The Straits Times, 31 December 1954

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    Masthead
    14 1 The Straits Times. Mole** 1 Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1954. 15 CENTS
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    SIR JOHN and THE DEVIL
    282 1 Red China? You can sit and talk as long as you aren't eaten up Ceylon Premier hits at Peking (IYI.OVS Prime Minister, Sir John Kotelawtla, flew into purr last niijhtand made a startling statement about Red China. If he was willinu :th Rod China at
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    MYSTERY OF THE JOLLY HUSBAND
    179 1 THE disappearance of Lim Kec Seng, chief cashier of Rotterdam Trading Company, Singapore, with 526.800 belonging to th<> firm, has mystified both the police and his family. Police, who started a MUX I for Lim on Wednesday nrnn Ing, yesterday reported further development. His wiie
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    FORMOSA
    85 1 'Never heard of it' says Nehru JAKARTA, Thurs. The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, said here today that he did not know that "there was such a state as Formosa.' Replying to a reporter who asked why Formosa was not invited to the Afro-Asian conference to be held in
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    Ship sails here after fire
    41 1 LONDON, Thurs The Norwegian motor vessel Fernplant which lost about 150 tons of raw cotton in a fire in Yokohama last Tuesday left yesterday for Singapore, according to a Lloyds' shipping intelligence message here today. Reuter.
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    Reds rejoice
    31 1 HONG KONG. Thurs North Vietnam has declared Saturday as a day of rejoicing to mark the return of President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietminh Government to Hanoi.- Rruter.
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    IHBBER DEAL PROPOSED
    57 1 r.O. Thurs. Burma to negotiate a with Ceylon "on the Ceylon-China pact change of rice for Muential Ceylon Daily News reported today from Bopor that the offer was made i by the Burmese Prime Minister. U Nu. to Sir John Kotelawala, Ceylon's Prime Minister, during the Colombo
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    The high cost of govt.-a warning
    507 1 A STRONG warning against the mounting, uneconomic cost of government in Singapore was given yesterday by Mr. T. Aiken, one of Malaya's foremost business leaders, on the eve of his departure from the Colony. He said if the burden ol administrative costs was allowed
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    Fire alert at airport
    56 1 LONDON. Thurs- Fire enpines stood by at London Airport today when a British air- I liner from Paris carrying Mr. Shunichi Matsumoto, the Japanese Amba.ssador to Britain, landed with a fuel leak. One fire engine followed the airliner along the tarmac, but the plane, a British
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    $126 a day pay
    30 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs— The j Foreign Operations Administration has hired Mrs. Jane M. Spaulding. a Negro woman leader, as a $126 a day con- sultant —A. P.
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    Pope improves
    14 1 ROME, Thurs The Pope continued to show gradual improvement today.— A.P. I
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    Malayan politicians will meet Nehru
    141 1 PENANG. Thurs- The Prime Minister of ln<H&. Pandit Nehru will give Interviews to Malayan political I*""!"* d"ring his one night stay in PenaM tomorrow. interviews will start at 11 JO p.m. nil to we Mr. Nehru will be a delegation from the Ma- layan Indian
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    AFTER 4 DAYS OF FIRE
    64 1 THIS IS the first picture of the Lexa Maersk taken since it caught fire on Christmas Day which does not show clouds of black smoke billowing from it. After burning furiously for 4\ days, th fir,- was finally put out early yesterday morning. This Straits
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    HARBOUR BOARD FIREMEN FINALLY WIN FIGHT WITH FREIGHTER BLAZE
    144 1 THE fire which broke out in > the Danish freighter I >-\.» Maersk on Christmas Day. destroying 3.000 tons of cargo worth several million dollars, was put out yesterday. Firemen of the Singapore Harbour Board put out the I blaze at
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    INSIDE THE BURNT OUT SHIP
    29 1 IN THE above picture, Singapore Harbour Hoard firemen are seen searching the engine rtom of the l.cxa Maersk for burning embers. Straits Times picture.
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    OVER THE SEA BY AIR
    99 1 More went by plane than by ship MONTREAL. Thursday. MORE passengers crossed the world's oceans by air than by soa in 1954 for the first time in history, according to the I ATA (International Air Transport Association). The I ATA report (or 1954 said that
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    Archduke dies
    36 1 MERANO. Italy. Thurs. -r Archduke Eugene of Hapsburg i- who led Austrian forces in some of the First World War's fiercest battles, died here to--1 day of a heart attack. He was i»l.— A.P.
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    Disowned
    34 1 BELGRADE. Thurs. Mltra Mltrovic. former wif" of Milovan Djlliis. the deposed Yugoslav Vice-President, publicly disowned her ex-husband today and his fellow critic of the Yugoslav regime Vladimir Dedijer. President Tito's bioi grapher— Reuter.
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    RUBBER ALMOST A DOLLAR
    97 1 RUBBER ALMOST A DOLLAR RUBBER almost reached the dollar mark in Singapore yesterday. The market opened at 99 7 S cents a lb.— 2'« cents above Wednesday's closing price and there were hopes that it would pass a dollar in the afternoon But support weakened and combined profit-taking and selline
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    Cup to cheer
    30 1 LONDON. Thurs.— A pewter urn. containing a rare brand of 'tea. arrived here by air today! from Hong Kong tea merchants for Sir Winston Churchill. I Reuter.
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    Yvonne 'to wed an Egyptian'
    51 1 CAIRO. Thurs— The news--1 paper Al Akhbar reported today that American film ac- vonne De Carlo is to marry an Egyptian police officer, Capt. Sa'.ah Sayed Ahmed, whom s-:e met when she I last mon'.i to take part in tho timing of The Ten Commandments.
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    French 'yes' to German army
    108 1 French 'yes' to German army PARIS, Thurs. T»HE French National Assembly tonight approved German rearmament. The historic vote which ratines the protocol of the Paris agreements providing fir Wrst Germany's entry Into tha West European Union with an army of 12 divisions, was taken almost as soon as today's ses-
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    STOP PRESS
    28 1 MAJOftITY WA? 27 PARIS Ihnr -VoJinp in fav(n;i nf dniiMn rearmamrnt In French National A fnihlv annnunirr! < Jo JhO— a rrMti" :r— Eeutrr (See thfa wH.>.
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    BBC MAN HAD NO LICENCE
    74 1 LONDON. Thurs. A British television producer, Humphiev Fisher, son of the Archbishop of Canterbury was fined £4 here yesterday with one guinea casts for using a television set without a licence. The set wn s (riven to him by the BBC. He also used a
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    It will be a cheaper New Year
    248 2 GLUT OF CHINA ORANGES IN SINGAPORE— AND MORE ARE ON THE WAY TRADERS ARE CLEARING STOCKS AT COST IN A BUYER'S MARKET SHIPMENTS of oranges from China for the Christmas season and the coming Chinese New War arc causing a tflut in the
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    Colonel UP and Mr. DOWN . . .
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    Children on holiday, so head'scase is put off
    144 2 T\N Till XN TFCK. 48. principal of Tton| Bahni English School, charged in the Singapore Fourth Police Court terday with criminal breach <>f trust of 11,452, had his i .is t postponed for two weeks Chief Inspector Abaw K.ihman bin Hussin, pro--ofiitins.
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    Parking plan
    33 2 LONDON. Thurs.— A propo-•;-.at kerbstones .should be red black and yellow to show motorLs's where they may park Ls being considered by National Chamber Trade for pre.srr.tation to the Government. Reuter.
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    $10,000 bail on opium charge
    40 2 Moh Seng. 29. was Earned in Singapore > v ith unlawful possession opium on board the Benvee berthed at the Roads on Wednesday line He was offered $10,000 bail In l wo .sureties t:ll Jan. 8.
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    LaW caught up
    35 2 Tub Lai Chwee. who rode his motor-cycle combination in Upp- r Serangoon R^ad at a speed of 41 to 43 miles an hour on March 8 last, was flr>v. In Singapore yesterday.
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    DOWN WITH DANCING
    293 2 ...and down with love, too it's upsetting the Communist Party's discipline, says Mao I'rom RISSKLL SPI'RR HONG KONG, Thurs. DOWN with dancing. Down with dance-halls. Down with flirting. Down with love. Mao Tse-tung, boss of China, has spoken just in time to dampen the great Chinese New
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    GUNMAN, 16, NOW A 'MODEL PRISONER'
    217 2 GUNMAN, 16, NOW A 'MODEL PRISONER' LONDON. Thurs. CHRISTOPHER CRAIG. thi boy gunman who shot a policeman dead in a roof-top battle in Croydon two years a«o. has turned into the model prisoner of Wakefield Jail. Report* to the Pn>on Comn.is.sioners on the younc :derer he was 16 years o!a
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    FRANCOS SUCCESSOR
    131 2 Education in Spain for a young prince MADRID Thurs. I f RAL FRANCO and Don I vl Juan pretender to the Spanish throne, agreed after a nine-hour meeting yesterday rha' Prince Juan Carlos should r bis lusher education In i Spain "for tht better service of the country."
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    RAINMAKER IRVING LOSES—WINS
    53 2 RAINMAKER IRVING LOSES— WINS NEW YORK. Thurs—Rainmaker Irving Krick last some of his reputation for magic but won a law case. Three householders claimed U5570,900 damages for a 654--inch cloudburst which flooded El Reno. Oklahoma, after he sprayed clouds with chemicals But the court decided Dr. Krick did not make
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    Mild in Britain
    26 2 LONDON. Thurs -Very mild weather more appropriate to Spring than mid-winter, continued over most of Britain today with temperatures In the fifties— Reuter
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    Now Chou wants to hold hands with U.S.
    370 2 HONG KONG, Thurs Communist china declared today for the first time it wants to establish diplomatic relations with the United States. Never before since the Communists took control of i China in 1949 have they specifically named the United States as one
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    Dual citizenship is not possible, says Ceylon's Prime Minister
    139 2 Dual citizenship is not possible, says Ceylon's Prime Minister IF you have de-ided to make Malaya your home you must give it your loyalty and defend it at all costs," said S:r John Kotelawala. Ceylon's Prime Minister. In Singapore yesterday. Dual i-I'iz'ii-slup was not possible. H>' 111 speaking at i
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    Yap chosen for Mayors' talks
    51 2 Yap chosen for Mayors' talks The Singapore City Council will be repr< t|u first Asian Mayors' confer Nice at C»:« vita by Mr. Yap Phenn Geek, a nominated member The Council yesterday unanimously elected Mr Yap and agreed to pay his exptntp to $2,500. The ferenci will be from Jan
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    Tolerance and brotherhood needed: Sir Jo*1"
    202 2 Tolerance and brotherhood needed: Sir Jo* 1 FLAG -WAVING children grreted Sir John Kotelawala when he arrived at the Sri I .ink. 1 1 inn i Buddhist Temple at St. .Michael's Road after a tea parly at the (»lon Sports Club. Balestier Road. Mr. T. A. Simon, president of the
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    Gregory Peck was not so glamorous to his wife she tells divorce coure
    77 2 LOS AJIGSLM. Thurs— (.r. gory Peck. .",0. thr film tor. was divorced today by hi« Finnish born wife Greta. "My husband told me we would be better friends if we were not married." sh.. testified. "He stayed
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    33 2 SIR WINSTON LEAVES F< CHRISTMAS AT HOME SIX WINSTON 111 K( IMi.i.. the Prime Minis) mon.igrammed moccasins, leaves N« 10 Downing s spend Christmas at Chequer*, his sffieisl rountrj horn Ruckineliamsliirc XT picture.
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    CYCLIST SUES A WALKER—WINS
    44 2 CYCLIST SUES A WALKER— WINS Mrs. Flatman scared Mrs. Maggs LONDON \CYCUSI sued a pec;. Mrs. Gwendoline Ccnstan that Mrs. Edith Flatman. 83. stationary van. causing her to Then rib Mr R C. F "ight arcidmt. v Zebra ignored Mr tried I from wl
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    THIEVES LOOT SAFE BY FLOODLIGHT
    68 2 THIEVES LOOT SAFE BY FLOODLIGHT NEW YORK. Thurv BI'RCI.ARS have «ot the lau::h on Joseph Olmstead. mnnaver of a sore at Mount Vernon. just outside New York He put his safe in a firstfloor uinilow and flooili. 1 11 They made a wnnden mockup of the saf whirled it into
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    Only 122 vote at election
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    World talks
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    YOUNG MOTHER TALKS MAU MAU INTO SPARING LIVES
    494 3 Inutes of terror Cor British woman and her children Warned of no mercy next time, she stays put fYWUVTTAii L N i UR()I{I Thursday. 4 SIX-FOOT-TALL hnjflish mother, Mrs. Lovat Carnelley, yesterday told how she talked a terrorist leader into sparing the
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    ISLANDERS FLEE IN PANIC
    51 3 INA (8iClly), Thurs. trickl n inhabitants <>t Id Bed in panic U mainland last j when a new wave of vio- lent earthquake ■bodu rocked "'coastguard launches and ii hing boats ferried more than 1 nun weeping women children and --id men from Urn Island. I
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    London bids fair wind' to Indonesia conference
    223 3 I ONDON, Thurs. Owl circles here Ished a "fair the Afronference to be in Indonesia under the sponip of the ftve bo Powers. Mlnlsti ra o! the nation India. Burma. (ircidPd at n Bogor. ludoi to Invite 2.") nations l th nferenee. of
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    Britain asks: Free her
    68 3 >M, Thurs. Britain d Russia to release a born woman Mrs. ene MLschke, underbo held in a Soviet Muscow, a r pokesman .said yeater'incr.s released by the aid in Vienna ye.ster- lin Mischke had there *n 1947 and held in Potna camp. Moscow. former prisoners betial
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    ilappy new year —from Chiang
    33 3 IPEH Thurs The Chi! Defence Mini nounci (1 today that ralii imo KaJ k'l Hem Year were dropped this over v wirte Puklen and Chekiang j Re I
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    'DOCTOR' WAS TOP FILM IN BRITAIN
    221 3 LONDON. Thurs. 4 LAN LADD and the! A British film "Doctor In The House" were the (op cinema box office attractions in Britain in 1954, according to the annual poll of film exhibitors. The 4.365 exhibitors who took part in the survey voted Jack
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    UNIFICATION IS VITAL —PRESIDENT RHEE
    156 3 SEOUL. Thursday. PRESIDENT Syngman Rhee said today, in a New Year message to the Korean people, the unification of North and South Korea was a "question which cannot be left unsettled even for an hour. "While our allies refuse to 1 support our desire to
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    To visit India
    21 3 NEW DELHI. Thurs. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Prime ffiSster of the Gold Coast. will visit India early in March.
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    President Eisenhower meets Chiang's envoy
    47 3 PRESIDENT F.ISFMIOWKR jokes with Mr. OorRO K. C Yrh. Foreicn Minister of Nationalist China, in the White Hou>r. Standing are .Mr. V. K. Wellington Khoo. Nationalist China's ambassador to Washington, and Mr. Walter S. Robertson, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State. A.P. picture.
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    Nehru fears A-bomb tests may wipe out whole human race
    190 3 JAKARTA. Thursday. T*HE INDIAN Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru, today 1 warned the world against the dangers of experimentally exploding atomic and hydrogen bombs. At a Press conference here after the second Colombo Powers' conference Mr. Nehru warned that experiments In
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    London meeting pledges support for railway strike
    79 3 LONDON Ihnrs. AMASS merting of London raitwaymen last night pledged "full support" for the strike of 400.000 British nilway workers called for Jan. 9 in support of a pay claim. The strike would cripple the nations transport system. One speaker declared that the
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    Tito sees Taj
    46 3 AGRA. Thurs. President Tito of Yugoslavia, who arrived here yesterday from Gwallor by special train, visited and photographed the Taj Mahal and then drove 27 miles to visit the 16th century capital of the Mogul Emperor. Akbar the Great, at Fatepur Sikkri —Reuter.
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    11,000 strikers
    30 3 COVENTRY. Thins.— Eleven thousand employees of the Standard Motor Company here went on strike thus rr.orning in protest against the dismissal lof 20 trade union officials. i Reuter.
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    India's shipping
    30 3 NEW DELHI. Thurs. A| Government spokesman told Parliament that India now has 28 merchant ships, with a total gross registered tonnage of 189.691, engaged in overseas trade.— A.P.
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    Freedom of city for St. Laurent
    51 3 LONDON. Thurs. The BBC dom of the City of London Ls to be conferred on Mr Louis St. Laurent, the Canadian Prime Minister, during his forthcoming visit to Britain, it was announced yesterday. The ceremony will take place jin the Guildhall on Feb 7.—
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    The bold BBC
    29 3 LONDON, Thurs.— The BBC. announced yesterday that it will broadcast Boccaccio's Decameron— recently declared •obscene" by an English magistrate at fortnightly intervals from Jan 20— UP.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    435 3 London. Than. Despite the rail strike threat thr London stock markets had a good i day. Industrials were outstanding, sentiment being helped by New Year optimism mid the overnight advance on Wall Street. Steels, breweries, shippings, tobaccos, electrical equip- menus, newsprints and fllm shares all recorded useful gains
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    LONDON TIN
    23 3 I.ONIH)N. l)r(. C-ish Buyers t;ii!U; Sellers Ml, I Forward Buyers CMS; Sellers CK97; Settlement MK|; Turnover a.m. (>.'> tons p.m. 25 tons
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    LONDON RUBBER
    33 3 LONDON. Dec 30- Spot 20d Feb. 28\ri. M;ir 28' d. April-June 28d July-Sept. 27\d Oct -r>< 27d.. Jan. c.ii 28', ri. Feb r.l.f. 2M. Mi hci f 27 ,d. Ton*: Quiet.
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      350 3 iLJ/ \\^r i n )ohn, you're lookms; both sheepish and satisfied and there's a suspicious odour of alcohol in the air. What have you been up to so early in the morning? Nothing reprehensible, dear. Just sampling th* champagne for to-night's party the hosts duty, you know. |ust an excuse,
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      232 3 f+ I 31 He's got ties, maybe (7). straits Times Crossword iVk^i:^^ <6) DOWN is||j j j 3 I I* I* j p j |h 2. Tlp-up-««t amusements (7). 4. vTpT^rlth* freest movemenis s; iill I'^kJ I J^^naJ 1 J Solution will be published tomorrow. "I II"jm*II I I I
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    Brunei 'freezes' rural land deals
    192 4 TRANSACTIONS MUST BE PROVED TO BE FOR THE COUNTRY'S BENEFIT A CURB ON SPECULATORS MAKING FAT PROFITS OUT OF STATE PROPERTY BRUNEI TOWN, Thursday. THE British Resident here, on instructions from the State Council, today issued a notification "freezing" transactions in state-owned land in the
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    2 students in bid to beat record
    153 4 2 students in bid to beat record rVO students of the UnivrrMty of Malaya yesterday i they could row round Singapore island and camp in between in less than five days and four nights a feat pt rformed by two Colony Boy Scouts three weeks apo. And Lee Hoe Guan
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    Youth didn't register
    35 4 Bukit Timah station to be without a jard on Oct. 5. In a Sir. terday he was conci. pleading guilty to failsent himself for rer Elam Din. prosed that Yew had ■'■red.
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    Party for 5,000
    39 4 Sinpaporp Rotary Club's Christmas party for 5 000 poor children, which was p wtponed because of bad weather on Doc. 17. will now be held al New World Am Park 15 p m. on Jan 7
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    Naval dinner
    27 4 Eighty officers and ratings HJfJIJB. Pelandok and their wives celebrated the end of the year with a dinner at the Islamic Restaurant Singapore, last night.
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    WEDDING BELLS FOR THREE STORE COUPLES
    125 4 WEDDING BELLS FOR THREE STORE COUPLES MH \M) VRS. A. T. GOII WIN cut thrir wedding cake U a reception at Raffles Hotel. Thr bridr wa> Miss j Uurrnie Pearce Smith. iavcMeff of Mr. and Mrs C. II Smith of Singapore. MR 11. U. LECOMBEB and Mrs. Eunice Parry, who
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    Public services
    19 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Johore Governmen« has provided $41,799,006 fo r public The Education De- he largest 141.
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    CITY PLEDGE ON JOBS FOR SACKED MEN
    174 4 THE Singapore City President. Mr. T. P. F. McNeicc. 1 yesterday said that every effort was made to find other Council work for labourers when work in their own departments had finished. To his knowledge this was being done. If not, he would
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    Reds kidnap father and daughter
    72 4 Reds kidnap father and daughter KUALA LI'MPIU. Thurv TERRORISTS yesterday abducted a man and his (I nm liter from huan Moli IM EsUte. in the Sexamat .11. i of North Johore. The man was later found strangled. Father and daughter were tied to a tree. The girl was later released
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    Guest preacher
    35 4 The Rev. Lan Morrison secretary of the Bible So* joties in Malaya, will be tinguest preacher at th Watch Night service at the Geylang Straits Chinese Methodist Church, Singapore, at 11 o'clock tonight.
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    Nanyang library 'best in S-E Asia'
    89 4 THE library a1 Nanya: versity will bo the best ii^ South-East Asia said Mr. Y> n Wun Y.i. head of the Chinese :~pction of the United Natlon.library. last night. Mr. Yen arrived in Sir n a Cathay Pacific Airway- Ht is on loan from
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    Strike vote threat by 400 over a man's job
    203 4 Strike vote threat by 400 over a man's job KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. 118 400-strong Muni- cipal Services Union today threatened to take a strike ballot over the grading of member of the union who was recently promoted. The union wrote to the Municipal President. Mr. A. D. York, saying that
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    New councillors
    40 4 Two new councillors nominated by the Governor. Sir John j Nicoll. early this month, attended their first meeting of the i Singapore City Council yesteri day They are Mr. N S. Hogan land Mr S. H. D Elias.
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    Union meeting
    25 4 The Government and City Council Labour Union. Singapore, will hold its annual delegates' conference at 32 Race Course Lane at 8 p.m. tonight
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    Vampires to leave with new leader
    107 4 A SINGAPORE squadron of R.A.F. Vampires leaving this morning for an air disp.iy in Colombo has a newcommanding officer Flight Lieutenant Brian D. i Hanafln. 34. wai called to the command because the orij leader. Squadron Leader H Wpbbe. i Officer Comma: iof No
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    Immigrant is jailed
    59 4 Ishak bin Haji Dai: II charged in Singapore y da? with an offence undi i Immigration Regulation sentenced to two months" Jail Ifthak. the court had fniled to appear before a i Senior Immigration Or alter he had arrived al the 5' milestone, Pasir Pan jams Road.
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    HE FORGOT—FOR 44 MONTHS
    71 4 HE FORGOT— FOR 44 MONTHS A father h!d his son's birth certificate behind a picture hanging on the wall, then forgot all about it. a Singapore court was told yesterday. When he found it at last to help Marwi. his son. register for an identity card, he was 44 months
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    YOUTH PROBLEMS PROBE
    51 4 The cnmmunl' inb-eommlttee of the 81i pore Rotary dub is condu a survey .>f problem., arising out of inequitable rult^ and reatrlctlons aflectni!; the progress of young pi The survey wili seek to find out the i and recommend ways to eliminate or alleviate t: probi> Club
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    THE MAN HURT IN RIOTS
    17 4 THE MAN HURT IN RIOTS 1 VMr. linii with for but SIX had livhi "Wl mon Chi:
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    Melbourne will house Malayans next year
    271 5 SINGAPORE and Fodemu tion students who for Melbourne sity next year be accommodi I the now Internation- mse. laratruun Bundarasan, dlcal .stuiniversity, the h ompleted will have 126 ru riall availabli i. who Ls the member of the itlonal House comild the >* tie
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    Pay plan for court that doesn't exist
    74 5 Pay plan for court that doesn't exist S. \PORE City Councillors. •he exception ol the Mr T.P.F. Mi i nominated member. Mr. Smith agreed yesterday -md the new pay scheme tfhltley Council. uncil lia> Whltley organisation. P.R Williams (Lab. who proposed admsideration of the he would move nti that Whltley
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    Govt. approves Muslim marriage court—but new council must start it
    108 5 Govt. approves Muslim marriage court— but new council must start it r rni: Singapore Government has agreed in principle thai a Muslim law court should he established in the Colony for the "better regulation of matters relating to marriage and divorce." The court, however, will not be set up until
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    SURPRISE' FOR A COUNCILLOR
    166 5 When McNeice interrupts him 4 SINGAPORE City Councillor, Mr. A. R. Lazarous (Lab.. North), who was told by the President. Mr. T. P. F. MeNeice. to confine his adjournment speech at rday'a meeting to matters affecting municipal ratepayers, protested: "I am surprised, Mr. McNeice. even you.
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    VICAR FETED BY CHURCH FELLOWSHIP
    123 5 The Rev. Chiu Ban It, priest of St. Hilda's Chinch and acting vicar of St Andrew*i Cathedral. Singapore. was feted on Wednesday nißht by members of the church fellowship on the eve of his departure for Kuala Lumpur to take up a new post. Mr
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    Labourer dies after crash
    63 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A labourer was fatally injured I and a lorry driver and an attfndant were hurt when their lorry came into head-on colli- ,ion with another lorry at Batu 1 Ti:^a Road, nine miles from Klans, this afternoon. The labourer died on ad-! mission
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    Farewell party
    44 5 MERSING, Thurs. Mem- ber.s of the UMNO branch here gave a tea party in honour of Che Abdul Jalal bin Kassim. headmaster of the Bandar Malay School, at the Mersing Club yesterday. He is leaving on transfer to Kuala Sedili. Kota Tinggi
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    Xmas plays at Home
    60 5 Two Christmas plays will be staged at the Engelman Hall of the Rotary School in the Trafalgar Home. Ylo Chu Kang Road. Singapore, this WW k end. The first will be by the St Luke's Anglican Church at 7.30 p.m tomorrow. The other, by the Trafaluar
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    The new Australian trade chief and his wife arrive
    86 5 Mr II M MAK(HAM). the new Australian Trade Commissioner U Singapore. the Federation. Borneo and >iam. and Mrs. Le Marchand. who arrived in Snsapore yesterday in the Straat Banka from AustraI in He has been in thr export l»llsill«•^^ in Sydney
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    Govt. takes over Johore phone system
    106 5 MA LUMPUR. Thin Jofaore Bahru v Ken over by the H int Tclr om--18 Department on tplr- i turn nas been operated until now by the O.i<nt;il Telephone and Elect%S°mPSU i telephone equipment will bo replaced Boon by a larger and modern exchange ta
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    TOO MUCH NOISE FROM FLAT UPSTAIRS
    334 5 Children made the place a playing Held, says housewife The neighbours must keep the peace TPHE sound of a kitchen mortar brin? pounded and children "making a playing field" of a Hecren Building flat in Orchard Road annoyed a housewife living in the lower
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    The toughs do not bother Mr. Loh at all
    173 5 The toughs do not bother Mr. Loh at all TKLOK ANSON. Thurs. IT was business as usual today for ti'J-year-old Mr. Loh Sum, the lelok Anson contractor, after his experience with three toughs who tried to extort Sl.Vt.ooo from him and kidnap his 13-year-old son. As a result of his
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    MAN OF 22 ACCUSED OF BIGAMY
    65 5 MAN OF 22 ACCUSED OF BIGAMY PENANG, Thurs. A Singa- pore journalist, Koay Hong Khoon. 22. was charged in Penang today with bigamy. Koay was alleged to have I j married Lim Poh Bee at Pen- I ang on Sept. 4 this year when I he already had a wife,
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    New varsity registrar here
    44 5 Mr. Maurice Brown, the new Registrar of the University of Malaya, arrived in Singapore yesterday with his wife and i two children in the Straat 1 Banka from Australia. He was formerly Assistant Registrar of the Australian National Univer.Mty, Canberra.
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    Mails arriving
    31 5 PENANG. Thurs.- Two vessels—Canton and Anchises— are due in Penang soon w:th mails and parcels from Britain. The Canton will arrive <>n Sunday and the Anchises on Jan. 11.
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    Crash kills boy
    21 5 A 12-year-old boy cyclist was killed in Thomson Road Singapore, yesterday afternoon in an accident involving a lorry
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      118 5 The weather minimi M 1 1 HPBBATUBB on Dec 29 to 7.30 a.m. on sinc;ipore 73 degrees, PenKota Bahru 71. Kuala Lumin 71. MAXIMUM II MPI BATUK to :to pm. on Dec. 30> ::.UIC 91, B Kuala I.umpur 91, Ipoh ntan 88. RAINI ILL T3(i am. to 7.30 p.m Singapore
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    46 6 4, tlO (minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mr. C O. Scully thank all friends and reiatl'vi wreatlM, attended the funeral and rendered assistance. MHS. YOONG YEE OKK Relatives and liable Gifts on the Occasion friends for r.gratulatory .:.::d attendance on the their marriage on
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    18 6 ria $10 f minimum). THE AUTO-MART, successors to 1 1 Penhas Road. a peaceful, healthy and prosperous
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    55 6 M i minimum). Ipoh. regrets to d Relatives ;m's death for His '.rd to treat t v i win Nl YEAR. A Dr< from Peggie Chan Wing Building. K I ERTAINMENT at New of ■•High:.v the Zebra with ne and johnny Johnson New Year's Wonderful N iveltiea and only
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Dec. 31, 1954. The Year In Malaya
    1293 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Dec. 31, 1954. The Year In Malaya On the whole Malaya has little reason for dissatisfaction with the events of 1954. The end of the year finds the EmerpoiK-y still with us. and in some respects almost as serious as it was at the beginning
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    The West may see startling change in Communist policy
    1134 6 The West may see startling change in Communist policy The Reds have failed in Germany, writes VERNON BARTLETT, and in w*&v**tt* 1955 will concentrate on Asia. But, he predicts EACH year at this time I find the temptation impossible to resist. I sit down at my typewriter and compete with
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    On the margine
    196 6 On the margine Red emis.arv B centre o< •piracy it v addr ssu undf horr.. Club Hi.s subject was colonial*,. it tx thin^ he Wo? aft, Slovak] promhe ex as th. of a mum called -I B Palme Dinment was munist p,, tain 1939, whe had alreai up to Join
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      Mixed breeding may be only hope for the future
      276 6 Mixed breeding may be only hope for the future NOT long ago an eminent scientist, in a radio talk. stated that it was his belief, and that of his colleagues, that there was only ont' vatlon for the world in Ni present chaotic state and that was the birth of
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      PARENTS PREFER ENGLISH SCHOOLS
      261 6 PARENTS PREFER ENGLISH SCHOOLS I REFER to the letter from Mr. Lim Lian Oeok on the language policy in schools in the Federation. The following figures appear to indicate that parents, as distinct from teachers in vernacular schools, appreciate English education more than they do education in Chinese schools. Class
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      Cadence, he says, should be plagal
      173 6 YOUR correspondent of the naive pseudonym, "Imperfect Cadence,'" would, I feel, be better fitted by the use of the plagal cadence. This is the more usual cadence used in the "amen" at the end of hymns. Musically, I am sure "Imperfect Cadence sang his
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      RESCUE BY OUTBOARD
      207 6 WITH reference to the excuses for the outboard club doing* nothing to help in the recent floods in Singapore, here In Kota Tinggi we used all available boats, Including three speedboats, one of which was a real extreme type, a 25 h.p. tenfooter stepped three-pointer, with a
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      388 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 20 Horrf< |M (minimum). I QH: To David and born 00 the 29th. at H spital. ROBINSON: To Pamela, wife of a son. Christopher Pecembor 1954 at Home. SITUATIONS \.\C\XT rxlrn DUCTOR DDCL oeen filled. prefer bl Afternoons. blng Amah by European family. Holland Road Office ER] ified
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      29 6 Wishing the 50,000 Readers of -p>. READER'S Digest in SINGAPORE MALAYA BORNEO a very HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR C. R. D ASARATHA RAJ LTD POST BOX 157 SINGAPORE
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      185 6 (Advertisement) EXPERIENCE TELLS Something worth remembering POR OVER 75 YEARS th. NOW r firm of S. Moutrie 4: Co Introduction ha* .sold pianos W the t -GRUNp;, corning public to schools and grams in institutions throughout the Far East. i n their Names such a s Cha P p,.l Danomann.
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    Scarecrow Reds wolf 3 meals
    380 7 ESCAPES) SKIPPED LECTURES TO STEAL BANANAS SORE-COVERED FROM SNAKE DIET, THEY EAT THEIR FIRST RICE FOR A YEAR KUALA LIPIS, Thursday ■BANDIT BOSS Osman China and height bedraggled comrades, looking like scarecrows n the ngi of their uniforms, today ate their fir*t for a year.
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    2 Premiers will speak to Malaya
    141 7 FIVE BIG NEW YEAR MESSAGES Ime Ministers of ::dia and Burma, tho rnor of Singapore. High Commissioner the Director ol >ns will speak to over the New' week-end. o \u English from, where they stop on back from the Prime Minister.'- 1 conbr ladcasi
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    Reformer here
    17 7 E. V Ramasamy .ider and social rewill arrive in Singa; Kluang by train at 6.30
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    LEANING BUILDING CASE
    84 7 case of a leaning ve-.storey building at •ion of Carpenter ■:id South Bridge Road :oned in the SingaCourt yesterday nen of the building, Toel and Tan Kam charged with failing with a City C order to vacate the building or conform with plans necessary before a certificate
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    THE 'DANGERS' OF WORLD TIN PLAN
    204 7 Scheme a 'disadvantage' to Malaya KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. 4 WARNING on the dangers of the international tin control agreement was given today by Mr. W. M. MacLeod, presiding at the annual meeting here of Sungei Way Dredging Ltd. Be ;>ls.i cntici.sid State governments for
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    Air chiefs visit
    38 7 Air Marshal L. F. Sinclair. Assistant Chief of Air Staff Operations! at the Air Minis- try. will arrive at Kallang Airport, Singapore, from London today for an eight-day tour of operational areas in the Federation.
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    Found hanging
    18 7 A 55-year-old woman. Lai Ah Yeow. was found hanging in noose in Balestier Roud. Singapore, yesterday.
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    TEMPTATION PROVED TOO GREAT FOR HIM AT 40
    97 7 When Ong Choo Leong, 40, pleaded guilty yesterday in a I Singapore court to a theft i charge, the prosecution said that he had a clean record. Mr. R. W. H. Davies. the magistrate, then asked Ong: "What made you start on
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    Australian, Malayan boys swop countries
    331 7 Australian, Malayan boys swop countries 40 AIR TRAINING CORPS CADETS IN EXCHANGE TRIPS IiTHILE 20 members of the Malayan Air Training Corps spend j three weeks visiting Australia. 20 cadets of the Australian Corps will be touring Malaya. Twelve cadets from the three Federation Squadrons and eight from the Singapore
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    FUND: GENERAL HAND-OUT ENDS
    469 7 THE general distribution of cash, food and clothing for Singapore flood victims stopped yesterday. Announcing this, the chairman of the Singapore Flood Re- j lief Fund committee. Colonel i F W. Harvey, said that only special cases of "real hardship" would be considered from now on.
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    Final gifts for the Singapore victims
    837 7 rE Singapore Flood Relief Fund's last list of donations totalling $1,770.66 published today brings the fund to a close with a grand total of T271. 115.38. No further lists ol Singapore donations will be published, the fund's organisers announced yesterday. They again stressed the
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    THEY MET AT PARTY —NOW THEY'LL WED
    149 7 MISS LU YKK-TKII ("Womanly Virtue") will ni;iri\ Mr. Donald Sinclair in Sin- gapore on New Year'- Day. Miss Lu. 2fi, who obtained an j M.A. degree at Yale I'niver- sity and a B.A. degree at Sydney I'niversity, is pre- paring a thesis for
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    Five police officers for Britain
    89 7 Five police officers for Britain FIVE Singapore police officers were to leave touay by air for England for special studies They are Deputy Superintendent Eu Cheow Eang and Inspectors Lim Seng Huat. Lam Ming Poh. Tan Choon Guan and Ling Oiv Huang. Mr. Eu will pttend a threemonth senior oOcers'
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    Club opening
    30 7 The Federal Legislative Councillor. Mr. Ton Eng Hoe. of Taipinc. will open the Nanyang Tv Si Kong Huay at Dickson Road, Singapore, on New Yer.r's Day at noon.
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    ERIC PAGLAR HONOURS DATO'S WISH
    76 7 ERIC PAGLAR HONOURS DATO'S WISH A medical student yesterday honoured the lust wish of hi.father when he presented books about the independ. of the Philippine and it. tional leader. Dr. Gat Rizal. to the Singapore Filipino Association. The student. Mr. Eric Paglar. made the presentatl n at the Filipino children
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    Rotarians' gift
    16 7 Singapore Rotarian.s have sent a gift of $2.=sn to the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital.
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    New plan for Federal grants
    138 7 New plan for Federal grants KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A COMMITTEE made up of Federal. State and Bettlemeni npn -< ntaI tives la to dlscuai <-:irly j in thr a new scheme ol Fodenil linancial allocations. Grants to be mad to SI ;<nd Settlement for 1955 are ba.spd on their annual
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    STRIKE TALKS TODAY
    92 7 Bus company, union agree on agenda KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. AN agenda for tomon talks has been accepted by the management and leaders of the Oeneral Transport Company's 300 bu.s dr: t«Jti drivers, conductors and workshop men who 1. been on strike for e'.»iht c The management and
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES Boy who was born to be king never came back again
    1763 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES Boy who was born to be king never came back again 11l I I iB rTii^BKTrr T^^^^VM ■^December 31, 1720, the cause of the fallen house of Stuart that had ruled over Eagknd, Scotland and Ireland, with one painful nl n7! K SJ f r more
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      49 9 s Ronson Flo-Line rift mm or 1 future. Romon Whirlwind »md will-, ihr wind- Ed When retraced, a enough (or Ronion Adonis '■urf styled for :nns. \^r Ronton Senator A flft that will 1 *v. > rraaln on a mans drak yeor after >-rar. Ronson Cadet m imi r«Moui «on«om
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      4 9 TOMOIIKOtV (■urn liohiiifl Singh
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      221 9 v«ry tooth Kolynot foam all-round action n Positive Anti -enzyme action in 'Kolynos 1 fights tooth decay Kn? 1 tluii hw bl the- M,..uth. T..i:,-tlior with liM'tcrin in Ii itover f<H«l pnrti< lf>-<, 11,. a> ill. It h 'In ajeid Niirfat'f ennui"! .it Iwtii, mutini; tin' .1. ii I i
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      168 9 Shvrlovk livings tff y.xporintvni m 'L^£-^*—^^^^£^^^Jw PERHAPS IT'S JUST AS > 7 WHAT TESTING THE SfcßU* WTTw^B l//^~ QUITE yJ( WEuL.' I SMALL BE ABLE I EXPERIMESTS WMCH I INJECTED Ti-iE6£ fy y I -WIGHT HAVE KNOWN THE \<-\ To CONTINUE /WY EX V pQQg DERELICT 6 -On Tno gj
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    ISOLATED RUBBER TRADING DONE AT $1 ON LOCAL MART
    619 10 ISOLATED RUBBER TRADING DONE AT $1 ON LOCAL MART ISOLATED deals in rubber took place on the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday at $1 pound, but the established price for January first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. did not go beyond 99J cents. Profit-taking during the afternoon and somo upcountry selling caused
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST
    920 10 -T^HE Singapore members of 1 the Malayan Share Brokers' Association issued the following list of revised prices after their 4 p.m. meeting yesterday Barera Seller* Alca Bncka Pn* i* iif Ord* Atlas Ie« 12 3* »3 2S BB Petrol 32 33 3 BM Trustees «50 700 Con.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    231 10 The Malayan Share BrolerrV Association reported: On Urn ;har* marker rubbers were aeam the outstanding with ratMUntU] appreciation in prices widely throujjhout the 11st. "Industrials were lrrecular and tins slightly better with insufficient i business to test prtea." Members reported thr for I business done yesterday: Fraser and
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    130 10 Sinrapore CMMH Prndurr Exchange: nocn prices per plcul yes- terday were: Copra: steady, firm; December $29 buyers. »30'» seller.-; January: $31 buyer.- $32 -filers, February! •32 buyers $3J seller- O oil: steady; $5o sellers Pepper: all varieties up »2 followinc upward trend of London and New prices though
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    Corporation has big rise in premiums
    233 10 THE großs premium income of The Oversells Assurance Cor- 1 poration Ltd., Singapore, amounted this year to $5 111.421. as compared with $4.719 658 last year, says company's annual report published yesterday. The company's actual net pre- mmm income rose from $3,766,456 In the
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    FREIGHTAGE RATES DOWN
    112 10 CEA freight rates between Britain and Ceylon. India and Pakistan are to go up by about 10 per cent from February 1 next it U an- nounced in London. Further rises In rating costs since the last increase (15 per cent in September 1951) have made the
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    71 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday Selling rate* T.T. or O.D. ready: French Francs *****: Holland Oullders 123 v; Swedish Kronor 169 Vi: Danish Kroner 226. On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday the U.B doiiar was
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    24 10 SINGAPORE SHIPPING Soitih ne«e r 27 28 3132 <>utrr R, M(1 '■""i 1;...ir1. Victoria t)ork i Upis Klni Krpprl Harbour Wharf Pulau Rukoti Bolm.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    67 10 Janiurv first pade rubb f.o.b. of a co, The lrres; The price on profit-taklni; Closing prl per lb wen loose b R S S Jan b 3 buyers 94 Singapore Chamber Cobb»» Rubbf Thursday <De<frrb. i p«r lb Ruvpr* Sfiu. Spot loose No 1 RSS fob. b-les Jan.
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    LESS PROFIT
    21 10 Surtpei Way Drf. prof/ nf $890 14: a redur'ion the cos pa red ■> Production I pccMnu over the p:'
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      623 10 NOTICES ROTTERDAM TRADING COMPANY (MALAYA) LTD. Notice is hereby civen thai our Cashier. Mr. LIM KEE SENG, is not authorised to collect any of our bills as from 30th December, 1954. Sgd. W A. VAN OORDE, ng General Manager. Rotterdam Trading Co. iMa'.ayai Ltd. NATURALISATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
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      96 10 NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given tout Ng Eng Kee of 42. Kee C'hoe Avenue, Sennet t Estate. Singapore, i Is no longer in our employment and has no authority to collect monies 0C transact any business on our behalf. E. OTT ft COMPANY (M) LTD. P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS
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      489 10 NOTICES THE KUNDONG RUBBER ESTATE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 1 that the Twenty-Ninth Annual General Meeting of THE KUNDONG RUBBER ESTATE. LIMITED, will be held at the Registered Office of the Company. 96, Ampang Road. Kuala Lumpur, on Monday, the 7th February.
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      732 10 TENDERS P.W.D. PUBLIC NOTICE Bridge No. 4/3 at 3'« Milestone on the Seremban Labu Road Is closed to all heavy traffic. Only passenger cars and lighter vehicles will be permitted to use this bridge i until further notice. P. OC. TAYLOR. Senior Executive Engineer, P.W.D., Seremban. P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tender,
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      365 10 KNUTSEN LINE Fast ..nd Regular Service i- ROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS iO PAYS Sailing Arriving t San Francisco Sint,»oor* P'Swrrr Penant haaMk Elisabeth Bakkc 4 |an 6 |an 7 |<n Ogeka Bakke 29 Dec 30 hn 1 Fcb 2 Fcb Anna Bakke S jan 7 Fcb 9 Fcb 10 Fcb
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      1292 11 Tel J405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. T«i: 1411 llnrprpnr^itod in Singopore) <H 11-..1 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINK "rave.*" D<p Dapt. n ports to lood ono diicharoe caroo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. GLAi&OW, LONDON, ft CONTINENTAL •OR?! Sngapore Due SOIU P Shorn Penang Moron T G. 29/30 Jon 4 J.n B I'X>l
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      1165 11 H^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^^^K^^^^^^^^d i J^J^^^^^^^^^b 1 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA far Aden, Pert Said, Oenoe, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Coe.nheg.n, Gothenburg ft Oslo Spore P. Sham Penong BJ "SELANOIA" i/ 9 Jen 10/10 Jan 11/11 Jan "ASIA" H/20 Jon 21/22 Jen i) Cells London ip.ii.ng.rs only). Call! l.yrouth, Gdynia. SAILINGS FROM
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      1068 11 KnoTHE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. m 2 "°j SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) J LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. S'hom Penong Benvorlkh fnr Avonmouth, London, Rotterdom, Antwerp G. 31/39 1/ i Jan 3/ 4 Jen Benvenae for Liveroool, Glosgow, Rotterdom, Homburg 2/ 7 Jan 1/9
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      1111 11 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. IfL No ***** IL.IRNAN *k BUCKNALI. LONDON. HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANC4LES, SAN FRANCISCO HAMBURG ft HULL I POkTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVrR ond for USA, p)jfl A pf.ng cargo for Central ft South and Conodo via Colombo America CITY OF BEDFORD SUNNYVILLE Spore P Shorn Penong ,4/1,
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      Better trade is expanding currency
      484 12 Better trade is expanding currency yHK year is ending for Malaya with a better sentiment and a great deal more optimism, as far as the economic future is concerned, than was the case at the end of 1953. The visible proof of this, apart from the fact that rubber is
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      BUSINESS PEER VISITS MALA YA
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      U.S. VISITOR
      45 12 Mr. Liianri Hazard, vice president and general counsel for thr Pittsburgh Plato Glass Co.. is leaving the i U.S.A. in January lor a trip to Formosa, tho Philippines. Malaya and Australia. He will lecture on labour 1 relations, free enterprise and oducational television.
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      Conference in U.S.A. is now a certainty
      228 12 THE second rubber conference on packing and grading will now definitely be held in New York, from April 26 to May 6. it was confirmed on Christmas Eve. The fate of the conference, which is to be a follow up to that held
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      Jap tubeless tyres ready for Malaya
      115 12 A JAPANESE company which j bcsan producing tubeless tyres from natural rubber in July now baa stocks for immediate export to Malaya. Mr. K Katono. export manage: of the company. The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., made this announcement when ho visited Singapore last week.
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      Malayan will get British training
      299 12 COMMERCIAL UNION ENTERPRISE \|R. HWANG SOO JIN. a graduate of the Chung iTI Cheng High School and the second son of Mr. P. K. Hwang of the Singapore office of the Commercial Union Assurance Co. Ltd.. left last week in the Corfu for three years'
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      For long service
      37 12 CAPT. H. M. BIRCH, (left) local manager for Qantas Kmpire Airways, presents Mr. Anthony Koh with a long service badge during a Christmas party given to the staff at Kallang airport, Singapore, last week.
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      BURMESE TRADE RICE DUE IN COLONY SHORTLY
      253 12 BURMESE TRADE RICE DUE IN COLONY SHORTLY FOLLOWING the lifting of restrictions on the trade importation of rice by the Singapore government on December 8. first post-war shipments of open market Burmese rice amounting to several thousand tons v. til arrive in the Colony shortly. Orders for the Burmese rice
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      Warning on bigger use of synthetic
      209 12 Warning on bigger use of synthetic POTENTIAL capacity of the I G R-S synthetic rubber plants sold by the United States Government to privace industry is about 58.000 tons a month say? the weeKly review of Holiday, Cutler Bath and Co. Ltd. With other types of synthetic which appear to
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      208 12 12,000 A NIGHT at PENANG'S BIG FAIR daily since itJoJ 1 Thursday a °f: ::1 World Park the Exhibitors haw, animouslv Prize with wK2V Co. (Mj Ltd uS£.'**»* I up. A feature of x ■trad (disi The exhibits tag Chme.se sauce and? I from china Huat Co. uwi I pnze.
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    My FOUR of the YEAR
    1334 13  -  NORMAN SIEBEL Soccer stars were biggest hit By (Sports Editor) ■|V FOUR men Of the )l year in Malayan lor 1954 I J(V \i HacLAREN, the who laid fi mdatlOp for Malaya Cup tory; i; iHIM <»MAX. the har- i d apore so I HEW
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    127 13 ma LUMPUR Than. TAth- innual unior cl ng in 1955 annual rehed today. boys d to School Sports recommends ol cups. oe awarded at the championships next m Tlk- commit t.-e reports that as successful ir. organlsing coaching by experts as It had expected, but hopes
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    HUNTER MEMORIAL AT FIRST S'PORE MEET
    249 13 T<HE SINGAPORE TURF CLUB will introduce a new I trophy race the Hunter Memorial Stakes at its I first meeting of the 1955 season on Jan. 29, Feb. 2 and 5. This race, in honour of the late Dr. P. S. Hunter, former Chairman
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    COMES RETIRES
    42 13 PORT OK SPAIN. Thur.s.— Oerr\ Gome.-, w'.iu played in more International cricket mutches than any other Wml l!id;;tn. anno;. need hiis retirement ywMrday due to buslncw •if He pla ed in England. Australia, Nt\< Zealand uiid India. He Is 39.-A.P
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    566 13 Cup double is within reach of G. Lotus By EPSOId JEEP IN SPITE of a punishing burden of 9.07, 71b. more than hp carj ried in his Christmas Cup win on Monday, Golden Lotus must be I considered a strong possibility for a Cup c'ouble iat Penang tomorrow, last racing
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    106 13 IXiOBABI E line-up and 1 jocke>.-» for the Com-mlssloiur-C'ipneriil's Cup over 1' 4 miles, to be run at Prnani: tomorrow, are: IJI (.oldrn l.otucD. Jones t 907 312 Broadsidr I— 9 05 111 Brarer Bond ißoußourei 812 *91 impil> Hrllii McCloud i 809 M I
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    185 13 Sovereign best sprinter JEEP'i jottings TOP SPKINTFR »r tin- season is undoubtedly the brilliant three-year-old. Sovereiun. ho capped :i series oj N'nart performances with a maud win in the Suli.ins (...1,1 Vase at l|»«'li in October Rut best sprintini; perfonnini of the season was th.il of Determination in the P.
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    England are fitter and better batsmen and bowlers
    705 14 England are fitter and better batsmen and bowlers CABLE from JACK FINGLETON I mm: tk ims ENGLAND faUgfl/g Sn'Sc S^K" S J^Fm^^fo^/A^M^" AppuXi and Godfrey I Evan's. 12th man: Vie Wilson. F BHI Johnston, Jnn Burke and tW Hole. MELBOURNE, Thurs. THOUGH England won the second Test against Australia by
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    Ceylonese could not avoid defeat but played better game
    284 14 Ceylonese could not avoid defeat but played better game SINGAPORE Cricket Club XV scored "ted victory on the padang yesterday, hut the University of Ceylon played better ruuby than acainst Singapore Ali Blues to hold S.C.C. to 20 points (a JOti, lour trie.-. I nd a penalty) to six (two
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    58 14 "Come visit Ceylon' say tourists THE I'i'.r. i team »ho %<:'.! or Ce>lon on J.i: 2. have inutod the. fnl\e f.ir ■We hone our M*la\..n Msi re;;et |s tn.it we ■;uri'-s j The tearr. h f4ur I tunes, vinninc ','r.nr: Compar::-. the t».> it txiore »c can m when the
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    Malacca win return game
    98 14 \fALACCA a%fi:. BftrUCT .rfea' by toh'^rp when thei. ■.inn "he return horke> match here ov The Malacca team who mil tactics tauch than by InI riian coacn Ot n Sinch. were well -in top ihrouchou 1 the match but failed !o aeon Htore thaa two soal?
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    81 14 CALIFORNIA. Thurs- -A ne« I Amrrii-an turf rerord for nine fur- j longs wa.- esubUshtd at Siinta Anita yesterday by the Irish colt, f 11. who raptured the Aioarilii Purse In 1 47 2 The old mnttt was 1 48 2. 1 set by Abbe stir.s at
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    86 14 PBMANO iv of .suffered thnr second meser n Priißin; when M to Prr.int All Bi'.io.-. bj eicf.t !o -hire i« on the Datoh Kramat Road ground tod.i? F'oip-. kicked i^n..! 1 ;md converted Kra.il's try for All Blur Sv ed M.ihniood *cored a ia.-t -minute
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    190 14 CHOONGSTO RETURN IN APRIL LONDON. Thur.v THE CHOONG brothers. Eddie ana David, will leave for Malaya early in April to helo in the defence of the Thomas Cup in June. The Chooi th^ Baummton Association Malaya's invitation tr> participate in the c.p trials and are now awaiting definite instructions a>
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    142 14 A CONTENDER In: 'he worlds I bantnmweichi Qghtp «:ll be .-«en In acftdh in 81ngsnore I soon. He Is Pierr* cnn*--(I- unpion of B<-U-miii antl I No. 4 iif'er the »orld champion. Robert Cohrn of I I Oo'«em\as iflcv into Sinu.tiH.rp I yeaterday
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    89 14 MELBOURNE. Thvrs LEN HUTTO'N. the Evyland enptain, has a stiff net I B'.V Mr. Geoffrey Howard, the M.c.C. team i i lrf today there icas no dmtht he WoUd he ft? lor 'he f Test, beglnnti toMorrow. I lorn Goodinnn. aI I xrriter of the
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    130 14 T^HE Singapore Hockey A mittoo will try OUi I knockout competition which The committee have a' r f I decided to hold al! the k: out matches over TO mm the standard duration. They al>o plan to I fixtures on Una .sin:. English
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