The Straits Times, 4 December 1953

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    13 1 The Straits Times fait*** Kstablished 1845 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1953. 15 CENTS
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    NEW LOOK AT RED CHINA
    318 1 Big three to plan joint policy at Bermuda LONDON, Thursday. "piIE problem of creating a joint Western policy towards Communist China will probably be H's( -ussed at the Big Three Bermuda conference, a Foreign Office spokesman said here today. The spokesman had been asked whether
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    ADMIRAL WARNS MA0 ON INDO-CHINA
    138 1 ADMIRAL WARNS MA 0 ON INDO-CHINA NEW YORK. ThUTI. ADMIRAL Arthur W. Radforri chairman ol the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned Red China yesterday that if she Intervenes In 'ho indoChina tightine it might, lead tn,\Voild War Three. The lrec world could not permit Indo-China to go unicr tin- Communist
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    Not a challenge, says McCarthy
    46 1 WASHINGTON-. Thurs. Senator McCarthy today Issued a flat denial that he was challenging President ELsenhower's political leadership through his criticism of the administration's foreicn policy and the handling of Communist issues. That suggestion la both ridiculous and untrur," he said Router.
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    Burned boy gets £4,000
    55 1 MELBOURNE. Thurs.— A 17--year-old boy, who. because of electrical burns, had to plve up piano playinc and learn the trombone instead, has been awarded 4.000 damages In the Supreme Court Mr. Justice shoii approved settlement for this amount, with costs, of a claim for £1(1.000 damages
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    Vyshinsky sings the praises of Sir Winston!
    307 1 Vyshinsky sings the praises of Sir Winston! NEW YORK. Thurs. FRIENDLY references to! Sir Winston Churchill. the British Prime Minister, were made in the United Nations General Assembly yesterday by Mr. Andrei Vyshinsky. the Soviet delegate. Sir Winston has at times been the target of considerable eriUctini by Mr. Vyshinsky.
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    We only seek co-operation, says Nixon
    102 1 NEW DELHI. Thurs. MR RICHARD NIXON, the United States Vice-Prcsi-,dent. said here today he was not in India "to sell her anythins but "we are anxious to have your co-operation in our own efforts to bring peace and freedom in this great continent Mr.
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    'Mercy killer' gaoled
    54 1 GOETTINGEN Thurs A German court sentenced a woman doctor to two years' gaol yesterday for the wartime •mercy killing' of 30 insane women. She was acquitted of ttv•mercy" deaths ot 60 mentaily unbalanced or crippled children. Dr. Ilildegard Wesse, aged 42, claimed that she was carrying .out
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    Lines not tapped
    73 1 CANBERRA. Thurs. In the House of Representatives last night, the Prime Minister. Mr. Robert Menzies. assured opposition members that there was no tapping by the securny service in Canberra of Parliamentary and other telepho if conversations. The telephones of membe-.-were not tapped and their telegrams were not
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    Prasad is 69
    16 1 NEW DELHI. Thurs. -India 3 President Rajendra Prasad celebrated his 69th birthday today—A.P.
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    The Queen says 'yes' to Neptune
    174 1 ABOARD THE OOTHIC. Thurs THE QUEEN yesterday gave her consent to "King Neptune" being received on board the escort cruiser Sheffield with traditional en monies when the two vessel* cross the equator. The Oothic and thr Sheffield now steaming across the Pacific towards Fiji
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    THE DUKE'S CRITIC
    144 1 —he swims on SUNDAYS LONDON. Thursday. DR. DONALD SOPER. Methodist pastor who has often criticised the Duke of Edinburgh for playing polo on Sundays, was himself taken to task yesterday by an Anglican vicar for swimming on Sundays. Writing in his parish magazine, the Rev Petrr Disney,
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    Work starts after strike
    25 1 LONDON. Thurs—Production resumed today in thousands of British factories kept idle for 24 hours by a token wage demand strike. Reuter.
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    Notice on a tree
    46 1 THL MNOAMMtf V\(JKKi.<> INIIIN n,-.....-<l i>. Mr Krl< r Williams, yesterday put up notice on a tree announcing that employees of a Chinese to tractor at the Straits Trading Company's tin smelting woiks nn Pulau fttani are <tn strike.— Straits Times picture.
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    LYTTELTON TOLD TO QUIT OFFICE
    188 1 For God's sake go, says M.P. LONDON, Thursday. ABOI'K members of paliament yesterday dramatl- cally demanded the resignation of the Colonial Secretary. Mr. Oliver Lyttelton for deposing the Kabaka of Buganda from his African tribal throne. The opposition also proposed a motion of censure against
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    They'll go to hunt 'snowman'
    38 1 LONDON. Thurs— The Daily Mail announced today it was organising and financing a serious expedition of famous explorers to hunt down the "abominable snowman." a fabled monster of the Himalayan heights U P
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    Envoy sacked
    35 1 MOSCOW, Thurs. The Supreme Soviet of the USSR, yesterday said that Cassily Kuznetsov, a deputy Foreign Minister, has been relieved of his duties as Soviet Ambassador to China. No reason was given. A.P.
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    FUN-AND A CHANCE TO WIN $5,000
    124 1 FUN-AND A CHANCE TO WIN $5,000 !JS Monday's Straits > 1 Tunes will begin anl other scries ot fascinating irorcl putties in which the ir hole tamHy efc.i enjoy th: fun ot solving the designer's clues— -an f i endeavour to win the weekly prize ol $5 000 Pit pour
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    Flying home
    31 1 MELBOURNE. Thurs —A Siamese prince, Urachr.tra Chatchai. left here by air today for home, accompanied by a pretty 24-year-old Siamese student. Raja Isasena, whom he hopes to marry.— U.P.
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    They stay out
    25 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. The Photo Engravers' Union yesterday refused to end the strike which has closed down all New York's major newspapers.—Reuter.
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    Violet on her way
    35 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. Eighteen-year-old Miss Violet Sleiah. who won the title >l Miss Max Factor of Malaya, topped here briefly today on her way to Tokyo and the United States.— U.P.
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    UNION ACTS TO SPREAD TIN PLANT STRIKE
    452 1 UNION ACTS TO SPREAD TIN PLANT STRIKE Will call out another 400 men T»HE strike at the Straits Trading Company's tin smelting works on Puiau Brani threatened to spread yesterday when the Singapore Workers' I'nion announced its intention of calling out another 400 workers. Along with a new four-point demand,
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    Query for Igor
    32 1 OTTAWA. Thurs. Canadian authorities last night said that Mounted Police would ask Igor Gouzenko whether he was willing to be questioned by the US Senate Internal Security Sub-committee.— At.
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    The' clenched fist symbol
    21 1 The' clenched fist symbol Ill: unions Mintini on t ri top of the strike notice. 4 quill in a clenched fist.
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    Repair men down tools for 2 hours
    68 1 A BOUT 100 mechanics employed by Borneo Motors Singapore yestrday staged a "lightning" strike. Without warning the men dewned tools for about two hours and left thA woricshop. Thry returned after negotiations. Cause of the stoppage *'as a dispute between an official of
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    Tin: the market bounces back
    135 1 Tin: the market bounces back ■THE tin price in Sinpa- pore yesterday recovered most of Werine.s-ri-u's $975 fall. Yesterday'a price, at $311.25 a ptcul, was $9.25 above Wednesdays closing level. Rubber was also higher in Singapore yesterday. with December first grade closing ■4 60 5 8 cents a p°und. one
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    STOP PRESS
    29 1 U. N. 'CONrEEN' ON ATROCITIES NKW ViiRK, Thors.— United Nations General Assembly today approved resolution expressing "grave coiuirn" at rb.ircr I of Cnmmurmt atrocities in Korci Kruti-r.
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    Twins are 2 now
    29 1 LONDON Thur.s Siamp.sp twins flown to London from Niceria in a bid to savp th<Mr lives wore successfully separated in an operation here today. —Reuter.
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    'Defend yourself' Vyshinsky told
    76 1 NEW YORK. Thurs Mr. Andrei Vyshinsky, Russia's chief delegate to the United Nations, has been invited to appear before a United States House of Representatives' committee to defend himself in connection with "the Soviet' seizure of Latvia. Lithuania and Estonia." A former member of the Latvian
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    THIRTEEN CANDIDATES WITH ONE AIM—YOUR 'X TOMORROW
    334 2 THIRTEEN CANDIDATES WITH ONE AIM— YOUR 'X TOMORROW Election rivals map out last minute vote -catching strategy JOD AY Singapore is on the eve of the City Council elections. The 13 candidates for five seats wound up their campaigns last night. The speeches are over and the election promises rest.
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    My autograph? Why, certainly...
    8 2 Sparky signs an autograph,
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    ARCHITECT TURNS UP
    59 2 Been with friends MR. A. G. BURR, an architect who had been reported missing from Silverbank Private Hotel since Nov. 18 turned up at Orchard Road Police Station yesterday. The manageress of the hotel told the Straits Times that Mr. Burr returned at 9.30 a.m. "He told
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    Reports of assault on Progressives
    87 2 SOME supporters of the Sincaporr Progressive Party have been intimidated and assaulted Reports have been made to the police. Disclosing t' is in its latest Newsletter, the Party warns voters "Do not vote for potential oppressors who preach as democrats •Let the voters note the
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    No near chance of war—Nehru
    41 2 No near chance of war Nehru NEW DELHI. Thurs.— The Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, today said that he saw "no near chance of war. "War and aggression can be avoided." he said, "because both sides recognise the terrible consequences." UP.
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    Pay increase
    20 2 TAIPEH, Thurs.— The Nationalist Chinese Cabine* today approved an increase in pay for soldiers and civilian workers. Reuter.
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    OLD TROUPER—AGED 3
    157 2 OLD TROUPER— AGED 3 Sparky is a star in the wings rpHE DARLING of the Cu*at show in Singapore is Sparky Warren, aged three. Sparky is an Australian born in England. She made her first stage appearance in Brussels, acquired a Yankee accent in America and nas travelled all over
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    Spring weather
    17 2 LONDON. Thurs.— Britain and Western Europe had Spring-like weather for the fifth day yesterday— AP.
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    First Royal messages
    55 2 First Royal messages LONDON. Thurs. Parliament yesterday received the first messages from the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret acting as Counsellors of State in the absence of the Queen on her Commonwealth tour. The messages were in reply to "loyal and dutiful addresses" from the Commons and Lords concerning Orders-in-Counril
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    1,500 slaps if Mr. M. loses
    83 2 {SINGAPORE Legislative Councillor Mr. Lim Yew Hock Labour-Keppoli told nearly 1.500 people last night: "Slip your faces hard on Saturday riuht if Mr. Mariappan does not v'n by a big margin." Mr. Lim vjls speaking in support of Mr. V. Mariappan. 'who is contesting
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    Her dead (and buried) son came back home
    82 2 > SYDNEY, Thurs.—A man I believed to have been buried, in June, 1952 walk- > ed into his mother's home I at Petersham, a Sydney > suburb yesterday He is Mr. John Matthew O'Brien, who has been i working m New South
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    RUNNING BATTLE WITH SMUGGLERS IN SIAM HILLS
    230 2 RUNNING BATTLE WITH SMUGGLERS IN SIAM HILLS Helicopters direct fight BANGKOK. Thursday. (JIAMKSF. police and Chinese opium smugglers were today engaged in a running battle over the jungle clad hills near the north Siam city of Chiengmai in a fight which has lasted since Tuesday afternoon, police reported here. Reinforcements
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    Big increase in customs revenue
    101 2 Big increase in customs revenue REVENUE collected by Singapore customs from January to November totalled $71,714,000 an Increase of $1,916,000 uvor the corresponding period last year. Biggest increase in any single item came from petroleum where $13,881,000 was collected against $12,858,000. But topping the list is $31,559,000 from tobacco an
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    Back to Egypt
    28 2 LONDON rhurs— Sir Ralph Stevenson. British Ambassadr.r to Cairo, who has been on leave here since June, wil' sail *lot Egypt on December 10 -AP
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    Mail delayed
    25 2 rOKYO. Thurs.—A partial strike Of Japanese communications and railway workers has delayed 18.000.000 letters and 130.000 parcels at Tokyo's central post office.— AP
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    The tax man caught up
    60 2 CANBERRA. Thurs. The Taxation Department detected 6.831 Australians who understated their incomes in the financial year to June 30, 1952. The Tax Commissioners' report, tabled in Parliament ye.sterday, said the amount of understatement involve totalled nearly £6.000.000. These taxpayers, who included several sporting had to
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    Australian Commissioner goes soon
    87 2 MR LAURENCE RUPEF'X MCINTYRE, retiring AustrrJlan Commissioner in Mr'aya, is expecrd to leave S'ncapore for London n-\f Mar<-h. Mr. Mclntyre, who Is 41, is a Tasmanian and was Rhodes Scholar for that State in 1933 He Joined the Australian External Affairs Department shortly after the outbreak
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    Thwarted genius' is gaoled
    185 3 Thwarted genius' is gaoled SYDNEY, Thuri.. A MASTER banknote forger, who was sentenced to seven years' gaol here yesterday. has since been described by Mb prosecut >r as a thwarted cenius. The senior Crown prosecutor. Mr. C V. Roonev Q. C. was reported to have said alter the trial that
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    Eden for Paris
    32 3 LONDON. Thurs. Mr. Anthony Eden. Foreign Secretary. nnd 1-nrd Alexander. Defence Minister, will attend the meeting o| the NATO Minister: il Council opening in Paris »n December 14.— Reuter.
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    U.S. Govt. to re-examine policy on rubber stockpiling
    307 3 U.S. Govt. to re-examine policy on rubber stockpiling WASHINGTON, Thursday. rHE United States Government agreed at a meeting yesterday to re-examine its natural rubber policy o see if something could be done to help producers in he Far East. The General Service Administration, which is in harge of the American
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    NEW GIRL ON THE STAGE
    29 3 LYDIA BARTON, 17-year-oM newcomer to the Windmill Theatre, London. When away from the stage, I.ydia goes in for interior decorating and swimming. Reuler picture.
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    RESERVE OF GOLD RISES
    158 3 RESERVE OF GOLD RISES LONDON. Thurs. BRITAIN'S gold and dollar reserves increased by U S i 41.000,000 during November, ringing them to U.5.52,561.--•00.000 on November 30. the rieasury said yesterday. Unofficial banking- experts aid there was reason to sup>ose that Britain's reserves luring the month had benefitH by cold or
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    Malta is offered new status
    150 3 Malta is offered new status LONDON. Thurs. BRITAIN has made an olTrr to Malta which would lift the island out of the status o f a British Colony, the Government said yesterday. But Maltese demands that their affairs should come under the Commonwealth Relati< ns Office— thua giving the islar.d
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    Kukri gift in London
    69 3 LONDON. Thurs— A ceremonla] leukri was presented yesterday on behalf of the Bricade of Gurkhas to Sir I John Marriot, chairman of the Overseas Entertainment Committee of the British Empire Service League. The presentation was made j as a token of the Brigade's i appreciation of
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    Closer trade is urged
    40 3 MANlLA,— Thurs— The Philippines should develop closer trade and cultural relations with other South-East Asian countries. Senator Gil Puyat said today. He has just returned from a 10-day trip to Hong Konc, Bangkok and Singapore— A.P.
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    Nun missing in Mau attack
    43 3 NAIROBr, Thurs.— An African nun is missing from ihe Roman Catholic mission at Kiangona. near Nyeri. after an attack by Mau Mau terrorists! They ransacked the mission and took £150 in cash and a revolver and ammunition.— AP.
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    'FRANCASAL AFFAIR' MEN FOR TRIAL
    101 3 LONDON. Thurs. rWO BOOKMAKERS. two racehorse owners and 3 jloorlstock breeder alleaed tn lave planned to make 1:35.000 jy switching race horses In the 'Francasal Affair" yesterday »ere committed for trial at he Old Bailey. Thp prosecution alleged thai Ml July 16 a horse called
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    CRIPPLE WINS ARCHERY COMPETITION
    51 3 CRIPPLE WINS ARCHERY COMPETITION PERTH, Thur.s.— A man who will never walk again has won the Western Australian Archery Championship foi 1953. Mr. John lOith OConn^li. aerci 27. of Perth, who has been crippled for five years, fired his arrows from a wheel chair. He defeated veteran archery champion, Charles
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    He wants to be president
    38 3 He wants to be president MR. <1. CI'RRIEZ. known as "Father Smiles." King of thiHoboes who has sent a lett'T to the French National Assembly putting himself forwird as a candidate for the post of President. Popper picture.
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    BRITAIN-PERSIA EXPECTED TO PATCH QUARREL
    175 3 BRITAIN-PERSIA EXPECTED TO PATCH QUARREL LONDON, Thursday. ORITAIN and Persia are expected to resume diplo- ma tic relations with the next few days as a preliminary to negotiating a settlement of the 30-month-old oii dispute, informed diplomatic sources said today. Teheran broke off diplomatic ties with London a year ago
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    VISIT TO TURKEY
    21 3 MR. GHULAM MOBAMED, Governor-General of Pakistan, who has just paid a three-day state visit to Turkey. A.P. picture.
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    US company to sell UK car
    78 3 NEW YORK. Thurs.— A new American company is to launch the British Triumph sports car In an "aggressive bid 1 to dominate the United States foreign car market, Sir John Black, managing director of the Standard Motor Company, Conventry, said yesterday. "The American motorist,
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    Trade talks
    23 3 KARACHI. Thurs— An Egyptian economic mission is expected to arrive here on December 18 to negotiate a trar«e agreement. A P.
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    U.S. aid not used for China trade
    123 3 U.S. aid not used for China trade LONDON. Thurs MR. 6ELWYN Lloyd. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, yesterday said that no financial aid supplied to Britain by the United States had been used tn finance the shipment of warlike stores to China. Mr. Lloyd was replying to Mr. J.
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    M.P. QUERIES THE DEPORTATION POWERS
    197 3 M.P. QUERIES THE DEPORTATION POWERS LONDON. Thurs. MR. Oliver Lyttelton. British Colonial Secretary, was asked in the House of Com- mons yesterday what powers of l deportation were permitted to Governors In the Colonies and under what authority. H« replied: "Colonial Governments must retain the normal right of all administra-
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    LONDON STOCKS
    238 3 LONDON. Thurs. Closing prices ot selected stocki were LOANS Consols 63 n i runding 4% 10P.4 War 3tt% 85',a BANKS Mercantile (£l2H> 24 Hongkong ($125) 94 Eastern <£5) 7< 3 Chartered (£1) 42/- INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 12\, +tt Royal IM% M Prudential 37 i -i 't RAILS
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    LONDON TIN
    27 3 LONDON Dec. 3. Cash. Buyers £630; Sellers COS; Forward Buyers £617 2: Sellers £620; Setlleir^nt £«30 (up €5.). Turnover a.m. 65 tons p.m. 20 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    41 3 LONDON. Dec 3 —Spot 17\ri.. Jan. 17 Feb 17-. d.. Ma- 117, d..7 7 ,d.. ,ian -Mor 17\d.. Apr. -June 18d.. July-Sept 18'^d. Dec. c if. 17 11'lOd. Jan. c.i.f. 17 11 16 d.. Feb. c.i.f 17\d. Tone: Quiet.
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    Tired crew in lost plane
    46 3 LONDON Thur.s— Crew fatigue may have contributed to the loss of the British trans- port plane which disappear' rl over the Atlantic last Febru.i-v with 39 passengers and ere* the report of the public inquiry into the mystery said today. Reuter.
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    Blow-pipe terrorist killed—he was feared by 100,000
    252 4 Blow-pipe terrorist killed he was feared by 100,000 K. LUMPUR. Thurs. ifHE Federation's top aboriginal Communist terrorist, Bah Pelankin, was killed by Home Guards in the Raub area of Pahang on Tuesday in an ambush. Feared by the 100.000 aborigines in Malaya, Bah Pelankin dominated the jungles from Batang Padang
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    65 TOLD: NO VOTE FOR YOU
    140 4 It's official now KUALA LU.MPIR. Thurs. THE Supervisor of Elections, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. C. A. L. Potter, today went to Kampong Pantai and handed to 65 people notices stating that they cannot vote at Saturday's elections. This followed a ruling yesterday by the Mentri
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    Pavilion theft
    28 4 A thief slipped into the pports pavilion in the GUlman Barracks. Singapore, on Wednesday evening during a rugger match an<i stole $282 and a $150 wrlilwatch.
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    Maids' rooms raided at three homes
    106 4 fTHIEVES ransacked three rooms of the maidservants' quarters at the Tanglin Offlc- ers 1 Mess, Singapore, on Wed- j nesday. One maid lost $48 and an I alarm clock, another 539 and a third $20. Two similar thefts were reported the day before in
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    Government shelter 96 aborigines who fled from jungle
    120 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. VINETY-SIX aborigines from South Perak have asked for Government protection. In three groups, they came out of the jungle in the Sekum area of Perak, north-east of Tapah. This area is notoriously Communist-infested and has given the security forces
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    Gurkhas win grenade battle
    106 4 Gurkhas win grenade battle KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. 4 PATROL of the 1 6 Gurkhas won a grenade battle when they killed a Communist terrorist in the Sungei Siput area of Perak yesterday. Two terrorists attacked the patrol, each throwing a grenade. One grenade exploded and slightly wounded a Gurkha. The
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    THIEVES GET TWO PENS ON A STICK
    86 4 THIEVES GET TWO PENS ON A STICK IPOH. Thurs Thieves used! a stick to fish out a ccat containing two fountain pens j when they burgled the home of Dr. A. C. Kathigasu in Green Lane here last night The thieves hooked the coat I from an open bedroom window,
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    No return: $100
    25 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— For failing to send his income I tax return. Lrp Kong was 1 fined $100 in the police court.
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    YAM TUAN IS 'MUCH BETTER'
    69 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The British Adviser Necri Sembilan, Mr. M. C. ft*. Sheppard, arrived here this evening after I flying to the beside of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar. Negri Sembilan, who ls 111 in the Singapore General Hospital. Mr. Sheppard. who was accompanied on his
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    CHEST SURGERY IN S'PORE 'CAN STILL IMPROVE'
    260 4 Alumni Association chief THE PRESIDENT of the Alumni Association, Professor A. A. Sandosham, yesterday contradicted the Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers. who claimed on Tuesday that Singapore specialists were competent to do all that was required in chest surgery. Prof.
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    OFF TO HOLLAND FOR HOLIDAY
    29 4 MRS. N. A. CLERKS, Public Duty Officer of the Singapore St. John Ambulance Brigade, who left by KIM airliner for leave in Holland yesterday.
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    HE WANTS TO DEFEND MALAYA
    68 4 HE WANTS TO DEFEND MALAYA PENANG, Thurs. S. Rajamanlkam, aged 20. an apprentice draughtsman attached to the Kedah State Survey Department, walked Into the Army recruiting centre in Northam Road and told the recruiting offlcer that he wanted to "defend Malaya." He was promptly enrolled jus a recruit of the
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    Ensemble picks office-bearers
    54 4 The Singapore Chamber Ensemble office-bearers for the year are: Chairman. Mr. Charles Elwell; secretary Mrs Lily Chan: treasurer Mr C P Purcell; committee: Messrs Lincoln Page. Victor Doggett Hubert Gan. Heng Chin Hock and Miss Louls e Ch^ng Mr. T. H. H. Hancock was elected vice-president and
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    436 Indians are back
    38 4 The 8.1. ship Rajula brought 363 Indian deck and 73 saloon passengers back to Singapore when she arrived from India yesterday. The deck passengers were sent to the quarantine station on St. John's Island
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    HUNDREDS MORE JOBS OPEN SOON
    146 4 Three new factories going up THERE will be hundreds more Jobs coin* in tJtSSeH° n s n Three flrms Pining The Colony's Chief Employment Officer. Mr. F. G. Tyson, told the Straits Times yesterday that he had received inquiries from the firms' representatives regarding the
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    They will study 'unity in Malaya'
    114 4 IPOH, Thurs. ADULT education workers and others In the Federation will attend an extramural course on "Unity and Disunity In Malaya," which the University of Malaya is organising for them in Singapore. The course, spread over four days, will begin on Sunday, December 27
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    Register early, Muslims told
    48 4 Singapore Muslims going on pilgrimage to Mecca next year should register at the Colonial Secretary's Office between December 9 and 24. As shipping arrangements have to be made in good time, registration should be made early Applications will not be accepted after December 24.
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    Pickpocket at stadium
    35 4 An R.A.F. offlce r had his pocket picked as he left the Happy World Stadium in Sin gapore on Wednesday after a show He lost $37. a driving licence and other documents.
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    Letter was a forgery 10 months
    93 4 Letter was a forgery 10 months \LTHEN Pakir Mohamed bin Sultan called at the civil engineering outstatlon at the Admiralty, Singapore, on Nov 4. he produced a letter purporting to give him authority to move 36 iron pipes. But before ht could take away the pipes, the letter was found
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    50 TO ATTEND TALKS ON DEVELOPMENT
    97 4 IPOH, Thurs. FIFTY delegates from the Federation and Singapore md overseas will attend the Community Development Conerence to be held in Taiplng tor a week, commencing Mon--lay. Dato Sir Onn bin Ja afar. Member lor Home Affairs, will i Kn e^ 1U V Dato
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    THREE DETECTIVES CLEARED ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT
    253 5 'Prosecution has done all it can 9 THREE detectives, Sgt. Hussein bin Ibrahim, Cpl. Talib bin Mohamed Tamby and Cpl. Jai bin Mohamed Kassim, charged with assaulting Lim Siong Choon to get information or a confession, were acquitted yesterday in a Singapore court.
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    6-year-old boy falls 40 feet to death
    74 5 A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy. Yau Quay Song, fell about 40 feet to his death from the second floor of a building in Him l<>. k Kn;irl. Singapore, last night. Yau. son of a contractor, was playing with his younger sister while their mother was
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    VEGETABLE PRICES IN SINGAPORE
    122 5 Retail prteM in cents p«r kat; of vegetables at four Singapore market yesterday were:— Brarh Ell^n- Simon Rd. broufh Kd. X.X Ccl»ry 90 lOC 100 inn Chye sim 30 35 30 35 Kans Icong 25 30 25 30 Lerture 70 80 50 70 Peh rhye 50
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    Election soon in Kuantan
    61 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. An order constituting the To-m Council of Kuantan has been passed. The counci] is to consist of 17 members, nine of whom will be elected to represent three wards Tanah Puteh, Centri) Town and Teluk Sesik— into which the town council area is
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    FLYING BRIDE FROM ROTTERDAM
    51 5 A BRIDE-TO-BK rame by air yesterday— in a X.L.M. Constellation from Holland. She is Miss Henny Berkemeier, of Rotterdam. Miss Berkemeier, daughter of a retired director of a wellknown brewery in Holland is here to marry Mr. T. Wells, a Kuala Lumpur miningengineer, in Singapore on
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    $3,300 award for thumb injured in lorry accident
    131 5 $3,300 award for thumb injured in lorry accident MR JUSTICE TAYLOR awarded $3,300 special damages with costs to K.N.A. Pillai. an antimalaria overseer employed by the Army School of Health and Anti-Malarial Organisation. Far East, in the Singapore High Court yesterday Pillai brought the action against Scow Whay Kirn. trading
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    Murder bid is alleged
    65 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Teng Chong Pak, aged 19, was today charged in the sessions court with attempted murder. Teng pleaded not guilty and was allowed $500 ball. It was alleged that on the evening of November 25 Teng stabbed Ngai Toh Chal with a chisel at
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    Soap output declines
    35 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Soap produced in the Federation in October amounted to 17.474 cwt against 17.584 cwt in September. Total production for the first 10 months of the year -vas 180.707 cwt.
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    Govt. clerk is accused
    51 5 IPOH. Thurs— Wong Peng Mun, 30, a clerk in the Siate War Committee of the Secretariat pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to criminal breach of trust In respect of $291. He was allowed $500 bail and the case was adjourned •until December
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    Nour they are officers
    39 5 THE first Malayans to become ofticers in the Royal Malayan Navy are Syed Halim bin Syed Hassan (left) and Inrhe Ismail bin Hassan. They hold the rank of Acting Commissioned Boatswain, R.M.N. Singapore P.R. photo.
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    LIBRARY BUYS 300 NEW BOOKS A MONTH
    175 5 Popular ones must be reserved J^AFFLES Library spends as much as it can afford" >n buying new books every month. Mrs. G. F. W Hudson, the librarian, said yesterday. She was replying to criticisms i.i a reader's letter to the Straits Times which
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    Pets display at Animal Lovers' rally
    168 5 Pets display at Animal Lovers' rally \iyriTH the lifting of rabies restrictions in Singapore on Wclne.sday. the Animal Lovers' League will hold its annual rally at the Jalan Besar Stadium at 430 p.m. tomorrow. The rally was originally planned for October 4, World Animal Day. The rally, to be opened
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    Used force on schoolgirl
    66 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Thurs. —For using criminal force on a schoolgirl after robbing her of a gold chain and locket, Yong Cheong, aged 53. a labourer, was today gaoled for nine months. The case, which was sent hack by the High Court for further evidence to be
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    Husband gave me 15 cents a day SAYS WIFE
    193 5 Husband gave me 1 5 cents a day SAYS WIFE OAROJINI, the Chinese wife of an Indian overseer, employed by the P.W.D., told a Singapore rourt yesterday that her husband stopped her from visiting her relatives and prevented them from seeing her. A» times he cave her only 15 cents
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    DRIVE ON RADIO 'PIRATES' BRINGS IN EXTRA $800,000
    221 5 Campaign moves to Malacca MALACCA. Thursday. AN all-out drive to bring to book pirate radio listeners in Malacca will soon be launched. Mr. Tony Beamish, acting Deputy Director of Broadcasting, said today. He added that inspection officers equipped with the latest detection
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    Asked for job then took $102
    39 5 A man went to a house to Frankel Estate, Singapore on Wednesday and asked for a Job as a gardener. A maidservant found $102 missing after he left. Police have detained a man.
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    $2,500 fine in lottery case
    38 5 TAIPINO, Thurs.— Chv.an Teong Chua, who pleaded guilty to assisting in the running of a public lottery 100. 1,000 and 10.000 characterswas fined $2,500 or eight months' gaol. The informer will get $250
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    Theft at farm
    30 5 Two ducks and 100 egps were stolen from a farmhouse in Lim Chu Kang village, Singapore, on Wednesday while the farmer was working on a vegetable plot.
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    Police now guard their Xmas dinner
    133 5 Police now guard their Xmas dinner fWO POLICEMEN patrolled the grounds of the Thomson Road Home for the Aged last night to make sure that no more turkeys or ducks are stolen from the 260 old people .staying there. Over thp week-end, "the meanest thieves in Singapore" broke into the
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    Food check in Province
    67 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Thurs.— Teams of food control officers have Leon visiting shops in Bukit Mertajam and the outlying districts assessing stocks and weekly consumption figures under the Food Restriction Ordinance which came into force oil November 15. Thus food denial operation, affecting nearly 50,000 residents hrre.
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    6 month's gaol for circus man
    51 5 SEREMBAN, Thurs— lbrahim bin Haji Ramli. aged 22. was today sentenced here to six months' gaol followed by one year's police supervision lor theft of clothing. Ibrahim, a circus man. stole the clothes trom Ahmad bin Wahab. another circus man at Seremban on August
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    MALAYAN IS ONE OF TOP FOUR
    171 5 AJK Chan Sai Soo 01 Ipoh has been selected as one of the four outstanding engineering students at Sydney University. Mr. Chan, who has a wife and a young son in Ipoh, is studying under a Colombo Plan' scholarship, for which he was selected
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      99 5 THE SINGAPORE DIARY Polire Band: Public performance, K i'oiik Park. 5 30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Trlok \yrr M.V.F.: Home prayer meeting. 180 Cecil Street, 7.30 p.m. Salvation Army Sale of Work. Children's Home. 380 Paslr Panjang Road. 4 p.m. .Singapore Prdlatrlr Society: McclInc, Professor Montelro's lecture ilnatre off Ward
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      93 5 Shell Thratrrllr: Free film show I The Lef.er, Blood Transtuslon Shell House. Collyer Quay. 1.15 p.m.; film show for Shell branch, depots nnd airfield .staff, 5.30 pm. Y.W.C.A.: Malay < lasse.s 930 a.m. and 5. H0 p ni.. Rarfie.s Quay. SI. Andrew* Cathedral: Clothiir: Slwp in C.W.A. Room, South Side,
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      89 5 V.M.C.V: O;)enlnc of Art Exhibition by Mr J. M. Praser. 5.30 p.m.: ativanred Malay class and Judo pr.uiire Y3O p.m.; Üble-tennis iournament 7 p.m., Orrhard Ro«d. Vontrrrnve Ot British Diplomat* In Soulli-E;ist A.sla. Mallalc. r*. .sideiue of the CommUsloner-Gi-neral. 10 a.m. Malayan Christian Council: Open dlacuaatoni far ymaa, umplps on
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    University facing deficit of $600,000
    221 6 MONEY THE KEY TO EXPANSION-SIR SYDNEY Govt to be asked for further grants DV the end of next year, the University of Malaya will have incurred a deficit of about $600,000 since its foundation, said Sir Sydney Came, the University Vice-Chancellor, at a press conference
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    Singing for votes
    40 6 SING a song of could it be votes? Two little maids sang in support of Mr. V. Marriapan, Singapore City Council South Ward Labour candidate, at his election meeting in Anson Road last night, Straits Times picture.
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    'Road clear for varsity progress'
    139 6 'Road clear for varsity progress' WHETHER or not money is j available, there is good reason lor the further develop- 1 ment of the University of Malaya on its present site, with future expansion at Kuala Lumpur, says the latest issue of the Malayan Underprad. This would bo a sounder
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    CHALETS FOR JOHORE BAHRU OFFICERS
    56 6 CHALETS FOR JOHORE BAHRU OFFICERS JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Chalets for accommodating government officers are to be built for the first time. Tenders have been invited for building eleven chalets.' suitable for married people, at Bukit Chagar. Johore Bahru. This type of Swiss cottages have been built in the Weld Hill
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    TONTINE CASE STOPPED: 3 CLEARED
    146 6 TONTINE CASE STOPPED: 3 CLEARED IPOH, Thurs. UTHEN the hearing of the $67,477 tontine case was resumed in the Sessions Court here today the prosecution offered no more evidence against the three accused. Mr. I. Talog Davies Deputy Public Prosecutor, who to»k over the prosecution today told the court president,
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    6 months for desertion
    47 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs A police constable Lian Chow aged 25, pleaded guilty at the sessions court today to a charge of desertion. He was sentenced to six months' gaol. Llan left Campbell Road police station without leave Detween October 12 and November 12
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    Sale of work
    32 6 The Salvation Army Children's Home. Singapore, will hold its annual exhibition and sale of work at 380 Paslr Panjang Road today It will be opened by Dr. Mary Tan
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    Huxley here next week
    81 6 pROFESSOR Julian Huxley, the English scientist and I writer, will arrive in Singapore j irom Australia on Tuesday on a lecture tour. Accompanied by his wife, he will spend four days in the Colony. They will stay with I the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, who
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    GAOLED FOR MAKING SHAM HAIRCREAM
    168 6 Markets flooded, court is told KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. IMITATION brands of a popular haircream are flooding the Federation markets, said Mr. M. Garton. Deputy Public Prosecutor, in court here today. He was prosecuting against 34-year-old Choo Chalc Low who was charged with being in possession
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    Sampan man fined, loses contraband
    124 6 ASAMPANMAN. Goh Kee Bee, who tried to smuggle dutiable goods from the Colony into the Federation, yesterday appeared befor P a Singapore court and was fined $1,000 with the alternative of ive months imprisonment. Goh pleaded guilty ie a charge of attempting to smuggle goods
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    Saint's Day
    37 6 The Goanese community ;n Singapore will celebrate' the Feast of St Francis Xavier witn a High Mass at the Church of St. Joseph of the Portuguese Mission in Victoria Street at 8 a.m. on Sunday.
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    Federation to be rabies free by April
    104 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. TPHE whole of the Federation is expected to be free from rabies by April 1, an official in the Government's Veterinary Department said today A country-wide vaccination campaign will start In January and it is hoped that by the end
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    Miner didn't contribute
    49 6 KAMPAR Thurs.— A miner. Lim Cheng Ean of the Kwong Soon Lee Kongs: was todiy fined a total of $243 on Mx counts of falling to lemit con tributions In respect of h!s employees to the provident fund for the past six months Lim pleaded Rullty
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    Postal clerk took $359
    66 6 KLANO. Thurs.— For misappropriating $359, A. Sithraputram, 21, a clerk employed by the Postal Department, Klang, was sentenced to six months' gaol by Mr. E Brown at the Klang Sessions Court today. Sithraputram was entrusted with $800 worth of stamps on Oct. 30 On Nov. 23,
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    70 ARE SACKED INCLUDING A UNION OFFICIAL
    243 6 70 ARE SACKED INCLUDING A UNION OFFICIAL Big cut in expenditure KITALA LIMPI R. Thursday. SEVENTY workers have been sacked by the Government Agricultural Department. The biggest cuts have been made at the research station at Serdang where 30 engineers and workshop mechanics have been given a month's notice. At
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    SINGAPORE POST FOR CASHIER
    48 6 MR. P. Z. GBANO, of the Bank of Canton, who arrived in Singapore yesterday from Hong Kong He will take over duties as cashier to the new branch of the bank of Canton which is to be opened early next year. Straits Times picture.
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    Fancy dress ball to be held
    44 6 The Overseas League will hold a rancy drew ball at Raffles Hotel on Dec 12 from 8 p.m to 1 am. There will be a variety flooi show and prizes will be distributed for the best fancy dress
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    Art exhibition
    23 6 Mr J M Fraser, mananei of the Singapore Improvement Trust, will open the V.M.C A o-t exhibition at Orchard R<w today
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    Buy flags to help us, says Mr. Kiat
    116 6 AN APPEAL to support the Singapore Chinese V.M.C.A. Flag Day tomorrow was issued last night by the Flag Day committee chairman Mr G H Kiat. He said the Chinese V M.C A. was a non -communal organis- tlon. "We have non-Chinese a.members.'"
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      160 6 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 7.15 Morning star: V3O News: 735 Melody Mixture; 8 Hill Billy Half Hour; 8.30 Malay Houscwlve.,' Corner; 9 Music While You Work: 9.45 Housewives' Choicr: 10 30 Matinee; 1 Stanley Black OnbHtra; IJ( News; 1.45 Sid Phillip, Orcbl 2 Close Down: 5.02 The Under 21 Club; 5.30
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    Short circuit believed to have started $1½ million oil blaze in Penang
    444 7 THREE FIREMEN HURT IN BATTLE PENANG, Thursday. THREE firemen from a heroic brigade which braved a possible explosion from a 500-ton oil tank were injured last night fighting this island's biggest post-war fire. The blaze was at the
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    Mrs. Sopiee speak: to women voters
    45 7 Mrs. Sopiee speak: to women voters MRS. ZAINAII SOPIKF wile of the Pan-Malayan Labour Party chairraan, speaking to women voters at a Labour campaign rally in Butterworth. Mrs. Sopiee told the meeting: "Don't let your husbands dictate how you should vote." Xorth Malaya Studio picture.
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    BRITAIN NOT SO HUNGRY
    144 7 —Fewer X mas parcels KUALA LUMPUR, Thur.s. THE NUMBER of food ptuxels lor Britain this Christmas dropped by 20 per cent compared with last year, a po.st otlite Official said here tocnij. The lifting of many iood restrictions in Britain la thought to be responsible foe
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    2 women in Congress tour team
    101 7 2 women in Congress tour team TWO women are ameng the six members of the United States House of Representatives who will arrive in Singapore by air from Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. They are Mrs. Marguerite S. Churrh (Republican) and Mrs. Edna F. Kelly (Democrat). Other mpmber.s are Mr. Walter
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    The raiders worked in the dark
    80 7 The raiders worked in the dark rpHREE masked men broke 'i A into a room occupied by a Chinese woman and her daugh- I ter in Newton. Singapore, at i 3.30 a.m. yesterday and robbed them of ca.*h and iewtllery worth 5268 The men ran-sacked the room without putting on
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    Scouters say farewell
    67 7 Seventy .scouters trave a farewell party at Sands House last night to Mr. R. E. Incn. Chief Commissioner for Singa- pore. V7ho Ii leaving in a few days on long leave for Eng- I land. Present at the party w;is 1 Mr. Godfrey Phillips, chairman of the
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    Eleven hurt at work get $11,755
    103 7 Eleven hurt at work get $11, 755 ELEVEN Singapore workmen who were injured at work last month received a total of $11,755 compensation. During November, tnree people wete killed and 256 were injured while working. Two who died fell from a considerable height; the third died after a "heavy object"
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    Had 44 Ib. opium
    48 7 KLANG. Thurs— Yeon Ten--08. of Port Swettenham. wa7 today senten-ed to nine months' gaol by Mr. E Bro*n president of the Klan" Sessions Cour* >r possession of 121 b of raw opium and 32 lb of i, m Yeon ID] and was 5.5.000 bail.
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    Government rice ration types
    68 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Government rice ration laatKl in Malacca until Dec. 13 will consist of the following type., high grade. Siam white rice 15 per cent broken entitlimeM 40 per cent price per kati 41 cents. Medium Grade Burma Ngak seln rice, entitlement 20 per cent
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    He pushed policeman and told him to go. a way—$40
    103 7 He pushed policeman and told him to go. a way $40 WHILE investigating gathering in the st: policeman was pushed aside a man and told to "go ..away and mind your own business In a Singapore Policy' Court yesterday, the push cost R. Arumupasamy a $40' fine or three weeks'
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    MALAY COMPANY TO PAY 30 p.c. DIVIDEND
    112 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tl THE Sharikat Lvm 1 pak, a Ma.. mining company operating DCS he;e has declared an inter; .ividend of 30 per cent les It Is believed to be tl. first Malay company to have deela*vd such i >i' stanli.. divi i
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    $493 theft in sundry shop
    44 7 Tobacco worth $12, some clothing and $493 were stolen from a sundry shop in Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, on Wednesday night while the proprietor and two assistants were sleeping Two planks of the wall were removed by the burglars.
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    Iceman to die for murder at stall
    200 7 I)OH HAI ANN, a 20- year-old ice seller, was sentenced to death at Singapore Assizes yesterday for the murder of Lee Pak Ghee, a Water Works fitter, who was shot dead in a coffer stall at Potong Pasir on September 12. Boh, who
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    Troops for Indo-China
    35 7 The 7.176-ton Abbeville arrived in Singapore yesterday from Marseilles with about 600 French troops for Indo-Chlna The trooper stayed in port for a few hours to take on water bunkers and provisions.
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    Taiping party to record music
    48 7 TAIPING. Thurs— The Sim Koong Musical and Dramatir Association of Taiping will po to Penang on Saturday, to make recordings for broadcast on December 19 and 25 on the Chinese network. The p:irty. numbering 30 men and women, will rend>r classical Cantonese mu*ir.
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      294 7 Sirails iinxs I rossuord ACKdsS 14. lloldir ul .1 Inlicliie HlKiltirei ol Ilic .simple liopes It;. Flower Id help on I lie water 5 (14). i.i'pty iH). I ft 9. Looking lor eiaMM sir? (9). 17. Her chap's In an old tank g 0. it's nothiiif (o the girl, but
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    188 8 Hi Wuri* tit I minimum) WHITE hindbnes (washable! and the best Hal. an straw nandbacs Available at vanity. MRS MARY CHATKR wishes to Inlnrm her clientele that she Is I back at Cameo Bei.uty Salon for npi Intments Phone 60V). SINGAPORE Children's society > Charity Ball, Island Club. Saturday,
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Dec. 4, 1953. Meeting In Bermuda
    916 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Dec. 4, 1953. Meeting In Bermuda Since the second invitation to a conference at Bermuda was made ;md accepted, the Russians themselves have accepted, I in their fashion, the invitation to a conference on German and Austrian problems which arose out of the three PoVer
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    Malaria Control
    373 8 Two years ago there was an increase in the incidence of malaria in the Federation unexplained except by the prob--1 ability that insufficient precautions were taken during the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of squatters. The new report of the Malaria Con--1 trol Board reveals that malaria once
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    Two architects of new industries for Russia
    870 8  - Two architects of new industries for Russia B.D. SINGER By STALIN'S successors promised the Soviet public greater freedom, more security and a higher standard of life. Since Beria's fall no mention is being made of the constitutional rights of the Soviet citizen; the "peace offensive" launched after Stalin's death has
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      Holidays idea 'wrong'
      91 8 THE suggestion put forward by Paul Street on the subject of public holidays is an attempt to introduce what every Malayan wishes to destroy and that is. communalism Why should he compare Malaya with India? I have a suspicion that your correspondent is not a Malayan for
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      Sale of ship
      150 8 WITH reference to the .story appearing in the Straits Times of November 28 on the breaking up of the S. S. Sin Soon Lee. I wish to point out that the sale of a British ship registered in Singapore is governed by the Minister of Tran.spi.rt and
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      RISKY POINT
      59 8 I WOULD like to draw the attention of the authorities to the tremendous volume of transport that congests the area near the roundabout in front of St. Andrew's School. School children find it very risky to cio.s,s thLs point to their .school. More zebra crossings would .solve the
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      'School of misguided thought'
      242 8 IN his letter in the Straits Times, 1.M.8. has identified himself with that school of misguided thought which clamours for self-determination for its own sake, irrespective of all factors that make self government worth having. To his one track mind anyone and everyone, whether he be
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      Londonlog
      242 8 MALAYA will be given another half-hour of listening time on Dec. 17. when Light programme listeners will hear a programme recorded at the Malayan Teachers' Training College at Kirkby on Nov. 29. The 8.8.C. are sending a strong "Question Time" team to Kirkby. composed of Mr Jack Longland (Director
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    524 8 On the Margin Last word T have been following the correspondence about ragging In the Straits Times with the interest of one who has had a deal of theoretical and a respectable measure of practical experience in that art. If It is an art. It seems of me that the
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    Champion company bagged 167 Reds
    157 9 Champion company bagged 1 67 Reds KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. KILLERS of 68 Communist terrorists since last January, 'C Company of the 2/7 Gurkha Rifles today received the battle efficiency shield from the General OfTk-rr Commanding Malaya. Lieut.-Gcn. Sir Hugh Stockwell, in a ceremony at Serdang. The company. Just returned from
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    K.L. society officials
    88 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. OfTice-bearers of the Sesana Abhiwurdhl Wardhana Society. Kuala Lumpur, for the year are: President, Mr. K. A. Albert: rice-president, Mr. G. K. sedrisappuhamy; secretary, Mr. L. D. R. Herath. asst. Secretary. Mr. L. B. Palueaswewa: treasurer; Mr. M. Jayathissa: nudMor. Mr. J. A. B.
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    Vehicle owners get warning
    56 9 PENANG. Thurs Owners Who do not intend to use their motor vehicles during January 1 to June 30 next year must Ci\ ■<- not, loss than 10 days" I written notic to the Regis-! tnu and Inspector of Motor Vehlcl Application fr, r renewals of licences
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    SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE LAW
    123 9 SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE LAW Because I'm a woman 4 WOMAN told a Singapore magistrate yesterday that being a woman she was ignorant of the law. The magistrate. Mr. J. M. Devereux Colebourn said: "Being a woman, you perhaps kno.v the law better than a man that often happens, you
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    ACCUSED OF DEATH
    57 9 J. M Gregory claimed trial In Singapore yesterday to causing death to a hand-cart driver in River Valley Road by driving hi.s car negligently. He also claimed trial to not stopping after the accident, and not reporting to the police within 24 hours. The case was postponed
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    Month's total
    23 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs A total of 396,821 tons of cargo was discharged and loaded at the Federation's major ports in October.
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    ARMY GETS 40 RECRUITS
    38 9 PENANG, Thurs._F< r;y I recruits for the Federation Rrpimrnt were selected Uv a tram during its two-day stay; heir. They comprised 14 Chinese. 13 Indians. 11 Malays anri two Eurasians. Applicants interviewed totalled 162.
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    Britain faces pineapple 'invasion'
    291 9 MALAYA LAYS PLANS TO CAPTURE MARKET Export target is 200 million cans THE MALAYAN pineapple industry is to increase its exports to 100 million cans annually in the next two years in a drive to capture the British market. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, chairman of the
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    196 9 Important talks on S.E. Asia A GROUP of British diplomats and representatives photographed at Mailing yesterday. It was the beginning of a three-day conference on the political and economic situation in South-East Asia. Left to right (front row): Mr. F. S. Gibbs, H. M. Minister in Manila; General
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    Cash prizes for photo competition
    127 9 Cash prizes for photo competition IPOH. Thurs. PASH prizes are being offered for Peraks first photographic competition, which will btheld this month and will be open to all photographers residing in the state. Contestants must submit three different photograrV.is with the theme of "operation service" either on half plate or
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    PROUD DAY FOR 500 VILLAGERS
    100 9 PROUD DAY FOR 500 VILLAGERS MALACCA, Thurs— lt was proud day yesterd<\v for 500 people of Paya Men-ikuanq: n*\v village. 24 miles from Malacca town, when the Resident Commissioner, Mr. G. E. C. Wisdom handed over the defence of the village to the local home guards. This new village, the
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    Body found in Straits
    63 9 The body of a Chinese man was picked up from the Straits of Johore yesterday by Johore police. It was not identified. About 30 to 35* years of n^p, 5 ft. 5 in tall, medium build, brown complexion and with long cropped hair, the body war
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    MAN WITH A CLEVER PLAN GETS 8 YEARS
    182 9 Armed Malays in hold-up FOLLOWING a Jury's unanimous verdict of guilty against four young Malays who were tried at Singapore Assizes yesterday for armed robbery. Mr. Justice Knight remarked: "If ever there was a proper verdict, this is it." The four were
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    Stabbed wife who was with another man
    137 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs A TAXI driver today told the First Magistrate here that he stabbed his estranged wife with a kris when he found her sitting on the bed with another man. The husband, Abu bin Norrtin, said she was partly unclothed. The
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    $332,374 tea
    26 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The Federation exported 259,504 lb of black tea worth $330,996 and 1.772 lb of green tea valued at $1,378 last month.
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    YWCA bazaar tomorrow
    40 9 Singapore Y.W.C.A will hold its Christmas bazaar at the hostel In Fort Canning Road from 10 a.m to 6 p.m tomorrow. The bazaar will be opened by Mrs T. P F McNeice wife of the City president
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    Weekend study course at University
    216 9 rpHE BRITISH COUNCIL in Singapore is invitinc applications from members of tM puaiip to attend a week-end residential course at the University of Malayn on December 18, 19 and 20. The course Ls organised by the Study Group Movement (Singapore), in co-operation with the University
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    Directors got £291,000 —shareholders £24,000
    741 9  -  HALL ROMNEY IN THREE YEARS OF TRADING... FROM LONDON. Thurs. ¥N the years 1950-51-52 1 the London directors of Lewis and Peat Ltd. received emoluments totalling £101,239, the Singapore directors £190.179 and the shareholders only £24,000. So says a circular letter issued to the shareholders
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    Their homes 'reprieved' to New Year
    64 9 Their homes 'reprieved' to New Year piVE Chinese 4 men and woman left the City Police Court yesterday nil smiles. Their request for the extension until the Chinese New Year of a court mandatory ordrt for the demolition of thru houses had just been granted The magistrate, Mr. J. M
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    Driver gets a month in gaol
    170 9 JA. E. MAPTIN was in Singapore yesterday sentenced to a month in prison for driving while under the influence of drink to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control over it on the night of September 20. Martin appealed and
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    Man struck with pipe
    56 9 An Indian labourer was hit on the head with a lead pipe in West Hill Road at 1 am yesterday. Th? labourer, who was employed at the Naval Base, was returning hone when he was attacked from behind He was later admitted to the Naval Ba.so
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    Boy's death fall
    31 9 A six-year-old boy. Yau Quay Song, died In the General Hospital after falling 40 feet from the second storey of a building in Havelock Road. Singapore, last night
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      144 9 THE WEATHEF Minimum Trmpermlure (7.30 p.m. on Dec. 2 to 7.30 a.m. on Dec. 3> Singapore 75 degrees Ppnuru; 73. KoU Bahru 14, Kuala Lumpur 73. Ipoh 71. Kii.intan ,U. Maximum Trmprralure (7.3 C am. to 7.30 pm. on Dec. 3>: 91ilK»pore 88. PenniiK 87. KoU Bulini 85. Kuala Lumpur
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    A great film that will live forever
    891 10 mi i irxoi isi of i\ihi si "JIIK CONQUEST OF EVEREST" is not i good film. It is a great film and that is a very different thing. For it lifts this triumph of Cinema art beyond the range of normal criticiam. II
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    A man strong enough to stand alone'
    154 10 a single act consisting of one number only. ARENA" Ls a three D colour film about a rodeo somewhere in America's South West. There is a slender plot that gives little scope for acting and the real actors are the horses and the
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    WORLD of THEATRE
    570 10  -  Hf MEM CANNOT remember such a week for show business in Singapore. "The Mikado Solomon, Xavier Cugat and Madam Auzurie and all drew capacity audiences. Singaporeans have an insatiaWp thirst for good entertainment. A meeting addressed by every leadin? politician in the country would fill only a
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    To keep you in the I picture
    268 10 To keep you in the I picture COME BACK. I.ITTI.K SHKBA. Frustrated beings ovrrromr thrir trouble In an Xrnciiiai. »mall town. Human n.iiiii' porlrayrd with art and unilrrstanriini. MUM AKSAK. I Sli.ikis|>rarf i.ull lUlly repro- dvi nl illi xmii flne arline parlicuUrlv in Mark \nthun\ 's j lu.nr.il uiution ovir
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    1826 11 *n PGP GZ "H hhi "fi i xni on\ rrox imiiiiiiin mpmsaster uuwuwwuuuwuuwww HMSTOR V iill I mil ********************11 l ART Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllt 1 HE royal palace of the kings of Madagascar lay bathed in tropical moonlight one night in
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      310 11 TME \n\Hl\X XIGHTS of Bengal, and whilst hurried wanted his revel** upon the to the Ror.l Pa.c" »nd l th7r rranKftnents wrr, made for the Fmp*ror for his imprisonment. were U .travel as ouirklt -».ir. lo K o lo the summer palace A v.rd. who had heard the possible on
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    COMMODITIES AND SHARES HIGHER
    560 12 Amu nd th«> mnrkvis SHARE TURNOVER SMALL THE Singapore share market had a better day yesterday when Wednesday's sentiment was reversed and there were buyers of tins and industrials at slightly higher prices. Sellers showed no inclination to part and hence the turnover was only moderate.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    185 12 Singapore rubber market o ened firm yesterday and steadied during the day with December first "grade closing at G0 5 r cents a pound, one cent above Wednesday's close. There was some factory interest but prices were high for the trade Sellers showed no inclination to come in.
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    TIN PRICE
    18 12 The prior of tin in SingaI pore .yesterday was declared at $3II.:»3 a picul up $!>.r».
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    Australian stocks
    227 12 MELBOURNE. Thurs 1 INDI'STRIAL share leaders were x prominent in a lon K list of price rlse s on the Stock Exchance today. Bliyeu showed keen interest leaders leuiMerinc |ÜBM mclurled Australian Consolidated Indiisinc-. British Tobacco, HUP. Duniop. Klectrolic Zinc and Herald and Times. The annual meeting of
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    WALL STREET
    145 12 I NEW YORK, Thnr I/NCOURAGEi) by the relative lichtnes.s of Tuesdays profitandtaklne. industrials recovered buoyancy on the Stock Markr terriay and pushed the markei on balance to :i new reco\er\ liieh ■alls, however, were Inclined to lac while utilities held sieariv. The net result was an irrceut:<rlv hleber
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    Produce prices
    72 12 Singapore CMMM Produce I change: Noon prices per picul weir Copra: very sleadv: December' *39 buyers. M 0 sellers- Janunr. $3!)\ buyers. *40 .seller-. Coconut oil: steady; $60 sellers. Pepper: steady; .ill varieties up Mi Little business reported; Muntnk white 5335. Sarawak $33C, Lamponc black $2n.i Lewis and
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    Exchange rates
    69 12 The Malayan Exchange Bank.^ 1 I Association made the followine chances in its rates to merchants fßßterd >l LUNG, T.T. or OD ready, New York. 32 11 16, Philippines pesos 65 3.8. On the free exchance market In Hone Kone yesterday the US d liar was quoted at
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    Tin ore outputs
    34 12 The followlne outpu's of tin-ore ;\re reported for Novemlv\P:ih,n« Consolidated 'Cci 'ns j Suncci Kini:i Tin 2"i p. il 1 Ipnh Tin 271 pin' I (No. 3 dredcei 727 pi< ula
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    Sunffci Bidor Tin
    41 12 111 N'uemhrr 'he cirerlcr n[ BanaH BMar Tin Dr*riKin c r >: i worked for *>3b hows, trcnte-i i .I 4. r >.7nn ruble jwda .>nd produced i 1.018 ptmta of tin-or**. cnmp.ird I with MM pirn!.-, in October
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    Takuapa Valley Tin
    28 12 Tn November the dredces of ["nkuapa Vullev Tin NI. Worked f«r 1.187 hours, covered 2 r >5.000 cubic yards and produced 696 plculs 01 tln^>re.
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      378 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS WANTED: An Editor to edit B fortnight Iv newspaper bl Romanised Mala} (Runt) and English e;iriy next year. Apply In wnilnp to the Hon. Secretary. Federation Adult Eriuratlon AuodaUOD. 'iiiv.rnment Offices. Block 12. B»tU Road, Kiul* Lumpur, before IBttl December, 1353 stating age, nuallflcailons, experience and salary p-iulrod.
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      257 12 NOTICES CITY OF SINGAPORE S. 103, Municipal Ordinance (Cap. 133) Making up hnd draining of Lorons 25A. Geylanjf. NOTICE Is hereby given that the plan, specification, estimate and apportionment of expenses of mm king up and draining of Lorong 25 A. Geylang. In the City of Slni;;ipore. have been confirmed
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      215 12 NOTICES NATURALISATION NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN thj't Madam Chlu Ming Chee of No. 29, Balmoral Road, Singapore. is applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any renson why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written and signed Matement of the facts to the
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      999 12 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES To bo held at our saleroom Nos. 14 IB Robinson Road. Rlrurnporr. ON THURSDAY 10TH DECEMBER, 1953 AT 230 P.M. Vacant land at LORONG 6 GEYLANO. Freehold. Area 7,768 sq.ft approx. VACANT POSSESSION. Land at PAYA LEBAR RD. Freehold. Area 43.342 sq.ft.
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      661 12 NOTICES THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED NOTICE la hereby given that the Transfer Books of the above Corporation will be closed from the 12th to 19th December, 1953. both days Inclusive, for the preparation of Interim Dividend Warrants. By Ordci of the Board. H.M. HAYWARD Manager. Dated this 4th
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      1633 13 ft £2 MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. Passage (Incoiporoted in Singapore) A| oth r °*9t- HLUE FUNNEL LINE Carriers' option to proceed via other port* to load and discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Due Sails P. S'hom Penong Bcllerophon fnr Liverpool, Dublin A Swonseo 1777. J
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      THE BUSINESS WORLD
      495 14 PATIENCE of Communist sympathisers was evidenced in the report toy Mr Harold E. Stassen, Director of Foreign Operations, on the control of strategic trade with the Communist bloc. He told the United States Congress of one shipment of strategic goods which left West Germany. Italy and the
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      U.S. importing more rubber, copra and pepper
      244 14 U.S. importing more rubber, copra and pepper ITNITED STATES imports of a Dumber of So Kastcrn products registered significant gains i recent month for which import figures arc av;i United States Department of Commerce. The department reported that American natural rubber imports in September were 132 million pounds worth U5527.6
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      TIN IDEAL' FOR USE IN NEW ALLOY
      102 14 TIN appears to be ideally I suited" to improve the strength of titanium-alu- minium alloys, according to some American scientists. The development and characteristics of a new titanium alloy containing aluminium and tin were described by scientists representing thr Rem-Cru Titanium Co. of
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      U.K. shipyards boost monthly output figures
      93 14 BRITISH shipyards completed 19 new merchant vessels of 133,324 tons gross in October— the highest monthly figure since May last year according to Lloyds list. Two passenger liners were included in the October completions—the 22.980-ton Olympia and the 8,303-ton Maori. The total of 31,283
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      Malayan learns how...
      140 14 FIRST-HAND knowledge of the methods being used 1 to boost natural rubber consumption in the United States was gained by Brigadier H. K. Dimoline. secretary of the Rubber Producers' Council of Malaya on his recent visit to the U.S In the above photograph. Brig Dimoline Ls seen
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      'Encouraging' Malayan prospects
      111 14 VISITOR FOUND:— I^NCOURAGED with market •a-* prospects in South-east Asia and appreciative of Malayan hospitality, the Hon. John Mackintosh, a director of John Mackintosh and Sons Ltd British toffrr manufacturers, left Singapore on Wednesday for Vancouver. He spent 10 days In Malaya studying market conditions and meeting
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      R.I. policy cuts down inflation
      113 14 R.I. policy cuts down inflation From a Special Correspondent THE Indonesian GovernA ment's rule that all importers have to pay 75 per cent, of the value ot their purchases in adi vance has enablec' the government to withdraw about 800 million rupiahs from circulation, it was announced in Jakarta. Since
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      U.N. plans Asian railway study centre
      88 14 A REGIONAL training centre in railway operations and signalling— to serve countries throughout Asia and the Far East will be opened next February in Lahore, Pakistan. The centre will operate under the joint auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the
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      India's imports similar in 1954
      82 14 THE Indian Minister .if Commerce. Mr. D. P Karmarkar has announced that India's import policy for the first six months of next year will be practically the continuation of the present policy. He forecast some expansion of imports on private account but pointed out that
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      Malayan company's' No' on U.N. tin talks
      149 14 Malayan company's No' on U.N. tin talks rIE Pahanc Consolidated Co. Ltd. voted against reconvrntion of the I'nited Nations' tin conference because it considered "any form of restriction of output uoulri he uneconomic." This has been revealed to shareholders r.y the (ompay's chairman, Mr. D. T. l.ruis. The comp;in> was
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      Philippines, Indonesia copra exports
      107 14 Philippines, Indonesia copra exports INDONESIA and the Philippines showed an outstanding increase in copra exports during October, accorcing to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture. Indonesia's copra cxooi ts during the month were 28.944 long tons an increase of 37 per cent, on September and 45 per
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      MALAYAN RADIO PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT IT WANTS'
      209 14 THE competitive Malayan radio sot market onr of Britain's most important is made more stimulat- ing by a selective Malayar This is the opinion of Mr T. W. Hogg, deputy export marager in the Radio Division of Milliard Overseas Ltd., in Britain. Mr.
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      218 14 *Sd mm^Pr^^fw I*- I<V> 'I I '-jimr^ ■■■«mßHmßv*>Sj£\Kw- mm -^ammj amm^; '-T I jj^ 'ammmv v ll x taw^jc tP.fl sm^^*^Qffrlr*Wnait s?\ vKj H Tht* tngcmnm t Jit uric C ami ft Clock '^mml I prohahtf hcfnnK\ M thr lutfcr half of Twenty-five centuries in Time More than two and
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    531 15  - DISTRIBUTOR STANDS OUT AS LIKELY FIRST DAY WINNER EPSOM JEEP Rv IPOH, Thursday. DISTRIBUTOR, a four-year-old by Le Grand Due, has trained on splendidly since his two encouraging efforts at Penang in October and looks a bright prospect on Saturday, first day of the Perak Turf Club December meeting. With
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