The Straits Times, 5 January 1952

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1845 i WKLVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1952 if PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    'IT'S GOOD NEWS' SAY TIN MEN
    849 1 'IT'S GOOD NEWS SAY TIN MEN Symington move boosts the price V.S. BUYING POLICY IS EXPECTED TO BE CHANGED J^ QUICK rise in the price of tin yesterday followed the news that the chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Mr. Stuart Symington, had resigned. Chinese and European producers in the
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    More firing in Suezput of hand
    231 1 More firing in Suezput of hand ISMAILIA. Fri. THE British authorities today sealed off Suez from the rest of Egypt as Egyptian terrorists kept up intermittent fire from rooftops at a water filtration plant which supplies the British garrison there The town which is at the southern end of the
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    MAY RESIGN
    18 1 WASHINGTON, Fri.—Evidence mounted today that the U.S. Attorney-General. Mr. J. Howard McGrath Is to resign.— U.P.
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    British nurse to help Siam
    36 1 LONDON. Fri. Former worker among the sick of London's East End, Miss F. L. Gray, British Health Ministry nurse, will go to Siam this month to advise on nursing questions.— Reuter.
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    Symington is on the way out
    215 1 Symington is on the way out —And this is the news WASHINGTON, Fri. PRESIDENT Truman 1 announced yesterday that he intends to accept the resignation of Mr. Stuart Symington, head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, later this month. The President said that Mr. Symington had been anxious for some time
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    WOUNDED SC HELPED COMRADES FIRST
    92 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. SPECIAL constable, Abdul Aziz, dressed Hie wounds of four of his comrades before he tended his own after a bandit ambush this morning. With heavy Bren and Sten gun flr e the bandits ambushed the police, who were travelling In a truck,
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    THESE CARS WILL COST MORE
    66 1 LONDON, Fri. THE Nuffield Organisation, one of Britain's premier car manufacturers, announced tod ay that prices of export cars are to be increased. The wholesale prices on Morris, Wolseley, Rile? and M.G. cars and Morris vans for export have been advanced pro raita with the
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    GEM ROBBERY
    24 1 NEW YORK., Pri. Linda Darnell, the screen actress has been robfced of Jewellery and furs valued between $20,000 to $30,000— U. P.
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    A lone skipper clings to life with onehand
    357 1 LONDON, Fri. pAPTAIN Henrik Kurt Carlsen hung on to life with one hand and to his ship with the other today as a new gale blew up around the drifting freighter Flying Enterprise in the Atlantic. With one hand he tried to
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    Mr. Spencer for London conference
    92 1 Mr. Spencer for London conference KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE Federation Govern1 merit today said that Mr. Oscar Spencer, the Member for Economic Affairs, will attend the conference of Commonwealth Finance Ministers in London this month. Mr Spencer leaves for London in about 10 days. He will return to Kuala Lumpur
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    Nehru says 'Thank you'
    78 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. THE prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, yesterday wrote a letter to six-year-old Wendy Marks of Storrs, Conn., thanking her for the gift of one dollar she had saved to help the people of India. The Indian Foreign Ministry released a copy of the American
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    $208 MIL. LENT
    16 1 WASHINGTON. Fri.— The World Bank made 17 loans totalling $208,408,000 In 1951. Reuter.
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    CAPTIVES
    35 1 ■THESE women, described as officers in the Communist guerilla forces, sit In a prisoner of war camp after being: captured in battle in Korea. They were trained at a Commun- ist Party school. A.P
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    MALAYA MAYBE TOLD: CUT U.S. IMPORTS'
    353 1 MALA YA MAYBE TOLD: CUT U.S. IMPORTS' BUSINESS circles in Singapore are expecting further restrictions on tne import of American goods into the Colony and the Federation after the Commonwealth Finance Ministers' conference which opens in London on Jan. 15. The conference has been called to discuss the critical financial
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    Smuggling to China reported
    41 1 MANILA, Fri. Large scale smuggling of strategic war materials to Communist China was reported to a Congressional committee yesterday by the National Bureau of Investigation. Most of the smuggling has been carried on through Hong Kong. AP.
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    Hint of new job for C.G.
    136 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Pri. I ACCORDING to "Inside Information" in the Kemsley Daily Graphic, the Com-missioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, will remain in Malaya until April. He Is being mentioned as the new Governor of Kenya when the present Governor i retires
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    SOVIET U.N. PLAN REJECTED
    115 1 WASHINGTON, Fri THE United States will reject Russia's demand for a special United Nations Security Council meeting to break the Korean truce deadlock. Officials considered Mr Vyshinsky's surprise proposal at Paris yesterday to be so impractical that it should not be taken seriously. They said it
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    EQUAL PAY
    41 1 JAKARTA, Fri.—Foreigners in the Indonesian civil service, who do not fall under the category of "experts" and are not "indispensable", will as from this year be brought under the same salary scale as Indonesians, it wtis learned here.— A.F.P.
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    2 Generals get prison terms
    42 1 TEHERAN, Fri.-A Persian court-martial last night sentenced Generals Matzetii and Kawpur to 16 and 18 months' imprisonment for negligence. It was said their negligence caused an army ammunitions depot at Chiltz to explode on April 21.— A.F.P
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    Sea, air search for Hornet
    168 1 Sea, air search for Hornet p A.F. flying boat? throughout the night searched the South China Sea about 85 miles from Singapore after the disappearance yesterday of a Hornet single-seater fighter on its way from Singapore to Labuan. Life-saving equipment carried by the pilot includes night signalling apparatus. Up to
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    JAPAN MAY JOIN ECAFE
    76 1 TOKYO, Fri.— Japan's application for admission to the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East will be one of the biggest questions at the fifth ECAFE session in Rangoon late this month, the outgoing chairman, Mr. Cornelio Balmaceda, said here today. Mr. Balmaceda
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    PILOT'S FATHER
    36 1 SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, Fri.— The father of Capt. John J. Swift, one of the four American airmen "ransomed" from Hungary last week, died in hospital today. The pilot was at his father's bedside.— A.P.
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    MONTY CONFERS WITH LYTTELTON ON MALAYA
    178 2 MONTY CONFERS WITH LYTTELTON ON MALAYA No sign of decision on 'Supremo' LONDON, Friday. piELD Marshal Lord Montgomery conferred for nearly two hours yesterday with the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, on Britain's war against the .Communist-led bandits in Malaya. But informed officials later reported there was still no sign
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    Evil wind' blew him into sea
    102 2 HONG KONG, Fri. JJ Kwan, a SO-year-old baker, consulted a for-tune-teller several days ago who warned him that there would be a flood in Hong Kong 1 and told him to wear some "charms" to protect himself from "evil spirits." Yesterday while crossing from
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    World Bank oil plan is rejected
    75 2 World Bank oil plan is rejected TEHERAN Pri pREMIER Dr. Mossadeq, has refused to accept a World Bank plan for the temporary revival of Persia's idle oil Industry unless his Government has complete control over the oil operations. Dr. Mossadeq informed Mr Robert L Garner, vice-presi-dent of the Bank, that
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    May expand army
    24 2 MANILA, Frl. President Quirino may Increase the strength of the armed forces to expedite the campaign against the Huks.— A. P.
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    She will get £1,000 an appearance
    84 2 THE "FORCES Sweetheart" during the war, Vera Lynn, has left Britain for America because she cannot get her own series of 8.8.C. programmes after trying for more than two years. She will appear in Tallulah Bankhead's radio programme, "The Big Show," and Milton Berte^
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    2,000 REDS 'TRAINING FOR MALAYA'
    111 2 2,000 REDS 'TRAINING FOR MALAYA' TAIPEI, Frl. THE Nationalist Minis* try of Defence lust night charged the Chinese Communists with the formation of Indo-China, Burma, India and Malaya columns for the invasion of South-East Asia. A spokesman said the IndoChina column, about 20,:)00 men, was undergoing rigid training near the
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    Pleven wins vote of confidence
    55 2 PARIS, Fri.— The French Premier, Monsieur Rene Pleven, last night won a vote of confidence for his middle party administration by seven votes. A total of 25* deputies voted for and 247 against him on the question of the new budget proposals to establish a
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      1082 2 NOTICE TENDERS will be received at the Ofllce of the Director of Public Works, Singapore, up to noon of the 15th January, 1952, for the purchase of the following:— 1 Serwl Keroslne Refrigerator 6/7 cub. ft.) Unserviceable at 1 Westinghouse Refrigerator 4 cv. ft K.K. Store Distempers (old stock) Total
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      701 2 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE DOGS All dogs must be rellcensed for 1952, at the Animal Infirmary, Kampong Java Road, 8.30 a.m. to 4J30 p.m. {closed noon on Saturdays and all Sunday), commencing from Wednesday, 2nd January 1951. For every Dog-Male or Female (Sterilised or Unsterilised) $5.00 per annum. 2.
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      84 2 fcjBii!?^* TTrT^^^^m SINGAPORE 10 a.m 10.10 Emergency News from K.L.; 1 p.m. "Saturday Ballroom": 1.30 1.50 News: 2 "Album of Harmony": 2.30 "Rhythm CornV": 2.45 "London Studio Melodies": 3.15 Tun With Music"; 3 30 "Tea Dance"; 4.15-5 "Southern Serenade": 6.15 Children: 6.40 "Fred Waring His Pennsylvanlans"; 7 News; 7.15 "Listeners'
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      91 2 KUALA LUMPUR 10 am 6 p.m. As ETpore; 6 "Mall Bag": 7 News: 7.12 7.20 "Spotlight on the Emergency": 7.30 Radio Malaya Orch.; 8 "The Librarian Takes Over"; 8.30 "Take A Chance"; 9 "MerrjaGo- Round": 9.30 News: 9.45 "Take It from Here"; 10.15 "Time for Music"; 10.45-11.30 "Music 'or Dancing"
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    U.S. accuses: Mr. Vyshinsky tries to hide aggression
    269 3 West given warning of 'attack' in Asia A WASHINGTON State Department spokesman, Mr. Michael McDermott, yesterday accused the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Yyshinsky, of trying "to cover up the aggressive designs of international Communism" by charging others with similar conduct. Mr. McDermott
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    WINSTON TO KEEP HIS DATE
    167 3 ABOARD THE QUEEN MARY AT SEA, Fri. rpHE liner Queen Mary chalked up a near-re-cord day's run of 720 miles at noon yesterday and the ship's officers guaranteed that she will deliver Mr. Churchill In New York in plenty of time to keep a Saturday
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    Army holds witnesses
    39 3 MANILA, Frl Twenty witnesses in the forthcoming murder trial of Governor Rafel Lacson who has been suspended, and 26 co-accused reached Manila last night. They were immediately placed under protective custody by the Philippine army AP
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    REPARATIONS
    38 3 TOKYO. Fri— The Indonesian delegation today handed in a draft agreement on the principle of Japanese reparations payments at the iourth plenary session ot the Reparations Conference wh eh was resumed at the Foreign Office here.— A.F.P.
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    $5 MIL. TRADE IN 21 DAYS
    53 3 HONG KONG, Fri.— Hong Kong Chinese manufacturers did HK55,000,000 worth of business during 21 days at thg 9th exhibition of Hong Kong products, which closed last night. The trade fair attracted more than 600,000 visitors. Orders for local products also came from overseas and
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    TO EXTEND ROUTE
    31 3 WASHINGTON. Frl.— The British Overseas Airways Corporation received the Civil Aeronautics Board's permission yesterday to extend Its present route across the Atlantic from the Bahamas to Jamaica.— UP.
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    NOT A WORK OF ART
    97 3 LAUSANNE. FTI. THE Swiss Supreme Court has decided that the expreulon "Mickey Mouse" is not a "work of creative art" and therefore Is not protected by copyright Walt Dl.snev Studios nad sued the 'Mickey Mouse Restaurant" n Zurich for the unauthorised use of Mickey's name
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    29 3 MEMBERS of the Stuart Ladies' Rowing Club who won the final of the race for fours of "the Women's Amateur Rowing; Association at the Charity regatta at Richmond. England.
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    Britain and U.S. discuss Gen. Li
    176 3 LONDON, Friday. DRITAIN is discussing with the United States the 3 activities of the Chinese Nationalist General Li Mi on the frontier of South China, Burma and Siam, a Foreign Office spokesman said. The discussions are understood to have been taking place through normal
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    CANADA TO PRODUCE 1,000 MPH JET
    76 3 CANADA TO PRODUCE 1,000 MPH JET TORONTO, Fri. PANADA has decided to produce for herself and perhaps to sell to other countries a supersonic jet fighter which may reach maximum speeds of more than 1,000 miles an hoar, a Canadian Defence production source said last night. The plane would be
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    in brief..
    124 3 FlVfc BULGARIANS nave been sentenced to death for bomb throwing, sabotage, terrorism, and spying for Yugoslavia, according to a Bulgarian agency message. American battle casualties m Korea have reached 103,739 an increase of 321 since last week. BOMBAY'S 1,400,000 electorate have begun voting in the biggest elections ever
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    They prefer to be prisoners
    56 3 PUSAN, Fri. UORE than 5,000 North m Korean prlioneri of toar have petitioned ihe South Korean Government not to hand them back 1o the Communists. In a New Year's Eve petition written in blood, they said they preferred serving ten years as war prisoners to
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    ANOTHER 'NO' FROM REDS AT TRUCE TALKS
    161 3 ANOTHER 'NO FROM REDS AT TRUCE TALKS TOKYO, Friday. TTHE Communist truce negotiators today rejected 1 for the second time a United Nations request for immediate* exchange of sick and wounded Korean war prisoners. The Red objection came during a fruitless four-hour-and-20-minute session of the sub-com-mittee discussing war prisoners. Rear-Admiral
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    Hover plane tested
    76 3 LONDON. Frl. rjiHE greatest twin-engine helicopter ever built in Britain, the Bristol 173, made Its trial flight yesterday over Filton airfield. Bristol. The result was "extremely satisfactory." the builders said. The helicopter, equipped with two "rotors," can carry three passengers, or 2*500 pounds of freight, at an
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    India will not attend
    52 3 LONDON, Fri. British Treasury circles regretted that India's Finance Minister, Sir Chintamani Deshmukh, was not likely to attend the mid-January Commonwealth Finance Ministers' conference in London. A report from New Delhi said that Sir Chintamani now engaged in the Indian elections might visit London later for
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    2nd VICTIM
    49 3 SANFORD, Florida. Frl.— Mrs. Harriet Moore, injured on Christmas night when a bomb killed her Negro husband and wrecked their home, died in hospital here yesterday. Her husband. 46-year-old Harry T Moore, was Florida State Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People.— Reuter.
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    Nehru's sister stages a sitdown, strike
    127 3 BOMBAY. Fri. MRS. Krishna Hutheesingh, a sister of the Prime ■Minister, Mr. Nehru, staged a sit-down strike last night in support of her husbands campaign against the Congress Party in the Indian elections. She was canvassing support for her husband, who is running as
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    Cairo club gets its quit notice
    109 3 Cairo club gets its quit notice CAIRO. Frl. gGYPT served notice yesterday on the secretary of the Gezra Sporting Club —founded as a British officers' club in Kitchener's day —that the Egyptian Government is to take over the club. Capt. Eric Pilley. the club secretary, said that he had seen
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    First guided missile ships
    60 3 WASHINGTON. Fri rE United States Navy has picked two cruisers to become the first guided missile warships for bombarding Inland cities with atomic or conventional explosives, it was announced here yesterday. The 13.600-ton heavy cruisers. Canberra and Boston, are being taken out of the fleet at
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      244 3 Straits Times Crossword 8~" T" 9 HI l 0 "is" mm i|| 2» |1| 22 23 ACROSS. Withdraw from a decra» a aaihertng filbert* (T). '6). 10. To contend In dost figtv 9- A dividing bird (S). (7) 15. Of Lodore. perhaps (8) 11. Colour in cream (7). 17- Height
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    BOY HERO IS FIT AGAIN FOR BATTLE
    197 4 BOY HERO IS FIT AGAIN FOR BATTLE Recovers from bandit wound KLUANG, Friday. TAN THE AN SIEW, the 19-year-old "Suttorr Boy" who killed three bandits with his Bren- gun last month, today said: "I have recovered from my leg wound and am ready for a second round with the Reds."
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    GIVE OUR BOYS A CHANCE, HE SAYS
    127 4 GIVE OUR BOYS A CHANCE, HE SAYS VI R. Lee Choon Eng, Labour City Councillor, said yesterday that it was a "magnificent" suggestion by the President of the City Council to send youths engaged by the Council to Britain for training. The President, Mr T. P. F. M'Neice. will soon
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    ACCUSED OF HAVING OPIUM
    44 4 Chun Ah Chien. aged 19. claimed trial in Singapore yesterday on a charge of having 10' 2 lbs. of raw opium near the Capitol Theatre on Tuesday. The case was postponed until Jan. 11 and bail of $5,000 was offered.
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    BENEVOLENTASSN OFFICIALS.
    62 4 BENEVOLENT ASSN OFFICIALS. Officials for the Lian LI Benevolent Association this year are: Patrons: Messrs. Ang Soon Hoe. Ang Hood Choo, Chua Teck It. Chua Oh Tai, Chua Tiong Wah. Chua Soon Teck, Lim Kirn Lee. Lim Tiong Hock. Ho Kirn Chiang. Scow Kirn Hock. Scow Tiong Wah, Tang Eng
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    $32,750 SCHEME WILL BENEFIT 80,000
    76 4 KOTA BAHRU, Frl. MORE than 80.000 people In m the Pasir Mas District. ol Kelantan will benefit if a scheme to provide village community halls, model wells j»nd four new bridges is approved by the State Develop- mem Board. The cost, estimated at $32,750, Is
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    2,300 won't get place in schools
    174 4 2,300 won't get place in schools PENANO, Frl A BOUT 50 per cent of the students applying to Join Chinese high schools In Penang will be admitted this year. An entrance examination will be held tomorrow to select the candidates. A Straits Times survey today showed that four Chinese major
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    46 4 MR. Cyril Abeysekera, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. t. Abeysekera, of Singapore, and Miss Indrawathie Jayiwardena. daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. A. P. L Jayawardena. of Kuala Lumpur, cutting the cake after their wedding in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.— Straits Times picture.
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    Driver 'carried COURT into car' told
    372 4 Driver 'carried COURT into car' told /CORPORAL Abdul Bakar bin Abdul Manar, of the Traffic Police, said in Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday that after an accident in Tanglin Road, he saw the driver, Ralph Naylor. aged 24. walking "unsteadily" round his car. He was giving evidence at: the resumed inquest
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    There was no escaping Mr. W.
    189 4 There was no escaping Mr. W. KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A RUBBER planter who has served in the Royal Marines and the Federation police has been awarded the Colonial Police Medal for Rallantry against the bandits on his estate. The planter. Mr. Robert D Williamson. manager 'if Kambau Estate. Kota Tlngg!.
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    Scout official due from U.K.
    65 4 Yhe Chief Scout's Commissioner for London, General Sir John Shea, who has never visited Malaya before, is dup in Singapore in the middle of January by the Willem Ruys General Shea, who will be in Malaya for a month, will spend part of his holiday
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    INDIAN SONGS AND DANCES
    42 4 The Singapore Raffles Society is to sponsor a concert by Mr. Devdatta Jetley at Oei Tiong Htm Hall on Jan 12 at 8.30 p.m. The programme will Include Indian folk songs and dances and admission will b« free.
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    Singapore Diary
    103 4 Chinese V.M.C.A., Selegie Road: Music Class. 2.30 p.m.; Badminton 5 p.m.; Chinese Chess, 7.30 p.m.; Members' Party, 7.30 pm British Red Cross Handicapped Children's Club: Outing at Katong Park. 10 am C.Y.M-A. (Church of St. Joseph. Portuguese Mission): Movie Section Film show at 7 p.m. TOMORROW Chinese V.M.C.A.,
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    DEALER DID NOT KNOWMONEYLAW
    291 4 f*HNG Song Thiam, proprietor of Chop Chng Hwa Seng, of Boat Quay, charged with three offences under the Finance Regulations, involving a total of $60,000, yesterday told the Singapore First District Court that he was ignorant of the Finance Regulations He was alleged to have made
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    Penang collected most
    84 4 KUALA LUMPUR, FrL DENANG tops the six States and Settlements in their collections for the Federation's Poppy Day Appeal last year. The collections are Penan*, $26,497.90; Kelantan, $20,684.91; Negrl Sembllan. $17,424.89; Kedah. $16,456.80; Trengganu, $5,967.51; and Ferlis, $1,782.79. These figures do not Include those of the military,
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    IMP calls for a broader franchise, free schools
    374 5 IMP calls for a broader franchise, free schools MANIFESTO FOR K. L. ELECTIONS KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. fHE Independence of Malaya Party issued today a 10-point election manifesto for the Kuala Lumpur municipal elections calling for a wider franchise, a fully-elected Commission and better housing and municipal services. The party also
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    The ten points
    189 5 I.M.P's ten election points are: 1. To get more names on the register of electors. 2. To liberalise the municipal voting qualifications. 3. To make the Municipal Commission a folly elected body. 4. To see that within the municipal area there is free and compulsory education up
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    INQUIRIES FROM ABROAD
    177 5 INQUIRIES FROM ABROAD rpHE year opened with some J. fresh inquiries from abroad which absorbed offerings, accummulated over the long weekend. Prices, however, remained at much the same level, but there was a tendency for the discount on j forwards to narrow, says Lewis i and Peat's weekly report is-
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    FEDERATION GOVT
    46 5 FEDERATION GO VT It was the Federation Government and not the Perak Government as stated In yesterday's Straits Times, which would not ask the Federal Legislative Council to postpone the Required Records and Accounts Ordinance, 1950. The Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce asked for the delay.
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    CONFIDENCE IN CITY POWER STN. C'TTEE
    190 5 gINGAPORE City Council- lors last night passed a vote of confidence in their Special Electricity (Pasir Panjang Power Station) Committee, the President of the City Council, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, told the Straits Times last night. The Councillors were incited to a meeting
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    24 5 MISS CHAN Suk Han, ot Malacca Road, Seremban. a sophomore of Linden wood College, St. Charles, Missouri, reading in the College library.— USlS picture
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    Fewer pupils for S'pore schools
    126 5 THERE are 5,000 fewer children of school-age in 1 Singapore now than there were at the beginning of last year. The total is 18,000. But the number is expected to rise to 38,000 oy 1954, an Education Department spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman added that
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    Used force on woman allegation
    76 5 Used force on woman allegation KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. I OH Pang, alias Low Kah Tain, was charged here today with having used criminal force on a European woman to outrage her modesty The offence is alleged to have taken place at the compound of Taylor House, Kuala Lumpur last Wednesday
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    TOO MANY IN TAXI
    25 5 MUAR, Fri. For carrying too many passengers in his taxi at Bukit Pasir, driver Ali bin Mohamed was fined $20 here.
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    Testimonials for R.A.F. civilians
    130 5 r rHK introduction of special testimonials for locally-engaged civilians who have given outstanding service to the Royal Air Force in Malaya, was announced last night. The plan will apply also to the R.A.F. in Ceylon and Hong Kong. Specially printed by the Singapore Government Printing Office,
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    FOR FEDERATION
    48 5 MR. JACK A. GERTZ, of the L'SIS. who leaves Singapore for Kuala Lumpur on Monday to become Public Affairs Officer and Associate Director in charge of thr> Kuala Lumpur offices. Mr. Gertz has been in Singapore as CJSIS Information Officer since April last year USIS photo.
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    He wants more rain
    75 5 TTHE City Water Engineer. Mr. W. A. Stredwick Is not satisfied with all the rait 1 Singapore has had in the last fevt days. (From midnight on Thursday to 3 p.m. yesterday Singapore had 1.77 inches of rain. Mr. Stredwick said MarRitchie Reservior, the Colony's main
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    Blackout areas
    202 5 Blackout areas rpHE following areas will be liabla to blackouts today: DAY Balesticr Rd-, JaUn Ampas. 8.M.8.C.. Mcßitchie. Brafldell Rise, Island Golf Hub, Seletar Pumps, Nee Soon, Seletar Wireless. Mental Hospital. Trafalgar Estate. Beach Rd.. Alhambra, Raffles Hotel. Stunbawa Rd., Boon Tat St.. Aljunid Rd., Sim's Avenue, Paya Lebar Pumps,
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    20 to study timber grading
    121 5 TWENTY students from Siam. Burma. Indonesia, Ceylon, Cambodia. Vietnam axtd Korea will attend a seven-week Far East Timber Grading course, commencing on Monday, at the Timber Grading School. spon*ored by tbe Food aijd Agriculture Organisation at Kepong. Selangor Immediately after the course, the students will
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    39 6 ALL ENGLISHMEN are cordially invited to the Annual General Meeting of the Negri Sembllan Branch of the Royal Society of St. George, to be held at the &ungei UJong Club. at 7.45 p.m. on Thursday. 10th January. IHS,
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    LOST
    20 6 LOST In the vicinity of Jervota Rood and Blshopsgate one black, tan and white puppy. Reward offered. Telephone *****.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Jan. 5, 1952. A New Deal For Tin
    638 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Jan. 5, 1952. A New Deal For Tin The resignation of Mr. Stuart Symington, head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, which President Truman has announced may be expected later this month, is good news for Malaya. Mr. Truman told Press correspondents that Mr. Symington had
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    Russia, Korea And The U.N.
    355 6 Mi. Vishinky's surprise proposal that the Security Council should intervene in the Korean armistice negotiations presumably sprang from recognition that the Panmunjom talks cannot go on forever. They have to be ended some time. Whether the Security Council could bring them to a successful conclusion
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    Fifty Years Ago
    116 6 (From the Straits Times of Jan. 6, 1902) r' is very hard upon the planters of the Native States, who have battled with years of loss in the coffee business when the Government practically starts into competition with them in the cultivation of thp Para rubber tree,
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    10 6 Photograph by Young Peng Seong INDIAN FISHERMEN, BATU FERRINGHI, PENANG
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    As I was Saying
    1089 6  -  Cynicus -by rpHERE will be a chorus of praise for Mr. K. J. L. Jamieson, the Singapore City Police Court magistrate, who has said that he will no longer order the demolition of houses unless demolition is for development purposes, and the site is required at
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    Singaporeana
    774 6 ISKANDAR Shah's. tomb In Fort Canning Is probably the best-known shrine, or "kramat," in Singapore, but there are man'y others. Kusu, or Peak Island, lying immediately east of 8t. John's Island. Is the site of a kramat of repute, called ths Tomb of the Dato. It Is venerated by
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    REVIEW FOR 'KNOCK DOWN' POLICY
    221 7 Building men consider demolish orders AFTER REMARKS OF MAGISTRATE THE men who make the applications for orders to demolish buildings put up in Singapore without their permission meet next week to review* policy. Mr. W. I. Watson, City Architect and Building Surveyor, said yesterday that
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    First steps to coast road
    77 7 FIRST steps for a new coast road to connect Tonah Merah Besar and Changi wer c taken yesterday. A Gazette notification announced the acquisition of 221.677 square feet of land on the east coast to build the road. Owners of the land to be acquired
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    MANAGER ON TIN CHARGE
    114 7 IPOH. Fri. lAM Wan Yin, 31, a mine manager, and Ng Teik, 56, a di'lang washer, were charged .n the Magistrate's Court today with being in possession of 210 katies of tin ore valued at $500 suspected to have been fraudulently obtained. Police Corporal Naharuddin bin
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    Malays want Mountbatten
    40 7 United Malays National Organisation. Tangkak Division, Johore, cabled the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, yesterday, suggesting that the offices of Supremo and the High Commissioner should be held by one person, and that Earl Mountbatten be appointed.
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    SCHOLARSHIP
    23 7 A standard II pupil of Pasir Panjang English School, Singapore, Miss Su Hong Kai, has been awarded a Yap Ec Chir.n scholarship.
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    'ASIA'S PRETTIEST NURSES' LISTEN
    28 7 MR. KiiuanU. addresses the staff at the farewell party in his honour at the S.A.T.A. clinic in Tanjong Pagar Road yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    30 victims of typhoid outbreak
    118 7 A MASS outbreak of typhoid. -i*. involving 30 men, women and children, has been reported in Singapore. The victims are now patients in the Singapore General Hospital. The patients were allegedly taken ill after attending a Chinese dinner on Nov.. 5 last year. A City
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    COCKTAILS TO OPEN OFFICE
    63 7 A cocktail party will be held this morning at the new branch office in De Souza Street of the Royal Insurance Company, the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company and their associated companies. Among those present will be Mr. J T. Edwards, assistant manager of the
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    REDS BURN BUS
    21 7 KUALA LUMPURT Fri.— Bandits set fire to a bus in the Grik area of Perak early this morning.
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    Licences to stay valid
    78 7 Government of India Office in Singapore yesterday announced that all confirmed licences for the export of cotton piecegoods valla to Dec. 12, 1951. will be valid to Feb 29. The Indian Government has also decided to extend the July-December quotas for Juie goods, as well as
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    It's not goodbye, says Edwards
    188 7 AIR. C. L. Edwards, retiring chairman of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association Council, yesterday told 15 S.A.T.A. nurses— "the prettiest in Asia" that he was not bidding them good-bye but just "so long". Speaking at a party given in his honour by the nurses, he said:
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    CLIMBED TREE TO LOOK FOR RUBBER
    75 7 IN th e early days of rubber in Malaya, the High Commissioner sent a man up a tree at Kuala Kangsar to Jpok for rubber among the leaves. When he found none, the High Commissioner ordered the trees to be cut down. That was
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    Platoon Sgt. wins DCM
    69 7 A Sergeant of the First Battalion of the Cameronians, who led his platoon on two bayonet attacks against a large group of bandits in the Muar area, has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He is Sergeant Kenneth Jackman, who gets the award for his command,
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    TIN RESERVES TO BE SURVEYED
    123 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday TTJE Federation Mines Department will conduct a x survey soon to find out how long the present tin reserves in Malaya will last. Mr. G. F. Gripper. Chief Inspector of Mines, Federation of Malaya, said details of the programme had already been
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    APPOINTED
    13 7 Mr. 8. Thiruchelvam n*s been appointed an Assistant Labour Commissioner In Singapore.
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    'Name a wing after him'
    167 7 rpRIBUTES to the part M. played by Mr. Edwards in the formation and growth of S.A.T.A. were paid when the association held its annual general meeting at the Adelphi Hotel yesterday Mr. Lee Kong Chian said that it would be fitting If there could be
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    STORE REPLY TO U.K. CRITICISM
    65 7 Singapore's Public Relations Secretary, Mr. George G. Thomson, i s writing a letter for publication in the Manchester Guardian, in reply to the newspaper's editorial criticisms on the Colony's annual report for 1950. The editorial said that some readers "will think that the main contribution
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    PASTOR WORKS IN 'BAD' AREA
    164 7 PASTOR WORKS IN 'BAD' AREA KUALA LUMPUR, Fri A TRIBUTE to the Rev. S. M. Pandian for his work in an area of more than 100 square miles of bandit-infest-ed territory was paid today by Dr. H. B. Amstutz, Superintendent of the Southern Malaya District Methodist Mission, at the Methodist
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    Heavy fine as warning
    84 7 WAH Cheong, a furniture dealer of Victoria Street, was fined $150 in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday for causing obstruction to pedestrians by placing rattan furniture on the fivefoot way. "This heavy fine will serve as a warning to other furniture dealers, especially along Victoria
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    China Cultural Mission tour
    57 7 A Chinese cultural mission headed by Mr. Liv Pei Yu, secretary-general, arrived in Singapore yesterday on its way back to China after a two-month tour of India and Burma. The mission comprises 15 delegates and six staff members and includes five women. They have been.studying the
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    UNION OFFICIAL FINED $50
    36 7 For falling to furnish a statement of accounts of the Indo-Malayan Seamen's Union. S.C. Chakravarty, the Union's Honorary Secretary, who pleaded guilty, was fined $50 in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday.
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    DOG GUARD TROOPER BIT THE CORPORAL
    191 7 DOG GUARD TROOPER BIT THE CORPORAL A BRITISH soldier of the Army guard dog unll in Singapore was said yesterday to have bitte« a corporal during a "squabble" at 1 a.m. Trooper William McCann was sentenced at court martial to 84 days' detention for assault; absence without leave and creating
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    'Smuggler' seaman fined
    80 7 JTO Soo Cheok, a seaman, was fined $700 in the Singapore Third District Court yesterday for exporting 20 watches to an Indonesian port without a permit. Another seaman, Tay Sng Koh, was fined $600 for exporting 48 watches. Ho's watches were found buried in a tin of
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    JOBLESS, SO THEY COULDN'T PAY
    68 7 Nian WWee c Hoe and Lim Bok Kee were each fined $100 or 28 days' imprisonment in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday- for being unlicensed trisha riders and for using a rider's badge without a licence Nian and Lim both said they could not
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    Increases in rents are approved
    205 7 THE Singapore Rent ConX ciliation Board yesterday approved several applications for increasing the rents of dwellings and other buildings In all cases the tenants iwd agreed to the increases. The applicants were the trustees of th« estate of Sail m bin Talib Among the applications
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    3 young boys plead guilty
    90 7 Three young boys, Palanisamy U6), S. Gopal (18) and Namsiyam (19) pleaded guilty in the Singapore Ser.ond Police Court yesterday to a charge of stealing a camera and a fountain pen at the Naval Base on Dec. l 9. They were alleged to have hoarded
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    FIRST WORKERS' PLAYTIME ON RADIO MALA YA
    286 8 Godown concert to be broadcast from Spore ARRANGEMENTS are complete for the first recording in this country of a Workers' Playtime broadcast. It will be made at the Dunlop Rubber Purchasing Company's packing godown (No. 146) in the Singapore Harbour Board at 12
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    SIX WEEKS FOR PENCIL THEFT
    77 8 James Edwards, of Geylang Road, was sentenced yesterday to six weeks' imprisonment by the Singapore Second Police Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, for stealing a pencil valued at $10 from Teo Chonjt Teck on Christmas Eve. MRS: EDNA KICHARDSGN who plays the role of
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    5 quit office in teachers' union
    145 8 5 quit office in teachers' union IPOH, Fri. MR. Terrath Ram. general secretary, and four committee members— all graduate teachers— have resigned from the Perak Teachers' Union on the question of the PanMalayan Stamford Club's right to negotiate graduate teachers' salaries Mr. Terrath Ram told the Straits Times today: "The
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    PARCEL POST RATES RISE 'INEVITABLE'
    106 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday INCREASES in Malayan Railway freight rates 'and in shipping charges had forced the Postal Depart fnent to increase parcel postage rates, the Postmaster General explained today. He said that since the increased rates were announced on Tuesday, people had been asking for
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    First course of its kind
    56 8 rwenty-flve Chinese and Malay teachers from Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong and North Borneo recently attended a special 10-weeks' course for English-speaking women teachers at the Wall Hall Training College. Herts, England. The course was the first of Its kind and was conducted under the auspices
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    AT CHURCH TOMORROW
    421 8 AXUUCAN SI. \n.lrr»'s Cathedral: a.m. Holy Communion: 8 a.m. Choral Eucharist: The Archbishop of Tork (ReT Cvrll Garbettl: 9.30 a.m. Children* Service: The Archdeacon iVen. Robin Woods): 10.30 am Choral Matins: The Bishop (Rt. Rev. H. W Bains): 11 30 a.m. Holy Communion; 12 noon Holy Baptisms;
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    26 8 INCHK Daud bin Abdul Rahman, of the Government Printing:* Department, Kuala Lumpur and Che Maharom binte Mohamed Ibrahim, who wer married in Klanjc. Wing Kwong photo.
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    S'pore can get 500 tons a month
    141 8 H.K. HAS SURPLUS FISH ITOIgG KONG can supply 500 tons of fresh fish a month to Singapore, Mr. Au Lai Shing, an official of the Hong Kong Fisheries Department, said yesterday. i~ He revealed that Hong Kong had an average daily surplus of
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    APPOINTMENT
    26 8 Mr. O. R. S. Bateman has been appointed Price Controller for Singapore in place of Mr. A. D. Stutchbury, it was officially announced last night.
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    GOODWILL PLEA BY CHINESE
    190 8 PENANO, Fri CHINESE leaders today urged the Federation Government not to hesitate any longer but to give the Chinese first-class citizenship immediately. This was their reaction to the recommendation by Mr. W. M. MacLeod, president of the Malayan Association, that the Federal citizenship qualification should be
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    DISTRICT SCOUTS' ASSN. MEETING
    85 8 At the inaugural meeting of the Singapore Boy Scouts' (South-Western) District Association yesterday, the following officers were elected Mr. H. J. C. Kulasingha. chairman; Mr. N. F. Of. Scharenguivel. vi c e-chalr-nym; Mr. Koh Hun Boon, f reasurr.-r, Mr. Chen Si Kok, secretary; and Mr. L.
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    S'pore defers ruling on call-up
    120 8 pOVERMENI has not yet taken the final decision to introduce compulsory registration of manpower In Singapore, the Straits Times understands, but legislation to bring this Into effect Is beins considered In cue It U neeessar? Legislation U still be. ing worked out and has not
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      FOR WHOM DO THE TWO DATOS SPEAK?
      349 9 FOR WHOM DO THE TWO DATOS SPEAK? IWAS astounded to read, on Dec. 29, the Straits Times report of a memorandum address«d to the British Government by Haji Wan Mohamed bin Haji Wan Ahmad and three of his friends ("Onn and Tan don't speak for Malaya, say four Malays."). The
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      THE PRICE OF STEEL BARS
      198 9 'TODAY. Thursday, you quote the representative of a local building firm regarding prices for steel bars. I hasten to point out that a somewhat erroneous picture would be given to the public at large were this statement left unchallenged. While the prices mentioned are substantially
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      SANTA CLAUS AT THE DOOR
      84 9 JN the New Year, I hope the Government will do something about our Sikh Father Christmas, who lives by lending money to public servants for 365 days in tne ypar. and is yet their master the whole year. On any pay day these pentlemen swarm
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      TODDY SUPPLIES
      83 9 I UNDERSTAND that certain toddy suppliers have not been allowed by the authorities concerned to supply toddy to estate toddy shops on the ground that they have been convicted in court. There are a number of suppliers with at least half a dozen convictions still allowed to supply
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      OVER-AGE PUPILS IN PAHANG
      69 9 WAS much interested to read last Saturday's letter "Penang's Malay Children." As one of the parents concerned may I ask the authorities whether there has been any investigation of certain children over 12 years, for whom statutory declarations were submitted as to their age? In Pahang
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      TOO PRECIOUS
      73 9 jyjUCH has been said about the play "Lady Precious Stream" in your paper. We students would very much like to see the play, but the prices of tickets are such that it is beyond our means. We would be very grateful if the producer. Mr. Dong Chui Sing,
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      TAMPIN TO MALACCA: BY LORRY
      296 9 ]\|UCH water has flowed under the bridge since the Japanese «prooted the Tampin-Malacca railway. Under the pretext of the Emergency, financial stringency and priorities, restoration of this important public utility seems to have been relegated to the background. Surely, however, the district which this railway
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      'Dilution of labour' in school
      230 9 TO alleviate the "Kirkby shortage", the Negri Sembilan Education Department has taken on Normal trainees who haven't passed their Senior Cambridge exams. These teachers are employed on a month-to-month basis and will presumably become permanent if their Cambridge results are favourable. i In the absence
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      PRIVILEGES OF THE AIDED
      92 9 •J«HE first teacher from an Aided school to sit on the Singapore Legislative Council was nominated by the Government The second ruch teacher was also a Government nominee. This proves, perhaps, the special qualities possessed by teachers serving in these schools. Is there not. then, all
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      WHO THOUGHT OF KIRKBY?
      265 9 (JAN you teil us who was responsible for the bright idea of sending our student teachers to Kirkby? What benefit will Malaya, get from this experiment which is costing our Government so much money money that can ill be spared during this period of Emergency? Although
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      REPAIRS TO THE ROADS
      186 9 REPAIRS TO THE ROADS I NOTICE that extensive repairs are being done to Dunearn Road. Singaporean excellent piece of work, for Dunearn Road does help to relieve the weight of traffic on Bukit Timah Road. But there is a snag. I have looked at the still unrepaired sections of Dunearn
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      TREATED AS NEW BOYS
      98 9 THE views of "Justice" given in his letter of Dec. 29 ("Government Clerks in Pahang") need immediate attention. Many temporary clerks of other States who were recruited to the StaU Clerical Service (Higher Division) have been fortunate in getting their increments for the temporary service rendered
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      NO COAT, NO DRINK
      108 9 I HAD a rather annoying ex1 perlence at a restaurant the other day. When I walked In for a drink I was told that I could not be served, as I had no coat on. Will some City (Councillor kindly let us know whether a public
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      Muslim time on Radio Malaya
      341 9 MAY I suggest to the Malay section of Radio Malaya that the organisers of the religious (Muslim) programmes be asked to fill the time allotted more usefully? Reading of the Koran- has its value but aimless reading in a broadcast is a waste of precious
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      THE IMP. AND THE 'SIMPLE FOLK'
      262 9 THE IMP. AND THE 'SIMPLE FOLK' AW STUDENT'S" letter in last Saturday's Forum calls for a reply. It illustrates the "simple folk to whom I have referred. Its writer obviously belieyes that independence within the Commonwealth is an object of the I.M.P. He writes that it was overwhelmingly agreed at
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      CHATTING IN THE OFFICE
      249 9 I FEED. I must contradict Mrs. M. M. Mandy for her superficial observation of Government men and commercial men. I agree with her that the Government employee is more "approachable" because if he cannot finish his work today he can postpone it. to the next day
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      QUESTION FOR THE NEXT MEETING?
      202 9 QUESTION FOR THE NEXT MEETING? MANY letters- have appeared criticising Dato Onn's hesitation in assuring the public that Malaya will remain within the Commonwealth after achieving independence. In these letters the common factor is that the writers want independence for Malaya. This must be so-, and the I.M.P. is also
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      THEY STILL PLUG AWAY
      122 9 SINCE I wrote to complain that Radio Malaya was advertising profeysinnal wrestling bouts. th e Singapore station has given two further plugs to the wrestling game In the Tuesday "Talk of the Town" there was a six minutes interview with one wrestler, who was allowed at
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    RED THREAT IN THE WEST RECEDES
    525 10 Allied military men consider any Soviet attack in Europe could now be held on the line of the river Rhine* IF Russia suddenly 1 attacks, Allied commanders believe they are strong enough now to hold on the Rhine. A year ago, the grim prospect
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    By DANIEL de LUCE and GEORGE BOULTWOOD
    328 10 a surprise one-wave attack to a halt on the Rhjne. There are now six American divisions Instead of two, four British instead of two, three French, and the equivalent of a mixed division of Canadians, Belgians, Danes and Norwegians. In addition, two French
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    It's Hard To Keep Track of These New Alphabets
    378 10 I^EW alphabetic contractions after the style of UNO and NATO are coming out so fast that the public can scarcely keep pace with them. AECAC will probably be the next contraction added to the collection. It stands for Atomic Energy and
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    A Good Friend To Malayan Students
    184 10 By a STUDENT ABOAR. A GOOD friend co Malayan students m Melbourne Is the Per sonnel Officer for the Melbourne Technical College, Mr. Ralph Me Intosh, who has been guide and adviser to the Malayans at the college since his an pointment in 1946.
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    Her Job Is Finding A Place For Misfits
    402 10  -  CYNTHIALOWRY By IF you want to find your right job, choose the work that is easy for you, says Anne Heywood, who has helped nearly 5,000 people change careers. Don't, she urges, choose your life work because you "majored in mathematics," or
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    SYNTHETIC ROAD MATERIAL SHOWS PROMISE
    242 10 £)ISCOYERY of a process to change mud. sand or clay into good, useful gravel was announced recently at Cornell University. This man-made gravel Is not cheap but promises to be sufficiently economical to be useful for road-buildins where gravel is scarce. The process was developer
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    London Stocks
    288 11 LONDON, Frl. JTIADING In the Stock Exchange today was spasmodic and barely sufficient to establish well-defined trends. Prices moved within narrow limits and with operators limiting commitments ahead of the weekend. Closing middle price* of selected stocks, as supplied by special arrangement with The Financial Times, were: LOANS
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    SHIPS ALONGSIDE S.H.B. GODOWNS
    77 11 gHIPS expected alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 6 a.m. today are: 1-3 Santhla 3 Rhu. 4-9 Breconshlre. Coal Plant Subadar. 6-7 Bencleuch, 8-9 Roepat, 11 Benarty 13-14 Overljsel. 15-16 Memnoii 17-18 E. Prince. 19-20 Tantalus. 21-22 Poyang. 23-24 Benwyvis, 2526 Cape St. David. 27.28
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    452 11 A NNOUNCEMENT of the resignation of Mr. Stuart Symington, head of the U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation, brought increased demand for Tin shares in the Malayan share market yesterday Buyers were unsatisfied despite substantial price rises Industrials were steady. More attention was paid to the Rubber section. Quotations announced
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    TIN: $453 A PICUL
    481 11 SINGAPORE, Fri., Jan. 4. $453 (up $2). London: £947£ a ton LONDON. Jan. 4. —Cmsh Buyers £9471, Sellers .£950; Forward Buyers £940, Sellers £941, Settlement £952J (up £25 Turnover: a.m. 90, p.m 80 tons. RenoDg Tin «iela»an« ,o/ Slaaea* jj/g Sion* 4/ Southern Klntm'.V 15/3 S.
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    Rubber at $1.40 3/8
    224 11 WITH sellers again Inclined to be reserved, a steadier tone was maintained in the Singapore rubber market yesterday and prices generally moved up slightly. There was some trade buying. Offerings from up-country were limited. Afternoon transactions were conducted at slightly higher levels. The market closed steady,
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    70 11 MOST sections of the Singapore produce market remained inactive and dull yesterday. Pepper prices dropped to $755 a plcul for Muntok, $750 for Sarawak and $590 for black Lampong. Copra was very quiet. Bids for loose grades remained unchanged at $36*4 a p!cul for sun-dried and $36
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    THE H.K. DOLLAR
    36 11 HONO KONG. Fri. PEE market .-urrencv exchanee for Hona Kona dollars w«s nuoted at. the c'osp today as follows: US$l HK56.46% (cash). HK56.49% (T.T.), £1 HKJIS 85; one tahil of gold HK$3l7'4.— UP.
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    36 11 rpHE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced that agreed buying rates, to merchants for the Canadian dollar were: T.T. 33 Airmail (0J3.) 33 >4, (90 days) 33 H. AU other agreed exchange rates remained unaltered.
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    Van Breukelen set record last year
    476 12 72 WINS EARNED $744,800 By EPSOM JEEP VI ARINI'S Van Breukelen, most colourful of all Malayan racehorse trainers, achieved new famr in an amazingly successful career on the Malayan Turf when he sent out 72 winners to win $744,800 in stakes and added money
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    Dope fiends spoilt the year's racing
    238 12 Dope fiends spoilt the year's racing By EPSOM JEEP WHILE the fight against the dopers has put the Jockey Club of England much in the news during the year, a similar preoccupation has called for the utmost vigilance of racing stewards of Malaya. The high incidence of suspected doping spoilt
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    S.C.R.C. BEAT S'GOR CLUB
    58 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl.—Selangor Chinese R.C. trounced Selangor Club by five goals to nil at hockey on the padang here this evening In the first half Weng Chee, inside right, scored twice followed by a third goal from Eng Kirn, centre forward. Eng Kirn and Seng Kooi
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    HONG KONG XI SCORE 2-0 WIN
    71 12 MANILA. Fri. The visiting Hong Kong football team defeated the Philippine N.C.A.A. selection by 2-0 at the Rizal Memorial football field tonight Chu Kam-wing, outside-left, made the first goal for the visitors during the early half of the game. Lam Yuk-lun, left half-back, added
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    G.S.C. HOCKEY XI
    67 12 Girls Sports Club XI to meet the Kuala Lumpur P.w.D Sports Club women in a friendly hockcv match to be played on the S.R.C. (tround at 3.45 p.m tomorrow will be: Mrs. A Pennefather: Mrs E Ebert. Miss M. Clam«: Miss E Barker Mrs A Milne. Miss
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    Sports Diary
    90 12 TODAY RUGBY: K.A.F. Malaya Royal Navy at Seletar; S.C.C. v R.A.F. Changi at S.C.C. St. Andrew's Old Boys v R.E. at R.K. ground; £23 8.0.D. v R.E.M.E. "A" at 8.0.D.; R.E.M.E. r South Johore at REMK.. HOCKEY: S.R.C. v Army at S.R.C.; S.C.C. women v P.VV.D.S.C (K.L.) women
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    S.C.C. XV TODAY
    42 12 The Singapore Cricket Club Rugby XV to meet R.A.F. (Changi) on the S.C.C. padang today Is: Parker: O. Taylor. Clements. Mclver Roper: Rees. O S. Taylor Dale Mosey. Harding. Chalmers Stom Cashin Handcoclt Tucker. Referee will be Lt Canter
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    Leow and Lim keep title for 3rd year
    280 12 Leow and Lim keep title for 3rd year T^HE Uselul B.P. veterans, Leow Kirn Fatt and Lim Cheng Swee, won the Singapore Badminton Association's veterans doubles title for the third successive year by defeating their old rivals, Wee Eng Slang and Charlie Chua, 1510, 17-16 at the Clerical Union Hall
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    F.A. CUP REPLAY
    48 12 LONDON Fri.— The third replay of the FA. Cup second round tie between Blyth Spartans and Tranmere Rovers will be at Goodison Park. Evertons Ground, on Monday, Jan. 7. The winners will be away to Huddersfield Town in the third round on Jan. 12.— Reuter.
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    Four young men are worried
    234 12 WORLD TABU TENNIS TOURNEY FOUR young Chinese Wong Tong Goon, Loh Kura Soon, Chan Poh Ylng and Loh Heng Chew— who wefe chosen a fortnight ago to represent Singapore at the world table tennis championships at Bombay early next month, are worried men. Their worry?
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    Colony schedule for Barkway
    276 12 CPORTS masters from all Slnga0 pore schools, including vernacular schools, have been Invited to attend the coaching course to be conducted by Ray Barkway, the second British A.A.A. coach to come to Malaya. Barkway. now touring the Fede-' ration, will begin his Singapore coaching schedule next
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    TECK CHYE, TEOH AMONG 16 CUP TEAM POSSIBLES
    513 12 From NG YOOK YOON KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. YEOH Teck Chye and Teoh Seng Khoon, doubles partnersvrt Chan Kon Leong and Ooi Teik Hock respectively in Malaya's victorious Thomas Cup badminton team of 1948-49, are to be considered for possible selection in the
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    DULL TEST IS DRAWN
    121 12 CALCUTTA, Frl. rpHE third Test cricket match between the touring England side and India, like the two previous Tests, was drawn today. England declared at 252 for five at tea in the second innings with only 90 minutes left for play and in this period India
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    SCOREBOARD
    129 12 I M.I \Mi I■> I INN!>.: :i INDIA—IST. INNS.: 544 ENGLAND—2NI». INNS Robertson st Sen b Mankarri 11 Spooner b Mankard 92 Qraveney c Sen b Dlverhn 1\ WaUlns b Dlvecha 2 Kenvon b Phadkar 0 Poole not nut 69 Howard not out 20 Extras 26 Women's golf Mrs.
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    Outschoorn will arrive today
    398 12 r)UE to arrive in Singapore today by air from is a man who once played for the Singapore Recreation Club and is now one of the most adventurous batsmen in English county cricket 33-year-old Laddie Cutschoorn. He is coming for a short holiday and to meet
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