The Straits Times, 4 January 1952

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  • 18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1845 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1952. TWELVE PAGES
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  • 329 1 U.N. urged to break Korea deadlock BUT WEST SECURITY] PLAN CALLED A 'MOCKERY 9 PARIS, Thursday. RUSSIA today formally proposed an immediate United Nations Security Council meeting: at which top-level delegates would try to break the deadlock in the Korean armistice n foliations. The surprise proposal was
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  • 132 1 Magistrate to refuse orders to quit J. L. Jamieson, Singapore City Police Court Magistrate, said vesterda> "I cannot go on i; hi Jig mandatory orders to demolish bouses unless they die necessary for development purposes and are required at once" lie said this when told that a Chinese. Teo Bock
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  • 39 1 MANILA, Thurs.— The court of industrial relation ruled In Manila today that Philippines newspapers must pay overtime for more than eight hours work, differentials for Difht wnrk and extra pay for S'lndavF and legal holidays.AP
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  • 108 1 The 'rubber' to Australia but it was a close call IUSTRALIA made it A 3-1 yesterday in their Test series against the West Indies but only just. They won by one wicket in one of the most exciting Test finishes since the war Heroes in tire Australian victory were the
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  • 103 1 Specials were surrounded and IPOH, Thursday THIRTY armed bandits raided the Sin Cheong Hin Mine in the Lahat area, about five miles from here early this morning, killed a special constable and got away with nine rifles and clothing, includ ing the uniforms of other
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  • 67 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs jy|K Charles E. Davis, 25, an American Negro expelled from Switzerland for "political espionage" today filed a $100,000 suit against Senator Joseph McCarthy alleging slander and breach of contract. Mr. Davis s petition said he entered into a verbal contract with Senator McCarthy on Sept.
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  • 164 1 Fastest tug in bid to rescue captain LONDON, Thurs THE British tug Turmoil, described as the fastest tug in the world today was steaming through heavy seas to try to relieve the captain of the American freigh ter Flying Enterprise. He has spent five nights alone on board his drifting
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  • 19 1 SAIGON. Thurs. Five French officers and seven N.C.O.s. were released by Vietminh over thp Christmas holiday.— A.F.P.
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  • 19 1 SAIGON Thurs.- A fire destroyed 700 bamboo huts nnd left 1.000 people homeless in Saieon today Reuter
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  • 183 1 MANCHESTER. Thurs. TPHE Manchester Guardian said in an ediV)rtal today that it was possible to read the just-published Singapore Government report for J950 "without learning of a great many of the distressing features of Singapore life." "The best thing in the report is the
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  • 225 1 I OOKING as if they meant Li business. 15 strapping men. the advance party of the latest batch of troops to come to Malaya to fight the bandits, landed at Changi airfield last night. They wer P members of the Ist Fiji Infantry Regiment. who
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  • 57 1 (XH to be their father now the twins are here! This is how Sergeant Alfred Wickbam, of the RAF., Seletar, was greeted yesterday when his two 22-year-old daughters, Myra and Valeric, stepped off the troopship, Empress of Australia, In Singapore. The twins
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  • 177 1 Plane down off Sunvitra AN R.A.F. search and rescue aircraft Iras alerted at Changi early yesterday following a crash off Sumatra of a Macchi monoplane on its way to Palembang from Singapore. The plane was flown by two Italians. Signor Maner Lualdi, a 39-year-old journalist, and
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  • 63 1 LONDON. Thurs. PRINCESS Elizabeth interrupted her holiday in Norfolk yesterday to try on a few hats Th P Princess, who Is staying with the King at Sandringham, drove in a station wagon to Clarence House, her London home. There the Royal milliner waited with hats to
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  • 22 1 ROME, Thurs.— ltaly's biggest motor firm. Fiat, has dismissed Battlsta Sanhtia, its social services director, because he is a Communist.
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  • 19 1 LONDON. Thurs.— Sir Stafford Cripps left by air for Zurich today for further medical treatment in Switzerland.—AJ"P.
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  • 23 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs.— The U S. Navy will soon begin converting two heavy cruisers Into the world's first known guided-missile warships.— AJ».
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  • 40 1 TAIPEH, Thurs —The Nationalist Premier Mr. Chen Cheng, and the Foreign Minister. Mr George Yeh. today said that an invasion of South-East Asian countries would be the next Chinese Communist move in Asia after the Korean armistice.— Reuter.
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  • 201 1 Allied P.O.W. plan is rejected TOKYO, Thurs. T^HE Communists have A categorically rejected the new United Nations proposals for the exchange of prisoners-of-war and civilians, the chief U.N. delegate. Rear-Admiral Libby, announced after today' 3 meetings of the Korean armistice committees. But the admiral added that his team of delegates
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  • 37 1 WASHINGTON,* Thurs. "T«HE American Mutual Security Agency last night announced the payment of $39,888,000 to Britain. The money is to reimburse Britain for part of her gold payments into the European Payments' Union.— Reuter.
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  • 2519 2 SUNGEI BESI MINES AYER HITAM TIN DREDGING PRACTICAL CESSATION OF PROSPECTING* SECURITY: A FORMIDABLE TASK MR. G. W. SIMMS ON TAXATION The annual general meetings of Funnel Best Mines. Ltd.. and Ayer Hitam Tin Dredging. Ltd.. were hr^d on December 18. In London. The following are extracts from the statements
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  • 528 2 The fortieth annual general meeting of Malayan Tin Dredging, Ltd.. was held on December 18 at 73, Cheapskie. London, E.C. Mr. H. ASHWORTH HOPE, chairman of the company, presided. The following is an extract f row the statement of the Chairman which
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  • 341 2 SOUTHERN MALAYAN TIN DREDGING TAXATION AND DIVIDENDS The twenty-fifth annual general meeting of Southern Malayan Tin Dredging, Ltd.. was held on December 18 at 73. Cheapslde. London, B.C. Mr. H. ASHWORTH KOPE. chairman of the company, presided. The following is an extract from the statement of the Chairman which was
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  • 481 2 KRAMAT PULAI DIVIDEND BONUS MAINTAINED The ferny- third annual general meeting of Kramat Pulai, Ltd.. waft held on Tecember 18 at 73. Cheapside, London E.C. Mr. H Ashworth Hope, chairman of the company, presided. The following is an extract front the statement of the Chairman which was circulated to shareholders:—
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    • 507 2 NOTICES WILH. WILHELMSEN LINE M/S. "TOMAR" ARRIVED 29TH DECEMBER. 1951 A General Survey of all Damaged Cargo discharged ex the above vessel will be held at Singapore Harbour Board Godown Nos. 6 ft 7 at 900 a.m. on 9th January, 1952. No further surveys will be held either before or
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    • 325 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS University of Malaya has a vacancy for a Clerk/Stenographer with knowledge of secretarial and general office routine. School Certificate essential. Initial salary will depend on age and experience. Salary Scale $85-A5-95/B/110-A5-130/B /140-10A-220 /B/230-AlO-28<h plus cost of living allowance and housing allowance. Provident Fund after three months satisfactory service.
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    • 256 2 NOTICES OPENING OF NEW REGIONAL CENTRAL* ELECTRICITY SCHOOLS B0ARD New Regional Schools will oe opened In January, 1953 as fol- I. Tenders are Invited fo~ Rona lows:— (1) Bedok Boys, (2) Bedok Pide General Contractors Tor thfGirls. (3) Tampenls Road, 8J construction of S,"?n g (I Skok (4 (Mixed) A
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  • 346 3 U.S. wants Japs to recognise Formosa Govt. WASHINGTON, Thursday. pitUSIDENT Truman has told Mr. Churchill he would like to discuss with him next week the question of Japanese recognition of the Chiang Kai-shek Nationalist regime in Formosa as the "legitimate" government of China, authoritative sources
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  • 184 3 TEHERAN, Thursday. 'THE Shah of Persia has advised his Prime Minister, A Dr. Mossadeq, not to jeopardise American friendship, according to Court sources here. |shah, "acting as surprbiter of the destiny of untry," sent his Court r. Hussein Ala. to Dr eg twice yesterday. Premier,
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    16 3 KING IDRIsS :-.i Senussi of Libya, which has just been granted independence A.P. picture.
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  • 153 3 11 nations want a 'shadow' army PARIS, Thurs. fHE United Nations Political Committee yesterday debated recommendations for a "shadow" international army for use against aggression and for economic, diplomatic and political sanctions. A 1 1 -nation resolution called on the United Nations to give effect to this plan of the
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  • 75 3 81 of them HERNE BAY, Thurs. WORKMEN investigating a sewer stoppage In front of Peter Addley's house found the PiPe blocked with 8J pairs ol women's panties In court. Addley. 22, admitted stealing the panties, plus 17 slips and brassieres, during a series of clothesline raids which began
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  • 40 3 MANILA, Thurs. Eight people were killed and 52 inirred in a head-on collision between two buses 50 miles south -east of Manila Twenty-two of the injured a r e in a serious condition
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  • 31 3 PARIS, Thurs.— United Nations Seer f ary-General. Mr Tryijve Lie. arrived last night in Paris from Oslo. Mr Lie was spend ng his Christmas holidays in Norway —AFP
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  • 103 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. DRESLDENT Truman announced yesterday plans 1 for sweeping changes in the "scandal ridden" Internal Revenue Bureau He said a series of steps were planned to protecl the government from the insidious influence of peddlers and favour seekers, and to expose and punish any
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  • 128 3 REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF DRESIDENT TRUMAN has told a Democratic Congressman that he would decide within five weeks whether to contest the Presidency. The body of Nijinsky, famous Russian ballet dancer, is to be transferred to Paris from London next month. Nijinsky died two years ago. MISS
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  • 161 3 The 'Persian George Washington' HE'S THE MAN OF 1951 NEW YORK, Thursday. DR. MOHAMMED MOSSADEQ, the Persian Prime Minister, was chosen by Time Magaiine as its "Man of the Tear for 1951." It pictured him against a map oi the Middle East, with oil wells, pipelines and symbolical clenched fists
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  • 20 3 TOKYO. Thurs.— Competent Japanese circles believe that production of aircraft in Japan wIU possibly begin next spring.— A-FP.
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  • 60 3 HOB ART, Tasmania, Thurs. —Three Britons who sailed from Britain the hard way— in a 32-foot ketch arrived at Hobart today to settle in Tasmania They had travelled 15,000 miles in what their skipper Eddie Mossop, 36, described as the smallest boat ever to travel
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  • 47 3 GLOUCESTER, Thurs. Lieut.-Col. James P. Came, commanding officer of the First Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, a prisoner of the Communists in Korea, was yesterday made an Honorary Freeman of Gloucester for his heroic stand on the Imjin River last autumn.— Reuter.
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  • 150 3 LITVINOV BURIED IN MOSCOW MOSCOW, Thurs. MAXIM Litvinov, former Russian Foreign Minister, was buried in Moscow's Novy Devche cemetery yesterday. M. Litvinov's death, on Dec. 31 at the age of 75, was announced early yesterday. Ha had been 111 for a long time. He retired from public life in 1946.
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  • 44 3 UNITED NATIONS, Paris, Thurs.— The Vietminh Government yesterday asked for admission to the United Nations. The request was contained in a telegram sent to the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Trygve Lie, through the Vietminh Embassy in Peking. A.F.P.
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  • 146 3 KOREA, Thursday. SOUTH Korean President, Dr. Syngman Rhee said he might go to Washington and ask President Truman to ODDOse any armistice that left Korea, divided. Dr. Rhee said he had confidence Mr. Truman would oppose an armistice which "would leave my
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  • 53 3 CAIRO, Thurs. EGYPTIAN druggists ended a three-day strike on the first day yesterday when the government promised to consider "with an open mind" demands for higher profit* on the sale of medicines. The Health Minister, Dr Abdel Gawad Hussein Pasha, appealed to the strikers on behalf of
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  • 44 3 PAUIS Thurs. Sweden today suggested that the International Court of Justice be asked to decide whether the United Nations General Assembly was competent to deal with the dispute over the treatment or people of Indian origin In South Africa Reuter.
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  • 31 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs The U S. Air Force said today that the 117 th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing would leavp aoon for Europe to Join Gen Eisenhower's defence forces.— U. P.
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  • 109 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs JJOLIVIA was expected to take her case for a hlghei i jr. price directly to President Truman today, informed officials *aid. The White House said that the Bolivian Ambassador, Senor Ricardo Martinez Vardas, had an appointment with Mr Truman. The ambassador is understood
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  • 247 3 Red air power a threat to peace WASHINGTON, Thurs. (GENERAL Hoyt S. Van- denberg said yesterday the "danger of a world-wide war" will not abate until America is better armed than now against the menacing power of Russia The United States Air Force Chief tof Staff said the U.S. has
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  • 86 3 LONDON. Thars rpHE Austin Motor Company. one of Briain's biggest car and lorry manufacturing groups, increased prices on all their cars and commercial vehicles yesterday. But a spokesman of the firm said the new prices were confined to the home market. The increases range from £15
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    • 16 3 SCOTTISH CABLES SOLE AGENTS JAMES WARREN CO., LT UNION BUILDING. SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, IPOH AND PENANG.
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    • 138 3 •definition of a good breakfast... "Finnan Abo tinhorn. rindon Hunan 17T4. (app Findhom used attrib.: bat confuted wild Findon in Kincardinethire) A haddock cured mrith Hie smoke of jrera wood, tart at peat earth Mot* hill* r haddock (haddie)." (The Shorre, Oxford €««li»V Dictionary) Finnan Haddock Singapore Cold Storage Co.,
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  • 220 4 New Council will unify work of committees KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A MALAYAN Council of Christian Education was formed here yesterday with the main object of co-ordinating the work of various religious education committees. Among the organisations participating with the rhurches in the work of the new councifare
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  • 117 4 Bachelor —said he had a wife A SOLDIER, who claimed a vr.irs marriage allowance although he was not married, was sentenced to 84 days' detention yesterday at a Singapore court martial. He was Craftsman Khalici bm Laudin of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical 1-iißineers. Capt. J P. Elkins. prosecuting, said
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  • 104 4 Sugar price reduced by five cents THE price of rationed sugar in Singapore has been reduced by five cents a katty because Government sources of supply are charging less. A supplement to the Government Gazette yesterday said that sugar is now being sold to wholesalers and retailers at 38 cents
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    55 4 COLONEL (Miss) G. E. Morgan, left, head of Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps in Singapore, photographed with three of the 28 nursing orderlies and other ranks of the Q.A.R.A.N.C. who arrived in Singapore yesterday in the Empress of Australia. They are the first women nursing orderlies to come to
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  • 258 4 T«HE Archbishop of York, Dr. Cyril Garbett, will 1 deliver three sermons in Singapore on Sunday. He will preach at St. Andrew's Cathedral and the Tanglin Garrison Church in the morning, and again at the cathedral in the afternoon. The afternoon service will be
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  • 88 4 Royal tour inspires export bid TWE British magazine "Vogue Export Book" will send leading London mannequins to Australia this month to sell British clothes. Their visit has been inspired by the forthcoming tour of Australia by Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. The group, travelling by Q.E.A.8.0.A.C.. will stop
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  • 90 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. NEWS has been received in Kuala Lumpur of the death in Tanganyika of Mr. T. D. Wallace, of the Colonial Legal Service. Mr. Wallace served In Malaya as a Deputy Public Prosecutor and in the office of the Attorney-General before being transferred to
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  • 69 4 IPOH, Thurs. A 26-YEAR-OLD surrendered bandit, Kong Meng, who pleaded guilty to consorting with bandits between Oct. 1948 and Sept. 1951, was today sentenced to 12 years' nenal servitude. He gave himself up to the police in May last year. He continued to consort with bandits
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  • 30 4 SEREMBAN, Thurs.—Hospital attendants, and not "hospital assistants" as reported, were fined in the Seremban Police Court last week for gambling in the local General Hospital on Boxing Day.
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  • 49 4 Cheong Hock Chye alias Tan Quee Boon, a storekeeper of the Societa Commissionaria, was yesterday sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment by the Singapore Second Police Magistrate, Mr. R. B. r. Pates, for misappropriating two bales of cloth valued $1,798,49 on Nov 16 last year
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  • 52 4 PENANG, Thurs. THE Deputy Commissioner for Labour, Mr. F. Brewer, today warned shopkeepers against imposters posing as labour officers. These men, he said, would call at firms to sell them weekly holiday forms. "These forms are free and can be obtained from post offices," said
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  • 119 4 EIGHT refugee Chinese girls from Shanghai, who were novices at the Shanghai Convent of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and who fled before the Communist tide two years ago, will qualify a* nuns In Singapore next Sunday. At the Little Sisters' Convent, Thomson
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  • 39 4 St. Thomas' Youth League. Singapore, will hold Its annual meeting at the Singapore Victoria School on Saturday at 3 p.m. Mr. Leslie Rayner will speak on "Thlrty-slx Thousand Miles hi Search ot New Ideas".
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  • 287 4 People more thrifty now fyiTH more people in Singapore becoming j savings-conscious, the Director of Posts, Mr. W. A. Cooper, expects greater success in the fight against inflation m 1952. Mr. Cooper said yesterday ihal everything possible would *c done to help the people reach new records in thrift. "As
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  • 63 4 WHEN the French vessel, Abbeville, passed through Singapore yesterday, there were more than 600 Moroccan noops on board. They had been fighting in Indo-China for the past two years and three months, and are now on their way home to North Africa. Gift shops were
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  • 49 4 PENANG, Thurs.— Because of engine trouble, today's 8 a.m. Malayan Airways plane to Singapore had to return to Penang-10 minutes after leaving Bayan Lepas airport. The plane was held up for five hours. It left at 1 P.m. after two test flights had been made.
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  • 221 4 ABl Bakar bin Ha ji Puteh, a police constable with three years' service, pleaded guilty in Singapore yesterday to corruptly accepting $10 from Liin Cheon, a lorry driver, and was gaoled for nine months. Mr. Peter Bald. A.S.P.. prosecuting, said that Abu Bakar was on
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  • 198 5 City taxation of chief tenants is proposed TO OFFSET RENT CONTROL LOSSES A TAX on chief tenants to recover some of the assessment revenue being lost by the Singapore City Council through rent control legislation is being considered. The City Assessor, Mr. J. G. Aspinall, in a memorandum to City
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  • 206 5 QUNSPQTS affecting radio communication delayed promotion news by nearly 24 hours for officers of Far East Air Force. The Air Ministry's halfyearly promotion list, effective January 1, was received "jumbled" in parts owing to interference, and had to be clarified before it could be issued officially
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  • 65 5 Th* Singapore Hieh Court has listed 134 civil cases most of them filed during 1950 and 1951. for hearing during the current year. Eight cases on the list are divorce suits Dates for the hearing of these suits were fixed by the Acting Registrar.
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  • 33 5 Teo Peck Hoon. of 33 Devonshire Road, was charged in Singapore yesterday with wilfully assaulting and Illtreating Llm Ah Cheng an eight-year-old girl The case was adjourned to Jan. 11
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  • 32 5 Yong Kong Hwee was fined $200 in the Singapore police Court yesterday for erecting two timber and iron-roofed working sheds without a plan and specifications approved by the City Council
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  • 42 5 Afternoon English classes for standards VI and VII students will be held by the Ramakrtshna Mission School, No. 9 Norris Road. Singapore, commencing from this month Those wishing to join, including; over-age students should apply to the Mission.
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  • 30 5 Singapore Progressive Party met in secret yesterday in the office of its president. Mr. C. C. Tan to discuss likely candidates for the next City Council elections.
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  • 22 5 MUAR. Thurs.— For using a private car for hire at Jalan Bakri, Toh Choon was fined $65 at Muar.
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  • 172 5 'PHE following arew will be liable to blackouts today:— DAT MaUyan Brewery. A.B.C. Brewery, Diettoelm Co., Tanelln Rd., Phoenix Park, Alex. Brickworks, Pasir Panjang, Opinm Factory, Reformatory Rd., Oxygen Factory, Cressoaite, St. James', Miri Rd., Silat Rd., Base Medical Store, Bukit Pasoh, 8.A.T., Malayan Refrif. Co., Trafalgar St.,
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  • 178 5 A SINGAPORE Harbour Board dockyard labourer, Raman Thamotharam, was yesterday committed by the Singapore Third Police Magistrate, Mr. H. B. Livingstone, for trial at the next Assizes on a charge of murder, i Raman was alleged to have struck Peeriasamy on the head with
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  • 41 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A patrol of Royal West Kents fired on three bandits in the Tanjong Maiim area of Selangor yesterday. The bandits fled and the soldiers arrested a woman who had been talking to them.
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    52 5 TWO of the four Asian police officers, who left Singapore by air for a six months' training course in Britain on Wednesday night, chat with the Commissioner of Police, Mr. J. P. Pennefather -Evans. On the left is A.S.P. V. Retnasingham and on the right A.S.P. H. L. Boudewyn. Straits
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  • 142 5 ff<:AVY rain drenched the clothes, bat not the spirits, of hundreds of Servicemen who waited on the quayside in Singapore yesterday for their families who arrived in the Empress of Australia A total of 234 Service families and 1,300 Servicemen disembarked. Cheeis from the decks
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    35 5 IMHK MOUAM£D SOPH X secretary general of the Selangor Labour Party, addressing 2vft members and supporters of the party at the first public function of the party in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. Straits Times picture.
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  • 85 5 SIXTEEN men were fined a total of $400 when they pleaded guilty to gambling charges before Mr. P. Claque. the Singapore Fourth Magistrate yesterday. The case was a sequel to a raid by detectives, led by Inspectors D. F. Meyer and S X Sivapatham, on a
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  • 19 5 Mr Sidek HJ. A Ham id has been elected patron of the Singapore Malay Farmers' Welfare Organisation
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  • 45 5 V.W.C.A., Raffles Quay: Malay Class (beginners) 9.15 a.m.; Continuation Class 11.30 a.m.; Beginners Class again at 5.30 p.m. Chinese Y.M.CA^ Selegie Road: Music 2.30 pm; Badminton 5 pm; Body-building and basketball 5.30 pjn.; Mouthorgan Band practice 7.30 pjn.; Bible study class 8 p.m.
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  • 137 5 J^[R. C. L. Edwards, retiring chairman of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association, who leaves the Colony next week is hoping to return for a short visit in September to see the opening of the new $1,0pQ,000 SATA clinic. Ur. Edwards, i* retiring from th? management of the
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  • 199 5 CLERKS REJECT GOVT. OFFER KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs nHHS Government Tem- porary Officers' Association announced today that it will not accept the terms under which Government has offered to absorb temporary clerks into a permanent service. "The term* are very unsatisfactory", said the president of the association, Mr. T. P. Dawson
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  • 69 5 PENANG, Thurs. MALAYA'S new Flag Officer, Rear Admiral A. F. Pugsley. left Penang for Singapore by R.A.F. plane today after a short stay in' the Settlement. Yesterday Rear Adm. Pugsley visited the office of the Director of Marine, Capt. A. A. Mart, in the Marine Base at
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  • 23 6 CHRISTOPHER Chan age 20 4tn son of Mr. Mrs. Martin Chun, passed away at 131-C Halg Road on the 2Ut January 1952.
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  • 36 6 M'SS C McOUIRE thank* all tho*« friends and relatives for thfh messages of condolence, wreaths and for attending the funeral of her beloved brother Bertie, and also for the help given, dicinvr his brief illness.
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  • 785 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Jan. 4, 1952 The Federal Citizen Mr. W. M. MacLeod's appeal for the relaxation of the qualifications for Federal citizenship so as to gain the confidence and greater co-operation of the Chinese in the Communist war is a reminder that six months have passed without
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  • 269 6 It matters not who won or lost, but how we played the game. Not quite correctly quoted, the aphorism also is not accurate. For it does matter who jvon, and the West Indies, who did not win yesterday, will be the first to admit it. But the
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  • 39 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Federation Government today announced the postponement of the Federal Legislative Council meeting arranged for next Wednesday and Thursday to February 6 and 7. No reason was given in the official announcement.
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  • 828 6 says ARYE WALLENSTEIN "The root of the problem: unsettled, underfed and homeless refugees close to Israel's frontiers and the *neither- peace -nor -war' relation between the Arab States and Israel" TEL AVIV DEHIND laconic army 13 communiques on operations along Israel's 600-mile-long
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    • 190 6 DEFERRING to an item in the Straits Times re- garding the approval of building plans by the Kuala Lumpur Municipality, may I point out that the Town Planning Department is a Federal department and therefore deals with planning work from other pans of the country in addition to
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    • 140 6 YOUR editorial on crime and corruption, and Mrs. M. M. Manday's article of the same date headed "Government men are so much more polite." should be followed^ in view of the New Yearly an extract from a very recent plain, cheap and widely-dis-tributed. Government publication;— "Be careful to
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    • 121 6 M AY I enquire what your correspondent "Muslim" means by the concluding paragraph of his letter in your issue of today (Thursday)? The* whole of the Jewish and Christian world knows the story of David and Bathsheba and I doubt if the faith of any one
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    • 37 6 IP your correspondent "Palm Grove Avenue" would care to reveal his identity by addressing his complaints on Post Office deliveries to the undersigned they will be fully investigated. W. A. COOPER, Director of Post*. Singapore.
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  • 649 6 MALAYA FOUND WEALTH IN A TREE A ball bounced in Haiti and TONIGHT at eight x Radio Malaya will broadcast a recorded talk by Mr H. N. RidJey, the "Old Man of Malaya", who persuaded planters that rubber was the thing of the future. The history of rubber stretches back
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  • 411 6 On the Margin Old Hundred WE deal today with the Old Hundred." This is not the well known Psalm of David but the roll of Chinese family names, which is new to us and was apparently new to "Northerner II." a columnist of the Yorkshire Post who brought this matter
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    • 785 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. I i I VANDKRPUT. To NINA and MWSON on M 52 at Kandang K'rbau Hospital, a daughter (S'irrrv Anne>. THE ENGAGEMENT Is *nnc.':;irril between Steuart Robert Prln<?]e, Royal Marines, only son or Sir Norman Prlngfc Bt. and L:irv Prlngle of Palace Gate, I oricion and Jacqueline Marie only
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    • 52 6 DREADER'S igest (AMERICAN EDITION) Trie Reader's Digest WM J fint published in 1922 when onry 5000 copiei were printed. Today The Reader* Digest it read by fifty million people speaking eleven different languages. For the blind fhere are Braille and Talking Boofc N Sole Agents: RAJ 6c GOPAL LTD PHONE
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    • 130 6 Fellow Institute Ophthalmic Opticians (Eng 1 Fellow Worshipful Co. of Spectacle-Maker* (EnR.) Freeman of the City of London By Appointment to H.M. Forces, South East Asia. 6, Raffles Place Singapore 1 Phone ***** Sk/up lif<^ "lu»t wn»t fh« dor tot orderedt~2,Y «woid the clotting, clogging 7M\ and corrosion causeo by
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  • 174 7 Police fight car-hire racket DECEMBER TOPS CRASH LIST THERE were 1,009 accidents in Singapore in December the highest ever. And all the accident reports are not yet in. But five people were killed on the roads during the month— the lowest monthly figure last year.
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  • 122 7 Found his mother-but she was dead AFTER Kwa Tlew Eng, a 53-year-old amah disappeared from her house at Upper Thompson Road on Nov. 24. without her Identity card, her son went to a temple to consult a medium and was told he would find her at 6. p.m. that evening,
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  • 209 7 NEW C.O. FOR A VETERAN SQUADRON 'THE R.A.F.'s "oldest 1 inhabitant" of Malaya, No. 205 Flying Boat Squadron at Seletar, has a new Commanding Officer, it was announced last night. Sqn.-Ldr. J. T. Ormston has taken over from Sqn.-Ldr. J. E. Proctor, who is returning to Britain. No. 20b Squadron's
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  • 66 7 Thamby Kechli bin Abdul Kadir. aged 39, of Potong Pasir, was charged yesterday In the Singapore First Police Court with house trespass. Alleged to hay*, entered a building belonging to Suppiah binte Dollah with intent to insult and assault her on Wednesday, he claimed trial
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  • 79 7 SHANMUGAN Singaram, a 20-year-old special constable of the Federation Police Force, was charged in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday with absenting himself from duty. Singaram, arrested on a provisional warrant at Kranji Road on Wednesday, was posted to Ban Lee Estate in Kulai on Aug.
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  • 18 7 The Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson. has appointed Mr. S E. Teh to be a Police Magistrate
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  • 100 7 Driver fined $510, says: 'I risked it' IPOH. Thurs JOO Pang Liang, of Butterworth, told Ipoh Magistrate's Court today that he decided to "risk it" and drive a load of perishable onions to Kuala Lumpur in a lorry which did not have a haulage permit or a road licence. Jo
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  • 117 7 f«APTAIN William" Liston, veteran Clydeside fishing skipper who has been studying Malayan fishing methods yes'erday visited Chinese fishermen at a kelong (fishing stake) off Changi. Accompanied by Mr. T. W. Burdon, of the Fisheries Department, Captain Liston spent seven hours cruising off the coast of south Johore
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  • 116 7 UNDER the patronage of Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, the International Variety Concert opened 1 »t night at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The proceeds are to help raise funds for a kindergarten and clinic of the Church of the True Light In Jalan Besar, which Is already
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  • 33 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Bandit camps have been found in the Orik area of Perak, the Kluang and Segar mat areas of Johore and the Kuala Pilah area of Negri Sembilan.
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  • 131 7 Entrepot trade may decrease T EADING traders in the Colony expect Singapore's entrepot trade this year to be lower than in 1951. Chief reason advanced by them was that the circulation of Malayan dollars had been greatly affected by the corresponding price drops for tin and rubber, which enjoyed a
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  • 198 7 RE-ORGANISE THE SCHOOLS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday AIDED school authorities in Malaya were in favour of a national school system which would provide education leading towards a Malayan outlook and Malayan citizenship, the Rev. R. A. Kesselring, Education Secretary of the Methodist Mission in Malaya, said today.
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  • 129 7 9,830 were found work last year A TOTAL of 9,830 unemployed 6,857 men and 2,973 women found employment last year through the Singapore Labour Department's Employment Exchange. During the year, 14,732 registered for employment. In May. the Exchange set a new record when it found work for 1.251 people. In
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  • 49 7 CANON R K. S. ADAMS. Principal of St. Andrew's school (third from left) returned to Singapore yesterday by Qantas-BOAC after lone leave in Australia With him are Mrs. and Mr Kiong Woon Kew. Mr. Cheonr Hock Hai and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Thomas. Straits Times picture
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  • 15 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Kedah police have arrested three suspected bandit food suppliers.
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  • 81 7 BENHAM SENDS IN A PLAN TO END INFLATION SINGAPORE Government is studying a report on anti-inflationary measures submitted by Dr. F. C. Benham Economic Adviser to Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the CommissionerGeneral, and leader of the Malaya-Borneo delegation to the recent Bangkok conference of financial experts The conference, which was attended
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  • 21 7 Mrs. C. R. Paul was fined $20 in the City Police Court yesterday for having an unlicensed cattle shed.
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  • 125 7 rpHIRTY students of the L Unlverstv of Malaya have interviewed 400 Singapore families-»-a cross-section of the Colony's popul a ton—during a pilot survey to find out how Illness affects earning capacity and standard of living. Organised by the Social Weirare Deparment. this pilot survey, which is preparatory
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  • 65 7 A new Issue of stamps Is being prepared for Brunei The cent values will have a portrait of the Sultan of Brunei while the dollar value stamps will carry a view of a river kampong and the Brunei crest Brunei is also to have a new
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  • 145 7 MCA to back non-Chinese in election KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE Malayan Chinese Association would put up non-Chinese as well as Chinese candidates for the Kuala Lumpur Municipal elections, the Selangor branch said today. The M.C.A. called for a ban on politics in the Municipal Council and for adequate representation of
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  • 56 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A bandit attack destroyed mails for Kuantan and Kuala Trengganu on New Year's Eve. The Postmaster General announced today that the mails destroyed Included letters and parcels posted In Singapore on Dec. 28, in Kuala Lumpur on Dec 28 and 29 and
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  • 59 7 PENANG, Thurs. WHEN the Benmacdhui sails from Penang tomorrow it will take to Britain tropical birds captured in the Malayan hinterland. The birds mostly parrots and parakeets are being sent to private buyers. The ship's agents today said that it was the most colourful cargo they had handled.
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  • 26 7 JtfUAR, Thurs. Twentyone rubber tappers, including 11 women, who broke the curfew at Bukit Gambier, were each fined $10 or four days' imprisonment.
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  • 195 7 OESIDENTS on the Singapore Improvement Trust estate at Tiong Bahru are to have a cheap bus service between Tiong Bahru and Upper Pickering The new service, which will provide residents with transport almost at their doorsteps, will start as soon as parking arm traffic
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  • 184 7 Britain cold, but 'not the people' HPHE 10 R.A.F. Regiment (Malaya) sergeants who have been to England for a gunner-ins-tructor's course, stepped ashore at Singapore docks yesterday and said: "It is fine to oe home". "We had a wonderful time, but, In spite of heavy uniforms and thick underwear, the
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  • 256 7 WOMEN SA Y: IT IS UTILITY ORITISH housewives in Singapore maintain that British-made Utility goods are on sale in Singapore. Yet department store chiefs said yesterday that Utility goods are not allowed to be exported from Britain. Housewives say these Roods are being; sold at prices far above those In
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  • 58 7 IPOH, Thurs.— A 33-year-old Indian employee of a military camp in Ipoh, Shanmugam Vellasamy, was charged today in the Magistrate's Court with outraging the modesty of an Indian girl. Kamala, at Ashby Road, on New Year's Day. Shanmugam claimed trial and the case was postponed
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  • 35 7 STOKER: William Sutherland (Bill), loving husband of Vera Dorothy, passed away peacefully at the General Hospital, at 4.30 p.m., On 3.1.52. Cortege will leave th« G.H at 4.30 p.m. on 4.1.52— Bidadari 5 p.m.
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    • 99 7 Since 1906... We have been furnishing the business I establishments of Malaya with Office Equipment. W« believe we are "Old" enough to take care of your needs and modern enough to offer you the latest ideas I "iJv^TljH Hi I iQo6|l|ii Q o6|I|i wB 1951 7 6 5 iPwplpmi (or
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    • 197 7 jSf Tht mulch the world has learned to trust S^ -^\^-~~v MaY v a>V waterproof can make... Aoiomatitm > a mit ol aiodrrn nnm. la Bovenm Slo< j a la ipriaj aad in abo hoara oatduiakiat il la ira in iht aaloautic wmd- il acraiaaUua a 36-Koar poorr rmrn. Vim
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  • 286 8 Producers now study revised rubber bill KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A STATEMENT on negotiations over the establishment of a rubber replanting cess was made today by the Member for Economic Affairs, Mr. Oscar Spencer, commenting on a report in today's Straits Times. nnf h n While
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  • 135 8 S'pore man marries K.L. girl KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A WEDDING, according to Buddhist rites, which united Singapore and Kuaia Lumpur Singhalese families, took place today in Kuala Lumpur. The bride, who wore a white georgette and silver lace saree over a silver blouse, was Miss Indrawathie Jayawardena, daughter of Mr.
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  • 57 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. LEE GUAN, who said that her husband was in gaol was today orfiered by Mr. A. P Jack the Kuala Lumpur Fr.st Court Magistrate, to piv arrears of rent from August last year or be ejected from her home at the endMf the
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  • 27 8 MUAR, Thurs. Lee Liat Hoe, who did not keep a record of the rice sold in his shop, was fined $50 or 10 days' imprisonment.
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  • 141 8 ONLY 4 SEEK AWARDS THE committee which will x select two Malayan nurses for the two nursing scholarships in Australia will have only four applicants to choose from this year. Only one nurse in Singapore has applied and three in the Federation. Only graduate nurses are eligible. When the Malayan
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  • 38 8 PENANG, Thurs.— Two new sleeping coaches for the Malayan Railways arrived in Penang today by the Blue Funnel vessel Charon. They are the first coaches to be sent to Malaya completely assembled and ready for use.
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  • 109 8 \'EW salary scales and cost of living allowances for civilian Service employees will b* recommended to the three s authorities by the -ires unions in Singapore. Representatives of the U! na Army Civil Service Union, Ah- Ministry Local Staff Union. Naval Base Labour Union,
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    20 8 THE FINAL Übl«w of vbe musical P»|«nt "Union »1 rapore. last nl«ht. The cono^ t n J^ be rep ted
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  • 203 8 THE building standing on the^ c c ov A Paniang Park site which has been han i d «J n^" to residents of the district for use as jm nn "J centre is in a very poor condition and win neea extensive repairs. Mr H
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  • 200 8 mHE Richardson family, ol 1 223 Base Ordnance Depot, distinguished itself in the pantomime "C l nd«"i la P re 7 sented to a packed house at the Gymnasium Theatre. Alexandra, last night by men of 30 Battalion. R. A. O. C, B S£s Edna Richardson
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  • 126 8 Rent board approves $715 increase rr»HE Singapore Rent Conx ciliation Board yesterday approved an unopposed application to raise the monthly rent of 39, Robertson Quay, now used as a store, from $285 to $1,000. The landlord is Mrs. Rebecca Meyer and the tenant Guan Seng Hang. Co., Ltd. Mr David
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  • 55 8 A new regulation has been made by the Registrar of Vehicles, Singapore, forbidding motorists to paste their car licences on the windscreens of cars. As from Jan. 1, licences must be enclosed in holders mounted either on the glass, or on the dashboard where they can
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  • 23 8 For ill-treating a goat a docykard labourer, Koh Tlan Boh. was fined $45. In default 10 days' imprisonment, in Singapore yesterday.
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  • 188 8 BUILDERS ARE SCEPTICAL SINGAPORE builders and engineers were cautious and reserved yesterday when asked about the possibilities of reinforcing concrete wun bamboo. Bamboo-reinforced concrete, said to be much cheaper and a partial answer to the shortage steel, has been used u> build a large S? SSd at the SerdanK Federal
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  • 54 8 AS he sat on a bench outside P.W.D. offices in Kampar. yesterday. Loh Kam Cheong, an 18-year-old Chinese, was stabbed several times by two men. He staggered 200 yards to the police station, where he collapsed. He was taken to Kampar hospital and later removed to Ipoh.
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  • 34 8 PENANG, Thurs. Penang police last night arrested three Chinese suspected of beine bandit supporters. They .were detained in the Tanjong Tokong area. aboiK four miles from the town, after information had been given.
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  • 90 8 SINGAPORE'S Commissioner ot Police. Mr. J. P. Pennefather-Evans, will leave the service in February. His successor has not ye tbgn named^ came to the Colony to reorganise the police force following the riots in December 1950. He took office as Commißcioner of Police on Feb.
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  • 69 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tfcurs. A 30-year-old watchman, A who entered the house of Mr. A. M. I. Austin, Deputy Public Prosecutor, Selangor, and annoyed him and his wife, was today bound over for six month* by Inche Harun in the Kuala Lumpur Second Magistrate's Court. •jne watchman,
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  • 37 8 The Singapore Rural Board yesterday announced that tne fee In 1952 on every tappable rubber tree standing on rubber lands under 100 acres in area in the Rural Board will be six cents per tree.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 119 8 The watch people ask for by name 1 A perfect movement with perfect accuracy. Accus^^X^^^W I racy that's protected by that can't be harmed by dust or dirt or damp or Wm£d!w//Z^ir}sm water, or any of a watch's W/aL. y^vi natural enemies. A man's Beauty m miniature, gooa vV^~=d^9!jfl looks
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    • 384 9 BRUCE FRASER talking about FILMS "I IGHTNING Strikes Twice" is a thriller directed by King Vidor, with a cast of great talent headed by Richard Todd, Mercedes McCambridge and Ruth Roman: this, I said to myself, ought to be pretty good. But somewhere along the
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    • 321 9 yynriiN a movie queen takes a bath, it's a production. She can't merely dip in and out of the suds, the same as you or I on Saturday night. When I heard that Jane Russell was taking her first film bath, I rushed over to
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    • 359 9 YOUR Film of 1951 I HAVE had a siack of I letters from readers) with their choice of Fi'mZ i Of The Year, showing «> .surprising consistency oR opinion Most people^ chose, a little surprising-) I ly, "Cyrano de Ber-\>] gerac" others which 1 won a lot of votes were\
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 196 9 Jan. 1952 Movie News On Sale Tomorrow tomorrow 9am "god s country 4 the woman" TODAY at 11am, 1.45, 4, 6.30 9.30pm 3&ofArms THC MOST BtAUJirUL LOVt STOWV gVCW TQIQI WILLIAM \A\CV FRANK W Golden Oi,sonXove-joy l>h«! Molaynu Gazette Xo. 26 'FULL NEWSREEL COVERAGE nf Mr. LYTTELTON in MALAYA" DEMAND
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    • 283 9 JjUiUIUIA J TODAY A DAILY i)!i.-1.45-4.15-6.45 9.30 p.m.iS^^ts^, J m LANZA I 11 SENSATIONAL as... I^pf "TheMreat SS^^ LANZA BLYTH I TOMORROW AT Esther" WILLIAMS Z^S^ RED SKELTON HOWARD KEEL TSdaTtodayT! O HOURS OF M gL Wj *^tTpv^B Vww r\.'TCP ifim'i <S ■^n^H M A K.MtK- H^ i'&^lßHV^'* Mm <
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    • 316 9 v i rj-i p-T v 6 jj i^— i rj 1 Straits Times Crossword 3SS 333 vJES Hi sr-T '-rr4 ACROSS. 7. Naming a business (7) 1. To win (5, 3) 8. Let us make musical lnnSSSS* £SS JM: SSI sis lis A hundred In a row, mov- iruments (5)
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  • 295 10 BELIEF, that the Government plans to make heavy cuts In capital expenditure weighed heavily on the London Stock Exchange today. Domestic Issues continued their recent downward movement and closed dull. Losses of up to three-eighths were showing in glltedged while leading industrials were several pence off. Closing middle
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  • 39 10 SINGAPORE, Thus. Jan. 3. $451 (up $1.) London: £927} a ton LONDON, Jan. 3.— Cash buyers <£927* i, Sellers £9M; Forward Bayers £9iS, Sellers £W7^; Settlement £927 >4 (unchanged). Tnrnorer: a.m IM. u.tn. 7t ton*
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  • 86 10 npHX Singapore produce market was again dull yesterday In most sections. Only tlie coconut oil section attracted baying Interest, with some business reported at $63 a picul. Copra prices were sligntly lower, sellers far January February shipment quoting $38 -y t t p cul against bids of
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  • 79 10 •pHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association yesterday announced agreed rates of exchange to merchants as follows: Uannt Air Mall r.I O.D. M d/si Credit Bills New Yort 13 13/18 32 15/U 13 1/18 Canada 33 L/lf 33 3/18 33 7/16 Trade Bills New York $31 Solilag T.T./O D Eead*
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  • 178 10 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Thurs. TJNCERTAIN and light Stock Exchange trading, with variable prices. Is expected when the Australian Exchanges open for 1952 on Monday. The market Is unlikely to settle down until more Is known of the Government's threat of economic casualties and the extent and
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  • 243 10 Recovery over day still leaves small price fall T'HE Singapore rubber market yesterday opened A slightly lower on advice from London; and prices during the morning fluctuated around $1.39| a 1b. for January first-grade. In the afternoon, however, the tone steadied somewhat through sellers' reluctance, and prices recovered
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  • 35 10 HONG KONG, Thurs PEE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HK*6.51»4 (CAsh), HK5655% (T.T.); £1 HKsls.fs: one tahil of gold HKS3I9.— U.P
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  • 212 10 Fin section still to the fore r TTN shares were again the main feature of the Malayan share market yesterday, with a resultant improvement in prices. Industrials were well maintained. Greater interest was shown in the Rubber section. Price changes announced by tbe Malayan Snarebrokers' Association were: INDUSTRIALS
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  • 191 10 CHIPS expected alongside the Singapore Harbour Board god owns at 6 ajn. today are: 1-2 Sa..thia, 3 Rhu, 4-5 Breconshire. Coal plant Subadar, 6-7 Bencleuch. 8 Lasem, 9 Rengam, 11 Benarty, 13 Pangkor. 14 Serampang, 15-16 Memnon, 17-18 E. Pricce. 21-22 Poyang. 23-24 Benwyvls. 25-26 Van Heutas. 27-28
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    • 1344 10 MANSFIELD 6c CO.. LTD. i Incorporated in Singapore) BLUB FUMHEL UMB Carrier i option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo. SAILINCS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW LONDON b CONTINENTAL PORTS Due Sail* P. Sham Panang Ttndareos tor Marseilles. Havre Liverpool C. 18/19 lan 1 lan. 8/11 lan. 12/15
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    • 353 10 PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS To New York *nd Boston ma Cerion. India fgr»>t and Medlterranein Ports Swigapor* Swettennarr »*enang >s PRES. HARRISON 8/1« lan UH*}™ 1V,111Z2 s.s SCHUYLER OTIS BLAND' 16/21 (an 22/23 fan 24/26 an <• PRESIDENT «UCHANAN- It/ 24 fan 25/26 Un 27/29 lan To Los Angeles At'antlc Ports
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    • 435 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U X /CONTINENT S'ocve P- Sham <»«nang Kambodia' foi Bangkok H'Kong. Kobe Yokohama 11/12lan. Fetstria" for Saigon Bangkok 11/H lan |^n';,, f °Xo D ne Hok^a tCOOf 2/5 F«* ,-71 Fab. 26/2* ■^^X^o^ 19/21 F* 17/18 F.b ,4/16 F.b Patagonia' for Bangkok. Hong Kong 6
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    • 1033 10 McALISTER 6c CO., LTD. Telephone No. 59ot ELLERMAM <k BUCKNAU KLAVENESS UMI LONDON HAVRE. ROTTERDAM LOS ANCELES. SAN FRANCISC& HAMBURC. PORTLAND SEATTLE b VANCOUVER and fot USA North Atlantic Ports Accepting cargo for Central South and Canada via Colombo American Ports S.S. CITY OF KARACHI m.s. FRANCISVILLE Spore P S'ham
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  • 302 11 New Field For Tin Industry RECENT discoveries in the use of tin may add 12,000 tonr> a year to world consumption and bring producers, at present prices, some £12m. annually. They are the tin-nickel and tin-zinc alloys which have been brought to a state of commercial production by the Intertional
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  • 1021 11  - INDEPENDENCE IS THE START OF LIBYA'S TROUBLES SCHWJND By DON T»HE United Nations Christmas gift to Libya of full independence may be wrapped in pretty speeches and gaudy celebration but it is chock full of trouble. This barren North African country won independence after a sporadic 30-year battle that touched
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  • 139 11 BOGOR, West Java. 1 tennis court with rubber- asphalt surface— claimed to be the first in the worldwas opened here recently. The court is to be used by staff members of the Indonesian Institute for Rubber Research, which has experimented with the new rubberasphalt
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  • 846 11  - One Nation Finds Russia A Good Neighbour HAROLD MILKS By IN Afghanistan you light your cigarette with a Russian match, use Russian gasoline in your car, feel the presence of the Russian dear just across the Oxus river frontier to the north. Yet this is one area where uncle Joe
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    • 317 11 Sole Agents: MONTOR LTD.. Arcade. Singapore Tels 6891/5892 Established 1904 Odd! and ttfnnm,, Ho i IriUußfll When, in 1823, SI f}^^^^^^/ William Webb Ellis picked up and ran SI tt >r^t*ti& I with (ne ball> founding the game of II Mf 1 Rugby Football, Curtis Gin had alread) if '^'v'^.Je
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    • 91 11 H FAMILY CAR f ygz~^— ft 7 ~^^_jgl £S L&L..----J i=4»a^ The Standard Vanguard Saloon is the ideal family car. Already popular with motorists in every part of the world, it offers at a moderate price, the best in modern car performance and appearance. Its 2-litre engine assures high cruising
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  • 1233 12 TURF CLUBS PAID $10 MILLION IN TAXES EPSOM JEEP reviews, racing in 1951 Each race teas worth $9,500 RACING in Malaya has been a great source of revenue to Government and 1951 saw an estimated sum of $10 million a record figure pouring into the coffers of the Government Treasury
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  • 87 12 The following will represent Tamjong Pagar Rangers in a friendly scccer match between Tanjong Pagar Rangers (2nd XI) against Green Arrow Sports Club at Farrer Park today at 5.15 p.m. A. N. Abdul Razack,. M. K. Syed, S O. Hameed, V. N. Ibrahim, T. M. Kassim, 3.
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  • 376 12 Good trial by Flying Spirit HORSES from the Singapore stables were out in force when official training began at Bukit Timah yesterday for the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meetIng which starts on Jan. 12. The second track was used and the going was soft. Several Interesting workouts were done, and
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  • 52 12 More than 40 entries have been received for the six-mile road race organised by Mr. C. A. Ocabrook to be held at Naval Base at 4 p m. tomorrow. All competitors are asked to be at the starting point not laU:r than 3 50 p.m. Late entries will
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  • 407 12 TUITION Beginners, Jan: S"hand, Bk. Kpg English, Std. I/Vni, Latin, Pre S'nr.. Senior, Typing, any time 100 machines, Spl. Classes LCC., dally speed. 6 hrs Typing S.I.C. 75 Mid. Rd. 10 Col Q. ***** *****. POSTAL TUITION: Boos<eeplng Accounts Commercial Correspondence. etc. Bpecial -oachlng Tor LCC Exam Success
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  • 414 12 pHAMPION horse of 1951 was Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Foo's BEST BET (late Viewfinder), a striking chestnut gelding by Panorama out of Paravane who won five races and gained three seconds in 15 starts to earn $62,000 a record figure in one season
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  • 261 12 CALCUTTA, Thurs. INDIA took a first Innings lead of two runs today when the fourth day's play In the third Test against England was continued, scoring 344 to England's 342 after a tense struggle for the lead. Phadkar played a laboured but
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  • 155 12 LONDON, Thurs. SNOW again affected the New Year holiday soccer programme yesterday, four Scottish League games being postponed because grounds were unfit. Results or ve&terdav's matches SCOTTISH LEAGUE VA" Aberdeen 2 East Fife 1: Hearti i. Celtic I; Morton v. Airdrieoniana I postponed owing to snow):
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  • 59 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. SPECIAL Air Services Regiment, popularly known as, Malayan Scouts, gave a 32 points to nil trouncing to Green Howards In their Fraser and Neave Cup rugger match orr the Knala Lumpur padang th's evening. Scouts crossed the Howards' line eight times and converted
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  • 302 12 rpHE draw and starting times In A the Police Cup golf competition at the Island Club tomorrow and Sunday are: Prom Ist Tee: O. H. Addison (8); E. 8. M. Khatena (15); T. S. Sim (13)— Sat. 2.30 p.m.. Sun. 9 a.m. E. V. Smith (12);
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  • 101 12 KUALA LUMPUK. Thurs. ""THE Amateur Athletic Associatlon of Malaya has decided not to send a team to Colombo during the visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Ceylon next month. Mr. N. M. Vasagam, Hon. Secretary of the Malayan A.A.A., told the
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  • 49 12 The following will represent Royal Army Service Corps "A" XV against Nee Soon Garrison in a friendly rugby match to be played at Nee Soon tomorrow: Davies: Gurney, Wilson-Lloyd, Oliver. Moyles; Hunter. Marks; Baaeley, Robbins, Thompson, Healy. Kertell, Elliot, Neve, Williams. Reserves Williams, Brooks, Bantoft, Bell.
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  • 906 12 Australia win most exciting Test finish From JACK FINGLETON (Exclusive to the Straits Times) MELBOURNE, Thursday. IN the most exciting Test match finish in living 1 memory, Australia- today beat the West Indie* here by one wicket. Amid scenes of indescribable enthusiasm, Ring and Johnston, Australia's last-wicket batsmen put on
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