The Straits Times, 24 December 1955

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. AW*"** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATTRDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1955 15 CENTS
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  • 522 1  - Dominion status: Gay Mr. M says have date' ELIX ABISHEGANADENI <!ingapor<^canexpect its own citizenship and all the rights of an i^^pen^ntjiation by I I HIKF MINIS--1 TER, Mr. David -lull, indicated his return t<> the ii yesterday iii;;il><>iT would Dominion status i Vpril l!i.*>7. m< I confident this would bo
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  • 749 1 all the way... PATRICIA MORGAN M A Z ING scenes erected the Chief Minister, Mr. D;i\ki Marshall, yesterday ;it Singapore airport, where 2,500 supporters Rave him ;i tumultuous reception on his return from London. In jubilant mood as he stepped from the plane, Mr. Marshall found himself
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  • 50 1 MERRY CHRISTMAS Kg the straits times *fl wishes all its readers .1 J« *tk Merry Christmas fff h5 The Sunday Times will Zl he published 75 usual tomnrrrw. Chustmas D.iy. A S5 hut there will be no Strait S» T.mcs o, Free Press on 'ff nday, December 26 a j£&
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  • 25 1 CABINET HI SHI INBEBM I i '■>'• Robert Mcaiirt iimiu ni.i.l'ir li ii, > 'ti his cabim 1, mostly to < pii.isi><- truii develop' mint.- -Beater.
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  • 551 1 El HARRY MILLER KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Chin Pens, the Communist secretarygeneral, is definitely meeting Tenu;ku Abdul Rahman, the Federation Chief Minister, and Mr. David Marshall, the Singapore Chief Minister. This confirmation emerged from the north Malayan
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  • 82 2 SMGAPOI^ <lEF MINISTER, Mr. David Marshall, greets "Tai Thow Fatt" (big head), who led a Chinese Lion Dance of welcome yesterday. ABOVE: Mr Marshall waves to the airport crowd with his hat soon i from the aircraft which brought him home. Below Left: He is greetei
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  • 373 2 'After having met Boyd I shall be surprised if April talks fail' \IR. MARSHALL last night indicated fora I I T1 what he would do if his talk.s in London i. I April on complete internal self-governmi Singapore fail. He said he would then plead for the inclusion or Singapore's
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  • 217 2 From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Fri. First man ashore when the troopship Empire Orwell docked at Southampton was Private Gerald Wright, home after two years' in Malaya. Gerald had been given 30 minutes special shore leave to meet his fiancee 18- i jrear-old Dawn
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  • 245 3 For Britain and India, a big task 1 IONDON, Fri, Mr. V, K. Krishna Mcnon, chief Indian delegate he United Nations, today there was owing friendship" n the British jnd Indian peoples, who felt and thought In •much the same on the vital sub- >!
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  • 84 3 REBEL BANK BOSS UNDER ARREST BUENOS AIRES. Friday. n-RAVELLERS arriving here today described the 1 lation m Paraguay as "quiet" after yesterday's s in an Army garrison near Asuncion, the mounted in the si v.ral units of impo Grain; ■a nil the dismissed Ol
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  • 64 3 TWINS WILL BE SHARP AND BLUNT LONDON. Fri.-- Twins Doreen and Pamela Sullivan, 20, will change their names to Blunt and Sharp at a double wedding here on Christmas Eve. Doreen. who works in a footwear factory, is marrying Mr. John Blunt, a 24--year-old bricklayer. Her sister. a shorthand typist,
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  • 27 3 YORK. Fri —Phillips my, sub- Phillips Petroleum innotinced y< expansion at its synrubber plant near I rubber capi I ised by 30.000 nually. A.P.
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  • 94 3 NO WOMAN IS WORTH DYING FOR: MAGISTRATE COLOMBO. Fri. NO woman is worth dyinf for. There are other women whom you can Eet These observations were made by the Chief Magistrate of Colombo to Georec Wimala-iri, a voune man who said that he tried to end his life because his
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  • 52 3 BANGKOK. Fri. The Siamese Premier. Field Marshal Pibul Songgram. announced here today that he intended to resign early next month. He told a press conference 1 at Government House that he was "getting tired" and wanted to resign so as to make way for "greater di'moIcracy" in
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  • 372 3 'Christmas offensive' feared on Cyprus— parties are off NICOSIA, Friday.— British Commissioners of all Cyprus administrative districts were told yesterday to ask the proprietors of all hotels, clubs and restaurants throughout the troubled island not to hold special Christmas or New Year parties this year. The move Is
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  • 59 3 VANISHING TURKEYS: POLICE ACT I LONDON, Fri— Plain i clothes detectives, i mingling with crowds in i i Smithfielrl meat market, l are keeping an eye open i i for turkey thieves 1 thought to be dressed j as bogus porters. The gang have robbed I i dealers of thousands
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  • 247 3 JERUSALEM, Fri.— Hundred? of Christmas pilgrims trod the holy road to Bethlehem today through villages where three days ago Arab legion- naires put down a bloody riot with machine guns and tear gas. The Christmas pilgrimage to the little town where Christ was born had
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  • 21 3 BERLIN, Fri. More than 150.000 East Germans have fled to West Berlin so far this year. officials reported. Reuter.
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  • 66 3 BONN, Fri. Dr. Otto John, former West German security chief, was arrested this morning on a treason charge. I Dr. John returned to the I West on Dec. 13 after 17 i months in Communist East Germany. He was charged under a section of the penal
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    • 19 3 LONDON, Dec. 23.—Cash Buyers £828; Sellers £829; Forward Buyers £807; Sellers £807-; Settlement £829. Turnover a.m. 85 toils.
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    • 30 3 LONDON, Dec. 23 Spot 37*« d.. Fob :!7 ,cl War. :n ,rt Apr.-Junp 3ft; »a. July-Sept 33 ,d.. Oct.Dec. 32d, Jan c.l.f. 37',d., Feb. c.l.f. 367>.d. Tone: Very steady.
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  • 176 3 Just 14 words from a Princess AND THE PRIMATE KNEW MARGARET'S DECISION LONDON. Fri. T*HE 14 historic words in which Princess Margaret told the Archbishop of Canterbury she would not marry Group Captain Peter Townsend were handed to history yesterday. On her dramatic visit to the Primate at the height
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  • 32 3 PANJIM. Goa, Fri. An official communique issued here today said two armed groups from India attacked a customs post yesterday at Sinquervale on the northeastern border of Portuguese Goa. Reuter.
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  • 30 3 NEW YORK. Fri. Eight hundred passengers were stranded In a tunnel for an hour when the coupling of an express train broke near Grand Central Terminal here.— Reuter.
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  • 33 3 JEFFERSON CITY. Mis.•oiiri. Fri. Young Wilbur Phelps has asked Father Christmas for a little dog, and "a small box of fleas, so my dog will be happy and proud '--Reuter.
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  • 30 3 ANCONA. Italy. Fri.— Nine children and 14 parents were injured near here last night when the floor of a school collapsed while the children were rehearsing carols. Reuter.
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    • 274 3 (^s^^^ TO-DAY IS CHRISTMAS EVE Ml St SAVE TIME mffc*^ BY DOING YOUR L^r^ LAST- MINUTE SHOPPING COLD STORAGE Where everything is always of the best and under one roof, too. SHOP \KU\NC.I Ml.N'lx'.mxs pi.y. All shops in the MnttM IfN today till 6 p.m. l)rli\rrirs as usual. SlX<;.\l'<>KK AH
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  • 233 4 Birth rate sets a C-o-L problem AN INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation expert, Dr. Erland von Hofsten, warned yesterday that Singapore would be faced with a "severe economic problem" if the present birth rate continues. He told the Straits Times yesterday that he had studied the Colony's birth rate statistics and found
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  • 26 4 JOHORE BAHRU Fri. The Johore Government has 1 allotted 184 acres of land In Jalan Larkin to the Christian Brothers for a new school.
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  • 302 4 MALA YANISA TION? ITS BEEN OUR POLICY for YEARS Firms do it without any fuss (SPOKESMEN of the Singapore City Council and the Singapore Chamber of Commerce told the Straits Times yesterday they had been following a policy of Malayanisation of their stalls for years. Only it had not been
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  • 86 4 IPOH. Fri.— A 10-man patrol of "B" Company. 3rd Bn., Malay Regiment, encountered three armed terrorists this morning and killed them all. The soldiers were patrolling a rubber estate a mile west of Fusing at a.m. when they surprised the three terrorists.
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  • 254 4 WOMEN MUST BE PROTECTED FROM MEN LIKE YOU, MAGISTRATE TELLS ACCUSED SHOW ME LENIENCY, HE ASKED THE COURT \f ALACCA, Fri.— Simon x Samuel, chief clerk of the Kajang Town Board, sentenced to six months' jail today for bigamy, was told by the magistrate: •Women have
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  • 106 4 Armed thugs flee in a taxi A WOMAN scared away four robbers, who were armed with revolvers, by shouting for help as they broke into a sundries shop in Alexandra Road, Singapore, yesterday. i The robbers fled without takirip anything. The woman, Mrs. Ong Eng
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  • 78 4 Two killed in a day KOTA BHARU, Fri— A 26--year-old mandore at the Gong Kedak airfield, Tuan Mat, died In hospital here last night from axe wounds. Two weeks ago a clerk was seriously injured after being ■truck with an axe. He is still In hospital.
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  • 46 4 The Overseas Pakistan League of Singapore will, celebrate the birthday of Qaid-e-Azam Mohammad All Jinnah. the founder of Pakistan, at the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society hall, Geylang, tomorrow morning. Officers and men of the Royal Pakistan ships, "Tipu Sultan" and "Taimur" will attend.
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  • 26 4 The Singapore Tamilian Association has formed a Cyclone i.nd Flood Relief Committee to raise funds for victims of the recent floods in South India.
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  • 48 4 Police last night appealed for any person who saw the accident on Thursday night in Clemenceau Avenue, In which a Qantas telephone operator, S. Vellupillal, wa>killed, to help in the investigation. Eyewitnesses are asked to contact Inspector Maphuz at Sepoy Lines Police Station.
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  • 129 4 SALT FISH SWINDLE— NOW A CHECK BY EXPERTS SOME exporters in Singapore have been labelling low grade salt fish as quality and sending it to Indonesia. Now a panel of experts has been set up in Jakarta to examine the fish before it goes to the importer. Mr. D. Djohan,
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    • 186 4 THIS WEEK'S I SPECIALTY i FORMERLY 1 M $24.?°— 34.50 now at lisa 1^ Hong Kong Shoe Company AVAILABLE ONLY AT: 67, NORTH BRIDC.r RO\T> Singapore-6. Tel: S'oll Si 1? 1 •J Greetings We wish J{jj all our Patrons 'ft Friends I °fl A Worry X'mtis *j and ;1 Happfi
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  • 363 5 The Lahat rail cave-in: Change the rules, says mines' inspector NIGHT MAIL WAS SAVED BY 30 MINUTES IPOH, Friday. fllL Inspector of Mines, Perak, Mr. J. R. Lee, has recommended a revision of the tin mining rules concerning the safety of railways, roads and buildings. He makes the recomImendation in
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  • 150 5 SHUTTLE TRAINS WILL MAKE THEIR FINAL RUNS TODAY \pin\N RAILWAY will stop its five-cents-a-mile .M train service from Singapore to Johore Bahru tomorrow because it is a flop. The special service was started on Nov 28 to provide cheap transport for more than 2.004 people stranded as a
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  • 75 5 STUDENTS NOT SO KEEN ON LEARNING UNDER REDS FEYVKK Chinese students are leaving Malaya for China. Only 20 were among the 151 deck passengers in transit for China when the Tjiwangi left Sineapore for Hong Kong yesterday. Local agents for the vessel said there has been a sharp fall in
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  • 90 5 DOWN GOES RURAL WATER RATE— UP GOES CITY'S Singapore Water Department has a New Year present lor people In rural area a 25-cent reduction In water rates from Jan. 1. But for those living in the city limits the rate will go up by five cents. The whole island will
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  • 107 5 THE Singapore Naval Basr authorities are negotiating with the Naval Base Labour Union over the withdrawal of subsistence allowances for 30 workmen now on strike. The workmen, employed at the Royal Naval Wireless Station at Kranji, are on strike on orders
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  • 100 5 KOTA BHARU, Fri.— Reports from across the Siamese border say police have arrested a number of Malay leaders in the Malay-speaking provinces of Fattani, Yala and Setul. The men are said to belong to a Malay movement which wants these provinces to secede from Slam.
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  • 38 5 Residents in Kuala Lumpur have given 58.650 to the Singapore Youth Sports Centre. Public contributions now total $244,774.15 which, with the promised dollar-for-dol-lar Government and City Council contributions, make a total figure of $611,685.
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  • 182 5 SINGAPORE police are looking for two seamen an Englishman and a Norwegian who have disappeared. They fear the Englishman, G. J. Stephens, third engineer in the Benlomond. may have been drowned. He vanished from the ship when it docked in Singapore recently. He was last seen
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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  • 30 6 M >•»"/» tilt (minimum). NKWB WAS RECEIVED In Ipoh of the death in liss K. Canagasabey, daughter of the late r.inagasabey and Mrs. ol Colombo and Mrs. P. Seenl- luoh.
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  • 102 6 II ...K SKI /minimum) DR MRS. WEE KENG POR Th ink their friends and relatives man] kindnesses on their i M FERNANDO and thank relatives and :nr their acknowledgments :r e of her husband's funeral on 14th Dec. B .JOSEPH and son itlves and friends who funeral of late
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  • 18 6 N Wmrdt tlO (minimum). MR A: MRS. R. A. S. SHOTTER Friends A Merry C Fiirlev. Devon.
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  • 20 6 211 H.,rrf, fin I minimum). MY MOOT ORATEFTL Thanks t rt of Jesus for curing -erlous illness, Mrs. K.R.
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  • 365 6 ANNOU NCEMENTS II SI" minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day Malay Mail 1 If you want fo.ooo word puzile. A WHIRL of Colourful Fashions your inspection at which are open till f p.m. t GOING TO SMITHS Party? Then uke clothes-peg or better bottb of Alr-wlck. It kills int smells. EVENING
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  • 49 6 10 Kurt, ttJ4 (minimum). PREBBYTBUAN CHURCH In 81l ■pore Orchard Road The 6 I < c on 25th December •nducted In Dutch by WU and Rev. J. Veen. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOClEpore, 8, Orange Grave '-10 (off Orchard Service 10.30 a.m. H'Kii 10.30 a.m. TestlI ;ind 3rd Wed- pm.
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  • 24 6 *0 Word, I. Mm.) Box 50 rfi. MM. WRLL furnished LneM 7 and 5H ■<•- delightfully situated house. Enquiries "Longdowa Sallow." Hindhead Surrey
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Dec. 24, 1955.
    • 625 6 Singapore's Chief Minister came home yesterday to a tumultuous welcome and to some hard work. He deserves his hour of triumph, for his London visit is an encouraging beginning for the negotiations which are to be held in April. The concessions which Mr. Marshall has already
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    • 362 6 Criticism of the Cambridge examinations by a Research Fellow of the University of Malaya has revived the suggestion that the School Certificate should be scrapped. Objection to the Cambridge examinations takes many forms, but the general argument is that university dons eight thousand miles away are bound
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    • 141 6 Out Of The Jungle Talks between terrorist leaders and the Chief Ministers of the Federation and Singapore (who will be accompanied by the President of the M.C.A.) arc now expected to take place in the next few days. Yesterday a terrorist messenger crossed into Malaya with Chin Peng's reply to
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  • 1043 6  -  IF the evidence of the brittle and ageing files of the Straits Times Is accepted, Christmas in Malaya was a poor festival fifty years ago, and a hundred years ago was hardly observed at all. Even in 1905, the Straits Budget managed to cram all its
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  • 817 6 T<HE lights of Telok Aycr Street barrows seldom gleam on rows of shiny cars. But last week was exceptional. The Peking Opera was performing, for two niphts only, and leading personalities, and those who like to thin!, that they are leadIng personalities in Singapore, drove up to
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  • 122 6 From th e Straits Times of Dec. 27. 1905: BUSINESS was resumed today In the City after the two days' holiday with which Christmas was celebrated. There were, as usual, many private parties and meetlnus to observe the ancient festival. Special services were held at the various
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  • 49 7 SEVERAL LIQUOR FIRMS RUN DRY brands of lor were sold out a number of linns re- ol Caldbeck Ltd, told "Sales i good this in 10 ptfne, whisind liqueurs. We ■> between 30 cent delaine mpaajr said bought up large liquor In Novpatlon of the sales rted brisk -iibly because
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  • 13 7 and Orive jointly Sin- Centre the total Singapore mem-
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  • 46 7 FERRIES— A PUBLIC UTILITY I H. Frt.— The 'ner-in-eclared the to be ■s under Disputes Or- This means that at least 14 days" notice must be Riven if employees decide to strike. The new order is to remain W force for six months from Jan. l
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  • 376 7 BUS STRIKERS' DELEGATES WILL LAY CASE BEFORE CHIEF MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW WILL REPRESENT UNIONS AT INQUIRY COURT JHL Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, delvec into Singapore's labour problems 15 minutes after returning to the Colony yesterday <:iH^ e^ ld o S0 T at
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  • 38 7 Twenty-six children of the Children's Aid Society were both hosts and guests yesterday at a party at their home in Tomlinson Road. Singapore. After games on the lawn they were given a Christmas tea.
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  • 43 7 Hassan bin Samat was charged in Singapore yesterday with stealing 67 iron pegs belonging to the City Council from a cemetery in Upper Serangoon Road on Thursday He pleaded not guilty and was allowed bail till Dec. 30.
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  • 54 7 The Singapore Art Society i will hold an exhibition of the i works of a Malay artist. I Inche Suri bin Mohjani. at I i the British Council Gallery. Orchard Road, at 5.30 p.m. on Jan 6. Mr. Francis Thomas. Min--1 later for Communications and Works,
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  • 43 7 War claims a deadline KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The War Damage Commission warned today that documenta and information sup- I porting claims for payment must be sent before Feb. 1. If the information is not supplied before then the claimant will not be paid.
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  • 269 7 Leaders flay anthem decision STUDENTS SHOW LACK OF ETIQUETTE' ITUALA LUMPUR, Fri. 1V Public leaders in the Federation today condemned the PanMalayan Students' Federation for refusing to play the British national anthem at its concert and costume parade here on Wednesday night. Because Of Its refusal the High Commissioner, Sir
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  • 60 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Father Christmas arrived in a jeep-drawn sleigh at a party for the children of officers and men of the 22nd. Special Air Service Regiment at the Galloway Club here today. Father Christmas Lieut. P Puttick distributed presents to the children. After a tea-party,
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  • 51 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. —The Federation Social Welfare Lotteries Board made a profit of $1,774,248 on three recent lotteries, the Government Gazette reveals today. Prize money totalled $4,416,--586. Commission paid on prizes was $413,000 and on the sale of tickets $283,000 Unclaimed prizes for three recent lotteries totalled
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  • 114 7 KIALA Ll'MPl'R. Fri Strip-tease queen Rose Chan and her troupe of 10 dancers and musicians walked out half-way through their act in front of a capacity house at a theatre in Setapak, three miles from here, last night. Hooligans in lhe crowd threw bad
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  • 124 7 Your holiday swimming TODAY: Singapore 5.18 a.m. (Bft. 2in.) 6.07 p.m. (7ft. 21n.); Port Dicksop 12.59 ajn. ("ft. 71n.) 1.17 p.m. (6ft. 21n i; Penang 7.10 a.m. (sft. 61n.) 8.38 p.m. (6ft 4in.). TOMORROW: Singapore 6.18 a.m. (Bft.3»n.i 7.50 p.m. (7U.2tn.>; Port Dickson 2 22 a.m. (Bftj 2.42 p.m (6ft.
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  • 169 7 SINGAPORE police said j yesterday that there, would no difficulties about issuing a licence for an UMNO play due to be staged tonight. The only proviso made, was that the police should attend a rehearsal of the "^Commenting on a PWJS? meeting by
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  • 20 7 The Singapore Eurasian Association Youth Movement will hold Its Christmas party at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday.
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  • 38 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri The Gurkht soldier wounded in both legs in the Senal area of Jonore on Wednesday was Rifleman Meharsine Thapu, it was announced today He is now in the British Military Hospital. Singapore.
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  • 29 7 D. Namasiavayam was acquitted in Singapore yesterday of a charge of rau.slnß hurt to N Rajendran In the compound of Oan Eng Seng School. Anson Road, on Thursday.
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  • 283 7 Pte. Tom he sports a songkok) will •WE WANT TO LIVE LIKE NORMAL MALAYS' A BRITISH Army cook who admits he is "hopeless" at preparing: Malay food is not going to let it deter him from marrying his local-born sweetheart. J "Anyway, her mother will be I cooking lor us,"
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  • 185 7 MIDDLE ROAD MEN AGREE THREE hundred field workers of the Singapore Telephone Board, who have been on strike since Nov. 11, will return to work on Wednesday. The strike was settled yesterday. The strikers, who belong to j the Singapore Factory and j IShopworkrrs
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  • 170 7 Christmas pay delay HOSPITAL: WEAR I NOT TO BLAME JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. J Johore Bahru General Hospital authorities today said it was not their fault that nurses, who had expected to get their Christmas pay on I Wednesday, would noi 1 be paid until tomorrow. T nc nurse.,, some of
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  • 23 7 The Governor of Singapore. Sir Robert Black, presented six Scouts with Queen's Scout Certificates at Sands House, Armenian Street, yesterday afternoon.
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  • 30 7 MALACCA. Fn. Thieve broke into the hnmr o Malacca's Deputy Commls sioner for Labour. Mr F Price, at Bukit Paloh yester day and stole $700 worth o silverware.
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  • 35 7 MALACCA, Fri. A woman patient Tan Kern Hoong. 53, hanged herself with a six-yard bandage In the General Hospital here, a Malacca inquest was told today. A suicide verdict was recorded.
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  • 385 8 THIS 'SHARK' IN THE AQUARIUM KILLS 350 FISH A MONTH A parasite that nothing can destroy 'PISH are still dying in r the Van K leef Aquarium, Singapore, at the rate of about 350 a month. No ansv er has been found to the problems which have continuously plagued the
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  • 209 8 ALL DONE BY FIGURES AND GUM I IPOH, Fri.— Two people I have tried to forge winning tickets of the i lotteries run by the 1 Social and Welfare SerI 1 vices. They tried to do this by cutting out the figures from other tickets
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  • 71 8 NIBONG TEBAL, Fri. Five people travelling in a car from Nibong Tebal took a wrong turn to the right and entered Tassek Road. That was at 9 p.m. on Dec. 19 when the curfew in Tassek Road had already started. Chuah Kong Foo, Chow Chee
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  • 36 8 Shots then Reds ned KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Special Constables on Sungei Gumut Estate, in the Kuala Kubu District of North Selangor, exchanged fire last night with a terrorist gang. The bandits fled. There were no casualties.
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  • 203 8 M.C.S. has jobs a-going A HANDICAP TO RECRUITMENT KUALA LUMPUR, Fri., More non-Malay Asians now want to join the Malayan Civil Service, the Federation Deputy Establishment Officer, Mr. J. M. Gul- lick, told the Straits Times today. But, because of a ratio system enforced in 1953, the M.C.S. has to
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  • 50 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— The Director of Marine, Capt. J. s. Bellis, and the Settlement Secretary, Mr. H. R. Ellis, have been appointed exofficio members of the Penanß Port Commission. The commission will have 14 members. The High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray. will appoint the other 12 soon.
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  • 44 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Kuala Lumpur office of the Indonesian Consulate is now in the New China Insuranct building in Batu Road. More than 200 people attended a tea party at the new office today after prayers at the mosque.
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  • 41 8 PENANG, Fri. Penang artist Mr. Khaw Sia will hold an exhibition of his water colour paintings at the Penang Rubber Trade Association from Sunday. He will display paintings accepted by the London Royal Institute .summer salon this
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    • 353 8 S*YMAST(f [UP JP^B Speed. Pun. tu. lit v. Reliability theK are the J thin K < thai make C.P.A serv.ee to Kar Kastrrn un»ur|>a»*>i!. < P A i. a British Airlmr. manned by Rntish I Mut*. niatntamt'dby Iftitish I* ngmeera. l*or all information »,lh our booking olfue. to-day. < onsoli
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    • 311 8 sSSSEBSt t 'v' '->3 \> j Surgeons, doctors and nurses leave nothing to chance In hospitals, surgeries and clinics throughout the British Empire and in many other parts of the world, 'Dettol' is tho antiseptic l?.rc:«ly preferred in the fight against inf ec ion. For Dettol is both powerful and
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 494 8 Uood Cheer- IS 15 Rejoue I ReI RADIO MALAYA lltMl ('Programme thus marked ran I I ■ti J'J [1 1 Iri I I he received by listeners In Ma- li^9|Hfe^^^HßHHfl^^PS9 jlarral. w^^U^BU^K^^^^^^^^B wave 476 m.. 343, :u,Hm and 297 m. SINGAPORE A.M. 1.00 Programme Summary; (Short wave 62m. Medium wave
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  • 1663 9 y/P^ ys&A °/7T ?AT o oat o oryr o o oat rORD MAYORS MlA\<prET m GEOMiGIAX lO\no\ THEY ATE... i(S£ CHRISTMAS has always been the traditional season of hearty eating and drinkinjL Tomorrow, over a large part of the globe, Families will 1)0 sitting
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    • 92 9 'Mf Thi best wjtrrproof j »itch in itt clitf itrr*ctiva and NAILI FROM ALL DEALERS IN SINFEDERATION OF AND BRITISH EORNEO. RECORD CHANGER charge t 33, 45 4 puih. •it, itop, r»--i-jtoge in- .v. SO favour** ■hit rock. It and trouble. I ,rri«« Co. I Id Slns.pore. s P.mples and
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    • 259 9 HAPPY WORLD STADIUM TONIGHT NIGHTLY AT 8 P.M. mmr more than 3,000,000 SPECTATORS HAVE ALREADY BEIN THRIUfD 6/ THIS WONDROUS SPECTACLE.' .JM f WATERS I Waters That Actually Done*! •~> AMAZING EUROPEAN StN'.ATIOK PLUS! Cesw Valesco and hit Lafin- 9 American band from Manila!! Plus! 9ft Wong Bong Foo China's
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 124 9 Jfc.v Mintfuii. 3i.i). intrigue 30 it/. Jru< if Coniravt off HHHLIIHLHHLiiVn T LOC*^ r DON'T? VaETOUT OF MV WOUSEf IM 1 fAND IP soufcE wEPE MUMBLES. WHEN' **^?Zs^r^£ct\ VDOW TD4RE f AlttfTf CONG TO TVIE POUCE AND I RETURN. I smaII KJIX>OU WTTW OUR CONTRACT 15 OFFf > PIREME* J^
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  • 394 10 rpHE pre-hollday spirit X has invaded the rubber market, this week and it has lapsed into a dull and lethargic condition, reports the current review of Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd. Business has been mainly limited to squaring off and day to day covering by the
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  • 388 10 MARKETS CLOSE FOR CHRISTMAS ON MORE BUO YANT NOTE By Our Market Correspondent CINGAPORE markets are closing down for the Christmas holidays this year on a much more buoyant tone than 12 months ago with rubber 15 cents a Ib. more than on December 21 last year and the tin
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  • 317 10 The MaUyan Share Brokers' Asaooriation reported: "With the approaching holidays, the local share market was generally quiet with a few ielective buying in all three sections. Singapore and Federation broken reported the following business done yesterday: Federal Dispensary $3.60 tand overnight i; Praser and Neave ords. $1.70, $1.71>i;
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  • 165 10 Ship* lying alongside the Sinja- I pore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Devonshire 1 2 Sirdhana 4,5. Heiyo Maru C.P., Steel Designer 67. Ocean Maru 8 9. Agapenor 11, Singapore 13 14, i Braunswcig 15,16. Java 18 Hulda Maersk 19 20. SediU N Wall 4. Sedenalc N.
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  • 37 10 On the free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U-S. dollar wan quoted at 5.81 for cash ana 5.86\ for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.26 and one Uel of gold at 253 'j.
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  • 35 10 COLOMBO. Frl.—Ceylon will soon have a merchant shipping fleet. Negotiations with Poland for the purchase of five ships of various types for the Ceylon Shipping Lines Ltd. have reached a formal ilntfe. UP.
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  • 144 10 January first grade rubber buyer* f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at $1.30 per lb., one I cent above Thursday's closing I price. The closing tone WH quVt. Closing prices in cents per Ih. were: No. 1 R.S S. Spot f.o.b. I buyers 128' L iNomj, sellers 129' L
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  • 20 10 The Melbourne Stock Exchange was closed yesterday for the Christmas holidays and will reopen on January 4.
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  • 16 10 SINGAPORE M RfBBEK- Si (up o np Tin: Siie> (down SI7V P r pi^|
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  • 121 10 CHINA WANTS MORE RUBBER THE LOMB 1 THE Chinese i has asked possibility oi ping thi rubber outeldi ber pact, for cash would be An official oi mlssioner' s Dc, shipments un<l< would not be In view of the China for extra He said in request would China could v
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 1235 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for the post of Superintendent of I Stores, Public Works Department, I Federation of Malaya. Suitable qualified serving officers will be considered for this appointment. The salary scale Is as follows: $814 A2B 838/863 A2B 1087 plus COLA, at current rates. Candidates must be not
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    • 1085 10 NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF SINGAPORE AND CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE The Public is hereby notified that the private streets. (1) between the Supreme Court and the City Hall (off St. Andrew's Road). uli at the rear of the Supreme Court and the City Hall (from High Street to
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    • 560 10 KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/US. PACIFIC PORTS— 30 DAYS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Singapore P. Swcr. Pcnin, Anna Bakke tailed 7 |an 9 |an 10 |.in Ogeka Bakke 10 |an 9 Fcb 1 1 Fcb 12 Fcb Elitabeth Bakke 4 Fcb 5 Mar 7 Mar 8 M, r Cjertrude
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    • 1149 11 I#l! 2.40s MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. T.i, 4 THE RLUE FUNNEL LINE -^sr«4_-gjK^r«awsstßraii I to' Liverpool, P Shorn p »n«ing i Dec 31 Jen 4 Jan 7/ 8 Jan 4 rssu as z*» Si'" J U >""<» Jen 20 Jen 25 Jan 24/28 Jen 29/30 ol DubHn Jen 30 F.b
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    • 934 11 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■MpMHHHHI EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS TO CONTININT/SCANDINAVIA >er Aden, Part Said, Genoa, Antwerp, R.ttereem, Hamburg, Ceeenhegeß, Gothenburg ft Oslo Spore P. S'hom Penong MEONIA" 30 Dm/ 1 Jan KAMBOOIA 12/14 Jan 13/13 Jan 14/14 Jan Colls London (Passengers only) Gdynia -S SS Gd-yl" Passeng.r accomtiodatien Is available Ht Europe SAILINGS
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    • 967 11 bT-EncTHE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD Ti 2 L ii7? SINGAPORE (Incoporated in the United Kingdom) 5 lINIJ SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Shorn Penong ■BENREOCH for London, Rotterdam 27 Dae/ 3 Jan Direct arrives Landau 27 Jan BENCRUACHAN for London, Homburg 10/13 Jan BENMACDHUI for Liverpool, Rotterdam,
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    • 1160 11 McALISTER CO., LTD. TIL: No.: 283', I ELLBRMAN tfc BUCKNALL KLAVBNBSS LIME LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, lof AH<itlt y $AM FRANCISCO. HAMBURG PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER Ond ond" C a^ S^ToE-ST "Tm^*""" 'CITY OF PERTH SUNNYVILLE S pore P. S horn Penong p <. tiom Penong "<&Hu,l"'" J M/M nd £*.J.n
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  • 227 12 JN reference to "Stanley Street's" article on "A plea for trees" in the Malaysian Notebook, he referred to Batu Pahat as a dreary place and Muar as a delightful place, i think he is greatly mistaken about Batu Pahat. In fact. Batu Pahat
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  • 927 12 AS another "Anak Singa- pura." I should like to express my warm appreciation for the letter under the heading: "A Challenge: What do the people REALLY think As a Chinese. I say that "Anak Singapura" is quite correct in his statement: "Neither the Chinese nor the Indian
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    • 85 12 N i- »i Why doesn't he HY MALAYAN AIRWAYS PRICE ELEGANCE QUALITY I The and Importers of "Croc-xjile" ryy /y~~7J!im A MERRY chr| stmas A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR fclc Agents: HAGEMEYER TRADING CO (MALAYA) LIMITED. OOMINC3 3OON! the great new *5© PXXMOIJXH^ brings you _the m £Xc6o&£/e DRIVING FEATURES J
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    • 552 12 m f*C\ rPSaR ft i Mil im I i book now; FOR X MAS NEW YEAR FESTIVITES I I EMBASSY HOTEL I ft in. i- l.i- Dinner (CMMM M Enrnpean Foodl X gj 24th lire. SlO prr prison. Lu.iim.hi Ml X'mas Night Dinner (CMMM or Kurnp.an Pood I 'fi '.'jlh
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    • 1173 13 Before Pitting j to Box Number, j r can thould be taken >,n* to boi number 5 u4 e Hrn CORRECT md Addr.., to the T .mti, Cecil Street. 1 lONI \ACANT Ma I— Box it rtt. txtrm. rSACHBU Male/i 1 ime or Part Time. Senior ;uv Box A 7574
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    • 470 13 EDUCATION 2* Horn-i U (Mlr,., Box it rt,. txtra. PRE-PRIMARY CLASS Enrolment opens. Children aged 5-6 will i benefit by a year's attendance belora they join government I school. Chunghwa Institution. 56, Short Street. I ENGLISH LANGUAGE IITE- RATURE coaching: School Cer- tiflcate candidates 1956. reguOe: now A\oiri disappointment. Inter
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    • 970 13 VEHICLES WANTED It Word, J. (Mix. l— Box it rtt. txtrm. OOOD USED CARS wanted. Write or call Vanlee Motor Company 136. Orchard Road. Telephone *****. FOR HIRE !0 Wordt U (Min.)-Box it rtt. txtrm. REFRIQERATORB: Why rent? Own a brand new Crosley DO6A by Hire Purchase as :ow as
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    • 711 13 MISCELLANEOUS Hi Wurdi ti lMln.)—Box it rt.. txtr*. THE SINGAPORE MONUMENT Contmclors 357-D. Upper Serangoon Rd Singapore 13. Opposite flrsi entrance of Bldadari Cemetery. Workmanship guaranteed Managing Director: Ho Yong I Khoon. j POORMANS MUSIC STUOIOS. Vienna Coa'-ervatolre of Mu>lc. 1 Clemenceau House, Wlah AI. The Students. Patrons And F
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    • 558 13 PO iata PACKET •^iWaT^S^nnntal^^inX uuh Ll hattcrv. This amazing I%!^'^^^^^B£ m^ m ajjb/y' J Mttcry is packed with extra povef. power you can aiway» depend on »heiv Bnß^^^^ I vcr> v hcrcvcr y° u use y° ut flaahliftht aj I n^^^^H Lv^jl c next time B M Ife^^^Bnfnananananananaf I YOU
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  • 364 14 JEEP'S STAR THREE MISS BROOKFIELD ZABAGLIONE V V SIAM RICE By EPSOM JEEP MAZOOKA is in gnmd form :m(i in spite erf :i punishing burden of 9.06 I f^ive him ;i confident winning vole in the P ft O Cup over 61". for
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  • 463 14 ACTOR II looks fit and fresh after a brief let up and. down in Div. 2 with 8.06, he stands out as an extra pood thine in Race Seven. This Beau Son gddiriK won over the Kuala Lumpur 7f with
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  • 131 14 Race 1. 2.30. MICKEY MOUSE Bougainvillea Hollywood Star EPSOM JEEP II \M.oi< STAR llfrrm.ii Barracuda CALL BOY POINTER < is::m.\s( orK Hrrrm ii Mickey Mmi-r Race 2. 3.05. TRAILER Sybils Pride Counsel IV MONTEtiO BAY Sybil's Pride Trailer TRAILER Counsel IV Sybil's Pride Race 3. 3.41). M.
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  • 46 14 THE going at Penang up to last evening was very good. rE Treble Tote will be held on Races Three, Five and Six and the Big Sweet) will be drawn on Race Seven. uADIO Malaya uill broadcast a commentary on all the races today.
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  • 400 14 claiming a 7-lb. allowance, may well lead his rivals on a merry chase. He is pretty useful over a mile too; Zatopek has done everything required of him in his preparation; Who Regrets once whipped Three Rings, then at his peak, in a 91. race
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  • 400 14 SIAM RICE TODAY'S BEST BET I HAVE no hesitation 1 in taking Siam Rice in Race Six as the best bet in today's card. This five-year-old may I never amount to anything much, but he is certainly useful in his own class and 7f. is his pet distance. Twice this
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  • 34 14 Singapore Cricket Club second eleven beat Wanderers "B" by 1-0 In their S.H.A. Junior Knockout Cup fixture on the padang yesterday. Club scored !ie winning goal In the first half through Enderby
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  • 1066 14 Kate 1—2.30: Class 5, Div. 2 5i Furs. 1 879 Bucentaur 6y Smith 9.03 Sagittarius Stable Baeby 2 --0 The Whistler 3y Mortimer 9.02 C. P. E. K. Llm Bagby 3 838 Mickey Mouse 5y 9.0f, Shaw Stable Martin I 690 Barracuda 6y Franklin 8.1 Sagittarius Stable
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  • 82 14 Malay Juniors beat Gymkhana S.C. 7-4 in a friendly soccer match at Farrer Pa.k yesterday Racal] (2), Kassim i2i, Rahim Mlnhat. Saad and Ahmad scored for Malays, and Dahlan i2i, Aksin and Velu for Gymkliana. Ind:an Brotherhood Soccerites beat Bukit Timah Indians 4-1 In a Tamil
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  • 120 14 IPOH, Frt. IPOH FOOTBALL referee* are 1 demanding protection In the form of all-risks Insurance with a maximum liability of tl.ooo. The chairman of the referees' board. Mr. S. Nalllah. .said today that this will be taken up by the Perak F.A. A referees' association,
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  • 313 14 MACAOLUCKYTQ HOLD MALAYANS WITH LATE GOAL From A SPECIAL CORRESrONw-y, i HONG KO\ idians worr held I i r hockey match h i the second hall THE touring Malayan Ir 1 draw by Macao in theii Both poals were scored ir and thrilling name. It was a game that reached
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  • 115 14 CINGAPORK I finals If, World la-i national weich against th 0 i-v, nesla. Inhnkl from Feden. I other final. Outslanrtu;;. Wong Kay p,. broke two Cotoi nine the mirinir k I ship with a tou He bettered hi 250 and his clean with 320. Tho Fw>k
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  • 72 14 KUAL\ LUM THE UNBEA EN bined Schools completed their Fei I today with a 12.] Selangor team pool. Their victor] brilliant dlspl Thomas Lee who I Tan Ena Bok scored En? L; chell and Gordon Xii Selangor sm thi Bird and Pong >■ Earlier 81nga| i
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  • 88 14 THE Singapore Malays team to :neet Aryan Gymkhana at Jalan Besar stadium at 5.15 p.m. today wiil be selected fromIdros Albi«r. Manisan Maskom. Rahman Jr.. All Samijan. Aman Kastawi, Harith tcapt.), Ra.shid Gimi-.n, O-sman Johan, Omar Awug, Abdul Zaliiol. Ibrahim Mansoor. All Radln. Awani Bakar. Rahim
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    • 830 14 CLASSIFIED ADS. II nniiniieri from Page 6) ■ONI LEAVE }l> Wrfl, V >n Rnx M) rlt. txlrm. YOU WILL FIND It delkhtful at Olendorgal, Nr Newquay, North Canfcb Coast. PbMM Continent;;! cooklnn. uno' lixtiry. 12 acres coastal grounds. Informal vttli no dre.sslns up, and you will always be welcome. Open
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    • 56 14 C/iu'tfiHa* Gift OPEN UNTIL 5 3C\ PM TODAY gf£ "O& fc& s^a tf* >*^ S There is still time Ji)L a to buy a y DEsCJ S Camera for Christmas Sole Agents.— THE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CO., LTD. v> (Incorporated in Smßap"fei K 51/53. The Arcjdc, Sineaport. ti P.O. Bo* 9:
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    • 97 14 TODAY RICHER 1 1 ii. ih Nomads v South .lohore, J.B.: Coronation Boys' Club v T.T.C. Kola Bahru. johore Eng-li-li nil. t, ground: RA.A.F. Ki Squadron v R.A.S.C., I.n.ih R.A.F. Changi v S.CC. padang. SOCCER Singapore Malays v Aryan tirmkhana, .lalan Bcsar, 5.15 p.m. Indian Frstival soccer: Arsenal v Tamil
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