The Straits Times, 15 January 1953

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times TWELVE PAGES EuabUihed 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1953. 15 CENTS
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  • 408 1 —and Kremlin bosses may be next on list Arrests signal start of war on the Jews LONDON, Wednesday. "DRITISH newspapers, interpreting the Moscow arrests of nine doctors accused of killing Soviet notables, were generally agreed today that a big anti-Semitic drive had started
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  • 62 1 Sir Gerald opens the boxes... ...then says: 'Show some guts' Tilt HIGH COMMISSION EX opens the sealed boxes containing information from people of three villages at King's House. I SHOW SOME GUTS," General Sir Gerald Templer tells the headman from the Pauh new village in Perlis. The inhabitants of this
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  • 32 1 MARSHAL VASSILEVSKY ttmttWt Wa r Minister "on death lint of the doctors" M.VKSHAL KOMEV Commander -in-Chief oJ the Soviet Land Forces He. too icas on the list
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  • 429 1 TEMPLER SA YS: SHOW 'GUTS' AGAINST REDS Stern warning for villages which support the bandits KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. SIR GERALD TEMPLER today demanded a greater show of "guts" from people who have been helping the bandits. In King's House, Kuala Lumpur, the High Commissioner received 11 sealed boxes containing information
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  • 154 1 DISGRACE, SAYS MORRISON ASHTON-UNDER-LYON England. Wed. MR. Horotit Morrison. Brl-' tains former Socialist Secretary, tonight described Soviet purges as "a disgractto humanity." "Nazism and Fascism have been defeated and it would seem that the Communists are determined to take their place" he told a Labour Party meeting here "The terror
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  • 39 1 TEL AVIV. Wed. Former Moscow Rabbi, Jacob Kalmas, was found dead beside his radio set in Jerusalem last night. He is believed to have died vhile listening to reports o| the Moscow "purge" arrests. Reuter.
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  • 59 1 A .MSTERDAM, Wed.— At th e end of a broadcast to hos- pit ii patients, some minutes remained before the next programme. So the announcer derided to play another disc. And "Ich strh mit einem fusz im grabe* ("I have one foot in the grave")
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  • 47 1 In Germany, too BERLIN. Wed. The United States High Commission's German-language newspaper Die Neve Zeitung said today that East German Health Minister, Luitpold Steidle. had been given leave of absence until further notice. It added that security officials were Investigating all departments of the Health Ministry.— Reuter.
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  • 42 1 STOCKHOLM. Wed. Andrei Zhdanov, founder of the Cominform. one of the Soviet leaders mentioned in yesterday's Moscow charges of "medical murder," died of incurable cancer, according to Professor Ells Berven, who was called to Moscow to treat him.
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  • 17 1 JERUSALEM. Wed. The Israel Parliament is to debate the Soviet "anti-Semitic, antiZionist" campaign next Monday.—Reuter.
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  • 163 1 Air travel will be cheaper CUT RATES TO LONDON, H.K. TPOURIST air passages, 25 per' A cent cheaper than the ordin- i j arv services, will be availab.e i to London and Hon* Kong from Singapore alter Apr 7. 1m aircraft to be used on the tourist flights will b«
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  • 149 1 Manager and kepala killed KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. SECURITY forces have begun a relentless hunt for the terrorists who murdered the manager and kepala of Chong Hin Tin Mine, near Sungei Besi, a few miles south of Kuala Lumpur. The manager, Ton? Chok. 32, and kepala, Wong
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  • 71 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. I INCOLN bombers from 1 J Tengah, Singapore, together with Hornets and Sunderlands struck again this morning at terrorist hideouts in the Labis area. The airstrike was in support of "Operation Fantastic" in North Johore. A heavy attack was also made by Lincolns
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  • 41 1 GRIDLEY. California Wed. —A Strategic Ai r Command B-50 from Castle Ai r Force expCoded in a flooded rice field 12 miles west °f here 12 miles west of here, yesterday killing all 12 men aboard.— U.P
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  • 26 1 PHILADELPHIA, Wed—Philadelphia's 10,500 bus, trolley and subway employees went on strike today after rejecting a wage agreement their leaders had negotiated for them— U.P.
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  • 132 1 MAHE, SEYCHELLES, Thurs. 4 MOTOR vessel railing at the remot Indian Ocean island of Providence, population 90. yesterday found it devastated by a cyclone which struck five days ago. Capt. Edward Horeau, master of the 100-ton ship, radioed that the island was "badly damaged." Mr.
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  • 35 1 LONDON. Wed— The Foreign Secretary. Mr. Eden, reported to the Cabinet today on the detailed Anglo-Egyptian talks which took place in Cairo this week on the future constitutional status of the Sudan.— Reuter
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  • 29 1 TUNBRIDGE WELLS. (England". Wed.— Sir John Fitzgerald Brenan, 69 former adviser to the Foreign Office on Chinese affairs and Britain's Consul-General in Shanghai, has died here.— A.P.
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  • 28 1 BELGRADE Wed.— Marshal Tito was today elected Yugoslavia's first President ander a new constitution passed yesterday. Applause greeted the announcement of his unopposed election.— Reuter.
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  • 19 1 PARIS, Wed—Eighty-yeai-old radical leader M. Edouard Herriot, was elected president of the French National Assembly today.— Reuter.
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  • 32 1 MONS Belgium. Wed.— Thirteen Belgian and Italian miners were killed and 13 injured in an explosion i n a pit at Wasmes near here last night— Jan. 13.— Reuter
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  • 25 1 KANSAS CITY Wed.^Some schools are shut and many are partly empty because of influenza outbreaks in midwest and southwest states of America -Reuter
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  • 29 1 TOKYO, Wed. The United States turned over ten ships to Japan today in a ce<-e r.'ony marking the rebirth ot the wa'-itrlpped Japanesa fleet —A P
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  • 20 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— A Chinese tapper on a estate In Kuala Pilah, Nejrl Sembilan, has been reported missing.
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  • 47 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Ist Manchesters in one day have shot dead three terrorists, captured another and wounded a fifth in South Perak. The killed Included two women, one of whom VM Yoke Ching. 22. who controlled terrorist activity from Tapah to Bidor.
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  • 333 1 Penhas case: Mother's evidence LONDON. WPd. THE Judicial Committee of the Privy Council today heard a further account of the marriaee of a wealthy Jewish merchant and a Chinese widow In Singapore in 1937 Mr Lsaac Penhas was apnraling against a decision of the Singapore courts upholding the "alidity of
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  • 27 1 KARACHI, Wed Karachi's curfew, imposed on Friday tfter three iluys of rioting, was l.itcd yesterday— but polire and troops still patrolled the i ity Riuter.
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  • 133 2 New Ceylon move to stop foreign competition COLOMBO, Tuesday. pEYLON is to amend its immigration law to prevent foreign visitors from taking up employment or going into business on the island. An immigration authority yesterday said the amendment would require foreigners to give an undertaking on those lines He explained
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  • 98 2 MELBOURNE. Wed. MR. HUBERT L. Anthony. Australian Civil Aviation Minister, yesterday accused Iron Curtain countries of doing their best to obstruct the work of tho International Civil Aviation Organisation. He was speaking at the opening of the second Southeast Asian and South Pacific regional
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  • 62 2 KRONACH, Wed—Quadruplets were born here yesterday to the wife of a local bricklayer— the third set to be born m this small south German town in the last 20 years. The quads— three boys and a Rirl— were all born within half -an -hour. The heaviest
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  • 123 2 CANBERRA. Wed. A USTRALIA now had its strongest* peace-time regultr army. Mr. Joslah Francis. Minister for the Army, said here yesterday The army had reached a strength of 28.000. In addition to the Citizens' Military Force of 51.000. Target for the regular army was 33.000 over
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  • 78 2 BORDEAUX, Wed. qeven Germans and 13 men from Alsace, pressed into a German SS division after Hitler's annexation of their territory, will stand trial on charges of Killing 642 men, women and children in a French village. The SS men rounded up the inhabitants, herded the
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  • 35 2 NEW DELHI. Wed. Mr. Ryogo Hahsimoto, former Japanese Minister of Health and Welfare, yesterday Rave the Tr.dian Health Minister. Mr Rajkumari Amrlt Kaur. a consignment of drugs for the treatment of leprosy. A.P
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    • 410 2 an UNWANTED WOMAN! Vivi Gioi One of those WOMEN WITHOUT NAMES DIAMOND THEATRE Last 3 Khows: 3.15, 6.15 Sc 9.15 "DA UNA" (Indonesian) starring Ben Perex Opening Tomorrow "SI-riNT.IANC," (Malay) Chafed feet* 1 Although 11 Is a well-known iact. thai prevention is better than cure, yet a* rule, very little
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    • 959 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for I the posts of Temporary Sanitary Inspectors on a salary scale of $102 x 6 114 Examination Bar 158 1 x 12 240 Examination Bar 352 x 12 360. Candidates must I be of robust constitution. They must I have passed the School Certificate
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    • 695 2 NOTICES r On Instructions from y DUNLOP MALAYAN ESTATES LIMITED NASSIM CO., LIMITED I will offer for sale by PUBLIC AUCTION on TUESDAY, 2*7 th JANUARY. 1953 at 2.30 p.rr. in their Sale- Rooms. Nos. 4 4-1, Col Iyer Quaj. THE RUBBER ESTATE j known as BERUNTONG ESTATE l In
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    • 617 2 TENDERS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPALITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Municipal Secretary and Treasurer. Kuala Lumpur, up to 3 p m. on 26th January, 1953. for the Supply and laying, or Bupply only, of Precast Concrete Drain Invert*. Ouide Posts and the Construction
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  • 286 3 But trade is vital too, he tells Congress WASHINGTON, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Truman in his final farewell economic message to Congress said today that "trade" and "aid" were the means of ensuring prosperity and full employment for the United States and the non-Communist world. Reviewing
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  • 94 3 THREE ARE KILLED IN STORM DURBAN. Wed. ROAD, rail and telephone communications were wrecked over a wide area of Natai yesterday after a tropical j storm. An Indian and an African boy were drowned in raging torrents and an African wo- j man was killed by lightning. Heaviest rain was
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  • 54 3 TOKYO. Wed Japan has started organisine her nrst postwar military police They will maintain order in Japan's security forces. To sensitive Japanese Inquiries reported in the local press the security force authorities responded with promise.-, that the new military policp will not duplicate the activities of Japan's
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    41 3 MR. CHURCHILL and President elect Eisenhower shake hands in New York at the end of their third conference, which lasted 90 minutes. Then Mr. Churchill Hew to Washington to meet President Truman before going to Jamaica for a holiday. A.P. picture.
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  • 89 3 CHANGE THIS LA W —TRUMAN WASHINGTON, Wed. PRESIDENT Truman yesterday asked Congress to revise the controversial McCarran Act, the law which demands a screening test for almost everyone entering the (United States. i On c of the most bitterly attacked clauses of the Act, drawn up by Senator Pat McCarran.
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  • 47 3 LONDON, Wed. BRITONS will get an extra penny worth of meat on the weekly ration from Jan. 25 as a result of an AngloArgentine meat agreement signed on Dec. 31. The increase raises the weekly ration to one shilling and ninepence. Reuter.
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  • 15 3 TOKYO. Wed.— Four children were killed in a snow slide in Hokkaido— A.P.
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  • 123 3 KUCHING. Wednesday. »PHE GOVERNOR OF SARAWAK, Sir Anthony Abell, today left Kuching to inspect areas which suffered heavy damage last week in the worst floods in living memory. Included In his tour are the towns of Buso, Siniawan and the goldminlng centre of Bau. Flood
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    21 3 MISS LAVINA COLGAN, of Oakland California, who has married the son of Sir Hormasji and Lady Mody. in Bombay. AJ*. picture
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  • 65 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Wed. The "unconditional surrender' policy for Germany and Japan during World War II was a grave error for America. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nlmit7 said yesterday. "The destruction of Ocr- < many's power and will to defend herself created a vacuum In Europe
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  • 138 3 ROME, Wed. /MiMMl'Msr deputies strugfled in the corridor with other members of the Chamber of Deputies last night in an effort to delay a vote on a government-sponsored electoral reform Bill. The Reds, afraid of defeat in their efforts to kill the Bill,
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  • 187 3 F. 8.1. SWOOP ON SUSPECTS WASHINGTON, Wednesday. FB.I. agents launched a hunt today for mysterious suspects in a top secret spy investigation that some sources said might hit major proportions. The roundup got underway after a Federal grand jury handed down a sealed indictment
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  • 61 3 10,000 lose homes in fire HONG KONG, Wed A THREE- YEAR -OLD baby was killed and 10.000 Chinese squatters were made homeless by fire last night. The fire, fanned by wind, destroyed 800 huts. The settlement had more than 2,500 wooden refugee huts and about 26,000 residents, police said. Nine
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  • 37 3 LONDON, Wed— Mrs. Anne M. Bryans. who two years ago made a 24.000-mlle tour of British services casualty centres ln the Far East, was today promoted Deputy Chairman of the British Red Cross —Reuter.
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  • 351 3 Markets firm LONDON, Wed. rpHE opening of ntw account help--1 ed sentiment on the London Stock Exchange today. Markets were mainly firm, but the I '.urnover remained moderate. Modest as It was, however, tt was sufficient to have quite an appreciable affect m prices due to the thinness
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  • 26 3 LONDON, Jan. 14. Cash Buvrr* t955; Sellers f 95«: Forward Buyers, £941 Sellers €943; Settlement €957 (unchanged). Turnover a.m. 45; p.m. 5 tons.
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  • 34 3 LONDON Jan 14. Spot 24' 2 d Feb. 24>-,d., March 24 I ,d Apr June 24d.. Julv-Bept. 23'jd. Jan c.l.f. 24>i<l.. Feb. C.i t. 24>,d Jan-Mar, c i.f. 24i.d. Market:— Barely steady.
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  • 215 4 SIT programme is for 2,657 flats, 24 shops THE Singapore Improvement Trust has started on 1953's $19,500,000 low-cost housing programme, Mr. Stanley Woolmer, the trust's chief architect, told the Straits Times yesterday. This year's programme is for 2,657 housing units and 24 shops. Work on three
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  • 141 4 BECAUSE her holiday was dull, Leong Wai Fong, a 27-year-old copy-writer, de- elded to spend the time learning to drive from a friend, Choy Wai Weng. Leong was driving a car in a zig-zag manner with Choy seated beside her when a police radio patrol
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  • 94 4 The following have been elected officials of the No 2 Sub -depot. KJeat Hong Brancn of tne Singapore Army Clv.l Service Union for the year* Chairman. Mr. R. Ramonathjn: hon. secretary. Mr. Paul Francis: hon. treasurer. Mr. Sim Cheng Swee; Hon. auditors. Messrs. Ton I Ah Choy
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  • 179 4 Malays are told— you must help yourselves PENANO. Wed. THE Penang Malay newspaper Warta Negara today urged Malays not to depend too much on Government to Improve their lot. "If Malays wish to remain the pet sons of Government, they will have a rude awakening one day and find themselves
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  • 52 4 Seah Kah Peng, a conductor of Singapore Traction Company, left the High Court dock yesterday to serve a sentence of six months' imprisonment for breach of trust In respect of 10 cents. Seah's appeal against a lower court sentence was dismissed by the Chief Justice, Sir
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  • 22 4 KUANTAN. Wed— Yong Mok Seng was fined $25 in the Kuantan Court for driving his lorry without an attendant.
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  • 215 4 IPOH. Wed. ANEW phis.- of "Operation Service" was launched by the Ipoh police today with the establishment of inquiry offices in three central places in the town manned by specially trained police constables speaking either hinese. Malay, Tamil and/or English.
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  • 22 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The first Federation premium bonds draw this year will take place tomorrow at the Selangor Turf Club.
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  • 167 4 ADVISER'S MISSION ENDS KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. ■•■THE foundations of local government in the Federation have been laid and the structure should be completed in the next two or three years," Mr. H. Bedale, adviser on local government, told the Straits Times today.* Mr. Bedale, who
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    19 4 AN ARTIST'S IMPRESSION of the new low-cost sevenstorey Singapore Improvement Trust flats which are being built in Outram Road.
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  • 118 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. rpHE REGENT of Johore, -I Tengku Mahkota, today welcomed the formation of the Johore Bahru Town Council which met for the first time, when he opened the council. He said he was glad that town councils had been formed in Johore
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  • 237 4 K. LUMPUR, Wed. RETIRING benefits for teachers in aided English schools in the Federation and Singapore are to be improved, an official communique announced. Following representations from teachers and managements, a Joint committee was appointed by the two governments to consider retiring benefits. These schools
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  • 32 4 MUAR. Wed.— Quak Boon Seng, who corruptly gav e 60 cents to a special constable at Buklt Kangkar Tangkak. was at Muar fined $250 or two months' imprisonment
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  • 110 4 Labour rebels plan to capture party THE Singapore Labour Party rebel group, which claim-, a membership of 2,200. including the former party chairman Mr. Lim Yew Hock, has again threatened to call a general meeting to overthrow the present general council headed by Mr S. K. Reddi. A nine-man committee
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  • 180 4 FOR the first time, there will be two religious services r in Singapore on Monday to mark the ceremonial opening of the 1953 session of the Colony Assizes. A service at St. Andrew's I Cathedral will be attended by the Judges, members of the Bar
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  • 23 4 KOTA TINGGI. Wed— Inche Madl bin Haji All, Assistant Scout Master of the 24th Group. Kota Tincßl. has been transferred to Pontlan.
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  • 29 4 Lee Kam Wah, a trtsha-rider. was fined $15 In the Singapore First Traffic Court yesterday for cutting across double whltp lines, In the centre of Dhoby Ohaut.
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  • 101 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. MEN of No. 9 Federal Jungle Company helped the people of Kamjrong Laka to evacuate to Kampong Major in Ulu Kelantan in a sixday raft trip down the Sungei Lebir. The policemen helped to build 93 rafts, pulled down the
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    • 154 4 r^ 'Til •I^HiTTi^a* EAST-WEST stM.lt IV; Talk on George Bernard Shaw by Mr. Robert Bradv in British Council Hall Stamford Road 111 DO H.M.V. STI.DIO; Recorded recltaJ of ela««ic»J music at 4th floor. Mac Donald Housp. Onh.ird Road 630 Dm THEOsormtAj. »otitrr svmo'v •lum on rrl.zion at mxietvs premises. I.
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  • 365 5 PENANG, Wednesday. A 12-YEAR-OLD girl, Katijah Bee, testified in court today that she saw a fortune teller, Dollah burn the moustache of her mother's cousin Kutty Ali after he had punched and kicked him. "I also
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  • 144 5 18-year-old mother was raped ALOR STAR, Wed. 1 SPECIAL constable, Corporal n Talid bin Sahad, 30. was sentenced to five years' gaol in Alor Star Assize Court today for raping a squatter's wife. Talid was found guilty of raping 18-year-old Tang Chin Nai on Aug 14. last year at Kampong
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  • 51 5 TAIPING. Wed. An Inc'ian motorist, whose car brok? Gown in Bukit Berapit. "aile:. n the poli.e there, after •ailing to git anyone 'o repair the VMUdt. The police telephone 1 th-i--colleagues 'n Taipin? who icnt up th-Jir own motor mechanic to ri.i the rapaln free of
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  • 221 5 THE MYSTERY SHOPHOUSES OF KAMPONG CHIA HENG WHERE is a mystery in -I- Singapore's Kampong Chia Heng, the little village off Thomson Road where living conditions have been called appalling. Almost overnight, five godown-like structures of wood and attap have sprung up in the village, each containing 50 to tiO
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  • 46 5 Yeah Ah Pla n who appealed against a lower court sentence of three months' gaol on a charge of dishonestly retaining a lorry wheel, tyre "nd tube, was cleared of the offence at Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. Justice Knight board the appeal.
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  • 38 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. -A New Year party for child; en in the General Hospital aiui the State Welfare Home v.ill be held in the lecture room of the hospital on Jan. 30, at 4.30 p.m.
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  • 102 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 6.30 a.m. Tamil Music; 6.40 News in Tamil; 6.45 Chinese Music: News in Chinese; 7.05 Malay Music; 7.15 News in Malay: 7.20 English Music; 730 News in English: 7.35 Tunes from the Shows: 8 Announcers' Choice; 8.30-9 Music from Latin America; 1 p.m. Sidney Torch Orch.; 1.30
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  • 141 5 This time, the mental hospital ANOTHER strike is threatened in Singapore this time by the 447 members of the Singapore Menta Thp union at a meeting on Tuesday evening decided to take a strike baClot o n Jan 30 if its demands for more pay and
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  • 95 5 SINGAPORE'S newly appoint•4 Government full-time negotiator. Mr. J. C. Griffiths^ h?d his first meeting with a Government trade union on Monday. Representatives of the De- partment of Civil Aviation Worken* Union met Mr. Griffiths and had preliminary j discussions Another meeting will take place next
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  • 37 5 A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded by Mr. Choor Singh, the Singapore Coroner, at the inquest on a 24-year-old leper, Chua Koon Ong, who died after an accident involving his bicycle and a bus.
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  • 156 5 rE Commercial Crime Sub- branch or the Singapore C.I.D. seized 20 cases, containing 11.898 pens bearing a counterfeit trade mark from a shop In Geylang Road on Sept. 5. This was stated yesterday in the Singapore First Criminal District Court when a firm
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  • 20 5 KOTA TINGGI. Wed.— Mr. J Gillman has returned here after completing a course for resettlement officers at Taiping.
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  • 93 5 The man who is not afraid... ...AND THE BOY WHO WAS SENT OUT TO KILL HIM THE MAN WHO DOESN'T KNOW FEAR .Mr thong Peng, headman of Kampong Tengah. Segamat, who is "Bandit Enemy No. 1" in Johore. Because he has condemned them publicly, and has worked with the security
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  • 80 5 ICFTU man to survey estate life KUALA LUMPUR. Wed THE International Confederation of Free Trade Unions will send a representative to make a survey of estate conditions in Asian countries, including Malaya, a trade union source told the Straits Times today. The ICFTU representative whose name was given as Mr.
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  • 102 5 Men were digging for scrap IPOH. Wednesday. ONE of the biggest Japanese arms dumps in Peral: was found yesterday near the limestone cliffs in jiinong Cheroh. near Ipoh. Rusty and unserviceable. he arms were believed to have :een buried by the Japanese after the liberation before
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  • 52 5 IPOH. Wed. Chong Kee W <»li. 35, a special constable on the staff of the Special Constabulary Retraining School, near Ipoh aerodrome, was found dead with a 51m shut wound while on sentry duty today. His rifle was lying beside him. h»iiy came from Bagan Serai
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  • 195 5 Govt. motion nearly lost JOHORE BAHRU Wed. AT THE FIRST meeting today *of the newty-elected Johore Bahru Town Council, the president, Dato Sheikh \bu Bak&r. used the veto to save a Government motion from defeat. This followed an amendment to the Government motion for the
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  • 44 5 KUANTAN. Wed. The 1 Kuantan Court postponed a case in wnirn a woman Ng Sam Moot OJ Gambang was charged with attempting to commit su c:dc. to Monday The prosecuting ytttcer thai the woman had died lr hospi'a: but Saturday
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  • 13 6 HERTSLET, James Peter. "Oone Home" peacefully on 12/1/53. A First Cluis Scout.
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  • 73 6 MRS. MURIEL BURROWS expresses her thanks and appreciation to all those who sent floral tributes and who attended the funeral of her mother the late Mr\ Emily V-'lee (nee Lewis). THE WIDOW, mother, brothers nnd filters of the late Mr. Tan Knk Huat thank all relatives and Irlends who
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  • 20 6 IN LOVING Memory of dear Gemma Boey Hood Sung who pasted away on ISth January, 1951. Always remembered.
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  • 42 6 HARROWS LTD., has a new ■election of Antl-Shrink Afternoon Dresses from $35, $45. 7, Orchard Ro:iri. Tel. 4800. RECORDED RECITAL H.M.V. Studio. Mac Donald House this evening at 6.30; R. Strauss "Don Juan"; Beethoven Concerto in D for Violin. Admission freo.
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  • The Straits Times
    • 896 6 No-one outside Russia and thp satellite countries is going to believe the fantastic story which Moscow now tells of the murder of Zhdanov and Shcherbakov. Nine of the Soviet's leading doctors have been arrested, and are stated to have confessed their membership of terrorist groups and their
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    • 305 6 A Singapore Government statement yesterday confirmed a Sunday Times' report that an increase in the number of immigrants from India has aroused some concern. In November and December a total of 566 Indian immigrants, newly arrived from India, registered at the Government Labour Exchange for work. In these
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    • 45 6 From the Straits Times of Jan. 15. 1903. IF the traffic on the Singapore railway which was first opened to public traffic last week be any criterion It will ultimately prov« a very great success. All day the trains wer«» well patronised.
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  • 327 6 BRITAIN'S TROOP LIFTERS LONDON RECENT events in Asia and Africa have given a fresh urgency to British plans for expanding her air transport for military forces. Troubles in Persia, Egypt and Kenya have shown the value of quick action, and the knowledge that Russia is concentrating on a big submarine
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  • 573 6  - Eisenhower and the Rosenbergs RODNEY CAMPBELL By NEW YORK. GENERAL El SEN- HOWER, as the new President of the United States, may have to decide a life-and-death issue which is splitting public opinion throughout America from top to bottom. Sdould the Rosenbergs. America's convicted No. 1 atom spies, go to
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    • 95 6 ALLOW me Vo express my heartiest thanks, through your paper, on behalf of the people of Layang Layang. to the members of the local Police Force led by Police Lieutenant Charlton and Sgt. Ismail, who helped to fight a fire which destroyed an attap-roofed temple on
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    • 513 6 LITE have read the corres- pondence on the transport of Cameron Highlands vegetables with considerable interest, and it appears to us that "Co-operate" is unaware that the Commissioner for Road Transport, in refusing to allow the owners of lorries permitted to carry their own goods also
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    • 139 6 rpHE City Council President's exoneration of the Conservancy Department (in reply to my letter of Jan. 8 on rubbish dumping) is, of course, made in good faith; but it is necessarily based, not on his own observation, but on statements made by officials whose interest
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    • 156 6 IN replying to the debate on the pensions increases scheme in the Federal Legislative Council, the Financial Secretary, Mr. Himsworth, is reported to have said that the comparisons made by Dr. Duralswamy were not quite correct. Inasmuch as "to the pension of the man who retired before
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    • 117 6 Pview of the fact that the ratepayers of George Town, Penan*, are being continually forced to pay higher rates, assessment, electric current, scavenging, stall fees, water, etc., I think it is high time that a Ratepayers' Association, representing all sections of the George Town general public, irrespective
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    • 279 6 EVEN though the Select Committee on the age of retirement took three years to submit their report they seem to have done a good job of it. Tliey have given good reasons for raising the age to 60 provided one is medically fit. At the same
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  • 487 6 V. I. F. r would seem but a step irom Mr. Rpcss shoal of baical, finning their way into a pukat like so many sheep, to the missing link that has supposedly been found in an obsolete fish. At the risk of a surfeit of sea-food we
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 767 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. KHAW: To Chwee-Oeok (Ll>. wife of Khaw Kai-Boh. at KandanK Kerbau Hospital. Singapore, on 14th January, 1953, a •on Chay-Tee. SITUATIONS VACANT WANTEp a Lady Junior Typist. Kales experience an advantage. Apply Box No. A 5932. S.T. WANTED a Book-Keeper with good experience. State salary re- quired. Apply
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    • 34 6 fa, A WIPE RANGE OF BEST ENGLISH WOOLLEN SUITINGS $AT/SFACWW RUMS I WORK M AM H IP AT MODERATE PRICES HEdKMOL MERCHANT TAILORS PHONE' 6S3S I 2f, CHULIA ST.. I N CAPO RE -1.
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    • 84 6 A rvrvr? N nifty pt^ s x J2yw HIRE lillii purchase 12 PAYMENTS jr%iSjrTHjj of $75 ■^V_ CASH $825 AOVT. OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.. LTD OF ENGLAND VNG«K>M ■HAIACC* KUALA LOMru* t^OH Pt><ANC_^ V i Jmm v. h r>7* 1 Own a "MERCURY" Outboard Motor m ~~—^^m^jl^e^^^ And I
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  • 246 7 Japan will make reparations by services only IJNDER the peace treaty, Japan was not bound to make reparations to any country in cash or in kind but only in services, such as salvaging and processing, Mr. E. Wajima, director of the Asian Affairs
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  • 131 7 36 swear by the head of a cockerel THIRTY-SIX people charged with frequenting opium dens raised their right hands In a Singapore court yesterday and said: "I will swear that I was not there to smoke opium, and would be prepared even to cut off the .head of a cockerel."
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  • 332 7 'L' TEACHERS MAY BE CONTROLLED THE Singapore Government may establish a system of control over cars and instructors engaged in teaching the Colony's thousands of learner drivers, the Straits Times understands. It is possible that cars engaged in this business may be registered to enable insurance policies to be checked
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  • 103 7 PUR Very Important Anl- mals arrived in Singapore from Australia yesterday in a special "cabin" in the liner Nieuw Holland. rh e cabin was a large wooden crate. The animals were four young pedigree Saamen goats worth $2,000, bound for Sarawak There the young goats
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  • 102 7 n the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday the Magistrate, Mr. J B. Jeyaratnam. asked who could take care of two ordinary young $10 goats alleged to have been stolen by Queck Lim Chin, who claimed trial. No-one but a mother goat," said Jalani Ibrahim, from whom
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  • 77 7 The Singapore Municipal Sewerage Labour Union has written to the City President Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, asking him to intervene and settle its outstanding claims. The decision to seek Mr. MrNeice's intervention was taken at a meeting of the union's committee on Sunday. The union
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  • 43 7 The new north-west taxi track at Singapore's Kallang airport will be opened today when a Constellation aircraft lands at 11 a.m. The track was completed at o? e $6 ce 2 n 0 d 00° f >Tar a COSt
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  • 50 7 Wong Choon Nyen, a clerk o: the Southern Hotel, Singapore, who was accused of tailing to record the particulars •if a couple on Sept. 20, wt-s yesterday acquiUed, after n.s counsel Mi. P. F de Sou?a pointed out that" his client was not the keeper of the hotel.
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  • 154 7 IT \\.\> rehearsal day yesterday at the Capitol Restaurant, Singapore, for the "Sun-Kissed Cuties," eight Australian girls who have come to dance here. But it was not the young men who caught the girls' eyes i
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  • 74 7 Ong Chiew Long and Lav Ken Kin were each fined $10 in the Singapore Fourth Police Court, after they pleaded guilty to gambling for money by using air rifles. Ong and Lav were arrested near a Chinese wayang at Kampong Padang Terbakar off Changi Road, Singapore.
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  • 62 7 Tlie Delta Ganges Welfare Association of Singapore, formed four months ago, now has 46 children between the ages of eight and 14, taking free tuition in English three evenings a week. Due to lack of premises of Its own, classes are being held at the
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  • 262 7 will replace Willem Ruys A DUTCH WARTIME troopship, the 19.429 -ton Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. belonging to the Nederland Line Shipping Company, will make a rou.^d trip between Amsterdam and Jakarta in place of the next sailing of the liner Willem Ruys, which was damaged in
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  • 86 7 MR. N. TAKES A SIP— THEN SAYS AH, SO, SO SORRY' SAKE was served at the Press conference at the Japanese ConsulateGeneral yesterday but only on a second attempt. On the first filling of their wine glasses, pressmen sipped and found they had been served with warm water. Politely, they
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  • 43 7 Hon Lai Peng, six, was seriously injured when he fell against a glass showcase in a shop in Havelock Road, Singapore, yesterday. He received a bad cut across a cheek, which was treated at the General Hospital.
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  • 142 7 SINGAPORE people are becoming less afraid of robbers. In the first two weeks of 1953. 1 members of the public have caught four criminals. Mr. J. M. Maclean, Assistant Commissioner C.1.D., said yesterday: "If people con- j tinue to show this sort of spirit
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  • 74 7 He gets gaol —and $5 gift Mr. H A. Forrer. the Singapore First Criminal District Judge, yesterday sentenced G. N. Kandasamy. 16. to one day's simple imprisonment,— and then ordered that $5 be given to him The money, taken from the Court "poor box." was for Kandasamy's train fare to
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  • 37 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Wong Yit Teh, of Tebrau. a licensed rice retailer, who made false entries in his account book, was fined ?400, In default six rrfonths' imprisonment in the Police Court today.
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  • 37 7 Tiang Lim, a barber, was yesterday sentenced by the Singapore First Police Magistrate, Mr. T. Kulasekaram, to two months' imprisonment for stealing a camera, worth $23, from a journalist, Shri Dhar Tripatti. at Cuff Road.
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  • 36 7 Choo Kirn Seng, a labourer, who stole a pen from the.pocket of a detective, Foo Siang Wah, was yesterday sentenced by the Singapore First Police Magistrate, Mr. T. Kulasekaram, to two months' imprisonment.
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  • 170 7 CHAN SAN YING, 25, whom the Singapore Supreme Court awarded $13,250 as compensation for the loss of her husband, will use the money to pay debts and educate her children. An Army lorry killed her husband last year. San Ying, who had to
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  • 32 7 t/jj? h?'!2 Wi u p four children to sit beside him in the driver's cabin of a lorry. One Yonu JX 3S fi Pd $25 *y RC. Traffic Magistrate yesterday.
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  • 24 7 The C-in-C. Far East Air, JX": Air Vice-Marshal Sir Alfred Sanderson, returned to Singapore yesterday after a. three-day visit to Saigon
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  • 169 7 Even the man with memory for faces is stumped THE MAN with the longest memory for tourist faces in Singapore, Mr. K. R. Samy, reception clerk at a leading hotel, does not remember a 25 to 30-year-old, 5 foot 8 inches tall man with a Hitler-type moustache who passed through
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  • 58 7 An ex-detainee. JafTar bin Hajl Asiiaw. who failed to report to rhe Marine Police on Jan. 2 and 11. told the Singapore Fljst Criminal District Court yesterday that on both the days he was applying for work at the shipping office in Fullerton Building. Mr
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 157 7 THE "COMMERCIAL UNION" GROUP OF INSURANCE COMPANIES COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LTD. PALATINE INSURANCE CO., LTD. LIVERPOOL VICTORIA INSURANCE CORP. BRITISH GENERAL INSURANCE CO.. LTD. SINCAPORE. IPOH. f.O. Box 107. Tel. 5077. P.O. Box 47. Tel. 574. Branch Manager: Local Manager: C. W. WARREN B REID.
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    • 138 7 SHERRIES J*P .„*< nicer SHERRY FINDLATERS DRY FLY. Pale amber in colour, this wine with its attractive aroma of the flor possesses the a nn bouquet of a true fino per Qt. Bottle A CHRISTMAS CAROL. A full flavoured, very old Oloroso One of the finest examples of old sherry
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 90 7 The weather WEATHER statistics throughout Malaya yesterday were: Minimum temperature: '7.30 p.m. on Jan. 13 to 7.30 a.m. on Jan. 14): Spore (73 degreest. Penang (74 1. Kota Bahru < 72) Kuala Lumpnr (73 1, Ipoh (72 1. Kuantan (73). Maximum temperature: •7.30 a m. to 7.30 p.m. on Jan.
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  • 32 8 YESTERDAYS MEMORIAL SERVICE of the Ist Bn. the Suffolk Regiment, in honour of 171 men who gave their lives in the defence of Singapore- at the Kranji War Cemetery.
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  • 214 8  - SUFFOLKS REMEMBER THE FALLEN HEROES OF '42 LILLIAN BUCKOKE By THE wind swept gently across a hill in Singapore yesterday morning as the Ist Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment met to honour some of their fallen cor;vades. At Kranji War Cemetery, resting place of the hrave. lie 171 men of
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  • 71 8 Two 17-year-old Australian cadets, Corporal R. Howalls and Cadet Warrant Officer S. Stephens, arrived in Singapore yesterday by Q.E.A. Constellation from Sydney on their way to India. They are Australia's representatives to the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi at the invitation of the Indian Government.
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  • 121 8 SLAP ENDED A 25-YEAR UNION FOR MOTHER OF 9 A SLAP ended the 25--year marriage of a mother of nine children, a Singapore Magistrate was toid yesterday. The mother. Woon Ah Mvi wept as she related her story to Mr. D. H. Chapman. the Second Police Magistrate. She had asked
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  • 175 8 THE BISHOP of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. Henry Wolf* Baincs, yesterday conducted a memorial service in St. Andrew's Cathedral for the Bishop of Lichfleld. the Rt Rev. Edward Sydney Woods who died at his home in Lichfleld on Sunday. The late Bishop Woods, father
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  • 27 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— A second civics course for 30 kampong leaders in Trecigganu will be held at Kuala Trengganu from Jan. 25 to Jan. 29.
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  • 24 8 MALACCA. Wed.— Municipal councillors today agreed that v full-time municipal health officer. to be appointed be paid a basic salary of $964-48-51.200.
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  • 205 8 THE SINGAPORE Government has told the Chines* V.M.C.A. not to start work on its proposed milliondollar new building in the Telok Ayer basin, off An son Road, for at least six months because of thp present shortage in building materials and skilled labour
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  • 169 8 Fingerprin ts proved it THE fingerprints of a man found guilty in a case of causing hurt were stated in a Singapore court to be the same as those of a man convicted 22 years ago in Kuala Lumpur on a charge of
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  • 45 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wou. Thirty Indian rubber Uppers visited the High Commissioner Gen. Sir Gerald Templor. at Ktne's House today. The tappers are undergoing a civics course, organised by the Labour Party. ThLs is th« first course for Indian workers in the Stait
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  • 56 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Chief Recruiting Officer, Major S. A. Watt, will visit Batu Pahat. Muar and Malacca to interview potential British Army recruits and Malayan Other Ranks on the following dates. Jan. 21. 9.30 a.m. to 2 p.m Police Station. Muar. Jan. 22 and 23. 9.30 am
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  • 62 8 IPOH. Wed. Two Ipoh teachers, attached to the Anglo-Chinese School, were I married at the Egmore Wesley Church in Madras on Jan 3 They are Mr. D. R. Daniel, son of the Rev. and Mrs. S. S Pakianathan. and MLss DorLs Lee, youngest daughter of the late Mr
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  • 254 8 rE French Consul-General in Singapore, M. M. C. Quibaut, yesterday presented the Cross of the Legion of Honour to a Malayan planter. Mr. H. A. CamDbell— the first Briton in Malaya to receive the award since ::ie end of the war j Mr.
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  • 54 8 IPOH, Wed. A tuberculosis patient stole an electric kettle from the district hospital and sold it to a second hand dealer, it was stated in the magistrate's court today. He was Goh Thean Kee, 26, who pleaded guilty to stealing the kettle. Sentence was
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 213 8 f coming ON STAGE at the f Capitol Theatre i QUEENIE PAUL presents K THE I SUN -KISSED CUTIES i in "FOREVER GLAMOUR" From Today rT^t?iif^ ii f i.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30 mkS^^r!^k tSi^Pachc Vengeance //mkwmmJf'^* -unlaathad by a man who K y^| r-» -JL holf whif# and a fiery
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    • 197 8 STARTS TODAY! 1 11 am 1.30, 4.00, 6.45 9.30 pm J LI-MI I II l| -I foxing Tlirills/ h I HS9k AJ^ettWre/ 1 /HaSr/ ALAN f7^ LADD at his exciting best, teamed J&h LADD SCOTT KENNEDY Directed by WILLIAM w J^ D^TERLE IRELAND Plus! LATEST MALAYAN GAKTH "WELL DONI SIFFOLKS"
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  • 514 9  - 'No presents by request' is it hypocrisy? K.S. CHIA By 1 1VTHEN you got married you must have been as perplexed as I wa.s with what to do about the dozens of alarm clocks, cakes of soaps, handkerchiefs, necktios and glassware your friends gave you as wedding presents. You may
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  • 105 9 The results are temptingly good when actress Zsa-Zsa Cabor yields to the serpent (as decoration) and dons the 'snake dress* from Toulouse-Lautrec's poster of Jane Avril, star of the Paris music hall Moulin Rouge. Miss Cabor is shown here as Jane Avril in John Huston's made-in-Brirain
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  • WHAT THEY REDOING
    • 102 9 United States Classic cases AN enquiry, carried out recently in America, shows that women, when they choosy a piece of luggage, are particular:) concerned ove r Itt appearance and beauty, whereas men think first ot the price and then of the wear they will net out Of it. Both prefer
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    • 110 9 Great Britain Tough textiles ANEW British textile called "terytene" has Just made its appearance in the London shops. It is already being used for men's and women's unaerwear. and it is expected to be put on the market shortly in the form of plain and printed fabrics for dresses Men's
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    • 107 9 TtfRS Jeanne Lennox Bird. I a Reservist with 3,000 flying hours to her credit, was awarded her "wings" not long ago during a ceremony held in her honour at the Reserve Pilots 1 College at Redhill. Surrey Although the Authorities stated some months ago that if a woman
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  • 731 9 Wo slap at Italian dress-designers 9 From Harvey Hudson in Paris A FOUR-YEAR-O L D charge of spying in the super-secret cutting and sewing rooms of the Paris fashion houses comes to trial here in February. Sixteen persons are accused of looting designs and patterns of
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  • 188 9  -  Virginia IS IT SILLY TO BE TRANSPARENT? —Asks What good thing men don't read this fashion column because I'm sure they will disagree. I think transparent underwear looks silly. Of course its wonderful in theory, the impossible lady who decorates 'Esquire' has undies put on
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 137 9 Be sure you get ■h —=> «tLi tflflC^ Ti liH iH •fc^i^lfl^^^^^^O ft '^i^afc lflHflmßjr^ I Genuine SINGER Repair* H using parts bearing the trade-mark SIMANCO To ensure you obtain Guaranteed SINGER repairs, have your machine checked and overhauled at your local SINGER SEWING CENTRE where only genuine SINGER Parts
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    • 177 9 S insist S g^a on |b| ;IKI Rich. red. ripe, tomato color It ■L^k r c 1 rec 1 r a tomito i K> jr flavor. That's the combina/Kp I^'^LV tion P cf f eete d by Heiax H^^ to ma (C Heinz 7* omato {^■Er Ketchup the favorite of
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 237 9 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS some use (6-4. 3). L Instructions for looking on In J*- f!milar c al i Ues^! lo I rase 8. 5). 17> snes a cow used ior display VO. With rhe is wisdom" J*' 4) -(OT) (7) 19 cliierranean coastlnß vessel 11. A set-br.rk to recovery
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  • 199 10 Orders for lower grades from Europe and Japan By Our Market Correspondent rpHE PRICE of rubber in Singapore yesterday dropped' by flve-eighth of a cent and January first grade finished at 84 1/8 cents a lb. The market opened easier than Tuesday's close, but steadied to
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  • 10 10 SINGAPORE, Wed Today's tin price $470.50 a picul (unchanged >.
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  • 45 10 A final dividend of 20 per cent, lees 30 per cent tax, will be proposed at the annual general meetUtx of Benta Rubber Estates, Ltd.. to be held at 96, Ampang Road. Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 12 noon.
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  • 31 10 NEW YORK, Wed. N«. 1 R.S.S. March contract (In U.S. cents per 1b.) Monday's Tuesday's closing ■lovj ng 28.55 bid 28.80 to 38.68 asked 28.65 traded Tone Steady. unofficial
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  • 160 10 Australian investments steadier From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Wed. INVESTMENTS had a steadier undertone on the Stock Exchange today, although price rises again well outnumbered falls. Some Issues suffered small reactions after recent sharp gains. Business was of falrlv heavy volume and was well spread. Front rank Industrials moved narrowly.
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  • 81 10 SHIPS ly:ng alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expectpd to-day are- Empire Windrush 1/2: Orna 3.4; Wairata C.P.- Sunda 6/7; Burma 8/9 Ormara 11- Rclau '.4: Glensrv> li/lt; Celebe« 18: Slngkep It, 20 Senai N Wai: No 4 Reruam N Wall 6: Retant N Wall No. Kampar 21/22-
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  • 248 10 Rubber exports from Penang down: Shipments of tin up PENANO. Wed. pUBBER exports from Penang de- ciined further last month. Latest trade statistics. Issued today, show that the Settlement shipped only 14.175 tons valued at $26,543,864 in December, compared with the previous months total of 16.903 tons at $28,502,418. Tin
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  • 78 10 BANK'S £3 DIVIDEND 'THE following cable was received yesterday by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Singapore from their head office: Subject to audit, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation final dividend for the year will be £3 per share, free of Hongkong Corporation Profits Tax. Written off bank premises
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  • 36 10 HONG KO «3. Wed. Free market currency exchange of Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l, HKS6 02', cash HK»6.05' 2 (T.T.) HK$ 15.63. One tael of gold ■KUMI4.
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  • 229 10 INDUSTRIALS were very steady on the Singapore Share Market yesterday, with tins erratic and no business reported in rubbers. Slme Darbys were Included in the share list for the first time. Aithough this company was Incorporated in 1010, Its stock Is now (or
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  • 87 10 Singapore Chlnrse Produce Exchange (noon priceM The feature of this market was the continued decline in pepper which ls at its lowest for some time Muntok (whUci $510 a plcul sellers; Sarawak $505: Lampong (blarki $395 Iss drop). Small business f.o.b basts In both varieties. Copra $42'_' IjUJfB;
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    • 1397 10 SH MANSFIELD tie CO., LTD. PoMog. (Incorporoted in Smgooorel All other D.pt BLUE FUNNEL LINE Oept*. Corrler's option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL GLASGOW, LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Due Sails P S ham Penang Tontalut for Liverpool, Havre Hollond Jon 14 15
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    • 547 10 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. For UK/CONTINENT S pore P- Sham Penang 0 K^g' AntWerP 1-/24 Jan. 23/27 Jan. 28/30 Jan. TSTnf Hun"'.' LOOd Cdn. 29 23/23 Jan. 24/28 Jan. 1 TveS" Cjwl i "TuTVomb?rr' LOnd n 2«J-"/4F.b. S/ 4 F.b. 7/ t -ok. NVBIM 24/24 F.b. 27 F^/ 1 M«.
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    • 575 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/UK /CONTINENT Spore P. Shorn Penong "Flenia" for Bongkok 18/18 Jon. "Malacca" for Diakorto. Bongkok, Saigon, Hongkong, Manila, Kobe and Yokohama 22/24 Jan. 21/21 Jan. 20/20 Jon. "Morelia" for Bangkok, Tokubar 30/30 Jon "Meonia" for Bangkok 17/18 Feb 13/14 Feb. 13/14 Feb. "Potagorlo" for Adelaide,
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    • 1218 10 McALISIER tfc CO., LTD. TEL: No. 5904 ELLKRMAN BUCKNALL KLAVENFSS LTKB LONDON. HAVRE ROTOTERDAM JAM AMC|SCO ona f O US A N'"hA.lant,c Port. «>«TIAND. SEATTLE ft VAHCOUCER a "ciTY n OF%HEST« l m bO Accaptirg cargo for Cwtrol ft Sa«rtb Spore P Shorn Penang America* Parti 28 Jan/3 Feb. 20/24
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  • 500 11 R.E.M.E. "A" 9; S.C.C. "A" 3. DOYAL Electrical and Mechanical Engineers "A" beat Singapore Cricket Club "A" by three tries to a try after 60 minutes of fast, hard and open rugger on the Padang yesterday. REME, the fitter and faster combination, had the
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  • 160 11 LONDON, Wed. UENRY COTTON, three times winner of the British open gold championship, has accepted the invitation of the selectors to captain the British team against the United States in the Ryder Cup matches at Wentworth, Surrey, on Oct. 2 and 3. Cotton, the outstandino personality in
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  • 295 11 What would you have decided? AN incident in yesterday's padang rugby match between the S.C.C. and R.E.M.E. provided a good number of the game's followers with a topic for argument which was carried far into the night. But at the end there were still two opinions about referee John Ferguson's
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  • 39 11 Ve.Merdays rugger friendly be- tween Singapore Harbour Board R C. find Royal Australian Air Force scheduled to take place at Keppel grqimd was called off. The game between Police and HAF ChatiTi at Thomson Road was also postponed.
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  • 24 11 LONDON. Wed. Yesterday's Foo'ball League Dlv. 3 iN) games resulted: Ortmsby Town 5. Chester 4; OlC.ham Athletic 4, Workington I.— Reuter.
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  • 1230 11  - Station team to meet SAFA selected WHISTLER CHANCI SPORT By A TRIAL soccer match was held at Changi on Sunday between Unit and Lodsers teams and resulted in a 3—3 draw. The game served as a trial for the Station fixture, against Singapore Amateur Football Association's touring team, at Changi
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  • 237 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. CELANGOR Chinese Recreation Club, one of the fancied teams for championship honours, moved into the third round of the Selangor H.A. knock-out tournament with a 4 2 win over HQ Malaya at I Cheras Road today. The superior Chinese attack. moving
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  • 128 11 SYDNEY, Wed. JACK SOLOMONS, the British boxing promoter, said here tonight that Randolph Turpin, British middleweight champion will fieht Charles Humez of France for the world championship "no matter what ideas boxing people in New York have about the title Mr. Solomons wa* r«mm< nting
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  • 80 11 NEW YORK. Wed— Archir Moore, world lightheavy-welght champion, is to defend his title in Buenos Aires in May or June, according to Argentine promoter Ismael Pace. Pace announced last night the signing of a contract with Moore's manager, Charley Johnson. The promoter said that elilmina'ion
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  • 75 11 Results of the Singapore Rlflr Association's Spoon Shoot held at Buklt Timah Range on Sunday were: Nett score— W Comdr. Grace 98; H'cap score SR <b> Sgt. C. de Scuza 100 38: Heap score SR (ai C.P.O. Freeman 102 36. Other nett scores were: SR
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  • 52 11 Shell Sports Club beat Teachera Training College 4-1 ma Singapore Hockey Association Junior ku tournament lie at Pava Lebar yesterday. Shell scorers were O. Carvalhu (2). V. Kruseman and J. Olivelio A Gomes scored for T.T.CShell meet Singapore Recrea*;.->n Club Blues in the next round
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  • 34 11 SEREMBAN. Wed. N.S. Chinese R.C. and Selangor Chinese R.C. combined will meet TP.C.A. at soccer on the statlcn padang here on Feb. 1 in aid of the Negri Setnbllan Hockey Association funds.
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    • 82 11 Diary 'THE Sports programme fc«r Station representative teams for the next week is: Today: Hockey Stn Ist v Singapore Worka Service-, Farrier Park. Friday: Hockey— Stn 2nd XI v Singapore Workg Service., Changi Rugby— Stn v R.A.F. Beletar Changi Sunday: Soccer— Stn v R A.F.A.. Changi. Jan. 21: Hockey— Stn
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  • 439 12 RAZAK FINALISES PLANS BY PHONE By Our Boxing Reporter PROMOTER RAZAK spoke for six minutes by radio telephone yesterday to one of Britain* leading fight managers, Jack Burns, and the upshot was that next month Singapore boxing fans will see in action the
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  • 158 12 Indians lose two quick wickets PORT OF SPAIN, Wed. HTHE Indian cricket tourists I yesterday made 84 for two In a rain-interrupted first day's play In their match against Trinidad here. Sent In to bat by Trinidad, they lost two wickets fcr six runs In the first few overs but
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  • 179 12 DESULTS of friendly rugger MX matches played yesterday were I RAF Tengah beat RASC by 13 points (2 goals and dropped goal) to 3 points <try> at Tengah. Scorers for RAF Tengah. Brown (2 nail), Rae (dropped goal). RASC. Hart itryp E. M. Dyer refereeJ. RNAS beat
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  • 82 12 LONDON. Wed. Today's soccer results are: F.A. Cl'P THIRD ROI'ND Bolton Wand. 3 W Fulham 1; Newcastle 3, Swansea 0. FA. CIP THIRD ROI'ND REPLAY Chetea 1. Derby 0 (after extra rime >. Southamnton 2. Lincoln 1. THIRD DIVISION (South) i Ip.-wich T. 2. Torquay Utd 2;
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  • 24 12 Following friendly soccer matches scheduled at Farrer Park yesterday were not played: Rovers S.C. v. S.T.C British Mili'arv Hosp. v. Indian RC
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  • 76 12 The following are requested to :rn up at the P.T.S. on Saturriiv. at 5.00 pm. to represent the Combined V.S.C against the BriUah Military Hospital: William Ho. V. Nadarajah. Jamrs Teo. D. Kessler. Luke Lopes. .Shazali. Small Sahib. Ooh Kirn Pong, Chsrlie Tan. James Keh, i Tan
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  • 60 12 The following S.R.C. $occer p!ay- I ers are turn up for training on Mondays. Wednesdays and Frii days, starting Jan. 19: J. de Silva, R. Mosbergen. D Rodrlgues. L. Rodrisues. A. W. Fox. M. Carroll. R. Henderson, A. de Rozrrlo. S. Orton. R. Stevens, L Rodrlgo. O. Rozarlo,
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  • 103 12 SEVEN Australian-bred racehorses for Singapore and Penang owners arrived in Singapore in the Nieuw Holland from Australia yesterday. Of them. Lady Pollane. Farnley, Banker Boy and Royal Piper are for Penang trainer Jimmy Martin. The others, Admission, Spider King and Wonder Gold, are for the Bukit
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  • 239 12 FINE OPPORTUNISM by Beant Singh in the last 10 seconds of the game enabled Indian Association to beat Khalsa Association 2—l in a Singapore Hockey Association's senior knock-out tournament tie played on Ceylon Sports Club ground yesterday. The Indians looked the better side
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  • 118 12 ADELAIDE. Wed lan Craig. 17-year-old New South Wales batsman, dubbed by cricket writers as the "boy with the Bradman touch." is included in the Australian team to meet South Africa in the fourth Test on Jan. 24. Craig who scored a double century for New
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  • 119 12 There will be a friendly game of table-t«nnis between Tiong Bahru CC. and Dlethlem Sports Club at Tiong Bahpi CC. premises at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday. Tiong Bahru CC. team will be selected from: Szeto Liang, Tye Lee. Llm Kirn Woon. Yap Sic Tao Choa
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  • 53 12 The V.M.C.A. team to play the University cf Malaya In a Singapore HOckey Assn. Junior Division match at Balestler Road ground Is: P. Lee; Hussein, MacCready; H. Lelah. M. Moss. V. J. Dass; Harry Yech. Albert Wee. H. Pang Boon Oon San. K. C. Tan. Reserves: Cyril
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  • 26 12 TODAY: Hun 0934 hr 9S ft > 23M '861 Low 0410 <5.7> 1703 10*) TOMORROW: High 1044 CO ftl. Low 0457 (5 21. 1743 (OJ)
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  • 668 12 A total of 162 entries— B4 In Class Four and 78 In Class 1 F:ve has been received for the j January meeting of the Perak Turf Club on Jan. 24. 28 and 31 the first race meeting of the 1953 season on the
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  • 88 12 'TWERE will be eight races on each day at the Ipoh meeting. x Racine schedule U as follows: FIRST DAY: Claw 4. Divs 1 and 2 B'iP: CUw 5. Diva 1 and 2 TF Divs 1 2. 3 and 4 6F. SECOND DAY: CI&M 4. DJvs 1.
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  • 825 12  -  SECOND ROW NORTH v SOUTH SELECTION By r[E selection of the teams to represent North and South in their annual Malayan Rugby I'nion encounter has been announced and many fans througout the country will have probably indulged in speculation as to what they would have done
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  • 60 12 |>E( AUSE Singapore's Jalan Besar stadium is closed for levelling and returfing the annual North v South rugger match on Jan. 24 will he played on the Singapore Cricket Club padang. The ground will h* enclosed completely and reserved seats ire priced at S3 and
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  • 483 12  - THERE'S NO LACK OF NEW BLOOD FOR 1953 RACING EPSOM JEEP By VS another raci»^ year on the Malayan Turf begins the 1953 re«! *n gets under way with a three-day meeting of the erak Turf Club on Jan. 24. 28 and 31 -plans and tpea are taking definite shape
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  • 22 12 TAMPA (Florida). Wed— Wel:e.•.veiftht champion Kid Gavilan *<>r. 1 unanimous decision over Am* Peck of Tampa. !ast night— UP.
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