The Straits Times, 15 December 1953

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    13 1 The Straits Times Hew**** Established 1845 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1953. 15 CENTS
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    REDS 'INSIST ON TALKS
    293 1 They want Korea envoy to return JOINT DEMAND MADE TO U.S. TOKYO, Mon. 1>KI) China and North Korea demanded jointly today that the United States instruct special United Nations envoy, .Mr. Arthur H. Dean, to return to I*anf nmnjom and resume preliminary negotiations to convene the
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    McCarthy turns on Ceylon
    57 1 WABHINOTON, Mon Senator Joseph McCarthy si Id m a television programme inst nicht thai Britain wnt the Bovlel Union in 10.i3 twice ;i > much rubber as .^hf needed for peacei-<\ purposes lie .sniri th;it inchldii ber "1.051 non-Communist .ships engaged In trade with Communtal China
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    MAIL FOR QUEEN A Gurkha guards it
    146 1 MAIL FOR QUEEN A Gurkha guards it SEVENTY pounds of mail for the Queen and Ih,- Dllkr of Edinbargk ;uTivcd in Binga pore hv Quit. is Constellation yesterday an its wa> to Suva. I in in mteret'pt thr touring K<i\.il party Triple-sealed In seven eanvan l>.ii:v the letters spent IS
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    BO V WHO KILLED MAID SERVANT NOT TO HANG
    539 1 BO V WHO KILLED MAID SERVANT NOT TO HANG Sentence quashed on appeal r AN K\(; LOCK. 16-year-old schoolboy who was l sentenced to death at the Singapore Assizes on Nov. 18 for the murder nf a maid servant at his stepmother's house, is not to hang. The Singapore Court
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    I was overworked —mail sergeant
    1041 1 STORE COURT MARTIAL BEGINS SEBGEANT Walter Hor;ue Haves, Royal Engineers, faced a military court .11 Singapore yesterday on Hirer- charges of larceny and three other charges of failing to deliver and despatch 61 bags of soldiers' mail. Hayes, who was arrrstec' on Nov. 10. pleaded
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    Mrs. Pandit on way to Syria
    56 1 LONDON. Mon. Mrs. Vijaya I.akshmi Pandit, President of the United Nations General Assembly and sister of the Indian Pr.mc Minister, left I here by air today for Damas- c"«. Syria. she win visit h^r daughter, Mi Rita Dar. whose husband I]• a memb( r
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    Swallowed a watch —IT STILL TICKS I
    54 1 Swallowed a watch —IT STILL TICKS I AKRON. Ohio. Mon.-Edlth 'Stewart was resting comlorMbly in a Children's Ho-pH^l here today after swallowing her birthday present watch on Saturday morning. Doctors are ponaerin^ whether to operate on the HJ-ycar-n\<i sir! or leave everything to the passage of time. Meanwhile, the watch
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    London gets a gift tree
    84 1 LONDON. Mon —A bi; Nor- we^ian Christmas tree presented to London by the people of O>lo was unloaded at the docks here today and escorted by police through the streets to I the West End The tree i.s bem^ erected under Nelson's column in Tr.iInl^ar
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    Blast rocks Mufti's HQ
    39 1 BEIRUT. Mon. Lebanes" police are Investigating an explosion near the Beirut head- quarters of the former Grand Mutt: of Palestine last night. The blast caused conside- I 1 rable property damage but m casualties. AP.
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    New ambassador
    33 1 LONDON. Mon Pavel Fyodorovich Yudin, newly named USSR Ambassador to Red China, called on Premier i Chou En-lai in Peipins ye^terIday and presented his creden- tin Is Moscow Radio reported.— A.P.
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    West able to deter Red attack now
    171 1 EDEN'S FORECAST PARIS, Mon. "THE British Foreign Secret- ary, Mr. Anthony Eden, told the Atlantic Council here today that the West had now reached the stage where they offered a deterrent to any Communist attack. Mr. Eden was the first speaker when the
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    Airline man lost pistols
    76 1 GAOLED, FINED NAIROBI Mon. Mr Anders Karl Olat Nyman. a Swedish airline sales manager wa- senit need here today to two months' gaol and fined £100 a further two months in dofault for losing three pistols and three hundred rounds ot ammunition. Mr. Nyman said he
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    Trial of Lord Montagu opens
    41 1 LONDON. Mon. -Thr trial of I I Lord Montagu of Beaulieu on j Charge! of offences against 3 I 14-year-old scout opened today before ar r all-mal r iury. Lord Montagu pleaded not j guilty. Rei.ter.
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    Sarawak shipwreck: 16 now missing
    226 1 JjMRST ship to answer the rail for help lrom the Sarawak UghthoaM tender ncarucaw. vhtcn capsized .-arly last Saturday morning. the 1875-ton Peter Reed, a Singapore-chartered yes.el. 1 The Peter Reed, bound tor, Singapore, was diverted from Mlri. and is now anchored in the Rejang
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    New Red fighter
    33 1 LONDON. Mon The Soviet. I Union has developed a rocketrir.ven fighter plane to riefeno j vital taraets from fust highaltitude bombers. Jane's "AH the Worlds Aircraft" said toI day. A.P.
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    Goodwill tour
    23 1 HONG KONG. Mon. A lour-man mission from South Korea arrived today on a poodwill and observation tour of 3outh-East Asia.— U.P.
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    BUDDHIST PROTEST ON ROYAL TOUR PLAN
    159 1 'Queen should pay homage 9 COLOMBO. Mon. »R O. P. MALALASEKERA. President of the All-Ceylon Buddhist Congress, has protested against plans for the Queen to watch a procession from the Temple of the Tooth at Kanriy without first paying homage to the tooth relics.
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    Making headway
    41 1 TAIPEH. Mon. Nationalist intelligence sources revealed today thai North Korea had been making rapid headway on a giant railway reconstruction plan .s-.nce the ceasefire and 1 that 20.000 unemployed have been put to work on the proi ject.— UP.
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    Defence plan
    38 1 WASHINGTON. Mon The long range defence plan now understudy by President Eisenhower i.s aimed at brincng the United State.s military budget I down to about $32.000!nnn.000 a I year by lf).S7, it w;us learned today- UP.
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    SHE FLIES TO SPORE TO FIND A CHARM
    117 1 I Globe-trotter hunts', model trisha AN AISTKALIAN. with thou- sands of miles of world travel to her credit, arrived in Singapore yesterday, on 1 round-the-world trip by air, with one aim here to buy a small, gold ricksha ''charm' to add to
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    Indonesians find a 'death ship9
    71 1 Indonesians find a 'death ship 9 JAKARTA. Mon. AN Indonesian patrol vessel has discovered a Philippines vessel with a crew pt two emaciated men and three corpse* drifting between the Celebes and the Philippines, according to reports reaching j here. The survivors said another person had died and the corpse
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    5,000,000 to strike
    54 1 ROME. Mon— An estimate] 5.000.00.0 womera will be called out tor 24-hour strike tomorrow morning in a cami paien for higher pay. It will be the second natinn- wide strike In four days. I. i Friday n million Gnvornrru -a' employees, including railroid i workers, stayed on"
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    Acheen quieter
    41 1 JAKARTA. Mon Mr S M Amin. Governor of North Sumatra, .said today rebels in the Acheen District of North Sumatra are still committing miirrl< r and .sabotage but pro<zrr.s.s baa been marie in restoring order and security. Reuter. i
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    $4,800 STOLEN AT CINEMA
    64 1 Safe found open, but not forced j KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. "THIEVES broke into the I Madras Cinema heir nicht and stole $4,800 from tiv. safe. The open safe-door was di.s- i covered by thr jaga when he ie rounds. c iman for the cinema told tlv
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    Ho puts out No. 4 peace feeler
    65 1 Ho puts out No. 4 peace feeler SAIGON. Mon. A MESSAGE by Dr. Ho Chi Minh. thr Virtminh leader, broadcast, by the Vietminh official radio today, said he was prepared to hold discussions with France if France initiated armistice talks to end the Indo .lina war. Th r ..s followa
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    STOP PRESS
    129 1 I IBIMET MEETS ON STRIKE TfIREAT LONDON Mon Sir Winston Char al called emergency Cabinet meeting tonight to (.'insider railwajmrn threatened Christmas strike for more pay.— ReuttT (Sec Paga 3.) information agency yrstprday. The Brrt offer wu madp on Nov. 20 in an interview tjie rpter u.ivr to
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    Off to U.S.
    30 2 ROME Mon. Film star Errol Flynn new to New York today U> complete his latest picture. "Crossed Swords." an adventure nim made in Itaiy. i —A.P J_
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    Longest bridge in Malaya starts going up next month
    322 2 Longest bridge in Malaya starts going up next month $7 MIL. PROJECT WILL EASE BOTTLENECK L\ URK on the Kallang Basin bridge, for which the Singapore Govern ment voted $7,500,000 early this year, is scheduled to start next month. The bridge will be the longest in Malaya, measuring 2,489 ft.
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    The axe' for European rubber men
    187 2 The axe' for European rubber men From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Mon. UUKOPEAN rubber planters J-* are being dismissed from Malayan estates as an economy measure, according to Mr. Christopher Powell, London agent for the Incorporated Society of Planters. Disputing the accuracy of a report by the Singapore correspondent of the
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    Collision off Japanese port
    64 2 YOKOHAMA. Mon. The 8.000 ton British freighter Cyclops early today damaged a Japanese fishing vessel in a collision off Uraga port, seriously injuring the captain in the snail boat. The Cyclops was m route to Yokohama from Hong Kong. Officers of the Cyclops are now under
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    Amnesty expected
    29 2 ROME. Mon. Twenty-five thousand lesser criminals and short-term political prisoners will be freed by Christmas under a Government amnesty bill expected to be passed in Parliament. -Reuter.
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    'I-won't-quit' judge holds court alone
    218 2 HE DEFIES STATE DEPARTMENT FRANKFURT. Monday. lUSTICE William Clark, who is defying a State J Department order deposing him as Chief Justice of the United States High Commission Courts in Germany, held a one-man "sitting' here today. He appeared alnne on th<> bench of the
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    KIM MOOI LEARNS TO WALK AGAIN
    99 2 $1,500 fund for legless girl KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. I IM KIM MOOI. the 18-year-old legless girl who has been befriended by Straits Times readers, has finished her physiotherapy treatment and is now learning to walk with her artificial legs. "Everone has been so kind
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    Ceylon Premier snubs Red China
    53 2 COLOMBO. Mon. Premier Sir John Kotelawela has emphatically refused to receive a goodwill mission from Communist China, although Ceylon is selKng the Reds rubber. Sir John confirmed yesterday reports that the Peiping Government had offered to send envoys on a friendly visit to this British
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    Red congress
    32 2 MUNICH. Mon. All East European Communist parties will hold national congresses early next year to work out new programmes following the radical changes In Communist strategy following Stalin's death.— U.P.
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    Chapel destroyed
    21 2 BELOIT (Wisconsin*. Mon.— A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the College chapel here causing an estimated US$5OO,OOO damage.— A.P
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    New parliament
    34 2 TEHERAN. Mon A government spokesman announced today that the Shah will dissolve Persia's Lower House of Parliament on December 29 and proclaim national elections to select a new Majlis in March —UP.
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    WHITE MEANS COLONIALISM'
    115 2 so send coloured missionaries, says pastor BI'CK HILL FALLS. Pennsylvania, Mon. A MISSIONARY to Indonesia A said yesterday that Protestant churches in the ITnited States must recruit non-white missionaries for iservice n what he calls "colour conscious" Asia. The Rev. Winburn Thomas, of Pasadena, California, said this
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    Ceremony at airport causes traffic jam
    76 2 Ceremony at airport causes traffic jam PHILADELPHIA. Mon. rl advantages of air travel over ground transportation were strongly illustrated during open-house ceremonies at this city's new US $15,000,000 international airport terminal building yesterday. An estimated 400.000 persons who turned out to see the building choked highways creating one of the
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    Chartwell blaze
    42 2 LONDON. Mon. Captain j Christopher Soames. 33-year-Old son-in-law of Si r Winston Churchill, directed firemen fighting a hay barn blaze at a farm on the Prime Minister's country estate at Chartwell in Kent today The blaze was soon extinguished. Reuter.
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    THE MAKE-UP LESSON
    108 2 THE KASTEKN make-up worn by the cast of the musiral play "The King and I" at London s Drury Lane theatre was specially designed by a Hollywood firm One« a week the firm's expert visits the tbeatrr and t'.ecks the details of the make-up, which the cast
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    Traffic in teen-agers is alleged
    70 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. TWO women who were alleged to have trafficked in teen-ace girls, appeared before the Sessioni Court here 'oriay. Chin Lan. 37. was rharsxri with sellina a 17-year-olfi cirl knowing that she rould be used for prostitution. Chieu Yoke Kenc 33. of Srremban.
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    Truce talks
    35 2 DAMASCUS (Syria). Mon.- 1 Jordan premier Fawzi el Mul- kl arrived here yesterday to I discuss with President Shis- I hakely Israels request tn Jor dan to pnter into truce agreement talks.— A.P.
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    Target beaten
    28 2 NEW YORK. Mon.—American Rehrf for Korea says it has obtained 40.000 lbs. more rlnthinc for iestitute Korean civilians than ll» 1953 goal of io.nnn.non iKs. a.p
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    JAGAN'S WIFE IN COURT
    172 3 JAGAN'S WIFE IN COURT GEORGETOWN, Mon. Mrs. Janet Jagan, secretary of the left-wing Progressive People's Party was charged with nine others with a breach ol the British Guiana emeiuency regulations here tonight. They were alleged to have held a meeting without permission. All ten were released on bail of £15.
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    Earthquake toll
    29 3 LIMA (Peru Mem earthquake which shook northern Peru on Saturday, took al l r .-i'-t .ox lives. Injured manj persons and caused heavy damage to property. AP.
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    DRINKING BAN ON TROOPS
    65 3 HANOI. Mon. DA V T I .M E prohibition has been imposed on French I' ni o n troops fighting the Communistled Vietminh in Northern [ndo-China. A terse communique published by Mayors of key cities of Hanoi and ll:iiphong in the Red River delta yesterday declared
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    This was a NEWSpaper
    73 3 NEW YORK. Mon. A FLOOD of printed new unique in all newspaper puhlishinc history rolled down on New York yesterday when refular pub cation ol Sunday newspapt ra waa r< sumed after an 11-day strike. nhattan papers zot out editions totalling 1.69R pigfs. R' torda were
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    THERE WILL BE TIE USUAL SILENCE WHEN THE QUEEN LANDS IN FIJI
    315 3 SUVA (Fiji), Mon. THE Fiji Islands-- despite their lervent loyalty to the thronemay prove to be the only stopping place on the 50,000-mile Royal route where Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh receive no apparent public acclamation
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    Urgent bid to stop British railway strike at Christmas
    288 3 GOVT. MAY INTERVENE LONDON. Monday. URCiEXT talks will brgin here today to avert the threatened nation-wide rail strike for more pay, which would bring Britain to a standstill over Christmas. If members of the 400,000 strong National Union of Raihvaymen start
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    KITTEN ON THE CLIMB
    42 3 ONI SI.VMKSK kitten from this nine-week- old litter perched as a shoulder ornament for Miss Brenda Duff, 21. of Knightsbridge. exhibited in London. They were exhibited in the National Cat Show at the Old Horticultural Hall, Westminster. London.
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    Breaking of Anglo-Egypt pact 'error'
    126 3 SA YS EX-PREMIER CAIRO. Mon AHMED NAGUIB HILALY, A Egypt's last primr Minister brfore Grnoral Neguib seised power, said today that Ithp abrogation of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian Trraty by the Wildists in 1951 was a mistake. "We were not prepared for it." h.- said. Hllaly.
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    COUGHING CONCERTO STRUCK A SOUR NOTE
    131 3 LONDON. Mon. rE coughing of music lover: Just about knocked all the inspiration out of German pianist Wilhelm KempfT at j ;i recital la-st night. In the midst of one his own composition*, coughing and piano climbed up crescendos simultaneously. The coughers seemed to
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    Hong Kong hard hit by trade embargo
    263 3 BUT SITUATION 'ENCOURAGING' HONG KONG. Monday. THE GOVERNOR of Hone Kong. Sir Alexander Grantham said here today that Hong Kong's trade had sunk to a low level mainly because of the "necessity to honour our obligations under the United Nations embargo resolution and
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    Bomb threat was false alarm—twice
    97 3 Bomb threat was false alarm— twice LONDON. Mon. POLICE evacuated teen-aged telephonists from the headquarters of London's in- rnational telephone exchange yesterday after a j mysterious caller had warnM a time-bomb was planted m the building. Detectives searched the telephone building after the caller told Miss Florence Doughworth, a telephone
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    Backing for Ike
    38 3 WASHINGTON. Mon. The Federation of American Scientists yesterday endorsed President Eisenhower's proposal for a world atomic bloc as a timely step toward ureater international co-operation which is sorely needed to reduce the atomic threat— Reuter
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    They're staying
    19 3 PANMUNJOM. Mon. Twenty-two American prisoners who stayed with the Communists refused to attend "come home" interviews today.
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    Russians tried—failed
    113 3 Russians tried— failed Report of Everest attempt STOCKHOLM. Mon. A RUSSIAN expedition tried to climb Mount Everest a year ago, but failed, tearing six dead members behind, said a well-known Swedish explorer today in an interview in the Stockholm paper, Svenska Daghladet. Russia made a well-prepared attempt last autumn to
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    LONDON STOCKS
    272 3 LONDON, Mon r ONDON Stock Market* wer» Renerally subduwi and mainly ea-ier today on the weekend new.« of the rail strike scheduled to start on Dec. 21. The Far Eastern (troup. however, wax generally quiet and little changed Tea* were occasionally supported, but there »ns little Interest In
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    LONDON TIN
    28 3 LONDON. Dec. 14. Cash Buyers £65f1; Sellers C 652 1 Forward Buyers 627 i Sellers £630: Settlement t640 (down £5). Turnover a.m. 75, p.m. 55 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    43 3 LONDON. Der M— Spot 17'» d Jun. 17' k d.. Feb. 17>«d.. Mar. 17'» d.. Jan. -Mar. 17', d. Apr -June 17'« d.. July-S«pt. IT-.d.. Dec. r.l.f. 17d.. Jan. cif. 17 1 16 d. Feb. 17 1 16 d Tone: Quiet.
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    Cut in spending
    26 3 PARIS. Mon.— The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation will cut its military expenditure in 1954 by U555,000,000,000. usually reliable sources here said tonight. Reuter
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    Police drop charge
    54 4 After being on remand for 25 days. Koh Soon Eng wa discharged in a Singapore court yesterday on a charge o: armed robbery at a house !n Tampenis Road. The prosecution withdrew the charge. Koh was alleged to have robbed a woman, Ong Siok Chow, of cash
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    MacDonald flies to Bangkok
    40 4 The Commissioner-General Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald left Singapore yesterday for Bangkok for Informal talks with the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and other senior officials. He will return to Singapore at the end o; thp week.
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    4,000 th blow
    30 4 No. 33 Squadron of the Royal A:r Force, based at Butterworth, recently completed its 4,000 th strike against the terrorists since its arrival in Malaya in 1949.
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    Gold medals for three
    85 4 IPOH. Mon The Yuk Choy High School in Kuala Kangsar Road the largest Chinese school in the State this morning celebrated graduation day when 301 boys and girls received certificates from Mr. A. W. Lacey, Superintendent of Chinese Schools. Perak. Among the graduates were 25 normal
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    Camp fire
    25 4 Telok Ayer Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore, will hold a campflre in the church compound at Telok Ayer Street at 7.30 p.m. on Friday.
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    Just out of dock, he's called back
    113 4 A few minutes after a hawker had stepped down from the dock of a Singapore court yesterday after being fined $1 for causing obstruction, his name was called out again on a similar charge. Back into the dock went Tay Choon Sim. Pleading
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    'YOU HAVE IMPORTANT PART TO PLAY* Paya Lebar training these workers for future jobs
    300 4 'YOU HAVE IMPORTANT PART TO PLAY* Paya Lebar training these workers for future jobs J^OCAL men who have been trained to work on the construction of the international airport a Paya Lebar will be able to play an important part in Singapore's economy for many years to come said the
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    Acquitted
    33 4 Chung Hiow Keng. a lorry driver and delivery clerk, was acquitted in Singapore yesterday of stealing 24 aluminium pipes worth about $325 belonging to his employer, Yang Hwee Peng, on May 23.
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    HIS GOOD WAR RECORD SAVES HIM FROM A YEAR IN GAOL
    194 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. 4 MAN who was wounded A twice while fighting the Japs, and who later escaped to Ceylon in a submarine after a year of Japanese capitivlty, today appealed against a sentence of one years gaol for
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    The opiumsmoking P.C. is fined
    70 4 BENTONG, Mon. YA'ACOB bin Abdul Rahman. 31. an extra police constable attached to Bentong Police Station pleaded guilty to smoking opium in a house in Chui Yin Street, here on the afternoon of September 28 while on duty. Ya'acoh told the court that he had
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    Youth Fellowship concert
    44 4 Anglican Youth Fellowship. Singapore, will hold Its Christmas concert in the St. Andrew's Cathedral War Memorial Hall at 5 p.m. tomorrow and 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Proceeds from the concert will be for the 1954 Anglican Youth Camp funds.
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    Mathematics for pleasure
    39 4 IPOH, Mon. "Mathematical Amusements will be the subject of a talk to be given by Mr. K. P. B. Menon of Teluk An.son to the Technical Association of Malaya 'Perak Branch" on Saturday at the YMCA.
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    SORTERS SAVE MAIL FROM FLOOD THREAT
    129 4 Downpour starts leak at G.P.O. YESTERDAY'S sudden downpour in Singapore rausrd a leakage through the skylight over the Foreign Section of the General Post Office. Prompt action by sorters saved U.K. -bound Christmas mail, posted by servicemen. from being soaked. Printed matter parcels, lying
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    This one-wife-only law doesn't worry them
    142 4 WON'T AFFECT US, THEY SAY KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. MUSLIMS in the Federation are not worried whether the proposed bill in Singapore to ban plural marriages in the Colony is passed or not. Such a law enforced ir. the 1 Colony will have no effect
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    Disorderly charge
    61 4 J. L. Turner was freed on a personal bond of $25 by a Singapore court yesterday when he claimed trial to disorderly behaviour at the Singapore Harbour Board Pohce Station on Sunday. Turner was alleged to have shouted and argued with a policy officer when asked to produce
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    Air service to Sibu is resumed
    80 4 Air service to Sibu is resumed MALAYAN Airways are resuming thei r .scry:* Sibu. Sarawak, tomorrow Planes from Singapore will call at Sibu daily except Saturday and Sunday. A company official told the Straits Times yesterday that the HI vkfl was being resumed after a successful proving (light A.l calls
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    Gold thief is gaoled
    49 4 RAUB. Mon —Wee Leone, eged 45. an employee of the Rabu Australian Gold Mines •as sentenced to 18 months' gaol when he pleaded ?i'.i!ty to theft of gold valued at $11 oO from the mine. He had a conviction iast year for a similar offence.
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    Detective fined $150: year's ban
    44 4 I fleet Soon Chye. a detective lined a total of $150 and disqualified from driving motor-cycles for a year ln Singapore resterdaj when he pleaded iMilty to allowing another detective to drive his motor cycle without llcenco and insurance.
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    Malaya Social Assn. exempted
    41 4 Trip Singapore Government mpted the Malaya Social Association from registration. Malay youths interested in Improving the social activities of thei r r*ee. can Join. Membership forms are available from tho association office at 25 Lorong 8. Geylang.
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    Youth fellowship officials
    42 4 Ollice-bearers of the Katon< Presbyterian Youth Fellowship. Singapore, are: President Mr. Tan Chek Sum; secretary Mr. Lim Khuat Stone; treasurer Mr. chew Wai Jin; committee Messrs See Chan Book. See Chan Teck. v Cheok Kirn and Mis.s Poh Kirn
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    Tin pact may prevent big price slump
    187 4 LONDON. Mon. TPHE scheme for an interna- tional tin agreement may hav? prevented a serious drop in tin prices iti 1954 which one; seemed likely, the financial editor of the Manchester Guardian suREPsts today. Though the present scheme is meant to he an
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    'ACTION'MEN TO PUT NEW PAY SCHEME TO GOVT.
    275 5 'ACTION' MEN TO PUT NEW PAY SCHEME TO GOVT. "WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER TO EUROPEANS, NOW?' TALKS NEXT WEEK pHK Council of Action, representing Singapore Government Asian employees in the Ritson pay talks, expects to meet the Government next week to hear what it proposes to do about the opposition of
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    I DANCE TEAM GETS READY
    137 5 Early start on rehearsals THK TWO German expressionist dancers. Lisa < /oltcl and Alexander von Swaine. were at the Victoria Memorial Theatre early vesterda> preparing their costumes and rehearsing for their concerts thk week. They will give shows on Tuesday. Thursday. Friday and Sunday evenings
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    7,000 lb. of turkey sold daily
    113 5 7,000 lb. of turkey sold daily IN THE PAST Cw days, there has been a brisk sale of turkey. the traditional Christmas fare. A spokesman of the Singapore Cold Storage said yesterday that at the present rate of orders, the firm's stocks of between 40 and 50 tons of frozen
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    Sultan to open craft show
    53 5 KUALA KANGSAR. Mon. The Sultan of Pcrak will open an exhibition of arts and crafts by officials and teachers .if Malay schools in Central Perak on Saturday. The show will be at the Kuala Kanc.sar Central Malay School, it will he open tn the public
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    MALAYA'S 'FLYING' ADMIRAL DROPS IN
    192 5 Visits Navy helicopter men KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. "THE -FLYING" Flag Officer Malaya. Rear-Admiral IA E. H. Shattork. arrived here today. Admiral! Shattock. a Fleet Air Arm pilot, is one of a handful iof top Royal Navy officers who have completed a helicopter conversion course His
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    For Seremban
    27 5 KUALA KLAWANG. Mon Mr. Duke Cho Chin Chyo. Health Inspector. Jelebu. has been transferred to Scrcmban. Hi.s successor is Mr John Lim from Seremban I
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    HE WILL COMMAND ROYAL ESCORT
    126 5 REAR ADMIRAL R. R. UOWLIN(«, who will he senior officer of the Royal naval escort din mi; the Queen's visit nf Australia, arrived in Singapore from London yesterday. Admiral Dow ling, who spent a year at the Imperial Defence rojlege in London, told the Straits
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    OLD QUARREL LED TO HAWKER'S MURDER
    98 5 Secret society attack ruled out iN old quarrel is believed to have led to the death of the Singapore hawker. Heng Hong Choon, of Kampong Lew Lian. Police said yesterday that the attack on' the bean cirri hawker had no connection with any secret
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    Tour majesty,' he said to the magistrate
    143 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. JOSEPH Herbert Singhe. 44. 1 was charged here today with disorderly conduct. "Your majesty." he said to the I second Magistrate, "I wish to ask for postponement as I am not ready with the c;ise and my witnesses are not
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    Bankrupt to get $335 a month
    109 5 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. AN application by th Official Assignee for the payment of an allowance to a bankrupt from his estate, on grounds that he was medically unfit to work, was allowed by Mr. Justice Wilson in the Suoreme Court here today Won» Hoi
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    The way out'—by Mrs. Fozdar
    38 5 The way out' by Mrs. Fozdar MALACCA, Mon. Mrs. Shirln Fozdar. a social worker will speak on "The Way Out Of This chaos." at Capitoi Dance Hall at 6 p.m on Wednesday. Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan will preside.
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    Xmas party
    37 5 KLANU, Mon The Klanc Union Sunday School will entertain its members to a Christmas party on Dec. 21 at the Anglo-Chinese School Hall at 5 p.m. Prizes and cifts will be distributed by Santa Claus.
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    Carried goods in car
    92 5 SOON Han Mok of Lavender Street was fined $200 >n Singaport yesterday when he pleaded gu.lty to rarryins goods in a private car on No>' 11. The prosecution said Soon -wn by a vehicles sub- i I inspector driving near Raff] Place Hi- car wis loaded
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    Girl's court fight for boy friend
    226 5 Denies statement made to poiice IN 18-year-old girl, in a checked samfno. flushed a.s she argued desperately In a Singapore court yesterday to save her sweetheart from gaol. Lim Bens: Low— all petite and gleaming pold teeth— told the Fifth Police magistrate. Mr. I)
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    New councillors welcomed
    77 5 PENANG. Mon. Fenanc Municipal President. Mr I. R F Earl, today welcomed the three newly elected councillors, Inche Nyak Hashim bin Nyak Puteh. [nchc Hussain bin Sultan Mydin. Mr. H. E. Tyebkhan and the two appointed councillors, Mr. 11. Brareciidle and Mr. V. C. Nolan, at a
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    Civics course for ex-soldiers
    48 6 SEREMBAN. Mon The Mentri Besar of Negri Sembilan yesterday opened a civics course for 32 ex-servicemen of I the Malay Regiment. I The course Is to enable the men to settle down In their new mode of life. It will end in a week.
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    MYSTERY SHOT HITS WOMAN
    85 6 MYSTERY SHOT HITS WOMAN Sitting on verandah IPOH. Mon. AN aged Chinese woiwtn was wounded today by a "mystery" bullet at a rubber factory near Ipoh. The woman. Chew Chee. was sitting on the verandah when the bullet struck her on the left side of her chest She was taken
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    7 accused of helping to i run lottery
    124 6 IPOH. Mon. SEVEN men, who were charg- 1 ed here with helping to run "characters" lotteries w°re allowed $1,000 bail each Six of the men were ar- j rested as a result of a raid on a coffee stall In Conolly Road
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    Transferred
    41 6 RAUB. Mon— lnspector Nor- din bin Abdul Samati from Jerantut police station has ceen transferred to Kuala LiDis is the Assistant Officer-in-Charge. Criminal Investisa- tions. Pahane Inspector Zainal Abiddin bin Johari from Kuala Lipis took his place in i Jerantut.
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    Trade union class
    34 6 The staff of the Malayan Tradp Union Advisers department will hold a two-day training class fo r Tamilspeaking trade unioinists at the Tamil School. Alor Gajah. Malacca, on Thursday and Friday.
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    VICE IN THE TRUST FLATS? TELL US ALL ABOUT IT, SAYS MR. McNEICE
    251 6 'THE President of the City Council and Chairman of the Singapore Improvement Trust, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, yesterday promised immediate action against the illegal tenancy and misuse of S.I.T. flats. He insisted, however, that precise information
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    Freighter here for repairs
    81 6 Freighter here for repairs rE stornvbattered 2.485 ton Finnish freighter Silja arrived in Victoria Dock vestefday to undergo repairs to her sides which were leaking badly. The Silja was on her way to Hons Kong from Haiphong when she ran into a severe storm. Heavy .seas hammered her plates Unable
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    NOT A VICTORY FOR WORKERS'
    166 6 says Labour Parly boss PENANG. Monday THE CHAIRMAN of the Pan-Malayan Labour Party Inche Mohd. Sopiee. said today the victory of the Province Welleslry Labour Party was not a victory for Malayan workers. i "It is in fact, a victory for Chinese communalism," he told
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    Chinese society officials
    63 6 The office-bearers of the Chan Si Wui Koon. Singapore, are: President. Chan Cheng Loke; vice-president. Chan Wei Ye secretary. Chan Weng Kuen; asst. secretary. Chan Peng Kee; treasurer. Chan Kwok Toong: auditor. Chan Khoong Chir i and Chan Lai Chee. Chairmen: English section: Chan Chak Lum: Chinese
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    35 years in Town Board
    42 6 KLANG. Mon. Dr W. An-slrv-young. an unofficial member of the Klang Town Board, is retiring at the end of this V'->ar after having served the board for 35 years. Dr Young is a Justice of the Peace.
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    CRIPPLED P. C. HELPS 'SERVICE'
    90 6 CRIPPLED P. C. HELPS 'SERVICE' MALACCA. Mon. WOOLLEN mufflers knitted by In. li,- Abdul Wahid bin Haha. a former Sincapnrt police constable who is now paralysed from the waist downwards as a result of a terrorist outrage in the Colony three years ago. are among the items on show at
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    Smokers fined
    42 6 Four men. Loke Yin Lee Sing Geow, Tan Choo Chia and Chan Soon, who pleaded guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to a charge of smok--1 ing opium on Saturday, were I each fined $50 or two weeks 1 gao'..
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    Boy gives shirt to help stabbed man
    154 6 PENANG. Mon. A FT. XAVIERS Institution student. Lim Cheng San 18. last night sacrificed h!s shirt to givo first aid to the victim of a stabbing at the' P'-nang Esplanade. Lim and a friend had MM Ilirrr fn r a walk when they
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    Move to let High Court override courts martial
    317 6 Move to let High Court override courts martial STORE FORCES BILL CHANGES PLANNED THE SINGAPORE High Court is to be given jurisdiction to hear appeals from the findings of district court martials in the proposed Singapore Military Forces. In the Legislative Countil this morning, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. A.
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    THIS SHIP SAILED IN SINGING
    172 6 THIS SHIP SAILED IN SINGING 1,000 birds on way to America ABOI'T 1.000 of India's finest songbirds sane their way into Singapore yesterday. They werp headed for America in thr ({.255-ton cargo liner Hoegh Silverwave. The birds belong to a ."•ti-year-old American. Mr. Paul Hull, who has travelled thousands of
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    Mother dies in Ceylon
    64 6 Mrs. Arumugum Kandiah died at her residence in Karainagar, Ceylon. She was 85 Mr. K. Kathiravelu, manager of the Victoria English School and Royal English School at Muar and the Bandar High School at Batu Pahat, Mr K Katheigesan of the Pasir Paniang Power Station, and
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    $1,000 fine in tax case
    37 6 Chua Teck Seong of Chop OOoTn" S»n nPd "M^ Sl.nnn n Singapore yesterday [nrnmeJ n *nf V S°nd rrtUr"- S °f "si 1Q52 and i& mpany fnr -1951. 1952, and 1953.^^^ I
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    NA P GETS READY FOR PERAK ELECTIONS
    120 6 Campaign plans finalised 'THE general campaign committee of the National A Association of Perak yesterday finalised its plans to contest the forthcoming elections in Taiping looh and Teluk Anson. Reports from branch leaders »n these towns were most heartening, sa y s a
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    Reds ambush a truck
    48 6 ALOR STAR, Mon- Terrorists ambushed a searchlight truck in Bongsu Forest Reserve, South Kedah, yesterday but there were no casualties A security unit in ambush position in fie same area saw eight terrorists. There was an exchange of fire but no one was hit.
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    His stories won 2 prizes
    63 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. One Malay short -story writer had three stories accepted and another two won prizes :p this years second literary competition for Malay school books sponsored by the Federations Education Department. Eight stories won prizes o: $30 each in the short story competition.
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    Bandit nurse gives up
    51 6 ALOR STAR, Mon. Two Siamese terrorists, who surrendered to a kampong ketua in Central Kedah at the weekend, were today identified as Esin. a bandit nurse, and Din Sit. a member of the terrorists' armed "work foree 1 at Naka. Both were on the police wanted
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    Youth section formed
    30 6 PENANG Mon --The Malavan Indian Congres^Penan. has formed a youth section WJth Mr G- Samuel as group !sftT A y°uth advisory ?ouncll has al.so been set up.
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    Patrol finds bandit body
    46 6 nf^fr°?. S w AR> Mon -A patrol of the Ist Manchester Regiment n l n h d f e body nf a SiroSt in the Bomr.su reserve He is to have been killed in a previous encacemmt One 1 grenade was recovered
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    Federation leaders say: We are more advanced than Singapore
    265 7 SIR CHENG-LOCK'S PLAN FOR COLONY UNDER FIRE KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. I DOLITICAL LEADERS in Kuala Lumpur today disagreed with Dato Sir Chenjf-lock Tan's suggestion that Singapore should not merge with the Federation at present heoause the Colony was in a much
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    HIS PICTURES ARE 3-D
    133 7 I —but the artist never realised it 11 ITIIOI T realising it, a hinese physician in Sin- gapore has bei-n evolving a 3-D type of art during the past 30 years. Combining oil-painting with modelling, he fixes models of birds, inserts. fish and flowers to his
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    Pay council | talks being considered
    92 7 Pay council talks being considered KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. MR. W. V. Duckworth, acting Member for Social and In-clu-ti mi Relations, said today that he was still considering the rubber estate workers' re- quest for a wages council. The Wages Council Ordinance 1947 states the member must be satisfied that there
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    French C-in-C in Penang
    65 7 PENANG. Mon—V'lce-Admi-ral Philippe Marie Joseph Raymond Auboyneau. Comman-der-in-Chief. French Far East Naval Forces, and his wife passed through Penang yester- day on their way <o Saigon. They were met at the Bayan Lepas Airport by Mrs. R. P. Bingham. wife of the Resident Commissioner. Mr. Jules
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    Man, aged 48, is stabbed
    39 7 Koh Mvi Chuai aged 48. an jnmatp n t the Bushey Park Home, wa.- admitted into General Hospital yesterday morning with a deep stomach wound. His condition Vaa serious. A man has been detained.
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    From Singapore to the Latin Quarter
    175 7 TRIPS FOR TWO ARTISTS I IT will be Paris and the Latin Quarter next year for L two promising young Singapore artists. Kam Zin Choon. 21. and Aw Tee Hong. 20. They are among 29 young members of the Chinese I V.M.C.A. Art Club
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    THOUSANDS SEE MOBILE EXHIBITION
    71 7 SEREMBAN. Mon —Several thousand people in Seremban thronged the King George V School on Saturday and Sunday to .see the mobile exhibition organised by nine Government departments and 12 voluntary organisations for i Operation Service" week The exhibition, mounted on lorries and vans, will tour .six
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    Negri to aid T.B. Fund
    80 7 SEREMBAN. Mon. A State committee was funnvd to nive full support to the appeal by Lady Templer for funds for a T.B. hospital. The committee headed by the British Adviser. Mr. M. C. fl 'Sheppard, will seek permission to run a lottery to raise $100,000.
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    Rotary dance
    19 7 Singapore Rotary Club will hold its annu»l Christmas dinner and dance at the Adelphi Hotel on Friday.
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    New radar set picks up storms
    156 7 S*pttre interested] SINGAPORE, Hong Kong and Japan are among Far Eastern countries which are particularly interested in a new British-designed radar which can give warnings of dangerous .storm clouds at ranges up to 120 rrale.s. said a spokesman from the Commis-sioner-Gen 'nil's Office In
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    'Attacked by 10 men'
    79 7 Accused says PENANG. Mon. Ang Boon Seong. 19. claimed that he had a ted in self-defence when ne was brought up In the magistrate's court here today on a charge of causing hurt with a knife. Ang alleged to have caused hurt to Law Bee Tean
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    COUNCIL BEGINS A NEW TERM
    83 7 COUNCIL BEGINS A NEW TERM KUALA LUMPUR Mon The new term of the Kuala I Lumpur Municipal Council bej gan today with a special meetI ing to elect standing comm.t tecs fur 1954 The Sultan has not vet named the peopje to take the place of two retiring nominated members—
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    VEGETABLE PRICES
    121 7 Retail prires In cmlr per lean of »egetablcs at four Singapore -narkeis yesterday were Beach Ellen- Simon Rd. hroush Rd. K.K. Celery 100 100 120 nn C!iv, tfm 30 35 25 30 Kanif kong 25 25 25 2.1 I*ttU<e 70 80 fiO 65 4'fh dive 50 55 50
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    FRIGHTENED TAPPER GA YE REDS HIS SHOES
    170 7 Then failed to report 3 years KULIM. Mon. A SURRENDERED bandit. Cheong Kum Meng. told Kulim Sessions Court yesterday that a tapper. Poovandy Mari, had supplied provisions to terrorists in the Kelang Bahru area. "He did this on about ten occasions, Cheong said.
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    Gurney Hall
    29 7 KUALA KLAWANG. Mm I The Bntish Adviser. Ntgri I Sembilan. Mr. M. C. ft Shpppard, will open the Sir H>nrv Gurney Memorial Badminton I Hall on Thursday.
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      321 7 i THE SINGAPORE DIARY Legislative Coiinril Monthly Tcbakji' \iil:i^i- ,uul K;iiiipon« Sil.it pin.. Oiiliaril kn.id. meeting, Vu (orla MMBOTteI Hull. 10 commtinlty centre. 7 p.m. Singapore Art Sueiety Fourth I;l f. 5.1.5.: Free him abow Snow r>|>en exhibition ol uoi'k.s by loi-al Police Band: Publii performume. Rawer. Skl-fiillv Yours, Sqime
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    DEATHS
    59 8 DAVID v toy« sot "i Janice and Gerald Uirtford. Suddenly at Kuala I umpiir o n 12th December. i)R A. K RAMACHANDRA parser: sway at a.nn am mi n 1333. hi:. Rrim;i Surcr-i-. The body will bi removed from the Mortuary General Hospital At mo pm. today, TO be
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    77 8 It Hi.lrf. |M minimum W( >ON HOE t.Kink all i nris ai r> re I il ;<.he-. mi: valuabk the occasion ol t'lnr wrdriine. MH. MRS. SEOW ("MONO TIN (formerly Miss 6 K Hnli > wWI to thank all nd frirtui.-. rot their ki' pn send and valuable gifts
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    IN MEMORIAM
    24 8 TIMOTHY CHEW: In rvrrloxmc ffipmTv nf ou iim who nod on IS. 12. 53 in the Sweet by-and-h v. mrrt on that
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    30 8 writk TO Fhe Bcientlfle Instrument r-n v. Houite, nll\n i;:ir>orr. iO m r.r>\- TO Page Illustrate* rl-olFon lid. actual manu t I ,ilvr nenl ;ind A,7- v i 1898.
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    21 8 I OST 11 IT >: D in.nnr 1 M'icrirri v. t Wat Orrliarrt i [Jog, 10-;--n rhesi, trayed fron Road 2irjii
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    CENTURY OF EASTERN BANKING
    1069 8 CENTURY OF EASTERN BANKING THE Chartered Bank of A India, Australia and China is celebrating its centenary. This week in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, the bank is marking the fact that it received its royal charter on December 29, 1853. It was on October 9. 1852, that the prospectus of
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      In National Service
      1293 8 At its meetinc today, the Singapore Legislative Council is expected to adept the report of the Select Committee on the National Service Bill, and to give the Singapore Military Forces Bill its second reading. The principle of national service was approved as long ago as April 1052.
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      'And no compensation for landowners'
      589 8 T/HK carefully prrparrd cam- i paicn against "land speculators," which hrralded the publication of the Government's Acquisition of Land i Amendment No I) Bill having spent itself, and this common debating trick having been exposed, it is mor,. than advisablp that the public should be
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      Bigamous and child marriages
      168 8 SINGAPORE Women's Council, it is reported, will submit to the Attorney-General and to some Legislative councillors a dfa.'t Bill preventing bigamous and child marriages among Hindus. Muslims. Buddhists and non-Christians in the Colony. U M I R Das aratha Rajs Hindu Marriage Bill, which to now
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      HUMANITY AS WELL AS JUSTICE...
      259 8 IS IT in accordance with the principles of good povernnient that a Bill which proposes to alter the existing system of trial for offences involving the death penalty in such a fundamental way is to be passed without any attempt to ascertain the wishes of
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      THREAT OF RED NOTES
      153 8 NOBODY disputes the right of a business firm to send polite reminders to its customers regarding late payment of bills. But the accounts section of the Singapore City Council does not believe in politeness and service to the customer. It sends out indiscriminately threatening red notes
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      Elections point
      31 8 COMMUNAL voting drcidro 1 the Penang elections and j the more the people realise] this the greater the chances of a fairer election next year. P. T. OLYM Prnanß.
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      'FLYOVER' TRAFFIC
      239 8 THERE must be hundreds of motorists who, on their way to and from office, and of course at other times of the day. become infuriated at intermidable delays at the Junction of Lavender Rtrert and Kallang Road and the I roundabout at Orchard Road and Clemenceau Avenue. These
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    509 8 The sanctity... I can imagine no more damagiiig argument against the rapid grant of self-govern-ment to Malaya than incidents like that reported yesterday from Upper Perak where two. Chinese labourers were stabbed' to death while 60 people in two lorries looked on helpless. How very easy it
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    KEEP FIT COURSE STARTS
    153 9 —but no fear of 'Amazon' teachers BRONZFI) arms and shapely Irgs swung in thr sun yesterday as women teachers from Srlangor schools beean a physical education course at St. Marys School, Kuala Lumpur. Thr teachers whosr aces run from 20 t o 35. will takr the
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    Lack of footpaths bred Singapore crown of road hogs—Haxworth
    282 9 Lack of footpaths bred Singapore crown of road hogs— Haxworth F ACK of footpaths was the "original sin" that bred the Singapore road-hog, the Chief of Traffic Police, Mr. VV. R. M. Haxworth, said yesterday. Ho added that overtaking; on the wrong side and careless swerving from lane to lane
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    Fined, licence endorsed
    68 9 BENTONG. Mon. Foo Cneong Yit, of Perting new ullase. Bentons. pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle on Oct. 22 in a nealiaent manner aJonp the KaYak-Bentoru Road. Mr. E It Smallwood. We.*t Pfhana Circuit Magistrate, (mod him $40 and ordered his driving licence to be endorsed.
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    Kedah's Budget
    20 9 ALOR STAR. Mon Kedah Statr Council will hold Its Budart meeting on Thursday a f thr Balai Besar.
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    She threw hot water on woman
    193 9 She threw hot water on woman A SINGAPORE maßistratf yesterday criticised the police for failing to Ret eyewltnesscs to testify tn a case of causing hurt by throwinc boilinu water after a report of the alleged offence was made. The prosecution had told the magistrate, Mr. T Kulasekaiam, of the
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    Magic show for deaf
    54 9 Mr. Bek Swee Hoon will give a magic show to the deaf and I dumb children on Saturday at I Mrs. W. G. Alcock's residence. i 7. Ridley pary. Singapore. Mr. Bek is a court interpreter. He gave a similar performance last year. The children will
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    One rash shot cost him $600 fine
    220 9 Mil J IOVAIRE'S SON WAS DRINKING KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. TAN GHEE CHING, 27. son of a millionaire mineowner, was fined S6OO in the Sessions Court on two charges of behavinu in a disorderly manner while carrying a firearm and a third of discharging
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    Airborne grenades sent Reds scurrying
    157 9 Airborne grenades sent Reds scurrying K. LUMPUR. Mon. QJERGEANT Ronald Adamson, 28-year-old glider pilot, en a communications flight over Johore spotted a group of Communist terrorists as he flew low over a cultivated area. He landed at base and reported at once to the battalion's intelligence officer. Within minutes, Sgt.
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    Rice talks open
    66 9 The seventh consultative committee meeting of the International Rice Advisory Council was held at Phoenix Park in Singapore yesterday. The meeting, attended by representatives of countries and agencies interested in rice trade and production, began with an address by the CommissionerGeneral. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. A con' rolled
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    New State flag
    29 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Trengganu has a new State and Government flag. It consists of a black bickgrouna. a white edge and a white crescent and star
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    Bound over for suicide bid
    54 9 SEGAMAT, Mon. "I was sick for some time and did not k low what I was doing." said Arupulai, aged 41, charged at Segamat with attempted suicide. He was alleged to have attempted to cut his throat with a knife Arupulai was bound over in
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    Red Cross exhibition
    51 9 Mrs W A C. Goode. wif e of the Colonial Secretary, will open the Junior Red Cross Inter-Link Exhibitio- in the War Memorial Hall of St. j Andrew's calheoral. Singapore, at 10 a.m. today Lady Sanderson, wife ot the Crmmander-in-Chipf Far X..st Air Force, will present th?
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    A 'FEMALE SPIRIT' HAUNTED HIM
    158 9 A 'FEMALE SPIRIT' HAUNTED HIM Suicide verdict rpili: NugafWN "roller's A Court yesterday afternoon heard an rcrie tale of a "female spirit" that daunted a SUM for four flays before hr made his drain ptange from the S.I T. flats in Ipper Pickering Street The court held an inquest into
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    MRS. CHOY TO TOUR U.S., CANADA
    84 9 MRS. CHOY TO TOUR U.S., CANADA MRS. ELIZABETH (HOY, a Singapore Legislative Councillor, will go to the 1 niierl States and Canada next month "to make Malayans better known to the people there.' Just hack from three weeks' tour of the Federation, where she has b( en gathering information and
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    I MISS CHUA BRINGS HOLLY
    70 9 Christmas present for parents BACK in Singapore with I hunch of holly for her parents for Christmas came Miss Chu.i Urn Hoon. daughter of Mr (hua Boon < •v.iii a motor magnate. Miss Chua rrturnrd yesterday in a Qantas CmsteJlation from I nuiiiiii where she
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    School's sixth anniversary
    26 9 To commemorate the sixth anniversary of the Maha Bodhi School. Singapore, an exhibition of art* and crafts is being held at the school.
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    Red Cross draw
    38 9 The draw for the second lottery of the Singapore br..:.ch of the British Red Cross Society will be made at the Red Cross Office in the Old Supreme Court building at 5.30 p m. today.
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    Govt to be asked: Buy these homes
    177 9 rF Singapore Improvement Trust will ask the Government to buy Wi houses in Kolam Aver built for the Kampong Hue is fire victims by thr Joint Rrlirf Organisation. Rut it is unlikely that JRO will grl ilt S.'tflO.noO it spent in luiilrii.ic Ihe
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    Free film show
    27 9 Singapore V.M.C.A. will give a film show "Tar/an and the Mermaids" at the Trafalgar Home in Yio Chu Kang Road at 8 pm. tomorrow.
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    Girl missing
    19 9 Tan Ah Oi. aged 20. has been missing from her Silat Road, home In Singapore since Tuesday.
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    REDS ATTACK POWER STATION IN PERAK
    158 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. TERRORISTS shot at two different posts of the Pong power station in the Kroh area of Perak yesterday They fired across the river from about 300 yards It was in Kroh on Saturday that a young Chinese girl and a mine
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    They'll register for holidays
    38 9 PENANG, Mon. Penang Government servants wishing to book the Government holiday bungalow will have to resister their applications from i .Tan. 1. A register will be kept at the Government servants co- operative society.
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    Council meeting
    21 9 The Johore State Council will meet in the Council Chamber Johore Bahru, at 10 am I on December 22
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    LEFT PURSE, PAPERS IN TAXI
    67 9 A EURASIAN woman left behind a black purse con- taining $46. an identity card j and some papers insicio a t.'xi that took her from Rich;. ids Avenue, off Upper Serani'oon Road, to Battrry Road. Slncaport, yesterday mominc Thr police ask that the flndrr hand
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      161 9 The Weather .9o DEC IN IPOH MINIMI M RMKBATUU V3O pm. on Dec II to ~,yi ajn, i>n Prr. 14): .Si!i^;i|vup T.i (i. Prn.mi: 73 Koi.i B;ihru ~2 Kn.il.< Lumpur 71. Ipoh 71, Kuntit.i MAXIMIM TEMKRATVU (7 30 a.m. to 7.30 pjn. on Drc. 14 1: Singapore 90. Penanu N,
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    Life of a ' toad in the hole
    438 10 Life of a toad in the hole I UNDERSTAND (though wo sometimes "under.stanri" things which are ;i complete fallacy) thai some Chinese have a special admiration for turtles. it would be Interesting to know just how l"'iK these ben.st,s can mr One recently seen by ;i friend had date carved
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    437 10 ALL CHARMING IN THEIR OWN WAY AN intensive quiz among male friends and acquaintances re- veals this interesting fact about male psychology: The average man does not mind being short, fat. lined, shabby, ugly or old, But he is desperately sensitive about losing his thatch. And
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    EAT YOUR WAY TO LOVELINESS
    266 10 I_£AYS JBAM IF you want to look lovely —if you are too fat or if you are just "skinny you can eat your way to beauty. It's a s literal as that and to pro\> the point, a London beauty salon with advanci d ideas
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    The feet are first
    245 10 Jn the 1920s the heroine of the plays and films always More shoes with spindly Spanish heels: they were as much a part of the picture ai the cocktail glass in her hand The.se same slender heels— and the pointed Spanish toe which goes with them—
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    Watch those colds
    536 10  - Watch those colds SISTER CLARE I By HERE is a letter which will interest readers. "Dear Sister Clare, My baby has had so many colds lately. What can I do to cure her quickly. I am told that aspirin is good, but can I give this to a baby? Wily
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    JEWELLERY OF THE TREE
    82 10 CHRISTMAS PARTY jewellery has never been gayer and less expensive. Shcradski. the London designer, has sketched necklaces and earrings made from the pretty baubles that festoon Christmas trees and tinsel raffia. Clip earrings carry tiny bunches of mistletoe or miniaturp bright red crackers. Attractive new ideas
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    Friday, the 13th, was fatal day for famed speed ace
    1498 11 Friday, the 13th, was fatal day for famed speed ace r ORTY thousand Americans lined Daytona Beach, Florida, one dawn in t March, 1929, as mechanics loaded blocks I of ice into the engines of a monstrous golden- torpedo racing car. As the sun thrust above the horizon, the car
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      349 11 aw: \n\iu\x \mnrs i i > *z^ 'I lie Oiircn threw a feu I lie Kin* granted his request •Imp. „f from IBM H..1 ordered one of his f^lesl lr 1 s over >c,. l.oul ovrr Bedei 1.., at on. c -1..,.- to be put alßed«-r\ i.»vr,er. On the se.ond
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    DEVON ESTATES (MALACCA) LIMITED
    1625 12 DEVON ESTATES (MALACCA) LIMITED COMPANY MEETING (In Voluntary Liquidation) PRESS NOTICE The Liquidator* of DEVON ESTATES (MALACCA) LIMITED (incorporated in Singapore) GIVE NOTICE THAT at an Extraordinary General Meeting M the Company held in Singapore on 10th April. 1953. the resolution that the Company be wound up volun tartly was
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    SHARE PRICES ARE AGAIN EASIER
    428 12 I ii ml tin- iimrl.fi COMMODITY PRICES FALL /"THE Singapore share market experienced a typical Monday yesterday when there was little inclination to do business with the result that prices Renerally were easier and the volume of business smaller This followed the further falls in
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    RUBBER PRICES
    157 12 December first grade rlospd on the Singapore rubber market yesterday at 57 4 cents a pound, one-half cent below Saturdays close. The market had opened with December at 57 3 4 cents. Trading was quiet on a "usual Monday market." The closing tone was quirt Closing prices yesterday
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    Exchange rates
    158 12 THE Malayan Exchance Bank? Association made the followinc changes in its rates to merchants yesterday NI.W YORK: buvtnc T.T, 32 7 8. air mail. OTV 33. 90 days 33 1 R credit hills. 33 3 Ifi trade bills; selling T.T. or O.D 32 11 Ifi ready CANA»A: Buying.
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    TIN PRICE
    17 12 "'he price of tin In Singapore yesterday was declared at $315 a pirul. down $2.12"..
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    Australian stocks
    239 12 M F.I BOURNE. Mon /\II, ibam were Mippnrted At v higher levels on the Stock Exchange today alter the downward reaction suffered lHte last week. Ampul Petroleum closed at 335. up 2s 3d. and Ampol Exploration closed at 7U>. lid up ds. tkl and Oil Search at l-'v
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    Produce prices
    74 12 Singapore Chinese Prndnee t.\rhaiigr: Noon prices prr pirul were Copra: quiet: December Ws% buyers. $40 sellers; January •39 1 buyers. $39 sellers Coconut oil: quirt; $«3 seller*! Popper: quiet; Muntofc whit* ISM, Sarawak »325, Lampnns black $290. Umtt and Peal: Closing prices were Copra: quiet, slleh'ly weaker; December
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    Wool price rises
    58 12 MELBOURNE. Mon Vl'OOl, pure were up to 2'j per cent above last week* levels when a new series of wool sales opened here today. Quality Hries of Merino sold very freely, again emphasising the wide price margin between these wools and the stronger types. Operators on behalf
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    Singapore shipping
    228 12 CHIPS lyinc a!onside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Santhia 1 2. Hal Lee 4 S. Ena C P Burma fi 7. Bennatow 8 9. Kunishlma Maru 11. Olenartney 13 14. City of Swansea 15 16. Anchtees 18. President Arthur 19 20, Selangor N Wall
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      155 12 NOTICE THE TOWN BOARDS ENACTMENT (No. 118) NOTKI I NDKR SECTION 137. It Is notified for general Information that the drnft plan in respect of the area bounded by Jalan Sultnnah. Jalan Mohamed Khalid, Jalan Rahmat and Jalan Ismail Plan S.D.I. P. No. 1, in the Town Board area of
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      420 12 NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF THE rOI-ONY OF SINGAPORE 1946 REHABILITATION LOAN (19(>2-70) NOTICE Is hereby piven that the transfer register of the above I.oan will be closed from 3 1st December. 1953, to 14th January, 1054, both days inclusive, for the preparation of Interest Warrants. By Order. The Hongkong to Shanghai
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      338 12 NOTICE SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL RENEWAL OF ITINERANT HAWKER LICENCES f|OR 1954 All Itinerant Hawkers in possession of licences for 1953 are hereby notified that these licences i. ill terminate on the 31st December, 1953. and will be eemed to be cancelled unless they are renewed before 28th February, 1954. The
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      258 12 TENDERS TENDERS arr Invited from ap- H. M. DOCKYARD, SINGAPORE proved Government Contractors lor i the routine cleaning of Post Offlce SALE BY TENDER NO. 204 53 premises in Fullerton Building for TENDERS are Invited for the the period January-December. 1954 purchase of 39 lots of Motor Detailed specifications may
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      1387 13 2«i2 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. t-i mm liO linet) mm i (20 lints) Possago Ontmmnma m Singapore) A| oth# °*p* BLUE FUNNEL LIME O">H0 "> H Carriers' option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW, LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Due Sails P. S'hom
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    THE BUSINESS WORLD
    465 14 THE BUSINESS WORLD THE UNITED STATES' delegation's "bombshell" at the Geneva tin conference the 1 disclosure" of a US. surplus stock of about 40,000 tons of tin which can or must be sold -is felt to have been a tactical move. It is considered propitious to an International Tin Agreement
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    88 14 THE Indian Government A is trying to create conditions favourable enough to persuade foreign firms to plough bark their profits in India. Thus has been announcer! by the Indian Minister of Finance. Mr. Deshmukh. Asked whether the government contemplated any steps to ensure that profits of
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    American decision on Tin Agreement depends on outcome of policy review
    594 14 /^MERICAN action on the proposed International Tin Agreement depends largely on the recommendations of the Randall Commission— a bi-partisan group now reviewing over-all American foreign economic policy. This was revealed in Washington by United Slates State Department officials who
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    CASH REGISTERS RING 'NO SALE' FOR ABACUS
    260 14  - CASH REGISTERS RING 'NO SALE' FOR ABACUS Eric Woolnough Bit THE modern business world with its demands for prompt and accurate records of transaction? is marking an end to old-style Malayan accounting methods. 1 "The need for accurate re-cord-keeping is greater than ever before because of government regulations which demand
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    RUBBER GOES TO SEA
    187 14 RUBBER GOES TO SEA RIBBER is hrlpine to cut down disease and infection in seamen's quarters aboard ship. Dr. E. H. Walker. Medical Officer of Health to the Port of Manchester Health Authority. hay suggested in his nnnual report that a ship's bedding should consist of foam rubber cushion mattresses,
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    87 14 Overseas competition hits Australian food exports k USTRALIAN exporters of processed foodstuffs are facing severe competition in buyers' markets overseas. This was revealed in a iurvey prepared by the Australian National Development Department's Division of Industrial Development. It also revealed that hich costs still beset would-be exporters of Australian engineering
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    Market probe for Japanese Chinaware
    67 14 Market probe for Japanese Chinaware INVESTIGATING possibilities of expanding exports ol Japanese chinawares to Malaya. Mr. Paul S. Ito. president of the Pan-Ocean Trading Co.. in Nagoya, has arrived In Sin--1 gapore. Mr. Ito is making a marketmvpstigation tour of SouthI east Asia. A member of the Nagoya Chamber of
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    285 14 U.K. November export hiahest for 20 months URITAIN'S exports hust mnntn s were the highest since 2 March of last year. November's 2 exports vere worth t:)3fl 9 s million despite the fact that j the month i.ad only 25 work's ing days. 5 There has been a noticeable s
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    Swedish ship's maiden trip to Colony
    121 14 THE latest addition to the i Swedish East Asia Com--2 pany's fleet, the 10.5!i0-tnn S argo-passeneer ship Sudan hi s due m Singapore n«-M month mi ivr maiden voyage to the 2 Far East. aS The Sudan is the lourlh m■ I scries of
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    Smile of welcome to Singapore
    74 14 There were smiles all round at this Singapore gathering of National Cash Kcuister executives. Mr. S. MacDonnell. (left), managing director of the National (ash Register Co. (Malaya) Ltd.. welcomes his successor Mr. N. A. J. Smith (centrei. Mr. Gcargc llavnes, the Far F.ast manager in
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    'ACCENT ON YOUTH' IS ENGLAND'S WAY BACK
    518 15  -  STANLEY MATTHEWS By I* LAME for our humiliation by Hungary has been handed out indiscriminately to everyone in football to the England selectors, club officials, players and supporters. No one has been spared. So let me sum up the criticisms and suggestions and
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    200 15 U.S. invites Iron curtain' athletes NEW YORK, Mon. THE United States Amateur Athletic Association, which has been unablp to lure s 'ar 1 Europeans away from training for the 1954 European track I championships, revealed today i that It has invited Russia and Czechoslovakia to send athletes to compete in
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    104 15 BOMBAY. Mon. \BEETA, a 37-1 outsider owned by Moosa M. Hoosei and 1 8. S. Pardesi. won the Indian 1,000 Guineas over one mile, the first classic of the season, here yesterday. Abeeta. won by one and a half lengths from Vedete. with Donna Nearco third,
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    30 15 GENOA, Mon.— ltaly beat Czechoslovakia by three goals to nil in an international soccer match here yesteri ay. The Italians led 2—o at h iff time.— Renter.
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    Landy plans a rest before next bid
    226 15 MELBOURNE. Monday. JOHN LANDY, who on Saturday ran a four-minute two-second mile at the Olympic Park, spent yesterday pursuing his favourite hobby chasing butterflies in the country 40 miles from this city. Landy always chases butterflies when he wants to dodge well-wishers. But
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    'Little Mo' is ranked No. 1
    115 15 NEW YORK. Mon. \f AUREEN CONNOLLY. 19--year-old holder of all the world's major women's tennis championships, was today named No 1 in the recommended United States rankings for 1953. Miss Connolly was ranked in top place last year for the first time. i First
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    THREE TITLES TO MALAYANS
    85 15 LONDON. Mon Malayan badminton players took three of the five titles at the London open championships which concluded yesterday. Eddie Choong beat a fellow Malayan, H. A. Heah. 15-8. 15-11 in the men's singles, a repeat of the all-England final early this year. Eddie and David
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    NARROW WIN FOR FRANCE
    83 15 MARSEILLES. Mon.— A try by Raymonc Contrastln, three minutes from the end. gave France a narrow victory over Wales by 23 points to 22 in an international rugby league match here yesterday. The match settled third and last places in the International championship, which was won
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    THE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB'S ANTI-DOPE CAMPAIGN
    1078 15 THE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB'S ANTI-DOPE CAMPAIGN pi'BLIC interest in the doping of rarehorses has been aroused by last Friday's extraordinary general meetins: of the Singapore Turf Club at which the use of drugs on horses was discussed. The following, in substance, is the speech made by the S.T.C. president, Mr.
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    Wens? Yew retains lifl title for Sixth year
    267 16 Wens? Yew retains lifl title for Sixth year •TWENTY-SIX-YKAR-OLI) Chay Wenjf Yew (S.A.W.L.A.) retained his featherweight title for the sixth year in succession at the annual Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation championships held at the Happy World last night. Weng Yew broke two of his own records for the press and
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    POLICE AVOID DEFEAT WITH LATE GOAL
    354 16 A GOAL scored in the last minutes of the game saved Singapore Police from defeat when they drew 8-8 (goal and try eacln with Technical College (Kuala Lumpur i at rugger at the Police Depot yesterday. Afternoon rain, which made the hall heavy, and
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    PORT VALE WIN
    43 16 ION 1 DON Mon —Port Vale beat South port hv 2-n in their FA. Cup UK Hid round replay tnd.,\ p.irt Vale will I-k- MMJf in third round to the winners qf the Querns Park Rangers-Nuneatoo Borouah rentl Tlv.rsdav Re'i'cr.
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    Meng Wah S.C.
    42 16 Mmg Wah S C. beat Farrer Part Juniors 4-2 In a friendly soccrr match at Farrer Park yesterday. Tun Ah C'nye <2\ Kok Meng and i Swee Kok scored for the winners; Peters and Soey B«h for the losers.
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    Tan Tee Yap is 'Mr. Singapore'
    97 16 TWENTY two-T.ir olti Tan Ter Yap of the Evenireon Weish--lifting Party who last year won the tunior "Mr. Singapore" title was lad nic:':-!i successful in winning the senior "Mr. Sincajore" body beautiful conies-, prcani.sed by llu Singapore AmaTrur Wricl-t'iftinc Federation held at the Happ-
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    CYMA convenors
    49 16 C.V.M A. iPMi Singapore spore ron\enors for thij, year areMr. Lawson Oliverio i billiards > K-A Kent Road Mr. Melvin de Mornav .soccer 20 Chiltem Drive; Mr. Noel Zurarte (badminton > m-A Kent Road; Mr. Hubert de Morna\ (table-tennis; 85. Wilkie Road Mr Neville Ess (volleyball) 95. Waterloo
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    TODAY'S HOCKEY
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    Depleted All Whites lose to SCC
    196 16 THHi' newly-formed All Whites team, playins with eight of their regular players and five picked Irom among the spectators, went i down lo the Singapore Cricket Club "B" by nine points itwo irtes. penalty goal) to nil in a rugger match played at the
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    Two British horses for U.S.
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    Garuda win 7-0 at badminton
    92 16 Ciaruda B.P. won by seven marches to nil 111 their badminton match aiainst Tampenis B.P. Singles: a Aziz beat Yunos 15-11 15-8; A. Maiid beat Haroon 15-5 15-8. Won c Yeok Yeok beat Hamiri 10-6. 15-1. Doubles: A Aziz and A. Majid beat Yunos and
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    Draw for F.A. Cup third round
    214 16 LONDON. Mon rpHfc draw tor the third round of A the F.A Cup made here today resulted as follows Brentford v Hull City: Stoke City i v Northampton Town or Hiirtleponis United; Bradford v M.-mcnesier City; Arsenal v Aston Villa: We.-' Ham United v
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    Westerhout wins
    44 16 The Singapore Rifle A-snr-nMnn <-poon shoot vas WOH hv C Westcrhout with a score of r»4 o'er the weekend. The handicap score SR ihi went •o C de Souza 1 102 4 > and the S.R. a i to R. I.cc 102 73>.
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    SBHFA to run 3 tourneys again
    318 16 THE Singapore Business h will not change their season, rontiniiins; the san i louses Football Association j soccer programme next ne three competitions they organised this year. Their president. Mr \V c MrKean. told the annual crnpra) meeting at the Shell Theatrette yesterriav that
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    M.C.C. leave for W. Indies
    195 16 LONDON. Wed TliF M.C C team to tour the West 1 Indies left hei-e today by air i for Brrmurii where they open their programme with I two-day match beginning on Wedr.csday Len Hntton. the first professional captain of a MCC touring 'f-am snid before
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    Raiaji S.C. win 3-1
    39 16 In a friendly game of soccer played at Farrer Park Rfcjaji Sports Club defeated Young Brothers Foothill XI by 3-1. Raiati SC. scorers: K Syed All 1 2) and B. Oanapalhy; i Young Brother*: Sinniah
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    GRINDA WINS YOUTH TENNIS
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    Third defeat for Commonwealth XI
    253 16 TNAGPUR. Mon. HE Comrr.onwcalih cricket team suffered the third defeat of their tour of India today when they lorn by four wickets to an Indian The tourists have now played 11 cames without a win. eight being drawn. Final scores: Commonwealth :109 and 181: Indian
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    NORTH SELECTORS BLUNDERED
    433 16 'pHK s-lcction of the North team to meet the South in the anrual hockey match, at Singapoie next Saturria-. i>- shocking. I leally do not know how the selec tors could possibly pick Ahmad Harun for tr>o right wine berth. Any good Judge of hockey would say
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    ST. ANDREWS OBA GO DOWN 5-0 TO S'GOR ALL BLUES
    421 16 KUALA MMPI'R. Monday. pi-AYING on a sodden ground. St. Andrews School Old Boys rugger fifteen from Singapore were narrowly beaten by Selangor All Blues b> five points (goal) to nil on the nariang this evening. Rain fell during most of
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    N.Z. 185 behind
    69 16 DURBAN, Mm: New Zealand With il: li t second mnin 3standing were IRS runs bclnn<i I South Africa's first innincs scOTa of 437 for nine declined at closp <■[ J play on the third ri.i' of the nrM J tcs| hvrc. 1 ci were all out fnr
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