The Straits Budget, 16 December 1954

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    29 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF >THE STRAITS TIMES BCALATA’B NATIONAL NBWBPAPEB New Series No. 434. Thursday, December 16, 1954 Price 40 cents (Malayan) iiV Or 1 Shilling.
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  • From THE STRAITS TIMES POSTBAG
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      Proud of the way country used vote
      381 2  -  L. C. L. Penang. rv the recent Elections In the Federation no untoward incident; marred the proceedings, and every effort was made to help the voters by those on duty at the respective polling stations. This Is a verv remarkable ment In conducting
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      Are we civilised?
      84 2  -  arORCMiGHtfj Singapore. 'J'HJs English language and v V the Christian religion are the greatest civilising forces in Asia, says Mr. T. A. Mugan. Civilisation v grew in Asia when there Was no Christian religion and when there was no English language,; When did the English— speaking world
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      S.I.T. USES ‘MASTER PLAN’
      251 2  -  R. C. HI IlRAU* Singapore* 7 TTOUR or five days ago it was reported that “Government is considering a ‘modest' law to pave the way for the Oovemor-in-Council to receive the Master Plan and stop speculation in land values". This, it was stated, was neither, con
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      They’re NOT aliens —this is official
      201 2  -  D. W. BIGLEEj. Controller of Immigration, v Federation. WITH reference to the letter headed “A Malayan ‘alien’ who was embarrassed,” which appeared in your columns on Wednesday, I would point out 5 tha|;.a- British protected person in the United Kingdom is specifically excluded from
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      HONOURS FOR MEN ON ESTATES
      176 2  -  a a van iraaS*-"- Singapore. QIH John Martins th« Planter*, k *Pt.We and harp nb^ from a aentaTofft ,r tte Colonial Office to ,i an lwt industry. All will agree with j otm h “ys: 1’ debt can;, t hop J this opportune to re!£?v
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      MEMORIES
      108 2  -  OEC. Singapore. T have i war A sirer *>e a l° n K time, bu f Merday evening at Abort o’clock, suddenly it sounded about some distance away from my house. All at once I remembered flwi war days in Malaya and my relatives and friends who had fought
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      PAY AS YOU EARN PLEA
      59 2  - PAY AS YO U EARN PLEA RICHARD DE s Singapore. Sts*- 'S»VSK* j have to pay a con hundred dollars P a > tak in instalments. MnsMerabl* ttaTfror 2f«rr p pajraent of tocom SSSrs* ment nor to the ta>P< A scheme should d Into effect whereby tt payers or his
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • The Straits Budget
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      More Aid For Asia
      757 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 9. President Eisenhower’s little Marshall Plan for Asia, which he is expected to place before Congress in January, is being given a fair run in the newspapers before the practical details are known. The change in the Administration’s thinking is plain. Mr. Foster
      —Straits Times, Dec. 9.  -  757 words
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      RIDA Refuses
      246 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 9 Rejection by RIDA of an application for a $300,000 housing loan by the Selangor State Development Board, although disappointing, should not come as a surprise. RIDA has already provided twice that sum for schemes in the State under which cheap houses are built and
      —Straits Times, Dec. 9  -  246 words
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      War Victims
      260 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 9. It seems odd that while Japan can pay reasonable war reparations to Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines, nothing comes Malaya’s way. Perhaps this is because the Japanese found less co-operation in Malaya during the occupation than they did in some other parts of South-East
      —Straits Times, Dec. 9.  -  260 words
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      So-called Floods
      334 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 10. Eighteen months ago the joint committee on flood alleviation in Singapore reported that the “so-called floods” which the island enjoys so regularly are not considered serious as they subside within a period of a few hours. This dry humour has long since ceased to
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      In The Commons
      303 3 —Straits Times, Dec. 10. The well-meant questions on Malayan affairs that are so often asked in the House of Commons do occasionally serve a purpose. They give the British Government a chance to correct erroneous impressions of events and policies in this country which might persist for
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      The Rubber Puzzle
      837 3 The controversial Mudie report on the rubber industry continues to attract the odd shot from leaders of the industry, and it is as well that it should. While opinions may differ on the recommendations which the mission made, the Mudie warning that this is probably the last
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      Flood Relief Fund
      750 4 —Straits Times, Dec. 13. The North-east monsoon has wrought havoc. For ten days heavy rains have caused serious floods in many East Coast areas, from Kota Bahru, which had its first floods on the first of the month, to Kota Tinggi where on Saturday the water level
      —Straits Times, Dec. 13.  -  750 words
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      Malayan “Aliens”
      194 4 —Straits Times. Dec. 11. The Federation’s Controller of Immigration, in a letter which we published yesterday, has made it clear that a British Protected Person is not classi- fied as an alien in the United i Kingdom. Mr. Bigley, however, appears to have missed the point of the
      —Straits Times. Dec. 11.  -  194 words
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      Freezing The Land
      826 4 —Straits Times, Dec. 15. The highly controversial bill to freeze land prices in Singa- i pore is now’ itself frozen. Yesterday the Legislative Council approved the Govern- 1 ment’s decision not to proceed with the second reading of the I bill it w’as read a first time
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      Help For The Victims
      491 4 Help For Th e Victims —Straits Times, Dec. The weather forecast is diheartening. More monsoon rains and high winds are pected. At least the relief agencies this time are prepared to swing into action and victims of last week’s flood, whether in Singapore or the Federation, can rely on Government
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    Two-year-olds try luck at gaming tables
    977 5 $lOO,OOO A MONTH IS SPENT IN SINGAPORE ON PIN-TABLE GAMBLING! —AND THIS IS ONLY PART OF THE RACKET WHICH IS MALAYA-WIDE; by game- of-chance machines, now everywhere in Singapore, is today corrupting the younger generation. Children, even as young as two, are being lured
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  • PERSONAL
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      BIRTH
      73 5 SPEARIN To Doreen, wife of Cece. at Kandang Kerbau. on December Bth. a .son. both well. WARREN To Jean, wife of George Warren a daughter at Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur on Bth December. 1954. COLBOURNE: To Lyn and Philip, on 7.12.54. at Penang Maternity H4.spii.al. a son, Philip Zarner.
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      ENGAGEMENT
      119 5 I.EGGE -HANDFORD: I7ie engagement is announced between Barbara Ann. only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Handford of Mosman, Australia, and Adrian Noel, only son of the late K. H Legge, Bar At-Law and Mrs. L. M Legge of K.L and London. ERSON BUTTEN: The engage ment is announced
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    Lively days of old Singapore
    193 5 WITH tin* generous aid of the anecdotal Buckley and others. Mr. Donald Davies has revived in "Old Sin gapore” (Donald Moore $2.50) the Colony’s picturesque and lively early days. There was the morning that twenty-tour of Sultan Hussein’s young ladles turned up at the police
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    Bridge over Turtle Pool, Cocos.
    10 6 —Photograph by Lee Tuck Sooii
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    As I was Saying
    581 6  -  CYNICTIS SINGAPORE, Dec. 11. MALAYA is customarily affilicted at this time of the year by anticyclones, and it is hardly necessary to be told by the weatherman that an anti cyclone is a deep depression. There has been plenty to be depressed about, a depression which
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    Notes from a... Malayan Diary
    1091 6  -  STANLEY STREET Word of wisdom INHERE is a charming simpli- city about Britain’s peregrinating M.Ps. I read that an all-party delegation have been lecturing the Japanese about the British view on “unfair trading practices.” No doubt they were quite sincere. But it all reminds me
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    Countryman’s Journal
    645 7  -  TUAN DJKK Pahang National Park. There is a lot of information about our rhinos in the Malayan Nature Journal. THERE is a genus of plants, Curculigo, formerly Included in the Amaryllis family, but now under Hypoxis, two species of which are common in waste land; looking somewhat like
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    THE RAINS CAME
    922 7  -  sittlapjsian noinhovk STANLEY STREET. REGULARLY, year by year, the rains sweep over Singapore at this season and regularly authority is amazed. Year by year we hear those precious voices, void of all emotion, tell us across the radio that these floods are the worst since the last.
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    NEW SCHOOL FOR SUBURB
    82 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 10. The Franciscan Sisters will run a primary school for girls in Petaling Jaya next year. To start with the school will have eighty pupils. There will be one class for overaged girls between eight and 12, who are unable to get into
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    138 7 From the Straits Times of Dec. 14, 1904. AN extraordinary incident. which had its sequel in Chambers before the Chief Justice, has just come to light. Mr. T. Sarkies, the popular co-proprietor of Raffles Hotel, recently made arrangements for a trip to Europe; but he was astonished
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    Salute to planters -they are ‘our few’
    198 8 SINGAPORE, Dec. 10. MALAYA owes a great debt to the planters whose courage and high morale is comparable with that of the people of London during the blitz, said Sir John Martin in Singapore yesterday. “It is a debt which Malaya cannot hope
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    A 3-WEEK TOUR BY BOYS ON $20 EACH
    88 8 KLANG, Dec. 9. TWO Klang scouts will A go on a three-week cycling and camping tour of North Malaya with only $2O each. Prltam Singh, 18, of the Ist Klang Scout Group, and R. Sandrakasan, 17 of the 3rd Klang Group, will
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    Malayan leaders —a good word by Sir John
    356 8 SINGAPORE, Dec*. 10. jyjALAYA has good political leaders and there should be no fear of a lack of proper leadership as the country nears independence, said Sir John Martin, head of the South-East Asia division of the Colonial Office, yesterday. But, he
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    5 winners from Malaya
    62 8 PENANG, Dec. 9. Four boys from Penang and one from Trengganu have won prizes in the international children’s essay competition sponsored by the Shankar’s Weekly of India. Winners from Penang are Chan Wai Sin (228, Kimberley Street) Lim Poh Cheng (225 Hutton Lane), Huang Su Mien
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    NO MORE OF THOSE HELPING HANDOUTS
    271 8 LONDON, Dec. 9. BRITAIN is not contemplating any furj ther special financial i grants towards the cost i of the Emergency in Ma1 laya, the Minister of State for the Colonies, Mr. Henry Hopkinson. said in a written Parliamentary reply here yesterday. Answering a
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    THE OFFICIALS OF AMATEUR RADIO MEN
    76 8 PENANG, Dec. 9. Mr. E. P. Powell has been elected president of the Malayan Amateur Radio Transmitters’ Society. The secretary and treasurer is Mr. Eu Khuan Wew. Messrs. Karnes Pershouse, Loke Kok Keen and P. Zeid are council members. The society has decided to
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    NOW CLIFFORD IS HASSIM -AND A CONTROVERSY ENDS
    125 8 SINGAPORE. Dec. 10. AIRCRAFTMAN Clifford Hilliard. 21, pictured above with his wife, Khatijah binte Mohamed Rawi. became a Muslim last Sunday. His name is now Hashim. On Wednesday night, at the house of the Kathi of Kuala Lumpur, he married Khatijah for
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    The 24 posts that 300 youths want
    91 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 9. MORE than 300 Malayan youths have applied for next year’s training course for officer cadets in the Federation military forces. But there are only 24 vacancies. They are divided equally between the infantry and technical arms. A selection board
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    Headmaster now
    31 8 TAIPING, Dec. 9. Mr. K. Utam Singh, a senior teacher of the King Edward VII School, has been transferred to Batu Gajah as headmaster of the Sultan Yussuf School.
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    He is saved from firing squadand suicide
    172 8 He is saved from firing squad—and suicide SINGAPORE, Dec. 10. A REPRIEVE from death has been granted to ex-Foreign Legionnaire Jose Gutierrez by the SIiuipm* Immigration authorities. who have derided to h'i him remain in tin* ulony. He would have fared a firing 'quad as a deserter if he had
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    Retiring chief promises a million feet of gas
    271 8 SINGAPORE, Dec. 10. A NEW gas plant capable of producing one million cubic feet of gas a year is to be built in Singapore within the next two years. It will increase the production capacity 50 per cent. Plans are also being
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    THE NAVY ‘SINKS’ WOULD-BE CADETS
    224 9 SINGAPORE Dec. 9. fTHE Royal Navy Col- lege at Dartmouth, England, has 12 vacancies tor Malayan cadets in 1955, but there is a problem —finding candidates who measure up to the necessary requirements. In the past, failure by candidates to reach a set standard has
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    King’s House ceremony
    40 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 8. Mr. V. Chelliah of the Malayan Audit Service received the M.B.E. from the High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray, at King’s House this morning. Mr. Chelliah is retiring on Saturday after 89 years’ service.
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    Medal for Ascoli
    36 9 Seventy-one-year-old Mr. F. D. Ascoli, managing director of Dunlop Rubber Co., who has had a distinguished career in the rubber industry, has been awarded the Institute of Rubber Industry Hancock Medal for 1954.
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    SWORDS FOR TWO R.M.N. MENAND SOON A NEW CADET PAY PLAN
    309 9 SWORDS FOR TWO R.M.N. MEN—AND SOON A NEW CADET PAY PLAN SINGAPORE. Dec. 9. THE Governor, Sir John Nicoll, said yesterday: “The Royal Malayan Navy needs its own Malayan officers, and it is the policy of the Government to replace all seconded officers by local men.” Sir John said this
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    The Army’s worry: Those ‘other people’ might get 6,000 dumped shells
    307 9 The Army’s worry: Those ‘other people might get 6,000 dumped shells SINGAPORE, Dec. 10. AN intensive search for a huge dump of live 25 lb. shells—one estimate puts the number at 6,000 —has been going on in strict secrecy at Keppel Harbour, Singapore. So far about 60 shells have been
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    Party at a creche
    62 9 SINGAPORE, Dec. 9. The Singapore Social Welfare Department yesterday gave a Christmas party to 70 children at the Victoria Street Creche. While the children were enjoying inside, mothers, sisters and guardians waited outside closed doors for the party to be over. Those children who could not
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    GOVT TAKING UP THE ROW
    168 9 Complaint over ‘protected persons’ KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 8. fPHE Federation Government is taking up the question of discrimination between a British subject and a British protected person in Britain, the Straits Times was told today The Secretary to the Member for Home Affairs, Mr. R.G.
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    S’pore youth leader for Munich talks
    110 9 SINGAPORE, Dec. 9. MR ERIC WEE SIAN BENG, president of the Singapore Youth Council, left for Germany yesterday to attend the World Assembly of Youth’s executive committee meeting in Munich. The meeting, the first since the new committee of WA Y. was elected in
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    ‘PIRATE’ BOOK ANGERS DR. LIN
    142 9 SINGAPORE. Dec. 9. unauthorised Chinese translation of 25 articles on Chinese culture written in English by Dr. Lin Yutang is now on sale in Singapore. And Dr. Lin is very angry. Not because he has received no royalties. He lias been robbed by “pirate” publishers
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    11 picked for committee
    78 9 Singapore Government last night named 11 people to form a Civil Defence Advisory Committee. with the Secretary for Defence and Internal Security as chairman. The Civil Defence Commissioner will be vice-chairman. Other committee* members are the Director of Medical Services. Secretary for Social Welfare. Public Relations
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    Taking over
    37 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 11.— Mr. W. F. Grieve, who was District Officer. Kuantan, Is to replace Mr. G. W. Rothery as Petallng Jaya Administrator In the: New Ye*ar, Mr. Rothery Is going on long le*ave.
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    His dream led to buried treasure
    414 10 SINGAPORE, DEC. 10. TREASURE trove of Ming Dynasty procelain and bronzes, buried 400 years ago, has been unearthed in Johore Lama, an isolated village on the Johore River. The hoard, worth many thousands of dollars, was dug up last Friday by a Malay fisherman,
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    SOME CHINESE SCHOOLS SEEK GOVT AID
    359 10 SINGAPORE, Dec. 11. SEVERAL middle and primary Chinese schools have sought Government aid, in spite of student opposition. The Director of Education, Mr R. M. Young, told the Straits Times yesterday that some Chinese schools had applied individually for grants-in-aid. The vice-president of the
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    MCA PUBLICITY CHIEF ALL PRAISE FOR DR. ADENAUER
    111 10 MR TAN SIEW SIN. Publicity Chairman of the M.C.A. and son of Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan. returned to Singapore yesterday in the liner Felix Roussel after a six months’ holiday in Britain and Europe. Mr Tan said he was eight days in
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    ROBBER MOLESTED WOMAN: 7 YEARS
    174 10 SINGAPORE. Dec. 14. I/'HOO CHENG HOCK, unemployed, who robbed Mrs. Joyce Iris Hawkes. wife of a British Army sergeant, of $40 and later used criminal force on her, to outrage her modesty, was in the Singapore Assizes yesterday jailed for seven years. Mr. Justice Whitton
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    Pest conference
    29 10 SINGAPORE. Dec. 14. Experts from 13 countries met in Singapore yesterday to discuss means of dealing with pests and diseases that attack rubber trees and cocoa plants.
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    Trade chief resigning
    32 10 Mr. George S. Anderson. Australian Trade Commissioner In Malaya, is resigning from Government service and will re-enter commerce. He will leave Singapore by sea on Dec. 30 for Sydney.
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    THE BALLROOM CHAMPIONS GET THE CHALLENGE CUP
    63 10 MISS FLORENCE LEE and Mr. Lint Eng Ciioon. win won the oP e n Perak ballroom dance championship organised l>\ P*‘ r ak Dance Association, receive the “llunlMnm C hallenge Cup” from Mrs. I. K. Cheah. wife of the m‘ sident of the
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    Singapore says ‘no’ to Sharma
    116 10 SINGAPORE. Dec. 12. The Secretary for Defence and Internal Security, Mr. L. H. N. Davis, yesterday confirmed that the Singapore Government had rejected a request by Mr. P. V. Sharma. former president of the Singapore Teachers’ Union, for permission to return to the Colony. The
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    NEW SYSTEM WILL SORT OUT TRAFFIC
    208 10 T SINGAPORE, Dec U. 0 new systems of traffic lights, one similar to the master-controller lights recently installed in London, will be introduced in Singapore next year, a police spokesman said yesterday. The master-controller, an electronic system, works according to the volume of traffic
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    Former S’pore parson died in forest ‘from natural causes’
    150 10 Former S’pore parson died in forest ‘from natural causes —Reuter. CLECY, Normandy, Dec. 14. fTIHE Rev. John Gilbert Elliot, 62-year-old Nottingham priest whose animal-gnawed body was found in a forest near here last night, died of natural causes, police said after an autopsy today. Mr. Elliot was chaplain to the
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    TRIPLETS WERE EXPECTED
    49 11 Triplets, and they were expected! Born in Singapore yesterday to Mrs. C. Hozack. of Orange Grove Road, she knew about tham several months ago after X-rays had been taken. Two boys and a girl, tftc triplets arc the first born in the Youngberg Memorial Hospital, Singapore.
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    COLONY TRIPLETS SET A RECORD
    244 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 12. A EUROPEAN woman with a family of two girls and one boy gave birth in the Youngberg Memorial Hospital, Singapore, early yesterday to triplets two boys and one girl. It was no surprise to the parents, Captain and Mrs. J. C. Hozack.
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    RADIO MALAYA GETS MORE BOUQUETS, LESS BRICKBATS
    157 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 15. Radio MALAYA IS getting more bouquets and fewer brickbats, said the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, in the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. This was a written reply to questions submitted by the late Dr. C. J. Paglar. Dr.
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    TRADE CHIEF FLIES IN
    60 11 SINGAPORE, Dec. 10. Sir Eric Bowyer, special adviser to the Board of Trade, who Is Inspecting British trade commissions in the Commonwealth. arrives in Singapore this afternoon. He will meet the Governor, Sir John Nicoll, the Commissioner General, Mr Malcolm MacDonald, and the British Trade Commissioner,
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    CHIEF CASHIER LOSES APPEAL
    188 11 I OO WEE WAN. former chief cashier of the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation, Singapore, who appealed against conviction and sentence of four years’ jail on two charges of falsifying accounts, had his conviction and sentence confirmed in the Court of Criminal Appeal The charges involved over
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    Licences for 23, but 13 refused
    39 11 The Singapore Board of Licensing Justices at its quarterly meeting yesterday, approved 23 applications for bar licences and refused 13. The meeting was held in the premises of the First Criminal District Court.
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    Johore enters rugger finals again
    942 11 the week in sport] By JOHN MARKS 11 Singapore, Dec. 15. JOHORE entered the final of the H.M.S. i Malaya rugger competition for the second year in succession when they beat Combined Services of Singapore by 13 points (two goals, penalty) to 12 (two tries,
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      29 11 STRAITS BUDGET SUBSCRIPTION RATES exmess air delivery service to the United Kingdom only at an inclusive rate of $24.00 for six months. 'ALL THE ABOVE ARE 7\V MALAYAN CURRENCY).
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    FAREWELL GIFT TO CHAIRMAN
    71 12 THE STRAITS TIMES STAFF in Singapore on Dec. 10 presented a pair of silver Georgian candlesticks to Mr. T. Aiken, chairman of the Board of Directors, who is retiring soon I'he presentation was made by Mr. Michael Pascal. Picture shows Mrs. Aiken receiving a posy of
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    Chambers oppose new duties
    215 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 12. ASSOCIATED CHINESE CHAMBER of Commerce, Malaya, at its annual meeting on Dec. 19, will consider whether to vset up an office at the Johore Bahru Customs Station to help merchants get clearance of their goods. The meeting will be told that, since
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    STRAITS TIMES: $2 mil. EXPANSION
    535 12 DUE to increasing business, i the Straits Times Press! Ltd., is to spend about $2 mil- i lion on expansion projects. This is stated in the annual report and statement of accounts to be laid before the annual general meeting in Singapore next Saturday. After
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    Richards resigns
    17 12 Capt. T. D. Richards has resigned as adviser to the Malay Seamen”s Union of Singapore.
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    Doctors ‘top class—due to varsity’
    94 12 Doctors ‘top class —due to varsity’ KUALA LUMPUR. Der. 12. THE University of Malaya is producing a very high standard of doctors, said Dr. R. E. Anderson, the Federation’s Director of Medical Services, here last night. He was speaking at the halfyearly dinner of the Alumni Association of the King
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    Flying home
    23 12 SINGAPORE. Dec. 9. Fifty-six British Servicemen, returning home on leave or reassignment, left for London yesterday in a chartered 8.0.A.C. Constellation.
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    ONE-DAY STRIKE AT VARSITY
    257 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 12 ABOUT 1.000 undergraduates of the Universe of Malaya yesterday went on a one-day S ym V pathy "strike" to protest against the expulsion 0 f four students from the Dunearn Road hostel Bukit Timah. ln Instead of attending lectures at 8 a.m. most
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    $6,332 for Winston
    106 12 SINGAPORE, Dec P A total of $6,332 has been raised by the people of Singapore tor the London Churchill Eightieth Birthday Fund 1 Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, who organised the Colony subscriotions, told the Sunday Times yesteidav that he was sending to the central fund in London
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    Court goes on vacation
    49 12 The Singapore High Court, will go on vacation trom Dec. 20 to Jan. 15. During the vacation one oi the judges will attend to summonses ln chambers on Dee. 29. Janfl 6 and Jan. 13. Work In the Registry will b< carried on as usual.
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    Fijians swam to singing date
    292 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 12. TONY BEAMISH, introducing three Radio Malaya Christmas programmes which were recorded before a packed audience in the Victoria Memorial Hall Singapore, last night, congratulated the Fijian choir on arriving from Batu Pahat on time, although they had to swim part of the
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    AVA SHAKES UP S’PORE WITH HER CHONGSUM
    1000 13 She proves her point ('the sexiest dress ever') and says: I'll introduce it to Hollywood SINGAPORE, Dec. 11. EULM star Ava Gardner provided a surprise at her first public engagement in Singapore last night —a Press conference —when she arrived in a striking
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    4,000 at funeral of Dato Paglar
    296 13 WEATHER DELA YS DAUGHTER'S PLANE KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 12. VIORE than 4,000 people attended the funeral of Dato C. J. Paglar, Legislative Councillor, at Bidadari Cemetery, Singapore, yesterday. The cortege left his resi- dence in Joo Chiat Place at 4 p.m. and arrived at
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    Naval Base strike move
    90 13 SINGAPORE. Dec. 13. The 10.000-strong Naval Base Labour Union has threatened to call a one-day strike because the authorities refused to give the union permission to use the dockyard field for a meeting yesterday. Mr. S. Woodhull, secretary of the union, told the Straits Times yesterday
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    Catholics begin war on horror comics
    189 14 SINGAPORE, Dec. 11. Members of the Catholic Legion of Decency in Singapore now include the banning of horror comics in their pledge. The comics were attacked in a sermon preached by Father J. C. Kearney, to Legion members before they renewed their pledge at
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    Mrs. Lewis wins more praise
    55 14 Mrs. Gracia Lewis, whose orchids won a first class certificate at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, gave a few gardening hints yesterday to members of the International Women’s Club of the Singapore Y.W.C.A. The audience thanked her for showing Britain that there’s more in Malaya
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    $19,000 Judgement In Civil Suits On Lawyer
    231 14 SINGAPORE, Dec. 11. ¥N THE SINGAPORE High Court yesterday the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, gave judgment against C. G. Menon, a former Singapore lawyer, now in Madras, for a total of $19,000 in two civil suits. In the first suit Dr. V.P.
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    TWO YOUNGS CRASH AND LIVE
    164 14 SINGAPORE, Dec. 10. MR. D. S. YOUNG, Protector of Aborigines, Northern Region, has had his second helicopter crash since the start of the Emergency—ln the ‘‘Termite Territory” east of Ipoh. His first was some 18 months ago In Pahang. With him during the crash on
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    ‘CUT IMPORT DUTIES’ CALL
    54 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 10.—A resolution asking the Federation Government to revise the new import duties will be discussed at the annual meeting of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce of Malaya here on Dec. 19. The meeting will be told that business had suffered as a
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    In its shell a modern and larger theatre will be erected
    270 14 TIME’S CURTAIN DROPS ON SINGAPORE’S PROUD ‘OLD VIC’ SINGAPORE.Dec.il gINGAPORE’S historic Victoria Theatre in Empress Place has lost its roof, its stage is tumbling down and only its shell remains. It was too small for modem needs, but from
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    Chettiars look to stars for business
    186 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 9.—The President of the Chettiar Chamber of Commerce, Mr. K. V. ALM. Narayanan Chettiar. said today the stars should favour one if one is to thrive in business. He was commenting on the advice given by the visiting industrialist, Mr. A.
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    $240,000 for flood relief
    391 15 NEW THREAT IN FOUR STATES SINGAPORE, Dec. 15. WITH East and South Malaya again facing a new flood disaster threat, aid to a total value of more than $240,000 has been allocated for the flood victims of the Federation and Singapore. Yesterday the combined Singapore and
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    THE VILLAGE UNDER A LAKE
    44 15 KFDOK village, Singapore, under six feet of water on Dec. 9. Hoodwaters, though las receding, were still three to four feet deep in parts. This picture was taken from the air by a Straits Times cameraman at 5 p.m.
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    MERCY CRAFT STAND BY
    670 15 Morey craft are standing by in many areas to rescue hundreds of men, women and children in isolated kampongs. With further torrential rain forecast and the possibility that it will coincide with the high tide, it is feared that rivers will rise even more rapidly and
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    Rescue teams go into action
    66 15 RESCUE teams wade waist-deep in the Hood waters at the Bedok resettlement area in Singapore in a house-to-house search for people trapp'd in the house They also helped salvage valuables. This Straits Times picture shows the Reserve Unit officer, Mr. T. P. F. Flynn. A.S.P.,
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    Floods reach roofs in Malaya’s worst-hit town
    62 16 THIS is what Kota Tinggi, worst-flooded town in Malaya, looks like from the air. The bridge across the Johore River is completely submerged beneath the flood waters. The picture was taken from an R.A.F. Valetta by Straps Time* ncture ivas taken from an
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    A month’s rain in five days
    133 16 SINGAPORE, Dec. 14. SINGAPORE has had O only 5.40 hours of sunshine in the past five days. During the same five days last year the sun shone for 21.45 hours and there was less than an inch of rain. This year the city had
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    BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE HAVOC FRIGHTENED ME
    249 16  -  By NELSON RUTHERFURD KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 14. I HAD a bird’s eye view of flood-ravaged Southern 1 Malaya today from an R.A.F. Valetta flying on a routine supply-dropping mission—and the view was frightening. Vast tracts of open country that once merged with
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    Main line services disrupted
    236 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 14. Malayan Railway announced today that It was unlikely that through train services between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur would be restored for at least four days. Day services were running today between Kuala Lumpur and Gemas and between Singapore and Kluang. The night
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    REFUGEES FLOCK TO AID CENTRES
    372 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 15. THOUSANDS of flood-stricken refugees, with crying, hungry children clustered round them, arrived at Singapore Flood Relief Fund centres before dawn yesterday. Late last night, as weary police tried to keep the crowds in order, relief workers were still handing out urgently needed
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    VIGOROUS ACTION ON DRAINAGE—GOODE
    554 17 THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, announced yesterday that the Government will give 850,000, 4,500 garments and 10 tons of milk to the Singapore Flood Relief Fund. Mr. Goode also told the Legislative Council that “vigorous action” was being taken to control the island’s
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    Marooned village gets a new bridge
    157 17 SINGAPORE, Dec. 15. IHVENTY Army sappers toiled for 18 hours up to early this morning to build a new bridge for 5,000 flood-bound squatters of the Potong Pasir district of Singapore. The old bridge, almost completely washed away by last week’s deluge, was tiie
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    Storm costs estates $3 million
    197 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 10. RUBBER estates In the Federation lost three million dollars yesterday because of incessant rain throughout the country. This represents the quantity of rubber (1.600 tons at 82 cents a pound F.O.B.i lost because tapping was stopped. The $3 million loss does
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    COPTER RESCUES SIR DONALD
    278 18 High Commissioner trapped by floods KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 10. HTHE High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, A was stranded by floods during a tour of north Johore today and rescued by a helicopter, which flew him back here. Yesterday Sir Donald travelled from Batu Pahat to Parit
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    School dinner
    33 18 Sixty pupils of the Fairfield Girls' School held a dinner at the Wing Choon Yuen Restaurant. Great World. The Principal, Mrs. Lim Bock Kee, and eight teachers were among the guests.
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    KALLANG ’DROME HAS RECORD DAY
    221 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 11. SINGAPORE’S Kallang Airport yesterday had its busiest day since it was opened nearly 15 years ago. A record number of 39 aircraft arrived and took off from the airport within the space of 12 hours. The rush of traffic was caused by
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    Mr. Bingham makes a farewell trip
    87 18 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Dec. 8. rpHE Penang Resident ComX missioner, Mr. R. P. Bingham, todav made a farewell tour of the central district of Province Wellesley At Juru new village, the headman, Mr. Chew Chor Har, asked Mr. Bingham to recommend that Juru be declared
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    French troopship in Singapore
    41 18 JP 1 7 100 ton French troopship St. Valery en Caux arrived in Singapore yesterday from Saigon with 147 troops on their way back to France The troops were allowed ashore while the ship took on supplies.
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    AVA HELPS FLOOD RELIEF
    50 18 Miss Ava Gardner the American film star, hafids over her cheque fo r $5OO for the Singapore Flood Relief Fund to Mr. A. C. Simmons Managing Director of the Straits Times Press L td.. at a party given at the Capitol Blue Room on Dec. 11.
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    Land grab bill—it’s up to the new Govt
    573 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 15. rrHE Singapore Legis- lative Council voted yesterday to let the new elected government next year decide what should be done about the controversial Bill to freeze land values for the Colony's Master Plan. By an overwhe lming majority of
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    Black ties in Council for Dr. Paglar: ‘We shall miss him’ says Mr. Goode
    161 18 SINGAPORE, Dec. 15. rTHE GOVERNOR, Sir John Nicoll, and other members of the Singapore Legislative Council wore black ties at yesterday’s Council meeting as a tribute to Dr. C. J. Paglar, who died last week. “We
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    TRAINER MARTIN SCORES A TREBLE
    1041 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP im.iWWe.j. l> HIDING hi- top form, r f two biff-priced winners HrpSF<$iW), »od Barborossa ($80) at ipoh yesterday, second fl/LV k Of i h L f Fn rt Club December Meet- ,OSi»te«r Jimmy Martin bad I a goodl’day, liis stable scora :Sebla
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    ELLIOTT STARTS DAY WITH DOUBLE
    1025 19  -  By EPSOM JEEP IPOH. Dec. U. ENGLISH jockey B1U EUlott was off the mark with a big-pricedk-' double for the Spencer Stable Jesaelton C$59) in Jhe ftfst' race and Film Studio n ($74) in eeoond —at Ipoh yeperday. last* day of the Perak Turf Club
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      90 19 TOTAL POOLt, 5227,584. Pint: "****** (S«3,27i>,B 1:1*4672 (*S1.637). I: *****6 ($15,818). Starter*: ($1,977 Mush) *****8: Mf4190fc. IV *****7; '*****6: *****2;'; *****1. rimtlen Pr tee8 2 235 168 3085 2791 2514 ***** cet oo the winning combination Movie II, Chestnut: and BarboroaaaJ paid $2,235. ticket vi O] Big Sweep TOTAL rOOL;
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    Main interest in industrials
    447 20 SHARE MARKET Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Dec. 13. ALTHOUGH there was an uncertain note about the Singapore Share Marina?: last week, inM investors inclined to hold off, the volume of business written was rather better than might hare been expected. formed the bulk of business early
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    116 20 h v d&NGAPOREk Dec. IS. Singapore Chines Predace Exchange: noon ;.©rices per' picul ymbgdHf;Spf» v Copra: quiet; December $30 34 QSPw&fagedi? 949 Pepper quiet, ho business reposted; n black wak *3*7, lamnong bfack $14***** H.C3. 144. closing price: coconut oil; $49 sellers.1 H.C.B. LtdTcepra prices: Decern* ber: X%
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    286 20 i; w SINGAPORE, Dec. 15.. •'..:>i IKDC8TU4LI 4&M >*. B.„r. Seller, Ale, Brie,. A>7 W y AtlM icc‘’.\..?.‘.‘.‘ MT.35 13» id f*W u»/b Ora* «4i Ea*t«ni 0*4*4 n.w ry n.so *d o2£i.—V sr«. O’town DMP...C a.90 rk 4i4 sss, rs&i ■•SBesSI ■;%HS McAlister 3 50 S.B6 88g%rr!y.
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    BUSINESS DONE
    125 20 e following burinww done 'the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one Arm of brokers for the -i period 4 tt> Dscem,r ber 10: 4 -i jr IndustrisLs.- Eastern United Assn* v <*n?e $37.75. Fraser and $1,974, PWiwai DfpiMMy «-2J> Oammons $3.55. Hammers $315, 1 to
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    124 20 rE following dividends ■were announced by companies operating in Malaya last week;-—* *HE TAJPAR RUBBER div«--v d--nd Of »r. less Income lax. lor yea* ended August 31. V >iw« DHEDGING LTD.: '%«H?divi. dend of 15% Jess U% Malayan tax, payable to iware holders on c ..register on December
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    Less trade
    195 20 Rubber Market 2 1 *••T*’VIT Dec. 11. :A s J^t e Lt ns^SLJSi ami low-price Ot the wS business transacted hasten on a somewhat reduced scale and no. definite' tendency has developed in the nuuTtet, s&ys weekly rubbfp review of HaltHov euMckV ni,t. nitei J Tiuuuajr, buutr, ouUi
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    Floods beat that trip for Queen’s award
    207 20 Floods beat that trip for Queen’s awa rd KUALA LUMPUR. De< rE floods washed out what should hav. proud day today for Afmy Major John T 1Tor tHf* For this afternoon < Jl’ civilian leaders, so policemen he should st King's House to !J award bestowed on Queen. tl>( Instead
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    10,000 at S’pore open air Masses
    94 20 a'SffW; close of the ma 1^The( Mzs ses were held In the fteld of St. Joseph» School In Bras Basal: R°a° S£jtn the compou-» Joseph’s Church’ 11 8t 7stttue of Mm. thf oth Of was canted Jn es?“ J °^r h r\’arlo Van Mel-,
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    Ship sold for breaking up
    52 20 a coal l -burning coastal the 1 032-ton Van Oeons. was built in Holland f K.P.M’s Indonesian a; lago service, has been s* Hong Kong buyers as become .too expensive to Her new owners haw ed to break up the 28-v ship for scrap. %t
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