The Straits Times, 11 January 1954

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    12 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1954. 15 CENTa
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    S'PORE COMET CRASHES
    272 1 Jet liner with 36 aboard plunges into Mediterranean Bodies dropped out: Feared no survivors HESTER WILMOT A VICTIM ROME, SUNDAY. IT 111 AIRLINER WHICH LEFT SINGAPORE FOR LONDON VKSTKRDAY WAS REPORTED TODAY TO HAVE CRASHED I 111 MEDITERRANEAN OFT THE WEST (OAST OF ITALY. <i passengers and
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    FAR EAST MANAGER ABOARD
    121 1 I 111 s|| R A\|| \|.i| I 111 illr.lstel .Hid .11 i nrident. «.is reported to iii iin i rashed < 'omet. oud was Mi l Hill. i.il manager tot Wiimot lei i Singapore last v .iiui joined the plane Rangoon who wrote "Struggle i in
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    ARMED POLICE SEEK 3 WHO SHOTATJAGA
    129 1 CCORES of armed policemen and two riot squads combed the Delta Road area of Singapore last night for three Chinese gunmen, who shot at a watchman at ihe Seiclene laundry. The gunmen went, to the laundry and asked for a Chinese. When told that
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    BOMBERS TO 'RAID' MALAYA
    182 1 Then drop in for a visit KOALA lIMPI If. xun. 'PIIKKK Superfortresses from 1 the I mini Stales Air Force base in thr Philippines will make a bombing run on Song Song Island north of Penan? on Tuesday. They will then turn south and make a
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    WIFE AND CHILD WAITED...
    176 1 The wife and child of one of the plane"s crow gal In a waiting room at London airport waiting for further news from the crash scene. The woman was aci home, but refused to leave. About 20 people who had been waiting to meet the aircraft
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    Forces find two dead terrorists
    24 1 Forces find two dead terrorists In L'p- shot :cath occurred 10 days of urn- 1 found, but there kn wi :.<■■■■ the The killed by
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    Business visit
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    PASSENGER LIST
    103 1 Thr passcngrr Hsl of the crashed plane was: .1. P. Mill i Singapore London I Steel (Singapore London > S. .1 Greenhouse I B.muknk Lon- > ion); K. sawyer (Bangkok Londen); Wolf son; I. Bahlen Rome London): Mi>s I). R;)k<-r Karachi London I H. K Schumann t Karachi
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    Tito approves
    23 1 BELGRADE. Sun— Yugoslav President Josef Tito has approved the appointment of a new Lebanon Minister to Belgrade. Mohamed Ali Hamad.— A.P.
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    Help for the bride
    42 1 MR, iio Yi:o\\ HONG helps Ms bride Miss (ima Kan Mia to rut the OSJu at the retepti n held in Singapore, yesterday The hride is the daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Chua Cheow Tien. Straits Times picture.
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    LORD MONTAGU IS ARRESTED AGAIN
    165 1 LORD MONTAGU IS ARRESTED AGAIN LYMINGTON. England. Sun. lORD Montagu of Beaulieu. j 37-year-old bachelor peer. ■a i charged here yesterday with committing a leriOUi offence with another man. Peter Wildeblood. of London charged with similar MaJor Michael Pitt-Rivers. O i,ord Montagu, also appeared H< was charged, together with Lord
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    They share $5.000 prize
    64 1 TWO WOMFN will share last week's Straits Times word puzzle prize. The 55.000 will he divided between Mrs. Agates Wee. above, and Madam Tan Cheng Kirn, below. .Mrs. Wee is seen with her daughter (iemma. aged 4' 2 .Madam Tan, who has been ill. will use
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    III, she wins a holiday for herself
    281 1 III, she wins a holiday for herself II'INNERi ot the Straits TT Times Word Puzzle E' Contest were Mrs. Agnes Wee, of ill-A Moulmein Road Singapore and Madam Tai< Cheng Kirn. of 1.493 \\enue. Ipoh With her $2,501) share •>! m»prize money. Madam Tan. who has been ill for eigh'
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    Bandstand for the esplanade soon
    100 1 a BANDSTAND for Singapore's esplanade, part of the almost completed promenade scheme, will be t built shortly. It Is shell-shaped In design and will cost about $40,000 It will stand on the Connaught Bridge end of the esplanade and Face the bridg" Tin- City Council
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    Czechs release prisoners
    42 1 BONN. Sun. The German Red Cross announced last nlghi 200 Germans held in Czech prisons since the war would be released to West Germany in the next few weeks The fust uroup of 20 will arrive next weekend. A.P.
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    Chiang sees U.S. Naval workout
    29 1 TAIPEH. Sun. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-.shek todiiv boarded the United States carrier Hornet, to watch exercises' by the American "th Fleet in, Formosa straits.— Reuter.
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    Govt. inquiry on Board
    61 1 An inquiry is being Held oy the Singapore Government into the legal questions raised by Mr. R C. Hoffman chairman of the Rent Conciliation Board, on the constitution of the Board, a Government spokesman saic yesterday. There is no inquiry into why Mr. Hoffman made a
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    A job for home guards
    66 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Nothing is more important in Malaya than growine padi and seeing that not one grain of padi reaches the Communist terrorists, said the Federation Inspector-General of the Home Guards. Maior-Genera. B D Fonblanque. to the Kuala Selangor Home Guards on Saturday. He
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    Burma denies Siam raid
    59 1 RANGOON, Sun— A Government spokesman here denied that Burma has ever admitted i bombinst a Siame.se village in mistake for a Chinese Nationalist stronghold. He was referring to a report :rom Bangkok that the Siam Premier. Marshal Pibul Son?"am. had told parliament that Burma has acknowledged
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    Gen. Loewen on way to S'pore
    56 1 HONG KONG. Sun. LtGen. Sir Charles Loewen. Commander-in-Chief Briti.sh Land Forces Far East, and Lady Loewen arrived here yesterday on their way to Singapore after a vacation in Canada. They will .stay In Hong Korm for two days, they fly back to Singapore, where
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    New bandage
    45 1 NEW YORK. Sun.-A sprayOH plastic bandage, originally developed for the US. Air Force is now available to U.S. doctors, ii is USC( f or burn* or wounds one atfvant I |c i that doctors can Inapei t ♦he injury through the banrt:irc—A. P.
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    Printers' union makes demands
    454 1 Printers' union makes demands DECISION'S to strike at one Him ;mrt to rr.akr moro pay demands on another were rrarhrd by about 500 members of thr Printing Employers" Union at a meeting in Singapore's Badminton rial] yesterday. The strike will be hv employees <»i the Malaya Publishing House Ltd. »n
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    STOP PRESS
    39 1 OMET CRI NAMED I <>m«-t ntw named ipt.iin, Alan Gibson; Isl Officei V. J. Bars necr OlTiccr, I MacDonaM; Badio 0 ■li.M.ilion- Steward I L. Saonden; Jeaq Kvcl>n Clarh BOA< iilln ials flew to t r.i-l, Kcutcr.
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    FLYING STUDENTS WANT BETTER TRAINING FACILITIES
    287 2 YOUNG Malayans interested in taking up aviation as a career are complaining about the lack of training facilities in Sinjraoore and the Federation. They say that advanced training particularly for twin-engined planes cannot be obtained locally. Moreover there arc no opportunities for flying student.'to
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    400 WENT TO THE INSPECTORS' BALL
    56 2 SOME of the 40<- who attended Saturday night's Sin E apore Polue Inspectors flub anniversary dance at the Victoria .Memorial Hall. Picture shows, from left. I) tecthre Inspector Chin Onn Van. Miss Elaine Lee. .Mr. J. Ross. Miss Lillian Lee. Mr. tVilliam Loo and
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    OIL POWER PLAN'S PROGRESS
    113 2 OIL POWER PLAN'S PROGRESS KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. CiENTRAL Electricity Board engineers have almost completed a $3 million scheme which began two years ago to extend existing oil engine power stations all over the Federation. From Kota Bahru to Pontian engineers have been busy. An official said today; "A few new
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    Mission to Far East
    83 2 LONDON. Sun An all-party) delegation of British Members of Parliament left here by Comet jet airliner last nisht on a goodwill mission to the Far East They will stay as guests of the Burmese Republic for nine days and then as guesta of the Indonesian Republic.
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    Two generals come home
    50 2 BERLIN. Sun Two former Grrman generals were amonz a party of 30 Gorman prisoners Of war and civilian internee* who arrived today at the EastWest German border near Kassel Hesse, from the Soviet Union. The were Klippstein atiri Flugbell. Seven women were in the party -Reuter.
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    Wants to take Kabaka back
    33 2 LONDON. Sun. Matayo Mugwanya. one of the three regents of Buganda arrived here today to lead a drlega- j tion seeking the return of the' exiled Kabaka. Router.
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    Village work of the missionaries
    116 2 Village work of the missionaries KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. MISSIONARIES are living in seven new villages in Selangor, a meeting here was told yesterday. Two of the villages have small churches. Health clinics an run by Missionaries in three villages. Missionaries met at Wesley Church here yesterday to ex- i change
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    CITY WILL PLANT FLOWERS IN OPEN SPACE
    127 2 FLOWERS and trees will provide colour between Bukit Timah and Dunearn Roads when the Singapore City Council carries out a $70,000 schrrr.r to improve the area scenery. I The council wants to Improve the strip from Newton Circus to city limits, part of
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    Mill hand is stabbed in quarrel
    57 2 Mill hand is stabbed in quarrel A SAWMILL labourer. Tan Swee Keon?. 21. WU stabbed in the chest and le;; in a fight with another labourer in Padana Jerinaau. Sinaapore. yesterday morning. They quarrelled over a needle used for stitchint; sunny baas. Tan wag taken to hospit.il. where he was
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    Man found shot
    27 2 KOTA BHARU. Sun -Daud bin Sulaiman. aged 34. uraa found shot at Kamporin BkAgU, near Gunonc. 15 miles from Kota Bharu. Police are ir.ve.stisatinp.
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    Fined $500 for false statement
    81 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. CHONG Yon? San. a businessman of Singapore, was fined $.iOO for makina statement in an appll tor Federal citizenship. He claimed that he had been a resident of the Federation from 1931 to 1951. Th found to be false when Qe applied
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    Second prize
    27 2 KOTA BHARU. Si:n. Mr Toh Chin Hoc <>i the [small English Schonl. Kou Bharu wo n semnd prize in the Poppy Fund fun fair raffle.
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    U.S. considers Korea talks
    51 2 WASHINGTON. Sun. State Department sources said yes-' terday that the matter of getting Korean peace conference talks started again was "un- I ier continuing considerations" They were commenting on the call by the Chinesr Com- munist Premier. Mr. Chou En-lai. for resumption of the Panmunjom negotiations.
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    Woman fined
    29 2 I JOHORE BHARU, Sun. A I woman, Choo Ah Eng was fined $30 in the police court today for not having her car licence on trip far
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    Gregory's leading lady
    74 2 THE BEAITIFI'L Burmese Rirl above. Win Mm Than, has been chosen to play opposite Gregory Peck in the film of H. E. Rile, v novel. "The Purple Plain." Sh c has never acted professionally before, and was picked by Producer John Bryan from a photograph sent to
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    Protest to U.N.
    39 2 BEIRUT Sun. The Leb anese Government will pro tot to the United Nations Mixfd Armistice Commission regardinß the alleged kidnapping ot a Lebanese man by an Israeli patroi last week it was reported yesterday.— A.P. 11
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    Report denied
    24 2 QUITO. Ecuador. Sun. Ecuador's Forcicn Ministry Ivk denied a newspaper re r>on thai tension h;i' arisen between Ecuador and Peru, i 'A.P.
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    CASE HELD UP BY MISSING WITNESSES
    99 2 CASE HELD UP BY MISSING WITNESSES JOHORE BAHI TIIF case of t charsrd with was postponed hen because witm identify then, boon contact! ci. Kirn Sr J. Tnoma.s Chin mandod yesterday al ed In thr p, cheating Lee ol sin-.: ipon ay thr pro ii.skoci for then in custody untii
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    Police unit celebrates
    55 2 BUTTKRWoi: Memben ol lesley Police Vol n are grateful t. ment for Riving tl portunlty her hour of n< Hue. C on n ccr. He was .sppakm: anniversary celebral company. He said that alth company ;i comp .stronc. Mi- J. R. H. Bu Pohrp Offif-or urpi to
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    Safe from the Reds
    52 2 BERLIN. Sun German woman h i safety in WT B in? from a Hilripsar-: Noke, L' 7 thoritip.s three othrr fieri tho Soviet zone" n with her le only nnp who to cross the [ron I She said shp had h> encod to three yea rourt
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    Jap trade fair
    18 2 TOKYO Bun Si pean countries and will r\h:h\USS3.ono.ooo Interr ii fair in April —A P.
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      274 2 SINRAPAQP Signal News; 7.15 Marching and BinilAfUKL Waltzing 7.30 Gramcxsalr; 800 7.15 a.m. Time Signal <fc Opening World Affairs; 8.18 Giu- Stpyn at Artnouncemont 7IK Morning S'a- i tne P |ann 8.30 The Luck of the 7.30 Nrws: 7.35 Melody M.xmre' Vf""; 9-0" The Reßlmpntal Band of 8.00 Rhythm in
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    I WAS A PRO-RED: RETURNED U.S. PRISONER TELLS OF HIS CONVERSION
    382 3 I WAS A PRO-RED: RETURNED U.S. PRISONER TELLS OF HIS CONVERSION orporal I land* llatchelw, the Hermit, Texas soldier Who recently \v;is released by his own' nest from i |>i" COmmnnist camp in Korea ,il his Rrsi p.iss from an army hospital here yest, id. iv and -a rote down
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    Bth ARMY STANDING BY, SAYS TAYLOR
    56 3 Bth ARMY STANDING BY, SAYS TAYLOR M nil.. Sun. Till I V HMD commander s.iid yesterday I S. Sih \rniv is waiting now" lor the 1 inuarj release of Chinese and North Koreans From an nti-Red prison camp id any Communist mcd move to inter••ne would risk riMim the Korean
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    300 Russian submarines by 1956
    69 3 300 Russian submarines by 1956 PARIS. Sun. THE FRENCH publication Combat Fleets released ijr, says that In 1356 pected to have SOO nai submarines. The size i> the Bovi< I Navy ted at about 700.00 C men, ol whom 340.000 are serving aboard ships. Of the i book said 150.000
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    Vietminh pincers close on a vital French air base
    222 3 INDOCHINA BATTLE HANOI, Sunday. JHE COMMUNISTS have launched a pincer attack on the French stronghold of Seno, guarding the Central Laos gateway to Southern [ndo-China and air-supported French defenders locked with the Reds in "violent combat," the French Command announced last
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    Smuggled from Reds
    74 3 Woo (hew Chung, aged four, is held hv his father. Billy AY 00 of Knoxville. Illinois, as Mrs. Woo looks on after arrival at Midway Airport. hicago. The boy, who escaped with his mother from Chinese Communists, made the trip from Hong Kong; by hiiriself because his
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    U.S. will help build up Siam army
    211 3 U.S. will help build up Siam army WASHINGTON. Sun. DIPLOMATIC officials said today that ambassador William Donovan will fly to Bangkok this week-end' with concrete proposals for InereaIng the Siamese army with United Statei aid. They said Donovan, who is In Nf.v York, plans to be in Bangkok on January
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    No pact with Russia, says Tito
    101 3 No pact with Russia, says Tito BELGRADE. Sun. PRESIDENT TITO today lirmly denied claims that Yugoslavia has entered into a 'secret agreement" with Russia. He said such charges were designed to split this country from the West. His views were expressed in a written statement from hi.s winter villa at
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    Top French Red is arrested
    60 3 CLERMONT FFRRAND. Sun Police today al rested Andre Soulquiere*. a member ol the Central Committee of the French Communist Party and' former Communist Senator. A warrant had recently been i sum! lor his arrest by the P- ir is military tribunal <>n charges ol conspiring
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    U.S. PLANS TO BUILD HUGE A TOM-SMASHER
    198 3 U.S. PLANS TO BUILD HUGE A TOM-SMA SHER WASHINGTON. Sunday THE UNITED STATES Government tonight announced plans to build a gigantic "atom smashing machine in a new attempt to unveil the innermost secrets of the atoms structure The device, to be built at Brookhaven National Laboratory at Upton, Long Island
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    FELL INTOV HIS OWN GRA VE-DIED
    56 3 FELL INTOV HIS OWN GRA VE-DIED LIMERICK. Ireland, Sun. AN 84-year-old Irishman slipped while preparing his own grave and died from injuries. Michael Magner had laid his grave with bricks and collected half a ton of special clay from his favourite walk to cover hirr in death. He wa.s buried
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    Split in Govt.
    43 3 BELGRADE, Sun—A rift appeared in the ranks ol I Yugoslavia's leadership today When the Executive Committee attacked Milovan Djila.s. Yugoslav Vice-President ami the country's leading Marxist theoretician for a series ol articles he was publishing on Communism and democracy. Reuter
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    80-MILE PIPE LED NOWHERE
    111 3 WASHINGTON, Sun. ONE of the Senators who checked on the U.S. air ba.se building; programme In North Africa .-aid today he found an 80-mile fuel pipeline leading nowhere and two million dollars worth of surplus lumber baking in the sun. This was reported by Senator Caso,
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    ARAB LEAGUE MEETS FOR THE 20 th TIME
    107 3 CAIRO. Sun. riMIK ARAB League opened its 20th session here yesterday against a background of intense political activity seeking closer Arab unity and a new joint policy in regard to the Western powers. IMcgates of Ifypt, Syria, the! Lebanon. Iraq, Jordan, the
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    CEYLON ASKS FOR BIG TALKS
    272 3 CEYLON ASKS FOR BIG TALKS COLOMBO, Sun. PEYLON'S Prime Minister. Sir John Kotela- Kralft, revealed yesterday i lie has written to the 1 1 Prime Ministers of Burma. India, Indonesia and Pakistan suggesting that the lirst South-east Asian j premiers' conference be held here. Sir John said he was happy
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    Punjab releases 27 rioters
    53 3 LAHORE. Pakistan Sun. The Punjab provincial cabinet decided tonight to release 27 people detained under the public safety act in connection with agitation against the Almadiya sect. The agitation led to violent rioting in the Punjab last i March and the imposition of martial law in
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    54 get freedom
    39 3 BONN. Sun. Fifty-four German civilians were repatriated to camp Friodlanri from Russian prisons. Some .said they lived last summer with a United Statr.s military policeman hold at the Soviet iabour j coal mines at Vorkuta— U.P.
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    On Egypt's side
    33 3 CAIRO. Sun. Pakistan ha* assured Egypt of her .support :n the current Anglo-Egyp-tian talks Kir v settlement o: j the Sm-z Canal dispute, a Pakistan Embassy spokesman said today.— Reuter.
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    Best books of 1953
    1508 4 I i dim III) \r<hliisli«»|> of (anlrrburr /\F all last year's books that I have read the one that remains most in my mind is The Bronte Story (Heinemann), by Margaret Lane, which Rives an absorbing account of that strange family and of their life at
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    Australians and World War Two
    381 4 A USTRALIA'S part in ■<* tho last war lias not inspired many good books. English and American authors have reaped a rich harvest from their experiences and the experiences of their countrymen in all theatres of the conflict. but few Australian writers have exploited the
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    BRIDGE:
    106 4  -  KENNETH KONSTAM rnriK Richard I i mortal cup t by Lederer's ci crock: Lyndhur I third heartfelt appla greeted thi went uj) to re I from tribute to t lie men great player Con competing t< in the country play example. „n I hand, with N nerable. deali t
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    Africa, the fast-changing continent
    739 4  - Africa, the fast-changing continent LAURENS VAN DER POST AFRICAN ASSIGNMENT By Major-General Sir Francis 4a Guingand (Hoddcr Sroughron. 215.) VI ANY people surely ITI will rejoice with Major-General Sir Francis de Guingand that, as he says in his foreword, he has written "African Assignment" before "the mists of memory breed
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      93 4 .Sli'siiK Times 4 nissn oi-il i 1 ii ~p S B~fitt" ZL~^I^IJI^ I i^. 1 I" I i^T across dMssrl 1. Suhsidcntr In shop prepared 17. Strert sign mranii to n-evne screws <12>. 10. A mow iiway from the n.inh 2 1 would ivoM the vlrufcnca tSi Works dealing with
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    Swindling surgeon made millions out of Sydney's groaning convicts
    423 5 Swindling surgeon made millions out of Sydney's groaning convicts F E A T U R E Qv January 12, 1 SOS, a storm -battered little ship dropped anchor in Farm Sydney, 129 days out from the of Good Hope. In her holds were o! s:ilt pork and sacks of grain
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    Gare up job of surgeon
    125 5 Gare up job of surgeon i the <:ney md and young al the chance in i apetown harbour was a 526 rench prize ship. Hi- her. renamed her the City of Edinburgh, filled her hold* with pram, salt m\n and spirits, and hoisted sail for starving Sydney. Storms hushed the
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    Governor arrested
    306 5 The bitter dispute between Bliah and the colonists was then racing to a climax. A fortnight after Berry landed Johnston and the rebel of the N.S.W. Corps freed John Macarthus from then burst into Government Hou.se. Bliah and imprisoned him on a ship in the harbour. months that
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    as seaman
    43 5 His ittempt to round the Horn was BUCCe&Si HI. but another .storm in the Crow's Nest cottage i.ibovcl was built by Wollstonecr.ift. Berry's cirly partner. L.itcr. Berry pulIrd down the cott.isc and built an imposing m.insion on the site W himself
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    Permanent
    203 5 The spectacle ol Australia. npty spaces had tirt Berrj nation. He persuaded Wollstonecrait to Join him In risking all their .slender capital to seek thetr fortune In the new land. in I8l». with a chartered Ship lull ol stores and a Colonial oince letter authorising the Governor to give
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    Gets convicts as workers
    269 5 Gets convicts as workers Shoalhaven was then a!most Inacce i Ible by land. nt oil from the Woilongong settlement by miles Ol impenetrable scrub and swamp. Entry by ea hie by the shallow, trcacherou mouih ol the Shoalhaven River. Berry was undeterred. l\e used his powerful influence to an allocation
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    Brothers from Scotland
    152 5 Brothers from Scotland In 1836 Berry brought out from Scotland three of his brothers David, William and John to help manage the Shoalhaven estate. After that. Berry himself lived mostly at Crow's Nest, where he built a substantial mansion on the site of Wollstonecraft's cottage, and began to play a
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    Accused by Parson
    175 5 Accused by Parson Berry again leapt into the headlines In 1858. when the very parson, the Rev. John Dunmore Lang, accused him ol "wholesale robbery of public property." and said that Berry threatened to "reduce whole generations of Shoalhaven serfs to misery, vas;.nd degradation." The State Attorney-Gen-eral promptly brought Lang
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    Big gift to St-Andrews
    140 5 Big gift to St-Andrews His estate was valued nt £1.252.875, of which the original Crown grant of Shoalhaven accounted for £677 000 Berry left £100.000 to found a hospital near Nowra. and 100.000 to the University ol St. Andrews, in Scotland. Most of the remainder ot his estate went to
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    DEATH
    20 6 H,,rW. tl» (minimum) kkiman On Peeeilwir 31, 1953 i nosmdon. Albert Jame Xc late of N>» Zealand beloved nan.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    76 6 ;n H..fW» Sl* (minimum) RNITY smocks, skirts. in stock Ouarant*"*! H. 1) AlmeirU P by air. Book rough Asia Travel Oenrlce. Adripl.l Hot*l, Phone 8 i MViAPORE Arts 14th. IMh, lfith pun pm. Bookuißs at Robinson I>i>*n Mtend?' Why noi freshen up from this weeks Mlnervi* Models. Tomm, 1.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Jan. 11, 1951. Radio Malaya Posts
    720 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., Jan. 11, 1951. Radio Malaya Posts Since the former director of Radio Malaya resigned two and ,i half yc?m ago. only two of the three senior oosts in the Department of Broadcasting have been tilled. An acting deputy director was appointed when the senior deputy
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    Rubber Optimism
    345 6 Optimism for rubber in the midst of speculation on an industrial recession comes from Mr. John L. Crllyer, President of the Goodrich Company. Mr. Collyer believes that the American consumption of new rubber will not be more than thre^ per cent below the 1!).~>:! record of 1,340.000 long
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    The Korean Talks
    207 6 The broadcast appeal by Mr. Chou En Lai, Communist China's Foreign Minister, for an immediate resumption of the preliminary Korean conference discussions at Panmunjom is not likely to attract an American response. The talks were broken off when the Communist delegates accused the Americans of "perfidy." If
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    Ex-garage mechanic now Philippines head of state
    728 6 The Filipino working man recently elected the son of a carpenter and school teacher to be their third president. Who is this ex-guerilla fighter, Ramon Magsaysay this... pleasures come from outdoor activities, particularly riding and shooting. He also likes to fish from a
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    HELP FOR CHINESE SCHOOLS
    209 6 JJUMAN nature is such that it Ls always a wrench to part with what is regarded as old. In this respect the Chinese and English have something in common. In that they are great sticklers to tradition. Chinese school* in Singapore possess a hLstory as old
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    'Absurd' to compare S'pore English land bills
    445 6 I HAVE road in the Free Press of December 22 of an interview given by Sir George Pepler. and, knowing inaccuracies may occur, have awaited corrections. Since these have not been made, it is to be assumed that the report is substantially correct.
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    Old Xmas cards
    49 6 y. K. Y. and others can sen': their old Christina unci mafudnea to the Rev John J. Brennan, S.J.. of St Xavier's Mission. Patna. India by whom old cards and masazlnes are collected and distributed to the sick and poor CHEE YE v si Port DiikMin
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    GIVE A CHANCE TO JURIES
    182 6 GIVE A CHANCE TO JURIES 1 WOULD like to answer the vital question on trial by jury put by Klyne Street. The answer la in the affirmative, if you look at the whole question dispassionately. Lawyers who *ay that the verdict of the jury is unpredictable have not publicly advocated
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    London Log
    523 6 RAJA Sir Uda, the Commls- sioner for Malaya in London, must have had his tongue in his cheek when, at the annual dinner of the Malaya Society of Britain, he described the speech which the Under-Secret ary of State for the colonies. Earl Munster, had just made as
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    On the Margin
    304 6 On the Margin A l«»>t race rFINI) Afghan Hindu K professor ii; Or< University and doyi Ush cla an expedition ol The v.vid Inter togenarlan scholar latfd by report lost and "i. i,. cend directly fr rlor thai Alexan l< i led from M i and Per 1 1 iab
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    STRIKE THREAT BY WATER WORKERS
    113 7 Sackings row: Union sets a deadline JHK Singapore Water Department Labour Inion wsterday urged the City Water Kngineer to withdraw before next Sunday dismissal notices served on certain redundant workers. The union said in a lotter to the Water Engineer that it had obtained the
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    A STORY RESCUES A SICK FAMILY
    21 7 A STORY RESCUES A SICK FAMILY art his c that, for i d in and 1 from had Tannin a Road.
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    S'PORE DIARY
    14 7 I I mini Mrn'a I*mm latlon I i I M n tthrdral
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    LAND FOR 66 WHO CLEAR IT
    183 7 PENANG. Sun. IN PREPARATION for the next paai planting season lin June, 66 landless Malaya are busily clearing 200 acres of reclaimed blukar between Pulau Betoni; and Kuala Jalan Bahru on the west coast of Penanß Island. Except for a few tror.; left standing
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    13 civilians rewarded by Air Force
    96 7 13 civilians rewarded by Air Force rpHIRTEEN civilian employees 1 of the Far East Air Force In Singapore. have been] awarded testimonials of good by the C-ln-C. Air Mar- > Fford Sanderson. Hi :i>i<"it> aw I i Al who wi>rk> ;it RA F. ChU Km Moh. R A.F. Ji !,n
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    Second stab arrest made
    55 7 yesterday arrested a r,»nd man following tht ■..bbing of 20-year-old igoda Street. ire "n Friday night, i fruit seller was at- by a Kang of about 15 Judge returns JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— Mr. Storr. who returned from Britain by plane on Saturday, will preside at the
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    No plates: $23
    45 7 PARIT BUNTAR, Sun. j Wong Tong Seng, holder of a provisional driving licence. I was fined $25 or two weeks' im- I 'prlsonment in the Parit Bun- j tar Court for failing to display M the "L" plates on his car. U
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    Penang Catholics say farewell to vicar
    131 7 PENANG. Sunday. PBNANG Chinese Catholics today farewelled their virar. thr Rrv. Father Francis Lek. who leaves on transfer next Friday to Johore Bahru. At a ceremony held at the Church of Our Lady of SorrOW| after High Mass this morning parishioners presented an address
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    No special treatment for the SIT
    97 7 No special treatment for the SIT THE Singapore Improve--1 ment Trust .should not receive preferential treatment over other builders, the City Council's public utilities comrrittee claimed. It saici that trust tenants Uready enjoy certain privileges The council should not give the Trust an indirect subsidy by carrying out services to
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    A PROUD DAY FOR THE PARISH
    172 7 A PROUD DAY FOR THE PARISH IPOH, Sun. IT WAS indeed a proud 1 day for the parishioners of St. Michael's Church today. They crowed the 64-year-old church this morning for the ordination— the first ever to be held in Ipoh— of their fellow parishioner, the Rev. Father John Yap.
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    Wants wise leaders
    65 7 IPOH. Sun. Dr. S. Kanapathr Pillai, President of the Peraic Progressive Party today urged parties to educate the people so that they could select their future leaders wisely. He said at the opening ceremony of the UMNO Ipoh office that* leaders who had the real welfare of
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    Poppy Day gifts
    30 7 A total of $31.2*3 was collected in Johore for the Poppy Day Fund last year. A further sum of $1,049 was contributed from military units stationed there.
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    Rubber charges
    47 7 PAR IT BUNTAR. Sun. Lee Hong Guan was charged hefore the Circuit MagUtiate 1-ere with being found in unlawful possession of 14 katis Of .scrap rubber and 23 katis of *et rubber at Bukit Merah. Lee claimed trial and the case ..(.ijuurned to March 4
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    A SAILOR'S JOGET Naval sports day
    55 7 A SAILOR'S JOGET Naval sports day MEN OF TIIK Malayan Koyal Naval Volunteer Reserve celebrated their annual sports day with a nasi hrryani feed and a modern joget dance at Telok Ayer Basin on Saturday nicht. Seen above enjoying themselves are Acting Yeoman of Signals, Syeri Abel bin Shaik, and
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    Printers' strike starts Thursday
    220 7 GOVT. PEACE BID FAILS SINGAPORE Labour Depa a strike by 72 printf Publishing House has faile The Printing Employees' Union, at an emergency meeting yesterday, decided to strike on Thursday morning. Its 14-day strike notice served on the firm in accordance with the Emergency Regulations, will
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    Girl, 5, killed
    66 7 PENANG. Sun.- Ta n Ah Liang, live, was killed last night in Penang's first fatal accident of the Ne w Year at j Paya Terubong one mile from Ayer Itam police station. She fell from the carrier of a bicycle ridden by her ten- year-old brother and
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    Show goes to the jungle
    56 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun— A unit from the Selangor State Information Department mad^ a srvrn-hour iourney by roan and river at the weekend to dive a film show to 40 irrigation workers at Sunjrei Tinc^i in Kuala Selangor. The workers Malays and Indians spend 2*? days
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    Floods continue
    32 7 KOTA TINGGI. Sun.-Flood waters lose to iv.ore than four lort at thr 46th. milestone of the Johore Bahru -Mci ring Road. Water also covered the road at the 29th. milestone.
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    Winning faces
    35 7 PENGBOLVB from the Feclertion and North Borneo who have passed a course at the College of Asrirulture, Srrd.mt. Thirty-right of them jot first class rertlflrates and 18 second class certificates. Straits Times picture.
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    JAWIBACKERS WILL FIGHT RUMI SCRIPT
    167 7 JAWI BACKERS WILL FIGHT RUMI SCRIPT KUALA 1.1 MIMK. Sunday. m PPORTERS of .law! as thr official script of thr Malay language have declared wrai on those who want Rjmi (Romanised Malay) is the official script A movement railing Itself the "defender of script' la now taking shape In Penang.
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    DON'T BE DIFFICULT, SAYS VICAR
    146 7 DON'T BE DIFFICULT, SAYS VICAR KUALA LTMPUB, Sun. PIOPLI are too font! of usinp difficult words when simple ones will do, a Kuaii Lumpur vicar said jrsterday. The Rev. T. E nrrie. vicar of St. Gabriel's Church, told a meeting of the Central Welfare Council: ".Must we make English more
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    This is the back to school day
    95 7 This is the back to school day of Singapore A rhiifiini win attem for the first time today when English and Chinese schools re-open aitor a five-week :on. nda ol oth( will be thou first riav in a new form with new rnchcr.x and new book.-.. Many parents' resources will
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    Falling trunk kills boy
    41 7 i A seven-year-old boy. K iPalanippan. was fatally m- .lured by a (ailing steel trunk while playing in his house in Selecie Rmid. 81 icapore yesterday. He dirri in an ambulance or, th^ way to h' --pital.
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    Lost man found
    21 7 nj rnf i who was reported mi' Mn~ In Singapore on Saturday rrturnrd to the -hip yesterday morning
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    Chinese education 17 to meet Govt. today
    174 8 Chinese education 17 to meet Govt. today CINGAPORK Chinese education bodies that the future of Chinese education h the discussion which a 17-man delegation i have with the acting Director of Education, MeLellan, today. The delegation which represents Ch and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, h. fold mission: to seek
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    A CHANGE COMES TO A SCHOOL
    261 8 TAIPING. Sun. NO one in Perak ever calls the Taipini: Boys School a reformatory, and outside visitors wouldn't suspect for a moment that it was That's how successful attempts have been made over the past IK months to change the atmosphere of the place.
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    New teacher
    22 8 KOTA BAHRU. Siu:. Mr. Gutp,i an Indian graduate ha.s arrivrri tn teach at th" Ismail EnglLsh School, Kot ;i rjahru.
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    He failed to report accident-$75
    77 8 He failed to report accident-$75 PARIT BUNTAR, Sun. NG Kok Che.iK was yesterday fined $75 in Parit Buntar Court for failing to report an accident. Nu'.s car wai involved in a collision with a motor cycle at Jalan Bahru on Dec. 10. Neither vehicle was damaged and no one was
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    Board officers
    32 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Ungku Hassan bin Omar, the District Officer, and Mr. J. P. Blackled?e. the Administrative Officer, have been appointed president and deputy president of the Kluang Town Council.
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    New post office
    52 8 KOTA TINGGI. Hun I p I 'tin h;is bei n Ml up in Ulu Tiram village. $13,700 for welfare fund JOHORE BAIIRIi, Sun The net amount obtain* ri by the Johore Bahri District Wolfcui CommittT from thr Grand Prix last Ati2u>t wae 17.900. Welfare Week brought In
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    Married in Penang
    35 8 MR. V. FKMX of Police Hoatl qinrters, Penang. and liis bride, >liss Mary Theresa, ilau shter of the late Mr. V Simon, after their wedding at the Church of St. Irani -iXavier.
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    NOW THEY NEED NO ESCORTS
    125 8 I ELECTRIC lighting lor j Wang Tangga, a 1.400--foot tunnel connect;:;? Kak: Buk.it. Perils, with the outlying tin mines, has been provided by Kaki Bukit Tin Mining Company "nd Kwong Fook Tin Mining Company The Rural and Industrial Development Authoiity contributed $1,000 for the cost
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    Now they face amended charge
    48 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Omar bin Ali, ftlaskut bin Sulong, Hassan and Ahmad, who were arrested on a charce of lobbery. were produced in the police court today and the charge was amended to coirmitting housdbreaking to steal. Their trial «rr«a fixed lor Saturday.
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    Youths mee to approve draft rules
    34 8 KUALA I KUALA LUMPI I thr I iLsation Yo ith I to be tab;I 14. The with slight ai Inche Sha Ineho Tahir pointed rlrlf Lumpur branch I
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    Worker dies from burns
    40 8 BUTilT MERT A Telecoms woi in hospital hrr< burns received h was travelling ■ck. Two other o samy and Ishak were a I.-.) I) 1 I hospit The tl ->f the burning driver and ai 01
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    Convent gets new head
    17 8 JOHOI r?-\ Mothi Convent Bahru I Supei Holy Infant row alter the tlon.
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    Colony again invites the $300-a-day man
    262 8 •pHE Singapore City Council'a public utilities committee has ap;rc-ed to invite again the American expert Mr. j. i,. Savage to advise it on the building of an earth dam at Upper Petrce Reservoir. Mr. Savage came last year to advise thi struc lon ai
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    TURNOVER IMPROVES: PRICES STEADIER
    513 10 TURNOVER IMPROVES: PRICES STEADIER I Share market review ■I Rubber shares and loans are stagnant By Our Financia THE Singapore share Year very quietly v> little inclination to do b over throughout the we< than the preceding weet dined to be irregular, s some falling, while tin j ease until
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    63 10 DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED rl following dividends werr announced last week by companies operat- me in Malaya: ALEXANDRA BRICKWORKS:— ords. first interim 7 2 per cent; profs, interim ."Pi per cent, for year ending: March next, payable January 20, books closed January 7: SINC.KI RIDOR: 2s. 6d. Australian currency, making ss. to
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    WALL STREET
    179 10 NEW YORK. Sat /"AN the Stork Market yestriday the volume remained limited i as the market yielded more of it.« Now Yeiir K;iin. Lassos of mostly fractions were well represented featuring le;iciine heavy industrials ana rails. i Further worker lay-offs created I some nervousness aUhnuch th» response of
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    HIGHLANDS AND LOWLANDS RUBBER
    88 10 HIGHLANDS and Lowlands Para Rubber Co. Ltd. is to separate its operations in Malaya from its holding of investmenta. Tho Malayan company will now be known as Highlands Malaya Plantations Ltd Tip "ompany owns rubber estates in the Klang district of fiel.ricror. The company has recently
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    GUTHRIE'S OUTPUTS
    37 10 The follow 'nc outputs for December are ropored by Gurhric and Co.. Ltd. Rubber 7 P94.400 pounds, tea, ib'.acki, 169.000 pounds, palm oil 1429 tons, pnlm kernels 417 tons I rfnei tin-ore 2 IDI pirn].--.
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    RUBBER CROPS
    16 10 The following rubber crops are reported for December Pounds. Kempas 317.400 RadelU aubber 16,449
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    TIN-ORE OUTPUTS
    19 10 The followine oirput« of tin-ore I are reported for December: piruls Hi'am Tin 75 Talam Mines 3!)8
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    Exchange rates
    46 10 THE Malayan Exrhancr Banks Association made 'he fallowing h.incos in its rates to merchants 'in P:r in-day. CANADA: huylnc T.T. 32' C. air mail. O.D. 3Z'i, nn dnv.<-. 32 V, rrefii' bilK. 32 !> lfi trade bills: sriUm, T.T or O.D. 31 13 16, rpadv.
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    RESIGNATIONS
    71 10 Mr R. P. Clifton has retired from the Board of Lewis and Peat Ltd.. London. He has been in the company's service for 40 years and has been a I (ii rector for the last 19 years Mr Stanley Wickett has resigned from the chairmanship of Kent i F.
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    Business done in shares during last week
    241 10 THE following list of business done in the Singapore share market from January 2 to January 8. inclusive, is reported by one firm of sharebrokers:— INDUSTRIALS Con>olidated Tin Smelters i 23 6, 23 9. Fraser and Neave Ords. $1.97'/ 2 Gammon; 52.95 to
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    EUROPEAN MINES' OUTPUT
    245 10 EUROPEAN MINES' OUTPUT rpHE statement issued by the 1 chairman of Sungei Besi Mines Ltd., and Ayer liitam Tin Dredging Ltd., on the occasion of the annual general meetings held in London. includes a table headed Chinese and European quarterly production in Malaya" containing comparative figures lor 1940 and for
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    Commodity markets TIN RISES BUT RUBBER FALLS
    553 10 Commodity markets TIN RISES BUT RUBBER FALLS TIN CONTROL REFERENDUM THE commodity markets generally last week were quieter. Tin shows an improvement of $1.87.1 a picul and rubber a loss of five-eighths of a cent a pound on the week to close it 8318.25 a picul and 56!] cents a
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    65 10 PRODUCERS .should be inte- rested in the views of the United Kingdom chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. R. A Butler, which he gave at a Press conference in Singapore last Monday. Mr. Butler had outlined the objects of the Commonwealth Finance Minisiers 1 conference in which
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    Rubber easier in quiet market
    175 10 IN their weekly report on the rubber market lamed on Friday. Lewis and Peat Ltd .said that, "after getting off to a slow start the market .show ed some real improvement on Thursday on London and Continental buying. Low grades were in good demand but
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    WOLVES, HUDDERSFIELD OUT OF F.A. CUP Holders saved by late goal ALBION LUCKY
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    ALL THE RESULTS
    368 11 K.A. ClT— 3rd ROI'ND Arsenal 5 Aston Villa 1 Blackpool 1 Luton T 1 Bradford I Manchester C. 5 Bristol C. l Knthrrham V 3 .Buinlcv Man.hrster 11. 3 Cheslrrfield 2 Bury I) Everton x (>t i s oun y j Hasl,n K s U. :i Norwich
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    12 teams still in hunt for Div. 'A' title
    160 11 SCOTTISH LGE LONDON, Sun. OELDOM has the struggle in the k' Scottish F.A. Division "A" been, so open. With only 10 more league Rames to go for some of the clubs, th»re arr almost a dozen teams who i hsve varying
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    'FLYING' FIJIAN WHO WAS BROUGHT DOWN
    62 11 'FL YING FIJIAN WHO WAS BROUGHT DOWN KABI'TA. I i.ii.iiis" "flying" w \ng three, makes a dash for the Singapore Cricket Club's goalline as Baxrndale rr.oves up to head him off. Kanawave. Fijian- 1 international stand-off, runs up to support but Baxendale was successful in stopping Kabuta. Fiji. in- won
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    31-NIL VICTORY
    28 11 PARIS. Sun —France beat thi UniteC, States by 31 points to nil ir i Rugby League international here today. They led 13-0 at half time —Renter.
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    TOP WELSH R.U SIDES BEATEN AT HOME
    388 11 TOP WELSH R.U SIDES BEATEN AT HOME LONDON. Sun IN CLUB Rugby Union game* yesterday Cardifl and Newport, two of the leading Welsh sides, both lost at home Cardiff, who won easily ai j Aberavon In Septemoer. received I shock in the return match which the visitors won by 11
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    ARSENAL ARE NEW CUP FAVOURITES
    253 11 ONE °f the easiest English day was that of Arsena who trounced Aston Vill now the new favourites 1 LONDON. Sunday, h F.A. Cup victories of the il. the league champions, la 5-1. yesterday aiiu are to win the Cup. When Arsenal met Aston Villa
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    Farrer Juniors Sports Club
    89 11 parrsr Junior* Sports Club, a new occer club, has been formed in Singapore. Official.' arc: Prrsklent Tenckti Abdul Ghani •in K;tdir. hon MCTStery, P P\irai;my, asst. secretary. Lim Bofin t'ong. treasurer. Tan Song Chia. isst. treasurer. Sydney BSirlcues. uidilor Edward de Silva. committee: tjow Sena 800.
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    R.A.C. RALLY IN MARCH
    51 11 HASTINGS. Sun. TEAMS from Prance. Germany. Holland and Switzerland have been promised for the lourth Royal Automobile Club British International rally to or held next March. it ua* announced here yesterday. Iliily Is also expected to send team lor thr first lime. Entries so far total
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    U.K. RUGBY LEAGUE
    78 11 LONDON. Sun.— Saturdays U.K. Rugby League results: Cas'leford 5 Hull Kingston Rovers 12: Dewsbury 15 Keighlev 6: Doncas'er 19 Leeds 8; Huddersfield 21 Fotherstone Rovers 18: Hull 33 Belle Vue Rangers 0; Hunslet 15 Bat ley 17: Leigh 25 Widnes 3: Liverpool City 5 Wigan 18. Oldham
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    U. K. soccer tables
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    Federation score 4-0 victory
    611 12 SINGAPORE SQUANDERED THEIR CHANCES KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE Federation of Malaya Hotkey Union won their international match against Singapore here today by four goals to nil on the Headquarters Malaya ground. The victory was not gained as easily as the score might suggest. Singapore were on
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    LONG ARM OF LAW
    44 12 LAW (SCO making a high tickle on Fijian rugger captain. Radrodro, who manages to get the hall away to touch, during Saturday's rugger mitch on the padang. Orisi D.ih ii .(left) watches the encounter. Fijians won 38-9. Straits Times picture.
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    90 12 MADRAS, Sun. VINE bowling by Peter Loader. the Surrey pace bowler, pu' the Conunonwealtt) cricketen on the way la I lir^ 1 lr.nlncs lead over the Madras Cricket Association here ycste-div hi n 'he home side Ing on top At the dose "f the day's play,
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    215 12 COLONY BOYS ARRIVE FOR CUP DEFENCE 1 1 rum Our Owa < orrcvpimdrnt l PERTH. W. Australia. Sun ILL Sineapore boxers reported fit and well at the welch-in here this BMCCtnt The team of 18 and two <ifTu-i.ii> revelled in tne hot conditioiv- at tralninc time and they are lookinc
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    134 12 I\OMINATING play for the major part of the came Kuala Lumpur REME Works Services Deal Singapore REME Works Servi; es 4-2 at hockey on the Tanglin cround. Sineapore yesterday. Feature of the match wai the excellent left-wuiß combination betveen Thomas and Missel, each of
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    27 12 Keeom S.C.l'. "B v Singapore Knirinrer Itect., on p <i ■ocsn S.n.C. "B" v CniverMty "B". BBC padanx; Indian Awn. v Customs.! I V ground.
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    May's 124 puts MCC well ahead
    212 12 KINGSTON, Sunday. rHE M.C.C. touring team scored 237 for five in rcph to Jamaica's first innings of 187 at close oi pla> lere yesterday, second day of their game. A fine innings of 124 by 'cter May was chiefly resion.sible for M.C.C.'.s strong tosition.
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    116 12 NSW YORK Sun. I THE 1 ->r.tro\ers!al rule that pro- htoits United states amateui tennis player* from wcrkir.c for ■porting poods firms will be eliminated by f.S Lawn Tennil m when it holds its annual m«"eti:-|~ heir on .'ln. 16. From now on tin-
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    38 12 MFI BOURNE, Sun .In! broke his Australian Two afttaf record by ttece wiimh tods in- tmin. M.Secc. Landy. running on di>-t track m his first Two Miles th:mi hampered h\ a blustery wind UP.
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    40 12 WASHINGTON. Sunday —Frank Bedfiitan laal niiht won :iir Washington indoor professional taanti tournament and $2,000 hv di Panrho Qonsalas I-4, W Pancho PegUl'a, 32-year-old Eruariorian. ea.-:lv won tlie consolation match from the favourite. Don Burice. 6-2. 6-4 UP.
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    132 12 MANII V Sun. Australia's J«m Henrtck Gary Chapman broke i 1 pine records as they won thell pect'.vc events today at the do the national open swimming championship H( 11 ks Woo the 100 n >tyle in 57 1.-ci one stroke of Atsushl
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    342 12 DUBLIN. Sun IZEEPING the pune open thrnu !i--1V out. thP All Blacks were Full raise for tneir 14 points to 3 win over Ireland here JMltlUliijl were nine ixiint.s up by half-time and looked euperloc in every phaaa of forward play in the eecond hair
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