The Straits Times, 25 November 1953

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    15 1 The Straits Times Nat*** 1 Established 1845 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1953. f> 15 CENTS
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    The first gift: $100,000
    357 1 The first gift: $100,000 SINGAPORE HELPS MELBOURNE PLAN /GOVERNMENT barkinK 1 was eiven yesterday to 1 the scheme to raise j funds in Singapore and the Federation to help build an International! House for Asian stu- dents at Melbourne 1 University. This was in the form of h j $100,000
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    WINK CAN TRAP ROBBER
    64 1 NEW YORK Tups A BURGLAR will only hay to bat an eyrljd. waeglp a (iii^ei or breath rlfpnh to he rlrtpctpd by a new suprrNPnsitivr alarm system brins produrrrl heir, thr International Nirkrl Comparv claims. Oprratlng on thp principle of magnetic vibrations. thr alarm rpports any
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    $30 m. FRIENDSHIP LOAN
    874 1 Interest free tor first 10 years repayment in IS years 'It 's our fight, too' Sir John tells council Singapore Legislative Council yesterday approved a $30 million 'loan to the Federation, payable in 25 years and interest free for the first ten years. After that interest
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    Bermudans welcome the Queen
    176 1 Bermudans welcome the Queen T//£ QUEEN smiles tc cheering croicds before leaving London. A.P. radio picture TMJK Queen and the Duke of A Frlinhurch arrived at Hamilton. Bermuda, today on the first let of their Commonwealth tour after flying from London ?ia Gander. Newfoundland. The Stratni'i uiser Canopus dipped through
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    'GRAND GESTURE, HANDSOME AID'
    517 1 Federation says: Thank you KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. TPHE thanks of the Federal Government to Singapore i A for its loan of $30,000,000 will be expressed at tomorrows meeting of the Federal Legislative uouncn. In addition to the Hiyrh Commissioner. General 5 ir (Wald Templer. and the
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    Tolerance plea
    21 1 NEW YORK. Tues— Mr. Lester Pearson. Canadian Minister for External Affairs, last night appealed for tolerance among free nations.
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    Earth tremors near Rome
    48 1 AVEZZANO. Tues. The countryside shook for 15 seconds at dawn today as seismograph* recorded one of tt nearest tremors to Romp m many years. Avezzano is about 50 mil-s past of Romp Therr were no i no casualties and no damaae i -Rputer. I
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    A happier day at the market
    176 1 A happier day at the market T*HERE was a brighter L feeling in Singapore commercial circles yesterday with rising prices for rubber and tin. But there was still an undertone of caution. Tin in Singapore yesterday reached $327 a picul— the highest price since July 14. The rubber market closed
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    Not binding, he says
    61 1 JAKARTA, Tues— The Indonesian Prime Minister, Dr. Amldjojo. former ambassador at Washington, said here today that any decisions concerning Indonesia at the coming Bermuda conference would "be regretted and regarded as not binding by Indonesia." He was commenting on reports that Indonesia and a ccnpral Communist
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    He's not quite so bad...
    51 1 He's not quite so bad VOLTERRA. Tues.— A patient at a mental hospital neve has won £2.900 on the Italian football pools his second win this season. His first win brought him £345. A member of the hospital staff said the patient had worked out a "system" whll in hospital
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    Pollitt barred
    41 1 COLOMBO. Tups— Mr. Harry Pollltt. secretary general of rhr British Communist Party, who left Britain this wrek by spi on a visit to India will not be allowed to land :n Cpylon tl was learned here today.— Rev ter
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    Far East story
    32 1 NEW YORK. Tues. Grn M?-rk Clark Is writing a book about his tour of duty in the Far East up to the signing of ithe Korean truce. -A P
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    PEKING OFFERS FIVE SEATS TO MALAYA
    145 1 FIVE SEATS have been re- i served for Malayan Chi- nese in thp All-China People's Congress, thp Parliament of Red China when it is finally set up in Peking early next j year The delegates will be nomi- nnted. Bm Chinese sources in the
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    'Russia ready for big talks'
    54 1 VIENNA. Tues- Mr. Ilya Ehrenburg. Soviet author and propagandist, said here today that Russia was ready to open negotiations with the other four powers to discuss openly all questions raised by them. "The Soviet Union will cio everything in its power to Ipsspn international tension"
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    Ike's flieht
    30 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. The White House said yesterday that President Eisenhower will fly to Bermuda on December 4 foi the Big Three meeting which begins that day— UP I
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    Adlai attacks Ike's policy on Reds
    167 1 ATLANTA. Tues. MR. ADLAI STEVENSON, head of the Democratic Party today attacked what he called the Republicans' programme of "indictment by suspicion, of conviction by acciisatlon." Speaking to the Georgian Legislature. Mr Stevenson. Democratic presidential nominee in 1952 said "OenTal Elsen- how*>r promised the
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    THAT 'DOG' LICKING FACE OF CHILD WAS ESCAPED TIGER
    150 1 THAT 'DOG' LICKING FACE OF CHILD WAS ESCAPED TIGER SYDNEY. Tue«. SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Mavis Halcroft cot up in her home at Narrandera early todiy and called; "Daddy, quirk daddy, help me. This bir dot is licking my fare. He s on t my bed." Mrs. Halrroft looked through the door and
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    CALL-UP FOR 2,000 A YEAR
    380 1 Three age groups must register: Part-time training for one IJKTWKKN 1,400 and 2,000 men will be called up each year for part-time training in Singapore's military and civil defence services if the Legislative Council approves a White Paper on National Service tabled at yesterday's meeting.
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    The man who wants a prison Xmas
    79 1 The man who wants a prison Xmas LONDON. Tiies A HOMELESS and unrmoloy ed WHsliman. Richard Orey 45. told a court at Po.-t Talbot 'oday h»: threw i brick through a shop windnv. because he wanted to sprnd > Christmas in prison "1 have got nowhere to WO he said.
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    Siam needs aid
    33 1 BANGKOK. Tups.—indppendent Cambodia was looking to her neighbour, Slain and to the United States for aid for national reconstruction, the Siamese Minister to Cambodia Chamra.s Mundhukanond. said here today. -Reuter
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    France invites peace offer
    167 1 France invites peace offer PARIS. Tnrs. "the Premier, M. Laniel. today invited the rebel forces of Indochina to ofTrr •'reasonable propositions" for a ceasefire. He said: "We should be ready tomorrow in agreement, with the Associated States to examine such propositions." M Laniel w;is upening an afternoon MMton of th'
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    STOP PRESS
    44 1 PARTITION Ol NORTH ROR WASHINGTON. Tnrs. I'nitcd States Secretary ol State John Foster Dalles today descrilicd cconomio aid pact recently .ilgned by Communist China and North Korea as farther step in Joint partition of North KuriM between Soviet and Communist China Kctiter-
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    THIEVES GET $2,084 IN 7 RAIDS
    243 2 THIEVES GET $2,084 IN 7 RAIDS took $2,084 in cash and valuables in seven thefts reported to the Singapore Police yesterday. A Chinese maidservant at Orange Grove Road lost $555 worth of valuables. She locked her room In an outhouse and hid the key outside the room and went to
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    Ex-editor arrested
    47 2 ALEXANDRIA. Tues— Police here, on orders from Cairo, yesterday arrested Mr. Tom Clarke, a British subject, who was formerly editor ol the English language newspaper Egyptian Mail. They said he had been ar- rested for security reasons, but no specific charges were I preferred.— Reuter.
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    GIFT COSTS THE COLONY $2,689
    141 2 HPHE 60-foot long mural presented to Singapore by the British Government has cost the Colony $2,689. This was the amount approved yesterday by the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council to cover the fixing, handling and freight charges on the mural. Called "Cavalcade of Commonwealth,"
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    NOW THE WORKERS NEED NOT FEAR THE DAY THEY HAVE TO RETUtE
    518 2 NOW THE WORKERS NEED NOT FEAR THE DAY THEY HAVE TO RETUtE Singapore starts orovident fund tor commercial men THOUSANDS of workers in Singapore firms need no longer fear the day when they will have to retire. The Colony Legislative Council yesterday passed the Central Provident Fund Bill after Mr.
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    Decorated
    17 2 WASHINGTON. Tues— The Republic of Korea yesterday awarded decorations for meritorious service to four Americans.—A P.
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    Councillor forgot the Chair
    128 2 Councillor forgot the Chair ONLY after the Governor, Sir John Nicoll, interrupted him for the third time In the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday, did Mr. R. Jumabhoy (Indian Chamber of Commerce) realise that he should have said "Sir"— addressing the Chair—lnstead of "Gentlemen." Each time Mr. Jumabhoy resumed his speech
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    THE MAN THEY DIDN'T GET
    235 2 He's the 'brains,' court told PENANG. Tuesday. THE Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. J. D. Peterkin 1 hinted in the Assize Court here today that a mystery man was behind the counterfeiting of ten dollar Malayan notes found in a recent raid here. "There is somebody
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    THREE WILL FIND WAYS TO GET BETTER DOCTORS
    249 2 THREE WILL FIND WAYS TO GET BETTER DOCTORS T»HREE of the top men behind Britain's National Health Service arrived in Singapore by air yesterday to tell the University of Malaya how to turn out better doctors faster. The experts have been Invited by the Colony and Federation Governments. They expect
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    300 LEAYE MALAYA FOR CHINA
    70 2 300 LEA YE MALAYA FOR CHINA rREE HUNDRED Chinese deck passengers from Singapore and the Federation, taking with them new bicycles, spate tyres and tubes embarked on the cargo liner TJlwanti yesterday for China There were also .5 Chlm-ot from Indonesia travelling deck The rest of the space on the
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    They blasted the enemy
    46 2 LONDON, Tues.— The Admiralty yesterday said that British Commonwealth ships fired 23,000 rounds of six-Inch and 148,000 rounds of fourinch shells during three-year operations in Korea. It added that 15,200 bombs were dropped and 57,600 rocket shells fired from fleet planes Reuter.
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    South Africa accuses U.N.
    44 2 NEW YORK, Tues.— South Africa yesterday accused the United Nations Commission on the racial situation in the Union of Insulting the Afrikaans speaking section of the population and of taking a "definite anti-European and pro-non-European bias" in its report. Reuter.
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    $850,000 plan for quicker phone calls to Federation
    154 2 $850,000 plan for quicker phone calls to Federation WITH the passing of the Draft Estimates for 1954 by the Singapore legislative Council $850,--000 becomes available for a new trunk telephone centre. Provided the Government fives final approval, a quicker, more efficient phone link between Singapore and all parts of the
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    Investment plan
    28 2 CAIRO, Tues. The Aga Khan has offered to invest £10.000.000 in Egypt as a token of goodwill toward the new regime, official sources said today.— UP.
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    THE GREEN GODDESS IS COMING BACK
    172 2 That means dollars for city ALMOST to the day she first called at Singapore two years ago. the 34.000-ton Cunard White Star luxury liner Caronla will arrive again next March Built as a dual purpose ship for trans-Atlantic and tropical cruising, the Caronia has
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    Fred Perry weds again
    41 2 LONDON. Tues.— Tennis star Fred Perry has married again. His fourth wedding took place In Paris three months ago, it was announced yesterday He married Mrs Barbara Friedman, former wife of Hollywood film director Muik Friedman.— A.P
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    Govt. rice sales drop heavily
    268 2 rE sale of Government rice i In Singapore dropped re- I cently from 8.000 tons a month to 3.000 tons, the Le- I gislative Council was told yesterday. Replying to a written ques- tion by Dr. C. J. Paglar (Prog. Changii, the Govern-! ment attributed
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    NOW THERE ARE 20,000 SAVING STUDENTS
    195 2 NOW THERE ARE 20,000 SAVING STUDENTS ABOUT 20,000 vnuiiK people in Singapore joined the Students' Savings Scheme last year when it was introduced in co-operation with the Education Department, says the Director of Posts. Mr. W. A. Cooper, in his 1952 report. The number of depositors at the end of
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    Companies are fined £60,000 for fixing prices of rubber
    185 3 Companies are fined £60,000 for fixing prices of rubber TORONTO, Tuesday. TWELVE rubber companies and the Rubber! Association of Canada were fined here yesterday a total of about £60,000 for fixing prices and restricting competition in the rubber industry. Mr. Justice W. F. Schfoeder called the offence "a cold blooded
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    1, in 111 for old warrior
    55 3 MCBGT \l Ullt 1 NUGKNT. >i XI. a Chelsea Pensioner, gets a light for his pipe from Lance Corporal Josephine Bower, of Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, as he lies in bed in Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital. London. Segt. Nugent's hemed.iUed uniform is
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    JEBB IS LEA VING U.N. POST FOR PARIS
    160 3 JEBB IS LEA VING U.N. POST FOR PARIS LONDON. Tues. THE BRITISH delegate to the United Nations. Sir Gladwyn Jebb. i.s to be ambassador lo France. Sir Pierson Dixon. deputy Under-Secret ary of State ai the Foreign Office, will BUCcee I him as the permanent British representative at the Untied
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    150 more films
    28 3 ROME. Tues.-The Italian film industry today snirl that ISO feature length filnis went Into production in the first 10 months of this year.— A P
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    Officials are told: Watch your tongue
    157 3 COLOMBO, Tues. SIR John Kotelawala's monthold government has warned public servants against disclosing official information "wittingly or unwittingly" to foreign representatives at social functions. The directive was one of several recent developments indicating Sir John's Cabinet favours no more than "lukewarm" relations with the
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    Hiss plea for parole fails
    32 3 WASHINGTON. Tues— Alper His* yesterday lost a second plea for parole from prison. He has now served two years and eight months of his fiveyear sentence.— A.P
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    Scientists plan to wash smog
    123 3 Scientists plan to wash smog LONDON. Tues. BRITISH scientists plan to wash the dirt out of smog with washing powder. Professor Sir Eric Rldeal. c-hairman of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Ministry of Supply, has forwarded the plan to the Beaver Committee which is probing the smog menace. Small
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    Man bit dog: it's TRUE
    65 3 LONDON. Tues While Daniel Sullivan was wa'kins his bull terrier in Greenwich, the lerrier took a dislike to a smaller dog and sank his j teeth into it. The terrier seemed to enjoy it. ignoring Sullivan's orders to let go. Then Sullivan bit his own
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    Churchill and his aides fly to Bermuda next week
    181 3 LONDON. Tues CIR Winston Churchill will leave London next Tuesday night for the Three talk.s in Bermuda, it was announced today. The Premier will fly to his meeting with President Eisenhower and M. Joseph Laniel. the French Prime Minister, in n.
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    GUIANA HUNGER STRIKE GOES ON
    162 3 GEORGETOWN. British Guiana. Tuesday. T»HE FIVE detained leaders of the British Guiana People's Progressive Party, who are now on the fifth day of a hunger strike here, are reading literature and drinking only water, security police said yesterday. Adjo'dha Singh, a member of the Colonial
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    HIS NEW JOB
    31 3 I GEN. SIR BRIAN KOKKRTSON thief British negotiator at the Suez Canal talks, settles down to his new job as chairman of the British Transport Commission. Renter picture.
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    Ban film on Buddha, they say
    134 3 Ban film on Buddha, they say COLOMBO. Tues. BUDDHISTS at Bentota. a coastal tnwi 40 miles frnir Colomho. decided last night to ask President Eisenhower > to intervene and stop the production of a film on the life of Buddha planned by "the anti-Communist Committee for Free Asia." The proposed
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    In Rangoon
    24 3 RANGOON, Tues— The US Vice-President, Mr. Richard Nixon, arrived here today with his wife for a three-day visit I to Burma- Reuter.
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    Royal pilot is robbed of £10,000
    113 3 Royal pilot is robbed of £10 ,000 LONDON. Tues. rE HOME of Capt. A C. Loraine. pilnt or the air- liner which carried the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh Ito Bermuda, was broken into twice last night. The first time thieves es- -aped with £10.000 worth of 1 furs
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    Raiders kill four police
    43 3 PUSAN. Tues.- Forty Communist guerillas swooped on a small Korean town yesterday and killed four police in the biggest raid in South Korea since the end of the war. The guerillas also injured two police and kidnapped two ~U.P.
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    U.S. fog beat her
    47 3 NEW YORK. Tues. Mrs Ann Da\ison. 38. of Gloucestershire, who sailed across the Atlantic alone in her 23-foot •sloop, docked in Ne w York harbour yesterday after getting lost in the weekend fog Mrs Davison sailed to New York from Florida A p
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    G.B.S. alphabet is to face court test
    167 3 LONDON, Tues. r«ROROE Bernard Shaw's at- tempt to achieve his life- lonß ambition of a new alphabet faces a court test next year. The public trustee appointed by Shaw to administer his estate has asked the Utah Court to decide whether his bequest
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    LONDON STOCKS
    292 3 LONDON. Tues. A LTHOUOH business remain** very qul«t on today's »lork market, price movements were Irregular and each section followed Us own course. There wan very little activity In Far Elß*tern(i. TVas showed no decided tendency while tins and rubber were scarcely mentioned. In foreign bonds Japanese tended
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    LONDON TIN
    29 3 LONDON Not. 24 Cash Buyers £670: Sellers Ctttft; forward Buyers £652' 2 Sellers £655; Settlement C 665 (up £2' 2 >. Turnover a.m. 65 tons; p.m. 30 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    34 3 LONDON Nov 24— Spot U'.rt Jun. lt%4_ Feb. 17' 7 d Mar 17<-rt Apr-June 17Nd.. July-Sept. I7\d.. Ot.-Der I7\d.. Dec cl.f I7\d.. Jan cif 17\d. Ffb. r.U. 17\,d. Tone: Quiet after firm.
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    A new Helen
    18 3 ROME. Tues -Hedv Lamarr is Helen of Troy in a new Italian film. Femins* A.P.
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    Tenant has to pay for repairs
    133 4 Tenant has to pay for repairs AN ARAB landlord, Said bin Abdullah Baswpdan, was given Judgment with costs in a claim for $1,000 from a tenant, Beow Hwee Meng, for repairs to premises in North Bridge Road, in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. H. E. CasMn, for the landlord,
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    Four seamen sent back to Hong Kong
    126 4 pX)UR CHINESE seamen, who •T were convicted and sentenced to gaol six months ago for attempting to smuggle over 676 Ib. of Burma cheerrvits into Singapore, were sent back to Hong Kong yesterday in the TJlwangl. All four men were members of the
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    Aborigines see might of the security forces
    352 4 -AND LEARN THAT GOVT. IS OUT TO BEFRIEND THEM KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A RMY HEADQUARTERS revealed details today of a big-scale operation that began early last month in the jungles of Pahang to win aborigines over to the side of the Government. Troops
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    Dawn goes to a party
    48 4 Dawn goes to a party SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD Dawn KathigaBu, seen at a recent party In Malaya Hall, London. Mis* Kathigasu. younger daughter of Mrs. A. C. Kathigasu. of Perak, is in Britain on a scholarship awarded to her for bravery during the Occupation. She is studying medicine.
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    He's here to discuss the 'vines' war
    88 4 M JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. ]\/|R. GORDON BOGGON, vice-chairman of Mather and Crowther and Co., Ltd. one of the biggest advertising firms in England, arrived :n Singapore today from London. He is here to discuss with the Federation Pineapple Industry Advisory Board a publicity
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    Club dance
    36 4 IPOH. Tues— To raise money for the quadrangular interChinese Recreation Club meeting at Penang during the Christmas holidays, the Perak Chinese Recreation Club will hold a dance at the Celestial Cabaret on Dec. 1
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    Colonial office head at dance
    65 4 KLUANO, Tues.— More than 100 people attended a dance held by the Gunong Lambak Women's Institute in aid of Poppy Fund. Among the guests were Mr. I A M. Mackintosh, head o* the I South-East Asia branch at the Colonial Office in London, Mr. and
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    RUBBER, VEGETABLES BEFORE ELECTIONS
    189 4 Malaya in Siamese eyes PENANQ, Tues. rE masses In Malaya do npt seem quite ready for Federal elections, Nal Vilas Manivat editor of the SlamRath Dally News, said In Penang today. "It seems to me they are more Interested In getting a higher prlc P for
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    Informer told police of robbery plan, he says
    202 4 Informer told police of robbery plan, he says A MAN who was in league with a gang which planned to commit armed robbery turned 'stool pigeon," the Singapore Fourth Criminal District Court was told yesterday. Staff Sergeant Muslim bin Abu Bakar, of the Criminal Investigation Department, said the man, Sherbadur
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    UMNO youth
    20 4 TELUK ANSON. Tues -A Lower Perak division of the UMNO Youth Section will be formed on December 12.
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    $5,000 bail on opium charge
    51 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Yap Ec Bung, 43. pleaded no', guilty in the Sessions Court here today to a charge of possessing 2fl lb of raw opium «t Bentul on Nov. 4. Bail of $5,000 in two sureties was allowed, the case being adjourned until Dec.
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    CLERKS WANT AN INSURANCE PLAN
    138 4 To replace provident fund I-.™ am™ KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. |)£MANDS for group insurance to provide for old age and death were made at a committee meeting of the Selangor Clerical and Administrative Staff Uninn last night. The meeting was told that such a scheme was
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    Bandit courier surrenders
    43 4 ALOR STAR, Tues— A bandit courier LJm Ah Seng. 3D, trekked five days and nights to give himself up to a Home Guard last week. Lim went into the jungle In 1948 He was a tapioca planter in Alor Star
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    REDS BURN LATEX LORRY
    62 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuea. WHILE OTHER terrorists stood guard on a nearby hill, five Communist terrorists armed with rifles stopped and burned a latex lorry on Sunday near Nigel Gardner Estate, Kuala Selangor, it was announced today. Damage estimated at $8,000 was caused to the lorry Before
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    COURT HAD HIS NAME WRONG
    190 4 COURT HAD HIS NAME WRONG Assaults alleged WHEN the name Pronk Hendricks Antonius Joseph us appeared In the records of a Singapore court yesterday, the magistrate thought the surname was Josephus. The magistrate, Mr. R. W. H. Davies, said: "According to the name before me, it reads as P. H.
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    New church
    16 4 SEGAMAT, Tues.— A Roman Catholic Church is being built at Jalan Buloh Ka.sap, Segamat.
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    P.C. helped to run lottery
    77 4 PENANG, Tues.— A Balik Pulau policeman, Daud bin Hassan, was gaoled for six months here today for helping to run a 100, 1,000 and 10,000 characters lottery. Inspector Gurcharan Singh, prosecuting, said that a book- let and several betting slips were found 4n one of
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    75 POLICE HUNT GUNMAN
    86 5 75 POLICE HUNT GUNMAN Trader's wife shot SEVENTY-FIVE members of thr Singapore Police yes- trrriay combed a large aroa off Beach Road in search for clues which m ght help to pin down <hr gunman who shot a timber merchant's wife on Mon- day night. The victim. Tay Chai Oon,
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    U.S. study group coming
    80 5 A study mission group of th° United Statps Housp or Represent ati vps Commit tor on Foreign Affairs will be in Malaya for a three-day vi.;it next month Thp mission will be in Kn;i!n Lumpur on Dec. 5 and will Ipave for Singapore the next day
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    WOMAN LET OFF FINE AFTER GIVING PLEDGE TO COURT
    94 5 The Singapore City Police Macistratp. Mr. J. M. Deve-rpux-Colpbourn. yesii rday waivod a fine in ordr>r to help a woroan hawkor after making hr-r promise she would get a licence at one" to sell cooked food Trip woman. Lam Soy. toid
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    'A n ti-Indian !' says Junta bhoy: 'Disgraceful!' replies Tan
    472 5 'A n ti-Indian says Junta bhoy: 'Disgraceful! replies Tan COUNCILLORS SPEAK ON COMMUNALISM "OBJECTION!" called Mr. R. Jumabhoy (Indian Chamber of Commerce) when Mr. C. C. Tan (Proff.-Tanglin) started to reply to an attack in which Mr. Jumabhoy called him "anti-Indian." Both made speeches on the adjournment in the Singapore
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    Inspector of police here
    55 5 THE Inspector-Ctneral of Colonial Police, Mr. 1. H. Sturton (left), arrived in Singapore yesterday from Hitching on his way to Australia and Fiji on an Inspection tour. He was met at Kalian j Airport by Mr. N. G. Morris, Commissioner of Police, and stayed overnight as
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    UMNO WOMENi MAY TRAIN
    66 5 UMNO WOMENi MAY TRAIN MALACCA. Tues. Malacca will most likely be the venue of a training course for UMNO women from throughout Malaya said Inche Mohd. bin Haji Abdul Rahman, a spokesman, today F P said circulars, on the course, which Includes procedures for the proposed 1954 Federal elections, would
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    Go ahead signal
    31 5 TELUK ANSON, Tues.— The UMNO and MCA branches In Lower Perak have decided to go ahead with plans to contest the Town Council elections in May next year.
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    Married in Singapore
    55 5 MR. Y»:ON<i ul lll\ and his bride, the former Miss I'iiimi l.ai Kam. who were married In Singapore recently. The bridegroom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Yeong Kao Kee of Singapore. The bride is the rift h daughter of Madam Chew Saw Ken;, also
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    VEGETABLE PRICES IN SINGAPORE
    123 5 Retail prices In cents per kati of vegetables at tour Singapore markets yesterday were: nrarn r.nrn- >imnn Rd borough Rd. Celery 110 110 120 Chye »im 35 3S 30 Kant; kong 2.'' 30 25 Lettuce 80 80 80 Peh chye SO HO 46 Spring Onions 80
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    500 HONOUR THE LATE SULTAN
    152 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. The Tengku Mahkota >>f > Johore and more than 500 Malay government officials attended the memorial service today— the anniversary of the funeral of Sultan Abu Bakar. tatlier of the present ruler m Johore. The .service eonr|l'<'led by Dato Sy<'d Alwi bin
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    Bill to fix land price goes to seven men
    197 5 Bill to fix land price goes to seven men qPHE Land Acquisition (Amendment No. 3) Bill designed to stabilise land prices in Singapore, was yesterday sent to a seven-man select committee by the Colony Legislative Council. The Commissioner of Lands. Mr. J E. Pepper, said that hs the Bill had
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    GOC tells of Army's role in Malaya
    93 5 KUALA LUMPUR Tues. rE GOC. Malaya Genen! Sir Hugh Stockwell. to night gave the first of a series of lectures intended to bring Europeans in the commercin world closer to the problems of the Federation He spoke of the Army's -ole |in the
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    St. Hildas fair on Saturday
    35 5 St Hilda's Church, Katong Singapore, will hold a fun fair from 11 a.m. on Saturday. Lunches will be served at tl There will also be lucky dins and novelty items.
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    HE HAD 80 DUCKS IN THE BOOT OF HIS CAR
    141 5 Prison warning by court WHEN police checked Chua Lian's car at Bukit Timah Road early yesterday 80 clucks were found shut in the boot of the vehicle. Chua pleaded guilty to cruelty at the City Court and wa.<! detained in
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    IN MEMORIAM
    28 6 H nr*M yin I minimum) TN Ever Loving Memory of .lohnnv Wong Chin I^e who pa.v-.cri ■«S9 in Kunla Lumpur on M.IIJB C.one Bui Always Remcmoere<l.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    101 6 X'MAS SALE! Now on Drastic reduction in ever-.- depat tm-nt. Setrmhan Silk S'ore— l29 131. Paul St Seremban. N.S. TOMMY THOMSONS Xma.« Sale Exceptional bargains In gowns for all occasions. For two. weeks only. G.H. Bldg.. Spore. ADVICE regarding Mortgage pro- > tectlon. Retirement. Educational plans without obligation. Write
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Nov. 25, 1953. The Revised Budget
    823 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Nov. 25, 1953. The Revised Budget Singapore's Legist jtive Council yesterday approved the 1954 budget, revised by the Finance Committee, again almost without debate. There was. of course, the Committee's report in explanation of the revision, but neither on the introduction of the estimates last
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    Rationed Rice
    486 6 The last twelve months have seen a considerable change in the international rice market, a change so marked that th»; Malayan governments were bound to consider whether the time has not come to end what control they still have over th* rice trade. Their decision will depend largely
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      THEN ALL ECONOMISTS COULD TAKE HOLIDAY
      398 6 rpHERE are fundamental inconsistencies in Prof. Jou Bienming's arguments for proving that English will serve best as official Malayan language both before and after independence. For instance, he asks: "Could Rumi be a help in raising the economic status of the Malays?" thereby implying
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    DOUBLE-DECKER DTGNTTY
    160 6 I j 'IMIK tremendous success X of Singapore's City and Coronation days has proved that this city i« worthy of the expense incurred. We wanted to show the world that we wouldn't he nuUi.me for civic spectacle j and. all things being equal, we weren't outdone. Hallmarks But
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    Unsuitable tutors
    151 6 fPHE practice of certain parj 1 ents to engage unsuitable i tutora for their children has been rightly condemned. It must not be supposed b> the public, however, that all tutor* are unfit or uruscrupulious. for there are certainly some who are coruscientious. systematic and scholarly enough to
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    Making ends meet
    262 6 Making ends meet WHEN I read a .Singapore headmistress' statement that soirip students are hampered by private tuition, a sentence from a lettr r which a lovp sick young man wrote to his sweetheart came to my mind He wrote: "My life on earth without you Is wwor e than
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    Ethics of the land bill....
    225 6 Ethics of the land bill.... i "THERE Is considerable 1 opposition to the latest amendment to the Land Aquisitlon Ordinance but little attention has been given to the ethics displayed by a Government which was prepared to introduce such a bill. This bill is basically dishonest. The method of Introduction
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    Britain's Navy second
    566 6 THE Royal Navy is still the second largest navy in the world— second only to that of the United States— though Soviet Ruj.oia has a larger number of ships in commission at the mo ment. This is emphasised in a foreword to the 1953-54 edition of Janes
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    On the Margin
    470 6 On the Margin A little learning... RUNNING my eye over t.iir letters in the Straits Times I beßßn to reflect. no» lor (he first time, on the fnlsr 1 impression that Is Riven hv makinß half of a quotation popular so that it goes on i from mouth to laoiif.i.
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      92 6 YL3 Jiist the thing for your "MODERN KITCHEN" CM, No. DC IM %i% e*iy to rlrjn witk i>« SMMCfiM fi»>st« »(i»ffl»m enamel and complete witfc Htated 9ntfnm Om<»»f. PHICt SI9S S.&.C ELECTRIC COOKER ADVT Of THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Lin Of EN(.LANP SINCAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG MALA FEDERATION AIR SERVICE
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    Thanksgiving at Wesley
    83 7 Americans in Malaya will nrtpnri church and hold thf».r traditional family reunion dinners tomorrow to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. In Singapore, the United Statps Consul General. Mr Charlos F. Baldwin, will give <he main address in the Thanksgiving Service at Wesley Church at 5.30 p.m. There will also
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    Reduced deficit budget for S'pore
    595 7 EXPANSION OF SER VICES ITS KEYNOTE, SA YS TA YLOR 1954 income tax revenue out at $70 mil. THK SINGAPORE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL yesterday approved without debate the recommendations* of its Budget Committee for a reduced deficit budget for 1954, which the Financial Secretary, Mr. W.
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    Study course next week
    55 7 Study Group Movement of Singapore will conduct a 4month course in English Literature at the British Council Centre. Classes will be held from Dec. 1 on every Tuesday and Friday between 7 p.m. and p.m. Applications should be made to the President. Study Group Movement 'Singapore
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    THOSE EXTRA TEETH FOR THE TAX MEN
    157 7 Govt. told: They're not essential A RECOMMENDATION that i two wctions in the In- i come Tax (Amendment) Bill be withdrawn was made in a report to the Legislative Council yesterday by a select committee appointed to examine the Bill. The two sections
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    Twelve Bills dealt with in Council
    94 7 THE Singapore Legislative Council dealt with 12 Bills yes'erday. Four of them Reciprocal Enforcement nf Judgments. Elertrlcity (Rural Areai RubbT Shipping and Packing Control < all amending bills i and the Central Provident Fund were passed. The Council withdraw th>Dangerous Drugs 'Ampndm^nt> Bill and
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    BUT THE SPARKS WERE MISSING
    146 7 BUT THE SPARKS WERE MISSING yHE "fireworks" were j missing from yester-j day's budget meeting of j the Singapore Legislative Council. People in the visitors' gallery who were expecting a lively debate on the Colony's $32--million deficit budget were disappointed. Only one member. Mr. Thio Chan Bee (ProgressiveBalestien spoke on
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    NEW DEAL IN THE PRISON
    374 7 Long-term first offenders get special facilities FIRST-OFFENDERS and vagrants serving: long, terms in Singapore prisons have been assured of a fresh lease of life under prison reforms and developments recommended to the Colony Government by the Budget Revision Committee of the Legislative Council in its
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    THREE EMPTY SEATS IN THE COUNCIL!
    94 7 THREE EMPTY SEATS IN THE COUNCIL! KUALA LUMPUR TMI There will be three vacant' .vats In the Federal Legislative 'Council tomorrow —vacant, be--1 cause Ihe High Commissioner, i General Sir Gerald Tetr.pler. has not made any nominawon.s. i Two of the seats were occupied by Mr. R. Ramani anc Mr.
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    Road flooded
    19 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Kuala Trengganu-Dungun road was flooded 12 Inches from the 2Mh to 30th milestone yesterday.
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    Budget talk
    26 7 Mr. B. Himsworth. Financial Secretary. Federation of Malaya, will talk on the Federal I Budget over Radio Malaya it- j 1 8 p.m. today.
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    After the lectures...
    38 7 AKTKR MORNINC LECTURKS deli-gates to the Women s Institute five-day conference -course in Kuala Lumpur got down to some practical handicraft work. Here five of the delegates are busy on embroidery work. Straits Times picture.
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    FIXED BLINDFOLD FOR SUICIDE BID
    141 7 Burden on parents, court told CHENG FOCK HONG. 50. was bound over for six months in $100 yesterday when he pleaded jruilty in a Singapore court to attempting suicide on l I Monday. Inspector A. D. Jacobs, prosecuting, said that Sardar Singh, watchman at the
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    Extortion bid charge fails
    50 7 Nordin bin Hail All was acquited in Singapore yesterday of attempted extortion It was alleged that on July 27 Nordin went to a i>et t o! kiosk belonging to Tan Kwee Seng In Pulau Saigon and tried to extort $20. saying th^t he was a detective.
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    No card girl was under 12
    43 7 SKOAMAT. Tues— Tan Mm, 53. was discharged by the Segamat Magistrate when produced for neglecting to take out an identity card for his daughter, Wong Ah Wr The girl was medimlly certified to be under 12 years
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    F£S. HAD A BELL—RUT IT WAS THE WRONG KIND
    121 7 F£S. HAD A BELL— RUT IT WAS THE WRONG KIND AKTKR pleadinc (uilty yes- i terday to riding his j tricycle without a hell Siew Kuay. an ice cream seller, suddenly decided to change his plea. His reason: He had an ice cream bell with him. Tugging it from a
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    New rules for merchant marine fund
    139 7 NEW rules for the admlnl.s- i tration of the Singapore Meicantile Marine Fund were approved by the Colony Legislative Council yesterday They require a report and statement of accounts to be sont to the Governor every year. General powrr tx given to the Governor
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    NO PLACE FOR HER SON IN THIS ROOM
    154 7 NO PLACE FOR HER SON IN THIS ROOM A MOTHER of five told a Singapore rourt yesterday: "We all livr packed like sardines in one small room." She said she had no room for her son, Soh Kee Pew, 20, who was charged with stealing a brass nut from a
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    Fire at S'pore station
    52 7 Singapore Railway Station was blacked-out last, night '!ue to a flre which burned out ihe main switchboard. The flre, caused by a short circuit, broke out IS minutes before the night mail tra"in left. The crew of a flre engine put out the blaze within minutes
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    HE THREW ACID ON FORMER MISTRESS
    155 7 HE THREW ACID ON FORMER MISTRESS PENANG. Turs BM. SIMON, a cold- smith, was today sentenced to four years' gaol for what the Penang Assize judge. Mr. Justir~ Spenrer-Wilkinson drscribrd as "an extremely cowardly attark" on his former mistrrsa. S. P. Sarojini. by Vhrowing nitric acid on her on Sept.
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    TRISHA MAN REFUSED TO MOVE: $15
    77 7 TRISHA MAN REFUSED TO MOVE: $15 Several trishas NN rausing an obstruction at the Brittanla Club. Singapore, on Sunday When a constable asked the riders to move, all obeyed, except Ng Bah Bee. He refused to budge. When the constable asked him for his identity card. Ng "told him off
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    Queen will hear the latest radiogram in Sydney
    95 7 'pHE QUFEN and the Duke of Edinburgh will listen Is music from the latest loncplaying radiogram when they rest in Sydney during their Commonwealth tour Mr. Hector V. Slade, deputy managing, director nf the Oarrard Engineering and Manufacturing Co.. Ltd. London, said
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      171 7 Kt4t an kick CUrfct iKoe» their k*«rf» NBMal r»i«yr« %>^t~S~ J^\ m»de ♦«>•« t*«e i»«rd.««t m»t«n.»l* ,nd tt»«H up »o the toughest l^flßT treatment <"»-jJ Parent* never worry when then children are wearing CI»fV« they know th.t they re made ipcoaliv to room tor r*»tgrowing toci while Hrting mugly »t
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      160 7 The Weather .Minimum temperature: (7 30 p.m. on Nov. 23 to 730 a.m. on Nov. 24) Singapore 77 BMrtca, Penang 73. Kota Bai:: j 72, Kuala Lumpui 12. Ipoh 69. Kuantan 72. Maximum temperature: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 pm. on Nov. 24) Singapore 89. Penang 87. Kota Bahm not received,
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    Special meeting
    25 8 The Malay Marine Offlcr ts Association. Singapore w:;i hold a special general mer-tin» at the association premises at fl o.m. on Dec. 6.
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    Rural Board
    19 8 Sineaporr Rural Board wl] mr^t in thr ronferrnrp room ■>: tht Colonial Srcrrtary's Offlc at 10 am .tomorrow.
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    Committee set up to probe licences for bookies
    328 8 Committee set up to probe licences for bookies PUBLIC, RACING MEN TO GIVE VIEWS KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. JHK HIGH COMMISSIONER has appointed a committee to consider whether it is desirable that bookmakers should be licensed and registered. So far it has met once. The committee has invited the Selangor. Perak
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    SARI MODEL FROM BOMBAY
    51 8 MISS I'MII.OMK.NA Samuel models "Golden Shadows." a sari creation from Bombay, at the Y.W.C.A. fashion display in Seremhan. The sari is of sheer flihnet sprinkled with cold and is worn with a titin fit tin i: rh.'h and under skirt of heavy slipper satin in cold
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    New Year's Eve dance for funds
    46 8 Thp Eurasian Association of Singapore will hold a New Years Eve dance at the Victoria Memorial Hall to raise money for its education funds Tickets at $3 pach are .-otainablr from Mr. E. B. Carlos, at trip Singapore Recreation Club.
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    Journalist fined $50
    50 8 Lawrence Cheah. a journalist, wa.s fined $50 in Singapore yesterday for nrgligent driving resulting in a collision with a lorry Cheah's car collided with lorry at the junction of Can tonment Road and Keppel i Road o n July 30 Thp car overturned but nobody was hurt
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    MAN WAS DRUNK-SO WOMAN DROVE CAR
    130 8 Now he's disqualified for year WHEN police checked the woman driver of a car being driven unsteadily alone Thomson Road on April 9 it was found she had no licence and was not covered by third party insurance. Seated by her side was the
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    Court waits for report from Yard
    121 8 WHRN Thomas McKee. a marine engineer, pleaded guilty in thr Fifth Police Court yesterday to two rharjtes of cheating, Inspector A. D. Jacobs, prosecuting asked the iragistrate to postpone sentence to Tuesday as the police were awaiting a report from Scotland Yard. It was
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    JAPAN WILL SEE OUR FILMS
    191 8 Festival N0.2 for Singapore L"l\ r films depicting the lives, customs and cultural backgrounds of Malayans will he screened !^efn*.-e Japanese audience;* at the first South-East Asia film festival to be held in Tokyo next year. This decision was reached at a conference in Manila
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    ARMY NAMES TWO JUNGLE CASUALTIES
    75 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The soldier killed in an operation in the Ulu KHantan area on Saturday. wa.s Pte Mohd Tahat bin Ahmad of the 3rd Battalion Malay Regiment, it was learced today. HQ Malaya also announced that Pte .1. Bunting of the East Yorkshire Reßiment
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    HE WARNS ANTI-YONG MEN OF BOYCOTT
    170 8 HE WARNS ANTI-YONG MEN OF BOYCOTT MR. M. P. D. Nair (Ind.Seletar) warned in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday that voters might boycott Councillors at the next elections who opposed the grant of the Yong Award to temporary clerks. The Yong Award gave 22 months, back pay to Government clerks
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    Fish prices not falling, says Mrs. Eu
    101 8 (rpHE PRESIDENT of the SinI1- gapore Consumers' Association. Mrs. Robert Eu. told the Straits Times yesterday that there is no indication that fish prices are falling. She was commenting on a I statement by the Fisheries Department that recent increased supplies have brought
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      335 8 IMIH NOW for Singapore's MODERN GRACE MOORE QUEST! OBJECT: To sclci-i M pnUM "Olee which in thr I opinion of the Judges has the nearest vocal qualities of the late Miss Moore, who wa.s a famous STAGE SCRFEN SINGING STAR Ist. Prise: $500 Open Order on Robinson-. Lrd. 2nd. Prise:
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      298 8 wyLitM>J»>k^ SINGAPORE 7 ...i Morning S'ar; 7.30 News; 73S Melody Mixture; 8 Invitation to Music; 830 Malay' Housewives' Corner; 8.5" Schools; 945 Close Down U.M Schools: 1130 Close Down: I Tommy Doiney Orches- tni; 130 News: 1.45 Prom; 1 1 Schools: 3.10 Close Down; 2 I R;i( inn Commentaries, Singa-
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      343 8 I—2 A* Spore: 2—3 10 SchoolM 5 I'ri.viHnimes in Chinese; ti.lo Listeners Calling: 7 News; 7 15 Walt* Time: 7.30 Record Review: 8 Theatre. Arms an<l the Man: 9 15 Voices of Romance; 9.30 Ntw; 9 45 Report on the Budget Meeting of the Federal Legislative Council; 10 Time for
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    Nightmare death struck 700 in crash of dam with 'feet' of clay
    1968 9 Nightmare death struck 700 in crash of dam with 'f eet' of clay V> fQ T« PP- ATlin r MM i: «.l,.He«; «f A.l«..thin \rl7l W^ jbl [Mraits limes rcAiUKL:: «....ur,. M t.,, 5f,,,,,,,s f M .i0r.........j r^^g*^^^g*9 g*^g*^^g*l EARLY on the afternoon of March 12, 1928, William Mulholland, chief
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      662 9 MAcmj|i|rooi.s Trmnx th* lmrg**t stocks Plant mnd Machinery im thm British CvmmouwM/th lIHONO (Jl mmni bt*4 amlfkit h~i SWIINIY BLOCKSIMI Na. 7 mmUIIb. r iMtfkt of msAns iM' <>p«w Hvk liwlln.bl. P<r»«r Prat. tvrtwm cram*. Follow nMk bond »i», ht 10 MM. •dlwtabl* ttrok* 14'oU. -f. >•-!.• of thro*l dayHfM
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      410 9 THIS AH AM AX X.iii S Alone of all Ihe ships company. I The early li(hl ot dawn khourd Kor once, my adventures had Minlvrd tho attack of the frroci- that the current was driflinr m<- IJT."!^ 1 "J? U^ r ii< litlits. Gay blossoms and o.is Rocv M> food
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      Rubber output rises
      91 10 Rubber production in I the Federation in Ortohrr «j was 40.915 tons, compared I J with 47.3,28 tons in Sept- I rmiii-r. bringing total out- I put for the ten months of J IJ this >ear to 4*2.729 tons. |H compared with 475.440 9 tons in the
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      RUBBER PRICES
      198 10 December first grade closrH on the Singapore rubber mprj ket yesterday at 58 3 4 rents a pound, one-eighth of a cent above Monday's clo.se. < Business was done in December during the day between 58 and 59 cents. The market opened sli-htlv below the previous day's clnsp
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      Australian stocks
      173 10 MEI.ROIIRNE Tnes {jENERAL Investments were taken g to hieher levels on thr stork Exchnnse today on steady all-round demand. The crop of favourable rotnpnnv announcements and the stmnelv holding wool mnrket were hrl^htenln? influences Bonds held stronclv. eisht I rl"ine and two easing. Closlne prices of selected «tnrY*
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      Produce prices
      68 10 Singapore Chinese Prndnre r.\change: Noon prices per pirnl wmn Copra: steady qulei November •J7< buyers r?7\ sellers, rteremhrr $n\ buyers $3« seller.-* Coconut oil: $fip., sellers unrhanced. Pepper- unrhanfferi. small business reported; Muniok while J. 140 Sarawak $335. Lnmpone hlark DM I.ewi« and Teal: ClosliiE nrl> es were
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      WALL STREET
      73 10 NEW YORK Tues ()N the Stock Market ve< erdav the line of |m«i raatatane* wai rlownwwrd and «Hde< Ui Flirt ir'* mftlMM The volume hnwrver fniled 4 n vhnu any SMrniflrnni broadening Da* Jones averages on Friday ;.nd Mrvr.d:iy were: Fri. Moo. in Indtiv'ri Is 27fi n.S 27S
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      exchange rates
      37 10 on 'he fre-- excha'ice market In K'ons ves'erriav the TTS riollnr was onn-e-i at LM9 for e**h i>nd ***** for T.T Serl-nc w.s niiolcxl ai l.Sfifl Bn <i O ne •iH COW a' 249 7V
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      BIGGER TURNOVER: HIGHER PRICES
      668 10 TIN JUMPS, RUBBER BETTER '"THE improvement, whirh Started in the SinKaporrß" A share market on Monday was rnnunued yestrrdnvßwhen prices in the tin and industrial sections worrß-1 taken to higher levels on a very much incrrasrdßturnover. fS This improvement followed the rise in thr tiriH price
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      Singapore shipping
      161 10 Singapore shipping lying; alongside the Rinca- i K pore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are Doctor Lykes i-2 Mellskerk 4-5 Standella C.P Cnltex Pekan Barn 6-7. Wonoxari 8-9. Borneo 11 Benmhor 13-14 Tablnta IS-1B Hulda Maersk 18 Burnslde 19-20 Tung Sons; N Wall 5 to 7 Semwaranu N Wall
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      330 10 NOTICE MALAYAN BREWERIES, LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE IB HEREBY GIVEN that a First Interim Dividend of 6 cents per Ordinary Btock Unit nnd 6 rents per Management Share both less 3Q r Income tnx has been declared by the Directors on account of the financial year ending 30th June
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      306 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited for the post of a shroff in the Currency Office. Singapore, In the salary .sriile $90 6A 150 B 162 6A 180 12A -216 B 12A 240 p.m. plus current allowances. Applicants should have a good knowledge of English and be accurate and quick at
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      409 10 NOTICES NOTICE Federation of Malays $7,5«M»,«00— 5% Loan 19*2/1972 Notire is hereby given that, 'he Register of the above mentioned loan wi.l be closed rrom Ist December to 15th December. 1953 (both day* Inclusive) for preparation of Interest Warrants. J.H. NEWBIOOINO Registrar. Public Debt Office. Federation of Malaya. NOTICE Federation
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      416 10 NOTICES SELANGOR COCONUTS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) Notice is hereby given that the thirty-eighth Annual Oeneral Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office of the Company No. 1, The Embankment. Kuala Lumpur on Friday the 18th December 1953 at 2.30 p.m. AGENDA 1.
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      789 10 NOTICES NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP COMPANY (1932) LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) and IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE 1940 to 1946 At an Extraordinary Genera) Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at the Registered Office. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay, Singapore, on the
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      593 10 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: Supply of iA> 10,000 A.C. House Service Single Phase KWH Meters. Close NOON 0- 15.12.53: A (B) the following transformers: S— SOOOkVA 22 6 6k V with onload tap changer 3— 3»OOkVA 22 6 6kV with onload tap changer 3— 2OOO tV
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      Forgotten city
      802 12 The ScouM find forgotten city in the jungle ruled by man th* inhabitants believe to be x Red. They find that he it a icientitt who has discovered a new weapon which he plans to use on Hie whole world, leaving only a selected rew to survive. Ahmed,
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      Spill some ink and win a prize
      323 12 J Dear Boys and CirU, > First of all, here are the > winners of the crossword competition: A Subramaniam. 204 Ampjng Road. Kuala Lumpur. Andrew Ch>a 59 Kampong Java Road. Singapore Foo Leong Khean, 180 Lariat Road, Falim, Iprh. Lee Seok Cheng.
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      Colombo's clever jumbos
      359 12 Colombo's clever jumbos HAVE you ever srrn an elephant playing the mouth organ? I have. It happened at a zoo in Colombo. We went there one evening at five o'clock, and saw a large crowd sitting round an arena, so we thought we'd sit there too and see what would
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      POET FROM EIRE
      348 12 I HAVE news for those who write to me for penpals; two of my readers have offered to help solve your problem. Uncle Yong Heng has been sending me a small but interesting publication called "Colombo Special." It has a world-wide circulation and helps pen-pals and those
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      A MATCH TRICK
      173 12 HERE is a trick to puzzle your friends. All you will need is a r ibber band and four matchboxes-^three empty and one with a few matches in it. Take the box containing the matches and fasten it to your right arm with the rubber band -make
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      Complete these....
      43 12 Can you complete these proverbs? Many make light A rolling... gathers n0... All is not that Too many... spoil the... A in time saves Fine make fine Do you know the colours of the following stones? Garnet; agate; emerald; cornelian; sapphire.
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      180 12 It's good to grow up in 'Viyella' ■KB r *Wm% Jfi^l^M ■j^^kip- j-tti r y?w I ■K> V II m .1 tiv Viyella' is ihe fabric- for growing families .always soft and lipht, 'Viyella' positively thrives on washing (note the famous guarantee) day and l^s* suas^J night wear Viyella J.
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      12 12 c. c. c. Collect six o/ these coupons join the Children's Club.
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      24 12 DLEASE enrol me as a member of the Children's Corner Wise Owls and send me a badge NAME a«— VMaMHHHfI ADDRESS wm DATE OfLß^rW^..^^..^^,...-........^....^.^..
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      262 12 W^^^mMp\\ ANN WltJiT rV<Vf ~H^ MUM MULIHt UM I O,Q Y O U JWf^ IV Of r »f 6*l*l*9 a 3 knows what is 600 b I rrgjfs, S& V i see you 3/ us am winking J^^^ »"j ****>*. I MILO NOTHING BETT6R TO K€CP tSf ~(A fif~_n f^\
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    HARITH PLANS TO COACH NEXT SEASON
    257 13 HARITH PLANS TO COACH NEXT SEASON j T 1 His weekend will probably mars the farewell appearance of Harlth. Singapore's regular centre half and skipper for the past four yean. He will turn out for the Tiger* n the S.A.F.A. senior cup final on Friday and may also play for
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    Peng Soon says 'I'm not worried'
    203 13 WILL NOT PLAY FOR BAM AGAIN TAIPEH, Tuesday. WONG PENG SOON, Malaya's unofficial world badminton champion, greeted the news of his "self expulsion" from the Badminton Association of Malaya today with a shrug of indifference. "I am a Chinese. I will not be dictated
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    U.K. SOCCER
    30 13 LONDON. Tue* Results of friendly football matches played under floodlight last night were: Hull 1, Admira (Vienna)]; Leeds United 2, Falklrk 1; Sunderland 2 East Fife 2— Reuter.
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    11th HUSSARS WIN
    30 13 MERSINO, Tue*.— The 11th Hussars Regiment beat Mersing Youngsters by I—o In a friendly soccer match played at the Town Padang yesterday. Referee: Che' Ibrahim bin Haron.
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    Star men in Medanteam
    56 13 THE SUMATRA soccer team, PSMS of Medan. arrive in Singapore today to play four games tomorrow, Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday —at Jalan Besar stadium. The five star players in the team (photos above) are considered certainties for Indonesia's team to the Asian Games at Manila next
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    SAFA MISS CHANCE TO PROVIDE VARIETY
    279 13 SAFA MISS CHANCE TO PROVIDE VARIETY By SENTINEL THE Singapore Amateur Football Association seems to be missing too many chances of inviting: foreign and especially European— aoccer teams to play ln the Colony. Not long ago a crack Yugoslav team visited Indonesia, but turned down an offer to play ln
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    Helen Heng champ for fifth time
    232 13 UELEft HENO (United Family), the defending champion, easily defeated Baby Low (Useful), this year's Malayan women's singles runner-up, by 15-2, 15-3 In the Singapore Badminton Association's women's slrgles final at the SBA Hall lv: night. This was Helen's fifth successful defence m her crown
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    C'WEALTH XI OUT FOR 196
    94 13 JAIPUR. Tues. *T<HE Commonwealth cricket team 1 were dismissed tpt 1M on a jute matting pitch on the opening day of their three-day match against an eleven of Rajprakukh of Rajasthan i Maharaja of Jaipur) today The home side did not bat. The strong Jaipur
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    LATIFF SCORE 2 PAST CHINESE
    30 13 Latlff Wanderers beat Singapore Chinese Recreation Club 2-0 In a friendly hockey match on Hong Ltm Green yesterday. Hassan and Sheikh Mansoor scored for Latin.
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    CHANGI BEATEN
    32 13 University of Malaya beat RAF Chang 1 2-1 ln a Singapore Hockey Association Div. 2 league match at Buklt Ttmah yesterday. It. 8. McOoy and Jamaluddln scored for the University.
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    S.C.C. get best of 7 goal game v R.A.F.
    335 13 SINGAPORE Cricket Club, playing a substitute goalkeeper, All, scored a creditable 4—3 victory over R.A.F. Malaya ln a friendly hockey match on the padang yesterday. It was a fast and hard-fought game throughout with the Issue in doubt up to the
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    5 TROPHY RACES AT PENANG
    214 13 PENANG. Tue*. pLABB 1. 2 and 5 horses will be catered for at the Penaag Turf Club Christmas-New Year meeting to be held on Deo. 35 and 36, Jan. 1 and 2 Entries closf at noon on Dae. 10. Distances and stake* arc: Class 1
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    VASS A SUCCESS ON RIGHT WING
    376 13 LWTHM KAKIB, this year's SAFA Senior Cup 1 finalists, were not impressive when they defeated combined Europeans and Eurasians 3-2 in a friendly match at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Yesterday's match served as a practice for both teams, who have Important engagements before the
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    FA Cup 2nd round draw
    128 13 LONDON, Tuet rpHE draw for the second round of the FA. Cup, made here today, resulted: i Peterborough v. Aldershot: Southend U. v. Chesterfield: Wigan A. v. Exeter C. or Hereford; Southport v. Port Vale; Scunthorpe Iv. Southampton or Bournemouth i Accrington v. Tranmere Halifax
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    HMS Malaya rugby table
    71 13 POSITIONS in thr H.M.B. Malay* rafter competition to ate are: NORTHERN SECTION P W O L I- A PU. «rak 2 2 S 4 iedab I I 1 M C t rl.nto, 2 1 1 12 i rnanj 3 2 IS (SOUTHERN SECTION ohore 2 2
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      562 13 s^as* •SjfaM^jH THIS picture— one of a series of six in TITLE CONTEST "A" has been given three titles. Which two do you think are best? A. MY NAME IN LIGHTS I. I WONDER IF IT WILL BOUNCE" C. "I'M ALL LIT UP" Each day this week, the Straits Times
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      42 13 RUOOEB St. Andrew's School v Naval Baae "A". Naval Base: GHQ DUtrict SlrnaN Ri"{i Tanflin Barrarks. R.C.C. "A" v RAF Chaitft "A", I parlant ROCKET Friendly: Indian As*n. UniTer- sitT. IA ground. SOCCER i Friendly: Seletar F.C. H.M.S. j Blrmlnrham. Naval Baae.
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    LILLIBULLERO TO
    219 14 Wonder Gold to win again WAKING a line through Fairy •I Tale's win over the Ipoh 6f. In the course record time of 1 mm. 12 4/5, Wonder Gold stands out as an extra good thing in the Class 1, Div. 2 6f. event (Race Two) at Buklt
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    Best Tip in top form
    666 14 BEST Tip came with a lively spurt to finish third to Border Scot over 7f. on Saturday with 9.2 on her back. The run showed that Best Tip it back at her best after a brici lapse and over her pet distance sh<! should win
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    Straits Times Selections
    151 14 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1 2.15 SIAM RICE Hula Hula Jetty WONDER GOLD Always Olrandrr JETTY Hula Htila SUm Rice JETTY sum Rlee Hula HuU ItM 2 2.45 s. mumrosk Tnnrin WONDER GOLD Amnemtnt II Toucan Race 3 3.15 ADELAIDE STAR Amhivudw Srarlrt Admiral >ANDE
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    Today's race card
    1177 14 DOUBLE TOTE: Races 4 7. BIG SWEEP: RACE 8 Race 1—2.15: Class 2. Div. 3 6 Furs 1 001 Cardinal P«lf Bougoure 9.00 Goodwood Stable Sullivan 2 670 Seordanre Whitney S.i 2 Ms. K W Si H. S Wee rhinitis 3 644 May Bng Charles 8.10 Mr.
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    BECCAFICOES DOES SMART TRIAL
    410 14 r»ECCAKICOE«. engaged in the v 2.45 at Buklt Timah today, ran a smart trial on the training trnck yesterday morning when he beat Greet (McCloud) over 3f In 36 35 Jackie Smith had Beccaficoen nicely on the bit at the finish. Superiority *nd Feoometer. both fancied
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    TAKE THE BIG SPRINT
    430 14 Cinecolor next best By EPSOM JEEP I ILLIBULLERO'S failure to get even a place in the Perak Gold Vase race over the straight s}f. at Ipoh last month is likely to he put down against him when prospects are weighed up for the Class 1 DW.
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    Millwall win replay
    19 14 LONDON rues -Mlllwnll oem Colchester United 4-0 In a PA. <^Ip first round replay yesterday. Reuter.
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    At B. Timah today
    53 14 UEAVV rain Ml ?e*ter4ar morning hut Ihf Irark dried up rapidly under a hot sun In Ihr afternoon Rarrinc farther rain, the filing lorlav should he good. ToriaV* hr«l Mi irielxMr MM in Race Thref. Rent long-shot "rdomrtrr in Rare Six. Radio Malaya trill hrnadnut the
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    Adelaide Star is best bet
    331 14 •TODAYS best bet at Bukli Tlmah Is Adelaide Star in Race Three This four-year-old showed promise in his first ever appearance on a Malayan racecourse, at Ipoh last month, when he came in a soort third to Vincent over the straigh' 5' .f Adelaide Star
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      888 14 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS ontinned from Pftfe •>) SITUATION VACANT in XV"* Si (min.)— Box HI rtn. extrm. STOREKEbVy Clert required by Brltlfii Company. Must have had at least five years rxprrlence and have testimonials covering th'« pfrlod. Knowledge of engineering atom an advantage. Progressive appointment for rlgh". mnn. Rtply Box AIM!).
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      785 14 HOME LEAVE W»rds Si (mim.)-Box St rtt. txtra. TO LET For Six Months from Ist February 1984 fully furnished I house. 4/5 beds, central heating. etc. Some domestic help available, ou.'-y country setting, bus service, mile station, excellent trains, fortyfive minutes c»r Piccadilly. Exceptionally low rent tot hotue-proua tenants. Apply
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      598 14 FOR SALE 10 Wnrdt Si < min.)— Box if eU. wrtra. DIBPOBINO household furniture. Very reasonable price*. Write P.O. Box 249 Ipoh or phone ManggU 294. SILVER Crowt high pram, grey complete canopy. Immaculate condition. $150 Phone ***** after 6 pjn. DACHSHUND Pupplen 11 weeks male black tan nrsi class
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      59 14 'PERSPEX' and 'CRINOTHENE' For home and office Perspex' acrylic sheet is available m transparent, translucent and opaque colours m a wide range of sheet sues and thicknesses It can be fabricated as easily as wood or non-ferrous metals using standard equipment Crinothene'. a decorative plastic sheeting supplied in many attractive
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