The Straits Times, 15 December 1955

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1955 15 CENTS
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    THE SULTAN SAYS IT AGAIN
    817 1  -  PATRICIA MORGAN If the British go Malaya will fall —Everyone must know that' IMJOKT TO 'GAG' MOTION I have had universal support' 3y SULTAN OF JOIIORK yesterday defied 1 thi State Council's attempt to gag him and ,1 his warning abort the dangers of ousting
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    Tengku to name Merdeka day: July 27, 1959?
    219 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, is expected to name the date for independence for the Federation when the general assembly of the United Malays National Organisation convenes here on Dec. 25 and 26. A resolution proposed by the
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    Reward is increased
    60 1 Singapore police investigating the murder of a nine-year-old girl, Lim Swee Oek, on Hot. 8. yesterday offered a new reward <>f Sioooo for information which lead to the arrest of liter. Information may be given verbally or by letter to any police officer or to P.O. Box
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    Lock icon Air attack
    14 1 TAIPEH. Wed. Nationalist Chinese liuhter-bombein destroyed ttve Red Chinese gunboats yesterday. A.P.
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    Lock icon Ten drown on safety trip
    43 1 TAIPEH. Wed. Ten women were drowned yesterday when a ferryboat capsized in Sanwei Harbour, southern Formosa. The vessel wa.s carrying more than 50 people to a ritual in which offering! are made to gods to grant safety. -A.P.
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    SADISTIC RED IS KILLED
    139 1 SADISTIC RED IS KILLED KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. HEAP THONG, 30, one of the Federation's most sadistic terrorists, and his pretty mistress. Ng Soo Lin. ,23, have been killed by a police special squad ii* the Kuala Kubu district of North Selangor. The police surprised them as they emerged from a
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    Malayans were there too
    62 1 LONDON. Wed- -Two law students from Malaya were 1 among the 34 representatives iof the 350 student residents in the three hostels in London for Colonial students presented to the Queen and i the Duke of Edinburgh at the Hans Crescent Hostel yesterday. The occasion was
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    NOW THE BEES...
    111 1 15 sent to hospital after Spore stinging spree BEES took over from Singapore's feared hornets yesterday and caused havoc in a village off Holland Road. The bees swarmed through the village after their hive, on a rambutan tree was accidentally disturbed and stung 15 people. Two a
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    The man in a cyclonic whirl
    791 1 The man in a cyclonic whirl THAT'S MARSHALL IN LONDON From LESLIE HOFFMAN LONDON, Wed. THEY called him "the man in a hurry" before he arrived, but Singapore's Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, is much more than that. He's a man in a cyclonic whirl of his own creation and
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    Lock icon Cyprus Reds banned
    315 1 Cyprus Reds banned 30 leaders held NICOSIA, Wed.—British authorities today banned the Cyprus Communist Party in a sudden move to smash j its growing influence in i the "Union with Greece"' campaign on the island. Mr. Ezekias Papaionnou, party secretary-general and a former Soho (London; waiter, was arrested together i
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    Lock icon 15-nation talks
    33 1 PARIS. Wed— Statesmen of the 15-nation Atlantic Alliance open a three-day meeting here tomorrow with a re. assessment of East-West relations after the failure of the Geneva Big Four conference. Reuter.
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    'POLICE ABUSING POWERS'-COUNCILLOR
    207 1 'POLICE ABUSING POWERS'- COUNCILLOR AJOHORE State Councillor. Mr Chua Song Lim, yesterdajy charged the police with abusing their Emergency powers. He was speaking on the adjournment of the State Council. Mr Chua spoke of an incidi ent which he suggested did i rot help the Government to win the confidence
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    Lock icon Govt. resigns
    28 1 AMMAN, Wed.— The Jordan Cabinet offered its resigns- tlon today after a crisis over i Britain's proposal that Jordan should join the Bagdad defence pact. Reuter.
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    GADJAI WILL TATTOO HIS TRIUMPH
    420 1 GADJAI WILL TATTOO HIS TRIUMPH A brave Iban tracker gets his man and now KUALA LIMPI'R, Wednesday. pADJAI, a wiry Iban tracker with the Ist Bn.. Royal Hampshire Regiment, is to add another tattoo to the tribal marks that decorate his body. Using primitive instruments and dyes, the Sarawak tribesman
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    Riddle of nude corpse
    138 1 Riddle of nude corpse Pretty girl dead in pond OUTTERWORTH, Wed. Police here are investigating the mystery death of a pretty 20--year old woman whose nude body way found this morning in a pond at Permatanp Mak Mundin. Mutterworth. The body had been b-mnd tip \in to which a large
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    MALACCA'S $4 MIL. PLAN
    62 1 MALACCA. Wed. Recommendations for the improvement of Malacca port and Its wharfs at a cost ol $4,000,000 were revealed in a report tabled at today s I Budget meeting of the Majlacca Settlement Council. Proposed Improvements to he harbour include additional whart aocommodatlon for coastal Veuela
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    STOP PRESS
    31 1 lITSKELL LEADING 1 LONDON, VVrd Pros < iatiiin. British inI i n.ii news afency, s.ud Umiffkl (lait.skrll struii£l> liclicvcij hcadini; poll lot racaat Labour Purly leadership. Krulfr. See face 3).
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    Lock icon Airmen mutiny against a commander
    252 2 ARMED POLICE CONTROL DEFIANT SERVICEMEN \—NEW CRISIS IN INDONESIA JAKARTA, Wednesday. AIR FORCE rebelled today against a new commander and caused a new crisis in Indonesia's armed forces on the eve of crucial elections. Some members of the air force refused to accept the appointment
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    PRESIDENT EISENHOWER TOLD: 'SLOW DOWN"
    68 2 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER TOLD: 'SLOW DOWN" PRESIDENT EISENHOWER is showing some signs of fatigue and will have to slow down his activities. .11 1 urtliiu to an announcement hy his doctors. This A. P. picture was taken on Dec. 9 as hi- left to walk in the snow after a cabinet
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    Lock icon Wife flies to see Dr. John – then more grilling
    148 2 Wife flies to see Dr. John then more grilling BONN, Wed PKAI LICIK JOHN, wife of Dr. Otto John, former U'est German counter-intellig-ence chief, flew from London to visit her husband in Bonn yesterday after his dramatic flight from East Germany. Trail John, who has lived in England since her
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    Lock icon Flying home
    29 2 BERLIN. Wed.— A delegation of th^> Supreme Soviet 1 it it East Berlin today by air for Moscow after an 18-day day tour of East Germany. Eeuter.
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    Lock icon NO OFFENCE, SAYS NIKITA
    82 2 LONDON. Wed.— Mr. Nikita Khrushchev said he was surprised that he offended anyone by remarks he made in India and Burma about Britain and the United States. Tass News Agency correspondents reported today from NewDelhi. Khrushchev then repeated many of his charges and declared it would
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    ACTRESS'S EXIT
    156 2 Dorothy Morrell to leave for Britain she may not come back (SINGAPORE will be losing one of its bestknown actresses when Dorothy Morrell leaves on Sunday tor her home i in England. Mrs. Morrei;. whose husband is Professor R. C. R. Morrei] of the English Department in the
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      Lock icon 'Nehru and Tito friends of Reds'—union chief
      79 2 'Nehru and Tito friends of Reds' union chief NEW YORK, Wednesday. \|R. GEORGE MEANY, head of the American iTI Federation of Labour, said here 'hat Mr. Nehru and President Tito of Yugoslavia were friends 01 Communism. "They are not neutral," he said. "They are aides and allies of Communism in
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      Lock icon LONDON:
      18 2 The Supreme aoviei nas accepted an invitation to send a parliamentary delegation to Britain next July. Reuter.
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      17 2 Britian's High Commissioner in India, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, held talks with British businessmen here yesterday. Reuter.
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      Lock icon LISBON:
      37 2 Dr. Eg as Moniz, who won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1949 for being the first man ever to cure a mental disorder by a surgical operation, died at his home here, aged 81. Reuter.
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      Lock icon CABLE FLASH LONDON:
      32 2 CABLE FLASH LONDON: Rear Admiral H. O. S. Choudri, Comman-der-in-Chief of the Pakistani Navy, has arrived from Karachi on a 10-day informal visit to renew contacts 1 with the British Admiralty. U.P.
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      35 2 Ministers of 14 European nations, including Britain and neutral Sweden, today issued an unanimous call for the creation of a united Europe, reunification of Germany and a common European policy towards the East. Reuter.
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      27 2 Singer leased on bail after a fourcar collision, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of drunken driving. He asked for a jury trial. A.P.
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      Lock icon COLOMBO
      30 2 Illicit immigration into Ceylon has risen substantially this year.. A total of 2.099 Illicit Immigrants were caught from Jan. 1 to Nov. 26. as against 1,642 In 1954.— UP.
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    REBELS FREE KIDNAPPED DOCTORS
    96 2 REBELS FREE KIDNAPPED DOCTORS NEW YORK. Wed. I i Burmese insurgents I have released two World 1 i Health Organisation i i doctors they abducted I i on Dec. 1. the W.H.O. 1 announced here last I is. -hi The doctors are N. I Postiglione, an Italian, I I and
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    AND HE LAYS A WREATH
    107 2 rpHE people of Singapore to- day paid tribute, through their Chief Minister, to the men and women of Britain who died in two world wars. Mr. David Marshall, accompanied by Mr. Lim Yew Hock, his Minister for Labour, and Incho Abdul Hamid bin j Jumat,
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    RUSSIA FIRES OFF 15 VETOES
    268 3 Qg being the devir behind China's wrecking of package deal Months of work. in U.N. to admit 18 nut ions fails m;\\ YORK, Wed. KSSIA and Nationalist China wrecked with Ugry and bitter vetoes yester-| scheme favoured j »y" the IV Assembly ini it IS
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    Lock icon RIOTER CAUGHT IN CYPRUSAND HE WEEPS
    57 3 A 13-YEAR-OLD schoolboy rioter breaks into tears after being arrested by a soldier of the Royal Norfolk K<--giment in Nicosia Troops used tc.ir gas and batons to break up demonstrations by pupils from two secondary schools. They arrested 19. The emergency regulations provide that
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    Lock icon OLDEST MAN?
    157 3 Here's one called Meganthropus palaeohyphenhavanicus JAKARTA. Wed. THE jaw of a prehistoric man. possibly older than the famous "Java Man." has been found in Central Java, according to Antara News Agency. The agency reported today that Dr. P. Marks, a geologlet at the Faculty of Technology, Bandoerg. found
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    Lock icon Comet arrives at Honolulu
    40 3 HONOLULU. Wed. The Comet 111, Britain's .lew prototype jet airliner flyi.ig homo fiotrt Australia, landed here a 4.46 p.m. yesterday. •be cw.et had taken about six hears and 40 minutes for the flight from Fiji.— Reuter
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    Lock icon British ship in collision
    49 3 THE HAGUE. Wed. The 6.f.12-ton British ship Victoria City sank after a collision near the Dutch island of Ameland today and all her crew were saved, according to raciio messages heard here. She had been in collision with the 7,144-ton Italian ship Valentina Bibolini. Reuter.
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    Lock icon IT'S JUST LIKE GOING OVER A WATERFALL
    166 3 IT'S JUST LIKE GOING OVER A WATERFALL With Campbell at 240 m.p.h. MIAMI, Florida, Wed. Mr. Donald CampIn I!. 35-year-old holder of the world water speed record, last night described how it feels to go 240 miles an hour in a boat. "It seems you're on the edge of a
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    Lock icon Summit talks on Far East
    204 3 FAREWELL PROPOSAL by BULGANIN NEW DELHI, Wednesday. VI ARSHAL NIKOLAI BULGANIN and Mr. Nikita Khrushchev ended their 15-day tour of India today by proposing a conference on Far East problems similar to the Geneva "summit' talks last July. I 1 The Russian leaders also declared
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    Lock icon Meeting called
    34 3 NEW YORK, Wed. Syria yesterday asked for a meeting of the U.N. Security Council to consider the attack on a Syrian army post on Sunday night by an Israeli raiding party.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Whisky for Prince Charles? Yes, it's true
    108 3 Whisky for Prince Charles? Yes, it's true LONDON, Wed. Don't be amazed at any rumours from Bucking harrt Palace about Prince Charles running around calling for "whisky" and Princess Anne looking for "sherry." The rumours are true. Seven-year-old Prince Charles happens to love Whisky and the five-year-old Princess's favourite is
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    Lock icon Russia may free him soon
    67 3 BONN, Wed. Otto Guensche, Hitler's personal adjutant, will return from a Soviet prison camp in one of the next groups of freed German prisoners, it was reported here yesterday. Professor Ernst Guenther Schenk, former inspectorgeneral in charge of the Nazi army's food supplies, who arrived
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    LONDON STOCKS
    272 3 LONDON. Wed. WITH sentiment influenced by Mr Butlers remarks on the cold and dollar position and with sterline going ahead, stock markets advanced generally today. Leading Industrials were back in favour and many useful gains were established. Rubbers closed quiet. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including
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    TIN
    23 3 LONDON. Dec. 14— Cash Buyers I £832- Sellers £833; Forward Buyers £817; Sellers £817';: Settlement £841. Turnover a.m. 140 tons. p.m. 100.'
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    RUBBER
    23 3 LONDON. Dec. 14— Spot 36% d., Jun.-Mar. 36',d.. Apr-June 34\d July-Sept 3'2'»d.. Dec. c.l.f. 36»»d., Jan. c.1.1. 36', d. Tone: Barely ■toady.
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    Lock icon Primate: I support H-bomb deterrent
    186 3 Primate: I support H-bomb deterrent LONDON, Wed. THE Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, said yesterday he supported any deterrent to Communism "even the Hbomb threat." But, he added: "The bomb j becomes useless when It is used— as useless as a volcano which wipes out life and does no
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    Lock icon Troops 'look like liftboys'
    38 3 BONN. Wed. West Germany's first soldiers are findi..^, off-duty hours a trial because passers-by keep surrounding them in the streets to inspect their uniforms. Some people say that the soldiers look like liftboys. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Labour votes for leader
    41 3 LONDON, Wed. Voting closed at noon today in the contest between Mr. Herbert Morrison, Mr. Hugh Gaitskell and Mr. Aneurin Bevan for the Labour Parly leadership. The result is not expected until tomorrow morning (Malayan time). Reuter.
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    Lock icon Siamese Premier in Rangoon
    36 3 RANGOON, Wed. The Siamese Prime Minister. Field Marshal Pibul Songgram, arrived here by air today on a five-day state visit to Burma. He was accompanied by his wife and 28 officials. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Paris meeting
    35 3 LONDON. Wed. Mr. j Harold Macmillan, the For- J eign Secretary, left here by air today for Paris to attend j thp three-day meeting of the Atlantic Pact's ministerial council, beginning tomorrow. Reuter.
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    Boatman is drowned
    38 4 A boatman. Tan Chwee Chuan. was found drowned in Telok Ayer Basin. Singapore. yesterday afternoon. Tan v.as reported to have fallen o;? his boat on Tuesday afternoon. His body was recovered after an all-night search.
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    Bandits fire on 'specials'
    43 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —I Terrorists attacked Special Constables on Batu Chapping Estate, in the Bahau district of Negri Sembilan, twice last night. They first fired at "specials" patrolling the perimeter wire. Later they fired at the Special Constabulary post.
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    Shopkeeper stabbed
    34 4 A shopkeeper. Kuek Tens I Lee, was stabbed in the face, chest and stomach in Omar Road last night. Kuek was sent to the Gene- rai Hospital. Police have arrested a man.
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    Convent grants
    35 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. The State Council today approved $59,000 to meet half the cost of building 10 classrooms and half the cost of furnishing four classrooms for the convents in Segamat and Muar.
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    Rude awakening
    26 4 A coffee shop proprietor in Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore, woke up yesterday morning to find cash and valuables worth $700 stolen from the shop.
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    Wanted: Visa to claim $750,000 gold prize
    231 4 Wanted: Visa to claim $750,000 gold prize COURT WAITS TO HEAR HONG KONG MAN'S STORY A LEGAL battle in Singapore for more than $750,000 worth of gold was postponed yesterday because its sole claimant, a seaman, could not attend court to tell his story. Mr. L. Rayner, for Mok Fatt,
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    RACE CYCLIST ACCUSED OF CAUSING HURT TO GIRL
    85 4 RACE CYCLIST ACCUSED OF CAUSING HURT TO GIRL SEREMBAN, Wed. A racing motor cyclist, R. Sivagnaiiuin, was allowed bail today after pleading not guilty to a charge of causing hurt to a telephone operator, Celine Hosey, at her home in Lobak on Monday night. He was alleged to have assaulted
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    Jumabhoy back —hits at Mr. M's critics
    75 4 Jumabhoy back hits at Mr. M's critics Mil: Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, returned to Singapore yesterday by Air India International He was with Mr. Marshall in India. Mr. Jumabhoy said at the airport: "I have read criticisms of Mr. Marshall's speeches in India and
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    Girl dies of wounds
    47 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The 14-year-old girl who was found badly wounded at Telemong new village near Bentong, Pahang. on Sunday, died in the General Hospital here last night. A Special Constable was found dead near the girl with bullet wounds in the head.
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    Shadows flee from gun fire
    58 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A Malay auxiliary policeman on duty at the Sri Medan Iron Mine in the Batu Pahat area of Johore fired on two figures outside the perimeter wire on Monday night. The figures fied. A special constable on an estate near Rengam fired
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    J.P. granted bail
    66 4 IN 'TRUST' CASE PENANG, Wed. A Justice of the Peace, Mohamed Yusoff poshni, carpet merchant, was ottered $10,000 bail this afternoon when he pleaded not guilty t o a charge of criminal breach of trust of $15,000. The money, it was alleged, had been entrusted to him
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    SULTAN BACKS THE TENGKU
    206 4 7/* talks fail, count on us' IPOH, Wednesday. THE Sultan of Perak today pledged the full support of his Government for any action the Federation Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, may take if talks with the Communist leaders fail. In a message to the State Council's
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    How to get fully elected council — by Hammett
    155 4 How to get fully elected council by Hammett MALACCA, Wed.— The Resident Commissioner, Mr. H. G. Hammett, told the Settlement Council budget meeting today that the next step to achieving a fully elected council quickly would depend upon "what we say and how we conduct our business in this council."
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    BOYS CYCLE 135 MILES— IN THE RAIN
    71 4 BOYS CYCLE 135 MILES— IN THE RAIN IPOH, Wert. Four Kuala Lumpur schoolboys who are on a cynle tour of north Malaya arrived in Ipoh last night after 14 hours on their machines. K. Bhuvanendran, N. Subramaniam, p. Rajadevan and K. Bachitar Singh left Kuala Lumpur at 6 a.m. yesterday
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    'This bogus trade unionism'
    277 4 IT'S THE MIDDLE ROAD BRAND AND IT FORCED BUSES OFF THE ROAD, OWNERS SAY SINGAPORE Chinese bus owners yesterday criticised Mr. Fong Swee Suan, secretary-general of the Bus Workers' Union, for his latest "slanderous" remarks against the ten bus companies. Mr. Fong had alleged that the
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    Flood help
    26 4 RAWANG. Wed The Rawang branch of the Malayan Indian Congress has formed a committee to raise funds for victims of recent floods in India.
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    He had the sole agency: It was dealing in stolen bicycles
    93 4 He had the sole agency: It was dealing in stolen bicycles BUTTERWORTH Wed.— Described by the police as "the sole distributing agent for stolen bicycles," a Butterworth labourer, Suppiah Ramasamy, was Jailed for one year today for disposing of three stolen machines Inspector Ahmad Mydin said that 14 similar charges
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    Mother Christmas in 'sleigh' boat
    174 4 IT won't be the usual benign old gentleman in red furlined robes who steps ashore at Changi, Singapore, or. Sunday to distribute Yuletlde gifts to crippled children. Mother Christmas, In bonnet and shawl, will come instead. She won't come down a chimney, either; the only
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    TRADERS ANGRY AT PROPOSAL TO TAX IMPORTED RICE
    272 5 Alliance Government plans new duty Kl'AL\ LUMPUR, 1V Wed.— The Alliance Government which last week raised the price of Malayan padi by two dollars a picul, is planning to impose •m import duty on rice, the Straits Times understands. Representatives o f
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    WIFE: HE ASKED IF EX-MISTRESS COULD BE AMAH
    190 5 PENANG, Wednesday. i A POLICE lieutenant's wife told the High Court here today her husband once suggested that a Malay woman whom he had kept should stay with mem as an aman. "I objected and the woman left after staying three days,"
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    Suit case mix-up in country bus
    159 5 BENTONG, Wed. A 19-YEAR-OLD student and a Malay Home Guard were sitting together yesterday in a i bus travelling from Bentong to Temerloh. Their suit cases were almost identical. So alike that when the Home Guard. Ariffln. 25. got oIT the bus at Jambu
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    Repeat plea to strikers
    70 5 Mr Peter S->ow, secretary of the 600-stronfe Singapore Telephone Board Employees' Union, yesterday again appealed to strik'ng field employees of the Board to return to work. Mr Scow said somo of the 327 strikers were already re- turning to work in small numbers. He did not
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    Ambassadors fly in
    43 5 Two British diplomats arrived in Singapore by air this morning to attend the Com-missioner-General's annual conference of British representatives in South-east Asiaj and neighbouring countries. They are Sir Esler Dening, British Ambassador in Tokyo, and Mr. R. P. Heppel, Brit-
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    Black praises the call-up boys
    203 5 'YOU ARE PREPARING FOR FUTURE' THE GOVERNOR, Sir Robert Black, told 480 Nation--1 al Servicemen and volunteers yesterday that they could be proud of the part they were playing in preparing Singapore for its future responsibilities. Sir Robert was speaking at a passing out parade
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    Type stolen
    26 5 PENANG, Wed. Warta Negara, a Penang Malay newspaper, has reported the loss of $435 worth of Jawi type from their press in Argyll Road.
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    Flood menace on East Coast.
    43 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Reports of flooded roads, dislocated ferry services and rising rivers poured in from many parts of the East Coast today. At Kuala Krai in Kelantan the river has risen 70 feet and is still rising.
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    NOW ITS 'NASI MERDEKA'
    62 5 ALOR STAR, vVed. North Kedah Alliance councillors and their supporters will hold a "victory feast" at the Great World Park here tomorrow afternoon when "Nasi Merdeka" will be served. The British Adviser, Mr. E. C. G Barratt, and the Mentrl Besar, Tengku Ismail, will be among
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    Greeting cables deadline
    44 5 If you want your "Happy Christmas' telegrams to reach their destinations by Dec. 25, send them not later than Dec. 20, warns Cable and Wireless. For 20 cents extra telegrams will be delivered on a decorative form with envelope to match.
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    Job training expert due
    39 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. An Australian expert on vocational training, Mr. E. T. Eltham is due here next Wednesday. He will advise the Government and private indusi trialists how to develop vocational training in the Federation,
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    Joint effort
    27 5 SEGAMAT. Tues.— Farmers of Cha'ah new village have formed a co-operative society to farm 300 acres of land given to them by .the I Government.
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    'Plausible rogue' jailed for 2 years
    247 5 'Plausible rogue' jailed for 2 years lOHORE BAHRU, Wed. J _i n the Sessions Court here today Mr. N. L. Cohen sentenced Thannimalai, an estate labourer whom he described as "a plausible rogue," to two years' Jail for cheating. The Jail term is to be followed by two years' police
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    $4,276 for youth fund
    63 5 The Singapore Youth Sports Centre Fund has received nine gifts totalling $4,276. The gifts came from Singapore Chamber of Commerce $2,000. United Investment Co. Ltd. Kuala Lumpur $500. Malayan Film Service Ltd. $500, National Assurance Co. Ltd. $500. Indian Bank Ltd. 500. G.P. Ghariwalla $101, Prudential
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    DEATHS
    98 6 fin (minimum) RODGERS, HENRY KNIGHT t id of Ruth, suddenly Singapore, on i Ufa December, 1955. Imi. age 52, liter of the late Mr. i Peo Cheng Hee pxssed he; residence Oxford Road, on 13-12-55. < vn for the Bida--1 430 p.m. on KO ENG POH. Hged 45, of
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    17 6 I.IM HOCK relatlTM mid friends ad attendance and :i the occasion ci their marriage on 10.12.55.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    20 6 CHEW TIMOTHY: In memory t \e<i Tim who died on •.ber 1952. "We shall i it beautiful shore."
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    510 6 >./, SI" I minimum) O\v PEDANT Every Day In the M la] Mill' if you want t thai 19,000 word puzzle. V Buy your Christi From Doris Oeddes I In the Adelphl and 1 j !ot<?ls. SWISS EMBHOIDED Cottons for 1956. Harrows Ltd., 7, Orchard Road, Amber Mansion*. Phone
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Fri. Dec. 15, 1955. Challenge In Johore
    625 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Fri. Dec. 15, 1955. Challenge In Johore Unofficials of the Johore State Council who "humbly submitted" that in future the Sultan should consult the Mentri Besar before making any address of a political nature have reopened an issue of literally paramount importance. Sovereignty in the Malay
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    The Citizenship Plan
    552 6 The Citizenship Plan Mr. Marshall went to London proclaiming that, as the "true voice of Singapore," he would tell the British people "the truth" about the situation in Singapore. It is regrettable that, speaking on one very important subject he should have departed from the truth. Asked in a BBC
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      WHY SERDANG GRADUATES DO NOT WORK ON THE LAND
      672 6 WHILST it is desirable to improve the standard 5 of the training at Serdang 5 (as you suggest in your leader) it is manifestly un- fair to the College to say that it was incapable of r producing graduates sulta- ble
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    Views of the "malicious few' do not matter
    451 6 A LTHOUGH many will ■l\ agree with the views expressed by "European Expatriate" I feel that British residents in Malaya should pause awhile before deciding to follow his example. No doubt we feel justly annoyed by some of the things said about
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    'Minute' advance
    256 6 WITH reference to your leader of last week, headed "Changes in Sarawak." i cannot accept without challenge the statement that. "The ordinary Sanuvakian for the first time has a voice in the composition of the Council Negri." The method of election, however obscured it may be under the
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    THE LAW DEFIED
    154 6 PROSTITUTION, one of the gruatest evils of the civilised world, is rampant in Singapore. In almost every major street in the more densely populated areas of Singapore there is at least one hotel which caters to this evil trade. To add insult to injury the bulk of
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    TOO MUCH CONTROL
    158 6 MUCH has been done to alleviate the traffic problem in this city, but sometimes things have been done to excess. Traffic along Upper Serangoon Road has been moving smoothly and rapidly until recently, but a cement bund has now been built along the centre of the road
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    WINDFALL ON THE WAY
    145 6 IN answer to a question at the budget meeting at Kuala Lumpur, "What happens to the money paid Into the Widows' and Orphans' Pension fund by bachelors when they retire from Government service?" Mr. c. J. Thomas, the Financial Secretary, is stated to have said. "Th«.y
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    Films Which offend
    89 6 MAY I remind Glenn Patterson that many American films are much more prone to cause "misunderstanding between two countries" when any Malayan sees them. The "Shanghai Story," played by Ruth Roman, was a sad example, showing how brutal the Chinese administrators are supposed to be. This sort
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    Corruption in toddy shops
    90 6 Corruption in toddy shops WITH the exposure ol the corruption in toddy shops, the statement that nothing can be done about that extra 50 per cent, charge on a pint of toddy by a Customs official is really shocking. Little wonder than that a clerk in the Customs had the
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    Work comes second
    112 6 Work comes second T HAVE paid mv sundry bills at the City Council office counter for many years. I find that the behaviour of the stafl behind the counter has deteriorated alarmingly. Here and there you will see workers, standing and sitting around in groups, laughing and chatting away, unmindful
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    feeder service proposal
    147 6 feeder service proposal THE Chinese Affairs Department has beer, criticised In the Federal Legislative Council. Several members urged that it should be closed. There is another service to which the criticism levelled at the Chinese Secretariat applies namely, the Malay Administrative Service, which was started as a pilot scheme for
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    Tin Scout jamboree
    112 6 Tin Scout jamboree II7ITH reference to the Pan-Pncilic Schools Jamboree In Australia, that there is a Singapore Contingent at all is due to the exertions of the Scouters of the Eleventh <A.C.S> Group, who foucht hard against official lethargy. The Scoutmaster in charge, Mr. Tan Soo Liat. is from the
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    Santa and Rose Chan
    71 6 Santa and Rose Chan IT will be a t,.icj Father speeding into t! zon with M;> is banned Iron may be a di ar but M; Chan edly a couragi and open girl. If we ban both gends— we are fester whatever come cultural be inconsistent for Inche Mohd. U.r.
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    Water Pipe wanted
    41 6 J APPEAL to ties concenii ii a public w.i stalled Immedl i Scharff Road, Si 27, as no waU i I exist there at thoimh the pla ly populated v. 1 class people WATER S( \i:< IH. Sembawanj.
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    Let's Have more grouse boxes
    32 6 Let's Have more grouse boxes TIHERE il grouse box i I District Hospll il disgruntled public to complaints a .-atisfactory It would i> such boxes ri at various ri Dartments. HAL Kulim
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    Do we need to have a British Adviser?
    436 7 TWO JOHORE STATE COUNCILLORS RAISE QUERY AND WHY A NEW CAR FOR HIM? rpHi: tutiire status of the British Adviser was ised in the Johore State Council yesterday w hen it debated the 1956 budget. 1 passed the Supply Bill to cover
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    MEETING WITH RED ENVOY
    62 7 Govt. men talk peace Mil i; this raised tcm M Kroli airtield. North frrak. sit bandit envoy Chen Tien, and two Federation Ciovernment representatives during Tuesday's meeting to discuss plans for top-level cease-fire talks. The talks between Tengku Abdul Rahman. Mr. David Marshall and Chin Peng
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    DEATH
    17 7 liCK HOE. 58. passed ly at General Hospi- December. Funeral at i r.cpry 5 p.m. today.
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    A slap tor Santa inside courtroom cost woman a $50 fine
    128 7 A slap tor Santa inside courtroom cost woman a $50 fine RAITB, Wed. After her case was dismissed in the Circuit Magistrate's court here yesterday a woman land owner. Esah binte i Haji Mohamed Ganggam, 50, walked up to thr defendant and slapped him. j A policeman intervened. The magistrate,
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    LIGHTS AGAIN—ALL THE WAY UP
    169 7 LIGHTS AGAIN— ALL THE WAY UP Housewives need not fear any more TT was "lights on" again last night on all the I common staircases in the Singapore Improvement I Trust flats in Ens Watt Street, Tiong Bahru. The staircase liehts which I me staircase ngms wiucn were out of
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    Ship brings 14 soldiers
    36 7 Fourteen soldiers f'om Britain disembarked in Singapore from the li>.ooo-ton troopship Empire Fowey yesterday. In transit to Hong Kong and Japan were 900 troops, who were given a few hours shore leave.
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    Two men with a winning ticket
    395 7 Two men with a winning ticket BOTH LAY CLAIM TO LOTTERY PRIZE KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Nine days after a man wrote to the Malayan Indian Congress claiming $20,898, the first prize in an M.I.C. lottery, a second claimant applied for the identical prize, the High Court here was told today.
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    POLY BOARD TO MEET
    67 7 The Board of Governors of the Singapore Polytechnic will meet next week to consider the report of their chairman, Mr. L. Cresson, who spent more than two months overseas studying polyI technics. The Board will also review the work carried out so far In connection with
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    BIKINI MAY BE RIGHT FOR THE BEACH BUT NOT FOR STREET
    297 7 BIKINI MA Y BE RIGHT FOR THE BEACH BUT NOT FOR STREET A magistrate's views on obscenity ILTHEN is a thing ob- scene? Whenever it is filthy and indecent, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. But the law in Singapore, as elsewhere, "has no hard and fast rule to follow,
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    Sun eclipse goes unnoticed
    184 7 NO BANGING OF TINS IN CHINATOWN A PARTIAL eclipse of the sun— sometimes viewed j with dread by superstitious Chinese went virtually unnoticed in Singapore yesterday. Chinatown, where the phenomenon Is generally heralded by the banging of gongs and tins, was no noisier than usual. Superstitious
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    High tides
    56 7 TODAY: BUgapon 10.59 a.m. (Oft. Tin.): Port Uit'ksnn 7.03 ;i.m. 18ft. 81n.) 7.17 i>.m. (Bft. lin.i; Penang 12.53 a.m. (7ft. 41n.) 1.35 p.m. (6ft. llin.i. TOMOKKOW: Singapore 12.27 A.m. (Bft. Tin.) 11.32 p.m. (9ft. 71n.) Port Dlctson 7.38 a.m. (Bft. 81n 7.50 p.m. tfiit. Ha.); Penang 1.24 a.m.
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    Ungku says it's untrue
    84 7 Ungku Abdullah bin Omar of Johore told the Straits Times last night that allegations made at Tuesday's meeting of the Johore State Council that he v. as an undischarged bankrupt at the time when he bought the launch Regulus from the Johcre Government and when he
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    New member
    35 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. The Johore State Council has elected Inche Sulieman bin Nainam Shah (Alliance) to be a member of the Committee of Privileges in place of Inche Sardon Jubir who has resigned.
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    House theft
    21 7 Jewellery and cash worth about $1,000 were stolen from a house in Poh Huat Road, Singapore, on Tuesday night.
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    ROSE COMES DOWN A TONE
    57 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Ph. in clothes poll -c mingled with the audience which watched strip-teaser Rose Chan here last night. Sne did what she had been asked to and kept on her bru'fs throughout her performance And today th e police wenhappy. "She has toned
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    24 CALL OFF STRIKE -BUT THEY LOSE JOBS
    95 8 24 CALL OFF STRIKE -BUT THEY LOSE JOBS THE 131-day-otd strike by 24 waiters iud waitresses at the Empress Restaurant in Victoria Street, Singapore, is over but they have lost their jobs. They agreed yesterday to call off the strike after accepting the management's offer of $190 each in dismissal
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    Stolen time
    20 8 Thieves broke Into a shop in Cecil Street, Singapore, on Tuesday night and stole 10 watches worth $183.
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    British deal on synthetic attacked
    341 8 British deal on synthetic attacked 70,000-TON PLAN 'AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF MALAYA' PENANG, Wednesday. 'I'lll Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today was asked to protest to the Colonial Office against the British Government's action in letting rubber manufacturers in Britain buy 70,000 tons of synthetic rubber from the United States.
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    Toddy men take case to Govt.
    129 8 Toddy men take case to Govt. PENANG, Wed. 'TODDY tappers, who have been on strike here since last Saturday, plan to submit grievances to the Settlement Government. Mr. P. C. Kannan, Penang group secretary of the North Malaya Toddy Tappers' Association, told the Straits Times today the tappers would write
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    TAN STAYS ON
    121 8 didn't quit because of party row, says union leader Xl I LUMPI'R. Wed.— The chairman of the Selangor division of the Malayan Labour Party. Mr. Tan Tuan Boon, has withdrawn his resignation Hi- quit last week but the executive committee refused to accept his resignation. Mr. Tan
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    WHEN THE DRIVER IS ANGRY, BEWARE
    211 8 WHEN THE DRIVER IS ANGRY, BEWARE THE chairman of the Singapore Safety First Council, Mr. A. E. Shepherd, yesterday warned the public to be on the look out for angry drivers who, he said, were the greatest menace to road safety in the Colony. Describing the angry driver. Mr. Shepherd
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    Civics course
    23 8 BUTTERWORTH, Wed Thirty Malay headmasters will attend a civics course in Butterworth and Bukit Mertajam districts from Dec. 19 to 24.
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    Mr. H. K. RODGERS DIES at 55
    260 8 Brilliant engineer and self-made man leaves wife and one daughter THE death occurred in Singapore yesterday of Mr. H. K. Rodgers, 55, one of Malaya's foremost business executives and engineers. Mr. Rodgers. who died in the General Hospital, had been managing director of
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      280 8 RADIANT COMPANY Take great pleasure in announcing our GRAND OPENING SALE as from 15th December to 31st December 1955 Latest Hongkong Shoes in Style and comfort for Gents, Ladies Children i Various designs and sizes available Prices very competitive. 1 Pay us a visit and it will convince you j
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      160 8 8.8.C. Jazz Club; 10.30—1100 RADIO MALAYA Music Past and Present,. ■r-rogrammr thus marked ran be I received by listeners In Malacca. ft :^'B 1 1 *4 -4 UJI f I Brail Short wave 49 62m. Medium j IftftBBfjBwBHBHBB wave 476 m., 343, 366 m. and 297ra. P.M. *100 Lunchtlme Concert;
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Only two men ever escaped from Alcatraz Prison
    1600 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Only two men ever escaped from Alcatraz Prison IHtl nnt likv disviplinv 40,000 HEIRS OF !|MRS.CARRETTj Prisoners revolted svithout success i lltrfi- ttmtfht j tn tlfiiih SAN FRANCISCO was blanketed in its densest fog for 20 years on the afternoon of Dec 15, 1937. It swirled
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      206 9 'MJf The bcit waterproof Hat, attractive and OBTAINABLE FROM ALL WATCH DEALERS IN SINGAPORE FEDERATION OF I AND BRITISH BORNEO. I Coming to Britain! over 200 new self-drive cars REDUCFD WINTER RATES FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS .oTifort, mora no rush or tear. ,i touring rates and s. Mips, routes t.ncrane*. FOR
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      229 9 ****vSc ■mm* i iHv,.. t^^tt I The first trainer aircraft designed and manufactured in India (HT-2) by HINDUSTAN AIRCRAFT LTD. (Bangalore) will be demonstrated with DISPLAY OF AEROBATICS by India's Ace Pilot. Sq. Ldr. B. K. Ghosh At Paya Lebar Airport (Singapore) on Friday. December 16 at 4.00 p.m. Public
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      173 9 Iff.v 3Morgan. ?s.##. Changing <>n!<>rs N^ y^O, HE DIDN'T ANP I CAN'T STAND iHB |HOW ABOUT GOING T NO, T HANKS.' I'VE &OT| KNOW UIM WELL ENOOSH LIKE IT--UNTIL t STUPIDITY/ —^ss 110I 10 P**' 6B ;T !i^A ft COUI>LEOC NEW TO TELL YOU THIS, LEA---^/ KfMAT'S WSONG, LEA ?T
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    518 10 The Malayan Share Broken A»sociatlon reported: Rubbers continued to appreciate in price on the local share market. Tins were generally slightly better but Industrials were quieter." Singapore and Federation broker* reported the following business done yesterciay: —Fraser and Neave ords. $1.70 $1.71; Gammon $2.50, $2.52l z; Goodwood Park
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    171 10 Singapore Chinese Produce I\ohanne: noon prices per plcui yes- I terrtav were: Copra: qulpt: December S27'» buyers. S27'- sellers; January $27 buyers $28 sellers. Coconut oil: ■Mad} quiet; bulk MO 1 sellers.! drum $43 1 -sellers Pepper: quiet; Muntok white $136. Sarawak $135 (bottl unchanged), special Sara-! wak
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    SHIPPING
    160 10 Ships lying alongside the -m^.i pore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: La Marseilles 12. Burma 45, Okhla C.P.. Ido- j meneus 67. Bencleuch 89. Flintshire 11. Deucalion 13 14. Kyotoku Mnru 15 16. Carpentaria 18. Hoegh Trader 19 20. Senggarang N. Wall 8, Sadao N Wall 9,
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    RUBBER PRICES
    155 10 December first grade rubber buyers f.n.li closed in Singapore yesterday at $1.27 t per lb. up a quarter of a cent on Tuesday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet. There was a moderate turnover on mixed and uncertain trading. Closing prices in rents per lb. were: No
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    RUBBER CROPS
    87 10 The following November rubber crop are announced: Amalgamated Malay, 66.300 lb: Borelli, 80,00 Connemara, 52.000 lb; New Serrndah, 60.500 lb; Raasetl 31,000 lb; Kuala Sidin, 105.623 lb; Bukit Keponc, 17.700 lb; Sungei Tukang 49.500 lb: Chermang, Lnnas. 61.800 lb: Nyalas 55.435 lb; and Tapah. 1 1.000 lb. The
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    New Kamimting Tin deal secures 635 more acres
    170 10 IZAMUNTING Tin Dredging Ltd., has entered into v an agreement with a rubber company in respect of a proved tin-bearing area of approximately 635 acres in Perak. Mr. Addinsell, chairman of the company, says this area will provide fresh ore reserves estimated
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    UNITED STATES BUYS 22 PER CENT MORE RUBBER THIS YEAR
    479 10 UNITED STATES BUYS 22 PER CENT MORE RUBBER THIS YEAR By Our Market Correspondent MALAYAN exports of rubber to the United States in the first eleven months of thi* year rose by 22.54 per cent to 167, 520 tons, compared with the corresponding period last year official statistics released yesterday
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    COCOA CAPITAL
    75 10 The issue of 16.000 shares of £10 each has been fully subscribed for the United Cocoa Development Co. Ltd. In accordance with the terms of the prospectus, the directors are therefore proceeding to allotment and letters of allotment will shortly be sent to applicants. The Company with an
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    EXPORTS DROP
    38 10 Exports of the four principal U.S. synthetic rubbers In October, according to the Commerce Departmenl, totalled 11.084 long tons valued at $6,996,000. Thl-. ngure was 588 torus below September exports of 11,670 tons valued at $7,552,000.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    28 10 SINGAPORE, DEC. 14. RUBBER: $1.27] per lb. (up a quarter of a cent). TIN: $409.12; per pirn I (up 25 cents). COPRA: $27.50 per picul (unchanged).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    81 10 Investmi in the afu morning II on the Stork mining tun J cularly l n both Amp'ri anaa higher. 00l quleUr bir steady. Loans 3 I/>ans :t Con ZbM Bank o( N B W Mount Lycll N. Broken Hill Hiii 50 Mount Morgan Peko Western Mining Ampol Expl*
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    EXCHANGE RATE
    22 10 On the free 1 Hong Kong dollar in tjii. and 5.87 for Sterling was I one tael of gold a'
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      623 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS A VACANCY EXISTS for a Medical Officer ln the division of bacteriology of the Institute lor Medical Research, ln the salary acala for Medical Officers Which is $730x34-934 982x34-1. 254 p.m. plus C.O.L.A. at current rates. Applications are Invited from Registered Medical Practitioners who are Federal Citizens. P'evloas
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      384 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited for the post of a temporary Stenographer ln Social Welfare Department Johore. Candidates must be able to write correctly ln shorthand from dictation and to transcribe the shorthand copy neatly and accurately. Applications on Form Oen. 147 must arrive Social Welfare Officer. Johore not later
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      421 10 NOTICES SOUTHERN MALAYAN TIN DREDGING LIMITED (Incorporated ln England) The Board of Dliectors has declared an Interim Dividend, for the year ending 30th June 1956, of 4d per share, less Income Tax at B '6 in the payable in London on 27th January 1956 to all Shareholders on the Register
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      779 10 TENDERS TENDER NOTICE TENDERS are Invited for The Operation of Catering Services at the Mariners' Club. Depot Road, Port Swettenham for the period Ist February. 1956 to 31t; December. 1957. Applications must be lodged by the 23rd December, 1955 with the Secretary, c/o P.O. Box No. 40. Port Swettenham, from
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      533 10 Best customer The United Kingdom in 1954 remained the largest market for Commonwealth products, taking rather more than Western Europe and appreciably more than the U.S.A. KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA U.S. PACIFIC PORTS —30 DAYS Sailim Arnvm, ian Francisco Singapor< Iwc fenang rremi"Anna Bakke sailed 7 |an 9
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    258 12 THIS article is foing to be about fashion. I promise you that! But In fciri we start the fashion talk, we're going to retire to puzile corner and hold a one-question quiz. I II E QUESTION: What do you imagine a velvet raincoat, a beach iintiit and a
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    390 12 Where they pay to cut your hair lI AIR'S a way to make money. Women are doing it all the time in Sicily, where a unique little industry is flourisihinft based on this abundant natural resource. j ion might see its products
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    RIGHT FOR THE SUN
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    Dress style alone does not make fashion
    409 12 FASHION Ls not one single word, nor is it one single thing, like a dress, a hat, a stole, a piece of jewellery. It is a word that takes in the whole appearance of a woman as a single ideal. Many things go
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    Weed thai cools the Mood
    389 12 uniiiiiiiiii PMsAXTER'S 11 1 twites... iiiiimiinii minimi mil If AVE been having quite a friendly H battle with one of the gardeners E as he still can't realise that "in dry E weather the hoe is as valuable as the E watering can." E Sprouting
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      335 12 27. Oet sunburnt in- a Moroccan j Straits Times Crossword 1 BOWM T"TSSSI?*'TS3SJ!i 3 <S-SSI kNS^j I \^J L-^J -pgrr— 1. Abels place In cricket? i 5 1^ H| 1^ 1^ 2. Tiisk for a slight unmerit*9 SSsi l 0 able man l6 I j f 1 3 Purcriase of
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      273 13 SITIATIONS WANTED 2t Word, $s (Mm Hox St el: extra. PART-'IIME SERVICES offered I Bk employee sclf-eorres-pundence. T>pmg. Book-Keeping etc Plo.ise .ipply Box A 7420. ST. ENERGETIC YOUNG SCIENCE tc with teaching experience ttHllna to work as Teacher, Chemist in Malaya, Borneo. Avail;<Ue immediately. Box A 7403, S.T. ACCOMMODATION VACANT
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      832 13 ACCOMMODATION VACANT 2t Word, IS (Min.)— Box SO cl: extra. WELL-FURNISHED four-room-ed flat. 16K Dunearn Road, available with furnlshlncs i $5,000 or nearest offer j to be bought. Phone *****. SHELFORD MANSIONS. OFF Adam/Dunearn Junction D Single Accommodations. Available 19lh December. Own H C Lonebath. MS. a'tached. Suitable Children Tel:
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      723 13 NOTICES SELANGOR TURF CLUB 1 AMATEUR KACE MEETING I SATI'RDAY, 17th DECEMBER 1955. The usual totallsator and sweep facilities will be provided. Cold Luncheon available at the racecourse between 12.30 and 2 30 p.m. Visiting members $5. Lady guest members $2 No badges will be available on race day. A.
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    A poor start for Techs in HK tour
    228 14 A poor start for Techs in HK tour From A Special Correspondent HONG KONG. Wed. TECHNICAL COLLEGE, of Kuala Lumpur, made an inauspicious start n their rugger and hockey tour ol Hong Kong today when they lost their opening rugger match to a Royal Air Force XV by 27 points
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    RMN boxers in close win
    167 14 ROYAL Malayan Navy beat Singapore Base District Malayan Other Ranks by one point In last nights novices boxing tournament at the Naval Base, scoring 17 pointi to the Army's l(i. RMN boxers won .-ix oi the eleven bouts on the programme. Results (RMN boxers mcntlmed
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    TECH WING IN HOCKEY FINAL
    40 14 Administrative Wnm bent Technir.il WlDl fi-2 in the semi-final of the RAF Seletar inter-Wing knockout hocke? competition yesterday. Inside-left Osm.in scored four poals m the first half. Moore and Whittle later adding to the total.
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    Poh Lim invited to play in American championships
    407 14 THE BIG TOURNAMENT CIRCUIT AGAIN FOR SINGAPORE'S BADMINTON CHAMPION SINGAPORE'S popular badminton champion, Thomas Cup player One Poh Lim, has been invited to play in the American Badminton Associatio n's open amateur championships next year. Poh Lim will be in Britain in
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    ALL AGREE-BUT NO ACTION YET
    228 14 ALL AGREE- BUT NO ACTION YET SEREMBAN. Wednesday. REPORTERS searched Seremban last night for a meeting of Malayan srhools sports officials that was to discuss the formation of a Pan-Malayan organising; body. But they could not find the venue. Today they discovered I why. Though sports omclaLs from five states
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    Date is set for Foong Seong final
    131 14 Date is set for Foong Seong final PENANG. rted. THE Badminton Association of M.ilaya has flxrd Jan. 7 and 8 next year for the Koonjt Seong Cup zone final between Penune and Johore. The B.A.M. had been asked by bolh the lin.ili*ts to arbitrate because they could not agree on
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    7 TRIES FOR NAVAL BASE
    128 14 Naval Base be.v RAF Seletar 2nd XV. the "Greyhounds." in a rugby friendly at Seletar yesterday hi 21 points i seven tries i to th"cc (try). The Greyhounds played with 14 men alter the first nve minutes when Jardine. their captain was injured. N.ivy. who
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    21 14 W.R.A.C. Tanglin beat W.R A.F. Seletar 1-0 in a hockey friendly at Seletar yesterday, scoring through Cpl Garner.
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    Increase in racers in past season
    280 14  - Increase in racers in past season EPSOM JEEP 1 JOTTINGS Xv IN SPITE of the ever- increasing cost of maintaining a horse in training and a decline in stake money, more horses were imported to Malaya during 1955 than in the previous year. A recent survey shows that a total
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    21 14 SC.C. women well deserved their 4-0 victory over Girl's Sports Club in a hockey match on the padang yesterday
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    Scrum-half McGee sets Club on victory path
    208 14 C C.C. "A" trounced R.A.S.C. by 24 points i three goals, two tries penalty i to five igoal> In a raider match on the padang yesterday. The Club combined well to pile up most of their points in the second half. Outstanding player
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    COLONY SWEEP INTER-SCHOOL SWIM IN PENANG
    449 14 COLONY SWEEP INTER-SCHOOL SWIM IN PENANG PENANG, Wednesday. CINGAPORE reaffirmed their superiority today when they beat Penang by 59 points to 28 in their inter-combined schools swimming competition at the Chinese Swimming Club, Tanjons Bungah. The visitors won all the team events. Gordon King and Derek IV (both of Singapore*
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    SRC retain title with 3-0 victory
    194 14 SRC retain title with 3-0 victory Cingapokk Recreation club "Reds", the league and knockout holders retained their S.H.A. first division title by beating Singapore Cricket Club 3-0 In their Baal lixtuie on tn e padang yesterda;, Recs who were unbeaten last season, nave won the league this year after dropping
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    PENANG RACES CUT TO 3 DAYS
    754 14 PENANG, Wed. I ENTRIES for the Penang Turf Club's Christmas New Year races are so poor that the committee today decided to cut down the meeting from four days to three. I Racing will now be held on 1 Dec 24, 28 and 31
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    CHANGI SCORE 31 v NEE SOON
    62 14 RAF Chaniu beat Nee Soon Garrison by 31 points itwo coals six tries and a penalty) to three i LX.-n.ilty> In v rugger fixture at Chanel yenterday. Plrki.' (2i. P;ukei (1) AdUM BUgtMi .NKKally Mid Heath scored tries lor Clihik>i Vbiia n m.ide two
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    Singapore schools hockey champs
    83 14 Singapore schools hockey champs BEREM] CINGAPf hockey between schools Singapon Sembilan. Selangor, beat Selan last mate! nament h ing. Singapor gained t)T points. nen-up The In. Spore Mai N. S. Star Mmn Slnga; team in Selangor monopoli They half-time SlnKa; ilrst-liali right Harba winger .1.1 cent re- f< Meng On
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    86 14 PERTH, Wed. Rain and a defiant tnnlnqs by opening batsman E. Saw\e for 109 not out his first century in Sheffield Shield cricket robbed New South Wales of an outright win aglnst Western Australia yesterday. New South Wales, the Shield holders, too' first innings points tor
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