The Straits Times, 20 November 1953

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    13 1 The Straits Times Kstablished 1845 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1953. 15 CENTS He****
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    Will YOU help this good cause ?
    420 1 Will YOU help this good cause IF Mr. and Mrs. Australia can work tn help raise funds to build an International House for Asian students at Melbourne Uinvcrsity. why can't Mr. and Mrs. Malaya play thoir part too? This i.s an unspoken challenge to Malayans The Australians have not asked
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    Ike to show A-bombs
    64 1 IN T. V. TALKS NEW YORK. Thurs—President Eisenhower will show two Hiroshima -type atom bombs tn the public in a television broadcast from the White House soon, Mr. Robert AMen. Washington correspondent of the New York Post reported Mr. Allen said the President would himself unveil
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    Toasts by post
    35 1 LONDON. Thurs Christmas erecting cards with detachable drink tokens were on .sale in public bOUMI here today under n London brewery 's nrw .send n friend a toast by post' scheme Reuter.
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    JAP BANDIT SURRENDERS IN SIAM
    74 1 JAP BANDIT SURRENDERS IN SIAM BANGKOK. Thurs. A JAPANESE member of the terrorist band opera ting around the Malayan-Siamese border area gave himself up last Saturday to Siamese authorities in one of the districts placed under a state of emergency recently. The Japanese told the Siamese police in Sadao district
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    Tremors shake Kuching
    56 1 KUCHING, Thurs.— Kuchin- airport, was .shaken by two i earth tremors of a few .seconds within a short interval, at 12.05 this morning. Bungalows in the area were rnrked. It Ls believed that the last earth tremor felt here was 70 years ago when the Krakatau Volcano
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    OUR OWN ARMY NOW
    491 1 Military Forces will include regulars, volunteers and conscripts New Bill in Council on Tuesday I gINCJAPORK is now to have its own army as well as a navy. It will be called the Singapore Military Forces. In this army will be regulars, volunteers and national servicemen.
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    Labour motion
    30 1 LONDON. Thurs— A group of 59 Labour MPs today tabled a motion in the House of Commons asking that the order suspending the British Guiana constitution be annulled—Reuter.
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    Dr. Roper dies
    27 1 LONDON. Thur.v Dr. Edgar Stanley RoDer. organist, composr r and choirmaster to British monarchs at their Royal ehapo'.s, died today He was 74. A.P.
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    Barred to Red?
    22 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs.- Pre. sirient Eisenhower has proclaimed a now list of munitions barred from shipment to Communist areas. Renter.
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    FATHERTO SEE SON IN PRISON
    182 1 FATHERTO SEE SON IN PRISON Boy, 16, is under death sentence MR. Gan Chong Bin. 65, a retired rubber dealer and father of Gan Eng Lock. 16. who is under sentence of death for the murder of a maidservant, Low Hwee. is waiting to visit his son in gaol. The
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    They all saw through it SWIMSUIT CASE
    81 1 They all saw through it SWIMSUIT CASE LOS ANGELES, Thurs Everybody looked when pretty Mrs. Patricia Muncy stepped out of a Santa Monica pool They looked again. Then Mrs! Muncy looked, too. What she saw. she said in a suit yesterday asking US$lO,OOO damages, was that her bathing suit "became
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    New Red attack
    30 1 CASTEL GANDOLFO. Italy. Thurs. The Pope said today that a new wound had been opened by Communist actions against Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski. Catholic Primate of Poland. A.P
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    U.N. is just a tool—Malan
    33 1 U.N. is just a tool Malan CAPETOWN. Thurs— South African Premier Daniel Malan claimed last night that the United Nations had degenerated Into a tool in the hands ot Russia and India. A.P.
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    RED LIT A CIGARETTE -HIS LAST
    150 1 KUALA LI'MPUR. Thurs. i 100 Pak Chow, the most > feared terrorist in the Selama district of Perak. smoked his last cigarette .it ten o'clock on Tuesday night In the darkness the lirhted cigarette served as the target for men of the area security
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    250,000 ARMY LETTERS HIDDEN IN CELLAR
    397 1 Some from soldiers since killed By JOHN HOOD piFTY-SIX mailbags 1 containing a quarter of a million letterssome addressed to soldiers fighting the terrorists have been found hidden in the cellar of an Army building in Singapore. The letters had been posted at least
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    100 OFFICERS MUST GO
    281 1 Police will get the axe in the economy drive k KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday, !l^ 'MH OTION araonc officers and men of the Federation *iie« i» planned ne::t year. Rank and file figures are not Vn..x>», t^ at least 100 jrazetied officers wilj be affected. Federation Government
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    Mossadeq threatens death fast
    74 1 Mossadeq threatens death fast TEHERAN, Thurs. DR Mohammed Mossadeq. former Persian Prime Minister, today threatened to fast to death after the prosecutor said he would put him in solitary confinement unless he stopped complaining about bJi food and living conditions The prosecutor. Brigadier Hussein Azemodeh. asked the court to hang
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    Cutting down
    31 1 PARIS. Thurs.— General Alfred Gruenther Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, has decided to reduce his headquarters staff of over 400 by 57 officers, it was announced here today.— Reuter
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    Raid in Trieste
    20 1 TRIESTE. Thurs— Several hundred Trieste unemployed' raided the Allied Labour office today, smashing files and furniture. A.P.
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    FLEW AT 1,272 MPH
    134 1 Unofficial world record EDWARDS AIR BASE. (Calif), Thursday. TEST pilot Cott Crossfleld today said that there was no more sensation involved in flying at 1.272 miles an hour than at any other supersonic speed. Crossfleld made hLs rom- ments after the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
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    Gale sinks ships
    30 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. Wind gusts of M knots hit Hong Kong last night, disrupting airline schedules and .sinking two flshing junks No casualties were reported. -A. P
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    World police seek missing French girl
    89 1 SINGER SEARCH PARIS. Thurs. THE International Police Commission (Interpoli salrt today it has begun an investigation into the disappearance of a pretty dark-haired French night club singer. Janine Toscane. 28, m Venezuela. The girl went to Caracas last September to sing at the Normandy
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    Halfway there
    25 1 LONDON. Thurs. -A campaign to raise £1.000.000 for the repair of Westminster Abbey has topped the halfway mark, it was announced yesterday.— A.P
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    Flying saucer it's official
    190 1 Flying saucer it's official LONDON. Thurs. T»HE War Office today officially recognised the flying saucer. Official reports on the sishtintzs have been made by members ol two army radar crews who estimated the object was 60.000 feet up. F'rst report came from Set. Harry Waller and three other witnesses who
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    STOP PRESS
    28 1 NMV I I ON UXMIIN nil Western L have foru.inli (1 aali to Italy and .\ia for ■vc power ice to settle fututo iner>te. A P.
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    Big bombers out in Kenya
    46 1 NAIROBI, Thurs. Three RAF Lincoln bombers dropped 500 lb. and 1 000 lb. bombs on Man Mau gang hideouts in the Aberriare Forest yesterday. It was the opening phase of experimental heavy bombing operations against the 'hard core' terrorist gangs. Reuter.
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    Terror-a blessing in disguise'
    294 2 Terror-a blessing in disguise' LONDON. Thurs. SIR Donald MacGillivray, Deputy High Commissioner for Malaya, said here tonight that Communist terrorism in the Federation could be regarded as a blessing in disguise. "It gave Malaya the chance to establish the very thing it was trying to destroy— the personal relations which
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    A royal portrait— from photos
    122 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. 4 I STR A 1.1 AN artist Paul Fitzgerald has been commissioned by the Sultan of Selangor to paint a portrait of the Raja Muda. Using photographs as a guide, Mr. Fitzgerald will also do a portrait of the Sultan's late grandfather.
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    VOTE ONSUNDA YMAYPUT 10.000 MEN OUT OF WORK
    460 2 VOTE ON SUNDA YMAY PUT 10.000 MEN OUT OF WORK Threat to city's public services SINGAPORE City's entire public services are being threatened once a ain L v it Unless a last minute compromise is reached by this evening between the City Council and its 11 labour unions about 10,000
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    Radio phone link with India soon
    63 2 PRELIMINARY radio telephone tests between India I and Singapore will be conducted next month. If the tests prove satisfactory, the link will open in a (ew months This was disclosed to the Straits Times yesterday by M: J. C. Dallow, Director of Telecommunications. 'Negotiations
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    A president is banned
    66 2 JOHANNESBURG. Thurs. The South African Minister of Justice, acting under the Suppression of Communism Act, has banned Nana Slta. president of the Transvaal Indian Congress and vice-pre-sident of the South African Indian Congress, from attending any gatherings in the Union for two years. Sita is also
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    Agreement
    15 2 PARIS, Thurs.—Representatives of the Netherlands and Vietnam signed a trade agreement here yesterday.— AP.
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    New power wanted
    34 2 NEW YORK. Thurs. The Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Dag riammarskjoeld. yesterday formally asked the General Assembly foi wider powers in appointing and dismissing employees of the organisation— Reuter
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    Cotton bill
    41 2 LONDON. Thurs m* House of Commons, by JO6 votes to 277. last night gave a second reading agreement in principle to a Bill to end monopoly in the buying importing and selling of faw. cotton in Britain^— Reuter t
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    Reds kill 15
    29 2 RANGOON. Thurs— CorT.- i munlst insurgents mined the Mandalay-Maymyo train on Tuesday evening, killing 15 people and injuring at Jcast ,23, it was reported today.— Reuter.
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    U.S. wrong, says Nixon
    56 2 TOKYO. Thurs.— Vice-Presl dent Richard Nixon said yes terday that the United States •made a mistake in 1946" when It advised Japan to do without an army and navy. "We misjudged the Intentions of the Russian leaders Mr. Nixon said in his major policy speech here
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    Lonely hearts
    20 2 Singapore's Lonely Hearts Club will hold a dance in the Hollywood Roof of the Odeon Theatre Sunday afternoon.
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    Threat to tribesmen
    51 2 CALCUTTA, Thurs.— The Assam Government threatened hill tribesmen with punitive action if they did not return by Monday hostages captured in an ambush three weeks ago. On October 24, Tagin tribesmen attacked a Government party of 170 men. killing about 80 and holding about 60 for ransom.
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    Ex-dancer dies
    20 2 NEW YORK. Thurs.—Tatiana Chamle, former .soloist and i-horeographer for the ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, died yesterday.— A.P.
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    Miss Malaya just can't believe its all real
    179 2 IN her Raffles Hotel room last night Miss Violet Sleigh, who was elected "Mte« Malaya" on Wednesday could hardly steep a wink. Thrilled, an only an 18-year-old girl can be when a dream comes true— Violet still can't believe that she'll be
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    Taxi man finds property
    40 2 Taxi man finds property Two shirts, a singlet a pair of underpants and some personal papers were found in a taxi In Rochore Canal Road yesterday. They were handed over to the lost property office of the Registrar ot Vehicles
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    ISLAM 'A VERY REAL FORCE', CROWD TOLD
    135 2 Thousands honour the Prophet JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday UUNDREDS of Muslim men. women and children 11 paraded the streets of Johore Bahru, in a colourful procession, starting from the Government offices in celebration of the Prophet's birthday, today. The procession stopped on the padang
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    Children's cents buy projector
    85 2 TANJONG MALIM, Thurs. SEEING the lack of visual education in their school, pupils at the Methodist English School here decided to save 20 cents a week of their pocket money to buy a projector. They had to raise $2,000. Then a public spirited person in Kampar
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    Seven saved
    30 2 PEARL HARBOUR, Thurs Seven members of the crew of a VS. Navy Catallna flying boat which crashed in the Pacific yesterday have been rescued from a raft.— A.P
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    CIGARETTES ROUND WAIST
    60 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. IITHEN LOKE POH TONG f? arrived here from Singapore one day, she told the Customs that she had nothtnp to declare. She was searched, and 40 packets of cigarettes were found round her waist. To-day she was fined $100 in default a month's gaol
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    ELECTION QUIZ ON THE AIR
    86 2 All-party panel A CANDIDATE from each political party contesting the December Singapore City Council Elections will take part In a radio "quiz" programme next Friday The candidates will answer questions from voters There will be 200 tickets available for those who would like to attend
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    HE TELLS COURT I'LL BE RUINED
    236 2 Reclaiming own premises Vf R PETER CHONG, of Peter Chong and Co., Singa- pore, who is reclaiming possession of two-storey premises in Robinson Road from Eng Cheong Peng Kee, Ltd.. told the High Court yesterday that if he did not get possession he could
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    Sanders for Council
    68 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.Mr. J. O Sanders General Manager oj the Malayan Railway, has been appointed a temporary official member ot the Federal Legislative and Executive councils He takes the place of Mr H S Lee. Member fo r Railways and Ports, during his absence from the Federation
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    Like Malaya Lyttelton
    74 2 LONDON. Thurs —The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. told a Labour questioner in the House of Commons today the bomblns policy the Government was now purPiling in Kenya was similar *o Malaya when bom.oers were u.-ed in 1950. Mr. Lyttelton had told the House that Harvard aircraft
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    Tokyo chosen
    32 2 MANILA. Thurs— The sevennation Federation of Movie Producers ol South-East Asia today nose Tokyo as the vto of the first Asian film festival which will be held next May -UP.
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    CHURCHILL PLANNING LONE TRIP TO SEE MALENKOV
    217 3 PARIS, Thursday. ITSUALLY well-informed diplomatic quarters here think Sir Winston Churchill is likely to seek French and American support at the Bermuda conference for a lone visit to Moscow and informal talks with Soviet Premier MalenkovThe French Prime Minister, M. Laniel, is expected
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    DRESSED FOR BIRTHDAY
    28 3 PRINCE CHARLES, wearing a cream shantung shirt. pair blue shorts, with tic to match and a gnlri tie pin. on his fifth birthday. Reutrr picture.
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    Fog masks for U.S. sailors
    149 3 Fog masks for U.S. sailors LONDON. Thurs THE US Navy headquarters in London yesterday bocan giving out smog mask.s to all navy men and women here who want them. A spokesman said: "It is :wt an official issue, but our dispensary is making them available to all who ask for
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    European army plan is rejected
    85 3 PARIS, Thurs. rE Socialists, largest single party in the National A.sj;embly, yesterday roted to refuse to ratify the European army treaty until Britain 5s formally arid closely associated with the six-nation alliance. Socialist deputies voted 66 to 3i against ratification as the assembly met for
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    Quads for student
    39 3 GAINESVILLE. FLORIDA. Thurs. Quadruplets were born here yesterday to Mrs. Abla Hijab, of Syria. Mrs. Hijab and her husband are students at Florida University. The quads a boy and three ;;irl.s are in good condition. A.P.
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    Plane exports increase
    44 3 LONDON. Thur.v British nviation exports for the first nine months of this year totalled £49.000.000. an mrr ease of £5.000.000 on 195*!. the Society of British Aircrait Constructors said today. They should total £65.000.--000 by the end of the year Beater.
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    Italian plea
    37 3 NEW YORK. Thurs.— ltaly has asked to be allowed to take part in the forthcoming debate by the UN. General Assembly oh •measures for the peaceful solution of the problems of prisoners of war". Reuter
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    Air service plan
    27 3 NEW YORK. Thurs. BOAC will apply for permission to operate a once a week firstclass service between Manchester. England. and New York City.— Reuter.
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    Union guests
    29 3 IXDNDON. Thurs.— Two Turkish trade union leaders touring Britain were guests of honour last night at a reception given by the Minister of Labour, Sir Walter Monckton.
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    Britain is still in danger
    104 3 NEW YORK. Thurs SIR ROGER MAKINS, Britain's Ambassador to the United States, warned yesterday that the economic position of Britain was still precarious Tlie balance of current account between the dollar area and the rest of the world had rvened up and some rebuilding nf
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    Western tour
    20 3 HOUSTON. TEXAS. Thurs Kinc Paul and Queen Frnriorika of Greene arrived here yesterday for a 14-hour Western tour."--A.P.
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    No atrocities, Commons told
    49 3 LONDON, Thurs— Mr. Nieel i Birch, Under-Secretary for Defence, said in the Commons yesterday that it was certain a number of British nrisor.ers In Korea were il'.tre.ited. "though few appear to have I been involved in anything 1 that could be called an atrocity". Reuter.
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    Contractor murdered
    60 3 NAIROBI, Thurs.— A building contractor, Puran Sinj;h, was shot dead in Nairobi yesterday by two Africans on a building site in an African location He was talking with his supervisor when two Africans, each earring a pistol, approached and shot him from close range. Puran Singh's firm had
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    Suspended
    34 3 BOSTON, Thurs. Boston University has suspended Professor Maurice Halperin, who was identified as a former member of a Soviet spy ring in a Federal Bureau Investigation report read to a Congressional Committee. Reuter.
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    CHIANG CABINET STORM IS BLOWING OUT
    151 3 CHIANG CABINET STORM IS BLOWING OUT TAIPEI, Thursday. THE political storm set off yesterday by reports of 1 Cabinet resignations and dismissals calmed down today with indications that no notable change in policy or leadership was being considered. Most observers felt that a cooling-ofl period of several days would be
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    'Campfire' in ward
    46 3 'Campfire' in ward HUM I Us could not go to the campflre, so local Scouts took the "fire" to them in their ward at a hospital in U'akefleld, Yorkshire. They are in a troop formed at the hospital for boys who are physically handicapped. Reuter picture.
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    3 admit hatchet murder
    128 3 TOUL. France, Thurs. fPHREE French teen-agers •1 chopped their father to death with a hatchet, police reported yesterday nine year. c 'after the crime. Philetto Escuderos. 55-year-(old widower who lived here I with five of his seven children, disappeared in April. 1944. Police and some of
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    3 nations say: Censure Israel
    98 3 3 nations say: Censure Israel NEW YORK, Thurs. DRITAIN, France and the M 3 United States yesterday asked the Security Council to express the strongest censure on Israel for the attack by Israeli troops on the Jordan village of Qibya Dr. Yusuf Haikal of Jordan, who told the Security Council
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    Honour sought for detective
    67 3 PARIS. Thurs. M Marcel Massot, Radical Deputy for the Basses Alpes Department, today asked the Minister of the Interior, M. Leon Martinuad Deplat. to make Chief Inspector Ecmond Sebeille. in charge of inquiries into the Drummond ;r.urders ,a Knight of the Legion of Honour. M. Masset
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    Scrap for Japan
    28 3 COLOMBO. Thurs— Thp first shipment of scrap iron for Japan since the war left here today. Five thousand tons were loaded into the Roza.— U.P.
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    New attempt to get home rule
    149 3 GLASGOW. Thurs. rpHE International Court of Justice at The Hague may be asked by Scottish nationalists to hear their claims for homr rule. The national committee ot the Scottish Government As. snciatlnn yesterdßV said that it would ask the annual meet-^ ing in Glasgow
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    LONDON STOCKS
    299 3 LONDON. Thuni. fEA shares again made the best 1 showing among Far Eastern Issues on London Stock Exchange today. A small Investment demand was I again reported but price changes I were few on the whole. i Other sections were quiet and In the case of Par Eastern
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    LONDON TIN
    27 3 LONDON, Nov. 19. Cash Buyers £640; Sellers £645: Forward Buyers C 62 Sellers £625: Settlement £637",.; (up £2',.). Turnover a.m. 10 tons; p.m. 65 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    29 3 LONDON. Nnv 19— Spot l«*i«l Dec. l«\d.. Jan -Mar 17d., AprJime 19'« d.. Jiily-Sept. 17\ d.. Nov. c.l.f l«\d.. Dec elf. 16\d.. Jan. c.iX 16-kd. Tone Dull
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    More aid for children
    35 3 NEW YORK, Thurs.— The Ur.ted Nations Children's Fund has received $9,814,333 from the U.S. Government. It Is the second and Analpayment on a $16,481,000 authorisation made by the United States.— UP
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    £150,000 aid
    19 3 BAGHDAD, Thurs. The Iraqi Government has contributed £150.000 to help villages on the Hashemite JordanIsraeli frontiers.— A.P.
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    'MacBETH' WILL HAVE RECORD RUN IN S'PORE
    115 4 OHAKESPEARE-S "Macbeth" *3 will be staged by the Singapore Arts Theatre early In 1954 and two thirds of the audiences will be Singapore schoolchildren. The play will run for two weeks at the Victoria Memorial Hall— the longest production yet by the Arts
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    Thief gaoled
    21 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Bawu bin Haji Ali was sentenced to 50 days gaol here today for stealing a bicycle.
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    Feast for 2,000
    26 4 SEREMBAN. Thurs. More than 2.000 poor people of all nationalities were treated to a feast at the Malay Mosqup. Seremban. by Muslim shopassistants.
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    Chinese rice for Colombo
    30 4 The Pananamlan freighter San Jorge arrived in Singapore yesterday with 9.000 tons of Chinese rice for Colombo She left after taking on water, provisions and bunkers.
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    15,000 READY TO FLEE FROM GREAT FIRE OF THE GODS
    71 4 MORE than 15,006 people living in three Lorongs off Geylang Road. Singapore, are ready to flee from a great fire they fear will break out before Monday. They believe that their gods are angry and that the fire will destroy
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    Blaze due to break out before Monday
    163 4 their huts. The rumour, which no one can trace, has swept through the kampong, and hundreds if hut-dwellers have their belongings packed, ready to run before the flames. A fire-fighting scheme has been worked out, and everywhere there are tins of water and
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    Firebugs have now met their match
    242 4 piREBUGS who threw fireballs on roofs a few months ago will not have much success If they try again on the row of 23 attap shops near Elgin Bridg? North Bridge Road. All but three of the shopkeepers have replaced their inflammable attap roofs
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    COWS NOW FEED ON PINEAPPLE WASTE
    128 4 CILAGE has been made from pineapple waste at a Singapore dairy farm. Experimental feeding to a selected group of Friesian milking cows has proved beneficial. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, chairman of the Central Board of Pineapple Packers, Malaya, saic yesterday. i He said that
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    55 apply for Indian Govt. scholarships
    69 4 FIFTY-FIVE people from Singapore and the Federation have applied for Indian scholarships. A selection committee consisting of Mr. M. Oopala Menon. Indian Government Representative. Rev. Dr. Chelliah and Mr. Charles Oamba interviewed them yesterday. The 55 people were applying for five scholarships— three for
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    I AGREED NOT TO TELL'
    95 4 WHEN Anthony Ng and Basrl bin Osman had a collision In Selegie Road, they both went to the police station to report the accident. On the way. Basrl asked Ng to settle the matter as the accident was only slight. Ng told I a Singapore
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      218 4 SINGAPORE DIARY British rounrll "Life In Auk- stone Jurong Road. 7 p.m. tralia" Exhibition at Council Hall, U. 5.1.8.: Free film iihow —Ne v Stamford Road 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. World. The Flood. The Frontier in Admission free. air-conditioned Theatrette. 26 Raffles Malayan Christian Council: Din- Place. 1 p.m.
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    Day in the life of Raja Sir Uda
    259 5 mil forge it in ft his >» iiv and four children Sir Raja Uda has four children, all attending school in London. They are five-year-old Raja Shariff. above. Fuxiah, with brother Shariff goes to see "what's cooking" on returning from school. Doing
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    They want to sell tyres
    61 6 TWO JAPANESE rubber merchants. Mr. Z. tematsu (left), chief of the trade department of the Taisei Rubber Industry, and Mr. S. Suzuki, the president, flew into Singapore yesterday by X.L.M. Constellation to see if there is a market for Japanese-made rubber tyres in Hilaya. They
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    At sea, they long for Rita
    256 6 FISHERMEN SO EAGER TO GET HOME TO CINEMAS New system keeps them away too long CIINCiAPORF^ fishermen who stay at sea more than three or four days are likely to become unhappy. Why? "After two jrood catches, our fishermen begin totalling up their profits
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    3OOO mile trip to be a bridesmaid
    94 6 3OOO mile trip to be a bridesmaid A roUMG U YEAR oil) AUSTRALIAN nurse. ynthia Webb has travelled 3,000 miles to be a bridesmaid at her sister's wedding, which will takr place in five days time in Ipoh. Cynthia arrived in Singapore yesterday in the Charon. It j is her
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    In his memory
    36 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— memorial service for the late Shri S. Shivapadasundaram Avergal. a religious leader, will be held at the Vlvekananda Ashrama Hall in Brickfields Road. Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday at 10 a.m.
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    Prowler changed his mind
    71 6 A resident in Sennett Estate I nff Upper Serangoon Road Singapore, yesterday found a rope tied to a ladder haneins Iron. hLs balcony. He checked his brinncincs but found nothing stolen. A thief had earlier broken into another house in the estate and had stolen $4
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    MAN WITH TORCH WAS P.C.
    134 6 MAN WITH TORCH WAS P.C. Guilty of theft MAH Ah Fatt, 25. a Singapore policeman attached to the radio division, flashed his torch on the keyhole of a house in Geylang, early on Nov 17. He tried to open the door. The occupant was wide awake He raised an alarm
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    Parang man is gaoled
    53 6 KOTA BAHRU, Thurs.Mohamed Yusoff bin Faredullah was at the High Court today sentenced to a total of seven years' gaol He was found guilty of causing grievous hurt to his wife. Bibi Zaitoon and causing hurt to Bappu. a shopkeeper, with a parang at Machang Town
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    Trespass charge
    34 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurr— Abdullah bin Ungku Othman was charged in the police court" yesterday with trespassing in the Sultan Ibrahim Girls' School and theft of books. He was allowed bail of $500
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    Band date
    21 6 The band of the Queen's Own Royfl West Kent Regiment will play at Katong Park, Singapore, on Sunday evening.
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    $3,000 CHARGE IN CHEATING CASE
    142 6 TAN KIM YAM and Andrew Bennett who were on Tuesday committed for trial in the Singapore High Court on charges of cheating a Muslim of $700, made a second appearance in court yesterday on another tentative charge of rheatlng. At yesterday's preliminary inquiry Tan and
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    Cugatmay lead big Singapore parade
    196 6 Cugatmay lead big Singapore parade MR. A. Odell, local agent for Xavier Cugat, "King of the Rhumba" believes 50,000 Singapore people would turn out to cheer him and his orchestra if they drove in a convoy ol open cars from Kallang airport to Raffles Hotel. Events in Japan, where crowds
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    $530,000 flats for workers
    32 6 A Singapore City Council committee has decided to spend $530,000 on seven blocks of flats for Council labourers at Kolam Ayer. The flats will house about 200 families
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    Ships arrive from China
    58 6 Two Italian freighters, the 5.127-ton Enrico Mstzzeralla. and the 7,339-ton Pohfemo arrived in Singapore yesterday from Communist China for Europe. The Enrico Mazzeralla. from Shanghai, ls carrying 7,200 tons of soya beans and tea lor Hamburg. The Polifemo. from Tttngtao Ls carrying nearly 8.000 tons of
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    3 years' gaol for half a kati of rice
    152 6 JOHORE BAHRL. Thurs PHANG SENG, who could not give a satisfactory account of half a kati of rice, was sentenced by Mr. N. L. Cohen in the Sessions Court toda* to three years' gaol. A Special Constable said that at B.3ft
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    FIRE VICTIMS' GIFT MAY BE UNDER $100
    251 6 FIRE VICTIMS' GIFT MAY BE UNDER $100 UNLESS the Singapore Joint Relief Organisation can sell Its 96 Kolam Ayer houses to the Improvement Trust for $500,000, the victims of the Kampong Bugis fire will get a cash gift of under $100 each. The SJRO agreed on Wednesday to sell thr
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    We don't do this usually, says Govt.
    150 6 We don't do this usually, says Govt. KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. IT IS not common practlre for thr bodirs of drad terrorists to be publicly exhibited, said a Fcdrration Government spokrsman today, rrfrrring to a qu(vii;m which Sir Leille Plummer (Labour) wiK ask in tht Houx> of Commons «.n Wrflnesd^y. The
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    Nurse finds man in room
    41 6 A nurse living in Hitjhinml Road. Singapore, m awakened rarly yesterday by someone touching her. she Jumped out of bei to fiid a man in the room. She .screamed and the man e.scappd through a window.
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    Lost watch, papers while swimming
    43 6 An officer attached to the Naval Base. Sembawang, iost a wrist watch and papers while out swimming at Chdnpi beach on Wednesday niynt A thief had removed the watch and documents Irom his clothes left on the beach.
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    Singapore is selfish, short-sighted, says Federation
    416 7 SHARP RETORTS TO 'NO GIFT' GROUP KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. "gELFISH, unfriendly and short-sighted," said Federal Legislative Councillors today after hearing that a group of Unofficial Members of Singapore Legislative Council intended to oppose a Singapore Government proposal to make a $5,000,000 gift to the
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    Scarcity to continue until 1957
    94 7 Scarcity to continue until 1957 CINGAPORES water position from mid-1954 to mid--1957 will be no less acute than it has been for the past four years, says the City Water Engineer. Mr. W. S. Stredwick, in a memorandum to a City Council committee. He stresses that the second stage of
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    VEGETABLE PRICES IN SINGAPORE
    127 7 VEGETABLE PRICES IN SINGAPORE Retail prices in cents per kati of vegetables at four i Singapore markets yesterday j were Bra eh Kllen- Simon Rd. borough Rd. X.X Oler\ 110 120 120 100 dot Mm 35 35 30 40 I Kang konc 25 30 2ft 25 Letture 80 90 70
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    NEGLIGENT ACT CAUSED BOY'S DEATH
    79 7 The Singapore Coroner. Mr. R. B. I. Pates, yesterday returned a finding of death by a negligent act on Ang Sew Gak. a nine-year-old schoolboy, who was run over by a lorry at Tarrpenis Road on Oct. 13. It was stated that Chew Jong Hong,
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    Kelantan posting
    27 7 MENTAKAB, Thurs— lnche Abdul Ghani bin Mat Pain, officer in charge of Mentakab Central Electricity Board, Lj leaving soon on transfer to Kota Bahru. Kelantan.
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    Another link on the road to Singapore
    105 7 KL'ALA LUMPUR, Thurs. ANEW 50-mile road between Pekan and Kompin which is now being built is a further step towards the East Coast link-up of Kuantan and Singapore. It Is one of two roads Rin.A is helping to build in Pahani; The other
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    NEW PAY SCHEME FOR ARMY MEN
    249 7 So strike threat is off KI'ALA LUMPUR. Thursday. THE WAR DEPARTMENT'S 10,000 civilian workers in the Federation will soon get a new pay scheme effective from April 1 this year Payment is expected to be made before the end of December. The new scheme
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    Watch dealer fined $1,000
    63 7 A Singapore watch ctealrr and repairer Lum Koon Pinp. of North Bridge Road, was fined $1,000 in Singapore yesterday for having 1.770 watch dials, bearing counterfeit trade marks, in his shop on Sept. 12. Mr. Tan Ah Tah, the judge, also fined Lum $50 for selling
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    200 WILL QUIZ THE SMALL ESTATES
    154 7 200 WILL QUIZ THE SMALL ESTATES K. LUMPUR. Thurs. rVO hundred investigators will visit about 3,000 smallholdings to make a pilot survey. Mr. H. A. Campbell, chairman of the Joint Working Party on the Rubber Industry, said today. The survey will start next month. "Our work is essential, since on
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    'Superstition' costs him $200 fine
    85 7 A MAN told a Singapore magistrate yesterday that he did not comply with an order to demolish his hut on Sept. 10. because of a superstition. H»ng Hock Sianc told the magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn: "My wife was having a child then, and according
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    Given $1,500 bail on lottery charge
    62 7 PARIT BUNTAR. Thurs. Lee Choon Poh. 35. claimed trial to a charge of having helped to carry on the 100, 1000 and 10.000 numbers lottery. He was arrested at Main Road. Bagan Serai, on Nov. 11. At the request of the prosecution, the case
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      514 7 SINGAPORE B. B. C. 715 Morning Star; 730 News; 735 5 p.m. EditoriaLs; 5.15 Do You ncr; 9. Music While You Work 9.45 Rhythm Is Their Business; 630 Housewives Choice: 10.30 Matinee; News 640 United Natlons Report 1. Paul Wesion Orch- 1.30 News; 1.45 Jock Teagarden Orcli: 2 Clos> 6.45
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    DEATH
    41 8 2f> M nr«/» ,<|o minimum MR. ROBERT I im BOOH Hee ace 61. died today No Ifi. I.oronc 28 Oeylanu Ko.id, IcavCß behind, beloved wife. 2 sons, 4 dauchters. 1 non-ln-law and three grandchildren. Funeral on Saturday 21.11.53. 11 a.m.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    58 8 THE Family of the late Mr. V* Eng Guan tender their heartfelt thanks to rcii'ive.s and friends «ho paid nlsht visits, sent wreaths and scrolls and .mended the funeral. MR. MRS Tony Lee Thiam Chye thank all friends and relatives for their kind attendance, valuable present. 1 atirl BMSSafM
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    176 8 70 »ur«» fill I minimum) LLOYD TRIESTINO. The new ptvuengtr bonkin.: office is now Sitiiateii *n the 3rd HOOT M.irDnnald House. Orchard Rd., sinpapore. •■OLD GIRLS" oi the Methodist tiirls 1 School are Invited to the Dedication Service M Hew Bui.uInc at 11 Mt. So] hla, on Monday, 23.11.b3
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      The Colony's Forces
      802 8 The Colony's Forces ThPrp was published ypstprrlay a Bill for the establishment of Singapore's own military lories. It will have its first reading at next week's meeting nf the Legislative Council. UnofTicials who have fought for yo;.r. for the creation of a Singapore Regiment may not give this Bill, however
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      Provident Fund
      484 8 The adoption of the Select Committee's report on the Provident Fund Bill is to be moved by Mr. C. C. Tan at Tuesday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council. The Select Committee rrcommended extensive amendments to the Bill, which emerged strencthened. improved and fit for passage through the
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    English best as official Malayan language
    1763 8  -  JOU BIENMING I By IT 'SPEAKS FOR ITSELF' formerly Professor of Linguistics, i National Amoy University NOW that every Malayan political party or union is talking about self-rule and independence, it is pertinent to ask: In what official language shall Malaya become independent and
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      Take heed of Sir Roland's warning
      341 8 DATO Sir Roland Braddrll. who told Malayan leaders: "Keep ideals in the air, feet on the ground puts the whole matter of self-govern-ment in a nutshell and it is hoped leaders will benefit by his pithy remarks It Is about. 10 years stneo peace
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    'Blowing of trumpets'
    194 8 rE letters written by A Student and A Varsity Student have surprised m« l completely as a humble man-in-the-street. The -cream of Malayan youth have once again blown their own trumpets tru" Ito the tradition of the sti.l echoing "bugle Incident. "Good wine needs no bush, and
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    On the Margin
    486 8 Always differing I HAVE been asked to define the stock from which thr people of Malaysia and thr Philippines spring and I am I very bad person to ask. For one thing I am sceptical about the whole question of racial stocks because all raceare very much
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      72 8 r. v. OiOlfih ff»*^OPT|[IBN Mr. K.E. Meyer. F.N.A.0.. D. Opt. (Eng.) will visit KUALA LUMPUR on Monday, November 23 rd Appointments for eye examinations STORCH BROS. LTD., 37, MOUNTBATTEN ROAD. P^b\W Round Trips to *yj JAPAN A 21 day Cruise calling at HONGKONG YOKOHAMA 5 KOBE s.s. CHUSAN sailing 13th
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    NEW AIR LINK WITH BORNEO PLANNED
    60 9 NEW AIR LINK WITH BORNEO PLANNED N ANYANG AIRWAYS LTD. has applied to the Singapore Government for a licence for a tourist class service between Singapore and Sandakan. The service would also include Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh. Talplng. Kuchlng. Sibu. and Labuan. There would be a daily service between Singapore
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    S'pore Buddhists build new shrine
    35 9 Thp Singapore Buddhist Union will build R shrine it Jalan Sfnyum. Chanel. Singapore Last week the Yen. Bhikku M M. Mahawera Thera. cofounder of the union, laid the foundation stone
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    Service at homo
    37 9 There will be a home dedication service at the new residence of the councillor for the TeloK /\ycr Methodist Youth Fellowship, Singapore fit 194 Prince Philip Avenue at 230 p m. on November 28.
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    Rotarians plan 'good deed'
    60 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thuxs Rotarians who wish to "do their bit" during Operation Service week, from Dec. 9 to 15 in Johore Bahru can help by tnkins crippled children forj short rides in their cars Those wishing to do so are askeri to give their names to
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    Six-point plan to clean up vice
    315 9 Six -point plan to clean up vice SLUMS, BROKEN HOMES CAUSE SOCIAL EVIL Call for more police patrols KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A DOCTOR, a lawyer, a businessman and a woman teacher have drafted a six-point plan lo clear prostitutes off the streets of Kuala Lumpur. In a statement today, they
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    Examination time is here again
    92 9 Examination time is here again JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. FROM now until the fir.<t week in December is examination time for thousands of schoolchildren all over the State Today, the Chinese Senior Middle schools began their examinations, which will continue tomorrow. The Malay schools' annual examinations will start on Sunday, and
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    4 9 and finds a boss
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    Clerk gets 9 months
    84 9 While employed by his bro-|ther-in-law as a clerk. Caje- tan D'Sllva misappropriated 151 cartons of toilet paper, worth $2,339. between Auß'J>t and October, the Singapore First Criminal District Court was tnld yesterday Mr. Tan Ah Tah. tnr judpp. 'sentenced Caj< tan tn nin' 1 months' gaol,
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    Seven face riot charge
    63 9 Seven men were yesterday rharped in the Singapore Second Criminal District Court with rioting in a kamponp off Aljunied Road on the night of Nov. 1. They were: V. Kandasamy. R. Nallasamy. Kuppusamy, V. Duraisamy, N. Ayavoo, A. Rengasamy and S. Doramanjram, alleged to have been
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    Wimpey chief in Singapore
    54 9 Mr. R. U. Law managing director of George Wimpey and Company Limited, and his wife, arrived in Singapore 1 yesterday by Qanta.s-8.0.A.C. Constellation from Britain Mr Law, who was accompanied by Mr. M. Pierce. LTic overseas manager, hopes to spend a week in Singapore before flying
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    MR. YOUNG'S SHARES
    158 9 Worth at least $375,000, court told KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. TMIE HIGH COURT was told here today that. $150 was "the absolute rock bottom value" of an ordinary share of Bousteads and Co. The statement was made by M. Lan Noble, a Kuala Lumpur chartered accountant, who was
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    Crocodile comes to town
    187 9 RIGHT in the middle of Sin- v a pore's business section yesterday they caught a crocodile. It was only anout a foot lone but it was a croc, right enough, all alive and snapp in». The little fellow was found in the flood-drain outside an I
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    MORE JOBS AS STORE GROWS
    191 9 Expansion brings opportunity THE DEVELOPMENT of Singapore to cope with the 1 rapid increase in population will provide new opportunities and a greater variety of work for the people, said Mr. F. G. Tyson, the Colony's Chief Employment Officer, last night. The rise in population
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    Rubber firm wants more China trade
    140 9 LONDON. Thurs. REALISTIC revision of the present policy regarding rubber exports to China Ls urged by the London rubber brokers, Sanderson and Co. In their mancet review they said if any powerful country wishes to impose restrictions on trade of other countries and if
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    Thief took $73 gold locket
    33 9 A Chinese in Bukit Timah Road lost a gold locket and chain worth $73 when a thiei broke into his house on Nov. 14 Police were told yesterday.
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    Mrs. Goei Siang Thiam's counsel
    50 9 In the report of the court case in yesterday's Straits Times, under the heading 'Millionaire's son loses court case." if was wrongly stated that Mr C. O. Toh was counsel for Mr. Ooel Siang Thiam. Mr. Toh was counsel for I Mrs. Goei Siang Thiam.
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    Watherston visits jungle fort
    115 9 Watherston visits jungle fort KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. THE Officer Administering the Government. Mr. D. C. Watherston. today went by helicopter to visit a Jungle fort in the Sakai country around Grik. north Perak. Mr. Watherston. who has just completed a two-day tour of the State, spent half an hour talking
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    Driver fined, disqualified
    60 9 When police checked the driver of a car that was being driven unsteadily it was found that the driver, Lim Choo Ser, had no licence and was not covered by third party insurance. Yesterday, Lim was fined a total of $100 in a Singapore court. He was
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    THE ANNUAL
    106 9 Order the next issue NOW rjWE number of orders A received from retailers and individuals for The Straits Times Annual for 1954 cTcecdcd the v umber printed by viany thousands. We have "sold out" and any copies still available are in the hands ot retailers. No further orders
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    4 meetings in 8 days
    88 9 Mr. Soh Ghee Soon < Pro-gressive-West t who is contesting the West Ward in the City Council elections, will hold four meetings in the next eight days. There will be a meeting at Ganges Avenue at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow. At 5 p.m. on Monday he
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    13 WANT TO SET UP THEIR OWN MARKETS
    48 9 The C.ty Councils efforts to encourage private markets in the Colony have met with a good response. Altogether 13 applications seven for meat shops have been received. The City Architects Department has been asked to encourage applicants for private marKets.
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    Corps Weekend at RAOC
    47 9 The Royal Army Ordnance Corps will celebrate its 'Corps Week-end" tomorrow and Sunday, in Singapore. There will be an Army Guard f>og display on the BOD Sports ground. Alexandra, at 430 tomorrow followed by a football match between the R.A.OC. and RE ME
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    Young burglar
    29 9 A youth broke into a housr in Sennrtt Estate at 4 p.m yesterday and stole $fi A servant saw the youth and save chase, but he escaped
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    'Time not ripe' for tin councils
    139 9 'Time not ripe for tin councils LONDON. Thurs. JLfR. OLIVER LYTTELTON. the Colonial Secretary, said yesterday that "the time is not ripe" for joint Industrial councils in the Malayan lin mining Industry. He was reply Fry: in the Hou.se nf Commons to a question by Mr. S. Awbery who had
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    SHE HOPES TO SEE THE DUKE
    123 9 SHE HOPES TO SEE THE DUKE There's little time MISS MARY PARKER, 22 (below i, a pretty Australian singer who flew into Singapore yesterday In a Qantas-8.0.A C. Constellation from Sydney, wants to see the Duke of Edinburgh jefore he leaves Britain this month with the Queen on a tour
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    $800 gems lost from luggage
    57 9 An army officer and his wife, who boardrd the troopship Dllwara In Singapore yesterday lost from their luggace a diamond and ruby brooch in the shape of a dove, a pearl brooch, an amethyst brooch. .a wrist watch a .string of pearls, a set of
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    YWCA picnic
    28 9 The Young Adult's Club of Singapore Y.W.C.A. will hold a "kelong" picnic on Sunday. Transport will leave the Y.W.C.A building In Raffles Quay at 3 p.m
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    The axe falls on three homes
    248 9 The axe falls on three homes KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. THE Federal Govern- menfs economy axe will soon fall on threr welfare homes. They are the Green Lane Home for Old People. Penang. the Sit ia wan Old Women's Home. Perak. and the Buklt Bcsar Home for Children and Adults, Treneiganu.
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    MEETING ON THREE-TERM SCHOOL YEAR
    73 9 Principals and other heads of Chinese schools *;i Singapore will attend a meeting called by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to discuss a threeterm school year. The secretary of the Chamber. Dr. S Y. Wang, told UvStraits Times yesterday that the meeting has been fixed
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    Rifleman drowns in river
    76 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Than. LANCE Corporal Titus John, of the 2nd Battalion the King's African RiPes. has oecn drowned on operations it wu reported today. He was section leader .>{ a patrol trying to cross a river I west of Chukai in Pahang. Corporal John was swept
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      168 9 THE WEATHER .Minimum temrx-raturp: 1 7. 30 p.m. m Nov 18 to 7.30 a.m. on Nov. 19 > Singapore 75 degrees. Penang 76, Kota Bahru 75. Kuala Lumpur 73, Ipoh 75. Kuantan 73. Maximum temperature: i 7 30 a.m. to 7 30 p.m. on Nov. 19 Singapore 85, Penang 86.
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      Remarkable! astonishing! But disturbing
      930 10  -  GEORGE EDINGER I WMNMMHMNHMMMMMNNMH| THERE is no doubt whatever that "Trouble Along the Way" is I remarkable film- It is an altogether astonishing film. The acting is first class, the script is good all through, the direction though some i times a bit ham-handed is highly
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      A STAR FROM ITALY
      58 10 A STAR FROM ITALY Tawny-blonde Lisa Castoni was born in Alassio. Northern Italy, 1 8 yean ago. Since then Lisa whose vital statistics read like an "you too can have a figure like mine" advert Iwaist 22". oust 35". and height 5' S'l has done mainly photographic modelling. Now. she
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      COMING TO SINGAPORE
      40 10 COMING TO SINGAPORE |ohn Wayne, left and Charles Coburn are $t»r 5 ot "Trouble Alone the Way. previewed by George Edinger in t+iit page. John Wayne plays the part ot a football coach. Charles Coburn Hie part of a priest.
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      Films to see...
      228 10 Films to see CAROLINE CHER I E. l.nvr and action tally coloured I again*! a rnnvinrinc bark- (round of North Italy in thr lumultuou* yrar* brtween Ku fall of revolutionary Franre and the i umiiii; of Napoleon's En- plre. fOM BACK. LITTLE I SIIKI A. V ußtrated being* over: rome
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      WORLD of THEATRE
      385 10  -  VIC MEM «W ABIT OF A lull has come over the theatre front. The Singapore Arts Theatre is getting well under way with Macbeth" and the Stage Club has started work on the witty "Love in Albania." 1 understand that Donald Davies of the Island Players has
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      FILMSOCIETY TO SHOW 'I PAGLIACCr
      65 10 FILMSOCIETY TO SHOW 'I PAGLIACCr IPAGLIACCI" (Love of a Clownt starring Tito Ooboi and Oina Lollobrigida will be .shown at the Lido Cinema. Kuala Lumpur on Monday. November 23 by the Selangor Film Society. There will be two performances. 6.30 p.m. and 9.15 p.m The Selangor Film Society has 700
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      SCENE FROM FIRST MALAY COLOUR FILM
      50 10 SCENE FROM FIRST MALAY COLOUR FILM A %cenc horn "Buloh Perjndu," th c firtt full length Malay film in colour, whir*, start Ruttni. Sharift Medan. Bakaryalin and 20 elephant*. The picture wat mad* en location in Perlit and *»»i mad« by Kn» Film Production!. In openi in Singapore ne»t week.
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    Flames caused night of terror in ship that 'would not burn'
    1820 11 tlin>r.% .1 of ttnt<*liv lit id in thy in for no Sii'i-n to thy wintt :f*/#f/#«s ifloti 4><l hot Diffirult to IN the early morning of May 16, 1932, the British ship Contractor, cruising in the Gulf of Aden,
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      256 11 MraUUmi TODAY S Shows: 3, 6.1.1 A Ml p.m. 2nth Century Fox \>w Swashhurkling Action: "LADY IN THE IRON MASK" Starring Louii Patricia. lluu u:i> MKDINA In Natural Colour L...- j BY roPU.AR UQUBST!! Today; 111 IH t H p.m. Ranjan Shyama in •WISHAX HAXKA" Super Ilinduslani Musiral Advrnturr Everyone
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      356 11 fIT'S MOT NECESSARY ...to feed the children fv better than you feed yourself \V G% 'Violin children mo«t likplv get Quaker -3*Th»> Oatu for breakfast. They gat it because W/ ktf^^/jfif y° u innist on thp v^ry best nourishment to 1 Mj3kC\ ne 'P them grow tailor and stronger— with
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      369 11 THE WM///IV NWMTS Our adventure on the strange l)iiriii K the rest of that day we We found that great quantities nf enchanted Island seemed as if it hi,! in the dark woods surround- ."»> <>trr T£US± -.•nds. and we worked feverishly must end in disaster. One by one ing
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    TIN PRICE
    19 12 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was declared at 5315.87 2 a picul, down $2.12' 2
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    TINS RISE THEN REACT ON METAL PRICE FALL
    552 12 Around thy inarUvis RUBBER SLIGHTLY LOWER THE Singapore share market was quieter yesterday and less business was written than on Wednesday. Tins and industrials opened very steady with tins showing a rising tendency until the metal price was declared at noon. The
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    Australian loan
    117 12 J)ETAILS have been announced of a new Australian lonn It i> I 4 per cent. stock carrvinLredemption dates 1966-196R and priced at 99 2 The prospect us «m Issued last Moi:day. The new Issue is essentially conversion operation to deal with the £*****.095 of 3. per c, stock
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    Puket Tin Dredging
    61 12 The Directors of Pul:et. Tin Dredpinc Ltd have derided that funds in thf hands of the company are In exeew of present requirements and they recommend that the i-apital be retimed by returninc to the shareholders of one million Ift shnres Is. fd. a share. A tirciibr
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    Australian stocks
    200 12 MELBOURNE. Thurs CHARES tinasferred m smwll loti in another quiet Stock Exihange market today. All rlMrtflrt IniHIIIIIIII impi m steady. Mlninu shares were without out-^ ■tending mnveinent und oil ■vrip m quiet. Hill :>0 i'.VA.i Gold was the most .u-tive mintnc stock H higher di\iriend> „tr bcinp forecast
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    WALL STREET'
    148 12 WALL STREET NEW YORK. Thurs yHF Smrk M.irkei yestcrdav re. (overed the balance after tIM sethnck earlier this week. Nevrrthrlrss. thoiißh the volume tended tO fxp;illfl ;lt limps f|, r hp,., 'he list rnuki show was an Irregularly hicher tendency mainly fractional In extent. Indus' rials leaders of the recen'
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    Produce pricef
    80 12 Mncapnrr hinrse Produce F.*-4 rhancr: Noon prices per plrul werr <opra: steady: November *3fT. nincis $as i sellers: Deremher jr>«'. buyers. $38 sellers. C'oconiit oil: sleariv; up 50 renl>; •<K2 sellfs Pfpprr quiet; No business report?L rinWn tt: M '"i'^ while mm Sarawak «325. I^mponi- hhwk l.p»K „.d
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    Exchange rates
    38 12 On (lie free exrhance market in Hone Konc yesterday the US dollar 2"°' Pfi at 5.8825 for cash anrt •S 042.S for T.T. Sterline was quoted 2*- 0 2- an<l one «ael of S old „t
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    Tin liquidations
    34 12 Two tin (nmrnnlfs operating m Btam, K;imrn Tin DredmrK :ri ■<•■■>■ r:iii>ni Tin havr been r«' rt .ri in \oluntary liquidation and r 3 Moorp has been appoint d Itquidaior In both rases.
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    Singapore shipping
    186 12 OHIPS lyin^ aloncsifie the pore Harbour Board wharves nr expected iod»v :>ie: Empire Troo|)er 12. Antilorhiis 4 S, FVrnbay ti 7. Socotra 8 9, Somali 11. Oriiii 13 14, Brecoiishire IS Ifi. Noreverett 19 20. BwmpilH N Wall 6. Islander 2122. Kaiiin-; 27. Olen.shlel 2f) 30. Steel F.ibricator
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      317 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are lnv/tea lor vacancies in the clerlcnl branch ol the Sarawak Government. Salary scale $72 84 x B 120 X 12 2fi4. Points of entry dependent on appli'ant's educnllonai qualifications and previous experience. Applicants appointed will be eligible lor cont of living allow ancr from 10% to
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      174 12 NOTICES TRAFFIC NOTICE I \\l>\M \l! W Xl \l LANGAT ROAD The above road. Jus*, beyona Panciamaran New Village, Port Swettenham, will be cUv*d to all vehicular traffic for a p*-«"'°<J of approximately one month trom 23rn November. 1953. to allow cotiMructlon of a New Tidal Control Onte. J. CUMMINU,
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      477 12 TENDERS WAR DEPARTMENT TENDER NO. 12 DISPOSAL OF BUILDINGS. Tender forms may be obtained from Claim* A Hiring*, attached HQ Singapore Base District, Fort Canning, for the demolition and removal of War Department buildings situated at the Junction of River Valley Road and Kirn Song Road. "Tie closing date for
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      902 12 TENDERS Tenders will be received from Contractors registered in Class C and above at the State Engineers Office Seremban up to noon oti 27th November 1953 for the construction of a Junior Officers Mess at Seremban. 2. Plans and specification can oe seen at the Architect's Office. Se reinban during
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      230 12 TENDER TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received from Class "C" Contractors and above at the Office of tho StaU- Engineer. P.W.D. Perak, Ipoh, up to 3.00 p.m. on 30th November, 1953, for the Construction of one block <2 Units) of Claw F* Transit Quarters each at Parit Buntar (3 Bedrooms)
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      125 12 P. W D. TENDER NOTICE The elosinp date for receipt ot tenders for the construction of Sedimentation Tank. Filters, Filter House Washwater Tank. Ancillary Works at Balik Pulau anr* Sungei P>n»ng Waterworks. Penanj.. ha« :>een extended to 30th Nov. mbr. 1953 Plans and Specifications may Of seen and all particulars
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      1567 13 rV MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. ™mm (10 (20 lines. Pessog. (Incorporated ,n Singapore) n oth r d «p» BLUE FUNNEL LINE Dtpff Carriers' option to proceed vie other ports to loorl and discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Due Soils P. S'hom P»nong Automedon fnr Hovre
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      1057 13 ■^t^^^BT^^^BßT^B^^^J^r^/^L^ii BwTl^B^T^B^jis^^^o^^^ EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVI AN/U CONTINENT Spore P. S'hom Penang "Menchurte" for Bongkok, Saigon. Hongkong, Manila, Kobe, Yokohomo i 2/ J Dee. 1/ 1 Dec. 30/30 Nev. "Fehtrle" for Bongkok Dee. 7/ 7 Dec. 4/ 4 Dec. "Lelendio" for Bangkok 29/29 Dee. "Panada" for Bangkok Hongkong
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      1140 13 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. SAILINGS te U.K. end CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P S'hom Peno yi Benalbanach for Liverpool, Glasgow, Dublin, Antwerp In Port 22/23 Nov. Bcnmhor for Havre, London, Rotterdam., Hull 22/28 Nov. 29 Nov/ 1 Dec. 2/ 3 Dae. Benwyvls for Genoa, Avonmouth, Liverpool, Hull 30 Nov/ 4 Dec.
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      1318 13 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. ELLERMAN BUCKNALL TIL A'vrMEM LIMS LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM. KLAVENESS LIHZ HAMBURG LOS ANGELES. SAN FRANCISCO. -md tor U S A North Atlontic PorM PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER and Canada via Colombo Accepting cerge for Central ft South CITY OF SWANSEA American Ports Spore P STam Pennng
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    Free world's brightest trading year is *****
    238 14 Free world's brightest trading year is 1953 1 U.S. TRADE CONVENTION IS TOLD:- •piIIS year will prove to be the best economic year in the history of the free nations, according to Mr. Harold E. Stassen, Director of the United States Foreign Operations Administration. Mr. Stassen made this announcement in
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    THE BUSINESS WORLD
    194 14 THE BUSINESS WORLD BUSINESS circles in the Philippines report that a "Sample Fair," under the sponsorship of Japanese trade and industrial interests, will be set up in Manila next year. The businessmen add that similar "Fairs" are to be set up in other "foreign cities" to stimulate expansion of the
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    New U.K. trade man in Colony
    86 14 A PPOINTED as United KingA dom Trade Commissioner ill >. Mr S. C. Stout, has joined the staff nf Mr. K. E. Mackenzie. United Kingdom Tradt? Commissioner in Malaya. Mr. Stout arrived in Singapore last week. It Ls his first overseas appointment. In Britain.
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    BOAC COMETS FOR NORTH ATLANTIC RUN
    141 14 BOAC COMETS FOR NORTH ATLANTIC RUN THE British Overseas Airways Corporation has placed an initial order for five Comet Mark Ill's for its North Atlantic fleet. Announcing this in -London, De Havilland said the Mark 111 58-seaters. cruising at more than 500 m. ph.. will do almost two London-New York
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    Standard 'Eight' Colony debut in a novel setting
    207 14 Standard 'Eight' Colony debut in a novel setting Vital statistics of the new r Standard Eight are a petrol consumption of 45-50 miles .i gallon, a top speed of more than 60 miles an hour, a roomy four-door all-steel body with seating for four adults and a large luggage boot.
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    Indo-Czech trade
    50 14 A trade agreement has been signed between India and Czechoslovakia which will last until the end of next year. India will receive machine tools, agricultural equipment, textile machinery, motor cycles, road-building machinery and newsprint. Czechoslovakia will receive tea, spices, tobacco, iron ore, manganese ore, shellac, mica and handicrafts.
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    $900,000 bank building
    39 14 This photograph shows the nrw 5900.000. four-storey building for the Chartered Rank of India. Auxtralia and China, which was opened in Jesxelton. North Borneo, last month. The bank has been associated with North Borneo since 1890.
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    Australia in credit on Asian trade
    181 14 A USTRALJA had a favouA rable balance of A £B7 million in trade with Asian countries, including the Federation and Singapore, during 1952-53 Exports to Asian countries were Ai: 162.3 million and imports totalled A £75.2 million. In the first quarter of the current
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      U.N. Tin Conference discusses draft agreement in secret
      274 14 U.N. Tin Conference discusses draft agreement in secret OEPRESENTATIVES of major tin producing countries attending the United Nations' Tin Conference in Geneva have split up into committees to discuss a draft international agreement worked aut by the International Tin Study Group in London last August. The meetings are being held
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    Replanting of rubber is 'a bounden duty'
    185 14 Directors of rubber rompanies have a hnunden duty to endeavour to rejuvenate or replare a wasting asset such as rubber trees on the properties they are charted to control. This was the arivirr given by .Mr. Charles s|euart. chairman of the F.M.S. Rubber
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    TOFFEE MANUFACTURER ON VISIT TO MALAYA
    136 14 TOFFEE MANUFACTURER ON VISIT TO MALAYA INVESTIGATING the toffee 1 market in this area, the Hon. John Mackintosh, a director of John Mackintosh and Sons Ltd., toffee manufacturers, is due in Singapore on Monday from Hong Kong. The Hon. John Mackintosh is the heir of Lord Mackintosh, chairman of the
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    Second ship in new Far East service
    73 14 THE Hulda Maersk, second of the Maersk Line's arge cargo-passenger ships t > call at Singapore in a new P{ten-1-ed Far Eastern service, is due on Tuesday. There are five ships at present engaged on the Maersk Line's monthly service between Malaya and
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    NEW SOFT DRINK FOR SINGAPORE
    83 14 MR ROBERT J. Newton, president of Bire-ley's soft drink manufacturer.sin Hon^ Knnc. Okinawa and Guam, in conjunction with thr General Foods Corporation of America, is assisting In the design and installation of the new Bire-ley's (Singapore i Ltd. factory in Kirn Keat Road. y He
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      330 14 HUBER MAINTAINER Completr Maintenance Unit wun grader and Bulldozer attachments. Can be equipped also with 5 ft Cutter Bar for cutting lallang. and 1/3 cv. yd. front-mounted Bucket Loader for handling excavated materials. BIG IN POWER, WEIGHT PERFORMANCE AND VALUE MOLDBOARD AND ALL ATTACHMENTS W OPERATED BY HYDRAULIC CONTROLS. BLADE-PUSHING
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      51 14 Sl-JA j ■m*"*-*'"' P.i-Sir ««rrh J9s .j This is 1953... time to get a Qtu&t/uZ&t, /^&*Jtt^^Mto**^ J r^\ Remington's most modern nP|l% ""^"'iJZaA anc Jnere ore f b.e most modern-. •> vovr BMBMI RIMINCTON RAND oHice. I** rioof. |OMN itVTin ■HKOINC. MNCAPORf BjeMftM M Ku.l> L w m PU Ipoh
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    SIR FRANCIS RUNS GREAT TRIAL Looks a winner tomorrow
    670 15 SIR FRANCIS RUNS GREAT TRIAL Looks a winner tomorrow Epsom Jeep's llnkil Tim ah round-up CIR FRANCIS was brilliant on the training track at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. With Mickey Donnelly astride, this speedy three-year-old, recently promoted from Class 3 to Class 2, outpaced the smart Class 1 sprinter Skryne
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    Barnes portrait
    26 15 LONDON. Thurs,--A portrait o: Sidney Barnes, the former Staffordshire and England bowler, who celebrated his 80th birthday recently, is to be hung at Lords.
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    Cinema cracks 50 for half mile
    289 15 rn'PHRATES and Cinema 11, two bright prospects "in the mile handicap for Class 1, Div. 1 horses at Bukit Timah tomorrow, both cracked 37 for 3 f. in separate workouts on the training track yesterday morning. Euphrates, with George Straker astride, outpaced Scotch Express
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    CHESIERES IS EARLY FANCY FOR St. LEGER
    364 15 -HKSIKRKs. my early fancy lor the Singapore St. Leger, has begun his big race prepara inn In earnest. With Jackie Ta-t j niT'de. this Chamossalre five- I year-old went the full St. Leger j dii'ancf at a steady half pace. Double Blue (Mawi)
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    Pie King and Pinza top free handicaps
    302 15 LONDON. Thurs IRISH BRED two-year-old colt. The Pie King, owned hv Americas Ray Bell and Ellwood B. Johnston, heads the free handicap for two-year-olds with 9st 7tb In the list published today In the ■Racing Calendar". The handicap, which provides a reliable yardstick
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    GREAT WINS BY HOAD, ROSEWALL
    217 15 SYDNEY, Thurs. A USTRALIA'S young tennis stars. Ken Rosewall and Lewis Hoad. today ousted the Americans, Vie Seixas and Tony Trabert, from the men's singles at the New South Wales championships here. Both were in devastatinc form. Rosewall beat S»Axas 6-3. 6-2. 6-3 and Hoad
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    Good win for Constance
    135 15 LONDON. Thurs UECTOR Constance of Trinidad, who beat Siamese boxer Nal Usman in Singapore eirly this year decisively beat British welterweight champion Wally Thorn on points at the Royal Albert Hall last night. Constance dictated the trend ot the ten-round fight almost throughout. Thorn «m down
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    Sedgman wins
    63 15 LONDON. Thurs— Frank Seflzman of Australia, defeated veteran Don Budge of America. 7-5. 6-0, 6-1. in the semi-final of the International Professional Indoor Tennis Championships here yesterday. ■Pancho" Gonzales. the giant I Mexican American who has won the singles for the past three years. reached the final with
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    SPENCER SPRINTERS WORK IN GREAT STYLE
    482 15 SPENCER SPRINTERS WORK IN GREAT STYLE MILLIONAIRE, Cinecolor and Box Office— a trio of top flight sprinters in the Spencer stable all went in faultless style on the training track at Bt:kt Timah yesterday morntaf. Millionaire and Cinecolnr tioke from the half mile i Readily increasing their pace to run
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      14 15 STAR SIX ON THE TRACK Euphrates Cinema II Sir Francis Innate Red Dust Always
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      485 15 w A Rnlrx lactory-trained natchmakcr supervises a fully equipped Rolex Ser m m vice Station at 18-H Bat- tcry Road Singapore Bvl I _pt n nnnvm A landmar/c m the history of Jlv O \3x\fftXA3 r Ume measurement *i > Lompaxual -m,ltd Singapore Kuala Lumpur Ipoh Peiang Kuchinc and other
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    Protest resignation
    26 16 LONDON. Thurs. Owiltl J Ctty'l ptcMdent Mr W. Erie Shanks has resigned a^ I protect nsainM the sacking of manaeer H;iit' Storer last week
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    Schoolboy leads Selangor defence of F.S. Cup
    359 16 Schoolboy leads Selangor defence of F.S. Cup KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. gELANGOR BADMINTON ASSOCIATION officials today appealed successfully to the Eduration Department for permission for Ooi Chong Teck, the Malayan school champion, to turn out lor the state in defence of the Foong Seong Cup against Penang this weekend. Under the
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    'Quarrel' rumours in Penang
    206 16  - 'Quarrel' rumours in Penang GUNN CHIT TIIYE By PENANG, Thurs. THE Foong Seong; Cup emblem of Malayan badminton supremacy should nmr to Penang this year. But. convincing as was Prnang's 6-3 triumph over Sineaporc in the inter-zone final two weeks ago. badminton observers in the Settlement are not too happy
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    SBA ties for the weekend
    196 16 TPHE SB. A. open tournament fixtures for the weekend are: Tomorrow at Ul p.m. Court No. l: Ismail b Marjan vs. Omar Ibrahim Court No. 3: Useful B P. vs Flower B. P Toi.rn.iment Official: Jimmy Tan; Umpires Ahmad Taib. Willie T.in and Chan Swee
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    7 new teams for k.o. meet
    166 16 QKVXM new teams have entered for 'he Singapore Hockey AssoMMnn.s kr.n'koir competition which Me\t week. The new teams Include Combined S<hooLs\ St JowphVs. Post and Telecoms, Engineer Reciment. and additional side* from SRC Univerti'y and YMCA Ti. f 3 8.0.D.. vno finished In the
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    CHARLIE CHAN
    35 16 Charlie Chan. Combined Srhoofc in ide light, has been included In ;he list of players from whom SAFA will choree the "Rest of Singapore te-m to P'av Tieers at Jalan B<-s;u-stiidium on Sunday.
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    'Cora' beats Wong
    46 16 TAIPEH. Thurs Malayan badminton champion Wong Peng Soon's tour of Formosa has been del.tyi rt hv the tynhoon 'Cora". Wong and his croup of Malayan I and Hong Kong players were forced lo tun. 'rack to Hone Kong vrsterriay by typhoon warnings. UP.
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    U.K. Rugby results
    29 16 LONDON. Thurs Yesterdays rucby union results were: Guys Hospital (1 Cambridge University 26; Metropolitan Police 11 Cambridge City Club 16; Devon 8 Royal Navy 8.- Reuter.
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    YMCA v Changi
    54 16 The V.M.C.A. team to meet RAF Changi at Changi on Saturday in a Div 2 league hockey match* will be Chew Teow Toh: Avtar Sinch Yogarajah; S Raiendra. S. Hope. N. Parker; M V Moss. Suratta (capt,). Chan Onn Lenc Nagel Yap, Tan Soo Hlan Rc-er'. r
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    India score 214 for four in first Test
    242 16 NEW DELHI. T.iurs. INDIA .scorea 1!14 for four by close of play tor ay when the tlrst unoffiria! Test against the Commonwealth opened here. Manjrekar (86) and Apte |M put on 103 nins lor the sr> jn.i ticket after Ro\ fell to
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    Chinese clubs to hold trial
    109 16 IPOH. Thurs. In preparation for their sixth annual Inter-Chinese Recreation Club quadrangular hockey meet at Penang during the OfefMMM Holidays. Perak CRC will play against. Taiping CRC on Saturday, starting at 4.45 p.m. on the lower padanz. After the same ;ip team to travel for
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    SCHOOLS XI NEED MORE PRACTICE
    345 16 Combined School- will hr.ye to brush up on ihoir j teamwor': durins the next three' weeks if the;- \vs>nt to win the interstate srnooh quadrangular hockey tournament next month This was the apparent weakness In schools' riispliiy yesterday when they were held to a 2-2
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    Coronation Cup soccer finals
    66 16 The senior and junior finals of the Coronation Cup soccer tournament for Government departments will be played at the Victoria School grout id torrorrow. rhe junior final between Woodbridge Hospital and P.W.D.— starts at 4 p.m. and the senior final between Marine Dept and P.&T at
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    C.Y.M.A. ELECT OFFICIALS
    73 16 The Catholic Young Men's Association (p.m.) oft ciaLs for 1953 54 are: President: F. J. Rapp«: Vice Presidents: S. Holmberg, V. Rozarlo; Hon. Secretary: M. HendrofT; Asst. Hon. Secretary: O Olsen: Hon. Treasurer: P. Almonte: Asst. Hon Treasurer A. Puspalm. Chairman Board of Games- Mr. J Rozario:
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    DELA YED
    29 16 DEL A YED KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. 'THE offlrial opening of the Selangor Chenwii Athletic Associations new $2'- million stadium, originally scheduled for Saturday, has ieen postponed to Dec. 11.
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    Thomson champion
    38 16 WELLINGTON. Thurs. Peter Thomson. Australian run;;cr-up in this year's British open golf championship, yesterday won the New Zealand professional title, beating Alex Murray of Auckland by nine and seven. Thomson was the only outside competitor— Reuter.
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    N.S. INDIANS WIN
    24 16 SEREMBAN. Thurs— Negrl Bemhilan Indians yesterday marie NN of this year's N.S. Hockey Association league honours when they de.eated Eurasians 4-0.
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    Teamwork may suffer at 'Quads'
    203 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. ■THE Malayan Hockey Council's southern and northern section quadrangular tournaments at Seremban next weekend and at Ipoh on Dec. 4, 5, 6 will have an added importance thus year. The two meets will be a pointer for the selection of the Malayan
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    Penang face hard task against Perak
    295 16 H.M.S. MALAYA RUCBY PENANG. Thursday PENANG face an uphill task against Perak in their H.M.S. Malaya rugger fixture at Ipoh on Saturday. But the northerners will be out to give a good show —they are making six changes from the side that lost 15-3
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    OVERLOOKED, BUT TAYLOR IS NOT DISCOURAGED
    419 16 OVERLOOKED, BUT TAYLOR IS NOT DISCOURAGED HARRY TAYLOR. Singapore javelin champion and record-holder, is not among the nine Singapore athletes nominated by Singapore Olympic and Sports Council to undergo special training in preparation for the second Asian Games at Manila next May. The S.O.S.C. qualtfyinn stan dfitd for the javolin
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    BUCCERONI IN T.K.O. WIN
    116 16 LOS ANOELES. Thurs. Veieran Freddie Beshore of Los Angeles is convinced that heavyweight champion Rocky Marclano is a harder and stronger hitter than Dan Bucceroni but trut Dan might be better boxer. Beshore. silting in his arflni room after being technically fcnorkaj out in the eighth
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    2 newcomers in Perak XV
    105 16 IPOH. Tnurs.— Two newcomers from the Services will make their debut when Perak take the field against Penang in their HMlrf HMS Malaya competition fixture here on Saturday. They are G. L. Griffiths, ot th? RASC and Pte A.spey. of the West York? The Perak
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