The Straits Times, 27 November 1952

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    18 1 The Straits Times AMZ^K<4S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER. ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1952 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    SUFFOLKS ROUT KAJANG GANG
    439 1 SUFFOLKS ROUT KA J ANG GANG Red bosses run and give up SUCCESSOR TO 'BEARDED TERROR 9 IS KILLED KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Ist Suffolk Regiment have achieved another crushing defeat over their old enemies, the Kajang Gang. Yesterday they killed Kong Har, successor to bearded Liew Kon Kirn. and
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    Village terror is killed
    48 1 Village terror is killed fi killed Commui t Dua w killed Kai;t> Hui 1 Both mr\ were killed When th>-y approached n i :ca. -ts c<i rifl* tnmunitlo i were recov. iivej in 1 with h..^ I tore eoint; I ■i.S'.v t !p-irib«xl ■< I Inl rlj \tcious Chi::t-c
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    EX-SINGAPORE NEWSMAN HONOURED
    62 1 EX-SINGAPORE NEWSMAN HONOURED HANOI, Wrd. 'jVIK French Hi-h ■i Command today ;"''''d the Croix He Guerre with Bronze Mar to Associated Picss corrcpor'Jeni i.arry Allen in recognition of his frontline coverage of the war in Indo-China. Mr. Allen went to Indo-Chiua 13 months ago from Singapore. H*> was severely injured
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    Not insult
    51 1 Tin Ah Beng, a M-jrear-old lnny driver, wa acq litted in Q inpapore on o chanpe of using insulting to Petci Barter, a '■on-."-table of the Singapore Harbour Board Police, when tnt magistrate. Mr H. B. Living stone, held that the words used, "mata bodoh" (police wen- not
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    Pakistan open to Europeans
    22 1 KARACHI. Wed The Pakistan Parliament yesterday passed an act making Americana and Europeans ••li^ihic for naturalisation as citizens
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    Told to quit
    27 1 T9K V O. We d.— Seven Russians. including three newspaper correspondents. will leave Tokyo tomorrow. after being ordered out by 'he Japanese Government •Reuter.
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    Secret film is stolen
    105 1 Secret film is stolen MELBOURNE. Wed 4 PHOTOGRAPHIC worker who pocketed a small I undeveloped lL.m showing I the top-secret rocket range iat Woomera apparently act- ed without subversive motives. a Government spokesman said today He described the theft as a serious breach of security 1 regulations and said the
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    Eggs to go off ration
    63 1 LONDON. Wed— Rationing ol eggs in Britain is to stop next Spring, it was announced in the House of Commons today. At present housewives in towns get one or two eggs for &ach member of the family a week Price control would also come to
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    COLD NIGHT FREEZES THE STEEL BILL
    101 1 LONDON. Wednesday. A COLD winter ni?ht last night did what the Labour Party has so far failed to do delayed the Conservative Bill to hand over the national :;teel industry to free enterprise. Low temperatures drove Members of Parliament home early and the debate
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    2 Johore Reds die
    64 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A patrol of the Federal Jungle Company killed two terrorists in the Rompiii area of Johore. One terrorist fell Into a river and hLs body was swept away. One terrorist was killed and another wounded when four Communists were intercepted by a patrol
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    Four shot dead
    29 1 DACCA, (East Pakistan*, Wed —Police opened fire on a threatening demonstration of 200 villagers in the district of Comllla today, kil!- ing four and injuring 13
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    Cash down
    27 1 CANNES, Wed.— The Asa Khan revealed today that he wants some one to put un some cash before he sets about writing his autobiography.— A.P.
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    A Coronation rehearsal
    54 1 A REHEARSAL to time the, Coronation procession was held in London last week. Three police rode in the State landau and officials with stop watches walked by the side. Picture shows the landau drawn by eight Windsor Greys at the end of The Mall going round the
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    Fingerprint clue in new killing
    146 1 SECOND TAXI-MAN MURDER DLOOD-STAINED fingerprints have been found *^near a window following the stabbing to death of a taxi-driver, Aiyankanu Amurthalingam, 43, early yesterday in his room at Rangoon Road, Singapore. The assailant was believed to have entered the room throußh a window. The front
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    Japs drop case against Briton
    64 1 KURE, JAPAN, Wed. KYODO News Agency said today Japanese officials have dropped legal proceedings against a British sailor who was convicted yesterday by a British court martial of injuring a Japanese. British Information officers In Tokyo confirmed the court martial verdict and said the sailor,
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    Bombs rain on Red troops
    41 1 SEOUL. Wed.— Allied figh-ter-bombers slammed high explosives and flaming jellied petroleum on a sprawling Red troop and supply concentration near Wonson on the Communist east coast today. Pilots said the whole area burst into flames— A.P.
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    Red spies shot
    34 1 TAIPEH, Wed. Five Chinese Communist spies were shot by a Nationalist firing squad yesterday after beine .■onvicted by a military court. on charges of conspiring to overthrow the Nationalist Government.— Reuter.
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    Coming to S'pore
    39 1 JAKARTA. Wed.- The British Ambassador. Sir Derwynt W Kermode will fly to Sin gaporp earty in December to attend the annual confer enc c Of heads of British dip lomatic missions in South East Asia.— Up
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    Red chief held
    27 1 ATHENS. Wed. The Government today announced that it had caught Nicholas Plumbldes. said to be the chief of the Communist underground in Greece. Reuter.
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    Round-up to protect Ike
    35 1 SEOUL. Wed.— folice today rounded ud Koreans considered possible security risks when U.S President-elect Eisenhower visits Korea The number of persons detained was not reported but police station* wero jammed.- A.P
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    Sharma leaves today
    47 1 Mr. P. V. Sharma. Jormer president of the Sinuapon* Teachers' Union will teav" for India on the Raiula ths morning. He is being given political asylum by the Indian Government Mr Sharma has been detained under the Emergency Regulation* for nearly two I > ears.
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    American air force target
    42 1 WASHINGTON, Wed— The United States Air Force plans to produce 20,000 aircraft in the next four years to equip its goal of 143 air wings completely with modern planes the Under-Secretaty, Mr. Roswell L. Oilpatric. .said yesterday. U.P
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    Malaya to hit at Red lies in India
    85 1 KL'ALA LUMPUR. Wed. I^HE Federation Government U planning measures to counteract false propaganda about the situation in Malaya that Communists in India are spreading. An Information Services spokesman told the Strait-, Times today that the situation w»s being seriously investigated hv the
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    BUTCHER WINS $400,000
    77 1 BUTCHER WINS $400,000 JESSELTON, W-:d. A BUTCHER at Tenom. North Borneo, is the holder of the winning ticket in the Malayan Chinese tion's 13th million-dollar sweep drawn recently. Th e ticket. No. *****-i5. is worth $400,000. Yong Hen Miang, the holder of the ticket, w.us da^ed when he heard ihat
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    Heart attack
    28 1 HONG KONG. Wed.— Capt Charles Edward Broadlate, 56, master of the Blu e Funnel Line (Liverpool) ship. Autolycus, died suddenly yesterday of a heart attack— A.P.
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    Rebels closing in on Nasam
    184 1 Rebels closing in on Nasam HANOI, Wed. TWENTY THOUSAND Vietminh troops were closing In today from all directions on the key French post of Nasam The French commander was said lo be expecting them to attack tonight. Observers ben think the battle will be the biggest of the Inrio-China war
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    U.S. honours de Havilland
    40 1 r.ONDON. Wed. The Oocm \i<;tiui i n ii h is been awarded to Sir Qeoffrey de HavUland. 70--fear-Old Brt.sh aviation Dioneer and builder oj th« Comet Jetliner and .supersonic. Jet nshtrrs it was announced today -Reut?r
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    32 hurt in crash
    26 1 LANDEN. Belgium. Wed A shunting locomotive col- > lided with a jammed comj muters' train here this morn- ing, Injuring 32 people. Reutor
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      584 2 NOTICES NOTICE Entries for the City and Guilds I Sxaminntions 1953 will be received in the Office of the Extminatlons Secretary. Department H Education. sth Floor, Fullerton Building. Singapore, (ram Ist December. 1952". to 3rd January, 1953. from applicants residing in Singapore. Entry forms are ivailsble at the Education Office.
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      503 2 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PRIVATE SECRETARY TO PUISNE JUDOE. Salary ScUe: %?.W? 12A 336 B 360 ISA 432 p.m. plus C.0.1 and Singapore Allowances. Total emoluments ?t present range Irom p.n initial of $408 p.m. with annual Increments to $638 p.m. for an officer who is slnj>k> and to $678 p.m. for
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    ROW OVER QUEEN'S PROFILE
    254 3 Is it her face on the coin? critics ask LONDON, Wednesday. ARGUMENT raged in Britain today around the head of the Queen. The head, a profile chosen for the new issue of coins throughout Britain and the Commonwealth nations, shows the Queen in profile with a
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    Equality in S. Africa plan alleged
    76 3 Equality in S. Africa plan alleged JOHANNESBURG, Wed. r;iK prosecution alleged that 20 non-European e.ui'is [adng tnul in Johmnesburg today planned to mate lull equality between Europeans and non-Euiope-iiis iii South Africa. The 20 men, accused of ontravenufg the Stippresii n "i Communism Act, inlucie Dr. J. s Moroka, pre-
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    Trade talks
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    34 3 THESE FOUR GIRLS, dressed as black flies, control puppets as they perform their number on skates during the pantomime "Jack and the Beanstalk on Ice at the Empress Hall, Earl's Court, London. Reuter photo.
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    IT WAS A TYPING MISTAKE...
    115 3 IT WAS A TYPING MISTAKE... GRANTHAM, Wed. IN 1944 a typist made a itake which caused Spittlegate RAF station here to be named Spltalgate in official documents. Since then, the name Spitalsate has appeared on all official documents and maps. Even the station signboard was changed to Spitalgate. although the
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    Prince Axelin HK
    38 3 HONG KO.VG. 'vVed.- Prince i Axel oi Denmark, uncle of the present King of Denmark, a/rived beiv today from Tokyo in the c nine of his world tour He will leave for Saii.'on on Friday.
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    Sister Kenny
    14 3 NEY, Wed. Blst*r Kenny was report* to bs "more I ombo.sis.~- A.P.
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    Explorer dies
    33 3 STOCKHOLM. Wed— Dr. Sven Anciers Hedin. one of the world's greatest autho- rities on Central Asia and orer fcr more than 50 veurs. died at his home here was 87— a.p
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    Top British Socialist may visit Malaya
    141 3 LONDON, Wednesday. •TVBE Labour Party may send a leading official mon a fact-finding tour of Asia, including Malaya. The move, a development of increasingly close links between British and Asian Socialists, will follow the visit of the Labour Party leader. Mr. Attlee, to India,
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    26 3 NADINL BASII.r, -ising star of the French stiecn, who has been awarded the Suzanne Blanchetti Prize for 1952. This is given to young and promising starlets.
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    Z call-up abandoned
    59 3 LONDON, Wed Britain yesterday abandoned thp callup of Z Reservists— its World War II veterans— for refreshel courses. The War Minister, Mr. Head, made the announcement in the house of Commons, explainng that the 300.000 selects veterans Who 1 aye- hnd two weeks' 'raining over the past
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    Royal audience
    19 3 LONDON. Wed. The Queen received the Pakistani Prime Minister, Mr. Khwaja Nazlmuddin, at Buckingham Palace yesterday.— A.P
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    Pilots killed
    23 3 LONDON. Wed. Two jet pilot! were killed and five other airmen Injured when three RAF planes crashed in Britain yesterday. A.P.
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    1,000 ex-captives a day get £15
    211 3 20,000 PAYMENTS ALREADY LONDON. Wednesday. INDIVIDUAL payments of £15 to former Far East prisoners of war are going out at the rate of 1,000 a day, the Minister of Pensions, Mr. D. Heathj coat Amory. told the House of Commons today. H e said
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    They return with malaria unsuspected
    121 3 LONDON, V.cd. QJOLDIERS who have served O in Malaya or Korea khm« times return home sulTenng from malaria without knowing it. This is revealed in a report to be presented at the annual meeting of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine on Dec Iby Dr.
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    Trooper on spy charge
    82 3 LONDON. Wed An 13--year-old Royal Armoured Corps trojper will appeal before a court-martial on Dec 2 on a charge of offerIng Informat on which might be useful to an enemy th" Wa r Office announced today. The soldier T. E Dewlck a clerk to the technical
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    CHILDREN WAITED IN VAIN
    147 3 NEW YORK, Wed. !rpH R E E young Baltimore j A children waited 15 Vz liours for their mother tj uAkc up, while upstairs in the b 'Iroom both parents were dead frnm shotgun blast* Police Hid Peter T. La-? 1 3^. apparently shot hli wife
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    LONDON STOCKS
    320 3 LONDON. Wed rpHE London Stock Exchange X opened the new trading account in an atmosphere of quiet confidence. Most sections were on the upgrade, though there was nothing outstanding in many of the movements. Big business was put through In the foreign bond section, however, where Japanese fluctuated
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    LONDON TIN PRICE
    27 3 LONDON, Not. 26.— Cash Buyers CMS' Fcl!ers VI9G7; Forward Buyers KV\l; Solars £9»8 Settlement «;jtf>6 (up £1) Turnover a.m. 75 tons: p.m. 35 tons.
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    U.K. RUBBER
    33 3 LONDON. Nov. 26— Spot 25 l ;d. i Jan. 25d.. Feb. 25d Jan-Mar. 25d.. Apr-June iM d. Dec. c.i.f. 25.d Jan. c.i.f. 25', d. Jail. -Mar. elf. 25d. Mark* E ivier.
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    MERCHANT SEEKS RELEASE
    297 4 Court asked to decide on his place of birth 4 M\N who on two previous occasions was alleged to have made statements declaring his place of birth as China, yesterday claimed in the Singapore Hi^h Court that he was born ■ii Singapore. Urn Seng Poh. n merchant,
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    Many with permits still in China
    113 4 Many with permits still in China I ESS than two-thirds of entry permits to Singapore issued for wives and children from China this pear have licen taken up. Mr. J. L. J. iluwvorth, Controller of Immigration for Singapore, said yesterday that about 2.U00 of these permits were issued. A time
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    Why Dr. Lee could not tend here
    139 4 rence to Dr. Lev P' ck, I allowed to land in Singapore or Penang when a passenger on the Chusan, was madt yesterday by Mr. J. L. J. Haxworth, of Immigration, at a Press j conference in Bmgapore. He said: "Although Dr. la
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    Entry law
    32 4 The recently passed Imml- i gration Control Bill will come into force in Singapore within three months. Mr. J. L. J. Haxworth. Controller of Immigration, told a Press conference yesterday.
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    He stole at store sale
    51 4 Fong; Wai Thong. 20. went to a Mile in a department store in Raffles Place and stole four boxes of handkerchiefs worth $3.40. Fong pleaded guilty yesterday before the Second Police Magistrate. Mr. D H. Chapman and was fined $100 and sentenced to ai day's
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    The Colonel gave her away
    112 4 MISS Jacqueline Chicken, 20, who reached Singapore on Saturday yesterday became Mrs. Dunmore. She was married to Sgt. R. Dunmcre, of the Special Investigation Branch, at the St. George's Garrison Church, Tanglin. Miss Chicken was given away by Colonel T. H. H. Grayson, 0.8. E.,
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    Couple found dead in room after quarrel
    195 4 Couple found dead in room after quarrel IPOH, Wednesday. A GARBAGE-COLLECTOR and his wife were found dead at dawn today in a room in the Kinta Town Board Labourers' lines. The woman had a deep gash across her throat, and the man was hanging from a beam. Neighbours heard the
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    Doctor telis nurses: Let love wait
    77 4 Doctor telis nurses: Let love wait ALOR STAR, Wed. WOMEN nursing students in Kedah have been advised by the State Surgeon, Dr. M. B. Osman, to "defer" their love affairs until after their course. "They should not make love too often, too early or too quickly," Dr. Osman told 51
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    WHY IT'S CHEAPER TO LIVE IN H.K.
    207 4 WHY IT'S CHEAPER TO LIVE IN H.K. ONE of the reasons why Hong Kong has a lower cost of living in some ways than Singapore is because Hone; Kong has a more plentiful supply of labour, the Professor of Economics at th e University of Malaya. Prof. T. H. Silcock,
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    10 villages 'restricted'
    71 4 ALOR START Wed. To prevent foodstuffs and res- tricted articles from fallin.', I into the hands of the bandiLs 10 villages in Central Kedah have been declared "food restricted" areas. The villages stretch from Bendong in the south, on the main Alor Star-Sungei Patani road. and Guar
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    Capt. Davidson leaves Colony
    43 4 A large crowd of friends said farewell to Captain and Mrs. J. M. Davidson at Clifford Pier, Singapore yesterday afternoon. Captain Davidson, manager of the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company (Eastern* Ltd., left the Colony on retirement after 30 years' service.
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    Public canteen
    46 4 PENANG. Wed.— As a n experiment, the Penang Municipal canteen at the esplanade will be opened to the public up to midnight for a month. The canteen, khich at presnt is only for the Municipal staff, wilt be open to all from Dec. 1.
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      351 4 Colony's blackout schedule TODAY DAT Incinerator. Hatriurk Kd.. A.B.C cerj Lane Wayanx Satn Pal«r«on New S'porc lc« Wk«.. (hrn, Tan Tt.. k ___i,, mn d nrtwork Dlrthrlm M> Kl Balmoral Kd. D».vcy Kd. CharHr«tone Baloticr Kd.. Jal.n Am- »'»"orn Dleth.lm Ma- |<rM| ne Hork th(na nai Monr Hoc B4n uil
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    The German consulate to re-open
    94 5 The German consulate to re-open AFTER nearly 14 years. Germany will re-open her consulate' office in Singapore early next year. Mr. Gottfried Ka>.'mann, German Consul-General to Siam. who arrived in Singapore yesterday in the Mar•pillaise on his way to re-open the consulate in Siam told •he Straits Times that a
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    The biggest
    44 5 PENANG, Wed— Mr. Heah Joo Seang. chairman of thf Penang Security Loan ComI mittee, announced at meeting today that he m applyliw for $100,000 wortb if stork Thli la the bisgest amount n bo taken by an individur.l b riber so far.
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    Teacher may send envoy
    59 5 Teacher may send envoy PENANG. Wed. The United Chinese School Teach- its' Association may send a mission to Britain early nex f i year to Rive the association's lit wi on education to the Colonial Office. Mr Lee Po Wen, president j of the association, said the j move would
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    You don't need an 'ang pow' to see me, says Mr. A.
    202 5 MALACCA, Wed. THE Labour candidate for the Tranquerah War I, Mr. Allen Acton, said today that any one who '.van ted to see him need ::ot have to give any "ang; pow (red packet) to his secretary or
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    EXPERT IS COMING TO TRAIN MALAYAN FILM UNIT STAFF
    248 5 Pictures in English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A FILM technician may be brought from Britain to the Federation for a few months to train the Malayan Film Unjt staff. The head of the Government Films Division Mr. T.
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    37 5 TWO OF THE MANNEQUINS who displayed sarees for the St. Andrew's Clothing Shop at the War Memorial Hall in Coleman Street, Singapore, yesterday. They are from left: Miss S. Measey and Mrs. P. Komlosr. Straits Times picture.
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    He flies to new job
    40 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. t: !nt;. R C Cottreli-Hill. Chief of Staff, Malaya, left Ktmla Lumpur airport for London where he will be Director of Military Tralnbm at the War Office with *he rank of Major-General.
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    Cyclist fined
    22 5 I'UANTAN, Wcd,-Goh Toh I. r>ni? was fined $5 yesterday Tor leaving his bicycle unlocked and unattended on Main I Street.
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    Malaya a closed book to world
    133 5 Malaya a closed book to world JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. rNGKU Abdul Rahman, president of UMNO, who has just returned from a congress held in Japan to J enscuss world federal government, told the Straits Times today that most of the ptople he met were ignorant of conditions in Malaya. "They
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    H.G. chief resigns
    25 5 TPOH. V/Pri— Bri?. J G Bedford Roberts. State Home Guard Officer. Perak. has resigned. He will leave looh rext week for Penang.
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    THEY MAY CUT COST OF YOUR FIREWOOD
    143 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. riGHT delegates from 14 countries will meet in Malaya next month and as the result of their meeting the price of firewood may drop. The Forestry Commission for Asia and the Pacific will bring together in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur
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    Half day for them
    84 5 KUALA LUMPUR. v\ e a.— A half-holiday tor all ranks was ordered by the High Commissioner. General Sir Gerald Templer. this mornmorning, when he inspected the Malay Regiment depot at Port Djckson. Accompanied by Lady Tompler and the G.O.C. Malaya. Major General Sir Hugh Stockwell. Sir
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    S'pore architects governed by code
    280 5 COUNSEL TELLS COURT: THE BOARD of Architects had the power to fix the scile of fees and to regulate the etiquette of the profession in accordance with the Code of the Royal Institute of British Architects, said Mr. Kenneth Seth, In the Singapore High Court
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    He rushed to give up to police
    118 5 He rushed to give up to police KHOR GOAI PHAK, a Kluang Emergency Information Officer, read in the press that a warrant for his arrest had been issued in Singapore because he failed to attend court. Yesterday he surrendered himself before the Singapore First Police Magistrate for sentence on a
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    Film critic to speak
    62 5 Mr. Brian Crozier. the Straits Times film critic, will talk on British film technique at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall, University of Malaya, tomorrow at 8 30 p.m. This is the first of a series of lectures and discussion on films and cinematoaraphy sponsored by the
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    6,000 apply
    28 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.More than 6.000 rubber smallholders throughout the Federation had applied fo r grants to replant under the replanting scheme by Oct 15 this year.
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      263 5 IMERK.W THANKSGIVING UAV: MALAYAN AIR TRAININii CORPS: m to »n in bnrri.i. noii-drnomiiialianii. servic* at Victoria Afternoon Schoo. unit Darade Y.W.C.A.: Dri'.v^m.ilc ua« class 10 Wfsrv Church. Fort C'Hnninii Ruad. !n school imimsw J.mn Besar 515 am .-.auinx ciasi 430 p m Ki. 530 i) m v m ODen Unit
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Nov. 27, 1952
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      The Sterling Conference
      760 6 The meeting of Commonwealth Prime .vmisters wliicn opens in Lorn .oday if the first full scale mmomv^alth economic conference 'ii twenty years. Not since Ottawa, when imperial protection was' the issue, has long term eco- nomic policy been discussed i by the Prime Ministers. The j gathering
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      Malayan Trade
      369 6 Malayan trade figures wear a somewhat different appear- ance from last year's totals, j October trade has brought the export aggregate to $3,211 million, and imports to $3,200 million, a favourable balance of Sll million. At the end of October last year Malr.ya had ■i favourable balance oi"
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    THE PROBLEMS FACING EISENHOWER
    1247 6  -  JOHN P. LEACASOS Military, diplomatic, domestic, foreign: vy ON. his forthcoming trip to Korea, Mr. Eisenhowr-r, the American President-elect, will not only seek t^e most effective way to end th? war there. He will also grasp the opportun ty to get first-hand briefing on the entire
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      Singapore politics
      198 6 THE publicity attendant on the resignation of the last Legislative Council member for Seletar and the verbal antics of tie new member and a section of the Seletar voters (in. o course completely different circumstances) will tend to confirm mistrust of some aspects of Singapore politics. me only
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      THANKS FROM YONG PENG
      58 6 MAY I please thank you for the three recent articles published in your paper and written by your reporter Mr. Bill Fish? I do not think that any- one could take exception to any part, and the articles have, I believe, registered in the proper quarters
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      FREE ENTRY TO MALAYA
      193 6 THE complaints of Mr. Tan Siew Sin on the Federal Legislative Council's refusal to pass the provision enabl- j ing persons born in the Malay States and residents of long standing the right of free entry into Malaya a i provision already passed by the Singapore
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      GIFTS, CREEDS AND CUSTOMS
      117 6 EVEN a Customs officer must feel a certain amount of sympathy towards "Y. Pay's" suggestion that Customs duty should not be charged on unsolicited Christmas gift par- rels but unfortunately his assumption that such a concession would almost certainly be abused is correct. If the concession
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      DATE STAMPS MISSING
      84 6 LETTERS, book-tost and parcel material received from outstations and abroad da not bear the date stamps of the receiving post offices This causes annoyance and inconvenience when mails are delivered after considerable delay, as it cannot be found whether such delay is due to a hold-up in
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      SCHOOLBOYS AT A CROSSING
      45 6 HEAVY traffic along Upper I Serangoon Road. Singapore, is a menace to the pupils of St. Andrew's School, who daily cross this road only with great difficulty I think a couple of pedestrian crossings would solve the problem. MOHAMED NAWAZ. Singapore.
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      Silence—man on leave
      108 6 Silence man on leave WHAT a fiasco. Mr. Lloyd Williams, the acting Director of Broadcasting, tells us that because a member of his Department's part-time staff has gone on leave, part of Radio Malaya closes down. And the most important part of all the racing broadcasts. Are we, then, to
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    On the
    413 6 Nunufi the liunlrr THE .story of the Mala; planter who. out huntmj mouscMh i-r at Bukit Kiln v Peril found him I n full-Brown .^r for his lile li.iv only with a k- once n:ru- :h. t i la the un il Uttl incid n w. :i the
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      249 6 Iron The clement iron is the most important of all metals and, ncx to aluminium, the most widely distributed. It has been estimate! that there is an average of one cwt. of iron for every ton of th< earth's crust. There are many different forms of iron ore, bu only
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    30 VILLAGERS CALL ON THE TEMPLERS
    456 7 'First Lady 9 tells them Come poke about in my house KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. WHEN .'5O Chinese new villagers alighted from their bus at King's House yesterday, Lady Templer, wife of the High Commissioner, was there to greet them. The "First Lady" of the
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    He hit a woman with a hammer
    118 7 He hit a woman with a hammer UO CHO MOI, a seaman, was in Singapore yesterday fined $75 and ordered to pay $25 as compensation for causing hurt to Lim Kin Eng. a 37-year-old houseWife, with a hammer. Ang Hoon Hong. 16-year-old daughter of Lim. told the court that whiCe
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    Last meeting
    31 7 PENANG. Wed.- Penang's Municipal Councillors will j hold their last meeting of the year on Friday, before next month's elections. It is expected to last less than an hour.
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    TRADE BANS LOSE MALA YA THE DOLLARS
    166 7 \I \l AY A will lose more dollars if Government's policy of restricting the import of American goods is continued, leading Singapore importers said yesterday. They were commenting on official statistics of Malayan imports of U.S. goods totalling $10,000,000 last month, of which
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    Indians pick envoys to trade talks
    134 7 AT its next meeting on Dec. 11 the Indian Chamber of Commerce will approve nominees to represent it at the three-day Calcutta meeting of the Commission on Asian and Far Eastern Affairs, which opens on Jan. 6. The commission was set up by the
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    CABLE TO MR. KING WAS JUST IN TIME
    155 7 CABLE TO MR. KING WAS JUST IN TIME KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A FEW hours after his children in Australia had cabled 74th birthday greetings to him, Mr. Felix F. King died in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. King, who lived alone at Puchong. had no relatives in Malaya and had outlived most
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    Boy's body in well
    71 7 When Lee Hock Lin went to search for his missing eight-year-old brother on Nov. 6. he found the boy's shirt beside a well near their home at Jalan Rajah, off Balestier Road Singapore. He dropped down the eightfoot deep well and recovered the dead body of
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    M.P.'s query on naval base pay
    80 7 lONDON. Wed— A Labom M.P.. Mr. S. Awbery. will ask the First Lord of the Adm* ralty on Dec. 3 if he is aware that negotiations over wag<claims of Singapore Nava' Base emoloyees have broker down, and that the me>' have decided to strike
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    New quarters at temple
    65 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The new Bikkhus Quarters at the Buddhist Temple, Temple Road, Kuala Lumpur, will be opened on Saturday by Mr. Eu Eng Hock. The money for the quarters j was raised by the public and I the Sasana Abiwurdhi Wai dana Society Yen M.
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    LET SMUGGLED BRIDE STAY, COURT URGED
    115 7 \|R. E. F de Souza, a Social Welfare Department iTI officer, recommended to a Singapore district court yesterday that Leng Keng Kee, a 20-year-old orphan girl, ought to be allowed to remain in Singapore with her shopkeeper husband, whom she was smuggled in to
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    They will decide
    37 7 SEREMBAN. Wed. The annual meeting of the Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union, Negri Sembilan. on Sunday, will consider a motion to affiliate with the Federation of Malaya Government Administrative and Clerical Services Unions.
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    Broke into store charge
    47 7 Toh Ah Kon was charged in the Singapore First District Court yesterday with breaking into the Sine-iporo co-operative store in Victoria Street. It was stated that more than $2,000 worth of Rond* wa.s stolen. The case was postponed to today for further hearing.
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    Lady T. meets the villagers
    65 7 THIRTY HAKKA LEADERS from inland new villages from Kuala Kubu to Kajang visited King's House, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday at the invitation of Lady Tem pier to "poke around in my house as I poked around in yours when I visited your villages." Lady Tem
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    Flour men oppose price control
    152 7 WO NEED FOR IT' KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. f EADING flour importers in the Federation today opposed a proposal by the supplies department to control the price of flour. I They announced their opposition at a meeting with officials of the department in Kuala Lumpur. Nine
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    Railway co-op buys $200,000 of the loan
    129 7 Railway co-op buys $200,000 of the loan KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rpHE Malayan Railway Co- M. operative Thrift and Loan Society yesterday applied for $200,000 of stock in the $100,000,000 Federation security loan. The society is thus the first co-operative body to subscribe to the loin which was started on Monday.
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    Wendy back with parents
    61 7 The first Singapore schoolgirt to return from Australia for the Christmas holidays with her parents arrived from Sydney by Qantas-BOAC yesterday. She is Miss Wendv Daniel. 13 daughter or Captain D. L Daniel, a Malayan A'.rways pilot During the next three weeks hundreds of schoolchildren will
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    He offered $1 to P.C.
    71 7 Suhaili bin Hashim. a policeman, told a Singapore court yesterday that an icecream seller begged not to be arrested because he had many children, and then offered him $1. Mr. E. H. D'Netto. the Fourth Police Magistrate, fined Hor Ah See $30 or a week's
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    Six fined for illegal entry
    50 7 Six men from Indonesia, Karim bin Sanusi. Othman bin Bochok, Taha bin Kantok. Hamld bin Pesona. Tang Bang and Ng Chek Cheap, were fined $250 each or three months' imprisonment in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, for illegally entering the Colony on Nov. 22.
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    Forging trade mark alleged
    64 7 Kwan Peng Fong 42. was tentatively charged in the Singapore First Police Court yesterday with possessing two blocks for counterfeiting a trade mark at a shop in Upper Cross Street on Tuesday afternoon. Kwan faced a second charge Of possessing 477 labels bearing the counterfeit trade
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    Youth fought, ran away
    52 7 Youth fought, ran away Because he had a fight, 17--year-old Huan Ah Ngaw ran away from a corrective home on July 18, the Singapore Fourth Police Court was told yesterday. The magistrate, Mr. E. H DDetto, ordered that Huan be sent back to the Gimson Boys' Home, where he had
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    Shot dead by accident
    62 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A member of the security forces was accidentally shot by his own patrol. The patrol of Perak auxiliary police, resting in rubber trees on Subur estate near Taiping, challenged when they saw a figure creeping towards them. When there was no reply they
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    Arms dump found
    48 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A patrol of the Ist Battalion Malay Regiment, found a disused arms dump in the Pago area of Johore. It had a light machincgun, rifle, grenade, magazines, several hundred rounds of ammunition, gasmasks, binoculars and 22 Japanese and two British steel helmets.
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    Chamber to meet
    60 7 The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will decide on further action to press for franchise rights for Chinese resident in the Colony, at its monthly meeting today. The Chamber submitted a memorandum on the subject to the Government last month and also appointed a nine-man delegation to
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    Seaman accused of chopper murder
    164 7 A YOUNG seaman was alleged in the Singapore Relief Court yesterday to have hacked his ship-mate, Chua Siong, to death with a chopper *fter hard :vdings over two monkeys. Tan Puce Chua was committed for trial .it tfcfl m.xi Assiies by Mr. J. U. Jey:Mctnam,
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    DEATH OF $10,000 APE IS A MYSTERY
    135 7 DEATH OF $10,000 APE IS A MYSTERY I^OBIS, performing orang utang valued at $10,000. died yesterday of an undlagnosed complaint. The ape had Men ailing (Off a tern weefci and waa attended yesterday by a Singapore veterinary doctor who suspected thai he irom Intestinal cancer. The doctor gave him an
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    Back from leave
    30 7 Mr. Felix Crosnier, manager of Messageries Maritimcs in Singapore, returned yesterday in the La Marseillais accompanied by his wife, after a six months' leave spent in France.
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      84 7 The weather Weather statistics throughout M a 1 ay a were: Minimum temperatures Nov. 25 from 7.30 p.m. to Nov. 26 7.30 a.m.: Spore (74deg.); Penang (73 Kota Bahru (72); Kuala Lumpur (73); Ipoh (72); Kuantan (73). Maximum temperatures (Nov. 26 from 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.) Spore (87'deg.); Penang
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    GOVT. EMPLOYEES MAY BOYCOTT ELECTIONS
    266 8 GOVT. EMPLOYEES MAY BOYCOTT ELECTIONS Union threat ■SINGAPORE Government employees may soon join those who propose to boycott future elections in the Colony. This was revealed by the Labour Legislative Councillor for Rochorej Mr. C R. Dasaratha Raj, yesterday during a Labour Party election campaign meeting at Empress Place during
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    Sirens Will call voters to the booths
    161 8 Sirens Will call voters to the booths FOR the first time in the history of Malayan elections, sirens will be sounded in Johore Bahru to tell voters of the open- ing and closing of polling booths on the Town Conn- j oil election day on Dec. 6. i liu-he Ismin
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    Marist chief for Singapore
    48 8 Brother Leonida. Superiori General of ihe MarLst Brothers, the second bigß?at teaching order in the world, arrives in Singapore tomorrow by air from Ceylon on hLs way to Australia Before he leaves on Saturday, he will visit the two 1 Marist schools in Singapore.
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    Muslim meeting
    38 8 Representatives of Muslim clubs, penghulus and kttuas in Singapore will meet at the Ycung Men's Muslim Amocu-. tion, Lorong 12. Geylang, at 3 p.m. on Saturday to conside Muslim celebrations for the Coronation of the Queen.
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    TAMILS REPEAT RADIO ATTACKS
    187 8 Reply 'insult to community* ■THE Singapore Tamils' Representative Council A at a meeting on Saturday, reaffirmed its earlier resolutions criticising the Tamil section of Riidio Malaya and suggesting that an inquiry commission and an advisory board be set up. The meeting also condemned a statement by
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    TRIPLETS IN JOHORE AGAIN —ALL GIRLS
    93 8 TRIPLETS IN JOHORE AGAIN —ALL GIRLS JOHORE BAHRU Wed. rjiRIPI.ETS have been X born a;ain in Johore This tim e a .Malay, the wife of a special constable on Sungei Tukong Estate, is the happy mother of three girls. Sungri Tukon s Estate belongs to the same company as L'lu
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    Workers ask free school
    59 8 The Singapore City Council Health Department Workers' Union has asked the department to provide free education and transport for children. The City Council Li.bour Unions Federation waiits all outstanding claims on working conditions settled and a family allowance paid. These claims are contained in resolutions which
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    89 8 MR. OLIVER LYTTELTON, Secretary of State for the Colonies, chatting with Malayan students at the Malayan Teachers' Trainin; College, Kirkby, just before the official opening ceremony of the college. In the picture, he shakes hands with Miss Preetam Kaur of Kuala Lumpur. The students from left to Tight are: Mr.
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    Oct trade $7.5 m in Malaya's favour
    317 8 CREDIT BALANCE KEPT UP MALAYA again had a favourable balance of trade last month, the foreign trade statistics reveal. The balai>ce for October was 57.5 million, compared with $4.6 million for September. Imports during October at $292,132,903 were $9.3 less than in September
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    Centre officials
    82 8 Office-bearers of the Balestier Community Cent it, ore. for 1953 ar<> Messrs. John Pinto chairman i, A. A. David Singho < vice-chairmanp Tan Chin Chua and Foo Voon Sin (secretaries!. Be!< Swee Kiang and K. S. S. Nathan treasurers > D. Vadive'.u, C. Pid Chong, Chia Ycng Loon.
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    1,000 guests at wedding
    86 8 PENANG. Wed. Aboiit 1.000 guests attended the wodding i n Penang today of Mr. Choon^ Ewe Scons, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. I ChocrKt Erie Hye. and Miss Kam Lrng Inn. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kam Ek Hong. Ewe Seong i s the
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    rrayer service
    43 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— The fortieth day prayer service after th<> death of the Tengku Ampuan Besar will be held at the Istana Besar, Johore Bahru on Dec. 3. j There will be more prayers o n the hundredth day after ■rath.
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      223 8 SINGAPORE News; (>.30 Scientist; 6.45 Hnpp\ j Anniversary; 7.30 Soliano Band; MALACCA ..S B^ VSt'rZ KSj 7 815 Th ...a.,,,,,^^, 650 10.43 Schcols; 11.35 12 Light Moore; 8.45 Classical Requests; Malacca Elections 7 News '7 15--i Music; 1 p.m. Pleasants Trio; 1.30 a 3o News: 945 A j ong the
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    Yes it's Twins
    450 9  -  HOWARD BENNETT What it's going to be like when they say— By WHEN parents of fT twins discuss their offspring either vith friends or relat the conversation often sounds line double-talk to those who don't know what it means to have an indistinguishable twosome ln the family.
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    WHAT THEY' RE DOING
    305 9 Today's fashion LONDON T3ECENT statistics show •"'that 8 million Englishwomen are smokers and that most of them are content with the well known brands of cigarettes which can be bought at any tobaconists shop. Most, but not all of them One young actress Is said to
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    I Christmas dresses
    137 9 \X/HAT sort of Christmas party are you going to? Here are two dresses one for the "help yourself. dancmg to the radio-gram and thank heavens I'm not driving home" party (my sort) and the other for the "We'!' have to get a syce for th;s evening" formal
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      316 9 Jump at Jt (8). Straifc Tim^c (rnccwnrn 26 They arc ln the throes 61 J'lfJllb I llTieb VwlObbWOra 27. Stress made use of ln Syriac, centuries ago <6). 28. It groans i^inag.) (8). I 3 il 5 c 7 c be Iok( <ult ol a »y For B ears tanag.t
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    Marjan gets return v Lim
    149 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.—Sin--1 an pore's Thomas Cup players, Ong Poh I.im and Ismail bin Marjan. I and the Perak champion. Tan i Jin Eong. will take part in exhi- bition bacminton matches in aid of the Sela^or Poppy Day fund at the SBA hall here
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    CUP SOCCER RESULTS
    51 10 LONDON, Wed. O.K. football resuits today: F.A. Cap first round replay: Reading 1. Crystal Palace 3: Bourntmou'h 2. Ipswkh Town 2 I lafter extra time); Clllir.gham 3. Weriruton Town 0: Wimbledon (>, Waithamttow Avenue 3. F.A Cu;j second round following today'! i Palace; 6 o.i:pou County Walt..mc
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    SGOR POLICE IN TOP FORM
    29 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed DOMINATING exchanges in .-.'.■cond half, Sclangor beat S.-langor Club at .rugger by six po'nta 'try. >d <r<>:i! ■t< thr (try) •4.
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    S'PORE SCOTS BOW TO REST AGAIN
    477 10 Hoare shines at wing three Rest 9; Scotland 0. gINGAPORE Scots took the field to the swirl of a bagpipe but the encouragement it gave them did not prevent Rest from scoring their second successive victory in this annual game by nine points (two
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    48 10 Rest right win three-quarter Hoare (hooped jersey) appears set to gather the ball off Scotland's Burnett, following a loose rush in yesterday's Scotland versus Rest name on the Singapore padang, which was won by Rest 9—o. Max Parker (centre) is ready to lend a hand. Straits Times picture.
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    More international racing is likely
    176 10 NEW YORK, Wed rpHERE are indications that J. horse racing will becorra truly international within a few years as a result of the great success of the Washington International run recently at Laurel Park (Maryland) and won by an English horse, Wilwyn. Many racijig authorit.ies
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    Bowler Trueman a goalgetter now
    529 10 U.K. SOCCER SIDESHOW From A Special Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. ITS taken us 20 years to find another Larwood to lick the Aussies and now we may lose him thanks to you." That's the kind of remark being flung at Lincoln City manager Bill Anderson since
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    England win 5-0
    26 10 LONDON. Wed— England beat Belgium by 5-0 in their soccer international at Wembley Stadium here today. At half time En-l"iVI led 2-0. Reuter.
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    Halifax win replay
    19 10 LONDON. WMi.—H.ilif.ix Town beat Ashton United 2-1 In a F.A. Cup first round repl.\y yesterday. Reuter
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    BARNES OUT: ROW BREWING
    384 10 From JACK FINGLETON SYDNEY, Wed. A I'STR ALI.VS team for i~V the first Test match against South Africa, which starts at Brisbane on Dec. 5. will go down to history as the most criticised team since 1926. when Alan Kippax, Hornibrook and Victor Richardson were left
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      25 10 TABLE TENNIS lAN championships. SBA Hall. 5 p.m. HOCKEY WOMEN'S Srven-a-Sidr touinfy irniit.i, S.R.C. from 5 p.m. (WKAK Sclrlai v WRAC; AALSA v SCC 4.
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    RUBBER DROPS NEARLY 2 CTS.
    88 11 Heavy Federation selling By Our Market Correspondent ni'RBKK was subject to a reaction after the rise of the past week on the Singapore market yesterday, and the price fell by 1J cents a lb. December first grade closed at 87j cents. The market opened steady
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    Melbourne Stock Exchange
    301 11 Melbourne Stock Exchange From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE. Wed. ijIGHTS to the six per cent unsecured registered notes of Repco Ltd. were active and lower to provide the feature of a steady Stock Exchange market today. After four years, holders of hese notes will be able to take up Cl
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    TIN: $475 1/8
    14 11 SINGAPORE, Wed Today's Singapore tin price: 5475J a picul (op Si)
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    A profitable venture
    91 11 'I'lIK annual report of Renon^ Tin Dredginf mrnlions the closing down of the company's Gombak dredge, after completing the treatment of all the dredgeable (round in the area. Sir John Hay (chairman) recalls that owing to the physical nature of the ground there were doubts as to
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    The produce market
    82 11 SINGAPORE Produce Market reported copra at $31.51 f o.b. a picul buyers anl $32.50 sellers, with coconut oil at $515. sellers. White pepper rose to $545 sellers a picul and Sarawnk $540: Lampong bl»-k remained unchanged at $440. Small transactions were reported in white pepper on an
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    LITTLE INTEREST IN SHARES
    140 11 LITTLE INTEREST IN SHARES THE easier tendency in tins and industrials continued on the Singapore Share Market yesterday and there was little interest. Rubberrs remained steady. Price changes announced by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association were: OUISIKIALS Horrcl >Hlrr« HcA.isters 39 00 40 00 *obln*on Co Ord« 3 34 3
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    Forward sale
    24 11 Kluang Rubber Company has sold forward <a Uvcrv January to March) five tons of R S.S. monthly at 85 cer.ls per lb
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    Holiday today
    12 11 All principal American markets will be closed today. (Thanksgiving Day)
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    STORE SHIPPING INFORMATION
    152 11 sjHlPs alongside the Singapore Harbour Board ?odowns or '■xpe^ted there at 7 a.m. today are: Wharves: Oranje 1-2. Stanvac hir?e No. 14 3. Wave King 4-5. Pmngkor C.P.. Beniomoad ti-7 Talab t 8-9. P-e oria 11. Glen-T-trry 13-14. Tr.bi.'n IS-16. R u' 18. Maetsuvrker 19-20. Rosunp N.
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    SRA may adopt bracket system
    600 12 WILL BENEFIT TOTE INVESTORS JHE STRAITS Racing Association are understood to \v.- considering a suggestion that in future all horses in a race under one ownership or even part ownership should be bracketted on the win tote. This practice is in operation in France, India
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    41 12 WfcS T BROMWK'H ALBION orward Dudley appears to be sandwiched, as he eoes up for a centre, by the Chelsea goalkecprr and full bark in a ni st division match at Stamford Biidse last Saturday. Chelsea 1 ost 2-o.— Reuter picture.
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    Changi beat RAAF XV
    173 12 yHE Royal Australian Air Force took their second beating at rugger this season when they went down to RAF Changl at Chanei by nine points (two tries a penalty goali 'o nil. There was some vry hard rueger *?en in ennditions made Ideal by light rair
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    ENTRIES FOR IPOH RACES
    756 12 IPOH. Wed rpwo hundred and four Class 3 1 and 4 hor.ses have been entered for the Perak Turf Club December meeting on Dec 6, 10 and 13. Class Three horses will be out in force for out of a total of 150 horses in training
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    SCHEDULE OF RACING
    93 12 AT the Ipoh December meeting there will be nine races on each of the three days. Schedule of racing Is as follows: FIRST DAY: Class 3, Oivs. 1 and 2— BHfur; Div. I— si fur. str. Class 4. Dlvs 1. 2 and 3— Of and 7f. SECOND
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    U.K. SOCCER SIDE TO VISIT STORE
    234 12 CINUAPORE will very likely s.ee another amateur mcmv club ::cm Er,;.'!and or Scoiland in action next 1 1 Mr W. McGresor Watt. ftmtC' ent of the Singapore Aawttor Football Association who goes e-n leave to England on the Oranje tomorrow, told the Straits Tunes
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    Ranking committee idea endorsed
    287 12 KI'ALA Ll'MPl'R. Wednesday. THE view that the International Badminton Federation should set up a committee to compile a world-ranking list, expressed by Singapore B.A. president Mr. Lim Chuan Geok, has been endorsed by leading badminton officials in the Federation. However Federa:ion oint point out that there
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    Police XV win with penalty
    57 12 Police XV win with penalty A SINGLE score, from a penalty. c Singapore Police a 3-0 ■a in over Royal Engineers at Thomson Road ground yesterday. Police should have made a better Frnre as they dominated play In the second half. But they failed 'o master the wet ball and
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    LAST EIGHT ARE AS EXPECTED
    688 12 ASIAN TABLE TENNIS SINGLES DLAY went on till 12.30 last night in the Asian table tennis championships :it the SBA 1 Hall before the quarter-final round of the men's singles event was completed. There were no surprises, the last risht surviving being Japan's Satoh and
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