The Straits Times, 1 January 1955

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    13 1 The Straits Times. I Estd. 1815. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, lf>ss. 15 CENTS
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    85 HONOURED in MALAYA
    1135 1 Leading New Year award to Raja's son Malay royal family, a planter, women, «-dm alienists, the conductor phon; orchestra, polkc officers and üblic service art among the So ■New Uar honours in the and Singapore. lUrs list published i<><l;i\ is one oi [he war. was to
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    MY MESSAGE OF HOPE—BY NEHRU
    336 1 MY MESSAGE OF HOPE— BY NEHRU 7 feel tension between East and West will lessen in 1955' INDIA'S PREMIER. Pandit Nehru, was in Sinpaporr 1 for an hour and a half yesterday and gave a New Year message of hope to the world. Mr. Nehru gave a Press conference at
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    6-hour strike talks fail
    39 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Talks between the management of the Gei eral Transport Company and the strikers here today, ended after six hours witn no indication of a settlement. Further meetings will be arranged if necessary.
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    He wins again
    31 1 LONDON. Fri—Mr D. Alexander British Foreign Office mnn and chess expert who beat Russia's chess master. Mr. David Bronstefn, in a tournament last year, was awarded the C.B.E.—Reuter.
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    THREE NEW BARONS
    160 1 M.B.E. for Landy the man who beat him gets nothing LONDON, Friday. rpHE QUEEN ELIZABETH created three new barons and Rave awards to nearly 2,000 more of her subjects in her New Year Honours List published today The nrw barons are: Dr. Edgar Douglas Adrian 65. distinguished
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    Crate of beer from Sir Geoffrey
    67 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Seventy men of "A" Squadron, 22nd. Special Air Service Regiment, stationed in the Tasek Bera area of South Pahang. were presented with a crate of beer today by the Director of Operations. Lieut-Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, who flew in by helicopter
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    Howe to retire
    25 1 LONDON, Fri. Sir Robert Howe will retire early next year as Governor General of the Sudan, the Foreign Office announced today- AP.
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    958 Reds knocked out in 1954
    117 1 958 Reds knocked out in 1954 KUALA lIMPIR, Iri— Se«n rity forces killed and captured "49 CommunNt terrorists during H".l Another 200 surrendered. Civilians again took the brunt of the terrorist attack and 98 were killed. Another 44 are listed missingThe security forc-cs lost 8.1 men during the year and
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    Skull expert is knighted
    50 1 LONDON. Sat -One of the new knights in the New Year honours list is Professor Wilfrid le Oros Clark, Prolessor of Anatomy at Oxford University, who last November denounced as a hoax the famed Piltdown skull, reputedly the oldest example of human life in Europe.— Reuter.
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    C.M.G. FOR FORMER MALAYAN
    162 1 C.M.G. FOR FORMER MALAYAN Worked on typhus I)R RAYMOND Lethwaite, Director of Colonial Medical Research, becomes a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George in the New Years honours list published today. Dr. Lcthwailc was Director of the Institute for Medical Research m Kuala Lumpur
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    Dag leaves for Peking
    43 1 NEW YORK. Fri— Mr. Dag Hammarskjold. the United Nations Secretary-General, left New York today for London on the first lee of his journey to Pekine to seek the release of elrvcn American airmen and other United Nations personnel. Reuter.
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    Girl of nine swept away in city storm drain
    354 1 Girl of nine swept away in city storm drain WATCHMAN UNWINDS TURBAN, MAKES LOOP TO SAVE CHILD FROM DROWNING A NINE YEAR OLD girl was trapped 10ft. under a road in darkness. surrounded by swirling. muddy water, foi 45 seconds in Singapore yesterday. Little Low Ai Peng is alive to
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    Crowds along eight miles cheer Nehru
    273 1 PENANG. Fri The Indian trl-colour flag, flying side by side with the Union Jack, today greeted the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru as he drove past eight miles of cheering crowds who had waited hours along the route from Bayan Lopas airport
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    FAMOUS ACTRESS DUE HERE
    129 1 FAMOUS ACTRESS DUE HERE 4 FAMOUS British actress. J\ Dame Sybil Thornri.vke. is coming to Singapore next week with her husband. Sir Lewis Casson. Dame Sybil, who is It, will arrive by Qantas-BOAC airliner on Jan. v from Australia. They will stay in Singapore for only one night and will
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    Leading Order for Aga Khan
    45 1 LONDON. Sat— The Aga Khan. Muslim leader and racehorse owner. Is created a Knight Grand Cro&s of the Order of St Michael and St George (G.C.M.G.i, one of the leading orders of chivalry, in the New Year honours list. Reuter.
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    England all out 191
    196 1 England all out 191 Cowdrey f 8 great century MELBOURNE. Fri. A COURAGEOUS maiden Test century by Colin Cowdrey averted a complete collapse by England on the opening day of the third Test against Australia here today. Thanks to a stylish Innings of 102 by this 22-year-old batsman, Encland, whose
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    STOP PRESS
    37 1 RRIIM.F. ni I O.V TASRIR 1 H tn i ii Ml I brri.in «ank<f Wurlrl 1 In »l i It wr, dp .f tihi rj the Hint in Urn tory of <hf wit r Bentrr.
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    U.K. GRANT FOR COLLEGE
    57 1 KUALA LUMP'JR. Fri. The Federation Government announced tonicht that tru British Government has ap- proved a $3,500,000 Colonial j Development grant to meet I the full cost of building a teachers training college at P<n■agj. Thus srant will mako it passible to start work soon. A
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      14 1 j STRAITS TIMES j wishes all its readers A HAPPY NEW YEAR I j
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    Oil! Sarawak plans to hit it rich-Down go 3 drills
    132 2 MIRI, Northern Sarawak, Fri. VJARAWAK Oilfields an- nouncod today that three new exploration veils art to br drilled in the Balingian River basin, a i of Sarawak. work has already begun, ■aid the company, on the preparation of the site
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    Navy denial
    40 2 WASHINGTON I states Navy spok< sman d« :iied that the Navy's accounting system was holding up construction on tin naval I ■•.<- In Spain as alleged by a s'lb-committer of the H Ri presentatlves Armed Committee UP. OP. 1
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    Fewer Colony road deaths in 1954
    185 2 A TOTAL of 108 people were killed in road accident :n Singapore up to yesterday morning, a drop of 19 compared with 1953. The worst month last year was August, with 12 fatalities. April. May and June had the lowest number six each. There
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    SINGER SUES FOR $810,000
    83 2 NEW YORK. Fri Negro; singer. Ella Fitzgerald, and three of her staff members! yesterday sued Pan American World Airways, for U*****.000 1 i SßlonnOi damages on charges i of racial discrimination. They claimed that on a flight I from San Francisco to Sydney. Australia, they were
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    Fijians on parade
    79 2 BATU PAHAT. Fri.- The Ist Fiii Infantry Regiment held thei r annual battalion parade this morning They were inspected by Brigadier Hanniker oi HO. 63 Gurkha Infantry Brigade. Brin Hanniker complimented the men on for their good work ar.d their reputation and wished them best of luck
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    1954—BEST YEAR OF ALL
    309 2 1954— BEST YEAR OF ALL Singapore Reds took a beating Terrorist outbreaks went down and convictions went up SINGAPORE'S Special Branch chi«-f, Mr. E. Blades, yesterday described J954 as "the Ix'st yrar we have had since the outbreak of the Emergency." "There were fewer outlin-.ik of Coinmiinist violence during the
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    $1,500 gift to console 8 stranded passengers
    191 2 THE right passengers who were on board the Danish freighter Lexa Maersk which caught fire on Christmas Day will receive a gift of si 500 each. The owner of the Maersk Line, Mr. A. P. Moller sent a cable from Copenhagen yesterday to
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    Honours for Sarawak, N. Borneo
    125 2 Honours for Sarawak, N. Borneo NORTH BORNEO and Sarawak recipients in the list j a COMMANDER OF THE ORDKR OK THE BRITISH EMPIRK (C.8.X.) CIVILIAN DIVISION: Mr John Ramsay Baxter for public services in North Borneo OKKK KR OK THK ORDKR OK TIIK BRITISH EMPIRK (OB.E.): Rev. Bernard J. Davis,
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    The fate of the' Beauties'
    90 2 The fate of the Beauties' MEXICO CITY rri Puli^t here have broken up an unusual burglary ring a ua:.; composed entirely of women and known a.> "The Beauties." Police said they had arrested eight women who formed in. Rang, and two men who served as "fences" to sell stolen articles
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    More gifts for the flood victims
    393 2 THE following gifts were received for the Fedt ration Flood Reliei Fund yesterday. SKI.ANCiOR: Mr. P. Vensadasalan SI. MM. O. N. David $5, East Asiatic 0c Ltd. $153. Batu Cantonment Child. D Carol Service $50. St M.ivTamil Congreuution $1478. Klang Civil Defence Club V
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    MR. FRANCE wins again
    164 3 MR. FRANCE wins again BIG GAP IN WESTERN EUROPEAN DEFENCES CAN BE CLOSED AT LAST Catling takes over in Kenya West praises decision to let Germany rearm: Red paper says: 'Shameless' LONDON, Friday. <T r lvN letden last night cheered the French ijonal Assembly's approval of West German re- M
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    27 votes to spare in 10th day
    521 3 rpilK French National I Assembly yesterday, after 10 days of passionate and often bitter debate, approved by 1H" to 260 votes the last of the Paris agreements for German rearmament. This removed thr last big obstacle to Western Germany's entry into the Atlantic
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    AND WARNING BY VIETNAM
    61 3 iretsn N Van terday teated te rclam. Pham Van Do- ■d by the Ho Chi Minh: Vietnam will be reunited with you or against you and you will bp defeated if you oppose it. "If the Saigon government should prevent elections in 1956. you Frenchmen. who
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    Hindu priests bless Tito
    57 3 BENARES. India. Fri. -President Tit i) was blessed by Hindu priests during a threehour visit yesterday to the ancient city of Benares. He stopped there on his way to Calcutta. Crowds broke tluvugh bamboo railings and police cordons when he visited Dashmswamedh Ghat on the left
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    Never-never air scheme extended
    49 3 LONDON. Fri. Pan-Ameri-can Airways is to extend its "fly now. pay later" plan to Britain from tomorrow. People will be able to travel anywhere in the world on a down payment of 10 per cent of the fare, paying the balance over ?1 months. Renter
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    ONLY ONE WAY TO BEATTHE MAUS— THE MALAYA WAY
    243 3 ONLY ONE WAY TO BEAT THE MAUS— THE MALAYA WAY NAIROBI, Friday. L'FWA'S new police chief, Mr Richard Catling, said here today that the colony's police had "a great deal to do to set their house in order." He made the statement an hour after the former Commissioner Col. Arthur
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    Mix-up in the atom sub
    47 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. Sea trials of the atomic submarine Nautilus, already delayed for three months by a mix-up in installation of steam piping, will be postponed until early March. Navy officials had said previously the trials would get underway in January— A. P.
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    AIR ENGINEERS URGE STRIKE
    202 3 Unless sacked man gets back job LONDON. Friday. \IJOUT 330 AIRLINE engineers, employed by British European Airways and British Overseas Airways, last night urged strike action on Jan. 6, unless a union official sacked for "grave industrial misconduct" was reinstated. They decided to ask the Ama
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    Goodbye! Col. Young flies to London
    83 3 Goodbye! Col. Young flies to London NAIROBI, Fri. (~]OL. Arthur Young who has resigned as Commissioner of Police, left Kenya today for Londen. With him was his personal staff officer. Mr. F. J Wilson. Before boarding a light police plane here to join an air- liner for London at Entebbe,
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    Fire aboard luxury yacht
    52 3 HAVANA, Fri.— The US$l5O,--000 yacht, owned by newspaper publisher Mr. S. Claret, was partially gutted by fire yesterday. First estimates placed the damage at US$5O,OOO. There were no injuries. The 90-foot twin-motored luxury craft "Jaguar" was burned at its Almendares River anchorage, near Havana's exclusive Yacht
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    Conviction is upheld
    62 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. The U.S. Court of Military Appeals upheld the murder conviction of Mrs. Dorothy K. Smith, daughter of Army Gen. Walter S. Krueger, in the stabbing of her husband. Col. Aubrey D. Smith, in Tokyo on the night of Oct. 1952. Mrs. Smith, 42. was convicted
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    One year up
    31 3 NEW DELHI, Fri— The Indian Government has announced it intends to raise the legal minimum age for mine workers to 16 years. The present minimum is 15. A.P.
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    Cabinet quits
    20 3 faANTIAGO. Fri. The Chilean Cabinet eighth since Gen. Carlos Ibanez took office in November. 1952 resigned yesterday. A.P.
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    Eros was readybehind a hoarding
    159 3 Eros was readybehind a hoarding LONDON. Fri. EROS, the Puckish God of love who lives in the middle of Piccadilly Circus, was today hidden behind a protective wall of wooden hoardings a sure sign that NewYear's Eve is on its way to London. Ion it- tit thousands of people, by
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    U.S. talks on Bahamas arms range
    99 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. The State Department yesterday announced negotiations with Britain to extend a U.S. Air 1 Force euided missile range in the Bahamas to St. Lucia, Windward Islands and Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. A U.S. -British agreement in 1950 established the longrange
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    Bomb outrages in Casablanca
    44 3 CASABLANCA, Fri- A bomb placed under the car of an American sergeant exploded in Casablanca's Oasis quarter. Police could give no details immediately on injuries to the unidentified soldier. Three bombs exploded under different vehicles here on Wednesday night. UP.
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    U.S. cracks down on more 'Red front' organisations
    183 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. /pHE government yesterday A named 27 new organisations as subversive and ordered a New York school to register with the Justice Department as a Communist front, organisation The Attorney-General, Mr. Herbert Brownell, Jr.. gave the 27 organisations 10 days in
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    CAR GAVE TAXMEN A TIP-OFF
    273 4 CAR G AVE TAXMEN A TIP-OFF He always kept asking for time—and made no returns for seven years So new forms were sent to a contractor who had plans to build 75 new homes PENANG, Friday. *TUX PeMMf income tax authorities became interested in a building contractor's income when they
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    Indecent, so he's bound over
    46 4 Saapa bin Abu. 23, was bound over in the Mini of $250 t<> be of cood behaviour for a >•< ar in a Singapore yesterday for Indecently exposing himself to a sergeant and a staff sergeant ol the Women's Royal Army Corps.
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    A merry widow is fined $50
    47 4 Chen* Sve Chua, a 40-year-old widow, was fined $50 in Singapore yesterday for possession of two gallons of dutiable saouu. She was found carrying the samsu in two tins at Paya Lebar Road on Thursday evening Duty unpaid v. .is $24.
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    EYE-WITNESSES SOUGHT
    63 4 Singapore Traffic Police yesterday appealed tor anyone who .saw the fatal accident in Thomson Road near the 5 2 milestone on Thursday to come forward and hel-p in the investigation. A 12-year-old cyclist. Chua As Soon, died in a collision involving a lorry. Eye-witnesses should contact Inspector Lai
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    Big crowds will pack Collyer Quay for the koleh races
    135 4 Big crowds will pack Collyer Quay for the koleh races Till' annual Singapore New Year se.-j sports are expected to attract big crowds again today. The first event a race for Malay kolehs. starts at 9 a.m., but so many are expected to pack Collyer Quay that spectators will have
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    WOMAN BORROWED
    102 4 then pa mcd $2,600 trinkets ENDAH BINTE BABU, aged 35. wanted to be dressed up for a wedding feast so she borrowed two pairs of ear studs and 30 gold bangles, worth $2,600 in ah. from a friend, Enon binte Januddin, of Changi. But Endah did not return
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    Study gifts
    43 4 The United States Information Service announced yesterday that applications for research grants under the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Foreign Student Summer Project has been ex- tended to Jan. 6, to allow thOM who have not sent mi applications to do so.
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    Robbery alleged
    32 4 Chua Chin Hock, acrused of robbing a provision store in Dunearn Road of $40 at kniie-point on Dec. 2, was committed yesterday to stand trial before the Singapore High Court.
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    Customer snatched 'cash box'
    91 4 Customer snatched 'cash box' A MALACCA youth, Samin Mb Jaudin, 20, went vp 1 to a woman breadseller in Singapore's Chinatown and I asked to be served with 20 cents' worth of bread. As the woman, Tay Huay was wrapping up the bread, I Samia snatched a cigarette tin containing
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    Social Malays
    28 4 The Malay Social Association of Singapore will hold its annual meeting at the SiiiKapore Youth Council hall, 145. Orchard Road, at 2 p.m. on Jan. 9.
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    OSMAN CHINA AND HIS GANG ARE EATING AT LAST
    101 4 OSMAN CHINA AND HIS GANG ARE EATING AT LAST THREE DAYS AFTER TIIKV CIAVK themselves up near Kuala l.ipis. Pahang. the terrorist boss. Osman China (left), and his eight comrades are still eating ravenously at meal times. Gang members (above) wolf their tiffin at thr Kuala l.ipK pulire station. A
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    GOLD BARS HAUL ON HONG KONG SHIP
    64 4 GOLD bats worth $150,000 were seized by Singapore Customs Prfventive officers on board the Yochow. which arrived from Hong TCong on Thursday. The haul weighed a total of i 96 lb. Each of the bars weighed five tahils. The seizure was made after
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    Fire at offices
    58 4 Fire broke out in a bathroom on the second floor of McDonald House in Orchard Road, Singapore, yesterday morning. Some petrol kept in the room caught fire. One fire engine from the i Central Station turned out to tackle the fire, but it was put out by
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    QUITTERS URGED TO REPENT, RETURN
    147 4 TELUK ANSON. Fri. |X)RMER UMNO leaders who deserted to form other political parties are trying their best to break up the UMNO but they have lailed, said Tuan Syed Ja'afar Albar, information officer of the UMNO, at a public meeting here last night. He and
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    Man killed by mail train
    50 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A 75--year-old Indian, an inmate of the Selangor Welfare Home, was killed this morning, when he was run over by the Kuala Lumpur Singapore mail train The Indian was walking along the track near Brickfields about 8.15 a.m. when the incident occurred.
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    Girl of 20 in banned area gets 6 months
    53 4 NIBONC; who. village pol c< desirable,' tho Pro-.. Inche H Kin, hrr pan nl with t exclusion on umber. Tl 7i Vi months' Jail. One of hi cowl waa to dead by Nibonp r b 20, police to new v: 1
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    S.T.C. drivei fined
    35 4 I in- [r. J P T o guilty would fllli' il Lim. who admiti a bu.< along Nov. IS lasto 40 miles an hour $40 The authoi was 25 miles an hour
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    Man dies in car accident
    20 4 TELUK A Boon Hot, 58 v Teluk Ai Cilia. d ston to the U'< Ital.
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    HE TOOK OPIUM TO JAIL
    56 4 An elderly man, Ho Joo Sin. >M sentenced to a months jail In Singapore on Wednesday for an opium offence writ., lie failed to pay a fine of $50. He was taken to Outrani Road Prison that evening where he wi packet 01 opium .<....
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    PEOPLE THE QUEEN HONOURED
    115 5 BOUQUETS FOR MEN, WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED MALAYA WELL CMG FOR A RAJA IN PERAK c ir n all walks r S honlished FeB „f the (Jl«»n.) HA.II RAMABALJSA ,',,1,1 HIM inner H d .md 8.1 MX H < IMPBI I manibber than h the for
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    RACING MAN GETS AN MBE
    693 5 SINGAPORE 0.8. E. (Hon.) INCH! C. ML VISIF BINSHEIK ARDI'L RAHMAN, Member of the Federal and Perak Executive and State Council.-. He ha- taken an actne part in the political and .social aiiairs of ins community since his return from Encland. He Is now a
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    New Year honours for R.A.F. men
    109 5 NEW YEARS honours tor men of the Far East Air Force are: C 8.E.: Group Capt. A. L. Dorry. 0.8. E. 0.8. E Wing Commander R D. Williams. MB.E.: Flight Lieutenants.' P.T. Brown and H.J. Smith. Bar to Air Forte Cross: Squadron Leader A.
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    Frcssangcs off to Saigon
    46 5 Air Marshal F. J. Frvssanges. Commander-in-Chief. Far East Air Force, will leave his headquarters in Singapore on Monday for a routine visit to Saigon. He will be the guest of the Btiti.sh Ambassador. Mr Hugh S Stephenson. He will' return on Wednesday.
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    Cyclist dies in crash
    64 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Pri. A Chinese motor-cyclist was killed in a collision with another motor-cycle at the 3 3 4 mile Klang Road last night. Meng Sien Heng, 30. a mechanic, was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Klang about 1 midnight when the accident occurred. The rider
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    AWARD FOR COLONY PIANIST
    416 5 AWARD FOR COLONY PIANIST years the concert was presented on Dec. 8. 1946; he has now conducted more than 50 concerts, appearing with such worldfamous artistes as Claudio Arrau Pierre Fournier. Alfredo Campoll and Jan Strict erlin: he 1.-i a classical pianist. MR. ONG ENG LI AN: Secretary of the
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    44 6 it Wnrdi $10 (minimum) A MSta. DANIAL CASSIDY ■L ii to (hank all Friends and Relation! for their Attendance at their Wedding Reception and also (or their Valuable and useful Prepeei.il Thanks to Active Friends whose efforts made the I,' -option a Success
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    28 6 tt Word* $10 (minimum) HIE AUTO-MART, successors to I. in Motors. 9 and 11 Penhas Road. Wishes :ill its patron.; a peaceful, h.ppy, healthy and prosperous 1P55.
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    PERSONAL
    43 6 :il Wvrds Sl'i (minimum; matt AND ISOBEL MYLES of Malacca wish their friends b°st seafon's greeting? If no cards sent. flcod relief funds benefit. AH FAH: Please come home Immediately us Mother has Forciifn you. Ah Hock is asking about I i'her.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    162 6 JO Hard* $11 (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the Malay Mall' if you want to win that 55.000 word puzzle. LOLLI POP IT IN Ecstasy and Realisation—its a Fuller's loliiPop. Sold everywhere! Sole agents— >>n's. THE COCKPIT" Bar on Saturdays iMnchtime The ideal rendeivous for a pre-Rljsttafel drink,
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Sat. Jan. 1, 1955. The French Decide
    627 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Sat. Jan. 1, 1955. The French Decide There is no better tribute to French ratification of the Paris agreements than the anger that comes from behind the Iron Curtain. We may regret the necessity for rearming Germany, disliking it almost as much as do the Russians
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    Marriage Law Reform
    301 6 The Federation has taken a long time worrying out some much-needed marriage law reform. Since 1940 Singapore has i had on its statute book the old Straits Settlements Civil Marriage Ordinance which provides for monogamous marriage outside the Church. But it was not until 1952 that the
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    Warning Bells
    295 6 Penang's Financial Officer tolled a warning bell (his own phrase) at the Settlement Council's budget meeting. Demands on the public purse, he said, had reached the limit of taxation. Any expansion of the public services would require additional revenue. Mr. Gascoigne's bell has a familiar tone which nevertheless
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    As I was saying...
    998 6  -  CYttKUS hy S\TI RIIAV VN'DY MALAYANS will find M* rhp Won, Ypar's Unn tne New Years wonours List somewhat unexciting, if less plentifully sprinkled with the rustornarv absence of a decoration is the marki of signal failure. But certainly the appearance in the Singapore list of
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    WISHES FOR NEW YEAR
    908 6 WISH E S FOR NEW YEAR MALAWStA/V Now the new moon reviving old desires. The thoughtful heart to solitude retires THUS Omar Khayyam, philosopher bard of 13th century Nishapur, somewhat freely rendered into English by Edward Fitzgerald in 1859. Write year $rr moon, for there are. or should be twelve
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    99 6 From the Straits Times of Jan. 1, 1905. REVIEW of 19(H. Johore: Tlie Sultan of Johore went to Europe in January and was still there when the year closed. In London, hf> made arrangements for a railway through his territory to connect with the F.M.S. lines. Mr.
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    a more prosperous year: The men at the top all say so
    1050 7  -  STRAITS TIMES reporters ;£IG STEP FORWARD ON ROAD TO SELF-GOVERNMENT: END ""to THE EMERGENCY: GOOD PRICES FOR TIN AND RUBBER: FREEK SPENDING By \i LUMPUR, Fri. -mi iuTION leaders in all retail l^ c are lookin 8 0
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    Sopiee won't quit the council
    57 7 Sopiee won 't quit the council N 'lll MOHD. SOPHS! has :l -"l his mind about ''-uiiimc from the Federal Wfislatife onnefl H« annouued two months ago «"uld quit ;»t the V 1 1 "■<' \t-ar He has now »*«M tv >ervp until June La month, hundreds of PMPte M?n.d
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    It won't be easy but it won't be dull—MacG
    260 7 It won't be easy but it won't be dull MacG K. LUMPUR, Fri. THE High Commissioner. Sir Donald MarGillivray, in a message for 1955 to Government servants said today: "I believe that there is every reason to face the New Year in a spirit of optimism." It was not going
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    464 not out —a party for faithful 16
    199 7 464 not out a party for faithful 16 CIXTEEN long-service employees of the Shell Company in Singapore and Shell j Tankers (Eastern) Ltd., were i guests-of-honour at a tea- party given yesterday by the general manager, Mr. D. H Palmer to mark their retirement. The men, who have together put
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    ONCE TOO OFTEN FOR THIEF
    51 7 pole to "fish Ut of car, a from a Benroolen Street 01 houn of' B Hock. 33.' But the shopmen had been alerted and Ng was caught, the Singapore Fir.it Criminal Court was told yesterday. Ng was sentenced 18 months' jail for housebreaking and theft.
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    Fellowship
    24 7 Dr. Scan Cheng Slew has born awarded a Queen's Fellowship for 1955. it was announced in the Singapore f 'nment Gazette last) night.
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    Nicoll: 'Home-rule' poll makes 1955 a crucial year for Singapore
    215 7 Nicoll: 'Home-rule' poll makes 1955 a crucial year for Singapore 'GOOD OMEN, INDEED, THIS FINE RECOVERY BY RUBBER* SINGAPORE is entering its most crucial year, the i Governor Sir John Nicoll. said in a New Year's Eve broadcast last night. Reviewing Singapore's future in 1955. Sir John referred particularly to
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    S500? NOW MISS SOFTLEY HAS READY ANSWER FOR THE RICH
    191 7 S500? NOW MISS SOFTLEY HAS READY ANSWER FOR THE RICH NAT KING COLE singing "Answer Me" earnea $504 for the Little Sisters of the Poor during Radio Malaya's "Dollars for Discs" programme on Thursday night. It was the biggest donation of the programme and now the person who gave it
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    Peace maker stabbed
    47 7 A Chinese was stabbed in Beach Road, Singapore, on Thursday afternoon while trying to separate two Indians who were fighting. Both the J Indians fled after the Chinese was wounded The man, Quay Slong Hwee, was admitted to hospital. His condition is not serious.
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    29 local men get top jobs
    294 7 HIGHER SERVICES APPOINTMENTS THE Governor of Singapore has approved the appointment of 29 local officers to posts in the Colony Higher Services. Fifteen men were appointed to Part 2 of the services. 12 officers including a woman, appointed to Part 1 and two officers
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    I'M A POET, ALLEGED RED INSISTS
    86 7 I'M A POET, ALLEGED RED INSISTS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Mow Sui Yong's creative instinct brought him to the First Magistrate's Court here today. For the poems and verses he wrote, it was alleged by the prosecution, were terrorist documents. The papers were found In Mou's possession at a house in
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    'Priceless' treasure finder may get only $100 reward
    277 7 'Priceless' treasure finder may get only $1 00 reward rll treasure trove of 17th i century porcelain and bronze, found at Johore Lama early list month is the most important of its kind ever unearthed in Malaya and >s "historically priceless," Mr. G. de G. Sieveking, curator of Federation Museums,
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    THOUSNADA SING AND DANCE A WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR
    232 7 THOUSNADA SING AND DANCE A WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR of revellers at hotels, restaurants, clubs and private homes all over Singapore danced the New Year in and many stayed up to see the dawn of 1955 break today. At the popular nightspots, all of which were fully booked at
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    Answer to water SOS
    75 7 KLANG, Fri.— The people of KampongKuantan, near hpre, who were without piped water fo r eight days, have received 1.000 gallons after their SOS The kampong's 500 people, worried after their supplies had been cut off for eight day.s, ser.t a telegram yesterday to the State
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    ARSENIC IN FOOD: 3 YEARS FOR WIFE
    273 7 ARSENIC IN FOOD: 3 YEARS FOR WIFE JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. "I^EELA, 22 year old A wife of a labourer on Mawi Estate, who trifd to poison her husband, was sentenced in the Sessions Court. Kota Tinggi, yesterday to three years' imprisonment. Passlne sentence. Mr. N. L. Cohen, the president of
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    Indian leader arrives
    49 7 Periyar E V Ramasamy, j South Indian social reformrr. arrived in Singapore last night by train at the end ot his Federation tour He was greeted by about 3.000 Tamils. He will address public meeting in the Happy World I stadium on Sunday at 10 a.m.
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      132 7 High tides TODAY: Singapore 3.12 a.m. (8 ft. 7 In. i 3 07 p.m. (8 ft. 7 ln>; Port Dickson 10.23 a.m. (7 ft. 3 In > 11.09 pm. (8 ft 2 In >; Penang 4 08 a.m. (6 ft. 8 In j 6.16 pm. (8 ft. 4 in i
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    Fewer jungle surrenders in 1954 —but Reds are losing heart
    1848 8  -  HARRY MILLER By THE hopes at the end of 1953 that the back of the militant Communists in the Federation would be broken by the end of 1954 have not materialised. A stalemate characterised the campaign this year and the
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      296 8 Straits Times Crossword t"~ 5 3 t"~t \b mm* I I? I it I ■IlZll|I!lZiZIII '3 IT" 16 I' "8 '9 20 21 22 ||23 2* Ts" 26 ACROSS 8 Worn on top (si. 1. Leading performer In the 14. Strip down but a covering U aquarium? (8). left In
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    Gobind Singh welded Sikhs into race of warriors
    1908 9 Gobind Singh welded Sikhs into race of warriors illllll! Ijiy*!^ ON the first day of the New Year, 1666, Northern and Central India dwelt in precarious peace, united as they had never been by the great Mogul Emperor Aurangzebe, "Adornment of the Throne,'' "Reviver of the Fa th.' f His
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      106 9 HBO A J^ l 'J? %f l T-* Wine) IN CON> M miisl Nillin(t Is on :i(r»iinl 1 mmßj M ..I lllls l.m is tlv imnnl »f rrd In con--1 .medy ipprtit*. it llnI .I <I<m tor at children, mpnt at pIUI. OUEK H LTD ..INVI C T A 4
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      357 9 p^y- 1 CLARKS IS THE ANSWER BROWN WILLOW BAR OR LACE-RUBBER SOLES BROWN JOYANCE SANDALS lUNIOR BLACK BOX LACE-LEATHER SOLES 510/50 to $23/50 THE STORE WITH A %£A^ TO OFFER bu t Doctor, *L* > why does 'Disprin' .<&£* relieve pain L N I so quickly? 1 M(.) SEE— IT
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      158 9 Sheriork Holmes Ptttyue injection f YOU MEAN YOU'RE^ V 1 SHALL PO A'.VSELF £tS3/ vECy iVTEBESTiNo. PROFESSC* /ffltok f ~>* VVITM TUE 6ERUM THAT V WIU. PRECEDE ME, NHf 5U81N6 DR.WATSOM THAT /^~l^w'*^*ml( CAUSED THESE POCK OEVILS GfN^LEA'EN, UPSTAIRS Ik |R ThC^E CORPSES WECE MPivk Truvfs XEunivnred iinfiernaiis mm^ mK^^^mS^^
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    RUBBER PRICE IS 41 CENTS
    727 10 BETTER THAN 12 MONTHS AGO BY OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT MALAYAN businessmen, brokers, merchants and dealers left their offices yesterday, in many cases at noon, full of quiet confidence for the outlook for 1955. Their optimism may be considered to be well based as there are
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    38 10 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.88 T for cash and 5.90 'j for T.T. Sterling was quoted Ht 15.62 and one tael of gold at 256',.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    183 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Assoc.atlon re-ported: The local share market closed the year on a quiet note. "While tins and industrials were steady, rubben; were irregular due to profit-taking." Members reix>rt<"d the following business done yesterday: Con Tin Smelter pref 225 Federal Dispensary $3.40: Malayan Cement SI 83,
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    Most heetic week in rubber mart
    622 10 Most heetic week in rubber mart rpHE last few days of 1954' A constituted the shortest trading but the most hectic week of the year, recording both the highest price and the greatest upward movement in any week this year, states the weekly rubber review of Holi- i day. Cutler,
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    RUBBER PRICES
    142 10 January first grade rubber buyers f.o b closed in Singapore yesterday at 98\ cents a lb.. three-quarters of a cent above Thursdays closing price. The closing tone was quiet. A fairly active turnover was reported Closing prices yesterday In cents per lb were:— No. 1 R.S S. Spot
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    99 10 Singapore Chinese Produre Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: Steady; December $30 4 buyers HO^t sellers: January $32 1 buyers 32', sellers; February 32 buyers $32*; sellers. Coconut oil: steady,' $51 sellers. Pepper very steady; 15 tons business reported: white up $2. black $4; Muntok white
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    U.K. effort
    51 10 The index number of British industrial production based on the figure of 100 in 1948 is estimated at 185 for October, the Treasury an- j nounc-o. The revised fleure for September was 131, the same as for October j last year. The September 1953 j figure was 125.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    118 10 Ship* Ivln* alon S M<u ih pore Harbour Board «h, p«rtrd trnlav McKinley 4.5 Bantam 83. Bn, 15 16. Kobe Mai Javanese Prim t Straat Banka 31 33 34, Eastern Qun 38 39. Tantalu Inner KoacK fish, Ha< ,h ■rookc Beetong. Ho, k Ho M ronatlon, Te< k
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    OFFICIAL prices
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    U.S. confident
    77 10 WASHINGTON F r upswing In DnlU aclluty In 195?) Sinclair Weeks. merce in his am. i,<; :(■■> nations economy. M; \w he brlieved this would bfIn iwy.ii overall naployma rise in standard of ]i\i:,_ facts Justify temperature he declared. Reviewing 1954 he Mid been a yesr of "high
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      444 10 NOTICES NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIRM of Sherbanee Khatena A Co. of 18 Robinson Road. Singapore, will v from the Ist January, 1955. be known as KHATENA, SOLOMON CO. Dated the 31st December, 1954. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that Ng Eng Kee
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      520 10 SINGAPORE REP FUNNEL LINES. HEAP ENC MOH SS CO., LTD. I SOON BEE STEAMSHIP CO., (S) LTD. 1 j 33/33, Teluk Ayer Street Phone *****. Passenger 6c Freight-Services. SAILINGS TO DJAKARTA CHERIBON— FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE. m.T. "Gianit Seni; 1 A. Spore appr. Jan. I L. Spore appr. Jan 1 SAILINGS TO
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      975 11 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. T«i: 1411 .A »4° 5 fl/ n ,n Singapore) (12Hi»a.) IHE BLUE FUH«EL LIMB Igtf thpr port* to lood ona discharge corgo IV SPOOL GLASGOW. LONDON. CONTINENTAL" PORTS 00 SOIII P. S'haro Panong G 29/30 Jo" 9 Inn S Jon Jan 1 I 9/10 7 Jon
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      1076 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA »er Aden. Pert SeM, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg A Oslo Spore P. Sham Penang "asia" noia IC. Lan 10/1 J »/n m ctll.i,-H It/J0 Jo l '/22 J.i 5 t*"**" (PosJ«ng*rs only/ m Calls Beyrouth, Gdynia. SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVI a/U K./CONTINtNT Spore
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    Education 'based on needs of government'
    436 12 T^HE debate on Education in the Johore Council loaves the ordinary man confused. The unofflcials demanded secondary education; also vocational education The Chief Education Officer had instructions to provide for primary education and some vocational training schools because "there was difficulty In Retting craftsmen
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      The NEW Year THE SURER WAY TO CO-EXISTENCE
      137 12 The NEW Year THE SURER WAY TO CO-EXISTENCE INTER-RACIAL marri- ages as a means to racial harmony in Malayan nationhood is impracticable. No amount of theorising, comparison with other countries or generalisation can alter the fact that the ?a*e of Malaya is unique in itself, so long as the laws
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      Facts are in the way
      146 12 I AM In hearty accord with Mr. Milon Nandy's sentiment, viz., that if inter-racial marriages are encouraged and the right to retain or embrace another religion, according to the individual's choice, is allowed, a true Malayan nation will certainly develop. But facts are against us.
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      SIX-MONTH WAIT TO QUALIFY
      134 12 illinium ||||||;i mil i mi jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii AN unhappy parent of a student teacher who failed in the third year normal examination was worried about his son's reexamination and wrote to you about it. Perhaps students who failed may be considered as successful candidates after a wait
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      SAW ECLOPSE
      72 12 I WISH to correct Prof. J. C. Cooke's statement tha' no one saw the eclipse of the sun. I did see it and so did six others who were in my house at that time, 4.15 p.m. Christmas day. It covered about a third of the sun and
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      No telephone
      68 12 DISASTERS surh as that which occurred at Kuala Muda recently, when over 50 houses were gutted by fire, causing losses of about $250,000 including the destruction of over 50 houses, would be made less likely by the erection of a public telephone call box in villages where the
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      CAR NUISANCE
      55 12 VISITORS to the Malacca Coronation Park are annoyed by motorists who speed along Wisdom Drive at 30 to 40 miles an hour. Besides the possibility of accidents, they create clouds of dust which pollute the fresh air one came to enjoy. Perhaps they never see any policemen that
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      36 12 rIE Nile Road District of Singapore is full of gamblers. They gamble till midnight and disturb the tenants of this district from a peaceful rest. Will the police come and check? ANTI-GAMBLER. Singapore.
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      31 12 AS I was just sitting in the Havelock estate community centre I saw a police constable playing at the jackpot machine. ThLs policeman was in full uniform. MANOHARAAN. Singapore.
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      'IMPORTATION' OF DOGS RULE IS ABSURD
      118 12 CAN any one tell me why a dog, free from the rabies scare in the Federation, duly cleared by the State Veterinary Department of the Federation as 0.X.. cannot go over to Singapore? I go twice every month for certain supplies and I have
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      73 12 A FEW days ago I was leavlriK the factory nrar thr bus station at Buklt Tirnah Road. A bus was coming and we ran towards it. but the driver did not stop, although wo wore only ten yards away. It was raining and the delay would have
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      149 12 "Nokw we get polite conductors' THE bus strike has at f least done some good, i I It has opened the eyes of I the public to what effici- ently-run bus companies can do to serve them. The passengers don't i have to sit on dirty seats, I the dust
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      88 12 WHY NOT A CUT IN PENSIONS? I AM pleased to learn that the 1954 5 padi subsidy has been cut "because of the general fall in prices and the huge budget deficit." At last this is a realistic financial policy and since no enlightened government in Communist threatened South- East
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      HE HAD NO CHANCE
      80 12 AM among the unfortun--1 ate 7.500 famllie.-, who are still on the S.I.T. waiting list after three years. I wrote stating why I needed accommodation and I was informed that my turn would come and further correspondence was unnecessary. The Trust is now trying to forget
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      196 12 Births and food supply ]i|R. KARIVARA\S ITi ter servos to un« line my main p that family planning must be taught while the world still has a "breathing sp in which the teaching can take effect. We shall understand that only slow progn made in changing th< tilde of sin:
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    378 13 EPSQM JEEP'S STAK lIIUI I Lagopus Percussion Star Sapphire gpSOM JEEP h ni provrd b W lude a winCup misCup at the Year 1 nut the peras his his „Ay. over h in September. Golc*.en Lotus took the lead half a
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    753 13 PICTURE TIP I n n< i C J |> ould lour- a ;ind tnln. Ihe the id he h Beli 8.6 n be ir old He <:iop Race One PI half on »er a mil* ir.i'.e and >n«ho were ■Oiort on ;h»-I-lb Suntrace. whom I prefer over
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    157 13 iI'miii JEEP < M.I. BOY POINTER Race i. 2.15. PASAMORA suntrace I'.lrr SLNTRACE Foirr I'asamor* FOIRE Suntrace The Wasp Rare 2 2.45. l.AGOPIS Fir«t Trick Beccaflroes FIRST TRICK s»i-ft Dream Lafopiu FIRST TRICK Lacopiu Sweet Dream Race 3. 3.15. Rmre 4. 3.45. PI Kl'I.r H'HITr Pulut Puteh
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    1145 13 Race 1—2.15: Class 5, Div. I—l mile. 1 551 I iiiir 5y Patterson 902 Chan Lai Hong A. Sleigh 2 260 Portntaster 4y Mulley 812 Newlands Stable Sullivan 245 iLhiin. Finish 4y D. Jones 808 I. Allan Owner 4 082 Suntra.r 8) Mam 807 Loto Kongsl Tjoa
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      60 13 TODAY'S GOING, BROADCAST PENANG has been enjoying a eight races at Penang today, spell of sunnv weather since Christmas. The going at Penan* up to last evening was 'JMt I III i Tote will be held on fmst Races Four. Six and Srvrn. RADIO MALAYA will 'broad- Bi Swfr P
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    63,000 crowd rose to Cowdrey
    961 14 MILLER (3-5) BOWLS AGAINST DOCTOR'S ORDERS CABLE trow JACK fingletoh SCOREBOARD I I ENGLAND Ist. Inns. Hutton c Hole b MUler 12 Edrich c Lindwall b Miller 4 May c Benaud b Lindwall 0 Cowdrey b Johnson 102 Compton c Harvey b Miller 4 Bailey
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    Spinners in as wicket may crack
    247 14 REUTER FLASHES ON THE TEST MELBOURNE. Wed ENGLAND dropped Bedser and Australia made Burke their twelfth man when the third Test began here today. The likelihood oj the Melbourne pitch cracking and providing io:ne help lor the slower bowlers in the later stages of
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    Burge named tour manager for Aussies
    71 14 MELBOUHN! TJ BURGE. a I Qurcnsland cr> .nini.stratnr. will m Australian I in are to tour In th diet durine 1055. Tin Australian R" ('r)ntrol made th nouncement today Din candi r n had be< n cd. The Austrajlan win bo ci rourth Teil
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    Commentary
    35 14 RADIO Australia gives a ball-hy-ball description on thr Third Trst from M.I bourne on IK and 19 metres. Ill'- playing times (Malayan) are: 0.30 to 11; 11.10 to 1 30; 1.50 to 3.30 p.m.
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    BEST SPORTSMAN
    35 14 NEW YORK. Prl Vf AL WHITFIELD, who has been the world's best half miler for Mx years, has won the James E. Sullivan memorial trophy for 1054. top honour for American amateur athletes.
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    Success—after dll those years
    58 14 Success after dll those years rIE VNITED STATES Davis Cup team, from left: Vie Seua*. Bill Talbert {captain) and Tony Trabert, in jubilant mood after the doubles on the second day of the Challenge Round. Their victory, following two wins in the singles the previous day brought the Cup back
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    Hockey officials will meet tomorrow to sort out troubles
    226 14 SINGAPORE and Federation hockey officials, who havi not scon eye to eye on a number of points during the past ten months, will meet at Malacca this weekend to sort out their present differences Mr. S Yogarajah. honorary secretary of the
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    Federation's 18 to train
    109 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri UMGHTEEN players have been chosen for the Federation hockey team's special training at Ipoh from Jan. 24 'n Feh. 6 In preparation for tIM P;>k;v'an vl*it Four others will be named after the two rbarinlors'Mp quadrangular.* to be held from Jan. 14 to
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    Colony Malays delight K.L.
    54 14 KUALA LUMPUR Frl Singapore Mnlays. sparked by a hat -trick by A«ang Bflkar. brat Spbmenr Malays 4 3 at tot rer at the Princes Road stadium here today The Singapore forward line of Omar Awane. Rahim Omar, Awans Bakar. L«mail Yufsof and Ahmad Yitfof trested the
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    VARSITY BEATEN
    19 14 PENANG. Fri Penanc Chinese Recreation Club boat University n( Malaya 2-0 st hockey at VI Grffn yesterday.
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