The Straits Times, 21 December 1957

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    15 1 The Straits Times Mo***. Nat*** 1 Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1957 15 CENTS
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    500,000 VOTE TODAY
    1172 1 RAIN FORECAST WHICH MAY REDUCE POLLING FIGURES Sl candidates will contest 32 seats for new fully-elected City Council ETS OF CARS TO TRANSPORT ELECTORS Army of helpers set for action THK largest number of people over to jjo to the polls in Sinipore will do so today.
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    Special award
    77 1 As a special award, those discharged on redundancy, will be eligible for the new gratuity after only one years satisfactory service. Those who leave. otherwise than on redundancy after less than 10 years' but more than seven years' ser- vice, will remain eligible for < any gratuity payable
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    Lock icon Fuji blessing
    34 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri. The first of Japan Airlines' new fleet of DC-7C's was splashed with water from the snows of Mt. Fuji in a ceremony today at San Francisco international airport Reuter.
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    Vote early—'and take that pink card if you have got one
    204 1 Vote early— 'and take that pink card if you have got one THK Returning Officer <>l thp Singapore (itv "iincil election. Mr. M. I'onnuduray. had this .dvice for voters last night: ■Vote early, possibly in the morning when you go to work. Remember. the ballot is secret. If by chance
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    FERVENT PLEAS ON EVE OF POLLS
    187 1 RALLY by the Peoples A Action Party, a broadoast by the Liberal and strcet-to-iireet speech-making by .ibour Front and Workers' Party candidates last night ■.ed the month long impaigning for today's Singapore City Council election There was a touch of pan- mime at the
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    WELCOME TO SINGAPORE WELCOME TO SINGAPORE
    51 1 WELCOME TO SINGAPORE WELCOME TO SINGAPORE DITCH schoolgirl. Pepi. 1">. lauchs and shakes hands with her friend. Miss Berna van (.innrk.n through the porthole of the Waterman. Pi-pi was travelling with her elder sister. Ans. 17. hut she refused to give her surname "My parents are still in Sourahaya." she
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    SERVICES IMPROVE GRATUITY RATE
    68 1 THE three armed services in Singapore and the Federation last night announced an improved gratuity rate for their unestablished civilian em- ployees. Under the new deal, all unestabltshed locally-entered employees in Singapore and Malaya, who leave after 10 or more years' satisfactory service, will be entitled
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    Flood danger In Indonesia
    45 1 JAKARTA, Fri. The Ding Tjimanuk River has broken its banks, flooding sub districts of Djatibarang and Sindang. according to reports from Tjirebon which said 26.--000 people may have to be evacuated. The report said thousands of acres of crops were destroyed.
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    First visit
    15 1 LONDON, Fri. Princess Margaret will make her first visit to Canada next summer
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    $5,000 reward offered in murder case
    103 1 $5,000 reward offered in murder case SINGAPORE police yester- day offered a 55.000 re. ward in connection with the murder whose only witness was a jrrey and white cat. The cat's master. Tan Siew I Tonff, a 29-year-old stallholder, was found dead in a pond at the 7 1 j
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    1,171 more refugees arrive in Colony
    628 1 MANY ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK A TOTAL of 1,171 Dutch evacuees arrived in Singapore from Jakarta yesterday 980 in the liner Waterman, 51 in the freighter Modjokerto and the rest by air. Most of the people in the Waterman refused to talk to reporters
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    22 1 TO BE NOMINATED AS PREMIER BANGKOK, Fri—Siamese National Assembly will nominate Nai Poto Sarasin as Premier, learned brrr today. Reutcr.
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    Lock icon 32,000 flee from fanatic rebels
    415 1 JAKARTA. Fri. Fanatic rebels in the South Celebes had forced 32,000 villagers to become fleeing refugees, it I was reported today. In the Celebes town of Pare the refugees went from j 6.600 homes to special police camps for protection. Reports reaching here said the
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    IW# OWW EASY-TO-FOLLOW SCORE CARD
    642 2 IW# OWW EASY-TO- FOLLOW SCORE CARD INFORMATION AT A GLANCE No. of candidates No. of divisions Hours for voting The first results SI 32 sa.m.-Bp.m. 11p.m. ALJUNIED Wee S wee Hong (Liberal Socialist) Sim Swee Senjr (Labour Front) Tan Jin Hong (Independent) Majority Voters Spoilt votes Percentage ANSON S. L.
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    Lock icon Will Moscow agree to talks?
    532 3 DNDON, LABOUR LAUNCHES ATTACK WEST AWAITS SOVIET STATEMENT OH HATO COHPEBENCE-THE BIG QUESTION IS. Mac's missile plan is already under fire awn%3 PARIS. Friday. KK.N statesmen are awaiting a Soviet Government statement n the NATO summit conference due to be submitted to the curi nt
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    THE SHAH AND SORAYA SEE j
    49 3 LEBANESE PRESIDENT MRS. CIIA.MOIN (left), wife of the Lebanese President, with Queen Soraya of Persia and the Shah (left) and President Chamnun. shortly after the arrival of the Shah and Queen Sorava on their state visit to Lebanon this week. I". P. picture.
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    Lock icon Inventor of a 'drug that killed' jailed
    158 3 PARIS, Friday. A 44-YEAR-OLD chemist, who invented a drun alleged to have killed 102 people and maimed many others, was jailed here yesterday for two years and fined one million francs. He is Georges Feuillet «ti>< was charged with causing deaths and injuries
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    New York-Israel direct
    86 3 LONDON, Fri. Bristol Britanaia with 25 pas*engrrs and crew yesterday made the first non>top flight by a civil plane from New York to Tel \\iy 6.1 M. miles in 1 1 hours .">!> minutes. 'he plane, belonging to Fl Al Israel Airlines averaged ion niph and reached
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    Lock icon Russia cuts defence bill
    82 3 Russia cuts defence bill MOSCOW. Kn. Russia's 1958 budget reduces defence spending by 400 million roubles, it was announced in the Supreme Soviet yesterday. The Soviet Finance Minister. Mr. Arseny Zverev. said next year"s defence figure. 96.300 million roubles, was a reduction of 15.800 million on the 1955 total Mr.
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    Lock icon Van Druten dies
    19 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Fri. London-born playwright John Van Druten. 56. died yesterday of a heart attack. Reuter.
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    Lock icon FRENCH PLANE SABOTAGED
    77 3 PARIS. Fri. An explosion yesterday blew a hole in the fuselage of an Air France Armagnac aircraft in midair on its way from Oran to Paris, an Air France spokes- man said here last night. Nuni- ol 'he 89 passengers on board was hurt. The aircraft continued
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    LONDON STOCKS
    319 3 LONDON. Fri. Closinc middle prices of selected j Mocks not including stamp duty were: tutm LONDON. Fri —Spot 24 :l«d.. Dec 25>iid., Jan-Mar. 25'jd. Kpril-June 25\d., July-Sept. 25\d.. Dec. c.i.f. 24 «d. Jan. c.l.f. 25\d.. Feb. c i.f. 24', d. Tone: Firm. TIN LONDON. Fri. Buyers £730 sellers
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    Lock icon Mr. T defends bank rate actions
    388 3 Mr. T defends bank rate actions T ONDON, Fri. Mr. j lj Peter Thorneycroft. i the Chancellor of the i Exchequer, told the j bank rate probe tribunal today that, if he had failed to stem the drain i j on the pound last September it was un- likely he
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    Radio rights
    74 3 HONG KONG. Fri. Hons Kong is to have a commrrI rial broadcasting service. Exj elusive rights have been let to Mr. George Ho in return for 121 p^r cent of prolits. Reuter. Mr Goh Chew Chua <P.A.P.) had earlier said that it would help the rural people to
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    Improved bus services soon for rural folk
    220 4 MINISTER GIVES AN ASSURANCE IN ASSEMBLY THE Minister for Communications and Works, Mr. Francis Thomas, assured in the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday that steps would be taken soon to improve the rural bus services. Mr. Thomas said the transport problem was one that
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    RUSSIAN LIKES OUR TRAINS
    141 4 RUSSIAN LIKES OUR TRAINS Group to examine rail network |X)UR silent members of the Soviet Russian Ministry of Transport and an interpreter arrived in Singapore from Kuala Lumpur by rail yesterday after attending the ECAFEsponsored conference on railway problems at Bangkok. They were among 40 railway experts who arrived in
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    $76,650 for Istanas
    35 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. The maintenance of Sultanate buildings in Johore this year cost $76,650. The original estimate of $70,000 for this was exceeded because the Istana at Muar had to be repaired.
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    NEW AUSTRALIAN ENVOY TO COLONY ARRIVES
    93 4 THE NEW AUSTRALIAN COMMISSIONER to Singapore, Mr David McNicol, Mrs. McNicol and their son, David, seen on their arrival In the Colony on Thursday merit from Britain. Mr. McNicol. who last held the post of Minister to Saigon, has spent the past rear at
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    YMCA CHRISTMAS CONCERT
    85 4 The Chinese YM.C.rt will hold a Christmas concert >O the association hall at Prlnc Edward Road Singapore jn Sunday at 8.45 u.tn The concert organised ">v the Singapore Chamber En semble Choir and Orchestra is In aid of Christmas trpa: for fhllrirpti Miss Mabel Lee Soo Bee.
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    Hurt in crash
    36 4 SUNGEI PATANI. Fri.— M. Maniam was injured when a car in which he was travelling ran off the road at United Pantani Road last night. His condition was reported to oe not serious.
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    Festing back
    36 4 Gen. Sir Francis E Commander in Chici. Far East Land Forces, ret 'Singapore yesterday by in RAF Hasting* alter week visit to Hang K tl( J* pan and Korea. He companied by hi> wlfi
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    Strike: Ong is seeking settlement
    117 4 PENANG. Fri. T!.ter for Labour, Mr r>, Yoke Lin. last j mised EasterI workers he would a way to settle their week-old strike. Mr. Ong gave ance when he received a de legation which preset petition from the union. The Regional Corr.rr,. for Labour, Mr.
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      170 4 RADIO MALAYA NATIONAL SHORT WAVE SERVICE 41 metre* SINGAPORE Medium wave 476 metre* KUALA I.TMIM-R Medium wave 341 metres PKNANG Medium wave 366 metres IPOH Medium wave 330 metres MALACCA Medium wave 297 metres A.M. 715 Opening Announcement; 7.16 Morning Serenade- 7 30 Time Signal And News- 735 A Date
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    SMUGGLING? CUSTOMS SURPRISED AT BORNEO REPORT
    162 5 SMUGGLING? CUSTOMS SURPRISED AT BORNEO REPORT INDONESIA'S allegation I L that $700,000 worth of rubber had been smuggled out of Pon- tianak, capital of West' Borneo, and sent to Sin- gapore surprised the Singapore Customs authorities yesterday. The allegation, confirmed by the Indonesian Attorney General Suprapto, said a prominent Chinese
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    Woman from Singapore invited to the palace by the Queen
    155 5 Woman from Singapore invited to the palace by the Queen A FORMER Siingaporean. Miss A. I* GriffithJones, was recently invited by the Queen to Buckingham Palace in recognition of her services in Malaya. This followed the practice introduced by the Queen of inviting those whose services are outstanding to her
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    EX-COURT MAN MAY INTERPRET MANDARIN IN NEW COUNCIL
    285 5 MR. LEW AH WEE. of Singapore, a retired courts interpreter, is likely to interpret Mandarin at meetings of the City Council. The council elections fo r which are boing held today will, according to present plans, debate in English. Malay. Mandarin and
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    $4,150 HAUL FOR THIEVES
    56 5 Cash and jewellery worth $4,150 vcre stolen from a goldsmith's shop in Arab .Street. Singapore, early on Thursday. The thieves BCSted b;ick 'vail and forced a rear window of the shop to gain entry, Their haul included S5OO in cash, $1,000 diamond ring, 23 gold bangles
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    AMBULANCE USED BY 39 'FIT' HUNGER MEN
    270 5 AMBULANCE USED BY 39 'FIT' HUNGER MEN gINGAPORE'S ambulance service is in danger of being disrupted by demands from some of the 200 dismissed workers of the Harbour Board who are on a hunger strike. "I feel the use of the ambulance by the strikers is unjustified," Dr. C. Marcus,
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    161 want to go to Mecca
    50 5 A tni. i of 161 application.have been received by th» Chief Secretary's office from Muslims in Singapore for th^ 195P pllsjrimagf to Mecca Applications closed yesterday The pilgrim- \vi!l .cave Me Colony at the beginning jf March They will be away for four months.
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      588 5 CITY COUNCIL F.LF.CTIONS: I ciia i onteMs ;i l Jon Chlai CornPolling Day from 8 am to 8 p.m.: muiuly Centre hall. 8 p.m. ballot counting at four group CHINESE YMCA (Prince Eddivisional headquarters Gan ward Roadi Art class 9 am.; Eng Seng School. Anson Road; brut hand 1 30
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    Mr. APPAVOO; NOW POLICE CHARGE THIRD MAN
    101 6 Mr. APPAVOO; NOW POLICE CHARGE THIRD MAN ATHIAPPAN was yesA terday charged in a Singapore magistrates court with kidnapping Appavoo Kandiar. with intent to cause him to be secretly and wrongfully confined. The charge said he kidnapped Appavoo on Sept. 10 In Serangoon Road. Athiappan was the third man to
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    Clansmen to celebrate
    39 6 PENANG. Fri. Penang Khaw clansmen will hold their annual dinner tomorrow at their kongsi premises This will be preceded by an ancestral worship ceremony at noon the same day and a general meeting at 130 p.m.
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    Frequent changes' in import duties attacked
    418 6 Frequent changes' in import duties attacked PENANG. Fri. The conference of the Malayan and Singapore Cycle and Motor Traders Association, import and export section, today asked the Alliance Government "not to make frequent changes" in the Import duty on component parts. The conference chairman Mr Lee Cheng Tin, in a
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    Soh: I'll build stadium if Govt. pays half the cost
    177 6 But the Financial Secretary says: That moneys more usefully spent on homes MR. SOH GHEE SOON (Lib. Soc.) said in the 1U Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday that he would accept a challenge to build an Olympic sports stadium if the
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    •STIGMA' ATTACHED TO HOSPITai
    10 6 With a perfect meal for six...
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    SERGEANT WINS COOKERY TITLE
    156 6 SERGEANT WINS COOKERY TITLE SGT. Mohamed Tahir bin Abdul Kadir of the Ist Singapore Regiment, R.A., yesterday won the Malay section of the army individual cookery competition for the third year in succession. He prepared and cooked a perfect meal for six people for the competition held at the Army
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    Teacher gets promotion
    54 6 KUALA KANGSAR. Fri. Inche Ariffin bin Mohamed Nam. 45. a super scale gra duate teacher of the Malay College here, has been promoted headmaster of the Malay Secondary School. Tanjong Malim. He will take over duties there when the school reopens in January. Inche Ariffin joined the
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    Parents to blame for nursing shortage, he says
    212 6 Parents to blame for nursing shortage, he says ITUALA LUMPI 1Y Conserva'. ents are cl blame for short age ol an officia. ol John Ambulai gade said tr He said they i unwilling to daughters tal career becau.-. there wa s a tached to hr They also did n I
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    Patron Goode
    15 6 The Governor Sir William new president i Council and the St John sociation.
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    KENG SWEE TO DO RESEARCH
    340 6 He will be Economic Adviser— 'in due course 'THE Chief Minister, Mr. 1 Lim Yew Hock, told the Singapore Legis- lative Assembly yester- day the Government planned to set up an I economic research unit under Dr. Goh Keng Swee. Director of Social Welfare. Mr.
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    Dying girl in lallang
    70 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. A 15-year-old girl. Loh Ha Moi. was found dying from parang wovnds in a patch of lallang at Scudai new village yesterday. Lying near her, also severely slashed, was a rubber tap- per, Manah bin Ali, 29. A bloodstained parang was found nearby.
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    Casey calls for closer ties among nations
    448 7 GOODWILL FLIGHT IS FORERUNNER From LEE SIEW YEE »UCKLAND, Fri.— The A Australian Minister for External Affairs, Mr. R. G. Casey, today died for a conference of NATO, Baghdad and SEATO Pact nations to discuss measures to rrngthen democra:ies in East and South-East
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    Sex case acquittal
    55 7 Lee Chee Chong was acquit- 1 c in Singapore yesterday on charges of having illicit 'nations with a schoolgirl. 15, at three different ace s between January and April. Mr. Robert Chee, the maSistrate. held the case In r amera. Lee. who lives in Lorong «A, Geylang.
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    Rock 'n' Roll
    20 7 The Singapore Great World 1 abaret will hold a rock 'n 1 oil contest on Monday night.
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    PAP SUPPORTERS WAVE BROOMS
    44 7 TEENAGEI) "stewards' of the People's Action Party election rally at Hone Lim Green last night carried brooms which were presented to the party's 14 candidates to symbolise thrir promise to sweep the City Council clean of corruption. Straits Times picture.
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    FITTER LOST LEG: $32,000 DAMAGES
    178 7 A FITTER. Chew See Kam, 28, employed by the National Carbon (Eastern) Co. Ltd.. was awarded $32,249 damages in the Singapore Hisrh Court yes- terday. The award *as made against Hawaii bin Ahmad, the driver of a private car. Chew came into collision with a
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    $3m. drop in trade balance
    105 7 $3m. drop in trade balance YKSSKLTON, Fri North •I Borneo's trade balance from January to October this year dropped nearly $3 million compared with the same period last year. The favourable balance for the period this year was MM.MS. Last year it was 53.J83.537. This was revealed in the latest
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    Youth cleared: Charge is stupid—judge
    148 7 Youth cleared: Charge is stupid— judge A Singapore judge, Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday acquitted a youth. Goh Wee Keng, because the charge as framed against Goh was "stupid" The charge said that Goh. at about B.*o p.m. on Oct. 12 at the Central Police Station, which was a public place,
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    DEATH
    17 8 It Word, tit (Minimum). AA, PRANKENHUIS passed away peacefully on 16t,h December at the Hague, Holland.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    59 8 2$ WortU tit (Minimum). MR. AND MRS- ONG SING SWEE Thank all relatives and friends for thefa- valuable presents nnd good wishes on th» occasion of their marriage on 15.12.57. DR. MRS. DAVID LOO SOON CHENG of Singapore •hank all Relatives and Friends lor their Valuable Presents, Help and
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    The Strait Times S'pore, Sat.Dec. 21, 1957. Nato Offer To Russia
    624 8 The Strait Times S'pore, Sat. Dec. 21, 1957. Nato Offer To Russia There is neither fear nor provocation in the Nato communique, and if the accomplishment of the summit conference is less than at one time was hoped, it is greater than seemed possible when the statesmen assembled in Paris.
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    Council Elections
    344 8 Eighty-one candidates contest today 32 seats in the new Singapore City Council. The only certainty is that the Labour-Front will not control the Council, a safe prediction beyond which it may be better not to venture. The battle is between the Liberal-Socialists, who are contesting every ward, and
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    Average Tourist
    162 8 The Singapore Government may be slow in appointing a Director of Tourism but it cannot be accused of "inaction" in fostering the tourist industry. There is a Singapore Tourist Advisory Committee which has $300,000 with which to proclaim the glamour of Singapore. It may be that this allocation
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    As I was saying...
    1000 8  -  yHE wheels of govern- ment in Singapore presumably come to a grinding halt this morning while three thousand clerks and others from Government offices man the polling booths. This small army will not be any too big for its Job. There are 32 divisions, four headquarters
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    10 8 SMOKE AT EASE— Photo by Han Hai Fong
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    135 8 (From the Straits Times of Dec. 19, 1907) fITHE search for traces of the ape-man of the Darwinians, X and the antiquity of man. conducted by Dr. Elberts a German geologist, now doing researches in South Sumatra. has resulted In the discovery among fossil deposits of instruments
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    HARD LESSORS FROM 'HARD' LIQUOR
    811 8 HARD LESSORS FROM 'HARD LIQUOR THAT famed Amerl can writer, Upton Sinclair, has produced yet another work which seems bound to make its mark in the publishing world. It is a work which deals fascinatingly with men who won distinction, but who were also distinguished by one tragic failing too
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    Move to scrap Colony defence
    161 9 Move to scrap Colony defence O^POSITION members the Singapore Ler\SB4 mbly yes- old the Govern- should "scrap ■Ac idea of estaba defence departand use the for building more or running wel- mes. tter the Financial Sera r. T. M. Hart, exMr Lim Koon Teck withdrew his obto the provision of
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    BUS EXTENSION DELAYED
    68 9 Singapore Traction will not extend its 18A to Scranizoon Garden ite trom tomorrow as had irller announced. The extension from Its' terminus at Scran- LTden Circus via Scran- jroon Garden Way, Tavistock Avenue. Hemsley Avenue, Kensington Park Road and back to the circus will now start on
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    Assembly censures the City Council
    961 9 PAP CHIEF (I PONT LIKE TO SPOIL OTHER PEOPLE'S XMAS) BLOCKS $15 MILLION PAY OUT LEE KUAN YEW WfNS MOTION WITH 3 VOTES HOUSE DEPLORES DECISIONS ON MONEY FOR EXPATS THE Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday censured the City Council for its decisions on Malayanisation and
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    Cream cakes expert on world tour
    98 9 Cream cakes expert on world tour Mr. George' A. Moris, 40, son of the woman who bakes Sir Winston Churchill's birthday cakes, said in Singapore yesterday that Singapore's custard buns (cream cakes) were tbe most delicious he bad tasted. "They compare with the best in the world and yet you
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    Queen honours the fighting men
    394 9 rE following Honours and Awards have been approved by the Queen for Operational Services in Malaya and Singapore between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31. C.8.: Major General L.H (X Push. C.8.E.. D.5.0.. OHQ FARELF CB E Col. J Masterton-Smith, GHQ FARELF: Brig. J. S. Vickers,
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    Triple crash kills motor cyclist
    45 9 LEE TECK SONG. 18, was killed yesterday when his motor cycle, an Army three-ton truck and a taxi were involved in a triple crash at 6* milestone, Yio Chu Kane Road. Singapore. This picture shows the truck in the ditch
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    UNDER THE WHEEL...
    21 9 UNDER the other wheel of the truck lies the dead youth crushed motor cycle. Pictures by B. Little.
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    Two new districts declared white
    136 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. TWO once Communist-infested areas in central Malaya were today declared "white Ulu Langat in Selangor and the adjoining Broga area of Negri Sembilan. While residents of Ulu Langat rejoiced over the new status of their 436-square mile district, the Sultan of Selangor,
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    Girl found neighbour by her bed
    149 9 ONO Ah Hoy, 17. found a man kneeling by her bed when she woke up on the night of Oct. 29. a Singapore district court was told yesterday. The man fled immediately when she raised an alarm, said the girl. She identified him in
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    Greetings from the C-in-C
    55 9 The Commander-ln-Chlef, Far East Land Forces. General Sir Francis Feeting. has sent a Christmas and New Year greeting to all ranks and to all civilians working for Army. In a signal, General Festlng said that he appreciated the hard work done during the past year often
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    Study tour
    27 9 TANJONG MALIM. Frl Eighty-five Tamil school teachers from all parts of Perak today left on a seven day educational tour of Sout^ Malaya and Singapore.
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    Holiday for post offices
    43 9 JESSELTON. Fri. Post offices throughout the Colony will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day, the Posts and Telegraphs announced. Telegraph offices will be open during the morning on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year's Day.
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    ACCUSED OF STEALING $135 BEER
    91 9 IPOH. Frl. Llew Sin Thian. 28, of Kampong Tawas new village, was charged here today with stealing 108 bottles of beer worth $135 Bail of $250 was allowed when Liew pleaded not guilty to the charge which alleged that he broke into a shop in
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    NURSE WILL TALK JUST BEFORE THE QUEEN
    154 9 NURSE WILL TALK JUST BEFORE THE QUEEN ONDON, Fri.— A Bri- tish Red Cross nurse, Miss Ella Jorden, who went to Malaya in 1951 to establish branches of the society, will be the last person to speak ov°r the 8.8.C before the Queen delivers her message to the world on
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    Thugs rob a taxi-driver
    49 9 Two thug.s hired a taxi in Lorong 8, Geylang. Singapore, on Thursday night and told the driver. See Choo Slang, 34. to take them to Kallang Pudding Road. Then they threatened Be*» with a bearing scraper and robbed him of $28. his watch and pen.
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      144 9 •*r«77« 7 £Y Mmro I Wall's Sausages, mm/ LM f .1 ,m what a treat 1 Just watch C l*'JJ*J tbe family tuck in enjoying the juiciest cuts of Mhs.*\ J.nsJ-fi~.S'-£- fresh P° rk at ilB wndercst, X//6TObX'GsC tastiest best And delicious, extra-meaty Wall's come to \nr\f y° u Perfectly
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    Two acquitted
    29 10 Ramasamy Pillay and K. T. Pandian were acquitted in a Singapore court yesterday without their defence being called on a charge of abducting a housewife, Maruthalal, 24
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    COME DOWN TO EARTH DEMAND TO MINISTERS
    497 10 COME DOWN TO EARTH DEMAND TO MINISTERS Tl/fR. LIM KOON TECK (Lib. Soc.) said in the Singa- pore Legislative Assembly yesterday that Ministers must "come down to earth" and not erect palatial buildings to house their departments. He said the item in next year's revised estimates for new Government offices
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    Row over secondary schools
    203 10 Row over secondary schools JUR. Lee Kuan Yew (PAP> claimed in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that Singapore would face a big wave of juvenile delinquency if the problem of providing more secondary schools was not solved soon. Speaking during a debate on next years estimates for the Education Ministry, Mr.
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    Jacky the dog crows like a cock
    88 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. When cock crows disturb !Mr. S. Maniam's sleep, he throws a bone out of the window. And instantly a contented woof-woof replaces the cock-a-doodle-doo. For the crowing comes not from a rooster but from a dog a shaggy little dog
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    TROOPS STILL SHORT OF HOUSING
    139 10 TROOPS STILL SHORT OF HOUSING War Office man's visit to Malaya BRITISH army families in Singapore and the Federation are still suffering from a housing shortage. This was stated by Maj.-Gen. C. P. Jones, Vice Adjutant-General at the War Office, who left for London by Qantas yesterday after an official
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    Clothing stolen from shop
    39 10 IPOH, Frl.— Clothing worth $959 was stolen from a tailor shop in Market Street here yesterday. The proprietress, Madam San Voong, 44. said that the chain and lock of the front door had been cut.
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    More jobless? Lim denies it
    172 10 More jobless? Lim denies it THE Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, denied yesterday that there was growing unemployment in Singapore. He denied a suggestion by Mr. Lee Choon Eng (Ind.i that this was why the Government was increasing next year's vote for public assistance from $6,120,000 to $6,500,000. Mr.
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    4,000 acres for Malays
    72 10 SEREMBAN, Fri. The Negri Sembilan State Land Development Board next year will begin a scheme to open A settlement for 400 Malay families at Sungei Lvi, 20 miles from Bahau. The Council of State yesterday adopted a report recommending this. About 4.000 acres of state land
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    That sudden shower on party night
    173 10 THE Minister for Communications and Works, Mr Francis Thomas, said In the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday that the main function of the meteorological services was not to provide weather forecast for YIPs who wanted to have parties, but to give warn ings for .ships
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    1634 11 minim M I I II I II II I I I I I I I I M HI II Malay princess led army to battle »f her current one. ["he proposal of marhad, indeed, come the man who was sed to be her i] enemy. Yet. in ast, she had
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      147 11 Carmen A Co m By 3taa The Saini By Leslie Charieris ~Z? 7 /vVHy NOT~NOW~^ r PATIENCE MA9\O PIRST WE 'SENOR 'Si. SEWOP TOKO HE'is~NT'| ll^k*/ f*\ I COMPAOdE? KEVEdI MOST USE HIS P'NE FEATHERS M VALOWEZ i— >TH6R6 *VITM TM6 J\ IllV^^^jr^^rXiu will THERE BE A AHD HIS AfiuSlCAL
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  • ELECTION PROMISES AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS
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      Dictators in office
      167 12 MOST of us are complacent about voting. We tend to give the impression that voting once in four years is a very bothersome thing. In effect we are surrendering our richts and we may find ourselves, too late, governed by a moup of dictators put into office
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      a way
      130 12 WE HAVE six votes in our house. We are definitely not going to give them to those parties which spoil the neatness of our roads by painting huge emblems on their surface. How can we help people to become city fathers who are so lacking in a sense
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      Letter to Soekarno
      58 12 Letter to Soekarno MR urn Yew Hock recently sent a letter to President Soekarno congratulatine him on his miraculous escape from death at the hand-grenade incident in Indonesia Could he not on behalf of the right-thinking people of Singapore send another note condemning the President's und i p lomatic attitude
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      Full details wanted
      82 12 IN reply to the letter over the name of "Patience tS.T. Dec. 14 1 I have to inform the writer that his application could not have been made for Federal citizenship In all probability, hil application was submitted as an application to become a subject of the
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      Promise of vate
      93 12 I SOLEMNLY promise to vote for a candidate, whichever party he belongs to, if on election he will see to it that the lights in the staircases in the S.I.T flats in Tiong Bahru are not ornaments but are there to illuminate the steps at night In
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      Same law for all
      80 12 Same law for all I^HE aay the education system is being worked makes me think of "a mother treating her adopted son cruelly and her own son well." Why must private school candidates who have passed the Lower Certificate of Education with credit in Enslish be required to sit for
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    The STRAIT TIMES Saturday forum
    12 12 "THERE MUST BE AN ELECTION ON HERE
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    POLLING OFFICERS AND THEIR VOTING RIGHTS
    167 12 rpHE returning officer X describes <S.T. Dec. 20) as malicious the rumours that presiding officers and polling ulerks will not be able to vote. I wish to point out that many of those who attended his lecture in the Victoria Memorial Hall are emphatic
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      154 12 perfume ty BOURJOIS Aho available: "Evtnint in Hi,," Coi Hrn GRAFTON LABORATORIES LIMITED. SINGAPORE give* Baby quick relief from wind spootj and gr ping IKS poms ond ease* the gums during teething. W^l^^ Keep Boby cool md comfortoble, too, with Nurse Harvey's Boby Powder it contains pur« oliv« oil. Soie
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  • WALK-OUT FROM PETALMNG JAY A COMMITTEE: A MEMBER SPEAKS OUT
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      They are no 'Yes' men
      89 13 IN reply to the remarks iS.T. Dec. 7 1 by Messrs. Slvapragasam and Thaver we would like to make the following statement: Do these two wise men know the conditions in regard to the constitution in Petaling Jaya? One can only pass judgment when one
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      Pointiess tests
      134 13 /QUALIFYING test is one v{ of the greatest obstacles to Form Four students in all the private schools. pared and also because they fear rejection. This qualifying test is not a real test of the intelligence of the pupils. How can the 2V 2 -hour paper give reliable
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      Quibbles in citizen law
      231 13 I WENT to the Registration Centre to apply lor citizenship. This is how it went:. After having sworn, I was asked how long I had been in Singapore. I sald:ia) I was born in Ipoh, Perak, in 1928. (b) I first started to reside in Singapore
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      Indian labour welfare
      151 13 WOULD it not be useful to formulate a scheme to consolidate the financial position of the Tamil labour force on estates in order to withstand the uneconomic repercussions entailed by the fragmentation of European-owned rubber estates. The Chinese have clubbed together and have bought parcels of the
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      Settlement Kampar
      80 13 Settlement Kampar THE roads in Aston Settlement Kampar, are dilapidated and full of holes. This causes a lot of damage to motor-vehicles that pass along them. In some places there are no lights in the roads and there are many wires used for drying clothes running across the small lanes.
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      Training to defend
      67 13 IT is a great pity that interested young men have no chance to join either Civil Defence or the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force in Seremban. It would be appreciated if the Government would open the respective institutions here. We will one day be ready to fight for
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    Why nationalise only two banks?
    228 13 TTTERANCES of some U political lawyers have brought into this city, which has to exist on free trade, a spirit of depression and uneasiness. Instead of proving themselves cautious leaders, they have done their utmost to bring political instability and chauvinism into the City of
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    TIN QUOTA HARRD ON OWNER AND WORKER
    152 13 rv present system of fixing quotas under the tin restriction scheme based on a percentage of the average production of the last 5 years, and the contribution to the buffer pool, make a hard blow to the average miner. To restrict tin production
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      543 13 Batchelors Baked Beans arc so tempting, so tasty. Enjoy them at any meal from breakfast to supper enjoy them sizzling hot on toast, with eggs and bacon, or as a vegetable at lunch or dinner. Batchelors Baked Beans are always welcome mmm! What a flavour. Give your family a treat.
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    MALAYA NARROWS TRADE GAP DEFICIT BY $27.2 MIL.
    988 14 GAP DEFICIT BY $27.2 MIL. By Our Market Correspondent THE adverse gap between the value of Malayan 1 imports and exports this yearwhidiin the nine months up to September had widened to S*>s4 9 million is gradually being narrowed. In the period
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    18 14 SINGAPORE. Dpi. 20. RUBBER: 831 rents prr lb. (unchangrd). TIN: $358.87) per picul (down K'-'J rents).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    128 14 MELBOURNE, Fri. INVESTMENT shares were quiet and steady on the Stock Exchange here today. Price movements followed individual rather than group trends. Trading volume was uown fairly sharply. Minings were quiet and steady. Loans were firm. Loans 3.: 1956-59 £98 10s. buyer Loans 3',% 1956-58 £99 18s. 9d.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    150 14 January first grade. robber buyers f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 83 S rente per lb unchanged on Thursday's closing price The closing tone mas barely steady. Closing prteen in rente per lb yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int 1 RSS fob I buyers 83'«. .sellers t3\ Int. 1 R.SS.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    107 14 Singapore Chines* Produce V.xohane,: noon prlrea yesterday were: (opra: quiet; UK Continent December January $30 buyers 130 2 sellers. Coconut oil- oilier' bulk $49 sellers, drum $53 sellers' Pepper: .steady, quiet; about 30 *S? S ,°l bl^ lnes s reported done; Muntok white $99 Sarawak $98 (both up
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    Brighter note in rubber reported
    313 14 AFTER a nervous and hesitant beginning the rubber market gradually assumed more confidence and closed the week-end on a brighter, note report Holiday. Cutler. Bath Co. Ltd. in thrir current survey. Although the Indonesian situa- i tion still overhangs the market there has been far
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    116 14 The MaUvan Exch«nfe Banks' A OfUUon made the following changes in it* rates to merchants I yesterday (all rates to siOOiSHlinj T.T. or O.D. tmtfi Trench Franci *****. Italian Lire On the free r*rhant;r market In Hon« Konjf yesterday, the t.S dollar was quoted at 5 85', for
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      477 14 NOTICES WARNING NOTICE AJI-WO-MOTO The above design and trade mark are the sole property of Ajinomoto Co., Inc Tokyo. Japan and are used by them in connection with their produce AJI-NO-MOTO which Is a food seasoning material. This product is Imported and sold In Singapore and the Federation of Malaya
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      823 14 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Applications are invited for the post of ADMINISTRATIVE i OFFICER in the Town Planning Branch. Municipal Engineer's De.partment. Salary: Within the i Scale (Consolidated) $604x22-824: |854x22-920 p.m. to which will be 'added a variable Cost of Living 1 Allowance which at present makes the
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      354 14 SHIPPING NOTICES LLOYD TRIESTINO M.V. "ASIA" This ve.vsel Is expec led to arrive from Europe at 5 pm. on Saturday, 21st December nnd will sail (or Hongkong at 5 p.m. on Sunday. 22nd December. Passengers should embark between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. on 22nd December. The vessel will berth
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    DUTCH EURASIANS ARRIVE IN COLONY
    498 16 ment on the allegation expressed repeatedly by Indonesia recently that Dutch "warships" were using the Naval Base as a point from which to protect Dutch merchant ships fleeing from Indonesia. The Groningen is the only Dutch warship in Singapore waters. The Netherlands Consulate has described
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      528 16 •••••••••••••••***r**** I ftirVrim }tTm\ lim M i opens today, jf ft^^^L^^^L^^^J M »>l 1.311. 4 011. 6.15 9.3U I.M jf •k m^m. |mw^ )f "^t FJiflk^BvCr > ih mtm (imci in*i! cioici a loan fV' "^C Plus i;.B. News Special: "SPAfi: ROCKET BLOWS IP". )f--"rf TONKiHT- MIDNKiHT PRKVIEW <•* OIR
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      661 16 MONDAY is the LAST I)\V f m A you to bring wrapped ifts t a 7i liane on the X'mas Trees a t Z the CAPITOL. REX A PAVILION ZS. y>>>\ for Singapore's underprivileged .2i*>\ J- Children. PHONJ 4fa .\##ll' Sh,, u .j 1 ***** \Smßt No Free List rm
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      185 16 Straits Times Crossword f'j' i.r LiM r |6 KLH_S_M_I! 111 tei d i-^ 9 H_,_ -f| _*_ij jj I-I.IJI 1 [I I JJ '1 pSn~J jjj id_Jij 14 15 1 I Wi" Z II IZHZI" H &ZE k tl r 2_J___lM_i^ll_ JJJ I^IIU ill ill 7 2_ J_ 25 J
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      656 17 „,,iimird from Page 8) .111 ATIONS VACANT ifx.i Box it ctt. rxtra. v ,nlor Copy TypUt. n Hiid reasonably g details of ExHrferrnces and Age to 1, B.T. [ERS for Methodist Kuala Lumpur and •each upper classes tool certificate mathe\ppiy Box ABB6l S.T-. Kindergarten, ScranGnrdcn. require* qualified i fachers, preferably
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      611 17 SITUATIONS VACANI 20 Word* ti I Mm.) Box it ct: txtra. WANTED: Experienced Free--1 lance Fashion Models. Apply before noon in person to Publicity Manager. Shaw Organisation, 112 116, Robinson Road. Spore SALES REPRESENTATIVE Required by British Tyre Company to be based at Kuala Lumpur. Candidates should be between 25
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      751 17 OFFICE SPACE WANTED 20 Wordt ti (Mm.) Box i» ctt. txtra OFFICE SPACE WANTED 'about 400 to 500 sq.ft. In Collyer Quay or Robinson Road. Apply i Box A6lll, S.T. HOUSES LAND FOR SALE (10 Wordt i (Mm.) Box M ct: txtra. BOOK QUICKLY! Modern I Flats at Emerald Hill
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      879 17 HIRE PURCHASE 26 Word, S.; (Mm.) Box ia clt. ,x(,u DON"1 PAY MOKEi Kadi,* Radiograms, on very easy pa> ments, trade-ins, at our rowi Branch- 10. Collyer Quay Nachlappa Bros.. SingaporeKuala Lumpur Ipon FOR HI-FI AMPLIFIER Hl-Pl Equipment Transcription Pick-up i Record Changer Radio Radiogram Please visit Benteng, 412 Joo
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      913 17 LOAN :o Wordt ti (Mm.) Hox it ct: txtra URGENTLY REQUIRED LOAN $1200 Chinese debtless employed bachelor 24. guaranteed monthly payments 2', decreasing Interest terms to Box ABB6O, S.T. K.L. confidentially. FOR SALE 20 Wordt ti (Mm.) Box i» ctt. txiia 9' x 9' BM.K. Carpets, limited .lock. 40% ipeclal
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      377 17 NOTICES P.W.D. NOTICE Bridge Xo. 11 14 th Mile I lv Langat Village. Public are hereby informed that the above bridge will remain closed until 12.00 noon on 24 December 1957 EXECUTIVE ENGINEER P.WD, Ulu Langat. NOTICE Federation of Malaya Security Loan $40,000,000 4,. Registered Stock 1963 73. NOTICE is
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      244 17 NOTICES NOTICE We beg to announce to Uw I public that Mr. Quay Ong Hln our clerk is no more in our I employment since the Ist December. 1957. He is no longer authorised to transact any business or collec; monies on behalf of our Firm. HO ANN CONTRACTOR 54.
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    Peterpatch can follow up on Ipoh victory
    338 18 Peterpatch can follow up on Ipoh victory EPSON JEEP says... pETERPATCH, an impressive first-up winner over 6f at Ipoh last month, trots up only 8-lb. and has nothing like the same opposition against him in Race Five at Penang today. I have no doubt he will get 7f, judging by
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    PENANG CARD
    1419 18 CARD KEY: Figures on the left show form in last fivr starts. Betting fore<a>t: SK strongly fancied; F fanrird; O outsider. RACE l: z.i 5 (Class 4 Div S)-5 F 1 ***** Pontican (Y.L. Lee) Bagby. 4 9.0 (F) Mortimer 2 ***** Ellen's Treasure (R.A.C. Wills) Martin, 5
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    327 18 OUR KINGDOM SHOULD WIN DESPITE 9.0 sive debut at Penang in September when he went down by a nose to Silver Screen II over 54f in heavy going after leading most of the way. At Ipoh last month he was solidly backed over 6f but blew up in the last
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    HEAH TELLS TRAINEES: WE HAVE SOME SURPRISES IN STORE
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    Keep an eye on these youngsters
    213 18 COURSE FACTS ...AND FANCIES THREE YEAR OLDS gen- erally do better at the tailend of a season. These youngsters are worth following today: RACE ONE: Follow Me Home (outsider RACE TWO: Our Kingdom (strongly fancied) Show Up (fancied). RACE THREE: Showman (strongly fancied). RACE
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    Handsome looks better than Periwinkle
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    No contest
    43 18 Last night's wrestling results were: King Kong v Akrani declared no contest in Round 4 when both foußht outside ring: Dara sinth bt Von Heczy by iwo pin faU to one submission fall: Aslam ot Tarlok Singh by two pin falls
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    212 18  - EDDY IS KEEN TO 'SELL' HIS IDEA AT BAM MEETING CUNN CHIT IHVE By PENANG. Fri. Eddy Choong. the Malayan and All-England singles champion, today asked the j president of the Badminton Association of Malaya, Mr. Heah Joo Seang. to allow him to attend tomorrow's B.A.M. standing committee meeting to
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    Today's sports diary
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