The Straits Times, 27 December 1955

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    18 1 AVEWACE DAIly fFBTTFIEP SUt Eyftttf H,ooft The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1955 15 CENTS
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    MALAYAN REDS WARNED
    771 1 Rahman: We will resist any bid to make us a sateUite of Communist China Cheng-lock: Terrorists cannot win Before the talks —plain words iimtfMMtlll MIIMhIIMMIK} parties for Malayan indepen- i dence. And top Alliance leaders have emphasised that the people of Malaya will resist the Communists and
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    MCP MAKES ITS DEMAND TOO
    390 1 'Grant it or negotiations fail' By Our Political Correspondent "THE Malayan Communist Party yesterday warned x tho Chief Ministers of the Federation and Singapore that the talks with Chin Peng will fail unless the Communists are allowed to work together with all political parties in
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    ITS JUST A REHASH' -MARSHALL
    64 1 ITS JUST A REHASH' -MARSHALL SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. David .'Marshall, yesterday described the M.C.P. manifesto as "a rehash of the platforms of the various political parties." The Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, was shown the manifesto while he was attending the UMNO general assembly. His only comment was:
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    Bourne, flies in, gets a briefing
    146 1 Bourne, flies in, gets a briefing KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. rE Director of Operations. Lt -Gen Sir Geoffrey Bourne, returned here from his talks in London today and received a briefing on final arrangements for the meeting between the Federation's Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, and the Communist leader, Chin Peng.
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    DOMINION STATUS: ABDUL RAHMAN IS COOL
    129 1 KUALA LI'MPIR, Mon. THE Alliance Government could not agree to a proposal by Mr. Marshall that the Federation and Singapore should make a joint request for dominion status, Teng-ku Abdul Rahman told the UMNO General Assembly here today. The Alliance bad a mandate to
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    TENGKU AGAINST SINGLE NATIONALITY
    260 1 He says: The plan will end Malays* special status KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Federation's Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, told the UMNO general assembly here today that he had no intention' of creating a single nationality for all the people who owe undivided loyalty to this
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    36 1 THEIR LAST XMAS WITH DADDY Mr. F. A. A. Beck with his fiancee. Miss Winnie Chung Swee Voon, and his children Gabriel, Aundry and Diana at his house in Ipoh on Christmas Day. Straits Times picture.
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    Lock icon Decision on Astyanax mystery
    150 1 Decision on Astyanax mystery BIRKENHEAIX Mon. A MINISTRY of Transport inquiry here has endorsed the finding of the captain of the Blue Funnel liner Astyanax that a woman passenger and the Chief Engineer who disappeared during a voyage to the Far East East were missing, presumed drowned. The inquiry was
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    Lock icon Joe Louis weds
    29 1 NEW YORK, Mon. Joe Louis, the ex-heavyweight boxing champion, was married yesterday for the third time. His bride was Miss Rose Morgan a cosmetics manufacturer. Reuter.
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    'We're very happy \ Beck children tell mother —so they get more time
    519 1  - 'We're very happy', Beck children tell mother so they get more time LEE FOO SAN By IPOH, Monday. THE Beck children were splashing Joyously in the swimming pool specially built for them when I went to see how they spent their last Christmas with their father yesterday On Christmas Eve.
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    'COPTER LANDS ON PADANC
    29 1 'COPTER LANDS ON PADANG KUALA LI'MPIR. Mon. A Royal Air Force Sycamore helicopter landed on (he padang here this afternoon because of heavy weather over the Kuala Lumpur airport.
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    Lock icon His revenge cost £10
    48 1 LONDON, Mon. A motor cyclist, Henry Overall, fined £3 for speeding, jauntily hooked his foot under the arresting officer's chair as he left court on Saturday and dumped the policeman on the courtroom floor. He was fined another £10 for assaulting an officer. U.P.
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    Lock icon Personal touch
    38 1 DUESSELDORF, M^n. Gen. Sir Richard Gale, commander of the British Army of the Rhine, made a Christ- j mas day tour of army units I yesterday to wish his men on duty a happy Christmas. Reuter.
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    Lock icon The top stars
    33 1 NEW YORK. Mon. Ernest Borgnine ami Jennifer Jones were named thp outstanding actor and actre.v. of 1955 by a nationwide poll of. American film critics, it was announced today. A.P.
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    Boy (17) killed in gang clash
    188 1 Boy (17) killed in gang clash CHRISTMAS CROWD LOOKED ON A 17- YEAR-OLD schoolboy, Teo Liang Hee, was found stabbed to death after police broke up a sang fight outside an open air cinema in Ganges Avenue, Singapore, on Christmas night. Two other teenage boys were injured, one critically. Teo
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    Lock icon 24 die in Xmas terror wave
    165 1 24 die in Xmas terror wave ALGIERS, Mon. ALGERIAN rebels kill- ed 13 people over the Christmas weekend, according to reports reaching here today. Eleven rebels were shot down in clashes with security A European forest warden, his wife and child were killed when a band Ol 30 terambuabed them
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    808 HOPE HURT IN XMAS ACT
    90 1 808 HOPE HURT IN XMAS ACT LONDON. Mon. pOMEDIAN Bob Hope tU \j taiten to hospital today with neck, face and hand injuries suffered in a Christmas fall from a strong-woman's shoulder. Hope was Town in lrnm Reykjavik. Iceland, by a U.S. Air Force plane today and entered a hospital
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    10,000 WILL LIVE HERE
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    IT'S THE FACTS THEY SEEK
    203 2 World Brotherhood in Spore? A SINGAPORE branch of an international organisation which aims to overcome biased public opinion and social tension may be set up next year. Non-racial, non-political and with no religious ties, the World Brotherhood whose I members include General Eisenhower, Dr. Konrad
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    To homes for j aged —$170,000 I
    85 2 To homes for aged —$170,000 I JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. i The Social Welfare Lotteries Board has allotted $171. 424 to Johore for building homes for the aged. Most of these homes are being built in new villages. Local councils in the new villages have also collected funds for the homes.
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    $7.5 million 'suburb9 at Kallang
    150 2 $7.5 million 'suburb 9 at Kallang r\ thousand people will live in a $7,500,000 "suburb" which the SinC a p or c Improvement Trust plans to build at the former Kallang Airport site next year. The new town will stand on 40 acres of land on the Tanjong Katong side
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    155 in holiday accidents
    32 2 Forty-one people were injured, one fatally, in 76 road accidents in Singapore on Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve there were 79 accidents, with 39 people injured, none seriously.
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    POLICE CAN'T TRACE GIRL
    367 2 POLICE CAN'T TRACE GIRL SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, wrote to the Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode. on Saturday that he could not understand why the police are unable to trace a 14-year-old Indian girl, Easwari, who has been missing from her home since Oct. 13. The
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    Man on opium charge
    37 2 Tan Char Mo was tentatively charged In a Singapore emergency court yesterday with having 21b. of raw opium in Angus Street on Saturday. Bail was allowed. The case was adjourned to Jan. 3.
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    Youth Council delegates
    39 2 SEGAMAT, Mon. Messrs. Pee Kang Hai, Ahmad Ujan. Chen Chin Seng and Loh Van Lee will represent j Segamat district at the Johore State Youth Council meeting to be held at Batuj Pahat on Jan. 27.
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    PAWNSHOPS IN TROUBLE
    65 2 MALACCA, Mon. The proprietors of three pawnshops here were fined a total of $85 by the Malacca Magistrate. Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, for failing to expose in their shops copies of the j rates of interest they charged on articles pawned. The three pawnbrokers were Ghee Hin. Tai
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    Art exhibition
    36 2 Singapore's Minister for j Communications and Works. I Mr. Francis Thomas, will open an exhibition of works by Inche Suri bin Mohyani at the British Council Hall on j Friday at 5.30 p.m. I
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    Hopes of New Year buses dimmed
    218 2 Hopes of New Year buses dimmed STC UNION HOLDS UP ITS DECISION rpHE chances of get- ting Singapore Traction Company buses back on the road by the New Year faded yesterday. This resulted when the strike committee of the S.T.C. Employees' Union failed to decide whether or not it would
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    Open verdict on well death man
    49 2 MALACCA. Mon. The Malacca Conner. Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, returned an open verdict on Ong Kang. 48. whose body was found in a well near here on Nov. 14. The Coroner was told that a few days before his death Ong had behaved strangely.
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    Driver faces charge
    69 2 JOHORE BAJIRU, Mon. Wong Kai of Singapore, was charged in the Sessions Court. Klua'.ig, with having caused the deaths of Lim Kirn Chuan and Wong i Sin on Dec. 19 by driving his car negligently anr" colliding with a motor lorr,, on the Ayer Hitam-Rengam Road. He
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    Police ask for witnesses
    49 2 Five year old Koh Ah Ming was killed instantly in a collision with a lorry near his Weld Road home in Singapore on Christmas Day. Eye-witnesses are askea to contact Inspector H. M. Mahpuz. of the Traffic Police, at Sepoy Lines (Tel. 2400 cxl.. 381).
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    $7,000 goes up in smoke
    70 2 $7,000 goes up in smoke A Singapore Mr. On^ ii than $7,000 building mati his Btore at Beach Road in a fire l.r Eve. An attap house the store u.i to the ground cupicci bj watchman. 60. The whole plae fernn when tl gade arrived. At Jalan Teck X' i
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    Pots and pans at the palace
    38 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Cooking utensils in the Istana Besar have been replaced at a cost of 59.000. Some of the pots and pans had been in use for more than 50 years.
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    Inoculations
    25 2 SEGAMAT. Mon More than 115,000 fowls were inoculated by the Johore Veterinary Department in Segamat district during the first 11 months of this year.
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    Married in Singapore
    38 2 MR. PATRICK ENG SOON CHAN helps his bride Miss Patricia Alice Wee. to cut the cake after their wedding at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. Queen Street Singapore, yesterday.— Straits Times picture
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    STAYED ON FOR DINNER
    68 2 Nearly 400 troops and 80 Service families from Britain disembarked "rom the Empire Clyde yesterday when the troopship came alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves. The Empire Clyde arrived in the Colony on Christmas night, but Immigration officials who went aboard were asked to return yesterday
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    Students earn in their spare time
    119 2 KUALA I.UMPUR, Mon. -I Malayans studying In Aus- 1 tralia are making money In their .spare time, according to the Kuala Lumpur Municipal council's Chief Health Inspector, Mr. Chan Hong Chong. Mr. Chan, who returned i last week from a four months' study tour
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    GETTING IN THE SPIRIT..
    108 2 Understanding magistrate gives warning RAKING into account the "festive season," a Singapore Magistrate, Mr. S. K. Lee, yesterday let off two men who were found drunk during the weekend. Pritam Singh, who was found lying in the middle of a road on Christmas Eve, ex- plained:
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    'IMPOSSIBLE' AIR STRIP BUILT
    236 2 Remotest jungle fort is now linked to outside world C*ORT CHABAI in Kelantan, one of the remotest and most inaccessible forts in the Federation, is now linked to the outside world by air. On one side of the fort there is a sheer drop into a
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    Lock icon A white Xmas? Not this year
    168 3 A white Xmas? Not this year Let us carry the^pirit of Christmas through 1956... and let the Co/mnonwealth_example point the way to world peace' LONDON, Mon. Bri- i w oke to a Christmornine of clear sides and bright shine, with no sign 0 much as a flake mow reported from
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    For the asking...
    37 3 BERLIN. Mon.— Nearly 850 who wrote to the ■;>e radio In Berlin. bavins their favourite granted as Christmas ntg this year, including with civic chiefs, rides can and sightseeing to factories and film :<'Uter.
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    TO MAMIE—A MEDAL
    65 3 TO MAMIE— A MEDAL SHINGTON, Mon —I -nhower's Christ- to his wife. Mamie, gold medallion inFor never failing .nee 1916— in calm and dark days and ght. The gold piece was signed by the President himself in the form of five stars in a Circle *-ith holy wreaths. On the
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    Lock icon Fountain lights—and a nations goodwill
    36 3 Fountain lights— and a nations goodwill THE 58-FT. Christmas tree prevrntcd by the people of Norway, is reflected in the fountains at Trafalgar Square. London, after beine lit up by the Mayor of Oslo.— A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon In Antarctic—a victory
    45 3 In Antarctic a victory LONDON. Mon. Three British climbers have conquered one of the teilest mountains in the Antarctic, the Colonial Office said yesterday. The men. Arthur Shewry, James Rennie and William Hindson. scaled the 9.060.ft Mount Francis, which has never been climbed before. UP.
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    Lock icon Charles hits the right note
    109 3 Charles hits the right note SANDRINGHAM, Mon. PINCESS Anne has a cold and remained indoors at th" Royal estate here yesterday. And Prince Charles joined j the Royal Family circle to sing Christmas carols with i members of a local club on I Christmas Eve. Thirty men and women of
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    Lock icon The Queen to her people
    371 3 LONDON, Mon. 'J'HE Queen yesterday called on the worjd to carry the spirit of Christmas through 1956 and to live in peace "for the benefit of all." In her traditional Christmas, broadcast, she said the British Commonwealth had already shown that peoples of many nations
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    Lock icon ...110—and still hoping
    52 3 ...110— and still hoping ST. JOHN'S Newfoundland. Mon. A man claiming to be the oldest in the Commonw ealth celebrated Christmas with gusto in an old folks' home here. j Thomas Sugg, 110, said on I Saturday he was hoping Santa Claus would bring him a pipe for his daily
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    Lock icon A thiefs gift
    33 3 A thief s gift PARIS. Mon— A burglar stole money and jewels worth £400 $3.500 1 from Prince Aly Khan's Riviera villa on Christmas Eve while the Prince was celebrating with friends. Reuter.
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    Lock icon PRAYERS AS TIME BOMB TICKS
    184 3 Atom protest in Paris church PARIS, Monday. POLICE found a time bomb in the crypt of the world famous Sacred Heart Church here yesterday while hundreds of people were praying directly above. It wa S set to explode at q^ j^^ Police bomb disposal experts
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    RED BERLIN...the old, old story
    63 3 RED BERLIN.. .the old, old story BERLIN, Mon. An East] Berlin policeman had to shoot his way free of an en- raged mob, who attacked him j on a subway train which he searched for East Berliners I out to do their Christmas shopping with Western currency. The incident occurred
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    Lock icon The world tunes in to outer space and the ocean bed
    201 3 The world tunes in to outer space and the ocean bed LONDON. Mon.— The crash of worlds in collision millions of light years away in outer spare introduced the 8.':.( s Christmas Day round-the-world broadcast. The proeramme described the efforts of Commonwealth scientists to apply their knowledge to the service
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    Lock icon Paris at its gayest and churches in Peking are packed
    216 3 Paris at its gayest and churches in Peking are packed PARIS, Monday. T>ANDS of tired revellers trooped home as dawn 13 broke after celebrating— with turkey and champagne—the gayest Christmas Paris has known since t.hp war. The festivities, which in I France traditionally take place on Christmas Eve, continued in
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    Lock icon Killed by kindness
    68 3 WHITTIER, Californ a, Mon.— Max Gendreaux, 65, dressed as Santa Claus complete with pack on back, slipped out of his house on Christmas Eve to distribute gifts to children in the neighbourhood. His first call wai; on the Howard Jones fami.y When Jones answered the knock, hp
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    Lock icon With love—one poisoned cake
    45 3 With love one poisoned cake TOKYO. Mon. Yutaka Yamashita, 22, sent hts boss a Christmas present a fluffy, chocolate cake. The boss, his wife and i-heir two sons were recovering in a hospital yesterday. The cake contained rat poison. Yamashita Is now in prison.— A.P.
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    PLUM JOB?—SOLDIERS DISAGREE
    360 4 PLUM JOB?— SOLDIERS DISAGREE Life In Malay Regiment Isn't as rosy as all that Story of Inducements' misses the truth KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. J£RITISH soldiers seconded to the Malay Regiment were surprised today when shown a report from the London Daily Express which paints their life in the East as
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    After Christening
    35 4 MR. AND MRS. PERCY PROCTOR with their son, Garry, who was christened at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore, on Saturday. Mr. John Ward, of the Chief Secretary's office is Garry's godfather. Straits Times picture.
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    Bandit boss, wife and baby give up
    90 4 Bandit boss, wife and baby give up KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A STATE committee member of the Pahang terrorist organisation, Abu s in). ih bin Miikin. better known as Zulkifli. and his wife. Peah binte Malap Abas, surrendered under the amnesty on Saturday. They brought with them their three-month old baby
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    Awards for 5 students
    111 4 PENANG, Mon.— Five Chinese Middle School graduates here have been awarded I Hong Kong Junior Cham- ber of Commerce scholarships I to colleges in Hong Kong. They are: Lim Chin Yeanjr, 22, of Chung Ling (education or economics i Lim Yew Guan. 21. of Chung Ling
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    Dance stars for contest
    50 4 The three winners of the 1955 Singapore International Amateur (Mixed) Dance Championship will represent the Colony In an inter-state competition in Singapore next month. They are Mr. Jerry Morton and Miss Margie Low, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Smith, Mr. Odzaer Al-Johary and Miss Susana Chan.
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    Bank expert
    36 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon A Bank of England expert is coming to help Malaya set up a central bank to issue and control currency. Tengku Abdul Rahman announced at the UMNO General Assembly here today.
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    Boys killed by shock
    43 4 IPOH. Mon. Two schoolboys were electrocuted at the Sing Tong Fah Mining Kongsi, Guntong, on Christmas Eve. Leow See Keong, 13. and Chan Kirn Foi. 10. were trying to cut electric wires. Their bodies were found by a worker.
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    No quarters—so 100 get new jobs
    169 4 No quarters so 100 get new jobs RAILMEN SHUNTED TO PENANG PORT PENANG, Monday. A BOUT 100 members of the Prai Port Department, A Malayan Railway, have been told by the Railway authorities that they have been seconded to the new Penang Port Commission. Tne men. who had earlier signed
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    Eurasian party
    20 4 The Eurasian Association Youth Movement gave a party for 1.200 children at tie Victoria Memorial Hall in Singapore.
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    Retirement
    22 4 SEGAMAT, Mon. Mr. B. R. William, 61, is retiring from the Dunlop Rubber Co.. j next month after 43 years' service.
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    The shadow at dawn
    37 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— A Home Guard sentry at the 30th mile, Pontain-Johore Bahru road, fired at a figure trying to crawl through the Home Guard post gate early yesterday morning. The figure vanished.
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    Going on leave
    22 4 SEGAMAT. Mon.— Mr. Bernard Pouncefort, Area Information Officer at Segamat. is leaving Malaya next month for leave in Britai-i.
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    'URGENT NEED FOR MALAY TEXT BOOKS': MINISTER
    113 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. rpHE Federation's Mlnls- ter for Education. Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein, said here yesterday that there was a great need in the Federation for more text books written In Malay. Dato Abdul Razak, who was opening the annual meeting of
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    New street lights j for Penang
    71 4 New street lights for Penang PENANG, Mon. Penang will be a brighter town in the new year after the municipality completes a programme to improve lighting in main streets. Fluorescent street lighting in the Esplanade. Light Street and King Edward Place is being extended to Penang Road, the principal shopping
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    Photo honour for Malayan
    59 4 KLANG. Mon. Mr. Ch'ng Seni: Poll, a Selangor photographer, who last month becan-" a Fellow of the Royal Sorit ty of Arts, has received another award. He has been appointed an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. Some of Mr. Ch'ng s work
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    Three stabbed in brawl
    52 4 Three men were stabbed In a brawl in a house in Rosyth Road, off Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore, on Christmas Day. One of the injured, Mohamed Noor bin Noordin, 20, was admitted to hospital. The others. John Thomas, 39, and Nee Raship, 37, were treated
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    Had opium: Fine
    36 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. —I Chew Sin. an attendant at Kota Tinggi Hospital. was fined $1,000 or six months' jail in the Sessions Court here today for importing lib. of opium on Nov. 21.
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    A record year for Colony P. W. D.
    372 4 A record year for Colony P. W. D. AND 1956 MAY BE EVEN BETTER SINGAPORE P.W.D has had a successful year despite strikes and other problems. And Its director. Mr i thinks it ma y d better in 1956. Projects carried out by th» department in 1955 wer* v Per
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    Tea party for Commissioner
    41 4 KUALA UTMFXnt The Indian coir.:: Selangor will give B at 5 p.m. on Wed: the Hotel Majestic farewell to t> resistant Conn India in Malaya, M havan Nair. The party will ti*o come his successor, Mi Desai.
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    Fish students to Indonesia
    24 4 KUALA LUMPUK M The Federal Agriculture I students lo I"- year to rtudj lnc They will b iterators when U
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    New bridge
    16 4 SEGAMAT. Mon. —A concrete bridge U I structed over the E river next year.
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    Bumper holiday crowd in Penan
    81 4 PENANG, Mon.— Although there were no special attractions, apart from racing und the annual trade fair, Penang had one of its biggest postwar holiday crowds this Christinas. There was such a rush of visitors from neighbouring states and towns that cars had to queue up
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    PIRATES STRIKE OFF PENANG
    135 5 PIRATES STRIKE OFF PENANG PENANG, Mon. i) [CB have informed I i Indonesian Conhere of two which took tout 20 miles off Kendl, south of Island. last < are believed Indonesians, Eurasian. They nesl&n, Malay, md English. armed carbines and Qrsi intercepted kangl carrying 1 lubber bound to Sumatra, i
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    WAGES: CAU FOR REALISM
    103 5 WAGES: CALL FOR 'REALISM' WPENANCi, Mon ORKERS here wili hold a mass rally on the Esplanade at 530 P.m. tomorrow to demand a 'new and realMtte M wage structure Providing for a minimum basic living waee •I II a day. They will also call on the Government to underteka a
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    New coast road—ready by July
    348 5 New coast road— ready by July #9.5 MIL. EXPRESS WAY PLAN FORGES AHEAD ENGINEERS MASTER THE HITCHES J)tSPITE the monsoon rains and other hitches toiTSS S WeU Up to st> h«dule on Singapore's t-h million coastal road project. PubS Un wrfr C |i S Of r, men are cn caged
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    A BIG DAY FOR PAUL ANTHON\
    31 5 A BIG DAY FOR PAUL ANTHON FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT and Mrs. J.A.R. Hodson of R.A.F., Selotar with their son, Paul Anthony, who was christened at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday.— Straits Times picture.
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    Reward for tip-offs on private taxis
    206 5 PROPOSAL BEFORE CITY COUNCIL 4 TIP-OFF about Singapore "pirate" taxi operators will bring a reward of 25 per cent of the fine imposed on conviction if the City Council approves a recommendation by one of its committees. The Vehicles and Traffic Committee has proposed
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    Sailor stole, court told
    57 5 Patrick Joseph Canty. 19, of H.M.S. Concord, pleaded not guilty at a Singapore emergency court yesterday to stealing a motor cycle. Canty was alleged to have taken the machine, belonging to Mr. E. C. Charles, from a car park off North Bridge Road. Bail was allowed.
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    TOP RANK THEATRE NOW
    69 5 SINGAPORE'S Victoria Theatre will rank as one of the best in the world and equal to any in South-East Asia after renovations are completed, according to Mr. W. Irving Watson, the City Architect. The seating capacity of the hall is being increased from 400 to 850,
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    STRAIGHT TALK, PLEASE
    258 5 STRAIGHT TALK, PLEASE •Tell all' plea to Marshall T<HE Progressive Party I l and the Democratic Party will call on the Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, to give a "clear and precise" statement of the outcome of his mission to London. "Reports on th c Chief Minister's mission to
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    Bfe Steal* Bms Singapore, Tues. Dec. 27, 1955.
    1193 6 Bfe Steal* Bms Singapore, Tues. Dec. 27, 1955. Red Strategy Exposed Malayan Communist Party statements on the talks with i the Chief Ministers of the Federation and Singapore are very plain warning against vacillation at the coming meeting on the jungle's fringe. The Chief Ministers may indeed have to make
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    WELFARE OF THE LEPERS
    175 6 I AGREE with Dr. B. D. Molesworth. the Medical Superintendent of the Sungei Bu'oh Leper Settlement, who said that there was a poor response from local people "to help to form an aid society" with a view to Improving the social well-being of the lepers. Most
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    IT HAPPENED iJ\ 195.7
    137 6 A quiz to test your memory of the year's big ne*, 'J'HE year that is now ending was a year of dramatic advance for the people of Malaya. Malayans are becoming more conscious of their growing importance in the Free World and they know that day-to-day
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    MALAYAN EVENTS
    397 6 1. In January, an Asian Premier visited Malaya. Who? 1. 2. A deaf and blind foreign author and social worker 2. visited Malaya. Who? 3. Who is Mr. Opposition in the Federal Legislative 3 Council? 4 4. Who is the Speaker in (a) the Singapore Legislative Assembly? and
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    Fear of the penghulu sways the voters
    534 6 ANAK SINGAPURA" wrote an excellent letter which is of course 100 per cent, facts. From the point of view of an ordinary Malay •ordinary" means a man who has no professional qualification I should also like to say something about our Alliance Government.
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    WORLD EVENTS
    307 6 The leaders of the Big Fcur Powers met. Where? In June, the Queen visited a foreign country. country? Princess Margaret made a tour in the Commonweal Where? A French Prime Minister remained in office of the year. Who? A Russian Prime Minister resigned in favour i shal Bulganin.
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    No change, says Tenfiku
    440 7 THE AIM STILL IS SELF-RULE AND THEN INDEPENDENCE THE 5 POINTS RAHMAN WILL TAKE UP IN LONDON Xl ALA II M PIR Mon.— The Federation Chief Minister. ii Abdul Rahman, said yesterday that the Alliance was in a very strong position to demand independence straight away
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    Police kill 'charmed life' terrorist
    115 7 TAR, Mon. A Marorlst was killed yesby a police patrol in irea of Kuala district, north I man's two Chinese lons flrd without hot. :cc patrol saw the on the jungle They opened fire Malay, SuIth the first went underground death is re- warded as
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    27 7 A LITTLE Singapore boy. J onathan James, aged two. Razes in wide-eyed wonder at his Christmas tree. Straits Times oicturc.
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    Terrorists shoot an estate headman
    121 7 SPECIAL HURT IN RESGAM DISTRICT KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. have murdered a civilian and wound--1 eda Special Constable in Johore. The civilian was 46-year-old i Lim Yam, a headman at Wah i Hup Estate in the Kulai area. I Terrorists shot him dead on I Saturday.
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    American view of Asia
    56 7 Mr. John C. Caldwell, American lecturer and author, will arrive in Singapore on Jan. 2 during a tour of Asia. He will give a talk on "An American view of Asia" to members and guests of the East-West Society at the British Council hall, Stamford Road,
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    No pay—so it was a dull Xmasfor4oo
    67 7 No pay— so it was a dull Xmasfor4oo KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. MEMBERS of the Rawang police have had a dull Christmas. The men have complained that their Christmas pay, which was expected on Dec. 22. has not yet arrived. They say that they cannot understand the delay because all Government
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    Baby found
    26 7 The body of a newly-born baby girl was found wrapped in a piece of cloth in a backlane of! Palmer Road. Singapore, yesterday afternoon.
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    TENSION GROWS IN 'PEACE' VILLAGE
    403 7 TENSION GROWS IN 'PEACE' VILLAGE White flag on hill was not a truce one BALING. Mon. EXCITEMENT rose in this Central Kedah town today as preparations were completed for Chin Peng's meeting with the Federation and Singapore Chief Ministers, expected to De held here within the next few days. More
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    Buddhist women to celebrate
    67 7 The women's section of the Singapore Buddhist Association will commenm orate the missionary anniversary of B h 1 k k v n 1 Sanghamitta, daughter of an Indian Buddhist kins, who became the first woman Buddhist missionary to Ceylon. The celebrations, with special pooja < prayer)
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    Review of 1955 for Rotary
    55 7 j Sir Sydney Calne, vice- chancellor of the University lof Malaya, and Mr. G. G. I Thomson, Public Relations Officer, will speak at tomorI row's Singapore Rotary Club luncheon meeting at the Cathay Hotel. Sir Sydney will talk on "Worid Events 1955" and Mr. Thomson
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    To Singapore—71 Christmas babies
    94 7 To Singapore 71 Christmas babies rjiwiNS were among the 7". i babies— 43 girls and 28 boys— born at the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital in Singapore on Christmas Day. The twins, both boys, were j born to Mr. and Mrs. Quck Chok Wee of 129, Beach Road. The first was
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    MARSHALL'S AIM —EQUAL STATUS
    227 7 For Singapore and Federation T<HE Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marsha-]. said yesterday that the Colony was not seeking union with the Federation 'out of weakness." "I would like to stress the fact that we are not trying to join the Federation as a Dominion because
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    INo 'quit' order '
    29 7 INo 'quit' order KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Kuala Lumpur Municipality has agreed to reconsider a decision by its public works committee to order stall-holders in Coronation Park to leave.
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    9 ft. tiger shot in lallang
    77 7 9 ft. tiger shot in lallang IPOH. Mon 4 TIGER weighing 300 t\ k.Uis was shot by a hunt, ing party at Layang Layang. near Parlt. yesterday. rh e party of 10 found the tiger in the lallang and surrounded it. 3ne of the hunters shot It in the back
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    Xmas treat for 76 children
    43 7 Members of the Telok Ayer Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore, yesterday handrd aut oranges, sweets and gifts for the 76 boys and siirl.s at the Salvation Army children's home in Pasir Panjang. The children entertained the visitors with carols.
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      67 7 High tides TODAY: Singapore 8.21 am. (8ft. 91n i 9.20 p m. <8ft. one lni; Port Dlcfcson 4 41 am i9ft. one In.) 5.03 p.m. (7ft 6in .< Penanc 11.12 urn (fift. 3in.i 11.30 pm 1 7ft 81n>. TOMORROW: Slnsapore i 17 a.m. '9ft 4in.i 11.10 p m. (8ft On.);
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    I encounter the 'papple* and waste my money
    518 8 I encounter the 'papple* and waste my money MONDAY I SEE an ordinarylooking fruit on a stall and ask the vendor what it is. He tells me it is a pear, but as it is circular in shape, I have my doubts. I buy the object, which costs me 30
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    157 8 ■2M&WI years' grafting work, the grower has in my opinion, been wasting his time. TUESDAY '•WHAT do you want lor Christmas?" asks Tom. '•You'd better hurry up and decide." I tell him I want some Toledo pink shoes and he says he doesn't know what Toledo pink looks like so
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    SEA TRAVEL WITH A YOUNG BABY
    769 8  -  I NURSE BRIDGET DOME mothers dread the thought of travelling with children while others, having prepared for an enjoyable journey, can look forward to it with pleasure. If you are travelling with a small baby make sure that you take sufficient dried milk to
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    Which is your type?
    142 8 Which is your type? THURSDAY'S QUIZ WHAT kind of person are you? A famous psychiatrist tells you today, according to whether you blamed the HUSBAND, CARLO or ANTONIO in the story (this page Thursday) of Maria's death in a ban-dit-haunted wood. If you blamed HUSBAND: You are reliable, stable, and
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    Wvrv you right?
    312 8 BELOW are the answers to the quiz on Page Six: MALAYAN EVENTS (1) Pandit Nehru. (2) Helen Keller, (3> Hajl Ahmad Tuan Hussin (Pan Malayan Islamic Party), (4) (a) Mr. O. E. N. Oehlers < bi Raja Sir Uda. .5) SulUn of Johore, (6) Mr. Malcolm Mac
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    Boxing Day salvoes ended) d' Annunzio's rule in Fiume I
    635 9 iiimiiiiiiimiHiiirflj |:vr-\"* i \":v:-::: *:viiuuj« i :j«i|i::i||inxf^ uii.i,.......,5»^» #v JBLj:ijL I*! lilzr >•• > r fal* W v«, v: itam nn •unit n»i A BALDING, wild-eyed little man sat at J\ a Renaissance table in the shell-torn ,»mmandant's palace of
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    Poet-'king' defied fire nations
    412 9 M*oet- m king 9 d<>fi*><l five nations I joined by 287 army offV?rs and men who had des>- ?d from PitU.. ;a's army. In Fiur. the streets seethed with excited mobs and parades of armed LegionaruM. At mUlnight on September 11, the British occupation authorities received an urgent warning that
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    Lock icon Given thirty days
    207 9 Girvn thirty days In November, 1920, the new Italian Premier, Giolitti. concluded the Treaty of Rapallo with Yugoslavia, under which Fiume was to be an independent Free Port. Giolitti gave D'Annunzlo 30 days to withdraw his forces from the city; otherwise Flume would be attacked without mercy. D'Annunzio replied by
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      227 9 MH^Li Ooi Kok Hen Wk tf^^B- JjHfef Alor Star I I G. Ramachandran tZTJrfx I amp hi alT^TKjj 18.., Sk Every day is a Sunny Day in the lives of these little ones, B^V aHfe tor they are simply bursting with nm I health and good spirits. Ss*< Just to
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      80 9 Rex Morfjmt. M.tP. Unreasonable OB LAVTON/ Vaj I POCTOR.' HOW ABE VOL) )PB WMDEESON CNTIL STAPF MEN? J MkINRH. RkCTS, Of MJ3EBSON j Dick Tracy Testimonial ■i^^I^HHIHI^H rWHAT A TESTI MON I ALTO^H IJ/hE'S HEADED FP POLICE ~W K AKNTT-lING VOJ SAY BABY- VTVOZONE PELLETS: WWAT Jl\ NOW. BUTTESE OMLV
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    RAIN SLASHES NOVEMBER RUBBER CROP BY 5 PER CENT
    431 10 RAIN SLASHES NOVEMBER RUBBER CROP BY 5 PER CENT By Our Market Correspondent HUE to the November rainy season, particularly in South Johore, rubber production in the Federation of Malaya fell by five per cent last month compared with October; actual production was 51,917 tons. Despite the drop, however, in
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    PRODUCE Prick
    75 10 T rrn.F pepper or. tl nr»e Produce r > i flve days of ti view of the c:: Fridays [,r, as follows:- Sarawak $140 black $99. o buyers. January Other bttai Oambier (round Java cube SGn cube $7o sellers $11 "4 sellers- Sar Siak $1 1 1 flour
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    Estate gets an offer
    124 10 THE Board of Hidden Streams Rubber Syndicate whose Sl7 acre ••state Is in Prrak. h.-ive received from the Bank of Europe, of Manchester, an offrr for the whole of the company's shares of 4s. 7Jd. per 2s. share, subject to 70 per cent, acceptance or such
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    194 10 COMPANIES operating in Malaya announced the following dividends last week: THE METAL BOX CO. OF MALAYA LTD: An interim dividend of 5 per cent less 30 per cent income tax, for year ending: March 31, payable on January 16, to all shareholders on reSister January 3. Books close
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    Mitsui expands
    47 10 The Japanese Mitsui shipping line will join the Pacific-European Freight Conference for shipping between the West Coast of the United States and Europe on February 1 next, the line's agents announced in Tokyo. Mit-sui will not Join the Far Eastern Freight Conference, tht agents said.
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    REMBAU JELEI
    31 10 The directors of the Rrmbiu Jelei Rubber Ltd. have declared an interim dividend of 7'j per cent less t,°x for the year ending December 31. payable on January 24.
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    BATU KAW.w
    32 10 Shareholders i Rubber mnd Coconut I have been talon pletlon_ on Dei I of the comp.m. estate, in Pro\n approximately 165.1 The esute oomprl acres of V/bleb is under rocm
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      169 10 We wish our customers, friends and relatives A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR P. T. Pelajar.m Nasional Indonesia, (PELN I) I RoMnson Road, Singapore. 1. SINGAPORE CITY COUNCIL IMPORTANT NOTICE From Bih JaotMiy, 1956. all telephonic calls for the Singapore Fire Brigade H»ariqu;irters should be made to ZBll (3 lines) J. ANGUS
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      681 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS COMMUNICATION ASSISTANTS in the Department of Civil Aviation. Federation of Malaya. Applications are Invited from Federal Citizens. Qualifications: Age 18-26; must have passed either (a) the School Certificate Examination or <b) Standard VIII in an English School. Preference will be given to applicants who possess and adequate knowledge
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      805 10 NOTICES NOTICE THE UNDERSIGNED hns resigned as Manager from United Contractors Ltd. T. T. SUNG. THE MALACCA MALAY BAZAAR CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, LIMITED MALACCA Tenders «ill be received at the office of the Malacca Malay Bazaar Co-operative Society, Ltd.. c o No. 47 Mill Road, Malacca (Top Floor) up to 4.30
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      585 10 |9flß9fiS9§£ ffljHUinnHiinniiiw^ KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/U.S PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Singapore P. Swer. Penan? Frcmjntlc I Anna Bakke sailed 7 |an 9 |an 10 |.in I Ogeka Bakke 10 |an 9 Feb 1 1 Fcb 12 Fcb I Elisabeth Bakke 4 Fcb 5 Mar
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      1041 11 EAST ASIATIC UNE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA I Far Adon, Port Said, Genoa. Antwerp, Ron.,dam, Hamburg, Copenhagen Gothenburg ft Oaks S pore P S'hom Penora "FAUTRIA" Gdns: 25/24 2S/2S Dec 29/ M Dec Soils 27th 1100 "MIOMIA" 10 D«/ 1 Jon "KAMBODIA" 12/14 Jon IS/IS Jon 14/14 Jon *> Calls London
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    Housewives may get
    302 12 cheaper, leaner pork IIORE local meat at cheaper prices is forecast for houswives in Singapore, following satisfactory results of experiments conducted byi the Colony's Veterinary Department in crossbreeding local pigs with animals imported from j Australia. The Chief Veterinary Officer. Mr. R. A. Wright, i said the
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    VAST U.K. STEEL OUTPUT
    197 12 VAST U.K. STEEL OUTPUT CAPITAL investment on a vast scale and developi ment generally have so increwed the efficiency of Britain's steel industry that out- put per man-year has risen by about 40 per cent since the j I war and by nearly 30 per cent 1 1 since 1948.
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    N. Zealand sends Malaya newsprint
    255 12 N. Zealand sends Malaya newsprint THE successful launching of a newsprint scheme by a New Zealand company recently is destined to play an important part in the present world position of newsprint supply. The success of the scheme has been described by the Prime Minister, Mr. S. G. Holland, as
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    New Zealand trade official due soon
    150 12 A TRADE Commissioner will be appointed soon by the New Zealand Government to deal with inquiries affecting trade between the Dominion and South-East Asia. The Commissioner is expectpd to arrive in Singapore early next year to take up his duties. He will be attached
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    British truck is answer to roughest conditions
    183 12 PRODUCTION of an entirely new 7-ton diesel trurk. designed to cope with "the toughest working conditions to be found anywhere,' 1 has been announc- i ed in Great Britain. It is bein K made by the British Motor Corporation and will be marketed
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    1956 COTTON
    177 12 Cotton production prospects! in countries of the free world excluding the United States may not be so favourable as earlier in the season the in- I ternational cotton advisory committee said in its December review. The committee representing 32 producing and consumer countries said production had increased by
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    GIFT FOR RETIRING FRENCH EXCUTIVE
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    MALAYS RUSH FOR WORK
    218 12 MALAYS RUSH FOR WORK i PROPRIETORS ol the Eastern Amusement Park in Geylang Serai. Singapore, report a rush of applications for jobs and stall space after their recent permission to operate from the authorities. Many of these applications have come from Malays living near the area. A spokesman of the
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    Firestone's big profit
    96 12 Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. has announced its profit for 1955 wa.s U5555,376,916. j the first time any rubber company's annual profit has exceeded 50 million dollars. The fiscal year ended on October 31. During the year that saw 1 the price of natural rubber I rise
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    Colony traders invited to Japanese fair
    192 12 SINGAPORE business firms and merchants have been invited to take part in the 1956 Japan International Trade Fair at Osaka, where construction of the main exhibition building, which is shown in an ar- tist's Impression above, is now nearing completion. The fair committee has
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    BRITISH CAR FIRM PLANS EXPANSION Tyre record
    365 12 BRITISH CAR FIRM PLANS EXPANSION Tyre record Vauxhall Motors spends £36 million FIRST stage of the £36 million expansion scheme 1 of Vauxhall Motors. Ltd., Luton, Bedfordshin England, designed to double their output ol and commercial vehicles, has now been com!: A mechanical excavator took a final bite out of
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      155 13 SERRAVALLOS TONIC Wsti -§-t»r-l Sir **sr ass* FREE of CHARGE ONE MINIATURE TO one bottle purcNisid trom NOW rill llth February, 1956. SERRAVALLOS TONIC I tit-til SttiMttnal tmifts tnr I H'rfghntlff. What helps afteT"~""*N TOO MUCH GOOD FOOD j SPEEDY > What brings relief that s^ FAST and G£KTl£?y •I
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      379 13 |l^^«A^A^L^^gJj[^i^ym^^^j^^Jy^^J SITVATIONS VACANT i '•'•r*. L» (Ml* )—Box it *v. .xtrm Company Experienced Chlnose Uidy Canvasser for Wellkno*- Chinese dialects all d Malty Letters to Box A 7584. S.T. "VIL ENGINEERING CON- i TRACTORS Require several Oen- r,H Por emen 'European, of long and undoubted experience in Oeneral Civil Engineering
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      396 13 TUITION 2t Word. U (Mi*.j—Box M ct.. txtrm OX CC SCHOOL January s 6.30-9.30 pjn.. Typewrlt- Ing. Book-Keeplng. Short-hand- Beginners/speed Commercial Correspondance. English all standards, at 350. Outran) Road I POSTAL TUITION Book- Keeping. Accounts Business Cor- 1 resjiondence Special coaching lor I LCC Exams. Success guaranteed. Apply Principal. FECI.
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      860 13 WANTEU It Word. U (Ml*.} S* rtt. txtrm. WANTED BOOKKEEPER Typist Excellent opportunity, train executive poet. Only energetic ambitious men need apply. State qualifications, salary. Tampln Sawmill. Tamplii. I OK HIRE >* t» ord. V (Mi*.)— Bo* tt <■»«. o*tm. REFRIOXRATORB of various sixes from 110 monthly. Alrcondltloners also avaJable.
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      327 13 Straits Times Crossword JTT3 i p Tl f»~j ij J i\ ji^n r io ACROSS 10. Swlveller's employer's me«gre 1. Topographical state of aflalrs bequest? <5. Bi. (3. 3. 2 S. *>. 13 Excel In outdoor shorts (5). I 8 Unite antomm and synonym 15. Artist born a queen (si.
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    SOCCER QUAD TO INDIA
    21 14 DACCA Mon. India won the Asian quadrangular soccer tourna- ment when they beat Pakistan I 4-1 here.
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    ; AMBASSADOR WORKS WITH OLD DASH AT PENANG
    186 14 AMBASSADOR WORKS WITH OLD DASH AT PENANG PENANG Mon. rIGHT-YEAR-OLD Ambassador. Ci who Is making a come-back as a racehorse after sweeping everything before him In Gymkhana meetings worked attractively on the training track at Penang this 1 morning. Ridden by Max Cracknell. this 1 old .stacer matched strides with
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    Four 'golds' to Spore men
    423 14 Colony weightlitters are champions at triangular meet 1 JOTTINGS Geyer gets first Cup win on Mazooka By EPSOM JEEP QHELLET GEYER. who is rich mi; remarkably j well in his first season on the Malayan turf, scored his first Cup win on Mazooka in the
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    FEDERATION TAKE TWO EVENTS FOR SECOND PLACE
    472 14 FEDERATION TAKE TWO EVENTS FOR SECOND PLACE gINGAPORE won the t Federation of Malaj international triangular tion which concluded Saturday. Singapore took the r four gold medals for a tot were runners-up with 16 medals. Indonesia manag< The outstanding competitor was Singapore's lightweight champion and Asian Games representative, Tan Howe
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    53 14 iron HOCKEY: League. Div. 1: Cheng 1 Wah v Sturrock Club, upper padang. SINGAPORE HOCKEY: Friendly: S.C.C. v i Khalsa. padang. cam championship from yd and Indonesia at the r wcightlifting rompetiat the New World on nain honours by winning ;al of 24 points. Federation points, winning two gold ed
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    Malayans in 73-run cricket win
    250 14 Malayans in 73-run cricket win By a Special Correspondent HONG KONG. Mon. MALAYA scored a convincing 73-run cricket win over Honß Kong in the Indians' Inter-port match here yesterday. Malaya's victory was due to the bowline of skipper Gorbex Singh, who had figures of 7.3-3-19-7. Malayans battled first nnd were
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    Aussies win rugby 'test'
    68 14 PENANG. Mon. \USTRALJA maintained their winning streak In the Penang 1 rugger "Tests" when they bent The Rest by 14 points (goal, two tries I and pemltyi to eight (goal and, I penalty) in Western Road eround during tht week end. Fielding three all-Malaya player* 1
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    LATEST POSITIONS IN U.K. SOCCER
    1052 14 FIRST DIVISION SECOND DIVISION P W D L FAPU Man. United 23 12 6 5 46 33 30 Burnley 22 10 7 5 33 24 27 Blackpool 22 11 5 646 35 27 Charlton 23 11 4 8 51 44 26 Sutherland 21 11 4
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    Weak Spore take 3-0 beating from speedy Aryan XI
    379 14 Weak Spore take 3-0 beating from speedy Aryan XI 4 HATTRICK by centre-forward Govindaraj en- abled Aryan Gymkhana to beat Singapore 3-0 on Christmas Day at Jalan Besar stadium. It was the most convincing win of their Colony tour. j The visitors showed tremendous improvement on their display on Saturday
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    S. AUSTRALIA 261 FOR TWO
    64 14 ADELAIDE. Mon.— South Australia made a good start to their Sheffield Snield match with Queensland when they scored 261 for two wickets before the close of the first day's play. MELBOURNE. Mon.—Wicketkeeper Len Maddniks scored 100 out of Victoria's first Innings total of 277 acainst
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    PENANG WEIGHTS FOR TOMORROW
    532 14 VV'LIGHTS for all races tomnrrnw. second day of thr Prnsnc Turf Club Xmas New Year in ■•rii'u. are: Cl. S. Div. 2-6 F Rhasim 9.00 Full Moon 8.13 Counsel IV 8.11 I him i>. 8.10 M.niil.i 8.10 liiilclil.lr 8.09 Kosalinri 8.08 Flying (lose 8.08 The Whistler
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    Iharos told 'Don't run'
    102 14 SYDNEY. Mon. CANDOR IHAROS. world record holder who came to Australia wltji two other Hungarian athlete*. has been ordered by a doctor not to run again for three months I In reporting this the Sydney I Morning Herald wild the doctor had warned Iharos, who pulled
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    MANCHESTER /jy THREE-POINT SOCCER LEAD
    474 14 MANCHESTER /jy THREE-POINT SOCCER LEAD LONDON hit ANCHESTER Unitcd's youthful team to honours at the start of a gruelling sccccr programme when they visited vvich Albion and won handsomely on Sat i. stride towards the league championship and they are now three points clear at the top of the First
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    Results of UK soccer matches
    231 14 Results of UK soccer matches DIVISION (>M Birmingham n, Rlarkpool i, PnrtMtmuii. 1. \xt,.n Villa 0. ii,, inn I Chclsr.i lon 1, Hurnlrv 1: 11,, Sundrrland II; Manrh Wolvr* i; Newcastle Tottenham. Int.., Bromwirh I. Manchester I DIVISION U\<> Rarnslev lulln,, burn 2. Leicester 1. Notts C. 3; Bum Donraster
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    New Zealand race v time
    56 14 cricket tourists galne* nings lead over the l Control Board Pre.M. when they declared in reply to the home I Dedans. home team then set t!. of scorinc 199 for time was against ti.. John Reid (51) (30i hit freely In a i of 68
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    KEY GAME WAS 4 MINSHORT
    143 14 KEY GAME WAS 4 MIN SHORT SCOTLAND S outstanding match i was undoubtedly the Hiber-nian-Celtic clash at Edinburgh where Celtic's 3-2 win improved their lead in the table. But It was thought that the final whistle WM blown with four minutes still remaining and most of tlie 40.000 spectators left
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