The Straits Times, 17 December 1955

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    17 1 The Straits Times Ma*** 4 Hat*** 1 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATI'RDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1955 it- 15 CENTS
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    THE BIG TALKS IN APRIL
    149 1 (INFERENCE ENDS WITH AGREEMENT ON A SIX-POINT AGENDA onial Office communique fixes 5 items for discussion: And 'any other business' Self-government issues are at top of the list T HE COLONIAL OFFICE, in an officia/communfqJe at Inc ond »t the talks here between .Mr. David
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    Nurse Beryl—story of a heroine
    221 1 Nurse Beryl— story of a heroine MM SALUTES A FEARLESS LADY OF THE BADGE THE GIRL pictured here I has just spent a i gruelling day marching i through terrorist jungle In stifling heat and pour- ing rain she has clamberi ed over fallen trees, I waded through wide I
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    Lock icon HONOURABLE, FRIENDLY MARSHALL
    1101 1 THE MEN WHO TALKED I/fr #efe permission for extra Minister, multi-lingualism \j MARSHALL announced after his final meeting ;it the Colonial Office: "I think we i reached an honourable and Friendly agreeIn addition to agreement en the agenda for the talks the communique said that Mr. Lennox
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    HE'LL ASK MORE NEXT TIME
    329 1 Citizenship problem again I rom LESLIE HOFFMAN LONDON, Friday. A HINT that wider constitutional issues are to be raised by Mr. Marshall's Coalition Government next April was given today in the joint communique issued at the end of his five-day talks at the Colonial Office.
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    Lock icon B&K in Kabul
    25 1 KABUL, Afghanistan. Fri.— The Soviet Premier, Mr. Nikolai Bulganin. and Mr. Nikita Khrushchev met Afghan leaders today for some hard bargaining. A.P.
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    Lock icon Record COL
    25 1 LONDON, Fri. Britain's cost of living index jumped two points to a record 154 in mid-November, the Ministry of Labour said today. A.P.
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    The visitor
    17 1 PNOM PENH, Fri. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the Cambodian Premier, will visit the Philippines in January.
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    Police probe death
    55 1 Police are Investigating the death of a Singapore businessman, Lee Kheng Choon. 38. Lee fell suddenly ill at his house in Cairnhill Road on Thursday evening and died a few hours after admission to the General Hospital. Police suspect poisoning. Lee, who was connected with a Chinese
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    Lock icon Admit China
    33 1 LONDON, Fri. A labour M.P. will ask the Foreign Secretary en Monday to propose that the United Nations withdraw recognition of the Chinese Nationalist Government and instead admit Communist China. Reutcr.
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    Lock icon Jap jet plans
    27 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri. Japan Air Lines today said that they will introduce a trans-Pacific jet air service in 1&60 with American built jets.— Reuter.
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    Girl bandit killed by Gurkhas
    67 1 Girl bandit killed by Gurkhas KUALA LUMPUR Fri. A PATROL of the 2/6 Gurkhas this morning shot dead two terrorists near Titi. in the Jelebu district of Negri Sembilan. A soldier was wounded in the hand. One of the terrorists was a woman, Chan Slew Tai. a branch committee member
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    Lock icon Trade boost in Hong Kong
    46 1 HONG KONG, Fri— Hong Kong's trade during November was the highest for more than two years. The Department of Commerce and Industry said that the total value of exports and imports during November was HK5586,900,000 —the highest since June, 1953.— U.P.
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    Lock icon Trade pact
    28 1 COLOMBO. Fri. A trade pact between Ceylon and Czechoslovakia was signed here trday providing for trade botween the two countries of about £2,000.000 each way. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Sold to China
    27 1 LONDON. Fri. British exports to China of electric machinery, apparatus and appliances in the first nine months of 19 5 5 totalled £41.334. Reuter.
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    TUC will oppose any cuts in wages
    171 1 The 48,000-strong Singapore Trades Union Congress yesterday said that it would oppose any attempt by employers to reduce the wages of workers under the new Labour Ordinance. The T.U.C. president, Mr. S. Jaganathan. said the Congress would not only resist .my such attempt,
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    Strike threat by stable boys
    314 1 PENANG MEETING CUT TO 3 DAYS PENANG, Friday. A DOUBLE strike threat by Federation stable boys and Penang racecourse labourers is believed to be the main reason for the poor entries for the Penang Turf Club's Christmas-New Year meeting. The strike rumours have not been
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    Lock icon MALTA MPs IN COMMONS?
    86 1 LONDON, Fri. Malta, the George Cross island, will become the first Colony ever to send representatives to sit in the British Parliament, once a report published here today is finally approved. The report, by an allparty conference set up by tho Government, back.s pro--1 posals that
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    Lock icon Portugal's offer
    37 2 PARIS, Fri. Dr. Paulo Cunha. Portuguese Foreign Minister, said here today that hi s country Is ready to negotiate a settlement with India provided talks do not touch on the sovereignty of Portuguese Goa. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Strike in Guiana
    19 2 GEORGETOWN. (British Guiana I Frl.— A strike by 600 workers paralysed municipal «ci vices here. A.P
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    Lock icon Wheat from U.S.
    17 2 CURO. Fri.— The United Btates will supply Eeypt With 80.000 tons of wheat Reuter
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    Lock icon Envoy's new job
    25 2 CANBERRA. Fri. Mr. Ronald Walker. Australia's r.mbassador to Tokyo, was to- j flay appointed permanent Australian representative to the United Nations. U.P.
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    Lock icon TAX MEN TAKE A HOLIDAY
    64 2 ROME. Fri.— ltaly's 30.000 tax collectors and civilian Customs employees have called two strikes of four clays' each in protest against the Government's refusal to accept their demands for a reclassifi- cation of posts. They will not collect taxes or inspect travellers at the frontier
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    Driver-without-keys
    403 2 CASE MUST BE DECIDED ON QUESTION OF FACT, SAYS LORD CHIEF JUSTICE ONDON, Fn.— A man who said that he handed his coat containing his car keys to another man was found guilty at the Old Bailey of being drunk in charge of his car. George Francis Short. 36--year-old
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    Heroes of tragic air raid honoured
    176 2 KUALA LUMUR. Frl.— The Queen has awarded the British Empire Medal to two British soldiers who I showed outstanding courage I in rescue work after several 1.000 lb. bombs were dropped too soon in an air blitz on terrorist hide-outs in Negri Sembilan. They
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    Lock icon CABLE F-L-A-S-H-E-S
    336 2 A king starts a clock o n c 1,000-year non-stop run COPENHAGF,:, ■TING FREDERICK XI and a D day started a clock that will run years or more without a stop. Described as the most accurate ever made, it is expected to lose or gain only about two-fifths
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    THE 6-YEAR OLD MAN OF ASWAN..
    59 2 pAIRO, Fn. I J^ Ibrihim i £lhag, „i i teypt. is i,t I every day, baa v ratoe, and j Ar,l be Old. His qi,i, k i st-rte<l at ti months. i «he features h »'M E But he still th,nU talks like a
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    Air force rebels arrested
    107 3 Air force rebels arrested j\KMiTA ROW: i MOVE Fri.—Re- air force whose opposinew staff i rupted lay of force iation cereWednesday, d at mid- night, acI report in rient paper, Raja. i.v not Im:.:;rmed. the arby an order Ittkry Pros(iinet meets Bed the new dc- at which ilrmen armed apwared
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    doctors: End this temptation
    67 3 doctors: End this temptation LONDON. Fri COMMITTEE of the Bri 1 1 h Medical 'ion yesterday re- ■led that the should clear itee from the stneta of large cities to trmptation. Its report was subto a Royal Corninvestigating Miality and prostitution. luitors said that by prostitutes to the police had
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    Oil pioneer dies
    38 3 DARIEN. Fri. Mr. Percy NO'man Furber, 90, pioneer in the film and oil Industries and credited with being the first man to drill for oil in Mexico, died at his home here yesterday— A. P.
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    RUSSIA BARS DOOR AGAIN TO JAPANESE
    254 3 JHE Soviet Union for the third time in tKSfdays -th y^ er H ay V et( L ed a bid by Ja P an t0 become the <<th member ot the United Nations I a boviet bid to hold Japan as a "hostage" to
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    Lock icon Princess's escort to marry
    100 3 Princess's escort to marry LONDON, Fri. A HANDSOME man-about-town once reckoned a leading contestant for Princess Margarets hand is to marry one of Queen Elizabeth's coronation maids of honour. Colin Tennant. 29-year-old heir to a chemical empire, announced his engagement today to Lady Ann Coke, 23. eidcst daughter of the
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    Lock icon Warship gift
    21 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. The Belgian Embassy announced yesterday the transfer to the Belgian Navy of a new U. S. minesweeper.—A.P.
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    Lock icon TOP REBEL LEADER KILLED
    305 3 DRAMA QW MOUNTAIN ROAD AFTER PRIVATE DIES IN JEEP Lone-wolf major routs ambush gang, bags $42,000 outlaw NICOSIA, F,i A CYPRIOT rebel leafcr w jh, fl'-\ooo price on his head was killed in wild I nxxlos mountain area yesterday. He was Harilambos Mouskos. a cousin of
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    Lock icon BEHIND THE ALPS, A NEW AIR GUARD
    105 3 PARIS, Fri. "THE N.A.T.O. allies announced today plans to build a new tactical air force with American units based behind the Alps in Northern Italy. The move will widen the spread ol air bases now clustered in Central Europe and strengthen the air
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    Lock icon New border clash
    50 3 DAMASCUS. Fri. Syrian patrols clashed with Israeli forces trying to penetrate the Syrian frontier early today. I A Syrian spokesman said the Israelis opened fire on I frontier posts. Syrian troops replied with heavy arms and forced the Israelis to withdraw. There were no Syrian casualties. Reuter.
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    Lock icon STORM WHIPS NORTH SEA
    212 3 7 dead, 4 missing in worst gale of winter f ONDON, Fri.— Storms raping over the Atiantic and the North Sea took seven lives yesterday and four fishermen were reported missing. A Royal Air Force hellcopter crashed into the 117-ft Bell Rock lighthouse off Scotland's east
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    LONDON STOCKS
    336 3 LONDON. Frl. STOCKMARKETS had a mixed appearance today with sentiment still influenced by Mr. Butler'i promise of a severe and protracted credit squeeze and operators not showing any desire to extend commitments in front of the weekend. Industrials closed generally Irregular. Rubbers hardly altered. Closing middle price, of
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    Red tanks drove into prison camp and shot down 400
    186 3 Red tanks drove into prison camp and shot down 400 BONN, Fri. Troops and tanks drove into a prison camp deep in the Soviet controlled Asian Republic of Khazakhstan to quell a riot and massacred about 400 prisoners, a returned prisoner of war said. Josef Forstcr, 48-year-old former member of
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    Lock icon ABOMINABLE?NO, NOT TO KATHY
    140 3 She's out for that snowman A PRETTY American gir way to the Himalaya; Snowman 1 out of hiding. LONDON, Friday. 1 arrived here today on her 5 i iure the "Abominable "I really have had no experience," said Kathy Maclean, of Palm Beach, Florida. "I just
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    Lock icon New air chief for Europe
    53 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. The U.S. Air Force announced yesterday that Lt.-Gen. Charles Stone, now a Deputy Chief of Staff, will take command of the VS. Continental Air 1 Command. Lt.-Gen. Stone succeeds Lt.Gen. Leon Johnson, who has been nominated for "a highly important assignment" to be
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    Lock icon He's a candidate
    23 3 WASHINGTON. Fn Senator Estts Kefauver announced formally today that he is a candidate for the 1956 Democratic Presidential nomination.— UP.
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    Lottery offence
    27 4 IPOH, Fri— A young woman, Siew Fook Yuan, 22, was fined $500 by the Ipoh Magistrate's Court today for assisting In a character lottery. I
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    'Hoodoo' stops filming in jungle
    236 4 'Hoodoo' stops filming in jungle GHOST' STORY AFTER WIFE'S ILLNESS KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— A tribal hoodoo has forced Malayan Film Unit cameramen to suspend the "shooting" of a documentary feature on the life of the Temiar aborigines in Perak. Cameramen had used up 15,000 feet of film and had the
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    Museum is looking for new home
    84 4 Museum is looking for new home PENANG, Fri.— The Natural History Museum is looking for a new home and more friends. The former building in Northam Road occupied by the museum has been demolished for a new school. Most of the exhibits are now in St. George's Girls' School. Mr.
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    Great dea to be said for a break-away —that's a Penang view
    133 4 Great dea to be said for a break-away —that's a Penang view PENANG, Fri.— Penan b. like the Sultan of Johorr. would like to go back to the "eood old dr^s." Mr. N. Ponnudurai. former Settlement Councillor and seen tary of the Penang Secession Committee, said today. He told the
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    New bill to protect Malaya's wild life
    168 4 GAME WARDEN ISSUES A WARNING IPOH, Friday. THE Perak Game Warden's office in Batu Gajah has distributed thousands of leaflets warning the public of a new law regarding birds and wild animals. The new Wild Animals and Birds Protection Ordinance will come into
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    Businessman had opium
    59 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Haji Kadri bin Haji Ismail, a Mersing businessman, was fined $400 in the Sessions Court here yesterday and his car was confiscated for being in possession of 15 tahils of opium at Endau on Sept. 24. The opium was found in a basket under
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    RULER SHOULD NOT BE 'FIGUREHEAD'
    153 4 But text of Bill unchanged A N ALLIANCE Councillor, Inche Azahari Taib, said A last night the people of Kedah did not want their Ruler to be a mere figurehead. He was speaking in a State Council debate on the Kedah Padi Planters Board Bill
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    $15,200 for hospital
    59 4 St. Andrew's Mission Hospital in Singapore last month received gifts totalling $15,233.77, including a $10,000 grant from the City Council for its work among poor children Other gifts included $2,042.42 from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, (fourth quarterly grant) St. George's Garrison Church (Tanglin)
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    'Seat' petition by chamber
    40 4 IPOH, Fri. The Perak Chinese Chamber ot Com- j merce last night decided to j petition the Government for a seat In the State Council. I The meeting felt that a member should represent Chinese businessmen.
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    CHRISTMAS BROADCAST
    57 4 PENANO, Fri. Australian soldiers serving in Malaya will broadcast messages to their wives and families during the Christmas. More than 40 officers and men of the 2nd Bn., Royal Aus- tralian Regiment, repre- 1 senting every State in Australia, had their messages recorded by Radio Malaya this week.
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    GAG MOTION WAS IN ORDER, SAYS MENTRI BESAR
    228 4 Eight rulers told: 'It could happen to you TIIK fifentri Besar of Johore, Duto Wan Idris bin Ibrahim, yesterday defended his action in allowing the motion attacking the Sultan to be discussed by the Slate Council "The Council's standing orders stipulate that
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    Insurance firm expands
    54 4 PENANG, Fri— The Union Insurance Society of Canton, one of the oldest insurance companies ir. the Far East, established in 1835, plans to open branches in Penang and Kuala Lumpur next year. This was announced by Mr. I. M. Forrest, the society's resident Inspector, at dinner for
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    Ghost layers look for 'authentic' ghost
    290 5 INFRA-RED RAYS, BAROMETER, STETHOSCOPE WILL TEST SPOOKS TF you are plagued by 4 fairies at the bottom of your garden, ghosts, poltergeists, gremlins or other apparently supernatural visitors, you can stop quaking with fear. A team of Singapore "ghost laying" enthusiasts is willing to
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    Mystery order for bust of canon
    110 5 A BRONZE bust of Canon R. K. S. Adams, retiring principal of St. Andrew's School, has been commissioned. But the sculptor. Professor J. Tarecon, yesterday said that he could not disclose the names of his clients. I have been told to make one, or
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    C-G at charity Peking opera
    52 5 Many Europeans, including the Commissioner-General. Sir Robert Scott, and Lady Scott, were among the large and appreciative audience which attended a performance of a Peking opera staged at the Singapore Hokkien Association auditorium last night. The opera was held in aid of the Chinese V.M.C.A.
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    YOUTH AND DUTY
    176 5 Prizes for 14 and a word of advice by chamber chief rpHE young people of t«day J. have the task of building and maintaining Singapan as an important centre of trade and commerce, the deputy chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, Mr. J.M. Mason said yesterday.
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    Big chance for boys with flair for air
    170 5 MINISTER: A CONSTANT DEMAND FOR FUTURE PILOTS •pHE Minister for Communications and Works, Mr. Francis Thomas, yesterday revealed a plan to make Singapore boys air-conscious. Under the plan the Singapore Flying Club would grant junior membership and use of its facilities to
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    A Boy Scout does his good deed
    97 5 A Boy Scout does his good deed THE I'Kl/l. lor th»- >r.irs most conscientiously honest art should go to lb-year-old Boy Scont. Lee Ser Chwee (above). Yesterday Lee was cycling along Geylang Road when a marrow dropped from the back of a passing lorry. These marrows are worth only a
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    Kuo-yu classes
    18 5 New courses in Kuo-yu will begin from January 9 at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road.
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    Home for Xmas
    79 5 A total of 128 boys and girls, who have been studying in Australia, will disembark from the Blue Funnel ship Gorgon in Singapore today to spend Christmas with their parents in Malaya. Seventeen of them will catch an early plane for Kuala Lumpur and Penang, while a
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    Ex-prisoner of Reds to speak
    46 5 Dr. O 1 i n 6tockweli, a Methodist missionary who spent the last two years of his 22 years in China In Communist prisons, will speak at a Christmas service at Telok Ayer Methodist Church Hall. 235. Telok Ayer Street, Singapore.
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    Fade-out costs $6,800
    42 6 OHORE BAHRU Fri. ;niforms made in 1954 and ssued at the beginning of hit year to the Johore Mill- ary Forces proved unsatlsaetory because their colour i aded. They have had to be reilaced at a cost of $6,800.
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    STORM AT DAWN SEALS THE GAP ROAD
    220 6 STORM AT DAWN SEALS THE GAP ROAD KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —Heavy rain today caused a landslide on tho Gap Road at Tranum in Pahang. f :irth and boulders blocked the winding highway at the 49th milestone soon Hfter dawn and repair gangs were rushed to the ecrne. Traffic wa* held
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    TERRITORIAL CHIEF DIES
    73 6 IPOH, Fri— The 63-year-old Raja Kechi Sulong of Perak, Raja Ngah All Ibni R;:ia Mohamed Iskandar, a territorial chief, died at his home in Kuala Kangsar last I Bight His eldest son, Raja Osman, I is a probation officer m Selangor, and his second son, Raja Azlan,
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    Mr. M calls Yap from London
    318 6 TEN-MINUTE TALK ON CITIZENSHIP PROPOSALS-IT'S CONFIDENTIAL BUT CHINESE LEADERS NOT IMPRESSED BY MARSHALL'S MESSAGE THE Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, tele- phoned the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce from London yesterday evening and had a ten-minute talk with the vice-chairman, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek.
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    Birthday girl
    49 6 MISS LORRAINE JEAN DE ZILVA, younger daughter of Mr. Ainsley de Zilva, better known to Malaya's racing fraternity as "Tic-Tac", blowing out candles on her birthday cake at a party held at her home in Jahudi Road to celebrate her 21st birthday on Wednesday. Straits Times picture.
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    Marshall doesn't speak for Malays, says cable sent to Mr. Boyd
    133 6 Marshall doesn't speak for Malays, says cable sent to Mr. Boyd AC.'.BI.K challenging the right of Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, t o represent Malays was sent to the Colonial Secretary, Mr. A. Lennox Boyd, from Johore Bahru yesterday. It was sent by L'ngku Abdullah bin Omar, a leader
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    Jail it is for a forger
    87 6 Jail it is for a forger IPOH, Fri. THE High Court here today dismissed a former police officer's appeal against an 18-month jail sentence imposed on him for cheating. Francis Perera, 25, formerly of the Sungei Siput police station, had admitted forging a road transport licence application form when he
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    Soldier is jailed
    66 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Signalman Ranbahadur Rai, 25. of the 17 Gurkha Division Signals Regiment, was today sentenced to six months' jail by the Sessions Court here for dangerous driving. He was disqualified from driving all vehicles for five years. Rai was originally charged with causing the death
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    Joint service
    26 6 The senior and junior departments of the Wesley Sunday School. Singapore, will hold a combined Christmas service at Wesley Church. Fort Canning Road, tomorrow.
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    Terror papers
    30 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Communist leaflets written in Tamil were found in a latex cup on Kelapa Bali Estate in the Slim River area of South Perak on Wednesday.
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    CASH AID FOR THE HUNGRY FARMERS
    98 6 ALOR STAR, Friday. T<HE Kedah Government today gave $10,000 for relief to 3,000 padi planters facing starvation because of crop failures this season. The welfare department is rushing thousands of gantangs of rice to families in distress in 28 kampongs in the Muklnxs of
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    Freights from Red China
    38 6 The 4,197-ton Italian freighter Capo Noll arrived in Singapore from the Communist China port of Tsingtao yesterday. The freighter Is bound for Hamburg with a cargo of 6.530 tons of peanuts and iron ore.
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    Mother says 'problem child needs a lesson
    141 6 Mother says 'problem child needs a lesson A WOMAN yesterday refused to take back her 20-year-old "problem child" and asked a Singapore judge, Inche Ahmad ibrahim, to teach him a lesson for stealing two blankets. Yoon Choc Chin pleaded guilty to breaking into his parents' house in Bukit Timah Road
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    BOYS STOLE WHISKY COURT TOLD
    67 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Five young boys were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with breaking into a house in Bukit Bintang Road and stealing three bottles of whisky. They were alleged to have broken into the house of Mr. W. H. Scaife. a Government
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    WIFE'S ALIMONY PLEA IS SUCCESSFUL
    93 6 PENANO. Fri.— The Penang High Court today granted a consent order for a police officer to pay monthly maintenance to his wife. Josephine Mary Memecek, who was granted a decree nisi from Police Lieutenant Stanley Louis Memecek, of Kedah, successfully applied for alimony. Her counsel,
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    Xmas party
    15 6 Lady Black v. Christmas par!-. Defence club hou^e in Kolam Ayer Lane today.
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    Towkay is free man again
    86 6 BUT MR. LOW H v NOTHING To SAY MALACCA 111 million 1 estate owner, Leong, 45, who tamed under v, gency Regul Nov. 21, was yesterday aften In his homo miles from hrn denied a report tions had been pi movements. Speaking I] Chinese and
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    $200 monthly for councillors
    39 6 ALOR STAR and nominatod n the Kedah state and executive councils will monthly allowance of $200 from the date of their zn. pointment A special comnv port reeommendii. accepted by the State Coan. cil yesterday.
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    FATAL 30 MINS.
    172 6 Woman enters unguarded store and takes dose of poison IPOH, Fri. A woman estate labourer at Kuala Kangsar went to a deserted store shed early one morning and committed suicide by taking poison. S. Iyavoo. 31. the labourer who was in charge of the store, was sentenced
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    Doctors hit out at 'totalitarian' recruiting scheme
    299 7 Doctors hit out at 'totalitarian' recruiting scheme ALUMNI ASSOCIATION'S 2-POINT ADVICE Alumni Association of Malaya yesterday deplored the use of "totalitarian measures" to get round the shortage of doctors in the Federation. It was attacking the recent suggestion of a Federal Legislative Councillor that graduates from the University of Malaya
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    Minister: Faith could have saved lives of many thousands
    83 7 Minister: Faith could have saved lives of many thousands THE Rev. Roland Brown, an American Methodist Minister, said yesterday that thousands of people had died in Singapore in the past ten years who should still be alive. Mr. Brown was speaking at a "school of prayer" meeting at the Wesley
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    Commonwealth Press chief in Singapore
    65 7 Commonwealth Press chief in Singapore SIR HENRY TURNER (above) secretary-general of the Commonwealth Press Association, arrived in Singapore by Qantas yesterday. Sir Henry, who was secretary to the eighth conference of the association which was liold in Australia recently, said that the conference had been chiefly occupied with Press freedom,
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    U.S. ships due
    35 7 Two destroyers of the American Seventh Fleet, the U.S.S. Floyd B. Parks and the U.S.S. John R. Craig, and the submarine U.S.S. Greenfish are due in Singapore today on a goodwill visit.
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    Stamp display
    20 7 PLNANG, Fri— The Penang Stamp Club will hold its first stamp exhibition at the Westlands School tomorrow afternoon.
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    THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING Mrs.
    158 7 By jailed girl's counsel IPOH, Friday. A PRETTY 22-year-old Malay girl's marriage may not take place because of a jail sentence, the High Court here was told today. Bizah binte Pandak Ahmad was appealing against the four-month sentence imposed on her by the Kuala Kangsar
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    IRON ORE DUTY DOWN $500,000
    62 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Export duty on iron ore dropped by nearly $500,--000 last month from SUOO.OOO to $105,000. Pahang's Senior Inspector of Mines, Mr. E. Stuart, explained today. "The iron ore shipping ends early in November. "The monsoon weather makes loading difficult, and the iron
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    Junior Ministers told to quit City Council
    353 7 Junior Ministers told to quit City Council JUMABHOY MISSED 18 MEETINGS SINCE HE TOOK OVER NEW JOB SINGAPORE'S Junior Ministers who are also City Councillors were yesterday accused by some of their Council colleagues of concentrating on Government work and neglecting: Council duties. They called on their colleagues to resign
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    88 8 2ti 1*..,,/* J/fl ('minimum) MR. YF.O MIANG KEE and f thank all relatives and who attended night visits and- funeral of the lat« Mrs Yeo Miane Kee. sent scrolls, wreaths ilancM an' 1 lent cars. MR MRS H. C. CHEAH Uv thank the Archdeacon Wooda, Relatives and for their
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    DEATH
    22 8 HENRY CHRISTOPHER READ residence 3B Short 330 p.m. on 16-12-55. leaves for < ,1 of Good Shepherd at to Bldadarl for interment.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    342 8 HWi SI" (minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day tii the Malay Mall 1 if you want to win that $5,000 word puwle. KLINE'S GIFT SUGGESTION. Give yourself a glamorous our latest Kio tlon. I SEE ITS here at last— Coty Skin Perfume the first of it's kind! Just in time
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Dec. 17, 1955. The Happy Warrior
    625 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Dec. 17, 1955. The Happy Warrior The preliminary London talks on Singapore's constitutional future are over. Mr. Marshall's mission, has had "a happy outcome." The good news in the joint communique is welcome for many reasons, and perhaps I not the least of them is
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    Business Sense The Hard Way
    283 8 Business Sense The Hard Way Some races are born with a flair for business. Others without. In the view of Perak's Deputy Mentri Besar, Inche O-sman bin Talib, the Malays are in the second category. This was in reply to criticism in the Perak State Council that Government had not
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    Japan Excluded
    228 8 With Outer Mongolia, Japan wat excluded from the package deal which admitted sixteen countries to membership of the United Nations. Th" merit.; of their respective claims do not permit comparison, and the assumption is that either Russia intends to get Outer Mongolia admitted along with Japan next year
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    As I was saying.
    1098 8  -  CYNICUS I»> WAS ever a law enforced after so little inquiry as was Singapore's new Labour Code? It may be unfair to place all the responsibility on the Government, but the Minister of Labour and his advisers should have anticipated the effect the Code would have
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    8 8 SOLITUDE' Photo by Sam Kai Yee
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    A plea for trees
    775 8 MALAYSIA* rpO travel the Federa- tion is to experience a strange variety of towns, though all are built essentially in the same style. It cannot be called a pleasing st^le. The shop house is "not beautiful; nor is the latter-day type of suburban bungalow such as
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    88 8 From the Straits Times o/ Dec. 14, 1905: rpODAY there are arriving A at the St. Andrew's Cathedral numerous cases containing the alabaster reredos which is going to be erected behind the altar In memory of Mrs. Hose, the wife of Bishop Hose. It is in beautiful
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      203 8 /J"*t?<\\ /%ti^ //mmvN rWWS '/mw^ I% lisi/^V-''' UV" Sonata H» 2 CAnMaleaala") (Beethovei Nmau No. 28 in A major. Op. lot < U Bf CoMM No lin D major. k.IMK (M onrerto V. 5 in major, K 219 lV Wruidi Mriiiihin I'hiliiurniomM Orel Hf ExcerpU (ran Opera* bj Veidi, I'
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    Aid the lepers appeal
    95 9 BUT RESPONSE WAS POOR I UMPUR. Fri.— A idio appeal by the superintendent i Buloh leper it. Dr. B. D. ::h. for people| to form an aid has had a poor' I statement that most :.<) responded j a cood thing i people took an the
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    Indian relief
    38 9 KLANG. Frl. Work- 1 ers on Pilmoor Estate at j Batu Tiga, near here, have collected just over $350, which has been sent to the Chief Minister of Madras for the relief of Indian flood victims.
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    $60,000 for loss of an eye
    377 9 DAMAGES FOR YOUTH OF 19 'CUT OFF FROM MOST OF LIFE'S AMENITIES' DEFECT IN THE OTHER FROM CHILDHOOD: THEN ROAD ACCIDENT V *N(; mechanic, who partly lost the sighl ot an eye when he was a child and then losl the other eye two
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    'OPERATION DITCH' IN PICTURES
    127 9 A crane comes to the rescue THEJOW CAUSED AJIG COMMOTION^ AND^COST $25 A COW caused a commotion in Seng Poh Road, Singapore, yesterday when she missed her footing and fell into a drain. A large crowd gathered and the police had to be called in to
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    BUSES MAY BE BACK AGAIN BY XMAS
    189 9 BUSES MAY BE BACK AGAIN BY XMAS Recruiting soars owners' hopes SINGAPORE Chinese they would try to bus owners yesterday said resume bus services before Christmas. They said they were hope- ful cf recruiting sufficient workers to run all their services. A spokesman of the owners repeated that the new
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    Terrorist boss is killed
    60 9 Terrorist boss is killed KUALA LL'MPLR. Fii- A state committee terrorist boss. Lee Hoi ran. was killed by a patrol of the 1 2 Gurkhas in the Kulai area of Johorr yesterday. He was alone w hen the patrol ambushed him. He was carrying a pistol and medicines. In a
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    Off on leave
    30 9 RAUB, Fri. Raub's P.W.D. executive Engineer. Mr. C. D. Barber, Is going on six months' leave. He will be succeeded by Mr. D. T. Rice, from Malacca.
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    DROWNED GIRL MYSTERY
    174 9 Vanished a few yards from shore SUNDAY afternoon crowd of 50 people lazed on •<*• Loyang beach, Singapore, watching five girls swimming happily a few yards from the shore. Nobody noticed when one of the girls suddenly disappeared. The other swimmers did not know anything was wrong
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    Killed buffalo —on remand
    52 9 A 42-year-old farmer Ong Choon Tung, rjleaded not guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to a charge of killing a buiTalc which did not belong to him, at Tampenls Road, on Wednesday. He was remanded at the Woodbrldge Hospital' until Dec. 28. when the case will
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    Back on the road as a crowd watches
    15 9 And she is safe and sound again
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    By elephant and by jeep-that's 1955 Santa
    181 9 By elephant and by jeep-that's 1 955 Santa FATHER CHRISTMAS r will arrive on an elephant, fly by helicopter and ride in a Jeep with gifts for British troops and their families in Singapore and the Federation next week. He will call at Jungle camps, company bases in new v
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    Woman told: You look fine now
    89 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri— The Ft gl ration Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew, smiled at a woman in court today and -aid "Your ears are looking tine. The doctor has done a fine Job." He had been told that Hasamah. 23, had had her ars
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    The Gurkhas entertain
    63 9 MUAR, Fri. The 63 Gurkha Infantry Brigade, stationed here for the last 18 months last night entertained five V.I.P.s from Johore and Malacca. The guests were the Mentrl Besai Of Johore. Dato Wan Idrts, Johores British Adviser. Mr. D. Sommervllle, Muar's District Officer. Inche Abdullah bin Mohamed,
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    I960—the date
    31 9 I960— the date KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Federation's Union of Social Workers today submitted a memorandum to the Malayanisation Committee recommending the complete Malayanisation of the Social Welfare Department by 1960.
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    TREATMENT OF STOWAWAY 'REVOLTING'
    320 9 ITPHE1 TPHE TREATMENT of an Indian stowaway in the liner State of Madras at I Singapore last Tuesday has left many Indians angry. The stowaway, Devaraju I Naldu, 25, had his wrists 'handcuffed and was roped publicly to a rail to prevent him from escaping into
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    BROTHERS IN ROAD CRASH
    66 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Two schoolboys both brothers, and a Malay taxi driver were serioasiy injured today when the car in I which they were travelling and a lorry collided at the lb m.s. on the Kuaia Lum-pur-Seremban road. The taxi driver Zainab bin hamid. 29. and
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    TWO BIG RICE DEALERS CHARGED
    215 9 TWO BIG RICE DEALERS CHARGED KUALA Lumpur, Fri. The managing director oi the Kong Fatt Chr-nu Agency, Ltd., FoonK Soon Seng, 39. a ble; srale Government contractor, was charged in the Sessions Court today with criminal breach of trust of 300 bags of Government rice worth $30,000. Another well-known rice
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      192 9 Pepsodent really gives |M]j|m.| teeth/ Mr ■■Hi i Teeth cleaned with Pepsodent are whiter, much HV whiter Thai's because tin -y are cleaner And they in H^^ cleaner because Pepsodent i- the only Iwnthptttci that conWm tains Irium*. Pepsodent with Irium cleans away the film HV which not only dulls
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      The Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come
      222 10 I NOTE that Inche Mohamed Din bin Ali states that Christmas "has also become a commercial racket," I agree it has but insufficiently so. I therefore make the following suggestions for getting this festival put on a proper business footing: Newspapers to offer
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      THE LOAd OF A TAXI
      103 10 I HAVE never known of a taxi taking passengers for less than the meter readings, but now, due to the keen competition, taxi* take in passengers at split fares and even take four pas-sengers, although sometimes licenced for three only. Along Bras Basah Road anytime
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      Let them check each other
      99 10 Let them check each other ON the problems ot "Justice Please" and other tenants of S.I.T. flats, it would seem probable the initial fault lies more with the users, who collectively use n.ore water than they are Individually willing to pay for. A solution to this would be the re-assessment
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      'Fraud on the taxpayers'
      84 10 MY request to the Broadcasting Department Is that while they are welcome to carry out experiments, they must not inflict these trials on the public who have to pay good money for the privlledge of listening In. The only thing I think worthwhile Is the news
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      Presents for Sungei Buloh
      121 10 TT is reported that "the Selangor Eurasian Association this year has also donated more than $500 which will be used to buy Christmas gifts for inmates at the Suneei Buloh Settlement." I would like to make It clear that it hrs been the practice for years
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      Democracy on the wane?
      132 10 Democracy on the wane MR. MARSHALL asked for four junior ministers once, and that set off the so-called constitutional crisis which was eventually settled but Mr. Marshall's and the Labour Front Coalition's real problem was not solved. It was almost solved, in fact three-quarters solved, when three junior ministers were
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      Hats off to the Sultan
      116 10 THE Johore State Council has decided to vet political speeches by the Sultan of Johore because he sized up a situation likely to happen at some stage. Hats off to the Sultan for what he said. After all, he is a much-travelled man and one
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      Freedom of speech
      155 10 Freedom of speech IN opposing the motion which asked that the Sultan of Johore should not sDeak politics without first seeking the advice of hii Mentn Besar. Mr. Hickley, the Johore Legal Adviser, said in the Council: "I would never seek to censure the conduct of my own Sovereign, Queen
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      226 10 i!^\ There's nothing quite as tasty as Co^^ia^O^V bread or biscuits spread with Stork g^ (^~^Z I Margarine. Stork really is delicious. |V\ And what's more it's so good for you. \^r«Aw^^ I I ts r in essenU3 vitamins which -\^x^ J help t0 build a stron^ j health y
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Britons came to Malaya three centuries ago
    1507 11 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Britons came to Malaya three centuries ago HANCINC M Voyage that marketl milestone in history 1 TRADE from the West to China by the seaways could not avoid Malaya. It is to the sea traders that we owe our earliest descriptions of this country and possibly
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      114 11 Rex Morgan. M.D. Lay ion's onlors I < r pirj OR'LAVT' H PUONE "V' "O. 09 MORGAN ISOeLAVTOKI^/vEs7oß\ CANCEL WH&TE/ER ODCcRS WEBE )1 SEOE TQ kS)C (0B OBOEBS 1 I ONLY RECEIVEO THE NEW INTEBN J MORGAN 3 LEFT BY PR LAVTON AND TAKE J J HOLD THE PHONEJ )N
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    FEDERAL RUBBER EXPORT DUTY REVENUE IS TREBLED
    513 12 By Our Market Correspondent DECAUSE of the high price of rubber, Federation of Malaya revenue from the rubber export duty in the first eleven months of this year was more than three times tht: amount budgetted for the whole year, based on a
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    Lower sheet rubber in demand
    462 12 Lower sheet rubber in demand PR the second week running the important feature of the market has been the December 1 RSS position. After the November squeeze it seemed improbable that there would be large December shorts in the market but despite this declared doubt on the part of the
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    SHIPPING
    90 12 Ships lying alongsiilf thr Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Elpenor 1 2. Star Betel«eu.-.e 4 5. North Star C.P.. Goryon 7. Bencleuch 89. Naua.-aki Maru 11. Deucalion 13/14, Stanvac Cape Town 15 16. Troubador 18. FVtala 19 20. Mer!im:ui H. Wall 3. Lasem N. Wall 3.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    423 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: "Rubber shares continued their upward trend on the local share market. Industrials and tins were quiet." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business clone yesterda\: —Gammons $2.50; $2.52-.; W Hammer $2.60: Henry Wauch $1.50 (odd lot >: Hongkorg and Shanghai Bank
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    RUBBER PRICES
    150 12 December first grade rub>r bu>i-.s f.o.b. c><»cd in Singapore yesterday at $1.26'; per lb. down I.* cents on Thursday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet. There was a small turnover, the price sagging away on lack of interest. Closing prices in cents per lb. were: No. 1
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    67 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (quotations to SlOOi:— Selling T.T. or O.D ready: Swedish Kror.nr 169> t Italian Lire *****. On the free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday, the U-S. dollar was quoted at 5.82 for cash
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    21 12 Xl BBKB I Ih. (down il, I TIN: M9 f P" ul 'iii I < OPtt (down 12j Men I
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    78 12 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS MELBO Invest:. panded turno i Ing In ..< le Exchant'i sections I I rises exceedli i quieter but firm Loans :i Loan.s 3', 19 Con. Ziih 1 Eank of Nsw"" M""nt Lyell I N. Brok°n Hill I Hill 50 V Mount MorKan Peko Western M Ampol Bxplor Oil
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    92 12 j Singapore Chi I change: Boon < yestero.iy 1 Copra; 1/4 buyers, j. I vary »27 o, 8 iki.imii oil: seller.;, drum Pepper: stead; reported; Sarawak $13, Singapore opi p.m. prices: January 12S I j lerj; Februa:-. jJ2B 1. 2 sel!< H.C.B. Lid. vary U a.m. sellers; toil"
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      256 12 NOTICES KEPONG DREDGING CO., LTD. nivmi m> THE DDtECTORS hnve declared an Interim Dividend of 3d. per share less Income Tax at B>> 6d In the for the yenr ending 30th June. 1956, payable in london on 11th January, 1956 to all Shareholders on the Register on 13th December 1955.
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      542 12 NOTICES THE TAPAH RUBBER ESTATES LTD. (Incorporated In the Colony of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of Shareholders i to be held on Thursday the 29th December 1955 the Directors will end lor approval payment of v Final Dividend of 20% less 30'
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      764 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PETALING JAVA AUTHORITY APPLICATIONS are Invited for the post of Assistant Engineer in j the service of the Authority. Applicants should be Federal Citizens and must have passed section* "A" "B" of tnt- Institution of Civil Engineers examination or hold a degree exempting therefrom. In addition applicants should
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      322 12 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: Supply, delivery, installation, com- rrlssionine and servlclnfr of SOO Nos., Self-contained. Horsepower >at cp.s.) Room Air Conditioners. CLOSE NOON 4.1.1956. Forms from Electricity Department (Room 109). MALAYAN RAILWAY TENDERS are invited for the i purchase of 200 tons (approx.l Scrap Steel Rails
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      444 12 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CAMADA/U.S PACIFIC PORTS —30 DAYS Sailing Arriving >»n Franci.co Singapore f Swe> Penans Anna Bakke tailed 7 |an 9 |an 10 lin Ogeka Bakke 10 |an 9 Feb 1 1 Fcb 12 Fcb EliubehS Bakke 4 Feb S Ma. 7 Mar 8 Mi. Cjertrude Bakke
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      The 'white collar complex' hurts Malayan economy
      728 14 The 'white collar complex hurts Malayan economy Epic at the Perth Job for unions Advice #o Sir On n rpHERE would appear to A be some grounds for setting up a special salary structure for clerks and shop assistants in Malaya. The main object seems to be to protect them
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      149 14 THE w-ords of Dato Sir A Onn bin Ja'afar at the second annual national coujidl meeting of Party Negara that if other communities want to control thp Malays another "1947 India" will result In this country reflects a daneerous mentality. Since when did he conceive the idea that
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      181 14 Sunda Straits battle IN the caption to a recent picture showing the memorial service aboard I! MAS Anzac tor HMAS Perth and Yarra it was stated that Perth was sunk after a gallant "lone hand" fight. This was no lone hand battle as the men of Perth would readily agree;
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    217 16 FIJIAN middleweight 'Terror" I Tukana knocked out Milton Ross in the first round of their bout at the Happy World St.idium last night. The main event was cancelled when Henry Dave, the American Negro who was to fight Islmell Radrodro. failed to arrive In Singapore from Manila.
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    218 16 FAITH IN FORM OF FED LIFTERS By NERAI. MOREIRA KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE newly-formed Malayan Amateur Weight-Lifting Federation is confident of qualifying for at least two of the "lifts" if the Federation sends a team to the Olympics at Melbourne next year. Much, of course. will depend on its showing
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    NEW ZEALAND 218-1 IN TEST
    41 16 NEW DELHI, Fri. New Zealand had scored 218 for the loss of one wicket, at the close of the first day of the third cricket Test against India here today. Bert Sutcliff(! was unbeaten with 134.
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    100 16 RI'OGER Naval Base v R.A.S.C, Naval Base; R.A.A.F. Ist Squadron v R.A.F. Sele t c r. Seleter; R.A.O.C. BUkani: Mali v S.C.C "A". Klakans Mali; Ist ll.. u.i linn K. Yorks v SCC. padang: R. N. Kranji v SI Andrew's Old Boys Naval Base; Policr v The Blacks.
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    396 16 RAJAH REPLIES TO CRITICS: YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT Sponsorship is nor required By The Sports Editor lyiTH less than a year to the Olympics, Singapore's Olympics Fund is still very much in embryo and the obvious is perhaps worth the stressing that
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    Fijians may be winning factor in today's classic
    258 16 Fijians may be winning factor in today's classic KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. THE presence of seven Fijians is expected to be a winning factor for Combined Services when they meet Combined Civilians at Seremban tomorrow, in one of the annual classics of the Malayan rugby programme. Two changes in the Services
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    Clean sweep by Colony boys in Tpg
    170 16 Clean sweep by Colony boys in Tpg Taiping. Fri. SINGAPORE Combined Schools swimming team arrived late In Talplng today and the swimming contest started only at 2 p.m. Five events were conpleted. Singapore winning all of them. No times were recorded in the competition 1 The competition will continue tomorrow
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    COLONY STAR NOW WITH LEEDS UTD
    99 16 H.VKKI Clarke, the Singapore Services soccer star, ij» now with Lords I'nited. After one month's probation. In- intends to sign on as a prufessional. Clarke, who left Singapore a month ago after two m'.imiiis of football, captained K.A.F. Seletar and at ruhth.nl was a
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    9-man Police save game
    116 16 AFTER trailing 1-0 at half-time, Police rallied to hold SCC. to 2-2 draw In their friendly hockey match on the padang yesterday. Police played with nine men throughout the match. Mid-way thruch the first half. Club scorea the first goal through right-wing Lamb who anticipated goalu
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    CIVIL LORD FOR 'DERBY'
    371 16  -  EPSOM JEEP By fIVIL LORD and v Portmaster, two easy winners at the Perak Gymkhana Meeting last month, will probably dominate the Deletion Derby over 7f. (Race Seven) at today's Gymkhana Meeting at Kuala Lumpur. My choice is Civil Lord. A great favourite in Gymkhana races,
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    Order of Racing
    344 16 'THE order of running and scratching* for the Sclangor Turf Club's Amateur Race Meeting which starts at 2 p.m. today are: RACE 1 2 p.m.— The Hurlingham scurry 2 furs., Polo Ponies, Dlv 2: Pine Lady. Gunna, Four Aces. First Watch. Mr. Busy. Nightmare;, Freckles. Nimble. Totland.
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    225 16 MALAYAN SIKHS WIN 2-0 IN HKDEBUT By A Special Correspondent HONG KONG, Fri. MALAYAN Sikhs invitation tour team opened their Hong Kong hockey tour today with a 2-0 victory over a team from the Hons Kong Regiment. Volunteer Defence Force. Playing brilliantly, the tourists scored a goal in each half.
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    Techs beat University
    102 16 HONG KONG. Fri. ITUALA LUMPUR Technical Col- lege besii Hone Kong University 2-0 in the hockey clash here today at the University ground The tourists always looked superior, but the first half was scoreless. In the second half Techs continued to press against hardplaying University Seven minutes
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    BRADFORD CITY OUT OF FA CUP
    37 16 LONDON. Fri. Results of yesterday's FA Cup Second Round replays were: Peterborough Utd. 1. Swindon Town 2. lafter extra time>: S<-un-thorpe Utd. 2. Bishop Auckland 0: Worksop 1, Bradford City 0.
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