The Straits Times, 21 December 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWKI.VF PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1948 I'KICE TEN CENTS
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    "DOMESTIC AFFAIR", SAY DUTCH
    615 1 U.N. Meets As Troops Push On In Java PARIS, Monday. WHILE Dutch forces continue to roll un- checked through Indonesia in what, so far, has been an almost bloodless occupation the Security Council met in an emergency session here at the call of (he Inited States
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    27 1 This is how the Batavia newspaper Nieuwsgier yesterdaj annovnced the fall of .liiyj.ik.trta. The headline says: "Dutch Mrmchntlstl captured Jogja on Sunday; Soekarno itilt-rned in his pilaie."
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    Pools Man 'Cold And Crafty'
    151 1 Pools Man 'Cold And Crafty' H\Mi\ Sh man, chief of Britain's third bi co-operation m. w.i.> described crafty and malevol< i the tribunal probing <U- ons ol corruption !n rnment circles rrachPd .v cl s today. Counsel foi John I ;y SecreB tided tiiaf tbunal could not b ird of
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    "Strachey For Colonies"
    58 1 "Strachey For Colonies" It. i ii Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Mon mmentators unanlmously assume thatOovernment are immllysthe Dally Telegraph. paper says that Mr. Johl Widely thought to be a candidate [1 adds thai if Mr. Strachey is not moved to a Service department it i.s possible he will replace Mr.
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    FLIGHT BID TO SAVE SOEKARNO
    288 1 DITCH authorities foiled an attempt by an Indian industrialist and pilot, Mr. B. Patanaik, to fly President Soekarno out of Java before the Dutch "Police action' started. k Mr. Patanaik waited m Singapore for two days be- was granted Dutch permission to go to Batavia.
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    SOLDIER TO DIE
    36 1 TOKYO. Mon— An Anie?Ican Army Private Albert. Morales, of Los Angeles, has been sentenced to hang by a general court martial "at Camp Crawford m Hokkaido for the murder of a Japanese. -Reuter-AAP.
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    DELEGATE ACCUSES DUTCH
    419 1 DELEGATE ACCUSES DUTCH MR Merle H. Cochran, the United States delegate on the Good Offices Commission m B ata t a v 1 a accuses the Dutch Government of violation of the Renville Agreement In a cable dated Dec. 19 to the President of the Security Council m Paris, it
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    Deputy President
    28 1 Mr. J. R Hill has been an pointed to be Deputy President of the Municipal Commissioners during the absence on leave of Mr. W. L. Blythe.
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    Leaders Interned
    217 1 BAT AVI A, Monday. "THE first 36 hours of the Dutch offensive against the Indonesian Republic cost the Netherlands forces six killed and eight wounded, according to a Dutch Army communique issued here today. The poorly-equipped Republican Army appeared to be putting up little resistance After seizing Jogjakarta
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    36 1 NEW KI.ANSMEN: Part of the crowd of 2.500 masked and robed men of the Ku Klux Klan who attended the City Auditorium, Macon, Georgia, this month for public initiation of 300 new members. A. P. picture.
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    Councillor Went Down Fighting
    183 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KEMAMAN, Monday. 4 MEMBER of the Trengganu State Council, tHaji Wan Ngah bin Hajl Wan Mamat, was shot dead during an attack by bandits on Saturday morning on the Kajang Tin Mine in Kemaman. Before he was shot dead, HaJI Wan Ngah
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    CENSORSHIP IS COMPLETE
    90 1 BATAVIA, Mon. THE Dutch Army issued new orders today tightening military censorship over Press cables from here. Under the new rules nothing will be allowed to be transmitted bat official communiques. Only one short communique with few details of military action has been released in the past
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    WAR TO THE DEATH'
    193 1 BANGKOK, Monday. INDONESIAN Republicans will fight a guerrilla war 1 '"to the death" against the Dutch, Mr. John Coast, who is an adviser to the Republican Government, said today. Mr. Coast left Jogjakarta on the last plane to leave the Republican capital before the Dutch invaded
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    SUPPLY OF RICE WILL BE SHORT
    154 1 SUPPLY OF RICE WILL BE SHORT WASHINGTON, Mon. THE world supply of lice available for exporl during the first half of 1949 will fall far short of demand by Asian countries and other major consumers. The United Nations Food and Agiiculture Organisation said today shipments would be only slightly larger
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    Sun Fo's 'Peace With Honour'
    296 1 Sun Fo 's 'Peace With Honour' NANKING, Mon. pREMIER Sun Fo form- eda cabinet late today pledged "to fight on until we can secure an honourable peace." He did rule out the possibili a compromi the Communi Dr. sun said the c It ctlona would President Chiang Kaitonight and probabiy
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    DELAYED
    28 1 SEREMBAN. Mon: rival of Lord Rowallan. the Chief Scout, m Malaya has teen delayed by one day sci cording to a cable r. from Cairo this morning.
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    Stop Press
    27 1 WASHINGTON. Men. The United States Supreme Court refused today to interfere with the death sentences imposed on To.jo, I and six other Japanese warlords. Reuter.
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      Rail Thieves Use Poison, Disguise
      58 2 SIMLA, Monday. THIEVES on the East Punjab Railway were operating a new technique before they were found out and 14 of then arrested. Dressed in military uniform, they offered poisoned food to military officers travelling alone in the higher class railway carriages. When the victims
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      Foundation of Peace
      34 2 NEW YORK, Mon. The United Nations has accepted a combined bid by four firms for erection of a 39storey secretariat building and foundations for the entire United Nations permanent headquarters. UP.
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      More N.Z. Meat
      41 2 LONDON. Mon.— New Zea- I land is gradually replacing Argentina as Britain's prin- 1 cipal source of meat. During the first nine months of this year, New Zealand sent Britain 5.640,000 cwt. while Argentina shipped 5.312.000 cwt.— A.P
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      The Nurses Won
      46 2 LONDON, Mon. Grantham hospital nurses were pretty, but 13-year-old John Coe decided he did not want an operation. He ran home through busy streets m his pyjamas. Pursuing attendants got there almost as quickly m a taxi and persuaded him to return. A.P.
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      Tiger Standard
      33 2 HONG KONG. Mon. The "Tiger Balm King." Mr. Aw Boon Raw, will open a new English-language paper here early next year. It will be known as the Tiger Standard. _T1 V>
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      Carols in London
      30 2 LONDON, Mon. Ten Norwegian girls from trained choirs will sing carols around London's huee Christmas tree again giv-'n by Norway to be erected m Trafalgar Square.— A.P
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      TRAGIC TRIO Bride For An Hour
      46 2 TRAGIC TRIO Bride For An Hour LESS than an hour after her marriage a 19-year-old bride was killed instantly while riding with her husband on a motor cycle to their weddirt* breakfast at Warwick, Queensland. The minister who married them will officiate at the funeral. Renter.
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      Family Of Four
      33 2 A MOTHER and all her three daughters were killed when their car collided with a train near Adelaide, South Australia. The father was injured, and a male relative was killed.-«-Keuter.
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      36 Passengers
      33 2 THIRTY-SIX peowle were killed when a truck with 57 Dassengers rolled clown a hill into the side of a Buenos Aires electric train. Two railway carriages were burned by petrol. A.P.
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      British Example
      48 2 PARIS, Mon.— France is 'in the full course of material and spiritual recovery." M. Robert Schuman (Frenco Foreign Minister) declares Frenchmen should follow the example of the British "who Rive us a fine lesson of courage and civic virture." he told an audience in Lorraine.— F't-uter.
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      Lepers
      36 2 CALCUTTA, Mon.—Faciiitlea for isolating India's 1.000,000 lep rs are hopelessly inadequate, reports the British Empire Leprosy Relief Association. West Bengal Province has 50,000 lepers needing segregation, but there is provision for only 700.— A P.
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      502 2 NOTICES NOTICE OF TELEPHONE CHANGE OB Ist Jan. 1949, the Mi "ayan American Plantations, lid Ponang Ofßoc Telephone Ko P.nang 1136 will be substituted by Trlrphone Nos. 1404 PROTECTED PLACE '1 .ii' public arc informed that the Military Transmittin X Station liiuated at the Old M.V.I. HQ.. Main Road. Taiplng.
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      371 2 NOTICES NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that 1 thr undersigned. Lee Stone Klat. of No. 32 Boon Tat Street, Singapore will not be responsible for any debts Incurred by my son. Lee Soon Guan of No. 36 Boon Tat Street, Singapore. Dated this 15th day of December 1948 LEE SIONO
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      73 2 HH Sh SOIE agents GUTHME^€IIP (Carrier) r 3^^ 0^" 111! ilfl^B 8 L[ Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association ill By the circulation of conditioned outside air m the clinical rooms of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Carrier t||p insures both medical staff and patients against contamination and re-infection. The installation of this Carrier
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    MALAN FACES DEFEAT
    308 3 Coalition Govt. Rift Widens JOHANNESBURG, Monday. DOLITICAL circles here are forecasting the possible defeat of the South African Government as a result of the threatened split m the Nationalfst-Afrikaaner coalition. Present indications, they say, are that Mr. N. C. Havenga, the Minister of Finance and leader of
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    41 3 MADAME CHIANG AT BAZA \R: Madame Chiang Kaishek, now m \merlca, seen with Mrs. Wellington Koo, wife of the Chinese Aihb.issador to the U.S., at a Chinese Bazaar m Washington recently. Madame Chiang is on a "Save China" mission. A.P. picture.
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    New Bid To Find Lost Treasure
    198 3 CAPETOWN, Monday. TTREASLRE-hunters are at work again this time m a bid to recover between £7,000,000 and £10,000,000 worth of precious stones and gold bullion which went down with the Indiaman Grosvenor m August, 1782, off Port St. Johns, m I South Africa The
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    RUBBER MEN LOOK AHEAD
    147 3 RUBBER MEN LOOK AHEAD From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. 4 LTHOUGH the recent recovery m rubber i prices seems to have oeen caused by the unexpected and sudden renewal of Russian buying, traders m Mincing Lane have begun to look further ahead, says the Manchester Guardian. The feeling is
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    Siam Police Hit Hard At Bandits
    92 3 From Our Own Correspondent BANOKOK. Mon. SIAMESE police are now very much on the offensive m v concerted drive with British forces In Malaya against Communist Insurgents along the Siam-Malaya border r<>Sions. In the la icounter with the terrorists, In the neighbourhood of Gunong
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    Plea To Stop Strike
    27 3 ROME, lion. The Premier (Signor de Gasperl* will appeal by radio to Italians *o break the scheduled strike A 1,500,000 State employees.— U.P
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    Ban In Greek Waters
    60 3 Ban In Greek Waters ATHENS. Mon. |jr T ITH major operations im- j V? pending m the Peloponpesus. the Greek Navy yesterday banned sea traffic within five miles of the area. Unauthorised vessels appearing within the zone will be taken into custody. There have been constant reports that about 3,000
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    $1,000 Million Short In ECA Programme
    216 3 $1,000 Million Short In EC A Programme LONDON, Monday. HIGH diplomatic sources said yesterday that the first draft of the report to Washington from the office of the European Recovery Co-operation Commission showed a dt-;;.«t of l.S.Sl.000,000,000 in the programme for the 19 participating nations. This means that, at present
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    SINGAPORE OFFER TO ECAFE
    165 3 CINGAPORE Government is prepared to offer the Old c Government Trade School In c s Road, near Newton c Circus, as accommodation for a the Economic Commission :r Asia and the Far East if it decides to move to Slnga- jpore This was revealed to the
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    "Palestine War Is Over"
    112 3 "Palestine War Is Over" NEW YORK, Mon. DR. Bunche. the acting United Nations Palestine mediator, declared today that the war In Palestine was over. Dr. Bunche who arrived from Europe, said: "I would say that the war m Palestine at present is over. Any fighting going on there is only
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    PROPERTY CLAUSE OPPOSED
    173 4 Let All Qualify Labour Party "THE Labour Party of Singapore opposes the present property qualification for voters for the municipal elections." This statement was approved at a meeting of the Party's political committee last night, under the chairmanship of Mr. Francis Thomas. "The Labour Party considers it
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    INDIANS SUPPORT ELECTION
    89 4 INDIANS SUPPORT ELECTION MRS. Thivy, Wife of the Representative of the Government of India in Malaya (Mr. J. A. Thivy), has been co-opted to the Singapore Regional Indian Congress Election Board. The board was set up last Wednesday to watch the interests of the Congress at the municipal elections. The
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    FIVE INDIANS DISCHARGED
    117 4 Five of the six Indians who wen charged m the Singapore Seventh Police Court a week ago with the alleged murder of two employees of the Singapore Dairy Farm on Dec 12 were discharged by the Magistrate (Mr. R. J C. Wait >, yesterday. They were Sangaram.
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    "BLAKE FUND" $2,138
    370 4 l-rom Our Stall I'nr |.<>nd< lit KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE "Blake Fund" for the; children of the Serendah Boys Home today reached a total of $2,138.40. Donations may be sent to Dr. C. P Rawson Chief Soi cial Welfare Officer, Govern- j ment Offices, Batu Road. Kuala
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    MASS RALLY OF COLONY MUSLIMS
    57 4 Singapore Muslims will hold a mass rally at Jalan Besar Stadium on Jan. 11 to celebrate their Prophet's birthday anniversary. Instead of the usual nasi bryani, the crowd will have light refreshments. The committee organising j the celebrations has deci'Jed to conserve the funds collected,
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    MORE TIME IN BOYS' HOME ADVOCATED
    167 4 /COMMANDER G. E. W. W. < \u Bayly. Singapore Commissioner of Prisons, blames habitual relapse into crime by boys sent to the Salvation Army Boys' Home on the short duration of the boys' detention. They are detained, he says m his annual report, for
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    36 4 SWEDISH CUSTOM: Lighting candles m the crown of a St. Lucia Bride at Swedish celebrations m London. Similarly adorned girls received burns »vhcn they fell during: the honouriii- of Nobel Prize winner* last week. A.P. picture.
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    Medical College Exam Results
    555 4 •THREE students passed m the Dental Final 1 Professional Examination of the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore. There were no graduates in Medicine, but four passed in the Pharmacists' Qualifying Examinations. The examinations were held in December. The full results are: MEDICAL SECOND PROFESSIONAL
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    To Conduct Conferences
    124 4 METHODIST Bishop Ralph S. Cushman will arrive ;n Singapore towards the end of February. He has been appointed by the Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church to conduct the Methodist Conferences m Malaya and Sumatra. A cable to this effect was received by the Malaya Methodist,
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    U.S.Sailors In Riot
    63 4 U.S. Sailors In Riot 1'EN sailors from the United States aircraft-carrier Tarawa and two Chinese were injured in a riot at the New World Park on Sunday night. The fight started between the sailors and employees in a restaurant over the booking of tables. It developed into a free-for-all until
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    Singapore Diary
    121 4 iOUAY Legislative Council meeting. Victoria Memorial Hall, 10 a.m. Variety Concert by the Torchbearers for the Salvation Army Children's Home Christmas treat. Brhish Council Hall 7.45 p.m. Chinese V.M.C.A. 107. Selegie I Road. Badminton basket ball. 5 p.m. Rover crew meeti.ig 8 p.m. V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, lint nid
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    More Chinese Leave Singapore Than Arrive
    277 5 STRICTER control over immigration has resulted in fewer Chinese entering Singapore this year, and there have been more departures of Malayan Chinese than arrivals, particularly in recent months. This position, which appeared more striking since the Emergency Regulations were enforced, was due primarily to
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    Malaya Students For Britain
    514 5 By Our Woman Correspondent GOING to England for an honours degree m social science next year will be doubly exciting for Miss Kismet Fung, of the Social Welfare Department. She will not only fulfil an ambition to further her studies m an English University but she
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    "Scholarships Should Be Open To All"
    234 5 THK question of three scholarships given by the A Singapore Eurasian Association for children of needy members, was discussed at the 25th annual meeting of the Association last night. Opinion was that these scholarships should be open not only to children of members but
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    Major On Corruption
    468 5 V>lli-H Vf AJOR Samuel James Morley Gregory, officer-in-charge of the 223 Base Ordnance Depot. Keat Hong, appeared in the Singapore First District Court yesterday on a corruption charge. The charge was that he accepted a motor car valued at K.200 from a Chinese. Tan Peng Yew. on
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    SURPLUS OF WORKERS
    105 5 A surplus of unskilled and semi-skilled workers m Singapore continued last month when an average of five In every nine who registered for employment were found jobs. About 3.000 women who registered a few months ago following a rumour of possible employment m a newly opened factory
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    Hospitals Board
    37 5 Dr. S. H. Aljunied and Mrs. 1 i L. C Goh, have been elected by the Unofficial Members of I the Legislative Council to be I members of the Hospitals I Board for 1949. i
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    DEBTS AND HOLIDAYS BILLS DUE TODAY
    83 5 THE Debtor and Creditor (Occupation Period) Bill which was passed m the Federation last week, will come up for final consideration by the Singapore Legislative Council today. As the Bill ha* been drawn up on a Pan-Malayan basis, It Is likely that the council
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    25 6 Mr. and Mrs. G. Nallayya, thank all those who sent them th.ir good wisho:; and valuable ■its on \h<- occasion "f their ItV.IT I
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Dec. 21, 1948 THE CAPTURE OF JOGJA
    680 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Dec. 21, 1948 THE CAPTURE OF JOGJA The most surprising detail of Dutch military action in Indonesia has been the ease with which the paratroops occupied Jogjakarta. The Republican capital was completely in Dutch hands in a few minutes under nine hours from the time
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    Indian Republic
    351 6 In passing its Working Committee's resolution on foreign policy, the Indian National Congress Party has given the Indian Government full freedom to carry out its plan for keeping India within the framework of the British Commonwealth. The debate was short, however, and it shed no light either on
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    EUROPE TRIP
    27 6 V A.XUINGTON. Moll. T!, new U.S. Vice Prrsident (Mi. JAlbcn Burkleyi is planning t Europran trip soon. hi* dauphter said last night.— I UP. I
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    China And Japan: A Contrast In U.S. Policy
    1747 6 China And Japan: A Contrast In U.S. Policy By The Times Washington Correspondent A MERICAN policy in the Far East has the same ends as American policy everywhere else to contain, and eventually to roll back Communism. That no decision has yet been reached as to means is partly because
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      259 6 IT must, indeed, be an exception for any planter or miner to fail to appreciate the Special Constabulary, the exPalestine police, the regular police and the military. They are an absolute godsend, and heaven help the planter or miner who thinks he
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      OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS
      219 6 pOVERNMENT Depart-, ments are now busy finalising their accounts for their annual closing and one may ask if some departments might not i also take stock themselves m regard to the service they have rendered to the public. There arc heads of depart- ments who keep mum
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      A EUROPEAN'S $156 PENSION
      109 6 yOUR Johore Bahru correspondent who complains of not drawing a cost of living allowance on his pension of over $320 per mensem has no cause for complaint. If he was in my position, a European, married with a family, unemployed, and drawing a pension of $120
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      MALAY SPECIAL CONSTABLES
      91 6 MAY I say that I am in iV1 entire agreement with Mr. T. W. T. Bangs's sentiments? I have just had occasion to stay on an estate in a very bad area, not far from Port Dickson. There were a large number of MaUv S.Cs. r.n tins
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    TROOPS DESTROY MPABA AREA HQ.
    567 7 Bandits Compel Wife To Witness Farmer 's Murder IPOH, Monday. A COMPANY of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry operating west of Fusing, in the Batu Gajah district, destroyed 11 huts believed to have been used as the area headquarters of the M. P. ABA.—
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    Generators: More Gaol Sentences
    231 7 Generators: More Gaol Sentences CiORDON Edwin Ross 1 Morris, former sergeant In the Royal Air Force, pleaded m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday that the high cost of living m Singe pore, coupled with his having to maintain his wife and child m England last year, were responsible for his
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    TRISHAW MAN COMMENDED
    75 7 The Singapore Seventh Po- bee Court Magistrate (Mr. R. C Wait) yesterday com- mended a witness afte. tie i had given evidence against a Sikh and a Javanese who were alleged to have v'olen motor car. The Magistrate said that Singapore should have more r üblic spirited
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    IDENTITY CARDS: POLICE APPEAL
    53 7 The Commissioner of I\j lice (Mr. G. Ft. Livett i yesterday appealed to the public to have identity cards open and ready for inspection at road blocks, instead of waiting until ask«>d to produce them. J Much delay has been caused by this m the past
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    34 7 CHILDREN TUCK IN to the dainties at the Christmas party at the mess of the Warrant Officers and N.C.O.S of the Singapore Engineer Regiment on Saturday. Over 50 children were present. Straits Times picture.
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    Plaque In Honour Of 13 Officers
    485 7 rHE Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson yesterday unveiled a plaque m memory of four Chinese and nine European officers of the Chinese Protectorate who died during the Japanese occupa- tion. The ceremony took place at the Singapore Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, in Havelock
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    2,434 Now On Register
    140 7 UP to last Saturday, 2,434' people had registered as voters for the Singapore Municipal elections. Cumulative weekly registration totals were as follows: First week 325 voters, second week 755, third week 1.220 fourth week 2,434. An official note yesterday said registration had been j progressing "steadily
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    GORGON BRINGS 100 CHILDREN
    45 7 Thr second shipload of more than 100 Malayan schoolchildren from Australia will arrive m Singapore by the Blue Funnel vessel Gorgon this morning. She is expected to berth alongside Godowns 15 and 16 of the Harbour Board wharves at 7 a.m.
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    WANTED: BOOKS FOR TROOPS
    40 7 Another appeal is being made for books and magazines for troops who will spend Christmas and New Year m 'he jungle. Any type of reading matter may be handed m to the V.M.C.A. m Stamford Road.
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    SCHOOL AT NIGHT FOR 70 SYCES
    130 7 SCHOOL AT NIGHT FOR 70 SYCES I QCORES of Muslim syces :n fc^ Singapore have persuaded their European employers to allow them an hour off m -he evenings to attend classes. i But not all can find suitable schools. The Muslim Association '.>f Singapore runs two night 1 schools for
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    Gang Men Sentenced
    232 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. IIM Ah Ang and Chong a Kah were today sentenced by Mr. Justice Laville at the Assizes to four years' rigorous imprisonment for having assembled with arms for the purpose of committing gang robbery. Mr. T. B. Sime. estate manager, said he was being
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    Boy Gives His Savings To The Handicapped
    117 7 LMGHT- YEAR-OLD Michael James Alvis yesterday presented Lady Gimson with a year's savings for the Singapore Handicapped Children's Fund. The money had been put by monthly from his pocket money into a money-box. Michael heard Lady Gimson's broadcast appeal for the fund and
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    C.-G. TOURS ESTATES
    47 7 THE Commissioner-Gen-eral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the Mentri Besar, Johore, Dato Onn bin Jaafar, and the British Adviser, Mr. A. Sleep, yesterday toured the Muar and Tangkak districts of Joliore. They visited rubber estates and discussed the current situation with Government Officers, planters and others.
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    WARNING ON SUMATRA TRADE
    138 7 THE Singapore Department of Economic AUairs yesterday issued a statement uivising merchant! to get m touch with the department bifore sendint.. ships to trade with certain Bumatmn ports. Ports >eciflcally named wore those such as Sibolga. Paknnbaroe o.iambi and Rengat, which had been In Republican-held areas.
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    ILLICIT SAMSU $40 FINE
    26 7 ILLICIT SAMSU $40 FINE JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Urn, a firewood cutter, char«;d with being m possession of our bottles of illicitly-mami-actured samsu was today lned $40.
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    Hire Says Airabu Arms Were Worth $340,000
    737 7 Hire Says Airabu Arms Were Worth $340,000 From A Special Staff Correspondent TANJONG FINANG, Monday. pARLTON A. Hire, of Thomson Road, Singapore, who gave evidence today m the trial of three Americans charged with importing guns into Indonesia without authority, said that the quantity seized wa s valued at Straits
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    Bandit Said "Guilty"—Sentenced To Hang In Ipoh
    159 8 Bandit Said "Guilty"— Sentenced To Hang In Ipoh From Our StaR Correspondent IPOH, Mon. vtR. Justice Thomson today accepted 20-year-old Cheng Yun's admission of guilt to a charge of being in unlawful possession of a hand-grenade and sentenced him to death under the Emergency Regulations. At first the Judge hesitated
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    28 8 A CHINESE lo»k dame performed by girls of i'oong Chai School, Katon?, at an outdoor concert 011 Saturday. More than 1,000 people were present. Picture by David Son.
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    'TooManyQuestions' Arms Case Judge
    388 8 Continued from page 7) Is this customary? I think not. Do you persist in saying that it was not a naval vessel?— it wu not. Are you aware that a navai ssel has to be decommissioned before It looses is rank?-I can give no opinion. R.N.V.R.
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    Broadcast Union To Hold Dance
    67 8 The Broadcasting Employ- cs 1 Union of Singapore will be holding a buffet supper and dance at the Sea View Hotel on Thursday. Dec. 23, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. There will be floor shows given by several popular local artistes. Admission charges will
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    Malay Newt ONN SEEKS SUPPORT FOR UMNO
    177 8 Malay Newt ONN SEEKS SUPPORT FOR UMNO From Our Malay Correspondent lOHORES Mentri Besar 'J -(Dato Onn bin Jaffan, 1 who Is concurrently President of the United Malays National Organisation, «^n Sunday appealed i r greater Malay support for l. t O. Dato Onn was speaking at a tea-party given
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    Malayans Get Together At London Party
    171 8 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. SEVERAL Malayans m England on leave attended a sherry party which the Association of British Malaya organised at the Royal Empire Society's headquarters m London. The party also brought together many men and women who had left the
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    PETER PAN
    53 8 Dean's School is giving an additional performance of Peter Pan m aid of the Singapore Antl-T.B. Association m the Victoria Hall at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, cc. 28. Bookings can be made at Robinsons up to Chris.m as Eve and thereafter from Miss Riches at Dean's School 1
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      203 8 CHRISTMAS a BANG'/C^ v J 7 y with ll J r^J.J COLD STORAGE /Cf The last won I Yes, baby is the final judge when it comes to the choice of the right milk. No words passed, but happiness <-pcal^ volumes so do normal development, big energy and quiet sleep.
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      566 8 ru'-^ores are usually valuable a trick ;o the spa ou^.-n and properties-but not always! In claimed the balancT d today's deal North-South proba- K b!y would have reached the slam Nnw let how -his contract that was .«u«>h a good in- hand would have bw>n bld ln !n vestment on
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    From An Estate Bungalow
    452 9  -  PLANTER'S WIFE By VIA. the estate guards both here and on surrounding estates are very keen on the competitions which our exPalestine police arrange for them. The shooting competition brought forth amazing results. The standard is now pretty high generally. lhe last m was neighbour's place
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    Clean Hands
    147 9 ONE home has done awiy With the wrangling so often incident to the appearance at meal times of children improperly groomed. If Bobby comes to "he taole with dirty hajids or Harry in without brushing his hair no one takes verbal Lzance of the matter. The meal begins
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    Malayan Homes And Beauty
    168 9 Malayan Homes And Beauty Mrs. Loke Yew is sitting on the loggia of her newly remodelled house in Gallup Road. The iron-scroll work, a feature of her own design, appears in the glass-topped table and chairs and the awning supports seen in the photograph, and in other decorative wayt inside
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    The Chris tmas Party Spirit
    796 9  -  NURSE BRIDGET By Nurse Brigdet is Qualified in the care of babies and help 1 write Ur"' y baVe problems and need Nurse Bridget c o Straits Times. Cecil Street Singapore. Please give a pseudonym under which i our letter may be published and answered,
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      58 9 9 i s.iiiwuivtiit&w Jjjmpi I F' £ccA at me uour/ I IC^ ou see liim ast week Now he has B^jff what he wanted and it is only a matter Pt'fflfrtl of deciding how to tackle it. Worth a little thought! Next week you will see how he PJ3j|raflj TOj^l
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      281 9 a /Sj& Is he A 4J"*I J ft going I o Bj^^-rlf laugh or He'll lw '^s^[ STURDIER HAPPII R with rhese health- -^iX giving tablets A ki owing cti.ld needs CWctum and Phosph^)lll^ (o tmun sturdy Dones. -sound teeth, safety from rickets o: skin troubles But the food of
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    COMMENT AND VIEWS ON THE BRIBES PROBE
    1749 10  - COMMENT AND VIEWS ON THE BRIBES PROBE Airmail Our London Letter Brings You... By OSBEHT LANCASTER m Itae Daily Express comments on the tribunal. From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 8. COR only the second time since I began writing these London Letters to you nearly 20 years ago, I
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      174 10 i THRILL TO IT TODAY! II a.m.; 1.4:>: 4i:>: MS !>.:50 p.m. Thr House 8 W^fl t\\ M phone of Comfort 1 L_/ j ■f I 340 PREMIERE 9.30 P.M. TOMORROW/ J. ARTHUR RANK presents CHARLES DICKENS MOST MAGNIFICENT MASTERPIECE.' O'llVd Ea K lr-Llon Mn m PbttifcaU— T471T 471 ,m
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      200 10 PM 7,^. ENGLAND'S HIGHEST CLASS Fif^ tIUAKt 1 1 L Over a hundred years ago, wealth and fanhion frequented Mr. Marco vitch's shop m Piccadilly. Then, his cigarettes were famous only m London. Today, the use of the airtight tin has spread the fame of Black and White cigarettes all
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      293 10 RADIO MALAYA OMJjg^ gggj; .gg, radw AUSTRALIA SINGAPORE Alr CaDrlccio Italien (Tchaikov- 1 5 30 Forces Favourites- 6 30 sky): 10.30 Waltzing and March- i world New»; 6.45 Spotlight Banus. 100 Dance music by Caimn lnR; n 00 close 7 00 Orchestras of the World; 7 3? ,o and Jimmy
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      Compensation Scheme: 'A Damning Indictment Of Britain'
      844 11 CACTS disclosed m a recent House of Lords debate on War Damage Compensation m Malaya constitute a damning indictment of the Colonial Office and the British Cabinet, according to the chairman of Malayan Tin Dredging (Mr. H. Ashworth Hope). He told the annual
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      Singapore Rubber
      140 11 Singapore Rubber SOME local buying and the political news from Indonesia steadied the Singapore rubber market a little yesterday. The volume of business on the whole was on the small side. The market generally was rather uncertain about how to take the Indonesian news. Closing prices yesterday vnere: No. 1
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      SHIPPING IN PORT
      77 11 gHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Telemachus (3132), Agapenor (33-34), Benlcmond i36-37). Empire Halladale (38 39), Kampar (40), Sarclang (41), Surat (42-43 West Wharf: Ethel Moller < l-2>. Mantin (3). Agamemnon (4-5), Trevean (6-7), Ch nese Prince
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      Final Div. For Wearnes
      109 11 WEARNE Brothers' directors re-, commend payment of a flve-i-i-r-cc-ut. final dividend and a 10-per-cent. bonus dividend, to make a total of 20 per cent, for the year to Sept. 30. 1948. Profit for the year was $1 538,747. A balrnce of $137,568, brought forward Is added.
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      Malays Replace Chinese On Dredges
      91 11 Malays Re place Chinese On Dredges From Our Own '.omspondent LONDON. M' n. UP to 1341 dredge crews were predominantly Chinese but now they are 50 per cent. Malay, says the acting ma: Southern Malayan Tin Dredging (Mr. P. C. Calvert) m a report to the directors m London. The
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      66 11 From A Market Correspondent SAGO flour came In for demand on the Singapore produce mar-kot-s yesterday. There was little change lit price, however. Other produce sections were quiet. Several prices fell. Yesterday's changes Included: Sago flour: LJngga $18; Sarawak $15; Slak $15.60. Pepper: Muntok white 5205; Sarawak white
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      MALAYAN SHARES
      226 11 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Mon. THE Malayan share market opened the week with the Industrial section rather steadier. Undertone In the Tin section was slightly better, while Rubbers were entirely neglected except ;«t sacrificial prices. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association today were: Buyer Seller
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      Tin Supply Grows
      206 11 Tin Supply Grows LONDON, Monday. CIGNS are increasing (American stock-piling excluded) that the supply of tins is overtaking demand, says the Metal Bulletin. It Is currently reported that there are between 10,000 and 12,000 tons of tin. In metal or ore, in Holland at the moment If one includes ore
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    46 12 MKs Patricia H<> (Miss Singapore 1948) with the runnerup. M.ss Lee Hung Lan after they were elected by a panel of five judges at the Singapore Amateur Weuhtliftiiig Federation's annual body beautiful and weighthfting championships held at the New World arena on Sunday. —Straits Times picture.
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    Penang To Revive Amateur Racing
    365 12  -  EPSOM JEEP \U PENANG, Monday. SI BJ ECT to approval by the Straits Racing Association, the Penantf Turf Club >vill hoid a one-day amateur meeting on January 15. This is the first attempt by .a Turf Club to revive amateur racing since it was abolished
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    Women's Hockey Teams
    106 12 I>EAMS for today's hockey match on the S.R.C. padang between the S.C.C. women's "B" and the Girls' Sports Club "B" are: S. <'. C "B 1 A. N Other: J. i E. Kirn;: G. Cantrrll. U. X Moernuui; E. W C. Baxter. J. Landoot, I) Rf.u!. B.
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    S.C.C., S.C.R.C. Hockey Teams
    79 12 r ynt. oUowtng have been Mtecudil PNM ill the S.C.C. and' O. n: tbi.-. hockey match on the S.C.C. -ndang at 5.15 pin. S.C.C: Matliot; Huig. Daniels: i Rule. Decks, idijrper; Thomas. h, Poarcy. Tabor. Read s.c. |£.C: LN Ah Chio: Lav Hock Chye, Chrotiß Thiam
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    25 12 TODAY: Hißh Water. 2.19 a.m. cf:t ..int. 1.23 p.m. <9tt 8ln): TOMORROW: High Water. J. 07 v. <Bft. 31n> 2.19 pm (9ft 4!,n
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    South Hockey Trials In February
    131 12 SEREMBAN, Mon. MEETING of hockey i\ delegates from Singapore. Johore. Malacca and Negri Sembilan held here at the N. S. Club last night, after the Singapore versus Negri Sembilan inter-State hockey match, decided to hold two trials on February 5 and 6 at Malacca prior
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    YMSA To Visit Singapore
    55 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Mou. THE Young Men's Sikh Association will be touring Singapore to play a series of hockey games during the Christmas holiday^. On Dec. 25. they will meet the Singapore KhaLsa Association, the following day the Naval Base Police and on Dec. 27 they will
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    51 12 MAIIiniM ANN SCOTT of Canada. 1948 Olympic fijjure-skatine champion and holder of many other titles. laces up her .skating hoots as she prepares for a practice at the Roxy Theatre Rink, New York, where she makes hi-r Professional skating debut on Wednesday, beginning a five- week Christmas engagement. A. P.
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    ENGLAND WIN THE TEST OFF LAST BALL
    331 12 Wickets Tumble In Fading Light DURBAN, Monday. ENGLAND snatched victory by two wickets off the last ball of the first Test against South Africa here today. Dismissing South Africa for 219 m their second innings, England then scored 128 for 8 wickets at
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    New Champions To Compete
    40 12 CINGAPORE'S representatives against Selangor m the interstate weightltfting contest at the New World on Jan. 8. vill be the winners of the flyweight, bantam, feather, light and middleweight championships at the New World over the week-end.
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    Kong Young, Phol Draw
    37 12 BANGKOK. Mon. Kl'l Kong Young. Hawaiiborn Chinese bantamweight champion, drew with Phol Phrapradaeng. Siamese champion, m a a ten-round boxing bout here last night. The proceeds are m aid of UNAC funds.— Reuter.
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    SCOREBOARD
    212 12 SOt TH AFRICA— Ist. Inns— 219 ENGLAND— Ist. Inns.— 2s3. SOUTH AFRICA— ?nd Inns. E. Rowan c C'ompton b Jenkins 16 Wynne c Watkins b Wright 1 >litihcll b Wright 19 Nwana c b IJeiKer 32 Wade b Jrnkins 6:'. BagMa Mann b Bedser JK Dawaaa r C'ompton b
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    Motor Club's 'Treasure Hunt'
    64 12 The Singapore Motor Club held a 52-mile "treasure hunt" on Sunday and cars ranging from Pontiacs to Midget M.O.'s as well as motor-cycles took part. The prizes were won by Messrs Jansen, E. Longden and W. Crouchen. Prizes in the appearance contest went to Messrs P.
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    45 12 |OK BAKSI licit) tl after t:ikin« a rinlit t» the head liom bzzard Charles m their fulit ;ii Madison Square Garden, New York. Charles won tin- hout on a technical knockout m the eleventh round, after Kaksi retired with a badly gashed eye.— A.P. picture.
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    Holiday Soccer In Singapore
    248 12 SINGAPORE soccer fans can expect to see some good soccer during the Christmas holidays when the Penang Chinese Football Association, M.C.F.A. Cup winners and Penang A.F.A. League and Cup champions, play two games here and the M.C.F.A. stage their first annual North v. South game. On
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    ECLIPSE B.P. TO HOLD DINNER
    54 12 The Edi.ose BiKlii will be celebrating a ..i.< i ncr at the Taj Thou; restaurant at the Happy World on Sunday at 7.30 pm. Members desiring to attend are requested to get la 'ouch with the Hon. Secretary, c > Cheong Koor. Bens Co.. Ltd.,
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    W. Indies Out Cheaply But Gain The Lead
    299 12 NAGPUR,Monday. THE West Indies touring team lost their last eight wickets for only 83 runs on the second day of the match here against the Governor's Eleven, but they gained a first innings lead of 39 runs. The Governors side were dismissed
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    Sports Diary
    41 12 TODAY HOCKEY: S.C.C. v. S.C.R.C s.r.tv, G.s.c. -B" v. s.c.c. women S.H.C.; I.A. v. Cable Wireless v. I.A. Fairer Park. 8.0.D. v. C.S.C. Alexandra. RI'GBY: Kota Raja v. Customs Farrer Park SOCCER: Sime Darby v. SpitI fires GeyUng stadium.
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    12 Horses To Follow In Penang
    431 12 By KI'SOM JEEP PENANG, Mon. GAME Law, Clynor, Elegant Art, Bright Eyes, Dakota, Jack's Darling, Rlma. First Fancy, Good Luck, The Magic Lamp, Mamuse and Prattlln are twelve horses to follow at the Penang Turf Club's XmasNew Year meeting, which starts on Saturday. Spotting
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