The Straits Times, 20 December 1953

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  • 16 1 Irtqeit NettSalei' tn Men* THE SUNDAY TIMES No. 958. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1953. 15 CENTS
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  • 388 1 NO HEADS HAVE FALLEN, SAYS SPOKESMAN MYSTIFIED officials in Singapore were yesterday puzzling over the 'Phantom Axe of Phoenix Park." According to the London Daily Sketch, the axe recently swung and lopped off the heads and livelihood of a number of little men" at
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  • 101 1 TERRY MOORE, voluptuous Hollywood star, i% annoyed. Before leaving Hie film capit.il yesterday ro entertain C.l.s in Korea she was told to leave her white-fur Mlini behind. The Hollywood Co-ordinating Committee, which supplies Hollywood talent for the entertainment of C.l.s. told her that the narrow bra
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  • 71 1 ROME. Sat. THE ITALIAN Parliament yesterday gave final approval tr an amnesty that trill pet 25,000 lesser criminals and fhort term political prisoners free by Christmas or the New Year. About half Italy's prison population will be released and the amnesty will wipe out thousands of
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  • 31 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. Chtrese Nationalist sailors who are to man two old U.S Navy destroyers for Formosa flew yesterday from San Diego California, to Norfolk. Virginia, for training.- a.P
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  • 70 1 NEW YORK. Sat. A GRAND JURY yesterday indicted s. 20-year-old youth and his 23-year-old chum for the cyanide cock tail murder of the younger ho.v's wealthy parents last Aujr. 21. The Bronx County grand jury returned indictments of murder in the first degree against Hirlnw Fraden
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  • 109 1 MANAGER OF ESTATE SAW TERRORISTS KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. rE MANAGER OF Mawai Estate, in the Kota Tinggi area oi Johore. yesterday saw two Communist terrorists. He called out the area security unit who fought the bandits until they fled. There were no casualties. A sentry at New Scudal Estate, in
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  • 52 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Sat. rIE HAPPIEST, jolliest man you ever knew" leaped to hi.s death from the Golden Gate Bridge yesterday. Relatives and friends, stunned by the news, said there was no reason why Gustav PAguliar, 65. a prosperous Richmond automobile dealer, should have taken his own
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  • 22 1 LONDON. Sat. —The relaxation of tight Government control on credits to shipbuilders in Britain was announced in London yesterday —Reuter
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  • 312 1 NUKUALOFA. Tonga. Saturday QUEEN ELIZABETH and Queen Salote. who stole the •C hearts of millions when she ignored London's Coronat.on Day ram, met again at Nukualofa today in the rain. A light shower started as the two Queens sat together in an open car drawn up
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  • 37 1 LONDON. Sat. -Twenty-flve thousand chickens and turkeys destined* for British tables rm Christmas Day havr been slaughtew>d and buried seven days belore Christmas because Of the worst outbreak of fowl pest known. Reuter.
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  • 411 1 POLICE ROUT MOBILE GANG IN COLONY Crime figures are down AN ENTIRE gang of armed robbers operating in cars has been route: in Singapore, the Police Secretary, Mr. Peter Claque, told the Sun day Times yesterday. He said this was a result of "strong police action and successful investigations which
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  • 201 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat THE most successful joint operation since the start of the Emergency Ls developing in the Kuantan area of Pahang with the elimination so far of 31 Communist terrorists, including nine high ranking leaders. Thirteen terrorists have hern killed. 12 havr surrpndrrcr'
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  • 202 1 A 16-YEAR -OLD Malay orphan, Ahmad bin Haji Fadullah, strolled along Elizabeth Walk, Singapore, yesterday, on his way to Raffles Place to seek a job. Half way down the Walk. Ahmad took time off from his wanderings- he had been job hunting for
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  • 90 1 CAIRO. Sat. EGYPTIAN experts have discovered a pyramid 6.500 years old and are speeding up the task of digging it out of the hill in which it is entombed. The man who found this, the most ancient dressed stone building in the world, is Dr Zakaria
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  • 60 1 VERSAILLES. Sat— Premier Joseph Laniel remained top of the poll in the fifth ballot for the French presidency today but failed to secure the absolute majority necessary for victory A si*th ballot will be held. M. Laniel received 374 votes, i Socialist Marcel Naogolon 312
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  • 66 1 GEORGETOWN, Sat. Mrs. Janet Jagan, secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party tPPPi and nine others on trial for holding an illegal meeting were told by the magistrate. Mr. P M. Burch Smith, today not to use in future the threefingered party salute. During an adjournment American-born
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  • 182 1 STC men give an 'ultimatum' ABOUT l.noo bus conductors drivers and fitters of the Singapore Tractioi. Company decided after a three-and-a-half hour meeting last night to give the company ;i 14-day ultimatum in which to settle outstanding el aims. If their claims are not settled satisfactorily by then. say the
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  • 114 1 LONDON. Sat. WHILE FOG shrouded London in semi-darkness yesterday an Italian inventor stood o n a West End roof-top and demonstrate^ an apparatus to rid the pity of "smog the soni laden fog lhat killed 4.000 people last December. The jnventor Antonia Victor Crespi,
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  • 92 1 Woman wins the $5,000 I M ADAM Ho Wai Fong, of 56, Rip- ley Crescent. Singa- pore, wins the prize |of $5,000 in the I Straits Times Word j Puzzle "B". Her answers to the I clues in the puzzles I were judged to be the j most apt. See
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  • 61 1 KUALA LL'MPUR. Sat. A ROYAL AIR FORCE plane this morning: dropped a live cat to the men at Fort Lecap in Perak. It was sent down in a specially padded box along with the rations. The men at the fort had asked for a cat tn
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  • 87 1 WINDSOR. Sat. THE QUEEN MOTHER princess Margaret and more than 500 guests attended the Christmas Party of the Royal Household staff at Windsor Castle yesterday The chamber where the party was held was decorated with holly, mistletoe and evergreen from Windsor Forest Both the Queen Mother
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  • 84 1 NAIROBI. Sat. AMAU MAU "brigadier" one of the most desperate and brutal gang leaders operating in the Embu district on the southern slopes of Mount Kenya has been killed by troops of the Fifth Battalion King's African Rifles. General Sir George Erskines headquarters announced yesterday. The
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    69 1 A 40-foot Ncpah tree on the side of Orchard Road near the junction of Scotts Road. Singapore, fell across tfic road yesterday evening, critically injuring a cyclist. The cyclist. Tan Yew Liow was pcdjlling towards town, when I the tree fell. It struck him on j the
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  • 159 1 Sydney train crash: 3 killed. 139 hurl SYDNEY. Sat rO Sydney trains jammed with Christmas shoppers and their children crashed at the peak of the rush hour today, killing three people and I injuring 130 Twenty-nine of the injured arc in a grave condition. The other 110 wrrr treated at
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    1586 2 Two subjects* still shrouded in mystery* that are not for the dabbler Spiritualism can be comforting yet aggravating, convincing yet disappointing. It can also present a real danger to the dabbler An investigation by an English parson. Dr. Leslie Weatherhead RECENTLY I went with a scientific investigator to
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  • 259 2 THE only British parson holding a film technician's union card travelled to London last week for the West I. nd premiere of his latest picture Yet 15 years ago the Rev. Brian Hession then vicar of Holy Trinity Aylesbury. had to mortgage his house to
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  • 822 2 The strange world of the subconscious PEOPLE never like to accept things as they are. They have tried in all ages to peep behind the "curtain" to see what fate might have in store. A scientific word for this is clairvoyance Bereaved relations have
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • 169 3 Showdown on Slam border ALOR STAR. Sat. STRONG police and military reinforcements have been rushed to the Siamese border for an expected showdown with a big band of terrorists reported to have infiltrated into Malaya. The gang, about 40 strong. Is believed to be retreating after a clash with a
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  • 49 3 MORE than 250 employees 1 children attended a Christmas tea party given by Metal Box Company Limited, Singapore, at its workshop in Woodlands yesterday afternoon. They all received presents from Santa claus who was assisted by Mrs D. H. Lavender, wife of the works manager.
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  • 29 3 A motorist. Ng Chai Hock was fined $75 by Mr. Howe Yoon Chong in the Singapore Second Traffic Police Court yesterday for driving his cai negligently.
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  • 248 3 35 people attend week-end varsity course THIRTY FIVE Singapore people from all walks lof life yesterday became university students but only for two days. They are attending the v eek- j end residential course organise" i by the Study Group Movement, 1 in co-operation with the Jni- I I versity
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  • 213 3 j SINGAPORE taxi owners will i find themselves out of j business if their cars are not fitted with meters by January This was stated by the Registrar of Vehicles Department yesterday when it was stressed that all further requests to have the January 1
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  • 18 3 The price of tin in Singapore vmterday wan declared at 1317.6?', a pimi. up a. cents.
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  • 145 3 Leper Christmas fund now $10,000 DONATIONS to the Singapore Leprosy Relief Associations Christmas Fund passed the $10,000 mark last week thanks to generous •sponse from readers. In a letter to the Sunday Times the association's Christmas party sub-committee pass 4 es on the thanks of the child" ren and adults
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  • 669 3 BY THE COMPETITION KDITOR IN the Puzzle "B" Contest, many competitors were divided over the fourth word for "Bl" whether some people seem to enjoy living in "Hotels" or "Hovels." There is an implication in this clue that people are misguided if they enjoy
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  • 187 3 Singapore rubber market eased again slightly yesterday with January first grade closing at 56T B cents a pound, onequarter cent below Friday's close. The market had opened slightly below the previous day's close but steadied after liquidations. There was some trade support and business was done in
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  • 30 3 For riding a motor cycle without a driving licence. A.P.M. Bots was fined $75 by Mr. Howe Yoon Chong: In the Singapore Second Traffic police Court yesterday.
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  • 22 3 A thief broke Into the Grand Hotel in Singapore yesterday and stoJe $650 from a European woman's room.
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    • 242 3 kjp, \)Mr No carbonjtion gets in the way of the real-fruit flavour 1 I of Bire-ley's fruit drinks! H X-fegT ORANGE PINEADE CRAPE M t^\ Obtainable everywhere. f A X^^b.^ ti V^ V J *?V i 5, kirn keat road Tec: ***** ALEXANDER VO\ SWAHVB AMI LISA IZOHEL VICTORIA THEATRE
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 271 3 CORRECT SOLUTION TO THE WORD PUZZLE This is the solution, submitted by Madam Ho Wai Fong of Singapore, which won the $5,000 prize in the Straits Times Word Puzzle 'B Contest. Her answers were considered by the judges to be the most apt. ~H^^"vH p l E i^jr l p
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  • 1089 4  -  Salma' -By ...THE HALF-FORGOTTEN BUILDINGS REMEMBERED ONLY BY THE FAITHFUL FEW; HERE L/£S 77/£ 5OL r L AS cities go, Singapore is comparatively young and with its youthfulness is intent on doing everything with as much energy as it can. It has a great deal of
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  • 456 4 A good plum pudding deserves a good sauce. Here arp some suggestons. SENIOR WRANGLER SAUCE. (BRANDY BUTTER). Divide a quarter of pound of butter into small pieces and work in two ounces of castor sugar. Blanche and skin four bitter and six sweet almonds
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  • 641 4 LITTLE WASP AND BIG SPIDER... By a lIEjl F AST week-end there "were a number of unexpected visitors to the Dusun. On the Saturday a planter called in and had tea, during which he and his host discussed all sorts of matters except planting. Next day our Singapore friends arrived;
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  • 17 4 This week's nature ttudy comet from Lim Ming Loon of 6 Printcp Street, Singapore 7.
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    • 62 4 ROL E X for him, for her, for now, for all time ■■•'•^X'X*X*X*Xv^/!'^*^^"'**«'*'-"'*« He sx"X'X*X*X*X*XvX'*!*!"X"Xvi"tvC vX*x*^' ■■■■"•"■"■■'"■"•"^■^^^H HB^s^***-'-*^ HBwyi'X'X'X'X"- X'XvXvXsvKx Ss ,A. J^~^ j^^"^^^^tt^^^^^^ Df Oc6CtCQ o y t »l£ _^Tm/ JS& \wK x fifi^^BBi?X*»*X*X*'* > > t* v^^^^BcsSK BfflhZam jJ^^^^yffft HI Si 5S S i 1 o SIO"? "^Bhb^L^d
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  • 243 5 Man he trusted flies away with jewellery worth $28. 000 SEVENTY SIX YEAR OLD goldsmith Mr. Ng Chew Teng, of Clyde Terrace, Singapore, who three months ago received a bullet and a demand note for $100,000. was a sad man yesterday. The bullet and the threat from the Bloody Hand
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  • 106 5 GUN LOST: OWNER IS FINED $50 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. pHARLES B. N. Rolfe, of vy Ampar Tenang Estate, Kujanß. was fined $50 and ordered to pay $100 costs in the Sessions Court here today for having his pistol .stolen. He pleaded guilty. Mr. B G. Smyth, prosecutin.:. said that about
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  • 39 5 PENANG. Sat. Mr. K. J. Henderson. Penang's Deputy Secretary for Chinese Affairs, goes on six months' leave on Jan. 1. His successor has not yet been named. Mr. Henderson has been in Prnang since July 1952.
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  • 28 5 Kota Bahru, Sat. To raise funds for the Anti-Tuberculo-sis Fund "The Son of Monte Cristo" was shown at the Lido last night at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 128 5 rpHE Selangor Film Society is to give two special showings of the French film "Le Roi" at the Lido Cinema. Kuala Lumpur, tomorrow at 6.3q p.m and 9.15 p.m. "Le Roi S'Amuse" returns after an interval of 13 years in a new version of the gay
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  • 70 5 OINGAPORE police arrested a man last month in connection with the kidnapping of millionaire shipowner, Mr. Thio Soen Tioe. it was revealed yesterday. Mr. Thio was kidnapped last August and was freed after a ransom of $100,000 was paid. The man arrested was believed to
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  • 217 5 A CHEER, as big as any ever received by a visiting celebrity, greeted Santa Claus when he landed at R.A.F. Tengah yesterday afternoon. As befitting the surroundings and the 50th anniversary of flight, Santa made the quick flip down from the North Pole in a Harvard
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  • 91 5 One reason why Wee Joo Siong, a clerk, embezzled his employer's $2,000 was. he said, because "the boss was a stingy man" who never raised his salary. Another was that he could not make ends meet on his wages of $150 a month. Wee pleaded guilty,
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  • 77 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. Johore Bahru's rainfall was I 8.32 inches in November. There was no rain on 15 days during the month. The highest rainfall for a day was on Nov. 5 when 2.4 inches fell. The average mean temperature for the month was
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  • 146 5 A few hours later, he was dead MALACCA. Sat. A FISHERMAN, Tan Kia Leo. 39, caught a globe fish tikan buntal). He cooked it. A few hours after eating it he died in hospital. At the coroner's inquiry into his death today a fish dealer said
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  • 320 5 A LAUNCH load of actors, actresses, stage hands, producer and props arrived at pulau Bukom on Thursday evening fo r the premiere of a ne w Singapore stage show. "The Vie Optimists." The audience, in a Shell Company clubhouse, were •warned" at the beginning of
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  • 750 6 E9 aSL mm I H km I rr fl V n r\m sVf I 1 I a *1 m Till 111-: is always something about the first carols we hear sack yrar! Thr carollcrs who bring in Christmas, however early in December,
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  • 536 6 Party guide to parents BY A GIRL AGED TEN USUALLY it's the children who get the least say in how to run a children's Christmas party. Well, here tor parents are the ideas of a 10-year-old. Silence, please, for Victoria as she gives her views on the points that make
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    • 567 6 o J\(kh peaches nyrijlJpickyDuiself! mfSsk Picture yourself in a peach f V% orchard and imagine the H^A? peaihes you'd pick! *kl t They'd be cood to look at >sk^^K^ ,'W and wonderful to eat. V isn These are the luscious f f HL^^^&^jH' peaches you get when you V J
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    • 321 6 lam I 1 1 ■I V f'i KOLYNOS the "Active M Chlorophyll Toothpaste The clean lively taste of green Kolynos gives your mouth a wonderful refreshed feeling. Its clean flavour reaches into every crevice freshening every corner. And that glorious lasting freshness is your proof of the all-round mouth care
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  • 938 7 Here's a present that packs a PUNCH! JOVV .11 1 A I) AY does some late Christmas shopping UAYIMi dealt with the problem o "what to Rive HER'— whether successfully or not remains to be seen inevitably there follow.* "what to give HIM". Surprisingly, there arc quite a lot of
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  • 509 7  -  RUTH LANGDON By BEAUTIFUL girls are fast becoming one of Italy's most valuable commodities. Lush, olive-skinned beauties literally clutter up Rome's fashionable Via Venette, where portly businessmen sit at the open -air cafes, sipping "capucine's" (coffee with beaten cream) and struggle to keep theii eyes from bulging
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  • 277 7 How to look after a sick child THE flu season is here. And the chesty season. And the stomach-ache season. My doctor tells me she is rushed off her feet visiting children in bed. We all know by now how to feed and nurse them. But we soon run out
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  • 744 8  -  S. Ramachandra By \/ISITS to Singapore by a tribe of Nepal hillmen, resembling the Gurkhas, who sell "rudra" (holy Hindu beads) and multicoloured stringed beads, musk and unset stones for their livelihood, are rare. When they do visit, us, as recently, a large crowd usually
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    26 8 This picture of a Botanic Cardent inhabitant was taken by 12-year-old Virginia Robinson of 1 Cfiafjworrti Road, Singapore. It was taken with a Box browine.
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  • 460 8 By Capt. D. H. DE T. READE rpHERE is a need for women to join the Army and for others who, as civilians, assist the Army. In Malaya, subject to military law, are members of the Women's Royal Army Corps, the Queen Alexander's Royal
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  • 926 8 Twenty fifth 'THE it isn't really- Christmas-at-all fanatics are at it again. Two communications on the subject, one from Penang, reached me last week. One said that Christ was really born in March, the other claimed July. There is not much doubt, mind you, that December 25
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 217 8 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 7.15 Morning Star: 7.30 News; 7.35 Melody Mixture; 8 Come Into the Parlour; 8.30 Breakfast Hour; 9.30 Tak? It From Here; 10 Musical Round-lip; 10.15 Science Survey; 10.30 Mid-Morning Medley: 11 Radio Malaya Orchestra; 11.30 Bethesda Church Service: 1.03 Gerry Sollano 1.30 News; 1.45 Radio Malaya Trio;
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  • 293 9 Singapore is 'graveyard of the dance -angry stars SINGAPORE'S indifference to the art of the dance is baffling two teams of dancers who have "packed 'em in" all over the rest of the world. But in Singapore they have played to rows of empty veats Disappointed dancer No. 1 is
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  • 234 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday A RESOLUTION demanding basic minimum wages for estate workers was adopted by an annual delegates' conference of the Malayan Plantation Worker's Union here tcday The resolution urged that wages should be based on human needs and not on the fluctuating price of
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  • 133 9 'Too scared to stop 5 says driver PARIT BI'NTAR, Sat. DID stop arter the accii dent but a crowd gathered and 1 was afraid I would be assaulted. 1 drove away to the I' nit Buntar Police Station where I made a report, said Othman bin Awang. a van driver,
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  • 120 9 XMAS GIFTS FROM 25 THEIR BLOOD The Singapore Blood Transfusion Centre announced yesterday that the special session for donors arranged for to- 1 day has been cancelled because I Dr. (Mrs. i M. M. H. GibsonHill, the medical officer in charge, is ill. Donors will be welcome at the centre
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  • 111 9 SANTA Claus made a surprise appearance when he arrived at a children's Christmas party in Singapore yesterday in a fire engine loaded with toy s and other gifts The party was arranged by the Singapore Civil Defence Association, and was held in the Civil Defence clubhouse at
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  • 45 9 A film premiere in aid' of the Singapore Children's Society is to be held in the Pavilion Theatre at 9.30 pm. on Jan. 18. The film will be the Alistalr Sim comedy "Innocents in Paris". Tickets are on sale at Robinsons.
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  • 41 9 There were 782 babies born in Singapore during the week ending Dec. 12 and 171 death the weekly health report said yesterday Twenty-two people died of enteritis, while other deaths were pneumonia 21. and tuberculosis 15
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  • Article, Illustration
    52 9 MR. MALCOLM MACDONALI). (tentrr) tin- Commissioner General for South East Asia. and Monsieur Maurice de Jean, (right) the French Ambassador and Commissioner General in Indo-China. are seen walking along Tengah Airfield. On the left is the officer-in-charge of the R.A.F. Tengah Group Captain C. de (respigny. Sunday
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  • 83 9 BUYONG Road, off Orchard Road, Singapore, will be closed to through traffic from Dec. 28 until further notice for the reconstruction of Buyonp Road Bridge. Mr. B. E. Thompson, Deputy City Engineer, told the Sunday Times yesterday that the Stamford Canal at that section was
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  • 211 9 'Big 2' discuss problems of S.E Asia M MAURICE DE JEAN. •French Ambassador and Commissioner General in Indo-China, who arrived in Singapore yesterday, will spend two days with the Commission-er-General for South-East Asia. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. They will discuss the problems of the area. 'When he arrived at RAF.
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  • 186 9 SHE DIED OF RARE SHOCK' was a phenomenon THE Singapore Coroners Court yesterday heard the story of what a doctor described as a medical phenomenon. Five minutes after a woman. Tan Choo Moi, 48, had been given an injection for a rmall cut on a toe, she became unconscious. She
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  • 42 9 A pork seller, Saw Chen Hoe, was acquitted in the Singapore First Criminal District Court yesterday on a charse of ransinc Rrievous hurt to a wireman. Fam Seek Song, outside Fam's house in Lorong 3. Geylang on Aug. 15.
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  • 31 9 The Singapore Chinese Y.M.C.A.s Flag Day on Dec. ft raised $16,982 for the building fund, the chairman of the Flag Day committee Mr. G. H. Kiat said yesterday.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    • 423 9 £4,315 FOR YOU AT AGE 55 Men or women, under 45 by setting aside regular monthly, half-yearly or yearly amounts under the SUN LIFE OF CANADA plan can. for example, receive at age 55 a lump sum £4.315 for men or £4.852 for women or a private income for life
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  • 59 10 1. A "scoop" necked cotton boucle top with coral "necklace" edge and goldtrimmed sleeves, worn with a black "cinch" belt. 2. Necklace, ear-rings and bracelet in gilt and white enamel. 3. A straw woven shoulder-cape with pearl embroidery. 4. Nightie and duster team
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  • 512 10  -  DE LONA By >s TF there's a modern miss A jn Malaya who doesn't <S look forward to getting >> Rifts for Christmas, we've < yet to meet her— and Lily Lim is no exception. Lily )> is 22 and works in the ss dress
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  • 244 10 HERE comes the party season! Dance bands are busy and restaurants fill up Dressing-up time starts with December. Probably you have already bought, made, or ordered a new evening dress. That never presents a difficult problem. Pretty dresses abound at every price, materials are the loveliest and
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  • 982 10 I AM in love with a girl of my own age but she already has a boy friend who is at present studying in England. Whenever I am with her she gives me good advice and tells me to study hard and not waste too much time
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    • 250 10 The most comfortable shirt qh_ JLii^rtJi .ys. Meridian Tee Shirts for men and their sons are made in a range of cheerful colours from the perfect fabric for sensitive skins. They arc delightfully cool, easily washed and always come up fresh and smart. Such good value for money too, that
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  • 64 11 Mr. Dennis Lee, a Singapore lawyer, .>nd Miss Rosa Shunt, youngest daughter of rubber and industrial millionaire, Shum Yip Leong, were married yesterday. Picture, taken at the Adelphi Hotel, where the reception was held, shows (left to right): The best man. Dr. L. H. Tan, the bride
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  • 209 11 CINCAPORE S unemployment problem will be easier next year when the Government, City Council and private enterprise start large-scale development projects which will require thousands of workers. In addition to building schemes, at least three factories are expected to start
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  • 57 11 CLOTHES NOT DECLARED $60 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat Yong Yoon Seng, a woman, was found on the mall train fiom Singapore at Johore i Bahru with clothes which she 1 had not declared to the Customs. She refused an offer to compound the offence and today in the police court she
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  • 60 11 Mr. Chua Chay Fatt, who retired last week in Singapore after 40 years service with Bukit Sembawang Estate, was presented with an illuminated address from the Directors of Bukit Scmbawang Rubber Co., Ltd..' a lease on his home and a cheque. Picture shows Mr H. B.
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  • 124 11 HAWKERS in Singapore's Bugis Street have contributed $305 to the Nanyang University Fund. A spokesman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce (secretaries of the fund* tola the Sunday Times yesterday: "This is clear proof that all sections of the public realise that the Nanyang University will
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  • 67 11 In the Singapore Eighth Police Court yesterday Mohamad Nor bin Hassan and Abdul Wahab bin Jono were charged with the murder of Tan Sam Heng, a fruit hawker. It was alleged they were in the company of three Chinrso whe n the offence was committed at
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  • 46 11 A Singapore Traction company bus driver, Ahmad bin Mohamed Somi, was fined $40 in the Second Traffic police Court yesterday fo r falling to conform to a traffic light signal at the junction of Mountbatten Road and Geylang Road on Ocober 6 last.
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  • 309 11 Call to help people from gaol in Johore JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. THE importance of d hostel, or accommodation of a similar nature, for discharged persons from prison or other places of detention is stressed in a report made by the Johore Bahru Discharged Prisoners Aid Committee. It has been found,
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  • 28 11 Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Bruce Billingron. after their marriage at St. Andrew's Cathedral Singapore, ycitcrday afternoon. The bride was formerly Miss Joy Man*on. Sunday Times picture.
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    • 209 11 v v f fc x *£> -fir 2^j» t y&hi. "»*S <r Solve your present problem with Rowntree's. V»^" k° x ac < M-i£' c or Dairy Box *J&f^P* plenses everyone. Have two or thrv in stock Vr- 'nTf >B>^ifffkif^ as emergency gifts for Christ inns morning £t) 4 when
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  • 72 12 70 Horat HO (wiiniuiiimi I-rFriAL Annnunrrmrni Booking Offlce Victoria Theatre open three clock today for mntlnee Lisa C/ohe! .inrt Alexander von Swatne Dance Rental K FISH announces the openina of his .stamp Shop on the Flrnt Floor, Gian Stasrhis. on Monday. 21st DrrrmbPr. Everything for th» t,i-imp collector. WHERE
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  • THE SUNDAY TIMES
    • 419 12 lEACE on earth and goodwill to men. Down the tormented centuries human beings have sought these blessings for themselves and for their children. And at every Christmas -time they have sung about them. They have sung in times of despair, under the heel of tyrannical conquerors and
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    • 43 12 rE thoughts of most Mala yans will turn during the holidays to the 5.000 Asians and Europeans who work and live in the dange r arpa of Central Johore. And this is nur Christmas wish: Freedom from anxiety and peril in 1954.
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  • 1582 12  -  TONY BEAMISH BY SOUNDS (Ag. Deputy Director. !lept. ot Broadcasting, Federation) THE main cultures of the world flourish side by side in Malaya today only stone's throw from the aborigines and the jungle. Variety abounds in colour, belief, custom and sound, but most
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  • Sunday Times POSTBAG
    • 213 12 rpHE good and law-abiding X tenants of S.I.T. Flats in Ganges Avenue appreciate very much Mr. T. R. Fernandez's gesture in putting forward in the Sunday Times the fact that some unscrupulous tenants allow their illegal tenants to use their premises for Immoral purposes. I'm a comparatively new
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    • 83 12 CONDUCTORS and clerks on v> rubbers estates should be provided with proper houses and furrlture. The managers should decide this without prompting. A conductor is sometimes given a small house tn lfcre in no matter whether he has a large or small family. On most estates conductors are given
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    • 68 12 I SAW a distressing sight in the Botanic Gardens the other afternoon. A large and unfriendly looking Alsatian dog was rushing about, frightening children and the monkeys they were feeding. The dog's owner, a European, seemed amused at it all and was actually smiling as he walked by
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    • 36 12 ANY one who would like to correspond or exchange stamps please write to me. All letters %ill be answered: Frank Scatoni, *****8 97th Are Gomaicu, Lome Islam City, N 7, New York, I >A
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  • 617 12 By thy man trho knows thvnt bvst IN 1948 a Straits Times loading article beean: "One of the things that strikes newcomers to Malaya is the lack of books about the flora of the country. If they want to learn something: about the trees, the wild
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  • 336 12 The loneliest man in the world IGOR GOUZENKO, the man who revealed Russia's plot to steal the atom secrets of Britain and America, exists no more. The ex-cypher clerk has vanished into the loneliness of Canada's back farmlands with his wife and children to build a new life «i«h a
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 680 12 CLASSIFIED ADS.! SITUATIONS VACANT 2n Ward* IS (arm Hi,x ill r(«. extra. WANTED Typist with Oener*l Office w«rk. preferred one with knowledge of correspondence, state salary required, details to Box Afir9. Bun.T. STENOGRAPHER Secretary American or British capable with fleures and willing assume responsibility state .ik«. qualifications end salary desired
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    • 2 12 TO ECONOMISE
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous

  • 91 13 MIPOH. Sat. IBS CHAN TUCK WAH, a stenographer, partnering Mr. J. L. Lim, a clerk in a local commercial firm, last night won the 1953 Perak amateur open ballroom dance championships which were held with the Perak Dance Association's Xmas Ball at the Celestial Dance Hall. Miss
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  • 33 13 MUAR, Sat— Muar Town Council has turned down an application by Mr. Low Kirn Cheng to erect a private market at the junction of Jalan Yahya Jalan All Jalan Arab
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  • 216 13 These girls won't answer the phone COR RYE LOVELY SHOWGIRLS in Singapore, the telephone never rings. It is permanently off the hook. And even when a connection is sometimes made, the girls pretend not to hear "It's probably for you, Elsie," says Virginia. "Can't be. Must be Catherine's." says Elsie.
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  • 58 13 Maria can't answer the phone, she's making: the bed. Catherine is busy reading. Virxi nia is working on a blouse. So the telephone rings and rings until one of the girls hangs it up. Maria, Catherine and Virginia are three of the
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  • 742 13 "Thou shalt call His name people from their CHI'RCH OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL: 7 <k 8 a.m. Holy Communion: 9.30 Sunday School. 10.30 Mattins, 11.4 a Holy Communion: 6 Evensong ST. PAULS CHURCH: (Upper Serangooni 8 Holy Communloo: 530 Evensong. ST. ANDREWS SCHOOL CHAPEL: (Woodsvillo, 8 Holy
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  • 204 13 TAWS PLEA DID NOT SAVE THEM r A CITY COUNCIL sub-committee refused to allow 62 hawkers who set up unlicensed stalls in Trengganu Street to continue their business there, after they had asked Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan to plead on their behalf, a court wit told yesterday. Singapore court was
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  • 26 13 Three men waylaid an insurance salesman in Whampoe Road near the Junction of Kirn Keat Road. Singapore yesterday morning and robbed him of $20.
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  • 63 13 40 learn commerce pORTY RIDA commercial trainees, who have Just finished a year's study a* the Goon Institution. Kuala Lumpur, will celebrate the end of their course with a dinner on Monday. The trainees all of them Malays form the first batch to complete a course aimei at giving them
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  • 64 13 SEREMBAN, Sat Three teachers will be promoted to superscale from Jan. 1 next year. They are Mr. Yong Yew Kirn. principal of the AngloChinese School. Mr. Walter de Pilva and Mr. A. J Darian, of St Pauls' Institution, Seremban. Miss G C. Edmonds, of the Convent, and
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  • 29 13 MUAR. Sat.— There were 246 births and 57 deaths In the Muar Town councU are.i in November, according to the Health and the Medical Officers' report
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  • 34 13 Xl ANT AN Sat. MR. LOU LIM SIEW, a Pekan English school teacher, was fined $100 or two weeks' gaol in the Sessions Court here for inflicting corporal punishment on a student.
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  • 77 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. OTHMAN BIN Rejab, a clerk employed in the Registration Office. Johore Bahru, was sentenced by Mr. N. L. Cohen in the Sessions Court to 21 months' imprisonment for forgery. He was convicted of forging the signature of Haji Mohamed Amin bin Haji Abdul
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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    • 170 13 TIT Round TRIPS To HONG KONG DAYS INCLUDING 3 DAYS IN HONG KONG S.S. CORFU sailing Bth January FIRST CLASS £78 TOURIST CLASS £44 Children according to age ISLAY KERR Co Ltd 11 A, Collver Quay, SINGAPORE Tel: 233 11 I last minute h^ fe kiddies £l v v I
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  • 532 14 Movies for the amateur F isn't very long before the average Bmm movie maker turns his thoughts to indoor filming. It's only natural that after taking the first few successful shots outdoors, he should want to try out hus camera on something or someone in the
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  • 93 14 "|"HE Sunday Times is offering cash prizes for readers 1 pictures published in this page. Fi-st prise is $30, with $15 for the second best and $5 for the runners up. This week's •tfcst prize goes to Wong Fang Onn of 644 Havelock Road, Singapore, for his
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 109 14 THE PERFECT^ f CHHMSTMAS Ljfl^Jmr^K^^^^^ 220/230 Volts COMPLETE «Jl Utuil price $625. Spcci'l Km.ii offer $595. only. Ask your dealer for a Jor demonstration g. Sole .Agents: lACINIYEI'I 9 Jk g if ll^^^^^^^^_ r. -m aS 1 i ts c' '_m —^)o 1 ml x t*#! WA F& **J% W.
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    • 47 14 G ordon s Ww UflW IOHiC I Ip^X w*&, stimulating drink try Gordon's Gin v^ith good t^l l^ /^AOnHNS tail »l H\ Tonic Water, lr<- and a slice of IrmonJ I Wm^^^^ jdeal drlnlc Jv Singapore Kuala I.umpur Ipoh Penang «GSi i Kuchlng and other Borneo branrhp*
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  • 600 15  -  l«>li\ 111 lI \U I I Reviewed by WHAT happens to the stan when they grow old? Some buy .Kith chairs nnd are wheeled away into obscurity Some 1 end up in homes for aged actors. A few are content to accept small bit parts
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  • 476 15 (CHRISTMAS attraction at the Pavilion. Singapore, is to be "Below The Sahara", a Technicolor documentary about wild life in Africa. There's a festive flavour about it. too, for we see Christmas celebrated in the bush with ostrich taking the place of the traditional turkey one leg
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  • 221 15 A new lovable Lockwood lET me introduce you to a new British star named Margaret Lorkwood no connection whatever with the Lockwood who appeared in "Quiet. Wedding." "The Wicked Lady" and "ThMan In Grey." The new Margaret Lockwood is a person you can believe in She is warm, lovable and
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  • 440 15 LAST week I spent a surprising day visiting the Malayan Film Unit's studios in Kuala Lumpur. It was surprising for three reasons: First, I had no idea that the unit was operating under such difficulties; Second. I hadn't realised the scope and size
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 290 15 <*^ CATHAY ORGANISATION !Tt 4§|J r ATTRACTIONS '^jflT ■ann'ii v Vi'TTffTVA TODAY DAILY »-30 ML COLOSSUS OF MOTION IMCTt RES! '^fc —^£—-*c Tf* W& TOWUWN6 MA Cost of Thousond* ci«« I QINO BUM PKIMO (KRM CECiANI CARNERA <.)2zj££~sZsZs &OUß JCMAS ATTRAQTIOn?&&&£££&£' I.oVe OR LAUGHTEK WHICH CAME 1 IKST IN HER
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    • 355 15 20th December 1953. Dear Ur. Urs. Cinem.igoer, just line or tiro to let you kntm that Virginia Mayo, Dale Robertson and Stephen McNalljr will soon be seen In Howard Hughes' Technicolor production of "Derll'a Canyon". The action involves five hundred desperate men in a Jailbreak led by a beautiful outlaw
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 171 16 I dreamed I rode a streetcar in my Allo-ette bra It's the line that gives you the most exciting lift... Maidenform's wonderful Allo-ette* bra! Discover its dreamy support and accentuation today. In your favorite fabrics. Genuine Maidenform Brassieres •re made only In the United States of America. There is a
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    • 215 16 TAM ACTION! Bleeding Gum* Warn of PYORRHEA /IViiitiiitJ fIM f i •in niif^B 4 out of 5 v May Become Sufferers of This Dread Infection Don't neglect tender, bleeding pirns the first sign of Pyorrhca, the disease that 4 out of 5 may have. Start immediately to protect our gums
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 657 16 xh/^X' ffc ccc wA^eewg^p exoreMgwr atnap« when ,^^l r^cJ^R^r*-*^ iV Xjf//, \oN W (I W l2^h£^9 tai?zan kiluep a ou^:< P?ANTHee--p<?e pe<x*= HH < paJ'tej U, L-,— N Lj -T/\\ I WAS R7UNP THAT> MWTBgICX»& MANIAS WA^LgQgg/ S^^^>-~CJ*IF— :s I -<S^f wmL -Q^^^LBLBBMBL^Bb^LBBbWb^bIBbMbBbWb^Bb^b^bWBbWMI *l^k^ li^c the 'peviL-MAv' e£ALuv prge- exig»r,
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    • 434 16 t 1U YEAR AHEAD— FOR US ALL II I I portent* in 1954 li.i\r a peculiar significance both for* the world in general and for individual fortune*. For a great number of people this will or vrai of changes, of either nnni.il or material readjustments. Some types are affected a
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    • 250 16 THIS WEEK FOR ALL TODAY. Thnuch you may plan thlx a* a day of Irisurr. important dr\Hnpmrr.l* arr due. Derision mij >.!•( to tp madr about an important matlrr hrfnrr late afternoon. FOR LOCK TODAY IYBAI OR I SK: Orange. 1. Diamnnd. TOMORROW.— A rrwardinc di\ it you MM make
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    • 267 16 cost voii more than you can affnH. A good day ti r reviving old friendships. FOR MTU TODAY UKAK OR ISE: Bottle green, 8. Dark Sapphire. TTESDAY. Klement ot surptKi prrvailjt throughout the day. linn t worry if your plans are upset, appointments cancelled. Out nf chaos comes opportunity and
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 255 17 TH>S CISCO XIV. &U** 0 U/Cta u/est fcirotirtte WE^l^^/BBSM ||||i/— l Si', PANCHO/ XI I WHOOPEE 'XhELL LEAD US V WITH HIM ON I GRACIAS, AMIGOS/ THANK YOU/ BUT r HAVE 1 f%» A 9W^k M I \JrWk MA A J\^^^ MMfff'W Bill Pi" B^AVE MEKJ READY IT'S THE AGAINST
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 449 18 I Bfc %L^r fel L^B mm WK Wm B^""l Hfl I rUSTEKI, MOM; I'M bOINu [I'LL BRING YOU A TROPHY |P YOUR TIME- *K SO LONG, "V PLEASED A L^tt^E P? II Lrf"^B l^^^im JB ♦T0 SHO^/ PUNCH SOME OF B FROM THE 'FORGOTTEN IS UP... DEPOSIT <, MOM... I)
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  • 891 19 CANCER HOPE FOR CURE IS STONGER THAN EVER BY A SCIENTIST PIE American Cancer Society held its annual meeting in New York City the other day and discussed the rapid increase of lung cancer as well as the latest methods of getting rid of cancer by surgery and treating tumours
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  • 474 19 THE AMAZING STORY OF CAPT. NOWAK CASIMIR NOWAK, master of the yacht President Roberts lying at Southampton, has told the strange story of his voyage in search of a paradise. The principal character is a handsome, 31--year-old Dutchman named Robert Lombert. Let Captain Nowak a
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 377 19 I tie HiW R9YAMT-ITHI PORTABLE IlflHSfl I n Vvaitarrf > >rafu npw improv-ment << C<4fel?sw/ adjujfj fhc speed of rhe carriage /*^sCv/ ro yo<" o w p«rsonal *ypin(j >> r*'\ h bif >> Complete with 'Magic' margin << (exclusive to ROYAL) YOU'LL WANT OnN^"*^ SO POST COUPON RONEO LTD. NAME
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    • 300 19 jfjt A v, St. i VVtfa^Blla^BaPSCidßKV *j' fflKKit' -J^jL^i V J Bla^L^Lwu»>VßVlksJi>Ki«BT > I >■■ BiaK*^Bm 'bY I in ttSKfIP fl bkJtß BbkhL^^HHr V^y£oßlaw BBaV^^l 1 Teat^* f /hHbWA'^''^*' «H Here is the popular "Collarite" Shirt, one of the famous Van £j Hkusen brands with collar attached. It is made
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  • 921 20  -  R.W. Baxter A MAN MN THE FAR EAST AND A MAN MN THE tJNDEttWOHLn By rjONALD MOORE. 30--year-old Singapore publisher's agent, has now written a book himself. It Is called "Far Eastern Agent," and it is sub-titled, with a modesty exceeding rare in
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  • 303 20 DIVORCES in Hollywood style by which Italian Communist leaders havr got rid of their wives in favour of younger women have shocked the rank and file of the party. The jilted wives, who stuck to their husbands through hardships, exile, and jail in the
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  • 563 20 32 pages and only one murder RAYMOND CHANDLER must be slipping. In his latest novel, The Long Good-Bye (Hamish Hamilton), there is not a suggestion of murder until page 32. And then it is only a hint. In the old days things wer^ much tougher I recall a short story
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  • 498 20 IT was in 1930 that Beniamino Ginli. the world's greatest tenor, recorded ■■Tosca/' for H.M.V. He wa.s then at the peak of his powers (he was 40) and his tremendous voice was compared to that of Caruso. HLs pure liauiri tone, perfect control and technique have deteriorated, though
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 154 20 Ij&^h, FOR A GIFT... W 1| REMEMBER PEN NAME FOR THE PERFECT GIFT For that special gift occasion— a birthday, anniversary, re- j>*% "^^^^^^^H^^fei^fc^ I J I I jr ligious holiday— give New Parker "51". Its fame assures W""*' <>Ss *t^^ I I/Lr instant recognition and welcome. The New "51"
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 80 20 ACROSS 1. Brandish (5) 6. Forbidden (5) 9. Twixt pink and red (7) 12. Musician (M) I.V Bird (1) 16. Disappeared (t) 17. Coin (3) IK. Kquip (3) 19. Supply (4) 20. Omit 4) 21 Desert (4) 22. Subdue C.I 24. Troublesome (9) :ti. Lift <.">) 28. Wood (4) 30.
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    • 92 20 DOWN 1. Dividr (5) 2. Surrounded by (5) 3. Vegetable (4) 4. Personality (3) 5. I'nreserved (13) S. Story (4) 7. Breast (T) K. Eightfold (7) 10. Overwhelm (6) 11. Incline (4) 13. Flower of your eye? (4) 14. Tarnish (4) 19. Instrument (4) 2t. Be morone (4) 21. Sace
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  • Malayan Dactor's Notebook
    • 1137 21 SHE lay still upon the bed. Her breathing was rapid, and a cold sweat was dewing her forehead. The foot of the bed had been raised and into one arm blood was dripping through a long piece of rubber tubing from a bottle
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    • 775 21  -  i nn much ill «y SINGAPORE is not lacking in philanthropists, or generous people with good hearts, and there are also plenty of these people across the Causeway. This is proved by the generous gifts to charity at Christmas time. Some misguided people, however, have
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 183 21 En RES f I -A MADE IN HOLLAND MOD EL KYSI7? Sole Agents: MACLAINE STOKVIS (M) LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PBNANC m^^ If stomach ache V^J\\ troubles you Take Maclean brand I±^*k s% Stomach Powder rr<w?*V if A> REALLY RAPID RELIEF, gor all the I TB symptoms of indigestion heartburn,
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    • 247 21 /4^/s DECEMBER/JANUARY B O.A.C announce extra Comet tllgnts to London during Oecember and January, as follows -Bs. 4~^\ Leaving Singapore 19 th., December., •jBLV Leaving Singapore 9th, 16th., 23rd. January. /J k^B Additional flights during February and in March twlce'i weekly service to London, will be resumrd and will continue
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  • 894 22  - NO EXCUSE FOR THESE OBSTRUCTIONS MANNING BLACKWOOD Motoring in Malaya by VUE certainly seem to have started something with our broadside last week on the vexed question of passing on the left. If intensified police action is any indication, then the Singapore authorities obviously agree that the time to do
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  • 375 22  - Sid steps up the pressure Johnny Johnson Sports parade by WITH Christmas ana its attendant "lay off" upon us. things seem very much brighter on the athletic front. An increased number Of athletes have been nominated for special training, and F.id Coleman has already gone to work on them. Sid
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 368 22 Cannon Gift Towel Sets from $5.50 to $29.50 a set Pequot Coloured Bed Sheets 72" x 99" 9.00 each Pequot Coloured Bed Sheets 81" x 108" $11.00 Haslams Hemstitched Coloured Sheets 90" x 108" $15.00 Pequot Percale White Sheets T2OO 81" x 108" $18.50 a pair Coloured Floral Towels 23"
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    • 276 22 NOTICE VACANCIES EXIST FOR STUDENT NURSES The next course in the Training School «t the General Hospital, j Singapore, commences on 4th January. 1954. Salary scale $102 6A 114 B 5156 12A 240 B $252 12A 2M p.m. plus COL. and Singapore Allowances. I Total emoluments at present range from
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 4 22 Acknowledgments to The Motor.
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    • 110 22 POPUl*° D *«WORD SOLUTION ACROSS: 1. Shakr. 6. Taboo. 9. MaernLi 12. Violoncellist. 15, Ernr. 16, Gonr. 17. Sou. 18, Rie 1!*. Fund. 20. Skip. 21. Wild. 22. Qurll. 24. niflirult. 26. Raifte. 28, Teak. 30. Aloe. 31. Wily. 32. Hue. 34. Sac. 35. Pool. 36. Dome. 37. Preternatural. 39.
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  • 1085 23 Brilliant early spell decisive By THE SPORTS EDITOR South 3; North 2. COUTH— by three goals to two. That was the result of the Malayan Hockey Council's 11th annual classic, at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, and it was the first time that the Northern States
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  • 32 23 The Cosmopolitan Cycling Cluo's grass track championships to lie held on the Singapore Recreation Club ground this afternoon has been postponed to Sunday, Dec 27 due to the recent rain.
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  • 131 23 IPOH, Sat. TN the game before the match oe- tween Malayan Civilians and Services. Anderson School beat Ismail School from Kelantan by 12 points i four tries) to eight (goal, try) on the padang. Where they lacked in skill, the schoolboys made up in vigour
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  • 152 23 LONDON, Sat. STIRLING MOSS, the 1952 British motor racing champion, will drive an Italian Maserati car next year in the formula one Grand Prix events counting for the world's drivers championship. In a statement, issued through his manager, the 24--year-old British driver
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  • 453 23 IPOH, Saturday. BRILLIANT work by their threequarters, who included the two Fijian sprinters Dawai and Naidole. proved match-winning factors in today's big rugger match here when Malayan Services scored their first postwar victory over Malayan Civilians. Services won by 21 points (three goals, one try
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  • 240 23 LANDY TAKES IT EASY MELBOURNE, Sat. JOHN I.AXDV, Australia's famous miter, ran a special mile in 4 mm 16.2 sec. in a Melbourne heat-wave today. The temperature was 101 degrees in the shade when the runners went to their marks. Landy at no stage during the race made any attempt
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  • 82 23 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Sat. BUKIT Mertajam High School beat St. Andrews School of Singapore by 13 points (two goals and a penalty) to three (drop goal> in a thrilling rugger match played here on Jacob's Green yesterday. Penang schoolboy State player, Jalil bin Che Din
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  • 72 23 Results of friendly soccer match-s played at Farrer Park yesterday were: St. Joseph's Institution beat H.M.S. Llones by 3-2. scorers for the schoolboys were: Yong Kong (2i and Ramll. Wills and Lees scored for the sailors. Slvaji Sports Club beat Kerala Football Club by 4-3. Scorers
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  • 149 23 MELBOURNE. Sat. i \TICTORIA are strongly placed In their Bheffleld Shield cricket match against Queensland here, ha vine scored 377 to be 150 ahead of their opponents who have two first innings wlckeU §o fall. Victoria added seven runs to their overnight 370 for nine before
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  • 322 23 SINGAPORE "A" hardly deserved their 2-1 victory over South Combined Schools in the opening game of the hockey carnival at Jalan Besar stadium >e.sterday. The schoolboys had the better of i play througnout and put on a grand display in botn attack and
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  • 249 23 DANKER GETS WINNER FOR ALL BLUES KUALA LUMPUR Sat CELANGOR ALL BLUES, playuit; 0 below their usual strengtn, were very lucky to have beaten Malacca In their rugger friendly uy nine points (three tries) to six (two tries) on the padang this evening. Malacca's strength lay in then heavier pack
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  • 501 24  - GRANVILLES WIN 3 RACES AT B. TIMAH JACK BEAUMONT Big crowd at amateur meet By IT was a great day for the Granvilles at Bukit Timah yesterday. Lt. Col. J. Granville won two polo scurries on Kengala and Slickness, while his wife rode a beautifully-judged race to take the honours
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  • 103 24 GENEVA. Sat. TOUIS SKENA of France retained J his European flyweight title when he outpointed Naiarene Glannelll of Italy over 15 rounrts here last night. In a dull fight Skena had little difficulty in retaining his title for -the third timr Unofficial scoring gave the 29--year-old
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