The Straits Times, 13 December 1954

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    16 1 The Straits Times Kstd. 1843 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1954 15 CENTS Nat* 1 1 He*****
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    MILLION DOLLAR HAVOC
    321 1 0t flood damage icture as uins ease -an receding yesterday in most nd Southern Malaya, revealing and property totalling more than Kid" 11 is which have lashed the East i off communications with the cased yesterday, but there i Hooding from many points. tween Singapore and Kuala
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    Relief: task for men of generosity, goodwill
    394 1 INK flood water.', receded in Southern Malaya late yesterday, the tremendous task of bringing relief to the thousands of people affected by the disaster became more apparent. In Jonore alone nearly 20.000 people have been t vacuated from their homes since monsoon rains
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    Thanks, says Nicoll
    66 1 The Governor. Sir John nas sent letu rs i thanks to six organisations and Government departments raffs helped in the re- uation and after i in of the flood victims at Bedok and other areas in Singapore. The letters were for the St. John Ambulance Brigacir British
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    Freezing in Britain— and wet, too
    91 1 Freezing in Britain and wet, too LONDON. Sun. THE Thames was still rising today causine widespread Hoodine in the Maidenhead area and at Windsor, and coveiins the famous playing fields of Eton Coldest spot in the country today was London Airport i where the temperature dropperi to 22 degrees Fahrenheit—4o
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    Trapped 18 hours
    29 1 ÜBE. Japan, Sun. Ten miners, buried alive for more than 18 hours by a mine cavein, were brought to the surface alive and well today.— A.P.
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    FERRY STOPS-A TOWN IS CUT OFF AGAIN
    100 1 KUALA TRENGGANU, Sunday KUALA TRENGGANU was apain cut off today by road from the rest of the country. The Jerteh ferry. which links the town with Kota Bharu. has been closed. The Dungun ferry, which connects Kuala Trengganu with Kuantan. has not been
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    Xmas holiday children still held up
    59 1 Xmas holiday children still held up K. Ll'MPl'K, Sun. ril!i;i\ (Inlrirrn from X the Slim School in Hit- I ameron Highlands, who are on thrir way South to Singapore for their hristma> holidays are still held un here. The Rirl> are being looked after by SrrviceMtsft families at Army Headquarters
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    Flood victims body found
    60 1 KLUANG. Sun. The body Of the .soldier drowned while leading a rescue party on Thursday night was found this morning at Jalan Hail Manan. The dead man was identified as L Cpl. Ahmad bin Said 30 of the Royal Engineers. He was buried with lull military
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    Church full at his funeral
    50 1 KNOCKHOLT. Kent, Sun. St. Katherine's Church here wn so crowded today for the funeral service ">1 Sir Waldron Smithers, 74-year-old Member of Parliament for Orpington, that many people were unable to in. Sir Waldron had been organist at the church for ovir 50 years. Reuter.
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    35 BOYS CAN'T GO HOME
    177 1 35 BOYS CAN'T GO HOME Too useful to China, says U.S. WASHINGTON. Sun. rK United States Govern- n.rnt has refused to allow 35 Chinese students to return to China because of their usefulness to any Communist i war effort, but has put no lestrictions on their movements or employment within!
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    Heat barrier
    36 1 SYDNEY, Sun.— British designers of "unmanned rocket bombers" with speeds of 1,300 to 1,700 m.p.h. to be tested In Australia next year have overcome the "heat 1 barrier. Itwas reported here last night Reuter
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    Zsa Zsa to wed
    31 1 CIUDAD TRUJILLO. Dominica. Sun. Porflrio Rubirosa and Zsa Zsa Gabor arrived here yesterday and said they planned to marry as soon as their divorces were final. A.P.
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    8 ft. waters drive men to live in attics
    308 1 KOTA TIN GO I, Sun. MUDDY flood waters, eight feet deep, swirled through the streets of this South Jol-.ore town today, rendering uninhabitable most one-storey buildincs and conilninK reople in twostorey h»u.se.s to the top SorrTVople are livinp in ,tties and
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    FLOODS: THE BIG NEED
    282 1 FLOODS: THE BIG NEED Food, clothes, books TVDNATIONS of cloth- ing and money began to arrive at the Straits Times offices in Cecil Street from an early hour yesterday for the thousands of Singapore flood victims. Col. r. W. Harvey, of the Salvation Army, who has agreed to become chairman
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    Inside Asia—a view by Sir John
    64 1 Inside Asia— a view by Sir John SAN FRANCISCO. Sun. THE Prime Minister of Ceylon. Sir John Kotelawala. said at a dinner last night that Asia had reached a crossroads of history and must choose between Communism and Democracy. Sir John said that mllllor^ of 'Asians had to make this
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    STOP PRESS
    203 1 CHINA Bl RMA TRADF BOOST PLAN HUM. h<>\.. Mm f Inn i and Murni i tsni hf aiiiioiiiii rit |hcj "'II Biafcs plans to miii'.iM' trade and cimnniiiiM .Uions between 111' l\\" I III! II tI II I IIPV ill 111 in i>pi inn;; i»f a. Sinn-Biiriiv I
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    HAJI SULONG—A DENIAL
    74 1 BANGKOK, Run Alleea- started by the Commun&ls to tions in the Malay in verna- create public dissatisfaction, a cular press that Kaji Sulontj. police spokesman said here, leader of the "Muslim S^para- Haii Sulonß had been ti.st Movement' in South Siam. brought before the police but had
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    4,000 homeless
    17 2 BUENOS AIRES, Sun. A three-hour fire destroyed 800 homes and left 4,000 homeless here— UP.
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    Onn anti-Chinese? 'No he's not'
    262 2 'I ACCUSE' ATTACK ON A DATO BY A DATO BRINGS A REPLY FROM PENANG CA UTION TO SIR CHENG-LOCK: DO TAKE CARE HOW YOU USE THAT WORD 'ANTF PENANG, Sunday. £)ATO Sir Onn bin Ja'afar, the secretary-general of Party Negara, may be pro-Malay or proMalayan
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    Archbishop is wrong, says vicar
    103 2 Archbishop is wrong, says vicar LONDON. Sun. AN Archbishop or Canterbury can be wrong, says the Rev. Frederick Tapply, Vicar of All Saints. Hlghgate. In his parish letter. Some of his congregation, he says, queried the ruling of Dr William Temple, former Archbishop of Canterbury. 1 Corinthians, xi, 5. that
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    Midget saves falling circus girl
    98 2 Midget saves falling circus girl SARATOGA. Florida, Sun A midget clown saved the life of circus performer yesterday by breaking her fall when she slipped while practicing an aerial act. Gladys Rimmer. an attractive trapeze artist, was practising about 30 feet from the ground at the winter quarters of the
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    Boat upsets, boy drowns
    65 2 Two children were drowned In Singapore yesterday— one in a pond flooded by the recent rains. A 14-year-old boy. Tan Ah Bak. fell into the sea off Pong*ol Point when his boat capsized. Friends pu'.led him out but Tan died before* the ambulance arrived. The victim
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    Warning to U.S.
    46 2 MOSCOW. Sun The Soviet Government warned today that any U.S. action to provide "defensive protection" to American planes flying near Soviet areas could "increase the risk of another incident iike the downing of a U.S reconnaissance plane over Japan on Nov 7. -U.P.
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    Soviets' subs
    43 2 NEW YORK. Sun. Russian submarines outnumber America's underwater fleet by a margin of two to one the current issue of Look magazine said The Soviet submarine fleet was seven times as large as the Nazi fleet in World War II —UP.
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    Lady Churchill
    31 2 LONDON. Sun —Lady Churchill who cancelled her engagement last week because of a severe cold, recovered sufficiently to leave London today for Chequers, the Prime Minister's country home.- -Reuter
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    Closer Moscow
    33 2 LONDON. Sun. The railway distance between Moscow and Peking was shortened by 600 miles yesterday when a new •me between Isining and the Chinese Mongolian frontier I was completed -A. P.
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    5 Israelis held
    24 2 JERUSALEM. Sun.— A Sy- rian military spokesman today 'admitted that hve Israeli solI diers were being detained in Syria U P
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    AVA FLIES WITH 40 PIECES OF LUGGAGE
    153 2 AVA FLIES WITH 40 PIECES OF LUGGAGE AVA Gardner's flight from Singapore to Rome yesterday cost $4,400 more than the fare of any other of he Rome-bound passengers. Main reason for the film star's expensive trip, by Air India Constellation, was that she had 40 pieces of luggage, on which
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    King in a hurry
    43 2 1 turn to his country by air today He arrived here yesterday from his capital. Pnom-Penh. with the intention of spending a week's holiday on the Riviera It was not Immediately known why he had decided to return Reuter
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    Queen's Own Gurkhas
    47 2 Queen 's Own Gurkhas CAPTAIN Krishnabahadur Rai (left) and Captain Lalbahadur Thapa. the first two Gurkha officers to be appointed orderly officers to the Queen sincr the Brigade of Gurkhas became an intrjrral part <>f the British Army. They have been in England since May. fU-utrr picture.
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    The 'underground' won their hearts
    257 2 LONDON. Sun. yyiTH a new award each and a host of memories two Gurkha officers sailed back to Malaya yesterday. For six months Captain Lalbahadur Thapa and Captain Krishnabahadur Rai have served at Buckingham Palace as orderly officers to the Queen. Many impressive tales they
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    Colonel UP and Mr. DOWN ... by Walter
    7 2 Colonel UP and Mr. DOWN by Walter
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    I'll live to be 100, says Martha—'as long as I can smoke a cigarette'
    181 2 I'll live to be 100, says Martha—'as long as I can smoke a cigarette' LONDON, Sun. MRS. MARTHA SMITH is B. and she loves a cigarette. Food? Sleep? They don't worry Mrs. Smith. She has just gone two days without either. And all because of her cigarettes. Now. every Friday.
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    Muslims want Britain to stay
    48 2 LONDON. Sun. Mehmec Dana. Mufti of Cyprus anc religious leader of 100.001 Muslims In the island colony left by air lor New York tc appeal privateU to member of the U N GenVral Assembly to resist the demands toi union with Greece. Reuter
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    CUT IT DOWN TILL IT HURTS YOU
    205 2 But the specialist's advice is— LONDON. Sunday. IF you must smoke, cut your cigarettes or toban down to a minimum. "To the point of privation in fact, said a Harley Street cancer spe«-i«lUt la night. And before youne people beein the habit, he
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    Landing on one engine
    70 2 ROME. Sun— A twin-engined Elizabeth airliner rarryinc 35 passengers. Including the Aea Khan, flew for an hour on one engine and then touched down to a uerfert landinc M CiamPino airport here yesterday An engine failed when the plane, en a routine British European Airways flight
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    Triplets came so suddenly
    54 2 MEXICO CITY. Sun Mrs Refupio Ramirez started to work as usual yesterday. Half an hour later she was the mother of triplets. The babies -all boy.s were premature, and weighed about three pounds each. Mrs. Ramirez, a portrr In an apartment, also has three daughters from
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    General dies
    36 2 LONDON, buii.--Maj.-Qcn. Sir John Davidson, World War I Director of Military Operations at British Headquarters In France and for 13 years a Conservative Member of Parliament, died yesterday at a nursing home, aged 78.—Reuter.
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    THE SLAP-HAPPY HUSH
    30 2 THE SLAP-HAPPY H USH LCVDON. Sun Mrs Ethel Mary Robinson won a dli yesterday on grounds of cruelty when she testified thai husband claimed that "in London's East End wtrea
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    The colonel paradise
    21 2 The colonel paradise nand:: Sucker sa jool doctor hi, used iarv d ,n -i I ipparn' bi if But s I
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    320 3 TOR WARNS AGAINST BLOCKADE OF CHINAP0 NU WILL GO TO WASHINGTON I re- -to-face the vrk me m( rican by the Prking an Asi to for s still ;nla- nice chou Peka'Ls- has the remand s well men of the U.N. Command stili detained "I would appreciate an opportunity
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    Killer jailed
    23 3 PARIS. Sun Louis Morenas, 66. an insurance salesman, was sentenced t» life imprisonment for murdering his British-born mistress eight years ago.
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    Attackers to die
    21 3 CASABLANCA, Sun.— A military court here sentenced six Moroccans to death for a bomb attack which killed 20—Reuter
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    UNKNOWN
    50 3 Bobby xpected I ior be- j imes N. "Those cards are really oci cupyinc her mind and she is enioyine them tremendously." ho said. She looks forward to the mailman's daily visit. Meanwhile plans were made to have Santa Claus arrive ahead of schedule for Bobby's Christmas tomorrow. U.P.
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    Edith urges Britain: Lead talks with China
    138 3 Edith urges Britain: Lead talks with China LONDON, Sun. iyt. EDITH Summer- skill, chairman of the British Labour Party, said in a broadcast here last night that the world was waiting for Britain to take the lead in talks on world problems with Russia and China. She said the recent
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    I Non, non, Lucienne does it with a right
    72 3 THE GENTLE ART OF HANDLING A MERE MAN I Ll( lENNE of Paris puts her stage partner, Astor, in his place .at every performance at the Adelphi Theatre, London. The place is on the floor. The act starts on c siiventional
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    SURRENDERS END TUNISIAN REVOLT
    281 3 2,700 bandits granted amnesty TUNIS. Sunday. SIX MONTHS of guerilla warfare virtually ended in Tunisia with the mass surrenders of all but two bands of Fellagha terrorists by midnight last night the deadline for a French amnesty offer. France can now concentrate on quelling uprisings in
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    Queen's nephew a murderer
    36 3 BENGHAZI. Sun. -El Sherif Mohieedln El Senussi. 22, nephew of the Queen of Libya, was sentenced to death today for the murder last October of the Controller of the Royal Household. UP.
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    U.N. aid plan
    33 3 NEW YORK, Sun— The U.N. General Assembly yesterday endorsed a move for an international finance corporation to help underdeveloped countries. The United States and Britain have promised support. —A P.
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    Peso is freed
    20 3 WASHINGTON, Sun. The United States has agreed to give up its control over the Philippine peso.— U.P.
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    Reforms 10 years late, say Africans
    120 3 Reforms 10 years late, say Africans KAMPALA. Sun. ri: I .mil National Congress which represents tht nationalist movement in this territory s;iid yesterday that Britain's proposed constitutional reforms for Buranda were designed to destroy everything that was African. If they were introduced Buganda would he given a position similar to
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    5,000 POLICE ARE EATING AGAIN
    101 3 5,000 POLICE ARE EATING AGAIN CALCUTTA. Sun. Five thousand Calcutta policemen, who have been on hunger i strike since Friday, agreed last night to start eating again on receiving an assurance that their grievances would be settled by April. Their decision was followed |by the withdrawal of troops, who had
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    Mayors' praise
    29 3 LONDON. Sun The mayori of Moscow and Stalingrad sent congratulations yesterday to the mayor of Hiroshima on his demand for an international ban on atomic weapons.— A.P.
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    HIS NEPHEW WAS HIS DINNER
    73 3 BRAZZAVILLE, French; Equatorial Africa, Sun. The j Criminal Court here has sentenced to death a Bakoro tribesman for killing and eating his nephew during a hunting expedition. The tribesman. Ndjombo, cut his nephew's throat during; a hunt because Ndjombo said, hLs nephew had committed adultery
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    Keep out of colour blocs, Negro says
    201 3 Keep out of colour blocs, Negro says BALTIMORE, Sun. THE American assistant Secretary of Labour, Mr. J. Ernest Wilkins, said today there is danger the world will be broken up into racial blocs such as "Asia for the Asians, Africa for the Negroes, Europe for white people and America for
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    'Don't tax Spore-made goods'
    235 4 MERCHANTS MAY SET UP AN OFFICE AT CUSTOMS STATION CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE SAY IMPORT DUTIES ARE KILLING LOCAL INDUSTRY KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE ASSOCIATED CHINESE CHAMBER of CoßUOeree, Malaya, at its annual meeting on Dec. 19, will consider whether to set up an office at the
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    Windows in church for war dead
    127 4 Windows in church for war dead KUALA LUMPUB, Sun. NEW STAINED UavN win-) rinw* will lit- plated in the «aM end of St. Marjr'i hurch in memory of those uho died or were s.!'"ii In the last world IW. l"he windows have already been ordered and are due to arrive
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    Farewell tea
    62 4 IPOH. Bun. The Muslim Missionary Society of Perak entertained one of its officials. Tongku Hussein bin Tormkti Yahaya. to a farewell tea at the weekend on his departure, after three years in Perak. to Kuantan as acting President ef the Sessions Court. Whilo in Ipoh. Tvncku Hus- I
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    The dancers' Xmas ball
    65 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun— The < Selangor Society of Amateur Dancers will hold a Christmas; ball at the Chenwu auditorium here on Dec 24. The society's junior dance championships will take place at the Bukit Bintang Amusement Park hall on Dec. 17 and 18. A challenge cup
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    Cupid finds way through the flood
    185 4 Cupid finds way through the flood "THE heavy floods In South Malaya did not deter a Kuala Lumpur businessman. Mr. Kok yen Nam. 25, from flying to Singapore on Saturday to fulfil the most important date of his life his wedding. After the marriage, he was disappointed that he could
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    Naval Base strike move
    89 4 The 10.000-strong Naval Base j Labour Union has threatened to call a one-d.iy strike because the authorities refused to give the union permission to use the dockyard field for a meeting yesterday. Mr. 8. Woodhull. secretary of the union, told the 3traits Times yesterday that the
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    NO MORE POLICE JOBS GOING
    46 4 Owing to the large number of applicants already waiting and the small number of nun leaving the force, the Army Depot Police n Singapore vrsti rday announced they had to suspend their recruiting. No applications will be considered in the meantime.
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    Richards resigns
    17 4 Capt T. D. Richards has resigned as adviser to thf Malay Seamen's Union of Singapore.
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    A MILLIONAIRE'S TIP
    112 4 'Don't gamble or smoke opium* PENANO. Sun. Mr. Lim Lean Teng, millionaire and philanthropist, yesterday warned Han Chiang High School students against gambllne and opium smoking. "The 1.000 and 100 character lotteries have broken up many families and caused many business failures." he said at the I
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    U.N. talks to save plants
    78 4 Control of plant pests and diseases in South-East Asia and the Pacific will be discussed at a conference of the Food and Agricultural Organisation j nf the United Nations to be held at the Tanjong Katong Girls" School in Singapore The Colonial Secretary. Mr W.
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    Medal for Ascoli
    36 4 Seventy-one-year-old Mr. F. D. Ascoli. managing director of Dunlop Rubber Co., who has had a distinguished career in the rubbtr industry, has been awarded the Institute of Rubber Industry Hancork Modal for 1954.
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    SCOUTS FIND IT TOUGH GOING
    173 4 SCOUTS FIND IT TOUGH GOING TWO Singapore Boy Scouts are discovering that it is not an easy task to row around the island. The 17-year-old boys. Ho Ton Chen and Lim Tang Ming, set out on Saturday morning in a frail. 14-foot sampan hoping to cover the 66 miles around
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    Club social
    21 4 The Singapore Stamp Club will hold a social meeting at the Y.M.C. A. Orchard Road, at 5 p.m. tomorrow.
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    S'PORE DIARY
    156 4 IMPERIAL (LI B iNAAFI): An--1 nual ball. Nuflleld uu'.ldlng. Beacn Hoad, 830 p.m. to 1 a.m. TWCA KATONti CLUB: Visit tRed Cross Crtpp'ed Chlldron s Home. Tanah Merah Besar 4 p.m TAI.K A Dl M<>\> 1 RATION on South Indian dancing .iv Dtvdatta Jetley and ins pupi^. V
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    700 at concern
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    Mock air attack but crash wasn't part of the show
    172 4 Mock air attack but crash wasn't part of the show PENANC, Sin, WHK.N an angry woman m 0 torist rushed up to thr Penang Chief I'olu,. om.ir Mr. H. B. J. Donaldson ,n protested vigorously that a Civil Drfrnre KNH van hail collided with her car. hundreds of spectators watching
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    Amorous Duke broke pledge as youthful passion faded
    1286 5 Amorous Duke broke pledge as youthful passion faded A NY grey dawn in April in the year 1793 the inhabitants of the Ludovici quarter of Rome might have been surprised to see a ><mng man with a hat pulled over his eyes scrambling hastily down from the balcony of one
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    ROYAL RAKE WAS A REFORMER
    317 5 but Ay. contrived to enter his wife's hotel apartments secret ly every evening, and beat a retreat at dawn by scrambling rrom her balcony into a narrow alley beside the hotel. Even this furtive arrangement could not long escape the gossips of Rome. The swelling
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      158 5 Shmrlmek Tltroai ta kill f u**. kiP'\ MO" TwF CZAC €> WMAT ABOUT EDINBURGH IF vOU LEAVER NONSENSE! ""eS^dA IM.TAT.ON _7 THI6 AWNING'S TwE 6CENE THE MOUSE OL Mt J f N uOBTi- TF W EL6? H« TELE6RAM 7oFMOeiABTVf VOU'LL BE MOC AT 6T 4 \4^"y c |||f n S^lTyro
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    25 6 MR. MKS YFO TONG YAM thank their friends and relatives for kind wishes am! valuable presents or. the occasion of the* .ißaport- Registry. amber.
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    20 6 10 H'or<*» 5/0 (minimum). WILL MR. ANDREW KIM Please Ring Tel. ***** for Mr. Chong or see him personally.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    352 6 2lt H f)*~fi SIM f fnim tnum FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In I the 'Malay Mall" if you w\nt to win that $5,000 word puzzle. FATHER CHRISTMASSES! Let Cold Storage cater and provide your Ing Department, Orcliard Road. Singapore. ha opening of La Bout: 'west dress Aric!nhi Hotel. Ori'.l
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Man. Dec. 13, 1954. Flood Relief Fund
    750 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Man. Dec. 13, 1954. Flood Relief Fund The North-east monsoon has wrought havoc. For ten days heavy rains have caused serious floods in many East Coast areas, from Kota Bahru, which had its first floods m the first of the month, to Kota Tinggi where on
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    Ignorance And Eating
    549 6 The importance of nutrition education is stressed once I again in the report of the In- stitute for Medical Research, one of the least publicised of government departments whose original work, however, is well known abroad. Ignorance, I says the Institute's report, is in many ways a
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    REFORM BEGAN WITH SIR ANDREW
    289 6 REFORM BEGAN WITH SIR ANDREW THE interesting feature article by G. E. on Sir Andrew Clarke made mention of Sir Andrew's period of governorship of the Straits Settlements for eighteen months. To Malayans, this was perhaps the most fruitful of his varied and long career. Sir Andrew's governorship saw the
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    Leaders are needed
    180 6 OUR so-calieci politicians have been vigoroasly clamouring for independence and self-government, but are they quite certain that they possess the ability to manage the affairs ot the country efficiently? I envisage disorder and turmoil if independence li secured too soon. Malaya must have *he prerequisites to fulfil
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    'Feudalism' in Chinese schools
    303 6 'Feudalism in Chinese schools IT WAS my privilege a few weeks ago to submit a memorandum on Chinese schools to a political association. In it, I emphasised the fact that when a Chinese school experiences a change in its committee of management, there is usually a change in the statf
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    'Pay more—or else' threat?
    234 6 'Pay more— or else' threat? 4 SPOKESMAN of the A Federations Road Transport Department is reported as saying "the department will have to do some serious thinking if the administration of the licensing system was interfered with". He was referring, with plaintive mystification, to motorists' preference for licensing their vehicles
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    ASSIGNING IS UNFAIR
    91 6 A great number of the children residing in Serangoon dLstrirt and who had passed the entrance examinations to "ondary schools, were Tilth ml to schools in Alexandra. Bukit Panjang and Pasir Panjang. when there are two Government secondary schools in Serangoon district. I do not know what
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    HONOURS FOR MEN ON ESTATES
    208 6 HONOURS FOR MEN ON ESTATES SIR John Martin's Salute to the Planters, is a most acceptable and happy tribute from a senior official of the Colonial Office to the planting industry. All will agree with Sir John when he says: It is a debt which Mataya cannot hope to repay
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    COURTS MIGHT SAVE BROKEN MARRIAGES
    227 6 I AM alarmed to read that of 2.500 Malay marriages about half have ended in divorce. Cannot the religious heads in each State and Settlement get together to devise laws for the prevention of injustice and cruelty? Let divorce courts be set up under kathls
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    DOGS THREATEN HEALTH
    51 6 DOGS THREATEN HEALTH |\N Sunday evening I lls- te>nod to a broadcast appeal from Radio Singapore which called for subscriptions to help the 'poor homeless doggies of Singapore." These animals are, In many parts of the island, rapidly developing into a public nuisance. Their habit of upsetting dustbins and strewing
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    PAY AS YOU EARN PLEA
    62 6 lyf ANY an income tax payer seems to be In arrears of tax. It Ls observed that most of them when they have to pay a couple of hundred dollars pay such tax in instalments Th< re Ls a lapxe of some considerable time from
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    CHOICE OF OFFICIALS
    104 6 JT is undesirable to have as union officers persons other than those working in that industry. Very often an outsider gets in for personal gain. It gives more chance for the workers to learn how to run their own unions If outsiders keep away. Things can be
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    Thanks for frank speech
    153 6 Thanks for frank speech "ANY Chinese who is not with us i s a traitor to our causo. declared the Presiden' of the Straits Chin. British Association Penang, Mr. Heah Joo Scan?. Mr. Heah Joo Seang should be congratulated for having the courage to speak openly and sticking to the
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    Extra fees illogical
    223 6 A study of the undermentioned scale of ft vehicles licences for 1955 nt yearly and half-yearly raU shows a marked and irr<--gu'ar difference. ranging from $2 to $10. in the extra fees per annum charged for a half-yearly licence Since the amount of extra work involved frr
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    VICTIMS PLEAD FOR RELIEF
    349 7 Imparts to the rescue hard-hit area I Singapore's three worst flooded areas k Geylang Serai and Potonjj Pasir, ,'jed for more food, clothing and 1 Lncial rolief as had receded by yesterday, high in one large section of Polony Pasir. Stricken families in this >n were
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    Free film show
    30 7 Sineapore V.M.C.A. will eive a Christmas treat and film show for the Gimson School Boya at the school premises, dementi Road, at 6.30 p.m. on Dec. 30.
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    4,000 at funeral of Dato Paglar
    304 7 WEATHER DELA YS DAUGHTER'S PLANE MORE than 4,000 people attended the funeral of Dato C. J. Pa*lar. Legislative Councillor, at Bidadari Cemetery, Singapore, yesterday. The cortege left his residence in Joo Chiat Place at 4 p.m. and arrived at St Joseph's Church in Victoria
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    Relax school entry rule —teachers
    128 7 Relax school entry rule teachers JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. rE Johore branch of the National Union of Teachers has decided to ask the Government not to restrict admission ol students to secondary schools until it can pro- vide lacilities for vocational I land technical education. The teachers want the Government to
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    FLOODS BEGIN TO FALL
    305 7 THE FOLLOWING REPORTS FROM OTHER FLOOD CENTRES WERE CABLED BY STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS LAST NIGHT: KOTA TINGGI: A Johore Government statement issued yesterday afternoon said that Kota Tinggi town was under seven-and-a-half feet of water. The situation was well under control and no lives had been
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    First meeting
    27 7 An inaugural meeting to form the Singapore DLstrirt Students' Society of incorporated Secretaries will be held at the V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow
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    STRAITS TIMES: $2 mil. EXPANSION
    539 7 DUE to increasing business, the Straits Times Press Ltd., Is to spend about $2 million on expansion projects. This is stated in tho annual report and statement of aci counts to be laid before the annual general meeting in Singapore next Saturday. After providing for
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    BLOOD TESTS DID NOT END ROW ON CABARET GIRL'S INSURANCE BABY
    451 7 BLOOD TESTS DID NOT END ROW ON CABARET GIRL'S INSURANCE BABY KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. MANY disputes on parenthood are now referred to the Institute for Medical Research here when it is thought that blood grouping tests may help to decide who is the mother and who is the father, Dr.
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    Doctors 'top class—due to varsity'
    99 7 Doctors 'top class due to varsity KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. IMH. University of Malaya is producing a very high standard of doctors, said Dr. R. h Anderson, the Federation's Director of Medical Services, her, last nijfht. Hr was speaking at the halfyearly dinner of the Alumni Association of the King Kdward
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    Xmas dance
    25 7 Singapore Civil Defence As- soeiatlon will hold its annual Christmas dance at Raffles Hotel from 8.30 to 1 a.m. on I Friday night.
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    Two mercy flights in vain
    216 7 PATIENT DIES AT PALEMBANG fWO desperate mercy flights— a third was planned have failed to save the life of an American economist in the Sumatra oil town of Palembang. The dead man was middleaged Mr Roger William*, of New York. He arrived in Palembang only
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    THE OLD HANDS KNOW BEST
    121 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The Secretary for Defence, Mr. A. H P. Humphrey, yesterday watched demonstrations of fire fichtinc. rescue work and first aid by 135 members o! the Civil Defence Corps, Butterworth division. Mr Humphrey, who was accompanied by the Civil Defence Commissioner. Mr. G.
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      175 7 The weather MINIMIM TEMPtRATLRK (7 30 p.m. on Dec. 11 to 730 a.m. on Dec. 12 1 Singapore 73 degrees. Penang 74. Kola Bahru 77. Kuala Lumpur 75, Ipoh 74. Kuantan 75. MAXIMUM II Mil K\ II Xl (7 30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Dec. 13): Sinsapore 86, Penang
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST
    909 8 SINGAPORE Members of the »3 Malayan Share Brokers' Association issued the following list of revised quotations at their last meeting at 4 p.m. on Friday: im,i«i«i\i.» B«?rr» Sellrri Alr> BriCta Pnf <» i.» Ord» i.U tn Atlas Ice 12 25 13 xd B.b Petrol 32 9 33/3
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    94 8 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants on Saturday: London: selling T.T. or OD. 2/4: buying T.T. 2/4 >„ OD. 2 4 5/32 30 d/st. 2/4 7 32 45 d/st. 60 d St. 2/4 Vi. 90 d'st 2/4 5/16 120 d/st.
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    TEA CROPS
    42 8 The Indian Tea Association anDOUBOa that the tea crop at the flirt of November In North India was *****0000 lbs compared with 472«OO.0O0 lbs for the «ame period last year and 498 ft.58.634 lbs. In the .same period of 1952.
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    Main interest industrials
    554 8 3HLAYAX SHARK MMthhl #f 11 By OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT ALTHOUGH there was an uncertain note about the Singapore Share Market last week, with investors inclined to hold off, the volume of business written was rather better than mipht have been expected. Tins formed the bulk of business
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    DIVIDEND ANNOUNCE
    22 8 DIVIDEND ANNOUNCE I jsg 1 r; 1 Mm, i»f in M a loud ;ibli "<>IU III,", ni g lax ten h Hl.lt
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    Little change in tin price
    422 8 i ommoihi* ifii ■TIN was steady and quiet in Singapore last week with very little fluctuation in price. The price opened at $353 37' 2 per picul on Monday and closed at exactly the same price on Saturday morning. I There was only a price
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    BUSINESS DONE
    309 8 rE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm ef brokers for the period December 4 to December 10:— Industrials: Eastern United AM* r.iiue $37. "ft. Fraser and Nea\e Oid> 1.97',., Federal Di.spen.-ary »3 20, Gammons $3 55. Hammers $3 '.5.
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      601 8 NOTICES I SZE HAI TONG BANKING INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED LOSS OF SHARE CERTIFICATES. APPLICATION has been made to t directors of this company to tsue to Cecilia Ooh Mul Chenc a c ipllcate certificate of 33 shares .r«. 9684 to 9716 and also a duplicate certificate of 19 shares Nos.
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      105 8 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS nro hereby notified that ALL Motor Vehicle Licences expire on 31.-; December. Application forms will NOT be pns'rri to owners and owners are hereby requested to obtain such forms from any Post Office or any Petrol Filling Station. LJcencs for the Ist
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      763 8 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE CITY ARCHITECT BUILDING SIRVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT. I The public Is reminded that: iii licences for garages, adver- i tlsements and signboards; (11) permit* for temporary erections; will expire on 31st day of December, 1954. Applications for renewal of llcen- ces and temporary permits for 195)1 should
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      753 8 TENDERS CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD KUALA TRENGGANU. Interruption oC Electricity Supply. The entire electricity supply fed by substations In the Batu Burok, Jalun Wireless. Gong Kapas. Gong Wan Abas, MengadanK Akar, Jalan Maslid, Jalan Tanjong. Jalan Ayrr Jemeh. Jalan Batas Bharu. Buklt Besar, Kuala Trengganu will be Interrupted between the hours
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      206 8 KNUTSEN LINE Fast .md R«*abi FROM CANADA PACIFIC PORTS -.i_ii^B Sailing, Arrmns; San Francisco Singapore P Swrtt Ciertrvd Bakke C. 38 39 Elisabeth Bakke 4 Dec 3 |aa Ogeka 6akke ZJ Dec 24 |an Anna Bakke 8 |an 7 Fcb Accepting cargo and p.meni;." hi Wll I FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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      838 9 I.WSFIELD «c CO., LTD. ■HtMM |<A" ipora) ,j H E BLUE FUNNEL LINK W., 1 >.id on,] dischorge corao jOW, LONDON, 4 CONTINENTAL PORfS Sai's P. Sham Penong Dec 14 34 Do* 14 Doc 14/14 Dec 17/18 I Rds Dec 17 Doc 18/20 Doc 22/21 18 Dec 21 Doc 24/2S
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      2152 9 ■anom IWVI'V'VIWII PV 9f l V B 9! EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA 'or Adon, Port Sold. Gonoo. Antwerp. R.tt.rdom, Hamburg, Copenhagen. Gothenburg ft Oslo 5 pore P Sham Penong "SeVa^ia 1 "fo "2 »'/22 Doc "ASIA- .K.! Jo "/ll Jon "IND.A" 15/17* jon M^** 17/U Ja« co!!i ey
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      1185 9 McALISTER «fc CO., LTD. TEL. No. ***** ELLERMAN <Sc DUCKNaLL KLAVENEU LINE LONDON. HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG 4 HULL PORTLAND, SEATTLE 4 VANCOUvr ond for USA. North Atlantic Port-. Accepting cargo for Central 4 Sooth ond Conado vio Colombo America CITY OF CHICAGO SUNNYVILLE jm* ??E. MM*
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    Peking may give orders to India's Reds
    915 10 Peking may give orders to India's Reds THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA. By M. R. Masani. (Vcrschoyle 18s) f HINA'S Communists, said Mr. Nehru the other day, are good. They work for their country. But India's Communists are bad. They work against their country. Mr Nehru was making his first
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    Lively days of old Singapore
    164 10 Lively days of old Singapore T ITH the generous aid of Tf the anecdotal Buckley and others. Mr. Donald Dahaa revived in "Old Singapore" (Donald Moore' Colony's pictures- md lively early days. There was the morning twenty-four of Sultan young ladies turn- j ed up at the police station. Idlng
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    EASTERN HISTORY FOR MALAYANS
    168 10 A BYPRODUCT of Kirkby come* from Edward Arnhold i London i who have published "An Outline Atlas of Eastern History' prepared by Mr. R R. Selaman, Lecturer in History at this Malayan collepe. The 53 plates span the recorded history of Asia, from earliest India and
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    MODERN BREEDERS ARE DENOUNCED
    734 10  -  RAYMOND MORTIMER The Fashion In Dogs By MAN MEETS DOC. By Konrad Lorenz. Translated by M. K. W.1.0n (MeHiuen. 15».| DR. LORENZ is an Austrian who devotes his life to the scientific and affectionate study of animal behaviour. He lives surrounded with every sort of mammal,
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    BRIDGE
    194 10 II K« mi. th Kniisi.iin UNTIL recently the intended effect of a psychic bid was to prevent opponents from bidding a game which they could make. Nowadays, ft appears, a player who is known for this form of fantasy merely goads the opposition into bidding more and more. On
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      49 10 ,^sr«*^K, i I When dreams\ of a I Cold Christmas I' ft 5 come true j Kb. jor§ :S E I h s- 1 i |£&s^^l*^ < t i W^^^^zz^^^- J! \I I I Available ex stock from yR Ps^ ROTTERDAM TRADING CO., (M) LTD. Rr SINGAPORE. KUALA LUMPUR. PENANG^IPOH
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      200 10 Straits Times Crossword A*'^*** 1 15. This ports undrlnkable! (5). 1. House dog only (6) 16. Room for buttonholing (5>. .0.- t f rCe (i) IX'^™^ m tOrlStS t0 \l X^lVr^rXT™,. (7> ft" nd the5 <» I 13. _SPonge" sense j5. 23. Its late to change the cricket 14. Dog
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    Wolves get into stride for today's match against Honved
    493 11 CLOSE STRUGGLE CONTINUES IN DIVISION ONE LONDON. Sun. VyOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers who meet the Hungarian side Honved tomorrow, returned to winning form by beating Leicester 2-1 away to keep their one point lead at the head of Division One yesterday. Sunderland and
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    TEAM POSITIONS
    642 11 P W D L F A Pt.s P W D L F APU Wolves 21 11 6 4 49 29 ?»> Stoke City 21 11 5 5 33 20 27 Sunderland 21 9 9 3 37 27 27 Fulham 21 11 5 5 50 40 27 Manchester U.
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    BISHOP AUCKLAND MOVE INTOF.A. CUP 3rd ROUND
    334 11 BISHOP Auckland, doughty amateur cup fighters of the Northern League, took the honours yesterday in the second round of the Football Association Cup which dominated the English soccer programme. The only amateur side left in the competition Bishop Auckland beat Crystal Palace 4-2
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    High standard of play at second Welsh trial
    226 11 CLIFF MORGAN IN GREAT FORM LONDON, Sunday. THE second Welsh rugby trial at Llanelly, which the the Reds won 25-9, must have given the Welsh selectors every satisfaction. Conditions were good and the quality of the play was particularly hi^h. It was
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    Taylor hits 118 v. Natal
    67 11 DURBAN Sun. AR TAYLOR, Transvaal tipening barman advanced his claims for selection to tour Englanc. next year «he-n he made 118 gainst (fatal on the Hem) day of the Curne Cuu match here. Taylor batted attractively apalnst M attack which Included ,hree Springbok spin bowlers
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    DENMARK IN ZONE FINAL
    50 11 DUBLIN, Sun. Denmaiicwho led Ireland by four mat ches to nil on Friday, last mpht completed a crushinc 9 0 victory to enter the European Zone final of the Thomas Cup badminton competl-; tl0 The winners of the European E«e will meet the Australian Zone winners.
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    LANDAU SOLD TO AUSSIE
    60 11 LONDON, Sun— The National Stud's three-year-old colt Landau, who has raced under the Queon's colours, has been sold to the British Bloodstock Agencv for an Australian client for 20.000 guineas. Landau, who was bred bv the National Stud, carried the Royal colours unsuccessfully in the Derby
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    RUGBY UNION, LEAGUE RESULTS
    263 11 RUOBY Union result* on Saturday ■gre: Championship matrhr*: Cuniberianr' and Westmoreland 3 Durham 0 l*ncashlre 3 Yorkshire 0; Northumberland 11 Cheshire 8: Warv.irk hire 18 North Midland* 9; lub m»lrlir>: BlackhPHth 11 'er H; Ouy's Hospital 6 Old Cranlelgham 6; Harlequin* -i CardlfT 9 Londim Welsh
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    BORDER BEATEN
    17 11 VrftORIA sun.— North-eastern ,:der by 160 runs l[.\ dl v toap«n in Cunif cup JSSSrS
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    SPORTS DIARY
    49 11 MMMO Singapore District championship srmi-iinal: Spore Knfineer Reft, v K I Ml Workshops, Gillman Barracks; S.t.C. "B" v 200 Provost Company, padaru Anderson School v Raffles Inst., R.I. (round. HOCKKY Friendly: S.R.« v SHB Reca. padan*. SOCCER Kampong lea«ur: Kimponj I»nJonc Rovers v B. Ki-senian, Brereries (round.
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    Singapore in line for Asian table tennis title
    521 11 SINGAPORE'S chances of winning the Baroda Cup, for the men's team championship In the Third Asian Table Tennis Championships brightened considerably when they scored theti third straight victory by beating the strong Philippines team s—l at the Singapore Badminton Stadium last night
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    Heddle has another good meet
    202 11 Heddle has another good meet By EPSOM JfcEP TRAINER Alan Heodle who ls making a come-back in a big way. had another successful meeting when he sfnt out 'our winners, six seconds and a third to top the trainers' list at the Terak Turf Club December Meeting. There was a
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    Determine wins
    26 11 ALBANY (California). Sun Determine won the Oolder. Oat* Handicap worth U5525.000 at Golden Gate Fields yesterday, to become Americans leading money winner for 1954.
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    Compton's hand 'much better'
    46 12 MELBOURNE. Sun. Denis Compton. '.he England batsman who fractured a finger in the first TeM again-st Australia hopes to play :n -the second Ten beginning at Sydney on Friday He said today: "My hand Is much bettw. I tan grip things now."
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    505 12 Selector Allen says: No I need for Lock, Laker ENGLAND NOT DOING TOO BADLY —M.C.C. SECRETARY C.C. OFFICIALS and A selectors are quite satisfied with the performances of the England team now in Australia for the current Test series. Mr. Ronald Aird, the M.C.C. secretary, said this on arrival in
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