The Straits Times, 14 December 1956

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    14 1 New*" I**1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1956 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon WORLD WAR WARNING
    460 1 'BONN WILL ACT IF EAST GERMANY REVOLTS' We won't just stand and watch* shock for NATO council meeting t>\RIS. Thurs.— West Germany warned the North intic Treaty Organisation lay that she considered c was a serious danger of hird world war if revolt v out in Communist-ruled
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    73 sail back to Red China
    37 1 NAGASAKI, Thurs. Seventy-three Japanese women and their children sailed aboard the British ship Anking for Tsingtao, Communist China, today to rejoin their Chinese husbands. They have been visiting relatives in Japan
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    SPENCER: OURS IS GOOD CASE
    86 1 SPENCER: OURS IS GOOD CASE KIALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —Mr. Oscar Spencer, the Government's Economic Adviser and the "master mind" behind its five-year development plan, left here today by air for London to join the Federation party in the Sl.OOO million loan talks with the British Government. He told reporters at
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    Big drive soon on price bandits
    399 1 MINISTER MEETS MERCHANTS TODAY TO ASK FOR AID THIS IS HOW PROFITEERS ROOK THE HOUSEWIFE KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. THK Federation Government will announce next week the action it plans against pruliltTring. intend to take stressed the AsMinisttx for Comad Industry, Moh&med Khir bin In
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    Torch rescue of airmen in creek
    174 1 Torch rescue of airmen in creek DASSING motorists and villagers last night waded knee-deep into a muddy creek at the 7th milestone, Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore, to rescue five airmen trapped in an overturned car The car had overshot the narrow road and somersaulted 25 feet into the creek
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    Lock icon Relief coming
    30 1 GENEVA. Thurs. Red Cross relief supplies are flowing normally Into Port Said, where th e Egyptian Red Crescent Society is helping 8,500 needy persons under international supervision. U.P.
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    Lock icon 'My biggest shock' —Tedder hits at Govt.
    290 1 'My biggest shock' —Tedder hits at Govt. WRONG ACTION AT WRONG I TIME IN WRONG WAY' LONDON, Thurs. AM ARSHAL of the Air ITI Force Lord Tedder said today that AngloFrench intervention in Egypt was "a tragic mistake and folly." In biting condemnation of the Government and its policy of
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    5 BODIES FOUND IN WRECK
    86 1 5 BODIES FOUND IN WRECK KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. ALL the nine men aboard the Royal New Zealand Air Force Bristol Freighter which crashed in the Cameron Highlands on a supply drop last Monday are believed to have been killed. Troops of the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment and the 4th
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    CUSTOMS MEN PLAN JOINT STRIKE
    121 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. THE Federation Asian Customs Services Union, which has served notice to strike from Dec. 22, is now planning a concerted action with Singapore revenue officers. The Singapore Government Workers Union which repre- i sents 400 Colony revenue officers had notified the Colony
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    Britannia for Singapore
    127 1 BRITISH Overseas Airways Corporation intends to introduce the Britannia into its service between Britain, Singapore and Australia next March, Mr. Ersklne Crum, BOAC's sales manager for SouthEast Asia, announced in Singapore last night. Mr. Crum said the BOAC board had decided to introduce the Britannia into the
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    350-MILE TAXI DASH to FOIL TWO RUNAWAY SCHOOLGIRLS
    255 1 350-MILE TAXI DASH to FOIL TWO RUNAWAY SCHOOLGIRLS IPOH. Thursday. DARENTS and relatives of two runaway schoolgirls 1 left hurriedly in a taxi for a 350-mile trip to Singapore today to stop the girls from boarding a steamer bound for Red China tomorrow. The girls are Yong Yen Hsiang, 16,
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    Cloth ban relaxed
    46 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Federation Government has shortened the list of articles which are restricted under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance. In a notification published today all cloths are now freed except ween or khaki cloth, pliable plastic materials and rubberised or waterproof materials.
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    Lock icon TENGKU IN LONDON TODAY
    53 1 LONDON, Thurs. Thei Federation of Malaya's Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, was due to arrive here tonight (1 a.m. Friday Malayan Time) for talks with the Colonial Office. Senior officials of the Colonial Office and the Malayan Commissioner, Inche Othman, will be at the airport to
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    Lock icon Lim sees Boyd again
    53 1 LONDON, Thurs. Singapore's Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, held his second meeting within 24 hours with the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd. here today and continued their exploratory talks on the Colony's constitutional future. Mr. Lennox Boyd later flew to Athens for urgent talks
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    Cupid makes 2 Reds surrender
    48 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Ah Choy and his sweetheart Wong Chai Eng both top Reds in the terrorist organisation in Senai gave themselves up to the police on Saturday. They said: "We've been misled and now we look forward to years of happiness together."
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    Lock icon Chiang's guest
    29 1 TAIPEH, Thurs. Jacob K. Javits, Senator-elect and Attorney-General of New York State, was received today by President Chiang Kai-shek at Sun Moon Lake. In central Formosa. U.P.
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    Schoolgirl dies
    22 1 A 17-year-old schoolgirl, Fong On Chan, died in the General Hospital, Singapore, ypsterday as a result of caustic soda poisoning.
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    Meeting set to halt banking
    171 1 Meeting set to halt banking EMPLOYEES of 10 big banks in Singapore will meet at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Thursday to take a strike ballot. The executive committee of the Bank Employees' Union decided this last night after a deadlock in wage negotla- tions with the managements on Wednesday.
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    46 1 CANAL CLKARtI) IN TWO MONTHS IF WASHINGTON. Thurs I. t.-Gen. Raymond Wheelt-r. United Nations Sue/ Canal expert. today told I'llii i.iln here that canal could h<- cleared within two months using British and French equipment. Otherwise it would take up to a year. —U.P
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    Lock icon A new Austrian army is born
    63 2 VIENNA. Thurs— The first 12.000 recruits to the newAustrian army took the oath yesterday i n festive ceremonies throughout the country. The main ceremony was held in Vienna where Chancellor Julius Raab. several members of his government, and thousands of Viennese watched the oath-taking
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    MACHINE KEEPS WOMAN ALIVE FOR THREE DAYS
    364 2 Electric shock bombardment for the heart as soon as patient's pulse stops LONDON, Thursday. ROBOT machine which can automatically resuscitate a patient whose heart has stopped beating has been built at St. George's Hospital, London, doctors revealed today. It starts bombarding the heart
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    Lock icon IKE MAY ASK AID OF NEHRU ON SUEZ
    131 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs. PRESIDENT Eisenhower is expected to ask Mr. Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, next week to use his influence with Efypt in moves to settle the Suez Canal dispute. Officials preparing for the four-day "summit" conference between the two leaders say they
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    Lock icon THEY'RE DECIDING SINGAPORE'S FUTURE
    67 2 THE Singapore Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, and the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Lennox Bayd. meeting in London for informal talks on Wednesday. London messages say that the negotiations on full internal self-government for Singapore are certain to succeed. The talks are expected to create a
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    THE LOVING SON
    185 2 Broke into jeweller's to pay off father's £100 tax debt T ONDON. Thurs. It was midnight. A boy of 14 lay worrying in bed. His father was in debt. While dad was out. he read a letter showing that the income tax people were pressing for £100.
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    Lock icon Iraq protest
    31 2 BAGHDAD, Thurs. Mr. Burhanuddin Bashayan, Iraq's Foreign Minister, has sent a note to the Egyptian Government in which he strongly protested against recent Egyptian radio attacks on Iraq. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Duke visits a meat factory on N.Z. tour
    216 2 Duke visits a meat factory on N.Z. tour WELLINGTON, Thurs. fT The Duke of Edinourgh visited a meat factory here today. He looked on as workers cut bloody carcases and stripped newly-slaughtered lambs. Some members of his party were observed not looking so happy." Large crowds greeted the Duke, who
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    Lock icon Newsreels banned
    58 2 JAKARTA, Thurs. The Government's film censorship committee has banned American newsreels showing Hungarians in revolt against their Communist regime or fighting against Russian troops and tanks. An employee of 20th Century Fox said the committee gave no reason for banning the newsreels. Paramount Films reported that the committee
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    Lock icon Atom research
    25 2 SYDNEY, Thurs.—Experimental work at the research establishment of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission at Lucas Heights, Menai will begin early in 1957 Reuter.
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    Lock icon Record price
    24 2 MELBOURNE, Thurs. A record Australian price of 2,500 guineas was paid for an Aberden Angus cow at a stud s&le yesterday— Reuter
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    'Drink' challenge meant death
    179 2 'Drink' challenge meant death LONDON, Thurs. mHE lieutenant made a 1 joking challenge to the captain: "If yotf drink a bottle of brandy, I will pay for It." I* was a challenge from a Royal Canadian Dragoon St£BUi£'J2te Bovinirton Camp In Dorset. And the man who acoepted It was a
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    Lock icon Port Said pull-out ahead of schedule
    164 2 SEVEN SHIPS LIFTED FROM CANAL PORT SAID, Thursday. fTHE evacuation of British troops from Port Said is ahead of schedule, it was announced today, though the specific date when the last soldier will leave is still a secret. The aircraft carrier Theseus and the
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    WIFE SOBSS MY HUSBAND INNOCENTAM KILLER
    89 2 WIFE SOBSS MY HUSBAND INNOCENTAM KILLER NEW YORK Thii jWRS. Eugene H day room conl and not hi was on t. li Hague, 43. shootin 27. M:> the wltni of a fight in a house her husband ai and his wi: ing a party. Tell to floor "Mrs. Allbrite slap
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    The odd box
    72 2 LONDON, Tburs. A dog with a £10 10s. bearing aid will take part in Grift's championship show in February. Ex police Alsatian Delia, last year's obedience champion at the show, went deaf three weeks ago. A human deaf-aid was tried. A tiny battery was fixed to her
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    Lock icon Visit to Chiang
    21 2 TAIPEH. Thurs. President Chiang Kai-shek t- y received Mr. Jacob K. Javlts. Attorney-General of New York State.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Morocco joins
    18 2 MONTREAL, Thurs. Morocco today became the 70th member state of the International Civil Aviation Organization.— UP.
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    Jews deportee
    21 2 VIENNA, Tk: f deporting thou&i to Siberia from th Ukral anc 1 the Ba!:i I matic sourct fc -DP
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    Lock icon Expulsion: Britain may go to U.K
    215 2 NEW YORK. Thurs.-Bri-tain yesterday warned that it would bring the question of the treatment of British subjects in E*ypt before the United Nations General Assembly if there was no improvement in the situation. Sir Pierson Dixon. Britain's delegate, handed the United Nations Secretary General
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    Lock icon Russia is condemned by U.N.
    617 3 General Assembly tells Dag: 'Use initiative to solve the problem' ALL To QUIT AS KADAR STEPS UP ANTI-REBEL MEASURES BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF REDS GET DEFIANT AND STAY? crushing Hungarian independence and SLJ?S lasl r drumiii' 10 l ,'i^ ill l ;iW S f'>'^ inimedtleh"
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    Lock icon Reach For The Sky' is biggest box office film—'Trapeze' second
    143 3 Reach For The Sky' is biggest box office film 'Trapeze' second LONDON, Thurs. Till British film "Reach li. The Sky. 1 story of lertai fighter pilot Douglas Bader was this biggest box office in Britain, the KineKtorrmph Weekly announced yesterday. Hollywood film "TraGina Lollo--''l.i. of Italy, and Amei'i Hurt Lancaster,
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    Lock icon Britain orders huge A-plant
    59 3 LONDON, Thurs. --The General Electric Company announced today that it is to build the world's largest atomic power station, one of three being ordered by Britain's state electricity boards. The company said the value and scope of the project probably exceeds that of any other single
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    ELIZABETH MODELS MY BELOVED' HAIR-DO
    44 3 '.ZABETH RAWLINGS. an AngloBurmese model, was the hit of a London display of hair styles by Alexandra Francke In this Reuter picture she is wearing a coiffure called "My Beloved" which is set off by a glittering butterfly ornament
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    Lock icon NEHRU GIVES THE FACTS ON HUNGARY
    274 3 NEHRU GIVES THE FACTS ON HUNGARY 32,000 have died... NEW DELHI, Thursday rpWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND HunA garians and 7,000 Russians have died in Hungary's "national revolution." The man who gave these figures: India's Prime Minister Mr. Nehru who addressed the Upper House here today. His source: A confidential report submitted by
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      Lock icon Britain goes to Washington for a $1,000 million loan
      412 3 W A SHINGTON, Thurs. Britain has opened negotiations for a dollar loan from the United States ExportImport Bank. No official figure for the loan was announced but it was believed that the British Government was asking for $1,000 million and was
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      Lock icon Police hunt oilfield saboteurs
      56 3 BAGHDAD: Police are hunting saboteurs who set Jf«veral oil wells ablaze in Kuwait on Monday ni*ht. Several unexploded bombs have been discovered in the oilfields, which are jointly owned by British and American companies and it was officially stated that tin authorities have 'important clues" to
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      LONDON STOCKS
      283 3 LONDON, Thurs. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £5056 Funding r £85 9/16 War 3^% £69 1/16 —1/16 BANKS Mercantle (£5) £3 15/16 Eastern (£5) '£6 13/16 Chartered D 33/8 Hongkong ($123) £91' -i —1 INSURANCE Com. Un. (Uts.) 84/3 1/Royal
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    The anti-bandit Romeos
    221 4 'Wife in every town 9 habit cause of divorce boom YOUNG Malays in uniform, whether of the army or the police, do a splendid job of bandit-hunting in the jungles of the Federation .but they are also responsible for a drastic increase in the Muslim divorce rate.
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    That gift: Lace is men's choice
    210 4 U7ITH only eight-and- a-half shopping days to Christmas, Singapore men are beginning to stream into women's departments in search of glamorous undies for gifts. Leading Raffles Place shops reported yesterday that at past Chrlstmases few men had ventured past the handbags and hankies sections.
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    Seats still available
    54 4 All the $2.50 seats for the two performances of the Singapore Musical Society's presentation of Handel's "Messiah" have been sold. However, tickets are still available for th e $6 and $4 seats. The first concert Is at 8.45 this evening at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The second
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    NEW HOPE FOR ADDICTS
    154 4 1 Centre gives them chance of cure RESULTS achieved at the Opium Treatment Centra, St. John's Island, Singapore, which was started in February, 1955, "have been very encouraging," states the Singapore Prisons Department annual report issued yesterday. Addicts have had Impressed on them the following facts:
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    HANDY MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE, THAT'S COLIN THE COOK
    296 4 WHEN youthful Pte. Colin Holmes completes his National Service in Malaya and returns to England his mother is certain to find him very useful in the kitchen. For yesterday, against stiff competition from older chefs with much more experience of •oups,
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    CABINET RESHUFFLE ON MERDEKA EVE LIKELY
    212 4 CABINET RESHUFFLE ON MERDEKA EVE LIKELY KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. T*HE Federation Cabinet is to be reshuffled on the eve of independence on Aug. 31 next year. Alliance sources told the Straits Times today The reshuffle is made necessary because the Federation will acquire full control of external affairs and defence
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    She flies 4,000 miles for wedding
    78 4 She flies 4,000 miles for wedding MISS MYRTLE CHARMAINE, who arrived in Singapore from Colombo yesterday, is flying 4.000 miles to Canberra to get married. Her fiance is Mr. Melroy Kweslus, now with the Ceylon High Commissioner's Office in Canberra. They wer c separated in July when Mr. Kwesius was
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    3 dance teams for Bangkok
    75 4 Three couples representing Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Penang will leave by air today for Bangkok to take part in the two-day Far East Amateur Ballroom dance championships which begins j tonight. They are Mr. and Mrs. P. Hull the Singapore cham--1 pious. Mr. and Mrs.
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    They build own office
    58 4 BUKIT M£RTAJAM, Thurs. Sungei Pertama UMNO member* who provided their own labour and subscribed $900 towards the total cost, applauded today when their new UMNO building was declared open by Tuan Hajj C. C. Lsmall, chairman of the Penang and Province Wellesley State UMNO. The members
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    Cyclist dies after crash
    55 4 A cyclist. A. Veeramuthu, 36, was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a City Council van in Mandal Road. Singapore, near the 13th milestone about 10.50 a.m. yesterday. Police last night appealed for eye-witnesses to get in touch with Inspector H. M. Maphuz at
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    Postmen meet
    24 4 The Postal and Telecommunications Uniformed Staff Union in Singapore will hold its annual meeting in Maxwell Road, on Jan. 13, next year.
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    Flying home with coffin
    79 4 A French chartered airliner which was to have taken the Czech Olympic contingent home from Melbourne on Monday, Hew into Singapore yesterday with only the crew— and a coffin containing the remains of a Journalist Mr. Pierre Seize. The Czechs decided to sail home with the
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    UP GOES JAIL DRUG CRIMES ARE THE REASON
    63 4 UP GOES JAIL DRUG CRIMES ARE THE REASON day in 1955. stau payment's ann; issued yesterday This represented an crease of 233 over S daily averaßp of 1954"' The increase was to convictions unde-""-' Dangerous Drugs (Te~' porary ProvWoi nance. It cost the Governme" 1 average 0! 60 ea to
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    New officials
    39 4 Nanyang Gwre Cla- ciation, Singapore ed Mr. Gwee Tai K .sident. Vice presid Gwee Bock Hnat; Mr. Gwe e Soy secretary Mr. Gv.ee F Hong; treasurer M: G Cho Sim and asst. beta Mr. Goei Sianc Hoey
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    Prison officers meet
    37 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Vctlng Minister for! Affairs. Inche Bahr- In shamsudin. will annual conference I 0: pri.Non officers at Taiping on Saturday. The conference which will he prison's training vill end on Tuesday, j
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    GREATER TAX RELIEF URGED
    237 5 40 ...olmta.. mMwt Ulg- Ftoat -And plea tor national insurance scheme to aid Singapore 's unemployed RESOLUTIONS aimed at greater income tax relief, an improved educational system, the cation of an unemployment insurance scheme a nd a hawkers' welfare board will be tabled at c annual
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    Lost funds: Busmen will go to court
    133 5 the Singapore Bus A Wi rkers' Union is to lin to a Maglsabout the dis.nance of $7,000 inion funds. I nan delegation from Mon was advised to yesterday by the of Trade Unions, Choon Yet. lodge 1 complaint 1 magistrate. Id the union
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    Police ball
    20 5 KUALA LIPIS Thurs. The Pahang police ball will .it the Pnhang Club, j Kuala Lipis, on Dec. 21.
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    Teachers press Malayanisation
    48 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. -The iirst Malayan teachers' national conference to he held here on Dec. 28. will discus* a resoultlon asking the Alliance Government to Malayanise the education service speedily. The resoultlon demands that only "necessary" expatriate officers should he retained and engaged on contract.
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    New Japanese ship arrives
    44 5 The first of two new "H" class ships belonging to Nippon Yusen Kaisha. the 10.350 Himeji Maru. arrived in Singapore yesterday on her maiden voyage from Japan. The Himeji Maru has been put on the Japan-Hong KongSingapore India Pakistan service.
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    Bus bosses fall out: Threat to quit
    161 5 COME bus owners are plan- I ning to quit the Chinese us Owners Association be- they got no backing 'rom the association when j tney were attacked for scrap- n agreement with the! ♦niployees' union. The decision to scrap the •it, was made
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    $8M. FOR FIRST PHASE POLY BUILDING
    179 5 THE first phase in the building of Singapore's Polytechnic will cost about $8 million, including furnishing and equipment for workshops, the chairman of the board, Mr. L. Cresson confirmed yesterday. The second phase, consistIng of a gymnasium, assembly hall and canteen, would cost between
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    Tiger scare in Tiger Lane
    85 5 Tiger scare in Tiger Lane IPOH. Thurs. WHERE was excitement in 1 the Veterinary Research Institute in Tiger Lane here last night when the watchman raised an alarm after seeing a tiger in the compound. An hour's search by the chief of the institute, Dr. R. F. Couglan, and a
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    Minister due
    30 5 The Canadian Minister of National Health and Welfare, Mr. Paul Martin, is expected in Singapore on Sunday for an informal two-day visit. He will visit the Federation later.
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    Park robbery
    29 5 Two men, one armed with a dagger, robbed the proprietress of a coffee stall in the Great World Park, Singapore, of $110 and a wristwatch yesterday afternoon.
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    New station
    16 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A new police station was opened today at Travers Road here.
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    $4,000 for fund
    19 5 KUALA LIPIS. Thurs. The collections for the Poppy Day appeal in Kuala Lipis amounted to $4,071.
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    Chance to win $1009 000
    138 5 Chance to win $100 9 000 How £ood are you as a jud&e of charm? HOW would you rate the famous film star on the left with 11 other film actresses in a charm contest? If you think you know charm, then you have a good chance of winning SlOO.OOO.
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    Picnic sites planned at Changi
    128 5 Picnic sites planned at Changi Three swim-and-picnic sites at Changi and one at Pasir Ris. being developed by the Singapore Rural Board, are expected to be ready b y February. "We are providing amenities [in small experimental areas on Changi beach where people can swim and picnic." said the acting
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    Xmas treat for kiddies
    46 5 The Shell Company of Singapore will tomorrow give a Christmas party for hundreds of children of its employees at St Joseph's In-, stitution from 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. The treat will include a film show, magic show, games, cakes and refreshments.
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    Customs post
    25 5 SITIAWAN, Thurs. Mr. Leong Kok Chow is now acting as Customs Officer, Dindings, in place of Mr. Low Ping Kong, who has resigned.
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    'WELFARE MEN ARE BULLYING US'
    177 5 A CHARGE that the Singapore Social Welfare Department had been "adopting bullying methods" at the Upper Serangoon Community Centre Association was made yesterday by a member, Mrs. Grace Wee. She added that for some time some civic-conscious members had been trying to persuade the department
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      373 5 SINGAPORE MI'SICAL SO- 15th Inter-School art exhibition at CIETY: Handel's "Messiah" with British Council gallery. Stamford choir, soloists and symphony Road, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.; draworchestra. Victoria Memorial Hall, Ing class (all aspects 1 6 p.m to 8.45 p.m. Guest conductor: Fran- 1 8 p.m. cl£ Mace. RAFFLES MUSEUM:
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    'NO-SCHOOL' PUPILS GIVEN REPRIEVE
    342 6 Ministry will open more English evening classes OUXDREDS of disappointed primary school boys and girls in Singapore, who have been unable to get into secondary schools next year, are to be given a chance to continue their studies. The Ministry of Education yesterday announced that more
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    Vice clean-up corps warned: —'Don't go shaving heads9 —
    164 6 Vice clean-up corps warned: 'Don't go shaving heads 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. FOLLOWING "free lance" attempts to clean up a new red-light district here, police warned hot-heads of the dire consequences of taking the law Into their own hands. An angry moral vigilant corps has vowed Its members will shave
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    Road safety man back
    43 6 Th e chairman of Singapore Safety Cil. Mr. A. E. ShrphriT returned to the Colons six months' holiday i n fewland. While in Londor. Shepherd attended National Safety Congress, o--ganised by the Royal 8 for the Prevention of Accidents.
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    School visit
    21 6 Lady Black, wife <. Governor, will rial! thi gapore Rotary Club's Tra:agar School in Yio Chu at 3.30 p.m. today.
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    SHE'S A MOTHER' TO AIRGIRLS
    92 6 SHE'S A MOTHER' TO AIRGIRLS MISS MILDRED JACKSON (above), is director of a training school for air hostesses In Chicago. She is coins round the world for a three-month rest from "playing mother to air-minded eirls from all over America and Canada." On arrival in Singapore by BOAC yesterday. Miss
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    Parents demand: 'Take our children back'
    224 6 PARENTS of 67 pupils expelled from two Chinese schools in Singapore want to get them readmitted. But they appear unlikely to succeed. Yesterday when the parents demanded a reprieve for the students, school authorities told them bluntly: "We deem it desirable that they should
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    'Robber shot me,' says sergeant
    258 6 COURT TOLD OF BACKLANE CHASE 4 POLICE sergeant was shot and wounded by a gunman when he confronted three men who had run into a backlane after robbing a family, a Singapore preliminary inquiry was told yesterday. In the dock stood bespec- I tacled Lim
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    Parents' day
    25 6 The Geylang Craft Centre School, Singapore, will hold its third annual parents' day tomorrow at 3 D.m. in the Sims Avenue Community Centre.
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      176 6 radio malaya Regional •Programmes thus marked can be SINGAPORE received by listeners in Malacca Short wave 49 41m. Medium MedtamVave 476 m. wave 476 m., 343 m., 366 m. and A.M. 7.15 Time Signal And 8m Opening Announcement; 7.16 pm »i on t ifnThann Dn Morning Serenade; "30 News; f.m.
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    DIAMOND JUBILEE OF THE 'MAIL'
    228 7 DIAMOND JUBILEE OF THE 'MAIL' KUALA LUMPUR h V rs Th c Malay Mail of Kuala Lumpur celebrates its diamond jubilee tomorrow It was first published on Dec 14, 1896. The Malay Mail was the inspiration of a former civil servant, Mr. J. H. M. Kobson, and from a fourPage
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    RAILWAY TO GET PORTABLE GODOWN
    55 7 RAILWAY TO GET PORTABLE GODOWN KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —A British firm, Arcon, is making a $300,000 portable godown for the Malayan Railway. The godown will be built at Port Swettenham, possibly at the new North Klang Straits wharves now being built. It will occupy 45,000 square feet of space and
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    Promise to students
    43 7 I KoALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— I The Government today gave an assurance that students who had passed their primary sixth year examination this year would be admitted to secondary schools. "We have enough room," an official of the Education Department said.
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    SUDDEN TURN ENDED IN DEATH
    95 7 SUDDEN TURN ENDED IN DEATH The Singapore coroner. Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday recorded a verdict of death by misadventure at the inquest on M. Rasappan. 14, who was knocked down by an S.T.C. bus at junction of Bernam Street and Anson Road on Sept. 8. Wong Kirn Seng, the
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    AID FOR WIDOW WHO 'LOST' $20,500
    172 7 2 kind men send cash gifts THE plight of Padyachi Ratanam, the Singapore widow who has to care for eight children on $55 a month, has touched many hearts. Padyachi was awarded $20,500 damages after her husband was killed in a car I accident,
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    Transferred
    22 7 KUALA LIPIS. Thurs. Inche Abdul Kadir bin Ngah, Settlement Officer, Kuala Li pis, has been transferred to the Land Office. Kuantan.
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    Teachers threaten strike if pay claims rejected
    194 7 'GO-SLOW SCHEME ABANDONED KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. JHE National Union of Teachers is planning a one-day token strike to take place early next year if the Government rejects its demand for 2,500 Normal trained teachers to be promoted to Division Two of lite service.
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    New Council officials
    54 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. The following have been appointed official members of the Johore Executive Council for the period ending November, 1957. Dato (Dr.) Salleh bin Hail Abdul Hamid, Raja Haji Omar bin Chik (president, Religious Affairs Department), Mr. R. P. Bradley (State Engineer), Mr. K. A. Blacker
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    Secret society man jailed
    57 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Lian Boon Ho, of Singapore, who has been living at Mersing. was sentenced to four months' Jail in the Johore Bahru magistrate's court for being a member of a triad secret society. In addition he was fined $100 for not having his change
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      211 7 DEMONSTRATION AT ROBINSON'S DURING DECEMBER Mrs ANNA SIM Jte| yi^iLl DEMONSTRATE N£W fiEAUTV TO YOUR SKIN You may consult our Dorothy Cray trained "7" i beauty specialist, Mrs. Jt Anna Sim, at the h^T l j Dorothy Cray counter at Robinson's, Singa- v-^_' pore, during December. f She will be
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      297 7 Straits Times Crossword 8 Z§!l_Z Zj s§s^ IlillTlpTi i? v i* 22 Z Z Z_ZillL Z B te IH M ft HI IH H -M* "J J U~ ACROSS 7 Holiday nook (6). 8 Herb had a son In fiction <6>. 13 Teases her— a form of love In 9
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    DEATHS
    106 8 2« Word* HI (minimum). STATHAM: Reginald Arthur late of Port Swettenham, passed away on Tuesday llth December at 263 Brighton Road, Worthing. Cremation on Saturday 15th December. EULIN: Norma, age 23, Dearly beloved daughter of Oleen and Sydney, passed away at the General Hospital on Thursday, I3ih December, Funeral
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    IN MEMORIAM
    27 8 Words HI {minimum). IN EVERIiOVINO MEMORY of Yeo Bock Hoe, departed this life on 14th December 1955. Very sadly missed by his wife and family.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    135 8 U Word* HO (minimum). MR. AND MRS. CHARLES LEE SWEE SENG, thank friends and Relatives for their kind attendance. Congratulations, Presents and Assistance on Uie occasion of their marriage on 8.12.56. LEE MAH THAI, Lee Mah Wai, Lee Ah Loke, Lee Sau Kheng, Lee Sau Yoong, thank all relatives
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    LOST
    27 8 to Words JJ (Min.)— Box SI et: txtrm. LARGE MALE SIAMESE Cat answers to name "Coca". Holland Road /Queen Astrid Park area. Reward offered. Telephone *****.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    277 8 10 Word, HO (minimum). A Tl FF S ENOUGH If Its Air-'.vick mist the modem air freshener. Its available in two sizes from all good stores. SAVE $70/- per year by Joining Reprint Society Book Club. Write i today to World Books Malayan Agency P.O. Box 1742. S"pore. SPECIAL
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Dec. 14, 1956. The Kremlin Condemned
    615 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Dec. 14, 1956. The Kremlin Condemned Condemned for the third 5 time by the Assembly of the 1 United Nations for brutal intervention in Hungary, i Russia again has been called 1 upon to withdraw her forces I from that tragic country. No- one supposes
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    Rising Prices
    308 8 Rising prices, in most cases unjustified and quite unrelated to the new taxation, the Suez crisis or to shortages, have caused both Malayan Governments to warn traders that they will impose price control unless profiteering ceases. That the Federation especially should be so ready to impose controls indicates
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    The U.S. Pile
    274 8 The Americans are pledged not to use their stockpile to the disadvantage of the natural rubber industry, but there are occasional alarms, the most recent of them a possible shortage of rubber because of the Suez blockade. By no stretch of commercial imagination, however, could the Middle
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    HEGYESHALOM
    923 8 I I WILL NEVER FORGET THI TWO-HOUR STOP AT The town with plenfy of gutsl I rf*WO place names in 3 the news have, for me a sinister famillar- Ity. I confess I would 5 rather write them than S say them Hegyesha- lorn and Szczecin. r I was
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      THE ALIEN FRUITS
      87 8 THE ALIEN FRUITS I WAS extremely amused to read the Federation's Minister of Agriculture's advice to Malayans to eat Malayan fruits in order to save many millions of dollars a year in imported fruits. I don't believe a campaign to encourage the consumption of Malayan fruit will be a success.
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      His friends get lost
      63 8 IHAVE been residing at Ballater Close for the last 5 months. Up to the time of writing there is no sign board showing the place in which I stay. The consequence is that none of my friends are able to find my house. Can't the authorities
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      To wake up the dead
      60 8 T»HE noise coming from the. Kinta Swimming Club every night is enough to wake up the dead. On week days it extends to well past midnight and on Saturdays up to 3 a.m. Has the Kinta Swimming Club a special licence to operate until so
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    Lan experiment in co-operation
    1161 8  - Lan experiment in co-operation GEORGE FRADIER by rail started when I met Dr. T. A. Cockburn, a s World Health Organisation s epidemiologist, who has been doing research on a mysterious epidemic that has been plaguing Ceylon since malaria has almost been eradicated from the j island. "But even if
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    Nanyang plea for cash
    54 9 pare Hanyang in the letter, the sponsors i M cwS?tJ2r l! assistance h ie deficit of $500,000 needed to keep running this highest seat of Chinese have been sent to learning In Malaya. banks in the Col- -We hope you will not fail I for donations,
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    Acton appeal: Judgment today
    728 9 COURT TOLD: <HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT Counsel claims magistrate exceeded powers by improper' questioning HALVCCA, Thurs. —Mr. Justice the Malacca ourl today ye d judg> tomorrow in by Alan i Barnard 52, ngairist a on for using force on Hedwiges Pas.
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    MANY ROADS FLOODED BY HEAVY RAIN
    64 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The road from Triang to Mengkuanjj at the 102 > 4 milestone in Temerloh is closed to traffic because of j heavy floods today. The 8' 2 mile stretch of the j Kuala Pilah-Mahsan Glendale Road is passable. In Johore the
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    Band concerts
    42 9 Two bands will play in Singapore on Sunday the regimental band of the 2nd Gurkhas at Botanic Gardens from 5 p.m. t 0 6.15 p.m. and the Singapore Polic c Band at Esplanade Gardens from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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    3 DID NOT ARRIVE
    197 9 Mother he had not seen for 15 years 'lost 9 from train PASIR MAS, Thurs.— A reward of $50 awaits anyone who can help a Chinese goldsmith here, Mr. Wong Kam Lay, to trace his 77-year-old mother and two nephews who were "lost" while travelling from
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    Radio men ask for details
    36 9 The Dtpartment of F adcasting Employees' Union in Singapore will send a sixman delegation to see the Chi--* Secretary. Mr. W. A C. Goode, to seek clarification of Rat Malaya's *ure.
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    Magazine ban
    23 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Federation Government ha- banned the importation of a monthly magazine "China Reconstructs." published In English In Shanghai.
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    'Cat overboard!9—and £d luck came for a trip
    339 9 'Cat overboard! 9 and £d luck came for a trip WANTED, URGENTLY: A SUCCESSOR TO GINGER BAILORS are notoriously superstitious and the crew of the P. and O. liner Corfu which arrived in Singapore from Britain yesterday are no exception. Old salts on board, shook their heads when word got
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    Romance in U.K.—now they'll wed
    120 9 Romance in U.K. now they'll wed KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. TWO Malayans who met at Kirkby Teachers Training College and later fell in love, announced their engagement in Kuala Lumpur today. They are Miss Judy Koh Siew Noi, eldest daughter of Mr. Koh Pooi Kee. senior interpreter at the Supreme Court,
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    He'll look up 'old boys'
    49 9 The principal of the Mahajana College in Tellippalai. Ceylon Mr. T. T. Jayaratnam, arrived In Singapore yesterday to look up his former pupils. Mr. Jayaratnam will spend two months in Singapore and the Federation, and hopes io meet as many "old boys" as possible.
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    I.S.M. for reader
    42 9 The senior proof reader of the Government Printing Office in Singapore, Mr. M. I. Mariados, was recently presented with the Imperial Service Medal by the Governor, Sir Robert Black, in recopnition of his 32 years' service with the Government.
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    Patrol camp
    32 9 The All-Singapore Patrol Camp at the Boy Scouts centre in Jurong Road will be opened by the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. at 4.30 p.m. on Dec. 21.
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    EDUCATION FOR THE NEW NATION
    451 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thur< —The Federations newEducation Bill based on the blueprint drawn up by the Razak Committee and approved by the Federal ral Council in May. was published here tonight. The Bill is to be introduced a* tne next meeting of the councirin February. The
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    NOT A 'PIRATE' BUT DRIVER IS FINED $300
    243 9 NOT A 'PIRATE' BUT DRIVER IS FINED $300 Had wrong type of insurance qiHE Singapore City Magistrate yesterday held that x Ng Leng Choon, a clerk, was not using his car as a "pirate" taxi when for eight months he took payment from a colleague whom he took to and
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    Forged cheque charge
    56 9 Aziz bin Mohamed Noor. 28. a peon at the Br;- European Association, Singapore, who pleaded guilty at the Assizes yesterday to two charges of theft of a cheque belonging to Mr. Andrew Gilmour and using it as genuine while knowing it to be a forged document, was
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    Cashier's appeal dismissed
    51 9 Soon Kuat Seng, a receiving cashiei at the South branch of the Overseas Chinese Bank, who appealed against an Assize Court sentence of seven years' jail for criminal breach of trust, had his sentence confirmed in the Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. The amount involved was
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    Wild-cat strike after 3 get sack
    81 9 Wild-cat strike after 3 get sack BENTONG. Thurs.— Nearly -00 labourers of the Bukit ltindinu Estate, in Kar.ik, near here today staged a wild cat strike in protest aeainst the dismissal of three workers by the estate management. The estate has a labour force of 400. The dismissed men were
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    Group dinner
    31 9 The Indian Association. Singapore, will give a dinner on Sunday in honour of the Assistant Minister to the Chief Secretary, Mr. M. P. D. Nair. at the association's premises.
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    DEMOCRACY COMES TO THE LAND OF LOTUS BLOSSOM
    661 10 FRIDAY SPOTLIGHT ON THE WEEK'S HEW FILMS *•-k* What occupation i^^^^J^J^SS^CZ *fe?r£^i lingerie and Brando brandy VERY rarely do we see a film with a really original theme, an unusual setting, excellent scripting and good acting. We certainly have this combination in
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    VAMPING PAMPANINI-SEX ABOVE THE SEINE
    226 10 A MURKY, mediaeval melodrama can best describe the French Italian film "The Tower of Nesle." which has all the turgid emotional content and violence of the original novel by Alexandre Dumas. The censor has obviously come down heavily on the sexiest scenes, but they are
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    EXIT BURTON —GIELGUD TAKES OVER
    127 10 EXIT BURTON —GIELGUD TAKES OVER FIERY Welsh actor Richard Burton walked out of 'Saint Jop.n' seven days before shooting was due to start in London. Where is he? Nobody knows. Three weeks ago he received a copy of the Graham Greene script, read it and decided he didn't like it.
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    'Iceberg' unfreezes as the flame of the North-West Frontier
    201 10 'Iceberg' unfreezes as the flame of the North- West Frontier AS a straight-out adA venture story, "Zarak" has enqugh colour and action to make it a good boxoffice draw. It also has a good quota of star material in Victor Mature, Michael Wilding and Anita Ekberg. None Is outstanding, although
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE 144 died, 44 starved when) migrant ship hit rock
    1513 11 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE 1 44 died, 44 starved when) migrant ship hit rock I 'Special dishes' contained liver minced with moss int. sieek sailing ship Strathmore, on its maiden voyage lrom London, nosed its wav through the darkness and fog blanketing the Southern Indian Ocean early on July 2,
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      223 11 Rex Morgan* 3/. H. don't rvmvmbvr* BHBBBBBMHPBJr~u£' r as-^es hrjrT x>v *6«e tebripc V VS r uHjb wins*.ad€ 7j vmnslaoe v "t TH ,%A> A" KEK£A«S4 t 6ABV I LYiNg TmE KX£ Sa^ SEPOSE *E LEPT, f SAID THAT 'HJ r WAPLFS SUCCESS DCXTC«--MAPtE'S r-^k. TWWFIC ~S V°V AND 86-
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    121 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes In it* rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to SlOO.K— Canada: buying airmail: T.T. 31 7/16. 0D.31 9 16 90 dst 31 T credit bills. 31 15/16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.U. ready: Canada 31 1/16; Swiss Francs
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    STORE SHIPPING
    76 12 Ships lying alongside the Sintapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Arima Maru 1 2, Perseus 45. Loksaxn: C.P., Steel Director 67. Agamemnon 89, City of Manchester 11, Eenwyvis 1314, Straat Soend;i 15/16, Thorstrand 18, President Fillmore 19 20 Saduo N. Wall 6. Bidor 23. Bafito 24.
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    TELUK ANSON BREAK UPVALUE WILL BE $3.50 A SHARE
    967 12 TELUK ANSON BREAK UPVALUE WILL BE $3.50 A SHARE By Our Market Correspondent THE directors of Teluk Anson Rubber Estate Ltd. are placing before a special meeting of shareholders on December 21 an offer of $1,300,--000 for the purchase of the estate. The market yesterday calculated that if the offer,
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    43 12 ance Minister has fixed the following prices for calculating customs duties for the week starting December 13: RUBBER: si.14 cents per Ib. COPRA: S450 per ton. COCONUT OIL: $770 per ton. PALM OIL: $789.50 per ton. PALM KERNELS: $371.25 per ton.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    80 12 Singapore Chineae Produce b.l change: noon prices per piciU yesterday were: Copra: quiet; Dec. $27 >; buyers. $28 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet: bulk $43 sellers, drum $4T sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $124. Sarawak $123 (both down $1). special Sarawak black $87 (down $2).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    56 12 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS Ithe pi, two to oat i loans were I»ans Con Zla Bank .M 0.,,/ Hill B^*" 1 lL SB** Western I Ampol ex Oil Search AUSt OODI a.p m. i m i Bradford 'B. Hill pro. I Courtauld Dunlop Bee- Zinc Felt A: Tex |a J. Co:-- Herald
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    97 12 January first p^ buyers f.o.b. rlovd j n Xn yesterday at 81.M one cent on Wedne I price The rlosinj lone loNinj price, mm^ r yesterday were:— OFFICIAL f.o.b. buyers 1 R.S S. Jan. buyc: 109; No. 1 R.ss r>b' 107',. sellei VNOFFKIM: npr\ M No. 2 R.SS.
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      308 12 SENIOR OFFICERS ASSOCIATION uf the SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL DUE to unforseen circumstances the Special General Meeting to have been held this eveninw has been postponed until Friday. 4th January 1957. The time and place remain uncnanged. Circular to follow. H. SELWYN LEWIS Secretary KWONG ON C 0. r LTD. Department
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      516 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited fa the past of Superintendent, Kuali Langat Water Supply, in the Public Works Department, Selangoi in the salary scale of $296 -A 14--422/436-A2O-516 per mensem pun COLA, at current rates. Appll. I cants are required to have a wld« knowledge of Waterworks practlc* 1 and
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      458 12 i NOTICES S.S. GOVERNMENT S% WAB 1 LOAN 1953/60. NOTICE is herby given that the transfer books of the above- I mentioned loan will be closed from Ist to 15th January 1057. both days inclusive, for prepara- tlon of Interest warrants. By Order THE CHARTERED BANK, Singapore. NOTICE OF ROAD
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      818 12 NOTICES NATURALISATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mr. Bela Albert Berkovlts of 7 Napier Road. Singapore 10, Is applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written and signed statement of the facts to the
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      700 12 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TEMDCB GAS DETABTMENT Purchase of icr»p »t K«Jl»ng RotdOu Works. Ten^JJWJi $200/-. Close 12 NOO*— M.IS.S6. Forms from Gas Department Meter Reading Section, Msnsoor Street, on production of City Treasurer's deposit receipt which will be made In the name of the tenderer submitting the Tender.
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    Big Dutch shipping plan for Far East
    359 14 Big Dutch shipping plan for Far East A HUGE ship-building programme, costing millions of guilders, by two Dutch owned shipping lines was announced in Singapore yesterday. The two companies are the Royal Interocean Lines and the Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschap-pij, two of the best known shipping companies in Malaya. The first ship
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    148 14 'COLONY HOTELS COMPARE WELL' OUR hotels compare very favourably with those in Europe, both in regard to cleanliness and food and willing service. This is the opinion of Mr. Franz Schutzman, manager of Raffles Hotel, Singapore, who has just returned to the Colony afte r three months' leave. Mr. Schutzman
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    Termite problem solved?
    143 14 rjiERMITE and fungus I proof plywood, introduced earlier this year by a well known British manufacturer, has solved the problem of damage by insects to milling machinery supplied to tropical countries. The famous Rochdale milling machinery engineers and builders of grain handling equipment, Thomas Robinson and Sons
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    Siam bank manager sees hopes of closer trade ties
    246 14 Siam bank manager sees hopes of closer trade ties DOPES for closer trade ties between Malaya and "Siam were expressed yesterday by Mr. Yong Dhaneswongse, who will be sub-manager of the proposed Singapore branch of Bangkok Bank Ltd. Mr. Tong said that in the past considerable transactions between the two
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    Record U.K. exports
    80 14 Britain exported a record total of £2.438.395 worth of office equipment and machinery in October £160.--423 worth more than the previous record of October 1955. The British industry's exDorts of £20.395.568 in the first ten months of the year were £2.310.581 more than in the same period
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    Japanese explore local market for radios
    166 14 rfWO executives o f Victor Co. of Japan Ltd., Mr. Gun ii Shiraishi and Mr. Hirob-umi Tokomitsu have arrived hi Singapore to explore the possibilities of introducing their radios, radiograms. Hi-Fi equipment. phonograph records and public address systems to this market. Mr. Shiraishi, who
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    MALAYAN BREWERY SILVER JUBILEE
    282 14 MALAYAN BREWERY SILVER JUBILEE rpOMORROW Malayan -I Breweries celebrate their silver Jubilee and the occasion will be marked by a big party at the Alexandra Road plant. The company was launched with a capital of $1 million in April 1931 and the brewery was opened eight months later. Joint venture
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    2,000 U.K. cars are sold
    67 14 An order for 2.000 Jaguar Cars one of the most popula r high quality medium price cars has been placed for the North American market, it was confirmed in Coventry last week. It is based, the Jaguar Company stated, on firm orders received from Jaguar
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    Lock icon Workington put out of Cup by little Goole
    194 15 Workington put out of Cup by little Goole LONDON, Thursday. pOOLE TOWN, the small Yorkshire soccer club, yesterday reached the third round of the English Football Association Cup for the first time in their history with a shock 1-0 away win over Working-ton Town, the Third Division Northern League side.
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    Krishnan to meet Flam first today
    128 15 PERTH, Thurs. INDIA'S No. 1 player, 1 Ramanathan Krishnan, will meet the United States' second string. Herb Flam, in the first singles match of the inter-zone Davis Cup Final tomorrow. The draw was made today Xrom the Davis Cup trophy by the Governor of
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    74 15 STOCKTON (California,), Thurs.— Dommy Urusa, of Manila, won a unanimous ten-round points victory over Memo Dies, of Mexico City, in a flyweight bout last night. Dlez. North American champion, has been ranked No. 1 contender for the world title held by Argentina's Pascual Perez. "We have
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    67 15 PRETORIA, Thurs. Denis Compton left Pretoria after the MCC match against a South African XI and travelled to Capetown to meet his wife. She is due to arrive by sea to- morrow and Compton will then fly to Durban to Join the rest of the MCC
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    Ten thousand miles-he's not away from home
    153 16 Ten thousand miles -he's not away from home Neral Moreira KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A MEMBER of the British Olympic soccer team had a pleasant surprise for Mr. "Bill" Urquhari of Kuala Lumpur during dinner at the Harlequin last night. Mr. Urquhart ivas chatting with a group of the British amateur
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    SARU AGREE TO PERAK'S PROPOSAL
    175 16 SINGAPORE Asian Rugby Union yesterday agreed to a Perak Asian Rugby Union proposal to {orm a controlling body among Asian players.But they are against it being named the Malayan Asian Rugby Union. If all the other states agree to the formation, the Perak Union Intend
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    A soccer lesson for Colony
    715 16 BULGARIANS* WIZARDRY DELIGHTS 7.000 CROWD THEY ALWAYS HAD A MAN TO PASS BALL TO Bulgaria 10; Singapore 2. THERE was a crowd of nearly 7,000 at Jalan Besar stadium last night and the "continental style" of the Bulgarian Olympic football team at its exhibition best
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    INDIA PUT UP STRONG SIDE FOR ÜBER CUP
    282 16 INDIA PUT UP STRONG SIDE FOR ÜBER CUP KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. TNDIA will have a strong line-up when they meet Malaya in the Asian Zone final of the Über Cud badminton competition to be played at the Selangor badminton hall on Dec. 21. All the ties, three singles and four
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    Seletar 'A' first in road relay
    41 16 RAJ 1 Seletar "A" won the first road relay race held in Singapore against nine Services teams at Changl yesterday. Seletar's team of four, who ran four miles each, were Mclntyre. Nichols, Bourne and Slson.
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    ROWE WINNER
    23 16 A goal by Rowe enabled 3 8.0.D. to beat b.o.d.c.a. 1-0 In a S.H.A. Dlv. 2 match at Friendly Hill yesterday.
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    Stopped by the Cuban terror
    46 16 The Welsh heavyweight champion. Dick Richardson goes in with both arms swinging against Cuba's Nino Valdes at Harringay, London, last week. But Valdes proved too strong and Richardson had to retire in the eighth round after taking very heavy punishment. Reuterphoto.
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    MR SOH REPORTS TO SAFA Players' poor form not weather is cause of defeats
    317 16 MR SOH REPORTS TO SAFA Players' poor form not weather is cause of defeats SINGAPORE soccer players, who have just returned from a tour of Hong Kong, were blamed yesterday by team manager Mr. Soh Ghee Soon for losing the Aw Hoe Cup to Hong Kong. Mr. Soh, who was
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    BE PROW OF KIM BEE-LAW
    159 16 MALAYA should be proud of Tan Kirn Bee (middleheavyweight) who gained the only unofficial point for the country at the Olympic Games by taking sixth place In the weightlifting competition, said Mr. S. C. Law. manager of the Federation's "iron men," when the contingent of
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    CHANGI SUFFER 22-0 DEFEAT
    46 16 R.A.F. Seletar "B" trounced R.A.F. Changl by 22 points (2 goals and 4 tries) to nil In a rugger match at Seletar yesterday. Scorers were Crouch (2 tries). Wilson, Schofleld and" Kerton, a try each, while Cooper converted two of the tries.
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    45 16 Colonel R. V. Ranson (15) 3 down won the The Singapore Army Golfing Society's Bogey competition at the Royal Island Club on Wednesday. He also won the ball sweep for the first nine. Ball Sweep for the second nine was won by McGlip.
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    Straws' winnings already a Malayan record
    219 16 By EPSOM JEEP SHAW STABLE, owners of the biggest team of racehorses in Malaya, are having their best-ever 1 season. With one more meeting to go, they have won 58 races and $431,400 in stakes and added money— the biggest total ever attained by
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    69 16 The Blacks, who started rugby last year, will make a 10-day tour of the Federation where they will play four matches. The 30-strong team will leave for Malacca on Saturday where they will meet Malacca Combined Schools the same day. On Sunday they will play Negri
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    249 16 MELBOURNE, Thurs. ■TEN ROSEWALL. the Davis Cup star and United States singles tennis champion, said today he had not talked business with professional promoter Jack Kramer for more than a year. It was reported in a section ol the press today that Kramer had offered
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    408 16 British team, easing up, beat Fed 6-2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. T^EN THOUSAND fans saw the British Olympic soccer team hand out a 6-2 beating to a Football Association of Malaya XI at the TPCA stadium this evening. The game provided plenty of excellent soccer especially in the first half. But
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