The Straits Times, 9 December 1954

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    12 1 The Straits Times. I-Ntd. 1845 SINGAPORE. Till RSDAY, DECEMBER 1954 15 CENTS
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    E. ASIA DEFENCE TALKS
    89 1 ustralia's part to be settled soon TAL REVIEW IN SINGAPORE Minister Mr. R Mcnzies, and the British Prime iston < hiirc-hill Hho meet in London next month, will Australia should base forces in Malaya Australia to help to defend SouthEast Asia with nMiiinK to reliable Singapore
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    Orange blossoms—Cupid in Paris is all so strictly legal
    74 1 Orange blossoms— Cupid in Paris is all so strictly legal FILM STAR >lari r <1 he Fi-.b M(I)()N A L I) and her former husband, Ilirrisn K.irl. outside the ticorcr V Motel in Pins l)ivor<e c in l.as VcgM lad month, the couple came lo the French capital to Ret
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    One h.p. one picul the new tin rule
    274 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. yew mines starting after Nov. 17. 1954 will be given assessments of one picul for every one horsepower of machinery installed if the International Tin Agreement come* into force. \ov 17 is the ciatr on which the whlU paper
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    Aid for Asia
    31 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. President Eisenhower said today he would ask Congress in xt year to approve a pco•nme i or the development of backward areas of Asia. Reut< r
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    Paglar dies in hospital
    317 1 2am NEWS NATO Charles Joseph Paglar, well-known physician, Legislative Councillor and sportsman, died in Singapore this morning, aged 60, after a short illness. His death occurred at the General H i.spital. His wife was al his bedside. Dr. raster 1 keen interest in community atTairs. particularly
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    Students protest on hangings
    52 1 DAMASCUS. Wed.-studenU> .staced bis? demonstration in Damascus today against the execution >f six Muslim Brotherhood members in Cairo yesterday. They stooatod: "Down with Nasser" i Egyptian Prime Minister) and Down with the Revolutionary Council". Muslim organisations have declared Friday a day of mournins for the hanged
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    History goes to waste
    67 1 ALBANY New York. Wed- j State library officials admitted today that a number of New York's oldest state historical records had n< <n MM as waste paper by mistake. Officials revealed that two colleagues were to leave today for Canada to dig through 10 bales of
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    Lady Churchill ill
    22 1 LONDON. Wed. Lady Churchill cancelled all her imme- diate engagements today be- j cause of a severe cold. Rev-
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    A COOK HATED THE COOKING
    217 1 A COOK HA TED THE COOKING so he went on hunger strike and five days later he was dead PORPORAL BABA bin I*-' Hussein didn't like the food he got in the guardroom, so he went on a hunger strike. On the fifth day he died. Lieut. J c. Williams
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    They make £30m deal with Reds
    89 1 HONG KON(. Wed. MR RANK DAWE, a London businessman, estimated today on arrival here from Peking, that thr British trade mission (o China had done at least K. 30.000.000 worth of business Mr. Dawr >aid his estimate uns not the total amount of husinrss
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    Ex-minister arrested
    69 1 RANGOON. Wed. Police have arrested a former cabinet minister. U Lun, on a charge of hish treason. He Is the third former minister detained in the past four j days for attcinptine to stage! a coup d'etat about six years aco. The others are U Ba Pc and
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    Sibelius is 89
    31 1 HELSINKI Wed. Com- poser Jean Sibelius, grand old man of Finnish music, ob- ■enrtd Ma 89th birthday today. Telegrams and letters arrived from all over the world. J.I
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    Joe tries a hit-and-run attack on Ike
    148 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. Senator Joseph McCarthy left Washington for an unknown destination today, a few hours after he had surprised America hv attacking President F.isenhower. The senator described his attack as "something of a temporary swan song." But leading American newspapers saw it today
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    TYCOON FAILS TO PAY THAT $3 MIL. FINE
    211 1 TYCOON FAILS TO PAY THAT $3 MIL. FINE Peru could now auction those N9BJ ships which strayed LIMA. Peru. Wednesday. yHE S3 MILLION fine imposed by Peru on the Onassis whaling fleet had not been paid when the deadline expired acre last night Peru is holding five 7eoetl owned by
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    Plan for Big Four talks
    60 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. The Foreign Ministers of Britain, the United State.s and Franc? will try in Paris next week to prepare a co-ordinated drive for a "Big Four" conference between the Soviet Union and the Western powers early next year. This was stated ny the U.S.
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    'Soviet zone will arm, too' threat
    157 1 BERLIN. Wed. The East German Deputy Premier, Mr. Walter Ulbricht. said today that if Allied pacts to rearm West Germany were ratified, the Soviet zone would build a "battle .stronc" army equipped i with modern weapons. The 120.000-man people's police would form the cadre
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    STUDENT: MINISTER WON'T STEP IN
    168 1 STUDENT: MINISTER WON'T STEP IN From HALL ROMNEY LONDON. Wed. THE Minister of State. Mr. Henry Hopkin■OOi told the House of Commons today that it would be contrary to lone established practice for the Colonial Secretary to intervene in the case of a Chinese school student sentenrori j to three
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    He wants to see Malaya
    59 1 From HALL ROMNEY LONDON. Wed. Mr. Fenner Brockwav "Labour) wants an all-party delegation to visit, Malaya at an early date to report on the military and political situation. He will ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr Alan Lennox-Boyd at Q.ies- tion Timo
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    Money wanted
    28 1 NEW DELHI. Wed.— lndia has asked the Chinese People's Republic for repayment of £75.000 spent on behalf of China during the war and post-war periods.— Reuter.
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    Chou's new threat to U.S.
    168 1 Chou's new threat to U.S. TOKYO. Wed. \|R. CHOU EN-LAI. A China's Foreign Minister. warned the United States today that if it "persists in interferine in China's internal affairs, it must take upon itself all the grave consequences." Pekinc Radio brnari' statement by him saying that the mutual security treaty
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    THEIR FREE XMAS TREE
    59 1 A Chinese livinc near the junction of East Coast and Katone Roads, Singapore, reported that a Christmas tree Mtf stolen from his garden yesterday H. told the police that three men drove to the house in i rar. uprooted the tree. and sped oft with it
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    STOP PRESS
    55 1 im»t RKinrv i sATisnr.D LONDON Wr.d. Sir InthOM] I ili ii Ihf I mri.n 1 1' i.v i hU ladsy Hnt.uii m MtMh ii tii if I ml' rl in itiwuli f rhinrM on I "I in" ,i was pilltlN (WMIITf" Hid umild rrMilt in dMCI MB iillitinn.
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    Hatoyama wants to be pals with everybody
    263 2 Hatoyama wants to be pals with everybody THE MAN LIKELY TO SUCCEED YOSHIDA STATES HIS POLICY TOKYO, Wednesday. All.. ICHIRO HATOYAMA, expected to succeed Mr. Shigeru Yoshida as Prime Minister of in, favours full diplomatic relations with Red ti ia and Russia but no change in Japan's close mil.tary ties
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    BIG BOOM IN ARMS SHARES
    74 2 BIG BOOM IN ARMS SHARES TOKYO, Wed. JAPAN'S munitions industry stock prices showed one of their biggest rises since the war today— l3th anniversary of Pearl Harbour follow im; the resignation of Mr. Shifieru Yoshida as Ja|vin'« Prime Ministrr. The whole stock market took an immediate upward turn as soon
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    Bid by Oman
    32 2 CAIRO. Wed— The British I Protectorate of Oman, on the coast of the Persian Gulf, ha* applied to join the Arab League, it was announced here last nleht. Reuter.
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    $48 MIL. RADIO LAWSUIT
    45 2 New TOfk, Wed. Adlai Stevenson. Democratic Presidential candidate in 1952. has been retained for the defence in a L.5.516.000.000 cM548.000.000 1 claim against try Radio CorAmerlca by the Radio r rporation. It win be Attorney Steren■on'i tlrst court action for seven
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    Tit for tat
    31 2 NEW YORK. Wed Nudist* drove evancelist Braxton Sawyer out of their annual congress last year. Now his canuuisn has sponBills to drive the nudists Out of five states.
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    UNESCO meeting
    32 2 MONTEVIDEO \V, d. The General Assembly of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation decided last night to hold its next meettnc in New Dt !hi in 1056 Renter
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    A COLOSSAL 'HELLO' FOR AVA
    476 2 .1 THE "BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL" GETS A $12,000 GILDED CAGE IN SINGAPORE Police squads and fans will he out in Hollywood style but 150 who want a date are told: 'Miss Gardner regrets' FILM star Ava Gardner's five-day visit to Singapore, which begins tonight, is developing
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    Sir George Allen weds again
    40 2 LONDON. Wed Sir George Allen, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya was married at Smeeth. Kent, on Nov. 23 to Oriane Frances Tomkins. it was announced today. His first wife died in 1953 Reuter.
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    Atomic talks
    46 2 NEW YORK, Wed —The UN. Secretary General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjold, said yesterday that he has asked the United States. Russia, Britain, Canada, Brazil. France and India to name delegates to a meeting here in January to help arranee an international Atoms-for-Peace conference— A. P
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    Pilots strike
    31 2 BOMBAY. Wed.— Port authorities here were today making emergency arrangements for handling ships after a midnight strike by 26 officer pilots and 11 berthing masters demanding better pay Reuter.
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    Appeal court
    19 2 The Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal will sit at 10.30 a.m. next Monday to hear two appeals.
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    He may take over soon from Nehru
    114 2 He may take over soon from Nehru MR. (iOVINI) BallaMi Pant If, (above > is believed to he a likely successor to Mr. Nehru. Prime Minister of India. .Mr. Pant i> the Chief Minister of Ittar Pr.ide-!i and ha* now joined Mr NehruS Cabinet. He will go to New Delhi
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    Food poisons 400:Manheld
    49 2 TAIPEH. Wed. More than 400 teachers, students ;md parents were victims of food poi soniiiß following an athletic meet here. They had eaten from lunch boxes prepared by a restaurant. Police have arrested the owner of the restaurant. None cif the victims are seriously ill. -UP.
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    Caught napping
    33 2 TAIPEH. Wed Chinese Nationalist commandos caupht Communist troops asleep in their barracks and captured 14 In a dawn raid yesterday on Communist held Taipai Island three miles northeast of Quemoy Renter
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    CHEWING GUM: A MORTAL SIN
    71 2 VATICAN CITY, Wed. A Catholic who chews gum before ROltiß to communion commits a mortal sin, accordlnß to an rxpert on church law in the Vatican City weekly Osservatore Delia Domenl- The newspaper had been a.sked by a Belgian reader if "ordinary American pum" could
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    GIRL JAILED CHIEF BY CRO
    7 2 GIRL JAILED CHIEF BY CRO JOHv-w I
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    New R A press
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    AT 21, STEPFATHER OF SIX
    91 2 LONDON. Wed Twenty-one-year-old Ron Porter, drummer with the Cold- I stream Guards. wa h married at a London register office to Mrs. Phyllis Noble aged 41. And now Ron Porter i» UK stepfather of six girls. Eldest of the daughter- Pat. 18-year-old shop s;^tant Mr.
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    Cars ram crops
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    More gift Church
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    Catholics ba
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    NEED RACTORS OT GUNS: JOHN
    24 3 nmunbuild e 5- and n Vsia 1 I selohn Fos- nighi the ninistration :-i inciple i mntl!i< I'citnon'(I na-
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    sty brings outlaws
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    ROWDS CHEER THE POPE
    45 3 rrims down hovered near him but he held his position at thr> window withcul A high authority repi that the Pope is slowly Catherine strength after a crisl week and plans to hold i ti six new Cars next month. Reuter.
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    New Zealand signs on
    46 3 MANILA. Wed. New Zealand today deposited its in■truments of ratification of the South-east Asia Defence Treaty with the Philippines. The British Ambassador. Sir Frank Gibbs. representing New Zealand, handed the doeumenti to Vice-President and j Foreign Secretary Carlos Gar- 1 cia.— A.P.
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    Prayers as the Pope lies stricken
    50 3 AS the Pope lav gravely ill in his Vatican bedroom, pr ivers for his recovery were said throughout the world. In this A p picture a small group a priest, a sailor and some civilians kneel to pray in St. Peter's Square in Rome.
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    'Christmas box' for brewers
    97 3 PROTEST MARCH SYDNEY. Wed. .-.VATION Army band f\ and a girl's choir dressed In white were amon^ 1.0t)0 people who marched on the lament House here last nisht to protest against tnat would mako liquor easier to buy in NewSouth Wales. The marchers, headed by the
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    Injustice' move is beaten
    32 3 LONDON Wed. The Government last night d' by 298 VO\ -a Laboui motion seeking to censure v in ■'unwarrantable complacency towards the continued of social Bi in. Renter.
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    SKIPPER AND 4 OFFICERS QUIT
    238 3 China Reds hold 4 of crew HONG KONG, Wednesday. THE master and four officers of a British steamer resigned their posts at Kobe because they would not subject their crew to "Communist intimidation" on the return run to China, it was disclosed here today. Relief
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    FAIR BOOTH SHOWGIRL WORE 'ONLY A SMILE"
    143 3 FAIR BOOTH SHOWGIRL WORE 'ONLY A SMILE" MAKI.BOROIT.iI. England. Wed. City olVu i:»l* here are investisatins a schoolmaster's complaint that a showgirl "wearinc only smile" was fraturi>d at Marlhorotuhs annu.il fair. Boy> t»f the cmlumw Marlborouuh prep school mm nivrn a half holiday In visit the fair, and the h.-.ulin.tst.T.
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    Customs man shot in border gun fight
    214 3 Customs man shot in border gun fight BELFAST. Wed. jyDCTORS are ntjhtingto| s save a wounded Northern Ireland customs of- fleer while armed police j searched for raiders who last night shot j, their way through a p border patrol blocking s their escape to southern Ireland. |n The officer.
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    Eleanor Parker collapses
    44 3 HOLLYWOOD. Wed. Film star Eleanor Parker collapsed i at work yesterday and was sent to the Cedars of Lebanon c haspital. Mis.s Parker had been over- I working on her current film, c Interrupted Melody," doctors i said— Li. P. 4
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    Captain beaches his ship to save it
    243 3 LONDON. Wed. A QUICK WITTEDJ skipper piled his sinking ship ashore in the mouth of the Thames today to save it after a collision in a gale. Capt Michael Kapitani.' drove the 7.588-ton Panamanian freighter Merope ashore at Grays. Essex, in the fog
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    BELLIGERENT MRS. MOPS
    120 3 IX)NDON. Wed. Part-time women cleaners at Government oflices popularly known as "Mrs. Mops" gathered In belligerent mood at the Treasury in London yesterday to argue about another half-penny-an-hour pay ri>e The women u.su illy mothers of wnrkln» c!a.ss families who I do the job in the early
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    LONDON STOCKS
    413 3 LONDON. V/M. [T ha.s been another day of drlftinß prlres in the London Stock Exnanße with incentive larking. With the threat of a rail .unke iriees have steadily eased and there las little sign of any recovery at he dose. Funds have encountered some sellnu and (-lofting prices
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON Dec 8 C ash Bumts 71S: Sellers C 718!: Forward Buyers t7l»>: Sellers M"\i,\ Settlement t718: Turnover a.m. 25 tons p.m. I tons
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    LONDON RUBBER
    40 3 LONDON Dec. B —Spot 24 '->d lan. 24'sd.. Fob Hi. Mar. 23^(1.. 1.,n -M.u 24d. April-June 23 ',d. luly-S«pt. 23'^d. Oct -Dec. 23 5.d.. f 23 15 16d Jan. c.l.f. 13". d. Feb. c.l.f. 23, d.. Tone 3uwt.
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    School concert
    40 4 TAIPINO. Wed. The 60--.stron:a orchestra of the Chun* Line High Sfhool will pive a concert in Taiplns on Dec IT in aid of the Hua Lian Hiph School .srien-e laboratory oxtendon fund Mr. Chai Per Lung will cunduct
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    For Bangkok
    24 4 Eight Singapore Rotanans. led by their president, Dr. A. W. S. Thevathasan, will attend the Rotary District conference at Bangkok this weekend.
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    SUCH BUSTLE—FOR POSTMEN
    72 4 S UCH B USTLE—FOR POSTMEN Eisht Royal Mail vans, two mails officers. two postmen (special grade 1 and U assistant postmen, were all busy day taking dt-livery of LV64I bagi of Christmas parcel mall and 1200 bags of letter mail, which arrived in Singapore by the Corfu from Britain Taken
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    Widespread loss of jobs feared
    198 4 RUBBER: TUC WANTS COVT. TO ACT OVER INDONESIAN CONTROL 1,000 WORKERS ARE HIT CONSTERNA TION REIGNS IN MILLING UNION JNDOXESIAN control of rubber exports to Singapore disrupting the local rubber milling industry. Factories are already beginning to lay off hands because there is insufficient work
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    A charming visitor says 'hello
    42 4 LADY MardIIMYKAY. the wilt- <>| the Ufffe ornr;:i .siom-r Viatta the children s orlhupaeri i< ward at the (.eii<r;i! pital. Kuala Lumpur. She is sa\iiiß '"Hello' to itx-jrear-oid Tan Siew Hene and inking how he is getting along.
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    S'pore youth leader for Munich talks
    107 4 S'pore youth leader for Munich talks MR ERIC WEE SI AN BENG. president of the Singapore Youth Council, left for Germany yesterday to attend the World Assembly of Youths executive committee meeting in Munich. The meeting, the first since the new committee of WAY was elected in Singapore last August,
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    Mrs. Lewis wins more praise
    55 4 ftCra Gracia Lewis, whose orchid.* won a first elaai certificate at this year's Chelsea Ficwt Show, cave a few garDlnta yesterday to members of the International Women'i Club of the Singapore V W A The audience thanked her -howine Britain that there's more in Malaya
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    Civics for teachers
    49 4 IPOH. Wed. A three-day civics course for Indian estate school teachers In Perak will begin tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the Kinta Indian Association. During the course the teachers will be shown round Government oAcei and given talks on the functions of Government and on civics
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    Help us up library
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    Toy's stolen
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    A WARNING TO THE CENTRE OF THE ROAD DRIVER
    149 4 A WARNING TO THE CENTRE OF THE ROAD DRIVER SI N G A PORE Traffic Police are out to curb motorists who drive o n the crown of the roan. Several hv c been hauled up in the past f. W days for this offence, said Traffic Chief Mr A.
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    STRUGGLING MAN HELD IN COURT
    150 4 He is accused of two murders A MIDDLE-AGED man was brought up in the Sin gapore Eighth Police Court yesterday on two charges of murder and three of attempted murder The man. Kuan All \v-\s cvorted by two police ties and had to be hc'.r
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    Mr. Bingham makes a farewell trip
    84 4 Mr. Bingham makes a farewell trip BUKIT MERTAJAM. Wed. THE Penang Resident Comn.i.vsioner. Mr R. P. Binunum. today made a farewell tour of the central district of Province Welle.shv At Juru new village, the headman. Mr Chew Chor Har, asked Mr Bingham to refommrnd that Juru be declared "White" at
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    It's probation instead of prison term
    115 4 It's probation instead of prison term LOH EARN. 60. who struck his wife with a hammer during a family dispute last July was put on probation for three years by Mr Justice j Brown in the Singapore High Court yi svrday Loh haci bfi'n ■entenecd to six months' jail In
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    Bail refused in food case
    66 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Bail was refused to Chan Chi Choy, of Ulu Tiram new village, who was charted in the Magistratt \s Court today with nttemptinu to leave the village with two katis of cooked rice hidden in a coffee tin The allegation against him
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    The deadline
    22 4 The closing date for applica- I tlons for overseas scholarships |of the Federation of British 1 Industrie! i-« Jan. 15
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    'Blue-bloods' in
    19 4 Seven r.ioe horses, valued at $70,000. arrived in Singapore yesterday from Britain on the 'cargo- liner Soudan.
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    $66,000 TEACH MUM BEMOTH
    8 4 $66,000 TEACH MUM BEMOTH 1 I ■A I
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    Govt. to intervene in harbour disp
    75 4 PENANCi. W.-d.— The i ration Commissioner for| Labour, Mr. R. H. Oakeley. will arrive from Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to investiuate the Penanc Harbour Board dispute. Mr. Oakeley will meet Mr. t Harvey] local chairman of the board, to whom I tion tocl.i-. weeks' strikt
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    The new vehicle licence scheme flops
    299 5 GOVERNMENT STANDS FIRM ON EXTRA FEES, SO- MOTORISTS WANT NO PART OF IT rpHE system of stagger--1 Ing licences, introduced recently in the Federation by the Commissioner of Road Transport, has failed, a spokesman of the Motor Insurance Association of Malaya said in Singapore
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    YOU WON'T GET THAT CALENDAR NEXT YEAR
    184 5 YOU WON'T GET THAT CALENDAR NEXT YEAR KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. LMRMS here have begun j 1 to give away 1955 calendars. But the tradition may not be followed next year because of the 15 per cent import duty imposed on Sept. 22. Many flrmj would have i;iven up the tradition
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    Food offences
    24 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Sixty-four convictions were rerorded in the Federation in October this year for food con- rol and price control offences.
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    THE R.A.F. CLEARS UP SOS MYSTERY
    109 5 T<HE mystery surrounding the distress signals flashed by an RAF Sunderland flying boat and picked up by radio operators in ships bound for Hong Kong has^ been cleared up. The SOS heard on Monday said the plane had developed engine trouble west of Singapore.
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    Flood level rises
    64 5 KUALA I.UMPUR. Wed. FluetuatinK monsoon rain made the flood level rise and fall on the East Coast today. Hardest hit was the Kuala Trengganu Dunßiin road where lising flood waters are already nine feet deep at the 30 to 31 mile. The flood level on the Kota
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    MIX-UP IN NAMES NO BAR TO VOTE
    226 5 Trouble caused by identity cards JNDIANS will not bo prevented from voting in next year's elections merely because as many claimtheir names have been 'mutilated beyond recognition" on the electoral roll Legislative Councillor Mr. C R. Dasaratha Raj alleged on Tuesday that many
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    She's on 2-month holiday from studies
    60 5 She's on 2-month holiday from studies ■Met of Singapore racehorse miner .Mr. K. 1.. Chun;, returned from Perth yesterday fur a two month holiday. She i> a studt'iit at the Perth Technical College, where .shy has passed her first year in act uuntaruy. "Malayan students and the Australians mix very
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    They came in illegally
    48 5 Mohd. Idrls bin Haji Sabaruddin and Zainal Abidin bin Haji All were sentenced to tnree months' ja.il each in the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday for entering the Colony illegally. The court was told that they came from Pangkol Pinang in a fishing boat.
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    Burma rice talks
    29 5 The Burmese Minister of Commerce, Mr. M. A. Rashid, will visit Singapore this week to look over the rice market and have talks with the Government
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    Better no rulers than no Press Rowan
    193 5 A LEADING American Negro journalist, Mr. Carl T. Rowan, said yesterday that it was better to have newspapers and no government than to have a government and no newspapers. Mr. Kowan was speaking at the Singapore Kotary Club's weekly lunch on "The Role
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    Robbers jailed
    32 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Lee Sung and Chong Lav Pui were at the Assizes yesterday sentenced to five years' jail each for robbing a peon of $12 on Shanshi Estate. Kulai.
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    Dance contest
    25 5 MALACCA, Wed— An interstate amateur darce contest between Selangor and Malacca will be held at the City Cabaret on Dec. 17 and 18.
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    USHER IS ACCUSED OF TAKING HALF FINE
    167 5 USHER IS ACCUSED OF TAKING HALF FINE A SINGAPORE police court usher was alleged yesterday to have j received part of a fine I imposed in court and to have used it himself. It was al.'o alleged in the Singapore Fifth Police Court ve.sttrday that the usher, Abdul I.ntifr bin
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    A tooth for Sir Donald
    78 5 BATU PAH AT, Tues.— Fijian soldiers today presented a whale tooth to the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray the highest mark of respect they can show to a visitor. The presentation took place when Sir Donald visited the Batu Pahat headquarters of the Ist Battalion.
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    TERRORIST SURRENDERS
    43 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A terrorist has surrendered in the Federation. Details are being withheld for operational reasons A single shot was fired yesterday at t«o military vehicles at the 74th mile BentongKaraK Road in Pahantt. Security forces are searchine the area
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    54 6 Jfl It „rrf< 570 (minimum). MH MRS. N. V. RAJAH Thank friends ami Natives who attended DUrai Of the la'e sister nf V. Rajah and al.so those who RHtbl and messages of conAND MRS M. S. MANIAM all Friends and Relatives eir kind Attendance. Congra- Telegrams and Valuable presents
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    126 6 Word* $10 (minimum) K W. CHOY vOl be in the FOLLOW PEDANT E\ery Day In Mall' if you wont 10 win i "do word puzzle. MAN Ills favourite I Iqueur, 10 to 1 it will be I nieur 111. SATURDAY a; M: is Basah Ro.io Reduced MFET SAMMY THE
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    The Straits Times Singapore. Thurs. Dec. 9, 1954 More Aid For Asia
    787 6 The Straits Times Singapore. Thurs. Dec. 9, 1954 More Aid For Asia President Eisenhower's little Marshall Plan for Asia, which he is expected to place before CongrcM in January, is beins given a fair run in the newspapers before the practical details arc known. The change in the Administration's thinking
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    RIDA Refuses
    242 6 Rejection by RIDA of" an application for a $300,000 hous- ing loan by the Selangor State Development Board, although disappointing, should not come as a surprise. RIDA has already provided 'wice that sum for schemes in the State under which cheap houses are built and let for as
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    War Victims
    262 6 It seems odd that while Japan can pay reasonable war reparations to Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines, nothing comes Malaya's way. Perhaps this is because the Japanese found less co-operation in Malaya during the occupation than they did in some other parts of South -East Asia. It is
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    Land reform helps Formosans buy their own farms
    1161 6  -  WILLIAM FISH By WAY back in the history which Chinese never tire of emoting:, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty said: "Every individual has a share of responsibility in the rise or fall of the empire." The same theme is echoed today
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      Control of population only answer to I food deficiency
      460 6 rpHE letters from Mr. F. Y. 1 Chung and Mr A R.G.D R on the subject of family planning which you published recently are splendid examples of talking a good cause out of a hearing by niggling on the minor issues
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      NOTHING SINISTER ABOUT DR. LIN
      89 6 NOTHING SINISTER ABOUT DR. LIN SOME folk have expressed annoyance over the pronouncements of Dr. Lin Yutane upon the wearing of ties and shirts. The doctor is a great philosopher to whom I have learnt to look for wisdom, and amusement. I have drawn these in abundance from his writings
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      AUTHORITY TAKES THE BLAME
      351 6 /CONFUSION worse conV> founded exists in the camps of the family planners who cannot distinguish between family planning and artificial contraception which the F.P.A. tries to pass off as planning for the family. It is al.so muddled thinking to believe that any faith is opposed to
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      LOCAL OFFICERS' LEAVE
      182 6 r |"HE public has a right to know the circumstances under which a local senior officer Ls granted ten months 1 leave Mr. Oehlers alleges he has seen this officer loitering around Raffles Place and like the good representative of the public that he Ls, this has
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    Two vs. 25 for 30 mins. a medal for Abu
    313 7 THOSE BEHIND YESTERDA Y'S HEADLINES TODAY HIT THE HEADLINE THEMSEL YES BPBTI UALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. SPECIAL constable, who successfully led a two-man counter-attack on a gang of 25 terrorists, was rewarded for his bravery today ,h l wl£ cT m
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    ADVISER TELLS BLACK VILLAGE You are to blame for ration cut
    178 7 ADVISER TELLS BLACK VILLAGE You are to blame for ration cut JOHORE BAHRU Wed. THE British Adviser in Johore, Mr. D. A. Somerville, said at a civic luncheon at Muar today that the people of Senai should blame the few among them who had given food to the Communist terrorists.
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    MAN SEEKS A NEW JOB
    45 7 II H- has applied to bo taken back as a clerk or a typist beit La understood, these divisions of the service offer prospects. Mr. Loh was a stenographer In th>> City Electricity Department before his transfer to the aquarium.
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    12 7 RATE BOOK GERS LIN Chin- H H H I H 9 ■M
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    Policemen to face trial
    83 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A police corporal and two constables extorted $15 from a pork-seller by threatening to have him prosecuted for carrying pork without a permit, it was alleged in the First Magistrate's Court here today The three policemen. Corporal Bachan Singh 32. Constable Tay Pin
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    YMCA concert
    21 7 Singapore V.M.C.A. will hold a Christmas concert at the association hall. Orchard Road, at 8 p.m. on Dec. 27.
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    MASS WEDDING: NOW IT'S A DIVORCE
    186 7 A SINGAPORE court was told yesterday of the breakup of a marriage which took place at a Colony mass-wedding ceremony seven years ago. The respondent, Koh Heng I Choy. a storekeeper, married Leone Wai Wing, of Neil Road, at the Victoria Memorial Hall i
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    This picture will go round the world
    73 7 This picture will go round the world The Singapore Government has printed 20,000 baggage labels in two colours for free distribution to local shipping and airline companies and travel agencies for use on travellers' luggage when they leave the Colony, j The labels, which show a picture of the t
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    Party at a creche
    62 7 The Singapore Social Welfare I Department yesterday gave a Christmas party to 70 children I at the Victoria Street Creche. While the children were en--1 iovinf? inside, mothers, sisters land guardians waited outside iloseri do«r.- DOf the party to be i Those children who could not
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    ISMAIL GETS HIS COMMISSION
    30 7 COMMISSIONED Boatswain Ismail bin Hassan ireeives his sword from the Governor. Sir John Nicoll, at yesterday's parade at the R.M.N. barracks at Woodlands. Straits Times picture.
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    GOVT. TAKING UP THE ROW
    169 7 Complaint over 'protected persons' KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. J<HE Federation Government is taking up the ques- tion of discrimination between a British subject and a British protected person in Britain, the Straits Times was told today The Secretary to the Mcmoer for Home Affairs. Mr R.G.
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    Woman dead in a drain
    57 7 Woman dead in a drain R OKI Ml binte Abdul Rahman 33. was found dead, apparently drowned, in a monsoon drain in a village off Coronation Road. Singapore, yesterday. She left her house in the morning to visit a friend. Two men walking out of the village found her dead
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    King's House ceremony
    39 7 King's House ceremony KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Mr V. Chelllah of the Malayan Audit Service received the M.B.E. from the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray. at King's House this morning. Mr Chelliah is retiring on Saturday after 39 years' service.
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    Welfare home display
    40 7 Mr. H. J. C Kulasingha, Singapore Legislative Councillor, Rill preside at the first annual display and inspection of Perak House at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Prtak House is the Social Welfare home for boys at Pat-ir Panjanjf.
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    Brigade party
    33 7 The Boys' Brigade and Girls' Lilo Brigade of the Wesley Church, Singapore, will hold a combined Christmas party at the church hall, 4, Fort Canning Road, at 3 p.m. on Saturday
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    Revellers club
    24 7 Gay Revellers Club, Singapore, will hold a New Year's Eve dance at the Victoria Memorial Hall from 8 p.m. to 2 am
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    Xmas treat
    25 7 The V's Men's Club. Singapore, will give a Christmas treat to members of Mount Ersklne Boys' Club at 5 p.m. on Dec 28.
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    'Keep out' order at two mukims
    97 7 PENASG, Wed. No-one will be allowed to enter Mukims 3 and 4 in Province Wellesley South as from today under an exclusion order made by the 0.C.P.D., Nil. in Tebal The order however does not apply >n Kampong Lima Kongsi. Kampong Sungei Itimg and
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    Scouts to row round Colony
    214 7 TWO Singapore Scouts are to row round the island. Ho Ton Chen and Tim Tang Ming, both 17-year-old patrol leaders of the 18th Troop (Serangoon English School* think they can make the trip hi one week and with plenty of time for camping at night,
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    Lepers will have TWO Xmas parties
    117 7 PUR officials of the Singapore Leprosy Relief Association yesterday packed more than 2.800 yards of textiles at Holland Road Christmas Rifts I to patients of the Trafalgar Home for Lepers. They were Mrs. A G. Church, chairman, Mrs. C. H. W. Murphy, Mrs. D.
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    Photo show
    28 7 Gan Ene Seng School Camera Club, Singapore, will hold its first pan-Malayan Inter-school photographic exhibition in the school hall, Anson Road. Irom Dec. 15 to 17.
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    'WRONG TO GRADE SCHOOLS'
    145 7 THE policy of concentrating the best students in one secondary school is wrong and should be changed, said Mr. Thlo Chan Bee, a Singapore Legislative Councillor, yesterday. This leaves a stigma on schools which are placed lowest in the lLst of grading I he said. He
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    SWORDS FOR TWO R.M.N. MEN AND SOON A NEW CADET PAY PLAN
    313 7 SWORDS FOR TWO R.M.N. MEN AND SOON A NEW CADET PAY PLAN THE Governor, Sir John Nif oil, said yesterday: "The Royal Malayan Navy needs its own Malayan officers, and it is the policy of the Government to replace all seconded officers by local men." Sir John said this after
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    UMNO gets new ally for elections
    102 7 UMNO gets new ally for elections rpHE UNITED Malays National X Organisation and the Singapore Malay Union have formed an alliance after a number of meetings, Mr. Abdul Hamid bin .hmut. chairman, UMNO (Singapore Division) told the Straits 1 Times yesterday. This new alliance will work together at the Legislative
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    Forum on future of Malaya
    65 7 University of Malaya Hisi torical Society will hold a forum on "The political future iof Ma!aya within the next 50 years" at Oei Tionß Ham Hall, Singapore, at 8.15 tomorrow night. The chairman will be Mr. Allington Kennard Members of the forum will be Dr.
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    JAIL SENTENCE CUT
    60 7 The Commander -in Chief. Far East Land Forces, has reduced the five-year lull sentence on Sapper R. Weldon. of the Royal Engineers, by six months Weldon was convicted by a general court martial in Singapore on Sept 30 this jremr for robbery with violence The Governor. Sir
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      142 7 The weather MIMMI'M TKMPI.RATIRK <7.30 p.m. on Dec. 7 to 7.30 a.m. on Dec. 8 1 Singapore 74 degrees. Penang 75. Kota Bahru 74. Kuala Lumpur 74. Ipoh 73. Kuantan 73. MAXIMUM TEMPERATI RE (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Dec. 8)' Singapore 82. Penang 88. Kota i Bahru 85.
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    THE NAVY 'SINKS' WOULD-BE CADETS
    224 8 THE NAVY 'SINKS' WOULD-BE CADETS f»HE Royal Navy Col- lege at Dartmouth, England, has 12 vacancies for Malayan cadets in 1955, but there is a problem finding candidates who measure up to the necessary requirements. In the past, failure by candidates to reach a set standard has caused a headache,
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    Flying home
    22 8 Fifty -six British Servicemen, returning home on leave or reassigment. left for London yesterday in a chartered B O.A.C. Constellation.
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    Bad boys—Colony has so very few
    351 8 Bad boys— Colony has so very few —AND THE BAD GIRLS ARE EVEN FEWER /CONSIDERING the size of Singapore's population and the conditions under which many people live, there is remarkably little juvenile delinquency in the Colony, the Secretary for Social Welfare, Mr. T. P. Cromwell, said yesterday. His comment
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    CRASH MAN LOSES CLAIM
    89 8 An action for damages for iniiiries sustained in a road crash brought by Chua Kiat Chee against the Sincapore Traction Company was dismissed in the High Court yesterday. The crash occurred at the iunction of Gevlane Road and i Al.iunied Road on Oct 5. l»oj. when
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    Unfair to have strings to aid plan, Chinese schools tell Govt.
    222 8 WE PRODUCE BETTER MEN THAN ENGLISH SCHOOLS DO' SINGAPORE CHINESE SCHOOLS' conference will tell the Government that It Is unfair to have any strings to its Sl2 million grant-in-aid offer. The conference is replying soon to the Government's withdrawal
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    Youth cabinet meeting
    34 8 Singapore District Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold its last -cabinet' meeting for this year at the home of the president. 26. Sirat Road, at 7 pm. on TuesdayDinner will be served.
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    Iron bar man is jailed
    51 8 Goh Ah Puay. alias Tua Tow Lt*e. was yesterday sentenced to five months tall in the Singapore Third Criminal District Court, for causing grievous hurt to Seah Heng Swee, in Rochore Road on Aug. 8. Goh hit Seah with an iron bar. disiocatine his left
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    Bulldozer death
    35 8 The Singapore Coroner, Mr. K.T. Alexander, yesterday recorded a misadventure verdict on Sharif! bin Mohomad Akib, who was run over by a bulldozer at Paya Lebar airport on the night of Aug. 26.
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    POLICE WONT SEE PREVIEW OF WOMEN WRESTLERS
    94 8 POLICE WONT SEE PREVIEW OF WOMEN WRESTLERS A PRIVATE preview of women wrestlers in action for members of the Singapore Police Force i* "out of the question. 1 a police spokesman tolu the Straits Times yesterday. He was referring to an offer made by Mr. Leo Livett, the manager of
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    $30-A-MONTH OFFER FOR 3 CHILDREN
    77 8 $30-A-MONTH OFFER FOR 3 CHILDREN An Army clerk, Haji Yacob, offered in a Singapore court yesterday to pay $30 to his divorced wife, Fatimah binte Idris. for the maintenance of his three children staying with her. Yacob, of Base Ordnance Depot, who had since remarried, told the court that he
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    Buddhists back after talks
    35 8 Singapore's delegation to the third conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists in Rangoon returned yesterday. Leader of the delegation was Maa Pitt Chin Hui. Principal of the Maha Bodhi School.
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    Date for Friend
    23 8 Mr David Friend. Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Johore. will be the speaker at a civic lunch at Kluang on Monday
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    Remittances
    17 8 Family remittances from Malaya to China last month totalled $1,768,029. of which $1,153,071 was from Singapore
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    DON'T GO TO MECCA IF YOU ARE TOO OLD'
    163 8 PENANG, Wednesday. ITNLESS they are physically fit. old pilgrims and small children will be advised not to go to Mecca in future. •But there will be no restriction. We can only advise," Tuan Haji All Rouse, Pilgrimage Control Officer of the
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    Awards for 4 workers
    51 8 Foui retiring employees of the Singapore Postal Department will receive valedictory letters tomorrow They are Inche Mohamed Salleh bin Haji Abdul Rahman, special grade clerk: Mr Ramouth Taware, special grade postman < head postman i Inrhe Suuiman bin Ahmed Jalini and Inche Djapin bin Sarwan, both
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    Thief breaks in
    23 8 A thief broke into a house in Balestler Road. Singapore, on Monday night, and stole $150 and jewellery worth $390.
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    FRENCH ADMIRAL'S VISIT
    64 8 Vice-Admiral A. E. Jozan, commander-in-chlef of French i Naval Forces in Indo-China, arrived in Singapore yesterday from Saigon on a courtesy call He arrived on board his flagship, the 8.500-ton cruiser I Montcalm. for a two-day stay in the Colony. The C-in-C, Far East Station, Sir Charles
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    1332 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Poetic Byron got wild twist from rake-hell ancestors Inhabitants of the French town of f iennC s had more important things to j jg August 1791 than the crazy L n who lay dying in the dingiest room f vnS cheapest inn. Valenciennes lay t he
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    INDUSTRIALS ARE AGAIN CENTRE OF MART INTEREST
    287 10 INDUSTRIALS ARE AGAIN CENTRE OF MART INTEREST INDUSTRIALS have now taken the centre interest from tins on the Singapore Market, which again yesterday only had a volume <>t business. The two nrmest counters i n thp tndu tion were W. Jacks which had buslni moved up to $3.33 buyers. $3.38
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      743 10 NOTICES PEIPING STORE, 173, Orchard K <>.««!. Slncapor*. The abovenamed Store has great pleasure In notifylnß its customers I that it has commenced business at No. 6, Raffles Place, Singapore, v a sub-branch. Dated the Bth day of December, 1954. (KENO KIM-TAO). Proprietor. NOTICE The Council of St. John wishes
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      547 10 TENDER TENDERS will be received by Guthrie Co.. Ltd.. Cha: Bank Chambers, not later than 12 noon on Wednesday 22nd December 1954 foliar* Handling of all cargoes in from Ocean or other I 1 1) i For the Transport of all such cargoes to and from Sli gapore Harbour Board
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      102 10 KNUTSEN LI» FROM CANADA U S UWkm I San Frincis: Cjcrtrud Bikkc Elsjbcrh B.ikke 4 Dec O«ck.i B.ikkc 2 3 Anna Bakkc 8 |an I Accepting Mf| FROM WESTERSailinc Frc-nin'i. I Cjcrtrud B.»kk. 3 Dec Ogcka Bakkc Elizabeth B.ikkc Anni Bakkc 1 M Accepting cargo for H ports also for
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      1010 11 bu 'l O dlng THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. TtL 2 H SINGAPORE (Incorporoted in the United Kingdom, 5 LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Sport P. S'hom Panong Benrinne. for Havre, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Hull 0A Benmacdhui for t_ondon, Rot'erdom, Antwerp In P.rt 11/11 Dae Benreorh fnr Liverpool.
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    LET'S BE DIFFERENT-some ideas by MAXINE RAKICH to help you
    354 12 UfEAR your clothes a new way.... the Paris ay. Begin with your jewellery. Use that a new way a theatrically big brooch pinned on the hip.... a smaller pair pinned to Uir cuds of a cocktail suit.... or jewelled buttons
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    P-E-P-I-T-O
    737 12 He's yours for the making THOSE t utrgable oars alone make him the ideal Christmas gift for children. You will find him fun to make, and when he is made he will be fun for all the family. Now so ahead and make him the Do-It-Your-self way. Like this:
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      232 12 You get m HEINZ E VEGETABLE SOUP f J^K That's the way Heinz cooks {P make it with all the pa-, I /^cm^ r ff^' 1 tience and pride you use in M JaMT^HaM^ I your own kitchen! The choice BA^^^^k selection of juicy, taste|yE3H9k tempting, garden fresh vegefHßßl tables
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      106 12 Modesr Pi At those 'certain time invisible under the I they're so comfortab:,- I by Johnson and I Mcdcss arc cconwr I^^^^M i BM^SaaaaalWl Haaaaalaaaßal IT Shower yourself fc use Pond's Talcum Ita delicate perfume; B That cool fresh I jib -j± L,, feeling that I?^T lasts all day ttuy
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    Trainer Martin scores a treble; Eriskay $102
    207 13 By EPSOM JKKP RUHNG in top form. Bob Franklin landed two big-priced winners Eriskay ($102) and Barborossa ($80) at Ipoh yesterday, second day of the Perak Turf Club December Meeting. Trainer Jimmy Martin had -"'.(I day. his stable senr■ng a treble with Good
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    ALL THE RESULTS, DIVIDENDS and CASH SWEEPS
    2201 13 Race One CLASS. 2. DIV. 5— Fl RS. STR. 1 Mesdames Peggy Tan and Kathleen Lewis's (11) r.ftlskw 8 0 Franklin 1 (5) SUr Sapphire 8.7 (401 179) McCloud 2 (12) Maha Ranee 9.0 '225 136 > Bougoure ll (7) Barracuda 8.10 (99—69)
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    Big Sweep
    57 13 TOTAL POOL: 5227.584. Hrst: 306!t(M5 (863.274). Second: 184<i72 <531.n37). Third: 104:4.. ($15,818). Starters: (*1.»77 each) Nos. *****8: *****3: *****3 *****7: *****5: *****1: *****2: *****1. Consolation Prizes: ($.lOOO each) Nos *****8: 2.)8967; *****1: *****2; *****0-. *****8; *****5: *****3: *****9: *****8. TREBLE TOTE: One ticket on the winning combination Movie
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    PICTURE TIP
    19 13 The Straits Ttmrs pirlur.tip for stird .i\\ races wait GOOD .MANNERS who was f,.,,r11. In It .i.
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    ROWE TWINS BEATEN
    122 13 STOCKHOLM Wed ZARKO DOLINAR of Yugoslavia won the men's singles Scandinavian i«ble tennis champlon«hir beatUiK TaH rilsberg of Sweden 21-1R 21-17 21-12 in the final la»» i l The men s douHes rhnmplnixhlp vr T^ e ,rAndrrari'. and Stlpek of cSUtonttl who beat Dollnar and Har»nd<»M. .Yugoslavia.
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    Johore should go to final easily— and win it
    509 14 Johore should go to final easily and win it A FINE BLEND OF FIJIANS AND THE REST By W. E. TREVOR THE result of the Southern section of the H.M.S. .Malay .1 rugby competition will he decided on Saturday when Johore meet Combined Services at Jalan Besar stadium. If Johore
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    Rain washes out all hockey
    62 14 The first on i-ipu leacue fixture between Indian Association and Sinopore Chinese RC «as pos;poned a second lime at Balestiei Road yesterday as the ground was waterlogged. No other games were played yesterday as rain in the afternoon had saturated all fields The friendly fixture
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    OOI, WONG LEAD CUP TEAMS
    169 14 OOI, WONG LEAD CUP TEAMS PENANG. Wed. PENANG champion Ooi Teik Hock will lead Penang in 'itsdefence of the FoongSeong Cup against Singapore on Dec. 18 and 19 Ooi wi'.l probably play only in the doubles with Lee Hoo Chye. The selection committee of the Penang Badminton Asso- elation last
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    DENMARK WIN 9-0
    30 14 CARDIFF Wed —Denmark beat Wile.; 9—o in their Thoma* Cup badminton t c and will meet Ireland at Dublin In the European Zone semi-flnal this weekend.- Reuter.
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    3 COLONY TEASURE TO VISIT PENANG
    175 14 Andrew Clarke to Mfl b| Tnitjit Singapore x tonight and tomorn for the first time this The trams are 81ng Combined Servicebined Schools. They are all pl.iyi;-. In Penang. Singapore hai tures and the oth< i T.ierr aus been one *r.< the Colony !P
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    7 14 May hits as M.C.C. just in ■ft
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    HOLE IN ONE
    23 14 Tan Vonj Pnh holed in i>n< with a I S.I -vard drive at thr R<>> i Island luh on Tur^riav
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    Piruz may appeal to B.A.M.
    131 14 Piruz may appeal to B.A.M. L/ENHWA TO ACT KUALA LUMPUR. Wrd. ABDULLAH PIRUZ. the Selangor badminton champion. is almost certain to appeal to thr Badminton Association of Malaya against the six-month suspension which the Selangor B.A. has imposed on him. I When asked whether he would appeal against the suspension.
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    HUNGARY 4-2
    25 14 GLASGOW Wed. Hungary beat Scotland 4-2 in an international football match at Hampdrn Park here today They led 3-1 at half time Reuter
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    CLUB WON BUT BLUES SHOWED UP WELL
    373 14 ALTHOUGH beaten by six points (two trios) to three n (penalty goal). Singapore All Blues gave a surprisingly good display against Singapore Crirket Ciub "A" in yesterdays mud-battle on the padang Except for a brief Club oxcursion midway In the flrst half, play
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    GOT SIX POINTS
    35 14 The Combined Scrures unset. Colquitt. scored all s;x points which enabled RE ME to beat Singapore Cricket Club by *ix points to three in a rufger fixture at Aver R.rah Road yesterday.
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    Regatta on Dec. 19
    31 14 The Flyir.c Mile .ecatt^ organised oy the Outboard Boating Club of Singapore scheduled for Sunday at Pa-ir Pan.iang. ha* nowbeen >ostponed to l>i :<i <• Ser.inKoon R.ver MMUI
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    POMPEY BEATS SNOEK
    138 14 YOLANDE POMPEY. Trinidad s llsht heavyweight I rhampion. knocked out Wim Snook, the Hghthcavywrißht champion of Holland, in thr third round of a light-heavy-weight bout at Harrtngay arena. London, on Tuesday t night. ■VAZZARENO OIANNELLI of I A^ Italy, the European flu eight champion was a somewhat
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    ALLEN'S SCO ATTEMPT IS SMOTHERS
    27 14 ALLEN'S SCO ATTEMPT IS SMOTHERS THE GERMAN goalkeeper. Herkenrath, smothers a shot h Allen (West Bromwich Albion) in the international tooth-, Wemhie; whirh England won 1-1 RpiuA
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