The Straits Times, 24 December 1954

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times Mala** »std. 1845 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1954 15 CENTS
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  • 448 1 )$200,000 damage: Quarter of village razed F 'Mi a.m. DASH TO SAFETY AS FISHERMEN GIVE ALARM PENANG, Thursday. it Kuala Muda early today wiped out a' s quarter of the village, left 500 people homeless pd caused damage estimated at $200,000. amilics whose houses were burned
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  • 30 1 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER p;»ts a3l Ib. turkey sent to him at the White House. Washington, by a poultr> raiser from Kansas. A.P. picture.
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  • 222 1 FOR CHINA— NO RED CARPET An Indonesian view on Asian talks: JAKARTA. Thursday. THE Chinese Republic should not be invited to the Afro-Asian conference, which will be held in In- I doncsia in March or April, the former Indonesian For- 1 eign Minister, Dr Mohammad Roem. said here today. Dr.
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  • 366 1 'SPECIAL' AID for FARMERS AT BEDOK But they'll get no compensation for latest flood damage FARMKRS in the Bedok resettlement area whose vegetable crops and poultry were destroyed by the recent floods, will not get any compensation from the Government. But they were assured that the Government would assist them
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  • 77 1 H-BOMBS THEN THE END Ife must act to save human race 0r...' DON. Thurs. RUSSELL ell), the Id philosopher. suggested by countries a way I ospect of death" In an from the 8.8.C. rities are un- hat a .on bombs i.s put an end mbs are u.sed for a rity
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  • 33 1 PARIS. Thurs. Tnr United authorities In Saicon have strongly warned American personnel noi to leave the city following the deaths of two French officers who were stabbed outside the city. Renter.
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  • 80 1 t'mlballer suspended for 1,000 years PAIN, (Trinididi. Hiurv- in athletes bt—■■--1 istons ihoald eeo- of Selvvvn B»#- vh,, w havp to live Jiilhfr I.OIXi years to play S"u!hrm Amateur mm i.ition b >s im- posed a l.OOfl-vear suspension bettered to be the lonccst ever in football
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  • 492 1 Singapore flood fund closes on Xmas Day THE Singapore Flood 1 Relief Fund, which I yesterday topped the quarter million dollar mark, is to close on Christmas Day. The Fund's committee. however, appealed to the Singapore public to continue to send donations to the Federation Flood Relief Fund, which will
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  • 42 1 TOKYO. Thurs. The Japanse Prime Minister, Mr. Ichiro littoyama. said today his .vernment intended to protrade and intercourse R igsla and China if 'It beneficial to Japan and does t violate Japan's obligamt to the free nations." 'cuter.
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  • 91 1 'Mrs. Mop' cleans up extra £255 GLAMORGAN. Wales. Thurs. MRS. Elizabeth Frayling. 47-year-old school cleaner, received here yesterday a eheciue for £255 from the Glamorgan Education Committee because she has been scrubbinc and cleaning about 4.000 square feet of floor space more than she has been palci for during the
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  • 58 1 LONDON. Thurs.—Diplomatic observers said Britain would expel Ivan Barabanov. second secretary of the Soviet Embassy, for his part in the case of the "cut rate" British tpf. Barabanov was reported to have hired John Clarence, the 27-year-old Communist clerk who was sentenced yesterday to five years
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  • 38 1 BONN. Thurs. M. Andre Francois Poncet. the French High Commissioner, has announced here Christmas clemency for 29 Germans convicted by French occupation courts Eleven were released. The sentences were reduced for the rest. Reuter.
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  • 26 1 LONDON. Thurs \!rv Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, newlyappointed Indian High Commissioner in Britain, called on i the Foreign Secretary. Sir Anthony Eden, today. UP
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  • 40 1 RANGOON. Thurs. The Burmese Prime Minister. U Nu. said here today that the Chinese Prime Minister. Mr. Chuo En-lai. had agreed to receive an unofficial American study mission in China "to pave tne way for Slno-Amerl-can friendship." Reuter.
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  • 35 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. -The! United States Court of Appeals today upheld by two to one the validity of the 1950 Internal Security Act requiring the Communist Party here to register as Soviet-dominated Renter.
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  • 180 1 <IMPANG RENGAM. Thurs -The killers of Mr. R. D. Wilkinson, manager of the •iuth Malaya Pineapple Growls Estate, have disappeared wiftly as they attacked on .Vednesday morning. An Intensive hunt yesterday md today by combined millary and police forces has ul<-d to find any
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  • 122 1 Girl shocks the Salvation Army WASHINGTON. Thursday. T»HE SALVATION ARMY angrily protested last x night as "unauthorised" the offer of a shapely 18-year-old film starlet to co on a date with anyone who would give US$5OO (MS 1,500) to the organisation, her pet rharity Brig. Gen. William
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  • 25 1 ROME, Thurs- The Italian .Chamber of Deputies today re-. jected a Communist attempt to throw out the Paris agreements on Western defence. Reuter.
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  • 30 1 NEW DELHI Thurs Pre- mier Nehru and President Tl- jto of Yugoslavia today dei clared jointly that peaceful I co-existence is "Imperative" to I the survival of civilisation.
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  • 44 1 ALGIERS Thurs. Two French soldiers were killed < and another seriously injured jin a clash between security forces and terrorists near Dellys, northern Algeria, last night Five rebels were killed. i among them an outlaw called Guelmi wanted for murder.— 1 Reuter.
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  • 41 1 CAIRO. Thurs. The Egypti ian Peoples Tribunal today .sentenced 40 more members of the Moslem Brotherhood to prison terms, Including five i sentences of hard labour for life, for their part in conspiring to overthrow the Government- Reuter.
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  • 24 1 TOKYO. Thurs Thr US. 24th Division has brrn alrrtrd to go to Smith Knr<'a to replace the U.S. Ist Marine Division.—A.P.
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  • 83 1 Plane crash: 20 of 28 aboard safe PITTSBURGH. Thurs. AT least 20 of 28 proplr aboard a Dakota which plunged into the .Monongaheia River southeast of Pittsburgh last night were reported safe here today. There were 'J3 soldiers and a crew of five in the plane. The plane stayed afloat
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  • 172 1 Holland ready for new disaster THE HAGUE. Thurs. OOLLAND today ordered all army and navy men not on leave to stand by to lisht a possible flood disaster like that of February. 1953. Some flooding has already been reported in the country and 96 families in have been ordered to
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  • 47 1 Hi WARM in BRITAIN LONDON linn nu k i" h- in in -i" d <n *oh an i to prevent p petition in ii nun. than i l«i .t lim i lo.mi mi iii ii ilnn.; ulioli 1 r.i i i i -X* u'l i
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  • 356 2 'End the bandit war in Malay a' 4 LET THEM LAY DOWN ARMS WITHOUT FACING DEATH' FENNER BROCKWA V URGES A THREE-POINT PLAN AND A PARLIAMENT DELEGATION LONDON, Thursday. Y|R. FENNER BROCKWAY, a Labour Member of Parliament, appealed in the House of Com* mons last niyht. for an elfort to
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  • 224 2 The Lords will debate Young's resignation LONDON, Wed. TIIK Government has agreed to hold a debate in (he House of Lords, after the Christmas recess, on the dispute between Colonel Arthur Young and thr K^nya Government on the status of the Colony"s police. Colonel Young, it. and the first British
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  • 54 2 TANKER LAID UP FOR SCRAP HEAP The 2.400-ton Shell company tank.r A'.degonda has been laid up because then are faster and more modern tankers In operation M (iern shipping di mands it. and in keeping with the policy of the company, the 23 year old ranker faces the strap I
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  • 44 2 BELFAST. Thurs. Police seized guns, grenades and ammunition in a raid on a house here yesterday An official statement said iche comprised two revol- r- a Browning auto:: two Mills hand-grenades and 350 nuinds of ammunition Investigations are continuing Reiiter
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  • 134 2 KARACHI. Thursday "lIR. D. N. PRITT. Q.C.. told a court here today that 4TI the Queen had no power to interfere with a nonunion Government. So. he said it wa.s wrong to claim that Pakistan's Gover-nor-General. Mr Ghulam Mohammed, was able to dissolve the country's Constituent
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  • 32 2 LONDON, Thurs. Traders forecast today that the price of coffee In British shops would rise by between sixpence and I one shilling per lb. early in the new year. Reuter.
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  • 36 2 LONDON. Thurs. British European Airways announced last night that it had reinstated 264 of the 315 en- gineers sacked last Friday for leaving work, against orders, to attend a union protest meeting. Router.
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  • 66 2 LONDON. Thurs THE 8.8C.s 9 p.m. news broadcast, by which many Britons set their watches. began at 9.06 p.m. yesterday The almost unheard ol delay wu.s caused by the previous programme running over time The 8.8.C. usually fades out any programme that
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  • 25 2 CASABLANCA Thurs. A terrorist bomb exploded in the centre of the European quarter yesterday, killing a nurse and injuring six other persons. A.P
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  • 120 2 COLCHESTER. England. Thurs. Mrs. Gwendoline Waller. 44. was committed for trial today on a charge of attempting to murder her husband hv buttering his toast with rat poison because she suspected him of going out with another woman. Mr. J. M. Evelyn, prosecuting, said
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  • 54 2 A Shanghai-trained singer comes to S'pore for 6 months A M singer for Singapore. Miss Bella Ling, a Hone Kong night-club star, will make her first appearance at the Ocean Park Hotel tonight. A graduate of the Shanghai Music Conservatoire. .Mis* I iik will sing in the Colony for six
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  • 46 2 THE HAGUE. Thurs The Oaten destroyer escort Van Zijll. serving with the United Nations naval forces in Korea. ls to be withdrawn The Van Zijll is due to leave Japan for home on Jan 24. and »ill not be replaced.— Reuter
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  • 62 2 Low Shong Khay who VM adjudicated a bankrupt in September 1950. with Habiliti- •> amounting to $389,518. and v.:i irrt'-tcd on Wednesday, on w.irran- l.vued in November 19.YJ wa> n l'-aN.'d in the Singipor.- High Court yesterday on two bonds of $10,000 Mgn.-ci by two iriend.-. Mr
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  • 79 2 Adelphi Hotel strike is over: Emergency cooks were a big success aciilwg were restored at the Adelphi Hotel Singapore, by lunch tinn xi-sterday. Ihc l."> 0 waiters, room l»n\looks, jagas and labourn^ who went on strike at mid ight on H>dnrsda> mttt >ark hv 10 a.m. riit> returned uhen |he
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  • 30 2 Communist chiefs use 'slander and forgery 9 to kick out memben MO.-. rpHE central committee ol thi 1 Party complained todaj were subjected to "suspicion tru. h
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  • 36 2 RANGOON. Thurs. T!. Burmese Premier. U Nu. will leave lor Jakarta on Su attend the Colombo Powers conference at Bogoi The Indian Premier Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, will fly to Indo: the same time. UP.
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  • 18 2 Pope: Fair night' VATICAN. CITY. Than. The Pope spent a fairly n nicht. it was ai..iounced today Reuter.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 190 3 VMIONWIDE STRIKE THIIKat LONDON, Thursday B|t; British ItOvernnuMit acted today to head off r threatened nationwide railway strike as rail- inu .,i s loaders laid plans for the stoppage due midnight on January <). -nekton, Labour Minister, called the 'll" 400,000-strong
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  • 12 3 Irhurs The retained their v-rlection heir, in ed today.
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  • 200 3 'Happy Christmas!' shouts the crowd LONDON. Than. 1/1 >J IVE rrouds shouted H:ippy Christmas uhc-i they s.iu the Wu.cn md the Diiki- of Edinburtli with their children. Prince Char lei and Princess Annr, leave here by train >esterda> ti> spend Christmas at the Royal lodue. Sandrincham, in Norfolk. The Urn-en
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  • 18 3 TOKYO. Thurs. Crown Prince Akihito. heir to the Jathrone, celebrated his 21st birthriav today. UP
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  • 35 3 Thurs. Scots- flnj in the bigspendlng spree history, vinga bank has In the pa.st fortnight paid out almost .€1.500.000 v alltime record and the shops report their busiest Christmas in memory. Reuter.
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  • 61 3 A BIG PUFF.... OUT GO THE CANDLES va Mrs. Smith will he 101 on Christmas Day m>w| MBS SISIF SMITH, of Chi Mfo. who claims she is a former slave and who will l>c 101 tomorrow, puffs hard to blow out the candles on hi-r birthday cake at an j
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  • 221 3 He was told: Plead guilty, be fined LONDON, Thursday. INSPECTOR George Horsfall. 23-year-old Kenya Po- j 1 .ice officer, claimed in court here yesterday that he broke bail while on a perjury charge in Kenya and came to Britain to obtain justice and air his
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  • 72 3 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad. Thurs. A STATE of emergency ha." been proclaimed in th< capital of Trinidad to combai the threat of I Christtnai blackout from strikine Electricity Board workers, who declared: 'No back pay, nc Uftbti Si.- Hubert Ranee, Governo or Trinidad,
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  • 77 3 NEW DELHI, Thurs. The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, told the Congress Parliamentary Party last night that the establishment of socialism in India proposed by the government and overwhelmingly supported in the Lower House yesterday would be madmu process. Only a socialist society could avoid unemployment and
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  • 48 3 NAIROBI, Thurs.- An appll- cation for bail for the former 1 Police Reserve District Com- mandaut. Derek Seaiie who Is appealing against his sentence of four years' hard labour for perjury during the trial of a Kikuyu tribesman, was refused here today. Reuter.
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  • 31 3 BUENOS AIRES. Thurs. —I Pri'sidcnt Pcron yrstorday slpn-•■-1 a bill legalising divorce fur the first time In Argentina. Thi bill also permits dlvorei-d n rsons to remarry. UP.
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  • 63 3 JERUSALEM. Thurs. Jordan and Israel have put aside their quarrel for the time beta| so that pilgrims from all over the world can cross the Holy Land's troubled border line to worship at Bethlehem I on Christmas Day. But Jordan has a blacklist of names
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  • 328 3 LONDON, Thurs. STOCK market conditions have been quite satisfactory in view of the sharp slide yesterday. Business has been restricted by seasonal 1 Influences but sellers have kept off and, with cheaper buyers appearing, prices made a Rood showing. Rubbers reflected the fresh ad- vance In the commodity.
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  • 25 3 LONDON. Dec. II Tw*L Buyers V;« 89; Sellers CK9O; Forward Buyers CtiSO; S«-l-lers VIiSfM; Srttlrment C«i!>»; Turnover a.m. t>o tons p.m. 70 tons.
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  • 38 3 LONDON Dec 23 Spot 27d Feb 27d.. MM M <i April-June t :'6'd July-Sopt. 2fi,d. Oct.-Dec. 1 ."(> d. J.ui. c.i.f. 26',d. Fit), c.i.f. C M 7 16d March c i f. M\(L Tone: i I Firm
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    • 195 3 JUST THE SPIRIT FOR THE *"i FESTIVE <- n t Ait B sHsIK^H SEASON L I CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY JB^ mr^^^K~ Shopping Arrangement* Chrisfmv. Day Branches cloicd n-, Hbsbbbß IV dHIv 11l Boim? Day ■T^s^_^s_ -It (27thi y T r C Snßaporr. XL Ipoh I lEACHERS |i^ I /jStv m Pcn.inß
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  • 331 4 JOHORE ARTS GRADUATE CELEBRATED RED REVOLUTION 4 JOHORE student who has been deprived of his scholarship because of visits to Russia and China ll not the only Malayan who has recently been touring behind the Iron Curtain." The second one Ls Abdul Majid.
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  • 147 4 He cheated 'because he was charmed' HO FOOD SENG told a Singapore court yesterday that he said the word 'pass' to a Traction Company minspector because he was hypnotised by an Indian pri A former Volunteer Special Constable. Ho was lined SI OO (or Cheating the Singapore Traction Company of
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  • 37 4 IPOH. Thurs. Papan. a 1 minine village eight miles from Ipoh. was screened at dawn today by a combined force of police and Kinta Valley Home Guards. Though many were questioned none was detained.
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  • 228 4 More spending this Christmas SINGAPORE shops expect the Christmas spending fever to reach its peak between 4.30 and 6.30 p.m. today. So lar the biggest shopping, day was last Saturday. Judging by the quantity of toys still unsold in the bit: department stores yesterday, the
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  • 123 4 Raj backs extra languages IF multi-lingualism w»s practicable in the Singapore courts, why not in the council*? The Legislative Councillor. Mr. C. R. Da■aratha Raj asked yesterday. ll*- ui!l till f a motion in the next legislative Council nioetinn to contradict the Rcndel ■■iivtiiutinii.il Commivsiui. uhich had >aid mul-ti-lincii.iliMii was
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  • 72 4 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Thun Wong Honn Chung. 27. a bus driver, was sentenced to nin» months" ia:l by the president of the Sessions Court. Mr ICC Rigby. for causing the death of a cyclist Cheong Thin, by a negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide He
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  • 23 4 The Delta QutgCl n will hold its annual iporta day for children >>n Monday at Mekong Walk Padang. Delta Estate. Singapore.
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  • 24 4 Mrs Thio Chan Bee will open the new BaJeatler Community Centre premises at 36-U. Whajnpoa Square, at 4 30 pm. on Sunday
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  • 22 4 RAWANG Thurs About 170 inmates of the Serendah Boys' Homo were given a Christmas party yesterday. Father Christmas distributed gifts.
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  • 24 4 Alexandra Youth Club. Singapore, v. ill hold a committee meeting at 16, Prince Philip Avenue, at 4 p m on Monday.
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  • 24 4 Sunday will be a public visiting day at the British Red Cross Crippled Children's Home at Tan ah Merah Besar Chaniu. Singapore
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  • 149 4 PENANG. Thursday. •THE court of inquiry get up by tho Hiirh Commisx sioner to hear the Penany; Harbour Board dispute will sit In the High Court here on Jan. 4. The inquiry, under the chairmanship of Mr. Justice Thorn- son, may last
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  • 45 4 The Overseas Pakistan League of Slnpapore will hold a public meeting on Christ maDay to celebrate the birthday Of the late Mr. Jinnah. founder of Pakistan. The meeting will be at the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society in Lorone 12, Oeylang
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  • 71 4 Chinese Physicians and Medicine Dealers Associations of Singapore and the Federation have appealed to the F( d i ration Government to rescind its import duty on Chinese medicine. Import duty on Chinese herbs v 29 pt-r cent, enforced on Sept 21. The associations Mid that
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  • 217 4 BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. I J I Sessions Court President. Mr. J G Adams, today suggested that Government departments should reinstatr any staff member with a previous good re cord after a court con viction He fined Customs Miner Ismail All $500 for accepting
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  • 86 4 Cabaret girl reports $70 snatch CABARET girl Julia binte wind. wa> robbed of $70 in a taxi by a man on her way home from the N< w Cabaret Singapore the were told yesterday. Julia said that as the taxi Beared Thomson and Moul- I nuin Roads, a passenger twisted
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  • 46 4 TELUK ANSON. Thurs Police are appealing to public to have all their windows and doors locked befcre leaving their h' Those wlic go away for Christmas and NVw Years holidays should inform police so thai watch can be kept on their h
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  • 41 4 The Jubilee Church. Singapore, will cclebrat. its 50th anniversary with a seven-day thankaghrlnc programme beRinning tomorrow. A fellowship gathering, a thar.ks ivinu service, a sacred convert and relieiou.s meetings are among some of the items on the programme.
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  • 43 4 PENANG. Thurs. More Christm;.s malls from Britain and the Jnited States are due in Penang this Sunday in the and the Si striijk. Deapatchea for Colombo, Britain and Bombay < parcels onlyi will close at 5 p.m on Friday.
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  • 22 4 TELUK ANSON. Thurs. Thieves broke into shop in Javanese Road here yesterday and stiil, caih and Jewellery worth H. 366.
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  • 135 4 RADIO Malaya will present a special Pan-Malayan dol-•ar-for-dlsc programme on Dec 30 from 830 p.m to 1 m. In i< i "f Hie Little Kistera ol the Poor. Fifty per cent of the money raised will so to a building fund in Penang. while tiie
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    • 191 4 V" FATHER SAYS VS HALEX \y^ 1. He says any Halex Toothbrush it x^Z^hi good. His favourite is this famous Halex Smoker's Brush, which snon puts a itop to stains of \v^ lcotine MOTHER SAYS A\ A^|'KK HALEX 4#!)J S. V mm Ik-n- is the H;»lex Comb- if inp Bru^h.
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    • 159 4 Arrange your booki^i now f or kln 9J I CHRISTMAS NEW YEfio I H| festivities I CHRISTMAS EVE: P( I exfension JooT" CHRISTMAS NIGHT: in,. extension f 0 2 00,, BOXING DAY: I extension t 0 jOo NEW YEARS EVE: exfension l 0 2.00 o m NEW YEAR'S NIGHT: exfens/on
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  • 69 5 Lack of money holds up the co-op I MPUR, Thurs. Ing Co-opera-pment, Mr. t. said today ho tinted because s noi enough li lop the tive movement dly In this mmedlate Rcera oi atly then mov< nent exbui ibli Disappointing li] Lment that I more cc the Emergency Is the
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  • 29 5 MPUR, Thui 1 h j 1 Road here thus Kong, 79. a >1 Lornie Read. n 36, a shop lelonged to the jt Re-
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  • 205 5 City deal is muffed the cost 313,000 pITI COUNCIL re,| tapr v/ delayed a tender by scviii weeks and muffrd •i i which saiga! bare s.ivi (l the ratepayer thens.uuis „i dollan. A London linn sent in the lowest offer on Bsbeslus i .in, in pipes lor the water department.
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  • 69 5 Dealers unite for protection PENANG, Thursday. a rice dealers last night formed an asi to protect thrir Interests following the I ring to cornet' the Burma-Malaya rice ible to from Burma be- dealers have is the Id one ng had from 111 tributlon :n (ted 10.000
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  • 57 5 BID TO SAVE $34: MAN FINED $3,500 JOHORE BAHRU. Thur.s. i goldsmith's f I ru two I i .showed the Customs He w d and some gold art fo ;nd in his Today In 1 Lav was fined $3,500 and the gold articles which included so rings ni 20 bangl
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  • 14 5 Dog balked intruder \HRU. Thi.: A midnight woke a house, w*ho who had broken
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  • 11 5 ulator and Sing Kirn. of to one ;md fined
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  • 8 5 I. r.s left In the liday
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  • 423 5 Merchant sent $74,298 out of sterling area I- Documents checked after information received SINGAPORE MERCHANT, Tco Siew Jin, was fined a total of SI IS,:>97.!M> yesterday after pleading guilty to three charges under the Singapore Exchange Control Ordinance. O n the first charge which involved
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  • 101 5 Allan and his 'Moon Goddess' sail home to England !o of th»- Kovul \rniv Pay »rps in Singapore, sailed ■MM to lus land yesterday in the Corfu with hi> wife. Ho I .ii Sheum (Beautiful (ioddess of the Moon). Allan and his "edddess" met a| a hirthd.u parts in Mutig
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  • 54 5 SUNGEI. PATANI Thurs. Tan Senc Huat. 18. who threw acid at Chan Son Poh. 17. said i r t h t* today that it was an accident. "I nid not know it was acid." he told the maeistrate. nee was deferred until Jan. 29 for
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  • 21 5 The Chime Lin? Hieh School. Penane. will pive a concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, on Wednesday night.
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  • 62 5 MAYOR TO BE CHOSEN NEXT WEEK The Singapore City Council next week will elect a councillor to attend the lirst Asian mayors' conference to be held In Calcutta next month. The Council is expected to vote about $3,000 as expenses for the member attending. The conference is organ by tlie
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  • 21 5 The Government Servants' Welfare Organisation iHaiu Road quarters i, Singapore, will hold it.s Christmas social and dinner on Monday.
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  • 21 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A police patrol found six t<-r--unps In the Alor Star area of K (i clah yesterday.
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  • 117 5 HE WAS AN AMBUSH 'SPECIALIST' IPOH. Thursday. /^HONG AH WEI. 29. once one of the most feared terrorists operating in North Perak, has been hanged in the Talping i.ul. He was wounded and captured by security forces in a skirmish in the Klian Intan
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  • 166 5 The city's roads: 'Colossal' damage I"|AMAGE to the roads in the Singapore city i area resulting from this month's heavy rain has been colossal, Mr. G. Ed- i mond, the City Engineer. told the Straits Times yesterday. Hp could not estimate the cost of repair but said: "We havp had
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  • 51 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. 1 Two charces of gross indecency nn.-.inst the Federation's Principal Probation Officer. Col L. F. Morllng, were today Withdrawn by the prosecution in the Orastnns Court here. Morlins; was acquitted. These charge* were preferring Morlins after preliminary inquiry in November nnii were then postponed
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  • 48 5 Mr. S. Dutt. Commonwealth tarv to the Government Of India, will arrive in Sinßa- port on Dee 31 from Jakarta j attending the Asian Premiers' conference. Be will vi>it Penane and Kur.la Lumpur and leave for Calcutta on Jan. 4 from Sinsapore
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  • 38 5 PENANG. Thurs. The PenPttblte Works Drpartment will replace the Bailey bridges at Juru and Permatanß Tlnggl on the Province mainland by reinforced concrete bridges In 1955. The new bridges will take double lane traffic.
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  • 39 5 RAWANG. Thurs. Miss M. Keating. Selanßor Red Crass field officer, leaves for England on Tuesday. She came to Malaya in September last year. Rawang Red Croat workers gave her a f,irewell tea party yesterday.
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  • 21 5 SITIAWAN. Thurs. Carol parties from the Wesley Church and the Methodist' Tamil Church will visit homr-i mi Christmas Eve.
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  • 71 5 'OUR FIGHT AGAINST TB' SHOW Five big Singapore organisations will eo-operute in preamtiai to the Fourth Commonwealth Health and Tuberculosis Conference in London next June an exhibit Illustrating the Colony s fljjht against T B. The tivr art: The Govern ment Medical Department SATA. the University of Mal.ivu. Social Welfare
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    • 259 5 STANDARD 8 J%gffi^ 0e Luxe model To meet the demand for an Eight with greater comfort and refinement a "de luxe" model is now available. This incorporates wind-up windows and fully pivoting glass ventilators to all doors; wheel hub cover plates, twin screen wipers, twin sun visors SC^CMI*" and press
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    • 238 5 inifA mjT Al* AVA :llls OlPbratlon In Malarra; 1 MAIiAIA '11.J0 Ciii:-tm;is Ball In Singapore; L ,i, '13 To All OUI [♦fiipi—Ml th« -arked a o Carob Fn.m The he rpfived by listi'twis in M.ila<<a. firoui.ib- Of The Prpsbyterlan Hhart TraTt Mi Msm. Mrdium Ctnirrh In Singapore; *12 15" Close
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  • 22 6 2$ Wvr-I, -in < minimum). THOMSON. KOBERT. Superintendent Prai Power Station, sudden:3rd December. 1954. Crema- Batu Gantong. Crematorium vember, at 5 p.m.
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  • 28 6 ;n Hord. fie (minimum) MRS ANTONIO and Family relaUvM and fnends who ths. cables and letters and attendance at the prayers enl of the late Mr. Antonio.
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  • 28 6 (If I minimum). MARIE nresMiiakmc i H.ippv Ne". MRS \N CHIN Very Prospcrov. UNO OUR CLUK li ;ind A Prospereus n Ann. Shell k 145-34 Holland Road,
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  • 621 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Dec. 24. 1954. As the Floods Recede It will be a poor Christmas tens of thousands of Malayans, In Singapore and the Federation, who arc the victims of monsoon floods. he rivers have now carried must c water to the sea, but many who lost
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  • 469 6 The Trust And Its Tenants Since the qualifications set for applicants for S.I.T. aecom- I modation are arbitrary, they are bound to be open to objection. But if they must be altered at j least it should be for the better. The changes which the Trust has just announced appear
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  • 149 6 Malacca's Financial Ofiieei had some unpalatable news for taxpayers at the Settlement Council's budget meeting In 1955 pay and allowances will go up by $300,000, reflecting a continuing trend in ndministrative costs to which Mr. A. H. Robson had drawn attention last year. One effect is that J
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  • 670 6  - EISENHOWER THE PILOT IS AT LAST IN CONTROL SIMON MAYNARD B» LX)R the first time since he became President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower has emerged at last as a statesman who really has both hands on the wheel of state. It may seem odd to some that
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  • MAN IN THE STREET
    • 277 6 Perak Progressives reply to Mr. Tan Peng Siew I FEEL compelled to write this letter in view of the 1 publication of two letters by Mr. Tan Pens? Siew. The Perak Progressive Party places no restrictions on Its members expressing their views frankly and honestly m good faith if they
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    • 140 6 I AND many of my friends have suffered at the hands of the testers for minor mistakes which could not possibly be the cause of an accident or death to anyone. Yet we were told quite rudely that we were not fit to drive. Borne of
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    • 165 6 rE divorce rate among the Muslim community is alarming and a great disgrace to the generation. There is no security for wives even after marriage. Wives live under the intolerable strain caused by fear of divorce. A divorced woman lives in penury and is lorced to
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    • 162 6 IN a country like Malaya where so many races complicate her political relations the only solution to the problem, I think, lies in inter-racial marriages If this Ls encouraged a true Malayan nation will certainly develop. American history show.s u.s clearly that mixed marriages car be
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    • 118 6 BOATS TOO SMALL FOR FLOOD RESCUE WITH regard to Anti- Lawalc's criticism directed against the O 8.C.5.. I would like to present the following facts Practically all th c boats of the club are of type which Is not suitable for the large seals rescue operations. as required during the
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    • 64 6 DOUBT arises whtther the teachers or management were to answer circular! recently sent direct to the teachers by the Ir.dian school authorities. Rtcently a circular reached the teachers on the 4th on a holiday to hold an examination, answer papers I posted on the 6th. Some school.-, are 10-15
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    • 30 6 THE "jaga kreta" racket is brck. You find thaw boys in large number in Albert Street. Beach Road. KatOOf Park. Bedok and other places. T K. L. Singapore.
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    • 90 6 WHILE awaiting the maior plans which may cost millions of dollars for alleviating future floods in Singapore may the following bi 1 considered: A scheme to run the head waters coming through the canal from Tanglin railway halt side before the canal crosses Tanglin Road,
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  • 21 6 On the margin Straight left M 1 I 1 i Magpie insti I V I M I'rt'lty probl CJH I i
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    • 478 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. ■minimum) PINOWD I ro Mildred Adela ht*r, on Dn ■r-pitill, fltBgft* To Lor:. ■ii and Km. a d.night/-: ii^pital, Cheshire, on Hov, 27. n,,rrfs .<;« f minimum). the ENGAGEMENT is announced mber iom between Sally n Slew I *onu Mel 1 Ing. riauRh and thp 25.12.54. PERSONA1 2ft
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    • 75 6 First Step To wa rds Faith "It's no good." said the unhappy, bitter man, "I can't believe In God." "Try an experiment." said the minister, "act aa if you do." Unorthodox perhaps. but this approach has helped many doubters take the first step toward belief, find happiness they thought they'd
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    • 36 6 TTsT The most heavenly drink on earth Topped v/ith sprigs of Mi Onutge nuumbcr ri tin kmd "f 'i fo,XCt to «M your Icwtnuulc ar..i is irtillv ami. A ~> PIMM'S Mol cup SOLE AGENTS: CALDBECK MACCRECC
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  • 250 7 COURT ORDERS TEST CASE AFTER HEARING ALLEGATION 'ALLOWED HOMES TO BE OCCUPIED WITHOUT CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS 9 JHE Sennett Realty Company was charged in the nprmWr aP r u H Court yerterdav with m.J "J.J 110 house to »>e occupied withbeen riS?i a Z* and before
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  • 138 7 The RAF booms out carols in the sky hl \i LUMPUR, Thurs. riEOPI npre -trrcts to listen n d children rushed m th'-ir bedroom windows iv the sound drifted down us.md feet above the crew of a \oicp" aircraft led •<> Rive a Merry Christ >ra the K..VK. <\\ n.
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  • 37 7 AIPUR. Thurs. f the Duke ight Infantry, atS] eclal Air Ser\V>und'>d when terrorists ambushed a patrol in the Tasek Bera area of Pahang on Tuesday. He is awaiting evacuation. the army said today.
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  • 51 7 PENANG. Thurs.--A woman. I Mariamuthu. was stabbed this afternoon, while she was walk- in? along Carnarvon Street in I front of the Li Teik School. Mariamuthu. who got several stab wounds on her body and hands, died on admission to the General Hospital. Police have detained a
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  • 58 7 More than 1.500 people will join the Singapore Christian Youth Council's mass carol rally at the Presbyterian Church ground. Orchard Road, I tonight. Carols in Chinese will be from 10.30 p.m. to 11.15 p.m. and in English from 11.30 p.m. to 12.15 a.m. Radio Malaya
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  • 38 7 The Singapore Labour Front will hold a rally in the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday at 4 p.m. Speeches will be about a socialist society for Singapore and what the Front proposes to do.
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  • 43 7 The Minister of Transport I and Civil Aviation. Mr. J. A. Boyd- Carpenter, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies Mr. A. T. Lennox Boyd. yesterday sent seasonal prectings from London to members of i the Merchant Navy serving overseas
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  • 27 7 The Jubilee Church Songsters, Singapore, will hold a .sacred music concert in the church at 212. Outram Road, I at 8 p.m on Sunday. I
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  • 84 7 PARKING LIGHTS— NEW RULING EXPECTED ONE of the most difficult I traffic proMems in Singapore the use of parking lights on vehicle^ is being examined '> v the t'ommissioner of Police, the S. raits Times was told yesterday. By law all vehicles left on pub- lic thoroughfares must have parking
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  • 49 7 SENIOR Inspector Tom Wylie ol the Singapore Ilarhour Board Police left Singapore yesterday the P and O liner Corfu for nine months' leave in Britain. He is shoun with his wife and Abdul llamid hi. adopted son.— Straits Times picture.
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  • 286 7 LATE FOR BUSINESS— AND NO LUNCH KIAI.A I.IMPIR, Thursday. T'HK sudden strike by busmen of the (ieneral Trans- port Company which started at dawn today seriously disrupted this town's bus services. Other companies provided I skeleton services on the G.T.C. I routes but many office
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  • 100 7 Follow the stars and win a prize A WALTZ runtest will b. tM Id at the Girls 1 Sports Clubs Rail carnival ball at the SinI gapore Badminton Hall on New Year's Eve. The contest is being spon•ored by Twentieth-Century Fox Films. Competitors will dance to the -trains of the
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  • 27 7 Mr. N. N. Leicester has been elect* d president of the Sin- gapore Family Benefit Society in place of the late Dato C. J. Paglar
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  • 51 7 IPOH. Thurs. Inche Wan Baharuddin. liaison officer of the Malayan students' unit in London, will be at the Perak State Secretariat here from Dec. 28 to 30 and at the district office. Taiping. on Dec. 21 to meet parents of >tudents now in Britain and prospective
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  • 39 7 IWt IKK LAI HIM;. Jeaere (iovrrnmrnl doctor, and New Zealand Ixi. n Miss Ittrh.ir.t Youny Save. of lluiu Koni;. wfea were m til led at the Wisle> Met'iodivt hurch. Sinuauore, yesterday.— Straits Times pic tun
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  • 179 7 Students' stay-in strike on 7th day STUDENTS of Yock Eng »3 High School. Singapore, who are protesting against the ri'-engagement of the principal. Mr. Chew Yuen Kwang. by the management committee, continued to barricade themselves In the school for the seventh day y< sterday. Mr. Foo Chee Fong. chairman of
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  • 64 7 Short cut costs him $184 SHORT cut home alter visiting the New World Park. Singapore, on Wednei day night cost Kam Kirn Seng $134. H. left the park by a side exit to walk across Pctain Road ran goon Road. Two masked man pounci-d <>n him as he reach a
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  • 55 7 MALACCA. Thurs Two hundred children, who could not M admission to Government and aided English schools, have now enrolled for primary private classes to be run by Malacca English Education Committee. Mr. s Shunmugam, committee chairman, said sanction lor use ot Government and aided schools classrooms in
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  • 30 7 Mr. J .Coelho. First Secretary 'Commercial! of the Indian Commissioner in Malaya, will leave Singapore with his family for India on home leave and transfer on Jan. 9
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  • 25 7 The Singapore City Council Water Department Labour Union will hold its eighth annual meeting at 76. R;ic<Course Road, at 9 a.m. DM Sunday.
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  • 196 7 JACKIE Howard, 9, a Cub of Troop 78, Singapore, yesttrdav collected more money for the Singapore Flood Re- I:, i Fund. He had collected $103 from reMdetits in Braddell Heights t, on Wednesday Jackie yesterday called on a I friend, Oscar van Gorselen, 12.
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  • 125 7 We fear an epidemic if you don't act, 1,500 workers tell health men CIALA Ulini, Thurs. More than 1,500 fiovernment workers living in the nrkrane Road quarters here are to send a petition to the Municipal health authorities protesting against what they call insinitary living conditions in their area. Signatures
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  • 144 7 America tells Mr. Koh of Singapore: You can't stay here A 27-YEAR-OLD Malayan student with honours in civil engirt" ring from the University of Detroit returned to Singapoi night after he had been refused permission to re- main m Ami ru-a. Mr Michael Koh Cbt rornu r Chin High School
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  • 104 7 IF YOU MUST FIGHT, GO FIND A QUIET SPOT -MAGISTRATE AitfliTMß matistrate yesterday told two youths. Koh Poh Taun and Sng Ali Leng: "If you must tmlu Co to t place where thy public cannot watch "■<•" and have it out proiwrly." The yiuths were charged with lighting at Lorong
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  • 39 7 KUALA TRENGGANU Thurs.— The Sultan of Tnnuganu officially opened th budget meeting of the Trengganu Council of State this morning. He was received by a police guard Ol honour. The Sultan I 'd the council
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  • 33 7 The Singapore Art will hold eight exhibit! tear, Tho Bnt will nhibition of works <ji of the Faculty of An 1 Hong Kong, from D< Jan 11 at the British Hali.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 131 7 WORRY ANXIETY GRIEF OVERWORK EXCITEMENT SLEEPLESSNESS call for RELAXA-TABS They Relax Your Nerves You'll find a source of absolute relaxation and soothing calm by taking RELAXA-TABS— they bring restfulness and tranquility to sufferers from nerves calming during the day and promoting peaceful natural slumber at night Whether you suffer from
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    • 48 7 all tlu: PLUMBING f xcork in my kitchen is by WATTS BAKER LTD. t SANITARY ENCINEERS b PLUMBERS V 304-N ORCHARD RD TEL. *****. ?> SINGAPORE AIRPORT I HOTEL LTD. Jtt^S^nhw P'oinlly Pit' fheir New d^Hf <*^£ EntcrtainiT I*. CASELTCN K few ff ;>t Mi l\)V Your Reservations... Phone *****
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 35 7 High tides f a.m. 1 9ft. n '8:; 4in. > Port Bft. sin i 6. 10 p.m. vnanu 12.29 p.m. 1 t RROW Singapore 1u.24 Port Dickson 6.36 6.47 p.m. (7ft 12 24 a.m. (7ft. 3in.)
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    • 88 7 The weather MIMMI'M TEMPERATIRE ,7 30 p.m on Dec. 22 to 7.30 a.m. on Dec -3 1 Singapore 74 degrees, Penanß 7j. Kota Bahru 73, Kuala Lumpur 73. Ipoh 72. Kuantan 72. MAXIMI M TEMPERATURE (7 30 a.m. to 7.30 pm. on Dec 23 > Singapore 87. Penang 88, Kota
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 118 8 I j4^ 1 CRAWFORD'S K F s yl "ii-» lir L3H|WESPj l|lßoßirrsoi» l C?^ w^- r b^J^J^ci v vc^ II I <v£r r MirTraM Jy' jfe d fhfi v BHMhbH v Aßoma -> -^V p^ r w www m^ HHHRJHMP^/ 1f fl liiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiuniiuuuiiiiiiiiiuiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM D ost 10 T Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I fVw
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  • 1411 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Loyola, soldier turned monk, founded Jesuit Order I V; m *l ,yi" yit HE year 1491 found Europe in a ferment of thought, inquiry and discovery. The Turks had taken Constantinople and ended the last relic of the (Eastern) Roman Empire and a flood of refugee
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 132 9 FIERCE jung la r e 5 o f t c ne d Sun Classes >ith Ray-Ran iuo |fla.'.s<>s: that I irt! No It'i a I alloy rlopod a] Co. n aMmum glare MM. Ray-Bans! .v I.OMI [Gl ARE GLASSES "M.V THROUOh tl i,r IS Iracrsnt mdar FOR SENSITIVE SKINS S
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    • 233 9 2l *W* Hi/dro-mat/ic i SCHICK INJECTOR 7 RAZOR Per Set Sole Hflcnte: h Overseas Grafters Xft. THE NEW m a r r 15^ FORWARD COHTROL TRACTOR UNIT 7 ft. wheelbase \jß. TAKES ANY 6-8 or 10 TON SEMI TRAILER Automatic coupling tt*' rcduu-. hitih- STRA V C RAat" AME ing
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 167 9 Shvrlwh Hointvs Svvrvi p<issiifi<» j^fljß^J^^^^S SC^\?' C c g TUE LE6EO OF TME BASPiPER^N TmE CCOwOS FOLLOWED U V "-^r.i-i w^BttMJrSmK^. HZP ?ES CONCE2\S ~-E SEC2E~ PASS- I TmE S";EE'S 4BOVE BY TWE 6CLA.3' k Wj jB AGE BUILT ~CZ VAEY STUAKT ICFhS f^ C_ \Q. HALFWAY TW2OU6M mm connect
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  • 488 10 RUBBER GOES UP TO 91 CENTS AND TIN RECOVERS $7.50 UKAVY speculative buying in Singapore yesterday afternoon pushed the price of rubber up to 91 cents a pound for January first grade and the closing price for this position was !M| lf> cents a pound. This was 2 5 '16
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  • 264 10 l'iie Ualajran tfi-.are Brokers' As■ll reported: On the share rt»l witii one or e\i» uida-tri.iLs were kltfbUj easier. In IjraapatUur with the metal prtca ttui recovered most of Wednt losses •"achea a new high le.el for the year with unsatisfied buiers at the .Vf::.br: a reported the following
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  • 119 10 Singapore hlnnr Produ. F\rhangr: noon prices per picul yej-tpi in were: Copra nulet December buyer;:. «30 sellers: January $31 buyers. $31 seller* Cooonti' oil quiet. unchanged; $49.. sellerv Pepper: quiet. M busines-s m black variety down »1; Muntok white $205, Sarawak $204, Lamponc black $132. H. B. Ltd.
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  • 89 10 Ships lytng alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or r\pe<-ted today are: Tjipanas 12. *.sphallon 4S. Warla CP. Siary 7 airnaiinpy 89. Toreador 11 Ceylon 13 I M rsk 15 16. Chupra 18. Ooruon 19 30. Stla N. Wall 6 Panckor N Wnll B and 7 Rnk.tn N IVull
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  • 21 10 SINGAPORE. l)r« 2.{ TIN: 5344J81 per pieui (up 5;.,-)0). RII'.BER: 'tOt hi ,rnls a lb. (up I I crnts..
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  • 124 10 MELBOURNE. Thurs. Today <la>ed the biiMr the history of -he Stock I civ note. Investnu-i him and todays trading Minnißs were quiet. LoMM :t 1956-59 Loans 3' 4 1960-.')H £9fi Bank of N.S.W. mxpj Cot.. Z n 52 Mount Lyell l>o 2 N. Broken Hill 86 3 buyer
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  • 146 10 January firs' grade rub fob. closed in Singapore at 90 9 16 cents a lb., 2 5 15 <en': abn- p Wednesday's The rlnsinn tone waafter a great deal of fluctu a fair turnover Closii..- -day in centi per lb. were— No. 1 R? S Spc loose buyers
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  • 28 10 Of yesterday the I lar was quoted at 5.91 >4 for cash and l.n\ fa Sterling wu quoted at 15.68 and one tael of sold a:
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 205 10 Venhculk* P BISCUITS An enticing assortment "^<2^iJ[^Ul^rjr arimcn of the fine »rt of CO BE HAO AT ALL LEADING STORES /g^y;^^ Qompaniom f lj S ]^*V- Hete is something new Jj? f 4s# for «ll your party drink*. PjjjKfc. Jr^Ws E 6hl varielJCS: Cheese If lomato-. celery-. curry% s V^^t'
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    • 536 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS M.I.ANTAN GOVERNMENT APPLICANTS are Invited from Federal Citizens for appointment as stenographer. State Secretariat, Kota Bharu on the Salary Scale: Timescale: $192 x 12 276/Eff. Bar/280 x 12 336. Special Grade: $360 x 18 432. In addition COLA and other Allowances as determined from time o time will
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    • 839 10 NOTICES THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION All members of the above Association in the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business on Saturday 25th and Monday 27th December, 1954, being Christmas Holidays. GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE Vt IMC REHABILITATION LOAN 1!>B2 70) i Nctlce is hereby glvm
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    • 769 10 TENDERS P.W.D. AMENDED TENDER NOTICE TENDERS for the supply of Cold Bitumen Emulsion to Third Division, Slbu, Sarawak, will close on sth January. 1955. and not on 29th DerembV. 1954, as previously advertised. P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received by the State Engineer. Johore. up to noon 1 of
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    • 267 10 5H,,,,, tli LOUIS RENAU CHAMPAGNE CALDBEaMACCRECO^ RHEUMATISM? Not me Rheu; t and v KNUTSEN LINE Fast and Regular Service fROM CANADA US PACIFIC PORTS iO OATS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Singapore P Swcff Pt«M| C|cr»rud Bakke EUabcrn Bakke 4 Dec 3 hn 5 Mn Ogcka Bakke 29 Dec 30 |»n
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    • 1080 11 r 4 05 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tt* »,i. THE BLUE FUNNBL °MKB V -iK.OOL GLASCOW. rONDON.'r^NT.NENT^rPOR?? Singapore Due Soil. p. Shorri pen<jno Dec 23/24 Dec 24/28 Dec 29/30 Dec 28 Jon 4 Jon 8 Jon 4 Jon 4 Jon 7/ 8 Jon 9/10 Jon 6 Jon 11 j O
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    • 1151 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port Sold. Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdom, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg ft Olio Spore P Shorn Penong S I ANOIA •/•ian 10/'O ian 11/11 Jan 20 JoB 21/22 Jon Calls London pai'tno.rl only Colls Beyrouth, Gdynia. SAILINGS FROM SCANtJINA VI A/U K /CONTINENT Spore P.
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    • 1038 11 BuamNr.THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD." 1 9 SINGAPORE (Irworporoted m the United Kingdom! 3 LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Penong P. S'hom Spore BenvorHch for Avonmouth, London, Rotterdom, Antwerp In Part 31 Dec/ 2 Jan 3/ 4 Jan Benvenue for Liverpool, Glasgow, Rotterdam. Homburg 2/ 7 Jan Jan
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    • 1127 11 McALISTER 6c CO.. LTD. TEL No ***** ELLBRMAM tV BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO HAMBURG ft HULL I PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER on-l fo, IJ',A. North AMaWK *'«**<"<> «'9O for Central t South and Conoda via Coloribo Americo CITY OF BEDFORD SI'NNYVILLf Spore P S
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  • commercial news and views
    • 318 12 A NORWECJIAN financier and economist put forward in Singapore this week a scheme which would attract an enormous amount of foreign capital into planting industries in the East. The economist, Mr. Rolf Stenersen. the managing director of Stenco. an Oslo finance and stockbroking
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    • 197 12 Penang fair opened last night THERE was no Sign of any traci' at Penang'i annual Chnstmas-Ncw Year •rid fair which opened at thr New World Park last ni^ht. and wCI last for 11 dayMr A s Khoo. the park j manager, said approximated $50,000 had been spent on prring the
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    • 246 12 Move by Colony importers SINGAPORE importers of Bah cattle are negotiating with thrir Indonesian suppliers for a price reduction to enable them to reduce their present price for beef which since mid-November has been $1.80 per kati (wholesale). 30 centa above the previous price.
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    • 164 12 INDONESIANS STEAL COFFEE CROPS FROM JAVA ESTATE BADEK Rubber Kstatc Ltd. are finding the workinu of their Java estates, which suffered damage during and since the Japanrv occupation increasingly difficult. Mr. T. B. Barlinv, the company's chairman, in his annual statement to shareholders in London. said that infiltration by squatters
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    • 144 12 U.K. record steel output announced Til I OITPIT rate of Brii.iin> steel industry for November reached the record (ieure of 19.606.000 tons compared with I«U7 2.000 tons for Ihf previous month and 18.878.000 tons for November a year ago. figures issued by the Iron and Steel Board show that the
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    • 229 12 1 A TRIAL shipment of over| two tons of first grade i rubber sheet and crepe packed ,in special kraft paper bags, left Singapore for the first time, on board tho Glenroy for Hamburg on Tuesday They were snipped by Wing Lee Hong i Singapore
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    • 193 12 THE Australian Government Trade Commissioner for Malaya, Mr. peorno s Anderson, is resigning from the Australian Government service to return to business, ;t nd will leave Singapore oy sea on Thursday for Australia via Borneo and Indonesia. Mr. Anderson has served for four years
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    • 241 12 STAFF TO GET A SHARE IN COMPANY A WELL-KNOWN Singapore b'isvman. Mr. T. V. Mitchell, has formed a Be* cc*pany and given a 31 pel cent interest to thrn employees, who hav< been with him for over 20 years. The new company called T V Mitchell (Far East> A.Co Ltd.,
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    • 31 12 KLM HHiw will acain be curtailed on account of thr Christmas and New Year holidays. A number of international fliehts will be cancelled or transferred to other dates.
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    • 254 12 BARKATH STORES Leading Frovisioner 27, Tanglin Rd.. Spore and Penang. Wish all their Customers and Dealers A VERY MERRY CHRIST to AS AND A HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Sole Distributors a ELK E S MALAYA'S MOST POPULAR RICH FRUIT RICH CHERRY CAKES AND HACK S COUGH^ _SWEETS gr wgffKiw ass*
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    • 129 12 Give lasting pleasure -g^e Gillette For the men on v. th.sg.ft season put cW n l: Gillette Supers, I It is smooth, easy, v r For years of 1.,-.. this Gillette H $3value for $2.50 Quick-action one-piece sv^^^ Razor. Quick-feed Dispenser f|k with six Blue Gillette Blades sharpest in the
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  • 59 13 PENANG Thurs. Mr. Robert Thomson, superintendent of Prai Power Station, died suddenly while at work today He will be cremated at the Batu Gantonß United Hokkien Cemetiies' Crematorium tomorrow at 5 p.m. Mr Thomson had been with the Pi nans Municipality since 1929. He leave*
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  • 30 13 The following have pMaed the preliminary examination for the diploma in public health: Messrs. S Appudurai R.S Corbitt. Lai Kuen Yee W.J.O.M. Van DJlk and Mrs. C.S. Übalriu.
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  • 32 13 The Telok Aver McthodLsl Youth Fellowship. Singapore. will hold its annual Christmas treat for children of the St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital an i the Salvation Army Children's Home on Monday.
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  • 69 13 SKREMBAN. Thurs.-A Bntlsh otlirer was killed and a BCldier Mid an Iban tracker igbtlv wounded when a bomb accidently rxnloded in the Bahau district o[ Negri Sembilan yesterday. The dead officer was Captain R Tnmne of the 2 10 Gurkhas The wounded were Corporal B Fisher,
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  • 1380 13 GIFTS to the Singapore Flood Relief Fund received yesterday RetlifTuslon iDollars-ior-Dlsr appeal 1 $3,050. all staff. NAAFI. Slntapon $806 15. staff of Singapore Improvement Trust $804.75. anony- I mous donor through Social Welfare $500. third and final instalments of CoUectlODß (il Singapore Cold
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  • 491 13 Ih I. ill. twin; donations to the Federation Flood Relief tund were rerrivrd by thr Straits Times. Office in Singapore: FROM SI\«.\POHF.: Mr. Ahmad Hussain $2 50. FROM JOHORE: St Christophers Church. Johore Bahru $29 05. llr. W F ShetUlen. Kulai
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    • 322 13 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 7 They go higher m Amerii i (t) 1. Steps round a public house tor 8 The word to draw attention the boats (B>. <si. 6. With less it would be dumb (•>. 13. Supplementary <1 0 9. Affix asterisk (4). 15. Not the place (or
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    • 315 13 Address C 5 1 I 1 1 1 Ir|o|w|nl fill in L A Tsl M|SS|NG 4 M L O"C"K"J£M \lul I ZE N kT|Y|l clues mJr word puzzle ccci; 1. Hi id-wnAmmt. j0 worn by J 4. Likely to cont.nn somcfhinf kin; or luccn.^r nf pcrson.il value 2 I. some
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  • 417 14 EPSOM JEEP'S PENANG ROUNDUP PHRYSANTHEMUII showed plenty of galloping zest in his winding-up gallop on the training track at Penang yesterday morning. With Mulley astride, this Nimhus three-year-old went over 3f. in 38 1 5 with plenty in hand. < Chrysanthemum has come on the right
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  • 217 14 From JACK KINGI.KTON SYDNEY. Thurs. rpYSON'S howling in the se--1 cond Test has completely reversed the situation in the i current England- Australia cricket series, lluttcin's problems are disappearing but he has K"t to work out how to fit Bedser in the Melbourne Dwl
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  • 41 14 TWENTY YEAR OLD English foefc v PhUtp Povull is arriv. in Singaporr today to fulfil? s year's contract with Ipoh train* r S K Tjoa. He hope mount on Christmas Day at the Penan-.: T:r: dub M
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  • 20 14 kvala LUMPUR, rhura. Chong i Wah G;r\< Schixil Singapore, *cored t!-.eir >econ.beat Selanccr Chinese Athletic Federation la«t night.
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  • 719 14 DETERMINATION may have a crack at the P. and O. Cup over 6f. on the second day and. lO spite of a punishing burden of 9.10. he is by no means without a chance This robust Channel Swell griding ha.s
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  • 63 14 The Keppel Club Open Archery Shoot held on Sunday last resulted Women's event: 1 Mrs E Riche.i B A C.i 262; 2. Mrs. A C. Foad ■K C. i 251. Men: t. J. OB Canavan (X.C > 286: 2. K Graham iKC.) 235. Hrcinner*: 1. A. Goodbrand
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  • 25 14 SYDNEY Ihuis Reg. Slmpiie M.C.C. bat.sman who was] .idmitted to hospital yesterday. was fnund to have influenza but fliriallv reported much better Renter.
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  • 76 14 DA VIDSON NOT IN TEST 12 SYDNEY. Thurs. KKITH MM UK and lan Johnson return to Australia's tram for the Third Tost he«?"iniriK In Melbourne next Friday. The ii-.nn is: lan Johnson (capt.), Arthur Morris (\ire.ml > Krith .Miller. P*v*U :ienaud. Archer. l.inrlw.ill I.anglev. Johnston. Burlcr. Hole and Harvry. The
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  • 340 14  - Tyson was turned down by Lancashire JACK FINGLETON By SYDNEY. Thurs. T\ I D LANCASHIRE, throimh their old coach Harry Makepeaer. let England's greatest fMt bowler since Harold Larwood slip through their hands? It has been stated here that Makepeace, because Tyson "dipped at the knees" in his bowling action,
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  • 234 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday ITNIVERSITY of Ceylon, with 14 men for threequarters of the game, beat University of Malaya by six points (a try and penalty) to nil in the nrst match of their triangular rugger tournament on the padang ioaay. The other team in
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  • 349 14  -  REX ALSTON What a wmdemi i( <m Ch.t.wav y By LO\do\ T"HK problem of selectin- m s( A occasion of the past year is which, unlike any other 1 km," "T^ exciting. s jWhat vu the biggest year? Which sport has d< n Britain's
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