The Straits Times, 22 November 1951

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1951. Jf PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS TWELVE PAGES
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    POSITION 'VERY GRAVE'—DEL TUFO
    2256 1 POSITION 'VERY GRAVE'— DEL TUFO Wo short cut to victory/ Council is told MARTIAL LAW WONT GIVE GREATER POWERS KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. situation m the Federation today is graye very grave, the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. M. V. del Tufo, told the Federal Legislative Council this morning. Mr. del
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    THEY MEET AGAIN AFTER 19 YEARS
    69 1 When Mrs. Constance Burge, wife of an R.S.M. of the Wiltshire* stepped off the Empire Trooper yesterday, she was greeted by her brother, Mr. R. Smith. The last time they saw each other was m 1932, when Mrs. Surge tailed to F PgliM»d with
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    Four-hour debate on budget
    865 1 Four-hour debate on budget K. LUMPUR, Wed. T^HE Federation's $596 million budget was approved by the Legislative Council today after a four-hour debate. With revenue estimated at $641 million, there is an estimated surplus of nearly $45,000,000. Raja Uda. Mentrl Besar. Selangor, proposed that revenue from tin. the Federation's "wasting
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    Floods turn back the mail train
    145 1 Floods turn back the mail train KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. ri GODS and land slides caused by heavy rain last ni-'ht disrupted all road and r:» il communication today iron Kual% Lumpur to Singapore Communlcat'on by road was rut off m more than six n'.aces with water rising to more han
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    APRPESTFD ON SHIP
    24 1 PENANG Wed A Chinil arrested on board a ship off Penan? yesterday on '•har«? of evading the P"""^-" i *er call-up
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    SHIP CROSSES BY JET
    84 1 LONDON, Wed. rE first Jet-powered ship hag crossed the Atlantic, the Shell Petroleum Company announced last night m London. The 12,000-ton tanker Auris driven by a British Thompson Houston gas turbine supplemented by three Diesel engines, arrived yesterday at Port Arthur. Texas. 21 days after leaving
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    Korea Reds put up new plan
    177 1 TOKYO, Wednesday. 'THE Communists presented counter-proposals on a cease-fire line at the 27th meeting of the demarcation line sub-committee at Panmunjom today. Brigadier General William Nuckols, United Nations briefing officer, said: "There are unmistakable traces of fundamental differences." The Communists proposed that: The principle
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    AMBUSHED TWICE IN 100 YARDS
    147 1 IPOH, Wed. AN estate security officer and a corporal, were wounded m a bandit ambush on the Jalong road m Sungel Siput yesterday. They are Mr. A. J. Waxrick, a Canadian, aged 41. ot Jalong Tinggi Estate and Corporal Little, of the 12th Royal LancersMr.
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    Dockyard hero is honoured
    49 1 LONDON, Wed.— Mr. George Campbell Henderson, subofficer of the Gibraltar Dockyard Fire Service, has been posthumously awarded the George Cross for fighting single-handed a fire which blew up the ammunition ship Bedenham last April. Twelve men, including Mr. Henderson, were killed In the explosion Reuter.
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    'ATROCITIES' IN CHINA ALLEGED
    39 1 TAIPEH, Wed. The Central News Agency today alleged that the Chinese had massacred one-fifth of the population of Yunhsiao m Fuklen Province and driven another one-tenth to the mountains during the past two months. Reuter.
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    Plane lost: 2 States protest
    132 1 LONDON, Wed. RUMANIA and Hungary have protested to the United States against the violation of their frontiers by an American Air Force aircraft lost along the Hungarian-Ruman-ian border. The aircraft with a crew of four was carrying supplies from West Germany to the Embassy In
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    US TOLD: 'END BUYERS STRIKE' IN TIN
    114 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. TTN can makers asked the Government today to call off its "buyers' strike" on foreign tins, even if the United States has to pay exorbitant prices. They said that if the Government still refuses to buy foreign tin. it should at
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    Car ace dies in crash
    35 1 MEXICO CITY, Wed Mexican road racing ace Estrade Menocal died m the flames of his crashed car near Oaxaca yesterday during the first leg of the second Mexican Pan-American race.
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    Dawn crash kills 16
    81 1 CALCUTTA, Wed. SIXTEEN people, including two Britons, were burned to death at dawn today when a Deccan Airways aircraft crashed hi the fog-bound jungle three miles from Calcutta's Dum Dum airport. The plane smashed Into a bamboo grove setting the petrol tank ablaze. A sole survivor
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    PUT MALAYA ON A WAR FOOTING
    234 1 PUT MALAYA ON A WAR FOOTING Sir Eric MacFadyen LONDON, Wednesday. gIR Eric MacFadyen, chairman of the Planters' Association of Malaya, urged today that Malaya should be put on a war footing. Hi a letter to the Times Sir Eric also suggested that there should be a GovernorGeneral with authority
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    What the Persian told a U.S. judge
    157 1 NEW YORK, Wed. UNITED States Supreme Court Judge William O. Douglas yesterday accused Britain of having "distorted the history of the Near EEat."s t Mr. Douglas said a Persian tribal chieftain had told him he would rather see the Russians get Persia's oil
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    C-in-C. returns to Pakistan
    24 1 LONDON, Wed.— General Mohammed Ayub Khan, C-in-C of the Pakistan Army, left London by air for Karachi last night. Reuter.
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    Sakai says; We killed the lost soldier'
    525 1 JOHORK BAIIKI Wed. A YELLOW earring ma> have solved the myster) of Gunner O'Leary, ;h,. British soldier posted as mis* sine, dead and then missing, and about whom questions have been asked m the House of Commons. The earring was on the body
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    MOTHER GIVES UP HOPE
    62 1 LONDON, Wed. Mrs. Rose OX*ary, of Brixton, London, has written to the Queen to ask her help In finding out what has happened to her son. Gunner James OXeary. m Malaya. Mrs. O'Leary, has given up hope that her son may still be alive. She intends
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    OUR POLICY 'A CRUSADE FOR PEACE' Truman
    287 2 OUR POLICY 'A CRUSADE FOR PEACE Truman WASHINGTON, Wednesday. T»BE United States foreign policy was "a great x crusade for peace" said President Truman m Washington last night. He warned the Republican Party that the people would repudiate any challenge to his foreign policy. Speaking before the Wo- men's National
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    REST OD THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
    195 2 REST OD THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF RODOLFO REYES, 14, of Manila, clubbed to death his elder sister (28), and injured another sister (26) because they refused to give him 35 cents to attend a film show, Manila police said yesterday. The West German Cabinet has decided to send 100,000
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    Tone seeks divorce
    77 2 LOS ANGELES. Wed. rRANCHOT Tone has filed a* suit In the divorce court against Barbara Payton. He alleged extreme cruelty. The actor, aged 46, admitted that he had failed In his seven-week try at marriage with the girl he fought for and won. although he lost his
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    RUDE REVELATION
    33 2 WORCESTER. Massachusetts/Wed.— The Worcester County safety council has abandoned its six-week search for the area's most courteous automobile driver. "There just doesn't seem to be any," said the Council president— U.P.
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    BRITAIN asks u.s for
    227 3 Dollars due to her under defence law HELP VITAL FOR ARMS DRIVE LONDON, Wednesday. BRITAIN has asked the United States for a share of financial aid under the new American Mutual Security Act. This was revealed yesterday by Mr. Richard Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer, m
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    Plan to get more from the Colonies
    107 3 Plan to get more from the Colonies LONDON. Wed. l|*HE British Government is working out a plan to bring larger supplies of food and raw materials from the Colonies, it was learned authoritatively yesterday m London. The result of the plan should be apparent early next year. Among the materials
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    A king loses his status
    72 3 SRINAGAR, Wed. MONARCHIC rule was legally ended m Jammu and Kashmir yesterday by an amendment to the states' 12--year-oW Constitution Act. By giving assent to the amendment the ruler. Yuvaraj Karansingh yesterday performed what on official spokesman described as his "lust act" under the Act,
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    EXPLOSIONS ROCK BUENOS AIRES
    39 3 BUENOS AIRES, Wed. The business centre of Buenos Aires was shaken by a series of explosions yesterday when a warehouse containing alcohol, petrol and acids; went up m flames. Two people were seriously hurt.— Reuter.
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    FIRST ENVOY
    32 3 MADRAS. Wed— Mr. K. K. Chettur, head of the Indian mission m Japan, has been appointed India's first Ambassador to Tokyo, a Madras Government official said on TV*»*day A. P.
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    The rest of Parliament ibn Brief...
    259 3 The rest of Parliament ibn Brief... ]yjR Churchill bowed to Labour critics over his proposal to bold a secret parliamentary session of defence. He told the House he would not press for a secret ses sion if there ww considerable opposition to the proposal ■> t> THE WAR MINISTER, Mr.
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    His dogs could not find him
    58 3 ST. BERNARD PASS, [Switzerland, Wed. A resi cue squad of monks returned yesterday with the body of Brother Lucien Droz, 32, trainer of the famous St. Bernard dogs. His dogs were unable to locate him when he was buried under hundreds of tons of
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    New Egypt refusal
    62 3 PARIS Wed. UOHMOUD Azmi Bey, m spokesman for the Egyptian delegation to the United Nations, yesterday said Egypt does not and will not recognise the four-power Middle East defence command. He charged the Big Three western powers are forcing Egypt to look for arms behind the Iron
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    SELF-RULE PROBE
    22 3 LONDON. Wed. The Tory Government last night promised Scotland a Royal Commission to inquire Into the question of self-government. Reuter.
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    French back 'black plan'
    47 3 PARIS. Wed— Premier Rene Pleven won parliamentary backing by 18 votes last night for his "black plan" of prolonged austerity to pay for rearmament. The 627 Chamber of Deputies gave a confidence vote by 247 to 229 with the 106 Socialists abstaining— Reuter.
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    DEFENCE SPENDING WON'T CUT U.S. AID
    119 3 PARIS, Wednesday. ITNITED STATES yesterday assured the United Nations Economic Committee she would continue to send capital goods, technical assistance, and capital to underdeveloped regions, without allowing the cost of defence to hamper world-wide economic development. Mr. Michael Mansfield. UJ3. delegate, told the committee:
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    O.S. DELEGATES GET DOVE OF PEACE
    63 3 PARIS. Wed. A WHITE dove of peace m a blue cajre was delivered to the U.S. delegation of the United Nations yesterday. The bird arrived by messenger. The delegation said it bad no idea who sent it. The Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Vishinsky was
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    BRITISH DENY WORK OR DIE' ORDER
    245 3 BRITISH DENY WORK OR DIE ORDER GENEVA, Wednesday. ORITAIN denied, today as "propaganda and a 13 "deliberate travesty of the truth* Egypt's charges that Suez Canal zone labourers were compelled to work by threats to their lives. Sir Guildhaume Evans made the statement to the International Labour Organisation In reply
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    HK petition is sent to Lyttelton
    171 3 HK petition is sent to Lyttelton HONG KONG. Wed. THE Colonial Secretariat has forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, a copy of a memorandum from, the Kowloon Chamber of Commerce regarding Japanese assets m Hong Kong and reparations. The Chamber. In a petition to
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    Free gold drops
    85 3 LONDON. Wed. INTERNATIONAL price of free gold eased slightly from $38.87 to $38.75 p«r ounce yesterday on the news that Australian producers are to be allowed to sell on the free market. The latest price is only about a quarter of a dollar above the lowest of
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    SIR ROBERT DIES
    26 3 LEE ON SOLENT ENGLAND. Wed— MaJ. Gen. Sir Robert Arundel Kerr Montgomery, former commandant of the Royal Artillery has died aged 89.— A.P.
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    TALKS POSTPONED
    22 3 BEIRUT, Wed. The Lebanese Parliament decided yesterday to postpone Indefinitely discussion of the Pour Power Middle East defence plan'. Reuter
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    Reds free 2 British soldiers
    113 3 KOREA FRONT. Wed. pHINESE forces on the Western front yesterday released two British prisoners, one of whom they carried on a stretcher to within 300 yards of United Krtions lines. Describing the episode, a. United Nations officer said: "The wounded man was left beside a
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    The oil row: World Bank may be asked to help
    178 3 The oil row: World Bank may be asked to help LONDON. Wed. BRITAIN is studying a new plan to solve the Persian oil question by placing the industry under the trusteeship of the World Bank, It was learned from usually reliable sources yesterday m London. The World Bank Is an
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    NO US. DELAY
    31 3 WASHINGTON, Wed— The US. State Department, yesterday denied allegations by a prominent Republican, Mr. Harold Stassen. that it was delaying military and economic aid to Western Europe. —Reuter.
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    Join Schuman Plan, Britain urged
    135 3 Join Sc human Plan, Britain urged STRASBOURG, Wednesday. I ORD Layton, Liberal Peer, yesterday urged to Join the Schuman Plan and the proposed European Army to aid continental unity. He was addressing the joint meeting of the Ameri-can-European "Parliament" of 14 United States Congressmen and 20 leading members of European
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    BURMA DENIAL
    34 3 RANGOON, Wed. A Burma Government spokesman today denied a New China News Agency report that Chinese troops had occupied undemarcated-dLsput-ed boundary regions along the country's eastern frontier with China's Yunnan Province. Reuter.
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    HE SATON OPIUM, COURT TOLD
    72 4 A Singapore boatman. Tan O«e Siong, was yesterday sentenced to 18 months' Imprisonment by the Singapore Third District Court lor possession of raw opium. The opium, eight pounds m weight was found m Tan's sampan, it was stated. Tan was seated on top of it.
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    UNIONS WILL BACK A SCHEME SKILLED MEN
    186 4 UNIONS WILL BACK A SCHEME SKILLED MEN SINGAPORE trade unionists welcomed yesterday the move by the Colony Government to train more men to meet the shortage of skilled labour. They said the unions would co-operate with the Government to operate any schemes for technical education. Mr. 8. Jaganathan, secret* ary
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    Lady Gurney will get £1,250 a year
    97 4 Lady Gurney will get £1,250 a year KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Federal Government will pay Lady Gurney a combined allowance, amounting to £1,250 a year from Oct. 7, this year. The Federal Legislative Council was today asked to authorise this payment. Lady Gurney will receive an allowance of £9M a
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    Farewell to Miss Mcrae
    80 4 QVER 100 members of the Singapore Young Women's Christian Association last night gave a farewell dinner party to their retiring general secretary. Miss Hazel McCrae. Miss McCrae. who has resigned on doctor's orders, will leave for Australia m the Gorgon towards the end of the month.
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    DISMISSED
    42 4 Two Malays, Abdul Razak and Ismail bin Mansuf, who appealed against sentences of 18 months' and 12 months' gaol, respectively, on charges of stealing a motor car wheel and a Jack, had their sentences confirmed m the Singapore High Court yesterday.
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    Chinese art show
    98 4 PAINTINGS by four leading Chinese artists now workIng m Singapore will be shown at an exhibition to be sponsored by the Singapore Art Society at British Council Hall from Nov. 24 for nine days. The exhibition will be opened by Professor Roy Morrell. University of Malaya. The
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    Chief of staff to help 'Supremo'
    316 4 KUAfaA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE new Director of Operations, Sir Rob Lockhart, will have a Chief of Staff to assist him m the anti-bandit war This was disclosed m the report of the Federation's Finance Committee tabled at today's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council.
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    MALAYA GETS THE DOLLARS
    92 4 MALA YA GETS THE DOLLARS MALAYAN territories receive larger allotment of gold dollars for their own use than tht rest of the British dependencies put together, said the acting Secretary for Economic Affairs Mr. H. A. L. Luckbam. m the Singapore Legislative Council. He also believed that Malaya received larger
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    UNAUTHORISED
    41 4 KohrHong Tin of Silat Road who rode a motor-cycle when he was authorised only to drive motor-oars and other motor vehicles up to 2Vi tons, was fined $10 yesterday. He was also disqualified from riding a motor-cycle for one year.
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    HIGHER PAY
    105 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Improved rates of pay and allowances for detectives In the Federation Police Force, with effect from Jan. 1 this year, were placed before the Federal Legislative Council today. Mr. C. 11. Koti, a Singapore lawyer, was at the quayside to meet his National Serviceman son,
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    $5,000 theft by candlelight
    94 4 working by candlelight early yesterday stole two cases of textiles worth $5,000 from a store m Robert Lane, Singapore. The burglars were surprised by the manager of the store, Mr. Ram Chand, who saw the lights from his room above the store. He raised an alarm.
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    THE FIFTH MARCHES PAST
    34 4 THE FIFTH MARCHES PAST The sth Battalion, the Malay Regiment, march past the G.O.C. Singapore Base District. Major General A.G. O'Carroll Scott, at a ceremonial parade held at the I'adnna; yesterday.— Straits Times picture.
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    JUNGLE FIGHTERS PARADE
    118 4 JUNGLE FIGHTERS PARADE "T^OUR companies of seaf soned jungle-fighters from the Malay Regiment took off their field khaki and paraded on the Padang. Singapore, yesterday m green I songkoks. white uniforms and green and red sarongs. They were from the new Fifth Battalion. The parade marked the end of their
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    21 tributes to Gurney
    78 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TRIBUTES to the work. 1 qualities and inspiration of the late Sir Henry Gurney, High Commissioner of the Federation, murdered by bandits, were paid by 21 speakers m the Federal Legislative Council here today The Council stood m silence m memory. Representatives of
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    2MOO troops in Georgia
    114 4 2 MOO troops in Georgia CERVICE men and women crowded the decks of the Georglc, when she arrived m Singapore yesterday afternoon. First to board tne ship, to greet the sth Royal InnisklUlng Dragon Guards, was the C-ln-C, FARELP, General Sir Charles Kelghtley I Colonel of the Regiment. The two
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    STC drivers fined
    59 4 Ibrahim bin Yahya and Rashid bin Mohd., Singapore I Traction Company drivers, were each fined $25 m the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday for dangerous driving. Their licences were endorsed. It was stated that they drove their buses abreast of each other for half-a-mile along Mountbatten Road to
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    Rail line to be closed
    45 4 The Singapore-Kuala Lumpur day train will be curtailed at Labis, tod a/, says a Maljayan Railwtj announcement, \JT J The line from Labis to Kuala Lumpur will be closed to clear the debris from th« Tampin derailment o» November 14.
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      120 4 YWCA Raffles Quay. New Course Dressmaking class at 10 a.m. YMCA. Orchard Road. French and commercial classes, 5.30 pm; Singapore Cycle Racing Association meeting, 6 p.m.; Gymnastics and keep-nt class 6 p.m Choir practice, 8. IS p.m. Bast West Society meeting S p.m.. CHINESE YMCA Selegle Road. Basketball, 5.30 p.m.;
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    Singapore 'must aim to ban attap huts in city area'
    243 5 council Committee makes report mj r M THK replacement of attap dwellings m the Singapore City area by permanent or semipermanent buildings, similar to the Singapore Improvement Trust artisans' quarters, is recommended by an attap dwellings special committee of the
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    110 5 2LT. LOW PENG HAI. of St. Patrick's School Cadet Corps, receiving: the Champion Platoon Trophy from Mr. Frank C. James, a City Councillor, at the School annual prize-giving day yesterday. About 160 scholastic and athletic prizes were given away by Mr. James and among the winners were Chia Cheng- Liang,
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    Cigarettes hidden in ship
    123 5 •USTOMS men searched the Alk Hin Just before she galled from Singapore for Djambi, Sumatra, and found 94 cartons of cigarettes hidden between two cabins and under the fuel tank. Yesterday In Singapore Wong Slew Gap and Pang Chen Wan, two men employed tn the ship
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    3-YEAR MONEY ROW OVER
    178 5 THE curtain was drawn on a three-year financial squabble between Singapore Government and the City Council when the Colony's Legislative Council on Tuesday sanctioned an ex-gratia payment of $2,000,000 to the City. The $2,000,000 represents the compromise reached between both parties on the City's claims against
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    PARAPET WALL FOR ESPLANADE
    89 5 CINGAPORE City Council proposes to build a2' r foot high parapet wall on the Esplanade seafront. the City Architect. Mr. W. L Watson said yesterday. This was part of the development scheme now before Government. Mr. Watson Mid the wall would be about 2 ..-feet wide
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    STOLE BOOKS FROM SHOP
    49 5 Joseph Anthony, aged 50, pleaded guilty m Singapore yesterday to a charge of stealing six diaries* and two nursery books valued at $23 from a book store at Collyer Quay, on Tuesday. The case was postponed to Nov. 28 for sentence and $100 bail allowed.
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    Defence official
    25 5 Mnmaruler G. M. T. o borti has b pn ippo nted to as A -^tant Secrer r or D a fen nnd Internal
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    Experts to stop the 'paper flood'
    221 5 SINGAPORE Government's organisation consultants are to investigate the "structure and ad ministration of the Economic Affairs Branch of the Colonial Secretariat. Government has invited the firm of Urwlck, Orr and Partners, London, to Investigate Its administrative machinery and make recommendations on re-organlsation and assist
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    Photographic exhibition
    85 5 The third open exhibition of photographs of the Singapore Art Society will be held at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road, from Jan. 26 to Feb. 3, 1952. The exhibition is open to all, amateur and professional photographers who have a free choice of subjects. Full details concerning
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    BACK TO DUTY
    23 5 The Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, returned to Singapore yesterday from Penang after a short holiday, and has resumed full duty.
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    $10m MILLION MORE TO MOVE THE SQUATTERS
    144 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. TTOE Federal Legislative Council today approved x an additional $10,500,000 for squatter resettlement. This brings the total provision for this purpose to more than $51,500,000. No details of expenditure were contained m the Finance Committee's report, which merely pointed out
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    $150 million combats inflation
    107 5 KUALA LUMPUB. Wed. AT a roach estimate, $150 million which might have added to purchasing power m Malaya has been mopped up by Government measures to combat inflation, the member for Economic Affairs. Mr. A. O. Spencer, said m a written reply to Mr. Teap Choong
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    Mr. Tan wore two vests—it was so cold
    153 5 Mr. Tan wore two vests— it was so cold JUST returned from a sevenmonth course of trainIng at British airfields is Mr Tan Kwang Hung. 30. Assistant Operations Officer at Kallang Airport. Mr. Tan. who reported back to the Department of Clvh Aviation yesterday, said, "I had a wonderful time
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    HE IS A GAMBLER, WIFE SAYS
    70 5 A 35-year-old housewife, Chew Beng Long, claiming maintenance from her 5&- 1 year -old husband. Yong Poh told the Singapore Second Police Magistrate. Mr. P.8.1, i Pates, she could not sent her son to school because Yong was a gambler. the man, who said
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    Detainees get gifts
    95 5 GIFTS consisting of books, newspapers, and sports gear, amounting to over $1,000, have been presented through the Public Relations Office to Emergency detainees on St. John's Island* The bulk of the gifts comes from the Singapore Branch of the Malayan Chinese Association which has donated about $1,000
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    Ministers for the talks
    88 5 r THE High Commissioner m A New Delhi, Sir Archibald Nye. arrived m Singapore yesterday by Qantas-BOAC l n t nd the conference of SffiS, BBSS-BaS SI" BulU *«ne k toSir Alexander Grantham 2SS3." of Hong Kong 0> i wRYi c toa& l are Mr O.
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    CITY SEEKS GUIDANCE
    74 5 I Steps were being taken to confer the freedom of the City of Singapore on the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, before he leaves the Colony next April, the Cltv Council President Mr T F. McNeice said yesterday. Mr. McNeice said that enquiries were now being made for
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    2 claim trial on robbery charge
    75 5 Ng Soo Tlong and TlJua Tiong Ann appeared m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday charged with robbing a group of gamblers of $3. A Chinese witness told the ,«Court the robbery took place lln a backlane where he and some friends were gambling. <
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    $40 MILLION FROM INCOME-TAX
    128 5 INCOME tax collections id Singapore this y«ar have so tar exceeded $40,000,000. the acting Comptroller of Income T^x, Mr. Q. T Holloway said yesterday. The Colony's income tax revenue for this year 1« estimated to be $50,000,000. The original estimated income for this year Was based
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Nov. 22, 1951. North-East Monsoon
    839 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Nov. 22, 1951. North-East Monsoon The rainy season m Singapore or, it would be more correct to say, the months that are normally, but not always, the wettest m the Singapore calendar has come round again. In November and December, and perhaps also m January,
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    A Rural Board Daydream
    321 6 If there is any Singapore city-dweller who still cherishes the illusion that health officers have stopped the use of human excrement m market gardens on the island, he will learn the truth from the Rural Board annual report issued this week. Except m the villages of
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    Telling the people
    574 6 Telling the people IHAVE read with interest the remarks by "Cynicus" m your paper dated Nov. 17 on the subject of the expenditure In 1952 on the dissemination of inform-, ation to the people of the Federation. I It Is indeed a simple matter for this writer to produce cheap
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      A JOB FOR THE WOMEN
      443 6 I HAVE seen the account of the proposed Singapore A Women's Council In the Straits Times of Nov. 17, I agree that there is In Singapore a very great need for a body to co-ordinate the various women's organisations m the city. It strikes me,
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      SOCCER AND SUFFRAGE
      234 6 AN APPEAL ha ft been made to the City Council President by the Labour candld- ate for Rochore to cancel the permit for the S.A.P.A. to hold a soccer match on December 1, which happens to be Polling Day. "The attempt to hold a soccer match on
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      MR. NETTO'S SERVICES
      220 6 WITH reterence to the letter m your columns by "Interested Voter," I was the chairman at the rally under discussion and the sentence quoted by "Interested Voter" was spoken by tne Mr P A Netto (not A. P. Netto) and I come from the same home-tow.n: we
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      THE MUSICAL BOOMERANG
      118 6 |N reply to "P.M.". there Is i nothing In what I have written which bears any semblance of criticism In act I say without fear of contradiction that some of the best musicians we have In Singapore came from the Philippines and the French territory of Ooa.
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      The Pope & a doctor's choice
      404 6 The Pope a doctor's choice CONGRATULATIONS to Bri- tain's Minister of Health. Mr. H. P. C. Crookshank, for his sensible decision that expectant mothers can switch their State-paid doctors for religious reasons. It seems rather a simple matter for anyone who believes In freedom of conscience: so simple that one
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      Ambush without armour
      244 6 Ambush without armour PK>R 18 months I have 1 urged the authorities at the highest levels to provide armoured vehicles for all those who might become a target for bandits' bullets. It sickens me to think of the ambush successess the bandits have achieved on our roads, because armoured vehicles
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      OCHLOCRACY IN MALAYA?
      124 6 T READ with real interest and appreciation the letter from "5.0.5." on the Emergency m last Saturday's Forum. I do not wish to discourage him and would supDort him to the hilt, but I do not think anything effective, as the set-up now stands, is ever likely
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    On the Margin
    390 6 On the Margin iln IT would be interesting to know whether other residents who can look back a good many years share my impression that Singapore is losing the reputation that it nnce had of being remarkably free from flies. Before the war, when I lived at Mount Rosie, the
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    TIGHTER RULES FOR EXPORT OF CARS
    292 7 Speculators put up second hand prices —AND MADE IT DIFFICULT TO GET NEW ONES pEDERATION and Singapore import and export authorities have clamped down on the indiscriminate re-exportation of cars from Malaya. "Motor cars may not -be exported except for personal use by bona
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    26 7 '...and the rains came A GENERAL VIEW of the squatters area m Batu Road, Kuala Lumpur, where man y people have been rendered homeless by floods.
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    Volunteer air force needs men
    151 7 pARTS of rebel-held French Indo-Chlna only 600 miles from Singapore could quite easily be used by hostile bombers as a refuelling point on the way to Singapore from "points north". Singapore Rotarians were told at their weekly lunch meeting yesterday. The speaker was FlightLieutenant Bruce
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    BOYS TOLD OF POLICE LIFE
    66 7 Singapore Police Force Education Officer. Mr. Seah Yoon Chong, ASP. told pupils of the Victoria School yesterday "We want the boy with an average brain for the Police Force?' Mr. Seah was speaking on of a policemans career. The talk was given s part of
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    AIR CHIEF DUE BACK TODAY
    49 7 Air Marshal Sir Francis Fogarty, C-in-C of Far East Air Force, is due back at Changi airfield today from his tour of service establishments m Australia and New Zealand. The Air Marshal, who Is accompanied by Lady Fogarty, has been away about a month.
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    $5 fine enough, says judge
    288 7 ENGINEERS WIN APPEAL IPOH, Wednesday. EMNES of $250 imposed on each of two engineers 1 who locked up a sentry whom they found sleepIng on duty at the Perak Hydro- Electric Company's dam at Chanderoh was reduced to $5 m the Appeal Court today. The
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    ON THE DILWARA
    29 7 The advance party of the Ist. and 3rd Battalions. King's African Rifles, will be on board the 11.000-ton trooper Dllwara, arriving m Singapore on Nov. 27.
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    SCHOOLBOYS GIVE DRAMA
    59 7 Fourteen-year-old Harry Crabbe stole the show when he Rave an excellent performance as Nouz-Hatoul. the wife of Abu Hassan, m the Gan Eng Seng School's presentation of the Arabian Nights comedy, "Twice is too much", staged m the school hall last night. A very appreciative audience, including
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    He set up shop on 5-foot way
    54 7 Tan Choy Muay of Johore Road was fined $200 m the Singapore Relief Court yesterday for obstruction. Tan had placed the tables chairs, stoves, washing tubs of his unlicensed coffee shop on the five-foot way and across the drain. He had previous convictions
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    JUDGE ORDERS A NEW TRIAL
    125 7 ALFRED LAU, compradore of a ship, who appealed against a conviction and sentence of two weeks' imprisonment on a charge o* disobeying the master of thr vessel, was ordered by the Chief Justice, Sif Charles Murray-Aynsley. yesterday to stand a new trial on the same
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    Gaol for sleepy policeman
    72 7 Wee Hong Moh, a police constable attached to the Singapore Harbour Board Division, pleaded guilty tn the Singapore Third Police Court to a charge of sleeping on armed duty. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Wee was found asleep m a police hut m the
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    FILMS TO LEND
    35 7 Six new Shell films whicn won distinction m the 1951 film festivals m Venice and Edinburgh can be borrowed ov schools and associations from the nlm library of the Singapore Shell Company.
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    RIGHTS OF WOMEN ARE 'MEAGRE'
    129 7 r pHE "emancipation of women" movement In Singapore la m the right direction and conform* with similar movements all over the Far East, Miss Josephine Schain. an American, said last night. -iiss Scham is passing through Singapore on a Far Eastern tour, and will take
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    Rubber men protest at U.S. 'penalty'
    108 7 THE Rubber Trade Association of Singapore has I protested against the General Services Administration of the United States imposing a penalty of half a cent a lb. for November shipment rubber An Association spokesman said yesterday that enough time should have been given to
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    CONCERT BY ALL RACES
    83 7 The story of the conquest and fall of Kublal, Grand Khan of Mongolia, m 1260 AD. will be the main item m an international variety concert to be held at the Singapore Volunteer Corps Hall on Jan. 2. 3. and 4. The concert, directed by Mrs.
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    MANY COULD GET SIGHT BACK, IF—
    210 7 \f ANY of Singapore's blind could have their sight restored if local eye-surgeons had the material to work with. There is a sight-restoring operation cornea grafting which at least two local surgeons can perform. But their hands are tied by a lack of corneas.
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    Film to be made about the terror
    102 7 Film to be made about the terror TFHE Planter's Wife", 9 JL film centred on a rubber plantation and including scenes of a terrorist attack, is shortly to be made In Malaya. Mr. Peter Hennessy. a cameraman, arrived by air m Singapore yesterday to ask for the co-operation of the
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    75 mil. tin cans a year
    78 7 THE Metal Box Company of Malaya factory will be. opened officially by the Com-missioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. on Dec. 15. The factory aims at producing about 75,000,000 tin cans annually. The factory, the first of its kind m the Colony, occupies 12 acres
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    Husband refused to return home
    65 7 An English-speaking young Chinese woman Ong Sow Eng. told the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murrajt-Aynsley m the Singapore High Court yesterday that her husband refused a request, to return home, because a detective was following him. The wife was sueing her husband; Cheong Yin Sung,
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    TWO COMMITTED FOR TRIAL
    67 7 At the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry before the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate. Mr. P. Claque. yesterday. Goh Ens: Thlam. age<l 23. and Poh Chal Ek, aged 2J were committed for trial at the next Assizes on charge.* of armed robbery. They were alleged to havrobbed
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    Specials lost 623 firearms
    66 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Since June IMS, 923 firearms issued to special constables have been lost "under all clr- 1 cum.stances. There are no statistics to show how many of these were taken away by' force. This information was conLamed m a written reply from the Secretary
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    Bandits derail 2 pilot trains
    117 7 IPOH, Wed. THE pilot trains of th« north and south— bound mail trains were derailed last night by bandits m the Kampar area of Perak. When the pilot train preceding the night mail from Pari to Kuala Lumpur wen* off the line between Malim Nawar
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    CLUB RENT TO BE DOUBLED
    41 7 From the beginning of next year Singapore City Council is to increase by 100 per cent the rent of club rooms m the old Turf Club pavilion at Farrer Park. There are 12 m the building.
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    WINS APPEAL
    52 7 Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, Chief Justice of the Singapore High Court, yesterday allowed the appeal of a 20-year-old youth Ong Ah Too, against a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment. Ong had been convicted of housebreaking by night with intention to outrage the modesty of a married woman living m
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    U.S. HOLIDAY
    40 7 Thanksgiving Day, American national holiday, will be observed today by the American colony m the Federation and Singapore and aboard all UJ3. ships m port. U. S. Consulates and USIS offices and libraries throughout Malaya will be closed.
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    Exports up by $1,428 million
    107 8 OTHER points from Mr. del Tufo's review of the year are: FEDERATION EXPORTS (Including; re-exports) row from $1,175 million m 1549 to 52.007 million m I*s*. For the first half of 1951, the total is $1,930 million. NOT£ CIRCULATION pan -Malayan) rose from $400 million
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    COAL OUTPUT DOWN
    76 8 COAL PRODUCTION will perhaps total J65J00 tons for the year. r—nw4 with 41«J0i tons m DM, due chiefly to the shortage of underground labour and the low output per head of the labour employed. P\IM ACREAGE for the 1950-51 crop wa s 175.390 acres, hi 1949-50 compared
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    ...THIS BATTLE OF MORALE
    553 8 sides and much goodwill and (Understanding and, above all, patience. "The encouragement of this growth Is on* of the tasks to which we cannot refuse to put our hands merely because the fruits of its labour may not be gathered for many years to come." Turning
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    TREATY MAXES NO DIFFERENCE TO COLLABORATORS
    122 8 T KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. •HE signing of the Japan, ese peace treaty had no relevance to iiorernments refasal to employ Pre-war officers who collaborated with the Japanwe during the occupation. 2 Secretary 'or Defence Mr D. C Watherston fold Inche Abdul Aiir bin ish
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    Mine opens after 2 years
    64 8 ALOR STAR, Wed. a two-year suspension, mining has been resumed mi n the former banditmenaced village of Sintok In North Kedah. One mine recently started after its employees had been screened. Four more companies have been granted permjssion. These mines had been forced to suspened
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      208 8 SINGAPORE S^'-'Z l n""!! e !!L-l BBC COS "Paul Temple and the Vandyke UUJ 10-10.10 a.m. Hews from K.L.; Affair"; 8.30 -Thursday Sym-i 930 a.m. Newt- 140-0 50 1^; iTi P««-r (a.ye, D«»: „30 y. pj. Schools; 615 "Calling All Hos- News; 945 As Singapore; 10 1 an( j News
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    The Yearly Hunt For Presents
    358 9  - The Yearly Hunt For Presents KA THLEEN HICKLEY By SUPPOSE even In Grandma's day, mothers used to tell their bored offspring each Christmas-time what lucky children they were, and that "things were different when I was a child. However at the risk of becoming repetitive I cannot help commenting on
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    22 9 French bal'.erina Ludmilla fchenna makes an enchanting picture at a London film premiere, wearing tint diamante doves attached to her bare skin.
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    Treatment That Is Well Worth A Visit To A Salon
    531 9  - Treatment That Is Well Worth A Visit To A Salon MAGDA DUNIN UALF an hour's visit nto a beauty salon often saves much time, trouble, and temper m dealing with, complexion problems later at home. This is especially true of the wax treatment for superfluous hair on the upper lip
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    SUZANNE HAS CERTAINLY RAISED A STORM
    312 9 SUZANNE HAS CERTAINLY RAISED A STORM DAVID STANWICK. ONE OF THE COLONY'S ELIGIBLE BACHELORS, REPLIES TO "HOW I LONC TO SMACK THEM" DOOR Suzanne Mar--1 shall, although you may .be quite young and pretty, your article seems to have been written by an embit- tered old maid Writing as a
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    I Bricks & Bouquets
    405 9 I Bricks Bouquets WLLL. well. Suzanne Marshall seems to have started a storm, I whether or not she hit i the nail on the head I with her article on Sin- gapore's sweet young 1 things last week. Here are some morp I of the slings, arrows and I bouquets
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    STOCKS
    292 10 LONDON, Wed. A LTHOUOH the recent flood rl of selling orders m British Government funds has easeVJ to a mere trickle, tile market m these issues 's far from robust. Opening prices today were to higher le\eJs but most gains were soon lost and the section closed barely steady
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    H.K. EXCHANGF
    35 10 HONG KONO Wed fRCB currency txchang« far Hong Kong dollars was Quoted todar at 'he etaar as follows- UBtl HK»6 «1 (cash), HK$« «5 (T.T.): £1 HK815.62: one Uhil of gold HKs326\ —UP.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    143 10 LACK of buying Interest caused Muntok and Sarawak pepper sellers to reduce quotations by *25 a picul In the Singapore produce market yesterday. The new price* were *525 and $820 respectively. Copra was a quiet market with buyers' bids unchanged at 536 3 j a plcul for
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    CANADIAN DOLIAR
    35 10 rPHE Malayan Exchange Bank* Association announced yesterday that control direct rates; for Canadian dollars were: Buying fT.T.) 14 7/16. Airmail (0.D.) 34 9/16 (90 days) 34 13 16; Selling. T.T /0.D., ready 34H.
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    Melbourne share market
    153 10 From Onr Osm Correspondent MELBOURNE Wed THE downward trend of share prices was definitely checked In the Melbourne Stock Exchange today. Prlo rtsM slightly outnumbered falls for the first time In about a month Moves were small. Marke' followers are operating cautiously and the usual preChrrstmas lull
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    RUBBER MARKET
    219 10 Day quiet and steady; price up a cent UfITH moderate trade demands and short-cover--1 ing, the Singapore rubber market was quietly steady yesterday and marginal gains were recorded m a day ol small fluctuations. No selling pressure tv evident, and turnover was limited. The market closed quiet with
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    TIN: $467U PICUL
    37 10 TIN: $467 U PICUL SINGAPORE. Wed.. Not. 21— 5467.59 (down $5.) London. £1,000 a ton LONDON. Wed. Cash buyers £I.M«. Sellers 1.050 Forward Buyers £964. Sellers £965; Settlement GI.MO (up £7)). Turnovrr: a.m. SS. p.m. 165 tons.
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    10% for Rembau Jelei
    25 10 J^EMBAU Jelel Rubber directors have declared an Interim dividend of 10 per cent., payable on Dec. 21. m respect of 1951.
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    Malayan shares
    289 10 Business little, prices lower THE Malayan share market yesterday continued dull with the little business that there was passing at lower prices. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS ■avert Slllli. Tr—er Neav* 0.70 (Wed ra Ord m SNcd Oinmoni 2 45 2 55
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    171 10 CHIPS m the Siiiffapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 p m yesterday were: Outer Road*: Hal Hsuan. Walbalong. Jap<tra. Admiral Harding Trrodns. Brika. I^a Colorada. PengUen. Hero. Hydra. Paula. Sabane. Bokr Mvi Ann Peter Reed E Trooper I«ner RwUh: Oukat. Selan«»r. Hua Heng.
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    SERVICES BEAT S'GOR BLUES 40-0
    74 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Koala Lumpur Serrioes, with the ad¥»nt«*e of weifht, swamped ScUiifOr All Blun ky M (fire jonla, nn tries) to on the Bluff Road froand today. All Bines pUyed with only IS player* throughout. Major CoUIM was oataUadinc m tbe threcqaartcr Une. He
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    Naval Base go down 8-0
    157 11 CINGAPORE Cricket Club "A" defeated Naval Base by eight points (goal and a try) to nil m a Rugby match on the oadang yesterday. Forceful loose forward play enabled the Club to retain a first-half lead and Increase it late m the game. Harrison opened
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    RASC PROFIT BY SHB MISTAKES
    342 11 Mitchell gives fine display R.A.S.C 14 pts.; S.H.B 8 pts. TAKING advantage of several mistakes by Singapore Harbour Board m a Rugby match at Keppel Harbour yesteday, the Royal Army Service Corps gave a workmanlike display to run out winners by 14 points (a goal,
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    20 11 MRS. M. F. CUTLER krade m The Bosun (Spencer) winner of Race 7 at Bukit Timah yesterday. Stralto Times pictare.
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    MORE WINSFOR E.B. CHOONG
    100 11 MORE WINS FOR E.B. CHOONG BELFAST. Wed. E. B. Choong, the Malayan badminton player, beat Canadian international A. D. Thompson 15-5. 15-6 m an international invitation exhibition here last night. Choong scored three doubles successes m later matches. With R. E. Birch (Canada) he defeated Thompson and R. Williams (United
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    M.C.C. DRAW
    69 11 LAHORE Wed.— Combined Univeriltiei made a great recovery here today against UCC. declaring their second innings at 246 for 2 iSlmlauddln n.o. 112. Shakoor Ahmrd no 104) after belnn iklttled out for M run* m their first Inning* M.C.C thla morning declared their first Innings at their overnight
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    Rose upsets Savitt
    129 11 SYDNEY. Wed MERVYN Rose, young Australian Davis Cup player, achieved one of the best performance* of his career m beating Richard i Savitt, American holder of the Wimbledon and Australian titles, m the quarter-final of the New i South Wales lawn tennis cham- pionships yesterday. Storming the
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    STORE ASIANS XV HELD THREE-ALL
    164 11 pLAYINO m a steady drizzle; at Fairer Park yesterday, Singapore Asians drew threeall (one try to a penalty) with Naval Base "A" in a friendly Rugby fixture. With a heavy, greasy ball, pass- j Ing was out of the question and forwaid dribbles were the
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    Record lifts by 2 Australians
    74 11 ADELAIDE Wed— Two Australians enered world class m weightlifting In the Australian championships held here recently. Lightweight Vern Barberls broke the Empire record of 760 lbs. held by J. HaUiday of England, with a total of 765 lbs., and Ken McDonald Ugh' heavyweight, broke his
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    All-India XI may play Gothenburg
    288 11 THE All-India soccer tourists— lB players and three officials— are expected to arrive m Singapore from Hong Kong by air on Dec. 7 and efforts are being made to arrange a game against the Swedish team, Gothenburg, during their visit, Mr. S. R. P. Naidu,
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    G.S.C. clear first hurdle
    210 11 piRLS SPORTS CLUB, favourites U to win this year's S.ngapore I Women's Hockey AssVation's I scven-a-side knockout tourna- j ment, cleared their nrst hurdle when they beat the Alexandra Army Ladies Sports Association one-nil on the S C.C. padang yes- I I terday. O.S.C. had much
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    ISetaji M.F.C. draw one-ull
    74 11 ISetaji M.F.C. draw one-ull ■\ETAJI Memorial F.C. drew oneI all with ghq FARELF m a soccer friendly played on a very wet field at Fairer Park yesterday. LatlfT. Netaji's outside left, scored m the, first half after a fine run dov.-n the line. The soldiers equalised about IS minutes after
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    RAI SOW SCORES v HELSINGBORG
    47 11 HONQ KONG Wed.— Former Singapore footballer Chan Kal Sowscored Hong Kong Combined Chinese's goal against the Swedish soccer club. Helsi gborg. m the Colony yesterday. A crowd Of 13,000, ilncludiiig the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham. saw the visitors win 2-1 Reuter. AAP.
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    CEYLON S.C. TEAM
    46 11 Ceyloneae team to meet SRC. In a B.H.A. Dlv. 1 tie on the padang will be selected from: S. Devarajah, S. Naglab. 8. D. Williams. V. Devadas, 8. Velupillal. 8. K. Sundram. K. Doralsamy. W Ponniah, 8. Kulaslngha. V. Vanderput. Balasundram, V. Hamulingham.
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    Brewers lose 4-3
    38 11 District C.R.E. (Singapore) defeated Breweries S.C. at badminton, by four games to three on Monday. Singapore Hockey Association T"lrst pmsion league match between R.A.P Beletar and University of Malaya was postponed because of rain yesterday.
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    MAJESTIC SCHOLAR UPSETS IN TOP SPRINT
    2426 12 By EPSOM JEEP CLEVERLY ridden by Colin Tulloh, Majestic Scholar streaked away from the field m fte straight to score a fluent two-length win m the Class 1, Div. 1, 6f. sprint at Bukit Timah yesterday, second day of the Singapore Turf Club Winter
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    Big sweep
    54 12 Value of Pool: $504,600. Ist No. *****2 ($227,070) 2nd No. *****9 ($113,535) 3rd No. *****4 63.075) Starters ($7,008 each): Nos. *****3; *****3: *****0; *****5; *****4; *****9; *****7; *****2; *****4. Consolation ($3,784 each): Nos. *****6; *****1: *****3, *****3; *****1; *****0; *****7; *****2; *****0: *****8. DOUBLE TOTE Doable Tote: 17
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    169 entries for Perak T.C. races
    602 12 Ist run 2nd run S»r §tr W. 8f If. Urn Abundance g g Academy Award I i Albert M Z Z. Z Alton g g Amo» Street g Argot Lad I g ArtUfs Rifle i A*la w I At Last t x Atlanta! I
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    Schedule
    147 12 IPOH Wed. A total of 169 horses— lo9 m Class Three and 60 In Class Tour— have been entered for the Perak Turf Club's December Meeting at Ipoh on December 1, 5, and 8 Entries are: i INHERE will be eight races on each day of the Pint Turf
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    PEACE-MAKING IS THE FASHION
    714 12 DEACE-MAKING seems to be the fashion m 1 sport just now. Following Mr. Khoo Teik Ee's offer to mediate, there is a bright chance that Singapore's badminton squabble may be settled with no bones broken and personal feelings soothed all round. And I can now report
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      59 12 HOCKEY: Div. 1 L*e: SRC v Ceylon SC; SCKC f CKE (8 nth) at Hon? Mm Green: BOOCA Bh*n at mieil gnm^a. Women's Sevra-a-side Competition a* SCC: SCC 'A' SCC GVIg SC 'B t Alexandra Ladies *B. SINGAPORE TfDES TODAY: (7.2). 1555 (7.5): 1000 (5 4). 2248 (3.1). TOMORROW: 0559
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