The Straits Times, 19 December 1957

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    22 1 AVEBAfiE HAIIY T HTI F M O tMrln/gO <)»«> Not*** 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1957 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon NEW INDONESIAN CRISIS
    906 1 TROOPS REPORTED ON RUN FROM PILLAGING TERRORISTS Civilians, soldiers arrested on pro-Dutch isle after food riot rumours 40,000 flee 'Army of God 9 raiders JAKARTA, Wednesday. pANATIC terrorists bands have burned and plundered rich areas of Southern Celebes orcinf 10,01)0 people to flee their homes, it reported
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    Master plan to beat lotteries rackets
    324 1 PERAK TURF CLUB BID TO STOP FORGERY A "MASTER PLAN" to smash the character lotteries racket may be put into operation by the Perak Turf Club at the January meeting, beginning on Jan. 11. Tickets for the unlimited sweep, on which the character lotteries
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    Lock icon Ships collide near canal
    40 1 CAIRO. Wed. The 6.255 ton Norwegian freighter. Hoegh Silverwave was today in collision with a L\berian tanker some two miles south of Suez, at the mouth of the Suez Canal. No details were immediately available.— Reuter.
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    34 1 HONG KONG. Wed.— Hong Kong will have a new HK$l.--000.000 steel mill next year which will turn out more than 20.000 tons of steel a year in its preliminary stage. U.P.
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    76 1 Lakeland Christmas for Malayans LONDON Wed. Japanese and Malayan students were among 30 overseas visitors who arrived in the Lake District here today for a Christmas vacation rourse, arranged by the British Council. During their 10. day stay at Braphay Hall, near here, they will help to brine in the
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    31 1 LONDON, Wed -Bcrtrand Russell, the British philosopher, scientist and writer, has been awarded the 1957 Ka'linga Prize for the popularisation of science. It is offered annually by Unesco. Reuter.
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    NOW WHERE'S THAT CAR? THE KING WAITS ON THE PAVEMENT FOR IT
    81 1 NOW WHERE'S THAT CAR? THE KING WAITS ON THE PAVEMENT FOR IT THE Yang di-Pertuan ARong waits on the pavement at the Esplanade for his car to take him for a state drive to the Residency on his first oilu i.il visit to Penang on Tuesday. At his side is
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    Lock icon Cypriot is shot dead by troops in village
    73 1 NICOSIA, Wed One Cypriot Greek was shot dead when troops opened fire during an anti-terrorist operation today in Stvllos village. East Cyprus. The Cypriot was Thodossis Georgiou, 35. an EOKA terrorist. Six Cypriot Greek mayors called on the Governor, Sir Hugh Foot,
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    Lock icon Bigger strip
    17 1 ATHENS. Wed.— Ellenikon Airport here is to be modernised and its landing strip expanded. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Resort's water explodes
    77 1 ROME. Wed. It's dangerous to smoke in the bath at Villapiana seaside resort near Cosenza, South Italy the water is inflammable. Reason is a jet of methane gas spurting into the town's artesian well. A local hotel proprietor's son was startled when tap water, dripping on to
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    39 1 HONOLULU. Wed. The British freighter, s.s. Wear Breeze, is in distress 1.000 miles from Honolulu. The U.S. Coast Guard reported the ship had a 12-degree list to port, owing to a shifting of her cargo— UP.
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    Lock icon 'US needs men like ODDenheimer'
    285 1 THE TAIL FINS OF DECADENCE CHICAGO, Wednesday. 4 NOTED pioneer in nuclear chemistry today blam- ed the dismissal of Dr. the lag in the U.S. missile Dr. Harold C Urey. who; won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of heavy water, said in an interview
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    Destroyer in a wild goose chase for tanker
    166 1 HONG KONG. Wed— The 1.750-ton British destroyer Cossack's rescue mission yesterday proved a wild, goose chase There was no: tanker at the scene of j stranding. The tanker, the 3.088-ton I San Eduardo. is on her way back to the Colony. She
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    ANSWER TO CRISIS IN HOSPITAL
    493 1 Sambanthan sounds appeal KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rpHE Minister of Health, Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, A today hit back at local doctors who had condemned the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital in a report published yesterday. He told the Straits Times: "It's all very well for them
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    Lock icon FAMOUS AUTHORESS DIES
    106 1 LONDON, Wed. Dorothy j 1,. Sayers, famed mystery j story writer and creator of the fabulous detective, Lord Peter Wimsey. died early ♦oday aged 64. Miss Sayers was in London yesterday to do Christmas shopping. She was found nead in bed. Although she Is remem- 1 ♦oda;
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    Another 230 evacuees arrive
    740 1 Another 230 evacuees arrive V EARLY 230 Dutch A evacuees arrived in Singapore yesterday the biggest number so far to be airlifted out of Indonesia in a single day. Three chartered flights by Garuda. and a Qantas Constellation brought In 160 and 18 others arrived later in the day in
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    46 1 MARSHAL ZHUKOV REPLACED LONDON. Wed— Ru«.sia replaced «m-i i m shal Zhukov in party Prrsidium today with loral Communist Iradrr from Central Asia. M row Radio announced promotion of N. A. MokbitdinoT to ruling rliquf. He also became party secretary under Nikiia Kbrasbcber— A.P
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    Lock icon NATO LEADERS WILL MAKE NEW BID TO BREAK DEADLOCK ON DISARMAMENT
    934 2 GENEVA-TYPE TALKS WITH REDS PLAN? WEST REACHES AGREEMENT ON ROCKET BASES PARIS. Wednesday. f EADERS of the 15 Nato countries moved dramatically yesterday towards breaking the East-West deadlock over disarmament. In a three-hour session behind closed and guarded doors
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    Yee Kwong takes a pedicab
    68 2 ITS TAIPCHS LATEST STYLE OF TRAVEL STARLET Yee Kiuni; travels through the streets of Taiprh in a trisha— known then as a "pedirab." Pedirabs are quickly replacing rickshas in Formosa. There are nov 75JM for the island's in million people and the rates are 30
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    DRUG MAKES HENS LAY MORE
    127 2 yiENNA. Wed. —An Austrian biologist. Dr. A. K. Halama. has reported the results of an experiment which increased the epplayine capacity of hens by up to 60 per cent. When the hens on a poultry farm in lower Austria suddently began to lay fewer eggs,
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      34 2 NEW YORK: A widow and her nine children received a settlement of US$2OO,OOO from a hospital because the 33-year-old father of the family died from a transfusion of the I wrong type of blood.—A.P.
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      11 2 PEKING: Sales of contraceptives have increased almost fourfold in the Fu-
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      20 2 klen province of China since birth control exhibitions toured the area early this year, the Peoples Daily reported here. Reuter.
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      19 2 VATICAN CITY: The Pope has received more than 800,000 persons in 64,797 private and special audiences durlne 1957 A.P
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      22 2 LUXEMBOURG: The engagement of Princess Marie Adelaide, 33. of Luxembourg, to Count Charles Joseph Henckel von Dor-mers-March, 29, was announced yesterday. A.P
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    Lock icon Britain to lift veil on H-advances
    147 2 LONDON. Wed.— The British Government is to lift the. curtain soon on Britain's progress In "taming" the hydrogen bomb for industrial use and her plans to draw unlimited nuclear power heavy hydrogen from the sea. But a security ban will prevent a complete disclosure
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    Lock icon KHRUSHCHEV SEEKS TOP-LEVEL TALKS
    273 2 'Ease international tension' 1 0 1 statesman, left-wing British weekly review, Mr Khrushchev declared: "It depends, therefore, on the leaders of the United States whether or not such a meeting will take place." He said as far as the Soviet Union was concerned, it advocated joint
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    Lock icon Jobber tells tribunal: I might have been rash
    154 2 LONDON. Wed. A stock exchange dealer told the investigating tribunal today he might have leapt to a rash conclusion that there had been a leakage of information about Britain's decision last September to raise the bank rate to seven per cent. The
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    Lock icon CHANCELLOR OPENS FINANCIAL TALKS WITH U.S.
    97 2 CHANCELLOR OPENS FINANCIAL TALKS WITH U.S. DARIfe. t. Peter Tr the British Chai of the Exchequer" Private dis today on Anj can financial aidSt nomic affair. v. lth Robert Anctr-rsoij Th United State; s< of the Tr. j Mr. Thorney flew heir London, met Mr Macmillan. the Pr:: raster, this
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    Lock icon Puffing on
    33 2 COPENHAGEN Fear of lung cancer >eem? v, have little effect on Oar.;smokers. In October saieur." creased by 1.000.000 cigarr tes a day. totalling 335 n/ lion against 306 September.— Reuter. r
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    Lock icon H.K. Governor tilts at Britain
    359 3 HER MAJESTYS GOVERNMENT FAILED TO GIVE AID IN REFUGEE PROBLEM' MNTHAM LAMENTS HIGH COST OF ADJUSTMENT BORNE BY COLONY HONG KONG, Wednesday. Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Alexander rantham, today charged the British Governt with having failed to give Hong Kong radical help in solving
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    Lock icon Siam Govt. quits on Boxing Day
    132 3 Siam Govt. quits on Boxing Day IiKOK, Wed. The Premier, Nal Pote n, today said that taker Government resign on Dec. 26. v. ■WimMj. electii Sunday, would then m a new premier, he Pote was appointed ,'ter the Septemiiury coup for an m period of three nth., to organise free
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    Lock icon South Africa jails sailors
    42 3 APE TOWN, Wed. Three 1 Navy seamen were herp yesterday for nc sexual relations with AJncan girls. is an offence in South ca under the Immorality for white men to have ations with people of mix--1 race. Reuter.
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    Wanted: A ray to stop armies at 500 yards
    131 3 y^AN FRANCISCO. Wed. The I.S. Department of Defence wants to add to its arsenal of mass destruction weapons a "death ray" capable of sizzling enemy foot soldiers at a range of at least 500 yards. It also needs a tunnelling device
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    31 3 ONE ship -TWO pieces THE NORWEGIAN freighter Belleville, which ran aground in September, lies in two large pieces off Neicport, Rhode Island, after towering seas had battered her apart- A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon INDONESIAN TIN FOR SINGAPORE
    86 3 INDONESIAN TIN FOR SINGAPORE JAKARTA. Wed Official! of tilt- Industries Ministry said today the government intends transferring smelling of Indonesian tin from the Netherlands to Singapore. An official of the Tin Mining Production Bureau. Sumarno. is to leave for Singapore to discuss this question with the authorities there. According to
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    LONDON STOCKS
    319 3 LONDON. Wed. Closing middle prices of selected i stocks not including stamp duty i were: 1 1 LOANS Consols £46', '«ij Funding 4V £86'« 'v War 3'i r £62 316 BANKS iM'tlle (£5: 2'.j P.U.) £6'; i Chartered (.£lj 35 6 Hongkong isl2s> £46< 4 INSURANCE Com. Un
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    Dance party
    26 4 I The Y.W.C.A. Square Dance Club will hold a Christmas dance party tomorrow at the Y.W.C.A. premises, Raffles I Quay, Singapore, at 8 p.m.
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    28-day-old shipyard strike ends
    119 4 A2B-day-old strike by 180 workers of Thornycroft and Co.. a Singapore shipbuilding firms, was called off yesterday. This follows agreement reached at the Labour Ministry between the manage- 1 ment and the Singapore General Employees' Union. representing the workers. It is understood that a rotation system
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    30 charges must be amended
    366 4 DEFENCE ASKS FOR EXACT WORDS IN ALLEGED WNUENPOS T« «E MCORPORATED OBJECTIONS UPHELD IN LIM CHER KHENG vs SIN LIT PAU CASE ALL the 30 summons charges in the three A defamation suits brought by Mr. Lim Cher Kheng, a Singapore Assemblyman, will have to
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    MAN OF VALUE
    149 4 Forest expert grades timber and gives advice to overseas buyers "THE Forest Officer is a great potential money saver in Singapore, the Minister for Communications and Works, Mr. Francis Thomas, said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. He said that through the Forest Officer's advice, it should be
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    HERE TO BE MOTHER'S SOCIAL SECRETARY
    56 4 HERE TO BE MOTHER'S SOCIAL SECRETARY ANNE, daughter of the British High Commissioner in the Federation, Mr. G. W. Tory, who flew into Singapore yesterday from Sydney by Qantas to join her parents in Kuala Lumpur. "1 plan to be my mother's social secretary for the time being," said Anne
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    Holidays for them
    69 4 In Singapore, the Shipping, Port Clearance and Master Attendant's Offices, the Seamen's Registration Bureau and the Registry of British Ships will be closed on Saturday, Dec. 21 polling day for the City council elections. They will be closed on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, together with the Imports
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    Man accused of causing hurt
    48 4 Goh Chang Hock yesterday pleaded not guilty in a Singapore court to a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Tan Siak Chua in a Tay Koh Vat bus in McPherson Road last Friday. The case comes up again on Dec 31 for mention.
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    Call for electors' register revision
    249 4 THE 'MISSING' VOTERS OF SINGAPORE POLITICAL parties in Singapore yesterday urged the Government to try to bring the register of electors up-to-date, at least for the next general elections. There have been complaints from candidates contesting the City Council elections that many voters listed in
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    Xmas party
    22 4 About 120 children from the Singapore Trafalgar Home were yesterday entertained to a Christma.- party by the Katong Apex Club.
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    WHY the PAP STANDS WITH THE FRONT
    281 4 In final speech Lee explains... THE Peoples Action Party leader. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, last night explained for the first time the basis of his party's "understanding" with the Labour Front. Mr. Lee said it was not merely to preserve left wing solidarity,
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    Ads. without a licence
    103 4 The proprietor of Ridsect Company. Wan 800 Sow, was fined in the City Court yesterday one dollar with costs on each of 104 summonses for exhibiting advertisements without licence between June and July this year. The prosecution alleged that b 6 of these were pasted to
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      166 4 RADIO MALAYA NATIONAL SHORT WAVE BERVICE 41 metre* SINGAPORE Medium wavr 476 mrtrra KUALA LI'MPL'R Mfidium wave 341 met rev PEN AN G Medium wave 366 metres IPOH Medium wave 330 metres MALACCA Medium wave 297 metres A M 7.15 Opening Announcement; 7.16 Morning Serenade; 7.30 Time Signal And News:
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    Fed. will have film censoring board
    288 5 Fed. will have film censoring board TO SPLIT FROM SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. 1Y —The Federation is to have its own film censorship board, the Straits Times was told today by a spokesman of the Ministry of Interior and Justice. At present, there is a panMalayan censor in Singapore with
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    Three steal 150 ducks
    69 5 Throe men seized 150 durlts worth $350 from a \oun» poultry seller. Heng Swee Cheong. 15. in Tan Quee I Lan Street. Singapore, early on Tue.sday morning. Heng told the police that 1 the men drove up in a lorry j to his stall and began
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    HARD WORK AND QUICK NAP MEANT TRIP TO STORE
    121 5 A Japanese dock labourer said in Singapore > esterday that he became a stowaway because he worked too hard. Taket Sura Tekuo, 30. from Kobe, said he was helping to load cargo on the ll. im masan Maru. "I worked too
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    CENSOR REPLIES TO ATTACK IN ASSEMBLY
    299 5 CENSOR REPLIES TO ATTACK IN ASSEMBLY All best films come to Colony gVERY care was taken to delete undesirable passages from films before releasing them for general exhibition, said Mrs. Cynthia Koek, yesterday. Mrs. Koek. cnairman of the Board of Film Censors. Malaya, was replying to a complaint made earlier
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    Transfer
    21 5 TAIPING. Wed. The acting President. Sessions Court, Taiping. Inche Abdul Hamid bin Omar, will be transferred to Seremban this week.
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    CONFETTI SHOWER FOR DOCTOR AND BRIDE
    57 5 Or. and Mrs. David 1.00 Soon Cheng, who were married yesterday at the Bethesda Church, Bras Basah Road, Singapore. The bride Miss Ong Saw Kin, is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ong Choon Ghee. The bridegroom is the only son of Mr.
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    Don't lower moral standards to bring in tourists
    504 6 Don't lower moral standards to bring in tourists OOVT. TOLD: WE WILL RATHER STARVE THAN MAKE FILTHY MONEY aiNGAPORE must not lower its moral standards to cater for tourists who are only in search of "wine, women and song," a member warned in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Mr. Lim Cher
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    CHESHIRE HOME'S FIRST PATIENTS
    110 6 CHESHIRE HOME'S FIRST PATIENTS 'THE new Cheshire Home in Changi, Singapore, is now ready to receive its first two patients. They are Yah Ah Soo. 11. from Kampong Amber, and Joseph Fernandez. 19, from the Social Welfare House, who will move into the home on Monday. Mrs. J. Jervls. the
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    70,000 to celebrate
    57 6 K.VIANG. Wed. About 70.000 people will be freed of mo*t ttr|Ht| controls from 4 p.m. on Friday when I In I. .niK.it district is declared white. To mark "white area day" a ceremony will be held at the Kajang town padang. The corps of drums from the
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    Vast amusement from 'Pirates'
    139 6 The overture to the Gilbert and Sullivan opera "The j Pirates of Penzance' presented last night by stu- dents ol" St. Andrew's and St. Mary's schools, came from a long playing record. But tlie record had been I played too often. It was past it.s prime
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    LUXURY MUST END FOR 'PRIVILEGED GODSONS'
    345 7 PAP leader lashes out at students abroad THE Peoples Action Party 1 leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, yesterday lashed out at Malayan students studying abroad. He said they were privileged godsons and their luxury living must end. Mr. Lee was seeking in the Legislative
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    Detectives: Yes, we WERE gangsters
    209 7 Detectives: Yes, we WERE gangsters VI ANY Singapore de- tectives ARE former secret society members and are not ashamed to admit it. "We are useful for that very reason." they said yesterday. "We know who the gang leaders are. More important, we know their hide-outs.' 1 The detectives were replying
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    HE'LL FLY ROUND THE WORLD IN 18 DAYS
    94 7 HE'LL FLY ROUND THE WORLD IN 18 DAYS MR. LEF. SIEW YEL, the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Straits Times group, who left Singapore for Sydney by (Juntas yesterday on the first leg of an 18-day journey round the world. He will do the trip in a Qantas Super Constellation which
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    BOY—SOLDIERS THROUGH TEST WITH EASE
    174 7 BOY— SOLDIERS THROUGH TEST WITH EASE SEVEN boy-soldiers of the Malayan Basic Training Centre at Nee Soon. Singapore, faced their stiffest test yesterday after four years' training and passed with flying colours. Between them they commanded four platoons of boy-soldiers and the band of the Army Boys Trade School for
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    Teachers stay in politics
    196 7 SCHOOL STAFF WANT DISCRIMINATION TO END Won't give up right until taken as GovL men I/UALA LUMPUR, Wed. 4 —Teachers in nongovernment schools will continue to be active in politics, a spokesman of the Malayan Teachers National Congress said today. The spokesman said thesi teachers would
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    JAPAN OFFERS 25 VARSITY PLACES
    132 7 FIVE Tokyo universities are inviting applications 1 from Chinese middle school students in Singapore and thr Federation for 25 places for the next acade- mie year. An entry examination will b e held in the Colony In February. Sixteen Malayan students went to Japan parly
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    Two SIT expats to quit
    80 7 Two SIT expats to quit r'O Singapore Improvement Trust expatriates Mr. W.F. Machin. secretary to the board of trustees, and Mr. F. B Pickles, a civil engineer have resigned. Mr Pickles, who will leave at the end of March, is expected to go to the Singapore Harbour Board. Mr. Machin
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    Cruel to fowls
    39 7 Ng Eng Joo. of Ponggoi Road, pleaded guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to a charge of cruelty to 271 fowls. It was alleged that he placed them in seven small baskets. He was fined $25
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    50 8 U Word, Ho (Minimum). MR. 8. M. MUTHU thanks all who sent Messages. Wreaths and attended the Funeral of his mother Madam Slnnamal at Batu Gajah. MR. AND MRS. S. T SIVAM thank relatives and friends for their presence, gifts, congratulatory massages on their marriage at Kuantan on 8.1257.
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    The Straits Times. S'pore, Thurs. Dec. 19, 1957. The Odds On Calamity
    619 8 The Straits Times. S'pore, Thurs. Dec. 19, 1957. The Odds On Calamity The efficiency of Indonesiar censorship is strikingly confirmed by the reluctan admission of military spokesnen in Jakarta that then «been serious trouble ir Moluccas and the Celebes The regional authorities an again in control of th< situation in
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    The Reckoning
    285 8 When it comes to sustaining progressive measures with progressive practices, Malaya's progressives become Stone Age men. They have I the curious notion that the admirable social welfare i measures they dangle before the electorate can be put through without costing anyone a cent. All that is required are
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    Hospital Shock
    264 8 If the shock of the Tanjong Rambutan Central Hospital inquiry has done its work, we said two weeks ago, the Ministry of Health will take a look at some of the other institutions for which it is responsible. The same postscript can be added to the unsolicited criticism
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    The non-English speaking Assemblyman is doomed to be a backbencher
    1549 8 The non-English speaking Assemblyman is doomed to be a backbencher A WATERED DOWN MULTILINGUALISM IS ALL THAT IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT' ASSEMBLY BECAUSE OF THE DEARTH OF MEN CAPABLE OF GIVING AN ACCURATE AND SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION OF SPEECHES 5 TT IS virtually certain that multilingual oral debate as recom-
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      Wage advance for festivals
      105 8 WHEN the Government advances a month's wages to its employees during festivals, does it better their financial condition or make the family budget a problem for the ensuing month? The average Government aft* ai V S Usually broke «?h if th i c fl St ten
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    EVIDENCE OF LOYALTY BEFORE EMPLOYMENT
    235 8 IT has been the Government's policy that when applicants are called for an Interview before the Public Services Commission they are asked to produce their educational, birth (or birth extract) and citizenship certificates. Malayans of different nationalities have to prove that they are born in
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    HOW POLICE IN THE COLONY HOPE TO FOIL KIDNAPPERS
    16 9 HOW POLICE IN THE COLONY HOPE TO FOIL KIDNAPPERS I POLICEMAN dashes out to patrol car.
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    CLASHES OF OPINION OVER ESTIMATES
    134 9 The new constitution sparks... IPOH, Wednesday. pHE new constitution has sparked "considerable differences ot opinion" between financial officers 11 the states and the Federal Treasury officials. was disclosed In a .orandum by the Perak Financial Officer, Mr. O. Argent, on the draft i imates for
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    Purse snatched
    27 9 Singapore police yesterday appealed to a European woman who had her purse snatched in Change Alley to contact Inspector Woodworth at the Central Police Station.
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    Johore's finances 'less favourable'
    392 9 NEW FEDERATION CONSTITUTION, BURDEN OF LOCAL COUNCIL GRANTS BLAMED STATE SERVICES EXPAND TO MEET URGENT PUBLIC DEMANDS, EXPLAINS MENTRI BESAR JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. "pHE Mentri Besar, Dato Wan Idris. has revealed there are indications that Johore's financial pisition under the new Federation constitution will be "less
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    Quick catch in test of new system
    193 9 PHE alarm bell clanged 1 at Singapore Police Force Headquarters. Pearl's Hill, at 10.07 a.m. yesterday. The cryptic words "Redhill Close, black Hillmai 5R3329 LATEHAN (KIDNAP) were scrawled on a notice board. Scores of off-duty policemen, some half-dressed, dashed from their quarters, drew
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    Union men on study tour
    46 9 A six-member Filipino trade union delegation, flew into Singapore by KLM yes- i terday. Mr. Guillermo Sambo, the loader, said the delegation wanted to study labour organ isations and conditions in the Colony and the Federa- tion. They have already visited
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    THEY'RE OFF—EVEN IN MUFTI
    24 9 THEY'RE OFF— EVEN IN MUFTI THE policemen jump to it. Note the man in mutti at left. The order is: "Go as you are!"
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    Welcome for new pay plan experiment
    193 9 'GOOD AND BAD POINTS* BUT. KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. pOVERNMENT office workers in Kuala Lumpur today welcomed the experimental introduction of fortnightly pay. The new system of pay ment for government employees In division two. three and four will start in February and continue for
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    Former union leader is released
    95 9 Former union leader is released Chan Weng Yew, a former vice-president of the Singapore Naval Base Labour L'nion, who was detained by the Special Branch under the Preservation of Public Security Ordinance last year, has been released. He was arrested with other left-wing trade unionists during the October roundup in
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    Inconsiderate
    22 9 SLIM RIVER, Wed.— Cheah Soon Cho, 26, of Ipoh. was fined $30 in the magistrate's court here yesterday for inconsiderate driving.
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    Charity show of cartoons
    52 9 A charity film show of cartoons, organised by the Rotary Club of Singapore, will be held at the Capitol Theatre at 9 a.m. tomorrow. The proceeds are to pay part of the expenses of the Rotary Christmas party for under privileged children. Tickets are available at
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    No ceremony
    33 9 SEREMBAN, Wed. The ceremonial opening of the Negri Sembilan State Council budget meeting tomorrow has been cancelled owing to the illness of the Regent. The meeting, however, will be held tomorrow
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    18 NEW DOCTORS CAN SIGN 'M.B.B.S.'
    611 9 SINGAPORE and the Federation have 18 new doctors. They have passed their final examinations at the j University of Malaya for the degree of M.8.8.5.. in medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology. Two of them. Hooi See Choon and Tan Seng Huat, completed the above
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    'UMNO will collapse-fight began
    185 9 'UMNO will collapse- fight began MALACCA, Wed:— A coffee.shop conversation between two Malays, during which one allegedly told the other that the UMNO would collapse and that Party Negara would hold power, led to a fight the Malacca Magistrate, Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, was told in the Alor Gagah court. Padi-
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    In: A Xmas tree from Britain
    92 9 In: A Xmas tree from Britain It was Just a coincidence that several crippled children were at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, yesterday, when a 13-ft high Christmas I tree arrived from England. The children from St. Andrews Orthopaedic Hospital were attending a carol service. Before the service began, the children,
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    Apex Club aid
    42 9 The Apex Club of Singapore will hold a Christmas party for 1,500 underprivileged children tomorrow at the Odeon Theatre at 9 a.m. The party, which Is being held in conjunction with the Cathay Organisation, will include a film show.
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    ALLIANCE'S PLAN TO DEFEAT 'SABOTEURS'
    191 9 ALLIANCE'S PLAN TO DEFEAT 'SABOTEURS' 17-UALA LUMPUR. Wed. IV —The constitution of the newly registered Alliance Party is to oe tightened so that disciplinary action may be taken against "saboteura." A suvcn-man •pedal committee, headed by the acting prime Minister, Dato Abdul Rustic bin Hussein. Is now reviewing the constitution.
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    'SHOP WINDOW' SHIP DUE
    47 9 The Swedish .ship Bali, carrying an exhibition of Swedish products, is due in Singapore on Saturday. More than 2,000 invitations have been issued to people who want to see the exhibition. A Swedish Government representative is travelling with the ship to answer questions.
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    Family planners win fight for cash aid from Govt.
    786 10 '^HE Singapore Legislative Assembly agreed yesterday by 16 votes to eight with six abstentions, that the Government must continue to help the Family Planning Association. It approved a provision in the next year's Budget, increasing the grant to the association from
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    Smuggling: Customs men accused
    157 10 BUT HART CHALLENGES LIM CHER KHEHG'S CHARGE SOMK members of the Singapore Customs Service were working in with smugglers. Mr. l.im Cher Kheng. an Independent member, claimed in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. His accusation brought a strong denial from the I iii.mci.il Secretary, Mr. T. M.
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    EDE CLAIMS NEW FIRMS DO NOT BOOST JOBS
    632 10 Declining employment criticised MR. JOHN EDE l Lib.Soc.) said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that the num- I ber of companies registered in Singapore was no criterion of industrial expansion when there i haa been an increasing number of unemployed. His observation
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    Prawns stir Assembly for third time in fortnight
    183 10 PRAWNS and their breeding habits again occupied the attention of the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday for the third time in a fortnight. Mr. John Ede (Lib.-Soc), who has raised the topic each time, returned to the attack yesterday on the Government's plan
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    YMCAs MAY GET GOVT. HELP
    217 10 7 am sympathetic', says Mr. Hart "THE Financial Secretary, Legislative Assembly y was considering requests f y. Mr. T. M. Hart, told the yesterday the Government for help from the V.M.C.A. and the Chinese V.M.C.A. I He said the Chinese V.M.C.A.. which had built a
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    They discuss labour
    44 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The National Joint Labour Advisory Council met for the i first time today under the i chairmanship of the Minister for Labour and Social Welfare, Mr. Onp: Yoke Lin. The council consists of representatives of employers ;.nd workers.
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    LAND FOR FARMERS ON 60-YEAR LEASE
    144 10 LAND FOR FARMERS ON 60- YEAR LEASE TMTLES to 61 pieces of A land will be issued to Singapore farmers by the Government nexi month. The Minister for Local Government. Lands and Housing, Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat. announced this in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. He said the titles
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    Dinner, dance
    32 10 PENANG. Wed. The Hu Yew Scan, a literary and cultural association, will celei?£ c 43rd anniversary MaHrt lnner and dance at its Madras Lane premises on Ch istmas night. vi
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    Lock icon |Zoo tigers were slain for food as Paris defied the Prussians
    1147 11 |Zoo tigers were slain for food as Paris defied the Prussians KyLi3UJU£ILiLII2 I\ the autumn of I S 7 O French n;iva l sunr.ers man|ing the ring of j or ts «ruarding Paris peered through their telescopes, seeking a In the fields iu i in the copses nothing moved. hot
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      272 11 Here's bold new styling that teams function with glamour. Here's heavy-duty horsepower delivered at the prop under load. Here's traditional Johnson dependability— the built- ipl^ -^b-^ O in stamina and go that make every Sea-Horse virtually unstoppable. *ff' You have to see them to believe them, for these are *K
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      63 11 Carmen A Co. By Mao The Saint By Leslie Charteris I I TDO*i INOCENTE.THERE HAS SEEN (jOU, CHUM. ARE IN AJ f##VA Tracy By Chester Gould /LET TWE NEWSMEN GET v TWE COAST? EAT THANKSGIVING DINNER SET OF HEELS »m m m yr" (THEIR PHOTOS. STANDBAOr -^O LOS A l^
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    REMBAU JELEI
    51 12 Rembau Jelei Rubber Ltd. have declared an Interim dividend of ten per oeni; less tax for the year ending December. 31, payable on January 24 to stockholders on the renter at the close of business on December. 23. This is equivalent to a rat* of 8 per cent
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    Djember Rubber
    42 12 The recent offer by Sunget Krult Rubber Estate to acquire snares in DJember Rubber Estßtes by means of a share exchange plus cash offer, has been cancelled owing to the requisite perrenusre number of acceptance* I not having been recefved
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    TIN SHAKES EASIER, INDUSTRIALS DULL ON QUIET MARKET
    582 12 TIN SHAKES EASIER, INDUSTRIALS DULL ON QUIET MARKET By Our Market Correspondent THE Malayan Share Market continued exceptionally quiet yesterday with investors cautious and showing little inclination to deal. Tin shares were slightly easier, but selected issues found support at the lower levels. Petalings had business at $2.47 i. S.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    260 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: "Industrials and rubbers were dull, and tins were slightly easier. The turnover remained small." Sinfapore and Federation brokers reported the followinc busineM done yealerday: Fed. Dispensary $2; Praser Ar Neave ords $2.67'» to $2.65: Gammon $2.30 (delayed, overnlghti: Ooodwood Park $1.30: W.
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    19 12 SINGAPORE, Dec. 18. RUBBER: S2^ cents perm (downone-eiirhth of a cent). TIN: MBO.™ per plcul (down $1.25).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    143 12 MELBOURNE. Wed. f NVEBTMENT shares recorded a aule* but firm tone with Dun- lop up is. Bd. providing the sharpest movement. North Broken Hill dropped 4s in an irregular base metals section and other mining stocks were steady. Loans recorded a firm wi.e Loans 3'i'i 1956-S9 £98 Bs.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    155 12 January first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 82 > cents per lb. down one-eighth of a cent on Tuesday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet after steady. Closing prices In cents per In yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S S. f.o.b buyers 82
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    106 12 Slnfapore Chinese Prodare K\ chance: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: easier; UK Continent December January $30 x buyers. I3O\ sellers. Coconut oil: easier; bulk $50 sellers, drum $54 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; Muntok white $98 Sarawak $97, special Sarawak black $64 tall down
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    72 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes In Its rates to merchants yesterday call rates to $100)Srtltnf T.T. or O.D. ready: Belgian Francs lb2o Holland Guilders 123; Italian Ure ***** On the free exrhanfe market in Hone Konf yesterday, the IS. dollar was quoted at 5
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    STORE SHIPPING
    203 12 Shlpa lylnt .lontsidr ihe Singapore Harbour Board wharve* v expected today «re: Demodocus 1/2. Sukhona 4/5, Van door 0 franrisville 6f. Glenorchy -0/11. TJlpondok LI Sals IVI6. Oarbeta 18 Akakurasan Mam 19/20. Glrnc Bee 21/22. Kajan* 23 24. Xim 51 T I S, Thay M »*™«M«wt Rllmore 27/28.
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      452 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNION OF BURMA SHIPPING BOARD RANGOONWANTED IMMEDIATELY Vacancies exist In the Union of Burma Shipping Board's coasting and foreign-going steamers for Chief and Second Engineers. Salaries, income-tax free, are as follows: Chief Engineer K 1.280, (Plus annual Second Encineer K 992 i increment* Three years' contract with repatriation,
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      582 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens and serving Government officers age not less than 24 years, lor appointment as Ti*-;iMir\ Accountants. Applicants iiniM be a member of one of the following bodies. di Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland: 1.11) Institute of Chartered Accountants In England and Wales;
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      666 12 NOTICES THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Colony of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on the 28th December 1957 at 12 noon the Directors will recommend for approval payment of a Final Dividend of 25
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      556 12 i KNUTSEN LINE -orient ser v cc FROM CANADA/U S. PACIFIC PORTS— }Q DAy Soilina San Voncouvtr Franciuo S'por* f j w t p> a,,,^ ULEN BAKKI KRISTIN BAKKI 0« 17/1» J«n 20 Jn, ANNA BAKKE 2' D« Jon 7/ f Ftb 1 ELISABET HBAKKI 22 Jon S Feb I/lOrn,,
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      1235 13 1» 1405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD.'t.i, 4 i» ,1 RMS (lncr.p,,-aicd in Singapore) (U ln TH*: BLUE FUNNEL LINE fTaINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON 4 CONTINENTAL pSb'ti D noP °^s p.s^ pesong Doc 29 Jen l j an 4/ S Bpjb At -burg, Glosgow Jan 4 Jan 7 Jen 8/
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      1070 13 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS SAILINGS FOR BANGKOK AND/OR FAR EAST Penang p. S ham Spore I m"?«.5i1"" U /M "/IB Dec SUMBAWA Un j O/21 )um Accepts cargo for Japen INA 17/19 Jan 20/21 Jen 22/21 Jon HOMIWARDS SAILINGS FOR ADEN, PORT SAID, GENOA. ANTWERP, ROTTIRDAM, HAMBURG, BRIMIN, COPENHAGEN, GOTHENBURG,
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      1011 13 bui'i'd'U THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. Vjit? SINBAPORI (Ineorporoted in the United Kingdom) J LINIS SAILINGS TO ADEN, U.K. 4 CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Sham Penana BENLOMOND for London, 22/24 Oee r na Rotterdam, Hamburg 2S Dec/ Jen London direct arrives 27 Jan BENCRUACHAN for Aden, Jeddah, Port Sudon, Hull
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    1347 14 ;hristmas cheer iiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiin CHRISTMAS is so much the children's time that it is good to see that even those who haven't the blessing of family life with their own parents are not neglected at the festive season. This week I "gate-crash-ed" yet another of the many children's
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      212 14 (jife-fliving delate \*^y^^\ Choose from the j^| r?^^ /1 1 won d er f u l selection of *> r r^^^^^WJ gay gift sets Yardlc y 1 \ft^%<^^^2^^3 haVC t0 ffcr y U yOUr \S^?>2^''^-"'' >^"^ I family, your friends t£i y^^^ Perfumes and exciting |v; i Beauty Sets for
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      185 14 plunging new dream-of-a-bro Here's an exciting advance in bra design— new Maidenform Concerto Wunderwire— wr< beneath the cups to form a wonderful, flatter- "W"-shape that never pinches or pre&#s, hu lifts your curves sweetly and oh, so comfortably. Soft and delicate drifts of lace, prewith rows of tiny, interlocked stitches,
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    EPSOM JEEP'S 10 TO FOLLOW
    384 15 EPSOM JEEP'S 10 TO FOLLOW HANDSOME IS MAKING RAPID IMPROVEMENT PENANG, Wed— My ten to follow at the Penang Turf Club's Christmas meeting are: PETERPATCH: A promis- hig three-year-old by Peter I flower; Made the grade in i I his first appearance at lx>oh last month when he outsmarted a
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    SBA reply: We'll fix Cup dates on Friday
    163 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Tne Selangor Badminton Association will meet on Friday to decide the dates for the j cnallenge rounds of the Foong. Scon K Cup and Heah Joo Seang Cup competitions. Mr. V.N. Lingam, secretary of the Selangor 8.A., today explained
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      846 15 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 211 Words $S (Mm.) Box ill cts. txtra. I WELL ESTABLISHED EUROPEAN Firm in Hongkong wisfes setup Singapore Branch Requires Financing Party Please write to I Box A 6060 S.T. REPLANTING, CLEARING LEVELLING, Etc.. We undertake every job with tractors, also transport heavy loads up to 20 tons.
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      808 15 FOR HIRE Words $i (Mln.) Box St cts. txtra. REFRIGERATORS ol various Mfcs from SlO monthly Consult Lee £j Fletcher, 102, Orchard Road Tel: *****. Singapore DOGS, PETS. ETC 20 Words ti (Mln.) BoxStet, txirm. FOR SALE— Boxer sturdy puppies Class 1 Pedigree from both Imported parents Apply Phone *****
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      760 15 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE CITY ARCHITECT tc BUILDING I SI'RVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT. The public Is reminded that: (1) licences for garages, advertisements and signboards, (11) permits for temporary erections, will expire on 31st day of December. 1957. Applications for renewal of licences and temporary permits for 1958 should be made
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      101 15 a T*^ smoother handling of *-ll™Jt -A heavy goods cilso available PLATFORM TRUCKS ELEVATINC TrUCKS LIFT JACKS CONVEYOR SYSTEMS HEINZ Vmepar i- jped -in-wood lik« rir* olil winr lo a mellowrH mattinly- It it full-bodied, full-flavoured. A little poe- 2 long Kay. Yon 11-r |m anil pet inurr flavourHEINZ PURE
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    Dutch girls for Colony
    106 16 TWO of the worlds leading women swimmers. Dutch internationals Mary Kok and June Castselaa, will give exhibitions in Singapore on their way home from Australia. The Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's invitation to the two swimj mers was accepted by the [Holland A.S.A., but it is subject
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    485 16  -  OH KEE TIANC BAM president says coach's statement 'not authorised' 'Our Thomas Cup prospects are very bright By PENANG, Wednesday. JHE PRESIDENT of the Badminton Association of Malaya, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, said today that a statement attributed to Thomas Cup coach Wong Peng Soon had "never
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