The Straits Times, 29 November 1955

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    BOSS BRINGS IN GANG
    441 1 Eight, nine they're all out MERTAJAM, Mon. I ommunist ists, led by their platoon commander, surrendered at Brapit now vilkiuT two miles from here. mbers of irrender- nthKedah, rrenden armed com- tement r.ders two lood id«L TWO WOMEN included ilk Eng. irl from flrat rave in
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    COFFEE, CAKES-AND A 'PERM' FOR THE GIRLS
    38 1 COFFEE, CAKES -AND A 'PERM' FOR THE GIRLS THE NINE SURRENDERED BANDITS at extreme left is the leader, Boon Seng. These Reds listened to the radio, looked in the larder and decided: 'It's time for us to quit'
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    Lock icon Pinay to visit Indo-China
    35 1 SAIGON, Mon. —The! French Foreign Minister. M. Antolne Plnay, is planning to fly to Indo-China next week for talks with Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, an -cial Vietnamese source su.d. j —Renter.
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    TINIEST BABY IN BRITAIN
    49 1 David, the incubator boy NIRSES attend lo David Taylor, believed to be Brit.'in\ smallest baby. He was i born in an East End maternity hospital in Stepney, I i iiilmi three months premature. He weighed only lib. »<>/. at birth and was 14 I inches long.
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    Citizen plan may be dropped
    329 1 Citizen plan may be dropped MARSHALL: MY AIMS IN LONDON THE Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, indicated yesterday that he was ready to drop the entire Singapore citizenship plan, which at one time threatened to split the Labour Front-Alliance coalition. "It is one thins tfor the Labour Front i to
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    Lock icon Oil millions
    49 1 DAMASCUS, Mon. The Iraq Petroleum Company is to p:iy Syria £6,500,000 ($6O,- 000 .000) a year for the right to »end Its oil through Syrian territory and for protection of the pipelines, under a new draft agreement which still has to be approved by Parliament here.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon HERE'S MUMMY
    37 1 THIS IS David's mother, 'Mrs. Beatrice Taylor, 25, at the hospital where her tiny son is kept alive in an incubator and fed eight times a day with milk dropped Into his mouth. A.P. pictures.
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    Whisky galore
    18 1 FAIRVIEW Now Jersey. Mon. Bandits stole a truckload of whisky valued at US$Bl,OOO today. A. P.
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    Lock icon LOVE'S REWARD...
    106 1 MUNICH, Mon. A German wife served eight years in a Russian jail for refusing to betray the hiding place of her secret agent husband, then returned to find him '•married" to another woman. And now a court here has acquitted him of bigamy, because it could not be
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    Logger killed in battle
    45 1 CAMERON HIGHLANDS. Mnn.— A police squad patrolling a forest reserve near Rinclet saw two armed and 1 uniformed terrorists talking to a Chinese this afternoon. The terrorists opened fire and in the exchange the j Chinese, a logger, was fatally wounded.
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    Lock icon Death dust in Paris skies
    165 1 SUDDEN RISE IN RADIO-ACTIVITY PARIS, Monday. THE Paris Municipal health laboratory noted a sudden increase in the amount of radio-active dust present in the atmosphere of the capital on Saturday morning, an official of the laboratory said today. Replying to questions, the j official declined
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    SNAP STRIKE IN KLANG
    163 1 Union man sacked, so rubber workers down tools KLAXG, Monday. VJLTORKERS of the Fung Keong rubber goods factory here staged a lightning strike today after an official of their union reported that he had been dismissed. Earlier, in a ballot taken oh Saturday, 546 workers had
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    Lock icon Sacked
    96 1 MAN WHO SAID RUDE THINGS ABOUT BULGANIN LONDON Mon. THE British Foreign office has rerr.oved from the chairmanship of its daily Press conference the spokesman who last week described statements by Soviet leaders as "thoroughly hypocritical." The spokesman, Mr. Peter Matthews, had taken the daily conference for journalists from
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    We threw the bomb — boys
    40 1 We threw the bomb boys OLSO, Mon. Five boys have confessed that they threw a home-made bomb at the Russian embassy here on Friday night. Police sa:d they were satisfled that there was no political motive behind the bombthrowing.—U .P.
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    Lock icon Teachers strike
    33 1 ROME, Fri. A mi: lion, Italian secondary scnool children will have no classes for three days at the end of this week when their 70.000 teachers strike for more pay. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon Border battle
    26 1 GAZA, Mon.— Three Israeli soldiers were killed in a one-hour exchange of llrr in the Gaza sector today, an Egyptian military spokesman announced. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Speed it up
    24 1 THE HAGUE, Mon. The Dutch government, has called for speed in beginning the construction of nuclear reac- tors in Holland. —Renter.
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    22 1 LONDON, Mon. Britain and Jordan began talks hnv today on British financial aid to the Arab kingdom during 1956-57.— Renter.
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    Lock icon Honegger dies
    20 1 PAKIS. Mon. Arthur Honegger, well known Franco-Swiss composer, died here last night at the aae of 63. U.P.
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    Buses: Mr. M acts by request
    402 1 THE Chiel Minister, 1 Mr. David Marshall, yesterday accepted an invitation to intervene in the dispute between the Chinese Bus Owners" Association and the Singapore Bus Workers' Union. He received a letter from the union, appealing for his urgent intervention in the dispute, and
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    Lock icon Keeping doctor away...
    42 1 Keeping doctor away... MUENSTER. West Germany Mon A few stiff drinks are not the best way to pre•t lit llu, the German Mcciical Information Service announced here. A hot bat! i, lime-blossom tra and keeping fit are n-.ore effective, it said.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon War on plagues of society
    318 2 FRENCHMEN TURN PALE AS LADIES OF EVENING INVADE HOTEL CONTINENTAL VIETNAM LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST VICE, OPIUM, DRINK SAIGON, Monday. FRENCHMEN sipping their drinks on the broad terrace of the Hotel Continental turned pale yesterday as skeletons with noon green eyes, •"erpents writhing out of opium
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    Lock icon HONG KONG SHOWS the LATEST in CHONGSAMS
    53 2 181 ARE THRICE *MMM which went on show in Hons Kone seat of Chinese dress fashions recently. Left to rifrht: "Midnight Folly modelled by Mrs. S. sil.a. "Irrcsistable" worn by li In Yef Man. and "Gold Lightninc" with Mis* M.» Yin Pons as
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    Lock icon The RIGHT to get drunk...
    137 2 The RIGHT to get drunk... NEW YORK. Mon. A MAN who WOTfca hard ail week and brings home his pay is entitled to get drunk once a week, a judge said yesterday. K Elmer Finkol. 49-ycar-old father of four children. was in court at Providence. Rhode Island. for being drunk
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    Lock icon Mr. Butler flies to Paris
    52 2 PARIS. Mon —Mr. R. A. Butler, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, made a surprise visit to Paris yesterday to see an exhibition of French Impressionist painters fiom the Courtauld collection. Mr. Butler's wife, who died j last year, was a member of, the Courtauld family.
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    The 5-cent pirates
    302 2 KEEN COMPETITION CUTS DOWN FARES TO 'PAY WHAT YOU CAN' FOR GOING ANYWHERE NOW pOMPETITION among "pirate" taxi operators in Singapore has become so keen that fares have dropped from ten cents a mile per passenger to five cents. Mr. T. A. Simon, president of the Sin-
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    'COMMISSAR LEE'
    243 2 He wouldn't mind being that if Red is the fashion Marshall T<HE Chief Ministrr, A Mr. David Marshall, said yesterday that the People's Action Party leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, preferred to be prime minister of a democratic country, but if Communism was fashionable, Mr. Lee would not
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    Lock icon Globe girdlingby bicycle
    54 2 I HONO KONG. Mon.— A 26- year-old Pakistani. Badiuz- zaman Ahmed, who began a tjicycle journey round the world in 1951, has arrived here after covering almost I 32.000 miles. Starting with only £35, he paid his way by selling i postcards and making radio I 1
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    Lock icon JINX ON THE 5th STAIR
    86 2 LONDON, Mon. The Delgado family meets a Jinx just five steps up their stairway. la May M. A. Delgado, 57, tripped on the fifth step nnd he ended up in hospital with 68 stitches in his face, head and neck. In July, seven year old
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    Lock icon NO TRUE LOVE SHE FASTS TO DEATH
    144 2 —While hubby cooks in bedroaA NEW YORK. MRS. DOROTHY FRAZIER. a M-y< wife, continued to starve hera 1 Milford, Connecticut, today without I from local authorities. ■•I want to die." she told reporters today, the llth day of her fast. "I hope God
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    3 KOREAN EDITORS FLY IN
    59 2 3 KOREAN EDITORS FLY IN rpHREE Kcri A h;iv tx finding ton: pursts ol th( arrived In day by air. They an 1 8 executive rean Repute lish-language Chong-shik. re..; the Kyony Hua and Kirn H in-ehiof and the Board ol i the Korean Pacl Today thrv deration foi On
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    Lock icon Tube standstill
    24 2 LONDON, Mon. A power failure stopped most of London's underground railing sytem for 30 minutes yesterday, leaving passengers marconed In tunnels— U.P
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    Lock icon SHE 'SAW BY SOUND
    52 2 WHITSTABLE (Kent), Mon. —For the first time yesterday 44-year-old Mrs. Beatrice Blunden saw her husband and her four children. L'ntil then she knew them only by the voices. For Mrs. Blunder I blind since into a wall when It. Nov. i COI operation h.ipartial sicht in
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    Lock icon RUSSIA'S H-BOMB POLLUTES THE AIR OF THE WORLD
    414 3 gets of the big test are felt in Japan, Germany and America ()XI)O X, Mon. \sl.D radioI md radiorain from biggesi .1 hoinl) blast ported yester--111 West Gerind Japan— 1 les apart, nnounced on ai she had hydrogen of a new was
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    Guiana polls
    51 3 LEFTISTS DEFEATED ETOWN, Mon. T: Democratic red an victory Burnhamlte the left-v. s Progrr> nell 1 Wide margins it went to ipported by rut ic Party i by a led s Burnham adtnoderate Une wed by Dr. lagan who«e People's i; v rnmeot mi 1 iMmmunlst by Bi
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    Ships ashore
    23 3 iTJL Mon. A 1 v sU rday drove including the freighter Emilio hore in thp Black S< a Of Marmora. Ai>.
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    Lock icon 'COME HOME' ORDER TO FUGITIVES FROM REDS
    120 3 'COME HOME' ORDER TO FUGITIVES FROM REDS MELIIOI RXK. Mon Immifirants who came to Australia allor fxaping from Bast Kuropean Communist countries are receiving letters ordering them to return home, the Melbourne S v n News- Pictorial, claimed tmla>. A report, said the letters were posted in the Russian sn
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    Lock icon African freed
    34 3 BLOEMFONTEIN. Mon. The appeal of Walter Sisulu. former secretary of the African National Congress, against his conviction for contravening the Suppression of Communist Act was upheld in the Supreme Court here.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon DEATH FOR THE FAITHLESS
    40 3 PARIS. Mon.— p 1 or r e >ader of t tax movement, said yesterday h that members of t elected at the forthcoming National Assembly elections and don't keep their campaign promises will be hanged. U.P.
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    Lock icon DIEN BIEN PHU MAN IS A RIFF
    192 3 DIEN BIEN PHU MAN IS A RIFF He leads rebels now\ RABAT, Mon. MOROCCAN rebels tying down about 15,000 heavily armed French troops in the Riff Mountains are led by a former French army sergeant-major, military sources said. The rebel chief, Moham- mcd El Khanouchi. m captured by the Communist
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    Lock icon 'DO WE REALLY WANT THEM?'
    198 3 Nikita upsets outlook for visit to Britain LONDON. Mon. IJXDER the heading Ihr kj Bear in India." the Daily Mail today asks whether Britain wants Russia's leaders to visit hrr in March. "Do w<- really want them now? "\ttcr the «ay ItuUanin and Khrushchev have
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    Lock icon Gently, gently pit plan that may go like a charm
    162 3 Gently, gently pit plan that may go like a charm LONDON, Monday. FOREMEN in Britain's biggest coalfield are being r sent to "charm schools" to be taught how to handle 140,000 strike-minded Yorkshire miners. The National Coal Board lias decided that the foremen must mend their manners if they are
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    PINE AND PINK FUNERAL FOR LION WHO JUST LOVED PEOPLE
    142 3 PINE AND PINK FUNERAL FOR LION WHO JUST LOVED PEOPLE NEW YORK. Mon Tex, a 3001 b. lion with the disposition of a kitten, was buried yesterday in a pine roffin lined with pink iufted satin. II i> head and mane lay on a royal purple pillow. He was surrounded
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    Lock icon Everest's twin still unbeaten
    51 3 KATHMANDU. Mon. Mr. Norman Dyhrenfurth, 37, a Swiss-American professor, led his international Himalayan expedition back here today after failing to climb Lhotse. Everest's twin peak and the highest mountain in the I world still unconquered. He attributed the failure ito "extremely bad weather and faulty oxygen
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    40 3 LONDON, Mon. Moscow Radio said today that the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Institute in Moscow had developed a new drug from extracts of a flowering plant found in the Caucasus, which disintegrates cancerous growths without harming healthy tissues. Reuter.
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    Bing Crosby in 'High Society'
    34 3 HOLLYWOOD. Mon—Reports that Bing Crosby planned to retire were put down yesterday as MGM announced he would co-star again with Grace Kelly in a musical. High Society."— A. P.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    316 3 LONDON, Mon. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £57 Funding 4'i £91-< 8 War lfe% £77 BANKS Mercantile ill! 1 14- Eastern iS.'ij £B'* Chartered (£1) 42.6 Hongkong (Sl2sp £95' a —1 INSURANCE Com. Un. (.ulsj 80,9 /3 Royal 79 6
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    200 3 Terrorism flares again in Cyprus FAMAGUSTA. Mon. TWO BOMBS exploded 1 here yesterday in a renewed outbreak of terrorism following the state of emergency declared by Sir John Harding, Governor of Cyprus, last night. The first bomb exploded, outside a house occupied by a British Army sergeant. The house was
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    Lock icon Leaving for Gold Coast
    80 3 LONDON, Mon.— Dame Isobf>l Cripps. widow of Sir Stafford Cripps, said she would leave soon for the Gold Coast to visit her daughter Pesey who had just given birth to a nine pound baby girl. Dame Cripps' daughter is tho wife of Mr. Joe Appiah, son
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    Lock icon 2 die in crash
    29 3 SALISBURY. Mon. A crippled Canberra jet plane crashed here yesterday, killing its two crew and scattering; wreckage on both sides of the River Avon. U.P.
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    Lock icon Ship released
    23 3 HONG KONG. Mon.— The Chinese Nationalist warship which detained t h e British merchant ship Dorinthia yesterday has released her. Router.
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    INITIATIVE CAN WIN $I ,000 A YEAR
    246 4 INITIATIVE CAN WIN $I ,000 A YEAR Marshall tells Press SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday ottered to present a $1,000 prize every year to the local reporter who showed the most initiative. Mr. Marshall made this offer at ;i luncheon given by the Singapore Union of Journalists. i
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    Hammer attack alleged
    42 4 Tan Ah Ngoh and Tav Kok i Sione pleaded not guilty in a Singapore magistrates 1 court yesterday to causing 1 hurt to Kor Chin Look with a hammer at Woodlands Road on Saturday They 1 were allowed bail
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    Buffet party
    35 4 Tlir Women's Society of Christian Service, Wesley Methodist Church, Singapore, will hold a Christmas party and buffet dinner in the church hall. 4. Fort Canning Road, at 5 30 p.m. on Monday next.
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    STRIKERS ORDERED TO CLEAR OUT
    220 4 High Court upholds employer IN the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. Justice 1 Whitton ordered 39 striking employees of the Gleneagle Hotel in Napier Road to clear out of the The judge held that the strikers had no right to occupy the servants' quarters or
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    $84 robbery charge
    43 4 Wons Peng Mun was accused in a Singapore court yesterday of robbing Koh Tek Tan of $84 at Seng Poh Road Market on Nov. 12. He was armed with a Scout-knife, the court was told. He was remanded in custody.
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    Taxi-driver is robbed
    39 4 Four Indians, of whom at least one was armed with a knife, yesterday robbed a Singapore taxi driver of a fountain pen and $25. The robbery took place in Rochore Canal Road shortly after 6 a.m.
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    Youth Council
    25 4 SEGAMAT, Mon. Mr. Pee Kang Hal was elected chairman and Mr. Loh Van Lee secretary of the newl.v farmed Segamat District Youth Council.
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    STC TAKE-OVER: NO, SAYS GOVT. AND THAT'S THAT
    105 4 THE MINISTRY of Local Government, Lands and Housing, has rejected the City Council's request for permission to use municipal funds to buy the Singapore Traction Company. In view of this, the Council now proposes to takj no further action. A motion will
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    Xmas shopping boom is on
    102 4 DEPARTMENT stores in Singapore report a Christmas shopping boom. Sales are brisker than last Christmas and shoppers are spending their money on the more expensive «oods. The manager of one department store said "There is no dmibt that business is better this year "It may
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    $10,000 ransom bid: 3 jailed
    223 4 FOILED BY POLICE PHONE TAP THREE MEN, whose bid to extort 810,000 from a businessman was foiled by an eavesdropping detective, were convicted in Singapore yesterday on amended charges. The charges against Heng Ah Soo, Kandasamy Rajoo and Viswanathan Mani. were reduced from abduction to
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    17 years of parting
    80 4 I Mrs. Pauline Ferelro, who j I sued her husband. Cyril Cliff- ton Fereiro. in the fc. High Court yesterday for a| dissolution of her marriage with him on grounds of desertion, was granted I decree nisi by Mr Justice Tan Ah T;ih. The decree is
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    The Friends
    37 4 Colonel L. T. Firbank. Civil Defrnce Commissioner, will speak to The Friends of Singapore about "Macs and plans o! Singapore since Its founding" during the Friends' get-toßether at Ha:.!. Hotel a; "30 p.m on Friday
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    'AN EXCUSE TO KEEP THE LOCAL OFFICERS OUT
    469 4 Malayanisation is being made a scapegoat, says Dr. Srcenivasan TIIK chairman of the Ma 1 ;i y a n isation Commission, Dr. B. R. Swenivasan, sci id yesterday that the commission was being made the excuse for not recruiting local officers to
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    'FISHERMAN' THIEF IS FOILED
    55 4 'FISHERMAN' THIEF IS FOILED A WOMAN living in Peck Hay Road, off Anthony Road, Singapore, woke late on Sunday night when she heard a rustling sound coming from her dressing table. She switched on the light and saw a man with a stick trying to hook out her handbag through
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    Fete in aid of hospital
    49 4 The staff and Linen Guild of St. Andrew's Mission Hospital, Singapore, will hold a Christmas fete and fun fair on Saturday to raise funds. i The fun fair will be at the St Andrew's Cathedral War Memorial Hall from 1.30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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    Plea for cheaper hospital buildings
    109 4 SINGAPORE will have to j build cheaper hospitals, the Malayan Pharmaceutical Association said yesterday. Criticism of the cost of i extension and modern!? Uion Of Kandang Kerbau Ho pitp! raa made in the latest of che association's journal. The association said the estimated cost of
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    DID THEY, DIDN'T THEY—A POSER
    86 4 DID THEY, DIDN'T THEY—A POSER ¥)ID the 1,000 U pore Chin.., students, who the Peapli Party's rail. represent That is the prol the Registrar o! s C. W. Lyle. If he can fiir that they did repr, Chinese Middle Students' Union Government dissolving thr The union v; early in October
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    Charity dance
    20 4 SEGAMAT. IA» dance in aid of t! fund of the Begat Guards will b I Hakka Association 10.
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    The weather
    108 4 MINIM I'M TEMPER ATIR. i7.3U p.m. on on Nov. 28 i 6::: Penauu ~z. Ko a B Lump a: MAXIMUM TEMPI W. 30 am. to 7 28): Singapore 88, received, Kott B Lumpur 87 Ipoh 91 received. RAINFALL: (7.30 p.m. on Nov. 28 1 Penarn; not received. 0.01
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    Acquitted on smuggling charge, he claims $750,000 gold hoard
    337 5 Acquitted on smuggling charge, he claims $750,000 gold hoard SEAMAN PUTS in STAKE for FORTUNE S CAMAN cleared of smuggling gold worth more than 8750,000 into ,ore is now its sole claimant though he is not in the Colony. Mr. L. Rayner, for Mok Fatt. 37, made "this announcement in
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    Accident toll up again
    50 5 Accident toll up again BUT DEATH RATE IS DOWN n jain rose yesterday there an inSeptem- tii r.umn umber 1 1 tober vu s< ptemi i(VB. verall indeaths ;>tember ta were 1 'toria Bridse R Uo6>, Moi r.tbatten rs> New Cross Valley Road >n Roads Beliliou Serangoon Road Ko- 73
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    CHOSEN AS GOODWILL ENVOY
    96 5 CHOSEN AS GOODWILL ENVOY MR. M. V. p. NAIR, a Singapore Legislative Assemblyman, leaves by air today for a four-week visit to Tasmania, Australian island state. The Singapore branch of the CommonweaJth Parliamentary Association chose Mr. Nair ior the trip in response to an invitation from the association's Tasmanian hranch.
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    Mother of 6 gets divorce
    35 5 Slew Yin. who nd, Tien Ah :e on the tltery, wu n nisi by Mr Tah In the Court yesto be made three months. ■re married ::d they have i
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    Workers' express a slow start
    156 5 TRAVEL IN TRAIN FOR 2,000 Irsi day of the railway shuttle service between Bahru and Singapore resulted in a loss Railway yesterday when only about made use of the service, which had acI'or more than 2.000. r.se is posthe fact that the not jret certain
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    Poppy record
    21 5 KUALA TRENGGANU. Mon. A record collection of $9,365 was made for the Poppy Day Fund in Trengeanu this year.
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    $13 mil. for schools
    64 5 The Johore plan JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. 1 The Johore Government is to spend 513.424.797 on education next year, according to the Supply Bill to be laid before the State Council on Dec. 13. This la the bicgest item in the Bill, which asks for $50,100,452 for
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    Consorting charge
    39 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Lee Bonn Heng. an 18-year-old girl, was today committed to the assizes for trial. She is charged with consorting with terrorists between June 24 and Oct. 21 in the vicinity of Saleng. near Kulai
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    MAN CHOSE POLICE AS TARGET OF FRAUD
    202 5 MAN CHOSE POLICE AS TARGET OF FRAUD Now it's Christinas in jail for trickster p V. MENON, 23, was yesterday jailed by the Singapore Fifth Magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, for a total of ten weeks one week for each of the ten police officers he cheated. I Menon.
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    Negligence: $100
    30 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. pay Ngee Tay, who overturned his car, was fined $100 in the Magistrate's Court here today for negligent driving and had his driving licence endorsed.
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    A MIRACLE OF ORGANISED MOVEMENT
    322 5 I stated fearlessly i ilc in the Memorial Hall; understood M presented ..iham Com- j iverred, with in that few tily impressed saw. the curtain ol the three ap were in completely J Thn set, by the rimu Niguchi,, iMIfBI in sword, cross j dow
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    SLAIN CASHIER: TWO APPEAL
    288 5 'No intention to kill' counsel KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. t SALESMAN. Chan Chung Ling, 22, and a jobless -A youth. Kwong Kirn On, 18, who were sentenced to death for the murder of Yap Kon Shin. 58, chief cashier of Wearne Brothers here today appealed against the
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    BOYCOTT THREAT 'THEIR FACTS ARE WRONG'
    229 5 BOYCOTT THREAT 'THEIR FACTS ARE WRONG' Mr. Chew on Malay schools T*HE Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, yesterday accused the Malay Education Council of distorting the facts about establishment of a Malay secondary school. He was replying to the threat by Standard Seven students in Malay schools to
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    Friday is D-Day for S.T.B.
    79 5 Friday is D-Day for S.T.B. THE Singapore Telephone Board Employees' Union, which is deadlocked with the Board over a general pay increase, is to bring the matter before the Labour Ministry for a final decision on Friday. The union has asked for an all-round increase of $15 a month for
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    2 accused of rioting
    59 5 Lim Yeow Bok and Lim Yeow Chit were charged in a Singapore magistrate's court yesterday with rioting in Amoy Street on the nights of Nov. 8 and Nov. 11. The two charges accused them of being members of an unlawful assembly which threw bottles at Ang
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    Two speakers at Rotary lunch
    59 5 Dr. C. J. Poh, assistant Director of Detachments. British Red Cross Society 1 Singapore branch), will talk on "My view of the Scots" at tomorrow's luncheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Cathay Hotel Mr. Loke Wan Tho, chairman of the Singapore Youth
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      227 5 DanleLs And Ben Lyon, 10.30—11.00 RADIO MALAYA box i-l'rojramroes thus marked ran I~"HP^BB~*~ '*"J\ he received by listeners in Ma- I f^^^Tji j l.vi j i Short wase 62m. I 'J^^U^^^^^^JjJ Medium »aye 176 m.. 313., 366 m. W%: J[|B| 1- i and 297 m. P.M. -100 Lucky Dip. m^m
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    366 6 M M.,rd> $lr, /minimum). MR. MBA K. PARAMSOTIIY is irknds lor theli tec and valual le prelon of their I 10.53. > MRS. Ho Cheuk Fni nnd Friends I're^enLs and tin O :i^ion of on 2fi-11-55. KHOli YAH CHIEW and all relatives and hell kind expressions I ri ::ince
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    The Return Of Mr. Dallev
    307 6 Mr. F. W. Dalley. the British trade union expert who is to examine trade union and labour problems in Singapore, is being asked to bring up-to-date an inquiry he and Mr. S. S. Awberry completed seven yeai> The Awborry-Dalley report on Labour and Trade Union
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    Shops For Malays
    139 6 The Federation's Rural and Industrial Development Authority is to build shops for leasing to Malays. It is a splendid plan which givts considerable practical encouragement to Malay participation in business. Since RIDA makes no profits, the rent will be relatively low, and the Malay with slender resources
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    The Straita Times. Singapore, Tues. Nov. 29, 1953. The Marshall Mission
    668 6 The Straita Times. Singapore, Tues. Nov. 29, 1953. The Marshall Mission It was flattering to the Press that Singapore's Chief Minister should have accepted a luncheon invitation by the Union of Journalists at which to speak on his coming vi.sit to London, for 'he speech he made yesterday might more
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    Russians take top jobs in Asian 'colonies'
    493 6 Russians take top jobs in Asian 'colonies' i WHERE LIBERTY IS DEAD i ij.S. SUPREME Court Justice William 0. Douglas vest onlay accused Hie Soviet In ion of exploiting the peoples within its central Asian borders. In an account of his rpcent trip through Russia's Central Asia, published in Look
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      Break-up of Malay homes must end
      280 6 WAN Faridah, in her letter "Forced Into Degradation" has, Indeed, hit the nail on the head. Easy divorce is the root cause of prostitution among Malay women. A divorced woman is looked down upon, even by her own sex. One out of ten considers
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      THE WAY TO A BRIGHTER SINGAPORE
      335 6 MUCH has been said about t,h e beauty of tropical isles. Tho tourist trade in Singapore has been brought up, often enough in the papers. The answer has always been "insufficient attraction.'' However, to the ordinary citizen of Singapore who has to face the
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      UNJUST BURDENS
      177 6 YOUR editorial "Dollars and Sense" is creditable, and worthy of consideration by all taxpayers. The Government is certainly .spending too much money or. secondary school buildings. Government quarters, and other buildings by indulging in too grandiose architectural flifbta of fancy in design. Money spent on unnecessary decorations and
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      DANGEROUS FOR CHILDREN
      39 6 rE Singapore Government have done a great job by providing free transport for school children. But smaller boys altand at the back or sit on the tail-: the !orrles. whir!-. is dangerous. OW All SOOJi Singapore.
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    50,OOO take oath which may shake Government
    916 6  -  GAMINI NAVARATNE **********11! II! HIM I ril l IIIIIIIMIIII I IIIMIIIIMI I HIM 111 IIMIMIIMMMIMIIMI I IIMII! IIIIINIHIII! 1111 Mllllll II 111 l II Monk opens new phase in Ceylon's battle for the! supremacy of the Sinhalese language By 4 NURADHAPURA. in north
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    'ROBUST CASE' ENDS IN $500 FINE
    86 7 'ROBUST CASE' ENDS IN $500 FINE •lI'UR or court M a q boo 1 nedssooby here Government s,-nior the :.ihyud- Zain nd Re- Rio were nsplring to land at j re on April j nt of itlon endunder- ol the land evidence d of this! I bis de- said ■onvlction.
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    Acid attack on building contractor
    78 7 Acid attack on building contractor KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Three men threw acid on a building contractor, Lim Tien Wee, 26, at Peel Road last night Lim was taken to the General Hospital with bums in his right eye and face. He wa.s attacked when he .vas about to drive off
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    Shall we join? decision soon
    50 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. F:ve hundred workers engaged in unloading smoked sheet rubber in Selangor and Negri Semoilan an t.> meet soon to decide whether to Join the National Union Of Factory and General Workers. This was announced today by the union's secretary. Mr. V. David.
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    650,000 visitors
    28 7 More than 650.000 people have visited the Singapore-Wdoration-United Kingdom pavilion at the International Exhibition in Phnom-Penh. capital of Cambodia, which is now in its third week.
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    3 a.m. hold-up
    16 7 armi d with 'monger, In K :npong it 3 a.m. .bbed him of
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    OH, THIS DIN
    122 7 -tags (he polio boy who was flown in from quiet old Tawan N BENJAMIN, the :-old polio vho was flown m British North )n Sunday, finds :ather noisy. Ite at home in undines at St. Orthapaedic Hos- playing with on his bed. here is very home town."
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    $775 theft
    22 7 Wristlet watches and i jewellery worth 5775 were stolen from a house at GUstead Road early yester- 1 .urning^ i
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    Terror on wings in school field
    366 7 BUZZ OF BEDLAM FOR 15 MINUTES AFTER A HAWK MEETS A SWARM OF HORNETS CASUALTIES: A TEACHER AND 38 CHILDRENGIRL HAS EYE CLOSED A f> VAR M of hornets swooped down on a Singapore school just before the bell rang yesterday morning and terrorised
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    Governor is ill
    58 7 The Governor. Sir Robert Black. i s ill and has on medical advice cancelled hi> public engagements for the next few days, including the Straits Chinese British Asso- elation "welcome dinner in his honour on Thursday. A spokesman for the j S.C.B.A. last night announc- ed that
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    Art Society exhibition
    52 7 1 The Singapore Art Society will hold an exhibition of works by beginners at the British Council gallery, Stamford Road, from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. on Friday till December 7. The opening by Dr. Michael Sullivan of the University of Malaya will be at 5.30 p.m.
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    Dinner talk hurt councillors
    191 7 QUERY: WAS CRITICISM OFFICIAL? MALACCA. Monday. yHE Settlement Council will be asked at its next L meeting whether criticism of three Alliance councillors by the Resident Commissioner, Mr. H. G. Hammett, at a recent dinner represented the accepted views of the Settlement Government. Inche Hasnul bin
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    Road death: Gurkha in court
    92 7 Road death: Gurkha in court KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A SOLDIER of the 17 Gurkha Division Signals Regiment, Ranbahadur Ral, 25. was charged in the Sessions Court here today with causing the death of a 24--year-old typist, Miss Chin Kui Ann, by negligent driving. His jeep, it was said, collided with
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    COFFEE, CAKES FOR TERRORISTS
    420 7 •fe From Page One up to Brapit rubber tappers a mile from the village. They brought him to thei' 1 police post where he told the police six of his comrades were waiting to surrender. Police returned with him to lead f hem In. All were
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    Lone bandit fires on convoy
    49 7 H'OII. Mon. A lonp terrorist fired on a convoy of four military vehicles carrying Special Air Service troops from Tapah to Cameron Highlands at the 10th mile yesterday. One soldier was slightly injured. The troops got down from their trucks and the bandit fled.
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    BORNEO OFFERS 100 JOBS
    182 7 Airport workers welcome news CINGAPORES Minister for Communications and Works, Mr. Francis Thomas, told P.W.D. labourers at the Singapore Airport yesterday that about 100 jobs were vacant in Labuan for them. More than 150 labourers who gathered around him ehoered. Of the 720 Malayan and Indians
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    Boxer gets bail
    103 7 Assault charge MITSUO YAMAMOTO, the 22-year-old boxer, who was arrested In Hong Kong and flown to Singapore on Sunday, pleaded not guilty in a magistrate's court terday, to a summons charge of causing hurt to a reporter, James Chan, at the Far East Hotel. Katong. at 12.30
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    BEST FILM—FROM MALAYA
    62 7 BEST FILM— FROM MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Malayan Film Unit has scored a triumph with its first colour film "Malacca. Then And Now." It has won the prize for the best tourist film at the Inter- national Festival of Asian films in Phnom Penh. Cambodia. Earlier this year "Malacca,
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    How thin is a thief?
    612 8  -  christine /tt< A MONDAY I£IM, though sweet- tempered enough in the ordinary way, has an unreasoning hatred of cats. The very sound of a "miauw" is enough to send her into a perfect frenzy. She hurtles down the stairs, taking them two at a time,
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    BABY'S PLAYTIME AND EXERCISES
    643 8 PVERY BABY, even a tiny one. needs opportunities for exercise and for play, and when once Baby is four months old you will be wise to include a set period in his timetable when he can stretch and move to his heart's content. Before his bath
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    FOR THE DOUBLE OCCASION
    147 8 IFOI'ND an answer to one feminine problem this week. It consists of a three-piece cotton blouse, skirt and shorts to match. If you are going for a picnic at the week-end then have to go staight on to visit a friend for drmk- i this is
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      203 8 What makes baby smile Baby cries when his skin becomes inflamed and sore. But baby C^~ ""v "^^i^N loughs when you dust him with Johr son's Baby Powder at .J^ everx nappy-changing time and bathtime. Johnson's Baby /**v^^> Holder quickly dries up surface moisture— and lhat means no '""*-S S^j
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      124 8 1 f MANUFACTURED BY THE MAKF»< _^0f TH€ FAMOC/S I O C edar LIQUID POtfs H WET MOP O(edar $PONG€ MOP (iil J JoSf Squ e 2 _I 0 hands ncv^r k't to u ch water! REFILLS ALSO AVAILAbii AT ALL LEADING STORES PANTEEN llu- first Vitamin Hair < with
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      357 8 Straits Times Crossword 26 Sr!Er mo comrunlca 27. Far from mean (7). I 28. Make an example and bury I 2 W 3 M 4 M 5 6 M' le Who DOWN liilli iassi. j French follow an expert SH l 0 to sound s of firing (8). —7- liqii
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    Rupert of the Rhine fought Royalist wars in England
    1505 9 THIS is the age of the specialist, a man who has been described as one who knows more and more about less and less. But on Nov. 29, 1682, when Rupert, t Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Earl of
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      121 9 WE DON'T CARE hether Traders be or la.turers be ROCKED Uur Slock Exceed 530G,C00.00 CLEAR BAFFLING 9 ing Stik nig a ><!• i no Voile nU ;i ><!• r Shantung \>l. ting I ul.' 31" Xll. '»!lark.^kin .i \d. .lin Shirt* i;llh Bed Sheets :.i >. 90 I'm eea ..I1(1<TS
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      211 9 JVIOFB °f everything you want most in economy motoring... Powpr y Quickest way to the facts of this _J_ ff\j J I fine new Morris Oxford it a test drive So come and take the wheel feel the power and verve of its spirited O.H.V. engine m £\~WY%\ f\~w%w enjoy
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      44 9 Morgan. M.IK W H j Dick Tracy Junior in charge f-7 1 M rvj not W£ I F THERE THEV~^H^NkKI MUKkVHB.^ (RoSioußK? v S^ sitk a "^^Jaban pomsuip. OUT? '~V A AK -VyT^~ aL. ■r H y^ /U>t^lij£ J| l^w^ll^al'^^^ Ace OUu... private war
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    TRACTION COMPANY UP TWO SHILLINGS ON 'PEACE' PROSPECT
    367 10 TRACTION COMPANY UP TWO SHILLINGS ON 'PEACE' PROSPECT By Our Market Correspondent THE improved chances of settling the Singapore Traction Company strike, following thcintervention of the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, and the er pressed intention of the chairman Sir Thomas Strangman to fly to Singapore as soon as possible,
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    299 10 The Malayan Share BrokersAssociation reported: "On the local share market steady support was again accorded to the industrial section. Rubbers were inclined to be shiihUy better while I tins were quietly irregular." Federation and Singapore brok- ers reported the following business done yesterday: 8.8. Petrol 445. (overnight); Fraser
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    RUBBER PRICES
    146 10 December first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore I yesterday at 125'^ cents per lb. down three-quarters of a cent on Saturday's closing price. The closing tone was steady quiet. Closing prices in cents „,-r It.. were: No 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 127';. (Norn.i. sellers 129'
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    101 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Ex- I change: noon prices per plcul ye.sterday were: Copra: quiet; November $26 buyers. $27 sellers; December $27»» buyers. $27', sellers Coconut oil: steady quiet; bulk $40 sellers; drum $43 sellers Pepper: quiet with about 10 tons bi.sines--reported in the black variety: Muntok white $135.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    139 10 The Malayan BariMHfa Banks Association made tlie following changes In its rates to merchant yesterday (quotations to $100) 1 New York: bu>ini; air mail; T.T. ;32 15/18 O.D. 33 1/16. 90 'days 33' credit bills, 33 5/16 trade bil.s. Canada: buying airmail; T.T. 33. O.D. 33 90 days
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    COAL OUTPUT
    27 10 I Malayan Collieries output (or the thlr'J quarter of thll year was 151.445 tons— July 17,576 tons I Aukum 17.058 tons and September 16,811 tons.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    63 10 Investment a model.,-, the smining loans *ci Loans :i Lo;in.s :i' j Con. Zlni B;ii.k Of N s w Mount I N. Broki n Hill 50 Mi.imt M Peko Western Ampul i: on k i Aust. Conaol A P.M. i r.e» i Bradford B Hill Pro. Courtauld Dunlop
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    SHIPPING
    38 10 Slnps Iwii. ,1 pore H.in.iiiir I expected lodaj 12, T\?uc I C.P.. Ton 16, Sti Falstria 19 20, I i to T, SH.ii S Clover 21 22 i *****, T.,! Somali 38 lit. n Rotpit 42 I
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      495 10 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEHEBY GIVEN having an\ t VICTORY CAFF, AND RESTAURANT of No. 313. ;>ore are i ulara thereof to KATIJAH UINTE OSSAIN TAWANKY MM) MOHAMET) RASBIM BIN OSMAN as Adthe r>f.ito of M s. MAim MANA SEENA MAIp: at No. 58. ir Road, Singapore befort tlie 10th day
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      123 10 NOTICES NEW MODEL FLATS TO LET 126(1265 Tembeling Rd.. (Katong Area) Recently completed reinforced concrete. vacant. Each flat contains 3 bed rooms. 1 sitting room and verandah. Modern sanitation, area is first-class residential area with plenty of fresh air and near Bus Terminus. No other payment except rent to be
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      883 10 NOTICES NOTICE Federation of Malaya J7, 500,000 S^r Loan, 1962/72. NOTICE is hereby given that the Register of the above-mentioned loan will be closed from 2nd to 15th December. 1955. both days Inclusive, for preparation of Interest Warrants. C. E. GASCOIONE. Registrar, Public Debt Office, Federation of Malaya. The Rural
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      795 10 NOTICES P.W.D. NOTICE Temporary Mechanical Plant Operators required for work in Kedah. Scale of Pay $4.04 to $7.09 per day plus the current rate of Cost of Living Allowance. Entry Into scale will depend on extent of previous experience. Reply to State Engineer, Alor Star, Kedah. not later than 20th
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      787 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS POLICE INSPECTORS on contract In the Federation of Malaya Police Force. Candidates must hnve attained their 21.st but not their 45th birthday and must be Federal Citizens or eligible for Federal Citizenship. Candidates must hold the foUowinf? educational qualification*: Type I. Chinese candidates with Senior Cambridge Certificates must
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      482 10 OFFICIAL PRicj. JSSSSi lb. (down thr, of a cent. TIN: 537 7 (up ttVi COPRA: picul (down i iiilffiffiiiii-i KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANAPA U.S. PACIFIC PORTS Sailing Arriving Sin Francisco Singapore P. Swc» Hcnir. Cjcrtrud Bakke 6 Nov 7 Dec 9 Dec 10 Dec Anna Bakke 8 Dec
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      1107 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA for Aden, Port Said, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Homburg, Copenhagen Gothenburg ft Oslo r.) "SONGHLA- l/4 S( O^c i?""" uTlm "> IT*"!" 1 >'/" Dec 24/24 Dec 25/24 Dec MOENIA" 28/29 Dec Cells Beyrouth, Gdynia. Calls London IPossengers only). > Passenger accommodation is available for
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      1032 11 buS THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. TE 7 N i~ SINGAPORE .Incorporated the United Kingdom) 5 LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS S'poro P. Sham Penang 'BENMHOR tor London. Rotterdam G. 8/9 Sails 6 Dec Direct arrives London 28 Dec •ENCLEUCH for Liverpool, Rotterdam, Antwerp 10/15 Dae 16/17 Dec
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      1201 11 McAUSTER tfc CO., LTD. TEL: No.. ***** I ELLERMAN *k BUCKNALL LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, HAMBUIG ond for USA., North Atlantic Portt ond Canada ond vio Colombo CITY OF BROOKLYN Spore P. Shorn Penong 9/14 Dec 15/16 Dec 17/19 Dec CITY OF PERTH Spore P S ham Penang 9/15 Jan 16/18
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    'Highest and largest' restaurant to open soon
    314 12  -  GEOFFREY BOLAND a JHE new $500,000 Sky Palace Restaurant housed on the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth floors of Asia Building, Singapore's tallest building, will open for business next month. It will probably be the biggest restaurant in Malaya with accommodation tor 800 customers.
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    Chinese beer importers face glut
    223 12 Chinese beer importers face glut OIXC'APORE importers ol beer from Red China are worried about c the recent heavy arrival i of the beer in the Colony a and are planning to c form a body to prevent a slut. There are at present seven brands of the beer on
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    PEN COMPANY HAS PENCIL THAT 'WILL NOT BREAK'
    155 12 AIOINDKK dirt-dor ol Scroll Pens Ltd., Mr. Philip Bariu-U. paid a brief visit to Singapore last week during the course of a world tour which will take him on a SMM miles air journey. .Mr. rfarni-tt had with him up to date
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    New aircraft
    49 12 XL.M. ordered eight Douglas DC. 8. jet transport planes and la the first nonAmerican airlino to place sucli an order. The first of these extreme!y last and comfortable fourle'ngined turbo-jets, which can carry more than one hundred passengers, is to be delivered to XL.M. in March 1960.
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    MOST MODERN' LINER DUE SOON
    317 12 A LI, the know-how in American shipbuilding is embodied in the American President Line's newest rTL'o-passenger liner President Jarkson (shown above), which is due at Singapore on her maiden voyage on Monday. Described as "one of the finest, fastest and most modern cargo liners afloat."
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    Freight charges slashed: better orchid business
    133 12 ORCHID exporters In Singapore expect to do better i business than they have done In the past two years as a result of an announcement that charges for the dispatch of I these flowers by air to London have been reduced. "Ihe announcement was
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    MALAYA BEST FILM MARKET
    251 12 MALAYA BEST FILM MARKET SALES of film made by the Perutz company in Germany have been steadily rising in Malaya j since the products reI entered the local market i in 195 1 Mr. Hans Stolz, the company's export manager, said in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Stolz is paying a "goodwill"
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    Lock icon WIMBLEDON IS AGAIN TOP MONEY-SPINNER OF LAWN TENNIS
    258 13 WIMBLEDON IS AGAIN TOP MONEY-SPINNER OF LAWN TENNIS LONDON, Mon. 'THE WIMBLEDON championship meeting is still the biggest money-spinner in international tennis, Judging by the balance sheet of the British Lawn Tennis Association published recently. According to their accounts, the association estimate the initial share of the profits of this
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    Lock icon Eire hold Spain to 2-2 with a late goal
    374 13 DUBLIN, Monday. FIRE saved their game against Spain, at Dalymount Park here yesterday afternoon, with a goal nine minutes from the end which levelled the score at 2-2 after Spain had led 2-1 for a long while. The match opened on
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    Critics tip England to beat Spain
    160 13 LONDON Mon SPAIN'S 2-2 draw with Eire In yesterday's International football match in U'iD.in have made critics here veiy confident of England beating Spain at Wembley on Wednesday. John Carr.kia (New s Chronicle) declares "six of Eire's players arrived lr Dublin at lunch time
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    LAN CRAIG BACK IN NSW SIDE
    181 13 From JACK FINGLETON SYDNEY, Mon lAN CRAIG, who dropped out of firstclass cricket after returning from England in 1953, regains his place in the New South Wales team to play in Perth. Adelaide and Melbourne. Craig was not available for earlier matches because of
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    Queensland take lead
    151 13 BRISBANE. Mon. RON ARCHER. Queensland, the Australian Test pace bowler, hit 74 runs and then took two wickets for two runs today to put South Australia !n a difficult position with one day left for play in the four-day Sheffield Shield match here. Archer clean-bowled Test open-
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    Lock icon AYALA TAKES TWO TITLES
    67 13 BUENOS AIRES. Mon.— Luis Ayala the Chilean tennis star, yes- terday won both the men's singles and doubles finals at the Argentine tennis championships. Ayala won the singles by beat- ing Art Larsen, of America, 6-2. 6-2, 0-6, 6-0. He and Enrique i Morea Argentine I
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    70 13 LONDON, Mon. England's football team to meet Spain at Wembley next Wednesday vas i chosen today as follows Ron Baynham tLuton). Jeff Hall (Birmingham), Roger Byrne I (Manchester U.t. Ron Clayton I (Blackburn), Billy Wright (WolI verhampton. Capt). Jimmy Dickinson (Portsmouth); Tom Finney (Preston North End).
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    Lock icon Torpedo hold Grasshoppers
    71 13 ZURICH. Mon. A crowd of t 22.000 saw Zurich's First Division I football tram, Grasshoppers, draw I with Moscow Torpedo, each side i scoring three times, here yesterday, i The Swiss team went away at a fast pace and led by three goals at the interval, but
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    23 13 MILAN. Mon— Dullio Lo^*iJ^| i retained his Europeai^Wmweight boxing title her«^*lrnlght hjj'f I outpolntins^^Rnch lighUMiglK chamjagpaiSlraphln Fej^yr Iffcr 15 j roundT^
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    243 13 LONDON, Mon. THE shortage of stable boy s to i so acute at Newmarket, cen-turies-old headquarters of British racing, that the jobs are being given to girls. With the attractions of a five-day week and high wages In Industry, youths are hard to
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    80 13 ANTWERP, Mon. i r-RAHAM SYMONDS, Britain's "swimmer of the year", gained his second sue- J cess in the two-day lnterna- tlonal meeting here last night j when he won the men's 100 metres butterfly event in lmin 6.5. The 18-year-old Coventry swimmer on Sunday won the
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    Burton & Kirkham head averages on Hong Kong tour
    573 14 Burton Kirkham head averages on Hong Kong tour CPL. BURTON. BO all- rounder, and John I Kirkham, left armmedium pace bowler, headed the batting and bowline averages in the Malayan Cricket Assons four-match tour of Hong Kong which ended yesterday. Bur 91 started i v in the secor... Malaya i
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    SELANGOR BLUES FTELD NEWCOMERS v SINGAPORE
    108 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. i il newcomen are included in the Selangor All Blues side which meets Singapore All Blues on Saturday at Singapore in their opening fixture ol the comnetition. Belangor will be without the services of State players Boris Piotrowski. Cheang Kwl and
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    1031 14 MALAYA WIN INTER-PORT CRICKET BY 10 WICKETS SIVAGNANAM'S 3 FOR NONE SPELL WAS FINAL BLOW: KIRKHAM TAKES 4 WICKETS From A Special Correspondent BONG KONG, Mon. AN inspired spell by pate bowler Sivagnanam, who took three wickets in eight balls this afternoon,
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    124 14 MALAYA— Ist Inns 391 HONG KONG— lst Inns 218 HONG KONG 2nd Inns Withall c Webb b Burton 46 Rcdson b Kirkham 9 Pritchard c Gurucharan b Naralah 1* iv.ii i c Sivagnanain b Kirkham 1 Stanton c Dauncrjr b Kirkham <2 Howard-Dobson c Kirkham b Gurucharan Souza b
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    PERAK TC WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    560 14 IVKIC.HTS for all elcht races on Saturday. I'trst day of the rcrak Turf C 1 v bs December Mitfinu'. arc: C 1.2, Div. 1-6F Rire Mill 9.00 Avenger 8.13 Hitli Hopes 8.12 Satisfaction 8.11 Shi-Shi 8.09 Firebird 8.07 Acrobat 8.06 Cash Cheque 8.06 Distributor 8.06
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    REME BEAT R. SIGNALS
    63 14 R.E.M.E. beat Royal Signals In a rugger match at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday by 19 point? I M coals, two tries and a drop goali to eight (goal and drop go.-.!'. Scorers for REME we.v Smallpace idiop Rial), Lancaster. Wormald. Goddfcrd and Toyr.tz. Ra>-ner converted two
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    CHINESE BEAT SRC 4-3
    46 14 Singapore Chinese RC. beat Singapore Recreation Club 4-3 in friendly hockey match on the padans. Boon Oon San scored a hattrick for Chinese while Kirn Bent got the other goal. 'Jlarke. Barker and Barth replied for S.R.C. At half-time lt was 2--
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    SINGHS SHARE THE GOALS
    33 14 Singapore Harbour Boird Police beat RNAS Senibuvans 4-U in their s H.A Div. 2 hockey league game at Semba»anK yesterday. Chankar Sinph and Santok Singh scoring two coals each.
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    SEQUERA NETS 3 FOR MBTC XI
    46 14 Post and Telesraph and Malayan Basic Training Centre drew 3 3 in their S.H.A. Dlv. 3 hockey league game on the P T ground yesterday. Kandasamy (2> and Amos scored for P T. and Sequera all three foals for MBTC
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    TOUR REJECTED
    46 14 MELBOURNE. Mo'i. Ihe Indian Lawn Tennis A-- 1 elation li;iv e rejected the lour p ayer.s nominated b>"the Austral mi Lawn Tennis Association for a tour of India next month. The plajWa wire Boj Emer.son. Warren Woodcwk, Miss Fay Mullei and Miss Daphne Beeney—Reuter.
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    108 14 N.Z. win by an innings BANGALORE, Mon. NEW ZEALAND'S touring cricketers gained their first win of their Indian tour today when they beat South Zone here by an Innings and three runs. 9outh Zone were all out in their second innings for 322. New Zealand, who declared at 459 for
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    ROUGH RIDERS ANNUAL RACE
    52 14 Malayan Hou,;h Riders Cycling Club will hold the-.v annual 25-lap Phillips Classic race at Shenton W:iy on Dec. 11. A Novices' race over the same course will also be held Entries for these races should be sent to Mr. Kwa Chin Swee. c o 46-A Circular
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    Singapore St. Leger has proved a failure
    393 14  - Singapore St. Leger has proved a failure EPSOM JEEP JOTTINGS Bl CHIEF lesson of the Singapore St. Leger race over 1 miles longest race on the Malayan turf is thai we lack the type of horses that can per form well over distances between li miles and 1 mites. Only
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    Pat Sewell scores 3 in women's trial
    164 14 IN the second Singapore women's hockey trial for the triangular meet against Negri Sembilan and Selangor, Whites beat Colours 4-1 on the padang yesterday. Both teams showed good stickwork. Outstanding player on the field was Mrs. Pat Sewell who scored three goals in
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN BEAT COLONY WITH ONE GOAL
    196 14 NEGRI SEMBILAN BEAT COLONY WITH ONE GOAL SEREMBAN Mli VTEGRI SEMBILAN beat Singapore i x hockey match here today on padang. I Negri dictated play and would have won by a wider j margin had their forwards i taken advantage of the I numerous chances which came their way. Noordin,
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    Seletar in 14-3 win v. Aussies
    56 14 Seletar in 14-3 win v. Aussies RAF S rugby pointi i penalty i I forward pitch re match. Selrtar o an unco Tollett and R wards t time lea unconvi On resumpt ed a pel a detoi :i notched when down. PAF KMS i rugger mate B and si:; Try
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    16 14 SCOTLAND XV v THE REST The foU sent Scot! match ,iWatson. G' Wilson. head. Canipb. Scott
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    17 14 SOUTH I shot be. i V second replay I here today Readme li Dec. 1"
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    13 14 RAF a I Lloyd Cup racing for I Stletar wei third.
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    90 14 SYDNEY. Mon. PEORGE Barnes, Australia. VI retained the Empire welterweight boxing t: r le tonight by outpointine Attu Clottey of the Gold Coast over 15 rounds. The referee's decision was booed for several minutes by a large section of the crowd
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