The Straits Times, 6 December 1951

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES m SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1951. •fr PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    Heralds of pantomime
    63 1 COSTUMED as heralds and proclaiming the approach of the pantomime season Sk»ten D r e c n Roberts, of Leicester (Left), and Shirley Burke, of Northern Ireland, rehearse at the Empress Hall, Earl's Court. London, for the skating pantomime "Puss m Boots on Ice" which opens on
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    The main aim is still home rule
    122 1 LONDON. Wed. SKLF-^i'v^rnment for Malaya was still Britain's objective, the Dally Telegraph said today But this Conservative paper stressed that without law and order there could be n.i political reforms. The Daily Telegraph said tha' ma- or decisions by Mr Lvttt'l'.on were unlikely
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    NEW REGIME SNUBBED
    70 1 BAGDAD, Wed.— lraq has decided not :o recognise Col. Aciib Smshakli's military regime m Syria, usually reliable loarcM said today. She may ask the Council of ihe Arab League to call an urgen; meeting to discuss the position. The Government is said to be treating the Syrian
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    36 HURT IN NEW CAIRO MOB ROW
    173 1 36 HURT IN NEW CAIRO MOB ROW CAIRO, Wed. pOLICE opened flre m Cairo today on crowds of worker and student demonstrators. Thirty were injured. The moo were protesting against recent shooting incidents involving British troops. They replied with a shower of steel bars and bottles stolen from an overturned
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    SIX KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
    36 1 PENSACOLA. Florida. Wed. —Six people m a United States Navy two-engined plane were believed killed when their aircraft crashed and burst into flames near Pensacola yesterday after exploding at 200 feet.-
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    'Dominion status would follow'
    277 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. [DOMINION status would be the logical developu ment of a partnership policy of friendship and understanding between Britain and Malaya, Dato Onn bin. Ja'afar told the Straits Times today. He was commenting on the private talk h e has had with the Secretary
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    Jap Peace Treaty
    29 1 LONDON, Wed. The House of Lords yesterday passed the Japanese Peace Treaty Bill. The House of Commons had approved it earlier.— U.P. AUSTRALIAN MINISTER IN U.S.
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    Casey sees no end to world tension
    157 1 NEW YORK, Wednesday. T»HE Australian Minister fof External Affairs, A Mr Richard Casey, told a Press conference here that he saw no sign at the current United Nations Assembly m Paris that a peaceful solution of world tension was possible. Mr. Casey said
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    Anti-U.S. feeling
    80 1 WASHINGTON. Wed—Representative Charles Brownson. Republican, said today he was disappointed at the evidences of "growing antiAmerican feeling" m the Philippines which he visited on a recent world tour. He said he found m the Philippines a nationalism which was not healthy. The Filipinos, he said, still had a
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    Emergency is 'not taken seriously'
    230 1 Emergency is 'not taken seriously' IPOH. Wed. WHEN the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, met the Perak State War Executive Committee today, there was considerable discussion on the question of Improving public confidence. No elaboration ot this statement contained m this evening's official communique could be
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    'CIVILISATION IS A MATTER OF THE MIND'
    114 1 NEW DELHI, Wed. THE Indian Premier, Mr. Pandit Nehru, today appealed to statisticians of the world to try to "measure the lmmeasureable" life, beauty, goodness and the cultural spirit of man, instead of mere material aspects. Addressing the 27th session of the Internationa]
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    Marines make new raid in Korea
    184 1 Marines make new raid in Korea TOKYO, Wed. BRITISH and United States marines carried out a second commando raid m north-east Korea on Monday night, it was announced today. Raiders of the 41st Royal Marine Commandos struck an east coast rail line behind the front south of Song] ln, 140
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    OIL BOSS QUITS
    60 1 TEHERAN, Wed. rE chairman of the Persian Mixed Oil Commission, Najmol Mock, resigned today after an argument with Hussein Makki, Secretary-Gen-eral of the Oil Nationalisation Board, during a Commission meeting. The Mixed Oil Commission was formed to take over the nationalised resources of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
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    Chinese to go and see
    86 1 HONG KONG, Wed. THE Standing Committee of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong decided tonight to send teams into South China to investigate charges that the Communists are running an extortion racket. This followed a suggestion by Canton's vice-Chairman. Fong Wong. It
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    Wheat 5,000 years old
    54 1 CAIRO, Wed. Wheat beiieved to be 5,300 years old has been found m a wellpreserved vat In the ancient Katta cemetery near Cairo. It was discovered mixed with dust m pottery containers by a research party under Professor Abd El Hadi Hamada Bey, General-Secre-tary of the
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    JAPS MAY BUY RUSSIAN COAL
    36 1 TOKYO, Wed— A Japanese business firm was lodav reported to be negotiating with Soviet mission trade experts m Tokyo to import 400,000 tons of coal from the Soviet Union.— Re uter.
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    S.B.A. SUSPENDS FOUR 'REBELS' INDEFINTELY
    1270 1 S.B.A. SUSPENDS FOUR 'REBELS' INDEFINTELY A FTER a week of silence the Singapore Amateur Badminton Association management committee last night suspended indefinitely the four "rebel" badminton stars who have defied their authority and made accusations of "dictatorship" against them. The four players are unofficial world champion Wong Peng Soon, who
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    Churchill refuses to say...
    233 1 Churchill refuses to say... LONDON, Wed. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, today refused m the House of Commons to be drawn into making a full statement of the Government's attitude towards selfKovernment m Malaya, despite heavy pressure from the Labour Opposition. Mr Woodrow Wyatt asked If the Prime Minister had
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      1227 2 NOTICES CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE EzmmlnaUoiis, April-Jone 1952. All entries and fees for these examinations must reach the offices of the Senior Inspector* of Schools or Superintendents of Education of the States and Settlement* of the Federation of Malaya by Bth of January, 1952. DEPARTMENT OP EDUCATION FEDERATION
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    VYSHINSKY OF 'A LIE'
    313 3 Russia ready for Xthmi inspection PARIS, Wednesday. IK Big Four agreed yesterday on "some minor points" m their fourth secret disnament session, but all major points were ipnted, said a Western spokesman. Mr. Vyshinsky, said at a Press conference that told the West that Russia was
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    J.N. invites Germans to speak
    96 3 J.N. invites Germans to speak I PARIS. Wed. R Trygve Lie, United I Nations Secretary-Gene- .sent telegrams last, night the Western and Soviet jh Commissioners m Germ v telling them that rman delegates could come i apeak before the UN on t question of all-German ctlons. rhe ad hoc committee
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    Reds go deeper into Tibet
    33 3 Reds go deeper into Tibet IrEW DELHI. Wed—Chic Communists are relncing their occupation of et. They have now reftcha point close to the Siki jnd Butan frontiers, it I i> liabiv reported today.
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    Arab 'No' to Middle East defence
    200 3 Arab 'No' to Middle East defence PARIS. Wed ABDUL Rahman Azzam Pasha. Secretary-Gene-ral of the Arab League, said here last night that the Arab states were convinced they could avoid war and maintain peace m the Middle East through the collective security of the United Nations. They rejected the idea
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    Houses had vanished
    80 3 NEW YORK, Wed. DOLICE patrolling m radio 1 cars could hardly believe their ears more when they heard a city-wide alarm "calling all cars, calling all cars. Be on the look— out for three houses. That's correct —three houses." The alarm resulted from a report by the
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    TAX TALKS
    26 3 LONDON. Wed. Britain wishes to resume double taxation discussions with India, Mt. John Boyd-Car-penter, financial Secretary to the Treasury, announced yesterday m London— Reuter.
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    COMPLAINS
    183 3 Adenauer says: We Germans hate war LONDON, Wed. DR. Konrad Adenauer, West German Federal Chancellor, told members of the House of Commons today that I Germany could not be neutral. Her only real guarantee of freedom lay m co-operaton with 'the free world. "A neutralised Germany constantly alarmed as
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    'STAND-INS' FOR SANTA
    63 3 TWO of the fifty volunteers, who tackle the tens or thousands of letters addressed each year to 'Santa Claus, Greenland', stop as more mail is brought m. Their office i s m Copenhagen, not far from the Danish Administration of Greenland building. Into each reply they pot
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    U.S. TO LIFT BAR ON NEW RUBBER
    90 3 WASHINGTON, Vivd. THE United States Govern- meht said yesterday It plans to remove virtually all restrictions on use of new rubber 1 by tfrw i beginning of next year. National Production Authority officials to'i a meeting of 24 rubber manufacturers that rubber control
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    Mount explodes and kills 500
    168 3 M_ M MANILA, Wednesday. ORE than 500 people died m the violent eruptions of Mount Hibok-Hibok on Camiguin Island, off Mindanao, yesterday. Latest reports from the i Island said that subsiding I heat around the volcanic mount had enabled search parties to find hundreds of
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    GOVT. WIN VOTE ON HOUSING
    74 3 LONDON. Wed. rnHE Conservative Govern--1 merit last night won wnat the Prime Minister. Mr. Churchill, regarded as a virtual vote of censure on his housing policy. The House of Commons, by 296 votes votes to 274. rejected a Labour motion attacking the Government's proposal to
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    REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
    170 3 REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF DISILLUSIONED about his homeland because h* found living conditions m hardpressed Soviet- ruled East Germany better than m Russia, a Soviet army sergeant slipped across the border into West Russia. says a British Army announcement from Bonn youths from six European countries yesterday
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    BUS KILLS 23 CADETS ON THE MARCH
    252 3 BUS KILLS 23 CADETS ON THE MARCH CHATHAM, Kent, Wed. A BUS ploughed through the ranks of 30 marching sea cadets last night and killed 23 and injured 77. The driver, a man of 40 years experience, was to have received a medal at Chatham Town Hall to-day for 25
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    HE KEPT MAIL UNDER HIS HAT
    83 3 HE KEPT MAIL UNDER HIS HAT LONDON. Wed. rk things be kept under his hat yesterday cot Postman Tbomas E. Cumber into trouble with the law. Postal inspectors, who Misperted Cumber of stealIng from the mails, told a Judge they found 18 money orders bidden m the lining of his
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    Planters told Lyttelton they want action—now
    1005 4 Planters told Lyttelton they want action now "DISCIPLINE POLICE, SEND TROOPS TO BATTLE* dency to leav« their State, or the Federation Itself, because of lack of security. Shortage of workers was already serious. The planters pointedly declared that the Emergency Regulations have not been Invoked to the degree which the
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    Pensioners appeal
    187 4 IMMEDIATE revision of tln», pensions of Malaya's widows and ex-Government servants is sought by Mr. V Kanapathy, president of tbo Pan-Malayan Pensioners' Association, m an open letter to Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. Secret, ary of State for the Colonies Mr. Kanapathy contend* that Qovernment's failure over the past -four
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    Gave tenants notice-they stabbed him
    116 4 Gave tenants notice- they stabbed him 1 LORRY driver. Muthusamy n Vengadajalam. told thf Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday that he was assaulted by his sub-tenants because he gave them notlo to quit. He was giving evidence In a case In which Chako Varghew and John Lopez were each fined
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    NEW COLONY J.P.s
    32 4 The following have been appointed Justices of the Peace for Singapore: Mr. J. A. Parker. Mr. John Tolmle. Mr. J. H. 6. Jenkins and Mr H. M. W. Richardson.
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    Seamen's Xmas banquet
    148 4 ALMOST a thousand dollars la cheques, and many gifts of food, cigarettes and drink have been donated by Singapore shipping firms the Singapore Pilot's Association and other contributors for the innw!| Christmas Dfciner to be given m the Singapore Marine Hos- tel, for merchant seamen whose ships
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    Gives a talk to teachers
    89 4 JULES Chan, aged 20, of Johore. studying at Mercersburg Academy, Pennsylvania. U.S.A., recently gave a talk to a group of teachers there. Jules was awarded a scholarship last year through the efforts of Mr. Charles T. Caddock. who m 1947 was Public Affairs officer for
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    Tin are output for November
    43 4 Outputs ot tin ore for November of companies In the Burma-Malay Tin. Lamltted, group were as follows: Katu Tin Dredging. Ltd. 119.000 yards dredged, output 553 plculs; Renong Consolidated Tin Dredging Co. Ltd 196.000 yards dredged, output 323plculs______
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    BOARD ALLOWS TAX APPEALS
    285 4 TWO appeals brought against the Controller of Income Tax, Singapore, by an insurance company and the subsidiary of a foreign tyre manufacturing company for deductible allowances, have been upheld by the Singapore Board of Review. In the first case, the subsidiary company claimed Industrial buildings, allowance
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    MINISTER PRAISES SARAWAK
    171 4 MINISTER PRAISES SARAWAK KUCHING, Wed. A MESSAGE from Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, regretting his inability to visit Sarawak during his present tour of S.E. Asia, was read by Mr A. B. Abell. the Governor at "the meeting of the Council Negri yesterday. Mr Lyttelton congratulated
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    VACANCIES AT NIGHT SCHOOL
    33 4 There are vacancies tor pupils In the Umar Pulavar Nieht English, School iq tyax;weJl Rqpd Applications. !<>r >nro!nr»«nt should be made bpforr Dec. 14 (Wrafte puPils m^y bp accepted
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      65 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 10.10 a.m. Emergency News from K.L.; 1 p.m. Light Music; 1.30 News; 1.45 2 Dance Music. 6 15 "Calling All Hospitals"; 6.55 Announcements 7 News; 7.1* "Radio Scientist"; 7.30 Augmented Radio Orch.: 8 "Guess What"; 8.30 "Discussing the Discs" (BUI Webb-Jones); 9 "9wiss Family Robinson"; 9.30
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    FIRST ELECTION BRINGS A TIE
    84 5 pHKRE was a dead-heat X at the first meeting of the newly constituted City Council yesterday over the flection of a Councillor to take place of Mr. G. H. Kiat. wbose term of office on the Markets Committee expired last month. Three Councillors, an Independent,
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    COUNCILLORS CONSCIENCE GUIDE you'
    495 5 COUNCILLORS CONSCIENCE GUIDE you' \|R. T. P. F. McNeice, president of the Singapore City Council, told the first meeting oosf s the reconstituted Council yesterday that there was "too great a tendency to judge a criticism by the noise with which it is voiced." The meeting was mainly a formal
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    HELD TALKS IN SYDNEY
    43 5 Mr. T. P. Bhalla, Director of Civil Aviation, India, passed through Singapore yesterday on his way to New Delhi from Sydney. Mr. Bhalla had been In conference with Australian civil aviation experts at the Invitation of the Australian Government.
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    Xmas treat for $5,000
    75 5 rpHE Singapore Rotary Club 1 will play Santa Claus to 5.000 poor children from Social Welfare institutions, orphanages and convents at. a Christmas treat In the New World Park on Dec. 14. The treat will start at 2 p.m. and the club will provide free transport
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    OFFICE-BEARERS FOR STAMP CLUB
    46 5 The Singt>ore Stamp Club has elected the following office-bearers for the year: President. Dr. Tan Bin Chiang; sec.. Mr. H. Q. Rodyk; exchange manager, Mr. K. Pish; committee: Messrs. J. B. Neubronner, T. A. Keegan. F. J. Braga and Mm Hak Tee.
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    Blackout areas
    196 5 Blackout areas LM.K(TRI(ITV may be cot off m the following area* today: DAY Home Pipe, Rbeem. Ford, Bin Seng, Wire Mesb, P.W.I). Quarry, Nanyang Mff., Bnkit Panjang, National Carbon, Princess Elizabeth Est., Dairy Farm, I'ln Pandan, Jurong 1, 2 S. Bukit Timah Village, United Chinese Rubber Works, Lam Soon Cannery,
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    TOLD 'LET YOUR
    63 5 THREE of the four Independents m the reconstituted Singapore City Council take their seats. All three represent the City Ward and they are from left, Mr. H. A. Jivabhai, elected last Saturday, Mr. K. Jagatheesan who retires next year, and Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy. The fourth independent
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    The water crisis is not over
    172 5 TURN OFF THAT TAP... THE water crisis m Singapore is not over. The City's Water Engineer, Mr. W. S. Stredwick, said yesterday that the recent heavy rains had not altered the precarious water supply position. Mr. Stredwick said that Sffacßitchie Reservoir was still low.
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    Mr.Ali is of the party, but! not with it
    151 5 Mr.Ali is of the party, but not with it THE leader of the Labour Party ln th e City Council, Mr. E. V. Davies, yesterday asked if the present constitution of the Council as reported In the. Press nine Progressives, six Labour, three Independents and nine Nominated— was correct. The
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    $385 gift to University for books
    182 5 THE staff of the Department of Fisheries has given $385.50 to the. University of Malaya Endowment Fund m memory of Sir Henry Gurney. They have asked that the money be used m the Department of Zoology for books on marine biology. The fund now
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    Christmas in Bangkok
    60 5 MR. G. W. Davles, Singapore Labour Commissioner, who will represent Singapore at the International Labour office conference m Bangkok next week, will fly there direct from Britain where he has been on leave Mr. R. W. Watson-Hyatt, Assistant Director of Education who is also attending the conference,
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    Used soda to kill herself
    91 5 A verdict suicide by cautic 60da poisoning was recorded at an inquest on a woman. Ho Ah Tong, aged 41, who died on Nov. 6 at the General Hospital. Her husband. Tan Chin Swee said his wife was very jealous. About three months ago. she
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    BOOK IS BANNED
    18 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Johore Police have banned the book. "Modern Women's Reader." m the State.
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    So near and yet so far
    119 5 MALAYAN Christians know lesg about their Christian neighbours l n Indonesia and Siam than they do about their fellow Christians m the United States and Britain. Dr. Rajah B. Manlkam, first Asian to be appointed m the history of the Christian church to the
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    Vengeance to come East
    68 5 The light fleet aircraft carrier Vengeance will leave Britain about mid-January to ferry aircraft and men to the Far East. She will also have on board for Malta stores and '00 ground staff for 309 allweather R.N. Air Squadron of twin-engined Sea Hornets, which will be
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    55 CADETS GET CERTIFICATES
    58 5 Fifty-five probationary cadets of Victoria Afternoon School were presented with St. John Ambulance first aid certificates by Dr. Harldas. Commissioner, St. John Ambulance Brigade. Singapore, yesterday evening. Rev. D. E. Sundram, honorary president of S.J.A.B. cadets, was presented with the President's Badge." The 55 cadets have
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    ONLY S.C.B.A. WANTS TO SEE LYTTELTON
    109 5 NO Chinese body m Singapore, except the Straits Chinese British Association, has sought permission to hold talks with Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, the Secretary, of State for«the Colbrtles, "who is expected 1 back m Singapore this week-end. The time and date *or the SC.B.A. appointment
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    BIRTHS
    48 6 TOY. To Enid, wife of H. F<>\ Ht Jp.s6elton. on Ist December lflSi. a son. WILSON. To Nona and Tom on Wednesday at Bungsar Hospital, a brother for Bruce. HUOHES. On I Dec. 1»51 In Brunei to Margaret, *ife of John Hughes, a second son (Christopher James).
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    ENGAGEMENT
    87 6 THE ENGAOEMKNT Is announced between Alex George, second son of the late Mr. George Rodpers a.nd of Mrs. Rodgers. Torquay. Devon, and Phyllis Mary, only daughter of the late* Mr. H. Chapman and of Mrs. Chapman, Andover. Hants. DEATH WOODFORD At the General Hospital. Singapore, on sth. December. 1951.
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    ACKNOELEDGMENTS
    86 6 MRS. CHEE HONO DHO and family wishes to thank all friends and relative-, who sent wreaths, scrolls rendered assistance and attended th? funeral of the late Mr. Chee Hong Dho. THE FAMILY of the late Maria Angela Tupas th&nk Dr. Vellasamy. doctors, sisters and staff of the General Hospital
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    IN MEMORIAM
    29 6 MODDER: In memory of Noel Frank Modder, who was put to death by bandit action In the yvderatlon on 0.12.1950. "In Christ shall ail be made alive."
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Dec. 6,1951. The Warning Of Suez
    752 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Dec. 6, 1951. The Warning Of Suez Unless events at Suez have now awakened the Egyptian Government to a sense of duty, the outlook m Egypt is alarming. In four clashes m or near the town of Suez, 44 persons have been killed and 97
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    The Partnership
    370 6 A point of confusion which need never have arisen is satisfactorily disposed of m the statement made yesterday by Dato Onn. There is now no cause for the apprehension that was felt following Mr. Lvttelton's remarks on the priority of the military effort against Communism m Malaya, says
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    The lot of seafaring 'outsiders'
    381 6 SEVERAL 'hundred sea- f arers of all ranks and nationalities, employed In Singapore-o wn c d ships, are known locally as "outsiders." We are m dire need of some help. We cannot ask the political parties, because we have no votes (or politic*). Neither are
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    CITY POSTERS
    74 6 I HOPE the Singapore City authorities will strictly enforce their decision that every candidate at the recent City election must remove all his election posters forthwith and make good qny damage caused to walls and buildings through the fixing and removal of same. These election posters are a
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    ONE EXEMPTION?
    51 6 WITH reference to the assertion, by the Malayan Chinese Association to Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, that there Is still too much distrust of the Chinese, and that It is essential that Government officials at all levels should trust them, surely they exempt the Department of Income Tax? KAMBING TERLANJANG.
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      The Chinese and Malaya's defence
      327 6 T'HE outright condemnation of the Chinese on Monday by "Mat Miskin" deserves clarification. He must realise that the Chinese are a traditionally peaceful people. They are not martial. If they have to fight they like to know what they are fighting for and whether their
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    BUSINESSMEN BY NATURE
    245 6 "MAT MISKIN". In his letter of Monday, "The Singapore Example", terms the Chinese m Malaya cowards and traitors for the reason that very few join the police force or military units. To those who know very little about the Chinese it will be news that the Chinese,
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    MUCH ADO ABOUT A 'LEAKAGE'
    208 6 THERE has been "much ado about nothing" m the City Council on the question of the leakage of Dr. L. C. Hill's report on local government. Why all this hue and cry merely because the report was marked "strictly confidential"? What is the extent of
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    At work in a car park
    156 6 I HAVE long wondered why. the marked-out Car Park m Hume Street. Ipoh, it monopolised by motor-re-pairers and upholsterers, who park their clients' vehicles on th e road sometimes for days, and even weeks at a stretch. To residents m this* street and those
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    SETTLED A SECOND TIME
    202 6 SETTLED A SECOND TIME A 8 a result of the recent floods, which caused heavy losses of poultry, pigs and vegetable crops In the resettlement area lat the 3rd mile, Port i Dickson Road, Seremban, 'it has been considered advisable to resettle the settlers m another area at Rasah Village,
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    NEW WAY OF GREETING?
    78 6 MOW the Greeting Season is on, Instead of spending I fancy amounts on equally I fancy greeting cards, would it not be a better plan to print some really nice, plain, greeting cards, on one side of which can be affixed stamps of any denomination to
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    POSTPONED DRAW
    35 6 WHAT is to happen to the draw of the Selangor Recreation Club Building Fund Lottery which was to have been held on September 30 when the draw was postponed? f HOPEFUL. Kuala Lumpur.
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    On the Margin
    410 6 On the Margin I Muiaria "AS we look o.ick too.. <Jur predecessors groping In the dark, wrote the hue Dr. Gilbert Brooke m the Centenary volumes published In 1919, 'it i s often hard to restrain a smile at the quaint conceptions they indulged m. "A paper written by a
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    COLONY HOLDS BIGGEST RIOT EXERCISE
    234 7 Work of Government departments tested 800 TROOPS AND POLICE I 'KEEP ORDER' r "QPERATION BASKET", the largest full scale anti riot exercises yet held m Singapore, ended yesterday with strong police and military parties deployed throughout the island. It was the first combined operation m
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    Gift for a good boy
    138 7 IN a torrential downpour, with claps of thunder and vivid lightning, more than 2W kiddies rushed outside the Singapore Dvtch Club last evening, t* sweet Santa Nicolas, and the two Black Peters. Once again, an increasing number of children were celebrating St. Nicholas Eve. The
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    DEATH OF 'IDENTITY CARD MAN'
    98 7 MR. Henry Edward Wood- I ford, for many years core's Registrar of Birthi. Deaths, and Marriages, collapsed yesterday morning at his home, and later died m hospital. There will be a funeral service at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd this ne at 5 p.m
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    OFFICIAL CALLS
    79 7 "THE new Flag Officer, Ma- i layan Area, Rear Admiral A. F. Pugsley, who arrived m I Singapore by air on Monday, I 'paid official calls yesterday I lon the Governor of Singapore I 'Sir Franklin Gimson; the Commander-ln-Chief. FARELF, General Sir Charles Keightley; and the G.O.C. Singapore
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    Sick hawker was left to die
    348 7 'DISGRACEFUL.' SAY DOCTORS j SINGAPORE doctors and Legislative Councillors yesterday described as "disgraceful", the case of the vegetable hawker who 'was discharged from the General Hospital on a stretcher m a paralysed condition, dumped m his attan hat and left to die 10 days
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    ON WAY HOME FOR XMAS
    63 7 Mr. Jerry de Silva. son of Dr Mark d e Silva. of the Health Department, Penang passed through Singapore from Australia yesterday on his way home for Ch^liUnas Mr. de SUva, who Is I third ye*r medical student at the University of Melbourne wa* rEti
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    NO LICENCE TO CUT HAIR
    49 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. B. X Noordin was fined $30 In the Police Court today for carrying on a barber's business at the English College. Johore Bahru, without a licence. The prosecution stated that he had been warned on several occasions to obtain a licence.
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    ROTARY CLUB FOR JOHORE
    90 7 A Johore Rotary Club i.s expected to be formally organised m Johore Bahru early next year, Mr. K. It. Engelmann. president of the Singapore Rotarians. announced yesterday. He said that prospective members of the new club would be guests of the Singapore Rotarians at their weekly
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    Army driver charged
    106 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. DECAUSE one of their j comrades had been assaulted for singing a song at the joget modern, Malay i soldiers got together to beat up any policeman they saw. This was how the clash outside the Lucky World Park, Kuala Lumpur, on Nov. 26
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    NEGLIGENT: $50 24-HOUR STAY HE DIDN'T ENJOY
    107 7 NEGLIGENT: $50 24-HOUR STAY HE DIDN'T ENJOY JOHORE BAHRU Wed Kee Ah Peng was fined $60 In a Police Court today for negligent driving. MR R. E Lenke. an American oil man with I Standard Vacuum Petro- I lewn Company's Sumatra branch, arrived m Singa- i pore by air yesterday,
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    'DISOWN MAO' PLEA IS READY
    116 7 1 MEMORANDUM urging Britain to consider the withdrawal of recognition of (Tonacjunist China .will bei tb 1 'Sepre,tafy of state for th« Cokmles. Mr. fcMiver LytteKbn: \n aingatx)rt by Nation- alist supporters after he has toured Hong Kong. The memorandum, m Chinese <with an English
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    Refreshing play
    222 7 HOME and Beauty" by Somerset Maugham at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Is a sophisticated comedy of the matrimonial adventures of a "bright young thing" Just after the' first war. She marries and discards husbands with the same superficiality as the new rich change their cars, but owing to
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    Collyer Quay site —new proposals
    111 7 Collyer Quay site new proposals A REVISED plan of the proposed building for the Singapore Chamber of Commerce has been submitted to Government. Last October, the Governor-in-Council approved the Issue i of a 99-year lease to the Chamber for 63.000 square feet of Crown land m the south-east corner of
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    BULLET-PROOF CAR PROTECTS MINISTER
    292 7 BULLET-PROOF CAR PROTECTS MINISTER KUALA LUMPUF, Wednesday. ABULLET-proof car which at one time gave protection to Mr. Churchill and other British Cabinet Ministers is now being used by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. Lyttelton. on his tour of Malaya. It arrived m this country about six weeks
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    SERVICES CLERKS' PAY PLAN
    173 7 SERVICES CLERKS' PAY PLAN |>AY revisions for War De- I partment clerks have been announced by the three Service Fstablishmenls m Singapore. The salary revision is brought about by a merger of the two lower grades of clerk*— Class HI and ll— into a general pool, and the removal of
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    Building fund fun fair
    67 7 All the noise, excitement and money that make a carnival a success were present at the St. Anthony's Convent annual fun fair. Singapore. yesterday. A crowd of a thousand filled the convent building m Middle Road and shouted for service at the numerous en- t iertainment
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    GOING BACK
    25 7 Mr. Guy Bartholomew, d.rector of thg English "Daily Mirror," passed through Singapore by Qantas-BOAC yesterday on his way back to England from Sydney.
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    RAF BACK TO FULL PRESSURE ATTACKS
    149 7 AFTER a period it "slightly reduced effort, m which the security forces did not call for the usual number of airstrikes. November foiled the R.A.F. and R.A.A f m Malaya workinc aft* n at full pressure Emergency operations Fighters and bombe attached bandit targets
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    PUPILS WERE ENTERTAINED
    57 7 Radin Mas School students were entertained by th«»ir parents and teachers to a tea-party followed by a concert and cinema show yesterday evening. Highlight of the concert was the song "Soldier, soldier will you marry me" by the Primary II students. Student teachers of the school staged
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    INSUBORDINATE COURT TOLD
    45 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Pte Hashlm bin Mohd Noor of the Federation Jungle Force stationed at Tampoi, was charged m the Police Court today with refusing to obov a sergeant and assaulting a police clerk. He claimed trial and was allowed $100 bail.
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    IPOH CLERK GAOLED. FINED FOR TAKING BRIBES
    437 8 IPOH CLERK GAOLED. FINED FOR TAKING BRIBES IPOH, Wed. A LI PIAH bin Mohd. Ariffin, 46, clerk m charge of the Federal Citizenship Office m Ipcih, was today sentenced m the Ipoh Sessions Court to six months' imprisonment and fined $2,000, or a further three months, on three charges under
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    But Alice was not at party
    97 8 rE boys from Singapore Boys' Town had a rehearsal yesterday for their parts m the Mad Hatter's Christmas party for children at the Great World on Dec. 17. Bat the hostess, pretty Syn Wai Lin, who will be Alice m Wonderland, was absent because
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    The King: Churches say thanks
    91 8 The King: Churches say thanks A THANKSGIVING service for the King's recovery of health will be held m St. Andrew's, Cathedral on Sunday at 9.30 a.m. The service was suggested by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the leaders of the Free Churches and the Roman Catholic church, Britain. Singapore district
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    Muslims plan holiday
    66 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Anniversary of th& Prophet Mohammed's birthday will be celebrated In Johore with a public holiday on Dec. 11. The Muslim community In Johore Bahru district will meet on Bukit Tambalan and will march to the Sultan Abubakar Mosque for prayers and recitation of verses
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    CONTROLS SMASH RACKET IN BUILDING TRADE
    190 8 CONTROLS SMASH RACKET IN BUILDING TRADE EU'RTHER control on building materials will be discussed at the next meeting of the Singapore Board of Building Control, Mr. A. D. Stutchbury, Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, said yesterday. Mr. Stutchbury said that the supply position of building materials, m general, had eased
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    'Helmsman let me down' says Captain
    304 8 CAPT. Q. H. Brown, master of the motor vessel 1 Bentong, which ran aground 1 In the western approaches of Singapore Harbour on October 24, told a Singapore marine Inquiry court yesterday that he was let down by his gunner and the quarter master.
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    3 GET $500 BAIL EACH
    90 8 When a cyclist, Tay Kin Chan, aged 36, was stopped at the junction of Serangoon and Boon Keng Roads on Tuesday, police found chap-ji-ki slips m the handlebars, it was stated m the First Police Court yesterday. Tay pleaded guilty to a charge of assisting
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    New Customs rules at Johore
    143 8 A NEW Customs procedure at Johore Bahru foi "•the import of goods from Singapore will be adopted from Jan. 2. The adoption of the new procedure will coincide with the opening Of the new Customs warehouse at Johore Bahru All goods, dutiable or not. must
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    MAN GAOLED
    33 8 Abdul Razak, a labourer, was m Singapore yesterday sent to two months' gaol for using criminal force with intent to outrage the modesty of Krishnamal m Trafalgar Street on Sept. 27.
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    CDC CHIEF RESIGNS: LEAVING SINGAPORE
    134 8 THE Far Eastern Representative of the Colonial Development Corporation, Mr. F. S. McFadzean, has resigned from his position and will leave the Colony early next year. The Straits Times' London correspondent says that a Regional Controller for the Par East will be appoin'ed shortly. Strong
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    THIO APPOINTED
    21 8 Mr. Thto Chan Bee. Legislative Councillor, hag been appointed to the Board > of Trtustees of the Singapore Improvement Trust.
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    'YOU'LL LOVE IT ; THEY SAID—BUT I DON'T
    917 9  - 'YOU'LL LOVE IT THEY SAID BUT I DON'T OINGAPORE looked a wonderful place as the "Empire George" j steamed slowly into the harbour. "You'll love tt". they had told me. j "It's so gay! Sailing, swimming, tennis, par- ties there's time for it all out there. You make real friends
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    Toughest Job In The Town?
    215 9 Toughest Job In The Town? I*HE other day 1 persuaded my husband to take us to town for a preview of Christinas toys and also to let the children see the cartoon films on show at one of the big stores. They were greatly disappointed when we arrived to find
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    Give Her That Special Touch Of Glamour
    600 9  -  A YOUNG girl needs A only three attributes to make her lovely: freshness. cleanliness, and goo d-grooming. The preparations she uses are simple, but they too can have that touch of glamour so dear to every woman's heart Here are the basic requirements
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      20 9 —WISDOM"-* FOR WOMEN 1 Pretty women are like sovereigns One Hatters j them only through interest I —Mme. de Stael.
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      314 9 23. Difficult question In prose Straits Times Crossword am^m* rumi_ at m 25. A sour tang In this tonic 12 3 4 5 0 7 8 bitters (9). 26. "Thla push WUI cheer teSsS SSS w now I have llvf d long enough" ("Macbeth") (2, 4. 2. DOWN. |§j| 1.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    65 10 LONDON, Wed. CELLERS returned In force today to the glltedged market and prices tumbled by a quarter to half point. These falls unsettled most other sections of the London Stock Exchange and dullness became fairly widespread, with potential buyers continuing to be discouraged by events m Egypt. Closing
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    Melbourne share market
    160 10 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE. Wed TOT sharp downward trend of share prices wu checked on the Melbourne Exchange today, when rises balanced falls for the first time In two weeks. Influencing factors were a slight firming of wool markets and a measure of "bargain-seeking" after the
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    London rubber
    31 10 LONDON. Dec s— Bpot 4144, Jan. 41d.. Jan-Mar. 40Hd.. Apr.June 38»id.. July-Sept. 37 id.. Dec. c.if. 4O 1 4d.. Dec-Jan. cJ.f. 39% d.. Jan. -Feb. cli. 39Hd. Market: DuH.
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    35 10 HONO KONO. Wed JTREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong, dollars was quoted at the close today an follows: US$l HK56.75 (cash). HK$6.7B (T.T.); £1 HKSIS 60: one tahil of gold HK5325»4 UP.
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    32 10 rE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buying (T.T.) 34 H. Airmail (0.D.) U\ (90 days) UH: Selling •f-T/On reodv 3S 7 <,
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    RUBBER MARKET
    138 10 Trade interest slack; turnover small From A Market Correspondent j'Hfi Singapore ruDDer maricet was very quiet yes- terday on account of a great slackening of trade interest. Prices remained at around Tuesday's closing levels, and a very small turnover was reported. In the afternoon, the tone improved slightly
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    TIN: $451| A PICUL
    37 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. Dec. 5— 5451.75 (unchanged). London: £922V 2 a ton LONDON. Wed. Cash Buyers £9225. Sellers £9274: Forward Buyers £905. Seller- £907); Settlement £9271 (down £121). Turnover: a.m. 65 p.m. 80 tons.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    162 10 'TWENTY piculs of Muntok pepper changed hands m the Singapore produce market yesterday at $768 a plcul. The pepper section was slightly steadier, sellers quoting $765 for Muntok. $760 for Sarawak and Lampong black at $590. Copra was generally steadier. Loose buyers stood at $36 4 a
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    Malayan shares Quiet day
    125 10 Malayan shares Quiet day QUIET conditions prevailed m all sections of the Malayan share market yesterday. Prices were largely unchanged. Price changes fixed by the Malayan Sharebroken' Association yesterday were: INDUSTUAU B»y»ri S*M«rt Alex Brlcka. I.JO IN Malayan Cemeota M .55 RufTlrj Hotel 3 19 1.35 ed Singaporr Traction Ordi
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    TIN OUTPUTS
    105 10 DAHMAN Hydraulic Tin In November produced C 25 piculs of tin-ore Exceptionally heavy rain and floods seriously hampered operations during the month. T'AKUAPA Valley Tin Dredging, using two dredges, covered 245.000 cubic yards m 1.106 hours to produce 605 piculs of ore In November. V UALA Lumpur Tin
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    GLEN MUAR COSTS UP
    202 10 pLEN Muar Estates' report shows that output m 1950-51 was 918 500 lb. compared with 1.375.--000 lb In 1948-49. the estimate for the current year belnft 950.000 lb Estate cost of production has risen from 7.04 d In 1948-49 to iBMd In 1949-50 and 14.43 d
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    LEDANG BAHRU
    330 10 J^EDANO Bahni directors recomr">ntl a Snal dividend for the la=t flnpncial vrar of !2'l--oer cent, lev Ist. payable Jan. 30 Net nrofit rjefor- tax £!64M1: tax £103 008: general reserve caoono: 7U ocr c«nt interim rflvM-nci £12.20* oarrv-forward £32 o^o Meeting m London Jan. 29. No. 1 R.S.S.
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    AUSTRALIA: WIN BY 7 WICKETS
    673 11 Hassetl, Miller take honours From JACK FINGLETON (Exclusive to the Straits Times)' SYDNEY, Wednesday. |\ESPITE a dogged stand by the West Indian *J Captain Goddard, who both carried his bat and top scored, and despite, also, two quick wickets by Worrell, Australia coasted to an
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    Scoreboard
    191 11 West Indies—lst Inns.: 1(2. Australia. —Ist Inns.: 517. WEST INDIES—2nd INNS. Rae c Ring b Miller Stollmeyer b Johnson 35 Worrell c Langlry b Llndwall 20 Weekes b Johnson 56 Walcott st Lancley b Johncon 10 Christian! c Hassett b Miller 30 Gomes c Miller b LJndwall 41 Goddard
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      SOCCER PLAYERS SEEK A VOICE'
      694 11 I SINGAPORE soccer players may have their own organisation before the start of next I season if a group of well-known players go through with their plans to form a Players j Km. ;_il I Association. These players feel that I there are occasions when
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    SCC 'B win 3-0 in the mud
    198 11 SCC 'B win 3-0 in the mud g.C.C. "B" beat RAOC -B" by three points <try) to nil m the mud on the SCC padang yesterday. RAOC exerted pressure In the early stages but sound tackling by SCC kept them from scoring. Both sides Indulged m loose dribbles and the
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    S.R.C. closed today
    36 11 I Owing to the death of Mr H E. I Woodford the SRC will be closed I thla evening from 4pm at mark of respect. Mr Woodford was Hon. Secretary of the SRC.
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    GOTHS TO MEET INDIAN TOURISTS
    63 11 rF. All-India soccer tourists, who are due m Singapore tomorrow, will probably meet Gothenburg at Jalan Besar stadium on Thursday. Dec. 13. The Swedish team ha« axrred to the fixture, and the local representative of the Indian team. Mr. S. B. P. Naidu. is optimistic
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    Cockell battered by unknown
    311 11 LONDON. Wednesday. JIMMY SLADE, a coloured American from the Bronx, New York, pulled off a surprise In last night's all-star boxing show, when he battered Don Cockell. light-heavyweight champion of Britain and Europe. Into submission m the fourth round of their iv round coniesi. The referee
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    R.N.A.S. WIN 8-3
    25 11 R.N.A.S. Scmbawang beat RE. by 8 poinU (a penalty, a goal) to three (a try) at rugger at Gillman Barracks yesterday. I
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    EASY VICTORY FOR DAPAT BP
    249 11 EASY VICTORY FOR D APAT BP JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. TN the Johore State Malay Junior Inter-party badminton semifinal Dapat Badminton Party, the 1950 champions beat Prison Sports Club 5-0. Results were (Dapat BP. players mentioned first): Singles: Abdullah Yusof beat Ahmad Said 15-11, 14-14 <«-D; Jalll Hamld beat A. Hamid
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    All-Malayan XV v. Services
    73 11 KUALA LUMPUR: Wed. -All Malayan Civilian XV to meet All-Malayan Services Id their annual rugger fixture od the Singapore padang on Saturday Dec. 16 will be: Parker (Spore): Sanderson iJohorel. Chandler iJohore), Clements iS'porei. McElwaln* iPenangJ: Carrel tPerak). Meikle. (Perak); Murphy i Per am. Moselev (Spore),
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    ENGLAND WIN 7-2
    25 11 BRISTOL, Wed Enn'and Heat ftmat 35» B»«n .matche* AqJ two. Is an international übl* I tennis match here tonight. —I Eeuter. I
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    All Blues unluckybeaten by late try
    226 11 GIVING their best display this season. Singapore All Blues fvere a shade unlucky to be beaten by a late try m their rugger game against B.C.C. "A" at Farrer Park yesterday. The Club won by six points (two tries) to five points (a goal)
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      43 11 RUGBY: F.*N. Cap replay at Tanrlin: R.A.S.C. "B" r R.F.M.K. HOCKEY: BOD.C.A. v P.W.D. at St. George's Rd. SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 4.49 a.m. (7.9), 10.11 a.m. (5.0). 4.08 p.m. (8.4). 11.03 pm. (2.6). TOMORROW: 5.51 a.m. (7.9), 11.45 am. (4.5), 5.41 pm. (8.1).
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    StraKer rides his 21st win on Playtime
    857 12  - Str aKer rides his 21st win on Playtime MAN O'WAR GETS UPON POST FOR $174 DIVIDEND EPSOM JEEP By IPOH, Wednesday. SIXTEEN-year-old apprentice George Straker, rode his 21st winner on rank outsider Playtime m the Class 3, Div. 2, 7 f. race at Ipoh today, second of the Perak Turf
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    Big sweep
    1181 12 Total pool: $384,044. Ist No. *****7 ($110,212) 2nd No. *****5 55.106) 3rd No. *****6 27.553) Starters ($3,444 each) Nos. *****4. *****8. *****4, *****0. *****7, *****1. *****4, *****5. Consolation ($l,OOO each) Nos. *****7, *****2. *****8, *****1. *****7, *****9, *****1. *****4. *****5. *****8. Race Four CLASS 3. OIV. 3—6 FURS.
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    S.B.A. WEEKEND TIES
    153 12 The following tie* In the Singapore Badminton Association championships will be played this weekend at II c Clerical Union Hall: Saturday at 7. 1S p m.: Veterans' Singles: Koh Beng Swee (S K. Cheng) v Syed Sallm (AAU): Koh Keng Slang (Marigold) r Scan Eng Llat i
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    JAP CHAMPION T.K.O.s MARINO
    79 12 HONOLULU. Wed.— Japanese flyweight champion Yoshlo Shlral last night (cored a technical knockout over world flyweight champion Dado Marino of Honolulu In the seventn round of a scheduled 10-round nontitle fight They mtft In Tokyo In a championship next May. Shlral floored Marino six times before
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    Penang F.S. Gup final team
    196 12 PENANG, Wed. HTHK Penan* Badminton AasorUtion's Selection Committee, at a special meeting last night, chose six players to represent Penang against Singapore m the Foong Seong Cup final to be played m Prnang on Dee. 15 and 1«. This will be Penanjs fifth defence of
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    GOTHS WIN, BUT STILL GOAL-SHY
    574 12 Gothenburg 3; Singapore Chinese t. T^HE Goths won, and scored three goals, but they x still have not completely lost their shyness m front of goal. Yesterday at Jalan Besar stadium they outclassed the Chinese for long stretches of the game and had they won
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    SOSC select Chwee Kok for Helsinki
    196 12 AT a committee meeting of Singapore Olympic and Sports Council held at the V.M.C.A. yesterday, 20-year-old Neo Chwee Kok. the Colony's swimming hero, was unanimously selected to represent Singapore at the next Olmplrs to be held at Helsinki m July next yearMr. E. Strickland.
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    S.W.H.A. PLAN 3— CORNERED MEET
    65 12 jmunruM women s nockey Association is endeavouring to arranga a triangular hockey tournamrnt between Singapore. Negrl Sembllan and Selangor In January next year. Mlaa Jean Nesblt. Hon secretary of th* S.W.H.A told the Straits Times veslerdav It Is planned to play the tournament In Singapore
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    37 12 The First Dlvlsior SFA knockout tournament fixture tetween SRC. md BODCA on the SRC. ground yesterday was poUpom'd as a mark of respect to Mr. H E Woodford. the Secretary of tie SRC who died yrsterdav
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    56 12 The fifth annual general mrftng of the Banka-Bllllton Sports Club will be held at the residence of thr Club* president. Mr. Llew Chin Foo. 4 Sim* Road 'opposite the Golf Clubl on Saturday, at 630 Dm. A dinner will be held after the meeting Transport leaves Singapore Book
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