The Straits Times, 8 January 1955

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    15 1 The Straits Times Nad*"* 1 Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, SATI RDAY, JANUARY 8, 1955. 15 CENTS
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    'LET ME MEET THE REDS'
    380 1 Why waste lives?... Get the terrorists out of the country by first boat' Cheng-lock: I'll talk peace with them WILLING TO GO INTO JUNGLE KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. BNG-LOCK TAN, President of the Malayan Chinese told the Straits Times today that he was willing to go
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    Shot RAF man is named
    39 1 An RAF. sergoant. round shot dead in a guardroom at Seletar, Singapore, on Wednesday morning, was yesterday named as 35-year-old Sidney Hyltoo. Hyltcn was wounded in the head. His rifle was found near him.
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    ON 'WAR' CASH HE SAYS: MAKE S'PORE PAY MORE
    229 1 ON 'WAR CASH HE SA YS: MAKE S'PORE PA Y MORE KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. I)ATO SL- Cheng-lock Tan, president of the Malayan Chinese Association, suggested today that the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, should have talks with the Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll, about Singapore's contribution to the Emergency
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    Lock icon More blood for the Pope
    43 1 VATICAN CITY. Fri.— The Pope today had another blood transfusion in the series prescribed by his doctors when his health suffered a serious collapse a month ago. The Pope's condition today was satisfactory, it was authoritatively stated— Reuter.
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    Mrs. Choy and her passport problem
    406 1 Mrs. Choy and her passport problem BORN IN BORNEO-IT'S SO COMPLICATED A PASSPORT held by lx the Singapore Legislative Councillor Mrs. Elizabeth Choy has raised intricate legal points that are baffling everyone including Mrs. Choy. Mrs. Choy was born In Nrrth Borneo, which was ceded to the British Crown by
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    Lock icon EX-DUTCH ARMY MEN FIGHT FOR REBELS
    147 1 THE HAGUE, Friday. A REPRESENTATIVE of the self-styled "South Moluccas Republic" of Indonesia said here today that the rebel leaders of the "Republic' controlled 4,000 well-trained and armed veterans of the former Dutch East Indies army as well as about 6.000 volunteers. But an
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    Lock icon THE FATAL SIGNAL
    84 1 This woman touched off murder of President, say police THIS PICTTRE shows Thelma King whep she was acting rice-consul at the Panama Embassy in London in 1950. The Panama police allege that she gave th r signal to gunmen who killed the PaMama President, Mr. Jose Antonio
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    Lock icon Missing beauty mystery
    84 1 LONDON, Fri. MISS Laly Vacas. 21-year-old Greek beauty queen, has vanished from her apartment here, Scotland Yard reported yesterday. The Yard said Miss Vacas left her boarding house in Kensington on Dec. 17 and was driven off in a car waiting outside. She left valuable clothing and
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    Lock icon Strike threat
    23 1 COLOMBO, Fri. A threatened strike by 400,000 Ceylon tea workers may be averted by a conference with the planters today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Collision in mid-air
    69 1 TOKYO, Thurs— Two United States Air Force planes collided in flight and crashed into the sea a few miles from Tokyo last night, the United States Air Force reported today. The Air Force said the body of one pilot has been found. Search was continuing for the
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    HEAD-ON CRASH: 7 HURT
    113 1 HEAD-ON CRASH: 7 HURT Three 'critical' SEVEN people were injured, three seriously, in a headon collision between two cars in Mountbatten Road, Singapore, yesterday morning. The victims were Dr. Kul Karani and two of his children and a teacher. Mr. Jacob Yoong Ah Chye of St. Patrick's School. his wife
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    Lock icon Muslims v Reds
    32 1 KARACHI, Fri. The First International Assembly of Muslim Youth, meeting here last night, failed to reach agreement on a recommendation that Communism should be outlawed In Muslim countries. Reuter.
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    Lock icon $650,000 prize
    36 1 MILAN, Fri. An Iron foundry foreman, 40-year-old Lulgl Pastori, won 140 million lire (more than $650,000* in the Italian State Football Pool last night. It was one of the biggest wins in the pool.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Threat to Astor
    27 1 VANCOUVER, Fri. Heinz Adam, 42, was charged yesterday with trying to extort US$l5O,OOO from Vincent Astor. heir to one of America's biggest fortunes.— UP.
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    Lock icon Scientist dies
    25 1 LONDON. Fri.— Sir Arthur Berridale Keith, a noted anthropologist, died last night aged 88. He was a former president of the British Association.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon No good reason to honour Duke of Edinburgh, he says
    192 1 GLASGOW. Fri— An objection to the Freedom of Glasg-w being conferred on the Duke of Edinburgh when lie visits the city on Feb. '5. was voiced at a meeting of Glasgow Corporation. It came from Councillor Hugh Brown, a Labour
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    Lock icon NO TEA, SO PRINCE GETS AN APOLOGY
    129 1 NO TEA, SO PRINCE GETS AN APOLOGY LONDON, Fri. AUTHORITIES at Lon- don airport are to apologise tc the Siamese Ambassador to Britain, Prince Wonsanivatra Devakula, for an incident there yesterday. The Ambassador, his wife and Embassy officials were waiting in the airport's royal lounge to greet Madam R. Rithakhani,
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    Lock icon Found dead in room
    67 1 LONDON. Fri.— Brig. O H. Tidbury, formerly commander of the Middlesex Regimtnt in the Far East yesterday found his wife, dead In the bedroom of her home at Colchester with a scarf round her neck. Doctors ruled out anv possibility of foul play. Brig. Tidbury commanded
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    Lock icon Back to work
    25 1 LONDON. Fri. Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit. India's new High Commissioner, resumed her duties in London today after a week's absence with influenza. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Kuching shuts up in protest
    195 1 Kuching shuts up in protest KUCHING, Fri. A PART from govern- ment offices, limited companies and banks, all shops in the town area and upcountry as far as Seria, 40 miles away, were clo.sed today in the "strike" against increased trade licensing fees. Transport services were running as usual but
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    STOP PRESS
    37 1 CRASH VICTIMS in i i i mm m Tlirn i niMiirii victim nl v batten Road eai en Hi Kul Karani Am ht< t i;< n were still eritfeall) ill thr. MiiTinii. M ilir. pi ;<■>.
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    Lock icon FIJI GETS ALL CLEAR
    56 1 SUVA, Fri. The all clear sicnal was given throughout the Fiji Islands today the hurricane which hit the northern islands yesterday iro-ed to the south The 100-mile an hour fcurrfcane was reported to have caused heavy damage in the Northern Yasawa Islands. An air and .soa
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    Lock icon WOMAN DOCTOR ACCUSED OF SHOOTING EX-FIANCE
    467 2 Collapses at inquiry DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Frl. AN ATTRACTIVE young woman doctor was committed for trial here yesterday on a charge of murdering Dr. John William Saunders, 27, formerly her fiance. The doctor, Senga Florence Whittingham. also 27, collapsed at the preliminary l.earing yesterday
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    Lock icon Killed grandmother, went to see 'Tarzan'
    97 2 Killed grandmother went to see 'Tarzan' BERLIN. Iri— East Berlin pcliio said yesterday that a i:;-.\<-ar-old boy murdered his nra'idnv>th«'r in West Berlin on Wednesday and thru went to sal a Mini with money he sto!« from her. The East Berlin news agency A.P.X. said the boy, Rudolf Scheffler. told
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    Lock icon Warm again
    31 2 LONDON, Fri. More than 200 workers who walked out of a Sunderland shipyard on Wednesday because Drazier fires had been removed from the workshops returned yeaterday—with the fires.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon WHEN BABY CRIES....
    135 2 WHEN BABY CRIES.... ...It 's time for a cuddle LONDON, Fri. CUDDLE your babies when they cry— or they may grow up with psychological kinks. That is the advice of Professor Ronald Illingworth. child health expert at Sheffield University Writing in this week's issue of the British Medical Journal, he
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    A mother heals her son
    206 2 ON HARLEY STREET ADVICE, HYPNOTISM HELPS A BOY GAIN SELF-CONFIDENCE A LONDON mother has been hypnotising her seven-year-old son every night for the last four months. Why? To cure his asthma and five the little lad selfconfidence and she says she has been successful. The
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    Lock icon IN THE AIR FOR 47 HOURS
    119 2 IN THE AIR FOR 47 HOURS NEW YORK. Frl. A British-based American sixJet B-47 bomber stayed In the air for 47 hours 35 minutes and flew a total of 21.000 miles in a record flight ia-st month, it was announced here today The plane covered a distance equal to a
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    Lock icon Helpless, he heard wife's death cries
    46 2 BARI, Frl. A 65-year-old woman, Rosalba Ottolino, was strangled In her home here last night while her bedridden husband lav helpless, listening to her cries from an adjoining room. The murderer, believed by police to be a burglar, escaped Reuter.
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    Lock icon Floods in France
    35 2 PARIS, Frl. Road and rail traffic was still blocked by snowfalls in the eastern region of France today, while flood damage was caused by the Thaw along the upper Rhine River. Reuter.
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    LITTLE PAUL GOES UNDER THE 'INFLUENCE'
    6 2 LITTLE PAUL GOES UNDER THE 'INFLUENCE'
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    Lock icon MORRISON WEDS A BUSINESS WOMAN
    157 2 MORRISON WEDS A BUSINESS WOMAN The bride did promise to ROCHD rpHE deput the Lai Mr. Herbri t yesterday n. Edith Meadov business won papers describi wedding o1 U In the 15-ml in the 13th crntim St. Chad. M did not promt husband. Tin ted from the riage service in
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    King invited
    18 2 BAGDAD, Fn Menderes, the Tui Minister, has Invil FaLsal of Irua Prince Amir Abe visit Turkey.— -!<■
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    Lock icon JAP WARNS ON RED TIE-UP
    142 2 'We must not be too hash BEPPU CITY, Kyu.hu. i T*HE Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Man 1 mitsu. said here today that Japan shouli too hasty in trying to resume relations with Russia. He told reporters Japan should adopt a "wait and see" attitude until
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    Lock icon Typhoon kills 23 people
    39 2 MANILA. Fri— Twenty-three people were killed and thousands were left homeless when a typhoon struck Leyte Island, said reports received here yesterday. The storm caused disiustroiii floods which accounted for most of the dead. UP.
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    A MOUNTAIN SHUDDERED AT KATMANDI
    43 2 A MOUNTAIN SHUDDERED AT KATMANDI KATMANDU v of people Jui beds to rush the stn ■> I mountain an earn day. Doors ar as the n. the briot ui damage has b- n far Th<> tren to bo of u m slty.— Reuti r
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    Three brothers die in week
    27 2 BOSTON, Fri Finn made funei mcnts for unf learned that had been shoi gruntled em homa. Last uci I dit-d unezpectt dl
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    PERCY THE GHOST HAUNTS THE HAUNT OF FASHION
    82 2 PERCY THE GHOST HAUNTS THE HAUNT OF FASHI ON LONDON. Fri. A MISCHIEVOUS ghost has put in his second appearance In three months in the Burlington Arcade, a high class shopping centre and elegant haunt of dandies and fashionable people sintr the early 19th. century. The manageress of a leather
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    Lock icon Peking: We'll flatten U.S. cities
    232 3 AMERICAN GENERALS TOLD: IT'S NO USE TRYING TO FRIGHTEN US SO STOP THIS BRAGGING ABOUT YOUR ATOM gOM SAYS RED RADIO TOKYO, Friday. warned today that if the United States an atomic war the Reds will retaliate I American cities like the United States and
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    YOUTH TO BE SPANKED UNTIL KE IS PINK
    94 3 YOUTH TO BE SPANKED UNTIL KE IS PINK N I U YORK, W. U year old CM"" v ronth has been jeni a spanking I, tennis h.it cntermc a«i Walter B. Wanaskfd the youth ii h.-ul been ]n(f hi father had jinked him. boj replied: I remember." The i'" l
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    NO GAMBLE HERE FOR EGYPTIANS
    31 3 -vpt is to Farouka palaces I ptians i gamble, Minister Guidance, an- companies the palacea ith roulette and mi condition m was admlttrelicion. They for tour
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    Eight killed in plane crash
    11 3 Eight >choolvesterday van Govheri near uter.
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    Envoy better
    8 3 Mrs Panmmissioner Influenza. line her r.
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    Lock icon Luxury liner to call at S'pore
    60 3 NEW YORK. Fri. The i Swedish American Line's luxury cruise line?- Kungsholm sails from New York tomorrow for a 97-day trip round the world. The ship will call at 21 1 points including Singapore. Manila and Hong Kong and ports in France. Italy. Egypt,
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    Kissing is out
    29 3 TURIN. Fri. A new police anti-kissinc squad went into action yesterday in Turin's cinemas and in the first four I hours arrested 35 couples. I A.F.
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    Lock icon Still closed
    31 3 LONDON. Fri— Great Yar- mouth harbour was closed to shipping for the third successive day yesterday Lvcause a concrete buttress toppled over by storms still blocked the entrance. Reuter.
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    Lock icon New Cabinet
    25 3 SANTIAGO. Frl. A new Cabinet was sworn in last night by the Chilean President. General Carlos Ibanez. after an eight-day government crisis. -Reuter.
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    Lock icon THIEF HAD 40 WINKS UNDER WOMAN'S BED-AND SNORED
    71 3 THIEF HAD 40 WINKS UNDER WOMAN'S BED- AND SNORED Germany. wife ran tarn here last There's bcci and you." said but we'll found Rudolf Hirche. 32. asslecp under the woman's bed ?nd snoring through his mask "I intended to hold her up," Hirrhe admitted drowsily, "but I wanted to rest
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    Lock icon An arson pledge now by Mau Mau
    290 3 An arson pledge now by Mau Mau NAIROBI, Fri. ]t|AU MAU terrorists 1T1 have added an arson clause to their oath to do acts of terror on pain of death, it was revealed here today. A monthly report on antlMau Mau operations Issued by the Government says the arson oath
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    Lock icon Reds trying 'to split India'
    109 3 Reds trying 'to split India' AHMERABAD. Fri. THE INDIAN Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, yesterday denounced Indian Communists. They were offering solutions to India's problems based on their knowledge of distant countries, he said. Addressing a public gathering in this textile city of Bombay state. Mr Nehru said 'hat both the
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    Lock icon Freedom soon
    35 3 BERLIN. Fri.— Official sourea yesterday said thac two Vmericans who have been held n Russia for several years are xpected to be released in Ber'in in the ruxt two or three flays.— A.P.
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    MILK ALL THE WAY FROM U.S. FOR FRENCH PREMIER
    94 3 MISS ELEANOR MALEY. 18-year-old "American Princess of the Milky Way." is seen in this Popper picture arriving in Paris with a churn of milk for the Premier. Mr. Mondes France. The American .Milk Marketing Board sent her to France after learning
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    Lock icon RAILMEN TO GET HIGHER PAY
    208 3 Big strike threat fizzles out LONDON. Friday. ORITAIN'S railmcn. who called off a threatened nation-wide rail strike last night, have won increased rates of pay for men in the lowest paid giades. This ni announced after a meeting today between representatives of the National Union
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    Lock icon Historian dies
    20 3 MOSCOW. Fri Professor Tarle. the Soviet historian and academician, has died aged 79 after a long illness— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Call-up Bills
    16 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. Bills calling for compulsory military training were proposed in Congress yesterday. Reuter.
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    Lock icon America agrees to let India have licence for plane
    175 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. The State Department yesterday said that it had granted a licence fir the export of a Super constellation passenger aircraft to India for use by Air India international. The licence was one of three which the Washington Post had
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    Lock icon 'A friendly' drink proved fatal
    91 3 'A friendly' drink proved fatal PALERMO. Sicily Frl. A SICILIAN bandit's "friends" smuggled a bottle of wine into his prison coll. But tne wine was poisoned and the bandit, Aneelo Russo. died a few hours alter drinking it This was officially revealefl today after ten months of police investigation into
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    Lock icon Dag and Chou still talking
    34 3 NEW YORK. Fri. Mr. Dag Hammarskjocld. United Nations Secretary General, and Mr. Chou En-lai. the Chinese Prime Minister, had another meeting today. It lasted three and threequarter hours. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Senate changes
    35 3 WASHINGTON. Frl— A Senate subcommittee yesterday recommended 12 changes In the nrocedure for investigations by Senate committees to cive more protection to witnesses and more control to committee minorities and the Senate itself.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon More go back
    28 3 KITWE. Fri. More Africans retutned to work on thr Northern Khodesian copper belt yesterday the fourth day of a strike by 40.000 African mineworkrrs. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Executed
    23 3 NAIROBI. Fn Mau Mau "Field Marshal" Kaleba. terrorist leader in the Mount Keyna area, was executed in Nairobi prison last night. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 500 FREEZE TO SEEK VISION
    129 3 NEW YORK. Fri.— About 500 people praying and singing hymns gathered in freezing weather on a hilltop at Bathurst, New Brunswick, following a report tl.at a girl had seen a vision of the Blessed Virgin. The girl said she saw a shim- mering lady in
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    LONDON STOCKS
    473 3 LONDON. Krl. T haa been a big day on the 1 Stock Exchange and although news of a higher bill rate at this week's Treasury Bill offer dampened enthu*ia.un in the afternoon, a widespread list of gains had been established at the close. The further slide on Wall
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON. Jan. 7 Cash Buyers €684. Sellers oiKJ' Forward Buyers £686. Sellers C 68 61 Settlement £680: Turnover a.m. 40 tons p.m. 20 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    38 3 LONDON. Jan. 7.— Spot 29i«d Feb. 29V,d. Mar. 28S.ci. April June 27 T »d.. July-Sept 27\ci Oct. -Dec. 265 d.. Jan c.i.f. 28 Ud Feb. c\t 28 l/16d.. March c.l.f, 27 15/16 d Tone: Barely steady.
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    THAT 'KILLER' SNAKE AGAIN
    229 4 BUT THIS TIME DOCTORS WIN FIGHT FOR LIFE New scare at beach resorts in Penang PENANG, Friday. THE lovely beaches of Tanjong Bungah and Batu IVrrinjfhi are again deserted as the result of another U M» snake" scare. A schoolboy. Cheang Ene Chang, 11. was sent
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    New classes
    34 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— The a Gandhi Hich School here i-s fo start two new prim,irv dmaM this year to takr m pupils unable to find places in Government and English .ixifd .schools.
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    Date changed
    33 4 KUI.IM. Fn At the request Of local traders, thr food convnv scheduled to operate in the Kulim area on Chinese Nrw Years Day— Jan. 24— will now run two days earlier.
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    Burma's gift rice due next week
    57 4 Burma's gift rice due next week BURMA'S gift of 100 tons of rice for Malayan flood victims is expected to reach Singapore in a week. The Colony Government has been advised that the rice is arriving in the Fultala, cine here from Rangoon on Jan. IS. Singapore uill receive 30
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    Opium in his luggage
    74 4 KUALA LIPIS. Fri. O .nan bin Mat Amin. 29 was fined $2000 or nine months" iail byMr. J. R. Whimster in the Sessions Court hero yestrrdav for possession of five la^ce slab* of opium valued nt $''4n. Osman. a foul seller nlended guilt y to tho
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    119,985 trade unionists
    43 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri At th" end of last vear the Federation had 239 resjisterert trnrie union.- with I total membership Of 110.035. Urion membership in^/fa^e'l bv nearly 4.000 durinu December, savs a report issued today by the Trade Union Re.ist.ry.
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    Swedish training ship salutes S'pore
    124 4 Thr 4.200-tOn Swedish naval training ship Alvsnabben flred -h 21-Riin salute to Singapore when She arrivrri yesterday, Hrr commander. Captain W. Edcnberg. called on the Com-mander-ln-Chlef Far Ea.st Station, Admiral Sir Cbarles Lambe. and signed the visitor s books at Government House and Phoenix Park.
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    DRIVER GOT LOST IN A 'ONE-WAY 'COMPLEX'
    220 4 DRIVER GOT LOST IN A 'ONE-WAY COMPLEX' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A MINING engineer, Colin Philip Ansell, today blamed a traffic chief's "one way complex 1 for his collision with a parked car. Ansell appeared on a drunken driving charge, in the Sessions Court here. He told the court that on
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    Sent to home
    34 4 I'ENANG. Fri. Tho Pin Bont. nged 27. charged today with nttemptine to commit suicide by lumping into the Penane channel from a ferry, was orc'.ercd to be sent to Taniong Rambutan.
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    START OF A BIG ADVENTURE Fairy godmother gives Chinatown Cinders a glimpse of a wonder world
    319 4 START OF A BIG ADVENTURE Fairy godmother gives Chinatown Cinders a glimpse of a wonder world 'HERE SHE COMES' THE NEIGHBOURHOOD CRIED THESE pictures tell the story of a Singapore inderella one of 5.000 poor children to whom the Rotary Club gave a party at the New World yesterday. Cinders'
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    THE ENVIOUS EYES
    8 4 "Isn't she a lucky girl!"
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    THE ROUNDABOUT WAS PART OF THE FUN
    16 4 "Oh, please let me liaw ju.st one more ride*
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    THE HAPPIEST LITTLE GIRL IN SINGAPORE
    15 4 Home agnin onrf //ie btaaert smitn nt thr rfnv
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    THE RAINS HOLD UP WORK ON S'PORE MARBLE SKYSCRAPER
    130 4 THE RAINS HOLD UP WORK ON S'PORE MARBLE SKYSCRAPER 18-storeu building to be ready in OEAVY rains h;ive been n holding up work on Singapore's 18 -storey Insurance skyscraper at Finlayson Green. The architect. Mr. Ne Konc Sang, said yesterday that marbling the slippery walla had to be stopped whenever
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    800 OPPOSE NEW SCHOOL PLAN
    158 4 Government urged to think c ALOR STAR, Pi PLIGHT HUNDRED Malays voted against I Government White Paper on Education public meeting here last night. The meeting, called by the Lembaga Peribangun Bnhasn Melayu (Society for Advancement of the Malay Language!, lasted nearly four hours. It
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    New board of visitors
    95 4 Mrs. Loh Poon Lip has been named chairman of th.> Boarc of Visitors for the Nantnia anc Bushey Park Homes of the Singapore Social Welfare Depal t.inent. Toe other members are Mn T P F. McNeice. Mrs. Ta Chin Tuun. Mrs. R. Jumabhoy Mr.- M. dc
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    House raided, $300 taken
    30 4 A Chinese woman living in Upper Serannoon Roac. Singapore, returned norm- on Thurs- \erung to Hud her h ransacked She lot $100 and clothinu worth $200
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    Fined $250
    27 4 KLUANG. Fri. Leon-; Smarted 64, of Ulu Paloh 1- ii was nnrd $250 cr two month.' nil. for having food in a n stricted area
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    Provident Fund gives them a headache
    258 4 Provident Fund gives them a headache ryuv. acn Central P I dent Fun<! i hemc in Btenptve has i tted .i pnMaai in ih>- i firirs which en, pi ..:liuur through eontracti The sjsKstisv is Who should pay the < i'i| share the eoatrmctot or the principal Legally, the e»nti
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    ANGELINE, 8, IN BIG TALENTIME SHOW
    97 4 \N eight-ytar-old ballet dancer, Ai. i of the finalists in the by the Blglap Girls' Club at thi H Singapore, at 8.30 p.m. next Sal Angeline, from the i Swimming Club la thr yo e.-t individual competitor. !it en: rrom the Cantonment Road English
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    Dr. Lokanathan
    31 4 Dr P. S. Lokai ecutlve Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commissio for Asia .uui the Fai I I In Singapore to morrow from Bangkok <>n an official visit
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    YWCA dance
    30 4 I POH. Fri The Ipoh V Wf A. will hold a N danre at Ander.son Drive nr\t Friday at 330 p m Ad v ill ->c $1 each.
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    Petition is withdrawn
    14 4 own bankruptcy withdrew hi Sil debtor ton Ui tor ant! tl
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    Neat post office wins award
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    SCHOOLS FOR QUEENSTOWN
    35 4 primary schools and a technical school are buill at t} lift- n.s town, pen Additional schools are belns pi inner! for th# dUtrti-t. >m I three pi n at Bukit M I
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    The cost of eating goes down and down
    54 5 The cost o f eating goes down and down ,1 Dlllg»i foodstuffs I vn about b, the Govi rnment abnormal iresent, there In the mam 15 to 20 The down was per kati n and pork flieaper i In re10 Ball than limes ved re- Tiers nalnfall in the k
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    Accused of murder bid
    15 5 im was Kasslm Wed- an iron lim with a In custody
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    THE DRUNKEN SOLDIER
    71 5 Oalla y dnnk.s at on Thuraoke into the itchman of School, the Police Court I guilty to I said he was under the influence o: liquor and did not know wha' he wa.s doing. He was jailed for a day. The magistrate. Mr. Karthigesu, told him: "You
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    8,000-MILE TRIP TO SCHOOL FOR 'JOLLY'
    61 5 8,000-MILE TRIP TO SCHOOL FOR 'JOLLY' LIM ANN LAX. known as "Jolly" to his friends in the airways industry. will fly 8.000 miles next week to return to "school"' for a fortnight. "Jolly," aged 29, who is always smiling, works for Malayan Airways. He will take a rourse with BOAC
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    Man ordered to S'pore
    51 5 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Fri.— All bin Abdullah. 27. of Singapore, sought bv the Singapore police. VU produced before Inche Ismail Kuala Lumpur First trate, today. Inche Ismail ordered Ali to be sent to Singapore to face a charge of causing hurt to Lim Pens Tong with a
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    ENGINEER TO MAKE REPEAT TRIP TO DANGER
    257 5 Bandits wounded him three times, but he's not seared Looking for a fortuneReds or no Reds JEN weeks ago a stocky, blue-eyed Singapore engineer was stepping into his car on a Johore road when three terrorist bullets ripped into his body. One day
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    More want to be British in Penang
    42 5 PENANG. Fri— More Penang Chinese have applied for naturalisation as British subjects since the "big drive in AugUSl last year. About 850 applications an average of 200 a month— have passed through the Chinese Secretariat.
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    Bus sleeper admits charge
    43 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. M. Subramaniam. 19. of the General Hospital here, today pleaded guilty to a charge of loitering at Malacca Street yesterday momiim. Inspector K K. Pillay said Subramaniam was found sleepinp m a bus. Sentence mi postponed
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    Kidnapped-freed
    26 5 Kidnapped- freed KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Bandits kidnapped a Telcoms worker In the Renßam aroa of Johore on Monday but released him unharmed after 9 1 hours
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    ASSAULT ON GIRL AT POOL
    92 5 A 14-YEAR-OLD Singapore girl. Oh Chobn Eng, was molested at Mount Emily Swimming Pool by a youth. Lim Thiam Chal. who then dived into the water. But the girl plunged In and caught him. She took him to the pool superintendent. Police were called in.
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    Dr Ho-guest preacher
    70 5 Dr Ho- guest preacher Dr. Ho Senu Onu of Kuala Lumpur educational secretary of the Methodist Mission, will be the guest preacher at tomorrow's 10 a.m. service at the Wesley Church, Singapore. The eveing service at the church has been cancelled so that members can join in the United Methodist
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    Bandits wound inspector
    46 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A tpinoorarv police inspector was' wounded when six terrorists carnrtaa rlflci and 1 .shotcun fired on a Home Guard operational squad in the Pengßeranc peninsula of Johore vesterrlny. The inspector was evacuated j to hospital His condition is not ilar.srrous.
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    THESE GIRLS KNOW THEIR APPLES
    174 5 FRUITERERS in Singapore, and even those in Japan and Hone Kong, had better watch out for these two pretty New Zealand girls who are hunting juicy samples of local products. The worst thing any shopkeeper could do is to try to convince the girls the
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    -Firehydrants, but roads are missing
    154 5 Firehydrants, but roads are missing TWENTY THOUSAND I people in Singapore living in private firetrap kampongs must take the risk because building roads on private property for fire engines is not the City Council's job. But the Council CAN put in hydrants and water mains for firemen's hoses. The Estates
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    $800 food fine
    60 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Kumarasamy. labourer on Ulu Paloh Estate, was fined $800. or six months' jail, at Kluans: Sessions Court yesterday lor moving food into a restricted area. Mr. N. L. Cohen, the president, said that those who lived in one of the worst areas in Johore
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    Private school planned for Ipoh
    134 5 IPOH. Fri.— A private English school, to be run on a nonprofit basis, will be started here, probably next month, if a proposal to the Perak Parents' Association is accepted. Mr. C. H. Yin. acting president of the association and elected town councillor, today said
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    THE $500 GHOST STORY
    189 5 Midwife awarded damages IPOH. Fri. T*HE Federation s Chief 1 Justice, Sir CharUs Mathew, yesterday awarded damages of S500 and costs to a mid 1 Lau Chfo Kuan, becaUM of a "ghost story" published in a Chinese newspaper. The damages were awarded apainst Chow Soon 8eong,
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    Three concerts by Kedah police band
    51 5 KULIM. Fri. The E police band will give three performanci tth Ktiui this month. It will play m Kulim town at 5 30 p.m. on Jan. 17. it, Sordan^ at 4 30 p.m. on Jan. 13 and at Karanuan at 6 p.m. on Jan
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    Burglars rifle charity box
    37 5 PENANG. Fri. Bu: broki into a Chinese temple In Kulim Road, Bukit M'-rtajam. yesterday and stole $5 from a ■charity box. A car. taker lounrl U pie doors op-'n early in th« morning.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    65 6 20 H'vriix $111 (minimum). CAPTAIN. MRS. AND ANN HERk friends for messages of U>d Moral tributes, on their own Mid Mr. and Mrs.. Mi:.s behMf. AND MR8. P. P. NARAYAI :r,B KlaiiK Road, Kuala lumpur wlsii to th*"k th»lr friends and relations nil over Malaya for and their prcat
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Jan. 8, 1955. The State Of The Nations
    676 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Jan. 8, 1955. The State Of The Nations Much of President Eisenhower's address to Congress wa.s of domestic moment. That is the prime purpos of the State of the Union Message which the President delivers each January. But the isolation in which America prospered while
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    Corruption In The Co-operatives
    393 6 The Malayan co-operative movement is in a sorrier state than had been supposed. Before his retiiement last month as Commissioner, Mr. T. F. Carey blamed dishonesty as one of the main causes of the failure of some societies. He spoke of theft and fraud. Now i
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    Peking Captives
    161 6 Mr. Hammarskjold, the Secretary General of the United Nations, has now met China's Prime Minister twice, but apparently without making much progress towards th*» release of the imprisoned American airmen. It is not even certain that he has managed to keep his talks with Mr. Chou En-lai to
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    As I was saying
    847 6  -  CYNICUS by Mil WHY SU/0Y WHILE I am quite pre- pared to believe that it was pure coincidence, the first three telephone calls I made on Saturday morning produced wrong numbers. It was then that I remembered that the telephone service had been nationalised. Much more
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    THE ROAD TO MERSING
    907 6 notebook WHAT the Long Island home is to the New York business man. what the week-end cottage in Surrey is. or was. in more spacious days, to the London stockbroker, what that farm in the Sabine hills which he was always writing about meant to the
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    159 6 FIFT Y YEAR S AGO From, the Straits Times of Jan. 7, 1905. AT about 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday night last, Police-8gt. Reynolds, who was in charge of Orchard Road nolico station, was Informed bv a Malay constable on duty at "Goodwood," the residence in Scott's Road of Sir Lionel
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    '$500 profits in a day'
    486 7 nN CHIEF SAYS: SYNDICATE DECIDED TO HAVE POLICE 1 A n r u)\ SO THAT WE COULD GAMBLE IN PUBLIC Qvery ian in one station bribed, Supreme Court told KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. {(HI to $500 a day were made by a gambling syndicate in the
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    QUESTION OF SELF DEFENCE
    46 7 Fri. ,v if iir.dertakLis wife. He replied: hits me?" he Abdul I the wife f that liew r and ihilciren. staying •her and was her husI a month Liew. I don't much," then k iking not Ife and the ised the apnaintenance.
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    Bus fall hurts old woman
    13 7 off a R< ad. SingaMornoon. to hosplritic condition.
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    EXTORTION BID ALLEGED
    55 7 barged in' jrejterda, *ith 'Mort :i total of t;:;;,r.rr>- jW m.:; 1 s ""I thrown m his face, assault, and with having his shop in Tampenis Road burnt down, between Dec. 28. last year, and Jan. 6. No plea was recorded and Ling was remanded in custody
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    A HERO'S SON RETURNS HIS DAD DIED FIGHTING JAPS
    159 7 LEAPING Aircraftman Ted (iray, 16, whose father was killed in action against the Japanese in Malaya, was one of 20 Australian air cadets who met Sir John Nicoll. the Governor of Singapore, at a reception yesterday. L.A.C. Gray. a student in
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    Potatoes off the prison menu now
    99 7 Potatoes off the prison menu now j KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE Federation Government has agreed to give prisoners undermilled rice instead of sweet potatoes. A Government spokesman told the Straits Times today that most prisoners refused to take sweet potatoes; so there was a wastage of food. The old diet,
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    Police officer transferred
    41 7 KUALA LJPIS. Frl.— Mr. Jaimal Singh. District Crimes Officer, Kuaia Llpis. has been transferred to Penang as assistant offlcer-ln-charge. Rural District. Mr Jaimal Singh, who had served in Pahang since 1943, is succeeded by Mr. H C Oreenall.
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    Found hanging
    18 7 Choy Kwok Yin, 55. was yesterday found hanging in a i house In Thomson Road. Singapore.
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    HE'S A WILLING CALL-UP BOY
    223 7 7 am going to enjoy myself ONLY one 19-year-old boy was present at the Singapore MilitaVy Forces Headquarters Drill Hall in Beach Road yesterday when the ballot for the second intake of National Servicemen for the S.M.F. was taken. Tan Eng Sim. of Yio Chu
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    Engineer faces 6 charges
    43 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Colin Philip Ansell, a mining engineer, was granted extension of bail today after six charges of cheating bars and restaurants of food and drinks were mentioned in the Sessions Court. Hearing was postponed to Jan. 13.
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    The white ant hunter reaches S'pore
    77 7 The white ant hunter reaches S'pore A British scientist reached Singapore by air yesterday, after hunting white ants in northern Queensland. Australia, for several months. The scientist. Major J. Wat-son-Morton, found what he wanted. He dug up the ground around the Mount lsa area with a spade. And he examined
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    Boy, 2, drowned in well
    38 7 K imaron bin Kamari, a boy not quite two, was found drowned in a well beside his house in Jalan Eunos, Singapore, yesterday. His sister found him when she went to fetch water.
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    Cresson is chief of 'Poly' Board
    241 7 Cresson is chief of 'Poly' Board A WELL-KNOWN industrialist, Mr. L. Cresson, was yesterday named chairman of the 17-man Board of Governors of the $8 million Singapore Polytechnic. Nanyanjf University is represented on the Board by Its chancellor. Dr. Lin Yutang. and the University of Malaya by Prof. E. H.
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    Transport strike: Still a deadlock
    83 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. THE president of the Malayan Railway Trafflce Operating Union and a voluntary mediator in the General Transport Company strike, Mr. J. Leo. today met the Member for Social and Industrial Relations. Inche Mustapha Albakri. After their talks, Inche Albakri told the Straits
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    SEVEN INJURED IN THIS CRASH
    29 7 WHEN these two cars collide d head-on in Mount initeu Kuad. Singapore, yesterday, seven people were injured, three of them critically. Straits Timei picture.
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    TENGKU HELPS TO DAMPEB JOHORE RIVER WATER PLAN
    227 7 TENGKU HELPS TO DAMPEB JOHORE RIVER WATER PLAN WITH a statement by Tengku Abdul Rahman, president of UMNO, still ringing in their ears, Singapore City Council's public utilities committee decided yesterday not to embark on a 550, 000,000 scheme to tap Johore River for water. Tengku Abdul Rahman had angered
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    Indian cuts down a temple 'god'
    76 7 Indian cuts down a temple 'god' K. LUMPUR, Fri. AN INDIAN carrying an axe and an iron rod walked into the Slvam Temple at Sungei Besi Road here this morning and chopped down the statue of an Indian god. The man was stated to have said that he wanted to
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    Time gone
    23 7 A thief broke Into a house !n St. Michael's Road. Slnga* pore, on Thursday night and stole two watches and $50
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    The lottery first prize is $350,000
    148 7 KUALA LUMP'JR, Fri. THE first prize in the Social and Welfare Services Lottery is to be increased by $50,000. Up to now it has been $300,--000 but the first prize of the lotteries to be drawn at Klang Belangor, on Feb. 26 and Paslr
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    Taxi driver attacked
    46 7 Six Chinese youths attacked a taxi driver. Chone Bcn^ HiK.t. in Victoria Street on Thursday night. Chone told the police that the eang iumped out of a car and hit him with their fists. He was treated at the hospital as an outpatient.
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    Four robbers get $2,000
    38 7 Four Chinese, one armed with a knife, broke into a house in Brickwork Estate off Alexandra Road. Singapore, at 4.30 a.m. y obbed a woman, Nir Souk lieng, of $2,000 tan eaio and jewellery.
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    NOT THE RIGHT EVIDENCE
    67 7 Ten police witnesses testified in a Singapore court yesterday against a Base Ordance Depot cleric, Tan Hunp- Tiew. charged with rioting and causing hurt to Lee Chin Scan in Moulmein Road on Sept. 2j. But the jud'4o. Mr. T. Kulatekanun, heiti that none of their eviden
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      157 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATIRE (7.30 p.m. on Jan. 6 to 730 a.m. nn Jan. 7>. Singapore 73 degrees. Penang 70. Kota Bahru 73. Kuala L-impur 72. Ipoh 70. Kuantan 72. MAXIMUM TEMPERATIRE (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Jan. 7i: Singapore 86. Penang 86. Kot.i Bahru 84 Kuala Lumpur 90.
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    Terror appeal author jailed
    407 8 HIS PICTURE (IN ST. JOHN UNIFORM) SHIELDED RED DOCUMENTS WROTE THESE PAPERS IN A FLIGHT OF FANCY, SAYS AMBULANCE MAN, 18 A ST. JOHN Ambulance Brigade member, who said that he wrote Communist documents advocating terrorism in "flights of fancy," was jailed for three years in
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    Again it is 'no room at the school'
    91 8 PENANG. Fri. MORE than half the number of applicants for admission to the Government Commercial Day School here will i be rejected when the new term starts next Monriny because of shortage of accommodation. Only one new class will be l>le for
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    A BETTER MARINE PARADE BY MAY
    151 8 CINGAPORE'S Marine Parade at Katong will be completely developed as a seaside resort by the end of May, the City Architect, Mr. W. Irving Watson, told the Straits Times yesterday. A Council committee has solved the problem of fishermen landing their catch at a
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    $5,000 FROM KUCHING for FLOOD FUND
    117 8 Donations to the Federation Flood Relief Fund received yesterday included: KIXHING: Sarawak Social Welfare Council Kuchlng, $5,000, anonymous. Kurhing SlO. SINGAPORE: Mrs. R E. Nathan S2.V Ahong Construction Co. $200. IOHORE: Officers. WOs and Sgu and ORs of FARELP Training Centre. Johore Bahru $274.42
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    Bail in breach of trust case
    58 8 Choo Seek Cheow and Cheong Kai Seng were charged in Singapore yesterday with criminal breach of trust of $1,320 while they were in the employment of E. Ott Co Ltd. between Aug. 17 and Sept. 15. last year. They were offered bail of $5
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    Bandit wounded in Pahang
    35 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Men of the North Rhodesia Regiment, wounded one of two terrorists contacted in the Kuala Lipis district of Pahang. They recovered a rifle, a shotgun and two packs.
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    Colonial medical chief due
    44 8 Sir Eric Pridie, Chief Medical Adviser to the Colonial Office, will arrive in Singapore today to visit the Colony and the I Federation to see the work of the Medical Departments. Sir Eric will spend a week I in Singapore.
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    Tobacco leads fall in Colony revenue
    86 8 Tobacco leads fall in Colony revenue REVENUE collected by the Singapore Customs last year totalled $77,263,000 a drop of $1,103,000 on the previous year's all-time record. Tobacco, with a drop of $1.2 million, tops the list. Other items where the revenue is down include liquor ($581,000) and entertainment ($213,000). As
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    Awards for 72 boys and girls
    88 8 STUDY awards from $40 to Sl4O will be made by the Singapore Hui Ann A>socia- j tion to 72 sons and daughters of members of tMe association j at Teo Hong Road tomorrow i mnming. The awards are for deserv- j ing students whose
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    Boys' Brigade training course
    51 8 The Singapore Battalion of the Boys' Brigade will open an i officers" initial training course at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church. Kamponk Kapor, at 5.30 p.m. on Monday. The City President. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, will open the course which will last for about a
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    10-min. hold-up
    25 8 Traffic was obstructed for about ten minutes when two cars locked bumpers at the lights opposite Change Alley, Singapore, at 12.5 p.m. yesterday.
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    Ais-only if English is the medium
    180 8 Ais -only if English is the medium KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Federation Government will provide teachers if Chinese •schools open English medium classes for children unable to crt places in English .'■chools. This was stated today by the Member for Education in reply to the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce,
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    THEY START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT WITH THREE BANDIT KILLS
    76 8 THIS PATROL of the Ist Battalion the Queen s Royal Regiment opened the New Year by killing three north Johore bandits. The soldiers are. back row. left to right. Private Kenneth Jary. of Croydon; Private William Porter, of Nutley. Sussex;
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    Clean-up drive in Klang
    87 8 Clean-up drive in Klang KLANG, Fri. THE young people of Klang are to clean up the town's market as part of their plan to make people here more civic-minded, Mr. J. S. Henry, secretary of the Klang Youth Council, told the Straits Times today. Young people from the 14 youth
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    A lawyer is acquitted
    69 8 A Singapore lawyer. Mr. F. B. Oehlers. who appeared at tbr Second Singapore Traffic Police Court yesterday on a summons charge for an alleged traffic offence, was acquitted and discharged without his defence being called. Mr. Oehlers was alleged ro have ignored a traffic light signal
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    PARENTS TO FIGHT HIGHER BOOKS DUTY
    127 8 Association plans memo to Goct. KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. THE Selangor Parents' Association is forming branches in outstation districts. The first branch is to be inaugurated at Kajang on Thursday. The S.P.A. executive committee, at a meeting last night, discussed details of a memorandum which
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    Mr. Watherston takes over
    56 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. As the Chief Secretary, Mr. D. C. Watherston. is Officer Administering the Government during the absence of the High Commissioner, who has gone to Hong Kong on an unofficial vis t. Mr. D. K. Daniels has been appointed to act as Chief Secretary.
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    The absent driver
    69 8 Driver Othman bin Moham- nied of 61 Motor Transport Company, RASC. who pleaded Rtillty to being absent without leave for 123 days lrom his unit, was sentenced to 112 days' I detention at a Singapore court martial yesterday. Findings and sentence are subject to confirmation. Othman was
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    Boys dies after 15 ft. fall
    38 8 Four-year-old Ramli L'in Saat, who fell off the window sill on the first floor of his house in Bussorah Strett, Singapore, on Thursday, died in hospital yesterday. He fell about 15 feet.
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    Ignored lights
    38 8 Tan Poey Tee, who ifrrorrd traffic lights while driving a taxi at the .juncton of North Bridge Road and Rochoro Road on Sept. 5 last, was fined $50 in the Bingajx>re First Traffic Police Court yesterday.
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    The 'rebel will defy his party
    169 8 The 'rebel will defy his party SINGAPORE Progressive Party "rebel" City Councillor Mr. Sim Beng Seng has decided to defy the party's order to him to give up vice-chair-manship of a council committee. And last night a member of of the party's executive told the Straits Times: "This means that
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    'Belisha beacon' man to come here
    92 8 'Belisha beacon' man to come here LORI) Hore-BHisha. former British Cabinet Mw.ister. is to visit Singapore. He is expected to arrive on Jan. 18 and remain eight days. His visit will be private. He will he the guest of the CommisMoner-Ciene-ral. Mr Malcolm Mar Donald. Lord Hore-Belisha. when he was
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      133 8 %mUtt<r C'lmm Ltm H^H Ilk Whenever, wherever infection threatens, doctor; nurses take elaborate antiseptic precautions-n la left to chance. Hospitals and clinics— 9 out Gt. Britaia— rely on 'Dettol*. This plea: poisonous fluid, deadly to germs, is harmless delicate human tissues the germs invade. 1 1 as in the hospital,
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      359 8 Straits Times Crossword 2 p MUF M""J 7 Tjl !L i ZsHHZ "33" 21 22 23 Z_Z Zl_J_,J_Z_Z A( Ross is. Illness that always ends (5). 1. Mass of loaves (6>. i B^*? «nd burned (I). 9. Spun in the dance (6). 9 Pale-hearted A-sian 18p. 10. They're blooming showy!
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Malacca intrigue led to slaughter but right won out in end
    1385 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Malacca intrigue led to slaughter but right won out in end iimiiiii jy^^^^y^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^fTfiTT^^^^^^^^^^^Biiiiiiiii' \/t ANY tales have been told about Sultan Xf -*-Mahmoud of Malacca. Some are no doubt legends, sensational fictions, woven by storytellers round the famous Sultan's name, much as the Arabian storytellers immortalised
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      399 9 jB ■IF I pp"' sttr^inni fr HE A 1 W f liowpureitis! Hold a tablet of Pears Soap up to the light. Yes, yon can see right through it. That's how pure Pears is. So pure it's perfect for 3'oung and old alike. -and lets your skin M kvpil it
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      119 9 Sherlock Holmes Vibrating note Uivli Tracy I rintaye fob EBB^r^^^^^Bßßß l as OLO CAa A Real7l"s Hr'sniMf well, what are 1 1 r~ "V^~>vi boo-.pt 1 L VINTAGE JOB.' y~ v e« Bin- 1 [yOU WAITING FOR? A I M >ofj Jet Scott t ard is up I .IFT SftflTT
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    RUBBER PRICE CONTINUES TO ADVANCE ON BETTER DEMAND
    415 10 RUBBER PRICE CONTINUES TO ADVANCE ON BETTER DEMAND RUBBER continued to advance in Singapore yesterday after its set back earlier in the week and closed at 98£ cents a pound, 21 cents better than on ThursdayYesterday's improvement was due to strong speculative buying aided by some trade interest and there
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    Mart moves fast in first week of New Year
    633 10 Mart moves fast in first week of New Year rE first week of 1955 Is one that will be long remem- bered In rubber circles. Condi- i tions have been very active I throughout the period as well as irregular with wide differences in price at the same moment between
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    RUBBER CROPS
    30 10 December rubber crops announced are: Alor Ponjfsu Amalgamated 124.280 b.: Bedong 70.444 lb.: Temerlon 13 500 lb Trong 30.300 lb Ayer Molek 31.780 lb.: Buklt Katil 28.099 b.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    36 10 On the free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.87 for cash and 590',. for T.T Sterling was quoted at 15.58 and one tael of gold at 257',.
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    Hong Fatt output
    20 10 Hone Fatt (Snncei Be«li Ltd's tin ore output in tiie fourth quarter of 1954. was 3.232 plculs
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    352 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association report: "On the local share market with a few exceptions industrials were steady. Tins continued to ease In sympathy with the metal price while rubbers hardened on the higher commodity price." Members reported the following business done yesterday: Alex. Brick prefs. $2.05; Federal
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    SHIPPING
    195 10 Ships alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or exported today are: Blr Hakelm 4-5. Bjnvo Maru CP Sumatra 6-7, Aleu Maru C.P.. London Maru 15-16 Benrnhor 18. Van Heutsz 19-20. Serampang N.W. 6, Lasen N W 8. Bee Thong I 23. Perak 24. Asphalion 25-26. TJI--badak 27-28. Maron 29-30,
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    150 10 MELBOURNE. Fri. Market leaders wwe firm In investments although overall falls slightly exceeded rises on the Stock Exchange today. Trading was more actlvf. Silver and leads were higher but oils, uraniums and golds all recorded an easier trend. Loans 3'« ri 1956-59 £95- 732 Loans 1955-58 £97- 532
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    RUBBER PRICES
    87 10 JANUARY first gi buyers fob tkm pore yesterday at M 2 4 cents above Thui The clofrlr.K 'one 1. C'lnsiriß pTIM per Ib. were— No loose buyers 97 sellei 1 R SS. Jan. buyers M :»R No. 2 buver\o. 3 buyer 95'». 1 Singapore Chamtx Rubber Association Friday
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    126 10 Singapore thinrse Prorluo f, chance: noon price* terday we'f Copra: quiet: J;u. ers. •32 1 sellers. buyer?, »32 v sellers r steady; $52 seller, N and down $1 on > steady and up $1 on bl.i tok white $209 S Lampong black $135. Singapore Copra \vflrlal prirrs: Strata
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      1596 10 NOTICES TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE. 1950 NO. 26 OF 1950 ThU Advertisement appears by direction of the Registrar of Trade Marks, under the provision of Section 49 (7) of the Ordinance. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following Trade Mark registered In the name of BristolMeyers Company Limited, a Company organized
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      773 10 NOTICES SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL Aasesment List 1955 (Section 63, Municipal Ordinance) THE City Council has duly revised the Assessment List for 1955 which is now open to inspection by I owners and occupiers of property j comprised therein, at the City Hall (Room 128) during office hours. T. M. STEVENS
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      270 10 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ULANG AND COAST WATER SI'PPLY. The continuing dry weather since •estrictions to the supply were Inroduced on December 7th, 1954 Is ■auMiiß the serious situation apparent at that time to deteriorate furher. At the present rate of consumpion the Subang Reservoir will be try in 80 days*
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      525 10 OFFICIAL PRICES SINGAPORE Jan TIN: $335.37', prr (down 52 x RI'RBKR: 98' rent, lb. (up 2'j (pntsi COPRA: KIIJ7I picul (down 50 rrntv SINGAPORE RED FUNNEL LINESHEAP ENC MOH SS CO., LTD. SOON BEE STEAMSHIP CO., (S) LTD. SS/SS, Teluk Aver Streel Phone *****. Passenger 6c Freight-Services. SAILINGS TO DJAKARTA
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      1172 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA ■er Aden, Port Said, Genoa, Antwerp, Ron. room. Hamburg Copenhagen, Gothenburg ft Oslo Spore P. Shorn Penong as) "AllA" 01 /10 J n n/11 J* 1 C A A 18/21 Jon 22/22 Jan M/ 24 Jan S Lo <fo (penenaert only Calls Beyrouth, Gdynia
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      1009 11 bui'l°dlngTHE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. 7 SINGAPORE (Incorported in the United Kingdom) 5 LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. S'hom Penong Benvenue for Liverpool, Ginsoow, Rotterdom, Homburg 8/ 9 Jan 10/11 Jan Banottew for Avonmouth, Liverpool, Rotterdam. Homburg 27 Jan/ 2 Feb 24/2* Jan 1/ 4 Fcb
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  • The STRAITS TIMES Saturday forum
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      The domiciled European wants place in new Malaya
      299 12 The domiciled European wants place in new Malaya rpHERE is a fast growing community now living peacefully in the Federation and Singapore, completely ignored by Government and the local political parties. I refer to the domiciled B!uropean community. In pre-independent India and Burma, the domiciled European had full recognition and
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      No business of the Indian Government
      247 12 No business of the Indian Government IjiVERY right-thinking J person will agree 1 that Mr Devaser's press release was hasty and not i quite becoming the lead- er of a political party, I besides being embarra.ss- In* to the Indian Prime I Mi"iter. It is not yet known I whether
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      Schools should hold debates on politics
      243 12 TLfR. MILON NANDYS letter supporting Mr. B.T.W. Stewart's views will, I hope, persuade the education authorities to include politics in the curricula of our secondary schools. Unless we succeed in establishing the right type of political mind in the youths of today, they will
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      Stand is no new pose: Mr. Yap replies
      598 12 I HASTEN to assure your correspondent El Choclo that I feel as deeply aggrieved as he over the recriminations and the personal reflections cast in the controversy over the question of the language to be used in our future Legislative Assembly and
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      Malacca still behind
      92 12 Malacca sti ll behind AT the beginning of 1954 our hardworking and energetic municipal councillors promised us that they would fight for the abolition of the annual bicycle licence taxes. Now we find ice have to renew our licences, while nearly all other states have done away with theirs. Is
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      METHODIST SCHOOLS: QUESTIONS ON POLICE
      311 12 METHODIST SCHOOLS: QUESTIONS ON POLICE SOME time ago Bishop R. L. Archer told the Times that the Methodist aided school by the Methodist annual conference which large number of Malayan citizens as men the annual conference moots but onc< as it is now in session in Singapore, may I as(c
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      Land and loans for the squatter
      122 12 Land and loans for the squatter IN the Malayar Cheng-lock T i alia. "There landless squatu living behind Leases of 20 to not good enou As a Malaya-boi:. a planter he that the inhabit New Village proportion of C tered own< ra "Hold for gether with th< While rlllagi tradesmen,
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      ALLERGY AGAINST MISSION SCHOOLS?
      150 12 T.S.D. of Ipoh seems to have a bee in his bonnrt iii the nature of an allergy against Christian schools, missionary teachers and schooi managers. It seems to have become so much of an obsession to him that he returns to the aitack in p««'v letter.
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      BAD DIRECTIVE
      75 12 WHY differentiate between the Christian pensioners in the Settlements, and those of the Malay States proper? Because of this partiality, the Federal directive i.s bad, and should be amended. A ffw dollars make the world of a difference to us poor and needy Christian pensioners (whether one resides
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      5 12 "Be it ever so humble"
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        SCHOOL DANGER PERIOD
        120 12 'THOUSANDS of children will go back to the schools throughout the Federation on Monday and thousands of anxious parents will hope and pray that motorists will exercise a little extra caution during the dangerous hours when these children go to and return from schools. The first few
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        NOT GUILTY
        78 12 "rnROMBONE" is obviously A not aware that arrangements for playing times and intervals taken by dance bands in Singapore night spots are made and mutually agreed upon between respective bandleaders and managements. If "Trombone" Is dissatisfied with the arrangements I suggest he should talk the matter over with
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        MENACE ENDED
        56 12 /iRATEFUL thanks to the chairman and councillors of the Ipoh and Mcn- glembu Town Council for their action in putting up gates in entrance and exit roads of the central market. Ipoh. and banning cyclists entering the market. Housewives can now do marketing without being pushed around and
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        THIRSTING
        72 12 ALTHOUGH we have read •fl. about the ravages of the recent floods we in Ayer Panas, Kuala Lumpur, are very much inclined to doubt the truth of these accounts. The timely assistance of the Municipality, in keeping us thirsting for even a drop of water from 6 a.m. to
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        Rent too much
        98 12 I WONDER if the poor will really lead the queue for SIT accommodation. Do you think a poor man can afford to pay $50 plus $10 If he draws a salary of $300 a month, with four to six in a family to support? I applied for
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        NO PARKING
        52 12 I NOTICE that at almost every theatre and amusement park there are parking places tor motcr-cars and motorcycles free of charge. The managers employ "jagas" to look after these vehicles. What about the poor cyclists? They have to park their bicycles at a charge of 20 cents. AGIL
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        Good service
        51 12 IT is to be hoped that the 0.T.C., when the present busmen's strike is over, will provide better service than before. They can do i.o better than emulate the excellent service accorded by the bis companies who are at present operating on the Q.T C. routes. K.R. Kuala
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        DRIVERS' REVENGE
        87 12 AT the "Satay Club" bus, terminus, bus drivers seem to have the idea that they have parking priority over a limitless area. Motorists parking even five or six lengths away are not only resented by these bus drivers but sometimes bus drivers double park their buses, thereby blocking
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    Dunn's three goals best thing in win against Johore
    422 13 StHCAPORE LACKED THE SPARKLE THAT THEY SHOWED AGAINST INDONESIANS .,,.^-porter \r\?OKF- swept to 5-1 vicjohore in r-state hocat Jalan esterno the score that Dunn soals, In the to offer any for the programme ourtsts. can bo that the not help e
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    GIAN TO COACH SCHOOL BOYS
    23 13 MPUR Fri. Gian tej coach. hoolboys in mm Jan. 11 n at Taylor I contact Mr :eet School.
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    NEW $60,000 CLUBHOUSE FOR NSCRC
    67 13 SEREMBAN. Fri. NEGRI CHINESE Recreatior. Club are building their own club house at a cost of more than $60,000. Work has already started on the two-storey brick building, which is expected to be completed in four months. The Clubs present premisesin Lemon Street will be
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    $100 GIFTS MAY GO TO IPOH TEAMS
    165 13 A return for services rendered IPOH, Friday. T*HE Ipoh and District Football League Committee is A to depart from normal practice in an effort to show its appreciation to First Division teams "for services rendered." The annual general meeting of the League, to
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    Lock icon SUGAR TO FIGHT ON JAN. 19
    115 13 SUGAR TO FIGHT ON JAN. 19 CHICAGO, Fri RAY ROBINSON, in a comeback he hopes will lead to a middleweight title fight with champion Bobo Olson in June, is to meet Ralph •Tiger" Jones in Chicago stadium, on Jan. 19. The bout will give a national television audience its first
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    Wait till Feb 15-Weill
    95 13 Wait till Feb 15- Weill NEW YORK, Frl. f>OCKY Marciano's manager, Al Weill, said yesterday he will know by Feb. 15 when the heavyweight champion will be ready to make his next title defence He can pick from three propositions offering total Kuaranteea of u*****,000. Weill said this to promoter
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    Lock icon THOM LEAVES FOR BANGKOK FIGHT
    55 13 LONDON. Prl— Wally Thorn, the European and Brltlih welterweight boxing champion, left London by air last night for Bangkok where he Us to fight the Orient champion, Somciez Yongtraklt, on Jan. 16. Thorn may fight Alfle Sands, contender for the Australian title, in Australia before
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    BIRA FAVOURITE
    46 13 AUCICLAND Fri. PRINCE Blrabongse, of Slam. U favoured to win the Ne* Zealand Orand Prix motor race at Ardmore, here tomorrow. However. Blra's Formula Maserat! U expected to be pushed hard by Briuin't Touy Gate and Feter Whltehead In thilr ne* short-chassU three-litre Ferrari*.
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    Pakistanis said to be better than the Indians
    223 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE Pakistan Hockey Federation team, who will arrive in Penang on Feb. 13 for a month's tour of the Federation of Malaya and Singapore, are said to be even better than the Indian team that delighted Malayan hockey fans
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    Captain's Prize golf meet draw
    76 13 THE DRAW and starting time; A for the Captain's Prize women i competition at the Royal Island Club on Sunday are: 2.45 p.m. Mrs. O. Hodgkinson. Mrs. J. M. Frenken; 250 Mrs C LePage. Mrs. B. Abbett; 2.55: Miss N. Conway. Mrs. K Smart; 3.00:
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    Kedah score upset 3-1 win vs Penang
    221 13 IPOH. Fri. DOMINATING the game for most of its duration, Kedah, 'baby' team of Malayan hockey quad rang ulars surprised Penang today when they won 3-1 in the second match of the North Malayan hockey championship. Kedah scored two other goals in the
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    THILLAINATHAN 7, BUT KARIM WAS BEST PLAYER
    361 13 THILLAINATHAN 7, BUT KARIM WAS BEST PLAYER Perak open 'quad' with 10-nil win IPOH, Friday. DERAK got off to a food start in the North Malayan 1 hockey quadrangular which began in Ipoh today with a ten-nil win over Pahang on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground. Centre-forward A. I. Thillainathan
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    Danger-man Dunn is through
    94 13 DUNN, the Singapore centre forward (right) takes a shot at the Johore goal after getting the better of a tackle by Salleh during yesterday's hockey ixturr at Jalan Besar stadium which Singapore won 5-1. In the centre is Johore's Retnasingam while the Colony's inside right, Hon
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    Lock icon MANY EUROPEAN ORDERS FOR NEW COOPER
    89 13 LONDON, Frl. BRITAIN'S newest racing car the 500 c.c. Cooper Mai kNine which had its first ip?ts on va few VMtU a*o. has already been ordered by drivers in Holland, Sweden, Gtrmanv and Casablanca, the makers revealed here today. The Cooper Is claimed to
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    Toss decided festival ties
    117 13 INDIAN Arsenal were eliminated by the toss of a coin from the Tamil Festival knockout soccer competition when they played Seletar Tamil Association at Farrer ***** yesterday. After both teams had finished level at I—l. it was decided to decide the winners by the toss of
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    George wins the singles
    112 13 STEPHEN GBOROE won the singles title In th« annual I badminton championships of the I Singapore Government Servants' I Welfare Organisation iHalg Road Quarters). SlnflM: Winner: Stephen George. I Runner-up: Leow Kirn Fatt Doubles: Senior: Winners: C. A. J Rodrlgues and L. M. Nonl.v Run-ners-up J.
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    A Malaya-Pakistan game is money-spinner
    547 14 A Malaya-Pakistan game is money-spinner THE KITTY IS LOW BUT THE FACT IS IGNORED... By THE SPORTS EDITOR THE PRESIDENT of the Malayan Hockey Federation, Mr. H. M. de Souza Jr., has broken a long silence. It is a pity he has. Because Mr. de Souza, by giving some unbelievably
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    Negri Blues show form in 16-0 win
    126 14 SEREMBAN. FrL F preparation for their Cup match against Singapore in Singapore next week, Negri Sembilan All Blues showed good form to beat 11th Hussars by 16 points (two goals and two tries) to nothing in their friendly rugger match on the station
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    3 QUICK GOALS BEAT INDIANS
    42 14 PARIT BUNTAR. Fri— Three goals In five minutes by Thangarelu of Parit Puntar beat Nlbong Trtwl Indians In yesterday's soccer match here. Parlt Buntar won 3-1. Nibong Tet>al led 1-0 at 'he interval through a Munlandy goal.
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    Lock icon Britons took Seixas, Rose to five sets
    98 14 THE young British tennis players. Roger Becker and John Barrett who are due to play in a series of exhibitions in Singapore and the Federation next month, today took the formidable Vie Seixas and Mervyn Rose to five sets in the doubles final
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    Wong vs Ong final Jan. 15
    79 14 THERE is a change in the fixtures of the Singapore badminton championships owing to the Thomas Cup trials. The men's singles final, between Wong Peng Soon and holder Ong Poh Lim. will be held on Jan. 15 at the Badminton Hall. The doubles final,
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    Lock icon INDIANS PUT ON 226 STAND
    71 14 KARACHI. Fri. P. L. Punjabi, India's new opening bat, and Vinoo Mankad, captain of the touring team, put on 226 for the first wicket when the Indians began a three-day game against the Karachi Cricket Association here today. India had scored 277 for two wickets
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    Lock icon Bedser in MCC's 12 for today
    78 14 HOBART. (Tasmania), Fri.— Alec Bed.se:, who was omitted from the England team for the second and third Tests, is in the 12 for the M.CC.'s threeday match against a Combined Eleven, beginning here tomorrow. The 12 are: L. Hutton. T. E Bailey, R. T.
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    Lock icon Another Surrey success
    45 14 GORDON PIRIr is first home— for the fourth successive year in the Surrey cross-country championship run at Farthing Downs diulsdon. Surrey on Jan. 1. Pirie took the lead at the start of the 7>.> miles run and never lost it. Reuter photo.
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    Lock icon THAW SETS IN WILL LESSEN F.A. CUP SURPRISES
    489 14 THAW SETS IN WILL LESSEN F.A. CUP SURPRISES LONDON. Friday. INTO the English F.A. Cup step the clubs of the First 1 and Second Divisions tomorrow for the big Third Round of the 1954-55 competition. Thf 44 teams from these premier leagues, hitherto exempt, loin the 20 survivors of the
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    Lock icon Scots try changes in XV in attempt to beat France
    253 14 PARIS. Fri PRANCI, whose well-tried team j U favoured by many to win the Rugby Union International championship, should beat Scotland, who are without a win since 1851, In the opening game of the championship at Coloinbes tomorrow. Few change*
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    Lock icon THEY ALL PRAISE HUTTON & MEN NOW
    157 14 THEY ALL PRAISE HUTTON MEN NOW LONDOI I DRlTlbxi yesterday praised York skipper Le n H his men for I over Austr; Third Cri I match, whi I Melbourne oi Lengthy reports I were featured on tho gpo pages Aith thr i phasis on H W taincy and th< I
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    Cups for players in today's soccer
    53 14 Souvenir cup., a: to the player- men after ton! I soccer match Civilians and Coml Jaian I Thp by Mr. Tav Soo V n dent of thp 81ig The m p.m.. h Fund. It will be preceded by a ture between SI Argonauts-Buki' i
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    SPEED BOATS REACH 200 MPH
    78 14 SEATTLE, Fri fED JONES, designer of the Slo-Mo-Shun' opeedboats. announced today that he had driven two of the botii.s at more than 200 miles an hour. He declared 'There wa s no such thing as a water barrier" for surface skimminp hydroplane boats. Jones .said
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      468 14 CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE i It W,,rd, U (Him.)— Box St ct: txtrm. PEDIGREE BLACK Coachbullt Pram used four months $100. Also Babybath $8. And 4-Wheel Pusher $10. Reply Box A 1455. S T BLACK WINTER COAT seal trimmed three costumes siie 18-20 Kood as new best make. Phone *****
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