The Straits Times, 20 December 1952

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  • 23 1 K> DEC 19b. The Straits Times MALAYA S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 I „vTEEN PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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  • 277 1 Better off than most countries in Asia, says new 'Chancellor 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE FEDERATION Government was further away from becoming bankrupt than most other countries in Asia, the Financial Secretary, Mr. E. Himsworth, told a Press conference in Kuala Lumpur today. There was no
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  • 105 1 IPOH, Fri INSTRUCTIONS and papers i oncernlng the applica- lion for leave to appeal to the Privy Council in the case of Lee Thlan Tai. alias Lee Meng. the 24--year-old woman who wa-< sentenced to death on a charge of possession of hand-grenade, have
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  • 27 1 KWDSACRE England —At U>:ist four people were killed w en a double-deck bus plunged fr^m a bridge into th<- River Trent last night UP
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  • 21 1 LONDON, Frl. Road and rail fares may go up in the N w Year, the Government announced today.— Reuter.
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  • 29 1 Car tyres and tubes will be cheaper in Singapore and the Federation from Monday, but a circular to dealers last night did not give the new prices.
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  • 73 1 After 300 years LONDON, Frl. An effigy of a British monarch on horseback will appear on coins to be struck for the Coronation of the Queen next June for the first time since the reign of King Charles I in the 17th century. The Queen, riding horseback in the uniform
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  • 58 1 M NEW YORK. Frl.-A British film, "Breaking the sound Barrier," was the outstanding foreign film of 1952, the American National Board of Review of Motion Pictures said British actor Sir Ralph Richardson, star of the film, was named one of the outstanding screen performers of 1952
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  • 57 1 NEW YORK, Frl— The Pre-sident-elect. U.S. Dwlght Elsenhower, today named the heads of the three Services departments in his new administration Mr Robert Ten BroeckStevens wtl be Secretary of the Army. Mr. Robert Bernerd Anderson. Secretary of th« Navy and Mr Harold E Talbott of New
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  • 38 1 LONDON, Fri.— London's death rate rose steeply last week as a result of the fourday fog which blanketed the city. The figure was 4,703 compared with 1.852 in the corresponding week last year. Reuter.
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  • 49 1 CAPETOWN, Frl Brian Bunting, MP., was yesterday acquitted In the magistrate's court here of a charge that he had contravened a notice served on him by the Minister of Justice by becoming a Member of Parliament. The notice was served under the Suppression of Communism Act. A.P
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  • 138 1 The new police chief KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. i MR. W. I. R. Carbonell, I who becomes Commissioner of the Federation Police next May, today said his appointment was surprising. "I was possibly even more surprised than you must have been," he told a Press
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  • 158 1 U.N. TANKS BLAST RED MONSTERS B-29s bomb enemy supplies TOKYO. Friday. ITNITED NATIONS tanks and guns blasted six Communist "mechanical monsters" last night on the west central front, on the invasion route to Seoul, where the Communists threaten a "Seoul by Christmas" drive. Tanxs, perched on hill crests, and artillery
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  • 63 1 SEREMBAN, Frl. A POLICE squad went Into "Operation Service" late yesterday evening to rescue a van carrying foodstuffs which broke down at the Kuala Pilah Pass. The van was on Its way to Sri Menantt. The owner, a Chinese, locked the van, boarded a bus and went to
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  • 43 1 LONDON, Fri— The Standard Motor Company today cut £125 off the British price of their Vanguard saloon a few hours after the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr R. A. Butler, had refused to review the purchase tax on cars. Reuter.
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  • 153 1 I.IVK RPOOL. Frl. I> it Ir I n ;-s Korean War Victoria Cross winner, Private William Spmkman. came home in the troopship Devonshire on which he did 28 days' duty punishment for a brief Hong Kong spree. Big Bill was absent without Icare in Kong
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  • 30 1 Three armed men fired seven shots into the air during a hold-up at a house in Tempenis Road. Singapore They took $370 fro m a drawer.
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  • 36 1 WASHINGTON, Frl Mr. Owen Lattimore, university professor and an expert on Far Eastern affairs pleaded not guilty today to seven charges of perjury based on nfa sworn denials of Communist sympathies.— Reuter
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  • 31 1 A section of the roof of a house in Kerbau Road Singapore, fell yesterday while the occupants were asleep Two were slightly injured Twenty-five people live In the house.
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  • 33 1 .LONDON. Fri.-Brttain an d the United States have reached agreement on a new approach to Persia soon to break the oil deadlock it is believed in diplomatic quarters here.— Reuter.
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  • 27 1 LONDON, Frl.— An attractive 20-year-old girl was gaoled here for six months today for hawking ten American automatic pistols around London' 3 West End Reuter.
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  • 272 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THREE MORE terrorists one of them believed to be a district committee member have been killed by security forces in the Federation. Three other terrorists have surrendered. In addition, it has been confirmed that two terrorists killed in Johore earlier this
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  • 138 1 MY SEVEN YEARS —by Truman WASHINGTON, Fri. PRESIDENT Truman, defending his foreign policies today, said his seven years In the White Hous* should have made it clear to Soviet leaders that they would not gain their objectives by force. He conceded that there had been some mistakes and a few
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  • 62 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Deputy Director of Operations, General Sir Rob Lockhart, today returned to Kuala Lumpur from a threeday tour of the Federation's "trouble spots in Johore. He visited the Segamat, Muar. Batu Pahat and Kluang districts. He had talks with civil, police and
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  • 35 1 HANOI, Frl.— The head of the French army intelligence in Indo-China pledged today that the French army would hold Lai Chau, 175 miles north west of Hanoi, "against a4l Vietminh attacks" Reuter.
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  • 176 1 Oilmen hold off 'king' tides SERIA. Brunei, Fri ENGINEERS in this oil field town overnight won by a small margin the first round of their two-stage battle with the destructive "king" tides of the South China Sea Seventeen oil wells producing 165,000 gallons daily were threatened with serious damage when
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  • 47 1 LONDON. Fri.— Britain'* steel production last month beat all records as the industry's multi- billion dollar modernisation programme neared completion. During November Britain was producing steel at an annual rate of nearly 18.000.000 tons compared with a rat« of 17.044.000 tons in October
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  • 23 1 WATERFORD, Ireland, Fri—Santa Claus quit his job in a department store here yesterday, because children pulled his beard too much. A.P.
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    • 919 2 NOTICES t KULIM RUBBER PLANTATIONS Mil P. B. 1.. COGHLAN ON WAGE NEGOTIATIONS The nineteenth annual general meeting of Kullm Rubber Plantations, Limited, will be held on December 23 In London. The following are extract* from the review by the chairman. Mr. P. B. L. Coghlan. which has been circulated
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    • 654 2 NOTICES CABLE WIRELESS LIMITED < ur- rv \s greetings TELEGRAMS To ensure delivery of Greetings Telegrams by Christmas Day In the United Kingdom It will b* necessary to file the messages not later than the morning of- 22ad December. MALACCA MUNICIPALITY NOTICE REGISTRATION OF NONMOTOR VEHICLES FOR 1953 NOTICE Is
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    • 289 2 TENDERS THNDERd/H ERUIT <i A IHI Kl\(. RIGHTS <»N Mil LAND: MINDKN BARRACKS. GLIIGOR. PENANG 1 Tender are invited for the Fruit Gathering Rights lor the period of one year at Minden Barracks. Olugor. Penang, Lots 309 (24) and 359 Mukim 13. NED. 2. A plan of the area can
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  • 168 3 prison camp GOVT. TOLD OF\ ILL-TREATMENT NAIROBI, Friday. THE Kenya Government yesterday ordered an investigation into reports of ill-treatment of prisoners in the police camp in Laikipia. A Government statement said serious allegations of ill-treatment of prisoners at the camp have been brought to the notice
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  • 231 3 I Surgeons decide who gets it CHICAGO. Friday. DURING the operation of 12 hours and 40 minutes on the Brodie Siamese twins on Wednesday to separate them, surgeons found that there was only one saggltal sinus, the main passageway draining the blood from both brains.
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  • 32 3 LONDON. Frl.— Lord Woolton. 69-year-old chairman of the Conservative Party, was able yesterday to leave the hospital where he had been under treatment since Oct. 11 for appendicitis and complications.
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  • 67 3 NEW YORK, Fri— lsrae' assured the Christian and Mohammedan worlds today that its opposition to an international control of Jerusalem carried no peril for the holy places there. The ancient city is the site of the shrines of all the three faiths and has been the
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  • 30 3 TOKYO. Fri— Police are seeking a man who has killed four people with an axe. A boilerman who is missing is believed to be his fifth victim— UP.
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  • 41 3 NEW YORK, Frl— The Bolivian ambassador, Mr Victor Andrade, yesterday urged the United States to resume buying Bolivian tin and warned that failure to do so might lead to radical governments In his country. A. P..
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  • 30 3 MANILA, Fri. A BOAC Comet achieved a speed record of 658 miles an hour between Fukuoka, Japan and Tokyo, according to the pilot, Capt. A. P. W. Cane
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  • 29 3 COLOMBO, Fri— Richard Senanayake, Ceylon's Trade and Commerce Minister, said today there was now no obstacle in the way of a China-Ceylon five-year trade agreement— Reuter.
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  • 100 3 Sea sick in troopship LIVERPOOL. Friday. I£IM Chun Yung, first Korean war bride of a 1Y British soldier, arrived here last night aboard the troopship Devonshire with her husband, Corporal Geoffrey Bacon, of Bristol. Kirn her name means, golden Friday— was a dancer in South Korea when
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  • 22 3 HONG KONG. Frl.— China has set up a modern linen factory at Harbin. Manchuria, according to Peking Radio today.— Reuter.
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  • 17 3 TOKYO, Fri— Britain and Japan will soon sign an agreement on air travel.— Reuter.
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  • 41 3 We, nearly Christmas... And like all men of roodwill, Beaming Marquis (that's his name), gentleman rnimp. of Aberdeen. Scotland, fets all dressed "P to extend th« season's rre«tinfs. Even a chimp likes to meet old friends and have a little drink.
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  • 116 3 AT THE PEACE CONGRESS VIENNA. Friday. A BRITISH Pacifist vicar at the Peace Congress here yesterday condemned the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Vyshinsky's 'cavalier dismissal" of the Indian peace proposals for ending the Korean war. Canon C. F. Harman. Vicar of South Marston. Wiltshire, asked: "Would it
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  • 73 3 OFFICERS' MESS ON FIRE TOKYO. Frl.UyHILE Japanese firemen employed by British Commonwealth forces In Kure were on strike today a fire destroyed the senior officers' mess. A Commonwealth spokesman said that owing to the prompt action of Captain Claude Smeal. of Signals Brigade, who discovered the fire, a bucket brigade
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  • 289 3 LONDON, Frl. ¥T was generally another Idle day on the London Slock Exchange loaay. There was little activity In giltedged, but several minor gains were recorded. Industrials were also largely quiet, although tobacco* were I better all through and engineering I groups and stores showed some small gains,
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  • 27 3 LONDON, Dec 19. Cash Buyers £945; Sellers 1:946; Forward Buyers 943 Sellers £944*..; Settlement tM5'.. (up 10s.). Turnover a.m. 35 tons; p.m. 10 tons.
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  • 31 3 LONDON. Dec. 19— Spot 25% d.. Jan. 25\d. Feb. 25'^d. March 25.d Jan. -Mar. 25'jd.. Apr. -June 25d.. Dec cif 255.d.. Jan. c.i.f. 25.d Jan-Mar, c.i.f. 25d Market: Steady.
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  • 28 3 WASHINGTON. Fri.— The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development today announced a loan Of $31.*****0 for expansion of iron and steel production in India. U.P.
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  • 26 3 LONDON. Fri.— Mrs. Margaret Hughes, a Scottish cook, has been left £10.000 in a will as reward for more than 20 years of good cooking—A.P
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  • 188 3 Desert troops keep watch for rebels on border TUNIS, Fri. DATROLS «f the French Sahara Corps and navy units last nisht kept watch for guerilla bands which havo been infiltrating- into Tunisia fVom the neiffhhouririK Arab kingdom of Libya. High French military sources here said that General Antoine Garbay, French
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    • 201 3 m NORTH CHINA at PHEASANT Mlb It's Christmas— and you should CHi -need no more fesliw occasion in bjjjj sample one of life's rarer JHUn treasures. Pheasant the delicious MJnl Aorth China xniriety imported 'frill" in all its finery, and just in ff M Q time to make a banquet
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  • 40 4 PORT DICKSON, FTl— Five men, V. Chemban, 8. Muth usamy Arumugam, Thanarai. and Muru^asu were each fined $30 for driving their cars In excess of 30 m.p.h. along the 19-20 th mile Seremban Road, Port Dickson.
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  • 209 4 48 'REJECTED BOYS WILL BE PIONEERS 'New look' syllabus for them PENANG, Friday. HORTY-EIGHT boys from local feeder schools will be pioneers in a new pilot project which the Penang Education Department will launch next year as the forerunner of the future secondary school. These pupils, who nave failed to
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  • 159 4 Jakarta is asked for freer trade I EADINO Singapore busi- nessmen yesterday urged the Indonesian Government to remove formalities to allow the smooth flow of goods. Delegates of Singapore's three chambers of commerce and the Singapore Chinese Overseas Importers and Exporter 1 Association attended a Government sponsored conference yesterday. They
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  • 129 4 The following are further dona•lons to the Singapore Arr.iruberrulosis Association Fund: Mr. CTiee Soon Keng $1,000. Netaji Memorial Hindi School concert proceeds S3 2 50. Yew Ghee Sla Association $190. Unlt*d Pharmacy SATA DOx $65.82. sisut>\ nurses, mldwlves and health ser.ants of the rural Infant
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  • 56 4 MALACCA. Frl— T.B pa-! tlents of the Malacca General Hospital will not be forgotten during Christmas On Dec. 23 Radio Malaya will hold a variety show for them. The cream of Malacca's radio talents will give a H hour show in a ward which will be decorated
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  • 40 4 PORT SWETTENHAM, Fri. —More than 250 attended the children's Christmas party at the Port Bwettenham Recreation Club yesterday. The 250 included parents of the children. A dance will be held at the club premises tomorrow night.
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  • 52 4 SEGAMAT. Frl.— Charged with defacing his identity card. Woon Hiang Gian. 54, told the court: "It is not my work and I do not know who is responsible." Police said that a moustache had been drawn on the photograph in Vie card. Woon was admonished
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  • 26 4 MALACCA. Fri— Choirs of the Anglican and Methodist churches will hold a united Christmas carol service on Sunday at 6 p.m. in Christ Church.
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  • 109 4 TWO Singapore residents were fined $100 each by A Mr. Denis D'Cotta in the City Police Court yesterday for failing to furnish the return of income for the year of assessment 1952 They were Shaikh Obeid bin Saleh Abdat and Mr. O. Sarangapany, proprietor
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  • 61 4 DURING iFKK RECENT TOUR of Johore, Lady Tempter visited the soap factory of Inch« Sharif bin Abdul Karim at the sth. mile Bakn Road, Muar. and bought two ban of soap. Inche Sharif had received a loan of $3,000 from RID A. on the recommendation of
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  • 43 4 RAUB. Frl.— Two doctors are commlng to Pahang. Dr. A. M. Samanta, from Penan?, will be posted to Kuala Llpls and Dr. P. O. Haigh, who Is coming from England early In January will be posted to Bentong.
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  • 129 4 They'llrush to phone their greetings rF big rush for telephone calls to Britain and Australia b pins today and is expected to go on until New Year, Mr. J A Thursflelil. General Manager of tbe Oriental Telephone and Electrir Company, said yesterday. So far, 22 calls have been booked to
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  • 57 4 He likes life but... SEGAMAT. Fri— Charged with attempted suicide by cutting his tongue. Pang Sang. 64, told thr court: "I like to live and cannot understand why I did it." He was sentenced to 24 days' gaol from date of arrest, but as he had been in the police
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  • 52 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Chinese Importers and exporters in the Federation will meet In Kuala Lumpur next week to protest against the Licensing and Registration of Business Bill. They say that the Bill. which aims at building an education fund. Is a double taxation on the
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  • 89 4 Rubber firm listed as a defaulter AL E A D I N O Singapore Chinese rubber firm has been listed as a defaulter by the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association. The default was stated to have arisen out of the nonpayment of a tender. The failure of this firm
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  • 23 4 RAUB, Frl— Dr P. A. Allsopp, Health Officer, West Pahang, has been transferred to Johore aa Deputy Principal Medical Officer.
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  • 96 4 l^aVE bouquets Of flowers sent by anonymous admirers, greeted the Chinese artist and calllgraphist, Madame Chenng Tal Ka, when she went to the opening of her first Malayan exhibition at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, yesterday. About 200 of her best works
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  • 50 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl.Under the auspices of the local Indian Congress. K. P. Bhaskar and his troupe will stage the "Dances of India" on Sunday at Bukit Zahrah School. Johore Bahru. The show is in aid of the Johore Bahru Association for the Prevention or Tuberculosis.
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  • 268 5  -  McNEICES FROM THE THE brightest Christmas card sent out in Malaya this year is that of Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, Singapore City Council President. On the cover is a candle and holly leaves and below it: "With best wishes for
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  • 96 5 Two will be priests tomorrow HHWO DEACONS, the Rev. Geoffrey Marrison and Rev. Charles Samuel, will be ordained priests by the Bishop of Singapore at an ordination service in St. Andrew's Cathedral tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. Mr. Geoffrey Marrtson came recently from England to work as a missionary and Is
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  • 54 5 S V Iyer, a stenographer, was adjudicated a bankrupt by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The debtor, whose liabilities totalled $1,035. offered to pay monthly $30 to the Official Assignee towards his debt. The Assistant Official Assignee, Mr. S. E.
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  • 86 5 Little Sylvia Gower, 22 months old, reaches out for a cake at yesterday's Christmas party for the children of the rank and file of the Singapore Harbour Board Police. She was one of the 84 children who went to the party. Father Christmas arrived in a gleaming
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  • 87 5 A SPOKESMAN of the Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union told the Straits Times yesterday that he understood there was no general move to retrench all temporary clerks in the service. No official statement was available. The union spokesman said that the union
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  • 53 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl.— The round Of Christmas treats for children began yesterday with a party for Eurasian children given by the South Johore Eurasian Association. There were about 100 children present. After the party, the adults held a dance. The party was held at the Johore
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  • 20 5 Mr. F S. Horslin, Superintendent of the Government Printing Office, Singapore, has been promoted to be Government Printer. Singapore.
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  • 56 5 A receiving order was made against Koh Yong Kwee in the Singapore High Court yesterday on the petition ot a judgment creditor, Shrlro (China* Ltd.. to whom he owed $4,625 The debtor applied for an adjournment saying that he was offering a composition to all his
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  • 41 5 Singapore City Council Finance and General Purposes Committee held an emergency meeting yesterday at which the question of fixing the assessment Tate for next year was discussed. No decision was taken. The committee meets again next week
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  • 30 5 There were 749 births and 163 deaths in Singapore last week, said the Cltv Council health report. Pneumonia claimed 25 victims, enteritis 18 and tuberculosis!^
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  • 44 5 The following will represent the Singapore City Council on the management committee of the Silver Jubilee Fund: Mr C. F. Smith, Dr C. J Poh. Inche Mohamed Sidik bin Haji Abdul Hamid, Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers, the Yen Robin W. Woods.
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  • 24 5 The Christmas Tree Party of St Mary's and St. James' congregation will be held today at the Technical College, Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 23 5 The Singapore Education Department will hold a book exhibition at the British Council centre from Jan. 23 to Feb. 1.
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  • 25 5 M. Louis Cappa, who Is replacing, M. Serge Jelade as French Consul, is due to arrive in Singapore today by air from Europe.
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  • 133 5 A SINGAPORE trade fair at Changi, which was required by the City Council to pay assessment on an annual value of $72,000, collected only $350 in stall rents for the year, the Council's assessment committee was told. TUr fair owner appealed to the Council for
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  • 469 6 51 other awards to police KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. QEORGE Medals were pinned this morning on six Malayan police heroes who displayed outstanding courage against the bandits. The presentations were made by the High Commissioner, Gen. Sir Gerald Templer, at a special ceremony at
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  • 39 6 PEOPLE who give false information to the security forces or to Government servants are now liable to be imprisoned for seven years. This was announced by the Government in a Gaxette notification last night.
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  • 30 6 TELUK ANSON. Fri. Mr. C. T. Miller. 0.C.P.D.. Teluk Anson. has Oft on transfer to Selama in North Perak. He has been replaced by A.S.P G E Howe.
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  • 24 6 SEGAMAT. Fri. Caught breaking the curfew ten minutes after it began, Ramadu and Singaram were fined $10 each by the Segamat Magistrate.
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  • 467 6 THESE are the stories of valour which won the George Medal for the seven men LT. PETER HYDE he shot dead one bandit and wounded two others who opened Are on an eight-man patrol he was leading in the Badak Mati Hills, in Province Wellesley.
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  • 30 6 TELUK ANSON Frl.— Dr J P. Bennett. Medical Officer" Lower Perak. is being transferred to the Malacca General Hospital. Dr. V S Battal. from Ipoh. succeed* him.
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  • 209 6 Problem of 18 men without a country A MINOR international problem has two Singapore consuls worried and is costing the local Immigration Department $27 a day. The problem concerns 18 stranded fisherman four Chinese, five Japanese and nine Okinawans who drifted half-starved and penniless into Singapore 33 days ago in
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  • 36 6 SEGAMAT, Fri— For corruptly giving $1 to a special constable at Bekok to obtain the release of a friend. Slnniah. 35 a rubber tapper was fined $300 or two months' imprisonment.
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  • 54 6 KUALA LUMPUR Fri While going home along Jalan Melor, in the Imbi area. Kuala Lumpur, last night, a Chinese was stopped by three masked men all armed with knives. He told the police, that the three men were Chinese They robbed him of $20
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  • 40 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A police recruiting team, which recently completed a fourday campaign in Penang, selected 83 out of 236 applicants for the force. Of those selected, 79 were Malays, three Chinese and one Tamil.
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  • 42 6 TELUK ANSON, Fri— Mr Scow Eng Kheam, station master of the Teluk Anson wharf railway station, is leaving for Prai as the commercial representative of the Malayan Railway. He has been in Teluk Anson for the past 6' 2 years.
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  • 58 6 $2,000 opium found under bus seat JOHOR£ BAHRU, Fri. JOHORE Customs today seized five lb. of opium, valued at $2,000, found in a parcel, under a bus seat. The bus came from Singapore. When an outdoor customs officer found the parcel, all the passengers In the bus had already alighted.
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  • 112 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. MR. M. Kanthaswamy, Johore Btate Councillor, yesterday hit out at advocates of Sino-Malay unity. He said undue stress had been placed on it. thus ignoring Indians and other races who were also permanent settlers in Malaya. At Johore division of the Malayan Trade
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    • 176 6 jJ^J FOR THE MOSQUITO MOTHS ANTS j^j^oMpP^ USC MIT EVERY EVENING X'mas Shoppers Here's the teal Opportunity To Save. A New Shipment Of Ladies' Dressing Sets In Silver Enamel Just unpacked for Great Reduction Sale K. M. OLI MOHAMED Royal Jeweller Phone: 38/40. HIGH STREET, Estd 4508 SINGAPO^E-6. 1914 V
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    • 218 6 Long Lived as an Elephant |-any people arc still riding B.S.A. Bicycles that were made ifj. 30, 40, even 50 years ago. Why does a B.S.A. have such a long life It is because every B.S.A. Bicycle is made in England of the finest materials by the most skilled craftsmen
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  • 265 7 A 'HORROR FILM 9 IS SOUGHT TO SCARE THE TOUGH GUYS Too many people indifferent to rabies, so— KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. pEDERATION veterinary authorities are looking for a "horror film" on rabies to frighten un co-operative members of the public out of their indifference. Mr. C. W. Wells, acting Director
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  • 319 7 RUBBER MARKET Most active week for many years THE PAST week has been' -I probably the most active one in rubber for many years says Lewis and Peat's weekly report. Very large quantities changed hands at varying prices, but actual off-take by consuming centres has been small. The heavy liquidation
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  • 278 7 TODAY Muuie Pipe Khrrm Home. Ford. wuudi Mil. Bt. Panjanc National i-trDon Priruc',l tlu.br ih tit.. Dair; lit. Tlanah VilUgr I nllcd ChJnex K Wk«., Lara Saon Cannerr. Lao uartiick An. Uunrarn Kd.. it Maintce. Depot, Turf Club Eof Nta An.. Eoart Pk Holland Bri. Adam Pk. I
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  • 57 7 SEGAMAT. Fri.—Subramanlam. 21 driver °f a Land Rover who failed to stop after fatally knocking down a girl cyclist, was fined a total of $650, or 22 weeks' gaol, on charges or causing death by rash driving and failing to stop after an accident. He was
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  • 42 7 PENANG, Fri. Tan Teng Bok. ag?d 31, and Ahmed bin Haji Bajut Arun, aged 27, alleged to have committed gang robbery with four others by using a pistol and two knives, were remanded in c ustody for a week
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  • 31 7 IPOH Fri.— The death occurred in the looh District Hospital this afternoon of Mr Saw Teik Yam a teacher of the Ipoh Anglo-Chinese School. The funeral takes place today.
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  • 18 7 TAIPING. Fri. Inspector Balwant Singh. Staff Officer, Crimes, Taiping, is soon going on transfer to Kampar.
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  • 154 7 POLICE OFFICERS on CUSTOMS CHARGE BINSAR SITUMORAN, an Indonesian police officer, was charged in a Singapore court yesterday, with attempting to export watches on Oct. 17, without a permit. Binsar's friend, Duni Akter Munte. another officer, was also charged with him. The offence was alleged to have taken place at
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  • 70 7 SEGAMAT, Fri. Stating that no criminal blame could be attached to anyone for the accident, the Segamat Magistrate returned a verdict of death by misadventure at the inquest on Mohamed bin Abdul Rahman, 20-year-old special constable on Nagappah Estate in the Jementah area Mohamed died
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  • 84 7 POLICE IN HUNT FOR BURIED WEAPONS |>OLICE are using mine i detectors to find arms in a village at ti'i milestone. Bukit Timah Road A farmer, AH Ibrahim bin Haji Sulaiman, 64, digging near his house unearthed two magazines of Sten gun bullets. The village headman, C M ih.M. and
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  • 38 7 PENANG Fri.— Soo Hoo Guat Gnoh. a 19-year-oCd girl was sentenced to four years' Imprisonment at the Balik Pulau Court today for consorting with an armed bandit. The case was heard in camera.
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  • 128 7 YESTERDAY'S heavy rain- Then as these passengers and 1 stern, in Singapore prov- w ffi? leaving the ed quite unpleasant at approach roads and car Kallang airport. The people park ank i e -deep in water, meeting passengers off a Few peop^ in the m3lin t«r-Qantas-BOAC
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  • 106 7 More than 100 left homeless TELUK ANSON. Friday VfORE than 100 people were left homeless yester- day after a fire dstroyed a row of 18 attap shophouses at Sungel Tiaru?, 26 miles from Teluk i n Anson. The fire Is believed to nave started In
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  • 50 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri— The Director-General of Information Services. Mr. ADC. Peterson, returned to Kuala Lumpur today from a visit to Kuala LipLs. He had talks with the Mentri Besar and the British Adviser Pahang, on the new set-up of the Stag's Department of Information.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 278 7 TODAT available at theatre entrance. am. to 5.30 p m tUNUAPOKK CIVIL DEFENCE AS- SINGAPORE ARTS SOCIETY; Bxhl- TO MORROW SOCIAIHON Chlldrrns Ctnl.tmaa bltVoa of WorHs by Ove Hong Kong SINGAPORE MDMCAL SOCUTTs oarty at CD headquarters Kolam artWU at British Council Hall Stam- Protramm* of Carols and Chrtatmas Aver
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    • 687 8 It is refreshing to find any Legislative Councillor, -n the Federation or Singapore, taking an interest in Malaya's trade earnings and how they are spent. Mr. Jumabhoy, in a speech which drew from the Colonial Secretary an explanation of some of the benefits of membership of the
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    • 291 8 The Singapore Labour Department's report was written partly to be read abroad. There are little asides which give this away the information, for instance, that Singapore is flat making the pedalling of trishaws reasonably easy work. Less interest will be taken in this topographical j platitude, however,
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    • 113 8 Fifty Year Ago From the Straits Times of Dec. 20. 1902. WE understand that the Committee o* the Chamber of Commerce has decid ed to recommend to Government that the basis of the currency of this Colony should be changed to the pound sterling. THIS week is the 27th anniversary
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      7 8 Photo graph by Wee Thian Kang. GOGGLE-EYED
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    1066 8  - Fifty Year Ago As I was Saying CYNICUS by 1 OANTA CLAUS, who is believed by many to live on the fourth floor of the Straits Times building, is now working overtime. What he will make of the new traffic roundabouts which seem to spring up nightly in Singapore remains
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  • 748 8 A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK A MATEUR fishermen nearly always fall into two groups, the first obsessed with the latest tackJe, its kit a collection of geared reels and metal rods, and the second, less mechanically minded, more concerned with the grosser aspects of the game, the number and size of the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 846 8 CLASSIFIED ADS. BOOTH: To Lorna and Derek, at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, on the 19th December, a daughter. Carol Margaret. EG AN: To Mary and Paddy a son. Kieran Michael, on 12th December. 1952. at British Military Hospital. Tuiping. SEAH-CHAN: The engagement Is announced between Cheng Liang, s«cond son of Mr.
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    • 28 8 Just Arrived! Improved SYNCHROFLASH modal II If (Red Dial) Flash use NORMAL FLASHBULB at any SHUTTER SPEED. Obf.iinib'e from Importers EVEBMI6HT OPTICAL CO. 19, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE 1.
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  • 253 9 They will not help workers, says leader fHE president of Singapore Federation of Government Employees' Unions, Mr. G. A. Tessensohn, yesterday told the Straits Times that certain petty officials in the Government were completely disinterested in unions. The proper way to create a healthy trade
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  • 82 9 Mother of three on opium charge k MOTHER of three children was in a Singapore court yesterday accused of preparing opium for sale in a secret room in hrr house in Everitt Road, Singapore. Lch Siew Kheng pleaded not guilty. Staff Sergeant Mohamed Yusoff Tahir said that he led a
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  • 74 9 S'pore run to continue TH E Tyndareus, familiar "Mecca" ship to thousands of Muslim pilgrims from the Federation and Singapore, will continue to run to Singapore until next year's pilgrimage season. Yesterday, an official of the Blue Funnel Line told the Straits Times "After a refit in Liverpool. the I
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  • 49 9 MISS MARY POON reads the "Stone of Destiny" foi the Blind at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Gurney Training Centre for the Blind. Her highly sensitive fingers did not miss a single letter as she read the inscription. Straits Times picture.
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  • 294 9 AT STONE LAYING CEREMONY KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. FOR, as long as she lives a blind girl, Mary Poon, 1 will remember yesterday as in her own words, "the most exciting day of my life." For yesterday, hand in hand with the Queen's representative. Mary helped
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  • 336 9 COUNCILLORS CRITICISE LOYALTY CHECK On police promotions CINGAPORE Legislative and City Councillors yesterday criticised the imposition of a loyalty check on police officers when their promotion was being considered. They were referring: to remarks mad- by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Nigel Morris, at a Press conference on Wednesday. Mr.
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  • 49 9 FOUR OF THE SIX MEN who received the George Medal for bravery from General Templer in Kuala Lumpur yesterday From top: Lt. I. P. Hyde. L Cpl. Wan Hassan bin \w:ine. Constable Tan Tien Siew and Special Constable Wan Amran bin Wan Manaf. Straits Times pictures.
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  • 25 9 The body of a Chinese vegetable buyer who had been axed to death by terrorists was found lying on the road, near Ipoh.
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  • 44 9 SaMm bin Abdul Rahim. 22 a fisherman, charged with using criminal force oq a girl aged five with Intention to outrage her modesty was sentenced yesterday by Sinapore Fourth Police Magistrate. Mr. E. H. D'Netto to two months' gaol.
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  • 60 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— A three-inch mortar bomb burst prematurely two feet from the muzzle and injured three Malay Regiment personnel on patrol in Pahang. Lt. D. Thomas. Manchester Regiment, who comes from Romford, Essex, was seriously injured and two Malay other ranks received minor wounds.
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  • 42 9 Mr. William Hodding Carter, Jr., editor and publisher of the Mississippi Delta Democrat-Times, returns to Singapore today from Kuala Lumpur. Mr Carter will be a guest at the American University Club dinner at the Sea View Hotel tonight.
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  • 181 9 WORKMEN on a site at Spottiswoade Park, off Keppel Road, Singapore, have startled passers-by with the ease with which they handle 30-ft. girders. The lightweight girders are part of Singapore's first all-aluminium godown, which was
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  • 90 9 Govt. school for girls to open soon MRS. M. Scott of Raffles Girls' School. Singapore. has been appointed principal of Haig Road Secondary Girls' School which will open on Jan. 12. For a start, the new school will only have two Standard six classes. Higher classes will be organised each
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  • 38 9 Two terrorists, killed by the 10th Federal Jungle Company in the Labis area of Johore on Dec. 10, were Lam Kong, branch committee secreta/y. and Chai Heng, a branch committee member, it was stated yesterday.
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  • 43 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— The wedding will take place at the Church of the Nativity. Butterworth. on Dec. 27. of Miss Mary Loh. headmistress of Father Barre's Convent School. Sungei Patanl. and Mr. Andrew Yeoh Ho e Lye. of Johore Bahru.
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  • 21 9 The Royal Singapore Flying Club's Christmas party and dance takes place tonight at nine o'clock at the clubhouse. Kallang.
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  • 66 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.—An- other $35,000 has been pro- mised in Kedah for the Federation security loan Members of sub-committees from all parts of the State were told this when they met at Sungei Patani to discuss ways to raise money for the loan. It wa« stated
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  • 99 9 RELEASE OF ABDUL SAMAD IS SOUGHT EFFORTS are bein? made by friends of Abdul N;i mad. former acting editor of f'tusan Melavu. who was detained under the Emergency Regulations in January. 1<»">I, at the same time as John Eber. to obtain his release to Indonesia A Singapore Government spokesman said
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  • 49 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— The body of a Chinese schoolboy was found floating in an abandoned mining hole off Circular Road. Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The boy was 13-year-old Chung Mun Kong. He had gone with three friends to swim in the pool on Wednesday afternoon.
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  • 254 9 20 who will 'speed the day' Tlf ALAYA has a great shortage of doctors, jsurgeons, dentists, I schoolteachers and i local-born Government officers which can only I be filled by graduates of the University of Malaya. Mr. Malcolm ItaeDonald, Chancellor of the University. yesterday told an andienr, of fathers and
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  • 29 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Fr: Mr Justice Storr has returned to* Johore Bahru from leave. Mr. Justice Buhagiar who acted for him. will leave tomorrow for Britain on holiday
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    • 55 9 A PIPE FOR A PRESENT CHOOSE YOUR FAVOURITE PIPE FROM OUR WIDE R4NGE DUNHILL C, f ORLIR L O E W E PETERSON PARKER G. B. D. IM f% PRICES FROM W 2.25 to 34.50 ALSO SPECIAL HURRICANE PIPES $8.50 EACH "TELEFLIC" A BUSH RADIO PATENT DEVICE FOR LOGGING SHORT-WAVE
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 84 9 The weather Weather statistics throughout Malaya yesterday were: Minimum temperature: (7.30 p.m. on Dec. 18 to 7.30 a.m. on Dec. 18), Spore (72) deg.); Penang (72) Kota Bahru (74); Kuala Lumpur (72); Ipoh (68); Kuantan (68). Maximum temperature: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Dec. 19) Spore (88) Penang (89);
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  • 154 10 Economic aid to m Malays may be discussed KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. CECRET preparations are being made for the conference between the United Malays National Organisation and the Malayan Chinese Association on Sunday. The conference was to have been held in Kuala Lumpur today but was postponed because
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  • 202 10 Wife seeks $400 a month A WOMAN who said she enjoyed a high standard of Urine told a magistrate yesterday that she was Ctm living in debt because of her husbands neglect. She was Patty Yue. who fiued her husband. Lee Tok Kwang. a textile merchant for tuA looking after
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  • 30 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— Twelve sets Of cutlery and tableware ordered by the Sultan from a London firm for the use Of Istanas in Johore cost the State $8,572.
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  • 58 10 Godowns to let The Government of North Borneo will soon lease godowns at Jesselton for a year at eight cents per square foot a month. The buildings will be maintained by lessees and insured by Government. Members of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce. West Coast branch, have been asked
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  • 69 10 Singapore publisher is fined A COLONY Chinese language newspaper owner and publisher, Shul Cherk Ek. of the Yeh Teng Pao. who reproduced without permission photographs which appeared in the Straits Times Annual. 1953. in his paper, was fined $100 by Mr. T. Kulasekarem. the Singapore First Police Magistrate, on Wednesday.
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  • 56 10 ll'.oi l 5.000 lots of articles, including brilliants, jades, gold ornaments watches and pens belonging to the Ban Hock Pawnshop and Ban Shiew Pawnshop, will be auctioned by Cheong Koon Seng and Co.. Ltd., at Chulia Street, on Tuesday at 10 a.m. The articles are the
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    62 10 LEFT: TENGKU ISMAIL HUSSEIN, 20-year-old great grandson of the former Sultan of Singapore, Sultan Allani Shah, with his bride, Sigi Kamariah Salleh, 17. only daughter of Mr and Mrs M. Salleh Abdullah, at their wedding in Singapore. RIGHT: THE BERSANDING CEREMONY at the wedding of Inche Sarwan bin Badri and
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  • 163 10 Only 12 chosen so far THE SINGAPORE Government has already approved 100 bursaries for students in the University of Malaya who are prepared on graduation to serve as teachers in Government or Rrant-in-aid schools in the Colony for at least five years. Singapore's Director
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  • 46 10 Two labourers, A. Channa, 29, and Sanurl Mariamah, 32, were injured in a fight in Lorong Lalat, Singapore, last night. Chajpna was stabbed in the forehead, and Mariamah on the left arm. Both were treated as outpatients at the General Hospital.
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  • 24 10 Dr. (Miss) Mima Muir Gemmell and Dr. <Miss> Isabella Margaret Almond have been appointed medical officers in the Malayan Medical Service.
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  • 35 10 Lee Hoe Ching, manager of a tyre shop in Cecil Street, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment in a Singapore court yesterday for dishonestly retaining tyres believed to be stolen property
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  • 151 10 Dr. Purcell silly, say plantation workers KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. FEDERATION plantation workers call Dr. Victor Purcell's recent criticisms of Malayan policy silly, pretentious and irresponsible. iln their weekly newspaper, Sangamani, the Plantation Workers' Union declare themselves fully in support of Gen. Sir Gerald Tempter. "He is a rare man. He
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  • 25 10 Mr. J. G Parry, Mr E. A. C Balshaw and Mr. S. Gurnell have been appointed education officers in the Malayan Education Service.
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  • 19 10 Dr J. D. Terrell has beer tppointed a medical officer ir he Malayan Medical Service.
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  • 17 10 Dr. (Miss) Helen Gertrude Thomasine Maycock has been appointed a pathologist in the Malayan Medical Service
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  • 110 10 TU'EARLY 300 people packed St. Andrew's Cathedral last night to hear Singapore Musical Society choir sing Christmas carols. Later, they joined the choir in singing a carol The 40- voice choir was con- ducted by Gordon van Hien. "Good King Wenceslas" was sung by Mabel Lee
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  • 280 10 'THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT has invested x about $52,000,000 locally. the Financial Secretary, Mr. W. C. Taylor, told the Straits Times yesterday. «ifirSnn?n iS 22 *****0 at three per cent and $16,000,000 at four per cent, represent "investments by way of advances" to
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  • 58 10 Thief broke in as she slept A EUROPEAN woman woke up yesterday in Singapore to find her house had been broken into and cash and other valuables worth $230 stolen. The robber helped himself to $165 from the woman's purse, then threw it under the house. A silver comb, a
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  • 34 10 Ten more nurses of the St. John Ambulance Association will arrive in Singapore today in the Danish vessel Selandla. They will work in the resettlement areas in the Federation.
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  • 15 10 Dr. Hugh Alistair Held has been appointed specialist physician. Grade B, Malayan Medical Service
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 108 10 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 6.30 a.m. Tamil Music: 6.40 News In Tamil; 6.4S Chinese Music; 7 News In Chinese; 7.05 Malay Music: 7.15 News In Malay; 7 30 English Music; 7.30 News in English, 7.35 Rise and Shine; S Announcers Choice: 8.30-9 New Records; 1 p.m. Rene Durant Orch.: 1.30 News:
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    • 131 11 Security of Asian estates T*HE Selangor War Executive Committee, through the State Executive Officer, Mr. J. L. M. Gorrie, has stated in the Press that "no special protection was given to European estates in preference to Asian estates." A challenge to this by the Federation of All Malayan Estates Staff
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    • 102 11 LAST year we were told by the City Fathers that with effect from January 1 1953. dachlngs were to be abolished from the Municipal markets and scales whir' would guarantee the publir receiving correct weight were to be installed. It is, therefore, rather surprising to find that as
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    • 37 11 DOESN'T Mr. Minns agree that, if the PCs who now decorate Raffles Place were set to controlling the pedestrians who dribble over the zrbra crossings, the hideous, all-day traffic snarl there could be avoided? SLOW-COACH. Singapore.
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    • 231 11 ACCORDING to Mr. David Swee's letter on- "Spoken English as she is taught," the Teachers Training College is to be blamed for producing teachers who speak English "ungrammatically and incorrectly. 1 But if we think it over. we must conclude that the parents themselves are to
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    • 190 11 SPITTING in public places is one of the filthiest habits I can think, of, and I know !of no place in the world where it is more commonly practised than in Singapore. I understand that before the war it was an offence. If the law still applies,
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    • 155 11 A FRIEND of mine Is a wage-earner with a total income of $30t a month. He has a family of «even and has now been allotted S.I.T. accommodation of two bedrooms, a fitting-room and a kitchen. The monthly rental is $68 plus $6 for service charges. This excludes
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    • 555 11 A case that went to the Assizes FEDERATION CHRISTMAS PRESENT riE reaction to my recent letter on the DPP's dt partment /as just what could h«ve seen expected. The Attorney-General, in the customary tradition, not of the Bar, but of Government Departments, tries to ride away from the real issue
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  • 406 11 TEARS AND TAX: POINTS TO NOTE L our Tax Comptroller in the Straits Times of Dec. 18 nviw.s me deeply. Like the Walrus. I weep and deeply sympathise. I also .sympathise with those win se •ffarti are directed to "arning enough income to render them liable for tax [y grievance,
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    • 529 11 Turn to Biro for your v Christmas if M /> m l*±. fm Mm/ Gifts ll if i You will not be disappointed in your vM/ Mm iMt choice when you see your friends' faces gm Mm IMi light up with genuine gratitude. Biro MM// Mm [Ml is always welcome,
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    • 78 11 fil tow a -VV Bfr.py T^^ J* tf^fl?B ...at supplied to the H MfC 2k** HE^»/ House of Lords, blendi j FINEST n\Hs# Ufr/ renowned Gin which ti k^ -y IWlillW/ \W^ t every connoisseui [j v[{Y \J \F I \|^"^P/ choose* aa the essential ;II ?*r*"" *"t"£ I s^^
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  • 406 12 rpHE man from Mars is going to get a shock when he comes to Italy not so much because everything here is different from anywhere else in the world, but because there are so many contradictions and contrasts. There is, for example, the
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  • 543 12 ¥>OLICE can fine a couple •I for kissing in public. You have to pay your gas. electricity and telephone bills before you can see all the details on the bill yo» are paying. Tobacco, salt, bananas gambling and brothels are lucrative government monopolies. Every block of flats
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  • 476 12  - Johnny Gurkha shows hew to do it a SECURITY OFFICER By SPECIAL Constables employed on estate defence as static guards over planters' bungalows and factory areas, are not normally allowed on active dutyaggressive patrols etc —outside the boundaries of the estate. The ferretting out of bandits from their jungle lairs
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    • 144 12 DIABETES LOBULINA antl-dUbetlc tablets of Dr. Junes Burmann prepared In Swiss Serum A Vaccine Institute, Switzerland (under Government control) promotes a progressive reduction of sugar In the blood and urine. Regular administration of LOBULINA Increases tolerance to carbohydrates and permits of relaxation of the diabetic diet. LOBOLINA Is readily tolerated
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  • 1160 13  -  MARCEL CHAMINADE N.T.S. spells mystery in Soviet Germany By i: B^ AT the nineteenth Communist party congress he d in Moscow last October, the Soviet government officially admitted the existence, for the first time, of an organised Russian opposition to the regime. This admission was
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    • 214 13 -I'VE GOT A STORY TO TELLOF MOB RULE AND REVENGE KILLINGS AND HOW MEN who calk are marked! 1 ETHEL BdRRYMOtt A J^cfH L^f 1 Wfr KIM HUNTER TODAY am I 3° 4 <> 45 930 p" 1 GALA PBBMIEM VBDNHDAY Dr<-. 21ili AT f.if I'M THE MOST THRILLING OUTDOOR
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    • 229 13 iTfWßtwm NOW SHOWING H~i -I*■ M M. ■fVf^l^S J l 1 45. 4. 6.30 9.30 fill DOUGUS DEWET MARTIN EU7MFTH THIEATT AITHUI HUNNICUTT y Today 9 m.m. "PRETTY BABY" Tomorrow 9 am. "MYSTERY SUBMARINE" GALA PRE XMAS PREVIEW fi TONIGHT m fAT M'NITE £h& The swaggtdng ugi ol the "Boston
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 299 13 The Straits Times Crossword across a M r« m <»...> mm. 7. Well timed observation sSs^SSS i I |2 I fs 4 5 0 One-time system of trade drowna a notae (4, 2. 6). I with U.B.A. (4. 3. 6). io. Cardinals call for help Ij§s L^^j R^sd SSS SSS
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  • 116 14 RUBBER PRICE ADVANCES 2 3/8 CTS. Reaction to US need of synthetic rE PRICE of rubber reacted swiftly in Singapore yesterday to news from the U.S. that It would take some months for the second > alcohol butadiene synthetic plant at Louisville. Kentucky, to be put into operation to meet
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  • 79 14 SINGAPORE. Frl. The tin price in Singapore today was $474.37 (up life cents). Sing&pore Chamber of Commerce Rubber As«o«-i.iljon noon prices yesterday iDec. 19), wei-e 11; cents per leftovers Writers N. I II.SS ikii loose 85 85. F.o j In ttalps Jan No 1 RS.S.
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  • 39 14 H. K. EXCHANGE HONG KONO. Frl Free irke" currpnev rxchanßP of H>n« Kone dollars was quo'rd at i^ n „i OC p ton-,- a<= follows US«I HKSB 05-, cpsM HK86.08 iTT> H"- 4 15.70. One tnel of ?oW lIMSIBJN
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  • 764 14 SINGAPORE Share Market was generally quiet, with a steady undertone In all sections yesterday I Quotatlcna anne need by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association were: INDI'STJUAI.s n»n. »ell.r> Pref a.l» Ordi I»» Atlas ice lI M BB Petrol li/S M Trustees f M Con Ho Smelt
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  • 74 14 Singapore (hlnew Produce ExI change (noon prices): Copra: 1 Buyers %36\ a picul f.0.b.; selpis $37 W- Coconut oil: $59' 2 sellers. Pepper unchanged— ls3s sellers Munlok (white); $530 Sarawak; $430 Lampong (black). Lewi* and Peat (closing prices): The copra market eased and business was reported at $38.
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  • 66 14 CHIPS tlongsld. the Singapore Har--0 bour Board iodown». or expected there at lam today are:— Hlkawa Maru 1/2 Chandpara 4/5: Caltei Suez S/7- Bfnavon Rajul. 11: Eurvad>. 13/14 Aeneas 151 6; Btraat Soenda *8 Almee Lvkes IS 20 Ka|»n« Jl ■>■> S<-:andia 23 24 Maron 2 /2 S ManJevifo
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    • 556 14 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/UK. /CONTINENT Spore P S'hom Penong S"!""* I tor Bongkok (passengers only) Gdn. 23/24 Felstrla" to' Bonckok passenger* only) 29/29 Do. Kina" for Melbourne Sydney. B'isbo'W (not loading (llUfll loco' corgol 29 Dec/ 3 Jen 23/2S Dee. 21/24 Dec ■Fionio" for 80-Kjkok 14/17 Jen Malacca"
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  • 399 15 By SECOND ROW rpHE annual Malayan Rugby Union match between the Combined Civilians of Malaya and the Combined Services of Malaya takes place on the Western Road ground in Penang this afternoon. The series was started in 1947 and Civilians have won the first five
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  • 178 15 SYDNEY, rri pRANK SEDGMAN. Ken McGregor. Mervyn Rose and Lewis Head will form the Australian Davis Cup team to meet the United states in the challenge round In Adelaide on Dec. 29, 30 and 31. The team was announced today by Mr. Cliff Sproule, Australian selector,
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  • 451 15 By ALAN HOBY 4 BID has been made to ret Stanley Matthews, probably the greatest winger of all time back to Stoke City, the club which "discovered" him as a schoolboy 22 years a*o. Stoke, who sold Matthews to Blackpool in 1947. asked whether they
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  • 245 15 Moore's win gives me a chance— Mills LONDON, Frl. r EDDIE MILLB, former world light-heavyweight champion, talked of a comeback and a possible title light against the new world champion Archie Moore in London yesterday. "If Moore, 36-years-old, can win the world crown, then I reckon that gives me a
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  • 128 15 PENANG, Frl. SINGAPORE'S Tiger Swimming Club water polo team scored their second win In Penang today when they beat a less experienced Penang Chinese Swimming Club schoolboy side 0-3 at Tanjong Bungah. Tigers were decidedly superior but their shooting was foiled by a choppy sea which
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  • 18 15 LONDON. Frl. Yesterday* Rugby Union County championship result: Hertfordshire 3, Dorset and Wiltshire 8. Reuter.
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  • 29 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Pri. Chung Ling High School table tennis team from Penang lost to Selangor Chinese Engineering Association here last night by three matches to two.
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  • 34 15 NANTES. Frl. The Australian touring Rugby League team beat a French side by 49 points to two In a match here yesterday. At ha If time the Australians led by 21-0.
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  • 578 15  - 4 new racing cars for 1 953 season E. PETERS) (By Yf AI.AYA'S 1953 motor racing 1 season, due to start early next month, promises to be the best ever of the six seasons alter the war. The eagerness which local enthusiasts are looking forward to the resumption of their
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  • 351 16 WE SUGGESTED AUG. -VASAGAM KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. jy|ALAYAN Amateur Athletic Union officials were surprised yesterday when they read a report that the Ceylon A. A. A. had fixed its proposed athletic contest with Malaya for February next year. Mr. N. M. Vasagam, MAAU secretary, told
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    57 16 COMBINED SCHOOLS' hockey eleven who drew 3-3 with SeUnfor "A" in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Front row left to right- Chan Onn Lent (Spore), Leonard Klassen (gel.), James Quek (Spore), Kong Leong (Mai.), Cyril De Witt (Mai.). Second row: Amlrajah (Sel), Douglas Hay (Spore), Chong Mun (Sel) Back row: HanifT
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  • 161 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. VEOH TECK CHYE. who represented Malaya In the 1948--49 Thomas Cup competition, qualified for the semi-final (bottom section) by defeating Chua Slew Hlng 15-5. 15-3 in the Selangor open badminton championships at the S.B.A. hall tonight. Teck Chye will now meet Llm Koon
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    38 16 MEL BBOWN. who will fight Isimell Radrodro at the Happy World arena on Dec. 26, will arrive in Singapore by BOAC Comet at 11 a.m. today. Brown will train at the Happy World arena tomorrow afternoon.
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  • 115 16 SYDNEY. Frl. yiC SEIXAS and Tony Trabert of the United States won an easy victory In the doubles against Italy today and put the United I States Into the challenge round for the Davis Cup tennis trophy against Australia in Adelaide, starting en Dec. 29.
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  • 40 16 AU Junior Clubs affiliated to the Singapore Amateur Football Association are asked to send a representative to a meeting to be held at the Singapore Improvement Trust clubhouse. 5. Farrer Park, at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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  • 190 16 SELANGOR XV FOR REPLAY SELECTED KUALA LUMPUR, Prl. OELANOOR'S rugger team *J to meet Penang in their replay on Dec. 27 for the right to meet Singapore Civilians in the final of the HMS Malaya competition next month was selected today. However, the position cf fullback has been left open.
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  • 176 16 XfARIOOLD Badminton Party "Yellow" entered the final of the Singapore Badminton Association's inter-club championship when they beat Flower Badminton Party by three games to two at the SBA Hall last night. They will now meet Useful Badminton Party in the final on Dec. 29. Marigold B.P.
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  • 49 16 SEREMBAN. Frl— ln a league hockey match In which both defences excelled, Negrl Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club Just managed to beat Seremban Garrison by one goal to nil on the N.S. Club padang today. The goal was scored In the second half by Inside-left John Slow.
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  • 48 16 SINGAPORE QUAD' GAMES POSTPONED Singapore Hockey Association's quadrangular matches between RAF and the Navy and the Army and the Civilians, which were scheduled to have been played yesterday, had to be postponed due to rain They will now be played on Monday on the Singapore Recreation Club ground.
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  • 45 16 SAN FRANCISCO, Frl. —Carl ißobo> Olson, America's number one challenger for the vacated middleweight title, last night pounded out a slashing 10-round decision over courageous but outclassed Norman Hayes of Boston before a hysterical crowd of 9,000 In the civic auditorium. U.P.
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  • 317 16 Robinson retires NEW YORK, Frl. OANDOLPH TURPIN, British champion and logical No. 1 contender for the world middleweight championship, is expected by American boxing authorities to take part in an elimination series for the title left vacant by the retirement of Sugar Ray Robinson. Plans were
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  • 289 16 B.M.H.S. 8: Raffles lust. 0. I»AFFLES Institution went down 1V to Buklt Mertajsm High School rugger team, who rounded off their Singapore visit with a sound 8 points (a goal and a try) to nil victory at Raffles ground yesterday. The score did no Justice
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  • 494 16  -  EPSOM JEEP By '■we isaz racing season on the Malayan Turf wil 1 end with a four-day Christmas-New Teai meeting (Dec. 26. 27, Jan. 1 and 3) at Penan g whicl is among the most enjoyable of the year. Entries in all three classes
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  • 124 16 BALLARAT. Fri. JOHN Walte scored 107 his second century of the tour for the South Africans who made 305 for five wickets declared on the opening day of their two-day game against a Victorian country XI. The country side replied with 18 for one wicket. Waite was
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  • 205 16 Abdul Gani shines in Varsity win KUALA LUMPUR, FrL AN impressive display in both attack and defence by centre-half Abdul Oanl helped University's touring hockey side to beat Technical College 2-1 at Pudu Road today. The Undergraduates combined neathly, whereas Tech* tended to be too Individualistic. Techs centreforward Hmllaludla retired
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    • 809 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. (Continued from Page 8) SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED part time Correspon-denre-Typlst. Apply Box No. A 5588. S.T. ASSISTANT NURSES In the Singapore Government Medical Service. Salary scale $72 12A 132 p.m. plus COL. and Singapore Allowances. The total emoluments at present range from an lnliml of $117 p.m. with
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    • 695 16 TUITION A FEW vacancy exist In Prl. 1 to Std. VII Morning Afternoon session. Enrol now. Chung Hwa Inst.. 56. Short Street. Singapore, Tel. *****. KINDERGARTEN: In Residential area Kuala Lumpur commencing 12th January, 1953 by qualified Eurasian teacher. Please apply BOX No. A 1144. S.T.. K.L. VEHICLES FOR SALE
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    • 112 16 MORE SPORT IN PAGE 15 OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTORS OF WORLD FAMOUS ROLEX and ETERNA WATCHES S. P. H. de SUVA 45, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH HAPPY WORLD l^^^^*^^ TONIGHT at 9 p.m. |BpP Delayed By For In London Last Week N»w Arrived The Dynamic A Great Champion BLONDE TIGER
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 27 16 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 011} '8 9| 0619 (4 8); 1216 <10.3 i '.90S 10 31. TOMORROW 0151 (8 9l 070$ (4.7): 130S I -.0.21 1952 10 6)
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    • 109 16 [^^A AJL'- j I\'j I I'A. 0 tJI TODAY HOCKEY: Jnr K.O. tie Cnstoms v RAF SeleUr at SeleUr. SHA "squad Army v Navy at SSC 4 p.m.; Civilians v RAF at SRC, 5 p.m. RUGGER: RASC v RAF Seletar at SeleUr; SCC v Nary Wanderers at SCC; RAAF r
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    • 85 16 bawang (Mr. Lloyd) S. Johore v SHB at J. BaJiru (Capt. Curtis) i St. Andrews v Govt. English School I Batu Pahat at Woodsville; King George IV School S'ban v Johore English College at J. Bahru. SOCCER: Police v MOR Cup final at Thomson Rd.; RASC v Special Constabulary at
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