The Straits Times, 27 November 1953

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    NO MASS SACKINGS—YET
    3564 1 NO MASS SACKINGS— YET 'We can 't upset morale of workers' council told The Big Debate BUDGET APPROVED KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. •TMIKRK will be no immediate mass retrench- i merits of Government servants in the Federation. The acting Chief Secretary, Mr. David Gray, made this clear in the Federal Legislative
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    Dato Onn defends publicity services
    365 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A DEFENCE of the large establishment of the Department of Information Services was made by the Member for Home Affairs, Dato Sir Oon bin Jaafar. when he replied in the Federal Legislative Council today to criticisms. Dato Sir Onn also endorsed the
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    A city bans discrimination
    44 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs -The district of Columbia Boarc. of Commissioners the city s ruling Dody has ordered all its agencies to hire and dismiss people without regard to race, creed or colour Merit and fitness aione would coiint. officials said. Reuter.
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    I ROYAL TOUR BEGINS
    38 1 The Queen leaves London Tlll. 1)1 XX OF bDi.Nltl Ci.il lakes a la.st look behind at London Airport as the <(u> en boards the Stritocruiser Canopus to begin their Com momvealth tour. A.P. picture
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    FORCES SMASH TWO BIG BANDIT RINGS
    552 1 FORCES SMASH TWO BIG BANDIT RINGS Three terrorist bosses killed KI'ALA LIMPIR. Thursday. SECURITY forces have smashed two powerful Communist terrorist rings in Selanjjor, the Stat«> police headquarters here revealed today. Three terrorist bosses were also shot dead in an ambush today in East Pahang. (See Page 9). One of
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    BUILDING CONTROLS ARE OFF
    65 1 MX R n MUST, Mem her for Works and llousinc. yesterday annnunrrrl thi- ending of thr Emrrgenej mntrnl on huilrtinu Speaking durinc thr Rudcet drhatr. he said that prices of huildinu materials had continued to fall. "Skilled l;»hour is no lonccr in short supply, and thr
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    MEETING COULD BE TOMORROW
    228 1 If Reds follow our lead: Eden LONDON. Thursday MR EDEN, the Foreign Secretary, said today that a meeting with Russia could be held tomorrow if the Soviet Government would follow the British Government's example and agree to discuss Germany and Austria at any time and place
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    More fog in London
    53 1 LONDON. Thurs— Fog dropped like a curtain over parts of London last night, whil»» in others the air stayed crystal clear under a brilliant moon Services at London airport were halted and road traffic was delayed. In places motorists ptunßMi from briffht moonlight into fog. causing
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    Naval talks
    27 1 MALTA. Thurs Admiral William M Fechteler, Com-mander-in-Chief. Allied Forces. South Europe, arrived here today for talks with Admiral Earl Mountbatten. thp Allied Commander. Mediterranean Reuter.
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    New book about Churchill
    53 1 LONDON, Thurs— President Eisenhower and nearly 40 other people who have contributed to a new book about Sir Winston Churchill have autographed a specially bound copy for presentation to the Prime Minister. The book. "Churchill. By His Contemporaries." will be published on Monday— the Prime Ministers
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    New mines Bill
    31 1 LONDON. Thurs.—The Gov- 1 ernment yesterday published the Mines and Quarries Bill the first to deal with safety in mines that has appeared here for 42 years— Reuter.
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    Bomb flung into office of Minister
    55 1 JAKARTA Thur--4 N unknown person threw a handgrenade Into thp room ot Indonesian Justice Minister in the city centre, here ">n Wednesday nistht Thp air conditioning ma damaged but there were no casualties a.s thp offices were closed This morning servant, found second unexploded
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    SCORCHING SUN FOR ROYAL VISITORS
    184 1 KINGSTON. Thurs THE QUEEN and the Duke ul Edinburch, after a 14-hour day spent in an aircraft arm driving over mountain roads. last nicht rested at King'.s House, residence of the Governor of Jamaica. Sir Hugh Fo >t Today's Royal programme began with a military
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    Up to him
    43 1 CAIRO. Thurs.— The Egyptian Government authorised the Minister of Finance and Economy. Dr Abdel GIIH Emary to remove the names of shins using the Suez Canal from Egypt's blacklist at his own discretion and without reference to the Cabinet— Reuter
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    MAGNIFICENT GIFT, SAYS MELBOURNE
    322 1 MELBOURNE. Thurs i THE VICE-CHANCELLOR of Melbourne University, Pro- 1 fessor Paton. today hailed Singapore Legislative Council's donation of $100,000 to helo build an International House for Asian students her P a.s "a magnificent gift. j It would enable building to be started early next voar
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    HUNGARY TAKES A HOLIDAY Football victory
    164 1 HUNGARY TAKES A HOLIDAY Football victory BUDAPEST. Thurs. ALL factories throughout Huncarv closed today, traffic in Budapest and other main towns came to a standstill and people rushed to public loudspeaker systems in squares and streets all for the England-Hungary football match. Budapest radio, reporting Hun. gary's 6-3 soccer victory
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    US may step up rubber buying
    227 1 US may step up rubber buying WASHINGTON, Thurs. THERE was speculation in rubber circles here today that the United States was preparing to suspend ;i programme which has angered producers of rubber in South-East Asia. This i.s the stockpile rotation proßiamme. which .supplies low crade rubber to American businessmen, who
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    STOP PRESS
    33 1 WINSTON TO I-LY IN CANOPUS LONDON, Tbars. Sir Winston Churchill flus tn Bermuda Tuesday for Big Three conference in stratocrnlser Canopns which carried Queen on iirst part of Commonwealth flight. Beater.
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    I Ceylon will ban Dr. Jagan
    40 1 COLOMBO, Thurs.— Dr Chedrii Jagan. deposed Prime Minister of British Guiana, and Mr. L. S. Burnham. his former Minister of Education, will be barred from coming to Ceylon, an authoritative source reported today —Reuter
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    Triple-quake rocks Tokyo
    58 1 TOKYO, Thurs.— Tali oullfl ings swayed as three se parati earthquake shocks shook Tokyo today The first shock which Kicked up small tidal waves but did little damage jolted Tokyo and most ot Northern Japan early this morning. Night workers fled into the streets with the nerve-chiHins
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    You're helping Reds more than we are, M.P. tells U.S.
    246 3 You're helping Reds more than we are, M.P. tells U.S. BUYING CHINESE GOODS FOR DOLLARS LONDON, Thursday. A SOCIALIST, Mr. VVoodrow Wyatt, said in the 1 House of Commons yesterday that the United States had given far more assistance to Communist China than Britain had by buying Chinese goods for
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    CANADA AGREES TO SPY INQUIRY
    204 3 OTTAWA, Thurs. CANADA yesterday pave permission to the United State* Senate Internal Security Sub-Committee to interview j Igor Gouzenko. Gouzenko Is the former j cipher clerk in the Russian Embassy at Ottawa whose disclosures broke up Soviet spyIng in Canada. The Government .said in reply
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    Burma has big rice problem
    112 3 ROME. Thurs. BURMA Is finding it difficult to dispose of her surplus stocks of rice, according to V Thet Su. chairman of the State Agricultural Marketing Board at Rangoon. U Thet Su was addressing thr current conference of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation
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    Reds ambush 2
    26 3 SAIGON, Thurs. Com-munist-led rebel guerillas a.nbiished and killed two French planters in the Tay Ninh r> sion. 100 kilometres west of here.— UP.
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    The danger of propaganda...
    54 3 MELBOURNE. Thurs.— Mr. D. F. H. Packer, chairman of the Australian Associated Press, yesterday told the anrual meeting that propaganda was adding to the difficulty of news collection. "Propaganda transmission Is free and th P air is full of it.' he said "Transmission of reaj news
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    New Premier is nominated
    35 3 TEL AVIV. Thurs.— The Israeli Labour Party, largest party in Parliament.' yesterday nominated Mr. Moshe Sharett, the Foreign Minister, to succeed Mr David Ben Gurion as Prime Minister after his retirement—Reuter.
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    Atrocity debate
    29 3 NEW YORK. Thurs— Debate on United States charges of Communist atrocities in Koiea will open in a plenary meeting on the UN. General Assembly next Monday.— Reuter.
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    Truce man hurt
    30 3 MUNSAN. Thurs. A Czech member of a neutral nations' inspection team was found in his quarters suffering from a i self-inflicted wound at Inchon I today. -UP.
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    HALF-CROWN TO HELP ABBEY
    37 3 THF HON. .1 \K\\OA fRAKi. daughter of Lord Craiitavon. puts a half-crown on Ihp 'silver mile" to aid the West- minster Abbey appeal for a million pounds for urjjpnt hniklin^ rrp;urv— Popper picture.
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    ANGRY VYSHINSKY
    54 3 —He's baiting U.S. again RUSSIA'S Andrei Vyshinsky takes it calmly (tup) but when he gets really into his stride i below) he bangs the table to emphasise a point in his U.N. Political Committee speech charging the I.S. with preparing to unleash a new war to bolster a
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    HONG KONG KEEPS RED CHINA TRADE BAN AND SUFFERS
    236 3 Lyttelton LONDON. Thursday. MR. OLIVER LYTTELTON. the Colonial Secretary, told the House of Commons yesterday that he was deeply conscious of the economic hardships suffered in Hong: Kong. He said he would do hLs best to ensure that the benefits of
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    More sought for food
    57 3 LONDON, Thurs.— The Government sprang a surprise on Parliament yesterday by calling for an extra £126.800,000 for the Ministry of Food. This demand, presented as a supplementary estimate of expenditure for the year 1953 1954, more than doubles the original estimate of £108,700.--000 pushing it up
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    New President for France
    53 3 PARIS. Thurs. -France Mil elect a new President on Dec 17 to succeed M. Vincent Auriol. the National Assembly's steering committee decided today. President Vincent Aunol's seven-year term as president ends next January and he announced in the summer that he would not be a candidate
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    Graves found
    23 3 SALERNO. Italy. Thurs Workers repairing a railway line havp uncovered a big Grook burial ground near the ruins of Paostum.— A.P.
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    Police guard as man called "Judas'
    195 3 EMNBI'IM.H, Thurs. ANGRY crowds shouting "Judas Isca r i o t", "traitor" and "police stooge", yesterday tried to mob a man who had given evidence against four Scottish Nationalists accused of plotting to overthrow the government. The witness, John Cullen, was guarded by 20
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    Freedom ship
    35 3 MAIZURU, Japan, Thurs.— The Japanese repatriation ship Koan Maru left here today, for the Russian port of Nakhodka to bring: home 810 Japanese who have been detained by Russia since the war.— A.P.
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    joe McCarthy is a woe, says stevenson
    105 3 ALABAMA. Thurs. AMR. ADLAI Strven.son, De*mocratic candidate in las* year's Presidential election yesterday called Sentor Joesph McCarthy "the woe of Wisconsin" at a Press conference i here. A-skrd what he thought ot a statement by Senator McCarthy 'Republican. Wisconsin) that espionage In the
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    LONDON STOCKS
    172 3 LONDON, Thur*. 'THERE was very little mention of J Par Eastern Blocks on today* Stork Exrhange. Minor activity orrurred in both teas and rubbers and prices In both sections were harder on balance. Shippings, however, were dull. In foreign bonds Japanese moved up a fraction In very limited
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    RUBBERS
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    TINS
    58 3 Ampat iS +-ri Aver Hltam 24'- Hone Konit +->3 Ipon (15/-) 14/- Kamuntina (5/-) 8/4«4 London (s'-) h'KVt Malayan <i/-) W Pahanr (S^-) 12'9xd Pmllnn isl) —^3 SuncPl Bpm 10/3 9n Klnta i.S'-) 13/- '3 5 Malaya f 5/-) 24 'S -r-'3 B TT^r.al. (5/-) T6 Plone 5/3 Tronoh
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 LONDON. Nov. 26. Cash Buyers £655; Sellers CfiS7' Forward Buyers £641; Sellers £645; Settlement £66A down Turnover a.m. 225 tons; p.m. 40 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    34 3 lONDON. No\. 2«— Spot 17", d. Jan. 17 T >d.. Feb 18d.. Mar l«d Apr.-Junp 18d.. July-Sept. 18' y d.. Dec. f.i.f. 17", d.. Jim. r.tf. 17\.. Yn. c.i.f. 11%4. Tone: Stron?.
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    Commander is dead
    59 3 WASHINGTON. Thur s.— Commander James Hughes, retired master of the gunboat Panay when she was sunk by the Japanese in the Yangize River in December 1937. died yesterday. He was wounded when a bomb struck the Panay's briJge but refused to relinquish command He reached shor P
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    The order goes out from Sir Gerald: Grow more rice
    274 4 THAT MEANS ANOTHER $32 m. TO COST OF 6-YEAR PLAN KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. ACTING on the direct orders of the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, to "stow more rice", the Federation Department of Drainage and Irrigation will supplement its
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    T.U.C, wants full-time officials
    88 4 T.U.C, wants full-time officials THE Singapore Trades Union Congress is to employ tull-time paid officials. To pay expenses, the Congress will double the membership fees of affiliated unions, the T.U.C. general secretary, Mr. Chew Seng, said yesterday. The representative council of the Congress is to meet on Dec 13 to
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    U.K. holiday
    27 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Mrs Watts wife of Mr C. G Watts, of the Social Welfare Department, Johore. yrsterday left by plane for Britain on holiday.
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    POLITICS PROBE SOON
    109 4 POLITICS PROBE SOON By Govt. Unions rE question of Singapore Government employees taking part in politics will soon be Investigated. The secretary of the Federation of Government Employees' Unions. Mr. V Rajagopal told the Straits Times yesterday that the Government is appointing a committee to study the issue. The delegates
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    7-year gaol terms stand
    50 4 Chan Chow Chin and Yap Pei Inn, sentence to seven years' gaol for armed robbery, had eheir convictions and sentences confirmed in the Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. The Acting Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Brown, said that there was ample evidence to find them guilty.
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    Red rice for Ceylon
    34 4 The 5.791 ton British freighter Rajah arrived in Singapore yesterday from Whampao with 1,500 tons of rice from Red China. She stayed only a few hours before leaving for Colombo
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    Goldsmiths forced to pedal trishas
    130 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. pOLDSMITHS in Malaya are being hit so hard by the trade recession that they are turning to trisha pedalling and hawking to earn a living, says the Federation Labour report. One Penang shop had 30 goldsmiths last year. Now the proprietor is
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    School opened
    25 4 KAJANG. Thurs.— A school at the 9th mile new village Cheras has been opened by the District Officer. Mr J L. M. Oorrie.
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    She will charm you
    47 4 ONE OF THE STARS of the Xavier Cugat troupe, Carmencita Garcia, who will charm audiences with her songs at the shows to be held next week in Singapore at the Odeon Cinema, Happy World Stadium, and Raffles Hotel. Picture by Baron of Hollywood.
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    3 PROGRESSIVES FA VOURED TO WIN
    195 4 City Council elections A POLL of Singapore voters taken by the Straits Times yesterday showed that they favoured Progressive Party candidates to win three of the five vacant seats in the City Council elections on Dec. 5. I They gave one seat to Mr.
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    Todays Radio SINGAPORE
    94 4 Todays Radio SINGAPORE 7.15 Mornlne Star; 7.30 News; 735 Melody Mixture; 8 Hill Billy Half Hour; 830 Malay Housewives' Comer; 9 Music while You Work; 9.45 Housewives' Choice; 10.30 Matinee; l New Yorkers and Sonny Burke Orchestra: 1.30 News; 1.45 Gene Krupa Orch.; 2 Close Down; 502 The Under 21
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    Toffee magnate
    31 4 PENANG. Thurs._Mr. John Mackintosh, director of the toffee manufacturing firm. J. Mackintosh and Sons Ltd. visited Penang yesterday in the course of a world tour to study trade conditions
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    GAZETTE NO LONGER A CHINESE PUZZLE
    123 4 Tmnslations available SINGAPORE Government gazette notifications are now available in Chinese translations. The notifications, published in English, were often puzzling to Chinese living in the Colony, particularly businessmen. Because of this, a law graduate Mr. Chtew Van Sin, decided to publish translations in Chinese.
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    Missing woman found
    43 4 MADAM Son Poy Poh of Ipoh and her two-year-old daughter, who were reported missinj on Wednesday, were found by the Singapore police in the Colony yesterday. A polire spokesman said that the woman did not want to return to Ipoh.
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    THIS IS A PHONEY SLUMP, SAYS GOVT.
    162 4 THIS IS A PHONEY SLUMP, SAYS GOVT. KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. DRESENT trade conditions in Malaya are like a "phoney slump", says the Federation Labour Department's monthly report, Issued today. But, the report warns, there is no doubt that a general slump, following the drop in rhe rubber and tin prices,
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    The polling results may come earlier
    115 4 Arrangements are being mad> to speed up the counting ol votes in the Singapore City Council elections on Dec. 5. said Mr. M. Ponnuduray Supervisor of Elections, yesterday. After voting closes at 8 p.m boxes will be transferred to the Victoria Memorial Theatre for
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    Ex-prisoners get help
    37 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.State Discharged prisoners Aid Sub-committee dealt with 35 cases since its formation tn June. The discharged prisoners, most of them Malays, were assisted with passages to their hom P towns and jobs
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    Mason had 21b. opium: gaoled
    46 4 TELUK ANSOK, Thurs When a policeman searched Teh Choo Swee. 57, a mason, at Denison Road, he found a two-pound slab of raw opium in Teh's pocket. In the sessions court. Teh v.a.s sentenced to eight months' gaol for possessing opium.
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    Square dance at kampong
    42 4 Kampong Silat Estate Community centre. Singapore, will hold a social nighl at 6. Slla: Crescent, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. today Square dances, games for children, lucky dips and musical items, and other entertainment will be provided.
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    WRAC sobs as soldier fiance gets 18 months'gaol for assault
    403 5 WRAC sobs as soldier fiance gets 18 months' gaol for assault A PRETTY W.R.A.C girl was led sobbing from an Army court martial :n Singapore yesterday as her soldier fiance was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and ordered to be discharged with ignominy from the Army. The soldier, Driver Albert
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    BODIES SHOWN TO PUBLIC
    138 5 BODIES SHOWN TO PUBLIC 'Why?' asks M.P. LONDON, Thurs. SIR LESLIE PLUMMER Labour, asked in the House of Commons yesterday why the dead body of a Chinese woman bandit, shot and killed by Malayan security forces, was brought from the jungle, strapped to a plank and exhibited outside the polirr
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    New officer
    40 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thaw.— Inche Mokhtar bin Haji Yunus has assumed duty at the District Office, Kuala Klawang, as assistant rural development officer. He took over from Tunku Zubir bin Tunku Nasir who has been transferred to Port Dickson.
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    Officer tells court of trap he laid for Trust man
    373 5 Officer tells court of trap he laid for Trust man $1,000 FOUND IN BEDROOM, HE SAYS \f R. \C, LENG HOCK, A.S.P., of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, told the Second Criminal District Court judge, Mr. F. A. Chua, yesterday how he found $1,000, in SlO notes, the numbers of
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    Library gets reading room
    51 5 BUTTERWORTH. Thurs. Butterworth Fr p c Library, sponsored by the local branch of the Penang Adult Education, now has a reading room at St Mark's School. The branch donated $1,000 for the library and it will be responsible for the running of it during the first
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    Crime takes a holiday HALF CITY FREE
    62 5 Crime takes a holiday HALF CITY FREE IjX>UR OF eight Singa- pore Police Divisions, Rural West, 'F, *G' and 'M' yesterday sent in crime free returns for Wednesday. In the other four divisions, 'A', \v l» and 'G', six arrests were made in seven seizahlo offences committed on Wednesday. "A
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    NO JURISDICTION SAY JUDGES
    259 5 Application for restraint lost 4N appeal by Leslie Marro against the order of Mr. Justice Brown refusing an ex parte application for an order to restrain the Colonial Secretary from deporting him from the Colony was dismissed by the Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. The
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    Speech day
    25 5 BATU PAH AT, Thurs.-Hie Government English School, Batu Pahat, held its annual prize, speech day and exhibition of arts and crafts on Tuesday.
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    Village fixes nomination day
    39 5 I ALOR STAR, Thurs.—Sunday is the nomination day for the Kuala Ketil local council elections to be held on Dec 20 Three seats will be contested in three wards: Pekan Bahru Pekan Lama and Kampong
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    Big Rotary conference in Singapore
    140 5 Big Rotary conference in Singapore MR A W. FRISBY, chairman of the Public Services Commission in Singapore and the Colony's former Director of Education, will open the annual conference of Rotary District 46 at the Adelphi Hotel tomorrow. Mr. FiLsby Ls Rotary gQvernor of the district. The conference will start
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    7-day fair
    35 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Thurs. —A seven-day fun fair will be held at the Nibong Tebal public padang from Dec. 1 The fair H being organised in aid of the Nibong Tebal district welfare fund
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    CASHIER CHEATED MAN OF $34,813, GETS 3 YEARS
    309 5 CASHIER CHEATED MAN OF $34,813, GETS 3 YEARS Trader lost all his savings TELUK ANSON, Thursday pHAN YONG KWAN, 48, an ex-cashier of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Teluk Anson branch, with 23 years' service, was sentenced to three years' gaol by Mr. E. V. A. Peers in the Sessions
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    They're SO happy on the Board
    127 5 PERSONAL ATTACKS? OH, NEVER! PERSONAL attacks among Singapore City and Legislative Councillors noay be rommon, but in the Rural Board members regard themselves as one happy family. Yesterday, Inrhe Ahmad bin Ibrahin who is retiring after six years as a nominated member, told a
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    Europeans want single allowance
    92 5 Europeans want single allowance fHE Singapore branch of the A European Civil Servants Association wants only one ceiling for allowances to Government officers under the Ritspn pay scheme. Disagreeing with a Government proposal at the iast Ritson pay talks, to retain different ceilings for allowances for single and married officers,
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    New association
    40 5 BUTTER WORTH. Thurs. Mr Gee Kok Weng Penan* Chinese Affairs Officer, will open B'ltterworth s first Cantonese association, the Tong Keow 3eah. in Kampong Bengali, at 1 p.m. on Sunday A dinner will be held at 5 p.m
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      348 5 SINGAPORE DIARY Rotary I>is(ri<( Conference: Cock- V.W.C.A.: Mulav classes 9.30 a.m. tblLs ai residence of the City Pre- and 5.30 p.m. al Raffles Quay sidMil. Mr T P. F. McNeice. 24. st fll<Ml i, lhrd rml: Clo-hing i i^i.^ P c i r S "°P l C.W.A. Room. South Side.
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    Dispute is settlednow a new one begins
    245 6 Dispute is settlednow a new one begins KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. rIE Federation's 10,000 War Department civilian employees are having a new row with the Department almost immediately after settling a dispute this month. The new dispute is over an order stopping free transport for workers on Jan. 10. Negotiations on
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    Bahai here on goodwill tour
    72 6 Mr. Zikrullah Khadem of the National Executive Assembly oi the Bahais of Persia and a leading member of the Bahai World Community will arrive in Singapore today for a lecture tour in Malaya. Mr. Khadem, who Is on a world goodwill mission, will give a
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    Union H.Q. starts quiz on workless
    205 6 BRANCHES ASKED: HOW CAN WE MEET CRISIS? Selangor T.U.C. is calling for 40 reports KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Selangor divisional committee of the Malayan Trade Union Council has started its unemployment survey. It has sent a questionnaire to its 40 affiliates asking whether their
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    2 fined $100 for obscene article
    65 6 2 fined $100 for obscene article CHEW SOONG SEONG, publisher of a Chinese-langu-age newspaper, was charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with allowing an obscene article to be printed in the paper on Oct. 23. His editor, Loong Yen Chua. was charged with abetting Chew. Both pleaded guilty,
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    Two had obscene pictures
    54 6 M. Mohamed Ismail, who tried to sell pornographic pictures near a Singapore cinema was fined $50 yesterday He pleaded guilty. In another case Doray Ayoub bin Booso was fined $50 for having sets of pornographic pictures and literature, when the police raided his room in North
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    He wants to see youth leaders
    59 6 Mr. William M. Welling, programme specialist of the Department of Education U.N.E.5.C.0., flew Into Singapore yesterday by X.L.M. Constellation from Bangkok to see the work of the Singapore Youth Council. Mr. Welling, who Is here on a six-day visit, hopes to meet j Colony
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    Labour exchange for Perak
    48 6 IPOH, Thurs.— The Federation's third Labour Employment exchange will be opened in Ipoh on Jan. 18. The other two are in Kuala Lumpur and Penang. The new exchange which will be for the whole of Perak, will occupy an office in the Labour Department.
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    $95 in memory of Mr. Mistri
    33 6 Donations totalling $95 in memory of the late Mr. N R. MLstri are among those in the latest list of $1,436.89 received by the Singapore Anti-Tubcr-culasls Association.
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    WRONG THUMB PRINT
    103 6 —But the right man KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. SINCE 1938, an Ipoh firm, Osborne and Chappel. has been paying an ex- watchman a monthly pension of $15. A year ago he went into hospital. He asked the firm to hold his pension until he came out. Last month
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    Ex-teacher found dead near road
    90 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs rnHE BODY of ap ex-Kuala X Lumpur schoolteacher was discovered In a lonely spot near the Kepong road eight miles from here, today by a rubber tapper on his way to work. A piece of rope was round hanging from the branch
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    Nurses to get certificates
    41 6 PENANG, Thurs. Nurses, who have passed general and midwifery training at the Penang regional school of nursing, will receive certificates at a ceremony on Mondnv at the Penang General Hospital recreation hall. A variety concert will follow
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    $70,000 hostel
    23 6 TEMERLOH. Thurs.— A 570.000 hostel is being built at the new $170,000 school nere. The hostel will accommodate 50 boys. I
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    Exhumed body illegally
    89 6 MALACCA, Thurs.— ln the Malacca coroner's Court today, the Jury said that those responsible for burying and exhuming a stillborn child without proper authority should b P prosecuted. A midwife Mariam ointe Nikmat. of Telok Mas after giving birth to a stillborn child at the house of
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    Mrs. Hong's family
    31 6 PICTURE SHOWS from left to right; Guek Int. 15. Kok Kiong, 2, Mrs. Hong, Soh Gek. two months. Sob Mci, 5. and Kok Tiong, 6. Straits Times picture.
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    SHE PLANNED A FLEET OF TAXIS
    240 6 Than the bad luck set in A SINGAPORE woman who once hoped to own a fleet of taxis is today taking in washing to support her family of seven. She is Mrs Hong Chan Tiong Eng. 38. With her children and husband, a taxi-driver,
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    Council meeting
    18 6 Sincapore Legislative Council will meet at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 10 am on Dec 15.
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    SHE HIT A MAN WITH FIREWOOD
    136 6 SEAM AH BOEY, a house- 1 wife, was fined $15 In Singapore yesterday for cau.smß hurt to Wong Chan Chong a patent medicine seller, by hitting him with a piece of firewood on Sept. 14. Wong said that while driving along Florence Road with
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    Returning to U K
    32 6 Major General G N ruck, englneer-ln-chlef of the War Ofhce. arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qantas-8.0.A.C Constellation on his way back to Britain after visiting Korea and Japan.
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    Robbery case for retrial
    78 6 Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday ordered a retrial in the appeal of Fung Chew Song against the conviction and sentence of seven years 1 Imprisonment for armed robbery Setting aside the conviction «.nd sentence the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Brown, -aid that the trial
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    BRITON IN PRISON MAY BE DEPORTED
    258 6 BRITON IN PRISON MAY BE DEPORTED STANLEY E. S. Donaldson, 24, who is serving a prison sentence, was yesterday brought before the Singapore Sixth Police Magistrate, Mr. R. W. H. Davies, for a ruling on whether he should be deported. Mr. J. E Marshall. of William Jacks and Co.. Ltd.,
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    Pneumonia kills 12 in week
    49 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Out of 37 dysentery cases in the Federation in the week ended Nov. 14 two were fata; There wpre 49 pneumonia cases with 12 deaths. Other health returns were Polio five cases, enteric fowr 21, scrub typhus five, urban typhus four.
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    PEER VISITS SON IN SINGAPORE
    129 6 Tin LABOUR PEER Lorn Shepherd, and Lady Shep herd are in Singapore visiting their son Mr. M N Shepherd i director of Fielding Brown and Finch Ltd Lord Shepherd, who is chief Opposition Whip in the Mouse ot Lords was created i baron °y the
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    Tried to kill wife to end his misery
    202 7 Tried to kill wife to end his misery KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A LABOURER. M. Munusamy, 32. was today sentenced to nine years' gaol for the attempted murder of his 16-year-old wife, K. Suppamah. Munusamy told the Chiet Justice Sir Charles Mathew. that he had led a "miserable life" since his
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    Home Guards HQ opened
    58 7 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Thurs. "Be observant, anci alert during darkness." the Resident rnmmi.sfionor, Mr. R. P. Binj;ham. told Kuala Tassek Horn- 1 Guards when he opened their headquarters today. Mr. Bingham presented the Guards with a Union Jack and asked them to look upon it as "a
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    Labour pledges support for Templer
    177 7 PENANG. Thurs. HPHE CHAIRMAN of the PanJ. Malayan Labour Party. Inche Mohamed Sopiee. today pledged "full Labour support,' 1 to the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer. "We ar? deeply impressed by his speech in the Fedri:»l Council." Inche Sopiee told the Straits Times. Sir
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    First steps taken to set up $8 mil. polytechnic
    165 7 $100,000 INITIAL GRANT THE Singapore (Government has taken prelimi-, 1 nary steps to set up the $8,000,000 polytechnic j institute recommended by a special committee which studied the matter. Discussions were held yesterday on ways to implement the committee's report, the
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    COLOMBO PLAN NURSE ENDS HER COURSE
    68 7 AN INDIAN M'ltSE, who was awarded a Colombo Plan scholarship to study nursing and hospital administration in New Zealand, flew into Singapore by Qantas Constellation from Sydney yes* terday. Miss Gool Pavri, the only nurse in India to be given the scholarship, was on
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    Youth world assembly 'act of faith'
    163 7 Youth world assembly 'act of faith' MALACCA, Thurs THE second gathering of WAY. (World Assen bly !of Youth* in Singapore next 1 August is an act of faith of the youth of the world in Malaya, said Mr. Fred Arulaoandom, chairman of the Malayan Youth Council. He wa.s talking to
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    For Kluang
    26 7 TEMERLOH. Thurs— Mr. J. W. Watson. Forest Officer, Trmcrloh district, has been transferred to Kluang, Johore. Mr. Watson was a Pahang State hockey player.
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    Boy assaults woman, 49
    54 7 TELUK ANSON. Thurs. -Sehdi bin Tipap, 18, a former special constable on a rubber estate, was sentenced to six months' gaol. He had used criminal force on Tang Ah Nya, 49. a married woman, with intent to outrage her modesty, in her tobacco farm at Kampong
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    Prize day
    28 7 PENANG Thurs. —The Huti chings School will hold their annual prize distribution and j exhibition on Dec. 4 and the Francis Light School on Dec. 2.
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    NEW PROTEST ON 'JUNGLE GREEN'
    179 7 Bid to alter court reports IPOH. Thursday. OFFICIAL ATTEMPTS are being made to get the of •Jungle Green", the book on antibandit operations in Malaya, to alter certain passages about emergency trials, in order to remove wrong impressions involving the dispensation of justice in the
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    $1,000 fine
    28 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Thurs.— For assisting in carrying on a public lottery of 100 and 1000 characters Ong Fook Son? was fined $1,000, or four months' gaol.
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    I SAW MY FATHER STABBED, GIRL SAYS
    206 7 I SAW MY FATHER STABBED, GIRL SAYS IPOH, Thurs. A NINE- YEAR-OLD girl 1 and her mother today told the Assize Court how the woman's husband was attacked and stabbed several times before they could shout for help while they sat outside tiieir house in Teluk Anson on the night
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    Decree nisi granted
    74 7 The acting Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Brown. In the Singa- pore High Court yesterday granted a decree nisi to Lav- rence Tan Swee Lim to dissolve his marriage with Luck Seng Bo i Lat Tor desertion. The decree Is to be made absolute In three months. He
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    Labour Dept. blames Govt.
    46 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Government employers are reluctant to use employment cxi changes set up by Government, says the Labour Depart- ment report for October. They enlist the help of the exchanges only after exhausting other means of filling vacancies, says the report.
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      272 7 .Strait* Time* Oo*sword "~1~ Z Z ACUOSS 10. h Mi Mi progeny? 16. Si. 1. The s>a !>•.-( one tv put your 14. BMi a house' A gem! <bi. shin on 1 7. 5). IS. Mountains .shown In a lot of 8 He think.-- only of hi.s head (7) map*
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    DEATHS
    90 8 111 M .ir*« till (minimum) SAUNDERS l.t. Col. R. W. Plunders. M.8.E.. aged 44 year* Ambushed and Killed by terrortsUs ki Ren.am. Johorc, on 25th November. I!>.">3. KANC. The death occurred at his residence. 923. Upper Serannoon Road, on 26.11.53. of Mr. Kang Chens Hock at the age of
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    82 8 IF ITS Air Conditioning you *an», Ii Must Br Wrstinsnouse." nn; RH! Manning about it. At ***** POMMY THOMSONS X'mas K.il« Exceptional bargains in gown* for all occasions. For two weeks only. G.H. Bidn.. spore. A NEW selection of maternity frork:. In Horrocks. Tootal and i fabrics from $28
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Nov. 27, 1953 Reluctant Blessing
    1267 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Nov. 27, 1953 Reluctant Blessing The Federation's budget, with its record deficit, received the somewhat reluctant blessings of the Legislative Council yesterday after a long but not unfriendly debate. It was recognised on all sides of the House that the Kinorgoncy is it the bottom
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    Ike may lose ability to lead...
    813 8 HE MUST MAKE UP MIND ON POLICIES, SAYS O.H. BRANDON IN THIS ARTICLE PRESIDENT EISENHOWERS biggest two parties since the political autumn season started his birthday party, which was attended by 5.000 Republican regulars, and his opening of the Washington social season with a
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    Ragging on grand scale
    262 8 I HAVE followed with interest but growing exasperation the letters on ragging. The letter by Graduate Malayan, stating that ragging in London Cambridge and Oxford is extremely mild compared with that in the University of Malaya, really las we would say in London 1 'takes the
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    THE 'FOLLY' OF IT
    108 8 STUDENTS who are "ragglns: addicts" should realise the folly of ragging. It does them no good and 'it harms the victims. By ragging, instead of earning the respect and the friendship of new .students the ragpgffl earn their hatred. I praise the Press and people like
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      WHY MALAYA 'NEEDS A KING'
      381 8 WHY MALAYA 'NEEDS A KING' IN reply to remarks by learned leaders of Singapore on my plan for a kine to rule Malaya when it attains independence, here are my reasons for the suggestion: The highest honour and dignKy, the highest symbols of happiness, glory and peace lie in the
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      KELANTAN AS SITE FOR UNIVERSITY
      147 8 TF A SITE has to be found for the Malayan University, I thir.k Kelantan is eminently suited for the purpose 'or economic and o»'.ier reasons Land can be made available here cheaply and an ideal are.i .in harmony with the require-' ments of a dignified
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      Chance for Indians
      269 8 THE Federal Government recently announced that plans were being made to settle Indians on agricultural land in this country. Let us hope that this is not Just for j one of the many K.I.V. flies With the present tracV depression, large numbers of Indians on estate? are
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      'Ruin of the world'
      215 8 SIR Roland Braddell warns of the danger of self-gov-ernment before Malayans are sufficiently prepared for It. This is an old story Klyne Street, in a letter, says the man-in-the-street Ifl not interested in elections and does not bother to register or if he registers, he does
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    On the Margin
    490 8 On the Margin Song of merry mail rhas been Gilbert and Sullivan week on stag* and j .screen in Singapore and thr j striking thing about it all la the revelation of the way those partners laughed at all things England held so solemn. The House of Lords ("Did nothing
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    Crooners aid education
    85 9 South Singapore Education Association held a variety concert last nieht 'in aid of the headquarters building fund of the Singapore Council for Adult Education. The programme included a masio performance by Mr. Tan Hock Chuan. the "Sugar Plum Fairy" dance by Miss Dorothy Amlta, songs by the
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    Three Communist bosses shot dead
    462 9 POLICE LAY AMBUSH— AND GET THEIR MEN Bandits walked into death trap KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THREE Communist terrorist bosses were shot dead in an ambush this morning by men of No. 8 Area Security Unit on the Kuantan Jabor Road, East Pahang. They were: Hussein
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    BANDITS SENT HIM A LETTER
    95 9 BANDITS SENT HIM A LETTER 18 months' gaol SEREMBAN, Thurs. NO Chin, 23, was sentenced to 18 months' gaol in the Sessions Court here today fur ha\ing a terrorist document at the 7th mile new village. Kuala Pllah. Chief Inspector Lee Kiat Siong said that Ng received a letter from
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    From drainpipe to arms of law
    67 9 A man slid down a drainpipe at the Adelphi Hotel. Singa- pore, and landed in the arms of a police constable at 4 a.m. 1 yesterday. The constable, who was on I duty in the compound of the St. Andrews Cathedral, had I seen
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    Police band
    60 9 Singapore Police Band v:ll '.perform at the following places 'between 5.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. on the following days: Katong Park. Dec. 4; King George V Park. Dec. 7: Farrer Park. Dec 9; Katong Park. Dec. 15: King George V Park. Des. 21; Farrer Park, Dec. 23; Katong
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    Law goes, so industry can expand
    109 9 Law goes, so industry can expand i THREE-YEAR-OLD law J\ was cancelled by the Singepora Rural Board yesterday to allow Industry to expand. Under the old regulation, the Board would only allow rubber factories to be built :n the Jurong area. Yesterday, when a request for an extension to a
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    Widow gets $4,270
    78 9 IPOH Thurs.— The 34-year-iold widow of a Chinese lum- berjack who was killed while felling a tree, has been given compensation of $4,270. by the Labour Department under tne 1 Workmen's Compensation Enj actment. The lumberjack, employed by a chinesp timber merchant in the Sitiawan area, was
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    I-CARDS HIDE THE REAL NAMES
    163 9 Singapore mix-up of surnames MANY PEOPLE in Singapore have, In the past few years, succeeded in hiding their true identity behind their identity cards, when charged in court. This is particularly true ol Europeans with unusual names. Names on identity oarda appear surnames first Court
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    Time extended
    32 9 The Rendel Commission appointed to review the constitution of Singapore has extrnried the time limit for the submissions of representations lor requests to cive oral rviI denre until December 12.
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    QUIT VILLAGE, 157 ARE TOLD
    185 9 But they have nowhere to go FORTY-FOUR families, totalling 157 people, have 1 been told by the Singapore Harbour Board to leave their huts in Kampong Pisang. Singapore. The squatters called "trespassers" by the Board— have been warned to leave at once, but they have
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    VEGETABLE PRICES IN SINGAPORE
    123 9 Retail prices in cents per kati of vegetables at four Singapore markets yesterday were:— nr«rn r.nrn- Mmoii Rd. bornujh Rd. XX. >lery 100 110 110 100 "hve .sim 3S 35 30 30 Csng kong 25 30 2S 25 .mure SO 80 60 70 'eh chye 50
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    Americans celebrate
    42 9 Americans in Malaya celebrated Thanksgiving Day yesterday with special church services, family re-union dinners, sociaLs and parties. The main Thanksßivinc service was held at Wesley Church. Singapore, where the address was given by the U.S. ConaulGeneral. Mr. Charles F. Baldwin.
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    City Council to stand by a union
    141 9 City Council to stand by a union THE Singapore City Council will not withdraw recognition from the Government and City Council Labour Union. This was stated by the President of the City Council. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. in a letter to the City Council Labour Union Federation yesterday. Earlier
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    Mikado cast showed real enthusiasm
    253 9 rE cast of the Teachers' Training College's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Th P Mikado at the Victoria Theatre lust niglu threw themselves into their roles with real enthusiasm Obviously they enjoyed the whole thing enormously. So did the audience which packed out the house.
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    I THEY HAVE TO GO
    36 9 MOKI. THAN 150 people living in these huts will have to quit because they are not employers of the Singapore Harbour Board The land belongs to the Board. Straits Times picture.
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    All alone, he walked off with a 480-lb haul
    195 9 ONE of the heaviest, single-handed hauls ever made in Singapore was described yesterday in the Sixth Police Court. Lee Kup, of Syed Alwi Road, all by himself, stole three lengths of rail weighing 1601 b. each and carried them off. When
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    SO HE GOT HIS $5 FINE BACK
    86 9 SO HE GOT HIS $5 FINE BACK AN OLD hawker, Tan Lye| Yew, who pleaded guilty to hawking in Merchant Street, a prohibited area, was released after being detained for a day in the Singapore City Police Ceurt yesterday. Tan had beeii fined $10 but he could pay only $5.
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    Rent control
    23 9 The Federal Legislative Council last night decided that the Control of Rent Ordi- i nance should continue for j another year.
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    STUDENTS GUARD ALL NIGHT
    170 9 STUDENTS GUARD ALL NIGHT Priceless art treasures lIEAVY SECURITY precautions wore takrn at the Ori Tiong i Ham Hall. Sineapore. la.st night to guard I priceless art treasures inside. Ten university students camped in the hall and took turns to watch. Outside, il policemen patrolled. The .scrolls, silks, silverware, weapons.
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    Prize giving at girls' school
    35 9 Kho cnuan Girls' School, Singapore, will hold its annual prize-givine day at the K.irong Presbyterian Church, Knon Seng Roari. at 4 p.m. today. Mrs. Lofce Yew will present ITic prise
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    Thief gaoled
    43 9 ian bpk i^nye «as conviciefl in Singapore yesterday of house breaking into a shnphou.se in Dhoby Ghaut, belone- ing to A M Abdul Lateef. on July 2<\ and stealing clothes and cigarettes worth $264. Tan was sectenced to ten months' eaol.
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    Sanderson back
    28 9 Comm:.nder-in-Chief. Far I East Air Force. A-!r Marshal Sir Clifford Sanderson, return ed to Singapore yesterday after a three-week tour of Ausi tralia and New Zealand.
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    Police find two stabbed
    72 9 A POLICE patrol found two I Indians with stab wouni !n Buklt Timah Road. Singapore, near the 4th milestone yesterday. Both the men, Verappa Samy Nathan and Pathmm Shotta, live in Coronation I Road. I The patrol first found Verappa lying on the side of the
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      160 9 The Weather Minimum temperature: (7.30 p.m. on Nov. 25 to 7.30 am. on Nov. 26) Singapore 76 degrees, Penang 73, Kota Bahru 76, Kuala Lumpur 71, Ipoh 72, Kuantan 72. Maximum temperature: (7 30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Nov 26 1 Singapore 85. Penang 89, Kota Bahru 86, Kuala
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    Ye Olde Faked English History—by W. Disney
    547 10 Ye Olde Faked English History— by W. Disney *Tkm Su-nrtt and ihv tinse 9 GEORGE EDHVGER'S VILM PREVIEW "THE "SWORD AND THE 1 ROSE" is such a wild tangle of falsehoods dressed up in Renaissance attire that, to borrow the "Prithee English" of the film one "can do little but
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    WORLD of THEATRE
    632 10  -  *if \u *t T EXT productton <>n t!i»I Singap<irc stage is "Lwr« In Albania- by Eric Linklater, the Scottish author and playwright. I had lunch with Mr Linklate r when he was In Singapore a couple of years ago- He is a charming, witty but reserved man.
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    Films to see...
    217 10 Films to see... COM BACK. LITTLF l BHEBA. Fr.iMralrrt helne* over romr thrir Irnuhlr in .< n Amrri- r*n small ln«m. Human naturr rn.i. iw-d W i(h art and undn I MMk| •V Jll.lLS A I K. >li.iUi-sp,-.,,,. faithfully repro- durrd wilh sotnr finr artini particularly In Mark Anthony's j
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    New form of dance for Singapore
    378 10 DIE for jour mghis at the Victoria Memo- val Hall, where they open on December 15. Alexan- der ton swaine and Lisa Ciobel should have xomei thing new to show Singa- pore in th,- way of danc- i)iQ Then irill interpret in I modern,
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    Two found 'pot of gold' when they climbed a tough jungle mountain
    1997 11 Two found 'pot of gold' when they climbed a tough jungle mountain [Straits Times F E ATU R E tM^MrapL^'^,!!!,!.! 1 K^"V»ii »"J A STOCKILY-BUILT Australian, with arms and legs scratched and bleeding and clothes torn by thorny undergrowth, thrust his way from the New Guinea jungle late one January
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      TIN PRICE
      23 12 The price of tin in Sincapore yesterday uas He- I dared at $.124.3"i a picul. I down $fi. I 1 "I
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      Australians stocks
      203 12 MEL BOURNE. Thil-s IfILL 50 (WA> Oold mra 1» n paid i jumped Is. 9d to provide the >h:npest movement on the Stock Exi hange tixlay. Other gold shares werr irrrcular. Investment price moved Irrnularlv on a moderate volume nf trading but there were few shur* CkMRfM in
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      WALL STREET
      126 12 NEW YORK. Thurv yHE Stock Ma-ket ye.ornlav extended 'Tuesday'": laic hardenIng in occasionally expanded rir tncs. The reeoveiy. however. M rather selrctlve and acain fe assorted mdiisirials The list <ir-r--loped a majority of mostly fractional gains. In the afternoon the recovery was Impeded by profit -taking peclnllv by
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      Exchange rates
      38 12 On the free exchance mark"! 1m Hone Kone veMerdav the I» S. dollar was quoted at .i BR.S fn r and 5.9425 for TT. Sterlinc quoted at 15 68 and one t,.. gold at 250 25
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      Singapore" shipping
      194 12 Singapore shipping gHIPS lying alongside the Sm- pore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are Saxonclen i 2. Sunda i S. Aalsum C.P., President Polk 8 7. Japan 19, Dukat 11, Benmhor 13 14 Straai Banka 18. Bougainville IS 20, Salon-.-N. Wall 6. Beetong 21 22 Tudor 23 24. Ettrickbank
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      PRICES EASIER: TURNOVER SMALL
      434 12 TIN REACTS, RUBBER RISES "THE Singapore share market, particularly in tin 1 shares, took a little knock yesterday by the fall in the metal price, with the result that this section was generally easier with a predominance of sellers nt lower prices and in the absence
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      RUBBER PRICES
      173 12 December first grade closed on the Singapore rubber market yesterday at 59 n 8 cents a pound, five-eighths of a cent above Wednesday's close. The market had opened with December at 58 >i cents but business was done during the cay to 5ft 1 2 cents. There was
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      Produce prices
      74 12 Singapore Chinese Prmluer K\chaitfe: Noon prices per picul were Copra: very steady: Decembei $3«S buyers. $39 sellers: January MR 1 j buyers. $3R\ sellers Coconut oil: up 50 eenrs; *fil' a sellers. Pepper: quiet; black down $5: no business reported: Muntok white $340, Sarawak $335. Lampong black $295
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      493 12 TENDERS REMOVAL OF NIGHTSOIL 1954 TENDERS will be received by the Colrnlal Secretary, Singapore, before 12th noon. sth December. 1953. for the removal of nightsoil, etc.. twice daily, from Police buildings for the period Ist January, 1954, to 31st December. 1 954 Further details may be obtained from Police Headquarters,
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    THE BUSINESS WORLD
    461 14 THE BUSINESS WORLD CHASING two-way trade, a new Indonesian trade mission—hot on the heels ot the Peking-bound Asmaun trade mission will soon leave the Republic for Latin America. The Indonesian Consulate in Singapore revealed that the mission will be sent in lire with Indonesia's trade policy on direct trade expansion
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    BRITAIN HELPS JAPANESE TRADE EXPANSION
    398 14 BRITAIN HELPS JAPANESE TRADE EXPANSION U.K. TRADE COMMISSIONER SAYS:— gniTAIVS policy towards Japanese trade has been to open up as many ■venues ns possible for Japan without doing too much damage to Britain's trade, according to the United Kingdom Trade Commissioner in Vlalaya, Mr. K. K. Mackenzie. "We do realise
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    Captain was host at Chinese dinner
    78 14 ABOARD ship was the novel sitting; for a Chinese dinner as a celebration of the arrival of the Hulda Maersk on her first visit to Singapore in thr .Marrsk Line's new extended Far Eastern service. More than 100 businessmen associated with Sincapore's shipping circles
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    Anti-strike regulations Planned for Indonesia
    138 14 From A Special Correspondent STRIKK-BRKAKINC. regulations for government control of industry are being planned by the Indonesian (•overnment The new regulations are believed to have been copied from Dutch. Belgian and the American T.ift Hartley acts. Some Indonesian businessmen feel the new regulations may tempt
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    U.K. exports were higher !
    76 14 U.K. exports were higher UNITED KINGDOM exports in October at £227.7 million were £16 million more than the monthly average in the third quarter. They were also higher than in any month this year except July which, like October had 27 working days. October exports have usually reached high figures
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    SIX SHIPS FOR NEW SERVICE
    88 14 rE joint Norddeutschcr Lloyd— Hamburg Amerika Linie new Far East passenger service Is due to start towards the end of January. This was announced when the NorddruUscher Lloyds new i fi.989-ton Nerkarstein arrived in Singapore last work on her maidfn voyage to the Colony. Six
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    U.S. SHIPS SEEK S.E. ASIA TRADE
    104 14 U.S. SHIPS SEEK S.E. ASIA TRADE UNITED STATES shipping companies want more V. S -flag sailings between American and Indonesian -Malayan ports so the United States can share in increasing Southeast Asian trade This was told to the I.S. Federal Maritime Board by Mr. Alex C. Cocke. an official of
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    INDUSTRY FINDS NEW USES FOR RUBBER
    185 14 AMERICAN business circles continue to announce new and varied uses for rubber in a wide range of products, according to reports from the United States. Among the latest developments is an expandable sanda! for children which is washaole and can be extended a full
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    R.I. TO MAKE VACCINE TO SUPPLY S.E. ASIA
    88 14 INDONESIA will next year t. able to supply South-east A.sia with vaccines to combat :<>qt-and-mouth disea.- among animals. This was revealed by the Indonesian Consulate in Singapore which reported that a research centre for the i.manufacture of the vaccines is :n the
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      Brighter outlook on Emergency tempts investors
      164 14 Brighter outlook on Emergency tempts investors F[E improvement in the Emergency situation in Malaya has resulted in further interest amonc British investors in Malayan projects, in the opinion of Mr J. R. Millbourn. chairman of Tozer. Kemslcy and Millbourn. British export merchants, shippers and bankers. Mr. Millbourn left by air
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      Rubber used to reduce rail damage
      99 14 Rubber used to reduce rail damage TEN rubber-cushioned railway waccon.s have been bought by thp Erie Railroad, a leadinc American railway line, for use la the eontinuinc search for ways <o redurr possible damage to shirments. Mr. Milton G. Mclnnes, viceprosirient of thp railroad and in charce of operations, announced
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      Jungle oil search by 'copters
      177 14 Jungle oil search by 'copters DENSE tropical juncles hay been overcome by thp use of helicopters in an extensive search for oil in Netherlands i Western i New Guinea. The helicopters can land in a space as small as three or four yards square of cleared jungle. The oil search
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      K.L.M. flight figures rise
      78 14 FIGURES for the number o! passengers and mileagrs flown by X.L.M. (Royal Dutch Airlines i are increasing, according to a review for the fir^t nine months of this year In that time X.L.M. aircraft flew 22.9 million miles -11 per cent, more than in the corresponding
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    PHOTO GUIDE FOR TOMORROW AT BUKIT TIMAH
    37 15 Pictures above shows th e finishes of the second, fifth and sixth races at Bukit Timah on Wednesday. All these horses will run tomorrow, final day of the Singapore meeting.
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    GOODTRIAI BY KHOR MOUSA
    257 15 GOODTRIAI BY KHOR MOUSA f EADING hopes for the third 1^ running of the Singapore St. Leger over 1 3 4 miles at Bukit Timah tomorrow wound up their preparation on a good galloping track yesterday morning. Certainly no St. Leger horse shaped better than Khor Mousa. With Phenrmenon Franklin'
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    OLSON TOUR
    49 15 SAN FRANCISCO. Tl.urs. World mlddlewpiffht champion Carl Bobo" Olson plans an exhibition tour of Europe early next year. His manager. Sid Flaherty, sal-l: There is a possibility thnt h? w'll complete a round-the-world fllcht by coming bark through thf East and Maßln e an exhibition there."— Reuter.
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    RUGBY UNION
    44 15 LONDON, Thurs. Yesterday's rugby union results were: County championship: Kent 8 Hampshire 3; Surrey 3 Eastern Counties S. Club matches: Cambridge University 12 M. R. Steel-Bodger's team 11; St. Marys Hospital 19 Middlesex Hospital 0; King's College Hospital S Saracens 14. --Renter.
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    F.A. CUP FIRST ROUND REPLAYS
    51 15 LONDON, Thum— Results of yesterday's FA. Cup first round replays wrrr: Bournemouth 3. Southampton 1 Bradford 0. Crrwe Alex I; Mansfield o. Hartlepools 3. Revised second round matchfs as a result of yesterday's games: Walsall v Crewp Alexandra: Scunthorpe v Bournemouth: Northampton Town v Hartlepools.
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    Floodlit soccer
    29 15 LONDON. Twv— Manchester City beat Admii-a P. C. i Vienna i In a friendly fontball match played under f)nodli(rh»s Inn night by three C"als to two. Rcuter.
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    TOMORROW'S WEIGHTS
    328 15 nnim arr thr weichts for tomorrow lait day of thr Sincaporr November nirrlin; St. l.rgrr wrishl>. are puhlHhrd Hsewherp In (his pace. CI. 1, Div. 1-6F. Mpl Beau 9.05 Millionaire RIO Talisman 8.09 Kuphrate* 8.07 Super inrlu 8.07 Cinema II 8.06 Fairy Tale 8.04 Clnecolor 8.03 Cypres* Point
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    I.CHESIERES-LIGHTWEIGHT WITH THE BEST RECENT FORM
    265 15 I.CHESIERES-LIGHTWEIGHT WITH THE BEST RECENT FORM Epsom Jeep's Singapore St. Leger Selections LIGHTWEIGHTS have a great record in this season's Cup races on the Malayan Turf all the classics this year have been won by horses with 8.0 and under and a lightweight who, I think, will be to the
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    2. Khor Mousa—the problem horse
    283 15 2. Khor Mousa— the problem horse PROBLEM horse in the St. Leger tomorrow is KHOR MOUSA. This Persian Gulf four-year-old was a smasher as a two-year-old in 1951, failed dismally as a three-year-old and in Malaya he has still to show his worth in a race. Yet in the mornings
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    'Gambar' not set back by first run
    393 15 ALD favourite Gambar Melayu showed that he has taken no narm from his fine winning performance last Saturday when he worked attractively at Rukit Timah yesterday morning, galloping 4 f. in 51 and 3 f in 37 3 5 with Technicolor for company
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    SPORE ST. LEGER PROBABLES AND RIDERS
    142 15 SPORE ST. LEGER PROBABLES AND RIDERS THE PROBABLE line-up and jockeys lor the Singapore 8t. Leger over 1^* miles at Buklt Tlmai. tomorrow are given below. 212 Klfoletto 900 (R. van Breukelen) 6 chfg by Majano-Dauphlne II Lansdown 107 Mubarak 8.12 (Rodgers) 5 cheg Preclpltatlon-Mlss Minx McCloud 540 Parmlter 8.09
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    3. DOUBLE BLUE-RIDDEN BY THE JOCKEY IN FORM
    163 15 3. DOUBLE BLUE-RIDDEN BY THE JOCKEY IN FORM A GOOD system in Cup races is to back the jockey in form and Garnet Bougoure. who has been riding u-ith great success, has v chance of scoring his Hrst classic success on the Malayan Tur, on DOUBLE BLUE. This Ocean Swell
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    WE LEARNED IT ALL FROM HOGAN, SAY HUNGARIANS
    298 16 WE LEARNED IT ALL FROM HOGAN, SAY HUNGARIANS LONDON, Thurs. HUNGARY'S feat in defeating Eneland at Wembley yesterday, brought high praise from soccer writers in this morning's national newspapers. "limit And Lesson For Kngland". "Brilliant Hungarians Rout England" and "Hungarians Made Is Outdated" were some of the headings. "Salute the
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    EIGHT-GOAL OPENING BY TOURISTS
    420 16 It was Narayanan versus Medan By SENTINEL TNDO-MALAYS fielded the weakest team ever to face a touring soccer side at Jalan Besar xtadium yesterday and in a match that came near to being a fiasco were overwhelmed 8-1 by Medan. So pathetic were the Indo-Malay efforts
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    The unhappy Narayanan
    102 16 ANOTHER GOAL— and Narayanan throws up his hands as if in despair during yesterday's soccer at Jalan Besar Stadium, But despite the eight goals scored by the Medan tourists against a belowstrength Singapore IndoMalay team. Narayanan was the only Singapore player to distinguish himself. With no protccton
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    TIGERS MEET KARIB IN CUP FINAL TODAY
    97 16 T»IGERS S.A.F.A. first division champions, and Fathul Karih clash in the S.A.F.A. Senior Cup final at Jalan Resar stadium today at 5.15 p.m. Tigers, who are unheatrn in Singapore this season. are confident of heeomine the first team to achieve the cup and
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    NORMA WANTS THAT RECORDBEFORE DEC. 8
    153 16 SINGAPORE schoolgirl Norma Hutchinson will attempt to break the only swimming record she does not hold for girls under 14, at a special trial at the Singapore Swimming Club pool on Monday. Norma holds the records for the 50 metres freestyle and 50 metres
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    SPOON SHOOT
    21 16 The rtngppore Rifle Association will hold a spoon «hoot on Sunday at 8.30 a.m. at the Buklt Timah Range.
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    INJURYTO SEIXAS WORRIES THE U.S.
    231 16 INJURY TO SEIXAS WORRIES THE U.S. MELBOURNE. Thurx 'THE United States hope of winx nlm' the Davi? Cup received a jolt today when Wimbledon champion Vie SMxas turned up with an i.ijttrfd knee. The tl S. team do not swing Into Davis Cup rlay untii Dec. 17 at Brisbane against
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    CUP REPLAY RESULTS
    54 16 LONDON. Thurs Tonight's resiilts m the F.A. Cup flrft round rrphijra: Hereford 2. Eveter City 0 Newport County 1. Cambridge United 2: Rhyl 4. Halifax Town 3 (after extra timei. Revised second-round t.~s on Dec. 12 are now Wigan Athletic v Herciorn: Cambridge United v Bradford: Rhyl
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    SINO-MALAYS TO MEET TOURISTS
    54 16 The Sino-Malay team to piny Medan at Jalan Besar .stadium on Sunday will be chosen from: Chee Seng. Arshad. Teow Keng. Hassan Chonc Kum. Kok Seng. Harith. Hlr. Weng Yassin. Hee .Jonc. Hoi Mrng. Ismail YusorT. Boon Seong. Boon Leong. Ibrahim Mansoor. Jimmy Tan. Kok Peow,
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    ANNUAL RUN
    70 16 The Achilles Club will hold their annual three and a half mile cross rountrv race at Mcßitchle reservoir on Dec 5 at 5.15 pm. Entrance fee to non-members of the AchHles Club L« 50 cent* each. Entries should be sent to Mr L. O. Valberg c o the
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    HOCKEY DRAWN
    40 16 PWD. Sports Club and Cable and Wireless SC drew 2-2 In their Div. 2 hockey game it Farrer Park yesterday K. Ro'ario scored both goals for PWD and Q. de Rorario and P Irangazn for Cable and Wireless.
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    Varsity athletics
    22 16 CAMBRIDGE. Thurs. Cambridge heat Oxford by five e\ents to two In the annual Inter-varsity relay athletics match here today Renter
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    Nineteen world records claimed
    260 16 NEW YORK. Thurs. I MINE world record performances l^ in track and field, seven In swimming, nnd three in woicht-Hlt-ing will be submitted for approval at the 65th annual convention oi the Amateur Athletic Union at Washington on Nov. 27—29. The convention will alsn he asked
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    Scott brilliant in All Blacks win
    257 16 GLASGOW. Thursday. THE All Blacks overwhelmed a combined Glasgow and Edinburgh side here yesterday after being held up to half time. They won by 23 points to three, all the scoring taking place in the second half W. S. Freebairn opened the scoring with
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    IRON-MAN TAN TO BID FOR LON'S TITLE, RECORDS
    450 16 ifiHIRTY-TWO year-old Lon bin Mohamed Noor, A Singapore's bantamweight weightlifting champion for the past five years, will not defend his title at this years Singapore amateur weightlifting championships at the Happy World Stadium on Dec. 13 and 14. During training recently Lor,
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    SCOTS v REST RUGBY TEAMS
    113 16 The Sincapore Rugby Union ha\e selected the lollowing for the annual Srotl.ind v Rest matrh on the padang tomorrow (5 p.m.): Scotland: Mac Donald iSCC>; Hennev (SCCi. Mclver (SCCi. Wat- son (Armyi. Hoper (SCC>; Mac- Cowie tRAFV Craddock cRAFi;| Penman (HNi. Ha.stie (RAF>. Gray i
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    WIN FOURSOMES
    19 16 Mr P Jones and Mrs. Murnlv. won the mixed foursomps rnrnpfitlmi <<t the Island Cluh on gunriav
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    JAIPUR PLAY FOR A DRAW
    94 16 JAIPUR PLAY FOR A DRA W JAIPUR. Thurs -Declaring at the lunch total of Ml for four wickets, the Commonwealth cricket team left the Jaipur Cricket Association XI three hours in which to set 214 for victory today. They made little effort to ko for the rvns and scored 64
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      824 16 WANTKI) TO PURCHASE Waril, (Mtm.)-Box S» rt*. txlra. I j FRUIT Machine (One arm Bandit) must be In Rood order. Reply P.O. Box No. 91. CORONATION stamps $1.30 to $3.50 per 100. Malacca current 40 cent* to $3.00 per 100 Send pari ticulars and price to Box A 1560. ST
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      255 16 BUKIT TIMAH ROUNDUP BY EPSOM JEEP— P. 15 CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE Vw* Jti i Vim.)— Box i* fl« rxlra 1 ROAT 18 ft. canvas covered, newly paintrri. 7\. HP. Evinrude ct.cine All excellent order. Available immediately $1,000. Phone 7523 ONE PAIR Cockrr Spaniel BlacK. one year from different parents
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      157 16 Discovery DOM '".Jfcl BcTiedictine Onm. created by French ■n l Monks 400 year* ago from a secret v \^l lormula, contains the extmcte of I \3 crrtnin hrrhs chosen for thrir (tpectal \>^\ heolth and strength CivinjJ properties. /."j-^sA It is today the world'i moat lamout pjSgj Senedictine Wm DOM
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      50 16 HOCKEY SENIOR KO. TOI'RNKV: I'niversity "A" v BODCA at Bukil Timah (S. M. Mrnon and R. Ramalinicam). FRIEND! V S.C.R.f. v RNAS semttawatift at Hong Lim Green. SOCCKR SENIOR CUP FINAL: Tiger S..V v Falhul Karib F.C.. Jalan Besar. SWIMMING JI'MOR School* annual carnival. Chinese Swimming dub. .1 p m.
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