neighbour, told a Singapore court yesterday that it was all an accident. Koh said that Rafeah blnte Malik, the neighbour, I was holding a
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    POLICE SEEK HELP IN HUNT FOR KILLER
    73 5 I>ll> VOL see this Malay girl, Jauyah binte Salleh, 19, between 10.15 p.m. on Jan. 3 and 4 a.m. the next morning, when she was found dying with multiple stab wounds in Upper Aljunied Road, Singapore? Police last night offered a reward for
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      407 5 GARRICK: Komidl Kuda Die- da rim: Tel *****. pang (Malay) 3.15. 6.30. 9.15; REX: Illegal 11, 1.45. 4. 6.30. Tel. *****. 9.30; morning show Saps at Sea KING'S: Theodora, Slave Em- Oongortlla 9 a.m.; midnight press 1.15, 3.30. 7. 9.30; morn- The Man From Bitter Ridge; Tel. ing show Francis
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  • Obituary
    OBITUARY
    50 6 U Wurdt $10 (mUmlmmm). COLONEL. HUGH ROSE. Born Lincoln. England 30th November, 1860 died December 1955 leaves four Children Mrs. Rita Alison, Mrs E. W. Waterfleld, Mrs. K. M. Hontza and Lt. Colonel H. V. Rose In loving memory 0/ a grand old man from his Children and Grandchildren.
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    DEATH
    24 6 -11 Warit 110 (minimum) KOH— Mr. Koh Owee Huat aged 81 passed away peacefuil> 12-1-56 Funeral Sunday 15-1-56 a' 11-00. 503 Havelock Road.
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    ACKNOWEDGMENT
    60 6 AC KNOWEDGMENT in Words tlO (minimum) MRS. H. 8. PATRICKSON wishes 10 thank all her Friends for their kind expressions of sympathy 1 tnouies) on the death of ber dear husband. MRB. CHAN TAX HOR and 1 thank all relatives and friends for their wreaths, messages of condolence and attendance
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    Singapore, Sat. Jan. 14, 1956. Indonesian Crisis
    556 6 Singapore, Sat. Jan. 14, 1956. Indonesian Crisis The Dutch Indonesian talks, which began at The Hague and are being concluded in Geneva, have confronted the Indonesian Government with crisis before their outcome is known. The orthodox Moslem Nahdatul Ulama, the third largest Indonesian political party, and the smaller Sjarikat Islam,
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    The Worker And The Profiteer
    401 6 The resolutions which the executive council of the Federation's National Union of Factory and General Workers will discuss tomorrow include many which have become standard union demands. They want a national minimum wage, a shorter working week and repeal of the Emergency Regulations. There is
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    Boston Tar Baby
    182 6 A figure from the almost legendary days of the boxing ring passes with the death of Sam Langford. To name the greatest heavyweight ever is to start argument without end. Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, each has his claim. To Sam Langford there belonged an undisputed
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    As I was saying..,
    1229 6  -  CYNICUS by THE secrecy which sur- rounds even successful negotiations between trade unions and employers in Singapore has now reached quite fantastic lengths. The more friendly the negotiations have been, the less ready anyone is to say what happened. Just what is the point of It?
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    9 6 THE FISHERMEN— Photo by Lee Tuck SOO7l
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    The rams have come
    726 6 3MLAVSMA& rpHERE is one of Som- erset Maugham's short stories, a gem among short stories, set in a United States colony somewhere in these latitudes. It is called "Rain." just "Rain." It undermines the nerves and breaks the moral fibre of a group of Europeans. For
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    124 6 From the Straits Times of Jan. 11, 1906. ON Christmas and BoxIng Days there was a very large crowd up Penang Hill, the Crag being taxed to its fullest capacity, while on Boxing Day Mr. Sarkies established a record by taking the Penang Band up the Crag
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    Give us facts and we will act'
    191 7 Give us facts and we will act' T HE s<-Unir©r SUt« Government last nirht kumi a stateJnt <>n allegations iii-trfJlnirnt of peoplt in "^meny'h new "■nf/ statement says: sWancor State ttar r\f< llt ye Committee b prepared at all tjnw v r*w immediate fonsideration to any jpertlii justifiable complaint made
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    STOLEN GEMS RECOVERED
    49 7 Singapore police have reecTtTMi a large quantity of !fie'.!?:y beiieved to have bwr. stolen in robberies comtitted durintr the last two People who think they can identify any of this jewellery are asked to call at the C.I.D. in Robinson Road on Monday at 10 a.m.
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    'Village reign of terror'
    266 7  -  FRANCIS WONG MCA AND LABOUR PARTY CHIEFS GO TO SEMENYIH TO HEAR OF- From POLICE, TROOPS ACCUSED: MINISTER TO DEMAND A FULL INQUIRY UUNDRFn* KUAL A LUMPUR, Friday. H v\\?3 r? f r People from Semenyih new ed to -SU? IU Lan^' Selan^, today flocked to
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    Girl: I had to strip in a truck'
    274 7 Girl: I had to strip in a truck' Here are some of the stories told by the village women A 45-year-old tapper: "I was at the perimeter gate yesterday morning waiting to be let out to work I was asked to go inside an enclosure covered on three sides with
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    The larder is empty for mother, 8 children
    304 7  - The larder is empty for mother, 8 children PATRICK CHEE FATHER CA LARGE FAMILY IS A GREAT L RESPONSIBILITY) MISSING SINCE XMAS t By A FATHER of eight children, Joseph Soh Boon Meng, who wrote recently in the WeekEnder that "a person in a large family has a great responsibility,"
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    Back to duty
    28 7 Sir Alan Watt, Australian Commissioner for South-east Asia, returned to Singapore by 8.0.A.C. yesterday to resume duty after leave in Australia since November last year.
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    Red flag found
    26 7 MALACCA, Fri. A small red flag, with five paper stars was found attached to a traffic sign in Malacca town early yesterday morning
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    An apology and all is well again
    104 7 An apology and all is well again KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The dispute between the Petaling Tin Limited and the Malayan Mining Employees' Union was finally settled today when a mine kepala. Liew Kirn. apologised to the union for making a "double" statement. Liew told the management that he had found
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    JUDGE GIVES FULL WRITTEN REASONS FOR HIS DECISIONS IN 'CONTEMPT' CASE
    1019 7 PENANG, Fri. Full written judgment was delivered in the Penang High Court today by Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson on the contempt of court proceedings against the Penang Municipal Services Union, the Straits Times Press Ltd., and its associate editors,
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    THEY'VE BEATEN ME UP, SAID OFFICIAL
    466 7 THEY'VE BEATEN ME UP, SAID OFFICIAL Then he said to police 'please do nothing about it' court told KLANG, Friday. T«E Magistrate's Court here was told today that 4 when the Harbour Master, Capt. J. St. Bellis, was assaulted by more than 30 sampan men at the Port Swettenham passenger
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    TO CATCH A THIEF CAN BE PAIN IN THE NECK
    76 7 TO CATCH A THIEF CAN BE PAIN IN THE NECK KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A detective hid for nearly two hours under a dressing room cupboard last night during a hockey match at Headquarters. Malaya Command, here. He was investigating a series of dressing room thefts. Wrist watches, wallets, purses and
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    THREE 'MUSTS' for A MARTYR
    231 8 Mew view on: When can a Muslim fighting man be 'shahitr: A title that cannot be lightly bestowed, says missionary leader IP °H, Friday j^ MUSLIM member of the security force* dies fighting the Communist terrorists firmly believe in three things before he regarded as
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    FRIDAY THE 13th — and 4 brides, too!
    211 8 FRIDAY THE 13th and 4 brides, too! I THE EAST-WEST VIEW OF A DEBATABLE DATE WHEN A MAIDENS PRAYER IS ANSWERED yESTERDAY was Fri- L day the 13th a day of ill omen and yesterday was the day which Ronald Little and Sylvia Creaser chose to get married at the
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    Thugs in politics a 'challenge to Singapore public'
    316 8  -  FELIX ABISHEGANADEN By rpHE entry of secret L society thugs into Singapore politics has presented every citizen with a challenge to prevent gangster rule in the Colony. This is the plea of Church and youth organisation leaders to reports that some Colony
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    THOSE PLATES: GOVT. HANDS OVER
    137 8 r[E Government has agreed that the Consular Corps should in future handle the issue of CC plates for diplomatic cars in Singapore. Up to now the plates have been Issued by the chief Secretary s Department. The Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. B. C. J. Buckeridge,
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    Thai Pongal Day
    28 8 The office of the Ceylon Commissioner in Malaya at the Asia Insurance building (2nd floor), Singapore, will be closed today to mark Thai Pongol Day.
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    STC Inquire Court sits today
    93 8 STC Inquire Court sits today T<HE Court of bundn pointed by the Government to the dispute between a I Traction Comp:: 2,800 striking hold its first p in the Supreme Court at a.m. today. The court will Justice Tan Ah Tah 1 chairman, Mr. cto Gamba and Mr. h I
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    In the money
    28 8 A total of $915,420,659 in currency notes and $34,919,--960 in coins was in circulation in Malaya and Birtish Borneo at the beginning of this month.
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    Found hanging
    19 8 An amah, Lim Poh Kirn, 50, was found hanging in a house in Still Road. Singapore, yesterday.
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  • STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
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      'Merdeka' will end 80-year British Resident system
      1597 9 <yi i TUESDAY iniuig CHILDREN'S STORY 1 TELLER 1 aimoiifiiiiiiiiHiimmiiiiHimiii Regime that gave good government THE topic of the moment is independence for Malaya. The date for "Merdeka" when it is fixed wi, mark the end of a regime which began in the
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      303 9 AbdullA NUMBER SEVEN MM/ VIRGINIA CIGARETTES SMOUVH PP/C£:~ 45 centa liTTisfc DINE, WINE DANCE IN THE JpP^^^l^ SINGAPORE flff *^s **MM^B (Fnlly All-conditioned) 7I B We specialise in "CANTONESE" A '&J> 'J^BBBT food PREPARKI) BY COOKS 1 "L ~-*m JEsfr FROM HONGKONG. English A MT^ ConUnenUl dishes available SaflnV. BMrii
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      61 9 Rex Morgan* Jf.H. iVo biting IpjFj. T tEATS »AE LIKE K THA.T LOOKED LIKE PR. LA.VTOM ji |YOU WANTED TO/ COME IN AND CLOSE TVhE_ Dick Tracy Piece of wood BBBBBBafafafafaVSsssss3 No WOUNDS' Ttwis IS WO Gl>fl VvVIAT^ f 1 I A PIECE NO Si-OCX?.' /CASE. HEY» TURN IS IT?/
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    Active trading in rubber
    486 10 Active trading in rubber rIS week's rubber market has been one of active trading with tairly wide daily fluctuations, report H. c. B. Ltd. in their weekly circular, initially prices held steady whilst operators took a second view of all the available factors, and as the news from America continued
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    SHIPPING
    82 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Sourabaya 45, San Rolando C.P., Glengyle 67. Roepat 89. Glenvllle 11. Modjerkerto 13 14. Perseus 15 16. Beralder 18. Daiiku Maru No 2 19 20, Lampong N. Wall 6, Glang Seng N. Wall 8, Hanyang 2122, Ball
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    TIN PRICE BELOW $400 FOR FIRST TIME SINCE DEC. 7
    395 10 By Our Market Correspondent FOR the first time since December 7, tin fell below the $400 level yesterday, when it was quoted in Singapore at $399.87| per picul. The price has been progressively easier this week in sympathy with London,
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    19 10 SINGAPOKF, an RUBKKK- Mil l lb. (down 4. N .TIN: 5.V».,7; nK Picul (down COPRA; fPicul (unchaiu'wi';'
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    233 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; January $27 buyers, $27 3 8 sellers; February $27 12 buyers, $27 3 4 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $40 sellers; drum $42 3 4 sellers. Pepper: steady with some business in the white variety reported;
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    40 10 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.84 U for cash and 5.88 3 i for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.65 and one tael of gold at 253 V
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    RUBBER CROPS
    25 10 The following December rubber crops are notified: Chermanr 131.000 lb.: Indragiri 94.974 !b., Lunas 86.800 lb.: Nyalas 58.590 lb.: and Tapah 81.000 lb.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    86 10 T Mf;i In investrm-i wider ran K e generally small to firm. Ir. n: wer c active and was little train this section and rises ex Loans 3 1 Loans 3\ Con Zinc. Bank of N S.W Mount Lyell 3 N. Broken Hill Hill 50 Mount Morgan Peko
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    RECORD 1952 PRODUCTM
    78 10 United Nation*, Preliminary fourth quarter that the year s in industrial production The u.N. moi statistics said thai ter of the year seasonal decline but that it was tUO 11 pc, above the corresponding 1953 and 1954. In turn, tne Mgfa dus trial product in:. tened output
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    355 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: "There was good oupport for industrials on the local snare market at quotations with, lew price changes. Tins were better on balance ana ruboers quiet." Singapore and federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday: Alexandra Brickworks pref. $1.80; 8.8. Petrol 47i.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    143 10 January first grade rubber buyers f-o.h. closed In Singapore yesterday at *1.14 5t Der lb.: down 4'» cents In Thursday's closing price. The closing; tone was easier. Closing prices in rents per Ib. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot fob buyers 114%. sellers 114"*; No. 1 R.S.S January buyers
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    MORE OIL
    62 10 COLOMBO Frl. American and British oil companies In Ceylon may soon h* Riven the right to establish and run an oil refinery In Ceylon It was learned today. Negotiations between the Ceylon Government and three oil companies have reached a flnal stage, and only the details remain to
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      456 10 Speed, Puoctutlity, Reliability these ire the thing* that mike C.P A jchut io fur KaMrrn Bntuh Airline. min'irJ h> British Pilou, mam rimed by Britrah K ni:inrrm For all information concerning flight time* and schedule*, check with our booking offices to-day. Consult Malayan Airways Ltd. Ocean Building. Singapore. Tel: 271*1
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      507 10 I PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS MALE AND FEMALE Telephone Operators In the State of Johore. Candidates for appointment must be age 16-22, Federal Citizens or eligible for same and must have passed Standard VI (pre-1954) or Form II in an English School. Knowledge of colloquial Malay Is required. Female applicants must be
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      787 10 NOTICES NOTICE OF REMOVAL Messrs. WEE ENG CHYE ft CO. Wish to announce M from 14th January, 1956 their Office Shop will be located at 52, Amoy Street, Singapore. Telephones N«a: ***** ft ***** NOTICE KUNO CHENG LIM. Anyone knowing the present whereabouts of the above, who is shareholder In
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      59 10 SHIPPING NOTICE M.V. "ORANJE" Is expected to arrive from Europe on the 15th January and to berth alongside Godowns 1 and 2 of the Singapore Harbour Board between 8 and 9 ajn. Passengers for Tr. Prlok are requested to embark between 4 and 5 p.m. The vessel will sail the
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      372 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/US. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAY Sailing Arriving San Francisco Spore P. Swet. Pcninij Fret Anna Bakke 14/15 jan Ogeka Bakke 10 |an 10 Feb 4 12 Feb 13 Fcb Elisabeth Bakke 4 Feb 5 Mar 7 Mar 8 M,, Ciertrude Bakke 3 Mar 2 Apr
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      970 11 •oTwNeXHE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD T 37 r SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) s LINES SAIUNGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Sport P. S'hom Ptnang BENMACDHUI for Liverpool, Rotterdam, Hull 14/21 Jan IS/IS Jam 22/24 Jan BENLOMOND for Avonmouth, London, Newcastle 22/23 Jan U/V Jan •BENVRACKIE for London, Rotterdam
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  • The STRAITS TIMES Saturday forum.
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      Humility clogs the roundabouts
      191 12 THE new generation of Singapore drivers have been trained to remarkable proficiency at giving way to traffic approaching from the right at roundabouts, even so that the roundabouts tend to become clogged by this spirit of humility. Where. however, a roundabout Is less obviously defined, such
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      They're NOT snobs
      134 12 I AM again really impressed by "Anak Singapura's" fine and constructive analysis of events since the Federal and Singapore elections. A the last Federal Legislative Council meeting, there were many stormy debatf S most attacking expatriates. One concerned provision Of estimates for Police Lieutenants and most of
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      Vehicle taxation
      185 12 THE answer to your correspondent "Logical" la that the taxation of motor vehicles in the Federation is not based on cubic capacity but on horse power, calculated in accordance with the terms of Regulation 48 of the Motor Vehicles 'Registration and Licensing) R e g v 1 a
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      THE BAD DRIVERS OF IPOH
      97 12 THE BAD DRIVERS OF IPOH CAR. lorry and bus drivers around Ipoh consider that when they licence their vehicles they own tho roads and are above rules and regulations. Witness the centre-right driving that goes on (would that that were their political views). It is easier to drive through the
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      LIFE IN BELILIOS LANE
      152 12 THERE are approximately 200 families living In Belihos Lane, which is about 200 yards long by 20 yards wide Rats, the size of cats, inhabit the drains. Hawsers ol every description pack the lane from early morning to very late at night. Lorries are parked in
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      Disgraee to the estate
      67 12 THE roads in and around Frankel Estate are in a horrible condition, a disgrace to the planners and schemers who developed the housing estate. Anyone who is a keen enthusiast of Latin American sambas should see how the cars and lorries passing along these roads do
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      Not a friendly letter
      107 12 Not a friendly letter AS a Singaporean and a tax-payer, I strongly resent "Resentfuls" letter and its implications. If "Resentful" expected Singaporeans to come for- ward to the further asi sistance of the Federation of Malaya in spite of its i preference and partiality for the "Melayu Jatl." where material
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      Mystery plane off Kuantan
      113 12 TODAY (Tuesday) at close on 5.30 ajn. from the top verandah of a twostoreyed bungalow situated on the top of a hill Just outside Kuantan, where one has a view out to sea, I saw what appeared to me to be a scarlet plane, streaking across
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      Six miles in two days
      56 12 Six miles in two days KAMPONO Chantek Bahru oft* Buklt Timah Road. Is a village about six miles away from the General Post Office, and 1 yet it takes more than two I days for letters to reach f there. Why? True the vilI lage is about one mile in
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      Bailie of The sexes
      90 12 i "COB centuries the medl--T cal profession has engaged in insidious partisanship in the battle of I the sexes. When Florence Nightingale struck a blow for women the profession reeled until the advent of Christine Jorgens^n. In between, male nurses mystified the lay citizen, and now
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      Bought seal but stood
      61 12 IDO agree about the sale of railway tickets. On many occasions, after having bought a second-class ticket, I had to stand all the way from Taiping to Kuala Lumpur. This matter has been brought to the notice of the authorities several times, but perhaps now Col.
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      Invitation to the Tengku
      50 12 Invitation to the Tengku TOENGKU Abdul Rahman A has shouted loud and long for Singapore, or any other State, to join his Federation. Suppose we ask the Tengku to consider having the, Federation ;oln Singapore which has always been the pioneer and thus bring about earlier self government? SINGAPOREAN. Singapore.
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      Why no night patrols?
      42 12 FLICE Volunteer Res c r v c sin Johore Bahru patrol the roads during daylight but not at night. Such patrols should concentrate on the hours after midnight when their services would really be useful. YUSOF Johore Bahru.
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      Suggestion for Hie Post Office
      47 12 IT would be convenient If the Postal Department sold 10-cent aerogrammes for local requirements. Pakistan, India, and Ceylon have been using these aerogrammes for some time. They save the bother of buying stamps, envelopes and writing paper. E. K. ABDUL KADER. Singapore.
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      Park on the pavement
      72 12 Park on the pavement I PARK my motor-cycle on the five-foot way. I have received two notices saying that It is an offence. But during the night very few pedestrians make use of the five-foot way, and I cannot understand on what grounds the authorities object. If parking a machine
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      If you can't call him 'boy' what CAN you call him?
      213 12 OUR employees, like City Council meter readers and various inspectors, find themselves confronted by a revolutionary spirit whose unexpectedness creates a problem, the answer to which we seek among your readers. We send skilled workmen to residential bungalows, to
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      or THE STRANGER'S DILEMMA
      202 12 or THE STRANGER'S DILEMMA boy.' I am not your servant Nor an; you to call the women 'amah' nor 'assam.' You are to call each of us by our name. You are neither a European nor our employer." "But I neither knew your narr.es nor do I speak Chinese." And
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      Games for girls a waste of time
      269 12 ANOTHER school year has begun for thousands of children in Singapore, and it is the sincere hope of parents that a new policy will be laid down for pupils in the secondary schools. The modern secondary school pupil has a r»reat deal to
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    NUGENT GOALS BEAT NEGRI SEMBILAN
    446 13 TRIANGULAR OPENS WITH COLONY WIN THE inter-state hockey Triangular between Singapore, Selangor, and Negri Sembilan opened at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday with Singapore beating Negri 2-0. Selangor will play Negri this evening and, in the final game, Selangor will meet Singapore tomorrow. Singapore yesterday scored
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    Sappers sweep to zone final 33-6
    354 13 SINGAPORE Engineer Regiment swept into their zone final of the FARELF Rugby Cup at Gillman Barracks yesterday when they trounced G.H.Q. Signals by 33 points (three goals and six tries) to six (try and penalty). In the Singapore zone final they meet R.E.M.E. Workshops
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    Lock icon Second win for MCC
    74 13 BAHAWALPUR, Fri. The M.C.C. touring side, with less than an hour's play today, were home to a convincing win by an innings and 64 runs against the Amir of Bahawalpur's XI. It was their second win in four matches, one having been drawn and the other
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    AIRMEN BEAT SAINTS 19-8
    45 13 R.A.F. Seletar Greyhounds beat St. Andrew's Old Boys by 19 points (two goals, three tries) to eight (goal, try) in their ***** match yesterday. Try scorers for Seletar were: Pickles. Hudson (2). Tobbltt and Russel who converted the first two tries.
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    New Zealand well placed
    65 13 NAGPUR, Fri. The New Zealand cricket team were well placed to end their tour with a win when they finished today's play 180 runs ahead with six second innings wickets in hand against the Indian Universities. The match ends tomorrow. New Zealand 173 in their first
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    RUGBY FINAL
    27 13 A running commentary on the H.M.S. Malaya rugby final at Kuala Lumpur today between Johore defending champions, and Selangbr will be given by Radio Malaya.
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    Lock icon Sam Langford is dead— blind and penniless
    175 13 Sam Langford is dead blind and penniless CAMBRIDGE (Masachusetts), Fri. SAM LANGFORD, a legendary figure In American and international boxing, died in a nursing home here last night, blind and penniless. He was 76. Known throughout his boxing career aa the "Boston tar baby," Langford was reputed to have fought
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    MANSOOR IN COLONY XI
    91 13 One change is being made in the Singapore team to meet Selangor In their triangular hockey game at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow. Sheikh Mansoor comes in as inside left in plac» of Winckley. The team is otherwise the same as the one which beat Negrl 2-0
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      87 13 TODAY RUGBY 14 Sqdn RNZAF v. Naval Base, Trngah; RAAF v. Police, I.ngah. S.C.C. v K.A.I. Tengah. padang; St. Andrews OM Boys R.E.M.E.. WoodsviUe; The Blacks v. R..V Kranji, Naval Base. SOCCER Breweries Kampong Lge "A": Queenstown v. Pasir Panjang Assn; "B": Buona Vista Rangers v. Kg Tanjong Rovers, Farrer
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    Ipoh straight favours improved Proud Moment
    192 14 |>R<)l I) MOMENT is an imA proved horse and I think she will pay to follow. At Penang last month, she won cleverly over 7f. with 8.11 in Div. 2 and battled on like a stayer when narrowly beaten by Clear Vision over a
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    Maori Chief looks a sound bet with 8.02
    298 14 JEEP'S STAR 3 Counsel IV ft Ricky ft Proud Moment MAORI CHIEF has come right —he made amends for his past failures with an impressive flve-length win in a Class 5, s*f. race at Penang last month and I think he will
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    STRAITS TIMES SELECTION
    150 14 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1 2.15 CINEMASCOPE Big Andy Hollywood Star BIG ANDY Projector Cinemascope PROJECTOR Silverfort Big Andy Race 2 2.45 COUNSEL IV Budgerigar Trailer SIAM RICE Trailer Counsel IV SIAM RICE Counsel IV Good Andrew Race 3 3.15 KICKY Orissa Big Hit RICKY
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    STRAIGHT 5F WILL SUIT SCHOLARSHIP
    940 14 SCHOLARSHIP showsigns of coming to hand when he ran two encouraging races at Ipoh in December. With 8.7 he just failed to beat off Brown Eyes over 6f in Div. 1. Shouldering a 7-lb. penalty in his next start over a similar distance, he finished
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    MacKay an England tour 'cert'
    324 14 MacKay an England tour 'cert' From JACK FINGLETON SYDNEY, Fri. QUEENSLAND lefthander MacKay put the glue on his labels for the English tour here today with a splendid score of 143 in what is both a Test trial and a joint testimonial match to former internationals Arthur Mailey and Johnnie
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    Counsel IV has chance on weights
    228 14 DUDGEKIGAR and Counsel IV, two recent winners at Penang, are likely to fight out the issue in Race Two. On the weights I prefer Counsel IV. This well-built chestnut has just four years and has scope for improvement. At Penang last month he opened
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    TODAY'S RACE CARD
    1009 14 Race 1—2.15: Class 5. Div. 4 6 Furs. 1 109 Permit* Oormei II 7y West 9.00 Chan Lai Hong Manning 2 596 Silverfort 7y Baxter 8.10 Mrs. F. Atkinson Y. L. I-ee Bagby 3 762 ClnentMcope II 5y All 8.09 Shaw Stable Spencer 4 394 Hollywood Star
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    THE GOING GOOD AT IPOH
    47 14 rpiIERK was rain at Ipoh yesterday afternoon and the going last evening was good. RADIO MALAYA will broadcast race commentaries at Ipoh today. TREBLE TOTE will be held on Races Four, Six and Seven; Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Eight.
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    THE WOOD-SHOT RULE IS OUT OF FAVOUR
    499 14 SPORTSFRONT By The Sports Editor THE WOOD-SHOT rule, whereby a return off the frame of a racket is a fault, was incorporated into the laws of badminton in 1949. Now the Singapore Badminton Association are seeking to get the rule abolished. The Badminton
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    Govt. says 'no' to SOSC lottery plan
    233 14 THE Government of Singapore has rejected the application of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council for permission to run a lottery in aid of their Olympic Fund. Mr. C. C. Tan, president of the S.O.S.C. received this information yesterday. Governments reason for the
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